IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Exptrt OpinUi oa th. lificiue f tb Edi
son Stor&gt EatUrj.
PICTURES SENT DY WIHELESS TELEGRAPH
UrniMiiila for Water 1'inier flnnlshlng
the Senile C'linrnm of Wnterfnll.
I'rotci'tliiK Trolley Cam
from MkIiOiIuk.
Doubts at to the efficiency of Mr. Edl
ion's new storage battery expressed In
somo quarters are not shared In by the
Electrical Kevlow, a leading authority on
electrical matters among American publi
cations. Tl.u Edison battery Iron and
nickel-oxide plates In a solution of potash
Increases, Hays tho ltcvlew, the weight
efficiency of the accumulator two and a
half time. "To put It In plain Kugltab,"
says tho Review, "for the same weight tho
new storage battery will do two and a half
tlmss as much work as at the present
time." Not only will It do more work for
a given deadweight, but Its first cost Is
low, It Is permanently cinclcnt and will
stand rough usage. This means a wider
sphtru of usefulness for electricity.
The applications of electricity for pur
poses of propulsion have been much re
stricted hitherto by tho defects and high
cost of existing storage battrlss. Qno
could easily Imagine a thousand new uses,
provided considerable amounts of puwor
could bo put cheaply In a portable shape.
The Edlsm Invention goes far toward meet
ing this want "It Is hard." savs the Elcc.
trlcul ltcvlew, "to foresee all the meaning
or tins Improvement. Hut wo may look a
little way and sec the noiseless city, tho
suppression of the horse and the automobile
n factor of economic Importance In general
transportation. The perfected buttery
means the solution of many difficult trac
tion problems, the betterment of electric
Hunting and the foundation of the new art
of electric navigation. Electric tugboa'.s
will give new life 10 our canals, nnd with
electric ferryboats will reolutlonl.e our
harbors. Electric torpedo boats of swift
ness ami secrecy will make present naval
armaments of doubtful protection. The In
vention gives electricity a new foothold In
Its career of Industrial conquest."
MltlittiliiK mill (lie Trolley.
During a thunderstorm at any time of
day tho lights In the trolley car of tho
Kansas City Metropolitan system ro al
ways turned ou by order of the company.
There uro two reasons for It. Ono Is for
tho protection of tho car and the other for
tho protection of the passenger. When tho
lights are on and the car is at a stand
still, tho trolley polo becomes a lightning
rod. When a car Is In motion the electric
current, which leaves tho power houso and
Is carried along on tho trolley wlro pauses
down through a wire In the trolley pole
Into the motors of tho car, setting them
In motion, and then down through the
wheels Into the rails, by which the current
returns to tho power houte. Thus tho trol
ley wire, the car and tho rails form &
complete, circuit. When a car Is at a
standstill the connection between the trol
ley and the motor is cut off, breaking tho
circuit. However, turning on tho lights
has tho samo effect as putting the car In
motion. That Is, It completes tho circuit.
That Is tho exact reason why tho lights
are on during a thunderstorm.
Should lightning strike a trolley wlro
tho flood of current would bo carried with
u rush to tho nearest car. If this car
should bo In motion or the lights bo turned
on so tho circuit with tho rails Is complete
thero would bo a chance that the extra
current of the lightning's stroko would
pass down the trolley polo and through the
car into tho rails without doing any harm.
Tho princlplo Is tho same as that of a
llghtnlngrod, which carries the olcctrlclty
of a bolt of lightning Into the ground, nut
when thero Is no connection the current of
a bolt of lightning would burn out tho
motors of tho car, and if strong enough
would shatter thn car and Injure the peoplo
who might bo riding In it.
Tho Metropolitan company has had the
rule for turning on tho lights In trolley
ears during a storm in effect for n long
time and It is believed that by this stmplo
fact many serious accidents havo been pre
vented. Type Printline Telewrniili,
According to the Cologne Gazette, tho
Baudot multiplex type-printing telegraph,
n French invention, operates so excellently
that tho results on thn Derlln nnd Paris
lino have surpassed all expectations.
Since tho main office has educated a
sufficient number of operators for the Bau
dot apparatus tho system Is now regularly
In uso during the greater part of the day
on that lino.
It ban been demonstrated that tho whole
telegraph business between Horlln and
Paris, which heretofore required ilvo tele
graph lines, can now bo easily done over
ouo by means of the Baudot system.
Thu operation is perfect and uninfluenced
by minor interruptions of tho conduit. The
work of the operators Is not more arduous
than with the Hughes apparatus.
It Is to be regretted, says tho article,
that the new system is not sultnblo for
long cables, otherwise the Oerman-Engllsh
cable would profit at once.
Tho new successes In quick and multi
plex telegraphy will create a peculiar situ
ation for tho administration of the tel
egraphic service. It tho Baudot system he
Introduced nil over Germany, and, In addi
tion, if tho quick telegraph of I'ollak and
Vlrag bu utilized for newspaper telcgrnms,
and If Prof. Slaby succeeds In applying his
discoveries concerning multiplex spark tel
egraphy to ordinary wires, then it will be
only a question of n short tlmo when tho
existing telegraph business will hardly keep
ll tho lines busy.
Wlveleas TrlrKrnnhy null Picture.
Rome successful experiments wero re
cently made In transmitting pictures by
wireless telegraphy. Mr. Hummers system,
reports Electricity, consists In flrst tracing
through u carbon paper upon a metal plato
tho picture to bo reproduced. Tho lines
thus obtulned are then brought out prom
inently by means of some non-conducilng
solution, as, for lustnnce, shellac. This
prepured picture Is then wrapped around a
cylinder, against which lightly rests n plat
inum point connected In circuit. The re
ceiver ill furs llttlo from the transmitter,
except that In place of the picture the
cylinder' contains a sheet of carbon paper
between two sheets of blank paper
In the experiment In question, which wn
conducted under the auspices of the New
York Herald, the transmitter was located
at u distance of fifteen feet from the re
ceiver with nn eight-Inch brick wall be
tween. As the transmitting cylinder revolved
'whenever the stylus touched the shellac It
caused tho closing of tho Induction roll cir
cuit, with the result that an electric wave
traveled to the receiving opparatus, caus
' log It to respond. The greatest difficulties
Mr. W. J. Clarke, who was carrying on tho
experiment, had to contend with were In
overcoming vibration In tho registering
stylus and In regulating tho coherer to tbn
prcclso degree of sensitiveness necessary to
'secure good results.
Mr. Clarke also successfully tried the
lighting of Incandescent lamps at a dis
tance, which wns accomplished by means
of a mechlnlcal motor used In conjunction
with the receiver of tho wireless apparatus.
A practical application of this device,
which Mr. Clarke predicts will surely
corut, 1b Its utilization for offshore lights
And beacons In the coast lighthouse service.
By enabling an operator to light or extin
guish at will from a point on the mainland
lamps fed cither by gas, oil or storage bat
tery at points offshore the expense might
be saved cither of maintaining an attendant
constantly on duty at the lighthouse or of
constructing and operating n connecting
cable. In the operating of what Is known
as a flashlight the rotating mechanism, Mr.
Clarko contends, can be started and
stopped, as well as wound up, from a re
mote point on the mainland.
Fnreuell to AVnterfnlla.
Electrical experts and soma common
peopl aro already reconciling themselves
to tho prospect of the total loss of Niagara
falls as a scenic spectacle, says the Phila
delphia Post. Each power tunnel bored
and returning opulent dividends to Its
projectors Is an Irresistible argument In
favor of the construction of another. The
cataract Is like a gold mine, wlh 2,000,000
tons of ore in sight. Is It reasonable to
suppose that the miners will stop when
10,000 tons have been taken out or fiO.OOO,
or 100,000, or any amount short of the
entire contents of tho lode? As reasonable
as It Is to supposo that the exploiters of
Niagara will utop with 10,000-horse power,
or 60,000, or 100,000, or any other amount
short of the cntlro capacity of the falls.
But while the probability that Niagara
Falls may soon give place to n bare wall of
rock Is forcing Itself upen though ful minds,
the full Implications of this tremendous
fact do not seem as yet to have attracted
attention. The Inevitable corollary of the
loss of Niagara Is nothing less than the
total disappearance of all waterfAlls a an
clement of natural scenery. Niagara repre
sents tho extreme limit of tho roslstance
of nature to science In that direction. Long
before the last drop of Its mighty flood
Is tamed and made to flow through a tur
bine by wny of n tunnel or a canal every
minor cataract and cascade will be at work
turning dynamos.
In most cascj the problem Is elementary
compared with that of harnessing Niagara.
A little dam ncross Yosemlte creek before
It tnkes Its half-mllo plunge over the cliff
will transform ono of the world's wonders
Into nn Industrious substitute for a steam
engine. It will bo easy to persuade tho
Merced river not to take tho dazzling leap
of 600 feet that wo call the Nevada fall.
The Shoshone falls, Minnehaha, tho
Ooncsce, tlie Passaic nro either gono or
rapidly going.
SourcrN of Wi'iilttt.
Every little cascado In a woodland glen Is
a potential source of wealth. Every one
mv tix nTnirtril to dlnnuncnr. unless It be
preserved In a public or prlvato park, like
th- surviving specimens of the buffalo. We
do not yet fully realize what this means
how much tho loss of tho laughter of fall
ing btooks and tho surge of falling rivers
will subtract from the enjoyment or inc.
tinrtifttM uAntlmpnt tnnv bo sufficiently pow
erful to gain for us nt rare Intervals a
taste of the old pleasures, on a centennial
nnnlvra.irv or t he visit of a president the
masters of the dynamos may shut down
mosts of their plants nnd turn on Niagara
for a day. It will be a spoctaclu thnt will
draw excursionists from tho whole conti
nent. trnm that starts In the Sierras 10,-
000 feet above tho sea may run through
100 power plants bcrore It mccis mo uno.
In time all Its possibilities will be utilized,
mlin nf vnirrant travel In its bed will
be a waste of energy and ultimately wo
mav exDect to find It running tne enure
distance through pipes. Hydraulic engi
neers will exploro the roraotost recesses of
tho Andes, tho Himalayas ana me muuu-
.... Afrixn fnr sources of cower and
no watorfall will bo too Inaccessible to bo
caught and tamed. What will the poets do
then? Perhaps they may find poetry In a
turbine, but If they do Its quality can
hardly match that inspired by a cataract.
. -.1 ., it th nnets m&naeo to adapt
themselves to the new conditions what will
become of tho artist? How are mey kouir
to Idealize the Insldo of an Iron pipe? Yet
that is where all the flowing water will bo
unless science discovers some ami cueapcr
source of power.
Current Note..
tu xTrt... VnrW folonhone system Is now
the largest In the world. The growth In
recent years has been exceedingly inpld
nnd tho number of stntlons in the system
now is more than 62,600.
tvio i-nntmpt fnr constructlnc a line or
street cars for the classic city of Athens
has already been let, curs are being built
In New Jersey nnd soon the painters will
bo lettering me signs; "veinuauiciien
Avenue, North Hadrian Streot nnd tho
Parthenon."
Wnlter Tlmlds. 9 vcars old. of Hartford.
Conn., had n current from nn electric cablo
carrying iu.uw vous 01 eiecmciiy puss
rhrotigh his body rccnntly. That ha was
lint killed Is considered miraculous, but the
physicians -it tho Hartford hospital, where
the boy Is now suffering from the effects
of tho shock, say that he will recover.
In nn Improved form of nrc lamp for
street nnd other lighting purposes tho enr
hnnx nre ho rlaced us to throw no shndow
underneath the lamp. One of the objec
tions to tne arc ugnt ncroioioro tins nccn
the shadow cast by the mechanism neces
sary to support the lower carbon, but the
new lump overcomes this by suspending
Doth carbons In an oblique position from
thu top of the lamp.
In Montgomery county. Indiana, a few
farmers bought a switchboard and tele
phones for their own use, paying $3 In
itiation and 25 cents a month. Tolls from
non-subscribers met the salary of tho op
erator. This system has hcon extended
until It Bervcs forty towns with 6,000 tele
phones. In a Massachusetts county -00
tarmerH provide their own telephone facili
ties for 16 each a year.
Miniature electric lamps, which were
hardly more than curiosities flvo years ago,
can now be obtained already wired for
decorative uses nt prices not beyond the
reach of scarcely any one who undertakes
dining room or ball room decoration. Inter
twined with smllax or with (lowers, those
tiny star-llko points of light. In appro
priate colors, cut be employed effectively
so close to the spectator that the use of
tho largo Incandescent globes would bu
out of the question.
TWO PAYMASTERS ARE COMING
Practice In Vogue Ilrfore War to lie
Itesuntptl Mnjor Stnnton Well
Known in Omaha.
Tho orders assigning Major Stanton and
Captain Graham to the Deportment of tho
Missouri ns paymasters of the United States
army have not been received at headquar
ters, but tho newspaper reports are taken
as conclusive by the officers of the depart
ment. This will be tho second tlmo that Captain
Graham has been stationed at Omaha. He
was hero during tho Spanish war and left
this city for tho Philippines, where he Is
now stationed, The captain was then major
of volunteers, to which position he was ap
pointed from civil life In Iowa.
Major Stanton was appointed to the vol
unteers from Illinois, being major In that
branch of the service. In the report It Is
stated that he Is to succeed Captain Brad
Slaughter, who Is ordered to the Philip
pines. The transfer cannot be made until
Major Stanton reaches Omaha, which wilt
require two months at least.
Until the breaking out of the Spanish war
two paymasters wero usually located at the
headquarters In Omaha. The chief pnymas
ter hnd charge nf the payment of troops In
tho posts ot the department and the assist
ant paymaster paid discharged soldiers who
came here to receive their cash. It Is un
derstood at headquarters that the appoint
ment of theso two paymasters to this de
partment neons a resumption of the prac
tlce.
If you have no appetite for your meals
something Is wrong with your digestion,
liver or bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters
cleanses and strengthens the stomach, puri
fies the bowels and creates appetite, vigor
and cheerfulness.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TIL CI? ST) AY,
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Muting of tht Council Is im KpiiC With
th Wnthir.
WRANGLE OVER SPECIAL POLICEMEN
To Pay or Xot to Pay 1 the Much
Mooted tuetlon Action of the
School llonril la Am
lonsly Awaited,
A special meeting of tho city council was
called yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of determining the liability ot the city In
tho payment of salaries of twenty-four spe
cial policemen who acted during the street
fair.
While tho council meeting commenced In
tho best of spirits, before It had finished It
looked very much as though the perplexing
question would be decided In u survival of
tho fittest mode of procedure. Twice at
the afternoon session were tha corridors of
tho clerk's office, In which the meeting wns
held, ordered cleared, and while the crowd
would temporarily disperse It would Imme
diately again congregate.
The onlookers were made up mostly of
the men who had been special policemen,
and tho manner In which them emphasized
their views on the subject made things very
excltlnf; for awhile.
After the meeting had been called to order
Johnston moved that the clerk bo Instructed
to draw warrants for the payment of tho
police and Adklns promptly seconded It.
Then came tho fight. Martin claimed that
It was the street fair's debt and that they
should be the ono to settle It. Van Sant
was tho only councilman nbscnt, nnd when
they did finally get to a vote It was found
tliHt tho motion was lost.
When the clerk announced tho decision
(ho lukewnrm atmosphere became decided
hot. The men outtlde the railing, all talk
ing at one time, said that they would have
their money and have it at once, while tho
councllmen who wero in favor of paying
them looked at each other !h a helpless
sort of a way. Finally Martin said that .1
commltteo should be appointed to sec tho
street fair board of control nnd ace If they
would repudiate tho Claim. Miller, Martin
and Dwornk, the cotullmen opposing the
paying of thn bills, wore appointed by tho
mayor as tho committee nnd they Investi
gated. They reported that tho hoard of
control would hold a meeting In the even
ing and would then either refuse to pay or
nettlo up the wholo thing.
Tho evening session was very brief and
the mattor was quickly disposed of. A
resolution wns read, passed by the board of
control of the fair association, In which
they said that since they had paid for nil
tho Bpcclal policemen that they had hired,
being fourteen In number, they hould not
bo called upon to pay for any more, nnd
asked that the city pay for tho men that
were clamoring before them for their
"time."
Johnston again moved to pay them nnd
Adklns again seconded tho motion. Martin
attempted to Introduce, ns a substitute to
tho motion, a resolution to the effect that
the city council had been Imposed upon and
authorizing tho city attorney to commence
suit against tho fair association for the
(600 thus paid out of the 'city funds. His
resolution was declared out of order and
the voting took place. Miller was the only
man of the councllmen who had been in
tho afternoon opposed to tho payment who
stuck to his colors. He voted against the
motion, but the rest swung Into line and
voted that the men should bo paid.
The fight In the afternoon was precipi
tated by some men In the audience declar
ing that tho taxpayers should not be bur
dened with tho payment of police who had
dono hut little and wero not hired by the
city, and each cx-pollccraan took upon him
self to consider it a personal Insult.
It Is rumored that An application will be
made to the district court today for a writ
of Injunction ngalnst the city paying the
men, on the grounds that they wero never
legally appointed and tho obligation Is not
ono for which the city Is liable.
IVnltliiK on School Ilnnrd.
Tho city is anxiously awaiting tho action
of tho Board ot Education on the pro
posed school which Is to bo built on tho
"Hoctor" site. For a long time the board
has promised that at each succeeding
meeting something would bo done looking
to the building of this school. It Is In
deed badly needed, as tho city Is renting
vacant roams over tho city to accommodato
the number ot children who are npplylng
to the board for admission to the schools
of the city.
But outside ot the delay In the building
ot the school comes certain discussion re
garding the architectural plans of the
building. Architect Davis was paid about
$2,000 for drawing the plans of the school,
Tho plans' were furnished nnd the archi
tect stated that tho price of the buildings,
under tho plans drawn, should not
exceed 1100,000. However, the lowest
bid which has been made for the
building ot the school - Is some $30.
000 more than this sum and It Is gen
erally conceded that, according to pres
ent arrangements, the school building will
cost the district not leas than $200,000, ex
clusive ot tho land, which has already been
paid for.
I.ruila to Illver Ilnnk.
Street Commissioner Frank Clark and a
corps ot assistants are working on the
opening ot Missouri avenue to tho Missouri
rlvor and expect to havo tho work com
pleted within the next few days.
The work Is being dono from Thirteenth
and MUsourl avenue and the city is push
ing the work along with the object of
shutting off an expenditure of $25 a month,
which they are now paying for leased
ground. Heretofore no road has been open
to the river nnd In order to reach tho
dumping grounds of tho town they were
compelled to pass over the private prop
erty of Herman Kountze, for which priv
ilege the city has hecn paying the above
amount each month.
Tlcsldes the grading which is being dine
tho city has had erected about 2,000 feet
of fence nlong the side of the new ror.d.
The work Is being don on a lovel with tho
established grade of Missouri avenue nnd
It Is thought that It will make a beoutlful
driveway when the work Is finished.
,rviiinn Cane t'oiitlmieil,
Tho case of II. E. Newman, ennrged with
shooting at Chris Markeson some days ago,
wot to come up for hearing In the notice
court yesterday afternoon. However, when
the time arrived for the hearing Mr. New
man filed an affidavit In which he said that
on Account of some witnesses whom ho was
desirous of having hero for the trial be
ing absent from the city that ho could not
proceed with tho trial at this time. On
this account the case was continued until
August 13.
Manic City rioaalp,
John Heyn of Hooper visited In tho city
yesterday.
A son has been born to Mr. nnd Mrs.
Frank A, Ilroadwell.
Albert Dowllng of Palmyra Is visiting
with relatives nnd Incidentally attending
to some business matters,
J 8. Walters has resumed work at the
stock yards after a few Unys' absence,
occasioned by a sick spoil,
Bert Mitchell and George Leach have
been bound uver to the district court to
answer to the charge of highway robbery.
Chief of Police Mitchell has returned
from Avoca. la. Mrs. Mltchull Is still at
Avocn, visiting with her parents who re
side at thnt place
The mandamus case aglnBt the city,
brought by Annie Meyers to force payment
Mi
Mm
w
'In-
'ft
m
of a J2.0X Jlldcmont. will be nlrrd In thn
district court today befure Judge Estcllc
Tho list nf cltv wnrmntM nn uhlnli tli
city clerk nnd his deputy havo been work
ing since Monday night's council meeting
have been completed mid the warrants ure
now rcnuy tor tiistrunition.
UiiIMImk ncrmlts Issued vesterduv wore
an follows: II. C. I.ofller. Twenty-llfst and
11 HireciH, cottage, w.-im, iiaipii rsicnuisnn,
Thirty-third anil II wtreots, cottage. tl0:
ThomnB Sullivan. Thlrtv-thlrd and II
streets, cottage, JSCO.
Georce Diiscmnb. who Is linllrllnir ii new
house at the corner of Thirty-second and
U streets, has been arrested at tho In
stance of Oullding Inspector Click, charged
vvnn violating tne uuiuung ormnnncu ot
the city in his work on his house.
Mrs. Sarah Hlirlev was vesterrinv lined In
tho pollco court for nbimiiig a neighbor.
After tho Judge had stated tho amount of
her lino she Insisted upon going to Jail to
lay It out." I'ollce Court Bailiff Allen
started to accommodate the womun In her
desire to go to Jail and for a time chairs
and tallica In the court room danced a
merry clatter, Flpnlly friends of Mrs. Hur
ley furnished bonds for her appearance In
court toduy. .d
GORDON TURNS HIM LOOSE
Police Court .Inline l'lurn Short-
Mcnnure I'eililler Only line Dol
lar 011 l'lcii of Guilt).
One dollar was tho line which Police
Judge Samuel I. Cordon Imposed upon a
vegetable peddler who pleaded guilty to
having a dishonest peck measure lu his
possession.
The peddler was Ed Tyson. He sold a
short peck of apples to Mrs. II. V. Thomas
aud defrauded a number of other persons
In the vicinity of Hanscom park. Abun
dant proof was offered to show that tho
man nctually sold from the fraudulent
measure, which did not bear the stamp
of the Inspector of weights nnd measures.
The man could . havo been fined $50, hut
Judge Gordon let him escape with a lino
of tl.
"It Is discouraging to receive such treat
ment nt tho hands of the police Judge,"
said T. r. Maharamltt, city Inspector of
weights and measures. "The evidence
ngalnst Tyson was overwhelming. It wns
so strong that tho man did not attempt to
deny that ho had the dishonest measure.
It was pointed out that he used tho
measuro In selling to n number of fami
lies, yet the Judge let him escape with the
lightest pcnnlty possible. There are
twelve or fifteen dishonest peddlers In the
city and tho public must look out for
them. If persons who aro defrauded will
report taclr cases to me I will try to
drive the unscrupulous peddlers out of bus
iness. Mnyor Moores will revoke the
license of men caught selling from short
measures."
Seasonable Fashions
3874 Yoti Drivtn,
22 to 32 nit
Woman's Yoke Drawers. No. S871 Com
fortable, wcll-fltttng under garments aro
necessary to perfect fitting gowns and to
the comfort of tho wearer. These simple
drawers are modeled on tho best possble
lines and mean ease and freedom as well
as fit. The material of tho original Is nain
sook with embroidered bands and edging,
but cambric. long cloth, mull and soft
finished muslin are all used with either lace
or ncedlwork finish.
The leg portions nre wide and ample.
Tho yoke Is pointed at the front, narrow
at the sides and hack, where It Is drawn
up by means of tnpes or ribbons.
To cut theso drawers for a woman of
medium slie, 2V4 yards of material 36 Inches
wide will be required, with 2 yards of In
sertion and 4 yards of edging to trim as
Illustrated,
The pattern 3S74 Is cut In sizes for a 22,
24. 26, 2S, 20 and 32-Inch wnlt measure.
For the accommonation of The Dee's
readers these patterns, which usually retail
nt from 25 to 60 cents, will be furnished at
a nominal price, 10 cents, which covers all
expense. In order to get any pattern en
close 10 cents, glvo number and namo of
pattern wanted and bust measure. Allow
about ten days from date of your letter
before beginning to look for the pattern.
Address, Pattern Department, Omaha Bee.
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UNCLE SAM AND IRELAND
John F. Tinnerty of Ohicno AtHrnjM a
Cliuroh Gatheriag.
HUNDREDS OF HEARERS AE PRESENT
Orator Tell Ills Audience of IIilMhm
ComlltloiiM on the I'Jiui-rnlil InIc
mill .HiiKKcatx IteintMllcn
for liniirot eiiK'iit.
One of the most successful church events
of tho year was the eighth anuual festival
of the Church of tho Holy Family on tho
lawn of tho paEtor's residence Wednes
day uvenlng.
Thu principal feature of tho occasion
was an address by John F. Flnnerty of
Chicago, who spoke on tho subject of
"America and Ireland."
Mr. Flnncrty's reputation ns an orator
Is well known In Omaha and the fact thnt
he waB to speak brought out hundreds of
people who would not otherwlso havo been
present.
The lawn was filled with people, the
seats provided being Insulflclent tor the
crowd. When Mr. Flnnerty, accompnnlcd
by .Mayor F. E. Moores, Sheriff John
Power, J. A. Connor and J. F. Dally en
tered the speakers' stand the band played
"America."
Mayor Moores Introduced Mr. Flnnerty
os an old army comrade nnd one of the
best correspondents with tho union army
during the civil war.
In opening Mr. Flnnerty referred to tho
mayor in complimentary terms. He spoke
In part as follows:
"In tho days of the fathers the Irish,
with prophetic vision, looked to tho sot
ting sun for relief from English oppres
sion. Today, on American soil, 20,000,000
Irishmen nro now domiciled. Why Is this
emigration? The most bigoted English
man will not ray that the soil Is not
BUinclent to maintain tho population. It
Is said that Ireland is too small to govern
itself, but Holland and Ilelgium, about one
third of tho slzo of Ireland, give tho He
to this claim.
"It is said that Ireland cannot govern
Itself because thu population Is mainly
Catholic. Catholic Ilelgium, one of the
most prosperous countries on earth, dis
proves this, Norway Is smaller; so Is
Greece, and not one of tho lands I havo
mentioned has bettor soil or moro majes
tic country. English laws arc responsible
tor tho emigration of tho Irish. It
was English laws which drove tho farmer
from the soil, the herdsman from tho
plnlu and tho artisan from tho factory.
Sixty years ago 3,000.000 peoplo wero
housed In Ireland. Today but 4,000,000 peo
ple are on the Island, From 1S46 to the
present time there starved to death, under
(Jucen Victoria's reign, 1,500,000 people,
driven to tho grave by English laws aud
not by- the edict of Almighty God.
"Do not bo deceived by tho stories In tho
press of English liberty, She is a hypo
crite, worse than Russia. Sho preaches
God nnd morality she practices murder
nnd robbery. Sho Is the samo England she
always was, tho ono thnt is now fighting
tho fiocrs Is tho ono who turned loose the
red Indian on tho Inhabitants of tho Valley
of Wyoming In Pennsylvania, Sho Is tho
one who Impressed American seamen until
sho was driven from tho sea. Pnckcnham
and Wellington wero Irishmen by birth.
Packlnghaui was ono of tho six men In
tho Irish Parliament who sold that body
to England for n commission In the Eng.
llsh nrmy. It Is this samo England that
we aro Ashling morally, If not physically,
today England, tho land of Wllberforce,
who maintained slavery In tho West Indies
as long ns It paid her, who encouraged tho
American abolitionist until thn civil war
wns precipitated and then gave aid and
support to the southern confederacy, When
General Sherman reached Atlanta he found
that most of tho cannon which had been
firing upon the union soldiers bore the
crown mark of an English arsenal.
"England claims that sho helped tho
United States In the war with Spain. This
is a newspaper Ho. Thero Is no official
record that she ever did anything for us.
Hut wo must not forget Russia, When
England hurried her forces to Canada after
tho war Russia sent a fleet to Now York
to let her know that If she Interfered In
American affairs the Russian bear would
put Its head Into tho English honey pots.
"Tho present premlor of England, then
Lord Robert Cecil, bought $100,000 of con
federate bonds nnd other Englishmen bought
these bonds, but the United States could
float no bonds In England.
"Tho Doers are now teaching the English
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Soheniah
something sho has never known before.
Her commanders have made the Ilrltlsh
I generals question whether they nrc generals
or drivers for canal boats. I would bo
ple.tsed If Ireland could take up the battle
now being waged by the Doers, hut this Is
impossible as tho Doers have land over
which to retreat, while Ireland Is under
tho Drltlsh guns. We hopo for a wnr be
tween Franco nnd Knglnnd and It France
that old friend of liberty should land men
and arms In Irnland every Irishman worthy
of the name would take up arms for his
country.
"Tho time may como when there will be
n war betweon England and tho United
States nnd If this over happens I hope that
ono ot the conditions ot tho peace will be a
cession of Ireland to tho United States.
If this country can manage Islands In Asia
It can establish a protectorate In Europe.
"I could wish that tho United States
would bnve assisted the Doers. For tha
first tlmo In its history tho United States
has not held out n hand to people struggling
for liberty. We gave asylum to the patriots
Kossuth, Schurz, Meagher and others. I do
not criticise men; I criticise policies. The
American who docs not sympathlzo with
thu Doers should be burled In the same
grave with Rencdlct Arnold when he dies.
"I am proud to say that from tho days
of Lexington to the close of tho last war
tho sword of Ireland has flashed on every
field and the blood of Ireland has been shed
In defeneo ot American liberty. The spirit
of liberty can never die In Ireland as long
as one irishman lives. Wo are opposed to
England because she Is a hypocrite, because
she Is n tyrant. We are an American people.
Wo aro not Anglo-Saxons. Sir Walter Scott
says In his novel Ivenhoe that one ot tho
distinguishing marks ot tho Anglo-Saxons In
England was the wearing of a collar to
show to what Norman lord they belonged,
The Anglo-Saxon superstition Is an absurd
fraud."
MANY GUESTS OF GROCERS
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The committee In chargo of tho grocers'
picnic to be held August 8 Is meeting with
gratifying success. At this time over 500
tickets have been sold to persons not mem
bers of the association and the demand for
tickets will tax the ability ot tho society to
provide accommodations for the party.
The managers of several of tho dry goods
stores of the city have Indicated their in
tention ot closing tor the day, claiming that
as the wholesale houses, the commission
houses nnd tho grocery stores will all be
closed, It will not pay them to keep open.
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Free Music
One-half the charm of a musical com
position Is lost In the failure of the cor
rect Interpretation. With this In view
we have arranged with Mr, E. Van
Alstyn, the composer of Luclle, Fatocka,
Bola Ilola, Hula. Ilnlo, etc., to girt a
concert at our shoet niualc department
next Sntnnlay, July 20th. The prognun
will consist of maiir cumpoAltlons Just
hmied, ns weJI as the old favorites.
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Musical. Art. 15(3-1515 Diiictit,
BALDWIN STARTS CONFIDENT
Ltit Word at Trsmiot is Froaiitt to Rtaoh
N.nh NU
EXPEDITION GETS FINAL HEARTY CHEER
C'onme of America Will Hp first to
Itimalnii Town of Ari'limiHel,
unit Aflrmnril to
Vnrcloe. jjjJj - jsj
TIIOMSOE, Norway, July 17. Shortly be
fore midnight last night the the ships of
tho Bnldwln-Zclglcr expedition weighed
nnchor and, .with the stars and stripes and
Norwrglnn flags nt their masts, steamed oft
to the north. An they left tho harbor the
crews ot tho other vessels there gavo the
expedition a cheer.
Evelyn D. Baldwin, chief of tho expedi
tion, was In excellent spirits. Ills last,
words to a reptescntatlve of tho Associated
Press were that he had llttlo doubt ot
reaching the north pole.
Tho America will proceed first to Arch
angel, In Russia, and then reach the Island
of Vnrdoc oft the coast of Norway, whence
the final deparluro for Franz Joseph Land
will be mnde. Touching Hounlngsvang, tho
boats, America and Delglca, will pick up
the Frlthjof, and all thrco will proceed
northward together.
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