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( ESTA33LISIIED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TLESDAY MORNLNG , JUNE 7 , 1SOS. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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EVILS OFLONGTk1C1TIONS \
Ixnportuicc of Diminithing Educational Idle-
ne in ldldzumingr.
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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 -
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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
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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
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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.
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: 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
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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. ,
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\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
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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.