Til 15 OMAHA DAILY 11KI2 : OCTOHEK 10 , 1807. BAltS PET11ION CANDIDATES Statute Runs Against Persons Anxious to fc'cive the Stato. ONLY REGULARS GET ON THE T.CK T Secretary of Slnle HUN ) yenilliiK ( Hit Siiniile | llullolN mill t'orllfteiiUM of Nomination to the Count ) Clerl.H. LINCOLN , Oct 18 ( Special Telegram ) The fifteen davs limit of time for filing tick ets by petition expired today and no peti tions having come In only the regularly nom inated Rtato llcl.i ts will appear on the bal lot. Ihi- certificates of nomination and sain- Dlo ballot to the county clcrKs will all be ectit out tomorrow , The grind Juiy which ha been In attend ance at the federal court was dismissed to day The lllgglns-Doriey case Is In prog- rcrs In the court today and will probably last ncvcral days Judge Wilson of Iowa Is sit ting In place of Judge Munger. Iho legislative Investigating committee In ll recent report of Its work In the oftlco of commissioner of public lands and buildings makes a showing of the condition of the books during the two terms of A R. Hum phrey and the ono term of H. C. Russell A Humming up of the report shows that In the six years the nmount of money coilectcd nnd not turned Into the treasury or expended for the state foots up to $225 30 , while the nmount expended for the slate In an umu- thcirli'cd wav Is $3 1S2 M The report a'so MIOVVH that Mr. Russell collected $00020 , vhich was expended for postage expiess ami other Items instead of having been turned Intn 'he treasury , nnd then drown out in the rcgul ir way This item Is alho termed an unauthorized expenditure The exporting of Uio bonks and the nuKIng of this icport has been done by Scuaior C W Heal and Ilxpert Fred Jo.veil , and the expense to the Btale for their services up to date Is over $1 1)00 ) A table showing the amount of school lands le sed by each commissioner Is added to the report In th's ' It Is shown that during the last ten muntlin Land Commlchloner Wolfe has leased 15ri 10J acres , while Mr Russell's aveiago for ten months was only IC.300 acres rho comparison of the amount of "lam's leased Is put In the report In order thai it might bo bhovvn that the two former commissioners had charged too much for traveling expenses The summary of the work done by Commissioner Wolfe Is In- tlude 1 In the report In which It Is shown that up to October 1 he hid offered C42.S4G acres of land leased 151,101 acres , received $731975 in bonuses , traveled 7,459 ml es , at an expense of $181 15 The review of Mr AVolfc t > work was no pait of the duties of the committee as outlined by It , and Is ap- pircnMy Injected Into the report for political put poses Tomoirow the grand lodge of the Odd Fel lows will meet In annual session at the scn- ate chamber The grand lodge was Insil- tu'ed ' In Nebraska City April 27 , 18r > S. by C F Holley D D G S and the ofllcors In- Btallol were C F Holley , G M . Robert runias , G S , John Hamlln , G T Mr Hoi lev now resides at Artman Cole Furnas at Iliownvlllo and lohn Hamlln at Omaln Omaha pcop e at the hotels U the Lin- dell J A Claik H D Iligglns S H Rush , Ouc.rll Illllls R C Hoyt At the Lincoln C Rudio , George W Wright. H J Nichols Tiutr.n roNsiriTiviVIT I > VYS > . II ill 11 I'nllH Sli-mlllj mulVII1 Help Pull \ \ lient Mntei lull } . HASTINGS. Neb , Oct. IS ( Special ) Kvcr since last Friday evening there has been a constant downpour of rain In this part ofdams county. Five Inches of water lias fallen. KHAIINEV , Neb , Oct. 18 ( Special ) For the pist sixty hours It has been cloudy hero all the time and rain has fallen at moru or less frequent Intelvals. It has come gently and steadllr and the total rainfall lias been over two inches. The ground was never In better bhape for winter and the prospects for n. good crop next season were never brighter There is a largo acreage of winter wheat In the ground. ST. PAUL , Neb , Oct. IS ( Special. ) GooiJ rains have fallen here the past throe nlghtb , making a total precipitation ot 2.18 Inches. The ground Is now thoroughly soaked nnd fall grain will be booming. IDGAR , Neb , oct is especial. ) The rain storm that bjgan last Friday night con tinued , at Intervals , all Saturday night , Sun day and Sunday night , the precipitation amounting to a little more than four Inches The ground Is now deeply saturated and In splendid coniltion for winter SnWMID , Neb , Oct IS ( Special ) A welcome rain commenced on Saturday night nnd continued for about twenty-four hours , during which time 2 10 inches of water fell The ram was general all over this section nnd will be of great benefit to the fall wheat SILVER CREEK Neb. , Oct. IS ( Special ) A fine rain fell o i Friday night and Sat urday night and with little Interruption until this morning The ground Is sulll- clontly wet for fall plowing nnd for wheat and rye SURPRISE , Neb , Oct. 18 ( Special ) The rainfall dining the last forty-eight hours has been to the nmount of about S'-i inches anil It has all soiked tate the ground In good ehapo Scvcial farmers are going to sow wheat since the rain. Corn Is making an average of about thirty bushels to the acre Some 15000 sheep have been shipped to this point and are being fed In this vicinity ARCADIA , Neb. Oct IS ( Special ) The abnormally warm weather of last week ter minated on Friday In a cold wave , which was followed by rain that night and also on Saturday might It also rained nearly al day Sunday No evening services were held at the churches on account of the rain BANCROFT. Neb , Oct. IS ( Special ) Two nnd a half In-hes of wato- has fallen hero eilnco Sunday morning , and the prosvects are that ns much moro will fall before It clears up WEST POINT , Neb , Oct 18 ( Special ) The rain foil continuously last night fo twelve hours , soaking the ground thoroughly and putting the faun lands In excellent con dltlon for fall plowing. DAVID PITY , OU IS ( Special ) Saturday night , Sunday and Sunday night the rain foi In a gentle , continuous shower. Two and a half Inched of water fell during the time , al of whlrh was absorbed by the ground where H fell Pastures and winter wheat were dry ing fast TECl'MSEH. Neb , Oct 18 ( Special ) The rain continued all day yesterday and part o last night In this vicinity The sull Is now thoroughly Hoaked , and 1s In fine condltloi for the fall plowing. ii 111 v\ t N JTloim OK Tin : vriTi : ( tilil to lie I'lllil five llumlreil Dnl- Ilirs for ( Ilif Sieooli | lit Went I'olnt. WEST POINT , Neb. Oct 18 ( Special ) \f J llryan arrived hero In the rain am epoko to n fair sized audience this afternoon It was nollioablo that the audience was abou evenly divided between the different polltlca parties Very llttlo enthusiasm was shown Mr Iliyan whilst hero was the guest o County Tieasunr Joseph F Xajlcck The price of his vUlt Is understood to bo $500 NORFOLK Neb , Oct IS ( Special Telo pram I This was Intended to be a great lleli day for the fusion forces of northeast N'e liraska but heavy rains during the last few days and threatening skies today somcnvha Interfered with tip much advertised rally Th s afternoon Congressman Sutherland t.pnko to an uudlenco of about 200 In Mir quardi s hnll Tonight W J llryan ad drosst d a goo I sUed audience In a tent Ex curelim trains uire run from suriouiidlng town * > \nd ono or two dultgallons brough bands Tin muddy roads kept b < tcK a gou > many ( IIINC of lliiHlliiKi Conference , HASTINGS. Neb , Oct 18 ( Special ) Th last day s session of the fourteenth annua meeting of the Topeka branch of the Worn en's foreign Missionary society was held In the Methodist church yesterday , At 9.3 o'clock there was a missionary love lean which was largely attended , Mm. Mary 0 , Nlnde then delivered an excellent addres pa "Christianity. ' ' la the evening the del * g.itcs and frlcmta were again addressed by j Mrs Mary 0. Nlndf This closed one of the largest and bist meetings the society ever held. Ml lntinr ) fur Wonmii Suffrage. TKCUMSKH , Neb. , Oct IS ( Spcc'al ) At the annual meeting of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage association , recently held In Lincoln , Mrs Ida C'ouch-Hazlett of Denver was engaged - gaged to go over the First district and lecture ami organic suffrage societies Mrs Haz- lett Is now performing that service. She ; > eke In Tecumseh Saturday , and a society 111 probably be organized here She spoke n Table Rock yesterday and In Humboldt od.iy , > rKtinlr < * n Coiiiniiinil In ( Jrnnil Ixlntul. GRAND ISLAND , Neb Oct IS ( Special ) A command of the Union Veterans' im'on vas organized In thin city last night by T J Dunlnp of Krle , Pa , the nation il organ- zcr , who was here for that purpose The command will be known as Lincoln com mand , No. 8 , of Grand Island. \ VnterViirkM for llnneroff. BANCROFT , Neb , Oct IS. ( Special ) Vilrlmiks , Morse & Co. , the Omaha firm vhlch li puttlrg in n system of water works or this city , linn a large force ot men at work digging the trenches. Dy the terms of ho contract the system Is to be ready for operation by December 1 , ttlt en Itlrlli lo Triplet * . GRAND ISLAND. Neb . Oct. 18 ( Special ) On Snturday night triplets , two boys and a ; lrl , were Iborn to Mr. and' ' Mrs George -'igor , residing three miles north ot this Ity The little ones are all doing well. HIIMV HiiNUIiiK Their Corn. H \NCROFT , Neb , Oct. 18 ( Special. ) "armors are busy husking corn , which Islet lot yielding as well as was anticipated The : rep Is estimated at from twenty to fifty lushels to the acre e l \oen. Scarlet fever In a mild form is prevalent n and around McCook. Frank Johnson of Duel county drowned ilmself while In a fit of despondency. J C Seacrlst and 11. M Dushnell of Lin- oln have purchased the Auburn Post W. S. ay will have charge of the paper and con- uct It foi them. Kvnns and Dayton of Imperial list J100 vr.rth of cattle as the result of eating tare. 'hey were only on It a few minutes and ell dead In their tracks. Minnie Smaha , a Ravenna girl , fell on n ilcket fence and the point of one of the ilckets penetrated her thigh about thiee nchcs , making a dangerous wound Tuesday morning Rankln Brothers' elevator * Cambridge caught fire on the eujt side f the roof and only the timely and qulik vork of the bucket brigade saved the bulli ng nnd Its contents. The Swift comi/nay of Omaha diove thrcugh Clmball county several trail heiJs of sheep his week , nmnbeiing 10,000 head In all , vhlch were purchased from the Warren Live Stock company of Cheyenne. The firm of Knos & Pugh , which has pub- Ishid the Stanton Pickett , has been dls- olved Mr Pugh will enter other buslniss and Mr. Unos will continue to print a first class republican paper in Stanton. List Saturday there was a big train of cattle came into Surprise , numbering nearly 800 head. The stock was shipped from Ilfiiwood , Minn , and will be fed by C U Vilhon , Mr Patrick and W. H. Lamme of Ulytscs. Someone spiked the big cannon which has lecn stai.ding in the court house yard at Wist Point since it announced the election of McKlnley A rat tall file was driven into he touch-hole In true war btyle and has nado the big gun useless for firing until Irlllcd out. ID is thought to have been the vork ot borne hoys Over $ f,000 ! of outside capital is Invested n sheep feeding In Hall county representing 23,321 , head of sheep and over $112,000 of orelgn money Is Invested In cattle feeding , repichentlng over 5,000 heal of cattle. These figures are taken from the records In the : ounty clerk's office and when It is remem bered that only about one-fifth of the cattle and sheep fed In the county this winter will ic on loaned capltil , the Immensity of the ndustry for a comparatively young one , can je realized. M\V TIIMJ OK STiiiir c.vn. Conienlenee mid Comfort the. Strik ing Fen tares. The new car for use on the green line to Chlcopee , Mass , -which Is being made for the street railway company. Is neirly done and will probably bo finished the 20th , when it will bo turned over to the street railway , who will fit It out with Us electrical equip ment. The car represents about the latest and best Ide.is In the construction for pur- oobes of street transportation , relates tuc Springfield Republican It details from older styles In two Important points , In its length and In the deep windows , which , If opened , will male the car a very pleasant means of summer travel. The body Is thirty feet long ind each vestibule Is five feet in addition , naklng a total length of forty feet. The body s five feet longer than that of the last green cars which were built by the company for the 3hicopee line , and the vestibules are each one 'oot longer The dews ore at ono side of the vestibule , instead of at the center as Is gen erally the cose , and these doors are thirty-six In-lies wide , Instead of twenty-two inches , a more ordinary width. The seats are of the roveislblo sypc. The'e are on each side eight seats running from side to side , each to scat two pecnlo At the ends aie shorter seats running lengthwise of the car , two of these se > ats to accommodate three people each , and two to accommodate two each There are : wo seats in each vestibule , trade of slats , like those of an open cat Thus the total seating capacity of the car will bo forty-six. The car will give a hotter accommodation for Hinol'e'a with Its bigger \estibutes with seats The sectb Inside will be covered with crimson plush The Interior of the car -will bo handsomely finished The celling will be decorated n dark brown on a handsome helec- tlon of white birch The wlndoivs are eight Inches deeper than was the case on the now green cars above referred to This will make thorn very light and airy In summer. The celling will have live [ Miiels , in the middle ono will bo a group of five electric lights , in the two next grouc > b of three , and In the end panels groups of two iach : lamp Is sixteen- candle power and thus the lighting capacity of the car will be 240-Mndle power. The exterior will he painted , the lower part green and the posts and the upper iiart old Ivory , a shade of cream , and there will bo gold dec orations. There will be no lettering and the destination will bo Indicated by signs The car will be numbered 202 There will be four thirty-horse power motors , which will give twenty more horse power than the new eieen cars referred to above There will be hand and air brakes and the car will ho hatted by the consolidated by stem of electric heat , the heaters attached to the truss plank at the bottom and grate-d so that there will bo no danger of hunting clothing The lights will bo of 3-1C plate and In two bashes Thi. deck lights will be of embosbed green. This car Is made as a sample and If It is satis factory to the company others -Rill bo ordered llko it. of ( lie "l . John Wadlelgh , better known as the "King of Ilcggars , " has returned to this city after an absence of over a year , relates the San FrancUco Call , He arrived a few days ago with his wife and family to bcek pastures new among the charitably Inclined , but as hla true character is well Known , he may Tiot reap the amount be did on his last visit Wadlelgh and his wife htvu been In the habit of traveling from place to place and by their plausible tales of want and suffering have succeeded In gaining a living without much exertion The title of Kins was given to him by his class owing to his great ability as a beggar It Is eald by those who knon that his earnings on his last visit amounted to nearly $200 a mouth The king Is In the habit of occupying nlcily furnUhed flats and enjoying the com forts of homo life At his leisure he follows the races with varying succors , and Is also addicted to the us > e of Intoxicating liquors Ills wife , Irene is a little woii.an , with a sweet face , and has an air of worldly Ignor ance about her which leads people to listen to her titory and often moved them lo assist her. It Is her biheme to obtain , donations of furniture , bedding provisions , etc. , from as many people as slit can. then dispose of the hame at the highest price she can receive for cash. The last time these unworthy alraa- eeckcrs were here they played on the syrapa- thlcs of the various charitable organizations with great success until they-ero shown to V Impeller * , * - . . THREE ROADS bHARE HANDS Traffic Agreement ! Om ths Oregoj Short Line Arc Renewed. TIHOUCH TRAIN SERVICE 10 B ! RENEWtD fi of UKt'nUm I'ltc-IIU'i Short l.luc unit ( I. H. .V > Conic t n MiitiutlM > iil I lull'ri t nm ! IiiK. SALT L.AKD CITY , Utah , Oct. IS At a meeting today of the Union Pacific , Oregon Short Line and Oregon Hallway & Navigation companies , a mutually satisfactory agreement \\as entered Into between the th ce compa nies. The agreement provides for the re sumption of all traffic relations between the roads which were In existence prior to Sep tember 23 last , when the cancellation of the Oregon Hallway & Navigation company tariffs by the Union Paclfls took place. The agree ment provides for the restoration of local traffic rates between the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line In Utah , Idaho , Wjomlng and Colorado , the Kllery Anderson agreement of last week only covering Missouri river bus iness. The Oregon Short Line gateways will remain even to all roads. The Chicago and Portland train service , vli the Chicago & Northwestern and Union Pa cific will be resumed at once. The through senlco to Portland , via the Hio Orandc lines , will be continued. Piesldent Moglcr and party left tonight for Portland. General Manager Dickinson and paity will leave tomorrow for the cast. HUH I lie n nil shipments. CHICAGO , Oct 18 Gastbound shipments from Chicago and Knglewood last week ag gregated 07,135 tons , as agilnst 51B20 tons for the corresponding seven days of lust > car. During the five days preceding the ag gregate was but 4G.1G7 tons. Lake freights aggregated 151,600 tons. The all rail ton nage was divided among the competing roids In the following percentages Michigan Cen tral , 108 , Wabash , 8 G , Michigan Southern , 145 ; Fort Wayne , 81 , Panhandle , 148 , 1U1- tlmoro d Ohio , 0 ; Grand Trunk , 12 , Nickel Plate , 8.4 , Erlo , 10 , Big Four , 68. PInlls for n Tunnel. NEW YORK , Oct. 18 The plan for hull.1- ng n railroad tunnel from Urookljn to Jersey City under Manhattan Island progressed an other step today. W H. Haldwln , president of the Long Island railroad , and also prcsl- lent of the tunnel cotnpanj , presented a petl- : Ion to the Urookljn Board or Aldermen for : he necessary grant and franchise for operat ing through and under the cltj. A MIIjMON-UOMj VII CVMPUGV. \VIint (1u > NT York nioctlonlll Cost ( lie Cl ( > ami I'oUIK-lniis. The first election of Greater New York will cost more than any municipal election In history , according to the New York World. It will cost ) enough to feed the entire city four days. The aggregate , even that portion tion which can be estimated , represents a great fortune It Is divided between that which Is expended bj the city and county In conducting the election and the expendi tures of those organizations which are sup porting the \arlotis tickets. Thi test of this ccie day ceremony repre sents enough to run some good-sized cities for a year. Tammany Is the organization whoso campaign fluids can be most easily estimated. Tammany has not yet made Its assessments for this campaign , but will within a few days. In the light of past experiences the fol lowing estimates were furnished of prelim inary afsessments by a man familiar with the finances of the Hall : County Ticket 1'our coroners , $1,000 ; two city court Judges , $2,000 ; two supreme court Judges , $10,000 ; register , $3,000 ; sheriff , $5,000 ; district attorney , $5,000 ; mayor , $10,000 ; comptroller. $7,500 ; president of the council , $40,000. Colonel Iluppert resigned his nomination for the latter office because ho could not stand the high assessment. Randolph Guggenhelmer , slated to succeed him , Is associated professionally with many corporations. His assessment will probably not bo as much aq Colonel Ruppert declined to give He has the power to appoint com mittees which may give away or demand pay for franchises or other public privi leges. From other sources not mentioned under oath the Tammany city campaign commit tee expects to raise that amount to $100,000. Richmond and Queens will pay their own expecees Thatl is all they are asked to do Richmond's will run to $15,000 and Queens will use about $21,000. Kings county ex pects to raise about $50,000 for Its county ticket. Tammany will want from thirty-five as semblymen , thirty-five aldermen and fifteen members of the council about $1 000 each That Is a conservative estimate , making a total of $85.000. These contributions do not come direct from the candidates. They and their friends secure as much money as pos sible and the district makes up the odd dollars lars In Kings county the corresponding offices will co-it less , only about $40,000. The Tammany campaign committee will distribute a grand total of about $275,000. The Low forces had already wicnt $27,000 In the preliminary canvass for votes , rent and other expenditures necessary to organization , up to the time of Seth Law's acceptance of the nomination. The Cltl/ens1 union Is sparing no effort or expense to enlighten voters and the cost of literature and Its distribution will be fully $20,000. They expect also to spend $25,000 on the speaking tiortlon of the campaign. Other expenses will bring the figure up to about $125,000 The republican party will have more money to spend tlan ever. There are many big moneyed Interests Involved In this campaign Among the followers of Freddie Glbbs , Jake I'dtterson , Abe Gruber and John Relsenweber H Is talked this will be the richest harvest since Quay carried New York In 1888 Re publican city ticket candidates are not In a position to be assessed highly and their con tributions will represent only a small poitlon of the grand total. A moinbo- the state committee says that ca-h of the big committees on city elections would spend $100.000. at a conservative esti mate For atflemblymen and aldermen he- added , the average would be $1,000 per office Some might bo $5,000 , and even $10,000 has been spent for one of these posts In Drooklyn. where the hottest fights will come In the republicans ranks , well Informed people say the city committee will raise $50.000 , and the stakes aio worth It Thu republicans In Queens and Richmond will spend as much as the democrats There are but few assembly districts In New York county that Mr Qulgg does not expect to carry , and money will bo spent freely Altogether the republican county committee experts to handle about $75,000 , Henry George's following doesn't expect 10 have the money to run any such campaign as this If they are able to raise $50.000 the leaders will bo doing well , they say Some of them expect this bum will be doubled by contributions from the Dry an following In the south and west who arc anxious for the effect of George's success on the Chicago platform following Then there Is Patrick Glcason , who hae announced that ho will rpcnd $10,000 and needs no more Ho Is wealthy , and , with lilt friends the chances are ho will spend not less than $25000 The campaign organizations will put In circulation $750000 Tammany. $275.000 , re publican $250.000. CItUcnr ' union. $125.000 , George , $100,030 , Gleason , $25,000 , total , J775.- 000 Add to this the expense to the city of the machinery of election and the 2d of Novem ber will cost clcne > to $1.000,000 HellrclloiiN nf n Iliii'liolor , Now York Press Inspi atlan Is generally more than half sweat. A iruu lias to think l > loves at least twn women before ho can know he loves one. When a amijrt man comes out of the little end of the horn ho turns around and blow a It. After a girl has on.co heard that some one said ibti waa lancinating she takes to look' Ipg quperly * t the butcher , It sous iYQ.rn.ca wuld go to heaven (01 husbands they wauld probably < nJ by pick ing out one of the four-vviiijt.l feasts. MJ\ii now'sitnov , t : c VIM ; . ! lluil n Sl \KnliiNl Itlni \ \ hen Cniur | < > il. Captain L T Mltcholl , who was Gonenl [ > aw s escort , thus describes his Journey with his prisoner to lU'htnond In the \tlanta ( ( U ) Journal "H was In 1SC1 tint Oencral Dow , who commanded a colored regiment at New Orleans , was captured by tbif confederates. So strong was the feeling agilmt those who had anything to do with nairo troops along nbaut that time that grave fears were enter tained for his safety , but ho was forwarded to General Johnson's headquarters , at Vlcks- burg , under a strong military escort Ar rived there , the yoblcm was how to convey the captured leidcr through to Richmond without exciting mob violence to such an extent as to prove fatal to General Dow , against whom public feeling was fco high all along the route , whl-h lay through the strong est of slavery states. "I remember as well as If It were yesterday the appearance ot Dow when I first saw him at Vlcksburg. "Instead ot a regular uniform he wore an old greasy-looking linen duster , and for htad- geAr a queer kind of a nondescript hat , the like of which this younger generation never dreamed of In its wildest imiglnliiKS. Ills trousers weie much the worse for Wear and his general arpearanco was that of a man who had been through some very rough ex perience. "Por some reason , I have never known Just why , I was selected to escort the prisoner to Richmond. " 'Do you think you can carry him through safely ? ' asked the commanding olllcer " 'Well,1 I answered , 'you know It will be a very rlsKy business , but If you consign him to my care ' ' 11 carry him at every hazard. ' " 'How many men will .you require' ' " 'I think , sir , that the fewer the men the better , as a laige escort will attract attention , and I would prefer to go alone , as 1 think the risk will bo less ' " 'That Is a dangerous risk to run , fo- you know the feeling Is very stiong against him all over the south , and the news of his cap ture has already spread like wildfire * " 'I am fully awaie of tint , but In my humble Judgment that Is the best plan ' " 'Very well captain The papers will be ready In a short time , and I shall depend upon you to conduct General Dow to Richmond mend as expedltlously as possible and see that no harm comes to him ' "When everything was ready I set out with my pilsonor , with , I must confess , many misgivings as to the result of my Journey "We sat side by side on the train and conversed very pleasantly. 1 found him a man of superior Intelligence and possessed of a large and varied fund of Information As we did not seem to attract special at tention , I began to congratulate myself that we would bo able to run the gauntlet un observed "We reached Selma , Ala. , late In the afternoon , and as we had to lie over and wait for a train , I took my prisoner Imme diately to a hotel and secured a room "It was bedtime , and we had retired , being very weary , when I heard an ominous gathering and loud talking outside , and In a few minutes the landlord , came to the door , and In a few hurried words told me that the news had been forwarded by wire that Neal Dow would arrive at Sclma on hll way to Richmond under a single escort that evening and that we ) had been spotted and a mob had gathered to deal out ven geance on the prisoner. "Hurriedly we dressed , and iby the aid of the landlord left the hotel quietly by a real door , and hurry lag away we remained con cealed while the mob searched the prem- ices "The landloid so managed the crowd as to throw them off the scent , and early In the morning when the train started north wo slipped Into a car and were soon speedIng - Ing toward Richmond "We went along well enough until we arrived at a town In North Carolina , I do not recall the name just no& , where an other mob was gathered , ' th6 news of our coming having preceded us , but by putting on a bold front and acting as though wo were ordinary travelers , wo threw them off the scent , jnd were soon on the wing flirnln. "Finally wo reached Richmond I turned my charge over to the proper authorities , and , for the first time In many hours , breathed a sigh of relief. "After the war we began a correspond ence , and many are the letters expressing the deepest gratitude have I received from him , the last being one in reply to a con gratulatory letter of mime to him on his last birthday. " Dr. Davis' Antl-Headnc&e ! fc superior In every v ay to all remedies Tor headache. AVKTII.I.KKV 111)ni ) The Confedpriile Challenge iind UK Afcc-ptniiee at Port fillixon. "I witnessed the only artillery duel that took place during the war , " said a veteran wearing a badge of the Sixth Wisconsin artillery , to the Milwaukee Sentinel , "It was fought at Port Gibson , Miss. , and was arianged with as much formality , If with out seconds , as marks one of those personal affairs of honoi 'n ' France. " The Sixth Wisconsin man did not give his name , but said ho lived at Sauk City where ho conducted a hotel. He said ho had fought through the war with the old Sixth , and a little ted badge fastened to his vest by a safety pin and iiucrlbcd with the names of a dozen battlefields here testi mony to the tuthfulncas of his claim. It was a mark of honor bestowed on him by congress and went bond foi the story. "There were a good many artillery fights during the war , " he continued. "At Malvern Hill General Lee s guns exchanged tons of solid shot , shells and' canister with Mc- Clellan's artillery , and at Gettysburg 100 confederate guns , stationed on Seminary Ridge , thundered at eighty of our pieces on Cemetery Ridge , In command of General H. J Hunt General Meade's chief of artillery Hut thefco wcro parts of great battles , not duels , although 1 see they are called due's by these fellows who write history. The artillery fight at Port Gltson was a duel- nothing more and nothing less and was witnessed by the greater Part of two armies who did nothing but watch the gunners and bhout when the fur flew. "la the spring of 1SG3 General Grant wan maneuvering about Vlcksburg In an effort to get near enough to the fortified city to strike an effective blow Troops below Vlcksburg crossed to tile eJst bank of the Mlsslfcslppl at Iliulnsbifrg Port Gibson Is ten or twelve miles east of Ilrulnsbuig , and at that point the confederates were in force. At dawn op May 1 , 1SG3 , the two aimles were face to fac "When vvo reaehod Port Gibson , " the Saux City Innkeeper L continued , "both armies halted to tako" brrflth Way off toward the confederate line was a solitary house , and near this vva&tl'H rebel artillery- While wo stood there a , battery of confed erate artillery left the llmv trotted out as If on parade , swung around Into line , ana uu- llmhered It was all TToffe with the pre cision and nicety of a p'Vrade'at ' West Point Every man was in his'plate ' , wo could bee although the dlstcrico was 'three-quartern ' ol a mile. There the men 'stood ' like so many statues In gray lively-body1 asked what It meant , but no ono could wy " 'liy Jove , It s a qjiajleiigo1' some ono finally ejaculated And sure enough it was "There was no move In our line for a minute or two ; then the bugle of the First Wisconsin sounded , and out went the six guns , swung Into line and unllmbered In thirty seconds the Johnny robs saw that the challenge was accepteJ. and both bat teries opened fire "While- the singular duel was In progress from twelve to twenty shotb were fired fron each gun. The First WUconsln VVBS com manded by Captain Jake Foster , an old Ozaukee county boy who went out to Minnesota seta and enlisted at La Crosso. He was a peed soldier himself and his gunners were crackerjacka and those percussion shells made the Johnnies jump It wara't five minutes before the confederates had enough and started tc withdraw the battery. "Our boys disabled three guns , blew up a caisson or two , If I remember right , killed a rebel capUUi , and -wounded three or four gunuera , Cvery hot , that told is as greeted j > y a loud cl'ccr from our boyt , " London Merchants Objct to Having Their Slnmbers Disturbed. ANNOYED BY AMERICAN ENTERPRISE "f the Cotinnerolnt Continent of ( Sreat llrltuln li > Innkoe Mothoil.s In MIIII > Line * of Triule. One reason why an American In London an never quite feel himself an exile , vvrJtes i correspondent of the Washington Star , Is hat wherever ho may look up toward the oof tct > s he v 111 sco almcst as many flags of the United States as there arc union Jacks flapping between his eyes and the horizon On many bull-lings throughout the wholesale and retail business sections of the city the stars and stripes are dally displayed , the ap- iSArance of some of the flags Inspired by the lope that they will attract the trade of Amor- can tourists , others loyally flung out by the Condon b anchcs of American business loiiBcs , those of both classes n fluttering rlbutc to the prowess of the country A stranger might think that the United States lad already accomplished that conquest of Engand which most lirltishors believe Is our ecret and long-chci Ishcd ambltlcn The fact s that a second conquest of HrlUln Is In ) rogiess , but a commercial conquest , nnd Condon business men are awakening to the net that their to-rllory Is being Invaded and uolrtitoflts looted by the Keenest competitors they hive ever encountered. Within the iast five years certain lines of \meilcan-nittdo goods , American bicycles , American typewriters , stoves , sewing ma chines , electric apparatus , and other varieties o ! machinery have undo g oil strides In the Jrltlsh markets Their establishments are to ie seen ou all the Important streets , with tne famll'ar ' exhibits In the windows , always moro attractively displayed than the wares of Eng- Irh competitors In the same lines , and pla card exhorting the trnve'er to rldo the Vmerlcan wheel , or desctlblng the advantages of the American shoes In same catchy sali ence stare ono In the face like familiar friends In every 'bus or underground stulon. AMERICAN ENTERPRISE. A great howl of protest went up from the London newspapcts this month when they dlscoveied that the contrac's for construct ing and equipping the new underground electric belt line , which Is to lure all cJin- mutera away from the sooty , choking , coal- ted engine tunnels had been given to Yan- Iteo firms. The tunnels themsclvob are being boied by American engineers and contractors and all the rolling stock and rails are to be Imported from the United States Reporters were sent to ask the dlioctors of the road why In the name of pattlotlsm they had not expended -their money , which will total sev eral millions , In the home market The re ply was tint the contracts had bc pn adver tised to bo awarded to the lowest bidders , and Americans In every instance had undci- bid the English manufacturers Theoo business defeats worry English statesmen acutely , and the newspapers consume - sumo many columns In trying to explain the icason of them An explanation Is easy for an American who Keeps hl eyes open , and It is because the secret of the com mercial success of the newer world lies so plilnly In s.ght that the Englishman blindly ftumblcs ovei It while he Is trying to find some occult complications of political econ omy to explain It. An American blghtbcer who is taking things easily and starts out fiom his hotel at U 30 o'clock in the morn ing notices with surprise thut the shopkeep ers are Just sweeping out their places and taking down their shutteis He remembers that storekeepers at home have already been at work two hours. If he happens to get an early stare and wants to buy a hat or have his hair cut , he finds that he Is unable to do so. The whole secret of the superiority of American business men is In first princi ples , not 'In any machinery of political econ omy they work harder and more iutelli- gentlyr. Hours of work here nro shorter , nor do the men attend so strictly to business during those hours BEER AND I-UCCY. English worklngmen get much smaller wages than their American brethren , but If their wagds are reckoned by the day It strikes an outsider that they are paid all they earn A posse of London day laborers "working , " the word Is applied by courtesy to their movements. In a ditch or on a build , ing , is a sight to bring tears to thci eyes of a New York contractor. More than half the men appear to be engaged at any given time In filling their pipes. Most of the remainder are devoting themselves to beer. Heer seems to be the chief element of a London work- ingman's existence. If they are not drinking beer It Is because they have Just sent for moro beer or are discussing ways and means of beer. Deer Is altogether the most striking characteristic of the lower strata of Eng lish life. The "bus driver , when he tells you that something happened to some king on the particular street on which you are navigating the fog , breathes beer , the re spectable looking matron who sells you a morning paper at the corner stall exhales beer , even the blind beggar with six starv ing children reeKs beer from bis pores and shufllcs off with your penny to the nearest "pub" In the Intervals between beer and tobacco the Englishman devotes hlnihCif to tea. Tea is a stated feast occurring at 5 o'clock. Just as the Mohammedan wherever he may be falls on his knees at noon for prayei , the Englandcr lo the palace , the drawing room , the golf links , the cricket field , the olllcc or the shop , when the clock strikes 5 , drops whatever he may be doing to drink tea. Work and p'ay are practically paralyzed throughout the Hrltlsh empire for thirty minutes dally beginning at 5 p in. BOUND BY TRADITION. In addition to his slowness the English man Is hidebound In buslnes bv traditions. There Is an old servant in the Savage club' ' who lights a fire in the smoking room every morning. He was told to start one when ho came to the club 1ml : a century ago , and as no one has ever told him not to build one , he has made it a past of his dally routine since that first morning. Ho Is not paid to think These traditions are charmingly picturesque hut they earn no dividends Every evening at sunset a com pany of forty b Idlers from ono of the gov ernment barracks marches Into the Hank of England , where Its men do guard duty un til sunrise , when they are marched out again. The lleutorant In command Is pro vided with a luxurious sleeping room In the bank and on his departure every morning Is handed one gold sovereign as a gratuity foi his services "The old lady of Thread- needle street" Is equipped , of course , wllh modern fire proof and burglar proof safes and might bo accoutcreil with buiglar alarms and all the appliances for protection made possible by electricity , but . The "but" is tlut two or three centuries ago , more or less redcoats were necessary to guard the hoards of money In the bank and uo to tbo end of time a company of hold Id's will be dragged forth nightly and Imposed upon with the dreaiy drudgery of patrolling the tombllko vaults , which might uo pro tected as surely nnd much lens expensively ' by half n dozen watchmen armed with six- | shooters i Another fetter by which the Hrltlsh man i ot buslnc 3 makes himself mliernblc- clothes Uvery man who goes Into the city to nn office above and Including the rank ot clfrk , or In the vernacular ' "dark" must bo nttlrvd In ! x high Mlk hat nnd a frock coat , H matters not how hot the day nor how wet whether the victim can afford these garments or whether he Is comfortable In them , ho must wear them That IB an un- wrltt'li law from which there Is no appeal As a matter of fact , the mediaeval armor in the tower Is as comfortable nnJ as well niUptcd to the encasement of an active man as nro frock coat and -dlk hat , but some thing unspeakably horrible would happen If a bank "dark" or a bookkeeper were to ap- pcnr before his employer clad in the comfor table short Jacket and straw hat of the American business man So his wages being smaller than those of workers of the simo class In America , h6 offends good taste with a rusty black coat and a btvaver , whoso sur face resembles the fur of an angered cat A most dismal and funereal spectacle thry present , the thousands of young men pouring Into the city every day , uniformed like un dertakers , countenanced llko Uriah Hceps , whereas under the wings of the bird of free dom , except on Fifth avenue , which ts a do- pcnJency of Plcadllly , male persons do not arrty themselves In such garments for week day use , unle's they have Attained an ago when their thoughts nrc tending toward the tomb. The dress reform crusade lias a great field In England , but not among the women They stride along In enormous boots , taking full breaths Into unlaced lungs and swinging their hands ln < big , stout glove' , sunbrowned nshamod. If unable to do ton-mlle-beforc breakfast constitutional their - - , altogether comfortable and geol to look upon. The m"ii are martyrs to clothes Why' An American tires of asking that question. "Wo always hive" Is the stereotyped answer. "Whv diTyou wrlto with a quill pen' " Is another of the 'whys' which the American pokes at the Englishman whenever ho sits down to a desk opposite ono. "Every Englishman u cs a quill pen" Is the explnrntlon to this mystery. "Could you not write moro easily with n steel pen' " "I dire siy" ( livllffeiently ) . Considerations of utility are as dust in the balance against the fact tint the quill has been , from time Immemorial , In the hand of tlio English gcntlomin DON'T KNOW A GOOD THING. There Is not a typewriting machine In a London newspaper olllco , so far as the oh- sc'vatlon of the writer can testify Thel * us0 would degrade journalism. It Is doubt ful if the typcsetUis would waive tholi dignity to reid such machine-made stuff , oven If editors would stoop to feed them with It The London press agencies have all the copy they supply to the newspapers dupli cated by writing on pads with a stylus , a slow , long drawn-out agony in the produc tion , an Illegible scrawl Is the result. Al most every page which goes to the composi tors in a modern American newspaper ofllce is typewritten , but to ask an English Joimallst to operate i machine In the prep aration of his soporifics would bo a distinct affront No gentleman could do that , you Know Hut since the motto of nn English newspipct Is never to print tolay what can bo deferred until tomorrow It does not sc n uch matter. The A met lean man of business , who steps In I I field unhampered by such notiors s- s ti ho pushing to the front very fast. \ London newspaper caltorlnl described a national chaiactcrlstlc today , though with cntlrci nbserce of nny intent toward humor , In siylng , "Nothing nnnoys the nver.igo Hrltlsh mind so much as a new Idea rusheJ upon it " This applies much more aptly to the Eng lish business man than to the avorngo citizen who desires to buy If the Amerhait manu- factuiei can convince the latter , as he usuilly can when ho starts to , that ho cin glvo him n bettor article at a smaller price , the Englishman , notwithstanding mii"h aftci-dinner prattle about sustulnli g British industries , will go to the cheapest mirket Within the past five years advertisements of American goods , and particularly patent medicines , have made hideous all the streets and walls nnd tunnels of London , with the icpult that homo competitors have been dilven to adopt the American advertising methods to keep In the running. Yankee patent medicines have , however , monopolized the trade. During the Jubilee one specific , whose middle letters are VR , blazed on eveiy street at night. Loyal eyes were at first caught by the apparent display 01 tne mono- giam of her most gracious majesty ; then they discovered in smaller letters , much smiller , the rest of iho vvoid. Their sense of the proprieties were outraged , but they remembered the name , and will carry It In their minds for a long time HOW AMERIICAN. In a London newspaper ofllce on a recent night the managing editor gathered his staff about him to listen to a "good one. " lie hold aloft and read a message from the London correspondent of a New York newspaper. It was "Can you tell me where I can find a good shorthand man lo- nlghf" The manager repeated In a bewildered way , "Tonight , " and all his assistants shouted In amazement , "Tonight , " and the manager murmured , "How cxtiaordinaiy' ' " and finally , "How American1" There h another side of the picture , however - over , that Is the lritlcher's ) point of view. To Jog along comfortably in the position to which bo was born , making the moat of the small comforts within Ills reach , in stead of mingling In a frantic stiugglo to get to the head of the raceIs In his eyes the more sensible scheme of life The American gets to the front , but Is ho better off there than the Englishman who sits down with hla dog and his book and his pipe. &cii\-i : on SIHSMOI.ORY. IiiNtrniiientN thnteenrnlrly Hrooiil niHturlinnvcN ( if the Knrtli. Seismology is now attracting considerable attention , says the New York InlepeiiJcnt , because of Important discoveries enabling us to take cognizance of earthquakes creating disturbances on the opposite trlde of the globe. Thus by telegraph It was learned , June 17 , 189C , that the eastern eonbt of Japan had been Inundated by bcm waves , killing as ma.iy. . as 30,000 people T.IOEO who had rea son to believe that their friends were trav eling In the exposed districts on October 1C and 17 full much anxiety for their safety. Hut the sclsmograins , drawn by the record ing Instrument In K'lglanl ' , showed that the disturb inco took place on the 15ih , and later advices by mall proved the correctness at the earth messages which caino this dis tance of 0,000 mllcti In sixteen minutes. This seismograph , therefore , gave Informa tion of a violent earthquake to a locality thousands of miles distant sooner thaii It would have been possible for a telegraph operator to write and transmit a truthful icport of what had luppened In some In stances the ratu of propagation has approached preached twelve kilometers per seiond , or double the rate at whlca a wave of compres sion could pass through Htocl or gUss Fur thermore the velocity of tiaiiamlnsjon to points at great dibUtnces is higher pro rata for a portion of the way , and the conclusion is naturally drawn that the motion was propagated through rather than around the world T.io seismograph ( Millie's ) used is a horl- . "THE AOADfcMIE DE MEDEOINE OF FRANCS HAS PLACED QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS" ) AT THE HEAD OF ALL THE WATERS EXAMINED FOR PURITY AND FREEDOM FROM DISEASE GERMS. " * ' BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTIONS. ron'al pendulum ncnslMvo < o very dellcata shocks nd la self-roRlstcrlng Of tiFCfnlty It muat bo placed upon a stone or brick plltar llko a telescope , illscounc.cted with any part of n building , and no attention need be paid to any slight tremor occasioned by change * of temperature , unequal evaporation of mois ture , the action of minute Insects , Imperfect ventilation of the apartment , or even the presence of certain perions Scarcely any organization has done to much for seismology aa the llritlsh Aiaocla- ; lon for the Advancement of Science They have made catalogues of all known earth quakes and encouraged seismic discussions , julto recently a new committee has taken n hand the establishment of stations where ho Improved Instruments cm be used They wlih to have the co-operation of twenty observatories , situated at sillcnt paints all over the world , No nationality can do this work no well as Hnglaml since she has col onies In A multitude ot remote localltlm , and an readily Interest them In thoork , Japan Is dolra more than any other govern- nciit In encouraging these linoatlgAllons , as he welfare of her people demands Uelp. The earthquake of lv > l cost that coun'ry 10,000 lives and an expenditure of $3(1.000,000 ( on repairs Her engineers are now taught to erect buildings , manufactories , brl.lucs , no , so as to withstand the shocks 1t > o application ot slcsmomctry to the working of railways has resulted In the- saving of from ota to five pounds of coal per mlle iier locomotive While the first Interest In earthquakes have been directed toward niUI- atlng their effects In Japan , questions of In. icrcst to science arc not overlooked The s ° rlcs of experiments which were carried out at Intervals extending over several years , was to measure the velocity with which ( italurl ances produced by explosions of dyna mite vvcio propagated , anil to study the rlr-iicter of the vibrations radiating from this source Near to their origin n clear scpiintloi' between normal and transverse movements was ob civabo ! Single waves as they spread outward were seen gradually to change Into double waves The velocity of propagation evidently Increased with the Intensity of the Initial Impulse Those anil other results wore coiiiHrmed and extended by lecouls obtained from real earthquakes , situated upo i nn aren of only a few acres. 1ho motlnn on ono side of this ground was Invariably greater thin on the other , and It was ascertained hence , why ono section of a city Is more bully shaken thin another. Only one institution In the United State's Cambildge accepted the Invitation , of the llritlsh association to co-operate Doubtless others will follow suit so soon as the Impor tance of their istabllshme-nt Is appreciated. Such stations may also advantageously In vestigate the fact and the causes of changes ! of level In the Interior , particularly lit mountainous dlstilcts as well as changes of geodetic position such as wcro Indicated by coast survov observations among the hllla of New Hampshire If we c.iu read the recoids of eirthquakes dally with Milne's bclsmograph , and discover that conslderabla segments of earth s crust , in changing their position , we lose our cinlUoncc In the utabll- Itv of our world This llritlsh committee. If propelly supported , may develop correla tions ot foices not now even Imagined. The Real Value of a watch depends upon the accuracy of the movement and not upon the price of the case. The "RIVERSIDE" Waltharn Watch movement is a most accurate time = keeper. 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