Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1894, Page 2

READY ¥OR THE VETERANS Armangements at Oamp Morrow Ample to Accommodate All Who Come, WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED TODAY At 5 0 Wil Be the G. ok In the Afternoon the Camp Formally Tu Over to A R OMcinls—Camp Fire Tonlg GRAND ISLAND, Aug. 26.—(Speclal to The Beo)—Great crowds of visitors were attracted to the reunioy grounds this after- noon for an Inspection of Camp Morrow, and all were a unit In voting the camp con- venlently located and 1aid out with the view of making it a commodious and pleasant meeting place for the boys In biue, who once again are granted by providence the privilege to meet each other face to face, grasp the hands of their comrades in war and review the incidents that are so near and dear to them. The camp is situated on a ridge about three-quarters of a mile from the business conter of the city, midway between the latter and the Nebraska Soldiers’ and Saflors’ home. The great majority of veterans of the state will be pleased to learn that the same desirable location has been secured upon which Camp Logan, Camp Sheridan and Camp Sherman of former. years were reared. Around the speakers' stands there has been provided seating capacity for about 1,000, and it is expeoted that they will al- most always be In use, as the committee will this year make an effort to have specially interesting camp fires. A number of dining halls have been erected on the grounds, the Young Men's Christian assoclation his a reception and reading room; there are fully the usual number of booths and every arrangement looking to the com- fort of the veterans and visitors. Some of the booths, the swing privilege, etc., began to do business today and for the next six days there wiil be continual activity in Camp Morraw. At sunrise tomorrow Master of Salutes Corbin will fire several cannon and the re- union will he opened proper. The veterans, wons and daughters of veterans, women of the relief corps and ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, will be assigned to quarters in camp as fast as they come in, Quarter- master Harrison having provided himselt with several assistants for this work. At 6 o'clock p. m. the chairman of the reunfon committee, George F. Dean, will turn the camp over to the cor.mander of the Grand Army of Nebraska, Church Howe and staff, who are expected on this even- ing’s or tomorrow morning's trains. Rat- tling fnitiative camp fires have been ar- ranged for tomorrow night TWO WIDOWS AND ONE ESTATE, This Condition of Affairs Causes a Lively Lawsult in Towa. CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 26.—(Special to The Bee.)—One of the many interesting cases that will come up in the September term of the district court is that of Kelly against the Kelly estate, wherein the widow asks for an admeasurement of dower cf widow. The case s a peculiar one. The history is that Captain Reuben J. Kelly, deceased, of Cromwell, when a young man, married an eastern lady, and after a fow years of con- nubial bliss they were divorced. Kelly then married the widow who is now after a share of his estate, and lived with her five or six years at Afton. Domestic troubles led to their separation, and Mrs, Kelly No. 2 left the bome, taking with her her only son, and located In Denver, where she now resides. Subsequently Reuben returned to his first love, Mrs. Kelly No. 1, and they were re- united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Be- fore his last marriage, however, Kelly ap- peared In the district court of Union county and asked for and was granted a divorce from Mrs. Kelly No. 2. At the time of se- curing the divorce Attorney N. W. Rowell appeared for Mrs. Kelly. A few years after his last marriage Mrs. Kelly died, and a year ago Reuben himself succumbed to the inevitable. Before his death he made a will, leaving his entire estate, which is worth $15,- 000, to his daughter by the wife whom he married the second time. And here is where Mrs. Kelly No. 2 ralses a roar. She wants a part of the estate, a.d in her petition to the court states that when Kelly received a divorce from her she was entirely Ignorant of the proceedings and was not represented in court. S£he claims that she had not em- ployed Mr, Rowell. For these reasons she prays that the divorce may be set aside, and that she be granted a dower share of the state. It 1s understood thiat when the case comes up In court an agreement of seperation be- tween Kelly and the Denver widow, where she relinquishes all claim on his property will be exhibited by the defense. BURT COUNTY VETERANS MEET, 01d Soldlers Have u Ileasant and Profitable Time Together. TEKAMAH, Neb., Aug. 26.—(Speclal to The Beo.)—The sixth annual reunion of the Burt County Veterans assoclation closed Friday evening. From the opening to the closing of the reunion it was a pleasing success. The leading speaker for Thursday was Attorney Osborn of Blair, Mr. Osborn's speech was followed by talks from old veterans, The closing day was given to speeches by Revs. W. W. Brown of Tekamah and M. Patrick of Herman, and a sham battle in the after- noon. A lending feature was songs by 100 little girls," dressed in white and decked in the tri-colors and carrying flags. Music was furnished by the Decatur band, Tekamah sextet and quartet and by a drum corps from Mandamin, Ia. The following officers were elected Thurs- day afternoon for the ensuing year: Colonel, Charles B. Barker of Tekamah; lieutenant, W. L. Ireland of Cralg; major, Waldo Lyon of Lyons; sergeant, Kin Handcock of Te- kamah; chaplain, I. C. Jones of Silver Creek. Tecumseh Notes and Personals. TECUMSEH, Neb., Aug. 26.—(Special to The Bee.)—The Epworth league of this city gave a pleasant soclal at tne home of D, W. Hotaling, ¥riday evening. Mrs. C. M. Headrick and children and Miss Flora Miller are home from an extended visit In Colorado. The Misses Mary, Attie and Louise Hawle of Milin are the guests of Tecumseh rela- tives. Qeorge Mauldin Is In jall on the charge of wife bealing. His wife is lying In a eritical condition from injuries he inflicted. Horace Stover and wife are visiting re- latives in Springfield, 1Nl ©. C. Woodruft of Custer county is renew- Ing acquaintances in this city. John M. Thayer camp, Sons of Veterans, SERIES NO. 27, THE AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY. 4 200 Pages. 260 ,CCOWorda ANSTRUCTIVE AND USEFUL. 4 Mine of Knowledge and a Mint of Usefwulness. There are more things Msiructive, usatul and enlertaining In that grent book, *1'w American Eneyclopedic Dictionery, " than in almilar publication ever lssoed. ‘his great work, now for the irst th within the reach of everyone, isa unlgue pullication, for it is al the sume tine 8 pertect dictioaary and u comploie wicyelo- R e | er 0f ‘tho”eoupoa en iday aud Thres. Woek:day c0apo with 13 cents in colu, will buy ous of The American Euneyelopedia Dictloa- ary. Scud orders to Tho Bes OMos. M ordors 8hould by alleasant by DIOTIONARY DEPARTMENT of this eity presentsd the play, “The Girl 8py,” to a Table Rock audlence Thursday evening. A concert and soclal was given by our band boys in the court yard last night George Adams of Auburn and John Flyn of Lincoln have opened a new barber shop here, The Misses Mittie Hill and Julla Dew are home from a visit to South Center, Kan. The scarcity of water in this city Is get- ting to bo a serious question. The pumps are required to run night and day st the city pumping station to supply the demand, and many wells about town have gone dry ED AND ROBBED A COMPANION. Two Chadron Men Jail with & Possible Charge of Murde Against Them. CHADRON, Neb., Aug. 26.—(Special to The Bee.)—Matt McNealney, Charles A. 0'Conner and John A. Shannon, three railroad laborers, arrived here yesterday and cashed their checks. McNealney drew the most money, about $45. He was found about 9§ o'clock this morning with his head crushed. He cannot live until morning. His companions ars in jail and a good prospect for a long tema in stripes or worse hangs over 0'Con- ner. Shannon was in bed at an uptown hotel, and claims O'Connor struck the fatal blow. O'Conner formerly was at Green- wood and Seward, Neb. A letier signed by himselt and addressed to D. Pitzgerald, 143 Langdon avenue, Chicago, was found on him. He refuses to make any statement. SLU Aut AUBURN, 1 Versonal Mention, Neb., Aug. 26.—(Specisl to The Bee.)—Mrs. Davidson Plasters of Dro.n- ville and her daughter, Mrs, M. A. Lock- wood of Vermont, were visiting relatives in_Auburn_the first of the week. Messrs. Dundas, Crichton, Shull, Watsen, Johnson, Anderson and Wright boarded the B. & M. train Thursday for the grand con- vention of populists at Grand Island. Mrs. Moore and granddaughter, Miss Lillie Hedden of Leavenworth, Kan., are the guests of Agent Wheeldon and family. Miss Maude Chamberlain and Miss Bertha Skeen of Nemaha City were shopping in Auburn Thursday. Miss Nellie Minick of Nemaha City dayed in_Auburn. J. K. Collins and daughter have moved to their farm near Howe. Dr. Morrls and his estimable removed to Humboldt Thursday, they will make their future home. The reopening of the First Catholic church of this city was atiended by many outside our vieinity. Walt Moson, Nebraska's famous .bard, Sundayed in Aubuin. Walt has many ad- mirers in our city, and all were anxious to make the acquaintance of so talented a per- sonage, Patrick Daugherty and David Campbell paid their old friend, Tim McLaughlin of Brownville, a_visit Monday. McLaugh- lin is one of the oldest in these parts, but is now lying In a very critical condition, Mrs. W. C. Beach has gone to Hot Springs, D., to be treated for rheumatic ailment The camp meeting of the order called “The Church of the Living God,” have dis- banded and returned {o their homes after an encampment of ten days. They profess to have the power of healing and santifica- tion in their own hands. About 100 people were in attendance. Prof. James Hosle of Tecumseh s visiting Auburn friends. H. L. Hobson and children Winterset, In., to visit relatives Mrs. Jacob Snyder of Fullerton is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hamon, of this_city Joe Redfern of Merrick county Is visiting friends In this locality. Miss' Muta Fisher 1s visiting friends in Avoca. Jim Hobson and wife of Jullan Sundayed in_Auburn, The World-Herald man was circulating among the Auburnites Monday and present- ing every one with a sample copy of the World-Herald. ~ But after all “The Bee is the best dally,” is the verdict of all. Mr. Rohers, who was shot by Young, is recuperating rapidly and his friends hope to see him out soon. family whera started for No Occasion for an uquest. FREMONT, Aug. 26.—(Special to The Bee.) —Coroner Martin was called last evening to examine into the cause of the sudden death of John Cramer and decided it to be apoplexy. No inquest was held. A large delegation of Fremonters went to Columbus today to attend the state saenger- fest. Among them was the Mandolin club, which is led by Charley Douglas, The Omaha Bee rustler for this place. The Young Men’s Christian association held an open air meeting this afternoon upon tne lawn at the residence of W Mrs. John Kendrick rod: Wahoo and return yesterday. Master Ray Hammond left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Cralg, Burt county. George W. E. Dorsey is home from his summer visit on the Atlan Faral Fall from TKENTON, Neb,, Aug. 26.—(Special to The Bee)—No. 2, known as the eastbound fiyer, passing here at 4 o'clock in the morn- ing, lost a pamenger about two miles east of (his station today. The name of the un- fortunate man is Issac Schrock. His resi- dence is Reger, Mo. He is at least 80 years old and when found had a little over §200 in his pocketbook and $107 sewed inlo the inside pocket of his vest. He was not found until three- hours after the accident, and then all was done for him that could be by Drs. Hagg and Thomas of this place, but he has lain unconscious all day and graye doubts are entertained of his recovery. It is supposed the old gentleman was on his way home from the mountains. 2 Successful Tustitute at Hastings. HASTINGS, Aug. 26, —(Special to The Bee.) The twenty-first annual teachers' Institute of Adams county was brought to a close Fri- day, and yesterday the examinations for cer- tificates were held. The institute this year has becn the most largely attended of any ever Leld in the county, 140 being enrolled and 160 in attendance. The instructors havi been: D. M. Ball, superintendent; E. N. Brown, French, and Miss Bertha Green of Hastings, Prof. Julian of Minden and Miss Nellie Townsend of Des Moines as special instructor in primary work. Stanton Teac STANTON, Neb. Bee.)--The with The instructors are D. Point, M. A. Meserve of Stanton, Alfred Softly of Fremont, C. H. Beaver of Wisner, Miss Gerocke of Stanton and Superintendent C. A. Coney. There are more than sixty names on the roll and the sessions aro very interesting, Prof. Saylor of the Lincoln Nor- mal school delivired a fine lecture to the teachers Friday evening. 26.—(Special to The normal institute is in progress, a larger attendance than ever before, C. O'Connor of West Ord News Notes. ORD, Neb,, Aug. 26.—(Special to The Bee.) —Mrs. A. B. Letts of Deadwood, D visiting with friends in the cit Mrs. J. S. Beauchamp returned Tuesday evening from a visit with friends in Mary- ville, Mo. Valley county's delegates to the state re- publican convention returned home Thursday evening. Rev. L. P. McDonald of North Platte filled the Episcopal pulpit today Elkhorn Stock Train Wreoked. CHADRON, Neb., Aug. 20.—(Speclal to The Bee)—A wreck of a stock traln at Irwin, caused by a broken flange, delayed the mall train due here at 2:15 uniil 12 o'clock to- day. No lives were lost and but three cattle killed. The loss (o rolling stock will be light. Cotton Crop Damaged by Worms. DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 26.—In the face of u general bellef in the magnificent condition of the cotton erop the Garland News, pub- lished in the heart of the cotton reglon of Dallas_county, states that in some sections Dalf of the cotton crop has been destroyed by boll worms and that if the showers con- tinue the crop may be entirely destroyed. Jolned Tis Wife in Death. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.—Augustus H. Breckenfeld, one of the handwriting experts in the Martin will case, commiited suicide this afternoon by shootiug himself in the head. His wife, who has been ailing for some time past, died today, and Brecken- feld concluded that he eould mot live with- out her. Moo DESTRUCTION BY THE TON Hemarkable Tests of the I'nevmatio Gun Made at fandy Hook Last Wedk. BIGGEST LOAD OF DYMAMITE ON RECOR Five Hundred Half — Eff Charge ns It at Sea. Dispatches gave a meager account of the remarkable tests of the pneumatic dynamite guns off Sandy Hook on the 21st, but did not furnish the details of what Is regarded by men versed in the sclence of armament the most astounding exhibition of modern gun power. The experiment was only one of five made before the members of the Board of Ordnance and the Board of Fortifications of the United States army, but it was th: most important one; In fact, according to the New York Sun, from which the details are gleaned, it was the most Important experi- ment ever attempted in this country, and the success which attended it will probably result in the acceptanc: by the United States government of the three enormous guns now on Sandy Hook, which were contracted for by the government. No one else has ever dared attempt to explode 500 pounds of dyna- mite, either from a gun or in any other way, and the experiment of last Tuesday marks the beginning of a new era In the history of explosives, The idea of the pneumatic gun*originated some twelve or fourteen years ago, and from the start nothing has been spared to make the invention a success. Lieutenant Zalinskl was the first to deslgn the gun, and he formed a company which spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to perfect it. “our or flve years ago the gun was so near com, ‘etion that a contract was made with the government to put three of them at Sandy Hook. For the past few years cxperiments have been going on before United States army officers, but the 2ist was the day set for the tests which would decide, once and for all, whether the requirements of the government, as per contract, had been filled, and were present army officers from Washington and other parts of the country, as well as scientific men and gun and dynamite expert The guns were handled by Mr. Frank Creelman, the young West Polater who hendled the pneumatic gun on the Nictheroy during the recent Brazilian troubles, while Captain J. Rapleff, a well known Russian engineer, who designed the perfected pneu- matic gun, superintended the loading of the huge weapons. The members of the board of ordnance present were Major Phipps, Captain Heath. and Captain Crozier, the inventor of the Crozier disappearing gun carriage, while the members of the fortifi- cation board on hand wers General H. L. Abbott, =2l B, M. Cutchecn, Colonel H. W. , Major Phipps and Captain 3 C Other ermy officers at the tests were Major J. W. Reilly awd Major Arnold, while among the scientific men and others there were R. T. Kingland, T. Darling, Dr. Daniel, Mr. Quimby, Mr. D. B. Wilmot, Mr. Spicer and Mr. John Dufly. VERY EASILY MANIPULATED. The wonderful mechanism of the pneu- matic guns fairly delighted the scientific men. Only two of the three were used, but both worked with wonderful precision. The guns are worked entirely by electricity, and as the name implies the power to send the enormous projectiles is gained from com- pressed air. The guns and gun carriages welgh together fifty-two tons, and are set in a depressed foundation. Beside the gun i3 a little stand on which the man who works the weapon stands. By means of two cranks and a lever he gains complete control of the enormous mass of fron and steel, and with one twist of cne of the former can send the entire gun, carriage and all, noiselessly ‘and smoothly around a complete eircle, in fifty-two seconds. Another crank will set the gun proper at any angle, while a twist of the lever releases the. com- pressed air and sends the projectile flying into space, At Sandy Hook they have engines con- stantly generating compressed alr and stor- ing it In cellars under the guns. Pipes con- nect with the storage cellars, and, when the lever is pulled, as much compressed air as it has previously been arranged to use is liber- ated. It rushes into the cannon back of the projectile and the expansion furnishes the force, The gun is run on a mathematical basis, and the inventors say they can drop a_projectile within a very few yards of any given point within the range of the They can figure exactly just how much com- pressed air they must liberate in order to cend a projectile of a certain weight any gloen distance. In all of the tests yesterday Mr. Crezlman and Captain Rapleff succeeded in dropping the projectiles within a very short distance of where they said they would. A striking feature of the new gun is the absence of smoke and of the proverbial “belching of flame” from the cannon’s mouth, while In place of the long drawn out “boom-m-!" of the regulation heavy gun there is a low, hissing sound when the lever is pulled, which grows In volume until it suddenly ends up in a deafening report. It is, however, not nearly so destructive to the nerves as the roar of the ordinary cannon. All of the projectiles can be seen as they leave the gun, and can easily be followed with the eye as they go flying through the air, On a clear day any one possessed of a fairly £ood pair of eyes can follow the course of the profectile from the moment it leaves the cannon until it strikes the water and ex- plodes. The projectiles are fitted out with propeller blades, which kecp them in their course, and the smaller ones are made to fit the bore of the gun by being encased at el'her end with wooden frames, which drop out as s00n as the gun is discharged. EFFECT OF AN EXHIBITION SHOT. Men had been at work making ready for the experiments and the guns were in per- fect condition when theé army officers de- clared themselves ready. A four of the company's buildirgs and an examination of the projectiles, the guns, and the air-com- pressing machinery ook up halt an hour or more, and then Mr. Creelman mounted his little stand, while the workmen wheeled a six-inch_sub-calibre ‘projectile, containing fitty pounds of nitro-gelatine and weighing about 300 pounds, up to the rear of the gun, and, shoving it in, slammed the door tight It was explained to the army men and sc s that this first shot was simply an exhibition one, and w26 not incladed in the tests demanded by the government. The pro jectile would be sent about three and a half miles, sald- Mr, Creelman, and then, at a signal from General Abbott, the engineer gave a slight jerk on the lever. There was a hissing sound and a sharp report, and then the projectile went salling through the air with the regular whistling noise. It was difficult to follow It with the naked eye, on account of its small size, but when it finally sank beneath the water near the Coney Island shore the explosion could be plainly heard, and a column of water, which the dynamite experts said must have been at least 300 feet high, could be: seen rising out of the ocean. The army men nodded their heads sagely when Mr. Creelman lcoked at them with a ““What-a"ye-think-of-that” expression on his fsce, while the sclentific men got out pencils and pads and began mysterious figuring. The ordinary citizens enthusiastically shouted, “Great shot!” and then wished they hadn’t, because the army men and the scien- tific men looked at them as though they had committed somo crime. The next shot wes with an elght-inch sub- calibre projectile containing 100 pounds of nitro-gelatin bout 450 pounds. It was explained by Captain Raplefl that the maximum distance the gun could send this cartridge was 5000 yards, To show its effect better, however, it would only be sent 00 yerds, or about 1% miles. This pro- jectile could be plainly seen In its entire course. It salled through the air as grace- fully as a bird, and exploded the, moment it struck the water. The water rose to a helght of about 400 feet, and for several moments after the explosion the mist hung heavy and fog-like over the sp:t. This ex periment was repeated, much to the delignt of the mathematical observers, who figured for ten minutes after the firing, and them chuckled with glee when they compared results and found that they had all come out the same. Just what it was that came out the same no one seemed to know save the “tantists, and to luterrupt by asking ques- as there | gun. | | known young man about town, tons would=have been regarded as nothing short of erh %wn was made with a ten- HiAW projectile containing 200 The fourt| inch sub-c nds of nitro-gelatine, and welghing about pounds. The maximum range of the gun with this profectile, It was announced, was 4,200 yards. DI was only sent 1,500 yards, however. The fijght of this projectile could alsa bo plainly S<en, and, like the others, it exploded as so'n ¢s it struck the water LAST $HOT WABBLED SOME. The last teft, \Fith a 1,160-pound projectile, containing 500 pounds of nitro-gelatine, was the main experiment of the day. The cart- ridge presented & formidable appearance as It was wheetsd out and hoisted into the gun The sclentifigmen,and the army men examined it closely,and then retired into close confab, while the offithiry eitizens retired to a little mound some distance away, to get a better view of the shot, they said. When the word was given and the enor- mous profectile went salling away through the heavens, a_hundred pair of cyes followed it. For a moment It went stralght as a dle then it began to wabble slightly and t scientific men looked serious. On the down- ward course the projectilo stralghtencd out again, however, and struck the water head on. Two seconds later the roar which an- nounced the explosion came, and then the water slowly rose fn the air. The big pro- Jectile had been sent 2,400 yards, and the 8hot had been a successful one. Just how succeseful the tests were from the polnt of view of an army officer could not be lcarned, as those authorities kept their opinions of the experiment to themselves, So the only persons whose opinions could be secured were those who worked the guns and the officers of the construction company. They all expressed themsclves as highly gratified at the result of the experimen although they did wish that big projectile hadn't given that wabble. ifot that it showed any defect fn the carridge, hut that it would have been better to have tie entire set of projectiles go off smoothly. The wabble was explained by the fact that the propeller blades at the rear of the pro- Jectile must have become bent in some way. Barring this one incident, the expcriments were a perfect success, There was a perfectly r field all the time, and no delays were used by having to wait for steamers or ships to get out of the way. REBUILDING THE VESUVIUS. s Tave Not Provon a Success on Shipboard. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The transforma- tion of the dynamite crulser Vesuvius into a torpedo catcher, which was delayed in order to profit by the experiments now making with the new dynamite guns at Sandy Hock will at once proceed according to the original plan. Captain Sampson, chief of the ord- nance bureau, who personally witnessed the Sandy Hook tests, has returned to this city, and whils satisfied that the dynamite guns as they are mounted ¢ train and elevating carriages are ali that the inventors claim, still he has been confirmed in his bellef that they are not sultable for ase on shipboard. The drawbacks to such usa ara the great weight of the guns and compressers and the valuable space occupied, the short rango of the weapons and the Impossibility cf aiming them without turning the whole ship. Bo- sides the ordnanes bureau has been meeting a high measure of success in its efforts to Dynamite ¢ | develop the use'of high explosive shells in ordinary rifled gunal It has already accom- plished the projection of a six-inch shell charged with ‘a high explosive at a speed of 1,400 feet per secord over a distance of four miles, and if the twelve-inch rifle performs as well with a' 200‘pound charge of dynamite and its superior acduracy and longer range, it will be much mofe efficient for such im- portant use than afy other form of gun. Al BRAKJE FAILED TO WORK. Motor Car Dashed Down a Heavy Grade and Jumped the Track. ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 26—An accident occurred this afterncon on the electric line of the Suburban Traction company near Eagle Rock, g well known pleasure resort, by which a numbec. of .persons were injured. Those hurt are:. Johnny Lloyd, 4 years old, right srm taken:off at the elbow Frank Davis, afm broken; Mrs. John Lloyd, badly cut, brulsed and legs sprained; Mrs. Margarct 'Hallahan, severely bruised about the chest; Mrs. Michael Finnigan, severely cut; William Floyd, badly cut and bruised. Kagle Rock is at the top of the Orange mountain. It {s approached by a road two miles long, with a long and continuous grade. In some parts, the grade is almost sixty feet to the mile. This afternoon, about ten minutes to 5, car No. 8, filled to the doors with men and women, many of the former hanging to the platforms, was going down the grade, when the motorman found the brake would not work. The cars rapidly gained momentum and were soon dashing along 4t a very rapid rate of speed. The passengers were not long in finding out hat scmething was wrong, and the women and children began to scream. Before any- one had time to jump the front wheels of the forward truck struck a bend in the road. The car was going too fast for the wheels to follow the rails and it leaped from the track, turning completely over. The passen- gers were piled In a heap. ‘The broken glass of the windows and doors caused many in- Juries, e S HE SLID DOWN A POST. Bold Burglar Climbs Into a Room Then «limbs Out Again. Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning the sleeping Inmates of the Merriam hotel, Twenty-fifth and Dodge streets, were aroused by the ery of “Thieves! thieves! help! help!" The crles were traced to the room of a well who had been entering his and aroused by a window. In a moment or two all of the male roomers in the house were out in the halls, looking at each other, Some were clad In night Tobes, some in overcoats, while others Jyore a look of modesty and . toy shooting ron. After a short parley an alarm was sent in to police headquarters, and the patrol wagon, filled with officers, in' charge of Acting Cap- tain Ormsby, made a hurry run to the Mer- riam. Upon arriving at the hotel Ormsby found about a dozen men huddled together in the hall, gazin usly at a door. Each ove of these braves held a gun of sor in his hand. They also held their breath when Ormsby opened the door futo the room, which they were pretending to guard. Investigation showed that the burgla slid down a post in the portico and e while the twelve brave young men stood out- side the door waiting for the police to come. The thief did not, take anything away with him, as the alarm was given before he had a chance to get fq Wprk. Courttung ahil ¥ The past week witnessed tendance since,, {be; opening beach, PR The “corral” at ©ourtland was by far too small on “Modern Woodman night” for the accommodation ef the vehicles, On “Omaha #ight" the picture of the mayor of Omalia ®hught fire prematurely by the sparks [fént ’Mount Vesuvius, which were driven toward"Jt by the wind. ‘It was the intention {0 ha¥® this picture displayed as one of the [Hst Set pieces. On account of uu‘ condition of the atmos- phere yesterday, afigrnoon the ballo-n did not go as high ag usyjl. After golng up about 500 feet the Imhwu,,h-g.m to descend, but Dan Barnell, thyaerynaut, did not attempt to cut his paraghie J.ose. Ho waited until he reached the gpoupd, Just outside of the carrlage entrance, Ahen cut his parachute loose aud the balloon arose for over 100 feet, when it turned upgide down and descend: Tomorrow night. 18 §o be “Council Blufts night” at Pompeil. ‘Anong the sp tea- tures on this oceaslon ‘Wwill be a likeness in fireworks of the mayor of Council Bluffs. The prospects are that *Council Bluffs night” will be one of the best attendad during the entire exhibition, and every prep- aration possible 15 belng made by bot the Council Blufts Motor company and the Union Pacific rallvay to properly handle the people from the Bluffs, orch climbe: il Ttems. the largest at- of Courtland His Troubles Were Too DULUTH, Aug. %.—Despond parents’ domestic troubles, a love his awn and an unpaid board bill Namee, o crous Topeka, Kan., mission merchant, thréw himseif into the lake on the 1ath. Today the body was washed up ou Minnesota point. aftair of JodM 1GORDON LED A DUAL LIFE Leador of the Ohicago Bandits Identifisd by the Authorities, WAS AN INSURANCE INSPFCTOR BY DAY In that Name Kole He Went by Mis Correct of Griswold-Drow a Hand- some Salary an. to Crime trom Ch 1CAGO, name as Gordon, Deerfield holdup events last Friday Aug. 26,~The man who participated in the and subsequent stirring night and Saturday morn- ing, and who was indentified as Billy Wil- liams, a well known character on the Pa- cific coast, was again identified today by ro- sponsible parties as H. F. Griswold, a well- to-do local Inspector of the Manchester surance company. Griswold's father Is sald to be a traveling Inspector of the Home Fire Insurance comp ay of New York, and resides In that city. The pecple making the identification are odficials of the Manchester Assurance compnay, and they maintain they are not mistaken. It appears to be a case of Dr. Mr. Hyde. Griswold had no need or shoot his fellowmen, but he parently because he loved the mystery and the excitement of such a life. Crime has apparently become a pastime with him, and he is supposed to have found an apt pupil in Lake, a poor unemployed laborer. During the day time Griswold filled the important position of fire risk fnspector, which he used as a cloak for his marauding excur- sions during tue night, About five years ago Griswold married a country girl and she became Mrs. . Gordon, not Griswold. Since then they have lived in various parts of C cago, their last residence being at No. 13 Curtis street. Today the timid, frightened wifo called at the police station and gave her name as Gordon, saying she never Knew her husband by any other mame. It s belleved that the police department, with the help of the railroad companies, are running to earth in this dual arrest a loig train of depredations of' which Griswold is the center. The story of Griswold's life, so far as known, is unique. Born aboul 28 years ago, his father tried to glve him a fair education. But the boy's instincts were wild and lawless. He eventually disappeared from Lome and was next heard of In the west as a cowboy and ranchman, After Several years of adventurous life in Call- fornia, Oregon and Idaho, he came to [llinois and secured employment as a brakeman at Rock Island, 11l While thece he married and the influence of his wite caused him to lead a quieter life. His father, noting the improvement in his behavior, used his in- fluence to secure the son a position with the local offce of the Manchester Assurance company. Young Griswold became proficient in his new position and soon drew a hand- some salary. It appears, however, (he ref- ormation was not complete, but just when Griswold began his double career, while in the employ of the assurance compa is not known. Further disclosures are expected at the inquest over the remains of Detective Owens, which has been postponed for a week to permit the police to make a full investiga- tion of Griswold’s and Lake's carcers William Lake, who was so desperately wounded in the raid, was fecling better today. It is said he came of a good family and that his father is Willlam Lake of Oswego, N Y., a traveling man for a New York paper house. Lake is a casket trimmer and had been out of work for menths and he and his wite were on the verge of starvation, when, in company with Griswold, he at- temptcd the sensational raid. S s o WHO OWNS THE RIVER BED? giving his Jekyll and to steal did it ap- The Court Decides that it Belongs to the Stats and Not to the Kiparian Owner. Hamburg, Ia., was not many yearsagoa Missouri river town; that is, the river flowed past the town, and in the earlier days when the commerce of the west was done by river navigation steamboats were frequent visitors at Hamburg. But one night in the spring of '67 the big river got reaming mad and left its bed and board and went west, and has never came back. Hamburg is now seven miles east of the river. Prior to the date named the stream formed a lirge loop, the northern bend or elbow being close to Ham- burg. The bank and steamboat landing are still observable. The absconding river left its bed, a strip of land fifteen mile long and one mile wide. For years it lay “out doors,” receiving little atiention from any one. All the time, however, sunshine and air and drainage were busy preparing it for somebody's use. Who owns this relicted land? Did it re- vert to Uncle Sam when the river abandoned it? Or did the government grant to cwners of land bordering the river carry with it to the grantee title to the soil undernesth the water, The litigation by which these were settled in the courts is interesting was a long and hard-fought legal contest, covering a period of six years. On the one side was a rich corporation of Kansas City and on the other a poor, but plucky and jer- sistent man, who, knowing his rights, darcd maintain_ them against great odds, for the burden of the contest fell almost wholly upon Will 8. Golden, who had purchased the rights of his brothers, and his father was too old to stand the strain of such a contest. In one respect, at least, the decisions In the case have a national bearing, as pricr thereto American rivers, though navigable in fact, were not navigable in law. This will be made clear, as the case is briefly stated. While the river still occunied this bed, a bar was formed gradually off the north shore nearest to Hamburg, between which and the bar the main channel of the river flowed. This bar became Pole Island, a long, narrow strip of perhaps 100 acres, on which willows and cottonwoods had grown to the height of fifty and sixty feet at the time the old river jumped its btod. This island had been in the posscssion of a number of owners, run- ning back to 1861. In 1888 James Golden and his sons bought this ad of a Mrs. Bird, a widow then living upon it by squat- ter's right, for the Island had never been surveyed. The Goldens also took possession of some 800 acres of the river bed land and sought title from the state, but the state and the national government also disclaimed ownership of the land in question. Millard F. Cooley, lessce of th Land company, brought an action fur ment against the Goldeus, selting claim that, as said company owned the lands bordering the river on either side, they owned the soil beneath the river. The trial in the circuit court for Atehison county re- sulted in a judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appaled and the supreme court of Miissouri again gave judgment for defendant. Judge MacFarlane read the opinion of the court, the head notes of which are as follows 1. A grant from the United Statas of | on’ a large river like Miss igable, in fact, though not subject 1 the ebb and how Of the will, even when containing no res condition, pass to the grantee title only to the witer's edge, but will vest in the state title (o the land beneath .he water, though the state has adopted the common law. Where an lsland springs up in o nav- fgable river, and by uccretion to the shores of the island and the mainland they ave united, the owner of the mainland ix not entitled to the island, but only to such ac- 1 on’ his land. navigable river suddenly chinges Its course the owner of the shore c acquire title to the abandoned questions It Hamilton efect~ up’ the na jav- American courts are governed largely by precedent, and English precedent at that The. test of a navigable stresm in England Is the ebb and flow of the tide. Above the tidsl wave the stream is nol navigable in fact. So under the common law the title to land under nuvigable waters inheres in the crown. But Judge MacFarlane saw the ab surdity <f applying the English law t American rivers, which are navigable in fict by the largest boats a thousand miles away from tidal Influence, and he held that the riparian owner dces not take ttle to ine middle of the stream. The plaintiff claimed that as the Missourl river was not a navi- gable stream in law he took title Lo the river bed by virtue of grant frim government, as in case of nomnavigable rivers. The court | held to the contrary that the Missourl being « navigable river in fact the common law rule gave the ripirian owner title to the water's edge only. Judge MacF ne also gave the law of accretions. To clalm land as accretions such acorotions must be gradual and imper- ceptible. A sudden avulsicn of a river does not constitute the relicted land accretions. If the river recedes slowly and imperceptibly the riparian owner takes title to the water's edge, no matter how far the water line may extend. But he takes title not because of implied goverment grant, but under the law of mccretions. The plaintift In this case could not claim by “accretions.”” He set ‘ip | @ claim by prior pssession, but it was In evidence ihat the lessor had relinquished whatever right of possession he may have had. Mr. Golden won at every point in the case the judgment all being In his favor, and he is therefore secure in the ownorship of the land. His title, like that of all © er own- ers of the abandoned river bed is upon possession, cccupation and use. And the decislons in this case establish the principle that the soil underneath the water of rivers that are navigable in belongs to the stito and not to the riparian owner. Defeated In the courts below, the plaintiffs carried the same questions to the United States circult court, but Judge Dundy, recog nizing the principle established by Jud, MacFarlane, as here stated, refused to make this same land subject to a mortgage. case of First Naticnal bank of Kansas City ageinst Charles West, M. I. Cooley et al, No. 47, docket. TESTING SMOKE CONSUMERS. re St. Louls Expert Making Einborato Observa- tions of the Keynolds Furnnce A sharp-featured, alert man clambered up and down a staging set on top of one of the battery of bollers at the Ameriesn Water Works company’s plant at Florence Satu He examined queer thermemeters, which secmed to be connected with smoke stack and with the bollers by means of rubber tublng, and he had a set of as- sistante who appeared to be taking similar observations every few minutes. Bofore the stokers filled this particular furnace the coal was weighed upon scales and another man stood keeping a record of these suc sivo weighing The sharp-featured man with motions and the bright smile Brysn, a member of the St. Louis Smok commission, and a consulting engineer of national reputation, and what he was doing was conducting a test upon the immense boiler plant of the Water Works company These boilers are built in connection with the Reynolds furnace or smoke consume and the ftests were to determine thres things: The efficioy of the furnace, first, as & steam producer; second, as a smoke consumer, and third, as a coal saver. This | turnace s the invention of Captain Rey- nolds, the chief engineer of the water works at Florence. The furnace s used by The Bee build the Linseed Ol works and the Water Works company has proved so great a success that its fame came to Mr. Brya | who has made it his business as sm:ke com- missioner of St. Louis to investigate eny- thing which promises to cradicate the smoke nuisance. He has just come from a test of another plan for consuming smoke at Kan- sas City, and he put in eight hours of hard work at Florence Saturday. The details of the test are very scientific, and the result will not be made known until after Mr Bryan returns to St. Louls and makes his report, Including an analysls of the coal used. ' He sald, however, that the furnace Saturlay produced about eight pounds of steam Wwith one pound of coal. The coal used is merely black sand, ghe cheapest grade of the finest screen coal, and the result was remarkable on that account. As he gazed through a plpe into the white-hot hell in the retort of the furnace, he said: “There is no chance for a particle of soot to exist in there.”” The huge stack was smokeless all day and yet enough power was being generated in that furnice room to turn every Wheel in Omaha. “St. Louis has gone about the business of abating the smoke nulsance with a great deal of method,” said Mr. Brya d we of the commission have succeeded in doing away with the greater part of what existed there. We have a good ordinance, a disin- terosted commission and a Citizen Smoke Abatement soclety that is relentless in push- ing notorlous: offenders. In fact, St. Louis is away ahead of any other city using bituminous coal. The abatement of smoke is very simple, as Captain Reynolds can tell you. It consists of two things, & high temperature and air. These two things you must have or you will have smoke. Now this furnace,” he continued, “rep- resents at present a temperature of about 3,500 degrees, and the air, as you see, Is admitted through these apertures. Under theze conditions the existence of smoke is impossible.” Of course the res the the quick was W. H te of his tests, which are very exhaustive, will not be known until his return to St. Louis. Yesterday he visited the Nicholas street works, where he saw the furnace placed completely under the boiler, showing its adaptability where there is bu little room. Today he will put in eight hours at the Poppleton avenue plant, giving the boilers there a thorough ftest. — Grand B 41 Orders. Department Commander Church Howe has issued the following general orders from the leadquarters Department of Nebraska, Grand | Army of the Republic: | General orders No. elghth natic | of the Repubi Pa., Monday, a. m. 2, The department commander hi naied the following as the offiefal routes to Chlcago: v Pacific, Fremont, Llkhorn & Missour! Valley and Northwest- ern raflways for all that territory north of the Platte; the B. & M. and the Chicago, Burlington’ & Quincy for all the territory south of the Platte. At Chicago both trains from the north and south Platte country will be consolidated and proceed to Pittsburg over the Lake Shore, Pittsburg and Lake Erie railwa a Cleveland. Tickets will be good on all trains going eptember 7 o 8 inclusive. Tickets limited for return to Septemebr . One stap-over privilege is allowed between Chicago and Pittsburg. Pullman cars will be attached to these trains and berths can be procured at the usual prices. Scats in reclining cars will be frec. The fare from 8: 1 The twenty. Grand Army at Pittsburg, at 10 o'clock W September. 10, Omaha to Pittsburg and return will be $: Omcers of the rail- oads will accompany these trains and all ymrades and their friends are Iy invited to accompany mrades are especially auested to foln ani {ie morning at 1 o'c {. The headquarters while in Pittshurg will be son, opposite the Mon, all officers and rades will report or | their arrival in - Piltshurg * to Comvade rge H. Jewett, chilef of staff. Delegatc nd others having b s with headana ters will report to fstant adjutant general Gene comp tion of the cums Nek this department, nized as such. Pall Wi CHICAGO, forty Pulln department Hotel Wil- house, where No. The department «hy announces the umseh y ban the riment and will b Le 1 of vecog- they Remove to Kansas, i —A meeting of about u mechanics was held this after- noon to consider the projeet of moving in a body fo Kansas, where it is claimed work has been offered. It was stated again at the meeting the men believid they would be given employment in car works to be built espe clally for them by a capitalist at Hiawatha, Kan. The leaders announced to the men the only step necessary for the ex-employes of the Pullman company wanting work was to secure recommendations from the foremen | of thelr respective departments. A commit- | tee was appointed to see that such recom- mendations were properly made out. It was also determined to send the mittee to Hiawatha Lo look into the soheme carzfully, -~ Deputy ShorifTs Again fespor COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 20.—W. Stratton, th: wealthy Cripple Creek mine owner, Is very indignant over a plot to iay and feather him. of which he received timely warning. The plot was concceted not by the Blue Hill miners, but by ex-deputy sherifts, who are striving to keep slive the bitter feeling between Colorado Sprivgs and Cripple Creek. - to ible. - Sulelded on Account of Bad fealth. OTTUMWA, la, Aug 2%.-Dr, J W. Campbell, resident medical examiner of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Volunteer Relief association, sulcided today by cutiing ASSAULTE CAUSE O wh e ¢ CHICAGO, infantry, was sf First Lioutenant Fitteenth reglime guged in the wor It is said the voked on the pa placed und, before a court a great quarters o where the assau this morn was him as comman nection with th Officers were the suddenly approac dressed him in & some conversing in lo tenant was seen a blow full in was a powerful seemed dazed by but he quickly spurting from I arrest, and then was surrounded dlers and was pu commandan affair was the today at ermy The men were v it with civiliar that took plac before the blow It was noticed t that the two m and that heated when We The crime of in the United St of the most { 15 dismissal fro Weleh will court martial st DENVE the identity of t at the Hotel H ances that ind wrently cleaned 1 today as th unfortunate =on Wooster, has been earnin FALLEJO, € tates crulser Cl his morning for She had a full men LG Over 100 hoboes w nd given aturday fifteen day: Ave law, pleaded eight indictme Mrs. Mary K. cancel her eng: t of il heal Young Amer| m Young. the Columbia th cago Saturday train by a numl A man who from Buffalo The president thorizing the pus of the Choctaw The unknown er a few davs nake Cheyenne. Alonzo K lost his hold on an exhibition at feet and was ins uiser « Limon last Two deaths Ameterdam The news officlally confirm the cholera is country. ts from a The steamer mpton for New sengers, the 8 Boi Aflictod me—in 1 fered more from i wora‘ch would spr 19 Ihrge s o dol Bapariila iavo t iny ki s smugotls better, L. O, T1x BOYD' ny Unquestionabl known fu the no open Baturday st GIAND OPEN ING Fisher & Scol A COLD DAY CHIP Tweo Compante [ o] Notige. his throat with & razor. It was done on ac- count of (Mness, aues wh 7:40 Lieatenunt Weloh, Aug. sensation the ng C In performing the dutles which devolve upon erowded distance apart he was closely gu: the _conver: probably Aug. X The at of Mass., ach Prince Komatsu of Japan night night at the Hotel Barnum in Melbourn, Reports from Ttussia the bandits Id, and make 1 Diretion of 15th ST, TH:ATER, Regular Adu D HIS SUPERIOR Another Row Breaks Out in the Fiftesnth United States Infantry, THE TROUBLE A MYSTERY olonel Crofton Stinging Blow, 26.—Colonel R. A. truck in the face today by B. C. Weleh of company B, nt. Colonel Crofton was en- tk of changing guard mount. attack was entirely £t of Colonel Crofion, er arrest and will martial. The affair throughout army prairie west of Evanston, alt took place. At olonel Crofton was engaged be created der of the regiment in con- of guard about him receiving he change thelr orders and formed quite a group near s tent. Licutenant Welch hed Colonel Crofton and ad- a low tone, The two walked from the others, still w tones. Suddenly the lieu- to strike his superior officer the face with his fist, It blow and Colonel Crofton it and was seen to stagger, recovered, and with blood is nos» crdered Welch under retired to immediately it fn the g his tent. Welch by several sol- 4 house, where ed by oldiers, The sole topic of conversation beadquarters at. Evanstn, ery reticent about discussing What the conversation was botween Crofton and Wel was struc no one knows, by those who saw the affair ten were somewhat excited ation was becoming leh struck the blow. assaulting a superior offl ates army is eansidered us cffenses, and the penalty m the service, Lieutenant be tried by a general Ser ne —— s Tody Identified, myster he remains of a man fow e i ¢ cireum- icated st been ap- up tenti- ¢, the prominent v of who for some time living as a railroad to of a and g his Charleston. Salls for China, al, Aug The United narleston left the navy yard Chinn by way of Honolulu, complement of officers and RAPHIC Domestie, BRIEFS, rested at Buffaws ptences of from ten to the noted Pennsylvania out- Builty turday to twenty= Lease has b gements 10 th. cn,” the new obliged to ak on o play of Wil- «d triumph at cate Poston, ved In Chi- ar ber of his ¢ reglstered committed as su John Smithy le Fri t. Louls. has approved the bill aus hase by a new company Coal and Ralway company, man who sulcided at Den- ago 18 thought to be Raln« who disappeared from the Kalamazoo aeronaut, his parachute while giving his home town. He fell 100 antly killed. “olumbla arrived at Port Monday from urday. f General cholera occurred at Saraivas’ d ed from L. e to the effect that s1o preading In that Managua, Nicaragua, are are becoming dally ‘more aids almost into the city. 1s salled from Southe York Saturday, with 1,129 rgest number ever taken M. L. O Tinkhaem s at Once act T (01 npure hlood ha; somel k no one ever suf- Every pis 1es making $or ' rbotilcy o 1ood's Sarc roughly purified my blood aud asdnintants, L nevce felg AN, Newhail, Califorula. Hood st Cures “Hood's Pills &0 pre mpt and eficleut AMUSEMBNT | Three Nichts and Wednes- day Matinee, bginning nmNnAY AUGUST 27 LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON xow OM AH Charley’s Aunt CHiCAGO, first time here of don Thomns, 09A8 FROHMAN tho bligest comedy success uls of the stage. Box shcets sual pricos. OPULAR PRICES Oue Week, Suaday Matlaee, August ith t # Consolidated Showe AN D—— 0' THE OLD BLOO‘ Diors opui &t 700 shase Gunrd Mount and All the OMcers Were Pressuty Crof- ton, commanding the Fifteenth United States unpro- Weleh tried head- 9 o'clock mount.