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    THE OMAHA DAILY TJEEs FTUDAY , MAIlCtI 21 , 18W ) .
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Proposed Government Operation of Tele
phones in England.
FACTS ABOUT WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
Mnrroiil' * Sj'Nti-tn niiil AiipnrntiiN Ki-
lilnlnoil Kcniifiinlen In Klce
\ < -ir Current
Interrupter.
The determination of the llrltlsh govern
ment to establish and operate telephone
service in the kingdom promises to revolu
tionize existing systems and cut rates at
least one-half. Parliament haa voted a
credit of $10,000.000 for the purpose and
the work of construction will ibcgln im
mediately. Commenting on the movement
the Now York Outlook sajB : "This action
Indicate ithnt In the near future the tolc-
jihono service of Great Britain , llko the
telegraph service , will bo a part of the post-
office system. When telephones were Intro
duced In thnt country the government
recognized that the service to bo rendered
win ot the same character u that performed
by the Postofflcc department and gnvo Uio
private telephone company very limited
privileges , stipulating that it should l > a
under the close ( supervision of the postofficu
officials. The government oven Imposed a
tax ot 10 per cunt upon the gross receipts of
the telephone company to compensate thu
I'ostofTlco department for the loss of tele
graph ibuslness which telephone communi
cation necessitated. The partnership be
tween the private company and the govern
ment , however , has not 'been ' sntlifactory.
Owing to the limited rights of the private
company , It has not felt justified In going
to the expense of a costly and satisfactory
plant and owing < to the antagonism between
Its IntcrcstB and thosu of the public , the
public olficlals supposed to supervise the
company have been the subjects of criti
cism and almrst of scandal. The partner
ship , therefore , , has not 'been ' a success ,
though telephone charges In England seem
to have 1)een much lower than those In the
United States , According to n statement
inado 'by Simon Sterno of this city , In an
nddrcfls Tie-foro the Social Reform club last ,
week , ithe London charge is JS5 per year for
on unlimited service , where the New York
charge U $210. Inasmuch as electrical ap
paratus of all sorts Is In this country as
cheap as or cheaper than In England , thn
only Important Hum of expense which la
greater in London than lie re Is the wages
of the young women at ithe telephone ex
changes ; but Inasmuch as $30 per sub
scriber covers these wages In this country ,
J10 'per subscriber would perhaps cover the
difference In wages between the two coun
tries. The English company , eays Mr.
Sterne , claims that ils expense Is Increased
by the fact that it has. not the New York
privilege ot stringing Its vires In subways
and thus saving heavy outlays for repairs.
There aio , however , probably two sides to
this question , as to most questions. The
greater number of subscribers In New York
doubtless requires n somewhat higher
rate , but If the English Houao of Commons
feels that an $85 rate la so monopolistic as
to demand government Interference , It
would seem that the New York legislature
might accept the moderate bill urged by the
Now York Hoard ot Trade , establishing n
$150 ratu Jor an unlimited service , unless the
telephone company can show to the courts
that this rate will not return to It 10 per
cent on its Invested and accumulated capi
tal. '
AVIrolOHH Telegraphy.
Signer Marconi , 'the Inventor of wireless
telegraphy , has' given a correspondent the
following account of the progress of his
system : "I have just received official per
mission from the French authorities for an
experiment- between Dover anil "Calais dr
Folkestone and Cape Grls Nez. The vertical
conductor 1 use Is the main feature of my
system. I have found that distance to which
signals may be sent varies according to the
square of the length of this conductor. Thus ,
if a conductor eighty feet high could bo used
for signalling over n distance of eighteen
miles I nm confident that one 114 feet high
would bo sufficient to enable communication
, to bo established between Folkestone anil
Boulogne thirty-two miles , When such n
vertical wire was employed no hindrance to
signalling was caused by hills or other ob
stacles , or by the curvature ot the earth ,
As to preventing messages sent from one
station being read at stations other than
the ono for which It was Intended , some
thing can be done with the aid of syntoniz
ing devices , the two Instruments not responding
spending to each other unless properlj
tuned. Ily means ot rellectors , too , an al
most straight 'beam ' of electric rays couU
bo projected In any desired direction. !
found that at u distance of a mlle and three
quarters a receiving Instrument failed t <
net If moro than fifty -feet to the right 01
left of the supposed center line of the beam
This fact might bo applied to the guldanci
ot ships In thick weather. With reflector :
I have not sent signals moro than two miles
The most attention has been given to thi
vertical wire system , but I am of the oplnloi
that It Is possible to go much further li
this way. Between Alum Day and Bourne
mouth and later between Poole and Hournc
mouth , distances fourteen and eighteei
miles , respectively , signals have been regu
larly exchanged , and the experience of four
teen months showed that no kind cf wcathc
In England could stop the working rf th
apparatus. Ono of the most Interesting am
valuable experiments was the Installatloi
fitted' up last autumn between the roya
yacht Osborno und Osborno House cltirlni
the prince of Wales' Illness. This gave * op
portunlty of studying the effect of Intcrvcn
Ing hills , and as the yacht moved about a
various positions In the waters , doubts wor
set nt rest us to the possibility of tele
graphing across long stretches of land. Com
inunlcatlon between lightships and shore 1
n matter of great Importance. The wlreles
system between South Foreland llghthous
and East Goodwin lightship , a distance c
twelve miles , worked all through the rceen
Rtorrns without Interruption , showing Itsel
even more trustworthy than land wires. "
AliimratiiH ITMfil ,
The following Is n description of the np
paratus used by Slgnor Marconi In hi
, wlrolosa telegraphy experiments : At til
transmitting station a vertical wlro is BUB
'ponded to a pole , balloon , kite , or othe
lofty object , t'ho upper end being Insulated
The lower end IB connected to one ot th
brass balls , and to one of the eecondur ;
terminals of the induction coll. The otho
brass ball Is connected to the other second
ary terminal of the cell and to earth ( or , li
Dyspepsia Cure ,
Digests what you eat.
Itaniflclallydleeststhofoodnndald
Nature In strengthening , nnd rccou
BtructinR the exhausted digestive 01
Hans. ItistholatestdlscovereddlBesI
nnt and tonic. No other preparatlo
can approach It in elllclenoy. It it
etantly relieves nnd permanently cure
Dyspepsia , Indigestion , Heartnuri
Flatulence , Sour Stomach , Nausei
SickHeadacho.GastralBla.Cramps.an ! [
* H other resultaof tinperfectdlpestloi
Pr oard bv E , C. DeVJIJt A Co. , Cblcaga
Iho cnso of n lecture room , to n. return
wire ) . Itie primary circuit of the cell ( has a
single cu-rcnt key Interposed between the
cell and battery. On making contact with
the key , the dletanco of the balls being
icgulated so that sparks will Jump acnxs
continuously between them , Uio Hertzian
waves are thrown out from the vertical wire
equally In nil directions. The coherer , which
Is part of the receiving apparatus , Is n T-
shaped glass tube , 3-1(5 ( Inches In diameter
Internally , nnd wltui each arm about l',4
Inches long. The horizontal tube has n plat
inum wire scaled Into each end of It , to
which are connected wlt'hln ' the tube two
silver plugs , each about % Inch long , and
so arranged thnt there Is a space ot 1-16
Inches between their ends. They must bo
In o7ie end or the other , xo ns not to bo
opposite the opening Into the vertical tube.
The space between them Is half filled with
metallic filings and the vliolo tube ex
hausted of nlr through the vertical tube ,
which la then sealed. The vertical tube
serves as a support \vhen clamped In a
wooden clamp on a stand , like a tcst-Uibo
holder. The receiving station has a similar
vertical wire , wlilch Is connected with one
of the platinum terminals of the coherer ,
anil with one of the cells of a relay , Iho
other terminal of the relay being connected
with ft small battery , nnd this again to the
other platinum terminal of the coherer ,
which Is also connected to earth or to tlio
return wire. The action of the coherer Is
as follows : In Its normal atato the coherer
Is practically a nonconductor , nnd consequently
quently no current circulates In the circuit
of "which It Is a member. "When , however ,
the Hertzian wnves Impinge on the vertical
wlro from the transmitting station , the
tube undergoes n change and be
comes n gnod conductor. A cur
rent 'flows from the battery through
the coherer and through the relay cells ,
causing the armature of the relay to inal-.o
contact with Its lower contact piece. Ttio
signal thus received puts Into circuit a bat
tery nnd the tapper , which Is simply the
electro-magnets and armature and hammer ,
with vibrating contact , of an ordinary elec
tric bell. The hammer Is so placed that
when the nrniiUuro Is attracted by ft cur
rent circulating through the cells of the
tapper It strikes the tube of the coherer
and disturbs the metallic filings In it , so
that they again cease to conduct until an
other Hertzian wave Impinges on the ver
tical wire. The tapper therefore works au
tomatically. From the terminals of the re
lay a sounder , Morse Inker , or other recordIng -
Ing Instrument , can ho worked , or It maybe
bo made to flro nn electric fuse. The dis
tance through which the Hertzian waves
can be sent depends mainly on the height
of the vertical wire , as well as whether
they pass over sea or land. In the exper
iments carried out Tictwcen Alum Day , in
the Isle of Wight , last summer , the horizontal
izontal distance was fifteen miles , the
height ot the vertical wlro at eighty-two
feet , the sea only Intervening. In sorno ex
periments on land , In Germany , over land ,
at a horizontal distance ot 1,450 yards , the
vertical wlro 'was ' seventy-nine feet , whllo
at 'Spezla ' , over both land and sea , at n dis
tance of 6,400 yards , the wlro was 103 feet
high. A six-Inch cell was used In the Isle
of Wight , worked by a dry battery.
lieiiioveN I'nlii from Stliip : " .
A very Interesting application of the elec
tric current Is recommended by Dr. Frled-
liyider ot Wiesbaden. Ho declares that It
Is able to stop the disagreeable twitching
caused by the sting of an Insect. He uses
for his purpose the constant current and
places the cathode , the negative pole , upon
the place stung. Directly after the galvan-
Izatlon a tolerably sharp burning sensation
arises , but the Irritation ceases Immediately
and If the patient is able at once to apply
the current not even an Inflammatory swell
ing ensues. Even If when the operation can
only bo performed after a swelling has
arisen tbo results are the same the con
stant current renders equally good service.
It stops the smarting pain nnd reduces the
external Inflammation. Perhaps the noxious
matter which the female gnat drops Into the
small wound Is neutralized and made in
nocuous by the current. Dr. Frlcdlander
has used this means successfully In the case
of gnat and wasp stings and he thinks It
would also bo applicable in the case of
stings from other Insects.
A Xew Current Interrupter.
A remarkable electrolytic current Inter
rupter , Invented by Dr. A. Wehnolt of
Charlottcnbirrg , appears to be by far the
most Important improvement that has been
made irr connection with Ruhmkorff Induc
tion cells for many years. The apparatus
la of extreme simplicity , consisting merely
of a glass vessel filled with dilute sulphuris
acid , into which dip two electrodes. Ono ot
these Is a plato of lead of considerable area.
The other is a glass tube , through the end
of which protrudes a short piece of plati
num wire , scaled into the glass. The gins *
tube Is open at the other end , and Is lllleil
with mercury. Into which Is dipped one of
the wires from n source of continuous electric
"
tric current. The glass tube Is Immersed
In the acid so that the platinum wire it
sonic distance below the surface , and la
within half an Inch or so of tbo lead plate.
Xo condenser Is employed , the primary ter
minals of the cell being directly connected
to the supply mains (100 ( volts ) through the
electrolytic cell , the positive current being
arranged to pass through the cell from the
platinum wlro to the lead. On turning on
the current a rapidly Intermittent arc In
scon to take place In the vicinity of tba
platinum wlro , apparently between the lat-
tur and the dilute acid. Judging from thq
r
B loud hum , the frequency must bo sorno
hundreds per second. At the same time , be
tween the terminals of the secondary of the
cell placed sorno flvo or six Inches apart , a
perfect torrent of sparks takes place , which
follow ono another f > o fast that the steam
appears to bo almost continuous. The effect
Is , Irr fact , very similar to that produced I
with a Tesla high frequency cell , but Is much I
moro constant and much less diffuse , wVlo )
*
the stream of sparks curls about In a i
curious and distinctive manner , emitting all I
the tlrno a very loud and continuous note ,
The arrangement Bccins likely to have wide i
and Important applications In connection
with llontgen rays , wireless telegraphy and
many other purposes. U Is a dhtlnct stcji
toward c litaliilng , from continuous cm-routs
alternating currents of any desired high frequency -
quency without the necessity of moving
parts.
Itnllronil Annum tlio I ; MRlull ! Clinunel
The English Parliament Is considering tin
plan of connecting that country with Franci
by railway. Engineers Hay n roadbed can bi
laid on the bottom of the English channel
and by mounting trcstlowork on ulieela , si
that It projects above the water , the rallwa ;
can bo operated. This seems beyond belief
but It IB perhaps no moro remarkable thai
sonio of the cures accomplished by Hostct
ter's Stomach Hitters In bad cases of dya
pepsin , Indigestion and constipation , This 1 :
an ago of wonderful achievements.
Suit for Infringement.
NEW YORK , March 23 , The Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing compan ;
began suit In the United States circuit cour
yesterday against the Western Electric corn
pany ot lll'nols ' for damages for Infringe
merit of a patent for direct dynamo currcn
motors , patented In 1S90 by Honlarnln 0
Leriimo and owned by the petitioning com
pany. An accounting la asked for to nsses
damages and pending the decision of the sul
the court Is asked to grant an Injunction ru
straining the defendant company from rnak
Ing , selling or using any of the iufrlnglni
generators ,
in Flrnt Sliliinifiit of Hold.
3- SAN FllANCISCO. March 23. A spocla
from Seattle , Wash. , says that the eteame
Laurada , which recently arrived from th
north , brought $160,000 from the Klondike
Cj being the first shipment of treasure Iron
" theru this year. The fact of the gold dus
I being on the vessel bad not been made pub
" ! lla btifara.
LAWYERS ASD THEIR CLIENTS
Fifty-Three Barrels of Weiss Beer In Court
Occupying a Jury's Attention
JURORS' ' AND WITNESSES' ' CERTIFICATES
Alliyn I , . Krniik , Clerk of tlio United
Dlntrlel Court , llrliiRM 11
Tent Cn e Oilier
Mutterx ,
Judge Keysor was engaged yesterday In
hearing a case involving some fine legal
points , although the amount In controversy
Is Insignificant. It Is the replevin suit of
Andrew 13. Walkup against cx-Constablo
Wilson to recover Hfty-three barrels of
Weiss buur stored nt Third nnd Hickory I
streets. Walkup has figured In several cases
In both the Justice nnd district courts ever
since bo became Identified with a brewery
proposition and the present matter has nl-
rcady been decided once.
The defense raised by Wilson Is that the
federal revenue tax has never been paid
aud the beer Is virtually nonexistent In the
eyes of the law. The case went against
Wnlkup , but Judge Powell allowed a mo
tion for a now trial. A jury Is now hearing
the case ,
Tent CiiNe.
Albyn It. Frank , clerk ot the
district court , has taken his first step to
ward contesting the action of the County
board In disallowing sorno tif his claims. Ho
filed papers In nn appeal yesterday afternoon
from the board's ' action of iMnrch 4 , refus
ing his bill of $204 for jurors' and witnesses'
certificates.
This will probably bo a test case. Mr.
Frank states that bo was ordered by the
court to furnish the certificates In question.
The board , acting In pursuance of a resolu
tion of William 1. Klerstcad , rejected sev
eral Items of Mr. Frank on the ground that
there Is no law authorizing the certificates.
BRIGHAM SUES FOR DAMAGES
IViintH Chief ot Police "White to Vny
Him Klvo TlioiiHiinil JJollnrs for
ArrentliiK Him.
Papers In a $5,000 damage suit have been
filed by Gcorgo W. Drlghom against Chief
of Police Martin White , Captain John J.
Donahue and Officers Darwin P. Baldwin ,
John W. Levcrton ami James H. Kirk.
Drlgharn's ground for the action Is that ho
was arrested January 26 and 'kept ' locked up
In jail until January 31 , He states that he
was assaulted at the time of his arrest nnd
was confined In a filthy cell , and adds that
ho was deprived of any opportunity of ob
taining legal advlco of communicating with
friends.
CuiifeNNeN lie Tcntllleil Knlnely.
Arguments upon a motion for a new trial
of the case of Mrs. Maria Hellman. against
Adler & Sons' Clothing Company of Mil
waukee are being heard by Judge Dickin
son.
son.A peculiar feature of the case is that the
now testimony presented Is in the shape
of a confession by the main witness on the
former trial that he had testified falsely.
The story told to the court Is that I. D.
Meyer , a traveling salesman , employed by
i the defendant concern , testified at the first
i trial that when he sold a bill of goods to
M. Hellman , husband of plaintiff , Mr. Holl-
rnan Informed him that he owned the Hell-
man homestead , valued at $35,000 , and that
on the strength of this the sale was made.
Later Mr. Meyer chanced to be in Mem
phis , and there he saw Julius Meyer , who
was on a jewelry selling trip through that
section , and ho volunteered the Information
to htm that his statement on the trial had
not been according to the facts ; that In
stead ot Mr. Hellman telling him ho owned
the homestead ho had said it was the prop
erty of his wife. It is on this ground that
the plaintiff now comes forward and asks
for a new trial.
Another question is contingent , however.
Judgment was rendered by Judge Duffle
amounting to about $7,000 on February 8 ,
1893. The aso was taken to the supreme
court and a decision was given June 9 , last
year. Under the law It Is required that
a motion for a now trial must bo filed with
in a year ifrom the time the final Judgment
Is rendered. The question upon which tha
case now hangs Is 'Whether the action ot
the supreme court or the decision of the
case 'by ' the lower court was the final Judg-
I merit. It the latter Is held to have been
j the final 'judgment the case will be barred
' out. The supreme court nfllrmed Judge
Duffle's Judgment , which -was In favor ot
Adler & Sous' Clothing company.
Injiiiictloii DlNHolved.
The injunction suit ot Arthur 10. English ,
brought to enjoin Nelson W. Hayes from as
signing a secret formula for making n new
sanitary calsomlno preparation , was decided
against the petitioner yesterday.
English charged that Hayes agreed to
transfer to him the rights of manufacture
In consideration ot a royalty and n monthly
salary , but that Hayes subsequently ar
ranged to assign his rights to others , not
withstanding the plaintiff had assisted him
to obtain a caveat , Two defenses were set
up ono that thn original contract had been
procured by fraud and the other that Eng
lish had pledged hln.telf by a collateral
contract to pay Hayes a bonus of $300 , but
had paid only $25 cf die amount.
Deforo the suit wad commenced Hayes
served upon English a notice to the effect
that the original agreement had been ro-
sclndcd because ot the failure to pay the
$500.
\ Judge Dickinson declared the collateral
i contract binding and held that English bad
'
not kept faith and that the defendant had
i the right to rescind the agreement under
! the circumstances. Accordingly the Injunc
tion asked by English was denied , The
court ordered Hayes , however , to pay back
to plaintiff the $25 paid on the collateral
contract and $15 $ advanced to assist him In
| obtaining his caveat. The further ruling
of the court was that the original con
tract should bo canceled and the plaintiff
be perpetually enjoined from Interfering
with the rights of Hayes.
Waived Kxninitiation.
0
II , C. Coburg waived preliminary exam
Inatlnn 'before Judge Gordon Thursday after
y i noon and was bound over to the dUtrlc
, | court In the sum of $ SOO. Coburg Is accusci
D i of having .burglarized . the home of Ernes
Steuger , 812 North Thirty-ninth street , Fcb
ruary 15 , Ho succeeded In getting $10
worth of diamonds belonging to Mrs. Sten-
ger. A portion of ( lie diamonds was recov
ered with tihe assistance of Coburg.
The complaint alleging burglary agalnsl
S. 8. Jordan has been dismissed at tin
request of the complaining witness , E. Gar-
raway. Jordan was accused of havlnf
broken into the Salvation army rooms or
the night of March 10 and taking arttclci
valued at $10.
Minor Miittern III Court.
Kit Hurke , n wine room worker , wai
found guilty yesterday of robbing Scot
Jurgcson of $31 ,
A decree of divorce has been obtained In
Henry A. Seabold from Clara M. Seabold or
the ground ot Infidelity ,
Dertha Gllmoro , who pleaded guilty ti
stealing a silk skirt from the Boston store
has been sent to jail for thirty days ,
Alois P , Swoboda brought a divorce sul
against Josephine Swuboda , February 11 , or
the ground ot cruelty. Yesterday Mrs
Swoboda filed a potltloa asking for alimony
She Informs the court that she In without
means and has a four months' old child to
take care ot ,
The two boys , Vales and Anclcrcon ,
charged with the burglary of Kodym's tailor
shop , were acquitted by the criminal court.
The complaint against Dick Hurdlah , ac
cused of keeping his saloon open on Sunday ,
has been dismissed on motion ot the city
prosecutor.
The $5,000 $ damage suit for personal Injuries
commenced some time ago by Uobert tt'llaon
against Armour & Co. has been removed to
the Federal court.
John Dillon has been found utility of
steal Ing < wopairs of shoes from W , S.j
Wbltnuy , and he has been Bent to the coucty
Jail for thirty days.
William N'lxon has been placed on trial
on a charge of entering Henry Johnson's
room at 320 North Fifteenth street February
7 and stealing a gold watch.
Judge Dickinson has decided that the
sheriff's sale of St. Murv's nvcnue real
estate , under foreclosure proceedings In the
cnso of Louis C. Nosh against Ursula X.
Chapln , was In conformity with the statute.
A woman named Kit liurko , tald to have
beenvlno ; room worker. Is on trial In the
district court for the alleged robbery of ono
Scott Jurgeson , March 10 , In a down town
resort. She Is accused of having relieved
Jurgeson of $31.
Judge Fnwcett has granted n temporary
njunctlon In .the . old suit of Herman Meyer
against the Omaha National bank to prevent
the sheriff from selling Jewelry stock under
an execution until further hearing of the
merits of the controversy , Some $5,000
worth of Jewelry Is Involved and the BUlt
ins been greatly complicated by family
.transactions.
A family trouble between John H. Neal
of Klkhorn precinct and Ills son-in-law , Al
bert Z. Leach , developed Into n suit for
$ : > ,000 damages by the former * as the scciucl
of an assault. After n day was consumed
In the trial of the case In Judge Koysor's '
court the Jury brought In a verdict In
Neat's favor ot $50 to cover his doctor's
bill , and $1 ns nominal damages.
A decree has been Issued by Judge Faw-
cett holding thnt the plaintiffs In the suit
of John II , Harto and other administrators
of the estate of Frederick Drcxcl against
Christina 11. Drcxel hav i the title to lot 0 ,
block 1 , Forest Hill addition , and $3,000
cash In addition. The court held on the de
fendant's behalf that she la imtllled to the
property received from her husband , Fred
erick Drexel , prior to his death.
Of Interest to Advertisers.
The Isssuo of the Directory of the Ameri
can Press for 1899 , published by the largo
newspaper and magazine agency of Lord &
Thomas , Chicago , 111. , has Just appeared.
This nfrnt little book , besides having nil Its
usual Interesting features , to-wlt : a com
plete list of all publications In the United |
States and Canada , contains many new and
nterestlng features which testify to the en- (
terprlse of the compiler. This is the first j
newspaper directory to enumerate the BUV- |
oral boroughs of Greater New York. It Is ,
also the first to list the papers published In
Porto Illco , Cuba , Hawaiian and Philippine
Islands. This feature alone will make It of
great Interest to advertisers who desire to
Join In the new policy of expansion , by
bringing their wares buforo the people of
our new possessions. The book thrpughout
evidences the care with which It Is compiled
and It Is bound to meet with the apprecia
tion that It deserves. .
AN OMAHA JMONEER DIES
Henry llolilc 1'nwscM Awny nt the ABC
of R8 In SnclixeiilicrB ,
Ueriiinny.
F. II. Baden has received n letter from
friends In Germany announcing the death of
his old friend and employer , Henry Dohle ,
In Sachsenberg , on February 27. It Is sup
posed that ho died from an operation , as he
had been In a hospital for two months
prior.
Mr. Dohle was ono of Nebraska's earliest
settlers , having comb to the state In 1854.
He started a shoe store ot Thirteenth and
Harnoy streets. Later this was moved to
Farnam. street , between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth , and later to 1419 Farnam , where
he sold out to the flrrn known as the Drexel
Shoo company. Ho wa | " located at the latter
number fifteen years.
The deceased acquired considerable prop
erty during his residence In Nebraska. He
owned at the time of his death some build
ings on Harnoy street and a farm near
Kennard , in Washington county , where he
and his family made their homo. When In
the city they lived at 1419 Farnam street
over his store. Ho left his shoe business
in charge ot Mr. Haden when ho took his
family to his old homo In Sachsenberg , In
1SS9. Mr. Dohle was 58 years of age. He
leaves a wife and four children , all of whom
llvo In the old country.
PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENT
Chnrlen MfDoiinId'H Slcull IN Frnetiircil
l > y 11 Itimaiviiy llorxe Throwing
Him Agnliint Telegraph I'ole.
Charles McDonald , 2612 North Seventeenth
street , was struck by a runaway horse at
Eighteenth and Leavenworth streets about
1 o'clock yesterday , receiving Injuries
which may prove fatal. He was taken to
St. Joseph's -hospital In a semiconscious
condition.
Charles Otten nnd William Roberts were
driving down Leavenworth street In a buggy.
In descending a hill the harness became dis
arranged and the horse ran away. At
Eighteenth street the animal ran Into' Mc
Donald , who was trying to stop It , nnd
threw him against a telegraph pole. The
back of his bead struck the pole and It is
feared that his skull is fractured.
Otton Jumped from the buggy nnd struck
the pavement very hard , n cut on his face
and a badly shaken condition resulting.
Roberts was thrown out and his head was
severely cut , but the injuries are not aerl-
ous. Hoth were able to seek for asalatanca
or themselves after McDonald was dls-
I03CJ Of.
Mlevnlor thiit Doenii't Klevnte ,
After fitful efforts to afford rapid transl !
Between the various floors of the postolfico
building the crock elevators , that were ex
ploited by the manufacturers as the host
lifts ever put up In Omaha , were Ignobly
stalled this morning and the occupants o
the buldlng arc again climbing wearily up
tire lone flights of stairs nnd vigorously
consigning tuo elevators to regions some
what below the basernoirt , The cages have
never worked smoothly , If they frit llko
starting when the lever was thrown over
they would go with a rush , but more fre
quently they would hang motionless for a
rolnuto or two before moving , The engineer
lia.s tinkered with thorn for several daya
without , hucccea nnd they became more
stubborn every day until they quit alto
gether , nnd Superintendent Latensor has
now telegraphed to Chicago for an expert ti
coirro and Induce them to be more tractable ,
It Is believed that they will bo runnlnt !
again In a few days , as they represent the
most modern Ideas In elevator construction
and the fault Is laid to the adjustments.
WAITING ON PRESIDENT BURT
Oity Unable to Do Anything BelatUo to
Viaduct Reconstruction.
TIME PASSES AND NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED
itliieer llu < e liter ln Ut Vjinn n
Modern Structure , While llnll-
lloml Kiiiititverft Favor Miioli
Clicnper II ri
City officials nro commencing to wonder
how long It will bo before { 'resident Hurt
ot the Union Pacific will Inform them what
the Union 1'aclllo proposes to do about
n Sixteenth street viaduct. Several months
have ngaln clnpsed since the road promised
to deliver Its determination "In a few days , "
but no message has yet been forthcoming.
The city Is becoming somewhat Impatient at
the dllatorlness of the road because It Is
desired thnt the work on the structure shall
commence as soon as the weather will per
mit this spring ,
The dldlculty arises over the fact that
the railroad seems Inclined to want to put
up the cheapest sort of a , structure , whereas
City Engineer Hosowatcr Is Inaltont that the
viaduct shall be of first-class quality. This
Is Indicated In the proceedings and confer
ences that have been held so far. City Kn-
glneer Hoscwater drew plans of a structure
that would cost $150,000 ; the railroad pre
sented plans of n viaduct to cost less than
$50,000. Tbo former was to bo entirely ot
Iron , steel , stone and with nsphalt pave
ment , while the latter was to bo mainly of
\voad ,
Since these two plans were compared ,
however , a good many of the differences
have been disposed of and utder the pro
posed compromise n structure Is to be built
containing many of the features insisted
upon by the city engineer. There Is ono
big stumbling block remaining , however ,
buforo the city and the railroads can get
together , The former wishes the northern
end of the viaduct to terminate at Leaven-
worth street , while the railroad proposes to
put this end n block further to the south ,
near Mason street. *
HiiKlnccra Can't AKFCV.
City Engineer Rosewater Is emphatically
opposed to the shortening of the structure ,
not only because It will bo built on a grade
as steep as that on the north end of the
Tenth street structure , but also because tills
plan will necessitate n steep grade on
Sixteenth street from Lcavcnworth street
to the viaduct. He wanta both these grades
abolished. This can bo done If the viaduct
Is built in a straight line to Lcavcnwortb
street.
The city engineer and Hie engineers of
the Union Pacific have consulted on this
matter several times and an Indefinite sort
ot a compromise lias been mapped out.
City Engineer Rosewntor has agreed that
if the viaduct is planned to extend to
Leavcnworth street ho will recommend to
: he council that the city appropriate $30,000
toward the cost ot the structure. The rail
road wanted him to recommend a $30,000
appropriation , but this the city engineer re
fused to do. Just how the city council will
look upon a scheme ot this sort Is un
known.
Thedo facts were divulged at the confer
ence held last Saturday with the railroad
officials regarding the viaduct claims.
General Solicitor Kelly of the Union Pacific
was present at this meeting and while he
said that ho knew nothing about the Six
teenth street viaduct matter ho intimated
that the road did not care to put up a more
expensive viaduct than it was compelled to.
He admitted that the law required that the
railroad shall give Omaha all necessary via
duct facilities , but he put a somewhat dif
ferent interpretation upon the phrase
"necessary viaduct facilities" than the city
officials' . Ho seemed to think that nothing
more than a viaduct sufficient to accommo
date traffic could ho required of the road
that If a wooden structure would bo suffi
cient for this , a .wooden viaduct could be
built.
Another conference is to bo held between
the city officials and the railroad represen
tatives Saturday over the viaduct claims , but
it Is doubtful that the Sixteenth street via
duct matter will bo discussed at any length ,
although last Saturday the railroad people
promised to ask President Hurt to give
some intimation of what he Intends to do.
Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup has been for ages
the remedy for backing coughs.
More DciioNltloiiN In Oil TriiNt
COLUMBUS , 0. , March 23. Attorney Gen
eral Monnett has received a notice from this
attorney In the Standard Oil case that depo
sitions will be taken In the contempt case
at Cleveland on March 24 , from 10 . m. to 5
p. an , Hon. Virgil P. Kline , who represents
the Standard Oil company , stated in Ills tele
gram that he endeavored to serve the notice
while the attorney was passing through
Cleveland. The evidence Is to bo taken only
In the main case , and docs not Include the
other contempt cases pending in the supreme
court.
Of IiitereHt to Ij
Marian Kooke , manager for T. M. Thomp
son , a large Importer of fine millinery at
1658 Milwaukee avenue , Chicago , says cf
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy : "During the
late severe weather 1 caught a dreadful
ccld which kept mo owako at night and made
me unlit to attend my work during the day.
One of my milliners was taking Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for a sevare cold at
that time , which seemed to rullovc her so
quickly that J bought some for myself. It
acted like magic and I began to Improve ut
once. I am now entirely well and feel very
pleased to acknowledge its merits. For
sale by all druggists.
Coal Slinll lie Hert'enort.
LITTLE ROCK. March 23. A 1)111 ) provid
ing that all coal mined In Arkansas shall bo
weighed before screened has passed the house
by unanimous vote , The bill makes It n
finable offense for any coal operator to neg
lect or refuse to comply with the provisions
of the measure. Protests were filed by every
crml denier in Little Rock. Pine I ) Hi ft. Fort
Smith and other cities , but these were
Ignored by the legislature. The bill was
passed on behalf of the miners , who are now
on strike.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Tuo Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears Iho
Signature of
Selling Barrels of Ice Cream
Selling It faster than circus tickets nro
sold all because It's the best ever made
- healthy of course or why would our
Ice eream bo endorsed by the loading
physicians of Omaha and In many cases
prescribed by them We put It up In
little freezers a quart or n pint Just nn
you wish , JOc for one , l0c ! for the other
enough for 8 or1 people You can
carry one of those little freezers In your
pocket for hours ,
Easter novelty confections in a great
variety Wo iill mall orders.
BALDUFFS ,
Uftcfc-IUlO U 2i30. Supper-Si30 to
1520 Fnrnnni St
Marred by inlcstain , cut , and splinter ,
Burned in summer , chapped in winter ,
Schoolboy's hands have much to suffer ;
Common soaps but make them rougher.
Ivory Soup is pure , and hence
Leaves such pleasant after-sense
That the careless schoolboy , e'en ,
Takes delight in being clean.
IT FLOATS.
oorvniOMt ii ir THt ritocun a u u co. cixomiufl
TRANSPORTATION ON LAKES
Keen Competition for the Oro-Curry-
ln Trncle Iletiveen Different
of KrelRht StciimcrN ,
CLEVELAND , 0. , March 23. The Marino
Review says : For several days past all man
ner of reports have been circulated regarding
the efforts of the Federal Steel company , the
American Steel nnd Wlro company and the
Carnegie Steel company to purchase modern
steel vesaels for the ore trade. The strug
gle for supremacy between these largo con
cerns will certainly bring about n further
concentration ot lake Interests.
The most Important announcement In this
regard Is the sale of two steel steamers , the
Pennsylvania nnd Texas , building nt the
works ot the Cleveland Shipbuilding com
pany for A. 11. Wolvln and others. The
ownership of three vessels has 'been ' trans
ferred to the office of Plckand , Mather &
Co. , but whether for the Federal Steel com
pany or for other interests represented In
that olfico Is not definitely known as yet.
These vessels were -probably not sold for
less than $275,000 each.
It Is also more than probable that within
the next few days announcement will be
made of the sale to the Federal Steel com
pany of the other five steel steamers of the
Wolvln fleet that are known as the Zenith
Transport company ships , with a combined
value of probably $1,250,000.
The American Steel nnd Wire company has
been negotiating for some time past for
steel vessels to .be . added to the fleet which
It secured In absorbing the Cleveland Rolling
Mill company , and it has been said that the
Carnegie company was bidding against the
Federal Steel company for the Wolvln fleet ,
but there is nothing official about thle latter
report.
It Is the general opinion , however , that
conditions llko those now prevailing will
force the Carnegie company to undertake on
Its own account the transportation ot that
part ot Its ore ( a very large proportion ) that
Is not provided by contract with John D.
Rockefeller. The sale of the Wolvln fleet
undoubtedly means that Mr. Wolvln Is to
leave the lakes and take up for James J. Hill
So Many
People
headaches that ore
duo 'to ' the over tacked
eyes Eye helps that help
and relieve are the kind
we have been furnishing
Our optical department
Is In charge of a compe
tent and practical optician
who will examine your
eyes free of charge AVe
guarantee satisfactory
work.
THE AlOE & REFOLD CO. ,
Leuilliifr Scientific Optician * .
1408 Fnrnnm , OMAHA.
OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL.
of the Great Northern railway the estab
lishment of n line ot ships to the Orient from
the terminals of the Great Northern on the
Pacific coast.
STRANDED COLORED PEOPLE
Twenty-Seven FiiinllleN DenUtulc 111
Jersey City lleemiNe of Mlnrn-
tluu Soelety'M PromlncH.
NEW YORK , March 23. Tha twenty-
seven colored families , numbering 104 per
sons in all , who are stranded In Jersey
City , after havlnu come from the west to
go to Liberia , as Is alleged ; under n contract
with the International Migration society ,
were notified today by the Central railroad
of Now Jersey that they would have to leave
the railroad curs In which they have re
mained since their arrival In Jersey City.
It U claimed that the International Migra
tion society promised to send these people
to Liberia and that they have failed to carry
out the promise. Moat of them nro desti
tute and their condition Is pitiable. .
MyHterloiiH HtruKKlo RnilN In Dentil.
CLEVELAND , 0. , March 23. Joseph
Hausman , 4S years old , nn employe of the
Variety Iron works , was found In n dying
condition early today , lying In the backyard
at his boarding house. No. 001 Scranton ave
nue , Dlood was spattered about In all direc
tions. There was evidence that n desperate
struggle bad taken place. Everything within
ton feet of the body was besmeared with
blood. Hausman died shortly after ho was
removed to the hospital. Seven wounds
were found on the dead man's bead. The
police have as yet made no arrests.
1 J. Sheer , Sedalla , Mo. , conductor on eleo-
trlc street car line , writes that his little
daughter was very low with croup , nnd her
life saved after all physicians had failed ,
only by using One Mlnuto Cough Cure.
Sterlin g
Chainless
There ar-o many different kinds of
clminless wheels , but none to equal
the STJ3HL1XG. Wo would bo
pleased to show anyone why the
Stm'ling Is superior toother cluiin-
less wheels. Wo alno sell the
Stormor with the now Sitgor gear.
Chain Wheels
from $13.5O up.
OMAHA BICYCLE COMPANY
Kd Hoyden Mgr ,
Cor. Kith and Chicago Sts.
The Indian Congress
Now Is nu ussurod fnct triul the ex
position Is bound 1o ho u success just
llko our S'.OO shoos for woniuiu-for the
best mluo over shown In a woman's
Khoe nt tliiH price made in the new
toe with the style of the JJW.OO nnd $4.00
shoes and will outwear most JfH.OO
sliocH for these $ .2.00 shoes nre nmdo
for hard wear there' * no reason why
we shouldn't get moro for this shoe ex
cept thnt wo always have and alwayH
Intend to Klvo the best shoe value for
the money when It conies to values ,
thin Is the itl
Drexel Shoe Co.
Omaha' * Up-to-ilnta Hlioo lloune ,
1/lOU PAltNAM STREET.
Now HirliiK' Cut H I on u inow ready
Hcut fur tile
A Sight for Sight-Seers-
About Iho most valuable nrtlcla de
stroyed In the disastrous lire of Ilia 1'at-
terson block was a II"Kp piano valued
nt fL''iU ' tills piano WIIH In one of the
lid list places In th ( In , IIB HH condU
i.ion will show the VO-IUTS are curled-
tin Keyboard warped- the fair Is huniod
nnd the notion so scorched thnt Ihii i lane
is a Hlslit to behold but nr tlio name
time I' shows of what lipluiidld material
these pianos are made. This piano Is
now In Ilospe's east show window at
3518 noufe'las street nnd next to the
lire Itself IB attracting more people than
any display In the city.
A. HOSPE ,
Y ? oejelirntc our 25b bunlneM * aiii >
ver ry Oct. 23rd , 1800 ,
Music and Art 1513 Douglas ,