- - . - - - - - - - - . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. . - ( ESTA33LISIIED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TLESDAY MORNLNG , JUNE 7 , 1SOS. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. - tb EVILS OFLONGTk1C1TIONS \ Ixnportuicc of Diminithing Educational Idle- ne in ldldzumingr. , . - . VACATION SCHOOLS GROWING D1 FAVOR Tene1tIn Seftr tIai Arette Clrce-CIr- cuhtIon uf Uu.sIc rkok-rrnturc , , lit 3eIiutii n Grrmnn--- EducatlInfll ? iuti. The great value of vacation ichools I . - . strikingly hon In their gmwlng poputar- ity througiout the country. The long 8Um iner aatton Is uo regarded bT oberant educators as a crying evil , parUcularly O In the clUe ! , where asocIatIon and Idlcnes cornbne to destroy the habIts aod character formed in school. To check this efl ten- ileucy eorta are bdn made to a number of cities to provide vacation ! choola. Ite- ruita obtained from those already established - lished jutIty the clatms of their advocates. In an at1dres betore the Chic club of hartford , John Graham Brooks of Boston set torth the advantages of vacation schools - In a forcbe manner. "I can safely say , ' he declared , "that If it were a device of society tij have a school for the raising of hoodlums aiid young criminals , all they would have to do would be to leave them in the street during the summer months while the rich people are away at the seaside and moun- tains. The vacation school Is the awakening of the people to this fact. Vben the vacation - - tion school was started In Boston , teachers Were sure of failure. Parents al5o were indifferent - different ; but now many of them ask that their childrens names be placed on the list. - 'The echool now starts with accommodations ' for 3&O , and SO0 will come. In Cambridge. attendance is compulsory. there are not so many students proportionally as in Boston , where attendance is simply asked for or al- j towed. This shows that the persuasive form of education is better than the compulsory. Mothers have come to us and told us that the vacation schools hare changed their whole lives by removing their anxiety for their children during the summer months. A well known judge told me that an almost I unmanageable hoodlumism and crirninalism is growing tip In. not only our city , but our - country life. We nre cldaing up the avenues - t of migration with the result , that all the t 'worthless men and good.for-nothings are L gradually drifting back into the cities. Every year it Is becoming more and more unsafe to leave our homes for the summer. t for when we come back. we find our grounds despoiled and our fruit trees ravaged and ( broken down. The vacation school Is dim- 1natin this by taking the younger boys and gins away from the corrupting influences of the Street life and Instilling into their youthful minds new Ideas and good citizen- ship. " f ' 1' . neiiIii : t iuler Dtflleultlcq. ' : Miss Anna Fulcomer writes an article for f the June Century on "The Three It's at Circle City. " 3ttss Fulcomer says : "The greatest drawback to my school work was the lack of books. Naturally. - . most of the children required chart and primer. neither of which was included in the school outfit , nor could they be obtained at Circle City. Had there not been a good blackboard and a plentiful supply of crayon. I scarcely know how I should hare man- aged. I would group- the little ones about me at the blackboard. and make up the lessons , day by day , in both printing and writing. They liked to write-it came easy to them-and each one tried to nako hi writing look plainer and neater than that of his fellows. The little ones were ambitious - bitious to rend out of books. like the big gtrls. As I had none for them. they hunted ul ) books. ' as they called them , seizing upon stray leaves from novels and pieces o ( newspaper. A good many grown girls and boys were just learning to read. They were ashamcd and awkward at the blackboard. anil at first did not progress as fast as the little ones. This maif such uphill work. and was so discouraging. that I was afraid I would lose many of the oller ones altogether. At this juncture. however. the mtssionary of the Church of England. who was stationed for the winter at Circle Ctty. kindly helped me out by the loan of a number of books. slates and pencils. Among these books were six primers and first rcaeca. How happy I was to get them. even though they ' had to be divided among twenty-six chit- dren I doubt if such a medley of books as ever before seen in a school room ; a set - of ordinary school books for inermediate grades , including a physical geography and a world's history : English readers , spellers. and little paper-covered arithmetics ; twenty pages from 'Cbrtstys Old Organ ; " about half of the new testament : one hundred pages from "The Woman In White ; " parts of tour other novds ; newspaper-scraps , and a couple of the queerest possible little relig- bus primers , published by a London tract society. The leaves of some of the books were yellow with age. having been taken into that region by some miners who had studied them thirty or more years ago. It was amusing to watch the children spelling out the words anti trying to read in these scraps of old books and papers. " .i1iiie 'l'iint Cirinlnpu. The flroolclyn library established its tie- pnrtment of music in the autunin of 1SS2. The Idea of circulating music in the same manner as books was suggested by one of the directors of the library. who supplemented - mented his suggestion in a most practical manner by supplying funds for the pur. chase of 400 volumes. The selection of this music. relates the Brooklyn Eagle , was made by a competent man at that timn conneeted with a targe music importing house In New York , and , indeed , to the sev- ; cral addItions subzequenty made the selec- lion bus been made by men of musical education - cation sail possessing a wide acquaintance with the works of the most noted composers and therefore better fitted for the require- $ meats of the. than a librarian more s closely acquainted with books than with mu.sic. The eollection is iargely ( or single piano ( t'so hands ) , this being most In re- quest. but there is much that is arranged under other headings , such as "Piano flueta' ( four bands ) , "Two Pianos" ( eight hands ) , "Violin and Piano , " "Vocal Music. " "Songs. " ! - "Oratories , " "Operas" sad the like. The rules for circulation are the same as with books. Readers bo apply first for a work that Is In demand get bat they se- quire without delay ; others necessarily wait until later , as is usual in a circulating Ii. brary. The collection now numbers ? , OO volumes , exclushe of works on the theory anti practice of music and musIcal blogra. jhie. The annual circulation from this class is about 6.f'OO ' volumes. Two or three special bulletins have been issued devoted " , t , , to iu.Ic alone. The more recent additions . A are given under separate he-ading in the bOOk bulletins ' asioaally published. But for use at the library the collection is givea In one complete list under the usual bead. lags in a Rudolph indexer book. Instead 01 with the book additions in the card c-eta- logue. On the sbole the music-al department has been very much appreciated ant ) has proved I satisfactory Investment lt use during the last fteea years shows that there are Iacng the members many bo study wuatc and who recognIze the advantage of a large collection from which to make selections for home practice. A Challenge 10 the Schools. "IL Is in no ungracious or unfriendly spirit that I challenge the schools , hut nevertheless - less I do challenge them , " says C. Hanford Henderson In the June AtlantIc. "And back of me stands the more serious challenge of events. It is sorely a signiflca.nt fact that the men and women whose performances Ia art , science. in literature , have most touched the heart and the imagination of our time have been for the most part. men and women who have taught themselves Lincoln , our rzt American , was quite tin- taught in any academic sense. but neverthe- le in his Gett.ytiburg speech he reached a Ieel In both thought and language that bad not been reached in America befort. As we all know , his two masters were the bible and Shakespeare , It is true that on the other side of the water the best English of the century baa perhaps been writtcn by datthew Arnold , an academIcian to thc backbone , and yet I know that in his lack of human warmth. he has tailed. Ia any very vital way , to touch the imagination of his time. I cannot forget the comment of the clever woman who said to me , In reference - ence to the minor chord which pervades Arnold's poetry. 'Yes , I like him. bat he always seems to me to be saying , cheer up : the worst is still to come. ' A message - sage so discouraging as this is not the Utterance - terance of first-class power. The most considerable figures In current literature , men like Walt Whitman , Stevenson , anti Kipling , are not academicians , but men who have seen and reported life , master workmen who learned their craft at first band , In science , it would be useless to ask who taught Darwin and Audubon , Agassiz anti John Muir , for we all know that largely they taught themselves. Faraday , the great electrician , of the early half of the century , was little more than a college servant - vant , and yet when Sir Huniphry Davy. the discoverer of the alkalis , the inventor of the safety lamp. was asked which of his own discoveries he considered the great- eat. promptly repliOd , 'tiichae1 Faraday. ' And Edison , the great electrician of the latter ball of the century , the man whose work has been so original that it baa startled both continents , and hose inventions have changed the outer aspect and circumstances of daily life-you kniw his history ; you know how completely he eluded the schools. In the world of artof painting , sculpture , architecture and music , the cases are even more abundant and striking. " SCIUOi S stiii of Geritinny. "The entire school system of Germany ( private schools are Of course omitted from this discussion ) bears the unmistakable ha- press of state influence , " writes Prof. Theo. bald Ziegler in the Forum. "The most noteworthy - worthy influence Is that education is corn- pulsory. It was amid the stormy period of the Thirty Years' War that the city of Weimar introduced this bold and startling innovation. Here for the first time school attendance became obligatory upon all. Cotha Introduced the new system In 1642 : Urunsick , In 164 ; Wurtemberg , in 1649 ; and Prussia , not until 1fl6. This compulsory - sory education , however. must not be regarded - garded as a restriction upon liberty ; for it was devised principally as a safeguard against the indifference and ignorance of parents. That gratuitous education-during the elementary course at least-must neces- sadly constitute a corollary of the above system , has only recently been recognized. The introduction of free education In the lower departments must be considered as an important advance ; for , by reason of this innovation. both the organization and the supervision of the school system are in- trusted to the state itself , from which also appointments proceed. "It cannot be said that this system is entirely - tirely free from defects. The first and paramount - amount duty of our European states is to guard against aggression from without ; and this duty. which is forced upon them by the enmity and rivalry of their neighbors. fre- quentiy overshadows the higher aims of civ- Iiization and culture. Oar common schools. for instance , have seriously suered from Inadequate financial support. The fact , how- ever. that the University of Berlin was es tablisbe't by Prussia immediately after her reverses at Jena proves that even then she recognined the true secret of power , viz. . superior intelligence suported by solid education - cation ; and , despite occasional interrup- tions. Prussia has steadily pursued her high ideal. Nor can it be denied that state su- pervisiOa has introduced some uniformity. formalism , and red tape-factors detrimental - mental o educational progress. On the other hand , it should be borne in mind tbat , without - out governmental control , the schools-in most German states-would be denominated either by an ultramontanism opposed to all enlightenment , or at least by a rigid and Intolerant orthodoxy. Thus we see that the state must be regarded as a barrier against the encroachments of the church. " Educational 2tes. The fifty-fourth annual commencement of Notre Dame university will be held June 16. Rt. Rev. Maurice F. Burke , bishop of St. Joseph. 310 , , will deliver the principal address. Prof. Joseph Emerson has Just celebrated the iittieth anniversary of his connection with Beloit college. New York's expenditure for scboolq , 5) , . 000.000 this year. is 50 per cent greater than the amount the Spanish nation spent icr education last year. Miss Marion Movey of Boston has given ; .ooo to the city of Gloucester. Mass. the Income to be paid to the graduate of the lflgh school who passes the best eanmina- tion for entrance to the Massachusetts maLi- Lute of Technology , Prof. James B. Kecler. who baa been chosen by the regents of the State university in California to succeed H. S. Hoidsu as director of the Lick observatory , Is not yet. 42 years of age , but be has won rare die- ti'etions in his field of work. It was he who made the first observations through the big Lick telescope , Miss Isabel Ely .Lord , a graduate of the New York State U'rary school at Albany. has been elected head librarian at Bryn Mawr college , to succeed .iiss Henrietta R. Palmer. i-esigned'after ten years' service. Miss Lord has been connected with the Ii. brary for a year past , while Miss Palmer has been away on a leave of absence , ilss Lithe Reasor. 'who has Just graduated - ated from the High schooL at Charleston. lii. , baa attended chool for thirteen years and has never missed a day or been tardy , She is a good looking girl of 19 and won first honors easily. The Board of Education presented - sented her with a four years' scholarship certificate in the lllioois Female College and - College of Music and Art. at Jacksonville , . The students of the law school of the University of Pennayivanla , who piaced a large university flag on the flagpole of the . school and some Cuban finite in the windowv , have run up against a state law and bare I been compelled to take them down. The law. enacted In 1S5 , prohibits the flying at any other flag than the American flag over I public building in the state and the I school building belongs to the city of VhIi- adelphia. flougins Count , ' lustiSule , , The summer institute for the teachers of Douglas county ilI convene in the 111gb school building in Ibis caty on June 20 , and will continue for eiiht days. Superintend. cut Bodweli is of th opinion tt'at at least I 1iO ( teachers will be aft attendance. Prorut- neat educational instructors will be in at tcndauce and lectures will be ddtvered each day All ( if the teachers of the rural echools ' are required to attend. , ' \VIIAT \ CAN AIERICk1 OFFER That i the Qneston Haxd-Keaded Englizhmnen Are A ing. DISCUSS ALUANCE WITH THIS COUNTRY General Opinion of Thinking Men that icr Ilic l'rescnt Gooii Ussiier- standing ii' the heMS for Iloth Countries. NEW YORK. June 6.-Many of the que- tion asked by Englishmen since Mr. Cham- berlain's unexpected advocacy of an Amer- lean alliance are practical ones , says a Leaden - don correspondent of the Tribune. "What have the Americans , " they inquire , "to offer Us in return for our moral support and prestige. We can understand how much they have to gain from an alliance with the power having the strongest fleet afloat , espe- daily If they are bent on changing their foreign policy anti taking an active part in East Indian as well as West Indian affairs. But an alliance must be based on equlva- lent advantage. What compensation will there be for England in return for the tremendous power of her navy ? " These are questions constantly put to Americans living in London. The best reply which can be made to questions of this kind are that America will be the strongest safeguard to England's food supply during war times. The statisticians have shown that the wheat harvest of the United Kingdom is only equal to the re- quirctnents of fourteen creeks , and during the remaining thirty-eight weeks an tin- ported supply is the only resource. During the greater part of the year there is never snore than aLe weeks' supply of wheat in England. If supplies of food were cut off. or partly interrupted , the price of bread would rise and a large part of the popula- Lion would starve. This is a source of dan- gee in time of war , as every sober-minded Englishman knows. The United Kingdom , with Its Insular pa- sitton and Its powerful fleet , would be secure - cure against invasion , but it would not be protected against famine. No safeguard would be so valuable to England as a good understanding with America , from which the largest share of the imported food supply - ply is drawn. Such an understanding would be worth as much as a powerful auxiliary navy. The Yerburgh commtssion on national - tional wheat reserves has recently made an investigation Into the food resources of the United Kingdom and recommended the purchase - chase and storage by the British government of SOO.000 quarters of wheat , This storage scheme Is advocated on the ground that a fourteen weeks' supply of food is a requisite of national defense. It is not likely action will be taken by the government on the se- port. port.With the relations between America and tngland improving. there is certainly no DC- casiou for this storage scheme. The repast is a storehouse of practical arguments for Englishmen who are seeking for evidence of the utility of an alliance with the United States. Neetl More Ot'ft'nsive Forces. There is another comment which is ire- quently made by Englishmen upon the proposals - alliance. This posals for an Anglo-American relates to the necessity of imposing upon the United States an obligation to increase its standing army and to develop the figbt- ing resources of its nary. The objection is raised that an ally who could not be depended upon to mobilize an army of 50- 000 men at short notice would be of little use in an emergency. Men who take this view refer to the fact that the American squadron at the China station , while suf- flclentiy powerful to crush the fleet in the Philippines. has been unequal to the naval forces of England , France , Germany and Russia in those waters , and must be largely increased and supplied with coaling stations and dry docks if there is to be co-operation with Great Britain. Otherwise an alliance ould be a one-sided bargain , with the obligations saddled mainly on England and the advantages enjoyed by the United States at a minimum cost and without a sense of responsibility. Those who discuss the matter - ter in this spirit , contend that one of the conditions of an alliance must be an obli- gaLlon on the part of the United States to increase the efflciency of the navy , to main- tam a powerful fleet in the East Indies , and to double the strength of the standing army on ii peace footing. Excnniige of Tcrritor' Another proposition for an effective at- liance between the two countries relates to an exchange of territory to be effected for mutual advantage. Englishmen who have accurate knowledge of the condition of their \\'est Indian possessions are in despair over their future. The sugar Islands are doomed , they assert , as dependencies of a country whose free trade policy does hot permit tariff dIscriminations in their favor. The United States. on the other hand , with its tariff system and its great market for sugar , may be able to develop their se- sources and restore their prosperity. Why should not Jamaica and other Islands. ask these candid Englishmen , be added to the American union , as after Cuba ha been redeemed from misery and ruin will it not be possible to arrange a basis of exchange - change by which islands like the Philippines - pines can be transferred to England , with its superior facilities for governing them in connection with other remote estates , and the West Indian islands be handed over to the United States with a tariff system and a market exactly adapted to the require- men is. These are the spirits In which the projected alliance between the two countries Is discussed by thoughtful men in England. The Idea of placing the United States under bonds to enlarge its army and navy may be as chimerical as the notion that an exchange - change of territory can be effected on business - ness principles. The fact that reflecting men of position and influence care to make practical applications of the principles c.t Anglo-Saxon community of action is significant A year ago England was eon.- juring with the high sounding phrase "splendid isolation , " American opinion anti Mr. Chamberlain have suggested an alternative based upon the common interests of the English-speaking world , It may be premature , it may be a vagary of optlzntsin , but it has made a deep impression upon the English people and with their practical in- etinct.s they are discussing it in a calcuiat- lag manner from a point of view of an enlightened nation. Tliut' Sot Yet Itipe , Since reference Is made to the undercurrent - current of Eaglish opinion rather than to the foam and sparkle of press duacussicn on the surface , it is necessary to speak of the conservatism of public thought whlch deprecates an immediate alliance between : England and America as ill-advised anti calculated to do more harm than oo4. Many of the truest friends of America and Eng. land take this view , They contend that the two countries , under an improved state of gcod feeling , already hare all the practical advanteges of an alliance without any of the tn"onvenleneea and drawbacks. They assert that England , by its enfbrcement of neutaallty obligation , an1 coaling regulations - tions anti by its refusal o unite with the European powers In any scheme of intervention - tion in the Cuban affair , a.s promoted international - national amity and placed America under obligations to IL They ale confident that Americans will remember-England's friendship - ship and kind ofilces ath4'that whenever a suitable opportualty arlsei'tbey will return the favor , on the printiple that one good turn deserves another , 'They consider mutual geed will more-i Important than the formal engagements of a alliance with the Inevitable discnzsloa or compensating advantages - vantages sad full JqitvaeaU , which Is likely to produce irrt&tlan and friction. These are not the opinln of obstructIonists , but of practical anti cantitius men , who von- eider that artificial attempts to bring about an alliance before publicopinion : in either country Is fully convlnee4 f the utility of concerted action on deflnit& lInes will only serve to retard and hamer'A movement rich in promise for the future of the Anglo- Saxon race. They bellive That the trend of events and the race tendencies are poiaUng in the dIrection at an alliance between the two rountriec , but apprehend that a premature - mature action on either side may prove deterimental to common Interests. Let Welt Enough Alone , "Let well enough alone , " they say in effect. "Events are marching rapidly. Tendencies arc operating 'aurely. it silently. An alliance should not come from any foreign process , but should be spontaneous growth. We already have a view of International - national amity which inspires each country with a sincere desire tO help the other whenever an emergency arises and that i a great gain for civilization. Let us not be in any undue haste toentangle ourselves with definite pledges and engagements which may embarrass us and interrupt the course of good feeling. " Another argument , which is also urged by conservative Englishmen , is based upon the fact that there can be no secret ctiance between England and America , as there 'a between Russia and France. it is not denied that the prestige of France has been greatly"lncreased in Europe by virtue of its confidential relations with Russia , but it is asserted with confidence that if the precise terms of partnership were revealed there would be discontent on one side or the other and the alliance could cease to have any practical value. There can be no secret engagements - gagements , It is urged , between England and America. Each nation will hare to be taken into the confidence Of the government arid the whole world will know the extent of the liabilities and obligations which are assumed on either side. An open alliance of that nature would be different from the ordinary secrets of diplomacy , which remain inscrutable mysteries until the time comes for joint action. An Anglo-American alliance - liance will. be exposed to the full glare of publicity and partisan criticisin. For this reason many wary Englishmen believe that events should be allowed to take their course and all advances be deferred until it is required by common Interests , It Is not because they underrate the Importance of American co-operatica with England. It is becaute they value Ametican friendship so highly that they do not want to take the risk of having it clouded with misunderstandings - standings over definite engagements. GROWTH OF MANUFACTURES ExportM fOC Year Eweceti hiiiports mi- the Flrkt i'iiiit" in the Couii- try's lhlMOZ' ' , NEW YORK , June 6..The manufacturers of the country are making in the fiscal year which closes with June their best records in competition with the world , avers the Washington correspondent of the Tribune , Not only will the exports of manufactured articles for the fiscal year exceed thoac of any previous year , butior the first time In the history of the country they will exceed the imports of manufactures. For the tea months of the fiscal year , whose detailed record the Bureau of Statistics has just completed , the exports of manufactures exceeded - ceeded by over $40,000,000 the value of tin- ports. In no preceding 'year in the history of the country hare the exports exceeded the imports of manufactured goods. In the fiscal year of 1S7 the imports exceeded the value of exports of m&nufactures by tbe sum of 527,362,000. Nearly every branch of the great manufacturing - facturing industries has shared in thIs growth of sales to other paris of the world. The exports of agricultural impiements , for instance , which in ISSS were about * 6,200,000 in value , wiil in the year 189S be in round number $2S,000,000. Locomotives in 16th , less than * 500.000 In value , 'elli in 1SS reach probably 55.000,000 , orders for 150 engines having been placed with the great manufacturing - facturing establishments during the last few days from Japan , South America. Egypt and many other countries. Builders' hardware , the export of which in 1sss was valued at l,112,636 , was in the last fiscal year $4.152.43 in value. The exports - ports of cut nails , which in 1666 amounted to 11.963,664 pounds , will in 1S91 amount to more than 35,000,000 pounds , an increase of 200 per cent.Vlre nails have increased 10 per cent , the exports of wire. wrought and horseshoe nails in 1S68 being 1,547,058 pOunds , while those of 1898 will reach nearly , if not quite , 20,000,000 pounds. Exports of iron plates and sheets , which in 1889 were less than 1.000.000 pounds , will in the year which ends this month amount to nearly 8,000,000 poUnds , while those of steel plates and sheets , which were but 119.410 pounds in 1858 , will exceed 20,000,000 in 1SiS. The total value of the exports of manu- facturee of iron and steel. which in 1HS amounted to 5i7,763,73 , will in 1S8 exceed 65.000.G00. I The exports of leather and the manu- facturea thereof , which in 1888 amounted to less than $10,000,000 , wifl In 1S9S exceed 520 , . 000.000 In value. Exports of illuminating oils , which in 1ISS amounted to 456.000,000 gallons , will In 1&i8 exceed 500,000,000 gal. , lone , while lubricating oiis , which in 1588 were less than 23,000,000 gallons , will In 1898 reach 55,000,000 gallons. The experta. tions ci paraifine and parsffine wax , which tit 1 15S5 ere 26,000,000 pounds , will Ia 1SOS reach 110,000,000 pounds. Soap Increases from 19,000,000 pounds in 189 to over 27.000,000 ; pounds In 1858. Glass and glassware , from 5881.628 in 1888 , Increased to $ l,2OS,187 In 1897. Manu. facturee of rubber from S66S67 In 1888 to . 1.807,145 to 1897. I Manufactures of cotton 'ziow an increase of 50 per cent In the ' -alue of their exports in the last ten years. Ezptrts of chemicals have 'already increased 20 per cent in the same time. ManufactUres of brass have in- I creased from $308,724 In 188 to over $1- 400,000 Ia 1598. whIle manufactures of copper. including ingots anti bars , which in 1888 were 53S12,798 , were last year , $38,621.- 12k , and seem likely to ezceed that sum in 1888. I In numerous other manufactured articles there have been similar gains , nearly the entire list having shared to a greater or less degree in the growth of the export trade during the last decade. The total exportatioti of manufactures in ISSS smounted to fl30,600,800 , and in 3898 seem' likely to reach nearly or quite 290- RANSO1 RAKES IN TIlE C ± ISII With Gallaghem's Help the Reformer Appropriates Gmb1er' Muney. QUEER WAY OF COLLECTING ATTORNEY FEES Que5jiflflblC Proeerilin 1y Which Fis e lInnitiI Dollars held In Trust by Chief of I'olice lists ileeti inde to Disappear , The acquittal last week of 0. II. Dietrlch on the charge of maintaining a gambling resort promises to bring up an interesting case , in which Reformer Frank Ransom , chairman of the silver state committee , and Chief of Police Gallagher figure in rather unsavory roles. When the Diamond gambling house was raided by the police mar February the sum of 1,127.31 was taken from the place and from the persons of the alleged proprietors , F. J. Boyd sad 0 , II. Dietrich , after the latter had been arrested and taken to the city jail. Of this money $500 has disappeared - peared , with indications that it has gone into the pockets of Ransom. It seems that the arrested gamblers , think- log a political pull would help them , employed - ployed Frank Ransom and W. F. Guriey to look after their interests. These two attorneys - torneys were around the police court when the preliminary hearing was up , but as they did not do anything to protect their clients their services were dispensed with when the prisoners were bound over to the distrIct court. At the time they were employed - ployed Ransom and Gurley are said to have stated their fee would be 5200 and that that would be all that was necessary to get. the gamblers discharged by the police judge. After he was dropped out of the case Ransoin made a demand for * 500 and on receiving a refusal bethought himself of the * 1.127 that was being held by his friend , the chief of police , ostensibly as evidence for use in the trial. To give Chief Gallagher a colorable excuse for turning over the eash Ransom began importuning County Attorney Baldrige for an order for a portion of the money taken froin the place that was raided. The county attorney at first declined to intervene except at the request of Boyd and Dietrich. hlosv the Trick Was Turneil , On representation that Boyd and Dietrich were anxious to hare Ransom paid in that manner and that an order signed by thein would be procured to authorize the payment - ment , Mr. Baltirige was persuaded to write a letter , In substance , as follows : C. V. Gallagher. Chief of Police : You are at liberty to deliver to Boyd & Dietrich , cr their attorneys , if they are authorized in \vrittng to receive the same , the sum of $500 out of the money taken from their persons at the time of the raid upon the Diamond , HOWARD H. BALDRIGE , County Attorney. Instead of securing written authority from Boyd and Dietrich it seems that Ransom presented the order to Chief of Police Cal- iagher , who , ignoring the instructions of the county attorney , turned over the cash. This statement is borne out by the testi- many of the chief. who went upon the stand durIng the trial of l3oyd , and when ques- tloned as to paying over the $500 to Ran- Born , said that he received his authority from the county attorney , but had no order from any other person. He also testified that he was merely the custodian of the money and that it was taken from the gambling house and from the persons of the two men arrested at the time , When asked concerning the transaction. ChIef Gillagher said that it was none of the business of the man making the in- quiry. He admitted that $500 of the * l,127.'iI was out of his possession , hut said that be had no fear of the consequences. Asked what he proposed to do with the balance of the money. he said that if the case was finally determined In favor of the state he proposed to turn It into the police relief fund. Asked if he proposed to secure the return of the 5560 paid to Ransom and turn it also into the relief fund , he again replied that was a matter that did not concern the public. What action is to be taken by the owners of the missing * 500 for its recovery has not yet been decided on. FOR BRUTALITY TO A CHILD Peter Anderson , a hIaIer , held in Jail to Await Trial In Bitt- trict Court. Peter Anderson , a baker living at 2207 North Twenty-fourth , culminated a quarrel with his wife , in which he beat her badly. by tying a cord about one of his young children's neck , nearly strangling it , and thea drawing its feet to its chin , tied them there. After doing this he threw the helpless - less child into a close closet and left it there. where it was found an hour later by the police , who were sent for. The child was accorded this inhuman treatment because she cried while her father was beating her mother. Anderson has the reputation of being a wife beater , but not until Sunday had be carried his brutal predilections so far. Besides - sides brutally beating his wife and torturing his child Anderson destroyed all of the furniture - niture of his home. No cause for his acts can be imagined by his wife. He has been absent from the city , having been employed at Loveland , Ia. He returned - turned to the city Sunday. Vhen arraIgned before Police Judge Gordon yesterday morning he waived examination and was bound over to the district court in bonds of $1,000. AROUND FEDERAL BUILDINGS John W. Gill of Cozad , Neb. , has beeu appoInted substitute railway postal clerk for Nebraska. The members of the federal petit jury , who have been home on a two weeks' leave , have returned to Omaha and court will resume session tomorrow. The general delivery department at the postoifice Is literally swamped and with eaca day the crowds Increase. From 7:20 : In the morning till noon lines of people waiting for mail extend from 'the two general delivery windows to the doors. Only three clerks are employed in this service , the same num- her who handled the general delivery mall when it was not one-fifth the size that it is at present and the work is so heavy that more windows wUl have to be opened to keep the postoce clear of the crowds that throng the coridora. Mortality Slatlstlci. , The following births and deaths have beea reported to the health comtnlseioners : Births-Charles Gyger , 13:8 Sutb Twenty-eighth street , girl ; Joseph B. Doyle , 4413 Davenport Street , boy ; Saw Selves , 107 South Tenth street , girl ; Charles 14. Shook , 3130 North Eighteenth Street , boy ; James Northrop , 704 North Sixteenth street , boy. Deaths-Frank W. Bowlin , 1037 Capitol avenue. 22 years , hemorrhages ; Michad Cavanaugh , 1503 i'orth Eighteenth Street , 23 years , heart disease , Oscar Peterson , Thirteenth and Lake streets , blood poIson- tag , Angela M , Wert , 526 South Twentieth Ltreet , 47 ycarL MAY TERM IS NEARLY ENDED Grist in Sue iilLef lbs' Coils itt 1tnnninn Leti. anti iIllers Arc Closing 8' ! , , The work of the Mayterm of court is rapIdly - Idly drawing to a close and it is now the opinion of the judges that they 'will order an adjournment at the close of the present week. All of the important cases have gone over until the September term , and now nothing remains to be disposed of except some odds and ends. Fifty extra jurors hat-c been drawn to report Tuesday morning and serve during the week. This action was taken in order to give all of the judges of the law courts juries in the event that they needed them to expedite the trial of cases. Judge Slabaugh of the criminal section of the court says that he has gone through hIs docket , and with any kInd of luck be can dispose of everything on the call by Friday night , The condition of the other dockets l practically the same. In the equity division of the court Judges Scott and Fawcett are practically through with their dockets , nothing remaining to be disposed of , aside from a few motions and some exparte matters that have been set for hearing out of term time. 1nitisttiv nnd ltefervnf1nL. The case of John 0. Yelser . o.iinst the city of Omaha , its city clerk and the inem- hers of the city council was called before Judge Scott and passed for one week In order to allow the defendants to make and tUe their showing. John 0. Yciser is a member of the legislature - lature and was instrumental in securing the passage of an initiative and referendum law. lIe asked the city oIllciais to submit the question bf its adoption by the voters of the city. They failed to do this and now he asks the court for a mandamus , compelling the city authorities to take notice of the law and submit in the next electIon proclamation - tion notice that Its provisions will be voted upon. For Ills fl'ife's . % ffections. Calvin 0. Waxiey has sued George Krler in an action to recover the sum of * 5,000 , I alleged damages. He avers that in ISS7 he i was married and that for ten years his wife was chaste , dutiful. looking after the affairs - fairs of the family household. During the month of June , 1S97. the plaIntiff alleges that the defendant met Mrs.Vaaley , and started in to alienate her affections. lIe carried out his designs so successfully , says Wax- Icy , that on June 3 of the present year she left the Waxley home. By reason of the condition of affairs the plaintiff alleges that he feels that he is entitled to a money judg- meat. EttYhit IOn ' , Vsr still On. The case wherein the Streets of Cairo anti the Streets of All Nations people are the litigants was up before Judge Scott again , but final action was postponed until Wednesday - day morning. at which time the court will listen to the arguzents. The bone of contention - tention Is the question of the right to exhibit - hibit camels and donkeys in the Midway of the exposition , The plaintiffs contend that they have the exclusive right under a contract with the exposition management. Divorce MNtler' . . Mand TulI has asked the courts to divorce her from her husband. Fred G. TuB. She alleges a marriage that dates from 1S95. and further says that during the last two years Tull has failed to provide her with the means of support. Mary \Vilmes has filed a dtvorce case against her husband , George Whines. She alleges failure to support. and in addition to the decree she wants the restoration of her maiden name , Mary Feldliausen. 1)-n it" One itiJii lieS loll. Judge Powell has denied the injunction asked by Stephen Iror Von Szinncyey against the Transmississippi and International - tional exposition. The plaintiff contracted for the certificate of admission concession and paid his first installment , but failed to live up to the conditions of the contract. The contract was cancelled and the conces- don given to another party. The plaintiff brought cult against the epoitIOn people. THEIR POCKETS ARE PICKED Three lre % 'ietini , , of tite j'iiletecci Tliicvi-s Iteltort Their 1gis.scs Ct , the i'oliee , The velvet-handed pickpocket was abroad in town and mingled with the Sunday crowds with profit to himself. But three of the numerous "touches' known to have been made were made public. H. ft. Munchoff of 500 North Eighteenth street stopped to hear the Salvation Army services - ices at the corner of Fifteenth Street and Capitol avenue and grew quite interested in the services , Suddenly he thought of a certain engagement he had and felt for his gold watch , but it was not in Its usual place. Unlike Munchoff , B , S. Leonard , a guest at the Arcade hotel , grew interested in the amusement furnished by a crowd at Pat Moran's saloon , Twelfth and Douglas streets , and lost his watch to some light- fingered pickpocket. The third case to be reported was from Daisy Rainbolt. a visitor in the city from Lancaster , Ta. Miss Rain. bolt carried $18 in a small hand hag , attached - tached to her belt. She visited the cx- position grounds. and while listening to the Seductive votce of a "barker" in front of one of the concessions bad her satchel neatly opened and her money taken. FORTUNE WAITS AN ACTRESS Et ! ' 12ciittiii , Though t to Ut' iii Onialin , is % Vpiteti to Clitizit u South 1)nkon Estate. A fortune in Dakota ranch lands and money awaits Ella Evenson , late of Yankton. S. D. . who is believed to be living In Omaha under an assumed name. For several days Sergeant Orineby has searched the city for the girl , but wIthout success. She is described as being a very pretty Swede girl , about 26 years old. plumply built and with a wealth of blonde hair. The girl left her home two years ago in the company of an actor. The last her parents beard from the girl she was work- log in a cheap variety theater in Seattle , Wash. She bad altered her appearance by bloating her already light hair and eye- brows. Telegraphic communications by the pollee here with the Seattle polIce de. veloped the fact that she left Seattle some time ago anti was supposed to have gone to Omaha. Since she ran away from home both of the girl's parents have died , Her where- shouts is sought by the probate judge at Yankton. % 'nute the hector. for Omaha , Br , W. ft. Lavender has gone to Denver to attend the steamer meeting of the Amen- can Medical association that is now in sea- sion Zn that city. The meeting will be in session all the week anti will be conducted with a railroad trip through the Colorado mountain.'hlle attending the conven. tion. Dr. Lavender will urge the necessity of a speciai meeting this fail. If be succeeds in securIng this lie will urge that the gatb- snag be held in Omaha some time during September or October. CLEAN OUTA JE\VELRY \ STORE Bnrgiars i1ake a Raid that Neth Theu Quite a Lot of Sil'rer. CARRY OFF ONLY THE CHOICEST GOODS Stocli of T , I. , Coonihi. . Co. Care. . fult' lflhul'eCtcI nnl lii. ) Io.t 'nhiiahIc Portion. Itemosed by ( he Thierst , Burglars effected entrance to the ) ewelry store of T. L Cootnbs & Co. , 1520 Douglas street , during the early hours of yesterday - day by means of skeleton keys and stole jewelry and cut glass articles to the value of $600. ThIs loss may be swelled to double this amount when a careful inventory shall have been made of the stock , Marks on the safe In the rear of the store show that the intruders made an attempt to open it , No attempt at secrecy was made by the marauders , they making their entrance - trance through the front door of the store and icaving.by the same means. The robbery - bery was discovered by Mr. Coosnbs when he arrived at the store in the morning , lie found the store door witle open and the floor covered with silverware - ware wrappings and the tags that formerly hung from the stolen articles. Evidences were plentiful to show that the men worked leisurely and selected the goods they wanted. They certainly displayed an accurate knowledge of silverware , as they took none but the finest sterling silver anti- des. des.The The bulk of the loss Is in sliver goods , shieh was contained In the upright glass cases behind the show countera. None of the gold trinket jewelry in the show cases was molested , but the show windows were stripped of everything of value , such as gold-headed canes. umbrellas , rings , pins and bnlc-a-brac. One of the most valuable single pieces of silverware stolen was a mammoth silver and cut glass punch boal which weIghed fully sixty-five pounds. MI of the silverware stolen was bulky and It is the I belief of Mr. Coombs and the police that the burglars drove up to the store in a buggy anti loaded their plunder into It. Local thieves are not suspected of the theft , but the work is accredited to some of their visiting brethren. All of the available detectives at the central station have been detailed on the case. MERCY FOR AN OLD BURGLAR i'ollt't' .Jiitigt' nntlfleleetlvrs BestS . 'I.e ii ti c rt i I I Ii It ri Liii luvn ' . - . I'xit Cle.rte- A touching scenewas enacted in police court yesterday. when Pat Clancy , the famous safe blower , now a decrepit old man , wa.s arraigned before Judge Gordon charged with being a suspicious character. Clancy is 72 years old and has a criminal record of nearly forty years. He arrived in Omaha last evening , not to "do any jobs , ' but , as he said , to die , As the old fellow faced the bar , his form trembling from palsy anti a racking cough punctuating his every sentence , he was in vivid contrast to the stalwart man he was a few years ago when he enjoye'i a tight with liolice otilcera who sought. to arrest him. WhIle the old man was mumbling his story to Judge Gordon - don , Serreant Ormsby , who for the last fifteen - teen years had been Ciancy's implacable enemy , made his way to his side , and in a voice that sounded tearful , asked that the old man be shown clemency and allowed to leave the city or go to Eome hospital. Ormsby sas seconded in his request by other detectives , who formerly hunted Clancy. Judge Gordon granted the request - quest and contributed to a little fund that was collected for the benefit of the penal- less old burglar. As the old man tottered out of the court. room his hand was heartily shaken by the congregated officers. Ciancy is a Chicago product , and is known the world over as an expert burglar , During his long career as a safe blower , he has secured several fortunes , but like all of his ilk , spent his money in riotous living and today be Is a pauper and is compelled to live on the bounty of old acquaintances. This Is his first visit to Omaha In nearly ten years. Ills last visit was under very different conditions , as he was then the recognized head of the famous Mollie Pitcher gang , since broken up , of Chicago , which made a meteoric trip through the west. plundering night anti left. Among the members of this famous gang were the following men. famous in criminal history : "Rats" O'BrIen , "Striker" Sullivan , and "Bananas" Reagan. ALLEGED JESTER LOCKED UP Suits ilnu-kisis , Who lInt ! n P'unnr Sory I'innIl' W'lii , , tp In Cite Lily Jail. SHa Hawkins , who , dressed as a green farmer , advertises a brand of pills , is in custody , charged with disorderly conduct. Hawkins early yesterday morning met an omcer and told him a fake story about hi. wife running away with another man. The star ) ' was told the officer in a very pathetic manner. The facts acre jotted down by the omcer and he promised Hawkins to look into the matter. As the otflcer as about to turn away he asked Hawkins what he thought caused his wife to leave him , and the other then sprung a joke on him. This made the ofilcer angry and he placed Hawkins under arrest , hut later released him. An hour later Hawkins met Henry McCune and told him the same story , but McCunc instead of seeIng the roint drew a revolver , It is alleged by Hawkins , and chased him several blocks. McCune , on the other band , says that because he tould not laugh at the story , Hawkins threatened him with a hatchet , and to protect himself he was' forced to display his revolver. MORE HAWKEYES FOR WEST Likelihood of no Adtiltltgl Iosa * Iteglitient Ileing' Oriirrr.i to the San Frssucisco Camp , It is altogether probable that the Fourth regiment of Iowa trgops , raised under Preal- dent McKinley' . first call , will leaye Des Moines for San Francisco this week. Such a rumor is current In railroad and army circles , and appears to be well founded , though no otc1al order to that effect baa yet been received at the headquarters of the Department of the Missouri , U. S. A. , in Ibis city. The regiment of volunteers numbers about 900 men and , like its three predecessors , I. a regiment of infantry , The route for the movement baa been selected In anticipation of the order to move , so that all the transportation equipment may be on band at the proper time. The ChIcago , Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chicago & Northwestern wi11 bring the regiment from Des Moines to the Missouri river. From here it will be sent westward In three sections over these tines : The Union Paclflo the Burlington and the Rock Island.