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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1896)
n THE OMAIIA DAEDY MJCc MONDAY , FEBRUARY 3. 1800. GHOULS FRIGHTENED AWAY Grave Kobbors Make a Descent on the Oath- olio Gcmotcry at Oolnmbtu , MRS , CONNELLY'S CORPSE DISTURBED 'lleen Huir Out lint < lie Ilc nr- rector Wnn Senreil Awnr lli-forc CciiniilelliiK III" Deed of Ucnecrutlon. COLUMBUS , Neb. . Feb. 2. ( Special Tele- gram. ) The grave of Mrs. John Connelly.who was burled nine dayci ago In the Catholic cemetery here , was opened last night by some mlt > ereant _ , who was probably frlghlenoJ away before succeeding In his robbery * The uox and coffin wereopened. . Her falsa tejtn , were found a few feet away , but the body was not essentially disturbed otherwise , There Is no clew to the ghoul. TltlAI , IIUUIXS TODAY. Murderer of Yonnic Womlfnrk < o Knee n Kcjn , I'alia Co n n t > ' Jiirj- . SPniNGVICW , Neb. , Fob. 2. ( Special. ) District court sits at thl place tomorrow , when the Porter murder case will ba brougJit ' on for Bearing. Porter Is the man charged wltn the killing of young Woodfork In this county tn Juno laot. His trial was sot for last term of court , but through t mo techni cality" tlio case was laid over and there IB nn effort being made now to take a change of VBIIUO to some other county" . The Har- ilngtoni of O'Neill and W. C. Brown of this place are defending Porter nnd County . . .Attorney C. E. Lear Is prosecuting. This was perhaps one of the most brutal ytnurdors ever committed In this or any other county. The trouble commenced over the ownerohlp Of an old pony worth about GO cents. Porter , so It was proven at hip pre liminary hearing , took hla gun , walked half a mile and without provocation , any more than the quarrel over the 6ld pony , shot the Woodfork Lay through the chest , mak ing a huge hole , being but a few feet from lilm. Porter then came to town and gave himself up , stating to all ho met that he had killed the nigger , but did It In solf-do- fcnso. Porter Is connected In some way with George Covlll , who Wiled two men , Rivers and Dayton , near Cams , this county , o few years ago and then cut his own thro.it with a case knife. The Woodforku are a family of negroes who moved up from Wash ington , county a few years ago and settled In the same neighborhood with Porter. Mrs. Porter hiving negro blood In her veins , the two families soon became fast friends , but afterward fell out with the above results. SUGAIl I1EET INTKHBST AT liIXWOOD to See Oppoiltlon to ( he O.xiuiriln' Monopoly. LINWOOD , Nob. , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) At the regular meeting of the Linwood Com mercial club , an account of which appeared in a recent issue of The Bee , the following delegates were elected to attend the meeting * of the Nebraska Beet Sugar Growers' associa tion at Fremont on the 5th and 6th Inst : ( Mcsrrs. W. J. Blair. S. II. Showers , B. Folda , It. A. Johnson and W. A. Hague. It has bon demonstrated this year that all the land In , this vicinity Is perfectly adapted to the raising of sugar beets. An earnest effort is being mad ? to Increase the acreage this year and bids fair to be successful. With an assurance that th ? crop when raised can be disposed of , a large Vorcentoge cf the farmers will Increase the size of their beet fields. The new evaporating process , of which Mr. O'Neill of Omaha Is the western representa tive , will , If put into successful operation , materially assist in furnishing a market for thVbeots ? Our- people are bitterly opposed to v the > 'Oxnards , and no amount of persuatlon will Induce- them to mike contracts , as long as"/the jOxnard Interests controls the manufactories - factories of beet' sugar in this state. NI3AV PIIOCESS FOR 1JKET SUGAU. Fremont Men Ui-llevc They Have Solved the I'roblem. FREMONT , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) Messrs. J. W. Schadt and William Peterson of this city have applied for a patent on a new method of manufacturing crude sugar and eyrup from fc-ugar beets. These two gentle men have succeeded In making raw sugar which is much .superior to that first made by Mr. Peterson about two months ago. They estimate that from ono aero of boots of average yield plxty-flvo gallons of "syrup can be made. The sugar they have made , even In Its raw state , can be used for cu linary purposes , and ha9 very little vegetable taste or flavor. The cost of extracting the pugir from the beets Is only about a fourth of tlio cost of the present method. ' Mr. Schadt Is well posted on the chemistry of the sugar making , and feels confident that the process uoed by himself nnd Mr. Peter son will bo a grand thing for the farmers. for " \Vorlr. NEBRASKA CITY , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) As a result of the hard times which are now prevalent everywhere , many laboring men are out of employment and their families are only kept from paffcrlnj ; and prlvatlpn by the charitable acta , of those who are In bet ter circumstances. The follo'wlng petition , signed by * a * Urge number of , laboring men , will bo presented to the city council at Its mooting tomorrow evening nnd some action toward helping llio unemployed will probably be taken : To the Mnyor nnd City Council of Ne braska City : Wr. the iHidcrMeneil citizens nnd iHhoilni ; men of Nebraska City , le- spoctfully repicpont to this honorable body 'inat ' there has \\et-n \ \ very * llltlu work for tailoring men In lliU city this winter nnd that during the lufU two mouths tin : re tins been nlwolutcly no work worth spc.'iklnu of , anil that wo have made every Plfort tu si'- rinuvoil < without nvnll. We further ivp- rc.'ent Hint unless there \i \ jvotlc rnocunu ! for us Jn name way thnt our fnmlllee will bo eotuiillp(1 ( ( to suffer from hunger ami cold , We thorofoio pray tlmt the honorable mavor nntl rlty rouncil will make every pew. KlUlo effort In their power to .veouro wnjlc for the tim > mi > lftK * ( J ami thus protect thplr families from York County Old Seldom Or niil/i- . YORK , Neb , , Fob. 2. ( Special. ) The old settlers of York county held a meeting In tlio court house at this plac'o ycsterJny. Tlio object of the mcntlng w-as to form on or ganization of tlic- old settlers , look up his tory cf the county , etc. A permanent society wan formed , known nn the York County O'd ' Settler ' association , J , P , lllllpr was chcsen prrn-Idcnt. N. A. Dean , vice- president : IS. A. , JJiittprflpld , secretary , and Nathnn Johmxm , .treasurer. The organization will at once proceed - coed \a \ work In t o w.iy of looking up the incidents of tlio early liUtory at the county of Ynrtt , which will bp. duly brought bo * toro tlio next meeting , A committee of three woo appointed , conilstlngof L. 1) , stlllwn , 'W. E. Dayton and IMward Bate * , for this purpose. Any ono a resident of the county fcr twenty years in qualified to to n mem ber. Tlio next meeting will bo held In four rhtlilrcn'M DnmT nt Chnilron. OHAimON , Neb. , Feb. 2. ( Speclal.-Tbe ) children' ! ) dancing purty held at the opera house Friday night was well attended , and the HttUt folks acqulted theincelves moat creditably. Tim proqrom consisted of a poclal dsnco in Use first part. followcJ by special and ttago dancing , and Mr , L. A , U.-rrlnKtPn. thn liistnir-tor , was mo t Jiljjhly comulluunted at the conclusion of the af fair , Among the children deterring men. tlon In the latter part of the program wore ; Master Bernle Nelson. In a hornpipe ; Miss I lie- : Houston , In a uklrt dance ; Miss Hflcn D-ilo , In her minuet ; and Mlajcs Clsra rtamtcra , Sadlo Luwcnthal , Marie McCann , Atinlu and .NVnnle > Satloileo , Helen Uorrlns- ton , Caroline Paul , Nellie Oune . Hcjslii Kaxtman , and .Musters. Charles Nathan , aud H.irolil Jones. IliiVelnrU .liny llnvc IIAVELOCK , Ncl ) . , Feb. S. ( Special. ) At last night's council meeting it wag decided to submit tlio qucist'ou cf bond * for water works to a vote. The committee appointed to lay out the best route fcr laying main * witlilnp the limits of $5,000 . , api > ropr.aton ! ic- ported a plan , covering the Intslm-ss district ud taking In the school building , v.tiurchrt nd city i > ark , FKic u hxdn\at are provided for and the length ot jthc mains l C.OSO feet. The onllmsted cost ' under the amount pro posed , The cost ot maintenance Is estimated at $21.Of ! per hydrant. After taking the census and having a popu lation of thirty-six moro than the 1,000 re quired to declare the town a city of the second end class , the question of to doing hat been put to sleep for the time being. The Pcatofflce department Is arranging to give employment to ono additional person In Havclock. The removal of the Burlington depot puts It outside the limit of free mall pouch deliverliy the rallrcad and btdi will be asked at once for the service. Fiirtnprn * InxtUnlo Omnnlidl. REU CLOUD , Neb. , Feb. . ( Spsclal. ) A two days' meeting cf the" farmers resulted In the formation of a farmers' Institute , with the followlnn officers : R. U Alyea , presi dent ; Charles W. Kaley , treasurer ; T. C. Hackor. vies president ; D. J , Myers , secre tary. Both meetings were very well at tended and eddrtsses were delivered by Profs. T. It. Lyon , H. II. Nicholson and 0. D. Swczcy of the State university upon varloiu 'topics , Including the conservation of moisture , the cultivation of cugar be&ts nnd proper method ! ! of cultivation , R. B. Stoufter ot IHllevue delivered an address on dairying , which was of much Interest. Discussions ot the topics were had by farmer ? present and there Is a great degree of satisfaction with the manner In which ths men cf the faculty of the State College ) of Agriculture are making themselves directly useful to the agricultural Interest ? . _ iim Killed. PLATTTSMOUTH , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) Frl- day night at Pacific Junction about 10 o'clock Carroll Murray , n switchman In the Burling ton yards at that place , wap crushed to death bcnoath the wheels of a freight car , Murray was a young man ZC years of ago and waste to have been married In about two weeks. Fire r.t ICIbn. ST. PAUL , Nob. , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) A firs In Klba , nine miles nortliwcst of here , con sumed the large Peter Johnson frame store building and the so-called U. P. hotel , also a large frame building. The loss will prob ably ba J2.000 or $3,000. Amount of Insur ance and cause ot fire unknown. Uriel TVebriiNUn. Notex. The Axtell republican has suspended pub lication. Falrfleld will have a system of water works to cost $12,009. Norfolk will have another newspaper with populistlc proclivities. It cost Richardson county $ SC2 to care for lief Indlgont poor last year. The price of wheat advanced G cents a bushel last week In Wayne. ' It will cost Johnson county $51,000 for ex penses during the year 189B. Republican clubs are being organized in nearly every town In the state. The new Methodist church at SchuyUir Is rapidly approaching completion. Albion's young women win give a female minstrel show for charity's sake. Rule has a newspaper called the Reporter nnd published by W. L. Wltherow. The B. & M. paid taxes In Nemaha county the other day to the amount of $8,888. Osccola Is almost the only railroad town In central Nebraska without a Sunday mall. Mrs. T. F. Bonney ot Fender recently re ceived $1,800 back pension from her uncle Sam , Matt Daugherty declines to be again a candidate for congress In the big Sixth dis trict. The public schools of Valentino have been closed on account of an epidemic , of diph theria. Miss Louise McDcrmgtt of Sutton has gone to Fort Sill , Oklahoma , to teach an Indian school. > a The young people of Talmage have organ ized a literary society for the study of Roman history. The B. & M , railroad Is making many im provements upon Its depot property at Paw nee City. Mrs. Franklin Walker of Odcll was seized ( with a paralytic stroke , and died within . a few hours. \ ' ( Many farmers Iri't'hVvicinity of North Bend will engage In chlckory beet culture the com ing season. Cattle thieves visited James Johnson , near Oakland , the other night and drove away his entire herd. " Luther 'French , the man 'whb-homesteaded the land on which the town pf Sutton was platted , Is dead. The Postofflce department has established a thrlce-a-woek mall rouble between Callaway and Broken Bow. A boy named John Lynda ot Brock was .accldently shot In the arm by a companion while out hunting. .j Seventy * Wayne sinners tavo seen the error of their wayg during a Methodist re vival at tlmt place. William Mounts of St. Dsroln has been bound over to the district court on a charge of highway robbery. Frank Pechota claims to have discovered a paying vein ot coal on his farm in Atlanta precinct. Saline county. An Omaha Indian froze to death on the reservation near Pendor. He was too drunk to keep himself warm. The eupr-rvlsors of Richardson county esti mate that it will take $84,450 to run the county the current year. Patrick Casey , a Dlxon county farmer llv- in near Ponca , was thrown out of his wagon by a runaway team and killed. Talma.gd parties Siavo brought suit against the Oniuiia Fire Insurance company to re cover a loss sustained last June. AVII1 Christian , a ID-ycar-oId Norfolk lad , has been sent to the State Industrial school at Kearney by Norfolk authorities. Two men broke Into the Chinese laundry at Harvard and robbed tlio Colestl.il pro prietor of ? 5.7C and'a silver watch. Chadron w'oinen will give.'a grand ball for the benefit of the Armenians. The proceeds will bo sent to the Red Cross society. Boano county has occupied a rented court houfo for many years , but now the tax payers propose to own their own building. DaKota county people are already complain ing that the tolls charged by the new Iowa- .Nebraska bridge at BIoux City are lee high. The Klkliorn Irrigation and Land company has written contracts to break and crop 2,300 acre * cf Irrigated land In Hull.county. Mrs. Ida Peltriok ot Crawford bsrame sud denly Inyano and attempted to kill herself. She has been taken to the asylum at Nor folk. folk.Walter Walter Jarvls of Auburn Is slowly dying from the effects of n c.inccr whldi hus al ready eaten cut one- eye nnd a part of his face. face.The The gasoline engine at the Smith & Kills olevctor at Wayne exploded and blew out one sldo of the building. No ono was In- Jurnd. Adam Hiilrlck , living near Nelson , wa thrown from bis wagcn and had one arm broken and most of Ills ribs crushed In , He will llvo. W. E , Howard and family of'Wayne , nar- .rawly escaped death by asphyxiation by lca\flng a stove door open before retiring fcr the nlu'it. ' Tito mayor ot Blue Springs has notified the King Press Drill company that any attempt to move its plant to Nebraska City will be followed 1)V nnisccutlon. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Frrmcnt , 1'lkhorn & Missouri Valley rail road will hold their grand ball at Chadron un the evening cf February 20. TheElmft of the Holy Moses gold mine at Alma hi now down to a depth of 125 lost. Good progress Is being made on the Crazy Jane , Fool's Gulch and l-'urre's Hole. JV lart ; * neck of wild geese , flying vwy lilgli , going north , passed Sutton Saturday afternoon , one of the strong Indications , ground hog or no ground hog , ot an early spring. Charles Meier of Frontier county was sou- tenced to three years and blx months In the penlte.utlur.v- burglirlzlng tbo store of B. C , Wood at I'ut'lla and stealing several suit ! of clothing , A Mrangcr went Into the depot at Claren don , asked a few questions , then walked out onto the platfcnn , drew a revolver and blew out his brains , Ills Identity was never established. A Mr. , Js'cndcrson , living In Brownvllle , took a dose of polion and administered some to her two small children. Her act was ills- coYfinl In time tu nave all three lives. She ttuteil afterward that uhe w-as Impelled to the rash act by the fact that her husband had df < ! ? rtc < l her and left li r in destitute clr- cumtsnccs , i THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Comparative Development of Electric Motor and Steam Engines , SC US SIGN OF THE'STORAGE BATTERY nmclencr > ' tlic Slotornmn Novelties In Klcclrlc Street Cnrn CnrlUn * PoNtH for Arc 1 Electrical Note * . In this pre-eminently electrical age , when the Industrial applications of electricity are legion , the electrical motor and Its counter part , the dynamo , stand first n Importance' of all electrical machinery , says a writer In the Chautauquan. Electric street railways , the cars of which are propelled by electric motors , have multiplied In number until they aggre gate the astonishing total of G00,000-horso power. Trolley roads arc reaching out from city to suburb and from suburb to neighborIng - Ing city , often paralleling and sometimes re placing steam reads. Freight and mall cars are also run upon electric railways , nud In some cases heavy trains upon steam roads are handled by electric locomotives. , But stationary locomotives are no less Im portant than the portable motors Used upon railways , and numerous factories and electric light stations ere driven by electric motors , the current for which Is often derived from a distant dynamo , driven by waier power. Canal boats are driven by motors supplied with current from a trolley wlro along , the bank. Electric launches and submarine torpedo boats are propelled by motorswhich recelvo their current from storage batteries carried on board. Electric elevators ppera'tcil by stationary motors shoot up to the top of sixteen-story buildings -with a ton of living freight In thirty seconds. Ami In countless other ways electric motors have been put into service , until the number of motors manufactured per month exceeds the'number cf steam engines produced In the same time. But the wonderful growth of electrical In dustries Is not wore astonishing than the rapidity of the development anil perfection of electric motors. Indeed , the two ithlngs are mutually dependent. Fifteen years ago the time wai ripe for a commercial electric motor. The demand stimulated Investiga tion and experiment , and In ton years a greater degree of perfection was attained than the steam engine reached for a century after Watt's important Improvements. STORAGE BATTERY DISCUSSION. The recent discussion of the storage bat- tnrv niinsHnn whlnli pnrnirnd the momlierH of the American Institute , of Electrical En gineers , Is notable for two reasons : First , as demonstrating the wide Interest aroused among members of the institute in topical discussions , and- ' second from the fact that It Is undoubtedly the most complete exposi tion of the attitude of American engineers toward tbc storage battery. Commenting on the discussion , Electricity says : The conclusion arrived at after hearing or reading this discussion Is , that while Ameri can engineers are mot yet willing to admit the economy of the storage battery , they do admit Its utility as a central station ad junct. In lighting , reliability of service Is the first requisite , and the storage battery supplies this. On this point there seems to be little difference of opinion. As to economy much has been claimed , but upon the storage battery people rests the bur den of proof , and it must be candidly ad mitted that the verdict thus far rendered is "not proven. " We regard -It as unfortunate fen the storage battery interests that , so many un supported claims In this line have been al lowed to go' forth from seemingly authorita tive sburc6s. Take the maintenance guar antee , for Instance , 'While the catalogues specifically 'state 'that ' the company will guarantee the battery for 10 per cent of the catalogue price upon 'tho return' to the fac tory , free of cost to the manufacturer , of the damaged plates , the public have been led to believe that the guarantee was for the 10 per cent of the cost and nothing more. It Is useless for the storage battery people to deny that they have been responsible for this impression , since the statement was publicly made" at the Cleveland convention by the vies president of the company that such was the guarantee. Since the selling price of batteries In quantity is but about 70 per cent of the catalogue price , the 10 per cent guarantee on catalogue price becomes 14.3 per cent on the cost price a difference which isquite appreciable. When we add to this the cost of returning the damaged plates to the factory tlio- Insurance will in many cases amount to 16 per cent. We think also that the storage battery people have made a mistake In rating their batteries solely In kilowatt hours. It Is quite -essential , It is true , that we should know the discharge rate of'a battery and Its capacity , but In comparing It with other machinery to which It is necessarily an adjunct these data are of no avail and mis leading to the public. As It Is comparisons are drawn between kilowatt hours and kilo watts two units of entirely different kinds , between which no proper comparison can bo. made. Ono of those who took part In the discus sion brought prominently forward the gas engine and incidentally the efficiency of gas transmission of energy. There are' probably few electrical engineers' who have ever given this latter feature any thought , nnd the statement that 3,000 h. p. could be trans mitted one mile at an expenditure of but 1-30 per cent of the power transmitted carro as a surprise. When wo consider that the allownble losses In electrical transmission are from 6 to 10 per cent this statement offers much food for reflection. Gas storage has the advantage ov'er elec trical storage In that It Is cheaper < and moro efficient , while at the same time" Independent of the rate charge or dischargeIt has the disadvantage of being 'further , removed from the ultimate step , and It consequently can not exactly fulfill the Ideal for electrical distribution. H seems exceedingly probable that a combination of gas and electrical storage the gas for gas onglno use and the battery for the dynamo product will more nearly solve the problem than any heretofore suggested. AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY. The electrician Is a comparatively new man In tbo industrial field. In older branches of work the ground has been gene over so often that all torts of contingencies are provided against , but unlooked-for con ditions are the dally lot of the electrical engineer , who has to be alert and resource ful. An operator who was wiring a theater in a great hurry was driven to despair by the way In which the carpentcro would con stantly undo In a few seconds the work of hours. They would insist on driving nallo In Wo wires , and cutting the circuits whenever - over they thought they had occasion to dp so. As remonstrance faded he wont on an other tack. Rigging up a 12-Inch fire gong , ho connected all Ills circuits with it. Within half an hour after tbo gong was Installed It went off with a clanging which brought every workman In the building down Into the utrcet. Cries of "Fire" resounded through every part of the theater , and there was a huge scare. Alter a wmio , wnen it became evident that tbore bad been a false alarm , the engineer got the hands together and took them back Into the building. Ho there explained to thorn 1liat every time anyone but his own men even 03 much as touched a wlro the gong would go off , and the man who touched the wire would get a shock of electricity that would paralyze lilm for life. Ills circuits were never troubled again , THE EFFICACY OF A MOTORMAN. Many street railway companies are alive to tlio fact that the motorman is one cf the most Important factors in the street car service , and reward * of various kinds are now being offered for motormen who have run their cars on schedule for a certain length of time without an accident. Another point from which tbo railway companies are approaching the question of the ideal motorman Is the matter of economy in the consumption of the motive power of the car. H is a well known fact that two motormen can take the came equipment , over the same rouIe , In the same time and yet use vastly different amounts of nswer. This suggests a rigorous mathematical method of fixing the value of a niotortnan. All that la necessary U to let him run a car , loaded up to standard weight , over a given track In an exact pro- arranged time , making a definite number of Intermediate stoppages. An electric meter In the car rttfull' ( give the mctorman'a fig urcs of morlt.nfclrfch would , of courps , bo the reciprocal of-CUtwI number recorded by the meter. This ( reciprocal should be lndlcato < on hlo certificate , and his wages might bo regulated accMuTtvely , ELECTO1C WELDING. A system 'of''eloc'.rle welding Is finding fa\or In EnplaHd'which ' differs considerably from the Tlioniscir and Bernardos processes which are now WfllJ known. U Is railed the Zercner system , .nnd depends on the phe nomenon of Hie tlfeflcctlon of an electric arc by a magnet.1 ' ! h strong electro-magnet ls placed beside ? an i arc playing between two carbon poles Inclined to each other the arc Is driven outvanl nintH It resembles n blow pipe flame , cKoept that the temperature Is enormously higher. The apparatus Is made In two sizes. The smaller Is designed for use by a single workman and In It the ccrbons are fed together by a small thumb spring. With ono of these machines , driven by an engineof five-horse power nnd a cor rerpondlngly small dynamo , ono workman made 2,000 brazes in fifty-four hours , Includ Ing brazing the seami of ornamental inota ccrnlces nnd the Joints of bicycle frames The apparatus seems to bo qulto successfu In bicycle manufacturing and two complete- plants for this work are now In uso. The larger machine Is so heavy that It has to be suspended nnd the current used In It varies between 1GO and 300 amperes. Steel pipes fiom one-eighth ta one-halt an Inch tlilok have been longitudinally welded , and the rate at which the work was done Is said to compare favorably wltli that ot riveting Ship deck plates up to five-eighths of tin Inch In thickness have been welded satis factorily , nnd a plant for this particular work Is now being erected. All the seams In a steel barrel of forty-eight gallons capacity can Up finished In an hour with this ma chine , using about clglitcen-horse power tc run the dynamo , nnd two barrel plants ol this typo have been erected recently. FRIZZES BY ELECTRICITY. The woman with frizzes , that do not nat urally friz has reason to bless electricity for n hair-curling device that Is a big Im provement on all the other Implements ol warfare against straight hair. In order to heat the curling tongs , It Is only necessary to take the Incandescent lamp from Its socket to which the cord of the Iron Is attached and the current turned on. The tongs are heated Instantly , and , what Is better still , an even temperature Is maintained all the time the curling Is going on. No more bald spots dear girls , and ragged , uneven-looking hairs from overheated Irons ! LOOKING UP WYOMING MINES. Ka.itoru Syndicate IiivcMtlRiitliiK the Tliiilx-i'liiUc 1'lacern JVear IluwlliiN. RAWLINS , Wyo. , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) The Tlmberlako placers In the Four Mile mining district are being Investigated by a syndicate of Chicago and New York parties , with a view to their purchase. Representatives o ] tin syndicate visited the placers Saturday. The party -was composed of W. T. Baker , a mining expert of Chicago ; Charles Mcekln , chief engineer of the Iowa Central railroad ; H. F. Perclval. H. F. Dale and James M. McCoughan of DCS Molnes. The party spent three days looking over the property , which embraces about 4,000 acres of exceedingly rich gravel. Tests were made In numerous places on the property with the pan , the re sults showing..values running from CO cents to $2 a yard.)0The ( sale of the property will mean the expenditure of from J150.000 to $200,000 In bulldlngi a ditch to put water on the property. IThW party returned to Omaha on Wednesday/ ! where they will meet the other mcmborsi of the syndicate and decide upon the question of purchase. i and Kussln. FAIRFlELDrNcb.- . L To the Editor of The Bee : > JIt h difficult to understand why America should uniformly twist the British lion's' 'tall" nt every -opportunity where it Is rftfcjslbbvto ! do so and about us often caress Aifd'ijtondle the great Russian bear. England touys nnd consumes two- thirds of all .that we export ; Russia takes very little from 'Us. Our goods are wel comed free oClcharg-e. In all of the markets of Great Britain..All the important mar kets of continental Europe are closed to ( American moats and ur grain only gets in. if nt all , overatariff wall. Great Britain is our one' great" market , talcing moro of our exports than all the balance of the world. Russia's trade with us is Insignifi cant : The government of Great Britain Is the most liberal and best administered In Europe. The Russian is the most des potic. In England , , the press Is free. In Russia it Is under a rigid censorship. In England , a man cannot b& Imprisoned with out a legal process and a trial by jury. In Russia he Is nthrown Into prison without trial and left there indefinitely and often without knowing what he Is charged with. In England a'man Is executed only after an open trial nnd conviction In court. In Rus sia ho may be assassinated in Ills cell at midnight , without trial , and his body thrown Into "the " moat. ' We have much to say about the "land urnbblncs" of Great Britain , but nothing at all about those of Russia , although she has appropriated , nt the point of the bayonet net- nearly one-half of Asia , nnd still her greed Is not satla'ted ' , but claims that she is the descendant and heir-at-law of the Eastern Roman , empire- and dominions , nnd also that of Tamerlane ( the Great Mogul empire ) , which includes India. And there Is strong belief that the czar aspires to universal empire. Wo commend every Russian aggression against Turkey , although her conduct toward that unfortunate country has been most reprehensible. Her secret agents have been busy for moro than a century Inciting Insurrection and bloodshed among the Ignorant population of the Turkish provinces , ana when the sultan has at tempted to restore order therein Russia has fiev7 at his throat , sword In hand. In the name of Christian Humanity. And when the sultan ( under pressure from the lllJernl party In his own country ) has consented to grant reforms nr.il a constitutional govern ment , the czar has uniformly fallen upon him , sword In hand. Whenever Turkey has commenced some homo reform Russia has Immediately commenced war upon her and prevented ha consummation and adoption. This policy has become a firm maxim , in Itusslti diplomacy. Its obiect being to pre vent the consolidation and unification of the Turkish empire under u liberal govern ment , which would command the reppect and support of the great powers , Russia's Intention being la absorb Turkey piece meal. Such was the origin of the war of 1823-9 , and also of the- war of lb54-C , and notably so of the war that commenced In 187C , the sultan having summoned a parliament , which hail drawn up a consti tution for Turkey , and to prevent its adop tion Russia begun her unprovoked , cruel and devastating war upon Turkey. Rus sian secret emissaries have long been nt work In Armenia to Incite insurrection nnd bloodshed , nnd their labors finally brought fruit. In July , 1594 , in the revolt of the Armenians nnd their massacre of the Kurds and thus offered to Itusala another chance for aggression and land gmbhlng , under the cloak of humanity , which she is now scheming to consummate. How well she will succeed time will 'tell. ' These beliur the undoubted facts , ns ad mitted by those who best understand the question , why should our congressmen Imve Indulged In their , recent aavero arraignment of Turkey nnd the real Instigator of the Armenian outrages ( Russia ) not receive one word of censure ! ? I cannot , undiemtancl whv thin great and free republic Bljouldi bo HO friendly with one of the most Uesp.onfc and oppressive govern ments on earth Ana at the mime time be so hostileto the ( mil" other wreat liberal nnd free government , whoso people are of the Bame language raca and religion , and are also our best commercial and financial cus tomers. SUBSCRIBER. _ To CroNM llie Continent. NEW YORK , Feb. 2. ( Special , ) Informa tion of a gigantic railroad scheme leaked out hero today. It is. an open sscret that the Aransas IMrbor'and Northern , now being ourvoyed fromrfAraneas Pass , Tex. , north , purporting to connect with the Missouri , Kansas & Texas aijil the International and Great Northern ntiads , has been trying to get at leajt twdi/iCoro "certain largo north and t-outli syt'tpifiptt rojds Into a pool for a special traffll rate from Winnipeg to Aransas Pass , but ; despairing of making tonne equitable 0 all , has determined on a new and as nearly as poipjblo , an air line for the entire rood , and engineers and agents are being sent out to look up a route and prospect for bonus , which , It ia officially admitted , will largely influence the location of the line. Southern Texas has already pledged all that was asked for the first 149 miles. Afprominent Texan said today that his state-had glvon lands enough to the Haltlmoro.bankers to pay them for opening that portinnd the people were now giving them enough to build the road through the 8tatB' " ' . < . . DeiuoarniH Capture WIUoii'M Sen * . CINCINNATI , Feb. 2-A , special to the Commercial Gazette from BardstoAvn , Ky. , nays : J. 0. "W. Beckham ( dem. ) was elected to the lower house of the legislature from Noluon county to nil the vacancy caused by Cno death Ropretentative Wilson. Beuiaam'a majority over J. It. Weller ( rep. ) is 700. NICARAGUA CANAL PLANS Bollovod that the Present Congress Will Start the Enterprise. TIRED WAITING ON THE PRESIDENT SulicommlMcc IInvJnp ; the Subject in Will , nrKln. to Drnft n Hill Moulin , . , , i T WASHINGTON , Fob. 2. The special subcommittees - committees of tho. liouso comtntttco on com merce , which has been delaying for 'some ' weeks the beglnujng of Its work that Presi dent Cleveland might furnish congress the report of the committee which visited the isthmus last summer , has concluded to wait no longer nnd tomorrow will begin to draft a bill. Chairman Hepburn of the commerce committee selected seven members to com pose the subcommittee about three weeks ago. These gentlemen desired to have In hand ali possible Information upon the project before they recommended ony plan to the house for constructing the canal. Moreover they thought their action might bo construed Into discourtesy toward the president If they should proceed independently of the views of the committee , or should seem to Ignore the commission. It Is understood , however , that President Cleveland has been unable to find any time for studying the various phases. International , engineering and financial , which the canal project Involvesbecause , of the other mat- 'tors of dominant Importance , notably the Venezuelan boundary and the maintenance of the gold reserve , which have been con stantly before him since this congress met. That is the report brought from the white house by members who have spoken with the president , urging him to use his Influence In aid of the movement for government con trol of the canal. In view of the probability that congress will roach an early adjourn ment , about Juno 1 , the committee fears to delay Its undertaking longer. No forecast of the probable lines of the canal bill can be had from the seven mem bers of the committee , as they say there has been no discussion yet except of a tentative sort , but they bellovo that the plan which was before the last congress can be Improved upon. They bollevo that they will be able to report a plan to the house within a month. If , In the meantime , the president furnishes the report of the committee , they will give , duo consideration. Mr. Doollttlo of Washington , Its second member , believes that this congress will start the canal. The congressional contingent from the Pa cific slope Is enthusiastic for the canal and a Pacific cable to the Hawtlan Islands and Japan. The only stumbling block which they can see la the opposition of Rcod and ether republican leaders to Increased appropriations on account of the condition of the treasury , which has been demonstrated In all of the appropriation bills reported up to date and In the work of the committees on public buildings and rivers and harbors. Mr. Doo- llttle thinks that this policy cannot apply against an agreement by the government to guarantee the bonds of the canal company. VICJCSIIUIIG'S MILITARY PARK. Plan to 1'rcHcrvc Hie Scenery Where the Grout Slece Occurred. WASHINGTON , Feb. 2. The bill providing for the establishment of the VIcksburg national military park , where the principal operations of the war In and around that city were carried on , has been reported to the house by Representative Bishop of Michigan , from the military affairs committee. The whole amount of land embraced In the proposed reservation coyers about 1,200 acres , the cost of which Is not to exceed $50,000. TholJ25,000 additional , which the bill pro poses to appropriate , will bo used In making surveys of the various lines of both the union and confederate armies , building roads , clearing the grounds , and , so far as pos sible , in restoring the various forts , re doubts and entrenchments connected with that memorable siege. The entire plan and scope of the bill fol lows very closely upon that adopted in the establishment of the Chlckamauga park , ex cept that the cost will be only a fraction of the amount devoted to the Chlckamauga field. "Four of our great battlefields , Gettysburg , Antletam , Chlckamauga and Shlloh , " says the accompanying report , "have , by congressional enactment , been dedicated as national parks , as they had been before consecrated by the best blood of the American youth In both armies. The Importance of the campaign and siege of Vicksburg ia not Inferior to any of the fields now dedicated. The siege and the operations connected therewith were participated In by troops from the following states : Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Florida , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mary land , Massachusetts , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Now Hampshire , New York , North Carolina , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , West Virginia and Wisconsin. SPANISH nnpoitT A DIG VICTORY. Klllcil Five CuliuiiH mill Cniiturcil UlK'lit HurMcN. JVASHINGTON , Feb. 2. Minister do Lome ot Spain has received the following tele gram from Cuba : "HAVANA. Feb. 2. A detachment of the Espanas battalion was attacked in Bucna Ventura , province of Havana , by : lie cneinv , who were repulsed , with a. loss of six men. Early Jn the morning of yesterday the col umn"'Of Colonel Vicuna on the Carlotta plantation at Jovellanos , province of Matan- z < is , defeated part of the band of La Crete , killing five men and capturing eight horses , with their eaddlco and some ammunition , A detachment employed In repairing the railroad - road in Qulntana , near Cardenas , In the prov ince oT Matanzas , defeated a band of forty mon , killing one and wounding three. The troops had one man seriously wounded. The advance , guard of Uie commander-ln-chlef's column on Its way from Qulvlcan to Oulra Melena , exchanged shots with the- scouts of , the enemy , killing and taking ono pris oner and ono horso. General Marln sup poses that Maximo Gomez is to tbo south of his forces , detained there by the commander- in-chlei'a operations. "SUAIIEZ VALDBZ , "Acting QovoMor-Genoral. " IllooilIiounilH IMirMUlnnr n Murderer. OWBNSHOHO. Ky. , Feb. 2. W. A. Ewlng shot and killed Charles McLsemaro , In a light last nluht nt Calhoun , near here. Ew lng escaped and bloodhounds Imvo boon placed on his troll , I LOCATES THIS STOM3.1IOUS13. . Peculiar Dent of nil Oninhn Mim niul IluTrimble It .limit * Him. MACON , Mo. , F b. 2. ( Spcclal.-MaJor ) Frank Madden , traveling representative of the Omaha Loan and Trust company , who makes this town his general Missouri head quarters , returned yesterday morning from a trip to Holla , Phclps county , where he had been attending to the prosecution of & party charged with a curious offwiso. Mr. Atadden's company holds two mortgages on two residences In Omaha , owned by Wil liam Boughton , n carpenter and a veteran , who had secured a back pension from the government for f 7,000 , on the grounds of tolnl disability. On one of th houses Boughton had borrowed $10,000 and on the other J5.000. As both houses were well furnished and sit uated , the security was considered ample. When the mortgages became duo and noth ing was hoard from Mr. Doughton , Mr. Mad- tlcn proceeded to Investigate his security. Ho first wont to the 55,000 house , which had been occupied by Uoughtnn. Here ho found a queer situation. Boughton and his Wife , who comprlned the family , had de parted and taken ever } thing portable with them , Including aii much of the house as could bo taken down and transported. Thir ty-two window calings , with 20x36 panes of glass , had been removed ; all the doors and casings were gene ; door stops , gas fix tures , water pipe and clo.iot appliances , tran soms , the weights and faiitcnlngs to the win dow ? , stairways , In fact , the house had been completely gutted und cleaned out of Us elaborate and expensive fixtures , and but little wasJctt , aside Irani the roof and walls. Mr. Madden Immediately began tracing Boughton through the transportation com panies and finally located him In Knobvlcw. an Isolated mountain village on the line of Crawford and Phelps counties , this state. An action was Immediately Instituted for removing stolen property Into the state against Bougbton and his wife , and at the preliminary hearing at Rolla this week the husband was bound over to appear before the Phclps county grand Jury In March In the sum of $500. The woman was discharged en a" technical point. In searching the house In Omaha Mr. Madden discovered that tbc gas meter had been taken out and a toad pipe Joined the two Ironones. . So If any gas had been burned In that house the company would have no record of It. Boughton had taken up forty acres cf government land near Knobvlow and was making preparations to Improve It. The Incongruity of the -fine household trappings ho took with him In that sparsely settled region was striking , and Mr. Madden thinks It Boughton had put up his gilded chandeliers and fancy gim-cracks , taken from the Omaha house , the hardy mountaineers would have thought ho was casting icflectlons on them and perhaps mobbed him. Mr. Madden says In all his loan experlencs this was the first time a borrower from his company had run off with a house. WOOL ! ) LOCATE THE SOUTH POLE. Pinna of Explorer Dnrchprrcvlnlc to . Go on mi Extended Tour. ' NEW YORK. .Feb. 2. Egbert Borchgro- vlnk , the Norwegian explorer , arrived here on the Umbrla today. Borrtigrevlnk has taught the world pretty much all It knows about the continent which lies In the south ern polar seas and if his plans as now ar ranged are carried out , he will be able to tell much more afterhe gets back from an expedition which he is to undertake next winter. The scheme that the explorer has in hand IB to travel over 160 miles Inland on snowshoes and sledges , with three Nor wegian companions , that ho may reach the south magnetic pole. He expects that It will take him more than two years to do so , but ho talks .of undertaking as if such a trip were to him nothing more than a lit tle Jaunt through Europe to an 'ordinary man. Speaking of the. proposed expedition , he said : "The most difficult part of the matter has already been accomplished. That Is the raising of the money. A commercial company has been formed In England for the purpose of whaling and getting cargoes of guano'from the Antarctic regions. Tills' , company has " agreed to send "out an expedition next Septem ber. Eleven scientists are to go with the expedition. Wo have chartered the auxiliary steamer Jason , the whaler which took Dr. Nausea Into the Arctic regions. ' "Wo will sail right for Cape Adare , Which Is on the now continent. We expect to get therS ty November 1. We will have another seventy-four ton steamer and a naptha launch with us. TJief two steamers will leave us and return to > Melbourne , after whaling for a time. With three ! Norwegian friends , all ex perts With snowshoas , I will start inland from Cape Adare and traverse a country that was never , entered by a human being as far as we know. Wo will go from Cape Adaro to Coulman Island , a ( distance of sixty miles , over the snow and from there we contemplate a two and a half monfhs' Journey over the mainland , traveling across the plateau of Ice and snow on sledges. We want to locate the south magnetic pole. "On my previous expedition I reached 74 degrees ten minutes south latitude , but we shall get much farther south this trip , unless I am very much mistaken. If the expedi tion succeeds , the results to science- will bo the most important in many years. " "Do you think there is a great continent there , or merely an Island ? " Mr. Borch- grevlnk was asked. "I am quite- sure It Is a continent , and ono prooaoiy inree umesas IUFKO as uu Europe , " he answered very positively. "Rock specimens which I brought up have satisfied scientists that it is a continent , and not an Island. " "To whom does It belong ? " "Well , England claims it , " ho replied , "when Captain Sir James Clark Ross landed on Possession Island , which is off the coast of the new land , more than half a century ago , from her majesty's ships Erebus and Terror , he took possession of the mainland , which he taovcr stepped upon , In the name of the queen. " _ SlocUnu-ii Ortrnnlze. SARATOGA , Wyo. , Feb. 2. ( Special. ) The stcckmen of the Platte valley met on Tues day and formed an organization for mutual , protection of their stock nnd range Interests. E. F. Grout , W. B. Hugus and I , M. Con- ness were selected as a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws to bo presented at the next meeting of the association , which will bo held next Saturday. Losses of live Btcck by theft In the Platte valley ore- said to aggregate $5,000 a year , and the promotczs of the stock association hope to reduce cattle stealing to a minimum. Reduction * oil the Overland. LARAMIE , Wyo. , Fcb.i 2. ( Special. ) In- structlons have been Issued to lay oft the Union Pacific car Inspectors at this point and Rawllns. There tire eight Inspectors hero , and as many at Ruwllns. Cars will now bo Inspected at Cheycnno and Gieen River. There Is said to bo upward of 1,600 en-pty unused cars sldptracked along the Union Pacific at various points. PIPE SENT FREE A WARRANTED French Briar Pip.e , Hard Rubber Stem , equal to those usually retailed at 50 cents , will be sent free FOR 24 COUPONS OR , FOR 2 COUPONS AND 24 CENTS. You will find one coupon inside each a ounce bap , and two coupons inside each 4 ounce bag of Bond coupons with name and address to BUCKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO , , DURHAM , N. 0. Buy a bag of this Celebrated Bmoklnc Tobacco and read the coupon which gives a list of other premiums , and bow to get them. Z CENT STAMPS ACCEPTED. BAYARD TO BE GIVEN A ROUND , , * j Resolution to Oonsuro the Ambassador In ! tlio Honso This Wcok , ' ] EXCITING CONTEST IS ANTICIPATED ; * ' Wlirn the Frrr ColnnRc Sulmtltii < cfo tlio llonil Illll In Ilctnriinl to < lie HOIIHT , Silver CoiiKri-nxiucn Witt' Try < o Secure Concurrence. WASHINGTON , Fob. 2. The Important ( featuroa of the week's proceedings In tlio / liouso will be In connection with the rcsolu- ' tlon to censure Ambassador Bayard , adopted by the foreign affairs committee yesterday , and the senate free coinage substitute of the houm bond bill. The senate resolution cen suring Mr. Bayard will probably preclpltato an exciting contest on the floor , but will doubtless bo adopted when It reaches a voto. When the free coinage substitute for the liouso bond bill is returned to the houro tomorrow nn effort will bo made by the silver men tt concur In the substitute. Such an attempt would , ot course , bo defeated , as the majority ngalnst silver In the lower branch of congress Is overwhelming , but It might bo made In order to put the mem bers on record. The bill , according to the present program , will bo immediately ro- tcrreil to the ways nnd means committee nd reported back with a recommendation that the scnatb substitute bo nonconcured n , which , in parliamentary language , would mean that the house insists upon Us bill. H will then remain for the senate , which also will insist on Its bill , to request a con- 'oretnco. It Is there that some of the mem bers at each end of the capital hope to effect a compromise , but the prevailing opinion In that the bill will die In conference. The week , except the portion devoted to the bond bill and the Bayard resolution will be given up to a continuation of the work on ho appropriation bills. The District ot Columbia bill is still tin der consideration. The agricultural and army bills have been reported and the In dian bill Is almost ready. They will proba bly bo taken up in the order named. REVENUE 1111,1 , FOIl ) TUESDAY. Senate HUH Nn W < > H ncfliicil 1'lnn tor the Weelc. WASHINGTON , Fob. 2. The senate has no well defined plan for this week's pro ceedings. There will bo no session Mon day. If-Is possible , though by no means certain , ino nnanco committee will Do able to report the revenue tariff bill on TuesdSy , the rffatter still depending on Senator Jones J of Nevada. It the bill should bo reported there will bo eomo desultory specclimnk- Ing .based upon it , but the consideration of the measure would scarcely bo seriously be gun this week , even though a report should DD secured as promptly as Is hoped by the * friends of the bill. The committee on ap propriations will claim a good share of the tlmo that the Donate will bo In session. The general deficiency bill has already been reported and the military academy and pen sions bills will be put In early In the week. None of these will excite any prolonged de bate , and it is altogether probable that all will be disposed of before the week closes. ! .Tho Cuban and Monroe doctrine resolutions { are also on the calendar and can bo taken f up at any time. There Is more or less ex- , ccutlve business to claim attention and the general calendar has been growing rapidly as the result of committee work , while the silver bill , has been claiming the attention I ot the senate. Under those circumstances jj the week bids' fair to be one of diversified interest , with , no ono measure claiming spe cial attention. 1/1 IN ? IUS. ' MAYIUUCIt'S Concerted RfTartii of Her Friend * Ilelui ; Aludo to Secure Her I.llierty. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Andrew H. Dawson - son of New York , who Is greatly Interested In securing the. release of Mrs. Maybrlck , confined In an English prison on the charge of murdering her husband , Is In the city. Ho says the next attempt to secure the woman's release will be made by the Masons and Roman Catholics , and the efforts will bo mads along' the same lines as these , ol the past. The same evidence will be used , but certain additional facts favorable to tbo woman that have been ascertained , will Tie produced. Mr. Dawson makes grave charges against some of the English officials , which he will embody in a book to be Issued In Mrs. Maybrlck's behalf. Ho is obtaining funds necessary for the publication whllo here. Arizona und New 3cxlco. WASHINGTON , Feb. 2. The house com mittee on territories will vote Monday on the bills providing enabling act for the ad mission of the territories ot Arizona and Now Mexico to the union. Makes the Blood Pure This Is the secret of the curei by Hood'a Sarsuparillu. Read this : "lamBoglad to wrlto that I am now In per fect health end it ball because Hood's Barna- parllla ma da my blood pure. My health broke down with troubles peculiar to women , m y , nervous eye- Item was uuat- I tered and I bad to take my bed. The physician eald there was little bopo ( or me. A nejirhbor told ol wonderful cures by Hood's 8arsR- parllla and I decided to try it. When I had taken 3 bottles , I could Bit up and uow I am perfectly well and strong. Hood' ? Sarsaparilla has done all this for mo. " Mns. O. F. VAPEUEU , Id I'latto City , Colorado. U Ala cure baoltual ccmjtlpv flood S tloo. We * Me. for box , AMUSEMENTS. THE CREIGHTON TEL. 1831 I'axtou ttlJuraots , Atgr * . 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