Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1893, Page 3

THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MS ULTINATUM ISSUED Torms Granted the American National Bank \ by the Comptroller, CASHIER WYMAN'S EFFORTS IN THE EAST Fhey Visit & Namber of Boston and New York Financiers With a View of Se- euring Thelr Ald for the Institation. 513 Founterstin STREET, Wasnixarox, July 15, Mr. Wyman, cashier of the American Na- tlonal, is still in the city, but expects to leave tonight for New York. There wereno new developmente in the affair of the bank today. Comptroller kckels has issued his ultimatum, 8o to speak, and if the stock- holders of the American National desire to resume business they must comply with the terms lald down by the comptroller. Cashier Wyman will visit Boston and New York to see certain financiers in each city who are Interested in the welfare of the failed bank, and who, it is said. will aid in putting the concern on its fect. Trouble in the Wenther Burean. The local forecast official” of the weather burueau stationed at Now York was inter- viewed today i the Trdbuno regarding his chance of being appointed to succeed Prof. Harrington, chief of the bureau, in event of # vacancy occurring, To # reporter, Mr. Elias B. Dunn, the forecaster referred said: “iteally, T have very iittle to say; have made no application for the post.” I am not a politician. If the appointment is iven according to merit and long and faith- Ful service 1 stind a good ohianco. My name has been presented to President Cleveland for his consideration. 1 know that Prof. Harrington's resignation has been asked for by Secretary Morton and that it will be iven to the president when he goes back to fvashington, Then I expect the appoint- ment of his Successor will take place.” Secretary Morton expressed both surprise and indignation when shown today the inter- view with Forecaster 1. B. Dunn, “It s absolutely untrue,” said the secre- tary, “that I have asked Mr. Harrington for His resignation nor have Iany intention of doing s0. Mr. Dunn's suggestion in re- ard to 4 matter of this kind in relation to his chiof are quite out of place. When sug- gestions in regard to the management of the weather bureau are ted from him he will be juvited to present them, not to the ublic, but to his oficial superiors. For Mr. Dunn’s own sake I trust he has been mis- quoted, otheryiso he hus professed kuowl- ot of which he knows scem- he Wasnisaros Buneav or Tne nm,} y Mo more than he. does of decent it discipline,” News for the Army. The following army orders were issued today: Leave of absence for four months on sur- geon's certificate of disability, with permis- sion to leave the deparument of the Colo- rado, is granted to First Lieutenant James A. Goodin, Seventh infantry. First Lieutonant John I. Chamberlin, First artillery, will be relieved from duty in the Department of the Missouri by +he com- manding general of that department as soon as possible after the arrival of Major Frank H. Phipps ordnance department at Chicago, 1IL, and will then proceed to join his bat- tery. sergeant Benjamin F. Noyes. troop E, Sixth cavalry, now at Jefferson arracks, Mo, 18 transferred to the mounted service and'will be ussigned to one of the troops of instruction at tee cavalry depot. Privato Gust Ciss, company D, Twenty- first infantry, Fort Sidney, Neb., will be discharged. Corporal George W. Bulkley, company E, Secoud infantry, now with his company at Fort Omaha, is transferred to troop D, Sixth cavalry. First Licutenant Armand J. Zasseigne, Fourteenth infantry, is relieved from fur- ther duty with the militia of Loulsiana and will join his compun, &) First Lieutenant Charles G. Starr, | First Infantry, now on recroiting service, will join his company by October 1. 183, The following transfers in the Thirteenth infantry are made: First Lieutenant Ed- mund L. Fletcher from company D to com- pany I; First Lieutenant John H. Peshine from company I to company D. Captain Ira Macnott, ordnance depart- ment. will procced from South Bethlehem, to the works of the Reading Iron company, Reading. The following transfers in the Twentr- fifth infantry are made: Captain Washing- ton L. Sanborn from company G o company K; Captain David B. Wilson from company K to cogpuny L Western Penslons. The following pen: rted: B hiaaka: Original—Hays B! Tomson. Orignal widows, ete.—Emma D. Palmer, Margarot M. Hodges, Harrictt L. Smyth, Louisa M. Chaffee. Towa: Increase—Farmer J. Doy lism Hilker. Original winows, ete. riett J. Smith, Catharine Zaritz, Doyel, minors of Caleb Davis. South Dakota: ssue—Horaco Perry. Miscellaneous, Frederick Schriver was today appointed postmaster at Dakota City. Dakota county, Neb. Secrotary Morton left the city this after- noon for a short leave of absence expectin g o return however before tne assemoling of congress August 7. The period of his ab- senco being necessarily curtailed, he s de- termined that itshall'bea period of abso- luto rest. To that end he hasnot announced his destination and leayes departmént mat- ters outirely in the hauds of Acting Secre- tary Willetts, -, P, S H. UNEASY NICARAGUANS, ons granted are re} Wil Har. Lavina They Are Again In Revolt—United States War Vensels to Sall for that Country. WASHINGTON, July 15 he . State depart- ment has received advices from Minister Baker at Managua confirming the news that & revolt has broken out again and that the presideRt of the republic and his minister of foreign affairs are held prisoners at Leon. There was no battle, but the miuister re- 5nrdn the situation as critical. This was isagreeable news to the Navy department, for it will require the department to send o naval vessel to Nicaragua at 4 time when the climate is least endurable. The only United States war vessel available on the west coast is the Alliance, now at Calluo, Peru, It will take her ubout a weeck or ten d:&l to make thoe trip after she receives her orders and takes ber coal and stores aboard. Meanwhile this last incident will have the effect to hasten the sailing of the Yorktown and Charleston from New York, foralthough iv will take several months before they can reach the Pacific, the nacessity for strength- ening the naval force there has been made very apporent, May Keep the Frice Secret. ‘WaASHINGTON, July 15.—1It is stated at the Treasury department that the advisability of withholding from the public the state- ments heretofore given out through the press of the amount of bullion purchased and the prices paid for it 1s under consideration. Recently & change has been inaugurated in the munuer of making the purchases public by withholding the statement until the day after each purchase is made. Whether the contemplated refusal will eventually occur has not been actually decided, but an ad- vance in the price of silver offered may haye the effect of causing its enforcement. gt is anteresting to note that the silver builion purchased vesterday was bought at prices offered by the department of persous who made the'original offers at higher prices, Gold Reserve Growlng, ‘WasnINGTON, July 15.—The gold reserve is gradually getting back to its full amount of $100,000,000, s a result of the slight improve- men* in the finaucial situation. Today it xv‘n; #08,005,500, & gan of §20,07 over yester- Commander Lyous Was ut Fault. ‘WasuiNaroy, July 15.-—Secretary Herbert today approved the findings of the court of Inquiry in thé mase of Commander T. A, Lyous, The court was appointed to inquire into the circumatances of the running down of the Norwegian bark Speranza by the Mo- nongahela in the harbor of Fuschall, Ma- deria, in January las The court found that Commander Lyons was at fault in manouvering his vessel, but in view of cer- tain mitigating circumstances, recommended that no further action be taken, AS SEEN BY CHIEF JONES, He Writes n Letter to the Interior Depart- ment Concerning the Chictaw Marderers. Wasmivaron, July 15~The Interior de- partment today received from Chief Jones of the Choctaw nation a letter dated July 5, in which he declared he had no authority un- der the Choctaw laws to reprieve the Choc- taws convicted of murder and sentenced to be shot July 6, but at the earnest request of the Interior department he had recom- mended, after a conference with the nation's high officials, that Judge N. J. Nelson stay the execution until Aug 4. He declared that by doing 8o he did not for a moment concedo the right of the United States to in- torfere. The treaties with the Choctaws guoranteed full jurisdiction over all persons in the nation. He denied that the men had been convicted under political prejudice and claimed that they were regularly in- dicted, fairly ‘ried and defended and legally convicted, fairly and impardally. In clos- ing he declared that the federal government had no right %o interfere or order an investi- gation, but that he would court and chal- lenge the fullest inquiry and that if the men were convicted without authority or process of law, the United States courts had ample power to protect them, In‘ected with Yellow Feyer. Wasnixgroy, July 15.—Surgeon Perry, in charge of the quarantine station at the mouth of the Chesapenke bay, telegraphed Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine hos- pital service today as follow The stoward of the brig Darpn becamo 11 A nd was removed to the hospital, aking th llow fever from that vessel, now quarantine preliminary was given tho vessel yesterday. © put on the Island (FIsh Yesterduy, and"will “discharge the ballast wday. third case of yi Jarpa’s NGTON, Jul —No official intima- tion had been received by this government of the intention of Russia to establish a naval ion on our castern coast with head- at New York, bnt it is not doubted tut such is the ca: It is not believed that the establishment of a Russian naval station ounour coast isof any warlike import, but merely a part of a general scheme of having convenient stations in different parts of the clobe, Captain Hutton Wus Careloss, WusmNaGroy, July 15.—The findings of the court of inquiry convened at Fort McKinney, Mont., to investigate certain ulleged irregu- .arities i the accounts of Captain J. A, Hutton in connection with the post canteen, have been received at the War department. The court finds the irregularities due to carelessness rather than culpability. Alexandrin Free trom Choler: WasHINGTON, July 15.—Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine hospital service today received a message from United States Consul Ewing at Alexandria, saying that there is absolutely no cholera’ in, or in the vicinity of Alexandiria . =4 £ RUSSIA IN A WATERS. She Will Maintaina Powerful Fleet of War Vessels on Our Const, New Yonrg, July 14.—The Times will say in the morning: “It was learned from high Russion sources yesterday that the Russian goverument has decided to maintain a per- manent fleet of war ships in United States and the port of New York will be made Russia’s western hendquarters. The opinion is ventured in naval circles that in v of the-likelihood of the Bering sea caso going against Great Britain ana the late an- nouncement that Englund s reinforcing her naval forco at Iisquimault, the proposed action of Russia was one of great import- ance to the United States. With a Russian fleet constantly in and about New York the ability of a powerful British flect on the North American station to sally upon ex- posed Atlantic ports of the United States would be greatly lessened. Russia, should she desire, could send into American waters more than 100 war vessels.” Aesiings vl anged by u Mob, INDIANAPOLIS, July 14.—A special to the Sentinel from Vincennes, Ind., says: Allan Butler, a wealthy colored man in Lawrence county, Illinois, was found hanging by the neck dead at un carly hour yesterday morn- ing and it 1s believed he was hanged by a mob. Ho had a white girl about 15 years old working for him. His son became’ intimate with tho girl and when she was found to be ina delicate condition, the young negro's father, who is a horse doctor, performed an abortion. That he was taken out and lynched by a mob last nizht is not the, least doubted at Lawrencevillesse Sumnef, be- tween which towns Butler livea. et o Last Dy of th igerfost, CLEVELAND, July 14.—The last day of the great Saeugerfest opened auspiciously. In the morning the delegates wero fgiven a sail on the lake. In the after- voon an excellent musical program was vendered. The concert this evening was well attended. ‘The orchestral parts were well played, but the numbers assigned to the mass chorus suffered from the fact that nearly half the singers had gone to their homes. ‘The festival ended with the singing of **I'ie Star Spangled Banner,” Nl\:;h by s Cyclone. STILLWATER, Mion., July 14.—A cyclone from the southwest struck this town this afternoon. The shed of the Atwood Lumber mill was demolished and William Anez and Sam Limonson were killed by flying timbers. Several other workmen were slightly n- ured. The buildings of he Stillwater rick yard were thrown down and three worknien there were slightly bruised. Other damage was done throughout the town, amounting to §18,000 pcd e G i Fought on n Rallrond Track. New Rocusius, N. Y., July 14.—Two young Irishmen lost their lives today by engaging in a quarrel and coming to a fight on the track of the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford railroad at the time the Springfeld ox- press was duc at Pelham. The engincer blew tho whistle and tried to reverse his cugire, but they appeared indifferent to everything except their quarrel. The cn- gine struck the men and ground them to Dieces. R Al Baptist Young People. INDIANAPOLIS, July 14.—The Baptist Young People’s convention resumed work this worning. The following _officers were President, John H. Chapman recording ‘secretary, A. M. Brincke of Pennsylvaniu; tréasurer, J. 0. Staples of Illinois. Several vice presidents were also elected. elected: of Tllinois; ———— Fire Luddies Contribute, LovisviLLe, July 14.—The members of the Louisyille fire department will contribute one day's salary for the beuefit of the fam- :llk:n of the firemen killed in the Chicago ve, e — World's Fair Visitors Should continue their trip to Utah and the west. The magnitude in resources and beauty of the western territory is incomparable. Nature in creative mood has fashioned rock-ribbed crested peaks, ever white with the snow of untold ages and whose hoary summits seem to ,)tun-u into some unknown realm beyond. The grand danons and cataracts sre awe inspiring. In the west you can find health, wealth and happiness: it is one large sanitavium, and is best reached by the Rio Grande Western railway. See that your tickets read both ways via that road which offers choice of three distinet routes and the most magnificent scenery in the world. For copies of g«‘ulnphluu, ete., write to J. H. Bennett, t Lake City, U. T, R At Courtland Beach this afternoon, 1loon aseension and parachute jump. NI0PE NEVER HOVERS THERE Description of the Hastings Asylum for the Inourable Insane, FINAL RELIEF FOR OMAHA PATIENTS After Years of Walting Eight of the County Oharges Are Taken to the Crowded Institution — Some of the Inmates, After long years of waiting eight of the in curable insane of this county, three men and five women, have found permanent homes in the county hospital at hastings, where they will undoubtedly remain until death claims them for its own, as in each instance reason has been dethroned and cures are regarded as impossibilities. These persons were taken to the asylum last Monday by Sheriff Bennett and his party of male and female assistants, who went as guards. Sunday evening Superin- tendent Stryker of the county hospital told the eight persons that he wantel them to be up bright and early the next morning, as they were all going away to a picnic. The announcement had a good effect and seemed to delight the poor unfortunates, ana the next morning before the rising of th n they were up and rigged out in their best, ready for the start. When the hacks drew up to the front door of the county building there was joy among the county charges, and with one excoption all were anxious to g0 away for a day’s outing. 'his exception was a woman who had con- ceived the idea that she owned the earth and her only fear was that some person would steal and carry away her holdings if she left the building for a day. She was finally convinced that the robbery would not be committed and then the procession moved away. The trip was uneventful, as all of the incurables behaved in a manner that was in strict accordance with the rules of the road over which the journey was made. Along the route the little party at- tracted as much attention as a group of savages from the Sandwich islands, and at every station the depot people pressed their face: inst the car windows to catcha glimpse of ““those crazy folks.” Upon reaching Hastings the whole party bundled into hacks and rapidly to the hospital, where the insane turned over to Dr. Johnson, the superinten- dent and assigned to their respective wards Description of the Madhouse, The asylum for the incurable insane, lo- cated at Hastings, is about the state insti- tutions, and on that account is not 8o well known. Its proportions arc less compre- hended than any other in Nebraska. The original appropriation for the building was made fo! cars ago, the land being given by the ¢ of Hastings. Since thattime the growth of the asylum has been so phe- nomenal that it can alnost be compared to o hugh mushroom. The muin building is an immense affair, four stories high, and so long that it scems almost flat, and with a muitiplicity of wing and additions that almost bafiles description. In general dimensions it is 450 feet in length and 112 feet in depth, with four wings in the r, each 156 feet long. Thesite chosen could hardly have been made petter, the iustitution being pleasantly located upon a slight rise a couple of miles west of the city, of which it com- manas an excellent view. Some twenty-five acres are given up to the buildings, a por- tion in front being very neatly parked. The southern half of the building is occupied by the male patients and the northern part by the females. On euch floor are four wards, s0 thut the twelve are equally divided be- tween the men and women. The first floor is reserved for those who, while incurapvle, are not considered violent, or whose insanity is only periodical. On the second floor are the more unruly, and on the third the worst patients. The first ward while Dr. Johnson was showing the "s party throuzh was on the southern Instantly an inmate jumped up and calied the doctor to one side for a whispered consultation. While thus left alone, the vis- itors noticed two very striking things. first was the almost ‘shoking appea; the unfortunates. Blank, expressionless faces; the misshapen heads of the lifelong idiot; the melancholy dejection of others, and attitudes which showed that all hope had been left benind, were piteous in the extreme, The second feature was more pleasing. Underneath, the hardwood floors were oiled und waxed to a surprisingly high degree. This is usuelly impressed upon the unwary visitor by a sli dificulty in main- taining the equilibrium, The hospitnl 1s conducted on what is known as the dormitory system. Conuected with each ward by a short hall isa large room with sivgle iron bedsteads in rows down the ter and along the sides. An 1de of the size of the wstitution may be ob- tained from its owning 8,500 sheets and a proportionate amount of other bedding, all appearing very clean andof an excellent vuality. The ‘dormitory plan oceasions leads to a little disturbance, a i this kind ivis probable that the man in the ward outside got the patch on his nose, Some patient onee in a while keeps the others awalke until patience ceases to be a virtue and the offender is suppressed by force and arms. But it is believed that the liability te such an occurrence is more than offset by the effect of the presence of others of their kind upon the patients, The noisy one is immediately bundled off to one of a series of single rooms connected with each dormitory, where he can pursue happiness in his own [‘Im'uli:lr manuer with- out disturbing his neighbors. Between the ward and the sleepiug room is a bath room where each Wednesday the patients take a wash. Some of the Pgfients, A ward or two further, a young colored man sat moodily by himself, and by all odds he was the best dressed man in the institu- tion. He was positively resplendent. It seems that he was the pet of all the attend- ants, who vied with each other in making him as much like a Puallman car porter off duty as possible. On the third floor, near the entrance of the ward, Dr, Johnson turned to a little ante room and aske Well, Bis- marck, have you—" *Oh, yes, yes. [ have just finished a letter to the governor,” and a middle-aged man of u German typo of countenance bounced in, to instantly bounce back, and then reappear with several sheets of puper covered with pencil writin; After the writer had been ntroduced “Bismarck” became still more loquacious and soon concluded that the letter which was intended for Governor Crounse would do for publication and asked that it be turned over to some correspondent for delivery. Bismarck is a character, his real name being 1. W, Wagner. For a long time he was wne of Superintendent Johnson's star boarders, but he fell from grace and is now relegated to the thira tioor amoug the more violent. Some thirteen years ugo he lost his pruperl{ and had trouble with his wife, which resulted in bis becoming insane. He is an excellent gardner and claims to have g:umud the grounds in front. In the sugar et flelds he is in his elcment. As the party left the ward he accompanied it to the door, and said that the Hastings asylum beat Norfolk and Lincoln, and that he was ‘lruufl of it. Bismark was formerly in the Norfolk asylum, In the center of the third, floor is a good sized chapel provided with an organ, Oe- casionally religious exercises are held here by the ministers of Hastings, and on every Thursday evening during the winter a dance is held, to which the patiects look forward very anxiously. The north sideof the build- ing'is given over to the fomule patients. Entering one of the worst wards, on the third floor, it is roticeable that the sur- roundiugs are made much more pleasant for the women patients than the men. The walls ure frescoed, and flowers and insur- auce chromos relieve the monotony to no mall extent. At the request of Dr. John- s0n oue of the worst inmuates was brought iuto the ward from the solitary cell she was occupying. Iustsntly she broke out in a string of jargon which was accompanied by motions & little oo belligerent for com- fort. She was far from prepossessing in appearance: not over four foet high, almost toothless, with grizly gray hair cut close to the M'llr, and added to all, she has the fierce expressiun of & muniac. Not one syllable of her torrent of articulations was intelligible until she dropped iuto profanity or exhuausted closed with a long dggwn out “yaugh” for a second's rest, \ “‘Dance for us, Pat said some of the patients. But Pat wouldn't dance until the rflrly had turned swhen she broke out n the oddest com! {'flflllhll‘ shaffe and jig imaginable ncc fed by an erratic song to which she kept excellent time. “‘Crazy as a bed-bud” but hapoy all day long,'" said Sheriff Bennett sympatheticall, a little later, “If I''Wite to be insane, I'd want o be like her.].. On the first floor in one of the wards was An opon organ and-a copy of ‘“Gospel Hymns," This evidently was the musical ward of the institutisn/\for some one came in from the hall quictly singing, but_stopped suddenly, seeing the strangors. Not long after leaving the rpom the strains of the organ were heard. n the basement af® Waces for additional wards, should theyrbo required, but they will not be used excopt, in case of great ur- gency. Tt 1s thought that it is better for the patients to be elevated slightly. from the ground, where tho air is dryer and the sur- roundings more cheerful than mn a cellar. Th vacant rooms, instead of Being used for wards, will probably be turned into halls for the amusement of the unfortunates if some future legislature makes an appropria- tion for the purpose. ““Here is where wo had our fire,” said the doctor as he pointed to a place where the woodwork was blackened. ‘Some time ago wo had a lot of old matresses stored in here, and an old colored woman in some way became possessed of & match, As sho passed back from supper she lighted it and threw it in the pile. She thought she had her life heavily insured, and she wanted to burn up with the building to get the money.” The flames were easily extinguished. Further on in the basement is the dining room for the female patients. The long tables are covered with neat table cloths, and each patient is provided with a china !l-lnw, cup, rather dull knife ana a spoon. 'he chairs used are neat, but cheap, of the high backed varioty so popu- lar for a few yoars past. No forks are provided, and some of the pa- tients are mnot even given knives. Once the knives in the room at the close of a meal did not tally with those brought in be- fore the patients came down. A general search was made, and the missing knife was found on one of the men, made into s very serviceable screw-driver, and tied under- neath the arm, next to the body. Evidence of Jobbery. The main building was originally much smaller, two wings having been added by the legislature of 1801, Right here it might be said that the jobbery practiced in the erec- tion of the original portion is fit to be ranked with the most corrunt in the annals of N. braska, brought to light before or since. Before the building w turned over to the state by tho contractor, it was shown that the work was insufficiently done, but the matter was smoothed over in some way. A new roof had to be supplied, as the first one leaked so much that 1t emperilled the safety of the building. The chimneys are tumbling down. the plastering falling off, and the cornice wrenchea away by the wind. Even in a moderate wind, rockiug chairs in the the third story swing rapidly back and forth. ‘The woodwork is badly cracked, and so put together that it is almost an impossibility to keep the temperature of the upper stories ahovo sixty degrees Fahrenneit. But above all, the poor mason nd brickwork is re- spousible for the conaition of the building. In the basement the foundation stones seem to be set in at least two inches of mortar. and in the brickwork as much again cessary was used. The mortar itsclf is said by experts to havé been improperly com- pounded, being mainly composed of very poor sand with just enouch lime added to give it a tinge of color. It 1s a notorious fact that the central portion woula be in actual darger of fulling ddwn did not the two new wings subport and protect it from the winds. 1t n cause of wonder in Hastings the contractors and Board of Public Lands ana Buildings were not ashamed to put their names upon the corner stone In the quadrangle formed by the central part and the wings, stands the new kitchen and laundry. a big, homely building, devoid of ornamentation and inténded for use. In the kitchen seven bushels of potatoes and eleven pounds of coffee are used daily. Still further back is the power house, where are the dynamos of the incandescent light plant, and the two pumps which force respectively seven and twelve gallons of water a stroke into the big tank high' up 1 the air on trestle work, The boHer which furnishes the hot ‘water for the main building is as bi as that of a locomotive, and like the other boilers which turnish steam for the engines and pumps, is of Nebraska manufacture. The remaining buildings are the hothouse, the icehouse and the barn for the horses used about the place. ack of the barn is the yard for the milch cows of the institution, und a series of pens, a hog entering the world at one end and gradua- ting at the other, meet for the slaughter. The great need of the agylum is more land. The tract now owned, 160 acres, did notcost the state a cedt, as it was donated by the citizens of Hastings. Of this quarter-sec- tion twenty-five acres iy taken up by the buildings, thirty acres are planted with sugar beets, thirty will furnish the table vegetables, fifty in potatoes and the ro- mainder in tame hay. One hundred and sixty acres of good land adjoluing can pe bought for &0 an acre, and should such a purcnase be made two years from now, the state would find it a very profitable 'investment. Enough men could easily be found in the various wards who would not only be able, but glad to obtain outdoor relaxation in cultivating in the fields. They would be given special priv- ileges, and a table would be provided for them whare they would have better and more rourishing food than many of them ever had before entering the asylum. Last year, as an experiment, fifteen acres of sugar beets were cultivated which yielded a net profit of £338. This year the ratio of profit will be still greater, as the state of Nebraska has now had a little experience as a practi- cal farmer, A short distance down the drive toward Hastings is a grove of some thirty-five acres in extent, and it is but a question of time until the state will find it necessary o ac- quire his land either by lease or purchase. In summer, when the patients spend about half the time in the open air, shade is_indis- pensible, and 4 little clump of trees in the front enclosure is altogether to small to shelter the 400 patients from the hot sun. Should the owners of this grove natify the authorities of the asylum that no further trespassing woula he permitted the situation would be most serious. In hot weather the warls are almost unendurable and the patients would suffer greatly. This land can be bought for 125 an acre, but the owners will probably lease 1t for & reasonablo suw, Comparison of Expenditures, Tt costs the Stato less at present to sup- port the patients than it did formerly. Two Vvears ago, with 140 patients, the appropria- tion made for the maintenance of the insti- tution was $100,000. or an_average of §334 an inmate a year. Now, with 400, the appro- priation granted is $149,000, an average of $201.35 a yeur per patient, a saving to the State of §132.05 & year on each patient, By a strange coincidence, Dr. Johnson is the only one of the Boyd appointees who has withstood the political storm which swept over the State at the time when Gov. Crounse took up the reins of State govern- ment. ‘I'be aoctor holds to the idea that it t the welfard of the institution to change sup ndents with the incoming of each administration and hopes to convince the governor that his'ideas in this direction are the correct ones. At this time the paid employes on the pay roJl number sixty-eight, mosily women, nearly all of whom act in the capacity of uurses. Experience hgs demonstrated that they are more eficient among lanatics than men. The only objection to their employ- ment seers Lo lie in the fact that by beins constantly thrown in contact with the in- mates of the institution, they are liable to become insane. That this is not a theory is proven bp the fact that since the establish- megt of the hospital eight of the female uurses have becowe hopelessly insane, Last year two of the zurls who had charge of two of the wards munifested symptoms of in- sapity and a few weeks later they became raving maniacs. This s accounted for by the fact that like begets like and that a healthy person upon beiug obliged to associ- ate with lunatics must in time lose his or her mind. — ® Ohange Needed. Detroit Free Pres Unsuspecting Father—You certainly do not appear to be well, my son. Perhaps you nced a change to'set you right after your col- lege work, ixtravagant Son—You have struck it, father; 1 do need a great deal of change. Failure of the Northup Banking Company Starts tuo Excitement, DEMANDS OF DEPOSITORS PROMPTLY MET National Banks Alone Affected, by the Flurry—All of Them Are Apparently in & Guod Condition—Iusiness Troubles Elsewhere. Kaxsas Crry, July 15.—Following the fail- ure ot the National Bagk of Kansas City and the Franklin Savings bank last night, came the closing this morning of the North- rup bank of Kansas City, Kan., of which J 8. Chick, president of the National Bank of Kansas City, 18 also prosi- dent, This morning & run was begun on the National Bank of Commerce. The officers say they will bo able to stand along run, which, however, they do not ex- pect. Their statement, made yesterday. shows: Cash, $1.141,655; deposits, $24i7,- 897; capital, £,000,000. Tt 1s believed the bank will pull through all right. Itis one of tho strongest in the city. The members of the directory, at a meeting yesterday, in- dividually pledged their private fortunes for the security of depositors. Collectively they are worth $20,000,000, The Northrup banking company closed its doors as a result of tho run consequent on the closing of the First National bank of Kuansas City. Tt is claimed that the bank's condition is exceptionally good, but the oii- cers do not care to jeopardize the assets by meeting a run. The bank. has a capital of £100,000 and liabilities of £315,000. It is be- Ilnl\'ed depositors will ultimately be paid in full, The failure of the First National bank of Kansas City also percipitated runs on every National bank in the city. All met every demand promptly and by noon the excite- ment was practically over. The savings banks were not affected. FOUNDRY COM P Troubles Which Caused n Big Chlongo Firm to Sugpend Operations. Cuicaco, July 15.—The Bouton Foundry company made an assignment today. Asscts, 8175,000; liabilities, £200,000. The Bouton Foundry company is a branch of the Schlesinger syndicate. The Schles- ingers went into it about the first of the year. but it has been shaky for some time and its inability to draw upon the backers for assistance sent it to the wall. The first trouble it had here came from the failure of Corigan,eIves & Rose, of Cleve- fand, a fow weeks ago. The house acted as agents for all the Schlesinger mines, except the Chapin. The Corigan, Ives & Co., being unable to collect on oro sold to the furnaces, were oblized to give way. At the time of their failure their paper, to the amount of $1,000,000 was held by the various companics controlled by the Schlesingers and, of course, it was no immediate value, 2 The Schlesingers own a great chain of miues in northern Micnigan, including the Chapin mine, the richest in the world. Their mines include also the Buffalo, Prince of Wales, Dunu, Armenian, York Iron com- pany. Aragon, Claire and Sunday lode. The estimated valuo of the mines owned or con- trolied by them is about $20,000,000. In ad- dition to their miues they own many fur- naces and are interested in foundries in va- rious large cities. One of them is the Bouton foundry here which failed today. The term “syndicate,” as applied to them is A make-shift name. There is actually no consolidation. The mines controlled by them are organized as separate corporations, with one or two of the Schlesingers as presi- dent. Fou this reoson, while an_ attachment against the Buffalo mine makes public* the difticulties of the so-called syndicate, it does not necessarily indicate a collapse. . A com- plete overthrow of the Schlesingers, it is said, would be a disaster to many large financial institutions of America, and even to some of those in Burope. "The liabilities of the Bouton company con- sist of notes to thd extent of $150,000, with accounts against the company for 50,000, The attorneys for the assignee state that the fuilure was “precipitated by inability of the company to make payments on notes held by various banks, and they did not desire to have the paper renewed on account of the uncertain condition of the money market. NY ASSIGNS, CONFIDENCE LN WASHINGTON, Officlals of the Tronsury Department Satis- fiod with the Flnnnolal Outlook, WasmiNGroN, July 15.—There is general concurrence among the officials of the Treas- ury department that the financial situation has improved, and continues to improve. So firm is this belief that notfication received by the comptroller of the currency this morning that three more national banks had failed did not cause any serious misgivings of a roturn to the critical stage of the several weeks. tune has come are the National banik of I sas City, Mo., the failure of which was chronicled in the newspapers this morning; the First National bank of Starkville, Miss., and the First National bank of Cherryvale, Kan. The Starkville ana Cherryvale con- cerns were small affairs, capitalized av 80,- 000 each, the lowest amount allowable for a national bank. Comptroller Fckels directed Bank Examiner Galbraith to take charge of the Kansas City bank, and Exammers Ewing and Burquin to go to Cherryvale and Stark- ville, respectively. Millions of Linbilities, Cn1cAGo, July 15.—A special to the Record from Ishpeming, Mich., says: It is learned here that the Schleisinger syndicate, the largest operators in ore in the world, have failed, with millions of liabilities. While it is not possible to get the complete story at this writing it is said there will be develop- ments that will cause a sensation through- out the ore regions of this country. The property at Negaunie nas been at- tached at the instance of the Northwestern railroad and other creditors. The syndicate owes a large sum for lubor, MiLwavkee, July 15.—Ferdinand Schles- singer, head of the Schlessinger syndicate, was shown the dispatch as to the attachment against the syndicate property by the Nortl- western railroad, He said he couid not un- derstand the action of the road. The syndi- cate owed the road §0,000 freight charges for hauling ore. Preparations had been made to meet part of this debt and time had been granted on the remainder. The action of tho road was a compjete surprise. He de- clared the matter would be settled immedi- ately and would not inconvenience the syndi- cate 1n the least. Wenkness in the Stock Market, New York, July 15.—[Special Telegram to 12 Bee)—Stocks opened firm and frac- tionally higher in spite of lower quotations from London, but soon weakened on a drive made by the bears at Northwestern, forcing prices down from 1014 to 0%, the rest of the list losing fractions i sympathy. Later Northwestern rallied to 100, with “the mar- ket dull and easy at 11, Later the market weakened onadrive at General Electric. The favorable bank statement causcd some reaction, but the Kansas City bank troubles and iron industry complications caused re- unewed weakness and the market closed Buliding Assoclation Secretary Missin Sr. Louis, July 15 —The stockholders of six building and loan associations, known as ‘Western Union N 1 to 6, with a capital of $0660,000 each, are alarmed. It has been dis- covered that M. T. Bogard, secretary of all of them, and one of the largest real estate dealers in the city, has given warranty deeds to all his property to a money lender who exacts high rates, ana has disappeared. The stockholders have taken ssession of his pooks, but they are so complicated it is 1mpossible to unravel them for a long time. His bord is only $15,000, Pald Its Balauce in Gold, New Youx, July 15.—r'he subtreasury to- day paid inw the Clearing House in settle- wment of its balance §500,000 iu gold coin. This uslahe first time this has been doue since Silver was weaker on the Stock exchange, cortificates declining to of 80,000 ounces ; comme ever, advanced to 70y 187 10 5015 conts. Tho wonkness of cortifi- cates was aue to the purchase of silvor at T2i5 cents by the I'roasury dopartment, 4 cents on the sales cial bar silver, how- Ashamed of the Meeting. New York, July 14.—J. Edward Simmons, president of the Fourth National bank, ro ceived the following telegram from D. H Moffatt, president of tho ¥irst National bank of Donver, the largest bank in Colo- rado: . All the better classes of this community aro gphosed to such fdeas as expressed by Waite, Holden and other radical wien. The meeting was i1 no way representative of the business Interests of this city or state, Our best citi- Tons, Jdocply Fegret that such specches have boen made. We want bimotallism becauso wo belleve it to be right, but we do oxpect to KOt it by such moans 18 Gover alto sug- gosts, nor will wo repudiate our debts under any clrsumstances Recelver Tor the 1t o Tannol. TrENTON, July 15.—Pierson & Son of London hava filed a bill for a receiver to wind up the affairs of the Hudson Tunnel comp: on the ground of insolvency. The company was organized to build a tunnel uuder the Hudson river to k city. It has a capital of §10,000,000. Burated u Browery, NATIL July 15.—-On the application of a stockholder a receiver has been appointed for the John Kaufman brewery owing to in- ability to raise £60,000 falling due August 1. It is claimed the assets are 600,000 and the liabilities §150,000. There will be an attempt to resume. Privato Bank Falls, Pronia, 111, July 15.—The private banking house of William Obernouser closed its doors this afternoon. It is one of the oldest institutions in the city, and always has beed regarded as unusually substantial. No statement has been made. Purohnses of Siiver, WasmiNaros, July 1t was aunounced this morning that the Treasury .yesterday bought 100,000 ounces of silver at 7215, The amount offered was not made public. The total purchases sp far this month are 808« 000 ounces. Less Than L New Youk, July 15 shows the reserve h loans have decr have decre Requiremonts. ~The bank statement increased $818,000; ed $5.186,000, and deposits 5,000 The banks now s than legal requirement. 0,000 Mark. s increase in the gold reserve was ch brings the total up to £ Stiver on NEW Yok, July 15.~Two hundred thou- sand ounces of silver were taken for export this morning. — A BLUE GROITO. One of the Wonderful Natur: of Ariz. . How many people know that thero i “blue grotto” in the United States? Probably not a dozen. There is no doubt but that many more have seen the spot and pa t by with a glance. "Phis is sily possible, because it is in a spot surrounded by all that is grand and beautiful in The cave or grotto in question is lo- cated about six miles up Sabine canon in the Cataline mountains, in Arizona. There is but little likelihood that it will beeome a popular resort, so inac- ble is it. A wagon can be driven to the mouth of the canon, but after that is 10 other way to travel but walk. And it is one of the roughest walks im- aginable. There is neither road nor trail, and the traveler has to pick his way over monstrous rocks and tree trunks and cross deposits of bowlders acres in extent. It is a long way up and likely to be warm at almost any season of the year; but there is plenty of water to be found in pools every few hundred feet. Climb and slide, get up and stumble, is about the way to get there. But the sce: nery is grand every step of the way and in- creases the higher up one goes. The trip up is six miles, but if you make it in five hours youare doing good. 1t is not casy to find even when you are right on top of it, because there are so manycliffs and buttes around that it is not seen in a moment. The first signs of it are some large bowlders of a soft formation, apparently slate and mica, that are scattered over the floor of the canon and in some places form the floor itself. he “grotto is really in the wall of the canon. It is about 150 feet long and fifty wide at the opening, but gradually narrows as it goes back. At the further end there is a waterfall of about ten feet that keeps the inside of the cave flooded to a depth of about fifteen feet. Part of the ‘cave is open at the top, but the waterfall is deep under the roof of the cave. The wul‘:« of the cave are probably forty feet high. "The rock formation is not much to speak of, but the effect of the interior is daz- ing. The walls of the cave being blue, the water in the bottom reflecting the blue sky in return, throws the bluo re- flection against the blue walls, where it is caught by the bits of mica and re- flected over and over again, until the eftect produced is like a cave of amethyst, Gazing into it for a few moments produces a feeling of giddi- ness. A turn in the canon a few hundred feet further up brings to view a side of a mountain from the base to the top. At one glance can be seen the whole side of 8,000 feet, with the different stuges of vegetation. At the bottom the cotton- woods and sycamores, a little higher tho serub oaks and cedars, and then the pines that reach to the peak. This mountain side is very steep, and it is doubtful if such another view exists in the world. Curlosities — Luckiest Man 10 Muine, B. W. Harriman of Redfield used to drive a stage from Redfield depot to the seminary at Kent’s Hill, about four miles over the hills, says the Maine Farmer. One blustering day of winter a package containing $500 in $50 bills was a part of his charge. In order to be particularly caveful of the money he put it on the seat of the stage and ‘then posted himself on i As he weighed 200 pounds he considered the money tolerably safe, but in some way his weight broke the string and the seal of the puckags, and ina fatal instant, when Harriman rose in his seat to whip his horses through a particularly stub- born drift, a gust of north wind” swept under him and blew the greenbacks far and wide over the snow, Harriman saw them speeding over the snow.with a feeling of dismay, but he happened to be near his own home, and at once called on his neighbors for help. No one was more popular in town than this same B, W. Harriman, and the neighbors turned out as toa fire. By careful searching of the fields over which the bills had blown all the money was found but $50. The most diligent search failed to discover it and it was given up for lost. But they did not count on Harriman's luck. The field where the bill was lost was about a quarter of a mile from Har- riman’s barn and one day the next sum- mer Harriman )mppenm{ t0 be standin in his barn door when a heavy win sprang up, blowing directly from that field. His attention was attracted wo a faded green object that acted like a leaf and was coming dancing across the field. Harriman witched it and saw it flutter directly toward him and finally sail into the barn door like u swallow. He caught it and examined it. It was faded and worn, but through all thé wrinklos of time he discovared the beaus tiful fontures of the $50 bill that blew away from him the winter bofore, prorhe L il ART OF GOOD HEALTH Five Factors to Te Obsorved, Telng the First. Caseell's Magazine: There are five great factors concerned in the proservas tion of health. First and foremost must be placed education, using the word in its widest sense, to include physical de- velopment, moral training, and mental culture. Too little attention has hither- to been paid to edueation from the point of view of health, but recently the ime portance of hygiene has beon more fully recognized. A right system of educa- tion so trains the mwind that it fa eagor to occupy itself with some purs suit at all times and thus people are prevented from falling into idle™ habits, which not only waste time, but give the imagination opportunity* ta conjure up all sorts of fanciful dise orders. Wo all know the hysterical, nervous, delicate girl, whois only so because she has neither work nor occupation. Eduecated girvls who lead useful lives do not suffer from hysterics, nor do workingmen's sin genoral, because both theso classes have their time fully and profitably occupied. An intoresting point worthy of notice is that the criminal class, taken as a whole, is uneducated; and it has been shown that distinct relation existe between ill-health and crime. Hence the importance of the®presorvation of physical health for tho preservation of moral health, and we thereby recoge nizo that health itself has a distinet moral value. The second factor in personal hygicne is the regulation of food and llr(uit ~the regulation not only of the quantity but also of tho quality, This' tast pola:is often neglected, but it is important, es- pecially so to children. A common mis- take is to force children to take food which is distasteful to them. It must not, therefore, be inferred that children are to have whatever they like gost; but when a child shows a great di for, suy, mutton fat, the best way make the fat into suot pudding, which in all probability will be readily eaten. Violent prejudices which are conceived in early life, owing to tho want of thought on the part of parents or guardians, often remain fixed, and cause trouble and snnoyance in after life. The quantity of food we take ought to depend greatly on our work. A man when he is resting needs about half as much food as when he is ongaged in laborious work. Thirdly, the functions of our different organs requive to be exercised and en- couraged. It is not necessary to do more than mention the value of mera cleanliness and care of the skin. A dirty skin means that more work is thrown upon delicate internal organs,' especially the kidneys, and the working power of the whole body is thuslowored. In this conneetion the hygienic clothing of the body must be mientioned, Reg- ularity of the action of the bowels must rved; many dangerous illncsses rise from want of care in this respect. The importance also of u suitable amount of sound sleep cannot boe ex- aggerated, for however important reg- ular and suflicient exercise may be, am- ple time for rest and recupcration is equally important. ‘This brings us to the same point to be considered—exercise, the cssentinl re- quirement of which is regularity. It is surprising to note how all our organs become accustomed to regular and habi- tual exercise and vest. Regularity in the time of going to bed conduces to sleep; regularity in meal times conducts to moest eflicient digestion, and regularity in the amount of exercise is attended with less fatigue and more benefit than exercise of varying amount taken irrve- gularly. Lastly, there is the question of occus pation.” Certain occupations are neces- sarily unhealthy; others arc unhealthy on account of the badly ventilated rooms in which theyare carried on. The deli- cacy of many shop girls is often rightly attributable to this cause, especially when the lungs are aff Personal hygiene teaches the precaution which must be taken by those engaged in un- healthy occupations, the ipulous cleanliness to bo practiced by workers in lead, the outdoor life, which, as far as can be, must be adopted by those who work in confined rooms and offices. It also teaches that want of occupation is also unbealthy and leads to premature death. e g A POSTMASTER WHO TUMBLED, Profited by the Fate of Those Who Had Gone Belore. It was in a far west village of about 500 people, says an exchange, and the postmaster was so bland and courteous when the mail came in that I felv it my duty to give him a few words of praise. ‘1 hev to do it—hev w0 do it,” he whispered in reply. ‘“‘Come to the door withme. D'ye see them three graves over thar?” ‘“Yes,” ““Them’s my predecessors in office— three of 'em!” ‘‘Postmasters who have died, eh?" ‘‘Postmasters who hev been killed,sir, wiped out right heve because they didn’t tumble to human natur’ around s post- office!” *You must have a special brand of human nature in this town?” Iqueried. ‘“Exactly. sir. Mebby you noticed old Bill Wheeler? He's never got a letter in his life and probably never will, but when he asks for mail T go over the whole grist and do it mighty caveful, too. If1 jest said: ‘Nothin” for you, Bill,’ he'd out with a gun and blaze away. Did ye take notice of that one- eyed feller, Jim Hustings? Of course L know thar ain’t no letter fur him, but I bave to run 'em over and inquire about his health and keep him good natured. He shot the first postmaster here. P'rps yon observed the little old woman with a bundle under her arm—John Dawson’s wife? Her hushand shot the second postmaster because he wouldn't open the office Sunday afternoon. . i ’ud what was the third one shot or?" “'Got too high toned. Uncle Tom Wallace wied to git him out of bed af midnight to see if there was a letter fux him, but he bucked, Uncle Tom kinder hated to shoot, but felt that he orter dq it fur an example.” “And do you get up nights?” “I don’t hev to. I leave the mail oul here in a basket, keep a light burnin' and the door open, and if any one wants to paw the grist over he's at liberty to doit. It's the same on Sundays, and 1 guess the folks are pretty well satisfied with the way things is runnin’, Least wise I hain't been shot at in the four months I've had the place, and I take that as a sign.” P e The Mot MUSKOGEE, 1. , July Woodard and William Overton, whe killed Sherman Russell V\’uduundas’, were not captured as first reported, They are supposed to be in the house of Mrs. Woodard, and officers are layin siege, but the mother holds the for| with & Winchester. e e Vostponed the Fight. New York, July 15.—The fight be tween Abbott and Andy Howen ha been postponed from August 17 0 Bep tember 1, Edueation