THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FHTDAY , MAY 20 , 1809.
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Harnessing of Southern Water Power for
Electrical Production ,
ALUMINUM WIRES TO REPLACE COPPER
Btcimi POM or ttrnilitnlly Oil Inn Wliy
to P.lrctrlclty In Mllln HOIT
I'lKhlnhiK Turn * POR ( o
MM I nOIUN. .
North Carolina Is confident It bag an idle
Niagara within the state nnd has perfected
p nns to hitch l ( to the Industries In Its
vicinity. The unused power Is In the nar
rows of Yadkln river In Stanhope county.
The total power available In times of dry
seanon Is about 10,000 horse-power. By the
adoption of storage reservoirs , which the
high banks of the river favor , this power
can bo greatly Increased. The North Care
lina Power company U the name of the cor
poration that will carry out the plan. The
company has a capital stock of $3,000,000 ,
end It Is proposed to Issue bonds to the
amount of $2,500,000. H owns the entire
property along the Yadkln river where the
power development Is to be made , Includ
ing 4,000 acres of land on both sides of the
river , thus controlling the situation. Tbo
topographical features are regarded as par
ticularly well adapted for economical devel
opment , as the river at the "narrows" passes
through a granite-lipped gorge but seventy-
five feet wldu at Its widest and only thirty
feet wide nt Its narrowest part. In tbo
twelve miles the total fall Is 220 feet. The
development will probably < be made In two
divisions. Following this water power devel
opment Is to come the movement to this
section ot cotton mill Interests. Plans nro
now being formulated for n large cotton mill
to bo built on tbo property. This mill Is
designed to bo an advance upon present
plants not only In the south , but In the
north aa well. Besides modern machinery
of approved type , the whole plant will bo
electrically driven. Some novel features will
lie Introduced In this regard to simplify
operations. This development of water
power promises to bo ono of the most Inter
esting yet made and It Is contemplated to
transmit the power to points within a radius
of fifty miles. It hoi been determined to
install machinery of the most modern style ,
nnd make the 'big ' development the most
effective that money nnd skill can secure.
The Yadkln river for a teem of years has
been particularly regular In flow , and ns
there Is no danger of Interruption by freez
ing In winter , there will bo no need of auxil
iary steam plants , as In the north. A short
extension of the Salisbury and Norwood
branch ot the Southern railway Is to bo
made to reach the property.
Aluminum KlfPtrle Wire * .
Until recently , says Electricity , the only
metal employed commercially for transmit
ting currents of electricity for lighting
street railway mid power purposes was
copper. This , as Is well known , wns due
to the fnct that copper offers less rcslst-
nnco , bulk for bulk , than nny other metal ,
If we except possibly one or two of the
precious metals , whoso cost would naturally
prohibit their being used on anything like
nn extensive scale. As wo stated some
time ngo In these columns , the amount of
copper produced annually In this country
nnd utilized principally In the electrical In
dustry Is something enormous , representing
ns It did In 1898 an Investment of over $85-
000000. Possibly a better Idea of this de
mand tor copper in electrical enterprises
may bo gotten when It Is stated that the
electrical street railways alone built last
year In the United States required for their
operation , in line conductors and feeders ,
over 5,000 gross tons of this metal , repre
senting an Investment of moro than $2.000-
* * '
060 !
The outlay for copper In electrical under
takings where it Is necessary to transmit
currents to any considerable distance , ns
may readily bo Inferred from the above , Is
by no moans insignificant , It being in fact
ono of the heaviest Hems ot expense , and ,
ns the price of copper has for some tlmo
been steadily rising , electrical engineers
have been Bcoklne for a suitable nnd less
costly substitute. This , It Is believed , has
been found In
now to a certain extent
nluralnum and , although the resistance ot
nn aluminum conductor to the passage of
nn electric current Is between 60 nnd 75
per cent greater than the resistance offered
by a copper conductor of the same cross
section , the difference In the weight of the
two metals more than makes up for the
difference in conductivity ns well as the
difference In the cost , leaving a balance
of between 1 nnd 3 cents to the pound In
favor of nlumlnum , everything else being
cqunl. A well known electrical engineer
in charge of a largo lighting plnnt In the
south , who has examined Into the mnttor
very thoroughly and Is about to make use
of aluminum conducted , recently summed
up the matter as follows :
"Ccrppcr has n specific gravity of 8.03 ,
whoicns aluminum him 268 , theie being the
a-elntlvo weights per unit. Yet It takes n
larger volume , or n wire of greater sectional
circa , of nlumlnum for a given amount ot
current than copper ; the difference being ;
copper 100 , aluminum 100.
i "Aluminum has some disadvantages , ono
bolng the dllllculty of soldering It together.
On the other hand. Its advantage Is Its
1
great tensile strength , having 20,000 pounds
] > er square Inch , whllo the tensile strength of
soft copper , the kind most generally u 9d ,
is only 16,500 pounds per square Inch. With
the sectional area ot aluminum for equal
conductivity with that of copper ns 160 Is to
100 , you can readily see that the tensile
strength of an aluminum conductor Is more
than twice the strength of copper , yet the
weight Is not half an great as copper , being
only 48 per cent of that of copper for a
conductor of equal conductivity. It having
greater ductility makes It more desirable for
the reason that It does not break or fracture
eo easily on bending "
Vrom thU It will bo seen that owing to
the greater tensile strength of an aluminum
conductor over ono of copper , considerably
longer spans could be constructed between
poire were the former metal made use of ,
thua effecting a material saving In expense
in line work. What , however , will probably
liavc a greater effect than anything else In
making aluminum conductors popular Is
that the cost of producing the motnl Is
gradually becoming loss each year , as more
improved methods of reduction are being
ndopted , whllo the price of copper la rising.
At the present day , everything oleo being
equal , owing to the excessive price of cop
per , the balance from a financial standpolnl
wonM eeoin to 'bo slightly In favor of alu
mlnum for conductors , and judging from the
MDNYON'S INHALER
CURES
CATARRH
Colds , Coughs ,
t Hay Fever , Bron
chitis , Asthma
and all Diseases
of the Throat and
Lungs.
Cloudi of JloJIcatpil Vtpor era Inbtled
through tlie mouth and cmlttt'd from tbo no > .
ttlli , clcaDilne ami vnporlilus all tbo Inditm-il
\ * ml ilUoncil part * wlilch rauDOt l > o rcarbrii by
medicine taken lota tbe itomacb.
11 rtaehe * the tore limit It healt th raw
placet Jtgott to the tatcfdiitaic It afit m
a balm ana tonic to tfie unole iv > tfin fl Wat
torttnt bymaU. IM-irchSt. , 1'Mla
treat reduction In the price of nltimlnum
hut bus occurred from tlmo to tlmo In the
mst It fthould not cry long before that
netnl will t o by far the most economical
or transmission linen. That It Is already
n the field ns ft competitor of copper may
ie inferred from the fact that many miles
of aluminum wires are In operation throughout -
out the country , and If wo are not mistaken
an aluminum transmission line some thirty
miles In length will shortly bo constructed
n California ,
Kli-otrloKj- MlllN.
Klcctrlclty has In the past been adopted
qiiltu extenslxely In printing establishments ,
> apcr ml/ls and for operating the machinery
n various lines of manufacture , and now ll
appears to be on the eve of supplanting the
mechanical drl\e In the textile Industry.
The advisability of such a change was re
cently set forth quite forcibly In a paper
ead In Boston at the meeting of the New
England Cotton Manufacturers' association.
According to the author , W. B. Smith Wha-
ey , electricity has up to the present been
ookcd upon more favorably for the driving
of cotton mill machinery In the south than
ilsowhero In this country , the mill owners
n that section apparently appreciating fully
ho greater convenience and flexibility In
.ho distribution of the power nnd the
economy of epace In the substitution of
wires and motors for the shafting and belt
ivays. Moreo\er , In mills where electricity
ms been adopted as motive power , tcstl-
nouy guca to show that although It was
mow costly to Install , It effected a material
sa\lng In Inbor , amounting on an average
to nbotit $1,000 a year.
On the other hand , apparently the only
irgument against the adoption of clcrtrlclty
D the textile Industry , brought forward by
icKoni , to be found In every community ,
who cndeuvor to Impede advancement
through misplaced conservatism , Is that Its
ntroductlon would bo followed by an In-
: rease In tnxes , Insurance nnd Interest. Al-
: hough such probably would be the case , as
iaa been heretofore pointed out , where drlv-
ng power is conveyed through long lines
jf shafting there Is nocesenrlly an enormous
oss entailed In overcoming friction In hang
ers , belts nnd pulleys. This loss , according
; o statistics and careful tests made , would
appear to amount to not less than 45 to GO
per cent. This wouM mean that a mill re
quiring at times , say llfty horse-power ,
would bo obliged to Install , were n me-
'hnnlcnl drlvo employed , a sevcnty-Jlvo
iorso-powcr engine nnd consume nt a
moderate estimate seventy-five pounds of
coal nn hour In overcoming useless resist
ance. By the use of o number of small
motors to drive the various pieces of ma
chinery this loss by friction Is materially
reduced and probably would not exceed 20
iicr cent. As may readily bo seen , this sav-
Ine In fuef nlnnn In n Inrpp milt wmiM nff.
set , or very nearly offset , the Increase In
taxes , Insurance and Interest , to say nothing
of the saving In labor nnd the con\enlenco
of the electrical system generally.
Ilorr LIuIttnlllK TuriiN Fnpr to Itlllll.
In Uio course of a Royal Institution lecture -
turo on "Coherers , " Prof. Oliver Lodge
made an experiment which may have an
Important ibenrlng on the abatement of the
emoko milsanco. He filled a bell jar with
magnesium smoke. Ordinarily these thick
fumes would take n long tlmo to disperse.
Dr. Lodge passed a charge of electricity
through the jar and the smoke began In
stantly to clear , the smoke particles uniting
and falling In the form of a white snow
of magnesia.
The word used to describe this action
of the smoke particles Is electric "cohe
sion. " The eocplanatlon of It , Dr. Lodge
said , 1s beyond our scientific knowledge , and
It is one of those great problems of electric
ity which we hope that Lord Kelvin may
sol\o. It Is , perhaps , enough to say at this
point that It Is this quality of electric co-
licalon which makes Hertzian wireless teleg
raphy possible by the use of sensitive elec-
trlo devices called "coheters , " which , like
the receiver of a telephone , serve to Indi
cate certain forms of electric waves. But
Dr. Ledge Incidentally referred to a possible
extension on a largo scale , of his magnesium
smoke experiment. "Some people , " said he ,
"may Imagine that this experiment sug
gests n means of dispersing London fog. An
adaptation of some such method might bo
eultablo for the dispersion of real fog , of
sea fog , or fog arising from n moisture-
charged atmosphere. A Scotch mist can be
turned into rain by a suitable discharge of
electricity , and ordinary rain can toe changed
Into large drops of a thunder shower by the
electric discharge of the lightning flash. The
reason for the size of the drops Is that ow
ing to the Incident of electric 'cohesion' the
drops are attracted to one another nnd form
conglomerate drops. But I don't think elec
tricity could prevent London fog. The only
way to prevent London fog Is not to cause
It. And the way not to cause It Is not to
burn coal fires , like savages , In open grates.
The day will come when It will be forbidden
to Import crude coal into London. I con
fess I should Hko to see the experiment
tried of making gas at the great coal fields
and of conveying It to the town In huge
pipes nnd conduits. The experiment , ot
course , could not be made with respect to ,
London ; It would have to tie conducted on
tco largo a scale ; but it might be tried
with a small town. It will have to come
to that some day. People say they can't
bear 'pas stoves. ' But ns n matter of fact
rtll fires are gas stoves. People make the
gas themselves , and make It badly. No
doubt , however , the gas stove of the In-
tvltnblo future will be a very different-con
trivance from that of today. "
\Vlrelenn Tclenrnpli 1" Wnr.
"Thero are a good many reasons why
Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy
can hardly bo expected to come Into general
commercial use , " remarked an electrical
expert , "but It aeema to mo It would make
an Ideal military service. All modern
armies are equipped with a telegraphic
field corps and In the operations of our
troops about Manila the telegraphers liavo
kept clcso up to the firing line. Nobody
but a practical electrician can appreciate
exactly what that means. Of course , the
field outfit is as light and portable and
easily handled ns modern Ingenuity can
make It , but nt the same tlmo It la an
enormously difficult Job to lay nny kind of
a wire on the double quick. Moreover , the
front of nn army In action Is continually
changing nnd the consequence Is that the
connections are eventually hero , t.icro nnd
o\erywhere nnd are liable nt any moment
to bo cut by the enemy. A single snip
with the shears may undo hours of the
most painstaking toll and what Is worse ,
It may throw the army out of touch with
the commanding general at the moment he
Is most needed. I mention Uicec things to
give some Idea of the unavoidable defects
of the present 8 > stem. With .Marconi's . ap
paratus they ought to be entirely over
come. All that would be iicceusary would
be n light , strong wagon carrying the
transmitter rod , which must be olbvoted
about fifty feet above the ground for tele
graphing nny distance up to ten miles. I
see no reason why the extension water
tower principle In use by fire departments
could not be applied to the transmitter.
The water tower 1s a telescopic standard
wlilch extends seventy-live or eighty feet
In the air by means of a simple mechanism
nnd the rod , being infinitely lighter , could
be handled much more readily. The wagon
would be free to go wherever desired , un
hampered by connecting wires , and would
certainly be ns portable as the smallest of
fieU guns. When In use tbe rod would be
elevated and aerial connection Immediately
cttablished with a similar standard at head-
quartvri. It would be Impossible to Inter
rupt the service except by blow leg up tliu
wagon , something equally liable to happen
to the ordinary reel , and Marconi has
demonstrated that intervening hills and for
ests do not arrest the passage ot the elec
tric waves. Taken altogether , the thing
look * to be 10 feasible that I look for Its
prompt adoption by all the European gov
ernments. Wo are usually btliind the pro-
ctfslon In such matters , but the war may
lave taught Us A lesson In that respect ,
and It wouldn't surprise me It the depart
ment hustled over an experimental ap
paratus to Otis. "
A > n\cl Antoinotillc 1'rniinncil.
American engineers have been Jibing
about the Trench Hellman locomotive ,
claiming It Is an unwlcldly and Impractical
affair , but a Chicago firm ot automobile
manufacturers proposes to apply the same
irlnclplc In the construction of Its heavy
rucks , nach truck carrion n complete gen
erating plant , consisting of gcsollnc on-
; lno , consuming about one and n halt gal-
ons of fuel per hour , which drives n
lynamo that generates the current , which
g delivered to the motors or storage batter-
cs , or both , according to the load. The
wagon Itself without load weighs three and
a half tons , but Is capable ot carrying a two
or three-ton loan with case. Ttio object of
employing this cycle Is to combine the
cheapness of the gasoline engine , operating
on ft steady load , with the flexibility of the
cloctrlo motor. An overloaded gnsollne
motor would stop , whereas an electric mo
tor adapts Itself to the load. The storage
Batteries are provided to supply n constant
oad for the engine , so that If the wagon Is
running light the excess of power my bo
stored. Another advantage ot the storage
batteries Is that they furnish a reservoir
of power for starting.
THH ItonitS AT PftAYCn.
Their Army on Itn Knee * IJcforc
Colnir Into Action.
An Englishman who accompanied the
Boer army under General Joubert In the
recent campaign against M'Pcfu , chief of
; ho Makntese , In the northeastern part of
: ho Transvaal , gives some Interesting de
tails In the New York Sun of the Boer mll-
; tary organization nnd other matters. The
commando under General Joubort was the
argcst over assembled In. the Transvaal ,
numbering with the native allies nearly
10,000 men. This force was divided Into five
angers , each under Us commandant. The
first Impression of a Boer army , the writer
saya , Is not flattering. There Is no nppear-
ince ot order and the men are not uni
formed , which Is In striking contrast with
; ho regular armies of other countries. But
: ha apparent absence ot discipline Is only
on the surface. Commnndos are made up
of burghers drawn from various districts ,
each man considering himself on nn equal
ly with nny other. They are only subject
to orders from their own district command-
nnti , who In turn are responsible to the
general. In the field all faro alike , the com
missariat knowing no distinctions. The only
regulars mo the state nrtlllery , drawn from
the snni , nf btirchors. nnd nald about. J2 a
day.
day.One
One of the principal features of the Boer
laagers In the campaign was the religious
exorcises each evening , when the men would
assemble under their leaders for prn > er ,
concluding with the singing of their battle
lymn , "Rust myn zlol , nev God is Kon-
Ing" ( Rest my soul , your God is King. )
War with the Boers Is considered n lellg-
lom duty and enforced by the state only In
self-defense. The night before the storming
of M'Pefu's stronghold In the Magato
mountains n united prayer meeting was
held of all the laagers under the personal
leadership of General Joubert , and the
scene Is described as singularly Impressive.
The day following the Makatcso position
was carried with only trifling loss after
the kraals had been subjected to a heavy
artillery flre , and the remainder of the
campaign was pushed with such vigor that
sovcrsil of the chiefs , with their men , sur-
reudercd and M'Pefu , with about 10,000 fol
lowers , took refuge In Mashonaland , In
Rhodesia , across the Limpopo river. The
victory of the Boers was complete and wns
a signal triumph for General Joubert , the
Mngato mountains having been considered
irKpregnnblo nnd the strongest natural fast-
nossels In South Africa.
Of General Joubert himself , known among
ila men ns Slim Plot , the writer says ho
ins been uniformly successful , notnltbstand-
ng that his detractors ihavc proved to their
own satisfaction , times without number , that
10 has neither military talents , courage , nor
mckbone. That may be , ho says , because of
iis appearance on the Held of battle , whlca
is not Impressive , his costume during the
Mngato campaign having 'been ' a tweed suit
with n tailor coat. But neither the general
lor his men care for externals and , although
their clothes would hardly excite the envy
of a self-respecting tramp , they do excel-
ont work In them.
The writer sajs It Is a great mistake to
suppose that the Boers bate individual
Ungllshmen. It Is only against the govern
ment that they entertain hatred. Through
out the campaign ho describes himself as
laving been the recipient of nothing but
dndness from the general down and that
without any sacrifice of his own opinions.
The only question onwhich he had to be ,1
Ittlo circumspect was as to what would
jappon If wnr broke out between the two
countries. Discussions on this subject were
iot nnd frequent , the general conclusion bo
ng that the conflict -nould bo the greatest
disaster which could befall South Africa.
From what ho saw the writer says ho could
well believe this would bo the case , for
while England must eventually win , the
obstinate resistance of 60,000 burghers flght-
ng for their hearths and homes and with a
thorough knowledge of the country , would
mean that England could only assert her
sovereignty over the republic after great
DloodEtocd nnd then would have to face after-
consequences even moro serious.
IXIJIA'h M'MMnil ' ItKSOKT.
Sfoncrr nf I'ctmlliir llvniiiy In the
IIIIlN About Minln.
From the latter part ot 'March and early-
April to the middle of October all of fash-
enable India goes totho famous hill sta-
; lon at Simla , writes John T. McCutcheon In
the Chicago Uecord. The viceroy and the
machinery of government moves up ; the
capital changes from Calcutta to Simla , and
lor seven months Calcutta lies dull and
liurnlng , v\hlle the lo or Himalayas around
Simla are swarming with society people ;
iho hotels nro thronged , and everything Is
booming with gayety.
Karly in April the heat begins In earnest
on the plains , nnd In eomo parts It Is al
most unendurable for whlto people , The
thermometer runs up to 120 degrees In the
shade ; the streets are blazing , and the
Nouses nro furnaces. On the khaki-colored
plains life stands still , and the travelers In
the railway carriages pack their heads In
Ico. Streams of water are kept trickling
down 'before ' the open car windows to cool
the deadly waves ot heat that surge In , and
heavy wooden hoods nro built above the car
roofs to break the raja of the sun. Then
is niifii IOIK wnu ran tuiuru H or wuo can
borrow enough money pack up and "light
out" for tbo cool heights of the hill bta-
tlon ,
Simla is 7,000 feet up In the Himalayas ,
where It Is always cool In sumer. This
year will be the first In which Lord and
Lady Curzon make their ofllclal entry Into
Simla , nnd there are prospects that It will
bo a gay nnd lively season The station Is
dllHcult and trying to reach , and costly
after ono has reached It. This feature
makes it tbe more exclusive.
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH YOU ?
If not , drink Grain. O made from pur
grains. A lady writes"The first time I
made GraJn-O I did not like It. but after
uilng It for one week nothing would Indu&a
ma to go back to coffee. " It nourishes
and feed * th system , The children can
drink It ireely with great btneflt. It U the
strengthening aubttance of pure grain * .
Get a package today from your grocer.
follow the directions In making ft and
you will have . delicious and healthful
tfcfcle bevertco tar old nd young. Uo
and Kc.
MRS IPPY SMITITS PFT DflP
illlVOi li\j\jl \ \ 0Jill 110 I LI 1/Uu
Oanses the Bringing of a Parnaga Snit
Against Poundmaster Ricketts ,
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS DEMANDED
rid I lit I fT Ctnltim tlmt Two of
Pound I2nitlo > c llrnt Her mill
IlroKc Her l.rulth
n ( Jnn IMtic.
A lively encounter that occurred nearly
two vearn ngo between Mrs. Lucy Smith ,
colored , mid two of Poundmaster Hlckctt's
dog catchers , la In progress of ventilation
In Judge Scott's court , where Mrs. Smith
Is suing Illckctts nnd Ocorgo Tlcrney and
Max Hclchcnbcrg , his bondsmen , for $1,500
damages for Injuries that she asserts she.
received In the mlxup.
Her story Is that she went to the
pound to get n dog that had been picked
up by the dog catchers , nnd that two men
In chnrgo of the pound nt the time , as
saulted her with their fists nnd a section
of gas plpo nnd beat her until she wns
permanently Injured. She says that her
left leg nas broken by n blow from the
pipe and that she was otherwise bruised
nnd beaten. The other side of the story
Is to the effect Unit Lucy arrived nt the
pound carrying a heavy pleco of garden
hose nnd n fervent anxiety for trouble ,
which was subsequently satisfied.
JOIIX 'I'll 13 1IAPT1ST IS IN JAII * .
Ho mill ( Kin * lime llcru Selling ;
l.liiuor oil mi Indian Ilencrrntlon.
Thursday afternoon Deputy Allan of the
United States marshal's office brought
Charles Green Rainbow , John See More , AlI I
bcrt Hcnsman , Charles White , John the |
Dnptlst nnd Charles French , all Wlnncbago
Indians , charged with selling and Introduc
ing liquor upon nn Indian reservation , be
fore Judge Mungcr for nrrnlgnment. John
the Bnptlot and Charles French pleaded
guilty nnd were fined $100 nnd costs each
and sentenced to sixty days In the county
jail. The others pleaded not guilty and
their trials were set for Juno 6 , when they
will bo represented by attorneys appointed
by the court.
Morton' * llrnlcpn Icff.
George H. Morton has sued the Hammond
mend Packing company for $2,000 damages
on account of a broken leg , which ho nl-
legcs was sustained while tie was In the
employment of the defendant. Morton's
petition states that ho was directed to
mnko a pipe connection In a celling
eighteen feet from the floor and that
another employe held the ladder while he
went to the top. Then the other fellow
quit his job , and as the floor was slippery
with grease Morton's downfall followed.
with
Harry Martin , alleged to have entered the
residence of C. D. Brow nice one night dur
ing Anrll. Is on trial for burglary In crim
inal court. The Intruder awakened the fam
ily nnd was scared nway before his plun
der had amounted to more than a mackin
tosh and a rnzor. Martin was found within
an hour ibv the police with the stolen nr-
tlclcs In his possession , but ho declares that
ha 'bought ' thejn of a stranger mho met him
on the street a few minutes before.
Street Ilnllmiy Wliix.
A Jury has returned n verdict for the de
fendant in the damage suit of Julius Lund
against the Omaha Street Railway com
pany. The suit was tried at the February
term when Lund secured a verdict of $1.
A now trial was granted , which has now
resulted In a clean victory for the corpora
tion. Lund represented that his right arm
had been permanontlyalnjured by the sud
den starting of a car of the South Eleventh
street lino.
Sc ernl Uliorcc CIIMCM.
Freda Shaw has sued Martin J. Shaw for
a divorce. She declares that Martin "as
saulted and battered" her. Anna V. Gern-
hardt has received a decree of divorce from
Francis Gernhardt. A decree has also been
granted In the Hans Albert divorce case , In
which Mrs. Afbort asked for her liberty on
the ground of habitual Intoxication.
Minor Matter * In Conrt.
Fred W. Mosher has been appointed deputy
reporter In Judge Favvcott's court.
The arrival of the special panel of sixty-
seven Jurors Infused some additional energy
Into district court proceedings yesterday.
During the previous afternoon threfi
judges were Idle on account of Inability to
secure Juries.
Frank Zehrung of Lincoln has been dis
charged and offlclally declared a bankrupt.
Ho had his hearing some weeks ngo and
Thumlav afternoon Judge Munger of the
United States court examined the papers ,
making the order giving him a new start
In llfo.
If you have piles cure them. No use
undergoing horrible operations that simply
remove the results of the disease without
disturbing the dlsenso Itself. Place your
confidence In DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salve.
It has never failed to cure others ; It will
not fnll to euro you.
PATCH UP THEIR TROUBLES. ; !
Mr. nncl Mrx. AVIIlluniMOii Haie n
J.l\cly I''lelit , 1mtow Arc
fiood Friend * .
A woman with a slender , willowy figure
and a broad Scotch accent applied nt the !
police station Wednesday for assistance by
the "chief constable" In patching up mat
ters between herself and husband. Officer
Dan Baldwin went out to see what he
could do , ns the woman said she wanted
her trunk nnd Its contents out of the
wagon , which her husband said ho had
sold. The officer succeeded In locating the ,
husband nnd apparently adjusted matters
satisfactorily. It scorns the understanding
was merely temporary , however , ns Wil
liam Williamson wont out to Fortieth nnd
Cumlng streets In the afternoon nnd threw
his wlfo out of the wagon , striking her In
the sldo with n sledge hammer. Mis , Wil
liamson was not seriously Injured , how
ever. Anxiety concerning her condition
drove Williamson back to learn how nho
was. Officer Heldy was awaiting his comIng -
(
Ing and took him to the station , where his
wlfo had been sent. |
Williamson was so full of whiskey and '
In such a weak condition that It was j
feared he might dlo before morning , The '
city physician was called and ho found
him suffering from heart trouble. Mrs
Wllllnnuon was brought downitalri to
look after him. Ho recovered rapidly nnd
they made up again , She then refused to
appear and prosecute him. The officers told
him If he abused hla wlfo again they would
see that he was properly punished. The
couple earn a living ns peddlers nnd horse
traders.
Vlnnr Police Matter * .
Carl Fisher entered n plea of guilty to
being drunk nnd disorderly nnd wns fined
$10 by Judge Gordon.
C. A. Kaiser of Lincoln wns found asleep
In n wlno room of n saloon. Ho said ho had
been robbed of $1 nnd n hat.
Isadoro Waltz complained to the police
that thieves stole his gum slot machine
from In front of his store nt Twenty-third
nnd Davenport streets.
Burglars forced the rear window of Harry
Frost's place , 714 South Fourteenth street ,
Wednesday night and stole $15 worth ot
carpenter tools from A. C. llntkcy's chest.
Detectives Hudson nnd Heclnn nrrcstcd
Effie llurk nt Twenty-ninth and Frederick
streets , and turned her over to Sheriff Mor
gan , who took her back to Glcnwood , In ,
it hero she Is wanted on the chnrgo of
adultery.
Mrs. Bertha Somberg , 1014 South Four
teenth street , has lodged n complaint against
Jncob llnblnowltz of the same number ,
whom eho accuses of assault nnd battery ,
caused by n difficulty between the children
of the two families.
Jnck Shannon was discharged by Judge
Gordon on the charge of assault and bat
tery. A patron whom ho struck wns the
complainant. It was the origin of a dim-
culty In the saloon with the police. Another
complaint of n similar character Is awaiting
trlnl.
nitoN/.n sTvrrn or wnnsmn.
of tlie Orcnt Daniel Urcctcil
tit tin- National Capital.
The Imposing statue of Daniel Webster ,
donated to the city of Washington , by Stll-
eon Hutchlnn , was placed In position lust
Saturday morning In the southwestern sec
tion of Scott circle. The figure Is a new
and valuable addition to the decorative
beauty of the city's public parks and reser
vations , sa > s the Washington Post. H Is
the 1)ost of Mr. Trentanove's well-known
productions and will tlo much to add to his
renown. From nn artistic standpoint the
work Is a remarkable one , and will rank
vv Ith any of the many statues In the differ
ent parks or In statuary hall nt the capltol.
Some time ngo congress voted a considerable
sum for the erection of the pedestal upon
which the figure' of the great orator
rests. Its location In the vicinity ot the
handsome residential section of the city ,
nnd looking down Sixteenth street toward
the White House , Is especially well
chosen.
The monument stands thirty feet high ,
Including the pedestal , which Is of red
granite and highly polished , nnd of the
flenest quality produced anywhere. The
bnso Is proportlonc'd ' with lines of nrchl-
tecturnl beauty and grace , nnd Is relieved
on opposite sides by bronze panels , repre
senting different scenes , perhaps the mcst
Importnnt , certainly the most prominent In
history , In the llfo of the great orator.
Ono , possibly the most prominent , nnd
especially well wrought , Is a faithful repre
sentation of the old senate chamber , now
the supreme court room , which so fre
quently resounded with the logic and oratory
tory of Webster. There the senate Is as
sembled , the pnnol showing about one hun
dred figures In has relief , with John C. Calhoun -
houn presiding , with Webster in his char
acteristic attitude when speaking , and In
the act of delivering his famous speech In
reply to Senator Hayne of South Carolina.
The figures represented are nearly all excel
lent likenesses of the members of the sen
ate and prominent statesmen of that day ,
giving heed to the eloquence of Webster.
The figure of the orator stands out promi
nently addressing the assemblage. Sur
rounding the tiancl In an artistic and at
tractive design are the famous words ot
Webster ns ho closed his memorable ora-
tlon ( "Liberty and union , now and forever. "
In the frame of the panel nro else emblems
of art and Industry forcibly represented.
The opposite panel Is another striking
ntcture , full of action and enthusiasm , as
well as nrtlstlo beauty an5 elegnnce. It
represents Webster's next greatest oration
nt the dedication of Bunker Hill menu
ment. Webster stands upon a platform In
the act of addressing the throng of soldiers
and populace gathered to witness the cere
monies and applauding his utterances.
The statue Itself Is of bronze and t\as
cast at Florence and Is a most perfect
likeness of the subject. It stands twelve
feet high In a characteristic peso of the
orator , with a book of reference In the right
hand , resting upon a stand. A cloak of the
style of that day hangs gracefully from Its
shoulders and the head has no covering.
Mr. Trentnnovo has been most fortunate In
emphasizing < the strong characteristics and
the vigor of his subject , at the same time
holding the figure In splendid repose. The
likeness Is remarkably pure and the hand
ling of the texture good. The monument
will , no doubt , bo one of the most attractive
of the Capitol City.
Student" of Folklore.
CHICAGO , May 25. Students of folklore
from all purls of the world will gather nt the
University of Chicago Saturday to attend the
annual meetlng.of the International1 Folklore
association. Three sessions will bo held and
a number of papers will bo read nnd dls
cussed. Nominations for officers of the ns
Boclatlon have been made. They are : Dr.
Paul Cams , president : Prof. Frederick Starr ,
Louis J Block nnd K. D. Blatchford , vice
presidents ; Helen Wheeler Bnss&tt , secretary
rotary ; Fred T. West , treasurer. Vice presl
dents for foreign branches have also been
named.
Supplies
All of the pop
ular and de
pendable kind.
Eastman Kodaks
Premo PocoAdlake
Vive Diamond Cyclone
and New Karona Cameras
glass plates , films , chemicals ,
mounts , etc. developing and
printing1 prices right ,
THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO. ,
Amateur VhttograpMe tntppHn.
140S Farnum. OMAHA
OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL.
We're ' Building a Reputation
On the men's shoes vo sell for ? 2
now you've hoard of $2 shoes , but Drex
L. Shooman has a $2 fihoo that under
ordinary circumstances would sell , and
dMs sell , for $12.50 some places $ . ' { is
asked that he will put up against tlie
whole Held of $2.00 shoos that IB a
man's shoo good , honest leather good ,
honest shoes a mechanic's shoe in every
bcnso of the wotd n bhoo for any one
that ib on his feet a great deal you
mo not taKlng any rhancob when you
p.iy $2 for these leather shoes.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Otunba'D Up-to-dato Shoe UBBM ,
1410 FARNAJ1 STREET.
New biirliiK ( utuloKiie now ready
bent ( or the nuklnv.
Examine the new oil cloth on the kitchen floor ; Its color and
gloss arc being destroyed and you may see where a cake of common
soap fresh from the hot water in the scrubbing bucket has been laid
on it for a moment , the free alkali having eaten an impression of
the cake into the bright colors.
A more careful examination will show small "pin holes" here
and there where the alkali has cut through the surface to soak into
and gradually weaken the whole floor covering.
This is what cheap soaps do. Use Ivory Soap , it will not injure.
IVORY SOAP IS 99 % > PER CENT. PURE.
> i/- COPTNI4MT KM BY THC PltOCTtlt k OAMIlt CO. CINCINNATI
WORN OUT BLOCKS MUST GO
Hotten Wood Pavement on North Twenty-
Fourth Street to Bo Removed ,
DIRT ROADWAY IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED
City Attorney Given It no Illn Opinion
thnt It ID Duty nt Council to
Put Thoroughfare * la
I'nminlilc Condition.
The residents nnd business men along
North Twenty-fourth street who have for
many months been trjlng to have the rotten
wooden block pavement of thnt thoroughfare -
faro between Lake and Spaldlng removed
will bavo their request honored. The neces
sary nctton has been taken by the council ,
and the Board ot Public Works will there
fore be coon at work In tearing out the
blocks.
The etreet will bo n dirt roadway for some
tlmo. Cinders will be put In at nil street
and alley Intersections , so that the street
railroad tracks may bo crossed by vehicles.
In tlmo it Is expected that a petition for
repaying will bo secured. Councilman Karr
Is already working up sentiment In favor
of repavcmcnt.
The street has been admitted to bo In a
bad and even a dangerous condition for a
year. The pavement Is very old and Is al
most worn out. It Is full of deep holes and
ruts that makes driving over it very risky.
As a result , it Is said that the business In
terests of the entire street north of Cumlng
have been materially damaged.
The business men were thoroughly aroused
over the matter a year ago and held Indlgnr
tlon meetings. The council , however , took
the position that the tearing up of the pave
ment might Invalidate the tax , which has
not jot been entirely paid , The business
men then tried to secure a petition for re
paying , but the Patricks nnd Herman
Koimtre , who own largo property Interests
along It , refused to elgn nt the time. It
Is eald that the latter Is willing now to at
tach his signature to n petition.
Uegardlng the legal phnso of the matter ,
City Attorney Connell said"It Is n plain
proposition In my opinion that n pavement
that Is In anything like a good condition
cannot bo removed , without Invalidating
the tax assessed Against It , unless there Is
a unanimous petition for icpuvlng. That
Is what stands In the way of the scheme to
tear the stone pavement out ot Knrnara
street nnd replace It with asphnlt. It Is
a different proposition , however , where the
pavement Is In such condition that It can
not bo driven over nnd Is dangerous , as Is
the case with North Twenty-fourth street.
Under such clrcumstnnccs , I have no doubt
that the city has a , perfect right In fact , It
Is Its duty to tear up the pavement. A new
pavement cannot bo laid , however , unless
there Is a majority petition for It. "
According to this opinion from the city
attorney It Is the duty of the city to rcmovo
nn Impnssable pavement. This Is likely to
result In other requests thnt wooden pave
ments be removed , as there arc a number of
other streets paved with this material and
which are In bad shape.
How It Ml Kilt lie Done.
Chicago Post : "It Is a sad commentary
on the conditions existing In many of the
states , " said the reformer , "that only rich
men nro ever elected to the United Statca
senate. It wouM bo far better to have
senators elected by popular vote. "
"Not at all necessary , " answered the prac
tical politician. "If the deslro Is to Bend
oor men to the senate It might bo donj
y popular subscription. "
SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
Sterling Bicycles
The IIIffhFBt Grndc Made ,
do\vn , and $2 per week
A chance for everybody to buy the best wheel made on easy payments.
GAS AND OIL
Bicycle Lamps
Biggest Line
Lowest Prices.
Gaa Lamps § 1.75 to $3.00
Oil Lamps 50c to 82.00
OMAHA BICYCLE CO. ,
Cor. 10th and Chicago Sts. ED T. HEY HEN. Manager
It is a Well Known Fact
That we soil pmuoaon such easy terms
that the payments stretch out Hko n
coupon railroad ticket Tilings that you
should remember That we have only
ono price You pay no moro when you
buy from UB on time than If you pnlil
ns all cash Tnat wo have over thirty
different makes , Including such planoa
as the Knabc Klmball Kranlch nnd
Bach Illillot nnd Davis and IIospo
plnnoq , that have won their high standIng -
Ing by actual merit
A. HOSPE ,
Wo o l l > r < oar 25th bnilneM Mmfc >
reriurr Oct. 3.1 r * , 180 * .
Music and Alt. 1513 Douglo *
You've ' Heard of Balduff
The man that inudo the gold medul
bon bans at the TransmlbHlBslppI Expo-
hltlou well , ho In still making thorn
same way Hnmo kind better , If that Is
possible if you can't get thof > e famous
confections ut home just tend to Halduff
he pucks them in tin box OH , so that
they can bo sent anywhere < JOc a
pound you pay the express.
In looking for a good place to ca | you
should not overlook us the" beat service
In the city.
BALDUFFS ,
to 230. S. * r-IiM U
1620 Fwrnnna M ,