Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1888, Page 4

‘Tt Beg Pab'ishing DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TRIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, including Sunday, y 80 00 NEw YORK OFpice, ROOM 14 AND 16 TRIBUNE BUILDING. WAFRINGTON. OFFICE, NO. b3 FOURTRENTH BTRERT. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi. torial matter should be addressed to the EpIToR OF THELEE. N a8 LEITERS. All business lettars and itiauces should be addressed to Ty BEE PUBLISTILSO COMPANY, OMANA, Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to De made payable (o the order of the company. Company, Proprietors tor. WATER, Edi THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Statement of Circulation. Btateof Nebracka, + |y, . f Doug s Goor) ,"i‘uchuc:'un-ury of The Bes Pub- company, does solemnly swear that the actual eirculation of the Daily for the week gnaing July T, 188, was as 1o llows: e Baturday, Jutie . 4;‘%3 Bunday,” Jul i R A GEO, B, TZSCHUCK. Eworn to before me and subscribed in my presence il ofJuly, A. D., V. . FEILY Notary Publie. State of Nebraska, ‘County of Douglas, { Georn B, asmack, being first duly sworn, s and says that he is secretary of The Boé that the actunl averago dafly circulation of ' the Daily Bee for the month of July, 187, was 14,08 coples; for Augst, 1887, 14151 coptes; for September, 1857, 24,4 copies} for Octoter, 1887, 14,833 coples; for Gvember, 1857, 15,220 copies; for December, 7 IB04T coplés: for Jnmary. IS 15,900 cop- e’ o February, 168, 152 copos; for Mare 4, 10,080 coples: for ‘Apri 4 cop! May, TGV 1811 copies; for Jtine, 156, 10, coples, s GEOQ, B, TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this J0th day of June, A. D. 1888, N.'P. FEIL Notary Publie. AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION 18,504 Now that Pat Ford has recovered his 8200 gold watch, he will be promptly on hand as timer at the next cock-fight. — THE beauty of French duelling is that nobody gets killed. How different it would have been if Floguet met Bou- langer in Texas. blishing compln{. of E— ‘THE pomp and ceremonies introduced at court by the young emperor of Ger- many will earn for him the title of William the Magnificent. ‘THE house passed a pension bill grant- ‘ing relief to Muck-A-Pee-Wah-Ken- Gah. A person with such a name must be suffering with the lock-jaw. E——— Tr 18 now regported that in addition to his other ills Jay Gould adds cancer to the list. Doctor Mackenzie is out of a job. It may pay Sir Morrell to send his card over to Gould. —— ‘EVERY time Frank Murphy and Guy Barton leave town we have rumors that the horse railroad will be converted into a cable line and the gas works into an electric light plant. ——— THE eastern trunk lines are getting down to cheese-paring. The Erie made & outof one cent on dressed beef rates, which was met by the other lines. But the rate war has about touched bottom. — It is only by the joint action of the board of trade, the fair asseciation, the union club, the business men’s associa~ tion and the palace of products com- ‘puny that the enterprise can be made a _8uocess this fall. e——— T7 18 nid that the Dowager Empress Wictoria of Prusia, 18 living in all but name a prison, while the unhappy Queen Natalie of Servia has been ban- 4¢hed from Prussia.’ Bismarck wouldn’t ‘dare ‘do that with Belva Lockwood. Sg——— YESTERDAY THE BEE printed the apeech of Hon. John Y. Stone, of Coun- +oil Bluffs, which was dcliversd ‘at the Plattsmouth banquet. For some inex- plicable reason the compositor made the Aapeaker’s name read Jobn Y. Young. —— . OVER eleven millions in gold have ‘heen shipped from the United States to /Burope since March. But there is no sause for alarm. Tt will all come back 'to us.and more too this fall. 'millions of hungry mouths over there waiting for eur corn and wheat. i E——— "THE arrival of Mr. Blaine, who is ex- jpected home on the 27th, will be cele- ‘brated in New York City by a grand Ademonstration. Republican clubs from many stwtes will take part. The unique Zeature of honoring the accepted lender of the republican party will formally wound the tocsin of the campaign. E— ONE of ‘the hopeful sigus of the times is the news that the great iron lock-out in Peonsylvania is practically over. The signing of the advanced scale by the iron firms is mot only a victory for the iron workers, but is a sure indica- ‘tion that the iron market is sound, ‘which presages well for business in gen- eral, A ___ § A RESPITE has been granted toRegan Brothers to give thema chance tobegin active operations on their paving con- ‘tracts, and ‘we confidently predict that they will lay about three yardsof pav- ing within the next threo days. We would suggest that these blocks be laid wround one of Dr. Mercer’s *‘rust streaks.” S— THE aqueduct scandal now being wentilatod in New York is worthy of Boss Tweed’s palmiest duys. Both the ‘democratic und republicun members of ‘the ‘aqueduct commission have been . gulity of using thispublic work as a e ‘menns of rewarding political friends. "The result has been as usual. The tax- ‘have been bled of millions of i, und the city hus a worthless on hand . dr 1sa poor constituent indeed who not receive from the congressman “of his disttict & dozen or more campaign ‘Over six million speeches * of congressmen have been sent out from Washington, and. a million and a half os of the president’s have the country. Most ‘these ts ure sent out by the democrats ¢ houte, but they - will find their g in converting vepublican There are | The Alleged Dynamite Plot. Manager Stone of the' Burlington has made out & very strong ¢ase against the engineers chavged with the dynamite plot. Two of the prisoners arrested on this. charge have volunteeréd to dis- close all the particulars of the alleged conspiracy, . and . if their admis- sions remain uncontradicted the prosecution will terminate in conviction. It vomains to be seen, how= ever, whether the links that have been forged by the detectives around the brotherhood officers who are alleged to be implicated in this criminal con- spiracy will stand the strain of a rigid cross-examination in open court. The whole case must necessarily rest upon the veracity of the men who - have turned state’s evidence and criminated themselves as co-conspirators. These witnesses are reported to have sworn that the dis- closures they have made about the dyna-~ mite plot are given of their own free will, and without any promise or pledge from anybody that they are to be exempted from prosecution. On the face of it this statement must appear to any impartial mind as rank perjury. It does not stand to reason that avy man connected with a murderous plot would voluntarily give himself and his associ- ates away without some assurance that he is to have immunity from the legal copsequences of bis crime. One of these men has also confessed that he kept a vecord of the dates and occasions when dynamite was being procured and sent out. Does it stand to reason that this man, who is a member of the brotherhood, would keep such a record unless there was a trap set and he had been hired to play the detective? If this man was hired as a detective, he must have been under pay by the Burlington, and he certainly must have an understanding that he is not to be prosecuted. If such is the case, then his stutement that his revelations and admissions have not been influencod by any premise of re- ward or release; is false, and his whole story a fietion. While it is granted that thus far the prosecution appears to have a strong case, it must be remembered that the other side is yet to be heard, and until then the cause of justice requirves that the case shall not be pre- judged to the detriment of the accused, as seems to be the dispesition in some quarters. Meanwhile the public will watch the progress of the case with very great interest. E———— The Selection of Quay. In selecting Senator Quay,of Peun- sylvania, as chairman of the national republican committee and the national republican executive committee, notice was gerved upon the ‘democracy to ex- pect an aggressive eampaign. Quay is not an idlerin politics,as hisrecord and his success strongly attest. He is vigor- ous, vigilant and skiliful, and Congress- man Scott, of Pennsylvania, who is the democratic campaign manager, will be kept busy in guarding his forces against the flank attacks of the other Pennsylvanian. Both of these party managers have as yet only shown their political skill in state contests, but they have proved themselves worthy of the confidence that has been reposed in them respect ively by the republican and demooratic national committees. As party leaders in the same state they will have an especially strong incentive to give to'the taskin hand their best effort and ability. Senator Quay has been actively en- gaged in the politics of Penusylvania for a quarter of a century, and during that time he has shared the fate of all politicians in having many hard things said about him, both by political oppes ents and enemies in his own party. Doubtless noone will claim that his po- litical methods have always been of the highest and purest type. The most successful politicians in Pennsylvania have not been exemplars in observ- img, idesl 'methods in and as Quay came into the arena when Simon Cameron was the master spirit of the political machine in Pennsylvania, and as he obtained his earlier insight into the arts of political management from Robert W. Mackey, it was not to be expected that his political conduct would be uniformly above oriticism. A great deal has been said, however, re- specting Quay asa politieal intriguer and wanipulator that was not deserved, and on the whole he is doubtless no worse than the average politician of cither party. At nll events he is a worker whose energy and zeal are un- surpassed, and he will undoubtedly be folt as a potent force in the campaign. E— The Dakota Convention. The recent convention at Huron, Dak., in the interest of a division of the territory and statehood,was very largely attended, and the enthusiasm was main- tained to the close. There were separ- ute meetings, termed class conventions, of lawyers, ministers, business men and farmers, all of which unqualifiedly en- dorsed the action of the stateheod con- vention. The several complaints form- ulated by these class meofings are worthy of attention. The lawyers re- ferred to the present judiciary system as not suited to the present nced of the people, and justice is often denied be- cause 50 long delayed. The only rem- edy for this state of affairs is to be found in giving the people the right of self-government, so that they can regulate the judiciary accerding to their needs. vision and statehood, not only that the people may secure their political rights, but ‘‘shall be set free from the demor- alizing influence that has corrupted our people by the display of unwonted fed- eral interference.” The business men and farmers ained of the injustico done “by the itional burdens of tax- ation that we bear as a result of our ter- ritorial vassalage, which condition with- holds from us an sggregate of a million dollars per annum which might be made | available by our admission into the union from the sale of ouyr school lands,” An especiul . hardshin from the tevritorial condition is the prevention ©of capital from seeking investment, causing ndepressed financial eondition and compelling bor- ‘rowers to pay an extortionate rate of in- politics, | The ministers desire di-| stirring address to the people, in which itis declared that for the first time. the two Dakotas nre keeping step to. the same ‘mhisic and leoking toward the same goal. The address cites the fact that the people of the two Dukotas have socured recognition from one of the great national parties, counsels vigor- ous effort and ceaseless vigilance, and speaks confidently of the promise of vic- tory on the lincs marked out. It would be gratifying to believe that the argu- ments, the enthusiasm and the confi- dence manifested by the representatiyes of the people of North and South Dakota at the Huron convention would have the effect to change the purpose of the democrats in congress regarding the territory, but there is not the slightest reason to expect such a result. The injustice that has kept Dakota out of the union, purely for partisan rea- sons, will be continued as long as ex- pediency from the democratic point of view shall require its continuance. This may not last beyond the presi- dential election of this year, but that is by no means certain. The question is one in which the people of the. entire country should take an interest, and if they could be brought to an adequate appreciation of the grave nature of the injustice that has been done the people of Dakota it is more than probableé that their verdict would be such as to de- prive the democratic party of the power to greatly prolang the injustice. A clear understanding of this matter by the voters of the country ought to effect a very decided reduction of democratic strength in the next congress. — THE electoral college of Mexico, which has just re-elected President Diaz, is by far a more important body than the electoral college of the United States. In addition to voting for a president and vice president, the Mexi- can system provides for the choosing of three members of the supreme court, mewmbers of congress and one senator in each state. It is @ question whether this method is to be preferred $o0° the American plan. The Mexican electoral college has a centralization of power possessed in the United States by no bhody of electors outside of the people. There is danger that such a body as the Mexican electoral college in the selection of judges and members of both houses of congress can be used for the basest of partisan purpoeses. E—— THE police cannot diseriminate as be- tween people who desire to rusticate in our parks and public grounds, but there should be an order issued and enforced that everybody, rich or poor, tramp or dude, shall vacate the grounds after midnight. This regulation should apply to the High school campus, Jefferson square and Hanscom park. Those who persist in disregarding such an order should do so at the risk of being tuken tothe city lock-up. ROYALTY. Emperor Frederick died within tnirty feet of where he was born, and at cxactly the same hour of the day. The queen and one or two members of the royal family are desirous of learning Hindu- stani, and a young Indian prince i$ coming to England to act as instructor to these royal students. {Count Tolstoi has published the first vol- ume of the correspondence .of Peter the Greut. There will be ten large volumes, con- taining upward of 20,000 letters, which have been gathered fromarchives all over Europe. There aro about thirty grand dukes in Russia, all of them being near relatives of the czar. Each receives from the state an annual pension amounting to §50,000, and the majority of them have large private for- tunes besides. In the eoftin of the dead emperor ex-Em- press Victoria placed a small gold chain, to whuch three lockets were attached eontain- ing miniatures which ¢he ‘had ‘taken during their courtship, and which he had always worn witil his last iliness. The Queen of Italy on recent occasions re- ceived guests seated in the chair of state just under apicture of her husband, the king. She was dressed in a severe robo of black velvet, which showed off her magnificent pearl necklace to the greatest advantage. The crown prince of Sweden has becn | robbed of $100,000 worth of jewels. The Duchess of Edinburgh was recently relieved of $40,000 worth of gems i Spain. The royal travelers of Europe should take with them only ‘“a change and their teeth, brushes,” as Cadeaux says. The Prince of Wales is most unlucky asian owner of race horses. He recently hired a two-year-old named Athole, changed the title to Plantagenet and backed the ‘auimal for a winner. But Athole could not run weighed down by the name Plautagenet, und ‘Wales was considerably out of pocket. On the recent seventieth birthday of the King of Denmark his daughter-in-law, the Princess Waldemar, presented to him a piece | of embroidery made by hersclf representing in heraldie fashion the coats of arms of the principal members of the imperial and royal families of Russia, England, Haunover and Orleans, who have become united'to that of his majesty. London royalty is about to organi charitable fete in imitation of that carried to success by the Princess Matternich in Vi- enna, The three little princesses of Wales are to appear-as Yum-Yum, Pitti Sing and Peep-Bo in “The Mikado” trio. A Scotch ballet will be danced by titled ladies, and it will wind up with & pantomime, in which all the players will take part. The Sultan of Turkey being unable to re- coive the King of Greece when he pussed ‘through Constantinople on ‘his return from Russia, being in the mndst of the sacred Mahommedan rite of Rummazan, seut one of his great officers to King George with a bouguet of flowers picked by the “Com- mander of the Faithful” himself, and also a variety of sweetmeats, gingerbroad, and perfumes from the imperial harem. —— 'STATE JOTTINGS. Nebraska. The fisheny question is the one absorbin, topic n‘AlI‘Xuon these days. ol TForty-one dogs have succumbed to the vigi- lance of the York policy and still the good work goes on. Peter Varlin, a farin laborer living near David Oity, died from the effects of u sun- stroke last week. The Boone County Teachors’ institute will e held in Aion, hegiuning August 13 and continuing two wecks. - Joseph Smith mated » target in g 0otin, lery at Homer, and a bull's-eye shot ended his existence, . 5 Two l;llflfll of ineers, imably in {he employ of the Tlinois Coutral railroud, -arve at work in Dixon-county, near Ponea, - Lightuing played quecr freaks in a dis! mw‘:foph ‘Wayne eouaty Just e flery thud caime dowa the chimney, tore out pnd, ‘destroyéd the * exemplifig o| there they are still, et weok., | P! stove, throwing a lid out of the window, and the stove door out’ »f soors, and split one seat into kindling wood. Not a single length of stové pipe was left whole, Thére had been school during y, but it was dismissed about an hour tho storm. The old prov: that extremes meet was at @\ayne last week, J. D. Slater, while fréezlng iee cream, was over- come by the heat. The attack will probably prove fatal. 4 Ex-County Judge Kilgore, of Broken Bow, was arrested and fined $10 for flogging a boy. The judge bolieved that he haa done the youngster §10 worth of good, and uncom- plainingly paid the fine. The Hastings Gazette-Journal contains & very cooling sccount of a frightful blizzard in that section of the state, the thermometer falling 1259 in two hours. Whisky has evi- dently taken the place of beer—at least with the writer. Just Williams' wife very unjustly whacked her infant son in the eye at South Sioux City last week. She I‘deIMVII{Q blow ata growling cur with one of the old man’s No. 10 slippers, which missed the dog but laid out her youthful progeny. The boy will re- cover, but he wears a very black optic. Henry Kniss, an Autelope county farmer, lost some stock under peculiar circumstances lastweek. He has a pasture and hog lot embracing a little over forty acres. Light- ning struck near a pair of open bars and the only stock standing near the feoce on the same side the lightning struck was ono fat hog. Over two-thirds of the distance around the fence two cows and a calf wore standing. These were killed and also four head of borses standing still further down the fence. Tow; Malignant diphtheria ha cer. A camp meeting is in full blast at Petor- appeared at Spen- ore is trouble in Davenport over the lo- cation of the crematory. There is less building being done in Onawa this season than 1n any other in the past fif- teen years. L. W. Gates, a railway postal clerk, ac- eused of embezzloment, was arrested at Davenport Thursday. Two young men named Allguyer and Dooley were arrested recently at Winterset for betting on election. Miss Jenuie Penn, of Hubbard, who almost @ week ago took poison because she had been bevrayed by some miscreant, is dead. A fence gang has been doing Dickinson | county during the past week and has suc- ceeded in roping in $1,080 worth of notes. Seven young men of Sherman township, Monona county, were arrested for disturbin the Sunday peace by running horses, an fined $5 each. The young son of Station Agent Groer, at Hartley, was fooling with a revolver the other day when 1t was dischargod, making a fearful hole through his hand. Atlantic had an entertainment given by Chinese, at which Chu Sing furnished tho humor, Lee Din the lecture, Chang Wing the music and La Young did the idol worship act. A large mineral deposit, which when ground and mixed into o1l makes u splendid red paint, has been found near Monroe, Jusper county. A company has been formed and a factory for its manufacture will be erccted in Des Moines. James Tolstrop, a farmer of Jackson town- | ship, Shelby county, tried to commit suicide the other day because his hired man had sued. him for wages. He shot hunself through the body just over the heart, but at last aceounts was still liviag. ————— TOLD BY AN EXILE, Experiences of a Young Russian in Petropaulovski Prison. San Francisco Chronicle: Changes in life are often sudden and unexpected, and possibly in mo country in the world is u man so0 apt to find his plans changed and his entire ¢otirse upset as in Russia. L. Efinio is a young man, now rosiding at 224 Turk street, who less than a year ago lived in St. Petersburg and studied law in the hope of hul[lhuz to mete out justice, which, frbm all accounts, seems to be but sparsély administered in the land of the Muscovite. He was born in Kovno, a small village near the German boundary. and attended school at the Russinn capital. It was just at the close of his course of three years’ n‘mciul study in the profession of his choice, that the trouble came upon him which necessitated his flight and re- sulted in his landing on American soil some six weeks ago. During the course of a short interview with the young Russian the following facts were learned relative to himself and to student life in his native land: The chief cause of the conflicts of authority and constant friction between students and police is the system of espionage whicL is maintained by the latter.over every movement of the f qmer. It is a common oustom in Russia for the poorer students to live with the richer ones, giving intellectual help in return for bodily tem the government has seen fit to de- nounce ascalculated to afford the means of seditious meetings. Polliakov, the Russian railroad engineer, who onl died a few months ago, gave $500,000 for the erection and maintenance of a sort of students’ bowrding-house in St. Peotersburg, in which from three hun- dred to four hundred students should find homes. The house has heen built and thoroughly equifmed, but students who live in it are obliged to submit to a sort of police surveillance, always under the watchful eyes of gov- ernment officials, and every unguarded word is noted and earefully treasured up against the offender. At Moscow a similar house has been built by the wealthy Ovsianikov, who is known to ‘harbor particularvly friendly feelings for pollrical offenders, am.ly members of whose family are exiles in Siberin. Efinio ‘met ‘one Demetri, a student of medicine, at a gymnasium in St. Petersburg, and the two became friends and went to live together, after the fashion mentioned, Demetri being the needy one. It was to this friend- ship that the young Russian owes all his misfortunes, for Demetri was a_member of arevolutionary society, and on the theory that birds of a feather flock to- gether, Efinio was also taken for amem- ber of the society. Dematri had a sis- toer who was a student of medicine, and who, like the bulk of Russian women, took as great an interest in revolution- ary matters as the men. In propagate the rovolutionary spir! young woman went to a factory to work, and there succeeded in enrolling anum- ber of the women to the society. The authorities were informed of her work and she was arrested. Her husband, an architect, wag, also arrested, and in resisting shot and wounded a detective at Kiov. Husband, and wife were, after the usual delays, sent to Siberia—the wife to Bere: :lnul the husband to Krasnovoiadsk, 2,000 miles apart, and In the posses- sion of the wife Was found a list beur- ing Demetri’s, her brother’s name snd ‘his photograph, and he mext was (pounced ;ji)lon and Efinio wus carried off with him. No word was said why the arrést was made and for six months the young Russian was cut off from all comwmunication with his friends and was shut up inwa small damp cell, This dungeon, only a few febt uare, was lighted by-a tiny glazed ' window, too high to be looked through. TLfino’s fare consisted of bread wnd ten and soup, and he was allowed once a day | $he option of taking six cigaretios stoad of bread, At the end of si mouths, under promises to reveal who his companions in the society were, he was taken to Odessa, and there, duving d@n insurrection against the Jows, he managed to overpower his guard, an old man, whilst being takon in ‘a hack from ‘one point to another, This escape || e suid was not diffeult, as the political risoners were: not, manacled, and ha carvieddn his hand a heav: i, with which bié‘swruek the comforts, and this sys- | They are | old mun _with all | his might on the shin. A companion who ~“was ‘with " him also ef- focted his_ escapo and the two reached Broad by train, The students always sympathized with the Jews, and 50 not oy had they the enmity of the police; but of the com- mon people also. At Bourd Efinio was recaptured and taken to Odessa, his dis- uise of a false board was torn off, and, is photograph having been sent to St. Petersburg, he was recognized as a sus- pected member of the revolutionary so- ciety and taken under guard tothe eapi- tal.” For twelve months he was kept in the great dungeons. of Petropaulovski, and then, having been under eighteen vears.and accused asa political offender, e was released under police surveil- lance. The release, however, was al- most as bad as the confinement, as its conditions included the most rigid com- pliance with the promise to report daily. and as often as required, to the chief of police in the town to which he was to be seut, and not to réside at any time in St. Petersbuag or any large town of the country. He was consigned to Kovno, his birthplace, and was often obliged to re four or five times a day to the police. He was not allowed to stand and talk toany of his friends, and if any one attacked him he had not the right to defend himself. Finally tiving of thisslavery he bribed the chief of police by giving him $200 in Russian money, and then after paying #100 for his passport he made his way to Paris and then to this country. De- metri has sentenced to serve fifteen years in the silver mines of Berezov, where his sister is confined and he is, if alive, now working there. After having ‘told his story, and he admits that his story is not by any meuans as sad as th many of his compariots, Efinio expressed the wish t0 revisit his native country. The patriotism of Russian exiles and fugitives has often been commented on and Efinio after encountering the fate of his friends still expressed the wish o return to his home. Both his varents are dead and his eldest brother is_a forced resident of Siberia, so that Iffnio’s wish to return to Russia is the more remarkable. The brother was a suitor of the daughter of Chief of Police Kozlov in Moscow, and an officer in the court of the czar having taken undue advantage of the lady, Efinio’s brother challenged him to a duel. Before the meeting, however, the challenger was arrested in the foyer of the theater by his ladylove's father, the chief of police. In the excitement of the moment the young man drew a revolver and seri ously wounded Kozlov, and the inju he is paying for by a sentence of Oiwonty- ve yearslin Berezov with hard abor, 3 Infant Mortality of the Heated Term. Philadelphia Press: The great in- crease in infant mortality during the summer months, especially in large cities, is a subject which has an econo- mic interest, outside of the sentiment involved in it, and much attention has been paid both to its causes and pre- vention by health authorities. It is a common error that leads people 1o snp- pose that it is the heat of summer which is primarily responsible for so much loss of young life. Babies like much warmth: and. if properly clothed and attended to they would very ravely, in this climate, suffer directly from the high temperature alone. i mauy sometimes be inclined to doubt the truth of the theory which attributes so many obscure diseases to microbes or bacteria, yet it has been widely acknowledged that the high rate of mortality in early life is due to germs that develop and grow in the ferment- ing and putrefying organic matter which is uflowed o accumulate in the neighborhood of dwellings during sum- mer. These germs are not only breathed and taken .into the blood, but the stomach also receives them with the baby food, the digestion being thusin- terfered with and nutrition rendered impossible by the fermenting and irri- tating processes that follow. Gases from sewers and cesspools, decomposin garbage, and the foul air of crowde: apartments, are all concerned in the production of these particular diseases, the putrefactive changes which take lace 1 the stomach from indigested ood having often been begun outside of the body by contact with impurities. The Prophylactic, a practical health magazine, has been av the pains to col- lect for the July issue & number of med- ical investigations on this subject, and to make some valuable suggestions about preventive measures. These lat- ter might be summed up as conssting | in absolute cleanliness everywhere, with suitable diet and _attention to the skin.and clothing; and if this cleanli- ness cannot be obtained where the parents of the child reside, it should be removed during heated term toa clean and healthy locality. There are, however, hundreds and thousands of parents in every large city who, unfor- tunately, cannot avail themselves of such advantages ‘and, therefore, the only course left for them is to try to im- prove the existing conditions. k Pure air and water being the first consideration, "the diet must then be looked to. Next to the natural source of nutrition for infants, there is nothing 80 good for them ‘as the milk of a huufihy. weli-fed cow. As a rule the 4 mischief to the milk occurs between the cow’s udder and the buman stomach. Pails, cans and nursing bottles and tubes should be absolutely clean; and the possibility of the presenceef specific ferments be prevented by the frequent use of boiling water and ‘what- ever other means may be necessary. The simpler the diet during the first and second summer, the better is it for the child,any change in the diet being more or less dangerous. Regu- larity in the time of feeding; pure cold water as an occasional drink; a light, cool sponge ‘bath daily, and the use of thin, soft Haunels next to the skin night and day, are all of the utmost impor- tance. And if such a course shall be carefully practiced from early summeor the little one will be altogether likely to puss through the trying season with- out serious trouble, But while the want of a little knowl- edge or theugzhtfulness on the part of purents as to the proper cave of chil- dren is largely respousible for summer much evil is also wrought by overfeeding. The mother who eonfines her baby to a bread-and-milk diet may probably be leoked upon in some quar- ters as being hard-hearted; whereasshe is in reality carrying out natural laws and successfully uouhucing to thehealth ot her.offspring. A little care and at- tention on the part.of both rich and poor is all that is needed to lessen the alarm- ing rate of infant mortality. Legisla- tion has done much toward supptying us with pure milk—one of the most impor- tant articles of summor diet—and indi- vidual effort should supplement that good work. Wauter is plentiful; there are shady eity squares. and a great park, where pure air and the life-giving vagrance of trees, of grasses and flow- ers may be drunk in by thousands of children. Even a moderate indulgence in the open air. might prevent many of the diseases of childhood which bring suffering nnd sorrow 10 so muny homes. A By Wife (to husband, who has been ‘osten- “wibly to church) —1 Wi 80 ‘SOMY 10t 1o go with you this ‘morning, Jotn, But 1 roally Qidn't feol able. Where there’ many therc! Hushand—No, - the grand stund was onwy ihout half- er—Oh, yes u fait eongrogution for hot weathar 5 o THE FIRE FIEND AT LINCOLN. A Oonflagration Sweeps Away Val- uable Business Property: e MYSTERIQUS RUMORS AFLOAT. The Strange Fatality Atténding a Capital City Photographer in His Business Ventures—A Double Rallroad Accident, LixcoLN Bureau or Trr Omana Beg, 1020 P STREET, Lixcowy, July 15, The alarm whistle sounded at 2:80 o'clock this morning. The cry of “Fire" rang sharply upon the air, calling the Lincoln fire depart- ment to fight one of the most disastrous fires that ever occurred in the city. At the hour stated smothered flames burst from the MeConnell building, occupied on the first two floors by O. R. Oakley, with a large stock of dry goods, cloaks and carpets, and Mrs. Helen Foreman, with a stock of mil- linery and ladies’ furnishing goods, and the upper floor by Dr. Lambertson, deatist, and H. E. Noble, photographer. The whole in- terior of the Ogkley store room was great mnss of fire before the fire companios had the water "hyinF upon it, For a time it scemed that the whole block of buildings must go. The water supply was found to be wholly in- adequate for the demands, and the boys had this great disadvantage to meet from the first, but there was no falteris fight possiole was made under the unfor- tunate conditions, and the adjoining buibd ings, occupied on the east by Trickey’s jewelry store and on the west by the New- man dry goods house, were both saved, with very little damage. The origin of the fire is not known, and perhaps will nevor be more than a conjecture or suspicion. But a few mo- ments passed before the arrival of the fire companies before water was pla; ing upon the devastating elements, and when the doors were burst open, permitting the air to fan the fire, the flames ' leaped out and en- compassed the entire room, leaving no pos- sible chance to save a thing touched he flaming fiend. The fire boi's did brave work, fighting the battle with a light water supply, and in the face of the fact that the flames were seemingly growing in force and power. But the stes play of the streams of water @id the work; the deepening volume of smoke avo the boys new courage; the timely com- Fug of the steamer, with its wonderful water l;lu\' controlled the flames aud saved the lock. The fire was confined to the McCennell building, and the damage to those adjoining will not be very great. But the Trickey je elry store and the Newmau dry goods house, on the east and west, respectively, both caught fire and at time it seemed that they, too, must go. The fire walls alone probably saved them. How- ever, the McConnell building and the entire comfiuts are a complete loss. Nothing was saved. Since the dawn of the day the streets are rife with rumors. But this is always so after a great and destructive fire. It is certain, however, that there are some peouliar cir- cumstances attending and surrounding the fire of last night, some of which_are clepr! sensational, but nevertheless in for the atte) tion and consideration of the paragrapherand public. A strange fatality has been attend- ing H. E. Noble, the photographer. He has Dbeen repeatedly burned out since coming to Lincoln, and under circumstances atonce strange and gtartling. Insurance companies have tried to unravel the mysteries attend- ing his ill-luck, but always unsuccessfully. Detectives of reputation and wide expe) ence have peen put on the trail, but as j have never been able to locate the incendiary or sleuth hound following in Noble's walke, but a clue has been suggested by one of the detectives who has had the matter in hand, in time, may unravel the story of his . Noble at one tume resided Canada, and while there it stated he become entangled in the meshes of a siren who, upon desertion, has fotlowed hm from place to place, everywhere proving the bane of his existence, and with a per- sistency born of-despair. 'But proof has al- ways failed to connec’, this woman with absolute crime and she has mever been ptaced under arrest. ‘The underwriters of this city have become 80 well grounded in the conviction that Noble has been the victim of an incendiary that they have repeatedly refused to write in- surance upon any of his property, and hence he must bear the loss of the present fire him- self. Tt issaid that it will reach from 83,000 to $10,000. He 1s from home at this time, and issaid to be somewhere in the east. Speculation 18 rife. Some people are inclined | to believe that Noble's Nemesis set the fire m the basement of the building, while others adyvance another theory equally as startling and sensational. The future alone can fur- nish the sequel. y Ouakley’'s dvy goods and earpét house finely equipped and stocked. is id that his stock of goods would invoice at least 70,000, on which there is an insurance of 860,000, 1t this be "l',lin the loss, although heavy, will be bear- able. : Mrs. Foreman’s stock of goods it 18 thought | ‘would have invoiced from $6,000 to £8,000, the insurance on which will not more than half cover the loss. k Dr. Lambertson, the dentist, had large and finely furnished dental parlors on the second floor, which, with his instruments and | library, are a total loss, which will fully roach §2,000, while he was insured for less than half that sum. J. & D. Newman, whose dry geods store joined the McConnell building on the west, | will suffer some loss in goods from 'the heat and smoke, but they are fully covered by insurance. Justice Coch- ran and a fo others who were oflicing in ‘the building will suffer small | losses, but it is said to no serious extent. Mr. Oakley was pulled from a sick bed to in see his magnificent business, tho work of yours, wholly destroyed. P. W. Noble was sleoping in the studio, , and would have been burnod had he not been nwakened by soniconewho knew he ‘was'there, Had the fire'boys had a high water pres- sure at the right time it is said that much of the loss could have been saved. A DOUBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Passenger No, 8 on the B. & M., which left here last nighv at 10:15, was run into at Berl's siding, fourmiles this side of Crete, thirty minutes later, while on the side track, ovidently the result of cureless- ness somewhere not yet known. Four or five persons were scriously hwrt by the accident, one dangerously if not fatally. The latter was the porter of the sleeper, whose name could not be ascertained. The train was side tracked to wait the passing of another, when a freight train in some incon- ceivabie manner ran_into the sleeper with the result stated. The conductor of the sleoper was hur quite badly on the right hand und one other employe of the road shghtly bruised, With one exception the passengers escaped without injur tance was raised for him at midn special train‘was immediately dispatchea to the scene of the wreck. At the Union Paci- fic crossing an open switch deruiled the ci gme, oausing a delay of over au hour. It carried Superintendent Calvert, Dr. Everett, C. A. Wickersham and a number of attend- auts. This is but another incident of lives hazarded on the railroad juggernaut. The sleeping car was pretty well demolished. oo A Qukushon UP TEN STORIES. Advantages of the Top Stories of High Buildings. New York Mail and Express- *Vary fow people stop to think,” said a young lawyer down town the other day, “of the” advantages and facilities afforded by the gigantic office buildings which have been erected in the lower part of the city Quring the past ten years. Look at the matter from a ‘purely sani- | tary point of view, and reflect how much | ore health-giving light and air the nants get who are established in them than when they occupied the back rooms in the second and third stories of the old:fashioned structures, which enee . covered the lower pxu", of the land. Up in the seventh, eighth, ninth | and tenth . stories there isair stivring, even on the warmest days in supmer, whioh fills the lungs und purifies the blood, while the delighttul viewsof the one | | trains behind river and hatbor -afforded by these lofty quarters stimulate thé mind to ex- crsiun, which “in the badly lighted i ventilated = apartments that were use for . offices fonrs ago “wps simply impossible. - Thon wns(d?r for & moment the luxuries pro- yided freo of extra expense which cem- bine to give a distinct charm t0 down- town business-life. Every office is pro- vided with ¢lectric lights, stoam heat and running water. The offiecs are reached by rapid elevators, There aro spacious and attractive toilet-rooms on every floor, and trained and attentive attendants locatad at every point whero they are needed. Then on the ground floor telegraph and district messenger oftices are conveniently placed, and barber shops, news-stunds and boot- blacking establishments are ready at hand., ith all these conveniences, the office accommodation is obtained at a rental which, in many cases, is lower than the rental which "was asked ten years ago for places which could not compare with them in any way. One of these down-town buildings goes so far as to furnish its tenants cf the logal Frolumion a large and well-selected law ibrary, such as few oven of the most successful lawyers are able to accumu- late during the whole course of their pro- fessional careers. All told, in fact the tenant of this decade has reason to con- gratulate himself that the old order of things has pussed away.” - An Electric Wol r. History reads that, whatever may be the demands of advancing civilization for the protection of the people and of their property, the thinking brains, tho cunning hands and the right men are always present to supply that need, suys the Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch, This ‘ig Lespecially true of electr inventions, and a stride has been made in an elec. trical way by a few well known Pitts« burgers, that points to a total revolu- tionizing of present railway tems and the saving of millions of s 10 the railroad companies, and probubly thousandsof lives to the traveling pubs lic. With th& overcrowding of truins and the constant stream of cars passing between the principle cities a demand has arvisen for both speed and safoty, and the success of the former depends almost entirely upon the latter. ‘T'his safety has become assured, and the practical working of a most mar- velous, yet at the same time a most simple invention was shown at a exhibition on Saturday afternocon ina room above the Western Union build- mf, on Wood street. t is called the Automatic Electric Block Signul system. I'or one not at all versed in the workings of the elec- tric fluid and the technique of such an apparatus a slight explanation made all as clear as day, and it comes doubly recommended to practical minds on ace count of its simplieit; The inventors claim that it will do away with the ent block systems entirely; that the expensive army telegraph operators will not be required; that trains will no longer crash into each other from the rear; that there will be no excuse for two trains running into each other fromopposite directions; that erossings in the city and in the country will not be dangerous to life, because sufficient warning will be given, and other benefits to life and property. that would have sounded almost prepos- terous had it not been for the perfect workings of the model that seemed to bear them out in every respect. The improvement is applicable to railways having one or more main tracks, but is especially useful to a sin- gle main track, because it operates au- tomatically from the train, and as th train enters each section or bloel works four signals simultaneou at the other end, whether it is on ten miles away. While the tr: i that particular block ne other train can enter, either from the rear or from the front. The model shown as operating on a double track forty feet long, with sec- tions or blocks every four feet. At cach block two littie signnls of red and white, to show either danger or safety, were placed on either gide of the wack, with the safety signals all up. A tiny engine then started down one of the tracks, and as the first block was passed the safety signal dropped and ““danger” was dis- Bln,ying, uhuwiug to any train coming ehind that the block was pecupied. At the next block the second signal was displayed, showing that the second block was ocoupied, while simul- taneously the first block displayed a white signal indicating that it was clear, and s0-on down the line until the end, showing that every block ceuld hold a train in safety, and not _allow it to pass on until the block ahead was clear, This exhibition wus not only sutisfac- uulY, but perfectly convincing to the railway men present, but a demonstru- tion of its operation on a single track, where danger lies not only behind, but there are aiways fears of & collision from ahead, showed beyond doubt its practicability and its assured success. The toy engine was again started down a single track, and on passing the first block the ‘“‘danger” signal was not only displayed there as a warning to but the block ahead flashed up & ulmilm- sign, averting all fears from an advancing train in that direction, As the engine passed on down vhe second block behind it ghowed ‘“‘clear,” but the bleck through which the engine was pussing showed danger at each end. Y Dhis last proof of its perfection called hearty congratulations and assurnnces of success from the practical men pre ent, while all admired the simplicity of the affair. At each block there was a raised bar of iron or a rail, und asthe engine pussed the block a wire brush touched this raised rail, and elec encrgy, coming fi d carried eithor in the engine or in a car, communicated by wiie o the blocks and signals, and in the simplest man- ner in the world, without the inter- vention of one man, accomplishes what isnow done by an army of men. A single telegraph wire, running along polcs with the other wires and con- necting with each bleck, enrries the encrgy from onc blovk to another, though the hattery is onlyin nctual operation during the instant the wire brush is in contact with the raised rail along the traok. The patent office, realizing, as they suid, the importance of the invention as o mere matter of sufety, outside of its economy, hold a spocial heoring and uickly granted patentson June 19 last, he papers cover everything that could possibly apply to the invention, When engines run backward the batteries are reversed aocordingly. Switches are protected at each end, and automatic signals can be put up at country road- ways, or dangerous orossings, nfiowing that a train is approaching from amile, or one-half mile, or any distance de- sived. Foreign patents have algo been appiied for, covering every specification in the system. e * Clean oflcloth with a wet towel pinned over astiff broom, and rub with long sweeping strokes. Matting shoul be washed with strong salt water and clean -cloth, and do it, if possible midday, 10 insure quick drying, prevents discoloration, ~ - pinstod S, A wine glass of nronr borax water in a pint of raw starch will make coilurs wid cufls still sud glossy. k 3 o ' at Which