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HE OMAHA : DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA FRIDAY MORNING , MAllClS 11 , 1898-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY of Raising Wrecked War Ships by Means of Magnets. MOD L OF A NEW ELECTRIC ROAD [ Y'nrlnitN Development * In Ihe Appllon. tlou of Klcctrlcltj- the Arln nnil lnitii trleiiIniprovliiK ' " canileiicent The Ingenious scheme which ha § been talked of for ral lng the Ill-fated Victoria of the British navy , which now lies at the bottom tom of the 'Mediterranean ' , In 450 feet of water , off the harbor of Tripoli , has called attention to the possibilities In the employ ment of powerful magnets for raising Iron and steel vciscls sunk In deep water too deep to admit of the use of divers. The weight of this wreck In .water Is estimated at 7,000 ton . It Is suggested that powerful hydraulic rams and dynamo machines and a ecrlcs of heavy electro-magnets be arranged on pontcons at the scene of the wreck. A magnet lowered over the side and coming within reasonable distance of the sunken vessel would be draiwn toward It , and would tick with a power of 100 tons to any part of Its Iron or steel with which It came Into contact. As each magnet made attachment , which would ho Indicated by means of an electric dial on the pontoon , a trial pull would bo given to the rope to ascertain whether a connection has been made to a firm part of the wreck. Were this test not eatlsfactory the magnet .would come off , and Us position would be changed until a firm rlp had 'been ' made. When all the magnets had been llxc.J. the wreck would bo ready for would br > attached raising. Each lifting rope tached to the lifting pontoon Ky means of a elieave on the head of a hydraulic lifting ram with a twelve-foot stroke , which would give an effective lift of twenty-four feet. Each hydraulic cylinder on the pontoon would be In connection with all the others , and a lialanclng accumulator would prevent any rope getting more than a normal strain of 100 tons. When the rams had made their lull stroke , the lifting ropea would all bo simultaneously held In position. The rams would then bo lowered and another lift of twenty-four feet given to the wreck , which , . , as It readied the surface , would be towed to ( shallower water and there beached. NEW BLECTIUC ROAD MADE. MoJets of a new electric railroad system , Vhlch Its promoters declare will bo far more desirable In practice ttun In any now being operated , are now on exhibition In New- York City. The dl languishing characteris tics of the Invention are the third rail In ordinary streets , the control of the roail switches by the motorman ( thus doing away with switchmen at points where tracks of different routes Join , or as an alternative the halting of the car while the mntorman moves the switch with an Iron rod ) and the Ability , to run the car to the eril of the ro'Uto oven if all power from the central station Is shut off. The new system will make a great change In electric traction If the Inventor's claims hold good , cspclally as a surface third-rat rca4 can bo laid down on this plan mud cheaper than a cable or even a conduit elec tric line In fact , quite as Inexpensively as an overhead trolley. To most of us the striking thing In this system would sem to bo the plan by whlcl the third rail Is rendered entirely harmless and uncharged with electricity except at the points over which oirs are passing. Th ° e points arc , of course , constantly moving with the cars , and the method by which the Inventor claims to have solvcj his problem Is extremely simple. Usually the third rail , which takes the l > lace of the wire In the overhead trollej and the metal conductor In the conduit sys tem Is continuous and charged from end to end with an electric current of such power as to he fatal to whoever touches It. But in-this system the third rail Is laid In ECC tlons. Each roctlon Is pfrfectly lnulatei am\ \ distinct from every other section. Al are , however , connected with a feed wire laid Bomo distance below the surface , anc alia completely Insulated. lAt Intervals along the route of the road there are vaults containing switches , which automatically make and break connection between the feed wire and the ehort sections as the car progresses. 'By ' this plan no par of the third rail that could possibly be touched by homes or perspns Is at any time energized. The rail directly under each ca U alive , of course , Tint a person would be obliged to crawl under the car to get J hock. This scheme works perfectly In the emal models shown , and It Is stated that the Ana cos'.la and Potomac railroad of Washington fourteen miles In length , Is to bo equlppe < with It as soon SB possible. v-r iA feature the value of which Is iiot so ob Vlous to any but railroad melt Is the provl elon to prevent what Is known as "shor circuiting. " This has never yet been ac compllshed by any other system. Anothe feature , though nftt so Important as any o thosa mentioned above , wil be appreciate ! ( by everybody. The coming of a car Is her aided at night toy the display of elwUrl lights which may bo Inclosed In red globe and so serve as danger signals. By day warning card or tcrgct signals may b shown automatically. The propulsion of the car , In case th power from the central station Is shut off , I to bo effected by carrying J small storag 'battery ' on each car. Current from thle bat tcry will be turned on whenever the centra station current Is off , and can ateo be use to re-enforce the current from the third ral on heavy grades. MAGNETIC LAMP BASE. The use of the Incandescent lamp In belle and 'machine shops Is attended with grea difficulty , as they are only temporarily u quired In one place and then to light up un usual aai out of the > vav pltcrt , where thor Is nothing upon which to rent the /amp / an the flexible cord attached to It. Aery In > gcnlous magnetic lamp base has recent ! 'been ' designed , however , which overcome this difficulty < > nd enables the lamp to b placed In any desired "position on any par or piece o' Ironwork. The arrangement con Btctt of an ordinary lamp with an EdUn o ; other base , so that any style- lamp may bi used , cm ! In caco of breakage or Inirnlnj out It can rtaillly to replaced. Trie lam | holder Is mounted on a stand about two aui a half Inches high ? nC two Inches li diameter. The holder , which Is of brass , In clones a horseshoe electromagnet , the pole ; of nlilch are cutilde of the bottom cC thi holder. The magnet winding- so dcslgi.ed te'.ng Ic scries with the filament , tbt thi lighting current passes through It , thu : energizing the magnet The consumpthn o energy by reason of the current paiilni through thU additional length of wire i : praltlcally nothing. Thu poles of the elec tromagnet are made of sufficiently hard Iroi to retain Its tnagnettam In a measure , thu insuiing the safety of the lamp choulrt thi current accidentally bo abut oft for i moment , forming a permanent magret sum clenlly strong to hold up the lamp and at tached Jnrd. EXPLOniN , SUBMARINE MINES. Thu destruction of the Maine has brough to public attentlm the subject of iiubmavlni mines. One Ingenious method of explodln ; them when tbey are used In deep water ci where strong currents exist Is thus de ecrlbcd by Electricity : These mines coniU of large charjei of guncotton or other hlgl explosives held In or near the g'-ound b ; * i > mecrs of mushroom anchor * . Mines of thli character belcg too far below the surface ti be flred by coming In contact with the hulli of vessels , arrangement has to be made ti ascertain exactly when aeesel U over i mlno In order to know- when to flee It. Th'r li accomplished by a very ulmplo method although an extremely Ingenious one. Ai electric circuit extinds from the mine to twi itatlona ca land at n > great distance fron one another. At each of these stations i break occur * In the electric circuit aai U rder to explode the mine both of these ircakn must be closed simultaneously. A cledcope U mounted at each station on a Ivot which pcrmtti of Its being swung In horizontal direction , cad so arranged that when pointed at the m'tno It clwes the clr- ult at that station. Thus all that la neces- ary to do la to keep both telescopes pointed t an enemy's vessel as It advances , and when the latter pauses over the mine both witches will be clouil , the circuit completed nd the mine exploded. OENEUATINO ELECTRICITY BY WIND. The ultlmallon of wind In the generation of clecrtlclty has so far been restricted , for the most part , to outlying districts where a regular supply of current was Impossible > r Impracticable. In these cages It has icon successfully combined with storage latteries , which were charged during the working hours of the mill , and made avail able during the night for the lighting of louses and outbuildings. A new form of wind mill has been suggested , for which a uuch wider employment Is expected by Its liventor. It Is not circular like the or dinary wind mill , but consists of four arms with a solid shuttcr-llko arrangement on ach. These shutters swing on hinges , tVhllo the wind Is driving two of them It Ifts the other two , so that they offer the minimum of resistance to the air pressure. It Is claimed that this machine costs only ine-flfth as much as the ordinary wind mill o put up , and gives a great deal more power 'or a given sail area. It costs hardly any- , hlng beyond the first outlay for the Instala- tlon of the plant , as anyone can do the small amount of oiling , which Is the only attention subsequently needed. The Inventor says that with a mill having shutters seven feet long ho can get enough current to light a good- sized building , and furnish all the power' noccssary to take the place of hand labor n clothes washing and Ironing , dleh wash- Ing. knife-cleaning and many other domestic tasks. ELECmiC HEATER FOR DENTISTS. A new electric heater for the use of den tists has been patented. In preparing cavi ties of teeth for filling , the canal In the root s often found exposed , and this alss requires to bo treated and cleansed preparatory to be ing filled. It Is Important that this canal. ' which In some teeth Is tortuous Instead of 1 straight , bo effectually dried before the filling i Is Inserted. For effecting this absorption of moisture many methods have been tried with Indifferent success. The process hitherto found most effective Is the use of a small bellows for blowing heated air within the tooth. The air from the bellows passes over a wire which Is made red-hot by the passage of current , the current being turned on by the pressure of a button within the handle of the device. It Is now sought to produce the drying more directly by a flexible metal probe , electrically connected , which Is In serted while cold , or moderately warm. In the root canal of the tooth. As the current Is admitted the heat generated In the probe dries out the molaturo within the tooth. INCANDESCENT NOVELTY. Electric lights fc r household UFO have ilways heretofore been open to the objection says the Now York Sun. that they could not bo tunned down without putting them out. Where they were used In bedrooms pei-- pens who needed a dimmer night light were forced to resort to gas. can ill OB of kerosene. Recently this objection has been overcome , and a number of manufacturers are now offering for sale sjckets for Incandescent lamps which enable n person to regulate tl.o amount of light produced wl:0ln : wide limits These socket * can be put up In place of thu ordinary ones with little trouble or expense , and the light given out by the lamps whlcti they carry can bo regulated oa readily ca con a gao Jet. This result Is attained by the Intioductlon Into the socket of calls of flue wlro which act as resistance colls. In one style of these sockets there are five of these cells , and the light of a IC-candle-powe.- lamp can bo reduced by two or three candlepower - power Junirn down to two-candle power. These now sojkots do not make any saving In the cost of the dimmer lights , as Is done when ono turns down a gas Jet or a lamp wick , for the full current Is always In wr , for each grade lighting , but they arc con venient. venient.FOR FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. A supply company of New York City soys the Electrical Review , Is about to Introduce an apparatus for wlrelem telegraphy. The construction of the Instrument ! o many ways Is olmllar to that employed by Marconi In his experiments by which by.the use ol the Hertzian waves a message can be trans mitted through almost any obstruction. The general manager of the company gave a very success'ul cxhlbltlsn of the unes of the In. strument before the American institute of electrical engineers on Decembsr 15. Ho ehowcd In the experiment that a message could be accurately transmitted from one room to another through two closed door.s. Ho has dcno away with ' .de reflectors used by Marconi for his air circuits , holding that they have no material Influence In Tie trans- mlntlon of the electrical current. The man. ager also claims ttat by means of the" Im provements made In the new machine over that of Marconl'c , a mcnsape can be accu rately sent to the dlstfwico of Un miles. CUT RATES FOR TELEPHONES. A co-operatlvo telephone company la In dianapolis comes forward with Interesting proml.ies and proposltlcns. The company tain that tue city shall be given the highest grade of telephone sei-vlce at $36 a year for butlness uae and $24 for residences ; guaran tees to put all Its wires underground within an srea of two central miles square ; offeis to furnish the city offices with not lens than thirty telephone * for permanent une , and promises to pay to the city annually 3 per cent of Its groi receipts. AS A CURATIVE AGENT. The latest consumption cure uses elec- irlclty as the curat'vo agent. Dr. J. Mount Bloycr's system , says the New York World , Is based on the well known principle that electricity-can.bo made to act as a purify ing acent by virtue of the ozone which It gives forth under certain conditions. Water nnd sewerage have frequently been treated In this manner both In this coun- tiy and abroad with excellent rc.sults. To cure consumption Dr. Bleyer has availed r-irnpp'r rt 'Ms name principle , and revivi fies the blood of a patient by giving It ozone. To accomplish this he plaeta pails on the patient's chest directly over the dls- r.-Kpd nnrtlon of the lung and a pad on the cot responding point In the back. Then a current of electricity at extremely high voltage la sent directly through thu body for ; f twenty minutes or half an hour. RegardIng - . Ing the vcltago ured. Dr. Bleyer says : "I . ! am not yet ready to say what amount of . j electricity I use. as I do not wish Inex- , perlenced profeeslonils to make the experl- , ment , with perhaps fatal results. " By th's I' ' means the dead tissue of the lung , which , Is the cauro of the disease. Is said to bo gradually destroyed and the patient gets rid of It by expectoration. ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS FOR LOCOMO TIVES. The electric headlight Is to railroad men cue of the most Interesting of late Inven tions pertaining to railroad eervlce. The Inventors of the electric headlight have had a long struggle to make a durable apparatus which glvei a satisfactory light. For thla rcMon the president of a company making ro electric headlight , ( id : representatives of 'ho Ptorla & Eastern division of the Big Four railroad , have made a teat of the electric headlight to determine the truth or untruth of the claim that It made Indls. tlr.gulshable the colored lights of switch larar-s. At a mlle and a half dlitant the watchers on an engine could easily Identify red , green anl white lantci s waved acroM the track. It was shown that the pure white- light of the electric arc-magnified and strengthened the different colcrej lights by contrast. The officials of the Big Four wUbcd this feature of the light demon strated before equipping more of the engines with the electric headlight. Get Siiiierlutenilent In Chlt-ntto. DENVER , March 10. The Hoard of Con trol of the State Industrial School for Girls has selected Mrs. Ursu'a . Harrison of Chicago as superintendent of that Institu tion , the Inmates of which have been giv ing the management a great deal of trouble For ten years .Mrs. Harrison has been fu- iperlntendent of the Illinois School of Agri culture * nd ilanuii Training lor Glrla. HOLCOMB HELPS HERMAN Bess of the Local Tammany Gets Some Needed Assistance. GOVERNOR TURNS DOWN LOCAL POPULISTS Slnte Ilotme Influence nnd Utnnlin ItlnRTfttern Unite to the i'romUeil Ulnruitloit of the Ftmlon Forced In UoiiKlnn County. The alleged determination of Governor Holcomb to rcappolnt II. E. L. Hcrdman as a member of the Hoard of Fire anil Police Commissioners Is currently reported and generally believed among Douglas county fuslcnlstsj The remit U a tumult of Indig nation that promises to effectually dispose of uny expectations which me governor might have cherished of securing the support of the Douglas county delegation for his ambition to servo a third term. Not only arc the populists full of wrath because the governor has plainly declared that he doct ) not pro pose to give them the commtpslonershlp , but that largo element of the democrats that Is opposed to Herdman and his melhoJs Is also on the warpath and a coalition between the t\io elements now appears to be certain. Some tlmo ago the Ioul : populist commit tees wrote to Governor Holcomb stating that they proposed to demand that Herdman'u successor should be u populist . This action was largely Inspired by the fact that only one member of the Omana police force U a populist. The populist ? asserted that us long as Iho democratic commissioners had refused to treat them fairly It was. time tha ( their representation on the board was In creased. But the campaign for a populist appointment was cut short by a decided answer from the governor In which he stated that ho still believed , as he had al ways believed , that the democrats were en titled to two members of the board. While ho did not euy that he proposed to rcnppolnt Hcrdman his le.ter was ubsume.1 to be an Intimation that that was what bo had In view. COMMITTEES UNABLE TO AGREE. The result was that when the populist city and county central commlttec-s met Wednesday night to agree on a can. dldate to succeed Hc'-dinan 'thsre"w'a's no quorum of either committee pres ent. There were quite a numbt. ' tf populists In the hall , however , who had beca promised Jabs m the poll o force by Dr. Peabody In return for their rss'etance In securing a populist endorse ment of Herdman. Jim Kenney was the tncst prominent of these , and when the com mittees were called to order by Mike O'Con- ncll a resolution endorsing Hcrdman was promptly broached. But the combine had not been able to muster quite enough votes to carry out the scheme and the resolution was voted down after a very animated dis cussion. During this debate the various ele ments had become so thoroughly warmed up that they found It Impossible to agree on a candidate and the meeting adjourned. Then Louis J. Ihm called the city central com mittee together and the same program was repeated. U was not until after both meet ings had adjourned and the bulk of the cjm- mlttccmen had gone home that an oppor tunity was found to organize a meeting In which the Hcrdman strikers were In the majority. There were less than a dozen men left In the room when E. F. Morearty called a meeting of what was dubbed the county central committee. As Morearty is not an o nicer of this committee , the meet ing was hardly entitled to that distinction , but It wua sufficient for the purpose. The resolution endorsing Herdman and Governor Holcomb was hurriedly passed and promul gated as a genuine declaration of the sen timent of the committee. There were all kinds of trouble In the camp when this procedure became known yesterday morning. The populists dec'are that It Is a fraud of the first water and that Hol comb Is a party to It. There Is now a general disposition to unite with the antl- Herdman democrats and support a democrat who will to liberally disposed toward all elements , and this plan will probably take definite shape within a few dnys. The most prominent candidates who are mentioned In this connection are Joseph O'Connor and C. L. Smith of the Eighth ward and Martin Langdon of the Seventh' . William Maxwell Is also a candidate. ini'KIXS' FAMIIiY IS UAXKIIUI'T. Wife SiicnilN the IIIM | > IIIIO"Nxnctn In Hiivluir 11 iiooil Time. Charles M. Hlpklns did not wake up Wednesday night when his wlfo went through Ms pockets. T.'ik ' failure , oa his part hca lost him $40 In cash and his peace of m'nd. besides being the Indirect cause of the arrest of his wlfo en the charge of drunken ness. ness.Hlpklns Is a cripple and peddles as' an oc cupation. Ho and his. wife have been In the city some Httlo while and have been liv ing at 1714 Webster ttrcet. A few days ago they decided to go to Sioux City. Their fur- nlturo was cold and the proceeds together with a Httlo savings made up $40. Hlpklns carried this money In one of his Inside pockos ! and guarded It like the apple , of .Ills eje. eje.Mrs. . Hlpklns , however , was lo'.h to leave the city without peeing sorao of her old friends and Wednesday night went on a callIng - Ing round. Before going she went through her husband's clothes and took ( tie $40. She managed to have a good time and when the police found her later she was In a very happy frame of mind and minus shoes. ho was locked up end charged with being drunk. The husband was summoned and appeared to be almost heartbroken over the situation In which ho found his wife nnd Uje ksa of his money. He cried like a child. Ho was willing to take back again bis wayward help meet , however , und the woman waa dm charged. Fnwectt null KVIIIIM Kichitnice Docket * Judge Fan-colt of this judicial district nnd Judge Evans of the Eighth judicial dis trict have oxclnnged dockets for a few days. Judro Evans hus passed upon In * case of John A. Harhach against the city , perpetually restraining , the city from open ing nnd extending the alley between Twen ty-first and Twenty-second streets through tnx lot 3C. In the case of Matilda Hanaen agalnsl Hoje Hansen , the court hus granted the plaintiff a decree. Culm u llcport of llecent lluttle. NEW YORK , March lO.-The Cuban Junta has received by messenger the olllclal re port of General Loprlco , who commanded the Cuban forces at the battle of Najasa on February 21-21. The details of the bat tle show that while the Cubans were out numbered four to one for four days they held their position nnd caused the Spanish troop ? to retreat , leaving 293 dead men upon the field. The Cubans lost seventy-eight killed and had over 100 wounded. The mes senger who brought the otllelal news nine brought a copy of n Spanish paper , admit ting the return of the. Sp.uibh soldiers but asserting that the four days lighting re sulted In a victory for Spain. lliiHlmnil nn l Wife Hie Toirether. NASHVILLE. Tenn. , March lO.-Mra. John U Drlscoll wan found dead In her room at the Chamber of Commerce building this afternoon , while her husband , In u dying condition , was In a chair near her. The discovery was made by n physician who received a note from Drlscoll asking him to call at his room , stating that his wife was dead and he would be when found. Morphine had been taken , probably ffn account of 111 health. Urlscoll was a shorthand teacher. Canal CommUilonrr * Keturii. NHW YOUK. March 10. A. Menocal and F. P. Davis of the United States Nlcara- guan Canal commission were passenger * by the ateamcr Adirondack , which Of lint today from Port Umon , SOCIETY IXCHEASEr IX M'-MIIEHS. Chrlntlnn RnilrnvorU Tftfotee * Hold Their flitnrterty BOSTON , March 10. TH quarterly meet ing of the board of tniVtfcn of the United Society of Christian Enflekvpr waa held to day. The plans and proiram for the Nash ville convention were iretilly considered. President Clark's report laid there bad been progress In number * and character and quality of the work accomplished by the society during the quarter. Not only In our own country and Great Britain , where the registration has been unusually largo of late , but of other lands this Is true. New Interest Is aroused In Paris , 'where the en- deavorcrs have formed an active union for the spread cf the work In that city. From French Switzerland , too , good comes , a strong society having been formed In Gen eva , which promises to be the mother of many more. In Germany there arc now elxty Christian Endeavor societies. Word has been received from Guttenbcrg , Sweden , also , of a society of 300 members , whose pastor Is most encouraged concerning the work , and promises to go io different centers In Sweden to tell about It , and to multiply societies. From India , Egypt and China also comes good npws of progress. ' Mexico promises to hold the largest young ' pcoplo's gathering ever held within Its bor- ' ders. Spain , which received the banner for | the largest proportionate Increase In junior societies at the San Francisco convention , reports that the Interest _ ln that distracted country among the Protestants continues. Secretary Bacr made his statistical re port , which showed the number of societies to bo 62,717 , with a total membership of 3,163.020. < M > T OF DKSIH A III.fiIMM / HiHA.VT.S. Coining- Over to Settle on Far HIM In the Went. NEW YOUK , March 10.--Tho steamship Kaiser Wilhelm .der Grosse/ from Bremen , has brought to New York 605 steerage pas- congers , said by the official's at the Imml- fii'atlon bureau to bo by far the most de- strablo company of third class pitacngors that has arrived hero In recent years. The average age of the entire number Is 25 ycais. The total amount of money brought over was $21,4CO. The average amount of money possessed by each person WMS $52. Only seventy-five of the .total number were citizens here. All were provided with rail road tickets to their destinations. The ma jority were bound to become farmers. Three hundred and seven were I bound for points beyond Chicago. The number Included 200 men , women and children from Iksarabla , In southern Russia , and are called Mcnnonlte. ? . They were the most picturesque colony that hive arrived In many a day. Their fore fathers , who were Germans.founded a colony In RtiFs'a many generations ago at the sollcltatlsn of the Russian government. They were nearly all fanners and the colony be- carre very prosperous , , tle'cehtly ' , however , the Russian laws have befqmo irksome and a drouth last summer" caused the entire colony to conclude to emigrate. Many will arrive here during the spring. Every man In the party had from $300' to , 54,000. They arc all well educated and many of them ( "peak English. They are ; bound for the 1 Dakotas and Washington. ' iis uKxouxcKS'mii ; visniiicr. Hiul jAntlcliintcil Mnrtln'H Acquittal , HoweVeV. NEW YORK , March 10-Samuel ; Gompers , president of the American Federation of Labor , denounces In vigorous terms the dc- j clslon In the Lattlmcr trial. Ho siys : "J am In no way surpr.'sed at thla decision. I j had predicted It from the * first. , The result i could not be surprising to any one who had followed the case and knew how It was prcronted to the court. The sheriff and deputies were the hirelings of the combined Influences of the mining 'corporations. Judge Woodward himself , through his family , Is GO connected that any closing of the mines rueans to him a loss of considerable part of his Income. Under these circumstances the icault reached could not fall to bo mani festly unfair. "The companies * , sheriff and the Judge and counccl for the 'defense seemed moved by ono motive , thH this verdict should show- that workers have no rights which corpora tions are bound to respect , and that their mercenaries have the right. If necessary , to lake oven human life at their employers' caprice , especially when that life belongs tea a foreign worker. " Mr. Gompers declined to discuss the probable - able action of the labor organizations as a result of this decision. ( MPE IXSUHAXUi : MISX COMIIIXE. Copy of Aliened 'Airrerment ' Given to the IMiltllc. TOPEKA. Kan. , March > IQ. Webb McNall. state Insurance commissioner , has made public a copy of a compact , alleged to have been entered Into by all jthe leading life Insurance companies of the country , and which he asserts goes to show they have formed a combine under what they term an "anti-rebate board. " The alleged pur pose of the combination Is to prevent 'by severe penalties any agent or company from allowing rebates or cutting regular rates decided upon by the companies. Mr. MaNall holds that the operation of the anti-rebate board destroys competition , keeps up Insurance rates and Is In violation of the Kansas anti-trust laws. He has ad dressed a letter to all' companies which entered the compact officially notifying them they must Immediately abandon the com bination or ho would revoke their licenses to do business In Kansas. Money Made In the Penitentiary. ST. LOUIS. March 10. John Conner and Fred Monroe , the two alleged counterfeiters who were arrested neat.AVashlngtcn , Mo. , and brought to this city ioday gave rome startling testimony whfa sweated by the secret service officials. Tic men ray that the negro who escaped when they were arrested was the real culprit and that he had manufactured Ihe spurious coin when an Inmate of the.'pepltmtlary at Jef- fenion City , His release occurred about two weeks ago. when the trlenset , the white men stated , at the state capUat.i He had been a treaty for nlr months lan I being allowed more liberty than the rttiqre. they' nay he found time to make lot queer. " Connor sajs he came from New Yo ; k. while Mciiroc says Chicago Is his home , Both arc being held to await developments Me&lcnn * I'rcnentf'o Claim. SAN FIIANCISCO , J arcl lO.-The Call oays : The Mexican Koveinment will at tempt to compel the /Oceanic / Phosphate company to pay an Ipdetrmlty of Jl.500.000 for unlawfully Bhlpplrjjr gijnno from Cllp- perton Island. In the'Pacific ' ocean. Al though the -Mexican government claims the ownership of this Island , dnd presumes to the right to demand this Indemnity for the foreign encroachment upoh Its territory , the Phosphate company Is equally convinced that It lias us much rlcht , to the Island as the Mexleang. The cgjnpany took posses sion of C'lpperton Island In ISM. nnd since that tlmo has been rtcailliysnipping guano to San Francisco amito Honolulu , receiv ing from $10 to $20 a ton for It. In Ausut of use Feveral ship load * were sent from the Island , the- revenue from the sale ol which the Mexican government demands. School Tenclier * Ret a II ill Me. CHICAGO , March 10.-Gridp. teaehers in the Chicago public schools have won their fight for higher salaries.4The Board of Edu cation , by a vote of IS to J' . has adopted the following : Ilcsolved , That the salary of every gram mar und primary grade teacher In the. pub lic wheels of Chicago be Increased . $73 for the year 1S3S and | S > per year thereafter un til a maximum salary of $1OQO Hhnll be reached. As it now .stands , within tbroo years , un- dcr the order of the boird , all grammar and primary grade teacher * will bo receiv ing 11,000 per annum , or from I1CO to $150 a year more than the , maximum obtainable heretofore. In the name three yean the present differences In Kilary between the grammar and primary Krade teacheri will bowiped out by the comma * * maximum of (1,000 to which all -will bo approaching. AMBIER GETS THE DECISION Stops Foreclosure and Defeat ! a Special Tax Levy. CASE INVOLVES LEGALITY OF TAX TITLE Pnhllcntlon or n I.CKittotlcc on Snn- dn > - In Invalid According to Judvc Firaertt'H I.uteit ItnlliiR. Judge Fawcctt has handed down a decision In the case of Walrath aga'nst Ambler , and white It Is of Interest to the parties to the suit , It Is likely to prove Interesting to parties who have had their property sold at tax sale. Incidentally the court passes upon the legality of notices In Sunday papers. The suit of Walrath against Ambler grows out of a tax levy , which Judge Faw- sett holds was Illegal and void. The city widened and extended Center street through Ambler Place and assessed the cost against the abutting property , a greater portion of which was owned by Ambler. He failed to pay the tax and after becoming delinquent , the property against which It was assessed was offered at sale and bought In by Wal- cath. Ho took his certificate and after the time for redemption had run , ho brought suit to foreclose his lien. Ambler defended and showed by proof that after the city council had passed the ordinance providing for the opening of the street , the notice of the meeting of the Board of Equalization , that It would sit to hear protests and to assess damages and benefits , would occur at a certain date. Til's notice was published six times as required by the cr.arter , but the date of one publication fell on Sunday. It was on this publication that Ambler pinned his hopes , and In making his defense , he contended that the whole of the proceedings were void. This was argued to the court and the case was taken under advisement. In rasslng upon the case Judge Fawcett held that Walrath could not foreclose Ills lien and that everyth'ng connected with the opening of the street was null and void for the iilmplo reason that cne of the publications giving iwtlce of the sitting of the Board of Equalization was made on Sunday. In sup port of this position , the Judge quoted from the statutes of thta state , as well as from numerous decslcis ! : of Nebraska and other states , handed down by the supreme courto. Ho held that the statutes provided what acts might be performed on Sunday and come within tcope of the law. The publication of a legal notice , he said , Is mot one of this acts. PAPERS ARE DIFFERENT. Another feature of the Walrath-Ambler case that the court cocsldered was the cdl- tlcr.s of the newspaper In which the notice of the sitting of the Board of Equalization was publ.Vil.cd. This notice was published live times In The Dally Bee and oce In The Sunday Bee. In passing upon thin point Judge Fawcett held that The Sunday Bee was a sepavatc and dlst'nct paper and had Its own individual readers and for this reason , , he held that there were but five legal publi cations. City Attorney Conncll , In speaking of the decision of Judge Fawcctt , said that he did not think that It would work any Injury to the city. Ho said that some years , ago It was customary to publish city notices In the Sunday paper If one of the successive dayi ) of publication'happened to fall upon Sunday. This practice , however , lie said , was aban doned about two years ago , since which tlmo they had been published only < on week days. Under the provisions of the charter the council , by ordinance or resolution , can cure any errors that may creep Into'the proceed ing ? connected with the levy of a tax. He said that If the city sees fit U can re- levy the tax and that the purchaser of a tax title will lose nothing but hs ! Interest. However , he does not think that the city was under any obligation to do /thing of the kind. Purchasers at tax sales , he flays , are supposed to examine the title and look Into the regularity or Irregularity of the proceeding ? of the city , and if they do not do so It cannot be considered the fault of the city. "If the city has no right to make a sale , " said the city attorney , ' "It cannot bo ex pected to give a title , and so the supreme court has held In numerous cases. The de cision handed down by Judge Fawcctt may be something of a hardship upon purchasers at tax sales , but It will not work any In convenience to the taxpayers. The tax certificate purchasers are not In the business for their health. They expect to get an ex orbitant rate of interest on their money and for this reason I think that they should use a little diligence themselves and look Into the question of the Jegallty of the tax be fore they make their purchases. " JOII\ FISHER SHOOTS HIMSELF. YounK Man ThotiKht to Have Ileen Ir inented ConuiiltH Mnlclile , John Fisher , a single man 29 years of age , was found dead In an outhouse In the rear of h's residence at Second and Williams streets. Death resulted from a bullet wound In the head , which had evidently been In flicted by the deceased with suicidal Intent. The dead man was discovered by his aged mother , with whom he hag been living. He failed to appear yesterday morn'ng and a search resulted In the finding of the body. From the condition of the corpse It Is be lieved that the man shot himself about mid night. The bullet passed through the temples. Incanlty Is thought to have been the cause of the suicide. The mother has noticed for some tlmo that the young man had oomo mental trouble , but she did not think It serious. An ominous aymptom occurred Sun day , when the young man read the bible for the first time for years and spent almost the entire day In praying. The mental dis turbance Is believed to have been caused several years ago , when the deceased wan ttruck In the head with a stone by some companlcoB. Ttao suicide was not reported to the police until noon , the mother heVself bringing the news to the police station at that time. Coroner Swanson was at once' notified and removed the body to the n.crgue. The mother Is almost 60 years of age and In very poor. She ( MS contributed to the support of herself and son for some time past , o the latter has not been earning much. 1'OSTOFF.ICn FOU THE K.XI'O.SITIOV , UlKtrlluitlon anil Delivery or Mull n < the CironnilH n Problem , It has not been decided yet what arrange , ments will be made In regard to mall dis tribution at the exposition grounds. As sistant Postmaster Woodard siys that In all probability the government will estab lish a postofflce In the Government building and that It will bo run either separately erIn In conjunction with the Omaha office. He thinks It likely that the mall will be dis tributed on much the same plin It waa at the World's fair , where carriers did the dis tributing end collecting Jutt as In. any city office. The poital department Is very close run at pretent , and Mr. Woodard U not sure that It will feel like bearing tbo ex- pc-n e which such a syntem would entail. Klnnrr SUCH Slock VnnU Company , Daniel Klnney of South Omaha has sued the Union Stock Yards company In an ac tion to recover the sum of $25,000 , alleged damages. He says that last September ht waa crossing some property owned by the defendant and fell Into nn excavation twenty feet deep , breaking hl right leg nnd hurting himself Internally. He declares In hlH petition that by reason of the accident , which ho avers was due to the acts of the defendant , ho mill bo a cripple during the balance of big lift * I.O.VO AND SHOUT .MUV IIK.St'Mi : . FootnnitB Continue to lc tlunlnciiN In the Same Old Way. After a rest of ono eight the "long" man anJ the "short" man once more took the stage- Wednesday night and played their part with as much smoothnecs as has marked their past efforts and with just as little molestation from the police. The victim was Frank L. Shauof Lltchftold , and ho was robbed of $3.50 and a few otl.cr belcnglngs not much , but all ho had en his peraeci at the time. The highway robbery Is the third of this week and the tenth of the last ten days. The job was done In the % ery heart of the city Twelfth and Howard streets. Shaw was accosted by two men near the corner , die was short , the other was tall. They were both masked and both threw revolvers Into his face. Ono ordered him to throw up his bonds and ho promptly obeyed. The robbera went through his clothing and secured all the motley he had , $3.SO. They also took a watch und a fen- other trinkets which they found In the pockets. The men then disap peared rnd Shaw hunted up a policeman and gave an account of life occurrence. The poltco are commencing a policy of con cealment In connection with these numerous highway robberies. When Ihc officers In the i highest authority were asked whether any t robberlca or hold-ups occurred Wednesday . night th y all answered In the negative. "No report of anything of the kind was made to day , " waij the answer In each case. The police arc no nearer the capture of the highwaymen lhan when Ihe series of robberies commenced. For some dajs a largo number of suspicious characters were ar- nsted , but deeplto this display of activity the holdups continue , and even that policy has been given up. HOLDS II.VXK IMIIKOTOIIS I.IAIII.i : . JtulKc Scott llfclilen U'ollNtelii'M Clinu Aicnliixt ct-niiaii SavltiK * . Judge Scott has passed upon a demurrer In the CMC of Theodore Wollstoln against certain directors of the German Savings bank , holding that they are Individually liable for the deposits that were placed In the bank just prior to Ihc time when It closed Its doors on July 10 , 1S9C. Wollsteln deposited $3,000 in the bank on July 1 , 1S96 , and after the failure made a demand upon the directors for the return of his money. They refused , and ho then brought suit , alleging that being personally acquainted with cc-t'taln ' of the directors and their financial standing , he was Induced to so deposit his money on hU faith In their individual crollt and responsibility. Early In the trial the plaintiff was compelled to dlslmss as to Casper IE. Ycfst , William Krug and Paul W. Horbach , as the plaintiff admitted that he had no knowledge as to their olllclal connection with the bank , and the case procecdel as against Henry Meyer. Charles J. Karbach and George Helmrod. Judge Scott In parsing upn the ease said that In his judg ment , If the directors of the bank were at tending to their duty , as the law presumed they did , they knew the Insolvent condition of the Institution on the date on which Ihey received Wollstcln's money. Knowing this condition and then taking the deposit , ho held , made them Individually liable for the amount so deposited. lli.VlTII'VI\i TIIK C1TV I-A HKS. CoitimlxMlnticrN ArrntiKC for Stntuary nnil 'Aililltloiuil ' FountiiliiM. The Board of Pork Commissioners has de cided to expend $5,000 for statuary at the exposition grounds on condition that the county and the exposition 'association will each expend an equal sum and that the en tire lot Is turned over to the board for the adornment o { the various parks after It has served Its purpose for the exposition. It Is unofficially understood that this plan will bo agreed to , OB the statuary will naturally revert to the parks , and this makes It prac tically certain that the sculptural effects of the exposition will be commensurate with Its architectural magnificence. The board has alro decided to place a handsome fountain on the west sldo of Hanscom park. This will constitute a very ornamental auxiliary to the flower beds and grass plots. The pattern that has been se lected Is a ruEtlc effect with what Is known as a stork base and two pan ? . The ground diameter of the basin IP twelve feet and that of the first pan Is a little over six feet. It Is over twelve feet high and the figure of a boy holding a hugo Illy from which the wy.ter spurts Is the crowning ornamentation. The fountain completewill cost about $300. Milk Ordinance. Members of the city council are consider ing the Idea of amending the milk ordinance to make It call for a permit to eell milk Instead of a license. The result of this change would be to make the fees revert to the general fund Instead of the school fund , thus depriving the Board of Education of a revenue of upwards of $2,000 a year. Under the present system the city pays all the expenses of the office and the Board of Edu cation gets all tbo profits. Now It Is pro posed to appoint an assistant milk Inspector and secure a more effective enforcement of the ordinance than Is possible when one man i has to do all the work. It Is assorted that the additional Inspector can collect enough > additional fees to ffset his salary , In addition to locking after the dead animal business. But the council Is not ready to pay an other man unless the ordinance Is so amended that the extra fees collected can bo applied to the payment of bis salary. Cleniilnu : Ontlylnwr SlrectM. The $1,000 that has been provided by the council will nol bo Mifflclcnl to provide for cleaning half the eighty miles of paved streets In the city. The mcst thai can bo accomplished unless an additional appropria tion Is made will be to clean up the busi ness district and then work will stop. Sev eral of the councilmen are In favor of ap propriating a sufficient amount to clean up the entire city. They admit that City En gineer Rosewater Is doing more work than has ever been dene before with the same amount of money and that It Is essential that even the surburban streets should bo cleaned before April 1. EFFECT OF I'LASTKIl O.V CAUTKU. Fnlllnir of n I'lece oil Hln HeiHl .Milken Him KlKhtliitr Mini. A piece of pla-ster which struck Mm en the top of his pate had about a * much effect upon Bill Carter as a red blanket ordinarily ( its on a savage bull. It enraged him to such an extent that ho soundly walloped Guy Stephcno , whom be thought was the cause of the planter's dropping , and also cut him several times In the dead wild a knife. The trouble occurred at Carter's house , at Eleventh end Cct streets , a couple of nlghU ago. Carter occupies the flret floor and ou the stcry above some young fellows were enjoying theincelves wltfi such vigor that the pltster on Carter's celling began to fall about him. Finally oao plceo struck him on hiii he > td , and he summoned the young men to account. When Uicy entered the room ho wsnl after them with a knife. A'l ' escaped except Stephens and the latter fuy that Carter locked the do-jr and beat him to his heart's content. Both were arrested. They are colored. Carter U charged with a at-.lt with Intent to do great bodily Injury and hag pleaded guilty. Ills hearirg will be held won. IiiitM on Fiirnam Street "old. The two loin at the southeast corner of Tenth nnd Farnam streels , now occupied by a hoe ! In the ground , have been fo'.A to the Equitable Life Insurance company of Iowa. The former owner WUH Walter K. Andrews of Derby. Conn. Ifty-flve thou sand dollars l ths consideration named In tile deed. Several lots In this city , formerly owned by Mary P. Oodeby , have been deeded to nn orphan asylum at Troy , N. Y. The deeds are < executed by-Governor Illack of New York , ' who Is executor of the Godcby MtaU. . COON1YOWSSTHELAND AGAIN Last Move in the Deal that Lives Longer Ihin the Boom. POOR FARM ADDITION TIILC. PASSES BACK Scott MnkcM n llccrcc WhlcV ItcitlorcN the Tract to Itx mil Condition nnd Wlpen Out All Stile * . By reason of a decree of the * district court , slgne.1 by Judge Scotl , Iho counly of Dangles finds Itself the undisputed owner of fifty acres of land , heretofore known as Douglus addition to the clly of Omaha. The Irael U commonly known us Ihc Poor Farm addition , platted in 1SS7 , out of which lots wcio tola during the years following. In the decree signed by Judge Scott In the Douglas addition , ho limit' that the sale was Illegal and void for the reason that a major ity of the voters of the county never militar ized the dedication of the land Io the public and never authorized that It be sold by the county commissioners or olhcr county olll- clalw. Following up this finding , Ihe court dectecd that the county never lost any of Its original rlghls In the promises by reason of Ihe prclemlcd sale , Ihough a cloud has b -eii pl'iced upon the lltle. The decree re moves this cloud and restores the land Io Its original condl.lon the sntuo a > s though a sale hud never been made. The court de cision vacates all of the streets ond'nlle > ii In the addition and mukou Iheni a lurt and parcel of fhn original tract. The history of the solo of Douglas ad- dltlcci Is familiar t : all of the older rest , denls of tlio city and county. Yeiro > igo the county canto Into possitvslon of 160 acres of land , a portion of which Is now occupied by the county haipltal. In the SO's the need of a county hospital became apparent end the crimnloslonu's roncrlvcd the nhonie of plat ting and selling a portion of the property and using the proceeds In the construction of a building. In 1SSC this scheme t&ok foua and tl'o pi-3io | > ltlon was oubmlttcd at the election In Hint jear. There was a heavy vote , but ttio iectf i-.iry majority of the votes was not cast In favor of ll.o proposition to pht the gro'iml and build. By an oversight , or otherwise , this condition of uffalrs w\ia rot noticed by tltc c'amtnlhalaii'.vo. In Feb ruary of the following > eir , aided by cn- IhusUism und a brass band , together with a barbecue- held on the premlcca , tlir commis sioners sold the loin at unction , adopting the Installment plan of piijirccit. With the nio-jjy thus iMtcd , Hie howpltal was ercctol and everything went wrll until the second payment on the lots became due. PURCHASERS BACK OUT. During the time Intervening between the sale of th > Douglas addition lots and the < ! ate for making Ihe fcoocnd payment , times be'-eine heal nr.rt money tightened up. Many pf the purchasers defaulted Ir. their pay- tcciits , whllj otlu-ro looked about for a plan to defeat the foreclosure of the mortgagee held by the county. The- matter was looked up thoroughly p.nd the attorneys who repre sented the c'editors couiluded that thuy could dcfcal Ihe counly by contending that the proposition to cell lacked the necessary majority of the votes cast at the election when Iho mailer came before the people. They went Into court and won and then the case went to the cupremc court , where the count ) was defeated. Seeing no other way to pay the Indebted ness of some $200,000 accruing by reason of Iho sale of Ihc poor farm lo's last fall the county submitted a proposition to vote bonds In the sum of $180,000 to refund the judg ments and tno claims that had not been sued upon. This plan wus endorsed by the people and the bonds leaned and offered for sale. At the sale held eomo weeks ago there were .numerous bidders , all of them offering Car , accrued Interest and premium. The bid of Farson Leach & Co. was considered the best , but after purchasing the firm contended that the county had not compiled with all of the legal requirements In holding the election. For the purpose of scllllng the question the county called the matter to the attention of Ihe supreme court. This Irl- bunal reviewed Ihe proceedings and a few days since held that the bonds were legal In all respects. Up to this date Farson Leach & Co. have not taken the bonds , but the commissioners are not worried , as Ihey have received a bid that reduces the Interest to about 3.TS per cent , while the bid of Farson Leach & Co. put the Interest down to only about 4 per cent. cent.While While the proceeds of the sale of the $180- 000 of bonds will not pay off the poor farm judgments nnd clalmp , the money In the treasury , from Judgment levies heretofore made , will bo sufficient to liquidate all ot the claims and Icuvc a surplus on hand , IJMO.V mpor : WOUKIMJ FOHCES. ChiuiKcM Unit Will He Mmlc iilth the Co in I n ur of lAprll. The temporary depot of the Union 'Pacific must be completed 'by ' April 1. .It Is said that such orders ha\e been given , and the contractor Is hustling to obey them. The structure Is now In a well advnced stage and there Is no reason wtiy It should not bo completed by the date mentioned. It Is also staled lhal Iho employes of Iho road at the old depot have been notified to get ready to move by the same date. There will bo a number of now facra among the attaches of the now Burlington depot. Of the corps that have been cm- ployed at the old union depol all but four are connected with the Union Pacific. The \ four ara 'Burlington ' men. When the Union Pacific contingent is called away the Jlur- llnglon will be force. 1 to employ an entire baggage room brigade and Ihe olhcr em ployes that are necessary about a depot. MKXOItY OF IIISIIOICMIIKHOV. . HCIIII Fnlr llrucH Churchmen to Clicrlnh nnil Kmiiliitc | | | H Kxnmple. Services were held yesterday morning at Trinity cathedral In commemoration of Blahop Clarkson. Dern Fair Bfloko briefly of Bishop Clarksn's life and works. "A good man never dies , " ho said. "God endowed Dr. Clarkson with wonderful pcr- Buaslvc power cod made him a power for good In the world. His kindly voice and gentle manner won cvcrjono whom ho met. But Ihe man striking th'iig aboul Bishop Clarkson wan his uraelfish rilaponlllon and his constant self-denial. Ho left cne'of the best churches In America to become the bishop ot Nebraska , and hn ! devotion to mla- slcn work In a st'-uggllng western state was heroic. Churchmen can best pcrpetuale Bishop Clarkson's memory by faithfully fol- fowtiig In his footsteps. " Sliiiriniin'M "lory Snvcn Him. Some Irlck of magic made John Shurman a thief , if Ihc Plory he Imx told to the po llen judge l true. He wag nsleep In the Webster street depot nnd when ho awokn ho walked out without uny idea that any thing was wronir until u stranger tapped him on the shoulder iin 1 demanded an over coat on his back. Hhiirmun nays that ho then looked duAii find found that tm wan wp.irlng u garment which wan not hlH. Slitmnan told the warm * Htory to the Ftranger. who was Janu-H Hulhurson , a Unllcd Stiitps nnllor who Is on his way to his Hhlp at Sin FruncHco , The latter con- xldrrrd It of very dnublfiil quantity and had Shurman nrreHli-d. Judi- Gordon thought that there might bo Korm-thlng In the tula , however , und dltichurgcd the prisoner. \ot lit the > lc"M < T iullli Home. In thti re-port of the trial and conviction of ItnlphMi'HTjm'th It was Htnti-d that the Ktolcn gooJs which figure In the cnt were found at nix mother's house. This li Incorrect. Thi goods WITH found nt Jann Anderson's house on North Twenty-second street. Mejrnmlth' parcnU had nothing I to du iwlth Ihe young inun'a crime , und did not attend the trial at any Urn *
