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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
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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