TTTK OMAHA DAILY 11EK: MONDAY, SEPT KM 11 EH '29, 1002.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
'.udependsnt Telephone Company Will Try
AgYa for t Franchiie.
QUESTION MAY BE PUT TO THE VOTERS
If t oancMl Rfftax In ftraal the Kraa.
ta the Peopletlaalo
lity tiosslp.
It Is stated by the Irval Independent
telephone company that It will again ask
the council to grant It a franchise to do
business in South Onuhs. In the event
that the request H either refused or ig
nored by the council, the company will
lubmlt the question to the voters of South
Omaha this fall.
It haa been rumored that the council
will not entertain the request of the new
company, on account of Its helms contrary
to the blanket telephone ordinance pasted
during the lat administration. Voder that
irdlnanre any company could do business
In the city upon meeting certain condi
tion. Thr?r (ondltlcn the new company
considers unfair and prejudicial to Its In
tereet. Juet how the new company expects to
jet this auction before the voters with
out the consent, of the mayor and council
is unknown, hut the general attorney of
Ui company yesterday said that this
'would be done without trouble, and that
he felt confident that at the next general
election In this city the voters would have
a chance to decide whether another tele
phone company should exist In South
Omaha.
Of course, how such a proposition would
tak-! with (he voters is not known and It
1a a mere matter of speculation whether
It would be favorably received should It be
aubmltted. However, the new company
says that It Is perfectly willing to abide
by the result If It can only get an oppor
lunlt) to have the matter s-.it) ml tied In
thla manner.
Another ttobbery Reported.
Ed Kanklu and Earl Shull are under ar
rest and confined in the city Jail, charged
with robbing Robert Tyler, an employe at
the Union Stock yards, Saturday night.
P.ankln and Shull have not as yet been
Identified. Three acts of highway robbery
eera to be cu the Increase, despite the
efforts of the police to put a stop to them.
The police arc making an extra endoavor
to rid the city of all suspicious charac
ters Pnnei-al of Mrs. fnrtla.
The funeral of Mrs. D. 8. Curt Ik w as
lield yesterday afternoon from the First
Methodist church. The church was packed
with friends of the dead pioneer and some
ft the floral offerings were beautiful. Dr.
Rubrll. L. Wheel, i, Uu uflicieled at the
service, paid a pathetic tribute to the de
ceased. After the services the remains
were Interred In Laurel Hill cemetery.
School Board Tonlaiht.
The school board Is to meet tonight and
the matter of heating the different schools
of the city will bo discussed, although I:
Is not known whether any action will be
taken. It la stated that the teachers of
the different schools are going to come
In for their ahare of censure on account
of the recent troubles. In which. It Is said,
they were In no way to blame.
Frank holts Tiles.
Frank Shultz, the man who was found
in the basement of the Plvonka block Sat
urday morning In an unconscious and dying
condition, tiled at the South Omaha bos
. pltal yesterday morning. The remains
nave been taken to Brewer's undertaking
rooms and will remain there until some
arrangmenta are made for burial. It la
thought that a contribution will be taken
up among the business men of the city
to provide for the burial, but ir thl falls,
he probably will be burled at the expense
ot the county.
O Hirers Are Pralaed. j
Officers Charles Altatadt and Henry Ells
felder are receiving a greatj deal of pralso
for their work In the Bads counterfeiting
arrest last Saturday. Officer Altstadt made
the arrest on mere suspicion and Ells
folder "pumped" out the story. The United
States authorities have notified the officers,
It la said, that the government will pay
them $100 for the capture. Altstadt Is one
ot the youngest officers on the force.
Saloon Cases Today.
The case against the different saloon
keepers of South Omaha, charged with vio
lation of the state liquor law. will como
up for hearing this afternoon at 2 o'clock
la the police court room. It Is said that
the casea will be prosecuted by the as
sistant city attorney. The rases will prob
ably be finally disposed of today.
Mafia City Gossip.
There will be no council meeting tonight.
Scott King returned from Lincoln yester
Hay morning.
Mrs. Jay Laverty haa returned from a
trip In this western part of the state.
I. M. Click will leave for t'allforn'a to
day or tomorrow for a month's vacation.
Kdward Cahow, Eighteenth and M streets.
Is able to be about again, after a brief
Illness.
J. C. Haupt of Manning, la., la In the
city and will remain during the Ak-Sar-Ben
festivities.
Charles Clark formerly of Tekimah. has
acifpted a position with the Union Stock
Yards National bank.
Local coal dealers are having a serious
time tilling nut the advance orders they
took some months ago fur coal deliveries
at thla time.
Very Hear a
To allow constipation
Crime.
to poison your
body. Dr. King's New Life Pills cures It
and builds up your health or do pay. 25c.
For sale by Kuba Co.
Frugality,
thrift and ability mark the
American, and in manufactur
ing and commerce have placed
the United States first among
the nations of the world. No
institution so typifies the
growth of the country as The
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York, v
It has paid policy-holders
more than any other company
in the world.
Its assets exceed those of any
ether company in existence.
AMii,mt
000,000
A. aaual pais t
A. aaual aais le Pelicykaean, ar
509,000,000
Writs far " Wh,n Stall I I mum I "
The Mutual. Life Insuranci
Com pan v of New York
Rtcaaaa A. McCvssv, fritai.
Kl KMItO BHOB..
Dee Molnos. la.
. T. A faatle A. Kohn.
Joseph Trick vY. J Trick.
Idas, special ig tnts.
iiBtaa, Kelt,
TV. H Olln. Jr.,
MISS C. M. It
SPOILS AN ELOPEMENT STORY
Wife Hail Pimply Hired not as erse
la the Family ot a Hanch-
J. C. Psddock. an employe of the Willow
Springs Distillery company. Mrs. Paddock,
the Paddock baby, and C. W. Strampler, a
farmer from Orleans, Neb., were occupied
for an hcur last night In the police station
explaining a situation. The other three
had been brought In from the Union sta
tion, where they had been waiting for a
train, on complaint cf Paddock. He said
that when he came to his rooming place at
llf'4 South Thirteenth from work In the
evening he Inquired for bis wife and was
told tbst she was down stairs dressing.
On his asking later the people In the house
told him thet she was gone: then a man
named Kelly, who lives across the street,
said that she had elcped with a rancher,
taking the baby along. JSke other side of
the story Is that Strampler. the rancher,
who Is a widower of two months' standing,
came to the city yesterday to find some
one to care for his four little children. He
was unable to get the person he had had
In mind but was told that Mrs. Paddock
wcu'd like euih a position. He thought
that she, having a little child herself, would
make a careful nurse and so engaged her.
Mrs. Paddock ssyr that her husband has
never been able to support her and that
they have been separaUd several times. As
a result of the conference the farmer end
Mrs. Paddock will leave by the first train
tomorrow, with the consent of Mr. Paddock
The pair were married in Warren county, '
Kenturkv. and have been In Omaha about i
one year.
MILLERS WiLL NOT WALK OUT
Minneapolis Floor Makers and Their
F.anployes tie I Together on Com
promise Nrhcdalr.
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 28.-There will be
no strike of the employes of the flour mllla
ot Minneapolis, for, beginning October 13.
the mills of Minneapolis will be operated
on an eight-hour schedule, InRtead of un
der the present system of two twelve-hour
shifts. The men don't receive the same
pay for eight hours us they did tor the
lenger day, but they have expressed them
selves satisfied with the schedule of wages
offered by the millers and the best of feel
ing prevails on both sides.
Formerly, tinder the twelve-hour schedule,
a man wa forced to work at least ten
and ft half of the twelve hours, being al
lowed a short time for bis meals. The
men asked for a shorter day with no re
duction in wages. Committees were ap
pointed and these conferred with the mill
managers and discussed the situation. The
millers were told that the managers could
not grant trie terms asked, but would sub
mit a counter proposal. Thle was done
and at a meeting of the Flour Mill em
ployes' union yesterday It was adopted.
The schedule U as follows: For millers
drawing $3 a day. 35 ceuta an hour; tor
machlue men drawing $2.50 a day, 29 cents
an hour: for machine men drawing $2.25
a day, 26 rents an hour; for oilers drawing
$2 a day, 23V cents an hour; for sweepers
drawing $1.75 a day, 22 cents an hour.
CRAP GAME TARTS A WAR
Depaty Kheilft and Three Colored Men
Kllle.t Sear Thnrmoad, West
Virginia.
THURMOND. TV. Vs., Sept. 28. A deputy
sheriff and three colored men are desd at
Olen Jean, three miles from here, as the
result of a crap game today.
"Black Diamond" of Mount Hope and
Will Washington of Montgomery, both col
ored, were rivals. Diamond, after a short
argument. Jumped up and shot and Wash
ington, killing him Instantly. Both men
had criminal records. Deputy Sheriff Watts
was near and, mounting his horse, started
after Diamond, who tried to escape. When
near Diamond he dismounted and followed
him on foot. Watts fired, fatally wounding
Diamond, who, while lying on the ground,
shot the deputy sheriff as he approached,
killing him instantly. A crowd of 100 or
more bad followed Watts. When they saw
Watts fall they became frenzied and vowed
vengeance. As the crowd neared Dla
mond, who was lying on the ground, he
cried for mercy. The crowd Informed him
that they proposed to fill him with lend,
and did to.
May let Be satrfl.
All who have severe lung trouble need
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption.
It cures or no pay. 50c, $1.00. For sale by
Kuhn A. Co.
Hope Dream Causes Trouble.
When Ella Monroe, a negress, has u dope
dream she sees men under the bed. Tr.la
has happened several times In various lodg
ing houses. Last night K.ila engaged a
room In the People a lodging house at
Twelfth and Farnam streets and when the
proprietor showed her In she detected some
one lying concealed below the bed anil three
men peering In at the transom. When the
boat failed to see these, Klla grew alarmed
and selling some of her clo'.hes. her mor
phine bottle and tha water pllcber, she
sprang through the open window. It Is
about twenty-three feet down in the direc
tion Klla took to the iron grating In the
aldewslk, but she arose unharmed from the
ruins of the pitcher and with wild cries
tnoved down to the alley and started for
Eleventh street. Here the policeman caugbt
her and she was taken to the station.
Raid Alleged tiuinhlina, Joint.
The police descended upon the frequenters
of the Waltera' club at Fourteenth and
Jackson streets last night and the sixteen
colored men who did not get away were
taken to the station and confln-'d until
bail money could be found. Alfred Joneii
was charged with keeping a gHmbltng
house and the others with gambling. The
only one of the party who had much money
was R. J. Allen, who had $12.10 In bis shoes.
Severn! decks of cards and a pint of die
were brought along aa evidence.
to Sarreed Dr. Thomas.
CHICAGO. 8ept. 2. The trustees of the
People's church have extended a call to
Kev. John Merttit Driver of Redwing.
Minn., and the call ha been accepted.
The People's church pulpit waa. until re
cently, occupied by Dr. It. W. Thomas.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
On complaint of A. J. White of Valentine.
Neb.. Anna Murray of 114 North Ninth
street waa arrested Hoturday night and
charged with larceny. While says that the
woman abstracted Ills jtocketbook contain
ing SJS from the inner poiket of his vest
while he waa in her house. Me discovered
the theft before leaving.
Percy Pickles and Patrick Klllcorn. who
reside at Auburn. Neb., are being preserved
at the city Juii. awaiting the coming of
their parents, who will continuing the ma
turing process at home. The boys are 12
and 14 years of age. respectively, and ran
away from their homes Saturday to attend
the carnival. They were arrested Sunday
tnomlng by Officer Woolrldge on informa
tion from the folks at home.
Patrick Hughes of Council Biuffa Is In
the cltv lall. tharaed with bee-Ring on tha
street. Patrick ha a way of wearing his
hat under his coat when Aut on his ex
peditions for charitably Inclined people and
Vila words of greeting are to the effect that
he Is loo poor to buy a hat and someone
has stolen the one he had. Krldav night
lie hud been to the Jail without Ills hat
and had been given one by an officer. Sun
day morning ha met Sergeant iH-mpeey,
who waa in citlaen s clothes, and Imme
diately began his song for a hat. The ser
geant locked him up.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. 1ewar have returned
from a few weeka visit with relatives In
Lndn. tint., and are domiciled fur I ho
winter at K3 Ceaa stretU
PASSING OF A FAMOUS BOSS
Critics f Long Ago Become Eulogists
at Hit liar.
THE MAN WHO MADE WASHINGTON
Aleaander R. Shepherd's Work of He
areoeratlnar the National Capital
The Howl It Hataed and
What It Cost.
Thirty years ago Alexander R. Shepherd
was Impaled on the picket of national crit
icism as the "Boss Tweed of Washington."
On the occasion of his death, in Mexico
a few days ago, many of his critics re
canted their earlier accusations and paid
generous tribute to the man now accordod
the honor of having made Washington what
It Is. "To his rourage, his address, his
Indomitable purpose and his brilliant faculty
of organization." says the Washington
Post, "we owe the city's redemption from
a killing sloth. He set In motion the
fine ferment of civic pride which haa made
this the most hentitlful and gracious cap
ital In all the world. No stain of selfish
ness or sordid purpose ataches to his mem
ory. He wss as much the martyr as he
was the hero of the splendid reformation
he inaugurated. He made others rich
especially his opponente and detractors;
himself he Impoverished and exiled. He
built the most magnificent monument of
modern times, and his private fortunes were
devoted to Us cornerstone
He Reformed Ihlnas.
"Boss" Shepherd, as he was then called,
was a reformer who reformed things. A
native of Washington, he forged to the
front, determined to squelch for all time
the project agitated In the early ' '70s to
remove the national capital to St. LoulR.
ine city wa ragged, uiriy. ana wnony j
unworthy of the scat of national govern-
ment. Shepherd headed the reform J
movement which had for Its object the
cleansing and rebuilding X the city. First
he was elected alderman In 1870 and next
year he was made chairman of the Board of
Public Works created by act of congress.
The story of Shepherd's life during the
next three or four years Is a history of
the terltorial form of government and the
Boord of Public Works. It was under hie
direction that the grand scheme of Improve
ments which made of a straggling town,
with filthy, Ill-conditioned streets, a cap
ital which now la unsurpassed for attrac
tiveness, was undertaken. The total amount
expended by the general government on the
streets and avenues donated them from
1802 to 1871 was $l.321.2;8.31. During this
period the amount expended by the city of
Washington waa $13,921,767.15. To con-
dense: The citizens of Washington had
paid ftO per cent of the street improvements
during these several years. The total value
cf public and privet property wss $150.
000,000, of which the government owned 40
per cent.
New Power at the Helm.
It was for the new district government
to change this state of things, and Mr.
Shepherd and his associates set about the
task with promptness and energy. In
June, 1S71, estimates were submitted for
certain Improvements amounting in the ag
gregate to $6,578,397, and to meet this It
was recommended that a loan of $1,000,000
be made, which with an assessment of
one-third the cost of Improvements on the
abutting property, would make $6,000,000
available at once for Improvement of streets
and avenues. This plan was carried through
In spite of opposition.
During the three years and twenty-four
days that the Board of Public Works v.as
in active existence from June 1, 1871, "to
June 24. 1874 It'made Improvements ag
gregating as follows: Grading, 3.340,000
cubic yards: sidewalks, 207 miles; streeis
paved In cities, 118 miles; roads made in
counties, 39 miles; brick sewers, from '0
to 30 feet drain. 21.07T. lineal feet; brick
sewers. 3 to 7 feet drain, 31,857 lineal feet;
pipe street sewers, 12 to 15 Inches diameter,
317.196 lineal ft-et; pipe sewer, house con
nection, 300,000 lineal feet; Iron water
mains. 30 miles. 160,000 lineal feet; iron
gas mains and street lamps, 350,000 lineal
feet; iron water main houre connections,
9.392 miles, equivalent to 313.600 lineal
feet; planting and setting out shade trees,
10.000. In addition to these improvements
many new and commodious market houses
and school buildings were erected.
A Landmark Demolished.
A notable instance of what one deter
mined man can do when he makes up his
mind was seen in the case of the old
Liberty market, which stood at the corner
of Seventh and K atreets. The building
was old and decadent and unsightly and a
disgrace to the city. Shepherd, besides,
picked out its site for a public park. He
tried every method in his power to have
the old building demolished according to
law and order, but he was blocked at every
turn. The law said to him: "Thou shalt
not cut down the market house!" His ap
peals were aa strains In a March wind.
People generally wanted the old building
removed, but their own laws would not let
them touch it.
One inornlug Washlngtonians rwoke and
'.o! htn they looked for their familiar
market it was gone! It bad vanished in
the night and not a stone of It remained
on a stone. Shepherd had gone there In
the dark of the night, when the people
slept, and with a crowd of congenial spirits
he battered down the old rtructure which
the Ih w had clung to so tenaciously. To do
this Homan-like thing Shepherd got up a
banque' far from the nrcne of the work.
All those who were known to be opposed
to lit f park scheme were Invited, and while
they feasted and the other slept the gov
ernor and his friends played havoc with
the old market. A bill has been introduced
into every congress since then to Indemnify
the owners of the stalls in the market, but
those of them that are yet alive have never
received a penny for their trouble.
Barklaai a Kallroad.
Another monument to Mr. Shepherd's in
dustry, genius and peculiar methods Is
hillock on the south side of the Baltimore
A Ohio railway tracks. His purpose was to
drive the railway out of that part of ths
city, io which, by law,, it was allowed to
come into Washington. Of courte. he
could not do this legally, so he tried to do
It Illegally. He hired an army of men and
they went to work digging and piling up
the earth on the tracks. This bold plan of
a bold spirit failed because the railroad
people, learning what was going forward,
kept a couple of engines storming up and
down the trark. In a word, there wits
nothing that he wanted done that he did
not have done or try to have done by fair
means or foul. Mr. Shepherd in a verity
made Washington. This Nero of America
saw a mudhole of a town and left it with
100 miles of the finest streets ia the world.
shaded by 10. 000 beautiful trees. It cost
$40,000,000 to do it. but It was done, and
Americans ran thank this one man and him
only If they feel that their seat of govern
ment is all that it bhould be.
As "boas" of Washington Mr. Shepherd
became out of the most criticised and per
haps, according to the readjusted Ideas of
the present time, one of the best-abused
public men in the country. But he not only
hegsn but triumphantly rarrled through the
lifting of the city of Washington nut of the
mud and left it on solid ground, It can
not be denied that many myths are preva
lent at to his exact work for the district,
on a bf which is Us notion that the city
owes its beautiful asphalt pavements to his
- T- - , . . . ..... -
his administration has been since removed i
because of Its worthlessnesa, but bis at- i
tempt at pavement demonstrated the neces- I
sity and the desirability of something of
the kind, and hence the present asphalt
pavements. The Shepherd pavement was a
puddlng-like affair, which served a Pr- i
pose in making something better seem
necessary.
He Bossed the .lob.
That he acted the part of a dictator in
all this cannot be denied. Ho used all the
power with which he was Invested and
strengthened It with his own energy and
will force. Had he been the old czar,
Nicholas, at the head of this enterprise, ht
could not have carried the situation with
greater directness, coolness and Indifference
to public opinion. Of course to s"compllBh
the Immense undertaking that was Involved
In the original plan on which the city was
laid out, necessitated the expenditure of a
vast amount of money. The city of Wash
ington had to stand half the expense, and
the national government the other half.
It was no doubt a crushing burden for the
city to assume. When he came to the end
of his administration In 1874, he had spent
$40,000,000, and the city was $27,000,000 In
debt.
The suspicion ihst he made a fortune
for himself was hardly Justified by subse
quent history. Mr. Shepherd failed soon
sftcr retiring from his position, and bad to
begin life over again in a new country,
where In time he acquired another fortune
by successful mining operations, and he
died one of the richest men In Mexico,
where he had lived since 1879. Twenty
years after leaving Washington he returned
to receive the .homage of a community
which had cordially detested him.
SHOOT AT THE
Two Vlen Looked In In Ssratosa for
ReaUtlna; Officers Darlnar rllie
Demonstration.
SARATOGA, N. Y.. Sept. 28. Vlolpnt dem
onstrations against the Hudson Valley Rail
way company have caused shots to be ex
changed, and there are two men locked up
In the county Jail today charged with being
Implicated In the attack on the company's
property. The trouble developed Inst night
when attempts were made to burn the
bridges between this place and Ballaton
Spa. Obstructions were also placed on the
track, and the depredators, who seemed to
number about a doxen, sought to ground
the trolley wires at an Isolated point south
of this village. A force of private detect
ives was hurried to the point, and U was
here that revolvers were drawn and shots
exchanged. Two men alleged to have been
engaged In the depredations were arrested.
TEMPERANCE JJNION GATHERS
Peoria's Proteatnnt Chnrches tJlven
Over to Them tor May's ruaade
for Members.
FEORIA. 111., Sept. 28. The pulpits of
tho Trotestant churches of Peoria today
were filled by delegates to the state con
vention of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union. It was a united effort to se
cure signers and almost 500 ribbons were
distributed. The only service held under
tho direct aueplccs of the union was that
at the Congregational church. In observ
ance of the birthday of Miss Frances E.
Wlllard. Mlsa Leonora M. Lake of 8t.
Louis delivered the address. At the con
clusion. Miss Brehra, the state president,
distributed bits of sweet elyslum taken
from the grave of Mies Wlllard In Rose
Hill cemetery, Chicago.
If ICa a. "Gsrtaa,"
Tba'.'s all you need to know about a stove
or range.
latera Make a Compromise.
COLl'MBCS. Ind.. Sept. M.-One year ago
James H. Bradlev of Indlnnapolls died a
millionaire, leaving large land and prop
erty Interests. He left a will giving his
son Harrv of this city a small competence
during life and leaving ins imhuij ,
nlless at his death, his part then to re-
- w 1 ,ha uIuiat. . Th. will nro- I
vlded. too, like the will of Stratton. the
Colorado miner, that any legatee bringing
suit to set aalde forfeited hla rights under
f the will If It was not broken.
but Harrv Bradley, the slighted child ami
heir of this city, took chances and brouaht
suit to break the will and get his shar?.
The case has Just been compromised by the
three sisters paying Harry $100,000, and the
suit was dismissed.
Indiana Kill Harvest Hands.
GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Sept. 28-Nel
Johnson, a harvester, was fatally shot In
a tight between Indians and whites at Park
r . 1 A turtv nf ten Indians
camped near Park River with their squaws I
and cnuaren. a numoer nm "ir,
visited the camp today and It is said that
considerable liquor was dlooed of. Tne
Indiana are said to nave nren hi seveim
citizens who were passing the camp. On
news of the shooting reaching here a posse
was formed and the Indians arrested and
lodged tn Jail.
Swift Taken Over Parkins; Plant.
CHICAOO. Sept. 28. The Tribune says:
What was to have been an Important move
In the formation of the alleged beef trust
took place yesterday when Swift and Com
pany notified the Anglo-American Packing
company that It would aHsume control of
the Kansas City and Chicago plants on
Monday. The assumption of control now
of little moment was to have been a prac
tical announcement of the consummation of
the "trust."
New Beef Hklanlnar Iteeord.
ST. JOSEPH Mo., Sept. 28. The Amalga
mated Meat and Cattle Butcher Workmen
of North America held a picnic at Lake
Contrary today. In the beef-dressing con
test Lafe Porlier of Chicago broke the
world's record and won the match. There
were six entries and I'orfer areaseu nis
steer in 3:55'm. The world's record waa
4:33H. held by A. Nelson of Kansas City.
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BLOWOUT FOR THE NATIVES
'
Pershing Takes Artillery llcig U Attack
Moms' Torts,
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WATER SIDE TO BE ATTACKEI FROM RAFTS
r'.najlnrers Are Taken with Kxpedltloa
to llnlld Pontoon Bridges Saltan
Thinks He la aerore and
Hefnaea to Confer.
MANILA. Sept. 28. A second expedition I
against the Moro position at Maciu. Island
of Mindanao, left Camp Vicars today. It
Is In command of Captain Pershing of the'
Fifteenth Infantry, and Is composed of a
battalion of Infantry, a troop of cavalry. 1
three sections of artillery and a detachment
of engineers. The engineers will construct
a pontoon bridge and a corduroy trail
across the swamp which flanks the land side
of the Maclu forts. Thla work will occupy
several days. Rafts probably will be used
to attack the fort from the lake side. The
actual date of attack on the forts Is indefi
nite. The sultan of Butig haa been made a 1
prisoner by the American forces, and was
subsequently released. Hs furnished th
Americans with horses to transport their
supplies.
The first expedition which left Camp
Vicars to operate against the Maclu Moros
was composed of a battalion of infautry,
two troops of cavalry and two guns. It
started September 17. The position at
Maciu was found to be strong and the at-
I tack waa delayed in order to Improve the
QJQJYgl methods of approach and to receive reln
1 forrements.
The Fort at Maciu Is on an elevation
close to the lake shore and flanked by
swamps which virtually make It an Island.
The sultan of Maclu regards their position
ss Impregnable and has refused to treat
with Captain Pershing. Captain Pershing
Is confident of his ability to capture the
Moro forts without serious losses.
THKHK ARK FOOLS AMI FOOLS.
Those M ho Woo Death at Maaaro and
Those Who ak (tneslionn.
"There are two distinct sets of fools In
this country," said the proprietor of a hotel
at Niagara Falla to a New York Tribune
correspondent.
"I thought the classification of fools was
on a good deal broader lines than that."
said the guest. "I always thought there
were as many kinds of fools tin there were
persons."
"So there are," was the answer, "but I
mean two species which have come under
my special observation. For example, there
Is the fool who Is forever trying to kill
himself without wanting to make a complete
succens of it and. theu. the fool who la al
ways asking how the first fool succeeded.
"Every summer a half dozen persons are
advertised to shoot the rapids, or walk over
the whirlpool on a tightrope, or barrel
themselves up and tumble over the falls.
Some say they are going to do it, but, like
a cheap sideshow, put all their employes to
work blowing horns outside the tent, but
when It comes to the real performance they
point to only a chromo and a pair of mir
rors, to exhibit their 'three-headed canni
bal.' And then some are less foolish and
go ahead and kill themselves outright.
"Every mall brings me letters from the
other class of fools, who, for example, will
ask such questions ss:
" 'Will you please tell me bow many per
sons have gone over the Falls alive?'
"I never answer those letters, of course.
It would help the United States, I know,
but I'd rather give the money to the Treas
ury department direct. If any one stopped
me on the street and asked me that ques
tion. I used to say:
" 'Not one! Every last fool of 'em is
dead!' But I can't say that now. I wish I
could: for It's so much shorter. But now I
have to hem and haw and think bard and
say:
Why. yes, there was a woman who went
1 over a Mrs. Taylor. She went In a barrel
over the Horseshoe Falls and lived through
......
Here the hotel proprietor paused a mo
ment, and then added: 'But do you know
what she got for it? Nothing. She started
out to lecture to crowded houses, and to
tell how she bad met death face to face in
a barrel, but the people wouldn't turn out."
"I suppose they didn't want to be lectured
to by the barrel," remarked the guest, medi
tatively. MKTAL WHICH 19 XCAB.CK.
happly of Platlnam Kot Knonah
Meet the Demand.
Platinum, which is in great request
In
the manufacture of electrical apparatus
and for electrical engineering generally, aa
well as for numerous other purposes for
which no effective substitute has been
found. Is in greater demand than the sup
ply can meet. If Its output is Increasing
at all it is not doing so si anything like
the same rate ac the consumption, ami
consequently much concern is expressed
by those whose industries largely depend
upon it. It Is easy to foresee a time when
such Industries will languiah for want o!
the material, which It will be Impossible
to secure In adequate quantities even at
famine prices. LegUlation in the Reich
stag of Germany haa a way of being grand
fatherly at times, but in the circumstance
there la much to be said for the bill whlcfc
was under consideration not long ago wltn
the object of obtaining s legal prohibition
Jim Dumps would fume at cars so slow
When from his work at night he'd go;
When heavy dames stood on his corn
He cursed the day that he was born.
But now there's " Force" at home for him,
No crowded cars daunt "Sunny Jim."
Force"
The Kaedy to-Barra Canal
arms
struggles of life.
SvMt, crisp flakes of wasat smalt ate coU.
Mare Force ef Every Kind.
" Prom force of habit I had to take home a packatre of ' Force ' for trial. Sloe
then the whole family baa boa eating it regularly with the result that we all have
toroe of all that mates ms worm
Leaves the clothes
wilts
Pride
of the use of platinum where it. could be
replaced Without serious Inconvenience by
some other metal and to limit its consump
tion to esses where its employment Is es
sential. It Is not easy to sec how such an
enactment as this could bo enforced
strictly, but In the abstract the measure
was undoubtedly wise. Besides, the re
stricted use of platinum In one country
would go a very little way to remedy a
situation that Is becoming acute In all
manufacturing countrl
There is no good
reason to anticipate an actual exhaustion
of supplies, but the fear Is that, mainly
with the progress of electricity, the gulf
between demand and supply may become
wider and wider.
Something like 95 per cent of last year'l
production of 13,800 pounds, as compared
with 13,250 pounds for 1900. came from
Russia, and, while it le probable that
scientific, exploitation of the whole of the
I'rals would lead to the discovery ot other
tources of supply, it Is pretty clear that
In the government of Perm little enough
progress Is being made In spite of the
profitableness of the Industry. Perhaps tho
sparseness of the distribution accounts
largely for this. The metal Is obtained
from alluvial deposits or up to four to five
volotnlks the vololnlk is equal to slxty
eix grains Troy and more In 100 poods of
sand S.filO pounds. The thickness of the
beds ranges from three feet to seven feet.
Tho grains of metl are small in size, but
sometimes nuggets weighing a kilogram or
more are unearthed. The platinum Is
often accompanied by other rare metals,
such as Iridium and osmium. It Is sent
to St. Petersburg In the crude state, and,
although there are refineries in that city,
very little is dealt with there, and, as the
demand for the metal Is almost entirely
from abroad, the bulk Is exported as It Is
received from the mines. We have been
told to look to New South Wales as an Im
portant source of supply, and probably,
with scientific exploitation, the investment
of a reasonable amount of capital and the
diversion of miners from gold keeking, that
colony would be of use In supplying the
world's requirements. The metal there Is
obtained chiefly from the Flfleld district,
about S22 miles west of Sydney.
AM KNTKRI'KMt '
i von.
Birth of a Ken Thought and a New
Department.
The editor of the yellow journal was Jubi
lant, reports the Brooklyn Eagle.
"We have departments for pretty nearly
everything," he said, "and yet we have
overlooked the greatest chance of all. We
tell people how to cook and how to make
dresses and bow to behave In society and
how to succeed In business and, how to
make home happy and how to bring up
children and how to act under practically
all possible circumstances. We are the
great Infallible mentor. We never make a
mistake, or at least we never admit It.
But we have no department of love making,
and that's what we need."
"We are constantly giving advice to lov
ers." suggested a subordinate. "We ad
vise fifteen or twenty young people every
Sunday how to conduct thir love affairs."
"A fig for such prosaic advice!" exclaimed
the editor. "That's old fashioned and not
at all up to date. What wo' need is a
school of love making for man the girls
don t need It. Just you gather together ten
or fifteen nice looking girls and advertise a
proposal school for diffident or doubtful
lovers. What most men need Is practice,
and we'll give it to them. Just start It
out with this line In red ink:
COME AND PROPOSE.
"Then tell them that the girls are here
and they can practice until they get It Just
right having at times the benefit of Judi
cious suggestions and hints snd the Inspi
ration or feminine beauty. Now, there's a
scheme that's modern, snd we'll make a
great hit with It."
Hibernians' National Chaplain.
BYRACI'SE. N. Y.. Sept. 2S.-Rlght Rev.
Joseph Glennon. bishop of Kansas City,
Mo., has been appointed national chaplain
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians In
America by National President James O.
polan of thla city. Mr. Dolan received a
telegram from Kansas City accepting the
place and thanking the donor.
all for the
uviog .
Oiame famished oa application.)
clean and sweet
lessens
laundry labors
and proves
a weekly wash
day welcome.
Mads by
Gwif t & Company
Tt HPKVflMS FOnESTS.
Rapid Destruction Threatens the Itnln
of a Krrat Industry.
The first organization of turpentine mm
known aa the Turpentine Operators' i.u 1
Factors' association, vhlch recently hell
its first annual convention In Jacksonville,
Fla.. waa confronted by tho question of
complete annihilation of tbclr business, due
lt0 tQe ruthless tapping of young trees and
the rapid depletion of tho pine forests.
Ten years ago, reports the New York Com
mercial. Norfolk, Va., was the great naval
stores port of the Vnlted Slates; five yeara
ago Charleston was the center of the In
dustry, two years ago Savannah and now
Jacksonville and next Tampa and then
what? Prof. Herty of tho I'nlted States
Department of Forestry has been called
upon and was present at the convention.
Newspapers In the south have presented
able articles on this same auDject for
years, but the writer has seen young tree
no thicker in diameter than eight inche.
boxed, once, twice, yes, three times, so that
a stepladder was used for the top boxing
and the strip ot bark left was Insufficient
to gather the sap to feed the tree. The
life of a turpentine tree after the first box
ing is about two years. That means that
after the sap has been taken the third time
the tree must either be cut for timber or
it dies. A trip through the pine forests of
Georgia and Florida will demonstrate the
reckless manner in which the boxing has
been done and, worse still, where clearings
have been made no effort has been made to
1 check the growth of scrub oak and saw
palmetto which effectually choke the young
pine rearing its head where its parent stood.
Gradually the operators have been driven
sout,h and today it is estimated that at
least 100 camps are located in Florida alone
and about fifty camps In Georgia.
Nine hur.3rc 1 operators were at On) con
ventlon. Each man has either bought or :
covered with options more or less
forest, and in spite of his knowledg ( j
what the future will bring is rapidly klllm. 1
the goose with the golden egg. The end is
near In the turpentine and rosin Industry.
A few more years will see a tremendous
rise In these commodities and no effort has
yet been made to restore the depleted for
ests of Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, North
Carolina or northwestern Florida. The
"fat pine" is indigenous to these states;
it grows rapidly, but Is easily exterminated
by the more sturdy plants which spring up
in the forest clearings.
A CI.I B KITCHEN',
Necr salty Will Soon Effect n Sat.
tory Colatlon.
The experiment of a co-operative kitchen
Is to be tried in Minneapolis. Not dis
heartened by failure elsewhere, the thriv
ing city that has excelled in so many di
rections is determined to succeed In this.
We have repeatedly said there Is nothing
in the nature of things why a co-operative
kitchen should not be a benefit to the home
and a profit to the proprietors, says -the
Chicago Chronicle. All failures hitherto
have been the result of mismanagement
and bad calculation.
With a good board of directors the less
the number the better, perhaps the neigh
borhood kitchen would solve somo of the
most serious problems that now perplex
the home.
It hi a little singular that women who
have managed successfully large clubs snd
other social organizations have not as yet
devised a successful co-operative kitchen.
The Minneapolis club, which ts expected
now to solve the problem, is a club not of
women, but of men
It matters little, however, to whom tha
honor shall come of bringing the desired
relief. The important thing Is a common
kitchen that shall save waste and furnish
wholesome, palatable meals at minimum
cos'.
Jay Cooke la Some Better.
PI T-IN-BAY. O., Sept. 2S.-There Is s da
elded Improvement In the condtloti of
Banker Jay Cooke of Philadelphia tonight.
He had some sleep last night and has
pwBsed a ulet and comfortable day. The
physicians feel that there ia now some
hope for his recovery.
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