Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA ; DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JTJXE 19 , 1871. OKAHA , TUESDAY JIO112SIXG , APRIL 19 , 1S98 SINGLE COPY FITE CENTS.
SUGAR BEET EXPERIMENTS
Secretary Wilrra Enbmit * Pull Eeport cm
the
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE PLANT
AKrlrnlttiral Department nnflrnvur-
IUR 1o Produce n Variety of
Beetn De-tier-Suited to Amer
ican Condition * .
Th < Becretary ot agriculture has Just trans-
jnltted to the president for the Information
of congress a very full report on the present
condition of the nupw beet industry In this
country , and of the operation ot the depart
ment during the past ccawn In relation
thereto. The document consists of two
ports , the first being a report from the
chemist of the department , Xr. ) H. "W , Wiley ,
Jn which the history of th e Wdustry IE re
viewed and giving a full account of the
season's operations.
The principal distribution ol sugar-beet
need the pant eearon was made .through the
agency of the agricultural experiment sta
tions , the directors of many stations having
been appointed special agents ot the depart
ment SVT carrying this method into effect.
fiends were also sent to about 10,000 farmers
In different parta of the country , with full
Instructions for planting , cultivating and
sampling for analyclti. These lnntructlonK
were contained in Farmers' -Bulletin No. E2 ,
cf which during the season nearly 150,000
copies were distributed. Tie sample * tor
analysis wore sent cither to the agricultural
experiment utatlona or to the Department ot
Agriculture. In all about i/JOO camples were
received for analysis at the Department of
Agriculture.
The ben resulte we/re / reported from the
elates of .New Tork and Michigan. Other
dales in which reports were favorable were
"Wisconsin , Ohio , Indiana. Minnesota , Nc-
vado. South Dakota , "Wyoming and Colorado.a
Stales giving lair resulls were Iowa , Nell
liraska. New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In
general , It was found that after passing
south of the mean isotherm of 71 degrcto
F ! . for the three months of June , July and
August , tbe results were poor. It Is found
that the belt of territory included between
\ the limits of tbe isotherms of 71 and C9 degrees -
grees may be regarded as the basic belt
of "the beet sugar Industry. The best resulls
arn obtained -within or north of this belt ,
o er climatic conditions being favorable.
Erue.me northern limits of eugar-beet cul
ture are determined only by the advent of
Jreczlng weather.
A comparison of analytical data with the
thermal area shows a remarkable agreement.
In Elates BO situated that their northern
portions are in the favorable thermal area ,
while their southern portions are without ,
comparison of the analyses of the beets
grown in the southern , central and northern
portions of these states chows a Tegular
gradation of excellence from south to north.
The conditions of growing beets under irrl-
gatlon have been studied somewhat , but im
perfectly. Tlie data collected , however , ore
very reassuring , and lead to the evident be
lief that Irrigated lands , under proper ther
mal conditions , will give most excellent re
turns with beets.
JThe report contains not only the analyt
ical data obtained at tbe Department of Agri
culture , arranged alphabetically by states
eua countic * . but also of the data which have
been obtained at the agricultural experiment
stations during the year. In all instances
the data nbUtoed at the stations agreed
very closely with those secured from the
came .states at the Department of Agricul
ture. Tccse data from the experimental sta
tions are collated and studied side by side
with the data from tbe came elates
obtained from the Department of Agriculture ,
jnflktag a complete exposition ofthe results
of investigations .from all parts of the coun
try. ITlie collaboration tbus secured be
tween tbe elates and the department bos
Herded the best possible result * in the
tudle * undertaken.
PRODUCING A NEW BEET.
Experiments were also conducted in the
production of high grade beets. Scene ot
tbe high grade .seeds obtained at the ela
tion at Setiuylcr during the continuance of
the- work at tbat point were found to have
sufficient vitality to continue their growth.
Otter high grade seeds produced from spe
cially analyzed beets were procured Irom
European growers , and , in collaboration with
* ix of tbe experiment ctatioas , comparative
tests were made of these seeds in various
localities. The .stations collaborating In this
work were Tennorsee , Kentucky , Indiana ,
Iowa , "Wisconsin and New Tork. Tbe best
results were obtained from the stations in
"Wisconsin and New Tork. The beets which
were grown at the New Tork station were
carefully selected lor physical properties ,
and those which reached the standard of
efcape and elzc were subjected to individual
analyses and preserved for the propagation
of eccCs for tbe ocaeon of 1898. In all , 800
beets were found to iave the requisite quall-
ficatlonc for the production ot ceede , and
these have been preserved during the winter
in a silo and ere to be distributed this spring
to the -various stations for seed production.
: A lew of them which have exhibited pecu
liar strain * of excellence have been preserved
lor the production of new variety of beetn ,
which It is proposed to call the American
Elite. These beets have an average weight
ot ebout thirty ounces and an average con
tent of sugai of 19 per cent. Tbe purity
of juices k ) similar beets was found to be
about 8H. These beets , baving known theoe
remarkable variations from tbe standard in
elre and sugar quality , are evidently filled
to produce a new variety of beets better
culled to American farmers than tbe stan
dard beets ot Europe. It U the Intention
of the department to endeavor to establish
* variety ot becls of this kind which shall
bfive at least a third greater weight than
the standard eugar beet of Europe without
losing anytfalttg in sugar > -eontenl or In purity
ol juice. The immense advantage ol ouch
a variety of beets for American growers is
easily seen. Tbe most successful scientific
work in the future will come from placing
tbe seed * in the hands of a few reliable per
sons in each locality and * ecuring a careful
supervision of their work by ootne accredited
agent ot a state experiment elation or tbe
Department of Agriculture ,
The report contains a chapter on the
ralue of the sugar beet and the beet pulp as
cattle food , giving the chemical composition
ol each , the ratio between the nutrients , and
Its general value as a producer of milk and
fat and as a sustaining ration.
SUGAR PRODUCTION.
The report closes with a chapter on statis
tics of sugar production in this country
< urlne the year 1897. Ourlr s the season
nine factories were in operation In the United
fitatea. namely , at Alameda. Lei Alamllos ,
Watsonvllle and Chlno. Cal. ; Leh ! , Utah ;
Bddy , N. M- : Grand Island and Norfolk.
Neb. , and Home , N. T. Forty-one thousand
two hundred and eeventy-two acres ot beett
ere harvested , with an aggregate weight cf
S8S.CB5 tons , a yield of almost nice and on < -
halt tons per acre. This is lew than the
average in Europe , but with more scientific
agriculture and judicious fertilisation the
yield hi this country -doubtless be brought
up to , if not tii-re. tbe average of the best
fields of Europe. The careful experiments
of tbe New York experiment station at
Geneva , with beets crown in collaboration
with tbe Department of Agriculture , resulted
in an average yield of over sixteen tens of
tUrh grade beet * per acre.
Tlie total amount of beet sugar made In
the United Slate * during the year 1897 wa
M.4&1.C70 pounds , an average ot 2S2 pounds
per ton of 2,000 pound * , or 11.C per cent of
the weight of tbe bee.lt. This ii a leu per-
enttce Lhao is obtained in Germany , but ,
renxiderlnc the newneia ot the industry In
tlita country , K i cuBcienUy encouraging.
Reliable information - ho > ws that there will
fee la operation In the United Slates curing
* * * * 1
Hkf KM KA nnv te p nj
located In Utah { ! ) . Oregon { ! ) . California
W. Michigan fl ) , and New Tork (1) ) . It 1
safe to say that at least 80,000 acres -will 1 > e
planted In beeU during the setson of 1K9S.
The yield of iK-ets may be expected to be
early fiOO.OOO tons s.o3 of eugar about 180-
0.000 pounds. Thcee ertlmatcs should be
idaced nomrwhat 10 represent the proper
utput cf ibeet sugar in the United Statcc ;
hey are sufficient , however , to show the
apld growth of the kidnstrywhich will
xperlence an enlargement of not less than
0 per cent during the coming ncanon. The
icreentage of 'beet sugar produced in the
'nltcd States duritg 1K97 to the total con
sumption was only -2U * but the iiroepectn
that in ISftB it will be ce.rly 4 per cent
T the total consumption , -xihlch now amounts
i about .000,000 tons annually.
The second part of the report consists of
full account of the operations of The Ccld
gent , ilr. C F. Saylor , who during the past
eason visited all the principal sugar-beet
manufacturing plants and factories , and re-
lounls the result of bis interviews with
ioth growers and mannfaclurers. Mr. Say-
piper concludes with answers from the
Tactical men in charge of various beet-
: ugar factories In response to a series of
.nterrogatorles concerning the more 1m-
iortant features of the beet-sugar industry.
WA IIIXG THE STJIKEIS CXEAC.
Inln Urfrlnii nnd Tlly Enirlnrer Com-
Iilclm IhrVorl .
The heavj- rain of the last two drys has
ccompllsbcd a good deal toward cleaning out
tie streets and alleys. A vast amount of
ebrlE has been washed out through the
ewers and the pavements in the business
tetrlct are pretty thoroughly renovated.
City Engineer Roeewaler is completing the
work which the rain begun , by having the
own-town streets flushed from the hydrants ,
and It is thought that this process will be
itlllzed to a considerable extenl during tbe
Bummer. It Is believed 1o be at once tie
: heapest and most cfleptlve method of clean-
ng paved streets where there is a sufficient
rrade to admit It. It IE contended that half
dozen men equipped with a couple of
engths of iiose could clean more square
rards of pavement between midnight and
morning than fifty men could clean In all
" ar by any other means. This hag the addl-
jj al advantage of securing freedom from
a ust. and it leaves the slreels in much bet-
ll er condition than sweeping or scraping ,
v rhlch can only remove the bulk of the
r BC. Mr. Rosewater thinks be
c : an devise an apparatus that will
fl o the work more effectively than an ordl-
E : ary nozzle , and some arrangement will
T irobably be made with the water company
b jy which the necessary water ctn be used.
KILL EKECT THE STREET AXICUES.
Retailer * Tnke TJI the City
trirlnn' Illaiulnmtlon Sntccextion.
The Omaha retailers have taken Tip the
uestlon of street illumination and there Is
: ow a satisfactory prospect tbat something
will be accomplished In Ihe line of City
Electrician Schurlg's recommendation. A.
Hospe. Jr. . is taking the lead in tfae matler
nd Ihe other members of the organization
ave promised their co-operation. City Elec
trician Schurlg bos practically perfected the
lar.a for the arches and nothing remains to
ie dcae except to secure the patronage of the
lustaces firms who would be benefited by the
mprovcment. Tills the retailers have under-
aken to accomplish and tbey expect lo be
ueressful. 11 Is now contemplated that tbe
arches will be erected in the center of the
ilock instead of at the Intersection. At tuc
alter point tbo arch voulfl be en one side
ar 'the olher. tlus giving a one-elded effect ,
while U it IB In the middle of the block every
me profits alike. The fact that there ore
arc lights at all Inlcrsectlras in tbe district
hat It is proposed to illuminate is also taken
nto consideration and consequently it has
sen decided that the- arches will be more
iffectlve if they are placed midway between
the arc lights.
WOT- . .
A number of additional permits have "been
seued by the building inspector for exhibi
tion buildings at the -exposition grounds.
The Montana State ( Exposition com
mission nas ercured a permit for the erec
tion of a elate building vblch will cost
$0,000. Itwill be two stories high and
42xC3 feet in extent. Tie Japan Central
Tea company will build a large structure
TExlDO feet at a on * ! ot * S,500 , and the
Liggett ft Meyer * Tobacco company will
put tip a building - whichwill cost $2,000.
Matlirtlc * .
The following births end deaths -were re
ported at the health office durinj the tweaty-
tonr lours ending at noon vesterday :
Births Emll Schom. 1E11 Lake street ,
boy ; W. C. "Welgri , Ell North Elghtecntn ,
girl ; Jeue Gundereen. 414 Pacific , girl.
Deaths Ralj-b Marriott , 17. 218 Ulnney.
dlphtheretlcal paralyste. Forest Lawn.
Rmixinir a Drbt.
A BucccEBtul effort at drt > t llltteg WHB
made yesterday at the "Walnut Hill Metho
dist Episcopal -church. The people of that
churtOi 'have decided to get out of debt or
make a desperate effort at least. They are
not very heavily ( burdened BE matters stand.
having a mortcage oT only $2,000 on their
church , tout this they liave decided ao re-
dn-ce 3)v one-half , or a1)OTit that sum. They
tad .planned to raise JSOO yesterday , and
under the leadership of their pastor. Rev.
C. N , Dawson , end the inspiration of a ser
mon by Dr. Jesse Bowman Toung of St.
iLouiE. the matter was taken up and sub
scriptions to the amount of $ S70were re
ceived in leas than half an hour. They
intend to push en to the $1.000 mark , thus
cutting the debt In two in the middle.
Wort on Ibe Lake Street Line.
Notwithstanding tbe rain the Omaha
Street Railway company kept a force of
men at work all day double-tracking Lake
street from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth.
Switches have been p nee dt both Twenti
eth and Twenty-fourth streets , in order
that the Twentieth street line may be used
to carry the exposition traffic from tlie
depots direct to the grounds. "While tbe
street railway company will not put the
largest cars on this line It will probably
use tbe Hanscom park and "Walnut Hill
motors , which are much larger than tbe
old style > and aie capable of carrying fifty
persons without crowding.
For years the iwople of "Walnut Hill and
Clifton Hill have been crying f nr open cars.
At lost the ambition of the people out In
the northwestern purt of fne city has been
Katlsfitid. This morning they were given the
line new motors.
Rennlon of Flnrt Defender * .
READING , Pa April IK. Tbe five Penn
sylvania companies , now famous as the "First
Defenders. " because they were the first to re-
rpond to President Lincoln's call for troops ,
observed at Orwlpsburg , Pa- , today , the thir
ty-seventh anniversary of taelr departure for
"Washington. The five companies , consicl-
Ing of ihe Allen Infantry of Allenlown , Logan
Guard * of Lewlstcn. Ringgold artillery of
Reading and the National Light Infantry and
\Vashlngton artillery of Pottsville. mustered
S30 men when they arrived In "Washington.
At the business meeting today a report wai
made showing that 12S are still living.
Cfaerrnw Indiana < ! - .
OUTHRIE. Old , April IS. Nearly 1,000
Oheyenae Indian * are gathered on tbe banki
of the North Canadian , many miles from
the agency , holdlnr a jchosl dance. It 1
feared by many that the Indians , incited
by their medicine men , wiH take advantage
ot the absence of troops from neighboring
forts ID * tart aa uprlslng'to secure more
beef rations and In revenge-tor the enforce
ment ot the territorial anil-polygamy law.
which has -caused creaidiscontent in the
trlbt
WASHINGTON. April IB. Senator
thai ] of Mississippi CM been quite in as the
result of a berry cola , but today bis cendi-
ttoA nuwcd * " G&DOura l&f ImnrovcsnB&t ,
. itei' .
ARMOUR'S PLANT AT SOUTH OMAHA.
WESTERN PASSENGER RATES
General Agents Will Try to EemDve Causes
of Demcralization.
SITUATION .TO R CEIV ATTENTION
of tbe A M > clntl > n Called
Denver to Go Into tlie
aH Ser \'lutt
Oas lie Done.
A call has been issued for a meeting of
the "Western Passenger association at Den
ver on Thuruday of this week. The rate
situation in the west will be considered , and
there will be some discussion of it-curing
the co-operation of roads in other associa
tions . to put in reduced rates for lh exposi
tion here. After the adjournment of the
,
Denver meeting tie general passenger agents
will come right to Omaha and will ppend
Friday liere looking over the exposition
grounds and buildings.
The local general patnenger ogents feel
much encouraged for more extended rates
lor the exposition since the passage of the
c : ity ordinance regulating the ticket broker
age business. One of them cuid to The
Bee that be thought tbe action of the city
council would de more to secure reduced
ales by lines outside of this territory than
anything else could possibly have accom-
_ lifibed. A copy of the ordinance "has been
mailed to the general lassenger agent of
each line in the country by Chairman Caldwell -
well of the 'Western Passenger association.
Until this time there lias been no indica-
lon that roads outside the "Western asso
ciation would concede reduced rates to the
exposition , but passenger men now express
their confidence in tmch co-operation.
TRAVEL OVER THE RAILROADS.
SomeInferewtlnr Ktm.tirtlr on tlie
WjKtter of TraMnportntliMi.
It ! a generally accepted but erroneoun
upposltion tbat Americans travel more than
any other people. A comparison ot the pas
senger traffic in tbe United Slates with that
n. the United Kingdom , Germany and France
reveals some surprising facte. The figures
or 1869 , according to Emory Johnson , pro-
eesor of transportation at tbe University of
fenneylvanla , are as follows : The number
of passengers carried one mile per mile of
road upon the railroads of the United Stales
was 71,705. In France the number was 273-
315 , in Germany 815,399 and in the United
Kingdom , 440,000. The average distance
whicfa the Briton travels per year by rail is
44 miles ; for the American the distance is
.209 miles , for the Frenchman 17C miles and
or the German 1C5 miles. The englishman
takes 24.4 tripe per year on an average , the
German 11.3 , the Frenchman 9.C and the
American 8.2. Americans travel extensively.
but it Is evident from the foregoing com
parisons tbat the possibility o ! developing the
passenger service in this country has by no
means reached Its limit.
The freight business of the railroad * of
the United States Is onuc hlanger than their
passenger service , tbe earnings from freight
being nearly three times that from the pas
senger traffic. It is only in aome of the
New Eugland states , the most densely popu
lated parts of the United States , that tne
passenger receipts equal the freight earnings.
The industrial conditions of tbe United
States necessitate the movement of great
quantities ot ftmlky freight long distances.
Our principal jgrain fields are trom 1.000 to
1,500 miles from the manufacturiag districts
and seaboard Cities. Our richest iron depas-
ks are in tbe states adjacent to Lake Su
perior , hundreds of miles Sror- the coal ( beds
of Illinois , Ohio and Pennsylvania. Most of
the cotton crop is moved long distances tech
ch the callls of New England and Great
Hrltaio * In fact , unost othe products of out
field * , forest * . vnines and factories are mar
keted over "stifle areas. The average dis
tance traveled by each ton of ifrelg-ht moved
during the year ended June 30. 18i n , w-a
114.47 sullen ; and. as the railroads carried
7C5B91SS5 tons that Tear , the number of
tons carried one mile -was 95,228.860,278.
A comparison < . the revenues received
from the freight and passenger services by
the American , Germaa , iFrcnch and British
rathrays is Instructive. For each dollar re
ceived from the ipassenger traffic the Amer
ican railroads earn J2.95 from their freight
te
business , tbe Germaa rnais 12.40 , tbe
Freach 11.31 and the British railways $1.17.
The United Kingdom nas the greatest vol
ume -of passenger traffic per population ot
any country la the worid.
Union PaelBe Land Cumpnay.
The Union Pacific Land company bus been
Incorporated in Utihwith an authorized
capital stock of flOO.DOO for the purpose of
controlling , tolling and developing tfae lands
owned by tbe Union Pacific Railroad com
pany. The headquarters to be at Salt
Lake -City and the following ore tbe officers.
Chairman , TiVinslow S. Pierce ot New Tork ;
president. Horace G. Dun ot Omaha ; vice
president. Lawrence Greer of New Tork City ;
secretary , Alexander Millar of Boston ; treas
urer. Jame G. Harris of 3Cew Tork ; auditor ,
Ercsttifl Toung ot Omaha ; local treasurer.
Frank D. Brown of Omaha ; general solicitor ,
William H. Kelly of Oniahi ; genera ] manager ,
Birdcall A. McAllaetrr of Omaha.
Koek Ivlnnd Rmem-lnr
During the present season the Rock Island
will remove and replace with iron bridgei
aixteen wooden bridges now in service be
tween Philllpsbnrg. Kan. , and Colorado
Springe , Colo. These are mostly deck-girder
bridgea. with two abutments. The old bridges
vary ic lengtb from elxty-tbree f et to 28
feet. Tbe emails * ! of the new bridgea will
be single-deck girder epaoc of forty-four feet.
vhile the loncoet wooden bridge -will be re
placed by two apau of eighty feet in length ,
if ' > ' *
i i
each resting upon end abutments and a center
pier. <
Ruin , Alonjr tlie Itnllroniln.
All the Tallrcads In tbe state report good ,
bard rains , about like that which fell In
Omaha on Sunday nlpbt and during Monday.
The Union Pacific also reported a hard driv
ing rata throughout Kansas. Every portion
of Nebraska and Kansas has been covered by
tbe rain and it is esteemed to be of Invalu
able benefit to the agriculture ot both elates.
It is the opinion of railway officials that tbe
ground of llieee two slates is in better con
dition for big crops during IBiiB than ever
before.
EDWARD HA-XMOJTD BEL4J IX JAIL.
Ko-rel Effort of n 3'rUonnr to Encnpc
IM-o * e * n Puilare.
Edward Hammond. TP C 1 in jail as a
fugitive from justice , attempted toelude ar
rest -when he learned thiilj tbe police were
after him , in a novel and original manner.
Since his return to Omaha , Hammand bas
been residing with nls staler , Mrs. Joseph J.
Bergcr of 1BOS JJorth Tweniy-first street. A
few days ago , Trhen tbe. authorities were
asked by the police -of Su Joseph , Mo. , to
bs on the lockout for the man. it was re
called by Captain Mostyn that afler Hammond
mend broke jail in St. Joseph , where be was
'held ' for highway robbery , it was through the
eZortE of the Omaha department that the
fugitive was apprehended In Minneapolis.
The authorities here otlfied tbe police of
St. Joseph at the time , of the matf s arrest j !
up there and an officer armed with requlsl-
lien papers went after Hammond , from the
Missouri city. "While returning with his
prisoner the officer "Ice ! Hammond. '
He leaped through e coach win
dow while the train we * running aboul
, thirty-five miles an liour , igetthrg a/way /
" without apparently any Injury.
Hammond must iave snade his -way to
Omaha directly after Til * successful leap for
liberty , because , although tbe authorities did
not know of his presence untfl at the clos
ing ot last week , they now say that all of
the highway rrfiberies which have been com
mitted in Omaha during tbe last two weeks
are a sroofl indication o ! tbe fact Dial Hammond
mend has been in Ihe city for several weeks.
iLt-arning where Hammond was living Cap.
tain Haze determined , lo arrest 'him and
for that purpose be took several officers
to the Berger residence and searched the
house. Hammond was ( found wrapped up
snugly in a large window curtain anl stored
away upon ihe top shelf tt & dark closet
which is ordinarily tout little used by the
household. He admitted his Identity and
made no lurtlher effort -to elude the offi
cers.
cers.Chief Gallagher is making an attempt to
connect Hammond with .some of the recent
llghway robberies , tut if "he cannot be
"planted" In Nebraska the prisoner 'will
Ibe turned over again to the police of St.
Joseph.
RO11DED OF II1S "WATCH.
Three PnirnaIou SV4dlen T l e
Tlmenleee Iron dinner * Victim.
John C. "Wilpple of 24lC Pierce street was
the victim of a robbery- yesterday at the
idveeey flats , i09 North Thirteenth street.
He lost a gold watch , and James Farrell ,
Harry Hayman and Edward Porter ore under
arrest , charged with the crime. They are
all peddlers.
The peddlers would 11 * a nlght of de
bauchery at the Llvesey fiats , where a
woman with whom Porter is acquainted
rooms. They were all drunk , and obrerving
their condition , the Janitor of the building
attempted to prevent them Jrom going up-
stalre when tbey appeared. He won forced
aside end the trio proceeded to the woman's
room. y
Porter demanded admittance , but when
the woman learned that there were three
men waiting to gel ln"bL refused to open
tbe door. Then the peddlers became eo
noisy and demonstrative ! .that tbe janitor
went above end ordered'teem out of tbe
building. .For an atuwer the peddlers
pounced upon him anc | gave him a severe
beating.
"Whrpple t > fl occupied a room on tbe floor
below during the night , and as be stepped
into the nail to leave-lhi building be met
the peddlers. Tohis watch was attached a
leathern fob. He was 8n , the a'St of trans
ferring the timepiece friar-one pocket to another -
other , and Farrell pot ( Acktcf it He jerked
it from tbe fob and It ifell to the floor.
"Whlpple made an effort fcoRecover the watch ,
but paje that Haymani a&d Porter jumped
upon him end held limr wklle Farrell picked
the watch up and ran-nvjay with it. Tbe
stolen projwrty ias not been recovered , al
though none cf tbe | en 3deny having been
a party to the crime : * '
Hsyman came to lOm na from Denver
about two months Ago. p'arrell resides on
North Twenty-fourth ' street with relatives ,
and Porter liven acnr tbe .corner of Burdette
and Thirty-eighth streets Ryan recently
came from Chicago. An Information charg
ing him with larceny Iraffl the person has
been filed in police court. ;
Prank AtklM - ' * * to Jail.
Frank Atkinson pleaded - ullty In police
cturt to jnetty larceny and was vent t > the
county jail by Judge Gordon for thirty days.
He stole a suit of clothe * out of a down
town department store. La t I > eeembr At
kinson was an employeof the establishment -
ment and then it wa that the crime wiu =
committed
Special Offlotr Key "X who accomplished
Abe. man's conviction , has recovered a large
quantity of dry peed * and f urrdshinc goode.
Including- silks , that Atkinson also stole ?
f rum tbe store. They were In hU possession
at tbe time of Mi arrest for tbe larceny
of the suit of clothe * , and the fact Is oern-
cnstruled that Atkinson practiced rysOem-
atlc shoplifting while h * was conner.tid
with the business bouaa. Other charge *
mill be preferred acainst him after his pret
est sentence runs out.
Xonalnntioat * fcy thePremldent. .
WASHINGTON , April IK. The president
toSay cent tbeee noailnAtions to ihe.senate ;
LeanderH.Shubcrt.tD be surveyor of cus
toms at Co'jncll Bluffs. la. * Cterles H. Norrlfi ,
receiver of public money * at Vifcalla , Cal. ;
R. H. Robinson of Otlo. .to'fce an twsktant
nival cQoctructor la tb Bavy.
COUNTY TO HAKE ITS LIGHT
More in the Interest of Display During the
Bummer.
COMMISSIONERS HAVE A NEW SCHEME
Will Inrtnll a Dj-nomo at tlie Co-nnty
Bo iiltztl and Mclit AH tbe
from tlie Pnl > -
Ue
The county commissioners ere -figuring on
doing some illuminating during tbe holding
of the exposition and if their plans do not
miscarry they will make Ibe court house a
thing of beauty.
Last fall , during ihe state fabweek , under
the direction of Superintendent Hauck , the
court house was illuminated and il was the j I I
opinion of residents and visitors that it was
one of the most artistic things about the city.
Tbls year the commlcslonerc propose to go
j farther and illuminate the building during
the five months , beginning May 1. The elec-
trltol decorations have act been decided upon , J
but 1 it -understood that tbey"will be new
and of original design. Already plans are
being cocfaldered for strings ol lights about
the tower and -cornice , with a large' eearch-
teht located-not lar-from-the figure of Justice
that surmounts the tower of the building.
Heretotore the main thing that stood In
tbe way of illuminating the county building
wee tbe expense. This question. In a meas
ure , has been dU-posed ot and the commission-
crs are-about ready to ask the electricians ]
of the city to submit plans for designs and '
figures Jor putting them up. These plans
twill Ibe .approved by the commissioners and
they will also ibe approved by Superintendent
Hauck , who manipulated the decorations
last jear. 'While he has not formulated any
report it is known tbat he favors work-
in ; the lights to to designs of the national
colors , with figures as companion pieces
worked in the colors of the Knights of Ak-
Sar-Ben.
TVHJULi MAKE ITS O"WN CURRENT.
Regarding the expense of illuminating the
court house the commissioners nave fig
ured tbat It can be done fcr nearly noth
ing. At the present time the county pays
the electric light company about $300 and
the gas company about $ GO per month tor
furnishing light at the court bouse. Ihe jail
and the county hospital. "While these fig
ures are not considered exorbitant , it is fig
ured tbat the county can furnish the same
service Jor almost nothing. Out at the
county iospltal the county bas a battery
of boilers aod they are run night an a day. J
A fireman is hired to work days and an
other to work nights , so tbat a man is on
duty all tbe time. These boilers furnish the
neat for the ibulldteg , tot every day any
quantity off power is wasted , there 'being
no use Jor 1L ( By putting to a drnamo that
will cost $500 the commlsloners estimate
that with the same .help now em
ployed and tbe same quantity of fuel now-
used , they would be able to light all of the
county buildings and in addition have
cnouch power left "to illuminate the court
bouBp without an extra dollar of expense.
If the plan proposed by the ccmmlBEloncrs
is carried out , H will necessitate the string
ing of wires from the hospllal to the court
bouse , but this , it is estimated , can be done
for from $1,000 to | 1,500 , and then the wires
will be there for all time to come. Aside
from the stringing of the wires , there would
be no expense , BE the hospital , the court
house and the. all buildings are all wired
and the wiring Is owned by the county , eo that
-that all would have to 1)6 done would be to
connect the feed wires up with the wires In
tbe buildings and turn on the current.
GETTING CONTROL OF POLES.
The line of poles running from the court
house to the hospital is owned by the light
ing company , but the commissioners figure
that by paying a small rental , they could
make arrangements with the telephone or the
street railway company , both of wblch have
lines of poles extending over the entire dis
tance that the county would be required to
use "While this matter of lighting and il
lumination lias not yet come before
tie board in an official manner , it t
le likely to be brought up for
consideration wllbln the next tew days , at
which time It Is more than likely bids will
be invited for placing a dynamo and con
structing a line of wire as heretofore indi
cated.
The commissioners figure that if they built
and owned their own Heating plant tbey could
I y for the same inside of two years , after
wblch time tbe whole tfalng could be oper
ated without a cent of expense to the county.
Orance Free § t te Conten In.
Through the Dally- Postal Bnlle'io It Is
announced that the IniernatiDnal Bureau of
the Universal Poctal Union at Berne ,
Switzerland , decided that samples of arti
cles composed of frlafcR or othar fragile HUb-
Kt-noes are admissible to the mails ex
changed between the Orange Free State
and the. countrtci Included In this union ,
< l provided tlwy are packed BO an to preclude
i the possibility of Injury to j > otal employes
i In case the articles should break. Such
an plf will be received a * panralts of mer-
ehundisa , imd may be sent unaled and at
the same rate of postage as other samples ,
f tbe in IU on C e.
Tbe case of Jane HotchkinB against the
estate of Charles "W. Hamilton , deceased ,
was on before County Judge Barter on
the application of the plaintiff 4o examine
tbe estale. The application was refused ,
with the provision that it may be renewed
at some subsequent date. In this cane the
plaintiff has-claim of some J60.00D against the
estate. She allejres tbat some twenty years
ac ° .she loaned Hamilton large sums of
money and that It has .never been paid
bade.
Take * to Ho i > l ( l.
Andrew Johnson , adjudged inaoati and who
baa been in tb * county jail for . xtnmbcr
of days , has been transferred to the county
huspUal for treatment. The man hns u
brother here who will tuke him to his home
In Iowa as peen us he is able to travel.
Jl'BCE GOIIUOX OX 1IAIL , BONDS.
Ciilnlnn > jind Defend * tlie Practice In
* I'ollre Court.
OMAHA. April IS. To the Editor of The
Bee : Several days ago you pu llbpdvhut
purported to be an interview with Coai'ty
Attorney Baldrice. In which he wus cuo.i.il
as assailing tlie police pou-t cnrt my con
duct us police judge. The day following the
publication of the attack on me Mr. litlil-
rige called me up by telephonean > ' In
funned me that he was mlsauotcd , an 3 fur
tber said that he would cause the * : ate-
ments to be corrected. This he ims f < c ed
1t
to do and smce "what is not deul"5 Is sup
posed to be true , " 1 take It upnn
to offer a full and complete corrrt 'os. '
Mr. Baldrlge says : "We have abandoned
the idea of suing on bondp , simply for tbe
reason that nine time * out of tea the rnre-
tles accepted by the police judge are nb-o-
lutey ! worthless ; " How , Mr. Ealdrlge , did
you reach this conclusion ? Are there not
iundreds of tioods that have been lorfeltpd
within the last ten years upon which you
have brought no action ? Have you ever In-
stiluleS puit on bonds takra in police court
by me or any of my predecessors ! if sn ,
has ' judgment been rendered , esecullon IF-
rued and returned "no properly found' "
Have you ever sued on any "bond taken by
the judces o ! the dlrtrlct court in criminal
cases and collected the amount ? Is it not n
fact ' that for years , including the years of
your incumbency , the department over
which you exercise Jurls21ctlnn Ins "besn
very 'derelict and neglectful In the matter
of instituting action ? for "the recovery of
money on forfeited bonds 7 1 shall not be
so uncharitable as to charge you r-Jth will
ful -neglecl of duly , bul 1 do contend that
the neglect hns been such as to leave ymtr
department wide open to this sort of criti
cism.
cism.Mr.
Mr. Baldrlge further says : "While 1 do
not try many of the police cases in police
court , I am informed by my assistants that
Judge -Gordon never requires a bondsman
to Justify , ' " In reply .to this I would say
that such a statement Is unqualifiedly false.
Nor can I believe that any of the assistants
to the county attorney , who certainly know
to the contrary , would be guilty -of perpe
trating such a gross and palpable Imposition.
"What are tbe facts ? Well. In this as In
every other controversy , records are the
best evidence. The records of my court
show that since June 1 of last year up to
the present time about ICO persons have
been tried and bound over ta the district
court on felony charges. Of the ICO bound
over , 119 were committed to the county Jail
for lack of ball , of which number , if any
gave ball , gave 4t In the district court , as
after the transcripts are filed the cases
pass out of my Jurisdiction. Just forty of
the ICO furn.Mie3' ball 1m my court and of
.his ajumber twenty-nine were -on justified
> md , leaving eleven cases In all In wbich
there was not a justified bond. A large
lortlon , if siot all , of the eleven cases , were
caeca whtre by agreement of the attor
neys on froth sid-ee the accused was
allowed to go on a nominal bond. Time and
again I bare requcetcd the opinion of your
attending KR letanta as to ihe stability ot
bonds , Tioth as to the amount and tbe eurety.
hava invariably consulted wltb them on this
nrattcn when fixing bonds in felony capes. In
no instance , when the intent of the criminal
wa * malt eel , have I accepted -bond without
cqulrlng the sureties to justify. 1 cannot
jelieve that you have had any different in-
'ormatiDn than thle from your aeEistatils ,
ind if yon bare had il from others you have
aeen sadly deceived. I recognize in your
statement that you "do not try many police
cases in police court" a semblance of truth ,
and may I not suggest that It IB because of
this that your knowledge of the practice in
[ tolice court , ae far as my judicial acts ore
concerned , is o indefinite and remote. U
occurs to me thai oae official should not
trespa 3 upon the moral domain of another
and hurl insinuations without firct finding
that there is probable cause lor so doing. I
challenge comparison between the bonds
taken in my court and those taken In higher
courts. I know it ie said that comparison * :
are odious , but eo far as tbe odioueness is
concerned I feel that I , ae police judge , am
entirely cafe from disappointment by any
such comparison.
One word more , and this In reference to
the bond In the Minnie Stephens case. In
that cose the surety Justified under oatht
staling that ie wa6 worth in real estate ,
over and above all liabilities , liens and in
cumbrances , the eum of $1C.OOO. I required
that the surety Justify and this requiremen :
was compiled with. What more could I do' '
If the surety made a false oath , it is you :
duty Mr. Baldrige as county attorney to
institute action againet him for perjury. As
for myself , I have endeavored to perform
my duty consclentloublr. That I have no
been successful in putting an end to law
IcssncEG generally is no fault of mine. Po
lice judgeti and judges c/t courts where
criminals are tried cannot be expected t
' try or punish criminals who are protected
rather than arreeted and prcoecuted by
those charged with tbat duty and respond -
id
blltty. I do not now and never have shirkei d
public duty. Unlike many others as a pubti icB
official , fortune bat had several narrow en -
capes in attamptlng to smile on me. Boulde Bcr :
after boulder has been in her pathway. Firs
the police commlielon ; second the school
board ; third. tbe chief cxecutlv
ot the city ; and now comes the count }
attorney. After all it has all
ended in clmply wind. Jnvestig&ttona have
been talked about and made , but the reports
lave never beea clven to Sie public , pre
sumably because they favored the defendant.
Kcourt the closest scrutiny in legard to my
official acts and I challenge you , Mr. County
Attorney , or any c : else lo enow wherein
I hare been lax or loose ID transacting busl-
j neeB In xnlioe court. I caa eee no reaton
wtoy I ehoirld make any change in my sys
tem of dolnc business , since my primary
object ' * < ! always been aod ie now ta lie
watchful of tbeInter * * ! * no les of tbe ftax-
I j r than of our oclalwenbeing gen
erally. 1 am tl * public1 * BUM * obedient
errant. fi. I. GORDON1.
ARMOUR'S m OMAHA PLANIV
Great Adiition to tie Industrie * of tif-
Central WeEt.
PACKING HOUSE NOW NEARLY COMPLETED
nnd Itrfrf n - > erli > tlna.
tlip Inimt-im - llniltlliicm Erorlrd t
Ac conuinnlnlr tlirnnxlnrk *
vl tltf
The plant of Armour Co. , which IK nearing -
ing completion , occupies a tract of ground ,
comprU-lng nineteen nrrea on the north clflo
of Q Btrvot in South Omaha. On June 25 Dt
last year the announcement was made thut
the Armour company would cruet a great
packing house in the Magic Clly and grad
ing operations were commenced In the early ;
part of July. Nearly five months vcre con
sumed In eroding and preparing material
for the erection of the plant , which IE now ,
nearly completed.
An 'Immense amount of piling had to b
driven along the nothern border of the tract
and it wus Dcmnbcr 1 before the contractors ?
Roclieford & Gould , were ready to commence
the erection of the walls. The bulldlnge are
arranged In two long rowi > , running east
and west , and occupy the cabtcrn and central
portions of thesite. .
Five railroad tracks occupy the grouniT
rpace between tlie two rows of building * ,
which are six and eevcn stories in height
and connected by bridged and galleries. 0
the buildings now completed the bog killing
house occupies the most westerly position
of the northts-n tier. This structure is ISO
feet long by CC feet in width , tind Is joined ;
on the south by two tank rooms each 0 by
SO feet. The olco house comes next , with a
lenglh of 100 feel and a wiilh of F4 feet. The
hog hanging and bog cutting rooms or *
each ISO by 79 feet , while the hog cooler , the
flret building erected , is 1M by ir.5 feet. To
the wcht of this row ot buildings will 1 >
erected a ferllllzcr , 125 by 100 foet. a glue
facto-y in the fchaj * ot a letler L , 160 by JO
feel. Beyond tbeiT < are to bo built the car
fcliojvs and yards , which when computed will
cover in the ceighboibood of ten acres ol
ground.
iA scccnj row of buildings fronts on Q
street , the first oae of Importance i > elng the
"beef and sheep killing house , which Is ICO
feet long iy 120 fiet in wldlh nvllh a height
at six stories. The beef cooler ibullfllnt
which adjoins the beef killing house on th
east has a length of 200 fed and a width'
of 128 feet There Is a boiler room ISO feet
lo fir and fifty lect inwidlh which Is nearlj :
completed , while the ( power house Is sev
enty-dive feet wide by IfiO feet In length. For
the present the office will 'be ' locate ! in the
east end of theipowcr building where roomm
150x70 feet are being fitted up for this pur
pose.
( Adjoining the power house on iie cast
smoke and bam houses , 150x90 Cect and five
btorles in height will ! be erected.
Ice houses wllb a capacity of 3,000 ton *
will 6e erected along Q street Just west of
the beet -cooler houses.
"When completed this iplaat will have a ,
dally capacity of 0,500 hogs. l.DOO cattle and
4,500 Ehecp. The estimated cost of tlie plant
IB $1,000,000. All power used will be either
electricity or comjircBsed air. The moton
to lie used In the different parts of the plant
are completed and will be shipped as noon
aE the reel of the power touihjhrg i * finished.
An Immense -vlaSnet 800 Icet in length will
connect the pens at the stock yards -with
the hog , sheep aod beef ( killing departments.
A great -deal of tne material used in th
construction of this mammoth plarct "has beem
purchased In Omaha and South Omaha and
several lunBred men have been civen steady
onrployment ever since work commenced last
spring. It IE thought now that the plant
will foe opened for business early In June.
The entire iplant Is being constructed la
the most Bubitantlal manner , the < walli
being twenty-six inches thick at the iasB
and tapering to aRjout eighteen inches at
the top. Irra doors and -windows of im-
iproved make are supplied throughout and
all floors are ot shlplap carefully caulked.
In order to protect the buildings in case ol
fire a large reservoir is now being built
which will bold an immense supply of water.
In addition to thlE there will be ten fire hy
drants -connected with ten-rath mains lo
catcd In different parts of the groun s.
( Besides the plant in South Omaha th
Armours "have erected a pressed brlele
wholesale louse at Thirteenth and Jonei
streetE. Omaha. Ice iouaeswith a capacity
of 0,000 pounds lave also been erecled at
Memphis , Neb.
DULL TIMES FOR THE ATTOIIXEVSU
GrlHt In the JnfrtJoc Mill Run *
Very liinr Jmat o < PreM-nt ,
"Witb only two oftie ! seven judges of the
district court on the beach , attorneys Uni
little to do in the way of prosecuting litiga
tion. The February term of court la prac
tically ended aod nothing remains to be don *
before adjournment , aside Irorn disposing of
a lew motions and entering up judgment in
Borne default cases. Judge Baker baa 4
couple ot ex parte matters that he will bean
Judge Powell has two or three decisions to
hood down -unimportant cones and Judge
51abaub hns a few pleas to accept and a
motion or Iwo to pass upoa and then the
business of tbe present term -will be ended.
Beverly Fields ba sued tbe Omaha Street
Railway company in an action to recover the
sum ot $25,0110 , alleged damages. The plain
tiff alleges tbat on F bruary E last he wantel
to ride on one of the street cars and whil *
the train was in motico jumped on the front
platform of the motor. While etaudlng upon ,
the step be declares that hewas puctied
off , caught by the fender and dragged for a
considerable distance. He Eaye that he sus
tained injuries tbat will cripple blm for III * ,
averring that btsuetalned a broken leg , a dls
located shoulder and a broken collar bone.
In the divorce case of Grace against Abaef
Iximor tbe plaintiff baa been granted a decree
and the restoration of name. Grace Copeland.
Jl'DGE C-OJUJOV5 BUSV MOn\IKO.
S - vit Sco-rc Oirrn-drrn genlniced 1 *
tltf iPollrw * Court.
'When Police Judge Gordon opened coal *
yesterday the city prosecutor filed -wit
him 143 complaints against offenders , a
greater part of wham * were under trrest.
lit waa ibe largcet erist la police court for
many months.
Vagrants end common drunks were nu
merous and occupied a larger part of tbe
court's Detention. Most of tbcae prisoner *
were discharged , olicrs receiving llgbi fine * ,
which non of them paid. They were eent
back to jail.
Fully flTty women "who failed to appear
and pay their monthly fines tor be leg in
mates of disorderly bouses were arn lgne&
They had been rounded up by the polloe la
pursuant * of on order from Chief Colics
g-her. Among them were a few white women ,
but a majority of them < were colorel Ama *
zotie wio are permanent fnequcnltTS of p
Hoe court. They all pleaded guilty to the
dharge against them , but -with the excep
tion ot about a < 3oicn none of them pail
th rClpulated & > e. This tiirow * UKo h < r
on. tb cKy until tbdr fines ere clayed out
in jail or they ore releaecd JOT other rea *
one ,
Kraio-rrd 1o FrGfrxl Conn.
Tne transcript of a caae which is being
instituted by 'Walter S. Hens gainst tba
Kerr-Murrey Manufacturing oompuny waa
filed today -with Clerk HUIU of the United
States court. Hess Is ruing for damage *
sustained by tbe giving away of u near-
folding built around a ens tank owned by *
tlte defendants and be asks S2S.OOO damage *
for the InJurifB be Kustained. Suit va *
flrnt brought Infne dlHtrict court , but th
member at the Kerr-Murrey firm are real-
dcnu of Indiana and acivil null ajalnrt
them mu > t be brought in tb Culled BtatM
circuit court. * *