2 THE OMAHA DAILY EEt" FBI PAT. NOVEMBETl 5 , 1897 ,
chlm Hint the democrats also elected mem-
born of the legislature on close margin * , that
tticro ncro ten coitntlen In the ntato that
cave less than 100 plurality < ieh for their
candidates foi the legislature and that the
democrat ! ! secured an many members on
thcno small pluralities as the republicans.
Doth sides are preparing for contests , flrnt
in the courts And afternard In the legisla
ture. AH CMch branch ot the legislature Is
the tribunal of last resort In Judging of the
qualifications of Its own members , the re
publican * have an advantage In their con
trol of the house over the democrats , who
control the senate. There are thirty-six eeni-
tora , wllh only two or three contests pos
sible In that body.
In the house there are 109 members with
n dozen or more ( teats that eta , bo contested
and the republicans claim a majority of
uoven In that body , so that , more democrats
could ho unseated lw the Jinuss than repub
licans In the senate. While both committees
arc keeping secret any arrangement for legal
proceedings yet It Is stated that the demo
cratic slate committee will seek to enjoin
enough certificates of election from repub
lican representatives to prevent the repub
licans from organizing the house and ap
pointing 'tl'c ' committee that will consider
ccntcsts. Developments are expected to
morrow In the policies of both parties so
far as appealing to the courts Is concerned.
SENATOR VOIGIITS IDEAS.
CINCINNATI , Nov. 4. Senator Lewlo
Volght , one of the Independent republicans
elected In Hamilton county Tuesday , was
asked how ho stood on political matters.
Mr. Volght replied :
"I am a republican , a sound money man ,
end furthermore I am a supporter of the
present national administration. "
"How will you vote on United States sen
ator ? "
"I shall vote for a republican. "
"Will you vole for IlanniT"
"That I will not ray. Nor will I say for
whom I shall vote. "
"Will you attend the republican caucus. "
"I will not. "
"In fie event Hanna Is Iho choice ot the
republican caucus for United States senator ,
will jou vole for him ? "
"That I will not say. "
"How do you stand on other political mat
ters ? "
"I am for the best Interests of Hamilton
county. For a long Wmo I have been Inter
ested In opposing bosslsm and shall favor
everything that Is clean r > J that wilt give
us good government. I am a republican. I
v.'Ill repeat that I shall vote fora republican
for United Stales senator , but will not go
farther than that until the tlmo comes to
voto. "
I2AIU.V VIHW OK TIII-J SITU \TIOX.
Carefully \Viilehluii Hie CIIIIVIINNIIK |
of Iliv Vole.
COLUMHUS , 0. . Nov. 1. The canvass of
the ofncbl vote Is In progress In most of the
counties of the state today. The result will
bo watched carefully and awaited anxiously
in the close counties and alto In the Marlon-
Logan senatorial district. The democratic and
republican state headquarters will bo kept
open to get the official figures from the close
counties. Some ot the disputed counties are
very closx ) , with pluralities on the legislative
candidates of lc& > than 100. No further In
terest Is taken in the state ticket since the
complete uuolllclal returns at republican
state headquarters Inst night showed a re-
publlc&n plurality In the slate of over 26,000.
With local complications In Cincinnati , Co
lumbus , Toledo and other cities , and with
rain , the republicans cxprcicj surprise at
the result. The democrats call attention to
the eighty-six republican majority In the
last legislature , and to the close margin of
the new general assembly , also to the ma
jority ot McKlnlcy for president being re
duced one-half
The contest between Marcus A Hanna
and John R. McLean for the legislature Is
pending. The republicans today confidently
claim a majority of five on Joint ballot and
say that Summit .county Is the only ciio in
doubt , and that Its two representatives have
been put In the democratic or doubtful col
umn till the official count Is completed.
-jiTJio/Qpubllc ns claim the election of the
representatives from the following counties :
Adams nnd Pike. Carroll and Harrison ,
Gcaugau and Lake. Ashtabula , Athens , Uel-
mont , 2 ; Champagne , Clarke. - ; Clinton , Co-
lumblana , Cuyahoga , fl ; Delaware , Eric ,
Faycttc , Fulton. Gallla , Greene , Guernsey ,
Hancock , Highland , Huron , Jackson , Jeffer
son , Lawrence , Loraln , Madison , Mahonlng ,
2 ; Medina , Melgj , Miami. Montgomery , 2 ;
Morgan , Musklngum , Noble , Portage , Preblc ,
Ilr-ss , Scloto , Stark , 2 ; Trumbull , Union ,
Warren , Washington , Williams , Wood , 1 ;
total , ns.
The following counties are conceded by the
republican state committee to the democrats :
Hocking and Vlnton , Marlon and Morrow ,
Allen , Auglalso , Brown , Cosbocton , Cler-
mont. Crawford , I > irke , Defiance , Falrfield ,
Franklta , 3 ; Hamilton , 10 ; Hardln. Henry ,
Holmes , Knox , Licking , Logan , Lucas , 2 ;
Mercer , Monroe , Ottawa. Pauldlng , Perry ,
Plckaway , Putnam , Rlchland , Sandiuky ,
Seneca , Shelby , Tuacarawas , Van Wert , Wy-
cindot ; total , 4U.
Counting two doubtful representatives from
Summit county as democrats , the house
stands fifty-eight republicans and fifty-one
democrats.
The only state senator In dispute Is In
Marlon-Logan district , but the republicans
confidently claim that district , and that the
senate stands nineteen democrats and sev
enteen republicans. This makes the legis
lature consist of seventy-five republicans and
oventy democrats , with a majority of five on
Joint ballot for United States senator.
Chairman McConvlllo still maintains that
the democrats elected a majority In the leg
islature. Ho contests the republicans' c'alms
to Nohlo and the Marlon-Logan districts ,
which would make the legislature aland sev
enty-three democrats to seventy-two repub
licans on Joint ballot. Ho claims two of the
twelve representatives from Cuyahogi county
nnd thrco from o'her counties not named
pending the Investigation of alleged fiauds.
The publication of a movement to form n
combine between antl-Hanna members of the
Icglolaturo and the democratic members to
defeat Hanna for thu sotnlo has caused quite
n sensation In political circles. It is asserted
that there wcs factional treachery during
the campaign , and that with no more of a
margin than five or six on Joint ballot ,
PIIOUII ! icpubllcan members can be found to
EO with the democratic membcis to elect Gov
ernor fiuihno1 ! or some other republican than
Mr. llanna to the senate. It Is stated that
tbero have been frequent conferences on this
propciiltlon , nnd that It may cause a ( sensa
tion .1 session of the legislature. Senator
llanna was endorsed by thn last republican
state convention for senator , the ttanio as
Senator Foraker. and will therefore have no
opposition for the caucus nomination , but It
Ii said efforts will bo made to keep enough
republicans out of the caucus to defeat him
for election.
PROSPECTIVE CONTESTS.
Up to noon the state committees had not
changed their icspcotlvo claims. Their ad
vices from cloao count leu Indicated that pro
! tests were being filed today. In anticipation
ot conteB'K for about a doicn ecats In the
F legls'aturo , The republican stuto committee
on revised figures given out at nnan clalmr n
I
Aru gaining i.ir > r.ipidiy.
1'in.iH'ii men and Irnvt'l-
ICM carry them lu vest
( MH\CI | , laillv * carry them
! jiur.oJ. l.ou cKcoi > m l.i'fp t ! rm In nirillrlno
s , frlciiUt rucommemt thum to filcuJi. ice. |
republican plurality of 24.798 for Hushnelt
for governor. The Dispatch ( Independent )
inakcn the republican plurality In the state
28,448. Whllo the state ticket la no longer In
dispute , the Interest In the vote In close
counties on members of the legislature Is In
creasing.
The first close vote to bo received officially
today wa that of Delaware county , which
gave Ilunhncll a republican plurality of 325
and Smith , the republican candidate for rep
resentative , a plurality of only twenty-nine.
The pluralities In Wood and Noble counties
are also' close , and In Wood county It Is
taonght to bo less than In Delaware. Repre
sentatives of the democratic state committee
nrn In these counties watching the official
count and have filed protests to the counting
of certain precinct ! ) and otherwise prepared
for contesting the scats ot those receiving
certificates ot election. The democratic state
central committee charges fraud In these
three counties and In Adams , Pike , Bclmont ,
Hancock , Mnhonlug , Morgan , Musktfgum and
Williams counties , whore It Is said the offi
cial count la also being watched and Investi
gated.
It Is learned today that the republican
state committee has begun Invcstlgatlocn of
alleged frauds In Vfln Wcrt. Hocking , Vlnton ,
Summit , Tuscarawas. Perry , Pauldlng and
Knox counties , atxl that Information Is be
ing scciiroJ for charges on which contcats
will bo carried Into the legislature. The re
publicans charge that gross frauds have al
ready been committed In the above counties
and that additional frauds arc being at
tempted today.
is stmni.Y iti
Arthur P. ( lorninii Will lie Urtlrcil
from tin * Senate.
BALTIMORE , Mil. , Nov. 4. An official
bount ct the ballots cas . on Tuesday last ,
made In mcst ot the counties today , leaves
no further room for doubt that the repub
licans have control ot both branches of the
legislature anil that a republican will suc
ceed Arthur P. Gormen Iti the United States
senate. Five members of the assembly and
ono senator wore taken fiom the democratic
prcbablo list and added to the republican.
Thrco of the members and the senator are
from Talbot county and one member each
from Prlnco Georges and Carroll. This gives
the republicans forty-nine members In the
house and the democrats forty-two. H gives
the republicans eighteen rcnators to eight
for the democints and a majority on Joint
l > Ulot of seventeen. The result In Talbot
county arose from the fact that eighteen
votes In Tllghman precinct were found to
have been counted twice for the democratic
ticket. This being corrbCted give the re
publican legislative candidates majorities
ranging from 1C to 19 votes ,
la IVluco Georges a similar correction
i elected Underwood , republican , by four vctes.
1 while in Carroll the recount ahowed that
Stansbury , republican , defeated Crouse.
democrat , by twcntj-three votes. The doubt-
t ful votes In Montgomery and Washington
( counties also went Into the republican
column by small majorities.
The democratic state headcun-ti-rs were
! closed today and all the mombj-s of the sunte
i committee have gone to th"lr respective
I homca. Before leaving , however. Chairman
Murray Vanfllvar gave out the following
statement : "As far as the complexion of the
general assembly la concerned , the latter Is
not entirely settled and will not be known
I until the official returns are made up. In
icgard to the bouse of delegates , I am still
of the opinion that the democrats will have
I a miOuflty In that body and will organize It.
I The election In several of the counties Is so
j close that It Is Impossible to tell which sldo
, has won and I believe a recount will bo de
manded In Montgomery county by the dem-
.ocrats . , who claim they have elected one , pos-
Sslbly two , ot the members , while the repub
licans calm ! they have elected three. A
count may also ba demanded on Talbot and
Carroll counties to determine the result wltA
certainty. At any rate we have not given
up our expectation of controlling the house ,
whether we have a majority on joint balloter
or not.
"Tho democratic candidates who have been
defeated In the clcso counties have In many
Instances been noted as anti-Gorman men ,
whllo In the same counties Gorman men have
been elected. In one or two instances which
I could specify these men were out simply
because they were not believed to be Gorman
men. This shows that the anti-Gorman out
cry did not hurt the democrats In the coun
ties , for thche the senator has always had
his stronghold. We are more convinced than
' ' the anti-Gonnr.n
over by this e'ec'lon that -
Qcntlinent Is mostly confined to the city of
Baltimore and that the demociats of the
counties are comparatively free from It. "
Among these mcst prominently mentioned
as the probable successor to Senator Gorman
nto Alexander Shaw , former Congressman
Flndl.iy , Senator Mudd and others.
\VII.I. HEUtllti : OKK1CIAI , COUNT.
Hi-milt of ICli-ftlmi lit Colornilo SUM
I'lllCtlotVII.
DENVER , Colo. . Nov. 4. The vote for su
preme court Judge is so close between
Charles D. Hayt , republican , and William
H. Gabbcrt. populist and democrat , that
neither side will give up until the official
count Is made. The unofficial icturns re
ceived up to noon today , however , point to
the election of Gabbert.
Milton Smith , chairman of the democratic
state central committee , has issued a state
ment claiming 5,000 majority for Gabbert
and adding : "The returns In many ot the
precincts in republican counties where that
party Is In control of the election machin
ery are bolng withheld , evidently for the
purpose of swelling republican majorities In
these counties should the result be In doubt
a".d i f"w vofes needed. "
The latest figures In this county give
Webb , civic federation candidate , fifty-one
majority over Borstadt , silver republican.
For all the other county olfices silver re
publicans were elected.
The Evening Times ( sil. rep. ) concedes the
election of Gabbcrt , ( item , and pop. ) candi
date for judge of the supreme court , by
about 1,000 majority over Hayt , republican.
THI IthTOX IS XOT Srill'HISKI ) .
( Ivt-H HH Yli-nx of HrKllll \rhi-HHKii
mill XIMV Vorlc.
CHICAGO , Nov. I. "Senator John M.
Thursteti of Nebraska arrived In the city
last night from his rcc-eiit campaigning tri'.i
throughout his state. Ho said the result
there was no disappointment to him In view
of the handicap which the republicans labored
under because of their defaulting state treas
urer and auditor , as well as the prejudice
aroused against the ticket an representing
the old state capital crowd. Ho was of the
oylnlon that the general result , especially
In Now Yoik , Instead of foreshadowing
Bryan's nomination in 1000 and a free silver
< ) ! atl'orm , pointed In quite a different direc
tion.
tion."I should think the result In New York. "
ho Raid , "points to that state as likely to
luiino the presidential candidate for the demo
crats 1n 11100. as well as to the probabilities
that silver will not bo an Issue. Certainly
the democrats cannot hope to succeed with
out Now York and on the silver Issue I am
( Irmly of the opinion the state would pioc-
tlcally repivU Its verdict of 1S9G against It. "
I'nlou I
DOVEU , Del. , Nov. 4. The union republl-
oanstato _ convention was held hero today
wltlT delegates from each ward. J , Edward
Addlcks uas not present. He la at Mooslc
Luke , Maine. The resolutions condemn
dciiicfr.ntlc mismanagement In the state nnd
denounce Iho provisions of the now constitu
tion which provide * that election offenses
shall bo tried by judges Instead of juries.
There was no reference to President McKIn-
. . .THE UEE
Queen of the Ice Carnival
MY CHU1CH FOR POLA11IS
IS
UtillotBoxca located at Mlllnnl Hotel nnd Bee Office.
NORRIS & LOVE , Carnival Managers.
NOV. 5 I Thin ballot muot bo deposited within J days from date.
I coupons iray be mailed within two days to Carnival
Dep't. . lleo onu-e. Omaha.
Icy. Dr. Barr I/iyton of Georgetown w
temporary chairman and D. P , Birna.d sccrc-
I tary. John , D. lloffcckor acted as permanent
i chairman. Chairman Hoffeckcr made a
speech In which he said the union republicans
could forgive hut not forget ( ho differences
of the past and ho Invited all republicans In
the state to ally themselves under the union
banner. The convention , he said , was to or
ganize the party and change the rules.
IIIMMJIIMCA.VS "tJAlX IN KANSAS.
They Hlcrl Mnc Out of Thirteen
Illnlrlrt JtiUKcn ,
TOPHKA , Kan. , Nov. 4. Election returns
have been received at republican hcadnuar-
tcra from slxty-tbree. Kansas counties out of
105 and from sixty-eight counties at populist
headquarters.
Whllo both agree on large republican gains
over the vole of 1S9C , they ore conflicting In
comparison with the vote of 1895 , and tha !
must be determined by the official count.
llio republicans elect nine out of thirteen
district judges , as follows ; M. P. Simpson ,
In the Ninth district ; U. M. Plckler. In the
Fifteenth ; Anscll n. Clark , In the Twen
tieth ; U. II. Splllman , Twenty-first ; U. F.
Thompson , Thirtieth ; F. T. Price , Thirty-
first ; W. E. Hutchlnson , Thirty-second ; C. W.
Smith. Thirty-fourth , and William Thomp
son , Thirty-fifth.
The fuslonlsts elected these judges : John
T. Burrls , Tenth district ; A. C. T. Gclger ,
Seventeenth ; W. T. BcBrldc , Nineteenth , and
J. E. Andrews , Thirty-third.
About the election of these judges tbcre Is
no dispute. The populist managers late this
afternoon ccncoded that the results of the
judicial elections was distinct- victory for
the republicans.
COXTIIOI.S IMMHXSH I'ATUO.VAGli.
Thlrty-Thrre TliOMNIUM ! Jlrii Hlfi-elly
Knililoyril ! > > frpnloiIMV ! York.
NEW YORK , Nov. 4. The Herald says :
Moro than 55,000 persons .will directly or In
directly draw | iay from the city under the
mayor ef Greater New York. The salaries
of 33,000 of these , whoso names will bo
actually on the city's pay roll , will aggrcgito
$33,000.000. Part of this amount represents
the salaries and patronage ot the o'hcr of
ficers clectc.l c > i Tuesday , but this Is com
paratively small , most of the total reprcncnt-
Ing the patronage of Greater New York's
first mayor. Robert A. V n Wyck.
A conservative estimate o ! those who will
draw uaymcnt Indirectly from the city
through city contracts ana the llko Is 22,000.
Mayor Strong , at the time the Greater New
York city charter was imsed , estimated th's
fotve an equal to , It not exceeding , the
actual number of all offlcuhrldors. Second
only to the president ot the United States In
the value of his patronagt the flr.it mayor
of the greater city Is first In the significance
of this patronage. With his collcaju.vclcot.
nf the ramo political i'alth as li'intelf ' , Mr.
Van Wyck can lead an army of olilctholdtrs
and thnso Indirectly employed by the city
as givat as the Army cf the Pclonuc.
SIliVHIl WAS .NOT MII1S AX ISSTK.
SiMiiitor Hniiiiti Sni'iitfH roii
< > i < - Hi-Milt In Ohio.
NEW YORK , Nov. 4. The Evening World
prints the following telegram addressed to Its
editor :
They tell mo I nm sure of a re-election.
That Is nil I know abou : It. It Is an off
year , nnd. compired with elections that
usuilly follow pre.ildpntlal ye'iis In Ohio , I
think there IH nothing to complain of.
The weather was against the republicans
this year , and good times have made them
careless.
I don't think the result lift' } mue'i signifi
cance as to the 'money question 1 don't
jeo how the ilcmoerntu can reasonably brlns
silver up as an Issue In this state again.
They did not m.ike an Is'iio of It this year.
I hardly think the money question ought 'to
bo considered as affected either way. The
results all over the country show Itas an
off year. MARK A. HANXA.
IIUSl'I.T OF VOTI3 lx"M3W YORK.
Complete Ill-turns Art * III oil ( hi *
Axxcilllily.
NEW YOIUC , Nov. 4. Complete returns of
Cattaragus , Greeu , Steuben and Yates show
a plurality for Alton B. Parker democratic
candidate for chief judge of the court at ap
peals , of GC.Or.S. The final returns will re
duce this p'urallty. Judge Parker's plurality
In Greater New York Is 133.96S.
Complete returns from the One hundred
and Ninety-seventh and Eleventh districts of
New York , heretofore doubtful , elect Wcill
and Murray , democrats. The assembly
stands : Republicans. 70 ; democrats , C3 ; clt-
Izers' union , 2 ; doubtful , C.
vi-N nf Krniiil Aiv.ilnsl 1'it-nimimy.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5. The executive com
mittee of the Citizens' union proposes to ! u-
stltuto a series of prosecutlcos against violators
lators of the election laws. Tbo committeemen -
men say that they are In possession of evi
dence of fraud practiced In this city on
election day. It Is also claimed that the
frauds are of such a gigantic nature aa to
alTcct the official returns to a marked ox-
tent. Chairman Reynolds says that some
body will go to prison before the Investlga-
tlonn cro completed ,
. CollKratllliltt * IIllllllJl.
CLEVELAND , O. , Nov. 4. Senator Hanna
today received a large number of telegrams
congratulating him on the result of the elec
tion In Ohio. Among those sending messages
were : Governor Bushnell , Senator Forakcr ,
Secretaries Long and Wllscci , Attorney Gen
eral McKenna , Senators Fairbanks , Mason ,
Prltchard and Elklns , Chaiincey M. Dcpew ,
Joseph H. Manley and scores of other men
In public life.
Woman Klt-ftt-il In
SYRACUSE , N. Y. , Nov. 1. MUs Arlo
Huntlngton , daughter of Rt. Rev. Fred
erick D. Iluntlngtou , Episcopal Mshop of
Central Now York , has been elected school
commlsloner for two years , leading the ticket
In her class. She Is a loader In several
chai liable enterprises and Is a woman suf
fragist. She Is the first to held elective office
In Syracuse.
Kciitneky Itt-tiirnx.
LOISVILLE , Ky. , Nov. J. Election re
turns In the recent contest for clerk of the
court of appeals are coming in flowly. These
from heretofore missing precincts ralso
Shackelford's ( slK dcin. ) plurality to 20,000
In round numbers , or to bo exact 19,224 , with
387 precincts out of 1.774 missing.
Colonel IHi'U'H Kltriirt-N oil Ohio.
CLEVELAND , 0 , , Nov. 4. Colonel Dick.
Ilanna'ti manager , gave out his table on the
result of the election In Ohio today. Ho gives
the republicans a majority ot five on Joint
ballot as follows Senators , 17 republicans ,
19 democrats ; representatives , fi8 republi
cans , Gl democrats.
WOMHX 3I.VV COHI3 TO OMAHA.
W. C. T. U. niM'liU-x to Mft Next Ycnr
lit Home \\Vxtcrii City.
BUFFALO , N. Y. , Nov. 1. At a meeting
of the Woman's Christian Temperance union
of the Chicago temple held yesterday after
noon seven of the trustees , ( Miss Frances E.
Willard , 'Mrs ' , L. M. IStovens , Mrs. Hanna
J. Ilalloy , Maine ; Mrs. Helen Darker , Illi
nois ; Mrs. A. J. Denjamln , Mississippi ; ' .Mrs.
Clara Hoffman , Missouri , and Mrs , Anna
M. IHnmmer , Pennsylvania , handed In their
resignations and they were accepted ,
To till the vacancies these were appointed :
Mrs. Harry 0. Upham , Wisconsin ; Mrs.
Lucy H. Tynge. Peorla , III.Mrs. ; ' . Z. A.
Hugens , Elmhurst , 111. ; 'Mrs. llebecca n.
Chambers. Wst firovo , Pa. , and Mrs. Mar
garet Shllllfs , Delaware.
When notified of their appointment , Mre.
Shllllcs and Mrs ) . Chambers declined to serve.
The others have not been consulted. Those
present at the meeting declined to say any
thing regarding the future action ot the
board ,
A meeting of the executive committee ot
the Woman's Christian Temperance union
was held thla afternoon. Its deliberations
were aocret. The question of the next meetIng -
Ing place was considered , but no definite
choice was made. It was decided , however ,
to hold the next meeting in the west. Los
Angeles , Portland , Ore. , and Omaha are
upoken of , with Portland moat favored.
AVoiunn'H Hoard of MUilani.
NEW LONDON , Conn. , Nov. 4. At the
closingeeialon of the Woman' * Hoard of
MU Iona today Mr . Albert liowker was
electee ] honorary president and Mm. Judaea
Smith of lioBton president.
SEARCHING , INDIAN RECORDS
'
*
Interior Ofu".0orks ] Start on ft Long Job
p ( Inspection ,
TREATY Pfjbv&ONS TO BE' EXAMINED
M I
llollcf for MrfMftoti. Wnhirloii , Saiitre
nnil Kluii'itrrnii Slonx Will Mlsi-ly
He Drill > .M ! lioyonil CJii
WASHINGTON , Nov. 4. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) The last Indian appropriation bill
contained a clause requiring the secretary
of the Interior to report to congress as soon
as prnctlcabto copies of all treaties made
with the Sbseton and Wahpcton Indians
prlcr to 1SG3 , and all on in a paid these Indiana
under the various treaties , Including the
amounts paid for subsistence. The secretary
Is also required to report the extent of the
reservations granted to them by the said
treaties and the amounts now In the treasury
to the credit of the tribes arlplns from sales
of the reservations. The bill also requires
the secretary to ma.ke a llko report respect
ing the Scnteo Sioux of Nebraska neil the
Flandreau Sioux of South Dakota. The
Indian division of the Interior department
has Just started to prepare ) the Information
called for In the bill , 'but has struck a snag
In the shape of Imperfect and Inaccessible
rccoids. The records of the Indian otllco
that are easily at hand only reach back tc <
1SS3 , the- balance boliiK oiored In a dark cel
lar , .without any attempt nt system. It will
bo .necessary for the employes In the olllco
to search the records of the auditor's office
In order to obtain the Information as to the
moneys paid these Indians , end intake a
further search of the land office records to
obtain o , transcript of the lands Included In
the reservations , both sold and unsold. It
I ) said at the Interior department and Itiilan
office that all the Information called for by
congress will not bo ready within from four
to fix months , by which time the next Indian
bill will probably have passc-d , and whatever
relict In Intended for these Indians will have
to be postponed for another year.
The follovvInK app Intments have been
made In the Indian school service : Warren
II. IJrown of CUcenla , Nei > . . assls.au.
teacher at Port Shaw , Mont. , ? 300 per an
num ; Herman Kempmelcr , Clianby , Nob. ,
teacher , Qulnault , Wash. , $60 per month ;
Mrs. Lyle M. Drury , Indiana , seamstress ,
Omaha school , Nebraska , $45 pel annum ;
Mrs. Emma 11. Rcnjhaw , Chadron , Neb ,
laundress , Santec schol , Nebraska , ? 100 per
annum. Mrs. Amanda Moshler , Cludron ,
laundress , Lower llrulo Agency , S. I ) . , ? 1SO
per annum.
The following have been designated a-
membu's of the pcjtonice civil survlcc
examining boards In Iowa : John A.
Schcckcr and J. 12. Logan , at lied Oak ;
Horace Moffatt and Mlts II. M. Skldmore , a ;
Bonne.
Fourth-class Nebraska postmasters apP -
P luted today : ' Blanche , Chase county , Ml.3
Laura Sager ; Ddclus , Howard county , H. 13.
Savage ; Cameron , II111 county , H. C.
Strecter ; Chase , 'diiase ' county , 1) . O. Hlnes ;
Curtis , Frontier ppunty , F. P. Hill ; Oconto ,
Custor county , F. Cunningham ; West Union
Custer county.P. .Lakcman ; Whitney , Dawca
county , W. M. Burkltt.
Secretary Illlss Ijss approved for patent to
the state of Wyoming a list i-f lands selected
under the grant to aid the arlcultur.il col
lege , embracing /j2'J / acres In the Douglas
land district. , . .
HHOI'ISX Tim AH1I1THATIOX 1 VTTIJK
i i
rninififodtil ( \ Aulliorl-
tli-s llvmlj ; fV > r Another Trenly.
WASHlNGTf ' 'ov , 4. sir Julian Paunco-
fete , tho'Brlf.ifflvamliasbador , who 13 just
back from Lorid nT probably will coiifer with
Secretary Shtir'rrtaiT at an early day concern
ing the reopVnfrig of negotiations for an
Anglo-American treaty of arbitration. There
Is said to be no disposition on cither ( land
to press the subject uudufy , but lather to
allow It to develop along natural lines anl
re-pon&lvc to public sentiment. Mr. Sher
man made known to the British authorities
some months ago that the president would
review with favor a reopening of the nego
tiations and v.as hopeful that ft peace treaty
ultimately would bo secured. The Brltisi of
ficials were much gratliled at thU sugges
tion , but no negotiations were entered upon.
Since then Sir Julian ins vltUed London
and has had -an opportunity to learn the
views of the foreign office , as well as the
state of lirlMsh feeling on the subject. All
tendencies on the aide are favorable to arbi-
ti'itloo , although there Is a general indispo
sition to take up the treaty question as long
an thera is a chance ? tiat it would meet the
p-amo fate as the Olney-Paunzefote treaty.
As a result of that treaty an arbitration
league 'bis been formed throughout E'jglaud ' ,
Its a'lm ' being to bring about a peico com
pact between that country and this. Whllo
Sir Julian was In London he was called upon
by Mr. Creamer , the member of Parliament
who has been foremost In advocating arbitra
tion , and who visited the United States on
that mission. Mr. Creamer Is an hopeful as
ever tbat arbitration between the two coun
tries will be secured.
TIIADU OF Till' ] \ITUU IvI.VfiDO.M.
Consul ( ii-iirrnl Otliorm' nt London
StlliiultH ii He-port.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. Consul Ocneral
Osborno at London has mide a icpnrt to
the department upon the trade of the United
Kingdom In 1S96. It showu the Imports -were
? 12."ir > 9C,730 more than In 1895 , find from
the United States alone the excess was $ ? 8-
932,130. The exportu show a large Increase ,
bolng valued at $1 200,727,755 , 1311 excess of
$70,000,000 over the previous jear. Tlie
balance In favor of ins Unlt ° cl States last
year was $370,000,009 , greater than at any
tlmo during tlu' last fifteen years nhd prob
ably at any tlmo previous to tint period.
The articles Imported from the United States
specially mentioned arc as follows :
Oxun and bulls , $10,000,000 ; butter , S1.700-
000 ; unwrought and partly wrought copper ,
$5,000,000 ; rorn ( wheat ) , $10000,000 ; oats ,
$5,000,000 ; maize , S7 , 500,000 ; wheat meal or
Hour , ? 7,000,000 ; raw cotton , $25.000.000 ; niw
apples , $2,000,000 ; tires and axles , $3,000.000 ;
slates , t435,000 ,
In the exports to the United States there
Is no conspicuous Increase In the value of
my article. Decreases are mainly dlsc-rnlulo
In alkali , apparel , coal , cotton yarn , raw
hides , metals and woolens and worsteds.
C iirt-Miirtllt Try Ciu > ( . l.n\
WASHINGTptf , , < Nov. 4. The president
has ordered a court-martial to try Captain
Levering. The court will meet at 11 o'clock
November 22 , aY Fdrt Sheridan. The follow
ing Is the dctall'"of ' the court : Brigadier
General J. F.'AV'ade ' , Colonel A. K. Arnold ,
First cavalryt'li'e'utenant ' Colonel J. T. Ha -
koll , SovonteaHJh Infantry ; Lieutenant Col-
cciel A. H , Chaffee. Third cavilry ; Major W-
F. Randolph , , Thtd ( artillery ; Mjjor W. A.
Rafferty. Second 'cavalry ; .Major C. W.
Miner , Sixth infantry ; Major W. V , Mc-
Cabkcy , Twentieth' Infantry ; Captain A , S.
Roberta Seventeenth Infantry ; Captain J.
F. Stretch , Te'pth Infanry ; Captain C. T.
Kinox , First cavalry , and Captain 0. H.
Hunter , Third cavilrv.
The charges-against - Captain Loverlng are
"conduct prejudicial to the good conduct and
military discipline ot the army. " The speci
fications lnclmo ( the acts of Captain Lovcrlng
lu the < me of Private Hammond.
Cnptiirfil After it ThrcM'-Yrur Glume.
WASHINGTON' , Nov. 4. The United States
consul at San Juan del Norte , Nicaragua , has
Informed the State department that Noberto
Argucllo , who killed on American citizen
named William Wilson at llama In 1894 , haa
been arrested and sent to the Interior as a
prisoner. Arguello was a sub-governor at the
tlmo of the killing , which was unprovoked
and Incidental to the revolt In Dlueftelds
against the Mosquito government. His pun-
Uihiuent was demanded by bur government
and the Nlcaraguan government haa been In
pursuit of the murderer for three yoare ,
lllliv on. lleuiovnln.
WASHINGTON' , Nov. 4. Secretary Bliss
lias Issued an order as to the removal of em
ployes in the classified service and calling
attention to the president's order ot last
July providing against removals without due
charges and prior hearing. Tfao secretary
directs A rigid enforcement of this order and
allows employes complained , of three daya
In which to submit < i defense , a failure to do
.which . will be considered a waiver of defense.
The order adds ! "At pension agencies , In
dian agencies , land offices , or other places ol
otflclal ten-Ice uniler the Department of the
Interior outside of the District of Columbia ,
the officer In charge , In transmitting the
charges , nhall submit his views and make
such recommendations as he may deem
proper. "
( Jiinil Slu-ll , Till * .
WASHINGTON , Nov. 4. The ordnance
tiiirciti has made a test M Indian Head , firing
a tPM-lncli Iron capped shell at a fourteen-
Inch plate. The latter was nickel steel
Harveylzsd. The shell went through the
Plato and exploded on'tho other side. The
test was considered moat'satisfactory. .
TRY CASKS AT ONCE
( Continued from First Page. )
of Cape Colony and high commissioner ol
South Africa , and a largo assemblage ol
South African officials , railway magnates and
capitalist.
Kitn.vrn TIIOOPS HVACHATIJ SAICI.
OrlKliuil OrtMiputlnitl of IMnoo Tliri-nf-
oneil to Cnnwe Triitthlr.
LAGOS , West Coast ot Africa , Nov.I. .
The French forces have evacuated Sakl , one
of the posts In the I.ngos Hinterland which
was occupied by their trcops , In contraven
tion , It Is atsertc.l here , of the Anglo-French
agreement of 18S9. So soon ns It was an
nounced that a French expedition hid oc
cupied Sakl Governor McCallum , the Ilrltlsh
official under whose jurlsJIctlon the place l.i
situated , dispatched a force of British tro-pg
from Lagos to Sikl. On the arrival ot the
British force near Sakl the French troops
retired.
TAMC OK MII'KACIII.Vr.
K' llrfori lr vlni ; Iliivaim Oh-
iio\loiis in Mlnlxlr.v.
LONDON , Nov. 4. A special dispatch re
ceived hero from Madrid this afternoon says
that the Spaii'sh ' cabinet Is now considering
the lmpo.ichmen.t of General Wcyler , the late
captain gcncriil of Cuba , on account of the
remarks \\hlrh he made previous to leaving
Havana on his return to i-paln.
Ve\i foiiiiilliinil Kleetlons.
ST. JOHNS. N. F. , Nov. 4. The returns In
the general assembly election are all In now.
The district of St. Uarbe , the last to be
heard from , has been won by Mr. Ilradsliav ,
a mombsr of the opposition party , by a ma
jority of 23G over Mr. Carson , editor of the
Telegram , the government organ. This
places Sir Janus Winter , leader of the op
position of the party , at the head of a fol
lowing of twenty-three In the assembly , as
against cloven followers for Sir William
Whlteo-ay , the present premier.
t'lirlliiiiiciitiiry llytllli'ct Ion.
LONDON , Nov. I. A parliamentary bye
election was hcIJ tcday In the Mlddleton dl-
vistor of southeast Lancashire to fill the
\acancy caused by the recent death of
Thomas Flelden , conservative , who sccurod
the scat at the last general election by a ma
jority of 8C3. The results of today's polling
Is the victory of the liberal and radical can
didate , Alderman Duckworth , by a majority
of SOO over the ur.'lonlst and conservative
candidate , William Mitchell.
II I'lirtllll SlICIM'NH.
BERLIN , Nov. 4. The Schwarz alum'num
alrthlp , fitted with a benzine motor , was
testcl today on the Tempclhof field In the
presence of a Dumber of generals and the
chief of itho army airoMp department. The
nli-fblp rose 1.060 fec-t , floated In the air for
twelve minutes , and at first obeyed the man
.itrcrlng It , but later a strong wind , which
prevailed , rendered the ship unmanageable.
The experiment was considered to be partly
successful.
COIIKCHlO KflU-ilCN IIIIVIIIIII.
HAVANA , Nov. 4.Dr. . Jose Congesto , the
former consul of Spain at Philadelphia and
who was recently appointed secretary general
of Cuba , arilvcd hero today by the steamer
Yumuri.
The mayor of Satictl Splrltua , province of
Santa Clara , Senor Marcco Garcia and Senor
Tabla Freyrc , both prominent autonomists
of tha ; city , have arrived hero on a visit to
Captain General Ulanco.
1'oi-to ( irniitH Ill-nil * .
BERLIN , Nov. 1. A dispatch from Con
stantinople to the Frankfort Zeltung says
that "the porto under the threat of the Dili-
garian government that unless bcrats should
be granted before 10 a. m. tomorrow Bul
garia , would declare for Independence , has
finally acceded to the demands and granted
the berats.
.Now Sfcrrtnry TnUcH Olllee.
HAVANA , Nov. 4. Dr. Conjcstos , new
secrotaiy , took possession of the olllce of
secretary today.
Marshal Bland will soon Issue a pro
clamation allowing the conccntradoes to go
back to the plantations , subject to what are
officially describe as "prudent limitations. "
InHl Crime . \KaliiNt Silver.
LONDON. Nov. 0. The Morning Post says
editorially today : "Tho decision of the Latin
union to reduce the stock of 5-frane pieces
and marks Is , another fitago In 'the abandon
ment of silver. Even M. Mollne , the French
premier , seems to think the bimetallic cause
hopeless. "
for Autonomists.
MADRID , Nov. 4. Dispatches received
from Havana announce that In all probability
Senor Druzon and Senor Vasallo , prominent
members of the autonomist , party of Cuba ,
will be appointed respectively prefects of
Havana and Puerto Principe.
, ViimiMly for I'ollllriil I'rlKiinerH ,
MADRID. NOV. 1. Measures will bo taken
to grant amnesty to the political prisoners
hsIongltiK to Porto Rico , and the governor of
the Philippine Islands will be invested with
authority to pardon the families of Insur
gents of that colony.
riuf * to KIIKPIH * Kl 'l l.
KANSAS CITY , Nov. 4.-Twcnty-thrco
thousand public school children In Kansas
City , na did many others In other parts ,
of the state , spent tin hour this after
noon In thn celebration of Eugene Field's
lilrthdiiy. They sang the song * ot the dead
loot , repented bis poems nnd listened to a
iilstory of liln life rend by the teachers. The
trlbutei was the outcome of u movement Het
on foot for Eugene Field day In bin native
stnte by J. Weal Goodwin , an' ' old editor of
Sedallu.
Muillfy Mining Iliiynlly.
VICTORIA , n , C. , Nov. 4. From ono of
the members of lion , Mr. Slfton's party It
IH learned that the minister will recom
mend to the government the modification
of thu Yukon mining- regulations ns to the
collection of royalty to the extent of BUC.II
iimountH of tlio output aa Is required to
work claims will bo exempt ; also that the
povrriiment will reserve claims In blocks
of ten and Hint tlio size ofl the claims will
be Increased to 150 feut.
, v Tiumvr.
From Ally Sloper.
Good Old loafer You've mentioned
that word woil : twice. Utter it agin. U
you wleh to aea me a bleomln' corps * at
y r
AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA
It Can Bo Carried On Under Rather
Discouraging Conditions.
MAY SUCCEED UNDER PROPER METHODS
KlnlilnR nnil ( Mlicr ituluHtrlr * Will
TuU ( In. I.Piul of TlllliiK the
MfiinmiN Arc Vfry
Short. i
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. Dr.V. . II. Evans
and Ilcnton Klllln , commlssloncr.i appointed
to Investigate the * agricultural possibilities ol
Alaska , have submitted their report to Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson. The reports
agree that whllo comparatively llttlo agricul
tural land exists theru It Is possible that
enough of certain crops and animals may be
grown to sustain ft conolderablo population ,
provided proper methods are pursued. Whllo
Director True of the division of experimental
stations does not regard as feasible the estab.
llahmcnt of agricultural experimental stations
there , he bcllovcn that experiments may be
carried on In a number of lines with great
success. The two commissioners spent thrco
months Investigating the southern coast re
gion of Alaska. The reports ay cultivated
areas In Alaska nro confined to small kitchen
gardens In which are grown many of oilr
cirllcr and hardier vegetables. Stock rais
ing Is carried on to a very limited extent.
The possible extension of the pasturage and
gardening area la qulto considerable , inti
mates are made of an expanse of $200 per
aero In preparing the soil for cultivation.
What agriculture there will bo In Alaska
will be subsidiary to fishing and other In
dustries , according to Mr. Klllln's separate
report. Fishermen will locate on Alaak.in
lam'a and make homes. At the present rate
Mr. Klllln nays the salmon will soon bo do-
stroyrd ; they nro being fished for In the
spawning waters to such an extent that they
have no opportunity to propagate. Halibut ,
rod and herring will last forever. Timber
will not go Into the market until the yellow
fir 6T doiiglrss pine of the Pacific coast la ex
hausted , as It Is superior to the Alaskan
spnico or hemlock.
Alaskans will not feel the want of agri
culture , as freight from the coast agricul
tural districts Is by sail vessel and very
cheap. It now costs but 30 cents a day to
provide food for miners at Turn Again arm ,
the most remote part of Cook's Inlet. He
siys that the Agricultural department can
do nothing In Hie way of experimental sta
tions In Alaska , but can furnish Information.
Mr. Klllln savs that from that country
will be drawn sailors for the merchant marino
and navy. It can be done , ho thinks , by
giantlng to every American cltUen who shall
establish himself In a home for live ycara
on the public lands and who shall engage In
iomo occupation on tils own account for the
same period , twenty acres of land , with about
000 feet of water front. The latter will make
It posslblo for boats to be landed and nets to
bo drawn. The timber of twenty acres of
land will build a boat , a linuso and furi.lah
fuel. As fast as the timber Is taken off of
the land small fruit and green vegetables
can bo grown , and grass will be furnished for
the domestic animals. Grasses grow to great
perfection ; llttlo was seen of the cultivation
of cereals and small fruits and berries abound ,
though practically no attention 'Is paid to
their cultivation.
As to the country from the southern bound
ary to KoOtak and Long Island mid from
the Pacific to the Alaskan mountains the
climate Is extremely wet but not cold ; winters
are very long and the feeding period will be
nt least seven months. The cereals will not
ripen and the vegetables will not mature.
IMIUYIM ; ox IMTISXTKES.
V CJicck Mny lit' I'lit oil SIMIK * Attor-
The patent olllco Is to Inaugurate n fight
ngalnst attorneys suspected of defrauding In
ventors and patentees by Instituting Inquiries
Into the methods of a number of them. Some
solicitors before the department , most of
them having headquarters In other cities ,
says the Washington Pest , have been in the
habit of writing to patentees as soon as the
statement of the Issue of their patent ap-
poirs In the Official Gazette , offering to se
cure patents In foreign countries.
As the rates offered are very low. the num
ber of such patents secured Is very great and
the amount of fees collected no small part of
the earnings of these firms. The patent olllce
holds that this Is Intention to defraud on the
part of the solicitor , as It Is perfectly well
known among patent attorneys that foreign
patcnlo secured after the publication of
patent specifications In this country are per
fectly worthless.
Foreign patent law Is not nearly so well
deHned as that of the United States. When
tiie application Is accompanied by the proper
fee a patent can bo secured in mcst of them
for the asking. No search Is made to de
termine whether or not the device submitted
la patentable , nor does the patent guarantee
that the same article has not been previously
patented In the same country. That Is all
left to the litigation in a court of Justice
when legal complications arise. If a man
desires to secure 1v patent abroad , all that Is
necessary Is to make apllcatlon for the same
and secure the patent warrant. Tlio patentee
then trusts the courts to sustain the validity
of his claims ,
In all cases , however , says the depart-
n-ent , It Is r.eccssary . that the application
should be filed on or before the day the an-
nounrcmont Is made In the United States
Official Gazette. Unless this requirement Is
observed , the foreign patent Is worthless.
The proper form of procedure Is for the at
torney to make the application for the for
eign patent some1 tlmo during the six months
which are allowed to elapse , If the Invon.tor
so desires , between the date of the granting
of the patent and the payment of the final
fee and Its Issuance. It is easily seen , there
fore , that an attorney who offers to secure a
foreign patent for an Inventor whoso namu
appears or. the list of patentees who have
paid the final fee , whllo nblo to secure the
patent right aa promised , Is engaged In HU-
curlug something which is of no value to the
Inventor , and that , so the patent olllce lioldn ,
Is securing money under false pretenses.
So lucrative has tli'H business become ,
however , that the office reports that almost
every one whoso name IB on the list Ir- the
Gazette receives dozens of loiters from attor
neys from all over the country asking per
mission to apply for a foreign patent on their
Invention. The olllco now hae n number of
these cases under consideration m.l : will
commence a number of prosecutions aa doon
an the evidence. Is In shape. Commissioner
Iliittevuorth is in Cincinnati , campaigning ,
but during his absence Assistant Commis
sioner Gteeley will continue the preparation
of the cases.
A glance at the prospectus of one of these
attorneys will show the methods and the
profits of such work. One particular tlnn
writes to mo almost all the Inventors listed
In the Gazette and offers to obtain them
for them patents In any country whore pat
ents are recognized. For the sum of JIO
they will secure a "gebrauchmiister" and
"provisional protection" li Canada and Eng
land. The German pluasu Is only a roKUti.i-
tloiv of the patent and costs about $3. "Pro
visional protection" in Canada Is ns free as
water. In Knisland It costs 1.
Altogether , then , the con of the operation
proposed by the patent llrm Is about $8 ,
which loaves a clear profit of ? 32. Other
groups are arranged at different rates , the
largest of which Is $230. This class Includes
the following roncefslona : Germany geb-
rauchmuster ; Canada and England , provi
sional protection ; Belgium , France , Hungary ,
Switzerland and Italy , patents. "Provisional
protection" la merely registration and gives
no protection. 'Talents" In the other coun
tries named mean simply that a patent has
been issued to the Inventor for the Inven
tion. Any ono else may tmvo taken out n
patent OR thin name Invention the day before
or may do so the day after.
To those whoso Invention * have been pat
ented In this country prior to the flllnc of
the application abrcnil the patents are abso
lutely no protection against the prey of for
eign pirates. Their Inventions .ire as much
the property of nny other man. when onc3
the specifications of their Inventions have
been published , whether In the Gazette or
elsewhere , as though It had been put trco
on the market without the formality ot se
curing the ( xitcnt right.
The cost ot the * first throe lias been glvcrt
above.as . $ S. The other patent rights are
secured as cheaply. The fee In Belgium
Is 10 francs ; In Hungary , 0 crowns , In
France , 100 francs ; In Switzerland , 20 fmncs ,
and In Italy , 40 lire. In alt. the patecits In
this largest group tout the solicitor about
$50. His fee to the litigant la $230
Not Infrequently n attorney or his agent
will write the patentee and Inform him that
sonic man has s ; oi > Ms Invention described
In the Patent Olllco Gazette and has made
an offer or Is willing to make an offer for It ,
11 tit 'before the sale can be consummated the
prospective buyer must have an abstract ot
title. This can bo secured , writes the at
torney , for the sum of | 5 through the efforts
ot some- other attorney , always di'slgmtlng
some attorney In collusion- with the writer.
The soccvul patent attorney goei ? to the oftlce ,
securc-a on abstract of title for $1. The In
ventor never henr& a second tlmo ot the
would-be-purchaser.
These nro some of the ochemes used by
this class ot practlcloners before the olllce.
In thlo clara are 'mentioned the names of
several firms In Now York City.
AVKKIH.VO IIAII.W.VVM.
Ailoitoil III ( SiitlllMM'M to
< ! < ( Itlil of TroiitilcMonip Growth.
In the southwest the rallrouls have a largo
Item of expense which finds no place on the
books of eastern companies , this being for
the removal of weeds which grow rank and
luxuriantly between the tracks , seriously Im
peding rapid running , being crushed under
the wheels and making the tracks greasy
and slippery. Various mclhoJs have been
proposed and tried to destroy those weeds ,
says the Uallro.id Gazette , but tint finally
adopted by the Attchlson , Topeka & Santa Ki
road Is to burn them by moans ot an oil
llamc.
This burner tcs ! roys the vegetation between
Uio rallH and over a space of twenty-four to
thirty Inches outside ot them. The outfit
consists of a car made of Iron , of Iron shields
suspended under the car and between Mo
trucks , an oil car having a capacity of 1,500
gallons and > i smaller oil tank ot SOO galoui
capacity , strong enough to withstand a press
ure of seventy pounds to the square Inch.
This tank Is Dolled from the tank car and air
pressure Is auppllod for forcing the oil to the
burners. The car , which Is sixty-live fiel
Ion , Is strengthened by connecting trusses at
caoh sldo and has a cab sheathed with cor-
ingatcd Iron at one end. Tic ear la In
tended to be pulled over the road by .1 loco
motive. The shield beneath the car is thlUy-
two foot long , with aprons at each tide to
retain thu heat and to prevent side wlnda
carrying the flame to ons side of the shield.
T > ho forward truck Is protected by < in aux
iliary shield fastened to the bottom of the
lower arch bars. When t'nc fire Is ( .farted the
shield Is lowered to within four Inches of the
nil ! and the aprons then sliion ] the ground.
When crossing bridges the shields are lifted
clear of the rails twelve to fifteen Inphea by
means of air pressure from a reservoir act
ing through a train of chains and pulleys.
The oil supply Is also cut oft In crossing
bridges , and the moment tie oil valves ura
clewed the llamo Is extinguished and it Is as
readily renewed when the ell valves are ugalu
opened. The oil Is directed against the in
clined under surface ot the shield , which re
tains BUtllclciit heat to Ignltu the oil , oven
after It has been shut off for half an lumr lu
crossing small culverts nnd cattle guards tCio
closing of the valve Is unnccus'-iry , ja the
lifting ot the shield will carry the flame high
enough to prevent any1 firing ot the timbers.
The compicsscd air for the forcing of oil
through the burners and for lifting the
shield is supplied by two Westlughousc air
pumps , tht-.se being sulllclcnt to maintain
an air pressure of seventy pounds with four
burners In use. The amount of oil required
for each burner Is al/.ut eight gallons per
mile. A light crude oil Js preferred. Only
a few minutes are required to get an cllcct-
Ivo heat after reaching the place where the
work Is to be done , and after the first few
minutes no difficulty is experienced from the
oil dropping on the ralla and mr.klng them
greasy. A gang of four men follow close
to the car to put out all ties fired , but It
Is the Intent ! -n noon to use steam Jets fro.u
the locomotive In extinguishing fired tica.
The speed with whch the car travels de
pends upon the kind of vegetation to bo
scoi tchud. Karly In the season , when weeds
are tender and not over live or six Inrhca
high , a speed of four miles an hour Is prac
ticable , whereas , of the track is thickly
covered and matted with heavy , coarse gru3
the speed must bo reduced to tw > > miles an
hour. Only the light blades ot grass are
consumed , the greater part being scorched ,
and while many stalk appear quite green
after the flame passes over them. In a few
days they , lee , wilt and die.
One curious and unexplained fact which
has also been observed In connection with
forest fires lit 'that a new kind of vegetation
appears after each burning. The cost of
operating the car for a day of twelve houm
Is $50 , so that covering thirty miles a day
the average cost per mile Is $1.GJ. ( It Is
claimed the oil consumed Is a comparatively
small Horn In 'tho total charge , the transfer
from one pair of the road to another and
the use of a locomotive bringing It up to
the sum named.
ixvu.vno.N.s OK .SAVA < JIS.
An Oilil hut Strictly S < 'ien IlllcVnr
of OrtMltlliK' n Klre.
It has been less than 100 years since civ
ilized humanity used many odd devices for
the purpose of obtaining fire. In this coun
try , then claiming to bo "enlightened , " the
tinder box , with Htoel and flint , was the
apparatus most generally used. However ,
It there was no tinder box In the house the
old flintlock musket , with n few grains of
powder In thu pan , together with a few
shreds of paper or grease.l rags , was con-
Eidorud a household necessity. Itubliliig
sticks together until they were tired by fric
tion was the method used by savages of
that time In nearly all the lands of the
globo.
There was ono singular exception , however -
over , to all of the above , as well as many
other of the more common methods of
"striking light , " and that method was prac
ticed by a rude tribe of semi-savages In
habiting Eastern Thibet , Curious as It may
seem , these rude savages obtained lire on
Htrlctly sclentlllu principles which Involved
i wonderful linowled/jo / of the properties of
compressed air , The apparatus used con-
listed of u wooden cylinder , two and a half
Inches Jong by throe-qtiartors of an Inch In
llamcter , which was cloned at one end.
Into this cylinder ( which tapered off at ouu
mil until It was nnt larger than n common
lead pencil ) was fitted an alrt'flit piston ,
which had n largo Hat knob at tha top ; thu
Dther end of the piston was sllgluly hoi-
lowed out , the Indentation bc'lng intended
for the icreptlon of a small piece of tindnr
or "punk. " When this apparatus was In
iiso It was hold In one hand , the puton
lielng Inserted with thu other and pushed
ibout half way down. A very sharp blow
ivas then glvon with thn palm of the Imml
in the top of the piston. At the Ham in
stunt ( ho fingers were closed around 'tho
inob and the piston Instantly withdrawn
If everything had worked to perfection iho
hdnntllic savage wag usually rewarded by
finding tbat the tinder had been lighted ai.a
i fire assured ,
Sir William GUI , the English scientist ,
who Investigated this queer mode of strik
ing a light , sayu that "It requires skill ' >
ma this fire-producing apparatus , aa wuil
is science to Invent It , "
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