GALA DAY AT GOLDEN GATE lira. Do Young's Hand Bets the Machinery of the Show in Motion , MIDWINTER'S WONDERS ARE OPENED WIDE Or fat Columbian Blionr at Chicago Repro duced In Miniature In thn Capital ut tlio Tactile Count , MlUn-njr PlnUnncr , Columbian Guard * mid All. SAX FiuKCisco. .Ian. 2t. At2UO this after noon Mrs. M. H. DoYoung touched the clec- trlc Button and by that act the California , Midwinter International exposition was given life. California's dream had becomes a reality , nnd the great multitude of people assembled there sent up a Joyous shout that drowned oven the booming of artillery ana scrcnching of steam whistles. Theday vas one to make * * 7coplo glnd they lived In California. Not a cloud was In the bine slcy , and the sun's warm rays streamed down , making the air ns balmy as a day in June. It was no January thaw , but common , ordinary winter weather , such as California is accustomed to. Over- coals wore a burden and wraps of all kinds were loft at homo. To the thousands of eastern visitors the weather was the choicest exhibit at the fair , and not even the great Columbian exposition could in their eyes show anything to compare with this wonder- Jful winter's day. From early morning until 3ate ut night crowds of people rode to the 'fair grounds , ana it seemed as If the current of this stream of humanity would never turn the other wuy. Loot ill the Orouna . Once inside the grounds the crowds did not seem so very largo , as the people soon scattered over the great tract. They were there to see the sights , not to listen to speeches , and probably not ono-tcntu of the visitors today went near the place where the formal ceremonies were conducted. Notwithstanding this fact , the grand stand -was olive with people , while thousands ' "stood in the open space in front and paid respectful attention to the music and speeches. The grand stand was a mass of brilliant colors. A thousand flags fluttered in the breeze and several hundred school ( children , dressed in red , white and blue , waved the national emblem and sung patri otic songs. J.tigrnl Hnllilay lu the Stntn. Governor Markham had declared January 27 a legal holiday throughout the state and the day was observed as such. In San Fran cisco all the banks nnd business houses closed ana everybody was free to go out to the fair grounds. Thousands of people were hero from all parts of the coast , and the grounds wcro crowded with strangers. The buildings were profusely decorated with flags and bunting and everybody was in gala nttiro. Most of the street railways of San Francisco terminate at Golden Gate park and inch-entirerolllngstock was inadequate to a rcommodato the people who flocked out to the park to witness the triumphal open ing of their pot project. Shortly after 10 a. in. the parade , under command of General Dickinson , started for the fair grounds. In the procession were four regiments ol Na tional guards , regular armj troops from Presidio. Governor Markham ana staff , fair officials , civic societies and many of the coucesslonal features to be seen at the fair. Golden Gate avenue , the main" drive to the park , was thronged with spectators who listetiod to the stirring music of numerous bands and cheered as the long line of men marobod by. Shortly after 11 o'clock the procession reached the fair grounds and as sembled on the reception grounds' , where n huge grand stand had been erected near Festival hall. Order of Opening Kxnrclaos. The order of the exercises was ns follows : Medlrvof nlrsot all nations , hy the Mld- Vlnter Talr band. lutrouuctory address by the president of the day , James 1) ) . I'lmlan. 1'rnyor hy illshop Nichols. Grand chorus. American , sung hy Midwinter fair chorus of 300 voices. Address by Governor Marliham. Music by the Iowa gtatu band. Andres. * hy Director General M. H. To Young , declaring the exposition opon. Oration on the sonorul bt'iifltils and perma nent results of the Midwinter exposition by Uonortil W. H. It. Hurnes. Music by the Australian band and chorus of national airs. Governor Mnrkham in his speech wel comed the people to the fair , and extended to the strangers from other sections of the country Iho freedom of the entire state. The governor explained that although California was the first state in the union to appropri ate money for an exhibition at the World's fair in Chicago. und although her exhibit there was wonderful aud complete , yet many Callfornians who visited the Columbian ex position were forcibly impressed with the fact that It was utterly impossible to trans plant California to Chicago , and while the California building and Its contents and the various California exhibits in many depart ments excited admiration and congratula tion , Californians know that the real Cali fornia was not thero. It was then and there determined that California tliould have an international exhibition , und she was the only state that had the men , money and en terprise to attempt such n gigantic under- taxing , and that , too , amidst the great busi ness depression and without financial aid from the cencral government or assistance from the ntato , depending entirely upon private subscriptions to accomplish this work. TriiuCnUfnrnln Sana. ' But the true Callforuiau knows not fall- Tiro. Ho is the ideal man. Ho is net only proud of his own state , butho is emphatically proud of this great American republic. Ho rejoices that he breathes the pure air of American freedom , and ho is full of Ameri can enterprise and intelligence. 1 am theroiore sure that I do but give expression to vthat is ID every mind when I sa" > that as wo hold this splendid exposition , the consummation of the labors and exer tions of California's citizens , we have Just reason to feel nroud of the nerve , energy nnd porsistcnco which our people generally and the managers of this Midwinter fair in particular have displaced In the produc tion and completion of this magnificent en terprise. " Director General Do Young spoke of the obstacles that wore encountered at the In ception of the enterprise and told how they had been overcome. Ho said tha world had turned nere.ves toward them and their grow ing state had boon the subject of dlsuusion nt millions of llrx < sidcs. U they went now further than they had already gone the fair wouldboa paying investment. Possessing as they did one of the most woudorful states in the union , a btute with ! 1SUOO,000 acres of tillable land , of which but one-tenth was cultivated ami this ono-tenth had made it the loading horticultural state in the union , und which would , with increased develop ment , become the greatest umpire , state or country on the luce of the globe. With JUi.tXXi.lXX ) acres yet undeveloped , what it wanted was population and capital ; popula tion to develop her unimproved laud and capital to assist It. There could bo but one result to this exposition nnd that was an in crease In the population of the state and an increase in her capital , for people and capital had only to learn where to invest to lane advantage of the opportunity. Hy this exposition they would have opportunity to show to thousands of people who Imd never been within their borders batons bv ocular demonstration therecources and capabilities of the &tate. The Midwinter fair , ho con. eluded , was a direct result of the Chicago Columbian fair. AiikWcrril Her lliilnly Touch. It was at the close of Director General Do , Young's speech thutMrs , Da Young rt-sa lo i't the machinery of the fair in motion , bhu wns greeted with a cheer when she cirpped forward. A she Mood with hand IKtinod u > press thu oloctrle button there was a usomtMit of iiuad sileneo , then her hand fell nt.4 lu au imttaut Elttrar turned into pandu- inoiu-.m Steam wnistles blew , bauds played tin 'Star Kpxuclcd Itauncr , " gajutes wen ? U t-J ty caouou and above a.l was heard the deep roar from thousands of humin throats. There was to have been another oration and more music , but the crowd did not wait for them. It melted away like made and Joined tne other thousands In the inspection of the marvelous sight. ' to bo seen m the various buildings. There was not an acci dent or hitch in the proceedings during the day. day.A large force of city police assisted the Midwinter guards In preserving order , but the crowd was as easy to handle us could bo and there was no trouble of any kind. At night the grounds were lighted up by elec tricity nnd the crowd still lingered. An elaboratn display of fireworks was given and at midnight , when the fair gates closed and the people started homo , the largest and most successful celebration over held on the Pacific coast was over. Juno to January , M. H. Do Young , national commissioner to the World's fair , last Juno conceived the idea of a midwinter fair for San Francisco. The suggcsllon was received here with en thusiasm and immediately a committee of citizens was lappolnted to make the neces sary arrangements. On July 10,189.1 , Golden Uutor.rK was selected as n site for the fair and on Auirust 1M ground wus broken In the presence of nearly 100.000 people , the largest crowd ever gathered together on the coast. The citizens of ban Francisco und Califor nia at largo subscribed liberally the neces sary funds and over (500,003 was raised in this manner. At first only sixty acres of land wns set aside by the park commis sioners for the affair , but the magnitude of the enterprise boeun to dawn on the people hero and the space was soon increased to ICO acres. The half dozen buildings at first contemplated have Increased in number to nearly 100 , all large , substantial structure * . The progress made In erecting the buildings and putting the irrounds in shape was even moro marvelous than that in Chicago during the big fair there. Five months ago this 100-acre tract In Golden Gate park was a sandy waste on which was a thick growth of eucalyptus trees and shrubbery. Today that tract is covered with massive buildings and alive with semi-tropical verdure. Grouping " ' the I5iill < Ilnii. Hundreds of palm trees , flowering plants and vines make a beautiful setting for the structures , which ore largely of Oriental de sign. Grouped on the terraces , extending the length of the open space called the Grand Court , are the exposition buildings proper. At the eastern end of the court is the building of Manufactures and liberal Artsahe largest structure on the crounds. It measures 402 feet iu length by ! > In width with an annex on the rear Ii70x00 feet. At the opposite end of the court is the Adminis tration building , n beautiful structure with u golden dome. On the north side of the court is the Mechanical Arts building , 330x 1GO feet. Opposite this are the Fiuo Arts palace and the Building of Horticulture and of Agriculture. The Fine Arts building is Egyptian In style with huge sphinxes guarding the entrance. The Horticultural and Agricultural building is of old Spanish Californi'in architecture. Its area is 'JClixl'JO feet , crowded with the products of Califor nia orchards and farms. Festival hall , an other largo structure where nicotines and congresses will bo held , 13 at the extreme end of the fairgrounds and does not frout on the grand court. limit of Wood. The structures which constitute the fair buildings proper , with the exception of the Fine Arts buildlngsare constructed of wood , but are covered with stuff similar to what was used on the Chicago iair buildings. The Fine Arts buildings are permanent edifices of brick and will be used as u park museum when the fair closes. The chief object of attraction to eastern visitors will probably be the Grand'Court , in the shape of u parallelocram 500 foot wide and 1,000 feet long. It is arranged in terraces and is a mass of tropical plants , flowers and green lawns. In the center rises a slender tower of 272 feet , which will o lighted at night by- electric light , and from the top of which cun.be bud a view of the fair grounds , Golden Gate park , San Francisco , the Pacific ocean nnd the famous Golden Gate , At the west end of the court is an allegorical fountain surmounted by heroic figures representing California and her industries. At the other end is the electric fountain. Nearly every county in the state has an exhibit ut the fair and many ofthemha.ve erected their own buildings for displays. Midway Plalsance , made famous at Chicago , is well represented here , most of the shows having emigrated to California. In addition to the Turkish dancers , the Esquimaux village , the wild animal and Indian shows , and other exhibitions familiar to World's fair goers , the Midwinter fair his a number of features peculiar to the Pacific coast. Snmo Sjuicliil Snlo Shows. Santa Barbara has a large amphibian , with sea elephants , sea tigers und lions. The early days in California are represented b.v the ' 49 camp. There the cabins of the famous pioneers who dug for gold are pro duced und the scenes of mining towns are represented. January 1 was the original date sot lor the formal openine of the fair , but- the heavy winter rains interfered so with the work that u postponement was necessary. Today the fair is almost complete , but very few exhibits remaining to bo installed , The fair crouuds will ba policed by uniformed guards under command of Colonel W. M. Shufter and Captain F. Del Carrinctou. U. S. A. The men are under military dfseipline and wear uniforms similar to those worn by the Columbian guards. Complete arrange ments have been made for the protection of the buildings from flro nnd a well drilled fire department is constantly on hand. I.\ Crew of n Wrecked Xornpctan Hark Saved ly the Siottmer I'Yano ' < > . NEW YOUK , Jan. 27. The National line France , Captain Hndloy , which arrived hero today , reports the rescue during a hurrirano ou January 13 , in latitude 4S.HS , longitude 10.12 , of the seventeen persons on board the wrecked Norwegian bark Havelock. The Hu-vclock was fast breaking up when sighted by thn Franco. Captain Hadloy speaks in terms of the highest praise ol the members of his crew who wont to the rescue of those on board thoHuvclock. When the latter vessel was sighted a terrific sea was running and the progress of the France was attended with much difficulty. Notwithstanding the danger , Captain Hadloy determined to stand by the wreck and called for volunteers eo rescue the crew of the unfortunate bark. Chief Officer MoGoudio nnd four of the crew quickly responded und prepared to launch n boat. The sea was runnlnir so high that this was imiiosslblo. Wave uftor wave swept the deck of the Franco and time after time throw the boat just launched back against the steamer. A slight lull , how ever , gave the Franco's men un opportunity to got axvuy and they promptly made for the Havelock. clinging to whoso rigging could be seen a number of persons. Tne wreck was so surrounded by floating spars that it was most dangerous work to get near It , but finally nlno of the crow of seventeen wore taken to the Franco. A second trip secured the remainaor , and the Franco pro ceeded on her way , leaving the bark rapidly breaking up. All persons on the wreck had been clinging to the rigging for moro than twenty hours when rescued. Hunk bneaki Arrested. ST. Locis , Jan. 27. Chief of Detectives Dcsmondo learned today that several noted bank sneaks were in town and that among them was Tom , alias Kid , O'Brien , The chief began a search and at last laid eyes on the men ho wus looking for going into the Mechanics bank. There were throe ot tnern and he took them all into custody. They nru Tom O'Brien , A. Dcmpsoy nnd Al Defong. Several "touches" from depositors who had just drawn money from bunks have been reported in the last few days and the men under ' arrest are supposed to be the robbers. llonsllt 1'uUlocU * nnil CJiiiin. Thieves were nt work In the vicinity of Twentieth and Lake streets Thursday and Friday nights , as several of the rosl.lonts subsequently discovered to thair sorrow. Coal bins were depleted , chicken houses raided and barn : robbed of whatever articles could be easily carried away. The sufferers yesterday created iomcUilng qf a panic in the padlock and gun market , ana the mem bers of the newly organized home guard will relieve each other in ttceplug watch for the return of the euoiuy. HAULING UNCLE SAM'S ' MIL Enormous Sumi Paid the Bailroads Every Year for Doing It HOW COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED Government System \Vrlchtiig Thing > 'ot DeilreU by Kttllwnj- Companion .Juit Now Amount ! i'nla Different Lines Mall Car llcntnt. Nearly all of the railroads that carry the mall In the western country have united lu a request to the Postofilce department that the weighing of the mall carried over their routes bo deferred until another year. At the beginning of each quadrcunlum all of the railroad mall is weighed by the govern ment , nnd upon the result of this test de pends the compensation to bo paid the rail roads for the four years to come. For the purpose of convenience in weighing , the rail roads are divided Into four districts and the mail In one of these districts is weighed each year. Last year the tnall of the Atlantic division was weighed and this year it is the turn of the Pacific division. The amount to bo paid the railroads of the Atlantic division by the government for carrying the mall was increased something like $1,500,000 by last year's rewelghlng. If the same test is applied to the Pacific division this year U is not believed that it would show anything near the same differ ence. This Is partially because thn western roads do not have so great an amount of mail to carry at any time and alsq because the bard times have materially roduccd the business of the Postoftlco department. It is on the latter account that the rail roads are anxious to postpone the rcwolgh- ing for another year. They argue that on account of the general depression a test at this time would not give a fair estimate of the business , and that during the succeeding four years they would only receive a partial compensation for their services. Superin tendent Lindsey of St. Louis wiis in Omaha the other day and said that with one excep- t'on all the railroads in his territory were in favor of postponing the weighing. They preferred to carry the mail at the present rate to taking their chances on a rewcigh- ing. The exception was the Iloclc Island road , which has recently materially in creased Its mileage by lines into the Chero kee strip and to Denver , nnd it would un doubtedly nrofit bv a roweisrhintr. Aim of I'onofnco Department. It is the aim of the Postofilce department to weigh the mail at a time xvhen the totals will give a fair estimate of the mail carried by the various roads. To weigh the mail In Kummer , when business is comparatively light , would bo an injustice to the railroads , and on the other hand , the government would suffer by a weighing in December , when the holiday trade swells the malls to much more than their normal capacity. February and March are generally consid ered as average months , and one of them is usually selected for rewcighing the mall. This year It has been postponed until April on account of the very light business , but the present indications are that no fairer test will be afforded in April than in one of the preceding months. The quadrennial weighing of the mall is done by the employes of the railway mail service , the clerks of largo postoflices und a few special agents. Whenever it is possible the regular postal employes are used. Where this is not possible special agents are employed ' ployed for thirty days at $3 a day. These special agents travel on the railway mail cars. A platform scale is put in each car. The special agent puts .each bag or butidlo of mail on the scales as it is put on' board the cars and notes the weight. As each mail bag'is ' delivered at the appropriate station It is weighed and its weight entered in an other column. The two columns are added and they should oalance within u fraction of a pound. The mileage of each package of mall is noted. At the end of thirty days the Postoftico department figure * up the number of pounds of mail hauled and the number of miles and calculates the haul for the whole year. Then the compensation of the road is figured out at the rate provided by law. Contract ! ) Not with lowest Hulclnrn. It , is a general but mistaken Impression that the railroad contracts lor carrying the mail are let to the lowest bidder. Your Uncle Kamuel wants the best , not the cheap est , and the road that offers the best facili ties almost invariably cets the plum. The postmaster general decides the matter ef awarding contracts and the road that can give the quickest and most satisfactory service Is the one to which ho inclines. In cases where equal facilities are offered the oldest route is usually favored on iho prin ciple that it is better acquainted with the business and therefore in a better position to handle it satisfactorily. The mail con tract is a plum much in demand among all railroads , although their ofliciuis unani mously declare that there is no money in it. Probably the heaviest mull carriers are the Pennsylvania Central and Now York Cen tral railroads , which draw $1,750,000 and 1,500,000 respectively from the government every year on this account. In all the % government contracts the big roads which carry immense quantities of mail have decidedly the best of it. While the compensation is graded according to the amount of mail matter carried by each road the rate allowed to the small routes is much less in proportion than that allowed to the great lines. The lowest rate paid by the government Is fUJ.Tfi per mile. The compen sation of the railroads was fixed by an act approved March U , 1S7H , which provided that all roads that carried an average weight of ' . ' 00 pounds of mail per day should receive compensation at the rate of $50 per mile. The scale ran up in successive gradations to roads that carried 5,000 pounds per day and these were to receive $200 per mile and $23 additional for each additional2,000 pounds. Hour Sfiiles Were Itrdnrrd. In July , 1870 , congress reduced the pre vious rate by 10 per cent and in June , 1S7S , a still further reduction of 5 per cent was made. The latter legislation brings the scale to Its present basis. The highest rate paid is drawn by the Pennsylvania Central railroad , which gets $ ; i,151 per mile for haul ing the mail from Now York to Philadel phia. The distance over which the mail on that route has to bo carried Is a fraction over ninety miles. There arc 'JSJ mall trips every week or over 18,000 in n year. Before the re-weighing last year the road received t i7-il > 5 for this service. Under the new apportionment this has been increased to $2S5USl'i The usual thirty-day test is re garded as Insufllcicnt on so import-ant a line as this and the mail is weighed every day jor ut least sixty days before the average is computed. Next in importance to thn New York- Philadelphia route is the route betxvecn Now York und Buffalo , over which the New York Central railroad receives flll7,517 ! annually for huuliuir the mail. The rate pur mile paid on tills route is $2,5SS , or nearly $700 less than that paid to the Pennsylvania line , but us the length of the route Is 4tt ! > .52 miles the aggregate is considerably more. The average weight of the mall carried be tween New York and Philadelphia every day Is 28JI14 pounds. The weight of the mail hauled from Now York to Buffalo dally is 2at,801 pounds. Kitten on Oilier Itoutet. The Philadelphia-Washington route which Is covered by the Philadelphia , Wilmington & Baltlmoru road pays fl,7K > a mile. It Jumped from $100,1111 a year in the four years preceding the 1st of last July to fc M , . 537 a year , which will bo the rate of compcn satioti until July 1 , 1SU7. Doubtless a re- weighing on the Philadelphia , Wilmington & Baltimore , two years ago , would have In creased the compensation I00,0 ( > 0 a venr The PoBtoftlco di'partmunt is uhout . ' 00,000 ahead on this one route uuder the quadren nial "average" system , The route from Baltimore to Bellalre , O. , on the Baltimore & Ohio road now povs * JSO.OOU more than it did last voar an increase - crease of 4S per ceut. The Boston & Albany roail will eetta44JC3 ! a year up to the auth of Juno , 1B07 , where it uaod to gel SIUT.ICW for hauling- the mails between Boston und Albany. TUB Pittsburgh-Cumberland route on the Baltimore & Ohio U worth nearly $100.000 more than It was lust year an Increase - ' crease of ! tt per cent. ' * . The special mail cars Unit'are ' now In use on most of the roads are'an ' > ndditional item of expense to the government. The cars lire furnished by the rallroad'oompanlos ' and the government pays a yoatnyiveninl for them , which is regulated by the number of miles traversed by the car. The rate is fixed at K5 per mile for forty foot earn , * 3 ! ) for forty-flvo foot cars , $45 'for fiftv-foot cars , and K-0 for sixty-font chrW The Pennsyl vania railroad receives iStTJl per year for the rent of list-arson the Philadelphia-New York division , while the New York Central geta 216.700 a year lor tthtfiisoof the mail cars on the line from New York to Buffalo. According to the postal'1 ws nnd regula tions the railroad companies which carry the mail are also required to transport all mail pouches , postofllco blanks und sta tionery as well as employes of iho depart ment without extra compensation. This is no small consideration when it is figured out that the G.D&2 clerks In the railway mall service traveled fully 15:1,000,003 : miles last year , The railroads nroalso compelled to deliver the mail at all POstofllces that are within eighty rods of the nearest station , but when the postofllco Is over eighty rods a wuy the distance is added to the leugib of their regular route and they rocelvo com pensation at the same rate as thoush the pouches had been carried all the way on the curs. F.lTllUK'S r/GIC. For Mnn.v Wcokn tin Waited 11U Son' * Coming Ho Cilinn nt I.int : i Cor | > tir. CHICAOO , Jan. 27. The body of young Gable , whom some idle rumors connected with the Crouln murder case at Wilmct near this city , has been found , and one more case of mysterious disappearance has been solved. The weary search of a father through weeks has ended , and ho has recovered the remains of his son , lying unidentified in the mersue. This morning a tall gentleman hurriedly entered the coroner's office and asked to bo allowed to examine the effects taken from the body which was washed up by the waves of Lake Michigan a week ago. Among the papers was n receipt dated in Denver. The man , who was looking over the papers , seized Hand road It through at a glance. "It is my son , " he said , "I know this receipt.1 The man was , T. II. Gable , a well known business man of Denver. Since the World's fair , ho has been searching for his son , who disappeared from this city on that date. Every avenue has been explored , hospitals , jails nnd morcucs , but to no avail , until this morning. There , on a slab , the body of a youur man , distorted by the Waves of the lake , was recognized by his father. Mr. Gable quickly besan to make preparations for taking the body to his homo in Denver. The police had fouud no means of identify- inc the bod.vv The disappearance of B. F. Gable caused something of n sensation when it occurred , because some unfounded rumors connected his name with the murder of Cronin at Wilmct , which occurred iho nluht before his disappearance. The father had one day visited the World's fair , and with his sou was on his way to the city. The father hurried across the platform , ex pecting his son to follow , aud slipped into a seat as the iron bar was thrown across the opening and the son was not able to board the train. The father was not at all alarmed , thinking that .his son , who was 22 years old and perfectly able to take care of himself , would follow' ' oii .thc next train. When the tram on wlficb. Mr. Gable was arrived at Van Buren street , he waited for the next train , confidently expecting to greet his son and laugh over the occurrence. After the last tram tulled in. from the World's fair without bringing Ms son , Mr. Gable notified the police , and th y. searched every where , to no avail. M r * Gabte took rooms in the city and every tijnu an unknown man was found iu tne city he would hasten' to look upon the dead in th'6 hope that ho rt.ight find his son. N6t until this morning was his long search rdwardcd , and he will return at once to Denver " with the body of his sou. . . , FHOEBEL SOCIETir. - -i. . . , .i- , - - , i \n \ Organization for Ilic I'rojiigtlon'of fUntlcr- ' * Wor'fe l Since its introduction to Omaha , through the medium of the public school , the subject ot the kindergarten has received much at tention und awakened a great deal of inter est. est.A A laudable manifestation of this interest is found in the organization known as the Froebel society , which is composed of kin dergarten teachers. The society has been in existence for about a year and meets every Tuesday at the Board of Educa tion rooms. Its object is the study of the development of the human race through the education of tuo faculties and the various systems of educa tion as recorded In history. The president is Miss Bullo Shields of the Kellom school kindergarten , whose ability and enthusiasm as an instructor are so favorably known. An idea of the scope of the work may .bo pained from the following syllabus , some of which has already boon carried out. Education among the Orientals , past and present ; education of classic na tions ; education of the middle ages. monastic , parochial ; court school of Charlemagne ; knightly and burgher schools ; rise of universities ; revival of learning , humanists , Azricola , Erasmus , Heuchlin ; reformation influence ot on education ; pJunition as infiucm-ed by Montaigne , Bacon , Comoniiis , Milton , Katich.Ftsnelon , nouseatt , Franckc , nineteenth century , Pestalozzi , Froebel ; rise. of kindergarten in Germany. Franco , England , United States. Next Tuesday , January HO , Mr. Fitzpat- rlck will give a little talk before the society. his subject beins : "Tho Holation of the Kindergarten to Primary Work. " Superintendent Fltzpatrick's well known Interest in nnd knowledge of this toundutlon work of education is assurance that the talk will be both profitable uud interesting. BADLY M X2D. Iioiuocratlc Cnnnclliurn Cannot Asroa on tlm .Miiyor'it AiiniliitnicntH. The democratic councllmanlc caucus has gone to pieces , and thus far there uro no prospects ol a reorganization being effected. Several of the democrats say that they will not go into another caucus , but on the con trary will allow the various appointments to come up nnd run the gauntlet on their metit , or rather ou the number of councilmunlc friends that thu appointees can muster in dividually. It is a certainty that the committee on ju diciary will never bo able to submit a unani mous report on bomo of iho appointments. The committee is bopole * > ly divided on Connell - nell for city attorney undpn ) , Blackburn for city prosecutor , n.nd it is e.quully trtio with reference to Cowgill forCl y electrician. The outlook nt the present time is that majority and minority reports will bo forth coming on these appointments. The Wiley brigade Is after Mr. CovygiH's scalp , js the president of the electric 'Ifglit company UUR dvcn it out that he haVs'ecu qulto enough of the elyctrician In Jhis present ca pacity. There are 'mpmbors of the council , however , who iH-ifato tliolrremirks with the old saying ubodt heading a horse to water but not being ubo-to''rhako ! him drlnlc , und say that while it W Vry probable that the appointment of Cowfeill wjll bo rejected , they uru very much in the dark us to how the mayor is to bo coerced1' ' 'into appointing L. M. Uhocm , who is bij'iily'teroomod ' for the platv. The republican foiiilbors have been trying to II x up a slate , butliavu not yet suc ceeded. The chances a o- that by Monday afternoon both sides 'will'be ready for an other caucus , o No , \ci'"t lor tlm J'ruiFiit. An adjourned meeting : of the Nebraska Humane society was held at the Commercial club rooms Thursday afternoonifor the pur pose of further considering the advisability of employing an agent for the society. It was decided that In consideration of the distress now existing among the poor of the community the matter of employing an agent be deferred until May } next. The sense of the meeting was that every energy should bo boat toward relieving human suffering just at this time. ividrnr of Alurilrr , El. PASO , Tax. , Jan 27. Pedro Duhalde , an old ranchman , llvinu' near Las Cruces , N M.vut fauna this morning dead under his ! > ed , wuh his hands nnd feet bound nnd every evidence of having been strangled. CAN'T ' I11PEACII CARPENTER County Commissioners Believe They Are Without Authority in the Matter , "VOTERS MUST TAKE THEI3 MEDICINE1' Mrs. Itennett' * Itlll for Matron' * Service ! at Comity .T.ill Hrjectril Iloail Im provement ISonil ! Atntrilcd i Submit ! Adhluvlu. When the county commissioners convened yesterday afternoon , they wore confronted with n request from the city council , in the shape of a resolution , asking thorn to join hands and secure the removal of Assessor Carpenter , the man who was elected last fall to list the property of the Fourth ward. The resolution from the council went so far as to say that the assessor was incompetent and dishonest In his pract'cuJ of assassin ; the property , Not possessing the power to impeach a county official , the city oftlcials wanted the commissioners to undertake the job. job.After After the communication was road. Mr. Williams raised the point that Carpenter , having been elected last November nnd not having entered upon the duties of the office , the commissioners could hardly impeach him for what ho might do next year. Hav ing once been an assessor of the ward and having served his term , it was not within the province of the board to impeach him for what he had once done. Mr. Jenkins was of the opinion that if Carpenter had done poor work during the years which had passed , It was strange that ho was re-elected. When the election was held , ho thought that the voters knew about Carpenter's irregularities , If there wcro any , and If they had re-elected him , they would have to take their medicine. liWeaey'c Forcible lllustjutlon. Mr. Livesey compared the situation to that experienced by n married man. if a man married , ho should certainly stand by his wife until ho could show that she had done wrong and not ask for n divorce on the ground that ut some future time she might play him false. There was nothinc , he said , that went to show that during the coming yeav Mr. Carpenter was going to try to get the best of the taxpayers. To dispose of the matter the communica tion from the council was referred to the committee of the whole. A claim of § 350 against the estate of ox- Sheriff Boyd was ordered filed with the pro bate Judge , evidence having boon furnished to the commissioners that Boyd was over paid while he was the sheriff of the county. The claim of Mrs. Sophia Bennett , wife of ex-Sheriff Bennett , for 61,150 , services ns matron of the women's department of the county Jail , was rejected , the commissioners holding that they had never authorized tno employment of u matron at the institution. The bid of Itodolph Kleyboldl & Co. for the $150,000 of road improvement bonds was accepted , and the county attorney in structed to draw the necessary contract. Jimmies * .Strusslo for O.tlca. Charles Brandes presented an affidavit to prove that ho was a resident of East Omaha precinct. This document went with the other papers in the case. Brandes uskiKl for the appointment of Justice of the peace at n prior meeting , and nt that time there was filed n protest , setting forth the fact that ho was not , nor had ho ever been , a resident of the precinct. Tno Union Pacific Hallway company was granted authority to use a portion of the school section near Elkhoru , as u place I'or the burning of ballast. Next Tuesday morning the commissioners Will hold another meeting , at which time they will hear the testimony on the protest against granting a liquor license to operate a saloon at Teltz im-U , on the Military road. ESCOVRAGE HUME I. Coiigrusgmun Mclklrjotin'g Defense ol No- brnRkn IntercntR. Wi.Suixr.TON , Jaru 20. [ Special to Tnn BEE. ] Representative Moiklofohn has had 5,000 copies of the speech ho made in the house the other day against the Wilson tariff bill printed in official form Und will send them to his constituents for perusal. A number of republican representatives from other states have ordered printed extra copies of Mr. Meiklejohn's speech for circu lation in their districts , as it contains much valuable data and fact bearing directly upon. Iho Interests of farmer ? to bo found nowhere else. Mr , Melklcjohn had some esuecially good doctrine and information upon the beet sugar and binding twine industries , in which Nebraska farmers are vastly interested. Upon tdo beet sugar question he said : "Sugar , whether manufactured from beets , cane or sorghum , is an exceptional agricultu ral product. It has been so regarded the world over because its production is con fined to certain climatic conditions and par ticular soils. It has become an expensive household necessity and requires a large in vestment to produce the first pound. Euro pean legislation In the interest of sugar em bracing early exemptions of the raw mate rial from taxation , tac payment of boun ties and premiums , the establishment of ed ucational schools , the erection of experi mental stations , followed by liberal encour agement through bounties on exported sugar , and high tariff on foreign sugar , all prove that sugar has been considered by France , Germany , Austria-Hungary nud other na tions as u most important agricultural pro duct. "Even if it be not exceptional In its char acter tbomcro fact that it is an agricultural product of which wo produce one-tenth of what we consume ; that it drains from our aggregate weajth annually over SIOO.OOO.OOJ , is enough of itself to bring it within the policy adopted by the fathers of the republic and within a policy that should appeal to wisdom rather tnan partisanship or idle theory. "iho fact that wo have the necessary area , the soil und the proper climatic condi tions , the energy and capital to manufacture the sugar for our own consumption , are elements that should appeal to our Impartial and unbiased consideration und judgment. That wo have the soil and climate is vouched for by Prof. Wlio.v , chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture. "Wo have the interest of the people , the consumers , as individuals to consider. Down to July 1,18'Jl. sugar had always paid liberal tribute , lor revenue only , to the treasury. I say this because the it cents duty imposed to encourage und foster it was before Louisi ana was u part of this union of states. In fact , all through the debatesIt will be dis covered , even nfter Louisiana was pur chased , that the policy Of the duty on sugar was not so much for protection us for revenue. "Including 18SO to IB'.O. sugar paid $317- 000,000 in duty , which in turn was exacted from the poople. They have bornotho sugar- dutv burden uncomplainingly for over a cen- tun- over since thu enactment of the first tariff law in 17s'.i just ns they bore the duty on cotton for the same limit down to 1807. They are now entitled to the relief whio'i ' thu bounty policy affords uud which it nroin- ISUH for all nine. There is no sound reason lot allied to liiilf-baited theory or partisan ship why this relief should not continue without a sucrificT of the sugar industry. There Is no more reason for bankriuiiing I/nnslaflii , sacrificing hundruJs of millions of capital there and many millions more In California. Utah unl Nebraska , destroying the value of agricultural lands trivcn over to c.ino und beet culture and dculln ? n death blow U ) planters and farmers , than there is in flooding the coal mines of West Virginia , the leid mines of Missouri or tiring the mil lions of capital invested in lumbur in Michigan , Wisconsin und Georgia. To de stroy the coal aud lumber interests would be no worsu than u > the sugar provision of this bill. If we are to look across thu waters for [ irecodentx for a now revoinn jinlicy let us iioti-onllno our attention to England , but let the eye rest as well on ( iermany. Franco. Austria nnd Ku iu. What Ir.iVJ they done Tor sugar ! InsU-ail of casting it down and jut they have b.v every mean * v\ their power lifted , the Industry , nud today jouro than one-half of the world's prodtu-t of HUur is mo-le from lM ts. The hist > rj' of the Eu ropcau su ar pallov uliiuvs that no rea&ii- : jblc stiOiuUtil was romiji're.1 too great , in tariff t jo high in Its bcluif- The result must astonish the world. Another important con < sldoration is that our offcris to supply out wants are comliattcd "n all aide * by power ful rivals , who possess ns to cane advant ages in matters of climate , cheap labor and decennial Instead of blannlal planting , and as to boot sugar cheap lalior. while liberal bounty encouragement and high tariffs la forelcn nations operate against both indus tries hero. "Tho people do not ask and have not asked for a rc | > eal of the bounty on sugar. Why should theyt They have contributed liber ally to the upbuilding of our manufacturing Industries und now , when agriculture has found n new field , wo are er.ivcly Informed that a nation which had , down to 1300 , paid n lax or duly on forcicu sugar for a century amounting to billions of dollars should not now pay fclo.O'JQ.OOO per annum bounty , laid for the purpose not only of re lieving the people of four-llfths of this sugnr duty burden , but for Iho greater national object of so stimulating houip production as to render us Independent of the world for sugar. "Wo paid fc7.00a,0x ! ; ) In IWi , Increasing yearly to $53,003.00 , ) in BS'.I ' , n sum oqunl in 1S71 to nearly UJ cents per capita , or I-I.5J to n family ; 1SS1 , to nearly SfcJ cents per capita , or M f 3 to a family ; 1SS7 , to nearly 10'J cents per capita , or 53 to a family. "Does any sane man suppose that if the masses of the people lully understood this they would favor u repeal of the bounty law on sucarf Why should tbuyf They have simply kept the duU in their pockoU and Rtt.000.OQU btHldes. Thev have seen boot sugar factories built that turn out from fiO.OOO to 70,000 pouudsof sugar a day. They have soon omplqyiuonl given to an army of agriculturists , land values iu the vicinity of these factories increase 403 told , cities and towns spring forward. "Givo the sugar Industry in America the protection nnd enrouragomoiu it has had in Europe nnd you will have l.OJJ buznr fac tories produclnc 5.0U0.003.0JU pounds of sugar , employing 1,200 laborers in each fac tory or an uvcraco of 1'JOJ.OIK ) employes from whom fi.OdO.OOO of our population would draw their maintenance nud Bustenanco. Wo would have invested in this enterprise $ . )00.000,000. nnd would add nnnunlly to our asrgrogato national wealth lOJ.OM.Oilfl. "Tho raw material used in the operation of 1,000 sumr factories would be JIO.OO : ) tons In each factory or S0.003.0U ! ) tons of beets , of the valuation of . * 150.0'JJ.OaO. which would ho paid to the agriculturists annually. "This bill strikes down tins manufacture of binder twine In this country. Under the present law there is laid a duty of sovan- tenths of a cent per pound. The iatlc or Tampico fiber , manlla. sisal grass , and sunn used-iu its manufacture and which' are not grown to any extent in this country wcro b.v the act of 1SU3 put on the free list , while hemp , a product of the American farm , was made dutiable at &i. > per ton ' Hemp and binder uvmc under thn provi sions of this bill are placed ot' the free list. "The Nebraska Binder T wince ornpany was organized in 1SU3 for manufacturing binder twine from hemp. This new and crowing Industry has opened a market for another agricultural product iu Nebraska. The hemp from 1,700 acres oMand was consumed last season by this company. The amount of binder twine manufactured was : IS'.ll , 470,000 pounds ; IS'-tt ' , 028,000 pounds1S'J3 ; , uoS,000. "Mr. B. W. Reynolds , president of the Ne braska Binder Twine company , says : In iho manufacture ot any commodity thenj Isiiflxnd limit of price below which manu facture must frit her couso or bo carrlod on at u loss. The price of binder twine diirlnz the las.1 season lins boon tno low to mikc : thu busi ness either remunerative or prolltatilu. Should the present price be reduced to rarroipjnd with the propo-i d schedule the Industry of binder twine niunufnrturu In this muiitry must nearly or altogether be wlued nut of existence. The only salvation would bu the reduction in the price for lunar tocorreinond with ( lint of our Kuropenn competitors , which wo deem , at least in Nobmskn. utterly im possible. * AVe can produce the raw material nnd manufacture the article .is cheaply rlsnt here t I'remont as it can bo done In any part of thu United riiates. und wo therefore have no fear of American comp-Hl- lion , but no cannot compete with Kuropunn paupurlahor and their Jew rales of Interest on capital Invested. What effect has the proposed tariff chanso hud on the WURUY of our employes ? We started up our two mills the mlddloof September on n 30 per cent reduction frcm former prices for the manufacture of the raw material , but even that reduction would not he adequate to make the manufacture of twine profitable with the tariff reduced ns proposed. I will state that us far us my observation e.v- tcndq there 1ms been no complaint ainonx the farmer * as to the price ut which wo have held our twine under the McICinlt'y tariff. They seem to bo willing to pay prices that will bus- tain thchomo manufacturer in Ma enterprise. The kick has come from the professional poli tician , and for what purposa you know as well us 1. The farmer reasons that the pro duction of hemp lessens Iho acreage of other crops und that it has thin far proved one of our most profitable crop * , when the twine could bo Bold at fair flEUres. The policy of the present administration seems to bo to strike down any Industry that promises anything for the people , and twine as well as fcujjar may all have to bo Imported un til the American people are again pamiittod tospi'Rkat the ballot box. "The plain , simple statements of this man of business contain so much of common sense I ca'inot but- indulge tiio hope that oven the free traders iu this house will fenl ihoir force. "You propose to sacrifice this industry.de- strov this now field for agriculture and pine- this necessity of the American /armor under the control of foreign manufacturers. " State That state school money due the county of Douglas has arrived and will be ready for delivery to the respective school district treasuries just us soon ns Superintendent ilill can make the apportionment among the sixty-three school districts of the county. The amount is 11,01)2.7 ) , ' ) , which gives to every child of school age the sum of 87 cents und n fraction. In reporting th it the funds are ready for distribution State Superintendent A. K. joudy presents some interesting figures. ; lis report shows th-u in the state thuro are t.VJ.175 children of school ago und that 30,40 : ! of them uro In this county. lie also shows , hat the amount of the state school fund collected Is f(09saS.7S ! ( and that Douclus county gets $31,0')2.75 ) of the wtiolo amount. rnlntrr * nml llrcorntor * . The officers of the painters aud decorators union for the ensuing year are : President , lohn Schmidt ; vice president , H. P. Paul- sen ; recording .secretary , Clnrlctt Hill ; finan cial secretary , C. J. Vandcrcoy ; treasurer , .1. P. Paulson ; conductor , J. T. Ilartigan ; warden , John Frohm ; trustees , J. P. Hun- bcn , S. A. Gates , Aldrick Kubips. The union ncets every Wednesday oveniii ? at Schroc- der's hall , Twenty-fourth nnd Ctiming streets. In spite of the hard times the union s stronger in numbers than at iiny time since its organization , six years ago. THEY DREW ON THEMSELVES Scheme by Which Lumbermen of Textu Swindle Many Eanks. J. N. BEMI3 AND SON ARE INDICTED Clrnixl .Jury nt Kniuu * City 1'iiidn Tiut Illlln AcalliU ii 1'alr of .Shrewd \Vork Irom DID I.ono M-.ir Muto. Cirr , Jan. : > 7. The grand Jury j now in session , has for several days been in vestigating u deliberate schema to defraud j the National Uank of Commerce out 01 fOO.OOO , and uisUuoxvn that two Indictments hnrobecu returnsd nud that riiplusi's for the arrest of the offenders are in the hands of Marshal Stewart. The fraud , which has caught , the banks In several communities in Urn United States , was bronchi to light by its Kansas Clly ramifications. its extent , u % far as traced , is between & :50.XM : ( uiul ? AK.OOJ ) , With nil the details not jut ascer tained. The parties charged with the swindle nrt .1. II. itcmls and one of his sons , both ol the lumber linn of J. H. Bumls ft Co. ol Jefferson , Tex. Banks in Connecticut Missouri , Tennessee , Kansas , Nebraska and Illinois are known to have been do Iraudod , ana the full extent of the fraud is not yet fully known. In Kansas City the iNattaiial Bank ot Commerce was caught for SGO.OM. The manner In which the swindle was per petrated ivas not a complicated one. Pho Jefferson City llriu. drew "accommodation" drafts or. other business concerns which Bemis controlled , but which it was not known ho con trolled. In other words , Bcmis & Sons drew on themselves drafts due principally in tnlriy , sixty and ninety days respectively. The lirm on which the draft > vas drawn would accept it. The draft was drawn up so as to make the amount in otld dollars and cents for the pur pose of giving it the appearance of a draft drawn Tor the sale or purcliaso of lumber in the ordinary course of business , and not for an accommodation draft , which is mitdo simply when one person with coed credit desires to indorse for another for accommo dation , and which is almost certain to bo for an amount in round numbers. These drafts were issued several months ago , when the linns had good credit but were really in falling circumstances. The next step waste to tjo to the bank under false representa tions and got the drafts cashed. About the time the. drafts were due the firms failea. The fact that the drafts wcro tune drafts and not si ht drafts prevented attaching the bills of lading for the drafts. as is usual in sight drafts , and covered up the fraud in rocard to the misrepresenta tion that the papjr was for accommodation and not for the actual sale of lumber. Among tne banks which trot some of this bad paper were those in Dallas. Galvoslott and Houston , Tex. ; Memphis , Tenn. ; Chicago cage , Atchison , Kansas City , St. Louis , Omalia. and some in Connecticut byredis- countini ; western haulcs' paper. It is clso stated thit some found their way to Boston. ' C. .1. White , cashier of the Nu'tiouul Bank of Commerce ) , was reluctant to give any in. formation regard in 2 the matter to a re porter. "Tnn marshal has requested munot to talk of this matter until the men are ar- i-estedV no said. Hi consented , however , to answer one or two questions. "Was the National Bank of Commerce de frauded of $00.030 ! " "Yes , " he uusered. . At a late hour tonight an attorney sent by the Bank of Commerce und the Missouri Pa cific railway states that the frauds com mitted by Mr. Bemis will reach . -)50.00a. H is now known that several other baiiks of this city , including the First National , as well us concerns in Philadelphia , Now Haven , Louisville and Cincinnati , were also caught , but to what extent it is not known. A.MUSISME1MT3 COMMENCING TONIGHT. SUHBflY EVENING ! 28 That Most Marvelous Mixture of Mlr'ti , Mflmly and Merriment. L'ndcr the Dlrecllon ol 15. W. TRUSS & CO. Presenting EBWJN STEVENS and a cast ot 00 people , A corneous Hpectaciilar proauc- tlo'i. far BuriLiHHin ; lu Hplcndur all j ri'vioust'fforlH. I'rlousFirst Floor , T.'c , $1 aud # 1,50 ; Ilaluony , 5U- ( and 75p. BOYD'S MATINEE SrtTl'KDAY ' m NIiiHTS. 'I V AT WKUNKSIJAY EVENINlJ. l/\i\ . tUGENE TOlttPKINS Jlasnlllcent Ilallrt Fpretuclo 1OO-PEOPLE-100 ' ruder Direction iif I.'iwrenCi. ' MrC'artJ , ONE VEAU IN NEW VOKK 130 PEUFOKMANOES IN rnifAoO. CAKLOAD3 OF SfENKUY. Parquet . $1. & 0 , Finn _ ' rows. Irilroiv " .la First H rows , circle. 1 .Ml , Last 7 row * . Inlnay r > l > u Last 7 rows , circle. I.ouHoxuH.U | > otl and * 1 Ou Dux KhiM'iH uueu Tuesday tiiurulni- . ! 5th STREET THEftTflEiW' . . , Comionnolns \VKKiylMOHDAY FANNY HILL'S BJG MatlnensVodnesday and SaturJay. Give lOc to Charity. particulars Below. ajka BmThaffltgraasi The entire door resalpts of Afteran ] 9 anl Evening , * J ° . ( SIX PERFORMANCES ) At the 1313 DoJiru Struct. Go to the banafit of Rosoua Hill. A cru J bmiolll wltt b flvo-j to Hi-- mar nnl usti iiuiayn lulu n i'n .U. Ul.-.ifUirujj i , vi4 / jji ( lf p.'fjr u in1 * by Mr. Will Uiwtttr. of itii-M T M'u. , ' ailih- mil * Ij ) ' rj.-Uim ar * k bi gir.ct tu Hie lU-rnni- til MUttD I. T. tl.-i a. arj u.il. .111 i MU-'n run ot tlm oiiniw IIUJHAI L.XM th > ui un , Tuinrlr U o.ilyJlJ utin.iiu wiuiu-wyo'icfei Alt win h-lit Uvr > tk-k < a win t > " ! iiiiu > * tl at ll * > K U ! i Mutt T'1'fii.iv J.iu.iiry : tltn. ( afu-cnyou ai4 I'VPninilfc'u 11 tlu iiiH4lou ) ii M < iJi&ffr J ilMr UtNiottMi uiu life * of tli < Ijoune auU Hi * * HIX jK-