THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , .NOVEMBER 21 , 1897. FOOT BALL GAMES TOMORROW Ornalii Pcoplo Hava aOholcoofTwo QcoJ Contests , ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER linker to Mrct AVonleynn nt Unlvrrnlty 1'nrk amirliriiilm Plaj-M limn. tit thu I'lj'lil Club I'nrk. Thanksgiving day Is not RO full of foot ball significance as It has been In the past , thanks to college faculties. Time was when It marked the close of the season. The sched ule was finished with the exception of the one final game , whlcli was ordinarily the big one. Games were sometimes played aft erward , but they were considered as some * thing tacked on and did not nrouso the Interest - , terest or enthusiasm they would have had they occurred befoo ThaukBglvliiR , This Is alt changed now. Collrgo facul ties have stopped lu In a good many Instances and have declared tint tlo foot ball ganio Is something of a desecration of the day. The rcuult haa been that there la no definite date upon which the qeibon can bo Kald to be ended. The big gamps are still played about Thanksgiving tlmui bin many teama keep on playing'Into Dooamuer. Dm collcgo faculties In the west nave not yet become so strict , and therefore Onnha foot ball lov- 010 v/lll have a choice of two mines tomor row ono to bo played at the University Club grounds and the other on the Field Club grounds In Council Illulta. In the former thu teams of Wcslcyan university of Lincoln and ' of Bak'er university of Ottaw.i , Kan. , tvlll meet. In the other Iho University of Ne braska and the Iowa State university Ooveus will do battlo. It Is In d to predict whlnh will be the better game. There U no question that the Nebraska-Iowa match li cjnrtl'l.-recl tha moro Important , hluco It Is lonrcod upon ad a chain- plonshlp game generally. Moreover , It Is eald that Iowa has ploio.l up wonderiu'ly since Its decisive defeat by Kums and there fore a much closer gjine than that between those two teams will rcmilt The Baker and Wcsloyan teams are eald to bo very closely matched. During the last two or three years the former has gn'ncd ' quite a reputation , having defeated each time the strong eleven of the D nver Athli > o club , which had been a pretty hard pill lor all weatern teams. It 'H ' i-id ! to bo right up to Its past standard this year. Wcsleyan has a strong eleven and one that la determined to lound out quite a success ful season with another victory. IOWA'S CAMPAIGN REVIEWED. The Iowa university had quite a task put before It In the eaily part of thu season to secure a winning team. Only four of the ' old men were back and three of these had i received their first experience last year. With these three , two guards and the fullback ' the season was started. There was plenty of j material on hand , but it was woefully green , i oven though promising. Nevertheless a cred itable season's work has resulted. The first Important game was with North western university , which wan won by Iowa by the score of 12 to C The next game was with the Physicians nnd Surgeons , nnd whllo Iowa lost It was the best game the team has played this season. The doctors were veteran plajcrs , among them being several members of the Chicago Athletic club team * and their long experience enabled them to win. The much dreaded slump which sooner or later overtakes all foot ball teams came when Iowa played Knreas. In this contest a. fo\V successful trick plays 'by Kansas demon strated the untried men , and , coupled' ' with thls.Ctho Injuries to several gave Kansas now life and determination , so that the Jayhawkers - hawkers completely smothered the Iowa i tennu Later Iqwa recuperated and won from Ames , but through some offside play which was instrumental In Ames making a touch down there arosp a discussion which termini- ntcd In Iowa leaving the field. The referee thus awarded the game to Ames by the score of 6 to 0 , according to rule. Iowa's la&t gnmo was played In Iowa City last Saturday against Grinncll for the state championship lowu won by 1C to 12. Grlnnell did all the scoring In the first half , whllo Iowa scored In the second. The team against Nebraska will be as fol lows : John Walker , captain , will play leftguard. This Is his third year on the team , and whllo not a'brilliant player ho uses his 195 pounds of weight to the greatest advantage. Ho la C feet tall and is 2o years old. H. D. Illackmoro Is at ilRhtsuard nnd has been playing since 18DG. Ho Is 20 years of ago , Is G feet 2 Inches tall and weighs 195 pounds. G. W. Egan will bo at right tackle. Ho Is in his first foot ball season. He weighs 180 pour.is Is C feet tall , and Is 24 years old. A. H. niackmoro Is playing left tackle. He .also Is a new man. His ago Is 18 , his height five feet nine Inchfs and his weight ISO. II. Kly , at right end. Is in his first season's play. His ago IB 20 years , his height five feet cloven inches and his weight 160. W. Larnbortson Is the left end rusher and la another of the ne.v men. He weighs 175 pounds , Is 24 years old and Is five feet eleven Inches tall. The quurtorback Is Griffiths , new to th * game. Ho Is 17 years of age , weighs 110 pounds actl Is five feet eight Inches high. The loft halfback Is Deems , another player of one year's experience. Ho is-20 years old , weighs 165 pounds and Is live .feet right Inches tall. J. L. Meyers , a member oMa t year's tuun , 13 the right halfback. Ho weighs 175 pounds , is five foot eleven inches in height and Is 24 yearn old. II. W. Hobba , the fullback , Is another old player. Ho is live feet eleven Inches in height , weighs 1C5 pounds and Is 22 years old. old.II. II. Wrltjht at cMitor Is a now niau. Ho weighs 220 pounds. Is sx feet two Inches tall nnd is 22 years old. The substitutes nio : John Gardner , tackle ; Kllngenbers , guard ; Sheldon , halfback ; Chase , fullback ; Me'ster , end. NKDHASiKA'S TEAM. The Nebraska t-am that will line up against this aggregation will bo the same as met Kansas with one or two changes. It Is Impossible to get as yet the lineup of the Dakar university clevfn , but the Wos- loyau lli'oupyll | be as follows : Lumen , right end ; Gilbert , right tackle and captain ; Klnsbury , rlnht guard ; Stull , center ; llrew , left guard ; Dunn , left tackle ; Fltchle , Uft end ; Stevonaon , quarterback ; Carver , right half ; Ualley , loft half ; Krwln , fullback. The K.IUIO In the cast which will attract whlo attention Is that between Cornell and Pennsylvania , The content la hoped to bo nearly as good a one as that recently played between Harvard and Pennsylvania. The doughty team from Ithaca met the Princeton team when thu latter was at Its strongest and succeeded In keeping the score way down , Are gaining fa\ur rupUlly. linsluoss men und travel lers carry them In mt pocket * , Jacllcj carry them - - tu | mr cs , liouickcrpcrt Keep them In mrdlrlna cloioti. ( rlouilt ivcuiuuientl them to frlcutli. iic. At that tlmo there Is no question that I'rlnce- ton would have be.itcn Yale , and thus , Judg ing from the scores made by Harvard and Yale > , would have played a closer same with Pennsylvania. On such a bosla the Cornel- Hans are hopeful , but scores are very do- cclvln' things on which to base predictions. According to telegraphic dispatches from Kansas City nil chances of another game be tween Kansas and Nebraska universities have gone glimmering. It la probably for the best , as the negotiations sbcm to have been very largely tainted with profmionillsm. iti.vunit AT ciuuAco noitsn snow. Cnnuitlnii Horm-nim Ordrrc-il to Hc- turti tin- Ti'tiplili'MVoii. . CHICAGO , Nov. 23.-Uoynl Standard , the grand champion coach stnlllon of the Chicago cage horse show , has been declared n "ringer" and-his owners , Ornlmm Uros , of Clnremont , Ont , , have been ordered to re turn the trep I of the vlctorl s as awarded by the judses. It 1ms been fount ! that the stnllron U nn Imported Imlfbrced , not reg- latercil In America , nnd never can be , be cause of the rullns-s of the American hack ney stud book. Thn state board Is nt pros- r-nt withholding money von by Grahnm Urea.1 draft slnlllon Young McQueen nnd the hnckney Courier until the-io trophies shnll have been returned , Secretary Gerard In spcnking of the mnttor said ; "Hoynl Standard was * n ringer and \vo have from the evidence before us no course open butte to believe that the possibility of his ex hibition was only secured through the con- nlvnnco of nn olllchil. " The stutc boairt tclcsrnphed to Dr. Wll- llnin Scward Webb , secretary of the Ameri can hackney ntud book , asking If the hors ? wns registered or was eligible to registry , but the reply cnmp that IIP was not even eligible to entry. The stallions that will succeed Hoynl Standard In the champion- Bhlp classes nro Mark W. Dunham's Imlre , In the class for stnlllons between 15,2 and 18 hnmla , nnd Perfection , from the sumo stable- who now takes his plnca as grand champion stallion of HIP show. THAI' SHOOTI31IS AT ST. LOUIS. Grm > l < N from All Ovr the Country At- tcml tin1 Toiiriintni'iil. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 23. Under the nusplrcs of the St , Louts Trapshootcrs" league the blggcnt trap tournament that has taken place In or nroiiml St. Louis began today at Dupont park. Experts from nil over the country hiive gathered here. Among the most prominent are : Fred Gilbert of Splilt L'ike , la. ; Charles M , Grimm of Clear Lake , la , ; C. W Budd of DCS Molnps , la. ; Jack Fanning of San Frnnclxco ; Harvey McMurchlc of Fulton. N. Y. ; 11. O. Helkes of Dayton , O. ; Captain n. A. Bartlett of Uuffalo ; F. Faurote of Dallas , Tex. , nnd Jim Klllott. Chi Is Gottlieb and Lou Bhr- liardt of Kansas City. All target shooting will bo nt known traps , unknown angles. Itegular events will bo shot over the SeiKcunt system. Magun traps will bo used for nil extrn events. All tics are * to bs divided , unless otherwise npreetl. Money divided 40 , SO and 10 ner cent. The cool wMithrr Interfered materially wltn the attendance of the trap .shooters' league In addition to imndloapplng * the ex perts , an the scores will show , flolla O. Helkes , the Ohio ctmmp'on ' , led In the Bcn- eral average with SS per cent. Charlie Grimm of Clear Ixike , la. , was second 'A 1th S7. Fred Gilbert , the Iowa champion , nml J. A. U , Elliott , the noted Kansas City expert , both shot In poor form. They were tlc-d for third pl.ico In the general average , i Ith Sr.Vi per cent. Frank Faurote of D.illos and Charlie lludd , t'ho ' thlid member of the Iowa tri umvirate , tied for fourth place with SC per cent. W. n. Nold led the St. Louis shooters with an average ot S4VJ. Connor and Taylor both averaged S4. Dr. Smith shot Indlffer- ently _ , Over 7,000 targets were thrown. CUULI.VC CAHX1VAI. IX IMIOSI'EUT. Si-otM ( Jet ToKi-tlic'r and I'lan for th Iloarln' Ciiiuo. That great Scottish national sport , curl ing , will be Introduced to the people of this city during the Ice carnival at the exposition grounds this winter. The mat ter has been taken up by the Scots , who last nlglit laid a solid foundation to the Kchemo by forming the Omaha Curling club at Patterson hall. The mcptlnR was called by Clan Gordon , Order of Scottish Clans , ami was attended by a score of local Scotchmen. A. C. Troup was selected as temporary chairman and J. C. Lindsay as secretary. The evening was spent in talking over the situation. The club will be organized permanently at a meeting1 to bo hem at the carnival rooms at the MilJard hotel a week from' next Frl- ' day. At that time the following commit tee will report a constitution and by-laws : A. J. Dokarty , R. S. Melvln , George An- lerson , James Brov.'n and P. L. Forpan. The curling tournament will be quite n 'eaturo of the carnival If the plans ar ranged are carried out. Four rinks will be provided and upon these the principal curlers In this country and Canada will bo asked to play for prizes. Moreover , thcro Is some talk of muklngi the sport a reg ular yearly event In the city by oH'crlng a distinctively Omaha trophy to be com peted for each year. ASSOCIATION FOOT SilAIiL GA.1IG. Orlu-Moa Cell 'Ki uml llmm-crii Will Piny cm ThniiKsK-lvlim ; Day. Crelghton Colic-go Association Foot Ball team will play the Hangers eleven Thanks giving morning- 10 o'clock on St , Peter's grounds , Twenty-sovcnth and LeavenworLh htroet. Thlsi.vlll be the llrst game of the sea son In Omaha and will be for the benefit of the scholars ot St. Peter's school , iho nrv anxious to organize a team andtolay the a1- sct-iatlon Rjme. The Crclghton's have lost about half their regular men during tile last year , while the Hungers ( team Is about the same , Neslndek and Parker being- the only new players. The Crelghton team Is as fol lows : Flynu will keep fronl. Butler and Gloason will play fullback , Murphy , JIc- Clanatfhan and O'Huiilon , halfback * ; Sulli van and Furay , rlRht wing forward ; Gllmore , center forward ; Walsh and Smith , ( left wing ! forward. The Hangers will consist of : Nes- ladrk. In goal ; Knabo ami Pickering , full- lucks ; II. Murray , Foster hnd Klhner Trus- sell will play halfback ; Harry Wood and Will Parker will bo the right in Ing ; Joe Itcd- fleld in III play center forward and Thlcbson nnd Jack McNeil will form the left wins pair , whllo Dave Jomison , Fred Hvans , McGregor nnd Patt nro on the reserve list , .MAV CIIAI.IjKXRK COK.Vni , ! , GIII2W. OiiHNlp About the Xit llonl Hart- , NRW HAV11N , Conn. , Nov. 23. H. J. Cook and Captain Whitney of the Yale boat crew were asked today about the re port thut Cornell would be challenged tea a race by Yale , nnd that a triangular race of Ynlo , Harvard and Cornell would follow. They stated that nothing ns yet was de termined , The matter was held entirely In abeyance pending nefiotlutlons with the Now London Board of Trade with refcr- f-nco for Inducements for the Yalc-Harvard race at Now London. When that wn set tled the matter of arranging a race with Cornell would bo considered Thus fur U bus been dlbcusscd only In th most Ken- era ] way and absolutely no decision of any kind Jmd buen arrived nt. The sentiment ofnle graduates and undergraduates , ac cording to Conch Cook , has been canvassed and in general seems favorable to n rare with Cornell , that sentiment being shared by some membctu of the faculty. Winter Sailof . LEXINGTON , Ky. , Nov. 23-Tho winter sales of thoroughbreds began today nnd will continue three weeks. One thousand horseu will bo sold. Mnny old breeders uru retiring. Thcro was a largo attend ance today. Hlmynr , slro of Domino , 21 years old , sold to li. 8. Gardner , Jr. . dul- Intlii. Tomi. . for $2WO ; Mnescto , Imported stallion , 9 years old , sln > of many winners , " * " 1,0 bought by tha name party for Brood marca sold well. ( ircat IllllliirilM. A remarkable exhibition ot billiard play ing was K4ven in Tom Foley's blllliird par lors last nlsht by L. L , Magnus , the cham pion three-cushion billiard player of the world , who halls from St. Louis. A great number of seemingly Impossible shots wore . . .IHE BEE FOR. . . Queen of the Ice Cam i val AIY CHOICE FOU OUUUN POLARIS IS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hallot Hexes located ut Mlllard Hotel , IIPO Bldg , King Pharmo K1Ao oVl > r t J lct" n"d M&F NOV. IXORHIS & LOVE , Curtilviil Managers. This ballot must bo deposited within 3 days from data. i rwM.mo ± ? , . : ltwn two aay8 to uarnivai I | I mndo by the wizard of the cue during the ' course of the cvpnlnjr. Ho appeared to have a magic power over the balls as no snt them over the table. The exhibition was moro Interesting and onte/tnlnlni ? than those given In Foley's place In the past by Schneffcr and Ives. Johnny Murphy of thlfl city plnypd a gumo with the wizard , but ho wns easily beaten , HAS STUART Ois TO XKW YORK. I'rlr.p FlKlit 1'rojiiotcr lllds ( limit Myr to Tu\nw. DALLAS , Tex. , Nov. 2.1. Dun Stuart left tonight for New York , where he will In future reside. Ho has disposed of nil .Vila Interests In Texas and will hence forth devote - vote his entire tlmo to the verlscope com pany nnd his carnival scheme nt Carson City , For twenty-two years Stuart has been a resident of Dallas nnd for seven teen years has occupied the same rooms. Ho says politics drove him out ; thut a certain class of politicians In Texas hnd singled him out for n. mark , nnd ho loaves rather than be further harassed. At ono tlmo SUmrt wns Interested In banks nnd rcnl rslatp hero to the pxtent of jr/O.COO , but this hp han gradually converted into cash , which has been Invested elsewhere , MOXIIV aUKSTIOX WII.I. TAICK TIMR. Senator llnrriMVH TliliiliH C Will llnvitii Moot U. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23 , Senator Burrows of Michigan expresses the opinion that there will bo a protracted discussion of the cur rency question In the approaching session of congrees , and that In all probability congress will bo In session until August. "In addition to the routine business of congress , appropriations , etc. , " ho said "tho Hawaiian question will bo disposed of and consideration will bo given to the currency question , Immigration , and a few other things. There appears to bo a great deal of confusion with relation to the adoption of anew now policy by Spain , and I do not think con gress ought to act until an opportunity haa been , given to determine what will result from nianco's undertaking. "I think , " ho added "that the most per plexing thing that confronts ua Is how to hnmllo the currency question. It Is obvious that this question Is going to come up for discussion , and that It Is equally obvloua thit It will lead to a profactcd debate. I am Very uncertain what It will result In. " Cnliliiot Arijmiriin for n WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. The cabinet held a very short meeting today , as the president and several of Its members attended the wed ding of Mr. Harlan , son of Justice Hnrlan , and 'Miss ' Noble. The tlmo of the meeting was taken up with matters fiom the several departments. President McKlnlcy Informed the cabinet that his message was practically completed , 'but ho did not read any portion of It to them. It Is probable that the mes sage will be considered at the next meeting. l\lK .Money for IlullilliiK Doi-Un. WASHINGTON , Nov. 211. Consul Boyle at Liverpool has sent to the State department a report on the subject of the extension of the docks at Liverpool. The system under way will cost over ? 21 , 500,000. The consul also says It lhas been decided to spend $7,500,000 for dock and harbor Improvement at Bris tol. Hli.MOUS OF MOU10 fiOXSOMHATIOXS. Otlu-r Xevr York Ilmikt 31ny Their lluhliH'.sM. NGW YORK , Nov. 23. There were rumors In the frMnclal district today to the effect that several old down-town banks Intend to follow the example of the Third National and United States National banks by con solidating with stronger financial Institu tions. According to these rumora one of the oldest banks in Lower Broadway is con templating consolidation with a newer and stronger btcik. Yet another rumor was to the effect that one of the Fulton street banks , presumedly the Fulton Market National bank , Is negotiating to purchase the ac counts of a neighboring bank. , ftcts Her CJotlilnK Afire with Matchcx. CLINTON , la. . Nov. 23. While the parents more absent today Agnes , the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Searstrow of Lyons , got hold of some matches and got her clothing afire. She was burned to death and an infant In the cradle was also severely burned before help arrived. The residence escaped destruction. Oollee Win- Not Kiuleil. NEW YOIUC , Nov. 2J. The report that the Arbuckles and the Havemeyers have come to an rtgrecmcnt regaidlng the prlco of sugar and coffee was denied today at the oillces of both the companies con cerned. AX UXIIKSKIIVKII PATE. The War Ship Oninha it Floating Ills- lufeetliiK I'lnnt. Once a war ship , now a plagueship , says the San Francisco Call. That Is the past and the present position oC the United States steamship Omaha. For some months the old vessel has been lying in the bay just off California city. Briefly speaking , the man of-war Omaha Is now a rilaguesblp , and also a floating disinfecting plant. She Is the only fleeting disinfecting plant belonging to thu United States and the only Instance on rec ord whore an old war shlo was made to do thlo work A casual examination of the Omaha shows her still to bo la a fairly seaworthy con dition. Worse vessels make the passaga around Capo Horn every month In the year. She has not been entirely dismantled. Her lofty spars were all pulled down long ago. The engines and boilers are still In position , and only need a llttlo cleaning and the ap plication of flro to make them once more throb with life. Down below everything la much oa It used to be. Tbo rooms of those of the crew that were located here are al most as they were when the ship was aban doned. The wardroom and the admiral's cabin are silent now. The chart room Is now only a closet. The captain's room ! s btlll inhabited by the keeper of the vessel , an old seaman. In this room ho eata , drinks and sleeps. It Is on the gun deck , though , that the greatest change has taken place. Here tbo disinfecting plant Is located. It consists principally of a sulphur burning furnace and a formaline gas apparatus. The sulphur burning furnace consists of two parts. In ono of them a flro Is built , and on or dinary chimney carries the fumes to the outside air , The other part of the furnace Is literally an oven for burning the sulphur. Su'phur is an almost ptrfect germicide , but the great dlfllculty attending Its use Is that when lighted In a closed room It soon burns up all the air , and for the want of oxygen goes out before Us work Is accomplished , To overcome this , Dr. Hoscnau has had the apparatus constructed on the Omaha. This furnace Is first heated red hot. An air- pump la then started. Sulphur Is then shov eled Into tha rod-hot furnace , nnd the alr- puir.p exhausts the fumes and forces them through pipes to where they ai'o wanted , When a steamer Is to bo disinfected she Is first relieved of all her passengers and bed- dlnfi at tbo quarantine station , and then towed to the side cf tbo Omaha. Dy closing portholes , hatches , windows , companionways - ways , etc , , thu voEsel Is made as airtight as possible. Pipes from the sulphur furnaces am then connected at convenient placets and the work proceeds. The sulphur fumes from the furnace are literally forced Into thu fihlp , BO that every ncak and cranny la reached. This Is kept up for over an hour. Although tbo ship Is closed as tightly as possible , she cannot be made airtight , and < u a consequence fumes rise from hundreds ofplatos and climb skyward In graceful streams. The gun deck of the Omaha Is a "pest hoii c , " and ran be used In case the quar ters at Angel l&land become overcrowded , Along both sides of the deck amidships there are two rows of otuterooms. In the after- part there Is a bathhouse and laundry , The old galley Is still In > condition for duty , and only needs a cook nnd ( something to cook. The old Omaha was 'built ' In Philadelphia In 1SC9 , and put In moat of the years of her service on the China station , She has been In nearly every port on the 'Pacific side of two continents. Kho la built of wood , copper- bottomed , Is fitted with the ( litest material obtainable and cost over $1,000,000 , Dlmilieyi'il liiHtrurtloiiM. The Chicago Times-Herald says tint an Evanston woman the other morning In structed her new cook to order certain pro visions of John , tbo market man , "Old John have frog legs this morning ? " asked tbo mistress , upon her next trip to the culinary sanctum. "Sure. I dro't kcow. mum , " wai the Demi-apologetic answer of Drldgct. "He had on rubber boot * and an ulster. " FIGURES' ' ON ARMOR PLANT GovornmonVMrty Qo Into the Business on Its Own Account. PLANS ANDj'6 T TO BE SENT TO CONGRESS Special Cniiiiiilttco Will He coin me ml IMniit tilth Cuiutelty Initial to Unit of Until I'luiiln .Vow In ThlH Country. WASHINGTON' . Nov. 23. Tlio special naval board to examine Into the coat of nrmol' making will present to congress details of n plant which It has designed. It will coat more than ? 3,000,000 , and will have a capac ity of 6,000 tons of armor per annum , which Is about the combined capacity of the two armor planla now supplying the navy. The processes of manufacture will Include the very latest developments In the art of metalluigy , nnd while the plans contemplate the manufacture of Harvey Izod nickel steel armor according to methods used lu re- forged processes , thcy"wlll admit of easy adaptation to the new secret Krupp process of hardening armor by USD of gas. The plans are said to bo perfect In every detail , and being drawn under otio of the leading ex perts of the country , the specifications are said to be so well defined that no difficulty Is expected to nrlso In securing straight bids. The board has prepared the form of adver tisement calling for bids for erecting this plant , as congress desired moro Information , and Secretary Long will soon Issue the adver tisement. It Is the purpose to have all thu plans in the secretary's hands by the first of ruxt month , and It the advertisement is promptly sent out it Is hoped that within three months at the latest congress will have before It the full cost of an armor plant , as well as offers from existing plants to sell out to the government. COMHTIO.V OK Till ! XAVAIj MIMTIA. Hrurplitry KOIIHIM olt iItc | > nr < K Upon IIU I'crminiil Investigations. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. Assistant Secre tary Hoosevelt has submitted to the secretary of tha navy the report of Lieutenant Gibbons I bens , who has charge of naval mllltla mat ters. Thu report ape.ika In high terms of the operations of the naval mllltla , and Is ap proved by tSlr. Koosevclt. 'Commenting ' on the inspection made by himself , Mr. Hoose- vult sajs : "I was greatly pleased with the zeal and efficiency shown by the different organiza tions which I persocally visited ( Ohio , Michi gan , Illinois and Now York ) , and no less with the showing made by most of the others as set forth In the accompanying reports. There wore two or three concerning which the re ports were less favorable. "Tho different state organizations are con tinually asking for old vessels , and the gov ernment has Dually tried the experiment of sending the1 Yautic to the lakes for the use of the Michigan militia. The supply of these old wooden vessels has now become practlo- ally exhausted. The government has tried the experiment _ of loaning monitors , but the experiments have oat been satisfactory , as the monitors are poor ships for cruising or for barrack * ? . "Tllero arc two or three of these organiza tions which ; in the event of a sudden emer gency , could'bo 'utilized ' at once for manning the small naval cruisers , < but this , of course , cannot generally bo the case with the ma jority of the organizations. They must bo depended ui > on primarily as a second line of defense. THcro are two very Important features which should 'bo attended to by such a secolld line. One Is the placing of mines , the Otter the establishment of signal stations fop coast defense. " "Tho department should request that there should be Inserted In the provision for the maintenance of the naval militia 'submarine mining outfito , ' so ns to allow of training thorn for this purpose. The department 6as also been maturingplabs for the signal sta- ticn for the coast defense , and a very slight expenditure of money , with the co-operation of the Treasury depjrtment , will put this on a satisfactory basis. "The organizations are continually request ing the detail of officers to Instruct them , ami they can best of all bo Instructed by actual service on regular war vessels or under the supervision of naval officers and lu conjunction with the sillors. "It is much to be wished that congress will authorize in thu first place , the substitution for the old paddle wheel steamer Michigan on the lakes by. a siniill gunboat , perhaps of the Petrel typo , to bo devoted largely to cruJelng with the lake mllltla organizations and to overseeing them ; and , furthermore , to the building of one similar small cruiser on the Pacific and two on the Atlantic , to bo used for ihls same purpose.Vlth these cruisers it would be possible to bring the imal mllltla organizations to a very high standard of efficiency , andi the cruisers them selves , of course , would be available at any moment for any of the regular naval uses In an emergency. " XBW 1MIOCKSS HUTTQK IS I'OOII. Ko.siiltN of AKrlculturiil Department IJ-VIM'rllllCIltH. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. Dr. D. E. Sal mon , chief of tno Bureau of Animal Indus try of the Agricultural department , has made a report to the secretary of agriculture on wl-at Is known as the Deardou process "of making butter. The report describes the process , which consists of churning a cer tain quantity of butter with cream , and also the experiments conducted by the depart ment. The resulting compounds were sent to New York , where an expert was requested to score thorn. Ho reported as follows : "In relation to the three boxra of butter marked X. Y. Z. , will say that upon examination of same my opinion is ( Ouit it is what 'is ' known on our market as "process butter , " und on that class of butter I can neither place a grade or scoio , as I have no rule to gov ern grade or manufactured butter under this process. It cannot bo classified aa creamery , Imitation creamery , facti/ry or dairy putter , and we have no grading on any other kind of butter except these kinds. I find these samples poor in flavor , the grain is badly broken , showing that It has been much overworked and is very salvy ; consider It un fit for table use ; only UEO that could bo made of It would bo to a cheap class of bakers' trade. " Dr. Salmon then says : "By following the directions given In patent anil using the quality of oientn which one would naturally take for Uils purpose , a product will bo ob tained which resembles butter In some rchpects , It dqcs contain , as claimed , a little - tlo more of , the phospliutlo and other ele ments that1-supply the tlesuo wants of the human body than Is found In good butter , but dairymen endeavor to work and wash these elements out of their butter Imcause they furnish. ' fobd for bacteria , which cause the butter tQttjOll. ) As a human food tiio product cannot bo said to be better than butter for tbo reason that It contains loss f > it and moro water , The slight Increase In nltrogeneoud constituents amounts to lit tle from th.fs Standpoint , as the eamo can be obtained In jnuch cheaper und better form In milk. Considering the large proportion of water whlcli the product manufactured by tlilfl now process contains , It does not eeem proper to call 1t butter , and It Is a quest'lon whether It Mould bo allowed to be sold as butter In .states where pure food laws uro In force. Attempts have frequently been made to soil no-culled butter of practically ttio Kimo composition as this , and they have met with falluro. " WOMIS.V ISMPI.OVUS MAT1SFAOTOUV. 1'oMolTleo Ip | > nrlim > nt Itrpllpn to Inquiry from CJorninny. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. First Assistant Postmaster General Ilrath has transmitted to the postal administration of the German government through Second Assistant Shal- lonberger , a comprehensive report cci the employment of women In the government service. Ho slates that tlioro are 71,022 Dostofficcs In the United States , at each of which there are several employes who lawfully - fully ir.av bo either men or women. Post masters at third and fourth class postofflccs select their own emplojoa without consult ing the department , and It Is accordingly la-Ksslblo to ulvo the exact number of wo men employed In the postal service. There are , however , 7,670 women postmas ters and ncrhaps 8,000 women to whom the filth of office has been administered to qual ify them to assist In conducting thu business of the postofflce. There are 107 women cm- ployed In the 1'cstoffico department proper. Women , the report eays , 010 emyloycd In all branches of the postal service except as letter - tor carrier * ! , clerks In the railway mall serv ice and postofflco Inspectors. They are not rpb&frcd bv rule or regulation from entering any branch of the service. In fact , there are postofficrs In the United Slates at which thcro are none but women employed. The same salary U paid them as to men for the same character of work. In the 1'ostoffico department salaries now paid to women vary from $240 to $1,800 t > er an num , according to serlvco performed , though there Is no rule preventing them from receiving moro than that , and as postmasters or assistants they sometimes receive much larger talarlcs. Sotno of the moat faithful and efficient em ployes In the postal service are women. Continuing , the report says It has been a mooted question for many years with the heads of the executive departments whether women can render as good general service as men , because the latter may bo transfer- rablo at all times to any position , whereas women may bo confronted with duties In a scnso Indelicate or which require too much manual labor. But It Is seldom that dutlea devolve on any clerk or office which cannot bo properly performed by women. The conclusion of the department Is that altogether the services of women have proven almost. If not equally , satisfactory with with those of men. The report Is based on a request of the Gorman government as to what has been the general experience oC the government with women employes. CAl'TAI.V SII.Mtl'K CJOKS TO Ill'SSIA. ' Caplnlii Wnri ! to iIlpprpNonl War llo- pnrtiiii-iit at Hxposltliiii. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. Captain Henry C. Ward , Sixteenth Infantry , has boon detailed - tailed to represent the War department at the Omaha exposition next year In place of Captain Alfred C. Sharpe , Twenty-second Infantry , relieved at his own request. Cap tain Sharpe goes to St. Petersburg as mili tary attache of the United States legation. Captain Alfred C. Sharpe of Company A , Twenty-second Infantry , U. S. A. , stationed at Fort Crook , who has been honored with appointment to the post of military attache at the American legation , St. Petersburg , has had a varied career. Ho was born In Ohio In 1S30 , received his appointment io West Point from Iowa , but resigned from the military academy because of a severe accident at cavalry drill. Captain Sharpe saw service under General Miles and Colcnel 13. S. Otis In the Sioux Indian \\ar at Clear Creek , Mont. , from October 10 to 16 , lu 1S7C , for which he received honorable men tion and was recommended for promotion "for conspicuous bravery end fearless ex posure. " Ho was also In the labor riots at Chicago and Wllkcsbarro , Pa. , during the summer nad fall of 1877. During 1878-70 ho was quartered at Fort Wayne , Mich. , and was admltttd to the practice of law iby the supreme court of Michigan at Detroit. Cap tain Sharpe haa been stationed at various times in his army career at forts in Texas , North Dakota , Nebraska , Colorado and elsewhere , besides flU'ng a number of Im portant staff positions. For two years , 1887 and 1888 , he was inspector of the National guard of Ohio , and was also Instructor for 1SS4 to 18SS of military sciences and tactics in the Wooster , 0. , university. In 1SS7 ho won a gold medal for the best essay on "Organization and Training for National Military Service. " Captain Sharpe de scended from colonial stock In Maryland , his father having been prov'nclal ' governor of that state , and hls maternal grandfather adjutant of the Third" Maryland regiment In the war of 1812 , . becoming later United States marshal. IJEC1013 A I.OXG IMS.VDIXG CI-AIM. Final Iti'JcclIoii of I'uiiNloii Applica tion 31 a lie In 187(1. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. A pension claim which has been pending twenty-seven years and which is admitted would carry back pay of $23,000 was decided today by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davis. It Is the case of Gotlleb Ellcrslck of Missouri , whoso claim for alleged total blindness duo to disease of the eyes contracted during the military service in 18C4 is rejected. The case has attracted much interest and pre sented many perplexing features , but it was found that no record of the existence of any disease of the eyes in the service existed , nor was there competent testimony to show the Incurrer.co of any such disability In the sprvlce. The claimant was discharged from the army In 1S65 and did not lose his sight till 1SC8. No effort to establish his claim , iire/scnted In 1870. was made until most of thoco who could have testified from personal knowledge were dead , The decision holds that the claimant's own statements were in consistent and flatly contradictory of his most Important witnesses , aside from which the physicians'and oculists decline to accept the cause of his present blindness as duo to any service origin. A'i'ivN for tln > Army , WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. ( Special Tele gram. ) Captain Isaac P. Ware , assistant sur geon , has been relieved from duty at Fort Grant , Ariz. , and ordered to Benlcla Bar racks , Cal. , to relieve Captain Marrltto W. Ireland , assistant surgeon , who Is ordered to the Presidio of San. Francisco for duty. Additional Second Lieutenant William t\ . Roberts , First cavalry , has been relieved from < luty at Fort Hlley , Kan. , and ordered to Fort Huachuca , Ariz. , for duty with troop I , First cavalry. The following transferIn ) the Second ar tillery arc ordered : First Lieutenant Victor If. 'Brldginan ' , from battery H to battery I ; First Lieutenant Richmond P. Davis , from battery I to battery H ; Lieutenant Davis will Join his battery. Lieutenant Colonel James Jackson , First cavalry , has been placed on the retired list. Loaves of absence : Captain Washington I , Sanborn , Twenty-fifth Infantry , three months ; Lieutenant Peter C , Harris , Thirteenth In fantry , two months ; Lieutenant Thornus F. Howard , Second cavalry , extended three months. I'nriloiioil liy tin * I'rcnliluiit. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. The president has granted pardons In the following cases : Stephen M , Folsom , Now Mexico , convicted April 17 , 1S94 , of > ma > clng false entries In tUt books of a national bank and sentenced to five years In Now 'Mexico penitentiary ; Jus tus J. Ilctsch , Kentucky , Indicted for em bezzling postal funds , pleaded guilty and The Best Natural Laxative Water. "Persons of bilious habit and with hemorrhoids be promptly relieved" " Those who are too fat should be advised to drink freely of 'Apenta * Water. In our observation it has proved of great value as /lesh reducer when given liberally , and 6 is not followed by unpleasant effects ? "Medical Mirror ? i sentence mispondcd untlJ December. 1SD7 , to nllow defendant to Appeal for executive clem. encyj J. r YOUIIR , Arkansas , sentenced April 27 , ISSfi , nerved for t o years , citizenship - ship restored ; , lohn Tlmmons , Alaska , sen tenced Juno 5. IS95 , to six years In thp state prison at San Qtmntln. Cnl. : F. W. Griffin , lllltrols , Indicted tor embezzling funds of a natloiul bank , pleaded guilty and on May 21 , 1S05. was sentenced to flvo years In the Illinois penitentiary. CAiutv oi'r for AS m ? COX < JHU.SS. I'oitollloc DiMiiirlntoiit Kxitrrlntftitfl ivllh Pi-re Huriil Drllvcrj. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. "Yes , I have seen a number of adverse criticisms a very fe\v of them somewhat captious criticisms of the rural free dpllvory service , " eaLA Mr. Potry S. Heath , first assistant poMnmtrr general , yesterday. "I am glad to note them. It Is n healthy BRII. | The object of rotab- lIshltiR the experimental service was to call public attention to Its dlfllcultlps nnd lay n basis for n rccnonnbly accurate estimate of Its coat and usefulness , This Is what congress wanted , and this Is what the department has boon tryltiR to do. All public comment helps. If It Is unjust or unreasonable It will react. Unleffl rural frro delivery Is a good thltiR and a useful thlntr far beyond the expense It Involves , It OURM not to ho continued. If It Is Rood and useful It ahoutd bo extended and made permanent. Not everywhere , nor all at once , but as oiigRpstcd In my report , lu some gradual nnd graduated form , the char acter of which might be regulated from the tesults already arrived nt at the experimental service. " * to 1'ONtiilllroN. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. ( Speclil Tele gram. ) A postofllco has been established nt Ellsworth , Sheridan county , Nob. , with James \Tllllams as postmaster. The pcstofllco at Washington Mills , Du- biuiuo county , la. , has been discontinued , Mall will go to Urrnnrd , Nebraska postmasters commissioned today : George H. KUll , lArcher ; Frank P. Hill , Cur tis ; Thomas Sturgeon , Franklin ; George W. Klbler , Leigh ; John G , Jones , Huskln ; David G. Illnes , Chase. The postofllco at Exeter , Neb. , will be raised to a presidential ofllco on January 1 , with compensation at ? 1,100 per annum. Vli'tliu of nn Krror. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. ( Special Tele gram. ) Some weeks ago J. C. Pcntzcr of Lincoln was certified for appointment to a clerkship In the Omaha postolllcc. Subsc- iiucntly ho was removed nnd appealed. First Assistant Heath today sal.l that the civil service commission had made an error In certification and that Pcntzcr had bom dropped simply because ho had been ap pointed out of turn. Pcntzor , It would ap pear , Is the victim of an unfortit.iiuj error and will have to step out to wait until an other vacancy occurs. . \nltnli' for Suiiilny Cluxliipr. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. Consul Morris at Ghent , Uclglum , reports to the State depart ment tint a movement b on foot In that city to have all business houses voluntarily close at noon on Sunday Instead of remain ing open all day as now. There Is a pos sibility of the success of the movement. A reason given for Sunday openlug is that laborers have no opportunity of trading on other days and must make use of Sunday for that purpose. AlKi-r Nnmi'H Cniitnlii iVnril. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. ( Special Tele gram. ) Secretary Algor has announced of ficially the appointment ot Captain Henry C. Ward , Sixteenth infantry , to re-present - the War department as a member of the board of management of government ex- hlbito , vice Captain Alfred C. Sharpe , Twenty-second Infantry , who has been re lieved at his own. request , and la now ordered to join his company from Cleveland , O. \Vniit ii Modern War Ship. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. The Illinois Naval Militia association has called a meet ing at Chicago November 30 to consider thp feasibility of having the old gunboat 'Michi ' gan , now the solo representative of the United States navy on the great lakes , replaced by a modern war ship. A number of prominent persons have been Invited to be present at the meeting to deliver addresses. Still AVurUlliK ut Clhrnltnr. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. In a recent re port to Iho State department concerning tie use of biojclcs at Gibraltar , Consul Sprague Incidentally refers to work In progress at that place that Is not generally known. Hu says 3,000 workmen dally enter the fortress and lubor on the extensive Improvements now going on In the bulldlns of docks and other government works. Heavy Crop of .lute. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Consul General Patterson at Calcutta , In u report to the State Department , says It Is estimated that the jute crop of India this year will bo fi- 800,000 bales of 400 pounds earfi , of wblph about 3,000,000 balca will bo available for export. Ho says manufacturers may look for low prices for raw material. Dally TiTiiMiiry Stiifi'iiii'iit. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. The available cash balance In the treasury today was In creased by $13,645,250 , "making the total $210- 503,585 , the increase being the amount re ceived on account of the sale of the bonds In the sinking fund ol' the Union Pacific rail road , D.illy TrciiNiiry . WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows : Available cash balance , $21C,003,5SG ; gold re serve , ? 15CC50,430 , \nHoiiiiI lliuilc Aiilliorl/.CMl. WASHINGTON , Nov. 23. Authority has been granted for the organisation of thu National Dank of Klrkvllle , Mo. ; capital , $57,000. "SOLID-not ! " , - liquid A Screw Loose ! The queer mental altitudes we lake are simply mild insanity nervousness. Dr. Charcot's arc a speedy remedy for unhealthy fancies. They renew and strengthen the nerves and impel them to vigorous action. They tighten "loose screws. 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