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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.
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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.