THi: GNAT. A DAILY I
frn;i)AT, JULY r.1. ir.t.
v-'ILL INCREASE RAT KE3IS
Another Evill.Tect FrfJicXl m IW.t of
Laise in CoJ Eatr.
BUSINESS- V.LH CtNCRALLY PROTEST
fay Railroad' nank Discrimination
Caa Only Work to Omtlit'i I n
Jary, Heprllina; Capital for
Investment. The proposed advnnoii In coal rates con
tinues to be one of the principal tT-los for
discussion amnin Omaha business m-n.
Almost all citizens are a unit In declining
th&t it will be one of the hardest Mows
evrr dealt to thin city. J. II. Mitben, con
nected wlh R. C Peters & Co., rol estate
dealers, In discussing the matter said:
"The effect of the rMse will be felt by
msny persona who ore compelled to rent
etesm-heatcd apartments. There la no
qujrstlon that many of the eastern property
owner whom we represent will ndvlso us
after the raise goes Into effect to Increase,
thu rental rates of our tenants. We buy
large quantities of steam coal with which
to heat the bulldinKS under our charge, una
yrt have thought that we were paying a
Very stiff price f.-.r It before thla proposed
advance was sprung on u. The price of
sunn conl ha been grnrtnnlty rreer'lnsr ip
right along. We paid last winter $3 IS per
tun frt'n'he brut grade, and we now under
- . At there la to be an advance
-l Kj on to thia seemingly exorbitant
pu'e. Renters will be among the first to
feel the effects of the raise.
"These are not the only 'persons, how
ever, who will aulTer In consequence of the
decision of the- roads to make more money.
We have parties now figuring with us to
buy steam-heated property for rental pur
poses and they all complain of the price of
fuel, saying It la cheaper In surrounding
Cities.
j Will Kot Fan
tRents ere as hlh in, Omaha nt pr-psont
Injsteam-heated apartments, proportionally,
&4 I" en? clty ,n th9 country, so that
prospective investor can hardly figure on
. advancing them to make him even or. Mi
Outlay, They will not take the . chances
at leant of being) able to secure an ad
vance over present rents, and the result
. Is that they will cot buy "prpperty until
conditions change. We bave ore man now
wjio la figurlr.g' bn buying nine residences
and putting in a steam plant to heat them
al). It la probable that whea he considers
this rise In the price of fue'i It will have a
tendency to keep him from Investing."
p. F. Johnson, treasurer of the Omaha
stinting company, said:
rWe do not use vhi Would V. connld-
i nld a large amount of steam coal to run
. otjr plant, but tha proposed raise In freight
rates will reault In our spending several
hundred dollars more annually for coal.
It Is a hard matter to Increase our prices
tojeustomers and consequently the advnnco
' ' '-"To come out of our own pockets
". f reduce our profltu Just tha amount that
v. i must pay In addition for fuel. I do not
' fciieve tha people of this city realise what
alserlous thing It la. It means that users
ci steam coal bete must pay a rate for
f i I which would make tha price to a
t gle consumer In St. Joncph or Kansas
C y prohibitive in competition with others
I" the others paid the same prices as those
I '-vailing there now for their fuel."
Give Excuse for Raise.
An official of one of the railroads Inter-
i In t'ao advance explained why it Is
c -med necessary on the part of the lines
I I increase tha rates. lie said: V
The rates on coal were very-low, unre-
! i neratlvely so. From -. noma '..territory
1 : 7 were lower than, friim other, portions
' t the district supplying Omaha,. Iowa
!', were forced to advance th' rates In
filer to give tha lines from southern Kan
ii taiK uaourl suitable remuneration for
" tivlr much longer haul, southern -Kansas
jet being unwllllftg to advance unless
Hilar advances were made from Iowa,
rate of $l.S0 on alack from southern
Ifnaas to Omaha, a class of coal of which
ljich more Is shipped hbre than of any
"r klnd. la for a 2U) mile haul, far lower
f' ' any coal rata unddr slnillar condlUona
The det.ua to Advance th!a rate and the
wllllngnesj on the part of southern Kan-
8i lines to advnncw ltn!rin other ratert
uch more reasonable from mines much
ti.rcr Omaha wen tuiv-.- I v -'i tha
"t.'ng cauBta for the iit-uvral advances.
Ilia ute on southern Kaunas elack. !s only
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overcomes tiio fatigue
and no i v.ous s t r a i n
from the suiamor hoat
as a mildly otimula
Una tonic.
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dcr.ircd nothing 3 co
dolicious find bracing
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I). O. Ivts. general frcUM as-ci t ( f the
R M., said: -
"The advance In the rate Is mnde by
all roruls end m.t the PurllnKton only. The
Ilurlitigtoa has no club to hold over other
lines or any Influence whatever over them."
r.'AY rove back toTf,ef.x:it
Korthrrestera to l!lf prpltlril
on It-rnlnst Ilrailnaartrrs
from Norfolk,
It Is rumored that the division henilnMir
ters of the Nebraska and Wyoming diinion
of the Northwestern, which Is njw locate 1
nt Norf ilk, will be moved to Fremont.
B'irne of the conductors v ho are now living
In Fremoi.t and who have expressed a de
terrniiittfion to move to Norfolk have bc n
asked to retain their residences In Fremont.
a.-H wns blleved the head'iuaiters would
bu returned to that point. The head i'iar
ters formerly were located at Fremont and,
It is aald, officials have found that the
division could be much mure easily operated
from there than from Norfolk. Nothing Is
triven out of the proponul charge at the
headijuarters In this city.
Hallway Notes and Personalis
It. J. Flffer, puperlntendent of the Kock
Inland, and Jr. 1;. Kmaiiey, ii-rlntendent
of the Iowa dlvlHlon of the same company,
with headmiarters in lies Molm-s, were In
the city yesterday.
S. North, fcnoiolv traveling passenger
fn! of the Jiilnoli Cen'ral In this city,
l ot now located at rveeport, IH, here bn
has charve if the Worol's fair bwim's,
is in the city to apend a icw days with tils
family.
B. I). Farkhurst. pnnernt arent of the
Grest Western, and lanilly bnve returned
f'-oni their Bummer outini spent at the
hikes of Wisconsin, r-fr. I h rU hurst reports
t.'.Mng good and a line lime during bis
stay.
A report Is In circulation to the effect
that tiia Ro k .-ond Is to bohd a nuinl-r
of boats to ply between New Orleans and
routh Africa. It is supposed that these
boats are to be usd In handling "iiIh and
live stock shipments from the middle west
to South Africa.
The I'Mnois Central railroad has borrowed
l-i. ovu.OU. Just what tl-.o purpose of the
loan is could not he ascertained In this
el!, but It is presumed that the money Is
tvnrpnw-1 for pettermenf unit prohwOly for
th biiiiilin of Home branch lines which
are Considered necessary.
Daniel Wlllard, vice president of the H;ir-llni-ton,
who has been la ,Nhraska Inspect
ing the lines of his company during the
last week, passed tliroutli Hie city on his
way east Friday afternoon. . He will go
direct to Chicago. 'Jeneral Manager Ilol
drege and General Freight Anenl Ives of
the B. & M., who have been with Mr. Wll
lard on his western trip, returned to
Omah with hlin.
Crosby, Kopeltx A Co. of South Omaha
bave been awarded the contract for fur
nishing the culvert tile for the Omaha &
Southern railway now building from Bouth
Omaha to I'npillon. The tile is now being
deijverttd. An adiiillon will be made to tiie
grading force which has been at work
along the line. The Proftty, 1'lerce locomo
tive and Car company is now building two
cars for use on the line. They will be com
pleted in time1 for the opening of the road.
W. C. Allen has been appointed general
yard master of the Union I'acUle. I.lr. Al
len will have charge of the yards In both
Council J;iun and Omaha. 1I took charge
today. I'revious to his promotion Mr. Al
len was B-aslstant yard maater In this city.
The position of general yard master lias
been vacant (since the promotion uf R. Mc
Neil to the position of superintendent of
terminals. No one has as yet been named
to take the position cf assistant yard mas
ter made vacant by the promotion of Jilr.
Allen.
ordzPi rvorjEY Fen judgments
Coooty Conmlloier Decide to Draw
Warrant for Clerk lu Uoorea
Cane,
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At the meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners a resolution was adopted
providing for the drawing of a warraut in
favor c Clerk j?roadwell of the district
coutt for $26,6iX'.20 l.n payment of the Judg
ment.a secured against the county by Frank
E. Moorea.. jAnothur vesalution limtructe
Attorney Shields iiot Jo appeal the case
brouglit by the county against Mr. Mooresj
rtid this long-drawn-out iUlfatiou is, there
fore, supposed to be closed. (
A resolution was adopted liiati-vctlng the
bridge contractoi-s to-build -a 200-foot, steel
bridge over tho Elkiiorn river at Snyder s
Ferry and a number of email pile bridges
in various parta of tho county. ,
. A resolution by Commissioner McDonald
appointed Mose Sturman aa assistant
county agent. . ' .
The World Futllphlng company was the
only bidder for the ollljlal county print
lr.g for tho enjuag year. Its bid was i
cunts, per description pf lets, and 6 cents
per description of lands for the publication
of delinquent tax notices, $75 for the pub
lication of the county treasurer's send
annual statement and 6 cents per line for
all other legal notices.
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CCDD, I? NO IGLinCS IN II
City Engineer Eoaewater TLci Fpesks cf
TaTin"- Hant for 0;nals
FETIHNS FROM TOUR OF INSrtCP.CN
Impressed with r.ample ofWlaalve
ad 'Other tttl-a a-i " Talwke
Omaba should Have HodII
pl System.
"A munlclwl asphalt repair ' plant for
Omaha would be a aucceas,, provided law
was passed putting; it operation etrlotljr
under civil service rules snd fixin it o
that politicians and partisan must keep
their hfcrds off," says City Engineer Rose
water on bis return from a two week' tour
Inv-ssiisatlng; the subject. N
Ho waa sone two week, spending; bis
own money when the council appropria
tion of ll'iO ran out, spending nine night
on sleeping cars and all the available time
In the Inspection, of plants and machinery
and conversing with experts and authori
ties. "Winnipeg, Canada, Is urie of the most
shining examples of municipal control In
North America,1' said Mr. Tlosewater.
"The city owns the paving, plants for as
phalt and macadam, water works, baa It
own crematory for garbage, which la col
lected at the public etpenae, and builds He
own sidewalks. It has a population of M,
000, and so far this year the building per.
mlts amount to 19.000.000. The city has
found the laying of its own, pavement a
success, the cost being about (2.2S a yard,
because of high price for Portland cement
nd asphalt.
Situation In Detroit.
"In Detroit a $15,000 repair plant Is fairly
under way, Is accounted a success and re
pairs are being rdade at about 87 cents a
yard. The capacity of the plant Is large,
being from l,uoO to 1.80 yards a day. It ia
In charge of experts, the chief drawing
2,5CO a year."
Mr. Kosewatcr visited New Tork, Wash
ington and Indianapolis in ' order to see
big paving rlants and talk with the ex
perts lie thinks Omaha should have a
plant capable of laying 1.000 yards of as
phalt a day, which would cost about 10,
000. . A smaller plant with about half the
capacity, which could be made to suffice,
would cost from $8,000, to $7,000, according
to his estimate.
The engineer will formulate hl observa
tlons and conclusions In a report to be pre
sented to the council Tuesday night.
VCttAN CHARGED WITH CHIME
Wife of Army Sergeant Accused Of
Killing Him Brought to Ouiaba
for Imprisonment.
Deputy United States Marshal Sides has
returned from Fort Robinson, bringing with
him Mrs. Lulu Bell, the alleged murderess
of her husband, Sergeant William Bell of
the Tenth United States cavalry, and
lodge?, her In the Douglas county Jail In de
fault of $5,000 bail.
The murder occurred at tin early hour
Tuesday morning at Fort Robinson' and
ffas said to be the outgrowth of Jealousy
on the part of both parties. There had been
a ball at the fort the night previous and
Mrs. Boll had attended the ball from her
home at Crawford, three miles distant from
the post. Sergeant Bell remonstrated with
hc-r for her attendance at the ball and
wanted her -to return home. This, It ' is
said, she ret used to do and remained for
the night at the ejunrters of a Mrs. Johnson,
a houaekeeper l'or some of -the parties at
tho jMxt, Bell learning she was there went
to tho Johnson premises and tried to urge
h'.r"to go home. , She refused1, It Is reported,
to rlo so,' and a, tpiarrel ensued, during
which- Mrs. Bell Is said to have shot her
husband. Mrs. Johnson wag the only wit
ness of the tragedy, it occurring about I
o'clock Tuesday morning. Sergeant Bell
died of hia;mjurlea the same night and the
funeral took plnce Thursday.
Mrs. Boil maintains the shooting was ac-
cldontal. Phe was given a . preliminary
hearing before United States Commissioner
Bnbcock of Chndron, who went to Fort
Robinson to investigate the case, and Mrs.
Bell was bound over to the federal grand
Jury In $5,000. In default of ball r,ha was
remanded o the Douglas county Jail.
FORT CALHQUiM , caEGnATIO'J
Centennial M ill Be Attended by' Gov.
ernor i-inuv 7Huxiuar w
Bf.gT Time.
The Fort Calhoun centennial celebration
committee was very agreeably , surprised
Wednesday afternoon to find that tho peo
ple of Fort Calhoun . .had .anticipated their
arrival with the, boulder monument, al
ready had prepared a pedestal for. It on
the school' house grounds , and bad 'placed
the boulder in position. It will remain on
the school house grounds until tbe exact
spot where the Lewis and Clark treaty with
tha Indiana was held. ' '
A. Ii. Sheldon of the Stat Historical
so.-ioiy vm in Omnha Fri'lsy from Lincoln,
conferring with the general committee!
Governor Mlcky bus Bl(fnlfled his accept
ance of an invitation to be preser. at the
centennial ceremonies at Irt Calhoun
August S and take part In tho program.
The committee announces that it has se
cured a rate from Lincoln to Omaha for
one and one-third fare for the-round trin
and a rate of 85 cents for the ronirU trip
from Omaha to Fort Calhoun.
It is expected that at leant 600 people
from Blair will be present at tha centennial
ceremonies, including- the mayor and city
council. Orders already have been baued
from headquarters of the department of
the Missouri, directing-. a battalion of the
Thirtieth United fitats Infantry and the
band from Fort Crook to proceed to Fort
Calhoun to participate in the ceremonies
of the dedication of the boulder monument
and otner Incidental parts of the centennial
STCP.Z EKL.Ar.CL3 i.J f.CCM
l) rewind Company Will Build no G1A
I.mid lUrk Accommodate
"W ill, t!,t? pulling down of the old dw'ell
ng Ju,t north of the isiora brewery, on
f'uT.oan avenue, l.mt v . , k. there iltsnrw
pmiej t.notn-r of Omut.a'a old landmarks.
i lie uuilil.iiK Has eiect- J thirty years ago.
bi.t of late h.is boil in a dilapidated state
and an eye. re to that section of the city.
V itn the panning of thia bIkh of the
tu.iaha of th? punt conns the Bij;n of the
prosperous O.oiaNu of the present and fu
ture, for tha Ktors Hrewlna company,
vl.lcli baa boot-lit the lot and dwelling, and
nt hiiM lastlgation the bu!.!!nj was 3e
str.iyc.l, '.e lures lis l.iteuu.uis of gra.ilus;
djwu the 1 to the level of th n,ct and
at a fi-tuir d.ite erectlinf u.i.;itt.,ii to ihe
brew i y b.i.!!!UKl on It.
The M..I s HrewtiisT cuinpaiiy bus been
tiyii-s: to (d'taiii this iiroperty for nome
time, tl.e Dtiadlly In. r. ik'iiij bunln .-..i of
tl.e (inn n.uKIng it tmeiisarr for it to
l.ave lome I. . It la tin-i,,t:t tha i.ew
bli:-l!l-rf i!l le used t.y a l.'di!:, Uvp..--t-
iii' iit. 1 I is c, u.i.uny has flutin.- tha l,t
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. bought iii di y- r.inwr lets ri
IB nr. t. .1 lilir :tJt..:y f-eil.e di
and In i.-ir si -., -1 I uv j ut no
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lacking tho romance of tbe days that were,
are visible steps of the days the Gate City
has yet to see.
NO FUNDS NOW FOR ROAD
Coejnty Short on .Money to Repali1
Driveway as' Live Stock Ex- ''
ehstnar Asks.
J, B. Blvichard and J.iCJ.. Martin,; for, a
committee of the South Omaha Live Stock
exchange, appeared before the county com
missioners yeaterday and appealed for as
sistance fropt the county in the improve
ment of tlie dirt road of Thirty-second
street' that leads from Hanscom park- to
the stock yards. - r .
. "This road," said Mr. Blanch ard, "is used
by perhaps one-half of the members of tho
live stock exchange In driving from their
residences In tha Seventh ward to. their
places of business In South Omaha. That
Is, it Is used when it is In passable con
dition. As tbe road Is partly in the city
of South Omaha and partly in the city of
Omaha, and as the owners of the abutting
property, are mostly nonresidents, It la lm
pcsmble to have the street Improved In the
usual way. If the county will furnish the
material for macadamlrlpg the road, we
think we can Induce the councils of .the
two citlea to do the work."
Commissioner O'Keeffe announced thaJt
the board could not at thla time take any
OOicIul action toward the Improvement of
the road because It bad no funds to apply
to the purpose. He advised the live stock
exchange committee to take the matter up
w!h the board about the first of next year,
to that provision for the improvement could
be made for tiext year's road levy. The
committee withdrew with the understand
ing that it could do nothing but follow tha
advice of Commis loner O'Keeffe.
SENATCr, KEAr,NSGGS WEST
It ah Statesman Hastens ta Attend
Conference of Ina Pedro-Salt
Inlie Road Haxsetei,
Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah paBsed
through Omaha yeateiday in his private
car bound for his homo In Salt Ike City.
Hia car was attached to the Union Pacific
fast mail. . .
J. Vttd, vle prtmiutiul of liie Mercan
tile Trust company of St. Louis was to have
met Senator Kearns here to accompany hlin
west, but the Wabash does not arrive in
time to make connection with the fast mail,
consequently Mr. Wade followed on' the
Overland Limited and will raeot the sena
tor in Cheyenne, and from there go forward
to Salt Lake CIl with. Mm
The two are going west to attend a con
ference of parties intercated In the uw
San Pedro railway, which Is now being
built west from Salt Lake City to Los An
geles. It Is said that. Senator Clark of
Montana will be lament at the. meeting,
which has been called for the purpose of
taking up the financial end of the project
for dlacuasion. The Mercantile Trust com
pany,' It is understood, bae done murh to
ward financing the undertaking. S'verul
aifr-rn capltaltBtp will alao be prtriftnt at
the conference.
AiurCuilty BlatletU-a.
The following births arid deaths bave
be.. a repurle-'i lo t'.e i.oard f iieaUri Our
li'S th tftcu'.y-our hums endliijf at siooa
t.a ' ii nla y :
lurili N'lc.hole-a Cheret. IK -S Wali.ut.
yi' l; lv im lTuwn, II' ) Cilt-1 aven ue,
fiii; 1 Jwut'l v. i.i.rr. ;.-!S North Ti-niy-ti'ii'J,
sirl; liu. 'u liuro. l-,rly-lii;iln miu!
i-i'i - lil-l on avenue, l.v,
I'ualiiH 1' r.iii Irr..lo t-'Z Itrlck svs
ruo II ltioiiH;n: Ail-iln 1 Iftine. 'i wwn 1 V-Ni x I n
and !.ifi.ia, ti; A a. e Teo-i-ieton, ..!
i' j IliinOt of W. J. t-jolt. i. I IloJlie; llnuly
ht'K-iiM't. Clntksou host llil, ri'.rne West
I -..int. Neb., U Mrs. ti. iU. Iracy, OU
1 c.pio's biMor, tJ
Creditors Mshf I tmi(r, ,
The rirdito'-s f.f John Fr.-1 Oil.-rv, a
Toer.. iia i .-f ii.m.ui, I v i.L-.l a i-i i.-n
Itl tlin lulled .-i.i(.h 1. .-I rli t c.a.ll in:
ti.st he l il"rnii. a t I- r . i P t Tim f.r.
tr nv.t ! . . F. llrio.-. the
N .im.i. ,1 m on.! . t i-. aii nay rh ! j'onrs
& r.hUH-iitnVi!. all .f ' m Vli' -rt Jul,, I
Ulnlul II I I I .'iu, 1 .s JI...I. Tli chi-IK" u
iiiU'iii Jo t'.H i'tui'.'i ii. nc fil,-fv Ii (tur-
1 f n M,.-.(,t ! I I'. I-U o.-l .1 I I I
t s nw K ni.-i i i. i . by but of .,
t., I.-1B IvUr li'liV-l1. i I i, I In IlLt'-t io
i'. t .it a ptcfeiird ,t-i.:u.r i-r ail
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Clxtsen .houra quScktrr trran eny -other Vtrrs
Elootrlo Lightaa Tralna '
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Hudson and cruising along the New Eng
land coast." says City Attorney Wrijcht,
who has returned with bis family af'.er his
vacation. "A great part ot the time was
spent on tho water and the remainder was
put In at places of Interest. I did not
think of business once whon I was awny
and kept nil thoughts connected with the
city hall en, of my mind. I have no news
of any kind to oiler. concerning the water
works appraisement or anything else, but
feel fresh and fit to tackle the piles ot
work that cornea Into thia office,"
CDD' ACTION OF MACHlNEftY
Specialists In MeHehanioa Orentljr Fs
i sled by tbe Err tie Dera
tions of Engines.
, Some of the, wonders of machinery. ucb,
ai the erratic operation of certain engines
at particular times, are little, understood
even by practlaai machinists. ... ' ,
Everyday thing's which are perfectly fa
miliar to mechanics ot one class are totally
unintelligible to- the workman in another
branch. Men who have worked a lifetime
in fashioning caatlron under the lathe are
greatly surprised on learning that the
same material, when employed In the heat
ing pipes of a blast furnace stove, grows
from six inches to a foot . in length from
constant use. And the furnace man U
equally unprepared to hear that the core
bars used for casting pipe loao as much
as three Inches In easting twenty or thirty
pieces.- i r
In practice, for Instance, a piston - rod
packing of eaey fitting babbit bushing is
used,- When these bushes become suf
ficiently worn - to leak we close them up
by compressing them In the water.' cylinder
of a hydraulic press. In-this eperatloa a
mandrel somewhat smaller than the pis
ton. rod Is put Inside," end with all the
pressure we can bring to bean we huve
never been aide to .compress the bush so
aa to grasp the mandrel tight, and yet
occasionally we have had those bushes
shut down while the engine was running
so as to grasp the ptston rod as If gripped
in a vlso, to break the bushes aeunder.
Indeed, or to make tliU necessary la order
to get them off.
Again, in the foundation of embossed
work, two (ilea ars used, the female die
often being made by driving the hardened
male die Into a block cf soft steel. This
operation im easily performed by a few
blows of the Crop hammer. It drivea in
and raises the soft metal without distort
ing tha block In any other particular. Had
the same operation btuin attempted by
means of the hydraulic press the . block
would probably be upset one-fourth 4t
depth, the sides bulging out or the piece
crushed, without producing other than a
faint marking of the outline ot tho male
die.
When the lawn mower was first intro
duced tho inventor was considered little
abort of a mechanical heretic to imagine
that be could get suihclent traction with
two light whela to rotate a cylinder six
times tiair own weight at six times their
velocity and cut th rusj In addition. Tbe
worm that drives tie bed of a Ejllrs
plfr.nur does riot wear out half as fust
as It should, ..and there is po.lbly some
thing unexpected about it, even to ihe
makers themselves.
A 12xl8-lnch cylinder engine, which had
been, running a year at lb5 revolutions a
ndnuto on an unusually solid foundation,
began one day without apparent cause to
shako . endwlita, and bt-fore night bad
aLuken itself loose. As no barm resulted
and the work was preying, the repairing
of the foundation was postponed until va
cation time, about a month distant. I s
fore that time arrived, however, the blink
ing ceased, and the engine ran perfect!
biaootU In spite of the impaired foundu.
lion. . .
Ajiothur and even more curious instance
cf the unexpected wfcs that of a well
known electrician who built and tetd
for three )ir a certain piece of apparatus
fil'tih promised to be eiK'iinl.oly used. As
It worked perfm-tly, a lari; amount of
capital was pat Into buildings and plant
fur the production i.f thee pieces of ap
paratus for the rsiurket, and many were
built; but the iinuiutiii tureis re totally
Uoalile. lo rriirotlic the orlKtiu.l either
la eit.-ct or durir.ltiy.
Ill nlK'Uur cam?, two Similar boilrlS were
com.- I. ;! by i.-i ks at ts 8-iui it.tu.m.
TH3
boiler being about half full. The water,
without apparent cause, behaved very
strangely, all going into one boiler and
then into the other. When the play was
ai its height, the boss, considering the
live of the men and the premises of more
value than the cause of science, ordered
the fires drawn and the cause could never
be determined. Chicago Chronicle.
NO TRACE OF MISSING CLERK
Claee - a to Wfcerwabowts of Georgre
'"' W. ktocho Rot Ye Discovered
by- tho Officials,
. -Nothing has yet been heard from George
TIT, Roc ho, tha missing money order clerk
oi' the Omaha postoffice. The amount of
Shortage still remains In the neighborhood
of $400, and, though all returns are not yet
In, It la not believed the deficiency will
exceed that figure.
A little matter developed In the ease Fri
day in which It was learned through
I'.ocho'a wlfo that on the day before his
final disappearance he was In South Omaha
endeavoring to borrow money to make good
the $00 shortage, but was unable to do so.
Ills disappearance followed immediately
thereafter and Mrs. Roc ho says she Is as
much in the dark as to his present where
abouts as the postoffice officials.
MISSING MAN HEARD FROM
i
jBdjcej Daniel McKooa Sends Ramb
Ilast Letters from Widely Sep,
rated Farts of tho Conntry.
NEW TORK, July 20. A letter was re
ceived today, from- Judge Daniel' McKoon,
who mysteriously disappeared three weeks
ago, saying that he was in El Faao, Tex.
The letter, which was addressed to his
son, was rambling and Incoherent and
indicated that the writer's mind was af-
f&Ctfcd.
It was reported at the time of Judge
McKoon's disappearance that he had been
kidnaped and was being held for ransom,
out this view was not sccepted by tha
police. Since that time the missing man's
son has received Snvsral letters from
widely separated parts of the country.
Notes from Army Hendqnarters.
Trumpeter Row J. Houohin of Troop O,
FiKhth cavalry, and Private Thomas Cof
fey, Troop K. Fourth cavalry, have been
honorably dlscharned from the service.
Private J. W. Douglas, Troop M. Klghth
cavalry, has upon the recommendation of
the chief surgeon of the department of
Missouri, been tiaaferred to l.i hospital
corps. ...
Cook Thomas Roane of the United States
army, having been declared lnne by thu
army medical authorities at Fort Crook,
has been ordered taken to the Govern
ment hospital for the Insane near Wash
ington, 1. C.
FERS0NAL PARAGRAPHS.
I. S. Cutter of Lincoln Mrs. Ned Tiar
nnrd of Fremont, J. J. Roberts of rtvld
City and Mr. and Mrs. 1;. M. Hatcllffe of
(Seattle are at the lier Grand
HI J. Alexander of Lincoln, former de
partment coimnandnr of the NeorasM
Grand Armyxif the i'..-rii,!'.:, U u Oiuaim
Vlxiior, a Ktiest tbe lier Orand.
. M, A. Faxon of llnstlnxs, M. J Han
nlfc,n of Kluait, F. N. lil of Iiiiatlnua,
J. it. Wilson o' Papililun und F. W. iiui
ber of Platts.nouth. are at ttie Miirray.
H. J. I'almer, a prominent republican
worker of Orand Island, was a visitor at
rciniMicMiL nlo uiiiiinit tea h. uJ umi teis
-jienlay Jiu Is qnn'ii-rni at tlie Aluiray.
C. W. Turner of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs.
It. Winn of b.ilt ijiku t it)', Jlrti ry Ji na,-r-u
of tiraii'1 lsiaiiit, Mr. and Wis. it. V.
Jil.tliew of lilooiiiiiifcton and G. W. J-lttio
ot i.yin are at the Mlllnid.
Mr. and Mis C. II. Ill ur of Laramie,
ir. and Mis. C. . Conant of Cbnyenne,
Mr. and Mis. F. M. M.,ie of Lincoln, U.
A. Jim. -a of Si-attie, W. ,ll. Clemiiioii of
ireiooi.t, A. JO. '1 iioiiiiis.ui of Itkaoinii,
r.. Ii l.iiintn of Hwi iaiclsce si n J Ii.
Cuthiiei inoit of Fan oury are at the l'uxt..n.
J. W. I f -i'l. mil (i of i.hloii(fe nii tt. M.
J.irvla of KuMiKim, count Afii.-.i, wne
loiiaiia vliHiir J- r ... 1,, y infill, sinj.jitig- at
tui! Mjr i-.iia. . Tliey l.-it yesienl.iy fur
V uHl.inii.o and to. K'UI In the Inlt-i.-.l ot a
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