Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: r H 1 DAT, MAItdr L 15)00.
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Attempts to Harnesi Atmoipherio Electricity
by Mians of Kitu.
WHAT 13 THE CAUSE OF THUNDER
Telephone Line WorLliiK a Itevnln
tlon In Country I, Ifr I'liftn About
the Oldrnt Electric Line
In Europe.
Tho Now York Herald reports that Prof.
William A. Eddy, tho kite export of Uayonne.
N, J., la now engaged In seeking n means
to harness electricity Into a cheaper ntvl
hotter system thnn that of the dynamo.
Thrco tailless kites, 2,000 feet of threadlike
copper wire, an Iron rod and a simple switch
comprise tho harness. I'rof. Eddy hai
progressed far enough to utilize tho Intense
Intermittent current for photographic unl
laboratory purposes. Ho sajn the Bysttm
may nesomo a powerful factor In army
nlgnalllng and that tho future promises to
dlr.cloao a means of lighting great ky
ncrapcrs with olcctrlc fluids from In cloud".
I'rof. Kddy first ralc throe kites early In
tho evening. When tho kites attain an ul
tltudo of from 500 to 700 feet he attaches a
collector to tho cable, which Ih made of
Rtrong flax. The collector In a light wooden
frame about two foet square. It Is covered
with mosquito netting ou which Is pasted
a lurgo sheet of tinfoil. The netting It
used becaUM? tho tinfoil Ih too frail of It
ftclf, and will not stand the blust of thu
wlndd. Tho nlr Htrlken this "collector" on
both Bides at once. To this collector Is
fastened a thrcadllko copper wire. Then
tho klto cable Is paid out until the kit in at
tain an altitude of 2.000 or 2.200 feet. Tho
collector Is C10 feet below the kites, and as
It rulH(H ubovo the ground It gathers elec
tricity. Tho collecting proccW increases
with tho altitude. An Iron rod driven Into
tho ground near the cablo reel serves as a
ground for the current. The roppcr wlr-,
uk It leaves the wheel, pasno tightly
nround tho rod and then on up the cablo.
Tho current In thus rendered harmless.
I'rof. Kddy said tho high buildings In Now
York ioiiM bo lighted 'by electricity gath
ored from the clouds by means of gi
gantic collectors, and that tho great
problem now Is how to Insulate tho roofa of
those structures In order to prevent tho eur
rent from escaping through tho Iron framo
work Into tho ground. Millions of volts
could bo secured from the clouds, ho iw
sorted, when thl problem In once solved,
('nunc of Thunder.
A correspondent wrltis to the Klectrlcal
Itevlew UK to "What Is the caueso of thun
der, meaning the eauso of tho nolne?" We
no not Know, Ho saya. Tho launder, we
know. Is a result of tho phenomenon wo
rail "lightning." but Just what It Is has
not been as yet adequately determined.
Tho electric discharge produces a varle'y
of effects, physiological, luminous, calorific,
magnetic, mechanlcul and chemical, whoso
characteristics are moro or less well recog
nized. It Ih fair to presume that wo must
hunt for tho cause of the nolwo In thu
calorific, mechanical or chomical nt
trlhutt.
Most of tho authorities In definition say
thunder Is tho nolso Immediately follow
Ing a flash of lightning, and Ih duo to the
disturbances of the air caused along Its
path by tho discharge, and they let It go
nt that. It may bo that tho real oxplnna
tlon will bo found partly In each of th
calorific, mechanical and chemical actions.
A niero disturbance of tho air Is hardly
nn adequate reason. Wo have too little,
evidence, to go upon. Tho heating effects,
no-called, may have some bearing. We
know the rpark will Inflame other, alcohol
and some of tho hydrocarbon gafes; yet
It does not Ignite gun powder, except by
thn help of u wet string which bccomci
heatod. A Loyden jar charged and ills
charged suvoral times In rapid succession
becomes heated. All solid conductors be
como heated by it. Hut does air? Me
chanlcal effects aro humorous and usually
disastrous to any solid body not n good
conductor. Wo uro shown by Klnnersley's
thurmomoter that sumo effect Is produced
on a body of water, but It Is asserted not
' to bo duo to nuy Increase of temperature
in tho air.
Tho chomical effects aro most varied
Priestly found a reduction of volume
moist air by passago of tho spark (which
may bo significant), and that tho nlr became
ncld. Cavendish found this was due to the
formation of nitric acid by the chemical nc
tlon of tho discharge. Compound gases ore
readily decomposed, hut nlr Is not n com
pound gas; It Is merely a mixture of oxygen
and nitrogen mid neither of Its constituents
Is combustible. Ono assists combustion of
other bodies, while tho other Is Inert In that
ense.
Hut we mny get somo light nn the subjoc
yet from tho Indefatlgablo army of electrical
Investigators. Possibly thn researches in tho
llnuofactlon of gnsos may help out. In
recent paper on tho subject. It is stated
that ozone liquefies nt atmospheric pressure
nt a temperature of 13j.1 degrees 1'aliren
holt, and that It Is easily cxplodod. Now
it Is well known that tho electric dischargo
nroduces this so-called allotroplc oxygen In
great abunduncc. According to Priestly tho
electric discharge effects a reduction of
volumo In moist air, which would Indicate
ordinarily a fall of temperature. Moist air
In tho usual atmospheric condition during
lightning MaBhes. Possibly tho stream of
Innumerublo sparks In a stroke of lightning
nrodueo a cumulative or intensive cue:
first lowering the temperature, then form- j
Ing ozone, then causing Its liquefaction and
finally Its explosion, or perhaps detonation,
which expresses more necurntely tho ter
rifying crash following or accompanying a
lightning stroke near at hand. This Is niero
speculation, mid the writer gives It for what
It la worth.
Telephone" III tlie Country.
A quiet revolution Is taking place In west
ern country life, which promises to accom
plish results within a year more Important
and far-reaching than any sluoo tho advent
of tho transcontinental railroads, reports the
Philadelphia Post. Already the pioneer llfo
of tho Isolated farmer has disappeared and
tho tlJo of Industrial and educational ad
vance has Hwept over tho northwest. The
national telephone system, which until ice-'
cntly extended Its arms only to tho large
cities, has within a few months entered the
houses of thousands of western farmers and
bound together city and country, producer
and consumer, In bonds of aatual contact and
constant communication.
To the economist the results of this ex
tension through tho rich farm lands of the
northwest aro of moat profound Interest,
and must be the basis of un entire- pulsion
nf tim theories of tho relations between pro
ducer nnd consumer. The Immobility of tha
country Is destroyed at a blow, and tho
farmer Is raised from a passive agency to
an nggresslvo economic force.
To thn sociologist the results are no less
Imnnrtnnt. as tho telephone does away with
tho scluilou of rural life, binds together
scattered communities, creates social Inter
fain nml destroys tho barrier between city
and country. Henceforth the country la but
. vast Huburb. lu touch with tho metropolis
of Its neighborhood, untiled by the voice of
nnn lpadpr.
It Is only within the last year that tho
farmer has opened ills eyes to mo pussioiu
tlot. of the telephone, hut Blnce ho has
r..i.ninlie,l them there has been mich a de
mand upon tho telephone companies that
it has heon Impossible, to till the orders, and
local geniuses have built lines out of fence
Kirt, and chin knobs. No farmer Is con-
Idered up to dato without his telephone. In
7 tho early morning tho rattle of the bell
arouses him to the day's work, and he
hastens to care for his cattle. After break
fast ho calls tho postofTlce several miles
away, and inquires for his moll. There he
Is sure to hear tho news of the town and to
have a talk with somo of the gossips of tho
place,
TflcplinocN on Itniu-hrft.
On tho ranches of the southwest a use of
the telephone moro startling nnd really novel
has been made. There, In tho last few years,
tho vast free range of the early days has
been checkered by the dreaded wlro fence.
Across the old trails of antc-rallroad days,
nround the green-edged springs where wild
herds used to water, and nbout the choicest
pastures of tho range, the wire fence the
enemy of cowboy and hunter, of wild beast
nnd roving cnttlo has drawn Its magic
circle. Tho ranchman of today has made
this dreaded wire do him a uoblo service,
lie has mado of It a line of communication
across tho barren hills from cnttlo round-up
or snccpuip to tho rnndi House. He Is u
strange mingling of tho old wet and tho
new west, this rancher with tho telephone.
All tho forces of rural society nro organ
ized nnd controlled by the llttlo wire which
bobs over tho hills and down tho shndy lnnrs
Through tho telephone It noms Inevitable
that tho farmer will assume a new economic
position. Keeping In touch with the market,
he Is nblo to dispose of prodtlco directly to
tho city dealer or to tho consumer without
the assistance of any middleman. Fluctua
tions In the market will bo felt Immediately
by the producer, and ho will be ublo to pre
vent any advantage being tnken of him, He
may talk to his towrr buyer nnd to his city
broker tho samo hour nnd sell his produce
nt tho top of tho market.
This was recently shown In tho broom-
corn district of Illinois In n most graphic
way. This district, which lies In tho south
ern part of tho state, was visited by buyers
who offered SCO vor ton for broom-corn.
This was the ruling price nt the end of tho
previous season, and was generally ncrcpted.
Tho buyers had almost covered the dis
trict, buying the entire output, when an
ofllcial of the telephone company, quick to
soo the possibilities of tho corner, caused
the farmorH who had telephones to be noti
fied that the price had risen and that they
had better consult the market. These more
ntcrprlslng farmers consulted the magnates
of Troy, O., the center of the broom-corn
market, and, as n result, sold their crop for
four times tho prlco paid to their neighbors.
240 n ton. This lesson of progress lias sunn
deep into tho broom-corn district, nnd, need
less to say, every farmer in tho comity nas
been convinced of tho practical value of tho
telephone.
Olilcnt Electric Mne In Europe.
United States Consul Hugh Pltcalrn, who
Is stationed at Hamburg. (Icrmnny, do
tcrlbcs In a late consular report tho electric
street railway system of that city, which la
tho oldest and most complete In Kuropc.
Tho ro.id was built by the Hamburger
Straircnolionbahii (huellschaft, with a
capital of $1, '.101,000. It la of the overhead
trolley type and operates fiOO motor cars
and 100 "smoking cara or trailers. On
urcouiit of the narrow streets, poles were
prohibited In many places, and tho span
winy supporting tho conductors nre an
chored to the houses. For this nccommo
datlon tho company paid the houde owners
the ccst prlco of the polea avoided, $11.50
for a one-wire anchor, and $15 for a two-
wire anchor. Where poles aro used they
nre neat In appearance, and also servo as
electric light pests. Where tho street was
too narrow for two tracks only one was
laid; but to avoid loss of current a doublo-
coutact wlro was suspended
Tho smoking cars referred to are Dimply
tho old horse cars utilized as trailers, and
nbout every third trolley oar has ono or
theuo trailers attached to It. It should bo
stated that about ten years ago, and before
trolloy cars were thought of, tho Hamburg
electricity works obtained a concession
from the state for a monopoly In supplying
"elc-Jtro currents" and appliances on the
public highways. While this was Intended
only to apply to electric lights. It was not
so specified, nnd the railway company had
to nrrango with tho eld company accord
ingly, and the latter enlarged Its plant so
aa to supply the current necessary. The
HnmbUk-g electricity works pays to the
state of Hamburg 20 per cent of its groan
Incorao for tho monopoly, and tho electric
works charges tho street railway company
2.973 cents per K-W hour for electric power
furnished. The state of Hamburg refunds
to tho railway company 20 per cent of this
price, leaving tho net cost 2.3S cents per
K-W hour.
As compensation for the use of the
streets the railway company pnys the Htnte
ono pfennig, or 0.23S of a cent, for each
passenger carried. As the average fare for
each person Is 2.71 cents, tho state receives
8.7 per cent of tho gross income of the rail-
PEDAGOGUES IN PORK) RICO
American Teachers Bound to Be Surprised
on Going to tho Island.
SALARIES PAID ARE NOT MUNIFICENT
Mini)- Oilier rendition Combine to
.Make the l.ol of (he Iden Trainer
Aii)IIiIiik '"it " l'len
iini One.
American' school teachers who seek n
change of scene and tho novelty of going
far from home for employment nro fairly
annum, nor shall the annual increment for
female teacher be less than $10.
"No male teacher of a cU'i of the grade
of tho last two years shall, after twelve
years of service, receive less than $2.1fi0 per
milium, and no malo teacher of a graduating
class, male. 11 ml assistant, or male vice
principal shall, after ten years of service,
receive less than f 2.2S0 per annum; nnd no
male teacher In tho elementary fchools
shall receive lejs than JliOO per annum, nor
' shall tho annual Increment for a male teacher
bo less than $105; that no female head of
department, or femnle aw?lstant to the prin
cipal shull receive Uws than $1,600 per an
num after ten years of service; and no male
head of department or male adjutant to the
principal shall receive lets thnn $2,400 per
milium af'er ten years of service.
None of the members of tho supervising
1REY MARES HIS APPEARANCE
He is Arraicned in County Court on tha
Charge of Accepting a Bribe.
TELLS THE JUDGE THT HI IS INNOCENT
Aceunril School llnnrtl Member Siijn
llli Wlfc'm .verloiiH lllnrn lie- ,
Injcil lleliirii from I'ciiiinjI-
nn III Axnert Con II do nor.
Oeorge (5. lrey, who has recently been
ousted from a place on tho school board,
nnd tha teaching staff of any of tho nubile nnd who is accused of bribery In connection
certain of being unpleasantly surprised fcchools shall receive a salary greater than wl,1 tu-' awnrd of contracts during his ten-
should they go to Porto Illco. The call of' thnt fixed for tlie seventh yenr of service, '' "i'l'' uciorc jmige v insonunier yes-
the president of tho Insular Hoard of Kduc.i- unless and until tho services of such n per- tordny In the county court. Irey evl-
tlon for primary teachers, coupled with froj mui have been approved nrter Inspection ami lll""i' miocriuuK 10 assume an luuiuereni
transportation, has had numerous responses, i Investlgatiou. as lit and meritorious, by a attitude, llko that of ex-Member Hess, ono
and every transport reaching Sau Juan majority of tho Horough Hoard of Superln- , 1113 co-uoicimntns, out ins play was a
brings teachers anxious for employment. A 1 tendents, and piovlded that none of the "iure. A glauco tells that ho Is some-
membcm of tho supervising nnd tho teach- i . "lr,'lls-
Iiik staff of nny of tho public schools shall . . U1W upon to 1'ioad, irey declared
correspondent of tho Springfield Republican,
writing from the Island, says tho new
comers tire wholly unncquntnte.l with tho
conditions they must face, nnd consequently
nro sorely dlsnppolnted on learning tho
truth. "The Island," says tho writer, "Is
divided Into districts, each of which com
prises several towns, nnd la In charge of nn
English supervisor an American. Theso
towns nro Isolated, miles iipart, and In the
majority of Instances connected only by
trails that can bo passed by horses nlono.
Tho Inspectors, In consequence, must of
necessity bo men who can adapt themselves
to rough riding. The salary allowed them In
no way compensates for tho labor, which, If
conscientiously performed, they find In
volved. The natural inference may be drawn
as to tho character and qualifications of some
of these men who act us Inspectors, lu tho
towns, or villages moro properly speaking,
nro two schools, one for boys and another
for girls. Previous to tho war theso schools
existed, and the policy of the Hoard of Edu
catlon has been not to abolish, but to
remedy ami perfect them. Attendance Is not
compulsory, and only fifty pupils nro al
lowed to attend, bo that lu a town of 4,000
Inhabitants the maximum number of pupils
attending school is 100, and when a school
Is opened with on English teacher, 150.
Mmul All MuM III Itnln.
"When the Kngllsh teachers so called be-
cnuso their mission Is to tench the Kngllsh
language nrrlve, and I speak of those ar
riving after November 27, 1S09 they i.re
told that tho positions in the more accessible
towns havo been tilled, nnd they lire given
two letters of Introduction, ono to the "al
calde." or mayor of tho town, nnd another
to the Inspector of the district, and are
shown the location of the town on the map
of the island. If tho candidate bo located
near Ponce or Maynqticz she has before her
a Journey on a coastline steamer. An nctual
Instance of this is tho case of a girt who
was forced to stand nil night on the deck
of Hucli a steamer In a drenching rain.
Theso steamers have no sleeping accommo
dations, and she endangered her life, for the
exposure to rain Is ono of the surest ways of
contracting the native fever. Landed at a
coast town, sho was taken Into the Interior
by a man whom sho hail never seen before
In her llfo and of whom sho knew absolutely
nothing. Tho pueblo of her destination
reached, she was left in a native family, un
able to speak a word of Spanish, nnd with
the knowledge that she was the only hng
llsh-speaklng person for at least llvo miles.
That night, the night of her arrival, every
cent of money sho possessed was stolen from
her nnd she was forced to remain until sho
could draw her month's salary.
Another I npleiiMiiit K iierleiier
"Another girl, but 20 yearn old. was sent
to what was considered a desirable location
In a wealthy pueblo. A dlstauce of ten
onlle.i -wia covered In nn hour und a halt
rl.lo on tho French railroad, a railroad
nhere a diminutive hand bell Is rung to Indi
cate stops and starts, mid wheso every car Is
a smoker. She was met at tho terminus by
nn Inspector and rode nlno miles after dark
lu a rude carriage with tho inspector and
fcur natives, stepped nt one point to cross
a rlvur In a boat and was left In a native
family, where there was io room she could
have entirely to heisolf. Although the
houso wus owned by one of tho aristocracy
of the town, It was of the rudest woo Jen
architecture. Perhaps tho most trying or
deal was the food, served with elaborate
ceremony by half-chid servants, served In a
room where three nude children played with
Intruding hens or laughed at tho squeals of
an Inquisitive pig who ventured to the door,
Tho fi.od Itself, from meat to rice, was swkn-
mlng lu grease nnd seasoned with garlic.
"Tho people, bo It said, worship the Amer
Iran teacher with a mild Idolatry, and if she
'possesses blonde hair fhe may rest assured
rrrolv., a snl.irv irreater than that fixed for i himself not guilty. Ho was not accom-
tho twelfth year of service, utiles nnd until '',alllCl1 ly 11 '-yer, but It Is understood
the service of such person shall havo been tl,nt 1,0 ll8 nrranged for prominent legal
npptoved, nfter inspection nnd Investlga
tlon, ns fit nnd meritorious, by a majority
of tho Horough Hoard of Superintendents,
nnd for tho purposes affecting such Increases
of salaries, tho principal of a Hchool shall
hnvo a sent In the Horough Hoard of Su
perintendents, with a vote on such Utiles
and merit.
No branch principal or wunnn ptlnclpal
of an elementary school having not less
thnn twelvo clnsse.- shall receive less than
$2,500 per unnum after ten years of service
as such, and no malo principal of an elo
mentary school haying not less than twelve ,(0 cou,(, not ,caV(J
classes suall receive less man j,huu per
annum after ten years of service, nnd a prln-
Ipal of the schools shall receive ou equal
annual Increment of $2o0.
representation, und that when his case Is
called for trial ho will make a spirited
contest. Judge Vlnsonhaler will conduct
the preliminary cxiimlnntlon next Monday.
Irey sat about tho court room several
minutes nfter his nrralgnment und talked
with all who approached him. In explana
tion of his long absence In Pennsylvania, to
which place he went on a visit prior to the
school board exposure, lrey declared that
he would have returned Immediately on re
ceipt of Information thnt ho was wanted
but for the Illness of his wife. He says
Mrs, lrey has beeu In a serious condition
It Is expected that Irey will be bound
over to the district court when Judge Vln
sonhaler hears his pielimlnary examination.
This presumption is baaed on tho fact that
Tiinows csi:
Ol T
or
conn
"I'rovlueil, However, mat ine service m ,,, ,,. .... ........hom urn, held hv
such principal or branch principal shall i,,,,, vii,Hnnhali.r. nnd it is said that the
havo been approved after inspection and In- testimony Is almost Identical.
vest cat on as t ami meritorious uy a ,
majority of the Horough Hoard of Superin
tendents, and no principal of a high school
or training scuooi ior leacncra naving su
pervision of not les-s than twenty-IH'o teach
ers therein shall receive less man j,iui
per unnum.
I'lileiiKo'N PediiKole School.
Pluns for tho Chicago Institute, psycho-
'IVrinlmitlon of DiiimiKe Suit kiiIhM
Hull 1 White. I, ute l'ollcr Chief,
lu Judge Slub.iugh's court yetjtcrday
tho damage suit of Wolf Zacbarla against
the late Martin White, chief of police, nnd
his bondsmen was called for trial. The
death of the defendant was suggested by
logic and pedagogic, fouuded by Mrs. hmm.i attorneys representing tho bondsmen and
Hlalne. were made public last ween. tno juiikb siabaugh held that there could be no
piano provide for an immense stone building furl her action. The bondsmen, who wero
of isreat simplicity and btauty and Is to bo ,n,,d,, eo-ilefendnnts with tho late chief, are
erected on the slto purchasi-d some months j thereby released.
ago on North Park and (iartleld avenue. It Zacharla set forth that he hail been pcnc-
will have a frontage of 442 feet on North , ruled by the police and ho asked $5,000 dam -
Park avenuo, facing I.lmoln park. It w'H
be three stories high, built of gray Uedford
st jne, cut smooth, and 'With a red tile roof.
The roof will be surmounted by a low cen
tral dome Tho entrance to tho bulUlltic
will bo at tho center of the east facade. The
building will be shaped something llko a
letter with tho central tongue very broad
and containing tho library and laboratory,
no well as assembly room". The average
dopth of the building will be about 1"0 foct.
There will bo twelvo grade rooms for the aca
ages. Ho was arrested last summer on the
charge of arson, but the evidence was not
eultU'ient to make a case against him.
S1IAN 1IAV
:i i:s
TUSTMIO.N V,
llrfi'lldlllit In Murder Trial Tell llinv
Trnui'il.v Won HroiiKlit Aliont.
The only feature In the Shannahan murder
trial ycitorday was the testimony of the de
fendant. Shannahan related In graphic de
tail Ida version of how ho killed Kd Joyce
nnd Kd Callahan lu his South Omaha saloon
dcnile or practice school, music lecture rooms Jllly 13 ()f (UJ, yr,.ir Ho roiternted his stnte
and a laboratory and similar accommodations j )1K,nt to tll0 (To(,t tnnt Jp nrt0 lt. Hpif.
for the departments of physical culture
elocution, chemistry, physics, biology and
astronomy, as also an amphitheater
with a seating capacity of 200 and a general
assembly and lecture room seating t00.
Construction of thla building will be un
lertaken immediately ou tho settling of the
present labor difficulties. U will cost $310,-
000. Tho date of the opening of tho school,
expected to be July 1,, will depend on the
labor situation and may ba put off until
October 1, or even later.
Tho new institution U announced by the
trustees as a school for tho education of
deferso nnd that h had reapon to believe
that Callahan nnd Joyc entered his saloon
for the purpose of robbery nnd that they
were about to do him great bodily harm.
The case will probably not go to tho Jury
before this afternoon.
Xiitc'n from tlie Courtx.
The lirelliulnary examination of M. V
Jlclntyre, charged with giving an entir
tnlnment for Day without llrst taklnir out a
government license, wan continued until
thin morning at 10 o clock.
Held, Mutdiii'k & Co. of Chicago have
united wltli otlii'i' creditor or Julius M
Krlenhnrii nf Lincoln to force htm Into
children from the klndercartcn through the Involuntary bunkriintoy. allctdiir that be
academic crades and for tho training of ' has undertuKcn to conceal ins property w Ui
way company. In addition to this (lie rail- that tho prodigal son uuiimmi comu imiu nu
wav comnanv must keen un tho nav ng ue- , Greater enort inaue io immsicr iu ms
twecn Its rails and for nbout twelvo Inches fort. Thoy cortalnly buow every klndncfs
outside of each track. The company Is not In their power, and however crude bo tho
nt liberty to fix its own fares, but must accommodations tho kindly effort cannot fall
fnrunrd li:lron pnrn II rpnnl I lit? to .1 tlirlff'to 1)0 anlirCClatCll. Tills WBB 111 il tOWU
llv,.l l,i- ll,, Ilnnrit nt l'llhlln Tnrlff nnd 'easllv aCCCStiblo' to Sail JUait. Ill OthelS
npproved by the senate. All lines are dl- reached only by a trail the teacher must un
..i.io.i int., ,r,ni nf o nnn i.,mp... nr 1 i nack her trunk, wrap Its contents io, oil
miles each; for tho llrst two zones, or 2. IS cloth bundles that may bo carried on a pack
miles, tho faro is 2..1S cents; but for each horse and nciseii rmo u.u. m ui
two zones or parts thereof It Is 1.10 cents, pcules, ride over such a road ns she never
or 10 and 5 pfennigs In tho two cases, dreamed of. through streams, cross rivers In
The tickets Issued differ In color, according nts, hobl her breath lest her horso stum-
to the zones to bo traveled over, and In ' nl 1,1 a r',no- ,A l"cr
price thoy run up to 20 pfennig., or 4.7.1 , Inrpeetor were riding thus when an a -
cents, for a slx-zone distance. The zones 'ent occurred o tho -man MrtUlo hlch
are numbered on tho sldca of tho ticket necessitated a delay. Dk. came on n nil
and the proper number Is torn out by tho tW ""odo five f", .?h T f a,nt
n,i,.n . -Vwb h ,u., i.i I road, past huts lighted only 'by tho faint
....... . ... ... niCL0r of a candle, which, however, roveaiou
for. As a check on tho honety or care
fulness of tho conductor a "controller" Is
liable to board tho car anywhere and count
the passengers nnd compare them with the
list of tickets sold, which the conductor
must till out at tbo end of every two zones
If
there !s a dlhcrepntjcy the pnaiengers .', ,,,,. ,rls .., entirely un
must show their tickets and the passenger ,,rotccteU ln thcBe towns, girls college edu
havlng no ticket must pay again, whether rattd lroln ilnuu of culture and rellnemcnt,
living amid sanitary conditions thnt threaten
their live, keeping a 'kindergarten' for one
sesslcm of tho n.hool day In a building less
ei editable !u architecture than tho woodshed
of nn aviTd-,o New Kngland farmer."
I'ny ot Neiv torW TcnclierM.
A uneclal committee of tho New York leg-
Uluturo bus adopted a ucheJulo for salaries
ho says he has or not, nnd tho conductor
Is fined 1 mark, or twenty-four renu. for
the first offense, 8 marks for tho second
and for the third oftir-.e he Is nt once dis
charged.
iim in ii I it 1 1 o ii 'I lel.clx,
A peculiar commutation ticket oystcm Is
In operation. As many people 1:10 the ears
scenes of human living unfit for tho eyes of
any girl.
"These nre not Imaginary sketches, but
tho exact truth concerning that to which
girls have been subjected during the months
of November nnd January In Porto Itlco,
teachem. In tho academic department an
attempt Is to bo made to provide Ideal con
ditions for tho education of children hc-
tweccn the ngis of 4 and IS. The subjects
of study will Include science or nature utudy
In all branches, geography, mathematics,
civics, history, literature, Kngllsh. Ocrman,
Trench, Latin, Greek, homo economics,
manual training und the arts and physical
cultuie.
The pedagogic department will embraco
nil subjects In the academic department nnd
will also include psychology nnd the history
of education. Tho course l.s to be arranged
to cover two years, "out lt Is t-atd that ex
ceptions will be made lu certain cnsce. Can
didates must furnish credentials that thoy
are either graduates of accredited high
schools, normal schools, colleges or univer
sities or have served three years as teachers.
Courses' In home economics and tho domes
tic arts will be open to tho public. Lecturo
courpes open to tho public will be main
tained nnd the members of the faculty will
give lectures In Chicago and elsewhere. A
summer school open to all will be conducted.
.Mcillenl liiMpeetlon of ScIiooIh,
The local authorities of Philadelphia, fol
lowing i no example or iioston, havo re
cently provided for medical Inspection of
tho public schools. Naturally enough, this
new departuro is causing somo infelicities.
Tho Prcfs of that city Intimates thai somo
confusion exists ns to tho limits of the
nuthority ot tho physicians and as to tho
need of tho children submitting themselves
to Inspection. Tho Press recalls tho fact
that slmllnr misunderstandings havo arisen
In tho past, notably In connection with vac
cination, but when the public has been fully
informed ns to tho beneilclnl object iu view
It has, In general, cordially acquiesced.
There Is no question of tho legality or tho
expediency of ndoptlng some means nf
the purpose of e.siaping the payment of his
debts.
AID FOR FIREMEN'S FAMILIES
ClficiiN 1'iiy I'l'iietlenl Tribute to the
Memory of I'our Men Who
llleil ill Their Vast.
TO THE MAN WHO THINKS.
piOOK yourself squarely in the face and see
if you arc not half ashamed to be without
Ivory Soap in your house. Worse than this,
your wife is without it. It is bad enough
for a man, though a man often doesn't care how
his comfort is mis-spelled. But a woman misses all
these little helps to housekeeping. And Ivory Soap
is one; its great potency makes it actually cheaper
than yellow soap for general work. It floats.
tOFffllAMT till IT INI moCIM tAWIvl to ClIClMttl
STALLS BRING HiCIl PRICE
Market Boss Leases Oboice Locations to
Throng of Eager Bidders.
AUCTION PRODUCES UNPRECEDENTED SUM
(ini'ilcner Muter ItUulry for tlie Pre.
ferreil llootlix, nml l'u I.llic rally
for l'rltllt'Ke of I'lrot
Selection.
bought Muy In a large way 1teiill.lug set
In and prl'CH had a tuirMul iiKtinn and at
11 o'l'loi k the nmrkc' was Hte.idy nt a rise
f Oil in point on tin- siimuiei ui"nths mid
ii'd.1 points on the dlHtunl jinaltlnns Tile
cxrltotneivt had considerably died down.
"CALLS"" AREN0T"7aXABLE
Drelolon by .Indue l.neoiiihe of I'nr
llciicliliiK liuiiortunee In llroLcrn
nml .Siectilntor.
several times a day. theso tickets nro.dlvUoi fnr leacluis ot New York City. The sche.1
Into two classes. The llrst class entitles the uh. nmdios to sdl but high school teachers
r-.oincr to use nny ono line in bth directions , Und hab been reported to ttio legislature ior
ns maiij times us no pleases, I:i Hiding Sun- i iiuosage. It reads ns follows
days. Tho second class of commutation , -Tbo Hoard vi Kduuutlon shall havo power
tickets nro gona for use on all lines, nnd us i lu miont bv-laws iHliig the salaries of tho
often In a di as required. Theo tickets horough and nsjoclato superintendents and
aro good for threo to twelvo months, and nii other members of the supervising and
the price Is r low that if tho tlckol is used . (1, tpn,.hinir staff, and tho salaries of all
thrco times a day tho faro for each trip U . Mrincinaia a.ul tcachcM shall ho regulated
less than 1 cent. In addition to this, com- r.in f cat tauuht. length .if
blnntlon tickets aro Issued good for one lino j Bl.rvjce cxlierU;ice In teaching, or by such
and part of another line; the tickets for ' u combnau,JU 0f theso considerations as thb
school children coat only 0.93 cent per trip. !,..,, m,v ,,r,.ncr, swvh bylnw shall
I no trolley cars seal twenty to twenty-i ,,.,, h . ,,.,., .,..ilulo of salaries for
jUht per Jons, nnd four passengers are - al- I, eUpt.,.V!Bli.it and tho tenoning staff
lowed on the front nnd llvo on tho bk 1 ., ,,,,. ,,.11i,a o)v,ii nrnvi.i
for an equal annual Increment of salary of
such an amount, tU.U no kindergarten or
female teacher of a girls' class other than
platform. As soon as every placo Is taken, j
however, the conductor lowers n sign of
"HeseUt." or "occupied," nnd no one la;
allowed to como abonrd until room Is pro
vided by bomeone leaving the ear. ThU rule
Is very strictly enforced, nnd If thu pollco
detect a conductor carrying ono tnoro tluu
hit quota tho conductor Is lined 3 nurks
l"i cents), to bo deducted from his wagis
nnd paid over to tho pollco board. If the
controller detects a surplus of passnuors
tho conductor Is fined tho same amount mil
the money goes to a charity fund divided
once a year among needy employes of the
company.
W. S. r-hllpot, Albany, Oa., 6ay: ' D.
Witt's Little Early Itlsers did me mors
good than any pills I ever took." Tbo fa.
moua little pills for constipation, bilious
nees and liver and bowel troubles.
theso teaching grades of the la.it two yearn
In the elementary tvluols shall, after lit
tren years of service ln the schools, receive
liMi'thau $1,200 per uiiuuui; and no female
teacher of a girls' clans ot tho grades of tho
last tivo years ehull after llftccn yearn of
s rvlce receive less than $1,320 per nil mm.
nud no fdtnnle teacher of a girls' g-a luatlon
clabf, fer.iula fl.-at a.'slstant, or fi malo vlco
principal t-':all, after ten ycarw of service
receive les3 than ?1,H0 per annum; and
cj fi-i.iale tcli.T of a hurt' or mixed clnsa
shrill rexi.e I tbm $60 per annum more
than a femalo teacher of a girlB class of
corresponding grade and of years of scrv
I'e, and no femalo teacher In the element
ary echoole shall re-elvo lem than $600 per
Tho commlltee which has been in chargo
of the relief fund for the families of four
llronien killed In tho Mcrcor lire Iiub sub
mitted Its report of money received and ex
pended as given below. The work of t-ollc-Itlng
tho funds has been done largely from
tho otllco of the mayor, who acted ns chair
man of tho eaninilttco. Others of the com
mittee are Chief John Hedell of tho llro de
partment and Frank Murphy. In addition
to the Bums paid the famlllrn of the dead
firemen. $2." was paid to Mrs. Al Livingston,
whose husband was routined to his bed for
several weeks, owing to Injuries received
on thn samo occasion. Tho amount received
amounted to $2,702.C0, tho dlsburtiementn
being an follown:
To Mrs. (Jcorge Hendson
To Mrs. James Adam"
To Mrs. Charles Hopper
To Mm. I.aura Olseke
To Mix. Al Livingston
Postage HtatnpM
To Fac-Slmlle Letter lo
Total
Market lloss (Jocrkc of the public worke
department held a merry auction at tho city
hall yesterday, scores of gardeners thriv
ing for the llrst choice of stalls during the
scut.on Just opening. There wus an unprece
dented demand for locations, and select s'a
tlonn were eagerly contended for, the clamor
of strange tongues filling the chamber. The
stalls are located on Jackson tdreci, between
Ninth and Eleventh. Those which brought
tho best prices are located at the west limit
of the market.
As an Indication thnt times nre lloni'talilng
with the gardeners the auctioneer found no
dilllculty lu disposing of good IocuUouh fnr
$30, tho highest prlco previously paid being
$15. From that sum tho prlcm paid range
down to $10 for tho moro obscure stalls and
theio are a number of IcontloiiM upon which
no premium whatever Is placid. The money
received amounted to about $1,200, nearly
one-third moro than the mini of rentals one
yenr ago. Tlutso premiums are In addition to
tho rental of 10 cents per duy llxed by ordi
nance und uro simply Imposed to obviate
tho rivalry among gardeners for tho choice
stands. If the gardener Is not in his re
served placo at S a. m. anyone is allowed to
occupy lt by paying tho dally tental to the
market boss. Tho tardy gardener must then
take his place in tho free booths, which are
much Ieso desirable.
Tho money derived from these sources Is
devoted to tho legitimate expenses of the
department nnd lust year there was a ba!
anco of several hundred dollar, which was
turned into tho general fund. The property
owners consider tho presence of the mar
keters un ndvautage und all elgned the pe
tition for tho market ordinance providing i
for tho method of letting utalls. The front
age opposite commission houses on either
sldo Is reserved to allow tho pamage of goods
from cart to storeroom. Thu. lesser will
hold their tenuro from April until November.
NKW YOKK, March 1. -Judge Lacombo
of the I'nlted States circuit court has Just
handed down a long decision on the prolct
made by f. V. White In his suit ngalnst
Collector of Internal Hevenue Treat to re
cover tho money paid for war revenue nUmpt
icqulred to be llxed on "mils."
Judge Lacombo holds that "calls" are not
tuxable. The decision Is n far-re.irhlng one
and If It holds will require the noveru-nient
to pay back to brokers mid (.peculators "H
the money which they have been icqulred
to pay for the purchase of stamps used to
atllx "call" papers. Appeal may bo taken
from Jtldgn Lacombe'H decision.
l'or WircIcN" Steerlna.
An Unijllsli Invention for steering any
craft, whether subniMged or otherwise, by
means of on ether wave on tho wireless
ttlrgraph principle has been perfected, ln
naval wur It is expected to make tho tor
pedo boat almost infallible. In thin rcpee'
It will equal tho gicat American djspopMia
cureIIcetottcr's Stomii''h Hitters which
never falls to cure constipation, Indigestion,
dyEpepsin, billnusnesH, mnlntla fever mid
ague. Kvcryono needs It and all druggists
sell It.
I'lle I, ten At;iilnt Itiillroml,
NEW YOKK. March 1. The National Con
duit und Cablo company today II led a me
chanics' lien n Rui n i-1 the Forty-second
Street, Manhattanvlllo & St. Nicholas Ave
nue railroad for $S3,23I for cable laid
and drawn In tho ducts of thn enmpnny and
contracted for by tho Third Avenue Itallroad
company.
Illlllher Ureycr Con vleteil.
CIIICAOO, March 1. Former Hunk, r K.
S. Drcycr w.ih found guilty today ot em
bezzlement and given un liidetermlnato
sentence In the penitentiary.
fi7.SI
.. W7M
.. en,. SI
. . t7.s:i
Hi.0)
r..iio
1.2-1
..$2,702.00
BY A FENIAN HERO'S GRAVE
MInn Miuid limine I'iijn Tribute to the
Memory of lienernl .lohn
0'.c 111.
I'pon learning that the remains of General
John O'Neill, the hero of Hldgowny In the
Fenian raid upon tho Canadian border !n
1SC0, rest In n grave In Holy Sepulchre cem-
checking tho spread of contagious dleeases I tcry, Juet outHldn of this city, Miss Maud
resulting from the attendance at schools by ' (leiino expressed an ardent deslro to vls.t
his resting place, anil nt noon yiuteruuy, ac
companied by friends, sho repaired thither to
children affected with such nllmonts. Tho
hcnlth otllclals of cities nro ngreed ns in
tho necessity and few. If any, competent nu
thorltles deny tho lawfulness of inellcil In
spection of school children. Tho city of Chi
cago has already put this Idea Into practice
nnd the results of the flr.it work done nro
told lu the Chlcngo Intor Ocya'i. Thr.t paper
states that nt the meeting of tho Hoard of
Education Superintendent Undine of the
compulsory educational dopartmont reported
on the work of the now me Ileal Inspectors
for January S and 0. tho first two days tbey
wero employed. Ills report said that on
theso days they examined 1,670 pupils of
which they allowed I.IOj to resume their
studies nnd excluded from hcIiooI until their
recovery 173. Of theso 175 thirty had scar
let fever, forty-nno meaBles, twenty-two
diphtheria, twenty-one tonsllltla, thirty
chlckenpox-, ton mumps, thrco soro eyes,
thirteen skin diseases, ono whooping cough
and four pcdlrulosls. Six of tho 17." had re
turned to school with physicians certificate
of recovery.
pay her respects to tho memory of the well
known Irltdi patriot, who found a homo and
a field of usefulness for bin declining yearn
In Nebraska. Not long ago, In a cemetery
Just outside the city of Paris, where sho
Bcmetlnios makes her homo, this gifted
woman stood revcrontly bcBldo tho grave of
(icnerul Edward Butler, an American soldier
who died In that city In 18H3, wheso nc
quaintanco sho had enjoyed.
"After doctors failed to cure me of pneu
mccla I Ufcd One Minute Cough Cure and
threo bottles of It cured me. It Is nlso the
best remedy on earth for whooping cough.
It cured my grandchildren of the worst
ccies," writes John Horry, Loganton, Pa.
II Is tho only harmless remedy that gives
lmmedlato results. Cures coughs, colds,
croup and throat and luug troubles. Moth
ers endorse It
Cotton llni-bet l'.elted.
NEW YliltK, March I. - The cotton mar
ket w.ik wildly excited and enormously ac- '
live at the oiienlns of business toduv. The 1
llrst cull showed un advance of 2 to si
points. Hip near imihUIoiih reielvlng the'
most benellt from stronrr cables mid heavy
foreign buying orders, while the new crop
positions were held In cheek by talk of
probable heavy acreage. Later the advance
was Increased to lRTi'.'O points. Wall wtreet
M-emed to be heavily short of March and i
DO
Y01)
USE
ONE?
If you do we would llko to Have
you come to our stoic and kpp how
much ivii can nuvo you on supplies.
Our stock Is most completeevery
known reliable c.imoni-ull the
different developing nml tonlin;
biitlis tr.iys printing frames
mountn, etc W'i devolon nn'l
print r.t reasonable prices.
THE ALOt & PENF0LI) CO.,
4iMtifenr i7li!o(i'nj)Mc ,Supltc
1408 Farimm OMAHA.
Op. I'uxton Hotel.
CdlK'lltlollllI Notes,
Two grandsons of LI lluuu Chans aro
Ftudying at Vandcrbllt university.
President Oilman of JoIum lloMkln enl
verslty has boon grunted nn unlimited leave
uf ulu-ence by the trustee..
The InrgCHt n ul cstato owner of nil
American Institutions Is the t'nlver.-ltv of
Texas, which holds over 2,OCO,000 acres ot
land.
The number of pupils attending tho mu
nicipal Hcliools of Manila for tho month of
November last wus -LSI'i, according- to the
report of Superintendent Anderson. This
'.i un Increase of slxty-threo over tho
provlous month.
Cornelius Vnnderbllt of the New York
Central has Just prosentod to tho School
of Hallway Mi chanlcal Englneerlm; at
Cornell a complete net of drawings of bis
recent Invention of a lorrunotlve boiler with
corrugated llro box simitar to that of tho
marine boiler The Invention Is being tried
on tbo Central. It stands tho speed and
power test well and If It pr ivcs ctjual to
tho wear and tear of court tnt use U will
rovolutloulzo Iccoinotlvo boiler construction.
Mortality .Statistic.
Thf fnllnwlnir births and deaths were re-
ported nt the otllco of tlie Hoard of Health
during' the twenty-four houm ended at noon
Thursday: ....
IllrthE lidwiirii i-omaro. i larason nos
iltal. buy; William Frcdrtckxcn. 2227 South
Jivih bnv: JnHPiih liraun. 211 South Twen-
tv-idifhth, girl: Edward Klmmel. 1112 South'
Clitbth. girl; Lawrence .lensen, svis lzard,
girl; A. tlordon, C2I North Eighteenth,
bov; Thomas Astleford, 1111 .South Eighth,
girl; William HlKtr. 1002 Spencer, boy.
DcattiK n.irics ijiiji, cminiv iiospuni. ;!
iru: .lane I'litrlrk. 717 North Seventeenth.
i'l years; Mamie Fldla. Kill South Twelfth.
H years; .MuUci n. tiruuer, yjzi r runKlln, 1
year.
Moai'H l ulled to WllHbllluton.
HEUKELEY, Cal.. March 1 -I'rof. Her
nard Moses was latt night hastily sum
moned to WiiHhliiKton 1iy a teb'griim from
Jt'sialor I'orkliM to consult with president
McKlulcy In regard to his noil. Ipnted up
imlntintnt upon tho new Philippine com
mission nnd tho professor will leave this
morning for tho capital.
CASTOR I A
'for Infanta and Children.
fii8 Kind Y: Havo Always Bought
Bears tho
filCtiaturo of
Drex L, Shooman-
Isn't much of a political wire puller lint
lie is civnl nil shoe.-.-knows how anil
whore In buy 'em so thai lie cull Hell
'em i IkIH - ami sell the rlKht klnd-Now
the rljrlit kind of a boys' shoe Ih our
new Armored Cruisers- made like I'ucle
Sam's to Maud nil kinds of knocks So
mutter how IIk the boy we've those
Armored ChiImth to III Ids feet and the
way these are made-solid as solid can
be soles made of the best oak sole
leather und covered with liny steel
horse shoes that never break and snii
the carpets like some that aro wire
stitched -These never-wear-outs are only
.0O-iinil they beat any $2.00 shoe we
over sold.
Drexel Shoe Co.,
1419 l AKNAJl STREET.
A Full Clear Richness
The features tT the A. Ilospe piano
aside from Us wonderfully susceptible
and responsive nctlon-lle in the dopth,
power and brilliancy of Its lone-It
combines In a remarkable manner tho
crispy sweetness required for piano py-rotcctinlcs-wlth
a full, clear richness
and a tremendous reserve volume It Is
equally effective In swirr plnnlsHlinos
and crashing bravuras- and under no
conditions !ocs that sympathetic mel
lowness so pleasing to trained ears We
make very easy terms on this piano.
A. HOSPE,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas;