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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1898)
TITE OMAT1A DAILY IVREt jriUDAY , AUGUST 11) ) , 1808 , Till ! FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Rapldltj with Which Electrical Improvcmcnta Are Adopted in America , COMPARISON WITH SLOW-GOING BRITISHERS IiiMiincr * of Rtrctrlcnl Knavery nnil ThlovrrjPrrvrnt * _ IIIK CnHlNlnim nt Men Klrc- trk-nl Development * . The difference between the rate at which new electrical Ideas are put 'Into shape In England and America Is an old story , but It crops up right along the lino. This time H Is an English electrical paper , which Is commenting on Prof. Louis Bell's Now York lecture on electric motors. Since It has been recognized that from 25 to 0 per cent of power was lost In factories by the use of steam and shafting , the change to electric motors has been rapid. Prof. Bell said that printers In America have taken more kindly to electric light and power than any ether trade and the saving has amounted In some cases to 45 per cent , to ray nothing of such matters ns cleanliness , Improved light and decreased danger from accident and fire. In making note of this the paper In question says : "It Is the same , however , In nearly every American Industry. A thoroughly practical people , allvo to every labor and money-saving device , has taken up the motor with enthusiasm and It Is tlmo that wo on this side followed the good example much more thoroughly than wo have done hitherto. It 1 thu duty of our , stationary engineers to bring the claims of the motor as strongly as possible before their consumers , for when once the truth be comes appreciated the question of day- load will have become settled forever. " Henry Norman also notes the remarkable development In America of what may be called applied Intelligence , which Impresses every observant visitor to the country. Even more striking than this extraordinary fertility of invention Is the Instant readi ness on everybody's part to make use of the things Invented. Mr. Norman mentions ns nn Illustration the telephone , which Is so small , so neat , so graceful and easy to handle that ns it stands on nn American desk It might bo a flower holder. "In a London office , " ho says , "you might as well look for a machine for making liquid air. " Kleetrlcnl Sivliullem. Electrical swindlers may be divided Into two general classes : Those who gull the public with pseudo-electrical schemes and those who victimize electric light and power companies by stealing their electric current. In regard to the first class , a , leading electrical journal has to suy that the continual appearance and exposure of electrical frauds Is detrimental to every honest and respectable enterprise. Such schemes are almost always self-evldently fraudulent and on them It Is the duty not only of the technical press , but of those en gaged In any branch of the electrical Indus try to wage unceasing war. They should be exposed before tbo harm Is clone , not after ward. The public cannot protect Itself from these thieves. The protection should eomo from the electrical press and from the electricians themselves. The point Is well put In the columns referred to : "There Is no public service that can be rendered by the members of the electrical fraternity greater than the stamping out of the charlatans who bring It Into disrepute and the swindlers who use the legitimate triumphs of science to mislead und rob the public. " The second class of electrical thieves are. in reality , even more fools than knaves. It Is very easy to "tap" n circuit , but the man who does It Is almost certain to bo found out sooner or later. Telegraph clicults have very often been tapped for the purpose of stealing news of races , etc.-but so fur as Is known they ha > o almost Invariably been "spotted. " Of late years a new crime has sprung up In the robbery of largo currents from lighting and railway circuits , but these do not fare any better. On the -contrary , the companies have succeeded In getting legislation to punish It nnd appear to have little diffi culty In detecting the offenders. A llagraut casq In which detection ecoms to have been delayed to an extraordinary extent has occurred In a largo western city. The thief was a dentist of good social position and connections. His laboratory was furnished with a most effi cient and complete electro-dental outfit , and his suite of four rooms were all connected up for current for both light nnd power. The small amount registered on his meter even tually led to suspicion ; n descent was made on the premises , and the suspected offender was caught in the . act. A warrant of ar rest , was Immediately sworn out under the law passed two years ago by the legislature of the state , making such an offense pun ishable by fine not exceeding $500 or five years in prison. Influence was , however , brought to bear on the electric company to shut oft the prosecution , and as the dentist voluntarily paid the company In cash twice the amount of his bills for the past five years nnd a half , the matter Is supposed to have been dropped. Preventing Collision * at Son. The Bourgognc disaster appears to have stimulated Inventors to the consideration of means whereby collisions nt sea may bo avoided. It is estimated that the air siren can be heard nt ten to twelve miles at sea ; the steam siren , eight to ten miles ; the trumpet , six miles , and the bell , one mile. For receiving tbo sounds the sophone , the topophone , or similar Instruments have been employed with more or less success , but the weak point In all of them is that they neces sitate activity on both vessels , not only in giving signals , but In attempting to intercept - tercept them. Then , again , sound waves and sound "zones" at sea are most puzzling. A sound may bo quite Inaudible at a distance of half n mile , while a mile away it Is heard distinctly. In recent Investigation In Europe , on the propagation of sounds , it was shown that obstructions to sound or nn Irregular formation of the coast not only affect the strength of the report , but Its carrying power. Obstruction behind the source of sounds will rc-uu'orce them , as a mirror will reflect the llcht. Rain and enow also have a great Influence upon thu ' direction of the sound. With all these ele ments of error to contend with , It is evi dent that the captain of a vessel Is sadly in need of an Instrument by means of which the approach of a vessel in foggy weather will bo automatically made known to him. In a method proposed by H. Herberts for In dicating the approach or proximity of a ves- el , Iceberg , or other obstruction , two ther mopiles are surrounded by an Insulated cas ing , and attached to a shaft which Is re volved slowly. As a vessel approaches a sttongcr current Is set in ono of the ther mopiles at the moment it points In the di rection whence the radiations proceed. In stantaneously , the galvanometer cell Is slightly turned , an'alumlnum arm makes contact and causes one of the bells to glvo a short ring. In other words , Increased or diminished action of the thermopiles in dicates whether n ship Is approaching or re ceding ; and by watching the position In dicator the captain can determine whether the vessel Is moving toward the right or to the left. For a complete record all that Is ncceetary Is to adjust the rheostat , listen to the bell , and watch the position Indicator It U well to remember , however , that In experiments on similar lines In the past It has been found that tbo electrical Impulses were too delicate to be relied upon at such distances OB would be Involved in a pruc- tlyil system. Tbe use ot the cinematograph in medl cine nnd surgery It revealing the cxlttcnco of ninny mUconceptlons In rrRard to xtond * nnl practice , nnd many failures In treatment which have at various times perplexed phy- Mclans and surgeons are now explained. Wonderful revelations arc liclni ; um > le by this Instrument In tha study ot continuous or prolonged nbnormnl nets nnd movements , ucli as the action of muscles during chirelc , strychnine or tetanic epnsms , the modifica tions exhibited by certain rcflexc * , etc. Its employment In this direction scorns Illimit able , sufficient experience on the part ot the operator being taken for granted. It Is generally thought tlut the action of the cinematograph must be tlio result of a single continuous exposure. On tha con trary , the operation of the mechanism cun bo Interrupted for hours or oven days , if desired , and again set In motion. This enables the Instrument to be used for the purpose of recording and stuiljlng the do- velopmcnt of rapidly growing neoplasms. The results obtained In cases of locomotor ataxla in London ore peculiarly interesting. The Inability to stand with the feet to gether and the eyes' closed , and the typical ataxlc gait , were demonstrated In a re markable way. Not lesa clearly depleted were the Inco-ctdlnate moveaiuntB of a pi- tlent suffering from partlr.l paralysis nud the characteristic wasting of muscles , which ordinary photography can never be rnlnd upon to give. The wasting nf muscles and distinctive gait In a case of hip-Joint dis ease were brought out almost as naturally as If the patient were under direct observa tion. A most valuable use to which thf cinematograph Is to be put Is for the pur pose ot clinical demonstration and clinical comparison. In many medical schools it is the custom to pension certain rare and chronic cases , merely that they bo always available for the demonstration of clinical points. These can now be dispensed with , as It will bo possible for the practitioner or lecturer to keep on hand sets of recordIng - Ing films Illustrative of every stage of any disease known to science. In ordinary practice , too , a method of preserving a graphic record of the ailments ot particu lar patients has always been needed. This want Is now supplied by the cinematograph , by means of which a recording film that can be made both permanent and effective can be taken. Mental AMtlKnintlmii of Inventor * . To illustrate the kind ot lapse of reasonIng - Ing power that great inventors are known to suffer from and which Sir Isaac Newton was under 'the influence of when ho cut one hole In a wall to let a cat pass through and then a small hole for the kitten to use , an old story In the life of Siorse has been , revived. Long before ho Invented the telegraph Morse was known to the officers of the patent offlce ns a persistent appli cant for patents. When his great Invention of "distance writing" was about com- Iclcd ho wanted the Baltimore & Ohla lailway company to try it. To get rid of Im the president of the road turned him ver to a subordinate. This official was truck with the beauty of the Invention and ecame so Interested In it that ho sat up alf the night discussing it with the in- entor. At length Morse confessed there as onjy ono thing which baffled him. As long iaa the railroad runs , " he Bald , where poles may be erected , It will be asy sailing , but when we come to the Ig bridges , what is to be d ne then ? We an't erect poles across the stream , nnd vlthout them the wire would sag , and per- ops break from Its own weight. I con- efs I don't know what to do. Can't you uggest a way out of the difficulty ? " "Why on't you fasten the wires to the bridge1 skcd his companion , without a moment's esltatlon. For a moment Morse gazed t him with open mouth , and then ex- lalmed : "Why not , Induct ! . Why , I ever thought of that. It's th" v y way. " 'he layman's tip put the finishing touch o the work of the great Inventor , and thus vires came to be strung on bridges when rosslng large streams. Klevnfor Xovelty. A clever push button device for operating lectrlc elevators In private residences en- Ircly removes Iho necessity for an elevator oy. The movement of the car Is controlled lectrlcnlly from both car and hallways. Io- Ide the car is a set of buttons , each but- on numbered to correspond to the floor to vhlch It will send the car. By pressing ono it these buttons the occupant brings the ar to the required floor , the cage stopping .utomattcally when It arrives at the destined ilace. There Is no danger of the car run- ilng away , for close alongside the regular cries of push buttons Is a safety button , on ircsslng which the passenger can stop the ar at any point In Its travels. An operating button Is placed at each landing , the opera- Ion of which brings the car to any floor rom which It is desired to use it. A servant n the hall can escort a visitor to the ele- otor , close the door and start the cle- ator from the outside. When the car reaches ts proper floor , and Is duly stopped by the iccupant , opens the door and lets out the Isltor , without leaving his post In the ball. These hall buttons are Inoperative when the car Is In motion , the passenger in the car having absolutely the control of the cleva- or. The Inclosure doors are provided with automatic latches , which prevent the open- ng of any door unless the car Is opposite. \nd when the door Is open the electrical circuit is broken , making all buttons In operative , and holding the car Immovable nt that floor until the door Is securely closed and the button pressed. Turnlnir Down Steam. One of the largest print works In England , ocatlon not named , Is reported to have dis placed the steam engine with electric mo : ors. and this plant , which has been run nlng a year , Is said to glvo great satisfac tion. Each machine Is fitted with a slow- speed Ironclad motor , entirely incased , and icnco Is free from accidental damage. The problem of governing the speed of the ma chlno Is declared to have been In this case very successfully solved by resorting to the introduction of a specially devised switch , the peullarity of this being that It varies the degree of electrical pressure at which the current Is supplied to the motor , and In troduces resistance Into the field circuit. By means of this unique arrangement it is found possible to control the speed of print ing , ns well as to vary It from five yards to as many as sixty a minute , according , of course , to the character of the work. TEXAS RANGERS ARE WITH US Sump Six or Seven Hundred Take the I.nna Trip to See the Great Exposition. The Texas rangers and their families formed a very considerable part ot the ar riving visitors to the exposition on \ \ cdnes day and Thursday. More came In on the latter day than on Wednesday , and In all there were between 500 and 600 , which Is regarded as a numerous party to travel such a long distance. There are somewhat over 1,000 miles between the Gulf ot Mexico and Omaha. The citizen who expected Texas to bo rep resented by a crowd of Immensely tall and rather gaunt Individuals , with their trousers tucked In their boots and revolvers tucked In their belts , were undeceived as th < j vari ous parties from that state appeared about town , the men becomingly attired and tbo women nattily gowned according to the latest fashion plates. They did not look so very different from the representatives of other states who have attended the exposition. All of them took a trip through some part of the down town district in going from the passenger stations to the exposition giounds , but they were so eager to nee the promised grounds and buildings that they did iiot tarry long In the business portion of the city. They promised to do that another day. Ufll 1 I'TIV TIIIMJP WILL SlAi TIIhRh Efforts of Hotel Men's ' Association Will Not Avo.il to Remove Them , LICENSE INSPECTOR ON THE MATTER Itciionl f the Ordinance liy the Connell Cannot llnic the lifted of AtiriiKallnw ContriU'tH Alreiulj- force. The Hotel Men's association has made complaint to the council of the hotel runners permitted by a recent ordinance passed by the city council on the grounds that these runnels have become a common nuisance about the depots , License Inspec tor McVIttle opines that the kick will avail not , and furthermore declares that the run ners can not become nuisances If the pro visions of the ordinance are strictly en forced. "Tho great obstacle In thn path of any attempt to throw out the runners Is n lack of power on the part ot the council to dose so , " declares the license Inspector. "The council may repeal the ordinance , but that will do no good , because the runners have paid for n license which penults them to do business until the first of next year. The courts have declared that a license Is a contract , and If the holders of the licenses refuse to release the city from the pro visions of the contract by returning tbo license the money , the runners will re main. "Moreover , the runners cannot become nuisances If the provisions of the ordinance are enforced. The law' specifically declares thut they cannot touch a person , but can only address him In the performance of their duties In a quiet and gentlemanly man ner. If they are violating this rule , I would be glad to be Informed of It , and such run ners will be promptly suppressed. The or dinance gives the power to the mayor to evoke any licenses when the holders violate , ny provisions of the law. " City officials do not look upon the kick if the Hotel Men's association as made In ; oed faith. They rather optno that It Is the csult of their being cut out of a lot of mslness. The association membership Is made up of the larger hotels , who do not mploy runners. Smaller hotels and lodg- ng houses , through their runners , are get- Inn business at the depots and exposition grounds which would otherwise go to the more prominent hotels of the city. The re- ult Is a very appreciable cut Into the reve nue of the big hostclrlcs. Moner to 1'ay for Danger The $300 which has been appropriated by he city council out of the road fund to dn itreet repairing will not go very far. It s set aside only for emergency cases and vlll be spent by the Board of Public Works n filling up holes that are positively langerous. One of the members ot the joard remarked that the money Is little nore than sufficient to pay the expense of putting up red lights In dangerous places o warn oft travelers at night. Just what ho council will do In the matter is ques- lonable , although It Is generally believed .hat the body will have to provide the necessary funds ultimately. Mortality Stutlntlci. The following births and deaths were reported to the health commissioner during he twenty-four hours ending at noon yes- erday : Births Alben Llljcsren , 2.110 South Twentieth avenue , boy. Deaths Ernest Jacobsen , 41 ! > South Twcn- leth , 7 months ; J. Jorgensen , 318 South Twelfth , 34 years ; Bertha Clark , 1836 North Twentieth , 7 months ; Eva Fltchett , 906 South Twenty-eighth , 44 years ; Lela V. Woodcock , Twelfth and Grand avenue , 1 year. PLAN TO BREAK JAIL FAILS George Unlley'n Effort to Snvr Out Gctn III" Krlonil Sullivan Locked Up an Well. Tbo.lihlo plan of escape of George Bailey , a prisoner In the county Jail bound over to the district court for criminal assault , was spoiled nicely by Jailer George Shand , and the friend who managed to convey the means of escape to Bailey now languishes In the bastlle himself. It was observed by the jailer and his as slstants on Sunday that Bailey , who had all along been playing sick , was very anxious to bo allowed to go down Into the cellar to tiave a hair-cut nnd a bath , the barbcrlng of the prisoners being done In that portion ot the Jail. Such anxiety on his part to fix up and look nice had never before been ob served , and the unusual circumstance aroused suspicion. Shand kept his counsel until Monday , when he thought he would set a trap for Bailey. Ho accordingly let him go down into the cellar and awaited results. Along in the evening Bailey was heard at work trying to saw his way out through the window bars , which are about an inch thick. The slight rasping sound was listened to for awhile until It was thought he would have succeeded In making such a mark on the bar which he had been sawing as would leave it Impossible for him to cover up his work , and then Shand and his assistants slipped down quietly and caught Bailey right In the act. Bailey , very much chagrlnned , owned up to having planned an escape , but was unwilling to explain how ho hnd managed to obtain the means of cutting the bar. Ho had In his -jossesslon a small diamond steel taw. Nothing short of a complete confession , though , would satisfy those who had him In their keeping and power , and when sufficient pressure was brought to bear on him he ad mitted that the saw had been passed through one of the windows to him by Michael Sul livan , a North Sixteenth street restauran- teur. on Friday night. The matter was kept quiet until Sullivan could be got hold of. This Shand succeeded in doing Wednesday night. Sullivan was then arrested and placed in the Jail to keep Bailey company. He will be charged with aiding a prisoner to escape. Sullivan was allowed his liberty by Jus tice Houck on a bond for his appearance this morning before the Justice. On the night tbo saw as passed into Bailey Jailor Shand was In Kearney , whither he had es corted Charles Snenr , a boy committed to the reform school. FEDERAL BUILDING NOTES. Deputy United States Marshal Allan baa returned from 1'ender. W. C. McClennchan , deputy surveyor of customs at . . Louis , Is In the city. The Railway Postal Clerks' association of Omaha will give a picnic at Hanecom park at p. m. on August 25 , William H. Hlce and W. Nixon of Chicago cage nnd J. nice of Green county , Iowa , have brought suit In the fcdeial court against Walter J. Perry of Omaha and the Fidelity nnd Deposit company of Maryland for the recovery of certain monies which it is al leged that Walter J. Perry appropriated to his own use while acting In the capacity of agent for 'the plaintiffs. Perry was the South Omaha agent for the plaintiffs , who are engaged in the stock and commission business , and the Fidelity and Deposit com pany became bis surety In the amount of $10,000. After Perry went out of the firm's employ It is alleged that an examination of his books showed a shortage of 113,511.70 The Grand court of the Exposition Is wonderfully beautified at night. No picture of it Is so gcod as The Bee pho togravure. Stop af The Bee offlce for one end some others. l.Vree for ten cents. MRS , ROZIC GETS HER GOODS IlllHP llHXttT ( 'llliol'll'll II Wife' * Itlnllf In llcplcvlti llor l'n > | irrl > - from HIT Ilimlinuil. Tlio Ilozlc case Involving the right of a vlfo to replevin from her husband hourc * old Roods belonging to her , coupled wither or Inability to testify against her husband , as been decided by County Judge Baxter. IP awnrded to her the effects which she bowed were her ; , returning to liotlc those poti which she could not make such a bowing. The Ilozlcs lived together about a month nd she left her husbaud because he had tpl- eptlc fits a fact not previously disclosed to er but the has not sought ft legnl separa- ! on. The goods she rcplevlned were her roperty previous to marriage. Ilozte did not take the stand In defense nt nil , so that II that was necessary for the woman to o was to make a satisfactory showing as o her ownership , which she did as to a art of the goods. Judge Baxter divided the costs equally be- ween the litigants. Ordinarily , he said In xplanatlon , ho would not allow n replevin where It was manifest that the object was , o break up a home , but this case he de- lilcd on Its peculiar circumstances. The ourts allow n wlfo to replevin from her husband goods that are her exclusive prop- rty , but deny to her the right to testify against him. ' Ely FlKhtn for inn UnuRlitrr. Hov. J. Osborno Ely , formerly of New Orleans , who discovered his wife star attraction of the Idols of Art and had her and her para- aiour , Engineer Reynolds of the Giant See-Saw , arrested Wednesday night , the day he arrived hero on his hunt for the woman , has now sued out n writ of habeas corpus or their little 12-year-old girl , Murl. Judge Slabaugh of the district court 1s- iued the writ yesterday , making It returnable - able this morning. Ely In bis petition charges the woman with having brought he child hero from Dallas , Tex. , which place ho left In June. When the mother was ar rested the llttlo girl naturally went Into ho custody of the chief of police. Mrs. Ely refused to give her consent to any sur render the child to her father and Chief Gallagher would not turn her over with out it. Both the woman and the chief are made respondents to the writ. Noted from the Court * . The Mary Molzalm habeas corpus case was postponed by County Judge Baxter until "day morning so as to get service on Lobo. The baby of the woman was pro duced In court. Complaining of her husband's intemper ance , cruelty and failure to support , Nettle Anderson sues Frank Anderson for divorce. They were married nt Plattsmouth In Sep- ember two years ago. The matter of the application for a re ceiver in the case of I'egau & Co. agaluat he Solon Springs Mineral Water company , he exposition concessionaire- which has the automatic water tank privilege , has been "ttled without further action. Suit to recover $1,000. an appraisement of damages for the opening of Twenty-fourth street from Rcdlck's addition to Pacific street , erroneously awarded to W. J. Con nell Instead of W. E. Clark , has been brought In the district court by the heirs of Clark. The petition states that the name of Connell was substituted by mistake. Another point raised In the argument by Attorney Churchill In the Nebraska Chil dren's home contempt case before Judge "cott Is that a judge's powers In habeas corpus matters are derived from the con stitution independent of acts of the legla "ature. This WHS supported by a decision of Judge Cooley of Michigan (15th ( Mich. ) a the Jackson case. Mr. Churchill has : iot yet finished his argument. A replevin suit in the district court has been commenced by the Clifford Olympla company against Wi II. Adams , W. R. Learn and Edson Rich to recover the theater stagIng - Ing and furniture. Edson Rlf tuples the ilual position of being the at ay for the plaintiff as well as one of the defendants. The basis of the suit Is a chattel mortgage given by Harry B. Clifford to the plaintiff for $10,000. It Is alleged that the defendants have for two weeks held possession of the furniture and staging which is valued al together at $500. TALKS TO PHOTOGRAPHERS Prof. UrlflUh Point * Out Whore Their Work Muy tin Improved O Ulcers and I'rlze Winner * . Prof. Griffith addressed the photographers of Nebraska again yesterday. He took j I ' several of the best photographs from those , on exhibition and criticized them and told j ' ; the convention how they could be Improved , I t W. E. Reed of Missouri Valley , la. , read j a paper on "Retouching , " after which ques tions were discussed relative to the pro fession. II. Lancaster of Omaha was re-elected by acclamation president of the association for the ensuing year , J. Leschensky of Grand Island was chosen first vice president , S. Soddenburg of Sutton second vice president , W. P. Fritz of Fremont secretary and A. Smith of Crete treasurer. The diamond medal for the best photo graph was awarded to Pierre McDonald of Albany , N. Y. In class A , Heino of Omaha won the first prize of a _ gold medal , J. Leschensky of Grand Island second with a silver medal and H. C. Curry of Fremont the third prize of a bronze medal. In class B , J. S. Griffin of Hebron took the first award of a gold prize , N. S. Mockey of Superior the second of a silver prize and A. Smith of Crete third with a bronze medal. A. Medlar of Iowa won the gold Interstate prize. During the day the convention adjourned to the exposition grounds , were Prof. Griffith cave a talk on the different works of art in the Art building , over which he has charge. llnek lit IluHlni'NH Attain. Henry Honnef with his family has re turned to Omaha after an extended trip through Europe. He has engaged in busi ness again nt his former place , Sixteenth and Capitol avenue , where he will bo pleased to meet his old friends and patrons and will make a deeper cut In prices than ever beginning today. Best No. 1 hams , 7V4c. Best Plcnlo hams.5i c. The firm now will bo Honnef & Sullivan. I'arilon for Corliett'n Ilriitlier. SACRAMENTO , Cal. , Aug. IS. Governor Budd has commuted the sentence of John Corbctt. who has been serving a five years' sentence at San Quentln for burglary. His term would have expired next Thursday. Ho is a brother of James Corbctt , the pugilist. WOMEN IN THE MINING CAMPS As Laborers and Organizers They Hold Tiiclr Own with Mciii INSTANCES CULLED FROM THE RECORDS I'ntlrnoc , Kuiltirance , StrenRth and Sniincltr Illiplnypd Kmtierlcncr * In Vnrloni Mlnlnir UltlrlcU of the Went , In former times with the gold hunter , whose path lay In remote places , months , and sometimes years , would pass without the welcome sight of a woman's face , but the Oay has gone by when the feminine clement In a mining camp Is something un usual , relates the New York Tribune , and at the present time a number of women are actively engaged In searching for the precious metals. Such a one Is Miss Jennie Hilton of Arizona , Miss Hilton was born In southern Ohio and was taken to California when a child. Her parents died when she was 16 and she began to make her own way In life as a teacher In the schools of her adopted state. In the meantime she studied geology and mineralogy and when In the summer of 1890 she visited an older brother at Phoenix , Ariz. , she resolved to turn the knowledge she had gained to practical use. Before a month had passed she had persuaded her brother and an undo to Join her rn a pros pecting tour among the mountains of the Glla valley. She returned from this trip empty-handed , but convinced that a woman could hunt for gold and silver as well as a man. Accordingly , she wrote to the trustees of the school In which she was employed , resigning her place , drew some of her sav ings from a bank In Los Angeles and be came a full-fledged prospector. Miss Hilton spent the winter of 1S91 In Globe , then a prosperous mining town , and during the spring and summer prospected In the San Rita mountains , finding , how ever , little or nothing of value In the way of ore. In the winter of 1892 she opened an assaying office In Prescott. The miner * liked her methods and asked her to stay In the town , but in the spring word came from her brother that he had found in the Harqua Hala region the best-looking aurif erous rock In the territory. She closed her assay office and Joined him at once. Before the summer had ended she had located seven claims , among others the Kansas mine , which she felt from the first would be a succeis. Her funds were now running low , and time and money were required to open the property so that Its value might be better known. Miss Hilton went to Los Angeles to secure the needed capital , and after re peated failures induced a locomotive engi neer to buy a half interest in the mine for $1,000. This was the beginning of her suc cess. With the $1,000 she hired several laborers and opened up the claim. When weeks of digging and blasting had proved It to be a valuable mine she set forth to put It on the market. This she found to be the most difficult task of all. Capitalists , skepti cal of a woman's ability to know good min ing property , either refused to listen to her or put her off with promises that were never fulfilled. Still , repeated refusals only caused her to redouble her efforts , and In April. 1896 , Hlgglns Bios , of Salt Lake City ' one-half Interest bought Miss Hilton's - in the Kansas mine for $25.000. With this money she is now developing the other claims owned by her In northwestern Ari zona , and declares that she Is In mining for Prospector * In > Soutliwc t. Miss Hilton Is not the only woman prospector in the southwest. Another is Miss Nellie Cushman , who some fifteen years ago went from Dodge City , Kan. , to Tucson. There she fell Into the habit of examining the ore as It came from the mines of that famous camp , and soon be came as good a Judge of Its value as her brother , who worked In one of them. Then her fame spread , and the miners , always superstitious , came to believe that to have her around and get her opinion brought good luck. She knew where to dig for ore , too , and some of the ore In the Contention mine was found by following her advice In running a drift. In Graham county , Arizona , she made a hit on copper , and when she went to Tombstone afterward she passed her Judgment on some mines there. Wil liam Wiggins sold the Excelsior and Grand View mines on her advice , and the only dividend they ever yielded was the $15,000 he got from them. Other mines were bought after she had examined and reported favorably on them. These are now good paying properties. In Tucson , Blsbce , Tombstone and other camps Miss Cushman had conducted gen eral stores and big lodging houses for the miners. She was also In buslncs's at Castle Dome. She is as adventurous In pushing forward to a new region as any nomadic miner. No sooner does she hear of a new camp than she starts for It. She has had so much ex ; "Hence that she almost In variably turns ti to good account , getting town lots , plaec-r sites and lode claims for next to nothing and selling them at a hand some profit. At first she did not get out of the camps soon enough. Consequently , she has been many times poor. However , she has an abundance of pluck , and If she falls In one place she soon recovers herself. When going about among the mines or climbing the bills for outcropplngs , Mies Cushman wears heavy shoes and strong bloomers , usually covered with a cloak. She was the first woman In the camp of Harqua Hala , where there were over fifteen hundred men and no other women. Creedo Hcntanraiit and Mine. The first restaurant opened In Crcede , Cole , , was owned and conducted by a woman. She Is a widow , and her name Is Mrs. Reid Miller. On April 1. 1891 , she | readied Crcede , too poor to pay the freighter I who took her there. In exactly one year to a day she was In receipt of an Income of $500 a month and had a snug sum In the bank. She Is now worth $50,000. Several other plucky women also made fortunes in the early days of Creede. Ono of them Is Mrs. Ella C. Love , who was born In Ohio , and when a girl taught school there. Then she married and moved to Kansas , where , with her husband , she went through some of the Kansas real estate booms. They Invested In the new cUtes , and found , as alt but the sharks do on such occasions , the Investment permanent but unprofitable , Mrs. Love has conslclera- Whan Drex L Shooman Wrote the order for marking down all of our ? 2.0 and $ : i.OO southern ties to $1.48 ho had no Idea the rush would be so t'reat now we're out of pome sizes and only two days of the sale gone- hut there are lots of the bust sizes In the silk vesting tops In the new dark brown shades some of these have the turn soles some nunllum weight but every one of them are the new this season's styles We have a table full of pointed toe southern ties at ? 1.H ( > and most of these sold at ? 3.l)0 ) , too- Hotter come while you can get your size. size.Drexel Drexel Shoe Co. , Omaha' * Cp-lo-dnte Ihoe lloai * . I 1419 FARNA.U STREET. Ofchiri & WHhtlm Curpet Co. Many of the choice pieces from our warehouse fire lire now on sale A good Almott perfect Iron $3.50 Iron frame Springs , Bed 3 foot size hardly any damage , calc prlco Full site bow foot , extended end brasi trimmed , regular - Full size Woven Wire Springs lar K-&O-sale . - price regular price $1.50 , tale Regular $11 folding bed , firr price sale prlco . Others at $3 , $3. CO. $5 $ , $8.50 up to 111 Dining table , solid oak , regu- ( * -4 K worth up to $20. lar $14 , sale price VJ.JLU Large easy upholstered chair Round top dining table $15. rV covering only slightly dam regular price , sale price , . . . aged by smoke , regular O $17.50 , sale prlco only J5.73 dining table solid onk.O sale price & Just a few of those choice 3- pleco mahogany finished J12.GO dining table , A parlor suits vlth Inlaid polished $10 solid oak , sale price. * . . back , reg. , $27.60 , price now Ladles' Sewing tablet , rogu- 112.30 dining table , solid oak. t dar $1.00 , now f > 0c ; regular 70c very slightly damaged . . . . * $1.40 , now 3-plcco bed room lult , $1.23 woven wire cot , frame lar $13.70. sale prlc . . discolored by smoke and water , regular price $1.25 , $13 Comb. Writing Desk , rceu-O ( * \f\ \ sale prlco Book Case now . O\J\J A double wire cot bed , regular - 4 $22 Solid Oak Dresser , large lar $3 sale price A. French plate glass . Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Go. 1414-1G.1S Douglas Street. bio money locked UD In Kansas prairies. Ten years ago she was left with one child , a little lass now 12 years old , to care for , something she was amply able to do. For three years Pueblo was her home , where she was employed as a bookkeeper by a firm of contractors and builders. She bad for months been reading and hearing about the new mining camp called Creodc , and bad developed a desire to see It. When she reached the place the building boom was nt its height. Carloads of lumber arrived only to be sold before nightfall. Claims to lots were Jumped dally. Prices for undisputed lot claims were rising hundreds of dollars a day. Mrs. Love began to investigate the prospect holes with view to buying , and Instead of leaving In a day , as she 'had ex pected to do , she remained ntno days and bought three claims. Meantime she bad determined to go Into the stationery busi ness while awaiting developments In the mining Interests , and accordingly sent her resignation to the builders and went to Pueblo to buy stock. She tells now , with a smile , that her employers wrote that at the end of a month , when she failed at Creede , She could come back to her old place. How ever , she did not fail. The stationery busi ness proved profitable. She continued in vesting in mining claims , and , In partner ship with a friend , grub-staked three dif ferent prospectors whose work proved profit able. Her Investments In Creedo have netted her many thousands of dollars. In Breckenrldgo , Colo. , is another woman who , in a still different manner , has made Anna Mau went there five years ago and began prospecting. She located a lode and began woik on It. In the five years she has done all the work necessary to get patents for two claims the Adelaide and the Ever green and has supported herself besides. She has the patents. The work included 200 feet of tunnel. She swings the hammer , twists the drill and wields the pick ; she fires the dynamite and wheels away the debris. And yet sbo Is a slender woman , I weighing less than 100 pounds. She Is said to dress In buckskin trousers and Jacket when at work. Colorado Women In Mine * . But a more striking example of woman's success as a miner than any thus far named Is the one furnished by the well known Enterprise group of mines , located near Rico , Colo. The prospect looked good , but the mineral was slow In coming In , and when the shaft was 250 feet deep one of the partners gave up in disgust and pre sented his half of the claim to his penniless partner , whOAo money had all been swept Into the hole on the side of Dolores moun tain. Mr. Swickhelmer was discouraged , but his wife was not. She believed that there was a fortune for them In that empty shaft , and she did not propose to give It up. She encouraged her husband to sock em ployment as a laborer In the mines , and she found work for herself. Then come an unlooked-for turn In the road. Unknown to her husband , Mrs. Swickhelmer had In vested In a lottery , and one day word came to her that her ticket had drtwn , a prize of $5,000. The $5,000 went Into the shaft. Everything wont swimmingly while the money lasted , but once more both had to go to work for wages. In due course of events work on the mine was resumed and the contact vein was struck. When the mine was sold Mrs. Swtckhclmcr was given $1,000,000 In her own right by her bus * band. The newest excitement in the mining world Is the camp of Eldora , In Boulder county , Colorado , which was prospected n , quarter of a century ORO , but remained practically undeveloped until lately. H l reached only by stage from the railroad at Boulder or at Sunset , and the traveler In taking that lone ride sees something of the old-time western stage coaching. Among the energetic people who have gone Into this new mining- district Is Mm. M. H. Given , who has taken charge of the Gold Miners' hotel. She la a little woman of German descent , with bright brown eyes and a soft low voice , with which particularly womanly attractions she unites a determi nation of purpose which has made her noted nil over Colorado. Her only fault , her friends think , la her great tenderheartedness ness about bills , she is always overlooking eomo Indebtedness and helping on eomo struggling fellow creature. Mrs. Given went to Eldora after having been twenty years In Boulder during the days of Us boom , where she had charge of the hotel , and was a favorite with stu dents as well as miners during all that time. . She was Induced to go down to Den ver for a while , and there managed the Albert , ono of the most fashionable restau rants In the city. Now her Miners' hotel , at Eldora , has become a great resort for pcoplo from Denver , who feel that In going to Mrs. Given they are sure of being well cared for. During the biennial meeting of tbo Fed eration of Women's Clubs , which has .Just closed In Denver , a special Invitation was given by Mrs. Given to the women to go up to Eldora and spend tha night. Thus an opportunity was offered to eeo the wonderful mining region In tha heart of the mountains , and a part of the work that a bravc-splrltcd woman has car ried on In far-off mining camps. The best known woman in the mining town of Billings , Mont. , Is Mrs. Clara Me- Adow. Her story Is not less remarkable i than that of Mrs. Swickhelmer. A few years ago , when the Northern Pacific rail road was building , she found herself with $500 and no means of support. She con cluded to go to Montana. But , lest she should spend all her money , she took only enough to pay her way and two wco"ks' board. This would require her to go to work at once. Getting a letter of introduction to the chief engineer of the road from an obliging fellow traveler , she presented her self and asked for employment. She sold she could do clerical work and know some thing of nursing. She was accordingly en gaged on a small salary. She soon informed herself about the country , and , as she was a good talker , distinguished strangers to whom the region was to be exploited wcro put in her bands. As soon ns Mrs. McAdow had saved enough money she bought a town lot In Billings mid a few weeks later sold It for double the money. As there was no bank in the town she used to do a banking business in the street , by cashing checks. Then she went Into real estate and when she broke her leg she hud a map of the town hung In front of her bed and carried on business from her bed. She was not then Mrs. McAdow. Mr. McAdow was a storekeeper who had taken Spotted Horse mine for a debt. One day she sent for him and offered him $11,000 for It. Ho was touched by her lack of business sagacity and chivalrously told her that It was not worth It. She persisted In buying It and In lees than a year she took out of It $90,000 In gold. Mr. McAdow subsequently married her. This Beautiful Piano Stool Hound scat 14V6 Inches polished wood inctul feet , with gltiss bulls- ebony rosewood innhosnny plain walnut mottled walnut or antique oak finish for only $2.U5 In proportion to the amount Invested that Is as good a j bargain us one of those "A Ho > po" pianos that wo can neil at $100 k' s u'lin any ono cine can thu painu grade of In strument because we have them built for ourselves and In the plain canes- walnut oak mahogany nnd Clrcaslan walnut Just take n look at these when you come our way they are a very handsome piano. A. HOSPE , MUSIC end An 1513 Douglas We Retail and Wholesale- That gives us two great advantages We can carry a larger stock and more of a variety and we can buy cheaper This concerns you most , as wo can and do sell cheaper by pricing our goods you can readily see this We not only carry a complete Una of made up { 'oods but have a factory for the manufac ture of all kinds of deformity braces As these are made to measure , you are sure to set what your trouble roqulrt's When In the city come In and talk It over with our brace man he may bo able to help you. TheAloe&PenfoldCo Deforraltr Brae * Manufacturer * . 1409 Farnr n Street. Street.Uoteb , j