Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
< Vt\r A HA. ! FHTn.AY APISlTi 2t ) . 1898. SINGLE COP\r FIVE CENTS.
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Striking Features of the Coming Electrical
Exhibition in Hew York.
ST , LOUIS ABOLISHES OVERHEAD WIRES
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Effect nf Trolley Linen on Kent K-
tate VnlUew DntneMtle Conven-
lenccMIeietninieut * In
Other llranche * .
At the coming electrical exhibition In New
York City the first extensive attempt to
telegraph without wires in this country
will bo made between the tower of tbe
garden , in the heart of the city , and tbe
dome ot ttio Columbia university en Mwn-
ingsldo Height * In Harlem. It will be ccade
under the direction of IVof. Crocker of the
electrical department of Columbia. The ap
paratus to bo used will bu the came as that
Used by Marconi , recently tested by Wll
Ham Henry Preece of ttic postofflce depart
ment of Great Britain , who succeeded in
transmitting messages to eomo Wands off
the -cost of Wales , although no wires con
nected the Islands with the mainland. Tbe
height of Madison square tower and of ttio
dome at Columbia le such that the messages
will have very little material substance to
Interfere with them en route. That la. U
will all bo done above the uounc tope. Not
that houueo or any otht-r substance of a
light nature would seriously Interfere with
the ether waves , wdlch transmit the Un-
pulses mide in the Instruments. Tbe Idea
is to give llio New York public a chance
actually to see and to try the new system
of telegraphing through the ether without
material means of communication. Audi-
en ceo who will vlalt the garden during the
experiment will be allowed to do some tele
graphing on their own account , so that ttic
Ejatcm may be brought home to them lu
as forcible a manner as possible.
Another remarkable piece of apparatus to
bo exhibited In the garden will be a large
acid complete work'ng ' model of Thoma.j A.
Edison's Iron mine. Among the Jersey hills
Edlton U crushing large quantities of mag
netite , or magnetic rock , and by means of
magnets heIs extracting tuo Iron ore from
the sand. Tbe process has bstci minutely
described , but few people have a chance to
see the machinery In actual operation , because -
cause the Exllson mine is guarded as strictly
as the palace of the Russian czar. EJloon
bao sent large pieces of the rock to Madhoit
Square * garden , so ttat the process may be
placed on exhibition. Five-ton rocks will be
dropped between a series of great rollers
rod pulverized until nothing but dust la
left. The resulting dust U dropped past
tde facto of electro magnets , which will
pull the Iron ore out of the sand anl cuuae
it to drop into a bin by Itself. The sand , of
course , will pasa right on. Thus one of the
newest triumphs of the great Inventor will
be Illustrated.
Still another remarkable electrical Inven
tion la to be. Illustrated at the cbow. This
will be the electric welding process of Eilhu
Thomson , who has succeeded by nieana of
the electric arc In revolutionizing tue old
process of welding. Mr. Thomson practi
cally ban created the blacksmith chop of
the future. He has shown the old-style
forge to be a very ucneccfsnry Inatltuticq.
In order to weld nowadays It is only ncces-
. eary to raso a very powerful electric current - ,
rent through tbe two pieces ot metal which
ere to be joined together. In fact. If two
pieces of metal are connected each to a
pole of a dynamo and are then brought
together , the reststcace of the metal at the
point where they are Joined will cause
them to fuao when a heavy current Is passed
through them. Tbe process la now belm ;
used by large manufacturers in various parts
of the country.
PUTTING WIRES UNDERGROUND.
Within the next week or ten days every
foot ; of overhead wire and cable owned by
the Bell Telephone company In the down
town district of St. Louis will have been
removed from the poles. Already over 105-
000 feet of cable and 25 per cent of the wire
in that city have been taken down , and the
work is being pushed with all possible ra
pidity.
Probably 100 poles have been taken down
and tbe number could have been consider
ably Increased were It not for tbe fact that
the Bell company it more or less hampered
in its work by the presence ot wires belong
ing to other wire-using corporations on the
telephone poles.
The city of St. Louis Is responsible for a
portion of tbe delay that has been encoun
tered in removing poles in the business dU-
'trlct. All of the fire alarm wires In certain
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parts ot tbe town , are strung on tbe Bell
company's poles , and until they are removed
nothing more can be done toward removing
the poles from the streets.
A great portion of the wire and cable that
is being taken down Is absolutely worthless ,
and Its removal means just that much loss
to the company. As long as It could be
used as a part of the overhead system It
served tbo purpose almost as well as new
wire. Some ot It can be disposed of to the
junk dealers , and a certain portion of It Is
good enough for future use in emergency
cases.
T-e wire rope * that were used to eupport
the heavy cables containing the telephone
wires will be disposed of In pretty much the
same way. Some of them will do to put up
again in tbo district outside of the conduit |
limits ; some will have to be sold to Junk
dealers for whatever they will bring , and not
* little will have to be thrown away.
There has been more or less delay In get
ting the electric light wires under ground
on account ot the disagreements among the
eoveral companies aa to their rights In cer-
, toln streets. All of them have wires strung
on telephone poles In one part of town or
another , but few of their wires have been
removed for the reason that the underground
eystcmd are still Incomplete.
Notice has been served on all of the elec
tric light companies to vacate the Bell com
pany's poles , but owing to the fact that to
do so would entail heavy Ices on most of
them , nothing will bo done for the present ,
at least , to enforce compliance with tbe no
tice. Later on the Bell company may bend
obliged to hurry them up.
TROLLBY LINES AND LAND VALUES.
The question of the extent to which land
values in cities have been affected by elec- !
' trie railroads has recently engaged the attention
Itny
tention of tbe municipal authorities In many
large cities , and a s > stematlo Inquiry ex
tending ovur * a great number of communities
has elicit eel sonio valuable and hitherto un
determined Information. For the purposes
of illustration , three circles have been
drawn upon a city map. * ay , for example ,
that of a typical manufacturing town ke
Plttsburg. These circles define the as
definitely affected by the electric roads. The
inner circle Includes the business center , or
heart ot a city ; the location ot tbe po tof-
flce , the banks , the financial centers , or the
choice shopping district , In other words ,
first-class business property. Within tbla
circle values are constantly appreciating ,
end have done so even during the past three
years. Such property Is always In demand
( on Investment , and Ita value will continue teat
Increase aa * the earning power ot money at
Interest decreases. This circle represents ,
usually , the central objective point ot tbe
local transportation companies. The second
circle. , which will vaiy In extent with
the alre of the city In a purely resi
dential city or , In tbe case of an Industrial
city , that portion within reasonable prox
imity to the factory district. The Influence
ot the electric railroad has been to cause
value * within this circle to decline. Rents
have had to Jje lowered to keep tenants , and
selling values , based as they are on rentals ,
have correspondingly declined. Even mak
ing full allowance for the depreciation ikot
values , both rental and selling , caused by
hard times and depression , the bearing byof
the electric road on tbe conditions noted ofU
unquestionable. Tbe third circle Include *
the outlying districts made acceaalble by the
lectrlc line * , and here tb greateit benefit *
ofwit crtcctrlc transportation are to be met
with. In this district , according to the
statement of an expert , there Is a remark
able appreciation of land values from the
Improved [ local transportation facilities , to
which railway managers and real estate
men in all parts of the country bear wlt-
nctn. Tbe clerk , the mechanic , and tbe
classes working for wages show a disposi
tion ! to take up land for homes In outlying
districts , a the land Itself U cheap , the
rents low , and comfort and living conditions
are very much Improved. Well-to-do people
pie , also , are now moving out on the Interurban -
urban and acreage property beyond the out
skirts of large cities to an unprecedented
extent. Such districts are showing a. markel
Improvement ] In value , and will doubtless dose
sowe for a long time to come. Men who are
well-informed this
on subject hold that we
were seeing but the beginning of a very ex
tended movement in real estate through the
Influence of electric lines , which will im
mensely cnhanse suburban proper-ties.
DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY.
There U a man In Buffalo , N. Y. , who
knows how to live , a thing that the major
ity of people can learn something of with
advantage. The comfort which this Indi
vidual gets out of his knowledge is mainly
owing to tlie utilization
of elcctrlcltly In a
score of wayo In ha ! house. A tep on the
veranda lights the Incandescent lamps light
ing that part of the house and the vestibule.
As he closes 'tho door the lights are auto
matically extinguished bebtad him. and those
on Uio first Undlng are lit. Before leaving
the tall ho can , by touching a awltch , light
any room In the house. Callers speaking
from the front door to the sewing room ,
nursery or other rooms may be admitted
by a pressure of a button within these rooms.
If a burgMr should be tempteJ to try hie
hand at forcing a door or a window the
veranda acid the vcatlbule Instantly become
aa llf.ut as day , ar.1 'tho alarm bell rings
In the kitchen , and the Intruder has more
attention bestowed on him than he cares
for. The Important qUeetlcn of being able
to live Indoors Ic a wholesome and healthy
atmosphere Is easily provided for. The tem
perature of the whole hoUi. * la electrically
controlled to 60 desreea , and in cold weather
some of the rooms are kept at between b'O
and 70 degrees. Tue kitchen Is entirely
equipped with electrical apparatus , and the
owner of the house prides himself on the
fact that his cook never makes mistakes.
There can be no ouch thing an a Jolat half
cooked , or dried into a tasteless and fiber-
less mars. The beat Is regulated > in > .l ad
ministered In absolutely scientific degrees ,
and there Is no guos work. A Joint of a
certain size and character receives a given
qutatlty of heat. In a certain way , aud in a
given time. The meat thus cooked Is juicy
and most appetizing. A novelty In the man
agement of the lights throughout the house
Is a choke cell on the plan of a theater
dimmer , by which tue brilliancy of tha lamps
can be augmented or decreased at will.All
the work ta the" laundry U done electrically ,
and a curling Iron heater U available lu
every bedroom. Th& smoking room Is sup
plied with electric cigar lighters , and the
eowln.3 room has a switch and a plug for
connecting up a motor to the sewing ma-
chine.
PICTURE .TRANSMISSION.
Prof. Sylvanus 'P. ' Thompson , the eminent
Englkd electrician , U very doubtful about
the transmission of pictures by telegraph
by Hcrr Szczcpanlk. There Is no'.ulng new
In the suggestion to transmit plcturen elec
trically by breakng them up Into lines or
dots , or to reflect the rajs upon solcnlum
cells , or to move prisms by electro-mag
nets. But , so Prof. Thompaon points out ,
the solo and only point of any importance
Is : Has Hcrr Szczepanik yet got any real
resultfl ? The complicated mechanical con
trivances suggested can not be made to
work , as rapidly as Is necessary without
some most amazing eklll In construction.
I As the duration of luminous Imprceslcns on
| the eye to give continuity Li of the order
of only one-twelfth of a second ( cinemato
graph views are bad unleea more than twelve
pictures a second are made to succeed one
another ) , it follows that to transmit plc-
lures only one square Inch In area will re-
I quire luat the wtiole of the 10,000 points
11 neccscary shall be successively Imaged with
1 in ' about one-twelfth of a cecond. There la
no known electric mectanl&m which will
csillate a mirror or pr sm with precision at
a frequency of 120.000 a second , even though
the electric line Is cnly a few yards Ions.
To talk of doing this through a line 1,000 )
rallea long , Prof. Thompson says "Is. In the
present state of mechanical and electrical
knowledge , tbeer nonscnoc. "
GIUEQTRICIANS IN THE NAVY.
A valuable result of the present war
activity Is the recognition which has beej
given by the gove-rnmcut of the importance
of having a larger staff of skilled electri
cians available for service , Independent of
the numerous electrical volunteer corps
which have been organized. Steps are beIng -
Ing taken to strengthen this weak point In
the United States navy , and the co-opera
tion of the volunteers will thus be made
doubly effective. An executive order of the
president haa established the ratings of
chief electrician , electrlclzn first class and
electrician second class , to b ? 'taken from
civil life for service In the navy. They will
be required to pasa a physical as well is a
professional examination before a board to
bo established. The pay will be { 50 , $40 and
$35 a month , with rations. There Is now
enough electrical apparatus on a well
equipped modern war snip to find plenty of
work all the time for two or three com
petent electrlcUru. A pleasing Indication of
the enthusiasm which attended the forma-
tlon of Captain Grlffen's electrical corps was
the offer made by a large electrical firm to
allow all their employes who joined the
corps and went on active- service full pay for
at least six months.
ELECTRIC POWER FROM SEA WAVES ,
At Los Angeles , Cal. , during the last year
a company has been making a series ot ex
itperlments In which the force of the waves
of the ccean was used to generate electric
power for light and other purposes. A wharf
made ot metal was bulll extending 350 feet
out into the ocean , and at the end was placed
the generating plant , which Included three
floats connected with vertical hydraulic com-
prcssors which In turn are connected with
a storage-pressure tank. The movement thof
the waves alternately raises and lowers the
floats , pumping fresh water , from a reservoir
into the storage-pressure tank , where the
J waiter Is subjected to sufficient pressure to
drive. It out with great force through a water
wheel. This water motor operates he
dynamo , and the -water which has ed
from the motor flows Into the reservoir to be
used again. The machinery Is almcst self-
governing , as In case of. storm or heavy sea
the accumulated pressure In the storage tank
exerts Itself against 'the ' pump pistons and
offsets tthe action of the floats. A thorough
test of the apparatus -was made during the
winter , when all kinds of weather were ex
perienced , and the- plant la now to be en
larged to a capacity 'of 200 horsepower.
USE OP ELECTRICITY IN AGRICULTURE.
E.ot
Milton Whitney , chief ot the division ot
soils of the Department of Agriculture , In
his annual report to the secretary says :
"The electrical method of moisture deter
mination has been , stlll further perfected.
Sixteen stations have been equipped with
electrical Instruments In various parts of
the country , and | n several Important types
of soil. Records have been kept at these
stations for periods varying from two to
four months , and It has been found that
the method con be used by any one with
ordinary care care. As a result ot these field
records , I feel perfectly satisfied with the
operations of the , method , and equally sat
isfied that It will prove of great value In eoll
Investigations , aa well as of practical sad
commercial value. One great value of the ;
method la that the'eleclroJes are permanently
burled In the fied at any depth desired , and
the field can be cultivated or cropped aa
usual. Tlie electrical resistance between the
electrode * la read from a scale , and this
resistance varies according to the square ot
the water contents. * By once thoroughly
standardizing the electrodes and by the use myot
tables furnished by the division , the moisture -
uro content * of the toll can be determined
at any time from the electrical resistance tedot
the eoll. " * i
Map * of Cuba at The Bee office Omaba
Council Bluff ! or Soutk Omaha. Cut *
coupoa trom
ART DESIGNS FOR DOUGLAS
Exhibit to EG Hade Notable by Ita Many
Original Features.
ARRANGING THE COUNTY'S FINE DISPLAY
ConiniUnlnnrrii Deeldc on the Plitn *
for VeoorntlnK the Ilootli In the
Asrlcultnrnl Iliillillnir and
Work.
The county commissioners have decided
on the plane for decorating the epaco Doug
las county will occupy In the Agricultural
building at the exposition and the details
are being worked out. The space allotted to
the county Is In the extreme northwest cor
ner of the building , Just to the left of the
main entrance on the west , as ono enters
that end of the structure. It Is sixty-seven
feet long and thirty-three feet deep , with
a colling twenty-five feet high.
The. front ot the Douglas county space and
also the cast end , will be worked out In a
series of arches. The ba e of each arch will
bo ot wood , worked In with colored grains ,
giving them the appearance ot mottled mar
ble. The columns above the batci ? and sup
porting the arches will bo glass tubes , four
Inches In diameter and six feet long. They
will be filled with colored eceds. These
arches will lead Into alcoves , all of which will
be backed up with canopies of sheaf gralnu
and gratacs. There will be two main arches
opening onto the main aUle running length
wise through the building from east to west ,
just In front of the exhibit.
Sitting on a throne back of the arch , King
Corn will rc'gn In all his glory ,
while a few feet to the
wcat and facing the second large
arch , his consort. Queen of the Valley , will
occupy a position. Both tuese figures will
bo of heroic size. The king will be built
of clay and , wtille the material Is etlll soft ,
It will be covered with kernela of corn
Tue crown for the king will be of yellow
corn , while his face will be worked out
In white and red. His robes wll be of tha
leaves of the ccceal , with the colors blendIng -
Ing s-3 as to give a rich and finished ap
pearance. The ( drone on which the , king
will nit w'lli be of different colored corn , the
kernels being stuck Into the great clay
chair.
GORGEOUS WORK IN GRASS.
The Queen of tuo Valley will be all tha
her name Implies. Instead of belug bull
up of grain , che will be , gonstruted p
clay and will be clothed In graesei- ' . Her
lace and the expcsed portions of lier per
son will be covered with grar * seeds. Her
crown will be of the same material , thoug !
golden In color. Her drapery , as well as
the throne on wtilch she will sit , will bo
covered with Rvariscs , the bright and tbe
moJest colors blending la tue moot perfec
haniKny.
Along tbo front facing of the Douglas
county space and well up toward the cell
Ing wilt be the words : "Douglas County.
Nebraska. " Thlo lettering will be la corn
of different colors. Ths letters will cacu bo
two feet square and will be made from corn
shelled from the cob and stuck on heavy
canvas , the space between the letters being
covered with some other variety of grain.
The space back of this frontage and between
thi king and the que.cn will be occupied !
hr hugo pyramids of glass Jars , filled with"
all kinds of grain , and extending from the
Seer to the celling. The st end of the
exhibit space will be. worked up to harmonize
with the front , the style of arches and thd
work on the front being identical with that
along the main a'sle , though everything will
bo unon a somewhat smaller scale.
Inside of the Douglas county space on the
west wall space will be the relief mip of the
countr. worked out In grains and grasses ,
together I with tbe seeds of the products of
the ' sail. This map will show the' ' location of
the farms of the county , the school houses ,
the towns , the railroads , tbe wagon roads
and the general topography. On the north
wall two figures will be constructed of grains
and reeds , but just what these figures will
bo the authorities refuse to state. They
declare that they are preparing a very pleao-
ant surprise for the psople and are not qulto
readv to give out their plans.
C < LORIES OF THE CEILING.
The celling ever the- Douglas county space
will bo laid out In stars , squares and circles ,
the Ak-SaNBen colors to predominate and
fill tbe space between the designs. From
each of the celling designs there will haug
pendants made of the grains and' ' grasses of
the county , each Individual design to be of
a co'.or different from Its neighbor , sheaf
grain and grasses to be worked In to blcod
the colors and not produce coarse and
heavy effect. From every penJant from the
celling electric light bulbs will shed their
rajs , though most of them will be hidden
from view , so that instead of 'seeing the
bright glare , there will be notutag- visible
except the diffused rajs.
The designs for the Douglas county exhibit
are all being prepared In the building at
Twenty-fourth and Hamilton streets ana
most of them are well along In the way of
completion. A large force of boys aud girls
are at work assorting the grains and seeds ,
while another forceIs at work stitching them >
upon tbe canvas. The work at tbe
Agricultural building Is making good
progress , the frame work about the space
being about completed. As eoon as this is
done , the designs will be taken out to the
grounds and put in place , after which the
decorators will be put In charge of the 'X- '
hibit. The flgurea of King Corn and the
Queen of the Valley are being made , the
artist having completed his email models ;
and la now at work upon those of the
heroic size.
Speaking of the Douglas county exhibit ,
the commissioners say that In thelrjudgment
it will be the finest and most attractive agrl-
ncultural display upon the grounds. They ray
they propcse to show the visitors to the ex
position that Douglas Is the banner county
In the state and that the eoll will produce
any and everything that can be raised In
the temperate zone.
Inntalllnir CUoiilnim'n Mineral * .
Preparations are being made for tbo In
stallation of the Alcntana exhibit In the
Mines and the Agriculture'buildings. The
space allotted to the state in these buildings
are surrounded by muslin screens about
seven feet high , to shut out tbe prying ryes
ot visitors , an-J1 behind these tbiM walls a
number of men are preparing the exhibit ol
the resources of Montana. A striking object
In the material at band for the mineral ex
hibit Is a huge piece of coal about six feet
long , four feet high and four feet thick ,
weighing 6,500 pounds. Tills great block Is
contained in a crate made of pine timber
6x6 inches In size , held together with one-
inch bolts. The mineral specimens are con *
talned In barrels , some of the barrels aid
contents -weighing 900 pounds , The agri
cultural material , which rs. vlsliiU In the ;
enclosure being decorate ! ! n tbe ra "
building , consists simply of decorative Ins
and grasses , tbe main portion ot tbe exhibit
not having arrived.
Frepnrlnn the I'ro ram.
President Wattles haa summoned Super
intendent C. G. Pearee of tbe Omaba schools
Musical Director Klmball and Major T. S
Clarison to bis assistance In preparing . 8.he
program for the opening day exercises , Including
cluding the examination of the nuraerou
poetic effusions which have been offered as
"opening odes. " There are a large number
ofl these latter of various degree * ot ex !
cellence , and the committee will pass Judg
men * , on their respective merits , deciding
whether any poem ehall be Included In the
program. " f
Mineral Exhibit.
Judge 1 , W. Shurtllff ot Ogiten , chairman
ot tha Utah Exposition"commhrvion , accom
poned | by S. T.WhlttaVer of Ogden , Is erIn
tbo exposition grounds to look after the In
etalUtlon. ot the Utah exhibit. The booth
ta U JU&H bullUlof to be occupied br _ uub
was commenced several days ago. and the In
stallation ot the mineral exhibit will be
commenced da eoon as1 the booth l ready.
Mr. Whlttakcr la an archlt ct and will have
direct charge of the InstajUtlon of tbo Utah
exhibit. He served in tfeecaaM capacity at
the British exposition in GkNgow and the
last Paris exposition.
Judge Shurtllff Is not Inclined to day mucb
about the exhibit to be mada by hit ) slate ,
saying that the exhibit Will how for Itself
when It le In place. Ha ) taya the material
U all rcudy for shipment and will be
hipped Just as scon .as everything Is ready
o receive It ot thls-end ot tbe line.
\VOltlCI.\Q O.V TI S BMTFP TItACT.
Carpenter * Start oil Iher loirn llnllil-
Inir Other 'Vrtimrc * * .
The working force oil tfio hluff tract of
ho exposition ground * wasr increased yea-
crday by a largo gang of carpenters who
egan work on the lowaiaUte building. P.
. Wlnn of Council Bluks. ha * the contract
or this bulling , a temcorar/- shed to serve
aa a workshop 1 * being- ' erected and wcrk on
ho building will be commenced at once.
The ctntract provides that the building shall
> o completed before trie exposition opens aod
( Mr. Wlnn says bo will finish It with several
days to spare.
The Horticulture building la making gooJ
> rogrcss and no doubt remains about It being
Inished on time.
The Interior of the Nebraska bulldtog Is
about completed and presents a very handsome -
some appearance. The walls have been
tinted In an artistic manner under the per
sonal direction of the hostess of the
'Miss iMcllcru Butterficld , and
the electric wiring Is finished. The
woodwork tas been finished In "hard oil. "
It has been decided to paint the plaster on
the exterior of the building a pale cream
color , leaving the staff white , after the plan
adopted for the Illlnoto' building. ThVi will
Improve the appearance of the building very
much atvd will make 'It , oneof the hand
somest on the grounds.
A mccalc floor Is being laid In the rotirada
ot the Illinois bulldfhg and a large force
of workmen are engaged ! ri putting the fin
ishing touches to the Interior. Tlic art an
nex Is nearlag completion. The Wisconsin
building la In the hanJs ot the I'taft con
tractors end the decoration already In place
glvts promise of the handsome appearance
of the completed building.
Tho.Montana building,1s enclosed and Is
one of the most attractive buildings on the
bluff tract. The exterior la covered with
weather-boarding and chlnglcs , differing
from Uie other buildings .on this tract.
The Georgia building la taking firm. The
framework of Uie .flat dime which will cur-
mount the main entrance das been rearol
and the stuff workers will begin covering
the framework within a few daje.
The landscaping of the bluff tract Is still
being prosecuted with great vigor. Landscape
Architect Ulrkb giving the matter his per
sonal attention. Bedo Set flowecs have been
laid out In great profusion. The space to
be devoted to lawn Is now covered with a
good growth of blue grcrs produced by
sawing seed .about two weeks ago. The
grass Is nearly two Inches ulgh , and the
appearance of the trcct la greatly changed
by tlie fresh , green color. Seeis end bulbo
for the flower beta arts being received In
quantifies fvom exhibiting florUts , and the
next two weeks will ass tue bluff tract
overcd with joung plants. The pkutlng of
usheo and shrubbery of all kinds Is still
n progress. "
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"AY FOIl THE KXPOSITIOX GUAHOS.
Ixeentlvo Committee risen the Sciilc
of IVnireli in lie Paid.
The scale of wages to be fold to the mem-
cr cf the coriis of exposition guards was
eclded by the exeputtva committee ycater.
lay afternoon as follows : . ' Captains , , f5 ;
.rat lk-Jtenants.uj ; 'eecand lieutenants ,
60 ; sergeants$50j frrpjrals , $45 ; pri
ces , $40.
Man ? er Klrkeridall and Major IVewellyn ,
omnrndant of thfe guard , have been put-
Ing In all their sp'are I line during the last
cw days In opening and.itsbulatlng the ucv-
ralthousand applications which have been
lied for these position * . Several days willie
io occupied In getting tla ! Information Into
nape and getting Into'.communication with
h-3 writers , who hail from all parto cf the
ountrr. The guards 'will ' not be on duty
until Juno 1. The details ot the uniform
mve. not been decided.
President Wattles wad authorized to re
quest Governor Holcomb.'and Mayer Moores
o Issue proclamations declaring' June 1 to
> e a public holiday. , i
The contract for making the concrete
stero and poping aboat the Agriculture
Ibcral Arts , Art and Manufactures bulld-
ngs was awarded to 14. C. Strehlow , the
price belnc ' $500. " \
French Exhibit * -ftnrt Saturday.
Frederick ( Mayer , the French commissioner ,
haa advised the Department of Exhibits that
all of the pictures and other materials for
the fine art exhibit , together with the indus
trial exhibits constituting the French pac-
tlou , will be shipped to Omaha April 30 , und
will be accompanied bs : the exhibitors.
Mr. Mayer writes that the French minis
ter of commerce , M. 'Henry Boucher , hto
notified him that all French railways and
steamship lines wl ! | curry artlclea for the
cxpcaltloa at greatly"ref ueed rates and her. !
Mayer says this will 'Induce ' a great many
exhibitors to take lartwho have been holdIng -
Ing back on account of ; the freight rates.
The fine art exhibit , Mr. Mayer rays , con
sists of seventy-fievon or seventy-eight pic
tures of the highest degree of merit and cbc
congratulates the department on the general
excellence of the entire showing on the part
ot the French exhibits.
Government Exhibit * .
Six more carloads of materials for the
exhibits In the Government building have
arrived and are -belog unloaded from the
rack at tte south end o ! the .bullilng. Ono
of the cars contained the exhibit of the
State department , another carried he '
material for the iDepartemnt of Justice , ad
he other four are loaded with material for
the exhibit of the Treasury department.
This exhibit Includes the-display of the light
house establishment , the Bureau of Prlntlog
and Engraving , the Life Saving service , the
Marine 'Hospital ' service' , and the Treasury
department proper.
'Water ' has been turned Into the fish tanks
In the aquarium aod th se will be prepared
to receive the living exhibits when they
arrive ,
SettllnK the Ckliirve Conccnnlon.
J. C. Souther , city ticket agent of the
Milwaukee road In Chicago. , was In the city
yesterday afternoon Ih the Interest of the
Chinese exhibit. Mr. Souther says Wong
Chin Fco is persona ncn grata with his
former business atisclate * and they have
concluded to. drop him. They consulted Mr.
Souther and asked him to represent thorn
In a private capacity in adjusting matters
with the exposition officials In order that j
their money paid , by Fpo fcr ground space
may not be Io tj FOe'o option on this
ground will not expUa pntll May 1 and Mr.
Souther submitted a proposition of settle
ment to the exposition management yes
terday. He says if bis proposition Is ac
cepted the ' 'show wilt go on" just the
same , regardless of goo.
Spokane Ilrie * Fond.
Telegraphic information received from
Spokane by tbe Department of Publicity and
Promotion Is to the effect that a rousing
meetlns of cltUens vrw beld there and nga
determination reached to raise a fund of
$10,000 for a state exhibit at tbe exposition.
One-hair ot this amo nt was subscribed on
the spot , and committee * were appointed to
raise tbe balance. ,
It developed In ? tb meeting that a fine
mineral exhibit from. Washington Is assured
and steps are being akea to secure'an exten.
live exhibit from British Columbia.
lfra < ] < iaartcrnq ! > i the Ground * .
The Exhibit * department will take up iti
beadquarteri on tbe exposition grounds
Monday ot the comloj week. A suite of
cfflces will be partitioned off In the south-
wee t corner ot tbe gallery of the Manu
factured building and all tbe business auot
tbe department will be conducted trom tbat
tciut tlttr ext Monday. ,
SPLENDOR OF THE RAINBOW
Corridors of the City Building Will Shine in
Gorgeous Glorv.
CI1Y HALL INTERIOR DECORATIONS
Painter * Here ! In n Illot of RnrlHh
Colon and the Uflcct Startle *
the Moot lllniic of
ObBerverii
j
The decoration of the Interior of the city
ball is beginning to approach completion and
tbo result promises to be the meat startling
galaxy of crazy quilt coloring that has yet
been turned loose , Every one who visits the
bulldlr- wants to know whether the man
who selected tbe colors Is afflicted with a bad
case of snakes or is merely subject to night
mare , but they are unable to secure any sat
isfaction. No ono is willing to shoulder the
responsibility. Custodian Scdgwlck says he
had nothing to do with It , the city officials
disclaim responsibility and the painters say
they arc doing the work the way the offi
cial1 : want It. And meanwhile every shade
of color that ever appeared In a rainbow Is
reflected somewhere on tbe Interior ot the
city building.
The fact seems to be that each official has
been allowed to have his office painted ac
cording to hs ! own Ideas of decorative
art and some of thcso Idcaa were
apparently acquired from a casual study
of circus posters. There Is little or no effort
at harmony and' the work haa apparently
been done without the eemblance of system.
The corridor on the fourth floor has been
| practically completed and the panels appear
In a coat of flaring yellow that convejs a
jaundiced effect that Is really painful. The
school tc-jche.'a who patronize the fifth floor
registered a vigorous protest against being
compelled to gaze on such a diseased tint
every tlmo they vltlted the board rooms ,
but they were turned down and the yellow-
Is on to stay. The ultimate appearance of
the upper part ot the building may be Imag
ined when It Is stated that the Board of
Education proposes to ralnt the celling of
the fifth floor with a very light tint of blue
with old gold trimmings. The comparison
may be Imagined and when a few more varl-
ttcs of Impossible colors arc worked In
on the tlirea lower floor ? , the
total will bo something ttartllng to
contemplate. The utter absence of good
taste ead harmony ID the decorations has
become so apparent , however , that the offi
cials on the lower floor have promised to
get together anil orrtnge to have that floor
painted wltii omo attempt at artistic ef
fect.
OKFKIl TIIIIITV-I'UVK THOUSAND.
Ilollii llondmtten AVIlllntr to Settle
with the City.
T o.bondsmen of Henry Colin have made
the city another and a somewhat more liberal
proposition for the settlement of the claims
cl the city on account of the shortage that
occjirreJ during Bolln's two terms us city
treasurer. The bondsmen nt > w propose to
pay the city $35,000 flat In full settlement
of the shortages for both terms. This propo
sition was submitted at a conference of the
bondsmen with President Blngham and Coun-
cllmen Bechel and Burkley , comprising the
special committee appointed by the council
some time Ago Jo meet , the bondumcn. Ac-
jJvn\ her been deferred on account of the
abscVice of Mr. Bechel , but the committee
was called together In President Blngham's.
private office In the city hall at 10 o'clock
yesterday and William A. Paxton , George
'E. ' Barker , Gustavo Anderson and several 1
other representatives o ! the bondsmen were
present. The bulk of the talking was
done i by the bondsmen , who urged
that the settlement proposed was a fair
one and that the city should accept It.
Their crguments were similar to those urged
when tua pre-vlous proposltlcn wes sub
mitted. They contend that they have a fair
chance to beat the city In the ( supreme court
on the propcsltlca that tbe city Io partially
rcsponilble for the shortage on account of
tuo failure of the comptroller to cheek up the
books as required by law. Consequently
they declare luat In proposing to piy $35,000
and end all litigation they are making a very
liberal propcaltlon the acceptance of which
would be for the b't interests of all coni
cerncd.
The councllmen decline to commit them-
oclves , merely atatlng that they will submit
the propooil to tbe council , where. It will
bo fully considered.
> r.KIXGA FIGHT FO.R 1IIG61XS.
Friend * of the Mayor' * Appointee En
deavor to Secure Confirmation.
Half a dozen memberu of ths city council
are oubjects of a vigorous campaign to se
cure the confirmation of W. G. Hlgglna as
plumbing Injector. The appointment was
coce turned down by the council , but the
f i mayor Immediately sent the name In a second -
end time and now Hlgglns' friends are mak
ing a determlrwd effort to break the coun-
cllmanlc combination against him. The
trouble Is not due to any objection to Hlg
glns , but Is on account o ! the fact that the
mayor refused to name the man
that the councllmen wanted. The
members of tbe council Insist that
they have treated the executive very liber
ally In the matter of confirming
hU appointments , and that It Is time that
they have some recognition. They urged W.
J. Roee for the position , but were turned
down , and then they retaliated by turning
down the man the mayor selected. The ap
pointment Is etlll In the hands of tbe Judi
ciary committee , no report being made at
the last meeting on account of the absence
of Councilman Bechel. It will probably
come up next Tuesday night and unless some
votes are changed between now and that
time the appointment will be again rejected.
Cook I UK School 1'rofcrc'niieii Finely.
The cooking school that was opened by
the household economic department of the
Woman's club at the Pleasant school last
week is making gooj progress and has al
ready enrolled quite a respectable member
ship. , Half a dozen girls from the high
echool and a similar number from Central ,
Mason and several other large schools are
taking the course. This institution Is en
tirely under the control of the Woman's club
tbo Board of Education merely having given
tbo club permission to use the room. Mrs.
Harriet MaoMurphy and 'Miss ' Wallace have
charge ot tbe class ,
Ifortallty StatUtlcn.
The following blrtba and deaths were re
ported at the health office during the twenty-
four hours ending at noon yesterday :
Births Charlea Mugrella. 1105 PItrce street ,
girl ; Charles George , 1338 South Twelfth.
girl ; August Mondle , 1317 Pacific , boy ; Pot-
rick Nolan , 334 North Thirty-fifth , boy ; An -
ton Hoffman. 80S Hickory , girl ; Peter Nil-
son , 616 North Thirtysecondboy. . 11th
Deaths J. L. Holllnger. 10 , 1427 North
Seventeenth , pneumonia , Kancas City , Kan. > ;
Gerald M. Sully , 1. 803 North Eighteenth ,
bydrocepbalua , cemetery not designated.
nrarrnnBlnar tbe Jail.
City Engineer Rocewater and Building In-
.
spcctor Butler are preparing plans for the
repairs necessary to convert the Dodge echool
building Into a jail , and It IB expected that
these will be completed and submitted to
tbe Board of Public Works this after ,
noon. Tbe member * of tbe board favor ir.be
idea of deciding on tbe plans and specifi ,
cations and then asking for bid * . Instead
of going ahead and doing tbe work by day
labor ,
City Hall Note * .
City Treasurer Edward * returned yesterday
morning from a bualnees trip to Denver.
A permit ba been lsued to Mri. A. C. ,
Pgwell t build a tKO-itory. framt I
at 1530 South Twenty-eighth itrcct , to cost
$1,500.
$1.1C
City Treasurer Edwards has * ent $39,698.60
ta New York to meet tbe obligations of the
cltr ; that mature May 1. The coupons on
Ions Jlme bonds that must bo taken up on
that date amount to $14.813.50 , and the short
time bonds and coupons aggregate $24,785. $
tinC
Councilman W. f. Bechel hag returned
from an eastern trip , during which he spent
several days ot Washington. He nays that
the decorations ot flags and bunting a1 ! ITiP
Ca City are remarkably complete and
artistic , the streets and buildings being lit
erally covered with tbe national colors.
I.VSA.M'2 W > .l.M > KltUll TAKKX IX-
JiiurueylnffH of nil Unfortunate Come
to nit Kml In Oinnliu.
Mrs. Mary Rogers was picked up by the
police at Forty-fourth and Howard t'trecta
about 11:30 : Wednesday nlcht and taken to
the city Jail. Residents In the neighborhood
lodged complaint against her on account of
her rtrange conduct and uncouth appearance ,
and she Is held as Insane. The woman la
sunburned , shorthalred , haggard and travel-
stained ; her plight Id all the more pitiable
bccausn her left side U paralyzed and she
Is pennllera apparently1 among strangers and
without friends.
This woman waa captured last Tuesday af
ternoon at Loveland , near Council Bluffs , la. ,
by a constable and brought \o the latter
place secuiely bound with heaVy rtrarn. She
had called at the home of Joseph Currle , a
farmer near Loveland , and Inquired the way.
Ms. Currlo wao alone , and her reply did
not suit the wayfarer and the latter retal
iated with offensive language. When Mr.
Currlo returned homo for dinner shortly
afterwards Ma wife told him what had Clap-
mlsslonere resulted In the decision to send
Uie woman to Omaha Instead ot committing
tier to en csjlum and thus save the state
ol Iowa an expense that could be avoided
In thld manner. The authorities here now
have her on their hands , and wtiat dis
position will be made ol' the case has not
yet been determined.
Mrs. Rogers eaye eho Is 42 years ol age
and that she lias walked all the way frail
St. Peter , Minn. , to see her mother , Mrs.
Margaret May , wuom she thinks resides In
this city. The authorities can locate no
sutu person , and It Is their belief that the
woman has uolulng but her insane Imagina
tion to draw upon In support of tala part
of her story. She also eays that her hus
band lias been an inmate of the Minnesota
Hoppltal for the Insane at St. Peter for thir
teen years , yet It seems to be more prob
able to the authorities that tbe
woman herself Is an escaped Inrryite of
that or some other similar Institution either
In North Dakota , iMInnesota or Wisconsin.
She admits that she has lived In Jamestown ,
N. D. , where the asylum of that state ta
Iccated ; in Str Peter aod also In Rochester ,
Minn. , whore the asylums of iMInnesota are
located , and In Sparta , Wls. , where one ot
the retreats for the Insane of that state
U located. About a month ago , she says ,
she left St. Peter and went to Sparta , where
she was arrested as iiisMe. The authorities
there discharged her and sent her back to
St. Peter and three weeks ago she started
from that place on her long tramp to Omaha.
She says she walked every foot of the
distance ami although she has been arrestei
repeatedly as insane ste claims to beaa sane
as anybody.
lAsslsUm City Physician Ralph visited the
woman yesterday and pronounced her In
sane. H-9 will lay the case before the
Insanity board with the rccqtnmcndatloij that '
communication be had with the hospital '
officials at St. Peter wfth a , view to return *
Ing her to the Institution at that place.
IIMO1)IIOL\MS CATCH A THIEF.
IlurKlnr nt Fremont Tracked to III I *
Home by Uon .
Herman Blumcathal , a general merchant
itc
of Fremont , Neb. , cor/errej with the pollif
authorities here yesterday In an effort to get
aome trace of about tl.COO worth of gosds
stolen from his store last Sunday night. HI I ?
establishment bis been robbed twice within
two weeks. The first time wcii on tbe night
of April in , when about $420 worth of goods
were carried off. This property wao recov-
eicd. It was founJ In a vacant building
about three blocks from Mr. Blumcntbal's
store. When the second robbery was com
mitted the thief stole all of the goods which :
had i been carried away tbe first tlmo and
older property In addition.
Two bloodhounds were brought up to Fre
mont from Beatrice by Mr. Rosentbal after
the fecond robbery to track the thief and
they followed a trail that led to the door
of the home of Frank Fuhlrod , a clerk
In the atore. He was placed under arrest
and Is now In jail. White he confemed to
the robbery he refused to tell what be did
with the goods. Air. < Blumenthal has ce-isons
for suspecting that a brother-in-law of the
bea
young man , who resides In Omaha , had a
hand In the robbery. This morning he took
out a search warrant In police court for
the latter's residence , and accompanied by
two officeru he went there and made a search
for the stolen property , but nothing was
found. This ended the Omaha phase ot tbo
case and Mr. Blumenthal returned home.
"Work In .Mliimotn. .
E. L. Dunforth , secretary of the Mlnne-
sola commission , writes aa follows to tbe
Department of Publicity and Promotion ,
under date of April 27 , regarding the condi
tion of exposition matters In bis state :
Our executive and finance committees held
a three hours' session this afternoon with
most satisfactory results. The general sit
uation was thoroughly canvassed , showing
that we are all rls'nt flnnnclally and from
this time forward shall bend
we every ef
fort to complete our exhibits. We shall
have a man at Omaha the fore part of next
week at work on our agricultural exhibit
and we are already at work utherlng ma -
terlal for alt other ex'nlblttO aof
It Is possible that we may by force of
circumstances be a little late In Rome de
partments , but you can rest assured lexo
will do the Uest we can. We expect active
building operations to be under the way by
the first week In May on our state bullillnsr. >
As I have advised you , I expect our people
will send me down to take charge of our
building nnd represent the state during the
entire period of the exposition.
It looks to me very much as If fne Span
ish war will greatly advance exposition In-
terests. I am constantly met by fool nrpu-
ments that It will hurt our prospects , bul
generally In about two minutes convince lUta
man quite to the contrary.
COM ) DL'&T Flton TIIU : B
Jiot All Expected Down on the Vim
II on tit.
DAWSON CITY , March 29. ( Via Seattle
April 27. ) It Is now definitely known tha
only a small portion of the gold outpu
of the Klondike mlnctj will go out on the
first steamer. Ttie treasure will be nhlpped
on nearly every steamer during the summer
and the total amount Uiat will be sent to
the outelde cannot be estimated until lie
In July. The duat and nuggets stored in
the safes of the Alaska Commercial com
pany end tbe North American Transports
tlca and Trading company , aggregating < x cv
eml millions of dollars , will go on the firs
boat , together with tbe proceeds of the
mines ot which tbe owners are fortunat
enough to make a June clean-up. The re
cent discoveries of gold on Islands la tb
Yukon river bae caused a stampede from
tfata place of men who have been unabl
to secure claim * In this vicinity.
S btltute for Robber from Corn.
CHICAGO , April 2S.-Chemists of the glu
cose sugar refining company'nave discovert' '
a process for vulcanizing the oil from corn
In such a manner aa to produce rubber
They say this wilt revolutionize the be
trade and give them control of at least th
manufacture of bicycle tires. The oil the
corn after being vulcanlied is. the chemists
say , superior to that of foe product sto
tbe South American rubber tree , is more
resilient and lasting. It Is alio said that
the price * will greatly leucn tbe coat tiao
nUtor , i - * ' - *
CARS TO HADL THE TROOPS
Transportation Companies Are Bnsj Getting
Their Equipment Ready.
RAILROADS PREPARING FOR THE RUSH
Hiiil'tlcn Co nil UK llnck from < !
South Iti Ioii SlrltiKH to Itnut /
Other Lon.l * of Soldier * '
Tbo weelem railroads tliat are likely to
handle the mllltla of the western Plates ara
commencing to look around for equipment
with which to haul the troops to the polnta
designated by the government. The move
ment of ( ho several regiments of United
Stairs regulars last week drew heavily on
the supply of the passenger equlrtuont of all
the roads that handled the business. Es
pecially was there a great demand fur tour
ist sleeping cars furnished to tbe railroad
companies by the Pullman Palace Car com
pany , which owns the cars. Tueiu car *
were taken clear through to the southern
points of mobilization , and on account of tlie
distance which they have had to travel It
has taken some time to get the empty can
back to this part of the country.
They are beginning to come back to Chicago
cage now , and every day sec a long string
of empty tourist cars hauled Into the Pull
man yards. They will be nupplicd to the
railroads here lu time for the movement ot
the militia , but It ts not likely there will
be any tourist cars to spare. Mont of the
western railroad cctnpanles are well sup
plied with other equipment , Including coachea
and baggage earn , and can spare enough ,
to eend the troops to the seaboard without
change of tars.
It was reported at Union Pacific headquar
ters that the government regulars from Fort
Washakle , Wyo. . had arrived nt Rawllns.
Wyo. . on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clo9k.
The march of fifty miles to the railroad wai
delayed by the breaking down of ono ot tha
Government wagons. A special train of the
Union Pacific took the troops to Kansaa
City , which point should bo reached some
tlmo this afternoon.
Meeting lit tieiiernlRentB. .
There will bo a big gathering ot general
agents , district passenger agentu. traveling
pat-senger agents and other agents and at
taches of the Burlington In Omaha on Fri
day. They will arrive here from the east
on Friday morning , and will upend the entire -
tire day at the exposition grounds. There
will be between forty and fifty passenger
men of the Burlington system In the party ,
and they will come to Omaha from all parts ,
ot the United States. All the eastern cltlea
will be represented by one or more repre
sentatives. The scheme to have these men
ppend a day at the exposition grounds and
become convinced of the grandeur of the
institution. In order that they may return to
their respective territories and boom It , had
been highly commended by the exposition
uthoritles.
Itnllnny .Vote * nnd I'emoiiiil * . '
Frank Trumbull , receiver for the Union
'aclllc , passed through Omaha yesterday en
la way cast.
Traveling Passenger Agent Cundey of the
> cnver & Rio Gcunde Is In Uie city after
week'ii hard work In helping handle tbo
government troops through Denver. I
C. B. Cleveland has been appointed
ctal agent of tbe freight and passenger . . * . -
Mrtmcnts of the Kcasaa City , Plttsburg & '
Julf and assistant general manager of the
'ort ' Arthur and Mexican Steamship com
any at the City of Mexico.
The Southern Pacific has discontinued ac-
eptlnc business over Its roads destined for
icy West via New Or Ira us and water south ,
t Is reported that negotiations are about
oroplcled for the curchaso of two ships to
Uo the place of these sold to the govern
ment ,
R. R. Ritchie , formerly general agent of
ho Northwestern In Omaha , and now Pa-
Iflc coast agent at San Francisco , passed
Ivrough Omaha on Wednesday afternoon ,
le accompanied Mrs. Ritchie and their sense
o Chicago , and will return to Omaba for A
ew daye next week.
General Manager W. A. Scott and General
Superintendent Stewart of the Omaha line ,
the line in Nebraska yesterday.
The : ' were met at Sioux City by
endent Jaynes ot the Nebraska division , who
came to Omaha with them , arriving here
about 5 o'clock yesterday afte.rnosn. Gen
eral Superintendent Stewart returned to St ,
? au ! last night.
Western railroad earnings continue to show
crj' heavy Increases. The Milwaukee for
the second week In April Increased 22.G per
ceni. snd earnings for tbe week have been
exceeded only In the extraordinary spring
wheat rushes of 1892 and 1893. From July ,
1 to April 14 the gross Increase has been 15
per cent. Chicago advices are that the
[ lock Island and Burlington have-done better
'
for'the first two weeks of April than they ;
did for the first two weeks In March , earn
ings Increasing $8.000 to $15,000 dally on th
Rock Island and about twice as much on
the Burlington , the latter heavier Increase
being due to the larger mileage.
Tia San Francisco Examiner says : "The
fact that I. E. Gales was not made a director ;
of the Central ( Pacific at tbo recent meeting
Is considered an indication ot friction be
tween Mr. Huntlngton and the Bretherton
English syndicate. Mr. Huntlngton resigned
as a director last July and was not re-elected.
The English stockholders wanted tbe South
ern Pacific Interest In Central Pacific board
reduced. The Danbury committee represent *
the majority of London stock and the
Breitherton syndicate the minority. Tbe
results Indicate that the Danbury committee
nude concessions to the Brctberton. Mr.
Huntlncton'.s Idea Is believed to be that If
the Central Pacific can remain In control of
the Danbury majority it may be kept in
harmony with Southern Pacific. Otherwise
possibly It may fall Into the bands of the
Union Pacific combination. " . ,
I , iwyer Go to War. 1
There were warlike demonstrations in
the county court , presided over by Judge
Haxter. The combatants were two lawyers ,
Prltchctt nnd Strlckler. They were trylni
an ejectment case , wherein the first name
attorney was seeking to elect n tenan
from one of his nouses. There was a dif
ference of opinion between the two limbs
of the law relative to the merits of some
legal proposition. The lie passed nnd the
two disciples of UlackBtonc ! prepared to
clinch when tbo court Informed them fiiat
unless there * was a cessation of hostilities ,
he would order a committment for both.
An armistice was declared and the trial ot
tlie case proceeded. i
iI I
Prlnonem Taken to Lincoln.
Sheriff McDonald Vias gone to Lincoln , tnk
Ing1 with him Henry Monyhnn and C. P.
Hosman , both ofwhom were convicted at
the last term of the district court and
sentenced to terms In the penitentiary ,
Monyhan was convicted pf assault and was
Klven one year. Hosman was convicted ot
forgery and waa sentenced to n term of five
years. Tomorrow the SYierlff will take II. '
B. Wootscn to the penitentiary. The man
will begin the serving of a one-year term ,
having been convicted of forgery. Next
week August Knstncr , the ronvlntcd
murderer of Officer Tledeman , will lie taker *
to the penitentiary , where he will enter upoq
a life sentence.
1'nokeU I'lcked.
Several thefts In the crowd t'nat watched )
the departure of the Omaha Guards and
Thurston Rifles at the union depot Wednes
day afternoon have been reported to the
police. Miss Lydla McCaguo of iCG Norm
Twenty-fourt'n street , was robbed of nr *
oxidized silver watch valued at $0 , anal
MI33 Linda Wliman of 19U Locust street
lost a gold watch In a llkt > manner , valued
at $20. A pockctbook was snatched out
of the hand of MIsa Georgia Marnhall of
Council Uluffi. and with tt disappeared