I A 4 ill 4 1 THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Mimli of th Electilctl Exhibit t the Paris ExptMitim. ASTONISHING PROGRISS IN TWO DECADES Hinrrlrnec of Amsterdam ulth Jlunlclpnl 'telephones SI Html iik 'lpKriinli Lines In Alnxkii Hleetrlcnl .Voles, The electrical exhibit at tbo Paris show imply justifies all that has been said about the part which electricity plays la modern life. Whether accident or deal has mado the Klectrlcal Palace the most striking building In tho Champ do Mars, It 18 certainly bo by right. "Of all tho up. Piled silences," cays the IJoston Transcript, electrical Industry han made the gre.ueit progress In tho century. More properly -peaking, It was not. until the electrical ex hibition of 1881 that the public began to Mirmlso that In tho cicatrical current a revolution In material civilization lay dor mant. The Inventions shuwn In 1881 were a revelation to the world. In lew thun twenty years how many of thorn have grown old-fashioned and to how many novel uioa Has electricity been nppllcd. liven since tho Paris exhibition of 1889 the progrets "as been astonishing. In lighting, for In. stance, tho methods, tho machinery, tho styles of lamps and of fixture generally wero In a great many Instances almost prlmltivo in contrast with thraa now ex hibited In tho Camp de Mars. As regards motlvo power tho moving sldownlk Is only a Blnglo Instanco of tho manner In which this force may bo used for public locomo tion. It Is quite conceivable that the mov ing pathway may somo day form part of tho public equipment of ojnio of tho progres hIvo cities of tho United States. In the automobile section. In the Champ do i.Mars thoro In n really beautiful as well .w perfectly comfortable specimen of an nlectrlo trom-tralu mado by n leading French company, whom? works nro near Paris. It has been designed for use In tho streets of tho capital. An electric car fills only half tho space occupied by a horna car. It gives no trouble to tho sanitary authorities it puts an end to the martyr dom of tho horns. Sooner or later in every .civilized town, and the sooner the better, the electric car will displace the draught horw, "It will soon bo seen that in IhLi sneclal application of electricity tho French hold a foremost position among the world's ex hibitors. Thero is a particular department in wmcti ttiey lay claim to absolute superi ority, and that Is tho department of auto mobllo carriages and machines of all ape ries from cycles to four-wheeled family carriages, whether propelled by oil. gas or electricity. Tho strldo made by this industry In France slnco the exhibition of 18S9 Is really amazing, but America has also been Ingeniously busy, lletwcen them the two countries havo produced a wonderful show In tho Champ do Mars and Its distant nnncx at Vincenncs. Ono cannot help think ing that tho automobllo carriage Is destined to produce a change In the customs, char acter and Ideas of society similar to that which tho supersession of tho stagecoach by tho railway train brought ubouL Hero, for Instance, Is e comfortable, handsome car rlugo, seated for four people and capable of doing nearly forty miles an hour so tho official In attendance tells one. The family parties must bo few, however, who would care to fly over tho country road at tho rato of an express train. Half that speed might woll content them. One may buy an electric carriage of this sort for 1900. Hero again Is a contrjvunco which may be likened to a blcyclo's framework mounted on four wheels and seated for two people. This electrical carrlago coats $100 and can run at the rato of twenty-two miles an hour. Of the four wheeled variety of large electric carriages thero are several examples, lightly and strongly built, tastefully designed, provided with hoods, sphisherbourdB, footman's box and all tho necessary apparatus. Tho guid ing Instrument Is placed on tho right hand Ido of tho carriage." C'loekN by Wireless Tcleuriipb) . Tho Royal society at Its annual conversa zione, Rurllngton House, London, the other night was shown a remarkable new linc.i tlon In tho shape of a clock controlled at a dlstanco by wireless telegruphy of tho Herz tlan wavo system. The great potentialities of tho Invention may be understood when It Is explained that under the conditions which tho exhibitor, Richard Kerregs, proposes it will bo porklblo for all the clocks In London to bo simultaneously adjusted by one clock, to which tho necessary contrivance Is at tached. To render a clock sensitive to tho Intiuenco of the wavo system it will only bo neecspary to atux tho receiving Internment with a coherer arrangement, which might bo extended not only to the public clocks, but to thoso In private residences. Then, by means of a transmitter established at any lolnt In tho city it will bo prssibio to ad Just every clock In tho metropolis by tho Instantaneous pressure of n button. Trolley Ciirrliitfem. Many attempts have been made to run an eloctrlo carriage by current drawn from over, head trolley wires. Tho chief obstacle en countered In uslug an aerial conductor was tho difficulty of holding tho trolley wheels In contact with tho wirco, particularly when tho vehicle was rounding corners. No To mtits of any particular account havo been recorded. Tho underpinning trolley wheels carried on a polo could not bo used, for tho carrlago could not turn out of the way of other vehicles In the road. Kven with the cable tho results wero no moro successful, for tho trolley was merely dragged along by tho vehicle These obstaclro seem to have been Ingeniously overcome In a system now operating In France, In which a self-pro-polling trolley runs along at a speed corro sKndlng with that of tho vehicle to which In supplloi current. The trolley Is driven by a small tbree-phuso Induction motor, sup. plied with current generated by tho motor of the vehicle. Two metal wheels making contact on the feed and return wires con stitute tho trolley carriage. The trolley Is driven at a speed slightly greater than that of tho vehicle, tho small excess of speed being ubsorbed by tho slip of tho motor, tho slip betwoen tho friction wheels and motor and tho slip of the trolley wheels. Tho carrlago Is not essentially different from the ordinary electromobllo. In Germany, where tho prejudlco against tracks In the streets and trolley wires overhead Is decided, an other useful combination has been made. At Hanover the cars run as ordinary trolley ears In the suhurbti. but ns soon as they teach tho city line the trolley Is tied down and tho car Is run by stornge batteries. The car Is In reality an eleitremoblle omnibus, fitted with a trolley und flanged wheels In nddltlon to Its equipment of accumulators. In running on tracks tho Hanged wheels In front nro let down to serve as guide wheels nnd keep the vehicle on tho track. When the veblclo leaves tho tracks for the road these wheels an lifted up nnd the trolley fastened down, and so It becomes an ordinary electromobllo. The vehicle carrlci four " tors of four-horse power each, and weighs nil told about 11,000 pounds. Of this the battery represents about 3,300 pounds. Core of Hello Alii. Telephone girls are exceedingly well cared for by the great telephone companion In the east. They are well fed within the t-xchango and provision Is mado to Insure their get ting tho maximum amount of rest that their freo tlmo will allow. Ileyond this the girls go through a regular tire drill every week. This Is a wise precaution against Are risks. In many exchanges not leas than 100 girls may bo employed at one time, nnd with such ' largo forces the danger of panic among un trained hands might be most serious, The 1 costly telephone switchboard Is also the j causo of considerable jollcltudc to most sti- ' perlntcndcnts, for the reason that If a flro broke out tho wntcr of tho firemen's hose might do tho switchboard a great deal moro narm than would the flro Itself. Conse quently tho flro buckets nt a telephono ex change nro filled with sand Instead of water, and every switchboard Is provided with a tarpaulin cover, which is usually reefed along the top of the board, to that It can bo quickly let down by the operators In ccso of emergency. At tho first signal of the flro drill tho operators stnnd up and push their chairs clear of tho switchboard. They next draw down tbo tarpaulin cover, and then flic out of the room In proper or- der. In a recent Are at a Harlem exchang'e cau,,e of hls service to his country. Ledbet the operators covered the switchboard with- i,er ls a lnd ot 18 011(1 hear the glow of clean In twenty seconds of the first slenal and "npM n,1(1 KoJ health. He came to Omaha within two minutes every operator had marched In an orderly manner to the street. Tc leiibnncn III Amsterdam. Resides water nnd gas works, two ferries, a street car line, an abattoli and a factory for making the uniforms of municipal em ployes, Amsterdam also operates Its local telephone system. Municipal operation be gan In 1S0G, nt tho expiration of n sixteen years' franchise granted by the city to the Hell Interests, and the long dlstan-e lines wero assumed about the Bame time by tho general government. Tho reasons for the city's embarking upon this enterprise, relates tho Chicago Trib une, wero the high charge nnd the poor service of tho prlvato company. The Im provements slnco made, tho Increase In the number of subscribers, and the reduction In cost to the latter have been remarkable. The total number of subscribers has In creased from 1,784 In 189C to 3,031 at the be ginning of this year, or from an average of 3.9 to 5.8 subscribers per 1,000 Inhabitants. The total number of calls last year was G.651.200, -as against 3,050.000 for 189S, and the number of long-distance calls to and from the city rose for the same period from 86,uGG to 299,961. Single wires have also been generally displaced by tho metallic circuit system, the conduits have been ex tended, a night service has been added, and, Instead of $2.10 as tho weekly wages for a nine-hour day under tho private com pany, wages now vary from $2 to Jl per week for a soven-hour day. while sick, ac cident nnd old-age pension payments uro assured tbo employes. Furthermore, and contrary to the custom of prlvato companies, tho Increase in tho number of subscribers, and so In the value of the service, Instead ot being followed by an Increase In charges, was accompanied by a reduction from 117.20 to $30 (plus $10 for original Installation) for unlimited serv ice. The city's profits have 'also been greater under public control. Although up to 1895 tho company under Its franchise paid the city no less than 21 V4 per cent of Its gross receipts the actual amount In 1691 was $17.123 the city In 1S97 and 1S98 turned into the general treasury $20,000 ti year and still had sutllcient loft to allow a contribution of about 3H per cent lownrd tho reduction ot Its $490,000 capital Invest ment and to permit tbo appropriation of a still larger amount for extensions. It Is not strange In view of this showing that other cities of the same country have followed the example of Amsterdam. Tlie TrliT.rnph l HiiUn. Tclfraph v orl I : ing P' h d actively In Alaska, which vsIM o - r ' mjiunl catlon with the woi i tc-.ough Its telegraphs nnd with S'. i: early next spring. It Is proposed to uso the Edison phonoplex system, laying a cable from Juneau to Skagway, a distance of 100 mllc., over which tho phonoplex will work satis factorily. An appropriation of $400,000 his also been made by the Canadian govern ment for th.) purpose of stringing n wiro frtm Qucsnollo, on tho Frasor river, 200 miles north of Ashcroft, R. ' C, to Atlln. Cords of wood arc now piled up nt the place and two gangs nro soon to be put to work from one end of each section. When they meet and Join wire, which may lie In the fall, Skagway. Juneau and Dawson will ccaso to be li-olatcd and bo practically as clceo to New York and London ns Tacoma und San Frauc'.sco. Tho most Interesting fact of the nc-.v Installation Is that It likely will use Bcvoral hundreds of miles of the old telegraph trail and survey, which was Jay Gould's Western Union scheme to put an overland wire through Siberia to St. Petersburg and Europe. Moat of tho old telegraphers remember that this road was brought to a middrti stop by tho ro-elpt of tho news In this country that Cyrus Field had completed a cablo across the Atlantic. Many tons of wiro were left on the ground and it Is thero yet. Klectrlclty In llre crlei. Electricity Is utilized on an extensive scalo In (Jerman breweries. Continunuj current machines are tbo favorites. Tho atmosphere of breweries, being for tho mot part damp, is unfavorable for current trans mission and tho higher the potential of the current tho moro difficult Is the Installa tion and tho greater tho leakage. Plants that aro placed In moist rooms, for In stance, must have their conductors provided with fireproof nnd moisture-proof cover ings and so mado that a flro on account ot leakage of current is totally avotdcJ. Rut leakages cannot always bo forestalled In a moist room with tho relatively crudo service given In many breworlew and they can only bo minimized by proper Insula tion and by clean work. For brewerlos a special class of Insulation has been de'Vlod. For conducting materials rubber-covered wires placed on largo bell Insulators thit nro cemented in at short Intervals should I bo used. Tho Iron brackets of these Inuu i tutors should bo zinc-coated and god lusu- luted wiro should bo used ns binding ma terial. Tho bockets ot incandescent lamps should be provided with strong porcelnln !b.nes to prevent all hygrosple action. In- candescent lamns must bo misnendcd or af- fixed ns firmly as possible, and portable lamps should be dispensed with. , lllci'trli-iii .Notes. One of tho incentives to summer traffic adopted by mnny electric rallwnys through- out the United States Is the establishment of amusement parks nt a suburban ter- minus of their roads. In some Instances a small charge for admission is made, but tr'iXwSuoWnVSteT lr0"er CnrS nr Tile surface contact electric- railway sys- tern installed at .Monte Carlo, the famous resort In tho principality of Monaco, has been running now for about three years and Is undoubtedly tho most extensive and most succe.wrui surraee ijntaci electric railway In the world. Tho route ls on very hilly uround. and tho length Is about live and one-half miles. As In other systems of this typo the current ls taken by the cur from contact blocks between the trncks br me.um of lor- shoes or skates carried under the fur '"; Thf contact blocks are kept alive iiy see 11011 swiuues pincea in m.innoies mar the ti nek. The blocks are dead except when the car Is lusidnK. Thero nro other engineering peculiarities of the system and wMlo the devices used are somewhat com plicated three years of satisfactory opera tVn would Indicate that success has been achieved. Hie consensus nf nnlnlnn icIMi rnrra.i in tho rlnanclnl side of electric puwir for shop Eervleo is that electric motor Installations are mime; -savers. The friction of lonir Hues of main shafting anil sometimes or subsidiary shafting Is avoided, and this represents a substantial portion of the total power ordinarily consumed. Tills often ro duces tho annul 11 1 of pjwer required to do a curium ciuuiiiuy or worn astonishingly In one Instance recorded It was only 20 per cent or tire aitunl rated motor equipment Mdt'V'c een though In this the power necessary for an electric crane hud been Included as well as that required for lluhtlnc. In 11 large Philadelphia locomotlvo works, with u ectrle motors In service remilrlnir m,n.. ! lively 3,m horsepower, tho generator ca- 1 rmilti provided is onlv i.s.v hnrsrminr nr 1. nt a tju aursriiiiwiT unu is Kepi in reserve, leaving only , :) horsuiower In service. It has been estimated that one-thlrd of tho rated motor cnnaeltv will nxnniiv i,n aini. .for the semrutor capacity in large plants, LAW RELENTS FOR SOLDIER Justice Dtati Lightly with On of thi Famout Knnsis Rsgimtnt. BOY VOLUNTEER FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY l.otila l.cilbcttcr. I'.lulitren Year Old, llurcl) linen pes Me ere Penult)' llccnnnc of Ills Scr lee for t'liolr Main, Louis Lcdbetter, farmer boy and soldier, escaped tho penitentiary yesterday be- from Leavenworth, Kuu., and fell Into bad company. Ills offense was tho theft of two . KtlltN nt nlnthna frnm etarnnna n iMn. I contractor at Twenty-second nnd Cuming streets. The facts of the case were beyond dispute. Lcdbetter had been In the employ of Irona j ns a grader in the High school excavation i contract. After the day's work was done ho was accustomed to spend the evening In lower Dodge street saloons with others em ployed on tho Job. A fellow grader whom Ledbetter knew ns Henry Cotney described to him one night a telescope satchel lilted with cloihlng, and during tho absence of the grading gangs the next afternoon tho two broke luto tho stable of Irons and secured tho prize. Ledbetter mndp little attempt to conceal ' his theft. He douned tho wearing apparel . and tho next evening appeared In his stolen finery at a ealoon near Fourteenth and DoJge streets. His employe!, who had missed the satchel, made the rounds of the saloons on May 26 und recognized tho clothes. Ledbetter was caught red-handed nnd offered no defense. His companion In misdoing, who was older and had sug gested tho theft, escaped. Ledbetter was bound over for breaking and entering, and upon pleading guilty beforo Judge Raker yesterday wns given a sentence of six months, tho minimum penalty for the offense. Tho boy took the announcement without flinching, but as ho marched past Deputy County Attorney Thomas the latter noted j his bearing und remarked, "You walk like a soldier." .Mrmlier of (ho "Th i-ntletli." "I served In tho Twentieth Kansas," re plied the boy proudly, "I was discharged for disability becnuso one of tho tendons In my right arm was cut." The attorney was Interested. He told tho deputy sheriff to wait and drew from the boy his account of Funston's work nt the front, which has become one of the moat stirring talcu in the history of western achievement. Ledbetter described his en listment from his homo near I-iven worth and his subsequent service, until a knife thrust bad left him maimed In his right arm, I' pen his discharge tho boy yielded to the roving habits formed In the service and de termined alter visiting St. Ixiuls and Kan sas City to spend this summer In the wheat fields ot Minnesota. With his brother, John, young Ledbetter reached Omaha and paused to earn further passage money. Rjth of tho boys secured employment with Irons and had worked on tho High school site about two weeks. Upon the completion of tho boy's story Attorney Thomas felt that perhaps tho pen alty was In excess of the offense In view of Lcdbcttcr's service In the army and his extreme outh. A showing was made and tho court consented to the substitution ot a charge of petit larceny. Ledbetter was then sentenced to thirty days' confinement In tho county Jail, tho Judgo remarking be nlgnautly, "A shorter scntenco will give you n chance nil the sooner to bo a better boy." Ledbetter thanked Judge Raker and went back to his cell. S.WS COMI'A.NV VA MICI.Kil'AT. ('. II. (iniimon Drill leu l'crullnr Suit for I'fpnoiinl Injur)'. A peculiar case has been transferred from tho stato district court at Lincoln to tbo United States circuit court In this city. The suit Is one brought by Charles H. Clausen ugalnst tho Wrought Iron Rrldge company to recover $15,000 for Injuries received by the plaintiff. Tho allegations of the petition aro that the defendant company while engaged In tho construction of a bridge In Lancaster county used, for the purpose of excavating, dyna mite, gun cotton or blasting powder ami that to explode the charges of theso power ful agents they used caps composed in part of tho same material of a highly dangerous nature; that during tho progress of the work certain of these caps were lost and not recovered by the defendant. Tho plaintiff then alleges that he found ono or more of these caps where they had been lost by the defendant, and not know ing their dangerous naturo took them home and gave them to his children to ploy with; that while they wero looking at them one of the caps exploded In his hands, blowing off n thumb and several fingers. Ho thinks he should recover from tho company because they ought to have found tho caps and not havo loft them where they would bo picked up by persons who did not know their nature. So far as knoun this la the llr.it tlmo this point has been raised In the courts In this state. MAUIM.WiK f'l.lSIIK IS I'l'.ZUIIJ. .No Record of n WimIiIIiik Aliened to llnve Occurred Two Yenrs Alto, The marrlngo clerk Is puzzled over tho case of Mrs. It. L. Cameron of Newpo.t, Ky., who believes sho was married In this city on Juno 23, 1S98. Mrs. Cameron sas . ln license on thnt occasion read, "R. Cam eron, 22 years old, Miss L. Rernard, 10 ! )rs 01a; contracting clergyman, n , hwariz. ine young woman beiought tho cll'rk t0 Ben(i her 11 verified copy of tin license, whether to nssuro hersolf that she Is married In very truth or In order to begin i alvorce proceedings, the clerk is unable to Judge. 1 n,,. ,nnattin ,i, ..,.! ! Upon conBU'",,5 tho records for a year ' prior and subsequent to tho datw named t the clerk gavo up tho task. The name of , nether party is contained among the appll- canls ,or licenses. The clerk found the nnme of Rev. Swartz In the directory fcr isns hut tho clorevmnn Ik nnt nn. in m 11 " , , , no? In tno tll- 11 w'18 necessary to Inform the young woman tnnt no record or her marrlago ls in Plstonce 1 p""0""-1- llaukriiiitM Arc IlliclinrKctl. A largo number ot persons wera ills. charged from tho bankruptcy court yesterday bv ,.1,e Munirer. Thnv L frn J,u n,.J. by Judge Mungor. They came from all over the state, as follows: Omaha: Alexander C. Itedell. Patrick Ford. Dsnnls Cunning ham. William and A. J. Frazler, A. G. Sundgrcn. Frank II. Heuermann, Fred Mnuru. Lincoln: Ronfrow Stoventon, Alex ander H. Hutton. Seaton & Wood. Wayno: Randall Frazler, John M. Rnlo. .Mark Jetcry- Stanton: John A. Wlsherd, Samuel O. Wlaherd. Falls City: Martin Gohllng Fred 11. Hoffman. Crelghtnn: j. soph Ilorkcy. Fremont: Leseer Hlrschkowltz. Pierce: Henry Rlckers. Arlington: Jacob II. Radger. Rrunswick: Charliton J. Alii- BOn' l,rctna. Jacob Palmer. Wl hur Joseph F. Cbaloupka. f!lirtttt' .Inhn Mnesnn TWU'rHeh: Kai"aDrcs' na"": al. '-owon. I . 1 Mr. Mirnnrk seeUn IHviiriT, I Mary Shranek Is seeking marital freedom ' ... . . '. Li. , rwejsor s couri irom ono John rnranek, who is said to bavo been a cruel anu anusivc nusnanu .Mrs, Shranek also claims that she entrusted her .nmu ,,-in, ' n L . . entrusted her spouse with which was Invested n four lots In lulewlld addltloc, tho property to be owned Jointly Slnco that tlmo the plaintiff claims ftl'TIl? HUM IM'YIVY 1 V!1 that two of tho lots havo been sold and tint U 1 1 Ll4 illCul I)b I UHi LiUlIJ she Is unable to force her husband to ac knowledge that the has nny Interest in thn otter two. rfhe snys that Shranck has torn r.. -ir., n in,. r j down a barn ami made other alteration . LarS9 TCt DuosodOf to Bo Cifll for without any conference with her. ' Ornzinj Purpotei. MRS, i,Avmv IS VltltAMiMll). 1 (iirlatlaii Science UeiuniiMriitnr ilr llonil for 1111 Vtipt'iiiiinec. Mrs. Mary M. Lantry, accompanied by sev eral pillars of her faith, appeared before Judgo VInsonhaler late Wedncad.iy afternoon to defend tho principles of Christian Sci ence. The complaint charging her with practicing medicine without a license wns sulscribed to by Dr. Crummer of the State Hoard of Health. When tho allegation wns read thnt Mrs. Iutry was "an unskilled and Illiterate woman" the demonstrator nnd her frlendB smiled nnd exchanged remarks. The defendant pleaded not guilty and the hearing was set for June- 22. the bond being signed by A. R. Deluig of the Kast Omaha Land company. When tho complaint wns rend Mrs. Lan try pointed out n her attorney In a low volco thnt It was made out against "Mrs. Mary .V." Instead of "Mrs. Mary M" ns It properly should havo been. Tho attorney did not cnll the court's attention to the blunder nnd for some reason the opposition failed to take note of the mistnke. WILL W'PI.Y lli:it()l( THUATMUXT Omnlin (iiin Kuuliie und Motor C0111 piiny to lie Ileclnrril Hit 11 It 111 p t , Tbo business troubles of the Omaha (las Knglno and Motor company uro to be cured by tho slmplo process of killing tho patient. There has been filed In the oiflco ot the clerk of tho United States district court tho peti tion of tho Machinists' Supply company and other creditors ot tho Knglne and Motor company asking that It he declared bank rupt und Its nssets distributed among Its creditors. Judgo Gustav Anderson, president of the engine nnd motor company, says he Is sat isfied with tho action of tho creditors and will do nothing to delay tho proceedings. He intimates that after tho affairs ot the company are settled In the bankruptcy court the work of the company will be resumed. Court .Notes, .Inson Range hns been nrrntP(l rm n grand Jury capias for selling liquor to the I ml la at Drrutiir, and is now In the Douglas county J.ill. W. F. Rechel has Hied n motion for a new trial In his suit for JI'iOiXl damages npalnn the Pniitlo Express ommti. II11 alleges that thern was mi Insularity In tho court's handling of the case and ex cepts to the judge's refusal to adopt tho Instructions asked by the plaintiff. In the suit of Fd Hurkn against the city of South Omaha for JH.OOo damages, In curred by nn accident In nn open sewer, tho defense moved yesterday thnt tho caso be taken from the Jury on an Insufficiency of evidence. After a proliuiKfd argument bv opposing counsel the motion was over ruled and the taking of testimony proceeded. .Mrs. Ida Jorgensen, who Is said to have slandered Mury V. S rensnn and damused her social standing In the amount of $10, 000 occupied the stnnd yesterdnv In Judgo Slubiiugh's court. She admitted hav ing made remarks regnrdlng .Mrs. Soren son's personal conduct, but said she had sufficient cause to believe that nil her as sertions were correct. Vote early and often. MAY TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES I'enplp Who Itofusp Information to (ii I'liiniuerntorM to lie llrouulit to nook. At last It has been found necessary to Invoke tho strong arm of tho national gov ernment to secure answers to questions pro pounded by census enumerators In the city of Omaha. One day last week an enumerator visited a boarding houee, whoio the woman In charge sold that she had several boarders, but refused to give their names. Kvory means at hand to secure tho Information was exbnusted before tho supervisor decided to apply for authority to enforce his de mnnds by legal proceFA He finally wlrol for Instructions and yesterday received power to causo the urrest, not only of the recalcitrant boarding house keeper, but of nil pr-rsons who refuse to answer questions. Thero Is but ono day left for the enumera tion f.t citizens of Omnhn nnd for this reason people will not bo hnndlcd art gently as has been the custom. The failure to answer questions Is ns much ot a misdemeanor as any other In fraction of the federal laws and the citizen who refuses to answer is subject to Indict ment by tho next grand Jury. Tho super visor has nt present two or three pereorn whom he expects to refer to the United Stntes district attorney for prcsecutlrn bo sldes tho woman reported to Washington. All physicians agree that wo drlnl. too little water. All physicians agree that Col fax Water Is the best for stomach and liver trouble. Gladstone Hrca. are ugcuts. WIDER TIRES A nIcESSITY City Mnst Tnkr Step" o I'roloet Its I'nrliiK from Heavily l.onded Wiiuoni. "Wider tires on wngons nre tho only sal vation for Omaha pavements and the city should tako some steps to protect Itself against tho great damage dono to Its paving by heavily loaded wagons," said George W. Crnlg, assistant city engineer. "Kastern cities havo required that the tires ot wngons bo widened In proportion to tho loads hauled over pavements. In France, and In fact In nearly all the European countrlts, width of tires Is regulated by law, and American cities will eventually udopt tbo samo plan. "Rubber tired mlnlmlzo tho wear on pave ments nnd since carriages and buggies of all descriptions have been equipped with such Urea tho oxpenso for repairing pavements has been lessened considerably. For a time it was thought that all wagons would even tually bo equipped with rubber tires, but no tire has been manufactured which ls durable enough for heavy wagons, nnd unless there ls an Improvement In the manu'acturo of rubber It Is not likely that drays, vans and heavy wngons will ever bo equipped with rubber tires." "In denling with men remember that a spoonful of oil will go farther than a gallon of vinegar." Tho enmo may bo said of chil dren. Thoro Is nothing so good for children as tho old-fashioned castor oil. Howcvor much they may abhor It. It lt their best modlclne for disorders of the bowels. In tho moro severe cases of diarrhoea nnd dysentery, however, Chamberlain's Colic Cure, Cholera and Dlnrrhora Remedy should be given after tho oil operates and a quick euro Is suro to follow. You can vote as many times as you want to In the Working Olrls' Vacation Con test. l.mvjcrK to Dine nnd i'nIU. The members of the Omnha Rar associa tion will dine together lnformnllv this evening. Juno 15, nt 7 o'clock at tho Her Cirnnd. The dnto hns been selected In honor of Judgo Wakoley's birthday. Arrange ments have been ruudo for ari after-dinner discussion of the constitutional status of our new possessions, particularly with reference to the Porto Rlcan tariff. .Messrs. Oreene nnd Mnhoney will nddress tho ns soc'.atlon. All members of the liar ot Douglas county who desire to bo present on this occasion, whether members of tho liar association or not, are requested to send their names before noon today to tho secretary of tho Rar association. Mr. O P. M. Rrown. Cycling has its ups and downs. After tho downs, uso Ranner Salve If you're cut or bruised. It Ileitis the hurt quickly. Myers Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillons Drug Store, South Omaha. Paris Exposition Pictures, Part II now ready. 10c uud coupon cut from tho Rce, MAY SLES AMOUNTED 10 109,773 ACRES StoeU ItnUeiN MiiUIiir Slorr Money 'I'll it Tin)- Unit liter Done lie fore null II 11 I it k I, nnd y 1 1 It Their Profits. No more eloquent showing of the pros perlty that Is present thruitghout the west nt this tlmo could bo made than lu tho largely Increased sales ot grazing lands which nro being made by the Union Pacific land department. During Ac month of Mny 100,773 nrres were disposed of and for thy Ave months of the year ending May 30 this department hns sold 601.000 acres of land. The most ot this land is adapted solely for grazing purposes nnd Is located in Nebraska. Colorado. Wyoming nnd Utah. Tho month of June, 1S09, marked tho epoch In tho history of the Union Pacific land department, since whlii tlmo the monthly sales ot land havo been Increased. Thnt month tho largest sale was recorded thnn In many months prceiously, the num ber of acres sold reaching 78,000. Each suc ceeding month has shown n largo Increase. Prior to that tlmo tho montb.lv sales aver aged 10.000 or 15,000 acres. Alfred L. Lynch of tho lind department said: "I can attribute tlili largely Increased demand for western lands solely to the fact that times are so much better now than they were a few years ngo. The sheep nnd cattlo mon of the west aro making iionoy and nro Investing It In land. In their business they hold tho belief that no bet ter Investment Is possible. Ry securing largo tracts of land tho live stock owners nre Independent of free inn go. It is tho general opinion, too, thnt tho ownership ot necessary range Is the only way In which tho much-mooted questions between the cattle nnd sheep men can be satisfactorily settled." While tho greater portion of the land sold In May wa disposed of In Iare tracts, to bo used for grazing purposes, thero wero a great many small sales to farmers In Colorado, many of them new residents, who propose to Irrigate und experiment with farming on nn extensive scale, mong the larger sales recorded last mouth were the following: George Q. Cannon, Salt Lnkc, 11,000 ucros In Morgnn county, Utuh; 11. R. Kelly. Cheyenne, 1,281 acres In Uaratnlo county, Wyoming; Summit Range and Llvo Stock company, 1.300 acres in Summit county, Utah; Robert Rlamlrcs and . F. Rohman, I.0S0 ncrcs In Morgan county. Utah; Robert W. and Charles Iloyd of Greeley, Colo.. 3,100 acres In Weld county, Colo.; W. S. Jonis, Tecumseh, Neb.. 0.DA7 acres In Keith county Neb.; D. H. Hooker, Des Moines, la., 36,743 acres lu Laramie county, Wyo.; Hugh Hltchcooit and J. P. Adams of Ogallala. Neb.. 1,717 acres In Keith county, Neb.; J. II. Muse, Omaha, 1,200 actes In Keith county, Neb; Robert Deal, Kimball, Nob.. 3,200 acres in Runner county. Neb ; C. C. Rramkump, Hyers, Colo., 3.S.). -cs In Arapahoe coun'y, Colo. Itnlli ..nil Slioi Are llusy. Owing to the ever Increasing amount ot work at the Union Pacific shops and the ne cessity that no annoyance be permitted the workmen an order has been Issued abso lutely prohibiting tho admittance of any vis ltors to the shops. There has been such n rulo nomlnnlly In effect heretofore, but Its application in tho future will he stringent and no ono will be nblo to gain admittance except 'by securing a pass from the master mechanic. Ilnllwny otes 11 ml 1'emiiiinlii, L. 11. Korty. superintendent of telegraph of tho Union Pacific, hns returned from an tastern business trl:. It. A. MeAllaster, commissioner of the Union Pacific land department, has re lumed from a visit to Chicago. K. W. Thompson, assistant gonerul pns (enger agent of the Rock Island, Is In the rlty from Topeka. visiting Ueneral Agent Charlie Rutherford. V. T. llaney, son of Station Superin tendent K. llaney of the union station, is lu Chicago taking a summer course at one of the leading medical colleges. J. F. Wallnre. recond assistant vlco pres ident of the Illinois Central. Is In the city to meet President Fish, who has been on a western tour. They will proceed to Chicago together FINDS A CUHiOUS BATTLE AX Discovery on tho t'lininunn I'nrm In Mcrrli'l; County thnt Overturns Some Theories. C. D. Chapman of Archer, Merrick county, ono ot the bailiffs ot the United States court, has mado a discovery upon bis farm which confounds tbo theories ot archaeolo gists. It Is an Indian battle ax of granite a small thing to find, but it overturns all theories, as It was found twenty "feet or moro underground In a foimntlon which In dicated tho presence of the remains of a camp of warriors. It has been held thnt theso battle axes were never used by In dians wost of tho Mississippi rlvir, but tho condition of the ax would Indicate that In ono Instnnco nt least a western Indian used such an Instrument. This bnttlo ax must not be confounded with tho war club or hammer which was I undoubtedly used by the Sioux nnd others and which is a stone with round or squat 0 ends fastened to a split stick. This is an ax, worked down to an edge moro or less ! sharp and grooved to tako leather thongs by which It was held to the handle. It bears a striking resemblance to tho axes found In the monuments of the stone ago In Europe nnd Its polish is remarkable. Paris Exposition Pictures, Part II, now rendy. 10 cents and a coupon cut from The Rce, page 2. OMAHA B0YWINSSCH0LARSHIP Jo,. Hkiiii Tillies Aivny nn of tlio Harvard I nlvernlty Prizes. One of the Harvard scholarships haB been captured by an Omuha boy, Joe Krnn, who graduated a year ago wl h high honorj from Crelghton university. Mr. Kgan has been specializing In English and English liter aturo and was awarded the scholaishlp In that department. Ho lus been nlso suc cessful In getting somo of his lltcrnry work Into high-class publications, such as Har per's Weekly. Mr. Kgan Is expected to return next week to spend tho summer va. cation In Omaha. Starvation never yet cured dyspepila. Persons with Indigestion nre already half starved. They need plenty of wholesome food. Kodot Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat so tho body can bo nourished while the wornout organs aro being reconstructed, It Is tho only preparation known that w.li Instantly relieve and completely cure all sto-nach troubles. It Is cortaln to do you good, ('nil for WurrniitN Ixnucil. A call has been l.sued for 209 city wnrrrmts of $10) each which will bo retired Hatur day. Juno 10. After thnt date nono of tho rnllnwlncr linnrlrt will firm,. Inin,u... I eral. l,7wi to 1.9?); ludgment, 30)"to SiJ2: ' orary. im 10 ui 1 , tiro, u.ra to C.5T7; pillce fi.f tn 0,130; park. 1.UM to 1,070; llghtimi 72 to 732: health. (Ill to GM: street cleat ng and sweeping, 132 to 113 h Reports fchow that over fifteen hundred lives have been saved thrnunh tb" use ot Ono Minute Cough Cure. Most of thoso were cases of grippe, croup, asthma, whoap- ing cough, bronchitis and pneumonia. It i early use prevents consumption. COOTfllbHT IM9 If TMt FftOOTl A ftiitlwl COi CltCl1"TI PART AND PARCEL. DAINTY box, an exquisite wrapper, a deli cate color, and a clinging fragrance yet all these will not cleanse the skin! Has it ever occurcd to you that you pay bic criccs for 8 these things ? Do you care you require only one a strictly pure soap. Remember you pay for perfume whenever you buy it mixed with soap. Don't you think it is wiser to make your own selection of perfume and buy it separately? It is certainly the method adopted by most persons of culti vated taste, those who bathe with pure Ivory Soap. IVORY SOAP 99rSi PER CENT. PURE. WORKING FOR ELECTRIC LINE Srliriiic to Connect Omnlin 11HI1 Fre mont mill Other Suburban i'oti iin la lteleil. Secretary Utt of the Commercial club and R. F. Hodgln have goue to Klk City to confer with the people of that town and vicinity looking to a revival of tho old project for the construction of nn electric motor lino between Fremont and Omnha and touching the suburban towns between thoso two points. This project was a fa vorite creation of Colonel J. H. Pratt nnd wns much tnlkcil of about live years ngo, but fell through during the depression. Tho brightening of the financial. Industrial and agricultural prospects of late has revived the project among the people of tho sub urban towns nnd this visit of Secretary Utt to Klk City ls Intended to cryntulllzo Interest In tho onterprls?. Kvery one around Commercial club headquarters unhesitat ingly declares that such a lino would bo a decidedly profitable Investment. Men may differ on politics, religion or finonce, but nil who havo tried Ranner Salvo nro agreed us to Its worth for cuts, burns, sores, piles nnd skin diseases. It's the most healing medicine in tho world. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's Drug Store, South Omaha. Paris Kxposltlon Pictures, Part II now teady. 10c nnd coupon cut from the Ree. IIiiIIiIIiik Permits. Tlie following ImlldlnK permits havo been grunted by the city building Inspector; I,. Stelnlger, two-story frumu dwelling, South Twenty-second street, J2,oriO; Irving Sullivan, one-story framo dwelling, Myrtlu avenue, 1,(); Mrs. F.mma Pattersun Rates, repairs, J:H.Ti. 32U2 Woolwortli avenue; Dr. P. Grossman, foundutlon, J1(X. 114 South Seventeenth street; Joscpn Illuzek, re pairs. J75. 1223 South Fifteenth street; Paul Almstraln, repairs, $1W, 1005 Dominion street. Clienp liixiirniicc. Many a man has been Insured against Rright's disease, diabetes, or other dan gerous aliment by a fifty-cent bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure. Mycis-Dlllon Drug Co., Omaha; Dilon's Drug Store, South Omaha. You can vote as many times as you wnnt to In tho Working Girls' Vocation Con test. Xn Protests lime lleen filed. For three days the city council has been sitting as a board of equalization for the purpose of hearing complaints from persons who have grievances with reference to as sessments made for special Improvements During the quarter Just ended assessmnts have been mado in two street Improvement districts and In two sewer ilstilcts. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the council met us a committee of the whoio to take final nctlon 011 any grievances, but not u single nrotest had t-een filed. All who suffer from piles will be glad to lenrn that DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo will give them Instant nnd permanent relief. It will cure eczema nnd nil skin diseases. Re waro of cour.terfclts, Paris Exposition Pictures, Part II, now ready. 10 cents und a coupon cut from The Ree, page 2. i'rnln IleinolUbcx Cur. HUTCHINSON, Kan., Juno 14. A Santa Fe freight train ran Into and demolished n street cur at the Main street crossing her. enrly this morning, killing time persons Mrs. J. S. Patten, Mrs. W. A. Rurtch and Drex L, Shooman Will give nil The Heenien a pass-do his storo) where -llit'.v can net; tlie lie.st ?:$.(iO hIioo over put nn a niiin'n font ?:t Isn't much money anil one Is Ualilo to think you won't K't much nhoc for ?H, hut you tlo when you jftt those $11 shoes, for they're mndo lo wear and look woll ns lonj; as you wear ihom tans n ml black, ltusHln calf and viol Uld In all tho now Iocs. Drexel Shoe Co., Omaha's Uii-to-date Shoe House. 1410 FARNAM STREET. Kimball Pianos Take The Lead I Wo have the largest selection of these 1 very lino plnnos over shown In the wost Thoso pianos, which are endorsed hy all the IendliiK musicians hi Amotion and IJurope, nro iiueijunled for tholi clear, sweet a ml pure tone, Unlit action dutahlllty and llnlsli The veneer on m "Kimball" piano Is the very llnost tin. can he purchased, thus mnkliiK an oh' yant piano both externally and liit-i nn Hy fall and see tho new Myle No.' Kimball lu a haiidsouise walnut or nl. on oak case This piano Is a com and ! pronounced hy all to he a really Iicm-i fill Instrument. A. HOSPE. ; Mujlo and Art 1613 Doutlat. to buy five articles or do Mrs lieorgc Kown Mrs. Patten's bod.' was ut In two, Mrs. Hurtcli was crushed beneath the .ir ,iinl died In a few minutes, Mrs Kown was drugged from the wreck by her husband and died In his arms. Kown was badly Injur, d, but will recover. Pave your coupons anj help some girl take a trip. McLean tiocn to t'entrul. SPRINGFI11LD. III., June 1 1. J. W. Mr IjCiui, formerly general passenger and ticket ngent of the Chicago, Pcnrla & St. Louis railroad and afterward occupying the sjir.o position with the St. Louis, Peoria & North ern until the purchase of that road by tho Illinois Central and Chicago &. Alton, hni been appointed district pasiwiigcr agent of tho Illinois Central In New York, with head quarters in New York City. ( uni in It tve to .Notify i'oivne. MINNEAPOLIS. June 14. -P. M. Rlncdnl, temporary hulrman of tho Sioux FnlN populist convention, has named tlie follow ing committee to notify Charles A. Towno of his nomination for vice president. H. Oerry Rrown. Massachusetts; .1 II (Cyclone) Davis. Texas. Howard S. 1 . I. r, Illinois; T. il. Weir, Nebraska: (!. II. Sib ley. New York; Leo Vincent. Colorado' K. N. Wardcll, California; .1. W. M.-riiiblck, Virginia; W. R. Sattell, Missouri; Thomas A. Pettlt, Kentucky, and Krnest Kroner, Oregon. The committee Is to meet In Kansas City July 4. Paris Fxiicsltlon Pictures, Part II now ready. 10c and coupon cut from tho Rce. Control of IIiiInIii MnrLcl. FRF.SNO, Cul.. June II. Slnco last Satur day, when tho new regime of the Raisin tirowers' asoc;atlon began, contracts rep resenting 2,0 ) acres have been signed. This Is oue-lltth of tho balance necessary to con trol the market with nineteen dns left In secure the remainder. A. U. Ilutler, a well known grower and lender among tho In dependent packets, says that the success of the assoilallon Is now beyond doubt I'luirron AVInn Aiitoiuobllr Itnee. PARIS, June 14. The International auto mobile race for tlie James Gordon Dennett fill), from Paris to Lyons, was won bv M. F. Churron of Franco. Alexander Wiutoii of Cleveland, O., participated In the 1 on test. Small in sl:c and great in results mo DeWltt s Little FaMy Itlseis . the fnmo h , Utile pills that cliniuc the liver and towel .. I They do not gripe. Won't stand any oubitltut lng nor will you take your prescriptions whero substi tuting Is allowed If you know It. We placo behind our clerks ono nt the most com plete stocks of pure, fresh drus lu tho west and no matter what the prescrip tions, bring them to us and we will fill them properly at a very reasonable ccat. THE ALOE & PENF0LD CO., I.nrnot Medical Supply House 1108 Furuiim St. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL.