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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1ST1 , OMAHA , SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20 , 1807 TWELVE PAGES. E CXlY ( FIVE CENT. MARVEL OF PRESENT AGE Electricity's Tremendous Strides in the Street Railways of the Wor'd. PROGRESS BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS Orlulii mill DrvolopmctU of tin- Trol ley NjHlt'iii ninl Morr lloci-nt | MrflimlH of Aiil5 IIIH ; the I'invor nf IClculrlulty. Connected history of the annual conven tions Of the American Street Railway as sociation , the lout meeting of which oc curred in the latter part of October , at Ni agara Falls , N , Y. , would present a most Interesting view of the development ot mo- tlvo power on. street railways. At Us early meetings , vrelates Modern Machinery , only horio roadSj wcro represented , and the main topics ot discussion wcro how many bushels of oats and how , much hay ought to bo given to the propelling power and the best methods ot shoeing. In the course of time cable reads worn Introduced lu the west nnd extended to the eastern cities when the manufacturers ot machinery suitable for such loads made exhibits ot models at the conventions. Later on the manufacturers of electric street railway devices wt-re repre sented with their exhibits , but In reesnt years ! ho department of exhibits of the an nual meetings has crnsUted solely of devices that are suited to electric reads. Tiv v- hlbltlons hive grown to largo proj nnd require a large sized building eve , oai- to accommodate the exhibitors , Today there arc nearly 1,000 electric street rallwayH In the United States , on which 35- 000 cars run over 19.00Q miles of track. Be sides there are many companies In the vutlous European countries , but It Is gcn- cialiy admitted that America has nothing to learn from the companies across the water , for she Is far In advance In the \\nfi \ \ of electric railway construction. In 1S35 Tihnm'as Davenport , a Yankee blacksmith In Vermont , astonished the scientific world by exhibiting a model of un electric railway em bracing all ot the esscnt'al features of the sys tem now generally Imploycd. He- was unable ' to secure recognition from capital , so that his model never oimo Into practical use. Prof. Moses G. Farmer built on electric Iccomotlvo which hauled n car carrying two patpcngers , the power being furnished by n , battery of small Grove cclta , each about the size end capacity of the w employed for ring. Ing clectrlR belli ) and similar work. This occurred fifteen years after Davenport an nounced his Ideas. In 1875 the present trol ley system was first seriously considered and an attempt was made to operate a trol ley by George F. Green of KalamazocMich. . , who , like Davenport and Farmer , was a poor mechanic studying eolrntlfic problems prin cipally for entertainment and his own per sonal gratification. Ills Invention was neces sarily crude , but It has been affirmed by the courts to have been the foundation of the present trolley system , and It Is generally acknowledged that the Michigan inventor la entitled to the credit of making the dis covery , although he IMS enjoyed scarcely any other reward. OF TIIE TROLLEY. In 1883 , th < .next etep was taken when Stephen D. Field conceived the Idea of a conduit trolley system , which was put In practical operation to that year , although not In commercial use. In the same year Charles Van de Poele , by experiments in Chloigo , demonstrated the practicability of the overhead trolley. About the same tlmp Leo Daft operated a full-sized passenger car over the Mount Grcgor railway , at Saratoga. N. Y. , vainly endeivorlng to Interest the Now York Elevated Railroad managers In his system , but so ho was too far ahead of thp > times , he finally abrndoned the field. In July , 1884 , the East Cleveland Street Railway cainpany Inaugurated a conduit trolley road , which was abandoned early In 1SS5 , as U could not bo opera'cd with economy. The credit of the first electric street rail- waj that deserves the name belongs to the city of Richmond Va. . whrrn Frank J. Sprague In that year began the work of trans forming the Union Passanger railway from a horse to an electric system. He haa since declared that much of the work ho did on that road wzs done in the face of what Becmed to him nt the tlmo certain failure , but persevered , and his grim determination and great versatility finally turned defeat into victory and brought him honors and wealth. Today the equipment wou'd not be accepted In a lumber camp , but at that time it was 'admitted by everybody to bo fur In advance of all former attempts. Spraguca Bucccesful operation ot the Richmond road Jed others to adopt electricity upon a larger scale. The West End company of Boston was the first largo concern to signify Us be lief In the practicability of the system by ordering a complete equipment. From this point Interest was shown everywhere , but es- p"cclally throughout the west , and every town In the northwcttt was soon clamoring for the C > % LESSENING THE COST. The efforts of all the practical men Inter ested in the operation of electric street rail ways have been directed to lessening the cost of operation. In track construction the rails have been made heavier than the sections In use on steam roads , and great care hen bean given to bonding , thuro Ivlng many patents issued on devices whoso object Is to prevent the escape of olectrln current Into the earthen on Us way back to the power house , which has resulted In the continuous full in which th ends of the ral's am welded together , either by electricity or Joined by the cast welding procprs. When the originators of these processes first brought them to the no tice of the street railway men they were con- eldnrcd Impractl.-able because It had been customary for the steam roads to leave spaces between the rails to allow for contraction and expansion , ami this practice has been followed In street railway work. As street railway rails are almost entirely covered by the pavement and the steam road rails are oomo Inches above the ground , It has been demonstrated that In the former case there Is comparatively little expansion or contraction , but there Is great economy as the loss of current Is minimized. Some reads bond the roll sections In addition to welding them. Much thought and work ha\o bprci given to the development of motors and to con trollers which regulate the admission of current to the motors. The herlcs parallel controller la the highest type. THIlll ) RAIL SYSTEM. U was not long before It wat dlscovcrod that tboro was a limit to the distance over which power could be transmitted and give perfect results , so that long roads found It neccvtary 10 build more than ono power home , the additional housw being located at convenient distances along the line of the rosd. The threephasesystem of transmis sion enabled companies with many miles of road to make one power homo do the work of several. By this method the current w s generated by ordlniry dynamos , a ror- I'Hr ' tlon of U waa used to supply as much of thr I1" " nB " ua * capable of doing with economy , while the remainder was raised by means of transformers and transmitted lv heavy cables to the end of the first ac tion , where enough to supply the next sec tion v 3 connected with stepdown trans former * , which reduced to the voltage re quired for operating the lino. In 1892 the third rfill syetem which was In use en the electric railway at the Yi'orld'E Fair tint made Its appearance. The flrst Urge Installation was that of the Metropolitan Elevated- railway of Chicago , which was followed by the Lake ( Street Elevated road. When the Consolidated road of New England decided to try the experi ment of equipping Its Nantasket Beach branch with electricity , because Its patroua demanded better service and the highest efficiency that could be obtained from steam was already utilized , a special overhead wire wat used , which gave way to the third , rail system. Electrical engineers , with one exception , demonstrated to their satisfaction that the plan 'would prove- failure on the iurfaco for Yrlou rciapn Among them the danger of accidents to persons crossing and also the difficulty In designing a rail that would hold all the current that would be required to operate the road. The officials of the company , however , decided to base their confidence on the one man who thought It \\fR possible to build a road an proposed , and the first experiment was BO successful that the company decided to equip n large portion tion of Its road In the same manner , as It wan proven , that there was greater efficiency of service at Icfs cost than when the road was operated by Bte > im. OBJECTIONS TO THE TROLLEY. The great objecthn to electric roads has been the overhead trolley on account of the liability of the wires to break and endanger the lives of pedestrians and animals who might happen to como In contact with the broken ends. There was also the objection of the fire departments which were called to extinguish the fires on the llnea ot electric rods on account of the danger ot coming In contact with the wires , but It has been the unlvcrEal custom for a long time to shut off the electricity from the vicinity of firrs. There have bccu a great many under ground -romhtlt uyslemB proposed , and some of them are In practical Use In the ast , al though none of them have been tried In cities whore there Is a heavy snowfall In winter. The storage Lattery sxstem also does away with the overhead trolley , but there Is cnly one largo Installation , and that has not yet passed the experimental stage. This company has been operating this sum- met a suburban line In Chicago , but there have been no tetts made during the winter , months. Compressed air motors have u'.so been tried for operating street cars , with Bomo success. The power house Is the vital point with the electric ralhvi\s , for It Is here that there Is the greatest expense. Many plans have been put In operation to minimize the cost of producing power , such as ? devices con nected with the furnaces , the boilers rnd the dynamos. There IB also one connected with the cars , which Is the Invention of JamsR R. Cravnth , an clcctrlc.il engineer of Chicago , which irf a check on the motornun. It cinslsts of a device through which the current must pass before It reaches the motorf. nnd It too nni'-h Is used In starting 11 platinum Ftrlp Is destroyed. Roads that have used this Invention have been able to EO.VO 12 per cent of the output of their power houses. MOUNTAIN CLIMBING BY ELECTRICITY. The trolley Is even beginning to replace the a'penstock , and soon neither age , weak ness nor timidity need deter the European tourist from making a rcconl as a mountain climber. The construction ot an electric rail way up the Jungfrau , referred to In previous Issues , Is being actively prosecuted , and It Is expected that the Ilrst * section of the road will bo opened for traffic by next season. The constructive details have now nearly all been decided on and among the meat im portant are- the electric locomotives , which will depend for tractive effort on a rack rail , owing to the gradients , which reach as high as 25 < per ccnti The trains on this line are vrry heavy , on account of the endeavors of the management to combine great pawor with great economy. A train consists of one pisscnger tar with motors on U and one other car for either passengers or freight. The combination of the locomotive with a passenger car1 gives greater weight on the driving or braking wheels , and hence the cogs are le s Ikely to rise out of the rack should the brakes be applied too suddenly. This arrangement also gives greater economy. In that the total weight ot 'the train Is reduced and Its carryIng - Ing capacity Increased. The locomotive alone would have to weigh twelve tons , wane tne combined enr as now to be constructed will only weigh thirteen tons. The carriage and the motor truck may be eislly separated from each other In case re pairs are necessary. The locomotive weight comes upon the two axles. Tie spiral springs shown ure ananged to be not easily de flected and their movement is limited to about two-fifths of an inch. The frame Is but t like the frame of air ordinary locomotive and contains be tween the two supporting axles the two driving axles on which are the cog wheels. Two electrometers , each ot 125- horse power , at 800 revolutions , drive , by means of double reduction gearing , the main ccg wheel. Throe reduction gears are dupli cated on each motor , being arangeJ symmet rically on each side. The highest output of these machines will ba 300 horse power , corresponding to about S5 apparent kilowatts or about 235 amperes per phase at a pressure of 500 volts. The pinions are made of aluminum bronze , the l.irgcr spur wheels of cast steel and the driving cog wheels are made of o-st steel which has also been wrought. Tht > re duction gturs 'have only a 1-lnch pitch and are machine-cut on the skew , so as to beciire an easy running and no side pressure. The driving cogwhecla are made as large as possible , In order to get a good grip of the teeth In the -rack , and little wear froii friction as possible. The driver's cab Is enclcsed and Is constructed of wood , on account ot the cold. The Jung frau locomotive Is tho. most powerful cog wheel locomotive which'lias been constructed so far. It has a tractive effort of 11,500 p-umlK. It will work on the three-phase system. FARMER AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. The recent meeting of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers at Elliot , Me. , did double honor to the memory of the varied achievements of Prof. Farmer , whose death took place In Chicago while visiting the World's fair. Elliot was the residence of the irrofoisor at the tlmo of his death and thu meeting was held on the fiftieth anni versary of his entering upon the field of elec trical work , In which he achieved such varied distinction. As previously stated , to Prof. Farmer belongs the distinction of being the Inventor and builder of the first piRsengcr- caivylng electric railway apparatus. He was also the fir.it to use electricity as an II- lumlnant for residences. The most promi nent feature of the meeting was the display of the experimental ap paratus of Prof. Farmer , which were supplied by his daughter. Miss Sarah J. Farmer , who lives at the old honiCBtnad , and by the Smithsonian Ins-tl- tutu which possesses a motor and car which were flitt exhibited fifty years ngo , Prof , Dolbear , In his memorial address , summed up Prof , Farmer's achievements as follows : At 20 ho built an electrical road ; r.t 28 he Improved the telegraph ; at 30 he la- vented and constructed a fire alarm system with water power driven dynamos ; at 35 ho discovered the means ot duplex and quad ruple telegraphs ; at 30 ho Invented a way of depositing aluminum electrolytic-lily , and at 3'j liii lit his parlor at Salem with Incandes cent lamps ; at 11 he greatly Improved thermo-electric generators ; at 40 he was the first to Invent the modern dynamo with self- oxcltlng field ; at 48 ho lit a house in Coin- bridge , Mass. , with forty incandescent lamps In multiple circuit , and all properly self- regulating. Prof. DolbcMr also expresses a belief that there was good reason for credit ing him with the Introduction ot the con denser Into telegraph work. .Viniveit Miikrs n Drnliil. MILWAUKEE , WIs. , Nov. 19.-Dr. Frldtjof Nannen , who delivered a Ic-pturo here last night , when shown the Associated PreB ? dlx- p.iteh from Chrlstlanln Baying that arrange- mena : for his next Arctic- trip hnvu been completed , mild there wuu no truth In thu story Ho taya he IIUH no plans for the future. 1ms not decided if ho will m ko another trip und lias not authorized mak ing arrangements such OH are B.I Id to bo under iwny In Clirlstlunla , Norway , Dr. Nnnsen'd health Is giving way under thu strain of his lectures and thu ii'ccptloiiH accorded him everywhere , and he says that In the future he will not take part In any demonstrations. 1'lriuU ( iiilltx ( o Eiiilifjxlciiii-nt. CHICAGO , Nov. IS.-Georgo Hogort , ex- city clerk of ISvnnston. today pleaded guilty to having embezzled the funds of that city. After testimony had been heard regarding the nature and amount of the defalcation the case was continued until Ptcember 3. when sentence will be pronounced. Hognrt'a embezzlement was $ Sb9i. ( Mayor Dye lie of the city of Kvanuton testified that the al > - scondlnc clerk had turned ove-r to him prop erty valued at $18 COO This fact. It la mild , will bo made the basis of a dtrong pica for clemency in behalf of Hogart. Subscribe for The Sunday Dee and read Anthony Hope' * gtMt Jtory. "filmon. Dale.1 TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION Interstate Comnrrio Comalssloi'a Dcoiiion as a Enbjjot for Discussion ! DEBATE ON BRIDGE ARBITRARY DEC'SION Commercial Club IVople llpllcvo It WriinKiniil Unlit-nail Men 'Dilute No Oilier ConcltiNloti PllXnllllc. Omaha railroad circles were full of rejolc- , Ing nnd commercial circles were correspondIngly - ' Ingly depressed yecterdiy over tlio an nouncement that the majority of the Inter state Commerce commission liad decided against Omaha and In favor of Council Bluffs cu the Union Pacific bridge arbitrary rate case. According 16 their respectiveafillla - tlons men about town expressed themselves differently on the decision. At the Commercial club there was a deep gloom over what was felt to bo a great In justice. Commissioner Utt eald that he could . not fay Just what would bo done. The Inter- ivato Commerce commission might be possi bly bo asked to review the case , or an appeal might bo taken to the United States supreme court. He felt that the arguments on which the Commercial club had bused Its case were sound , and that the comnilsslcu must uo ) prejudiced when It could allow such discrimi nation against Omaha to bo continued. Speaking further of the case be eald : "I am not sure that any appeal will be taken. Nothing will bo done until those most Inter ested Invc conferred with Judge MeHugh , who represented the Commercial club In this suit. I fear to take the matter Into the fed eral court would mean to tic It up for four or five years more. An appeal to the com mission for a review of the case would prob- ab'j only brine about another decision of the same nature , of three members of the com mission are evidently pretty thoroughly against Omal.a In this matter. " Several business men were Interviewed and expressed the opinion that two members of the commission were known to have fa vored the railroad side of the controversy from the start and would never have allowed the decision to bo favorable to Omaha ; the recent appointment of a third man , w.ho was also supposed to be In close touch with the railroads , merely made a verdict for the railroads possible. None of the gentlemen Interviewed would speak for publication for fear that their comments on the majority of the commission might result lu their being called befcro a federal court. OMAHA MERCHANTS LUKEWARM. One prominent Omahan said : "I never expected - pected any other decision. Although the ma jority of the commission might have been against us anyway , I have always thought that a weik case was presented. The Omaha merchants did not back up the Commercial club In Its light asthey should have done. When the caao was up three years ago It was actually necessary to send United States marshals after some of 'the Omaha ruer- chante , against whom H was alleged that the bridge arbitrary discriminated. I do not be- llove It would do any good to take any further steps In this case. " The complaint on which the case was based has always been held to bo weak by the rail road men. None ot them appeared much surprised at the decision , but rather took It as a matter of course. Speaking of the de cision General Western Agent Fred A. Nash of the Milwaukee says : "It seems to me that the decision Is a just one. In my opinion the case was Ill-advised. I told some of the prime movers In the case so before the case was started , but they thought I was biased. On the showing made In the case there was never any other de cision possible. If there was any discrimina tion In the mutter It was against Council Bluffa and not against Omaha. " The complaint In the case charged the railroads with discrimination against Omaha , and In so adjusting rites as to Imil goods to Council Bluffs from the west at Omaha rates , and from Council Bluffs to Nebraska and all western points at Omaha rates , while deny ing to Omaha Council Bluffs rutoa to and from points In Iowa. The complaint set out how this discrimination Is unjust and prejudicial to Omaha ; and It charged that under the cir cumstances and In comparison with other rates , the rates between Omaha and Iowa points are unreasonably high. SVX'I'V PCVlltl. . J1VICK Til 13 HATE. KaiiNiiH Clt.v ( ietn KKiMirxioii FlKiire for II Fool Hull ( iiinif. The proposition to make a one-fare rate to OrrMba for Thanksgiving day on account of the Nebraska-Iowa foot ball came lias been lost by a vote of tbo roads in the Western Passenger association , but according to some well posted passenger men the cnJ of the movement to secure the rate Is not yet. A similar proposition for a one-fare rule to Kan sas City on Thanksgiving day on account of the .Missouri-Kansas game was turned down by the reads In the Western Passenger asso ciation. General Passenger Agent Black of the Santa Fe , however , has come to the res cue or the foot Lull enthusiasts. In a strong letter sent to Chairman Caldwcll of the Western Passenger association yesterday Sir. Black announced that too Santa Fo will put In the one-fore rate to Kansas City for the foot ball game despite the oojectlons of other lints. Ho takes the stand that If the rail- reads In the west would do more to encour age foot ball and other forms of outdoor sport the games would soon become ao well attended that they would prove to be great sources of profit to the railroad companies. His letter indlcatea that the Santa Fe will hereafter do everything in its power -to se em o low i ales for foct ball games between teams representing state universities. Copies of this letter were received by the Omaha passenger men yesterday and sot them to thinking. As a result of the clear cut statement made by General Passenger Agent Black It IE probable that ono of the Omaha railroads will Inform the Western Passenger association that It also proposes to kick over the traces on the proposition for a oiio-fare rate to this city for the Thanks giving day game , aud put such a rate Into effect , the other roads In the association to the contrary , notwithstanding. This will certainly bo done if the Wesloyan- Carllslo Indian game IB arranged for this city , anil it may be done for any game that Wcsleyan may secure hero on that date. Tr > liiR to Srtlln Mull Contract. General Manager Savin of the Omaha , ICanws City & Eastern and ot the Omaha & St. Louis railroad } and F , * D. Norton , superintendeui of the United States malt service for Mlisourl , arc at prtficot engaged In negotiation ! ! looking toward the carrying of mail between Trenton , Ma , and Pattons- burg , Mo. , on tbo new railroad , It la prob able that a contract for such service will bo undo within a few days. The railroad ofllc'.al Is at prtbcnt holding out for/a higher bid than the government bus offered ( or the work , Up to this time the mall between itiero two point * hao been carried by an antiquated stagecoach , and the passing away of that form of the mall service la regarded us an epoch-making event In the history of tbo northern part of Missouri , Hrvretnry Ilotviiril In ( lie City. Clarence H. Howard of St. Louis , secretary of the Safety Car Heating and Lighting com pany , la in the city accompanied by Mrs. Howard , The system of car beating em ployed by the company ho represents la that of hot water circulation and direct steam with regulating device * . The lighting system la thePintach compressed oil and gas method , which la now In use ou 70,000 rail road earn In America and Europe , it was through the courtesy of Secretary' Howard that the parade commlttro w the Kplghta of Ak'Sar-nen ttilri year obtained several valua ble favors In thp way of Illumination. llnllroailVliiN the Mult. The Union 'Pacific , through Its attorney , Edward P. fcmlUi , liaa won lawsuit at Kearney Involving about $1,000. The case was brought against the company about ono year nso by Charles B. Wllklns for personal Injuries sustained while on. the tracks of the defendant. Damages tp the amount of $1.000 wore asked , and jestenlay a verdict In favor of the defendant 'i-as rendered , TOOL 01 ? iMMIOIllVTIOX TIl.U'M-MC. .StrntiiNhlit MiirM nti < t Trttiik Uiillroiiilx Make nil AtroQinont. NEW YORK , Nov. jlfl. Representatives of all the principal tratiByhiutlc jtc.irrwhlp lines met In this city ana formed an Immi gration pool. A Jolni Ugrtoemcnt regarding Immigrant tickets In tnjs country was signed. It Is said to practically kltlj tlie m'ddleman , BO far as the handling ot | rtat blocks of Immi grant tickets Is conco-ncdi Am ng the com panies represented were the Cunard , White Star , Anchor , North Oe'rinan-Lloyd. Ham burg-American , Generate' ' Transitlantlue , Holland-American , RclJSlurnnd American. Agents from all the trunk lines , In addi tion to representative'of the Southern Pa cific end Canadian Pacific , were present to day and signed the agreement between the steamship companies and the various rail road lines Interested. As a result of this agreement , those Immigrants b'und to west ern ports who may apply to the steamship offices on the other side may be given , r.n order for rnllroad tickets > it regular prices. The order will bo honored on prcsntatlon : at the clearing house here. In this way It Is thought fully 90 per cent ot the Immigrant business will be done through the clearing house. The steamship companies will get a commission on all tickets sold lu thin way. STEAMSHIP 1,1X13 FOIl POUT AIITHUtl. Will .11 tikia Mill for llolh KrelKlit ami I'llNSI'IIKPr IlllMlllOMH. KANSAS CITY , N'v. 19. Through a con tract , closed 'by ' President A. 12. Stllwell of the Missouri , Kansas & Texas Trust com pany , n line of European steamers Is to be established at Port Arthur , Tex. The com pany will be known as the Port Arthur Transatlantic Steamship company. Tiio first steamer , st > Its officials say , will call from Port Arthur on Chrlttmas day , aiiJ will carry ilrst class cabin pissengers as well ns freight. The steamer will touch at Liver pool , Hamburg and Rotterdam , ind a strong bid will be made for western passenger traffic , which now comrs to this country through the pouts of Now York , Boston. Philadelphia and Baltimore. I'lTTIXW IX SAFI3TY AI'PI.IAXCIJS. Sn ! li'iiiriit UN Id Itoinls Coiunl } IIIR nidi ( lie la\v. WASHINGTON , Nov , 19. The Interstate Commerce commission desires to correct tiie recently published statement that only the New York Central acd the Chicago , Bur lington & Qulncy railroads are fully equipped with safety appliances. Out of 430 roads that have reported to tbo commission In the mat ter of safety npplljncea seventy-five roade , or 17.20 per cent , will be equipped with automatic couplers by January 1 , 1S9S. Out of 435 roads , sixty , or 14 per cent , will be equipped with train , brakes by the same period ; and out of 517 roads 96 per- coat , or almost all , will be provided with power- driving wheel brakes on locomotives. fieiN MI ; 111 frnni CmA TOPEKA , Kan. , Nov. 19. The Santa To railroad has for some tlrao 'been arranging to equip Its passenger cars \\ltti electric lights. All chair cars now running between Chicago and Denver ou its exprees trains have been equipped and the shops hera , are- turning out additional cars as fast as'posslblo , Tho.road expects to have Its. dining , cars andfcachcS similarly equipped In a. short time. The Santa Fe Is the first line in the" country to adopt the present method of generating electricity with a belt from the car axlo. By this system the Intensity cf the light can be regulated and any one light can be ex tinguished without affecting ; the others. DpcliH-H AanlHHt Stj I.olllx. NEW YORK , Nov. 19. In order to facili tate an agreement on the subject of excess fares between seaboard cities and St. Louts and Chicago the board of managers of the Joint Traffic association has , according to report , decided to rescind the action taken relieving St. Louis from the excess fare reg ulations. An appeal will be taken to the Board of Arbitrators. In well Informed cir cles the belief Is expressed that St. Louis will lose her case befor'o ' the Board of Arbi trators. _ , Old Odli'crH lint ! Ulrrctnr-N Ilo-flfc-tuil. CINCINNATI , Nov. 19.The annual meet ing of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern stockholders was held at the company's of fices at Cincinnati yesterday. The old board of directors was re-elected , and after the ad journment of the stockholders meeting , organized and re-elected the old officers : President , 13. P Bacon ; vice president and general manager , W. W. Peabody ; secretary , Edward Bruce ; asslstaht secretary , F. E. Tracy ; treasurer , W. E. Jones. ThroiiKli Sli'i-per to JiickNon vllle. ATLANTA , Nov. 19. Important arrange ments have just been completed by the Cen- tn'l of Georgia railway for the running of a through sleeper from Chicago to Jacksonville for the accommodation of ; winter travel to t'lc bouth.- This will be the first through Pull man sleeping car line over operated for win ter tourist travel between Chicago and Jack sonville. Hnlliviiy .Not I'M mid I'v General Manager Edward Dickinson of the Union Pacific has returned from Chicago. The Union Pacific and Northwestern traffic men who attended the Shelton reunion of live stock men and railroaders have re turned to this city. No change has occurred In the westbound freight rate situation. , Th supplement Is sued on Wednesday etlll stands , as no fur ther supplement has yei appeared. Whether it will be allotted to go Into effect on Satur day Is an open ( juestldn , with the chances favorable to an affirmative reply. Robert R. Illtchle , formerly general agent of the , Northwestern In1 this city , and now general agent ot the same company for the Pacific coast , Is In the city. Ha has been in at Chicago headquarters and will go on to San Francisco. Ho Is looking well and says that he thoroughly enjoys life on the Paclflo coast. He reports eastbound business from the coast , both freight and jiaBEcngcr , as being very good. INSPECTING THIS VlfthU OK SUII.OII , the ' Pliiut-M Ofi-uiilvil by NASHVILLE , Tenn. , Nov. 19. Advices from Savannah , Tenn. , ncir the battlefield of Shlloh , state- that poldn PComellus Codle , Major D. W. Reed.-Coloni ! 1 R. K. Loonoy and General I ) , C. Quell. Co intituling the Na tional Shlloh Battlefield commission , have reached that place'and' ' a e now engaged An an Inspection of the battli fround. They are accompanied by tbo Illinois commission , ap pointed by Governor Tanjier , and these will mark the places In thobarl occupied by Illi nois troops. The Nlnthj Twelfth Fourteenth , Thirty-fourth , ForJy-nritJ Forty-eighth , Flf- ty-flfth , FUty-Bcventb nd Sixty-first regi ments of Illinois infantry , and battalions B and D , First Illinois' artillery , are repre sented by special commissioners. The na tional commissioners ahdettendanta | will re main at the battlefield "gbpnt a week. Ilp d "Simon Dale" | ) , ' { ) Syn < uy nee. Carrier I'lurou * ( for Alimkii. SAN PUANCISCO , Ifo'v , 19-A carrier pigeon fancier of tftls' clty , has given the I United States Kpvernmehi.elcht pairs of hU I boat birds to fem the'nucleus of a carrier 'pigeon ' service bet ween'the more remote portions of Alaska. They will be taken north on the Hear nnd'stnt to various points , such an St. Michaels , ' Point Harrow and Hershel Island , where they will be taken care of until they become thoroughly ac climatized. In the tiirlnff these birds will be the messengers of the futura between Isolated inlneru and whalers and the outside OAUGIir MANY TAX SHIRKERS Tax Department Gets People Who Have Hitherto' hirkod , SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NEW NAMES xirxRors1 ItolU ThlH Yrnr Contain Priiporly XoyiT IH-fore ll oil . Hi-ill Entn c- ToliilnMore Tliiiu Double In Vnliio. The Board of Review Is still waiting for the completion of the schedules of the Tax department and It will be the first of the week before It will bo able to accomplish anything toward equalizing the assessment. There are about 7,500 more people acscsscd this year than there over b. vo been and the task of tabulating the figures Is something tre mendous. The tax commlcslonor and hl clerks have been working nights and Sun days for some time aud arc just beginning to see daylight. The tabulation has pro ceeded far enough to Indicate that on the face of the returns as made by the assessors the tot'il valuation of the city lots Is about $14,000,000 , as compared with a previous valuation of $ (3,000,000. ( The assessors' figures will bo reduced In a few cases where It Is apparent that the values have been placed a little too high and It Is expected that this portion of the assessment roll will aggregate about $13,000,000 when all changes arc recorded. The assessments of real property arc all being rccoulcd on the ylats , so that by lookIng - Ing at the plat of any particular block In the city thw assessment of well piece of propel ly Is at once apparent. In this way any In- conslMcnolos are cosily loo.tcd cud If a ( ilcco of property has been omitted by the assessor It cannot escape discovery. These plats will be permanent records and they afford a much mcro satisfactory iccord than If the assess ments were entered ou books according to the orovlous custom. It is admitted that while the assessment has hit the great majority of the property owners who have heretofore managed to evade the payment of taxes , there are still a few cases In which omissions h.tvc been made. The cecitral tart of the city was left to the last , and H was found necessary to hurry the asscjsois somewhat at this point In order to get the assessment completed In time. Next year the assessors will have the present assessment as n basis to work on and the work will bo Infinitely simplified. They will have time to pay particular atten tion to the location of property that w\.s overlooked this year , and It Is expected that another year will furnish an assessment that will be practically complete. C01IIIIXE MACIII.VI2UY AXI ) IMIOOMS. Illuo Ilnrrel llrlKtiile to He \oxt Senson. The problem of street sweeping and cleanIng - Ing during the exposition Is already receiv ing some consideration from city officials. City Engineer Rooowater has been making some general Investigation of the subject and has decided that sometime during the winter the Board of Public Works will ad vertise for bldo to furnish the cltv with street sweeping apparatus. The eifcct of this competition will be to glvo the city officials an opportunity to examine the most , improved dcvJce's , * " determine which , If any of them , ctn bo used with advantage In Omaha. Mr. Rosewater favors retaining the present system In the business district , but the experience of the last year or two has demonstrated that It Is Impossible to keep all the outside streets In a cleanly condition by manual labor. There have beea many Improvements la street sweeping ap paratus during the last few years , and his Idea Is that the mopt cat'otactory plan would be for the city to purchase outright what Is found to be the best apparatus and then operate It with Omaha labor. He believes that money Invested In clean streets will be a good Investment next year. The condition of the thoroughfares' of a city Is one of the things that Is first noticed by vis tors , and his Idea Isthat while Omaha Is entertaining the exposition visitors no pains should bo spared to keep the streets In n cleanly and creditable condition. This will be a dlfilcuit matter In view of the crow's which will make constant supervision of the sUcete necessary. His idea la tht the detfred results can be most economically obtained by cleaning the suburban streets with ma chinery , tnus allowing the concentration of the blue barrel brigade in the busineea dis trict. ASPHALT IMIICISS liO DP AGAIN. IlltlM Oiifiivil by Hoard of I'uliIIe WorkH Slioiv , : i Item-lion. The bids for paving Half-Howard street , from Thirty-sixth to Thirty-eighth streets , which were opened by the Board of Public Works yesterday afternorn , Indicate a oltght advance on the figures at which pre ceding contracts have been let. While It was not expected that this district , which is new paving , would bo faved at prices as low ce those bid on streets where the concrete base was already In and a differ ent classification was us > ed , the figures oub- mltted are relatively higher than thoeo at which a number of cccitracts have been let this year. The apparent Indication 'a that the competition between the various contractors has reached a reactionary stage and that the tendency Is to raise prices tea a more profitable basis. The following bldi * were submitted for paving the district with asphalt , Class B , with a five-year guaranty : No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. J. n. Smith $1.13 $1.35 Jl.'Jj Barber company 2.09 2.14 2.0. Grant Paving company , . . . i so 1.72 1.C8 Hugh Murphy 1.78 1.70 l. < 0 J. II. Smith Is clearly the lowest Wdder and the contract will bo awarded to him after the board haa determined which claEslflcatlon will bo used , .Murphy was the lowest bidder on the curbing his 'bid on Colorado tandstono being 52 cents , as against Grant's bid of 55 cents for 'Missouri ' tUanc. The bids on rcpavlng Dodge street from Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets were re turned to the bidders on account of some changes which are thought advltuble In the specifications and bids en this- contract will be received at a future date. Y ISIortrlcnl CoiiHtruutloii InoroiiHOM. City Electrician Schurlg nays that there Is more electrical construction going on In Omaha at this time than there has ibeen for years. Permits ore constantly being taken out for new planta and additions to old ones , and'so much new work la being put in that the electrician Is kept on a continual hustle to kcop up with his Inspections , The now alternating current arc lamps are being largely Introduced for Interior lighting In the down town business establishments , and for this purpose they are found to bo decidedly superior to those previously In use. Per mits for the Installation of forty alternating current arc lamps were issued last month and this month's record will show nearly an equal number , HullilInK I'erinllN. The Omaha aud Grant'Smelting and Refin ing company has been granted permits for the erection of two additions to its plant at Seventh and Oaks streets. One Is a brick carpenter shop , which will cost about $1,200 , and the other a one and one-half story brick barn , to cost $2.200. The Danish Lutheran Church society hoa taken out a permit for some repairs and alterations ou Its property at 2217 North Twenty-sixth street. Mliil'iciiiHilU Alileriuiui Coiivlctril. MINNEAPOLIS , Nov. 19.-The Jury in the trial of Alderman Uurnant , chnrgcd with soliciting a bribe of $10,0(0 from a contract. liiK 'trip ' , found a verdict of pullty this morning. This la the llrnt conviction In the aldermanlc boodling cusea. > : SCOTT oivns HIS vuusiox. IH-tnlU of CUM- Out of Whli-li lie Iln llriMi Cltcil for Contfiiiiit. Judge Scvtt of the district court ot this judicial district has been cited to appear bc- fore the supreme court on December 7 to show cause why he has Tilled to carry out the mandate of thct court In the case of Ackcrman agalcist Ackcrman , appealed from this county. In that case L. D , Holmes of this city appeared for ono of the creditors , the Dickinson Paper company. Judge Scott ytfltciday g-ivo his version ns follows : "My transaction as Judge ot the court re specting said matter has ROIIO Into the pub lic records of my court aud In known perhaps to the most , It not all , the members ot tills bar. If I , . D. Holmes or any ono else has represented to the supreme court that I have wilfully refused , or that I still refuse , to carry out or enforce the mandate of tint court In that case , then I Unhesitatingly say that said Holmea or tuch other persons have cither grossly , Ignorant ! ) * or latcntlnn- ally perpetrated a most vicious falsehood upon that court respecting my trancactlons In the premises , as 1 never have , directly or Indirectly , been actuated by any wltfull purpose or design In any action on my part as Judge of the court respecting said man date of Mid court , cad no one knows that fact better than raid Lewis D , Holmes. "Tho case of Ackorman against Ackcrman w..s tried before me , occupying several days In the hearing of the testimony , there being a largo number of creditors of the Ackernmn estate , among whom were said paper com pany , represented by Mid Holmes , many of which credltois claiming preferred liens ou account of divers and sundry attachments which had been Issued hnd served In said o > : sc , John H. F. Lchmann being receiver of said estate by appointment by another judgp of this court. Upon tlio final dispo sition of the said case on the evidence , the property was ordered to bo sold by the re ceiver , who was ordered to bring the pro ceeds Into court , to be distributed by said receiver among the covcrul creditors , the slid paper company Included , as provided for In the Judgment and decree of the court. "Upon an application being reado to the supreme court by the said Holmes a writ of prohibition was scrxed upon mo prohibit ing any further action , pending the said writ of prohlbltlnn. At the time said writ of pro hibition was BUpd out and served the receiver under the court offering the property for silo , had received a bid for the property , but as the writ of prohibition had been Issued , the bidder retimed to make good his bid and the property hod to bo roou'ured for s ile , and was PO reoffcred by order of the court at a bid something over $1,400 less than had been bid for It prior to the Issuing ot the writ of prohibition , which resulted In a loss to the estate In that amount , as the receiver was ordered to make the sale on the last-named bid after the dissolution of the writ of pro hibition. "Said Holmes carried the oiso to the supreme premo court FO far as his client was con cerned , but filed no su'.iorsedras bend , and there being no supersedean bond , the other creditors ot the estnto demanded their pro rata uliaro as determined by the deerco of the court , as the proceedings before mo In trat regard wcro not stayed. I adjudged tint their demand was according to law and they were entitled to their Interest In the pro ceeds of said sale , as determined by the de cree , and I Issued an order on the receiver to pay to the creditors the amounts found due under said decree , and that the amount duo said paper company under said decree should be paid Into court for the use and benefit of eald paper company , as shown by said decree. Which said order upon the re ceiver was faithfully carried out to the let ter and spirit of : ld order by the receiver ; and upon his making a final report , showing that In all respects ho had complied with the orders of the court , he asked to bo dis charged and his boudsmen exonerated 'and that thereupon I , as Judge of the court , so ordered. "That subsequently thereto the said Holmes , by some proceeding In the supreme court , of which I huvo not been fully advised , ob tained an order from the supreme court or dering the said Lchmcnn to bo reinstated as said receiver , as also his bandsmen who had been exonerated , reinstated. The said court also , as I remember , ordered that said Lehmann , as receiver , should .lay over an amount of money to I tald paper company 1 argely In excess I of the said amount found due said company In said decree and deposited with the clerk of this court , as above stated , to gether with a mandate from the supreme court to carry out said judgment and ordei of the said court. Thereupon said Holmes appeared In my court , and demanded that I carry out the said order of tlio supreme court upon eald Lahmann ; and It then be ing reported to the court that the said Leh mann was dangerously sick end any ordsr made respecting that matter would Jccoardlzo his life lu his then condition , I ordered the attorneys representing certain Interests In &ilil case to call upon Dr. Coffman , attending physician upon tald Lehmann , and obt In from him , it such be the fact , a sworn state ment regard'ug the matter , and bring Into court such sworn statement fcr the guidance of the court In the premise Thereupon the attorneys did In due time present to the court a sworn statement of the eald CofTnv n , re citing the fact of the serious Illness of the &ild Lchir.ann , and that nny action of the court respecting the matter then before tbo court would jeopardize the life of the said Lehmann , and I refused to take -my action In the matter until ho was sufficiently re covered , that In the estimation of his phy sician , whoso opinion In the matter ranks as high as the opinion ot any physician west of the Mississippi river , the same could bo done without haa.rdlng the life of said Leh mann. "That frequently thereafter and while R .Id Lehmann was In such precari ous condition physically , paid Holmes persisted In luring an order Issued on said Lehmann. _ as receiver , to such on extent that the court asked said Holmes If ho proposed or would follow n dying man Into his grave to collect an ac count or claim , and ho said be would ; that It was his business to get the money for his clients. Soon thereafter , when the said Lohinann was on hi * dying bed , nald Holmes tried to drag him from that bed before the supreme court on a charge of contempt be cause of his failure to pay over the money on that order and on application being m.dc to mo , I enjoined the said IIcimeH from drag ging out of his deathbed the said Lehmann In the Interests of common decency and hu manity. Soon thereafter eald Lehmann died on account of the fat > < ) sickness above Indi cated and wae burled. "This , In brief , Is a statement of the facts In the case , as I remember them , and I think my memory Is correct , " SAVS IT WAS I1KAHT DIMI4ANK , IH-fi-iiHi- Sliryook IiiNiiriiniic fult Hu ll-rx aovrl I'lrci. A somewhat peculiar defence Is ibtlng made by the Masonic Accident Insurance Associa tion of Iowa In the suit brought against It by Cella V. Bhryock to recover $5,000 In surance on her husband's life , The In surance company Is pleading ( hat It Is not liable under an allaged condition In the In surance contract , which released them In the event that the Inoured's death Is partially brought about from heart disease In con junction with Injuries sustained In an accident. It appears that at the timeShryock sus tained hU Injuries In Cans county ho was Buttering from u heart trouble. The loss of blood resulting from his Injury en weakened his heart that he died. The defense Is now Introducing testimony to show that the In jury ot Itself would not have caused death and Is contending tberefora that It should not be held liable for the amount of In surance , This cane has been on trial since Tuesday and "will probably occupy a day or two more , Mtlle Motif for Ilo > il. B. L. Boyd , city milk In pector , who WUH badly Injured In a runaway near Twentieth and Center streets Thursday and who was Inter removed to the 1'rChhyterliui hospital , was reported no better yesterday. An operation WIIH performed ut ttiu hospital lust ( venliiK In hopes of saving big life. The pa tient , however , passed a bud night , und there is little hope entertained ot Ma re covery , j . . . ' , , V.JJ - : -vi ELLIS HAS A BAD RECORD Ono of Bennett Eurglms Proves an Excel lent Capturoi THIEF AND MURDERER IN JAIL HERE Olltclnln Clvc lie I.ocnl I'o- llcc tu ! > IlUlory of n Mali Who UIIN Committed | i Jinny Crlmcn. i | William Ellis , captured In this city a fort night ago for the robbery of W. U. Dennett's store of about $100 worth of silk , has proven to bo a "good" man. Chief Gallagher has a letter from the chief of pollco of Milwaukee , stating that Ellis Is well known In that oily and possesses a most unsavory record. Ho has Just finished a term of four years In Mio Wisconsin pcnHcntlary for manslaughter , and has been sentenced several times for thiev ing. ing.Tho The letter wys that Ellis was known In Milwaukee by the name of William John. VcUch. On the afternoon of July 22 , 1893 , Vcltch and two other hard characters , who went by tlio names of Maloney and Ilenehaw , wcro eiigugcd In picking the pockets of visit ors to Milwaukee who wcro In the city at tending toe German turnfcst. On a promi nent corner Veltch attempted to relieve a man of his extra cash and Jewelry , but was de tected In the act by a friend of the proposed victim , named Ixnils Peterson. Peterson grappled with Veltch and the latter In the struggle pulled a knife and ( stubbed Peterson In ( ho abdomen. Four du > H later Peterson filed. Veltch made his escape from the city and went to Denver , where he was captured October 7 , 1893. After a long trial Vcltch was sentenced to four years in the peniten tiary. Ho owed ihls lite to the eftorts of his attorney , who succeeded In getting a Hght sentence Imposed. As soon as Vcltch fccuied his frcedbm again ho appears to Imvo gone back to his old puisults , for ho was arrested several { tlmcn In Milwaukee for petty thieving , The ' ] Cream City ut length grew too warm for him , , ; and In company with Wlllhm Wade and W. i II. Fernley ho came to this city. j The day after the raid upon Benn < 3tt'Q store was made by the trio the police located the men at a lodging house on North Four teenth and also s > ocurcd a portion of the goods stolen. The rest had been sold to a peddler who was al"o afterwards arrested. Ellis , Wade and Fernley were given a trial In pollco court and were bound over to the district court upon charges ot grand larceny. They are at present In the county Jail await ing trial. In tracing up thp history of the men the . police also ascertained that Wade Is an old- $ time crook and that he IICH served sentences Js for grand larceny In the state penitentiary ' of Michigan. Little Is known as yet of 4 Fernley. The pillce find that previous $ o arrest the men had been In Omaha about three weeks , and were probably connected with a couple of burglaries committed In Omaha during that time , nnd Investigations are now on foot to connect the men with these crimes. HTOOICM11N I.OSli TUISIIt CASH. . VlxHoi-K Who St-i-U Ih.-i Senmy Slilc of Oiiinliii .SulVer. Adolph Lage , a stockman of Plnovllle , Ore. , appeared In pollco court yesterday to glve evidence against Gertie Brown , Alice Carey , Dottle Smith and Maud Miller , whom he al leges robbed him of $155 Thursday night. Lago was on his way from his homo in Plnevlllo to visit relatives In Germany. Ho stopped off In Omaha for a for , ' hours and , got decidedly confused in tha hlrl of the low side of life. Near Twelfth and Capitol avenue he met a woman aud she Inveigled him Into the house ociiupiud uy Alice Carey at Ninth and Capltoi avenue. Whllo hero the stockman was robbed of all the cash he bad. Lage stated ytqtorday that In ad dition to the amount taken he had over \ $1,300 In negotiable papers and drafts which , ; the woman failed to secure. Lage Identified xK all four of the women as bolng Inmates or 'Jj * the house where he was robbed and that they wore all present In the room last night when he missed his money. Charges of grand lar ceny wore filed by Assistant { Jounty Attor ney Winter against each of the prisoners and the case comes up for a hearing bcfore- Judge Gorxl n next Monday. 1 Matt Rogers fell vlcfm to the wiles of a couple of bad women , who give the names of Bertha Lewis and Annie Casey. Rogora 'met them on the rtreet and the trie ad- 'jounn6d to 101B Davenport street , where a 'large quantity of beer was consumed. When the women had departed Rogers inlfccd $6. F. B. Jr-hnbcn. /stockman from Slpokanc , Wash. , also h.d an experience Thursday nlglit very similar to Hogers' . Ho called at the house of Kittle Owens and was relieved of a gold watcdi and chain valued at $ fiO. Stella Green has been arrested for the theft. A search warrant has been Issued In an effort to locate the property , A charge of grand larceny will be lodged ogalnot the Green woman , Fred Russell , a late arrival from Nash ville , Tenn. , was decoyed Into the nolorlaia : den kept by Kittle Owens yesterday and before he could make his escape he was robbed of $110. Kittle Owens , Hazel Dean and Addle Frazer were arrested for the crimp. Russell positively Identified the Dean woman s the one who had taken his money. There are at present five cases pcndlna ; against the Owena woman for larceny from the person and nho has been arrested tlmcn Innumerable for similar offenses , In each of which she succeeded In evading the law. RIIM.S M1X141) IIP Til K .SCHOOLS. HlnliTH from .South DnI.-otii Auk for I < . J. llliiku'N Arrrxl , Bertha and Albcna Nlkul , sisters , hailing from a small town In. South Dakota , have- secured n warrant In pollco court for Uia arrest of L. J. Blake. It la charged that Blake obtained $60 from the young girls under falsa pretenses. The girls say they came to Omaha about fortnight ago in order to take a course. In the Omaha Commercial college. They had a catalogue In their poseerslon Usued by the school named named , and showing It to a stranger whom they met were directed by mistake to the school conducted by Blake war Sixteenth and Caplt I avenue. TJiu Nlki'ls say they showed the catalogue to Blake , and that ho assured them that hla was the school In which they were In quest. As the girls do not speak very good Kngllih and arc Homcwlmt unsophisticated , they ro lled upon the statements of Blake and according to their atory gave him ( GO for a course of studies , Later they found the wrong school had been enteroJ , atxl na other things iwero not as per agreement , they de manded their money back. The girtu any Blake refuted to inn lie restitution and a warrant for hla arrest wan accordingly sworn 3Ut. T\V < S1I.M4IIS I'ATAM.V HI5ATI1V. Trouble HII | > IIOKIM | to'III * OnlKroivdi of ItriM'iil Slrlkf. ST. LOUIS , Nov. 19. A special to tbo Post-Dispatch from Matscoutah , 111. , 8ayn : Martin Bartholomy and George Roehl were- fatally Injured and Robert Loroa was se verely beaten as the result of on attack ot twenty masked men on the night shift of fdx mlnere at the Kolb coal pit near hero. Both of tbu fatally Injured men have fami lies. Blocdhounda will bo secured , tbo au thorities say , to ferret out the guilty ou i , Tba Kolb Mining company' * force befora the strike numbered thirty. SI ace then , only one-fifth as largo u force of men baa been at work. President Kolb cays bo will leave no "tone unturned to find the assail * ants and to bring them to justice. It la not definitely known what canned the attack , but it Is supposed to bo an outgrowth of Ui miners' strike. I