Nebraska Newspapers

    STRIKERS TO MEET MR. BURT
Car Bnildr Appoint Committer to Ornfer
with the President.
HAY BE OPEUING WEDGE TO SETTLEMENT
trtlDBB Meet an Dertae to Aet with
ilkn on Proposition to
Hnnl Na Mara Strike.
Hae the taming point In the progress of
tbn lalon rhclfle, strlk been rched?
In taipeoat u a request from offlclala
of th company th ear men trlkr da-re
named a committee to meet President
Bart ana Central Manager Dickinson today
end discuss poeslbls terms of peace. It
U thought by tha -striker that tbla mora
U Intoned for the opening wedge to apllt
the differences between the contending fae
tlnna and lead ultimately to a aettlement of
the prolonged and atubbernly fought battle.
Ynstever the purpoaa of the oJDclala may
be In calling for tbla conference, It la manl
iest, that If the strikers adhere to their
avowed opposition of piecework the battle
will not bo aattled unleaa on terma fs
arable to the striker.
Thla committee . waa appointed by the
ar men to meet the official!: John White,
resident of the local carbulldere lodge;
William Brown. Robert Bailey, Carr Ax.
ford and J. B. Evans, secretsry of the
Jodg. Themeedng probably will be held
thla morning at the Union Pacific head
quartern.. !n Power to Act.
"Thla committee wllr have no power to
act. on any frroposltlon the offlclala may
snake," aald Mr. Evans. , "ii'a funettnn mm
nd when It baa received the reault of
the confarnaca and reported It to the car
kulldsrs en masse. Final action will be
taken by the lodge and not by the com
mlttee. We had one experience of being
represented by a committee In conference
with tnlon Pacific offlclala that had power
to act for ua and we do not want another.
"Of courae we have no knowledge of what
the cfflclala will aay to our commute or
bat ttrma, If any, will be proposed, but I
will aay thla, that If the offlclala propose to
rattle vthls strike by continuing piecework
they will fall. We are unalterably eppoaed
to that syaiem and no amount of Influence
wt'.l change our pot Itlona."
Ant ther development In atrlke affalra la
pending. The train men have been drawn
Into the arena of activities at laat and from
preaent tndlcatlona will extend their co-op-eratlon
to the atrlkera.
Trala Mia Take Action."
A meeting, of the train mea waa held yet
terday In Myrtle hall, and aa waa predicted
ly The Bee, a committee waa named to
formulate a baala of action. Thla. will be
done In conjunction with the awlth men,
whom the train men will meet tonight. The
prime object, aa haa been atated, la to unite
gainst hauling trems bearing nonunion
hopmen to take atrlkera' placea. Before
p ane are definitely aettled, however, the
train men. and switch aina will eanvsas the
Jruatlon thoroughly.
From the aentlment expressed yesterday
there la every indication that thla action
will be tsktn and If it la. It may be counted
an aa clothing the atrlkera with more form
idable Influences than they have possessed
nee the opening of the atrlke. They hold
that It will give them absolute control of
the altuatlon. enabling them to tie up the
- operating department, which they hold to be
the tnly vital efement 'necessary to win their
light. The train men have conferred, by
wire? with thel? national leader, A. 8. Clark
ct Cedar .Rapid. .la., aa to their courae,
MAKEUP -OF NEXT CONGRESS
- (Continued from First Page.)
Immediately preceding the presidential
contest. . Inasmuch aa there la not even a
chance that the democrats can control
the senate for four- years at leaat auch
men aa Ben Cable of Illinois, a recognized
'leader of great ahrewdnesa, la of tht opin
ion that the aim of hie associates should
be to secure quality rather than quantity
In democratlo repreaentatton thla fall.
Cable's plan la to put in nomination la
very doubtful district a man who atanda
In the front rank aa a man of Integrity and
who at the lame time, If elected, would
add to the strength of hla party on the
floor of the house,
Unfortunately for the aucceaa of thla
wise plan the very bast men are usually
lacking In the necessary political pull to
' aecure party nomlnatlona, and the men who
really prove to be great In the national
legislature develop after aervtng a term
or two.
Mono to Defeat Jay.
One of the seats which the dsmocratle
congresalonal committee hope ta capture
from the' republican ia that now repre
sented by Charles F. Joy of 8t. Louis. The
legislature of Mlaaoari "Axed" things la
St. Louie ao aa to make one district safely
republican... That ta the . dlatrict repre
aented by Mr. Barthold, whoae re-election
la eoneeded. Joy'a bailiwick baa been eat
up ao aa to make it democratlo, apparently.
But Me, Joy alwaya makes the beet fight
wben the odds agalnat aim are greatest.
II la not easily knocked out and It la
. by no means aura that hla seat is loat t
the republicans.
Three . republican member from New
Tork, and probably four. who are very
well knowa an the floor of the house, will
not b aeen In the next congress. It la
almost certain that President Roosevelt will
appoint John B. Sherman a Judge on the
United States district bench. In fact, he
assured Mr. Sherman friends of hi In
tenttoa to do ao before the vacancy, now
existing, was created. But for thla assur.
anc there would have been no vacancy, be
cause Speaker.. Henderson withdrew hla op
position to ID federal-court bill -and al
lowed it to pass only upon assurance made
to hint that,tMr. Sheraae waa ta have the
place.
When the - Albany legislature reappor
tioned the-atate laat year It was deemed
absolutely aeoetsary ta strengthen repub
lican control of the Albany dlatrict. To
accomplish thla three republlcaa members,
Messrs. ' Llttauer, Stewart and Emerson,
Were thrown into' one district. The three
LdwQoughs
At first a high, cough, til
in your throat, You neglected
it. Now it is down deep in
the chest. That means
low cough, a lung cough,
bronchitis, Aycr's Cherry
Pectoral controls the infiam-
mation, heals the torn mem-
branes. Talk this over with
your doctor.
Only half a bottle of Ayer'g Cherry
Pectoral cured me of a dreadful cough
which bad tatted for over four yeara."
Mra. J. L. Johnson, Vlnnie, Va.
Uc. u, i . . J.CATaCOUwea.ltas
gentlemen have been rloee peraonal friends,
They employ the same secretaries, din to
gether almost daily and In many other
waya have alwaya pulled together. All
three are manufacturer. Llttauer la the
principal owner of about the moat aue
eeseful glovemaklng establishment in
America. Emerson manufactures shirt
and Stewart produces undergarment. Lit
tauer la or haa bees for many year a close
personal friend of Roosevelt's. Soon after
ho took the oath of office aa prealdent Mr.
Roosevelt Invited Mr. Llttauer to accept
the treasury portfolio npon the retirement
of Secretary Oage. Subsequently, how
ever, Mr. Shaw waa eboeeri for that po
sition and the Brat alight breach In the
cloae friendship between Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Llttauer waa noted. Thla breach, bow
ever, seems to have been healed and It ta
understood that the president is now do
ing everything In hla power to aid Mr.
Llttauer ia hla quest for a nomination to
congress.
Messrs. Stewart and Emerson show no
disposition to get out of the way (or the
president's friend, and the lateat Informa
tlon from the seat of this minor political
war indicate that there may be three re
publican candldatea In the new dlatrict,
with the almost Inevitable reault of the
election of a democrat from one of the
great atrongholds ot the republicans In the
president s own state.
So Hone la the Booth.
Whatever the outcome may be of tha
contest In the doubtful districts of the
northern state, it Is certain that the re
publicans have no hop of 'gaining a sin
gle seat ia the aouth. The constitutions!
changes In many of the southern state
hav practically barred the negro from
the polls. It la true that the educated men
among the colored race still have the right
of franchlae, but thla element ia ao small
and lnalgnlflcant aa to cut no figure. Th
wbttea have solved the problem which haa
worried them ever alnc universal auf
frage was extended to the ex-alaves, and
the whltea control In the aouth at they
have not done before since 1876.
In the eoutn up to the present time a
white voter was a eyncnymous term for a
democrat. There are thoae who see In th
action of the constitutional conventlona of
Louisiana, Arkansaa, North Carolina and
the other states which have followed them
the dawn of hope for the republican party
in the south. The populists are returning
to the democratic party In every southern
state, and it la absurd to suppose that one
party can continue to exist without opposi
tion. Naturally, with the fear of negro
domination eliminated, whit men may be
expected to vote the republican ticket If
they believe in the platform and prin
cipals of the republican party. The aouth
if in closer accord with the policy of ex
pansion than New England appear to be
at the preaent time. Mines and mllla have
taken the place of the cotton field and the
corn patch and the policy of free trade ia
aa unpopular In Louisiana and Alabama a
it la in Pennsylvania. Still the new era
ha only dawned and there I not a rain
bow chaser In the entire republican con
gressional committee who dreams ' that
ther is even a chance that the white
vote of th south will spilt sufficiently, for
six years, at least, to enable a republican
to win a contest In fnuthers eeaves
alonal dlatrict.
OMAHA SUBURBS. ; .
Dnadee.
Mr. and Mrs. P. It. Patton have returned
from their visit to Beatrice.
Mies Mildred Merriam Is th guest for a
few days of Miaa Van ni.. "
.Mr":.R,,"el "'On. Neb., I visiting her
daughter, Mra. W. B. Howard.
inere wss a hayrick party of the young
est set In Dundee Friday evening. . ,7,
Mrs. Augustus Willis and Mrs. Will
Evana of Xenver are the guests of Mrs.
w. ij. Belby
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hume are making a
two. w?ek" to,,r of Colorado, with Denver
aa their headquarter.
Mrs. W. B. Curtis and children have been
visiting with Mrs. Curtis' mother. Mrs
Fuller, at Fullerton. Neb.
Mrs. Noah Perry entertained the young
people visiting Mra. Lampe. together with
a number of people from Omaha.
Dundee waa well represented at the first
night of th musical festival, the cara
carrying many enthusiastic patrons.
In honor of Miaa Julia Winn and Mlas
Wlllard. Rev. and Mra. Joseph J. Lampe
entertained the young people of the villaae
Friday evening.
Miaa Mary Winn, who has been the guest
of Mrs. J. J. Lamps, left Wednesday for
San . Francleco, from which city aha will
aoon aali to Join her parents In Japan.
Mr John Speedy went to spend a, week
week. Cd rlat,v.'" ,n fapllllou last
Mrs. Herman Wulft haa returned home
from a few days' visit at her old home
In Blair.
Miss Margaret Safford arrived teat Week
from Lincoln and la visiting with friends
in Benson.
Miss Zella Smith of Plattsmouth came
up -Friday, a week ago. and apent the time
visiting at the home of friends.
James Howard aeted as postmaster last
week during the time Postmaster McOulre
attended the reunion at Elk City.
The member ot the Methodist church
are making preparations to give an Ice
cream lawn social some evening of the
coming week. . .. .
Services will be held , at th Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday . at the usual
morning hour by the pastor, Rev. Luce.
Sunday achool at noon.
The soldier of the Twenty-second In
farTtry from Fort Crook dined on the achool
houae lawn laat Tuesday, while on their
C?ty runln of the old soldier at
C. Stelger and daughter entertained about
fourteen young men and women at a tent
".? p.Jiy " th aoldler' reunion at Kilt
City. They tented out the four daya of the
reunion, returning home laat Friday even
ing. Among the crowd were: Mlssea Baf
fc'i? ,'lnoolr,' , Smith, of Plattsmouth,
t-thel Morgan. Elsie Cronemeyer of Omaha
Klale Wllrtame of Elk City, O. W Stlger
and J. Peterson. They reported a glorloua
time. An Immense number attended the
reunion. ,
Si'laresee, ,
Mra. Charles 8. Huntington oi Omaha
w"k ' Mr'" J' Brtbln ,nl
Wllllsm Green of Blair, Neb., spent two
Green W"k vUltln hl" ,on- William
.IV. S' J.mm rd famlly of Oreeham, Neb.,
visited hla brother, L. F. lam, several daya
.M; C. Hamilton waa a busings visitor In"
Blair Wednesday, returning home Wadnee
day night. i
Mra. Levi Trrll and daughter Ru'h
vlUed relative In Tekamah last Friday
and Saturday.
Mr and Mr. S toller and two children of
Montlceiio. Wla.. were th guests of Mrs
8. P. Wallace last. week.
Mrs. H. Jefferson Johnson and daughter
Marjorle of Chicago Were the guests of
fc rah K. Tracy last Wedneaday.
Will Weber and family oj Wayne. Neb
are visiting Mr. Weber s parents. Mr. and
Mr. Jacob Weber, sr., for a few daya.
Mra. F. C. Nelson of Bancroft, accom
panied by her son, ta spending a few daya
visiting her parenta, Mr. and Mr. Johaa
on. Dr. W. A. Thompson of Bethany, Mo.,
was th gueet of the family of Mr;. Tracy
laat week. He left Friday for an extended
trip through Colarado.
Rev. Phillip Smith of St. Mark'a Episco
pal church and Mrs. M. B. Potter visited
with the family of Mr. Raymond -near
Coffman. Neb., Thursday.
A social waa given at Ponca church, three
mtlea north of Florence, Friday nignt.
Heveral of the members of the Presbyterian
church of thla place attended.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. V
Paul Biacktjr, a naval cadet at Ann
apoha, errt' ,4 in Omaha Bumlay, to apend
a month home. He haa Jut returned
from a cruise which took him up to Hall
fax and down the Maine coast.
Assistant City Knglneer Craig will repre
sent his department at the convention of
the league of American Municipalities, to
be held at Grand Kapida. Mich.. Wednea
day, Thursday and Friday of thla week,
and will probably Wave for that place thla
evening j
THE OMAHA DAILY IlKEl MONDAY.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Health Department Issues Order against
Turning Sewage Iato Gutter,
PLAN TOR CITY INSPECTION OF WELLS
Where Water Is Foand to Be Is
healthy Hoaaehalaero Will Be Re.
ejwlredl to Sabstltat tha
City Water.
Within the last week or two several
complaints have been filed in police court
agalnat person turning sewage Into the
gutters, and a general order haa gone out
from the health department for peraona
violating thla rule to be arrested and
brought before the police Judge for a
bearing.
In addition to this there Is a plan on
foot to make an Inspection of well In
tha business portion of the city, with a
view to having the aame closed and city
water aubstltuted. It haa been aaserted
that some of the wella used In the older
portion of the city are entirely unfit for
use, and that step should be taken by
the health authorltlea to put a atop to
th uee of well water.
When spoken to about this matter
Mayor Koutsky said that he favored th
eloalng of all unaanitary welts, but he
would object to the closing of wells re
cently located. Ia illustration he atated
that a number of property owner had
thla summer erected dwelling near the
center of the city and had. In addition to
the city water, sunk wells. He therefore
deemed that It would be a hardship to
cauae the closing of these well at this
time.
It Is expected that samples of th water
from th wells th city wishes to condemn
will be taken and submitted to a chemist
for analysis. When this report come In
th mayor and council will be expected
to take aome action.
School Board Toalght.
There will be a meeting of the Board of
Education tonight and it may be that
some Improvement will be ordered. There
I the painting contract, which is under
consideration, snd then some more work
to be done. In addition to thla soma of
the work ordered by the supply commu
te will have to be approved. There Is.
so It la aaserted, to be an investigation
about some typewriters supposed to be
missing from the board rooms since the
time that Dr. Wolfe waa superintendent
of schools here. At this meeting It Is ex
pected that Superintendent McLean will
give soma more instruction about tha
opening of the schools, and possibly
cnange may be made in the assignment
of teacher.
No Coaaell Toalaht.
There will be no session ' of the city
council tonight unless th mayor or a ma
jority of the member call for a special
meeting. A couple of the member are
out of the city and may remain for a week
or more. The next meeting billed 1 for
ptoLuucT 1. As tula Im A Itwliuay tuvie
111 probably be a postponement for a
day and this will scarcely work a hard
ship, as the clerk said laat night that
there was no special buslneaa to: come up.
Shack Mast Go, .
City officials coincide with the opinion
of the city engineer that the number of
ahacks within ths fire limits ought to be
removed. The engineer and the chief of
the fire department both called the at
tention of the council to this matter, some
time ago, but no action was taken at th
time on account of the absence of City
Attorney Murdock. It is presumed that
Mr. Murdock will soon have a conference
with the mayor and Chief Etter In relation
to this matter and that an ordinance will
be prepared giving the city engineer or
some other official the right to remove or
cause to be removed a doxen or more of
old shacks now located In the business
portion of th city.
Magrle City Gossip.
Mrs. E. J. Seykora I back from an east
ern trip.
Mrs. W. L. Holland is homo from an ex
tended western trip.
J. 8. Welsh left yesterday for Kansas
City and other southern polnta.
Mrs. Bruce McCulloch Is borne from a
short stay with friends In Iowa.
Mra. J. A. Wild and children of Wilbur.
Neb., are here visiting friends.
Mr. and Mra. F. Gray, Twenty-third and
K atreeta, announce the birth of a aon.
According to reporta, there will be heavy
runs of cattle from the northweat thla
week.
A meeting of Phil Kearney post of the
Grand Army will be held thla evening at
the post hall.
8. I. Rayner has gone with hla family
to SL Joeeph and other polnta for a two
week!' visit with friends.
At the request of the management, Qeorg
Mllo will remain at the head of the whole
Bale market at Armour a for another week.
Miss Hattle Fox of S30 North Twenty
fourth atreet will return Wednesday from
an extended visit with friends at Co.umbua.
Neb.
Councilman Myles E. Welsh haa gone to
Excelsior Springs, Mo., to apend a week.
From there he will go to the Yellowstone
park.
Improvements continue at the Union
Stock yorda In order that the facilities for
the handling of the heavy runs may be
Increased.
Residents In the eastern portion of the
city are demanding better fire protection.
Along with thle will come water service for
houses where wells are being used.
Mia Mabel Mayfleld I horn from the
Wlae hospital and la at the home of her
father on Twenty-third atreet. She la re
covering nicely from the operation per
formed. The cavalry troop will meet tonight for
drill, and following thla a vote will (m
taken on the proposition put up by Adju
tant General Colby regarding the troop
going to Fort Riley, Kan., for the maneu
vers. A horse attached to a light wagon, he
longing to Frank Decker. Twenty-second
and It street, ran away yesterday after
noon. Near Twenty-fifth and N streeta the
vehicle waa overturned and the horse
thrown and considerably hurt.
TEXDBH-HICAHTED SOLDIERS.
Ia War They Cared for Homeless aa
Weaaaea Aalsaala.
The seamy side of life In both armies of
th South African war haa been duly de
scribed by newspaper correspondents and
writers, it la pleasant to rind In a recent
account of the work of the British and
colonial naval brlgda that )a some In
stance, at leaat, mans Inhumanity waa
limited to man, and not extended to ani
mals. In the Paardeberg laager aome of the
blue Jackela found three orphaned chlckena.
These little balls of yellow fluff were
quickly adopted and soon became great
peta, and went with the brigade to Bloem
tontein. During the march the chlcka were
Btowed In a kttle; but when the men
halted they hopped out, went .the round of
the meases for food, returned "to their ket
tle when tired and waited to be lifted hack
Into It.
The men had other peta: a wounded dog
which they carefully tended till he recov
ered and Joined his master, another dog
which had followed ihem from Modder
camp, and uaed frequently to make him
self useful by catching horeea and bringing
them back: a goat which lived, or aeemed
to, on newsnapera and tobacco, and a very
wee, miserable lamb with sore eyea, which
they used to bathe daily with warm water,
and round the neck of which they tied a
ribbon
On the march to Rloernfontein. while In
camp, an officer saw a blue Jacket discover
an ox, sunk In the muddy river bans, un
able to move, and dying of exhaustion.
Jack gave it a kick to aee If It were alive,
and sauntered off.
"Cruel brute'" muttered the officer. "He
might let It die In peace!"
In a tew minutes back cam Jack with a
coll of rope and three chums, and these
four, with a aoldler. worked hard for aa
hour, gel tha beast out, dragged It under
the shsde of a tree and brought It water
from the river In their hats.
The rfhVer wa. reclining under a shady
tr. InH v then fait h 1 f - 1 1 ffrv 1 mri K
the heat. The men were exposed to the
run giare oi me minnay sun; iney naa oeen
wnrklns hsrd all the mnrnlna- In the nnen.
and had given up their well-earned reat
under a wagon to save a beast.
GAMBLING AT f AHATIMit,
All Sort Of Hlah (iimri Itaaarag
Wlthsat Hindrance.
The betting and gambling knows no let or
ninarance at Saratoga, reporta a corre
spondent of the New York Times. As you
walk in- the crowd or sit and let the crowd
move by a companion saya:
"See that manT He's a "bookie.' He
made Ilt.0u0 today."
Or someone points out a gilded scion of
New York's aristocracy, and tells how he
went Into a gambling saloon of the second
class and won steadily until the proprietor
inougni it time to none tor ine nignt. A
third man la pointed out who bet heavily
on sixteen races, losing every time, then
bet on the Seventeenth and got back a little
of hla money.
The ladies are not holding up the moral
end of the show as they should. Practic
ally all wno attend the races engage In bet.
ting either by arranaement with hushands
fathera and brothers or "off their own
bat." as the English aay. Every night,
while all assemble after dinner to llaten to
the hotel band, you hear the women and
maidens telling how much they loet or won
at the races.
At the polo game when the Lakewoods
won the hard-earned championship of
America, a lsdy of undoubted breeding In
the carriage bealde my village hack cried
out: ,
"Oh, 1 wish some one would take mv bet
on tnese polo noniea. Tney run better than
anything I've put my money on at the
track today."
At the clnhhmiae It I said that there
are soma men who prefer to play In the
naytime. in oroer 10 avoia me publicity
which la Inevitable at night, when the
gambling parlor la crowded with lookers
on. Yet not all men are so squeamish. The
other night 1 saw a well known New Tork
lawyer whj, between half-hour sessions at
the faro table, walked around the room, the
only man bareheaded, and looking more at
home than the proprietor, saluting his
friends, chatting with others, and then
going back to the table to try his luck
again.
They tell a story there of a youth who
worked hard for small gain, and who was
known to the proprietor. He came In and
aat down at a roulette table, where he
won WW In an hour's sitting. The proprie
tor saw blm and. walking around to where
he sat, gr.ve his artp a gentle squeeze to
suggest inn ne wan tea a word with him.
The youth left the table and the pro
prietor said to him:
"I don't like to see you play. Tou are
welcome to what money of mine vou have
won, but I would not like to have any of
your money."
Then, here ia another clubhouse story:
There are a number of very rich men
whose sons are here with them well known
sons and famous fathera. The other night
one of these heirs to a great fortune waa
seated at a faro table, playing calmly and
shrewdly. Half an hour later, while he
still played, hla father came In and
lounged Idly about, smoking a cigar and
watching the various games. He came to
the table where hla aon waa nlavln. anri
the two glanced at each other and nodded.
Then the father went around to the comer
of the table behind his aon. lighted a fresh
cignr. leaned comfortably aaralnst the
and looked on with a slight smile of amuse
ment upon his face most of the time.
HORSE PLAY CREETI5K1,
Iadtana Ceart Passes a Too-
Vlsraraw Sal.tatloa.
They're a bit particular In Indiana aa tn
how one man ahali salute another. The
salutation must be polite and there must
not be too much vigor In It.
For Instance. It Is not oermltted that nna
man shall salute another by a alap on the
back that separates the saluted one from
all me spare wind he may have. Neither
Is It altogether safe for the one saluting
to poke his friend too hard In the rlha or
to ehow the pleasure of the meeting by
tapping him on the point of the Jaw.
If the salutation takes anv ct the fnrm.
of strenuous cordiality, and the one saluted
objects, he may recover damagea in a civil
anion, ii ne taxes a notion to Pring one.
At least, that waa the case with Inhn
Pleraon, a well-to-do citizen of Indianapolis
who objected to the manner In which a man
namea neynniua saluted Plerson's friend.
William O. Trotter.
Pleraon and Trotter were talking In the
Indianapolis stock yards.. Pierson, so the
report Of the vase Just 'published In the
New York Law Journal States, I M year
old. ,,
Reynolds, a friend of 'Trotter's eom
along. He Is and weighs tli pounds. It
rnvemm mm u naa long oeen ma nabit on
meeting Trotter to grab him by the arm,
turn him around and rail him an niA
aardlne or some such endearing name. Fol
lowing this good old custom, Reynolds thus
saiuiea irotter wnen ne, met mm.
Pierson was leaning on Trotter's arm at
the time and when Trotter was swung
around by Reynolds, Pierson lost his sup-
wyyiwu uvrr sua "Tierea a more or
ess severe Injury. When he ant time he
sutd Reynolds to recover damages for the
injury suffered and got what he sued for.
Reyolds appealed from the award of the
Jury to. the appellate court of Indiana,
which sustained the nndlng of the jury
in a decision handed down a few days ago,
A part of the decision reads:
''The appellant's claim la: That no In
tention to injure Pleraon existed: that be
waa art good terma with both Pleraon anri
Trotter. They were he and Trotter ac
customed to the kind of greeting and sport
appellant attempted to engage Trotter in.
it was meir usual ana customary greeting.
"That the injury Buffered by the plaintiff
was an extraordinary, unusual and un
natural result, and not such aa might have
been reasonably expected from the act. and
therefor not the proxjmate effect of th
set complained of; that the injury was the
result of a pure accident.
"The facts shown are sufficient to con
demn the habit of so-called "horse play"
wt.wii aruwI men. 1 ne aeienee relied
upon has been manv tlmea teraalv e.
pressed by younger people in th phrase
1 didn't mean to.'
Tlalntllt waa Injured through no fault of
hla own. Hla right to be secure In person
waa violated. The appellant vm respon
sible therefor. Hla act was the nrlm.rv
cause of the plaintiff's Injury.
"The verdict of the Jury Is not, there
fore, unsupported. The evidence also Justi
fied the legal conclusion that there waa
such a reckless dlsrea-ard r eonaemieneua
on the part of the appellant as to Imply an
imMiioii in ubsuii piHinurr.
"The evidence supplies grounds for In
ferring the constructive Intent which makes
a wrongful act willful. There la no reason
why the apnellant might not have passed
without Interfering with the person of any
one and hla failure to do ao Implies the
willingness to Inflict aa Injury which In
fact he did inflict.
, "Appellant took hold of Trotter and by
force applied to him, and through him
communicated to the plaintiff, caused the
plaintiff to be thrown and Injured. The
rharaoter of the inatrument uaed In com
mitting an assault Is immaterial, so far aa
the leaal eonaeauences therenr a
cerned.
HADlNO DOWN OP H18BANDS.
Keeping- Tab oa tha Outcome of a
y - New York Caae.
The rebort that a recently deee.aeH Xl
Tork woman left her husband hv will tn
another woman haa been published, and haa
sural tea no utile attention, it will be In
teresting, saya Harpers Weeklv, to note
the reault of this testamentary ,1larwiit(..n
of a peculiar kind of personal property by
one who ha been supposed to have only a
life Interest In the premlaes. For the sake
ot esiaoiiening a precedent we should like
to see the scntleman who waa thus Aim.
posed of entel a demurrer to the carrying
out of that particular provialon of the wlFl
with which n la moat concerned. It may
be, of courae, that he waa thua devlaed to
another uf his own free will an with his
consent, fttlll. the Individual owes It to his
sex to have the legality of the deviaement
either established or denied by the properly
constituted authority.. It will never do for
ths husbands of this land to submit tamely
and without a construction ot the etatutes
ny our juatciai omcers or an alleged and
newly discovered principle of law which
leuuee. mem to me icvei or a chattel and
which glvaa them no mora tn u
their future than that which we accord to
a horse, a dog, a family portrait or a ma
hogany bedstead. The Issue may be
awaited by men wtth calmness, for It Is
hardly llksly that wtth the mschlnery of
ins taw in tn. nanaa or men the decision
will In any way affect hla rlahta Kevee.
theless. an authoritative decision should be
rendered with all due promptness, and we
trurt that the marital legacy Immediately
involved will not delay in aiihjectlng the
orinciole Involved to the severest t. ik.
courta will permit.
Use Oseseta. .
Gentleman' Magaxla: "Qeorg certainly
ha very strong hands." said hi mother-in-law
grudgingly aa ah watched blm unacraw
th top from a can of preaerves which had
stubbornly withstood bis young wife's ef
forts.
"Hasn't be. though?" cried his voun
bride admlriugly. "Now I know what he
meant when be spoke la hi aleep laat Bight
about having uck a beautiful pair of open-rs."
ACISUST '-'5, 1902.
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MOTORMAN'S NEGLECT FATAL
Kasnlta in Usath of Thraa and Iijnrj ta
Ifany.
FAIR PASSENGER HAD HIS ATTENTION
Forget Hla Order ta Walt at Sldlag
aad HI Karfolk Excursionists
Have to Batter with
Him.
NORFOLK. Vs., Aug. 14. Ia a head-on
collision between two cars en the Bsy
Shore termlnsl line 1st today three peo
ple were killed and many others badly
injured.
The dead:
W. 8. YANDALL, motorman.
C. B. COLDEN. motorman.
LINWOOD FENTRESS, aged 10.
Seriously Injured:
W. R. Waller. ,
R. J. Davis.
George T. Stephenson.
ilrs. J. V. Btephssson.
Joseph White.
M. V. Ahem.
Benjamin Rowson.
Mrs. Lillian Land.
John Taylor, colored.
Maria Fentress, colored.
Miss Ruth Banks.
Phoebe Frederick, colored.
Corliss Waller.
Mrs. Victor Parks.
Louis Parks.
The accident occurred three and a half
miles from Norfolk. One car was coming
from Oceaa View and th other going
to the View. Th order were that the
southbound car should wait at ths siding
for th other. Motorman W. S. Tsndall
failed to obey tba order and th crash
came 400 yards beyond th siding. Van
dall endeavored to Jump, but was crushed
la the telescoped cara and died. Motor
man C. D. Colden of th other ear applied
his airbrakes as soon aa he saw the danger,
tha collision occurring on a curve, and
then tried to Jump, as did Llnwood Fen
tress, son of R. B. Fentress, president of
the Norfolk Cold Storsge and Ice company.
Both Colden and young Fentress were
caught under the platform of th sbor
bound car, which piled up on the sand,
and were killed outright. Colden's head
was almost torn from his body and both
legs were cut off. The Fentress boy was
crushed to death.
Both cars were full of Sunday excur
sionists and few escaped Injuries. Help
wss telephoned for snd pbyslclsns and am
bulances were soon at the scene. In the
meantime a large number of the hurt were
taken to tha city in private conveyance.
Ther is no complete list of ths Injured.
Mr. R. P. Waller, a brother of Major L.
W..T. Waller, waa la on of the cars and
sustslned serious Injuries. M. V. Ahesrn
of the Vlrglnlan-Ptlot, waa wedged be
tween two seat and Internally injured.
Benjamin Rowson, managing editor of the
Humorist,' also sustainsd serious Injuries.
People who were near the front of the
shore-bound csr state that Motorman Yan
dall was talking to a young womsn who
wss stsndlng on th front platform when
the crash came. After th crash this
womsn was rsmoved in an unconscious
condition from beneath the motorman's
body.
TWO FLAGS FLOAT OVER IT.
Postofflce on tkr Border Ma Be
tween Two Countries.
Th moat curious posteffic In America 1
the one which stands In Beebe Plain, a
town half in Vermont and half In the prov
ince of Quebec, Canada, reports the New
York Herald.
Ths old postofflce wss built about seventy-five
years age exactly cn the line be
tween the United States snd Canada, so
that it stands in two countries and serves
in ths postal aervic of two nation.
The cellar of the building connects th
two countries and some years sgo, when
the postofflce was a general Store, whisky
was known to be sold ia one country and
delivered in another without ever having
gon out from under the roof of the old
tructur.
Thla combination poatofBc Is now being
run; bv parent snd child, th father being
postmaster' for Canadian Quebec kntC th
daughter postmistress tor Vermont.
Standing la front of thla strange postof
flce I a large poat, which mark the boun
dary line, and It 1 aald that an tlm a
man who wanted to get a roadway to bis
premises moved this post, and many thou
sands of dollars and no llttl tlm wer
spent to establish the exact line again.
Until a short time ago a very peculiar
postofflce iu used in Argyllshire, England.
It was situated ia ths lonely hills between
Drlmeln and Barr, three miles from sny
habitation, and consisted of a simple slit
la a rock, closed up by a nlcely-flttlng
ston.
When any letter arrived at Drlmnia for
th district of Barr thsy wer eoaveyed to
the rock by the first shepherd or crofter
going so far. Having been dropped in and
the slit reclosed. they wer left untfl a
shepherd or crofter from the other side
happened to com along, when, they wer
taken up and delivered at tbetr destine
soa. No letter wss sver knowa to bs lost
st this primitive postofflce.
At Hurra, Shetland, aa eld tin- eaaister.
Bud water tight with ftawspapers a4
FRE
oap
pitch, was once picked up on the shore. It
contained ten letters, with ths correct cash
for postage.
With these waa also a letter for the
finder, urgently requesting the posting of
the accompanying missive, as they were
Important business communlcatlqns. After
the letters bad been carefully dried they
were at once posted to their destination,
which they reached without further ad
venture. CONVERSE LEADS BIBLE WORK
Prealdent of Baltimore Locomotive
Faetoiy I Central Flarare at War
saw Bible Conference.
WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 14. The service
of the national hlbl conference at Wi
nona today were devotional in character.
The meetings commenced Just after sun
rise, continuing until late tonight. Many
noted divines wer beard.
Rev. Arthur J. Smith of New York con
ducted the early morning devotional serv
ices and Csptstn McCrea of Indianapolis
had charge of the' Sunday school. Tha
principal morning sermon was delivered
by Rev, John Robertaon of Glaagow, who
is the successor of the great Scotch
preacher. Rev. John McNeill ot Glasgow.
John H. Converse, president of the Bald
win Locomotive works, opened the con
ference on evsngeltstle work. At this
meeting Rev. John S. Mcintosh of Phila
delphia delivered the chief address, urg
ing co-operation favoring young people's
organisations of every denomination
throughout the country. A. P. Pitt, presi
dent of the Moody Bible institute, Chi
cago, gav a lecture on Rev. R. A. Tor
rey'a tour of the world, describing par
ticularly Melbourne's simultaneous meet
ings, where the church people have thrown
aside all denominational lines and hav
combined la a revival so large snd suc
cessful on lines Isid down by Dwlght L.
Moody aa to attract the attention of the
religious world.
Break Oat Again.
ROME, Aug. 14. Mount Cantomlne, In
Alabra, is tn eruption sine Friday.
Seasonable Fashions.
20 J Tucked Blousa,
S2 to 40 bust. -
Woman's Tuckeu blouse Deep tucks
that sre arranged horizontally are seen
upon many of the newest waists and have
a distinct charm ot their own. This at
tractive blouse shows them on th body and
the sleeves and is both stylish and generally
becoming. As shown it is ot white loulslne
Silk stitched with silk and made with
collar and cuffs of Irish lace, but the
dealgn suits all soft silks and wools and all
the lighter cotton and linen fabrics.
The lining or foundattoa Is smoothly
fitted and closes with the waist Invisibly at
the center back. The blouse consists of
front and backs, each of whicn is laid in
three deep tucks. The sleeves in Hungarian
style are snug st their upper portion, where
they also are tucked to form continuous
lines with ths blouse, while the soft circular
puffs fall over the elbowa, their full lower
edge being gathered onto straight cuffs. At
the neck is a regulation stock.
The quantity of material required for the
medium sixs is S yards 21 Inches wide, 4
yards 27 inches wide, yards S2 Inches
wide or S yards 44 inches wide with
yard of all-over lace for collar and cuffs.
Th pattern 4209 Is cut In sizes for a 22.
14, Si, tt and 40-Inch bust measure.
For the areemnuodettoa or The Be rsd
rs, these patterns, which usually retail at
from 25 to SO cent, will be furnished at a
aomlaal prle. 10 cents, which cover aH
xpens. In order to get a pattera o
elose 10 cents, give number snd asm el
pattern wanted and bust measure.
fmsk
Brewed in a plant as clean a the cleanest home kitchen always open, to
TQurlpetiot- c 1
MORE LIGHT ON BARTHOLIN
Police Gtt it frtm Business Man Lifii
Nsar.
HE TELLS OF STRANGE NIGHT SCENI
Passed the Bartholin Hoaso oat Fatal
Bresls a Man Was Coaxing
Woman to Enter tha
I Basement.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24. Whether or not ths
exhuming of the corpse burled in Calvary
cemetery as the body of Minnie Mitchell
shall develop that tha missing girl's fam
ily waa correct In accenting tha hnt
that of their missing daughter, the police
nave secureq ample evidence to Indicate
that soma young woman waa lured intn
th basement ot th Bartholin houa on
the Wednesday night that William Bar
tholin and hi sweetheart vanished from
sight,
An Important witness whose name will
not be made public for the preaent is
known. He is a business man noi far trom
the house. According to thl man h
alighted frcm a Forty-third street car an
hour after Mlnnl Mitchell and her lover
uaus auieu to ner ramiiy on the steps ol
their house. He wslked along Calumel
svenus and his walk led him past th Bar?
rholln houa. Aa he went by h noticed
a woman, apparently quit young, stand
ing on ths grsss plot ia front of ths build
ing. Th pedestrian had gone beyond th
Bartholin houaa when he heard a man'
voice, and looking back b oould Just dis
cern a figure outlined against the stair
case leading to the baaomentx which two
weeas ago gave up Mrs. Bartholin's body.
The man, assumed to hav been William
Bartholin, said something that could not
be heard and th girl responded, asking
why ths first speaker wanted her to go
Into th "filthy" baaemeat.
Turning back again when he had proJ
greased some distance In bis walk, the pe
destrlsn caught a glimpse of the woman
descending Into the basement. Th pollc
today found , a canvas overshoe, covered
with blood. In th Bartholin house. It
slsa nraeliirlaa ! h,.ln .
. . " vciuuicq iu jars.
Bartholin, but It has not beea Identified
as belonging to Mlnnl Mitchell.
WORKMEN WANTED IN MEXICO
Contrnetor Have to Beau to Jamaica
fof One Tkeaiasl
Keg-roe.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Aug. 24. T. B.
Fitsslmmons, a contractor, returned to
Monterey today after a trip over th re
Public, ia search of laborers for railway
eonstractlon. He (ailed to secure a lng1
workman. At Tamplco he found that local
contractors had sntlrely exhausted tha
supply of laborers and hsd dispatched a
boat to Jamaica to bring over 1,000 or
more negroes of that lalsnd. They will
b insured employment for st least a year.
The city of Tamplco, la conjunction
with the stats of Tarn al pa a and th fed
eral government, ha completed arrange
ment ror th construction of sewer and
water works systems and haa appropri
ated 13,000,000 for general street improve
ments. The sontract for both systsms has
been let to a Nw Yorker, who has sub
let several contracts to Americas eon
tractors of Mexico and Texas. Ths pre
liminary work ha already begun.
njornsen Irges Brotherhood.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 24. BJoraetjera
BJornsen, Norwegian novelist aad poet, haa
published an article la the chief newspapers
of Scandinavia urging th becesslty of es
tablishing permanently guaranteed neutral
ization between Denmark, Norway and Swe
den, and recommending active work In the
cause of naturalization and pea-Germanism.
Great Meaiean Mlna Sold.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Aug. 14. A deal
ha Juat bean closed for th , Bolonlto
mine In Ousnajualo for 11,000,000. Tho
purchasers ars Boston capitalists princi
pally aad their eompany Is capitalized at
15.000,000. Ths Bolonlto Is aa old mla
end has a record of 17,000,000 productloa
In gold.
' Chang at Basslaa Qaarters.
LONDON, Aug. 25. Th Dally Telegraph
thl morning says It has beard of th Im
pending retirement of Baroa d Steel, Rus-
lan ambassador to Oreat Britain, and that
hla sucoessor probably will b Count
Benckendorff, th present Russian minister
st Denmark.' ' '
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7 1 visitor last year.