THE OMAHA DAILY JJEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1001.
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POPULATION IS DECREASING
Natives in Alsutlan Chain of IilEds Art
E&pilly Djiig Off.
EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES AMONG ALASKANS
DlKenftR Onuses Dcntti of Mnnj- Hun
dmln of Imllnii AVIio ,rv
C'riMTilpil TiiKCdirr In Smitll
Mud Ilut.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. The rapid de
dine of tho native population of tho Aleut
ian chain of Islands Is told In a report Just
received by tho marine hospital service
from F. J. Thombury at Dutch. Harbor,
Alaska, Tho report says that formerly
there wero 120 villages on the Islands, with
a native population variously estimated nt
from 1,500 to 2.E00. Now In tho same dl-
trlct thoro aro only ten villages and 1,000
Inhabitants, exclusive of whiten, of whom
300 are Creoles (mixed breeds with Russians
anil other nationalities) and TOO Alvutes.
The report says: "Last ir Unalaska
had 353 Inhabitants, 110 or nearly onu-thlrd
of whom died. According to datti obtained
from the Hussion priest of the Greek Cath
olic church, Hov. H, I. Kashcrcroff, who
has tho only mortality records kept In tho
village, there being no health officer or
even physicians, thirty deaths were
ascribed to "cold," twenty-four to consump
tion, thirty-tbrto to measles and seven to
old age, and five wero drowned.
"Tho remarkable mortality from measles
nmong tho nntlves In Alaska during the last
yoar appears nscrlbnble largely to tho bad
snnltnry environments aud lack of precau
tion ngalnst exposure
"On the Kitskowlnd and In other sec
tions on the mainland from one-half to
twn-thlrds of tho natives died and many
wero left unburted In the mud houses whero
they lived, surviving members Immediately
deserting tho huts which often contained
from ono to two dozen natives living re
gardless of family relations.
"As many as half a dozen dead bodies
havo been seen by prospectors In a single
hovel nnd numerous dead bodies were seen
lying about on the ground partly eaten by
1 ho foxes.
"Thoro nro numerous Instances of whole
villages being deserted, tbo few surviving
natives having a superstition about staying
vvhoro so many of their numbor had died."
. WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT
Consumer In Nclirnskn Not In He
Troulilril lijr Advance In I'rlop
of llronm Corn.
Tho ndvanco In tho price of broom corn
announced from the cast last night will
hnvo consldcrnblo effect In Nebraska, but
will havo but llttlo on consumers. Tho
peoplo who will profit by tho rise In prlco
will bo tho farmers.
It may bo a surprlso to most peoplo to
learn that Nebraska Is ono of the states
where, tho raising of broom corn can be
uticcossfully carried on and that In tuo
localities at loast It Is ono of the principal
crops. Tho seat of tho broom corn ln
dustry In tho stato Is Greenwood, In Cnss
county, and Atiilnnd, in Saunders county.
Cass county produces tho largest amount
of tho product and many farmers In that
vicinity mnko It their principal crop. To
micccsHfiilly raise 'this crop experience Is
required, and In order to prepare It for
market machinery which can be used for no
otmr 'iiurnoso "imlst1 no purchased. Tbesy
"two facts hnvo kept tho nverago farmer
from engaging 111 tho business, but when
oncn equipped for tho work tho crop Is ono
of tho most profltnblo that can bo rnlsed
In tho southern port of tho stato, selling
nt tho present tlino nt $100 to $120 per ton.
Ueforc tho Inst advnnco tho prlco was $60
to $70 per ton, which was quite romunora-
tlVo to the farmer. Tho present ndvanco
Is nit I1 tn bo due to tho partial crop failure,
last year In Illinois Molds, which produce
the greater pnrt of tho supply for tho west'
em country. At tho snmo tlmo there was
n considerable reduction In tho ncrongo
compared with previous yours and the vlsl
bio supply is less than it has boon in years.
It was ohly two yenrs ago that tho atton
tlon of tho public wns drawn to tho Mipply
of broom corn In tho United States. Provl
ous to that tlmo peoplo bought their brooms
nu n staplo nrtlclo nnd from year to year
thcro was no chnngo In price. Ono day In
1890 tho whnlesnlo dealors, without n, mo'
tnont's warning, found thnt tho prlco of
brooms had beon advanced nearly 100 per
cent. They begnn to Investigate nnd wero
told that tho prlco of broom corn had ad
vnnccd. Then enmo a story from Areola,
111., to tho effect that n, broom corn trust
had been formed among tho dealers of thnt
placo, headed by a few' of tho heaviest pro
ducers. Tho prlco was about $35 per ton
on standard grades when tho combination
Btnrtod to buy.. It ndvancod slowly to $50,
then to $75, from which flguro It Jumped
to nearly $200 per ton( when the Areola
syndlcnto had succeeded In getting n corner
on tho product. This prlco was maintained
but n day or two and then dropped to $150,
nt which much of tho stock was unloaded.
From that tlmo tho prlco hns never gono as
low ns It was beforo the combination wns
formed, rouging tho Inst year between $70
und $100.
Iocul manufacturers and Jobbers do not
look for n doclded odvonc'o In tho prlco of
brooms locally ns tho results of tho pres
ent advnnco In tho Aw material, In this
pnrt of tho United Stutcs tho prlco of
brooms Is kept bolow tho general lovel by
two factors, Tbq most Important Is tho
number (it small factories maintained on
tho fnrms. In nearly ovory county there
nro fannors who raise a small quantity of
corn nud during tho winter months put In
tholr tlmo making brooms, which are sold
upon tho local markets nt a discount bolow
manufacturers' prices. Another factor la
tho convict labor employed In many of tho
.western states In tho manufnoturo of
brooms. Tho manager, of these factories
securing their labor at from 50 cents to
76 cents per day, underbid tho regulnr
manufacturers, nnd thus keep1 tho price
below tho Kcncral average for tho country
TRIBUTE TO JACK HAVERLYl
Omnhn Thenlrlenl People Arrnuice tn
fitrevr Flowers Upon llic
Cnnkct,
Manager Burgess of the lloyd theater
received a telegram from Salt hake City
Sunday afternoon lo tho effect that the
body of Jack Havorly, veteran mlnstrol
man, will pass through Omaha on the Rur
llngton at 0:45 this morning, on Its way
to Chicago. It will bo accompanied by the
widow nnd by Jack Lodge, manager of "The
Runaway Girl."
Mr. .Rurgosa at once notified all tli9
Omaha theaters of this fact aud requested
that tbo managor of. each post n notice on
the stago as to tho tlmo of the arrival of
tho body, that tho members of nil troupes
now lit tho city who so deslro may bu at
the dopnt. U..p. Nowell, manager of "Tho
Amorleon- Tramp," now at tho Doyd, nc
compatilod by the peoplo of his company
nnd by Manager nitrgess, -will be nt tho
station with a quantity of flowers.
Cramer's Klnnty and hlver Cure Is th
teat: two sires, 50c aud $1,00. Druggists.
Matrimonial TierUps
Whoever beard of nns In tuo
role of
matchmaking? Yet In tho Island o( Sulu.
one of L'ncle Sara's recently acquired po-
sessions In the Philippine archipelago, the
maiden cannot find husbands without their
Intervention. A gentleman nho recently
vMltcd tho Island has this to say of tho
curious stato of affairs:
"A most curious custom Is to bo found
In that Island. It obtains only h mo tin some
of tho more savage tribes of tho fnr Ul
terior, called the Kakkohattochochka (I
won't swear to spelling) tribe. These snv-
ngca are very primitive people Indeed and
very savage In all their manners of life.
There arc not above 10,000 of lbl trlbo and
they live In the mountains of the Interior.
Tho way their young women nre given In
tnnrrl.lffn tn wnrl h cnlntr mllpa (ft ipd. I
flaw tll0 teremony last month nnd 1 shall
not B00n forgt.t t.
"When a young woman comes to tho aiie
of 11 she Is deemed marriageable, A notice
In given out by tho town crier that on a
certain day the young woman will be given
In marriage. This day Is within n month
of the Mtli birthday of tho lady concerned,
and Is chosen by her, according to nnclont
custom. Aud the chooslug of tho day, by
the way, Is all that tho bride has to say
about the marriage. The crier, also, a tew
days later, cuIIb out tho dowry of tho brldo
und proclaims her charms aloud In the mar-
ket place. So all tho population Is notified
and n goodly crowd of admirers gather to
tako their chanca for tho fair lady. The
near relatives of tho bride and the con
testantswho have previously given their
names In to tho father of the girl and a
crowd of perhaps 100 persons, If the young
woman Is tho daughter of a man of Im
portance, gjthet to seo tho show.
"On tho morning of the marriage the
brldo Is taken out by her mnld and
crowned with lilies and clad In white. Then
with much drum bentlng she Is led forth
and passes among tho suitors and kisses
each In turn. Then sbo Is wreathed with
more dowers nnd Is seated to watch tho fun.
"Now, on that Island of Sulu they have
n kind of nnt that puzzles tho scientists.
for It has n double set of mandibles, one
nbovo and one below tho head, nnd both
entirely Independent In action. Thcso ants
play a lending part In the marrlago cere
mony. The night beforo the ceremony the
village priest goes out by tho light of tho
moon nnd opens an nnt hill with secret
rites and carefully selects some ants cnual
In number to tho number of suitors. Theso
aro tte.it with care.
"After tho brldo has klsBcd all the suitors
In turn they go out to the hut whore tho
nnts are kept. Thorlcst Is there and ho
iniius an am ny me nociy anil allows it to
fasten the lower mandible to the forefinger
of the right hand of a young man. Thrso
nnts nro about an Inch and u half long
nnd havo the most ferocious blto you
Maverick
Where Sleep In Clirun,
Out on Thirteenth street thero's n lodg
ing hbuso which does not demand n pndl-
greo from Its guests. Any person with 10
cents Is welcome. Somo persons without
the 10 cents can secure a bed.
Gnosis do not register nt this hostlerv.
In fact most of the patrons do not seem
to have names nnd Initials similar to tboso
of the guests of tho 13 hotels.
Only patrons who enjoy the personal
acqualntanco of tho proprietor can hope, to
sci n dcu wiuiom paying ,in advance, no
keeps u memorandum book from which tho
nom ilu plume of somo of his guests may
be learned.
The first entry In tho book ' is 'lard's
hegs." Thero Is nothing to Indicate tho
sex or color of this Individual. He, or she.
Is playing In poor luck, however, for tho
nccount shows thnt It has been running for
two months.
"Huckeyo" has page two In tho nccount
hook nnd is delinquent In the sum of 10
cents, "N. G." owes tho lodging houso for
seven nights' lodging. "Ilatio" hasn't cashed
In for three weeks. "Sis" owes tho land
lord f.O cents, "Spike" left nn unpaid ac
count threo months ngo nnd Is on tho black
list. "Trilby" Is squnro with tho lodging
house. "Dad Drown," "Chinaman," "Dock"
and "Dogus Wll" have accounts which show
no credits for somo weeks.
Wouutn'x rirntlf! Wn.
'Will you please look on the school
census records nnd find out how old Mlnnlo
James wns when the enumerators went"
around this spring?"
This Is n request n little woman who
w'ns leading n curly-hcadod bop mado of
Secrotary Durgoss of tho Hoard of Educa
tion. "Miss Foos, tho principal out nt Kollom,
told mo thnt I could find out If I cnino
down here," tho womnn continued. "I
know Minnie's only 4."'
In responso to Inquiries from tho sec
retary tho llttlo woman gavo tho address
of Minnie James and a search for her ngo
began. Pago after pago of records was
turned over In search of tho child's ago.
Finally tho clerk camo upon tho following
entry: "Minnie Jnmes, aged 4."
"Good," tho llttlo woman exclaimed an
sho grabbed tho curly-headed youngster In
hor arms. "That settles It. Mlnnlo won't
go to school another day this year If t
can help It."
After heaving n sigh of Joy tho woman
turned to Mr. Ilurgess and began n lengthy
explanation:
"You see, Mlnnlo's mother Is nn awful
disagreeable neighbor and she wants to
lord it over all tho rest of us. The 1st of
September sho packed Mlnnlo off to school.
Then sho begnn taunting her neighbors
by saying thnt she w,ib smnrt enough to
slip a 1-year-old child Into school, She
snld her girl was better developed and
more maturo than our 4-yenr-olds, Well,
Mlnnlo nln t half as mature ns this bov
Wllllo of mlno and Miss Foos said so. Ilut
heaven knows I don't want to send him to
school. All I want to do Is to show Mrs.
Jnmes that sho Isn't half as smart as sho
thinks sho Is. Will you please give mo a
Amusements
Orphcuiu
Whllo tho headline net of this week's
vaudovlllo bill Is "Tho Ileaux nnd Belles
Octette," there aro evernl numbers on the
program that crowded this clever musical
specialty hard for popular favor nt the two
Sunday performances. Thero aro four beaux
and a like number of belles In tho octette
Thoy aro the people who first sang the pop
ular song, "Tell Me, Protty Maiden," In the
Casino production of "Florodora' last sea
son's New York light opera success. Each
member of the octette possesses a good
voice, tho feminine members nro pretty In
face, Bhapely In flguro and graceful, while
the men nro equally attractive. Their rep
ertory Includes several catchy songs.
Maxmllllan and Shields, n par of co
medians who have been seen frequently upon
the local Orpheum stage, present practically
thn same act they always have used with h
few variations. It Is laughable enough to
bear repetition,
Charles and Mlnnlo ga-Van aro comedy
acrobats who have few superiors upon the
can Imagine. Then, each with' an ant
hanking to his forefinger, the young men
go back to the prcsenco of the bride. -Then
there are long and elaborate rites, while the
young men go around nnd dance beforo the
bride, each with a monstrous ant hanging
to bis finger. Then she Is blindfolded nnd
the young men nre lined up for tho se
lection. "The drums ore beaten with rencwer'
vigor and tho bride goes along the lino of
tho suitors and Inserts her forefinger In
tho upper mandible of the nnts that hang
to the fingers of the suitors, each In turn.
The first nnt that closei his plncer on the
digit of the fair lndy wins her for the man
to whose finger It Is hanging. Then the
chosen bridegroom strikes the nnt to the
ground and crushes It with his heel, and In
comes the priest and marries the couple.
Afterward tho nnts that have been used In
the ceremony aro taken out nnd cooked and
a portion Is given to each guest to be
eaten like the wedding enke In civilized
lands."
"While stopping nt a mall placo down
below Ne,w Orleans a few weeks ago I ran
ncross a rather funny story," sold an ob
servant citizen to n New Orleads Times
reporter, "and It was one of tho strangest
combinations of tho trnglc nnd the comic
I have ever found. There Is a man In n
certain little coast community, whose nanio
I dccllno to glvo for reasons thnt nro sat-
Isfaotory to me, nnd who has slipped well
along In llfo so fnr as ago Is concerned.
As a matter of fact, ho Is now to bo counted
In the bachelor class, but It Is not ex
actly his fault. Ho was a Mther persistent
wooer, and tho experience I have in mind
will probably confirm this general state
ment. It was his last wooing experience.
made some progress. The woman looked
upon him with favor for awhile, nnd It was
during this time that ho concluded to buy
something thnt ho thought his sweetheart
needed. Ho bought her a ,brand-now set
of teeth, nnd he got tho best ho could find
In the market. He gave them to her and
she accepted them with becoming grace
and was warmly effuslvo in making her
acknowledgments. So fnr, so good. Hero
endcth the romantic pnrt of our bachelor's
last flurry. Another fellow came along
nnd after singing n few of love's softer
platitudes to tho old maid, won her over
on his sldo of tho question nnd In a short,
whllo It was announced that sho would
marry her new sweetheart. The bachelor
was rolled, He was heartbroken, Ilut he
was not to quit without showing his re
sentmcnt In n liioro emphatic way. So ho
Bat down nnd addressed n very curt noto
to tho womnn who hail switched hor affec-
note to Miss Fbos, saying thnt Minnie's
age Is entered ns 4? 1 guess thero's ono
woman In Omnhn who'll stop talking about
how smart sho and her children nre."
.Mini lien, Hit- Hero.
Thero Is a certain saloon on Capitol
nvrn lo with a billiard room attachment
which Is very popular with a set of young
colored men who llvo enst of Thirteenth
street. Friday night n crowd of tho regu
lar patrons of tho placo was plnyjng" pin
pool nt an hour when most Omnhans wero
In bed. Tho pivot of tho crowd was n
young colored fellow whoso clothes were
running n swift race with tho re-strlpcd
wall paper. He was tall and thin nnd had
tho regular features nped by tho mnkeup
of black-faced minstrels. Ilut a man with
such clothes ns ho had doesn't need beauty
to mnko him popular.
All tho young fellow's friends called
him Mud Hen In a rovcrontlal sort of a
way. It Is a llttlo pet nnmo that hlH
friends uso when they tlilnk ho Is npt to
buy n drink. Mud Hen wns clearly tho
hero of tho occasion. Ho nppreclnted that
fact nnd gavo his nrms n cakowalk motion
ovcry tlmo he mado a shot.
"Do any of you men want n Job?" a
whlto man nnnnuncrd In n loud tono as ho
stepped In nmnng tho crowd of pool play
ers. "You're Just the man I want. "You'll
fill tho bill exactly," tho man continued ns
ho motioned to Mud Hen.
Mud Hen grow threo Inches In n minute.
He followed the whlto mnn out of the b.i
loon nnd dropped n romnrk about whlto
men knowing a gentleman when they see
him. -
Tbero was a llttlo commotion In front
of tho saloon. A whlto mnn rnn up the
mlddlo of tho street at full speed and Mud
Hen, a little tho worse fnr wear, walked
back Into tho saloon with nn Injured nlr.
"Thought you'd gono to work," ono of
his friends remarked.
"Well, I guess not," Mud Hen retorted,
"What do you s'poso thnt man wanted mo
' to do? He wanted mo to play wild mnn on
tho Midway."
Hold Hor fnr n Willie.
It was Sunday. Tho man who had been
hitting tho blind pjgs most of tho day ran
out of the drug storo nnd frantically flagged
(ho approaching street car with a two-dollar
hill which ho pulled from his pocket. Tho
motorman slackened spcetliat sight of tho
tall, swaying flguro with a hat nn ono ear
of It. The car slowly ground to a stand
still. Peering through tho side gnte, tho plg'
hltter thanked tho man on tho front end
profusely for his courtesy In stopping for
him. Then ho Implored his new friend to
run tho car back threo blocks to whero he
had dropped n cano earlier In tho day, Tho
motorman refused and tho man's face as
sumed n greatly crestfallen expression as
ho resignedly rolled to tho rear and climbed
tho steps Into tho car. Ho saw that thero
wero ladles Inside and for n moment his
gentlemanly Instincts camo to tho top, Ho
straightened up In a dignified manner nnd
made Btealtliy attempts to replace his tlo,
vaudovlllo stag. Many of their feats are
difficult as well as amusing.
Powell, magician, offers n legerdemain
specialty with few novelties, almost all of
tho tricks being conventional ones, His act
Includes a trunk mystery Called "Substltu
tlon," which la not unlike thnt offered by
Harry Houdlnl horo a few years ngo. Mem
phis Kennedy offers a clover novelty musi
cal act. Tho Standard quartet, colored, aro
vocalists of ability and offer an appropriate
program of selections,
Agnos Norton, a comedienne, and the mo
tion pictures complete the bill.
The llnytl
"A Jolly American Tramp" was given Its
lnltlnl Omaha production Sunday afternoon
nnd evening to audiences of unusual size,
nil of whom seemed to Jlnd enjoyment In
the piece, if npplauio and laughter may be
used as a basis of Judgment.
Tho play possesses some merit, but Is not j
anywhere up to "the standard established
by Its nuthor, Edward E. Kidder, In "A
roor ueiauon anu "reacerui vr.Hey." two
qi boi amun misiairs oesi piays. rossiuiy
Mr. Russell, or nn actor of his caliber,
might ronke n success of Mr. Kidder's
latest effort, although this Is Improbable,
Tho woman who figured In the case was by trcam 01 expressions sucu ns "Isn't she
no means young. Sho was well up in years nvey,T "I?n't S .T"1. ,UL?" ThBt a
nnd, in fact, had lived long enough to lose ,)pnu. ''V'.. J'T lV..r. bo.Tfl
the best part of her tooth. My bachelor raml P'1' pre !' "W hot n stately
Sidelights and Tones "Before
and After Taking."
tlons, and the substance of the note was
that he wanted tho fair lady to return the
set of teeth he had given her. She did
so, nnd then married tho other fellow, nnd
this Is tho tragic part of the little lovo
story. I guess my bachelor friend Is about
the only man living who ever bought his
sweetheart a set of false teeth and gnvo
them to her for a wedding present, but It
nil actually happened, and tho placo Is
not a thousand miles from New Orleans,
either."
Tho marriage was ono of the most ela
borate and beautlfut nuptial events that
has occurred here In some time, relates the
Scranton (Pa.) Times, and those who wero
fortunate cuouuli and they were legion to
witness tho beautiful ceremony and ela
borate attending clrcumstnnccs agreed that
It was the most strictly up-to-date wedding
of the season.
Darao nature herself contributed her share
to mako the affair perfect, ns just before
the hour Bet for the marriage there was a
bountoous pleasant shower which settled
the dust and cooled the atmosphere so that
when tho beautiful bluo enameled automo
bile coupe, gorgeous with potlshed brass
trimmings, was drawn up In front of the
church by a team of prancing steeds in
shining silver-trimmed harness, tho sun
smiled on n bridal party, cool, collected
nnl unpcrsplrlng and In perfect hymeneal
array,
Tho great crowd that filled tho church
and overflowed tho sidewalks, and which
was mostly composed of young Indies ar
rayed In summer costumes of all the col
ors of tho rainbow, were for the moment
stunned by tho beautiful sight; but as tho
bridal pnrty nscended the stops they re
covered their composure, and a constant
saw!" etc.. followed.
Talk about a symphony In white! It
was a march In Intermezzo, with llttlo
cupldrf In tho lend. Tho bridal procession
moved up tho aisle to the beautiful strains
of n wedding march rendored by tho Tnuhlll
family orchestra on mandolins nnd guitars.
Tho solemn and binding words that made
them man nnd wife wero generously punc
tunted with low, soft outbursts of tho en
trancing strains of "Hearts and Flowers'
by tho Touhlll orchestra.
The brldo's trousseau was composed of
rich cream-colored satin, trimmed with old
liberty silk nnd applique pointed l'arls lace
Sho wore a hat that was well It was n per
fect dream, beautiful flowers In pnlehued
sill; nnd satin settings, nnd sho carried a
protty bouquet of roses. The groom Is n
very popular young man. For the present
they will mnko their home with tho bride's
mother.
Rounded Up
at Random.
which somo kindly Intuition of n drunken
man seemed to tell him wa3 under his side-
combs. Then he sat down hard between
n llttlo boy nnd a woman.
Tho latter hnd evidently spotted tho
mnn's condition a block ahead. Sho wai
plainly of gentle breeding, but wns nttlred
In tl.nt strong-minded, Woman's rights
mental banquet look, which, when sur
mounted by n high, white i(forchend, lo so
i.iiai iD-uie nuracuvencss or n woman
Fro.ii the stnrt sho had watched the man
with a keen Interest shlnlng'from her eyos,
It was clearly her busincts nnd sho In
tended to mix things If possible.
Fortuna favored her. for the mnn had
chosen n place at her side. Then ho lost
his control n llttlo nnd slid down In his
scat In a limp curve. Ho maintained a
constant mctronomo movement from ono
sldo to tho other. First he would fall
against tho womnp nnd Jerk himself up
quickly, overbalancing then fnr to tho other
sldo, cxpoctlng to find as firm a support
there. Ilut tho llttlo boy was too small
for tho purposo and tho man usually
sprawled nil over the car at that end of
his swing.
Tho woman watched him fiercely, think-.
Ing up her little speech meanwhile. Soon
she wns prepared.
"You're a nlcV specimen of'u mnn, nr.cn't
you? I should think you'd bo ashamed
of yourself, appearing on tho streets nnd
In n public convoynnco In such n condi
tion, especially In tho presenro of women,
You'ro certainly n man to bo ndmlred."
Tho mnn listened with courteous atten
tion, but his faco woro n bored look. His
good-natured silence rufTlcd tho temper of
tho womnn. Sho raised her volco nnd
ndded n llttlo mennco to the scorn It con
veyed. "Do you know whnt I would do If I was
married to a mnn llko you? Why, If I wero
your wlfo I would 'give you poison."
Tho man was aroused from his npntby.
"Well, if 1 wero your hurband I'd take
It," ho said. For this man wns a charter
member of tho Knockers' union.
Tho woman of tho tall, broad forehead
wns silenced.
Kminilnllnn In I.nlil.
In ccmmcmoratlon of his recent election ns
Judge of tho county court, tho young lawyer
was giving a llttlo dinner to his two former
collego chums, both nlso attorneys now.
Tho Judgo and ono chum sat In tho hotel
lobby awaiting tho other. Finally tho tardy
ono approached.
"Well," said tho first chum, "I am hungry
nnd I move, your honor, that wo proceed
to admit this dinner as evidence of your
good faith."
"Tho dinner shall be admitted," said tho
Judge, rising.
"Your honor," ronred the second chum.
"I object most strenuously to tho admis
sion of this evidence nt this tlmo."
"Stato your objection," "sternly ropllod
the court,
"No sufficient foundation has been laid."
"Sustained," ruled tho Judgo, and forth
with the trio proceeded to the hotel buffet
and laid It.
since thoro Is llttlo or practically no found
atlnn to work upon. '
Tho engagement was for but two per
formanccs.
Mlneo'N Triiendero
Rosa Sydoll's burlesque aggregation
opened n week's engagement nt Mlaco's
Trocndoro Sunday with a crowded Iioubo
nt tho matinee and nlso In the evening.
Miss Sydell- hns added several now nnd
catchy features slnco her last appearance
In Omaha and. tho performance Is even
more thnn up to the standard. Two lnugh
nblo burlesques, with n superb olio, furnish
plenty of entortalnmcnt.
A report from Supt. J. C. Gluck, Reform
school, Pruntytown, W. Va., Oct. 18, 1900
"After trying all other advertised cough
medicines we have decided to me Foley'
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I Virginia Reform nchool. I find it the mos
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TO REPAIR BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Expert Engineers Present Rtport of 0hi,ngs
Netdid in Its Structure.
MUST BE CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED
.No Imineillnte Dnimer, lint Minlrrit
I in prove in en tin Are .eoen r- for
II lo AVItliKlnnil CoiiRtniitl)-Ini'reiiMiiH-
Triillle.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6. District Attorney
Phllbln tonight mado public the report of J
Edwin Duryea nnd Joseph Mayer, tho spe
cial engineering experts appointed by him
to look Into tho condition of tho Drooklyu
brl lge nfter the breaking of sevornl bus-
pender rods nnd suspender bands In July, j
Theso experts wero Appointed to mnko
this report with n view of presenting the 1
matter to tho grand Jury, If It should be
found that the bridge department had been
negligent.
Tho report of tho experts wns first sub
mitted to Mr. Phllbln September 14. It
was full of technicalities, such as tho gen
eral public could not readily understand, ,
nnd stories appeared In public print thnt
the bridge wos unsafe. Mr. Phllbln there
upon submitted It to W. 1). Parsons, chief
engineer of the Rapid Transit commission,
who stntcd nfter reading It that tho brldgo
was perfectly safe. Tho report mado public
today Is the same ono nn first submitted ,
to tho district attorney, except that .It has
been stripped of nil but tho most necessary
technicalities.
Tho experts find that tho Inspection of
tho structure ns maintained by tho brldgo
department li faulty, but that tho brldgo
Is now practically as strong ns when com
pleted. Ono trouble Is tlint tho moving
loads which cross tho brldgo have In
creased so rapidly that tho structure must
be strengthened,
AVI ml I'reNNiire 1'iirtl.v Illumed.
Tho accident of the breaking of tho sus
pender rods nnd bands, which wns dis
covered in July, though somo of these rods
hnd broken previously, Is found to havo
been due to the wind pressure, tho wind
blowing ngalnst tho platform and cars
causing a pressure transverni to tho bridge,
thus causing tho rods to bond. These rods
nlso woro pulled to tho north because of
tho cable and boru hard on tho top edges
of their trunnions. Thin must bo due, says
tho report, to some defect of ndjustment
or construction by which tho rods failed
to Ho In the piano of tho cables, or tho
trunnions fnllcd to bo perpendicular to those
planes. Thosn rods sluiuld havo been lit
brlcated, which wns not done, nnd had
careful Inspection been maintained tho
bonding nnd breaking would hnvo been pro
vented. ,
lOiinlneer Should Supplant Median lex.
Tho exports maintain that tho Inspec
tion of tho brldgo should bo done by en
gineers nnd not by mechanics, ns nt pres
ent. Referring to stories which havo appeared
In print that electrolysis hns weakened tho
bridge, exports declnro that they found no
evidence of this condition. They nlso say
theroi Is no usclci.s dead load In tho form
of mall tubes, telcgrnph r.nd tolophono
cables on tho brldgo.
Thoy Hnd that tho safoty of tho bridge
can bo Increased by remedying curtain
defects In the design. Thoy hasten to sny,
however, tho.t thoy do no crltlclso tho de
signer nnd call attention to tho fact that
slnco this structuro wns designed grcnt
advancement has been made. In such work
nnd It such a bridge wero now built tho
designer would hnvo tho benefit of tho
oxpcrlenco gained since Drooklyn brldgo
was erected. They say that tho needed
Improvements could bo mado with com
paratively moderate cost and also declaro
thnt tho present mnrgfn of safety Is so
small thnt thu necessity for repairs Is very
urgent.
BLACK DIAMONDS EXPENSIVE
Humor of Advance In I'rlee f .n
IhraeKe Colli, Wliloli In imv I'll
Per Ton Above 1IIOII.
Tho man who hasn't laid In or con
trnctod for his winter's supply of hard coal
Is llablo to wnko up somo morning nnd find
tho prlco sailing up In a fashion that will
not bo good for his penco of mind.
Moro thnn 00 per cent of tho hard coal
produced In tho I'nltod Slates Is under tho
control of an enstern syndicate, which
charges $fi per ton for the coal In Chlcngo,
Tho freight rate from Chicago to Omaha
Is $2.50. thus making tho prlco of hnrd
ccnl to tho denier $S,50. Cartago Is at least
50 cents a ton. Local cnnl dealers com
plain thnt thcro Is no profit In selling coal
at $9.50.
hast year at this time anthracite coal
was soiling nt $S.50 per ton nnd th,o prlco
was advanced to $0.50 In tho winter, no
reduction having been mado since that
t'lmo.
It was stated by n dealer yesterday that
an ndvanco of in cents per ton will bo
mndo this week and that by November 30
the prlco will probably bo, $10 per ton,
with a further ndvanco of 50 cents per ton
about January 1.
HORSES COME HOME SICK
V. A. rn(iin lias Hail I.uek ivMh Ills
.NtiiiiHT on the Crunil Clr- ,
cult Thin Menanii.
Tho last of W. A. Paxton's horses which
wero sent to tho grand circuit last spring
will be back In Omaha this morning. They
nro Merchant nnd Georgo Castle. ' Like the
others of Mr, Paxton's horses they come
back In bad shape.
rw.. Ha.Ihm l i, tL-n- t.itl nnt nninnp n
mimber t0 contract disease this season and
i thero arc probably several good horses
, which will probably bo retired from the
I turf. The horses were all well until thev
reached Cincinnati. Hero nn epidemic
j broke out. Tho disease seemed tn bo a
variety of pink eye. or epizootic, which has
so far baffled the skill of the veterinarians.
The horses coughed constantly loose Mesh
nnd refuse food. Tho Paxton horses do not
seem to havo the dlscaso as severely as
som,o others, but they wilt be treated dur
ing tho winter nt the farm nnd It Is hoped
that they will bo ready for next season's
campaign little tho worse for their present
misfortune. ,
CONVICT LAB0R PROFITABLE
Jefferson CM)" Mnn Su Nlnlr of .Mis
souri ltecrlvcs Itrniunrrnt Ion
from Its renlten tlnr) .
C. C. Carroll of Jefferson City, Mo., con
nected with ono of the clothing factories
maintained nt the stnto penitentiary, Is In
tho city, Speaking of tho work of tho
factory under tho present system In that
state, ho said: "Tho contract labor sys
tem is ono of tho best things for tho stnto
of Missouri which It has, but It Is merely
n question of tlmo when It will be abolished,
ns the labor unions In all parts of tho stato
nro demanding Its nbolltloii. Tho Mis
souri penitentiary Is self-supporting nnd
turns money evory year Into tho treasury
of tho state. The contractors pay 50 cents
n day for each mnn employed and such Is
tho condition of affairs In tho state nt this
tlmo that ovcry contractor Is running
short-handed.
"Wo find that taking It year after year
wo could employ frou labor almost us
cheaply ns wo get tho convicts, for they
will only work n certain numbor of hours
each day nnd do not accomplish as much
ns would be accomplished by free labor In
tho snmo length of time. In other words,
the prlco per garment Is nlmnst ns much
under the contract system as It would be
If wo employed free labor nt tho usual
price. Rut with the uso of convict labor
wo havo tho ndvantago of an established
prlco, and do not havo to look nhend to n
chango In tho scnlc."
DEATH OF MRS. L M. B0UK
Deeennril Hnd Held Position of Trust
In Several Secret Order
of the West.
Mrs. Loulo M. Bouk, wlfo of James W.
Ilouk, died Sunday morning nt tho Presby
terian hospital. Tho funeral will bo from
tho First Methodist Episcopal church nt
3:30 thin nftcrnoon. Interment nt Green
wood, Nob., nt which placo tho deceased
formerly lived, and whero sho wns n mem
ber of tho Methodist church. Mrs. Bouk
Is survived by her husband nud her son,
Wither Clay Bouk. both of this city.
Tho deceased was prominent In lodgo and
church work. Sho was a member of Vesta
chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, nnd of
Ivy Rcbckab lodge, Independent Order of
Odd Follows, of Omaha. For several years
she was stato commander nnd deputy su
premo commamUr of tho Ladles of tho
Maccnhocs of the World. She had n wide
circle of friends nnd acquaintances through
out tho west.
(iond I.nniU Clicnp.
Tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad has announced low rato excur
sions for homeseekers to the fanning nnd
grazing country nlnng their linos for Octo
ber, November nnd Deccmbor, 1901.
Rate- Ono fnro plus $2.00 for tho round
trip. Minimum round trip rnte, $9.00.
Dates saloi October 15th, Novomber 6th
and 19th, December 3d nnd 17th.
Limit: Twenty-ono days from dato of
sole.
Stopovr.r: On going trip at any -point
west of Pllger, Leigh, Surprise or Cordova.
Continuous pnssago on return trip.
Tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad traverses the best farming por
tions of Nebraska and tho most cxtonslvo
hay and grnzlng lands In Nebraska, Wyo
ming nnd tho Black Hills portion of South
Dakota.
Ask any Northwestern lino agent for fur
ther particulars and write for maps, folders,
pamphlets, giving population of counties,
titles, towns and other detailed Informa
tion to J. O. GABLE,
Traveling Passenger Agent F., 13. & M, V.
R. R., Dcnlson, In,, or to
J. R. BUCHANAN,
General Fnsscnsor Agent, Omaha, Neb.
PRESIDENT HARRIS TODAY
lleiiil nt the IltirlltiKtnii Linen i'x.
peeled In Iteueli Omiiliu Till
MnrnliiK from Si. Jnncnli.
George V. Harris, president of tho Bur
lington rnllroad system, Is expected to ar
rlvo in Omaha this morning. Ho will como
from St. Joseph and Is on a tour of Inspec
tion of tho lines In tho west.
"Thcro Is no special object In this visit
so fnr as I know," Bald Oenoral Manager
Holdrcgo, "President Harris Is making a
trip over the lines and wo expect him
horo today."
Will .Mnko, II In Homo In I'rnKne.
It. V. MIskovsky leaves today for Europe,
whero ho will remnln. He has secured a
position In Pmguo which will bo his future
home. Until the recent reorganization of
the paper, Mr. MIskovsky was editor of the
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