Till ; } OMAHA DAILY BEE : VKIPAY , TA'XI'ATir in , 1000.
FIND HARD NUT TO CBACR
Opinions Widely Divergent as to What
Depot Illinois Central May UEO ,
BURLINGTON STATION M\Y BE SELECTED
llcllof lnU Thli Will Hi- HIP
Outcome WllnriNi-d li > Iniiiiuiirii-
( lon of Illinois On trill' *
1'njisiMiner Srrt li'i- .
Thcro Is a growing belltf that the Illinois
Central Intends to use the Burlington depot
for Its passenger trains Its determination
to transport Its passenger trains across the
Missouri rhcr on the bridge of the Omaha
Drldgo and Terminal company was a great
surprise to Omaha railroad men.
When the Illinois Central announced Its
Intention of building Into Omaha It was
the general Impression that the relations
existing between the t'nlon Pacific and that
load , and thu prominent connection In both
of U. 11. Harrlman , were so close that the
Union Pacific would furnish lhu new line
with both bridge and depot facilities In
Omaha. 1'lrat tame the bitch over terms
for the use ot the bridge , and since the
Terminal company offered UH bridge free
for passenger trains , picsuraably in order
lo make more secure a contract for the
iiso of Its bridge for freight trains and Its
freight depots in Omaha and Council Bluffs ,
I ho Idea of using the Union 1'aclllc bridge
nt a , considerable cxpento was abandoned.
The same element has figured In the matter
oF a passenger depot. It IR broadly hinted
that President Hurt ot the Union Pacific
} ias been obdurate In the exaction of terms
io- the new union xlatlon , and that the
lliirllngton has offered thu Illinois Central
terms decidedly lower.
At Union Pacific headquarters the opinion
Is held that thu new road will use the union
i.tatlon. At Burlington headquarters the
Statement Is made that no contract has been
entered Into with tbo Illinois Central A
well Informed man connected with the Bur
lington laid a wager this morning , offcrlnp
odds of 4 to 1 , that the Illinois Central would
use the Burlington depot. The money was
quickly covered
J. F. Merry of Dubuque , assistant general
passenger agent ot the Illinois Central
stated while In the city Wednesday that th (
through Omaha-Chicago service would nol
bo Inaugurated until January 28 , so thai
there are still several dajs before a de
cision as to depot quarters must be made.
TWO ROADS ARE ENJOINED
riolllli Ilnkotii Wlioli'Niili * House-
Charcc DlNi'rlniliiiilloii In Trull
from ( . 'oiiNt.
SIOUX KALLS , S. D , Jan IS ( Special
Telegram , ) An application was filed In the
nlted States court here today by UK
Aberdeen branch of Jewctt Brothers & Jew-
ett , asking Judge Garland to Issue an In
junction restraining the Northwestern am
Milwaukee railroad companlcw from allegei
llscrlmlnatlon against South Dakota v , hole-
Bale bouses In favor of those of Chicago
Bt. Paul and Sioux City In canned fiull
BhlpmcntH from the Pacific coast.
It Is charged In the application that tin
( wholesale bouses In the cities named last
August Induced tbo Northwestern rallroai
company to Increase Its rates on cannei
fruit to South Dakota , and thct because o
the threats made by the wholesale house :
bat they would boycott the Milwaukee roai
that company has now given notice tha
on January 23 first rates on this class o
freight will bo Increased to correspond wltl
the Northwestern rate.
A temporary injunction was gi anted , returnable >
turnablo January 29.
iicinii : uro.v OM : .utmrn VTOII
Ucortrc Oldn Will Si'llliQmNlloii < > l
OiiiiiJiu-ICaiiMiiH Cltj DlfTereiiHill.
At the meeting of the Western Trunk lint
committee In Chicago Wednesday represent
atives of the freight departments of the
lines belonging to the committee appointed
MI arbitrator to determine the merits of the
controversy raised by the Burlington road
relative to the reduction of the Omaha-Kau
nas City differential on packing-house
products to the southeast. Oeorgo Olds
formerly general trafilc manager of the
Canadian Pacific at Montreal , wa.s chosen.
Ills selection came about as the result ol
the report submitted by the subcommittee
composed of freight representatives ot the
Burlington , Memphis , Gulf and Missouri Pa
cific lines. They recommended that but one
arbitrator bo chosen , and after mature de
liberation the committee decided upon Mr
Olds.
Olds.Mr.
Mr. Olds has had wide experience Ir
freight affairs and IK familiar with condl
tions In the west. Ho was formerly con
nected with the Missouri Pacific and aboui
twenty years ago was general tratlli
manager of the Kansas City , St. Joseph &
Council Bluffs road.
AVI 11 Protect Shippers.
Commercial Agent Perkins of the Hod
Island haa given notice that his road In
teiulH to protect through rates on all bust
ness from Central rrelght association terrl
tory to transralsBlsBlppI points. The actloi
taken by the eaHtcru lines canrelllng pro
rating arrangements will not effect througl
rates to Omuha nt present , pending a set
tlument of the question at a meeting to b <
held soon between representatives of th >
eastern and western HIICH 1ho attempt o
the eastern lines to cancel prorating tariffs
which plan was later abandoned , Is th' '
reason for this action on the part of th' '
Rock Island. It seems that srne easteri
ngents have not been advised of th aban
donment of the plan nnd have routed ship
nients , disregarding the prorating arrange
inentH. The Hock Island will protect It
hlppera , giving them the advantage of th
former tariffs , and settle with Its cornice
tlons later
( iiiti'Nn - In Oit > rnlon.
The now gate sjstem at the union static
V.QH put Into operation today for the fir :
tlms. Hereafter no one will bo pormlttc
to pass through the gates leading from til
elation platform to tbo train tracks cxcei
tbo p presenting tickets to tbo gatc-tendci
entitling them to pasaago upon tbo train
It U the first tlmo that the 8)stem br
f\cr been operated In Omaha , but Unlci
I'aclfli : officials bcllcvo that It IF a wise an
tlmel > move. The gates during the da
will bo In charge ot J. D. McBilde and D.I
6weeny , whllo J. Pearl Coon will lu\
cbargo at nleht.
Short Mm * KitfiiNloii Onciifil ,
Official notice baa been iccolved at Unle
Pacific headquarters of the oreiiiug of tl
St. Anthony branch of the Oiecon She
Line. This extension la thirty-eight mil
In length and luns from Idaho Kails , on tl
n'liln line ot the Short Mm * , northeast
Bt. Anthony , Idaho. The new line opo :
up several now towns and traverses a rlc
Irrigated agricultural and llvo clock te
rltory. It ahso approaches t > o close to t
Yellowstone National park that It Is e
peeled much business for the park will
routed via St. Anthony.
Onillliil A M. I.iilllH M ml ill- ,
NEW YOKK , Jan IS Local bondholde
of the Omuha & St I.oulH railroad , o\
which road cx-Vlco President Chappollo
the Alton became recei er nn January 1
thla year , are engaged In a dispute will
may bo taken Into the courts , with the Ha
rlman syndicate now controlling thiou
llcjcclvcr Chappelle , and In behalf of the i
orsanlted Plttsburg & Oulf. the Omaha
St I/ouls property The bondholders ! ha
a first mortgage lien on the property , wh
I
ill" Harrlman M > ndlcate obtained the proa
pnt receivership en the ground of n secom
mortgage lion which they claimed hat ! beci
unpaid It wan Mated today by a reprc
Rentfttlvp of thf bondholders that throiiRl
the deposit of $2 BiJ.OfiO ste-V of the Omah !
& St Louis by thn Harrlmnn syndicate , li
tiu t for the prrjcut bondholders nftor tin
reorganization following the foreclosure pro
cocdlngs of 1S&C , the boldholders will ba\i
tlif legal means of enforcing their claim
If necessary.
Not ICtiiiuii III KIIIINIIM CII ) .
K VNSAS riTV. Mo , Jnn IS Nothing li
l.novvn In Knnsns Oily cf the plan of tin
new owners of the Kansas Pity , 1'ltlsbiiri
& Oulf railway to move the general olllce :
to Chicago An olllclnl of the reid , who salt
ho could speak for the receivers , said toila :
that ruch a move would appear to bo out o
Uio question. It may be , this official said
that the new president may ha\o a Chleap
ofllce , but the general offices naturally beloni
In Kanpns City and hero they will un
doubtcdly remain.
r.itHlU SIIPCIMMM L'linrlton.
CHICAGO. Jan. 18. I1. S. Hustls , genera
putHcngrr agent of the Chicago , Hurllngtot
ft Qulncy , today was elected chairman o :
the csocuiKo commlltco of the , Wcstcrr
I'attetiger association In place of James
Obnillon , who has resigned on account o
liming sove'cd Ills connection with th (
Cblcaco & Alton.
ItllllttIM NlllCH Illlll IVrNOlllllH.
Ooneral 1'nsepiiRer Agent Pranci" ot tht
Uurllnglon bus gomto Denver.
General Freight Tramc Manager Munroe
of thu t'nlon I'ncllle Is home from ar
pastern b\iBliu M trip
II S Cottiirdln of St Louis , westcri
paBSPiigi'i agent of the Xaibv UP , Ch.Utiv
nooga A : SI Louis lo.ul. Is a visitor 111 the
city
President Hurt of the Union 1'acllle ba ?
ruturneil fiom New York where be has
been for several dn > s In consultation will
the directors
Assistant Oimernl Freight Agent J. O ,
Phllllppl of the .Missouri P.iclllc has re >
turned from Kansas City , where bo wan Ir
attendance upon the annual meeting of Inv
plenum de.ilew of Kansa .ind Missouri
Hd Honrb , who has been connected will-
tbo baggage department of the Union l'iv
tlllc for thu nast twelve years , has re
signed hln position as night luggagemai
at the union station. Ills successor I'
Louis KornbccK
The first republican rally of ( he proaen
jear will bo belli at Modern Woodmai
hail. In the new city hall , tonight , Thli
ircctlug will bo under the nusplcco of tin
Young Men's Republican club , which rj
ccntly organl/cd for the coming campaigns
James II. VanUusen will bo the speaker o
the e\enlng. President Tagg nm
J. A , Heck of tbo club will als <
make short talks on the work li
hand and tbo piospccts of the club. Mctii'
bcrs and olllcers of tbo club are worklnj
hard to Increase the InteicsL In republlcai
affairs hero as well as to add to tha clul
membcreblp.
With a view of reaching every republlcai
In tbo city a committee of tha club hai
caused to be sent to every republican vote
In the city a letter , of which the followIni
Is u coji ) :
"The Imperative need of a local organiza
tlor. of the people believing in the prlnci
pies of tha great republican party has heel
apparent for some time. The mismanage
meiit ot munUlpal affairs has resulted It
greit damage to the reputation of our olty
diecouragmg immigration and so Incrcas
ing taxation that a clearance is absolute ! ;
necessary for the welfare of this growlni
community. \ strong organization of th' '
republicans of ? outh Omaha will wrest th
reins from these who have so grossly nils
managed affairs and put then
Into the bands of good , cleai
and competent men. The ob
ject of this club Is not for the benefit o
1111 } candidate , but for the good of th
whole party. For the purpose of unitlni
every republican in South Omaha undc
one grand organization a meeting Is calle
for 8 o'clock Friday night , at Moden
Woodman ball , which jou are Invited t
attend. "
Enclosed with tha letter Is a form o
application for membership , with the re
quest that these who dcslro to join fill on
the blanks and hand the paper to E. J ]
Matthews , the secietary of the club.
\ series of meetings , to bo held at som
hall yet to bo designated , are being planned
tl-c datca to be announced lated. Well
Known speakers are to bo present at ever
nupting , in order to keep up the. intcres
and assist In Increasing the membershl
of tbo club.
Castof himillpov IliMXirti'il.
A well-defined case of smallpox was dls
co\ercd jostcrday by Dr. C. M. Schlndel , a
the rculdunce of Mrs. Bricks , Twcnty-nlnt
and Madison streets , Albright. The pa
tirnt Is Joseph Aubrecht , a brother of Mr ;
Hilck's. Anbroeht's homo is at Spokant
\Vaeh. , and he arrived hero Tuesday evenIng
Ing cnrouto to Chicago He was not feel
Ing particularly well when ho arrhed an
stopped over to see hls < slstar and take
few dnjs' rest before proceeding on hi
journey. Yesterday his ailment reached sue
a stogo that Dr. Schlndel was called an
at once pronounced the case smallpox. Ii
Tow no of Omaha was sent for and , In com
pjn > with Or. Schlndel , visited Aubrcch
Immediately after the examination made b
Dr. Tow no the local authorities were uotl
fled and Police Officer LaDuko was sei
to the Hrlcks residence to maintain a quai
antlne.
All of the Inmatra of the house were \ac
rlnated and It Is the Intention of tbo bcalt
department to Bee that no one leaves c
\lflts tla > house. Sanitary Inspector Mor
taguo la looking after the matter and 1 :
stated last e\nnlng that all precautions I
prevent thu flpre.nl of the disease had bee
taken and tbat a llgld quarantlno will 1
maintained.
Ncnr Completion of School Iliiililliu
T-o no.v public school building at Twci
tlcth and 0 sire-eta will bo completed abet
Maieh 1. This .school will draw pupils fro :
the Iliown Park and Central tchools an
will assist greatly In rollo\lng the ovei
cicwdcd condition of thcso buildings. Thei
la SQUID difference of opinion between tl
architect and tbo contractors concerning tl
manner In which the loot shall bo cot
atructcil Tl'o architect wants the roi
built according to Hpprltlcatlons , while tl
ronti actors desire that some changes In tl
material specified bo made. AH the bon
has declined to take cognizance of the dl
flculty the work will doubtless proceed t
originally ordered.
Inloi ) stri'ot I'm Inv.
t men ! n particular and rrsldoni
ginerally are heartily In accord with tl
efforla of the South Omaha Commurcl.il elu
row being made In connection with the re
paving of VI iton street from Twentloth I
Twrntj.fourth. A committee of tbo club
working In conjunction with similar con :
'iilttees in Omaha and It Is hoped tbat n
suits will anon bo attained On aecoui
o' tin' miserable erudition Of the street de
lavj to motor trains are frequent. Yosterda
a wngon was wrecked in siph a manner f
to slop the running of trains for eomo tin
ami no llttlo Incoiuenlcntp was caused t
thu passengers I \ the deln\
itllllmilll \ ( . | . | , | | ( .
A representative of an Omaha firm of ai
torneya was In tha cltv usterday lookin
up vvllnosHpg In the rp , , f nmll Stllle
who was killed in , i llloil j.acflc | 3wtc |
engine on the nighi 0 | N iembcr 10 189
The coroners Jun
returned a verdict cei
le surliifi the rallnaJ , jmpany for carelej
| handling of trains In the jards and alfo for
, not maintaining fuflloient llshtF The ac
cident occurred near the puzzle switch at
i the foot of N street Stiller was Intoxicated
at thp tlmo and fltber lay down on the
I Hark or was knocked down as he was trjlng
| to navigate acres * thp tangle of switches
i Stiller left a life Insurance policy for St.OflC
to a daughter who lives In Germany , and
the Herman consul In Chicago has taken
the matter up nnd proposes not onlj to se
cure the Insurance but also to sue the rail
road companv for damages. The verdict o (
tbo coroner's jury Is supposed to contain
grounds for thp commencement of a , damage
suit Members of the jury and three who
testified before the Jury are to bo sum
moned ur witnesses when the case comes to
trial.
Itrurc unit Trottliiii toitiu ( | | > ltili < il.
O. K llruco Is again janitor of the post-
office building and John Troutnn expects
soon to be attending io tbo duties of flro-
, man nnd watchman. These two well-known
men were appointed to positions at the
building when the office was opened to thp
public last summer , but through an error
of the Civil Service commission wcro re-
mcneil.
Mll-ilo CIO CIoftNlp.
All of tbo pmeil streets are In need of n
thorough cleaning.
Mr nnd Mifrits' Saiulwnll , 72rt North
Eighteenth street , report the birth of it
( l.iuchlcr
Local Ice' dealers mo predlctliiK Hint very
little If nnv Ice will be vut In this vicinity
this winter.
Hrlginllor General Toft of the Salvation
Army will ttpenk In South Omaha next Mon-
dav ev Piling
On the evening of Jonuiuy SO the retail
clerks will give n dance and social at Odd
Follows" hall
Harry Christie Is being mentioned as n
possible candidate for city treasurer on the
democratic ticket.
The funeral of Frank Crawford , which
As held from St Agnes' church yesterday ,
was laigely attended
V' annual meeting of the J-K Street
Sewer club will be held at the home of O.
L Tnlbot on January 21
Mr untl Mrs 11. A. Carpenter returned
\csterday from Iowa , where thev spent n
few days visiting friends nnd relatives.
He-ports from all over the langes are to
the effect that cattle are going thiouifh the
winter nicely and rapidly taking on fat
The Kailles' Aid society of thp Albright
Methodist Hplscopal church gave a "pov
erty ' noclal lit the church last evening.
Dr C M. Schlndel has returned from
Cumberland , In , where ho went to attend
the funeral of William Waddell , his father-
in-law-
Two Council Hluffs olllcers were in the
city vosterduy looking for S J James the
alleged "divine healer" Jutnos has em
ployed atlornevs to look nfter his luteicsts ,
lint nt the lame time he Is not making him
self conspicuous on the streets
J W Slpe , the South Omaha reul estntP
dealer who Is badly wanted by the district
court , Is still missing nnd It Is understood
Ihat he Is rusticating on the shores of Lake
Michigan No one here seems to know just
where ho Is In hiding and very few expect
to PC him return to his old haunts for
pome time to eoine.
aii
Mathews and Bulger , who have during
the last few years made quite an enviable
reputation as clever Interpreters of farce
comedy roles , presented for the second time
In this city , the piece which made fame
for them In New York City last winter.
Omaha theatergoers had the opportunity of
laughing at "Uy the Sad Sea Waves" some
tlmo before their eastern brethren enjoyed
a llko privilege , as It wan ono of the flist
of last season's attractions at the Uovd.
IIoHover , these who attended the play last
night , and the theater was crowded almost
to Us utmost capacity , saw a performance
much Inferior to that of the previous
season , given by a company that was
mediocre to say the least. Of course
Mathews and Uulger are the same funny
comedians as ever and there have been but
few changes made in the piece , which , however -
over , lacks many of the really meritorious
specialties which characterized the original
production. Noticeably absent from the cast
are Rose Melville and Josie DeWltt. MRS !
Melville's "Sis Hopkins" specialty was one
of the features of last year's performance ,
as was Miss DeWltt's clever violin play
ing. Befsio Challenger attempts an imi
tation of Miss Melville's specialty , but II
can hardly bo classed with that offered
by the latter. The Malhews and Bulger
engagement was for one night only. To
night and Saturday the theater will bt
dark , opening Sunday afternoon again wltli
Tim Murphy In "The Carpet Bagger. "
BOYS SPIT UPON HIS WIFE
Complaint ( lint IPI'.IH | Id ( herrexi
of loillliflil Orc-iiDUiilN of thu
Or nil cum ( inllt'ry.
"Bojs sitting in the gallery seem to have
a mania for spitting over the railing upot :
thu people below , " testified Henry Kopald
an Orpheura. usher , In police court Thurs'
day. "Why , It got so bad there ono spell
that persons sitting In the drcvss circle
e'liectly under tbo rain belt , used to raise
their umbreJlnw and others , when ordering
scats , would ask whether they should wcaj
their mackintoshes or not. Wo thought o :
putting cavestroughs around "
"Did you Fete this defendant spitting ? '
Inteirupted Attorney Miller , Indicating ;
lad named Ed Smith.
"Yos , sir. I wnn sent up to the gallery te
see who It was and I saw that boy In the
act. "
Kd Smith and Arthur Thomas , the lattci
colored , had been arrested for this offense
on the evening of December 17. Both ba <
boon under bond to secure their attendance
In court. A third boy , nonirnl Frank Cab
lahan , forfeited bis bond by falling to ap
pear for trial and a caplau was issued fo
his aricst.
A policeman , who took the stand In behal
of the prosecution , testified that ho hai
been In tbo box office of the Otnhuum 01
the night of December 17 and had beau
n man complain twice to the managemen
tbat boyH sitting- overhead were bplttliij
upon his wife
Since the case against Smith and Thomai
was comparatively weak and most of tin
testimony was against Callahan , the ab
sci'teo , the former were dlsmlBscd. Calla <
ban will probably be tried as soon as , found
I're par ! UK < > HiTflvc llnilli-H.
SAN rilANCISCO , Jan. 18 The loca
at my and health officials are prepirlng ti
receive 300 bodies of decoascd soldiers ft on
" i Manila , due to arrive hero within the ncx
° three or four weeks The army officials havi
brrii notified that Bovonty-fho blck soldier
" 'nnd ' 135 jultonws will also arrive hen
' j al'oi tly.
! liiiiiloiiiriil lle-aliTN Dlfi-l ( llllrci'H.
, KANSAS flTY. Jan l - TheVe > Me > n
' ' Implement Dealers' iiKhnrlntlon lecteil tin
. i following nlllccrp today fur the rnimilm
" I vpiir 1" K Allen , Craig. Mo , pietlddit
3 I I W 1'aiiUn. I'reMonln. Kan. vleo punt
J Hodi--p Abilene Kan , t-ccrc
I ilf-nt , H -
i I inrv.tfpiHiiror JMwnnl Hoenev. SPVCI <
I Inee Kan . and J N C'unnlimlmm. Nor. .
borne. Mo , wore le-elpptpd to the board ol
' 1 rectors nnd ArehieHood. . Columbus
Hiicccpded J W Pniih'n IIH dlreetor
| Kani , ,
' CHICAOO. Jin IS JHHIPH Francis. -
' fcTimiiiVeeper was arrested today .m tin
of bavins lobbpd a pi > 3tofllcp ni
i Pharce '
i i itpiilm'S I ) , In 1W3 Postolllco Innpprloi
3 i ( ' T Sullivan of St Paul i lalmw thai
'IvruicH 1" Identical with Jumps rjurkp
IndlctPil for the- robber ) e.f . tin
whov K
\v
imuinn'PP and brokp loll at Sioux KallH. H
IT t IIP rtuv before IIH ! trial was to begin
Francis .Ifiili's thP e-hareo
A , , , an-- ITI.-o of Cru.lr Oil.
umi Indiana * ! 20
3 L ma
COMMITTEE'S PACE CHECKED
School Eoud Irqniry Hilts Until Facts Oat
Be Secured ,
STOCK OF SENSATIONS IS RUNNING LOV
-tri'dic foi-iiM Is r.itKilUfit I" Pi'tir
Inu tlilfMii < p.\&nl sl Minor Tunis.
The Investigating lonimlttco of the Bonn
of causation is halting Tor something t <
turn up. i\ery : morning for three dayi <
ciowd line assembled nt the board rooms amen
on each occasion lias been dispel soil by tin
announcement of the chairman that tin
committee stood adjourned until the nex
f day. Yesterday lie cMoiido.l the reccti
I until Monday at 10 n m. The committee' ;
Mlcnwber-llkp attitude la explained by tin
fact tint It hna exhausted Its evidence am
U waiting for Its detective corps to bring li
another oupplj.
Ono ct the Investigators said > ester
day that the Inquiry on Monday would hi
paitlctilorly into the practice said to him
j been common among bo.-ird members o
forcing teachers to take out Insurance At
j tornpys have tailed upon many of tha teach
I era said to have been persecuted In this way
j but PJ far have been unable to persuade an ;
of them to testify. The members are salt
to have piled their trade In ulmcnt over :
school In the city and the attorneys promlsi
that they will oxpohc the practice In all It :
ramifications.
Considerable reliance Is being placed litho
the janitors , who arc more free to spcal
than ale the teachers , and a number o
them will take the stand on Monday. The ;
are expected to testify that direct threat :
of dlbclmigo followed their mild repulse o
the agents' overtures.
McDonald UOCN Not AVvnUcn.
AttornejB and detectives alike have beet
using threats , promises and entreaties li
the elToit to extract evidence from Join
McDonald , the olllclal architect ot th
board. The county attorney has offered bin
full Immunity and lias itfused to bellev
-McDonald's repeated assertions that Iv
possesses no guilty knowledge not alrcad ;
disclosed of any person or thing. An nl
leged affidavit of Member Sears to the eftcc
that be received $100 from McDonald ha ;
been used ns a club to bring the archltcc
to teims Whether or not such un afildavl
exists. It has foiled to weaken McDonald
Member Scois asserts that he has never at
tacbed his signature to such a paper.
The county attorney's last effort to fore
McDonald's capitulation was in an artlcl
published in the former's official organ al
leglng tbat the architect would make spcci
fled admissions in return for assurance o
immunity. Mr. McDonald sajs that th
article puts him In an entirely wrong llgh
and was founded In malice rather than facl
I.lKlU oil ClouiiliiK Cond-ni'f.
There are several minor peculations stll
to bo exposed with which the three detect
Ives who have not jet appeared ate said t
have occupied themselves Ono e\pendltur
of the board which has occasioned food fo
thought Is the letting of the seat-cleanlti
contract. When the work was done undc
tbo supervision of the school board the an
nual expense of keeping the desks In igoo
repair was between $2,500 and $3,000. Las
year the contract was let to H II Bevies a
85 cents per elcsk and during the twclv
months bo drew ? G,300 for services ren
dercd. The contract Is said to have bed
let to Mr. Boylcs without competitive bid
having been Itvvitou There nro 19,000 desk
in the public schools , and of these 8,00
wcro sent to thq workshop In one vear.
The committee also Intimates that It wll
inquire Into the alleged privilege vvhlc
Member Cowlo enjojed of ascertaining th
contents of bids before they had been for
maily opened by the secretary. Covvlo 1
said to have told Detective Buckmlnster tha
ho bad positive Information tbat the aup
posed conti actor's bid on blackboards wa
the lowest several days before the secrc
tary was tuipposcd to have unsealed them.
BIG BATTLE IS DM
( Continued from First Page )
so soon reached the beleaguered town
Though there are some discrepancies In th
telegrams , the whole tenor of tbo new-
points to General Buller's second advanc
having begun with good prospects of sue
cess , but It 13 generally recognUed that wit
an enemy so resourceful as the Boers hav
proved themselves to be It Is Idle to Indulg
In overconfldcnce.
The net result , so far as known , Is tha
General Bullcr occupies two commandlu
positions north of the Tugela river , thereb
securing at least two crossings by which b
can bring up necessary reinforcements.
Hope tor llflti'rIMIH. .
The officials of the War office hero are sat
Isficd that the tide has turned and that new
of n more hopeful character from a Brltis
point of view will hereafter bo the rule In
stead of the exception. That the British ad
vance In a northeaotcrly direction will b
fieicely resisted Is fully anticipated Th
Boor strength U probably superior to th
British and the dispatches show tbo buigh
era occupy strong positions ,
There Is some doubt aa to whether tb
Sproenkop occupied by General Warren i
Identical with Splonkop ; If so , the Brills !
are within a few miles of Acton Homes , th
scene of the earlier conflicts between General
oral White's forces nnd the invading Frc
Staters , whence there Is n good road dlrec
to Ladysmlth.
Whllo General Warren's force was crotu
Ing the Tugela river the Bocrw occupied
thlckh-wooded plantation a mile north ei
the river and sent several volleys Into th
advanceguard. . The British replied and th
artillery opened on u neighboring kopje. A
the British pushed across the river tb
Boers found their position uncomfortabl
and retired to the hills Immediately aftc
the pontoon bridge was completed the who )
BritlHh force crossed. It Ifl thought probabl
that a combined forward movement ha
since developed
In tbo meanwhile the naval guns o
Swartskop had been poislttently shellln
the Boer eiitiencbments facing the kopje
occupied by Littleton's brigade.
CONFIRMS PRESS REPORT !
( .i-iii-uil KuliiTls TflcKiaiiliH Wa
Olllritil' lliillrr'N .lliMc-
llll-lllN.
LONDON , Jan IS The War ofllco has re ;
celved thn following dispatch fiom ( Irnen
Koboiis , elated Capetown , January 17.
"I have received a telegram from ( Jeneu
| Duller stating that one brigade and bowltzc
i battery h.ivo crossed tlm Tugela ilvoi n
j I'otgleter'H drift. Klve miles furtlw vves
at Trlchard'H drift , ( icneral Wurren ha
thrown a pontoon bridge ovei the live :
1 Ily this part of his force crossed yestptdaj
1 The remainder i.i expected by thin mornln
to be on the north banK. Warren hopes h
will be nblo to turn ( ho euiemy's potlllot
which , flvu in lien off to his right front , 1
being strongly entrenched "
i\.CONSCI , M U III M I.ST > \l'll >
Said lie | li > urN a l.i-lli-r friini Itriiut4
Vhl.lutr virlvliiliIn Mnlhin- .
NAPLES , Jan 18 Cbarlr 12 Macrun :
1 former United States consul at Pretoria wh
! left Lourenzo .Manjup/ January C , bound fo
, New York landed hero toda > H Is udlel h
bcari a letlpr from 1'resldpnt KriiRcr to
, rri ! drnt M.KinlPv nskltiR the lattrr to
j nudiatp bPtwccn the Transvaal and Orcnt
I Hrliain
CHAMBERLAIN ESCHEWS WAR
TnlUN lit n lllrinliiKliiini rollcKr "
ThrlUInu Mil.Jprtof Kdili-iltlnn
i nnd Commerce.
; imiMINOHAM , r.ngland , Jan IS. lose-ph
ChamberIn ! , sccretnrj of slate for tb"
' colonies , presiding today at a meeting In
I the Mason University college here , leferred
j to n variety of subjects , but careful'v '
U'schewcd the war lie cmphnelrod thn
necessity of spoclallrpd trnlnliii ; nnd refcried
to the deputation which recently visited tbo
universities and colleges of the United
Slates and of Canada. Ho said the deputa
tion found all classes of the communltj
thorn enthusiastic in the support of educa-
i tlnn. which wn.n tacking In Otent Britain.
Mr. Chamberlain said tbere was no doubt
England had much to learn from America
nnd unless It learned It quickly It was
bound to fall behind In commerce
Touching ro the success of the Birming
ham university pchen-e Mr , Chamberlain said
| tbat already 325,000 had been promised to-
waids the endcwment of the Institution and
that of this sum Andrew Carnegie had
anonymously given C50.000.
AMBUSH THE AUSTRALIANS
Small SooutliiK I'nrlj Cut Off mid
ConilH-llrd ( o k > ur-
rendrr.
JUNSUERO : , Capo Colony , Wednesday ,
Jan. 17. A patrol composed of sixteen men
of the New South Lancers and South
Australians was ambushed yesterday by the
| Boers and overwhelmed , after a severe light.
Two ot the detachment escaped and have ar-
j rived In camp This morning a patrol
visited the scone of the fight and found five
dead Australians nnd ono wounded. A num
ber of dead Boer horses also wcro found ,
shewing that the Australians made n gallant
fight before suitendering.
It appears that when the Australians en
countered the first body or Boots and find
ing their retreat cut off the ) galloped for
a nearby kopje , hoping to beat oft the Doom ,
' bill on arrh Ing they found another force o (
I burghers concealed 'here.
Six more of the Australians returned. The
rest of them wcro captured
ON MISSION TO WASHINGTON
Pornicr TrniiNMinl Coii-uil ( irncrni
\VhKc In > < Mt Vnrk Kii-
routiIo Ciiiltnl. |
Ni\V YOUK , Jnn IS Montague White- ,
until recently consul general of the South
African republic , has been In New Yorlt
for aoek and Is about to go to Washington
It Is supposed ho Is on n diplomatic mis
sion. Ho refuses to bo Intel \lcwcd.
Tr > liiif ( o I/orate ( In- l'roIxloiiN. .
WASHINGTON , Jan IS Ambassaelor
Cboatej Is prosecuting his efforts to learn
just tthere the provisions aio that were
seized off Dclogoa bay on the Mushoua , the ;
Maria and the Uoatrlcc. Ho bas reporteel
that the goods on the Maria are In the cus-
totnc , house ut Durban subject to the dis
position of the owners. The gooels carried
on the ? Mashona nro believed to bo still on
board tbat ship at Capetown , but owing to
Imperfections In the ship's papers It has not
jel been possible to clear up the facts In
that case. The Beatrice Is at East London
and the British government Is trjlng to
learn from Its officers the status of the caigo
lloe-rs lllou I'll ' Culili. .
STERKSTUOM , Jan. IS. Yesterday the
Boers blow up three cuherts on the Dord
recht line flvo miles beyond an outpost of
the police camp. The commando at Dord
recht numbers 1,000.
Colnnlnl Itelieln Orciiiiy
CRADDOCK , Capo Colony , Jan. 1C. On
Saturday , January 13 , the Boers , with a
commando of colonial rebels , occupied
Prlcska , a village on the Orange river about
107 miles northwest of Do Aar.
Goinir Io raiiolon it.
LONDON , Jan. 19. Uudyard Kipling and
bis family will sail for Capetown tomorrow
( Saturday ) .
IKEI/Y'MJ'S ' UK. WIND.
1II.MV th < - I'nlnl Off HiilIilliiKH nii.l
IroMrmiN ThriMlKli Oiik IMimkN.
The night of January C was the sixty-first
anniversary of tbo "biglnd In Ireland. "
Thcro have been other big winds , but there
never was ono that equaled the first one.
Births , marriages and deaths are fixed be
fore nnd after this big wlnel and there never
was a true-born Irishman who has not
heard of the "night of the big wind "
Many tales have been told about this hur
ricane , iclates the Cincinnati Enquirer. Ac
cording to the rclators U came up about
9 o'clock at night. It came like a summer
breeze , but in a very short tlmo It became
furious. Some of the simple people of Ire
land said It was the work of the fairies ,
who had become displeased at the people
So they crawled under the bed and lowered
themselves In wells to escape the fuiy of
the elements. The next morning they came
out to eeo what the "fairies" had elonc
They bald they found that every haycock In
Ireland had blown down. They found that
straw had been driven through oak boards
as clean as a carpenter would drive a nail
and there are some who declare that a stone
a big as a freight car had blown seven
miles from Its resting-place. They found
that the waters had been lashed Into uch
terrible state that huge vvbnles vveio lying
upon the shores of the lakes and tbat
sharks and email fish were found In the
forests mlle from their homo In the ocean.
The tale Is told of the sailors who became
fihlpw recked and landed on the back ot a
whale supposed to bo an Island , and the
wind carried whale and sailors to a place
of safety. Rvery clock on thei
public steeples was stopped and
thu wind blew whistles on tha
boats anchored at the wharves without an
ounce of steam showing on the gauge. The
people who remember this terrlblo wind ( ell
how It carried the nwords of the knights
and tbo lords from the scabbards and left
tbo powdered hair of tha ejueen ns natural
os the day she was born and they say tbat
tbo paint was removed from tbo barn a , leav
ing the boards as bare as the day they came
from the forest and rocks were carried from
Mount Chevalier to the town , nevem miles
away. Others xay the bellu In thn churches
and schoolhouaes clattered as they ncvor
clattered before and chickens were found
thn next morning without a feather In their
tails.
Leaves were driven Into thn trunks of tin
tires nnd corn was found cleaned from thu
cob on the stalk. Other terrible thlnp
happened sixty-one years ago on the "night
of the big wind "
Dunn hue .I lliimrlMiTjxU Hroi-li IT ,
( 'IIIPAQO , Jan 18 Mlduirl O Dum.liue
tinif petitioned lhe > circuit court for u dl -
, i solution eif the llrm of Dnnnhuo & iipnnu-
bt-rry. which nlnco U71 bus conduct ! el a
' printing nnd jiubllbhlriB establishment In
1 f'hie ago The petition asks the court to up.
point u ruet'lve'i l < . take ii'iiiimrarj churxf
' of the business during lhe > dissolution eif the
uml the- division of the UHM'IH ,
nBBreifatlnk' ne-iirly JWO.ooo. liotwocn ihe.
\ i > artnorn , Michael A Donahue anil William
, I I1. He'niiPbeirry.
i I -
l'lirl lin\u Man I'ri'xlilfiil.
MINNEAPOLIS Jnn -The NurthwP-t-
ern Lumbermen' * iiMHOolatlon oloxeil It *
tenth annual tendon loilaj The follow 1111 ;
olllcprs were cUctcd President John R
I'olpy. Now Hampton la \ico president
W J ! Illodgrtt Tarlbaeilt Minn ellrpo-
toru. three years Miununl Crane e'ou | > e'r -
town. N U Ilolph II Hunisldeusknl" > % ,
fa ono ye-ur J K Anderson Clminberluiii.
8 n to fill miexplreel terms , n J SKcr-
vlu luurmil la
MYSTERY REMAINS UNSOLVED
Official Investigation of the Robbjry of
FosteHico Station B.
NO ONE YLT ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME
I'dtmnstcrCniu TlilnUs .lolui Vlln-rt
Dm IN Will 111' Hi-til HcMH.n-.il.Io
on UN llonil for th < * Amount
of tinMl. . * lou Mo n c.i.
The mys'.ery surrounding the tobb-rv ol
the safe nt pcMotllco station 11 has not j < t
been solved , although the poFtmaster and
the Inspector have been at work cvir since
the money wns missing Wednesday morn
ing.
ing.As
As shown by the luvestlgatl-n , when Uloh
ard 1'hoeiilx was removed the post master
sent tor CharU > 3 Grow , regular relief , li
take charge of thp station pending the ap
pointment of a pcimancnt clerk Grow
could not come , ns ho was suppljlnc the
place of the clerk at station A , ami John
Albert Davis , a distributing clerk in UK
poBtnllUe , was placed In charge b ) the post
master , who went with him to the elation
wheio the accounts ot I'hoenlx were lielnc
Investigated.
When PlioenK had bfon checked upn 1
bad made good his shortage there wa" < $2I I
In the diawcr , and the postmaster stalled t-
take It to the postolfice , but ns thoie were
some reports In connection with the nionoj
order fund to bo nrndu out and turned In
with the cash , ha left the money al Hit
station , Instructing Davis to send the monev
and reports OB BOOH as possible Instead ol
doing this Davis waited until after thu bun
for making out the repoits , and then te'e
phoned to Assistant Postmaster Woodnii1
asking him what ho should do with tin
funds , us It was too late to get them to the
office. He was told to put them In tin
safe1 , which he says he did.
According to Davis the money w.u
placed in the cash diawer. the safe vv.v
then locked , Davis taking the key from the
drawer and tinning the comblnitlon to tin
outer door of the uafo Ho then locked tin
olllco door and left at C o'clock At S l"i In
went to tbo homo of Hlchaid I'hoenlx and
without ttuthoritv from the pobtmistor
asked for and obtained the combination o
the safe. Kiom that tlmo his actions an
unknown , until ho arilvcd nt home at mid
night.
OiiNh Irimer IN I'mnul nnii > .
Wednesday moinlng ho went to station B
where ho found Charlee ( Jrow , who ha
taken charge. Mr Grow tinned tbo combl
nation at the Instance of Davis and Davit
opened the door of the safe and unlotkci'
the cash drawer , which was found to In
enii'tj The Investigation shows that thnrt
was no evidence tbat the dooia of the ofiue
had been tampered with and that there wen
only two kejs to the front door , one ol
which was In the posse Hlon of Davlt > an'
the other hi the keeping of Glow , that the
only keys to the cash drawer were In tin
possession of Davis , that only two men nre
known to have had ceitaln knowledge thai
the cash bad not been tinned in to the cen
tral postofilco and these men are the1 assist
ant postmaster and Davis. Further Investi
gation shows to the satisfaction of the offi
cers that Piioenlx did not leave his home o'l '
the night of the robbery. When the monev
was mlfhcd WedncwJav morning the niitter
was repoited to Mr Wood.ird , who ic'poitnd
It by telephone to the postmaster and tbo
latter immediately went to the station ,
where he found Grow and Davis The formei
was placed In charge * of the station and thp
latter was ordered to report to the central
office
Postmaster Orow says that while he doc
not chaigo Davis with the robbers be
knows that If Davis had followed Instruc
tions the robbery could ; not have occ'irrcd ,
as the money would have been at the centril
office. He la of the opinion that Davis will
bo held responsible on bis bond for the
amount of the missing money.
John Albert Davis was appointed to the
position ot distributing clerk In the Omahr
pcatoffico at a salary of J600 a jear June 1
1S9G. which position ho titlll holds. He Is :
single man living In the family of hli
father , who is also an emploje of the post-
office department.
CATIIO1113 IIA V OL'TDOMl.
I'oloiify Shoi\ii liy ( lit * \ ' lj Dim-m.
crt-ij Klcniciit Ivnotvii UN llaiSliun.
When the marvels of the cathode or X-ra ;
were made known to the world only a fev
years ago It was bellev eel wo had reached i
degree of photographic power that would nebo
bo surpasHcd for generations to tome ane
that for the use of sui goons In locating for'
elgu substances imbedded In Ilcsh or bom
It would bo of pcimanent value. Yet , at
cording to leports of expel Imcnts made bj
Prof. Barker In Philadelphia a shoit tlnn
ago , that wonderful ray Is about to becomi
a back number because of tbo potency shonr
by a newly discovered element known ii"
"radium. "
The discovery of the new element , repoit :
the San Francisco Call , Is due to M am
Mine. Curio and is tbo result of Investiga
tions stimulated by the dlscoveiy of the
X-ray. They were experimenting In isyi
with uranium and Its salts , which exert ,
feeble photographic power , when they ob
served phenomena Indicating the existence
of an unknown factor In the mass. They ai
once directed their Investlgatloiw to the
separation of that clement from the nub-
slaiie.es with which It was associated am !
found not ono but two now elements Tr
the first they gave the name "polonium '
and to tbo hccond "radium " The firm IE
believed to have a radiant power 500-fohl
greater than that of uranium , but 1'ruf
Barker estimates the efficiency of indium ot
100,000 that of uranium. For tills rea
son'and because of UK comparative chrapin"1 ! :
and simplicity the second of the Curies' dls.
coverlet e'cin destined , It IH said , to 10-
place the costly and complicated X-ray ap
paratus In tbo realm of surgery.
The most extraordinary characteristic ol
the now clement Is thus described In an ai -
count of Prof. Barker's experiments by the
New York Tribune-
"The practicability of deriving ono form
of energy heat , light , electricity or chem
ical action from KOHIO other has long been
rccognUed , but It IB axiomatic that none of
them can bo produced except by that
method. It Is bcllovcd that the mo.st man
can do Is to transform It Is thought tint
ho cannot , In any true sen e. create Ilnont-
gen obtained his X-raya only by a conver
sion of force previously existing In the foini
of electricity But a radium o whldi will
penetarto opaque bodies and nc t upon tbr
chemicals on a photographic plau > IB sciuitd
from radium without the apparent iihe of
any known spcdis of energy The phenom
enon may yet bo explained Hut at piet-
cnt It looks very much llko what ti.w IOUK
been regarded un Impossibility , the HJIOII
taneous generation of force "
The discovery of unknown i > lcmont of
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