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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1903)
. THE OMAHA DAILY VEE: SATUftPAY, OCTOHETJ 31, rn TODAY we place on sale tho choice of the entire stocks of the Mound City Boot & Shoe Co., and Evans Shoe Store sold hi St. Louis atid bought by us at a remarkably low figure. SALE STARTS 8 OXLOCK SHARP. JFTifrTinrnf?Tin?n L3 S " OS Your choice of all the ON SECOND FLOOR nnr?rvnp MEW "ir JL nrn7a w UallyD lixllfil mm BARGAIN iCO ) n.r- Made by the foremost manufacturers in the United States, made to retail at Four dollars, Five dollars. Six dollars and Seven dollars pair Including every kind of leather every style of toe every width and every size. These are all tied, and thrown on bargain squares, on our second floor Your choice for 3 IN BASEMENT Men's shoes in box calf, vici kid, enamel and patent leather genuine Goodyear welt soles all sizes. - IN BASEMENT WmST 1 . F ? Oh AO E3 1 I W sO BARGAIN WSk ) JL ' SQUARE Ym, V ,- 4 k .. .V " Mh i$l rhfiT ', IZ3- IN BASEMENT Ik WkI W tMl h 0! Bys' aad Girls' patent t .y'- Mm- I Jf NT BAR8AIN leathers swell styles B 1 ?if J Jl. SQUARE regular price would be -53 "! r t : about double. . ' ZM I . I m JJJ square Shoe ' Ladies' Shoes Nearly 5000 pairs of. ladies' fine shoes about 00 different styles all new and strictly up-to-date-are placed on sale at 98c and $1.59 LNTflE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY mtrkabl; High Spied Attained by Eleotrio Motor Can in Germany. SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT TRIAL TESTS Spread of th Telephone Ferer ! Farm Homo-New QalTaale Bat- v terx aaa tarface Contact I' rsteaa. Remarkable results have been achieved by the speed tests of eleotrio motor cars In Germany during; the past two years. On the Marlenlelde-Zoosen experimental line, October 6, a ftpeed of 125.46 miles per hour was attained, or a kilometer more than the highest previous record. The machinery and roadbed were unimpaired. The cur rent was between 13,000 and 14,000 volts, capable of driving the ear at the rate of more than too miles. This power Is re duced by transformers to about 460 volts. The car used today had four motors hav ing together about 1,100 horse power. It was the car uaed In the previous tests this year and Is constructed on the Siemens llitlMke 'system. Another car of somewhat different equipment as to motors and trans furmurs ha: ber. built for additional high speed teats. ' The . German Relchntag has Toted fetO.OOO marks for a new trark to be laid upon the Herlln-Zooaeh line for Immediate experi ments with electric trains. This Is the outcome of recent experiments, during which a train for a brief period attained a Sieed of nearly HO miles an hour. The engineers described the road as built upon an embankment nfty-four feet wide at the top, 113 feet on the base and twenty feet high. .There were ditches on either aide and no grade crossings. Of large design, with sharp-nosed fronts, were the motor cars, having four pairs of trucks fitted with wheels four feet In dl ameter and of ZjO horse power. Great se crecy was observed in the construction and operation, of the line. , Kleetrlrlty as as War Aareat. An Interesting instance of the rapid es tenslun of the use of electricity Is fur nished by the fortifications distributed along our coast. A few years ago, says the Scieutino American, the eleotrio light was Introduced to add to the comfort of the garrisons and to provide better illumination of, the works. Ones a generating plant had been Installed there was at hand a supply of power In a convenient and sas- lly controllable form, and this led to the use for purpose which were not contem plated at the time the plant was Installed. Electric fans have been put in to make the living. Quarters . more comfortable In hot weather, and electric motors have been adopted for training the guns, a class of work for which -they are particularly well adapted. Motors are used to drive the ammunition hoists and to do other work which before had either been done by hand or . soma less satisfactory power. Searchlights have been installed, enabling a fortification to sweep the sea at night. The various posts of the fortress are connected together by telephone, so that the commandant is In touch at all times with the entire garrison, and can Instantly transmit orders to any point. Tho various fortifications along tho coast are tied together by telephone and tele graph so tha on the appearance of the enemy at any point all the fortifications would bo informed of It Submarine mines are controlled by electricity, and even the guns may be fired by this means, by an effloer at some distant point. By means of wireless telegraphy a fortification can be kept In touch with the scouting vessels, and would be Informed of the approach of the enemy long before he Is visible from the coast. The telautograph may be brought Into service for transmitting orders, and electric signaling lights are replacing the older types. Eiectrio lights are used for rangeflnder crosshairs, for lighting the rangeflnder stations; and eleo trio clock circuits furnish accurate time to all parts of the fortifications. To in sure the continuity of these manifold serv ices, accumulators are now Installed, so that there will at all times be a constant and reliable supply of power. Thus, from being at first a small auxiliary, the elec trical equipment has sxtended until now It Is probably the most Important part of ths entire equipment of the fortress. Telephones on the Farm. It Is estimated that during the last five years telephones have been put Into nearly 600,000 rural homes. The farmer finds that with the telephone hs Can keep In touch with the market, selling his produce or live stock when quotations ars the most favor able. It Is now a common practice for the country doctor to give directions by tele phone - for -caring for the patient, both diagnosing and prescribing. In Illinois the speeches of a recent political convention were listened to by the farmers on a rural system as they sat In their homes from fifteen to thirty-six miles away. Being in speaking distance of his neighbor, not only does the farmer feel a flew sense of per sonal security, but he knows that his be longings are safer from molestation than "Batler Bo Safe Than Sorry." - Order now. Don't put it off another day SUDAN COAL Also Cherokee, Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania hard coal, semi-anthradte and steam, Hand screened, free de livery and city scale ticket VICTOR WHITE, 1605Farnam. Tel. 127. they ever were before. The telephone has been Instrumental In causing the arrest of many horse thieves and outlaws and In some districts the farmers have almost broken up chicken stealing and petty lar ceny by telephoning the police and com mission merchants of their losses, and- thus enabling prompt arrests to be made. In the early days of the rural telephone the farmers were content to utilize their fence wires for Intercommunication, and in many districts, particularly In the western states, this method so reduced the cost of Installation as to enable many communi ties to have a tolerably effective service, which otherwise would have had to go without any. But the farmers are becom ing more fastidious. They now want good service, and they are getting it. - So easy has the organization of rural telephone systems become that it is safe to predict that within a very few years the majority of the 4,000,000 farmers said to be yet unprovided with telephone service will have followed the example of their more enterprising brethren and brought them selves within touch of civilization. If any community wishes to Install a system, no matter how limited, it has only to com municate with a reputable Installation firm to receive the fullest and the clearest In structions as to how to go s bout It. A favorite method of organizing Is for the farmers to form partnerships or co operative (mutual) companies for the fur nishing of service only to the locality In which the subscribers live. Sometimes the service Is furnished by nearby telephone exchanges running lines Into the rural dis tricts. Hew Galvanlo Battery. A ne'w galvanic battery of the class com posed of a series of separate dry cells has been patented in Germany. The Improve ments cover the production of a battery which is capable of being kept in store. of being transported In an absolutely dry condition, and of being rendered fit for use at a moment's notice by the Introduc tion of a suitable liquid or electrolyte Into the separate cells constituting the battery. The object aimed at is secured by certain novel features of construction and com bination of parts. As described by United States Consul General Hughes at Coburg, the dry cells consist each of a cino or other metallic .cylindrical or prlsmatio cross-sec tlonal area placed within the metallic cyl lnder. The space between the two elec trodes is filled up with blotting paper or other suitable material capable of absorbing the electrolyte. A plurality of these cells is arranged within a suitable socket or frame-shaped casing, the cells being sep arated from each other and the surround ing casing by asphalt or other Insulating material. When required for use the covers are removed from the cells and filled up with the blotting paper soaked with any convenient electrolyte, such as am monlao solution, etc. The covers are then replaced and the the battery is ready for use. Insulating rings at the open ends of the cells or sino cylinders prevent short circuiting of the cells by any overflow ing electrolyte. Freaeh Sarfare Contact Bystesa, A French surface-contact railway is de scribed In a recent Issue of a British publi cation as apparently overcoming the dlaad vantages of these contact systems which use the rail return. In such a system there will be leakage between the studs and rails In wet weather, and more or less danger to persons In the street, arising from the fall ure of switches to operate. The new sys tem Is known ss the CruvelUer, after its in ventor, and consisted originally of two sets of studs, one connected to the positive feeder and one to tho negative. The rails play no part In the distribution. There being In this system two insulated current conductors, the disadvantages due to leak ages are very much tauened. In the Im proved system the two studs ars combined Into one, and each one can be connected either with the positive or with the nega tive pole. The car has two sets of electro magnets, ons fitted In front and the other In the rear. There are Inside the studs two systems of contacts on different axes. When the front of the car Is over one stud, this Is connected to the negative pole. When the rear of the car comes over the same stud it becomes positive. By an ingenious arrangement within the stud It Is Impossible to make contact to both conductors at the same time. The contact piece is arranged so as to make the brake positive. Tests of these studs show that they operate safely when opening a circuit carrying 250 amperes at 600 volts. The current collec tor consists of an endless metallic cable, which turns on two rollers that run on the ground. When the car Is running, the lower part of the cable Is stationary and the cur rent la taken up without friction. The spe cial features of this system are: The use of two Insulated-current conductors, thus reducing the leakage at the studs and re moving all danger from electrolytlo action to nelghiwirlng conductors; the combina tion of these with an effectual device to open the circuit; the -use of electro-magnets which do not touch the studs, and the ab sence of sliding contacts. Experiments which have been carried out near Paris are aald to have given good results. HISTORIC GRAVEYARD'S RUIN Sorry Sight Presented Wfceret Bevola- tloaary Soldiers Sleep la Mew Jersey. The dilapidated old gravt-yard from which the dead folks had to emigrate, according to one of Mark Twain's grimly humorous sketches, finds Its counterpart over In New ark In the disgraceful condition of the burying ground In the rear of the old First Presbyterian church, In Broad street, near the Central railroad of New Jersey. What makes the scandalous neglect of this historic old cemetery the more glar ing Is the fact that It stares all people in the face, strangers as well as others, who come into the city over the Jersey Central line. Another thing which underscores the dis mal plight of this forlorn old Ood's acre is the One bronze tablet which the Society KNOW NOW Aad -Will Neves Forget the Experience The coffee drinker who has suffered and then been completely cured by changing from coffee to Poatura Food Coffee knows something valuable. He or she has no doubt about it. A Call fornla lady says: "I . learned the truth about coffee In a peculiar way. My hus band who haa for years been of a very bilious temperament, decided to leave off coffee and give Postura a trial, and as I did not want the trouble of making two beverages for meals, I concluded to try Postum too, and the results have been that while my husband has been greatly bene flted, I have myself received even greater benefit. When I began to drink Postum I was thin In flesh and very nervous, and now I actually weigh 19 pounds more than I did at that time, and am stronger physically and In my nerves, while husband is cured of all his alia "We have learned our little leason about coffee and we know something about Pos tum, too, for we have used Postum now steadily for the last three years, and we shall always continue to do so. We have no more use for coffee the drug drink. We prefer Postum and health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look In each package for a copy of the famous Utile book, "The Road to Well-vUle." of Colonial Dames has placed on the front of the church edifice itself. The Inscrip tion on this tablet proudly invites attention to the fact that the church Is the oldest monument in the city. The church itself is a beautiful specimen of the late eighteenth century style and is visited by hundreds of people who are interested In such matters. It is of stone and,' barring accident or the remorseless hand of "improvement," should stand for centuries. About the front and bock to the fence at the rear of the church the grass Is kept trimly shaven and the lawn Is or namented with attractive dispositions of flower beds. Behind that fence is tho cemetery, on which, it would seem, the most care of all should be exercised. Revolutionary sol diers who suffered with Washington at Valley Forge and fought with htm at Mon mouth, Princeton and Trenton, are sleep ing there. Inscriptions tm the tombstones bear the names of many of the most hon or el families In New Jersey. With all that. It Is safe to say there is not another burying ground within a radius of 100 miles of New York that is in so Shocking a state of neglect. Weeds and rank grass have been allowed to grow up and die and rot and grow again and rot again for years. The paths are barely out lined through the jungle. Tombstones are broken off, lying flat on their backs or reeling In all attitudes and at all angles. Oarbage and rubbish abound and the center of the cemetery apparently has been used as a place wherein to burn refuse of all aorts. This church, to make matters worse, Is one of the wealthiest churches In the state. For over 100 years, as the Inscription on the Colonial Dames tablet suggests. It has been a landmark and a venerated monu ment in Newark. The original edifice, opposite the site of the present one, was not only a church, but a 'efuge from the Indians, as well. It was built In 1669. That building was de stroyed and another built in Its place, about It being the first burying ground in New ark. The cornerstone of the present structure was laid by Dr. Alexander McWhorter In 1787 on land purchased In 1774. The revo lutionary war stopped the building project for thirteen years. The church was dedi cated In 1791 and the burying ground in Its rear the one which has been per mitted to drift Into such a condition of shameful neglect waa opened at that time. The father of Aaron Burr was the pas tor of the church, who Immediately pre ceded Dr. Alexander McWhorter. New York Bun. Maay Stockholders. Few corporations have a more widely distributed stock than the Illinois Central. Its capital stock Is t95,U!8,400, and 78 34 per cent of this is held by 6,745 owners in the United States, over one-third of these owners living In the twelve states through which its trains run, and holding over IH.000,000 of stock. There Is held abroad, chiefly in Great Brltian, f20.584.2UO, or 21M per cent of the total, by 1.901 owners Only a few years ago the majority of the stock was owned In Kurope, but now over four fifths of it Is owned In this country. Presi dent Fish's satement also brings out the Interesting fact that a year ago there were 7.128 stockholders, (.699 of whom owned less than 100 shares apiece, this class owning In the aggregate $13,102,000. Now there are 1.(47 stockholders. 6.73 of whom own In ths aggregate lis W7,ftu0. clearly showing that the Increase in the number of stock holders has taken place chiefly among the small proprietors. Chicago Tribune. ANY OLD FUEL will burn successfully in the genuine trade marked , Jewel Hot Blast Stovessoft coal, siftings, slack, hard coal,coke,cobs, etc. Whjnot Keep Your House Warm at a small cost I Jewel Stoves last just about as long as you r . would expect to keep a stove. Price oh, we will satisfy you. Call and see Jewels. We recom mend them. Conklin Hardware Company. 8014 Leavenworth Street. Omaba. Passes late Receiver's llaads. CHICAGO. Oct. SO. The businens of J. U Perkins, dealer in iron and tin, has pu.sie.1 Into the hands of the Huyai Trust company 1 ss r -lv-r. The suets are Said to b less tuaa with ubinue of fclio.ouu. "THE CLEVEREST BOOK PUBLISHED THIS SEASON" THE TRIFLER By Aror-ilbsBld Eyr " One of the cleverest of recent novels, with action which sweep along' from the first chapter and dialogue of an Anthony Hop brilliancy. There is not a dull moment in the book." Town Topics. This is perhaps the moat charming love story which has appeared in many years. It is comedy of the. highest order; never ouc- rincn it approach the verge of faros. The story hinges on the hero's laudable endrrv - to regain a packet of love-letters written by his siater-in-law before her mairi.r. The adventures which befall the hero in hia attempt to secure these semi-compiomiMng epistle from a young fellow who proves to be a veritable scoundrel, are humorous in the extreme, 94, .50 STRONG WOTEL-IIf MESS OCT MXT WIIK The Shutters of Silence BY O. B. MUROIN a1.sSO THE SMART SET PUBLISHING COMPANY 452 Fifth Avtauc. New Vers x. as lift V DOTTLE CoDECR lib T Finest table beer appetising tonic aids drgestlosi I f. . fl5i' made from clear spring waterabsolutely clean and I r rf' pure same price as others but better beer. r,J?Y n.n t. mmm ssn - - Btas er Bala Oassaa. KtTI'' " Ifrc : 1 .. s-it- nnPiinilrA A eVtVr a case from the Jfc. tllA 13riCWIIIU VsVS. er BtoO f. till, UU tesflas Street, Osiaka. Tckskaas IS4J er LEE MICHELL, Wkolctsis Daalar, CeaacU BlofU. Tel. 19