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THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Significant Movements Pen line Amone Com
peting Telephone companies.
UNION OF RIVALS OF THE BELL
HnnilKiinii' Priilll of Mir IIHIo IImrI
nr i:ii'ctrli'itl lloiiin in vrk
eir IncnuilcMiTiit l.iiinp
Oilier Dim clnpmctit.
Tho gradual consolidation of Independent
telephone companies , generally regarded
ns forecasting a decision by the United
Stated circuit court of Majaarhusctts ad
verse to the Dell company on the Herllner
iwlent. The arguments were submitted last
November and the decision Is expected al
mct any day. The Hell company ruo.1 the
National Telephono Manutaiturlng company
for Infringement of patent number 183.569.
lusucd to Umlle Herllner November 17, 1S31,
which has nine years yet to run. Tbl pat
ent covers the microphone, the little dink
al tho mouth-piece of tho Instrument, which
Is absolutely necessary for tho successful
operation of a long-dletance 'phone and cir
cuits In cities whrro there nre many wires
i thn poles or cables nro used. Without
this nttarhment It Is easy enough to operate
ii telephone In a village, factory or Hhort
lines anywhere, but tho new company must
ho ablo to us It before It can do business
In cities.
Tho opponents of tho Hell company have
long disputed tho validity of this patent
owing to tho circumstances under which It
was Issuod. The application was filed In
1877 and lay for fourteen year In tho pat
ent office In order, an the antl-llcll people
claim, that It might be used whenever It
was necessary to secure tho H-i monopoly
which was threatened by tho expiration of
ltn earlier patents. It has been n subject of
lltlagtlon over Blnee It was Issued. Tho
supreme court of the United States has de
cided that the allegation!) of fraud and col
lusion between tho Hell company and tho
patent olllce olIlclalH were not well founded,
but left undetermined several Important
questions, of which a Hoston company took
advantage In order to manufacture 'phones
for tho trade. To prohibit this Infringement
of Its monopoly tho Hell company brought
the suit now pending. In case the decision
is In its favor the telephone monopoly will
continue until l09. If tho cuurt decides
against tho Hell company the microphone
will bo public property and In anticipation
of such u docielmi the opposition companUs
have been organized.
size r tin- iiimiIh.
The Chicago Hecord reports that negotia
tions pending contemplate an organization
that will embrace everything that is not
in tho Hell company under the awkward
Htlo of tho Telephone, Telegraph and Cable
company of America. It Is to have n cap
ital of 30,000,000 and the Incorporators are
tho ruling .men In the several local com
panies, chief of which are tho Hrlo Tclo
phono and Telegraph company, with n cap
ital of 1G,000.000; tho Knickerbocker, with
a capital of $7,B0O,00O; tho People's Tcle
phono and Telegraph company, $5,000,0(10;
tho Boston and Now York company, $3,000,
000; tho Massachusetts Telcphnno company.
$8,000,000; tho Cleveland company, tho
.Northwestern Telephono Kxchange com
pany, tho Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone company, tho Michigan Tele
phono company, tho Wisconsin Tele
phono company, tho New State Tele
Phone company nnd other local companies
operating In Ohio, Minnesota, tho Dakotas,
Texas and Arkansas. It Is claimed that
theso soveral companies have altogether
250,000 miles of wire and 115,000 subscrib
ers In 2,300 towns. Somo of them aro op
erating under contracts with tho Hell com
pany and are oavinir a rnvniiv inr ih ,...
of tho Hell patents, with the understand-
lug that that company will keep out of
their territory In tho central and western i
states.
Tho Hell company has ir.oro than 1.010,777
miles of wire, which cost about $11,000,000.
and has In uso mom than 1,250.000 tele
phones. Its capital stock Is $75,000,000 and
Its earnings last year wero $5, 113,701. Tho I
stock Is mostly hold In .New England and j
Is worth somewhero in tho neighborhood '
of 3C0.
Tho Impression has gono out that the
Western Union Telegraph company Is be
hind tho schomo to consolidate tho antl
Hcll Interests, but that Is stoutly denied by
tho Wcstorn Union pcoplo and tho story Is
not bellovod, becauso Mr. Sage, Mr. Oeorgo
('ri)uld and others who control tho Western
Union company nro not lighting men. Any
ono must seo that whoever goes Into this
telephono contost will havo the blggo.it cor
poration light that has been In this country
for years. Either ono or tho other of the
contestants will bo practically ruined and
Mr. Snge and Mr. Gould aro not tho kind
of pooplo to engage In such a struggle vol
untarily. Tho conspicuous llguro In tho op
pcaltlon Is William J. Latta, n Philadelphia
poimcian anil promoter, long associated
with tho Wldener-KIklns syndicate, which
now Includes William C. Whitney nnd John
Jacob Astor, nnd tho fact that ho Is or
ganizing tho scheme Is considered con
clusive evidence that thoso gentlemen are
In It. Tho board of directors of tho con
solidated company nro Darwin H. James of
Hrooklyn, Charles U, Adams, Lowell, Mass.;
fieorge Crocker, San Francisco; Frank A.
Cutting and Frederick A. Farrer of Uoston;
John Jacob Astor, II. K. Gawtry, W, II.
(lolshcnen, Martin Malonoy, C. W. March,
Daniel O'Day, Frank Tlllford and H. H.
Wilson, Now York, and William J. Iitta,
Philadelphia.
Xciv Iiii'IIIiiIcncimi t l.niuii.
A Massachusetts man has invented a now
inenndoscent electric lamp, and ho contl
dently believes that It will revolutionize tho
system of Incandescent lighting, lie calls
Ills Invention tho electric metallic niament
lamp. It Is oindo on the samo principle as
the ordinary electric incandescent bulb
hum), onlv that Instead of them hnlnc n
single slender coll of delicate carbon In- j
sine, muro is u. Hiruiiger suosiiiiiie, wmcii
will Increaso tho wearing properties of the
" PRESTO."
tiny I). 1'nvrii, Onk lliirlmr, (Ittinin Co.,
Ohio, WnntN 'All SiHTerers to
Kiiimv of llln Hxiirrlent'e,
Two boxes of Dold's Kidney Pills cured
him of kidney and bladder troublo of long
standing, after everything elso failed. This
Is his letter:
Dear Sirs
"For the benefit of thoso suffering with
that terrible enemy, kidney and bladder
trouble, I wish all to know.
"I suffered for years with kidney trouble.
I noticed lu tho papers tho great work
Dodd's Kidney Pills wero doing and bought
two boxes. 'Prtiito' after tho first ten
Pills, pain was gone. I continued their
upo until I had taken the two boxes and am
hero to stato that I am completely cured.
"I think Dodd'H Kidney Pills aro tho only
remody that will euro kidney trouble, bo
caus I tried everything elso without the
slightest bencllt until I took Dodd's. They
nro wonders and I don't caro who knows
it."
Dodd's Kidney Pills aro tho only remedy
on earth that has over cured Hrlght's dis
ease, dlabetcB or dropsy. They act di
rectly on Uio kidneys, compelling them to d)
their work by making them strong nnd
healthy. They aro guaranteed to cure all
diseases caused by disordered kidneys, In
cluding Hheumntlsm, Femalo Weakness,
Dropsy, Backache and Impure Wood. COc
a box nt all dealers or by mail. Tho Dodds
Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
mmp nno. us auranuuy in a general wav
Tho niament Inside .tho lamp through wh.eh
tho current of light will pass Is camp'ei
of a more durable substance than the car-
lion now used In ordinary electric lamps.
Mr. llussclman has Invented a filament
mado of asbestos, Iodine, aluminum and alco
hol. The asbestos Is fltst saturated In
Iodine, and Is then coaled with filings of
aluminum. Cryrtallzed alcohol Is applied
as n dust to thi coating of tho asbestos,
and tho thread Is then subjected to enor
mous heat. In Worcester there was no
henl fierce enough to do tho work the In
ventor wanted nnd he hud to go to Pitts
burg. Pa., for the required tomperature.
At Clark university there nro retorts and
crucibles for centralizing Intenso heat, and
the hydrogen flame Is used In developing a
high temperature; but tho 800 degrees or
moro of heat obtainable In Worcester did
not have the required effect. The asbestos
thread with Its coating was exposed to the
heat of 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, In a Pitts
burg furnace lined with mica, and the hen
dhl tho work by fusing tho asbestos1 with
the rest of tho Component parts, forming
a thread of lire-proof material which Is
ilurablo anil ablo to glow with tho heat Im
parted to It from a live electric light wlie
Electricity does not fuso It. Tho filament
Is to he used In a vacuum the same as the
present carbon system of filament. The
new tllament will withstand a greater strain
than tho carton filament, as It Is not easily
broken.
The glass bulb In which the fllnmcut Is to
bo placed Is alho a new departure In electric
lights. It is thick crystal glass and In slzo
about as big as a man's ordinary watch.
Tho whole lamp ready for business will bo
about tho slzo nnd thickness of a watch.
Tho bulb will not bo pear-shaped llko tho
present tnako of Incandcrccnt lamps, as tho
inventor thinks It would be too easily
broken. A watch-shnped glass bulb of thick
glam will bo equipped with tho filament
Inside. Tho filament Is to bo put In thu
bulb In a star-shaped coll nnd the shapo
gives a much larger surface to glow with
light. Tho star will not touch tho glass at
any point nnd will bo kept In plaeo by the
strength of the filament Itself at n point
where It enters the bulb. The Hat shape of
the bulb will nllow of its being set Into tho
side of a wall, as the new lamp Is Intended
to bo sunk Into the sldo apartments In
which It Is used. The lamp will not bo a
suspension lighter, but will bo lodged sol
idly In walls or ceilings. Tho thick glass
of tho faco of tho lamp will prercnt It from
being easily broken. Tho light may bo
regulated on or off by turning a button
llko an ordinary electric lamp.
Aci-inl Klrelrle Million).
It Is an apt saying that "Neccralty Is tho
mother of Invention," nnd consequently in-
v.m.lm, hlm. Il, m.l-rmvth nf nnB.l It
r, .... -
so happonn that In various parts or tho1 ,B ,Ml i". "" . 1 ciar oox was snooting to und fro. This
world peculiar types of electric railways "to soe how much and how little confidence) wa8 the, parcel Uollverv system of a m.ik
havo been built owing to peculiar or un- smo pcoplo havo In thtilr fellow men. That bollcvo department store.
usual topographical conditions. As an ex
iitnplo, between Hlberfeld nnd I'nnnen, In
Germany, there Is an aerial railway thd
route of which lies directly over the bed of
a river, the track being upheld by means of
Inclined girders placed at Intervals In either
bank of tho stream. Tho method of construc
tion wa3 found necessary owing to the dif
ficulty cf obtaining rights of way, ns well
ns to tho fact that objections wero urged I
nnnlimt llio nt,l n.Pl Inn nf !, rlvo- In v.
Igatlon. In Kngland a single rail electric tl,e mont'' "? Jepcslts It again Imrnedi
railway, the Invention of Mr. Hehr. will. Hi ntely after taking it out, he draws tho In
nll probability, be built In tho near future ,ore8t J,,st raako 8Uro lUat tUlJ bank U
botween Liverpool and Manchester, with a i not fooling him.
Mow to obtaining a speed of ninety miles nn j , "Tjio mistakes of this kind, which are due
hour, whlln In this roiintrv nrellmln.-irv '
in una lumiiij ll'llllliuurv ,
, bnlnir taken lnnklmr tn th
)f an , elevated Aeclrlo rail-
steps aro now
construction 01 an eievaieu eiectrlo ra
way between Milwaukee nnd Chicago. This
elevated road differs materially from tho
elevated railways to be met with In Chicago
and thin city, in that tho plan of construc
tion contemplates a steel column with a
truss on either sldo nnd a boxed girder upon
which there Is a trough track on which the
wheel that holds tho car in MispetiHiou runs.
In other words, this system resembles In
some respects tho German road already re
feired to, ns well ns the invention of Mr,
Hchr, yet It differs entirely from them.
This wystem was glvon a thorough trial In
Tacoma, Wash., a few years ago and proved,
so It Is claimed, a success. Somo SO feet
of track was built ellptlcal In form with
curvcn of seventy feet radius, and with
grades ranging from G to 10 per cent. With
a car drlvon by a fifteen horso-power motor
fifteen pcoplo wero carried at tho rate of
forty-llvo miles an hour. Ono ndvantago
of this system is that snowstorms can not
interfere with tho operation of tho cars, as
Is frequently tho caso with surface lines,
but on tho other hand, as the earn aro quite
narrow, there would scarcely seem an
abundance of room for passengers, which
would likely neccssltato a larger number
of cars being run. The principal advantage
or sucii a ronu wouni no in tno tact tnat a
much higher rato of speed could bo at
tained than Is now possible with the steam
surfaco line. Under ordinary conditions, a
car could travel nt tho rate of sixty miles
an hour, but after the lino Is completed and
tho details perfected an even greater speed
Is hoped for by the Inventor.
Jlt-een fur Kleelrleal AVorlier.
"During t'ho next three, or four years,"
reports Rlectrlclty, "there l to be ni Im-
menso amount of money expended In New I
York City nnd vicinity that tdiould mater
tally benefit tho electrical Industry.
"Last Saturday tho first spadeful of dirt
wns formally turned up near tho city hall
which mnrkeU tho beginning of an undertnk-
lug Involving the expenditure of somo $35,- I
000.000. a portion c-f which nmomit will ul- '
tlmately find Its way Into tho pockets of elec- '
trlcal manufacturers and electrical wurkem i
AhIJo from the $1(1,000,000 which It Is esti- j
mated will he put in circulation for labor,
and Iho $12,000,000 which will go to rolling !
mills and quarry owners, before tho under- :
ground road Ik ready for travel $2,000,000 or '
jj.uuu.imju at least win nave to be expended i
tor electrical niacninery ami apparatus. A amounts nnd was, without a word, a touch
power station will bo built. Innumerable , ltlR Htory r misfortune.' Of course we could
motors will bo required, especially If. as Is nol Mow hoT t0 ritan tne ,,ook ,, eho
now thought probable, the multlple-unlt ' probably drew tho small balanco and left tho
systom of propulsion i adopted, while t booki or as n,ny people do. They tako
thousands of electric lamps will havo to bo , ol nli bul n smali am0unt nnd leavo that aa
Installed for illuminating the tunnels and
tho stations. Adil to tho above electrical
signaling devices nnd seme fair Idea may
.bo had of tho Immense demand thero will
bo for electrical workers nnd electrical ap
paratus. "Hut tho underground rapid transit sys
torn is by no means tho only largo project
in wns vicinity iiuu win niioru eieciricai
manufacturers and workers an opportunity
to turn an honest penny. During the next
fifteen months tho motive power on tho
elevated roads of this city will lu all prob
ability be changed from steam to electricity,
which will involvo nn expenditure of sev
eral million dollars, whllo only recently It
was announced that tho Metropolitan Trac
tion company proposed shortly to expend
$S,000.000 In substituting electricity for the
cnblt on somo twenty-live miles of Its
lines. Of course by no means all of the
$S,000.000 will find Its way Into tho hands
of tho electrical fraternity, but it is pretty
safo to assert thut one-quarter to one-fifth I
of this sum will go for electrical equipment,
feevlor cables, etc. To tlutto projects should
bo added that of completing tho electrical
equipment of somo of the Third Avenue
Hallroad company's lines, which will un
doubtedly bo carried out under tho now
regime, added to tho fact that In all probi
blllty before the present proposed rapid
transit tunnel Is completed another tunnel
to connect with It from Hrooklyn will havo
been started, would certainly lead one to
bellevo thnt, at least so far as New York
City and vicinity Is concerned, the outlook
for electrical workers nnd manufacturers
Is most encouraging. It In not often that
undertakings requiring nu outlay of $8,000.
000 or $10,000,000 for electrical appar
atus and machinery ale started up almost
simultaneously In one locality.
THE OMAHA
crrVPC- I VT t i' iff I XT ft in VI'
bUlUb 111 A 0A INltS BANK
,
loltures of Hnmb'eit Life 8een in a Oreat
Kiw York Initltntlon.
PATHETIC INDICATIONS OF SUFFERING
Illlm! Cnnllilrnrc unit t iirrninltiK
Simple Inn llnth Xlilei of Itiiiiiuti
.i t nre Trou III e trlth Wonlil
Ile l)rpoltiri.
There Is probably no better place In Now
York from which to gain an Idea of the
various elements which mske up the metro
politan population than one of the great
downtown savings banks, relates tho New
York Tribune. There one may see, espec
ially on an "Interest day," fair representa
tives of every class, denomination anJ na
tionality. On thoso days tho thrifty men
and women who manage to lay aside a part
of their earnings wait patiently In the long
line to have their books written up and
to have red Ink records mado of tho prollts
which time has mado for them. Hut in a
great concern llko the Bowery Savings
bank, with Its 125,000 accounts, every busi
ness day brings Its Interesting features,
nnd tho constant stream of men and women
passing before- the windows of the various
departments, checking out or depositing
money, asking questions! about deposits.
looking for Information as to depositors,
telling their tales of Joy nnd of sorrow,
never ceases to Interest thoso men whose
business makes them a pari of tho pic
turo.
John D. Hicks, the president of the How
ery bank, said of tho Institution: "In its
early days tho bank's patronB were with
few exceptions men "nd women who spoko
ngllsh. but today, with Husslans, Poles,
Hohemians and Germans on tho eust and
Italians on tho wcBt, all contributing largely
to our business, tho employment of linguists
at every Important window is necessary."
Mr. Hicks led tho way from his oillco
Into the lofty bank enclosuro nnd to the
desk where tho llrst deposits aro made, and
there, waiting their turn to be served and
furnished with a book contnlnlug a record
of their wealth laid by for a rainy day. were
women from many countries und various
walks of life. Calling attention to a woman
who had signed her name, answered the
questions as to her family and other matters
- nl f,,,m IrlnnllOnntlnn tift
lur mu iUIi,ru VJl iU.U.U U.t. ...v ..v.w.., -
tnlll I Aft t n
tno roll or uncounted money
wll(ch 8hc ,acc(1 , the h!,n(lg of tho loner.
. .
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, A.I.I M- Ill.Va
woman prouamy uoes 1101 kuow uu nmv-u two boys, their faciH painted white and
money sho handed up, but sho kuows that It red, ono with a feather duster as a head
Is all right and that sho will rccclvo credit dress, played Indian. They Bald they had
for tho proper amount. Hut there Is another found tho paint In the dresser drawer,
sldo of tho plcturo which shows tho lack 1 Ono boy, perilously poised on an Iron
of confidence. A depositor will make In- glrdor Just beneath the celling, was hauling
qulry at tho desk ns to now mucn interest
lias been credited to his account and when
tho sum Is mentioned ho Is likely to ask;
'Well, may I draw It out?' Wo tell him
1 OB and men, nilOOUgll nu uoes UUI waul
.... . . . .
occurrence and It Is n part of our .business
,0 1,0 pat,cnt wbcro we cannot c(,,,(:a,e'
" ibiiuiuiil-o ul mu iCUl.i:, ui uU..,
to humor the people. One of the first things
wo requlro of a now depositor is a signature
for our card cataloguo and when wo find that
the person cannot wrlto wo try to persuade
him to allow somo member of the family
who can write to becomo the trustee of the
account. A cross is an unsatisfactory signa
ture and thero havo been cases where books
havo glino astray and fallen Into tho hands
of people who knew the family history of
tho depositor, could answer nil test ques
tions and drew money by making tho cross.
Trouble with 'Wniilil-llc l)i'ONl(orn.
"Hut we havo Just as much trouble with
pVplo who want to get money Into tho
bank as with thoso who wish to take it out.
Wo havo a limit of $3,000 and will take no
moro than that amount from any ono per-1
son. When tho limit has been reached by
somo people and they have moro money and i
know of no placo to put It for Investment,
thoy como to us with all sorts of stories and
mnko all kinds of plans with a view to
Increasing their account. The names of
children und other relatives are used, and
wo are often compelled to read theso peo
ple a lecture nnd explain to them that our
bank Ib not an Investment Institution, but
u place for tho safo keeping of tholr money.
It Is on such occasions that the man with
money for which he knows no Investment,
who has no business knowledge, no Idea ns
to tho meaus and wajs of the mercantile
world and who Is usually suspicious an to
his fellow-men and unwilling to trust his
friends, comes to the president and asks his
advice. Tho big building, the fact that wo
positively refuse to take ft la money nnd the
general atmosphere of the placo Impress
him and glvo him confidence, und ho usu-
any nct8 upoQ the counsel which be re-
eelves.
"Thern aro other occasions when dpnnall
omask toaroonnof the hleher olllcerw nf rh I
hanlt nnd ono recent enso wns n Hnmni nf .hn
puthiic lncldeuts which present themsclvcn '
( tuo coUrat, 0f a flavlngs bank's regular i
buslneas. A woman camo to mo with a book
of tj10 well-worn kind and eald that she was
nhmit to draw tho last few dnllnr which atm
pt0()ll t0 Uer crellt and wanted to knew If I
HUo might not keep tho book 'Just as a keep- '
sal(0 of tbo tlmo' wheu she. had a llttlo I
money, for sho was sure sho would never
jmvo nny nRan. Tno 10i Bhowed how tho i
woman had drawn her money In small
the price of tho book.
"Tho marrlago dowry and 'dot' usages
nmwig tho east sldo people also come up for
discussion In tho president's oillco occasion
ally. Young women como hero nnd ask my
advice na to whether they should sign their
accounts over to their Intended hunbands.
Tllo lm,,lr. ls UgUally a consideration when
tho marrlago contract Is made, but as theso
contracts are sometimes broken wo Invar
iably tell tho young wonuti to wait until
after tho marrlago ceremony has been per
formed." A nn miller's AVIfr.
A few minutes at tho windows where peo
ple call to draw money from tho bank re
vealed somo of tho characteristic savings
bank pictures.
"Hero's a book," said a young woman,
"that's made out wrong and I wnnt It llxed
up. It's mado out so that either my hus
band or I may draw tho money. I'm sorry
for "' Ho Bamb'M nnd I'm nfrald he'll
como In somo day and take all wo'vo get.
Ho didn't earn tho money nnd I don't want
him to have nny. Please fix tho book."
"There's nothing to fix," said the clerk.
"Ji'Kt mat'c o'it a 'heck for tho whole amount
and draw It out and deposit It over again
In your own name. No one can get It then
except you."
"Can I do that?" nfcked tho woman. The
anxious look gavo way to a smile, and when
eho received tho assurance that bhe co-iM
do so sho walked away with an air which
said, "Now I'd like to tco you get sn
money."
A man camo to the window and handed his
liook to the clerk, who gave the man a card
bearing a number by which bo would bo
called when his turn came. Neither the
man nor the clerk eald a word. "That
DAILY BEE: Fill DAY,
man." said the clerk, "comes here regularly
once a week and draws He has done to
for nearly two years now, and In that timet
ho has never mado a deposit. He told me
onco that he had lost his Job and could fin I
no work nnd the fact that he In still drawing
frcm his Utile capital shows that he Is still
unemployed."
"Fifteen, please."
This was a well-dressed young girl who
threw her book on the counter nnd then took
her placo on cno of the benches, where she
began to rend a b;ok. Her bankbook showed
that she had drawn $15 every two weeke for
many months and tho clerk thought that she
also bad lost her Job.
NINE "BAD" BOYS ON A LARK
Spirit I n il Isnin nl hy Holt inn! liars
of the City Jail, They llnlil
lllKli CnniHiil.
Tho matron's room at central police sta
tion yesterday suggested one of Palmer Cox's
conceptions, which might be. entitled "Tho
Mischievous llrownlew." For several houin
nlno bright youngsters ruled It according to
their own sweet wills, and converted tho
place Into pandemonium. Tho conditions
wero favorable for a revel. In the first
place, thero is only ono police matron now,
and shu Is working nights; Iti tho second
place, tho noise they mado was masked by
the liiHty yowls of n -1-year-old rdray who
had been picked up In tho H. & M. yards.
rhero is no telling how long these orgies
would hnvn rmifinim.i hn,i .,t '.i,,.i,.-
youth undertaken t0 boll a cupful of
..smiko n,cJCI10- OVeP an lllcnho, t0Vl,
T1. fhl.f nrnA .., ,.,
decoction 'Vmelle.1 to heaven" and brought
about an investigation.
The turnkey entered upon a nconc of chaos
that would havo delighted the heart of any
healthy boy. It van discovered that tho
entire troop of nlno "Incorrigible," had
MaM ,ho , .paratlng the ceil room
from (h va apartmcntar nml
... ,..., '..,"'.'.'. ",
nail invaded tho sac rul nriMiincN of the
Utter. This had been accomplished by
means of bedclothro twisted Into ropes.
In tho middle of tho tloor sat three urchins
about a pllo of mlHcellaneous nrtlclcw, in
cluding a skein of yarn, several old news
papers, fragments of a curtain stick and a
bottlo of mucilage. They wero engaged In
making a kite. Two other boys who had an
ticipated them In tho manufacture of an
airship were llylug It out of an open win
dow. Attached by wiro to a radiator a paper
windmill was spinning in tho exhaust from
the steam pipes.
Several strands of yarn wero Htretehed
acrofB the roam, and Busponded from tnea1,
. . " . .. ' "
mm iu miuuis u reuuee me rnctlon, a
up yarn. Ho was the lineman for a toy
telephone.
Another was marklnu on the blackboard
with chalk for tho city Jail wns once a
school houHC. Thero were problems In
equations, a cartoon and two or three coup
lets from the poesy of the campus.
The: turnkey took tho "snako medicine"
off tho alcohol stove, threw It out the wlo
dow and unlocked tho cell door.
A moment later all was quiet savo for
4I, .. l..ln .1. , ...
tho ululatlons of tho 4-year-old stray.
ClauJe claylt"' "K 12 years, and
Albert
Jordan, one year his senior, made their
escapo from their place of detention In tho
pollco station at noon by Jumping from tho
eecond story, window.
HARD INSURANCE PROBLEM
Intrinsic or Com mere In I Value of
Hymn Ileeil C'olleetlon I
the Uurxtlnn.
(lie
Tho Library board has a peculiar prob
lem on Its bands at this time In tho tjhapo
of a question us to whether or not tho
Ineuranco policies previously taken out on
tho Byron Heed collection of curloH shall
be continued on tho old basis. The matter
has been referred to tho judiciary com
mittee. The board carries $10,000 Insurance on tho
coins, paper currency and autographs com
prising tho Hyron Rel collection. Tho
policy Includes what Is known as the "SO
per rent clause," by which tho board Is
obligated to carry Insurance up to 80 per
cent of the valuo of the Insured articles
or becomo co-insurur to the extent of tho
difference.
Consideration Is now bolng given tho ques
tion ns to what could be collected on tho
policies In caso the collection should ho
damaged by fire. This collection Is worth
soveral times the $10,000 for which It Is
Insurod, ono coin alone a dollar coined In
1S04 having been known to Bell for $S00.
ThlH samo dollar, wero It melted, would
contain not moro than SO cents of silver.
Consequently, the Interesting question with
which tho board Is confronted Is, would the
Insurance companies make good, in cieo of
loss by lire, the dlfferenco between K0 contn
nnd $1, or between 00 cents and $800? An
other question somewhat similar Is, would
lnu oraiy ootirii oo jusuncil in paying $2
1'or 'car lusuranco on a pleco of silver
whlcu' 1V weight, Is worth but SO cents,
Tno samo mention arises In relation to
othcr colns-
Tnc ser'cs of '20 Pieces, for example,
cost Hyron Reed only $20 a ploce, because
ho Purchased them year by year ns they
woru lB8UCj- in a set, howover, thoy aro
mucn ,noro valuable. If meltod tho coins
wou'd & worth $20, ulnco thero Is that
amount of gold In them.
" destruction of this collection by fire
necessitated an adjustment tho Insurance
companies would doubtless deny that nny
claims had been established, and Insist uron
paying tho intrinsic ami not the commer
cial valuo of tho articles In the collec
tion. Theso perplexing questions have
been presented In tho successive years that
theso policies havo como up for renewal, and
it ls likely that, at this time, a basin of
adjustment will be established with tho
insurunco underwriters, or tho policies will
bo dropped altogether.
AMATEUR BASE BALL LEAGUE
Oi'HnnlzutloiiK of Onuiliii nml .South
Oinulin Will Compete fur I'eiiiuint
Diirliiir the l'r-(.it Siminiiii.
At a meeting held Wednesday nlcht the
amateur base ball teams of Omaha and
South Omaha formed an association to be
known ns tho "Saturday Afternoon league."
Tho teams represented are tho Armour,
Swift and Hammond aggregations of South
Omaha, nnd tho Young Men's Christian as
sociation of this city. A team from Council
Bluffs, tho Cudnhy Packing company, nnd
tho Originals aro also expected to enter the
league- A pennant will bo hung up and a
regular sehedulo of games will be nrrnnged.
Tho tenms of tho packing companies have
united In nn effort to acquire base ball
grounds In South Omaha. The games In
Omaha will take placo at the Ames avenue
park, which Is undor the control of the
Young Men's Christian association. team
from Fort Crook .desired to enter the league
hut will probably bo excluded owing t the
fact that they havo no settled district from
which to draw a crowd.
J. I. Carson, Prothonotnry, Washington,
Pa., says: "I havo found Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure an excellent remedy In caso of stomach
troublo and have derived great benefit from
Its use." It digests what you cat and can
not fall to cure.
APRIL 0, 1000.
COWIE HOLDS A LOCO HANI)
Almoit Certain that Alleged School Board
Boodler Will Go Free.
CRAWLS OUT THROUGH LEGAL LOOPHOLE
I III AtlnriitM n Di-elnrr It Hp Wan
llrllii'il (In- Crime Oeeu rreil In
(iilcituo mill Unit He Can
not He Tried Here.
It Is almost certain that a loophole In the
law win fiave Arthur M. Cowle, alleged
sihoot board boodler, from the shaved head
and striped garb of tho penitentiary.
Unless there be norao unforeseen Inter
vention, Cowle will be declared free In
Judge linker's court thU morning. Court
convenes at :30 o'clock, nnd It Is likely
that a few minutes later tho besmirched
member of the Hoard of Kducntlon will bo
outside of tho law's clutches.
It Is expected that Judgn linker will tako
tho case from tho Jury In response to a
showing mado by Cowle's attorneys to the
effect thnt If ho did nccept a bribe, ns
charged In the profecutlon'a Indictment, the
crime was committed In Chicago, and that
the ense does not, therefore, como within
tho Jurisdiction of tho Omaha courts. This
boomorang wns dropped Into tho caso by
the nttorneys for the defendant Thursday
afternoon Just ns tho prosecution was about
to examine witnesses. A previous effort had
been made to throw tho caso out of tourt
on tho grounds that tho bribe money was
offered to Cowle by a detective. It It was
oflered at all, and that tho Intent of tho
detective wns not to really bribe Cowle,
but to lead him Into a trap. It was nrgued
that thero can lm no bribery, within the
meaning of tho statutes, except where both
parties are sincere In tho transaction. An
other point upon which the motion for dis
missal was urgol was that Cowle, as a mem
ber of the school board, does not como
within range of tho statutory provisions
ngnlnst public olllcers accepting bribes.
Iloth of these points were argued at length,
but Judge linker overruled the motion for
dismissal, and tho trial would havo pro
ceeded but for the new trick turned by tho
defendant's attorneys after they had failed
In tholr original plans.
Court Iti'iuly to Aft.'
At tho close of tho argument n to the
Chicago proposition Judge Haker was on
tho point of throwing tho caso out of court
In accordance with the showing made, and
had h.1 Indicated In remaiks delivered from
tho bench, but was prevailed upon by tho
county attorney to withhold positive de
cision until this morning. This delay, so
tho county attorney explained, was requested
In order that ho might havo time to look up
ooniii further authorities. If ho llnds such
authorities and ho admitted that ho was
In doubt nbout It ho will submit them to
tho court this momlnir.
Tho county attorney practically admitted
In open court that aB matters now stand he
l'.m no caso nijainwt Cowle. Ho does not,
however, tetrad what he has said as to
Cowle's guilt, but declares that tho legal
lcopholo discovered by the defendant's coun
sel Is an insurmoutitablo obutuclo In tho
way of prosecutlMi. It Is buIiI that Cowlo
wont to Chlcaso last December nnd while
there conducted tho negotiations that led
to his arrc.it a few weeks later on the charge
of bribery. It Is held that his alleged
agreement In Chicago to accept bribe
money and tho closing of a verbal contract
to that effect constituted tho crime, and
that the Omaha end of tho deal was merely
an Incident to tho main transaction. Cowle's
attorneys nro very careful to upply the
having clause, "If ho did this." when they
nro laying stress upon his alleged transac
tion In Chicago. They havo never said that
Cowlo accepted bribe money, but they say
that "If ho did It," It must havo hnppcncd
In Chicago, nccordlng to the Indictment.
A streak of color came Into Cowle's pal
lid cheeks when ho realized late Thursduy
afternoon that ho was about to be free. In
dismissing tho case. It Is likely that Judge
Haker will declare Cowle not guilty of the
charge, but will rule that If he committed
tho crimo he must hnve dono It In Chicago
and that lies is tlicreforo not mibject fi this
Jurisdiction.
Tho question Is very generally asked, Can
Cowlo bo taken to Chicago for trial In tho
event that hn Is turned loose here? Tho
answer by well Informed and disinterested
lawyeiH Is that ho cannot be arraigned
again on the samo charge, ho having once
been in Jeopardy.
This rather remarkable turn In the Cowlo
caso will not istnblUh a precedent In tho
caws rf Hess, Hears and Irey. associates
of Cowlo on tho school board, and who
stand charged with bribery In tho warne
connection. It Is charged that Hess, Sears
and Irey accepted their bribes In Omaha
und that all negotiations wero conducted
here.
WANT I'W I'DII I'llN I'HODICTS.
'1'ivo WrlterN Sue it I'iiIiIImIiIiik C'iiiii
linny fur Service llciulereil.
lldmund C. S'rode and Frank Hrcwn of
Lincoln have filed suit In the district court
against tho Kdward Thompscn Publishing
company for tho collection of $321. which is
claimed to bo duo on ucccunt of services
rendered by tho plaintiffs-.
The petition sets forth that Messrs. Strode
and Hrown wero employed to write nn article
on tho Mibject of "Eminent Domain" for a
legal encyclopedia Issued about a year ago
by tho defendant publishers. They were to
recolvo $2 per pago and their essay mado
102 pages, It Is sot forth, aggrogatlng $321.
Tho money wns to bo paid, It Is eald, imme
diately after publication.
A court hcuso bystander who read the pe
tition remarked: "Eminent domain Is a
dangerous thing to fool with seems to mo
like I heard It mentioned lu some npcechea
during tho latt municipal campaign In
Omaha."
SHHKS
rn i:.di:
PAVING
TAX.
Properly thi iii'i'N (iinrue City with
I'lillnre to Comply tlth Contrni't.
Kelurah Morton and other property own
ers on Popploton nvenuo, In tho vicinity
of Hnnsiom park, liao Instituted legal pro
ceedings against tho city to enjoin tho col
lection of spe-i ial tax bills for paving. It is
set forth In the petition that when Hanscom
park wns deeded to tho city it wns stipu
lated in tho tltlo thnt tho city should
keep all streets within a certain radius lu
good condition and that tho municipality
should Loar all expenso of paving and other
Improvements. It Is further sot forth that
tho city le.Icd special tax bills for such Im
pioveiwnts contrary to tho stipulations In
tho warranty deed.
inillifiil Drli-niliinlN In Court.
Klmer Woodcock nnd Harry Shelly are on
tr.al bofoie Judgo Haker charged with
Jf tragrant perfume, rlth In the
sweetness of Ileltl and forest.
Deflate yet Listlni.
Sherman A WeCoMnell Drmj Co.,
Myers-milon Drug Co.,
Kuhn Co.
' "i 'I n k, ' ii u ir H I, I
A SUIT
c5 tJN every cake of
filjn complete suits of
ffl dressintr, put on a
i1" the entire body
lather. Take the suit off
will remove with it all
which have been carried
pores. Use a pure soap
IVORY SOAP 99
CO't.)Mf .. IT TNI
breaking Into a I'nlon Pacific freight car.
It Is alleged Ihut they stole a shipment of
silverware. Thd robbery Is alleged to have
occurred lit tho I'nlon Pacific yards. Tho
defendants arc boys not yet out of tholr
teens.
I'AVINf!
'AX
disclaim:!) void.
IiiiIki I'iiTiectl llulen In I'nvor nf Wirt
Slrei-t Property tMrnem.
Judgo Fawcott has decided that the ac
tion of tho city council In assessing special
tax for tho paving mid curbing of Wirt street
from Sixteenth to Twenty-fourth is illegal.
This ruling came about as the result of u
suit brought by Maria A. Nichols and Abble
K. Van Court to enjoin the? city from col
luding special tax bills levied against Wirt
street property owned by tho plaintiffs.
Their main plea was that tho council did
not glvo tho required notke of Uh sitting as
a board of equalization at tho time tho Wirt
street tax was agreed upon. Judgo Kawcett
Issued perpetual injunction, which nppllcB
to all property owners within the prescribed
district, as well as to tho otics who ap
peared as plaintiffs In the injunction pro
ceedings. Vol en ii f the Court n.
H. R Hiinihart of Pierce lias been
licensed to practice In the. United States
district court.
Judgo K.iwcett has granted divorce to
.Mrs. Mary Mentl, who complained that the
defendant, Henry Mead, fulled to support
her.
In tho United Htatrs district court Judco
Milliter overruled tho objection or thu
credjtors In the case of Bamucl B. Stark,
who has applied to be adjudged a bankrupt,
and lurnied an order discharging him.
Judgo Keysor announced yesterday that
ho will render a decision' at onco In tho
nuimliimiiH action of tho Festnor Printing
company against the county commissioners,
Judgo KHtelle. who has been 111 whllo at
lekamah. whe.ro he went a week ago to
hold court, has recovered to such extent
that he has resumed 'his placo on tho bench.
Mrs. Allco Manvlllo has filed suit in tho
district court, asking divorce from Orlando
H. Manvlllo. Failure to support Is tho
piinc pal allegation. The Mnnviltes wero
ninrrleil May ), 1SJ0.
itm!' nur!1,!1 Stanwood's suit against tho
Union Pacific rullroad for a lot Just north
of tho now Union station. Is still on trial
before Judge Haxter. Thn lot was seized
under tho eminent domain act and .Mrs.
btnnwood Is not satisfied with tho figures of
..... (ljr,l .iipci n
'Tile matter of lli lniimr.ii,,., ........... . . ..
Jud-o Milliter In the caso nf ii.. vnHi,.
western, the 12 khorn and tho Omaha rail
roads against tho State Hoard of Transpor
tation eamo up In the United States circuit
I'n Inn In (he llnelf.
A. H. Farrlngton, Conotnnla, N. v., fayHi
"I was troubled several years with kidney
disease and suffered severe pains In tho
back. I need Foley's Kidney Curo and on-j
bottlo cured me. I recommend It to my
......hub. ji nus given perrect satisfaction. "
Tako no substitute. For sale by Myers
Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's Drug
Store, South Omaha.
Another Gimme Aicnlnut Lmndy.
I lusrlx Intly was arraigned in -loiico
court Thursday on a charge of holding uS
and robbing Michael J. Clark, a lotormat
L t?n (,nthf,ni terminus of the Tenth
Vf:1 ,L'llr ln? November 2C last. Iln
waived preliminary heiirlnir and was helti
to tho district court under J WO bonds
V,r 'U,' wai; r,,pptly trle-d In th' district
of tl .. SfW ,,f rob!,ln the conductor
or tin. car ut the same time and pluco and
nsoact Them Closalv
lion liuyinir u po bo miro you not
only j.,Hpwt tho Instrument you " l oose
o osLdy-lmt nt tho sumo tl.no tnkn ii
look ul iho HurrounillnKs-lf t In- whIIh
will !" 11 ,1,,n,I) '''nlltion-n,nt
M11 always play a vory inportant rmrt
will slick, tlu wood hwoII nml tho
ou will novor ho KnllHllod with your
pui'chase-ll.nfH ono reason wu call
your uttcutlou to this fact-fot- UVUrv
nstrumont that wo nro disposing- of hi
his great sale Is not only new, hut Is
in nhsoluto porfoct roiidltlon-elonn and
dry-orery lustruinont not only carries
tho factory Kiiarautoo, hut also our own
besides we can save you from $100 to
A. HOSPR
Music and Art 1613 Douglas.
When Mark Hanna
Otis to he president wo will quit jjlvliis
such shoe values-so you hoi lor hurry
up if you want to Kot a pair of our
women's IlKlit color Itussla Inns for
summer wear the swellest street Hhoy
ever put on the foot tho only shoo that
loses Its clumsiness by acquaintance
clumsy only by comparison with Uio
llKht vb i Kids which have been popular
In dajs gone by $1.00 Is tlio lender
while tint ever reliable Hnniia at $,",00
ii oki h a close second -this ijM.Oo man
nish sli"o has the same- lit and lakes a
polish like- your big brother's.
Drexel Shoe Co.
Uf VAKNAM BTRSJtT.
..".'.'" ."'u '""on anu ny utrreo
niont the Injunction was continued In Forco
until tho ease of the Burlington road
against the samo defendants co il be ,le
cided in the. court of appeals.
OF WHITE.
Ivory Soap there are 100
rich, creamy lather. Before
suit of Ivorv Soao. Cover
from head to foot with
with teoid water and vou
the impurities of the body
to the surface through the
for this.
X. PER CENT. PURE.
M9CTII A ftlWILI CO ClCl.TI
was acquitted. He Is now arcttri1 of hold.
Ing up tho tn. 1 1 . ir in nit mid of Inking from
his clothing J10 and i sllv. r watch.
FULLENWIDER IS RELEASED
Sfi'iinil Clinrm of Colliery Prefer red
Aunlnxt llllil In DIniiiIunciI li I.
lie nee In Wi'iik,
John C. Fullenwider. who a we5k ago
was acquitted lu the district court of a
ohargo of forgery nnd was Immediately
afterward arrested on ntiLther complaint of
a similar character, was arraigned Thursday
In police court. He pleaded not guilty and.
after Investigating tho new complaint. Ah
slstant County Attorney Helsdey dlsmimed
It, ns tho ovldenco was not sufllclcnt to war
rant holding him.
In tha second complaint Kullenwlder wns
charged with "forgery nml uttering a forged
instrument." Ho passed upou tho Conti
nental Clothing company last December a
check for $40, receiving In consideration a
milt of clothes nnd $12 in money. When
thi? clothing company attempted to cash
tho paper 11 was returned protested.
Tho check was druwii upon the Hank of
Hpssvlllo, Hossvllle, Ind., was mado payable
to tho order of John C. Kullenwlder nnd
bore no a signature the niimo John Kngart.
Tho bank returned tho Instrument with a
nolo to tho effect that It had no depositor
of tho namo of Engart.
W. W. Mayhow, Morton, Wis., says: "I
consider Ono Mlnuto Cough Cure a most
wonderful medicine, quick and safe." It Is
tha only harmless remedy that given immedi
ate results. It cures coughs, colds, croup,
bronchltlB, grippe,' whooping cough, pneu
monia and all throat and lung diseases. Its
early ueo prevents consumption. Chlldron
always like It and mothem endorse It.
In the I'lelil or I,ii l.o r.
Word comes from Council Hluffs that ths
palntom havo won their contest for In
creased wages and that only ono employer
has refused to elgn tho scale.
J. K. Mullnno has resigned tho position
of buslnoss agent of tho Plumbore' union.
His succesbor has not yot been chosen.
Sidney J. Kent, stato labor commissioner.
Is in tho city in consultation with local
labor leaders,
II ti 1 1 ! I ii m: IVrinllft.
Tho following permits have been issued
from the office of tln building Inspector.
J. J. Mullcr, Twent,-eig,ui and Leaven-
ThTr v ni'n?i,UW.n",B.' "i I;,",u'p Kunta!
l nirty-nlnth street and i)owv nveiiiie
framo barn. 7W); C K. Oinip. .Military iiv-in
'il'.m Krklln street, frame dwel'lUK,
A Sw&iiouu
ulil clepreMlon. itany swallows of
HIRES
Rootbear
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p-v iiiarlfs K. lllren to. vtU
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