THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Another Advance of Electricity Into the
Domain of Gleam.
NEW YORK ELEVATED ROADS SURRENDER
Fcnftiri-N of Kloirlfn1 ; I'TDKI-I-HH IMir-
IIIK IMI7 Amcrlrn Lcniln the
Woi-lil In I'tlllxliiK ' lilvc-
trlcnl J'otvrr.
The officials of the elevated railroads ot
New York City announce that electricity
will be substltutad for steam power and
Jtho Manhattan system as rapidly as the
new equipment can be manufactured. It
Is probable the change will bo made during
the prcBcnti year. The task Is a huge
Vine. There Is no road In the world which
Is called upon to do such an amount of
jvork , to carry so many passengers , to run
'BO many cars and trains and , to make such
< i train and car mileage as the elevated
system. In a single year the cars on the ,
four elevated roads and the suburban line
run 41,000,000 miles. In every day ot twenty-
four hours there are S.dOO trains dispatched
iipoi/ those lines and 330 locomotives arc/ /
kept In service for the work. Kach of
'these locomotives Is capable of exerting
from 200 to 250-horfe power , and a fair c-
tlmato of the total average power needed
to operate the road Is about 75,000-horse
power.
The Installation of a plant or plants to
supply this power will bo the biggest en
terprise of the kin 1tint has ever been
undertaken. Whether the whole amount
of the power will be pioducod at one sta
tion or whether a number of stations will
bo built at convenient points along the
line has yet to bo determined , for this
will depend upon a comparison ot the co.t
of the enormous copper conductors which
Would be required to distribute the great
currents to bo employed and the coat of
separate power plants. It Is probable that
several plants will bo built at points con
venient for' receiving the great quantities
of coal needed. At the present time the
road burns In. . Us locomotives 200,000 tons
of coal a year. There will probably be a
saving of one-half ot this fuel at once by
thu more economical production of power In
grop.t stationary boilers and engines.
The system adopted for supplying the
electric current to 'the motors of the trains
will' ' be the third rail method. For sup
plying the heavy currents required the
overhead trolley Is not suited , and the
'third ' rail system , as It is used on the
Ilros'dy. bridge ami 'on the Chicago cle !
voted roads , Is a success. The next ques-
tlon which the engineers will have to BPt-
Me ! a whether the trains shall bo drawn by
reparato electric motors , like those used in
the Baltimore tunnels and the one Ju.U put
Into service on the Iloboken junction raid ,
or by motor cars , such as are used on the
Brooklyn bridge. There Is a third mo'.hod
of applying electric power to railroad trains
which Is In use * upon a. road In Chicago.
This Is the Sprague unit system , undei
which each car en the road Is provided with
motors and controllers. Each car can be
run separately , like a trolley car , or by.
means of a sjstem of wiring the cars can
lo hltchcil together In any number and the
whole tmln operated from one car. Where
the tralllc varies very much In different
parts of the .day and lit subject to large
fluctuations from day to day this method
lias decided advantages , but on the ele
vated roads In New York the general man
ager says the tralllc U very steady. The
system , therefore , will probably not be
adopted , and there are good reasons for be
lieving that fierarato electric locomotives
will not bo used. It Is probable that In
place of the 330 steam motors an equal
number of motor cars will bo used. Motor
cars Ilko those now In u.so on the bridge ,
liul with the motor wound to produce much
higher speed , would bo powerful enough to
draw the itralns on the elevated roads.
Each of the bridge motor cars has four mo
tors , each of sixty-two and ono-haf-horse- !
powcr , or 2 ! > 0-horse power altogether.
AMERICA LEADS TUB WOULD.
At present England Is far behind several
other countries , notably the United States
nnd Germany , In the adoption of electricity
for lighting , transit and Industry , says the
London Spectator. Here , as In tha pro
duction of Iron , America Is easily leading
the world , and Germany has taken the
second place , as her recent industrial ex
hibitions at Ilcrlln and Leipzig have re
vealed to nvany surprised Englishmen. Hut
the main reason for this Is evident. Eng
land took the lead and kept It In steam
Industry , and her expansion under that
form was so great that she rested on her
laurels with a rather Insular complacency.
American and German Industry , on the
other hand , were In their rapid growth
roughly synchronous with the development
of electricity , catching first , as It were , the
now current which was sweeping over the
face of the world. Our manufacturers ,
therefore , found themselves burdened with
much plant that had become obsolete , and
the Initial cost of transforming It , or of sub
stituting for It electric machinery was so
heavy as to deter enterprise. But as ne
cessity Is the mother of Invention , and as
more available capital Is to be found In
( England than anywhere else on the globe ,
wo may expect to witness a very great
effort at the expansion of electric power In
this country In all directions. If English
supremacy Is to bo destroyed It will not bo
through failure ot our coal mines , but It
will be on the higher plane of our Incapacity
to keep pace with the electric development
ot ( England's chief rivals. There Is no
doubt that England has much leeway to
make up , and there Is also no doubt that
a rain opposition to machinery on the part
of our workmen which Is not found In Ger
many or the United States acts as a drag
on the English Industrial machine ,
TESLA'S NEW LIGt.-IT.
The doom of llashllght photographs has
been decreed by Nikola Tesla. the Servian
wizard , who Is about to show to New York
nnd the world at large another wonderful
triumph of electricity. Ho announces today
that ho has perfected vacuum tubes of such
lilgh Illuminating power that they may
ecrvo the greatest lighthouses of the future ,
piercing oven the densest fog. while night
will bo made as daylight to the photogra
pher. The patient work of several year * , ! n
tcrrupted for a time by the burning of his
laboratory on West llroadway , In 1895 , has
been required to perfect the Invention. Ho
Is not yet ready to describes It In detail ,
but Us success la beyond mere possibility.
Mr. Tcsla announced the result of his In
vestigations today In the Electrical Ho-
view , which also reproduces two of the
photographs obtained. Mr. Tcsla's vacuum
tubes and oscillator have united to produce
the light by which the remarkable photo-
smphs now completed were produced. Ev
ery tine of the objects photographed shows
out with great distinctness. A picture of a
man , made under the light of a single
vacuum tube at a range of five feet , with
an exposure , reveals every fine wrinkle In
Ms face , while the hairs of the beard and
the eyelashes sturd out distinctly. The
taking of this photograph did not subject
the sitter to any of the Inconveniences at
tending the use of flashlight.
SIGNALS FOIl COACHMEN.
The luxurious French , having tasted of
the comfort and desirability of electric
lamps In their 'railroad coaches and auto
mobile carriages , have now adopted It for
USB on ordinary horse-drawn cabs. While
the storage batteries necessary for this are
quite an additional load for the cabs , yet
nnythlnx to surpass one's neighbor la
fashion's ' dictum the world over. Added to
this Innovation Is a method cf s.Knallng
the driver Instead ot having to twist one's
neck Into a most uncomfortable position to
speak to cabby through the little trap dorr.
The propose ! Parisian Improvement pro
vides A small box 1n front ot thu driver , on
( which t > jr prculiig various button * Ins Mo
V
the cab the following words appear In a
red light : "Left , " "rl ht , " "walk. " "faster. "
" " " " " " and "slower. "
"home
"stop , "turn , ,
As the electric power Is required for the
lamps this little signal box consumes but
an Inappreciable amount of- currents and Is
of the greatest assistance.
A NEW THEHMOMETEK.
A thermometer Is being manufactured In
Vienna by the aid of which .It will be pos
sible to keep rooms at an even tempera
ture , and , where necessary , Indicate that
temperature at a distance. The apparatus
which have until now served a olmllai1 pur
pose have been restricted to their action ,
being applicable to .tempcrAturcs ranging
orly between two fixed limits. The new In
struments will register any degree ot heater
or cold. It Is made of glass and consists of
a glass tub , the upper extremity of which
fits Into a long glass bulb ; To this tube are
annexed three capillaries , which arc fixed
on to platinum contacts for connection with
the electric current. The apparatus Is about
three-fourths filled 'With fluid suitable for
tbcrmomctrlc purposes , but a bad con
ductor of electricity. The changes In tem
perature cause the movement up or down of
quicksilver and the thcrmonictrlc fluid , and
the consequent displacement of the plati
num contacts , It Is possible through a
combination of these Instruments , each
fixed for a degree of temperature following
the other , to Indicate the various degrees
of temperature In an apartment within a
given time , but the same result Is obtained
by using only one apparatus with several
contacts.
ELECTHICAL IMPOSITIONS.
Electricity ban always been prolific of
fraudulent exponents. No amount of nub-
llclty seems to mtlrely banish the preten
sions of many so-called elcctropathlc appli
ances , nnd every now and again the primary
battery with wonderful possibilities In elec
tric lighting crtos up In a now form. Thou
sands of shining or pparsely covered cranlums
are still dally subjected to the stringent but
futile massage of the electric hair brush , cad
t'.ie winilar faith In the remedial and heal
ing virtues of anything "magnetic" Is per
ennial. Of late the cneratldiis of schemers
In this field have taken a new direction.
Not long ago a rascally fellow mude capital
out of a number of electric railway com
panies by claiming to have been Injured by
their oars and carried on his nefarious trade
-considerable success , until his unfortu
nate mistake of claiming damages from two
distinct companies for having been knocked
down by two distinct cars , far apart from
one another , at one and" the same time , was
discovered. A more precarious branch ot In
dustry has been started In Dublin , where
a young man was walking cioar a street arc
light , fell to the ground and lay there a
long time , apparently senseless. Subse
quently , after a slow recovery , he found his
way to t'Jo electric light station. In de
scribing the sequel the city electrical en
gineer cays : "We bad on Saturday evening
several breakdowns In our street mains , but
It was quite Impossible for any one of the
public to have received a shock In cense
quence. In regard to the reputed accident ,
the only element of fact I can trace Is that
a man came to the station during the even-
tag , with his clothes muddy , and asked for
comreiiEatlon , raying ho had been knocked
down by an electric shock. I could find
nothing the matter with him nnd .ie finally
went to a hospital , where the doctors could
find no sign of anything of the sort. and. In
fact , attributed his fall to a mare common
source CM Saturday evenings. So far as we
can learn It Is slirply an attempt to make a
little money. "
SILENT TROLLEY CARS.
Ono of the slsns that the people of the
United States are making steady headway
toward a higher civilization Is the movement - ,
ment that Is vitalizing In many cities for
the abatement of noise. Apart from Its so
cial bearing , the question is of the greatest
physiological Importance. 'A ' New1 Jersey
Judge , who was recently asked to gra'nt a
permanent Injunction to stop the work of
copper boiler hammering in. a crowded dis
trict in Newark , said from the bench : "It
Is a well-settled fact that , all other things
being equal , people living on crowded
streets a'nd subjected to their noises , do not
live as long as other people. Noises tend
to shorten life. " Ono of the most formid
able factors with which the noise-nuisance
crusaders ot some largo cities have to grap
ple Is the varl-graded din of the railroads.
It Is not generally known that some years
ago the company owning the elevated roads
of New York employed iMr. Edison to Inves
tigate , with a view to Its mitigation , the
question of the roar and rattle of the trains.
'Many ' singular features were brought out ,
such as the drum sound given forth by the
vibration of the pp.inels of the ordinary car ,
and the various kinds of sounds produced
by the trucks , the wheels , the tracks , and
the elevated structure Itself , and Mr. Edi
son suggested a number of remedies. Dut
nothing came cf It all. and the noise con
tinues , with possibly a slight annual In
crement of harshness , to this day. That
the nolso of trains can be materially les
sened Is , however , certain. H Is said that
In Hcrlln the Interference of passing trains
with the comfort of the Inhabitants living
near some lines of railroad travel has been
reduced fully 50 per cent by the placing of
a special material between the rails and
the roadbed , and a most significant step has
Just been taken In this country In the con
struction of a "silent trolley car. " In this
car nil the old sources of rattle and rumble
have been eliminated , and the vehicle
moves along with a quietness that Is so
unwonted as to bo almost startling. The
"booming" of the panels Is killed by layers
of metal wool , which cut off any concus
sion which might find Its way from the
wheels and trucks. Ono or the essential
differences between the new and the old
construction Is the employment of wooden
Instead of Iron trucks : another Is the sub
stitution of rubber cylinders for heavy Iron
sprlcigs. There Is also a now form of brake
which , Instead of Jarring every bone In
one's body , stops the car silently and
smoothly. Every point In the general pur
pose of the construction Is well worked out ,
and the car Is actually what Us name Im
plies , noiseless.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
A notable feature of the electrical progress
of the last year hen been the awakening In
England and Germany In electric railroading
and the recognition of the superiority of
American plants for this purpose contained
In the largo orders for electric equipments
that have comefrom. . England to this coun
try. The Frankfort-Lauffen transmission
of electric power on an experimental scale
over a distance of 107 miles , which excited
much wonder a few years ago , has durlnp
thd year been closely approached by a pros
pective tiansmlEslon In California of sev
enty-five miles under the unprecedented
commercial voltage of 30,000. Niagara has
neatly doubled Its power utilization within
tbe twelvemonth , and at Maesena , N. Y. . a
75,000-horso power plant has been started.
These ore startling figures. Another point
remarked In the electrical re-cord of 1S97 Is
tt-e largely IncrenBed number of electric
motors used In printing. In one large
lithographing establishment , newly equipped ,
no lees than 140 motors of various nlzes fur
nish power to the presses and other ma
chinery. The electric cab has become rec
ognized ro more tlian a fad. p"d N'-1 York
has ordered an addition of 100 vehicles to
Its electric eab service. The e-'ertrlo hunch
Is also making Its way , althrvi-r * lt imp
ress may for a short time to come ba delayed
by the difficulties of procuring current. In
lighting , the enclosed arc hen established Its
practical excellence , and phosphorescent
"Uhtlng hss made substantial pronress. The
storage battery has forged ahead In a re-
maikablo way. especially for HrHInu. and
In central station ? the three-plipso high ten
sion system , with rotary transformer sub
stations , gives promise of soon coming Into
high favor. The obtalnlntc of electricity di
rect from ccal has made a distinct advance
and snmn Intereatlng new'-phases of electric
heating have bctn entered upop. The long
distance telephone has enlarged- borders ,
Omaha now talks with New York ; the
quadruplex Ins extended Its possibilities and
wireless telegraphy , notwithstanding the ex
aggerated claims which have been made for
U , premiere to resolve Itself Into quite a
practical system of communication , more es
pecially with lighthouses and marine work.
BOARD IS OF ONii OPINION
Advertising in the World-Hnrald Not in
Compliance with law.
REHEARING FOR HOPKINS IS USELESS
County CoinmlNMloiicrN Clvc the Ai-
lIviint'H Adorncy Another CliniH'O
mill Then litiiiiilinoiiKly Af
firm Their KorniiT Opinion.
At a meeting of the Board of County Com
missioners , held last week , a liquor license
was dented L. I ) . Hopkins for the reason
that ho had published his application In the
"Dally World-Herald , " a paper that It was
alleged had no legal existence. H was alee
denied for the further reason that It was
proven that the application was not pub-
lUhcd In a paper having the largest circula
tion In Douglas county. At that meeting
Commissioners Klerstcad , Harte and Oatrom ,
all republicans , were present. After the de
cision was handed down certain Interested
parties Intimated that If Commlesloncrs
Hector and Hofeldt had been present there
would have been a dissenting opinion , and
possibly a unanimous one In favor of the
applicant.
Yesterday morning when the county com
missioners met Attorney McCulloch , for the
World-Herald , cppcarcd before the bsard
and filed a motion for a rehearing , alleging
tbrtt In passing upon the case at a previous
meeting the question of good faith upon
the part of the applicant had not been
taken into consideration. By a unanimous
vote of all of the members of the board the
request was granted , and for two hours the
attorney scolded the commissioners because
three of them had decided against bis client.
On the conclusion of the arguments the
commissioners retired to their consultation
room , where they formulated their report
On reconvening , Chairman Klerstcad filed
the report of the beard , showing that after
hearing the evidence and the law as ex
pounded by the attorncysr In the case , they ,
the rncmbera of the board , had fonud that
t'lero Is no such paper in Douglas county
as the Dallyi World-Herald , and that , consequently
quently , Hopkins had mot acted In good
faith wheel he placed his application In a
publication that purported to be that paper.
They also stood by their former findings and
again decided that The Omaha Evening Dee
Is the newspaner that has the largest circu
lation In Douglas county.
The roll being called , each and every
member of the board voted for the adoption
of the report.
The hearing on the protests filed against
Henry Vollstadt , Henry Soldier and Fritz
Koch , who seek to operate saloons outside
the city limits , was continued fr two weeks ,
the applicant ? having published their notices
In The Dee since the former decision of the
Doard of County CcmimlE.slcaers In the
Hopkins case. Hopkins has now Inserted
his notice in The I3ce , and his application
will bo passed up-ii at 'tho ' meeting toho
held two weeks from Monday.
CONCERNING THE BOULEVARD.
In regular' session the commissioners re
ceived a communication from Congressman
Mercer relative to 'the ' Kort Crook boulevard.
Mercer wrote for data concerning the road.
Ho said that ho proposed to secure. If pos
sible , an appropriation , the proceeds to be
used In macadamizing the 'thoroughfare ' the
\vholo distance , and that for his purpoJO it
wai necessary to know just what siad Ibecn
done and how much money had "be-en " ex
pended by Douglas and Sarpy counties.
Chairman Klerstcad will Investigate and In
form the congressman at the earliest possl-
'blo ' date.
Regarding the Port Crook boulevard ,
Doug'as county has about completed Its share
of the work , having put the road In first-
class condition from this city ati far south as
the Sarpy county line. Bridges and culverts
have been constructed and nearly all of the
grading has been done. The commissioners
of Sarpy county have notified the commis
sioners of this county that they have money
available for doing their proportlco of the
work , and that they will begin operations as
soon oa the frost Is out of the ground , the
lies being to have tfie work completed before
the opening of the exposition.
The commmlssloners of this county are
Jubilant over the Interest that Congressman
Mercer has taken In the matter. They be
lieve that ho will succeed In securing
enough of a government appropriation to
macadamize the roadway the whole distance
from Omaha to Fort Crook. They Fay that
If this can bo accomplished this road will
make ccie of the flneot drives to the west.
So far as being a scenic route , they say
that it has no equal hereaways. After leav
ing the foot of Thirteenth street , in this
city , It skirts the high bluff along the river ,
passing around and over deep wooded dells
and gullies , affording a view that is exceed
ingly picturesque.
FATAL 1MSTOI , IHJIOI. l.\ THIS DAltlC.
Two of the CoiiiliatiintN Killed ami
Otic Fatally 'WouiiiU-il. '
LOUISVILLE , Ky. . Jan. 21. A special to
the Evening Post from Pluevllle , Ky. , says :
William and Harvey Tople are dead and
Lew Wallace Is fatally wounded as a result
of a pistol duel In a room In Leslie county
near the Bell and Harlan county line last
night. The Topic boys were Invite ; ! by Wal
lace to go to his house and engage In a
game of draw poker. The game seemed to
bo cne-slded. Wallace won all tlie money.
Finally the Topics refused to pay some
money they owed Wallace and a quarrel en
sued. Peace was finally secured and the
game continued until nearly morning , when
the quarrel was resumed. Pistols were
drawn , the lights shot out and a dewerato
duel begun. When the shooting ceased the
two Tcples were found dead and Wallace
fatally wounded.
PI3NSIO.V.S KOH WHSTKIl.V Vin'I3HAX.S.
SiirvlvorM of the In < > ' \Viir Ucmi'iii-
lirroil l > y ( lit * fioiirral ( iovcrnmcnt.
WASHINGTON , Jan , 24. ( Special , ) Pen
sions have been Issued as follows ;
Issue of January 8 :
Nebraka ; Original ( special , January 12)
James M. Hoberts , Urunnlng , JO ; Andrew
Day , York , $8 ; EUuzer Cole , Falrnjont , } S ,
Additional Andrew A , Spurbeck , David
City. $1 to JS. Reissue-John Ess , Hloomlnu-
ton , $12. Original widow , ate , ( E'jpplemontal ,
special January 12 } Lucia Hrlnley , Golden ,
"iowa : Original Erastus Smith , Hopkln-
ton , $12 ; Harvey M. Wllsan , Vlnton , $12 ;
T'.iomas Crozler , North Liberty , $ C. Addi
tional John R. Tate , Vnn Wert. $ G to $ X ;
( special , January 12) ) , John P. Gibson , fiol-
dlers' home , Marshall , $2 to JO. Supple-
mental-iMnrvIn C. liaradon , Early , $ S ,
Increase Alfred Stretch , Bedford , J8 to $10 ,
npicmic : Joseph M. Browne , Indlnnola , $15 ;
( special , January 12) ) , George W. E1IU , Ot-
u. . > .a , J14. Original widows , etc. Susanna
Harmon , Mount Auburn , JS ; minors of Alvln
-1 T..V. Burrnll. $14 ; Sarah Hrlpja. Clurlndj ,
JSMary ; V. Heasore , Council Bluffs. $3 ; Susan
j Hc'tlHTliiK , Knoxvlilf , JS ; Maiy A. Marley ,
Wlnterset , t& ; minor of Jacob D. Settle ,
Davenport , $10.
Colorado : Original Francis M Hull
Toponus , JS ; David L. Smith , Gulnnre , $12 ;
James H. Carpendaie , Cardiff , JS.
South Dakota : Increase John A. Hedrlx ,
Hot Springs , JO to JS. Original widow , etc.
Minor of Edward P , Odlone , Vermilion ,
$10.
llollrr of Locomotive' i\iliiilrN | ,
MADISON. WlB. , Jan , 4. By thu ex
plosion of tbe boiler of a locomotive HUml-
inijt In u roundhouse here today three men
were killed , two men seriously Injured and
the liulldlnir and three engines were
wrecked , The dead are : Frank Heck ,
roundhouse foreman ; Wesley Bchelper , en
gineer ; Charles Young , also an engineer.
The seriously hurt are ; Fred Baxter , a
llreman , and Bmll O'.sen. a machinist. The
engine was ready to tuko out a passenger
train , , | , _ . ( _ UiJ _ u _ . . _
r TO STAIITJ MACIII.VHHY.
tx to liintiuiirntr I lie California
Co Ul i-11 .Jlihlfoe.
WASHINGTON' , Jan.- 24.-i-Scnators Per
kins and White and Representative Ma-
culrc of California today formally Invited
the president to touch the button next Sat
urday which will opcni the'Golden ' Jubilee
Mining fair of that ftoitp. The president re
ceived the following tflcRmm from Mayor1
Phelan of San Francisco !
Headed by the Society of California
Pioneers , various organizations of this city
are preparing nn extensive celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of
gold In California , and hayc called It the.
Cnllfornlnn Golden Jubilee. The governor
and myself are members of the committee
nnd the governor has proclaimed Monday ,
the beginning of the festivities , a legal hol
iday. The exercises extend through the
week culminating Sunday evening , the 2Sth
Inst , , In n grand opening of the Oolden
Jubilee Mining- fair , one-half the prollts. of
which go to pome public purpose' ' and the
other half to the Mechanics Institute , which
owns the building. H is In every respect
n public affair. On behalf of tfle citizens
of San Frnnclsco I respectfully request
your consent to touching an electric button
on the evening of Saturday'next , which will
ring the Golden Jubilee , bell , thus Inaugur
ating the exposition. I hnvei wired our rep
resentatives In congress to See you In refer
ence to , the matter. Ilclylnp upon your In
terests In remote sections ( of our common
country , I am , with greatircspcct ,
J. A. PHELAN. Mayor.
The president has consented to touch the
button and to put the machinery of the fair
In motion. *
SU1I.713CTS CJOOI1S TO FOllKniTUUB.
Trenmiry lltulliiK for I'roteotlon of
CoiiMlivlNC Trnilv.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 24 Acting Secre
tary Spauldlng today decided In a case pre
sented by the Canadian Pacific Navigation
company that the transportation of Ameri
can freight from Seattle or other American
ports consigned for Alaska via Victoria ,
Vancouver or Nanalmo , and at those ports
transferred to British vessels , is a violation
ot our coasting laws and subjects the mer
chandise to forfeiture. The decision Is a
strong measure for the protection of tCio
American coasting trade to Alaska , Into
which there have been Indications that
British corporations hoped to break. Secre
tary Spauldlng today said ; "This measure
Is one of several In course of preparation by
the Treasury department , which seem to be
called ) for by recent events and new condi
tions to protect and develop American In
terests on the Pacific and In Alaska. "
The act of 1888 , under wjilch t'.ils ruling
Is made , Is "no merchandise btall be trans
ported , under penalty of forfeiture thereof ,
from ono port of the Uultcd States to an
other port of the United States In a vessel
belonging wholly or In part1 to a subject of
any foreign power. "
IIAVB Titnriii.iss OF Tinin owx.
I'ONtmiiMlcrM ! Iavio Time 1 < > Conduct
nil Information. UIIIMMIU.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24-fIn reply to a
communication from First Post
master General Heath , enclosing a letter
from a western postmostor , Commissioner
Evans of the pension bureau expresses the
opinion that it would be/ proper for post
masters ( o refer letters In rpferonce to pen
sioners addressed to them to the nearest
special examiner or to the , commissioner of
pensions where the address ' the examiner
Is not known. ,
Mr. Evans says he appreciates , the willing
ness manifested to nssis't worthy applicants
In regard to obtaining Information relative
to pension matters , but he la of the opinion
that every postolllce , employe's time Is fully
occupied In attending to affairs coming en
tirely within t'ao province of the Postolfico
department and he does not believe they
should bo burdened unnecessarily by matters
coming properly within thV Jurisdiction of
the other departments. '
IlIIUSCTOIl OP THE ailXT U13SIGXS.
10. ItolMTfs of Fort DodKc , In. ,
lo Siiccceil Him.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 24.-rR. A. Preston ,
director of the mint , has resigned and the
nomination of George E. Roberts of Fort
Dodge , la. , will be sent to the senate as
his successor.
PrNldcii < of Hrnxll ( "oniliiK' .
WASHINGTON , Jan. -Following the
visit of President Dole of Hawaii , It is not
Improbable that the prornwtlve president of
Brazil will visit the United States some
time between .March 1 and November next.
The election occurs In March and the pre
vailing lmnr Eslon is that Senor Campos
Sallea , candidate of the republican party , and
an eminent member of tha element , will be
elected. Ho has signified the purpose in
case of his election of visiting Argentina
and other southern republics sad of then
coming to the United States for an extended
trip. He has traveled widely In Eurcpe and
this will bo his first vUlt to the United
States.
In Knvor of lnti > rvrii < loii.
WASLINGTON , Jan. 24. Mr. Walthall
( Miss ) , presented the credentials of Mr. II.
D. Mor.ey as senator from Mississippi to suc
ceed the late Senator George , end the oath
of ofilce was administered to Mr. Money ,
who has been sitting as senator unc'er ap
pointment from the governor of Mississippi.
Walthall presented a Joint resolution adopted
by the legislature of Mississippi , urging
the United States government to Intervene
In the Cuban war on behalf of the Insur
gents. "Peacci-.bly If It can , forcibly If It
must. ' " The resolution was read and re
ferred to the committee on foreign relations.
Trade In Aiiifrlonn Meat.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 24. An effort has
been made looking to the adoption of some
steps to check or regulate the sale of foreign
meals In Scotch markets. The fact Is re
ported to the State department by United
States Consul Fleming , at 'Edinburgh , who
says It Is explained by tbe fact that the
butchers buy American bcpf at 9 to 12 cents
per pound and sell It at ( thet aamo price as
the Scotch beef , for which , llioy pay 12 cents
per pound. The directors of the Scottish
Chamber of Commerce taken tbe In
itiative In opposing the tredt
iicrniaii ( * oniiiil ur.v IiiHiirancc.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 2 < . /V / strong tribute
to the merits of the tievnjan accident In-
suranco system Is rendered In a rennrt to
the State department /rorn / United State , !
Consul Mcnahan , at Ch/rainllz. published In
the dally consular rfi > jrtfl | , Ho shows that
the workmen wounded ! by accident In Ger
many love bscn paid IciUio last eleven years ,
over and above their wages , nearly $120-
000,000 and the claim Is made that the em
ployers pay the enormous' sums defrayed In
this way. J
\oiiiliuilloiiN by tlio l'ri-slil 'ii ( .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-r-Tho president
today sent tbe following nominations to the
senate :
Charles H. Duell qf New York , to be
commissioner of patents ; G.errgo E. Roberts
of Iowa , to bo directorial the mint ; P. C.
McMillan of Iowa , to be attorney for the
northern district of Iowav
. tlnriit-.VH < ! < ( Onr-lliilf ,
I.BAVKNWOimi , Jan. 24.-James C ,
Smith , husband of Mrs , Sallle B. Hlllmon ,
says ihe baslJ of settlement between Mr * .
Hlllmon and the New Yorlr Life Insurance
company wan $22,1(0 , of which $12.100 Is ac
crued Interest en the original $10.000 policy.
Mr.Hillmon get * oiift-liaLf and her attor
neys one-half ,
Mrx. ItolitTl Miintfll Vry III
POUT 1IUHON , Mica. , Jan. 24 , Sirs , Hob-
crt Muutc'll , known on the stage as Char
lotte Behrers , la living' nt the point of
death , an operation having- been performed
yesterday a a last resort. Her husband i
cancelled engagements at Ottawa and
Montreal so as to bo at her bedside. I
POSITION OF THE PARK BOARD
Commission Has Decided Its Stnnd on the
Exposition Matter ,
PRESIDENT TUKIY STATES THE CASE
In Willing : to Aliiuiiloii < hc Florence
llonlcviinl If the People
the Slrpvt Cnr TrnuUn
IiiHtvnil.
The members of the Board of Park Com
missioners have definitely decided to oppose
the proposition to abandon the Twentieth
street boulevard In favor of street railway
tracks. This was Indicated when the 'board '
awarded the contract for the bridges over
the lagoon , and It Is now positively affirmed ,
The members say that they are willing to
abandon the 'boulevard It It Is demanded by
public sentiment , but If this Is required
the abandonment will bo complete , rrhcy
assert that having expended years of labor
and thousands of dollars In Improving
Twentieth street , they will not drop the
Improved street to take up ono on which the
eamo mus.t be done again.
Speaking for at least a majority of the
board yesterday , President Tukey said :
"Tho Park commissioners want to do what
the public approves ot. If the property
owners In the northern part ot the city
prefer a street car upon Twentieth street
boulevard to the 'boulevard , we are per
fectly willing to abandon that boulevard
from Chicane street to Kountzc park and
let It commence at Kountzc park. We
will not bo a party to real estate specula
tions * on Nineteenth or Twenty-second
street , nor will we , after expending over
$10,000 In grading , cindering and planting
trcM along n boulevard , consent to surrender
It and accc-pt another'parallel ' street whereon
to make the same expenditures , and then
probably have It taken from us and an
other street given to make the same ex
penditure upon. If the board Is correct on
the value of boulevard's , the property along
the same will become more valuable and
more densely populated than other parts of
the city. Manifestly , 'therefore , there would
bo a profit to the street car company to
follow in the wake of the pork board and
appropriate each iboulevand as s on ns It Is
Improve. } . To this the park board cannot
consent.
"Wo are glad that Mr. Morse frankly
states that the purpose of the street car
company Is to permanently occupy Twen
tieth street.Ve knew this , because for
the purposes of the exposition the extension
Is entirely unnecessary. The capacity ot the
street ear company will be tested when
people are coming home from the exposition ,
not when they are going , for the reason
that they will go at all hours of the day ,
but all will return about the same time.
The Twentieth street entrance will bo far
ther removed from all buildings north of
the lagoon than cither the Twenty-fourth or
the Sixteenth street entrance. As to the
buildings south of the lagoon , the same
will bo true except the building between
Twentieth and Twenty-second streets , and
the building between Twentieth and Eight
eenth streets. Therefore , there are but two
buildings to be accommodated by the pro
posed extension. It is to be presumed that
there will be very many people who desire
to go to the exposition on bicycles , car
riages or on foot. There will be many pa
rades demanding entire streets. It would
be shameful not to have a slngo street suit
able for such purposes. .The location of
Florence boulevard , of Kouutze park , the
magnificent bridges wh'ch ' have Just been
contracted for in Kountzo park , the im
provements already made , have designated
North Twentieth street as a boulevard. The
same cannot be changed and will not bo
abandoned except to respond to a public
desire , whlcd thus far has not manifested
itself to our knowledge. "
niCKIXSOX ISM'ISCTS TO STAY.
Coiu-rnl .Wuiiiiiccr' ' of I InIhiloii H'nrlllc
General Manager Dickinson of the Union
Pacific has returned from Chicago and
emphatically denies the reported change of
his ofilco from himself to Everette St. John ,
so far as he Is concerned.
"It may bo that 'Mr. ' St. John Is to come
hero as general manager of the Union
Pacific , but I know nothing about It , " said
Mr. Dickinson to The Bee this morning.
"But I do know this , " continued the gen
eral manager , "that no overtures regarding
any position have been made to me by the
Baltimore & Ohio , All such reports are
absolutely without foundation. " The gen
eral manager looked as though he meant
every word he said , and emphasized his re
marks by bringing his hand down on his
table desK .rather forcibly.
Continuing , Mr. Dickinson said : "I should
certainly prefer to remain hero as general
manager of the Union Pacific , and so far
a& I know now there will bo no change.
Of course , It may bo as the St. Louis news
papers my , that Mr. St. John Is to succeed
me in this position , but I have not heard a
word about it except what has appeared In
the newspapers. So for as I know the re
port is entirely without foundation , and
that's what I ( .iavo wired to the newspapers
that have wired to me asking what truth
there was to the reports. How In the world
such a report could originate In St. Louis , or
nuywhero else , la more than I 'can tell. Had
the report come from New York instead of
St. Louis , It might have been reliable , but
I do not believe there is anything In It at
all. "
I/nlor Ci'lH n Promotion.
W. A. Lalor has 'been appointed assistant
general passenger agent of the Chicago , Bur
lington & Qulncy railroad , with headquarters
at Chicago. The position has been vacant
since early lest year , when Lucius W.
Wakeloy was appointed general passeiiRC1. '
agent of the Burlington's Missouri lines.
Mr. Lalor has been chief clerk In the pan-
senger department of the Burlington tt Chicago
cage for a nurr-ibcr of yeans and recently hi'.i
been acting as assistant general peascngor
agent , the title of which olfico ho has just
received. , t.
I'nlon I'liHflt ! OfllrtTN InillKiiinit.
The officials of the Union Pacific are ter
ribly Indignant over the report In the Chicago
cage Trlbuno of Sunday that It was "a
drsfty , poorly-heatpil private car that the
Union Pacific railroad company ordinarily
rents to tourist parties at ? 50 a day , " that
carried President Dele of the Hawaiian re
public across the western country. As stated
In The Bee of Sunday It was the private
car "Guadaloupo" of the Southern Pacific
company that was occupied by President
Dole and his party.
Hit ; Fri- for I'Mllnw Iiii'orinrn | linn.
DENVER , Jan. 24. With Its caplt.il ptock
placed at J13C , 000,000 , It cost the reorganized
Union Pacific railway Just J20.40a.50 to la-
corporate utder the laws of Colorado. The
fee ' .a the largest over received at the secre
tary of state's olilce.
Ciinvlfli'il of
MINNEAPOLIS , -Minn , , Jan. 21. Andrew
C. Hauffun , former city treasurer of Mlnne.
upolls , wnu today found guilty of nilHupjiro-
prliitlon of the fund * of the city. Sentence
will bo piiMHcd next Saturday , Mr. HUUKUII
held olllce ilurlnf the panics and wua presi
dent of the Washington S'ato bank.
Ml * oiirl DrnineralH Jli-ft In
ST. LOl'IH , Jan , 21. The democratic state
central committee met hero today nnd de
cided to call the utato convention to meet
at Sprlnb'Held , Mo. , on Wednesday , August
10 ,
WVKHHT ( UTCIIKS A llfllI.AH. !
HiiilncNN Mail IH-tert * dm Cnliirtt lit
hc Very Aol of Stcnllnir.
An Information has been sworn out lu
police court by Assistant County Attorney
Jeffcrls charging Frank Waters , an em
ploye of Wolf lire-there , 703 South Sixteenth
street , with burglary.
Waters was corralled In the basement of
the store where he was employed late last
Saturday night and 'locked up at the police
station , His capture was the result of a
well laid plan put In operation by Henry
R. Wykcrt , ono of the firm. Mr. Wykcrt
had missed small sums of money from the
safe for several months and was at n loss
to know how to account for their mysterious
disappearance. No persons hut himself and
partners knew the combination of the safe ,
yet In each Instance the money was taken
from It. Saturday night , therefore , Mr.
Wykert concealed himself outside the build
ing and after several hours' vigilance was
rewarded by hearing the noise of someone
moving upon the Inside. He hastily sum
moned a couple of policemen and between
the trio Waters was forced Into a corner
In the basement and captured.
At the police station yesterday Waters
after a close questioning broke down and
confessed to ills guilt. Ho said that ho had
been employed as a driver for the firm forever
over a year past. In doing his work he
frequently visited the ofllce and had ob
served his employers at various times work
the "short combination" to the safe. Ho
had watched his chance ono evening when
no ono was around end found that ho could
work the lock ns easily us the others. A
few nights later ho left the catch oft of
ono of the rear basement windows and early
In the morning visited the store , opened the
safe nnd took from it * , " > . This was last
summer. This practice was kept up at
intervals by young Waters until last Satur
day night. When closely pressed by the
police to give dates upon which these
burglaries were committed Waters said he
had taken $5 on the night of January 7 ,
$2 on the night of the 17th , and * " > on the
20th. More than this the prisoner would
not glvo out , but It Is estimated by his em
ployers that thr > entire amount of money
taken during the long period of pilfering
will bo considerable. The exact figure will
not bo known until the books are checked up.
A peculiar feature In connection with the
robbery was the frequent reports made to the
police of the doors of the establishment
being left open at nights. This occurred a
half dozen times , and , although the pro
prietors were wanned by the police , the
practice continued. The partners blamed
cadi other for not closing up nrcperly and
were at a loss to explain the mystery until
the arrest of Waters.
The prisoner was brought before Judge
Gordon and crralgned on a charge of
burglary. He pleaded not guilty and a hear
ing1 In the case was set for Wednesday at 2
o'clock.
ASSI3SSMRXTS OP COHl'DII ATIOXS.
lloiiril of KiiiinllKiitloii In n Slov ' r < in-
C'CrillnKT f < OIIIIll * NlolllM''H KcltirilK.
The municipal board of equalization had a
day off yesterday. In deference to the regular
council committee meeting , but It will meci
again tomorrow to settle the question
whether the assessments of t'Jc local cor
porations shall be reduced. The board has
spent several half days canvassing the mat
ter , but Is evidently no nearer a conclusion
than at first. It was evident from the dis
cussions that several members wanted to
make some reductions , but fulled to find an
excuse that they were satisfied would bo sat
isfactory to their constituency. City At
torney Connell was piled with questions ,
with the obvious Intention of Inducing him
to give an opinion in fUvor of reductions , but
he religiously confined him&elf to the purely
legal phases of the question , taking the posi
tion that the board had full authority to
make any changes In the assessment that It
pleased , but whether thcso changes were
Justified is a question that lies entirely In
its discretion.
Councilman Stuht has been making figures
on the proposition , from which he argues
that the reductions asked for by the corpora
tions would bo unwaranted In com
parison with other assessments. lie
sho-.vi that the street railway as
sessment aggregates $495,800 , the gas
company , $450,880 , and the electric light
company , $134,800. The corporatlcns have
asked to have t'.iese assessments reduced -to
$300,000 , $100,980 and $100,000 respectively.
Stuht 'Cites the following assessments of
other corporations to show If the reductions
asked fcr were allowed the tluee coiporu-
tlons mentioned would be granted much
lower assessments proportionately than other
corporations which h'-.ve made no complaint
Omaha & Grant Smelting and Reliiilng com
pany , $275,000 ; Now York Life building. $270-
000 ; Bee building , $188,300 ; Haydens , $ ir,9-
000 ; Omaha Water company , $524,000 ; Ne
braska Telephone company , $110,000 ; Union
Pacific Railrcod company , $ fiOO,000.
Councilman fituht suggests that taxpayers
generally should attend the council meeting
this afternoon and make their wishes
known to the councilmcn.
AVimts Kiipl < t r Arrnlc'il. .
Jnmcs Urader , living at 819 Pierce street ,
appeared In police court yesterday for
the purposei of swearing out a warrant for
the arrest of Clarence C. Hueker , who lives
nt LoveJand. In , The charge Is assault and
battery. lini'ler suyn that Huckor lias been
courting hU daughter for feveral mouths
| ) : ist and tint u on the evening of January
U the two were together In the front parlor
nlu'ii the brother of the girl made some
facetious remark , 'Which displeased Mucker.
He IK alleged to have Jumped to his feet
and to have struck young liradcr In the
fare. The mother Interfered and a general
light ensued. Ilucker iirndo his escape. Yes
terday llrader H.nv Mucker on the street and
would like to have him placed behind the
bars.
\i-tr I'oMlnl ( 'nril.
The now postal card Issued by the Wash
ington department Is Just making HH ap
pearance In this city. It does not differ
materially from the old one , the main
change being that It U about a quarter of
an Inch narrower. Thin difference fur-
nlslieH the reason for the new card. It can
be enclosed In an ordinary-sized envelope ,
which could not be done wl'h the old one.
In other respectn the two cards nru alike
except that the form of the lettering on
the now one Is somewhat different.
Mrx , rifiiDrnllon'N NtlltiMiiiMit.
Mrs. Maggie CIcriDenllon , living at 210
North Thirteenth street , states that the } C7
stolen from her residence a short time npo
by a man named Anderson was * the prop
erty of ner husband , being certain pension
money which hud Just been received from
the government. She nays It writ ) Incor
rectly Muted In the paper that atie wax
jiving with Anderson. This she asserts la
untrue , us Anderson was merely a lodger at
her home.
MOOIM-M Til U CM mi Appeal ,
Frank B , Moorts has appealed from the
decision of the Board of County ComrnlH-
HlciH'r.4 In ( llHiIlowInx bis claims , aggregat
ing Borne { 28.000. Tie Items In the bill filed
In the olllco of the clerk of the court coimUt
of fees which accrue 1 during Moorts'
term ns clerk of the district court. Tlu-ro
l u dispute between Moorex and the com
missioners an to the legality of thu fees.
MlKNfil llvrr.vtlilnir Hut Viicflnnllim ,
Atlanta Constitution : An old Geo.-gla dar
key , with his arm In a sling , was talking to
another on a West End car the other day.
"Yes , cuh ! " he said with emphasis. "I gene
up now , fcr sho' ! You see ills arm In do
sling , don't you ? "
"Yes. "
"Well , suh , " the old m'n continued by way
of explanation , "I'll be 80 years old next bar-
vent ; I iono ! ec kts cr trouble In my day ,
but by do grace o [ God 1 miss do ku-klux , I
miss do vigilance' committee , I rnlua do
whltocaps en I.jn'.es ' do regulators , but now.
In my old age- please God , do waxlaatora
kotchcd en cut mol"
POSTPONES EXCHANGE CASE
Aiiothcr Delay in the Anti-Trust Lav
Exnmiuntion.
HEARING GOES OVER ANOTHER WEEK
Xo Money to Pay \YI ( IICMM'N unit ( h *
Uovrrtintvnt Attorney IN Vn.
Ulllllltt tO 1'riMHMMl I'llU'-IM '
Till * I * I'lovt.U-il.
The slttliiK hi'tho case of Ihe United
States against the South Omaha Live Stock
exchange has once more been postponed. It
was to have begun yesterday morning bcforo
Kxamlucr-ln-Chancery llnUln , but a con
tinuance was taken until next Monday morn ,
lug. It Is not at nil unlikely that at that
time a further delay will occur.
The postponement was ordered by Anslstatit
United States District Attorney Hush , who
Is not at nil certain that the attorney gen
eral of the United States Is ready for the
hearing to go en. Attorney Cathcis , who la
special counsel In the. case , has letters from
that official , In which he reads his deslro
for the prosecution to begin. District At
torney Hush , however , has different views
on the matter. He sa.xtt that If the ease Is
to proceed , money would have 'been ' set
aside .for the payment of wltnewrt ? . Aa
long ns money for this purpose ! IP not avail
able , he will not allow the pitting to tnko
place. Unless this money Is forthcoming by
next Monday the sitting will not take pKico
then.
" \Vo are anxious to begin the case , " cnl.l
Attorney Hush ycstcrdiiy , "but wo can
not begin until we have money with which to
recompense the witnesves we subpoena. "
Subpoenas for all the witnesses In the
case , some forty or fifty In number , hive
been leaned by Clerk Illl'ls of the federal
court , and some of them were put In the
hands of deputy maralals for service. At
torney Hus'i ' , however , give instructions to
the latter not to servo the papers.
It Is not generally believed by the olllclals
connected with the federal court that the
term now on In Lincoln will bo a very long
one. It was expected that It would font
until the end of February , but present in
dications now ucoin to point to nn adjourn
ment nt least two weeks earlier. Tliero
Is not a he-ivy civil docket and but Ilttlo
attention will bo given to the criminal end
of the court's work. Inasmuch ns that took
up the biggest portion of the last term.
Judge Mungcr , too , IK nnxlous to enjoy a
vacation of a couple of wcokn bcforo taking
up the s.eclal term in thin city In Mar..i.
The criminal docket will play a bigger
part In the Omaha special session. Instruc
tions have been given to the field deputy
marshals not to bring Into Lincoln miy pris
oners charged with minor offenses , the In
tention being to have them all sumoinneil
to this city next term. Aelf dozen in .ro
Important criminal cases , however , will bo
tried In Lincoln , Judge Mnnger having set
psldo a week for the purpitio. The defend
ants In thrss cases live in the South 1'Iatto
country and are therefore nearer Lincoln
than Omaha.
XHW CIVII. SKUVIUIS liOAltl ) .
Four Are Connot hlnli-il Into Om > fur
Kut ore KMn in I mi 11 < iMM.
A now Civil Service' board for'Omaha and
South Omaha IIRS Just been appointed ty
the Civil Service commission at Washing-
Ion , which marks another step In tha
scheme of centralizing the work of the
commission.
The new board consolidates Into Itself four
local boards which' have been working sep
arately. One of thcso has had charge of the
examinations In the Omaha postolllce , an
other In the South Omiitia poKtollice. a third
In tro customs house and the fourth In the
Internal revenue service. Each bo.ird luis
had a separatn sacretary , but now there will
bo but one secretary. Miss Viola Coflln. All
the recordrj of the four different boards will
bo rcincvcd to her olicc ! and will bo under
her supervision.
The consolidation of the boards natutv.lly
followed the recent consolidation of the
civil bervlco examination ! ! . In the past ex
aminations for the different departments
have been held epan tofe-to * lnthe _ future
they will bo held at one alill thTTsame Tmic >
hi March and April. Since there will be
but a single examination them Is need for
but one board to have charge of It.
The different dcp' rtmenU lire represented
on the now beard , however. Miss Violn
Collln , Alfred J. Lntz and Alfred Olson are
selected for the postullicc hero ; William S.
Dccchcr and Susan HIM for the Internal
revenue service ; Joseph C. Thomas for the
customs house , and Michael J. Grady for
the South Omaha olllco. The old members
on this board are Miss Viola Collln , who
has been secret.ry of the postolllee board ,
and William Deeclicr. secretary of the In
ternal revenue board , The latter will bo
chairman and the former secretary of the
new board. The commissions of the mem
bers have not arrived yet , but us soon as
they do the new board will hold its first
meeting ,
IIHAI , USTATI3 AXII A.SSK.SS MKXT.
Ciiiiiiil < > < > Xiuncil to I , < > < > k Aflcr ( he
l'iillill/ilU ii Mil I ( IT.
Councilman Krnest Stuht appeared before
the Heal Estate exchange at HB regular meet
ing at the Commercial club rooms yesterday
and made a talk outlining his position of
opposition to the efforts of the frunchlncd
corporations to reduce the valuation placed
upon their property by the tax commissioner.
Ho pro'luced a number of figures which ho
said showed that the corporations are not
taxed any higher than other corporations or
prlvato Individuals , anil lib asked the ex
change to assist him In his efforts to pre
vent any change being made. The matter
was discussed and It was decided to ap
point a special committee of three to assist
Mr. Stuht , the chair appointing as this com-
mltteo Messrs.V. . H. Taylor , II. II. Harder
and W. H. Orecn. It WHS afterwords de-
elded that every member of the exchange
would attend the meeting of the council to
night and assist tilt" special committee ,
( i.VIIUV OWK.V U'OMIi.VS < 3l.ril.
Drurniilxiillon to ANHN | | In llu- Duly He-
< 'illnn | In Murrli.
The Oarryowcn Woimti'w club won organ
ized Sunday by a number of Irish-Amer
ican women , who mot at the ofllco of Judge
I'urecll , 5007 North Thirtieth ntrcet , for that
purpose. The following officers were elected :
Mrs. T. 0'HrIen , prcnldoitMUs ; Maggie
Scanlon , secretary ; Mrs. 0 , Ketchinark , treas
urer.
The purpose of the club In to cmal \ l la
making the John Daly entertainment , to bo
given the evening of St. Patrick's day , a
success , and a committee of arrangement
was appointed to carry th'.H purpose Into
effect. The following constitute the commit
tee : Mro. McCarthy , Mrs. Fischer , Mleri
Kate I'urcell. Mrs. J. Coidy , Miss Coady ,
Mrs. Hcavey. Ar.otbcr meeting of the club
will bo held next Sunday at 2 p. m , , at
Judge 1'iircell'n olllce.
Ilolli l/ovi * DM * Su me Him ,
Mary Eliza. Blue and Kid Uurke , a couple
of negro women who live down In the Third
ward , fell to comparing notea and the otart-
llntf ills-cover } " WHS mndc that the rnun they
both loved WUH HhelU'rod by one mnall hat.
It was no raso for argument. BO MBH | liurke
took u liH-r liotlln mid reduced It to atuniH
over the head of Minn Hlue. llotli were iir-
rcBled. At the Htutlon It wua found that the
Blue womnu'H head wan xeyercly cut. The
city surgeon -wns called and took neve-rat
Btltotuui In the wounds. The women wer
booked vUth being drunk and disorderly.