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THE OMAHA DAILY Bfttt : SATURDAY , .TANTATIY 20 , 1)00. ! ) FRESH OUTBREAK OF PLAGUE Total of Twonty-Elght Djatha Are Reported at Honolulu. CHINATOWN IS BURNED BY AUTHORITIES SJI'ntnlltl. . * , In | ' , , iir Dn > - < tniinr t IJoflc llovn ot Doi-lt at Port , lint ci Mull from TIIUN. SAN I'UANCISCO , Jan 19-The steamer "orlc , from Asiatic ports , via Honolulu today , brings news of a fresh outbreak ol 1'lague , six deaths having occurred at Hone lulu between the departure of the steamer China , which arrived hero on Monday , nnd the departure of the Doric , which loft Hone lulu January 13 Thle brings thc total num ber of dcalliH from thd plague for the pres ent outbreak up to twenty-eight , and It la und -ctooii that there nro twenty-six cases In tne hands of the health officials. Hone lulu's Chinatown Is being burned and every effort Is being made to stamp out the dls- caHe. The Doric did not dock nt Honolulu , but the Hawaiian mail was taken out to her In tuga. The local health authorities havO detained the \essel pending an Investiga tion , it In not yet known whether It will bo quarantined or allowed to proceed to Its dock. The Doric was sent to the qnirnntlno sta tion , but It Is thought that It will not bo detained long. Among the pnHseiigeis on the Dorlo were .v number of prominent naval olll- tern from the Anlutlr station , Including Hear Admiral ritzgcrnld of the nngllsh navy nnd a number of miboiricers of the nngllsh Asiatic licet who are etirotito to join their own squadionb. Two olllecra of the Huskian navy , Captain1 IxiukanolT and Lieutenant KowymUrl , were on the olcamcr cnroute to Europe Lieutenant Commander Thomas cf the Amoilcan Philippine Ktjundron retuins on leivn and govcinmcnt business. Advices from Honolulu state that the birk Agate , forty-eight days from British Co- Inmbl i'for Honolulu , arrived at Us dc-itlna- tlon In a distressed condition The vessel wan long overdue. On the \oyagc the Agile encountered soVcre storms The state-looms wore filled with water and much of the pro visions ruined The fresh water give out nnd the cre\v were placed on short rations A ship was sighted and fuinlshed 200 galloiu of water to the exhausted crew. Tbci Cabin pnasengeis of the Doric were allowed to land tonight Thn vessel will be detained in quarantine until It is thor- cimhly fumlgulcd When the Doric left Honolulu lf > 0 passengers had taken cabin li2--sago on the Australia , which sailed from Honolulu for San Pranclsco thc next Tues day In order to get away by the mill boat they had to keep themselves strictly away from tbe Infected part of the town and pre sent themselv < * 3 each day foi examination to Dr Carmlchael , United Status quarantine ofllccr. DISUVSU NOT \MO\ < ; THIS WI1IT ! > . StCIIIIIITN \ < tt VltOMCll to Stop lit till * iNlllllllN. CHBYKNNK , Wyo , Jan I1) ( Special ) Letters hive been received here finm the Cheyenne colony In Honolulu , relative to thc plague The Cheyenne men say that no tnall steamers arc allowed to step at the Islands and no person If permitted to leave 01 arrive on the islands Business Is af fected and sugar stocks have dropped to the bottom As soon aa n cat'o Is discovered the pi- ticnt Is quarantined and all of his clothing nnd i property , togcthoc w 1th bis house , bnrnetU ' In thfc manner o\ei $ 0,000 worth of property has been destroved , nnd it Is Delloved thit before U'O disease is wiped out all of Chinatown will have to be burned Hdward TOWRC , news'pipei conespondent , formerly a resident of Chpyenue , is n mem ber of Minister4 Cooper's staff and Is alno superintendent In charge of the work of binning all infected houses and other prop- ci ty. ty.White White residents of the city dn not have much feai of contracting the disease. BALL PLAYER'S TRAGIC END Him tin HiMiicn of ( InHuston Team ' " i AVITi ; nml ( lillilr.-ii. 'I hen UllllNClf. . WORCKSTnil. Ma-s , Jan I1) Mai tin Hergon , a member of thc Boston base ball team , shot and killed hla wife anil two children and then hlmbolt at his homo In North Brookfleld , today Martin Bergen was catchei of the Hotter team V Mis Beigen and ono child wore killed TV 1th fin ax , nnd then Beigen used a razor ti cut the throat of bis other child and his own It is thought the action vvaa duo to in- nanlty. It ban been suspected for some llau that Her gem was a victim of mental derange ment. In fact some of his actlcns In con nection with hlH base ball managers las icasop led to the uipposltlon at tbat time Neighbors found the body of Ilergen ant thn girl lying on the kitchen lloor. Tht bodies of Mrs Beigen and lho little boy laj upon a bed In the chamber Berscn was 21 ycai.s of ago anil bis wife was of about tin 5:11110 : age KANSAS CITY , Mo , Jan 19 Martlr DOES NOT DISEASE KEEP GUARD OVER YOUR HEALTH Ilorgen made his debut In fa-t ; base ball company with Mannings Kansas rity Hlui-a of lx < )5 ) ami he proved cne of the local man ager s greatest flndi Ho came to Kansni City from the Now Unglam ] league ami im proved tteadlly while with the IJlues Ilia chief claim to the affections of Kansas City cnthtialacts was BB a thrower Very few Western league bao runners could steal when Ilprgtn wa behind the bat Ilergen was known ns n melancholy man. Ho was surly with his best friends and was a hard pliyer to handle , a.s he wan given to sulky moments and was liable to rcfu o to play at nny time without gl\lng a reason. SOUTH DAKOTO NEWS , South Dnknln I'rrumnnorliitlnn. . SIOUX PALLS , S D , Jan 19-Special ( Telegram ) The regular mid-winter meetIng - Ing of the South Dakota Preis association wa" conclucloj this evening In addition to the transaction of routine buslntus nt to- diiy'a ossturs , papers on toplos of speoliil Interest to newspaper workers were read bv N. C Nash of the Canton News Levl 1) ) . Wall , Howard Uomocrat , 3 Tomliiioon , Jr , Sioux Palls Argus-Leader. C U Tlnan , K'mbnll ' Graphic , C. It UruciE1U Point Courier. The following were elected dele gates to the National Editorial association to be held nt New Orleansi next month. C. P. Allen , Hrooklngs Press ; Hairy Gentry , Pukwana Press , L C Taylor , Al exandria Herald , C. C Fletcher , Aberdeen Democrat , T. U Roberts , Armour Chronlcle- Trlbune , N. C. Nash , Canton News , C. C. N'evln , Into of the Planklnton Standard. Tht clomccratlc editors attending the meet ing who have heretofore been members of the Reform Prcis association , which Is con- tioiled by the populists , organle < l a Dem ocratic Press association and elected the following olllcers President , Glenn M. Pniley , vle president , TV Ta\ibman , sec- rc'aty , L I ) . Walt , treasurer , C R Tlnan. The republican etlltora also organized a Ilitpubllcin I'russ association , with the fol lowing oincers President , J. P. Halladay , Fejrotary , J. Tomllnson , Jr. I'oiiMrt ' < > Hion Mlmvv nt Mltflu-11. MITCHCLL , S. D , Jan. 11 ( Special. ) Beginning with next Tuesday the South Dal.ota Poultry and Pel Slock association will hold a four days' exhibit In this city , the first under a state organization. Sec- rttarj Nielsen says he has received Inqui ries from peopleIn Minnesota , Wisconsin and Iowa who have Indicated that thej will bo hero with their chickens. One of the- Interesting features of the exhibition will be the practical demonstration of the workings of the Incubitor , 1 n mi n L- Man nt Huron. HURON , S D Jan. 11 ( Special ) The authorities ) yesterday arrested a man named Hager , whoso homo Is at or near Pierre Ho Is a raving maniac , and will be sent to the hospital at Yankton. Religious excite ment and disappointment In political as pirations arc sa'd to ha\e caused the .rouble. Ho Imagines that he owns all the newspapers In Omaha , Minneapolis' ' , St. Paul , Sioux Olty and Sioux Falls , and is running thorn in the Interest of the Doers M to ll < > H HOT SPRINGS , S D , Jan. 19. ( Special. ) &teps are being taken at Rapid City toward the reorganization of Company M , which was abandoned upon the return of the regl- n.ent from the Philippines. The compauv made an enviable reputation In the Phlllp- plres nml the people of Rapid City , among whom are a number of thn old members of the companj , ere desirous that the or- gmiration shall bo maintained. Crjilii Jroncrw to Meet lit l'nru > . AHERDECN , S D , Jan. I1) ) ( Special. ) The program for the socoml annual conveu- tlon of the Trl-Stato Grain Growers' assocl- uion at Fargo , January 23 , has been Issued. The roncntion will bo In session four dayn at'd a large attendance Is anticipated Many pi eminent fanners from all over the north west huvo signified their intention to be present ! < ! MrrukH I i > . CHAMBERLAIN , S D , Jan. 19 ( Special Telegram ) Stockmen leport tint Ice In the Wliltc river began moving yesterday and for the present crossings arc Impossible. This Is the earliest breakup in the history of tbo cr "try. Ice In the Missouri river Is also In a precailous condition and two more days of the present wpather will send it out. I'liiilxliiMl for HoollriiBlim. SIOUX PALLS. S D , Jan. 10 ( Special TfU-gram ) William Tumath of Day county ai peared before Judge Garland of the fed eral court and pleaded guilty to the charge of spiling liquor without a goveinment 11- cni'e Ho was fined $100 and sentenced to thirty days In the Beadle county Jail at Union ourt lloiiNi * Sitept'citeil. . ABERDEEN , S D , Jan. 19 ( Special ) - Thn county commissioners have approved the site offered by the city for the Jail and court house. This settles a vexing ques tion and locates the county buildings in an accessible part of the city Sfinlli IlnKotn N * MtttrH. . The new creamery at Vlborg , Turner count's has commenrocl 1-UBlne n AirnnfomentR are bflliiR mad < > to hold a fiirmo-s' Institute at Hurley next month Thr > Catholics of Cleir Lnkp will erect < i new church More than J1.200 was rnihed In a fen hours \V A Cailer hns purchased a half Inter est In the IKimlln Countj Republican , pub- llfhtd nt fustier oed nrltton Is to ha\o a new creamery A popantor nnd the other nen * > arv muchln- eiy are belnif ilaco * ! In position Tl % South Dakota Huslness Men's n so- dnllou will inept nt Iledlleld January 31 lJ.uh iiiunty Is entitled to the dolPR-atcs UOSP < . AllPii , prominent business men of Brandt Invo old their ugrlcultuial Implo- mint business to llnlvoreon S. Strange- lard At ii recent meeting of the Hoard of Com missioners of Sully taunt ) the lust of the bonds oiitmiamllnK nguliiMt the county were irdfrtd paid and thn county Is now entirely out cf debt A J I'.irbhall , who ban purchased the Parkstoii Com lor Is OIH > of the old-tlmf m-wspapi't men of the state , bavins foimerlv publ'hhfd a papoi ut AlcMindrla Poi u tlmi hi1 hold the position of deputy collector of iiistoms at 1'emblmi , N I ) iiYititiMis s\MiciTi3 tovriun , , l.lllf Itouil to Hi * C.million ! ltli Mil- mil * < Ceiitrnl inilltou , CHICAK ) . Jan 19 TheChronicle - to- ittro.v will say It develops that the llarrlman syndicatethill Is a strong facto : In the big railroad combination , has ob- tallied complete control of the reorganiza tion of the KaiiE.is City , Plttbburg & Gul uytttiu When the receivers of this roai aic dlechaiged the general olllcos of tin company will bo removed from Kansas City to Chlcigo and combined with the of- flce.i of the Illinois Central and Alton road. ? It IH said that these will bo merged Intt one system , put under one management am OIK rated by one set of gencial oiJUers I ntll the merger Is effected , which can not bo for some time after the new ownen ti Kc hold of the Gulf road C H Chap' pcllt former president of the Alton , wll < us president of the Gulf t.jotrm of tbi Kaiibus Cltv Omaha d Eastern , and prop erty of the Harrlman syndicate This wll glvi the syndicate two through Knee of It ; owi > between Chicago and the Gulf of MexIco Ice and one through line to the Pacific coast the latter bting formed by the Illlnol Central , thn Union Pacific and tbe Ore goi > Short Line. ThtP. with the Vandcrbilt's big North western u > bt ( < m and the Milwaukee & SI Paul , Burlington and Rock Island as read ; allies , will give the syndicate a good star In consolidating the roads west of Chicago cage E H. Harrlman was In Chicago toJay but declined to talk. FAVOR STUDY OF LIVE STOCIi Oonvention A ka Congress to Cure For Agri' cultural Colleges. MEET NEXT YEAR AT SALT LAKE CH\ \ Ue-niet'teit I'rciltleutn Iliorlzril to \pioliit | ( 'oiniilltl < * e to I'm in c Itlll for I'uhllc FORT WORTH. Tc\ . . Jan 19 The thin annual convention of the National Live Slocl association closed thl evening , atlcr dC' elding to nr"1 ! . next year at Salt hake City The convention endorsed the conftrucltot of the Nlcaraguan canal ; the ndmlsslor of Now Mexico , Arizona and Oklahoma tt statehood ; the appointment of John N Simpson of Texas ns commissioner to th ( i'arls exposition , passed a resolution ask- ng congress to cnrc for the agricultural colleges throughout the entire country , am : elected the following officers , John W , Springer , president ( re-elected ) , Charles 1 * . Martin , Denver , secretary , J M. Holt , Mon- ana , first vice president , J. D. Wood , Idaho second vice president , George Goldlng , Col orado , treasurer. No material changes were made In the o\ecutlvo committee At the morning seffdorf a paper was read > y L G Powers , statistician of the ccnstia of agriculture. J H Pickerel presented a paper on 'What Shoithorns Have Done for the Coun- ry " Colonel 11 T I ) . Sotham of Missouri read I aper on "Potency of Hereford Hlood. " Hill for I.onnlui * ; l/innls. President Springer was authorized to np- lolnt a committee from the western states ird territories to frame a bill to be pro- tntcd to congress in confounlty with the ippended resolution , relating to the Icas- ng of the public lands1 \ \ hereas , The \nst area of public lands low ibelns occupied nnd u * Ptl by tbo stock men of the west for KrazlnjT lauds of the wpst are witliout the matinBemcnt and ciou- rol of any nutboiltywith power an 1 furlll- los to protect ind regulate the same and Wherea Snld lack of control hns le < l to ho overstocking of many of the ratifies , hrrebv de riroylnK the * -od nnd larKe tracts ) f public lands to tbe detriment of the nn- Ion.il governmeiH ns well as to the stock- nen , nnd Whereas We bcl'eve that the people In- froBted In stock inlslnjf are capable of < le- ermlnlnfr the moHt v\hole emu plan foi management of the public ranges nnd or the correcting- exIslJni * ; evils , uml Whereas The stockmen feel that lustlce emaiiKls that they should be consulted In ill matters pertilnliiK : to nation tl Ic-Klsln- ion affecting the public laugcu of the nest in wh'eh they have lived nnd made their ti mes for years , therefore be It Resolved , That It Is the sense of this con- entlon ithat the nrld nnd semi-arid public and'S In tbe westein states and territories hould bo clasaltlpd , appraised nnd leased to he stock raisers of the west for grazing purposes umlor tKed limitation * ) , fflvlng reference always to the occupants of bald OTIS TELLS OF VICTORIES nniircentn In IlanilN of Different SlreH Ciiptiireil mill Killed I'roKfeiH of Troop" . WASHINGTON , Jan 19 The War de- lartmont today recelve-d thc following cable grams from General Otis "MANILA , Jan 19 Hughes reports from San Jose do Buena Vista , westein coast of 'anay , that he crossed the mountains In a aorthweeterly direction from San Joaquln , outhern Panay , 17th , struck enemy croas- ng Antique river , capturing rifled cannon ind Nordenfeldt , pursued Insurgents hiough Antique , Egana and Slbalom , their apltal , and marched to San Jose ; casual- les , one wounded , enemy's loss considera ble , entire population lied to mountains , tieat oppressive. "MacArthur reports 17th that thirty-five rifles surrendered at Ploda Dlanca , that at \Ianlbaug , McRae , Third Infantry , captured hree Insurgent officers , wife of General Mescardo , considerahlo insurgent prcperty and llbeiatecl three Spanish prisoners , that at Calang captured ten Insurgents , binned seven tons of rice and Insurgent banacks , hat Sullivan , Thirty-fourth infantry , near 3an Jose , surprised insurgent force , captured six rifles and considerable livestock , that Lieutenant Houle , Third Infantry , captured near Malolos ono olllccr , twenty-five men and six rifles , that Van Horn , Seventeenth nfantry , struck Ladroncs at Santa Cru , killed seventeen , wounded five , captured hlrteen and nine rifles ' MacArthur reports lith strong mounted position west of Mabalacat occupied by Gen eral Hizon and fifty men , captured yesterday > y McRae , Third Infantry , enemy leaving leutenant and four dead men In trenches , \lcRao captured captain , ono man , 130 rifles , Eever.il thousand rounds of ammunition , de stroyed aisenal , quantity of rice , casualties , one man wounded. "Bates reports that Schwan's column cavalry refitting at Batangas to move cast- ward on 10th , infantry now moving thai direction , enemy letlrlng , suffering loss ii men and property , our casualties fav , , mostly slight wcundB , that portion Whcaton's troopf will enter Lemeiy nrcl Taal tomorrow , now meeting opposition In mountains which Im pedes march. Six officers , fifty-four en listed nun , four civil employes , clever Trlars , all Spanish pilfionors relo.ised bj Schwan arrived from Nataugas last even ing Nearly 200 arrived Manila day before via Calamb.a "Young at Vlpan reports number of suc cessful skirmishes in mountains will icmnants of Insurgent organization ant robber bandh , with light casualties amoni Ills troops , Kobbe expedition to Randolph light battery and Forty-third and Potty seventh infantry , conveyed by naval vesseli Helena aud Nashville , sailed for Alban ; province nnd Samar and Leyte Islands yester clay. OTIS. " ItK'IIKCS TOI1 Itrtlremrntlriiul5 Vnt \rii | < iliiliiiciit of < . < * n. Iuillo . WASHINGTON , Jan 11 nrlgacllei Gen er.al T M Anderson , commanding thc mill tary Department of tbo Lakes , with head quarters at Chicago , will bo ictlred tomor row Ills retirement has been already an tlclpated by the appointment of General Wll Ham Ludlovv as brigadier general Tin president's action In filling this vacancy b ; hcndlng General I.uillou'i ; name to th senate In advance of Its existence Is aild t be without precedent In the army and wa avowedly to spaio the president from fur ther Importunity General J I' Wade * , commanding the lie partment of Dakota , has been ordered , I addition to his present duties , to take Ism porary command of tbo Department of th Lakes , until a permanent assignment en bo made Major General J r Brooke , who was re cently relieved by Gencial WooJ as com mander of tbe division of Cuba , may be ns hlgncil to the Department of the Lakes bu the general Impression Is that he it ) inor likely to be assigned to relieve General Wcs ley Merrill In New York on the letter's re tlrcment next June General Brooke Is no' ' at St Augustine , Kla. . iccrultlng. lldiorl I.ONN nr i liiirlfHlon , WASHINGTON , Jan 19 Under clatn i "United Statra Late Charleston , Unite Statei Naval Station , Cavlte , P I , Nov 2 ! 1895 , " Captain George W Pigman writes t the Navy de-partment reporting the loss c the U S S Charleston November 3. 1899 The captain goes into all tbe details of th accident Admiral Wateon endorses Captal Plgman's report of tbo disaster In tbo fo ! lowing words "It Is only Just to say th getting out of all boats and saving of over life together with a mi and immun th i and rations under lho ilnumMin o ri drug great credit upon the captain oftl er ; and men of the Charleston ' tiiiliorlnitt ( 'iiiifcrt-iK < nf DrinocrtitM WASHINOTOX. Jnn 1 < i An lmport u private conference of democratic member , of the housei of representatives was heli tonight at the ways and means committee loom of Ihe houne , for lho purpose of con sidering the question recently raised as tc 'he ' application of the term "United States. ' as used In the constitution , to our new de- rcndonclw The meetlnq was attended bj the entire democratic membership of thc way and means , the new Insular , the Judl- tlarv and the rules committee , making in all eighteen of the most influential mem bers AFTER THE PUT AND CALL MEN Dlrei'tor * of ( lilcnuo Mount of 'Trade A\lll CoiithUK * tin * riulit on Thcm. CHICAGO. Jan. Pt is put and call" trading a crime ? President Warren of the Hoard of Trade , In an Interview , said It wag a "violation of the statutes" and that the policy of the new administration wnn to put a stop to It , no matter what thc tnulctH affected might think , Bav or do In the mantlmo many "put nnd call" men , all of whom are said to be members of the Hoird of Trade , will meet at the Millers' ex change each forenoon to nettle for privileges bought the day before and again In the aftet- noon to put and call grain on which privileges are hold In the morning from ! l to 11 o'clock and In the afternoon f rom 1 01 to 1 GO. H. L roster , who was chairman of the meeting nt which this was decided on , slid "The 'put and call' men ale not fighting the board of directors On the contrary , wo have withdrawn to 28 Sherman street , BO as not to eonlllct wllh the new ruling. "Tho 'put and call' men expect to con tinue clearing thioiigh the Hoaid of Trade clearing house. That Is one of the privileges of members " "What will happen if President Warren nnd the directors shut you off from the regu lar clearing house prlvllcKcs' " "It will kill 'put and call' tia.llng in this market " "Will an effort bo made by privilege trad ers to establish n separate clearing house' " "I don't believe so The 'put and call' men nro not orgaul/ed The meeting at which I was chalinian was an open meeting for accredited tiaders Interested In putb and calls 1 know of no plan to take the ques tion Into the civil courts We do not be lieve that the boaid of directors will stop oui clearing house privileges " President Warren said "I can't tell you what the board of directors will do at Its next meeting , whether It will stop the deal ing house privileges of 'put nnd call' men or adopt some other measure , but you may depend upon It the board will htop that foim of trading within Its jurisdiction " A member of a well known "pihate wire" house said "Privilege trading is a means of making a living for many small traders nnd big firms go Into It by pro\y or other wise because It gives them a chance to hedge ' After the regular market hours con ditions become apparept that enable tbo : rader to 'make good' his losses on the regu lar day " Friends of leform on the board scout the Idea of the "put and call' men getting a test case in the civil courts , saying the pro hibited form of trading Is strictly a breach of law. * HOIIUIITV scoi T v rnitiinii iow\v Ili'l at Clinton Tu i-nti-1M\ - \cnrs ABO SerIce Aitiiliixt Indians. CLINTON , la , Jan 1 ( Special ) P n Buruham , the AmorlcaU scout , who has been appointed on tbe staff of Comrrander In Chief Roberts In South Africa , was n foi- mcr resident or this city. He resided bore aleut twenty-five years ago At that time bib uncle , II. Russell , was the editor of the Herald nnd Muinham made his home with him for some time Prom hero he vtnt west and gained a reputation as an Indian lightet Uurnham has been In thn employ of the Uritish befo-e ns a spy He was in the Matabelo campaign In 1S9G and render" . ! valuable services to the English officers , teaching them the mode of scouting as understood on tbe plains din Ing oui In dian vvais Colencl Daden-Povvcll , in c m- mant of the farces at Mafeklngiltea of Burnham , In 1 is work , "The Matabele Cam paign , 1S % " ' Burnham , the American scout , Is a most delightful companion on a scouting trip. He Is amusing , interesting and most In structive nnd , having seen service against the Indiana , brings qulto a now experience to bear on the scouting work here Nothing cecapes his quick , roving eye , whether It is at the horizon or nt his fcot , and he Is a perfect treasure in a country where kopjes are more numerous than Is pleasant for ono'b equanimity. POI.ICI ; roiicns or \ minis PI.\cis TliHr Nuiiiprli'iil Strenwlli cml CiiNl Text of r.dli-li-iif * . . There are 0,100 New York policemen , a larger number than the force of any other city In the country , reportb the New York Sun , and a hirgor numbei by several hun dred than the various divisions of the Greatti New Yoik hid collectively before consolidation There are IMOO policemen in the city of Paris , the proportion of police to Inhabitants being larger than it la In the city of London There are 60,000 policemen In Great Britain Of these England has 41,332. Scotland , 4,711 , Ireland , 12,10.1 , Walcb , 1,233 , the Isle of Man , G2. Liverpool has 1,89" , Glasgow , I'i20 , Dublin , 1,263 and Manchester 1,028 Iho number of policemen In the city of London Is 16,443 according to the last olTlclil repoit , but the police district of London in cludes a largo amount of outlying ruial and suburban territory vvlth a population ol 1,400,000 , exclilblvo of the population of Lon don proper , which Is I 100,000 The London police district covoih an area of twelve miles by fifteen with 7,000 miles of htreeta 01 roads anil the duty of patrolling these ac counts , very largely for the extensive mem bership of the force when compared will : that of most Ameiltan titles Chicago ban 3750 policemen and the average - ago number of arrcsta In a ycir amounts tc 75,000 , though during the period of thf World's Tali It was considerably higher Hoston has 1,200 policemen Haltlmoie , 100 ; St Louis , 1.100 , Philadelphia , 2,600. Cln- clnnttl , COO , Cleveland , 4&0 , Detroit , 530 , Washington , 600 , San Pranclsco , 300 , Pitts- burg , SOO , and New Orleans , , )20. ) Among foreign cities Paris glands first It the number of policemen compared with tin whole population : and Palermo. Italy blands lowest with thc binallcst and leas expensive police force Capital cltku , as i rule , require more police piotcctlon thai other cities even of a larger population , fo as the number of tranfclent.s In n city in creases , the demand for police service ad vances and the expensed of maintenance In crease correspondingly. The teat of ollic lenty In a police department Is not th number of men engaged , but their capaclt ; for making arresto of the light persons , a the right lime , and under roinlltloiiH whlcl will be most favorable to their discharge ! Innocent or their conviction If guilty i recent report of the Chicago chlrt of pollc showed the number of arrests In tint cit for tbo crime of homicide to have been 12 within the period covered Of those ar rested , three were executed , twenty vvei tentcnced to terms of Imprisonment , nln were tent to the reformatory at Pontlat seventeen were acquitted aud forty-sit tast T7T-57 T ? T ? T ? * T ? tf.5 ? fiS ' Belt. Sanden's Electric . After : o \ ems of success in the tie.Unicnt of disease by elcctiic- < A itv I am pleased to be able to ch offct mv famous ElcctiicBcll on chA 30 days' tiial any one n any pail of the world who is smceie & ( A AA < A CfcA ( A without using chugs all * * r * Weaknesses of Hen. r& < for LMcitru. Halt superior to mine With its now scientific suspensory attachment rAA I will Rive -i ; ooo any < -A nil . It curtsvlulo ou Mccp such disotilers as result - current - . through the weakened parts night. > pleasant pas-.es sult a ( torn youthful errors or later excesses 7,000 CURES IN 18QO. Used by women as well , for Uhtiinia- rA libra. I.nine Back , Nervousness , etc. We are the oldest aud laigest makers of lilectm nnplmnccs in the world. CAUTION. The new and improved Dr. Sandcn Belt ran be had only at my c fhees. Those bold bv others are of old date , so years ago. Cure yourself and pay me afterwards , . My little book , a guide to men , sent free scilctl DR. F. Q. SANDEN , 183 So. Clark St. , Chicago , 111. were still pending at the time of tbo icpoit In New York the numbei of arrests In i ye 11 for felonv amounts ) to about 1000 bv the detective bureau , and tbo numbei of convictions from such nnosts Is about 400 The number of .111 cits foi homicide in a vcar homicide or inurdct Is about 100 , and lho proportion of convictions Is decidedly larger than It Is in the city of Chicago which expends for Its police dopaitiueut in u year about one-third of the iiini paid by- New Yorl : The expense of the Philadelphia police dc- pnitment Is S3,100,000 n year , and tbo e\- nn = o of the Boston police depirtment Is $1- j")0,000 ) , or one-half the expense of the Phil adelphia department Thc present population of Boston 'a estimated at r. > 0,000 , nnd that of Philadelphia 1 , 00.000 Relatively , thoie- fore , the Beaten Police department Is the more expensive1 of the two , nnd this appat- ent discrepancy la dun to the fact that the number of transient vlsltois to Boston Is consldciablv larger than tb-1 number Into Philadelphia , regarded usually as a "homo city , " tbo duties of the police department cf which nro chiefly In the Hue of maln- alnlng order The expense of the New York police department for 1100 la $12,000- 000 , approximately of which $10,700,000 Is for police salaries , $300 000 for itipplics and the balance for rents nnd contingencies. umnit : Tim KIIUAT I\IM : min. Teoiile ol St. llclciinre Ilnpp mill Crlnii * I * "UimiNl t n.ttiou u. r * > people- even think of St Helena ex cept as a rock In tbe sea era which Napo- con lived a v.hllc miserably and then more trlserably died That the greatest of aiitl- cllmaxc. , was not tLo end of the little Is- and'n bistoiy is hard to re-ilLe , says the New York Times brtcauso a poet or 10- mancer would have made it the end. and a continuation Is thercfoio more 01 less un- natuial and absurd Be tint as it may , St Helena bas icmalrcd the abiding place of ordinary human beings vho concern thembclvcs vciy little a'lout th colossal ghost generally supposed to be thc islr.nd s only Inhabit ? nt , and tbe report to the l"ng- lleh goveinmcnt just made by their KOV - emor shovvb exactly like those of tbe folks dwelling in places Iocs tiaglc.lly famous Tor instance , the revenues of the Island last year Vicro 9 152 , a decidedly com fortable sum , but , alas' ' tbo rxpendltuics amounted to JC12o4'i , and that Is an ex cess of outgo not comfoi table at all The governor says however , that the bad bal ance v as duo to some cxtraoidlnary drains upon the Island's resources 0'id that ho an ticipates a substantial surplus fo" tbe cur rent year A leceut Increase of the garil- EOII and extensive Improvements now mak ing by the colonial and imperial authori ties assuio the Immediate- prosperity of the islanders St I'elena bas no public debt , but is payIng - Ing oft bv small annual Installments n non- Intprcst-beailng grant of C5 000 made bv Parliament In 1E71 TheImpoitH , chiefly foodslutls and building imlcinl1 amo inted last year to , CC2flS3 , and thc expoits , al- mcht wholly potatoes , to li'il Lacrnnk- Ing has been introduced .among tbe girls ol the Island with great success , and thc gov ernor is experimenting with the manufic- turo of brick and tile The whaleis have ; now entirely deserted St Helena , the few ships engaged In that industry Keeping fai to the north 01 south The total population of the island Is 4,541 The governor hopes that winter vlhitors from Rngland may bo tempted by the salu brity of the climate to in St Helena , which is Btiperloi , ho says. In some respe t to that of .Madeira anil the Canary Is lands He fcayn tbo people as a whole com pare favoiably with theHnglish agrlcul- l ural population , with few exceptions all can i cad and wilte , ami the language Is Hpokeni with gi cater puilty than In many districts at homo AH a lulo the people au happy and contented , with little cilme among them and much kindness In helplnf each othei Strangeis mo greatly im- piessccl with the general civility to them bj old and young. llllMirllllll'C | Ot llI'l OlIllI'lN. "Tbla is the day and dito of the by-pio- duct , ' said a cotton seed oil buyer to ti New Oilcans Times man "Instead ol launching Into now Unco the tendency la tc go back over the ground and gather up vvhal we have wasted I could name scores of In dustries that are at present actually payltif their tunning expenses by the utilization 01 Bomothlng they used to hlie people to carry away "lho cotton seed oil bualness U a goo < Illustration of modem economic methods I is all the development of n few years , com parative ! ) t-pealting. and today the clemanc for what was formerly n waste matcr'a ' ! I far ahead of the mipply In 18U1 , for e\ ample , I had 250 ell mlllu on my list , lo catcd v.itbiii certain boundailps In thc cot ton belt At present I have 5SO in a eoiihicl Reversible Hiw York Elastic Truta , Single style SI r > 0 Double sty Te 500 We have every known reliable moke and style truss and manufacture to order TI1L ALOE & PCNFOLD CO , , Deformity IIruee Manufacturer * . 1408 Fnrnnm OMAHA. Op P.ixtou Hotel. iriblv simlli r tritium. Meanwhile th < ' 1--IS to vvhtih ihe t > ( C'l Is applli d Ills br < u steadtlv liuni lug with no signs ot leaih ing a limit Tbe oil entei < < Into a d ien dif ferent food ptodiutH and has pi ictlcallv u placed olive oil for cudlnirv table use Thou sands of gallons are expoited and come back with Italian libels on the bottles as good or beltci than the real thing Uverv pait of tbe wed Is now saved except a few chemical elements ut the outei hull ihnt pass away In smoke , In fact , we do neailv as well as the Chicago packers who ut'li e nil of the pig except the rqueal " \Ve have Just orginlyod a ennipmv slid a Chicago man , "to take the bn.uc.il down on phr-nograrililc c Minders foi use In toy i u < ( j : r \ \ \ \ . Iiuililllt * . of n Iviiiisnii ( o Mill. * * ii .lol.f stlrU | ) < M\II 1'-- C. \\lmt stupid people tbeie mu t In In thn cast' ' Three months ago siv- the Ktnpnrli ( Kan ) Oa/ctte so'lng In the imioun. uncut of ne\v bookc , ic-elved at the Smitli Center ( Kan. ) llbiaiy "David Harum lli-teil under "U Kipling's works , " the Oarette printed tilliwragrapb "Culturo is i.apiclly push lug westward The GazetteIs pk iscd to note that the Smith Center llbriry an nounces the now book , 'David Harum' bv that btllllant young author , H Kipling ' \ \ intern readers know this w.at > intended for plc.asnntty Hut In tb * ea > - ( where tbcv think Kmibas is full of Indians they thought tbit n westein editor didn t know ' ' ll.il urn' that Kipling didn't wiite 'David So eastern people began writing to this ofllce correcting the statement and point ing out the tact tint Hdward Noycs West- colt wro. . 'David Ilaitim , " not Kipling The ( iarette H parngi iph was quoted widely in eastern papers with great glee bi edit ors , who thought the Joke was on thin papei foi not knowing who wiote "David Harum" Letters became' tiresome , so thc ( lazcttc answered ono man a librarian in Chicago- telling the librarian that Kipling ically did vviito "Duid Hal urn" under an assumed nan e , but that the Ga7ctto thought Kip- llnr's Tourtecn Weeks In Pliysics" and bis "Klcinoutary Trigonometry" were lastly better books The letter written to the Chl- cage man wan plainly burlosquc. lut be could not sec it so lui took thc letter to the Chicago Post H was printed anl now letters and tjlcgrams aic coming to this olUce , asking if Kipling loalh did nrlto " York Ilei ild "David Harum" Tl-e Ncw , virccl today for proof of the aeration ' A link- The Herald was rc'ened to Lydii ham or H H Waincr GieaL heavens' ' Can't tin ponplo east of the Missouri liver see a joke unless It Is labeled ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'l niiiliiont OhlnniiM ! ! iiiiiii | < * l. . 11 'Ihe Ifivth u'lmiul c 11IO\CO ! .Im Jmi. uot of the ( hl-f- IPIV of Oh < ' took ha I of mo thc banquet iil.n f t ( night n Au.l tiorl.Vin . Two bundled and flftv rovers ( .ov- ! honoi win lull * liho puet i c vvere ' ' nfld forme. . K N'u'h .if Oh'o urnoi Georte < Bide Se"rctni\ of Stnte Willlim U IXiv in commlBslon f"1 de \ oed nt of . lenhlna tie peni Hunn e ami Kohl' ' i t of the " ' " - il Anfleit-on ' court Oi m r federal cf tlie Denartnient ol lb < * ' llK < s' of tie 'The Onvcn ri of Dili > . \t tlio , , J oncfuMon Jovernoi Nmh s spec h lii < M * of ( navvva * . "nil cell cJ toI I'K on I In 1'i.sl- den a cf Crdo ' _ MiMfinciitrt ol ( l.-fiin \I HI-H. .In" . Yokoluima-Arrlvrd-Ab-r Idle , fiom At - V& Al&tW. fiom Olus- " ' 'ru'd-l-u ' , . . - fiom K"M' HH\n -A - - rh.nMB. | NAt sdmbanipt.ii-Sille ' l-All.i. from Hie- 'Tt''ciue ' ' - . . ' - . . U-I..H pioceoded . . ! , f'1 ' ' ' uncl New Yciik , fui Mxcrpool C'nn In \i I lined in I milntitiuil 'iv Nn Ililf - onlv \ II illzi I 1 ) t III. Itv The vtis li. t taint in ti nth Hi onh - < u , es fill iiKtlnil < f iiivlviiiL. iln llfi Ktvlng anl life opor Mil K llnll > Is tlirnugli tbo medium nt tin lucomp u illi excluslvelv fflETT'S ' ELECTRIC BELT Hunilicils hiv < til I in this and other counirlt'- linltnli n ne.u : i uosslble mv Hell lint tlio\ full fu slinit In tbe in nu dikr vital points that in ike mv Hells tbo veiv in mo of p. . I foe tlmi anl hive lvon tin in Iiitcin itlonal ii'puti No otbci Uell bis , or t in tbtv biv < = oft silken clinmiiis-t ovt letl vvatPt < lininbt r Kloctrodea ( mv oxoluslvt * patonli which pietlutlcs tbo pcistlliillty of litiliilnK or obarriiit ? Hie lleili into unslBlillv und 1111 Ix.uablilllitois nml sores vvbltb makes tin1 vvt'iiei c-ven niDio mlsii < ble tlinii the iLlllUtlon sim 'it ' In be ulliviitttl by the lic'rv fin n ic e lenisthif ; pie * of tbo Ii ire metal NIet limits u-u'tl tin gill other bolts that il\i .1 em nut in tlio vvotltl lint mine THOUSANDS of TESTIMONIALS 'Hint .no uift qiilvoial iii tholi nieanliiK. inttnt ami pin pose It ttois full nf unstliiteil puiNe t'xpiosint ; litartfolt Kiatlttiilt tioin 111 iso win ) im t Immollnti lolkf and speed v pine for I o t Munhood Nirvo-Sixii.il Pi - lillltv Dnlns Pit m ituio r.v 11 nation of the Hlaildti Piem ituroiKss or Cjulc kiie I.O H of Anililllon ralll-ii ; Monioiv V irlroceli * . ovorv form and Kiil t * tif Kheiiinatlsni Kill nov , I. Ivor UltdiUi and Stomiuh 'I inutile -.pepsin anil all the ill" ami nllmutto of men ami wom"ii vvbo are iitllltlcil frtim my ( iiitse on account of imisiintMl or Ininov orNhecl blood 1 Kiiir.intoo to tun yon have everything tei Kuln anil notbliiK ti llsk til lust Uo not del. iv linvv N HID tlmo Do not oxperlrnenl with tht iliin I it ii'isni iinipml it rnkndom Cull upon or wilte me it onoi Consultation ul- vln null cxainlmitlon tin to all Oui valuable liooUs pamphlets lilori'uie tf tliniiiiinlu , et < . spnt to an\ nltlit < s prstpiitl In plain n uled enviliie | f i tlit askliiR Don't suffi r annllioi tliy I" i I snmblo vvltb v our life vvblt Ii Is too puc I us to frlttti avvnv in an ill t onsumlni ; mlrv < No evasions IKII tiuiliblhiKs no 1,111 * HIIK. | rin t ikhiK e Ii nut's , no CIIOM in nit ilvv INS ilijht anil mvcr fall Aivvavs ntltlltss Electric Belt Company , - - - - - - I t ICOIIIII * IH III Ul , DOIIUllIM MIlll-K. Ol | | > . IliiMli-iiN' . f oriHT Illlli nml Moilt.1 St * . < ni Ml t. MMI. orru i : HOI its rrom s so \ \ \ \ \ to * > so p in Sundiv * rrom 1 ti a in to 1 p in. Is n posltlvi euro fni roucliH tolilH , 1 I01IP llimiMMH'SS. snro IUIIKS i nil all line it troubles Drex L , Shooman- 1s ill-lit tc. . tin * limit vvlicn II WHIPS " . mm-1 IMilifiilnily M-lliiin' hliDi-h-.iud - licivs' shtn's Yon himmoi > -"cii si fliof In'j in llf ' l r $1 r.O . Unit will sl\o > lluwoiir timl wHibfiiL-lloii nml > our 1)0.\ that M- ° 1)0.'s' ) hll ° s will iiny- vvlH'ic cNiM " ' " ' V- " ' 1)l ) > tll ° ' SllllK'll Cllll .M'Ulh ! IKO K'll 1)1 ) III' , 1)111 ) in llif hlioc ir M " . < > . in"nltlioiiKh It Is liettt'i ' now tluii i-M'i. tif Pi' ' * * ' ls " ° i ol thc-M' shut- * , ana uuai.intii' ul tlit-It 1 -\vortli \ Drexel Shoe Co. , U-SOS9 , flhoo Om lm' Up-to-date I'AKNAll STHEEF. Sheet Music Sale Id nit iul r HI' mil nil ahoi't intlfcU1 Jit tun'hall ofl. fid JUT tout dlwuiiiit to t > vi < i.vlioil > . Ali < o 11 Hiu'clnl ( llspouut UU nml idliioiiH. The luluht jiliino sitlon , "VulHti hucllitty \ Van Al- , niiilni ) til" tin.1 u-lulirati'il llul.i Jlula ( . .iKfiilK , just imlillblii'il ' , Is fur hair ulil.v at atA. . HOSPE , Music and Art , 1513 Douglas ,