TIT ID OMAHA DAILY HEE : FRIDAY , FEB1UTARY 17 , 1800.
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MiMPi Or KLIiCTRlCin
R'inarkable Growth of the Telephone Eusi-
W new in the United States.
T REST OF THE WORLD OVERSHADOWED
Snliitllntlon of Klrctrlrll } for Sl
Power on > MV tork lilt-luted
Itoinlx DIM cloiunrntn In Oilier
llrniiclicft of the Inilnxtrj.
In no other country are modern conveni
I ences and modern Appliances adopted as
readily and generally a * In the United
States. We set the pace for the world In
cverjlhlng. Our leadership Is most pro
nounced In the u o of the telephones. lie-
cent statistics show that there nrc In Use
In the United States 772,627 telephones , and
In all other countries only 615,638. Germany
camu next to the United tSates. but It had
only 161,101 telephones. Sweden and Nor
way had 77,178 , Great Britain , 69 CIS ; Cnn-
nda , 33,500 ; Switzerland. 2S.SI8 , Fr.inse. 21.-
C16 ; Austria , 21,616 , Russia , IS IOJ , Italy.
11,991 ; Spain , 11,035 , and so on down
through the list There Is one telephone to
every ninety persons In the United States ,
one to every 600 in England , 1,000 In France ,
3,000 In Italy and 10,000 In Ruwla. We
hello ! more than any other people.
Hawaii , the first of our colonial posses
sions , Is rapidly assuming all the nlrs of
American civilization. The telephone has
already become an Important factor In the
llfo of the Islanders. There are about 2,000
telephones on the Islands ono telephone to
every fifty-two Inhabitants. On the Island
of Oahu , on which Honolulu Is situated ,
there ore 1.080 telephones to a population
of about 45,000 , or about ono to each forty-
one of the population.
The telephone was Introduced In Honolulu
In the latter part of 1SSO and soon became
nn established part of the business , social
nnd political llfo of the country. It may
Bound strange to use the word "political"
In this connection , but It Is true In a sober
and literal sense , for In every revolution
that has been planned or attempted the
seizure and control of the central telephone
office ha always been one of the first
strategical moves thought of.
The telephone Is much tnoro of a public
Institution there than It Is In most places
Isolated as the Islands arc , the arrival of a
steamship from n foreign land Is of personal
Interest to almost every Individual. The
government maintains a lookout station on
Diamond Head , from which approaching
vc sels In any direction can be sighted
while still from twenty to forty miles dis
tant , depending on the state of the atmos
phere. As soon as n steamer la sighted
"central" Is notified. "Central" then noti
fies the pilot office , the port physician , the
Board of Health , the custom house , the post-
office , the newspaper offices and a few other
peraons who have a particular Interest In
hiving early Information of tnli character.
Then the electric light company Is notified
ami It gives two long whistles If the steamer
Is from America and three If it Is from
nny other part of the world For two
minutes after these whistles nro blown no
telephone concctlons nre made , but the
force at "central" Keeps repeating the name
of the steamer and Its location , ns "Aus
tralia off Koko Head , " rr "China off Wa-
lanae. " So that all any Individual needs to
dp Is tn go to the nearest telephone , put
the receiver to his cir and listen , and he
v.lll know what steamer It Is. where It Is ,
nnd If he has lived there any length of
time he can form nn accurate Judgment ns
to how long It will be before the steamer
will bo at the wharf.
Men in I'ojvor to Go ,
The rulln ; powers of the Manhattan EIc-
ated Railway company announced that ar
rangements have been completed to substi
tute electricity for steam power on the ele
vated roads of New York City. Compreiaed
air as a motive power was considered , but
the experiments with it for driving street
cars have evidently not been satisfactory , at
least so far as economy Is concerned The
expensive trial of nn air motor on the ele
vated roads a jear or moro ago was a fail
ure , while electric power has been very suc
cessful on the Chicago elevated roads.
It was ciphered out some time ago that an
electric cqulprrent for the elevated roads
would require about 70.000 horse power , and
that It would cost J10.000.000 or J12.000.000.
The new Issue of $18.000,000 stock will amply
provide for tnli and leave a good margin
for any betterments of the line or rolling
stock , nnd perhaps for some of the smaller
additions , which the company has asked per
mission from the rapid-transit commission
to build.
llorKflcMn CnrrliiRCx.
The automobile movement already has a
sure and firm grip on the countrj. Even
the mustangs which drew travelers over the
filxty miles Journey between Flagstaff , Ariz ,
and the Grand canyon are to be shelved to
inake way for a line of autocars. A ques
tion which just now Interests keenly the
public ns well as experts Is the character
of the motive power to be adopted for the
enormous number of automobiles which will
soon be teen In every city In America. The
gasoline motor Is high in favor and will
doubtless fill a broad and useful field , but It
Is remarkable that In a recent cab contest
In Paris , hitherto the homo of the oil motor
carriage , where was given the most complete
and practical series of tests jet organized ,
eleven out of twelve competitors used elec
tricity. As a result of this contest the entire -
tire Paris cab system will substitute elec
tricity as a motive power before the clcse
of the present > car. In fact , it U generally
recognized that electricity , for the present
at least , Is pre-eminently the power for the
congested traffic of largo cities.
ISIeelrloity 11in Manure.
The title of "the new manure , " which
agriculturists are now giving to electricity ,
would teem from the results of the experi
ments concluded a few months ago by Prof.
Lomstrom , at tbo University of Hclslng-
fors , to be amply justified. lu these ex
periments , wheat , rjc , barley , oats , white
beets , red beets , potatoes , carrots , radishes ,
parsnips , onions , celery , beans , peas , straw
berries , raspberries and tobacco were grown
In equal areas In two fields , ono of which
was under ordinary cultivation , while tbo
other was periodically charged with elec
tricity. The results of the electro-culture
of the farm produce have already been
made widely public. Tbo > leld of tobacco
was Increased by the electrical treatment
of the plants 40 per cent , and the photographs -
graphs of the two fields the "experimental"
and the "control" lots ccly 164 hours after
the current was turned on show a wide
difference of growth , the augmentation be
ing markedly In favor of the "control" lot.
Prof. Lomstrora found that a good supply of
water was absolutely necessary for the
< obacco plants , that very mall dosoa of
electricity should be given , and none at all
when a hot sun was ahlnlng on the plants.
Electrified potato plants gave , In garden
soil , an Increase of 76.2 per cent , and on the
field 24.3 per cent. Red beets gave , In gar
den soil , 65 3 per cent , and In the field 31 7
jier cent , It Is proved that electricity will
In a high degree accelerate the ripening of
fruits , berries and root * , nnd probably de
velop moro sugar In them. In the green
house , the strawberries under electrical
current ripened , on an average , In thirty
daja. while those not electrified took fifty-
four dajs to ripen. The same was noted
with raspberries , though the difference of
time in their cace was only seventeen days.
An aoaljala made In France shown that tbo 1
electrified root * have 15 per cent Increase of
eugar , and It Is noted that the strawberries
grown in the ontrol field were remarka-
bl ) sweet Ta * genera ! conclusions of th
llcliln fcio results , which harp been In
many mprcts coriflrmH by similar tetu in
Fr nw. { re tbut the discreet application of
electricity to plant * and vegetables acts
most b nefielilly on their crowing and
rlpenlnz qualities ; thnt the beat effects can
be Attained only where there U a sufficient
supply of water for the plants ; that for
four bouts In the morning and four hours
In the afternoon , avoiding the hours of the
highest sun , when the sky Is clear , Is judi
cious , when the supply of water Is abund
ant the current can be given to advantage
during the whole twenty-four hours The
surest wa } , however , of producing the best
effoeti 1 to limit the giving of the elec
tricity to a moderate time , so thnt tlie
vegetative process U not forced too fast.
These facts are clearly proved. The Im
portant question IsCan the method be
applied to agriculture or gardening ? Prof.
Lernstrom says It can and that the farmer
or the gardener will Increase his yield 40
per cent by It. At to cost , for effectively
electrifying fifty acres J100 will be needed
the first > ear for the outfit and upkeep.
After that the vearly expense will bo about
$10. Besides this , the electrical treatment
will make the toll more productive every
3 ear and hasten the ripening of the harvest ,
thus making the farmer's capital more pro
ductive. Prof Lcmstrom has turned his
experience to account In the construction of
a new machine , which greatly facilitates
the application of the current to farm or
gaixlcn lands , but iho prophesies that before -
fore long the farmer will get cheap elec
tricity from tbo nearest central station ,
from which the current will bo conducted
to the surrounding fields for miles. This
promises to bo the most practical way of
nppljlng electricity to growing \cgctaWes
In the future.
Aetherlo Teleurnph- .
It Is weir known to electricians that many
> cars before Marconi elaborated his sys
tem of sending messages without wires or
Ttsla had formulated his poetic of Imprac
tical Ideas In the same field Prcccc , In
England , had been providing cues In wire
less telegraphy which It was not difficult
to follow. A recital of his pioneer work ,
which has been made to the London Insti
tute of ETectrlcal Engineers , Is of more than
common interest In 1881 disturbances that
Is , stray currents producing extraneous
noises on the telephone .were . dectected on
the circuits erected over housetops In Lon
don , produced by currents In telegraph
wires burled in iron pipes In the streets.
Messages sent on telegraph wire were ac
tually read on the telephone circuit , though
the wires wcro nowhere In contact. The
circuits were separated from each other by
n span of eighty feet. Exhaustive experi
ments were made to piove that the re
sults apparent were due to Induction and
not conduction. Mr. Prcece continued his
experiments In 1SS5 square coils of Insu
lated single wire , each side being of 440
> ards length , were laid horizontally on the
ground near Newcastle and conversation by
telephone was effected from one to the other
through a space of one-quarter of a mile.
Disturbances between these squares were
appreciable at 3,000 feet , and similar demon
strations were noticed at a distance of ten
and one-quarter miles between parallel
lines of tefegraph connecting Durham nnd
Darlington. In 1SS5 experiments were car
ried out across the Severn for a length of
fourteen miles , between Bristol and Glou
cester , the parallel lines being separated
by a mean distance of four and one-half
miles. In the meantime some attention had
been directed to establishing a means of
communication between the working gar-
lerlcs in mines and the surface , and in 1SS7
messages were sent without wires between
the surface and the galleries of Broomhlll
colliery , 350 feet deep. During the next
five jears Mr. Preece made many historical
experiments. The most satisfactory re
sults obtained from these were those
In the British channel In 1892 , between Lav-
ernock and Flat Helm , 3.3 miles apart , where
messages passed freely. So distinct was the
succe 3 of this line that It has since been re-
erected and made permanent. It Is In ac
tual use today , and has never failed since
It was established. The signals arc said to
be from the expert point of view splendid ,
and their rate of working Is dependent only
on the skill of the operator. In March , 1S95 ,
the cable connecting Oban with the Island
cf Mull broke down. A gutta-percha cov
ered wire , one and one-half miles long , was
laid along the ground from Xorven on the
Argyllshire coast , while on Mull the ordi
nary overhead Iron wire connecting Cralg-
nure with Ares was used The wires were
about two miles apart There was no diffi
culty whatever in communicating and pub
lic messages were sent for a week , until
the cable was repaired. Although the ex
periments , made three months afterward ,
to communicate between England and
France were unsuccessful , It developed some
remarkable phenomena. The whole tele
phonic sjstem of the country was stopped
for two hours from midnight to 2 a. m.
In order that a test of buch Importance
could be made. As Mr. Preece describes If
"Attempts were made to signal , but It was
impossible to distinguish a signal through
the wonderful. Incessant and strange sounds
that filled the telephone and overpowered
everything else. The hum of two or three
electric light Installations -working on the
alternate-current system was evident , but
there was a weird , strange babel of noises
that was mysterious and disappointing. I
am strongly of opinion that these sounds
were duo to disturbances excited by primary
electrical effects outside our globe. " Ar
rangements had < been made. In the event of
the success of the experiment , to communi
cate between England and the rest of Eu
rope and then 'between ' Europe and
America.
OHIO STATE HOUSE ENLARGED
Governor Ilnnhncll I.ii > n the Corner
Mono of mi AilillUon to
font ? 'J ( > ( ) , ( ) ( ) ( ) .
COLUMBUS , 0 , Teh 16. The city Is filled
with strangers today , there being a double
attraction of general public Interest , the
laying of the cornerstone of the new (200.000
addition to the state house being of rst Im
portance and the reunion of the members of
the Seventy-third general assembly the sec
ondary consideration. The reunion takes
the place of the adjourned session of the
legislature , since the adoption of tbo biennial
session idea.
The cornerstone exercises took place at 2
p. m , when Governor Dushnell , after an In
vocation by Hev. II. II. Darbour , laid the
stone. The vast assemblage then adjourned
to the Board of Trade auditorium , where the
program was concluded. Addree es were
made by Chief Justice J. P Uradbury of the
Ohio supreme court , Attorney General
Monctt , Hem Charles D. Wlgbtman , Hon.
A J. llazlett and William 0. Deshler.
Another Smmfall In Mnr > Intnl.
CUMBERLAND. Md. , Fob 16. A heavy
enow began falling here at noon toja > , and
advlcea from the surrounding towns Indi
cate that It Is general la 4hls section of the
state. The fall Is as great asthat of bun-
day and Monday , and If It continues through
the night , as it promises to do , there are
grave fears that the rail roads In < hla neigh
borhood will bo again completely blocked.
Great apprehension Is also felt that a Hood
In "the upper Patomac river will occur be
cause of the Ice gorges and higher water.
Wall I'ulln on
BALTIMOHE. Keb , 16. By the collapse of
a. vail during the progress of a small fire to
day at the building of the Baltimore Barrel
company ten firemen were Injured. The
wall carried down with it a ladder upon
which the men were standing , playing a line
of hose upon the flames. U is thought that
none of the men were dangerously Lurt.
The money loss will not exce d a few thou-
and dollars.
'HAD ' HE STRANGE POWER ?
Story of an lo-ara Man with Whom Thoutands
of Women Fell in Lova.
UNWELCOME ATTENTIONS PROVOKE SUICIDE
> < > % Inllilc Clinrnm About Him , lot
the OlrU Clinnnl Him l'or U cutl >
Ulilitle friini nn Oinnlin
Victim.
Driven to death by the unwelcome at
tentions of women , pursued and harassed
by the "lies and smiles of the fair sex , who
seemed hjimotlzcd by his very presence ,
until he took bis own life. Such was the
fatof Ira Fitch of Williams , la , , who a
short time ago swallowed eight grains of
morphine In a hotel In that city and left a
note behind telling why ho died. What
strange , occult fascination Fitch everted
over women , relates a'correspondent of the
Chicago Chronicle , will never bo known.
Why It was that he attracted them as surely
as the pole does the needle of the compass
he could not discover , though the constant
attentions of strange women , their letters
and pleadings and endearments nauseated
him , worried him and pursued him until he
sought relief In death.
It was not his physical beauty which at
tracted women , for Fitch was not a hand
some man , judged by the ordinary stand
ards. Ho was not remarkably polished In
manner , nor was he a Beau Brummcl In
dress. In short , bo boasted of none of the
arts , graces or accomplishments which nrc
ordinarily emplojed to please women. Yet
his province over their minds and souls was
as complete as It was mysterious. He could
not even appear on the public streets with
out attracting the admiring glances and
Inviting smiles of all the women ho met.
At a theater he attracted more attention
from the femlnlno portion of the audience
' than did the company on the stage. Women
| who wcro complete strangers to him and
who usually were ns modest and circum
spect as the canons of society demand lost
their heads completely on his appearance
and sought rapturously to attract his atten
tion. They wrote letters to him breathing
the fondest , und > ing devotion. They Im
plored him to grant Interviews , to write re
plies , to signify even by a word or a glance ,
that he looked upon them with favor.
Wherever he went he created the same
furore. Ho found It Impossible to escape
from it.
And , strangely enough , this was his prin
cipal ambition to get away from this re
markable , mysterious something which
drew womankind toward him. Where the
average man would have reveled In his
power and would perhaps have broken
scores of women's hearts. Fitch was forever
miserable. He shunned women as much as
possible. He never answered the loving let
ters ho received. He did not return the
languishing glances bestowed upon htm He
seemed to want only to escape from it all ,
and at last , after years of struggling , with
his mind and health broken by the unequal
conflict , he found rest only In the grave of
a suicide.
Youthful Clinrm * .
Fitch was only 32 jears old and came
from Kewance , 111. When he was a little
child the first demonstrations of the re
markable power which afterward made him
a notable figure among men and a puzzle
to psyschologlsts developed itself. While
pla > Ing with the little ones of his own age
ho was always surrounded by the little girls
of the neighborhood. With the boys he was
not a favorite , but every little girl who
could was happy only when plajlng In Ira
Fitch's back yard. His parents noticed this
odd circumstance , but paid little attention
to It , thinking It but a coincidence. As he
grew older , however , this power became
more marked. At the country school which
he attended Fitch was the favorite of the
girls. They walked to and from sihool with
him , surrounded him at recess and watched
him eagerly when he arose to recite his les
sons. DItter jealousies sprang up between
them If Ira showed favor to ono over the
others , but even at that early age the mjs-
terlous power ho had annojcd and pained
him.
him.With
With the coming of manhood his powers
to attract women seemed to grow apace and
also In proportion seemed to Inspire him
with a loathlnc for the sex. Wherever ho
went , though it was far from homo and
among strangers , he won the admirlne looks
and smiles of women and ho coldly turned
away from all of them. One night he at
tended a theater in Xenla , O. , with a friend.
They were seated In a box , and no eooner
did they take their places than Fitch felt
the ejea of ever } woman in the house turned
upon him. Although his back was turned
to the house , this annoyed him very much ,
and he spoke of It to his companion. The
latter glanced over the auditorium and eaw
that It was true. Hundreds of women were
gazing steadily at Fitch , some with smiles
and bows Intended to attract his atten
tion. Dlbguatcd and annoyed , ho suggested
that they take eeats In the back of the
house In a more remote section. But his
companion thought hla objections childish
and refused. When the curtain went up the
women continued to stare into the box and
paid no attention to the performance , and in
a few minutes the actresses , noting that
something unusual was going on , looked into
the box and caught the Infection so they
stumbled In their lines and almost broke up
the performance. At last the manager of
the house observed the cause of all the ex
citement and quietly asked the young men
to take seats In the rear of the bouse , which
they did. But even then many women con
tinued to crane their necks and watch
ntch's face for some sign of recognition.
This sort of thing followed the unfortu
nate young man everywhere , and It prejed
moro and more upon bis mind. The bushels
of letters bo received worried and disgusted
him , and the aversion he felt toward women
grew stronger as time went on and he dls-
covered that hla marvelous powers of at
traction were apparently universal and un
ending. Several times he threatened to end
It nil by taking his own life , and less than
two weeks before his death ho said to an
Intimate friend.
"Frank , I'm going to end all this. I am
tired of life and I am going to kill my
self. "
A short time ago bis lifeless body was
found in his room In a hotel in this city ,
the arms folded on bin breast and one
hand clasping an empty morphine vial. On
a table was an unQnlibed letter which closed
with three words
"I am going to Chicago tonight or to
h 1. I hive finally decided I will cot
stand " And tliere the letter ended.
lee Letter * Gnlore.
In his room were found scores of love let
ters from strange women. His friends say
he acknowledged receiving many letters ho
did not even take the trouble to open. Ono
from a joung woman In Beatrice , Neb. ,
poured out a wealth of affection and loll-
mated that on arriving at 21 years of ago she
would come Into $12,000. Here Is one of the
missives from an Omaha girl.
"OMAHA , Neb , Aug 12 , 1598. Dearest
Ira I do not think you will remember me.
but I have done nothing but dream and
think of ) ou since > ou were hero. I got
jour address of Mr * . Annlo BonquUt , and ,
dearest , I could not re l t writing to } ou.
My Jove for } ou will never , never die. I
love > ou with an affection that no words can
express. Do , sweetheart , please send me
just one letter. If I could but have It In
my lonesome hours when I am thinking of
jou , my darling , it would be cucb a con
solation , Do , dear , write me a line If noth
ing more and I will treasure It so sacredly
1 send you kl * es so many > ou can't count
them , but although you have nevtr seen me
but onto or I you but once It juit seems to
me that your are mine already. I am 10
l.nppy In loving you so much. Now , don't
forget this girl that Is mourning her llfo
away for you. Can't } ou come to Omaha ,
darling * You don't know how my eyc
long to look upon you My whole soul , heart
and body Is wrapped up In you , and you
mu t come to me. Do wrhe at once , dar
ling , as t can't rive without you. Your own
sweetheart. - . "
An Iowa girl poured out her soul to the
fascinating stranger In the following letter.
"Dear Ira- You -will be surprised to hear
from me , If you remember me at all I am
the young woman you probably noticed at
the depot josterday morning , but you did
not ice me at least you did not speak , and
ob ! I should have been so delighted had
) ou noticed me. Your very presence throws
a halo about me that has made my very
heart tingle with love for } ou. I do not feel
like taking the liberty oX calling upon you.
but my heart Is to filled with love and joy
since seeing you that I am positive you will
excuse thlt act If It seems rash or unwoman-
like. Do come and see me If only for a
short time. Papa and mamma will both
be glad to resolve you at our home and the
train runs so nicely from Lo Man that you
can go back easily. My heart Is bleeding to
see > ou and I plead with you to come.
There arc other letters , telling of
"bleeding hearts" and "swooning soule , "
letters from women In all parts of the coun
try that Fitch ever visited. And they drove
him to his death.
What was this marvelous and mvsterlous
power this man wielded over the feminine
mind' How did he conquer with a glance
maiden modesty and wifely virtue , when his
very power and success were to him a con
stant source of annoyance and torment ?
What pschology explains this most won
derful career which had so Ignominious an
end.
PLA.TI.tUM 1ST TIIC YUKON.
IminenHcly Valuable Product Carried
In the Sin ml of Flluck Creek.
Consul McCook at Daw son City reports to
the State department the discovery of plati
num In great quantities along the creeks of
the Yukon district. The new product Is ex
pected to add greatly to the mineral yield of
the region. Ho sa > s.
"Black sand Is found In almost every
stream In the Yukon territory and , while
considered a good Indication of gold In moro
or less quantity , is always a nuisance to
washers. On account of Its great specific
gravity , it remains In the sluice boxes with
the gold , and even hand panning will not
always separate It from the precious metal
It accompanies. During the cleanup many
tons of this sand are thrown out , yet the
analsis of twelve pounds of It taken from
near the mouth of the Hootallnqua would
end to show a distinct value for this sup
posedly by-product. The dredging company
of which Captain Jack Crawford is the resi
dent head has obtained considerable over 100
miles of rivers for gold dredging , part of
which Is a long stretch of the Hootallnqua ,
near Us mouth. In a test last summer fine
told was sluiced In paying quantities , but
t Is not of that gold we wish to speik.
n washing a cubic jard and a half of gravel
bo short sluice- boxes became badly con
gested with black sand. The sand and gold
lust were taken up and the gold carefully
removed. The sand was not thrown away ,
as Is ubual , but brought to Dawson. Dr.
Willis B. Everettc , a metallurgist of national
reputation and a member of the bar of the
upreme court of the United States , Is offi
cial assajer of Captain Jack Crawford's com
pany , and has a most comprete and expon-
Ive assay office on Second avenue. The
sand was given him for examination , and
he most surprising results were obtained.
"To commence at the beginning. It was
readily found that 25 per cent of the black
sand was non-magnetic Iron oxide. With
magnets the two were easily separated , and
letncen the two sands there was little dlf-
erence except that the non-magnetic sand
appeared of slightly finer grade than the
magnetic. A furnace test of the magnetic
and was divided Into lots , mixed with the
proper fluxes and Introduced Into the fur
nace. At the proper heat all but the metals
wanted were volatlHzed or ran Into slag ,
eavlng buttons of platinum and gold. A
areful weighing upon scales which weigh
o the 1-4S,000th part of a grain showed a
roost surprising result , a result which Is
> ound to revolutionize sluicing methods as
practiced today in river dredging. In one
on of the non-metallic black sand there Is
102 in goal and ninety-six ounces of plati
num , some Irldium and a trace of tin. The
platinum at 7Sc per ounce would amount In
value to $7-18 , making the total value of a
on of the eand $850.
"In some localities the sand Is most plentl-
ul. In this case there were twelve pounds
of black sand from a cubic jard and a half
f bar gravel. In twerve pounds of black
and there were three pounds of the nonmetallic -
metallic sand. To obtain a ton of this gold
nd platinum bearing sand would , by the
bove- figures , require the sluicing of 1,000
ards of gravel , which gives the value In
platinum and gold of 87c per yard. This Is
entirely outside of any placer gofd caught
n the sluices or upon the amalgam. With
redges , on a modern plan , It costs but a
cw- cents to handle each yard of creek-bed
gravel , so that If there was not an ounce of
ree gold In the country It would Mil ! bs
profitable to dredge for black eand. "
TonibNtnnr Tt'KtinionluI * .
The Boston Transcript reproduces these
icnafide ppltaphx :
Mv husband Oed knows why.
( From n lonely grave In Thomaston , Me. )
Death cauped by swallowing the tip of an
umbrel rib Into the lungs. He lived seven
w'eeks and expired.
( Tor a boy , aged 4 years , burled In Spen-
er , Mass )
In This
World We
Jogged Along
Together.
Dotty and Sam
I
( From a monument to Sam and Betty
iVnt "a ! n Oak Grove cemetery , Fall niver ,
Mass )
Hero lies Dame Mary Page ,
Ilellct of Sir Gregory Page , Bart. ;
She departed this life March 11 , 1728 ,
In the 56 jear of her age.
In 67 months she was tapped 66 times ,
Had taken away 240 gallons of water ,
Without ever repining at her case ,
Or ever fearing the operation.
( From Bunhlll Fields burial ground , Lon-
dou , England. )
Contrnlty I.orntril.
Handy to the H. K. depots , elevated and
surface- . H.'s , and all points of Interest.
Rebuilt. Grand Pacific Hotel , Chicago.
AIIT 4PTnn f ii'i' \TntntTP
OUT AFTER LIvt EXHIBITS
Pushing tha Preliminary Work for ths
Greater America Exposition ,
MIDWAY PROMISES TO BE A GREAT FEATURE
I'lnn for Showing Cttftlotnn , Iniltmtrlci ,
Product * nml Aniimrmrnti of
the llonlilrntft of Philip.
jilnc Inlniul * .
Campaigning for live exhibits of the
manufacturing Interests of the United
States will be the next forward step of
the management of the Greater America
Exposition. The Illustrated literature
blanks and other documentary supplies that
nrr needed In this work arc nearly ready
and It Is expected that active work among
the eastern manufactures will be begun In
a few days
While applications for exhibit space nro
numerous , It Is proposed to make a vigor
ous effort to work up the manufacturing
feature , which has never been ihown In Its
entirety at any previous exposition The
plans of the management contemplate the
representation of every Important manufac
turing Industry In the country , not by
camples of the product alone but by workIng -
Ing exhibits that will Illustrate tht proceM
of manufacture. Some vigorous work will
be necessary to accomplish this , nnd from
now until the beginning of June It will be
pushed with energy. No outside work will
be necessary In the concessions depart
ment , as there are hundreds of applicants ,
and the only task of the management will
be to trim these down and fill the Midway
with the most novel and Interesting fea
tures.
From ( lie Philippine * .
If the plans for the Filipino village suc
ceed as anticipated , this will be a show In
Itself. The village will be an accurate and
exhaustive representation of a genuine
Filipino hamlet In which every native cus
tom , Industry and produce will be Illus
trated. The manufacture of licrap , tobacco
and other products of the Islands will bo
Illustrated , native families will live In their
homes which will be transported from the
Islands and all the habits and amusements
of the Islands will be reproduced on the ex
position grounds Their modes of convey
ance , the animals and birds of the Island ,
and a score of other Interesting features will
contribute to the attractions of the village.
There will be a Filipino band and an
orchestra wtilch will discourse music to
which Filipino maidens will give the dis
tinctive dances of their country. This Is
comprehended In the general plan as has
already been suggested and other features
will be added as the scheme Is developed.
Secretary Smith has received a bundle of
lithographs which Illustrate Palne's specta
cle , "Cuba , " as it was produced at Man
hattan Beach , and as be wants to produce It
on the exposition grounds. The executive
committee has ao far taken no definite ac
tion on this matter as there Is no necessity
for haste In selecting the spectacular attrac
tions.
The colored lithographs , Illustrating the
exposition grounds , are being sent out by the
Department of Publicity. By the end of
next week 6COO sets of the views will be
scattered over the country , most of them be
ing distributed at the railroad stations.
Exccntltc Committee Meetx.
The regular meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Greater America Exposition
association Thursday afternoon was made
notable by the first appearance of Dr.
George L. Miller , the newly elected presi
dent , In bis official capacity. From now on
Dr. Miller will lunch with the commltteo
dally and be present at Its meetings.
Dr. Miller's acceptance of the presidency
was presented In a communication In which
he expressed his appreciation of the fact
that the honor 'was tendered by a unani
mous vote of the directory and was given
to him by the solid men of Omaha. Ho
assured the committee that nothing that
he can do to make the enterprise a success
will be omitted.
The commltteo also considered a large
amount of the routine business that Is
piling up more rapidly every day. John A.
Templeton was appointed temporary super
intendent of grounds and buildings and J. J.
Points was appointed temporary auditor
and assistant secretary.
Bill Llddlard , otherwise known as "Rat
tlesnake Pete , " appeared before the com
mittee to urge the advisability of organiz
ing another big Indian congress as an in
cidental feature of the exposition. Mr Kld-
dlard stated that he has been out among
the Indians to a considerable extent and
that they arc all willing to come back
to Omaha this summer If their expenses
are paid. He suggested that a more com
plete Indian show than the one of last
year can be easily secured and the advice
was taken under consideration.
Miss Elonore Dutcher will represent the
exposition at the annual convention of the
Society of Daughters of the American Revo
lution , which meets at Washington next
Monday. She will be ready to glvo any
sort of Information In regard to the en
terprise and will be supplied with literature
Inwhich the various features are Illus
trated.
MAY PURCHASE PANA MINES
Stock Company May Acqnlre the Pen-
well Property and Put I'nlon
Miner * at Work.
ST. LOUIS , Feb. 16. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Taytorvllle , 111 , says
A stock company , consisting principally of
Ta > lorvllle men , has been organized for the
purpose of buying the Penwell and Springtide -
tide coal mines at Pana , The operators , It
is understood , ask $110,000 for the mines and
the company has offered them $100,000.
Judge Colgrave sakl today that there Is
but little doubt that the deal wlir be made
Ho says that the State United Mine Workers'
association has agreed to pay JDS,000 It the
mines can bo purchased for a reasonable
amount. If the proposed deal Is consummated
the negroes will be discharged and white
miners substituted.
Tivlnc Plant In Penitentiary.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Feb 16. A bill wa Introduced -
troduced In the house 4oday providing for a
binding twine plant at tbo penitentiary. It
appropriates $40,000 for the plant and
$150,000 to purchase raw material and carry
on < tbo business. The warden and directors
will put In the plant and manage it. The
bill was advanced and will probably pass
tomorrow.
Our Mail Orders
Are growing each day and If you frond
an open order to us you can be sure of
putttlug the very latuit styles Nut
ouly me the new toe shapes for ladles
the fawell thing to wear but the comfort -
fort Is In them some have cushion In-
bole that can't help but be easy on the
foot then there are the heavy eole
masculine last $4,00 Is the most popu
lar price for thee new shoct , jet they
are duiillcated In the $3.00 \\ulu-Our
line of SIl.OO welts is particularly
strong this season and we are pleased
to show them ,
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Omaha. ' * Up-to-Umtc Shoe Ho ate ,
1410 FARNAM STREET.
EXAMINE BEFORE YOU BUY.
When in a grocer's store you stand The cake until the name you spy ,
And cakes of Ivory Soap demand , , And always thus be well assured
Be careful not to be mislead That Ivory Soip you have procured ;
And imitations take Instead. And should a lingering doubt remain ,
For dealers oft will praises sing 'Twill vanish like the darkest stain ,
Of that which may more profit bring. When in the tub on washing day
Examine well with careful eye That cake of soap is brought In play.
, j n > rmw ou > tw c * . ,
STAMPING OUT SMALLPOX
AH Danger of an Epidemic Hu Now
Passed Away ,
QUARANTINED PATIENTS BEING RELEASED
Health Oinrlnll reel Hopeful nnd
Predict that There Will Be No
Store Cnsc'R of the
IHncnnc.
The smallpox cloud , which , though smalt
In size , has been hovering in a threatening
manner over Omaha , seems to > bc clearing
away. All but ten of the thirty-five per
sons originally afflicted with the disease are
well and released from quarantine ; six of
these ten are convalescing and the other
four are on the way toward recovery. Quar
antine Is now being enforced on only four
houses in the city and will be raised on
two of these next week , and , finally , twelve
days and more have elapsed since the last
new case of the disease was reported to the
health department. As a consequence of
this very favorable condition the health
officials are feeling confident that the dan
ger has paased unless a sporadic case of the
disease Is discovered In some part of the
city.
Wednesday the members of the Llnton
family on South Thirteenth street and of
the SIcCauley family of 710 South Sixteenth
street , who to the number of eight have
been confined In the smallpox hospital at
Miller park either on account of the disease
or for purposes of quarantine , were dis
charged. When they left tut two patients
were there , these being two of the cases
that were discovered In the Vendome
hotel.
At the Vendome Hotel.
The cheering news has been Imparted to
the score of people who have been held
prisoners In the Vendomo hotel that they
will be released from quarantine next Mon
day at the latest. Of the patients who have
been cared for there two are convalescing
and the others have been removed to the
Miller park hospital. Clothing which has
been In contact with the sick Is being
burned and the hotel Is being thoroughly
fumigated. City Physician Spaldlng be
lieves that the hotel will be thrown open
Monday , If not sooner.
It Is likely , therefore , that on Monday
there will be but three houses outside the
smallpox hospital under quarantine one oc
cupied by the Fell family on Twenty-fifth ,
near Davenport , another at 1436 South Thir
teenth , and a third occupied by the Kennedy
family at 1214 South Sixth street. The
quarantine of the first of these three will be
raised sometime next week , If not sooner.
Now that all danger of an eplflemlc Is
sesmlntly past , City Physician Spaldlng is
computing the expense that the smallpox
visitation has entailed upon the city. The
cost of the vaccine that was used will be
comparatively small , about $50 , owlcg to the
fact that school children paid whatever they
were'"able for vaccination. The fees of the
six physicians wlio were detailed to vac
cinate In the public schools , however , will
amount to several hundred dollars , and the
cost of maintaining the quarantined families
and the smallpox hospital at Miller park
must also be considerable. City Physician
Spaldlng believes that the total cost to the
city will be In the vicinity of $2,000.
Reports from Nebraska City are also of a
favorable character. The people of that city
have finally wakened to the fact that small
pox exists In their town and Instead of de
voting their energies to combating the re
ports , they have devoted themselves to
fighting the disease. Consequently ft rigid
quarantine has at last been established nod
the disease Is gradually being stamped out.
TELEPHONE GETS A CHARTER
Cltr of Chicago nnd Company Agree
Lpon TcrntB Pny n. IlornHy
After Ten Year * .
CHICAGO , Feb. 16. The charter of the
Illinois Telephone and Telegraph company ,
after being amended to meet some require
ments of the mayor , has been passed by
the city council by a vote of 53 to 4. The
ordinance as amended provides for a fran
chise for thirty jcars , covering all the ter
ritory Inside the limits of the city of Chi
cago.
The compensation to be paid the city Is
nothing for the first ten years ; 3 per cent
of the gross receipts for the second ten
years ; 6 per cent for the next five years ,
and 7 per cent for the remaining five years.
In all conduits one duct shall be given to
the city and the city can use all the com
pany's poles. The cost of telephones shall
not be more than $ S5 a year for business
Instruments , $50 for residences and $125 for
public telephones. The city Is given a num
ber of telephones free , and -'an rent Instru
ments for fire and police use for $5 a year.
An option Is given the city to purchase the
plant at the end of the franchise.
Prosecutor File * Demurrer.
CANTON , 0. . Feb. 16. A demurrer was
filed today to the plea In. abatement to the
Indictment against Mrs. Anna. E. George.
Prosecutor Pomerene Interposes the de
murrer to various grounds In the plea , be
cause , ho claims , they are Insufficient In
. substance to abate the Indictment. Ho said
today that In case the demurrer to the plea
In abatement Is overruled he will probably
1 file a reply to portions of the plea , as ihe
are several questions which can properly bo
raised that way.
If You Study
the Map
or anything cite < ,
your eyes are 11- < >
able to become
affected and your
head may ache
The proper remedy 9
for such eye Ills . ,
are properly-
fitted glasses J |
Dr. McCarthy the , ,
eye specialist sue- <
ceeds where others * [
fall and will
guarantee - <
anteo to furnish <
glasses that will ) , '
prove their worth , < .
DR. MCCARTHY ,
THE BYE SPECIALIST ,
413-414
KA11BACH BLOCK. Examinations
OMAHA. Free
The Long and Short
Of our successful plnno boiling Is thnt
wo jrlvc you the largest line of high
Knule plauort to select from that IIHH
ever been our pleasure that v u cnn
save you from ? 50 to $100 ou every
Iilauo purchase that vo Riiarautpe
every Instrument to be Just an ropro-
bentcil trot our reliability has been
proven by over a cjumtcr of a century
of btiblnesss In the same location that
we are representatives of tlie Knabu
Klmbnll-Kraulch & IJueh Hiillct &
DavlB Hocnc nnd others that you
can't afford to buy nny where else If you
waut your money's worth.
A. HOSPE ,
We celebrate oar 25tu liuilnrm nnni-
reriary Oct. Sard , 1SOO.
Music and Ait , 1513 Douglas.
The Heat of the Sun
Isn't BO great as to be uncomfortable
but the ladles take advantage of the
bright rays to do their delayed shop-
plug we want to'call their attention
to our noonday luncheon that Vie arc
serving at half price our fccrvlce IB us
elegant as over thU reduction make *
It iwsdlblc for them to secure the very
bebt at a Htnall cost-our huppers from
OtfO to S-M are being well patronized
by business men and others that ilntl It
morn convenient to take mipper down
town tlie menu Is unsurpassed.
BALDUFFS ,
Uicfc-lkX ) U Ji30 , S pper-5t30
1620 Farnutn St.