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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1900)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : F1UDAY , . FUHRTAKY 2 , U)00. ) THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY ! Competition in Telepbono Easiness Brought I to an End in M'chigan. ! CLEVER PLANS TO DDDGE ItovliMV iif HIP Mil iiI'm - * lo Wlilrli j Kleolrlrlly In rm DniiKcr of | I'ri > rc Nlon , The consolidation of the Independent and the Hell Telephone companies In Michigan recently In generally neccr.to.l as the liiRin- Elng of the cml of competition In the telephone - phone bu'lncfs. The opposition company was moru strongly fntrcnched In public fn- vnr In Michigan Minn In tiny other stnto in the union nml controlled thu bulk of telephone 'patrontiRC. ' Rntcs were low and the service fnlrly good. Assurnncss were ! Klven with the announcement of the con- | Bolidatlon thnt existing rates would not be i changed , but , patrons Mid not tnke the pbdge seriously. They know that uch promises were made to be hiokcn and they were not ' surprised when < the combine showoj Its true ' colors. " \Vhco the practical coiiinlldatlon of the telephone companies was effected , says the .Detroit Journal , the management mndc pub lic the announcement that the rules would not bo Advanced ns a consequence , but on the contrary that the rates would remain undisturbed while the service would bo Krcally Improved. An proof cf the sincerity of thu announcement ( lamliiK advertise- mentH were published once In nil the dally papers offering to close twenty-five-year contracts n > t prevailing rates. I "Within . fortnight of the consumma ' tion of the deal and with the advertisement still fresh In mind the Michigan Doll com pany IH making n systematic and strenu ous canvass of the local field for the pur pose of persuading subscribers to the prevailing vailingBorvlco to apply for a better aerv- Ice at the rate of J72 a yea'- , exactly three "times the rate named for the service now Klvon. In explanation of this cruinde for the higher-priced service the officers of the company submit that they are about to In stall a. now 'switchboard' nml tbnit the higher-priced 'phsncn will be directly con nected with the "long-dlstauco system , " thereby securing to patrons greater con venience. "It cannot be that this Is the first step taken to provide ft better service , for both 1'resldent KlowcrB and 1'rcsldcnt Glldden arc on record against any Increase of price for bettering the service , yet , there Is some thing about It qulto t'Uggostlve of the way of the heathen Chluee , whose ways are dark and tricks vain. The Inducement held out that the new 'phone will bo connected with the long distance service Is not enticing to the average subscriber , ' for the average sub scriber has use for a long distance service only once 'a year , If BO frequently , and busi ness subscribers on the metallic circuit are already served satisfactorily. It Is repre sented , however , that the new 'phone will be much superior to the old , although tha old 'phone will bo maintained , but Its con nection with the "new switchboard" will be Incomplete and the service will not be of the best. "One cannot , In view of nil the circum stances , see In this now enterprise anything less than a subterfuge under which the monopoly , having got control of the field , purposes to treble the prices of telephone service. It will do this , doubtless by per suading business firms and rich individual subscriber * ! to take the superior service at the higher price and then by making the .vhoanor.j7 rvlc.eInferior. . . aml , .unsatisfactory drive others to subscribe for the $72 service. If this be not the real purpose , why do the officers who , a fortnight ago , were promis ing that the service would be Improved ami the rates not disturbed , now publicly admit that the service of the cheaper 'phones will tie unsatisfactory because a new 'switch board' Is to bo Installed ? " CNCN of Klcutrli'lty. An address on "Everyday Dees of Klcc- trlclty" was delivered last Saturday evening t the Montauk club , Brooklyn , by Charlcti AV. IJ.-ICC. the editor of Electrical Uevlow. In si'iuaklng of tbo telephone Mr. Price said : "To show what remarkable doings take placii every day under our very cars , ns It were , I would state that at the present time between all Important telephone centers of the United Staten , whllo the trunk wires arc being ured for transmitting speech , there Is being sent over them simultaneously tele graphic messages without producing any In- tcrforenco with the spoken words. Were It nrt for Immutable laws of nature , which cannot bo varied by man or corporation , you might , by listening , take off the telegraphic message thui traversing these very conduc tors. Although the telegraphic Impulses ac tually traverse the cell of wire In the telephone - phone at > our car and actually speed along the Identical copper conductor at thnt time conveying the voice currents , yen hear neither dot nor dash of the telegraphic mt 3- Hage. The car , ker-l'ly tuned to these rapid vibrations constituting sound , is deaf to the vibrations of the slow rate of the telegraph. " Mr. Price mild that over $500.000.000 hud been Invested In dectrlc lighting In the United Stntca end that the total horse-pjwer 'required In the electric lighting , arc imd In candescent , of Orcater New York required a not lets than 200,000 howe-powcr. This would bo Fiifflclcnt to pump the Hast river dry In a it.iy uinl yet this power would be nearly doublcvl by tSo electric traction i plants now In existence and building. In i speaking of the progrcin of the electric rail way Mr. I'rlco stated thai It was less than i thirteen yparo old and yet within that period I an oxpontllturn had been made of more than $1,700,000,000 and he believed that the year 1SOO would ere ihe gross earnings of the ) electric traction Inturcitu of the t'nlted I States amount to considerably more than i $200.000,000. "On i ) can travel. " he said , "by electric cara from I'nteraon. X. J. . via Now York City , to Portland. Me. , with onlv three ln- Hlgnlllcnnt Interruptions of less than ( Iftcen miles altogether ; paisaensprs afflicted with the transfer mlcrcbo might even ask to be Sufferers from Indigestion , Insomnia or Kindred Troubles. BLATZ MALT-VIVINEl ( Non-Intoxicant ) taken with meals' and nf bed tim assist tlie di estiN e functions and thoroughly torn' up the \ \ hole system. This liquid malt extract l > ; appeals particularly t ) the nurs ing mother it possesses the i properties most essential. ' ALL DRUGGISTS. I PREP'D BV VAL , BUTZ URCWINQ COH IHILWAt'HEE ' Umatia Dranch 1412 DougUs St. Tel. 1031. tn ketcd over thffe gups. U Is my firm con- ' vi"tlon that only to electrically operated i train * In nn under river tunnel mn we look ! for relict from the present unique and para- 1 lyz' ' B congerMon of traffic at the narrow I an. , y of the Urooklyn bridge. " Hn niatcd thet the dtorngc bnttory far clectminobllcB had been reduced In weight ' * from',20o pound * to 600 nnd It would run sixty miles now , RS against thirty miles one year ago. In apcaklng of wlrclofs telegraphy the speaker stated trut It wa * not yet "nclee- tlvo" nnd thcreforo only one ct of appa- latus could bo operated In the same locality nt the Mtno time , the electric wnvrn Inter fering. In reference to ocean telephony ho said that while the cost of copper nlonc at pres ent prla nnd present calculations would mnount to over $1X2,000,000 nnd while the Insulation and nrmor would make the cable of the size of n flour barrel and U'at whllo thnro wan not enough guttapcrcha known to exist on the globe to Inrulate It , yet there did oxlat u strong belief , In which be shored , that in the lifetime of his listeners the ocean telephone would become n reality. The Idea prevails that elnc'rlcnl ' engineerIng - Ing Is the paying profession cf the future , to which students will do well to direct their attention , at Is often said thnt "tho " nrt of electricity Is In Its Infancy : thnt It IS destined to have a vnst expansion. > Elec- , trlclans nre to dominate the industry cf tba | coming century. There Is nccoidlnEly nn | ever Increasing multiplication of electrical I schools nnd electrical ntudcnts In the i United 'States. Thousands of young men i look forward to their gradua'.ln : ns nn In- I troductlon to a remunerative nnd resjonsl- , bio career. But , In the opinion of the Elec- , trlcal Review , the prospects of electrical j engineers are not so bright ns Miey nre commonly - j monly thought to he. "It Is 'time , " rays j the Review , "that the real truth ns to the position of the electrical graduate should bo sot forth nnd thnt these contemplating j entering the profession of oletrlcnl engi neering should know nt least n few of the difficulties that they will encounter. " The Review proceeds to show whnt changes have occurred In the production of clectrlcnl goads in recent years. Fifteen years ngo the business wns divided among numerous concerns of moJcrato size. Each \ employe , ! designers , engineers nnd othar | functionaries , to whom nn education In | electrical engineering wns an essential. , Electrical engineers wcro rare and their i services wcro In demand. Hut after a tlmo | the small estnbllshments were consolidated , j I The big companies absorbed the little cncs , j ' with the result of lessening the number ! , of electrical engineers required. Then followed - | lowed n standardization cf npparatus , n j i unification of design and the plnclng of the I manufacture of electrical apparatus on n j , purely manufacturing basis. The great corporatlrns produced Incomparably flue types of apparatus of almost every kind and in great quantities , so that now de signs were In little request. Innumerable contracts have been flllej with devices of certain types and consulting engineers find their practice limited largely to the choice of standard types of npparatus. To pro- pcse an Improvement on one o ! these is to propose a large additional coEt cf manu facture nnd delay -delivery. . ThU change In conditions has made the electrical In dustry prosperous and enlarged Us Held of operations , but It has narrowed tto oppor tunities of these who , as the Review puts it , seek employment In "the region Inter vening between the constructing nnd con sulting engineer nnd the man who oils the dynamo. " "Ten years ago , " our contemporary adds , the graduate from an approved school cf engineering could command a large rnlary. Today he Is mot with n situation similar to that of it young physician or a young lawyer ? " He find'the field ocQUpicd with many other nnd necessarily abler men- men of experience. He must gain what it Is Impossible to gain nt college absolutely practical experience. He must work In a chop , or In a factory , or In a station. He must learn the commonest and hardest work by rtclng It. " Years of drudgery , with braall pay , may fall to those who are not specially favored by clrcuaistances. "Not withstanding this , " sttys the Review , "our schools and colleges arc turning out thou sands of graduates annually , giving them engineering degrees and setting them adrift with a knowledge of the interesting nnd valuable literature of electricity , but few of them would be able to climb a pole or s-lder a Joint. " The art of cloc'rlclty , It Is argued , Is no longer In Its Infancy. That stage of growth wns passed many years apo. Consequttitly these who contemplate olcctrlcal engineering us a profession must not bo rurprlsed If. after leaving school , they find themselves compelled to wrrk for awhile as linemen or wlrcoicn. or perhaps ns dynamo tenders. Ti > ! oKrnpliliiH .Vronml OliMlm'H'H. There ha- been much lowe- talk about the bending of the radlntlons , whatever may by their nature , thnt are used In wlrcle's tolegrnphv , around obstncles and nrcuml the curvBturo of the cnrth's surface. Over the. comparatively smooth and unobstructed nurfaco of the -sea It la certain that signals have been cxehan-ail over a dlstnnco Imply ing n bomllm of thp electrical Impulses nl-out one nnd mio-hnlf degrees from a rcc- Mtnrar course. From thlr premise , says the Electrical Review , certain Investigators have .lumped to the conclusion that sufficiently powerful clo 'Mcnl disturbances emanating from a wave-rsdlnttng source would bend abound Ih" curvnturc of the earth between thld country and Europe. If this Is possible ! Impll'-i diverting the clectrlcnl Impulses bv nenrly n rluht nnglo from their Initial i e-urse. If they will turn through ono rlsht ) rn.Tln U IP pprfetly rensonnblo to suppose ' il at they may be nimle to turn throupli two. ! throor ovw four , which begins to look n 11 llttlp Mkean absurdity. Just what Is the necfwlty for nrnumlng thnt therso Influences I travel ns electric waves , with a wave-front i capable of swerving when It meets nn ob- titncle. IP dllllcull. to see. In nil the wlrr-lo * telegraph work thnt < hns been done no far tbfi vprtl'-nl nirnienM of the sending nnd rc- ! c ° Mnilr "Its 1-avo b'en nrproxlma'c'y in-- I al'el. ' or In tbo most Javornblo rosltlon for mutual nloctrn-miunetlc Induction Is ! not n perff'Jtiv uufflil'int exnlannllon of the actions noticed i-und In ordlnnry Induction ? When currents rush up nnd down In n vcrtl- rnl wlro HIP whole surrounding uelghbor- i hno-1 H filled with complex surges of mng- r.r'lc polnnlliU. A parallel wl-n replvlng | U.r-n inhibits clfctro-moMvn firccs cot-re- ; Ep-ndlnK exactlv to t'lr r.rv mont with i relation u > It. Now It Is. of couro. true thn equl-potonllnl surfncep of masnetle potential moving out from n current-carrying wire are , , In n Reuse , wnvo-fronts , but thcv nro cer tainly not " 1'ai nre commonly called electrlt j waves < T Ilpiiwavet. . They fill the whole ! < * f puace. theoretically sneaking , except : < hrri ronduellng ui stances exist , and It Is : dinrcult lo nereen an rhle-t from them to form an e'c-ctro-mai'itetlc ' nlindow except by nctually encloflnp It In a good conductor. iipp r.to nrRiio tlint a do-nn of sen-wo tor. requiring tl'p Influence tbpnd onlv ni-out ; r-is or two dpgreoH , means the possibility , rf trmisntlantt : wlrclpfs telegraphy seems meaningless , because If netual electric wnvM I o * IIP | Mertrlan variety pro In quertlon the iliHlnctlou IB on too ( -lender u primlso anil if ' ! eleelro-juipuetlc Indued n | tl" explana- i ( Ion. "Ttleal wires on Iho two sldos of iho I Allnntln 'vnnld ii iirnrlv prrnendleular to 1 ri' another , or In the lentt favorable po l- Urn It niems worth while for simeono to TV ihft trnniatlnntle experiment nnd set the matter nt real. modern nd most effective cure for constipatlrn and nil liver trounifs the fa- moiiH ll'tle ' pills known as DeVi'Ht'a Uttlo Early Rltcra. FEW COMPLAINTS OF TAXES Values Are Appraisrdand Assessments Made with lufr qaent Frotesta. SACKETT M\KiS \ A SHOWING OF ECONOMY In n Vrnr U lion DrflHU AIT I InItnlc llu- 'uiiiinlMHlonor I'olnl * ( u linlnncc on Itlulif .Mile of the l.rtlm-r. In his report for the year ending Decem ber 3t Tax Commissioner Sackett cullf at tention to the limited number of complaints filed during last year before the Ucard of Kevlow and the Hoard of Rquallznllon. It Is demonstrated , ho says , that the plan un der which the nseossment of property l. made meets with the approval of 'the tnx- payer generally. The labor of making the assessment * has been very much simplified and the assessment for 1300 was levied with perhaps the least powlblo friction between the tax office and the properly owners. Taking up the expenses Incurred by his office during last year , the tax commissioner reports it balance on hand cf $4P7.SO. This unusual condition In n year when -deficits nro the rule Is explained by the rlgltl econ omy practiced even to the neccwnry lm- paltmcnt of the service. In part the tax commleeloncr's report IB as folloxys : ' " \Vhllo the result tf the IflOO assessment Is In a great measure satisfactory the opera tion of our present charter provision relating to assessments docs not accomplish the result which a large number of taxpayers expected from It , nor Is U possible for this department to make an assessment which will satisfy the general demand for a re duction of taxes. Many o our citizens had hoped that with the Inauguration of a new system of making assessments relief In that direction would come , but they have neglected to note that the reason for main taining the present rate of taxation Is not on account of the manner In which our revenue laws are enforced , but that It Is due to defects In the original law , which wore not cUred by the provisions of the Charter. Surrounded as we are with condltlobs which are the result cf our own development , many of which have a material'bearing upon the ex.pcnse of tur government , and are now of such long standing that they cannot possibly bo changed , we are almost compelled to submit to the Inevitable and rest our hope for a reduction In taxation upon the future growth of the cttv. When the city shall have grown so that all unoccupied territory within our limits Is Improved or so that u reasonable amount of It -developed and occupied by taxpaylng Investments , our rate of assessment may be lower slncp thu machinery of our government Is sufficiently r-xtenMvo to maintain a city with four times the present population of Omaha. In the meantime our attention ought to bs directed to nuch Improvements In the rev cnue laws of the state as are possible to be made , especially a revision of the provisions of tha t act under which personal property is assessed. The city of Omaha Is especially Interested In this feature and a comparison of the rev enue received from that source In Omaha with the same Items In other cities outside the state of Nebraska will demonstrate the Importance of this suggestion. Most es pecially should we direct our efforts toward the development of a more effective system for the collection of taxes , particularly since the method of contracting obligations rests largely upon the promises of the taxpayers to pay their assessments. This department comes In such close touch with the taxpay lng population of the community that I am perhaps more frequently reminded of the. p conditions than Is the head of almoet any other branch of. the city government , and for that reason 1 am prompted to submit these suggestions. The cost of conducting the department for the year 1S99 has been kept well within the limit of the appropriation sot aside by the council and the result In that respect Is very satisfactory , there , being an unexpended bal ance of the amount allowed this department for the year of $470.80. This result has been attained only by the practice of rigid econ omy , even to the extent in some Instances of impairing the service , but It has been my constant aim to perform the. work required of this department In the best possible man ner within the limit of funds allowed , and I think that it may Jio safely said that the ex penditures on account of the labor performed by the tax department In this city are lower than the average expenditure for that ac count In cities of our class. ENJOINED FROM CUTTING ICE I'olarVnv < - IniUrctM CIIIIHI * ofov < -l MUuntloii Ilt-Kiiii I" Ulx- trlt-t four ! . I'rnnk L. McCoy nnd R. H. Olmsted have Instituted Injunction proceedings against the Reservoir Ice company to restrain the cut ting of any Ice on n section of the river Just north of the water works pumping station. The petitioners have been awarded a temporary restraining order by Judge Dkklnson. They are In a hurry to have the Injunction made permanent for fear warm weather will come and dissolve It. The case will be heard en Its merits Saturday. According to the petition , a section of the river was staked off by Robert Klllctt , who claimed he had the fight to use It for an Ice harvest. Ho staked his claim before the arrival of the cold wovs. Subsequently ho dlspcsfcd of It to AlcCoy and Olmnted. They allege that the defendant company has not only evinced a disposition to cut Ice there but that It has also blocked the passage way HO that the petitioners cannot have free access. WRECK KILLS THREE PEOPLE lilNimtrr on I'lnnt SyHU'lii In Klorliln llt-llovcil lo lie the Wnrk of Trr.ln Wrei'UiTH. TAMPA , Kla. , Feb. 1. Tbo fast tmln oa the Plant system was wrecked twenty miles north of here last night. Engineer Kennedy \vafi Instantly killed. One passenger was killed , but the body was so mutilated It has not been Identified. The son of S.'p. Hern- den , mail agent , of this city , died today at theBanfcrd hospital. Mr. Hernden , sr , , Is badly Injured. A number of other passen gers worn also Injured. The mall ami e.\- prws ci'.rs anil two day coaches were thrown from the track and lurned over. The acci dent was caused by tbo train running Int ) an open switch and colliding with a freight car. It Is believed that the switch was opened by some person trlth the Intention of wrecking ! the train. I .AKRON. . O. . Feb. 1. Train No. 14 , the i fas't castbcund cxnrrss en the Krle road. ' | < aulol by two engines , collided with a I freight train In the suburbs cf Akroi : today. Engineer Ulday of the forward passenger cnglno was killed and his fireman , George Klal. slightly Injured. IJIday .was the oldest engineer on the road. None of the passcn- I gvrs was Injured. Three coaches were j badly wrecked. | V. B. Tc'.rKleio , health Inspector of Chi- ti.go. naya"Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cannot b recommended too high ) ; , It cured tea of severe dyspepMa. " U digests wh t you cat ami cures Indigestion , heartburn nl sll rprms of dyspepsia. A kuull nil ! i' < - Unrvi-Htcr. Bert Klmlxrlln went nut to liummond's Ice hotiso on Cut Off lake early yeiter- ilay to heln In thu Ice I HI r vest , but In ICH thai ) two hours he wu * back In the city with u brok&n at in The fracture was re duced by the police surgeon and then Klm- berlln swore i ut n wnrran' f .r tv nrrc-t of "John Doe" watchman nt the ! c hmifc , charging him with as. ault mul baui-r > . Klmberlln IMI.VS thnt Just as the order mm * to go to work IIP stepped Into n slml to arc rt ln If his lunch imJket was . nfe. The watchman ordered him out and b cniue he didn't go quirk enough struck him on the arm with n base b ll bat. "John Doe" proved to be Henry Olscn. nml he was taken Into custody. ALL ARMOUR HOUSES CLOSED l'lnnl Shut Don n nml ( iniccn I.ooUnl Unrlnu : l-'tinrrnl of , Vrinoiir. CHICAGO. Feb. 1. Armour & Co.'s armies , of workmen nnd employes in all parts cf ! the world will be Idle today out of respe-ct | to Iho mcmoiy of I'hlllp I ) . Armour , jr. , whose funeral will be held In Chicago this afternoon , racking plants , branch offices and distributing houses will shut down ns a tribute to the firm's departed member. The great plants In Chicago , Omaha nnd Kansas City will be closed during the entire dny. IJranch establishments will lock their doors when In Chicago It Is the hour of noon nnd remain closed until tomorrow , i Telegraph orders to this effect wcio s'tit to nil tlio Armour houses nt home nnd abroad | yesterday , following personnl Instructions from I'hlllp U. Armour nt I'asndona. Thousands of persons will observe the day of mounting. ACTIVITV OK WYOMIVC MI.MiS. Tiv 'iitKlvc I'riitirrtlpft Will I'roli- alilv Hi * OIMTHicd Till * Winter. GRAND ENCAMPMENT , Wyo. . Fob. 1. ( Special. ) The extent of the mining oper- ntlons In this district surprises even the oldest nnd beat-Informed miners. It wns s"uppceed thnt with the coming of winter there would bo little It nny development work going on outside of the Rudcfcha nnd Rambler mines , which have been shippers for some llmo. Uut there nra nt least twenty- five properties In the district on which there Is moi'o than ono shift being worked nnd the prospects are thnt the operations will continue throughout the winter. Since the discovery of copper nnd gold In the Grand Qucampment district summer mining hns jeen the rule nnd very little work wns done during the winter months. The Great Uikes Mining nnd Smelting company has uncovered some very fine ore In nil six of Its clnlnu ) which adjoin the 'amous Kurtz-Chatterton. The bc t of this ere runs from 30 to S8 per cent copper nnd tome gold and silver. The King Mining company Is now engaged In sinking a 700-foot shaft on the Carbon claim. This Is one of the biggest contracts over awarded In the camp. From present ndlcatlons the oru which will be taken from th'e shaft will more than pay for the expense of the work. xo ooriiT Tin : \vn - * v.\s TAKUX. It WIIN Pound In IIlNNutl'M Hum. Hut HeHHirlm Iilnocoiuv. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Feb. 1. ( Special. ) Dennis Dlssett , n well-known farmer who lives near Webster , finds himself In a se rious predicament. Robert Btrayton was left In charge of a granary containing about 150 bushels of wheat belonging to buls Westby , who Is spending the winter outside the Btate. A few mornings ago Strayton discovered that the wheat had been re moved from the granary. Ho traced wagon tracka to the home of Blssett , whore a wagon loaded with wheat was found standIng - Ing In the yard. Blrsctt when questioned said the wheat was not his , and that ho had no knowledge concerning It other than that a neighbor , whoso name he gave , had hired hlr team and bad probably hauled the wheat to where It was found. The neighbor mentioned by Blssett has disappeared. Bls sett was arrested on the charge of stealing the wheat. He waived preliminary exam ination and furnished .bopd . for bis appear ance before the circuit court. TIIIIIOH YKAUS IX II SSIAX IMUSOX. Kntc of it Porincr Alicnlcrii .linn Who Wont Aftrr ISmlKrniifN. ABERDEEN. S. D. , Feb. 1. ( Special. ) Woril'has reached here that Fred Bechtold , a former resident of Aberdeen , is serving a thrco years' sentence In Russia. Hoch- told left here for his old home in Russia Intending to bring back a largo body of Immigrants. Ho was arrested on the charge of Inducing young men to leave Russia who were subject to military duty. Unit Down In n Clonil / > f Smoke. EVAN'STON , Wyo. . Feb. 1. ( Special. ) Nephl Do Loney , a son of an ex-state sen ator , who Is at present supervisor of the national timber reserve west of the Yellow stone National park , left Evanston on a freight train Intending to ride back from Piedmont on one of the helper engines. At Piedmont the freight train met a passenger. While the freight was standing on the siding the locomotives sending out clouds of smoke , young Do Loney stood on the main track and did hot seean oncoming pas senger train. He was struck by the pilot of the flyer and Instantly killed. The engine- men did not know of the accident until they reached Evanston. Mitchell XriMlM More HOIIN < 'H. MITCHELL , S. I ) . , Feb. 1. ( Special. ) A building boom Is assured for Mitchell this year. There Is not an empty dwelling house lit the city. Within the last two months a dozen families have endeavored to move into the city to make It their homo , but they wcro forced to abandon the Idea owing to the scarcity of housco. The crowded condi tion extends to the business part of the city. Several new business blocks are also an assured thing as scon as spring opens. I'llV for fiOVcnior'M ( ' ( irpel. PIERRE. S , I ) . , Feb. 1. ( Special. ) The carpet In the governor's office , which has been the source of considerable comment on account of Its having been bought In Chicago cage , In violation of the state purchasing act , has been paid for out of the Incidental fund of the ofllco. The secretary of Etoto re- fueed to approve n voucher for the amount on the stnto house maintenance fund , on account of the manner and place of pur chase. Solillei-H lo ( ilvn n Iill. ABERDEEN. S. D. , Feb. 1. ( Special. ) 'l Members of the Flint South Dakota reg iment now living In Aberdeen will glvo a ball at the Hotel Aberdeen Monday even- , j Ing , February C , the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Tagalog rebellion. The ' ! proceeds will bo given to the Women's Relief - ' lief corps and the Red Cross society. l.rr to liny n Illic llniirli. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Feb. 1. ( Special. ) . Governor Lee nnd his partner. Prentice , are ( i arranging to engage In the stock-raising 1 i business on a larger acalo even than liere- ' toJorc. They arc about to establish a 20- 000-acro ranch In McPherson county , which ' It h understood will bo In charge of John { Hart of Vermllllon. Arlinrlal Sichf. A Russian Inventor has perfected an elec , trical appliance which he claims will enable : the blind to see. This will bring much i happiness to those who have defective eye- sight. Another great discovery which will I brlug much happlncw lo those whose stomachs . achs have become deranged Is Hosteller's i Stcmach Bitters. It has made a worldwide - wide reputation for Itself as a certain euro , or such ailments as Indigestion , djspepsla , crr.stlpatlon , biliousness and malaria , fever and ague. Coimlli of ( Joclirl III , cmt'AOO , Feu. 1. Albert Ooebol , a cousin of ( ho wounded Kenturklun , WUH rid ing on a Lincoln avenue car yesterday when be was attacked suddenly \vlt > : i heart tlldvaef * . < IH the dooiorx uf tor ward dtuKiiotod liU ullmtmt. und fell from the train , . fracturing his skull. He sustained In addi tion severe cuts on the ucalp. MPI IPP r/in i t'tiitiMtp'npm RELiM KIR MPRIiME UlllU Remedy Recently Susjcested by The Bee i Quite Generally Discussed. OPINIONS OF THREE DISTRICT JUDGES Itoulit roiinlltutlnnnltl.v . of the I'lnn < if CnllliiK" < ni tlto luilum lit I lie IOMIT Court * to Axulut Supreme llrnoli. Among the letters received regarding the much-needed relief for the supreme court. a suggested recently by The Hoc , those from the district judges will be read with Interest. Here arc four : WAHOO , Jan. 30. To tht > Editor of The Hoe : In reply to your Inquiry I will say that all lawyers and litigants are Interested In the question of giving speedy relief to the supreme court. The remedy suggested In your recent editorial Is n good one , If con stitutional , but It occurs to mo that the adoption of the constitution of 1S75 renders It Importable to grant the relief In the man ner suggested. Sectloji 2 of article vl of our present constitution Is as follows : "The supreme court shall conslut of three Judges , a majority of whom shall be necessary to form a quorum or to pronounce n decision. It shall have original Jurisdiction In cases relating to the revenue , civil CRKCH In which the stnto shall bo n party , mandamus , quo warranto , habeas corpus .and such appellate Jurisdiction as may be provided by law. " It seems to me that there Is no authority under our present conatltutiou to authorize the district Judges to sit as an Integral part of the supreme court. A remedy has been suggested that might grant the relief In another manner. In many of the districts of the state the work Is Insufficient to give employment to the Judges. The legislature could enact a law making the district judges ex olflclo com missioners of the supreme court. The Judges | of the supreme court could call to their a > : stance members of the district bench to perform the duties of commissioners fcr a portion of each year , or for a whole year , as occasion may require. The work In the district could be done by neighboring judges. The bill could provide frr three or more judges of the district court to be In attend ance as commissioners and assist the supreme premo court In the performance of Its duties. This would Involve no additional expense and would serve as a temporary re-llef until the adoption of a constitutional amendment Increasing the number of Judges. I do not think that there would be any serious opposition - position on the part of any of the district judges to perform this extra labor. Truly yours , n. F. GOOD , Judge Fifth' District. NORTH PLATTE , Jan. 30. To the Editor of The Dee : Replying to yours , will say that I read The Hee's editorial of Sunday last , relative to the district Judges of the state taking the place of the late supreme court commissioners , with much Interest. The plan strikes me as being feasible. If it can bo legally carried out. At this time I doubt the constitutionality of such plan , but not having given the question much thought or examination , would not say that my first conclusion Is correct. If the late supreme court commission law was constitutional , I have no doubt but what a law can be framed making the district Judges of the state a commission to aid the supreme court. No citizen Is more Interested In the speedy de termination of questions constantly arising In our courts than are the district Judges of the state. Personally , I nm willing to lend any assistance to the supreme court that Is In my power to render under the law , as I am surd every other judge In the state is ready and willing to do. Very respectfully , H. M. GRIMES. Judge Thirteenth District. NEBRASKA CITY , Jan. 30 , To the Editor of The Hoe : Replying to your favor regardIng - Ing the plan In Sunday's nee. I will say that I am In favor of any plan to relieve the overworked supreme court , but do not think the plan suggested would bo legal under our present law. Yours respectfully , PAUL JESSEN , Judge Second District. FAIRBURY , Jan. 31. To the Editor of The Dee : I am Inclined to look with favor upon any plan which will tend to relieve the present congestion of business In the su preme court of this state. In cases within my own knowledge , the long delay in se curing a final decision has operated n-s a substantial denial of justice , and in the generality of cases It is a serious incon venience to the parties to suffer the long delay which now occurs In obtaining the ' ' final dominion In an action. I have some j ' doubt as to the constitutionality of the pro posed plan , but yet It would seem to bo as much within the limits of the constitution to allow men who already occupy Judicial ] l i positions to aid the court by rendering opln- j ! Ions under thn direction of , and subject to I ' approval by the supreme court. It was to j have such opinions rendered by a commis sion. If the legislature constitutionally csn for mulate an act by which the assistance o ! j the district Judges may be called to the aid ' I of the supreme court In such a manner as not to add to the labors of those Judges whose dockets are already full I should favor such a measure. Yours very truly , 1 CHARLES U. LETTON , ! Judge First District. DRINK MAKES HIM INSANE TliomiiH M i't'n IT ! < > . rv OoiiKl'in County Karini'iIlrc'iimon Vloli-iit mill IN .Vrrrntcil. A closed back backed up to the jail door 'at 1 o'clock yesterday morning and two dep uty sherlffo lifted Thomas McCaffrey from ' the vehicle and locked him In a cell. I McCaffrey Is said to bo Insane from cx- j cctulvu Indulgence In .strong drink and dru ; ; * . I He Is a farmer ami was brought from his homo three miles north of lienson. Tile ilnp- I uty sheriffs were summoned to the McCnf- frey place about midnight , having iccd''ud Information that McCaffrey was In n wild ' condition and that ho had threatened to kill ' his wlfo ana children and a sister who IIVIM I with them. Ho was captured at his hu'iio i and after spending the night in jail np- Ipearul to bo perfectly rational when lit- ) awoke early In the morning. The Julie r had j no warrant for McCnffrcy'n arrat and beHaving - ! Having him to have recovered frcrn his sprjc ho was turned loose. A short time afic.- McCaffrey had been released Mrs. McCnfl'roy and McCaffrey's sister arrived In the c-Ky and Informed the sheriff they declrcd a wai- rant for the detention of McCaffrey , becaus3 I they bulleve him to bo Insane , j Mro. McCaffrey dec'arcd ' she wna afrai'l I to appear on the streets after flho learned j that her husband had been freed from Jail , so Deputy Sheriff Neve was detailed as a I bodyguard to accompany Mr * . McCaffrey wherever she wont. Meanwhile , deputies ' wcro Kent out to Iliul MCan rey. While | iho search was gclng on , he appeared at ' tl'o court house , and aeclug hli wife , he ' Hew Into a rage. He cucaped , however , be- | fere the officers could lay hands on hlm ( , but a few minutes later waa nrrosted ami i detained In the sheriff's otllcevhiln Mro. ii 'McCaffrey nud the sister consulted Dr. I Tlldon of the Insanity commission. A brief meeting of the commlsalon was held , and i It was decided to rectralu McCaffrey for further Investigation. U is said that for a long tlmo ho has made r. habit of drinking a mixture of liquor nnd laudanum. He U also * ald to bo addicted j to the line of other drugo. Ho hau hud j periodical fits of derangement for bocrul Dangerous Hagllgance , Some people have na llttll t-qjrd for their health nj tbc mnnulio&ociiuia n powder mill sntuklntcnplpc. Ilr.ulH n the nio < t ptecious Rill of n.iliiio. To ) ) f s JVC It at nil times nml prevent nml c MO disease nf the luncs , use Oully's Pine Milt Whiskey. It N n 'Sr tiKl'ieni..K | suJt.ilnltii ; . Wc-elyliHr : - - - at. I Ionic , ir.adf ( rom Pure iMtlt. H Mill sttenithtn n-id build up tlic uiudelk.ito Imnlid. It will tutctuiisuulpn. . , , . KOCHKSTFB , N.Y. HoTierr ln-i-t'v ! , 650 i . Et I'tjIStK'i' * " llc'ifllIIrwl ' | Asuiet.'te. . ' lt ' - . M t comnipnl Hu.it ! " > M W'uski-y. < tit l.ltlit iv. A * ilclfnni Itl m .H ma ( , i - " tfl i cVet mmultnli f ; I. I inommei.a tt I MoTJIKnllir.iMMVMO. " llomvh < r j ! te anil X , , fv < * ' 'Z jtkVfc & < " > > < ' ' " * ? W ut lt n n < nih , 1 c ' 1 j t > i my rtite , 1 t-clloe. \ rr tn- " - fully yout , J. , rru CnLi.ms. ScuihSemite , N. 1. ' rrtxril > l by orer 7,000 < l t tore. AtlttrufcUtlindKro t' , $ t.oo al ttle * \ iluiV4el k t tnlor * [ ! A form of food tnMlon free. Get the genuine DWrY MALT NNIISIitV CO. already digested ? Bochojlcr , N. Y. months , hut his family has hoped that he might recover without being restrained. Mrs. McCaffrey says the report that her husband attempted to tnko her life Is un true" but that ho hna made throats and that pho had reason to fear ho would put his threats In execution. He waa unusually violent \Yudnosday night , It Is said , and the whole neighborhood was aroused by the commotion. Ho hus lucid Intervals In which ho has not the llghtcat symptom of Insanity , but there Is no way of fore- ! Hoclug how long these lucid Intervals will continue. PRIMAIIY OFFICIALS CHOSEN Itciintillciiii Commit ( cc Will \Nscnililc .luil BOX ami I'lrrliN for j Instruction. Owing to the. fact that Secretary \Vliltehoru J of the republican city committee has gene to i Danville. 111. , to be married , Charles Morgan j outdated In his stead at the m < cling of the committee Thursday afternoon \Yashlng- - ton lull. As It Is recognized that the Judges and j clerks of election nro going to bo given ab'jui. i all they can do to handle the vote In some of the wards It was doclde.l to call them to- . gcther prior to the primaries and glvo them | explicit Instructions as to their lawful duties. | A committee , comprising A.V. . Jolto.-Is , j Charles Morgan and T. K. Sudborougii , was named to incut with the primaries' officials lit room No. 2 of the Wlthnell block at S p. m. of Monday , February 12. ( o discuss such duties. In response to numerous inquiries as to whether or not in securing signers to their petitions candidates would be allowed to se cure the names of voters who ha.l nlrcaJy signed the petitions of other candidates for the same office It was decided that no limit should be placed upon the signing cf peti tions and that a voter can sign ns many ns he may ? eo fit. The special order for the meeting was the selection of judges and clerks of election , but when It came to that work o-'ijcclions were urged by representatives from the Ninth and Fifth wards , who said that thn candidates had been requested to hand In names for those positions , but had failcl to do so. C. F. Robertson moved that the meet ing take n recess until Saturday afternoon for that purpose , but an amendment ta i > ro- eeed to the selections at once prevailed by a vote of 12 to 7. The following were handd In by the committcemcn from the various wards and a resolution embodying the lists I , as given was adopted : i Klrst Ward William Cnthro ami UoorKo I ; W. Shnnahnn. Judges : Hans Manseii , elnrk. j I Second Wnnl H. T. AndresH and Anton I Kmeiit. imlscn ; O. O. Uiirtlett. clerk. ; Third Ward S. S. Jortlon and J. C. Hubj j oard , judges : Krnnk Mulr. clnrk. . j Fourth \Vard-J. W. Hattlu and T. K. I Sudborough. JudgesV. ; . O. Andersen. clerl : . Fifth Ward H. L. 8ewn.nl . and James 1 ! . Uruiior , judges ; Ditlton Ulsley. clerk. Sixth Waril-15. A. French and George T. Llnley , judKes ; Elmer i1. .Stnrr. dork. Seventh Ward-Harry Coy nnd Ily Croft , judges ; Charles Thomas , clerk. Klgiith Wnrd-0. R. Hullon and \V. f. McLean. lutlKCB : Charles Henry , clerk. Ninth AVnnl Frank Uelevugsi and Chris tian Lnhmaiiii , jmljcf ; ; C. K. Allen , rlerk. , The chairman , secretary nnd treasurer ( were authorized and directed to arrange at once for permanent headquarters of the committee for the filing of petitions , and the ; meeting adjourned subject to call of the ( chair. Mortality SlutUf ICN. ' The following births ami deaths wrre recorded at the ofllco of the Hoard of Health during the twenty-four hours ciul'-d at noon Thursday : nirths Charles Johnson , lift North Forty-third , flrl : ISdwnrd Dodder , Twenty- third and Hurt , boy ; Charles Allcott , 1110 Nortli Sovi-ntcontli. boy. DcatliH-IIelon I' . Copolantl , 1322 WIrt , I yeans. _ , "For a lame back and for pulns In the rhest there Is nothing equal to a pleco of Jlorncl dampened with ChairiUcrlaln's Pain Halm and bound on over tha seat of pain , " cays Mr. Halph Jordon of Burke. N. Y. "Pain Balm Is tbe best iinlment I ever used. VIDDCT \ IS WELL UNDERWAY Structure Will Prolnbly Ib Completed Mr.ch Earlier Than Expected. PRELIMINARY WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETED N to llt-iir Wflitlit or Ilir Pllo Ar .Vnv lli > liiw Imlil In ( lie lOnrlli ItallrouilM Art ; Dolnu TliuliI'urt. . The city engineer has recently lnn-ci-tcl ; the new Sixteenth street viaduct mid ex presses the opinion that It will bo oppn for travel on Juno 1 , one month before tfie time limit named In the city's contract with the t'nlon Pacific and llurllngto railroads The railroads have sublet the contract for the masonry and superstructure and re only concerned with the preliminary work. Tbo rtmoval of the old masonry and the setting of the piling Is beinig pushed with all possible haste , ns the railroads wish to give lb.iv bridge bulldcis an abundance of llmo to erect the structure' with duo at tention to details. The companies' engineers and masons are now engaged In driving the piles , which will bear the - ormous weight of the Iron framework. On e-ach group of piling there will be a layer cf conorc-to four feet thick extending almost to the surface or the ground. On this bnso will bo Imposed solid masonry to n height of about five ftot above the surface , the whole acting as a foundation to support the Iron columns The masonry which supported the old viaduct Is being torn away and will bo used In the abutments nt cither terminus of ihe new structure. The Lazzlg Bridge and Iron works of Chicago , which lias the contract for the erection of the viaduct proper , has notified Interested parties In this city that satis factory progress U being mailo In turnIng - Ing out the iron work. The main portion of the undertaking centers about the com pany's forges In Chicago , the Omaha end of the labor consisting merely of the . 'o n- Ing cf the parts. The Lazzlg company Is said by local engineers to bo one of the foremost bridge building concerns Inthe country . -and no doubt Is expressed but that thu south cMcrs' will be able to hold their contemplated Fourth of July celebration on the viaduct , the contractors being under a heavy bond to complete the work four days prior to that holiday , The next now viaduct to span iho tracks will bo that at Twenty-fourth Htrcot , which must be completed by Juno SO , litoi. Pre- llmlnary surveys have nlrrarty been can- ducted under direction of the "oard of Park Cemmlss'oiljrs ' to rsccrtain the prop erty to be condemned In securing a .jght of way. EyeslQlit Is the most precious of gifts. Im paired or defective eyesight is almost a crime In these days , Rlasscs can bo made thnt will tak ? away these defects V.'e make scientific eye ox- amlnutlons free and can toll you If glasses will help you All lenses giouiid by a competent spectacle man. THE AlOE & PENFOLD CO. , Bending- Scientific Optician * . 1408 Fnrnain. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL. Our Immense Variety or lilKhradu pianos which now tills our floors million It iio.-sil , ) > for us lo plpusi * ( . very oni' In iirlro , .onus , ijnlHli , siylc : inil quality-Thru again , our medium Kiwlo pianos which arc fold nt Mich low yjf prices and cxccplljnally easy payments dt i -with Ihe factory Ki " 'iinly accompan ied with our own guaranty makes it donlily proof against any future short comings We have some instruments tiiat arc ullclitly used at exceedingly low prices lU'incmhcr we carry thu new scale Klmhall ' lite Knnlie p'anolite piano- the Kranlch & Itacli piano thu llallelt & Davis piano the IIospc and ten oth ers. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas , Drex L , Shooman Don't ' Believe you could lie Induced ID < > to n holier liii-tory fur watch r. . julrsTlicn It Hlioiilil he Hie 1HO.S ) niiuinil tiling In tlio I \\orlil for you lo KO lo a slioo Kturo wliisn .von want ulioi's-U'liyV Tin- shoe sltire don't sell anything bul slues all their l tlinc Is taken uji with the buying of ! shoes that will lv the most * alien lion Our yeaiK of exiim-lonce has UK liouto iniy. how lo HI > | | and how ti > lit Hlini'rt so llint llic wi'iirer els this most for his money It Is unnrccKKHry lo way that our lai'Ko business has been built up by tin * satisfaction wo nivo our I'imioiiu'rh A nlioe hiore for nhocs al ways \Ve soil the best : ? : i.r.O shoo for men nnil woiut'ii UreM-l's Siiui-lal bear In mind no one can give a $ 'l. . * > 0 value for ! < : ii.r.ii. Drexei Shoe Co. , 1 Ouabii' * Dp > ( o-4atB fihov 1 1410 I'AUNAll STttEEf.
