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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1899)
THE O3HAIIA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1890. NEBRASKA PIONEER IS DEAD Joiapti Opelt FMISI Away Sunday Evening After * Lingering Illness. CAME TO THE STATE IN THE YEAR 1854 floYcrnment Otvert Him Indian Innrl Deccniiod'n * n Widely Known Hotel Mnn-WllI Ila Hurled nt Lincoln. Joseph Opclt , ono ot the pioneers ot Ne braska , died Sunday evening at 6:30 : o'clock at his residence , 2208 Douglas street , after nn Illnesa of several months' duration. Death \\aa caused by a complication ot troubles , the most pronounced being nn at tack ot dropsy , n disease from which he Jms boon Buffering for Bovcrol years. The deceased has been very low for a long tlmo nnd nt several critical periods hla llfo was despaired of. Mm. Opelt and her daughter , Mrs. J. J. atcCullougb , were the only relatives present at ha ! demleo , his brothers at Brownvlllo 3iavlng returned to their homo. Mr. Opelt leaves n wlfp nnd three children Mrs. J. J. McCullough , who lives at homo ; Clyde , who resides at Spokane , Wash. , nnd Eugene , who * s In Alliance. The remains will bo taken to Lincoln today over the Hock Island railway - way on the 1:15 : train and burial will bo In \Vyuka comotcry at 3:30. : Rev. Dr. Enson , rector of Holy Trinity , Lincoln , will con duct the services. Mr. Opclt has reolded In this city since January 1 , 1809 , having como hero from I'lattsraouth , whore ho conducted the Hotel JUloy for several months. lie was a man of genial temperament and had sterling qualities ot character that made him a per- * on to bo trusted nnd a good , true friend. Joseph Opolt was ono of the very first pioneers to set foot In the state ot Ne- toraskn , coming bore In 1854 with his mother and brothers. They first lived In nn old 3iouso near Hlllsdalo ; It waa built ot hewn logs and had been used for n trading post years before. Later , Mr. Opelt had a house erected that cost In the neighborhood of T $3,000. H was ono of the most commodious houses In that part ot the country nt thnt tlmo , and nil the framing -was done at St. iLouls , nnd It was shipped up on a steam boat and put together near Brownvllle. The Opclts laid out a town In that vicinity which they called San Francisco , but all trace of .tho site Is now lost and cornfields grow luxuriantly upon Its site. For a time Mr. Opclt was steward on n steamboat plying up and down the Missouri river. In 1861 ho was married to Miss Jen- into Murray , and later ho removed to Phclpa , whore ho was In business for some tlmo. Ho opened the first hotel in Drownvlllo , which was called the March house. Ho conducted that hostelry for o number of years , and then removed to Lincoln , where Iho established the Opelt house , a hotel that its still In existence. Ho was afterwards ns- eoclated with several hotels , being In that business ever since In different towns In the state , and thereby gaining as wide acquaint ance as any man In Nebraska. For a good many years Mr. Opelt en deavored to obtain some land from the sovcrnraont that ho claimed was duo him l > y tcason of the fact that his mother was a half-breed Otoo Indian. According to the records there are about 1,600 acres of land 1n Oklahoma territory which should bo di vided up bttwcen Iho children of the Opelt family. There Is also considerable back pay < luo the members ot the fnmlly from the government. The land matter bas been In litigation for some tlmo , but It is thought that finally the heirs will bo able to get It. - ' . .i' ' t- < -i > Mr. Opolt has two brothers , W. E. Opelt and Alfred Opolt , who live nt Brownvllle. Another brother. John , has not been henrd from In ninny years He served In the First Nebraska regiment In the civil war nnd was mustered out at St. Louts. The next heard from him bo was located In South America , whcro ho was practicing medicine. SIIDDEX 1) 13 AT 1 1 OF1 IUCIIA1U1 SMITH. Awiiy nt IIIN IImini In Mercer Hotel from Ilenrt Trouble. Richard Smith died at his room In the fiercer hotel about 10:30 : o'clock Sunday evening from heart trouble. He bad boon suffering for the past six months with the disease , but recently It hps been greatly aggravated. He- was attacked by severe pains about the heart Saturday night after Attending n party , and had to bo brought homo In a hack from Seventeenth and Cap- 11(51 avenuo. Sunday afternoon ho started to go up Harney strret and had gone but n. llttlo way 'from the hotel when he was again attacked with the pains nnd had to Bend for aid to get home. Ho schemed to got better , however , and was nbout the hotel until Into In the even ing , when ho wont to his room nnd was taken violently 111. A nurse was summoned to care far him and howas made ( is com fortable as possible- . Manager Andrews ot the Mercer was \\Ilh him when ha died. A short tlmo before ho expired he turned to Mr. Andrews nnd remarked , "Well , Billy , Iguess I might as well hang up the fiddle , " meaning by that ho thought death was nonr. nonr.Mr. Mr. Smith waa well known In Omaha and through the state. Ho came to this city In 1SS6 from Chicago and went Into the busi ness of making brick. He also took some largo contracts and was Interested In some Mg tlwls. In 1SD3 ho wns elected to the upper house of the state legislature nnd was a prominent figure during that session. In 1S97 he took the managership of the Darker hot&i nnd later was manager of the Morccr , resigning that position to tnko the appointment of special revenue agent for this district , n position ho hold until July 1 of this year. Blnco that time ho has been living nt the Mercer. Mr. Smith has a nlcco , Miss Clara Smith , residing In the city , nnd n half 'brother ' also Ilvc3 hero. Very llttlo Is known In regard to his relatives. The funeral arrangements bavo not been made as yet. Dr. OroriTB A , Hoiulrlel.K , MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. , Sept. 24. Dr. George A. Hcndrlcks , professor of anatomy In the University of Minnesota , died to day of ncuto Bright' * disease. Dr. Hen- drtcks came to Minnesota In 18S9 from the University of Michigan , whore for fifteen y un ho was assistant to Dr. Corydon D , Ford , who occupied the chair of anatomy In that Institution , Ho Introduced the graded course In anatomy , of which he was the originator In the university hero nnd It tins been adopted by many other medical colleges. Mrs , Hcndrlckq Is at present on her way to Honolulu , where she Is building n winter home. Henry tf. . SfnnUV" Comjiniilon. \ LONDON. Sept. 24. William Bonny , who \ accompaniedillenry M , Stanley , the African explorer , In 1887 In the expedition for the ' relict of Kml'n Pasha and who subsequently received tbo gold medal of the Iloyal Qeo- o .0. e s ? o 3Gt a : .A. Bean the i Blgnitnxo ft. or graphical society At the hands ot the prlnco of Wales , Is dead. ( Irnnd Trnnk Ofllcliil , BUFFALO , N. Y. , , Sept. 24. Thomas D. Sheridan , for over twenty-flvo years north ern passenger agent of the Grand Trunk railroad , died at his homo In this city last night. JULIA DENT GRANT MARRIES United to 1'rlnoe Cnntncnicnc In Ac- corilntioe with Illtc * of Ilnmilnii Orthodox Church , NEWPORT , R. I. , Sept. 24. In nccord- nnco with the rites of the Russian ortho dox church , Mies Julia Dent Grant , daughter 3t Brigadier General nnd Mrs. Frederick 3rant , nnd granddaughter of General Ulysses 3. Grant , and Prlnco Cantacuzeno , Count Spornnsky of Hufsla , were married tonight. Simple and Impressive ceremonies wore conducted by Father Hotovltsky of the Rus sian church , Now York , in the parlor nt Bcaullou , the summer residence ot Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer. The American statutes nro yet to bo con formed to before the distinguished couple will go forth Into the world as husband and wife , and It Is that ceremony In All Saints' Episcopal church tomorrow noon to which the summer colony here , as well as nu merous friends , diplomatic , military and civil , are looking forward to with eager expectancy , A special altar had been raised In , the parlor by Father Hotovltsky nnd his assist ants. After the room had been formally consecrated at 8:30 : o'clock , the brldo ap peared at the head of the grand etnlrcaee , leaning on the nrm of her brother , Ulysses S. Grant , third. At the altar , before -which etood the Rus sian priest , waited Prlnco Cantacuzonc , clad In the full uniform of the chevalier guard. The brldo's dress wns severely cut nnd was a simple gown of the richest whlto satin , with sweeping' ' trail and veil of tullo. She carried a bouquet of stephanotls and lilies of the valley and were the gifts of the bridegroom a. corsage ornament of diamonds mends and enamel nnd a rope of pearls , The ushers who preceded Miss Grant nnd her brother to the nltar were : Potter Palmer , jr. , cousin of the brldo ; Lockwood Honoro , uncle of the brldo ; Captain Sar- torls , cousin of the bride ; Robert L. Gerry of New York , II. Roger Wlnthrop ot New port nnd John Prentlss of Now York. In accordance with the Russian custom Miss Grant had two garcon do noco , her brother , Ulysses * S. Grant , third , and her uncle , Adrian Honore , those of Prlnco Can- taouzcno being Honoro Palmer and Potter Palmer , Jr. , while the parents d'honneur were Grand Duke Vladimir and Mrs. Potter Palmer. Mr. Grant conducted his sister to the altar. Besides the Immediate family there were present : Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant , grand mother of the brldo ; H. H. Honore , Edwin C. Honoro , Mr. and Mrs. Harry Honore , Jr. , Mrs. Sartorls , wife of Captain Sartorls ; Major General Wesley Merrltt and Major Mott of his staff , Adjutant General Corbln. Colonel and Mrs. Holn and Bishop Potter. Tbo picturesque ritual , Interspersed with frequent music by a local quartet , was lengthy. The services closed with the sing ing of the Russian national hymn , after which the couple received congratulations , while the orchestra discoursed music. The ceremony consumed an hour and It was nearly midnight betore the guests departed. GHEAT TOWER OK BUFFALO. One of the Projected Fcntnren of the Pttn-Anierlcnn Shoiv. Unless present plans miscarry visitors to the Pan-American Exposition In Buffalo In 1301 will see a tower greater and more orn amental than the great Eiffel tower In Paris. The plan submitted provides for a beautiful structure 1.1B2 feet In height. The corn- plate dimensions of the _ tower are 400 feet square at the base and 1,152 feet In height. The elevators will have n carrying capacity of 10,000 an hour , for there will bo thirty- three high-speed electrical "lifts , " sixteen running only from the ground to the first landing , which will bo 225 feet above the ground , or as high as Bunker Hill menu ment. From that elevation eight more elevators will start , nnd will rise to the second landIng - Ing , which will bo 450 feet nbovo the ground , or as high as the most lofty of the Egyptian pyramids. There four other elevators will start and reach to the third landing , which -will be C75 feet from the ground , and four more elevators will carry ths daring sightseers from that point to nn elevation of 1,000 feet. Above that point there will be three more landings , and ono elevator only will make the trips from the fourth to the fifth , sixth nnd seventh landings. It Is figured that the Journey from the ground to the top of the structure can be made in six minutes , In cluding the four changes from one to an other elevator. From the four corner supports ot the tower , at the base , each of which Is fifty feet square , will rise arches 200 feet across and the same number of feet In height. These arches will support a great landing , containing 87,600 feet of floor space , and which will easily accommodate 20,000 per sona. At the second landing there is another landing with 25,600 feet of floor space , on the third 'landing the space Is to bo 12,100 feet nnd en the fourth landing the floor space will bo 2,025 'feet ' the various land- Inge , exclusive of tbo first great ono , being largo enough to accommodate 20,000 more persona , and the last landing will bo nn even 1,000 feet above itho ground. To build thiq great pile of ornamental steel work It Is estimated that an expen diture of $800,000 will bo necessary. Inas much as the Eiffel tower cost J400.000 more than that , and as tbo first year's business paid for tbo ccat of construction , the men who wish to outdo Parla at the coming fair at Buffalo feel that tbo chances are bright for them. uiiiuiiu run THI : CIIEHK. Htron 111 Curried Over tinItnllronil Truck liy nn InneiiloiiH ICiiHrliirrr. A railway rooantly built In Southern Ba varla practically carries a creek ncrcsj tbs railway , Instead of the railway crossing the creek. The stream Is a small tributary of the Isar river , that In stormy times Is ewslled to enormous proportions. Every bridge ( bat baa been built over It has been carried away. Finally , a young engineer offered to solve tbo difficulty. A tunnel of strong masonry -work wna first constructed across the valley and re inforced on the outside , turned toward the torrent -with all of the rocks available thst had been collected there. Cross walls lead1 Ing from tha solid rock and across the tun nul were built and strongly braced. This was done to protect the railway , The rest waa loft for nature to do , 'At ' tbo first strong rain everything happened as the young engineer had predicted. Boulders and rocks coming down with the water filled up the big hole left between the tun nel and the rocks until the overflow carried everything across the tunnel. The bed ot th-s torrent was raised by Itself , and now there Is not the slightest danger of Inter ruption on thla part of the railroad , even alter the most severe rainstorm , Cholrru Klllliiir JVouinhu AUBURN , Neb. , Sept. 24. ( Special. ) Hog cholt-ra is doing deadly work In dif ferent parts of the county and hundreds of hogs bavo been lost within the last ten days. D Coiil .Mine Start * . 1IUNT1NCITON. W. Va. , Sept. 21.-Tlie large Dlngen coal mine , which has been IJIa for tuo years , will bo resumed to morrow. The Kvneral Htrlke In the New River field has brought this about. NOT ATTEND DEWEY PARADE Oomrnander-ln-Chiof Shaw Starts For tha Reunion at Topeka. NOT INVITED BY THE NEW YORKERS linn Heoclvrd n l.urjtc Number of Hit do me in cut * from tirmul Army OfllolnlH nnd I'o for Hcfuii- to Take Second Place. ' WASIUONTON , Sept. 24. Albert D. Shaw , commnndcr-ln-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic , bcforo leaving tonight for Topeka , Knn. , nhcro thla week ho will address a reunion of the veterans ot that > , state , said : ! "I regret all this trouble over the Grand Army's position In the Dowcy parade , but' ' 1 It Is from no fault ot omission or commls- , I slon on the part of the duly constituted nu- j i thorltles ot the Grand Army ot the Republic. "Wo bcllovo what Is accorded veterans In' other sttitoa should bo granted Now York comrades without any wobbling or special' I pleading. However , when wo old veterans are gene the armed soldiers who art ) yet i to fight bait lea will not < bo worried about having aged veterans who have stacked arms on 'Fame's eternal camping grounds' trouble thcim over hairsplitting questions ot whcro the nation's preservers should march In a civic pageant similar to the Dowcy parade. "I will not bo at the Dowcy parade. I leave tonight for Topeka to .bo present at a great gathering ot veterans , September 27 and 28 , Before I was elected I promised to go out there. When the question of the Qrand Army appearing In the Dewey parade cnmo up I wrote that this civic function might prevent my being with the Kansas comrades. I was sharply taken to task tor this by the committee at Topeka , which wired mo that nil arrangements had been made for my reception , and added : 'It Is more Important for you to bo hero than In New York. ' The Kansas comrades always head the line In civic pageants of honor and ceremony. They trail on behind younger men who have their records to make , but march at tbo front ot the 'Old Glory' as a guide , which they helped to make the em blem of a united and glorious nation. Un der these circumstances * , and not having re ceived any Invitation from the Dewey parade committee , I go to Topeka. "I do not know why I should have been slighted In my capacity of commandcr-in- chlef , and I am proud my comrades are widely and emphatically resenting it. " General Shaw has received a largo num ber of endorsements of his action from loadIng - Ing Grand Army officials and posts regardIng - Ing the refusal to accept the plaice assigned In the Dewey parade. Itoot Enforce * Order * WASHINGTON , Sept. 24. Secretary Root has Issued an order calling attention to an order of August 24 , 1897 , which prohibits persons from visiting the fortifications of tbo United States. The secretary calls nt- | tcntlon to the fact that the former order has frequently been disregarded and ho or ders a rigid enforcement of Its provisions hereafter. Ilrooke IlcportH Stilling of Troonn. WASHINGTON , Sept. 24. General Brooke has cabled the War department as follows : "HAVANA , Sept. 23. To tbo Adjutant General , Washington : Third battalion of Fifth Infantry loft Barncoa for Now York on Burnelde , Friday , 22d. Two officers , 108 enlisted men. BROOKE , "Commanding. " Ilcnth of Serirennt Lynch. WASHINGTON , Sept. 24. General Brooke at Havana has notified the War department of the death nt Matnnzas , on September 22 , of Sergeant John Lynch of Company G , Second end cavalry , from an unknown cause. Simpeeteil disc nt MInml. WASHINGTON , Sept. 24. Surgeon Gen eral Wyman of the marine hospital service was notified today of a suspected case ot > " 'low fe.ver at Miami , Fla. The case has been Isolated. ' t son NEWS , i With the remarkable Increase in the num- ter of buildings erected In South Omaha since spring there naturally comes a demand for improvements on the part ot the munic ipality. Flro hydrants are wanted in all sections of the icity where new residences have been erected In order that these new houses may bo furnished with city water. In order to meet this demand the city coun cil has directed that a certain number of hjdrants bo located In each ward In the city. Thla resolution Is now up to the mayor for his signature nnd It Is hoped by many that he will overlook any llttlo Irregularities and sign the enmo In order to afford not only flro protection , but city water , to the dozens of now residences erected. It Is the same with electric lights. Citizens In nil parts of the municipality arc constantly petition ing for electric lights. At a recent meeting of the council the prayers ot many petition ers were granted by the passage of a resolu tion directing the local electric 'light ' com pany to Install lights nt fifteen Important street Intersections. The mayor still bas this resolution. Ho Is debating whether It la right to elcn It or not. The people want the lights the same ns they want the flro hydrants and appear n tiling to pay for the tame , but the question Is will the levy hold out. out.At At the tlcno tbo levy nas made there was a cry on the part of Ed Johnston and his friends for a low levy and , In eplto of the fact that petitions for Improvements were rend a low levy was made and there Is now no provision for improvements. Those who engineering the levy through seemed to for get that the city Is growing rapidly nnd that It takes more money each year for Im provement ) ) . The levy made for the flro and police departments - partments Is held to a certain sum by act of the legislature , but for Improvements such as fire hydrants and lights and street repairs there. Is no limit. With a llttlo leeway In these matters the city oould keep pace with the Increase In the population and the number of houses , and thereby satisfy a largo number of property owners nnd taxpayers. It Is hoped that the mayor will be able to see his way clear to sign these recent resolutions In order that the Improvements petitioned for and or dered by the council may be granted. lloiird of Education Meeting TonKht. An adjourned meeting of the Board of Education will be held tonight. Bids for the building of the Brown Park echool geworj will be opened and It Is expected that the' contract will bo awarded. This eewer will extend from the school building to the main sewer of the city on Railroad nvenue , a distance of 2,600 feet. By means of this connection the dry closet system In thla building will be done away with entirely. As the Smead system of beating and ven tilating in this 'building ' Is being supplanted by steam heat It le necessary to either erect outside closets or make sewer connections. Superintendent Wolfe Is opposed to both the dry closet system ns In operation here and also to outside closets , and be strongly recommended the making of connections with a fewer. It Is thought that the school district may recover a portion of the cost of this extension by charging property owners for tbo privilege of making con nection * . In this way POBdlbly n third or one-half ot the cost ot the ewcr may be re turned to the treasury ot the district , Very likely Superintendent Wolfe may bring to the attention ot the members of the board his plan ot establishing n night ochool. After having looked over the ground ho Is of the opinion that there Is n great field here for a night school nnd he desires to see ono Instituted In order that young men nnd women who nro compelled to work day * may bo given nn opportunity of ac quiring knowledge nt night. Police Itnld Mtmlc llnllii. An order \sont forth Saturday from the chlet executive's office closing both the music halla In the city. The proprietors of both places submitted gracefully , or nt least nppoared to do BO. Bueler , who operates the N street music hall , changed his mind nlong In the evening nnd started his show , In order to show that they meant business the police force dososndcd upon the place during the night nnd arrested Bueler nnd eight women. Ball was refused until Mayor Ensor appeared nt polios headquarters nbout 10 o'clock yesterday morning and released Buolcr and the women , after giving In- etructlona for them to appear In police .court this aft-ernoon. Chief Carroll says ho has Tjoon trying for § omo tlrao to drive n number of objectionable women out ot the city ( but has been unnblo to do BO as long as the muslo balls wore * allowed to run. On this account It was decided to close the halls. llcnvy Shipment * of Feeder * Continue Since last Monday the atocker and feeder has shown unusual activity. Last week's shipments1 to the country from this point very likely exceeding nil preceding weeks In the history of the yards , ns In nil 650 car loads wont out. This number , ho ever , In cludes Mxty cars purchased < by the distiller * at Peorla , 111 , The demand Is the greatest over known nt the yards and yesterday the pens were practically empty , everything having ibeen sold to cither the packers or country feeders. Commission men are lookIng - Ing for n big run of cattle this week , and1 a number of out-of-town feeder buyers nro expected here , aa this la now considered the best feeder .market In the country. Chnrlcn gnfron ANnnultcd. 'Al Hnrder , a saloon keeper at Thirty- ninth and Q streets , spent the early Sunday morning hours In Jail for assaulting Charles Safron. , The latter appeared at the Jail bleeding from half a dozen wounds and as- eertod that Harder had 'bent ' him up with a billy. On the other hand , Harder nays that Safron tried to ibrcak Into his place through a 'window. Others assert that the row was caused by nn over Indulgence by all parties In red liquor. Harder was turned loose yes terday forenoon and Instructed to appear bc fore Judge Babcock today. The services of Dr. Thomas Kelly 'were ' needed In patching and aewtng up Snfron's wounds. Stock Ynrdn Hid In ft Club to Parade. The Stock Yards Equestrian club will take part in the Omaha parade Wednesday night , and all members are urged to attend the call of Colonel Lott , 4ho commander. Tha same uniform as used lost year will bo worn. An announcement of the meeting plaoo will bo printed later. So far , about fifty members of itho- club have signified tholr Intention of riding In the parade , but Colonel Lott hopes to have at least eighty horseman in lino. For several years the Stock Yards Riding club has been one of the features of the 'Ak-Sar-Bcn parades and It Is expected that this year will bo no exception. City Goimlp. No meeting of the city council -will be held tonight. It Is reported that a meeting of the Com mercial club will be hold on Tuesday oven- Ing. Ing.John John Hawkins of Sioux City Is here for a couple of days vlsltlngJils brother , J. V. Hawkins. 1 The stewards and trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal church will 'hold ' a meeting tonight. August Pnpez is nursing a sore head , caused by a customer In his saloon strik ing him with , a glass. The excavating at Armour's for the new warehouse has been temporarily suspended pending the driving of piles. James Davis , hog- buyer for the Krey fucking company of St. Louis , Is to bo located here regularly from this tlmo on. A. H. Knutson , manager of the north ern branches of the Omaha Packing com pany , Is in the city on a short business trip. trip.The The Illustrated Bee of next Sunday will contain a One engraving of the new school building1 to be- erected at Twentieth and 0 streets. The paved streets In the business portion tion of the city have not been given the promised cleaning and consequently ar very dirty. The remains of Henry Candllsh , the sui cide , will probably be Interred today. Un dertaker Brewer Is waiting on definite Instructions from friends In Idaho. The North Nebraska conference meets In Omaha this week nnd U is expected' ' that a successor to Rev. H. H. Mlllard. pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church , will be named. NOVEL HOOK OP AUTOGRAPHS. Sample SciitlmciitH of IlaUrond Men anil roNtnl Clerk * . An Interesting book has reached the Phlla. delphla pcstofflce , which was sent from Haw thorne , Esmernlda county , Nevada , In March , 1897 , and has toocn passed about the country ever since. The book Is the property of Miss Lydla J. Kins of Hawthorne , and she sent It on Its journey with the request that rail road mall clerks nnd postofilce employes should sign In It and , If possible , stamp It and send It along. The book has been alt over the west and la now Journeying about the east. It has already many signatures , but It is not half full , and It Is amusing to scan the pages nnd find the verses of these who hurry on the mnll. Ono man evidently had considerable time to spare on his route , for ho relieves his feelings as follows : Bitting by a car window watching distant hills , 1 have boon wondering , Lydla , how I can pay my bills. Here Is another specimen , written by a man on the run from Omaha to Ogden : Wo who have tried , and again will try , To "split the wood" to suit , Bay when a Manila mnll comes nigh , Please send some subs-to-toot. If the record can Ibe believed the book wn In the midst of an exciting episode. W. O. Bruce writes at Cheyenne , Wyo. , June 1 : "If those signatures are somewhat shaky you milst excuse us , as wo have just been held up by five masked robbers at Wllcox , Wyo. " Tbo others add : "Mnll car door shattered and baggage car blown to pieces. " The statement Is affirmed further on In the book , George W. Prout writes at Omaha that it Is Decoration day , nnd tbnt Schley is In Cheyenne. The book now contains the signatures of those In the local office , nnd le will soon go on Its way. If It ever gets bnck to Hawthorne Miss King will have nn enter taining souvenir. Trouble Ilrei liiK nt Oliiulnnntl. CINCINNATI , Bept , 24. Over 300 street railway employes met at Central Turner hnll at 2 o'clock this ( Sundny ) morning In conference with labor leaders. A Joint committee of three labor leaders and three Ftreet railway men was appointed to visit President Kllgour on Monday , September 25 , nnd demand the reinstatement of five 'discharged employes , A meeting was ap pointed for Tuesday to henr the report of this committee. PERSONAL PARAGRAPH S , J. N. Henderson of Vancouver , B. C. ' is at the Mlilard. William O. Nebeker of Salt Lake Is a guest at the Mlllard. M , n , Hlgglns of San Francisco Is regis tered at the Mlllard. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wnllwork have returned - turned from a very pleasant trip through the west , stopping at Denver , Colorado Spring * , Manltou , Victor and Cripple Creek. At he Mlllard : W. E. Martin. Memphis ; F. C. Witsell , L * . E. Marks , Now York ; O , Nlpp , Kanto * City , IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Trolley Lines St adlly Crowding Into ths Domain of Steam. PROMISED RtVOLUTION IN TELEGRAPHY Tnll ClnlniN I'ut 1'ortli for nn Auto matic Sender of rrcnit ll - cN Ulrutrlo WnrnltiR for Occnn A very notnblo oxperlmcnt ds In course of trial on the I/ong Island railroad. There Is a large sppclnl pleasure travel from Now York and Brooklyn to the Hockaway beaches during the summer , and the number cf "cot- tugcra" andi "rtsldcnters , " who find It con- vonleut to bo near the city tor professional ami bu&lncra reasons , cr wJio prefer to oc cupy their handsome country homes all Uio year round , Is rapidly Increasing. The con sequence Is that radical dlmcuUlcs in hand ling the traffic have presented themselves. Increasing the steam eorvlco would not solve the problem , nor mas there physical room for separate trolley tracks for the passen ger business on the etretch of line on which the stress bore most ( heavily. So the Long Island Railroad company has converted this particular section Into a. trolley road , The line was quickly run by using a locomotive , a flat car and a. box car , on which was eroded a platform on which the workmen strung out the , wlro and looped It Into posi tion much more quickly and efficiently than Jt could have been done in the ordinary way. Thcrowas no Interruption In the steam service of the road. The service Is very popular and the trolley car , which can frequently bo seen walttnj ; right behind n steam train at a station and moving up to the platform as the train goes out , Is always loaded with passengers. The cars stop at special places along the five miles of the louto , and only 6 cents Is charged for ono of the prettiest and breeziest titles In that part of the country. This plan will prob- a'bly ' bo the solutiwi of the difficulty in which many railroads find ttieroselves In regard to the supplementing ot their steam service. Electrical AVnriiliiKK for Sltljin. A tow months ago a dolce was described which had for Us purpose the warning of a vessel at sea during a fog of the ap preach of another vessel or of the vicinity of nn Iceberg , The apparatus In question was quito complicated and essentially the oretical , and was based on the principle that an objot emits heat radiations when its temperature is either higher or lower than the surrounding atmosphere. Whether such n device could be made to work satis factorily In actual practice Is , as wo in timated at the time , problematical , owing to Its sensitiveness , and on this account a recent invention of an Italian professor , based on the principle of the telephone , would seem to glvo more promise of success. This dovlco , which Is Bald to be attract ing the attention of the Navy department , ! etyled "wireless telephony , " and has for Its object not only the preventing of col lisions at sea , biit the detection of the approach preach of torpedo boats In naval warfare as well. That the Invention is practical would Beom to be proved by a number of experiments that have 'boon ' made In the gulf of Genra in the presence of scientists and naval experts. Tty > details of the ap paratus and a report of the trials that have taken place , and which arc said to bo con firmed by official reports , are given In L'Halla Marlanara and are translated as follows : "It Is well known that the transmission of sounds Is Wdlrcct ratio to the density of means through which they are transmitted. It la equally well known that water Is an excellent means for transmitting sounds tea a distance. It has been noticed that a bather Immersed In water hears with great distinct ness the sound of a steamer's engine In motion , because the water In which the latter la Immersed Is In a special state of vibra tion , owing to the movement of the engine and the screw actuated thereby. From these principles the Inventor derived the conclusion that it the air could Seize these vibrations of sound , an Instrument of great sensibility below the water would bo sus ceptible of seizing them at a greater dis tance and with greater distinctness , and he became convinced that the telephone appa ratus should bo the point of departure for obtaining a practical means of signaling between two vessels. Water would take the place ot wires. It was necessary first of all to construct a sound-receiver which would perform the functions of the ear balow the surface of the water , then another apparatus that would Increase the sounds received and indicate the direction whence they came. " In practice a portion of the apparatus Is located on the conning tower of a man-of- war , while a second piece of mechanism , or the receiver , Is secured to the ship's elde below the water line. Continuing , the article explains the operation of the device : "The submarine receiver Is a kind of box secured to the hull with a number of depressions so us to receive sounds from all directions. From the center of each of thcea an electric wire leads to the telephone , which latter con tains an Ingenious mechanism based on Ed ison's well known scientific principle. A dial plate on board Is divided In two parts corresponding to the two sides of a ship. Two hands Indicate the direction of the vessel signalled. A system of bolls at the upper part of the dial plato and one of the receivers on board Indicate the rhythm ot the screw of a distant vessel. When com ing within seven kilometers of a steamer the hand of the telephone turns and Indicates the direction of the vessel and follows its route , while the- bells and receiver beal simultaneously the cadence of the distant screw. The noises of the vessel on which the apparatus Is located cause no disturbance owing to the special construction of the sub marine receiver. " Automatic Telosrnnli Mnclilne C. M. Baker , superintendent of construc tion of the Postal Telegraph company at Chicago , has gone to Amsterdam to examine an Invention that may revolutionize the sending of press dispatches by wire. It la an nutcanatld telegraph , for which extra ordinary claims ore made , OB is uaual with now Inventions , Fifty thousand words In twenty-five minutes ! That Is what the In ventor claims his Tnaclhlno will do. AVhat an enormous eavlns In tlmo this would bo both to the newspapers and the telegraph companies can ba determined by some com parisons. At the tlmo of President MoKlnley's In auguration , relates the Chicago Times-Her ald , one menage of 27,000 > words was sent to this city to one newspaper. The sender at Washington commenced work at 8 o'clock In the evening and ) bis last word was in New York at 2 the next morning. That Is , six hours -were required tor the transmission of this message. The automatic machine would have transmitted It in fourteen min utes , If nil claimed for It Is true. At the tlmo of lihe St. Louis cyclone on the night after two mwrngew for New York were ( Hod , each of which contained 25,000 words. Five hours and a half were occupied In transmitting each , requiring the constant service of two operators at cacti end and two separate wlrca. The automatic machine , tt Is claimed , -would bavo bandied both cf these on one vvlro In one-half hour , a sar- ine of five hours. In a recent test rf the machine made for the purpose of satisfying the prospective American Investors 100,000 words of fifteen letters each were transmitted la one hour's time. This discounts many times tba best sending overdone by the champion telegraph operators of tills country or the world. At thla rote of UnasrnlwsloB on an TO CLEAN MATTING. To make soiled matting look fresh and bright prepare a pailful of warm water with a handful of salt and four tablespoonfuls of Ivory Soap shavings dissolved in it. With a clean cloth squeezed out of the mixture , wipe every breadth of the matting , rubbing soijed spots until they disappear. A WORD OF WARNING. Thtre re m ny whll soaps , e ch rtpreientfd to be "Juslis cool as the 'Ivory' ; " ihfyARE NOT. but like all counterfeit * , luck the rcul ! r nd remarkable qu lltl ot the ctnulnc , Ask tor "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting It COPYRIGHT not ir THI FROCTIH t otxiLt co. CINCINNATI llko a presidential Inauguration , a. great catastrophe , or < or Instance , the coming ; of Dowcy to Now York , a managing editor , be > Ing assured that hU reporters In this city had promptly filed fholr matter , could have the whole story before ihlm at 8 o'clock In the evening. Uclny to nc Olivlnte.l. { Press matter has become ono of the most | valuable adjuncts of the telegraphic busi ness. It Js the Intention of the telegraph companies to give every possible advantage to press matter , ( but tfoero Is even In these modern days great delay Jn Betting mes sages Jnto the newspaper offices so that the tlmo ot their arrival will harmonize with the 'work of the linotype machines and the editors. TJioro Is ft limit to the number of wires that a company can maintain , between given points , and It has been believed until re cently that lihere was a limit to the number of words that could 'bo ' transmitted within a lven time , but this lost opinion Is now dissipated In the minds of these who have seen an outline of the claims for tbo now automatic machine. The night of Dowey's arrival In Now York and the day following there will bo sent out between 500.000 and 1.000,000 words ot press matter. This will tax the energy of every' ' telegraph operator In New York and over-1 load every wire. More or less of the , matter will bo delayed In transmission , and there' ' will bo vexatious protests. j If the new machine wereIn operation It' ' would , It Is claimed , handle 1,000,000 words In less than ten hours. This being the case It can be understood why American capl- ! tallsts are vitally Interested In knowing all about Its workings and having a test of Its merits. i The exact manner In which the machine la worked has been kept a profound secret from all but the few who expect to put their capital behind It. Mr. Baker said ho was not in a position to speak in detail of the machine , as ho was acting In a confidential capacity and did not believe the capitalists Interested desired publicity at thla time. Ho Is a telegraph expert , and the fact of his selection to make this trip Is evidence that the people * on this stdo ot the water take great stock In the claims for the machine which have been forwarded to them. If Mr. Baker finds the machine to be all that Is asserted for It Immediate steps will bo taken to have duplicates of It brought to this country and a series of tests made. Some of these tests will probably bo public ones and examples of how rapidly heavy press messages can bo transmitted at Im portant times. If the machine Is accepted the first Instal lations of It will bo on the trunk wires In New York and Chicago. MB. VAXIJEIUIII/T'S COUIIAGE. He Dcllcvcil tlint No Accident Could ISver IH-fnll Him. "There was one peculiarity about Mr. Vanderbllt , " said Senator Dcpow to a Ne > * York Journal reporter , "and that was hU courage. Ho was absolutely fearless. He did not believe that an accident could befall him. He did not bellcvo that ho would be hurt or killed. This characteristic of his was brought prominently to my notice dur ing the Chicago railroad riots. We were on a tour of railroad Inspection at the time. Wo were going west on the Michigan Central and our plan was to return on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. When we reached Detroit Mr. Newell of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern road mot our train and told Mr. Vanderbllt of the riots In Chicago. Ho warned Mr. Vanderbllt that his llfo was not worth purchasing If bo wont within the city limits of Chicago ho would surely bo shot by anarchists or riot ers. There was no way to avoid this danger. Mr. Newell pointed out , because the Vander bllt train could bo readily recognized by the rioters , Inasmuch as It was a special and not run on a regular schedule , and there fore would bo easily distinguished from a regular train. This warning had no effect on Mr. Vanderbllt. "Tho next morning there was a meeting of the directors of the road and Mr. Van derbllt quietly gave orders to run his ape dal on echedulo tlmo to Chicago. Mr ; New ell protested vigorously. Mr. Vanderbilt said that ho could not see any reason why ho ehould abandon his schedule. He had started out to go to Chicago and he thought ho would go to Chicago. I didn't expect to get out of Chicago allvo. Nevertheless wo went to Chicago on Mr. Vanderbllt's schedule. Just this sldo of the city the local superintendent of the line got aboard the train and again warned us , but his warn ing had no effect on Mr. Vanderbllt. Ills judgment proved to bo correct. Our Iraln proceeded to the station in the city com paratively unmolested and wo loft the train and were driven to the hotel. Nobody of fered us any violence. In fact , nobody paid any attention to us. Wo dined In the an nex to the Auditorium , In a. room In plain view of the street , where anybody could have broken the windows and smashed our heade. But no such thing happened. " LOCAL BREVITIES , The fire departments at Twentieth and Spring streets nnd Twenty-ninth and Dor cas Btreotswere called upon Sunday aft ernoon to extinguish a prairie fire that ex tended from Bancroft street to South Omnha In the vicinity of Twentieth. A small blaze In the dwelling ? of William II. Hart. 1124 North Sixteenth street , -was started In the kitchen Sunday morning , having been caused by a defectlvn flue. The kitchen roof was burned and fur niture damaged to the extent of J50 , the loss being fully covered by Insurance. On the way to the fire one of the rear wheels of the hook and ladder truck was wrenched off while crossing the railroad tracks at Sixteenth and Izard streets. CRUTCHES The best quality of maple crutch , per pair , $1,50. CRUTCH TIPS 25c A Pair , Postage , 9c. The Aloe & Penfold Company , Deformity Brace Manufacturers. 1408 Tarnam Stritt , Omaha. All Pictures Look Better- when they have been properly framed. We innko no Idle boast when we say we know how to frame pictures prob ably better thnn most people do. This has been our litiHlness for years. 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