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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.
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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.
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