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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FJUDAY , JAISTAHY 27 , 18W ) . THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Big Cities Battling for a Reduction of Tele phone Bates. MULTIPLEX TELEGRAPHY EXPERIMENTS SnlvliiK nil I n line 11 ii II I'ti le The Trolley . \inon it the 1'yrnnildn Louie DlKfiince TrnimmliNlim of Jllcetrlo I'oiTcr. New York and Chicago , the first and second end cities of the country , are making their annual effort to secure a reduction of tele * phone rates. In New York City the rate for a telephone Is $90 $ per annum , with service - ice limited to 800 calls. For unlimited serv ice the rate Is $240 per annum. The only re lief In sight for Greater New Yorkers 13 etato legislation , and the usual bill for re duced rates Is now before the legislature. Telephone rates In Chicago range from $100 per annum for residences to $170 for busi ness houses. Instead of going to the legis lature for relict the city council gave the Dell people a whirl by granting n rival com pany a fifty-year franchise , hut limiting the rate to $85 for business houses and $50 for residences. This cuts existing rates In two. What the new concern will do remains to TJO ccn. If It should become a practical rival existing rates must come down to Its level. But with two systems In operation patrons of both will not profit materially. However , the city solons believe that com petition should bo encouraged. Mnunru ItniiliU Power. A part ot the vast power ot Niagara falls baa been turned to commercial advantage by the Niagara Falls Electric Power company , the falls proper being utilized. The details have now been perfected of a plan by which the whirlpool -rapids shall bo made to fur nish electric power on a largo scale. New York and Buffalo capitalists propose to Invest $2,000,000 , with which they expect to secure a 35,000 horse power plant. The plan In volves a canal along the base of the gorge , thus making use ot the fall of forty-five feet which the rapids make down to the whirl pool , the power house being located around the bend below the grand spectacle. It Is estimated that about 200,000 cubic feet ot water flows through the gorge each second , end It Is proposed to use 5 per cent of the stream. The entrance to the canal will be a manslvo monolith to withstand the furious attack of the waters , and the extensive ex cavations necessary for the canal will be accomplished by hydraulic mining. The canal can bo constructed , It Is said , without Injury to the scenery. Multiplex TeleKrnnhy. Professor Henry A. Rowland of the Johns Hopkins university , la concluding a scries of ofilco tests of hla new multiplex tele praph apparatus , and expects to give It a line test In .a few days. The line test will be made between Phlla dolphla nnd Jersey City. One sender and ono receiver will bo located In each city , and the attempt will bo made to send four messages f > ach way , or eight messages In all , simultaneously over one wire. Pro fessor Uowland thinks that a much greater number of messages may be sent over one wire at the same 'time by means of his In- Htrumcnt , but at the present he has de veloped It only to .the point of eight. The experiments are being conducted In two rooms of UK ? physical laboratory of the Johns Hopkins university. Two young lady senders nro In ono room , operating Instru ments that resemble thn keyboards of type writing machines. In the other room Is the receiver , which Is a most Ingenious device , The number of sending machines must cor respond with' ' the number of messagej to be cent , but each receiver takca four messages at the same. time. The method of separa ting the currents nnd recording each mes sage without any Interruption from thi others coming over the wire at the sanv time la the mysterious part of the Inven ilon , which Prof. Rowland docs not care a jircsest 'to ' reveal. Anyone able to operat the simple keyboard of a typewriter can send a message , and the only attention th receiver needs Is to keep It supplied wlU paper. The letters of the alphabet an placed about a small wheel. This wheel 1 whirled around by the electric current , an the letter wanted 'Is stamped upon the pa per. In this way the message Is spelled out In plain letters , without any need of a skilled operator. The- receiving machine looks somewhat complicated to the un trained eye , but Prof. Rowland says It Is really very simple nnd not apt to get out ot order. The. principal feature of the Invention Is the device for separating the messages nnd having each properly received. Th'ls Is "tone by a small brass wheel , about which revolves a llange having on It several cono- rihapcd projections. This simple looking ap paratus does the work , but just how Is , of course , a secret with Prof. Rowland. Mes sages over the same wire may bo sent simultaneously from different points , thus Increasing the commercial value of the de vice. vice.Prof. Prof. Rowland has been working on the invention about two years. The first re ceiving machine ho made has been practi cally dismantled , and the two receivers with which the line test will be made are new. He Is now busily engaged In perfecting some of the minor details of the machines and expects to bo ready for the final test within a few days. liuluetlim IMiiEle. A telephone company In an Iowa town haa made pn Interesting discovery nnd at the same time solved a mystery which has been puzzling It for weeks. The telephone lines which had previously given good service began a short time ago to develop all sorts of queer symptoms , the Induction In some cases being so strong that a person using a receiver could hear half a dozen different people talking at once. The linemen had a bad time searching up and down the wires for the trouble. At length they found a spot where a heavy lead cable had received a shot from a 22-callber rifle. The bullet OVER A MILLION Dr. Hilton's Spe Try cific No. 3 U the fl r s t R c in c dy ever offered to the Dr. Hilton's public to Cure a Cold , the G r ! t > , and PREVENT PNEUMONIA , and It is the ONLY remedy today - day thnt can do it. It was first aiher- tUed J a n u a r y , 1891. Since then over a million hot- tic h a vc been bold. What bet ter testimonial ns to the eflicacy of this rcinedv could The Grip we have ? If our drugKUt doesn't and have it vendjocts. in P. O. stamps or monev order to DR. HILTON , PREVENTS Louell , Mass. , and receive n bottle by return mail. Pneumonia , Wo have a trean stock or Hilton's No. : Order of us SHUHMAN & M'CONNELl DRUG CO. , Oiiwha , Neb. . hd twisted and cut the wire * and worked several varieties of damage. The Injured section of the cable bid to be cut out and spliced. Later on other bullet marks of the fame character were discovered. It was evi dent that norno one wan In the habit of mak ing a target of the wires , and as each shot cost the company about (25 to repair , the superintendent ot the line was n llttlo anxloiu ) oa to who should pay the bill , Ho was not long In finding out. The son of a prominent resident of the town was caught prowling around an alley with a small rifle , shooting at birds on the wires , and Inas much as ono of the cables near his homo wns ruined by the shooting , It Is assumed thnt the boy Is responsible for the Induction that has been bewildering and exasperating the telephone subscribers nf the town. The town has determined to put In force a local ordinance which makes It Just as much of a misdemeanor to shoot a target ride within the town limits as It would be to flro off a Galling gun. The town marshal has given Instructions to the patrolmen to arrrest any one seen going about with a target rifle , nnd mischievous boys nro to be taught to let the telephone lines alone. The Deadly Trolley In C'nlrn. It would seem that the motormcn of the electric can * on the newly Installed road at Cairo , Egypt , are very little , If anything , behind the conductor of n Now York cable car In the matter ot absolute Indifference to the lltes and safety of limb ot passengers. It Is reported that no less than eighty per sons were killed on the Cairo electric rail road In the first four weeks after it wns opened , and that since then the victims number usually seven or eight weekly. Ono reason given for thU alarming fatality Is that many of the natives suffer from eye diseases , caused by the dust and strong light , and not Infrequently from hereditary causes , and the Impaired eyesight of such sufferers expose them to risks which they never took before the deadly moving trolley car entered on possession of the leading thoroughfare of the city. In all probability It will not take the Egyptians long to realize that a llttlo caution will make their goings to and fro along the street where the trolley car runs quite as safe as they ever were , If In the meantime a heavy responsibility Is placcl on tbo motormau. \e\v Kind of Wlrelmn Tclcurnph. The other day at the meeting of the Vienna Gewerbevereln , Prof. Zlcklcr , an ; Austrian savant , reported on a new kind of wireless telegraphy which he has Invented and which , without doubt , Is one of the most valuable contributions to the solution of the problem of wireless telegraphy , because while utilizing a light-electric phenomenon ( first observed by Hertz ) for the transmis sion of signs , he employs the Invisible ultra violet rays proceeding from a source of light , which rays have the property of set ting free electric sparks at the receiving station. At the dispatching station the ef fective rays ire produced by the powerful arc light of a reflector which sends them only In the direction of the receiving station , so that the possibility ot the signs being in tcrccpted In any other direction ot space is excluded. Another property of these rays , viz. , their being absorbed by glass , Is a means of preventing diminution of the cone of visible rays on Its leaving the reflector. This Is effected by closing the mouth of the reflector with glass furnished with movable glass plates. Consequently the effective In visible rays do not leave the reflector till its glass front Is opened and they produce In the receiver nt the second station , or terminus , the Invention of Prof. Zlckler , longer or shorter electro rays correspond ing to the dots nnd dashes of the Morse alphabet , their length depending on the length of time during which the mouth of the reflector was open. It Is easy to transfer thcso signs reproduced by the rays to an electric bell , a Morse electric-magnetic In strument ortelephone. . Prof. Zlckler uhowed his Invention at the meeting and with the help of an electric arc lamp he transferred signs to a writing apparatus and to a telephone - phone at the other end of the room. Ho has extended his experiments to distances up to ono and a half kilometers , and ho hopes soon by means ho possesses for In creasing the effectiveness to bo able to use this kind of telegraphy for distances which will enable It to bo employed for divers practical purposes. I.OIIMT niiitnni'c TrniiNnilmtlon. February 22 will wltnepn the completion o one of the most remarkable hydro-electrli projects In the annals of American engineer ing the harnessing and transmission elec trically of the water power of the famoun Snoqualmle Falls cataract ( height 268 feet to the Industrial centers of Puget Sound The hydraulic works and the thirty-mil aluminum transmission lines have been com pleted and the electric machinery Is now ns sembllng. The service will be over two sep nrato pole-lines carrying four Indepunden 25,000-volt circuits to Insure unlnterruptei service and will be adapted to 2,000 volt for service to the electric lighting system and factories , 500 volts for the street rail ways and small motors and other voltage : as may be required mechanically or chem Ically. Six thousand horse power , In l,50i horse power units , Is the Initial capacity o the plant , which will bo available on th above date from 1ho company's power stn tlons In Seattle , Oilman , Renton and Sno qualmlc. The company has also under con slderatlon the applications ot Tacoma in dustrlal concerns for power service. PLOT IS SLOWLY MATURED , I'oUoiipr of CoriilHh ami Unmet ( Joes About III * Work with Method null Deliberation. NEW YORK , Jan. 26. The Evening Jour nal says today a private letter box In the name of H. C. Darnel was rented at No. , 257 West Forty-second street , under clr- , cumstance-s similar to the rental of n private letter box at No. 1620 Broadway In the name of "U. C. Cornish. " In answer to a letter sinned "H. C. Uarnet , " to Mohl & Co. of Cincinnati , a sample box of pills was e-nt to the address. These pills were the same kind as a man using the name ot H. Cornish ordered from the same firm. The hand writing of the letter ordering the pills signed H. C. Darnel , Is the same as that signed H. Cornish , and both were written by the same person who addressed the poison pack age to Harry Cornish at the Knickerbocker Athletic club. The deduction Is Inevitable that the poisoner In each cnso used the name to bis Intended victim to shield him self. self.Tho The most sensational feature of this dis covery Is that the letter signed "H. C. Dar- net , " was written last May , Indicating that the plot to murder Darnet and Cornish was formed months ago , and with a deliberation that IB appalling , perfected bit by bit. Months passed before Darnet received the fatal package of poisoned medicinal powder at the Knickerbocker Athletic club. In that tlmo the murdered had evidently changed his plan , deciding to use powders instead of plllu. Still. It ls noted that when , after having removed Darnel , he was arranging to potion Cornish , he ordered the name kind of pills. It Is plain that he still thought that ( he pill , properly poisoned , would make an effective secret weapon ot death. The central Idea of the murderer Is clearly revealed by this new discovery. It was In the name ot the chosen victim , to order some sample proprietary medicine , in ono case Kutnow's powder , In the other pills , to Intercept the package , put poison In ihe medicine and then mall It under tbo guise of a sample box sent out by the firm to the person he wanted to kill. Horrible agony Is caused by plies , bunu and ekln diseases. These are Immediately relieved and nulcklv cured bv De Witt's Wltch-Hazel Salve. Dewaru of worthies ! BID ADIEU TO FORT CROOK Tbo Twenty-Second Infantry Goes to the Philippines. FOUR COMPANIES ARE NOW ON THE WAY tliilnncc of HfKlincnt Will lift A ny Tiiiln- root Ho ( Jnrrlinni'il by Sixteenth liifiiittr } ' Hint Come * from thu Smith. There was no lack of enthusiasm when the first , battalion of the Twenty-second regiment of United States Infantry pulled out of Fort Crook for San Francisco nnd the Philippines last night. The enthusiasm was not expressed In the boisterous manner that Is usual upon the departure ot volun teers to answer the call of their country. This might have been because of the stiff northwest wind lhal was blowing a gale at the time of departure , or It mlghl have been caused by the fact that It Is army tradition to studiously avoid anything of the kind. It Is hard to say whether the officers of the regiment , had serious objections to the trip and their station for the next year or two , because they have been so long schooled In army ways that It has become second nature to them to conceal Ihclr likes and -Jlsllkea In matters of this kind. Itut no ono can doubt that a vast mnjotlty of the enlisted men -were Jubilant over the prospect of a protracted sojourn In the antipodes. The regiment will bo carried to San Francisco In five sections. Two sections left last night over the Missouri Pacific at 5:30 : and 5:50 : respectively. Companies D and D were In the first section with Captain Hodges In charge , while Companies H and K constituted the second section with Major Ilalonce In command. This battalion will go first to Kansas City and from there went to Pueblo , where the men will take the Rio Grande to Oeden. From that point the Southern Pacific will carry them to the Pacific coast. Sixteenth Infantry Conic * . The second battalion will leave this mornIng - Ing as near 9:30 : o'clock as possible. The exact time of departure will depend upon when Iho Rock Island sets Its cars In and how long It takes to pack. As soon as the second battalion Is disposed of the Durllngtoa will push In Us coaches and baggage cars and It Is hoped that the third battalion will bo able to get away .by noon. Thin will leave the post unBarrisoned , except for the sick men and the few guards who will remain to protect the government property. It Is expected - pected that the first battalion ot the Sixteenth Infantry will arrive by 2 p. m. today and relieve these guards. Second Lieutenant Stanley Ford la now nt the fort and will receipt for all government property to the regimental quartermaster of the Twenty-second thla morning. Adjutant Hall when seen tald : "The regiment la In fine condition physically. We are somewhat handicapped of course by the creat number of recruits nnd It would have been much better hnd we had a llttlo moro tlmo to devote to their military education. Wo might have weeded out great many. The men are mostly young and splendid specimens of physical man hood , tanned and brown from exposure to the weather and pictures of health ant ! strength. The disadvantage ot having so many recruit * li somewhat Improved by the fact that a great many of them were formerly In the volunteer army and are no entirely Ignorant of the duties of a sol dier. " Stay * to Cnre for the Sick. Major Welane , the post surgeon , said that he will not accompany the troops , bu will remain at Fort Crook and take care of the sick men left 'behind. ' Of these there are between fifty and sixty whom the sur geons thought would be unable to stand the Journey. Some of them will be dischargee upon their recovery , some transferred to other regiments and tome sent on to Join their companies at Manila. It Is aston ishing that so many of the men who were hardly able to keep their feet Insisted on their names being kept off the sick list lest they might bo kept here when the res tmeut started. These men are mostly vet erans of the Cuban campaign who are stll suffering from attacks of chills and feve which clings to them with wonderful te naclty. 'Most ' of the boys so suffering asser that the sea air of the Pacific will raak new men of them nnd thnt Manila Is a fa healthier country than Cuba. Mra. Egbert , wife of Colonel Egberl Mesdamea Lockman , Ely , .Hall and Newel accompany their husbands and remain will them during their exile. Resides Ihese , Ih Ihrce daughlcra ot Colonel Egbert arc o the parly. The wives of eight of the en listed men nnd three of their children leav today. Exact figures as to the number of enllste men In all three battalions could not obtained , tout an estimate was made 1,210. This Is a great deal more men tha the regiment contained when It went to Cuba because of Ibe fact that since their return from the war the companies have been recruited up to the war footing of 108 men to the company. I'luiiH for the Journey. With the exception of the battalion leav ing over the Burlington there will be a section for each two companies. The com- panlei of the Third battalion will travel to gether. A surgeon will be with each bat- lallon headquarters , the non-commissioned staff and band will travel with the Second battalion over the Rock Island. All three battalions meet at Ogden and proceed to San Francisco over the Southern Pacific. On their arrival at San Francisco Companies A , D , I ) , H , K and M will bo put aboard tbe transport Ohio , while the Senator will ba used for the accommodation of the re maining companies. The wives of the offi cers will board the Ohio , while those ot the enlisted men will go by the Senator. The most popular ofllcer of the regiment , at least with the enlisted men. Is Chaplain Fitzgerald. Father Fitzgerald was ap pointed chaplain of the Twenty-second shortly before the regiment left for Mobile to sail for Cuba. He served through the entire Santiago campaign and the men Bay that ho was the best chaplain In the army. "Why. " said a member of D company , "that man was a walking hospital. Whenever any one was wounded he was right there. He lost most of his clothes when he left the transport and about all bo had was a pair of trousers and a blue shirt. Hut the boys soon learned to know him everywhere. When we were on the firing line he used to walk back and brine us our coffee and the firing going on all the time. too. Colonel Wvckoft wanted him to stay back with the band , but he wouldn't as long as there was a sick man to nurre or piece of hardtack be could beg for his men. Ob , he's all right" 1'ather Fitzgerald disclaimed any attempts at heroism and stated that he did perhaps have a little flehtlng blood In his veins but there was no man who was anything ot a soldier at all who could etc his com rades suffer and not do what he could to aid them. The Sixteenth Infantry , which will arrlvt . WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK ? Uon't give tne ttfa or coffee. Have yet tried the new food drink called OUAIN-Oi U U delicious ana nourlxhlni : and take : the place of coffee. The more Oraln-C you Blve the children the more health yoi distribute through their aymems. Gniln-C Is made of pure grains , and when proper ! ) preiiired tastes like the choice grades o roffee , but costs about U as much. Al srocurs sell U , 15c and ISc. today , IB commanded by Lieutenant Colonel McLauglilln since iho appointment of Its former colonel as a brigadier Kcnernl , Hut ono battalion will bo stationed at Fort Crook mill with that battalion tlio bnncl nnd regimental headquarters. Tlio Six teenth comes here from Huntsvllle , Ala. , where It has been camped since IcavlnR Montauk I'olnt after the Cuban campalpn. Previous to the , war the reslmcnt wag sta tioned at Kort Sherman and Fort Spokane. The Second battalion goes to Fort Keaven- worth and the remaining one to Jefferson barracks , at St. I.onls. Hut nine ofllccrs are with the Flrnt battalion , nome being absent on leave and dctachctl service. STORMS IN THE SOUTH SEAS firrnt Da nm w HOIK4 Jinny l.lvrn I , nut anil Much 1'roiirrty IJt'nlroyoil. VICTORIA , H. C. , Jan. 28. The steamer Aorangl , from Australia , brings the details of the terrible cyclones which swept the south seas about the mlclJlo of December , devastating villages , wrecking shipping nnd causing many deaths. At Samurai , In Now Guinea , on December 11 , the gale was terrific. Torrents of rain fell. Twelve vessels were wrecked. The cutters May flower and N'abua were total wrecks at Uasllakl. The Ketches , I3ebem nnd Haldnn were lost off Good Enough Inland , and Mr. Kennedy , manager of the N'cw Guinea De velopment company , wae drowned , together with his crew , save one boy. The mission steamer Albert McLaren went ashore and the lugger Lysander and the cutter Fleet Wing were totally wrecked' Wedan , The cutter 1'ortla was smashed near Port Glas gow. The steamer Ellen Gowan nnd the cutter Ivy were lost In the Kossman group and Captain Godet and crew were drowned. In the Solomons the hurricane did much damage , whole villages being destroyed. Hundreds of cocoa plantations were up rooted and yam patches leveled. Over COO natives nro reported to have been killed. Cnptaln Pentecost of the yacht Staubln , who brought the news of the disaster to Sydney , says he saved a woman , who was to have been killed as a sorceress , sue being accused of having caused the hurricane. He bought her , the purchase price being a pig , and took her to another Island , where she was released. Buy Itexeiiuil from S VICTORIA , Jan. 20. The steamer Aoranga brings news that the steamer Ysabel con voyed to Sydney a report from Mr. Forrest , the resident trader at Santa Cruz , that In formation had reached him through native channels thnt a Sydney yacht had been captured by the natives , but that UB crow of two white men hod escaped Into the bush. Thla was the Island where the cutter Curlew was cut out early In the year and its crew murdered. The Ysabel proceeded to Utupua to make Inquiries. A party landed , fully armed , at the villages on IlasU lak darbor and found that the eve burned by H. M. S. Mohawk in revenge for the murder of the cutter Curlew's crew had i > een rebuilt. They rescued the Curlcw'r boy , the solo survivor of that unfortunate vessel. VoHNcI In 'MARGATE ' , Eng , , Jan. 2C. A largo ship Is ashore on Long Sand nnd Is apparently sinking. The local life boat has gone to Its assistance. A heavy sea Is running. Dr. null's Cough Syrup cures a cold and stops the nose-running. Price 2Gc. OUT OK Tim onni.\\nv. The captain of am Atlantic steamship was at n IOFS how to Induce a passenger to desist from the althv habit of spitting on deck. Among the passengers was a gentleman well known In Toronto forty years ago , who undertook to eton him''If a quartermaster were placed nt his 'disposal. The captain closed with the offer nnd the man was directed to fetch a bucket of water nnd a mop and to follow the offender up o id down the deck. The result was completely satisfactory. The year's fire loss In the United States and Canada , as estimated by the New York Journal of Commerce , amounts to $110.650- 500 , compared with $110,31fl.CSO In 1807 and $115,655,500 In 1896. These figures , however , do not fully measure the comparative bad ness of the year for the fire Insurance com panies. The Increased losses have been ac companied by quite a general reduction In rates brought about by the very large profits made by the companies In the previous year or two. Theresa Hennessy entered Justice Dcoley's court room In Chicago the day after ChrlRt- mns nnd said : "Judge , I celebrated Christ mas In the wronj ; way and must be pun ished. " Then , nddresslng herself , bhe said : "Theresa Hennessy , you have done wrong. You did not go to church as you should hava done ; Instead you drank whisky nnd sinned- therefore , I punish you severely by Imposing n line of $10 nnd costs. " The Judge concurred and the old woman was led away to n cell. Mrs. Eva Ardo , a young woman , was bit ten by a rattlesnake twice In St. Louis last Wednesday In the presence of flvo physi cians and remained quite unharmed. Some of the blood from the wounds with some of the venom left by the snake on the surface of the skin wns Injected Into a guinea pig , which died In forty-five minutes. Mrs. Ardo declares she Is not only Immune from snnko poison by reason of being bitten by a rattle snake , but that the presence of the poison In her system Is now neccssnry to her ex istence. Last year the various lines of Riirfaco street oars In Greater New York carried 404,645,810 passengers , while the tram cars and buses of London carried 481.77C92 ! ) pas sengers. This docs not Include the number of people traveling upon the elevated roads In New York or upon the underground roads in London. Of the grand total 234.70.-.704 persons traveled by the surface roads In New York City proper nnd 1BO,3,8.C70 by the tram cars ot L/'ndon proper. There were 2,800 licensed omnibuses on the streets of London and 802 similar smaller vehicles known nf road cars , or what we would call omnibus wagons. . On Pennsylvania nvenut * , not far from the eapltol , In Washington. Is n sign announc ing the owner ns an "Advisor on Men's Ap parel. " He Is not'a tailor , though , ho will consent to mnke clothes for a consideration Ho Is , ns Indicated , a purveyor In experl knowledge of masculine habiliments , lit [ claims a BcloiUlflc knowledge/ a ecrtalr department of the proprieties. HP gives ad' vlco for n fee. ns does a lawyer , an < l undertakes - takes to steer his clients In safety amoni the social rocks nnd shoals of l > ad form am bad taste. Ho will tell congressmen fron : the * west at what hour they should put on i dress suit , whether It Is proper to wear i pink shirt to nn afternoon tea and how loni a statesman must have been one before lie rnn wear a ruffled shirt. Ho will ndvlse fa men not to wear checks and will show leai men how to look robust and , In short , un dortnkes to make n Druuimel out of a "Jay' on two days' notice. It Is said he does i good business. SEEN IN AND ABOUT HAVANA Hugo Brandeid Returns from n , Trip to the Cuban Capital , AMERICANS BRINGING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS Similar)4 Coiiilllliin * Are Wrrlrlird , ( n Ntn nt I)4 Mrnili'liiK tin * Health of the People Ill-n un r * ( inlore. Hugo Drandcls has returned from a trip to Havana , where he spent several days In sight-seeing with Louis Metz , also of this city. On their return Mr. Metz stopped In St. Louis for n day or two. He was very 111 one night In Havana , his sickness being caused by the food to which ho was un accustomed. Mr. Drandels was a close observer of the ways of the Cubans and the condition of the city. He did not get Into the Interior on account of the shortness of their stay. Ho carried a letter of Introduction to General Drooke , by whom he wns received most cordially and who extended him every cour tesy In hla power. General Drooko asked very particularly nbout Omaha nnd many of Its citizens. He questioned Mr. Drandcls closely concerning the success of the Trans- mlsslstilppi Exposition and also the pros pects for the Greater America. When It was explained to him that 'this ' was for the purpose of giving the people a good Idea of the products of the American colonies nies the general said he would be glad to sec It a success , because he Is deeply In terested nnd closely associated In Cuban nltalrs. If ho were authorized by this gov ernment to see that n fine exhibit Is sent hero he would certainly see to It personally because ho would bo glad to remind his friends In Omaha that although ho Is far away from them , he Is sllll deeply Inter ested In their welfare. Mr. Drandcls talked of Havana nnd fome of the things that struck him forcibly as being unique and unusual. He said : \ot n Thlnur for llreaUfnM. "Wo stopped nt the Pasagc hotel us It was rumored that there were two cases of yellow fever at the Hotel Inglaterrn. DC sides the Pasnge 1 < more American , having an Amerlcnn clerk nnd the majority of the waiters speak some English , at least enough to make themselves understood. Many American ofllcers of hish rank have quarters at the Pasnge , so It was quite homelike. Still there were many things that I did not like. For Instance when one retired at night or arose In the morning he was compelled to stand on a small pleco ol carpet , perhaps a foot square to keep from catching a chill on the tiled floor. It he walked around on the tiling In his bare or stocking feet a chill was sure to follow ami a shake there means something serious. Then they have no breakfast. The first meal In the day Is served from 11 n. m. to 2 p. m. , and then you get nothing but fish In the wny of ment. This , however. Is nice. H Is in reality about the only thing you strike , there lhat Is good to cat , all Americans complaining bitterly that they have to sub slat on such miserable food. "Mr , Metz and I visited Morro and Ca banas castles. Wo also went through the governor general's palace. Wo had no trouble In securing admission at either place , although at the first two they were very particular about learning whether or not I had a kodak concealed about my per son. They do not want the Interior of these castles photogiaphed. "When I first went there I thought I liked the city and wrote home to that effect. 1 changed my mind after seeing more of It The people have absolutely no conception of the necessities of sanitation. The Ameri cans have managed thus far to put the main street or boulevard , the Prado. In good condition , but when you get off ilia you begin to use your handkerchief freely in the direction of your nostrils. The streets are in a frightful condition and It Is no wonder the city Is usually plague-stricken I saw children under 14 years of ago of both sexes who took no care of themselves a all. They were stark naked and ran abou the streets at will. It will take years to the Americans to establish a good sanitary system , and besides'the people must bi educated to appreciate the value of clean lincss. Method * I'urNiieil by lloetom. "This Is even evidenced In the treatmen of the sick by the Spanish surgeons. I wa told that when an American got sick an called In ono of these to attend him h ordered an undertaker at the same time. They never think of cleansing their Instru ments after an operation and are Ju.st ns apl to use a knife upon you with which they have performed upon some leper or a man afflicted with smallpox as not. They seem to have no more comprehension ot the care that should be taken In the treatment ot their Instruments , as well as their patients , than the most Ignorant class upon the street. "Ono Is greatly annoyed by the beggars who throng the streets. You cannot walk fifteen steps without being stopped. Fortu nately 'they ' nro not persistent , but then no one thinks of refusing them alms. Ameri cans Invest a dollar In Spanish pennies In the morning when they start out nnd give these to the seekers for alms. No effort Is made to keep the lepers out of the city nnd often ono Is shocked to see a fleshless arm thrust before his face , as the owner begs for sufficient money to keep the remainder of hta body attached to the bones. All these beggars have some misfortune. They are lame , armless , blind , victims of leprosy or with bodies afflicted with Incurable dis eases. I saw women apply for assistance , nnd throw back their rough robes to show the flesh dropping nway from their bosoms. "I saw the famous bono pllo about whkh wo have heard so much. It Is at ono side of the only cemetery the city has at Us dis posal. There Is a law In the Island which provides that after a body has been burled six months the relatives must . i DiA luuit inn liiu I era L t > vo iuua v commence paying a five-year tax upon the land which I It occupies. The cemetery Is divided into sections for the rich , the middle class and the poor , but If there Is no provision for tbo payment of the five-year tax , which con tinues fifty years at least , { bo remains of all are treated alike. Then Ihe skeletons of rich nnd poor are exhumed and lossed Into ' the same pile. This pile was originally a | largo hole , but now this hole has been filled with skeletons until it Is fully 100 feet square and quite high. It Is surrounded by " a brick wall with an opening , nnd I saw a American soldiers walking over he bones , playing ball with the skulls and apparently If Drex L , Shooman had known as much about laying wire and what it was worth ; .y the Job as tlio fellows at Lincoln 1m mnjt ! rave been a president now but there is one , tiling ho does know that H how to knock the everlasting proilt out of shot s at a January clearing Fnlo--ihn'i ! of a Kcnnlno ? H tan shoo for tlio men that 13 complete no bioken line at on'v ' OPO nlnety-ol ht that I * the price ho has put on them and if yon want a pair nt $1.1)8 ) yon had better tome in now wi''lo we've got 'em. Drexel Shoe Co. l'p-lo-U t Shoe Home. U19 PARNAM STREET. There are many white soaps , each represented to be just as good as the Ivory ; they are not , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for Ivory Soap and insist upon getting it. . COPYRIGHT ! BY THE PHOCTIR 4 QAHILE CO. CINCINNATI enjoying the scene. H was too horrible for me , but Mr. Metz brought home a couple of skulls and crossbones ns ornaments for his den. den."I "I was told by the representatives of sev eral American liquor houses that they wore going to pack up and return to this country , as there Is no sale for their goods In Cuba , or Havana at least. The Cubans will not drink whisky at all , confining themselves to some- light drink like red lemonade or soda , although once In a long tlmo you will see one drinking gin. There IK a restriction against the sale of liquor to soldiers and Inspectors visit the saloons constantly to sco If any of the soldiers are being served. These must go to their can teens If they desire anything to drink. Sleei > on the Street * . "The city Is patrolled by a provost guard consisting of American soldiers. Tills guard makes no arrests except where abso lutely necessary and then It Is to turn the offender over to the municipal police. The oeal police consist largely of native Cubans , hesc having been favored In the selection of officers or patrolmen. No attention Is paid by the police to vagrants. I was out ono night and found that I could hardly Valk along the pavement because of the presence of so many Bleeping forms. They were those of the beg gars I had seen earlier In the day. They sleep peacefully with nothing over them ex cept a gunny sack , which they wrap around their heads. As the mercury was above 75 there was no dancer of cold. "I was told that the health of the soldiers a very good. I learned from the better edu cated Cubans thnt their presence on the Island Is a constant menace to peace , as while the Cubans realize that the United States lent them valuable assistance , they Insist that they would eventually have se cured their own freedom. They fear that the Americans Intend to take forcible pos session of the Island and view them as In truders. I honestly believe that we will have trouble with the Cubans before wo get through with them. They are constantly finding fault with something or some one. They want all the positions. They want all the money that Is paid out there by the American government , but they will not ad mit that we have the least right to he there. "Ono thing which was particularly notice able was the treatment of strangers by the merchants. They arc strictly honest , taking not the sllshtest unfair advantage of one's lack of knowledge of values. They will quote you prices In Spanish money , Spanish gold or American , but they are particular now about securing hard money from Ameri cans , because the New Orleans regiment flooded the city with confederate paper which they had brought over with them. Since then a Cuban merchant looks at an American askance when ho produces a bill. In return ing you the change for any pleco of money after a purchase they give you the full amount. I started to walk out several times , supposing that the value of the purchase had been extracted before the change was ri - turned , and was embarrassed by having the merchant call my attention to the fact that I had not paid him. If they quote you a price for an article you may as well pay that , because they will not vary from It In the least. You arc not expected to tip any one in Havana as In other countries , and this Is a relief to all travelers. "As to the prospects for Americans In Cuba I could see none. The conditions are too unsettled and In my estimation It will bo n long time before American money will find favorable opportunity for Investment there. I talked with a member of the firm In ono ot the leading banks and was told that very llttlo money from the United States was passing through his bank. I saw no oppor tunity that I would accept for the investment of cash. " PAY MONEY TO GET LICENSES Committee InvoHtlitntliiK Charge * St. Io u In Holler Inspector * . ST. LOUIS , Jan. 26. When the Lcxow committee met. today It began an Investiga tion Into the affairs of the boiler Inspector's office. A number of witnesses have bceu summoned to testify as to the charges that members of the board have accepted money for stationary engineers' licenses. It Is the first case ot actual investigation of charges publicly made and is a case of the working people against , ofilclaln alleged to bo op pressing them. The men under Investiga tion are Charles J. Price , boiler Inspector and secretary of the- board which examines applicants for stationary engineers' licenses , and H. II. Phllper and James Tully , chief engineer at the Walnwrlgbt building. Sev eral engineers testified to having paid money for licenses. In the mcantlmo the expert accountant appointed by the committee Is working on the books of A. J. Wagonman , clerk of the court ot criminal correction , against whom a. charge ot embezzlement haa been pub licly made. Ilrnoklytt Would Xot lie Uimrnntlneil. ST. THOMAS , I ) . W. 1. , Jan. 26. The fact that the United States armored cruiser Brooklyn did not enter port hero after ap pearing off Charlotte Amallo on Sunday last , was a great disappointment to the people here. The pilot who Informed the Brooklyn that the health regulations pro vided that It would be quarantined for four teen days , which Is said to have made the war bla return to Cuba , Is blamed for his unauthorized action. It Is added that there Is no doubt the Brooklyn would have been passed by the doctor If It had entered the harbor. If Your Glasses ro skewed or pinch you come In and wo will adjust them , no charge for such pleasantries ns that nor for examining the eyes Our charges am for furnishing the proper eye helps but the charge Is Just right You will say as much. THE ALOE & PEMFOLD CO. , I.eiiilitiK .Scientific Onllelnim. 1408 Furuum OMAHA. Op. Paxton Hotel. It's ' Impossible tor Us to magnify the good points nf iho Kim- bull plniio tliu poor of th'Sii nll-tliij ono iiliinu that receives tlio unriMi'nvd endorsement of tliu jnvat Minsical wet III the Klmlmlls are sold In every civil- lacil country In the world we sell them In Nebraska are closely Identified wllh the factory and arc thus enabled to net prices that lve ns the opportunity of savins yon from $50 to $ luo on a piano purchase the enny terms w make makes Is n possibility for every family to own their own piano Instead of pay- IUK rent. A. HOSPE , Music and Art. 1513 Douglas. Luncheon Today will bo served nt very moderate prices at tlio Kaldnff luncheon those reduc tions are made In order to further pop. nlarl/o our noonday luncheon , if such can bo a possibility we have reduced our prices one-half the menu retains tlio usual high excellence all tlio delicacies of tlio reason will be served today these few Jteins only snuucst tliu pos sibilities of tlio small spending" : Chicken , oyster or sweet broad. pit tiles , 1 , > c. Domestic duck , apple sauce , iiOc. Chocolate Kclalrs , Be. all kludn , r > c and lOe. Balduff's Luncheon , lunch -11:30 : to 2i3t > . Supper-Si39 to 8:30 : , 1520 Farnum St.