i TUB OMAHA JJAILV HI3J3t FRTPAY , TECEM KEI ? 20 , 18 $ ) ! ) . -l THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY1 Radical Departure in tba System of Telephone - phone Taxation in Ohio TARIFF ON ELECTRICITY MADE IN CANADA Jlnnj OlijrctlniiM lo Ilir ( iciicrnl I to nf \\lrrli-NN 'I cli-m n pli > V uliinlilf Ini'iriM ciiM'til * In 'I | . | riilimit'n I'tTfrftftl Abroad. The de ts'on of the supreme court of Ohio on tlio taxable value of telephones estab- j JiHliCH an Important precedent In the matter < ' taxing public utilities The question ( Illumined was whether telephone Instru ments should bo assessed on the basis of then n lunl ctat or the rental \alue The former was placed at $3 40 , the latter at : $23 ° The court decided In favor of the | rctital value The decision was rendered In a suit brought by Attorney General Monncu bv a friendly arrangement between the state ai'c'llor and W H Hnlllil.i ) , auditor of Krnnklln county Thu latter had been re- qucttcd by the mate olllcliil to list the tel ephones of Iho Hell company at their rental Miluc , but refused to do so and mandamus l > rt rcoillnga were Instituted In the supreme ! court lo compel him lo comply with the request 'I ho attorney general , In his letter to the Ht.itc auditor lUBtruptlnR him tn bring thp null against Hnlllda > , estimating the nuni- bci nf Hell telephones In use In Ohio at 2'i 000 said "In ascertaining the market value of al most .ill other taxable property In the state vvn ha\o assumed to lix the values at the earning .rapacity of the property on a ( i per cent bawls If each of theho Instruments earns $11 over and above repairs to the Hell Te'cphoiio company It represents a value of J23.J to each Instrument On 25,000 Instru ments It represents an earning In the state cf Ohio that Is being protected b\ our lawn and receiving all the bencllt of police regulation of K.833,000. Under the principle laid down In the Nichols law ( which does not spe- clflcally refer to the Bell Telephone com- ] i. ny ) we take the entire \nlu0 of their plant at $97,000,000 , which IH Its market value , and take Ohio's proportion of It as n part of the unli "To put the Hell Telephone company on the same basis as the Western Union Tele graph companj , or the express companies , and counting the average i.ito In the state an we do on those companies at 25 mills , the Hell Telephone company would owe to the State of Ohio taxcn to the amount of about $80,000 annually Oi , taking one- third of the value off of the original earn ing amount of $233 per instrument , would leave them about $100 per Instrument as the tatable value The Central Union Tele phone company and other telephone com panies refute lo pay the tax upon this prop erty because they do not and cannot own those Instruments "We have taxed all other corporations this year , In addition to the regular tax up on their property , $ lfirt,000 under the excise law. In simple Justice to the othei corpor ations that havo'hail to bear their fair Hhare of the burdens , I think It Is your duty lo nt once send out notices to the county auditors of the state rocjulrlns Ihem to place upon their respective duplicates In tholf taxing districts all of the properly of the Hell Telephone company within their district at a rc.iuonablo valuation. "If they have not already done so , they should bo placed on the lav duplicate as delinquent for the five joars last past. " Tariff nil IJlcetrlcIt j . / The ofllclals of the Treasury department ni < 5 considering n proposition to levy a tariff duty on an electric current generated In Canada and conducted across the border into the United States. The question wni raised by the Nlgara Tails ) Power company of Niagara Kails , N. Y. , against the Ontario Power company , the rival concern across Iho river at Niagara rails. Ont. The Ontario Power company proposes to extend Its lines to as many points as possible in the United States , Belling Its light and power to as man ) customers ns It can gel. This bus- Iners , of course , competes seriously w Ith thai of the American company and In a con munlcatlon lo the Treasury department on Iho subject the oflkers of the compan ) represent that Inasmuch as the electric cm- icnt Is a thing of value , bought and sold , and that nluco It cornea In competition with an American Industry It should be come subject to duty. The secretary of thp treasury has submltled Hie quosllon lo several leading collectors of customs In various ports of the country with a view to obtaining their opinions. Several > ears ago the asslbtant secretary of the treasur ) received a letter from a c Ill/en of Waterlown , N Y , saying that he had obtained a concession to build and operate an electrical power plant on the Canadian aldo of Niagara Palls and asking I ( If. . In case ho should transmit the current ncicss the border , he would bo compelled to pa ) tariff charges Ho was assured bj Assistant Secretary Tlehcnor , now a mem ber of Iho Board of Oenoral Appraisers In Now York , that no tariff duties would be assessed The present olllolals of the Treas- tir/ department , however , are strongly In clined to rule otherwise. If It Is decided that t.irlff should bo assessed It will bo in dor the authority of the "dragnet clause" of Iho Dlngley law , which makes all un- rnumeralol inanufaclured articles dutlablo at 20 per cent ad valorem. The Ontario Power compnn ) . In a com munication to the Treasury depaitmcnt , de- ol-res that the electric em rent cannot bo regarded as an "article" within the meaning of the tariff law , despite the representation of the rival American company that clcc- tuclty Is a thing that can he measuip < 1 .as accurately as potatoes or wheat or cotton cloth The or six ) cars ago It was proposed to lens tariff duties on natural gas pipes across the Nlagira rher from Canaila , the Treasur ) department holding that the gas wan " .u unenumerated , unmanufactuied aitlclo' under tlio McKInlev law The Hoard or Oiucrul AppialnoiH upfaet this ruling , declar ing thai gas Is not an "article , " and 01 aj | eal bj the government the supreme court of the United Slales Upheld the Hoard 01 ( icneial Appraisers Thld jrar another collector of customs nt Htfffnlo resume * asK-bsment of duties pu natural gas. but Iho Tie-astir ) department ordered him to deals mill the government Is now refunding money to the gas company. \A IrvlcNN Ti'lfKrniili ) . Pi of. Kllhu Thomson , in lecturing on the "Itccent Advances In Ulrclrlcnl Science ' li lonu. Mass , rertmtl ) gave a description o M irconl'tf sjbtPtn of wireless telegraphy fa ) lug that , whllo It WIIK a ver > beautiful sf torn ami might he of great piuctlr.il uit there were- many objections to lia wldo adop lion and manv diniciiHIeB In the wa > of U perfection An > man by selling up n rcuciv Ing who c u'd cjjllcct the me's-ge , and In Ui case of \\ir the enemy could either read th sent or hv njit'n ' ' > mio" " " I" Mllil send eoifus'ng messages fnl water witild stop Iho wavcn and over a ce tain d'stanco the curvajup of the turtl would piobably btop them The waves wor i eoartp that thpv would KM around mo * obstacles Wireless tole < eruph > would fill certain pnp For llghthoufrB It would bfi In vHhmblc A certain numboi could bo Hughe "in and uuy vessel coins b ) , no matter wlu ihu vveuher conditions were , could read th f Mini by iitinply runnlns un u receiving wlr > us mast , Vr JcU at ea could find on web other1 * positions , and la time or thli would bp of great service provided al- wai that ihPre was no mem ) around Prof Thomson went Into details over the electro-chemlcsl Held and electric furnaces , I In which electric advances were not so much ' hoard of In refining and prcduclng metals J the electric current WOP u cd to a great ex tent , and some great Industries were built entirely on this process The development rf the manufacture of aluminum was duo en- llrclj to the electric proces * The supply of ore was Inexhaustible and experiments were now tried with the metal ns a powlble substitute for copper lo carry the electric current , owing to the high price of topper. llumlnum was not ns good a conductor as copper , hut was cheaper and a greater amount of the metal might be used Mag nesium was another metal formerly obtalnel by n costly and cumbersome chemical method and now manufactured through the aid of electricity. The usual method of sharpening files Is by the sle.am sand blnsl Flue sand U projoelcd on the nlo with n steam nrcssure nf I'O pounds through rubber ho e fitted with cast- iron no77les The s.and cuts nwaj the backs of the file tteth , thus forming u straight level on the teeth back and giving a new culling edge The process occupies from Ihrco to five minutes In the now trcalment by electricity Iho culling edges are readily sharpened b > elcctrolvtlcally dissolving oft n thin and even Him of HIP slecl In Iho ox- petlmenlH to discover the most effective means of utilising thli process , the effects of vnrkus current dinsltles and eleclrolyles upon Iho culling edges of Ihe flies were re corded by Impressions taken on lead foil , and alro b > lal.lug micro-photographs Oulta- percha molds wcro nlfio made , from which electroljpcs were produced In the proc ess now generally adopted , the files arc first cleaned with hot waler and soda , and then connected to Iho poslllvo polo of n battery In n bath composed of forty parts sulphuric ncld and 1,000 parts water , the zinc , or nega tive polo of the battery being connected to a copper spiral surrounding the Hies , but not touching Ihem. After Ijing In the bath for ten minutes , Iho flies are Inkcn nut , ashed and dried. The whole of the hollows re found to have been allackcd When the ndenlnllons are not snlllclCTitly deep , the les are put back Inlo the bath for a few tlnules longer U Is seldom that more thane \o such treatments are necessary. 'IVlrpl'ol'r liiiii | \ rinciit. liver since the Invention of the tclo- r-onp It has been the dcslro of electricians see an Instrument perfected which will cave a message on the other end of the Ire. Numerous attcmplB have been made , ut It lias been left , it Is said , to a young ) ano named Paulson to Invent this con- cctlng link between the lolephone and Iho hpnograph. Paulson left the world in gnoranco of his discovery until ho aston- onlHhcd the residents of Copenhagen last lonth with n detailed story of what he ad achieved Ho dcmonslialcd before a ody of experls that a telephone message an bo left at the olher end of the- wire and ,10 , absentee , by simply turning a knob , can ear what has been left for him. Paulson until a. few years ago was an mplojee of the engineering dcparlment of 10 Copenhagen Telephone company. Nat- rallj bo had many facilities for exped ient , but his assoclalcs did not know what e was aboul. Instead of the usual pbon- graphlc wax cylinder Paulson supplied a teel ribbon. Where It Is necessary to lane off the wax on the ordinary phono- raph Paulson's phonograph needs only a loth to rub off the writing which does the talking" as easily as If It was that much balk on a blackboard The only reason by experiments in this direction met with allure was because it involved too much rcublo lo record Ihe message on the wax j Under. The feasibility seemed apparent nough. Hut until Paulson appeared no rcctlcal value could be altacihed lo the cx- erlmcnls. The apparatus Is construcled so that n erj bmall magnetic needle , which Is con- icclcd with the current of the lelephonc vlre Influences a slcel ribbon which in urn runs In louch with the magnetic ccdlo and the work Is done Whllo the nfitrument le > operating and a person talks nlo Iho telephone the magnetism In the tecl ribbon IB Influenced by the electric icnlle to such a degree that a perfect mes- ngc Is recorded At the receiving end t Is only ncccs ary to let th" steel ribbon S later before Ihe cleclrlc needle and he current will Ihcn reproduce Ihe vvoids cnl over the wire. Jusl as soon as Ihe message has been heard , by passing a ] magnet over Iho hteol ribbon , the speech s wiped off Immediately and the Inslru- mcnt Is ready to receive messages again The oxpcrlmenls which have recently been made in Copenhagen have been so successful .hat a company has been formed lo Inlroduce ho Invonllon all through Ihe world. Palonls iavo been applied for In all the principal countries of the world The experiments so far with thin lelcphone-phonogiaph go lo show lhat song is heard morp distinctly by his .method than simple wordb Why this should bo no one seems to know The qucs- .Imi aroHp whether time would have any jffect on the clearness of the- message Ap prehension was felt lhat if the message was liolcl for several davs the woids would be Inaudible To lest Ihls Ihe steel ribbon was removed from the machine and laid iway for a tlmo. When placed in position it gave the me-ssago very plalnlj The only drawback to the present receiving nstrument Is Its sl/e It Is somewhat larger than the ordinal y table phonogiaph. Hut there Is reason lo suppose lhat this can be lomodlcd as soon as Iho instruments are placed on tbo market The new phonograph graph Is a separate- instrument , and If no UBO for It exists for some time It auiy bo disconnected and placed to one s > lde It Is anongfd so that when someone calls up , should no one respond , the talker Is at once made awuro that at the other end theio Is only the phonograph connection Ho will thcroforo , frame his messugo accordingly So far as the central station Is concerned , no extra work Is placed on the rperators theiP Qullo to Ihe contrary , when a phon ographic connecllin Is present the opoia- lors will not ho called upon us frequenllj as before Paulsen Is Iho bon of ono of the bcst-knrvn lawyers In Copenhagen and has written considerable on the subject of ph > - slcs as well UH chpmUtr/ His parents rti , woilthj This allowed him , to some extent , lo devote his tlmo to the pioblem which he has recently solved ! } ! < < < rlcnl riiiHlilluM. \ now electrical flashlight Is far ahead of all tin1 ordinal ) magnesium coiniiounds used b" photographers for flashlight pictures , be side ? being abtolulely safe. It conslsls of t\.o cells of a powerful dry battery suitably Inclosed In a box The flash powder , In a snmll round box , Is poured out on u card en the Lox at a point to which a platinum fube , has been conducted To Ignite the powder the cloctrkal current lu closed b > light ! ) prlllug on a suing which bilnga the con- die tine "Ires li'lo contact , causing the cur- U'lit to heat the plailnum fuao to rulncFs i and ii'Btantl ) fire the powder This moJo of I creratlnK enables the photographer to re . main at some distance from the flash , as i tbe string can be made of any length It U i an excellent method frr the taking of In . stantaneous Intcrloi du ) light photographs of r children iml Infant * , as It gives \er ) soft ; and pleaalng pictures The llabhllght can hi located six or eight feet from the sub . ject , arranged to Illuminate iho shadow side i of the face , the shutter of the camera being got nt a vcr ) slow speed , Taking the oper ating bulb of the camera in one hand and Iho string of the flash lamp In the other dm pholosrapher can set boih off at the g.imp time1 , umprcsslng the shuuer bulb with thp right and pulllns tha ztrloc the left band DRAMATIC SCENE L\ \ ? COURT i Murderer Collins is Confronted with Spl'rr ' ters from the Skull of His Victim. DEAD MAN'S ' WIDOW AND CHILD LOOK ON ( 'omit * Vttoinr } HrliiK * In Hriniirlin- lilj l.nrur I.NI of AVItiifNNPM iinil thf Trial IN \cr > Costl > lo I In- Count ) . Spllniets from iho skull of Charles H Orove , who was shot nnd killed on Iho night of December 10 by Thomas Collins , wcro dlsplajcil In the trial of the mur derer before Judge Haker jcsterday as an exhibit In the testimony of Dr. Robert Ollmoie , who attended tLr dying man Mrs Grove , widow of the deceased , and her Iltllc son , n brlghl lad of 7 joars. looked on whllo the doctor handled the pieces of bone nnd explained to the jury Iho naluro of the wound It was a dramatic scene ns widow and orphan wcro given this ghastl ) reminder of the tragedy that disrupted ihelr home Mrs. Grove made no demon- slrallon , but the look of anguish that spread ovei her face told more plainly than words the story of her suppressed emotion The county attorney has caused ilfty-nlno vvllncsses to appear on behalf of the state an unusually laigo number In a case that scorns so clearly established. These wllnesses cost the taxpaers $2 per day each , and although the ) may all be called upon lo lesllfy , the several c)0-wltnesseH who wcro piesent when Iho murder oc curred , tell a corroborated story oJ the killing which appears convincing Grove was shot In the lop of the head and Dr. Ollmoro was questioned at length as to the exact nature of this unusual wound. U was made so by reason of the fact that Col- linn leaned over the btr In Grove's saloon and shot him while he was crouching under the bar In a desperate effort to shield him self All of this has been verified under oath Just as It was related In newspapei ac counts nt the tlmo of the murder. The clothes worn by Collins on the night ho slew Oroxo are on exhibition In the court room , although no point has been gained thus far by the Introduction of the garments. Another exhibit Is the club which a bar tender In Grove's saloon used on the head of Collins after the deed hud been committed. The blow strufik by the bartender sent Col lins nprawllng to the floor and thus his es cape was prevented Aside from the doctors who testified during Iho forenoon Chief of Pollco Donahue nnd Coroner Swanson were on the witness stand Their evidence brought out nothing new from what has alread ) been told. Another day will send Iho case lo the jury nnd a quick verdict Is expected by all who have heard the tilal. TO SUT Asinn imoiicn Mr * . Thompson \lcu ; < 'M Her IIiiNliuntl AViiH 'Not inltlcil : to JuilKiiifiit. Mrs. Mary Thompson has fllcd a motion In the district court asking that a divorce decree rendered Oclober 25 In favor of Charles L. Thompson be set aside , \mong Ihe chief allegallons are that the Douglas count ) trial judge had no jurisdiction on af- counl of Ihe plaintiff not being a bonaflde icsldcnt of Omaha , and that his petition did not contain facts KUlIlclent to constitute cause of action. Desertion was the allega tion upon which Thompbon secured sopara- llon Thompson represented to the court in the regular manner that he had lived In Doug las county the required length of time , but Mis. Thompson sets forth that he Is in reality a residenl of SI. Louis The Thomp- bone , were married in St. Glair count ) , Illi nois , April 8 , 1889. ColilNinltli llfirN 'Ml n ix Suit. Max Goldsmith and other heirs of Fannie Goldsmith , deceased , have brought suit in United States court lo iccovcr on a policy of Insurance for $2,500 Issued by the Covenant Mutual Life association The plaintiffs al lege thai the policy was issued long prior to the death of r.annie Goldsmith , which oc curred on June 26 , 1899 , and that the amount pledged has not been pa'd. ' Jui'irc MH 11 KIT IiookN I | i ln . Judge Munger spent the greater portion of ) esterda ) In looking up the law In the case against the Greater America Exposition , brought b ) the emploos , who seek to have an order In bankruptcy i = sued and which wab tried Wednesday and sub- j milled It Is Ilkel ) lhal the opinion will be lunded down Satuiday morning. GOVERNMENT WILL DEFEND IiitcrrNiM of Cornornl Pair mill I'rlMllr .loe-KfiiN Vrc In lit' I'rolerlc-il. Corpoial 1'alr and I'rivale Jocltcns , soldiers at Tort Ciook , are lo be ni rested In the pherlff of Saipy county this morning on an Infor.natlou charging them with the murder of Private Morgan , a soldier at the same post The two men will bo taken to I'apllllon , where they will bo arraigned be- foio Count ) Judge How aid They v\ll | plead not guilty and It is more than likely lhat Iho hearing will bo set for next Tues day morning At the arraignment nnd Iho hearing the defendants will be represented bj Uniled States Attorney Summers , who has been Instructed bj the authorities nt Washington to act In the premlsm It will bo remembered that some weeks ago Morgan dcsertesl from the post aid w.is pursued b > Fair and Jockeusi , who o.-eitook him In Iho vlclnltj of La I'latle , where , upon hl refusal lo halt when commanded , ho was shot and killed After the Hhooting the army officers look Iho mailer up and arrested Ihe h o men. The > were court-martl iled and upon being trle-d were acquitted , the contention being lhat the > were In pursuit of n deserter and that their acts were within the iicopo of their authorltj After the courmartial the Elate authorities commenced an Investi gation , with the result that It has been do- cldeil to arrest and prosecute under the laws of the stale What line of defense United Stales Altor- ne > Summer will adopt Is not * nown at this time , as ho refuses to dlsciifu Iho mai ler. However , iho Impression prevails lhat ho will raise Ihe point that the two men , have once been put In Jeopaidj , charged j v.ith the commission of the crime alleged , 1 and that there can be no further prosccu- I tlon , UUT OF THE MARKET NOW j I IIHIlIll rrilllNllllNMlNHlllMl KlIKIMltlOll MllllIMNl Sl'lll llm-K tO 1 WllNllllIKll , ! , , I _ i The pcstage stamps Issued b > the I'oEtofllce department to commemorate thp holding of i the Transmlss'sslppi ' and International i\- : position at Omaha during the sutnmei of JSJS laio off the market , the last of them , aggr2- { gating fcomelhlng like $29 000. having been ecni back lo Washington b > I'ofltmasttr Glow Tile-so stamps were of Ihe largo denominations - nominations , ntof ihem h ln5 ! under $1 , aml consequently were siuw sellers. The 1 ( and 2-cent stamps were complc'elj ' sold out months age In fact , thcj wcr dlsposod of Ions before the demand ctatcd Ml the newspaper und p-rlodu il stampi at the OnialM ollho have been < rrfereHl back 'o Washlnglon The > will he rni on Dee ember 31 Of thcbe btamps 1'jU cis tie bent hero | for fcalo and 100 acU hme Lccn dlsponed of. J There were twelve stamps ID each tet , rang- I ing from 1 cent up to $1 Thev sold for $ ' per sol These stamps became obsolete sev eral months ago. Prior to that time publishers - ers paid postage and the stamps representing the same were stuck upon a sheet at the postolllce , canceled nnd returned to the dc- parimenl. As n result none of the ntamps got Inlo general circulation nnd cinscqucntly were seen bv few people outside of Ihe peel- onices and Ihe newspaper and magiuire ofllces BRAZEN ATTEMPF AT BRIBERY stnrt of llovv nu Oinnliii ( llv ( Ullelnl 'llrnlitiMl 'rciiinliitlnii unit Hf- ce-lvcil 111 * Duo ItiMMinl. A good holiday story Is being told on a well known Inhabitant of the cltv hill A | few da > s before Chrlsltnas a wagon drove j | up to his nouse and deposited lu the. fionl hallwaj a pretty mahogany chair whose enl > Idcntlllcallon was contained In u ng In scribed with the name of the aforesaid city j ' olllclal , 1 Where could It come from' " asked his | wife when he returned to Ihe house. j ! 1 can't tell. Can't even Imagine who' I could have sent a present like that ' "Old any ono down nt the ofllcc sa > the > Intended to remember vou on Christmas' " "Not lhat I know of 1 can I Ihlnk of any one unless It Is some coiitraotoi who thii-ks he can curry favor In this way. It must have been a contractor , and that chair will have to go back. I don't care who It j Is. " ho added wllh indignant emphasis The wife cast longing glances at the chair , but Ihe cit ) official was obdurate No one maintaining official relations with him could place him under obligations through Ihe Christmas gift channel , no matter how well the tracks were covered up It went on this way until aflcr Christmas , with speculation rlfo ns to the donor of the gift rinallj It was decided lhat the of fender must ho ono of two men The olll clal put on .a determined face and decided to ask the first one of Ihem he met whether his suspicion was correct. In the Interval { ho wife had also been ex ercising her InqulsltlvencfB and finally dis covered that the furniture dealer had re ceived a caul of a near rclallon which wan lo have been sent along vvllh Ihe chair , but which In the hurr > of Ihe Christmas deliver er/ had been foi gotten She hastened to disclose her information "I found out who HUH the chair ' "You have1 * Well , 1 ha\e found out lhat the man v\o suspected did not send It , Ho B.ild he would like to have done so but ho dl.l not clare " Then came the explanation and , i laugh all around. RIFLES ADD NEW MEMBERS Thlrtj-I'lv c NnnicM Vildril to llolln uml I'roMiit'Ot of n t'liili House At a meeting of tkcThuihton Uillcs' boaid of Directors Wedncldav Ihe names of tlilrt- llv > > candidates wow approved and added to the membership rollb There are about an equal number of applicants who hive not as ) ct been passed upon The lota ! member ship of the society is now about 2'jO Tor several months aftc * theii return the ) oung mllll'amen lost inleyest In drill to a certain exteul. owing lo th'lr continued experience In the Philippines , lut Ihey arc now begln- nlig Iho study of tut tactics with fresh zest The drill team , which is supplied with three eeta of uniforms dress , fatigue dress and fa tigue has begun aciivo practice two evenIng - Ing * In the week and expecls soon to get into Its old-time form. A partial assurance has been received from Senator Thurston and Congressman Mercer tha > a supply of Kra-Jorg nsen rifles will bo secured from the government arsenal for this use of the compan ) . The project of a new club house is lapldly being developed and nn attractive plan of the proposed edifice now hangs on Ihe wall nt the armor ) The soclet ) does not wish to undertake any plan before it is a sured that ample refources are at hand to carry It out , but litlle doubt Is felt but what the building will be begun with the opening of spring. A building company Is ready lo begin opeiallons on the elruclure nt once whenever the soriet ) feels ready to give It assurance of permanency of oc cupancy HARDING MAKES STATEMENT Deiili'H that Stolen IlriiNN Soda Tiinl.N A\ ere Concealed on Illn I'reinlneN , L Harding , the junk dealer , complains that ho has not received fair treatment nt the hands of Iho police In regard lo hjs recent arrest on the charge of "receiving and concealing fctolen property " The ar rest came about through his having In his possc iilon some brass soda tanks htolen and fold to him by Albert McLnln. Mr Holding , through his son , makes this statement "The tanks were in no v a ) concealed The ordinance says that propcily bought b ) junk dealers shall not he dlspOEcel of within twcnt-four hours after being purchased These lanks , to- gelher with two otheis , which came from Keurno ) , had been In my possession for ovei six months When the olllcer came to my place ho wanted to take nil four lanks nnd 1 objected Some woids followed , and ho said ho would place mo under ancst I went to Ihe pollco stallon afterwards and found no complaint had been filed against me On Tuesday a complaint was filed nnd I gave bonds. That the stuff has been con cealed at any tlmo is not tru" " DEATH TAKES MATCH PEDDLER Oniiihii I'ooplr Will MlnM Hit' raiullliir Pilot' tif Oltl .liilm John Jai died at I 20 a m ycstcrda ) on a cot in cell No 1 nt the city Jail Ho was found very sick In a saloon nl Slxteenlh nnd Cass streets shortly after 'J o'clock Wednesday night by Olllcer flynn and taken to the police stallou by order of Di Halph The doctor fi.a.at once that the old man was suffering from his last Illness and moillclno was given lo cnso the i olu until ho died The remains were laken In charge by Coroner Swniihon John Jay was ono of Omaha's mosl fa miliar chniaclera Ho lad long gra ) whis kers and white hair He had lost his left arm In the civil war , and his bole occupa tion for twenty ) cnrs in the city has been the peddling of matches A pension from the government kept him nllvo and nup- plled him with enough drink to bring him lo Ihe pollco Btallon at leasl once a week Drunkcnncsb was the only otfe'nBo ever charged against the man He was honest and "harmless It IB not known that the old man had u filenJ In the world utmi : rimn FOR cnoup. TirrntI'Iv i' lenrh' CoiiNtiint line ) Without u r/illnrc , The flist indlcatlonfa of croup Is hoarseness - ness , and In a child subject to that disease It may bo taken as a euro sign of the ap- pioach of an atlack Tallowing tlil.s hoarse ness Is a pecullai rough cough. If Cham berlain's Cough Itemed ) is given ns soon at ! iho child becomes hoarse , or even aflcr Ihe crcup cough appears , II will prevent iho attack It is ubed In many thousands of homes In thlf. broad land and never dis appoints the anxious , mothers We have ) et to learn of u single Instance In ulilJi it has not piovcd cfleetual No other I preparation can show buch a rreord i twenty-live ycaru' countaut utc without a I failure. iNEEI ) FOR MORE BLUECOATS Chief Donaliuo Will Aak that Forty Men Bo Addid to Forca MAYOR MOORES APPROVES OF INCREASE iiinvTliiin ullh ( Hlirr ( MlIt- * ti ( Iniiilia I'nr In lluitr no HcuiuiN I'olloiI'rofri'lloii , Tliunuli tliu 1'circc Diieo ( iouil Soi v lei * . Chief of Police Donahue has recommended to Iho ma)01 that foity patrolmen bo added lo the police force for 1000 and the executive e\pressps himself In favor of the proposed . Increase In his recommendation to the rcuncll telatlvo to the now lev ) the maor will undoubtcdl ) urge that moro funds beset set nsldo for the safekeeping of the city. Police Commissioner Collins said ) pscr- ! da ) that the board had m-uranco thai Iho police levy would this ) ear bo Increased to the constliullonal limit $115,000 Owing to the Insufficient general lev ) of 25 mills this ) ear only 2'i mills , or $75r41 6" , was available for Iho pollco department. Owing to rigid ccdnom ) practiced b ) Chief White and his successor , Chief Donahue , there will bo no overdraft In this department as In the case of several others In the city govern men t To make ends moot , however , It has been necessary to curtail the force to a point which makes It absolutely 1m- uosslble lo properly paliol ; iho cllj. narly In thp ) car , when It was apparent that the funds would not hold out , twenty-six men weie discharged outright and the rcmalndei were subjected lo an enforced vacation with out pay i\ciy thirty das sl\ patrolmen hr.vo been laid off for Iho ensuing month , which virtually decreased the force perma nently by that number. Purer IH Iiuiilriinulc. \s the result of this economy only bo\ent-one men WCIP left on the force , In cluding matrons , hostlers , jailors , palrol drivers and conductors , captains , sergeants , patrolmen , clerks and the chief himself When Ihoso who do not walk beats are sub tracted and Iho remaining force Is divided Inlo da > and iright shifts so scant n show ing Is made lhat the pollco olllclala nro not willing thai Ihe facts should bo publ'shed lest criminals might be altrictcd In Ihls direction When It Is considered that the ! elly llmlls Include twenly-flv square miles and exlcnd from Soulh Omaha to Kbrcnrp and from Iho river to Klftj-fourth strert Chief Donahue considers that the force Is to bo congratulated on the infrequenc ) of crime The exposlllon crowds have been handled successfully , ns evidenced by a lel- ter fiom Superintendent r. A Tucker of Ihe Omaha Slreet Hallway compan ) In Iho hands of Ihe chief , expressing thanks foi the protection nffcrded to the patrons of | the company during the joar. The holiday crowds have also come and gone with vei > I fpw reporls of shoplifting or pockctplcklng having been made. " t'ttlNflcH f i oni O hrr riilrs. As a basis for his request for n larger appiopriatlon Chief Donahue has corre sponded wiltarioius cllks of a sUe ap proximate to Omaha and llnds lhat in every ca o they are much more amplj provided with men and mono for police protection than Omaha A portion of Hie letter from Minneapolis reads a follows 1 MINNEAPOLIS , Jllnn Chief of Pollc" Donahue , Deal Sli The entile pollco force of this city consists of 208 men , including 13J patrolmen , fourteen mounted patrol men , four captains , throe lieutenants and fifteen sergeants 1 might add tint I con I sider the present force entirely inadequate and we need at least seventy-five more patrolmen. JAMES G. DOYLK. "Superintendent of Police " An extract from the letter of John Hayes , chief cf police of Kansas Clt ) , Is ns follows ! ' "Wo have 20G palrolmen en the force at a I salar ) of $840 a ) ear. On April 17 , 1000 , the j ] I new law governing the police department will go Inlo effect Increasing the pay of evciy member of the department except niself and mv clerK " J 1" Tarle ) , chief of police of Denver , wiltes tint ho has charge of 110 patrolmen , j Among the atlacl'es of the department U a gmnaplum Instructor. Chief Parley adds that he will ask. and he expects , to reecho a largci appropriation for the coming ) ear , which will enable him to lucieasc the force to about ISO In St Paul Chief Goss states that there are 183 patrolmen , each receiving $840 per year A comparatlv o table of the size of the police force in other cities Is given below It will be noted thai whllo Iho populallon Is larger , the area to be patrolled Is In no case us great as in Omaha. Papula- Total Cltv Area lion force Indlaiuipolls 28 200000 170 ' Jersey city 14 210,000 3 2 Louisville 20 2i'i 000jsT New Hi k . , . . 20 250000 3'ii Milwaukee 2) ) J70000 110 LECTURES BEFORE WOMEN Prof , ll.nlici of ( lie * Nchi iiNKn stair llllVI'INlf DlNUIlMNON Kllllj Itoiiinnrrlillccliirr. . I'rof Giove E Berber , head of the Litln department nt the Stale university at Lin coln , lectured before Ihe English literature department of the Woman's club j ester- da ) . His subject vjas "The Architecture and Interloi Decoration of Pompeilan and Homan Houses " This subject was chosen BO that the bettings In the play of Julius Caesar , which the department is preparing to take up , might be moro familiar to the member1 The lecluro was finely Illustrated by pictures In ought from Home by Prof Dai- ber , which have Blnco become the propoity of the State unlvurslt ) The lecture com prised thu hlslor ) and Ihe stages thiough which Ihe archllecturo of lhal time passnd. The details in the grow th of interior decora- lion was Interestingly described. A laige audience was present and tlio cfforto rf Mia r II Cole , the leadei of the department , l.i seeming Pi of Barber's hei vires wcro greatly appreciated NEW CINDERS ON BOULEVARD I'niU linn nl I'ifMlilt'K NIM > Snrfiiri' for tliL TlMiroiiirlilnreorlli lit Vlllli-r I'll r I. . A dclegatlgn from the North Side Im provement club appealed before the Boarl of Park Commissioners Thurwday aftcrncon to plead for a now surface of guv el or cln ders on the north boulevard 'rom the ex poslllrn giounds to Miller park II was pointed oul lhat cinders c-uld Lo c/btalnol al this spflHon at a reasonable cost , and lhal thn whole lask could be completed at an outlay of not jnore than $500 On motion of Conunlraloncr Cornish that amount win approprlaicil for Hie purpose , nnd Ihe su perintendent was dire U < l to carrj oul the woiK The Eamo delegation asked that the bluff tract be suitably Improved , pravldlng u lease should bo secured by proper ! ) OAII- erj In Iho neighborhood , for park purposes The board consldcied however that It for Infanta and Children , lne Kind You Have Always Bought Ivory Soap costs a little more , but it takes less to do the work , and how much whiter the clothes are when they have been washed with it. A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps , each rep resented to be "just as coed as the Mvorv'j" they ARE NOT , but liUe all counterfeits , hck the pecull ir and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it. . oprmOHt IBBH By THI pRoeun t o Mni.t CO CINCINNATI could not Icgalh Improve giound net owned i or controlled by the city ' The monthl ) bills were audited and ap proved The pa ) roll and bllln pajnb'o ' from the road fund amounted to $ S'17 15 and from the park fund $1r.O 27 a total of $1,817.42 AMERICANIZING THE CANAL I'niiiiiiui < < > iiiiii > IiKMiriioruli-s in ( lie United States llnfUoet l > > HlK HOIINOH , NEW YOHK , Dec 2S The Incoiporatlon of the Panama. Canal compan ) of America Is fcald to bo the flrst move In n plan to trans fer the Panama canal to Aineileans , In order thai It mnv have a boiler chance lo slrugglo with the Xlcaiaguan concessionaires. The banking houses nnd Individuals who are un derstood to be interested are August Hcl- mont & Co , Kuhn , Loeb & . Co , Levl P. Merion ion , Charles U Hint J Edward Simmons , president of Ihe Vourlh N'nllonal bank ; Ed ward Sweet & . Co , Geoige Sheldon < . Co , Harlng , Mogoun S. Co and George W Young , president of the ? United StntcH Mortgage and Trust company. In addition lo theie several banking houtos In San Francisco and In cities in the south and west are Interested In the company. The Herald ens this incorporallon of an Amciican compiny lb the result of negotia tions between leprescutatlveu of the Trench compan ) . Including Baron Oppenhelm , who came to this cit ) from Paris several months ago , and leading financiers of America. The representative of the Trench company came lo Ihls country empowoied to transfer the rights of the compan ) to un American com pany , and , this compan ) having now been' incorporated , the transfer will bo shortly offecled , the transfer to be given formal approval - proval by the shareholders In Trance. These shareholder will receive shares In Ihe new American compan ) In proporllon to Ihelr holdings In Ihe old. This "Americanizing" of the Panama canal , a ? one of the gentle men interested in the new . -ompaii ) styled It ) esterday , has been brought about in order to place the Panama canal on a footing in America moro pallsfaclory lo the Trench company and to place It on the same harts as the N'lcaraguan canal before the United States government. BALTIMORE TO PAY ITS DEBTS Major DeiileN the Storj that Ct ! > \\lll Default on riijnieut of Intercut. DALTIMOni : , Dec 28 Mayor Il.ayet and the financial ofllclals of this cit ) were great 1 } anne ) eel this moinlug by the publication In a New York financial newspaper of the report - port that Hnltlmoro clly would probablj default upon the Interest cf some of Its bonds , on January 1 The mayor , ns soon as his attention was called to the report , sent a note to Ihe Asscclalcd Pichs as follows "Tho ell ) of Baltimore will not default or fall to meet all Its obligations on Jnnuar ) 1 , 1100 The finance commissioners have adoplcd n resolullcu agreeing to pay In full Ihe $875,000 Western Maryland railway bonds , guaranlced by the city and falling duo on that day "THOMAS G HAYES , Mayor " Colonel Trank J. Suppleo , the city register , tupplcmented this statonont by pnlng lhal hedeein.l the report In question , as well as others of n similar nature affecting the credit of the city of Baltimore , wholly false and unjustifiable , as there Is not the slight est present posslbtllt ) that Haltlmoio will fall to meet all her obligations wheucvci thev fall due. HOLDUPS MAKE A GOOD HAUL KIS.OOO from 11 Colorado Tnt- tloninn nt tlio Door of 11 Hotel. WALSENIIUIIG , Colo. , Dec. 28. W. J Mllsap a prominent stockman , was seized by two men when about to enter the Klein hotel and was lobbed of $12,000 The money was mostly In his coat and vest pockets nnd these garments were torn from him No trace of the criminals has been found. Ml Mllsap was on his way to Mexico to buy cattle. c ni rtimi foi : TI The Associated Chailtloh appeal lo our benevolent citizens for funds to puichnoe coal for ellstribulUm among Iho aged and nick poor , deserving widows null deserted wives vvllh famillce , The calls are nu merous and require Immediate fttlenllon. Checks pa ) able lo Ihe Associated Charities will bo thankfully received at 1S10 St Mary's avenue. JOHN LAUGHLAND , Secretary. Tonic to \ tteiidVcilillnn. . In a special car over Milwaukee road from C'lloago n part ) of Chicago and Mil vviuiKei- people arrived In Omnlia ) Cile > rrtay to altenil the Ciidah"owln nuptials 'The ' part ) conulstwl of Ml nnd Mr Pat- liclc Cudiih ) and daughter , Miss Kutherlne , of Milwaukee , Mr and Mrs Jc-iemlih Sulll- Ivan nnd ( laughter , Mlso Mnr ) Sullivan , of 'fhlcago ' ; Mrn William Cuda.li ) of Mllwau- , kee , Mr and Mrs John C Cuduhv ami son , John , of Chicago , Mr iinrt Mi Mich ael CiiJ-ihv of Chicago , and Mr tncl Mrs W. 1' . Nelson of Chicago The p irty returned - turned lo the east last evening Sni > PriiiK'lNco sliorl of Coal. SAN rilANl'ISCO , DfC 28 The Cxum- inei savn ' 1 liore me over sl\tv vessels , each ( arrliif ? Irom n few bundled In nvei 2 000 tons of conl bound fiom NowmstlP Australl i , lo the Hawaiian Islands From Ihe snmo Austinllun port to Sen Trnnclf > cei them are but tvvi'ntvrsm > ls bound with similar -wnoe'd The coal destined for II.i wall IH rhlnfly fur Ihe use nf the HUgnr plantatloiiH , but the- diversion ul Iho mipplv from thlH port has caused u xrarcllv of fuel and 11 con'eeiuenl Inc reiihe In prle-r Supplies All of the pop ular nnd do * pundublo kind. Eastman Kodaks Promo Poco Adlake Vive Diamond Cyclone and Now Karona Cameras glass plntos , filint ) . uhcMiiicnltt , mounts , otc.- developing und pi intlnjr prices i iglit , THE ALOE & PENPOLD C0. % .liimfeiir 1'hotogi aphle .SiippKr * 1403 Farnnm. OMAHA OPF0.1T TE PAXTON IJOT15I , . Every boy Wants Waders Of com no our one > lllt.v IIOJH bhocs nro not vvadcis but they conic us near MH n leather Mioo can Tlioy'ie made of plump leather with Rood holld Holes- Most paientb know l > y this time that they me Ilio lie-Ht SI , .10 slioo sold any- wiioio Wo know they HH' gemiliio call- hkln or we wouldn't claim tlioy wcio and wo know and yon will know vvlien jon heo them , that they me woitn much inoie than we ask for thorn We do buhl- ness tli.it way a higher values than oni pik-e We mean yon pay moie cl'-mvlioio for the same shoe , Drexel Shoe Co. , Ommhm.'t Op-to-Unto SUe I IA1U FA UN AM STKIiKf , At the Y , M , C , A- and inima : Nevada coin cits yesterday the liifompaialilii Knalio piano was iihcil thi ) peat diva hcleclud U lot Its lie.in- lllul mellovv < | iiiilty | ol tone a lone hi > es'-ontlal foi ai ) WjwnlmpnU Mr. rjliui- M'-oil , tlie Kic.itcht Amuijiiin pl.inlHt. tor UK volume ol t in1 and nady icHp-mso to tlie toiieh We have on inhibition In our Audltoilum a Kniilnlonnit upil lit , K.ihl by thu tiade lo lie ihu tliu'Kt Uini ht piano c'\ci manutiu tun dbut 'tlirrn ale otlieir. " 1 the .v.uni' icllahle make , lint In all the dlllcient si/en limn the smallest upilcht to the IIIIKO conceit j'iand-We he-11 them on casj III\UJI'IIH. A. HOSPE , Music and Art , 1513 Douglas ,