UPS OF HIDEOUS PATTERN
Eftdical Chinrn In Kfu1, f W...1 .
FnllmiD Emploei.
CONDUCTORS ARE SORRY, PORTERS GLAD
Cj'ulJninti Mnsnntp, H the Story (lues,
llrriM the l,t.n Knrie
mid Call ten It nt Once
., ,u Headquarter.
ii ? fe,v monlb at moat, every
lullman eUcpIng car conductor and por
ter lu America will bo arrayed In a new
stylo Vjnlform cap which la a radical do
parturu from the old form. It Is no radl
enj, In fact, that railroad men generally
finite In pronouncing tho new headgeur out
ilttlo ahort of hideous.
A few specimens of tho new caps have
been seen nt the Union station recently.
They wsro worn by conductors running
on roads coming In from the ens-., as the
1'ullman men on ho Union 1'uclflc and
Burlington havo not taken up with the lu
novation. They will bo required to do so.
( however, as soon as the neut and shapely
olack enps they nov wear become unscrvico
able, nnd, In any event, not later than
November 1. Such Is the order that hat
Bono out from the general offlcca in Chi
cago nnd there can be no appeal.
To attempt to tell Just what tho now cap
. looks llko Is dimcull because there Is
nothing on this sldo of tho Atlantic with
which to compare It. Perhaps an occasional
emigrant who has seen military scrvlco In
tho old coiuitry and still has his cap may
bo nblo to bhow tho pattern from which It
was-copied, but even this U uncertain.
Sljle ('omen front i:nriir.
An authority Fays tho new headpiece Is
patterned after tho style worn by officers
I In tho Austrian army. Hut he Is not con
nected with the Pullman company and the
chances nro ho does not know what he Is
talking about. This authority tells a highly
probablo story nt'any rnte. for be says
that one of the Pullman magnates, whose
name U wlthheU for obvious reasons, be
ccrau so struck with tnc extreme Jauntlness
of tho Austrian cap whllu touring through
Europe that he could not wait until be
returned to havo tho change made, but
cabled the order without delay.
Anyway, tho new cap Is probably hero to
tay, even If Its shape does rescmblo tho
junu wora ny tne performing monkey at
tached to tho Itinerant hand organ. "If
bus a flat top with a flaring rim. reaching
a higher eljvntlon In tho front than In tho
back. Tho visor Is very short and hook
billed, coming down over the eyes nnd
forehead In such a manner that tho wearer
must either tilt back his head at an un
comfortable anglo In order to sec or cls
near tho thing upon the back of his head.
Generally speaking, the colored porters
llko tho new cap, as It gives them a mili
tary aspect, and they nro all fond of the
mllltnry. But fat porters do not take
.kindly to It.
"1 tell you, sab," said one porter of largo
proportions at the Union station jester
day, "1 feels Just llko one o' dem trom
bono players you sees In tho Ilttlo German
band."
The conductors aro tnucb opposed to the
foreign Innovation and many of the rail
roads throughout the country, especially
in the cast, strongly object to It. The
Pennsylvania system, for one, has forbid
den the ust of the new caps on nny of
tho lines of that company, but otter all,
the l'ullmac authorities may win their
point.
Munn Ik a Fisherman.
After a delightful two weeks' outing
spent In tho local Leech lake country of
.Minnesota, J. W. Munn, chief clork in tho
rKlkhorn passenger department; W. B. Pal
metier, chief clerk In the Brndstrect
agency, and S. I.. Kcllcy, local manager
of tho Creamery Packago company, ac
companied by their wives, returned homo
yesterday
Thny spent most of tho time at Kabekona
vamp. Woman lake, a unique settlement of
log cabins with a central dining hall and
. ofllco In addition to all necessary conven
lences to make life In the woods a real
pleasure. Tho cabins nro arranged for tho
occupancy of separate families, while every
Vino in tho camp dines ai the main hall
-where fish and gamo and delicacies abound
, This nrrangement gives everyono all the
delights of outdoor life with none of Us
annoyances.
Pishing and hunting and boating, espe
cially tho former, afforded a nover-endlng
ground of entertainment. Muskallongo,
.great northern pike, black bass, wall-eyed
pike, pickerel and white fish abound and
1 the party made some especially good
catches of black bass In Mulo lake, on
of tho numerous bodies of water within
reich.of Kabekona camp.
(railing- Urglna nt Oner.
Grading on the Laramie, Hahn'a Peak
&. Pacific rntlroad, which Is projected to
.extend from Laramie, Wyo., southwest to
'Uahn's Teak, Col., Is to commence within
ten days according to a Laramlo dispatch.
Tho grading contract was awarded a few
months ago and the contractor has recently
ordered a newioutflt. He will take personal
charge of the work Instead of subletting It
as at first Intended. The road will be
pushed to completion as rapidly aa possible.
It Is the company's Intention to have the
line completed and In running order be
fore -winter.
I.iiiik Trnl ii ti'u popular.
Tbero will bo no moro long passenger
'trains on the Baltimore & Ohio rnllroad.
From the office of the general superintend
ent of the company In Chicago has been
Issued an Imperative order that hereafter no
('train with over fifteen cars may bo hauled.
, If there should bo more than that number
the train is to be operated In two sections.
AFFECTS BOULEVARD ROUTE
l'reil Kruu llxnrrtK tn Propone nn
r.xchniiKf of Properl leu with
Inrk llonril.
Whrn Twenty-fourth street was widened
(from Vinton to lloulcvard street Frederick
Krug was awarded $3,600 for land taken
trom his holding along that thoroughfare,
Mr. Knig Is now expending that money
tor grading a strip r.f his land 100 feet
wide on the llr.n of Twenty-fifth stroet and
running frcm Vinton to Boulevard street
nnd when the work i completed he will
offer this land to the park board for Its
boulevard system In exchange for the strip
taken by condemnation from the front of
Ills lots along Twenty-fourth street. If
this offer Is accepted the park board will
ehanga the routo of the boulevard from
Twenty-fourth street to Twenty-fifth
street, thus avoiding the stroet ear Una
and telegraph poles along the first earned
thoroughfare.
INSPECT PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Officers of Hnll Connty Seek Infnrinn.
lion Ilcfore Spending eiioo.ooo
for Xfir Court House,
A number ot the county officials of Hall
county nro la tho city Importing the pub
II? buildings of Omaha with a view of aa-
crrtr.lnlr.c the best plan to bo adopted In
th? construction ot n court house at Grand
Inland.
U n recent election the county voted
lioa.ooo In bonds for tha erection of a
court, hcue and the county comiatoelontri
arc now ready to consider plans Before
advertlilng for plans, however, they de-
..uiru lo visit some of the surrounding
cities nnd counties to get a general Idea
of what might be accomplished in the way
Of building a COUrt hoUIP With !hn nmnnnt
of money.
Tho members of the nnrtv in rimiht in.
day are: P.. n. Horth, county attorney,
C. H. Mcnck, county clerk; Henry Mef.
ii. i". .Mcuuicmvjn, j. j. Lorentzcn, all of
Grand Island; K. E. Doming. Doniphan,
Pat Hoye nnd John Kwlng of Wood IUver.
ecunty commissioners.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Unlit Crlat (if lliitlnrai Turned (Hit
Uy tin- Miiiitelpiil
tiiinrillniiH.
President Karr being absent, Mr. Mount
presided at last night's meeting of tho
city council, at which very little business
was transacted.
Mayor Moores sent In a veto of the reso
lution directing the Board of Public Works
to purchase from J. P. Connolly dirt for
filling holes In Twenty-first street, for the
reason that the dirt nlrcady belongs to
the city under the terms of n sewer con
tract with Mr. Connolly. The veto was
sustained.
The mayor submitted a communication
stating that tho two men appointed to
serve on the board for the examination of
plumbers should have been appointed, ono
for two yearn nnd the other for one year.
He designated James Cameron for the two
year term and James C. Lynch for th
short term.
Leave of absence for twenty days was
granted to II. F. Thomas, city prosecutor.
Petitions for paving nnd curbing Dodge
street from Thirty-eighth avenue to For
tieth street and for repavlng Thirty-seventh
street from Fa mam to Leavenworth were
received nnd placed on file
Ordinances were Introduced for the fol
lowing Improvements- Grading Forty-second
street from Farnam to Dodge; grading
alley between Twenty-sixth and Twenty
seventh streets nnd Poppleton avenue nnd
Worl worth avenue; grading Thirty-third
street from California to Hurt; opening II
street from Old Thirteenth to Thirteenth
and repnvlng Twenty-fourth street from
Dodge to Fnrnam.
An ordinance was adopted for repavlng
Twenty-fourth street from Farnam to St.
Mary's nvenuc.
GERMAN-AMERICANS IN LINE
r.nthtinlnttli- Mrrtliiit Select I,nre
Drlrunlloii to .Mntr Itr
liulillciiii I.eiiKiie.
Tho German-American Republican club
held a large and enthusiastic meeting at
Gcrmanla hall last night and made prep
aration;! for the work of the fall campaign.
It. O. Fink, president; Dr. 11. O. Wlcse,
vice president; Max Felerman, secretary,
and H. Khodc, treasurer, were all re-elected
unanimously.
Tho club voted to Indorse the candidacy
of Dr. II. G. Wlese for the republican nom
ination for coroner and also Indorse William
Altstadt for Justice of the peace.
The following named members were se
lected to represent the club at the stato
convention of republican clubs At Lincoln
on August 27.
It. O. Fink, II. Ithodc, M. Felerman, T.
Slnhold. W. Altstadt, W. Wapplch, P.
Schwenk, E. Motz, H. Iloonstra, G. Helm
rod, Charles Haller, J. Hauck, Charles Sing
er, V. Hartman, H. Tlmme, II. Wlese, .1.
Shane, W. Mnck, J. Jankowsky, F. Tlmme,
II. Elscle, II. Denker, John F. Schultz. Au
gust Miller, Charles Klonlngcr, P. Mangold,
J. V. Hosenblum, II. Klrschner, Louis
Meyer, Carstcn Rohwer, Claus Slevers, Au
gust Carsten, William von Dohrn, John
Lempke, Fred Klenke, Fred Schroeder, John
Kllnkcr.
MIMMF.lt SOI.ACK.
Olyinptnii (iods Dili Not llmr Fror."ii
Kkkhuku.
Frozen eggnogg Is a decoction fit for a
Mount Olympian feast. For four eggs use
one pint ot hot milk, In which a small stick
of cinnamon has been boiled for a half hour.
Beat the yolks ot the eggs and ndd slowly
the hot milk, stirring continually; sweeten
to taste with powdered sugar; add a halt
pint of brandy and the well beaten whites
of the eggs, When qulto cold fiecze and
Berve with macaroons.
A fiozen tuttl fruttl Is even more tooth
some than the ordinary kind. Make a quart
of Ice cream flavored with sherry. WbeD
frozen remove the dasher and stir In a
pound of mixed candled fruits; beat thor
oughly, cover and let stand for two hours
beforo serving.
Seasonable Fashions
3902 Child's Tucked Dreii,
1, 2, 4 A 6 yrs.
Child's Tucked Dress, No. 3?02. To bo
Made with or Without tho Llnlug Yoke
Simple little frocks that fall from the
shoulders make- tho best possible models
for little children. The very pretty ex
amplo Is suited to both boys and girls up
to 2 years of age and to girls until they
reach the muturo age of 6. The original Is
made of French nainsook nnd Is untrimmed,
the line tucks making a sufficient and dainty
finish, but all flno white lawn, batUte,
dimities and the like nre suitable for the
better dresses nnd a sash tied around, low
down, and bowed In back gives It tho
Fronrh effect. Ginghams, cotton cheviots
and similar materials aro better for the
knockabout frocks.
Tho little dress Is cut with front and
back portions, which aro tucked to yoko
depth, but fall in soft folds below and
which may be arranged over a yoke lining
that holds tho tucks in place. Tho lower
edge may be simply hemmed or have three
tucks added above the hem as Illustrated.
The bishop sleeves nre tucked at the
upper portion and plain below the elbows.
The neck Is finished with a straight tucked
band or collar.
To cut this dress for a child i years of
age 3 yarda of material 7 Inches wide or
2V4 yards 32 Inches wide will bo required.
The pattern 3902 Is cut In sizes for chil
dren ot 1, 2, 4 and 6 years of age.
For '.he accommodation of The Dee read
ers these patterns, which usually retail at
from ii to SO -tents, will be furnished at a
nominal price, 10 cents, which rovers all
expeme. In order to get any pattern en
cleso 10 rents, give number and name of
pattern wsntod -nd bust moasure. Allow
hbout ten daye from datt ot your letter
beforo beginning tn look for the pattern.
AdIr?B, Tattem Department, Oinaua Dee.
THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEE: WEDNESDAY
SENDS OFFICEK AFTER THEM
Council Jud ciirj Committee Iunei At
tachments for Echtol Directors,
CHASING DOWN "WELL DEFINED RUMORS"
SU Mriiilirr of llonril of lMuontloji
licnorr h n ti tn o n to Trutlfy nt In-
rxtluntlon llrlim .Mnitr lij
Coin in I tier of t'lty Council.
"What's the use of having a law If we
don't nso it?" queried Chairman Hatcall
of tho council Judiciary committee after
ho and his colleagues had walled mora
than an hour yesterday morning for mem
bers of the Doard of Education to appear
before them nnd disclose any Information
they may have regarding "certain well de
fined rumors." Then the chairman delved
Into his desk and brought forth a blank writ
of atlarhinr-nt, upon which ho wrote tho
names of Charles E. (Hack, M. F. Funk
houser, George T. Nicholson, Robert Smith,
James W. Maynard and Theodore 11. John
son. "Now," said Mr Hascall, as he handed
tho writ to Sergeant Wclscnbcrg, "you go
out aui get these fellows and bring 'cm
lu here, one by one or all together, Just
a3 you happen to pick 'em up."
The Judiciary committee met in the coun
cil chamber at 10 o'clock to continue Its
Investigation of the story emanating from
the Hoard of Education In reference to Il
legal collection of fines. Halt a dozen
school directors who nre In the city, but
who had no', yot appeared before tho com
mittee, had been summoned to come In
at that hour and testify.
feiiiiiniiiiiK Ii lKiiiirnt.
Not a single member of the school board,
however pjt In an appearance. Chairman
Hascall observed the court rule that It was
10 o'clock unttl It Is 11 and at a few min
utes after that hour he Issued the attach
ment for the six school board members who
had Ignoicd the summons of tho committee.
As soon as Sergeant Welsenberg started
out for his game the committee took a re
cess for half nn hour. In order to give the
ofllcer a chance to produce a witness or two.
At 11:40, whnu the committee reconvened,
tho sergeant hnd not yet returned and a
recess was then taken until 1:30 In tho
afternoon.
"Supposing tho sergeant gets some of
those fellows beforo 12 o'clock," said Coun
cilman Mount. "What will he do with
them until 1:30?"
"Just corral "em," wos the reply of Chair
man Hascall.
'I'll pud ore .loliimon Appi'iim.
Theodoro Johnson was tho first school
director brought In by Sergeant Welsen
berg at the afternoon session ot the com
mittee. He appeared at 2:20 o'clock and was
put on the witness stand at once. Mr.
Johnson testified that he had no knowledge
of a diversion of money that should be
collected as fines for tho school fund.
Asked why he voted for tho resolution
he said' "I did so, relying upon the re
port of the finance committee." He said
that he believed the tlnanco committee
Funkhouser, Wood and lack had been
selected by the board to assist tnc coun
cil to Investigate the matter. He knew cf
uo one who could directly or Indirectly
give evidence to assist the council In dis
covering any misdirection of fines or funds.
Sergeant Welsenberg served his writ of
attachment on Millard Fillmore Funk
houser and that gentleman laid down on
his ofllco floor and Invited the ofllcer to
carry him away to the council chamber If
he could. WeUenberg gave It up as a bad
Job. George Nicholson and several other
school directors denied tne authority ot
the council committee to attach them and
refused to accompany tho officer to the
city hall.
About 4 o'clock Charles E. Black -concluded
that he would rather testify before
the committee than have the policeman in
uniform hanging about bis place of business
and so he accompanied the ofllcer to the
council chamber.
Mr. Black' testimony was substantially
tho same as that given by Mr. Johnson. Mr.
Hascall asked this question of Mr. Black:
"What facts were presented to the school
board's committee on finance, of which you
nre a member, to Induce It to report a
resolution declaring that there were well
founded rumors of an Improper collection of
fines?"
"None that I know of," replied Mr,
Black.
Havo you any knowledge of anyone who
can give us any Information tending to
show thai fines are being collected and
diverted from the proper channel?"
"No, sir."
Mr. Black was then excused and the com
mittee took a recess until 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
IOWA WEATHER AND CROPS
l.nte Corn mill l'natureii Are Mtlll In
.eeil of It n I n Condition
Im proved.
United States Dupartmcnt of Agrtculture,
Iowa Section Cllmato and Crop Service
Weather Bureau Crop Bulletin for Week
Ending August 10, Des Moines, la. The
last week was warmer than usual, tha
axerage dally excess In temperature ranging
trom 2 to 4 degrees. The nights wcro cool,
however, with considerable benefit from
dons. Except In a portion of the north
wci,t district tbe rainfall was very light
aud droulhy conditions arc still prevalent
In four-fifths of tho state.
All Immature crops need rain, eipectally
lato corn, potatoes and grass. The pas
tures are (to scant that stock Is being fed
more or less, In all sections ot the stato.
Material Improvement In the general con
dition and prospects of tho corn crop has
been noted In nearly all districts. Both
early and lato corn aro now moro promising
In extensive areas than was deemed pos
Bible on tho first of tho month. But tbe
future yield of sound corn Is contingent
on fnvorablc weather conditions throughout
tho larger part of September. Copious
rains are needed very soon for filling lato
planted cornfields. With normal rulnfall
tho yield of late potatoes will be much
better than expected. A fair start has been
made In fall plowing, but generally the soil
Is too dry and hard.
ortluiit lllnlrli't.
Allamakee (Itonsvllle)-No rain nin! it
would do corn no good now; oats yl Id
from twenty to forty bushes per acn mil
quality l'ght; catt e filing off In cnd -tlon
Winneshiek (Itldgeway) Trace of rain;
grain turning out Kood.
Howard (Crescni No rain or cloudi; corn
is damaged nt leant SO per cent nnd will
tie more so nolens h change comes coon!
llax yield four to twelve bushels; iMt ,
twelve to thirty bushels', potatoes n fail
ure Bremer (Wnverly i Hnln 16; corn very un
even; lato corn much better than ear.y;
oats yielding thirty to fifty tiusheU.
Clayton (Elkader) Not it drop of rain and
very dry.
North rent ml lUMrirl.
Mitchell (Osage) No ruin here, but
showers In part of tbe county, grain ylld
below average; tou dry to plow.
Winnebago (Forest City) I'nless hurt by
frost this county wli have nn uve sis
corn crop. Ojts yielding forty to t.f y
bUKhels per acre.
Kossuth (Algoim) Ci ndltlon of corn very
uncertain, but 6) per cent will not t e
much out of the way.
Palo Alto (Went Bend) Bain 01. tmal
grain turning out refer than expvit d.
corn Improving; more rain needed,
Hancock (Hrltt) Dry and line weather,
nil growing crops doing well; grain Vl U-
Ing better than cxpertel. mi. fed to
pure, hut sbort on potatms. eff.-i t of
early drouth neon In ImpTfeet ars of ctn.
("crro Oordo (Clenr Uikei-No rain; ern
doing fairly well.
Floyd ("hniies City) No rain: enrn I dol
ing Itn best to recover; ninny placei w II
make a fi-lr crop with favorable conditions,
but these are exceptions; pota oes about
thi same.
Franklin (Geneva) A dry week, corn do
ing well nnd fields general. y green yet; pas
tures dry nnd bnre. threshing hnli com
pleted. (Hampton) Haln .f": eorn and o
tators ilolnt, well! apples scirce; pastures
Improved.
Wright (Dow s) No rain! oats yield good;
wheat poor; potato crop failure; npple
few and small.
Humboldt (Humboldt) Corn dolne well
nnd will be about half n crop; stcck tid
ing well.
orlhurt District,
Dickinson (Spirit Lnke)-Italn on 13th nnl
pastures Improving; Intc corn promises a
fair crop.
Osceohi (Sibley) Itnln .76; some threshl-i
done and yield above average; mm d -lug
well; millet Is heavy; fall plowing well
under way.
Clay (Spmcer) Haln 1.02 m nth, gre.itly
benelltlng pasture., lute potatoes, millet
and corn; condition of corn Is mttTlally
Improved and it promlfs 60 to ti) per cent o'
average crop; good progress threshing nnd
inld good.
Huena Vista (AlU)-2.2i Inrht of rnln
fell In or.o hour on the 12th; drouth broke i
mid all crop, doing well.
Cherokee (Washta) Nn rain; worm with
out wind.
O'Brien (Frlmghnr) Haln .m; pniturrs,
Inte corn and potatoes Improving: applt-s
short ciop.
Weit C.Mitrnl District.
Sac (Snc City) Haln .10; farmer buvln't
com binders to harvest their stalks; very
dry.
Ida (Battle Creek) Itnln 1.71; fine rain,
with n Ilttlo hnll but no (Inmate.
Wondbury (Sioux Cltyl-Itnlti .10; cxcis
of temperature 19 degrees.
Monona (Otmwa) Very dry again; l'tte
corn doing well.
Carroll (Carroll)-ltnln .Sis corn rhows
some Improvement; mean temperature 71.3
Harrison (Dunlnp) One more werk with
out rain; thickly plunted corn a fal'.ur .
while n reasonable stand with proper culti
vation will make n fair crop and in sum
cases" n full crop; pastures very dry.
Harrison (Tcan)-Hot nnd dry: pnsturej
very dry and ktreuins dried up; cannot toll
how much corn is Injured; npples dwarfed
nnd fnlllng oil; small grain yielding better
than expected.
Shelby (Harlan) Dry nnd warm nnd no
mprovement In the corn situation; throw
ing In progress and a good yield of wheat
nnd oats; potatoes not setting well.
fentinl Dlxtrlct.
Grundy (Grundy Center)-Warm and drv;
rnl" needed or corn; some complaint about
not lining; clover and late pntutocs growing
well,
Greene (JefTersonl-Com has made Nlr
growth; pastures Improving; a fair crop of
wild hay; more rain needed.
Stnrv tAmna .... . I , ..... .
v.mu uuuiK who, inn nereis
more rain; pastures very dry. (Anus I
w...iiui uiutu iininiivt'u oy last wreK s
rain; pastures starting, but more l needed.
Poweshiek (GrlnnelD Cloudless nnd rain
less; corn tilling fairly well; pastures nnl
meadows dry.
Polk (Des Molnes)No rain; mean temper-
-' ":-!! euuu normal;
corn Is filling remarkably well, considering
wij v j UiJ fit I HIT.
Guthrie (Guthrie Centcr)-Have taken n
tour fltmitfrl. nl. . ...
ana examined a good many cornfields. 1
uuu.i tum inuu-n lienor man i expected;
farmers say thoy will have fair corn.
Hoono (Ogden)-A good week for corn nnd
it Is coming out In good condition; nomo
plowing done.
Polk (Bondurnnt)-Corn doing finely; pros
pectH good for two-thirds of n crop; po-
lf!?HS,JnJk,0.vln ,nml 80,116 estimate the
yield at ICO btishrU per acre.
Webster (Fort Dodge)-Anothcr drv week;
..vi.t I'wmvucn ii iu.il crop; cur
dens dried up; oats yielding eighteen U
. .. v,..-.,, c uuiirew per ucre; spring s cd-
cIo.v1r nnd t',nthy all kl.lcd by
drouth and heat.
Knt Centrnl Dlxtrlct.
Dubuquo (Dubuque)-nnln. n trace: mean
temperature, ,3.60. (Houte A)-Drouth con
tinues, causing damage to corn and po
tatoes; threshing yields variable.
Delaware (Delawnre)-All Immature crops
need rnln: most farmers are feeding stock.
Black Hawk (Waterloo)-Soll very dry
and hard; some corn U doing well, but rain
is verv miten nAda fnA
nnd pastureH. " "olu""-s
it..: u.av?nnort)-Jtaln. .11: mean tem
perature, 75 degrees,
i,iSc,UlnrM(?Xc".t "rnnchl-Dro-Jth continues,
several points Corn ha'' KaInc,i
.J?im Anann)-naln. trace; drouthy
conditions continue: corn In favored sec
tions looks very well nnd promises nn aver
age crop; potatoes need rnln badly.
Cedar (Tlpton)-Corn needs rain to fill
out the ears; buckwheat, millet and spring
seeding of clover nnd timothy almost n
failure.
Soatheimt District.
Des Moines (Danvllle)-Dry, warm days
nnd cool nights; cutting clover for seed In
progress, with short crop; corn green nnd
medium planted will be best; corn selling
nt 60 to 60 cents; tinted straw 7 per ton:
loose hay $10 In barn.
Lee (Kcokuk)-rtntn, .15; nvcrnge dally
excess of temperature, 3 degrees; crop con
ditions unchnnged.
Van Huren (PlttsburK)-Mercurv reached
P0 live days the last week; corn holding Its
color and making marked Improvement for
such weather; will make half a crop of
corn and full crop of fodder; pasture gone
and stock on feed. (Bonaparte)-Stlll drv
here; no rain except local showers since in
April; stock on reed for the last month; nil
stock watered from wells or water hauled
from river; dust three to six Inches thick;
about time to have the "drouth broken"
again.
South Central UUtrlct.
Mahaska (Oskaloosa) Continued dry nnd
warm weather: early corn beginning to
ripen: stock being fed.
Madison (Earlham) Corn Is firing and
Icnves roll every day; pastures bare and
many nre feeding stock.
Union (Creston) Corn is gaining; pas
tures are good.
Lucas (Charlton) Rain. .08; mean tem
perature, 73.5 degrees. (Warren) A good
growing week; pastures are now line;
nights cool; we need four weeks yet with
out frost.
Monroe (Albla)-Crop conditions some
what Improved; late corn Improving; pota-
ivin jti uuvt: mm improving to some ex
tent. Wayne (Seymour) Corn staying green re
markably well; sorghum cane doing pretty
well nnd about ready to harvest; Hun
garian liny a light crop.
Decatur (VanWert)-Corn doing well ns
possible and Is filling very well; somo In
luuainiK ear, rain mucii neetieo.
Hlnggold (Mount Ayr) Haln. .26; more
rain needed; quite n crop of peaches, t ut
they are small.
Clarke (Honevllle)-Stlll very dry; Im
possible to give nn npproxlmato eMImnto
as to tlnnl results; the corn crop will b
seriously hurt: It Ib late nnd very uneven;
Judging from sales of corn binders a largo
ninuuni ni inn crop win oe tut. some farm
ers hauling stock water.
Soiitlinet Dlitrlet,
Montgomery (Vllllsca) No rain nnd corn
suffering for moisture. (Elliott) Winter
wheat averages twenty-fevon. uprlng wheat
fifteen nnd ontx thlrty-tlve lushels per acre.
Adams (Cornlm Corn filling well, but
needs more rain; potatoes and apples scarce
and high.
Pago (Clarlnda) IUIli. .03; too dry for
corn tind pastures, corn must have ruin
soon.
Fremont (1 hurmnni Haln. .47; late corn
earing pretty well; furmcrs feel more hope
ful. Omaha itnln. 01; temperature excess for
the week, 17 decrees.
Pottawattamlo (Council Bluffs) No
change In conditions, save tho continued
drying up of meadows, pastures and tho
sources of water supply; some cattle being
fed
Mills lUlonwoodl Rain, .2( corn hi look
ing well, but the crop Is short; potatoes
one-fourth of a crop; ninny nre feeding
stock; apples give promise of a fair qnalltv;
m-ich corn fodder will be saed. (Emerson)
No rain and no wind; stock water pumped
by hand: corn will not make one-fourth of
h crop here.
J. It. SAGE. Section Director.
GEORGE M. CJLU'PEL, L. p, o
Assistant Director.
DIES SINGINGIN CHURCH
llrnil Diumliler .ppenr In VUlnn nnd
Trllx Mini to Go ultli
Her.
PRINCETON. Ky.. Aug. 20. While lead
ing the congregation In singing a hymn In
the Blue Springs church yesterday Lowry
Nabb, a well-to-do farmer, suddenly fell
unconscious and soon afterward died. Nabb
told his wife In the morning aa he was
dressing for church that the night before
his daughter, who died three weeks ago,
appeared to him In a dreim and told him
ho must go with her.
AVGL'ST 21, 1001.
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Aittbar Volums Added to thi Firtoial
Edition of Qeorje Elltt.
ROMANCE Of OLD CAROLINA COLONY
Kcv ,ev Hooks HnVr Arrived Till
Week Mnny Aniioiinceiiien tn for
the I'lrst fit the Month
Lltcrnry .c.
Politics mny havo changed very much
since the girlhood days of George Eliot, yet
her great political novel, "Felix Holt,"
dealing with the election riots and the re
form bill agitations of 1S32, perhaps goes
nearer than all tho present day stories In
getting at the real political feeling ot men
who strive for right. The greatness of tho
author's thought and the beauty of the love
story between Felix and Either Lyon can
nowhere be more vividly realized than on
the pages ot "Tho Personal Eliot," the fifth
volumo of which, containing "Felix Holt,"
with tho personal Introduction and the
photographs of typical scenes of Felix
Holt's country, Is Just published. The new
edition of the works of the great English
autbortss has new points of special Interest
In throwing m ich light upon the person
ality of tho author and the genesis of her
books. Mrs. Wood has written for each
volume nn Introduction, showing how the
story came to bo written, placing the orig
inals of the characters and describing tho
country aud tho people among whom the
nuthor lived and who had so much Influence
upon her work Tho reader leaves tbcsfl
khort but most Interesting studies with a
new appreciation of the reality and delight
ful humor of .Mrs. Tulllvcr and all tho real
of that famous company. The many Illus
trations show dozens ot striking pictures
of plares made famous by the writer's pen.
There are, mortovcr, quite new and hitherto
unpublished portraits of George Eliot nnd
Robert Evans. Tho set forms a truly bio
graphical edition, now made for the first
time, of the writings of nn author who,
since the uppejranco forty years ago of
"Scenes of Clerical Life," has taken rank
as perhaps the foremost woman novelist
the world has known. Doublcday, Pago &
Co., New York.
Among the entertaining romances that
arc based upon tho colonial days of Amer
ican history, "When the Land Was Young,"
by Lafayette McLaws, will take rank as one
ot tbe most notable. Captain Jack Middle
ton of the Carolina colony attempts to res
cue his neighbor, Colonel Huguenln, a
French Protestant, from the Spaniards ot
St. Augustine, to whom the Ycmasces had
delivered htm captive. While on this search
tho colonel s daughter, Antoinette Hugue
nln, Is also captured by Spaniards and taken
prisoner to SU Augustine. Mlddlcton, with
the help of Lumulgce, tho war chief of the
Choctaws, releases Antoinette a and her
father, but Is himself overpowered, cap
tured and hung In the deathcage on the sea
wall. Antoinette saves him and he Is car
ried off by a buccaneer captain of Sir Henry
Morgan's fleet. On the ship he finds a young
French count who seems the double of An
toinette, but who Is as reckless a young
blood as any on tho vessel. After many
adventures and sea fights they reach tho
pirate stronghold on Hlspanlota and through
many strange happenings nnd many start
ling developments, Including tbe storming
nnd capture of Cbagres and tho favor of Sir
Henry Morgan, tho romance ends In Ver
sailles In tho palace ot King Louts the Great.
The tale Is picturesque In location, environ
ment and action; charming in detail and
motive: dramatic In method and altogether
absorbing in plot and surprises. The hero
Is a real man; tho herolno Is ono of the
most attractive figures In romance; while
Lumulgce, the great war chief of the Choc
taws, and Sir Henry Morgan, the buccaneer
knight and terror of the Spanish main, di
vide the honors with hero aud heroine.
Against an historical background the nu
thor has thrown a story that is dramatic
and brilliant. Lothrop Publishing compauy,
Boston. Price, 91.50.
"Wedding Bells nnd Other Sketches" Is a
new book by Nat Prune. Tho author Is n
young lawyer and newspaper man. For
many years he has been known through
tho columns of the Richmond (Va.) Times
as "Nat Prune," and his keen, humorous
satires on current events have been widely
read and enjoyed. His characters are en
tirely unique, his knowledge of human na
ture Is rare, his humor Is pure and whole
some and his reader Is at once taken Into
his confidence. If one is looking for some
thing original the book will please him.
The Abbey Press, New York.
"Simplified Elocution," by Edwin Gordon
Lawrence, Is an excellent, sensible manual
of the art of calling out the voice In public
by the use of all the proper muscles; of
toning and modulating It and of accompany
ing It with the right gesture, attitude and
general disposition of the body to give tho
grcntcst force and effect to what the speaker
has to say. It Is designed for teachers and
students of both schools nnd colleges and
even actors, many of whom may certainly
benefit by Its suggestions as to' manage
ment of breath, nrtlculntlon, emphasis and
delivery generally. Tho Lawrence Pub
lishing Company, New York.
Current MuKnslnes.
The September number of Tho Smart Set
fully sustains tho reputation of that fas
cinating magazine for vivacity anu clever
ness. The number opens with an amusing
novelette by Caroline Duer entitled "A
New Bonnet for Mary." The adventures
of tho Ingenuous and unconventional hero
ine, u society heiress, who assumes to be
a dressmaker's assistant for sweet char
ity's sake anil dramatically assists In the
recovery of a largo quantity of stolen
gems, are diverting to a degree.
The capture of Agulnaldo was not only
a niece of unmatched American bravado,
but r week of hardship and danger seldom
equaled In the annals of war. Few Amer
icans yet rcallzo what fearless hardihood
was necessary to lend a band of unprovon
Macabnbes and perhaps treacherous Tag
alos so far from friends and food supplies,
Now. for the first time. Is told tho mar
velous Btory with all tho graphic details
of dangers and hardships encountered and
overcome by true American grit and wit.
Everybody's Magazine cabled to General
Funston nnd he consented to wrlto the
story himself, and now his enthusiastic
fellow countrymen who aro so proud ot
htm can enjoy tbe picturesque Knnsan's
own narrative of his audacious exploit. In
the Septemer number of Everybody's Mag
azltve Is Funston's nccount, which follows
Agulnaldo's Own Story, which was printed
In the August number of the same maga
zine. I.lternry .Votes.
The Century company will Issue In the
autumn "Memories of a Musical Life." by
Dr Wllllum Mason, the dean of his pro
fesslon In America. Dr, Mason's musical
experience began over fifty years ago and
his book contains reminiscences of Meyer
beer, Schumann, MoBceles, Wagner and
Liszt (with whom he studied), ns well as
ihn moderns. Hublnuteln. Von Hulow.
Pnderewskl and many others, Tho basis
of the nooK appeared in me ternary .-uogn
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Prof, George James Bnyles of the school
of jiollt leal science lu Columbia university,
has prepared a book presenting a general
view of the legal condition of women
throughout the united States. It will bo
called "Woman and the Law" nnd Is on
the Century company's list for publication
In the onrly autumn. Women's property
rights and the grounds of divorce are fully
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The Knllynrd novel Is moribund If not de
censed. Mr. ltarrlc must be credited with,
or blamed, for It. Mr. Crockett nnd Mr.
Maclaren only d." as they were told how.
It hnd Its entrance und has Its exit after
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bow; every one read It, no one knew why.
"Have you read the new book? I couldn't,"
n man will say to his friend. "Yes, I have,"
the friend will say triumphantly. "I would
not let it ueat me. it is a curious
sychologlcnl puzzle. Robert Crflmlc In the
.Iternry Era for August,
Frederick t'nham Adams, author of tbe
newspaper Wall street story, "The Kid
naped Millionaires," was horn In Boston,
December 10, 1&59. From Ills father he re
ceived a thorough mechanical education
nnd In IPSO beenme a designer of machin
ery In Chicago. He Imroved nnd perfected
many of the mechanical devices now ac
cepted us standards. A threatened loss
of eyesight compelled him to abandon his
profession and in 1RK3 Mr. Adams accepted
a position on the Chicago News. He be
came a student of labor and nodal prob
lems nnd for a number of yenrn was in
chnrge of the labor department of the Chl
cago Tribune. He participated In tho
stirring events Incident to the anarchist
outbreak of 18S0 and In the series of great
strikes which marked this period. Tho
routine oi nn active newspaper lire uiii
not suppress the natural Inventive genius
of Mr. Adams. In liii he Invented tho
electric light tower, which at one time
promised to Decome tne accepted method
of llxhtlng cities. He sold these patents
and subsequently Invented the single-arm
electric lamp post, which Is tbe standard
In most Amerlcnn cities. In 1&92 Mr.
Adams was placed In charge of the liter
ary and press work of the western branch
of the democratic national commlttco and
displayed such tact and executive ability
mat ne was appointcu cniei or tne liter
ary and press bureau in the campaign of
ir95. In the following year ho founded
the New Time, a magazine of social re
form, and continued ns Its editor until It
was consolidated with the Arena.
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 20. Senator and Mrs.
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Women's $3 Welt Soles-
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Musto and Art. I5I3-I5I5 Diuiln,
Balduff's Table D'hote Dinners
served nightly nt the Kursnnl. Man
hattan beach, arc gaining In popularity,
Judging from the crowds or people who
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ways In the world to spend a delightful
evening. They leavo Omaha about 5
o'clock, go to the lake, enjoy n spleudld
dinner, listen to the music, toko a swim
and arrive home In good season. Ca
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to please tho public nnd ninke Manhat
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from 0 to 8 nnd the price Is but 75
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ters. Misses Mabel and Ruth, left Clve
land today for Hay Lake, near SAitlt Ste.
Marie, Mich., where tho family will spend
a few days at the Hnnna summer cottage.
Mr. Hannn will tako an active part tn
th! formal opening of tho state republican
campaign, which will probably take placo
at Delaware on September 21. Among tho
speakers will bo Senators Forakcr and
Hnnna, Govornor Nash and Hon. Carl L.
Nlppert, candldato for lieutenant governor.
CRIME CHARGED BY SPIDER
Word Murder Snlil to llnvr Hern Spun
In Home of llrnil
31 nn.
TOLEDO, O., Aug. 20. Jim Lee, a negro,
was stabbed through the heart last week.
Today a woman who lives In tho houso
from which Leo was burled was terrified
to find that n spider had woven In his
web the words "My Jim" and "Mur
der." These words were as legible as If
written by hand nnd were woven In with
n flno white thread of the sarao texture na
the web. Thousands of persons have vis
ited the spot and reputable witnesses cer
tify to tho curious structure. The colored
residents of the avenue nro much wrought
up over the phenomenon.
OIL NEAR GALVESTON SURF
Texann Himh for I, nnd on lllfth Inlnnd,
Where Hlrh Strike Is
Reported.
GALVESTON, Tex., Aug, 20. Oil has been
discovered on High Island, In Galveston
bay, and a rush for land In the vicinity
of the strike has begun. The new well
Is within thrco miles of deep water.
Sinn el MnUern Combine.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-Jullus C. Beige,
president of tho St. Louis Shovel company,
confirms the reported consolidation of tlva
of the largest shovel manufacturing con
cerns In the country with a capital too It
of S.0Cl,(i)0. The new company will be
called the Ames Tool nnd Shovel company.
It Is made up of tho following companies:
Oliver Amen & Sons' corporation of North
'Easton, Mass. ; Wright Shovel company of
Anderson, Ind.: II. M. Meyers company of
Beaver Falls, Pa.; T. Rowland fc Sons' com
pany or Philadelphia and the St. Louis
company
