Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1899)
HE SUNDAY BEE PAGES 11 TO 20. ESTABLISHED JtTNlD 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 3 , 181)9. ) SIXOKLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY Party of Indians to Be TMcsa to the Coming Paris Imposition , WEIRD SCENE AT PINE RIDGE AGENCY Cum I noStrret tlroucr Ncntlr "Pllnt- Klntiiinr.l" MlHtnke In H vl chlii Indite" Traveling Mini TlilnUn Jle IlnnKiiliiHt n "IlnniliMi. " "Yen , sir , I nm Rolnc to take a party of American Indians to the Paris exposition In 1000 for the purpose of showing the pos- GlblllUos of education among the rcdmcn , " said W. I ) . Hackus , superintendent ot the public schools nt Chadron , who spends his summer vacations In Omaha. "I was In charge of such an exhibition nt the World's Fair and It created so much Interest - torest that It was understood some time ago that a similar one should -tic presented at1 Paris. I was In Washington a short tlmo ngo In consultation with the Interior depart- ( tnont , discussing plans for such an cxhlbl- ! , * tlon. An appropriation for this purpose has j not yet been made , but I found that the In- | I terost of certain congressmen , familiar with the exhibition at the World's Pair , had not j i . pubsldcd , and i nm assured that an approj | j prlatlon sumclcntly largo to meet nil re- , ftulromcnts will bo made. j 1 "Tho Importance of this exhibition lies I In the fact that there Is n current Imprca- ! I elon , confined not only to foreign countries , I but In America as well , that the Indian cannot - | not bo educated , nnd that no effort Is being I made In this direction. An a matter of fact the success attained by the government - j I mont hi educating the Indian In mechanical ; arts and along literary lines has been j ] . ' marvelous. The Idea prevails In some ] \ quarters that this exhibit nt Paris Is to be j ' In the nature of n 'wild west show , ' or something of that sort , and Rlnce The Dee i contained nn account of my conference In I Washington In n special dispatch from Its correspondent , I have received a number of letters of Inquiry from bronco 'busters' j and Indians , who have been connected with j j Sdld west' aggregations , desiring to ac- Olcompany mo. This Is all wrong. I expect T to toke with me about sixty Indians who bo selected from the various agencies from all over thn United States. These | will all bo educated. The exhibit will com prise a sort of a model working Industrial Bchool. It will be so arranged that Indians will be seen working at the trades which j I ' they have mastered at the several schools ' of learning nnd mechanical arts conducted ' by the government. I shall select compe tent harness makers , electrical' workers ] and women who are artists In needlework ' nnd dressmaking. In fact , every line of mechanical art will bo represented. "It can readily bo seen how Important this exhibit will be. It will refute the Im pression that the American Indian is a lazy , Ignorant , good-for-nothing fellow , nnd will ehow that 1-y means of education ho can bo brought to an equal plane of Intelll- Ccnco with the white man. " "Talk about cyclones , tornadoes and such freaks of the wind , " said George H. Mead , who travels In western Nebraska and South ipakota , for nn Omaha wholesale house , "I experienced what came about an near being a genuine 'twister' as I want to see , and witnessed - nessed a most Interesting , weird and unusual eight out on Pine Illdgo agency ono night recently. I was making a tour of the ngoncy , necessitating a drive of 150 miles. Along In the early evening , when I was about fifty miles from the agency , there cnme up a decidedly heav wind , which had been gath- . crlng during the entire afternoon. My driver tried to proceed against It , but it gathered In velocity , nnd wo began to bo i alarmed. Finally wo came In bight of a pro tecting knoll near ono of tbo Indian settle ments and drove alongside It for shelter. "The wind ohowed no sign of abatement , but each gust seemed to bo moro fierce than | the previous one. The Indian squaws began to peer from beneath the flaps ot their tepees , of which there wore a number In plain view. It was manifest that they were terror- etrlcken. Hera and there an old Indian 1 buck , who had evidently been assured by his | equaw that ho could venture to poke Ills head out of the canvas door without endangering it , looked out , but soon withdrew his head , nnd weird chanting could be heard from be ' neath the tents. As the wind Increased It began to play havoc with everything loose 1 in Its path. Tin cans were blown hither and thither , adding their jarring noises to the uncanny walls of the Indians. An Innumer ' able number of dogs tied to the Indian . wagons , being .fatted .for nn approaching feast , Ect up n deafening howl. Finally , the wind grow BO violent that It blow over a number of the tepees. Then there was a oceno of Indescribable terror. The Indians hastily huddled up In small groups , threw themselves prone on the ground and began Borne sort of nn universal chant to the 'Great Father. ' Whether It was a prayer or not , I do not know , neither du 1 know whether It was answered by the 'Great Father , ' but. nt nny rate , they had not proceeded long with their walls nnd cries until n calm settled over everything , the wind having upent us fury. . "I remained n little while to see the out- j ! come. The bucks withdrew out of sight and soon returned In an almost nude condition. They wore painted nud bedecked with featn- crs procured fn in uuiiiMiii 1110 llntieneu tan- vas of their tepees. Fires were lighted and the Indians began a dance. They circled I nbout the fires , their painted bodies showing up In a weird manner as the flames darted high from the frequent replenishment of fuel supplied by the squaws. It must have been n dance of thanksgiving for the subsiding of the wind , hut 1 did not care to venture lu- aldo the circle to make nny Inquiries. As I drove nwny their shouts nnd whoops were plainly heard until 1 had gene a long dis tance. " A few days au'o u man entered n Cumlng Btreet grocery and asked the proprietor for u $10 bill in exchange for ten silver dollars , ! i The stranger explained that ho wanted to i : eend thu money away in a letter , and jt the same tlmo laid a nllo of silver dollars ou the counter. Thu proprietor handed over n $10 bill and began to count the pile uf i ellver. In the inuaiiUmo the stranger picked i up the $10 bill and apparently put It In an J envelope which he sealed , addressed and . stamped. At this point the proprietor dla- ; ' covered th-t there was only J9 In the pile' of silver and railed the stranger's attention ' to It. TLo man scoaiod to be surprised and infer i nfor counting the money eald : I "I must have loft the other dollar on the j I j table In my room. Juot keep this letter until ' I return and I will run over to my room ocrofB the street nnd got the other dollar , " i nnd , gathering up the silver , the btranger i i departed. i The merchant thinking thnt the envelope , contained the $10 bill , said nothing , but' ' , nfter waiting two or three hours , nml the i ' man not rJluritlng , opened the loiter only to find that it contained a piece i-f blank . paper. I Then1 1 nn attorney In Omaha , at one i time police Judge , who has acquired a pro nounced distrust of a plea In abatement ej applied to a criminal proceeding. Some i ' tlmo ago ho defended two young fellows charged with highway robbery. The case wus trlea before Judco Baker , who sen tenced the older boy to Qvo years In the penitentiary and the other , who was about 1G rears old , to the reform school. Later the attorney discovered that there was an error In the transcript and filed a pica In abatement which the court was compelled to recognize. The case was remanded to the police court in South Omaha ; the de fendant was again bound over nnd was again brought before Uio district court for trial. Meantime Judge Slabnugh had assumed charge of the criminal docket and after the Jury had found the defendant guilty ho sentenced ' him to thirteen years In the peni tentiary And Uio attorney declares with emphasis that when ho files another plea In abatement no will bo sure that they won't switch Judges on him. "I think I ran up against n 'hoodoo * over In Marshalltown , In. , the other day , " said James Allen , traveling freight agent of the Missouri Pacific. 'I dropped In to look after a little freight business nnd found the town nil agog with excitement. I was rambling around the depot platform , when my attention was at tracted to on excited crowd near the bng- gage-room. When I caught sight of the object of their excitement I was nearly over- come. The bodies of two men. hardly bear ing j , the semblance of human form , had Just . been taken from a special car nnd wcro awaiting n conveyance to take them to an Undertaker's. It was n most horrible sight , The bodies were those of the two Chicago Great Western brakcmcn who had been killed , ; by a gang of tramps riding on their train. The two dead men wcro absolutely Unrecognizable. "I examined them rather carefully after I regained my usual nerve. One had been ahot through the back three or four times nnd the other had a bullet wound In the forehead. My Idea Is that the poor fellow who had been shot In the back entered the box car whllo the train was bowling along and got Into an altercation with the 'bums' whllo attempting to eject them. He evi dently was getting the worst of It and en deavored to go out the end door when he was shot , falling forward between the cars onto the rails. His companion , Judging from the bullet wound In the forehead , heard the noise and lowered himself be tween the cars to peer Into the end window when ho was shot without warning , and he , too. fell upoii the rails. "You can Imagine what n high pitch of feeling the people of Marshalltown had worked themselves Into. Both men wore residents there and had families. "I was walking around the depot trying to erase the harrowing sight from my mind. On the lower part of the platform some distance from me , but In plain sight , I saw n man walking slowly , but apparently steadily. Suddenly a switching train come backing toward him and before I could realize It 1 saw him fall in front ot the train , and ho was literally cut In two. This was not a very agreeable antidote for my overwrought nerves. I noticed that the man had a whisky bottle , which was broken lu the accident , and the liquid poured out In a stream. I feared that the brand of booze j ho had been Imbibing was responsible 1 for ( his death and , when I went In search of i something to quiet my nerves , you can depend i upon It that I didn't take whisky. One i thing I did take , though , and that was the 1 first train out of town. " The members of the city council , In ad dition i to being wise , sometimes Indulge In pleasing j , but dignified nnd harmless Jests. The ether day a resolution was written out ' by someone In the controller's office , who works so hard that ho has no time to spore : , granting the "city paymaster" n leave ' of absence for thirty days. As everyone - ono ' knows , there Is no such official as the city \ paymaster , but , as not everyone knows , there Is n man , who for several years : has been like a rich undo to city- employes who could not wait until their warrants were ready for them. The reso lution was Introduced at the last council meeting nnd most of the members "turn- bled" at once , but one of them Jumped to bis feet and asked : "Why , who is this city paymaster ? I didn't know that the city had one. " The only answer he got was n general laugh and then several amendments to tbo resolution were offered , a bright smllo ac- companylng each. One was to make the vacation ten years and another was to allow the "city paymaster" his regular salary during his absence. The Introducers asked that the rules be suspended and the rpso- lution passed , and then It was suggested 1 that the paymaster himself be suspended 1 Instead. When the president asked If tha mctnborg were lendy to vote on the lout amendment the member who had first asked for light on the subject declared that he would riot vote without knowing who the paymaster was , and how thcro happened to be such a position In the city government. He did not bollevo there was any authority for It lu the charter. President Bingham has a handy little way of ending the agony when the council gets tangled up In Its own jokes , so ho declared the resolution out of order. The introducer then voluntarily .withdrew it. IAllOll AM ) INDUSTRY. Now Jersey ranks first In silk goods , , Wo export billions of cigarettes to Asia. Virginia has thirty-three woolen mills. Pennsylvania hus eighty-six silk mills. Charlotte , N. C. , has twelve cotton mills. London carpontoiu earn 19 cents per hour. Undo Sam produces half the world's pe- troletmi. Two antl'trust llmo kilns have been erected at Union , Ind. In Syria n skilled laborer Is paid from uO cents to $1 n day. The output of lead and zinc In the Jop- , . lln , Mo. , district this year will bo greater than that of the gold production ot Alaska. The building trades unions of New York report that they have never experienced uuch a busy season us at thu present time. Many of thu trade nnd labor organizations nro wholly unable to supply the demand for men. The executive committee of the Lake Car- rlera' association has advanced the wages of sailors on the great Takes 10 per cent. This was accomplished during the meeting hold In Cleveland , 0. , last , \veel ; and will o Intci ellcct at once. The free stnta employment bureaus wcro opunsd in Chicago n few days ago and tholi first weekly report shows that of i.O'Jl ' nion who applied for woik In that time , 1S9 ! obtained It ; and of 4U nppllca- tlons ( ftin WOIIIL'II , 103 were successful , Sunui months ago fovcral members of the San Francisco , Cal. . Typographical . union cmproypd on a dally paper In that city refused to work with one Hess , a I nonunion machinist. As n result a union nu'chlnlst was employed and now holds the position. llcso Bued the Typographical union and its members , asking { 23,000 dam- ages for the loss of his position , nnd nlao lor an Injunction forbidding the defendants from striking or threatening to strike or boycotting or Intimidating any publisher who desired to employ him. The rasnvas tried by a Jury In Judge Ualngorlleld's court. The Judge submitted eighteen points on which the Jury was to pass , In addl- tlon to the general verdict , nnd n peculiar feature was that the special points were an In favor of the union , whllo the general verdict was against It the Jury bringing In a verdict In favor of Hoes and award- Ing him $1.200 damages. The case has been appealed by the printers. IJ | PRIZE WINNERS RETURN HOME Scatter East and West and Enjoy Thsir Vacations Thoroughly ! KINDNESS SHOWN WHEREVER THEY WENT HntilcN Planned 1'ruve < o Ilnrc Ilccn l.nltl ( tut in the licit 1'anitlblo AcIvnniitKP How They Spent Their Time. The winners In The Bee popular work ing girl contest for vacation trips have re turned to their duties at home. There Is no doubt In tha mind of a single ono hut that she had a good tlmo and they nro nil convinced that the trip was worth the strug gle will oh became so arduous and eo excit ing toward the close. Miss Kva Phillips , who received the high est number of votes In the contest , has re turned to her work nt Swift and Company's plant in South Omaha. In company with Miss Slmms of Omaha , as chnpcronc , Miss Phillips left Omaha on Auguot 3 over the Union Pacific and went direct to Salt Lake City , arriving there on the morning ot j ; t August B. Apartments wore provided for Miss Phillips nnd nor friend nt the Knuta- ford j , the finest hotel In the city. In recounting - j counting her trip Miff ! Phillips said : ' "Wo first visited the Mormon tabernacle and as I hail never been In Salt Lake be fore the great building was quite a revela tion. After spending some tlmo in thu _ tabernacle and the Assembly house wo took . j n drive about town and fortunately had n i ' Mormon for a driver , who explained to us all about the Morihon religion as well as pointing out the Interesting parts ot the city. Wo drove past Amelia Palace , where one of Brlgham Young's wives resides , and also visited the grave of the great Mormon leader. Wo were greatly disappointed at not being able to view the Interior ot the Mormon temple , but none but Mormons arc allowed Instdo. On the day following our drlvo wo went to Garflcld beach , where wo bathed In tbo water of the great Salt lake. The next day wo visited Saltalr , another bathing resort on the opposite stdo ot the lake. Next came n street car ride to Fort Douglas , followed by a visit to the Salt palace. In all wo stayed seven days In Salt Lake City and enjoyed every minute. Of course , the last day was spent In visit ing the stores and doing some shopping. Wo spent ono day nt Ogden , the guests of some acquaintances we made on the out ward trip. Wo wcro driven about the city nnd were taken to Ogden canyon. From Ogden wo went to Denver and spent three nnd ono-half da/s there In sightseeing. Ono day was spent In a trip around the loop nbovo Georgetown. This Included a visit j to the Mendota mines. Whllo In Denver "I met my brother and his company made my stay there very pleasant. I was gone fif teen days and really never had a bettor time In my life. From the beginning to the end of the trip wo had the best of every thing , our Pullman , dining car , hotel and other expenses being paid by The Omaha Bee. Wo were treated royally wherever we went and especially by hotel people nnd railroad officials. I certainly thank The Omaha Bee for the opportunity given mo of taking such a delightful trip. " In Love with \lnfirnrn. Mies Clara McCann ot Thompson , Bclden & Co. made her trip In the company of friends and says she had a most delightful tln\p. She went to Chicago nnd from there to Cleveland and then took boat for Buffalo. She visited friends In Buffalo and also lu Cleveland. The trip on Lake Erie was very enjoyable , the travel by water being the brat part of the trip. At Niagara Falls MUs McCann stayed at the Cataract house , a pleasant summer hotel overlooking a portion tion of the great falls. Miss McCann was | delighted with the falls and says they slm- j ply can't bo described to anyone who has not seen them. Her trip took her through Canada on the Great Gorge route and who had an opportunity to eeo much of the Niagara river , which Is very calm and pretty , not at all suggestive of the turbu lent rapids. Mica Florence Rodgers ot the Richardson Drug company spent the most of her four weeks' vacation at Colorado Springs , where she stayed at the Broadmoro , but of course took in all the places of Interest In the vl- clnlty. Among the places to which Miss Rogers made excursions wcro Seven Falls , Point Lookout and Helen Hunt Jackson's grave , Glen Eyre , Ute Pass , Cascades , Raln- i how Falls and Mlnnehaha Falls. She made ! a trip on the cog road up Pike's Peak and j saw a sunrise from the summit. She bo- ' lluves there Is nothing moro grand than a ' sunrise scon from the Peak and she wanted I ' to go up every morning. Miss Rodgcrs tried the waters at Manltou and , uullko sonio travelers , liked them very much. She madu the trip around the loop and ou tbo way back visited relatives In Denver. At Den ver she stayed at the Brown Palace. Kuntvii Uverj-ivlierc ; UN Tlio HIM : Olrl. Mifs Rabinowltz of W. R. Bennett & Co , went to Hot Springs , S. D. Her trip was cut a little shorter than It would otherwise have been on account of the Illness of her sister , who accompanied her , but the vaca tion \va enjoyed Immensely whllo It lasted. She stayed at the Evans whllo at the Springs nnd visited the Cave of the Winds , the Falls and Holbrooktown. She Intended making n tilde trip up Into the Hills , but this had to bo abandoned. Mcst of her tlmo nt Hot Springs , Miss RnbluowlU says , she spent In the plunge , which was great fun. MI s Rab inowltz says that she was known everywhere as "Tlio Bee girl" nnd that only ouco or twlco did she have occasion to glvo her iiuino. At Chadron a crowd gathered at the I station and gave her thrco cheers for her and The Ilcu. Miss Clara Uonncr of Kelley , Stlger & . Co went to Denver and Colorado Springs. "I had .1 delightful time , " oho eays "and tool. . in everything there was on the way. I went wheel riding and burro riding and climbed up to all the high places. I put on a moun- ti.ln hat and carried an alpenstock and thought I was a genuine old-tlmo mountau : climber. I went to Cheyenne canyon and Maniluu , the Garden of the Gods , went uj : Plko's Peak on the cog road nnd took moonlight walk on it and wont around the Georgetown loop. I wont down a mine at Georgetown and stole some specimens of ore. The most beautiful part of the trip was that from Boulder to Ward. It Is called the Switzerland Trail and the scenery la simply magnificent. I had a splendid trip nnd would not exchange It for any other that could ' ; 0 laid out. If The Bee warns to have any mote contests like that one I ntu i taily to go In. " Went i Mli Grace Gunnell of the Sherman & McCounell Drug company was gene two weeks und came back with some tall Hah etorlcs , Itut sba waa wise- enough to bring kodak pictures uf the fish and as there la no appeal from the veracity of n camera her Glories have to o. Ono of the flan weighed nineteen pounds. Mita Gunnell nays that this was either the smallest or the largest one ; she doea not exactly remember which. She thinks it w the largest one , although t may have been the smallest. She spent n week In Chicago and a week nt Mncklnac. 'rom the latter place she took excursion rips to Petoskoy and Bay Vlow on the steamer Illinois. The lake was calm every line she was on It nnd she says she couldn't have had n better tlmo. Miss Ada Taltnngo of M. E. Smith & Co. was gene four weeks on her vacation and ajs that she could not have enjoyed hcr- clf more. She went from hero to Buffalo , ppcnt flvo days In that city and a week In Syracuse. She wont by wntcr on Lake On tario to Ontario Beach and from thcro to Rochester. She nlso visited Oswcgo and a number ot Intermediate points. "Stnililj- 1 > 11 r inline. " Miss Alma Lludqulst of M. E. Smith & Co. was absent longer than nny of the other ivlnnlng contestants , having taken a sovcn- wooks' vacatlofi , traveling In company with her sister , She went from Omaha to Chicago cage nnd remained thcro two weeks , visit- ng all tbo places of ntuuscmcnt In nnd nbout the city. From there eho took steamer to Milwaukee nnd returned to Chicago cage , to go later to Kllbourn , WIs. , and 'Tho Dells. " The latter , she says , Is n de- Ightful summer resort , with the best boat- ng , fishing nnd bathing. "It Is simply n paradise there , " Miss Llndqulst eays. The resort Is located In the heart ot a most beautiful region nnd Miss Ltudqulst nud ler sister spent much of their time eketch- ng. On the return trip Miss Llndqulst ntoppcd off nt Crouton , la. , her old homo , and hnd a pleasant visit with relatives , She says , however , that she enjoyed borsch moro and was In better health nt "The Dolls , " as It was so cool there. Miss Carrl ( Ocumpnugh of the Dodge Street Luncheon says that her trip was all so thoroughly enjoyable that It Is hard to specify any feature that wns moro pleasant ban another. She traveled over the Union Pacific , Oregon Short Line and Oregon Rail way and Navigation. The last named road took her through the Columbia river region , which contains some of the grandest scenery n the country. At Portland a notable fea ture of her visit waa a trip to tbo famous 'ortland ' Hclghto , an Immensely high point of ground from which the view of the city of Portland nnd the Columbia river Is ono of marvelous beauty. From Portland Mies Ocumpaugh went on to the coast , to Astoria and Oregon City. At Astoria she enjoyed trout fishing and boating. She says that the train officials were most courteous to her and did n great deal to Increase the pleasure of her trip. On her return she was accom panied by old friends , the Misses Schultz of Portland , formerly of Omaha. Uclluhtcil with St. Lotiln. Miss Hanchen Rchfcld of the Lake school loft Omaha with a ticket to Buffalo by way of St. Louis , but she enjoyed her visit In St. Louis so much and prolonged It to such an extent that she did not get any farther away. Her vncntlou lasted four weeks and she says that she enjoyed every day of It. The parks nnd gardens nbout St. Louis are numerous and beautiful. In the famous Shaw Botanical gardens , wfclch are remark able no less from a standpoint of natural beauty than from one ot scientific Interest , Mlas Rchfeld spent an entire day. Forest park , said to bo one of the largest tracts of ground used for park purposes In the entire country , and Tower Grove park , noted for Its flowers and statuary , took up portions tions of her time , nnd Uhrlg's Cave , a theater built in the form of a cave , was another of the Interesting places visited. Miss Reh- feld went through the immense Anheuser- Busch brewery , which no visitor to St. Louis over misses. It Is HVn a city all by Itself. Miss Pearl Sunderland of the Postal Tele graph company returned the latter pnrt of the week from her vacation of two weeks spent in Salt Lake and points between that place and Omaha. In Salt Lake she visited the Mormon tabernacle and heard a Mormon service on a Sunday afternoon , In which the choir of COO voices took part. She also saw the Salt Palace. At Saltalr beach , on the lake , she nnjoyod the bathing and boating. At Liberty park she was present at the demonstration over the return of the Utah soldiers , which Included a parade and all the attendant excitement. On the way homrf Miss Sundorland stopped at Denver , and also made the trip around the Georgetown loop. At Silver Plume she wont Into the well known Victoria inino and had an opportunity to witness the operations of practical mining. Mies Addle Palmer of W. R. Bennett & Co. is still absent on her trip to Denver and the places of Interest nnd pleasure within easy reach of that city. SOMI3 I..ATI3 INVENTIONS. In n newly designed whip the loaded han- cUe Is replaced by a spiral strip' of steel , covered by a flexible fabric , thus providing sufficient weight to balance the tip and making a flexible grip , which will bend in the hand. To insure the retention of a waist belt at the top of the trousers n new nttnchment is formed of wire loops secured to the under surface ot the bolt , with an obstructed opening at ono end of the loop , which can be slipped over the buttons on the band of tbo trousers. To temporarily repair leaks In fire hose n i | ' ' pair of semi-circular metallic sections nro i hinged together , with rinks on one section , to engage hooked lovers being pivoted in I [ brackets to allow them to bo depressed nnd 1 lock tbo sections nround the boso. Ears of corn can bo rapidly husked by a Kansas man's patent glove , the palm being covered with a scries of Interlaced rings of wire , which form n surface of sufficient flexibility and roughness to engage tbo husks and strip them from tbo ear. Two Chicago men have patented a shield for pneumatic tires which will protect the tire from punctures , the tread being flat nnd extending beyond the air chamber on each edge , with a metallic atrip inserted , ' in n slip formed In the face of the tread. A company has been formed for the pro duction of liquefied acetyfcno gas , the pat ent process consisting of extracting the KOS In the usual way and using mechanical pressure to liquefy it , the decomposing beat being artificially removed as fast as the gas is generated. Train orders can bo delivered to the en gineer whllo the train la under high speed by the use of a now order-holding device , which has a wire loop with a clamp on one sldo to grip the message , a socket being provided to hold tbo loop In position , to bo easily detached by the engineer. A Now Jersey man has patented n hitchIng - Ing post which will accommodate blcyclVs as well as horees , the portion of the post nearest the pavement being provided with slots ot sufficient width to admit the wheel of the machine , with the usual ring nt the top for fastening the horses. Dishes can ho secured In a handy posi tion for scalding nnd draining by the use of a newly designed sink board , which is formed of a scries of wooden strips set on edge on u base hoard , with slots cut In the strips for the Insertion of the dishea In a slanting petition. In a new device for hanging or removing pictures from high waifs a long polo ls pro vided at one end with a U-shaped bracket , having Biota in the ends for the reception of the picture cord , with a central hinged ( Ingcr which supports the book by which the cord is attached to the molding. Typewriter operators will appreciate n new copy-holder , having a baee to be placed un der the rear of the typewriter to hold it firmly , with a vertical post arising from the base and provided with n curved neck at the upper end , which holds a hook or sheet of paper in convenient position for copy- lac. IOWA BUYS ON FIRING LINE Graphic Account of a Night on the Outposts with the Fifty-First. EXPERIENCE OF A MANILA REPORTER Hot Time * In the Dnyllmo nnil Mtttc Sleep nt Miflit Some ! "lety nnU Much Discomfort nt the I'roiit. All the volunteer regiments sent to Manila in the early summer of 1S93 have not reached the shores of their native land. Scrno regiment hnd to constitute Itself a rrnr guard , nnd thnt post fell to the Fifty- first Iowa , nnd nt last accounts the fighting boys of the Hawkcye state were soldiering at the front , or mighty near It. A correspondent of the Manila Times who camped nnd messed with the Iowa boys at their outpost near San Fernando early In July gives a graphic account of llfo along the firing line. Even nt that time the lownns were the only volunteers at the front , all other regiments having been called lu , eomo being on the sea , homeward bound. Ilut they had little tlmo to get homesick. The natives wcro busy nnd brisk In front of j settling down In that camp. How the day and the night pass Is thus told by the Times' correspondent : Ilenily fur Iltinlite.in. All regiments received orders to bo In readiness for action at a moment's notice , extra ammunition was Issued and a reserve company was sent out to strengthen each outpost at night to hold the enemy In check until reinforcements could arrive to repel the attack which was momentarily expected. I therefore decided to remain , nnd , calling upon Colonel J. C. Leper of the Fifty-first Iowa , now the only volunteer regiment on the firing line , received a cordial Invitation to Join the most advanced outpost nt the front , where the merry rebels could bo seen and heard and whore every possibility of a closer acquaintance would present Itself. Passing through rice fields and cancbrnko for about two miles , I finally came to two sugar mills , partially destroyed , ono of them occupied by II company , eighty-three strong , of tie Fifty-first Iowa , commanded by Captain E. C. Worthlngton , who kindly offered me his hospitality and every facil ity for taking observations , and with genial comradeship Invited mo to partici pate In the expected skirmish. Climbing up a thirty-foot ladder constructed of gi gantic bamboos , I got up 'on the roof of the sugar house , where a permanent and vigilant lookout is kept all day and a faith ful Iowa boy , telescope In hand , keeps a keen watch on the movements of the dusky too. Adjusting the glass I could see be yond the first row of bamboos n bunch of about thirty of our friends , the enemy. They were Intently engaged In some ani mated discussion or game ( possibly shooting craps , "seven come 'leven" ) to Judge by their excited gestures and occasional howls , which were wafted over on the stilly air. A moment later I saw a woman on horse back , possibly the famous Joan d'Arc of tha Filipinos , who , like that valorous his torical personage , is evidently pursuing or trying to pursue the same tactics with her people as 'the first with the French , that Is to inspire them with courage and lead them somewhere. She was immediately Joined by an officer nnd away they went , disap pearing In the bamboo thicket In the di rection of Mexico , where the Insurgent headquarters are at present located. Various gangs of natives , more or loss excited , were seen scattered along the line , too distant to clearly determine their occu pation , whether playing poker , craps or I merely Indulging In a quiet chat , native I style , arms flying nbout like the wings of a windmill , or they might have been practic ing boxing , Marquis of Qucensbury rules ; . they can lick our boys In martial warfare but alas and alack for "Johnny Hob" If ho hopea to succeed to get the beat In any way of the boys who from their youth have been trained to manly sports on mountain and prairie and who flght beneath the mighty shadow of the eaglo's wings. KeiiMtliitr < > n the Firing : Line. However , the shades of night soon hid tbo landscape from view and wo descended from our lofty perch and proceeded to dlno. Yo gods end little fishes ! How I did enjoy the well-cooked , tasty bean soup , cooked by the expert Celestlal-Mellcan camp hash Juggler , excellent meat plo and other delicacies , all flavored by the healthy appetite Induced by vigorous exercise and pure air and enlivened by merry Jokes and stories of love and war and of adventure by land and sea. It was not a fashionable , Lucullian , plutocratic feast , elaborately garnished and decorated with silver , crystal and china ; 'twas only potlusk , genially tendered by hospitable , kindly warriors' hearts to a comrade ; but I felt at homo and enjoyed tbo repast. ! At C p. m. the outpost was reinforced by Company M , In command of Captain Clark , who gave orders to dig out another trench close to the enemy's lines. That nccom- pllshcd , the various outposts were placed , final Instructions given and all was ready for the momentarily expected attack. For n tlmo all was silent , save for nn occasional humorous call from the rebel outposto , counting fours one , two , three , four all right ! and the incessant , not unraelodlous warble ot the bullfrog , who seemed to call ! ' out , "Moro rain , moro rain" and hla wish was gratified , for "moro rain" did we get. nud plenty ot It , Suddenly , nt 8 p. m. , distant - ' tant , rapid firing was heard , ' coming from the Twelfth Infantry posts , but ns it was not prolonged , wo retired again from our point of vantage on the trenchea and returned to shelter from the rain to renew our defensive and offensive operations against the enterprising mosquitoes , who , with apparently Ironclad stings , penetrated' Khaki , cauze head coverings , and , desplto I all our efforts , sent lesions to renewed at tack for every slnclo ono slain. . Thus wo passed the tlmo on the warpath until rapid firing from our outpost No. 2 and the crash of a few bullcta into the beams of the house made us Jump up on the alert , ready for battle , confident that the long-expected grand attack had commenced. But It only proved to be assured , as usual , a false nlarm , only a volley of about eighteen or twenty shots fired by the enemy , which our outpost , fol lowing bis instructions , had too much BCIISO to return. It was then midnight. Every moment we expected the ball to begin , but the enemy did not renew the attack. But the customary shouts had ceased and "all was quiet on the Potomac , " a circumstance which made us feel nil tbo more suspicious , At 1:30 : a. m. two rockets llko bright meteors flashed up Into the sKy In the di rection ot Mexico , the Insurgent headquar ters , evidently a signal that no attack waste to be made that morning , and events Justl- lied the surmise ; wo were not again molested. At 7 a. m. wo were relieved by Company C , In command of Captain W , F. Sleepy , and our vigil was ended. A Itcmlnliurnne. This eame field ot high sugar cane was the scene ot ono of the most desperately fought end quickly decided outpost skirmishes of the war. On the morning ot June 16 Company D , in command of Flret Sergeant Woodruff , wa attacked ba luperlor force of nntlvei , partially guarded by a trench which covers ono sldo of the sugar mill ; the boys Mazed away with great rnpldlty , hoping to rout them quickly , but the rebels were well shel tered by dense cnno nnd bamboo thickets , nnd , greatly outnumbering the small dcfcnd- Ing force , wcro enabled to flank them and cut them off In the rear ot the trench. Color.rl Leper , nt headquarters , on hear ing the fusillade , quickly realized the sltua- | tlon. nnd Captain WorthlnRton with II com pany , forming the reserve , was ordered to the front. Advancing ns rapidly ns possible In | ; the dense tog that enshrouded the entire landscape , they saw n long skirmishing line nbout sixty yards ahead , cloao to the sugar mill. : Feeling dmihtfut ns to their Identity , the mist being too thick to recognize any object nt n distance , they called out , "Who In paradise are you ? " No verbal reply , but n shot , nnd then the band played "Homo , Sweet Hctno" so effectively that the colored gentlemen soon wished thnt they wcro there or nnywhcre efse. Twenty wcro killed nud over forty wounded nnd taken prisoners. M company , In command of Captain Clark , also engaged and nobly BOG1 ondcd tbo first rescuing party. They were Just In time. The boys , expecting no nt1 tack , everything having been quiet so long , had no reserve ammunition , and the vigor ous flre they maintained soon exhausted their supply. P'nnked , nnd with only n few rounds left , they would hnvo been annihilated to a man. Ttio action waa brief but decisive , ns on the arrival of the regiment the natives were In full retreat. Sergeant Woodruff deserves great praise for meritorious conduct , as hla post wns bravely held. Oeneral MncArthur sent for him and expressed his satisfaction nt his nud the lown regiment's conduct. j .Major * Tackle Cluince. I I Yet llfo at the front Is not utterly devoid of humorous Incidents. Much amusement wns caused on Wednesday by a lottery con- test between the majors of the regiment to dccldo the difficult question of rank. All thrco had received their commissions ou the name day , nnd Kicro being no seniority on that account they agreed to leave the decision to fate. The names were written on slips of paper , thrown Into a hat , and the Celestial camp cook officiated as Fate nnd drew ns follows : First major , W. J. Duggan ; second major. Sterling P. Moore ; third major , John C. Hume. A shout of laughter rang out , everybody was amused , nnd as no favoritism exists In that merry regiment , all were equally do- lighted. . The Iowa regiment has been nt the front since February and Is now Uio only volunteer - i teer regiment on the firing line. May It I ' live long to gather fresh laurels and safely , return to home , sweet home. I i 1 COXMJIIIAUTIKS. , A Boston girl who received a proposal by telegraph sent back a telegram with these- two words : "Emphatically , yes. " The Prls- clllas of the period are not as frosty as Is sometimes charged. Justice Thomas McCann of Loraln , O. , Joined in holy bonds of wedlock Joseph Ilartman and his son Adam to the two i IJordeo sisters , Katlo and Gertie. An inter esting complication ot relationships thus arises. The woddlng of Miss Mary Virginia Tay lor , daughter of Captain Henry C. Taylor , jv-ho commanded the battleship Indiana dur ing the Spanish war , to Lieutenant Valen tine Chase of the United States navy , took place at nbon last Thursday nt All Saints' Memorial chcpel , Newport. The marriage of Miss Julia Dent Grant to Prince Michel Cantacuzcno of Russia will tnko place on Monday , September 25 , In All Saints' chapel , Newport. Bishop Potter of New York City will perform the ceremony. The woddlng breakfast will follow nt the homo of Mrs. Potter Palmer. Edward H. Vogt ot Hoboken , who be cause ho wns single was chaffed and teased by 1 his friends , they declaring he was a bachelor ' only because ho could find no girl willing to marry him , finally made a bet of $5 that ho could got married In two weeks , lie won the bet , with sevcorl dayfa to span * , nnd ( now the mnn who lost suspects him nnd , his wife of having been eeugaged for BOHIO j time nnd of having devised the scheme to pay the minister. The surprising Information has leaked out In London that Prince Lobeugula , the South ' African prince , and Miss Florence Kate Jowell , the announcement of whoso proposed marriage created such a furore , and which was supposed to have been postponed Indefi nitely , if not permanently , at tbo last , moment i ment , were In reality wedded in London by a i special license on the memorable day set for J the ceremony. The fact has been strenu ously ' denied on every hand elnco by tbo friends j uf the prince visiting London and by , the relatives of the -girl , but It has now boon established almost beyond reasonable doubt. , At a woddlng In Palmyra , N. Y. , last week the , bridegroom took the surname of hln bride , BO that she , Instead of becoming Mrs. Jacob W. Wugonmaker , became Mrs. Jacob W. Crookston. There is a rather romantic tlngo to the affair on account of a remark able ' chain of circumstances. Twenty-two years ago Wagouinakcr , then n Email child and an orphan , was taken by Miss Alice Crookston's , parents and reared as their own child , , although not adopted formally. Ho fell in love with his foster sister , nnd she with him , but n neemlngly Insurmountable harrier existed to their marriage. Miss Crookston , thn bride , has n great undo who la wealthy , and with whom shu has been a prlmo favorite. Ho decided to make her his heir , but through tsomo Idiosyncrasy wns un willing that his property should go to anyone ono except a Crookston. If by marriage she changed her nutno the fortune waa to revert to a uialo cousin. Till : < )1I-TM1KHS. Mrs. Anson Jones has Just celebrated In perfect health her eightieth birthday In Houston , Tex. She is the widow of the president of the Texas republic. She Is president of the Daughtcm of the Republic ot Texas. General Kdmond von Krleghammer , AUB- tro-Hungarlan minister nf war , who cele brated on August 1 the fiftieth anniversary of his military career , received from the em- peror on that occasion the lltlo of baron. The general waa born at Landshut in 1832. Hiram Hedges of Anderson , Ind. , aged 10G | years , who lately whipped his 80-year-old ] 1 i Eon Hiram at Indianapolis and placed him In the hands of purgoons , who sewed his scalp together , claims thu distinction of beIng - Ing the man who drove the first spike on the first railway over constructed In Indiana. Upper SandUBhy , 0. , people believe they have living In their city the oldest married couple In the United States. "Undo Peter" SUnsley and his wife , "Aunt Susan , " have I I a record of elghty-ouo years of married llfo , : and only n few days ago they celebrated their j i wedding anniversary. "Uncle Poter" Is now I 102 years old und his wife Is 94 , and neither ' of them is an Invalid. William Henry IJama , who has Just re signed as treasurer of the Halt I moro & Ohio Railroad company , was In the service of that i corporation for forty-six years , Ho saw the i | laying ot the corner BtVno of tbo company's i ' first building , near Mount Clare , July 4 , 1828. < For Jthlrty years ho handled nbout $25,000,000 i , n year. During a period of twelve years ho i took but ono day'a vacation. At 77 Mr. IJams i . is in good health. j I Abraham Stlngloy , an eccentric resident ot i I northwest Missouri , who died at the age of ' I ' 03 ot his home near nnvenewood , Mo. , a tow days ago waa a moat ardent democrat , , nnd had voted for every president candidate i from Jackson to Ilrynn. Among his pecu . liarities It 1s recorded that he "never gave i a note , never paid a cent of Interest , never took a dose of medicine from a physician i end never lost any of hli teeth , although i they were worn down to the num at the i , time of hli death. " j ] ! CONDUCTOR SHOT BY CROOK Omaha Tongh Tires nt Trainman Who | Bonticcs Him from Gar , "SLOPPY" SMITH IN JAIL AT DES MOINES IntcrcNtltiNr Cnreer In NcbrnnUn nf the DcRiicrnilo nnd III * 1'nl , Charlie Viincj' , To 111 by the 1'olloe. Word has been received by the pollco de partment that two well known crooks who have live ? IP Omaha tor n number of yeari were arrested In DCS Molncs Friday for shooting the conductor of a Northwestern passeuget train. The trainman Is not seri ously Injured , the bullet having lodged In the shoulder. The man who did the shootIng - Ing 1 was "Sloppy" Smith , nnd his partner was "Charlie" Ynncey , both having been identified 1 by the train crew nnd Omaha detectives. The men wcro boating their way on passen ger trains to the Iowa state fair t De Molncs. They loft hero the first ot the week , and cnrouto picked up a third pal , whoso Identity was not learned by the Iowa authorities. At Amos the trio secreted them selves In n closet mid did not appear In the car until after the conductor had passed through. t As It wns Into at night Smith and his 1 accomplices were able to slip a number of "duckets , " or conductor's checks from the hats 1 of slopping farmers , as : hey passed along thr aisle. They were detected In the operation by a man In the end of the car , who was not asleep J , nnd who Immediately found the con ductor nnd Informed him what they had done. J The three men had placed the checks In their own hats and wcro fc.'gnlng sleep when the conductor came across them In the smoker. The trio showed flght when Informed that their ruse had been detected , and each ot thorn ' drew a revolver. The rest of the trainmen wore called to the conductor's as sistance , and after heated argument the thrco consented to leave the train nt the next stop. When the train came to a stand still Smfth wns the last to alight from the platform. The conductor , standing with a number of the brakemcn , helped him along with a swift kick. The crook then drew hla pistol I nnd shot the conductor through the shoulder. On the train were two railroad detectives , who Immediately telegraphed to the DCS Molnes ' poltco to be on the lookout for men 11 answering to the crooks' description. A squad of police and detectives on a special engine went to the place where Smith nnd his companions were put off and found them in 1 nn empty car. Smith nnd Yaucey were placed j under arrest , but the third man made his j escape. Later Smith nnd Yancey were Identified I by the train crew as the men who did . the shooting. Omaha detectives gave the Iowa authorities their names. TlK-lr ItounrtlN. "Sloppy" Smith rived at Eleventh nnd Jones streets. He was a partner of "Kid" Sley , now In the penitentiary , also a mem ber of the McVov gang , nil of whom are serving time. When nn officer was sent to arrest Smith on n minor charge several months ngo a fight ensued In which Smith , wns severely clubbed He feigned Insensi bility and the officer attempted to carry him to the nearest patrol box. The load proved too heavy nnd ho was loft for a few minutes on the sidewalk until the wagon call could bo sent In from the box. When the police man returned after an absence of a cilnuto Smith hnd 11 own. Smith bad the reputation of being itlio cleverest man at escaping from custody known by the local pollco nnd many Inter esting talcs nro told of his CEcapfdes. Ono morning In the old Jail he Is said to hnvo overpowered three ofllcer while being tnkcn Into the court room for trial and to have made his escape by leaping through a win dow and over a lumber wagon standing In the path. The officers tell another story of a tlmo when Smith jumped from the patrol wagon and over n bank forty feet hlgb to escape arrwt for larceny. Smith once made his "get-away" with n pair of handcuffs nnd feet shackles on. When captured n few months later Judge Gordon sentenced him to thirty days In the county Jnll for the theft of the shackles and handcuffs , remark ing that the city's property must bo pro tected. Ynncy was released from the penitentiary not long ngo , having been sent there from Fremont for burglary. Ho wns once shot In the leg whllo trying to escnpo. The pollco characterize him as a wan who wilt do any thing for money , OUT OF THIS OUIJIJVAHY. Llran hasn't nn umbrella. New York hns SOO millionaires. Ireland has 400 co-opuratlve societies. Germany makes 2,000,000 glass oycs an nually. America makes 20,000,000 false teeth an nually. About ono German woman in every twenty-seven works in n factory. It Is estimated that consumption of beer In the entire world amounts to $1,080,000- 000 per annum. The Long Island railroad has adopted the mlo that passengers are to feavo the cars by the front door and enter by the rear door. The latest thing In company promoting comes from Paris , where a dog's cemetery has been floated with a capital of J70QO'i. ' The promoters are ladles. In Germany during the year ending July , 1898 , out of 387,901 persons looking for em ployment , 222,595 found occupation by means of free employment agencies. On the crowded East Sldo of New York the city has invested $120,000 In another little park. It contains nix ncres thnt 'Voro a mudhole nenr Corlear's slip. The govorninent is paying from $200 to $600 a day for each vessel carrying horses , supplies nnd army baggage to the Philip pines , and $1,000 a day for each vessel that carries troops. The military household of the czar IB cotn- posed of ninety-eight officers of various ranks eighty-three of whom belong to the army and fifteen to tbo navy. Nineteen ineinberH of the royal family are Included In this list. A German firm sent some textile goods wrapped In old newspapers to Turkey. Tha custom house ofilcers noticed the fact and informed the censor , who promptly decreed that the articles had to bu unpacked nnd repacked without tbo newspapers , nnd this was done. The latest grievance of the "mado In Ger. many" order comes from the English brw- era. The growing demand for lager beer In London and tbo leading provincial cities has rained the serious question whether thn lighter drink may not In tlmo supersede the heavier UngllBh nlo. Certnlnly the pop- ularlty of lager during the recent hot spell has been orathlng phenomenal. Among the many Industrie * to bo quickened - ened by tbo war with Bpalu la that of the publishing of geographical map . Thiie. utter everybody hftH laid in a supply of maps of our now po ue BlonB It 1 dlcov- eriul that the southern count line of Porto Hlco as determined by n recent official itir- yoy , IB much shorter than uhown on the mapi. The mUtakoi to be corrected in the m p of the Philippine * will keep the map- mukor protperoui for year * to ow. . .