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r ME FIELD OF ELECTRICITY Blgnlficancs of Recint Moves on the Tele phone Keyboard. BELL'S RIVAL GETTING QUITE ROBUST Kovrl Telephone Line 'nnnec(lnK Indlnna Town N Hlccf rlclt y SiiIjM unci Dim Hop itn ii Oilier Lines, Eastern papers devote much business coup of the Telephone, Telegraph j fltld tnfitn pnmnqnw In ........ ' v.u.uiij, in nvtufiiiK comroi oi Iho Krlo Telcphono company, which operates lines In North nnd South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas, Texas nnd tho city of Cleveland. Tho Telephone, Tele graph and Cablo company Is now tho chief, if not tho only, rival to tho Ilell left In tho telephone field, nnd its control of tho Krio liutH It In position to glvo tho oldtr company nemo troublo In spots enough, perhaps, to forco a consolidation nt Rood paying figures. Tho absorbed Krlo company employed $22, 000,000 working capital, Including bonds an 1 notes, as well ns Its actual outstanding capital stock. Tho comblncj Interests of tha Krlo company on February 15 had 155,000 telcphono stations In 2,300 cities nnd towns nnd 250.000 tnllcH of wire, of which 80,000 Is long-dlstanco wire. Tho deal Involves tho purchase outright, for cash, of n very largo majority of the out standing capital stock of tho Krlo Telcphono and Telegraph company (the total amount j outstanding is $10,000,000) by tho Telephone, Telegraph and Pablo company of America. ' Tho Inttcr corporation was organized, with n capital stock of $.10,000,000, to form a rival telcphono system to tho Ilell ono that should extend throughout tho country nnd absorb ull tho independent telcphono com panies. Tho Krlo company Is a Hull licensee company, and as such has tho legal right to continue to uso tho Ilell patents In nil the territory In which It operates. It Is ono of tho few Hell llcenseo companies, however, Iho control of which Is not lodged by vlrtuo of stock ownership wMh the Hell people. Tho transaction Is of great Importance. It means tho acquisition by the now big rlvnl telcphono corporation of one of the most Im portant Hell concerns, one which occupies one-sixth of tho whole Hell territory. The Krlo concern owns outright tho Mlchlgnn Telcphono company, tho Wisconsin Tele phone company, the Northwestern Telephone Kxchango company nnd tho Southwestern Telcphono company. Its stock ownership Kivcs it tho possesion of fifty-eight pieces of real estate. In thirty-six cities, this real cstnto alono being worth $1,37!),3B3. Tho Krlo company Is a highly prosperous concern. Its gross earnings In 1899 were $3,070,399 nnd ItH net earnings for that year wore $1,311,102, an Increase of $193,339 over tho not earnings of 189S. Il.irli Win- Telephone Line. Ono of tho most novel telephone systems In tho world is tho "barb-wlrc" line, which connects 'tho Indiana towns of Anderson. Pendleton and Ingalls. It Is fifteen miles In length. Its Inventor, builder and solo owner, Cnsslus Alley of Pendleton, Ind., now has six subscribers at $30 n year each. Tho time Is not far distant when there will be ten fold 'this number. Ono clothing company nt Anderson, with branch stores nt I'ondleton, nnd tho Wagner glass works, with ofllcos at Anderson nnd factory at Ingnlls, are using this barbwlrn system In their business af fairs exclusively. They uso the lino fre rjiiontly. They can convert It Into a private lino by plugs so arranged that when one party Is using the lino he can cut out all others except In Mr. Alley's residence, 'which Is used ns a central station. It Is no exaggeration to say that this barbwlre tele phono system Is quite as satisfactory as the copper circuit of the Hell. Ordinary 'phones are used with no special strength of battery nnd thero Is very llttlo trouble with the lines. In constructing tho line Mr. Alley used tho top strand of tho barbwlro fence of the lllg Knur railroad, making the connections with tho oflleos of his subscribers with ordi nary telephone wire. In some Instances whore the. posts bad rotted It was necessary to paint tho wlro nnd posts with rubber paint to Insulate tho wire. This Is f.ilrly satis factory and puts tho line In shape to b used ns well In wet weather as at any other time. Tho inventor experts to put In r. ncwly-in-vontcd form of glass Insulator, which Is very cheap and the only cue yet found that can bo used on n fenco wlro line. On this line wagon roids are crossed thirty-seven times am'. rul'mads six tlmei At thCEo crossings the line Is either car ried through u gasplpo conduit, with In sulated wiro, or by bull ling bridges, which Is dono by merely nailing a piece of timber fifteen feet long to the last fence post and extending high enough to allow clearance for tratllc. Tho whole lino of fifteen miles was built nt a cost of about $100 and the outfit for each house, consisting of receiver, trans mitter, battery, call, etc., costs not over $10. Tho magnetic bell call Is UBcd. This barb-wiro line Is connected with th Independent long-dlstanco telcphono lino; nt Ingalls, and In this way Indianapolis and Greenfield may bo reached by tho uscr-t of Mr. Alloy's system. Tho lino has been In operation since De cember 22 and has not been out of order BACopt for a few hours, when a fast train on tho railroad struck a cow. threw hor body against a fence and broke the wire. A telephone communication, by this slniplo method. Is placed within the reach of every community nml will bo operated In that section of tho country to a great extent. Farmers who do not have regular telcphono rmtflts nnd wires loading to their residences irii mippllcd with a small 'nsdrumont at a very small cost. This llttlo contrivance Is so arranged that It can bo attached to tho main barb wlro at nny point and thus tho rural friend Is enabled to call up lil.-t city merchant or broker or lawyer Just as well as If ho had the ordinary tele-phono equipment. Ih Hleetrlelty n SiiliMtitnee f Tho controversy over tho dutlablllty of electricity has already been alluded to in theso columns. Apparently tho question may turn upon another: Is electricity a BUbstanco or not? This Is a good old ques tion nnd Is still unsolved. It la largely a matter of definition, for tho two words "electricity" nnd "subatnnco" nro still used .n vnrlous ways. Tho engineer often means 'electrical energy" when ho says "elcc Uiclty," whllo tho physicist usually pcetu- Blood Mm IWWM w. , Newman, Staunton, Vn, says : "I wns nfllieteil with Contagious HI owl Poison, fttul tho best doctors did mo no In (act, I seemed to get worse- nil Vcu while. I took nlmost every so called blood remedy, but they did not reach thodiseaso. At tho nuvlre of a friend, I then took S. 6. S and began to improve. 1 continued the- medicine and it cured mo com pletely, and for ten years I have nover had u sign of tho disease to to return," $.S.S.rrLBlood (Swift's Specific) Is tho only remedv which can eradicate Contagious Wood Poison. It is guaranteed purely vegetable, Book on self-treatment mailed freo bj Swift Sueclflo Comuany, Atlanta, Qt lates the exigence of something that Is tho Vchh le of this energy Now If somethltfg analogous to a substance Is Introduced into! this country from Canada, it may ha ! tiunaoic, while if only energy or "power" is brought In, It may not. Tho whole subject Is elusive, and It will Interesting to see how tho patent ofTtce will deal with It. Tho Klectrlcal ltevlew, in a loading editorial, seems to take the view that the electricity cannot be mado to pay duty because It passes continuously around a circuit and hence Is exported ns fast as It Is Imported. It says: "The electricity whatever that may be could bo Justly considered to trnvel along the line Into tho United States and at once to travel back to Canada. Suppose two pulleys, ono on each side of the Niagara river, with u rope or belt connecting them. This ar rangement would transmit power if ono of the pulleys was turned. Similarly, whllo It wns running, thero would bo a more or less rapid Importation of tho belt, and an pxnetly similar exportation. And It could not bo snld with truth that such an arrangement constitutes an Importation of power, for the power. In Its applicable form, does not exist In transit, but only nt tho driven pulley. Now this arrangement is an exact analogy j of an elcctrlcal-power transmission. If these who nro anxious to prevent Canadian ' Importations would only turn their ntten-! lion to certain uncnumcratcd, unmanufac tured products of that country now entering duty free, such as blizzards, north winds, hunting nnd fishing stories, etc., they would do a good work." Immediately following this editorial Is an other In which the ground Is taken that electricity Is not a substnnco nt all. It ap pears that the Commercial Tribune (Cincin nati. O.) has suggested tho possibility that electricity may be not only a substance, but nn exhaustible substance, and "views with nlarm" tho possibility that tho world's sup ply of It may give out. To this tho writer In tho Kcvlcw rejoins that our supply can not bo exhausted, for clestrlcty Is not a substnnco at all, but a more condition. He Kays: "To deflno this condition of matter and ether that is commonly called 'electri city' Is not yet perfectly possible, though tho truo nature of electricity Is far hotter understood than that of so slmplo nnd every day n phenomenon ns grnvlty. Wo know enough nbout It to say that electricity Is cer tainly not a substnnco nnd, for tho present, perhaps It Is safer to let our definite asser tions stop with the stntement that It Is a state into which a body nnd Its surroundings may be brought by sultnblo work dono upon It. Thnt Is nil. Hcncn we are In no partic ular danger of seeing our stations crumbling Into picturesque decay and our telephones on tho scrap heap. Indeed, If all tho elec tricity wcro gono we wouldn't seo nny thing, because thero would bo no moro light." This wholo discussion Is very Interesting as showing how a subject may leap fully armed from tho regions of metaphysics Into tho "strenuous" nrcna of commerce. Kleetrle lll-lltlliu. Kxtcnded experience with electric heating has only tended to Incrcuso tho number of its palpabto advantages. Kspeclnlly Is this the case in laundry work. In many of tho largo laundries electric llatlrons nro now used exclusively. In nddltlon to tho ordinary laundry requirements these Irons are being used to n considerable extent tor finishing off dresses, blouses, etc., In dyo works. The advantage of electric Iroiw for work of this description is apparent, ns tho materials Ironed are often of a very delicate nnd ex pensive nature, and cleanliness and perfect control over tho heat of tho Iron are of tho llrsl Importance. In ono Installment of 200 Irons used for this spccinl put peso it has been found that tho general cost of working Is intuit below that of gas Irons. The chief advantages of electric Irons are: They are alwnys ready for use and they are very clean. In the caso of gas irons very often a dress which has been thoroughly cleaned nnd Is being Ironed for tho last operation receives n smut of dirt from tho gas Iron which necessitates Its being cleaned again. Laundry proprietors find, furthermore, that tho work turned out by tho factory hands when using electric Irons Is far In excess of tho output from gns Irons and the piece work rato can consequently bo dropped. It Is also found that tho beat from nn electrically heated laundry roll can bo controlled to such a nicety that exceptionally lino work can be re lied on. Another form of heater is tho gof fering Iron, largo numbers of which are usod In laundries and dyo works. These heaters consist simply of an electrically heited tubs Into which tho goffering Irons to be heated nro placed. They are very convenient, as, besides being always ready for uso, they can stand on the workman's bench without any risks from fire. Besides being used exten sively for the heating of glue pots electricity Is now used for the heating of printers' nnd bookbinders' tools and for hot plates and stoves for lacquering purposes. Large num bers of electric goose- Irons are now being employed by large tailoring houses. Tho Irons nro always ready for uso and tho workman need not leave his bench as here tofore to renew the heat of his Iron. An other leading advantage of electric heating Is that It enables the workmen In nil branches of trndo to carry on their vocation In a bettor .atmosphere than formerly, and this tells, In many Instances markedly, on the output of work. A Xerve Ton Its Ono of tho "sensations" of the recent meeting of scientists nt Yale wns the dc bcriptlon of a now method of electric anaes thesia by Dr. 15. W. Scripture. Dr. Scrlp turo gavo full nnd apparently convincing details In regard to tho efllcacy of his re puted discovery, llo states that ho has Invented n delicate piece of electrical ap paratus by which ho applies n sinusoidal or wave current of high frequency to tho nerves. Ho sends tho current longitudinally nlong tho norves. Ho claims to have put a man's arm to sleep fo thnt ho can stick pins In It without the slightest sensation. Dr. Scripture uses an instrument known ns a Kennelly Interruptor, which Is run at a very high rato of speed. He says that ho has not yet been nble to apply this form of electrical anaesthesia to dentistry. This Is really n very old story. Attempts have been mndo from time to tlmo to produce con tinued benumbing effects on animal tlssuo by menns of electrical current, nnd a great deal has been written on the subject. A few years ago an clectrothcrapeutist in Prov idence wroto a pamphlet with a vlow to establishing his claim to the discovery of an absolute method of producing anaesthesia by electricity, but tho elucacy of his method was never admitted by tho profession. Tho sinusoidal current used by Dr. Scrlpturo has from Its wave-like form the property of soothing tho system and producing a fouling of rest and relief without pain, but lro nn aesthotlc or benumbing property has yet to bo convincingly demonstrated. Motor Cur Speed. A town In Wisconsin baa recently passed an ordinance regulating tho speed of s'reet cars within city limits at not to rxceed eight miles nn hour on single track nnd ten miles an hour on double track. It was claimed by tho local ixillco that the street railway company had boon violating tho or dinance and ii test was arranged. Two city officials quietly took their seats as passen gers on n cnr. and n third official, mounting a blcyclo provided with a cyclometer, peiT aled alongside, tho two officials Inside tho car acting ns timekeepers for him. The motorman Innocently rattled the car along at tho gait that struck him as being desir able for tho moment, aud tho general speed of the cnr between Htopa was never less than twelve miles an hour. At Beveral places It reached twenty miles an hour, nnd In ono Instance It went as high as twenty-six miles nn hour. WarruntB have been Issued against all motormen running carB above speed, and the city trolley Is now vying with tho old horse service in speed and the disgusted citizens are talking of rescinding their fool ish limitations nnd thus prevent their town from drifting Into a back number. OMAHA NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Realistic and Entertainine Volums of Railroad Stories. MARY E. WILKINS WRITES A LOVE STORY Voliiinlnnii Trnitlsc on I-'iiri'ilw nml l-'oreitry In Xortlm et A l-'reneti-ninii Write a Learned Work nn AiillirwpnloK)', Unlike many other writers of railroad stories, Mr. K. H. Spearman, whose collec tion, "Tho Nervo of Koley," Is fresh from tho press, makes no claim to have gono through the actual experiences which ho describes bo vividly. Mr. Spearman's con nection with railroading hns been purely a business one. Of his acquaintance with railroad men, he says In a recent letter: "I havo soaked in railroad color by being for years brought In contnet In n business way with railroad men. I have known them In sleeping cars nnd baggago cars, In cn 'booscs and cabs, at home nnd on tho run, In roundhouse nnd headquarters. I know them from bottrtm to top, from InBldo to out, nnd that's the wholo of It. It Is interesting to know that many of tho talcs In this col lection arc so true to tho facts that they might sorvo ns reports from tho superin tendent's office. Kor example, tho "Mc Wllllams Special," from Chicago to Denver, tho story of which Mr. Shearman tells so vividly, was In fact, tho Mahnn special, which mado tho famous run to take a capi talist to tho bedsldo of his dying son. "I dlil not know," says Mr. .Spearman, "how near I had run to tho real name until Uucks (tho dispatcher of tho stories) told me. After I hnd made tip my original schedule for tho McWIlllams and submitted It to Uucks, it was bo nearly Identical with his own thnt ho declined to change it a figure. I was originally ilvo unlnules slow on a run of 1,026 miles." It ndds to tho effect of the tales to know thnt "Ilucks" actually did save train No. 59, and that ho Is still nllvo and train dispatching in tho west. Harper Sc. Uroa., Now York. Price, $1.50. "The Love of Parson Lord nnd Other Stories" Is tho tltlo of tho latest volume published by Mary 13. Wllklns. It Is a col lection of Ilvo of tho most recent stories of tho nuthor. In nddltlon to "The Lovo of Parson Ird," which furnishes tho tltlo for tho volume, thero are: "Tho Tree of Knowledge," "Catherine Carr," "Tho Threo Old Sisters nnd tho Old IJeau" and "One Good Time." Tho stories cover a wide rango of subjects, nnd nil represent Miss Wllklns nt her best. It is n dainty little volume and nicely Illustrated, tho frontis piece being a charming portrait of tho author. In tho present collection we llnd the stern religious character of Parson Lord, which, on Its parental side. Is as lovnblo as n woman's, contrasted with the quaint humor of Jnno nnd Nnrcissa Stone, who In "Ono Good Tlmo" dctermlno to spend their inheritance on a visit to New York. Their preparation for the Journey nnd their subsequent Indulgence In shopping tours and llfo nt a big hotel, resulting In total bankruptcy, oro described by Miss WIlklnB In that humorously pathetic vein which Is particularly hers and which has mudo her go Justly famous. Harper & Pros., Now York, l'rlco, $1.2.. "Tho ladder of Fortune," by Frances Courtenny Hnylor, has been brought out In tho Wvorsldo paper series. JIU Ilaylor has told such nn Interesting and striking story thnt It ban won hosts of readers nnd at tracted the attention of many critics. It will be welcomed by as many more, as It appears now In a cheaper edition. In this novel tho author has takon up tho old themo of tho unsatisfactory results which flow from 'tho nbsorblng pursuit of wealth and social station. It Is not a now theme, but sho hns Illustrated It In a fresh way and has mado the lesson a very strenuous- one. Houghton, Mlfllin & Co., Uoston. Paper, CO cents. AVnrkN of Fiiet. Krnest Bracken, secretary of tho Into Wlscousln state forestry commission, has made a valuable addition to "forestry" literature In "North American Forests nnd Forestry." It Is not merely a eclentlfla work, having to do alono with forestry, but the question Is considered ns well in Its relation to the national llfo of tho American people. "Modern civilization attains its height, nnd produces its blossoms and fruits, nuch ns they are, for good and evil, In tho arti ficial llfo of tho great cities; hut Its roots are .sunk deeply Into the soil prepared by nature herself." Tho writer believes that thero Is a vltnl connection between civilized life and the solltudo of tho forest. "Cut tho threads which connect tho humanity of Now York nnd Chicago with tho remotest soll itudo nnd civilized llfo must wither nnd die." The author, however, "Iocs not spend much tlmo theorizing, but almost at onco plunges Into his subject. Among tho vnrlous divi sions of tho question, as eonwldored In tho present volume, are: "Tho Forest and Man," "Tho Forest Industries," "Destruction nnd Deterioration," "Forest Flnanco nnd- .Man agement," "Forestry nnd Government,'' "Fighting Fires and Thieves," etc. Tha subdivisions of tho subject will serve to give homo Idea of tho character of tho work, which covers almost every phaso of forestry. It will prove n convenient help In obtaining a comprehenslvo knowledge of a subject that has already engaged tho country, and must soon come to tho front us ono of the great questions demanding solution by the Ameri can people. (!. P. Putnam's Sons, Ne York. ' "Tho IUces of Man," an outllno of an thropology and ethnography, Is a work of 600 pages, by J. Denlkcr, chief librarian of tho Museum of National History, Paris. Tho object In this work la to give In a con densed form tho cssoutlnl facjs of 'tho twin hcIoucob of anthropology and ethnography. Tho very nature of such an undertaking' condemns tho author to be brief, and in evitable gaps must occur, but thoso wlu wish for further details on special points will be ablo to tako ndvantago of tho numerous bibliographical notes at tho foot of tho pager, In which aro grouped the most Important works. It Is, possibly, a llttlo too scientific for popular reading, but all students of anthropology will find it n most profitable work to consult. Condensed In its pages Is n great amount of Information collected from a vast crowd of notes and memoirs In all languages. In tho appendices, ns well ns In tho text Itself, are lists col- I lectcd from 'tho best sourefs, of figures re I lating to the chief dimensions of the human nnd elucidate the text have been selected with very great care. With two or threo exceptions, 'tho "types" of the different peo ples aro well authenticated subjects, often such ns have been observed and measured by competent authorities. 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'Mr. J)A1JjY MEE: 1'IUDAY, Ireland's aim has been to give a resume of his subjects which shall bo concise, but yet sufficiently comprehensive for tho pur poso of tho average reader; making an im partial study of thoso past conditions on which tho present situation rests, nnd draw ing in quotation, us far as possible, upon tho main points in tho Doer and rirlttsh arguments. Small, Mnynard & Co., Uoston. Price, 73 cents. "Genesis of Worlds," by J. II. Hobart Hcnnctt, Is n pretentious work, explaining the formation of the sun nnd planets. The author, acting on tho theory that the In telligence of tho ago will Justify an cnrnet effort to unfold tho mysteries In which tho genesis of the solar system Is Involved, has put forth a new theory for which he asks tho attention of scientist. The theory now In vogue In regard to the motions of tho sun, tho planets nnd their satellite, is the sixth one that has been formed In succes sion, nil in tho lino of progress. Published by II. W. 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They mako tho visitor acquainted with tho physical features of the city nnd nt tho same tlmo with Information nnd phraws necessary to go about Inde pendently and to enjoy "tho sights" as he would In his own country, with tho least cxpeueo of tlmo nnd money. In this con nection tho book will bo found nn Invalu able aid to visitors to the Paris exposition. American Hook Co., Chicago, Price, $1.00. "South America." a geographical render, has been prepared on much tho snmo lines ns tho other volumes of tho pnmo serieu nnd is designed for supplementary reading. Tho nuthor takes tho children upon nn Imaginary tour through tho most characteristic parts of South America, visiting the different countries nnd observing tho people In their hemes nnd nt their work. In this way they ltarn much of tho natural resources nnd In- i dtistrles of theso countries nnd of tho curi ous animals of the different zones, nnd of tho wondorful flowers nnd trees of tho tropics. Tho book Is written In a familiar conversa tional stylo and contains a very largo num ber of Illustrations reproduced from photo graphs taken especially for this purpose. It Is well puppllcd with colored maps, a vnltt- ! oblo accessory In any book of trnvel. Tho Amorlcan Hook Co., Chicago. Price, CO cents. : HimkH Iti-orlveil. I "Tho Woman Ucautlful." a practical treatise on tho development nnd preserva tion of woman's health and beauty and tho principles of taste in dross, by Klla Adclia Fletcher. W. M. Young & Co., 38 Murray street, Now York. Price, $2.50. I "A Man's Woman," by Frank Norrls. Doubleday & McCluro Co. Price, $1.50. "Alexander tho Great," tho merging of cast and west In universal history, by Ilon Jamln Idn Wheeler. G.' P. Putnam's Sons. Price, $1.50. "Tho Life of Abraham Lincoln," by Ida M. Tarbell. Doubleday & McCluro Co., New York. Literary Xiite. Nnpolcon Donnparto nppearx In ttio Mnnii Century In a new rolo that of a temper ance, advocate. IlrcntunoB will Immediately publish tho only authorized nnd copyrighted edition of Kipling's famous poem, "An Absent Mlnded Begcur." Jnmcs Huneknr, nuthor of ".Mezzotints In Modern Music," has nn elaborate work on "Chopin: Tho Mini nnd His Music," In ac tive preparation at Charles Scrlbncr's tin)". "Tho Private Memoirs of Mme. Holnud," jdlted by Kdwnrd Gilpin Johnson, Is an lmportnnt Item in biography unci history that will shortly bo Issued by A. C. Mc C lit re & Co. A now novel by F. Marlon Crawford will bo brought out early In tho autumn by tho Macinlllan company. It will be called "In the Palace of the King: A Love Htory of Old Madrid." Miss Kntherlne Do Forest linn enjoved pocullnr ndvnutngos In composing her forthcoming book, "Paris ns It Is," which is going through tho press of tho Double day & McCluro company. Messrs. Small, Mnynurd & Co., Boston, nro to Issue, as soon ns it can bo not off tho preuH, a llttlo book entitled "A Woman's Paris," intended for the use of tho Ameri can lady who la about to go to Pari.. A vnlunhto work shnwinre the part that Knglund played In the Hundred Years' war, by Or. James MacKinnon, author of "Tho I'nlon of Knglaud nnd Scotland." Is In propanvtlnii by Longmans, Green & Co. Count Tolstoi, whoso "Hesurrectlon" will shortly como from tho press of Dodd, Mead & Co., Is openly preparing; for death. "There Is no doubt," ho recently said to nn Interviewer, "the end ilraw-H rapidly near. Hut I am quite untroubled thereat and I go gladly forth to meet tho Inev itable." Tho Century eompnny has fixed March 21 us tho date of issuo of Dr. Weir Mitchell's "Autobiography of a Qunck." Krnost Seton Thotnpson's "Mogrnphy of a Grizzly." Captain Joshua Slocum'n "Sailing Alnno Around tho World." Kdwln Asa Dlx's "Deacon Hrndbury" and Jennctto Lee's "Katu Wuthorlll." Probably the first serious book on the present war, written by a mil ii on the dpot, will nppenr from tho press of the Maemll Inn company within the next fortnight. It will bear tho tltlo of "Tho War In South Africa" and Is tho work of Mr. J. A. I lob. son, tho South Africa correspondent of tho .Muncncsier uunruian. In a recent letter Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton says of Miss Vnwter'H now book of stories of children, "Of Such Ik the Kingdom:" "It seems hlmply Incrcdlblo that this fascinating book should be the work of two 'untrained literary young sters' print and pictures nro alike delight ful. My warmest congratulations to them." Dodd. Mend & Co. havo Just completed tho removal of their publishing and book selling establishment to their now build ing on the comer of Thirty-fifth street and Fifth nveuue. More room for tlielr growing business wns Imperatively needed nnd they havo tnkon the opjMirtunlty of tho expiration of u lense to remove to en larged promises. The Initial volumo of a series of "brief memoirs of eminent Kngllshmon," to bo cnlled the Westminster Biographies, will shortly bo issued In this country nnd In Kliglaud, tho tlrst to appear being a "Do foo" by Mr. Wilfred Whltten, a "Wesley" by Mr. Frank linutlelrl, nnd a "Drowning" by Mr. Arthur Waugh. The series, as may be guessed from Its sub-tltlo. has been modeled on tho plan of the Ilencon Bi ographies. Mycologists nnd nature-lovers everv whero will be made hnppv Iv the an nouncement Hint the Toadstool book bv Captain Charles Mcllvalne, entitled "American Kungl," will be published by tho Ilowen-Merrlll rnmpnny (Indianapolis) about May 1. It Is to be tho most com ploto work on tho sublcct ever Issued In this country; more than Kn species, "SO being edible, being described and pic tured. Krank Leslie's Popular Monthly for March Is fortunate In Its lending feature, which is an elaborate and finely Illustrated ac count of "The British Army, nt Home nnd In South Africa." by Major General Nel son A. Miles, commanding the I'nlted Stntes army. General Miles reviews nnd analyzes tho Imperial- British military organization in all Its branches nnd with particular reference to tho obstlnato war now engag ing nil Its energies In South Afrlcn Hon. Itlehard Olney's paper on tho "Growth of Our Foreign Policy" In the March Atlantic will greatly help to clear up tho new problems arising out of our foreign relations. Mr. Olney discusses our new duties now that wo nro an Asiatic as well us n purely American empire, what changes must bo expected In regard to foreign relations, alliances, etc , nml tho necessary enlargement and improvement ! of our army, navy and diplomatic aecncles, .MATCOII J), 1JI0O. STOCKHOLDERS RESIST SALE Judgo Fawcett is Adjuting Gorman Savings Bank Entanglements, SESSION OF COURT IS HELD AT NIGHT HfTiirt In Present Ciitillriiintlnii of Snlc hy Cnrr.vliiir Hip Iakhc to the Su premo Tribunal Much In terest .Mniilfeotcd, Stockholders In tho defunct German Sav ings bank nro resisting coufirmntlon of the fMo of assets mndo by Thomas II. McCngue, receiver, February 15. Tho Imiuc has been taken beforo Judge Fawcett of tho equity court. Interested parties appeared thero Thursday and after brief proceedings tho Judge nnnounced ho would glvo another hearing In tho evening, beginning nt S o'clock, Inasmuch as another caso occupied his attention during tho nfternoou. The snle mado by Receiver McCngue In volved the last balance of nsscts nnd tho amount was $9,500. Tho enso comes beforo Judge Fawcett on motion for a supersedeas bond, in order thnt thero mny bo appeal to tho supremo court ns to confirmation of tho receiver's Bale. Creditors of tho tlofunet bank aro manifesting much interest nnd tho motion for supersedeas Is strongly opposed. Ono of tb chief arguments against allowing tho confirmation question to go to the supreme court lsvthat with the congested condition of tho docket it will bo nt least two or three years beforo thero will bo a possibility of results. Regardless of new business that comes In from time to tlmo tho supremo court has enough ac cumulated nppenls to occupy its tlmo for several years. Remedies for this crowded condition havo been widely discussed, but nothing definite has resulted. Night sivslons of equity court nro nn ex ception to tho general rule, but Judgo Faw cett so agreed In vlow of tho pressure for speedy determination of tho question beforo him. Judgo Fawcett and tho interested attor neys, also Receiver McCaguo and a rep resentation of stockholders wero on band promptly nt 8 o'clock. The opposing counsel nrgued tho issuo nt considerable length. No testimony was taken nt tho night session, nil witnesses having been previously exam ined. This caso has been onco to tho su preme court, but not on tho same phaBo that Is now presented. At tho closo of argument tho caso was submitted and Judgo Fawcett will probably render a decision today. IVSTAM'l-: UK MTVITTi:i I.OVU, Weililliiur of ChrlH TIkiiiiiimiii nml Ida (Hi-son Indefinitely Delayed. Tho old proverb that "lovo laughs at lock smiths" may bo true, but here Is tho story of u lovo affair that has been rudely Inter rupted by tho courts. Idn Olcsou and Chris Thompson agreed several weeks ago that Wednesday, March 7, should bo tholr wed ding day. Meanwhile, Thompson was nr- rosted on tho chargo of stealing a watch and , cruel fate decreed that on tho very date for ' tho marriage tho groom-to-bo should be brought Into criminal court for trial. Tho hearing was comparatively brief. Thrcnp son wns convicted. Tho specific accusation Is "larceny from tho person," ns tho lawyers call it, nnd that means the possibility of a term in tho penitentiary. Judgo Baker ha3 not yet pronounced sentence. The feature of tho trial wns tho appear ance in court of MIbs Oleson, the prospective bride. Sho succumbed to emotion and wept bitterly throughout the proceedings. When a verdict of guilty was returned her grief became violent. 11 Is snld that on the night of February II Thompson lifted a watch from tho pockets of Jumes Flood, a hack man. KKI.I.Y IS STILL 1 Till! JAIL. Aliened llinboriler In Held for Trlnl In the Dlatrlut Court. At fi o'clock Wednesday afternoon the pre liminary hearing of Frederick S. Kelly, al leged embezzler of $6,000 from tho Phoenix Insuranco company, was completed In the county court nnd Judgo VInsonhnler he-Id tho defendant for trial In tho district court. Bond was fixed nt $2,000, which up to yes terday afternoon Kelly had failed to give, although ho Is still making a desperate effort for freedom. Every day at noon Kelly's faithful wife, n brldo of four months, whom ho mnrrled In California whllo ho was a fugitive, visits tho Jail. Sho brings luxuries In the way of edibles, reading matter and other thlncs calculated to break tho monotony of Jnll routine. lt.V7.Oll ;i:ts II I M iv Titoiiii.i:. t'linrli'H lliirnelt Is on Trlnl for Slimli Inur 1111 AHKOellltC. CbaiicH Barnott, colored, Is on trial beforo Judgo Baker on tho chargo of wielding a razor with serious effect upon S. M. Lewis, a member of tho sumo race. Tho troublo occurred in a barber whop on Capitol avenue January 29 of thl year. Tho victim recov ered and tho charge Is assault. A gamo ot cards provoked tho disturbance. Much ot tho testimony Is amusing, Inasmuch as it goes to show that tho razor Is a national weapon with tho colored folks. In tho lan guage brought out on the witncfs stand all men aro "gents" and all women aro "ladies." 1 11I011 Labor Ih Interc Ntctl. Tho action of the Fcstner Printing com pany, u non-union establishment, to compel tho county commissioners to nccept Its bid for public printing because tho lowest price was quoted, was called In Judgo Koysor'B court yesterday. Tho position of tho com missioners Is that they will not nwnrd contracts except to printing houses using tho union label. Members of tho Typographical union have qualified as exports and the in quiry tendd to nhow that only union work men turn out a satisfactory product. Mesnrs. Harte, Connolly nnd Ostrom of tho county board wcro present In court, ns wcro also tho members of the Fcstner Print ing company. Over a year ago the board ndoptcd a resolution that no printing ex cept that bearing tho union label h h a 1 1 bo accepted, no matter how low tho price. The plaintiff company submitted a bid In De cember, which was lower than any other for certain classes of work. No attention was given to It. This Is thu third time man damus action Iibh been instituted, but 011 each other occasion tho caso wns thrown out of court on account of technical er rors. At the conclusion of tho hearing late Thursday afternoon Judgo Keysor snld ho would tako the matter under advisement. Ilonrd of Ti-uiiNiortnllon Cane, When tha caso of T. B. Illgglnson against tho State Ilonrd of Transportation was called beforo United Statos District Judgo Munger Thursday morning It waB passed until this morning upon tho application of counsel for tho plaintiff because of tho lllnosa nt Judgo Woolworth and for the furthor reason thnt tho defendant had filed a demurrer to the supplemental bill. Tho plaintiff asked that the caso bo con tinued for 11 week, but the attorney general CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, Hie Kind Ycr Have Always Bought Bears thu Qlgnuturo of llllll U 111 II J DIRT CLEARANCE. f n, T H something of the is well-founded objection to using a floor-cleaning soap upon the human body. Ivory Soap is the bather's soap. It costs more than common soaps, but the difference is in the ingredients and making. Why not treat yourself with a little respect. Is not the human skin with its marvellous delicacy entitled to pure soap? Ivory Soap it floats. oofT.io-r u. .t tHt ..eon. opposed tho application for the reason that tho cases pending In the stnte courts had been continued pending a decision of tho enso beforo Judgo Munger, which Is in the nature of nn Injunction to restrain tho Stata Board of Transportation from enforcing cer taln regulations adopted by It. MRS. W1I.SUV.S SMALL M'.ltDKi Jury KnIIiiiiiIcn Uiiiiutue Tor Wounded llenrt nt l'lfty llollnrH. From n financial standpoint It did not pay Mrs. M. Kllcn Wilson to suo William Murry for 'breach of promise on un alleged mar riage contract. After a trial lasting two days n Jury In Judge Kstcllo's court brought In a verdict Thursday afternoon, giving her $r0 damages. Sho sued for $2.G00. Mrs. Wilson accepted tho verdict without com ment nnd went away from tho court house quietly. Mrs. Wilson was on tho witness stand Thursday and told how Murry had made love to her. She declared he promised mar riage and was accepted. Murry testified In contradiction of this, saying that he had never promised marriage to Mrs. Wilson and tho nearest approach to such proposition was when ho negotiated with her to become his housekeeper nt a weekly salary. Tho caso was contested in a spirited manner by either side. SIK TO COLLKCT COMMISSIONS. Hi-OlllccrN of Hull Ixniielntloii Tell Trouble In Hit- Coiii-In. P. W. Miller, ox-priHldcnt ot the Grain Growers' Mutual Hall association, about which so much has recently been published, hns filed suit against tho association he formerly represented for tho collodion of $', IC0.C", which' he asserts Is tho balanco dun him on commissions growing out o.' Ms contract. Ho sctn forth that ho was to receive 2 mills on every dollar's worth e.f Insuranco written under his administration. F. II. Hllllker, another ex-ollleer of tho asocial Ion, has brought suit on tho same basis, his claim being for $!iti4.l2. i:vi:imm;h..m kilhs his iuopoht. Koriner Iteeelver for Mutual Hull Ah Noeliitlon .Milken 11 SliiMvInt;. J. J. Kvorlnghnm, who was recently dis charged as receiver for tho (irnln llrowern' Mutual Hall association, has filed his re port. It shows that ho took chargo January S and that ho found $."0r..71 cash on hand. He collected In addition to that sum $1.3,13.!ifi, for all of which ho mnkcti an ac counting. Judge Dickinson bus approved tho report. Kverlngham was allowed $270 for his services. Tho association Is now In the hands of a newly elected roster of olfl cers nnd tho receiver was discharged at tbelr Instance. Suit AkiiIiinI WreeUlnu 'iniinii'. Tho Stewart Lumber company of Den nlson, la., has filed suit against tho Chicago Wrecking company, asking damages In tha sum cf $1,000. It Is nllegod thnt on No vember fl, last year, the plntntilf company contracted with tho defcmlubt for exposi tion wrcckago to bo delivered In vnrin.1.1 Iowa towns and that tho delivery wns never made. Damage Is asked on nlleged breach of contract. Suit AKnliiNt nil Attorney, Nells Peter Larson and other heirs of the lato John Nelson, who dlod leaving a will, havo brought suit In the district court against Thomns I). Crano and C. D. Hutchln- Side Lights on Shoes Thnt Is, Hhot'H for misses tlint nn llttetl to the loot only ns 11 "shoo siilcsmnii" knows how to lit Ilicin -our salesmen nro I'xpciis In Ilttlliif; misses nnd Hill (ircn's shoes--for every shoemun knows where feet nre properly lilted whl'e KrowliiK there will lie no trouble In niter years Wu have a misses' shot! made of light calf and heavy d'iiohi that are in aid to tho salesmen In llttlnj; slmpcd like the foot-A Rood UUliitf shoe, will wear lonper and kIvp moro Biitlst'aetlon than nny two harpiln counter palr Mlsses' sizes are Sl.fiO ehllils' sizes are $1.'J.V the Hum" In women's, HprliiK heels, at if'-'.OO. Drexel Shoe Co. ataka'a "0-t-4t 8! Ha Ult l'AKNAM STREET. Sousa The March King played tho Hula-Hula cakewalk and ha I to repeat it, so ureal was I he enthu siasm at both performances. It has been the blcKcst hit of anything we havo ever carried and holds thu record for a rapid seller. It Is plenslnfj It Is cheap Iho piano arraiiiiempnt only 25 cents-nr-nint,' i'd for all Instruments and for sale by all music dealers. The Spanish Keren ndo sunt; in thn Arizona company Is 0110 of thn daintiest compositions of that class and Is very popular. Hear It -buy It. I'rloe for this week only '.'0 tents per copy. A. HOSPE, Music and Art 1513 DoueIii. soap he uses. There is a . tutsii co cict.Mi son, alleging Irregular nctlon in connection with tho settlement of the estnte, in whlcb matter Mr. Crane appeared as nn attorney It Is nlleged that he conspired with Hutchln bjii to buy real estate belonging to the heirs for tho sum of $0'J0, which, they de clare, was easily worth $2,1100. Tho object ot the suit Is to have tho title 19 tho property set aside. 11len of (lie Court. Judire Munger will hold Culled Slates court nt Lincoln next Tuesday and Wednes day. Before Judge Munger yesterday tho plaintins In the Involuntary lmnltruptcy fiiso of Ilrazda Bros, of Winner tiled an ap plication to have the attachment proceed digs dlHinlsscd ami the stock, now In the bands of the I'nlted Slates marshal, turned over to u trustee, who has been chosen by i-ertnlil creditors. An aptdlciitlon was mado to have the Involuntary procerdliiKs dlt-mlssod and permit the defendants to go Into voluntary b.inkruptiy. THREE TRIED FOR BURGLARY Trio, It In Aliened, Literally llrliiK llotrn 11 IIiiiinc" In Order to Loot l(. Jerry Collins, Hd Woods and John Dc lnney were on trlnl In pollco court Thurs day nfternoou on a chargo of "daylight breaking and entering." Thn evidence was to the effect that Just as daylight was breaking on the morning of March II they advanced upon tho house of Pasquahi Constuuro, which overhangs a blufl near Nineteenth and I'opplcton Ktreets, and kicked the skids from beneath it. It CM! and broke open anil they helped themselves to everything oi valuei it contained. Their plunder, It Is nlleged, consisted cf an ovn coat and Jacket, each ot which was after wards pawned for 2o cents. Nearly tho entire Italian colony was prreent to testify against th trio. The case was continued until Saturday. Both Collins nnd Woods have served tetms In tho penitentiary. Collins Is a brother cf Tom Collins, who killed "Shorty" Oroves. Delaney hns taken only a few degrees 111 tho fratornltj of crime, but tho police regard him as promising. A few hours before tho foray upon tho caatlu of I'asquala Constnnzn. say tho de tectives, tho trio stole a live-gallon keg of whisky from a saloon at Sixteenth and Dor cas streets. Nearly six quarts remnlnol In tho keg when tho hou.'ic was kicked down. 1 I'rolcNt AkiiIiimI CIohIiik of Selionl. A committee, cumiirlslng I'M ward Wills'', John Wilder, L. J. Learning. (1. S. Ambler William H. Pease. John Cunningham nnd .1. K. Honewltz. bus sent to The Bee a protest uKiilnHt the "arbitrary, unjust and unwarranted aetlon of the school board" In ordering closed some of the outlying schools of tho district, claiming that It will deprive pupils of the Hcctlmix Involved of the fiielll tlos for seeurlnt; an education. They cinlni that the school system of the state con templates the education of every child w)thln Its own district. They contend that this action Is but (he rarrylns out of a project of the superintendent, who sought to put It Into effect -three or four years ngo, and that the plea of economy offered Is not sincere, for at the hanie meeting at whloh this action was taken gun racks anil tho fitting up of 11 gymnasium In thn High school wete ordered, neither of which nro any part nt n common school edm-nllon, while the schools arc "weighted down with fads," such as day nurseries and manual training school department. The communi cation throughout Ih an attack en Superin tendent Penrne and tho members of tho Board of I'Mu utlon. r