TRKES UN NEBRASKA PLAINS Ara Thy Increasing or PirainViing from Natural Games , INVEST CATIONS OF PROFESSOR BESSEY Toiiilrncy of Croutli Ilotli IJnKt mill \ \ ' < - H iirilliiipo < llile ( u Il ) emrr Ailrnnce or Helmut. I The qrn-Atlon , "Arc trees receding from the Ncfjraska plains ? " Is the subject of an In * structlve piper by Prof. Charles n. Bessey of the State university In a late Issue of Garden and Fore t. Prof. Bessey tnys truly that thi1 question la ot "no little Interest , both botanlcally and economically. " The changes ho notes do not Include changed wrought by man , but the "slow changes duo to natural causes , and having nothing w hat- ever to do with men s activities. " There are , nil told , he writes , sixty-Ova apecles of trees which firow naturally within the limit of the state , > ct for a great part of Its area but a small per cent of these are to be found In any particular locality. The greatest number occurs In the southeastern corner of the state , and from this point the species decrease as we piss northwesterly. To particularize , ae wo enter the state at Its eotithofstern corner wo find that there are ten species of oaks , but after traveling alxty to sixty-live miles westward or northwest ward we find tint there are but two species , and within a few kilometers ( five to ten milts ) one of these disappears , unless we follow the b lnfTa of the Missouri northward The trres of the walnut family present a eltnl.ar interesting distribution. The black walnut has extended Its range along the couth Pae of the state , In the Reptib'lcan valley , for 200 to 220 miles. and northward along the Missouri and Nlobrara rivers for fully 135 miles. The butternut , on the con trary does not extend more than sixty to seventy-five miles from Its point of entrance TOP shellbark , the big hick ory-nut and the pig-nut have little it any , greater range than the butternut. So If we take up almost any of the species they are found to have entered the state from the southeast and to have passed northward and westward to greater or lens distances There are , however , a few species ( nine In all ) which seem to have entered from the west One is the buffalo berry , shepherdla argentca , which is scarcely entitled to DP called a tree. since It rarely attains to cither the form or dimensions of one , It has. however , succeeded In traveling further than any other of the western arboreous species , reaching the Mis souri river on the east and the Republican on the south The next In extent of dlst'lbu- tlon Is the yellow or bull pine , which enters the state at two points and stretches ea ivard for long distances Near the north western corner of the state Pine Ridge with an elevation of 4,600 feet , extends eastward from the Wyoming mountains , and after about ninety miles passing over the line Into South Dakota. On this elevated ridge , which Is quPc mountainous In many places , the yellow or bull pine Is found In abundance , and It baa passed from the ridge to the abrupt and rocky bluffs of the Nlobrara river down which It has extended to within less than sixty miles of the river's mouth. About seventy-live miles south of Pine Ridge Is a similar but higher uplift of land , Cheyenne ridge , which extends eastward between the North Platte and the Lodge Pole rivers for a distance of nearly 125 miles Its hlgfiest points , known locally as the Wild Cat moun tains , attain an elevation of about 5.300 feet and from these the rldgo descends gradually to 3,700 feet at Its eastern extremity Upon this extended ridge this pine has extended for at least ninety miles It Is found also In widely Isolated canyons In the central part of the state , near the eastern border of the great pandhlll belt. INVASION OP NEW TREES. The following trees , which have Invaded the state from the west , have followed cne or the other of these two ridges. Thus th quaking atiien ( populua tremuloldes ) , bla.'k cottonwood ( popmlus angustlfulla ) , mountain inatplo ( uccr glabrum ) . and canon b'rch ( betula occldcntalls. follow Pine Ridge for from ten to seventy-five miles On Cheyenne rld.i Ilydberg's cottouwood ( pcpulus acumlnatl ) ha pushed in from the Wjomlng foothills for i distance of from ten to fifteen miles. It Is Interesting to mention here that the very pretty smaller mountain mahogany ( cercocar pus parvlfollus ) , which further southwes becomes a email tree , enters the state on Cheyenne Ridge , where It grows luxuriantly as a rather tall spreading shrub en the pre clDltous sieves of the Wild Cat mountains Looking over the whole area iod studying attentively the condition of the trees along the borders of the areas which they occupy wo may ask whether they are advancing o retreating At one time I held the view thj the eastern trees were advancing and thi western retreating , but further examination has somewhat modified this view Alonir the western border of the area occupied by the bur oak ( quercus macrocaroa ) tbe trees are' found uirrj the sides of thc narrow valleys through which flow the creeks and rivers These trees are young and vigorous and have every appearance of having obtained recently a foothold Further down these streams the trees are larger , and finally we come to groves of mature trees. The same facts may be observed with le&i emphasis with regard to the red oak ( quercus rubra ) , b'ack walnut , bitter-nut h'ckory ' ( hlcorla minima ) , Kentucky coffee tree ( gymnocladus dlotcus ) , honey lo cust ( gledltsla trlacanthoa ) , green ash ( fraxl- nua lancoolata ) . All of these species appear to bo moving westward , the trees of the most westerly stations being nearly always young and vigorous. PINR3 MOVING EASTWAHD With the western species It Is nearly the same While at some stations the pine trees upon outlying borders are apparently the remnants of a former larger growth , In many other places these outliers arc grow ing and vigorous. This was particularly noticeable In a recent visit to Cheyenne Itldge , where but one explanation could bo given for tbe prrctnt distribution of Individ ual trees upon the spurs and hillsides. It is very certain that upon Cheyenne Hldgc the-p.-nes are slowly pushing eastward , and that In spite of the ravages of man and of herds ot cattle , horses and sheep , this species Is more than holding Its own , Upon some parts of Pine Illdge man's Interference Jus checked the advance of tbe pine , and this 1s tbe care also In some places along the Nl brara river , but In many other places tbe young trees are springing up and vigor ously ccntcstlcs with grasses and weeds for the posiesslon of ground The mountain maple and the canyon birch give ono tbo same Impression of a successful and com paratively iccent advance Into a territory formerly unoccupied Even the shrubby mountain mahcgany upon the elopes of the Wild Cat mountains Is evidently fighting a winning , and net a losing , battle. No one can ride through the mountain canons and see the vigorous plants of this pretty peeks ami come to any other conclusion than that there In hee a strong eastern advance of o western spcclea , With respect to some of the trees upon the Nebraska plains I have to admit that it Is at p'csent Impossible to see cither ad- vaiu-o or retreat It U probable that In wnio inatanccs as for example the paper birch ( bc'.ula papyrlfera ) , the trees have remained where they arc for ages , without perceptible change In area Perhaps we have In this tree a survival of tbe- glacial mlgralou from the far no-th Likewise , I find It Impossible to pronounce upon the status of the basswood - wood , c tioiwood , elm , silver maple , buck eye , cherries , etc. They have as yet not shswn anything which la conclusive either may From such evidences a we have thus far , It U evldec' that some of the eastern trees are advancing toward the west and that tome of the western trees are advancing eastward In other word * , we can lay that ot the ipoclei are cot media * from the Nebraska plain * , and that as to thf > other species tbe evidence ot advance or re treat la not wanting 11111:11 nv > VVM.VS 31 vvionii. i-Jpcln CiMirtFMloK Trmlrrril ti > SI. l.niilx Peoiilr. ST LOUIS , Nov. 25. According to the Post-Dispatch , which prints the story this nftertoon , Dr. Nansen , the Arctic explorer , who list night lectured to a crowded house it 'Music hall on his travpls In the far north , deliberately snubbed a committee of prom inent cfileials of the munlcIpaHty and federal government and gentlemen In private life , who called Upon him at the Planters hotel to day to extend certain courtesies Among the prominent members ot the committee were Mayorf Henry L. Zlegenbelm , ex-Secretary of the Interior John \V. Noble , ex-Sf-cretary of the Interior David R. Francis , United Stated Circuit Judge Amos W. Tbayor Colonel Nathan Ccle , Judge Klein , Prof C M. Woodward of Washington university , Superintendents Soldan of the public schools and Bryan of the HUh schools , the venerable Mr. Gray cf the Academy of Science , Dr Emtl Pretorius editor of the Westllche Post ; Frederick L. Judsan an * Paul F. Coste , presi dent of the ecool board. The Post-Dispatch saysWhen the citi zens first assembled In the parlors of the Planters hotel they were met by Manager Hurd , who charged that tbe free reception of Dr. Nansen at the High school Thursday afternoon had detracted from tie attendance 01 the doctor's lecture Wednesday night , and he showed a disposition to resent the offer ing of any further honors. The committee had arranged a carriage rldo to Shaw's Ilotanlcal gardens , to bu fol lowed by a luncheon , but these courtesies were decl'oed through his manager , so the Pcst-Dlspatch says. KHPOHTS or 'i UK Kv.\is\s caor. Mali- lion fit of Viirli'lilturiINIIICH MX 1'I mi I Ilnllctlii. TOPEKA , Nov 25 The Kansas Board of Agriculture has Issued a final bulletin showIng - Ing the slate's crop yields and farm values and the numbers and farm values of llvu stock for the year 1S97. Thp total yield of winter wheat Is 50,040,374 bushels , worth1 $ J3.70SC12 , or almost 160 pel cent more thin last year's crop. The aver age yield per acre for the entire state is 15 07 bushels. The Lorn crop Is 152,140,593 bushels , o- 63,278,421 bushels lesa than In ISl'b ' , and Its value $7,077,720 less. Of oats the yield Is 23,431,273 bushels , an Increase of 4,116,501 bushela Tue jield pel acre was 23.S2 bushels. Spring wheat shows a yield of OiC.230 bushels , as against C01.523 bushels In 1S90 The combined home value of wluter arm spilng wheat , corn and oils Is $ Gd,76S,7SS , on Increase of $15,071,930 over that of la * , year. The figures given ara a result of probably the most searching Inquiry the board hi. ever undertaken for learning be > end que - tion in careful detail the extent and value of the stated production. The probable totil acreage of winter whea son the present autumn Is abou : 3,845,000 acres , or an Increase over the previous jea. of 1C per cent. In spite of an unusual ! } dr. fall Inl much of the stata a large proportion of the wheat Is growing ana promises wei The net Increase In value of this country V agricultural production over that of ISSi. Is $20,043,246 and of live stock $20,505,985 a total net Increase of $40.554,231 , or some what more than 21 per cent. \\IMj PUT l > V PVCIPIO CV11LU. Comiinny of NtYnrk CiinltnlUtM IU-- liilnl tint'liturt * . NEW YORK , Nov. 25. A meeting of the Pacific Cable-company of New York was held yesterday at the office ot the Central and South American Telegraph company In this city. The following board of directors was elected : J. Plerpont Morgan , Edmund L Baylies , .1. Kennedy Todd , Rear Admira John Irwln , U S N , and James A. Scrymser James i.V. Scrjmser was elected president and Edmund L Bailies vice president and acting treasurer. Tbo compjny announces that Its proposed cable will connect San Francisco wlti the Hawaiian IsIanJs near Honolulu , and exte - slons from the Hawaiian Islands will br made to Japan and Australasia. It Is furf-e nnounced by the company that the surveys for the cable between the coast of California and the Hawaiian islands are highly satis factory and that arrangements are bfirv ; madu for the establishment cf that section within eighteen months Deep se-i surveys In the southern Pacific show a rerrirkably even bottom , roue1 ! more favorable than the older chart indicated , many supposed shoals having been expunged from tbe admiralty charts I The Pacific Cable companv will be Indo- penlcnt of the Mexican Telegraph comp.ny the Central and South American Telegraph company ami , the Western Union Telegraph company in Its organization , but It Is stated that these companies will have clcse businef- rela'lcns with It It will require over 9.000 miles of cable to connect the United States with the Hawaiian islands , Japan , Caina and Australasia. I u vvi ; v HVIJ 3i VN rou \ iiu > int ' Tr 'ii ure S < > rkrrM In smith Sen * IIU.-I ) ( ( I"1 1 nil Trmililc. S\N FRANCISCO , Nov. 25 A story co.uej from Honolulu that has caused much anxiety among the friends of the sixteen young me- vvho recently sailed from this port oa the ichcorer Sophia Sutherland In rearch 01 treasure on the Solomon Islands. The trad- 1 B master of tha lit le craft now rren mao'y cruising In the south seas , Is Captain Sor- rens n , who , according to ex-Consul ChurchIll - Ill of Apl.i has a black record t-a a pi'ate and despoller of the natives In the Islindr of the central Pacific. When the Sophia SuthciUnil reached Apia It HJS subjected tea a p archli.g Inquiry during which Sorrcngjn was identified as tte man who had led a sim ilar mature seeking expedition from Mel bourne on the schooner Albert , which he teen transformed Into a regular pirate. In 18S1 ho was captured by the British man-of-war Dart and seat to prison for ten years. Since then he had not been heard of but now be h , In virtual command of a company of Cali- I fo-nlars. whT put faith In , hi * stories of the fabulous wealth of the Solomon Islands D rinllor > at Ni-lirii ti'.nilrno llnriiN. TOUGALOO. Miss , Nov 23 Fire broke out In the dormitory of the Touffjloo negro academy about S o'clock last night uml < k > - uplto the woitc of the students th bul'd ng went quickly burned to the ground Tne fin. was tlrst ulseovcred In the third story and la , Hupposetl to nave originated from a defcet- i ivo HUB. Fortunately the students were .ill | at u praji-r meeting when the tiri tuned , so no oni < wns injured. Forty-three htudentK and six teacher * lost their entire ppr onal eflectH. T-.o loss Is estimated at J20000 The tim tint of Insurance U not known , us ) the pa'loles were all placed In the ottlre of thei association In NPW York. OlieiiM It * > < > n ( 'lull HiiiiNt * . NKW YORK , Nov 25The new rlub IOIIHM nf the American Socletv of Plvl' I Engineers on West Seventy-llfth street was 1 fern ally opened yesterday Addresses were made by Benjamin Hnrrod of New Orleans , the prMlde-nt : Wll'lam P rralBhlll , chief of engineers. I' 8. A , ami President J G Schurman of Cornell university lilxhop Potter offered prayer. The new club house IK a handsome one erected at a cost of JJCO.om ) T < ie society was founded In Ih32 and 1U memb-rsMp Includ s prominent engineers In all parts of the world A num ber of out of ton members were present at the opening. Laborer * Itrurrrt l.lKKflt'x Deitlli ST LOL'IS. Nov , K. lt U somewhat un usual for labor unions to take action re gretting the death of wealthy men , but there was a noted exception when local union No. 3 , United Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners of Ame-rlta , adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of John K. LIsKett. the senior member of the b ff tobaLcp lirm of IJsirm & .Meyers , who died Tuesday. The resolution recited that the deceased vvaa a jfood friend to organized abor and the sympathy of the union vvas tendered to hU family and mend * . ACTIVITY IN PUBLIC WORKS Man ; of the Oity Streets Improved During the Fast Year. PAVING IN SIGHT FOR NEXT YEAR Mnnj Villon of \ < MV SlilcrrnlU Lnlil by tlie Ili'Mlifoiif ' - I'riipertjOvvucm tliut Prove the Statement * . There Is no particular Inwhich the effect of the general Improvement In business con ditions Is more apparent than In the general disposition on the part of Omaha property owners to secure public Improvements. Tor a couple of years previous these have been almost at a standstill , but during the last few months a degree of activity has devel oped which has not been exceeded even In the boom times. In this case the approach of the exposition and Its multitude of visit ors lias operated to assist In the movement and the vigorous competition between con tractors and the unpreceuentedly low prices at which the work Is being done have left the property owners no excuse for further d 'ay of Improvements which have long been desirable. Unfortunately , so far as new pavements are concerned , the sentiment did not develop . until It was too late for much of the work i to be done this jcar This , In connection j with the unfortunate delay In the South Sixteenth repavlng , has practically restricted i the paving operation * of the present season I to the Tarnam and Center street Jobs But j a large number of contracts have been cxe-1 | I cuted ors which tbe work Is to bo done early ! la the spring and there are a number of additional districts in which all the pre liminary steps have been taken and the pavc- ironts are assured The Farnam and Center street districts alone aggregate nearly 93,000 j 1 yards of paving and nearly an equal amount , is already assured for the early spring ! j Including the districts in which contracts j I ! will certainly be let this year and one dis trict In which It is stated that a majority | I petition will soon bo submitted there are' nineteen paving contracts either UDder way or assured for the beginning of next year These districts Include about 170 000 square yards and assuming that-the present prices vvl 1 rule tbe cost of the work -vlll be slightly less than $223,000 Tcls represents a tremendous amount of work when the re cent reduction In prices Is considered At the prices which formerly prevailed It would cost Just about an even $300000 to pave these streets and the more than 50 per cent reduc tion Is the difference between what the coi- tiactors are willing to do the work lor when there Is real competition In sight and the prices that ttey obtained some years ago The details of the amount of paving ana curbing In each district and the comparative rest are indicated In thp following table sKs rouTinj\viTH itonnmn. Anke "tf | ) ilint In Time o Snve HI" Wealth. ST. LOUIS , Nov. 25. Lee Pitts , a negro Pullman porter living la ifala city , Is a pris oner at the Four Courtsi on the charge of * * attempted robbery. A . Rl Hill , a broker cf Providence , R. L , allegeanhat Pitts tried to steal from his pochctan Envelope containing $39,000 In certified Specks and $3,000 In cash. Droker Hill was a , passenger on the Burlington & Ohio train which arrived 'In St. Louis from the east. l\a soon as tbe train reached Union station he caused the arrest of Pitts. At the Four Courto Mr. Hill re lated this story : "Just after tfco train p.tsed Odin. III. , this morning the porter pulled the curtains aside and reached Into my berth. Ho took $10 out of my trousers pocket and then thrust his hand Into my Inside cost pocket , where I had an envelope containing $42,000 la caah and checks. ' I awoke Just In time to save the envelope. I grappled with tbe ncgrd and the encounter attracted the attention , of tbe Pullman con ductor J IJ Hodges. , H4 ordered tbe negro to return tie $10 be had taken. " Mr Hill Is the owner of veveral lead and zinc in IMS at Joplln , Mo. , and lie Is on his [ way there He says he will remain In St. Louis long enough to piikh the prosecution. rnvs M VN KILLS ins Mvuirrim MIT. He Then CU H HIM Throat , lint : \ot'l ' Pa ( ill I y. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 23. A special to the Re- | | I tfubllc from Galveston , Tex. , rays- About 10 ' I o'clock last night Seth Carter killed Ills ! sweetheart , Alice Brantley , then fired one' i shot at himself , which misled. Then he threw- the revolver away aud cut ha ! throat with a razor After this he walked ftoni the scene cf the tragedy to the police sta- tl n , almcst a mile , and surrendered His appearance at the station caused a sensa- tlon Ho was one mass of blood , with a gaping gash In the right side of his neck oxtoni'ng around underneath the chin , par- tlilly covering the windpipe. He made signs foi pa er and Ink and sjravvlcd out acon - fd slan that he killed his sweetheart because she was untrue to him and bothered him Ho Inquired about her.Vhen told she was dead he manifested no reaiorse , but said hej fired four balls Into hir for the purpose of killing her and Intended killing himself Carter's wounds are not regarded as fatal He Is 23 yearn of age a.nd was raised here. COM ) STVI'tK OP THK To lie Vlitilc for Kxblhltloii nt the NEW YORK , Nov. 23. Ada Rehan In s'lvor Is to bo outshone by Wljllam McKlnlty In gold , according to the Uetaid ot today. The president of the United States will furnish the figure fo- the llfesized statue' of so'ld gold , which Is to be the rccat costly lump of p-eclou3 metal the molera woild has ever icei' So says T D Hfgbjy of Chlcigo. who has been retained by vvar'prn millionaires to turiUh such a statue /or exhibition at the GETTING OCULAR EVIDENCE Best Possible Proof of Progress is Given Inquirers. OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE AND EXPOSITION MIIIIJVUlturn Go to the Ground * nttd the Workmen llnntlc on the IllK IlnllilliiBii .Now I. ' n dor Thanksgiving day at the exposition grounds was characterized by throwing the gates wide open to all comers and when the gatekeepers arrived at 8 o'clock they found-a number of strangers watting to get Inside to see for themselves whether all that they had heard about the magnitude of the undertaking was true. There was a constant stream of people Into the grounds until nearly noon , when the drizzling rain discouraged people from under taking a visit. The greater part of the vis itors were strangers In the city and conspicu ous among them were numbers of college youths , evidently drawn to Omaha by the attractions - tractions on the foot ball fields. Work was being pushed on all of the bulld- Ings on the main court , the contractors hur- rylng , their men to get ta much done as poesl- bio befo-o the threatened snow storm com menced operations The Nebraska building , over on the bluff tract , was silent and deserted the workmen hiving gone to their homes In different parts of the state to assist In the demolition of Thanksgiving turkey. There was a slight premonition of trouble on the Mines building early In the mo'nlng , causfd by the staff con ractotn Smith & East man , putting non-union lithers at work on that building The carpenters employed on the job were up In arms at once and threat ened to strike un'css ' these men were taken off A conference was quickly held with the staff contractors and the disturbing element was removed and quiet restored. TO IiT IN U.I , THU STVT-nii. Nou 10110 } Vilnptcil liy Department of HxhlbllM. The Department of Exhibits has adopted a new policy toward state exhibits and has decided to allot each transm'sslsslppl state a certain amount of space In the main build ings , the amount being based on the popula tion of the state and running from 200 to 1 OfO feet This policy was adopted In order that ao Mi to in the transmlsslsslppl region might be able to say that because Its legialature failed to mike an appropriation It could not make any exhibit on account of the amount charged for space. This generous action on the " .part of the exposition management will cost the esposltlon consldrrable money , as Aside front the paving the most notable operations of the season have been In permsj neat sidewalks. More permanent walks have been laid in Omaha during the last six monihs that In any year In Its history. For several ycara there has been a general ten dency en i he part of the city officials to al low the greatest possible liberty In tnis di rection. During the tird times hundreds of property owners found it dllScult to pay t-e : axes that had already accrued and they con tended that to Impose the necessity of bulld- Int permanent walks was an unjustifiable nardthip. This view was sh rsi bv the council and the Board cf Public Works to the extent tiiat thKC Improvements were only ordered In cases c\f \ extreme necessity and the result was a tremendous crop of claims for personal Injuries on account of defec'ive walks MILES OP NEW SIDEWALK. During the past season this policy has beeo reversed and the ordinance requiring perma nent walks i.us been enforced with consid erable energy. As a rule the property cv. ti ers have acquiesced In the new po'lcy and li hundreds of oases thev have put dour , the v.alks wlthTjt any suggestion from the Board of Public Works. As these walks have been divided among a large number of con racto'rs 1 * . Is Impossible to form an exact estimate of their extent except by IE.king a tedious tabulation cf the record as It appears on the stubs of permit books in the office of ( U ; Doird of Public Works. But It Is the ge . - tral opinion of members cf the board and co i ractors that not less l'ui ' 200.000 equure feet of pernranent crick and stone walks have been 'put down thia season One con- Motor alone b a eons.ructed over 100.003 feet and tne remainder has been divided amcng a dozen firms. Some cf the heavy property owners have lalJ walks by the nholcx le Herman Kountze his uail a g-ing of men at work laying walks < round his property for tcveral months and the new walks that he has laid uls years may be estimated by the mile. The general price . for laying artificial stone walks Is 16 cents ; per foot Brick Is cheaper and. the 'atuml i tone costs 19 and 20 cents Brick and ar- tlficiil stone are the materials meet In uce and the total Investment in permanent walks in Omaha this year Is estimated at from (25,000 to * 30,000 In sun erase ccnttructlon there bus also been more activity .tun for some years past , bu : the total expenditure In this direction has been comparatively little Tea new Ecwers have been constructed during tuese.i- son but wltu the except on of the new Cap itol avenue main sewer and the Vlntoa street sewtr they have all been small jobs , costing lees 4han (1.000 The total expenditure In this department during the yo.r was nearly . $10.000. distribute i os follows ins C\TTIE TWIC . llnjr from Tnrklo oil Trail ofnii Old Tlnir Frit-mi. John A. Knlerlm , a stockman of Tark o , Mo. , Jrrived.it South Omaha Wednesday night for the ourp.to of pjrchislng some cattle. Dur- ng the evening be met an old acquaintance n the person of Easehart ! Gaoel. His friend had c. carlcad of cattle , of which he was anxious to dispose , and a bargain was made whereby Mr Knlerlm purchase ! them with a c-iek In the turn of 1700. Yesterday morning Mr Knlerlm visited tbe stock yards to take cuargo of his purchase and n&a chagrined to learn that the stock bad been disposed of to another purchaser for ) GOO. Tiie cattle had already been chipped Knlerlm returned to Omaba end on the advice of tbe county attorney swore out -warrant for Gabcl'i arrest In Justice Cockerell'i court. Officer * took up Gabel's troll and are endeavoring to place him under arrest. i Paris exposition In 1900. ir. HIgby was in j the city yes-erday on his way to Washington ' to gat Th consent of President McKlnley to pose fo ; the figure The statue. It is said , will contain ? 1,050,000 worth , of gold. PENSIONS \\nvruriN VETCH w1 ? . Surtltori of Lnt u War ItviuemlicriMl Ii > the ficnt-ral Oo > eminent. WASHINGTON , Nov 23. ( Special ) Pen sions have been lesucd as follor. a : ls > 3UP of Novem' er 9. 1S7 Ntbiaska Original John P. Kell.ir Steele Cit > , Abrer B Davis. Xelbon Lionel C burr , Lincoln , Ju = tua O' Harrow , Stroms- liuru , Conriul K. Uiirms/ South Auburn Orliina."dow , etc illtior1. of William A. H ill Buitrice. lovu Orlxlnjl Moses Csrland. Soldiers' Home. .Mnr/lmll. George i > V Sluzzy , Kalo. Additionr.l Davis S. BeUnl , Slou\ . City , Hcnrj Klefncr. Soldiers. ' 'Home , Marshall ; \\lllUm JIcGrath. Atlantic Increase- Henry H Cmlcfc.upello ! John M. Sadler. Grunt , Gi.bert H I'ulvcr VII lsc < i , William O Smith Mount Ayr ; Willlim S. Rolph , Council Bluffs Original Widow , etc Sus..m Carver. Palo , Mary Jlc nmura , Weater- vllie , Louisa Howard Mareneo Itelisue Ht'oetca H Conrad , Golliirt Sution Coloudo Ite toratloii nnd Increase John MeE'dovvney , dead , VIlln Park Helssue C ir' . Grav Denver OrlolmU Widow , etc. Sophia JI iicCIdovvney , Villa Park , Minor of William Tyler.il't. Logan North Dakota Origlmil Henry F. Rlch- irds America. Orltlnall.WIdovv , etc -Alice .M Tionrnson. Glovtr South Dakota Original John Lennlnc. Hill City , Searlght C. Koutz , Hecla Montana. Increns" George Anthony , Pioneer. Npi-tl * of the' CiTlitnn Na\ > , LONDON , Nov. 25 The Berlin corre- cpondcnt of the Dally Ne'v alleges that a pimphlet Just publ theJ ty Piof. Schaefcr of Heidelberg unlvpralty 'on the needs of the German navy reflects the views held In the "very highest , quarters. " Tne .pamphlet ( ontenJs that the Increane of the German navy bts the simple , cbjcct of en abling Germany to surjaln a defensive wir agjlnat Enplind by preventing a blockade of the German coast It also hints at the evratualltj of an Atiglo-nvislan war , when Germany would require strong nary I-i order o preserve hen neutrality ind to reap the advantages of an cvpnded commerce. VinkrHl.tlIe l'rour < ' > . LONDON Nov 25.-info coptft ce ! , e- twten tb - delegates ofj tbe / ! irilvlt.ben - glnrera and the represTe-itatlvcs . of thi. en- plojfis , v\hch ! bfg a jfihtrday wtson - tinned tcay The sutjJctlof dlsti-is ju was f eedom of managemfnt and althojch tl-e matter wcs argued for 31 aga'cst ill day long , no agrcemer * was reached when the conference was adjajnjcd In * rfpreMU- i , f4 Vhe \ employer * malnlalned that the latter hid the right to VundiKt their affairs without tte Interfi-renee cf trades unions , . . . KANSAS CITY. Nov JS.-A special to the Star 'rom Lamar , Mo , aays : Sheriff Liv ingston retuniHl from Lebanon. Mo. , this ? ? ' ' ? " * lth , Davld Monksur , wanted for " , . mnniats'uJl ! on MrsJacc > b esh. n'ne ' mi.M boutn of here , two vveeks ago , wwn \Sl .1 WIlsLbnrn Kl with carbolic acI1. i- , r , ! .1 mob SWURff "P Simpson and Vni i AJ lhtV askr'eil ' they Mred Monkstar ana A very to commit tha niaault Avery atephens h offered mself..of . thc ° harse. Governor ia for Monkatdr and lUsh offeml the same amount. The trial of Simp son and Kaderly U now In progress. I.lfUlfniiiit JnrtU lit Ui-aily. SEATTLE. Wash. . Nov. K.-Ueutcnant Jarvls , who la to lead the overland expedl- " ers a. ace in the main buildings costs the rr.an- a emeut slightly over $1 per square foot , so that the establishc-- space charge of $1 i-cr square foot u cS noi cover ih < actual cost. It 1'aa been urged t at other evposittors have not charged for space In thel. ' buildings , but In answer to this ihe Department of Exhibits has s'm- ' ply pclntnl to thcservle furnlsh- exhlbl'ora in addition to the space , service which , In forme expcsltlons , has cost the exhibitors much more than the amount asked In this c se. In order to put the exposition on thc broadest linea however , and to remove any shadow of excuse on the part of states which ! are Inclined to Invent forced reasons for not making exhibits , the new policy has been pdoptcd and the transmisslsslppl states have been notified of this action The first reply .received to this announcement was from the igove nor of a certain state who raked tha' i the amount allotted to his state be doubled , as It was no : sufficient for the exhibits the various Interests In the state would like to make. SOl'Tjr. IJUCOTVS COMMISSION. Ooiernor Leo NIIIIIPN tinMcii AVIlil Will llnnilliHie i\lillill. Governor Andrew C. Lee has notified the Department of Promotion that he has ap pointed the following men as the South Da kota Expcsl'Ion commission. Vice president , A McKlnney , Lead ; W. L. Ga-dner , IlaplJ City , Harris Franklin , Martin Chapman and Charles E Davis , Deadv.ood ; John Stabler , Hot Springs ; Hatee Murphy , Elk Point , C A. Jewett , S'oux ' Falls , 0 H. Mann , Okobojo , Hugh Smith , Howard. The. governor says he will appoint addi tion1members of this board at tbe earliest opportunity and will call the commission to gether and devise pome means of raisins money for miking a state exhibit. He ex- P'egces regret that the bonds votej by tht I Black Hills district falUd to go tnr.ush i by reason of the refusal of the canvacslng 1 beard to canvass the returns on the bonds , but he expresses the hope that a way will ] be devised for having1 the entire state repre sented. Hniiilhome NIMV I'niiiplilft. The Department of Publicity has Issued a srecla ! edition of a handsome Illustrated pamphlet for the use of toe delegation of prominent Nebraskans who will go to Tcxaa early In December to attend the Deep W'ttor convention and boom tae Traramlssfcsippl Expoiltlon. These pamphlets contain slx- < ctn pages cf reading matter descriptive of the p'-in scope snd piogress of the expoil- tlcr , and Inserted as a frontispiece is a half tone pngravlnp. U6 Inched , of the official bird's-eye view of the exposition groundo. There are 'ilso half-tone engravings of five of the main buildings Tbo reading matter U up-to-Jate and states briefly and concisely In o crlfp. pointed manner the prominent feature ! ) of the expusltloetory One of tbe striking features Is a list of fifty-one ra tional and Interstate conventions which will rncft In Omaha next ye r. Typographically th i iKUtipnlot 4s a gem and reflects crtdlt on the department The Publicity department has In prepara tion a twcnty-pago pamphlet containing half tone engraving * of tbe bird's-eye view and tbu main btilldlngi There will be for gen eral distribution and will be issued within a sort time PineIII u If * pin n. The people In Arkansas are taking active steps to have a state exhibit at tbe exposi tion and the several counties are appoint ing committees to collect material for xnak log exhibits. A meeting was held at Pine Bluff > i few days ego and a pnmmlttee was appointed to take charge of the matter In that section of the state Other meetings .of this character are being held at different point * and tbe resources of tbe rtate will be presented In an attractive manner. \o\rl III r i from A novel suggestion for a Kannia exhibit Is bring seriously considered by tbe people lu ( hit state who are Interested In seeing that the Sunflower itate la properly represented at tbe exposition. The suggestion was made- by the secretary of the Commercial club ot Kmporla that a splendid exhibit for Kansas , and one that would not only attract much Attention , but would also be Inexpensive , would be to colk-ct a ton of cancelled. ' mort gages throughout the elate nnd take them to thc exposition. These tokens of cancelled Indebtedness or voucher * of present prosper ity might bo arranged In some Artistic man ner by a committee to be appointed by Gov ernor Lecdy. The suggestion met with ap probation , and should the governor call a special session of thc legislature a bill will probably bo Introduced making an appropria tion for this purpose. Notrn of flm K\t > onltlon. The Hygienic Optical company of New York City has applied for 100 feet of sp.Jce for an optical exhibit. The Bow en Cable Stay Tcnco company of Norwalk , O. , has applied for 200 feet ( or an exhibit In the Manufactures building. Thc Cole Manufacturing company of Coun cil Bluffs IMS Increased Its space for an exhibit ot stoves , etc. , by adding an addi tional forty-eight f > ct. The McShcrry Manufacturing company of Mlddlctown , O. , has applied for 400 feet ot space for an exhibit ot grain drills and other agricultural machinery. The Chinese commlssHoncr , Wong Chin Too , la In trouble again. This time the United States consul at Hong Kong has refused to allow the deportation ot Chinese artisans bound for Omaha to tike part In thc Chinese exhibit. Fee wanN the exposition authori ties to see that the American rcptcscntatlvo at Hong Kong b notified of thc action of the Treasury department In granting him permls'lon to bring Into thc country 250 me chanics and artisans from the north of China to form part of the Chinese exhibit. ICNII1T < > Of AK-S Ut-IIKN ITI * lilt's Honril of Cut ornorn Klrc-l * Olllcrrs | Contributions to Pnrmlo I'uiul. Thc regular meeting of the Board of the Knights of AK-Sar-Ben was held on Tues day evening last fThc first business wan the reorganization ot the Board of Gov ernors for the ensuing year , which reL suited In the election of : H. S. Wllcox. president ; Thomas A. Pry , vice president ; Fred Metz. , jr. , secretary , H. J. Ponfold , treasurer. Considerable routine buslcerp vvaa trans acted regarding the work of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Bcn for the year 1S9S The secretary reported that some 1 200 names hid been signed to the scrolls , as ob ligating themselves to tiecome members for thc ensuing 'year The following list , oubscrlbers to the pirade fund , was re ported. Amount previously reported , $3,927 Fifty Do'lars ' Each E. E Bruce & Co. Twenty-five Dollars Each Remington & Kessler , Prick & Herbcrtz , William D Banckcr , James Morton & Son Co. . Kuhn & Co , C B Havens & Co , Omaha Coal. Coke and Lime company , N Yager , Omaha Bottling company , W F Stoecker Twenty Dollars Each Ilces Printing com pany Strelght & Howes Fifteen Dollars Each J A Fuller & Co , Johrson Brcs , Murphy , Wasey & Co , H K Burket Industrial Irca works , Bishop Co Myers-DIIon Drug company , A J Simpson , F F Parmelcc , S A. CoTns & CoTen Ten Dollars Each David Cole & Co , J R Lehmer , Samuel Burns. Damon & Scars , Dodge European hotel. Heller & Liver Co J J Derlght , Hess & Swoboda , J R Sny- der. Henry Burmeister. Rutherford & Jen sen. NIcho's & Broadfleld L G . Doup Omaha Box company , John Bockhoff , Court ney & Co . P. J. Creedon , Theodore Heuck , Hamilton Bros. Flvo Dollars Each J A. Whltaker , The We'IbnS Baking compzny. Gate City Malt compiny , The- German Yeast and Biking PoAder company , J L Jacob en , Free & Black , R. A Lenhart , Rclnhardt & Co , A. G. Raymer. Marsh & Smith , John Snyder , J H Conrad , White & Ortman , S. B. Stew art , Ccal Hill Coal company. Jameo Schnelderwtad. Anthony Loan and Trust company. T J. Wilson , E T. Johnson , Ne braska Hay company , Carson & Banks. Charles R Lee , M E. Simmons & Co , Lc- brand De Christian. Three Dollars Each J. Meyer , Charles Hlcz Two Dollars Each V J Raba , 0 J Wilde , jr . T and E. Batterton , A Clark. M Farrell , Fred Brunlng. William Vom Weg , Rocaey & Mackln. The board would urgently ask all mem bers who have as yet not turned In their scrolls to mall the same at the earliest pos sible moment HIS ROOM : : PHOVIJD CO TIV. IM IIIniiU of nikhorn HUM n Ver > rhlllj Ed Blunk cf Elkhorn , while hunting on Saturday , was a victim of .misplaced confi dence and came within an ace of playing the star part at a funeral ceremony. Samuel Fry , George Coppel. Ed Doyle Morgan Jeffries and Ed Blunk , all Dlkhorn lies , started for the Platte river oa a goose and duck exterminating expedition. They pitched their tent on the east bank of tbo Platte near the delta ot tiie Elkborn , and while the other members of the party ar ranged things nice and snug around ihe tamp Messrs. Blunk and Doyle took posses sion of two of the Innumerable sand bars that are part and parcel cf the rlvci1 that distinguished for its treacaerous bottom , gre < a width and shallow ness , and awaited patiently the coming of the evening flight of gecbo and ducks Finally their vigil was re warded , and as tbe result of t'lelr accurate aim two of the lirgem geese bagged on the Platte for years were served to grace the Thanksgiving table today , Doyle's 'bird dropped In the current of the river and was fast fading from sight wncn he hastily dlvrstcd hltrself of a layer or two of raiments and plunged Into the stream after his prlre. After considerable flounder ing he landed It , but was completely ex hausted. Blunk's bird very considerately after facing killed landed high and dry on tha sand eminence almost at his feet and ne congratulated himself upon his good luck HU joy , however , waa of short duration , for when he started Tor the river bank he made tile discovery mat tue cnannei or tno atreim had switched and cut him off from the land And to make a bad matter worse the wind came up and blew strong from the direction of the Klondike country , ' hilling him through and through He csnnui wlm and there was nothing for him to do but stay right there until hl companion could go to camp and send aid to him He waa finally rescued after being In the river three hours Two natives were found who owned a boat and were willing to man It for $1. They were pild their price and when they reached Blunk It was about 9 o'clock Saturday night. Owing to tbo fact that the channel keot eating Ita way through the bar Blunk. when his rescuers reached him , was standing in water waist deep. Disfigurement for life by tun , or ucalds may bo avoided by using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve , the great remedy for piles und for all kinds nf sores enJ skin troubles. IIISIIOP M\VMIN : IN THI : CITY. I'onirM to O in 11 Iin for n Vlxlt mill on IlllxlllOH , Rev John P. Newman , D D , bishop of thr Methodist Episcopal church , arrived in Omaba yesterday morclng from Chicago on an early morning train , He app'arcd In his uaual gcod health as be stepped from the train , aid his whitened , hair wan tbe only suggestion of vc-neralileness. He was met at the train by < Mr. Joseph IH. 'McComell ' , and drhen to the latter's residence He 'vlll be the guest of lilr. and < Mrs , McCotnell until Monday Bishop Newman U en route from tbo east to the extreme wet. and U going to Sin Francisco to take up bis episcopal residence there Yesterday be attended the Thsnkn- glvlrvg day service at the 'First ' Methodist Episcopal church. After the service this morning he held an Impromptu reception , cevoral hundred Methodists and other friends of the bishop going to tbe front cf the church to exchange greetings with him. On Sunday morning BUhop Newman will preach the sermon at the i'lrst Methodist Episcopal church , ' BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Ono Placa Where Grown People Need Infant Protection , CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THE LIBRARY Urvotloti of n lloiiin'nnil Attriiitunt to the n\clunlvo I'MC of YOIIUK- tern Proton n Very Pop ular "No grown pecplo allowed unaccompanied by children , " Is thc unwritten law which meets the Intruder In u well lighted , halt- quadrangle recently set niurt for the ex clusive use of boys and girls In the Om h\ public library. Tbo juvenile department , which Is Just now being enlarged and re organized. will bo furnished with A complete library of juvctillo literature Including every magazine and periodical of merit prized by the younger readers. Space was obtained for the purpose on the northwest side of the first fioor by clearing away shelving and cases of uevvsvAipeyyilcn. A wire partition has been crested enclosing a loom of about fifteen by thirty foet. This will mnkp space for three Icog tables and the children will no longer bo obliged to compete with their elders In the general raiding room or tn seirch for familiar magazines In the mars of current literature on Its Uble < ? . Thta addi tion joins the Juvenile department already established J a nil with It affords milte com- modlcus quarters The book * subjfet to the detpan 1 of chl'dren ore ranged on shelves about this newly con structed room They 1 ive been chosen from L a catalogue of child books compiled by John I Sargent , which Is a mtlonil standard. Blank spices are left In hte collection and there have hecn filled In 3 000 biok numbers , showing that number on hand In this dn art- ment Besides these a number of duplicate's rave been provided In thc cases of such highly prized books as "Tho Brownies , " "Little Lord Fauntlerny" and others. Nu merous I'lustratlons of anlrrals and other sub jects have been mounted on cardbsard and will be displayed about thc \valtd \ A Hrgo double rage wash drawing of the Whlto SqL-adron from Harper's Weekly has proved an unusual attraction It Is thought that other features will be added from time to time T < ie attendant expects to devote practically her entire time to this department and will maUc a study of Its operation Her1 service vv 111 ho of t personal sort and "s she be comes acquainted with the different chil dren her suggestions regarding the material < uitel to the pleasure or proPt of tach will ba of Increasing- value It Is- hoped that 1-4 this effort to Indlvlduillro the work the co operation of public school teachers will be offered This Is now effective In a meas ure , as In the case of ene of the teachers at fomenlus school , who has bccc-no responsible for the membership cards of forty of her pupils , and everv month the Beard of Edu cation wagon delivers to her that number of books The High school teachers have already so based their work on library ref erences Kilt the facilities In certain subjects ore filrly swamped for some time dally after 2 o'clock. i ' DEEP INTEREST OF CHILDREN. It has been only within thc last two yers that there has been a separate children's de partment In the library. The wisdom of tta ostabllshmert U shown In thc fact that the younser patrons have Increased from a com paratively small number to over 27 per cent of the total list of book borrowers. The following table , taken from1 'he annual library report shows t'le monthly attendance of boys and girls In the period from September 15 , 1893 , to June 1 , 1SOG : Bojs GIrH TotiJ _ September 15-20 . I.O7 778 l.Sia Ot-tober . 2ST2 2.1S3 5,0J Novcmher . .12 5,71 o December . 2 W2 207D S.031 Jammry . 1.3J1 2,207 6.52S rVbnmry . J.4S7 2.131 f. f March T 3.41.-I 2.SS ) April 1C70 2.370 5.WO May 2,170 US9 4,129 Totals 2" ,2 1 1S.OT3 44,268 Average dally attendance T03 The showing for these particular eight monthj and a half Is given to point out the surprising Increase In pjtronagc Imme diately af'er thc formation of a separate juvenile department The attendance for September , indicated toy fhe last fifteen days , would be about 3.750 The Juvenile depart ment win organized early In October , and In that month there were 5,0.5 of the young visitors at the library The average dally attendance sprang at rnre from 145 to 195 , and It has Increased steadily till the pres ent time. The library ofilclalu think this Increase Ute to bo traced directly to the more satisfac tory provisions for attending to the chil dren' * wants The Juvenile works were for the first time placed In accessible casei of shelves and the younger readers Invited , to examine and select hooks for themselves. The congestion at the delivery windows wa relieved vvnlch was apprccHted by all pa trons allltp It became no longer the cus tom for children to make out application slips haphazard from the nounJ of tha titles , and the attraction of handling the books and of a personal choice gave an added zest to their rc'adlng Books of a higher claii travel , history and biography are now ex amined and read by bovs and glrh which would have been passed over without thought as their titleappearej In the cata logue It waa soon found necessary to make additions to boolrs of this character from the genera ] supply With the opening of the new children's reading room tin1 Juveniles department Is expected to become ono of the main features of the llbrarv and the use fulness of thn Institution enhanced In formIng - Ing studious habits among the children that will last them throughout ihnir n . nnirii crnircs TO . i , . IIOVD. InJiirli'N lo ( In- Milk lMuirror | Ori-uter Hum Hi * Could Hear. H. L Boyd , city milk Inspector , after an llliic.'fl covering a week , died at the Presby terian hospital yesterday morning sur rounded by his family While driving near Twentieth and Center streets last Thursday Mr. Boyd was thrown from bis buggy by a collision with a run away farmer's team Ho sustained a frac tured skull and was picked up In an un conscious condition After Doing removed to the hospital an operation was performed In the hope of saving bU life. Tor a time- thereafter the Injured man appeared to rally and hopewaa entertained by bis family and , friends that he would ultimately recover. In spite of this , however Mr Boyd grew rap'dly ' worse Wednesday night and his life came to a peaceful ecd. The body w&a taken la charge by the members of the Order of Odd IVIIowB , tbe Knights of Pythlaa , the Modern , WooJmen and the Order of the World , In all eccletlea of which Mr Boyd waa a member of long standing The funeral will tike place at Odd Fellows' ball next Sunday at 1 o'clock , and will be held under the aus pices of all the orders to which he belonged. Interment will take place at I'orejt Lann cemetery. S L. Boyd baa been a rc Hent of Oinihs. for about twelve years He was born In Lan caster , Pa , In 1846 , and served as a young man through the civil war with a Pennsyl vania regiment. At the cosclus'on of the war be removed with his family to Mlisourl and later to South Dakota. He tben came to Omaba and secured employment ( n tbo Union Pacific chops , where he continued until ap pointed to the petition of city milk Inspector. The dectated leaves a family consisting of a wlfo and two children , Mrs. It C Itowley , whoso huiband U employed on tbe Bee , and a son who Is employed by the Union Pacific. You can't afford to riik your life by al lowing a. cold to develop Into pneumonia or consumption. Instant relief and a certain cure are afforded by One Minute Cougu Cure ,