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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNINGDAPRIL 21 , 1898 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
SEW VESSELS FOR THE NAVY
Pacts About the Auxiliary Fleet Purchased
by the Government.
SCOUTS , PATROL AND SUPPLY VESSELS
Trciiionilon * SJreturtli , Hae nnil
Capacity f Three Mou
nter llnitlenhliiit .Vow
on , the Stock * .
' In the hurry and rush of war preparations ,
ayu Harper's Weekly , the Navy department
bas found It necessary to buy an extensive
auxiliary fleet of yachts , tugs and colliers to
ofolst In naval operations. These vessels are
for use o scouts , dispatch boats , patrol and
upply vessels. The most noted of thcno
auxiliary boats Is the Mayflower. From time
to tlmo other yachts have been bought , and
the total ccet of the minor craft to the navy
Is estimated at about $3,000,000. Tula money
cornea from the emergency appropriation ot
$50,000,000 , made by congress to bo expended
for war preparations at the discretion of the
president.
Among the newer addition * to thto fleet
are : (1) ( ) The yacht Columbia , renamed the
Wasp , formerly owned by J. II. Ladcw. It
was built In Philadelphia. It Is ot steel , Is
180 feet S Inches long , 22 feet beam and
draws 15 feet of water. Its tonnage Is 380.
It l 4 years old. (2) ( ) The Hornet , formerly
the Alicia , was built In Wilmington , Del. ,
In 1890 , for Henry M. Flagler. It Is ot cteel ,
meaaurcfl 302 tons , Is 160 feet long , 13 feet 5
Inchon deep and of 24 feet beam. (3) ( ) The
Eagle , formerly the Almy , was Frederic
Gallatln's > acht. It , too , was built In Wll-
nlngton , Del. , In 1890. It Is of steel , Is 170
feet 5 Inches long , 21 feet 2 Inches wide
and 12 feet 1 Inches deep. Its tonnage Is 303.
( I ) The Hawk , formerly the Hermlone , la
nl o of steel and belonged to Henry L. Pierce
or Beaton. It was built In 1R91 at Paisley ,
Scotland. It Is 145 feet long and measure * !
360 tons. (5) ( ) The Vixen , formerly the
Josephine , was built In 1S98 for P. A. E.
Wldener of Philadelphia , At Nixon's thlp-
d yard In Elizabeth , N. J. It measures 545
tons. Is 191 feet 8 Inches long , 28 feet 3
Inches wldo and 15 feet 3 Inches deep. (6) ( )
The Scorpion , formerly .the Sovereign , belong-
Ing to M. C. D. Bordcn. It la the largest of
the elx yachts and approaches the Mayflower
In fllze and speed. It mesrurcs 627 tons , IB
228 feet 5 Inches long. 27 feet 8 Inches wide
end 1C feet 7 Inches deep.
All these yachts will bo armed with rapid-
fire guns , the largest size being six-pounder ?
Seme of the vessels will bo available In tlmo
an torpedo boats. At present their arma
ment will be such as to cope with an attack
by torpedo boats. All are to have a thin
strip of titecl plating placed on their sides
as an extra precaution against light weight
missiles. Their speed varies from fourteen
to eighteen knots an hour. They will bo
commanded by officers of the lieutenant flni
nontenant commander rank , and probably
will bo ready for fcrvlco within ten days.
PURCHASES ABROAD.
The purchases ot war ships abroad for th
navy have been four , the New Orleans , for
tnnrly the Amazonas , and her sister ship , th
Albany , formerly the Abrouall , both ot whtcl
were being finished In England for the Brn
zlllan navy ; the Topcka , formerly th
Dlczenea. built originally for Portugal , an
the Somers , a small torpedo boat secured It
Germany. The New Orleans was finished
when bought , and sailed promptly for thi
country with the San Francisco , our flagship
on the European station.
The TopeUa , formerly the Diogenes , la th
latest addition to the foreign-bought wa
shlpo. Portugal never took the ship after sh
was finished. She is a vessel ot the Octroi
date , measures l.SOO tons , Is of about six
teen knots speed , carries six 4.7-lnch gun
Jn her main battery and ten rapid-fire gun
of various sizes In her secondary batter }
She has a protective deck. Little la knowi
In this country of the torpedo boat Somern
except that she was purchased In Plllau
Germany , and Is about seventy-five feet long
She probably Is slow , as torpedo boats go
and will be able to show only twenty knot
epeed. The Topcka Is to act as her consort
in the difficult trip across the Atlantic.
Ono of the most Important purchases of
ships by the navy was that of the four Mor
gan liners El Norte , > E1 Slid , El Sol and El I
nio. They are fast ships , capable , It Is said ,
of making twenty knota an hour. They
have been plying between New York and
New Orleans. They are of about 4,500 tons
each , 380 feet long , forty-six feet wide and
draw about twenty feet of water. They are
fine specimens of marine architecture. They
will bo armed with 5-lnch guns In their
main batterlee and G-poundera and smaller
rapid-fire guns In their secondary batteries.
Each 'will have three magazines. They have
a i largo steaming radius , and It Is probable
that In case our army Invades Cuba they
will be used as troop ships. These appropriate
names have been selected for them Yankee ,
Disk' , Prairie and Yoscmlte.
THREE GREAT BATTLESHIPS.
Three more of our battleship * , the Illlnoli ,
'Alabama ' and Wisconsin , are rapidly advanc
ing toward the time of launching , and by the
fall 'they will be ready to bo put In the
water. These vcsssls .were provided for by
act t > f congress approved Juno 10 , 1896 , the
Illlnolo going to the Newport News Ship
Building company for $2,593,000 , the
( Alabama , for $2,650,000 , going to Cramps' ,
and the Wlscccsln , for $2.674,950 , going to
the Union Iron Works of San Franclscco.
The ships combine structurally the best
features of the Iowa and the Kearsarge ,
having the high freeboard of the former and
the moderate draught ot the latter.
As the vessels are sister ehlpa , a descrip
tion of one applies equally to the others , and
the principal dimensions and general features
are : Length on load water 'lln.9 ' , 36S feet ;
team , extreme , seventy-two feet 2.5 Inches ;
frc taJsrd. forward , nineteen feet six Inohes ;
freeboard , aft , thirteen feet elx Inches ;
normal dl'Splacemcnt , 11,523 tecs ; draught
ot normal displacement , twenty-three feet
clx Inches ; load' displacement , 12.150 tons ;
draught at load displacement , twenty-four
. feet 7.5 Inches ; maximum Indicated horse
power ( estimated ) , 10.000 ; speed ( estimated ) ' ,
nlxtc-cu knots ; normal coal supply , 800 tons ;
total bunker capacity , 1,200 tona ; comple
nrnt. 490.
These ehlps are the most formidable batUe-
etilpa wo have yet designed , and In the
powers of offense and defense are the equal I ,
if not the superior , ot many European vessels
of greater displacement.
MONSTER GUNS.
The main bsttery will consist of four 1
tl > lrleeInch breech loading rifles- , supple
mented by fourteen six-Inch rapid' flro guno.
The thlrteen-lnch guns are mounted In two
balanced barbette turrets ot fifteen-Inch
llirvc-ylzed steel the defensive equivalent
of twenty-two Inches of ordinary steel while
the face 'plates acout the gun ports are two
Inchra thicker. Theeo turrets turn through
arcs ot 270 degrees , and all four guns can
bo concentrated upon a point about sixty
feet off the shlp'ft beam on cither side. Each
pno-of these guns fires a hardened steel shot
Of 1,100 , pounds , with an Impulse ot 33,627
foot tons. U takes it vivid Imagination In
deed to , foresee the cocsequenctB of four such
hot planted on a single folnt. Nothing could
< wltratanj that etroke4tbln e\cn the long
range of. modern warfare.
The barbettes , within which are located .
the vital mechanism for these guns , and
alto their ammunition hoists , are of hard
ened steel fifteen Inches thick , and rise
eolldly from the foundation ot the heavy
protective deck up to about four feet above
the decks on which the turrets lie.
The bsttery of rapid-fire six-Inch
guns ta placed on the main and
the upper decks. Four Ot them , In
two heavily armored citadel * Amidships , hold
commanding positions on tfcii-upper decka ,
whllo the remaining twelve , also behind tlx
Incbe * of armor , are divided' Into two bat-
erica four amidships and one well forward
on each side. Splinter bulkheads ot steel an
nch and a half thick scpirate the gun sta-
lena one from another and heavy shields
orcvent the admlfslon of that through the
ports. Thene guns will have an Individual
ate of fire ot five aimed shots a minute ,
each chot weighing 100 pounds , and capable
f piercing , undefovmed. through a trifle over
eight Inches of steel 1,500 yards distant.
THE SECONDARY 'BATTERY.
A cecondary battery , constating principally
of sixteen slx-poundem , In dlspoced ad
vantageously on the main deck , well forward ,
on the berth deck , well alt , and upon the
superstructure and bridges where promising
ho most effective service against torpedo
craft a'nd the exposed positions ot an enemy's
leeks. Thcso guns can be fired quite ten
Imcn a minute.
Protection to the hull Is provided by a
eeven and one-half foot water line belt hilt
inder water at normal draught reaching
'rom ' abreast the after turret forward
o the stem. From a point nbrcast
ho after turret to another abreast
the forward ono this armor has a
naxlmiim thickness of sixteen and one-hilt
nches thence It tapers gradually to four
nches at the stem. At eaili end of the heavy
> elt athwartshlps bulkheads of hardened steel
twelve Inches thick reach from side to side
and oppose raking fire. On top of these
walls rests the main body of the protective
deck , two nnd three-fourths Inches thick. A
: ontlnuatton of thlii protective dock , three
Inches thick , runs slantingly to the bow and
to the stern , to points below water.
Above the water line belt , throughout the
range of Its heaviest part , the sides are re
inforced by five and one-half Inches ot steel ,
reaching up to the upper deck , also running
athwartshlrs like the ( dicker belt , and It Ic
through this armor that the amldslilp six-
Inch guns and the two torpedo tubes on each
nlde are worked. A complete band of corn-
pith cellulose binds the ship from bow to
stern Just above the line of the'water llnft
armor belt.
There are two armored fighting positions ,
the forward one being Just below the pilot
! iouse and abaft the bow turret , the after cne
Jut abalt the mainmast and up In the super
structure. The forward one will be ten
Inches thick and there the captain will con
trol his chip In action , and the after one will
be six Inches thick , and a position for cither
the t admiral or the signal officer during ccn-
fllct.
fllct.Tho
The ttilps will have twin screws , driven
by two sets of powerful triple-expansion
engines.
One great central electric power plant will
provide for .the . control of the turrets and all
ammunition hoists , whllo a supplementary
plant will furslsh the , energy for the electric
nlgnale nnd the great cearcbllglits. Wood has
been 1 used sparingly , and all of It will be
flroproofed.
The ship that can live against that minute's
broadside 1 of 8,440 pounds ot hardened steel ,
hurled by any ono ot these vessels and well
aimed , must bo stronger than any of those
yet faftiloned.
COXFIJICT IN TII13 MIMTAIIY I.AWS.
Hniiipcru the Government In Cnlllns
( Hit the ' 311111111.
WASHINGTON' , April 20. The object of
most concern at the War department thto
morning was the calling out of volunteers.
This turns out to bo a much more compli
cated question than was at first supposed
and the officials In desperation are looking
to congress for Immediate relief in their ex
tremity. There are all sorts of conflicts In
the existing army laws , which , It Is said ,
consist of nothing more than a lot of patch
work dating from the beginning of the re
public. It is recalled that even President
Lincoln 'was obliged to call upon congresa to
validate the calls ho had been tweed to l auo
for troops and no successful effort has been
made since that day to provide adequate ma
chinery whereby the government might avail
Itself In an emergency of tlio vast resources
of 'the United Statea In the way ol troops.
Ono of the difficulties that confronted
officials this morning , when It was sup
posed that the way "had been cleared In
a certain measure for the use ot the
Natlwal guards as volunteer troops , was a
conflict between sections HOG and 1163 , re
vised statutes. It was the purpose of the
department , hi c'efccence to the wishes of the
national guardsmen , to allow them to pre
serve their own organizations In the event
that ther are called , Into the service of
the United Btates , but the national guard I
rerglments are all organized on the tljree-'bat- '
tailon basis , and each Infaflt'ry regiment con-
Ists of twelve companies with three majors ,
jattallon adjutants , etc. The regular army
irganlzatlon provides for one major and a t
cry much reduced staff of officers and ten ,
ompatiles. K Is manifestly Impossible ,
hereforo , to muster the national guardsmen
nto the army with helr present organiza-
lon , and it Is bellowed to be Inexpedient
o attempt to reorganize the guard on so
hort notice.
St. LoiilM Celehraltew the Occasion.
ST. LOUIS , Arprll1 20. 'Mayor Zlegenhelm
tad made preparations for a patriotic dls-
ilay when the action of congress and the
ultimatum should be signed. The Tact that
he president had put his signature to these
documents was promptly telephoned to his
ionor by the .Associated Press and he Im
mediately ordered the fire bells rung aad
.00 'bombs fired. It had been previously ar
ranged to iblow every steam whlstlo In the
city anl when the bells were heard the
din that broke out resembled that of a
New Year's monilng. To this was added the
shouts of thousands of enthusiastic people
jefoco the newspaper bullctlo boards. Amer-
can and Cutan flags were run up all over
: ho city and great enthusiasm was shown
everywhere.
South lAmerlenim Join SpnnlNh Xavy.
NEW YORK , April 20. The Herald corre
spondent In Montevideo telegraphs that a
eon ot the famous dictator , Santra , who Is a
Uruguayan naval officer , Is now serving on
board Iho Spanish cruiser Vizcaya. Other
Uruguayan officers are about to enter the
service of Spain In Itii army and navy. The
police are now guarding Uio United States
consulate In Asuncion , Paraguay. Tbo
Spaniards have made no demonstrations
against the United States. They have been
prohibited from burning effigies of President
McKlnlcy and o'.her American statesmen ,
I'nniienKer StenmerH Arc Snfe.
HAVANA , April 20. Although the Plant
steamers have suspended their trips between
Tampa acd Havana , they possibly fearing
seizure In the event of hostilities. Captain
General Blanco has notified Alexander Gal-
Icn , the British consul here , who Is acting
for the United SUtcs , that even In the case
of war being declared the regular paesenger
steamers will be considered as sailing under
a neutral flag.
Tenneniee SenilN Greeting : .
NASHVILLE , Tcnn. , April 19. Governor
Taylor today sent the following telegram to
President McKlnley :
Tennessee nwalts your call for volunteers.
The blue nnd too jiray will march together
Into battle under old plory , keeping step to
the music of "Yiuikeo Doodle" nnd "Dixie. "
nnd the fur will lly and the earth will trem
ble.
.Stnrtii the \VhlntlcM nt ChleiiKO.
CHICAGO , April 20. As soon as the news
was received here ot the president signing
the Cuban resolutions and the ultimatum
to Spain manufacturing establishments in
different parts of the city were notified and
the action ot the president was made known to
the people of Chicago and suburbs by the
blowing of whistle and the ringing of bells.
Simncucl llo tllltlea.
NEW YORK , April 20. A dispatch to the
Herald from Havana sojra : It Is reported
from Matatuaa that the Insurgent govern
ment o ! the province , at the head of which
Is Pedro Uctanccu t , chief of 'all the In
surgents there , has Issued .a circular sus
pending hootlltlrs | throughout the territory
under bU command.
I'eorln SliirU ItrcrullliiK.
PEORBA , April 20. The recruiting of four
companies was begun in Peorl * tblamorning. .
CURTISS TURNER'S ' FUNERAL
Final Services Over the Bcdy Held at
Family Horns.
SKETCH OF THE YOUNG MAN'S CAREER
HIM Work nit nil UiiKlnccr nnil III *
'Intercut ' In the I'ublle AfTiiIrs of
Uiiialin Why IK- Went
tolnxkn. .
The funeral services over the remains of
the late CurtlM C. Turner were held nt the
family residence , 3318 Farnam street , yester
day afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock. They
were attended by a large assemblage of
prominent citizens that quite filled the spa-
clous parlors and the broad hallway ot the
residence. The services were conducted by
Rev. Thomas J. Mackay , rector of All
Saints' Protestant Episcopal church , aielstcd
by Rev. Robert Dohcrty. The ritual of the
Episcopal church was used throughout , the
service being read by Dr. fttackay and the
prayer being said by Dr. Doherty. There
were no .remarks . outside of the regular
church service. A quartet choir from Trin
ity cathedral very sweetly sang two elec
tions , the solo parts being taken by Mra.
Cotton.
Flowers In rich profusion were about the
casket and In the parlor where the remains
lay during the services. On the coffin were
two particularly beautiful bunches , the ono
of lilies , the other of white rotes. The other
donors were mostly lllley , lilies of the val
ley , rosey ot white and of red , and numerous
designs. Prior to the services the remains
were viewed by the family and the nearest
friends. The pallbarcrs were : Edward Porter
Peck , Alfred Mlllard , Charles L. Saunders ,
Frank Hamilton , Clifford Smith , Victor Caldwell -
well , William Doane , Luther Drake , Chailes
W. Hull , John G. Berry and George Mercer.
Interment wao made at Forest Lawn ceme
tery , the services at the guvo being con
ducted by Dr. Mackay.
SKETCH OF MR. TURNER.
The following sketch of Mr. Turner was
prepared by ono ot his Intimate friends and
associates in the different organizations In
which ho waa Interested :
CurtUs 'C. ' Turner was the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Turner , who are numbaed
among the pioneers of Omaha , having come
to this city lu 1853. Ho was of thoroughly
American stock. His family on both the
paternal and mata.nal eldo settled In
America during the colonial period , and ho
was directly descended from men who oc
cupied a place in the fighting ranks in the
revolutionary war and the war of 1812.
illofifl born In Omaha , August 31 , 1863 ,
was educated from the Omaha High schools
and graduated from the Omaha High school
In 1S81. After a year of further iveparatlon
he entered the scientific department of Yale
university , from which ho graduated In 18S5.
In 1SS6 ho retir. ned to the university and
took a pest-graduate course of one year.
Coming back to Omaha , ho entered upon the
profession ot a civil engineer , for which ho
was exceptionally equipped , not only by his
thorough education , but by natural bent anil
capacity. As a civil engineer he was oc
cupied In work for the 'Missouri ' Pacific Rail
road company ; for the Omaha Cable.Tramway
company during the construction of cable
roads In this city ; In the office of the city
engineer ; In the investigation In connection
with the state and United States authori
ties of questions relating to Irrigation , water
supply and good roads and In a variety ol
ether work. In 1890 ho was nominated by
Mayo.-- . C. dishing for the office ot chair
man of the .Board . of Public Worko of the
city of Omaha , but owing to purely political
reasons was not confirmed.
ADVOCATE OF GOOD ROADS.
Mr. Turner woe an enthusiastic advocate
of good roads. Ho had given the question
much ctudy , both from a scientific and from
a popular standpoint , and was perhaps the
best Informed man on the subject In Ne
braska. In 1892 ho Inaugurated a "good
roads" agitation , having for Its object the
Improvement of roads in Nebraska and par-
tlcularly in Douglas county , by lessening the
grades , narrowing the width , Improving the
methods of construction and dVataage one
avoiding heavy and expensive fills and cuts
by following natural levels Instead of ad-
fcerlns In all cases to section line ? . In purcu-
anco of this purpose he explored nearly ever >
foot of Douglas county nd made a topographical
graphical survey of every quarter section o.
Its surface. He addressed numerous public
meetings , prepared and p.is bed before sue
ccaclvo legislatures a carefully studied am
comprehensive revision of the laws relating
to reads , secured the support of many or
canlzatlons and succeeded In arousing :
strong and active public opinion , which
while uaable to overturn the long-standing
system of section line roads , has had i
marked Influence in bringing about the grea
Improvement In the care and manoRemen
of our county roads which has been so no
tlceable during the lost five years.
When In 1893 the proposition to vote bond
for the construction of the Platte canal wa _
brought before the people of Omaha ant
Douglas county , Mr. Turner bccam. .
convinced after a careful study of the e-n
glneerirv ; . financial anJ > water supply con
dltlons that the enterprise 'was not a deslra
ble ono for the community to undertake anc
he accordingly ranged himself with the op
position to that enterprise. iDi * "itne firs
struggle over the question In lljC he had ;
very active part and 1-a the final campalgi
In 1894 ho took the lead and ! n the fac
of what seemed to be an overwhelming sen
tlment In favor of the canal and with ver. ,
little support from the press or organize
'bodies ' succeeded Ii defeating the Issue o
the bcr Js. The margin was very small an
there Is no question whatever that but fo
Mr. Turner's pccsistency the bonds woul
have Ibsen voted. While the. civic patrlotlsn
and good Intentions of those who advocate
the Platte canal enterprise have always bee
recognized 'by ' the community , there are to\ \
persons now who will not admit that th
plan was Ill-considered , that If Its Imrncns
financial burdens had been fastened upoi
our citizens the exposition would have bee
an Impossibility and that the communit
owes much to Mr. Turner for his Intelllge-il
courageous and almost single-handed flgli
against the project.
iMr. Turner took an active Interest In man
other public matters , such as the layin
out of the Omaha park system , the flgh
against the fifty-year gas franchise , the lo
cation ot the ex-pcsltlon grounds and man
others. In his Interest ! i-i public affairs h
represented a high type of youns citizenship
following his hcwcst convictions rather tha
self-interest , and fortlfy'ng all his opinion
by a careful and Intelligent study ot th
question.
ATTRACTED BY TIIiE KLONDIKE.
In the summer ot 1897 the Klondike region
1
began to attract general attention. Mr
Turner , being of a vereoergetic and enter
prising character acid being greatly dlssatls
fled with the enforced Inactivity In the en
glneerlns profession c.iued 'by ' the prevail
Ing financial depression , became at ouce In
tercsted In the possibilities of the new coun
try. The mining features of the district h
cared nothing about , but he belleveJ tba
the transportation question afforded an Inter
estlng field foe engineering work -and a rlc
promise ot profit. He realized the Irapor
tanco of a snorter and quicker means ot com
munlcatlon than the St. Michaels route , an
as a result of his investigations Incline
strongly to the route by way ot Chllkoo
pass , the upper lakes and Lewis river. H !
first Idea was to build an aerial tramwa
over the roughest part of Chllkoot pass , bu
In this design he wee anticipated. In No
vctnber. 1897 , he went to Alaska In pcrso
to look Into the situation. After returnln
home for consultation with those Intereste
In his Investigations , he again departed fo
Skagway In December , 1897. After a thor
ough examination of the respective merits
of White pass and ot Chllkcot pass , he be-
came convinced that the latter offered the
moat promise , and , at the time ot !
death , had packed to the top of Chllkoot
pans the material for two boats , each of ten
ton * burden , which he Intended to use for
the transportation ot freight on Crater lake
and Long lake. His action In this regard
waa only ( he first step In a larger plan for
a tianeportatlon line along the entire route
from Chllkoot pass to pwm > n , which ho
hoped to work out upon farther-Investigation
and acquaintance with thi country.
Ills freight would have been taken at the
top of Chllkoot pass , and an .Idea ot the bus
iness to bo done may be pained from the
following extract from his * letter ; of March
24 , describing the scene at the top of the
pess : *
There la notfilni ? else In the world like It.
Below Is the great stVlnrf of thousands
push-Ing up for the llnallllt over the hill-
horses , dogs , goats , oxen , men with sledges ,
men with packs , men with windlasses , men
with block nml tackle and ! everything or
anything that can drag n Pack or a. load
can be seen here. TVierc.'ls ' n straight anil
apparently vcrtleal blnrK linn ot packers
so close to each other tnjitwhen a foot la
lifted another takes It place , and woe betldo
the tired packer who stcpf aside to rest , for
his plnce It lost.
The last letters received from Mr. Turner
announced him as lu the hist ot health and
well satisfied with tho' progress he was
making. Men who knew him In Alaska
state that ho was unaffected by the climate ,
full ot activity and very much liked by all
who met him.
In the course' of his business he bad fre
quent occasion to travel up and down the
pass. On April 3 , while a heavy otorm wao
prevailing , a number of snow slides occurred
cci the trail above Sheep Camp. The first
took place about 2 o'clock In the morning
and overwhelmed a number of people. Other
avalanches followed , but owing to the fury
of the storm and the destroying of commu
nications , parties at Sheep Camp were not
aware of what had happened. Mr. Turner
was stopping at the Wooi'lawn hotel at
Sheep Camp and In Ignorance of danger
started tip tno trail at about 9 o'clock and
waa raught , presumably , at about 10 o'clock
In one of the last slides which took place.
His body was recovered on the third day
iftcr the disaster and was brought homo
through the kind ofTlccs of William Preston
ot this city.
HIS SOCIAL LIFE.
Mr. Turner was a man of pleasant and
social1 disposition who made acquaintances
very easily and was coe ot the most widely
known and popular young men In the city.
Ho was a member and at one tlmo president
of the High School Alumni association. ; a
member and vice president of the Sons ot
Omaha sod a member of Iho Omaha club.
In January , 1S9G , he was elected secretary
of the latter organization and served In that
capacity up to the time of hla departure for
the Klondike. HI.J administration ot the
office w > : a particularly efficient anil success
ful and resulted in a very decided Improve
ment in the management and financial con
dition of the Institution.
Mr. Turner was a man of flno physical ap-
Dearioce and marked , force and ability. HH
mind was active and Interested In u , wl.le
lunge ot subjects , and his views wera broad
ened by education , by cairtant reading , by
acquaintance and conversation with many
classes of people , and by extensive travel In
this country and ( abroad. His judgment was
keen , critical and conservative , aad ho poa-
resscd the ability to Rlvo his decisions and
opinions effective cxprcss'on whether In con
versation , speaking or writing. His charac
ter was markc'd by Inflexible honesty , good
faith , directness of purpose In all things and
the possession of the courage of his ccra-
vlctlons In ft rare degree.
Ills friendship was highly valued by those
who possc'ssed It. In ordinary social Inter
course * ho was 01 most agreeable companion
and In times of trouble ho was strong , sym
pathetic and helpful.
His sad and premature death Is a loss
not only to his family , of whoso affliction
nothing adequate can bo Jtild , and to the
host of friends who will hold-htm In affec
tionate remembrance , but .Iso to the whole
community of whoso best young citizenship
ho was representative and ot which ho
Bcemeil destined In the duo course of time
to become ono of the most Influential and
valuable members.
MAICR A.VOTHEJI RAID.
Ilc.Klile.ncv . > of John. < ' . MeXenl Itnn-
mickecl nml Jlobheil.
Burglars made a rali- Tuesday night on
the residence of Jctm. q. 'McNeal at 2524
Pierce street , while the family was out visitIng -
Ing friends , and made a gtpd haul. They se
cured jewelry and money to the value of
several hundred dollars and got away with
their booty so successfully that I tie pollco
have no clew as yet upon which to work
fcr ( tic apprehension of Ifyo robbers or the
recovery of tlie property.
The family closed up'Uhe house about
7:30 : o'clock and went away. They returned
homo about 9 o'clock and In the Mean
time the burglars got In their work. En
trance to the house waa .effected . "Uirough a
sldo window. The catch wvuf broken off with
a chisel and the sash raised without diffi
culty. When the burglars left they lowered
the window , but forgot to .return to the place
from which they had taken the chlael the
tool that aided them In getting Into the
house. It was found lyiflg under the win
dow.
dow.When the family rdurnecl , home they were
surprised to find everything topsy-turvy. The
burglars had ransacked ev ry clcset and every
drawer for valuables , and money , strewing
their contents over the floorcv In most com
plete disorder. Chairs and ohter articles of
furniture were turned over and all of the
beds stripped of their mattresaeo and linen.
An examination showed that nothing but
the jewelry and money that was In the house
had been carried away.
I.ITTI/n HOY WlR OP DIPHTIIEIUA
Un l of tli ei Cnie- Which HlJcltcd Some
O tile 1 ill ym | > nithy.
The young son of Lulu Peoples , who was
received at the city jail In the last stages
of diphtheria , died yet'ter&ay ' evening at 222
North Twelfth street , where- the mother of
the child had received permission from the
Board of Health to nurao him. Coroner
Swanson took charge of the body and It was
prepared for a nice burial In a lot at Forcsl
Lann 'cemetery , which frlenda of the mother
purchased for that purpose. Friends also
bore all other expenses of the funeral , whlct
occurred from the place where the child died
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Assistant City Physician Ralph has rr de
a careful Investigation In the neighborhood
where th/3 ! case developed , the result o :
which ! s that no other signs of the disease
could be found. Ho tblnjiu that nothing seri
ous will result fem this case. Dr. Ralph
waa called to the Castcllar school district
where It was reported , that several pupils
attending that school had fiore throats with
a llkllhood ot an epidemic of diphtheria
Ho visited the pupils and found that fear was
groundlcui. The children simply had taken
cold and the throat trouble was the result
Ho provided medicine for all the cases , ant
that was the end of hs | olllclal inquiry.
Itixc. ill the JUimiHirl Klver.
The bottom of the Missouri Is again
under water and quite h change can be
noticed In the current today. In t'ne twenty
four hours ending nt 7 o'clock yesterday
morning a rise of 2.7 ffeet was recorded
in the twenty-four hourus previous to this
no chang-a In the rlver'p height was ob
served. At Sioux Citr the river rose 2.4
feet In the twenty-four hours , endlnf
nt 7 o'clock yesterday morning nm
4.3 feet In the previous twenty-four
'nours. According to this , rise In the river
above here , the river 4t Omaha cannot bo
subject to a greater rise1 than four feet In
the next twenty-fourrhours. Four fee
more of water will give about twelve fee
above zero point , or low water , and the
danger is eighteen feet above low water
Tile weather bureau ha * not been Informet
of excessive rainfall along the upper rive
and no hlg-h water Is anticipated.
Petition U OlMiulxned.
In the case of LouisFlcscher and other
against th * NebraskaCycle company ant
others , trie petition of the plaintiffs ha
been dismissed nnd tha plaintiffs have ex
cepted. They are given forty days from
the rising of t'no court In which to p re par
their bill of exceptions nnd perfect thel
] app * l t the Buprem * court. ( I
WAR AFFECTS NEW PAVING
Money Needed to Fay Contractors ia Hot
Immediately Apparent.
CITY UNABLE TO SELL THE BOND ISSUE
Street Improvement * M y lie De
ferred Indefinitely. Onlnic to the
In Wlileli the Finan
cial Situation. SI nnd .
The fallacy of the Idea that a war would
have no effect as tar frctn the coast as
Omatia Is Indicated by the experience that
the city Is now suffering la regard to street
Improvements. Even the . -suggestion of a
war has materially delayed all the paving op
erations that were In proacect for this spring ,
and unless the bond market should soon re
cover from Ite p.resont stagnation It appears
very doubtful whether the paving so dcslr-
oblo before the exposition will be accom-
plUded until later in the season. The con
tracts for this paving were executed by th
Board of Public Worka and submitted to the
council for approval two months ago. But
the council has neglected to Issue the nec
essary Intersection bonds and consequently
ho contracts were held up whtlo the bond
esuo w s prepared. Then came the war
care and tuc bonds arc still Unsold and there
s no prospect that they can be advanta-
eously disposed of until tlie present con-
rovcrsy la settled. Even If the contracts
ad been approved the contractors will not
ay the pavement until the Improvement
ends arc sold , and these are In the simc
ondltlon as the Intersection bonds. Consequently
quently , Inctrad of having a lot nf paving
under way , as was intended , none of the
ontractors arc at work and there Is no as-
uranco that they will begin for eomo time
o come.
City Engineer Ros&water Is disposed to
hargo the trouble to the dilatory action of
ho council. When the previous block of In-
erjectlon tends was voted he assured the
ouncll that the remaining $25,000 would bo
equlred and that they might as well be
ncludcd. About that tlmo there was some
rlctlon between the council and the en
gineering department , because some of the
ouncllmen thougtit the new charter gave
ho engineer altogether too much authority ,
and the suggestion of the engineer was not
: on3ldered. If It had .been . followed , the
bonds would have been add with the others
at a fair premium , the contracts could have
icon approved at the tlmo they were awarded
aufl paving would probably now be going on
n several districts lu the vicinity of the
exposition grounds.
CCialrman Burkley of the finance comtnlt-
eo thinks the bonds should be sold to the
ccntracton. ) If they are willing to take them ,
lugh Murphy has offered to take the $28,000
ssued to cover the ccat of paving In the dls-
rlcta covered by his contracts , but nothing
lao been heard from the other contractors
on that point. Hvcu It tdey arc all willing
to accept the bonds , the city will obtain no
> rcniium and the Intersection bonds will
still be unsold.
Mr. Burkley tblnko there Is no tangible
prcwpect of disposing ot the bonJs for a fair
irlco whllo the present conditions obtain.
The prospect of a government bond
esue has practically quashed the
market for municipal securities , as Investors
are hoarding their money with a view to
Investing It In the- government bonds.
" " 'City ' Attorney Conncll contends that the
present conditions will not continue for any
zth of time and that It will not bo long
Before the bonds can bo satisfactorily dls
? osed of. He admits , however , that the
iclay of the paving will bo a serious mis
'ortuno at this tlmo , and Is disposed to favor
: urnlng the bonds over 'to ' the contractors II
: hey are willing to take them. . Most ol
the other city officials take tbo same view
Ther contend that the bonds are worth
premium , but are Inclined to bellevo that
whatever premium the city would gain by
wait Ins until the bond market Improves
would bo more than offset by the damages
incident to a further delay In paving. The
finance committee jj-111 ascertain what propo
sition the contractors are willing to make
acforo the next council meeting and It It Is
at all favorable the council will probably
accept It.
Au > visonv uoiviu ) r.ivus PERMITS
GrairtH Authority fur Street Hiillwny
KvteiiNlonH.
Official authority to inako the remaining
extensions and Improvements contemplated
by the Omaha Street Railway company In
view of the exposition was granted toy the
Advisory Board yesterday afternoon. These
nclude a s'njlo track on 'Eminett ' street from
Sherman avenue to Twenty-fourth street , a
track extension , of the Twenty-fourth
street line to the "base ball grounds at Ames
avenue and curves at Fourteenth and Harncj
inj Sixteenth and Harncy to complete a
Ion ? for exposition special service.
The BoarJ of Vlra and Pollco CommlssIoU'
era submitted an estimate of the cost o
repairing No. 6 engine house whicl
amounted to $151. It was approved and a
the suggestion of Chief Redell the secretary
waa directed to advertise for bids for a car
load cf three-Inch yellow pine lumber to be
used In repairing the floors of several ens In
houses where this improvement Is needed
The new crrglno houses were built withou
basements , with the result that the floor ;
have rotted until they are liable to become
dangerous.
City Attorney Connell advised the boar
that where condemned buildings are ordere
torn down care should tic takp.i that all lega
requirements are compiled with In order ti
avoid possible damage suits. He requestei
that hereafter the .facts In each case ibe re
ferred to the legal department 'before ' flna
action Is taken. The communication wa
placed on file and the city attorney will b
requested to advise the board what the exac
legal procedure couslsts of.
WIX TUKIH I'OI.M
Mayor ' .Moore * Vetoex 'Another '
lulliiK Orillnaiifc.
The ordinance regulating express stand
which was recently prepared by the Board
of Fire and Police Commissioners and
by tuo founcll has been vetoed by Mayo
Mtorcs on the ground that It Imposes to
great a hardship on the expressmen. Accord
Ing to Its provisions the express wagons ar
prohibited from standing on the streets ex
cept at three prescribed locations. Tbl
Is denounced as an Imposition by tbo ex
pressmen , and Mayor Moores takes the sam
view. Llcenfo Inspector McVlttlo eays ai
ordinance can be prepared that will race
tht objections ot the property owners am
bo moro satisfactory to the expresmcn. H
favors an ordinance similar to the one re
cently passed for tlie regulation of trul
and candy stands. This will evict tbo ex
preosmen from the business district , excep
as they are given Individual permits toy th
inspector to eland at certain places. Tbl
will give tbo Inspector the power to regu
late them In the prescribed district and glv
the least possible annoyance to business
houses. Ills Idea Is to make a list of loca
tlona where the presence ot a wagon wl
not be objectionable and then Indicate eac
spot by a chalk mark on the curb. In th !
manner a wagon can be allowed to stand a
a certain point without objection , where
It was moved twenty feet either way 1
might be a standing annoyance to eom
property owner.
-Tnr Hook * 'Are Hearty.
Chief Clerk Jonathan Edwards of tb
municipal tax department has completed th
tax llat for 1S9S and It will be turned eve
to the city treasurer between now and Ma
1. The llat fll'e four tax books this year o
one more than previously. Four moro book
are required for the duplicate Hit. On ac
count of the largo increase in the nun bc
f personal oa-fesmcnta , It has been found
eccafary to devote ono book to thcao ex-
Vufllvoly. In previous years the same book
IB held the personal amctiemonta acid the
assessments ou city lots. Notwithstanding
10 Increased volume ot ae > Ko meiit the
oet of preparing the list ha * been mate-
lally lesj than In previous year * .
'AXI'AYEIIS ' BAG nit TO SKTTI.K.
ttiMli to 1'ngr llcforc I'rnnlly Attnclim
linn AlriMul- Set In.
Whllo the 1897 taxes , collected by the
ounty , do not become delinquent until May
there Is a great hustle at the office of
County Treasurer Helmrod to get In and pay
p before the penalty of 10 per cent attaches ,
'he rush at this tlmo Is nothing as compared
o what It will be during the- latter part ot
ho present month , but enough people are
omlng In to keep the county treasurer and
Is clerks busy most ot the time.
Mortality StititUtlm.
The following births and deaths were re-
orted at the health office during the twenty-
oil r hours ending at noon yesterday :
Births Slgmund Snnlokc , 2620 Oak street ,
Irl ; John Mllscn , 2523 South Twenty-fifth ,
Irl ; Henry Wlmlholm , 1325 South Twenty-
ixth , boy ; Frank Davis , 1427 South Four-
eenth , girl.
Deaths Edward Taylor , 67. Fiftieth and
ass , diabetes. Interment at Boston , Mass. ;
'ranees ' Daniels , 16 , 1111 Domlmlcn , typhoid
ever , iBchomtan National cemetery.
aiKXIAI.S OF wi3Ai/rn.
Vnnili-rlillC * Army of ItetnJnern Hcnln
Anything In AiiU'rJcii ,
The display of liveried menials most of
hem Imported , by the way at the big mu-
Ical pulled off by William K. Vamlcrbllt a
cw nights ago has drawn attention to the
orgoousness and resources of the mant'lond
hat are squeezed lip In a corner of a city
lock hero , says the New York correspondent
f the Plttsburg Dispatch. At Willie K.'s
lalace on the night In question an army of
otalncrs clothed In liveries of the most cx-
> enHve texture lined up and' bowed to the
guests as they walked through the great hall
ind were taken up to the big rooms above ,
lied with plants and flowers , where another
uniformed force met them. Everywhere was
he Vanderbllt colors , the Vandcrbllt coat-of-
irme. the Vanderbllt crest and all the In-
Ignla of the mighty power of the house of
Vandcrbllt.
The metropolitan establishments which
mploy the largest number of's rvants , and
n which the machinery of management Is
notably Intricate , are these of tho..Vandcrbllt
brother. ; . Cornelius and WHllairtX K. The
men and women employed inY n'u\about the
residence of Cornelius Vanderbllt number
about forty , and among them arc two watch
men , who patrol the front of the house morn-
ng , noon and night throughout the year.
Another man looks after the doors of the
; rcat house and sees that they are securely
ocked when not In use. And there arc oth-
rs. Indeed , the homes of certain wealthy
New Yorkers resemble hotels In the manner
n which thy are conducted , with a manager ,
chief clerk , servants and private watchmen.
The management of many of the "eot-
iiges" at the fashionable summer resorts Is
upon the same elaborate but systematic
scale. When the owner of one of the largest
iaccs ! at Lenox left tor his summer homo
aet year a train of ten cars was used In
the transportation of his household. Three
jarlor cars were used for the family. The
servants had a first-class day coach to them
selves and the remainder ot the train was
nado up of baggage cars and cars for the
lorses and carriages. The millionaire of the
metropolis certainly lives like a peer of the
realm and entertains royally. Little wonder
the small fry struggle to get on their lists
and help them spend their royal dollars.
OA'IU'E.VTEOSVIM , XOT JIEI 1 > .
IIivi > 'o Dralrc In Hamper tlif Work
nit 'I \iio > tltliiii flronuili.
It has been decided by Carpenters' and
Joiners' union , No. 427 , not to support the
agitation for a strike among the painters and
decorators working at the exposition grounds.
This decision was reached at a meeting of the
union Tuesday night , and the attitude of the
carpenters "nd joiners Is clearly defined by
William Turner , their walking delegate , who
lias made a statement to The Bee regarding
the controversy.
"Our union docs not feal that labor Is bo-
2 Imposed upon by the contractors at the
grounds In tie matter of wages. We are
willing to accept an Increased scale , If It
should bo tendered to us , but as an organ
ization wo cannot see our way clear
to agitate a strike looking to an en
forcement of demands which some
of the labor leaders are champlonftig
In the cause of the painters..Wo think tlio
contractors era doing well byjlabSr , and for
that reason they ought not to bd compelled
to fight a strike. My Impression Is that there
are only a few painters at the fcottorri of thin
agitation. They have the backing .of a num
ber of labor leaders , but cven'ln their own
organization there Is apparently such strong
opposition to their strike movement that 1
do not think It will ever materialize. "
President W. H. Bell of the Centra. . ! Labor
union went out to the exposition grounds
oirly yesterday morning and passed the day
ia n personal Investigation of the painters
alleged grievances. Ho has positively de
clared that ho would talk no moro about the
trouble until some definite conclusion was
arrived at and a policy formulated.
Failure In llrucll.
NEW YORK , April 20. Tfao Herald's cor
respondent In Rio Janeiro telegraphs thai
the largo firm of Lern : * , engaged In the 1m
portatlon of petroleum , machinery and other
American products , has suspended paymen
with heavy liabilities. Several banks are
Involved. I
" \Ve 1cTi1uliI l/nilcr / Ilentrnlnt.
Several weeks ago Ben C. Westcrdahl was
brought to Omaha from Norfolk In a de.
mented condition , and It was thought tha
ho would recover In n few days. He has no
Improved any , however , and. has been placed
In Saint Bernard hospital , where do wll
be kept for a month or BO and then If ni
Improvement takes placet ) 'he will bo sen
to the hospital nt Lincoln. Westerda'nl is n
mall clerk and was on his run when It was
noticed for the first time that ho was net
IIIR strangely. He Is not violently Insani
and seems to he laboring under the Idea
that iio Is somebody else.
Mct-kH in Cimtoily.
Thomas Wd-.lks , ( wanted In Yankton , S. D.
on a chargi } of burglary , I * on his wa :
thither In charge of Sheriff Hlckey of tha
city. After the crime of which Mccks Is ac
cuscxi naa committed on the night of Marc ;
4 , ho < nus arrested. Ttva man broke jail an. .
was traced to Omaha In company with tw
other mien. Ho was subsequently nrreste
In Lincoln , and there turned over to Sheriff
Hlckey on requisition papers. Me ka Is ml. . "
to be the oldest burglar In. the wi-at nmon.
the class that has pursued thces crimes anc
has never been sentenced to the penitentiary
of
Nebraska lodge No. 1 IB making prepara
tlons to entertain a large number of vlslton
this fvenlnt" , two out-of-town lodge ;
having Indicated their Intention of beln ,
present with t'nelr entire membership t
witness the work of No. 1's third. rank team
Following the conferring1 of this rank , or
raneenientg are being made to entertain th
visitors by a banquet and smoker. Kacl
member of the lodge has ben notified o
Uils meeting and members of sister lodge :
of the city are Invited to bo proaent.
Helmet * for the 'I'allce. '
Chief of Pollys Gallagher has selected th
helmets which the. . podcerrvm and ranklm
o dicer. . ) ot thn department will wear durin
tl summer Thowi of the patrolmen will b
pearl jrrey with a Inather band of a lighter
color. The captains nml sersifnnts will wear
navy blulei helmet * with. a. black leather
band.
.More CulMin , llellef ,
The Nebraska Belief aBsoclatlon received
one car of corn from the people of Strains-
berg and another from the people of Knr-
nam. The cars 'nave been forwarded to the
Central llellef committee to be shipped to
Cuba.
CUTS PACKING HOUSE RATES
Verj Low Figura Named on Eastbound
Shipments.
MISSOURI PACIFIC MAKES. A SLASH
Ilrilnrtloit front Oinnlin nml Cwnuuov
1'olutn t Ht. IrfuilN Nfnrtli * the
Unnleniututly.
The Missouri Pacific office created consider
able excitement In freight circles hero yes
terday jnorn'ng by the announcement of a
deep cut In rates on packing house product *
and frctli meat. Effective April 23 , the rots
on packing house products and frcti moat
from Omaha , Nebraska City and lower Mis
souri river points to St. Louis will be 5
cents per 100 pounds. From Omaha , Ne
braska City and lower Missouri river polnti
to East St. Louis the rate will bo 7 cents.
The rate from Lincoln will bo 3 cents higher
than the rate from Omaha , or 8 cents per
100 pounds.
Ttio slash was not anticipated by tin
freight traffic men and there wa *
quite a flutter when It waa announced. The
Rock Island announced that It found
It impossible to reotoro tariff rates on
Monday , and gave It out that rates that
had been In effect would continue In fore *
on that Una. Thlrf annoiinecmrat set the
pace for the other lines , and It was at once
conceded that there could be no successful
attempt to restore rates on packing house
products by western lines. In the oplnlrn
of some traffic officials the foreshadowed
tleclslotr of the United States supreme court
against the further existence of the Joint
Traffic association Is responsible for the de-
cllno ! r rates. Notwithstanding the an-
aouncoment of the Hock Island that It found
It Impossible to restore rates , It was not
thought that any deep cuts would at once
bo made. It Is now thought that the other
reads will follow the lead of the Missouri
Pacific a < ii ) announce similar reductions.
The cut on packing hoiife products and fresh
meats will bo of especial value to the gov-
e.runcnt In case the quartermaster's depart
ment decides to ship a great nmoiMt ot meat
from South Omaha nnd other packing cen
ters to the southern potats where the army ,
Is mobilized.
IIISK IX IIATHS TO MIHTHU'EST.
Ten Ilollnrn .tililrd tn the Funla
J'lU'lllf Count 1'oliitN.
The passenger rates to northwest points
went up a peg yesterday. The advance *
was made by all lines In rates to Portland ,
Tacoma and Seattle , the raise amounting to
$10 in first and second-class tickets. Askeit
whether ho thought there would soon be a
complete restoration of nortliwcH rates.
General Passenger agent Lomax of the
Union Pacific said : "I can see no Imme
diate prospect for It. I am so tickled to
get this rartlal restoration that I am not
saying a word about any further raise. "
Among other passenger men the general
opinion that a half a loaf was
better than no bread also held
gooJ. and there was no little
satisfaction that the ratcu had again reached
the point they were nt before they dropped
to the $10 scale. The recent Now York
meeting between passenger officials ot the
belligerent lines ot America and Canada
availed nothing In the line of a settlement
of the rate war. The Canadian line firmly
Insists tdat any negotiation * ) for a restora
tion of tariff rates shall Include a concession
to It to maintain a differential on through
business via Port Arthur , Ont. The Ameri
can lines are steadfast In their determina
tion to consider no agreement jontalcilng
any fnich conceislca. And there the matter
stands.
IIAIIGAI.VS 'IX TUAXSI'OHTATIOX.
Utn-Ie Snm Million Some llnrc Deal * )
for llniillnir Wentem , Trnon .
The opinion prevalent among railroad men
ot this city Is that the government Is getting
a bargain on Its prcornt movement of troops.
Said one railroad official to The Bee : "So
keen has been the desire to haul the troops
among some of the western lint's that the
business has .been handled on ridiculously
low rates. In passenger circles a rate of
2 cents per inllo per .passenger . Is cctiiald-
ered a fair charge for western roads to
make. But some of the troops are now be
ing handled on a rate of 6 ce&ta per mll
per car. A car carrlea about fifty soldiers ,
so one can readily sec how cheap the ratea
are In comparison with thosa ordinarily
maintained. It Jay Gould could hear of ths
rates given tlie government for the troop *
ho would just turn right over In his grave.
The freight rates are ticlng kept up some
what better , but even these are widely sep-
iratco from the freight rateo usually quoted.
If the cut on packing houao products and
fresh meats that has Just been started re
sults in a general war In freight rates , it
U likely that the supplies of the army will
bo moved out ot the west at rates relatively
aj , low as tuose on which the troops wer
handled. "
Drouth In California.
John A. aiunroe , freight traffic manager
of the Union Pacific , has Jiist returned from
a trip ot several weeks through the west ,
having visited San FruncUco , Los lAngelet ,
Salt Lake City and Denver during his ab
sence. Ho was In attendance at the meet
ing of the Transcontinental Freight as
sociation at San Francisco. This meeting
adjourned , without the transaction of any
business ot great Importance , to meet In
Milwaukee on May U ) .
In reply to a question about the reported
drouth In California Mr. Munroc said : "They
are In bad fihape In California on account ot
the great drouth they have had. The ( lelJs
are all dried up , the Ilvo stock Is BurfevlnK ,
and It Is doubtful If any of thn crops will
amount to much this season. It Is altogether
probable that there will 'be a demand for our
cereals to be sent out of this territory to
California during the next few months. There
has always been something of u demand for
Nebraska corn in California , but there la
now very likely to bo a much greater demand
than there has over been before. "
llnlliiny .Vote * aiul 1'emnnaU.
Thomas F. Godfrey , city passenger and
ticket agent of tbo Missouri Pacific , is In
St. Louis.
Charles < M. Talcott , assistant superintend
ent of the Pullman company , returned yes
terday morning from Kansas City.
Itaymond A. Eaton , railroad editor of tha
St. Louis Republic , han been made ono ot
the telegraph editors of the eaino paper ,
P. J. Nichols , general superintendent of tb *
Nebraska division ot the Union Pacific re
turned to Omaha yesterday after lookIng -
Ing over the line In the western part of fh *
state.
Phil Doddrldge , general agent of the Den
ver & Rio Grande at St. Louis , Is In the city ,
renewing the many friendships enjoyed bf
him hero when ho held the position of trav
eling freight agent of the Missouri Pacific.
So great lu tbo rush of troops through St.
Louis over the Missouri Pacific that Travel-
In Passenger Agent * Barnes ot Omaha and )
Hoffman of Denver will bo kept at that point
for several days , assisting the general pai-
sercer department In the handling ot th *
troops. ;
VnnilcvllleN Met Their TrniiUn.
When the case In police court again * !
Jacob , Edward and Nellie W4ss , William
Howard and a colored man , charged with
larceny as bailee by appropriating th
vvirdrobes of the Revere Blsteru , viudevlll *
urtlsts , U called for preliminary hearing It
will be dismissed for want of prosecution.
Thi , defendants have delivered to Ula Ktui *
team the latter' * trunk * .