THE OMAHA i DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOUSING , rEBKTJATlY 1 , 18J)8 ) TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY JT1VE CENTS.
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Novel Co-OpeMtivo Plan for Supplying
Electric Light.
IS STEAM POWER IN DANGER ?
VreKciit I.liiillnlloiiH to ( i\ptuiiluii :
it Kleetrli1'onor tin Sti-iini
ItuiulH Cunt or C'oipcr
n Drawback.
The city of Madison , Wls. , has under con
sideration a novel proposition for a cooperative -
operative ! system of electric lighting. There
Is an extensive machine shop In the town
which has Its own electric lighting plant ,
nnd the company has offered to go Into
partnership with the city for n period of
thirty years In the furnishing of clectrle
light and power to the municipality and to
private consumers. Of course , this would
requlro an enlargement of the plant.
Without nttcmirtlng to glvo the details
of this plan , which would take too much
spaceIt may bo sold that the scheme , as
puollshed , appears to have been carefully
considered In the Interest of both parties
H Is provided -that after the actual capital
Invested ( without any Injection of "water" )
shall have received 3 per cent Interest or
profit per annum , and a certain amount
agreed upon shall have been set aside for
depreciation , betterments , enlargements ,
etc , the surplus earnings shall bo divided
tonally between the city nnd the company
In case ot failure to earn dividends the
city appears to be piotee-ted from loss , nnd
In case of any dispute the matter In differ-
euru Is to be submitted to three arbitrators
emi to be ( hosen by the city , one by the com
pany and th third to bo selected by the
other two nnd If they eannot ugrcc the
t' third IH to bu scltcted by the Judge of the
clicult eourt.
ELECTRIC AOAINST STEAM POWER.
'It Is remarkable what u numboi ot per-
eos of in lull I gen co there are who have the
impression that by the use ot electricity
live or slx-hoieo power will do the work of
fifty or sixty-horse power produced by
steam , " says nn electrician In the Now Yorl.
Sun "Only a few days ago such a person
fcald to mo In gcod faith that ho believed
thnt c'ectrlc ' motors would soon tike the
place of sUam locomotives for general rail
road use , because a little electric motor of
five or six horho power would be nblc to do
> the work of the heaviest engine The real
economy of the ele-ctrlc motor does not He
In Us being nblo to do any moro work foi
each hoioe power thin could he done by the
. steam engine , but In the fact that the power
for many motors can bo generated at one
cential station under conditions of much
greater economy than can bo secured In the
locomotive or In small separate plants , nnd
also In the greater efficiency for certain pur-
p-se-H of a rotary motor over the recipro
cating action of the ordinary steam engine
Speaking gent rally , the power all comei
item coal originally , and the steam engine
Is used to drive the electric generators or
dynamos , ns they are called If there were
a hundred machines to be driven and each
of these would take five-horse power they
would each require nn electric motor of the
name power as If the motor were a steam
engine nnd the vvholo would require n cen
tral station engine which could furnish to
them 500 horse power In the aggregate. The
loss of power In good practice amounts to
from C to 10 per cent , so that the central
otatlon must actually produce. In such a
ease , fitty-horse power perhaps mom than
the separate steam engines to perform the
same work would bo required to do. You
wonder , then , where the economy of using
electricity lies Let ua consider this ns ap
plied to the running of locomotives , for In
stance An express locomotive , running
under favorable conditions , will use
about four pounds of coal an hour
for each horse power produced. Some
runs have been made upon a consump
tion of three and one-halt pounds
an hour for cash horse power. An engine
drawing a local train will burn five pounds
of coal every hour for each horse newer ,
while the usual consumption of a freight
locomotive Is from lx to ten nounds. Even
thlfl docs not take In the coal wasted while
the engl'io la getting un steam or that burned
when the fires are banked or thrown away
when the fires are drawn. Compare this
with the results attained In good stationary
plants Some of UICLO will produce yawcr at
nn oxrcnBo of one and cue-half pounds of
ccul for each horse $ ewer an hour , while It Is
a poor plant which require. * more than two
pounds In tbo new steamship Kaiser Wll-
helm der Grosse the engines produce 20,000-
homo power upon an average consumption of
ono nnd one-half pounds of coal for each
horse power on hour for a run across the
Atlantic Coal cm delivered and handled
, cheaper at largo central stations and the
other expenses are also less As a rule the
cent of fuel on electric roads Is about G pel
cent of the ercratlng expenses , while or
steam reads It Is about 10 per cent. The
real rca e i why the elcctrlo locomotive does
not at once take the place of the steam
motor Is the dllll'iilty end ccut of distributing
tlio electric cm rent Tor long distances with
out a gieat loss of current through the elec
trical resistance of the wires To overcome
this the roadcperated by electricity are
dlvlc'ed Into short sections and scimrato cop
per feeder wires nro run from the powe
house to each Hcctlon This would not entail
BO much ejneino If It wore not for the fact
thst each feeder wire as It is Increased In
length must also be Increased In size , 01
ihero would be a great low of power , an4
the cost ot the copper eon gets to be too
rr't ( Croat to warrant Hie Increase In size When
the Bihcino for building the Broadway undor-
giouiid rapid transit railroad was being In
vcfitlgated by a supreme court ecmuilislon ir
1S05 exnerts testified tlat to transmit tlu
enormous amount of pawer which would br
required for thepr nosed train service wouM
take $7,000,000 worth of corner wire alone i
the power all oamo from ono station , "
WIHi : COST A DRAWI1ACK.
These dlfilcnltlea were act forth recently
liy Claude Marshall In a paper rend before
the Chicago Electrical association , and Mr
Marshall also points out a way In which thev
Jnay bo overcome Ho eays In part : "As
far n in engineer can fee into the future , It
Jo Improbable that electricity will supplant
Bteam for guieral railroading purpws , but
there are eonio departments of the work
nvhero the adoption of electricity will bo a
great advancement In thickly sett'ed com
munities , as parts ol the Now England
North Atlantic and Contra ! stated , the rail
roads will bo forced to mike changes In their
em Ice to siiccemfully compete with the
parallel trolley lines With the present
equipment It secrrn that 500 or GOO volts at
111 oat la the limitation of the direct current
jnotor , and long lines can only be operated
by placing power stations at frequent In
tervals , eay ten or twelve miles apart. The
( ransinlfrtlon at thl > voltage Involves enor
mous leases or great expense for copper. On
ie road recently teatcd the voltage varied
from B25 voltH near the station to 240 voiu
nt the end of a line seven miles distant , It
la obvious that for transmlialon alternating
currents must be employed , How necmsary
high voltages are may be nee a from a lltt'u '
calculation cxi the co-st of copper for line
wire. Mr. St'llwell gives the eoat of coppc-
required to deliver one ho'se power at motor
shaft ten miles from the generator , alow Ing
a 20 per cent drcp end copper 15 cents ptr
pound , at SOO volts , $750.75 and at 10,003
, Vo'U. JIM. Thus It Is .wn that It cost"
/ / 400 times as much to furnish copper at COO
volts as It docs at 10,000. A voltage ot
, * 10,000 Id well within the present engineering
' practice. It to generally believed that al
ternating current motors are out of consid
eration for tractlen purposes , and U Is true
< hat the experiments have not beca eucceu-
ful oil account of the low starting torque
ml lack of regulation ; but tbo Improvements
< whch | have of late been made go far In per-
fueling this machine. "
KLBCTRIO APPLIANCES FOR LONDON ,
i General Dlectrlo company ot Schenec-
tady , N. Y , , has Just received n largo order
for thirty-two elcctrlo locomotives for the
Central London Underground railroad. When
the General Electric company , eomo tlmo
ago , received ths order for the electrical
appatatus for the road It was generally
understood that the locomotives would bo
built In England , nnd this order was some
what of a surprise. This contract will not
alone affect the General Electric works but
the Schencctady Locomotive works as well ,
for the locomotives will probably be con
structed by that concern. Owing to the size
of the tunnel through which the under
ground trains will pass , the locomotives will
bo of a small pattern. They will have a
capacity of 800 horse power , and will weigh
forty-five tons. They will bo able to draw
a train of IHo cam weighing 150 tons fifteen
miles per hour. Work on the order will bo
begun nt once
Plans for the biggest direct current rail
way generator ever made In this world are
being prepared at the General Electric
works. It will have a horse power of 4,000
and will weigh eighty-seven tons It will
bo constructed for the Louisville Street
Railway company The company also has
Just received an order for thirty-six 17G
horse power motors from the Metropolitan
West Side elevated road of Chicago. The
company equipped Its road with electricity
nomu tlmo ago and this Is a second order.
' LAST YEAR'S BUSINESS.
The manager of 0113 of the gre-it electrical
companies , asked by the Western Electrician
to glvo his views on business , said :
"The business for the past year with us
has been Infinitely better In all respec's
than In the two years previous Wo have
sold more apparatus and luvo rece'ved
promptly our pay therefor , leolatcd clertrlc
light plants and locil companies nri > tc'rg '
enlarged throughout the country Wo hanlly
know of an electric light comp in > that has
noi some plan , definitely or Indefinitely
fonnoJ , for reibulldlng Its station imd In
creasing the amount ot apparatus ami put
ting Ita properties In better condition. The
aboveof course , means a largo amount of
business for us 011,1 , for other ? Capital ,
hovvevor. Is much nioro timid than It was
In 1892 ( but If the 'powers that ibe' In Wash
ington glvo the country a rest and do not
agitate capital bj tariff , financial and other
uscloso legislation , capital will got over Its
trnro and a largo amount of It will bo in
vested In electrical Industries of every kind
nnd description
" In the administration
"Wo have great confidence
tration , bcllovo that It Understands thor
oughly what U Ivst for the Interests of the
country nnd that great vv'plom will be
d'splajod ' In giving us n conservative gov-
eirntnent. If this bo done1 , then nothing In
the past will bo equal to the development of
thci electrical business during the nevt two
or three jears "
TUIITS 111:11 : A IHYvni.t : , .
\OIIIIK Woniini's MulT nml Vlllimlilr
ln | > rr * < Iti'Klorfil tn II < T.
The following letter to the. editor of The
Bro from a joung woman In one of the
western Iowa towns , who a ks tint hei
name bo withheld , Is of Intercut She
heads It "A Tew Honest Ones There "
"Of late so many strangers In your clt >
have been unceremoniously relieved of theli
money and other valuables that It would
make the mini ilcnUcn label Omaha as
a bad plnrc
"In behalf of Omaha A. D. T employes
and South Omaha street car management
allow one rurallst to speak.
"On January 10 a stranger In your city-
left on n South Onv ha car a muff contain
ing letters and pipers of great value Half
way to the union depot she noticed her
loss , left the car and told her trouble to a
policeman , Ho referred her to the central
telephone office.
"Mistaking the A. D T. office on Douglas
street for "what she was looking , she en
tered nnd again told her trouble to the
first listener. The gentleman Informed her
of the mistake In the office , but kindly
offered to telephone for the missing prop
erty.
"After two brief messages came the
words : 'Muff will return soon , wait' The
muff and Its valuable contents started alone
for north Omaha at 10 45 a. m .returned
from Its journey at 11 23 ; charges , none
Omaha , you deserve ono feather In your
cap , for o'en the- smallest countryfled vil
lage could not have done better. "
r\rnu MVMjricruiinns cmim\i : .
Start In nltli n Capital Stnclt tit
TorMriiiMillion DolIai-N.
NEW YORK , Jan. 31 The International
Paper comp ny of Corinth , Saratoga county ,
N Y. , a combination of all the big firms In
ho country , filed articles of Incorporation
today , wllh a capital of $45.000.000 ,
The capital stock of $45.000,000 Is divided
Into $25,000,000 preferred and $20,000,000
common stock. Among other things It Is
authorl/ed to purchase , acquire , hold and
dispose of the stocks , bonds and other pa-
pcrj of thn Indebtedness of any corporation ,
domeotlcf or foreign , engaged In a business
alrfllar to Its own , or which Is In any way
connected with the manufacture of any of
Its component parts , or It may Issue Its
stock or bonds In payment for the stock
bonds nnd piopcrty of any eorporatlon which
It desires to absorb. The directors are
Ogden Mills , D. 0. Mills , William II
Dillon , Judson T. Krancta , Hall
Park McCullough , M. E. Ingalls
Jr. . all of New York City ; A. N. Ilurbank
rjollous Palls , Vt ; Thomas S. Coolldgo
Glras Palls ; Warren Curtis , Corinth ; I. W
Drew. Lancaster , N. II , ; P , T Homier. New
ton , Maw. ; David W. Snow Portland , Me
Kdward R. Greene , Brooklyn The new
company , It Is said , will take control by
February 16
D 0 Mills , who lo heavily Interested In
the Niagara Falls Paper company , la re
ported as having said' "All the large paper
mills of the eabt are In the combination and
rome of the largest western mllli. I do not
think the coiwllJatlon will result In any ma
terial change In prices Its chief advantage
will bo concentration of management and
the reduction of expenses "
It Is aald tint there are cow sixteen com-
porilca In the consolidation , with a possi
bility of live moro coming In
The company Is formed to "maintain , con
duct and manage li ( the state ot Now York
and olsewhvro the manufacture of all kinds
of paper nnd any other fiber , and as a part
of and Incident to such .business , the min
ing ot Iron , clay , sulphur , coal , agollto and
any fibrous minerals and materials the pur-
hase1 , lease and dpvclonmrnt of n-i-'innds
and to purchase and hold merchandise In
Now York and othe-r stales o : uio Juitcu
States and Canada. "
IT.NSIONS roil IVKSTKIfX VKTKIIANS
SiirilvorN of tlio lal < > AVnr llrmriu-
lu-rcil li ) ( he ( i i-n IT.11 ( 'ocrriuifiit. .
WASHINGTON. Jan 31 ( Special ) Pen-
ilons have been Issued as follows
I'suo of January 14 :
Nebrn > Un. Original Chiuncey p Coy
Waterloo. $0 ; Jnmes T Whlto Hcatr'lco. ts
Orargo Miller , Maryivll'o ' , } 0. Sidney n. Gebl
hart , Aurora. $0. Increase J.intcs WYcli
st or. Ixull. $12 to $17 ; Tann W Scott Bennett -
nott , $17 to J2I
Ion a. Original Lafayette Cliljinin , Gilmore -
more Oily , $ S ; James Plnkcrton Miquoketa ,
$ $ . Restoration and Increase Ho'nce S
Hruiruii , Ilcnman , $2 to $0 Increase- John
Wilson , Lew IB , $ to $12 ; John W MeOln-
Uy. Lyons , $ S tv * $10 : PJilne.is Smith Ce-.lar
Rapids , (0 to IS : Daniel O Kllfrltz. Soldiers'
Home .Marshall fS 'to $10 , Helmut1 John
A Schoonovur. I > n Molne * . $ B
Montnrn : OrUlnal Henry Wjimer , South
Huttu. $ a Addlllona' James I Lucas , Liv
ingston , $ G to 112 , Increase William Ilurk-
Irv. Crow Agency $4 to $10
South DakotaOrlBlnalHarrlson W
Halloy. Knulkton , $6 ,
Co'.orndo : Original Charles O Hoyt , Den.
veir , $ Restoration Theron Johnson. Den
ver. ) ! - ' . lU-Htorailon and additional WIN
Hnm H. Ilomnns , deid Denver , $1 23 to $ \ >
Increase1 Daniel H. Sjlveatur , Denver , $3 to
$13.
Itublirrx Ci-t I'li-iity of siaiiiin.
CANTON , Mlts , , Jan. 31. The Oun'on post ,
olllcu vvus broken Into this morning , Blow
Ing open the oufo the robberu carried off
over $2,000 worth of stamps , There la no
clue to thd
STOCK EXGIIAXCB HEARING
Important Matter Finally Gets a Start
Toward Adjudication ,
TESTIMONY IN THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE
Ilnttlii I
nxnmlncr-ln-Clinnrer >
Trlnl or tin- Suit to Hoffulute
South Oninlin Il > c btucU
Before John \V. Dattln , United States ex-
am'ncr-ln-chooccry , the preliminary hearing
of the' case brought by the government
against the South Omaha Live Stock ex
change , requiring that organization to show
cauee why It should not bo abolished under
the Sherman anti-trust act , was begun
yesterday morning at the federal
building. The prosecution Is being
conducted by United States District
Attorney A. J. Sawyer of Lincoln
assisted by Attorney John T. Gathers , spe
cial counael for the government , The Inter-
cols of the- exchange are being looked after
by Attorneys Warren Swltzler and T. J. Ma-
honey.
Through those proceedings the government
Is seeking to obtain In the United States
court a preliminary Injunction to restrain
the exchange from prohibiting live stock
commission firms and corporations not mem
bers of that organization from doing busi
ness at the stock yards. Its effort Is to
fchow that the exchange is a trust corpora
tion and that It Is doing business which
properly comes under the head of Interstate
commerce The case Is the outgrowth of
the expulsion from the exchange of the
Onialu Live Stock Commission company last
yeav , which v\as followed by a series of In
junctions against the exchange In the dis
trict eouit. When all of the testimony Is
given before Commissioner Hattln the case
will bo sent up to United States District
Judge William H Mungcr for final action.
The case has aroused universal Interest , In
that It Involves the safety of every other
live stock exchange in the country.
J. C. Sharp , secretary mf the Union
Stock Yards company , was the first wlt-
i'C8 > s at yesterday's hearing He testified that
the excrango was conducted us an adjunct
to the general live block business nt the
yaids In the Interest of the commission
men , buyers and sellers doing business
there but that It wns In no way bound to
the railroad companies or to the direct
Interests of the company so far as the gen
eral commercial transactions were concerned.
Witness presented a copy of the constitu
tion and by-laws of the exchange , wlilch
was admitted In evidence , and after stating
that consignments of live stock from ehlp ;
pers who were not known to the company
w ere not unlocked from the cars before the
freight was paid , he was excused.
On cross-examination It W38 ilevclopol
from All. Sharp's evidence that it was not
practicable for a shipper of live stock to
consign stock to himself nt the yards , for
thu reason that the company could not de
part from Its rule of keeping the stock
locked up until freight and yard charges
wcro paid. Witness said that the company
fed , watered and cared for all stock thus
confined nnd that certain charges were al
ways made for this service Mr. Sharp
said that a great deal of the stock which
was received at the yards was brought In
by the buyers and shipped to other markets ,
which , as witness understood the question ,
was Interstate commerce business. No com
mission man , firm nor corporation could do
business nt the yards unless they were mem
bers of the exchange.
General Manager James L Paxton of the
fatock yards company testified that South
Omaha was the thl.- * largest live stock
market In the world , and that during 1897
there were handled at these yards 810,000
head of cattle All but 2 per cent of these
consignments wore delivered to other
markets throughout the country to packers
commission men and Individual buyers
Witness said that the 2 per cent mentioned
were miscellaneous shipments , tout he could
nc5t stata Just what disposition was made of
this live stock.
"What arrangement has the stock yards
company with the railroads for the payment
of freight on shipments received at the
yards ? " Mr. Sawyer asked witness.
"Tho company guarantees the payment of
freight on all consignments , " replied Mr.
Paxton ,
"And how Is It secured ? "
"In cases where the consignee Is known
to the company as responsible a regular ac-
nuoctls kept and collections on these ac
counts are made once a week , I think ;
vvhero the shipper Is not known and the
freight Is not prepaid wo simply hold the
shipments In the cars under lock until
freight charges are cleared. This Is done
to Insure thp eompany against loss on ac
count of Its responsibility to the railroad
companies as security for the freight. "
Witness said that the freight rate on a
carload of live stock from IJolse City , Idaho ,
was between $85 and $100 and that all con
signments which should be received from
that section with unpaid freight charges
from unknown shippers would bo held
subject to the company's rule referred to
before. Witness said that the exchange was
a separate and distinct organization from
the company , which owned and leased the
stock yards for the transaction of a general
live stock business.
TDSTI.MO.NY OP A COMMISSION MAN.
The only witness examined during tboaftei-
noon section was W. A. Hlgglns , of tbo com
mission firm of Jackson , Htgglns & Co , at
the stock yards This concern Is a member of
the exchange and Mr Higgles' testimony was
on that account of more than ordinaly In
terest and Im.mtancc It had moro direct
bearing upon tlio alleged "freezing out" of
tlio Onnha Live Stock Commission company
than any other one oolcit Involved , In that
during the examination connect for the gov
ernment brought out plainly Just how on
January 1. 1897 , the exchange had to In
creased Its mcmbersh i. > fco to prcportlons
which compelled the company to disband.
Briefly referring to the organUatlcn of
the Oiraha Live Stock Commission company's
organization will throw moro light uion t'jo
Importance1 of Mr. Hlgglns' evidence In th
controvcisy. This company was organized
under un old rule of the exchange which
required that only one member of a commla-
sko firm 'or coinoiutlon doing b'jslncea at
the yards should be a member of the organi
zation , to enable suh firm or corporation to
do business at the yaids , The commission
tomruny was duly Incnioorated and officered
and Its stockholders were stock growers and
shippers in Iowa , Nebraska , Missouri , Wy
oming and other states In the Immediate
nelght > crhox ] of Hid South Onuha market
With all of the Influence of such , an organi
zation , this company Is eald to luvo com
manded a 'arge proportion of the business at
the yards almost Immediately after It be
gan business. This Is sild to have aroused
the Jealousy of the other commission con
cerns and Independent or the fart that five
officers of the company were members of the
exchange , the latter organization passed a
rule wbliu required that every member of
all commission companies , firms and cor
porations , Including stockholders , should be
come members of the exchange at an ad
mission fee of $1,000 rier Individual or retire
from the business at the yards This vvab
what eventually caused the commission com
pany to re-tiro and finally brought about the
troubles which resulted In the pending null ,
Mr. Hlgglns testified that the rules of the
exchange prohibited , any commission firmer
or corporation from sending prepaid
messages cither by telegraph or tel
ephone to a shipper of Block giving
the conditions of. the market or ad
vising him to ship ; that for the first viola-
lion of this Iron-clad rule the sender was
subject to a flue of from $250 to $500 , and
'or a. second violation the sender was liable
lo a fine of not less than (500 ( or suspension
or expulsion from the exchange , according
: o tbo de'clolon of the exchange through its
board of directors. AYitaesa said that orig
inally the admission fee to'tho ' exchange was
$20 ; subsequently It had been raised to
$100 , then to $500 ami fin klly to $1,000 , ac-
compnnylng which final , I icrcasc came the
rule that every menjbcr t a firm or cor-
poratlon doing business at Uic yards shouk
become a member of the rich nn go In order
to have the privilege bf del IR business nt the
yards. Witness sSldlthnt It had been the
custom of commission * . conqernB at the yards
to loan largo amount ot ( money to stock
growers In other states , taking as security
for such loans , chattel mortgages on the
stock ; that In cases where commission con
cerns had not the rr dy' cash to advance It
was their custom to negotiate loans at some
bank for the applicant and Indorse a note
for payment , the bank being secured by
chattel mortgage on the live stock.
METHODS OP HANDLING CONSIGN-
MDNTS.
A largo amount of cattle and other live
stock had been shipped to the stock yards
from outside states , according to Mr. Hlg
glns' testimony , without being accompanied
to market by the shipper. Tully one-half
of all the consignments cama to the yards
In that manner. All such shipments rep
resented cases whcro loans had t > cen nego
tiated to enable the grower to feotl his stock
and put them In condition for the market.
In many cases the 'bills of lading covering
such shipments were accompanied by a
draft and the bank to which both papers
came presented them to the commission
concern to which the stock had been con
signed. The commission people would pay
such drafts , sometimes at a discount , sell
the stock and thus end the transaction.
Witness said that the -rules of the exchange
governed all commissions at the yards
They w ere 50 cents p6rt head on cattle or
$12 a carload ; $ G on a single-deck carload
of hogs or $10 on a double-deck consign
ment.
The cross-examination of Mr. Hlgglns
was begun by 'Mr. ' .Malioney , but It was not
finished. The ground dovcred by the direct
examination wns gene over without devel
oping new facts of Importance and at 4 30
o'clock an adjournment WAS taken. Mr. Illg-
glns will resume his testimony at the con
tinuation of the hearing and It Is altogether
likely that Michael R. Murphy , president of
the live stock exchange , will be the next wlt-
nebs called. The government Intends to
put him upon the stand. 'but at Just what
Juncture of the proceedings has not yet
been fully determined.
icnin-iNo IT v svcitci ) SUCH in * .
City Coiiiicllmon IIoI I ili < I.i-v j Aloof
from Oilier Jl'liliiK * .
A new secret society has bqcn formed la
Omaha , of which the n'ne members of the
city council are the charter members. There
Is no Initiation fee required and the only ob
ligation on tLe members. Is profound se
crecy. The purpcoo of this dcp'arturc from
ordinary methods Is to InLubatO a tax levy-
that will bo an absolute 'tccret until com
plete and approved by every mtimber of the
council. It will then be too late for effective
protests from hearts ot departments whose
estimates have been shaved down , and under
the cover of secrecy each councilman will be
able to assure all comers that ho was for
what they demanded flreti last and all the
tlmo , but was outvoted by the other fellows.
The executive cession of Saturday after
noon. was the first meeting of the secret cir
cle , and although Ju aeselco four hours It
failed to result In a levy satisfactory all
around. Consequently the task must be re
sumed at the regular committee meeting this
afternoon , so the levyj ordinance may be
passed at tlio regular meeting tomorrow
night.
Dnough progress Hias ( been made , how over ,
to Indicate that the lovir will ibe very ctyso
to 25 .mills. None of the outsitindlng bills
are lo be considered1 , la making the levy for
1S9S , as they will TJO taken care of by re
funding bonds , which vvllll bo Issued as soon
as the precise figures can bo tabulated. The
paper "balances " will alsoKbo regarded ns
cash. The maximum levyihas been ngreoi
on for the fire , water rent atvd lighting
fundii and the police fund will probably
get nearly the charter limit. The snags
are the appropriations fof the school and
park funds There- a difference of opinion
In rcsaird to the amount to be levied for
the park board , as some of the members
contend that the board obtained money un
der false pretenses last year. They declare
that the board was given nearly $30,000 ad
ditional with the understanding that It waste
to expend It on the exposition and Uien It
epent a part of It for other purposes.
But the school fund Is vvhero the council
sticks most persistently. Ballots have
been taken by the dozen without agreement.
At first a proposition to give the Doard of
Education 3 % mills was voted down. Then
all sorts of propositions vv.ero voted on , but
none prevailed. It Is pretty definitely de
cided , however , that the limit of possibili
ties for the school board Is 3 mills
If the present plans of the council are
carried out the city will begin the year
with a clean balance sheet for the first time
In years Every year tbo administration
has been handicapped by many and various
inherited deficits and In every case In which
a department has been accused of ex
travagance It has held up ono of these over
laps as a scapegoat. That sort of thing
won't go this year. Dnough refunding bonds
will be Issued to take up every general
obligation and each department required to
kepp' strictly within , the appropria
tion. At least this was. laid down
In ono of the resolutions adopted by the
secret society. The amount of these out
standing obligations Is $ t22,734.73 , of which
$119,008.16 consists of warrants on > eclal
funds. In the refunding proceedings no
notlcf will bo taken of these special fucid
warrants , ns City Attorney Con null takes the
position that they are a. charge on the Im
provement district on which they wcco Is
sued. The balance of over $300,000 will bo
redeemed by the refunding bonds , thus leav
ing every fund with a clean sheet. This ap
plies to the deficits In tbo fire and police
fuads , which will also bo covered by the
bonds.
Morliilllj-
The following births and deaths were re
ported at the health office during the twenty-
Tour hours ending at noon yesterday :
Illrths Stanley B. Lctovsky , 2.J21 South
Fifteenth street boy ; George II , Cramer ,
111 South Twenty-seventh , hey ; Herman
Newman , 1904 South 'Tenth , girl ; Edward
Koch , 312 Pine , girl ; Jo : itirL llulflnger. 1111
South Twenty-second , l ; Edward Doyle ,
3009 Charles , boy ; J. E pencer. 220(1 ( South
Thirty-second , boy ; Joe ilaiar , 131E Webster ,
boy.
Deaths Dm ma JohngonJ 41 1505 Durdette ,
n torment at Genesco , 111. ; D n. Williams ,
75 , 2223 Nicholas , old a , ; o , Forest Lawn ;
Joseph Mossett , Ufcii ounty hospital ;
pneumonia , Laure-1 Hip : Henry Tlocnfeld , 45 ,
2502 Spmgtel dropsy , ftroa pect Hill ,
One Vlore Apji luutlon ,
Ono additional' application has been filed
for a saloon license , maklon the total of ap
plications 248. Some Of these have not yet
been granted , but , > os there are a number of
applications still tin slgljt , U Is considered
* afe to predict that the receipts of the Doard
of Education from this irourco will be up
ward of $260,000. j ,
How Iletu-ecn Tcnn iti nml I.iinillorit ,
Mrs. John Fischer , ucqompunled by her
aged husband , called at } ho police station
yeH'orday nnd flaked Prosecuting At
torney Miller to Issue wnrranti ) for the
nrrest of Mrs. Hnrrett and one Charles
Anderson , "a big1 Sw.edc ? Who boards with
tier" Mrs , Fischer snja she has rented a
small cottage of Mrp. llarrett down near
Syndicate park for About n year , Tney
inve not agreed on several minor matters
of Inte , so yesterday the Fischers decided
to move Mrs , Ilseher went out to the
barn about U o'clock to look up a stove
which had been stored there nml was sur
prised to find that U had departed. Just
.Hen Mrs , Horrett apttciirid oti the scene nnd
words followed. Sirs. Fischer says that
Mrs. Barrett placed her thumb and fore
finger In her mouth and in response tj a
shrill whistle Anderson hurried to the nix > t
brlnglirs1 with him an uxo. Mr. risc-her
arrived about till a time also nnd war was
declared. Fischer vvuu knocked down by
Anderson and trampled upsn , while Mrx.
) arrett proceeded to tear thu renr breadths
out of ilrs. Fischer's dress. For these nnd
other Injuries Mrs. Fischer wants Mrs ,
Darrett and Anderson punished , ,
MORE ROOM FOR THE SHERIFF
MbUonnld to IJtivo ft Plaoo Wherein to
Transact Business.
MATTER IS FORCED ON COMM'SSIONERS '
.Inline * Point Out tlir AlinollitLCPH -
nlt > of the Oilier IK-liiK Un-
il Without All )
Turthcr DolH } .
The judges of the district court and the
members of the Board of County Commis
sioners are in Joint session this afternoon ,
considering ways and means to relieve the
crowded condition of the sheriff's ' office.
At this tlmo the sheriff and his force ot
deputies occupy a llttlo box of n room on
the second main floor of the court house
The ofilco Is sixteen feet square and con
tains four desks , so that when the men are
all insldo and at their respective places ,
there Is no room for others to enter and
transact business. The condition of this
ofilco was called to the attention of the
county commissioners some months ago , at
which tlmo they promised to Investigate
and act If they found that moro room was
needed. Since then nothing 1ms been done
until today , when the Judges Informed the
commissioners that It was absolutely neces
sary that the sheriff should be given ad
ditional room , and that some action must
bo taken prior to the convening of court
next week. The commissioners at once
ngiectl to meet the Judges this
attcrnoon , hence the Joint session.
What will be done at the meeting relative
to furnishing more room for the sheriff Is
not known , though one of two prepositions
will likely be adopted. One plan contcn tilates
moving the county court to the city hall and
giving Judge Powell the rooms now occupied
by County Judge Uaxtcr. If this Is done the
sheriff will be given the large coirt room In
the noithwest corner of the court house and
it will be cut Into n couyle of smaller rooms ,
one of which will be a private office and the
other will be used as a work room At the
present tlmo the county Judge occupies four
rooms , If the change Is made as tierotofoie
prcposed Judge Powell will use the large
room for ourt purposes , while the loom In
the southwest comer of the building will bo
his private room. The other rooms will bo
used for Juries.
The second plan that the Judges and
county commissioners have In view Is to
make a private roam for Judges out of the
room now occupied by the sheriff transfer
ring this official to the grand Jury room In
the northwest corner of the building In ad
dition to thl.s If the plan Is adopted , he Is
to be given the small room to the south , now
occupied by the Janitors , and also the pri
vate room for the judges. Those two rooms
would be thrown Into one acid used for a
public room for the tracsactlcm of business
the old grand jury room to bo used for a
private room
The great objection to the latter plan la
that It does away with ono Jury room but
it is argued that if necessary another jury
room can be fitted up In the basement of
the building , or If absolutely necessary , by
cutting windows In the roof to let In air and
light , rooms can be made available In what
Is now the garret.
During the meeting both plans wcro con
sidered , and after some discussion It was
decided to adopt the latter. With that nd
In view men were put at work last night
tearing out the partitions that separate the
private room formerly occupied by Judge
Powell from the bailiffs' room. It Is the in
tention of the commissioners to have the
work completed and the rooms ready for
occupancy by the sheriff by the opening
of the term of eourt next week. The room
now occupied by Sheriff McDonald will bo
given over to Judge Powell for a private
afflce. The converting of the grand Jury room
Into an office for the ( sheriff does away with
ono jury room. Another room , however ,
will be flttel up at once , ono of the base
ment rooms having been selected for the
purpose.
IlUITRIt HAIinCOHPUS ! CASR.
JlulKTO Seott I.INIIM to the DctiillN of
a Very Ddlf j IIIK Suit.
The Roller habeas corpus case IB still on
before Judge Scott. In this case the hus
band , Herman , and the wife , Johanna Heitcr ,
have separated Originally the four children
went with the mother , but recently the
father brought suit to secure their custody ,
alleging that the mother was not a fit party
to look after their wants. The testimony Is
shockingly bad.
During the afternoon and upon the ad
journment of the hearing a somewhat sensa
tional episode occurred In connection with
the case. Mortimer Sweeney was on the
stand all of the afternoon , and when Judge
Scott ordered a recess until next Friday
morning ho gave the children into the
custody of the father until that date. All
of the parties proceeded to the sldowalK ,
and upon reaching there the children took
to their heels and scattered like a covey
of prairie chickens , not stopping until they
reached their mother's apartments on South
Sixteenth street. Judge Scott's bailiff and
two deputy sheriffs wcro on the sidewalk
at the tlmo , but Instead of stopping the
Hecting children they stood around and
Istened to a spirited discussion between
Mr , and Mrs. Heitcr , after w tilth they went
jeforo the court nnd reported that they had
jccn unable to deliver the children Into the
custody of the father.
Warrants were Issued for the arrest of
Mrs. Uelter , Dora Zarb and Nellie Finch ,
charging them with assisting In violating an
ordir of the court. These warrants were
; > laced in the hands of two deputies and a
jalllfl' and nn Injunction went along to the
effect that the minions of the law should
not bo bluffed by three women. Armed
with their authority , the officers proceeded
to the residence of Mrs. Roller , where they
rounded up the three femilo offenders and
the four children and inarched them up the
street and Into the court room. There
N'ellle Klnchwas discharged from custody
and the other women were arraigned and
ilcadod not guilty. The case against them
vas continued until next Friday morning.
Again the children , wore turned over to
Helter , but the women -wero held at the
court room until ho und the deputies had
escorted the llttlo ones to the boaidlng
louse of the father , Mrs. Reltor promised
hat she would not again violate the order
of the court.
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.IDDCH : nvvrnirs ounnii.
h MeClcm'Kliilii lAllciri'iI ( o III *
III Contempt of I'rolmte Court ,
When County Judge Baxter returns from
* ? GW York , probably ono of the first matters
that will bo brought to his notlco Is the con
tempt Joseph McCloneghan of Valley Is
alleged to have shown for an explicit order
of the court. McClcncghan la ono of the
adult heirs of the extensive estate of the
ate Samuel McCleneghan of Valley , which
s now going through the process of final
settlement In the probate court of the
ccunty , It seems ho held possession of a
> ortlon of the faim land comprising the cs-
ate by virtue of a lease executed by his
mother as administratrix and when Mrs
McCleneghan resigned her trust Judge Bas
er cancelled the lease and admonished the
loir to lay low and keep his hands off until
such tlmo on the affairs of the estate are
finally Bottled. The action of the court tied
ip nearly 1,000 bushels of corn that Me-
; iencghan claimed as his personal property.
iVhen Judge Baxter went to Now York Me-
Clcneghan came to Omaha and consulted an
attorney and a few days subsequently ho
engaged a force of men and teams and
muled tbo corn to Valley , where it waa
narketcd. Tbo administrator and guardi
ans for tbo minor heirs endeavored to tie up
ho proceeds of the tale pending tlio return
of Judge Baxter , but they ; fount ! that Joseph
had drawn the pay for the corn ns fast as
It was delivered
Site * the Street llnUwnj-
Michael Haggorty has sued the Omaha
Street Hallway company In an notion , to re
cover the sum of $10,000 alleged damages
The plaintiff avers that ho is a min with me
leg and that he walks upon crutches He
says that on December 12 , 1S96. ho boarded
a car at Thirteenth nnd Dodge streets nnd
that ho wap thrown to the ground by roa-
ton of a sudden jerk ot the car. Ho fell to
the ground nnd Injured the stump ot hie Irg
and also maimed his ehouldcr In uch a
manner that ho will henceforth be pre
vented from using his crutchro.
* Siien nil AilinlnlMrntor.
Anna Peterson , formerly Anna Wordcmnn ,
has filed a petition In the probate court , ask.
Ing that Gustavo Wordcman ibo cltrj to ap
pear and show what ho hap done In tlio
matter of the cotat'o ot Henry Wordemnn ,
deceased. Henry Wordenmn died In 1SSS ,
and Gustavo Wordcmnn was appointed
guardian nnd administrator of the estate ,
valued at $6,600 Jt Is alleged that Instead
of taking care of the property , hn 3ms al
low od U to doprcciato luvalue until it Is
almost worthless.
HulieitH CornitH Cn c.
The Illottr habeas cot pus case Is still on
before Judge Scott. In this case the hus
band , Herman , nod tile- wife , Johanna Holler ,
have separated. Originally the four chlldicn
went with the mother , but recently the father
brought suit to secure their custody , alleging
that the mother was not a fit partv to look
after th lr wants The testimony Is shock
ingly bad and brings blushes to the face of
even the judge.
In the Wilt or Cnse.
In the case of W S Poppleton against the
City , wherein the plaintiff seeks to rmttnln
the defendant from granting the Omilia
Water company an extension of Its franchise ,
attorneys for Mr. Poppleton have lllcJ In
the office of the clerk of the- district court
a number of affidavits show tag what action
the c'ty ' council has heretofore taken In tile
premises
Nod'K from tilt1 ( "ourlM ,
Allxls C Angell , trustee , has filed nn ap
plication In the office of the cleik ot tlit >
district court asking that a receiver bo ap
pointed to take charge of the prcpoity of
J H Kynor , Sherman avenue nnd Coriby
streets Ho asks that this re-ceKcr bo given
authority to maku repairs nnd collect rents
Some days ago D. S. Carraway hioiRht
suit In the district court to recover the
sum of $600 alleged to have been lo&t nt
gambling at the houao of Berlin & Haley ,
South Omaha while plavIng poker Yestcrd.y
Ethel Carruway , wife of thu plnlnlia. an i
C 7 Gould , n creditor , filed a pleading In
w'hich they usk to ibo made parties dcfcnc-
antWolf
Wolf Lowkonlta , n member of the Model
Clothing company , has asked that a receive
bo appointed to > take chnrgo ot the business
of the concern He alleges that ho
put money In to start itho busl-
neuj , ibut that blnco thru the other
members of the company have1 Ignoicd him
nnd have refused to gho Hilm his share of
the profits
w\vu OMAIIV run TIII :
Viiother Tin M Iliulc1 l'i Here to Hunt
fin * Gold There.
Another party of prospective argonauts
leaves Omaha for the Klondike country on
Wednesday ot this week. iA J. Noble , clerk
In the Union Pacific freight office , 2207 How
ard street ; his father , Jnmes Noble , a cigar
dealer at 318 South Tenth street ; W. T.
Axel , a civil engineer who helped to survey
the exposition grounds ; W. Edward Uerry ,
a druggist , and Wlllard B. Jloore , n clerk In
the freight auditor's olllce of the Union Pa
cific , living at 1838 North Twentieth street ,
make up the outfit.
The party has ( been In process of organi
zation for sometime. Saturday the members
ot the party gave up their respective posi
tions in this city. On leaving the Union
Pacific , W. II. Moore wau prevented "with n
miner's outfit by his follow clorktf In the
freight auditing department of the Union
Pacific. At Portland the party will Ibo
joined J > y ono man from Chicago , and In the
Klondike country Iho gold hunters will meet
several friends from Chicago wflio have
been working there for some tlmo.
' A. J. Noble ,
Speaking of thec'vpedltlon ,
who Is the leader of the party said to The
Bee"Wo shall leave on Wednesday and
sail from cither Seattle or Portland some
time about the. middle ot February. Wo bhill
remalo In the Klondike country until August ,
1899 , and by ttat time wo exrect to have
enough gold to more than repay us for the
liardeh'cis ' of the trip Friends ot ours who
have been there for some time staked out
what they believe to be n valuable mine
and we shall all turn lu to work that The
principle of the party will be to share and
share alike. We are not Koing Into this ex
pedition blindly , for we know through letters
recelve-d from friends who tiavo staked out
the property something about the conditions
we Bhall meat. The prlnclgal trouble our
friends have had Is with the Indians ,
a small band of whom surround the prop
erty that Is staked out. We are Informed
that the Indians nro but fifteen In numti'cr '
and only molest the miners when not en
gaged In salmon fishing As wo shall have
twelve men In our party , I think wo shall
) c able to get along with the Indians all
right. Two of our men will be on watch all
: he tlmo , while the other ten are nt work ,
and wo shall take our regular turns at
watching. Each man Is supplied with a re
volver and a rlflo and wo have GOO rounds of
amunltlon for each man to atari with. I
am told the Indians never bother any con
siderable number of men , but murde-red oae
or two dray miners there during the last
hummor. Of course , wo all take our chances ,
but I think we'll get along all right. "
Swcnson , a stalwart miner , late of the
Klondike , formerly employed In the Hock
Springs mines of the Union Pnclfic , Is In the
city wbllo enrouto from Seattle to DPS
Molnco , la. Swcnson has been In the gold
diggings for about two years and has much
to show for his labors. He had about $5,000
In gold nuggets which ho mined from bin
own claims on Bonanza creek and drafts
from the AlaBka Commercial Credit com
pany for $72,000 moro. Swonson had letters
which showed offers ho had received from
eastern capitalists of $250,000 apiece for two
claims which ho owned on Bonanza creek.
These he refused , as he now has under foot
a scheme for placing a colony of his coun
trymen on his mines for the purpose of
moro thoroughly developing them These
men and their families ho expects to recruit
In Des Molncs , whcro ho Is well acquainted.
Swonson and his party will return to the
Klondike by way of .Seattle about March 1
Aliened Colllldelife VI I'll IllM
Alex Henry nnd Thomas Urennnn , the HO-
called confidence men who were brought
back from Council Bluffs last Tiurnday on a
charge of robbing Prank Handy of Her-
wyri , Neb , out of $7.GO. wore dleuhnrged by
Judge Gordon yesterday Handy was en
route from Dcrvvyn to lend du l ic , WH. ! ,
and after reporting his bss to the polleo
continued on hl.s trip , AH It VVIIK Impossible
for him to ho In Omaha to testify against
the men they were released for luck of
prosecution ,
Mfe * HUN I.iiNt IU Charm
KANSAS CITY , Jan SI.-A Hpcclul to the
Star from lol.i , Kan , , saysV I. . McNall ,
claiming to bo the eon of Webb MuNnll.
stuto Insurance rornmlssloner , IB lying fit
thu point of death In till * city from the
effects of a. dose of urtienlc , taken with
suicidal Intent , Saturday night the man
applied to the city rnarrtml for n plucu to
sleep , uaylng he VVHH pennllcHB ,
Identify nil IiixuniMan. .
PENVnit. Colo. , Jan , 30-Thc crazy man
who demanded $5OWOCO ot the Colorado Na.
lioiuil bank Saturday has been Identified HH
Otmrlcs Heyn , a Miusatn maker formerly
ernployeel by the Denver P ckln company.
Heyn'B Insanity wat. caused by the excessive
use of liquor ,
IN INTEREST OF HOME SUGAR
United States Po3crvo3 Protection from
Cheap Labor of Hawaii ,
HERBERT MYRICK'3 ' VISIT TO OMAHA
Killtur of liucrloniiurlriiltiirnllnt
Wilt SprnU Tl l < < * llrfuri * IMilillc
tiiitlirrlnuit In OiipoRlllou to
llnnnllniiniiciitloii. .
Herbert My rick , editor of the American
Agriculturalist , wilt be In tlio city today
end while hero ho will bo the guest ot the
Commercial club and the Nebraska Heel
Sugar association. Ho will addretw both as
sociations , speaking be-fore the Nebraska Beet
Sugar association during Hie afternoon nnd
before the Commerelil club In the evening.
At both of these meetings and In both ad
dresses ho will nrguo against the annexation
of Hawaii , contending tnat such action would
materially Injure Iho Deet sugai industry of
this country
Thei following from the Review of Re-
vlowa explains why Mr. My rick opposes
annexation. The article was written i > y him.
f ell , and one extract Is as follows ' In-
deexl , only the yellow tnces have been nblo
to hold their own agilnst Europe's highly
Hiibsldlrctl bcot sugar Industry Yet no
quietly has this application gene un ot de
grade 1 labor to thi > tugar cnne that It la
astonishing to fiiul United Slativ Imports ot
sugar from Hawaii , the Orient and Egypt
jmnpcil from about 250 000 tons In 1SUJ to
700,000 toiio last ve.ar. T.ho Sindwlch
Islands' prevluct has nearly doubled In the
four ycara , dining whloli so enormous haa
boon their Impoitctlon of coollo or yellow
labor tint Chine * ? < ind Jnp > ineoi > now com
prlso moro thin half the mnlo
population This result h.is breni
fostered by 0111 trentv of reciprocity
with Hawaii , under which tint suar hns
had free dml slon to this imiket since
1S7C Whllo we1 have thus lomlttcd over
$61,000,000 In duties on Its sugar practically
amounting to a direct bounty of this mini
to a few of Its planters at the expense of the
United States treasury and the letnrdlnn of
our domestic sugar industiy we hive also
paid the Islands $110000,000 for sugai , while
they have taKcn but J"H.OOO,000 worth of our
e\iorti | , Such an absolutely one-sideil and
Illogical treaty was neneM * before imlnt.ilncd
bj a goveminent of icputed snluty "
Todiv's n.cctlng of thc > N'ebraska Ileet
Sugar ahso-clitton Ir ealled for tht1 purit | ( >
of electing oftlcers and It Is expected that
tlm attendance will be very large Most of
the members aie expected to attend the
nionthlv meeting of the Commcrelal elub In
the evening
iioi.nt i > s oSIVDVV Mcnr.
UlltlllT IIM 'lull r llltl.1 . IIMll-ll
on Ilclnttil riisNciinvrs.
Two holdups wcro recorded Sunday night
within an hour of cich other The first
victim was Charles Ruckles who lives at
1810 Leavenworth street. Ho wis on his way
homo about 11 o'clock from Canfiold s
restaurant. 1C17 Howard , whcro ho la cm-
ployed. Neailng tie corner of Seventeenth
nnd Jackson streets , ho was accosted" by a
cotyle of rough-dressed men , who demanded
ftlF money. Ruckles was a little slow In re-
Eixradlng and the mm tuarest him struck
him over the head , either with a hilly or a
lovolver. The blow stunned him and ho was
thrown to the pavement , where the men
deliberately went through his pockets and
secured $17 They then walked rapidly west
ward and disappeared ut > one of the cross
streets. Ruckles Immediately made known
the robbery tc Hie police , aut was unable
to give a description of either of his assail
ants Ho says that both men had on soft
felt hats and cue , hu thinks , wore a brown
suit of clothes. Neither wore a mank , buf
the spot nt which the holdup took place was
so dailt that Ruckles was unable to ECO
their faces The victim Is about 18 years of
ago and the money taken from him was
some which ho had saved from his wages
The second holdup occurred about an hour
later Jack Sharp , who lives at 2023 Doug
las street was the victim Ho wes on hla
road homeward from the northern part of
the city and at the corner of Twentieth ccid
nurt streets ho ran Into a couple of men ,
who abruptly turned the corner They
halted him and at once demanded hh money.
He declined to hand over agd the man who
acted as spokesman grasped him by the col
lar and held him while his pal procccde-d to
go through h'e clothes A bunch of keys and
a watch valued at about $10 were taken from
him The men were still searching Sharp
when < i motor car hove In sight and the men
took to their hoeltf The thugs failed to get
Sharp's money , which ho had concealed In a
hip pocket before starting homo. Sharp at
once reported the holdup at the police sta
tion , but , like Ruckles , was unable to glvo
an accurate description of the men. Ho de
scribed them as being roughly dressed and
both as wearing slouch liato. He was not
positive as to whether the faces of the men
were concealed or not , but In Inclined to
think that one of the men wore a handker
chief over Ills face.
i\cn VMH 1'i.AVs.
> < rorin ( if Niillei1 tit Some un lle-
Iliiiliient TfiuiiilM.
The Real Est to exchange , at Its meeting
.t the Commercial club ye ! orday , adopted n
form of notlco which will be served upon
delinquent tenants nnd provided for a form
of notice which will bu used In notifying
membcre of the exchange of delinquents
who move out without paying their rent
Members Smith , Reed and Wcad con
stitute a comnuttee of the1 exchange which V
will appear before the city council at Its .
meeting tonight In the Intel cat of a low
levy fo- city taxes
MMH s Shrlvor. Tukey and George , -will
represent the exchange In tbo deliberations
of itho committees appointed by the oxpoal-
tUn dlroctpra to confer with the repre-
suitatlvoH of the Omaha Water eompany re
garding water for the exposition
Applications for membership were re
ceived from the Midland flua nntco & Trust
company John Q. Willis and W R. Homan ,
nnd reftrrcd to a committee to report next
week.
on.'IOIU. MAI' OF IHH'UIS COU.NTV.
CoiiiiiilNHlont-ru Deehle lo IHHIIH ( die1
Hint \\lll III * Autliui Unlive.
Under the direction of the county com
missioners. County Surveyor McHrlde nnd
Deputy Hauck have commenced work upon
a Douglas county map There Is no official
map of the county , though there are hoveral
that nro used. In order to have the cor
rect Information nml data eoncernlng the
county , the commlss'onrrs have authorized
the wsTlc The map will bo on a neale of
two Inchca to the mlle It will show tbo
lot-atlon of all of the streams , r.illroad.i anil
wagon roado , e'Oiool ' houses and tow-no In
addition to this each tract of land nnd oatii
subdivision will be marl.od with the nurne
of the owner. The map will bo lithographed
and the commleulonera hope * to receive
enough from sales -to pay all expensed
f ; < irr > < > v\cn ( lnl > If
A well ntti-nded meeting of tlio Oarryowcn
club VVOB held at Jixljti Pureell'u ofllco luut
cvenlni ; , Mr . T. O'Hilon preBlded. Among
ucverul letters rend one In particular vvuu
from the editor of the Northwestern
Catholic , Hon. John I ) r en nun , returning-
members of the Gurryowtn club thanks for
the t.iHk they huve undertaken After the
enrollment of new members nnd a few nhort
vpe-evheH by the president , veciutary ancl
oth r murnbcTB of jh club , Ch ueetlnc tut-
> aurned lor a Xortnlgbt , , .