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    THE OMAHA DAILY J5EE : .MCXNTDAY , PEBlltTARY 14 , 18)8. ! )
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FROM THE FARTHER WEST
CAMPAIGNS IN THE DAKOTAS
Eomo Recollection * of Working for Votes in
Territorial Dajs.
JOURNEYS OV R THE PRAIRIES
JnrlilrtlM Hcllltod by MDICK 1C.Vrill -
* lnum- Territorial llrliwili' Mmir
Ytnri 1\K CtuiuinlKiilnsf Mllli n
lliinil Tlic Ihtr mid the ( jrotvit.
Moses K. Armstrong , ono of the early ter
ritorial delegates to congress from Dakota
territory , la spending the winter in the
south. From St. IuIs ho writes a letter to
the editor of the Gazette of St. James , Minn. ,
from which the following to taken relating to
Ills experience aa a candidate In the long ago :
Over thirty years ago , I remember well , I
was ono of the BUrvcylng party that made nn
overland expedition to the International
boundary line ot North Dakota. The Journey
was a long and lonely one of nearly 400
. nilloB , over boundtcts and uninhabited
prairie. Our party suffered severely for
want of wood and water and na wo trailed
slowly northward our canvas-covered wagons
seemed llko little white specks of civiliza
tion moving cautiously across the rlalug
disc of a new empire. I also recall to mind
nn early trip I made from Sioux City , driv
ing a.mulo team loaded with brick for chim
neys In the first capital building In Ynnkton.
I must bo pardoned here for relating some
ot these early cvrnts which crowd upon Jny
memory as I visit the land of these old time
scones. I am rcquinted by friends to relate
my "experience , " llko a skmcr In a revival
meeting.
Tha first elections In Dakota were "wide
open , red hot and mighty Interesting. "
Sioux City was the political headquarters for
thc > campaign In the Sioux valley and south
ern counties of Dakota and many citizens
hero lemembcr to this day "tho hot times
In the old town" during those early terri
torial eloctlo ts. Hero Is where the candi
dates and campaign speakers would assemble
to load up nlth patriotism and firewater and
charge acrota the Sioux to attack the i > o-
wllrtorod voters with spread eagle speeches ,
itorchtlght parades , flfo and drum and bottles
tles labeled "Sure death at" forty rod * "
These campaign parties traveled in caval
cades made up ot men on foot , on her eback
nnd with band wagon. The musicians were
to furnish ( ho music and < lo the lighting nt
the meetings , the lawyers wore to make
the speeches and do the lying , the voters
were to furnish the cheers nnd do the drinkIng -
Ing , while the candidates were to do their
brapglng during the campaign nnd to pay
the bills and do the swearing after election.
LONG JOUUNEYS TAKEN.
In ono of the 3 early campaigns wo made
a trip by land 100 miles up the Sioux valley
with our political caravan nnd fife nnd drum
to Sioux Kallo , where at night we had a
mass meeting , a torchlight parade , some
hot speeches nnd some free fights. Next
day wo rode overland fifty mile. } to Vermil
ion with not a voter or a house in sight on
the whole route. At noon wo camped and
took our lunch on the open prairie , after
which wo picked our teeth with our Jack-
knlvca and wiped our mouths of course ,
while the band played a tune or two to
charm , or rather scare , the prairie wolvro.
At night we reached Vermilion and hold an
other campaign rally , with louder music ,
bigger torches and better street lights.
Next morning wo ceiHlnued on down the
Missouri valley to the Trench settlement ,
where the voters were all Catholics nod
democrats. Here we struck the fun of the
campaign , furnished by the enthusiastic and
excitable French voters. We had music ,
dacicca. barbecues , horse races and speeches.
Ono night after our meeting was over , and
everybody end everything was full , even to
the moon , a wagon load of singing French
men dashed up In front ot the crossroads
hotel. The shouting tallyho driver cracked
his whip , the oplrltod team leaped forward
around a sharp turn and spilled the whole
democratic caucus into a ditch with the
wagon box on top. They crawled out from
under without a scratch , and made a demand
on the candidate for something to wash the
dust out of their throats.
HOW VOTES WERE MADE.
We made another campaign tour 100 mllco
up the Missouri elver to the wild frontier
district of my old friend , General C. T.
Campbell , where ho kept a trading past and
bar. When wo arrived wo found he had
arranged n program to entertain us during
our etay. Wo had Indian war dances , a
dog feast , a shooting match and bottled
stimulants. While fho old general was
making a star speech of welcome some on
the back scats shot oft the general's hat
in.il broke u decanter an a shelf behind
him. Hut tie went right on speaking , bare-
lioaded , and finished In fiery eloquence. Ha
then proposed that the candidate lead the
thirsty crowd up to the bar und invite them
to select their poUon. Of course I led the
way to the speaker's stand , nrhllo the shoutIng -
Ing audience followed close at my heels to
make the attack on the shining array of de-
cantors. Our band struck up nnd played a
lively dance tune for the Indians , wtio pro-
nounceil It "heap noise , plenty brass , big
thunder drum. " As things began to get ex
citing I diew the Rpnernl aside and sug
gested that when the next shooting scene
waa to take place I would retire to the side
wings of the stage for prayer nnd Inspira
tion. I told him that I didn't come up thcro
to ho shot at that I oatno to catch ballots ,
not bullets. Ho blurted out with nn oath ,
eaylr.g :
"Now , M. K. , don't bo a d d coward. I
brought you hero to dio\v these democratic
hyenas the kind of stuff you are made of.
If you show the white feather you are a
dead duck with this crowd , You should have
none your praying before you crossed the
county line
"You must bare your breast nn' toll 'em to
shoot.
And you'll get the vote of every galoot. "
I followed the old t ioral's stage practice
nnd got the voter
Wo then made another trip ot 400 miles
northward to the half-breed settlement ew
the 1't'inblna river In North Dakota. Here
young Jou Holotto took mo In hand and in
a wooden two-wheeled lied river cart , har-
nobeod with mwhldo to a trotting ox , wo
tmvcled for a week around among the
settlers. The ox would take a pacing rack
or trot and would go thirty miles a day
At night wo had meetings In the log houses
1n the woods , winding up with a dance , a
fe.tKt of pemlcan meat , maple sugar , vnblboo
ami redskins. Those -were tlmea ot wile
jubilee , mirth and merriment , and as I was
then In the prlmo days ot mv llfo , I cnjoyci
the exciting ovonta ot tde frontier ,
( 'oiiMOlliliillon of NIMHiiniinrx ,
LAS VEGAS , N. M. . Feb. 13. ( Special , )
The purchas3 of the Las Vegas Dally Optic
ami the Dally Kxamlncr and their consollda-
tlca with the Vcso Del Pueblo creates n po
litical Boraatlon throughout New Mexico.
The owner of the latter paper , Felix Mar
tinez , U at the head ot the syndicate , anO
will bo president of the now company. He
is an Independent democrat , favoring free
coinage , and das long been a power in Now
.Mo.xlro political circles.
3IlHHOiirl Hlvt-r IN Dry ,
HULRNA , Mont. , Feb. 13 , For the first
time In htatory , the upper Missouri river , or
that part of It below- Canon Ferry , lo dry.
Dr. lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
Used by people of refinement
for over n quarter of a ceutxuy.
iv
The uncompleted portion of the dam being
built by the Helena Water and Electric
Power company , seventeen jnllca north of
Helena , was closed j'cstcrday and although
the river at that point runi more than 4.000
cubic feet per second , according , to govern
ment surveys. It will take the river two
days to rlso the five feet DOW remaining be-
fern It will flow over the dam , A lake fa
being formed by the back wn'.crs of ths dam
which extends seven miles up the river and
covers lx square mllcfl of territory. In the
meantime , the river foolow the dam Is praa-
tlcally dry , a child ( being able to ford It
without danger. Men arc prospecting In the
river bed for gold , while others have taken
out largo catchffl of trout and other fish
that hnvo been caught In the pools formed
In the river Ibed. The dam U thirty-four
feet high and has been built at a cost of
$460,000 , In a few weeks It will too furnish
ing electrical power to this city.
rOPOCH'VT ' OFPirKltS AT OUTS.
it nNtiirliiincc In Olllrlnl Circle *
nt tin- Idaho Cniiltnl.
IlOISn , Idaho , Feb. 18. ( Special. ) There
Is n serious disturbance In the Btatchouse.
Auditor Anderson accuse ! ) ( Secretary ot State
of appropriating money that should
have been turned Into the treasury , and the
secretary denes him to go Into court and
prove his allegations. Iloth odlc.'als ( belong
to the populist \Ung ot the fusion.
It all nroso over transcribing house and
senate Jotirnils and laws of the last session.
I The loglslatnro appropriated ? 2.000 for pub-
I llalilng , nothing for preparing copy , Mr.
Lewis , claiming It was no part of his olH-
clal duty to prepare the copy , made n con
tract w a private citizen with the Sentinel
Publishing company , that did the printing , to
prepare the copy. Ho got ? 675.
When Auditor Anderson became president
of the Sentinel company , ho discovered this
payment and made n tuts. The matter was
kept tinder cover for the time , but on Jan
uary 24 Andersen officially notlned Lewis
to pay the mttiey over within twenty daxs
or ho would begin proceedings.
Secretary Lewis made reply Mid hla letter
Is somewhat cauetlc , as ho holda Mr. Ander
son responsible for the circulation of a ver
sion of the matter very derogatory to him
( Lewis ) . After denying that he received the
money ofllclally , or that the state has any
claim upon It , Mr. Lewis snjn :
"In th'n connection , 5 > wmlt me to say
that rumors In relation to this matter and
of a nature calculated to damage my per
sonal standing have frequently reached me ,
and I regret very much to say their origin
hna boon Invariably Imputed to you. Thcso
rumors have been of an iafintiatlng and
malignant character , and obviously circu
lated for the purpose of doing mo great
personal Injury. Permit mo to ask It you
believe such methods to be honorable ? I
BUbmlt that no man CCH regard them as
productive of 'pleascnt personal relations , '
affected In your letter , and I thtak It Is
Just to assume that no man who Indulges
In them has a .reasonable cause for legal
action.
"You have , on numeroufl occasions during
the last six months , stated that you would
Institute proceedings against me , end tak
ing you at your word , I have awaited your
pleasure In the full confidence that such a
course , would dissipate the evil which I am
constrained to feel has been planned against
me ; but I have waited In vain , and know
ing that a false representation of the mat
ter Is on every tecigue and In the public
press at this time , and now believing that
you do not Intend to Institute ouch proceed
ings , I Instot that the court Is the proper
tribunal to determine the question , and that
It should not bo dliscufsed on the etrect
corners or through the newspapers In ad
vance of such hear.'ng.
"I therefore nsk and demand that you
forthwith proceed to Institute said proceed
ings. "
M'HHA FOL'Vl ) GUII < TV 01 ! " MUUDKU
Wealthy Scutch ItailL-liinaii ofV ' W-
mlnn SiMiU-nrvil in HitHope. .
CASPER , Wyo. , Feb. 13. ( Special. ) Ken
neth McKea , on his second trial for the mur
der of Hobert Gordon last June , has Just
been convicted of murder In the flrst degree.
McKoa Is a wealthy Scotch range sheep
man and was born In. Scotland thirty years
ago. Seven yearn ago at the suggestion ot
Senator Taylor Mcllea came to Wyoming
and commenced working for Senator Taylor
on the range near Rawllns. After two
years of herding he was given a bunch of
sheep on shares and by clcso attention ho
worked out utter three years and when ar
rested waa the owner of 10,000 head of
sheep , worth close on to ? 30,000.
Uobert Gordon was a young Scotchman
about 20 years of ago In the employ ot Mc-
Ilea and had not been in this country over
one year. Ho was a general favorite among
the Scotch hero and they raised Jl.OOO and
hired Judge M. C. Drown of Laramle to
assist In the prosecution ot McRca.
At the time of the killing McRca came
into Capper and exhibited very Ilttlo feeling
over the death of Gordon and to those that
Inquired about the killing told conflicting
Htories. 'At last tbeso stories lead to State's
Attorney Norton visiting the camp whore
Gordon was killed. It did not take him
long to arrive at the fact that Gordon had
been killed In cold blood. When ho re
turned to town ho caused Mcllea to bo ar
rested. At the preliminary examination he
was turned loose on bonds , but State's At
torney Norton called a grand Jury and got
him ; Indicted for murder In the flrst degree.
At the time of the killing McRc-a was to
have been married and was contemplating
a wedding trip and had lot the contract for
an $8,000 house In Casper/
At the first trial of McRea the Jury dis
agreed. The second Jury was only out over
night and took but thrco ballots. McRca's
frlcnd.4 stood by him all the tlmo and noth
ing that money could do was left undone.
On the Stli ot March a motion for a now
trial will ho argued. There Is no proba
bility that Judge Braniel will glvo a. now
trial.
Afcllca lo n man six feet three Inches tall
and Is a flno specimen of humanity. Ho has
throughout the trial berne up finely , but to
day when the Judge read the verdict ho
ohowed signs of the great burden ho had on
his mind.
McRca will bo kept In Jail hero until ho
Is sentenced. The verdict seems to meet
with general approval ,
tMioi'N AiljtiHtciI.
CASPER , AVyo. , Feb. 13. ( Special. ) The
ofilcers of the Fremont , Rlkhorn & Missouri
Valley railroad and the commissioners of
Natrona county luvo adjusted dlfferenceo
which have existed for borne tlmo In relation
to responsibility for repairs to the bridge
across the Plntto at this place. The rail
road company will furnish the material for
the repairs and the county will supply the
labor. The 1 > rldg will bo put In first-claw
condition bcforo spring.
YVoilll Itl'HIM'K.Sold ,
SARATOGA , Wyo , . Fob. 13. ( Special. ) B.
S , Johnson , register of the Cheyenne land
olllco , , reached hero Monday prepared to ui-ll
atpublic' emlo the Fort Steulo wood reserve ,
which was appraised some tlmo ago. On
reach-Ing the ground Mr. Johnson found a
ml&taKo had been made In describing the
lands in question In the advertisement o >
sale and the auction \\oa postponed until tha
error could bo corrected ,
In SIMIroll of Tr.MiHiirr.
BL1C POINT , 6. I ) . , Feb 13 ( Special. )
Dun Fallcy. a farmer living about flvo miles
north of Rlchland , will soon make a Jour
ney to llaltlmore , Mil , , for the purpose of
recovering treasure he believes ho can locate
In that city , Falley's great grandfather ,
Simeon Raymond , lived In l.ltiinoro ) when
Independence was declared , Ho was a tory
and fear I UK that tbo colonists might destroy
his property turned It Into money , burled It
and Hod to Now York , where lie soon dlc-J
without roveallugr the location ot his cache ,
Suluequcnt efforts to tlnd It proved una
vailing.
Falley'a only memento of hla gmit grandfather -
father Is a brass-bound dispatch box In
which the old man kept hla papers. Whllo
examining it a few aaya ago he accidentally
tore out a portion of the leather lining ,
revealing a awper yellow with age on
which. In Rayinund's handwriting' , were notea
accurately describing the hiding place of bis
money , It undoubtedly slipped Inside the
lining aua was overlooked \\boa the con-
tents of the hex were overhauled after the
owner's death ,
With this paper Fallcy thinks ho can find
his nncpjtor's wt-ilth. He expects to find the
location described greatly changed and hns
some fears that the money may have been
already disinterred. The search will not bo
abandoned for that reason , however. Falley
U very reticent concerning hi * plans nn.1
has shown his paper only to his tncst Inti
mate friends. The treasure Is said to amount
to JJ.OOO or $10,000.
Ciipltol for Montnnn.
HELENA , Mont. , Feb. 13. ( Special. )
Upon the admission of Montana as a state
ot the union congress donated the state a
tract ot land for state house purposes. After
> alnly trying for years to perfect acrange-
ments to dispose or the land for Its sup
posed $1,000,000 value , en arrangement has
been perfected between the Rtatc capital
commission and ( do Helena Dullness 'Men's
association , whereby work will shortly be
begun on a building costing about $300,000 ,
for temporary use. The Iluslners Men's as
sociation 1 to furnish necessary cash until
bonds can be disposed of. Some 137 archl-
teit ? and prospective builders nro here , cltticr
lu person or by proxy. A very liberal
amount h s already been subscribed by
Helena business men , nnd It Is expected the
successful architect will bo selected and ad
vantage taken of the unprecedented mild
weather and begin work ot once.
.Sound ( irtilii IlnilnciH ,
TACOMA. Wash. , Feb. 13. ( Special. ) The
fiftieth grain vessel ot the Puget Sound for
eign flojt for the Reason cleared at this port
yesterday with a full cargo , bringing the
total grain exports from the Sound for the
season up to C , 200 , 000 'bushels ' , valued nt
$1.400,000. The fiftieth vessel Is the flno
British four-mast ibark Chelmsford , Captain
W. D. Thompson. It has n full car o ,
comprising 142,030 btohels for Qucenirtown
or Falraouth for orders. It la valued at
$103.546. Shippers estimate that 2,000,000 or
3,000,000bushels of Washington wheat re
main to 'bo ' moved and that thcro Is enough
grain In Tacoma's elevators to load four or
flvo ordinary sized bottoms of the grain
trade.
Tltlp > I.oit to n. 'Whole ' Town.
SALT LAKE , Utah , Feb. 13. ( Special. )
Dy a decision of the state supreme court
tecer.tly three-quarters of the people of
Eureka , a mining town of 1,500 Inhabitants
In Tlntlc district , -will be dispossessed of
their property. The docUlon holds tint all
property within the townfllte that was un
occupied at the tlmo of Its entry In June ,
1891 , belongs lo the city. Only about one-
quarter of the townslte was. occupied then
by fiquattcrs and Is now held by purchase
from the original squattera. Their titles
are gone. Hut all others are declared In
valid. Realty aggregating about $750,000 In
value Is Involved In the decision.
Inwot Oi-rliiriM
COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. . Feb. 13.
( Special. ) Judge Lunt cays there Is a. ir.'j1- '
undcrstandlnB of facts In regard to his de
cision which was reported as declaring that
the eight hour law la unconstitutional The
cafe Is that of State Commissioner Klett
against Street Commissioner Duunlngton of
Colorado Springs. Judge Lunt says that In
this cnso Klett came Into court In the unual
course of procedure ami that the district at
torney asked to have the ease no ! led be
cause he did not think n conviction coul I
bo secured. The court did not Inquire Into
the merits of the case or pass upon them In
any way. Au order was Issued nolllng the
case.
Vninrnl RIIH Supply IZx
SALT LAKE CITY , Utah , Feb. 13. ( Spe
cial. ) The natural gas failure continues.
Not a foot of natural gas Is being received
In Salt L/iko City from the fields north of
the city , and all the gaa delivered to con
sumers Is being manufactured. This is being -
ing furnished at CO cents per 1.000 and this
prlco Is shortly to bo Increased to $1.75 or
$1.S5. Hundreds of homes are equipped
throughout with gas ranges , grates and
stovca. All these will have to be removed ,
as the increased prlco will make gas too ex
pensive for general household use.
Iiisiii-ct ( In.Voiv Ilonil.
DOULDHR , Cole , Feb. 13. The Colorado
& Northwestern railroad lias been completed
as far as Wall Street camp , and today a
party of 300 from Denver and Boulder \\ats
token over the road by the ofllelnls on a
tour of Inspection. Tlio road will bo com
pleted to Ward by the middle of March ,
when an outlet will be given the rich ter
ritory In and surrounding Middle Park.
In Swauk district last week Gus Nelson ,
while drifting In his placer ground , uncov
ered a nugget valued at ? 1SO.
The highest prlco yet paid a Yaklma stack-
owner for sheep was given James Wright
last week. Ho oold two cars for Taconm
shipment , receiving $5.12'/4 a head.
The farmers In Whitman nnd Spokane
counties are still busily engaged In oleddlng
their Immense grain crop to market over
anew ranging from ten inches to two feet
In dertth.
The outlook for Walla Walla the coming
season la very bright. Thcro nro oavcral
large bus'ne&s ' blocks In contemplatlcn , and
the additions to the residence portion of the
city will bo greater than for years.
The shipbuilding yards at Po.nt Hudson
and lower end of Water street , In Port
Townsend , present a busy scene thcso times.
About 100 men are employed In connection
with the building of a tug , ateam schooner
and repairing other vessels.
The shipment of lumber products from
the state of Wcshlagton during 1897 were
valued at $9,005,308 at the mills. With
freight rates added , the total will not fall
far from $10,000,000. The value of the
shlnglo shipments alone footed up $4,042,405
at the mills.
Cn the Tolt rlvor , about thirty miles east
of Seattle , a ledge of sulphuret ore 409 feet
wldo has been discovered , and assaja have
been obtained that gave returns of from $2
to $4 per ton gold , while there are ?
streaks of decomposed quartz running
through the ledge that nsway $12 gold , free
milling. Tlicro Is every facility for economic
bundling of tha ere In the way of water
power , abundance of timber , coal and cheap
trn.sportatlon by rail.
Graclo Johnson , 8 years old , applied at
the police station in Seattle for a guardian ,
The child's mother was later called to po
lice headquarters. She told the chlc-f that
her name was formerly Mrs. Johnson , hut
that she had married a second time , and
WEB now known ns Mre. Power. Slio de
sired to take the child back to where she
was ataylng , but the Ilttlo ono objcctod
vigorously , and Chief Reed returned her lethe
the care of the matron.
Montana \ < - UNo i' * ,
The Butte Ministerial association has
railed a inara meeting and will make war on
the social evil.
The chief of police of 'Butto ' has gained his
point with the council and will ho allowed
the old commission of 10 per cent on the
monthly tinea collected from women.
The court at Great Falls lias turned loose
Ensign Wright , .an alleged ere thief , hold
ing that his confession of guilt waa merely
corroborative and not principal testimony.
The Wasboo Copper company has decided
to pull the pumps from the Poulln and allow
the mlno to flll with water. It Is a good
properly , with -a vein of copper ere eighty
feet wldo ,
iKdgar Wony Guns , the Qros Ventre Indian
Indicted by the lost federal grand jury of
assaulting the Phcrman family on the Blackfoot -
foot reservation and acquitted because of a
defect In the Indictment , has been rearrested -
rested and held to the next grand Jury ,
Bernlo Brlgco'and JIlss Ollle Knight were
married on the utago In the Imperial theater ,
Butte , on the flrst night of the present year.
She bad him placed In Jail for theft last
week and then released him , Ho Is a beard-
lees boy aud she has three children , ono 12
years old.
The country rock In the Bear Mountain
district is of a gray granite and limestone , all
veins found In the contact. At a depth ot
100 to 150 feet the quartz becomes base , and
from present appearances the free-milling
treatment Is of short duration and in tbo
end the district will become a permanent
proposition.
BEECHAM SOLVES A PROBLEM
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Formulates a fchemo for Keeping Tab on
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StrayUars.
PLAN OF GREAT BENEFIT TO RAILROADS
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Xotv MMliod ii'j Hnillrnl Dotinrtnrc
from 'All ' Ollu-r IIH It aiiol
the I' o ii f HnoUa
nnd llvuorilN.
A now system of car records has just bcca
Invented byf. . E. u ccham , car accountant
of the Chicago , Milwaukee & Si. Paul mil-
way , u tilth bids fair to solve the problehi
and place the recording ot cars abreast of
the times.
Few people Imvo any Idea of the labor and
expense Involved Hi keeping a. close and
accurate record ot the movements ot the
rolling stock ot the railways of the United
"States , 'embracing as It does 30,080 loeotno
tlvcs , 24TSS passenger cars , 7,539 baggage ,
express nad mall cars , and 1,250,081 freight
cars , but when 11 Is understood that this
Immense equipment -approximates In value ,
at'a conservative estimate , $4,000.000,000 , It
will not bo hard to comprehend this and
apptcctato the necessity ( or doing so. "Various
requirements of railroad service make It
accessary to keep n rewrd of the equip
ment , but the most Important reason M that
< lt may be kept In hand nnd be available for
moving Uio tratllc.
The now method la a very radical depar
ture from nil others , because It abolishes the
use of books , pens , Ink and pencils , and
substituted for these articles typewriter ma
chines fitted with an attachment for holding
.1 roll of paper tape. This tape Is nn Inch
wide nnd la perforated Into detachable tags
exactly one Inch square , h/ivlng a hole
punched through them at the upper end for
trio purpose of hanging them on plna. The
basU ot all car records la the conductors' re
ports , usually made at the end of each trip ,
which shows , besides other necessary In
formation , the number ot each car In the
train and the number of the station from
\\hlcli It was taken and at which left. The
number of the cars , together with the num
ber of llio train , the number of station from
which car was taken and nt which left , nnd
data of movement are printed on the tng > *
by the typewriter operator. The tags nro
then separated and hung en a pin In a square
on blackboards. Those blackboards nro eight
feet long nml thieo feet eight Inches wide ,
end are sot up on horuni at a convenient
height tram the door In sets of twos In the
form of an Inverted V.
COLORS AND THEIR USES.
The boards contain 2,550 spaces one and
one-quarter Inches square , so that the two
boards will proilde space for 5,100 cars.
The pins used for hanging the tags on art
anrmt sK Inches Inns und removable. They
mo made of nHim'nl'iiii , having 4a washer
about ono Inch .from the end Inserted In
the hoard to prevent them from going
through. The tags used are of various colors ,
with meaning as follows : A white tag fern
n loaded car moving -on the home line -aud
yellow for an empty. lied Is for a car de
livered to a connecting line and blue for a
cnr returned from lame. lied nnd blue tags
snow car nurouers.inumDers ot station ami
tiates of delivery or return , as ithe oiso may
be. Pink indicates a vacant number. Green
tag represents a Junction movement between
roatls. t
The simplicity of this now system Is Its
most striking feature nnd the manner In
which It facilitates , and. expedites the work
of recording1 cars Is" very remarkable. In the
first place the equipment of a railway Is di
vided Into two classes passenger and
freight. Thcso classes nre again subdivided
Into other classes according to their kind.
For example , the freiglit cnr equipment ot
the Chicago , 'Milwaukee. ' & St. Paul consists
ot about 30,000 cars , -separated Into noirly
twenty-live different subdivisions , each sub
division being conlpojc'fl ot cars of different
dimensions. Carriage. ; cars are flfty feet
long , house cars thirty feet long , etc. , and
Inasmuch as the requirements ot thp trafllc
differ and cars cannot he used Indiscrim
inately .the necessity of grouping the equip
ment together by classes Is obvious. And
herein Is one of the moit advantageous fen-
turrs of the new sjstem If not Its strongest
point ; the equipment bslng separated by
classes , the car distributor can obtain Information
mation desired as showing 'the location and
service of any of the various kinds of cars
'by ' running the eye over that section of the
board whore the group of cars wanted is to
bo found , resulting In an economical ex
penditure of time and labor.
The same results follow the work In nil
directions. Kaeh pin contains < a complete
history of the movements of an individual
car on the homo line , aa well as rtho Junc
tion movements between other lines , for a
period etlmat9d to cover about two and a
half yesrs. The pins 'being ' removable , the
tracing clerk can take ono or moro of them
from 'the ' boards ( substituting other pins for
them GO as not to interfere with the work
of making the rcconl , which must go on
uninterruptedly ) and thus make his tracings
of time , freight , or other movements with
out obstructing the work of others. This
obviates what is known as "lest motion" in
the old systems ; that Is , Interfering with
tha progiess of making the records while
obtaining Information , which occasions n
great lees ot time. Miny features of the
now system arc rirtually automatic ; for In-
otanco , tags only accumulate on the pin *
when earn move , so that liho moro expedl-
tlously they move the faster tags will ac
cumulate. Cars making but few movemento
have but few tags on the pins assigned to
them , and this Is automatically disclosed to
the eye at n glance. No other system of
car records lies such valuable and useful
featured , as In no other system can the
movements of cars bo taken In with the
eyesight. This feature of the new < syfcton :
Is also of great value , as It enablm the
distributer to spot the "Idlers" of the equip
ment nnd round them up , thus making every
car perform the fullest service possible.
FOLLOWING UP tllC STUAYS.
In addition to the loal boards , or local
records , ono set of boaid ? ( two 'In number ) ,
four feet long and -two lect wide , Is used for
keeping a record of the number aa well na
the numbers of ears on other llnm of rail
way. Thcso are placed on a table In the
form erf an Inverted V , ono side being used
exclusively for ears charged to direct con
nections , and the other for cars charged to
Indirect connections.
Tags showing' the car numbers , dates of
delivery and numbers of stations at which
delivery was made are plae-ed on pins In
numerical order , ten 'pins being allotted to
each direct connection , each p.n containing
the number of all cars In a certain series
of numbers , pins 'being ' ranged perpendicu
larly on the board rfrom ono to ton and In
alphabetical order from'left to right. When
cars are returned fromt connecting lines the
tags are removed -anil destroyed ; likewise
when a car passes fioiu ono line to another
Uic tag Is removed ( rain the delivering lino's
pin , thrown away and a new tag placed on
the pin assigned totho road last In posses
sion of car.
The "Interehanga .board" shows ot all
times how tnany cnre > rare In possession of
other railways , \llreet and Indirect connec
tions. > A count can bo taken nny day , or * s
often na necessities require nnd the usunl
statements ( weekly or monthly ) can bo
quickly tttide- . Tracers for cars bs nt from
homo lines can be made up and mailed to
the roads having possession of cars , thus
enabling the owners to follow their equipment -
ment closely nnd Insist upon Us return to
their service , all the work being done with
out the use of a pen or n drop ot Ink.
To better Illustrate the great advantages
of doing the work In this wny It Is only
nectss-iry to say that It hns been demon
strated * y actual experience that an expert
typewriter operator will do thrco and one-
half times moro work In a day than a man
can do with a pen.
As previously expllined , .a typewriter Is
used for printing the record of cars on the
tags ; it would not bo practicable ) to do the
work In any other way for many reasons ,
font principally for the reason that It would
require four times as much labor to put the
necessary Information on the tags -with a
pen nnd Ink , and then It would not be as legi
ble. Thti 'tag ' , small ns It Is , contains more
Information than the 'book ' record In use and
by this system the record of a ear for a
relatively long time occupies BO little room
as to to truly amazing ; ns , for Instincc , n
car traveling seventy miles per day for 115
consecutive flays only showed nn accumula
tion of tags on the pin ond-half ot nn Inch
In thickness. 'Basing one's calculations on
this show.ng , It would bo possible to pre
serve the record of n oir before you for
three years nt least before It was necessary
to flip any part of 41 awny for future refer
ence nnd Inasmuch as the law -limitations
only requires the preservation of records fern
n period of seven yenrs , the work of tiling
away will occur so Infrequently as to bo n
matter of Ilttlo concern , asIt will only be
necessary to tile tags away and preserve
them In order to comply with legal require
ments once a year.
Don't annoy others by your coughing , nnd
risk your llfo by neglecting .1 cold. Ono Min
ute Cough Cure cures coughs , colds , croup ,
grlppo and nil throat and lung troubled ,
iMIMUVHY IM.YTT1JUS.
The last Issue of the Army nnd Navy Jleg-
Istor says : "Thero has been sonic Inter
esting correspondence between Minister
Tower at Vienna and the State department
on the subject of the rank of military at
taches. The letter will probably result In
n law , recommended by the sennto commit
tee on military affairs , raising the rank and
pay of military attaches nnd It la under
stood that the matter has the approval of
the president. In his communications Min
ister Tower takes the case ot Lieutenant J.
T. Chamberlain , U. S. A. , on duty at the
United States legation In Vienna. The min
ister states that nt present there are nine
military olllcers besides the American nt-
tacho In that city. They are about the
same age , 40 yoais , as Lieutenant Cham
berlain. Five of them rank as colonels ,
three ) as lieutenant colonels and one as
major. The fact that the OAlgcncies of the
service may keep an olllcer in the lowest
grades many years longer than Is ever the
case In European countries is not under
stood at Vienna. The military attache of
the United States feels himself at a con-
stnnt disadvantage In his association with
European ofllcera. who , despite his seventeen
years of actual service In the army , Is out
ranked by all those serving othec countries
In the same capacity. In thh situation of
Inferior rank the representative of the
United States finds himself facing a practical
disadvantage which Is moro Important HIHII
personal feeling of comfort or ( sensibility
ho must stand aside for everyone else. Un
der the circumstances the United States Is
alwa > a last. Their lepresentatlvo Is alwajs
at the foot of the line , whether at the war
ofllcc , at maneuvers or wherever else ho is
associated with his colleagues. Minister
Tower suggests that the rank of major or
colonel be conferred upon Lieutenant Cham
berlain. "
iAs a result of the severe weather In Yel
lowstone Park and the death from exposuic
of Private John Davis , troop D , Fourth
cavalry , about the middle of last December ,
the War department will most likely pro
vide extra clothing for the troops on out-
pcst duty In the park. The quartermaster
general has asked the authorities to make
requisition for such pattern of clothing as
may bo required. Captain Bradley has sent
to Washington a report of the conditions
nnd sufferings of the men In which lie urges
that * the department furnish the soldiers in
the park with articles of clothing different
from those now supplied by the quartermas
ter's department. There are six stations in
the 'park ' , four men and ono noncommis
sioned ofllcer at each station. The duties of
these men often compel them to make Icng
nnd exhausting trips on skis , the only means
of getting about because of the deep snows.
Captain Bradley advocates better woolen
underwear , 01 blanket suit , an clastic woolpn
head covering and German socks with low
cut gum shoes with heel. It is understood
that the quartermaster general Is In favor
cf this change of clothing and It U pre
sumed that the clothing suggested will here
after bo furnished the troops in tha park
in winter months.
It is stated In Washington that there is
no likelihood of the transfer to the retired
list before the date ot compulsory retirement
of cither Colonel S. S. Sumner , Sixth cavalry ,
or Colonel G. G. Hunt , Second cavalry.
At the war ofilco It Is stated that no moro
names will bo added to the eligible list of
candidates for commissary sergjanclos for
some time. There are now enough names
on the list to fill vacancies for a jcar.
A large quantity of smokeless powder will
bo purchased by the ordnance department
as a reserve supply for heavy guns. This
is the final lot to bo purchased for the reserve
ammunition of guns of this type. The ma
terial to be bought la for the ten-Inch guns
and the twelve-inch mortars.
The now chaplain's manual , compiled by
Chaplain G. W. Simpson , will soon bo Is
sued by the War department. This manual
contains such portions of the army regula
tions na pertain to chaplains , bringing the
paragraphs up to date.
The announcement baa been made that
Colonel H. C , Carbla will not make any
changes In the stations of olIlccrH ot the
adjutant general's department when ho as
sumes the position ot head of that corps.
The oQlcccs nt present on duty In Washing-
tan will remain there and the no\v appointees
will bo assigned to duty at Omaha.
The contract , for 215,000 pairs of new army
shoes hao been divided between G. V. Roe-
del of Philadelphia , who will supply 5,000
pairs nt $2.44 , and John MoBrcarty of the
Hamo city , who will furnish the remainder
at from $2.29 to $2.47.
Arrangements have been made by the
quartermaster general's department for the
icdylng of 70,000 yards ot cotton duck In
accordance with the decision adopting a now
sluido for all such material used In the mili
tary establishment.
The names of students who stood highest
In the military department at last com
mencement , at universities , colleges , etc. ,
having military Instructors detailed from the
army , occupies several pages in the Oniclal
Army Register for JSDS. At Dot-no college ,
Crete , Neb. , thoao standing highest wcro
1 t
In Abraham Lincoln's tlmo n ? : t.OO
she ? was nut tliniifjlitrof but with Drox
11. Shmmmn it IB ! i ( < Htronft point ho al
ways allows thejjbtet value for that
money ever profliujftl years of lioo
buying expork'nco enables him to pass
tlio poor ami select tlio Rood n. special
effort lias been niiulo for thin spring
trade In $ . ' ! .0 ( ) footwear for tlie men
ami we know exactly what value Is in
tlio line wo are now offering ami liimw
wo can warrant every pair tlicse roino
in tliu bulldog , wldo and littrrow culu
toe slnsle light or lioavy solco and atone
ono prlco only ? y.OO.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1410 FAUNAS ! STJIKET
MAJOR ANDRE'S FATE ,
Tlie Lesson His Capture Teaches to
Many Who Need Advice.
On a fine autumn day In 17SO , a handsorao UrlglH's disease In Its early etngcs.
young man on horseback halted at a place "I grow worse under treatment , I wa
In Westchestcr county , New York , where the obliged to give up all work for several
months. I had three kinds ot medicine , to
road to Manhattan Island divided. The bo taken In turns , yet v > na not helped by
horsemen knew that If ho chcxio the right them. Klnnlly , needing more mctltclno , t
road , ho would eave time but run great went to the doctor , but he was then awayt
I went to C. T. Hi'incnway'fl store aud
risk , for ho was a British ofHcer , nad the
purchased n botllo of Warner's Safe Cure.
right road Infested with American
was vigilant On my way homo I illsiuLuo.l the doctor.
can patrlsans. So he turned to the left , hopIng - "I was much bcnelltcd by the very llrnt
Ing for a safer , If longer Jomciey to the bottle-ful , which gave now tone to my
British Hues , Ho fell Into the hands c > stomach ns well as to my kliineys A dozen
three Americans bottles gave mo such relief that I could BIte >
, and every grammar schoolboy
to bed und sleep , something which
boy knows what happened socn afterward.
had not been possible fee a num
Major John Andre , joung , brave and am ber of weeks. 1 Improved gradually ,
bitious , na hanged as a spy. That was ono yet uteadlly. During my Illness I
example of the important results that flow lost over lorty pounds In weight , but I
from trltles. Here Is aciother told by Mr. sorci rcgalncJ it. I foci sure that I am
E. 1' . Shumy of Lebanon Springs , N. Y. : permanently cured , nnd ' that there Is no
Itagerlug trace of IJrlght'a disease In my
"
"Atter an Injury received while about my \.stem. ' " *
bua'ness , " ho said , "I had very severe pains Possibly If Major Andre haJ followed Iho
In the region of my kidneys , attended with right-hand road , he might have been captured
great eorenras and tenderness , aa well as nnd hanged anyway. That Is n matter ot
considerable bloating ot the abdomen. At speculation. The fact is In the case of our
times It seemed as if there were a twenty- friend In Lebanon Springs .that the doctor'n
Iho pound weight dragging down each ot my absence led him to try Warner's Safe Cure.
hips. Oneof themcxn skillful physicians of Haw lucky that the doctor was not at
i'lttailckl , Mass. , pronounced mine n t.uo of. home !
Alva H. Klnncy , Thomas D. I'erry and Jesse nHl'KS \VMI3\T OK OKI ) CIIMS. .
II. Warner. Those at the head ot the Hat
at the University of Nebraska nt Lincoln Ktill I'll oil iVunliiMl lliiiulsnifii of ] ( > -
are William II. Oury , It. C. Saxton and II rctviT I. dimmi.
Wilson. The George U. Dickinson 1'aper company
ns taken another tnck In Its attempt to ob
First Lieutenant Henry C. Hodges , jr. . tain satisfaction tor n cklm against the defunct
Twcnty-seccad Infantry , Fort Crook , hcu
Dtothois & IlclnUc.
funct firm of Aokerman .
been detailed by Ge-noral Copplnger , com
manding the Dcpnitment of the 1'latte , to whoso affairs have been In court for BOIUO
witness the issue of nrnulty goods to In > cars. The now proceeding Is begun In the
dians nt the Santee agency , during the cur federal court.
rent fiscal year. When the affnlia of the firm were put lit
the hands of John 'H. ' F. Lehman , as ro-
Lleutencnt Michael J. Lenllmn , Seccad In CLhor , the paper company sought to be
fantry , ha.3 returned to Fort Keogh to join made n preferreJ creditor to thi > amount of
his regiment , after a Icavo of atc.v.ce iipcnl its fMlm , $9.G29.3i. It failed In this attempt
In the cast. and was only awarded Its pro rata share
out of the assets , which amounted to $732.21
The board which examined Captain J. D. Tlio company was dlssat.slled with this
Polndexter , assistant surgeon , finds that lie award and appealed tj the supreme court.
h suffering from mental trouble. The AVnr That bolv reversed the lower court to the
department has takca no action In the mat extent that It gave the i > : pcr companj A
ter. second llei ; upon the firm's stock to the
amount ot $2',7S2.87 anJ orJercd the receiver
Second Lleutencnt Uobert L. Hamilton , to pay over that amount to the company
Twenty-second Infantry , has been nominated When this order was madj Lehman had
for promotion to a first lieutenancy. been discharged as receiver nnd.is alnK.
The vcrrliient over the matter Is said to
TO OUlin COM ) IOM1 DAY have hastened his < lcth. . No strps won >
Take Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. All taken In the matter during his II n ss but
druggists refund the money If It falls to euro. after ho died tlio attorney for the paper can-
25c. The genuine lus L. U. Q. on uai.li tablet. pnny sought to prcsj the orilcr ( f the supreme
premo court against Lehman's estate. Ho
MKMCSI v.vrv uxctmsiox.s. thla however .1
finally nave up attempt , , a
a fetcajrf cite dlsm S30d the > .ctljn in the
CoiiiniL-rcliil CluSi Kiirrnii ArrmiBc- district court.
incnlr , for UK'J'rliiM Yesterday the paper company R.cd suit la
The Merchants' Uureau of the Commercial the federal court against Clu I 3 J Kur-
club lias completed arrangements for two bnch ami ffred Mctz , who were tlu- bon ' . .
ecclos ot merchants' excursions to this cltj men of Keer Ivor .Lsiinia : ) . I i tv ! complaint
U Is alU'ged that Lehman vlo'ntej his COM-
the coming spring to enable wostuui
during
tr.ict In net paying over to tu- ; pap r com
dealers to visit Omaha at reduced railroad pany the nn.ouiH of the claim f varied It V
rates for the purpose ot securing their spring the supreme court. Consequ ; .t/ ! It Heel : t
stocks of goads. to secure judsmc.it agalns : t .i b'mdanu" !
The first of these excursions Is to take for the clfTcrcnco between t.i ! c'.r. m siul th
place in the latter part of this month and pro 1,1 in Bbaro rccelvuJ. Tli.a
tlie first part of March , Tickets will be on
sale from Fenruary 10 to Fobrrary 5 , and
will be good returning from Frixruary 23 to CAilll.VV VIUWM Till : i\lMSl'l'IU\ .
March C , inclusive. For tfio nocond scries
Railroad Man I'lTilli-ln Oiuof IIii-
tickets will bo on sale from March 20 to
April I , and will bo good returning from ( rriii > < Mt of Sliou * .
March 30 to April 3 , Inclusive. The terri On the recent trip of the "ChloiRj Spe
tory covered by the reduced rate u those cial" frcm Omaha to Chicago The liee re
excursions Includes such parts of lena , north porter enjoyed the privilege of a talk with
.Missouri South Dakota , southern Kancaa ,
,
n number of people from various parts of
Nebraska , Colorado , Utah and Wjomlng us
are In the Western and Central Passenger the country legardlng the Transmisslsslppl
associations. exposition. C. A. Cairns , assistant general
The special rate win uc ono , imi nn
faro for the round trip. The members of the western said :
bureau , however , propose to refund the cost "While I do not attempt to deny that
of the ticket provided Kio holder buys iooda ; our Interest In the expos tlon may have Its
fcom the firms to the extent that 2 per cent selfish Hide , for the Northwculcrn will gel
of the amount bought shall equal or exceed oven moro than Its share of the tralllc , with
the round fare paid by the purchaser of quick tlmo and Improved train service , Htlll
the ticket. The merchants who oval I them- we l > > : vo. In common with the rest of the
western country , a real pride and pleasure
flclvea of the special rate * will buy a full
from In the affair. The view I obtained of the
faro ticket to this city , taking a receipt
the ticket agent. This certificate rccelnt preparations for this great avont la Omaha
the was u genuine surprise to me , prepared on
must bo presented to Secretary Utt of
I was to witness ) the evidences of u stupendous
vtio will endorse it. The ondorso-
bureau ,
deus undertaking. Only those who have personally
will enable the holder to secure a
mcnt
sonally Hurveyed tlu * Kite and the buildings
one-third return fare. In course of construction can fully reall/.o
Aa an attraction to the merchants , they the magnitude of the Transmlssleslppl and
will bo Invited to examine the exposition
International Exposition as piojected by Us
visit here. Special r.Trange-
grounds on thole '
ambitious management. Evary p'.aco I go U
ments to this end are now being made by
hear nothing but praise of the work und
the bureau.
the members ot Its promoters. Omaha will become the show
Into this city
excursions were run
Similar
ground ot America und cannot fall to napa
last fall under the ausplcc-s ot the bureau
a lasting benefit from this exposition , which
miccesBful some 1,000 mar-
Mid wore highly ,
will bo Hccond to nothing nvor before accomplished
themselves of the oppor
chants availing ' complished on this side of the water , with
number Is expec'ed
tunity. An oven greater "
the exception of the Chicago fair.
tfilu spring. Announcement of the special
Many of the visiting newspaper men from
rate Is being sent out by circular to 15,000
the west especially these from Donvcr
, ,
the
merchants In the territory covered by
Loadvlllo , I'ucblo and other Colorado points ,
rate.
special spoke In the warmest encouragement of the
CIuiiiilirrlliiii'N CoiiKli m-mrily exposition and predicted 1U un'iualifled
Is n medicine of great worth and merit. success ,
Try It when you have a cough or cold and
you are certain to be pleased with the quick Children and adultb tortured by burn'j ,
relief which It affords. It U pleasant to acalda , Injuries , eczema or skin JlswsM ' may
secure Instant relief by using DoWltt'a Witch
.
take and can Always bi > dojiondnil upon.
Hazel Salve. U Is the great Pllo remedy.
. .JohnVxt l.oi'kuil ii. ;
'
nt TravHIniv ' .Mini | ' | IT < TI | ,
last a
John West got Into trouble night
to Hobert Hooghor , a St. Louis trwllnir
Jiouso on Ninth iitreet for attempting
throw everybody ube out of tlio building nud man , entered the house of Annlo Nolnon and
Minnie Tnlton Saturday night arid undo a
Tlio
to the premise by himself.
occupy
liouseholdurH , numbering hnlf a dozen call laatliiK for liulf an hour. On taking bin
women , inido a preconcerted rush upon him , departure ho dlBuovcind tlmt bin purne ' 111111
ihowover , nnd held him fast until the ar been emptied of ItH entire nxource-H ,
rival of the police vun. Ho WIIH charged nmountliiK to ) , nnd ho Irf now lodged nt
with bolni , ' drunk and disorderly and UH- UHI pollcci Htatlun to await tint trial of tli
suult and battery. women for larceny from the pernon.
Wo nro KliowliiK1 liunilrcds of nll-rpady
framed iilctnrvii linvo tliu walls o our
now jiiano room covered with tlii'in
Koine of thorfo are priced at ICHS than tho'
frames would oost some are not lint ,
taking them all lo oHi ? ! ' , tliu prices wo
have made are miuh that you and your
friendK can afford to add n new picture
Jo your home perhaps you have a pic
ture that iiet'dH framing wo frame
keep a force Inwy all tlio time at our
Jziml street factory our reaHonahleiie ; H
in charges IK what makes tlio huslnesH
BO larKu all the late tip-to-dato mould
lilt's to select from.
A. HOSPBc
fflllSlC ( H fill 5I3 Douglas