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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1898)
4i DAILY BEE. : EsTABTAsIIED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMU1A , tt'IIUIS1)AY ' { MOitNING , JUNE 16 , 1898. STNL1 COPY FIVE UEN'rs1 ' UIr r TIlE FIELD OF ELECTRICiTY National Rivalry In the Dcveopment of Electrical Equipment. r' TIlE UNITED STATES AS A PACEMAKER 1lcct rcnl ' ' ) tnt ICN ! 'I'IiizrnIIi Mt rztliip , n * 'JcIt'iipI ) " .VIrCM-EIIc 1'li , While many clectrlcnt corps have bCcrt foritied for active ervIco In the fleld and oii . .1tic / ) watcr , the nccesty of having an ath'Is. ory boily to whkh the government couI4 Rubmit matters of linportanco In the prose- cutlon of war by electrical means of offense aiul ( Ictenso , has only Jilat taken form , \Vll- lard I. Case has ubrnItted to the councU of the American Insttuto of Electrical En. gIneer a tiggcstlon for the organlat1on of suc'li a burati whIch would be reeruttoti ? from the univerRitics , colleges nn(1 eletrI- cal roclotles of the country.Vhlc entirety subordinate to the regular governmental t elcctrlenl staff , It slrnuld ably supplement that boly , as It would be drawn from the ) hIghlc3t Intellectual cotarces available In the t. electrical flehil. It wouhl , l fact , be the -'braIns' of electrical war prosecution , lii cotitrathistinction to the "hands' ' which wouhl be represented by those in active service fit the front , \'hiflo America ha gone beyond any other country in the con- ( _ . _ struetion of electrical war appliances , the whole hell Is yet. in a tentative state. Many niparentiy ) valuable Inventions have yet to ' be IUt to a practical test and matiy prob- , hems have to be sohvcl before niuchi dee- I trical machinery on which great hopo3 are it now rrstlng will be reduced to the ihane of ? assured and standard practice. The soth- lion Cf many of these problems , by the aid of the experience gained In the present con- filet , could with advantage be entered on by the pIOIOSCIl bureau , which could also , ' receive , iass tipoil and if necessary recoin- ? iflefll for the adoption of the government any new Inventions for Increasing efliciency of the army or navy antI iromotlng ) the effectiveness - fectivoness of measures for the defense of the country. . . - E. acorge Tldd , in a paper on the future ' - prospets of electricity on board ship , de- dares that in nearly all marine electric Installations suiflelent consideration Is not given to the question of providing acicqrate spare or ( iuplicnte ulant. Every boat that 13 used for passenger traffic. except , perhaps , the very small ones , should ho fitted with at least two sets of plaiit. fly this Is meant not absolutely duplicate plant in all cases , bjit a safe rule is to have the additional ct capable of running about two-thjirtis of thin ntire number of lamps. Tue ordinary Plant will thus be equal to all the work , except iii case of accident. when the other plant vihi come In. Mr. Tidd anticipates before - fore long a very large increase In the number - bor ef electric motors used on shipboard. arid expects to sea the day when electric wires will replace all the steam pipes that at Present hamper a deck for the use of . - wiiiche , etc. lie strongly Impresses upon marine engineers the Importance of gaining some slight knowledge , at all events , of electrical matters. A dynamo is one of the BIfllllCSt of machines to work , and does not need the constant attention that must 1)0 ) glveii Some other kinds of machInery ; but Its operation must bo understood , and it requires some care to keep It In order. Iiig lititil' , , lIeetrIesil CorpM. . - While the American navy Is electrically the best. eqUIIed in the world It. has no supplenientary staff wIth sufficient technical - cal knowledge and skill to take hold of the electrical sld of operations In fightIng time. In this regard England i Is ahead of us , for wIth electrical esources , both In the army 011)1 ) navy , ) nucll inferior to our own , It lies organized an electrical engineer vol. . - unteer 1eorps , wldcli Is already In training , - - It Is singular that this corps should owe Its origin to our own superiority In electric iHL'Id aplihiances. Stuhi , however , is the fact. At. the time of the Venezuela agitation - tion , when Great hiritain was confronted wIth the possibility of lmmetllatevar with America Its government was so impressed by thc IllaflifeSt advantage hold by the United States navy from its exceptional t eletrical ehlIilI)11'flt ) ) that It gave a free ) hand to Major J. ilopkliison , who iiow corn- 11100(18 the Loinloii corpsiand instructed him instantly to take whatever measures be r _ ' thought necessary for the organization of a cOIIpetei2t ) body of electrical men who would be avaIlable for actlvo naval or mIlitary service. i'ciuhliig ( lie decisIon of the nuthori- tics at Vnshiigtoii ) in regard to the estab- libliflicOt of . siiniiar body in this country , It is interesting to note 5011)0 of the hues on which the London corps has been formed. The corps is armed with the Lee-Metford rule. The training Is divided ifltO two kinds , military and technIcal. 'rho military % vork consIsts of infantry drills , musketry , etc. 'Fhie technical work includes every up- Phlcation of electricity to war , with the cx- CeitiOR of telegraphy , and such other work as vill be tiseful to an iehectrlclan or en- gino-irlvcr In carrying out hIs tluitles , uucIi as cignuhing , flghitiu , loading , P1 I In I ug and con necting up sttLn a rinc uuilncs , a cci tall ) amount of boat vork , and knottIng , splicing. etc. The work is carried out partly at thiti headquarters iii London , Iflit mainly at defended Ports , In order to lCcOflC ) ) elilcient each member must at. t'fld a COUtiflUolls traInIng at a defended lort for at least cIgh days each year , Iii addition , sevcuity-clgbt hours' tt'chinlcal work IUtSt be ulonu each year-forty-eight after lIassilig as "cxporte , " Each vorklng day after the first eight of continuous training - ing counts as six hours , cacti full slay counts six hours , each half-day four hours , Thin remaInder may be inatle up in veriods of cisc , one and a lht , two , two end a half , thiret and three and one-half hours , The capitatlon allowance is 125. 4I ) allowance - lowance of $1.25 Is unatle for a whole day , c : cents for a half-tiny. but a "recruit' ' must attend forty , a "trained man' ' twenty , nfl ' & , , , , ' ' tnfl ) , nrlu , , lriIl , l , . . a . . . # ' , . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ; , . , , .j ' . . , . , , - lug thieq nbIovanecs , During the continuous - t ous training each u000)tier ) earns $1.25 a day , Tue whole of these allowances will - . - be devoted to the maintenance In eainii and to the remuneration of emclent morn- hers. ilefore enrollment each candidate Intust b Passed OS fit by a medical ollicer. - -1' . . Every member is enrolled for three years at least. A ineniber kaving before cons. pleting three tralnings is liable to a alty , Any member who serves for three years auuti is cillcheut In each year practi- colby will be put to no expense , as hi , will have incurred no penaltIes. aiih ) the cost of his unlrorm 811(1 camp expenses vill have bourn refunded to him , \\'hile niany of these " "N1t : ) restrictlon8 would lje Inapplicable to the COn4Itioiis obtaining In thIs country. others tony prove to be valuable as suggestions vhsen our own electrical corps is taken In isa nil. 'l'hse 'orld's I'r rcss , II , C. Fischer , who lisa Jiust retired from his Position PS comptroller of the central tehegrapb ofliec in London , says be has i lIvely recollection , when superiustendeust of Ibo foreign department , of the tremendous ixcltemont In 1uglaud at certalu momentous criea in the American civIl war. It was in thee slays hooked upon as a piece of exceptional - tional enterprise that several of the newspapers - papers , in order to be the first to obtain news from America , hired tenders to intercept - cept the mail steamers when approaching Cork harbor. Thcn would follow a race to be first at the Itochies Point telegraph olfies' , whence the messages were telegraphed to the old foreign gallery , and subsequently sent out , sheet by sheet , for vubhlcatlon in the special editions of the London lahicra. This was , of course , before the laying of the first Atlantic cable. The war ended In April , 1S6i , while the laying of the first cable was not conhileted until July 28 , 1SGL The first cabling done over the line was soniowhiat expensive , $100 beIng charged for twouty words. This rate was reduced about three months afterward to O for twenty worls , and the following year it was looked upon as comparatively cheap ciibhing Ihat a man could send ten words for $26. That was thirty years ago. The rate in now 25 cents a worth. IiecrIett' sn ltnilroniis. I At the electrical exhibition held tu Maul- son Square garden recently Prof. Short of the Walker Electric company gave a lecture with kinetoscoise pictures on electricity as a railroad motIve lower. Tbe principal point of his remarks was in reference to the use of electric motors on elevated roads. llroolc- lyn Is to have its elevtet ! roads operated in this way , Prof. Short saId , In part : 'Thuia subject is of great interest at this time because of the adoption of electricity by the Brooklyn elevated roads and the careful investigations now being made of the subJect - Ject by the Manhattan Elevated Italhway company , There are two reasons for the adoption of electricIty by ehcvuuetl railways -000 to reduce the cost. of opcratlon , the other to increase Its schedule speed to the utmost limit , "The cost of operation can be materially reduced , as fully one-halt of the fuel will be saved on account of the cheaper grade of coal wbich can be hurned tinder stationary - ary belIe , the tonnage remaining the same. The Increased rapidity in the movement of the trains will for the same service reduce the train crow wages by a large percentage. The repair expenses of the electrical equip- haunt will show a large annual saving over the relairs required by locomotives. The decrease in the running time of the trains lutist be nitide irincipally by stopping and starting theta more rapidly. "The method to be used on the Brooklyn roads Is to use two small motors on eachi car of the train , making ten motors instead of four , all of the motors to be controlled froni the front platform of the train. Even with thIs method , known as the multiple unIt systeni , it is nut PO3Slble to make more than an eighteen-mile schedule on ordinary elevated railways wIth one-third mile stops. "Tli most serious problem in connection with the operatIon of trains by means ot electricIty over hong distances is the econoin- Ical transmission. aml distribution of the electric current from the main power sta- Lion t the moving traius of the system. No very long hines have yet been electri- cahhy equipped owing to the cost of trails- mitting the power. It is not practical to use a higher Ircssure than 500 or 600 volts in the thIrd rail. The cost of the copper feeders for transmitting power at this pressure - sure to great dItanccs is prohIbitive. "There is , however , another way out of the ditlhciihty. The power stations can be provided with large generators of the alter- tinting current type which will produce the electrical energy and deliver it at high pressure - sure to transmission hues , the current quan- tlty being correspondingly small. This high tension alternatIng current must be reduced in pressure at intervals along the road and fed into the third rail at the normal pressure - sure of 100 volts. This can be done by means of the ordinary static step-down transformers , but they would feed the trol- hey rail with an alternating current which would not drive the curren motors on the cars. It is therefore llecesary to interpose between the secondaries of the static trauis- formers and the thIrd rail of a rectifier or rotary converter which changes the alternating - nating current Into a direct current. "It Is ouily recenUy that these rothry converters - verters have been sleveloped , and we believe that. the great succebs being attained by this new niachine wIll stimulate the adop- tlon of electricity for hong distance , high Sliecul raIlways and that in a few years we will see electric trains operated over iiiie 100 or even 200 miles in lengtlp. " % 'IrcIs'NM 'I'eiegriuIa- . Sotne very satisfactory nnd authoritative figures nnul facts in regard to wIreless teleg- raIhy are Printed in the Journal of the Lon- ( loll Society of Arts , being contaIned in an address delivered before that society by l'rotessor Sylvanus I' . Thompson. one of tile greatest living electrical authorities. Ito states that Lodge , employing the electrIc waves discovered by hertz was the first to send messages across intervening Space without thie tuBe of connectIng wires , the distance - tanco lie covered being several hundred yards , Iteceuitly Signor Marconi , with the Tussistance of tint liritish telegraph depart- uncut , Sent Signals front tLavernock Point to Llrcani Down , a shistance of about nine miles , and subsequently Spoia over thio open sea maintained onnnuiiicatloi , between Iolflts about eluveus iiniies Ishiart , In Ocr- sunny still more recently , Professor Slaby culiphoylug the hiranly- Lodge coherer as the receiving instrument and a comparatively long base line iuignaicd over au open stretch of country trout Hangadoif to Schonburg , a distance of thlrten and ouie-hialf nillea. Ap- pisrenthy all the cxlCrlnlents luidic&ito that fur the same ihsysicnl condItions otherwise It is easier to traiismit iiiessagcs over the sea than overland. Thin most. significant and pregnant of Professor Thiouiipson's remarks Is contained in the conclusion of his lecture , in which hie states that , gIven the proper base hine , or base areas , auid adequate methods of throwing electric energy into thut , transmit- thug systeni anti sufficiently sensitive instru- uiients to take up the treniors and translate ( lie signals. it will be Possible to establish electric corninunlcatious between lngIauiut itnil merica across thin intervening space. Considering the s'xtreino delicacy and son- alttvencas of present electrical apparatus In other hues , It shoes uiot useem Improbable that the desired instruments will be a gre'st while being developed io suit the locullur requirements of thIs now art. htt.siioyl stir It ist frotus I roil , : 'uuul hicrlng's inetlioth of clearing rusted Iron articles electrically has been very generally - orally described , bti in answer to several Inquiries It uiay be stated that It consists i ) attaching a iIeee of ordinary zinc to tile artIcles , antI thieu letting tbeni lie In water to which a little auhihuric acid has been added. Thiey should be left there for soy- eral .lays . , the actual time tlcpeiihing upon how badly they have been rusted. if there Is much rust , a lIttle sulphuric acid aiiould be unWed occasionally , The whole secret of success is that the zinc must be in good electrical contact wIth the iron , Mr. Ilering recommends that an iron wire be twisted tightly around the object and connected with the zinc , For thIs a remnant of a battery - tory sluic Is very useful , as it has a binding post , The iron itself is not attacked as long as the zinc Is In good electrical contact wIth It. 'beu the iron Is but slightly rusted , a galviunlzeth iron wIre can be wrapped around the object in place of the zinc , provided the acid is not too strong. The artIcles will come out a shark gray or black color , and should then be thoroughhy washed and oiled. This method is wehl stilted to the cleaning UI ) of flies and other articles wIth sharp corners , upon which butting wheels should not be used , The rusted Iron antI the zinc make a short-circuited battery , the action . of which rciuccs the rust back to iron , the I change continuing as long as there is any I rust heft. I Strut Ins Hfl 'I'eieihisutle VIre , ' . I 'Tue strains to which telephone wires are subjected when they are weighted with snow or ice tony be gathered from the fact that In Swttzerianul , even after an ordinary snowfall - fall , or sluring frost , the snow or ice deposit on a telephone wire two millimeters In dl- ameter often reaches a thkkness of thirty inllllnieters , or fifteen times that of the wire. lii ft recent fall of snow at Zurich it was niaserveul that the snow deposit on telephone - phone wires hind a dIameter of no less than sixty millimeters , or thuirty tinies that of the wire. Taking the specific gravity of the moist snow deposIt at one-fifth of thin volume , a span of 100 meters would thus have a scow weight of sixty kihogrammes , or more than twenty times the weight of the wire. Many of the telephone posts at Zurich support iron frames carrying as ninny as 250 wires. The snow weight on these , therefore , iii a si'afl of 100 meters would ho fifteen tons , or twenty times more than the weIght In copper. After such : figures as these It Is not surprising that tehe- ithone posts are often bent or brokeui hike reels in a severe storm. The wires , too , are the less able to support th strain , since their normal rcslstenee becomes reduced by the rapid and abnormal fall of teniperature which : the storm usually brIngs wIth IL l'Ite I'hiototPIeIrrlullhi. . - - Another very Ingenious apparatus , casien "the phiototelegraph , " and resembling Szcze- panlk's tclectroscopc , irns been contrIved by the Austrian Major Schoetlier , teacher ot bahhactlcs in the higher artillery course. This apparatus renders it possible withIn a few seconds to photograph : at a distant re- celving station dispatches , newsiaper cuttings - tings , etc. , whIch have been lut into a camera obscurn at the dIspatchIng station. The telegram , or whatever is to be trans- nutted , is simply put into the apparatus. the telegraphic traiisinlsslon tiking place auto- maticahly. The dimensions of the nppara- tus are very considerable. It consIsts of a message sender and a message receIver , the two being almost identical. Thin Principal - pal Involveil is as follows : A wheel coy- ered wIth selenium cells rotates close to a second wheel , which is provided wIth cam- err , obscura. sViieii a. sheet of written matter - ter is placed in the dispatch sender the parts covered with : Ink acts on thin cells differently from the blank parts. As often as the image of a wrItten character falls upon a selenium cell thin current ciretilating in the whiei is weakened. This change at- fects the dIspatch receiver as a difference I of light and It netC on a strip of sensitive PaPerS As the apparatus at the two ends work perfectly synchronistieahiy the situation of the phlotegrnlhiic dots exactly corresponds with that of the dots Ia the original dls- patch. Major Schoeifler calculates that such an nhiaratus will ho able to transmit 600 telegrams an liner ; that Is , 11,000 in twenty-four hours in both directions. if milk glass be substituted for the sensitive paper and if the machine lie niade to work I 140 fast that the whole ullstance Is traverseul in less than one-seventh of a second , then for a moment the message will appear on the milk glass plate as a shining image. The action ot the major's apparatus rests upon the different effect whIch whilte anti black prodtlCo tulOn selenium. lie dispenses with the reproduction ot color , which the telectroscope does not ; but , on the othier hand , his npnrutus Is slmpier. The major has just Issued a detailed description of it entitled "Die Photographic umi das Elec- trische Fernsehien. " ROCK LOSES SOME FINGERS Sliosvs Ui , : Ili it Sliiitt'resI liii tisi zisl 'l'elIs Cssiifl let I , i.c Stsrles of ills liierIciiee F'ohd Rock of 12d Southi NIneteenth street haul the first finger uiiul thumb of his right hand blown elf , but by what agency there is a doubt. lie tells conflicting stories. One is that ho placed a cartridge on the car tracks anti that it was CxlhOded by a passing car. 11e does not attempt to explain how thin ox- vloslon reached hula hiansi from beneath the car. Another story he tells Is that he was followed by a certain man about the city anti dually baited by the fellow somewhere on Leavenworth street. The man , after no- cuising him of some sort of duplIcity with a woman , drew a revolver on hilni anti was about to fire on him when ho grasped the muzzle of the pistol wIth hIs right hianul. In the struggle that followed he says tue weapon vas ullschiargcul utiisi the bullet cut his fingers off. The police discredit bothi of these stories and are investigating the case. ' , lnrtnItty Stzit IslIv 'Fhie fohiovIng birthis anti deaths have heeui reported at the healths commissIoner's offlc for the twenty-four hours coilIng at neoui yesterday : Births-Guy and Susie htIgby , 2813 Half- ilosvarsl , gin ; Eric and Mary Neison , boys Tisonins anti Jane Doilh , , Thirty-elghuthi street ansi Auics aveuuule , glrl Johun and Susie Sweeney , 214S orthi Twentieth street , boy ; S. C. arni C , Iay , 1128 North 'rwentiutui I street , hey ; li. miii LIzzie Mahiouioy , Sixth I anti Martha streets. boy ; John and Augusta Nielsen , sat South Twonty-cighithi street , girl. I ieathis-S\'tnsO ? Dentin , 7 days , Thiirtenthi anti \\'iilizuin streets , St , Mary's ceinetc'ry ; S Nellie \\'Ilhtains , 23 years , 1302 CalifornIa , brain disease ; John Schaibie , 7S ycisra , 2S15 1)ecatur street , rhieunatlsm of the heart , I Prospect 11111 ; Jens Thile'igard , 812 South : Twenty-fifth aveutue , heart trouble , Spring- well ; It. It. arotte , 45 years , f02 South Twenty.Clglithi street , lung trouble , PIasant Hill. St'iiis'I ti ) IIt'iuver's Sjsrcu. TTw escapaule of ii' . C , Beaver of David city. Neit. , siuring hula recent visit to Omaha , % lieu I . s-hi among thuteves anti lost hula 1110)10) ) , : tLC and hi : self-respect , line rosuiteul In the shiasoluitiou of hula family. The publicity giveus his career In Ounuuhia In the payers has caused isle wife to eave 1dm. SIte has notified Sergeant ler and ethics otlicials that she slesires them as wItnesses in a divorce suit she had instituted , iis , IoI Iiui fsir h'rieiuiiM , John Itelley , 14 years old , arrived in the city last night froui Leasivihle , Cob. , with- oust home oi friends , lie says that ho huts been hiving at thin 1:011cc station in Lea'I- yule since the death of his jnothcr , hiti that tip othicials there finally grew tired of birn4'and laid his fare o Omaha , where they told him hs would be able to make a hiving. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Caught 'l'ut ) i'ivltiioekcs ( , fletectivo Oler of the floston store has captured two pickpockets who undertook to operate in that store. Thin ziieui gave the names pf Sam Keep and Harry hawkIns. On the person of one of then : was fount ! a Pocketbook that hiatt been takeii frouii a woasan custouiier but a short time before. 4' I tiscia uiut'nt AgiulliNt i.dijr , NEW YORK , Juno 15-The 'eiriff has received another attachiiient aguist Joseph Letter of Chicago in favor of the Thames and Mersey Marine hnsurauc a company for 181,915. The attachment was granted by Jus- I thee Ialy of the supreme court. LANDINC A DIFFICULT TASI ( Troops May Consume Mic1v Time Getting Atboro Near .nago. MUST WORK UNDER GRE'IT DIFFICULTIES Ilnggngc , lumtiItistis ' 'nr Mist Ar- tiiioi-y ' % % 'llL lie ii : 'Iiiiu whhl 'I'nt the 1isie.tiuity uuiisl 1'attciiee o , 'tItt' "ien. NEW YOttIC , June i.-- ( special from Washington to thin TInis ( nys a full week has been tiseul UP at Tanipa In getting the 15,000 men of the SantIitgoxpeditIon afloat and on their way. \ VaI'tkpartmnent ieople now- bilk wIth some coiCeni about the handling of thIs force whied It shall reach Its Cuban destinatIon. At Tampa there was a pleror piers , up to whi hu thin ships were tied whliernen and baggage were lilt aboard. A railroad brought the macn , baggage , guns , provisIons , teats tititi ainnitinition to the sub of the ships , but with nil these nil- vantages It has taken a whole week to get the expedition off. A well tnforrnsd arnmy omcer says the southern coast of Cuba Is rough : amid difficult of npilroach at most poInts and a good deal of the tune the water Is too rough : for ouitortabie mailing froni vessels moored in time open roads. Thue men , horses and provIsIons must be hIgiitereh ashore unless { he governnment cx- peels to take a. harbor , whIch is not cx- pected. To get the men ashore will be a simple matter comnpareui w1th handing horses and heavy equlpmiiemita , "It will not lie a summer atterimoon's job. " saul the oihlcer. "Thie inca will be lauded imuitier the guns of the fighting vessels. They will thic'n secure themselves agaInst attack. Then the hand- lug of eqimlpmnemit will be begun , which viil be a tedious task. It is probable that It will take imot less than three weeks to hand thin expedition , "After vu have heard about the landing of thIs expeditIon we slush bcglui to understand - stand why General MIles was Opposeul to sendiumg out GO,000 macit ' t once before ( lie \Var department was stitlaihed that ( lucy bad been properly driili'ui. With 60,000 to shIp at Tampa thin comtusion and delay would have been increased. it Is inevitable that there would be contusion at tile Cuban end and that confusIon would have bee : : inereqsC(1 WIth more troops. " It It. is teflnltehy known that General Shatter will land his forces in Guantanaine bay ( he War department shoes not cciii- mnunicato the information. It is suggested that ( lie landing place may be nearer San- tiago. The distance ( rein Guantanuino to Saiitiago , soniething like thirty iihlcs , Is a predigious distance to be overcome iii marchIng : - Ing thurouigh a mounalnoUs country without roais , , \ . umoveineilt at Calmancra to scntl 10,000 or 15,000 nien towavd Santiago would glvo tile Spaniards at Santiago a week's notice to prepare. It Is. ex1)eCtCtl that a landing will ho begun at once to capture Santiago , clear the harbor of mInce and take up the Merrlmnc. The unuiertnkliig is considered too big (0 acconipilsh in short order. Indeed there are many vhmo look for a prolonged sIege of tntiugo before ( ho capture is masie. Yet the capture may be effected In ices Lilac thdnckedted. ituchi will depend , it is ndmnltthd , upon thin vIew obtained by General Shutter after ho has seen aimtl consiultoti AuiinIih Sanpson. There is a stronger disposItion now than heretofore tO obtaIn ( ho co-operation of the Ineumrgeiits at SantIago. They flavo not yet made a very deep impression on the army , bat It is adrniteul they many possess many qualifications to render them valuable allies In occupying the Spanish whIle tile attack Is being made by Shatter and Sampson. 1UItNisiE ARMS 'fl ) JNSIIItG EN'I'S. Suii , jtu.t'e iIztlces it IiitI I ui Otuly a SI lit's frsiui iiil lisurs , . ( Copyright , 1SS , by the Associated Press. ) OPi , SANTIArO , June 1.-Vhit ( Kingston , Janmittica , Sunday , Juuse 12-Slncn ( hue es- tablishnient of tine blockade several interesting - ing and shnrlng cxpeditloa have be'n niauho into ( lie eneniy'S country to discover ( he actual condItion of affairs in Santiago do Cuba. It Is not an easy matter to get near tile city these days. About 8,000 SpanIsh soiuilers and 2,000 home guard troop3 cover every roadway about thin place , and General l'ando , the SpanIsh military cominanulcr. Is very active , although his operations are hinmited hy the niounmtnhiis surroundIng tine place , which arc full of insurgents. On Saturuiny a week ago , June 4 , the converted lighit house boat Suuvnflee , coinnianded by Lieimtenant Commander Daniel Dehehanty , arrived off Santiago de Cuba. It. hail on board about 70,000 roLunds of ammunition , 5,000 rIfles , 1,000 carbines , 2,000 machetes anti hiuimulretls of hiounds of bread , bacon autti 0111cr provisions. With the all of a Cuban : iihot picked UI ) by Ccmniniodore Selilcy , it laimdeul this stuiff in two Iays , beidea taIcIi : an active part in the bombardment of tlw forts at SantIago do Cuba. The lansilng was effected about tweivo miles ( a ( lie svcstwartl of Sauitiuugo , anti in the ilresenco of 500 iimsurgents. About 100 nncro iuisuurgeimts were out gtiarsi In tile ifloUmltalns nuud in ( lie passes. The ammu- million anti tooth , with : tliq arms , huut't : tltero- fore pint the Insurgents in excebhent shape to prevent the Silanlarda fran : getting provisions - visions from thin outside thiroughn the island itself. It Is believed that ( hue urn- lug of a force of Insurgents has assisted in cutting off one Part of thin Simnlsin army ( rein another , Tuesday , Juno 7 , wuniiewoi'king near Ces- sari'saro. twelve inuili3 train : Samitingo sisi Cuba , Lieutenant Commander Delehanty saw two sloops trying to run away tilt tile I river /tsserazao. lie fired at thorn and ( lucy were run ashore and deserted. Later a boat's crew tronn the Suwaneecaptureil them. One of the iioops was pra'htleui with : a Sp.inish flag and nine hind on board a hnehhographu for signalling purposes. TIme hag and the heliograph were taken As spoIls of thno war One of thin sioopa was presented to the ( ubnue , and thin other , which already had a few lIcks in It , % % 'a.s unhc by shits from the Suwanee. KNOVS ? O'l'htING Oh" i. ' 1' iiI'liN'I'ION , i'iIili is'r Ssiguusti Piensis Igiusirti mis's , or It ululisirs itcitus nh Hg it iissln , LONDON , June 15.-A ' special dispatch froni Madrid , jubhizhesi this afternoon. iuur- ports to give the substance of an linterview with Senor Sagasta , time Spaumishn itremlnier , wino is quoted as saying that yesterday's rise no tine flourse was Iue to teiegraimms ativisimig leading finanriers that RussIa has taken steps to Interyene shortly In tine set- tiement of tine I'hlllppine question , Thu vrcnair added , however , that persoinaihy Ito hind no knowledge of such Intention , Ast.r lust cr' ihirnu t i' ' % 'cst , ST. LOUIS , June 15-Thu Vanuiahia brought Ii : the Astor battery fromn New York today , and after ( he nun had been refreshed with a substantial breakfast at ( Talon ata- tion ( lie journey (0 San Fr.tnclsco was con- tlnued , Lieutenant P. C , March was in command of ( be battery , anti witht him were three omeers and ninety-nine men , wino arrived - rived In a main oussting of three tourist sleepeis , one coach and three baggage cure. Ilefore starting west the train was en- harged by the addition of seven cars con- tamIng horses and musics , one flat car with to army wagons and one box car. The box car contained pack saddles , bridles and accoutrements. TURN TO AMERICA FOR LIGHT I'nrls , ( ) ( , ImIsuuuIres V1uetiucr 'l'iuls Csnuiutr' Can i'uurniiit the hilumim imlninmu , 1\'ASIIINGTOIT , June 1&-lteference Is made in a report of Secretary Cruller , on the Paris exposition , to an Inquiry by the exposition omciais as to whether AmerIcans could furnish the electrIcal power to light the whole exposition nnui run the macbin- cry , This would requIre 20,000 horse power ho said , Mr. Criuller took thin nnntter tinder ativisencn ( , wIth a vIew to securing the opinion of electrical experts In the United States. Secretary Cruller says ( lucre are two an- heat fenilros in the scheme of tIme exposi- tion. The first is its nuimlrable situation in ( be center of Paris , the second the embei- iishimcnt of that part of the Seine connect- lag the two parts of the exposition , which will recall to thin visitor's mind a modern Venice , anti by its splendor will contrIbute to sulrpasa nIl previous expositions in : Paris. At one extremity the Trecadero cmii at the other tine Chianips Elysees wIll be con- iieeeul by a bouhernrd of decorative water craft spanned by four large brIdges. The space secured b3' tim United States vill be In the Hall of general manufactures ammsh household furnishings , 24,3l10 square feet ; In the nilnies aol netaliunrgy , 7Gh0 square feet ; In the textiles anti wearing ap- narci. 13.003 square feet : in agricuultunral and frumlt pccuiucts , 18,518 square feet ; eduication ninth liberal arts , 11,471 square feet , auld chemlcii industry , 5,160 squnare feet. Secretary Cridler , in : closIng Inis reimort , devotes a cimrnptcr to it statenuiellt of tIne reasons why the Unlteul States sinotild met ho uhissuads'ui from a full anti atlethinate rep- rcsenntatlon at time Paris exposition : . lIe uloes not. openly say sd , but makes it apparent froimi ills report that he has rcterennce to the threats mantle in some quarters that the Uiiitesi States would refrain from mnaklmg : au exhibIt on account of the prevalent Iuhea of F'rauico hayIng umntiuo syinpaIiy for Spalul. 01 : tInts point lie says : "It wotulti be tunfortumiate fuoni conimnercial reasouls \vcrc tile United States to dechine to iniake oil auleqtuate representation. Congress. by ncccptinng the Invitation of France to participate - ipate , assiumned an obhigaion to llrovide the numanus , hnUt asiule front : suncin obligation thnere are controllIng reasons wIly the counntry should be represented. The vast. busIness of our country shouuhd be dispiayeui nuivuin- tageously 1mm Colilpetltioni with those of foreIgn - eIgn lands. In thnls our mncrchmaunts anti imnan- iufncttnrcrs a-re concerned , anti in proportion : 115 thmey show the pcophe of thlo earth , who will be conngrcgated at Paris , how great are our products. our mamninfuuettnri'rs , nild our imiventlons , wihi o , . , ci edit rdflecteui upon us as a nation. Thne growing expert trade of the UnIted States wouli gain : by an exhibit , for if our goods are already galuulng ground In Europe , an exhibit at I'arls will doubly irniiess thin coninniercial affairs of the world there to be assembled anti retlounni ininne- diuteiy ; to the creuhlt. and lastinng benefit of our foreign : conmmniercc. " Mr. Crldler assorts that tine conning expo- sltloml will surpass in : . beauty ninth grandeur amy sintiltir effori in time past , and says the United States should be worthily repro- seated. Ito closes with : the recommendation that a vermanncunt commission be at ounce appoin teul. WOES OF THE STREET CAR MEN I'eeI ilizut 't'1st' . mmuit'i'rsuilIen Iltuit . A re liii u-si tip flnr Up Vissler. The street car enployes of Omaha sInce the exposltioit begat : have had their t roinbles , Time Increased Street car service has made a good nanny timings dlfferennt from hnnt tile ) : formerly vere. Thue hours are longer for lull the inca , because It requires a vell- nigh perfect service to hnmndhe the crusim , One ii ! time new conductor's woes it learning tine streets anti calling thneni so as to escape holing abused by the Irate passcmnger. Them tim old condtictor'mm great slisgust is a new inotornianhno Is getting huis Inmitiationm cnn ink car , antI tine old , experleinced man canu- hot understand why tlue igunorant unnaut is sent to travel wills him , Tine now man , despite the enueavorB of ills pilot , yanks thin car around at a tlreadfunl rate , hilts tine curves In a way ( hint tinrcacns to bring down time whole overhnead system , timrows time conuimictor off huls perch anti caunses him to drop chmarngo. It also imnakes the jrnssen- gore nervous amid math. Timer : tinero arc people 'lmo try to work tine "Vhny-I-gave- yotn-inrthf-instend-ot-n-qmnarter" clnammgo game on time conductor , and tills causes hint : to become uiuspicloun of even his best friend whicim Inc gets en tine car. There are noon : annul womnen whuo svant to argue over the question of tramnsfers. Sonme of tine scinedinies on the maIn lines wluIcin lnas'e theIr runnhmng time changed oc- cashonmahly anmnoys time conductors anul uunotomunen. A couple of mnmcnm on : tine Twenty-totnrtiu Street line t'Imo have been : huaviog theIr runs ehnanged pretty often say they mayo been : cinannghng bulging pinuces on an average twice a week for the past few coeks in : a vaIn endeavor to get near tine emntl of their uiay's ruins. They say it is a tough IwopositIonn to rentelm their car barium at 1 a. mu. nil tireil aunt , nimul linen , hneeauuso ihney have been sliiftc'ui during thue day , to hmave to walk a good two miles to a place of nuhotho from wiulchn ( iney must make their escape again at 6 In tine nnormning for nnothner cIglnteein-hounr day's work , POCKET CUTTERS SHOW UP .1ost liuugeroiis ) .p5 of i'IclissanIc ( Iis'ghui ( ) , ' itulssHug time ( roi sis , Thuo pocket cuttlngplciupockct , nine of tIne nnnoutt atht'pt and successfuul of title class of tinieves , has made hula appearnuince in Ounmaima. Two casce wimero victims % veru reiicveui of thueir money thnrougb silts cut in their pock- eta have been reported to tine police. This method of work Is neat nund Inn mulnoty-nmlno cases out of 100 Is suneceasful. It is also the least easy to detect , The work is uionno In two ways-by macnuns of limo ring knife anal hue buttonhnook knnife , Tine rinng knife Is a lneavy gold rinmg inn which is fitted a unnail keen knife inolumt. Tine knlfo is operated by a spring , When inot in UBO It is conneealetl In the ring. A touch : on it small lever releases the blade , Time blundo of tine buttormhtook kmnlfe resembles a bunttonhuook , Thue inside of time curveni hook Is grounti as keenu as ii razor. The point of ttuc hook is simrpened to a needle poimnt. It Is used by insertIng ( Ito point unto a garment - mont anti pulling downmward. A Itocket in cloth of time finest texuru can lIe ciut wills. out a iuhl or jerk , Lentthmer huanutlbags or satchels can be cut by these keen inetru- luenIts. $ sthsei-ls'N for s' litsJ lsuus- , CHICAGO , Juno 15.-It is allmnounced today by ( be officials of thin National Bank of thin htepubhic of Cinlcago that thne hank hind subscribed - scribed for $ i,000,000 worth of mew govern- maclit bonds. CONDITION OF LUN SISTERS Coturt lntumuirlngluuto 1se ( 'lrcuumni- .tauuee.s Cuiteerining 'i'InLi' ltfe un Auueivun. The hnalmerus corpus case wherein \'s'ah Lee is seeking to tnke time Ltnn sisters from ( ho custody anti control of Ii. Sling and Leni You , ( inn proprietors of ( Ito Chinese village at time exposlIon , had anotimer innIng in Juuuigo Scott's court , and the lndicntiomns are ( mint the hearing will extend over several ulays before a final tuijuutilcation Is reached. Up to this tlumism them inns been mm inn timmnni- tioun of Lee's inurpose in : brhmngimug thue stilt , asIde fronni the fact tlnnit he has alleged tinnt lime Lint : sIsters have been brought ineo for time inmrpose of being soul into slavery. At tine opening of courtLeo was glvemm ( o unmderstaunui that in onion' to do busIness in an Auunerican court , Inc woUld be volt- itelled to connnphy wIth : tIme American macti- ods. At the ( lime of Lee receivimmg thnis Iii- tlmnnatlonn Leini You cns on : tine witmm'ss : umtammd testifyling tiuroumgh an interpreter , Ahoy \Vonng. Thue direct exniuimnaiomi ( of Tout hnntl been : conchtndeti and lie had been ttmrmncti over I (0 the attorneys for the shefemmulaints for cross-exanmlumation. At this time Lee was aittlung chose to his noruicY I amud as qtuestionma were inropottuuicti to tine I witmmess Lee would wink his eyes amid mao- lion to Indicate the nnaumner In whmich time amiswers were to be nmnmde. ThtI't omntlintucil for sonne tlune , anti tine proceedings were I noticeul by thin judge , who liunuiiy brotngint Leo tnim to tine bar anntl asked hIm vlnat he mennit by.signailiug to the wilIness. Lc ( ned to ulodge tine issue by , vxpinimnlmg that. ito luiteauled no disrespect It' the court. 'Fhie judge told tine fellow that stich practices might do in ChIoa , bunt. thmat they would nmot lie tolerated in tIne Uuntteti States. After cinastlsiumg Leo , lie was orumereti irommi time court rosin : and was inmfornied that Inc coimlul not rctuurn tiumriing thin progress of tine trial. Time llrat witincas called to thme stammul was Mv : ; . W'ykoff , a retiimimcui niisslonnary fromu Clnlna. Site as oum the stannd last Saturday , I btut at tiunmt tIumne imer examination hmaui nnot been conichuntleui. AgaIn sine reiterated tine statement that sine saw time tinrec Liii : sis- tore iii tine CimInnei qutarters at Thmirteentim amid Chicago streets , amid tinat ( hney vcro crying. WIny thney cried silo counhui met say. Om : cross-exiinlimzitIofl the wiliness said that time conditIon : of ( ho Lina sisters anu caihed to 1mev ntteotiomi by senile of time nnemni- hers of tine Clnlnnese Sulmnday sclmool of time First i'resbytoriauu church , Tlncretuponu she vIsIted thmu btniimiing , where ( lIe girls , to- getiner wIth oIlier Chulmmese , were boaruied. No inersonn OiJL'cicl to her golmmg tinroimgln ( lIe ininiluhitug anti tnlkiuig with thin women : annul cinlltlrenm.Vhuile tlmere sine mnct Cunsionne Oiii- cerVnlker fronmn Stun Frannclsco , wino ap- iarenntlY huad charge of ( lie inlace amId hmo aiuowctl her about. Leo You wins nnext called by time prosecu- tionu alit amilti ( hunt lie visited time Clmiincse ultiarterlu ainti was lnformmed by Lein : 'foum thu. Quo thnree Lumi girls were for cole at $1,500 each : . Tinrotighu tine innterpretcr tine wltnmess said tlmiut Lenmi 'Von Infornnned luInnn tlnat tine nina were botmizimt in Chuinnnt ninnui tiuumt they luau ! been : brounghnt lmere to be soul. Wlnenu cross-i'xannlnneui Leo You got baully tammgieui oil is ! dates aund was nnot certnulum whether tue coniversationne were had at time Chicago street inouiso or omm hlarntey street. 1153'flS just struilghteolng hiumnself out wiueun the Judge caught hun hnoldiung a sign : conmver- satlon will : time Imrosecuting witness annd or- uieresi tIme latter from time room. At the afternoon : session of court 3m : Wey was called as a wltunt'ss and ( estiticut that hue nuet Ltenn You , tihuo informed him tlnat. Ito lund ultree Cluinmese girls for sale. Witness could rot state whmethner tine girls Inn court wem'c' tine ones referrcuh to , as Inc hind nut seen ( hem. On cross-exanmnination Wey rennmemmmbereth of iavinmg nnet You bitt once. lie thnougint timat tine questiorm at the anthe of time girls was tIme omniy subject thuat was uhiscuisseul , The connversationi extended over a sinort perloth of time. To the rennarks of You thno witness nnmatle no rely. , 'fine oiler of tue three girls was called dunr- lug the sessloim of counrt. aiud vuns still upon tine stand unnder cross-exanunirnatIonn when tIme lnour of auhjournnnneot. was reached. Tine girl testhhieii that sine was known u.s Lumn F'eug , 17 ytara of age nummti was an : actress , tornncrly enmminioyed Iii time tineatcrs of Hong Koing as a ballet thaincer. Sine cannne to this country of luer own : free will , receiving two monntins' saiary , $10 , ninth expenses , Askesh if site was well treated by tIme people of tine CluimleSe coinnitnuny , site said timat site was nunnul that she was perfectly satlsflcui to rennnahun In thneir employ , Tlue subject of thue sale of hmer anul iuer sisters had never been touchici upon. Name tnf thlo people tmnsui ever nnade any lnnsuhtlnng remarks or inmheccnt proposals. Testifyinng along this ilne , time witness saId ( mat c nne nnnan : Iunuui nnnadc nuluiecemut proposals sintee hnc'r arrival in Onnahua , TInat manu sine said was Luuui Tung , nine of thue witnesses s'ino math testified for the prosecutloim , Asked to Inientify tine party , hue girl pointed time unman out. to the court , Inc occuyintg a seat. in the lobby , RAILROAD DETECTIVES FINISH I lIJ.r ( 'tiuic'I tills's I te t'ssitiiu inlt ii IiIt't't issiu 5 , r OtiIs ei' fun. the Xt.t Ys'nti' . 'Fino tiuird mnnnmnainnneetlng of tlue Itailway Special Agt'nmts' Association of tile Unmitenh States anul Canada , which convenmeul 'rumesday umnornn i nn at time 1ti II neil mo tel , auijtnuu mmcd si inc silo at noon yesteruiay , A mmmnijorlty of the thel- t'gatcs who have icon : iii attenndnnco , however - ever , \vlhi stay over a tiny longer to take In the exposltloin , Tine ciection : of officers was ( Inc lurliucipal buislimt'se annul resulted as foiiowe : i'residcnmt , w. s , Calnm of Chicago , chnlt special agent. of tine Cinicmngo & Nortiuwcutternm railroad ; first vice prt'tuiuienni , \ , F , Riley of Chicago , special agenmt of tine Chicago & Northwest- eta ; uceotuti 'lcc presideiut , Joinun DcI.otmg of Atcinison , special agent of tite Missomnri Pa- chile ; thniruh vice Itresident , C. I I. hawson of Ainuoru , Ill. , special zmgeint of ( Ito Cbuicnugo , Burlington & Qulumey ; secretnury anti trezus. uier , Johmn J. ICliuney of Tolneka , umuiterigu. teutultntt of tito special service tlepartnumennt of tine Smuota , Fe , It was declulcd to hold the next nuni'ctiumg of time associatIon lii DetroIt onm tine secoruli Tuesuhnny of mcxl June. Tine autsoclatlonu tiiucuussed a vaulety of scineunmes to ennubie thorn to mom satlefac- torlly tussle wills tint criunninal elennont , whnlclu operates annnonng the rsiiroad systems. A number of reconnunnenukmtlons tyrro made teState State legislatuee looking towaruh hue tutlup. fbi : of laws to iternumit of ( be hnctter Pun- Ishunneuut of tiuia class of crlnmnlnmals , 'cis issUer ' ' SI Gositl'J'j ins' . Eu , Sehuintier left lila mouse at Twenty- nmlnthn anti ? slandcrson streets last imigint to pay a visIt in time OuSternn Part of ( hue city. whuero ito was robbemi and maslo thno 'lctjuiu of a eonlldemuce gnmntne before hue ovenulnng is'utti over , lie oinly itosumessed 1 arId lie lost this at the innunsis of tu coiorcj wounnanm onu Capitol avennue , wlno linus not been hocateul. lie startoil in scarclu of a itoiicenimein anti in- quirimmg of a atm-angel' was inforineti timnut liii limiter was a sheoctivo and that notluln Cs , slut be sionmi , in ( ito ninatter of limo robbery. Seinnlder luad stinrlesl to walk iuonne whuenu a imatroimaun cunado Inquiry nuni arrested lIt bogus detective for impersonatiutg no oflict ; lie gave tine nanni' of Prank Moore and hk occultation Is lhnotughnt to consist of frlint oiling away tstraumgera who have been robbe'h by his women friends. 1ANY TEAChERS ARE COI1NG itttomlanco on the Tritntmisisippi Educational - tional Convention Will Be Lurgo. SECRETARY GILL/IN GETS A FORECAST Ills Mail hinrshcmms1 Uls Tcters froum All iIrcetIuus Misking Iuuiinirlc. -l'rtgrnmius itt'nsl5 to lie Sent limit at Once , Time IndIcalloms at thni time are hint thn attemulamice at the Transimniumsissipnl huhuica- tiomnal coumveuntiom : will be nnntmeim lutrger titan las been nintielpateti. Scarcely a mmii that arrives does met brtuug letters to Secretary ( lilIan frounn teaciners fromnm nitmiond , askiumg i-c. gardlnmg reoumus auth niceomnmmmothntionms. To till of thcso letters , Mr. ( llhlani reillies , telliumg I thneimn thnnit rooiuna will be secimreti ammil in- strtucIumg time tcaeiuers to report to him im- I mnieuhinttchy tipout their arrivnnl , Already Mr. , Gillain mas listed it great untumuber of roouas , i bunt Inn is 1mm mood of nmmore. Tine rmnyeniiou null be Inelsi Juunme 2S-ZlO , immclunsivt' . it Is cx- pccteui timid. inmost of the tencinem-s will reach tine city at least otto tiny hIcfore tine con- I vemmIomm , anti tinat mmuniny of then : iht ro- mnrniu : for at least a week otter It chosc , Tine othiclni prograumm of the Trnitmsnmiissls- silnii Educatiomah conmvenmtion : wIll ho re- ttmruncd froiui tine imrinntcr touimoruow and Iii- mnnchintely ( inercafter , copies ivili ho sent to nil of thin tcaclmers nnd eduni'atornm iii tine state. of thin trannanmmlsslssippl country. This early unction : tupouu time part of the secretary Its foe the purpose of inmfornnIuig the lencimers iii nulvance Jimat s1unt tiue mnay expect iii thin way of entcrtainnuunenmt tiurinng tineir stay in tile city. The oflicial badges wiulcht will be inresente to ( lie' teaciuermm by tine local coumnunnittec lmavo arrIved , but they iil 1101 be ( iistributctt ttntil tInt' macnuhmers of tine conveumtion ar- live. Tiney are about time nmcnntctmt tinlug ( mat hutus yet almimeared in tine baulge lime. TIne nnalmm lmrtIonn of the badge is a. strip of white anti , : , nine nod ouc-lmahf lumeimes wide annti six innehucs Icing. Near thne bottonn : Is printed iii gold tine manIc of hue state front wiulcin tine teachmer cotunes , At tiue toll a I mini sItin thue vorui "Delegate' ' upon : its face , is umseui to fasten tine bauige upon a. coat or dress , As an addition : to tIme satin badge , there is a. nuiethnmliionu of tito exponmi- tioin , witi : time nvoruls , ' 'Transnnnlssissipimt luiuucatlonal Commvenmtloum , Juunme 28 , Onnuluni , U. S. A. , ' ' about Its i-ito. 'l'lis mneulutihion : lii fastenmeul to tIne badge annul is suispenuicul front tine coat ilmu , by a. red , white mmmd blue rib- bonn , Another lnatlge sinmnlla:4 to those to be inro- sentcd to tine teachers Inns boom prepareil for hnresenntation to nil parties wino imnve sub- scrlicd to tine coinvenutlon fund. Tlmese will be thlstribuntesi by Secretary lillian : whenever - ever he is cailcul unpon : by thin Rnuilserlbcrs , INTERSTATE GRAIN DEALERS il'iL 'IItI ilzimsIi ( lit' I'isriiue'rs' Stir- iii ii N A te 'i'itk i ui g Cs , ii itsel 'Vu- getlis'r I ii ( ) ui.tsiii , Members of tine Imitconitate GraIn Dealers' tussociation canun early ) 'esteruiuuy for thnsi lunrunoso of partlcipatinug inn tine ann- nmuual coin vcntlonu whlcin convened in time assemunbly roomnis of time fifth hoer of time CII ) ' hiall uiunrimng the after- inoomu , Tine nussoclatioun is a umnionm of tint , i-Can- sns Grahim Ieaicrs' nussoclatlon : , thue Nebraska. Grruinn Ikalems' nssocintionm uunnd the Grain Ieaiers' Ummion of Soumthinvcstcrn : Iowa nund Northwestern Missouri. There are 500 delegates - gates to time comuveuntlonu , amid it Is expecteni tlnnit imnost of ( imemmn will hte ii : atenuthannce. Tine nocnnniti'rsiulin immcltndetn thin elevator omen , tIne conunnnmlssiomi numereluuints anusi tine gemneruul den lens , It was time imntenmtlon of tine graIn men to lnave belui them- convention : iun time ihomtrtl of Trmutle moonnns , butt owimng to the large atternui- I ance , It nvas founul nueceseuny to secure otimer n-oonms , connsequentiy time chnninmge to time city imali was nminuhe. Time sestmionns v1ll conmtiiiuo unnntli Friday nlglt , tinere heimng mnornirng , niftermnoonm ninth eveumimmg meetinugs , It s'as shortly nufter 2 o'clock when Presl- denmt hlayctn callcui tine conventionn ol tbo grain nmnenu to order. Althuoughn mo roil call was ordeuouh , it was nlparenut ( mat about 200 persoums worn lnresennt. Time anidress of t tiuo itresItiemmt was nemni annd u'nuiu loudly and frouiuemmtiy nupllnumulcth. lie reviewed the a- sociationm amnul toll of its growtiu tiunrmnug ( ho last year , It beinmg time nnnldsmumnnmer meet- log , thnero wouhul lie no ohihcers to elect , he sail , consequently time sesslonnum would be dt'votcd to time trantuactioun of regular and special business. I'resltient Hayes congratulated - gratulated time nnnenmmbertu of time nussoclation unnon the hnnrnmmoily thunit inrevnuileti inn tiun ranks , nnnmi ilredlcteth a glorious future II tluey nsounid stick to their orgnimlzatipum nmmui itresent a itoiiui froumt , Willie they couiu.i mnot countrol tiue prices , timey coului do muchu in sccuurlng rates , imonnest weigiuta nund Itro- tectinng the Imuterests of their customers , Secretary Chietunbera of Omnnnhma renud a puller upon : tite sumbjcct , ' 'Vs'ity ' DoVO Meet ? ' his : shtowcui tinat tine meeting was nnot for tine : tunrmnoso Of forinniuug tu trunst. but men-ely to excluanngs , views anmuldiscuntus mat- tore pertaining to iuutcrcnttum of ( ito tiennierO nnmsi the farmnners ( if the counmntry. Such 1mm- ( crests , hue conntennnled , were oume tutti in- sepaunibie , A nmunnnicr of time IrnrtIea wino haul been assigneul to tito work of assisttiig in : carrying - ing out tine inrograin were not ucatly to ne- nort , Later inn tIne eesIon : , Charles S. Chnurhc , seeretntry of tine Grain : lealens' Na- tlonai nussoclatlon of Ciniengo , prosenuted it paper onn "Joint Association" work , urging am : increased nnnc'nnmbersluii , annti ices nimatiuy inn vorkirmg ill ) LI. general interest Iu : time gralnn bushiness , A letter train 3. C. A , hillier , chIef iii. specter of Mlatmounri , samm renti , In sinlch : lie ativocateth ti-aiim siaics controlled by tine state. 'Fite coimehunding nuurnber cnn lisa afternoon Ituogranm was a paper hy Secretary Ciinnnnbcra umpoun time unnbject of "Iutiea ) of itleinbers of time jtssocinsionn. " lie aslvocateth a closer rclationtsinlp auth a hearty co-opei'uutlon Ia sioinhi business , l"Iitli Coiti piulssistti iItu t4ottnimug bunt nountltno bUsinnenum want ( ransm acteth at tine mnmeothnng of the State FIsh corn- umnlssion tinttt was held recenutly. 'ilte govcrnnnnemmt iuaum drtuggeui a seine through Cut Off lake In the last few days to relnienmish hue hishu supply at ( hue exposition grounndnu whtim the native Iniunubitnunta of sheets of water in title sectiont of thu count. try. Tine govermnmemmt has also boom given mernnbssslonm to secure ( ho tnlnimuow it nos'dni ( or time liuthu Ins tIne ham exhibit front thuu iukes lit the city parks , - ' ii ii rise ii i rsl crusI 0 U I u f 'i'tvnH , itlbsin t Anndersomn , a connfidontce man well knowu : to tlne Itohlce of tine west , was annoui thue slmsluectts gathneretl in by time 1011cc MOn. day. lie wius released on his promise to leave tine city. \\'itnn am-rested Anderson iuanl In bnis io3 Sesitionl several iloguus chuecks , a "flash : " roll of nnont'y antI oIlier devIces uusenl Inn swln. tiling time unnsuutpeclinug. Andt'ISon Is thud oman : 'imo ut nunemutim ago relIeved a liwoule o $ ih,0 by minoan. of the hock gaunne at Council IJiuiT , -