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The herald., 1894-07-15
TIDAL ACTION ON WELLS.

Peculiar bubterranean Formation in Ne
braaka.
There is peculiar district, or rather
district over peculiar subterranean
formation in the Platte River valley, in
Nebraska, involving more particularly
the counties of Colfax, Butler and Polk.
This is the region OF the singular roaring
wells, whose waters alec rise and fall, a
clearly defined tidal action. OF the
three counties mentioned Polk leads,
having 16 or Is of these curiositiee.
There are honrs when the water will
gradually rice, and during this time the
wells exhale such quantity of air as to
make strong current, which is accom-.
panied by roaring sound which can be
heard to considerable distance. After
q short interval of quiescenoe the ebb
setts in. the water slowly falls. and the
inhalation that follows is as if the air at
the mouth of the we'll were in q mad
rush to follow the receding tide.
From theae facts an impression pre-.
walls in many minds that Nebra ska,
Kansas and a portion OF Indian terri
tory rest on an immense subterranean
sea. In support of this position it is
alleged that square miles OF land have
disappeared in Kansas, leaving lakelete
OF unfathomable depth instead. While
it is true that the other regions men
toned also occasionally exhibit wells
having this roaring feature, there is
nothing in this to sustain the view of
an underground lake or sea, certainly
not as we understand these terms when
they are applied to bodies OF water on
the surface. Nor 10 it by any means un-
common for portion of the earfacs to
sink from sight, case of this kind
having recently occurred du ring the
earthquake in Venezuela, in South
America, and the 'sunken country" in
the vicinity of New Madrid, on the Mis-
sissippi river, having disappeared in the
prolonged seismic disturbance OF
1S11-12.
While it may not be generally known
it is nevertheless fact that come OF
Pennsylvania gas wells have exhibited
the peculiar tidal tendency, and while
in many instances the drill has
penetrated below the ocean level it does
not necessarily follow that any of these
wells, either OF water or gas, are in com.
munication with the sea. What would
seem far more probable is that these
Wolic nhy Win tTcab tnhL
have more or less connection with the
mobile interior, and where we may log.
ically infer that there 10 also a tidal
manifestation. All the Nebraska roar
ing wells extend down to a porous
stratum, presumably aurface in come
former age, and it is probable that the
water lying among the loose material of
the former bed is in some way affected
hU .
earth's internal tides. When the re-
cession takes place it is only natural
that there should be suction inward
and an expulsion whom the flow Gets in.
The occasional subsidence of surfaces
below water level can be readily ac-
counted for apart from any theory OF
underground oceans. which is entirely
untsnable. But these remarkable wells
are worthy of more careful observation
than they have yet received.
Dispatch.
The herald., 1894-07-15
GLIMPsEs IN BOSTON.
Favorable Opinion of the Heraid-Notes
of Intcroat.

Favorable Opinion OF tho Heraid-Notss
of IntcrsHt.
The Boston Herald says OF Glimpses:
Thefe is O new work ;ssusd by the His-
torical Publishing company OF Philadel-
phis. 1t has the rather ambitious de-
sign OF showing all tho important
natural ecensry in North America.
From what we have ssen of the series
the publishers claim that it is ths bast
work OF the kind extsnt seams fairly
substsntiated. The illustrations are
well executed and tho choice of scenery
is excellent The text accom- panving is
full of carefully prepared inform alton.
Taking it altogether the book is one
that no person desiring to keep we'll in
formed should be without.
NOTES ON GLMPsEs.
There is steadily increasing demand
for Glimpses
Remember to show Glimpses to your
friends and tell them the terms by
which the book may De obtained.
A good binding will be ready whom
the series is completed. All the port
folios to No. % are ready for delivery at
the HERALD office.
resorts of New York, is fully illustrA ed
in N. %.
Views OF the Thousand islande OF the
st. Lawrence river appear in No. %.
Be sure and save the coupons.
The herald., 1894-07-15
NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.
Many Unique Features in Engine
Being yuIlt in Boston.

Many Unique Features in an Engine
Being Built in Boston.
There is an electric locomotive in
course OF construction in Boston, ac-
cording to the Transcript, which prom
ices 80 meet all the requirements for
propelling railroad trains. 1t is an
eight horse power machine, and it is
unique. The distinctive feature of the
Invention ID the substitution OF piston
and cylind or i'll place of the usual ro-
tary motor for the application OF power.
Tho cylinder is much lower than for
steam purposes, and has in its interior q
series OF magnets The piston passes
entirely through the cylinder. with CROSS
heads Mt either end. On the piston with
in the cylinder is series of armatures OF
peculiar obstruction. On the axle of
the driving wheels are commutato.s.
wnoee function is to apply and cut If
the electric current, iust as the eccen-
tries control the steam OF steam engine.
1t 10 practicable to run the machine a.
200 revolutions OF the axle per minute,
and with a driving wheel 81 feet ia
diameter and the crank pin 5 leet from
the center there wonld be 6-foot stroke
under fuil head of power. The ma
chine is adapted to receive the electric
current either by trolley wire, third
rail in the track or from storage bat
The herald., 1894-07-15
PART II-PAGES 9 TO 16

vigorously. while her companion smiled
approval, and remarked:
II shall keep that interesting piece Of
ribbon. 1t saves me several thousand
dollars in duties"
There's another like it," said the
fair cousin; "but | guess I won't takc
that off,"
The other. of course. was not on the
side next the wall.
"You have to get a cab now for your
curiosity" she added, "for that article
was worn for use as we'll as profit, and
If | walk-well. it might come down,
ard that wouldn't be pleasant"
And after luncheon the happy smug-
glers went away in q cab. Atlanta
Constitution.
The herald., 1894-07-15

all probability play havoc with the
digestion.
Santa Catalina is really but little
known. Rumors OF warm weather
reach Avalon, but here it is delightfully."-
cool. There are more people at the
Metropole this week than the same
time lsst year; more cottages rented
and more people on the Island; go the
strike which seems to have affected
nearly every resort has not touched
Catalina. 1t is interesting to note that
there is a number of railroad men here
very sensibly going fishing until affairs
improve.
The herald., 1894-07-15
A horse kicked II. S. Shafer, OF the

A horse kicked H. S. Shafer, OF the
Freemyer House, Middleburg, N. Y, On
the knee. which laid him up in bed and
caused the knee joint to become stiff. A
friend recommended him to use Cham
berlaln's Pain Balm, which he did, and
in two days was able to be- around. Mr..
Snafer has recommended it to macy
others and says 1T Is excellent for amy
kind Of b 1,se or apra H. Ihis same
remedy 10 alsn famous ii,r its cures of
rheumatism. For safe by OF 4 NsnShn,
Fourth and Spring street, u. L. 1s.lz,-
man, 222 North Main street.
The herald., 1894-07-15
WHAT A CANNON BALL CAN DO.
Chance Shots In tho Chilean War That
Went Through Jronclnds.

Chance shots In tho Chilean War That
Went Through Jronclads.
In dwelling upon the wonderful power
OF the guns of the Indiana, Albert Frank
lin Matthews, in an article upon The
Evolution OF a Bsttleship, in the Con-
tary for July, gives illustrations from
the recent Chilean civil war, showing
the effectiveness OF the smaller sizes OF
breech loading rife guns.
A shot weighing 250 pounds from an
eight-inch gun of Fort Valdivia, in Val
pariso harbor, struck the cruiser Blanco
Encalada above the armor belt, passed
through the captains cabin, took the
pillow from under his head, dropped his
head ON the mattress with a thump, but
without injurng hair, passed through
the open door into the mess room,
where it struck the floor and
glanced to the ceiling. Then
it went through wooden
bulkhead one inch thick into room 25x
10 feet. where forty men were sleeping
in hammocks. 1t killed six of them
of whom died, after which it passed
through a stcel bulkhead five inches
thick, and ended its course by striking
a battery outside, in which it made a
dent nearly two inches deep. 1t was
fillad with Sand. Had it released deadly
gases no one knows what damage it
might have done.
A 450-pound missile from ten-inch
gun in the same fort struck the same
vessel on its eight-inch armor. 1t hit
square on bolt. The smell did not
pierce the armor, but burst outside the
vessel. 1t drove the bolt clear through,
and III its flight this bolt struck an eight
inch gun, completely dieabling it. Such
IS Tue power OF the smaller-s.zed guns.
The herald., 1894-07-15
Tho Arbitration QUESTION.

EDITORS HERALD: IL ia claimed by
come that the act authorizing board OF
arbitration to settle troubles between
railroad corporations and their en-
poyees does not refer to the present
strike, because the difficulty is between
Pullman end his employees. 1t is not
denied that the difficulty originated be-
tween Pullman and his employees, bus
it is now also betwe an the railroads and
their employees. The dispute between
them is whether the railroads HhAll
carry on interstate commerce. with Pull
man cars or without Pullman CARS.
This is the question to arbitrase, and
certainly comes under the act of con-
gress for that purpose. j. ". z.
The herald., 1894-07-15
Cnrd OF Thanks,

We wish to extend our most heartfelt
thanks to our many friends for their
Kindness in our late bereavement,
MIR AND Mrs. j. Il. 30 oDMAN,
w. l.. RICHARDS.
The herald., 1894-07-15
LETTER BAG.

fThe HERALD under this heading prints co N
munications, but does not assume respon ST.
bility for the sentiments expressed.l
The herald., 1894-07-15

To make the hair grow II natural color a.
vent baidncss a9d keep the scalp he lllhy
Hsii'. HAIR kenewer was invented aud has
p owed Itself successful.
The herald., 1894-07-15

DR.. Parker, dentist l2p'S wast First street.
w-l' "arsr ~. 7s.c osr fol 5ss !. spring.
The herald., 1894-07-15

N60 r.
"Sh Don't say word" replied
Ragsdale, cit gives tone to the game"
OF the few old-time ''sports" that eur
vive. a few only have any money.
Charley Reed. who is now past 70, is
proprietor of the Fairview stock farm,
near Gallatin, Tenn. Pat Gallagher,
who would fight bear and give him
the fret bite" is in New York, quite
wealthy but nearly blind. B. f. Cneat-
ham, at one time the leading gambler
OF Stockton, became q noted general in
the Confederate army and then amassed
a fortune in the agency OF McCormick'n
reapera for Tennessee and Alabama
Mark Littell, who left Sacramento with
$4,000 and afterwards was a millionaire
stock-broker in New York. is now living
near that city, com mparstively destitute.
Stocks ruined him. Frank Jones, who
was we'll known in Sacramento in the
early days, is engaged in steamboat en-
terprises on the lakes. Jim Gore, who
dealt faro in Marysvile in carly days,
died in Chicago about two years ago
and left a fortune OF over 500, 900, most
ly amassed in the Wholesale liquor busi-
ness. The most curious story ! have
ever heard OF is thst OF Jim Pruett.
lls was q school teacher in email
Missouri town in 1913, when varation
time came on, and bo went to 81. L7uis
with ak months wages i'll his poekst
lis accompanied friend to old Tom
Watson's faro room. and rose pennlless
in few hours. From that time lie no
longer "wielded the retributive BIRCH"
but kept on gambling till he became one
of the most famous sporting men in
America. He WAS in California from
The evening world., 1894-04-02
FOUGHT IN THE PENTHOUSE.
Barber Rogner Stabbed by Three
Italians in Long Island City.
All Three Probable Murdcrcrs Ar
rested and Locked Up.

LONG ISLAND CITY, /. l.. April =
At midnight last n!ght three Italians.
named Aredio nirinSo, % 90 West
T~wcnty-ninth street, and Domino Safrno.
of 23o Mulberry street, New York, and
Ralph portcsc, a barber. OF III Borden
avenue. this city, got into "A fight with
Henry Rogner, twcnty-nlne years of
age, of jackson avenue and sixth street,
at the Hunters Point ferry.huusc.
The Italians urCw StilcttUS and
slashed Rogner fou times in the back
and three times In the face, one of the
latter cuts laying RoEncr's nose open
and still another taking effect in the
groin.
The Italians locked Rogner in the wait
ing-room of the ferry-house and then
started to make their escape.
A man who saw the Italians cut RoG
ner Informed Policeman White, who
caught the three Italians on Front
street as they were crossing some empty
lots.
This morning the Italians were ar;
raigned before Justice Ingram, who held
them to await the result OF RoEner's In
juries The latter Is now in st. Johns
Hospital. and House-Surgeon Bumste
has but slight hopes of his recovery.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
TWO ELMIRA GRADUATES.
Held for Trial for Committing Rob.
berries in BROOKLYN.

There has been an epidemic Of small
robberies in williamsburg OF late, and
to-day three young men, two of whom
are graduates of BroCkway's school,
We're held in the Lee Avenue Court on
charges.
Thomas Flynn, of 81 North Fifth street,
broke into the grocery store of Fred
eriCk Heidrich, North Sixth and Berry
streets. on Saturday by smashing in a
pane of glass with his fist and opening
II window. He was arrested about )
o'clock in the morning by Officers CO.
ncghY and O'Malley, who found him in
the Bedford lodging-housc. Flynn gave
them a desperate fight, and after he had
been locked up attempted to assault
Capt. Short, who tried to question him;
The prisoner was only recently released
from the Elmira Reformatory.
John Foley, of l5S Spencer street. also
recently released from the Reformatory.
broke into the saloon of william Glynn,
rs Myrtle avenue. several days ago.
Detective-Sergts. Brady and Gardiner
have been after him, but did not capture
him until last night.
on Saturday night william Ward, of
South Second and Hooper streets, went
into the saloon of Frank Biba, AT. South
Fourth and Hooper streets, and when ne
left shortly after Ward took Biba's VIA
bicycle. officer Conegy was sent after
the fellow and captured him at his
home. The stolen bicycle was found in
the cellar.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED.
Commissioners Williams Hears of
the Fate IF His Relatives.

LONG ISLAND CITY, l.. J., April =
Improvement Commissioner William II.
Williams. brother OF Police Inspector
Alexander s. Williams OF sew York,
received Information this morning from
San Francisco giving the full details Of
the burning TO death Of his niece, Mrs.
Daniel NJ. Ross, and her tve-m"nths-
old son and the fatally injuring of his
sister, Mrs. A.. *. Irving, on March "A
last. during "A fir" at their house, @2l
IIaight street, The letter stated mat
the house had been set on fire.
There were fourteen .peorl" in tn"
house at the time tn" fire broke out,
Mrs. Ross and her son We're burned he
fore they could escape, but Mrs. Irving
jumped from the building, featuring her
spine, from which she died.
Miss Carrie Irving, Mr.. Willlams's
niece. rescued some Of her brothers
children and in so doing broke on" Of the
trndons OF ner right foot. Before Miss
Irving went to san FranCisCo she re-
sided with Mr., Williams IN this city.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
IS THIS A MURDER?
william Rcmson Found Dead on
His Doorstep with Head Gashed.

The Brooklyn police are to-day In
vestigating the death of william Rem
son, twenty-slx years old, of rs Skillman
street, who was found unconscious In
the areaway in front of his home at q
o'clock this morning.
Remson's head lay In n pool OF blood,
which had flowed from two ugly wounds
on his head. one OF the wounds ex-
tended across his scalp. and the other
was a deep cash across his mouth.
Remson was discovered by Charles
Dulin. a milkman. of 3o4 Bedford avenue,
who called to deliver some milk. Rem
son lay at the foot Of several steps and
within a few feet OF the basement door.
Dulin alarmed his relatives and sent for
a doctor.
A physician arrived in a few minutes,
but the man was dead. After making
an examination the physician said Rem
son had probably fallen downstairs.
though It was possible that he might
have received his injuries from some an
known assailant.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
SLABS At THE ALDERMEN.
Justice Cullen Issues a Mandamus
in Removal Gases.
Veterans O'Grady and Scully Must
Get Their Old Positions.

Justice Cullen. of the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn. granted n writ Of mandamus
to-day compelling Joseph Benjamin.
City Clerk OF Brooklyn. to restore Will
lam l.. II. O'Grady and Joseph V. Scully
to clerkships in his office.
O'Grady is a veteran of the war and
Scully a veteran fireman. They are
Democrats. They were legislated out Of
office by the Republican Board of Alder
men in February.
Justice Cullen. in his decision. says the
petitioners were clerks and in no sense
public officials. He says they GOULD only
be removed on charges. Their positions
We're abolished by the Common Council.
Justice Cullen holds that after the posi-
tons were alleged to have been abol-
ished. the character OF the work re-
NAMED the same. although called by a
different name.
He says had there been no work for
some of the clerks hen 1t would have
been right from al economic point of
view to drop all unnecessarily en-
ployed. Even then the veterans should
be the last to go.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
MAY TEAR UP THE STREET.
Then II VIII he known Who Is at
Fault for the Gas Leakage.

Mayor Gilroy. President Wilson, OF the
Health Board, and representatives of the
East River, Consolidated and Standard
Gas Companies, met at the residence of
Or. George f. Shrady. in East Sixty
sixth street. this morning TO consider
means for the abatement of the nuisance
caused by escaping gas from the mains
in East ~SiNty-SiXth street, about which
numerous complaints have recently been
made to the Mayor and the Health De-
partment.
Several residents OF the block in East
SiNty-siXth street hetween Fifth and
Madisun venue were in attendance.
The condition of their cellars, they said.
from the escaping gas, was such that
life was made miserable,
The representatives. Of the various gas
companies We're sure the gas did not es-
cape from their pipes.
The MlNo suggested that the only
way was to examine all the pipes n
find out which company's was respon-
sihlc.
Il was decided 10 have the block be-
tween Fifth and Madison torn
up wherever necessary and examined by
a committee Of property owners, OF
which Dr, ShradY is chairman, and by an
e1Einaer from the Department OF Ppub-
lie Works.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
ACCUSED BY HIS PRISONER.
Joseph Wilson Says that Police
man Van Bergen Was Drunk.
Says He Broke Away From the
officer When Tn. ,stly Arrested.

II the story told by Joseph Wilson, of
T~hirty-ninth street, Brooklyn, In the
Butler Street Police Court. this morn
ing is true, Policeman Ernest Won Ber-
gen. of the Fourth avenue station, has
made considerable trouble for himself.
Wilson says he was standing near the
corner of Thirty-fourth street and Fifth
avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon.
He saw Policeman Won Bergen come out
of DiXon's saloon in full uniform. He
says Won Bergen was drunk.
Wilson also alleges that as soon as
Von Bergen saw him he caught hold of
him roughly and told him to come along
to the station-house as he was drunk.
Wilson says he tried to argue with Won
Bergen, but TO no purpose.
He said he tripped the policeman up
then ran away.
Subsequently. he told another officer
about the matter and went over to the
station-house. Won Bergen first tried
to make n charge Of i~ntoXication out
against Wilson, but al that did not
seem satisfactory, he changed it to as
sault.
This morning Won Bergen took Will
son from the police court several times.
Clerk McGarry saw the unusual pro-
ceeding, and upon investigation found
that Non Bergen was trying to induce
Wilson to plead guilty, Won Bergen
promising to get Judge Tighe to dis
charge Wilson If he did so.
When the case was called Wilson en-
! tered a plea of not guilty. The examina-
ton was set down for April IS,
The evening world., 1894-04-02
BY HER HUSBANDS GRAVE.
Mrs. Gertrude Dennis Attempts
Suicide At Cypress nils.

Gertrude Dennis. who claims to reside
in New York city. Was arraigned in the
Gates Avenue Court, Brooklyn, this
morning. on a crarge Of attempting
suicide.
Yesterday she visited the grave OF her
husband in cypress Hills Cemetery.
overcome with emotion and the desolate
prospect of her .uneiy lot. she felt that
HE was not worth living,
she first tried h shoot herself with a
S.-salibrr revolver, but failing in this,
attempted T. throw herself into silver
Lake. She was prevented 10y one of the
watchm"n ana placed under arrest. This
morning she was brought into court On,
the complaint Of Supt. Butts, OF the
cemetery.
Justice Connolly remanded her 10
Raymond Street Jail TO await trial.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
FOR KILLING HER LOVER.
Mrs. Kate Spreckcr Pleads Guilty
TO MnnslRughter.

Mrs. Kate Sprecker. who was in
dicted for murder in the first degree for
killing her lover. Alex. kirchner, plead
ed guilty before Judge Moore in the
Court of Sessions, Brooklyn, this morn
Ing to manslaughter in the first degree,
She was r~rUandci tor sentence. The
murder occurred ON June q last. The
woman had left her husband and gone
to live with kirchner lie grew tired Of
her after "A time and left her. She met
HIM AZ Atlantic ana Grand avenues and
demanded that he support her, He re-
fused, and she fired four shots at him
from a @2-Caiibrr revolver. Two Of the
bullets entered his body and he died in n
few days.
Since the killing, Mrs. Sprecker has
given birth to "A child. which she car
riri in her arms while in court to-day
Judge Moore, I'm accepting the plea Of
guilty To- a charge Of Uanslaughter, said
he did not think il would be possible 10
Convict her Of murder on the evidence
as presented.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
MAY ENJOIN ASTOR.
His Stable VIII Interfere with
B'nai Jcshurun Services.

Members OF the B'nai Jeshurun Synas
gogue, which adjoins the lot on which
John Jacob Aston is erecting a stable,
will probably apply to the courts within
the next few days for an injunction re-
straining Mr.. Aston from proceeding
further In the erection of the nuisance.
A prominent lawyer. who for personal
reasons does not care to be publicly con-
nectel with the matter. was asked by
The Evening Worlds" representative
this morning II the property-owners could
get an injunction restraining Mr.. Astor
from proceeding with the erection of thu
stable.
NO I do not think they can. Tit
synagogue people. however, can secure
an injunction enjoining Mr.. Astor on
the ground that the stable will interiors
with public worship. 1T is certain that
II there is to he n stable the horses VIII
make noises with their. hoofs. and thus
annoy the worshippers."
permanent" asked the reporter.
In my opinion, it cam returned the
lawyer.
The reporter then called on President
him the opinion of the lawyer; MI.
Cohn was deeply interested. and while
a little skeptiCal, promised to put tho
matter before n meeting which is TO Do
held at \. NJ. Palmer's house Thursday
night and act upon it at once.
Banker Frank Russak called at MT.
AStor's office this morning, and while
not able to see the millionaire personally
he submitted a proposition through ms
agent. Mr.. Nissan. Mr.. Russak would
not divulge the nature of the PROPOSE
ton, but intimated that things might be
satisfactorily arranged.
The evening world., 1894-04-02
A Word About
Our Stock.

Every garment is made in our
own factory.
Only all-wool Cloths are used
these are tested as to color and
strength before they are made up,
and all the smallest details of man
ufacture are carefully watched.
We keep thoroughly posted as to
new styles appearing at home and
abroad, and are among the first to
introduce them to the retail trade.
The class OF goods we handle
are equal 10 those of the swell
custom tailorS, and our prices are
uniformly moderate.
Our trade is largely composed OF
those who have not before pur-
chased ready.to-w wear clothing. Al
our garments are guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or money will be
cheeltully refunded.