Nebraska Newspapers

    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.