Tlin OMAITA DAILY DEE: TUESDAY. FETtlUTAKY 0. 1904.
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iOUTH OMAHA VOTES COUNT
Ballots. ChaU'Eged by BiDglam An Ad
mitted by Jodg Vinionhaler.
RETURNS STAND AS MADE AFTER ELECTION
Arga.e.ts Bel.g Made on Hlght at
Plaintiff to Anftd Petltloa la
C'eetest irllk Fraak
. Broadwell.
udge Vtnaonhaler listened to tha argu
ments of counsel In the Blngham-Broad-well
election contest. In the county court
yesterday with regard to the legality of
Illegality of the casting and counting of
ballots In the Bocond precinct of the Fourth
ward In South Omaha, and at their on
elusion rendered a declrlon to the effect
that the count and the vote should aland.
Erldence had been Introduced to ttiLW
that officers of the election had left their
pout during its progress to procure and
drink Intoxicating liquors, that Unauthor
ised persona had been Inside tha rails while
the voting wu going on and that other ap
parent Irregularities had taken place. But
these Irregularities were not ouch. In ths
tiplnlon of the court, aa to vitiate the elec
tion. "I have read through this act with what
thoroughness my limited time would per
mit," said Judge Vlnsonhaler, "to deter
mine If possible If Its provisions as applied
to the conduct of elections should be con
strued as mandatory or directory. I re
call one section which provides that no
-voters shall occupy a booth for more than
live minutes at a time. Now, I do not be
lieve It Is the spirit or Intent of the law
or Its makers to count an election vtll
and disfranchise the voters of any com
munity If a man, through necessity, shall
occupy a booth for six or for ten minutes
In, the preparation of his ballot. Again
other sections of the law regulate the
distances that the ballot boxes shall be
tatloned from the rails of the voting
place and from the voter as he comes up
to cast his ballot. In the precinct where I
vote I know that, owing to. the small site
of the room, these conditions are violated
but I still think the will of ths voters was
not outraged thereby or that the result of
the election waa In any way changed from
what It would have been If It had tiken
place In a larger room. The law aUo says
there shall be no electioneering within 100
iet of the polling place, but I have In
ind one where the electric cars run
within thirty or forty feet of the door and
ft la the custom of the politicians to go
up the street some distance and come
down upon the car with prospective voters
Not Coadonlee; Fraud.
"I do not know how you are going to
Compel these men to get oft the car -nor
ho-, under the manifest intent of the law.
you can call, the election fraudulent and
illegal" for their not having done so. I do
not wish to be understood as In any way
condoning or approving the methods and
vets of the officers who had charge of the
voting booth In the Second precinct of the
Fourth ward on tha day In queatlon, aa
shown by the evidence submitted. On the
other hand, I think It waa outrageous and
should be taken up In the proper way by
tha proper officials and the men punished
for what they did. I think the people of
Douglas county are entitled to this. But
at tha same time I do not think the acts
committed were such aa to make a fraudu
lent election and disfranchise the voters of
the precinct"
Arguments were made by the counsel
of the parties yesterday on the rights
of the plaintiff to amend his petition.
Mr, Bingham a attorneys attempted to
Show by the-evidence that' Murphy and
KUlear, two of the Judges of the election
In the Second precinct 'of the Fourth ward
In South Omaha, wera Intoxicated during
tha election and that a clerk named A.
IfcLaughlln also waa tinder the Influence
of liquor. They also claimed that the un
authorised handling of the ballots by James
Koutsky and Patrick Connors made the
Vote In this precinct veld.
COSTS MONEY TO THROW ROCKS
ad are Berks, Flaee Seats. Omahaa One
Headrest Dollars far Flattca.
In Oat Hose.
F. Thompson, the young ran who Jour
neyed all the way from South Omaha last
Saturday evening to sea Omaha by artificial
light, was fined 1100 and costs by Judge
Berks In police court. Thompson wound up
' fits end-of-the-week Jollification at the
house of Jennie Fox, 901 Capitol avenue, by
throwing a five-pound rock through tha
door, striking the woman on tha side of
the nose, placing tha nasal organ out of
commission for some tlma and putting her
1 -ayflfht eye and cheek on the casualty list.
Tha Magte City young man then went back
for tha rock and took second throw, mak
ing work for a glasler, and landing the
tnlaalle on another Inmate of tha place,
(hough not Inflicting any Injury.
In referring to tha charge, that of as
sault with Intent to do great bodily In
jury, and passing the first sentence, three
months In the county Jail, tha Judga re
marked on the leniency of both, consider
ing the nature of tha offense, Thompson
then pleaded with the court, saying this
was his first offense and urging In extenua
tion thereof, that he was Intoxicated at
the tlma and did not realise tha enormity
of the act. Miss Fox's noaa waa then ex
amined, and upon the statement that no
bones were broken, the Judge changed the
sentence to 1100 and costs.
Rheaasatlsat er Lamkaae
Instantly relieved by Omega Oil.
bottle, 13c.
Trial
FATHER KEEPS BOY FROM NAVY
Arrlvee Jest In Tints at tha Rerralt-
Ins; Italian Which Opens for .
BaaJaesa Here.
The Vnlted States naval recruiting depot
opened for business la the federal grand
jury room ki the postofnee building yes
terday. Vp to noon ten or a doaen ap
plicants for enlistment Into the nsvy had
presented themselves. Including two colored
men. Colored men are eligible for service
In the navy only In the capacity of coal
passers or mess boys and they must show
an honorable discharge from the Vnlted
BUtes army. In addition, before their ap
plications will be considered.
Noncommissioned officers (white) dis
charged from the army by reason of ex
piration of enlistment, are eligible to en
listment in the navy aa landsmen for the
position of master-at-arms, which Is equiva
lent to the ship's policemen, or those hav-
MEXJCAN
Mustang Liniment
la for over mtxtj year
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
cares SpewLn akxtd Uingtxwa.
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
Cure mil iuriu f KkMinutUn
tog charge of the prisoners on board ship.
The recruiting party came here direct
from Kansas City, where It secured sixty
erlistments In two weeks.
Bom Interesting scenes occur shout the
postoffce building as an Incident to the
enlistment of minors In the naval service.
One young fellow, a minor, the main sup
port of a crippled father and three sisters,
presented himself Monday morning for en
listment and. bla father hearing of It, came
down from Lincoln on sn early morning
train and. Invoking the aid of the Vnlted
Stales district attorney, succeeded In head
ing off the boy's enlistment. The father
waa nearly broken hearted over the pros
pect of his boy abandoning him, but the
two met in the corridors of the postofflce
building and the youngster was finally per
suaded to forego enlisting In the navy for
a year or two yet.
HOYE SWINGS HIS GOOD AXE
rerforwia Aneaal Destruction of (on.
usrated Hellcs In Weight and
Mesaare Inspector's Office.
Chairman Hoye of, the council committee
on buildings and properly yesterday
seized an axe and swung It vigorously at
the city halL He was engaged In a wcrk
it destruction and handled the sharp-edged
Implement with much vigor Bi d small at
tempt at accuracy or aim. The con-traclnr-councilmau
worked under the di
rection of Inspector of Weights and Meas
ure Mahammlti, and when he dropped the
axe waa ready tor a rub-down and shower
bath. Twice he pleaded for time to rest.
which was allowed.
Hoye was merely fu'..'.;ilng an annual
duty that devolves upon the chairman of
ths buildings and property committee. It
la to destroy all the short measures and
weights garnered by the keen-eyed Inspec
tor during the preceding year. The crop
for l.3 wasNa big one and Included some
thing like 100 would-be baskets and ves
sels, representing to hold various amounts,
but failing to do so. In addition were a
large number of Ice scales' and Improper
weights. The latter were ' not exactly
chopped up, but were battered until they
can be of no future service In the original
capacity.
An admiring audience watched Council
man Hoye swing the axe In a Janitor's
room and congratulated him on bis physical
condition.
B. & M. OFFICIALS TOUR ROAD
Vice President Wlllare Makes Maiden
Trip, Accompanied by Omaha
nd Unrotn Men.
A party of officials of the Burlington, In
cluding Daniel Wlllard. second vice presi
dent of the entire system; J. D. Besler,
assistant to the vice .president; George W.
Holdrege, general manager of the B. ec M.f
T. E. Calvert, general superintendent; D. O.
Ives, general freight agent; J. Francis,
general paesenger and ticket agent, and
Edward Blgnell. superintendent at Lincoln,
left Omaha yesterday for an Inspection
of the lines of the company In Nebraska.
The party probably will be absent several
days. This is Vice President WUlard's
first trip over the Nebraska division since
he assumed the duties of the position In
January. It is his desire to look over the
property of the company and become bet
ter acquainted with the employes.
Mortality Statistics.
' The following births and deaths have
been reported to the Hoard of Health dur
ing the forty-eight hours ending at noon
Monday:
Births Lawrence Borensen. 1521 North
Klgtheenth, boy; Fred Tlbke. 3524 North
Twenty-seventh, hoy; Patrick Tully, 1712
Hickory, girl; Alois Trelhal, 115 Fouth
Twenty-flrsr, boy; J. B.-Gibson, 31U& Lari
more avenue, boy.
Deaths Theodore Jack. Z?n6 South
Twenty-fifth, 1 month; Carrie Ollmore. 1331
Capitol avenue. 2; Patrick McNamara, 14X3
Houth sixteenth, til; Robert G. Rawhouser
Methodist hospital, 68; Kdwln Tremaln, 1417
Vinton, 71; Frank Shamblcn. Twentieth and
Is, Bouth Omaha, i'4; Jeenette Myers. 717
South Nineteenth. 55; Henry Osthoff, Ben
son, 63; Maude Gibson. 1412 Davenport, 46.
Msrrlage Ureases.
Tp to noon February S the county Judge
had Issued licenses to wed to the following
coupies:
Name and Residence.
Age
Frank Guppa, Bouth Omaha ,
Rose Wardyn, South Omaha
John S. Weltxer. Omaha
May Her, Omaha ,
Theodore Ijeasch, Kast Omaha...,
Alvlnla Uhl. Kast Omaha ,
Lansford Chambers, Kartlett, la.,
Leila A. Cleveland, Omaha
Jacob Piper, South Omaha
Pearl Longmore. South Omaha...,
.... 44
.... 21
.... 44
.... 27
.... 2
.... IS
.... 55
.... 4S
.... 21
.... U
II K. Wedding Rings. Ed holm, jeweler.
Marshal's Office Deserted.
Deputy Vnlted States Marshal Henry Hn
man has gone to the western part of his
state on I'nlted States court bunlness.
Deputy Allan, has gone back to the vicinity
of Pender to look after other bootlegging
cases to be brought before next week's
sion or the United states district court.
Deputy James Waiting has been sick for
three or four days past at his home In Lin
coln, hence Deputy Marshal J. O. Moore Is
the only official on duty In the marshal's
office now except United States Marshal
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
John Nee'ev. traveling azent of the
Northwestern, has gone to Chicago.
J. K. Houts. formerly eoUnctor of rimtnini
In this city, has been appointed assistant
land commissioner of the Vnlon Pacific
I. H Haatlnas of lIltt nim a
Richardson of Denlson. A. J. Hnnlin f
Osmond and Ed Young of HasUnga are at
the Arcade.
Dr. J. Carlisle DeVriea. ajuiatsnt ur.w.n
V. S. N.. C. A. Diamond of Kansas fliv
M. B. Irwin of Crelnhton and J
or .naaron are at tne iter Urand.
O. W. 1-angclnn of Oretna. W. H. Austin
of Franklin. W. K. Ellis of Beaver City.
Y . Al. mauKvu. u v.. Lrwin or IIRStlnrs
J. K. HoutS Of Lincoln. t J. Bnlaen anrt S
A. WoodruR or Holdrege are at the Mur
ray.
Im W. Fhurtleff of Ogden. Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Vance. Mrs. F. K. Melcher of
Crelghton, K. F. Klake of West Point, H.
P. Peterson of UanneUrog. J. 8. Nichols
of CVIumbus. B. 1 Castor of Wllber. r?.
A. I.lndberg of W ayne and B. 8. Emsley of
v isner are ai ma nuwia.
U J. Davis of Craig. John Damke of
Kmerson. t. M. uu. roix or Wayne, Pat
Stanton of Tllden, S. M. B. Bradley of
Ogalulla. O. C. Telch of Bancroft, Charles
Kunsmann of Springfield. Jack Corey of
IlastlnKX. E. F. fee of (.edar Kaplrts and
i. ortn or wayne are at tne Merchants.
R. B. Schneider of Fremont, national re
publican committeeman, passed through the
city on tils way noma Dummy evening. Mr.
Schneider haa been in Chicago with the
Other members of the national committee
looking over the Coliseum there to Biggest
such changes as may be necessary for the
hoMiog jI the national republican conveu
tlon.
P. O. Salt of Wausa. Oeorge D. Iach of
Hloomneld, K. K. (Jurney of Fremont. Wtl
hum Patterson, C. 8. fcljton, M. D. Hatch
of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. lVFou of
Spokane, C. K. Wantland, J. H. Tingley of
Denver, . u. ureen of creignton, rv. F.
Uobey, C. V. Hankins of Kearney. J. E.
Yates of Salt Lake City and A. C. Kramer
of Fort Collins are at the Paxlon. -
MEXICAN
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limber np Stiff Joints,
MEXICAN
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penetrate) to the very bone,
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ALL IN BUT KORTUWESliRS
Remainder of Omaha-Chicago LI obi If t
Greai Western Bate.
CHICAGO MEETING TO PACIFY FACTIONS
Frelaht Men ay President Stlrkney
M ill stand by Omaha Grain Ex
change Despite lanaeace '
to Contrary,
The Burlington announced yesterday
that the proportional rates on grain an
nounced by the Chicago Great Western
to the Mississippi river and Chicago have
been met. All lines running east from this
city now have met the rates with the ex
ception of the Northwestern, and that
line has steadily refused to nnme propor
tional rates east In the past, but hns per
sisted In reducing its through rates from
Nebraska territory to keep pace with the
reductions In proportionals made by other
llr.es.
John A. Kuhn. assistant general freight
and pasHprger agent of the Northwestern,
wrs called to Chicago Sunday evening by
officials of Ms line to take part In a meet
ing which is being held in that city with
the object In view of securing a general
restoration of grain ratea In western ter
ritory. A preliminary meeting with this object
In view was held In the offices of Paul Mor
ton, second vice president of the Santa
Fe, In Chicago Saturday. It is under
stood that the executive officials of the
various western lines have grown weary
of the action of their subordinates and
have arrived at the conclusion that some
thing must be done or It will he but a
question of time when the rates will be
reduced to a point where the roads will
secure nothing for carrying the business.
Stlrkney Will Stand Pat.
The best posted freight officials state
there Is no hope of Inducing President
Stlckney of the Great Western to abandon
the Omaha grain market to Its fate. He
may, however, be forced to make some con
cessions from the stand he has taken In
order to reach a compromise and secure
the desired stability to the rates, which
are aa necessary to the upbuilding of a
local grain market, according to the best
posted grain men. as favorable rates are.
An effort will be made by Mr. Stlckney'to
Induce the Interests which are opposing
the upbuilding of the market to view the
matter In a different right.
It Is said that the Northwestern was rep
resented at the Chicago meeting Saturday
and .that the stand taken by that line In
the rate war waa made clear for the first
time. Just what the explanation made by
the Northwestern amounted to was not
made public, but It Is understood that since
the war has been In effect the officials of
that line have changed their views ma
terlally and are now ready to negotiate
terms of peace.
Traffic officials state that while the grain
market Is good as at present, there would
be a large volume of this class of freight
move naturally even at high rates of freight
and It Is playing the part of suicide for
the railroads to haul the business at a loss,
as they have been doing.
EFFICIENT FIRE PROTECTION
Pnmplnar Station Takes the riaee of
Many Engtnea and Cots In
snranee Hates,
Fire fighting haa been revolutionised la
Philadelphia. Fre engines have been-superseded
In part of that city, by a plain,
massive looking brick building,, which
guards all the central district. In any
part of this district, at a second's notice,
ft can discharge streams of water to great
heights. Suppose a twenty-one-story of
fice building In Philadelphia should take
fire. Six lines of large hose could be at
tached to the .tearest fireplug, and from
this one fireplug six great streams could
be hurled simultaneously over the office
building's roof, so. the city fathers assert,
The building r.hence comes this energy
Is the new pumping station, with Its spe
cial pipe Hoe eight miles long, that Phil
adelphia has lust completed after three
years' work. The station stands at Dela
ware avenue and Race street. It contains
nine pumps, and these pumps are able to
discharge, at a pressure of 300 pounds, 14,
000,000 gallons of water a day. Before It
waa completed the station had reduced the
Philadelphia Insurance rate IS cents on
1100, and now that rate Is to be reduced
10 cents mors. , ,
The station ran throw upon a firs 10.000
gallons of water a minute, 600,000 gallons
an hour, 16.000.000 gallons a day. In a min
ute, that Is to say," there can be hurled
upon a burning building the contents of
a tank 11 feet long, 11 feet wide and 11
feet deep; In an hour, ths contents of a
tank 6f feet long, M feet wide and W feet
deep; In a day the contents of a tank 200
feet long, 200 feet wide and 200 feet deep.
And all this water would have a pressure
sufficient to raise It to the top of a column
from 676 to 7H0 feet high. Moreover, the
pumping station: can discharge simultane
ously from the same fireplug, through a
three and one-half Inch hose, one stream
strong enough to tear the Iron shutters
from the top story windows of a sky
scraper, ana anoiner srream, through a
half-Inch hose, gentle enough to bathe a
baby In.
John W. Weaver, engineer of the city's
high pressure service, superintended the
construction of tha pumping station. Tha
building la of steel and brick. Its dlmen
sions are 73 by 140 feet. Its total cost
was (260,000. With Its walla of white en-
ameuea onca, u is ngnt, airy and spa
cious within. It has nine gas units, or
pumps, of the total capacity of 2.400 horse
power, and these great engines, which
weigh from twenty-five to thirty-five tons
apiece, can be started from a state of ab
solute Immobility Into full speed In 18 sec
onds. ' Running, pumping 16,000,000 gallons
of water a day, they make no more noise
than as many sewing machines.
The fuel Is composed of sfx parts of air
to one of gaa. The sparks for the engines
are obtained with electricity, and there
are four ways to get a current. Thus, In an
emergency, should one way fall, another
may be turned to; and should that fail, too,
there la a third way and still a fourth.
The pipe Una which the pumping sta
tion supplies Is nlns miles long. The pipes,
of It, 12 and 8-lnch diameters, were, with
all their fittings, made to order. The to
tal weight of these pipes Is 4.300.90 pounds
snd ths total weight at the various special
fittings Is S50.00Q pounds. Ths total cost
of the pipe Una was 1X5,000. New York
Tribune.
MEXICAN
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Best fur Horse ailment.
MEXICAN
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licet for Cattle ailments.
MEXICAN
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Beet for Skeep ailment,
A
Ad,
The
Crackle You: Hear
Is the: Sign
They are. fresh
WARRMORS 1NFLATEPRICES
Beporti from Eait Bind Grain Quotation!
Bkjward and Inorene Speculation.
UNCERTAINTY HAS VERY BULLISH EFFECT
lee President MeWhorter of Hi-
change experts Little Strength,
Even (Should Resale and
Japaa Begin Fighting;.
For weeks war rumors from the far east
have been kiting high the quotations for
grain for future delivery and speculation
as been fierce. Now that war seems more
certain the prices have fallen off.
"This was as I predicted," said S. A.
MeWhorter, vice president of the Grain ex
change. "While the war between Russia
and Japan was only talk the speculators
on these exchanges bid grain away up, but
as soon, as the war comes the prices break.
Ths high prices are due to uncertainty.
The apeculators talk war, war, until every
body la excited, and they get the price
high. Then the big fellows sell out
when they have made as much out of the
news as possible, and the first thing the
little fellows know tha market has broken
and left them to settle for themselves. i
Actual fighting wlU not. I believe.
strengthen the market materially. It
seems to be this way always, that while
there Is uncertainty the prices go up and
when fighting begins a feeling of relief Is
experienced snd the market breaks. Of
course, if long and hard fighting follows,
the prices of grain will again go up. A
short war of a few weeks may not ma
terially affecrthe market"
Walsh Takes gesso View.
James Walsh takes the same view of the
effect which war will produce.
"For some daya now," ha said, "I look
to see tha market lover than It has been.
For six months they have been working
the price up on rumors, now It will stay
down. A long war unquestionably will
make previsions and grain higher. But
corn will not be In demand because of the
war. That Is why ths market In corn this
morning went down so much more than
In wheat Wheat win be used by the sol
diers, end In the end those countries will
have to draw on the United States. An
other thing which should tend toward
higher prices after a period, la the fact
that Russia Is so large a producer of
wheat and a big war will atop tha export
of the country. The last crop would. In a
large part, be tied up from shipment until
spring because of the Ice, and the govern
ment may forbid Ite export, or the condl-
tlona of war may make this Impossible
because of Japanese ships. A long war
will take the men from the fields. So
American wheat can be expected to go up.
Oats, also, may be In demand, as they
are used on the continent for fodder."
C. W. Donaldson of the Oeorge A. Adams
Drain company was one of tha first grain
men to note the effect of the war rumors
on prices.
"It will play mischief." said Mr. Donald
son.
WHERE WOMEN DARE NOT GO
Neee Will Be Allowed te Eater tha
City rrejeetee by Cell,
hates.
Tha "City of Celibates" la to be founded
within a few miles of Provo, Utah, aad tha
foundation will be laid within tha next
few daya That at least la the tmpressloe
of attaches of the American House, whe
were on duty early this morning when
plcturesqna party of foreigners arrived and
registered. These aoen, eight la number.
are looked upon as the founders ef this
new city, which will allow no woman
within Its walla
About 1 o'clock this morning a party of
smb. much resembling Italian brigands as
rocir s
When the enterprisingr grocer has anything-unusual to- offer hr wants you
to know it Hence,- he. advertises "Soda. Crackers, Ffesh TO-DAY.",
He emphasizes "to-day" because to-morrow ft wiU be another story.
You never knew a grocer to advertise. Uneeda Biscuit, Fresh "To-day."
Everybody knows you do not. have, to buy Uneeda. Biscuit, oil a certain ,
day or at a. certain, place to get them, fresh
The. grocer does not: have, to wcrrryr about the- weather, the dust, or
to-morrow because
are; ptotecfecE By an. airtight package: which preserves their, high
under alt conditions to-day and': tommix) w
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
portrayed In comic opera, entered ths
American House. They had gold rings In
their ears, wore shirts of a rpectscular
hue, corduroy suits and wide brimmed hats.
One man, who was civilized up to the chin
that Is, clad In modern American fashion
appeared to be in charge. He put the fol
lowing names on the register, his own
being first:
John Bubalo, Peter Tovanovlch, Luka
Tomaservlch, I.uke Tovacerlc. Luke Tova
novlch, Vaso Tovacerlc. Miter Lukslck and
another that was illegible. Bubalo did not
say whence the party came, but It was
gleaned from his conversation that all had
Just come from Ellis Island under his
guidance.
Bubalo was not Inclined to be communi
cative, but he said enough to foster the
Impression that he headed a little colony
that was going to locate near Provo. The
sturdy sons of sunny Italy with him would
form the bone and sinew of the colony, and
there would be no women allowed within
Its purlieus. One of, ths Tovanovlch
brothers. It seems, had been deceived by a
woman back in Italy, and, drawing a num
ber of his friends and relatives about him,
decided to go to tha New World and found
a microcosm where the foot of woman
would never be allowed. Nothing was aild
directly about naming a city of celibates,
but from the conversation of the party
that was tho Inference. Denver Post
BRAVE SWIM TO SAVE LIFE
Hew York Pollceroaa PI a ages lato the
ley Waters ef the Bar aad
Reseaes a Mas.
Mike Ragle Is of the opinion that ths New
Tork policeman Is not In Immedlats need
of reform. Ragle came to this opinion
after his life was saved by the recklessness
snd nerve of Policeman Andrew Muldoon
of the East Twenty-second street station.
Mr. Ragle's opinion Is, therefore, prejudiced
and of doubtful value so far as reform an
nals sre concerned.
Ragle, who lives at 608 Second avenue.
walked Into the East river before daylight
yesterday rooming because he had been
thinking, too hard. '
At the foot of West Twenty-fourth street.
where Ragle departed from his train of
thought and alighted In the river, there la
a bulkhead, which was at the time about
eight feet above the water. The fall and
the temperature of the water brought to
Mr. Ragle's mind the overwhelming neces
slty of the preservstlon of life, and he be
gan to yelL
Andy Muldoon, being a policeman, was
merely attending to his duty, which was
to walk up and down ths riverfront snd
maintain the public peace. He Is not
philosopher. He was born In County
Kerry, where they do not breed philoso
phers as much as they breed men of action.
He heard the howls, snd as these seemed
to him to be Inconsistent with public order
he msde In their apparent direction. At
last, beneath htm. he discovered an object
floundering In the broken ice.
Muldoon climbed down the bulkhead tlm
bers. Folks who went to look at the place
yesterday felt thi.t they were warranted
In advising anyone who wanted to correct
the effects of a sedentary life to try climb
Ing up and down bulkheada for a bit of
daily exercise.
Down near the surface of the water Mul
doon could see that Ragle was trying to
climb to ths top of pieces of les which wsre
not laige enough to bear the weight of a
man. Each time Ragle caught bold of a
slab of Ice It would turn alowly on edge
and let him down, grabbing and scraping
with his finger nails. Into the water again.
Muldoon called to Ragle to catch hold
of bla hand. Ragle, who had been too much
scared to notice ths policeman, reached up
and caught Muldoon by the wrist But
the bulkhead logs were very slippery snd
Ragle was 1 very heavy. Muldoon had
nothing to catch hold of, and two minutes
later ha was In the water with tha man
whom he was trying to savs.
Of course tha first thing that Ragls tried
to do was to maks certain that If he was
going down Muldoon should go wltn him.
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Drowning men alwaya ptoceed on that plan
with their rescuers. Muldoon, who had
Ragle by the r.eok, held him off as far ks
possible snd then tried to get back to the
bulkhead. He was able to get his hands
on the ellppery1 rurface of the logs, but he
could not raise himself or Ragle an Inch
out of the water without slipping away
again.
Some fifty feet away was a pier where
there was a float in the water upon which
small boats are unloaded. Muldoon began
to make his way between the Ice cakes
toward the float. Ragle waa quiet now a':d
waa apparently willing to let Muldoon
alone. Supporting the man's head above
the water Muldoon awam to the float.
He was not nearly as strong whon bs
reached it aa he was when he started.
He could not raise himself to the top of the
float without letting go of Ragle. He did
not let go of Ragle. He got the best grusp
he could with his arm on the edge of the
raft and then began to shout for help as
ioudly as he could.
I don't know how long it was," said Mul.
doon yesterday, when asked how long he
shouted, "but it seemed to me like an hour.
guess It was about ten or fifteen min
utes."
The pier watchmen, Slattery and Nallor,
heard him after a while. They climbed
down to tha float snd pulled in both Mul
doon and Ragle. Muldoon waa not feeling
very strong when he once found himself
out of ths ice cakes. But he had enough
gumption left to suggest that somebody
had better send for an ambulance.
Dr. Whltbeck, who came from Bellevue
with the ambulance, was quite surs that
Muldoon was In aa mueh need of restora
tives as Ragle. But Muldoon stood up.
slapped himself and looked thoughtful.
'Lemmi have a bit mors of that. Doc,"
he said.
The surgeon administered mora restora
tives.
Guess I'll go bark to ths house and
change my clothes," said Muldoon.
In spite of ths surgeon's protest he did.
Ragle waa taken to ths hospital, and was
still unable to get out yesterday. New
York Bun.
Five Deys for Throwing Bricks.
John Daller will bex deprived of his liherty
for five daya, this being the penalty meted
out to him In police court Daliey'a par
ticular form of dlvertlsement was to mount
the Hlmpaon carriage works, Fourteenth
and Dodge streets, and threw bricks below
until some one would call, "Where's the
mlck who trew de brick V
Ryaa ea, Claelaaatl Paper.
John Becan Ryan, a well known news
paper man who left Omaha in the fall. Is
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on the staff of the Cincinnati Cormnerclsl
Tribune, of which bis brother Is one of t,n
editors. When seen rev-eral veeks ago by
Engineer Bnsenburg of the water works
appraising osard Mr. Ryan was undecidrd
whether or not he would rtturn to the
west, whire he hss oil and mining Interests.
LOBSTER! 0N THE RAIL
Haare I,ocomotlvVs Give the Santa Fe
Railroad a 1-ead Over Its
Rivals.
The Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe rail
road appears to maintain a monopoly of
the biggest locomotives. As soon as sny
other company tpproaches the Santa Fe's
leviathans In slse or rfcpartty the Atchison
management crders some'Jiing '. luger and
stronger. The lal'.st type, tho decapod, Is
a favorite of President Ripley for heavy
freighting. Including Ita loaded tender
this locomotive weighs 450,000 pounds and
ran haul on a evol track a train of loaded
cars more than one mile long, equal to a
weight of over ,0fi0 tons.
"What is a decapod?" an engineer on ths
Erie road was asked by a protesting com
muter. "President Vnderwood .eds one
for his fast express."
"A decapod." replied the faithful em
ploye addressed, "Is a lobster."
Whether he was aware of It or not, the
auswer was absolutely descriptive. The
name was derived from tliore crustaceans
which have ten feet and are deliberate of
motion. The' lobster has ten feet and moves
slowly. The decapod locomotive has ten
driving wheels and Is slow. Isn't It slngir
lar that a lobster or crab should give a
name to a type of locomotive that Is re
ducing the cost of transportation so mater-'
tally that even bankrupt roads can pay
dividends. New York Press.
Bar at as Waated,
"Is it true," aaked the female of more or
less uncertain years, who waa preparing
to work the leap-year privilege for all It
was worth, "that every man has his
price?"
"I guess It Is," replied the venerable
sage, "but no woman who Is true to hsr
sex will consider It unless he knocks off
t cents from ths even dollar." Chicago
News.
gybes with Uraber,
Although no announcement has been
made to that effect It Is understood st
t'nlon Pari tie headquarters that Joseph
fiykt. who has been chief clerk to K.
liucklngham, superintendent of transporta
tion, will shortly assume the duties of chief
clerk to J. M. Gruber. the new general
superintendent of the company. Mr. Buck
ingham's offices probably will be moved
Into the room on the first floor rerently
vacated by the restaurant, and Mr. Qruber
will occupy the oftices now used by Mr.
Buckingham.
there Is
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