TI113 O IAIIA DAILY BEE : FBI DAT , JTXE
THE FIELD Oi ! ELECTRICITY
Bemarkablo Development of the Water
Power of tha Pacific Slope.
HITCHED TO ELEC1RIC GENERATORS
I'rnellcnl Ili-noni * Secured liy I < i < K
DlntniiPC Trnnftmlnftlnn Uloe-
trlelty on tlio rnrni
Other Icv clciitnicnt * .
The harnessing of the Idle water powers
ot the Pacific slope Is the subject of an In
structive review by a correspondent of the
Now York Evening Tost. The development
of this power at Its source and Its convonlcn
into electricity furnishes strong evidence nf
the Industrial activity of the country Cali
fornia alone bowls of thrcoworld's recorda
in long distance transmission and cltlcn to
the north an well nj Intermountaln towns
are following the example with profit to the
promoters and the several communities.
Now York and Bcoton capital U largely In
terested In these schemes. Several millions
of dollars have been Invested In electric de
velopment companies on the Pacific coait
during the last jpar and ere 1S93 Is passed
nfl much moro will bo Invested In similar
now companies operating between Tacoma ,
Utah , and San Diego , Cal. At present writIng -
Ing several thousand men nro employed In
a dozen projects for harnowlng streams
which dash down the western slope of the
Slorraa nnd the coast range , nnd for trann-
rnlttlng the power therefrom 'by ' copper wires
to cltlcn and towns for factory mcs , pro
pelling Btrcct cars , lighting buildings and
thoroughfares and for moving a score of dlf-
feient mechanical devices.
The steal cry In California , Oregon and
Washington Indeed of all the far wcotern
Elates has boon for factories and Industrie !
that will bring the 'Pacific ' coast consumer
close to the producer. A great drawback
to general and established prosperity among
the people on the coast Is the enormous Bum
they pay In the aggregate 'for ' freights from
the. producer to themielveo. The average
homo In thcBo Pacific coast elates Is fur-
nltfhod with everything except , possibly , a
few woolen blankets and some woodenware
from the eastern statcw. Practically all
the wearing apparel , all the furniture , glass-
are , crockery , mctnlware , fabrics nnd a
number of olher branches In manufacture are
transported 3,000 mllrs from the cist There
are out here many slocks of general mer-
chandlse that will Inventory ? 20,000 and $30-
000 where lesa than ? 500 represent Paslflc
coast products.
It has .boon . estimated that the waterfall !
in California alone have over 210,000 horse
power and that about 45,000 of this powel
line already hccn converted Into electrical
energy and sent to Los AngoleB , Sacramento ,
1 resno , Pomona , Hedlands. Tolsom nnd San
Diego for lighting and motive purposes Flvo
more clectrts companies will have their long
distance transmission systems In working
order by next September. About BO.OOO
moro horse-power will bo developed by them
for use In California nnd Oregon , while still
< 'ther ' electric companies are beg'nnlng work
on eloctrle power plants tnat wli'i cost fiom
$100,000 to $ -,00,000 each , -ml will harness
moro mountain streams to do a man's work
In distant cities nnd villages.
I.OIIK IHiitiinrc Ti-aiiHiiilxNlnn.
Tlio original long-dlstanco electric power
company in the United Stntes wns the San
-Antonio in Pomcna , Las Angeles county.
Malno capital Incked the enterprise. It was
in running order by the summer of 1S92
and clectri'al experts from a dozen cities in
the enst nnd a few from Em ope came to
Pomona puiposely to observe the working of
the attempt to transmit 1,000 horse power
a distance of eighty mllea. The enterprise
wns a great success , and for a jear the
romona-San Bernardino electric circuit was
famous among all electricians.
The rolEom-Sacramcnto circuit marked
another and a big ste.p in the science cf
transmitting electrical power a long distance.
Years had been spent In the -\vorK at Folsom.
An Immense masonry dam had been thir-wn
across the American river , 050 feet long.
21 feet wide at the crest , 87 fc-et wide at
the bottom and 89 feet high at the highest
point. It contains nearly EO.OOO cubic jurds
of granite and creates a rc'onr'r ' thrco
miles long. At either end of the dam mas
sive head-gates were constructed to con
trol the passage of the -water Into canals ,
which glvo a flow of 85,000 cubic feet a min
ute. The water supply Is sufllclent for the
Irrigation of 300,000 acres of land , lnlndlng
largo areas on both sides of the American
river.
Thm the San Gabiiel nectrlc Power
company s t about bridling the stream
which rushed out of San Gabriel canon ,
creatlnu enormous power that has never
boon utilized. Over fliOO.OOO was expended
in the enterprise nnd electrical engineers
from all over the -world watched the pro
gress of the work. In n naif-dozen wajs
the utilization of the po-vei In the San
Gabrlci ! canrn ill cam and Ihen the turning
of the water hick lifto the original
course for Irrigation purposes by the orange
and lemon growers In the valley below , was
Without precedent. By eight miles of tun-
no. nnd cement ditches a fall of 100 feet
vvjs created In the canon stream.
The San Gabriel company has been send
ing 6,000 horse-power to Lcs Angelea , n dis
tance of twenty-seven mllra There the
power Is used for lighting , running street
cars , raising olovatora and light machinery.
- " > I'rojrrtx.
During the last sixty dajs the most re
markable piece of electrical engineering In
Little
Pimples Turn
to Cancer.
Cancer often icsulta from an Im
purity In the blood , inherited from
generations back. Few people are en
tirely freu from uomo taint In the blood ,
nnd it id impossible to tulllien it will
bieuk out in tlio form of dreaded Onn-
cor , What hns appeared to bo n mere
plmplo or scratch lins developed into
the most malignant Onncer.
"I had a ecvoro Cancer whloh was nt drat
only a fnvr blotches , thnt 1 thought would
soon pis-j nw ly. I wag
Heated by Rcvoial nMt >
phj ildium , l > ut In Hiillu
of tliPlrrftiirlK the Uun-
corHproad until my ion-
dltluiibcrnmiinlarinliiK-
After ninny month * ot
trfitinent and mowing
Ktrndlly worse , I de
cided to try S , 8 , S.
which wn * DO FtroiiKly
recommended , 'lliellrot
bottln pioduced an Im
provement. I continued
the medicine , and in
four months the In-it lit-
tlrt i-oab dropped off ,
. . Ton J ears Inve olnpicd ,
jnil not a tlgn of tlio dUease has returned , "
K. K Vt ii 11 AUK.
Ulllsbuig , Mlsa.
It is datiRorous to experiment with
Cancer. The disease is beyond the skill
of phyflcians. S. S , S. is the only cure ,
because it is the only remedy \vhlch
coea deep enough to reach Cancer.
B. S. S. ( Swift's Specific ) is the only
blood remedy gunr.intecd
Purely Vegetable.
All others contain potnsli nnd mer
cury , tha most dangerous of minerals.
liooks on Onncer iinrt blood diseukea
mailed free by Swift Specific Compeny ,
Atlanta , Qoonda.
the country has been furni-lied , affn three
jenrs of labor , and srr.ie Ifioo.ooo has bcui
pent In the enterprise The Santa Ana
river , which comes tut of the San Bernardino
dine mountains , hns been bridled , and in
power Is now transmitted to Lt s Angeles-
some eighty-two miles distant. Thus 9,000
horse-power Is made to propel machinery ,
move street cars and Illuminate and even
heat buildings In lx > Angeles , betides fur
nishing Illumination and power for several
villages as Tledlnnds , Riverside , Colton
nnd Ontario between the mountains and
Los Angeles.
Ttie San Joaquln Klectrlc company , which
hns recently flnlchcd harnessing a stream In
the Sierras , and Is now transmitting several
thousand horse-power over fcothllls , across
rivers , ranches and vlncjarJs to I'rcsno and
adjacent towns , has also accomplished won
ders In this field ot science and Invention.
Powci Is furnished there an cheaply as two
cents per horse-power per hour. Twenty-
seven miles from Bakcrcflcld a company ot
New Yorkers tiavo engineers nnd ganga of
laborers at work beginning the construc
tion ot the greatest long distance electrical
power company In the west. It Is proposed
to utilize the power ot Kern river and to
send the power probably about 10,000
horse-power to Los Angeles (11G ( miles dis
tant ) , Pasadena. Bakersfleld nnd Santa
Monica. Thus ono can realize what rapid
progress there has been on the Pacific
coast U the science of electrical power
transmission during the last few jcars.
PurUirr North.
Engineers nnd workmen nro at work har-
nes-ilng mountain stream * at five points In
Oicgoii nnd three In Washington. The vast
power In the Columbia river Is to ho used
four tlmco by electric companies In Portland ,
Astoria nnd Albiny. A company , In which
the pall up capital stock Is to be ? 1 500,000 ,
U organizing for utilizing the power In
five streams along the Sierras near Stockton
for uaen In San I'ranclnco. Tor ( several
months a corps of cnilncoio hn been mak
ing plans for the development cf electric
power from the Kaweah river In Tulnro
county. The engineers' estimate puts It the
total expense of the work at $800,000. About
7,000 horse power can bo obtained nnd this
mny lie utilized In Tularo , 1'ortervlllo and
other San Joaquln valley towns Up lit
Heading , In northern California , under the
shadows cf Mount Shastn , work on the
greatest electrical power plant In America
outside of Niagara is proceeding. New York ,
San Tranelsco nnd Buffalo capital U bick of
the enterprise , which will coat several mil
lion's of dollars The only element of doubt
In the scheme Is the distance that the volt
age mny be economically transmitted , for the
llttlo towno in the part of the state where
the electricity Is developed cannot iue a'l
the motive power this enterprise proposes
to develop
A project to harnrea the waters of the
stream in Mnrlcopa canon , amoni ; the Sierras
back of Petalumn , is tfclng ahead. Enqlnccis
are nt work apcertnlnlng what power maybe
bo developed there and the best means of
conveying It from the mountain streams nnl
\\atcrfjlls to Stockton and pcsslbly San Fran
cisco. Enough work has been done to show
that at least -1,000 horse power may be fnt
through the Sacramento valley.
Uleutrlult > oil the Kami.
The application of electrical power to farm
Industry is a now development In the elec-
trlcil field. There must ( be many farms on
which are water powers , small or large ,
which coulj bo made to yield electrical energy -
orgy which would do a great deal of the or
dinary faim work. An object lesson In this
field of effort Is furnished by nn equipment
recently provided by the Westlnghouso
company for the farm of G. R. Beardslee ,
situated on both sides of Enst Canadian
creek near St Johnsvllle , N. Y. There ate
two falls on the farm , one cf sixty feet and
the other of ISO feet In height. The lower
fall la to bo first used for furnishing power
for the farm. A power house has been
ereoted near by nnd a ihorlzontal turblno
with a ISO-kilowatt (270 ( hcrso power ) gen
erator Installed. Prom this central power
house the electrical current is now trans
mitted by conducting wires to the farm
house , to the barn , cattle eheds , grain houses
and other places where lighting or power
Is required. At these several points the di
rest electrical current Is utilized to drive
motors which operate various machines. Ono
motor of ten horse power operate * a hay
cutting machine , another motor of the same
power runs a threshing machine nnd n third
motor operates a fourty-four-lnch circular
saw foi cutting logs. Each of these motors
cnn ho u ed separately or all at one tlmo.
The faimhouse la brilliantly lighted and com
fortably he-Ued by electricity , the result of
a utilization of n "waterfall's power. Elec
trically heated flatlrons are In the laundiy
and the kitchen contains a cooking Move
also heated by electricity. In the dairy de
partment are milk separators , churns and
other appliances , all having electric motor
attachments. Outside the house several are
lamps turn night Into < 2ay. The use of
electric lights in the barn and outhouses
greatly diminishes the danger of fire. Ilo-
oldcs having all the electric power ho wants
for his own purpcses Mr. Beardslce sol.s
sixty horse power to two knitting factories
and the money received from this source
goes far to defray the running expenses or
the electrlcil plant , which Is said to have
cent only "a moderate amount" It should
not bo much nioro than J3,000.
WlioIoNN 'lVI.-ffriu.liy In YV'nr.
The Paris papers contain Interviews with
Dr. La Bon , In which the Trench eavant
makes the announcement that he hopca
shortly to apply the
principle of the so-
called wireless telegraphy , cr the Horty
rays , to. nn npparatus bywhich war ships
may bo annihilated. Ho ea > s that he has
already produced formidable
results from a
cell of fifty centimeters worked hv n cur
of 110 volts. If , gajs the doctor , by the
mcana of proper lenses a way be found to
project parnllel electric radiations so thnt
they shnll not lose their Intensity by dis-
tnnce , Just us wo ecnd afar pencils of lumi
nous rayg , as Etrong along tholr whole line
as they are nt the source , then nn electri
cian sitting nt his window could destroy a
whole fleet of Ironclads This destruction ,
according to the doctor , could be done sim
ply by turning on each of the warships a
Jcct of clectr'cal reflation The Jets cr rays ,
on reachlnr the electric cells In the vessels
could create an atnipsohero of sparks which
would cause the shell nnd frpednos on
boird to explode With the pime reflector
nnd radiation explosions could ba produced
In foils , in nrtlllery parks nnd even In the
mctnlllo cnrtrldpra ot soldiers , Dr. Lo Bon
Is a well Known authority on physical phenomena -
nomena nnd has been led to make the ex
periments tT which he refers after the dis
covery of the properties of electric waves
by M Branby , professor at the- Catholic In
stitute of Paris , and < h friend of Slitnor
Mnrconl , wh"m he Is said to have elded In
wireless telegraphy experiments.
iicrlo : ( fiim.
A wonderful electric BUD has been In
vents ! which Is said to be "deadly , noiecle's ,
and smokeless The model which nt pres
ent represents his ( the Inventor's ) Idea
weighs only sovcn pounds , but with this
tiny gun the most satisfactory experiments
have teen made. At n distance of one mlle
a target was shattered seveinl times by
the explosive contrnte At a distance of
five miles , In rplto of a premature explosion ,
the target was also shattered. The velocity
of the nhot Is estimated at five and n linlf
miles in two seconds" The lnvent r U
deierlbed JIB the son of a trndesman nt Port
land , and the ndmlraltv. It Is nwrtod , have
offered 75.000 for the Invention , which
sum has been refused. As the statement
appears In a paper which hns already pub
lished some extraordinary statements about
liquid air and about a perpetual motion de-
vlco ellscovm-ed somewhere in Buckingham
shire , It will bj advisable to await devel
opments before- accepting the statements us
"science , " i
HARTLEY CASE 1ICST STAND
Judge Fagotti Befnus to Allow it la Bo
Carried Ovit tbs Terra.
MURD.R TRIAL IS SHREWDLY INTERPOSED
Sltlrldn Cnlln Crliiiln.nl Cn c In
\\ltlcli ItmiMiin IM Alin Coutinul
tit the sumo Hour , lint I'nw-
cctt StuntlM Tat.
After keeping the criminal licnch idle nil
week Ccunty Attoinoy Shields callct the
Qaoryc Chollman murder cue > estordnj
nt the oiino hour that the Dartlcy bond case
was set for trial before Judge Kawcctt.
Trank nacsom , the attorney for Chollman ,
Is also one cf the leading counsel In tlio
Hnrtley case I'rlday U the last day cf tr-U
term of court and neither cane can bo con-
. tinned without carrying It o\cr the term.
Thli caused a. moat embarrassing situation ,
\\hlch was made the most of by the attor
ney for the Hartley bondsmen to net the
continuance that they have previously bson
unoblo to secure. The entire forenoon was
occupied by an Insistent effort on the part
of Tlanaom and his colleagues to Induce
Judge I'awcctt to retreat from his pasltlon ,
but without result. The court stood pat and
doolared that he vculd proceed at once to
empanel a Jurj.
| Meantime Judge linker was equally anxiouo
to empanel a Jury In the murder case , Unit
has now been on the docket through thrco
terms of court. lie declared that ho would
not force a man to trial for a capital cffcnaa
when one of his counsel was otherwise en
gaged , and It u motion for a continuance
was mndo by the defense he would sustain
It. This was not what Ran om wanted ,
however , as -would remove the main con
tention on which ho hoped to force a post
ponement of the iband ca'e , and nftcr pro-
longel dcbito In which both Judges partlcl-
pited both courts were adjourned to J
o'clock. Judge ravvcctt announced that ho
would call for a jury In the bond case at
that hour and Chollman's nttornp > s were
!
undecided as to what course they wou'd
pursue. Uar.nom Intimated that ho might
npply for an injunction a aliut one or the
tther of the Judges to present them fiom
proceeding with both cases at once. Judge
Baker stated as positively as had ihla co1-
league that In the absence of a motion for a
c-ntlnuanco he would call a jury In the mur
der case at 2 o'clock and let Judge FaVcett
1m e the jurors as they are oxcuecd
| The bondsmen of J S Bartloy and their
attorneys were all present In Judge Faw-
[ celt's court when the bind case was called
, as prcv loutly announred The only excep
tion was General Cow In , who is ullll In the
east , and Mr. Raiaom Immediately made
1 another application for a continuance , which
was based on Cowln's absence , the pending
restraining order In the district courf fit
I Lancaster county , and the fact that he Is
! also counsel In the murder CJEC that was
about to be called In the criminal court
loom. The dignity of the Lancaster county
crurt was never more inslo'cntly and en
thusiastically upheld than on this occasion
The attorney appealed to Jtidpo Fawcett not
to cast a reflection on the co-ordinato court
by permitting the attorney general to pro
ceed with the case while the restraining or
der is pending and effectively erophas'rcd '
the icsponslblllty that -would bo Incuired by
eucJi a proceeding.
Con it lU-initliis I'lrm.
The court declined to sec It that way.
Judge Fawcett declared that as far as the
absence of General Cow In and the Lincoln
rcstialning order were concerned , these had
been thoroughly considered and disposed
cf when the previous motion for a con
tinuance was overruled by himself and
Judo | Koysor. If the court was compelled
to wait until none of the eight or nine
attorney emplojed In this case were en
gaged elsewhere the case could never
bo brought to trial. He proposed to go
ahead and impannel the Jury , and ho be-
llovod that by that time General Cow In
would be present to conduct tlio actual
trial of the case.
In rccard to the Injunction , Judge Favv-
cctt declared that in his opinion the peti
tion on which the restraining order was Is
sued absolutely falls to state an adequate
causu of action. Ho did not believe that
the Injunction would over bo granted , and
if the attorney general wished to go ahead
with this caao do was willing to lot him
take the responsibility of making his
pcaco with tha Lancaster county court. He
would not consider himself justified In per
mitting the Lancaster county court to come
In hero and tie up litigation unless there
was solid and adequate ground for such in
terference Ho suggested Hint the Lancas
ter county Judges , were aware that this case
was scheduled for trial nt this time , and It
they had been disposed to act fairly toward : ,
this court they would have decided the In
junction case Wednesday In oidcr to relieve
lievo the Douglas county court from cm-
bai rassment.
In regard to the murder trial the court
suggested that Judge Baker had called the
Jury In criminal court after the bond case
was begun , and If ho Insisted on pushing
the ease in the absence of Mr. Ransom the
responsibility would remain v.ith him. Ho
ccnsequently overruled the motion for a
contlnuinco and called for a jury
Mr Hansom then asked leave to file a sup
plemental answer setting forth the proceed
ings In L-incaEter county and this was also
overruled , en the ground that It was In
effect merely another effort to secure a con
tinuance.
iiK ( IlcsnoiiNHtillt- } - .
"Do jou mean to proceed to trial with
this case rcgardlcoa of the lostralnlng order
issued In Lancaster count } 1" asked Mr.
Ransom.
' If the attorney general wants to take
the responsibility , jcs. "
"But I think it will bo partly the court's
responsibility. " Insisted the attorney
"Well , In that casewo will shnro It , "
concluded Judge raw celt ; "this case Is giJns
to trial at this term of court and I don't
care to hear any further argument on a
niattrr that baa been decide I. 1 am not
acting hastily In this matter. I have talked
It over vlth Judge Kejsor and vvo both
acreo that this Is the proper action to betaken
taken , "
rutthcr proceedings were dclajcd by con
ferences between Judpos Baker and Tavvcctt
and the attoinejs with a view to discover
ing same vvn > by which both cases could be
proceeded with. Mr. Hansom wanted Judge
Tawcott to let him go Into crlmlml court
and Impannel a jury durlns the afternoon ,
como baU Friday and Impannel a jury In
the bond case and then aJjourn tao bond
case until General Cjwln returns and let
Haucom proceed with the murder caso.
This the ccurt also refused to allow.
Judge Favvcctt called attentlcn to the fact
that U Is oxtrcinel > Improbable that a Jury
can bo secured In the bond case without
resort to a special venire. He could not
call a special venire until after thu regular
panel was exuaustcd and hu < 3ld not propose
to lay a ground for error \y \ pormlttlng
the case to bo dclajocl until ho was com
pelled to call the apodal panel after the
term IB closed , Ho then announced that
ho would call the * Jurv promptly at 2 o'clock
In t o afternoon Alt ruey Manahan an
nounced that Mr. Ransom would/remain In
the murdci case for the prssent , leaving the
tpsk of eeloctlns U-o jury in the bond case
to the other attorneys , Very llttlo progress
was inada en UuU line , however , aa it was
flrnt necessary to wait until the Jurors had
bewi dUpceed of In the criminal branch ,
There was scarcely more than twenty Jur
ors left available for both cases and a spe
cial venire will probably bo called today ,
Judge I'awcett declares that ho will get a
Jurv thto week If he hm to hId court from
6 t clotk In Uie morning ( a mid : Ight
.tsoiprn mlTiTiTiT t \ 7 : ON inivi. .
( Je rttP t tiolltunti Iprn > il of Mult-
MIIK .tunic * . iiMf l.tist October.
TTie criminal court It iti rpentlon for the
first time this wok to d'elflewhether
CJeTfro Challman Is sullty of the minder of
Jamci R. Jone * , who WM a bartender In a
cnloon at Fifteenth and Wo * > ster street * .
The killing occurred on the evening of Oc
tober 31 , ISflS. rhollman catne In frcm the
exrpiltlon wllh a party cf friends nd they
all proceeded ta become hilarious with the
assistance of a liberal supply of cheap
whteky When they drrppcd Into the siloou
where Jones was at work one tf the crowd
wanted credit for a round cf drinks Jones
rcftned the nntter to the pnprletor , who
Insisted on cash In advance , and the man
who had asked for credit declare 1 his Inten
tion of creating a rough house wlth-ut
further preliminaries. Ho was flmllj quieted
and the crowd went out vlthout making
I further trouble. Later In the evening It Is
alleged that Chnllman returned a'cno and
inflicted the wound from which thebar ,
tender died This was a cut fsur Inches
deep In the left side , w-h.ch reached the
heart.
Chollman Is a very rerpcctable appearing
young fellow and when ho wag brouiht Into
court ho was warmly greeted by a lirgo
number of friends who were present to encourage -
courage him. Ho has lived in Omaha nil
his llfo and both ho and hi * father are oil
cmplojcs at the Union Pacific shopi. His
friends amort that ho has alwajs had a
good character and that If he did the stab
bing ho was too crazedwith liquor to Know
what he was doing.
On account of the wrangle over the Bart
loy case nothing was accomplished In the
ctlmlnal court during the forenoon. In the
afternoon the selection of the Jury was be
gun and this will probably bo completed
today.
Holt's disc Continued.
The case asalnst Henry Holt , a Wlnno-
bago Indhn. charged with assaulting ActIng -
Ing Agent Morgan of the Omaha and Wlnne-
bago agency , wa3 called before Judge Mun-
Ecr In United States court jesterday after
noon , but as the defense Aas not ready for
trial , the hearing went over until next term.
Last winter , as the story goes , Holt tailed
at the agency quarters and asked permission
to visit Washington. Acting Agent Morgan
refused the request , whereupon Holt became
very angiy and assaulted Morgan with a
stove poker , threatening to Kill him. Other
Indiana Interfered and the obstreperous Holt
was taken away and lodged In Jail. The
next day ho appeared before the county
Judge of Thurston county and swore out a
warrant for the arrest of the agent , charg
ing him with assault. The case men cimo
Into United States court c. . an , application
for a writ of habeas corpus , which was
granted , and Morgan was released Upon the
convening of the recent grand jury Morgan
gave his testimony and an Indictment was
the result.
Strort Hnlliiny CIINP heled. *
Ono of the damage cases against the
fcticot railway company , growing out of the
big traffic during the exposition , wan Fettled
> r terday afternoon. The plaintiff was Maud
Craiice , who declared ttiat she got on a
Twentieth street car which was so crowded
that she only succeeded In getting one foot
on the step when the car started. She al
leged that she was dragged forty feet and
received a shock that resulted Injuriously.
She sued the company for $5,200 , and after
the evidence was partially in bhc concluded
to accept the odd $200 and dismiss the case.
DainiiK1" for Injured Iiiiinoi-iiec.
Last January Max Fried , a grocer , was
arrested on an Information filed in police
court charging lilm with receiving stolen
property In the shape of 300 pounds of
roasted coffee. The complainant was T. J.
Mullen , and as ho falled.ia make the charge
stick Fried sued Mullen for $5,000 damages.
A jury In Judge Slabaugh's court Is now
hearing the evidence.
Minor .MiiKorx In Court.
Everett G. Ballon has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of H.urlet C. Bal-
lou.
Seward McConnell of Beatrice has filed
his application In the oalco of the clerk
of the United States court , asking to bo
declared a binkrupt.
Judge Baxter has appointed Miles U.
Houck admlnlstiator of the estate of the lite
Dorsev B Iloutk. 12. C. Wolcott Is ap
pointed guardian of the minor children.
Judge Munger yesterday afternoon list
ened to arcuments in the case of C B.
Masalloh against the Cltv of Beatrice. The
defendant defaulted In the payment of the
interest on municipal bonds aggregating
? 10,000.
The Citizens' bank of Omaha has obtained
a verdlU against R. M. Webster for $7,301 in
a suit which was brought to collect the
value cf a check all-eged to have l-ccn glv < .n
six vears ngo , and which , the bank chaiges.
was abstracted from the vaulta bj the com
plicity of ait employe.
AGAINST LAMP ORDINANCE
AVlivclnioii of tlie City to Itnllj for u
biinrcmc Effort to AVIjio
It Out.
The effort being made by the wheelmen
ot the city to arouse opposition to the bi
cycle lamp ordinance IB taking the form ot
petitions to the council , which are being
circulated throughout the city , and will cul
minate in a mass meeting to 'bo ' held
tonight at Turner hall. To this meeting
all wheelmen and wheclwomen In the city
arc Invited.
Petitions are open for signatures nt the
hcadnuartors of the Omaha club , the Omaha
Wheel club and the Turner Wheel club , and
all persons who nro opposed to the ordi
nance and who nre not seen by these carryIng -
Ing petitions may sign at those places.
Victors for Woodmen of tile World.
The local offices of tlio Woodmen of the
World received word jesterday of the de
cision of the Mlbsouri State Ineuiancc de
partment granting the association a licence
to continue doing business In the citato.
About eighteen months ago the state In
surance otDclals of Missouri tcfused to lesuo
n llccnro nnd an appeal was tnkcn to the
courts. An Injunction was granted , 10-
stralnlng the Insurance board from interfer
ing with the business of the association
pending the decision of the supreme court
The decision was reached today nnd the 11-
cpiieo 1ms been granted. Thu olllcials tit the
headquarters of the order tire jubllunt Tlio
superne ! eovcirlgn Is in St. Louis , where ho
went to attend the suit.
The order has Its national headquarters
located In Omnun. and will In the neai fu
ture erect nn nlllco bullillim of Its own.
Touched on tinMrrit for 11 Wntuli ,
U. J. Jester of Twenty-seventh and Hurt
Ktrrotn Is unfortunate to be curious an to the
way In which nn export penman does his
work Ho stopped Thursday afternoon to
watch a caul writer on the street. Several
ether men came up nnd stood mound him ,
crowding veiy close In order to watch the
penman. When the llttlo group had luokcn
ur. Jester discovered that his watch nnd
rhaln wcro miEzlng. Hu reported hlu loss to
the police , who ate bunting for the man who
profited by It.
I'tMldlrrH .Made to Oln-j ( he I.nvt.
The police nre getting after n number ct
.peddlcM who are working schemes to detent
the purpcse of the license law. Many of thoin
put the number * on their wagons In obscure
or partially concealed places , where n pur
chaser. If given Bhnt rotaaure or othrnvlso
Dwindled , cannot readily ECO It. Tbn object
of the law requiring peddFera to be licensed
nnd to number their wagons U to enable
customers to report them to the police if
unfairly treated ,
There Is a tlmo for all thin -b The time to
take DeWltt's Little Karly Hlscrs is when
jou are suffering from constipation , biliousness -
ness , BlcU-headache , indigestion or other
stomach or liver troubles , They never gripe.
A PLAGUE OF CRAY EVOLVES
Increasing Datnago Done in the Oattlo
Ranges of the West.
CHANGES IN THWOLF'S ' HABITS
rloref llon lK tlmt 1'nll I > o n rnltlr ,
liut SoinoUnie * Meet Thrlr Miiti'li
In TIIIN MPCIH llnttle
In tlio bnovv.
"Slrango to say , while the buffalo has been
' wiped off the face of the continent and the
nntclapo Is found now but rarely , the gray
I wolves have Increased In number upon the
plain * , " said F. H Archer of Denver to a
New York Sun reporter. "The building of
'rallrondt ' in all direction with towns and
'cl'lcfl on their line , ? and the occupjltiK ot
I every available stream , volley and water
I Jiolo by ranchmen have had the cffeft up rt
I the wolf to make him more cunning and
bold. He Is near enough to the dog In his
' nature to adapt himself to the presence ot
'humanity ' and he shows the same sagacity
| In plundering that the dog does In serving
mankind In the old dayt > the wolf f il owed
| the buffalo herds In their migrations anl
| kept near them wherever they went. No
I nunibsr cf wolves would venture to attack
so much as a buffalo calf while It was with
I tlio others , for th.o buffaloes traveled like an
I army , with the bulls In front and rear and
Hanks , ever ready to defend the cows and
calves agalrnt the attack of anjthini ; but
man. It was fcr the otraftsjler the voiy
old or the vtry > oung cr the dlsajled bur-
falocs which fell out of the herd that tao
wolves lurked and waited. In the winter
when pressed by hunger a pack cf wolve <
would truster courage to attack and pull
down ono of the so'.ltao old hulls that In
tlulr declining > eais lind been out-fought
and driven from the herd by the joungor
ours ; but as a lule the wolf preferred to
dine of can Ion or K ° a good while hungry
to iK'kltiR Jilo skin for frc h meat.
It was > cars after the stockmen had pen-
orally occupied the western country before
the wolves began to make serious Inroads
I rn the stock. By degrees they found that
| boot was as much to their tnsto aa bulfalo
j moat , that a cow was easily pulled down
1 and killed and Uiat cittle , scattcrol In little
bunches over a wide iiinge , did not organlzo
to protect one another as the buffaloes used
to do In their great herds. Frcm killing
calves and cows the wolves came to the
tackling cf bulls and steers , so that now
| over wide tracts of country there Is no
I safety for any ca'tle on the lange ? except
on ranches -which are constantly patrollcfi
I by range herders with firearms , who take
iv shot at every wolf that shows his head
within eluotinij dl'tinco The slaughter of
volvcs Is not gioit by this method , but the
cunning beasts realise what the whizzing
of /bullet / signifies and It makes them fight
shy of the locality To set a trap or a
po'soncd bait for wolves U not of much vo
for they pat < 3 It by where they can kill
their own meat so easily. Moreover , many-
of the wolves have become blood drinkers
and on killing a cow or a steer will cat
none of the flesh , but suck the blood from
the carcass nnd go on to the slaughter of
moro cattle. Hunts on a grand scale In
tended to drive the -wolves Into a common
center have repeatedly been oiganlzed , but
the results hive been trilling , the wolveo In-
clcscd slipping- away between the hunters
long before the lines draw closely together
Attempts to hunt them with hounds have-
proved destructive to the doga with few
casualties to the wolves.
Attnuk In Pucks.
"Commonly the -wolves make their at-
tatl.s lu packs of from three to ten or
twelve in number. In killing a cow or
steer that offers fight their mode of at
tack is always the tame. While two or
more wolves engage the creature's atten
tion In front , a wolf stealing up behind
makes a leap anil snap at the animal's
1 iml leg , just above the gambrll , for the
purpose of hamstringing It. If the pack
numbers as many ns five or six. two wolves
will often spring together , each nt a hind
leg. The snapping bite of a wolf Is llko
a knife stroke , and the first leap often
severs the tendon. If
not , the attacks are
ropentivl until successful , when the victim
sinks helpless to the giound to be pounced
on by the whole pack , every wolf tearing
at the throat or some other part whore the
arteries Ho near the surface , nnd snarling
and snapping at any of the others who crowd
too closely upon him.
"It Js the finer cattle , the thoroughbreds
and giaded stock , that suffer mcist from thu
attacks of wolves. They are loss hardy
and active than the native stock and less
accustomed to rough and tumble fighting
A Toxa- bull or a long-horned steer who
Las 1-ustled for hlnrelf and kept his end
up as a fighter with anjthing that came
against him from ! fie day ho was -ncaned
Is no picnic , even when alone , for a pack
of wolves. When ho Is with ceveial of hla
fellows the wolves had bettor KO away nnd
hunt their dinner elsewhere for the Texans ,
who fitht ; cheerfully among themselves when
nrthlng else Is pilng on , pool their Issues
nnd stand nick > to back against all 'var
mints' and toke on gray wolves , mountain
lions or grizzly 'heirs ' aa readily ns 1hoy
would poodles or coyotes , when they or the
cows and calves are threatened. The native
cattle are not so numerous north of the
Arkansas river a they were In the early
days -when great herds of pilgrims were
driven } early frrm Texas to stock the
ranges of the northwestern territories , but
they are by no means extinct , and , unless
sc-mo means Is found to check the ravages
of wolves they may jet prove to bo "tho
meat profitable stock to rear.
"A friend of mlno who had a cattle ranch
at Shlvrly Springs In Dakota , .about. . 100
miles north of Yankton , BIW a battle rojal
between five Texas eteeis nnd seven wolves ,
It was In February , Juct nftcr a Wizard , nnd
there wcro two feet of enow on the ground
on a level. With the steers wore two cows
nnd three jcarllngs. They had been running
fouth before the ntorm , and , coming to a
llttlo Knoll blown bare by the wind , had all
lain clcvvn to rest. They were EO still that
the ranchman had to ride near them to sat
isfy himself that they were not doad. Find
ing that none of his own stock was In the
bunch , ho rode away. Ho had gone a mile
when , locking bask , he saw seven gray
vvolvca that had como out of the herd of a
eanyrn near by end wcro making tcward the
cattle. With his field glass ho could get an
excellent view of the wolves and follow
closclv nil their movomcn's. They -were
having a hard tlmo to make their way
through the enow , sinking In It to their
bellies nt every Jump , but they kept on un
til they wcro within a few yards of the bare
rpot where the cattle weio lying , when they
nil drew together nnd made n survey of the
field , then atarted en , widening out Into a
line ns they did BO. Up to this tlmo none
of the cattle had moved , but now ono of
the cow and a steer toso to their feet and
faced the wolves , shaking thalr horna , nnd
some of the others were getting up aa the
wolves struck the bare cpot.
IliiltliIn Hit- Snow ,
"Three of the wolvea Jumped In front of
the steer and the cow , feinting to attack
thorn and so keeping their attention en
gaged , v. hllo the other four sprang upon ono
of ti-o leadings Just getting to Us feet and
pulled It down. Tlio ranchman could BOO
the four wolves together upon the yearling ,
and then the rest of the cattle ccmlng all to
their feet shut them from his view. The
cattle were stiff and alow In their move
ments , but the steera nt once closed In on
the four wolves about the jearllns and
drove them from their prey. The wolves
1vad no trouble In getting away fr m the
horns , aud , Instead ot quitting the field ,
A clean , vigorous shampoo , with an abundant
lather of Ivory Soap , is delightful and refreshing.
It cleanses the scalp , removes dandruff and leaves
the hair glossy and clean.
IVORY SOAP 99 % PER CENT. PURE.
C , - jttf"m , t ; Til rraur 1 OimVI. C , CbiitutL
they kept to the bare spot It was about half
an acre In extent racing round the cattle
and feinting to attack them on every side ,
Lut dodging away whenever a steer made
for them In earnest. While four of them
kept the attention of the other cattle , three
of the wolves , coming together ns If at a
signal , leaped upon another of the jearllngs ,
ono seizing It by the throat and the other
two tearing at Its gambrlls. The yearling
went down under the wolves , and then two
or three of the steers , charging ns be
fore , drove them off.
"The aim of the wolves plainly wns to
disable the two weaker nnlmnl' , knowing
that they would eventually fall to them
when the others moved awny. But the cattle
were getting warmed to their work and
after live minutes of fighting there was lit
tle of the stiffness that they had at first dis
played. The wolves , keeping still to the
bare spot -where there wns clear running ,
had all they wanted to do to avoid the luohw
of the steers , who charged whenever any
of them cnmo to a standstill. Then one of
the wclves was driven out Into the snow ,
and as ho floundered In a circuit trying to
got back to bare ground a long-legged
Texan , minding the unow no more than If It
had been feathers , rushed nnd overtook him
and In a moment more had the wolf on his
horns. One ehako of the head and the wolf
went flying twenty feet nnd the etcer wan
on hand where he tumbled to gore nnd
trample him to death. This set the pice
for fighting and in ten minutes moro four of
the wolves were dead , two ot them "being
chnsed Into the snow and killed ns the iki > t
had been and the other being hemmed In
among the cattle , where he went thrco or
four times Into the air clear of their hciU
before they quit tossing him. At this the
tlhor three wolves took to the enow and
made the best pace they could for the canon
A white steer that already had done Its
full share of the fighting charged after them ,
tossed one of them to cne side nnd keeping
on to the next ono gored him to death. The
third ono had so much of a start that the
steer did not follow him , hut came back to
the herd.
"It was two daja later bt ere the ranch
man could take time to come back to the
scene of the fight. Ono of the yearllngo was
lying dead on the spot of bare griund ; the
rest of the cattle -were gone. There were
flvo dead wolves in sight and a sixth -wns
found Jist within the canon , whlDh was as
far as he managed to crawl. The pack wcro
practically wiped out taken , so to speak.
In their own trap.
"In another Instance while riding with a
friend over nn Isolated pnrt of his ranch In
Wyoming wo came upon the partly devoured
body ot a steer with thrco dead -wolves ly
ing about It. U
wnis a struttRiIe that no
human eye had witnessed and all that could
ho told was the steer had nt laat bean over
powered by numbers nnd had s'ld his llfo
dearly. But the usiml ppcotaclo where the
wolves have raided Is the lone carcis" , some
times partly eaten , sometimes with only the
arterlct * torn open. There Is probably an
other carcass , perhaps several , In sight and
aa you ride over the hill to left or right
more are discovered. Where the wolves nni
that made the slaughter no man can tell ,
they c.ime nnd went and left no other
of their presence. "
Condition of the Ill-tor.
Among old river men the opinion prevails
that the fiont end of the annual Juno rise
has reached Omnhn , nnd while they nre prc
dieting siimc high vvntnr owing to the lienvy
snows in the mountains , they do not look
for any serious results In this portion of
the v alley. Hero the river gunge nhows a
stage of twofvo nnd eight-tenths fcut of
water , which Is flvo and two-tenths feet
below the dantur line. During the last
twenty-four hours there has boon a rise of
ono and four-tenths feet At Slou\ City
the rise dining I ho name period has been
two nnd sevon-tcntl.n feet So fnr ns the
upper river Is concerned , no ottlclnl advices
have been received , which fact Is taken
as an Indication that no heavy ilscs are In
sight.
BARRETT TO BE PROSECUTED
Liiltcil Stolen OIllolnlM to Ilrrnlc I'll
rrnrtler of DclujIiiK Mall
TrUnn.
Patrick D. Bnirett hns been brought In
from Sidney by Deputy Corloy of the United
States marshiirb ofllco , charged with delay
ing and detaining the United Stntes mnll.
With c ther tourists Barrett boarded the
Fast Mnlf tialn on the Union Pacific nnd re
fused to pay his faro Ho alto refused to
get off the car. The conductor then turned
him over to the government ofllclals.
Ill's IB the llrst step taken by the United
States ofllclals to prevent tramps from an
noying the mall trains In this stnte. If Bar
rett Is held the marshal will older the ar
rest of every Indl' Idual who attempts to delay -
lay or Interfere vlth the running of such
trains.
Mortnlll ? Miitlntli'M.
The following births nnd deaths have been
rcpoited to the h'-nlth ccmmlsnloncr In the
past twenty-four hours
Births - Gibson , -1312 nrflklno street ,
boy : M. MlcUcUon , 1220 North Twenty-fifth
street , boy : Max Schiller , 1510 South
Twonty-olphth street , boy ; Fred Ube--
spucher , 1210 Dorci-j sticol , boy ; C. 11. Ben-
dorf , 6R21 Rheiman avenue , boy.
Deaths Sldnev 13 Lrcke , 132 North
Thirty-ninth Gtrc't ' , 71) ) ycais , baby .lulo. 2517
South Thlrtv-flrfit street , 5 months ; bnby
Fuller. 2202 Clink street. 1 month ; baby
Brown. 2202 Clark street. 1 month.
\Kiilnnt MOMCM
Deputy Ackcrmnn of the United States
marshaf's office Is in from Hijd county ,
bringing with hln < Miscs WnKcfleld n man
nearly 70 years of ngc charged with boot
legging. The specific charge against Wake-
field ! g that he EOld bottles of whisky to
the Indians In the Rosebud country.
TSie
fa the most precious of plfts. Im
paired or defective eyesight is almost
a crime In thcno da > s. Glasses can
be made that will take away these
defects We make scientific eo ex
aminations free and can tell you If
glasses will help jou All lenses
ground by a competent spectacle
USE AlOE & PENFOID CO. ,
Hclontlllu Ofif Irlnna.
1408 Kuril 11 m. OMAHA.
OPP03ITK PAXTON HOTEL.
All School Teachers
Arc bothered mote or loss with n
Ing scnsittlon in the bottoms or tliclr
feet All bccniiHO tlip nlioH they wi'iir
me too narrow anil lljrlit In the soles
The best bhoe made for persons who nre
on their feet M > much Is n oed heavy
welt WP have a perfect foot form hhoc
in lltfht top or oxford style , tnn and
i black , with heavy welt soles wide
I enough for the bottom of the foot to
i icst on the solo not on the floor -not
| simply one line of these but many lines
at ? ; i.OO , 'l.no and , * .4. . < N-Di'ox ) U
Shooinnn'H usual high vuluu.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Omaha' * Uptote SUoe Ilodie ,
1411) ) PAUNA1I STREET.
New Siirlim Cutuloicue now reiuljr
bent for tlio
When the Exposition Opens
Omnhii will be tieuted to nil Hinds of
niiible from nil Kinds of instiumi'ntiv
but then ns now the ICImhall piano will
htniul out head and BhoiildorH above
them nil Th 1S08 Klmbnll was a won.
dor but the new Klmbnll IIIIH many
Improvements that innik It IIH the ono
advanced piano Idea Another carload
of tlicHu famous liibtrumentu now on
display Hhovvlnp nil the new and fancy
woods Special low price nnd easy
terms made on them.
A. HQSPE ,
We oelelirnte our Sfith ntmlum * anl >
vcrmrr Oet , 23rd , 1NUO.
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