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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JULY 9. J8M. 3 .
( THE DAILY BEE.
COUNCIL DLUFF0.
DITFICB - . NO. 12 PEARL BxnEtrr
I D IlTercd by carrier to any put ot th * etty.
| II. AV. TILTON , Lessee.
office , No. II ; night
Mttor , No. a.
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The Boston store of Omaha purchased the
remainder ot the Klnnchan shoo stock for
I2.B2C.
Uev. George Muller delivered an nddrezs
tm "Independence Day Fnllacles" before n
largo nnd appreciative audience , which filled
Liberty hall last evening. Although Mr.
Muller nt Union deviated from his subject ,
ho spoke with his usual eloquence and en
thusiasm , and held the attention of Ills
listeners for nearly an hour.
Fourteen members of the Ganymede AVhcel
club took a trip yesterday to Ncola and
return , a distance of fifty miles. AVhlle
plopping nt the hotel Ogden set his wheel
In the sun , nnd when he came out found
that the heat had caused the tire to ex
plode. Ho got back home with a great
flcal of trouble and a wagon.
The little son of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Hnnnl-
balsen , who fl-as thrown from a buggy the
ether night nnd thought to have escaped
Injury by lighting on his feet , turns out to
have sustained n frncture of the collar bone.
On nccount of his youth , however , the break
will mend soon. Mrs. Hannlbalsen Is dclng
nicely , nnd her physician stntcs that there
Is no danger of serious results.
The running of trains on the Rock Island
road has been resumed once more. The
west bound'mall , due here at 6:10 : a. m. . Is
expected to arrive this morning on time ,
having left the Chicago depot Instead of
Blue Island , ns nil trains have been com
pelled to do heretofore. The castbound mall
was made up hero last evening at 6:50 :
o'clock and Is expected to run clear through
to Chicago , and the 10:50 : mall train will
also leave this morning.
For sale , cheap , two lots on Broadway
near postofllce , 25 feet and 50 feet. Homes
for men of moderate means at low prices ,
easy payments. Fire Insurance written In
the best companies. Lougeo & Towle , 235
Pearl street. .
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Grand Plaza telephone 45.
Grand Plaza bathing beach.
Grand Plaza picnic grounds.
Grand Plaza's cornet band beats them all.
Grand Plnza's fine row boats are all the
go.
go.Grand Plaza excursion accommodations
can't be beaten.
Afternoon and night concerts at Grand
Plaza , 2 to 6 and from 7 to 10.
Manager of Grand Plaza can understand
22 languages. So nil nntlons will feel at
homo.
"Ho that does not visit Grand Plaza know-
st nothing , and will bo for all time to corns
branded a traitor to enterprise. " Eugene.
For cobs go to COT , 10 1'i ' .1 ttreot. Telephone -
phone 48.
Washerwomen use Domestic soap.
VE11SOXAL 1M ILlllllAVUS.
Miss Ethel AVltter Is visiting In Ottumwa ,
In ,
Frank Hough leaves today for a week's
visit to Chicago.
Miss Pearl Moorehouso of Loveland Is vis
iting friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. AV. Bushncll will spend n
week In Dickinson county.
Born , to Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Collins , on
Fourth street , a daughter.
Miss Maud Virgin of Burlington , who has
been visiting friends here for several weeks ,
expects to leave for home tomorow.
Mrs. H. Luring and daughter. Miss Ella ,
have returned from on' extended visit In
Richmond , Ind. , Cincinnati and other east
ern points.
Frank Chambers , formerly deputy county
clerk , now of Mason City , is In the city for
a oouplo of weeks' visit with his brother ,
II. J. Chambers.
Prof. F. A. Hyde , formerly principal of
the Council Bluffs city schools , now con
nected with the AVcstern Normal school at
Bhenondoah , will be a-member of the faculty
of one of the colleges at Lincoln , Neb. , next
rail.
Grand I'lnzu , I-nlco Alnnnwn.
Grand Plaza will bo open to free admis
sion every day up to noon. From noon
until midnight an admission fco of 10 cents
will be charged , which will admit to grounds
and to concerts and all entertainments. No
return checks will bo given.
No person of q\icstlonnblo character will
bo permitted to enter the grounds.
No admittance to Grand Plaza will bo
charged to persons who desire to rent boats
or bathing suits.
Ice cream and refreshments served In the
pavilion of Grand Plaza.
Real estate Is cheap In Council Bluffs.
Wo can sell you n home , a vacant lot , a
fruit or garden farm cheaper than ever.
Now Is the time to buy. Day & Hess , 39
Pearl street.
lluvo Aildril n Club.
The Commercial Pilgrims , fonthe purpose
ot making their headquarters on the third
floor of the Brown building still moro at
tractive , have ndded social features that
make It something of the nature ot a club.
Reading rooms have been fixed up over
looking the beautiful Bayllss park , where
nil the leading dally papers and magazines
are kept on file , nnd everything else neces
sary for club comfort provided. Yesterday
twenty or more of the pilgrims enjoyed the
hospitality nnd some cigars and' other things.
The rooms will hereafter bo under the care
of Henry Coffeen , and will bo open during
the day and evening to business men as
well as commercial travelers. The local
pilgrims ; dcslro to make their headquarters
of commercial Importance and expect It to
he the meeting place of business men and
citizens who desire to discuss plans and
make nrrnngcmcnts for pushing all the city's
Interests. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Iako Mnniuvit Iliillnny Time Ciiril.
Commencing Saturday , Juno 9. trains will
leave Council Bluffs for Grand Plaza , Bath-
lag Beach and Picnic Grounds at Lake Man-
nwn as follows ; No. 1 , 9 a. m. ; No. 3 , 10 a.
m. ; No. 5 , 11 a. m. ; No. 7 , 12 m. ; No. 9 , 1
p. m. ; No. 11 , 2 p. m.
Trains will run every twenty-two minutes
thereafter until 10 p. m.
Return trains will leave Mnnawa on the
half hours up to 10:30 : , when they will return -
turn ovcry twenty-two minutes.
A nice , cool swim at Manhattan beach ,
Lake Manawa , Is the proper thing to take
these hot days.
Talking ; Up it AVhrxl Moot.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Ganymede AVhcel club this evening the ques
tion of having a wheel meet under the club's
auspices Is to como up for discussion. There
has been talk ot this for some time past
and there Is but llttlo doubt that the scheme
will bo carried Into execution some time be
tween now and the 1st ot September. AVhcel-
men from Omaha have encouraged the Gany
mede , and there will be a big crowd In at
tendance from that city , as well as from
other towns all over this part ot the coun
try. Prizes will be solicited from the mer
chants of this city and n program of races
will bo arranged that will occupy about n
day , or possibly two. The wheelmen of this
city and Omaha have shown the kind of
riding they can do on u number of occasions
* nd It a meet Is held there are uuro to be
lome good records made.
The Eagle laundry plant has been greatly
enlarged and Improved , nnd we are now pre
pared to turn out a largo amount of strictly
first-class work. Neglige and colored shirts
ladles' wnUts , etc. , a specialty. Wo guar-
ertee not to fndo warranted colors , Telephone -
phone , 167. 724 Broadway.
Beat all wool Ingrain carpets , C5c di'Tlug
July , to tnako room for now stock.
COUNCIL BLUFFS OARPGT CO.
J , R. Snydcr , the commission man , has
been made sole for " "
ngent "Qulryo , the
latest discovery of Dr. Koch of Berlin. U
Is a taitelesa distillation of quinine , with
pepsin and the best rye whisky , nnd U pro
nounced a royal remedy for dyspepsia. U
can bo sold anywhere without federal II-
NJUSO.
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Ex-Congressman Eosawell 0 , Ilorr Talks
About the Strike Situation ,
REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION IMMINE NT
Itciult of lh Present Disturbance ! AVI11
Probably Tnke the Form of Lairg to
Itrgtrlct Organizations Kmlor cs
Cleveland Unco lit
Ex-Congressman II. O. Herr of Michigan
Is spending n few days with his Council
111 nfta relatives , Dr. Plnney and family. He
Is making the rounds of the Chatitauqua as
semblies , hla usual mode of taking a sum
mer outing. He spoke at the Ilcatrlco as
sembly on the Fourth. It Is a sad commen
tary on the deserted Chautauqua grounds of
Council liluffs that this season Beatrice Is
more than paying out. On the Fourth there
were over G.OOO to hear Mr. Horr.
Besides entertaining the Chautauqua Mr.
Hoer deems It a part of his social duty to
glvo Instruction to populists and to en
deavor to lead them Into what lie deems
the better way. One of his effective weapons
Is "the calfskin hrgument , " Mr. Herr has
a calf which travels with him , and he dis
plays It with telling effect before all audi
ences where ho thinks there Is any popullstlc
heresy. The Illustration Is drawn from
the hardy scenes of farm life , with which
Mr. Herr , In his boyhood , had a barefooted
familiarity. His pet calf grew discontented
with the usual and liberal allowance of
four quarts of milk and wanted to have more
In quantity , even if the quality was not so
good. To appcnso the demand for flat milk
the farmer added four quarts of water to
the four quarts ot milk. The eight quarts
satisfied the yearning of the popullstlc calf
for more , although It had to stretch Its calf
skin a little more to get outside of the eight
quarts , and got no more real milk than be
fore. The cnlt demanded still more fiat milk
and four quarts more ot water were added ,
but still the calf got no more food than be
fore.
fore."Now
"Now , If this calf keeps on demanding
more nnd more quantity without regard to
quality , and this Increasing of flat milk
keeps up , " asks Mr. Herr , "what will be
come of the calf , eh ? There can't be but one
result that calf will bust. "
"What do you think of the strike , Mr.
Ilorr ? " was asked.
"I think the backbone Is broken. You
see , they started out wrong. They pro
posed to punish the public for what Mr.
Pullman has done or not done. The public
won't stand being pounded for what they
haven't done.
"What effect will It have on future legis
lation ? "
"I don't know. It may lead to the attempt
to frame some laws to prevent all organiza
tions which are Inimical to the public inter
ests. "
"Do you mean against labor organiza
tions ? "
"I mean against all organizations , whether
labor organizations or capitalistic organiza
tions , which are against the best interests
of the country. "
"How abJut Governor Altgeld ? "
"Why , he's acting In a nonsensical way.
The Idea that Uncle Sam can't send his
troops anywhere and everywhere to protect
national property or enforce national law.
AVe'd bo In a pretty way If the government
couldn't do that. We might as well have no
government at all as n government which
cannot execute its own laws or protect its
own property. "
Mr. Herr sees no threatening revolution
or gobs of blood on the moon , and his faith
In the strength of the government and the
love of law and order among the people
prevents him from being a nervous alarmist.
He will remain a day or two longer with
his friends here and then visit Minnesota.
And Uio Plnco to Go , Huston , Store , Council
> ItlulTx , In.
Head the bargains. Everything to bo had
Just as advertised. Coma and examine
goods. You won't be disappointed.
SHIRTS.
Gents' $1 laundered shirts , 30c ( collars
and cuffs ) .
Regular $1.25 laundered shirts , 7Gc each.
Big lot negligee shirts , worth $1.50 , for
75c each.
Madras , silk and French flannel shirts ,
sold as high as $2.50 , In one lot for 05c each.
Gcod OOo shirts , now three for $1.
HOSIERY.
Lot of black , tan and red children's hose ,
all sizes , sold as high as 50c , choice for 15c
pair.Ladles'
Ladles' 45c and 50c hose , now 3 for $1.
Big bargains ladles' hose at 17c , 2jc , 33c
pair.
EXTRA LIST.
Wool challles sold for 50c , now 31c.
Umbrellas , sea values at 75c , $1.33 , $1.50 ,
$1.98.
Best apron ginghams , 5c.
Best prints , 4c and 5c. Big Inducements
In all kinds of wash goods.
Sco values In laces , waists , corsets , mitts
nnd handkerchiefs.
FOTHERINGHAM , AVHITELAAV & CO. ,
Council Bluffs , la.
Doycottlng Pnnts Muttons.
Ono of the chuichcs of the city has re
cently Inaugurated a reform by substituting
plates for the old contribution bags. The
trouble with the bags was that the cheaper
money seemed to bd driving the dearer out
of circulation and pennies took the place of
quarters and half dollars. The treasurer of
the church Is authority for the statement
that since the plates nave como Into use
pennies and trouser buttons are almost un
known , and men who have been making
a record for regularity In contributing at
llttlo expense to themselves now have to
dive down n little deeper and drop a little
larger coin Into the slot. This experiment
Is being watched by other churches who have
difficulty In making both ends meet.
A nice , cool swim nt Manhattan beach.
Lake Mnnawa , Is the proper thing to take
these hot days.
latins Laundry Company.
620 Pearl street. 'iVIvphon * . 290.
The laundries use Domestic soap.
Domestic soap breaks hard water.
AA hint Club Online.
The Omaha AVhlst club visited Manawn
Saturday afternoon and the members put In
the time enjoying themselves to the limit ,
boating bathing , rowing and loafing. In the
evening they had another turn at their
favorlto game with the Council Bluffs club
and were vanquished by a total of eight
points.
Mcyors-Durfco Furniture company , 33G-33S
Droadway , Bargains In fine furniture.
Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap.
Fireworks. Davis , the druggist.
Gas cooking stove * for rent and lot sija 3'
flas Go's office.
A PSYOBIOAL PUZZLE
The Mystery of Mcilllo I'unclior'n Life Still
nu IJnuoHi'd Problem.
At a modest dwelling on the corner of
Gates avcnuo and Dawning street , Brooklyn ,
resides a much-wrltten-about lady who Is ,
Indeed , fearfully nnd wo'nderfully made.
Museums and variety shows have not been
able to slezo upon her far the drawing card ,
which must be periodically renewed , Yet ,
If it were possible to Induce her to place
herself upon exhibition , her fortune and that
of her manager would bo made without fur
ther effort.
This refusal on her part to become the
"leading freak , " and her reluctance to court
publicity In nny way , Is the strongest evi
dence that she la what she seems an Inex
plicable psychical wonder.
So remarkable Is her cose , says a dispatch
to the Globe-Democrat , ( hat ex-Judgo Abram
H , Dalley of Brooklyn was Invited by the
president of the Psychical Science congress
of the "AVorld'a fair to prepare a paper In
regard to It , which he did at considerable
length , giving as authorities the name * ot
well known men , whose veracity could not
be questioned.
Mnry J. Fancher , familiarly known na
Molllc Fnnchcr , has been bed-ridden for
nearly thirty years. She Is now about 4G
years old , nnd hfti been suffering from n
spinal trouble ever since n fall which she
received whllo stepping off n horse car , nl
the ngo of 16. It wns nt the time when ladies -
dies wore hoopsklrts , nnd In getting off the
car the hoopaklrt caught and dragged her
a considerable distance before the conductor
discovered her and stopped the car.
She was taken up unconscious and was
found to be severely Injured In her side ,
back and head , and two ribs were broken.
After six weeks' Illness she apparently re
covered for a time , and was nble to go
about the house , until spinal trouble began
to manifest Itself In the shape of convul
sions , about nine months after the accident.
These convulsions alternated with periods
of rigidity , or apparent llfelessncss. which
she calls trances , and which are to this day
her substitutes for sleep. This was early
In the year 1SC6 , and at this time she lost
her sense of sight , which she has never re-
coversd. At this time she also lost , tempo
rarily , some of her other senses , and for
years her throat was so contracted that It
was Impossible for her to swallow , food be
ing injected artificially. Her right arm was
distorted and bent up over her head , but
her left hand being unaffected , she was able
to work by bringing the left hand up over
the head to meet the right. She remained
In this condition for nine years.
Of this period Judge Dalley says In his re
port : "During those nine years , I am In
formed fiom unquestionable authority that
she wrote upward of 6,600 letters , worked
up 100,000 ounces of worsted , did n vast
amount of fine embroidery and n great deal
of very beautiful wax work. "
At the end of these nlno years , of which
she has no recollection whatever now , nor
at any time since , her muscles relaxed , nnd ,
pulling her right arm down , she seemed to
wake from sleep , and turning to Dr. J. Meet
Spier , who was In the room , she remarked :
"Well , doctor , did your brother get homo
In time for his chicken pot-pie ? " thus con
tinuing a conversation which had been begun
nine years before with Dr. Robert Spier.
The most remarkable thing about Miss
Fancher Is the fact that she Is blind and yet
soes. This Is the point where credulity re
bels and refuses to be convinced.
AVIth eyes sightless she does the most
beautiful embroidery , paints flowers , writes
letters and numerous other things which
one hardly dares to mention for fear of be
ing laughed at.
AA'hcn the dainty , prettily embroidered
handkerchief cases , neatly crocheted Iced
wool fascinators and other fancy things were
shown to me by her nurse my one thought
was that either Miss Fancher could see , or
else she had a skillful needle-woman In her
employ. ' I ' 1 8
Full of doubt and curiosity , I repaired to
the ofllce of Dr. J. Fleet Spier of 162 Mon
tague street , Brooklyn , who was for years
her attending physician , and he occasionally
sees her now.
"Doctor. " I said , "can you tell me what
It all means ? "
He smiled pityingly upon mo , as though
he would say , "And is this another ? " but
shook his he&d and replied :
"No I don't deal In these things. I don't
believe In spiritualism nor clairvoyance ,
nor any of those supernatural phenomena.
I confine myself to this mundane sphere.
This is why. when I come to the facts In
Mollle Fancher's case. I am stalled. They
are things to bo explained. I don't bellevo
In llvlnc without sleeping , and I don't be
llevo in seeing without eyes , but in some
mysterious way , I don't Intend to say how ,
Miss Fancher manages to do both. I have
been so prejudiced against clairvoyance and
that sort of thing that I haven't given the
poor girl the credit she deserves. "
"But , doctor , " I asked , "don't you think
there Is great opportunity for deception ? "
"Hardly , " he replied. "The case has been
under constant scrutiny for so long that If
there had been any humbuggery in it , It
would have been found out long ago. "
"Besides. " he continued , "I bellve that
she Is perfectly honest. My prejudice in
duced me once to take my oculist. Dr.
Wright , up to see her , to ascertain whether
her blindness was or was not assumed. Ho
tore off a slip of newspaper which he him
self had not read , and , placing his - handover
over It , asked her to read It , which she did.
AA'hen ho removed lls | hand for the benefit
of his own eyes , -which could not see
through such barriers , ho found that she
had read It correctly.
"Then ho tried her with colored worsteds ,
asking her to name the shades of each ,
which she did correctly In every case.
"Ho then examined her eyes and found It
was Impossible for her to see , for two rea
sons. In the first place , the optic nerve
was practically dead , and In the second
place , the condition of the eyes themselves
was such that It would be Impossible to see
without glasses.
"At this result I felt ashamed of my dis
trust of the poor girl , but It only made it
the harder to understand. "
"I have heard that she was somewhat
changed in the past few years. Is that
true ? "
"Yes , she Is much fleshier than she was.
From a weight of , perhaps , 75 or SO , she
has developed Into a woman of 150 or 160
pounds. But that is the case with all bed
ridden patients. They get fatter and fat
ter , until at last they burst. Some day she
will die of apoplexy or somchlng of that
kind. "
In talking with acquaintances of Miss
Fancher I gathered a few curious facts ,
some of them rather amusing.
For years she conducted a fancy store on
the floor below her , nnd It Is snld that when
anything was lost she knew where It could
be found , She no longer keeps up so large
an establishment , but has her work dis
played In three or four glass cases in a
small room on the same floor with her own
room.
A friend brought her an original poem
one day , and she , holding It up before her
sightless eyes , said : "That Is very nice ;
you have , signed your name to It , haven't
you ? "
Tfib same lady , with whom I am person
ally acquainted , was one day arranging
seme pieces of embroidery In n box , when
Miss Fancher remarked : "See , the corner
is turned up ; turn It down , please. "
A ludicrous Incident occurred one day ,
when Miss Fancher had hired a man to
hang some folctures for her. "You haven't
hung that one straight , " she said , pointing
to one of them ; and he , looking up and
seeing that she was right , dropped his ham
mer and nails and fled , for he knew that
she was blind.
Such are the facts , which can bo verified ,
concerning a remarkable case that has puz
zled the wits ot many a wise physician and
psychologist for years.
Spiritualists have sought to reckon her
among themselves , but she shrinks from
the idea.
Newspapers have sought to give her no
toriety , but she absolutely refuses to see re
porters.
One thing Is certain , that If she Is a fraud
she has not made nor sought to make any
money by It. She refuses to gratify the
curiosity of those who regard her as a sort
of "elephant" which Is to be seen along with
the other sights , even though she might
make money thereby , and lives a peaceful ,
but ono can hardly think , a happy exist
ence.
Iron ICoiU In Concroto.
Now that Iron rods nro coming Into ex
tensive use In concrete construction In order
to strengthen the masonry and enable It to
resist tensile strains , a number of conserva >
tlve architects nnd engineers hnvo objected
to the practice on the ground that the Iron
will rust In the cement , or that the- cement
will not ndhero to the Iron. AVIth regard to
the first objection It la Interesting to learn
that nt Amiens a pipe made of concrete. ,
with Iron roda to stiffen It , was taken up
after thirteen years of use. and the rods
were found to bo as smooth as when first
embedded In the concrete. The same result
was found to be true at Dreslau , where Iron
rods , which had been Imbedded for twelve
years In concrete , were found to be unin
jured , although their projecting ends had
rusted away to mere threads. AVIth regard
to the second objection , the late Prof , Baus.
chlnger of Munich made a number of ex >
pertinents to determine the adhesion between
cement and Iron , which he found to average
about 625 pounds per square Inch. In nrt
experiment made with the Iron ro < U em
bedded In cement for twelve years nt Breslau -
lau , It was found that the rods broke before
they could be pulled from the cement. At
some testa made In Berlin It wns found that
a quarter-Inch rod embedded In a concrete
plate "Vt Inches thick could not be pulled
out with a load of 2,650 pounds attached to
It , although the concrete was raised to a
red beat.
AFFAIRS AT .SfJUTIl OMAHA
Gun Club Has a SpintedXJontest with Live
Qamo fcjr'TJ gets ,
SCORES MADE BYi'VllE ' PARTICIPANTS
Shoot llclng-prrepnrrd for Next
Sunday _ Sriitlmeny'Ainuiie I'ncHltiR
lIuiiKo l uiploycg Itepirdlne the
Ktritic .tingle , City > 'cirs.
The South Omaha Gun club held another
contest yesterday , which was qulto spirited.
The first match was a club shoot at twenty-
five blue rocks , which resulted as follows :
Berlin , 12 ; Lewis , 22 ; Ilced , 14 ; Hughes , 8 ;
Smith , 18 , and Sanford , 17.
The next contest was at fifteen blue rocks ,
$2 entrance fee and two moneys , CO and 40
per cent. The score was : Lewis , 13 ; Ucrllti ,
7 ; Smith , 12 ; need , 7 ; Sanford , 13. In shootIng -
Ing off the tlo between Lewis and Sanford ,
miss and out , Mr. Sanford won and Mr.
Smith took second money.
The third match was at fifteen rocks , $3
entrance , and resulted as follows : Itecd , 10 ;
Lewis , 11 ; Sanford , 11 ; Dcrlln , 9. In shootIng -
Ing off the tlo Lewis \\on.
Then came the double rise contest , five In
number , $2.50 entrance fco. The score was :
Uerlln , G ; Ilced , C ; Lewis , D ; Sanford , C.
Heed won the tie.
Hero the boys began to get blooded and
contested at ten single rises , $5 entrance fee.
The result was as follows : Uerlln , C ; Heed ,
C ; Lewis , 8. In shooting off the tie for second
end money Dcrlln won.
The * next was at ten single rises from un-
lcnown traps and the entrance money was
raised to $7.BO. Lewis broke 8 , Uecd 7 and
Berlin C.
The club has ordered 100 live birds for
the shoot next Sunday and some lively sport
Is anticipated.
Sentiment Iti-HpvctliiK tlio Strike.
Judging from the general expressions inado
by the hundreds of worklngmen on the
streets of South Omaha fully 90 per cent of
them are heartily In sympathy with the
Pullman strikers. There are many , how
ever , who arc openly denouncing the de
struction of property. The laboring men In
South Omaha number several thousand.
They are not as thoroughly organized hero
as they are In most places. In fact , the
workmen In the packing houses have but
little to do with each other. The packing
house employes have , perhaps , paid as little
attention to the details of this strike as any
gang of men In the west. They are not In
terested , and the men who ought to know
what they are talking about say that only
a small per cent of them would quit work
If ordered out by the Knights of Labor or
any other order. If any of the packing
house men quit work It will bo because they
are laid off on account of the Inability of the
management to secure trains to haul oft the
product. Several hundred of the men worked
yesterday and got In extra hours on Satur
day night besides.
Mitglo l'ltypuaslp. (
Patrick Rowley Is .confined to his homo by
sickness.
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The city council jylll.ijiold an Interesting
session tonight.
The Home Circleuclub enjoyed Saturday
evening at Courtland beach.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. 'Jnycox , Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Watts , Mr. arid MVs. A. P. Brink and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morlarlty made up a
party for Courtland < beach Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. A.P. . tflrlnk are visiting
friends In this city. * Mr. Brink was at one
time cashier of the Packers National bank
here , but Is now living in South Dakota.
A great many citizens , took advantage of
Spring L.ake park being open to the public
and went there wllh tljelr families , many
taking their dinner1 baskets with them and
remaining all day Silnda
There Is now some p'rospect for another
hose cart contest among the Hammond ,
Cudahy and stock yards teams. If another
race Is run there will be considerable money
change hands on the result.
The Fourth of July committee will close
up its business at a. meeting to be held
Tuesday night at the city council chamber.
AH persons who have any bills or other
grievances had better submit them at that
time as It will be the final meeting of the
responsible committee.
Mrs. James Cahlll called at the police
station last evening to have her husband
arrested for disorderly conduct. Mrs. Cahlll
claims that her husband not only assaulted
her. but upset the table which was covered
with dishes and broke several of them. They
live on Twenty-fifth street between L and
M.
SEVEN IN A BUNCH.
A Mnr\elous lilt of llnllroiul Engineering In
Cullroriilit.
There has Just been completed In Cali
fornia what Is regarded as a marvel In
railroad construction and engineering dtm-
cultles overcome. The line runs from Mar
garita to SAn Louis ObiEpo , a distance of
16.7 miles. There are seven tunnels on It ,
bunched close together , with an aggregate
length of one and a half miles , the long
est bore through the solid rock being 3,600
foot ajid another 1,300 feet. There Is a
steel bridge 900 feet long and seventy-two
foot above the ton of the creek which it
crosses , besides three bridges of eighty
feet span 'and numerous smaller water
ways over which the track runs on arches
of stone. The grade , too , Is considerable.
In the first three miles from Santa Mar
garita to the summit trains must climb a
2-per-cent Incline , or 116 feet to the mile ,
and then for eleven miles beyond toward
San Louis Oblspo Is a descent of almost the
same degree.
The tactual work of boring the hills and
of making the grades and fills was begun
October 20 , 1892. It was no smalt task to
drive the seven tunnels through the moun
tains. The material to bo excavated was
nearly all the serpentine formation which
constitutes the mass of the Coast Kange ,
Bomo of It flinty In hardness and some soft
and crumbling. All the drilling was done
by hand , and the amount of material exca
vated Is estimated at something over 1,100-
000 cubic yards , necessitating the employ
ment of from 1,200 to 1,500 men and from
300 to 400 teams. The tunnels are of the
standard size for broad-gauge roads , 16x22
feet , and are fully timbered throughout ,
nearly 4,000,000 feet of lumber having been
used for that purpose. Tha time In which
the tunneling was done made a record equal
to that of the fastest hand drilling done In
the United States. Another Interesting
fact Is the low percentage of fatalities
during the work. Only , two fatal accidents
occurred during the. building of the road ,
while the average mortality in such con
struction work In the United States Is one
man to every 400 feet of tunnel.
The steel bridge 9vorStelner creek , near
Goldtreo , Is very much like the well known
Pccos river structure. It Is of the box-
girder pattern , the rails being laid on a hol
low steel box , supported on steel trestles set
In masonry piers. The creek Is the merest
thread of a brook in , summer time , but \il\tn \
the rains came It sweeps down tha canyon
In a mighty torr.ont , so , there Is need of a
bridge long , strong and high.
Tie | cuts are deep and the fills of great
height. In many places'atone buttressed fills
have been made , when' trestle work would
have been much cheaper. As It Is Intended
to make this line the main passenger route
for the southern overland the more expensive
work was decided upon because of Us
superior safety and durability , Every cul
vert Is of stone , finished off In the best style
of workmanship.
Nowhere on the system within the nariio
distance are there so many fine pieces of
railway engineering or so many Interesting
bits of construction , Emerging from the tun
nels the road winds through a region
broken Into precipitous hills and deep ra
vines and makes a debcent of nearly 1,210
feet In ten miles. Jt follows the sinuous
course of Stelner creek , which flaws through
San Luis , crossing It twice , each time In a
manner that warms the hearts of engineers ,
At the upper crossing the stream la given
a channel under the roadway by a stone cul
vert ninety feet In length , over which Is
a solid embankment flanked with stone rip
rap. The culvert was made this great length
In order to furnish a base for the enormous
fill. A trestle would liavo been chca r , but
the embankment cannot fall or burn down
and will not require periodical repairs.
Further down Is another original piece of
work In the hape of a complete horseshoe
embankment. This wna constructed merely
to gain grade , In coming down the ridge
the engineers struck a riulno which they
must cross. It Is less thnn 200 yards straight
across , but to go direct would muko the
fall In that distance about sixty ftfct. So an
Immense horseshoe embankment Was built
out Into the vnlley on n ton-degree curve
to make the grade , which Is 116 feet to the
mile. At the too of this horseshoe the fill Is
about sixty feet In height.
The main tunnel , 3,600 feet long. Is at
the summit , come three and a halt miles
from Santn Margarita , with a station nt the
mouth called Cucstn. Here Is a neat bit of
engineering. When the route was surveyed
and the spot was located where the hill
should be pleiccd for the long drive through
the rock , a creek was found to be In the way.
A dam was built and made unusually solid ,
for the creek , Insignificant enough at this
time of year , carries n largo volume of muddy
water from the hills when the rains nro upon
the land. The dam diverts the stream to
the right hand , and right under the face of
the masonry runs the track to the mouth of
'he long tunnel.
It seems a little odd at first to notice
that the railroad , built with so much cut
ting , tunneling , bridging and grading should
be considerably longer than the wagon ro.ul ,
which has been until now the only avenue
for transportation between Santa Margntlta
and San Luis Oblepo , but It Is readily un
derstood when the rugged character of the
country traversed Is taken Into consideration.
The stage road Is only eleven miles long ,
while the new railroad extension Is close to
seventeen miles In length , but there Is a ma
terial difference In the elevation of the two
lines. The stage road climbs and winds
to a height of 2,000 feet , the lowest prac
ticable point for a road through the steep
Santa Lucia mountains , while the highest
point on the railroad extension In the sum
mit tunnel Is only 1,100 feet above sea level.
FLYING THROUGH FLAME.
Thrilling Dash Through n Hunting Snow
RUM | .
Forest fires had been raging In the moun
tains for more than a month , writes Cy
Warman In the New York Sun. The passen
gers wore peering from the car windows ,
watching the- red lights leap from tree to
tree , leaving the erstwhile green-garbed
hills a bleak and blackened waste.
The traveling passenger agent had held
the platform all the way up the mountain ,
soothing bar fears and showing her the
sights and scenes along the line. "Over
there , " he siild , "Is the sunny San Luis
valley , and those high hills that snowy
range , when seen In the golden glow of sun
set was called by the Spaniards , Sangre do
Chrlsto , the blood of Christ. Farther to the
south and a llttlo west Is the great silver
camp of Creede , whole It Is always after
noon.
"Looking far down the vale you can sco
the moon-kissed crest of the Spanish range ,
below whose lofty peaks the archaic cliff-
dwellers had their homes. Here to the
north , where you see the fire flying from
the throbbing throat of a locomotive , Is the
line that leads to Lcadvlllc , whoso wondrous
wealth Is known to all the English-speaking
people ; yes , even as far south as Texas they
have come to talk of Leadvlllo and the
mines.
"Now we have reached the crest of the
continent , where "
"Oh , yes , I have seen It ! " chimed In the
maiden. "It's by Ernest Ingersoll , Is it
not ? "
"No , " he replied , "this ono Is by the
Builder of the Universe , and , as I was about
to say , the water flows this way to the At
lantic and that way to the Pacific. "
"Why , how very , very funny , " said the
"schoolmarm , " but the railroad man has
never been able to see where the laugh came
In. Ho was making no attempt to bo funny ,
and turning the tourist over to the porter ,
after assuring her for the 100th time that
accidents were never heard of on Marshall
Pass , he said good night.
The conductor came out from the smoky
station , lifted his white light a time or
two , the bell sounded and the long train
began to find and wind Its way ever the
smooth steel track that sfiould lead from the
hoary heights to the verdant vale. And
the gentle curves made cradles of the cars
and the happy maiden In high five dreamed
she was at homo | n her hammock , whllo
the man of the road went peacefully to
sleep In upper six , feeling that he had
shown all the wonders of the west to at
least onci passenger in that tralnload of
people.
The engineer reached for the rope , and the
long , low "toooo toooo-too toot" went out
upon the midnight air , and the women folks
whispered a llttlo prayer for the weary
watcher In the engine cab , placed their preci
ous lives In his left hand , and went to sleep
again. The long train creaked and cracked
on the sharp corners , and , as the last echo
of the steam whlstlo died away In the dis
tant hills , slid swiftly from the short tangent
and was few allowed up by a sno\\shcd.
At that moment the fire leaped from a
clump of pinions , and the sun-dried snow-
shed flushed aflame like a bunch of grass In
a pralrlo fire.
It had required the united efforts of three
locomotives to haul the train up the hill ,
and the engineer know that to stop was to
perish In the fire , as he was utterly unable
to back out of the burning building.
That is why it appeared to the passengers
that all at once every tic that bound this
human-burdened train to the track parted ,
and the mad train began to fall down the
mountain. Away they went like the wind.
On they went through the fiery furnace like
a frightened spirit flying from the hearth of
hell. The engine men wcro almost suffocated
In the cab , whllo the paint was peeled from
the Pullman cars as a light snow Is swal
lowed by the burning sun on a sandy desert.
At last the light is gone , they dash out
into the night out Into tlio pure mountain
air ; the brakes are applied , the speed Is
slackened , the women are still frightened ,
but the conductor assures them that the
danger Is past.
Now they can look back and see the burnIng -
Ing sheds falling. The "schoolmarm" shud
ders as she climbs back Into her berth , and
an hour later they are all asleep. At Him-
nlson they get another locomotive , a frebh
crew , and the train winds on toward the
Pacific slope.
The engine Is stabled In her stall at the
round house. The driver walks about her ,
pats her on the neck and talks to her as ho
would to a human being : "Well , old girl ,
wo got through , didn't wo ? But It was a
close call. "
Elm Clmrins tlio Illrcls and Ilcast * .
Mrs. II. n. Ludwlg of Montague , Sussex
county , Now Jersey , possesses a gift of
magnetism which gives her wonderful con
trol over animals , birds , reptiles , and Insects.
The most vicious horses , which are utterly
unmanageable by any ono else , become per
fectly tractable and obedient under her voice
and touch. Dogs , cats and other domestic
animals , whether belonging to her or to
others , seem to understand every word she
speaks , and they do the most astonishing
things at her order.
Shy , suspicious and unapproachable as the
wild fox Is , ho will not only not fly at the
approach of Mrs. Ludwlg , but will como to
her at a word of command. Wild birds fol
low her when she walks about her farm , and
frequently will not be driven away by her.
Ono particular robin Is so Infatuated with
her that It hovers about the house con
tinually , although Mrs. Ludwlg has taken It
for away several times and tried to frighten
it Into leaving her.
Mrs , Ludwig Insists that birds and beasts
i AUornoyn-.U-lnw Pr.ic-
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fuilunil CHUCK , ItooiiiH SOO-7-8-0 ,
bock' Council Illu llx. lit
Special
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OAHUAOS IlEMOVUD , CESsfoOLS , VAULTS
clilmney * cleaned. Ed IJurke , ut Tulor *
grocery , HO Urnadway.
KOU BAMJ. A AVELL nSTAHMSIWD. GOOD.
paying business for cash or good trade ; In.
voice (2.000.00. a oo.l reanon for celling. Ad
orns it 30 , Dee. Council lllurtb.
Foil HINT. Eoi iiHoADWAV.
Mm Key or II. a.
AVB iinnniJY INFOUM THE PUBLIC OP THE
dissolution of ilia firm formerly known ns Tay
lor & I'MlzneruM , said I'MtzcrraM retiring. Mr.
II. J. Yauglmn takes lila Intercut. All persons
owlntf the firm of Taylor & Fltsicerald will
pleaaa call and Huttla tlielr account * at once ,
BB the new firm assume * all rvuponnlullltUn
and will pay all outstanding debt * . Taylor &
Vaughan. 640 llroadwuy. Tel. t3.
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KOIl HALU-IIICYCLU ClIKAl' FOR CASH.
Cull rinit National bank.
havfl A language , and Hint she understands It
Instinctively. _
OATH'S ' GREATEST.
An Appreciative Notice of Uio Poetic
Tribute to MIII-.V llnll.
I have kept silent , says the critic of Town
Topics , while the detractors of Mr. Oeorgo
Alfred Townscnd havn been flinging Jibes and
Jeers nt him on account of the remarkable
and Interesting poem that ho propircd for
the dedication of the Mary Washington mon
ument nt Frcdcrlcksburg. I feel , however ,
that It Is my duty to protest against such In
justice to an Industrious American producer.
I flutter myself that I am familiar with mast
of the commemorative and memorial poetry
that has been written In KiiRllsh In this cen
tury , and I am sure that any Jury of literary
experts would agree with mo that Mr. Town-
scud's ballad on little Mary llnll has n qual
ity that will bo sought In vain In the litera
ture of elegy or dedication. Criticasters
may chatter about Tennyson's OJo on the
duke of Wellington and llmerson's Concord
Hymn and Lowell's Commemoration Ode , and
quote from "Adotmls" and "Thyrsls. " Let
them show me , If they c.tn , any IMMURO In
those poems or ny other poem Unit can hold
a taper to this noble stanza :
Ittni little Mnry It\ll , nnd flu ! liml no fame nt
nil.
Hut the world wm nil tlie nnif n If she hnd ,
For she hall Ilic ilKht to breathe nml to tollta
nml to toi-the ,
And to lo\e mime otl-or ctinnlnKtf \ \ \ \ lid.
Tlioush he proved n widower. H win nil the stune
to licr ,
For IIP cnxe lior mnny n il.tuithtcr nnd n nun ,
And tlin family wna l.\rne , nml the uldfM , little
OeorRp.
AVns the hope of little AVldow Washington.
Is there not In this something of the large
simplicity of early balladry ? Is there not ,
too , something of the onomatopootlc stress
of Sydney Lniilcr ? You can almost hear the
cradle rock and the Inwllng of this llttlo llnll
boy. You can smell the paregoric. 1 do not
qulto understand the meaning of "other" In
the fourth line , but I know that Mr. Town
scnd would not have shaken It up and stirred
It In without some wise , artistic pmpose.
Through the moss on the fifth line we can
almost FCO to read the Inscription on the
headstone of Mary Ball's husbind's first
wife. And what n large , luxurious ! rhyme In
that of "largo" and "Oeorge" ! On Mr. Town-
scnd's muse arc neither files nor fetters. 1
do not envy the heart of the man that ran
read without n sob Mr. Townsend's descrip
tion of George settled at Mount Vcrnon and
going Into politics , nnd little Widow Wash
ington's remarks when she heard the drum.
Potomac's ) pleasant tide lie was settled with
Ills lirMc.
O\eri = cclnK horses , hounds nnd eocKs nnd wnriN ,
And It seemed but second naluto to go to the
legislature ,
And play lila hand nt politics nnd cards.
Three-score-nnd-ten had come when the widow
luard the dium ,
"My God ! " Blio cried , "what demon Is nt
latKe ?
'TIs the conflict with the klnff , "tla two woilds
n-mustciliig.
And the call of duty comes to mother's
George. "
, AVliero Is AVI1I Carleton now ? The popu
lar quality of Mr. Townsend's verses must
strike every reader. I know already of two
families In Bast New York where the chil
dren use them as countlng-ln rhymes. The
malice of Mr. Townsend's detractors Is Inex
cusable. This Frederlcksbtirg ballad Is the
best work he has ever done. . Ho must be
between 60 and 60 years old now , but he Is
not too old to flower. This ballad Is , If I
mistake not , his first original work. I hall
It as an omen that ho will scrap-book no
more. Good fortune to his now departure !
Oonorate Paltlsslmo poeta ! Give thistles
with full hands.
&
Movements cif Si'iiRolnff AVsuclR July 8.
At New York Arrived La Champagne ,
from Havre ; Prussia , fiom Hambuig- .
At Havre Arrived La Uourgogne , from"
New Yoik.
At London Arrived Alecto , from New
At'Olasgow Arrived Hibernian , from
Montreal ; Slbeilan , from Philadelphia.
At Dover Paused Edam , from Now York.
At Isle of AVight Passed Colorado , for
New York.
At Quecnstown Passed Indiana , from
Philadelphia.
At Pi.iwl Point Passed Minnesota , for
Baltimore.
I.lkfl tlial no'r tmll.Unn nt fcUomont , Ponth
? IMkntn. ntlrnetii niniuitnclorfM , enrich * !
* thnii iml < nt ncitu ot Und , nnd IMTO th town
P , jr trrmlnuto. nt nit lulTnMneo Hint no other
IftVnlcril < llr f thrc * llmr * ll nye tfi'tf.
5 InrMloM Urn * or m ll - latltod to
| irrlto u > for Informntlnn about
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mJinrmT monthly I will , *
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the finest \\iuc or clmitipngiic , is nt
the Mine time unlike them , being free
from alcohol.
A temperance drink for temperance
pcoplcdcltciuii3nnd wholesome ns well ,
rnrifica the blood , tickles the palate.
I'nckngc mnkcs five gallons.
Ask your storekeeper for it.
Take no substitutes.
Semi 2-ccnf sfnmp fo Clins. JJ. Tflrca
Co. , I'litlittldvliiu , foe bonutlful jJ/o
lure cardn. . -
Dr. E. C. West's Nerve and Drain Troalmint
t38nliluiilor ( poslllvowrltion Ruarnnton , by author-
aecntu only , to euro \Vcnk Memory ; IX > M of
Hrnlunnd Nerve 1'oworLottMnnhoodjilulol.qo ; J [
Nlcht lessen ; Kvll Dreams ; Tnclt of Confldondo ;
s ; I.iHiltiile | ; nil lrnh ) ; Lorof 1'owoi
of Iho GciH'rnlho Organi In either sex , caused b )
OTOi-oxurtlnu ; Youthful Krrora , or Kicc elvo Ueoot
Tobacco. Opium nr Liquor , which eoou load to
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euro for Cough * . Cohls , Aftlimn , UroiichHIsOroup ,
\Y hooping Couch. Sere Thront. Mciuanc to taio ,
Bmill plro discontinued : old.ndo. dz < % nowZlo. ; old
I t\r \ .nnwCOc ni' H\NTTKUsiuodoiilyb7 :
Goodman Drug Co. , Omaha. ' ' Ji
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EXTRACTION
of tcoth with out Kni. Tooth tnkon out In the
nioinln nnd new s > ut Inserted sumo day.
A full "ft on rubbot $ r > . ( Wj It ; st olnstio pint *
flU.OO. Mlvor IIUIiiKsSl.OO. I'llto gold lUllnci
J2.UO iind up. Beat work tilwiiya.
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and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic suhstancc. It is n , harmless substitutes
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It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' useby
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Castoria.
" Costorln. Is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers hnvo repeatjdly told mo of Us
good effect upon their children. "
Dn. 0. C. Osaoon ,
Lowell , Mass.
' Castoria la the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day Is not
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Interest of their children , and use Castorl.i In
stead of the variousquack nostrumswhtch are
destroying their loved ones , by forolugopium ,
morphine , soothing syrup nnd other hurtful
agents down their throats , thereby sending
them to premature graves. "
Dn. J , F , KiKcncLOE ,
Couway , Ark.
Castoria.
" Castoria ts BO well adnptid to children thai
I rucommeud It osbiiperlortoauy prescription
kuonuto me. "
II , A. ARCHER , M. D. ,
Ill Bo. Oxford St. , llrooklyn , N. Y.
11 Our physicians In tba children's depart
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ence In their outstda practice with Castor ! * ,
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medical supplies what Is known as regular
products , yet wo are frco to confess ti ! MM >
merits of Castoria has won " ta look with
favor upon It. "
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