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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1893)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MAY 7 , 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. 1AIIOTA PETRIFACTION FARM Jrondcrful Discovery Made by a Young Scientist Near Rapid Oity. | OR THE PRESERVATION OF THE DEAD Jornf , UruMn * nnil rinw M TurnBil Into Htoim by the WiUnn tit a , HprliiR Dronil lit Drntli tn lln Lemenpil An Ainrrlcnn rnnthoun. I I/y / Jiiinei Mnrrl' , M A I On n recent trip to the Hlaek Hills , scok- Ing rest and recreation , I stopped over night Itt llapld City Next morning with u "good- | > y" to my friend , t'ranlt P.Villl inn of the rtupubllcin , a man cast In nature's Hottest Inold , I struck out oa the lallroad track for a place which I had at ono tlmo noticed from the car windows The owner BiadconHtriictel a number of ponds so as to Combine thu culture of Jlsh wltn the raising lf vegetable * for the supply of the Kapld Jlty market I had experimented. With but leer success , with llsh an 1 thojjht I might , 'nln a hint or two from the experience of mother The d ly was delightful 'Jho wind was sharp , but the winter sun shone brightly and the frjstalllno atmhspheio toometl full of atoms that moved In a mystto iantoand spirklod like tlio dust of til i- Imonds , miking the iimitiIni imrj billliint Istlll by million * of i-lntilliilon * With Iclastlo step I walked the tics on the rallioad I to my destination nnlj to llnd th it the re- Iccnt freshet In the llipld hid swept out ponds and garden leaving nothing but a scries of mud holes I then walki-J oft Into I the hills , seeking In the canons the sllllncs-t land the beauty which 1 know existed In I their frosty depth * All at once 1 came to a I little stioain , over which a plank had been I thrown On the opposite batik ran a tra\clc < l | reid and bojotid that was a p irtlil cleiring I and a logMwelling , with a long , low addition I of native lumber A rough fonio suriounded I the spnco around the house and a gate , artis- I tlcally con'itiuclcd of bianchcH , ga\o access I to the visitor On a litllo sign , railed on | onesldoof Ihopalo , I lead in neat loiters I and correct spelling , "Petrifaction Farm " I I was puwltd I had read of "ostrich" I farms , "camel" farms , "llama" farms , and I oven "skunk" farms , but of "petrifaction" I farms , mnurt Hero was somothlug new , I perhaps worlhy of Invtstigatlon. So I through the gate I passed and tojlcu narrow , I well beaten pith to the house Hoforo 1 I could reach the door , out came a pleasant I looking young follow , neatly dressed In a I thick suit of graj Ho had on a soft felt hat , I his shoca wcio heavy ami strong , and a Ion" I Qerman pjpo hung item his lips The usual [ salutations passed and I apologi/ed for my I Intrusion by expressing the euilosity the I ulgn had excited. Ho smiled and said , "Coraoin. " I cnteied a loom comfortably furnished I nnd u aimed by plno logs which sputlored [ nnd iliimcd on a spacious hcailh Hooks , I maga/lncs and newspapers weio abundant I and amongst the IIrat I noticed several I standard woiks uK > n geology , mineralogy , I assaying , civil cngincctingand natuial his- | lory. On seating ourselves out came ftom I its hiding place a beautiful cat , black as I night , glossy as silk and w 1th oj cs like gold I Jn resiwnso to the word * "Come , Tommy I Black , " the cieatuio rubbed itself against [ | n > host's feet and stretched at full length [ upon the carpet. Dog , to tnj surprise , there I Was none. I Clint with the Sciential. I "So , " said the master of this snug home , I fyou want to know what that sign means. [ You are not the Hist to liuiuhe , though I I suppose its existence and slgnlllcanto at a I not , so far , widely known 1 must begin | vvith a little pel sonal history. I came from I the east , vvhero my father , n Swede , Is I pretty well off. Ho gave mo a thoroughcdu- I cation. I am a graduate of Yale , where I 1 took every pains to lit mjsolf for the wotk of I a practical mineralogist. I came west , hopI - I ing to have a wide and open Held for my ao- B quiroments , but found all places tilled ; mostly by competent men , BOIIIO by shallow I pretenders , who have no more science than water witches and treasure llndeis " f I Interrupted him with "I should have Itgono baulc If I hud been you. " i "Kot so , " ho replied. "Having como I ro- Enolvcu to stay , and , If nothing offered , try and make Homo original discoveries bj which I could cnrloh myself and bouclit others. You sco I have considerable appar- atns and a vcnoral assortment of the needed choinlcals. " "Have you succcededl" "Well , let mo toll youl Wandering In ecarch of a spot I couUlilcslio as a homo and I enter under our land laws , I came ono day tea a pleasant little park with ginss like velvet. The clusters of tieeswero dispersed hero and thcio In the most artistic grouping , and , best of all , that llttlo hurrying brooK you crossed runs with llrm and grassy banks through the larger portion of the laud I I noticed this mass of icck , under the shelter ot which 1 have built my house , nxamlulng inoio closely I found ono day , not far from where wo are , n spi lug , w hlch cutno partly .from beneath a shelving rock and partly I ill ll pcd from Its lower surface. Around the cdgu of the spilngaud for some distance along the course taken by its overbrimming waters I found growing several spcclos of Jon , grasses and flowers common to the Bieg'on. Hut the romatkablo thing about tluin was that vvhero the water had full Boffct upon them they woio In various strgcs of petrifaction Thcro they stood , rart stone , part living vegetable the y > swor of frail and transient llower life , ruggling with thu power that was convert- Khg that life Into uvoilastlng rock Sped- luons which had jlelded up the unequal onfliot v\oio completely hardened , oven to ( iH-uiost delicate and feathcij liber This jot mo thinking and experimenting. I nmdo t-ilall excavation11 in tlio soil near the spring and found that not only was the earth raolst , but that the cavllles weiesoon lilted with water I then introduced casings of wood , using cigar boxes for very small objects and cracker boxes for larger ones , put In nij specimens , immeised them in the water , covered them up and loft them for weeks at a tlmo " "With what icsultl" I asked , beginning to tool excited at the Held of possibilities opened up by a ready means of convening ublocts of Intelest and bcautj Into tmpeilsh- nmo forms VUlt to tlio Collodion. m "You shall sco , " ho said , "for I shall now rhiw jou mv collection. It Is In the addition jou must have noticed I call it m > sculpture - turo room. I should call it my studio , but I don't ' do the work , " As wo entered , the novel and enchanting sight calleilifortliexpressions of suipriso nnd delight. On shelves and on elands were arranged delicate leaves and llowers and crasses , the w lid fruits of thu neighborhood , such feathered songsters as could bo captured without too much Injury , and specimens of the tribes of animals that haunt the suifaco or burrow In the earth , all turned into stone -tho traiory of vegetation moro cxipulsltolv perfect than chisel could produce , and animal life in form and color , almost as charming as tnough the pulsoa were throbbing through the veins that would never swell with thu Impulses of vigor ous health , or contract with fear again "This , " I said , "I * very beautiful , and a * a collection very valuable , but of what practl- cal benefit 1 * jour dlsuov cry t" "Lot tell " ho exclaimed mo you , eagerly this was a familiar phrase of his. "Of what practical benellt jou say ? Why , through this 1 shall levolutlonUo ono of the oldest , ttrougcst and most prevalent cus Hems of the human race. grat fy the sacred and most Intense ondui lug passions of the heart , takofroir much ot the loathing and dread us with U , and by and by create ar in Pantheon , moro illustilous thar that of ancient Komo , adorned by the vorj lOrms of our great men and at a cost abso utaly Inslgnltlcant as compared with present jiothods of niumpilalUlng the dead. You 'inow ' that we long , ohl with what unutterable able longlnifl to keou our dead with us until it bocomci no longer po-jiblo and with Abra lismwosay , 'Givo mo a place to bury nn douill1 To satisfy this feeling In part the Kfijptlans embalmed , The Greeks anc Honmnsfrfqucntly crcmatod and the a she ; wcro all that remained. Poor mementos o what was once instinct with Ufa and beauty Nations have M vast rest caused their lllua crlous dead to bo painted or carved In mar ble that their memory might live , I proposi to change all this , to iglvo back tha aotua form to tha ejo * IOTO and to tupply the na tmn with ft jrnHery of the great anil good without p-vytng the notnof our senate $10,000 for a single figure , the sum Vlnnlo Ilcam re ceived for n gauclto stntuo of Lincoln. at this 1" andns ho drew nsldon small screen I saw the Imago of n handsomely formed child , which must have attained thn ago of Horn year * before the dread reaper gain- cicdltln H occupied a low platform and assumed the attitude of a babe plas ing w ith It * llttlo pink nnd velvety toe * Thcro wn * hardly , If anoaithy stain mwii the * Kln and any bad Impression which the shrunken eveballs might have made was pi oven ted by Its iwsturo It was not onlj like n beautiful pleco of sculpture , but it surp issed sculpture In the perfection of Its outllafs. the delicacy of it * llnWi. It * falthfulnes * to life As I looked at mj companion with amaze ment he siid " That w as the dear and only child of a devote I count ? whose n line I must not gUo yon and they piopjsed In this vvav to snatch It from the grave , since they could not repel the attack of deith In tholr homo they can set It In ono of Itsaceustomrd place * , clothe It a * In life and thus secure some comfoit for their stilckeii bear's Whit has biHjii accompllshod In this case can bo repented In every ono where death h is not been atlended bv exlrcmo and dls- llgurmg cnmeiaUon The nearer to the condition f acllvo life ind vi orous breith when death ensues , the better the result * of the process This fact will give me a great advantauo should I bo called ujwn to petrify nnof our public men Hard wotk. or lush living , rinder * them Incnpihlo ot renlulng the * hock when death comes A few daj * mil all Is over with them and as tho\ lie In heir co'llns , with tin- exception of pallor , hej letaln ton greit extent a n it lira I and obust appearance. The size of the object : nakes but n difTurenco of lime , denth of tanV and stieng'.h of casing Tbatchlld wa * potrilli'd lu six weeks. An adult inuj icijutio is m in > mouth * Anj atlilude cm bo ea- llj seemed bj ilipoIng the parts as de fied , before immeision An c < iuestri in statue u 11 on ] \ ie < | ulio a luiecr link and moie powotful machinery for lifting when the change Is completed " "What will bo the expense' ' I.XIHMISO of I'n pr\allou. 1 That child will cost the patents $ . " > 0 An .mult should bo woi th 5230 , and n horse and Ills ilder , like thatof .lackson , in Lifajotto , nrk nl the national i-apltal , about $500 Why , lot mu tell jou I for less than ? .VX)0 ( ) Jwould undertake to jotilfj , In hfeltko attitudes , as mauwairiors. . poet * and statesmen as now 1111 the old teptosimtativo hntnber nnd which has cost the country millions " " 'Iho shrunken and shriveled eye * would DO u irrcat ilrav\baclr in cairylng out j'our ilan " "Not so ! I would , heroic Immersion. Intro- iluco nrtitlcial ejes , colored like the re il and once living ojes ( a glass eye jou know 1 * a ineio Bcalo ) and the Him deposited upon them [ ) y the i > etrlfacllvo waters woulu bo easily lomoved bj a well known acid The face might iccolvo the tints of lite and health from tlio brush of an artist , the limbs bo clothed with the accustomed gaib , and there jou would have Iho pin son himself , complctu in overj detail " I had nothing moio toobjcctand wo tinned to walk luck to the house On entering I iibkcd , "What would jou do with a case like Cleveland , Ir i ailed upon to petrify him In the attitude of writing Iho phrase , 'innocu ous desuetude , ' or repudiating the Cnlcago platfoimt" "That might bo diftlcult , " he returned , "I don't think ho would petrify Ho would bo converted into adipocere ' "Adipocero1 What is that ? The word Is now to me " Ho took down the llrst volume of the American Uncjclopcdla and read "Adipocero ( Lat adops , fat and ccta , wax , from its fatt.v otlgin anil waxv conslstencj ) a white , solid.nonputrcsciblo substance , Into w htch human bodies nro sometimes coin ci ted afler burial * * * * * The process of the convcislon of a human body Into udipo- core under such circumstances appeals to bo the following The fatty substance of the adipose tissue Jit st undergoes a change , by which It becomes lancid and pioduces two fattj acids , thoolcieand the mirgailo acids These at Ids aio liquid , and being in largo quantities penoti ale the neighboring tissues , so that the skin , muscles , ote , become pcr- meatcd and saluiated with them At the same tlmo the albuminous matter of these tissues , beginning to undergo decomposition , produce a small quantity of ammonia , which unites with the fatty acids , making an am- tnonlacal soap " "Soip"Ioxclaiiried'Would ! that ba all of him I" "Soip , " ho replied with emphasis. QUESTIONABLE ADVEBTI81NO. Method ot IJsliiR- Coin Which In lirandod ni Illegnl by the Quvornmnnt. Many a Nebraska merchant has uncon sciously lent himself to the work of so mu tilating coins as to render them unavalalblo at banks and foe legal tender purposes. It is all through the efforts of an enterprising individual who has devised a circular paster to bo stuck on ono side of a dollar , Inviting the boaroi to coma back and spend the aol- lar at the place vvhero ho received It. The Crawford Mercantile company having se cured the right to use this plan , concolvod a doubt as to Its legality nnd so vvroto to the treasury authoiltlos at Washington The following coriespondenco is the result : OiiAvvvoitD , Neb , May 3. To the ) Ml tor of Tiu : Ucni Will jou bo kind ououxb to give space In your columns for the enclosed communication , that It tniy bo a warning to any ono who infant bo Induced by u smooth tongued salesman to purchase the "rlKht to uso" Nucb n miOHtlonablH way of advertising. Thn communication Is the answer to n letter which WB wrolo to the Treasury depurlnumt asking whether wo bad the right to uo tlieso n"asier ! > . UlltWrOIU ) M 4MJF CTUHIMI COMl'iNV. This Is n copv of the reply from the Treas ury department. TllKASURY Dl.P MITMBNT , SECIIBT SlHVICK DIVISION , VVASHiNUTOtf , IX 0. , April 22. Craw ford Manufacturing Company , Utawford. Neb i ( lenllomoM Your letter of the 17th Inst. , ad dressed "To the Hon. Assistant toe-rotary of Treasury , uslilngton , 1) , O , " enclosing n copy of "Grant of Ulnht to Use Doubliulay's Dollar Advorliiimo.it" and a Kamplo of the s urnIs by duo ri-forenco before tno. You ink "fun this imstor bo put on ono sldo of a slU or dollar and said dollar bo put In clr- cnl itlon without violating any of the United States laws or rulings of tno Treasury depart- iiumt ? " In 10lily , you are Informed that section 0,459 of the Kmlsod Statutes ot the United Mates forbids the itutucomont or mutilation ot our coins : that the lawoHIeor of this dopirtinent considers thuso insters a form of mulllutlim and tequlru * their suppression , and that the treasurer of tlio United States lm Instructed national binks that coins so defaced vrlll not bo received nor rcdonmcd Kospoctfully yours A , I , . UIIUMMO.MJ , Chlof. VT11I ( ) o Without a .Turf. No definite information has been received from the Treasury department as yet In ro- pard to the acceptance of ox-Marshal Slaugh ter's proposition to turn over his funds for the purpose of paying the Jurors' fees for the May term of federal court , and it is not likely that any Jury w 111 bo empaneled , Judge Dumly said yesterday that ho would o | > eii com t on Monday morning , and If the department saw lit lo order ox-Marshal Slaughter to turn the funds in his possession into the treasury to be used In defraying the cxpenso of a Jury for itho May term then ho would at once summon a Jury among the res idents of Omaha so ah to save extra expense in mllcago Hoth the graua and petit Jurors will bo selected from among the legal voter * of this city. _ _ Opening the City Hall. As the work upon the city hall will be completed within a very few days , it la probable that the grand opening will take place w ithln the next ten days or two w eoks. Chairman Jacobson ot the committee on public property and buildings has an idea that thu bulldtug should bo thrown open to the public previous to Its acceptance by the city , in order that the citizens may have an opportunity of scrutinizing the construction , and In case there Is to be any dissatisfaction or objection , it may bo made known then. Ho boliovea that the opening should be at tended by all the taxpayers , and if anything wrong U discovered It can bo immediately Investigated and remedied before the struo- turo becomes the property of the city. t Kit JIor * rty. M. Levlnson , n grocer on Thirty-first and I.eavenworth street charges , ex-Council man H. F. Moroarty with having obtained money under false pretenses by Hvlnff a check In the sum of | 5 In payment for gro ceries , and $1,76 tn cash. A similar complaint was made by William Youngr , who guVe the ex-colihoUmih | 5 in cash for a oheolc of like amount on the Ger man Savlngi bfulc , vrblcu refuHed payment on the ground of "no fund.11 REAL ESTATE DEAL IN COURT Antony Kaifer Bays Ho Wa3 Swindled by the Harris Family. BRINGS SUir TO NULLIFY THE CONTRACT AtlPK < " Hi it Ho Win Dffratulpil by Oiniihi Itoil IMitflMnu VVhoSulil Him I'rop- rriy Hint VVim MnrtiriRiiil lor .Morn ti ! in the Vulut * . Ferguson j'csterday granted a tern- poiary Injunction forbidding Joins U Hirrl * fiom dlsp3slng of a mortgage given bj' An tony ICalfor to Geor o H Hulls ami assigned bj the latter to Jon i * H. Harris The petition Hied by Horton & lllaokburn , attornevs for the plaintiff , tolls In legal verblase a long story of an alleged ciookod real estalo deil In which Kaifer was Induced to purclnsa SDIIIO hoavlly encumbered [ irop- erty in Omaha ami assume mortgages amoantlng to $ U.f > 00 Thodofendunlschaigcd vvithconsplrini ; to deftaud Kalfor are George H , James A , William H nnd Jonas H I Ian is , John Clif ton and Willl nil II Kowe It nppeirs from thu pleadings that James A llarrisof the Oimhai I'lllo Indemnity and Trust companj was the owner of a lot In Troil Dellono's addition , a h ilf Interest In a lot in Nelson's and a half lot In Shlnn's ad dition In December 1 ist , and that Gc-oigo H Han Is , hi * fat'ier , ownoil another lot in Dellone's addition James and George found i in in named John Clifton sild to bo a resl- lent of Denver , who had gieat faith in ) maha propertj , so foi a nominal consider.- , Ion these two convejed to him bj speciil wairant\ deeds Iho lands mentioned At the same time Jonas H Ilatris and these two convejed lo him still other property About that time Clifton gave to Gcorgo II Huiris a bhnkot morlgago on all Iho piopeit\ for 11,000 at 7 percent Interest The Shlnn's iddition lot ha * a house on it and was mort- ; aged prior to this tlmo for Jl , , " > 00 After jimling himself In this waj to assume $ l , , " > 00 of a llrst morlgago and paj $11,000 , intciust. ma laxe * on $ j,000 worth of Omaha real estate , Clifton conveyed his land to William H Harils , n biolherof Jiiuies A. Harris and son < -f Gcorgo II Harris Then William H slartod out to find a sucker Ho Hist deeded the propertj' to William II Uowu , a faun hand In his em- ilo\forl , nnd "other valuables. " A few- lays later the victim was found In Antony ICaifer , an uneducated German fanner in Mil shall count ) , Illinois The petilion al- cgcs that William H Harris approached iCalfer and told him tint Uowe owned some Jmaha lots that he wished to puichnso , but thiu Howe would not sell them to him , but would sell them to ICalfer and gave htm $10 with which to make the purchase ICalfer fell rcadllv Into the trap and bought the iropettj , Harils agreeing to make out the leed , have it recoidcd and everything donu right The deed was a spochl warrantj and in it the grantee assumed and agreed to piy all Incumbranccs of record. The deeds prior to ICaifer's fall to contain this provision It was intended only for ICaifer , who isieputed to bo worth J10.0UO or so , and a man foolish enough to assume a mortgage fort2r > 00 on $ r , ( K)0 wet th of real estalo is not picked up ovcrj clay , hence Iho ' hereby assumes and agiees to pay" so common in stricllj-slraight ical estate deals was kept out of sleht until the victim had been hooked , when it was Hashed In the right place. George II Harris had a pretty good thing in this mortgage , but. owing to Iho peculiar methods oinnlojod in sticking it on toICnifer , ho thought It wise to got the note nnd in- sluimcnt out of his hand * , and so it is stated ho assigned the same to Jonas H. Harris , a brother , v\ ell known in Omaha a president of the Omaha Abstract , Indemnity and Tiust compiuj' , and fotmorlj' president of the German American Sav Ings bank. It is against Jonas H Harris that the tempoiary injunction is granted to koc him from hunt ing up another Harris to assign the paper to , and the other pai ties are made parties to the suit , which also ask * that the deed bo dc'-laied fraudulent and void. Theieis another llttlo matter mentioned in the petition. The house In Shlnn's addi tion Is rented at $18 per month , and very soon after Mr. ICalfor became the owner of his land and its blanket mortgage a draft for about ono month's lent reached him , purporting to bo sent by ono "E. Yates. " It appears that the lent was paid , however , to J. A. Harris , and the attorneys for the plain tiff say they have hunted the city over for Yatcs and intimate that ho is a myth used to conceal the line Italian hand of the liar- rises , who expected by inducing Knifer to accept rent , to lock the trap into which ho had been coaxod. The case presents a series of interesting legal propositions and is complicated by the fact that the patties are scattered far and near , living in Denver , Oaiahn , Neosha , Mo. , Chicago , Henry , 111 , and Bureau county , Illinois , and a lively contest is promised. Two Sort * of Jurloi. The ways of Junes are past flnalng ou $ until after the verdict is rendeicd , and ovdh then they are oftentimes moro mysterious than beforeas was evidenced yesterday when the JUry in the case of the state vs. Efflo baunders , charged with concealing stolen property , returned a verdict of guilty as charged. The defendant wa * charged with the of- fcnso Jointly with Balma Arnold , and the evidence was the same In each ouse. with the exception of being a little stronger ia the case aantnst the Ainold woman. The de fendants were tried separately , and tbo Ainold woman was acqulitod , while ner as sociate vrlll have to go to Jail. DUtrlot Court Doing * . Donnls Cunningham was successful In nis suit to recover a certain piece of lehl estate in the city of South Omaha from Francis E. Fuller The plaintiff was also awarded dam ages in the sum of 6 cents. Chris Specht came out second best In the suit brought against him by Ed B Williams to secure payment for the fine raiment ordered by the councilman In consider ation of love and affection for a couple of the attaches of the Union Pacific legal depart ment. A verdict was returned by the Jury awarding Williams $ l'JU 00 for the two suits of clothes and his troublouin collecting the bill. bill.Motions Motions for a now trial have already been filed in three of the cases tried during this term of court , that began last Monday They are those of DonUo against the city of Omaha , Daniels against Drexel , and the state against George II. Smith. Ono of the grounds on which the motion Is based in the latter case 1s that the Judge forgot 16 order the bailiff to take the Jurors out at noon and give thorn something to eat , the inference bulng that the jury agreed upon the verdlot against the defend ant In order to avoid being starved to death , although they wcro out only six hours. dnUal Note * . Han H. J. Spaunhorst of St. Ixmli , hon orary president of the Gorman Catholic Cen tral society , will arrive in the city today and this afternoon will speak to the Gorman societies at Qormanla hall Ho will discuss the suoject of bcnovolont organization and providing insurance funds for widows and orphans. A special invitation to be present is extended to j'oung people. At the fifth biennial session of the grand lodge , Ancient Order of United Workmen which will be held at Lincoln , beginning > lav 9 , the Gorman Herrmann ledge No. Ut of this city will be represented by Charles Vogel as delegate and Carl Krlosel , al ternate The Bohemian Gymnastic soclty has completed ploted preparations for an attractive fair to be held at 1815-1817 South Thirteenth street May T to 13. The proceeds will go to ware starting a fund for the erection of a turner hall for the Tel Jed sokol. The fair will be opened thU afternoon by a concert , for Uhich tha Military band furnishes the muilc. _ Kama * VVb t Crop BinnCrrT , Kan. , May 0. [ Special Tele gram to TIII BEE. ] Four Inches of rain have fallen here and U Is raining yet The wheat crop is saved. Wntohlnc the School Dr. Somera eiys ho U keeping his eyes uoon the Board of Education and does no Inland to permit of any violation of the city ordluanix * by that body , II * Is payln ? more particular attention to Hin building * In course of construction and thojq contemplated , anil will oe that the loUorVJf the law in lived tip to regardlnc vault * ami closet connection * , When vacation time cfiihfc * the dry closets In the old bulldliiRS will rceelvo attention at the hands of the UoarUr67 Health , _ i . A/'H.S 11Ht 5/IK.l/M/r. ClmtiKi'4 In Iho Itoii | l r HrrUco in An- iiiinnrml Tottitrdny. WisnivoTov. D. C , May ft [ Special Telei'iMin to TUB Ur.E.Mriio | following army orders were isucd todtlfyt Captain Louis lliwht'mln , asstslint sur geon , will bo relieved from duty at the piesldlo of San l-Vanpisco , Cal , nnd will reiiort it Columbus birraclu , O , for duty Fltt Lieutenant Chniles Wilcox nsIstant urgeon , will bo relieved Irom temporary uty at Angel Island , Cat , and report to the irosldio of S in Francisco IAMVO of absence on account of sickness Rtanted Major TulUns C Tuppor. SKth avalrj Is still further extended ihreo maths on account of sickness The following assignments to regiment * of dicers ii'contly proinoled nio ordered1 Cipt-Un Henry tt Koblnson , promolod from ist lieutenant. Touttli Infaulrj , to the ourth Infintry , compiny A , to date from Vprll I , IS'M ' , vlco Noldo , lotlred , Caplaln Villiam Withersiwon , promoted from first eiitfiuint. Twelfth infantry , to company A , o date fiom Apt 11 Us , 1 Si ) 1 , v ice Hurst , retited , Mrst Lieutenant Fredeilo C ICImball , pro- noted from second lieutenant , rifth in- antrj , to thorouilh lufantrv , cnmpinj K , o d lie from April 4 , 1S1U , vice Holilnson , iromoled , I'irst Lieutenant rr.ink L Wlnti , iroinotod fiom second lloulenant , Fiist in- anlrv , to the Twelfth Infanli \ , comp inj 1C , o date fiom April US , IS'M ' , vlco Von ichiader , vacated Howllliemaln on itnty n the Fhst tnfantrj until further orders , 'list Lleuten int Chailos C Hallou , pro- noted from second lieutenant , Sixteenth In- antij , lo the Twelfth Infantiy , compinj I , o date fiom Aptll 8 , IS'.M ' , v ice Witheispoon , uumotcd. Hopirtiiiant of the 1'lntto. Ijleuteinnt 1 ° . U Day of the signal corps eports the completion of the telegraph line jctwcen Clcaruiount nnd Tort McICinnoy. Major Samuel T. Cushlng , who ha * for omo tlmo been aotlng In thecapaeily of pur chasing agent and depot commlss irj' at Fort jcavonworth , has boon assigned lo the olllco of cnief commissary of substance for , ho Dopirlment of the Platto. Captain ) sgood , at present the chief commlss iry of his department , has been assigned to Iho office of purchasing agent and depot com- nissarj at Boston , Mass Major Humphrejs , chief quirteimister of hodcpaitment , has returned from Chicago. Ho sajs the World's fair will bo lin- nense when ills ready to bo seen , but as jet it Is not in good shape for the reception of companj' Hi\fi.lTlOH. John V. Mollltt r.Ues Ills Testimony lu th * Hoodie CIIHDS. Toi'EKA , Kan , May ( i John V Moflltt , who was icsponslblo for the boodle charges made ) j the Topcka Capital against the state ad- uinislralion , nnd who ha * been dodging tha n\estimation committee over since Its np- lomlmcnl , appeared this forenoon before , he committee In icpiy to a question by Senator Thatcher ho admitted that ho had 10 personal knowlcdgo'of ' the charges , and confessed that his entire knowledge was used upon a conversation which ho claimed , o have overheard in the Copcland hotel bo- , ween a man connected with the Kansas 3ity slock jards and onolher man whoso business ho did not know. The stock jarda man , ho declared , had n brother who was identified with the pol- cy gamblers , and from him the stock rards man had learned about the boodle which had been sent to Topeka to control the appointment of police commis sioners at Kansas City , Kan , and implicat ing Governor Lewelilng , CIoso nnd Litllo Moflltt said ho at ouco wont to Governor Lowelling and told him' of boodle and the .umois ho had hc rd. ! The governor told ihn that ho knew monej * was being raised to get the vvarnn ? houieii together , .but said lothlne about any other boodlo. Moflltt lola the story of the conversation ho had licard to several friends , among thorn being1 Major Hudson of the Capital. Ho was sur prised to see Iho story in print the next morning , and said it contained some inac curacies. Cross examined by Senator Paricer , Moffltt admitted that although Lowolllng was his personal friend , ho had made no effort to verif jr the slander told by the two strangers before ho repeated it to others and that ho had not attempted to find or identify the strangers and that ho had not soon thorn sluco. WILL OPEN BIDS. Ilonrd of 1'ubllo Work * Will Award Sotrer Conttnota Thli Weolc. The Board of Public Works will receive bids and award contracts for the construc tion of main sowars within the city limits on Friday of this week. The total expenditure that will bo involved will bo f 100,000 , the amount of the bonds Issued for that purpose , absorbing all but the premiums on the sale of the bonds , which , if the sumo ns last year , will amount to nearly $5,000. The sewers are to bo con structed ns follows , City Engineer Hoso- water's approximate estimates being shown of the cost of construction : Main line sewer on Valley street , from Tenth to Eighteenth street , approxi mate ostluiato of coat , 821,137 South Twonty-Urst street sewer , bouth extension 13,045 Dorcas nnd Nineteenth strcotn , sub- main extensions form Twonty-llrst street 0,4:0 Mains In Grant itreoi district already recommended and agiced upon 3,000 Special sub-drain , Unit street. Twenty- fourth to Twenty-llfth streets 450 Chicago street sewer extension to rlvor. 3,000 North Omaha main sewer 4'J,019 Total 1100.000 The sewers will bo construclod of brick and various sizes of pipes running from tvventjfour Inch plpo down to twelve or less These main sewers are the outlets for the smaller district sewer * that are con structed at the expense of the property in the district , all of them being connected with the big ones When work Is com menced upon the construction , and the boaid believes very llttlo delay will bo experienced. It will furnish work for n largo number of laborcis , whose enforced Idleness during the winter months makes the employment all the moro welcome. DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR. Acrlcnltuml Society Mnkei Preliminary Arrangements fqr the Rrent. The directors of the pouglas County Agri cultural society hold a .session at the Board of Trade rooms yesterday afternoon and disposed of a lot of roatlno business relat ing to the coming fair. The matter dis cussed related mostly < to llttlo details In the way of coupon tickets , , membership cards and advertising posters and horse outs. The society was naked by the Itoadster club to stand one-third of the expense of the oreutlon of a new starter's stand on the out side of the track , the same as have recently been put up at Nashville and at several of the best tracks In the country , in order that the starter may not only bo by himself , but also secure a bettor yLcyv of the pole horse and bolter able to Judge of positions. The cost would have been slight , but the direc tors concluded that they could not stand It , because they had been elected on an economical issue , and .felt that they must keep expenses down to the minimum. It was decided to work up Interest In tha fair all over the county , and in order to do It successfully it was thought that there should be a largo number of special prenv lums. Tor the purpose of making a thor ough canvass to this end , it was decided tr give Mr. Naton an assistant , and no meant will bo spared to secure not only the largest number of premiums over offered at the fair , but the largest and most complete entries and exhibits as well. Labor Note * . There will ba a mooting of the emergency committee of Central Labor union at Juliui Meyer's rooms at Twelfth and Farnair streets , at 10 o'clock this forenoon. Al members ot the committee are expected tc attend. There will bo another meeting of thi wholesale and retail clerks of Omaha in thi 1'aUdrscm block at Seventeenth and Farnair streets , on Wednesday evening. IMPROVED WEATHER SERVICE Omaba Bureau to Bo Providnd with Many Additional Facilities. WILL MOVE THE STATE DEPARTMENT Now tjtmrtrrn to Acromtnodnte thn I'orc- Olllcn Will llo Si'curml Without Di-liiy lluni'llt * to llo nroiiroil for Nubruilut I'liriiiorn. Information was received from Washing ton josterday morning which was very pleasing lo Captain Hunt , the local forecast ofllci it of the Omaha weather butu m Uver since hi * location In Omaha Captain Hunt has been cndcavoilng to secutu additional facilities and his present lufotniitlon lead * to the opinion that Omaha will soon 'aavo one of tlio most completely equipped wealher stations in Iho counlrj' . Several weeks ago Captain Hunt nskod permission of the dopirtmont to leasj new and better quirter * tor the vvoithor ofllio. Ho also made a decided move to secure for Omaha what I * Known as the state wealhnr service , which now claims Crete as i head- quatleis In the communication whkh ho received jesterday ho is infouned that his toquest for new quulers his been ap proved mid ho Is nuthorired to advettlso for proposi is for suitable loom * lor thu now hcadquaitcrs His suggestion with icvard to the lemovalof thostito weather service fiom Iho Hoswellobervatorj in Doano college - logo , at Crete , lo Omahi is also approved and the depiitment will take the proper stops to accomplish thai desirable change some tlmo during the summer This stale w ealher sen Ice Includes w eoklj' rcporls of rainfall and crop conditions from about eighty dilTeient points over the staloof Nebraska and will hoof special advanlago lo Iho Omaha Board of Trade 1 ho serv ice was secured somoions ago for the Boswoll ob- senalorj at Crcto through the cflorts of Prof Swcozj' . On account of the fact that Crcto Is a small place having no dalij papei" of extended circulation , the service ha * not tUtiucteil the attention that it would have iccelvcd had it been located In Omaha , whence the desirable infoiraatlon would have spread to all parls of Iho counlrj' . Prof Sweozj , It is said , Is not avciso to the removal - moval of the service , providing the govern ment makes a proper recognition of the efforts that have been put forth bv himself and the trustees of Doano college. Tbo serv Ice will probablj1 not bo moved duting Iho present crop season , how ever , but in all piobibllity It will bo in good shape In Omaha for the opening of the eiop season next jcar Captain Hunt naturally feels very much encouraged by the willingness of the depart ment to lake light hold of the proposed im provements of the service at the Omaha office "When wo got these impiovemenls to which the depaitmeul has given consent , tbo Omaha office will lank with anj weather ofllio in the couulrj , ' he said , In summing up the advantages tint are to bodeilved from a complete service and suitable facili ties WALKEB'3 TIEW OF IT. Secretary of the Afro-American T.enguo IHIIrrn with the 1'roMdpnt. Police Court Officer V. B. Walker , as sec- rolarj' of the Afro-American State league , takes exception to the statements made in a recent interview , published in THIS Bur , by Pi esident P. Alberts of Lincoln and having reference to the place of holding the next uinual convention Mr. Walker states that tjio change from Nebraska City to Omiha was made on Apr } ! i.i ) at a properly called meeting of the oxoc- ulivo commilleo , which has full authorlly in the mailer. At this session sov en of the nine members comprising the committee voted for the change and the olher two , Mr. Alberts and the member from Nebraska Cltv , were absent , notwlthslanding that duo nollce of a contem plated ohaugo hud been given them. Omaha , ho stales , is by far the most conven ient point because fifty-two of the 100 dole- gales lo Iho convention icsldo in Douglas county , whllo Otoocountj has only two The Douglas countj' mombrs could well affoid to pay the expenses incurred by the latler In coming to Omaha. To the charge that the Nebraska City con tingent has gene to the trouble of making preparations for the convention to bo held Juno 1 , ho says that no official information has reached him to this effect. The prenl- dent of the league has no more power than any olhcr member of Iho cxeoulivo commit- tea and the will of the majority Is supreme in this case , according to the secretary. Open AlrOoncert. The Musical Union band , under the direc tion of Mr. Herman Schunkol , will glyo a grand concert at Hanscom park this after noon beginning nt 8 o'clock. This is the first open air concert of the season and the fol lowing program will bo tendered : TAUT I. Notional Hymn and March Etlonbor ? Overture Kosaiiuindo bchubert Nooturno I'rlma Vera Urosshclm Medley The lilack Ilrlgado lleyer VAIIT II. Overture La Muolto ilo 1'ortlcl .Aubor lilrgls I'olka Cornet bolo L Larson It. Larson. Walt7-Vlolots . Waldtonfol Grand rinalo Arlelo E. lluch i * \HTIII. Selection Bouijuot ol Molodlus . Meyrelles Character 1'loco Monastery Hells , Lofo- buro. . . . .VVolly Uavotto World's I'nlr \Vlcgancl Galop The Ileautlful lildor 1'iunkol llimlntins Trouhtoi. Another attachment against the lumber yard of W. L Iilsh was levied yesterday to satisfy a claim of the Commercial Na tional bank , amounting to $0,000. The prop erty covered included ten lots and the lum ber j ard. The wholesale liquor stock of C. B. Connor &Co , taken under execution to satisfy claims of creditors , amounting to between fi,000 and $1,000 , was sold by the sheriff jestorday forenoon. The stock was bought by John Connor for JoOO Its value was much greaior than that , but there were few bidders pros- out , and ns there was no appraisement , the stock being sold under execution , it went for a comparative song and the creditors will bo allowed to whistle. A Difference of Opinion. OMAHA , May 0 To the Editor of TUB BEE : Tha unjust criticism made in TUB BEB of last Thursday on Miss Bishop's singing at the concert of the "Stryk-en-Blaas Lust" club Wednesday evening last , is utterly without foundation , either in fact or fancy. Your critlo displays his carelessness at the very outset by classing her voice ns soprano , when as a matter of fact it Is an alto of the deepest and fullest kind. In continuing ho sajs : "Thero was nothing brilliant about her rendering of Meyerbeer's 'Nobll Slgnor , ' but it was satisfaclory The same cannot bo said of her singing of 'Annie Laurie,1 which she tendered as an onooro. She hntl hnil the ttcir old son& evidently for the puriHuiQ of dhplnyliiK' tlio tlmbro of her lower tVRUter , but nil the swcotncM of the he.uitlful melody wns lost In transit , and the i > oot's Hue * wore \\ootully Now In.iimuch nt Miss Illaliop U n pupil of mlno , nil tint she dor * In n musical vrny In < lone under tiivdlioctlon mid ! > > my niUloo. I must ol.iltn the nv ponslblllt\ , therefore , of li.tunR tr.uiMKm'd "Annlo I iuito' Into a lower kcv I m.ij lta\i < boon nt fault In this , having boon tnildcd solely bv in my yoais ol oxporloni'o In slnifiiip anil tenelifni ; nnit Uj i'O knowledge of music , which , jtethnps , Is In Inferior to tint onjojed by jour ctltle As \\hotherMlst Illshop * , ui ? well or 111 , I. perhaps , oiiRht not to say. but I h.ivo the word of musk Inns who \\cio In the nudleiuo tint nUht , tlmt they never heint her sins bolter , and that her singtnp was In fact tno Hio it fe.ituro of the coneet t Uood in Idcneo of this is found In the leeeption aceoided her by the audience , both of her number * ( the last of which jour ciltlo kindly Ignores ) ro- i ( living the heartiest unoote * of the uvcntn Miss Ulshop. although aOUIIR slnper , Ins SUIIR ni'iiu times before Omaha audiences and always with nooil success In deed I iio not know of a slnper hoio ttiat Is In Biieh constant demand She is a elose and conscientious student , and is progressing rapidly , and con- sciiuentlj should iviel\o fair treatment from tno press , which in this Instance she surely has not 1 h u o nlw a > s umlcrtooil that among ciitlcs there was an unwritten law to the ofTeet that an amateur should never bo criticised uxin | the same standard as a pro fessional Yet I umnntiecall the tune when a professional has boon ghon so sosoro a criticism bi jour paper , no in Uter how poor the pci fonnaneo. Mns J W. Conox. tiK I'cruiitt. The follow ItiR iioimlts to build wcro Issued jcsteulay by the Inspector of Imlld- IlIRS 11 WcnnltiKholT , 2079 llancroft , dwell ing $ 1,000 bmun minor puimlts . . . . 1,0. ! ! ) Eight permits , uKRrOKatlllK. . $ iOJD DolnentoH to the World's Congress. At n largo anil enthusiastic meeting held on Tilnay night In the \estiy rooms of the Harncy street temple the Hebrews of Omaha seleoted delegates to icprosent them at the religious congress and at the nitional conference of charities , both of which will bo held at Chicago under the auspices of the World1 * fulr auxiliary The ilele > rat6s chosen for the religious congress nro Mrs. M. Hellnmti nnd Mrs. M II Cook , and for the National charity convention Uov \ * i M I'rankllu and Mr 8. Kntz were selected. It Is expected th it great add lasting tienollt * will accrue from both thcso coinontlont. Ktopprtl I'jivnniMit It Chairman lllrkhauser of thu Ho ml of I'ub- lie Woiks jestenlaj ordered the Harber As- phaltcompatij to stop the work of repairing the rariiamstreet pnoment between high- tecnth and Twentieth streets The Harl > er people started In and rcmo\od the surface In spot * for the purpose of ropaiilng 'I ho number of holes In the puement In these two blocks leached Ro\eiity-ll\o and \arled in slo from an irregul ir strip tlfty icot long bj llfteeu feet wide to a SMI ill ono a foot sqltiic The p.uumont lookiHl like tatteied and much pitched cmty iullt , and Major Hlrkhauscreoneluuod that the cnHro ninth half of the two blocks should bo resurfaced , as the suifaco undisturbed is badly ciaeked and shows nnmistakablo e\ldences of decay , The wotk w 111 not proceed until the Ho nil of Public Works ha * deteimined whether It is best to have the entire not th Inlf of thu structicsurfaced Mr . lli'l > i > ' CHAP. Ihoprellmlnarj \tnlnatlon In the ease of Mis Pauline Hlebe , the midwife who U charged with Invlng attempted a criminal opentum on Mis * I OIM Cheater took place jestcrdav aftetnoon Miss Chester ga\o her testltnonj In an almost Inaudible tone of voice and with evi dent reluctance lr Somei * was called to the stand as iv medical exlieit Ills opinion was that the nlil was In a ilellcite condition and that in- teifeieiiLO wltli natnio had been attempted The aicnsed , Pauline Klebe , then took the stand and relted substantially the same slots as ghcn In her intciMow In TUB HUE. .Hideo Ileilta dofened his decision in th > i ease till noxl Monday A MliiUti'r'rf \ \ Ifo Murli I'leitucil. iider : S S Heaver of McAlllslervllle , Ju- nl-Ula Co , Pa , says his wlfo subject to ciimp hi the atomaeh Last BUinmcr she tried ChambotIain's Colic , Cholciu and Dlnr * rhii-ra Itemed } for It and was much pleastid \\lth thoHpeeiU telicf It affoidod bho has sluto used It wiienover necessary uud found that It no\er falls POPULAR PRICES. 15c , 25c , 35c. 50c,75c , Gorgeous Spectacular TH A Ponderous Gold Stamp Mill and ' ; / ; Patrol Wagon Ore Crusher in Actual Operation. AND BIJOU THEATRE WONDERLAND and Capital Avonuo. ( T JL fi Week Beginning Monday , May OtSl THE BIJOU STOCK CO. SUPPOR TING LISLE LEIGH AND RALPH E , CUMMINGS IN THE BEAUTIFUL MELO-DBAMA A PLAY FOB THE MASSES. Full ot pntJios and oomody. Jfniic/nonio aeoiiory nnd continues. Aitlatlo IJOOOBSOI loB. OURIOTJB BOOMEBANG THBOWEBB. nontilno Mnn nntliitcCnin > llnilH , In tholr 1'ouoo iiml U'lir H/ICS , IS'nf/vo . r - ' " Corroborlofi. Kltaa nnd MATIN ElE pRioms. MATINEE T V/'M.-/sof 20c EVENINGS ft R GHLR WEEK OP MUSIC. MAY fad Popolaf lay Festival. IT' FOUR CONCERTS , , AND THE New York Symphony Orchestra 25O VOICES , JOHN PHILLIP SOUBA , - Conductor. WALTER , DAMBOSOH , - Conductor , 50 Members-May 15th , 65 Members-May 17 and 18. \ MME. SO ALO HI .Oontrtlto MISS MINNIK DKI1NNB Contralto MR. ADOUMI mtODSKY .VlollnUI MR. A L-OUILLE Tenor MR ANTON IIKKKINO Vlollnoelllit MK. WILLIAM MEUTKN8 Ilarltone alO. VIVIANI Baste SUBS MLLIAN ItLAtlVKLT iJourano. Subscribers ret flrst choice of seats. Season TloUot ( Trninferable ) good for the Four Oon- . e rffwUbBes rveafleaV-Jronr Dollars. Blnilo Bints , Hc.ervod. 11.50 mid U. Hea oa tlaUot. holSrs raiiT ressrrA tbelV oaU.comtr enolug MonUny. May 8th. Hliiifle tloket-boldoni roar r - orre th l iifrU. oqmoenclnl Wednenday. May 10th. Sale opau to fieueral public Friday , May 12tb , at V Dt OUABLION'S MUBIO B1OUE. IMS IJudge lro t.
