THE ( ni AHA DAILV 3JCE : FKJOAY. FEHIU A1JY ! . HMO. THE FIELD OF ELECT RIC1H of Eleotrk L pit a.nfl ti ( i IsAwtrke it Preswtsi. , EVOLUTION STARTED BY EDfcOffS SK1U Orluln iflrHfk. . Tflccrniib ; If > i Ti-ncrd Ilnck f Mnrrnnl Ilnllilnc ! in lllt-rtrlf 1,1 tli I ntiil It * Cnratli r r n rr. About a ymr after Thoma * A. Bdlsofi first Lnnonm-t < lt > tb * v.-orld thai b ? bad nolrtl theprsMfrn ot kow to econontRaJly dl- intmt the ekctrie cnrrtitit Jer llfAtlaq I'u.-i tiw * by a atic of fint itlaatenu ad ol cart mlj > ed threiids of bamboo fiber inclo0 in littlr glaw bulb * fnnm n-hlt-fc It * air bfe3 l > M-n rxhauiit d. and wat ptvini ; demonKtraUont of hi * cynteai at Park. X. J . a well known HClfmtlHt pub- Imbed a pa | < er filled with mathematical for mulae intended to prove that the coaamer- < .ia ) KucreM of this novel tnethod of illumi nation was a pnyftlcal impOMibllity. It wan j-brwn that midur the most favorable cir- t-umntanceti conceivable the roFt of llgh.ins by the incandescent elertric fyBtetn was , tnd would continue to be. prohibitive. Mean- vhile Edison wont ahead in the perfection of his system -by improving every detail. When he had accomplished this. Kays the Philadelphia Record , be found that he had unintentionally and unconsciously done far more , for bin system of lighting soon de veloped the San that the best stationary r.ieam engine * of that day ( lR7Pi were far f-om satisfactory , and as a result the bigb- KT * fl engines which arc now no generally used for running dynamos were Invented. It Is jirobable that the output of incan descent electric lamps from two factories tlone in this country now exceeds 11,000,006 "bulbs jter annum. In the early rtavs of in candescent electric- lighting , when tbe bulbs cuit ; over Jl apiece , their life was uncer tain. Sometimes they would stanS "Ob or 300 nounconstant tiw , but more often they would die In much less time. Now. when the lamps cost less than 2 { > cents each they are expected to last more than fitiD hours , end. in fart , often do burn more than 1,00(1 ( hours before their life is exhausted. At firm it required one home-power of the Eteam engine to supply lour little lights : now the same amount of power cuffices for Twice that number of lamps , and each lamp p vet , far more than twice as much light. Many millions of dollars have beet ? invested 1o the business of making these lamps , , and large dividend ! ! have been paid , in spite o ! the mathematical demonstrations of ths ncientist who predicted that Mr. BSlson't nventlon would never be a commercial suc- : cBf > . Ili-ornt ltnr > rev -m - ti. In the volume of United States Consular Reports for January , llino. there may be found a report by our consul .general iManon ) at Berlin , entitled "A New Step in Electric Lighting. " which gives a lucid de scription of a new form of incandescent electric lamp. This lamp needs no vacuum. It 'lias no delicate carbon filament ; It glvet a light so closely resembling sunlight that the most delicate shtiaps of colored ribbons may be matched in its glow as well as in day light ; it gives out little or no > i at. and it requires hut one-half the power needed tc supply the present form of carbon filament lamp. The source of light is a little ro'J Cheated to Incandescence by the elertric current ) made of refractory earths such as me uBed In tbe manufacture of the familial Welsbach mantle. This lamp is tbe invention cf Walthe : Nern t. More or less vague accounts of lit tonstrustiou h ve appeared in technical and the critics have papers In this -country generally condemned the invention in ad vance as impracticable and totally Incap- a.blc of commercial success. In view of the former experience with the Edison lamp , lipwevcr. and in the light of the admirable re > pcrt of Consul General Mason , who ex plains the jircheut deficiencies of the Nerrst lamp quite clearly , It seems to us that the invention Is one which IE likely to prove ol value It may be accepted as an axiom thai whenever a new discovery contains wllhir ItBdlf the germr of valuable practical utlli 3 WBJ-B and meant- will befound , sooner o : later , to overcome tbe obstacle which maj prevent He Immediate ad\-ance to commer cial success. 1VJr "Ir > .fc TH < - rr pli Drfor - Mnn-irnl Like most great invention's or improve ments in the arts and sciences , says a wri ei lu the Engineering Magazine , wirtlrss teleg raphy is tbe outcome of the labo- , not of om A man. but of Bevcral. Let cs see to what ex tent the way had bewn marked out foi Maruoni. He studie-d Herti and Hertz studlpc Maxwell , who had Michael Faraday's expert- meets before him showing some sort o ! relationship between eles-tro-niasnetic wavei nnd light. Hertz could not have overlookcc ! Prof. Henry's discovery forty yecrs before , of tbe effect of an electric spark upon a dis tant needle. James Clerk Maxwell , in 1E7S. after nearly ten years' Investigation. puhlUhcd rl famous mathematical equations ertabllEhlus ibe lav of identity of light and olectro-mag- Jietic propagation through the eth r. Prof. Fttzsfrald of Dublin has already affirmed hii belief in tbe theory. Hertz proved this bj actual measurement of the waves. Prof. Lodge and others had rxperlmontea with T av-e transmiBBl-n before Marcaul camp on the nceno. The waves hud bees Bent through walls and other olmtaslrebui the idea of using them for long-dlstanot tcltpraphy , if thought of at all , was not seri ously considered. Prof. Lodge Bays thai nothing but "stupidity" prevented it. Prof. Hughre , the inventor pf the micro phone , hod dlbuovarod that a high-tenBiot Fpark afificifd certain frrms of his Instru ment ot a distance , and claims to have bee : cjuictly planning a wireless telegraph fo : years l fore Marconi was heard of. Oneutl an Italian profwsor , had expuritneatt-a will copper filings as a variable condu-tor. but i : remained lor Prof. Branly of thf Cathohi voiTiindty of Pari , to produce the "pt < herri ' n working receiver lor I'lpotrn-mupietii waves , transmitted through theether. . It tliit fclmjilc little device , not larger thai two inches of lead peuril. coupled with th Hertt oMdllutor. Mnrsnnl sew his wirele * te4egraph , and proved tbe truth of Pr1 Lodge's runlul rtwiark that "nothing bu stupidity" had dulayo * the wondurfu achievement. linthlur In Hlrctrir l.ltlu. It huE lim found that thcire arc man ; painful uiluidint which , whan acted upon bj floctric IIHIU iia light ray , are aompletc ! : Imuishod trem tbr aunnrer's body , report PtrBOn's MagurUitShront ; 4wrtric liph it- thrown an to the seat of KUSeriBE : ; th patient batkE in a batb r-f Ifglu and hnat ( ijinriniiuiDp uotbinr , but plouitaiit Ken tloos. and , in meet ea ? M > . an immediate ui ci'iafartloc t nut of rcUrf from imic Thr apparMue which < mublu * jjatluuu t 'but ' Sit in eletrio light it txirejoily aim jilt To an adjustable siaiid are fitted twe lar ; cnppnr or uh-LcJ-iiliutifl refic tara. Hhicb cai l > c movad in i : > dlr-wtiou H a ptiltmt I 3ving in Wd rpn nor * are plron ttlibe i.i < k. adverted to tin txuin IIREIUOU for to CASTOR ! A For iJifanu and CflJdren. Hie Kind You Have Always Bougni B. i > atsre ol tbr r c nbfrr flw'rpd "r tbe rt ar tb Plectrr Iticpc hi b ruaiitr tbf lutnlconbfat - y Tt > < bet ! n. * be n-rtihit a br rarrloe tbt di * t m - if tbf rrn > r-tor or tb * Banter o tamp * , or br tofornr of RpreliU rfcnl ifn eoetrolt tb * rtdrtric current. Tbtnx of tb JiWJr racb M tbf v-mpltf n * b < m8 rF which it would > w impnaMbte tc tr t tanUljwnb caber armtreetiHTitF. ar < calt witb br tbt > ii ? ry ttin. tbf pmtlMil I * to tbe rlcht ponltlot aoO if oomfpn bl ) Att4 ( fee tn r be full ) clotb 4 or oovrrHi with blMVetfc. wtthtni ! SprtJnr tbc jwwer of tb * ryt. the cuh rmt it turnrfl on hfl bwrt nfl licbt of eon- * id rMt' ' Intensity ure imtnedlatelr pro- 4nc d. In B few mmn uts tbe w-tll rerlster W 6 > cree * Pnhrwiliflt. 1 Hfttt patient * chut ti lie shftBlunjstid ts- perirucinp no iunouvenlcnr-f : . while an at- fpM-ffl limb hi lieeti sj > oM' to best r yt l a U-mpermturt of ft deer ef Fahrenheit. H aiigbt b * puppowd that tsnch a b M as thif woulfl rowt a llttb * fnaoaW air. there wouia be cril results were It nm for tbt fttct tliat dry hett It tnntiloyoA. r ptr tion UK * as It on tht liofly. A.iiljinc tbr Ilnyo. . The- baths iifiunlljla t for forty atn- r an hour , and It it to thH nro * application of thr brilliant llpbl and the l&tctif < heat. bearable > nailer no other rlrc-uniKlatire * . that the marvelous reealie aT nihitilv auc. Tbf rays may be- applied In thrievavf. . Tbry may bf directly up- rfllee to the body without bt ttnc the HUT- rnnndtnp air ; thry may bt > jiartially t-crcene * . w > that they fail only on t > nt > tpot , HF on an ttrm. or hnnfl : or they may 1m Biff used and caunt-d to hrat the nlr SHtrrounfiins theIIB - tifnt. AH a rnlr , b tw rcsultB are obtained when D ceitnplctt1 liodj bath is titon , even whe > n the- ailment tott tresfttefl IB only in one hab or Joint. The reult of the bath it that n fre-e picrpiraticin hrcaUf out over the whole boSy. even whun the rays tire applied only locally ; at the same time- the body tesnparaturp it lit murh us I. " or even S degrees , a efl'ert hitherto recorded BE im possible. Thrre is an increased circulation of the blood ; the pulse increases in fre quency and also tht respiration , but a lew irirmtes afteatbe bath jiulne. respiration and temperature return to their normal or pre- vlruB condition while an hour later the pulse it. found to be slower and stronger thr.r before , especially in the case of pa- tientr with tveal : ieirts.Vjth painful af- Qireionfi the pain IE almost immediately re- lU-veid on the application of the rays. AJierr the bath the whole body is "brlfeUly " rubbed with a dry toweJ and jierhaps masKaged and tbe iwtient rises from hit. bed. a new man. The peculiarity of the heat nupplied by Hie electric lumps it that the rayt. require no miidium. hut may he radiated directly on to the body , eveai through a glBs ? icre > en , or in a vacuum. The air surrounding the bother may be freezing , yet the body would still be warmed by the radiation from the eleenric lamps. In all inhcr baths of a Rim- liar character air as a medium is nwes- BBIT In applying the heat lo the body. The electric light rays so closely resemble thr nun's rays thtt they will cause sun burn and freckles when directed for any length of time on the uncovered t-.kln. This discovnry IB full of possibilities no doubt tbere are slaves or thedebk. . who , when it beccmcs generally known , will take electric heat and light baths for the .sake of gaining a complexion which may compare favorably with a yachtman's after a long cruisc in tbe tropics. SEAT CLEANING CONTRACT rrtnrj Glllnn Mum * tli t tlie Vnrlonh Projiositlonn - He- ucli ril in. .Si-alt-il liiilK. OMAHA , Feb. 7. To the Editcr of The Bee : I observe In reading the report ol the work of the investigating committee tcday that your reporter has confused ordinary communications to tbe bonrd with scaled bids , in speaking of the heat-cleaning erratract for limn. ] do rot think It inten tional , but 1 desire to have .the matter t-et right before the public. 1 desire to state that thepropositi ns foi tbe seat-cleaning and varnishing contract Jet in De-ember. 3EH9 , had nothing to do whatever with the contract held by H. H. Bc-yles last year , under which so many eeatf weu-e cleaned. Mr. Boyles' contract was le.t in December , ISiiB. Tbe Board of EdwatiT has never asked for bids on s-eat-cleaninc und varnishing , neither in JSSB nor 18H . Propositions to clean and varnish seats havt come in from time to time , but have nev beiCB received as sealed bids , for the reasor that they have in every case , with the ex ception of one. I think , been simply com munications to the Itoard. la Dosember , ISS'E. ' Mr. Boyles sent E communication to the board ottering to clear seats foS cents. This , proposition wai acErptsd and tbe cwtrart was let without asking for any other proposition. In December , IgiiB. commucicatisnfc agair begjin to : ome In offering to clean an varnish neats at various prices. Socaeo : those communications wrrp haaded in with out even having eavtiopes upon them , ani otheTE in open envclopet , and cne , the bit of Andrew IviewU. was handed to m * a few minutes before board meeting with tbe request - quest that I should oo : opt-n it until th ( licnrd met. 1 showed clearly today , by my testimoaj t-nfl the BSidavu of Mr. Kiewit , that thii was not tpened until it vai In the board. It happened , however tfiat cne other pro)06ltloa which had beu handed to me , simply as a communica tion , named the sanie prlct viz. 55 cents as that quoted in Mr. Kien-lfe bid. it JB my duty as secretary cf the board to < jea cozccnuaicaUons addiugsed to tin s'-cmcry fad to tie board , excepting ir casewhorf the board has asked for SEa > . Ui-s : biiti in til such cases I have nevei cpt-TH-J bldf. , t-xcepting by mistake , wbc : they wort- not marked os the envelope so as to indicate that they were bids. ; Tcifc Bf t-fJeaninE centroct for JbWi was i lot simply after suoccFslve nropoeltlone hafi 1 been oflwod by diflesrent parties and tbt price conetantly ran down. The contract jav.-c.i3na to Oicar Pttterson at M centf put , stm is not. in reality , wcrth tbe paper it if ' writtca on. fcr the reason that he could tic ; aSord is clean and varnish seals u.t the ; 1 thiuld litcluanfd and varnished under thi 1 Bpecinc-liow Jn Mr. Boyle * ' contract lot i that price Mr. Boylat ruoeivad S5 cents ! whereui. Mr. Peterson ofterrd to cltian then : I lor t4 coats. ! 1 roeommtinJud u > tbe bsard At a prcvloui | mealing that if I hebcurd inteuddd to let i caatruci f or f > etil-oMiiiing ) u should prtipart Siocificatians and invite HU.le > d bidt > , but this wut not dc.Ee , euJiMmuoutly tbe eonuouabw- i UOJIK whicb wfire reot'lved wlih regard ti i i-clo iilttt ; could not lf eon iamd tenUii bldt , and. at 1 hbve Etkt d above , Manna I : ill we weirr net rveo t t'lo d lu ruvnlofii * i The f " that tbt < last comaimicuUDO rp- by tbe board rKeriug ji > clean nni K ( itiMune froai relative of i of tb brare kiiuuld not be unyd ; i COD J use tbi" aiiiwlt ef tbe people tmd cuu * ikes ? to beliwe that tb w wer * sealed bide , Tiif ebl.r proan diiiF with r gard lo thi mutt-cleaning ooatract I in Deceuaber. Jtiirti i WM unbuiiw t > Uk , but 1 ahouid not be iudi i rt prucibi for tbtwitioiM' t-f tin bu rd ad ' wHle th * lirv * tie tiup cujnmhu * uuw ( , ' . dr ti'tUett. . 1 IttiteVR. 1 desire UuU tb pubiir &l e alsMilt kaw tbe truth -with rt- r rd vo tb * kb v > matt rfc. Verr r u > ct full ; youff . 3. St. O1LLAX. Stcmtary Board a ! W B Phlui Albaov Ga s yi ; ' Df- TK.-'t T rilt Eerly Riwrt did nif mD'i po1 d fhur rv p lU 1 ev -n-.l ' The ' 4. ru , ' < j .it , 'nr "oc-pair.n : b.liovr end 1'vcr ana bcwtl trouile $ XE\V \ BOOKS AND MACAZlSEi iDg i latereKt Peeph irii IK tie Stas. GREAT INVENTOR WfSTES A NEW BOOJ \Vork of Alt Kind * for All ClnM-fi of ] { n < l < r Another > < * lirn Un I'ort Coinro t > till1'rotit Ciirrt-nt I'nlillcntl < inn. In Me preface to "The 5t gr at * rhfllp G. Hubert i y : "A lev ; meatlii thf d vt ; > iier of an old friend e mf ti we "With th t fltowlni ; gu rtloD : 'Whfcl aim ! ] I do to rn & living ? I listen' ! i in tht > wwid. 1 liee Iten ffclrly wnts d , but 1 Aoa't know raottgh al mi nraslc to twch it ; 1 hate the Idea of point Into b school. even tf I could get a ocbooi iuwttlon. which is doubtful. Some of mj friends have migcwted the stage ; 1 tisei to do f lrly well in jirlvnte thestrteiils. Supposing - posing that 1 can earn a living Rfctary bj actlnr , would yon afivlse me to do it ? Whal * rt of a life is tt " What are Us advantage * and dined vantage * " Why do some peoplt nuoeec'd on the stage and others fail ? And how Hball 1 pti to work to get a foothold in a profession that I hear is already over crowded ? ' Mr. Hubert't answer * , to thew questions make up a modest little volume that wiH l > e of the very greatest interest tc every person with a desire for the Ptngc. Mr. Hubert' * experience at. a dramatic critic has brought him into close relatlbns with th'e stage , and he speaks upon th& subject with personal knowledge. His volume gives a sketch of the actor's life , Its requirement , hardships and rewards. He describes the qualifications and training essential to suc cess and gives expert opinions from such fa mous actore as Sir Henry Irving , Lawrence Barrett , Dion Boucicault , Joseph Jefferson. Helen Modjeslta , Mary Anderson and Maggie Mitchell. G. P. Putnam's Sons. IVice tl. Elitha Gray is a name to conjure with in matters scientific , and especially i there associated wiith electricity. Hie fame among scientists IF secure , because based on scientific achievementOf his many inventions probably the. best known are the tolcpione now a commonplace miracle of everyday life and the telautograph , which reproduces at one end of an electric line th'1 exact handwriting , drawing or tracing madi- with a pen at the other end. But In practical telegraphy and other elertrlcal pro- cesfitH his ingenuities have wrought great economic changes. It is a fortunate thing that such a man should have found tima and Inclination to v-rite a series of familiar tt-IkB for tie unscientific on what he calls "Nature's Miracles" wonderful things which are subservient to the rule of law. This Prof. Gray bap done , and a volume has cppcared with "world-hailding and Ufa" It Is a neat. Interesting little honk , written , as * the author says , for those who have not , and who cannot have , the advantages of a sci entific education , for young readers who will b ? heaped hy these plain , general vit'ws of topics which their textbooks will give them In detail. For popular and school libraries and for the "general reader" who is net spoiled lor everything but fiction , this hook must be of especial worth. Fords , How- art & Hulbert. Cloth , (10 ( cents. "The Scarlet Stigma" it a drama in four act * by James Edgar Smith. It is a book let o ! eighty-two pages , -written by a well krtwn lawyer of Washington , I > . C. It is both a drama and a tragedy , founded -upon " Hawthorne's "The Scarlet "Letter. " In the forra cf a drama , lie trarric story is iolfl more inrpiKcively than even in the great classic romuuca. For its literary elegance .tha drama deserves the best words of commen dation , while at the same time it is deeply serening in all the moral bearings of the qm rations raised. It unearths hypocrisy and the shallowness of men't applause , and re veals even the sinful and repentant as gerbcd in angellr attire. Hester Prynne. the woman with the scarlut letter , and Roger Prynne ( called Dr. Ohilllnpworth ) . the wronged huf-band. are wonderfully inter esting characters. The drama is told so modestly and the Bad truths so hedged by the spirit of right and virtue as to leave only the mcst healthful , strengthening les sens. James J. Chapman , publisher , "Wash ington. D. C. 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" Stephen BnnFal U.trlywar cnrresaondent to the New York Herald , has written a book which the Macmillan company 'Trill tmbHMi this raontb un.der the title of "The Golden Horseshoe" A book which should tie of use to wom''Ti who intend to travel more or leas alone in Europe isMrs. . Mary Oadwalaxier Jones' "European Traveil lor Women. " which the MacmlTlan company will publish In a few weeta. An early itDrtrait of Swinburne , hy Dante GobrM Rossetti. forms tbe frontispiece to the February Book Buyer. The picture is made from tbe original drawing in the col lection of Georce A. Armour. The settle -of Tiobert Herrtck's new novel. "The Wyb of Life , " is in Chicago at the time of UIP Pullman strike , the Debp riots und the follnwinp year ? of busdness depres sion. The Macmillan company will publish it early thisfjirine. . Prof. George EU-ward WooSbcrrj-'s "Mak ers of Litnraiure" ( the Macntlllen ooinpar.yi rwill contain reprints < if ills "Studies in Lel- terf- and Life. " teKret'Ji > r with essays on Shelley , Lundor. Browning. Arnald , E ron. Coleridce. Lowell. Whittier and othe s wiilfh have appeared since nis former little volume appeared. The February issue of the International Morihly will contain the following artifles : "Art ae u MPUBS of Expression , " tiW J. Stlllman : "Japan's En-r ; > ' into the World's Politics. " by Garrett Drojiperz ; "The Opera in America aad Europe. ' toy H T. Flnck ; "Tne Future irf the 5r/rt Story , " by E. Charlton Slack ; "Rerem Work in the Science of Rellcion , " toy C. H. Tw. In ithe serins o-f "Potkrt Eiicllsh CJaf.sicn , " putiliHhMl by tile Macjr.illan cunmuty , the new volume * announced far the tirinc ure "Boolp 1 and " of Paradise Lost , " "Maj- roion" and "Julius Ooesar " Earn volume in this series is a handy Ibmo in limp rover er * and has introduction , critical notes and portrait far those who wmh to know Pome- tains of the work or uufhor. We lielleve- that there ha > been no popular book hitherto -vrritti 5 c-ont-trninp 5 > lrdF- nects , nor -iLiiri ii < htK ) tbe fact fhttt till * is a subjtK't whifto pcj-ticulurly tippoals to perhons who love nuture and yet hiivfc not the time or opportunity "o pursue regular ocientltif invt , acaUon. ; Tr. overcome thi want A RadtlyflV Dupmore has written and ilu ! traUd for fhe Jjoublssday & Me- Clure i-oznvany a book which will i'ear t'ne tille "Bird Honiefc. " G. W SHw veins. the fatnous Enfrlifeh war owr < * pondfnt , w'ie > dlrf the othtsr day ot tevu ui Lad > -Eroiirh. South Africa , was one of the few journalist * of th * day who have wadf any rwilly imporlaut ooiurWiutJori" te hlRtorj' and lh rature. Mr. 3ttevu * ' laM tio&k it. "Thf Trz Btsdy of Enteyft- " VuWithed lij the Harft only * nhum btrfor * the author's departure for tie vual Xo more \-ivld pifce of WTitinF but 4ij > < iur d in yt-4ir > . u will uoduvbiiaty RU on rtnord M > ine l > ast uad cle&rtml acoouut oflit ( mtiie a&air. Mr. Stwverit had npjiKeC 10 wrh * a num ber of u.liclw on "Thirfroui > 3f in tb * ' tor Hw.ru - > MaKMZint- and bin would undouiUi3i > h.ivtb > , tn u nu > t vtulu- allc work on tbe Britieii jialK-y und tbe krtioiiof tb * war A new idea liut ( o-Jfrtau'.ed in Om lut toid liaff btien put to ti iitartioal t < Kt it taken the furra of u majHir.liu vitij thf Utif "Tbe Cidldroc of the I'aiuid fiueiw * . . " Tb * ditor it. Mi * GrjuSonnuMtH , a Krdunit- of ttM > Portland > On i Hl t wiioui. at preur-ot ii j * lftin of CtBttUifc. It Ik a montbly tuainuEi e runbuiUtic eicJuBlve'y of t ri . | M < au < and letter * wrttUm for Mid by pupil * unttar U luutaiact it u. enttour&cUrtpht < WdJfi. ) in Ut rarr wur ) : nuil to fumlHJi a macasiur uf uoawoii tt&wtnti 10 nil tbr M-bwil uiildr ef our oouutry Ev r > ' Uriebt ? > util i icvitd t contriliutf Lirth'k * for jJUliiicnUon Several puod jr.afruzinct fur c-Jiiirtr"i trt uir--1y n. tiilKiciiK l ut ilie h 'iTt mun ip "rf .rT'liut ' i ! . ' - 'Tbhu nut : i rn trr * j- ; * - < rtr < -f : \tr \ 1 r.i ; , - Stt - IF > hiidr > r. fc tnucbzinit" < "C..T m 11 mt--ir' * . * v hi h 1st \l-.i.E .u. ' T I1 u .hi . . . . \nlii. .ri children under It jctrt , 'FRAMi CASE XEAifc THE END Eriotmee JE Ote * d tad tie Attcrog's An ii th > Midnt ef Pia * ! Arrt-mcutr. . KIMBISOFTH. H3USE GtViS TESTIMONY H " | f 'M-i tntIv - J. O. Drtwllvrnr tinAfv nn l > nj VoltVn * TnUfn mi I'nftknur if 1'rr Itili tttltrr M'lt . > . .Aliment. The nan < J < UDU * procttfding * brought bj tbt wnwty cmatelBfiioiOTC tc exiwfiel Albjn Pitali , ex-dwk of tk fliBtrW nmn , to rrn- er i account of fw * tu acoorfltnce with thf tBseatiy wmrtad law gereraiag aiatrirt rtwiwiUTia. i * sewing tbe e a in BBnaitr com At Uw ferMrtras eMlon yettwity was ciwtafl ana IB tl utornwii ) UM- wys itftrau their final Mgnaeirt , Judge Bstellt will jtfvbaWy renter htfi fladpion fjatf time utaa * . tnit ttwill not tor fans ! for It Is abaci-stood Ui&t fipjK-td wfll b * tafemi especially if tit decision > agalswt Pram ; The wltaea , or the forcuioon was J. n. Iwirtiw. who was a member of the house during tbr last ttcmileD f the legislature. Representative Detwller said much to es tablish the legality o ! the fee law which rmak ronte&dc Is void by nson of lehn - - cal errors in ttie method of It * cuaetmrn- . He jswore be was preseint on the dny the bill vas pasture aad that the aye and itny voie wa * called this heing one o ! the disputed points. He alBo testified thiit ho began tel l : * ji s rucord of the ayes and nays aufl suc ceeded In doing so until toward the elope of the roll fall , whim , by leuMin of con fusion In the house , he lost trncl ; of the vote. He hurried to the clerks' defck. how - ever , and supplied the missing vote * from the cleric's record. In this way Mr. Det- riler was positive that the ayp and naj : vote was propej-ly Jecorfled by the clerk. Hr stood alongside of him and saw it done. Thp vole us kept by Mr. Detwller was not am part of the official records , but simply tor hie own information , at mmnbers o. the Icpislrture usually do when an Important bill Is called fo ; passage. Nc ( further Ugbt has been thrown on tie nyBtery Karrouudlng the mutilation of the Uouse iournnl. whereby the ofildal history nf the fee bill is abridged , but enough eri- Sccre has bwn adduced at this hearing to show that some person , uuidenliflfcd thus far. must have "tampered with" the records. In view o ! the deputy secretary of state's testimony to the effect thttt numerous per sons were "roa time to time permitted to cxauilne the house journal aftrr it passsJ Into the secretary's custociy , no way has yet aevcloped .by which the act can be JuBteaed cpon any individual. Tuesday aiternoon the county attorney isked for a continuance of the ca&e until niursdny in order that two witnesses from aut in the state might "lie brought in. He said he was not fully informed as to the im- rartance of these witnesses , but hi believed .hey micht tell something of interest. On Thursday the county attorney announced that 3 had thub far bfen unable to secure these witnesses , but that 'he believed he could dose so if Riven a Uttle more time There was abjection to thlB and Judge Estellp ruled Lhat the testimony l e closed and that final argument proceed. During a discussion of the mutilated rec- jrd in the morning , and when Frank's attor neys were mailing one objection after an- ather so rapidly that the shorthand reporter sould hardly have recorded them had he not t 'en expert. Judge Estelle said : "When a record is lost It may he estab lished t > y competent testimony. " Connti' Attorney" * Affidavit. The argument was not finished when court adjourned at ii o'clock and it will be re sumed this morning. In support of his mo tion for a continuance of the case , in order Lliat additional witnesses may be secured , the -county attorney filed in the office o ! the district clerk a lengthy typewritten affi davit in which he sou forth in detail his reasons for tielien-ing that additional "wit nesses may be secured. In substance tuc affidavit ptatas that Edward IlOBewater , editor of The Omaha Bee. com municated to the county attorney the 'belie' thai he could supply the names of witnesser who could Rive positive testimony to the cffct that the yea and nay vote was taken on the 1'ee bill at the time of its passage ; that the house concurred in the senate amendments , and that a proper record was made of the * proceeding. The affidavit further sets forth that these witnenses are MiJEsrs. Harrison and McCarthy , the former a Bee correspondent and the latter a mem bra of the house. It also says that M ? . RDsewatnr made a trip to Lincoln , from which place he wired the vounty attorney that he had been successful in locating witnesses , but that it would require a few days in which to get their testimony. The > original of this telegram is appended to the amdarit as an exhibit. In conclu sion the affidavit states that through the cDorts cJ Edward RoBewater , rtill further evidence has liera found a. to the legality of the bill and that the additional witne-jpt-s are Messrs. "Wall and Gllmore , respectively clerk and assistant clerk of the bouse. It is also reciud that Mr. McCarthy was in Omaha at the time the county attorney mcde the motion for continuance. The county attorney asked that the case be laid ove- until February 18 , hut Judge Estellt or dered the final argument to proceed. August StolcnsUI In his petition filed In the United State * circuit court on Thursday nsks Jl&.uOU damages from the Cudahy Pack ing company for injuries received while in the employ of the company in December , IB.'iC. Tl/e plaintiff alleges that by reason of tup negligence of one of the employes of the company a glue vat was left in such a condition that while he was engaged In the performance of hie duties ie fell into the vat and was w > severely scalded that he is permanently disabled. Ar - > H GnlJtj. The case of the state against Low * K. and Lottie Harding , cnurped with receiving eloUn property , which was begun in Judge BuV.cr't. court WwliieBdiiy. was oot prosecuted to the end. After the trial had fairly started. Judge Baker took the cau from the jury , "there being no evidence upon which to base pr Btcutiui Tht Hardingb stood accused tf being in leecue with C. E Holme * , who waf > tried aiid acquitted of vtealinp bran , futures from the B. SI. Railroad company. \ii-i-t. of tlir Court * . . Taykir and Ch rls Wood. colored , arc on triuJ before Judge liulri ( ihsJftttd with FtwilInK $16 worth of lira.- * vnJvt * from the Pucitlc school Imildinc Arthur C. BunrfJI F bnwi awarded de- rrtw is divorc.- from Adeluide C. Buwe. Judge Key * r pi-Kntefl w-jjuratlun uu it fibowing ef fVtr H - crunlty. Among ulb r allfcZiUkmK it WIM , s t forth Uiut when : bt iiXUntiir wiitv ill for nix v ? < il : Hi a turtipSUtl , the fltsftudain die not titUl to i-w ute. The Stmburn-HuiUm-QvjiiiF Cuttle com pany filed i-y ! > in tlw Unltfd 5uit t , ( tircuit court y itrdty u > lite unpwtir of AU Mw.r * to it cruw-lrill in ilirCUM. . - of Mwrf aHiJi t tL < > uaitle qumviuiiIn its r * " l } the pontjihnv dunlaj- - vtirjaUeghtloii n-Jtdf bf tiif eami < l in nt. who all ptid that the- > / wiwp hit financial uufl p r- ! ruin Tilt lollowiuc iiortniU 1m vtlunn from re uliirt of ttie luiidinc iUJl I > wrt & < "i. Soutjj Ttnth bn k Wurt-hviuM Ho " ( if' ' A Bucbxniti. Tw 'iiu - i. ir.it bi ; " Iinmrc frj.in < UI > UM c'Wf-ir.f ! ; t no. SJ'i'.tRur. . in.4 Somh Tin it . h r -r t-7 lion Mrr Ktte Ii I 7 Her itih E.nd I'ra t frtnis : dwt.Ur.c Pot- THE TRICK , may involve deceit or it may be a display of peculiar skill. There is deceit in some soaps , but there is none in Ivory Soap ; it is a display of pecu liar skill. It will stand any test and can be relied upon to do all that is claimed for it. IVORY SOAP IS 99 > ii PER CENT. PURE. co CINCINNATI REMODELING OLD POSTOFFICE Work to J'ronrohkliiK KnjiiiU ; uud MUKI. I iidcr Coiitmct. He Coiniilctcd by Jnlj 1. The work of remodelling the old postoffice building , which is to be used for the head quarters of the. Department of the Missouri. Ik progressing rapidly. The structural work has been completed on all floors above the ground floor and these rooms will be turneS over to the plasterers In n few dayr The first floor when completed will contain thirteen rfflces , which , it is said , will be used by the chief coormlEsary and pay master's departments. The north uud south entrances on the east side of the building will beclofed and the doors will be re placed by windows. The step ? In front of tbe central entrance on the east side have been removed and masons are at work bring ing the wall of the basement up to the level of the sidewalk. The entrance at this door will be on the level of the walk into a vestibule , whence Ktepe will lead to the main corridor , -which extends through the hullditic from east to west , crossing a corridcr which runs south from the north door , Vhich will remain in its present condi tion. The two corridors en this Eoor will beef of mosaic tiling , and all of the walls will be flraprODf. The second floor , containinc the offices of the adjutant general , judge advocate and medical department , will consist of twelve rooms. The corridor , -which runs south frrm the stairway , will be floored with mosaic tiles. The third floor , with eight rooms , will contain tbe offices of the chief quartermaster , the old court roocn being set apart for the clerical force. The fourth floor will be used for storage purposes , An ejevator is iKdng placed In the northwest corner of the building , and the sewage ana plumbing system has "been entirely re arranged. ' The contract for the reconstruction of the building calls for its completion in time for the department to take possession at the beginning of the next fiscal year , July 1. CHARLESTON WINS THE PRIZE Coiiiinitlrvinun J'rurfe Kxi laiii K-n - on * for Lot-mini ; 71u -li * rk * C < ii- reiitlfin In Southern Cltj , The executive commcee ! of the Na tional Educational nssociution. of which Superintendent Pcarse of the Omaha schools is treasurer , has announced that the net : convention will be held at Charleston. S C from July 7 to IS In speaking of nbp choice Superintendent ! pearse cayr "The controversy regarding railroad raies which has made it necessary to defer the decision has been finally settied. the roadE having granted all the demands made by the committee ! . Notwithstanding the- fact that tbeBoard of Directors at the Los Angeles meeting indicated their preference- tor Charlestrn by a more decicive- vote than has been cast within ten years the txneutjvi. committee- whicb the choice was referred , visited thre-e other cltiet inviting the as sociation to determine bevotvd question which location would best serve- the largen number of educational interests. "The commitu-e was impressed by the earnest appeal of the- citizens of Chariest n. endorsed by the educators and press cf the south , that the present is a most opportune time for the ussociatlon to lend its aid in Ruppon of the revive ! of educational it- terestp in "that region The recently com pleted auditorium , with a seating rnjmrit' of K.OOfi. appeared tr > be better adapted fcr the sessions than any audience room in which the assembly has ever met Con. . modious halls and churchep were found iti suHicien- number for departmental meetings A complete local organization has be-en per fected and written reports were submrtrrt to the commiuee at the time of its visr showing tbe mcst care Tul arrangements for entertaining the convention " IRON -FIRE ESCAPE AFIRE Wliirt mid L.ITP Wlrro C mlilti - to I'rodnrr a Stiirtllnii > i Ttinlr Durlnti tlic llr.T.nr ! l. Persons in the vicinity of Slxtnentb and Farnam streets at an early hour yesterday morning saw a eolumn of green and -blue flame * in the rear of the Paxton block fo which they were unable to account. The brt liant flashes chat-ed earfh ether up and down a vertical space of about fifty feet , appear ing and disappearing at intervals of a few seconds , finally one of the spectators came to the conclusion a. telegraph pole was burning , and BO notified thr lire departmrn- Vpon inve-stigation it WBB found thai : . live electric wire , swayed by the wind. hB < 1 whipped against the iron fire escape in thf rear of the Paxton block until the insulation had -worn away , leaving the meital exposed The stairway soon be-ame charged with electricity , and every time the swinging wire temched the iron railing there w - a blinding flash of light , followed by darkness as tbe contact was broken. There was no damage. At daylight the- electric light company repaired the wire. Cell -c-i ion * During ; lnnniir ? . The following . ta.U'me'iit ismied In .tie city treasurer t-hows the receipts and dis bursement ? for Januarj. the tiotulile ncm lining ; the personal tux e o lp ( tlonwhlrh apparently .lustify the fmx'lo 'roe'ni ' > f two collectors , recently udciod lo the pay roll Balance Dec itiber SI J.M9.75S- Tax collfition-s. reulty. Ui ( Tf 5S Tax ruHectionrjierttona ; C.SCT j Tax c-D'.ipcrlons. spccia' Si 421 ! 47 O.her cdllofti'int ir , MB 35 DifiburftnientSS < C lir' ! ' 41 * Baliin-j Januari 31 - 5 SH7 SB Toials .JMK 47 JHC.477 H5 CRUTCHES The best quality of maple crutch , per pair , $ J.50. CRUTCH TIPS 25c A Pair. Postage , 5c The Aloe & Penfold Company , DcUirmiH Erncr Munulocturcrk. 1405 f rtrnom Street. Omuhn. Drex , L , Shooman's ' Snow Shoes Arc l > ui)1 ) of tbtLind of li-ntber the Kiicivt.ut particularly is thi- trueof our woman' * $ .50 cnlfKli. : Klwicfmade1 of pcnuiiic calf , with ; av Hole1 leaitlicr iKittciUb that liuve tlip e- t elision -dpcp inatlc op the now masculine culineUK1 hint in .ill Klzt'fi arid till vJdths , from A to EE U > t Tfirj' IGiail HHOW and wiutor hbc no rnlilxyf , re- with tlHf > qulftid ) -Hf up-to-datf ' , shoes at $2..V vr < - rnarautcc t , wt-urtup tjunlit.v < f tbesistuhlble * , liot-s. Drexe ! Shoe Co. , FARNAJi STREET. ; Our Four Winners Tbe Iticonijinralilp Kualic tbt > i tont-d Kr&iiU'h A ; Bacli tlie luUJIant Hnlh-ti i DaviK Hie n-liaWc KtiHlialJ lire the- four leaditis uial : K of lilpli plnuofi piaitJh thai we lmvi > lictm g f'-r iJ ! * yearn 10 ov < ! rj'l > c dyB HaiiK- 1 faetlon tb * j' are made tip lu il jnost IdMiuilfBl of woods--Ju tlie laJeKj and KliMifnnd at the iiric ( uud \ vtaiv juaklti ? at tlie jij-ewut Uuif you ' -wltt Jiu * it to y-iur Intereta i inviirtl- ' stitv-j-Uiemlcr t- inmhiicii UM $ on you for a quarter of /vitu 7. A. HOSPE , Music and Art 1513 Douglas. i