Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OJfAHA DAILY BEE : STOTDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 3808.
IIOIY MONEY IS BEING SAVED
fl Mora of the Methods Being Employed at
State Institutions.
UNFORTUNATES MADE TO AID ECONOMY
Starved nnil Ml * < rcntcil In Orilcr Mint
the Itcforiuer * Cnn Make a " ( Joint
Ilceoril" for
nn Muniment
LINCOLN , Oct. lS.-Spedal. ( ) The many
scandals In connection with the "reform
control" of the statn Institutions Is one of
thu unpleasant thews that comes upper
most In the present campaign , nnd c\prw-
nlons of Indignation nro hoard , coming not
only fiom those who have relatives and
friends In these Institution * , but fiom the
whole people. The Btory has already been
told ut .tho Rawlck manipulations nt the
Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln and of
how the state officials derive private bene
fits from the various funds , but It ticems
that at this Institution , ns well as at the
others , only a few of the outrageous details
have been given.
The Institution at Lincoln Is Intended to
be a hospital where persons temporarily
demented may bo taken for treatment. The
general Idea Is that each raso Is civ en
particular attention , and that thcro Is an
effort made to effect cures so that the pa
tient may bo returned home nnd again
become a useful citizen. Those who Imag
ine that the Institution Is conducted In
any tmch a manner are mistaken. Under
the Rewick reign the so-called hospital has
been turned Into a house of detention and
punishment , where tbo tra/ed and half-
crazed Inmates are herded together like
cattle and where the "treatment" tends
rather to mnko each Inmate hopelessly In
sane. Awlrtc from the work done by ono
female physician no attention Is paid to
the patients except In extreme cases When
they get down Kick they are treated In
n grudging manner and when they become
unruly they are corrected and punished in
the same manner as If they wcro criminals.
Neither books , papers , flowers or amuse
ments are furnished , and the Inmate Is only
allowed to converse with the other Inmates
who arc In all the various stages ot In-
canlty , and a "curr ' effected by the Institu
tion Is a mlraclo In which the officials have
no credit It Is an admitted fact that every
year ono or two of the attendants at the
asylum go crazy because of their occasional
associations with tbo herds of Insane persons
confined within the walls , and taking this
Into consideration It la no wonder that the
permanently discharged patients aio so few
and far between
Kelt Ilite Animal * .
Quo of the worst abuses , as detailed by
an Individual who spent a couple ot weeks
In the asyhitn under the pretense of being
insane. Is In the way the Inmates arc fed.
They are herded up to a common table In
exactly the bamo way as It Is done at the
uenltentlary and begin to cat when the sig
nal Is given by thu superintending attend
ant and In a few minutes a signal Is given
to retire , when nil must stop eating and go
Those who nro unable to eat rapidly novel
get sufficient food and even the most rapid
caters are unable to get their nil. It Is
nrobablo that some considerable "saving"
Is made by giving the patients less than
ten minutes to consumu their food , but the
money Is saved at the expense of the health
and strength ot thu unfortunates. This
abuse may be duo entirely to the hired at
tendants , hut the superintendent Is too busy
with his many dutlcj , and thu assistant
nhvslclan Is too much engrossed In his In
surance business to bring about a reform.
Rcwlck. the actual manager of the Institu
tion , Is so busy looking after the welfare of
a certain wholesale grocery company that
hn can only spend a little time In levying
political assessments on the employes , and
ot course wastes no time In looking after
the welfare of the Inmates.
The boasted "economy" In running the
Institution Is brought about In various
ways. The Inmates nro sparingly fed , nnil
then on adulterated food. The employes arc
used In running the farming business rathci
than In earing for thu inmates. Special at
tendants of wealthy patients are utllbei )
UK "herders. " So-called patients nre taken
In to accommodate wealthy people who de
cide upon the Incarceration for private rea-
cons and whose contributions are often fib-
rral In the extreme. Paroles of Inmates art
encouraged In all cases , so that a patient
In many Instances Is out of the liibtltutior
and possibly out of the state several months
before the county charged with the burdei :
Is notified of the discharge In this mannci
the number of Inmates Is kept nt a low fig
ure , while refusals to receive new patient !
whoso relatives are "common people" hel [
to keep down expenses. Through these re-
fiiKalc , paroles , starvation nnd the driving
ot patients Into such a hopelessly Insane
condition that they can be transferred t (
the Asylum for the Chronic Insane u
Hastings , the attendance nt Lincoln Is Kep
lower than It has been for n doyen years
and the sham reformers are enabled to poln
to the amount of money they have "saved.1
PiiriilKliluit Heel at Kenrne ) .
At the Industrial Home far Hoys a
Keainey the worst complaint Is again abou
the food supply. The nianne.1 of furnlahltii
meat to this Institution Is especially con
demned. One omplovc Is paid J10 a montl
extra to act as butcher. When an anlma
Eczema AH Over Head and Faoo.
Two Doctors , No Benefit.
Tried CUTtCURA REMEDIES
with Rapid Cure.
1 was troubled several j ears with cutaneous
diseases which developed Into chroulo I'.c-
roma , which spread all over my bead , and
down on my fate. I took medical tiratincnt
from two doctors ami received but little re
lict. Thnn I tried several lotions , etc. , which
v\o had In the store , but only received little
relief from them. At tlinei , the dicadful
itching l < ecamu almost Intolerable. When I
was heated , the Eczema lcaino painful , anil
almost distracted mo. I waa advised to try
CUTiccmt IIHMUH&S and did HO , and found
them all that la claimed for them. The Kczc-
ma rapidly dUappcared , and I am well , with
no traceof any cutaneoustsea \ e. Shall
alvvav * recommend CtmutmA to nil.
J. KMMKTT KKKVis : ,
Feb. 22 , 'OS. llox 125 , Thorntown , Ind.
Baby Scratched Continually
Our babo.twomonths old , brokoont In sorca
OTcr her face and ears. She teemed to be In
great misery , and would scratch continually ,
I noticed jour advertisement In our homo
paper , and supposed tt would bo a good thing
for our Sadie. I used the CUTICURA ( oint
ment ) and CUTICURA So A r , and they wcte a
preat benefit to her. I did not llko to give
medicine Inwardly to a child so young , but
v * ( hat ano must hav ogomethlng to drlv e the
dlscate out , so I got n Imtllo of CUTICURA
KWOLV EXT. to purify her blood , and gave her
about one third of the bottle , aud y our medl-
clnca have done woiulen for her.
Mrs. LOUISA ACUE1UIANTiffin , Iowa.
Ttb. 19,1S'.W. _ _ _ _ _ _
CTTICTIA RmiDlmr < lh purtit , iwttl.it , in4 no l
tfftciltt ikio curt. . bVxxl puriltn. nd tumor rtnrillt
tvtr compt undl , an4 tpr * l with Irrt.ntlbU fftrrt lo
mother * , nur.e * . end all htv'.nc thi or * wf cbltdr D
ffllcltd with iiln t Ktlp humor. , with | n ot h.lr.
Cuiet nudi In childhood art iftttf , xoaemleal , tad
prrmtniot.
eolj thrmutiotit tin votld. rornti D co no C IK.
COR p. bole frop * . . BOMOB
jU w H Cuie TMturUt SUa Olituil , * fi t.
I ) to be slaughtered he docs the killing with
a rifle. Later In the day the dead anlnnl
li crtrl rt up by the hdperi. At the time
of the killing the anlir.nl Ic n"t blcJ In the
n'.Rinier d < oniM nowi-my by all competent
I'lUther ' : o.1 by foment who slaughter their
nnn ptilnrils bjt the blood U left In the
\ - > las ts bo boiled up with the meat In
"u * common Kettle This makes the meat s ?
niTnslvo that mnny of the employes refuse
to cat it. Ono iLMnnce U mentioned and h
corroborated by n number ot witnesses
where the "butcher" shot a cow and filled
to kill her. The cruzed animal ran nway
and filially died out on the prairie. At n
convenient time employes hunted up tbc
cadaver , hauled It back to the home and a
tow hour ? after the death the meat wai
dressed and stored away for future use us
food for the InmateU * Is unnecessary testate
state that "the tall went with the hldtf. '
The employes who helped do the butchering
that day lost their appetite for beef and thus
j moro money # at "saved. " At ono tlmo a
number of dead sheep wcro produced by the
"butcher" In such a suspicious manner that
the employes altto stopped eating mutton.
The "butche ! " was moro than once accused
of buying sh"op that had been crowded to
death or had foundered at a neighboring
sheep ranch but the suspicion seems too
horrible to bo harbored. Yet It was enough
to toke away the appetites of the employes
and there have been a number of resigna
tions from among these whose only com
plaint wns because of the food. The boys
incarcerated In the home are unable to re
sign and have to consume their buttertne
and "butchered" meat In silence.
At Kearney as well as at the other Insti
tutions every effort Is made to reduce the
number of Inmates In the Interests of "econ
omy and reform" and the attendance Is now
about fifty less than It was when a repub
lican superintendent was In charge. The
popocratlc "per capita expense , " however , Is
figured on the number of Inmates the In
stitution formerly held and not on the actual
number thcro at the present time.
U hjNtent.
COLUMBUS , Neb. . Oct. 15 ( Special. )
Engineer Gottschalk with a corps , of sur
veyors finished setting the stakes for the
new system of sewerage today. Part of the
material has arrived and a large force of
men will bo put to work Monday morning
upon the excavations. There will bo nearly
three miles of the new sewers and the
branch laterals will take nearly the entire
residence district , also the schools , hotels ,
hospital nnd other public buildings. About
sixteen cari of eewnr pipe will be used In
the construction of the new system The
main sewer will ho provided with automatic
flush tanks which will force everything out
of the sevveis every eight hours. The name
of the new company Is the West End Sewer
company and the capital stock ! | 3,000 but it
Is thought the work will test moro than
that amount before It Is finished.
Last evening about S o'clock John Burrcll ,
engineer at the city waterworks , left the
pumps for only a few minutes nnd during
his nbscnco some eneakthlef slipped Into the
odlco and stole BurroH's vest which was
hanging on the wall The garment con
tained fifteen dollars In currency and some
other valuables and although the police
were ut onc-a notified the search proved fruit
less. Mr. Ilurrell thinks It Is the work of
tramps as they are very numerous In that
end ot town.
AVnhoci liiKiirniiro Compimj' .
WAIIOO. Neb , Oct. IB. ( Special. ) The
farmers' Mutual Insurance company of
Blunders countv held its annual meeting In
the court hoiibo In this city yesterday aft-
nrnoon. The attendance wns not as largo
as in other vears , but the members present
were representative farmers and the com
pany Is In fine condition. The oM ofDcera
were re-elected. They arc E. IJIggerstaff ,
oresldent , P. J. Hall , \lco president ; J. D.
Lcbunkuhl. treasurer , J. L. Colcman , secre
tary. The directors areP. . J. Hall , Mem
phis ; Henry Kelser , Ithaca ; .1. H. Feach-
man. Cercsco ; J. W. Edwards , Wcston ; J.
U. Edwards. Valparaiso , W. W. Davis ,
Colon. James Vlasak , Hescue ; Walter flcm-
Ing , Cedar Illuff ; Dennis Grimes , Ashland.
This institution has been In existence about
nine vears. The object of the organization
Is to furnish good Insurance for farm prop
erty at cost and the results have been very
satisfactory. There are now in force EGO
policies amounting to over $ DOO,000 Losses
during last year were $1EOO , which Includes
limning expenses. The field of labor Is con
fined to clghtein precincts In the county.
Split t < > till * . \NVllllll.
HASTINGS , Neb , Oct. 1C. ( Special. )
There wore twenty patients sent from the
asylu'n at Lincoln to the chronic Insane
asylum at Hastings yesteidoy. They ar
rived In the afternoon and were Immediately
taken to the asylum , where they were put
In the basement of various wards. This
was necessary on account of the want ol
room to accommodate the Increased num
ber of Inmates. They will bo kept In the
basement until the State Hoard of Public
Lands and Huildings sees fit to accept the
new wing which the board rejected two
weeks ago. There seems to be some care
lessness at the asylum as several farmers
have made complaint In regard to lunatics
wandering through the country as a sane
person. Wednesday an escaped lunatic
from the chronic Insane asylum at this place
was captured over In Clay county , where he
had been wandering about for some time.
CiiKiil > O M for licet fro er .
HASTINGS , Neb. , Oct. 15. ( Special. )
The sugar beet growers of Adams county
have received word from the Oxnard Beet
Sugar ( .ompany of Grand Island to ship a
carload of beeta each week until the en
tire crop U shipped The percentage o
saccharine In beets from this vicinity la
far above the average , and some of the beet
growers who have $1 contracts are getting
$4.CO per ton for their beets. The sugar
beet crop In Adams cqiinty this year has
been very satisfactory to all concerned.
IIOV SlKlt.
LINCOLN. Oct. Ifi ( Special Telegram )
This afternoon while some boys were huntIng -
Ing out at IJurllngton Beach , Albert Palmer ,
aged II , and Uoy Moore , about the same
age , agreed to play cow bay They pointed
their shot guns at each other and Moore's
was accidentally discharged , the load taking
effect In young Palmer's shoulder , causlnj
almost Instant death. Iho victim ot the sac
accident was a son ot Slla Palmer , an en
gineer on the n. & M. line between here and
Omaha.
i'lirlNtlnu llmlruvor CoiiM-iillnn.
HASTINGS. Neb. , Oct. ID ( Special ) -
The annual state Christian Endeavor con
ventlon will meet In the Presbyterlar
church In Hastings frlday , October 21
There will bo four or five hundred jounf
men and women In attendance. Preparation :
are being made to welcome them In a royn
manner and make their visit to this city
a moat pleasant one.
Chllil KlcUeil.
WEST POINT , Neb. . Oct. 15 ( Speclal.- )
The -1-year-old son of Charles Krepela bj
some means got amongst the horses In tb
livery barn of Peter Johnson yesterday , am
was Kicked In the face and Injured verj
severely. The boy's upper lip Is almos
severed from his face.
Soldier Coii\alrneent.
BANCROFT , Neb. . Oct. 15. ( Speclal.- )
J. J. Elkln. member of Company D , Secom
Nebraska volunteers , who has been confinci
to his bed in this city for over ono mont
from typhoid fever , win teen be able t
join his company.
CnCeliPH a IVIIeuii ,
BANCROFT. Neb , Oct. 15. ( Speclal.- )
Lon Link , residing four miles northeast o
this city , captured a few days ago a pell
can which measured nine feet from tip t
tip.
HARTLEY IS A GOOD THING
PopocraU Us * Him Both Ways to Make
Their Showing Shins ,
THEIR BOOKKEEPING NEEDS MENDING
IJonlile-l3ii < r > - .SjMrni Tiirneil WrniiR
Hud To lit Order Hint n fnke May
lime ( lie .Sciiililiince D ( Verity
for ( he 1'ulillc.
LINCOLN. Oct. 15. ( Special. ) The pop-
nrratlc officials use the Fame system of
double entry and hocus pocus on the public
records that they do In their scral-oluclal
ratnpalgn figures , the books will be hope
lessly tangled when they get out of office ,
The latest development In their sham reform
record Is that they have taken credit for
the $150,101 75 warrant stolen by Hartley ,
r.zd lia\e used the figures twice In making
their statement of the reduction of the state
cltbt. Doubling up the figures as they have ,
the over-statement amounts to $360,203 50 ,
so that a cormct showing of this wouM rc-
iluco their claim of $771,800.53 down to $411-
Sftl.0.1 as the real reduction of the state debt.
The warrant In question was drawn April
11 , 1S95 , and therefore the amount Is charged
In the amount of outstanding general fund
warrants as published by the pop
ulist circulars , although the war
rant was In reality Intended to
bo drawn and transferred to the sinking
fund without the actual handling of any
rash. Toward the end of his tenh Dartloy
made a call for general fund warrants to
comp In early In January , the amount being
$305.62241 The warrant that was Intended
In reimburse a sinking fund wns Included
In this call , nnd although Bartfey sold the
warrant on January 2 , 1897 , and converted
the money to his own .use , the books show
that the general fund outstanding warrants
were reduced In that same amount , and the
DODiillstH are thus enabled to actually In-
tlurte the Uartley stear In their claim of the
reduction of the state debt ,
DeuelK Aot Iteaillly Apparent ,
It U apparent at a glance that the amount
of thin warrant ought not to be Included In
the amount of general fund warrants out
standing November 30 , 1896 , as published by
tbo populist circulars and again it ought not
to bo Included In the item of total reduc
tion of the state debt. While the peculiar
stem of bookkeeping shows that the
mount of outstanding vv at rants was re
uced It would take something uioro than a
opocratlc campaign speaker to show the
cneflts of a "reduction of state debt" made
n this manner. An attempt to explain this
ould hopelessly entangle the best of them.
The warrants called In by Uartley to be
aid January 9 , 1896 , amounted to $125,520.66
n addition to the warrant that was stolen ,
hese warrants were paid off two days after
leserve went Into office and were paid from
ic funds turned over by Hartley and under
ie direction of the retiring treasurer and
BO retiring offlco force nnd yet the reform
rs add this amount to their "debt reduc-
lon" claim and probably also add It to the
mount they say they ha\e "saved. "
Inasmuch ns Hartley turned over to
Irscrve $862,66275 available funds and
leserve on the first day of October , 1898 ,
nd only $512 , 08 of these funds on hand the
ouice of a great part of the balance of the
'debt ieduction" can be easily traced and
ho claim of the reformers becomes rldlcu-
ous. Their constant effort Is to show that
very dollar of wariants paid or .every twist
ly which an outstanding amount Is reduced
s so much "saved" by them , while on the
ther hand they allow no credit for thu
money turned over by Hartley nor for the
natural Increas-a In the funds in the last
wenty months. Republicans are blamed ( or
making excessive appropriations and in the
amo breath credit Is claimed because the
; ame appropriations were paid and the
amount is added to the amount claimed to
lave been "saved. "
PuiiilH I'lineeouiiteil I"or.
There is albo total failure to give credit
for the $8,400 that has lately como In from
the Hartley suspended account' This sus
pended account shows on the books all right ,
and the amount litely recovered also shows ,
jut the campaign circulars broadly describe
he whole amount ns "republican stealings"
and fail to note any payments of the name.
It Is interesting to note In connection
with this , that of the amount on hand In all
the funds now , $187,4'i9 ' 25 is In fhe per
manent school fund. The popocrats went
nto offlco with the pledge that they would
not allow the permanent school fund to ac-
cumulat'e , and now it Is larger than when
; hey took charge. The excuse for failure
: o Invest Is that nil bonds nre gobbled up
jy private Investors , nnd that n big premium
jas to bo paid when any are found. Mr ,
Meservo In his speech said that the "only
way Vo get bonds without paying a premium
was to go after them with a shotgun , "
which was an admission of thu republican
claim that money Is plenty nnd Is seeking
investment , nnd does away with the claim
of the reformers that they "brought state
warrants to < i premium. " A eloso study of
: ho whole sst of popocratlc campaign figures
brings about nothing but ridiculous results.
.Soflnllnt bailer Ticket.
The socialist labor party has filed Its peti
tion with the secretary of state nnd asks
tor a place on the state ticket , at the com-
IIIK election. This petition for state nomi
nees w.is signed by IPSS than 200 namco ,
but It Is claimed by the members of the
cmbrjo party that within a few days nu
merously signed petitions will be sent In
from Omaha , South Omaha , Wllber ami
other points and that they will have no
trouble In furnishing more than the 500
signers necessary to put a party on the offi
cial ballot. The ticket proposed to be placed
on the baltot is ns follows Governor , II. S.
Alej , Lincoln , lieutenant governor , J J.
Kerrigan , Omaha , secretary of state , Theo
dore Brunner. Omaha ; auditor , II. U. Con-
vvay. South Omaha , treasurer , Fred Kissel ,
Omaha , superintendent of public Instruc
tion , Henry Ittlg , Lincoln , commissioner of
public lands and buildings , S. J. Herman ,
Wllber. attorney general , Charles E. Hakei ,
Omaha.
The state treasurer has made a call for
$25,000 general fund warrants , to come In
October 22. The last number of the series
railed Is 42.502.
T n. Jackson and wife of Hefvldere , 111 ,
parents of State Superintendent Jackson ,
are bore on a few dajs' visit.
The Association of Superintendents and
Principals of Schools , which held a meeting
nt the senate chamber ypsterday and today ,
adlotirned after electing the following ofll-
reis for the coming jear : President , J. H.
Miller. Lincoln , vice president , W. A.
Julian , Junlata , secretary , J. L. McHrlcn ,
Geneva ; treasurer. J. P. Haseck , Peru.
12selne Iliiaril Mutter * .
At a meeting of the Excise board a reso
lution was adopted Instructing the members
of the police foice to Keep n sharp lookout
for violations of the law for the sale ol
liquors by drug stores. While only foui
drug stores have taken out permits this
year It Is a well known fact that many
ethers dispense liquor of various kinds wltt
very llttlo red tape attached. These offend
ers agalnet the law will bo compelled tt
mend their ways as soon as the officer :
liavo secured positive proof against them
In the matter of the complaint of Mrs. Jacol
Kerns against Martin Mo ran for selllnj
liquor to minors the board decided to pu
the casn over until next Thursday afternoot
when the city attoiney will bo prepared ti
submit a written opinion on the seveia
questions raised. Mrs , Kerns alleges tha
. the sureties on Morau's bond are lutolven
I and niVs that the bond be declared void
The board Approved come chansfs In the
rules for the government of the lalooni
of the city and ordered the city attorney
to publish them according to low. Thr
principal change IB tbo new rule which pro
hibits ( ho employment of a woman as bar
tender or In any other capacity around a
saloon. This rule had never br-cn consid
ered necessary until community was
shocked recently by the knowledge that one
of the saloons had hired a female bar
tender ns a drawing card.
The members of the Central Christian
Sunday school went to Omaha today to take
In the exposition. They were the guests
of their superintendent. N. K. Grlggs.
MAIL ROBBERY NEAR ALLIANCE
Tuo I.eller I'miulim. One for Lincoln
nnil One for Illaek Hill * . Cut Open
Auioiint TnUcn Unknown.
LINCOLN' . Neb , Oct. 13. Reports of a
daring nnd mysterious railway mall robbery
at or near Alliance , In the northwestern
party of this state , early this morning were
confirmed tonight by Superintendent Duller
of Lincoln. Two letter pouches , ono des
tined for Lincoln on the enstbound Bur-
llngton train , the other for Ulack Hills and
Montana points on the westbound were cut
open and registered letters and packages
of value taken. The robberies were discov
ered by the respective mall clerks after
leaving Alliance , who promptly notified
Superintendent Duller. The amount stolen
la unknown , but many letters were taken.
The postal authorities are nt work on the
case. No suspicion attaches to the postal
clerks.
Cnrnlinl nt ltcnrlee.
BEATRICE , Neb , Oct. 15. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Fifteen thousand people In nddl-
lon to the city's population attended the
lecond annual corn carnival and flower pa
rade held here the twenty-four hours end-
ng early this morning. The afternoon pa-
ado was reviewed by Governor Holcomb ,
State Treasurer J. B. Meserve and wife ,
and Commissioner J. V. Wolfe and others
rom the state house , a reviewing stand
having been erected In front of carnival
icadquarters. This event , to which a half
dozen prominent citizens have given almost
heir entire time and attention for weeks
despite the fact this was the big week at
Omaha , drew fully 5,000 more people to the
city than\ last year. The parade took place
n the afternoon and was an hour In pass-
ng. The principal features were flower
bedecked carriages , floats and a burlesque
circus parade. Twelve bands of music
headed the various divisions. The evening
festivities consisted mainly of a grand
street promenade , during whlsh hundreds
of bushels of shelled corn were thrown at
each other by the thousands who crowded
the streets. A band was stationed at each
of the principal downtown corners , where
concer's were given. The decorations were
finer than last year. The attendance from
he country was enormous and the special
trains were crowded to overflowing. Everyone
ono present voted the affair a success.
Jtromi ! ! ctn Greene.
LOUP CITY. Neb. , Oct. 13. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Loup City opera house was
filled today to hear the Joint debate between
W. L. Greene and Norrls Drown , candidates
for congress of the big Sixth district. The
debate was decidedly In favor of Mr. Drown.
Mr. Greene lost his temper when questions
were asked him from the audience. Mr.
Drown produced facts and figures shoeing
n a decided way that prosperity was here.
He called to mind Mr. Greene's statements
made on the stump In 1896 when that gen
tleman stated that the prices of the products
of the farm woufd never rise without the
adoption of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver , Mr. Greene In a very forcible way
attempted to refute the statement made by
his opponent , but the records were against
Mm and Brown Improved opportunity
to show them up.
Munt SIKti the Ccrtlllente.
BEATRICE. Neb , Oct. 15. ( Special Tele-
giam. ) Judge Lctton on this afternoon
handed down his decision in the applica
tion of W. H Harris of Crete for n man
damus comnelllns G. E. Emery , float rep
resentative commltteeman from Gage county
to s'cn ' a certificate of the nomination of
W. S. Grafton for float representative He
crants the writ. Leave to file a motion
for a rehearing was granted and the issues
will bo < made up and the case taken to the
supreme court. The only rullns favoilng
the defendant was on the point of the 1'ght
of Chairman Grant to vote when n tie was
claimed.
.Soc'ler "iirleil.
SCHUVLER. Nob. Oct. 15. ( Special. )
Lieutenant Hooper of Company 1C , Nebraska
Volunteer Infantry , was burled hero Friday
afternoon , having died of typhoid fever. The
funeral was at the Bohman opera house to
accommodate the multitude that attended.
U was a military funeral , six commissioned
officers from Fort Omaha being pall bearers.
A military salute was fired nt the grave.
Allen SpenKH n ( Illnlr.
BLAIR. Neb. , Oct. 15. ( Special. ) Last
evening Senator Allen delivered an address
at the opera house. When he opened up
there were about 250 people In the house ,
but when ho closed fully one-fifth of that
number had left. His talk was along the
line of populist economy.
.Soldier Sick.
GENEVA , Neb , Oct. 15. ( Special. ) Cor
poral Lewis of the Eighth United States
infantry , lies at the point of death nt the
homo of his relatives , two miles south ol
town , where ho has been visiting during his
furlough.
CANNOT REACHND1AN CAmP
AVnter Too ItoiiKh to Mlmi of
the Trip to ( he Dear Itlmul
Cnnip.
ST. PAUL. Oct lr A Walker , Minn.
special to the Dispatch fay ? Indian Com
missioner Jones and a number of corre
spondents arranged to go in the stenmei
Vcra today to the battleground off Dear
Island and to the hostile camp for a coun
cil with hostllcs , but the laXe was rough
If on Monday the lake Is In better con
dition , the visit will be undertaken. In
dians will not confer on Sunday. Mr. Jones
wants to make another attempt to persuade
old Bug-Mah-Ge-Shlg to surrender. It U
generally believed hero that ho will not
succeed. The Indians will hold another gen
eral council there Wednesday , when a
number of hostlles are expected to surren
der.
Cenernl Ml I en nt St. I'nnl.
ST. PAUL , Oct. 15. Major General Nelson
A Miles , commander-lii-chlef of the army ,
with bis staff , arrived today from Omaha
During the day he called on Govcrnoi
ClouRb , talking over the Indian troubles al
Leech Lake.
( oroner lloliln Him Itlninolevn.
ST. LOUIS , Oct ! ! > . Private Charles Kenn
Company E , Second Mlesouil volun
j tcers , who shot and killed Russell , the ncgn
dcspollcr of his home , was today nrqulttei
by the coroner's Jury after ICES than td
minutes deliberation Lust wick Prlvati
Kenn Lame hero on furlough from Lexlng
ton , Ky. , and found his wife living with :
negro , whom he shot In eelf-defense. Prl
vate Kenu will be held to await tbo actloi
B
of Colonel Johnson , assistant rrosecutlni
attorney , who will , It Is thought , Issue i
warrant tor his detention.
rARAlI-F.llas J. of the Stre'ts of All X.v
UOMH. died nt .1407 lioyd ( itroet , ngfd . '
jears. Home , Syria. Funeral from Tajs
gart's undertaking rooms Sunday at 9.3
a. > n to St Mary's church. Thlrteentl
and Williams streets. Interment In llol ;
Sepulchcr.
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WORK OF WEATHER BUREAU
Prof. Willis L. Moore Talks of the Service
He is Head Of.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE FORECASTS CORRECT
ttooil Itcooril Mnilo 1 > > the Ollli'lnlN
Wlm Inx < > Their Short Time lre-
( MctlollH on ItexultN Adduced
lij hoientiile I'roeeMN.
I
Had the gencial public token advantage
of the opportunity offered during the last
week to attend the convention of the
United States Weather bureau ofllclals ,
which was held In this city , tt Is possible
hat a moro fnvorabFo view would be taken
of the work of this important branch of
tie government's service. The convention
was composed of about seventy-five men
who are engaged In the work of taking ob
servations of the meteorological conditions
unon which the central office at Washington
bases Its forecast of the weather. These '
men came from all sections of the country ,
'rom the Atlantic to the Pacific , and from
the lakes to the gulf. A largo per cent of
the officials were joung men and there wns
a sprinkling here and there of older men
who had spent the greater portion of their
lives In the bervlce They were educated
fnen , many being well veraed In the sciences.
This made their sessions Interesting , espe
cially that portion bearing upon the results
of the work of the bureau , which In some
rases seemed nlmoxt miraculous They were
not weather prophets , foi they make no pre
tensions to ablfltv to forecast the weather
for any great length of time In advance.
Their predictions are based upon scientific
principles and they nre al a > prcpaied to
explain upon what ground u certain predic
tion Is made
Prof Willis L. Moore , the chief of the
bureau , said "We maKe no claim to Infalli
bility The forecasts rrade by the bureau
are not of general scope where a favorable
condition In one locality Is held up as a
verification of the forecast They are made
for each particular locality anil the faults
ilicro must verify or nulMfy the forecast.
Yet with this direct application of our work
to the community , the records show that we
fall In our forecasts but one time in nvo.
This is not a had showlnp. In splto of it ,
however , thuc nre thoao who complain that
the work of the huienu Is not reliable. If a
rain comes us forecasted , they complain be-
CIXUEO thcio was not enough of It If It
chould be a heavy downpour they say a
flood was not contemplated
KM Ntrensth Inerer.xcN.
"Notwithstanding these petty annoyances
the work of the Wrathcr bureau Is getting a
stronger foothold every day. The moro In
telligent people are coming to look to It as
ono of the great departments of the govern
ment. This Is especially true among great
land and water transportation companies
and the shlppcis and to a proportionate
extent among all whose buslnesn Is affected
one way or the other by Immediate weather
conditions
"It has not bcn so long ago when bhlp-
owncra scoffexl at the v.-ork of the burca.i ,
but they were rapid converts and It Is an In
experienced sklppe- who will leave port In
face of the warning signals of the weather
office. These signals ore not only furnished
them at the Initial port but at all the
points along the const of the lakes where
the boat ran put In , that If at any Urns dur
ing the course of the voyage a dangerous
storm Is threatened shelter may be sought
before It is too late *
"The weather burvlco In this country has
become an object of envy of other nations.
A leading scientist of London , at a recent
meeting In Toronto , said that the meteoro
logical bervlce In the United States was the
finest in the world Sections of the llrltlsh
empire near enough to this country to un
derstand the value of this tervlce have been
trying for years to Induce the English gov
ernment to enlarge Us service but without
success. A particular case of this kind was
in the Island of Jamaica. They wanted the
service extended to cover the Islands in that
group that warnings ot the fearful hurri
canes peculiar to that section might bo given
for the benettt of the shipping interest.
After they had about abandoned hope of se
curing the service , Cuba and Porto Illco
practically passed Into the hands of this
government , and the first step taken waste
to establish meteorological stations there. A
few days ago the most destructive hurricane
In je-xrs wns foretold by the central olflco
by twentfour hours. The warning was
generally heeded by the people there who
had long been wishing for the service nnd
the amount of property saved can never bo
estimated.
\Vln-ii tlio Uurrnu StnrJcil.
"Tho Weather bureau was founded In 1870
The resolution calling for Its establishment
carried an appropriation of J20.000 , which
was to hn used In experimenting with the
work. The new department was placed In
charge of General Meier , under the super
vision of the \Var department. Ho used
such of the signal corps men who had served
In the rebellion as ho could secure and
made drafts from the regular army of other
men to supply his needed force. The flrst
forecast was made at Chicago early In May ,
1S70 , and It announced a low barometer In
the Nebraska and Iowa legion , Indicating a
storm which would strike the- lakes within
twenty-four hours. The forecast proved to
bo correct and the bureau made an auspic
ious start.
"The last regular appropriation made by
congress for the woik of the bureau amount-
i c.l to about $ : * 0COO and there was Irss opposl-
' tlon to this sum than there was to the orlg-
, Inal appropriation of $20,000. Tbo work has
I made Its own advocates and If no forecasts
] wcro over made the meteorological statistics
gathered during the existence of the bureau
and tabulated in convenient form for refer
ence have more than paid for the money
expended.
t (
"Tho bureau was for twenty > rars con
nected with the signal service of the army
and to the weather man this association w.is
ehown to Inimical to the service Efforts
to divorce the bureau from the army met
with considerable opposition and It was not
until 1S91 that the separation WEB made
complete. At that time General Greeley ,
Aha had been nt the head of the bureau ,
v.ai placed at the head of the army signal
tenlco and the Wrathcr buieau was made
? distinct establishment under thu Agricul
tural department. Since that time the ad
vance has been noticeable and rapid. It
Is as free from politics today as is the
postal service.
"The chciiRo from Uie War to the Agri
cultural department brought with It another
advantage. The observers were no longer
j given mllitaiy titles and were no longer
subject to change In stations an Is an army
oUlccr. A weather ofHcl.il now remains at
a post as long as his work Is satisfactory ,
or until a promotion takes him elsewhere.
This develops within him a local pride and
Interest In his work and he gives more at
tention to trying to educate the public to
the value of the service.
"Tho Weather bureau has become a scien
tific school. It Is almost essential that a
man holding u position In the service , with
hope of advancement , must bo educated ,
I with an rptltudo for study and experiment.
Ho must be primarily adapted for the work
and bo possessed of a good judgment The
bureau sseks to reward all meritorious serv
ice and encourages Investigations by Its
officers In the line of further discoveries.
It Is a field In which thcro U much to learn
and the time Is coming when the bureau will
bo the- most Important and valuable adjunct
t the government. Wo have no faith In
lo.ig-tlmo forecasters , but If such a thing
Is ever made possible It will be through the
Ktudy and researches of men employed In
the Weather bureau of the United States. "
. ( iliiNM AVorUum on n MrlUe.
I 1'ITTSUUmj. Oct. ID. Window glass
i plants throughout the United States failed
I to Htait the seacon's operations last night.
I The nro * v.cro blocl.cd and may bo extln-
1 finished and 15,000 workers , who have been
I looklnc forward to a general resumption ou
October ID , are forced to remain Idle. The
Dtrlko Is for an advance In the wages of the
cutters nnd flattened , but IB really the re
sult of a fight between Knights of Labor1
and the American Federation of Labor. Tha
manufacturers Bay the fires will bo. kept
blocked for a reasonable time , when th y
will bo extinguished nnd not relighted until
they are sure they have a clear and conclsa
contract with the workers.
GROWTH OF ORIENTAL TRADE
Stcnninhlp AReiit Antleipiile * It Will
Double. Diirliifc the Coming ;
I'l > o Yeum.
SEATTLE. Wash. , Oct. 15. D. E. Drown ,
general agent of the Canadian Pacinc Hall
way and Steamship company at Hong Kong ,
speaking of the growth of trade between this
country and the orient , said "Tho trndo
of the last nvo years shoufJ bo more than
double In the next nvo years , owing In the
first Dlaco to the Increased transportation
facilities , and in the second place to the
close relations that wllf have to exist here
after between this country nnd the orient
as the result of holding the Philippine )
Islands. Wo are perfectly willing that the
United States should hold on to the Philip
pine Islands , and when once tbo matter la
definitely settled nnd business again In full
swing It will not bo long before the com
merce of the Pacific will bo ns great as that
of the Atlantic ; and especially will this bo
the case when the railroads Ehalf open up
China to the commercial and Industrial
world and make this northwest coast It *
landing place. "
KxpoNltlon VIxltorM Ituneli ChlriiRO.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1C. The train brlnglns
tha diplomats find other ( iiBiingihj.i'.a
guests of the exposition nacK trom Umana
drew into the Wabnsu depot this nfternoon.
A sub-committee of the peace Jubilee recep
tion committee wa waiting at the station
to meet the notable visitors and after the
customary greetings the party was driven
away in carriages to the Auditorium and
other down-town hotels. Major General
Miles , who left the partv at Omaha to In
vestigate the present condition of the Indian
uprising In the northwest , la pxpected to
arrive hero tomorrow.
Nomination * .
ST : LOUIS , Oct. 15. Democrats of tha
Eleventh and Twelfth congressional dis
tricts held conventions today In this city.
Ex-Mayor E. A Noonan was nominated
in the Eleventh and Ilobert H. Kern In the
Twelfth district.
TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST
Collier Wenllier ullli IIIKli Wlnil *
mill Sncnv In ( lie Wi-xl anil Itiilitn
In Kimlern .N
WASHINGTON , Oct. 15. Forecast for
Sunday
For Nebraska Ilnln in eastern ; rain or
snow In western portion , followed by clearIng -
Ing and much colder ; high northwest winds.
For Iowa Rain , much colder by Sunday
afternoon ; high southwest , shifting to north-
wont winds.
For Missouri Rain , cooler In central and
western portions Sunday ; much cooler Sun
day night ; southeast , shifting to west winds.
for South Dakota Clearing and colder ;
northwest winds.
For Kansas Rain , followed by clearing
and much colder ; winds shifting to north-
uest.
LfOctil Heeiiril.
OFFICE OF Till ; WEATIIIUl 11URKAU ,
OMAHA , O < t. 15 Omaha record of tem
perature and ralnfull cnmpartd with cor
responding day of the hint throeyearn. .
ISO ? 1HD7 l&fi 1MK
Maximum tc inperuturo 71 il 6.1 fi7
Minimum temperature M 47 41 : IR
Averugo temperature 2 Cii M 62
Rainfall . .0) .00 .00 .CO
Record of temneiaturo nnd precipitation
at Omaha for thlH day nnd nlnco .March 1 ,
H98-
Normal for the day . 63
HxtesH fur the diy . . . 9
Aieumiilaud excota clncu March 1. . .259
Normal nilnfall for the day . OS Inch
I ) ( flcl ncy for thu d iv . M Inch
Total rnlnfnll Hlnro Murch 1 2) ) 33 Inclien
Deficiency Mnto Miuch 1 .1 61 Inched
Deficiency for cor. period. 1337 ,11.01 Inches
Excess for tor period , 1MW . T SO Inchei
I. . A. WELSH.
Local Tori-cast OlIUliU.