Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 7, 1894, Page 8

8 ONE JOAN FISKWAS A FRAUD Oontroversy Over Title to Real Estate Brings Out an Cdd Story. DECISION IN AN OLD LAND LITIGATION Eighty Acres of Land Near Florence Char Own Unexpoctedly—Rhe vay for June in Court m's Judge Ambrose handed down yesterday in an Important land had been on the district court nearly a year. As long as Nebraska was a wilderness, John L. Connectiout travelod the case dock 1857, across north of Florence. The hardships wilderness prov and after struggling with for a time diMculties of life in a wild country he packed back to up his worldly goods and moved New Haven, leaving his farm unoccupled Matters remained in this way until when the property was sold to pay the ac- un- pur- nolds of Fre- property until 1883, when f the property to a third person and put him in possession on the strength of the tax deeds which he had sessor pos- cumulated taxes which the state was able to collect from the owner. ) chaser was a man named Re mont, who held the he contracted for the sale Later the pe rendered the recelved from the state, died and his widow session back to Iteynolds. About six years from the time man to look up Fisk o th any claim that he might have on the prop erty and obtain a title in fee simple. real estate man found a John L. Fisk in St Louls who claimed to be the Fisk pre-empted the original title and a ment was made wlherchy he surre vestige of his title to Reynolds In the course of time it developed that this October of last Fisk appeared and filed a suit in district court in this county to The case was heard at the last term of court and yes or o title to inal pat- Reynolds had of the property for a suf- fleient time to take the title in fee slmlm.- but n effort to look up the orig- inal owner and secure a transfer of his title was a su- perior title to his own, and had consequently forfeited his right to the undisputed posses- The case will prob- fraud, and in John L. Fisk was a year the real regain the title to the property. terday Judge Ambrose decided in the plaintiff and declared that the the property was vested in the or! entee. The court held t held posscssio by virtue of the statute of limitation, that in making he had acknowledged that there sion of the property. ably be taken to th eme court. Hellman Block in Court. The Northwestern Mutual company has gone into the injunction bus ness for the purpose of getting the courts to and their property at between them regard to decide the controversy the building inspector in right to repair the Hellman Thirteenth and Farnam strects. The building in controversy spector stepped in and ordered the stopped. was In such condition tl gafely repaired. Yesterday the neys for the owners filed a petition in di; trict court asking that a restraining order inspector and the city of Omaha to desist from fur- be lssued directing the building ther interfenence with the work of repair. Ticd Up Kheem's Sulury. A petition was filed in Judge court yesterday asking that the enjoined from paying the $150 voted L. M Rheem by the council as acting city electrician. The grounds of a tion were similar to those on which the in- the payment of Mr. junction preventing Rheem's May based on the fact that Mr. mayor. A temporary restraining order July 14, That R The fight Instituted ndering W for srks Fight. Judge Walton's Anderson 18 Joh . und with being waged In where Nelson 0. as the plaintiff. the defendant, is on the g merous aflidavits, showing lishment is not a nusiance in any pa lar. He also charges that there is a con spiracy to ruin him in his business that the conspirators . are th Rendering company, W. L. Selby Gustave A. Kinkle, District Court Notes. Louls D. Loevy has brought suit in dis trict court to recover $2,500 from Broquet for services rendered. with expert large con: the unde him to assist him the purchase of a merchandise, with nding of his services. He and considers his assistance amount for which he has sued, The Byron Reed company has Charles W. White and others to Judgment on three promissory note worth of $30: ench of which were given by the defendant in 1889, Perfect health is seldom found, for impure Hood's Sarsaparilla blood and restores blood s s0 general. really does purify the health. Excursion Kates Knst. For full information concerning summ excursions call at the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul ticket office, 1504 Farnam street, o: A. NASH, address General Agent. — Cheap Seasido Excursi July 7, 8 and 9 the Baltimore Bouthwestern railway will sell, acco tlonal Teachers' convention, clieap tickets to Asbury Park, N.'J tles to visit other seaside resorts, good re turning until September 1, under certain con- For full particulars address A. C. passenger agent, P. O ditions. Goodrich, western box 264, Kansas City, Mo. PARAGRAPLS, PERSONAL H. B. Dibble of York is at the Arcade. F. J. Toohill of O'Neill is at the Dellos ©. I. Tuttle of Kearney Is at the Isaac M. Raymond of Lincoln Is in city. C. P. cade. < Dr. G. T. Seabury of Sheridan Millard. Ros Gamble of Kearney chants. John Q. Goss of Bellevue is at chants. Johnson of Benedict is at Is at the the D. J. Sinclair of Nebraska City is at the Dellone. . McShane of Lead City, 8. the Millar H. W. Findley of Norfolk was In the city last evening, H. P. at the Paxton. B. K, Valentine of West Point was in the ity yesterday. A. P. Brinck and wite of Hot Springs, S. D, are at the Millard. W. P. Shockey of Lincoln the Paxton last evening. reglst A. O, Windsor and wife of St. Joseph are registered at the Millard. J. 8. Wiesman and A. R. Lincoln are at the Merchants A. K. Goudy, state le instruction Is at B, W. Bignell the B. & M. ut Lincoln Is at the Paxton. Mrs. T. J. Rogers and children left day last for North Scituate, Mass. they will spend the summer €. ©. Hughes, general the Elkhoru as, with his family, permanent quariers at the Paxton. the Dellone. his decision that for when Fisk of country to the Missouri river and took out letters patent . to elghty acres of land about fourteen miles of the 1 unattractive to the settler the 1874, when Reynolds first obtained the possession of the property he employed an Omaha real estate he could satisfy The who had settle- dered all 1 asking that Life Insurance vas seriously damaged by fire a short time ago, and when the owners attempted to repair the building g0 that it would be rentable the bullding In- work His opinion was that the building t it could not be attor- ‘Walton's mayor, the city council and the city treasurer be June salary as alary was obtained and were Rheem was ap- pointed by the council, while the office could only be legally filled by appolntment by the was fssued and the case was set for hearing on the purpose of closing up the rendering works at Mascot is court, posing niley, nu- that his estab- rticu- and Union and Barnest The plain- tift says that two years ago Broquet hired advice nment of that he should be pald in proportion to the value as not received a cent tne sued obtain cursion allowing par- Paxton the the Ar- Is at the Mer. Mer- D, 1s at HMalght and D, Smith of Lincoln are Edmiston of uperintendent of pub division superintendent of Sun where superintendent of MORSE'S RETIRING SALE A Little Money Goes a Long Way In Departments. will be no exception An Saturday Prices have been put to a point where no one can fail to buy the goods readily on seeing them. Notwithstanding the heavy purchases in which every one has been more than satis- fled the greatest close out the business still goes on. sacrifices to enable us to Our stock was a big one and Is still large and unbroken, and there Is plenty left yet for every slender been gladdened with the the everything Is depleted on one, purse has ize of the bundles, Surprises at ridiculous cheapness of thie countenances of all visitors to our store, Tomorrow (Saturday) will be no exception to the rule To make this a big day we the make some extraordinary prices in way of extra special reductions To enumerate all ask of carry, quire oceans of space, so all we every lady fs to come prepared to away more than they ever dreamed of: be- fore for their money. THE MORSE DRY i -——e A SATURDAY SALE. GOODS CO. What Hayd Sat There 1s a ros. Offer as Specials to rday Shoppers. half-page announcement in another portion of today's Bee which tells a tale of considerable interest to thrifty shopp Those “with an eye for the main chance” should never overlnok such a sale, as the price cuts are so radical as to make Saturday a red-letter day for shop- pers. The Big glving its certainly thron, Store, always best to its customers, will od all day Saturday. Hay- den Brot store now is considered a synonym for low prices, the best of goods and lots of varieties to elect from. g Speeiul Excursic ast. Via the Northwestern line to Asbury Park, Cleveland, Toronto and one hundred other pleasaut -summer resorts. Call at the city ticket office, 1401 Farnam street. bt ot S sit Courtland beach Sunday. popular, al THEY ANSWER PARDEE. Reply of H all and Other Councilmen to the Ma mus Petitios Some days since E. T. Pardee of the Pardee Blectric Light company instituted mandamus proceedings in the district court, the city council be compelled the contract for lighting the of the city to his company, it being the lowest bidder. As is well known, the papers that went to the council were pocketed by the committee on judiciary. Yesterday afternoon all of the members of the city council nswered to the Pardee petition. In the answer, drawn by the city attorney, the defendants admit that a bid for strect lighting was submitted by “Pardee & Co.,'"" but allege that there was no of the submission of the bid there was no such firm or corporation in existence; that the members had never complied with laws of the state by filing with the county clerk any certificate of partnership. The defendants deny that the plain- tff was awarded the contract under his bid. They say, through Has- call, that “the mythical firm of Pardee & Co." filed a bond, but that It was a sham and a makeshift for the express purpose of avolding any liability, purposely leaving out the condition “that’ Pardee & Co. would carry out the terms of the contract.” Hascall, for himself and the other mem- bers of the council, enters a denial and avers that there was never any comspiracy or illegal act performed to prevent the ap- proval of the bond. Going still farther, he alleges that at no time has Pardee filed a written acceptance of the contract, nor has lie filed a legal and valid bond as required in the premise: Visit Courtland beach Sunday. e i s FOR REPAIRING VIADUCT. Blds Opencd by Bourd of Yesterday Afte: The bids for the contemplated repairs on the Sixteenth street viaduct were opened at a meeting of the Board of Public Works yesterday afternoon. The bidders were the Milwaukee Bridge & Iron compaay, A, A Raymond, Whitlock & Co., and H. B. Mayo. The bids were referred to the city en- gineer for tabulation, and the contract will probably bs awarded today. On the face of the bids Mr. Mayo was the lowest bid- or. The contract for sewer connections in the alley between Chicago and Davenport and Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets was It to Samuel Katz & Co., at 49 and 47 cents for imported and American cement respectively. The chairman was directed to advertise for bids on the expenditure of $1,000 In grading on the Southeast boule- vard as directed by a recent resolution of the council. The sidewalk inspector was instructed to proceed to have all sidewalks that have been condemned relaid at the expense of the property owners. The board has ex- perienced a good deal of difficulty this year in compelling property owners to lay side- walks which had been ordered by the board. The work has been put off on varlous pre- texts, and now the board proposes to go ahead and lay the sidewalks at once and let the delinquent property owners foot the bill, to award streets Public hoon. Works WEATHER FORECAST. Generally Fair and Warmer In Western Ne- braskn Today. WASHINGTON, July 6.—The for Saturday are For Nebraska—Generally shifting to south; portion. For Missouri—Fair, in the southwest portion; north winds For lowa~—Generally fair; north winds, shifting to southeast; warmer in the north- ern portion, For Kansas—Local showcrs in the south- ern part; fair in the northern portion; east winds; warmer in the western portion For South Dakota—Fair in the eastern portion; local showers in the western por- tion; south winds; warmer in western por- tion, indications winds western fair; warmer in the except local showers Local Record Orrick or Tue Weatner Bureav, Omana, July 6. —Omaha recora of temverature and e ompared with corvesponding day of past four years: 1594, 1893, 1892, Maximum temperature 52 Min| ) temporature. 65 iorature. 745 803 Precipitation ... 01 T, Statement ng the condition of peratureand pracipitation at Omaha for the day and since Mavch 1, 1804: Normal temoeratur Deficiency fo \ Excess since Murch 1 Noruulprecioitation vos " Deficiency for the dayv ", 19 Deficlency sinee M 7.09 Inche: Reports trom Other Si At 8 P, 159 3 762 T 25 orATIONS. a North B Valeutine Chicago 8t Lotny 8 ¥ avenport Kansan Cit Deuver,... St o Rapid Cliy Helena.. Gismarck St Vincent. Chi Mllea City Gaiveaton art cloudy loudy 02| Oloudy, 00 Clear taken indicatcs trace of rain. GEORGE E. HUNT, Local Forecass Ofelal the bargains would re- | THE OMAHA AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAH Packing Hous:s Are Be.inning to Feel the Etrike feriously, HUNDREDS OF MEN ALREADY LAID OF sh nts of Stock In and of Dressed Ment Out Diminishing Rapidly — fhree ns of Poultry by Express— Magic City Gossip, made the product The Cudahy Packing company biggest shipment of packing house last evening that was ever sent out of South Oraha by three tons of dressed poultry billed for Chicago, and was sent out through the Adams Express com- puny. An effort was made by this com- pany to send out several cars of goods in the ordinary way, but it was all returned be- fore getting very far. The people who are most interested in business in this town are afraid of a tie-up at any time. A working railroad man satd last night that he would not be surprised it all the railroad men working in South Omaha would quit today. He admitted that several conferences had already been held, when this sort of proposition had been dis- cussed he Stock Yards company owns the track- age here and employs all of the switchmen, Mr Tungate, the night foreman, does not belong to the union, howev nd will prob- ably be one of the /st men along the line to stop work. Tunglate was put in charge of the yards at night during the last strike here, and he Is noted for being a stayer when he makes up mind that he is right All the switchmen belong to the union, One thing Cudahy Packing trouble is the fact that hogs yesterday, and as a result there will be about 300 workmen who will not have to report for duty until Monday or Tues- day at the carl Swift & Co. of men. uxpross, It was which indicates that the company fears further it did not buy any have lail off a large force Magic € born Gossip to Mr. and Mrs. Dan A girl w Hannon. W. G. Sloan, the undertaker, to his home with rheumatism. The Home Circle club will give a party at Courtland beach Saturday evening, The South Omaha Democratic club meet at Pivonk hall Saturday night. Mrs. D. L. Holmes and Mrs. Eli H. Doud have gone to Hot Springs, S. D., to spend several weeks. James Byrnes was arrested last night on complaint of his wife, who accuses him of assaulting her. James Harn, a_character who went about town begging and stealing, was before Judge Christmann and received a sentence of fifteen days in the county jail, with the first ten on bread and water. Elmer Trier, a messenger boy, Is minus a good silver watch, which was stolen from him yesterday. The lad says the watch must have been taken from his pocket while he was on the street, as he did not have his vest off during the da William Lake was arrested here on the night of the Fourth. The complaint was made by Omaha authoritics and the young man was turned over to an uptown police- man. Lake married the girl yesterday and Chief Brennan says the couple will make South Omaha their home in the future. i The funeral of young Nellie Maxwell was conducted by Rev. R. L. Wheeler at the family residence at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A large number of friends at- tended the services and followed the remains to the grave. The deceased was in her 12th year and was an unusually bright and af- fectionate child. A fellow who was booked as James Smith was arrested for vagrancy. When searched he had a watch and $3 in eash. Judge Christmann gave the man some good advice and discharged him. Two hours later an officert found Smith in a beastly state of in- toxication. He was taken to jail, but some thief had met him before the officer found him and his watch and money were both gone. . A number of persons who had their window lights broken by the cannon of the Fourth have sent in a_bill to the commit- tee for the damage. Mr. F. A. Broadwell las charge of this matter and if there is any money in the treasury after the other bills are paid the damage will be settled for by the committee. Otherwise Mr. Broad- well will have the complaints in hand and will see that everything is justified in some manner. ——— Visit Courtland beach Sunday. ‘‘A SOFT ANSWER,” ETC. Ten 8 Presence of Mind on a Momentous Oceaslh Miss Isabel McGallon was a teacher in a public school, relates the Buffalo News. She had a young man friend who was ner- vous and diffident. She knew that he was in love with her, but every time he started to propose he stammered and stuttered and became so embarrassed that she felt obliged to_change the subject The young man realized his failing and was much humiliated. Night after night he went up to Miss McGallon’s house deter- mined to ask her if she would consent to give up teaching school and become his wife, and night after night he made a frost of the operation. One day 1 week he was passing along the street in which the school where Miss McGallon teaches Is situated, and he felt that if he could see the object of his adoration at that time he would have nerve enough to ask the momentous ques- tion. He thought the matter over and be- came firmly convinced that he was equal to the emergency. There was nothing to do then but try the experiment, and he walked baldly into the school and asked to see Miss McGallon. The janitor escorted She had o lot of youngsters in front of her, deep I the mysteries of decimals, when the young man c into the rcom. She came graciously forward to meet him, He blushed A bit, but his tongue did not go back on him, “How do you do?'" she said, with a charm- ing smile. "“To what am I indebted for the great pleasure of this visit?'" ) The young wan grasped her hand. “Miss McGallon—Isabel,”” he said, fervently, “I have called here this morning because I have something very important to say to you, It is something on which depends my happiness for all my future days. 1 k interrupted Miss Me is so important as that, better if we were alone?"* “Yes, but I beg of you not to turn a deaf ear to me because these children are here.” Miss McGallon smiled again. Then she walked to the desk and rang a big gong three times At the sound of it the chil- dren all rose and marched out of the room. “That,” she said, as she turned to the as- tonished young man, “is the fire drill. Now it _you hustle, you will have time to say what you want to say before they get back And he had just received the betrothal kiss as the children came trooping through the hall on their return oL L LR LOCAL BREVITIES. A special meeting of the Omaha Humane soclety will be held at the Commercial club rooms this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The meeting of the High school alumnl, which was to have been held last even- ing, was postponed until the last Friday in September on account of the, non-ap- pearance of a quorum, A meeting of the council of the Municipal league was called for 3:30 p. m, at the Com merclal club rooms yesterday, but on ac count of che falure of a quorum to appear no business was transacted Mr. W. W. Bolt of La Salle colle Towa, will address the young men's servic at the Young Men's Christlan association lecture rooms this evening at 7:45. Mr. L. P. McGuire will conduct the song sery ice, All young men are lnvited to attend these sery is confined will A School him to her room. e it not be Tallon, would it DAILY Gateh & Laumansittriring from Rotall [ DEADLY LONG-RANGE RIFLES, BEE: ATURDAY Woainens Having decided taydiscontinue our retail department at 15 Marnam street for the purpose of giving abl lur time to the jobbing trade we offer our wntire retail stock at prices that will enakiésus to close out every- thing before our lease expires. We mean business All goods will bevsok without reserve. Cost will not be -eonsidered. We have the largest, newest amnd best selected stock in_the city. Dinnner sets $6.00 nd up. Chamber sets $1.85 and up. Fruft jars 40c, 60c mmd 60c dozen. Tumblers 2c cach. Fine flint engraved tumblers Ge each. Water pitchers 16 Decorated lamps 65 Fine banquet lamps, with shade, $3.50. Hanging lamps, complete, $1 Silverware, knives and forks $2.00 dozen Hest Al fea spoons $1.00 set and other goods in proportion ale commences tomozrow, Saturday, mor .- Ing, 4 Those gains, who come first get the best bar- GATCH & LAUMAN, arnam street, il Trock Lond. of goods for a thimble full of money. This is what you hear the ladies say of the quan- tity of gocds that can be bought for a very little trom sale, money at our retiring business We are very anxious to close out our This is the opportunity you and your neighbors have of purchasing, not only summer weather, but your heavy fall and winter lines. Remem- ber you save four profits, the manufacturer's, the jobbers and our profits, as every article is going at much below cost. This accounts for the crowd that you constantly find about our counters. The avold the crowd is early in the morning. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. g ] Pcpular music at Courtland beach. Loy There will be a special general meeting of the Omaha Lawn Tennis club at the grounds on Harney strect this evening (Saturday) at 7 o'clock. Matters of great importance will be discussed regarding the state singles tournament and interstate tournament. C. H. Young, Sceretary. e Excursion Announcement. The Chicago & Northwestern (city ticket office. No. 1401 Farnam street) announces that the excursion tickets to the N. E. A, meeting at Asbury Park (New York City), the Y. P. S. C. E. meeting at Cleveland and the B. Y. P. U. mecting at Toronto, are now good returning to Omaha as late as September. entire business, things for this the commission man, time to trade to — Bathing at Courtland beach. DIVIDING THE SPOILS. Are Apportioned crimination The Civil Service commission prepared from the official register, or “Blue Book,” a statement, which will appear in the an- nual report of the commission, soon to be issued, showing the apportionment of offices in the departments at Washington among the states and territories. Under the civil service law, Harper's Weckly explains, the offices, without regard to their value, are apportioned according to population as shown by the last census. This principle has al- ways been recognized. Even under the spoils system it was known; and today the United States scnate, which is governed by no law in distributing offices, makes an apportionment among the senators, allowing to each senator appointments, drawing sal- aries to a fixed aggregate. In the case of the senate places, though, the fact that one senator, representing a sovereign state, is as good as another senator is recognized, and the senator from Texas and the senator from Virginia share alike. There are still twice as many offices under the patronage system as there are under the civil service laws in Washington. The exact number of the former is 7,865, and of the latter 3,881. Now the law which applies to the distribution of the ecivil service ap- pointees does not apply to the patronage appointees; and although the appointment clerks in the department claim that they apportion the offices as nearly as possible according to the population of the states, the table prepared by the Civil Service com- mission shows thut the distribution is far from equitable. It does not appear either that the states in the south, which are un- questionably democratic, fare any better un- der this administration, or that the re- publican states of the north were any better. treated under the republican adminis- tration; in fact, no political line can be drawn.” The offices seem to have been dis tributed chiefly according to the “influence or pressure which could be brought to bear, and naturally the greatest influence came from the states which were near Washing- ton. But most singular of all the facts shown by this statement is the enormous amount drawn from the public treasury by the people in office who claim Washington as their residence. According to the state- ment of the Civil Service commission the District of Columbia now has 2,347 of the 11,746 places in the departments, and draws $2,106,001 of the $18,594,328 compensation. New York has places which pay better; but though New York has far exceeded her quota of public offices, the Empire state has only 1,253 people in place, and they draw only $1,706,082 compensation. Penn- sylvania draws $1,174,681, Ohio $660,078 and linols $604,285. These four states and the District of Columbla together draw $6,251,167 annually from the treasury—nearly one-half of all that is drawn in salaries in the Washington departments. And yet three of these four states have less than their quota of places. New York is entitled to 1,114 and he 33; but Pennsylvania has less than her quota (986), Ohio her quota (698), and Illinois ) her quota (718). The District of Columbia is entitled to forty-three places and has 2,347 The state of distribution titled to 195 appointments, 562 offices, aggregating § Virginia, which 1s 311 offices, and which has 590 places, with salaries aggregat- ing $566,818; Maine, which is entitled to 124 offices, and which has 163, with compensation aggregating $232,680¢ West Virginia, which is entitled to 143 offces and has 178, and a few other of the states which have been able to bring stronger pressure to bear than have the states In the far seuth or the west, But the great balance to' which the majority of the states contribute:Belongs to the District of Columbia. It ismepresented by men and women who were i many cases appointed to places many years ago and who have be- come so identified’ with the District that they are now credited to it. —_— Visit Courtland bedeh Sunday. —_— WRD. YRAGUE—Emma. J., infant S AGRd Mrs. rederick Sp day, July 5, 188, i Funeral from family resiilence, o /Nerth Twenty-seventh street, July 6, at2:30 p. m. SIMPSON —At Nampa, Cala., July 8, 1894, Mabel, youngest daughter’ of Mr. and Mrs. I Simpson, 4219 Cass street, this ity Interment at Prospect Hill ceme- tery. Notice of faneral hereafter. How Oftices Rank Dis- and, which is en- and which has 0,023 in value; are Mary! daughter of Thur: 3 vagnest Fohure=veGiiu o RICE'S JULY 7, 1894, Serious Nature of Wounds Inflicted by Mod- ern Army Guna In future wars, it was sald, the soldiers would be disabled In large numbers, but there would bo but few deaths; the lesions would be slight and would heal quickly and certainly. Then when peace was made the wounded would be found to be as good as ever, without any other damage than slight scars, just enough to bear witness to their bravery and keep it in thelr memory. The conclusion drawn, says the w York Her- ald, was that the tremendous sums spent for arms that are constantly going out of fashion and being renewed, all this labor and effort that was thought to be lost for peace and the progress of humanity, were, on the con- trary, serving the cause of progress, and to Invent a gun, a ball or a new form of powder was claimed to bo a work of kindness and philanthropy It seems now, however, that this is a mis take. The experiments made by M. Demos thenes, head surgeon of the Roumanian army, confirming those fed out in Switz land, Germany and in France by MM. Del- orme, Chauvel and Chavasse, have shown the falseness of th claims, which can no longer be advanced In good faith, even if we are to admit that they were ever any thing else than the mask of hypocrisy. The distances used were those of a battle, and the cartridges the regular ammunition, So that the results. were just what we shall get in a battle, and they are terrible euough At 1,200 or 1,400 meters, distances wh h M. Demosthenes did not exceed on account of the difficulty of hitting a ngle man at 8§00 or 1,000 meters, he noted complete pe foration of the cranium with multiple frac- tures, and simultaneous rupture of the stom- ach and intestine: W h living hor at the same distance the nickel-steel covered ball of the Roumanian Mannlicher of six and one-half millimeters went through the cranium and neck, grinding the vertebrae to pleces. At shorter distances, cranium means that it bursts into about twenty pieces; at 600 meters the ball went through three bodies placed one behind the other at an interval of half a meter, striking them below the knee, the tibia of the first was found in fourteen pieces, while that of the second showed thirtecn.” If to this we add the fact that balls striking the bones with this terrific force break them- selves into innumerable fragments, t the flesh, coming out at different plac and leaving in the tissues a lot of metallic fragments, some idea can be formed of the Immense gravity of these wounds, and of the butchery that a battle of the future Is going to be. And this 1s not all; a new danger hitherto unknown in wounds by firearms goes to complete the terrible destructive power of these new weapons. I refer to hemorrhage. Wounds inflicted on living horses show that not only the large vessels, but even the arteries of small caliber are opencd as by a knife, giving rise to great loss of blood. A horse struck in the temple and Killed in two minute lost bright red blood in jets from the wound. A soldier killed accident- ally at target practice at Bucharest, and who had merely been shot through the apex the left lung, without any important s being opened, was found to have four liters of blood in his plevral cavity. Such are the wounds with which army surgeons are going to have to deal in the future. To master this hemorrhage, to handle and set without too much pain or damage limbs of which the skeleton Is re- duced to fragments, will the good will, cour- age and devotion, as also the inexperience and lack of skill' of the ambulance attend- ants, be enough? The surgeon’s aid will be necessary. Unfortunately the change of the arms of the present day will expose them to being killed to no purpose. The most that ecan be done will be to protect the wounded soldier from any further damage, while the first sanitary line will have to be 3,500 or 4,000 meters back of the battle line. The cruel but true formula of the results obtained by the philanthropic inventors of new arms is, therefore, “‘more dangerous wounds ‘and ' more difficult help to the wounded.” The Roumanian surgeon de- velops this idea in these terms, which give a_very gaod canception of his publication “We cannot help feeling that this so-called humanitarian projectile is a very perfidious one, as it shatters the cranium, smashes the bones, opens the vessels and splits itself up in the body into a number of pointed and cutting fragments impossible to extract; it wounds many persons at the same time, and, while increasing the nuy ber of wounded and of their wounds, pre- vents us, on account of its great range, from helping the wounded with the quick- and security desirable.” reasons let us hope that god of peace will be propitious to us! MANY HISTORIC TREES. a fracture of the the Those that Grace the Avenues of National Capital. Among the 75,000 trees which the capital city of the nation is so proud of, and which g0 so far toward making it the beautiful place it is, are a number of historic trees planted either by famous personages or to commemorate special events. The oldest and the one which always attracts the at- tention of those tourists who chance to know about It, says the Philadelphia Led- ger, is the magnificent elm in the Capitol park, opposite the senate entrance. It is about 100 feet high and is covered with a fine growth of ivy. This tree and another of the same variety, but now dead, were planted a century ago by the first president, and the one now standing Is called the “Washington Elm.” Occupying relatively the same position In the park, but facing the house entrance, is the ““Cameron Elm,” not because the distinguished Pennsylvanian planted it, but because he pleaded so elo- quently for its life when threatened. In the spring of 1892 President Harrison set out two fig trees in the ground south of the ecutive mansion, and both are doing well, though one has outstripped the other by two feet. A fine sycamore or plane tree, which stands not far from the Lincoln monument in the park of the same name on Capitol hill, is known as the “Thaddeus Stevens Tree.” The great Pennsylvanian planted it in the stormy days of '62, in the Botanlcal Gardens, but so often were the grounds overflowed by a quiet-appearing little stream rejoicing in the classic name of Tiber that the tree did not flourish, and in 1870 it was removed to its present posi- tion, where it has reached an altitude of nearly 100 feet. The largest and most fa- mous collection of trees, and not behind any In beauty, Is the historic grove in the Botanical Gardens, under the care of Mr. Willlam R. Smith, the superintendent. Mr. Smith fias been in charge since the admin- istration of Fillmore, a period so long as to permit him to see the growth of his pets from childhood to adolescence, if not matur- ity. Philadelphia Is represented by two splendid cypresses, brought over from the Quaker City by Edwin Forrest, the great tragedian, and John W. Forney, the jour- nalist. Not far from these stands the Al- bert Pike Tree, a cassia, planted by General Pike when occupying the highest position in the Masonic order. A great oak, set out In 1862 by John C. Crittenden of Kentucky, is a_superb specimen of the family of trees to which it belongs. There are the “‘Morrill Trees,” planted respectively by the senators from Maine and Vermont; the “Hoar and Vance Trees,” the “Holman Tree,” set out by the Indiana member more than a quar- ter of a century ago; the "“Bayard Tree,” an oak planted by Mr. Bayard when secretary of state; and, most curious of all, the little six-foot-high Chinese oak, rejolcing in the triple name of Confucius-Dana-Cummings The acorn from which it came was picked up on the grave of the great philosopher, sent by a friend to Mr. Charles A. Dana, and raised by his gardener at his place on Long Island, and planted by Representative Amos J. Cummings a year ago. e, Bakin ;&Powde% ., The only Pure Cream of Tastar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum. Jsed in Millions of Homes—40 Vears the Standar: PYRTRSRRNIINYY 10 0 0 90 PO MR AR O O 3 WEATHER AP AKE]L. 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