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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1899)
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Expirt Advice u to ths Construction of Suburban Electric Lines. f - CHEAP TRANSPORTATION IS A TEATURE 1 > roller Line * Continue to Itivnile the Denim of the Steam Ilnndu rite- Cent 'Phone TnlkN In Mln- ourl nnil It ! th proper function of light railways to bring to rural districts something of the facility of intercourse that ordlnarllr be longs lo larger towns , and so to cheapen transportation as to lessen the Industrial handicap that now Is slowly starving out the rural population , writes Dr. Louis Uell In Cacsler's Magazine. To thla end these railways must be of such cheap construc tion as to pay on a very limited traffic , and must aim chiefly at competition with the horse" and not with existing railroads , to which they will often serve as feeders. Ultl- fflately they should ramify until they form a great Industrial network , designed for cheap transportation , and still leaving for the trunk lines the fast and heavy truffle. The rapid growth of suburban electric railways has already done an admirable work , more far-reaching than we can at present fully appreciate ; but the remedy Is etlll not sufficiently radical. Electric roads of standard gauge and the usual construction cost , even with rigid economy , more than 1 justified by rural conditions save In rare instances. That some of them pay even under these strenuous circumstances , speaks volumes for the possibilities of roads really adapted for their codttlons The service being light , track and rolling stock should be correspondingly light , thus lessening both the first cost and the dead weight to be hauled. To save fixed charges due to cuts and grading , the light railway must be flexible , capable of taking sharp curves and sometimes rather severe grades , for It must , If necessary , wander In search of business. Recognition of these conditions has re sulted In the construction on the European continent of hundreds of miles of narrow gauge rural railways , confining themselves ) to their legitimate work and operated at a fair profit. A gauge of one meter Is rather the favorite , although sixty centimeters Is not uncommon and even narrower gauges have been occasionally employed. The rails run from twenty or tweny-flve pounds per yard up , and the rolling stock Is correspondingly ' light. One recent authority , In speaking o'f rails , gives us a rough-and-ready rule that the rail should -weigh about six pounds per jard for each ton per axle of the load. Built on such Hn j a light railroad can be taken profitably among fanning villages and along country roads. The speed need not be great , and even vvltti many stops the power required la not large , If the schedule time is only ten miles an hour or less. Invading the Steam Ronil * ' Ilcnlm. The Invasion of the trolley line Into the realm which the steam roads have hitherto dominated unchallenged Is very strikingly shown fn a project that appears about to become a fact accomplished. This Is the formation of a corporation to operate be tween Philadelphia and Atlantic City. It ap pears to mean business , for forfeit money has already been deposited with the state treasurer of New Jersey. The third rail system , no successfully operated between Hartford and New Britain , is to be used , and the road ballasted with stone In the same manner as are those of the steam lines. There Is every reason to expect that enter prises of this sort will cut heavily Into rail road travel t t he .seashore , and .the line-be tween 'PhTfadelpSia and ? llantl3 Cffy offers nn Inviting field for the experiment. The travel Is heavy at all seasons. That the United States Is still far in ad vance of England and Europe In the applica tion of electricity to traffic 1 shown by the fact that Manchester and Glasgow are al ready giving up the trolley system , as adapted only to the use of smaller cities , end Manchester , at least , is planning to send a deputation to the United States to gather the latest information in regard to the conduit system. London is still back ward , as is natural In a great city , where a change means vast expense , but when the change is made , it Is safe to say that Lon don will have the best ejstem extant. Five-Cent 'Phone TnlU * . The Missouri and Kansas Telephone com pany is preparing a new system of rates for bouse telephones to become effective soon , says the Kansas City Star. It will make a minimum rate of $18 a jear for house , tele phones on circuit lines tiased on a minimum of thirty calls a month. The plan is to charge 5 cents for each call made , but it only counts one way. For example , If a man has a telephone In his dwelling on this system It will cost nothing for him to call up the house from a down town office , but if he calls up the office down town from home ho must pay 5 cents for the service. In effect thla means that the sub- "rlber pays for only half the calls on his , hour There Is one limitation. The subscriber must agree to pay for thirty calls a month or U.50 , whether he uses the telephone thai V number of times or not. F F. nozrelle , attorney for the company explained. In discussing the change , thai the company would have made the new rate SCRATCHED TILL1AW Eczema on Leg from Knee lo Toe. No Rest Day or Night. Doctors , Salves , etc. , Could Not Cure. CUTiCURAREMEDIES CURED About. thi yeirt fo my hoibud'i left , from the kor down to bli toet , ware rtd ind Itching with Ecitro * . II * b d DO rett diy or nljbt. and would icnteh mil the time , o bli lcg would be riw. Ut had jood m ny doctor - tor * . Tbry told him there ir oolWnr. wroni wlth hit blood , and they ttte him ulte and other thing ! to rob on. lie bad about a peek of bottlta and boieaof lve and none of thrm did him any rood. He worried that way about one year , and cue the doetore qult a lot o f money , I told him one day the trouble was all la bli blood , and told him to try CCTICUHI remedle * . He went that tnitantand potOtrrtcciu BOir.CcrtccBA ( olnt. menO.and CDTICUHI RIIOLYIXT. Tbatnlfbl be retted well , and kept jetttni Utter until b waa cured , and It ha * not returned ilnce. UBS. H. JENKINB , Brpt 11 , ISO ! . Box 14T , Ulddleboro , Ey. ECZEMA ONlm 8 MONTHS CURED BY CUTIOURA A friend of mine , MM. Staple * , baa child two jv r * old , who * * almott entire face and be d waa eottred with a maa of aorei , wbtcb * be bad bad for tlf hi month * . Tbe doctor * pronounced It Keiema , but did not rellere her any. one won Id aerauh until the blood would run. I told ber to get CnicDBi , and the did to , purchasing two bo let of Ctrrici'au ( ointment ) and one rak * ofClTJcolu BOAP. aad tie child It well now. Mn * . H. JKXKlya.BaiUT , allddleboro , Ky. In allth * world ftcr * I * no other trcatmect * 0 rurt.tonrtti. o pt ra ] SictlTtfor < ) liUculc Ulnnomoraof Infanu andcMlaret a CcTioci remedlea , created of Ikln cure * , tlood purifier * , and humor reratdle * . Warm batbt with Cm- era * 6oi r. and nealle anoLeilni * < lib CTTicvu. purrtt of emollient ikln rnre * . will afford tntttnl relief , permit ml aad tlMp.and point to a ipeedf , permanent , and economical care , when tne bett hotpltal * . and all elte lilt. oUthroDrhantthtvorti Homi Dirol DC lK. * UawteCauEtitmt."ft . RED ROUGH HANDS months ago , but Iti mechanics ! def f artmcnt had to Invent a register , and that oolc tlmt The company * bop here has * ome Ingenious machinists , and It is one of tb few places In the we t where Inventions ire made to order The register ban been nventei and the shop Is betfnnlni ; to build be machine. The subscriber of the future I will pres * A button , this button will turn a' eerie * of dials with figures like those on m ; ameter. . Thlt Is In a glana case , where it : nnot te tampered with , but can be esnf by the subscriber every time he looks at the telephone IJIeclrlenl Ul rhnrjir < . Prof. John Trobridge of Harvard tells in ! he August Century of some of his experi ments In the production and direction of electrical discharges. John Adams , on his way to the provincial congress of 1774 , stopped at Princeton to * eo the college. He sajs In his diary that the profewor of natural philosophy "showed us the electrical apparatus , which Is the most complete and elegant I hare teen. Ha charged the bottle and attempted an experi ment , but the state of the air was not favorable. " Ono hundred and twenty-four years ago an electric spark one inch long was obtained with difficulty. Benjamin Franklin doubt- IMS often had to wall until a favorable state of weather permitted experiments with the mysterious agency , which has now be come more familiar to us , especially In Its practical employment * . It Is the object of this paper to describe powerful electric i > parks , substantially similar to lightning discharges , which can be produced In all states of the weather. I can excite at will electrical discharges In atmospheric air over six feet In length , which manifest all the peculiarities of light ning , such as the devious path and the loud , crackling noise accompanying the dis charge. When the discharge takes place In a glass tube at a pressure of air about two pounds and one-seventh on the square Inch , or , In other words , about one-seventh the atmospheric pressure , dazzling sparks like lightning Hashes can be obtained , thirty and forty feet In length. At the moment of the discharge an observer standing within four or five feet of the apparatus feels his coat suddenly lift and Is conscious of a movement of the air , as If a window had been quickly opened. At the same Instant sparks one Inch long can be drawn from the neighboring gas pipes or other metallic masses and if one leans against the brick trails of the building , at a distance of five fMt , one feels the prickle of sparks through one's coat. The disruptive or tcarlnc effect of such powerful discharges la also significant , and explains similar actions of llchtninc dis charges. When they are passed through glass tubes six feet lone and one Inch In diameter , filled with ordinary water , the tubes burst In many pieces. When this phenomenon is carefully examined , It Is seen that a discharge passes between the Inner surface of the glass and the water , and doubtless vaporizes the water. The steam or expanded air is the explosive agent. , When a green stick , such as the email limb of an apple tree , is used as a conduc tor , the discharge bursts over the surface , burning the bark here and there. One of the most beautiful experiments of this na ture which can be performed Is to place a number of oranges between the discharging points of the apparatus in such a manner that the discharge can enter and leave the oranges by wires. When the discharge passes , each orange glows in the dark like a golden Chinese lantern. This glow Is produced by a. discharge inside the rind , close to the pulp. The inclosed air is a better conductor for this high electrical state than the liquid of the orange. The action of lightning in rending trees may , therefore , ft > e explained by these ex periments. The explosion is not a myste rious attribute of the lightning-flash : it Is simply the effect of the sudden expansion cf air or steam In the cavities and pores of the wood. The explosion is due primarily to the heat developed by the epark. KlectrleUy In It Infancy. "The age of electricity is only just dawn ing , " Bald Assistant Commissioner of Pat ents Greeloy at Washington the olher day , "and one advance in this direction which we arc about to witness IB the conversion of the steam railroads of this country into elec tric railroads a change that would have been accomplished already to a large ex tent but for the Immense amount of money Invested In locomotives and the first enor mous expense of installing an electric plant. Cars have already been run by electricity at a. rate exceeding sixty miles ftn hour and electric locomotives have proved themselves superior to those depending on steam power. One advantage of the electric locomotive en gine Is that It emits no smoke or cinders and the water power of any river within a few miles of the line may be utilized in stead of fuel to run It. "The first electric road for city or sub urban traffic was put in operation a dozen ye&rt ago ; at present there are In the United States more than 15,000 miles of such roads , representing a total Investment of J900.000.- 000 and employing about 175,000 persons. In 1ESO there were only three electric light and power establishments In this country ; today there are. more than 10,000 such establish ments , cmplojinpc 60,000 men and J500.000- 000 of capital. The telephone in 1SSO was Just beginning to be commercially known ; new there are over 1,000 exchangee , using 600,000 miles of wire and employing 15,000 individuals and J85,000.000 of capital. "These few figures give a notion of the wonderful progress made by the electrical art during the last few jearu of the nine teenth century. It has extended Itself over the industrial field to such an extent as largely to modify soda ] and economic con ditions , Incidentally giving gainful occupa tion to a vast number of peiyons. Today the support of considerably over 1,000,000 people In this country to derived from en terprises which depend upon electricity and to this number there will be an enormous addition when electricity Is substituted for steam as a motive power on the railways , "Electricity is Invadlnc all the arts and Industries. The manufacturer finds It more economical to attach a motor to each of his machlnos , distributing power through his factory by means of wires. Coal Is now cut in the mines by electrical power , carried to 4he pit's mouth by the game asency end loaded upon electric cars for transportation , The demand for copper for electrical uses Is mainly accountable for the fact that the output of this metal In the United States has been multiplied by six since 18SO. To make the telephone circuit from Boston to Chicago requires over 1,000- 000 pounds of copper. "Already we have learned bow to send seventy-two messages simultaneously over a single wire. We can transmit the hand writing of an individual by telegraph and in the same way we can actually reproduce half-tone pictures at long distance. Before long we shall he-able , to reproduce full type- witten pages by telegraph , just as we now send worda on paper ribbon , and wlre- lesa telegraphy seems to be In sight. When the proposed Pacific cable Is laid it will be practicable to send a message around the florM in three seconds and it Is promised that a method will be found for telegraphing between ships many miles apart at sea , Even now It no longer ieem so very wonderful ithnj , by the touch of a button at the naval observatory at Washington each day at noon 100,000 clocks all over the United States should b set to the true time , while time- balls are dropped at the same Instant at all seaports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts for the benefit of mariners , "The great problem likely to be solved in the twentieth century Is the tranbformatlon of beat into electricity direct. When ( his is accomplished Biddy In the morning will start a fire , the be t of which will fill a series of storage batteries that will do most of the work of the housemaid during the day , illuminating the dwelling , propelling the machine fans , running the sewing ma chine , operating the dumb waiter and to forth. This , however. Is only a faint sug gestion of "the advantages to be gained by the discovery 1 speak of. Electricity will then become an exceedingly cheap source of energy and the sun's rays may even be em ployed to manufacture the fluid. If , as does not seem unlikely , a twentieth century In ventor finds a practical way of harnessing the tides , the latter will produce at very slight expense all the electricity required to run all the machinery and to heat and Il luminate all the houses In the United States. "Electricity is now recognized as a most useful agent in medicine , being emplojed In a great number of ways In some com plaints it has a remarkable power of stimu lation function , and It has been found that certain drugs put on a moistened elec trode can be carried into the body with the current , so as to benefit directly a diseased part. Various kinds of morbid growths are removed Instantaneously by elctro-cautery. and the only successful method for getting rid of superfluous hair Is that of the electric needle , which is generally Introduced Into the hair follicle and kills the root Nowadays operative Instruments for the nose , mouth and throat , whether drills , saws or what not. are controlled by electricity , while tiny In candescent lamp * , swallowed by the patient or otherwise manipulated , are utilised to II- lumlnato the cavities of body and head , seas as to reveal conditions to the physician "Street cars are not only run by electricity but are Illuminated and heated by the same agency. The heaters used for this purpose require no attention , regulate the tempera ture exactly as It may be wanted , and , when used on railway trains , do not en danger the safety of passengers One of the latest improvemrnts is to provldo each berth In a sleeping car with an Incandescent light , so that any one may read If slumber comes not. Similarly , Incandescent lights are now provided for carriages , and they are even coming Into use for cabs. The em peror of Germany has his closed carriages lighted In this way , and. in addition , the harnesses of his horses are covered with small glow-lights of different colors , so as to produce a very beautiful effect. "Electric boats are cow pljlng on the canals of Venice , and launches similarly propelled are being made for American war ships , the power being derived from B orage batteries beneath the seats. The trolley , meanwhile , threatens to supplant the In dustrious but uncertain mule for the pro pulsion of canal boats. In the cities canned electricity , as It might be termed , Is cow delivered to consumers , the emptied bat teries being taken away every day and re placed with full once At the same time agricultural machines run l > y electricity arc being Introduce ! to the farmers , and there Is even a device for the wholesale electro cution ct weeds Among recent Inventions are an electric churn aad an electric Incu bator , and experts are making experiments In the forcing of the growth of plants by electric lights and by currents put through wires underground. " A lennn'ji Klrctrlc Honda. A charter granted to the town of Vienna for the construction of electric tramwajs and their working during the next ninety years , under the terms of the light rallwajs act , empowers the government to grant con cessions for local railways , either with steamer or electric traction , without application to Parliament , and also entitled the railway ministry to allow exemption from taxation , such as the Income tax , stamp duty , etc. , ( or any period considered advisable , as well as exemption from rules as to bridges , per manent way , etc. , in force on ordinary rail ways. Vienna is authorized by the charter to transfer its rights to a company for con structing and working the tramways on specified conditions , and , as a matter of fad , it has already contracted with the Berlin firm of Siemens & Halskc , which is to form an Austrian company to take over the con cession till 1925when the entire system of electric tramvvajs will pass into the hands of the town without pajment the town re serving the right of taking it over at a valu ation price , either on January 1 , 1914 , or January 1 , 1920. The existing Vienna tram ways are to be transformed by the company into electric lines , and the company with undertake , furthermore , to construct within three- periods , of which the last ends in 1903 , an extensive network of lines , which , to gether with the present tramways , will ex tend over about three hundred kilometers , or nearly two hundred English miles. Un fortunately , overhead wires are allowed , ex cept In the Ringstrattse , and the unpleasant aspect they will give to the town is already visible in those streets through which one ! electric line runs now. The Vienna Metro politan railways , finished or under construc tion , were planned with such utter disregard of the real requirement * of the population that not one person In a thousand will ever1 make sure of them. The lines opened last May were used up to the end of December by only 6,000,000 persona , against 70,000,000 using the tramways , while the gross receipts i fell far short of the working expenses , not , reckoning the interest on an outlay of tens of millions of florins. Tbo network of electric tramwaja now to be constructed also avoids the city that is to say , the most frequented part of the town but It will , at any rate , connect the outlying dis tricts with each other and with the rail way termini , and , when completed , It will ) remove the reproach thqt Vienna has the worst and dearest locomotion in tbo world. In addition to the Metropolitan railways , which are still unfinished , and the extensive network of electric tramwaje , there are at present under construction some interesting pirbllc works of a different character. In cluding the arching in the lower part of ! the River Wlen , which flons through the greater portion of Vienna. Houses are to | be built and boulevards to be opened over the arched-ln river. I may also mention the i regulation of the Danube canal and the' ' construction of a winter harbor In the Danube near Vienna. Altogether this capi tal just now has many attractions for the' ' engineer and delegates from various archi tectural societies , railway constructors and hydraulic engineers , etc. , are constantly arriving to study the great undertakings In progress. Mnnlrr In Hrcond Offerer , WALLACE , Idaho , July 27. In the case of Paul Corcoran , charged with the murder of James Cbeyne , in connec-tlon with the Wardner strike , the jury this morning ar rived at -verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. Within twenty minutes after the jury retired last night eleven of them favored the verdict finally rendered , one man holding out six hours for murder in the first degree. Under the Idaho laws murder lu the second degree Is punishable by Jmprls- onment from ten years to life. CourU ituil Itrcrlvemlilr" . OCEAN CITY. Md. July 27. John K Cowen. president of the B. & O. Railroad company , addressed the convention of the Maryland Bar association here today on the B. t 0. receivership , Sir. Cowen reviewed the receivership from beginning to end and said that the results achieved showed that there has been evolved a method In Ameri can jurisprudence "whereby the courts can take a great property whose administration is fuir of difficulty and can to rehabilitate it that substantial justice may be done to bondholders , floating debt , creditors and stockholders ; that this can be done without violating any of the well-defined rlchts of any creditor and that It Is the duty of the courts. In administering these great trusts , to place the property In the position where Its possible earning capacity can be shown and a fair and just reorganization can be made " One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures ob stinate summer coughs and colds. "I con sider It a most wonderful medicine quick and sale. " W. W. Merton. Ma ) hew. Wia. POLICY AGAINST PRINCIPLE Hiddle-of-thfRoaders Biy Thii is ths Issue in ths Fusion Camp. COUNTY DEMOCRACY A STUBBORN SNAG Mtiintlon 1 * In the Air niul Prospect ive Cnnillilntm Arc WnltlnK for Thing ) ) ( Jenrrnllj In Settle n Little lilt , Chairman Dunn of the democratic county central committee has ls& ucd a call for a special meeting of the committee Saturday night for the announced purpose of re- sclndlnc the action taken at the previous meeting , br which It was proposed to elect the delegates to the county delegate and judicial conventions , and to the convention to nominate a county ticket on the same day The leaders , or some of them , have decided that this would be poor policy and It Is now proposed to select merely the dele gates to the state and judicial delegate con ventions and leave the county fight for a future consideration. This move on the part of the steering committee Is presumed to be Indirectly con- cected with the vigorous canvass In the name and by the authority of fusion that has been in progress during tHe last few days , and in which every resource that the admin istration democrats and their populist sym pathizers can command Is being brought to bear to counteract the vigorous middle-of- the-road sentiment that prevails in both camps. According to the Ideas of hundreds of the rank and file of both parties in Doug las county the situation has resolved Itself Into a straightaway struggle between those to whom patronage Is the main Incentive to political effort , and another clement that Insists on fighting for its principles un adulterated with the transfusion of blood from another party At least It Is a con test In which the persuasions of policy are exploited to smother the demands of the element that demands that the campaign be fought on strict party principles no mat ter what becomes of the loaves and fishes In the uncertainty of this contention neither the democrats nor the populists are sure of their ground , and the meager and emasculated remains of what was once styled the silver republican party scarcely figure In the discussion. They constitute a scarcely diEcernablo unit In the far back ground where they wait patiently for such consolation as may remain for them when the mtxup is over. The fusion proposition Is apparently being fought out solely be- t'ween the populists and the democrats , and as the sentiment of each party Is divided the situation is sufficiently chaotic to keep prospective candidates hustling to discover what sort of conditions they may have to meet. Pnnltlon of the County Democrncj- . On the democratic side the most for midable obstacle in the way of the fusionIsts - Ists is the Douglas county democracy , an organization that has for its exclusive and unconcealed purpose the nomination of a straight democratic ticket In this county this fall. The organization comprises about 500 members and as the bulk of these are active workers In the party ranks Its In fluence Is a powerful factor in complicating the situation. Naturally the club has been the principal object of attack and during the last few days it Is asserted that many of its members have been turned from its original purpose and will be found In line for fusion when the time comes lo carry It Into effect With these , as in other quarters , the principal argument of those who favor fusion is its alleged ne cessity In view of Bryan's candidacy for president In 1900. The 'chtnges ' have been rung on this plea In every ward In the city and what patronage is at the c mraand of the leaders Is being used to the limit to pla cate men -who are known to favor a straight ticket. That the county democracy will not take one step backward Is the outspoken expres sion of its leaders. They admit that the opposition has won a few of their workers , but they assert that this has been done by gifts and promisee of political positions and that many of the men who have been approached preached in this manner will be found workIng - Ing for the straight ticket just the same. They declare that they have made all ar rangements to put up delegations in every ward in the city with the possible exception of the First and that they will win out in enough cases to give them control of the ! county convention. The First ward Is likely to be omitted -from the program on account of the candidacy of John Powers for sheriff. There Is a general expectation that the fusion question will be -warm Issue in the democratic convention and the situation Is scarcely different among the populists. The populist leaders , like John O YeJser , E. E. Thomas and half a dozen others , who are closely associated with the office-holding clement , are working full time in the in terest of fusion. But It remains to be seeu whether they can control the middle-of-the- road sentiment that has been a conspicuous feature of etery populist meeting that has been held in Douglas county this year. The populist element that Is for fusion at any price has disappeared and the party is drawn up in two factions , one of whom Is willing to fuse if the terms are satisfactory , while the other is solidly opposed to fusion at any ratio. CnnillilntPB Arc Modeat. Under these conditions the crop of candi dates Is neither so early nor so luxuriant as that which has been raised by the republic ans. With the exception of the principal county offices , which the democrats assume as a matter of course , the various positions on the ticket hang quiescent between the two parties and there is nothing to indicate Into which camp they will fall. The demo crat who goes gunning after a nomination knows that after he has made and won his fight the office may be dropped on the popu list platter , while his claim must be passed in the Interest of the mutual cause. The effect Is to make him fight shy of any ex- pendltura of time or money until the at mosphere is cleared and there are only two or throe candidates in the entire fusion field who are now making an active cam paign for the nomination. Fusion candidates on the judicial ticket are largely "spoken of. " Some of them are willing that their names should be handed tenderly about in connection with the of fice , but there Is scarcely an open candi date In the field. In fact , the leaders are admittedly short on judicial timber. The few lawyers whose chances of election would be visible refuse to abandon their lucrative practices for a doubtful chance of getting on the district bench. In fact , there is much favorable discussion of the plan of endorsing two or three of the republican judges , and making a so-called "non-par tisan" ticket in the hope that the move might pull through one or two of their other candidates. There is almost a gen eral sentiment In favor of the nomination of Judge Dickinson on the fusion ticket , and Judges Kej-Eor , Fawcett and Estclle are also mentioned for a similar honor. It is also shrewdly suggested that If a republican judge should be nominated on this ticket he would be likely to make a less vigorous fight on the company into which he is thus unexpectedly thrown. Among the "fjxjien of" candidates from democratic sources are W. S , Poppleton , C. 0. Wright , E. R. Duffle. A. X Ferguson , George W Doane and George W. Cooper. The populists present George A. Magney and Martin Lnngdon , and J. W Carr is a candidate on behalf of the silver repub licans. All Want lo lie SbrrlrT. Aside from the shrievalty there are no county oQcea that have brought out mar * .ban one or two aspiran s These are too much like the April foal pocketbook and the de-mocrat or populist who feels like reaching for It hesitates for fear the other r > arty may have a string tied to It John Powers of the First ward Is the mon Active candidate for sheriff , and his friends assert that he will undoubtedly be the nominee of his party Tom Flrnn of the Second ward would bo a candidate under certain conditions , and Harry Miller an nounces that he proposes to get Into the race. Pat Mostyn. ex-captain of police , and now commandant of the exposition guard ? . Is grooming himself for a break In the same direction , and Edward S. Streeter , a salesman with Paxton S. Gallagher , had a similar ambition , but Is said to have been [ mllcd off In order to become a candidate ror clerk of the district court. For clerk of the district court Pete Klras- ser Is the leading plrant. He expects to have the Second ward without question , but as ho is one of the shining lights In the county democracy the success or failure of that organization may have something to do with his prcepccts. Arthur Metz Is aJso mon- tloned as a candidate for the nomination , end some of Harry P Deuel's friends are trying to Induce him to mix In the trouble. Up to date F. A Broadwell seems to have clear sailing towards the nomination for county treasurer , and Tom Sturgese Is the only name mentioned us an opponent to Count ) Clc4k Havcrly Peter Hofeldt will undoubtedly be the nominee of bis party lo succeed himself , and It Is understood that the nomination for commissioner IP Ostrom's district will go to some silver republican yet to be selected. On the face of three returns the popuilet share In the banquet seems to have been left off the menu The democrats Insist that they ought to be satisfied with a place on tie judicial ticket and superintendent of In struction , and this Is one of the matters remaining open for argument. The populists expect to get together within a day or two and develop a bunch of candidates on whose consideration they will Insist. ENGLAND GIVES DUE NOTICE If niplomnry Cnit't Settle the Trnnn- % nnl Trouble More A'IKOrents Mcnu- nrvft Munt Soon lie Found. LONDON , July 27 In the course of a speech at a conservative luncheon this after noon , Mr. A J. Balfour , first lord of the treasury and government reader In the House of Commons in discussing the Transvaal situation said tha if the government's end less patience and endless desire to prevent matters coming to a crisis and If all the re sources of diplomacy were Ineffectual to untie the knot , other means must inevitably be found to loosen it. Mr. Balfour , however , said he took a more sanguine view of the situation. He understood that the Transvaal was prepared to grant some substantlil re dress , although quite Inadequate according to Great Britain's standard. It was mani festly Impossible , Mr. Balfour said , that Great Britain should permanently submit to freeborn Englishmen being treated as of an Inferior race. While hi > did not take a des pairing view of the situation , It would be folly to pretend that all the difficulties had been solved , or to proclaim a peace which was not jet assured. CHARGE OF AHDUCTIO.N TO FACE. nnltlmore AVomnn Arrenteit on Ar- rlvnl nl Liverpool. LIVERPOOL , July 27 On IV arrival of the Dominion line iitejus-r cambroman at this port this morning Sergeant Collins of Scotland Yard and Sergeant Bell of Liver pool arrested Mrs. 'William Y Perot of Balti more on the charge of the abduction of her daughter from that city. Mrs. Perot was accompanied by a tall , military Jooklng man , and the party had taken passage as Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and daughter. They were arrested at the customs depot while waiting for the de parture of the express train for Euston station. "Pierce" is Captain Blood , a brother of Lady Colin Campbell. Mrs. Perot did not deny her identity. She had not anticipated arrest and was terribly sur prised by the event. The arrest was effected quietly , but there was a painful ecene be tween mother and daughter when they be gan to fear separation , the child weeping bitterly. The police reassured the mother for the present The child and mother were taken to the police office , but proceeded to Euston station by a later train. They will appear in the Bow street station this afternoon. Captain Blood took charge of the luggage and ac companied Mrs. Perot to London. "When Mrs. Perot , her child and Mr. Blood arived at the Euston station , they were greeted by Inspector Freest and the corre spondent of the Associated Press. To the latter Mrs. Perot said- "This is a pure case of persecution , I as sure you. Some cf the proceedings are utterly unwarranted. If taking my child away U an indictable offense , then I am guilty , perhaps legally ; but every mother's heart will be with me in this trouble We bad no idea of this further attempt In a long series of houndlngs. If I return to America it will be never to leave It without my child. We are perfectly devoted , as you can imacine. " Mr. Blood said : "There is no mystery about this case The statement that I was travellnc as Mr. Pierce Is untrue. I trav eled under iny own name ; I am a very dear friend of Mrs. Perot and her child , and propose to stand by them. I consider Perot , the grandfather , a scamp to play this Inhuman trick. I have engaged the best ex tradition barrister in London to fight this case. " Mr. Patrick Rose-Innes. who appeared for the prisoner , said to the correspondent of the Associated Press after the hearing "There Is no possible chance for extradi tion In this case. The English law says ab duction must be against the laws of both England and the United States for extra dition. Mrs. Perot violated United States law only " airs. Perot and her child have gone to Fulhara. where they will be the gueets of Lady Colin-Campbell. Supplanting European Inventor * , CITY OF MEXICO , July 27. The an nouncement Is made here that the Equitable Life Assurance company of New York had subscribed for $2,000,000 of Mexico's new S per cent gold bond issue , and it has created a most favorable Impression In financial cir cles. The success of that portion of the new bonds allotted to the United States has aroused much comment , for It is now seen that a new era in the relations of American investors and capitalists to Mexico has dawned. European Interests here naturally do not look with favor on this new and fa vorable attitude of American Investors to ward Mexico , and all organs of reaction and those controlled by European interests are much annoyed. The City of Mexico Is practically being re built and building permits have been granted In number In excess of any previous period In Its municipal history. AVnr Minister . \ uuir Iteipnnillilllf > PARIS , July 27. Inlew of the excitement caused by the degradation of Generals Pel- lleux and De Negrier and the rumored res ignations of other generals the minister ol war. General the Marquis de Galllfet , has thought it advisable to Issue a communica tion assuming full responsibility for the recent orders. General de Galllfet says there Is absolutely DO ground for the assertion that the disciplinary measures adopted since the formation of the new cabinet were due to the advice or demands of the cabinet , but that he personally investigated and de termined the course to pursue and then submitted his intention to the cabinet , which approved hU recommendations. ( ! < n- da CaJlUat'a Sweetest thing that can be seen Is a baby , fres and clean. Dainty clothes and tender skin Need pure soap to wash them in. Nurse and mother must be sure Baby's bath is sweet and pure. Free from grease or alkalies ; Ivory Soap their want supplies. coT Hr KM tr THI r ocTi a cumi eo. cmcnMn "The minister of war has taken and pro poses to retain , In the responsibilities ac cruing to these measures , the leading part , as behooves his position. " WRECK ON THE RIVER VOLGA PnsenRer Strnmer Collide * rrlth CnrRo hhlp niul MnUH 155 Pcr- OIIH Iteporteil UrOTTned. BERLIN , July 27 A dispatch received here today from Nljnl-Novgorod reports that a cargo vessel and a passenger steamer collided on the river Volga. The passenger steamer sank and 165 persons were drowned. The captain of the cargo ship has been arrested for disregarding signals. Far Hetter Government In Chill. VALPARAISO , July 27. Congress has been discussing the advisability of allowing foreigners to be chosen as members of the municipal councils. The measure has been favorably received , which shows a further step toward good local Belt-government. The municipal councils at present give rise to the most scandalous scenes , as the majority of the members now belong to the lowest class of the people. The government has appropriated 150,000 pesos to relieve the distress of the people who were driven from their Inundated , homes DV recent floods. Furious storms on the northern coast of Chill are now doing great damage. nnce Trnnhles in Jnmalcn. KINGSTON , Jamaica , July 27. A compli cation of strike and race troubles Is threat ening between native and India coolie la borers. After the agrarian riots reported in a dispatch to the Associated Press under date of June 14 the Llanrumny plantation re- nlaoed the natives with coolies. Yesterday the natives attacked the coolies and a riot resulted In a victory for the coolies. The police have secured several of the ringlead ers , who are held pending further develop ments , which are feared , owing to the general condition of excitement. Mncknrn Hetnrn from Europe. LONDON , July 27. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay sailed for the United States today on the Teutonic from Queenstown. Their re turn to America at this time Is due to the 111 health of Mrs. Mackay , whose condition , however. Is not serious. The Teutonic also carries among Its pas sengers thirty young Irish women In charge of Mother Mathllde and Sister Teresa , who are going to join a sisterhood at Gal vest on. Fall In Hente * Due to a Canard. PARIS , July 27. The heevy fall In rentes today was due to a baseless report that Generals Jamont and Herve had resigned. An Inquiry is being instituted to discover the authors of the canard. French , Securities Decline. PARIS , July 27. At 3 p. m. 3 per cent rentes were quoted at 9 francs 40 centimes for the account , showing a decline of 2V4 centimes from the opening. Dreyfun In Good Condition. RENNBS , July 27. Tbe Illness of Captain Dreyfus was but slight and he has recovered. His friends say that his mental and bodily condition is excellent. Travelers' Defense Amoelntlon , NEW YORK , July 27. The American Travelers' Defense association has been or ganized with the view of securing the re peal of the provitlon of the Dlngley bill which Imposes a. duty on all wearing ap parel and other personal effects over $100 In value purchased abroad and brought to this country by returning residents of the United States. It Is proposed to form branch organliatlons throughout the coun try and to petition congress at Its next srs- sion for the repeal of the measure referred to. The association bases Its opposition to the duty en the ground that the enforcement of tbo provision produces only an Insignifi cant revenue and affords no real protection to any American industry , that it caum vexations and unnecessary delajs to travel ers and that It discriminates against rest * dents of the United Stains In favor of for eigners. All weak places In your system effectuallj closed against disease by DeWltt's Llttll Early Risers. They cleanse the bowels , promptly cure chronic constipation , reguiatt the liver and fill you with new rife and vigor. Small , pleasant , sure ; never gripe. Southern Indnitrjnl l.rnitnr Orgnnlir * , ATLANTA , Ga. , July 26. Permanent or ganization of the Southern Industrlar leagut was perfected today by a convention o ! southern merchants now in session here. The committee appointed on organization named J. K. Orr of Atlanta for president. The committee also recommended that each state be represented by a vice president , tt I be chosen by the delegates for the respecllv " states. The object of the league will be to encourage payment and collection of all debts , wlpt from the statute books laws In tended to hinder the collection of debts , protection of all forms of invested capital , to prevent the discounting of debts and to I further the completion of the Nlcaraguan J canal. Suicide hr Shooting. SPRINGFIELD , 111. . July 27. Thomas C. Henkle. bookkeeper for John W. Bunn & . Co. , wholesale grocers , committed suicide this afternoon at his residence by shooting . himself through the head. He had been In I 111 health for two years. Henkle was one of the vice presidents of ihe Western TravelIng - Ing Men's association , with headquarters at St. Louis. Street Jlnllirnj- * Cannot Cnrrr Freight DETROIT , Mich. , July 27 Judge LIlll- brldge of the circuit court today delivered a decision permanently enjoining the street railway companies from carrying freight over their lines within the city The Eyesight It the most precious of gifts. Im paired or defective eyesight it almost a crime in these days. Glasses can be mad * that will take away then defects We make scientific y ex aminations free and can tell you If glasses will help you All lenses ground by a competent p at4cle Ban. THE AIDE & PENFOLD CO. , X > 4in ScUntifto OJtel > B . 1408 Farnam , OMAHA. OPPOIITB PA.ZTON HOTEL. P , Tschalkovsky Says of the Knabe piano "It gives me pleasure to tell you how much I have been delighted with the beautiful Knabo Grand whleh I had for my private use- It combines with great volume of tone rare sympathetic and noble tone color and perfect action I rejoice at the pros pect that on my second vltlt to America which I trust will be soon I shall again bo able to secure the URC of a Knabe Grand" Being sole agents we are prepared to make the prices right. A. HOSPE , W * lehrmte our 26th kwilBM MMl * veruury Out. * 3r , 180ft. Music and Ait 1513 Dougla * Go Where You Will- and you won't find a shoe for iucn > wear at | 3.00 that will begin to compare with what Drex K Sboomnn glvet for that money No matter what the name may be , the value Is what counts The new Bluchcr tan with the perforated tips that am new this summer Is the greatest ? 3.50 shoe you ever srt your eyes on The factory may have made a mistake In the price If they < lld , you get the benefit of It , for vve bought them to bell at f3.50. Drexel Shoe Co. , Cpt4t * Ik * * U10 FARNA1I STREET.