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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1897)
8 THE OMAHA -DATLY 1EET3 : SATITUDAV , JANUAllY 2 , 1807. THE FIELD OF ELECTRlCiT' ' Smelting of Iron and Steel Nnmborc Among Electric Conquests. THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN DETAI Kfti-rt of Klrclrlc I.lwlit on Sluul TriM > HTlic I'rojrcecil I'nclllo ndtTKronml Trol- In New V rl . The all pervading conquest of clcctrlcll ocms likely within another year to tal < over yet another Important branch of li ( Ilia try. In this country , In Franco and 1 Sweden , at leant three well known Invcntoi liavo taken out patents for electric furnace for tlic smelting of Iron and steel , and , Is understood , that In the last named com try the process Is about to bo put In ) effect on a large ncale. There Dr. Do Lavi lina secured one Hide of the Kails of Trol hattcn , and has organized a largo compan to exploit his Invention. At Ncuhauocn .A llcrault , the Inventor of the electric alum mini process , known under his name , an under which the larger part of the alum num of IJurope Is manufactured , has nls devised an electrical smelter , and claims I have secured admirable results therefrom , a though no definite figures have yet bee Given out. In this country Joseph A , Vli cent of Philadelphia line ? taken out lettci patent of an exceedingly simple smeltln furnace which baa received high commend : tlon from those who have examined It an for which the Inventor likewise claims his clllclcncy. Drlefly described the furnace consists ( nn oven containing a pair of electrodes BUI piled with a powerful current , the ore beln tlrl\en between the latter by means of rotary screw , and the smelted matcrli caught lu a plunger below. The body of tli furnace Is formed of refractory inatcrla eiicli an firebrick , and Is provided with vertical channel or hearth , open nt the be. torn and termination at the top In n nccl leading to a feeding dovlcu adapted ( o | > on lively force tlio material to be smelte into the hearth. IIO\V IT WORKS. This fee-ling device consists of a chan her or hopper Into which the material , atte Its first being finely pulverized , la delivers and a screw or mechanical propelling di vlco standing vertically In the hopper an extending Into the discharge neck whlc opens Into the hearth below , lly turnln this screw , the materials from the hoppc nrc forced with a steady pressure Into th hejrth.4 The lloor or bottom of the latti consists of a table of refractory matcrh mounted on a piston working within hydraulic cylinder. The lower end of th cylinder connects by pipe with a stamlplp which has uulllclent height to create a prc ; euro upon the under sldo of the piston an thus uphold the bottom of the hearth to th desired point. An Ingenious automatic d < vlco with a float valve controls the actlo of this piston. Opening transversely Into th hearth ami substantially of the name wldt as the latter arc two flues , arranged dlanu trlcally opposite , through which the clec trolea are tluust. These electrodes are e carbon and are carried upon roller carriage running upon rails. Throe carriages ar moved to and fro by means of screws am nn electrically controlled power device. Th latter arc a pair of electro-magnetic gov crnors , operating In such a manner tlia when the resistance across the- electrode is abnormal , due to tlic burning away of th electrodes , the governors coma Into opera tlon to push the electrodes toward eacl other , thus Insuring the proper maintenance of the arc at all times. Hy means of a pair of pulleys , opcratei automatically , when sufficient current passe through a by or shunt circuit , the inagnc shifts the belt until the electrodes an drawn sufficiently near together. The cur rent In the main circuit then Increases am a spring shifts the belt again and the clcc trades re-main stationary. Several moillflca lions of the device arc also provided for t < meet varying requirements for , dlffcren conditions. In operation the material Is fee down between the electrodes In the hearth tinder the positive action of the screws. A : the pulverized material Is smelted tin product sinks upon the plston-supportoc llcor. Under a EUlllclent prcsfuro the lattci sinks , thus allowing- continual stream o ! fresh material to bo brought within the zone of fusion between the electrodes and with. out Interfering with the continuous opera. tlon of the furnace. UTILITY OF THE FURNACE. It Is evident thflt with a furnace con- Ktructcd In this manner the ingot of smelted material may ho of great length by simply providing a piston cylinder Btilllclently long. When the floor Is fully lowered the Ingot may bo removed from the space below the liearth. The production of combustion and gases generated In the process of smelting escape by a flue extending laterally from thet hearth and leading to a chimney above. This smelter , like both of the others , Is- es pecially designed for localities where- coal and coke arc expensive and cheap power from a waterfall or culmbank Is to be bad. At the present time the present seat of the iron and steel Industries Is approximately nt the meeting place of cheap fuel and cheap ore , and notably where these exist side by side. Deposits of Iron ore , however , very frequently occur at long distances from coal nr fas and the cost of transportation natu rally lessens the profit of the mines. It docs not now seem probable that the electric smelter will come Into general use- where coal Is to bo had cheaply and In abundance ; 4 > ut It may prove an immense boon for other Iron producing localities where this Is lacking. THE PACIFIC CABLE. The reasons for the interests with which the plans for a Pacific- cable arc watched In England are not altogether political or strategical. The possible diversion of cable tralllc from an old submarine system to a new Is Indicated In some figures given In London at the last meeting of the "East- cm Extension" company , one of the great- cat of the enterprise to which Sir John Pen- dor gave his thought. The gross revenue Is about $3,000.000 n year : the working ex penses run only about $900.000 a pear. Dis cussing the prospects of a Pacific cable com petition , the Marquis of Twrednlo said that the loss of Eastern Extension business might range from $800,000 to 11,250,000 a year. He hnrdly expected such adverse conditions , however , and meantime the new rival cables had not been laid. As to the possibilities of an augmented cable trafllc at the antipodes and with China and Japan , it appeared that an Increase of $250,000 In the last half year had sprung almost en tirely from the activity In "Westrallan" gold mining. As regards the stability of the English submarine cable enterprises , It may bo noted that the Eastern Extension property IR valued at a premium of $10,000- 000 on Its capital values , and the allied Eastern Telegraphs nt about $20,000,000 more over the capital value. A curloui example of the diversity of mod- Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. MOST PERFECT MADE. A pureGrapo Cream of Tartar Powder. Fiec 6om Ammonia , Alum or any other ailuHeianl 40 Years the Standard. crn applications of electricity under on public roof Is afforded by the plant Instnllc recently In the Central Indiana Hospital fe the Insane. Apparatus of 450 horso-powe furnishes current for light , heat and powe There arc no fewer than 3,000 Incandcsccr lights and twenty arcs , but the most Intel eating pnrt of the plant lies In the laundr ; A twenty-five horse-power motor runs twelv washing machines , two sterilizing machine four centrifugal extractors , two starchln machine * , one tumbling machine , a Inrp mangle , sklrt-Ironcrs and other appliance Hut this IR by no means all that the currcr does. It Is led by flexible standards nn wires to tables nt which twelve operatot work with electric sad-irons. The Ironln boards arc arranged radially , no that th women are free to move around their wor without In any wise disturbing the wires r Interfering with each other. As each of th sad-Irons Is constantly kept ntn even hw by the current , there lu no delay In cliaiif Ing. Only half as many npar.itors nro foun necessary as when 'ho Irons wore heated 1 the old laundry by natural uas. UNDERGROUND TROLLEYS. It has taken some years to dcmoniitrai that It la poMlble to construct anindc ground ttolley plant which will be eervlci able and economical , eaja a New York lo tor. In other cities , whore service la m very heavy , such planto have been cstal llshcd , but the fear In New York was tin with the great trafllc and with the consldc able expense entailed In opening streets , ar the seilous Interruptions which mlgh.t occi by the filling of the underground chantu with sleet of snow , the system would not 1 commercially available. Hut It has won tl day. While we cannot have overhead tie loyd In New York we shall have before t ! coming year ends a complete syntom of lit derground trollcje upon two of the chli surface lines of the city , the Fourth avcni anl Sixth avenue. It Is also the Impresslc that If this service Is found to be natlafai lory In every respect. It will sooner or lati supplant the cable system. It la believe that the adoption of the underground trolle upjn the lines paralleling Broadway woul relieve the traffic , which at certain hours badly congested upon Ilroadway , as It use to be upon the elevated lines. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND TREES. Electric light Is killing the trees of Ch cago. Tha ! la the discovery which has bee made recently by men Interested In botan and forestry , and an examination has coi vlnccd the skeptical of tbo truth of th statement. Plnce the city was lighted by the big ar lights , which nro placed at the corners c the principal streets and in the middle c some of the long blocks , many of the tree have been gradually dying. The decay ha been slow , says the Times-Herald , but tha It has been sure Is perfectly true In the opln Ion of those who study trees with care an can note the changes In their physical hcalt day by day Just as a physician can nolle the slow growth of dlecase In the humn being. Of late the decay has been market' so that It may bo noticed by the layma as well as the trained scientist. Dea branches may bo noticed on many trees I various parts of the city near electric ar lights. The nearer the trees ore to the nr lights the greater the damage which is don them. Most of the trees , within fifteen fcr of arc lights , which have been placed I their present position more than a year o two ago , are dying rapidly , and are nearl stripped to their lowest branches. An then on the other branches the leaves Imv not been as plentiful as In the past. The nearer the tree Is to the light th greater the damage and the foster they dc qay under the Influence of the electric light but even those within a hundred feet of th arc lights feel their Influence , although to ; modified extent. A stroll around the city shows the'sam condition of affairs everywhere , and thos who have Investigated the matter Imv convinced themselves beyond the posslhlllt of mistake that the electric light Is re sponslblo for the Injury , and It Is not , n some might suggest , duo to the smoke am noxious atmosphere of the great city. A scientist Interested In the matter ha been correspoi ding with botanists In othe cities , nnd ho finds that the same dec.r of trees planted near electric lights Is no tlced In every city. It Is especially cvldcn In Montreal and Philadelphia , the two bes lighted cities on the American continent. The trees begin to lose their leaves am the branches to gradually decay on top eon on the sldo facing the lights and gradual ! ' losing them downward. The theory of botanists Is that the Injur ; Is due to the fact that light has the satin effect that It would have on a human belni who was compelled to live constantly with In Its glare. The trees are unable to slee ] at night. When they , like the rest of na lure , need sleep the great glaring clcctrli lights prevent It. Trees arc unable to llvi In almost eternal day. They are like thi rest of nature , whether animals or plants and demand rest. It Is the theory of some wise sclcntlfli men that the electric light IB not only re- sponslblo for Injury to plant life In Its Inv mediate vicinity , but that it has an In. Jurlous effect on man. They are said bj some to bo responsible for human sight defects fects and nervousness and Insomnia. The glare of the light injures the eyes nnd makes Increased nervousness. The lights themselves often interfere to some extent with the sleep of those who arc in thcli Immediate vicinity. Rheumatism Is caused by lactic acid In the blood. Hood's Sarsaparllla neutralizes the icld and cures rheumatism. KCinS THAT FAILED. A ItPlroNu > otlvp niniii't * ut Hlxtorloiil I'roiilifflcN. In these- times of cheap vaticination ami short-dated prophecies , says nn article quoted In Current Literature , it may not be unites to cnst n retrospective glance on n few of the most monumental mistakes ever achieved In this lino. Here arc a few ol these famous contributions to the history of human error. 1. Aristotle wild that slavery would last torevcr. or would ceasn only when the shut tle would weave of Its own accord. A double mistake , this ; for slavery In all but ttbolls-.ied , and , thnnk.s to Invention , the shuttle may bo said to work of Its own accord , 2. "Ilefore fifty years are over nil Europe will bo republican or Cossack , " prophesied the exile of St. Helena In the first decade of this * century. W P are now Hearing ltd fas end , but "Old Yurrup" Is less repub lican than ever , and la still some way from universal Co.tsackcry. 3. "Italy Is but a geographical expression mil will never bo anything' else , " opined Prlncu Mctternlch , and just before his Icath ho miw what ho considered Utopia on the point of becoming a reality. 4. "The railways will never bo of any UHO for the transport of goods , " S.IIIK out SI. Thlcrs , leading tv chorus of sententious . conomlstB. ! > . "There Is no morrow for universal suf frage , " exclaimed St. Gulzot , on the eve * of llio very revolution which sent him Into xllo and promulgated universal suffrage as sovereign law. C. "Never , " was 'XI. Houhcj-'s answer to ; hose asking after .Montana when Homo tvould become * the capital of Italy. A very jhort tlmo after the thing was done. 7. "Tho United StntPH of Kurope. " was the irophecy of all ardent democrats , from Victor Huso to Carlo Cattaneo , and its 'iillUlment was to take pinco Immediately iftcr the downfall of t'io Napoleonic em- ) lre. It IH twenty-live years now since that ventful moment , but the states of Europe ire , If anything , more disunited nnd more iKKrcHflve than ever. Perhaps the ancients , who knew a thing or wo. were right In Haying thut the future la in the ho of godx. SIx.Thlrfy l . 31. Trulu. of tbo CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RV. nest service , ELECTRIC LIGHTS , Dining car. City office : 1E04 Farnara. A I'vriiluxluir rrolilem. Whether to trko "Northwestern Line" No. at 4:4b : P m. or No C at C:30 : p. m. , Chicago- rard. "No. arrives at Chicago at 7M5 a. ii. and "No. C" at 9:30 : a. in. Doth trains ro moilclu of modern art , skill and luxury. JO EXTRA CHARGE ON EITHER ONE. ! all at the City Olllce , 1101 Karuuuj street , nd talk It over. J. A. KUIIN , General Agent. Q. F , WEST , 0. P. T. A. I'cmouull ) ' Coiuiauleil Krcuriluni Leave Omaha every Friday via the Union 'aclflc. ' No change ut cars to Onden , San 'ranclaco or Los Angeles. Tourist olcepon ally to San Francisco. Special attention paid to lad lee traveling lono. A. C. DUNN , City Pass , and Tkt. Agent. 1303 Farnarn St. CAMPAIGNING WITH GRAN Historic Events and Memorable Scon Recalled by General Porter , FAMOUS BATTLE OF THE WILDERNES The A iv f til On rim pro nt < lic III not' Anurlc Death of ( iiu > nil Sl r- CluiriK-tcrlMloN of Urn lit Illlll lliN General Horace Porter's contribution I war history and reminiscence In the Januai Century la devoted to the battle of tl Wilderness , the fall of General Scdgwlc and minor Incidents Illustrating charade Istlcs of Grant , Sheridan , Mcade and Hai code. "I had been anxious to participate In 0 scenes occurring at the bloody angle , " wrlti General 1'ortcr , "and now got permission I go there and look after some new movi mcnts which had been ordered. Lee nuu five assaults In nil that day , In n scries < desperate and even reckless attempts to n take his main line of earthworks ; but cai tlmo his men were hurled back defcate and he had to content himself In the en with throwing up a new line farther In h rear. "Tho battle near the 'anglo1 was prol ably the most desperate engagement In th history of modern warfare , and prcBcntc features which were absolutely appalling , was chlelly n savage hand-to-hand flgl acroa the breastworks. Rank after ran was riddled by shot nnd shell and bayom thrusts , and finally rank , a mass of torn an mutilated corpses ; then fresh troops rushc madly forward to replace the- dead , and E the murderous work went on. Guns \\ci run up close to the parapet , and doubl charges of canister played their part In tli bloody work. The fence rails nnd logs I the breastworks were shattered Into splli tcrs , and trees over n. foot and a half I diameter were cut completely In two li the Incessant musketry lire. A section < the trunk of a stout oak tree thus severe was afterward sent to Washington , whose Is still on exhibition at the National musi um. Wo had not only shot down an arm but alee a forest. The opposing ( lags were In places thru against each other , and muskets were fin with muzzle against muzzle. Skulls we crushed with clubbed muskets , and mi stabbed to death with swords and hayonc thrust between the logs In the parapet whu separated the combatants. AVIId cheers , F.T age yells and frantic shrieks ro.sc above tl sighing of the wind and the pattering of tl rain , and formed n demoniacal accompan incut to the booming of the guns as the hurled their missiles of death Into the coi tending ranks. Kvcn the darkness of nlgl and the pitiless storm failed to stop tl fierce contest , and the deadly strife did in cease till after midnight. Our troops h ; been under lire for twenty hours , but Ihi still held the position which they had i dearly purchased. My duties carried n again to the spot the next day , and the n ] palling sight presented was harrowing I the extreme. Our own killed were scattcic over a largo space near the "angle , " whi In front of the captured breastworks tl enemy's dead , vastly more numerous tha our own , were piled upon each other , I some places four layers deep , cxhlbitli : every ghastly phase of mutilation. Ilolu the mass of fust-tlccaylng corpses , the cot vulslvc twitching of limbs and 'the wilt ! Ing of bodies showed that thereei wounded men still alive and struggling I extricate themselves from their hoi rid ci tonibmcnt. Every relief possible was a forded , but In too many cases It came tc late. The place was well named the "IIloo 1 Angle. " The results of the battle are best summc up In the report which the gencral-In-chh ecni to Washington. At 6:30 p. in. , July 1' ho wrote to Hallcck as follows : "Tho eight day of battle closes leaving between 3,00 and 4,000 prisoners in aur hands for th day's work , Including two general ofllcen and over thirty pieces of artillery. Th enemy nro obstinate nnd seam to have foun the last ditch. Wo have lost no organlzaUor not even that of a company , whilst we hav destroyed and captured one division ( Join : son's ) , one brigade ( Dole's ) and one regimen entire of the enemy. " The confederates ha suffered greatly In genera ! officers. Two ha boon killed , four severely wounded and tw captured. Our loss In killed , wounded an missing was less than 7,000 ; that of th enemy between 9,000 nnd 10,000 as nearly a could bo ascertained. t * A Httlo before S o'clock on the mornlni of May 9 the general mounted his horse am directed mo and two other staff olllccra t accompany him to make an examination o tlm lints in our Immediate front. This da ; ha rode a black pony called "Jeff pavis' ( t'lvon that name tucauso It had been cap tnred In Mississippi on the plantation of Jo Davis , a brother of tha confederate presl dent ) . It was turned Into the quartermas tor's department , from which it was pur chased by the general on his Vlcksburg cam palgn. Ho was not well at that time , belli ! afflicted with boils , and he took a fancy l < the pony because it had a remarkably cas ; pace , which enabled the general to make hi : Jong dally rides with much more comfor than when ho used the horses he usual ! ; rode. "Little Jeff" soon became a consplc uous figure lu tha Virginia campaign. Wo proceeded to Scdgwlck's command am the general had a conference with him li regard to the part his corps was to take ii the contemplated attack. Iloth olllcera re malnod mounted during the Interview. Tin gallant commander of the famous Sixth corpi scc-med particularly cheerful and hopeful thai morning and looked the picture of buoyan life and vigorous health. When his chlci uttered some words of compliment upon hit recent services and spoke of the hardship ; ho had encountered Sedgwlck spoke llghtlj of the dlfllcultlcs experienced nnd expressed every confidence In tbu ability of his troop ; to respond heroically to every demand made upon them. When the gcncral-in-chlef lefl him Sedgwlck started with his staff to movi farther to the front. Our party had ridden but a short distance to the left when General Grant ocnt mo bad to .Sedgwlck to discuss with him further c matter which It was thought had not bjcn sulllcleiuly emphasized In their conversation. Whllo I was following the road I had fioei , lilm take , I heard musketry firing ahead , aid soon saw the body of an olllcer being jorno from the field. Such a sight wus sc : ommon that ordinarily It would have at- iractcd no attention , but my apprehensions ivcro aroused by seeing several of General sedgwlck's stall bcsldo the body. AH they : amo nearer I gave an Inquiring look Colonel Ilcaumont of the staff cast hh oyca tl the direction of the body , then looked at TIC with an expression of profound sorrow mil slowly shook his head. Ills actions told ho whole sad story. His heroic chief waa lead. I was Informed that ho was approach- ng an exposed point of the line to examine lie enemy's position more closely , General ilc.Malion of his staff reminded him that me or two officers had just been struck at hat spot by sharpshooters , and begged him tot to advance farther. At this suggestion ho general only smiled , and soon after had 'ntlrely ' forgotten the warning. Indifferent o every form of danger , such an appeal nade but little Impression upon htm. Ills novcnients led him to the position against ililcli he had been cautioned , and ho had curcoly dismounted and reached the spot n foot when a bullet entered hU left cheek ust below the eye and ho fell dead. As its lifeless form was carried by , a smile till remained upon his lips. Hedgwlck was sscntlally a soldier. He had never mar led ; the camp was his home , nnd the mcm- icrs of hla staff were hla family. He was ( ways epoken of familiarly as "Uncle John. ' nd the news of his death fell upon hla com- adea with a sense ot grief akin to tha sor- ow of a personal bereavement. I rode oft at once to bear the sad Intolll- enco to the gencraMn-chlef. For a few lomcnta ho could scarcely realize It , and ivlco asked , "Is ho really dead ? " The hock was severe , and he could 111 conceal lie depth of his grief. Ho said : "His loss a this army Is greater than the loss ot a hole division of troops. " General Wright ras at once placed In command of the Sixth urpti. At 11 o'clock word came to Grant and lead that their headquarters cacorta and wagons wore delayingthe advance of Wai ron'a corps , and UiojrMlecldcd to move on t Todd's tavern In ordorito clear the way. Tli woods were Hllli nn flr along parts ot th main road , which made It almost Impasi nble , so that the parly turned out to th right Into a wide road. The Intention wan t take the same route-iby which the cnvalr had advanced , hut Iti was difficult to to one road from another , The night was dark ! the dust was thlcl the Ritldo who was directing the party b ( came confused , and It was uncertain whcthc wo were going Ira the right direction c riding Into the lines of the enemy. Th guide for n time was .suspected of treachcrj but ho was Innocent of such a charge , on had only lost his bearings. Colonel Com stock rode on In advance , ami hearing th sound of marching columns not far oft o our right , cnmo back with this news , and I was decided lo return to the Ilrock road. General Grant at first demurred when I was proposed to turn back , and urged th guide to try nnd find some crossroad leadln to the Ilrock rend , to avoid retracing ou steps. This was nn Instance of his marke' aversion to turning back , which amounte almost to a superstition. Ho often put him self to the greatest personal Inconvcnlcnc to avoid It. Wlii-n ho found ho waa na traveling In the direction ho Intended t take , he would try nil sorts of crosscuts , for strcamo , and Jump nny number of fences t reach another road rather than go back an take a fresh start. If he had been In th place of the famous apprentice boy who won ( lorcd away from London , ho would neve have been thrice mayor of that city , for will him Uow bells would have appealed to del cars when they chimed out. "Turn again \ \ hlttlngton. " The enemy who cncountcre him never failed to feel the effect of till Inborn prejudice against turning back. However , a slight retrograde movemcn became ; absolutely necessary In the presen Instnhcc , nnd the general yielded to th force of circumstances. An orderly we stationed at the fork of the roads to Indlcat the right direction to Warren's troops whfi they should reach that point , nnd our part' procosdcd to Todd'a tavern , reaching trier soon after midnight. It was learned afttr ward that Anderson's ( Longslrect's ) corp had been marching parallel with us , and a n distance of Ires than a mile , so that tin apprehension felt was well founded. * When Hancock's headquarters wen reached the party remained with him to some time , awaiting the arrival of the hcai of Warren's troops. HancocV's wound re cclved nt Gettysburg had not tlioroughl ; healed , and he suffered such Inconvcnlunci from It when In the saddle that he had op plied for permission to ride In n spring ambulance bulanco while on the march nnd when hi ; troops were not In action. He was rcclln Ing upon one of the seats of the ambulance conversing with General Grant , who hai dismounted and was sitting on the grojnt with his back against a tree , whittling i s'ick , when the sound of firing broke fortl directly In front. Hancock sprang up , selzei his sword , which was lying near him buckled It around his waist and cilcd : "M' horse ! my horse ! " The scene was Intcnscl' dramatic , and recalled vividly to the by slanders the cry of Richard III on the flel < of Ilosworth. Grant listened a momcn without changing his position or ceaslm his whittling , nnd then remarked : "The ; are not fighting ; the firing Is nil on oni side. It tnkcs two sides to start n fight. ' In n few minutes the firing died away am It was found that the enemy was not ad vanclng. The incident fairly Illustrates tin contrast In the temperaments of these twi distinguished soldiers. * * * Sheridan had been sent for by Mrade tc como to his headquarters , and when he arrived , between It and 12 o'clock that morn' Ing , a very acrimonious dispute took place between the two generals. Meade was pos- sowed cf an excitable temper , which , under irritating circumstances , became almost un governable. Ho had worked himself Into a towering passion regarding the delays en countered In the forward movement , and when Sheridan appeared went at him ham mer and tongs , accusing him of blunders , nnd charging him with not having made a proper disposition ot his troops , and letting the cavalry block the advance of the In fantry. Sheridan was equally fiery , and , smarting under the belief/ / that he was unjustly treated , all the hotspur in his naturu was aroused. He insisted that Mcade had created the trouble by countermanding his ( Sheridan's ) orders , and that It was this act which had resulted In mixing up his troops with the Infantry , exposing one cavalry division to great danger , atjil rendering In effectual all his combinations regarding the movements of the cavalry corps. Sheridan declared with great warmth that ho would not command the cavalry nny longer under such conditions , and said It he could have matters his own way he would concentrate all the cavalry , move cutIn force against Stuart's command , and whip It. Ills lan guage throughout was highly spiced and conspicuously Italicized with expletives. General Mcado came over to General Grant's tent Immediately after , and related the Interview to him. The excitement of the ono was in singular contrast with the calm ness of the other. "When Mcade repeated the remarks made by Sheridan that he could move out with his cavalry and whip Stuart , General Grant quietly observed : "Did Sheridan say that ? Well , he generally knows what he Is talking about. Let him start right out and do It. " lly 1 o'clock Sheridan had received his orders In writing from Meade for the movement. Early the next morning he started upon his famous raid to the vicinity of Richmond In rear ot the enemy's army , and made good his word. * After the Interview Just mentioned , the gcneral-ln-chlef talked for some tlmo with olllcera of the staff about the results of the b.attlo of the previous days. He said in tli la connection : "All things In this world are relative. While we wcie engaged In the Wilderness I could not keep from thinking of the first fight I ever saw the battle of Palo Alto. As I looked at the long line of battle , consisting of 3.000 men , I felt that General Taylor had such a fearful responsi bility resting upon him that I wondered howhe over had the nerve to assume It ; and when , after the fight , the casualties were reported , and the losses ascertained to bo nearly sixty In killed , wounded , and missing , the engagement acsunifd n magnitude In my eyes , which was positively startling. When the news of the victory reached the states , I lie windows in every household were illumi nated , and it wts largely Instrumental In making Gcneial Taylor president of the United States. Now , such an affair would scarcely bo deemed Important enough to rc- i > ort to headquarters. " Ho little thought at lhat moment that the battles then In progress would bu chiefly Instrumental In making the commander himself president of the United States. I * While Generals Grant and Meadc were talking with General Johnson by the camp- lire , a dispatch came In from Hancock , say ing , "I have finished up Johnson , and am low going Into Early. " General Grant lassccl this dispatch around , but did not read It aloud , as usual , out of consideration for Johnson's feeling * . Soon after came mother report that Hancock had taken .1,000 irlsoners ; then another that he had turned its captured guns upon the enemy nnd made i whole division prisoners , Including the fa- nous Stemewnll brigade. Ilurnslde now re- lortcd that his right , had lost Its coiinco- Ion with Hancock's corps. General Grant icnt him a brief characteristic note In re- ily , saying , " 1'ush the enemy with all your nlKht ; that's the way to connect. " The gencral-ln-chief showed again upon hat eventful morning the value ho placed ipon minutes. AldoJ were kept riding at i full run carrying messages , and the terse- ices , vigor and Intaimlty manifested In > very line of his field orders were enough o spur the moat sluggish to prompt ac- Ion. Whllo sitting at the mess table taking ireakfast I oskcd the gencrnMn-chlcf : "In .11 your battles up to thin tlmo where do you hlnk your presence upon the Meld wan most lauful In the accomplishing of results ? " Ho eplled : "Well , I don't know ; " then , after a iau o , "perhaps at Shlloh. " I said : "I think t was last night , when the attack was made n our right. " Ho did not follow up the uhjcct , for ho always spoke with urcat ro- uctnnco about anything which was distinctly oroomil to himself , The only way In which we ouhl ever draw him out and Induce him to nil ; about events In his military career wan a make some mlsstatoincnt Intentionally bout nn occurrence. Hla regard for truth , rau to great that hl mind a I way * rebelled KuliiBt Inaccuracies , and In hU dunlro to orrect the error ho would go Into an ox- lanadou of the fuel * , and In doing BO would ( ten bo led lo talk with frotdom upon the ubjcct. FND OF A STRANGE STORY Fanny Swcot and Enohol Brown ; Wore They the Sixmo Person ? A LOUISIANA COURT SO DECIDES Hiiiiiniiltc mill TriiKlc Cnrvcr or nn Atlvciitiii-fKM Itcvctiloil liy IlolrH ContVMtltiKT for a | } Fortune. The contest over the succession of Fanny Sweet Mills , upon which the civil district court ot I/onlslana paused finally on Tues day , December S , brought to light n series of stories so marvellous that a novelist wouH be accused ot sensationalism If ho gave them in any romance. They are told by a correspondent of the New York Sun. On January C , 1896 , Mrs. William H. Mills died In this city at the age of TO. She was the widow of one ot the most dis tinguished members of the New Orleans bar , who had been the lending counsel In the famous Myra Clark Gntnes case , which re sulted In this city's paying $2,000,000 to the Galnrs heirs. Mills' fee In this case was ono of the largest ever paid , nnd made him Independently rich , but ho died soon after his success , leaving nil his property to his wife. Kvcry one In New Orleans knew who she was , the notorious Kanny Swiet , who for thirty years had been the wildest woman In the city , whoso freaks , follies nnd wild racnpadcs had made her notorious , whose life had been ono long succession of ad ventures. She was a woman of fi4 when she met Mills , but such was the power she exerted over men that this lawyer of fine family nnd ot high social standing and reputation at the bar miulo her ht wife. She was 70 jcars old when the died , and her death was a miserable enough ending even for n life so stained with sin and crime. Mrs. Mills was a wealthy woman , jet died of starvation. She had J100.000 In bonds In her armolre , but died for lack of food. Kor three years before her death she was blind , but she was so filled with fear that some one would rob her of her money that she lived alone. She was taken sick , and , having no one to call the doctor or get her assistance or food , she lay upon the floor until she died of starvation. Shu was found dead by a neighbor. Her death re vealed the romance ot her life and a suc- cewlon ot tragedies. Mrs. Mills , or Fanny Sweet , made n num ber of wills just before she died , In which she left her money to several conspicuous men In Now Orleans. Most of them would have gladly foregone the money to avoid the notoriety. She revoked all her wills just before her death nnd died Intestate. CLAIM OF THE STATE. The state of Louisiana laid claim to the estate and seemed likely to get It , when suddenly two heirs appeared Charles C. Hrown , a respectable lawyer of Sacramento , Cnl. , and Mrs1. Mary McVoy , nn aged widow of Huntlngton , W. Va. , who claimed that Mrs. Mills , or Fanny Sweet , was their shier. Hnchcl Drown. It seemed a thoroughly Improbable talc , for the state of Louisiana hod traced back Fanny Sweet's history and found that bhe was Minerva Seymour , an English barmaid , born In London In 1S2C. I1io evidence that Fanny Sweet was Minerva Seymour seemed complete and Indisputable. She herself so declared repeatedly , so swore lu her will , In her marriage certificate , and In her relations , however confidential with her lawyers , she told the same story. Sh was born In London , she said , of goad par cntage , but had been left an orphan whc ; young , had run away from her guardian grownup In the slums of Liverpool , hai become a barmaid there , and finally hai como over to the United States in IS 1C when 20 years pld. Arriving at New Yorl In the chip Waterloo , commanded by Captali Allen , the state found several of her fellov travelers on the voyage , who readily Idcntl ficd Minerva Seymour -with Fanny Sweet She rpoke , they said , with a marked cockno ; accent. Here comes In the extraordinary and In comprehensible part of the story , for tin claimants to the estate declare that Kami ; Sweet was their sister , Hachcl Drown , ! native of Home , Lawrence county , O. , am descended from an old Virginia family ; am the court has decided , in spite of tin frequent declarations of Fanny Sweet her self and of her friends , lawyers and acquaint ances , in spite of her wills , and her mar riage certificate , even in spite of her cockno ; accent and her landing In this country fron Liverpool In 1S4C , that Fanny Sweet wai Rachel Drown , and It has awarded all net property to the California and West Virginia claimants. The court was compelled tc accept the Minerva Seymour episode as trut it was so clearly proved but passed II over as Inexplicable , like the many metamorphoses which Fanny Sweet Indulged In later in her life. A FAMILY CHAIIACTEUISTIC. Itachel Drown was born In 1S2G In Rome O. She ran away from home when 18 yean old , and was completely lost sight of foi years , but this created no surprise , for I seems to have been the habit of thu Drowi family to run away. Her eldest brother James , ran awayn few years before , urn' wcs never heard of afterward. Her cldesl sister , Sarah , also disappeared , but turncc up years afterward In California , after mar rlage and adventure enough to (111 ( a book When Hachcl , therefore , ran off , It was re garded perfectly natural , and no oni troubled himself about her. The claimant ; to the succession have tried to follow the career ot the runaway girl , but there arc many long breaks in their records. They frankly admit that there are no traces of hci for two years , 1844 to 1S4G. No one has ever been found who saw or heard of her during that period. That fche became Kanny Sweet afterward Is Insisted , and It Is equally clear that Minerva Seymour was also Fanny Sweet. The court fought shy of this di lemma. There Is but one explanation of It. The Ohio girl found her way to London In some way , picked up the cockney dialect. and picked it up so successfully that she never lest It afterward. There arc nomc absurdities about this theory , but It IH the only possible one. It may have been Rachel Drown's Idea of completely destroying her former Identity and cutting herself off from her relatives. She played the part well If this theory Is correct , and yet her relatives got her money after nil. Her brother and sister drop her career In 1841 nnd take It up again In 1S4G , when the girl whoixj subsequent multiplicity of names caiifacd such confusion landed from the Btcamcr Waterloo. She drifted from New York to Now Orleans with a man named Smith , and when xhe landed In the Crcxcent City she was Fanny Smith , Instead of cither llachel Drown or Minerva Seymour. Smith married hsr In N'ow Orleans , and there she was ono of the gayest of the gay , and notorious at the old Globe ballroom nx one ] ( the wildest of the danccre. It was dur- li.K the fluih times of the Crescent City , ivhcn money was plentiful and morals were it a low ebb , nnd when , amid the fevers .hat then raged thqre , the universal motto A'as : "A short life , but a merry one. " It , vas a short life for Smith , who died of the follow fuvcr a year after his marriage , caving a widow of 21 with nothing lu tbo AMONG TUB FOHTYNINEItS. New Orleans , lively as 'It ' was then , was oo tame for the widow. She drifted down o South America , and when the discovery of ; old In California started the wild rush to ho Pacific coast Fanny Smith was among. ho first pioneers. Shu fitted Into the wild Ivlllrutlon of the mining camps , and was ho hello of Sacramento. She was the mis- ress of Rube Raines , who ran the biggest rambling ualoon In Sacramento , El Dorado , vhllo plio woo the head of a danro IIOURO , ho I'alaco. Fanny Raines , as elio wan now ; nown , wax perhaps as desperate and as [ Ulck with her gun aa any man In Call- on ) la. She was unfortunate In lining It , lowevcr , for ono of her flrat victims was llbcrt I'utnain , one of the most reputable Itlzcno of Sacramento , It was at the time hat the law and order movement In Call- arnla was organising , when the people of tin 'aclfio coait had grown tired of the crimes ommlttod there , and of being ruled aud dom- noered over by gamblum , murdcrcm and lacklcgi. Mr. Putnam was ono of those who aok n lead. In the movement for peace and rder , and when bo wan killed by the tula- Ilco , 1-2-07 CLOSING OUT DAY. On Saturday we will make a very special effort to close out several small lots of odds and ends in our Men's Furnish ing Department. Some things particularly Underwear , will be offered at prices that will make it profitable for people to buy now. We will offer Men's heavy woolen Undershirts and Drawers in all sizes at 500 a garment they would be good value at 750. Men's fleece-lined Jer sey knit Underwear , in large sizes only , 38 to 42 , at 250 a garment. Men's Derby ribbed Shirts and Drawers at 250 each large shirty small drawers and men's high grade Angora long wool Shirts and Drawers , worth $ i 50 each , at 75c , on account of the sizes being broken. We will a'so try to clean up a lot of men's fine warm muf flers aS-inch size , in fashionab'c grey and black plaids , at 25c each , worth all over the country 500 , and another lot of Fancy Silk Mufflers at 7.50 each that would be a snap at 51.00 to $1.25 , There will alscTbc odds and ends of Suspenders , Hosiery and Neckwear , and taking it all in all , Saturday ought to be one of our busiest days this year. Tills Chamber Set will tie popular ns long aa comfort In popular. It wilt llnil ronily inir- chniKrB JUft nn lonj ? m : men arc willing to liuy two ilollarn' worth of comctilcnce for ono dollar In money. Think of your dnlly pleasure nnd pntlaf ictlon In tlic iioeppfMnn of ouch n Milt ( IB diln , ili- slRiied In the latent t > le of the iiiv-nt tcaion nnd outfltlpd with c\rry ncu-ott Improvement \vlilcli modem Ingenuity run ilovln" . No num MionM lire fuinluire thai In 25 yearn old niileps he iiPKleclH all the other Improvi'monts during the Inpt quarter of n century. If you uio the telephone , electric llttht , cxprotH triiln , special mall delivery nml nil the other modern conveniences of life , why not tnjoy modern fur- nltuic ? It In n great mistake tn think tlmt furniture has etood xtlll while everything clrc lir.ii gene nhead with leaps nnd boumlH , The comfort ami luxury lu our latest Chamber HetH IH UH mucli nhead of what you me now cnjojlng OH the fatt express of tudny IH nhead of the Flow-going ac- comirodntlan train of tncnty V-MIH ago. CHAS. & CO. , rurniliirc , Uplio'.stcry anJ Draperies. 12th and Bouglas NOTIJ llcforc buying Furniture remember three points Wo have the ! > eat ptock In Omaha. Wo liu\c the largest nDcit In N'U'nisKa. Our pru-cb aru from 10 to 0 per cent below other dealers. tress of ono of the worst gamblers In th town , the tragedy so stirred public scntl incut that there bccmcd every probablllt ; that Fannie Raines , In spite of her sex would be lynched , but she had friends li Sacramento , and , strange to say , she rai across her missing slater , Sarah , there , who after marrying men named Swartout , Me Cormack and Green , was then living li California under the alias of Leah Duell Her friends hurried her aboard a boat , go her away from Sacramento before the lynch era could find her , and she started for ne\\ \ fields , going first to Acapulco , Mexico , thei to Panama , whensha met Abraham Hlnck ley of New York , who was engaged Ir business there. Ho was Infatuated will the woman , and ho took her to New York where he married her , and she dropped tin names Minerva Seymour end Fanny Smltl and became Maria Hlnckley. She enjoyed her second marriage but a > ear. She visited her husband In Panama , traveled to Cubn and other countries , and finally wound ur In New Orleans , where she seemed to have grown tired of married life , for she brought suit for divorce and got It. Then followed a curious episode In bet life which was largely responsible for the decision of the court giving her property to the Drown heirs. Maria Hlnckley , after wandering around the world , and changing her name at every place to which she went , after going through the most remarkable proceedings to cover up her past and lose her original name , returned td Rome , O. , her birthplace , after an absence of thirteen years. She came back us a respectable and well-to-do widow , to find her mother dead. She built a handsome nnd expensive monument over her mother's grave , on which she had carved on entire poem , writ ten by herself. Whether she was tired of her life of wandering and adventure and wanted to settle down to a quiet , respecta ble life , no one except herself could ever say. She unfortunately got Into a quarrel with her brother-in-law , McVey , whose wlfo got half her succession. There were recrimina tions and lawsuits , In which Mrs. Maria INnckley was generally successful , but they BO disgusted her with her family that she again shook the dust from her feet and wtnt back to New Orleans , where she changed her name and became Fanny Sweet. MASQURRADING AS A MAN. It was Just as the civil war broke upon the country. Willis G. Stnvens secured the contract from the confcdeiate government to supply the TransmlsslsslppI department with gun powder. Ho was to buy It abroad and started for Europe via .Mexico , n Now Orleans was then blockaded. Ho had as partners In the business young Fred Sweet nnd a leading merchant of New Orleans. After traveling through Texan the merchant was surprised to find that Fred was a woman , In fact was Fanny Sweet , who found male dress butter suited to her adventures , and who In after life went aa often In tronseru as In petticoats. The confederate agents got as far as the Rio Grande , where Stevens wus taken dangerously 111 , and was nursed by Fanny Sweet. Thu nursing did not seem to agree with him , and when he died and Fanny came Into most of his property tsho was publicly accused of murdering him ; but In thosi times of civil war the criminal courts were practically suspended , and al though the charge of murder was made re peatedly , Fanny Sweet was never molested. She came back to New Orleans , said that Stevens was largely Indebted to bur. brought milt against his heirs , and necured n large part of hln succession. From that time to her death Faiiny Sweet never left Now Or leans. Shu became a part of Its criminal history. She built on the famous nliell road , just on the edge of the city , a palatial mansion , surrounded by the handsomest gar dens. There the wildcat revelries \\cnt on , and the police were frequently called on to restore order , but one had friends and Influ ence and defied all police regulations. Noth ing afforded her more satisfaction than to drive In a handsome carriage through the city , dressed In male attire , firing her revolver in the air. This , however , was more trilling , and there Vicio several more nerloim episodes In her career at the shell road house , A young man of conspicuous family was murdered In her garden , but the fam ily gladly hushed up the alTalr , Then a younfe woman was killed there , and there were whispers of Fanny'H wild Jcalotuy and ungovernable temper and , her ( julcknc h to UBQ her gun , hut It wau during u period nf the KfOKscat polled corruption , and no Dim cared to trllle with Funny , and tha murder was nc > Tr made- public ; It wan returned as a suicide. Sixteen year a ago Fanny Sweet , then well beyond SO , further astonlnhud the world by marrying the distinguished lawyer , Wllll.im It. Mills. The marriage uhockcd Mlllo' [ rlendu , but It ercmB to have been a happy DUO , for when ho died , cloven years after- ivard , ho left lilo entire pioporty to "hln beloved wife , " whom ho slvl ( "Fanny Minerva Boyiaour HincMty , " Inducing a Look out for your breath by watching your tootb , ono do- caycel tooth will taint the breath. Gold crowns , 22k 85 to $8. Porcelain crowns , $5. Artificial teeth , W ; boat S7.5U. BIILEY , Dentist , 3U floor , liuly attondnnt. Tooth extracted without pain. largo proportion of her aliases. After that Rachel Drown , Minerva Seymour , Fanny Smith , Fanny Raines , Maria Hlnckley , Fred Sweet , Fanny Sweet , or Mrs. Mills led a quiet life , soothed her borrows with opium , became blind , and finally died of starvation * Insisting to the last that she was originally an English barmaid , Minerva Seymour. Forever over ten months the court has been busily engaged in hearing testimony about her career , and has brought out the facts hero given , but there arc hundreds of other Inr cldcnts of her career still untold. SIM IllOtS COIXS OK V.VMJi : . Information About Silver Dollarn Not INMIIOI ! li > - tin * Mill * . It Is generally the casu that false money Is worthless money , wiys the New YorJc Times , but the Treasury department of thu United States Is experiencing double with Hllver dollars which In value come nearer being genuine dollfirH than the coins struck otf at the- federal mints. This IH due to the fact that the Hllver In thu standard dollar Is worth only about W ccntu , which leave * a templing1 margin of profit for counter feiters , i Only a few of HICHO coins have reached Now York City , HO far na la known to the AHsay olllce , to the suhtrensury In Wall stleot , or to the uecret service olllce of the United States , Quito a number of them may , however , be In general circulation , an they are of uuch perfect workmanship ana of such fineness and weight that It Is very dllllcult to detect them. The combination of metal * of which most fipurloiiH coin IB miulo has a false ring and m Hotter than silver. A drop on a marliki counter , or a blto of good strong tcielli. will often servo to show HH HjmrloiiHiii'.sH , There/ m a tremendous profit In making silver dollars out of lend and other cheap metals , hut the danger of detection IIIIH proved HO Kreat that the counterfeilorH are availing- themselves of the opportunity afforded by the dlfferenco between the theoretical and thu actual dollar , litre , the Hceret nervluo poplo nay , waH a good chance , and It was. promptly seized. The new countrrfcltH nro counterfeit. * only In not having the sanction and au thority of the government They ring in * true and are IIH hard IIH the minted coin of the nation , and linvu moro silver In them than the dollniH that are Issued by duo authority. Only an expert can duteut them. " \\liy , they aru not cnunterfeltH at all , " Bald one of the employes at thu Assay plllcc. "If they are IIH good IIH our money , how can they ho counterfeit / " This argument pii-c/.lccl a fellow-employe , who scratched his head and finally sug- k-eHted that "If t'nclo Ham doesn't mnko em. they nro counterfeit , anyway ; HeuV" " \\oll , ll'H a pity they wiiHteil thu oxtra. lilt of silver they put In 'em , " said the "Oh. they Imvo BO much of it out there they don't mind putting In a little extra. " Andiew Mason , superintendent of the AHsay olllco , wild that moat of Hie Hpurloim soln Is uttered In the extreme went , and 10 added that the danger wan OIK thu gov- L'rnment would havu to Kimnl airnlmit HO long as the dlfferoncn between thu bullion i-nlun and thu coin value of Hllver icinnlncil H ) urea I. KxpertH Biiy that thu only reason the Wo illvcr dollar IIIIH not been duplicated hy JotintorfelterH boforu IH because the fx > eiiBc of BOttliiK heavy dies and rolling mu- hlnery la very great , and the machinery tuelf IH HO cumbtrHomu and noisy that ft H hard to conceal It. U requires a very icavy ire8suro to make a clean-cut coin , mil It would bo necessary to operate tha lolsy machinery underground , or In Homo emolei place , to escape detection. AH Hoon m tin HO dllllctiltlcH could bo mot. and the llffi-renco In value between the bullion and ho coined metal hocatnu Brent cnoujfli to van-ant the expense , the cotinterfc-ltliiB of ho Hllver dollar WIIH begun. The opurlouu mltntloiiH have been In clreulatlon In tha vest for Huvonil yearn. They are nid- mlly llndliiK their way through the south mil Central Htatcn , and Homo of them iccuHlonully got Into thu trc-amiry at Wunh- nuton , One of the oxpertH nrild IhlH la by fur the Host iluiiBvrouH form of counturfeltliiK , bo- auso the money IH really good to all up- lenrnnccH. nnd offum lo the receiver of It vcn moro ullver than them IH In the KOV- rnment money. It will bu , hu added , it orrlblo ICWHOII on the peril of nmlntalnW . depreciated ciirrunuy which a skilled ar- IHIIII CUM diipllcute with u prollt of nearly 0 jior cent.