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 ,
