Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY Iiatt K. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. —_—— ———— PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING SUBSCRIPTION Year (Without Sunday) Bea and Sunday, One onths Mont hs, Hee, Dall Bix Three Bunday Baturday Tie Weekly 1o IS, 1ding. Singer Bk, Corner N and 2ith Sts, 12, Pearl Stre 17 Chamber ms 13, W and 15, 1 T K. Street, N. W. PONDENCE. relating to news Arensed: To th LETTER Al business letters and remittan addressel 10 The Hee Publishin Omabn checks and postomic be made pay w the order of th THE PUBLISHING ( Omaha Houth Omaha Connell 1Huffs, Chicago Off New York Washington, and_edi Bditor Al o s should b C'm:any. 16} npany MPPANY. bie HEL CULATION ) The Ties Pub. wveort, ways that TATEMENT OF C1 ge I3, Tzschuck, secrotary ng company, being duly tual number of full and complete coples o Daily Morning, ning and Sunday e printed during the month of KFebruary, 1895, was 0.1 24 uctions for unsold and’ returned Net males hl:ll\' ‘n\‘mgv . e A ORGE . TZ! and subscribe Tarch, " 1495 ¥iiL, Notary Sworn o hefore me in my pres- co this 24 day of ence fhis 20 day_« Hathe South Omaha appears to be a profit- able field for b iailing sheets and professional holdups. Watterson will 11 nered democratic Kentucky from a safe cyrie, abroad for a year, witness the fend in He goes Henri 00-( Ohio republicans v fire the first gun of this year's campaign at Zanesville tonight and give McKinley his first gendoff for his presidential boom. With six to ten claimants for every elghty acres in the Kickapoo reserva- tion, there an abundance of material and pr tion for cemetery promo- tion in that section. Tnless the hot winds that are sweep- Ing the wheat belt west of the Miss- issippl are followed by heavy they are sure to be followed by another upheaval in the wheat pit. Vo The agitation in favor of a Fifteenth street viaduct as a substitute for the Sixteenth street viaduct will result in a jangle that will afford a good excuse for the railronds to do nothing. cailroad to Fremont geems to be sagging. It is to be Loped that the projectors will not be dis- couraged by want of substantial sup- port of the land owners along the line. The organic law of Utah is receiving a general overlauling in the eastern press, Some of the points raised against the Utah constitution are de- cldedly pertinent and some are very impertinent. That eleetrie Senator Joe Blackburn, who is a uat- ural born tragedian, has buckled on his cont of mail and ehallenged Carlisle to mortal f v in the bombastic langu: of the immortal Macheth just before Macduff got in h W ever the outcome of this season’s harvest may be there is one erop that is sure never to fail us in Nebraska—that is the crop of political place hunters. Candidates for the fall of 1806 are al- ready beginning to put their work in. work of the The ASSESSOTS through. Now let the missioners institute a search after tax- able property t is hiding behind )«Hlu-Jn‘vh'ullwl exemption. The troubly Wwith our assessors is that they do not always manage to uncover the habit ual tax shirker. The Board of Education should stee clear of the impudent howling dervishes who are ftrying to dictate the course which the board should pursue in the selection of its employes by resolutions adopted in dark lantern meetings. Keep the schools out of politics and free from sectarian contentions, Is about county com- The story of the alleged hawking of the hand and heart of Queen Lil in the royal matrimonial markets of Japan, which reaches us by way of San ¥ran- cisco, has a good deal of occidental flavor and oriental imagination about it. It may contain a few grains of truth embalmed in a very large lump of fiction, Between the clashing of the financial doctors the country is liable to be af- flicted withi brain fever. One set of these political economists Insists that there cannot be too much money in cir culation. The other set declares that a glut of money would ruin the country Fortunately there is no immedia ger of either of these conditions. Ohfo vepublicans meet today to nominate ports from Zanesville foreshadow a factional contest over the nomination for governor, which is regarded as hay- ing a direct bearing upon the fortunes of Governor McKinley as a presidential candidate, It is exceedingly doubtrul, however, whether *the pent-up factional feeling will be given-an opportunity to vent itself in the open convention. We tuke it that Gever. or MeKiniey's friends will be too discreet to provoke such an outbreak, even if his favorite candidate for governor fails to receive the nomina- tion. On the other hand, General For. aker I8 too shrewd a politician to force a- fight with MeKinley at this stage, when he must realize that McKinley is i position to smash a good deal of his senatorial erockery even if he does not reach out after the senatorial plum him. self. The chances are that a truoce will be agreed upon between the warring factions by the time the convention gets in motion and the threatened outburst Will subside before it wakes any head- in state convention ticket. Re- A VERY IMPOKTANT DECISION. One of the most far-reaching decisions ever handed down by the United States supréeme court has just been promul- gated with the dental of the application of Eugene V. Debs for a writ of habeas corpus. The supreme conrt enunciates the principles under which the United States may exercise the power conferr upon congress by the constitution regulate interstate commerce and extent to which the power of the civil authorities may be exerted to restrain its obstroction, In defining these powers for the first to that the entire str civil and military, may be used to en foree in any part of the land the full and free exe of all national pow and the security of all rights entrusted 1 the constitution to its care. relation of the general government t interstate comme clse rains | tion of United States mails makes imperative on the part of the fede authority to prevent the forcible struction of vehicles or trains cony [the same. Whenever, tl power of the civil or military ties is Invoked to prevent forcible in- terference with the United States mails the government Lias all the attributes of sovereignty and may exercise its powoers for the removal of all obstructions and the unmolested conveyance of the mails, In the exercise of the powers for the protection of interstate commerce st soverelgnty must give way to the tional nuthority. These arve substant of the decision. Ther that under such o definition of the federal powers the detention of pas- senger trains by striking operatives will be rendered impossible unless the strikers are so desperate as to volun tarily subject themselves to the penalty for conspiracy and resistance to federal authority. While the decision may be regarded as a deadly blow to the Am can Railway union and all other organi- zations of railway employes that seek redress through strikes, the effect is liable to be beneficial to labor in the and. Tt will force workingmen to seek redress for grievances on new and more peaceful lines. Tt will stimulate the agitation of railway control and regula- tion by the government both for the protection of the railway employe, the railway companies and the public. Tt will result in an educational campaign in favor of railway service reform with assurances of living wages and st ob- ing the 1y the vital points can be no doubt 80 | employment during good behavior | promotions on the line of merit instead of favoritism. It may, if these reforms are resisted by railw the demands for regulation and super- vision are fgnored by congress, lead to political nsequences that will eventuate in government ownership of all railways and modes of transporta- tion. The 800,000 men employed on rail- roads can exert a tremendous influence if organized for the promotion of mutual interests on ratlonal line BACKWARD AND FORWARD. A man ean never be lost while travel- ing a straight road. A newspaper that fearlessly adyocates what it believes to be right and never dodges and straddles an issue of vital public concern can al- ways face its record. The attempt of our amiable contemporary to rake up the dead ashes of past political campaigns for evidences of inconsistency on the part of The Bee i LOOKING » is not likely to mislead iwybody who i familiar with the his- tory of local polities or the conditions that call for a general house cleaning this fall. The World-Hlerald can de- ceive nobody by its f cuttlefish tactics. It sheds a great deal of inky fluid with extracts from The Bee dur- ing the campaigns of 1891 and 1893, but it sheds no light upon its devious, slip- pery course and manifest affiliation with the hoodlum element of the A. P. A. or- der which seeks to domnate our county and city governments, Now let us take a look backward at the two last local campaigns. Tt Is charged by the W.-H. that in 1891 The Bee supported the entire republican county and city tickets and we are told that a specially bitter fight was made upon Hon. M. V. Gannon, the demo- cratic nominee for district clerk, because Mr. Gannon was a Catholic. But The Bee opposed Gannon and sup- ported all of the “howling dervishes” in their maiden effort to obtain a political foothold in this vicinity. J. W. Eller was the “howling dervish” nominee for county judge, and The Bee supported him against Patrick King, who was bitterly opposed by the “howling dervish™ element on the ground that he was a Catholic. In its issue of November 2, 1891, The Bee is quoted as saying: The Bee cheerfully admits that Police Judge Patrick King has credentials as a lawyer from lTowa, but he has no record in our courts, while J. W. Eller, his opponent, is qualified for the position of county judge by long years of practice in Nebraska. Judge Scott, George Bennett, Irey, Sack- ett, Eller, Olsen and Bolln were on that ticket. It was well understocd that every one of them afliated with and were backed “howling dervishes.” Yet | The Bee said on November 2, 1891: Vote for the republican county ticket The republican nominces are as a whole excellent men, competent and possess the confidence of the community It is true that The Bee did support the entire county republican tic in 1891, as it did the city ticket of the same year. But nobody ean quote a line from The Bee that can be construed as rais- ing a s Mr. Gannon volunteered to express his | appreciation of fair treatment at the hands of The Bee in a letter to its editor after the election is sufficient proof that In opposing his election The Bee re sorted to no dishonorable warfare, Mr, Gannon's opponent, Frank Moores, was one of the most popular republicans in the county, and, moreover, was not con- nected with the A, P, A, It will be noted that in commending Eller for the position of county judge The Bee did not oppose King on account of his nationality or creed, but on the ground of a lack of professional experi- ence. It must also be remembered that the coutest in 1891 was waged against the demoeratie city and county Tam many, whom the great mass of voter: regardless of party or nationality de- vorite sired to dislodge from power. The men time in the history of the country the | court plants itself on the broad platform | ieth of the nation, | {tion of affairs in the jail, and while the | | whitewash of Bennett and his deputios tarian issue, and the fact that | | Cunnigham R. | that those who proved themselyes incompe- tent, disreputable or anworthy were, re- pudiated by The Bee two ars later wlhen they eame up for re-election, How was it with our double-dealing contemporary? In the face of the Mosher scandal and the horrible condi- professing to support Drexel for sheriff, | the World-Herald on the eve of the elec- #lon betrayed fvs enndidate for the price | of a few thousand a papers and | published an alleged vindi fon and But the people took more stock in its 1 advice in 1801 than they do in The charge timt The Bee supported | Scott is true, but Scott's anties on the beneh had not outrs Justice and disgraced the district. How is it with the World-Herald? It has ked his most flagrant usurpations of power and 0 commended the travesty on justice to which the people of this district have b ted within the last th mply heer editor's head in the violations and doubtle Scott has had the merve to use the | powers of his court for incarcerating reporters and editors of The Bee who were supposed to have eriticised his illegal actions, Looking backward at 18! and 1803 The Bee has no apologies to make any | more than it has for 1891, It did sup- port Ricketts for the legislature in 1 and his record in that term was creditable as his record in the last te was indefensible. The same m: said of other men who have proved themselves recreant to the trust reposed in them. The campaign of 1805 forces to the front entiroly new issues. They are purely local and touch the pockets of the taxpayer and the wellbeing of the community. The World-Herald insists that the only way to get relief is through the straight democratic ticket, althongh it knows well that democracy is split into factional fragments over issues that have no relation to local affairs. Mani- festly these tactics are only a repetition of the shuttlecock and battledore policy which has so thoroughly demoralized and disorganized the party for which it pretends to speak. MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WEST. From all parts of the west come the most favorable reports of new dis- coveries of mineral wealth, Silver miners who have been entorced to idle- ness by the low price of the white metal have been seeking compensation in the gold regions and as a result hardly a day pa s that does not bring the news of discovery of rich fields of gold- bearing ore. In Colorado, Arizona, Idaho and the Black Hills new gold discoveries of prolific richness have been made. Thousands of miners heretofore employed only in silver workings are flocking to the newly discovered regions and are being rewarded he their highest expectations, As a r of the renewed aetivity fn the west financiers arve already noting the in- creased output of the yellow metal and calenlating its effeet upon the mone- tary situation. That the largely in- creased amount of gold being poured into the mints will do much to readjust the disturbed financial relations be- tween the United States and the single standard nations of Burope is not be doubted. But the new era of mining develop- ment in the west is not to be measured by the increased output of gold. The Bee has alread directed attention to the recently brightened prospects for the development of the almost unlimited oil resources of Wyoming. nmples of Wyoming oil recently submitted to ¢ perienced refiners of London have brought out the most flattering state- ments as to its quality and commercial value. Eastern experts no longer hesi- tate to express their belief that the oil fields of Pennsylvania and Obio will practically exhaust themselves in the near future. The Wyoming oil fields must evidently become the scene of the greatest activity and will ultimately rvival the fields of the east. In anticipa- tion of this operations in Wyoming are already being pushed quietly, but every fndication points to work upon a large scale In the very near future, The recent rise of prices in the iron trade has spurred the iron and steel workers of southern Colorado to re- newed energy. Extensive operations have again commenced at Pueblo and under the spur of the better outlook in iron circles in the country generally the iron and steel industry of the west has received a decided impetus, With the inereased demand and higher prices Pueblo can become a second Pittshurg. All the are mere incidents in the development of the mineral resources of the west, but they serve to illustrate the fallacy of the assumption of the free silver orators that the industrial pro- gress of the great mineral states has been arrested by the extraordinary fall in the price of silver bullion. For- tunately, the states along the crest of the continent are not dependent upon their silver mines aione. They are in exhaustibly rich in other minerals more in demand by the financial and in- dustrial world. These resources are al- ady being drawn upon by the praeti- enl silver mine owners, who have been quick enough and practical enough to veal that it will require something more than the vaporings of the free nd the mounthings of the orators to bring back the haleyon days of silver mining. rmant capital piled up in the { the east is already emerging from its retirement and is seeking in- vestment in the mines, smelters and refineries of the west. There are many reasons for the belief that within the coming two years the Investment of idle capital in the western mineral and oil fields will give to the new develop. ment of the west an hmpetus that will carry it far beyond the expectations of the most sanguine, ev ove of lotter also sl I because | D w as m gold to The Inter Ocean draws some chuuks of comfort out of the report was flashed from Germany by cable that Prince Bismarck sides with | the bimetallic faction of Prussia, which | is better known o the seas as the big agravian or farwers' party, that favors | in 1801 were on probation and | the iwposition of Leavy lwmport duties | on American_grajn and cattle to keep up the prices ofheir products. Accor: ing to the versiin cabled to the Assoct ated press Bisihrck claims to have been privately a friend of silver, but as chancellor of the German empire he had to establigh the gold stands as a con cession to his associates In the eabinet. This Is a very nice story to tell the marines. Bismarck ne was known to make concessions when he was in the cabinet, The T, Ll Tha financtal ton s Republic plan of Governor Boies of Iowa, offered durfng the last session of con- Eress, not having been acted upon, the gov- error has declared for 16 to 1. The last con- gress overlooked a great many things. Grandfathers Deny It Tachester Union Tt is asserted that “the most vigorous gen- eration of mankind which ever inhabited this country is the generation which now lives in it.” This {s contrary to the pre- vailing beliet and is flatly contradicted by everybody's grandfather. ot Melancholy Stock Taking. Chicago P President Cleveland s to have a good re at Gray Gables, and while there he may try to figure out just where his party is. At present when he tries to put his hand on a democrat he is not sure whether he will find a_sound-money republican of a free-silver populist, —_——— Champlon Spelib'nder, ‘mes-Herald Mr. Bryan, the champion spellbinder of the foothills, will uphold the cause of free silver in a joint debate with Mr, Zzisler. and by his self-adjustable system of logic attempt to show that the alleged interests of his alleged constituents are paramount to those of sixty- 0dd millions of Ameriean citizens. AL Bty Avallability of Sehofi Duffalo Express The boom of General Schofield for the presidency has been sprung informally, but it may develop strong qualities If the gen- eral Is himself favorable. His availability lies in the fact that he Is known to be a good administrator and has no record what- ever on political and cconomic questions s An Unfor unate Clty, York World, The unfortunate city of Havana now has yellow fever, smallpox and Spanish martial law all prevailing at once. But smallpox and yellow fever are minor evils compared to captain-generals who think they ecan order out a file of musketeers and fusilade the life out of progress and nineteenth cen- tury civilization. 3 Penny Wise, Ponnd Foolish, Globe-Democrat The last congress cut down the appropria- tions for the federal courts below the cost of maintenance, in orde of economy, and now hundreds of minor of- fic are 'serving without pay, witnesses are compelled to wait for their fees, and the operations of these important tribunals are generally embarrassed. Another instance of the way in which democratic rule makes trouble e The feason Legislation, « News. The Michigan legislature, following a fool- ish example set by the Nebraska lawmakers a dozen years ago, has pased a law which forbids one man to “treat” another malt, spirituous or vinous liquors. As an ex- ample of idiotic, legislation the measure is of some Interest. Otherwise it is no better than so much waste paper. It is impossible to enforce such a law, and, as a matter of fact, no attempt to enforce it will be made. The'law is aimed at a real evil—an evil into the practice of whith mature and mentally and financially capable men go deliberately and willingly. "Tre legislature might as well pass a law forbiddipg a man to ruin his ai- gestion through eating irpfoper food. e The Wyoming Ol Fiel Chicago Tribune. The Omaha Bee s exultant over the prom- ises of the Wyoming oil fields and the pros- pect that Omaha may reap some of the bene- fits therefrem, though Denver will be a strong competitor, as it is already figuring for a pipe line from Wyoming. It is expected by the experts that these oil fields ere long will be the most prolific sources of oil in this country, especially as it is conceded generally that the Ohio andi Pennsylvania wells are glving out. Hence The Bee urges that the Omaha capitalists should strike at once. It claims Omaha occupies the same relative position toward the Wyoming oil fields as Cleveland to those of Ohio and Pennsylvania That the oil fields are chiefly near the head waters of the Platte, and consequently there will be a natural fall all the way to Omaha, and that while as a refining c would have equal advantages, as a distribut- ing center Omaha would be way ahead of its rival. It says: “The railroad lines converg- ing in Omaha would cover a territory that has now to be supplied from Ohio and Penn- sylvania, and the saving of freights in car- rying the oil by pipe line instead of rail to | the Missouri river would afford a very de- cided margin in favor of Omaha.” R BANK MESSENGER ROBBED, Nearly Two Thousand in Cash and a Num- ber of Checks Taken. ST. LOUIS, May 27.—Richard Bozewetter, a messenger in the employ of the Stefel brewery, while on the way to the bank about noon today was knocked down on the street and robbed of a satchel containing $1,950 in cash and a large amount of checks. His assailants were two young men appar- ently 22 years of age, neither of whom were known to him. Both made thelr escape with the money. The young man started from the brewery just before noon for the Northwestern bank, only a few blocks away. He carrled the money and checks in a valise. The assault was made upon him by the two men while he was passing a corner a block and & half from the brewery. One sefzed the satchel contalning the money, while the other beat him. The bag was wrenched from his grasp and the robbers made off instantly., Bozwetter's screamed for help, and although the neighborhood In which the robbery occurred is thickly popu- lated, no one came to his rescue until the highwaymen had disappeared. ——— MINUTE ON Charles Murphy' Thinks He Can Race a Locomotive with a Good Track. PHILADELPIHHA; May 27.—Fred Burns of MILE 4 A WHEEL the Varona Boat.club of Brooklyn has been | in correspondenca with Vice President Frank Compton of the Pennsylvania railroad in the interest of Charles Murphy, tle crack New | of | York bicyclist.~fmrns and a number metropolitan bicycling enthusiasts are of the opinion that M8rphy, placed by a locomo- tive, can ride a mile on his wheel in one minute. Vice President Thompson has been asked to granfy permission to Murphy's friends for a pu rlal on any of the di- visions of the sylvania rallroad, w York divi preferred, allowing one of the raflroad’s fast locomotives to pace | the rider. The idea s to lay a broad track within the | two steel rails, on which Murphy will prove | his wheel, foilowing In the wake of the locomotive. He will encounter no wind re- sistance, the suctfon from the engine being in reality an assistance. He is confident of his ability to accomplish the feat and is cager to prove that the limit of speed of a bicycle has not yet been reached. to make a false show | to any | nter Denver | the | THAT REPLY TO CARLISLE. Chicago Journal: Mr. Bryan's motto seems to be: “Truth Is the most valuab'e thing we have. Let us economize it." Indianapolis News: Mr. Bryan endeavors to trip Secretary Carlisle with the deadly parallel column, but Mr. Bryan labors under the impression that conditicns during the last fifteen or twenty years have not changed. Sioux City Journal According to Bryan, Mexico has a depreciated currency because she is not numerically and commerclally strong enough to maintain 60 cent dollars at par, but the United States is, and there- fore she ought to do it Our advice to Bryan 1s to let buzz saws alone. | Chicago Herald: Young Mr. Bryan of | Nebraska can do himself no good by attack- | ing Secretary Carlisle for having changed his opinion on silver coinage. Lycurgus put into operation the free and unlimited coinage of iron, but even young Mr. Bryan doesn’t believe that fron would make good money now—at least, it is to be hoped he doesn’t. Minneapolis Journal: Nebraska Bryan has | been reviewing Mr, Carlisle’'s financial | record, and doing it right in Memphis, too, where Carlisle made a great speech the other day. But there is this difference be. tween Carlisle and Bryan—Carlisle has re formed and got into sympathy with the solld business sense of the country, while B n hasn't, and is never expected to. | Chicago Mail: Admirers of that young cyclene of Nebraska oratory, W. J. Bryan [are grieved to see that in his speech at Mem phis last night, in reply to the ‘“sound money” arguments of Secretary Carlisle, he devoted most of his time to pointing out the wide divergence between the financial views Mr. Carlisle owns today, or that own him, and those that were attached to him in | 1878, Mr. Bryan realizes that inconsistency | is a handy virtue in a political opponent, because it gives one a chance to berate him for Insincerity, for being a weathercock, for not knowing his own mind, and for various other extremely serfous fallings. Mr. Bryan's attitude may be attributed to the exuberance of his youth. It dcesn't do credit to the maturity of his judgment. The only banks that show a tendency to let go of their surplys are those lining’ the Missouri. The three said to be a sequi two ecalypti near tialia The Cleveland World, edited by | Robert P. Porter, regards Benjamin son as the most eligible republican | for 1896 A negro was lynched In Kentucky and two white men in Illinois for assaults on women. This leaves a balance In favor of the north and disposes of the color line in the rope walk The hauling down of two American flags in Canadian towns on the 24th bas not pro Other silent tallest trees in the world are a near Stockton, Cal., and Rizley, Victoria, Aus- Hon Harri- leader | voked Don Dickinson's warlike spirit. conspicuous jingoes are strangely | these perilous” times | Stephen G. Foster, the man who wrote | “0. Susannah” and the “OldsFolks at Home" and the “0ld Kentucky Home,” is to have a monument if the Bohemian club of Pitts- burg succeeds in its endeavor. Lawyer Joseph Choate made a respect- able fortune out of the income tax litiga- tion. A number of wealthy New Yorkers guaranteed him $100,000, it is said, and an | additional $100,000 contingent on the over- | turning of the law. A mighty laugh echoes throughout Mis sourl at the expense of Governor Stone. An extra session of the legislature was con- vened by him. for the purpose of inaugurat- ing reform and exterminating the lobby. | The latter .graciousty permitted one bill to pass before adjournment and left an ex- | pense account of $80,000. An old batchelor who has just died in Vienna, a man of great wealth, was a con- firmed ‘misogynist to the day of his death. In his will he directed his executors to bury him where no woman could be interred nea him, and if necessary to purchase two extra graves, one on either side of his own, and leave them empty, so that in death he could escape proximity to the fair sex The nearest approach to Job in modern times is a Mr. Wilks of Hamford Hill, Lon- don. On being hauled up for non-payment of a debt Mr. Wilkes exvlained that he had a wife and eleven children to support; that he had recently lost a horse, had been laid up with the quinsy and had not had a {drink in two years. On this statement the magistrate released him Hypnotism is raging in the town of Hunt- ington, Conn., in consequence of a revival ried on by an expert in that line. It is sald that school children hypnotize their teachers, old soaks work barkeepers, hus- bands stifie curtain lectures and corpora- tion managers give up political secrets while under its influence. Such astonishing capers have not been seen or heard since the Cays of the witch Experiments age a child first musfc show that to determine at what becomes responsive to at six or seven months | they are fully so, at least so far as time is coucerned. That they are also sensitive to fone at the same age is shown by ex- periments on a child of seven months, who will not begin to beat time to “Pat-a-cake’ picked on the zither in any chord higher than E, but at once responds to E. Medical Inspector Edward Kershner, who was tried by a naval court martial in Brook- Iyn recently, was medical officer on the frigate Cumberland in the action with the rebel ram Merrimac in Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862. He was the last person to leave her deck as she sank and was rescued from drowning by one of the marine guards. By order of Assistant Secretary of the Navy G. V. Fox he attended Commander Worden, who was wounded on the Monitor, to Wash” ington. Varlous causes are offered in explanation of Monday's hot gale, but none cf them reach the taproot of the blast. There was a prize baby show in St. Louls last week A few were rewarded and beribboned, while nine out of every ten failed to receive that recognition their doting mothers coveted. Perhaps the disappointed mothers differed from their more northern sisters, but it is a significant fact that the Saharaic blast came from a point due south, Rev. Anna Shaw of Boston addressed the woman's congress in San Francisco, and urged as the first step toward real reform in cities the employment of women on the police force. It requires no great stretch of imagination to connect this suggestion with the remarkable favor with which the bicycle costume is received. Add to it the belt and club and star and the result would be a panic in the haunts of evil. Bicycle costumers builded better than they knew. s FELL FROM THE BALLOON, made Carrled Five Hundred Feot in the Air and Then Dropped and Was Killed. ST. LOUIS, May 27.—A young man named Heafle was carried up into the air by balloon yesterday afternoon and dropped off and was killed. He and a number of other young men and boys were engaged to hold the balloon while it was being filled with gas. When the signal was given they all released their hold but Heafle. He clung to the bar or was caught in the rigging and was carried up a distance of from 400 to 600 feet, when he dropped. Prof. G. Barson, the aeronaut, sald that when about 500 or 600 feet from the ground he saw Heafle still holding on to the balloon The aeronaut was frightened and called upon Heafle to hold om, but he let go and was killed, Heafle was 25 years of age, a toamster by occupation, residing in this city, People who knew Heafle say he was not right In his mind. a Highest of all in Leavening Power.-—Latest U. 8. Gov't Report Rl Baking Powder UNION OF AMERICAN MILLIONS, Bosuty and Bullion Reprosented in a Com- Ing Wedding. So many American heiresses have of late chosen foreigners for husbands that a depart- ure from the unpatriotic custom Is note- owrthy. The marriage of Miss Adele Sloan to Mr. James A. Burden, which will occur at Lenox, Mass, June 6, will be distictively American, and will surpass both the Gould and Leiter nuptials in the wealth represented by the contracting parties. The brile's mother is worth $20,000,000, and the groom is a young Croesus. The bride-to-be has two uncles worth $80,000,000 aplece, and half a dozen worth $20,000,000 each. But as she is to wed a plain American citizen, no body has given much attention to the affair. Hal Miss Adele Sloane given herself to a penniless grandee from the other side she | would no doubt be famous by this time. Miss chil The Sloane is the second of the grand en of the late W. H. Vanderbilt to wed. young lady is the daughter of William D. Sloane, who married a daughter of the lato millionaire and got $15,000,000 by the performance. — Mr, Sloane himself is worth many millions in his own right, howeve This is his daughter's third season ‘“‘out She has been the center of a whirl of gay- cties for weeks at the Court, the superb Sloane country seat at Lenox. Then she is entertained, too, at Wyndhurst, the house of | Mr. n Sloane, her muiti-millionaire uncle..( In additlon to fhat, another uncle of Miss | Sloane, Cornellus Vanderbilt, has leased th Bacon cottage at Lenox. Then Mr. and Mre. James Abercomble Burden, parents of the | groom, and millionaires both, have taken the fine Eddy cottage for the soason, and thelr affairs in honor of the approaching event are beyond description. Miss Sloane herself drives out daily in her famous four-in-hand drag. The fair girl is an expert with the whip, in addition to being an expert in arch- ery and a devotee of all outdoor sports. Miss Sloane much resembles her mother, who is a member of the famed Morris family of Baltimore. ~ One of the marrled sisters of this lady is Mrs. Richard Irwin, who residen here, and another who lives in Paris is Mrs. Griswold Gray, who made her home in New York prior to her widowhood. Mre, Burden is an aunt of Mrs. Frederick Gebhard. Her son, the groom, is still a student. Miss Sloane's trosseau is simply a reve- lation. There is everything in it that ever was thought of in connection with a tros- seau. It costs, including the pearl trim mings, about $40,000. The evening dress Is of straw-colored satin, trimmed at the bot- tom of the skirt with tulle, bordered with satin, forming smail butterfly bows very close together. The body is covered with tulle edged with satin, and trimmed before and behind with two tulle dered with black spangles r pearls. On the right shoulder is a bunch of roses of various sh. The back part of the skirt is red with straw-colored tulle cut at intervals with straw-colored satin, on the cross. Then there is a dress for a garden party. The dress is of white pique, with brocaded pattern of green and black, giving the ef fect of a pompadour material. The skirt Is plain. The body is in three plaits behind In front, one large plait in the middle, show- ing a shot taffeta flounce, accordeon-plaited on each side. The sleeves are of the same tafteta plaited, cut in the middle by a dou- ble crest of accordeon taffeta plaited Another object of interest Is a small cape of crepon, not coming below the waist. It is of lavender crepon, in a point before and behind, forming large and wide godets over the shoulders. Tt is trimmed all round with a small ruche of shot taffeta. In front it forms a sort of draped shawl, stopping at the waist, where it is confined by a large satin bow. The neck s trimmed with shot taffeta, with a large white satin bow be- hind. The bride’s wedding dress was made by Worth, or, rather, by his sons. It is of heavy satin, ivory colored, trimmed with point lace thirteen inches wide, Bretonne pattern. The train Is round and cleven feet long. The gown is lined throughout with heavy satin, fashioned at the bottom with lace ruffles, trimmed with bows of satin ribbon. A large drapery flows over the bodice. The sleeves are exceptionally wide, very full at the top, and taken in at the under part, buttoning closely over the walst. The bodice of the gown fastens at the back, under a’roll of [ satin and two bows of lace. The bridal veil Is of very rare old lace, fastened at the crown of the head with a bunch of orange blossoms. e KIPLING’S PRIVATE MULVANEY. Soldier Who Told the Tales from the Hills Discovered in San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.—The Call has iscovered the original of Rudyard Kipling's “Private Mulvaney.” He fs William M- Manus, and he lives in San Franc To him, according to the Call's story, Kipling | is indebted for many of the marvelous storles | that have made him famous. McManus, who was a soldier in India, says he knew Kipling when the latter was about 18 years old. Later McManus “‘bossed” a gang of mative track layers on the government railroad, and In telling of it, McManus said: “Well, T re- member Kipling in those days—a plucky, in- quisitive little fellow In the civil service, | whom I first met at Cawnpore, where he | passed his bottle around among us privates and then got us to tell all the yarns of the barrack room. He had a little stubby black mustache and wore specs.” p McManus was born in 1839, and eighteen years later enlisted in the army. He went to India in 1857. 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