Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 28, 1890, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "TUESDAY JANUARY 28, 1890 A COSTLY GAS EXPLOSION, It Wreoks a Two-Story Building on Tenth Stroet. NEWMAN BAMUEL INJURED. The Accident Ascribed 1o a Loaking ipe Which Had Been lmper- fectly Attended by the Inspecto A Basement Blast. Yesterday afternoon about 3:40 o'clock a loud report startled the residents for a half mile south of the Union depot. It was like the boom of a gun or the noise made by the explosion of a boiler, In the grocery of Newman brothers, south west corner of Tenth and Centro streets, Sam Newman, the elder member of the firm, stood near the front door. Richard Cun- niogham, a clerk, stood on the doorstep. Simuitaneously with the report the floor upon which they were standing shot up- ward, sending them forward through the @oorway into the streer. As Sam was mak- ing bis basty exit a heavy piece of glass struck nim on the head and cutaslice of scalp four inches long from his head. When he reuched the sidewalk he was covered with blood and a surgeon was immediateiy re- quired to d his injuries. The upheaval of the floor lasted for but an instant and was followed by its sinking into a trough, whicn rested on the floor of tho basement. Down went the partition wall which separated the Newman store from H. L. Leammg, 1304 Bouth Tenth street. Tho next nstant flames like those from Tartarus rusheda from be- neath and filled the interior of the structure in a moment. So instantancous and com- plete was this seizure by the flamos that ad there been a human being within the store, he couid nut have escaped with his life. As a cousequence, everything that re~ mained in the store was destroyed. The flames oxtended to the upper story und burst from the walls in a dozen places. The engines responded to an alarm from ‘box 13 and in a comparatively short time had tue flames under control. In the second story over the grocary re- sided J. Newman. All his furmture was de~ stroyed by eithor fire or water. Over tho market resided B. Ferguson, an employe of Carey & Harvey. His furniture was also destroyed. His !oss will be about § Leaming's market escaped the flames, but. the floor dropped out of it and his ice box rack, blocks, everything are in a heap in the cellar, He has, he thinks, but $.00 insurance. Newman Brothers had a stock estimated at 23,000, upon which they have policies ag- gregating, they think, about &1,500. The building was a double two-story frame owaed by doseph Smith who lives adjoining | on Centre street. 1t cost $4,000 and was in sured for £3,000, The building is a perfect wreck. There is scarcely a pane of gluss left intact, the walls are out of plumb, tne sides are burncd | through in a number of places and the base ment walls of brick, so great was the force of the explosion, are bulged and cracked and in some places dismantlea. The wreck was undoubtedly caused by an explosion of gas, For several days it has ‘been known that the gas pives in toe basement have been leaking. On last Saturday the gas company was notified of the leak, and that night Newman brothers closed up their store becanse the leak had not been stopped and no light could be had, * Yesterday the gas company sent a man to ropair the pipe, He, it is said, took a little water out of the metre, applied a match to_a 4ot, lighted the Iatter, and said that ho thought everything was all right and weut Bway. The odor of gas, however, continued to pervade the atmosphere and 'Mr. Leaming, yesterday afternoon, went to the gas oflice to toll the representatives that their man had not stopped the leak. When he re- turned the bullding, including his store, was 8 wreck. In the basement in which the leak took place was stored a gnautity of potatoes and apples, and there also the Newman brothers slept. They have lost all their wearing ap- arel, some watches and the receipts for the | ast Lwo days, which they had not banked. Fow the gas became irnited i3 a mystery, a8 it was not kuown that anybody had beer in the basement for some time before the ex- plosion. Dr. Birney, practice limited to ca- tarrhal diseases of pose and throat. Tooms 248 to 250, lh.e'buxldmg (A)UK & COOK. Late .t Developments in the Myster- ious Suicide Case. ‘The remains of “E. G. Cook' still iie uni- dentified at Heafoy & Heafoy’s, nud daily some purson calls for the purpose of endeav- oring to discover his identity. Sunday, about a dozen people, who claimed to have known H. H. Cook in life, for whom the body of the deceased has been wistaken, called, bui all of them stated positively thiut the body was not that of the Oklahoma wan. Among the callera wers Mrs. Cook, the wife of lhe missing man. She was still uable o recognize tho dead man as her husbaud. The dthers who were acquainted with H. H. Cook and who failed to identify the {remains were John Walluce, 1623 Burt streot; J. M. Taliaferro, 2112 Burt street; William Coulson, Tremont Touse; James Woodman of Leavitt & Wood- man, insurapee agents, and Carl Nelson, 1415 South Sixth street. The coroner has tolegraphed G.. W. Coulton, a real estate man of Kingfishur, Oklahoma. H. H, Cook is known to huve acquired . some broperty at that place. T agent above men- tioned ha: requested to stato whether or not Cook is in_ that part of the cnuul v or if he has been there roceutly. esterday @ stranger -viowod the de- mlnl and said that they looked like those o- = friend of his,n Chicago vhotographer, who hnd overworked himself for several weoks ‘before Christmas. It was announced that. the deccased was a trayeling man for the firm of Burt, Sim- monds & Co., hatters, Monrot street, Chicago. The firm was Yelegraphad and replied that they had a traveiing man in their employ whoso name was G. E. Koch. The same firm telegraphed the Millard Iulln( that they had heard that a uraveler of. lhelrn named G. E. Cook had died at that house and asked particulars. Whethor the name of the drummer got mixed in trans- mission is unknown, but it can not be nnder stood why the firm should at one time in- quire for a man named Koch and at another &uok The wman Koch, it ip reported on Suturday last, was in Heatrice, i i Horsfords Acii Phosphate For Impaired Vitality and weakened energy, is wundurrnhv suc- cessful, —— Good mi Anxiety, Mr. C. F. Goodman has just recovered from an aggravated attack of In grippe. He violated the dootor's irstructions’ yesterday morning and left his bed. His first uct was to telephone to Secretary Nason und anxiously inquired whether or not Omahs had secured the state fair, _''No, we hvon'l got it yet,” replied Mr, ason. “When wlll we or can we get it,” was Mr. Goodman's next query, 0, not for a long time now, good bye," and the secretary wuru{' huug up '-ha 'phone and Mr. Goodman v«on ack to ved, Mes, Winslow's smthtnx Syrup for children -teething produces natural slecp. 25 cenus & bottie, ———— Fifey Days More. Tom Scott, & loafer and suspicious charac- ter, assaulted an old man pamed George Hyde in a cell at Céntral police station Sun- duy night after being locked np for vagranc) He wus sent to jall for fifty days for his Lrutai conduet, r— Darno's Oatarch Snufl, When suffering with eatareh, cold iu the ‘head, vervous headache, ete., use Duruo's Souft, it will relieve you at once. Price 330 “b druggista. IN THE ROLE OF A BULLY. A.J. Hanscom Makes a Disgeacefol Exhibition of Himsell. A meeting of property owners on Douglas street, betweon Sixteenth and Twentieth streots, was callod at the real estate ex- change room yesterday afternoon. The meecting was cailed to consider the subject of grading the street, the grade adopted ata meeting o short time ago uot having proved satisfactory. Tue property owners were well repre sented and the meoting organized by choos ing W. G. Maul for chairman and Androw Rosewater for secretury. Mr. Roscwator was called on for an ex- pression of his views on the question before the meeting aud responded by saying that it it was the intention to make Douglas street a business stroet it would bo best to adopt the most practical grade which could be made. If it was not tho intention to make & business street of it there was no necessity for making any change. This fashion of making temporary grades to suit temporary buildings on the strect had been tried in the case of Farnam street, and the result had proved most unsatisfactory. He proposed a grade which would make n cut of six feet at Seventeenth street. and extending from that point in an air line to the established grado at Twentieth street. 'This would give a grade with an incline of 6.4 feet for 100 bes tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, and 4 feev per 100 between Seven- teenth and Twenticth, Mr. Rosewator stated that several of the vroperty owners had said they would not waiva if the street is cut, and they might L getagood street while they are about it, While Mr, Rosewater was talking A, J. Hanscom was manifestly very uneasy. He twisted about in his chair and gave other signs of being excited. As soon as Mr. Roso- water had finished Mr. Hanscom jumped to his feet and gave vent to a stream of foul in- vectives. o said the whole move- ment was gotten up for the purpose of - injuring his property. He charged Mr. Kosewater with being a corruptionist, a thief, a puppy, and several other vild ngmes. He charged thatthe grade of the city had been fixed to serve Mr. Rosewater's private cnds, and said that during the timo Mr. Rosewater was city engineer he had wmade fraudulent reports on the Nineteenth street grade and had opposed the grading of St. Mar, enue. Mr. Hanscom continued in this strain for about fifteen minutes, until he had apparently vented his spleen, and then he sat down. Mer, Rosewater arose quietly and said that all these charges had been repeated before, but when he demanded an_investigation aua the matter came hefore the grand jury, this wan Hanscom had testified under oath that he believed them to be false. Ho referred 10 his record during his term of oftico for a rofutation of the charges, and said ho had always favored the most radical changes of grade. During Mr. Rosewater's reply interrupted him remar A committee was finally appointed to pro- sent a petition for a change of grade to the property owners for theirapproval, and then the meethug adjourned. Mr. Hanscom followed Mr. Rosewater to the door and attempted to apologize for " his unwarranted assault, but Mr. Rosewater re- fused to accept any such overtures. Dr. Grossman, in speaking of Hanscom's action and utierances, suys: S0 unprovoked an attack I have rarely seen. klanscom acted like a western bully and Rosewater like n gentleman. The proj; orty owners on Douglas street, from Six- enth to Twentioth, had met to amicably discuss the feasibility of lowering the grade of the street between the poiuts mentioned, and to decide whether the cut made should ve a moderate or radical oue. “Mr. Andrew Rosewater arose and stated that he believed the best course would be to make a cut of six feet at the Seventeenth streot croeaing and then make an air line to ‘Twentieth stroet. *“T'hen Hanscom, in the most unprovoked manuer, gotup and commenced to call Mr. Rosewater an insignificant little pup and a thief. It reminded one of the ola Hanscom in the lawless days of 1855, “Of course Mr. Rosewater resented this ungentlemanly attuck and retahated by pro nouncing Hanscom a mean man and assussin of character. He furthertold him that the time of bullying in Omaha was long since nst. ‘T'but the place was no longer a vil- nge. but a city, It would be an offence to talk this way to a gentleman, but as he was answering @ bully he was not making any breach of good breeding. “Hanscom then, for want of argument, asked Rosewater to come out. and settle the affair in the contemptible manner of the slugger. *+Just picture the situation! A meeting of woalthy citizens in onc of the grandest builaings 1 the west, and one of the richest of them so far forgets himself and insults the dignity of the gentlemen present as to decry fairpess and free speech and attempt to substitute the contemptible mnethods of the bully A manin Hanscom's position 1d be above such actions. anscom’s foresight is about as long nis unose, and that is very short. It seems strange that he canvot look far enough anead to see what benefit this proposed cut of grado is sure to be to his property. The streot is sure to becomo a business one sooner or later, and it will be too valuable for residence property then, “*Because Hanscom once gave a ravine to the city for park purposes, aud which, by the way, was urfit for anything else, he 1m- agines that he should be a dictator to every- body else, and all the citizens should con- sult his whims in all pudlic improvements. “1 called the meeting yesterday myself,” |_said Mr. D. T. Mount. “I found that the property owners who were opposed to the grade agreed upon at the meeting last week were in favor of & more radical cut. An- ovher meeting was suggested to talk the mutter over. When we got together we found that a majority of the property owners favored & grade which will” muke. a cut of eight fect at Soventeenth street, twenty- seven feot at Eighteenth street and thirty- ono fectjFat weteoath street. Mr. Andrew Rosewater in reply to some objec- tions to'such a cut, said that with the ex- Hanscom continually with insulting make no mistake, He strongly favored & very radical cut and explained the benefits that will arise from the adoption of such a grade. His remarks were timely. As o property owner he'had & right to speak in the meeting. Mr. H-nwom then mad wholly uncalled for attack on Mr. Ros water, called him some very vile names and threatened to strike him with his cane, Mr. Rosewater replied in 8 very gentlemanly manner, refusing to stoon to abuse in reply 10 abuse. A majority of the property owners favored I.Im radical grade and Rguess we will get it The License Board. The license bourd beld a short session yes- terday wfternoon, The bond of Michael Walenz1303 Pierce street, was refusod, as i was sighed by the applicant’s wife, Remon- strances were received and taken under con sideration in the cases of Charles Walker, 2040 Sherman aveoue, and Adolph Foster, 1201 South Eleventh street. The case of HBernard Kapold, 623 gouth’ Tenth street, was luid over for future consideration. No licenses were granted. “I'he bourd spent considerable time looking into applications for druggists' permits, buye took no tinal actiov on any of them, el District Coure. Harrison Brown, an old man of seventy years, has filed a lengthy petition in the dis- triet court, charging Johu J. Suttles with fraud. The petition alleges that Brown is paralyzed and almost helpless, and that he was the owner of the west 3§ of the north- east '{ of section 18, townsnip 15, run, 0, in;Douglas county. This land and & small Lot of stock, with harness, Inllplnmunu. constituted*nis entire earthly possess ‘T'he land was ooc'ugwd by lllmulf and wife as their bome. John J. Suttles is chary with prevailiog upon ‘the old mao, last August, while he was sick aud helples, to convey to Suttles the title in the lund aud all the stock, ete. A contracl was entered into between Brown and Suttles, whercby the Juttor was to tako cave of Hrown and his wife for the rest of their life w considera- tion of this transfer, Mr. Brown now charges that Sutties has entirely failed to comply with the terms of the coutract, and s selling the stock and devotiug the pro- ceeds to his own use. The petd wsks for a0 iujunction restraining Sutiles frow soll~ ing or disposing of the land or ulnck. An in. junction was issued on the order of Judge Clarkson and the hearing for a permanent injunction set for February 10. Colpetzer & Guion have brought suit to re cover §50.00 from Ida H. Bochme et al mechanics' lien The Mutual investmen company has com- menced snit against Joseph Dworak et al to recover §300 on notes secured bv second mortgage on the south 47 feet of lots 1 and 2, block 3, Campbell HISTORY'S on @ PETITION. The Union Depot Question Twenty Yenrs Ago. There is nothing particularly startling in the mtelligence that work 18 soon to be com menced on a union depot. The news is about twenty years old. The following edi- torial might have been written yestor but 1t is really taken from Tuk DALy Bew of July 2, 187: e are gratified to be able to announce definitely that the Union Pacific railroad company is making preparations for comply ing with the contracts cntered into by 1s officers with our cf and county authorities some months ago, The plans for the great Union Pacific depot _are being prepared—in fact hiave, as we learn, been adopted—and the work of construction is to commence in a foew days. All croaking and doubting will soon bs at an end and temporary dovice will give way to un- questioned permanency. With the comple jon of the depot, which we doubt not may be looked for by néxt spring, if not before Jan- uary, 1873, a new era in the commercial pros- perity and progress in Omaha will be inaug. urated, Confidence once restored and re. tablished capitalists will seck this city for profitable investments, and manufactures are sure to be developed whero the market for the manufactured articlo is as remuner- ative and mviting as it will be in Omaha within the next throe years,’ - ——— WILLIS WAS FOULED. He 1s Severely Injured by a Butting Glove Artist. Last night Ted Willis, the well known baseball player, put ou the gloves at the Athenmum, on Douglas street, witha young man known as ‘“I'he Butcher.” The first round resulted in favor of Willis, who treated his antagonist to some lively face- warning blows. In the second round “The Butcher” deliberately fouled Willis, striking nim with his knee pear the groin, bufting him with his head on the left breast and thus piuning him to the brick wall. Willis became faint immediately, vomited and was compelied to leave tho ring. Ho was placed in a hack, carried to the house of o friend and a doctor summoned, It was found that the peritoneum had been injured, probably ruptured, and that he had sustained other injuries, the effects of which couldn’t be foretold. The fight, notwithstanding the palpable foul, was awarded to Willis' opponent. AIMED AT THE JUGULAR, A Woman's Throat Cut by a Frenzied Companion. Annie Ford and Sadie Briggs «of No. 213 Davenport street, had a row over the pos- session of some clothing. After some lively words the Ford woman whipped out her razor und made 8 desperate slash at the Brigg's woman’s throat. The gash was a shade less than fatal. The blade of the weapon slashed the flesh at the base of the ear and was drawn across the throat a distance of several inches. ‘The blood spurted like a fountain and the other inmates of the dive were so frightened that some ot them ran away. A physician was called and took eleven stitches in the wound. Both of the women werc then conveyed to central police station. FIGHTING HELF Residents tn E. V. Smith’s Addition Dotending Their Homes, The persons owning lots in the E. V. Smith addition are determined to fight John P. Helfenstein who claims a title to the property in that addition. Yesterday ninetcen of these property- holders filed rephes to Helfenstein's petitions for possession of that property and deny that he has any legal claum whatever to the same. ‘Those filing answers are as follows: Josie T. Comstock, Thomas H, Dailey, Michael Gillen, Lizzie J. Nelson, Mary Swee- ney, John Sheridan, Daniel Brosius, Mar- garet Brown, William Brown, Patriok J. Price, John H. Price, Hobart Williams, ‘Thomas Kinney, Thomas Enright, Bertha B. T'ry, Bertha B, Fry ot al., Austin M. Collett, Jacob T. Seliner and John D. Howe. Mor nary. The remains of Alfred Swanson were re- ceived by Drexcl & Maul yesterdsy morning. Tne deceased wus & son of Charles Swanson, 115 Pine street, and was killed while working in a coal mino at Harlem, Mo. Charles Kingsley, son of J. J. Points, died yesterday morning, age 9 months. Thé fu- woral will take place from the resigence, 1218 lml'.h ‘Twenty-eight street, at 2 o'clock Tues- day afternoon, Laura L., the infant daughter of W, E. Tunnicliffe died at home, 3745 Orchard street, Suuday. The remains were -interred at Forest Lawn yesterday afternoon. George H. Cowles,a former resident of Omaha, died in Toronto, Canada, on Thurs- day of peritonitis. The remains arrived in Omahn yesterday morning, and were buried by Drexel & Maul in Forest Lawn cemetery at 10’clock in the afternoon. The dececased was for wo years of age. Miss Carrie Hewzman, wife of William Hoinzman, died Sunday at her late home, 1509 Burt street. Mrs. Hewnzman was the daughter of Fred Kessler and has been mar- ried avout a year, She was just twenty-two yelr! old. The remains will be interred to- l{nl.“ Laurel Hill. tle Mary Jeoner, the two-year-old daughter of George C. Jenner, recently sec- retary of the Omana Young Men’s Christian association, died Saturday. Jenner, who bas gone to Georgia, has bees rised of his bereavement by telegraph s on his ‘way t0 Omuha to attend the funeral, — Royal Arcanum Musicale. Autla council, Royal Arcanum, gave Ia musicale at their lodge room in the Conti- nantal block last night. The attendance was large and select, and 8 most delightful programme waa presented. The Madrigal club, consisting of Mrs, J. W, Lntlon. Mlu Elizabeth Pepnell and Messrs, W. B, Wit. kins and Thomas J. Pennell, with Mmu. B B. Young as accomp: sang eight num- bers, consisting of solos, duets amd quar- tettes, in an entrancing manner. The names of these singers are suflicient to give an idea of the high grade ana geveral exceilence of the eutertainment, NSTEIN. ) S¥is i A Barn Burned. A barn ad Thirty-fifth and Cuming streets, belongig to & butcher named Myers, was ourned at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Loss $300. SUUTH OMAHA NEWS. Dedicated to the Lord. Tho pastor, ofticers and members of the Methodist Episcopal church association have a8 much cause to ba proud of the dedication of the new church Sunday as they 2should be delighted over the successful ceremouy. Much of the credit is due to the indefatiga- ble labors of the pastor, Rev. David Mar- quette, while the labors of Prof. C. W. Lee, who condreted the wusical partof the ser- vices and the considerate services of Miss Jessie Carpenter of Chivcago added wmuck to the success of the occasion. At 11 o'clock Bishop John P, Newman, ac- companied by the reception committee, mtered the room. Hy this time not only every seat was takeu but every wvailable fool of stending room was ooou) The ladies had appropriately decorated the uudl torium, the pulpit being rendered very tractive and tasty. A comniunion sot nl’ lohd silver, the donation of Mr, and Mrs. Richurdson was coospicuous on lha unn- munion table. The tasty carpet, the neat wand comfortable opera chairsand the stainea glass windows wave eviaenoce of luxury while tho electric lights and uunsr furnishungs showed that good senso bad g and no onse g Uaam er st the posniedion of the neatest aud most elegant auditorium o the cn‘; “The bu ldlnx wframe,two stories high,new and wodern in desigo, with # lecture room on the. ground floor and the auditorium above, The cost of the 8difico was £4,570, Furnished with heaters, electric light, kitchen with its fixtures, it is complete in every partionlar, The anditorium will aecommodate 450 per- sons. Tho ACCOUSL. properties are very good. Bistop Newman ahtounced the ovening exercises immediately after the organ volun- tary and Rev. J. B. Maxwell, . D., led and the audience joined in the Lora’'s I’rayer. ‘I'his simple devotional exercise was exceed- ingly appropriate and touching. After the Rev. Robert L. Wheeler read the firat psalm, Bishop Newman read from Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 1:16, “1um not asbamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to avery one that belheveth, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.’ The bistiop then gave o history of the biblos oF “the books" of the religions of the world. Tirst the books of the dead of the Egyptians, the manuserivt of which is now in thoe museum at Turin. ltaly, the Zeadivesta, the Boctenian compilation 0f the Parsces made by Zoroaster about twelve hundred years b fore Christ; the tire kings of the Chinese or the compilation of Confucius and the Koran but all of them were esthmic whilo the bible of Christ ulone was universal and adapted ™ all wmankink: and, of the three hundred and Hfty languages svoken by man, the word of Christ is read by tae neople of of them, In an interesting and appropriate way Bishop Newman then recounted some of his ex- periences with Christians of every race, in many countries aud in every part of the globe, and closed with a glowing tribute to the universality, the power, the good and the nocessity of the religion of Jesus of Naz areth. Rev. David Marquette then read a state- ment of tho board, showing that the edifico cost 84,570, and that $1,300° was needed be- fors the dedicatory services would be per- formed. In iess than half an hour nearly $1,400 had been subscribed with the delay of a minute, The hiberality shown by the congregation was as much a surprise to Bishop Newman and the visiting ministers as it was a source of delignt and satisfaction to the Rev. Mr. Marquette and the members of the church. A smile of evident satisfaction and deiight settled on every countenance as hand shak- in and congratulations were indulged in by nearly all present, The Cut Rate Question, ‘The local railroad and stock agents have received notices of reduction on through stock in car-load lots origiating west of this city and destined to Chicago, ranging from 1 cent to 43¢ cents below the old schedule. “T'hus far, there has been no cut on the much- talked of Kansas City rato of 121 cents. The uncertainty of freight rates makes buy- ers change and the caitle market is visibly affected. On the other uncertainty among the in regard to the the mnew schedules. Heretofore, Kan- aas City has bad an advantage of some 2 to 5 cents over Omaha; and, when the reduction was made, 1t was left uncer- tain whether the new scheaule was to put Omuhia on an equality of freight rates with nsas City or only the rates from each ce were 10 be reduced, hand, there is railroad construction much agents of he Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is re- has it coiving stock, and a current rumor that it is receiving _stock tod : frow this city or Couucil Bluffs to Ch plus the local rate from the point of ori tion to this city. Agent John B. Morris on being questioned in effect denied the story, stating that he would ot quote rates till the misunderstanding in regard to the new schedules was settled. He admits that his road is now cpen to receive stock shipments. Montana, Oregon and Washington, B A correct map of the northwest will show that the Northern Pacific railroad traverses tho central portion of Minne- sota, North Dakota. Montana and Wash- ington for a distance of nearly two thousand miles; it is the only railroad reaching Jamestows, Bismarck, Miles City, Billings, Lavingston, Bozeman, Missoulu, Cheney, Davenport, Palouss City, Sprague. Rit; fiu‘ Yakima, Ellensburg, Tucoma, Seattle, and in fact niae-tenths of the northwest cities, towns and points of interest. The northern Pacific is the shoriest trans-continental route from St. Paul and C huugo to Helena, Butte, Anacon- da, Peer Lodge, Spokane Falls, Walla Walla, Dayton and Portlund, and the only one whose through trains reach any portion of the new state of Wash- ington. Land seckers purchasing Pa- cific coast second _class tickets via_ the St. Paul and the Northern Pacific have choice from that point of free colonist sleeping cars or Pullman’s tourist fur- nished sleepers at charges as low as the lowest. For the benefit of settlers the North- ern Pacific also gives a ten day stop over privilege on second class north Pacific coast tickets at Spokune Falls and each and every point west. includ- ing over 125 stations in Washington, thus enabling persons seeking a home to examine this vast terrvitory without incurring an expense of from $5 to $2 in traveling on local tickets from point to point. Insure for yourself comfort aud salety by having the best. accommodations afforded, thereby avoiding change of cars, re-checking of baggage, transfers and lay overs en route.. Money can be saved by purchasing tickets via St. Paul or Minneapolis and the Northern Pacific. For maps, }umphln(n. rates and tick- ets inquire of your nearest ticket ageut, any district passenger agent of the Northern Pacific railroad, or Charles S. Fee, general passenger and ticket agent, St. Paul, Minu. WITH A CORPSE IN HER ARMS. A Poor Mother Turned Into theStreet With Her Dead Ohild, - A poorly clad little woman carrying a dead child in her arms stood for a few minutes on the corner of Twenth-sixth street and Lexington avenue yosterday afternoon and then mysteriously disap- wnmd. says the New York Evening orld. She was weepiug when seen by Mr. Love, of the drug store under the Ashland house, who wus on his way to dinner with afriend, and was altogether such an unusual spectacle of misery that the two men stopped to inquire what her trouble was. Ou closer in- spection that' troublp appeared to be poverty, il quarters into her caughtsight of the infant’sface and was startled by its palloy, “Why, " your child is sick,” he said; ‘it must be looked ‘ifter immediately.” * *Yes,” said the woman, “'she is very sick,” and she hugidd it to her breast. Mr, Love placad “his hand on the child’s head and found thatit must have been dead for several hours. He told the woman so kindly and asked her where she l\\ed. [l **No, no,” she angwered WGBp\II ) clasping the dead infant tightly ‘in her arms, “'She is not dead but she is very sick. No, uhn is no§ lead—not dead. { and The woman’s words were very inco- herent, but Mr. Loy managed to gather from what she said t}at she was s house servant who had beeh turned away. *They said she might go out un take my dead baby in my unuu, she smd; **but she is not dead.” While he was endeuvoring to ascer- tain the address of the place where the woman had worked, Mr. Love "and his friend were hailed by an wquulntancu on a neighboring doorstep. They turned and exchanged a few words with him, and then excused themselves, with the intehtion of looking after the woman and her dead child, But to their sur- prise she had disappeared, and no trace of her could be found. The hospitals were visited and the police notified, but nothing furth wias learned of the strange case. The womau was diminu- tive and poorly clad in dark clothes, Tho child appeared w be several mouths Oid, THE VERY FIRST ENGINE, Horatio Allen Soc l p and Earliest Locomotive Horatio Allen, the well known civil engineer, under whose direction tha first locomotive brought to America was huilt and ran, died at his home in Mont- rose, N. J., recently, says the New York Tribune, He entered Columbia college in 1821, and was graduated near the head of his class in 1823, taking espec- inlly high rank in physics, In Septemb the first success- ful locomotive was put in operation on the Stockton & Darlington road, in y George Stophenson. The news of its guc reached this country early in 1826, and so greatly interested Ma. Allen that he decided to go to lurope and study the motive power. He received an appointment from the Deleware & Hudson company us con- tracting ageat, to purehase in England the railroad iron required to build ten miles of road from the company’s nines in the Lackawanna valiey to the Lacka- waxen, a tribut of the Peleware, and also authority to purchase three locomo- tives for the new railroad, to be buiit on plans to be decided on by him, Mr. Allen on arviving at Liverpool mabe the acquaiitance of George Stephenson, with whom he consulted in the carrying out of his pluns. Two of thelocomotives were ordered from Mr. Stephenson and one from Foster, Rast- rick & Co. of Stourbridge. It was the latter—the Stourbridge Lion—that was the first locomotive ever run in Amer ica. The locomotives were |m-o|\nd New York in the winter of 1828-20, set up and tested while susponded tho air, and it was not until August, 1829, that they were taken to the roand for which they were built. This road te minated at Honesdule, Pa., and ran about six hundred yurds a straight line, then crossing” Lachawaxen creek by a shavp curve of 750 yards radiue. Ran the n America. in When the Stourbridge Lion was swung 1 the air prepuratory to being placed on the track ® was discovered for the first time that the axels had an un yeilding parallel position, and t there was no truck with l\||\glml( that would permit of the engive accommo- dating itself to the curve of the roud. Further, the road had been built of green timber in long lengths and the timbers had warped considerably in places. Nevertheless, Nr. Allen” was confident that all would be well. He tried in vain, however, to get an en- gineer to run the locomotive, and no ofticial of the road would risk his life in the apparently foolhardy e nterprise. Mr. Allen then acted as engineer him- self, and ran the locomotive three miles down_the track and returned in safety. 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