THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1003.
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IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
ETiew of the. Progrsn of tie Indnatrj
During the Put Tear.
CAIN OF FIFTY PER CENT IN MANY LINES
out n the Great lonlrarK Anardfi)
-Increased I anil Heilured
flates for ( irrrnt-Proi-pects
for ll";l.
Thomas Commerford Martin, editor of the
Electrical Word and Engineer, contributes
to the Now Year Issue of the New York
Times the following review of electrical
progress durlns 1902:
. The t'nlted States census returns of elec
trical manufactures In 1900, published this
year by the writer as rx'crt agent for the
government, revesled a total of close upon
1106,000,000. Allowing an Increase of 20 per
cent each year slnr-e the figures were com
piled, a total output of I150.0uo.000 for l'J '2
la reached.
In many lines of electrical Industry the
gain this last year has been DO per cent.
"No Una of production has shown greater
activity, though some may have yielded
larger profit. When to this amount are
added "the various sums expended by the
American public for electric lighting, for
electric street csr service for telegraphic
and telephonic facilities, an annual outlay
on electricity Is exhibited of between l00,
CO0.0C0 and ISOO.OOO.OeO.
There are not many lines of Industrial
and financial enterprises that can exceed
this, and It need not surprise us that the
capital obligations In the field have at
tained a figure this year not less than one
quarter of those quoted for the great steam
railroad system of the country. Consider
ing thst this system has Itself begun tim
idly but surely, the process of electrifica
tion. It would seem that present electrical
production la soon destined to be eclipsed
and that next after the work of consoli
dating the steam roads will come the equal
task Involved In changing their motive
' power.
In fact, the department of transporta
' tlon alone would serve to test the Im
portance of electricity to the community
during 1?02, and to the New Yorker, at i
least. If not to other citizens. It will suf
fice to point out the tremendous changes
that Impend (or him as' a result of the
developments of tho year. Of a sudden ha
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In addition to aa extensive and Indispens
able network of underground electric
lines, be la to be furnished with main elec
trlo railroad tunnel converging on Man
hattan island from every point of the com
pass. One might be bold enough to say
that without electricity none of these
operations so necessary to the comfort
and convenience of millions of people
would have been undertaken.
An Investment of $240,000,000 to Improve
transit facilities depends directly upon the
electric car and the electric locomotive,
with the obvious corollary that no small
portion of these millions will go Into such
apparatus and auxiliaries, power stations,
circuits, etc. Even from this point of view
f alone thtY confidence felt by the electrical
manufacturer In 1902 as to his outlook Is
more than justified.
. - The "Third Hall."
Moreover,- the rather discouraging ex
perience of the adoption of the third rail
method on the Manhattan system Is re
garded as so entirely Incidental to unfor
tunate management that, while the elec
trical engineer resents it, be seea In it no
detriment to future third-rail work on
transportation routes. Indeed, it may bo
noted that, thanks to Ibe "third Tall," the
public has already traveled In greater speed
and comfort than ever before within the
confines of the island, and has responded
with such alacrity that the Increase In
farea la without precedent. This again lm
plies further demand for apparatus to such
an extent that It Is already intimated as
likely that the system will need 10,000
horse power more of generating plant when
all Its lines call for current.
In the meantime the success of the third
rail system In this country, as well as at
Liverpool and Berlin, has brought here this
year the managers of several English trunk
roads which are now laying their plans for
Its adoption, and which, like many other
transportation enterprises on the other
side, will require part or all of their ma
chinery from us. Incidental to this, let It
not be forgotten that 1902 has seen tho
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acquisition by American capital of control
of all the new underground electric rail
way development In the British metropolis.
A technical feature not to be overlooked
In this connection Is the award of a con
tract during the past year for a long 'cross
country rosd to be operated by the alter
nating current, namely, that between Wash
ington. Bsltlruore, Annapolis, etc., while
analogous work Is In hand In other parts
alt-o. Hitherto In America, and with but
ore or two exceptions In Europe, all elec
tric railway work has been done with
direct current, although this has often been
genersted ss alternating and transformed
to direct at sub-stations for use. j
Now, If the newer methods win out, tho
advantages of the slternating current for
high pressures, long distances and small
wires wll be enjoyed without all the expensive-transformation
paraphernalia and
losses. It Is a development devoutly to be
wished and closely to be watched.
Jieve Inventions.
Electric lighting has pursued a quiet
course of expansion and has little to
record but prosperity and the annexation
of new territory. The only new devices
of great vslue put on the circuits are the
mercury vapor lamps of Peter Cooper
Hewitt and the glower lamps of Nernst,
both affording Illumination that fits Into
specific fields of utility, and, while adding
to the resources of the art, bid fair to In
crease the revenues of the central stations.
Heating appliances have also Improved and
Ineressed In vsrlety and the difficulty of
getting coal to the private house baa made
many a man study the feasibility of doing
more of his cooking and warming with such
clean and dainty domestic accessories.
But the greatest increase In central sta
tion income has come from plain light and
power. The New York Edison company has
signalized a year when everything went up
In price by reducing Its rate for current,
although Its fuel cost more, and one result
of such an action has been to reduce the
number of Isolated plants which In New
York, as elsewhere, have thriven while the
cost of current Is high.
As to electric power, the growth In 1902
was simply phenomenal, so that the com
pany just mentioned Is doing thirty times
as much of It as It did ten years ago. .The
opportunities In this direction are virtually
Illimitable and none the less real because
of their msgnitude. The census statistic
show that In 1900. of alt the power used
In American manufacturing establishments.
barely 4 per cent was then electrical.
The margin of possible occupation thus
presented Is such as few Industries have
ever had opened up to them and is enough
to explain the intense activity of factories
producing electric motors. Another ex
planation lies la the astounding fact that
in America, home of Invention and Ingenu
ity, land of machine processes and intensi
fied methods, two-thirds of the shops out
of over 500,000 depend on band labor. An
enviable arena of opportunity lies there.
and under a regime of electric power possi
bilities of production on a colossal scale
loom up, while giving to every workman
his chance at Individual expression in his
area. It is a significant fact that In 1902
the output of small motors tor Just that
kind of use was unusuajly large.
Power Trssimliklos,
Power transmission, whether assoelated
with or separate from electric railway or
lighting work, has absorbed large sums of
money during 1902. and the coal strike
marked, up the values- of waterfalls in a
most extraordlnrry manner. Those sources
of energy may. suffer from drouth, but are
not subject to the caprice of walking dele
gates. Aside from the long distance work
exploited out ta California or In the
province of Madras, India with circuits
panning 220 miles the notable illustration
is still tribe found at Niagara. , '
The last year saw extensive operations
there on both banka of the "river, and wit
nessed upon the Canadian shore the be
ginning of a plant which will ahelter the big
gest dynamos yet built. These machines now
being put together In New York state will
have a capacity of over 10,000 horse power
each, generating current at potential of
12,000 volts for the line. Three of them are
to be set up at once. And while all around
Niagara Itself such power Is being eon
suraed In increasing quantlttea steps have
been taken the last year to deliver It as
far away as Toronto, seventy tniles off
across the lake. '...
Telegraphy la not altogether dead, nor is
it sleeping, even It tor the hulk of its work
It adheres to the time-honored key and
sounder, end unfortunately looks askance
at machine telegraphy which alone can
cheapen It. While wireless methods are
coming in for a great deal of work hitherto
done by submarine cable, it la memorable
that 1902 saw an all-American cable laid
In the Gulf of Mexico, 540 miles in length,
and that an American company began lay
lng a Pacific cable that will join San Fran
Cisco with all the cities of the far east.
Wireless telegraphy has, however, a trade
of its own to foster, whether It cross the
Atlantic or not for regular service, and
last year as much as 1300 was picked up on
single trips from the passengers on ooean
liners sending or receiving Marconlgrams
Better yet, the suspicious stock jobbing In
the new art has ceased, and patient merit la
slowly coming to Its own.
There are so many branches of electrical
endeavor one cannot note them all, and
some are In leas hopeful state than others
Thus the wild speculstlon In automobile
stocks has seen market paper values of
$;i8.000.000 authorized and $45,000,000 out
standing reduced to about $7,500,000 at pres
ent quotstlons. -
Yet electric autos are multiplying all the
same, and there Is a strong current of hope
fulness about them, whether with existing
storage batteries or the better ones prom
lHed. Telpherage, the new art of aerial
ronveyance on overhead wire or girder rail
of freight and supplies, by traveling motor
Is remarkably active, and, although a nov
elty In 1902. a great number of useful plants
were Installed all over the country, while
arrangements ware made by leading con
cerns In Europe to take It up there.
But all this more novel extension of elec
tries! Ideas and methods Is well summed up
In the little facts that last month the elty
of Chicago found It necessary to appoint an
X-ray expert to watch cases where his evl
dence would be helpful, and that one of the
Items of a large. and growing export elee
Irlcal trade was the delivery by a Phlladel
phia firm to the Japanese government of an
X-ray outfit, to be used In the national mln
to detect how many of the employes have
placed gold coins on deposit In their
stomachs. Electricity la not only opposed
naturally to the withdrawal of the precious
metals from circulation but yearly In every
way Is doing more to Increase tbslr supply
and to provide new opportunities of em
ploynienl for labor and Intelligence.
Your great man shines before the popu
lace In vain without the newspaper. H
spread-eagles the constitution In vain
without the newspsper. His clarion voice
wakes up the universe In vain without the
newspsper. Ills most astounding flnancla
enterprises serve him In vain without the
newspaper. His scientific researches and
achievements are in vein without the
newspaper. His wireless telegraph would
be aa accomplishment of small merit with
out the newspauer. His moving sermons,
rattling hell fire In the faces of sinners,
are vain without the newspaper. His sue
cesses In every walk of life are vain with
out the newspaper. The newspaper Is the
fume-maker of the age. Of course, some of
the fame Is cheap, but It satisfies the llvln
wearer of the cloak, even though posterit
tnsy change It. New York Preta,
The White Dress Suit
Short Story by ELLIOT WALKER.
"What are you going to wear, Bberman?"
Gladys Brooke put down her coffee cup
and fixed her sparkling eyes Inquiringly
upon the face opposite.
Her husband laughed.
"Well." he said, "If I am foolish enough
to allow myself to be Inveigled into at
tending a masquerade ball I am bright
enough to keep the secret of my costume
to myself. I don't believe I shstl tell you,
my dear."
"Now, that's what I call mean," cried
bis pretty wife In conateroatlon. "Of
course you'll tell me, Sherman. I told you
11 about mine."
The big lawyer smiled Indulgently.
"I don't know." he said slowly. "I am
fraid you will let It out. It'a such a splen
did Idea that I fear you will not be able
to hold It. Oh, It'a One, Gladys." be added
temptingly as Mrs. Brooke's pink cheeks
begsn to flush with Impatience.
I'll never breathe a word to a soul.
he asservated. "Please tell me."
It's a white dress suit, then." ssH
Brooke. "White mask to cover my face.
black shirt front with a big pearl stud and
hlte shoes. What do you think of It?".
Splendid," exclaimed the lady with en
thusiasm. "Won't people know your figure.
bough?"
I guess not. All men look alike In
black dress suits, end I Imagine no one
111 know me."
Whose Idea was It? You never thought
of such a bright thing, Sherman?"
The dapper new butler, standing silently
i the corner, smiled faintly aa Brooke
pointed at blm.
"Holley told me." said Sherman with a
augb. "He said he saw It Used once In
San Francisco with great auccess. I can
get It made of cheap cloth, and have a
false bosom cut out of black batiste, that
will do nicely."
His wife beamed proudly upon him.
"You will be grand." she cried; "eimply
grand."
She was proud of her Tiusbsnd s manly
proportions, and the notion Impressed her.
"Just a week from tonight, and we will
be getting ready," she observed. "It will
take me a good while to dress. We must
have dinner early, Holley, and you will
have to help Mr. Brooke, and keep house
for us. I'm sorry we can't go together,
Sherman, but I'm going with Mrs. Prudden,
and she Is on the reception committee and
has to be there early. You need not come
until 9 o'clock. The Intermission Is at 11,
when we unmask."
Mr. Brooke's suit Is already being made,
ma'am. I ll attend to everything, saia
the butler.
His keen, smooth-shaven face was Im
passive, and his low voice pleasing and
respectful, as he inclined his head toward
his mistress. He had been In the Brooke's.
employ only a few weeks and was proving
treasure. Quick, quiet and Intelligent,
he was already making life more comforta
ble for them In many ways and they re
garded him with grateful eyes. Armed
with high references from people of prom
Inence In a far western city, be had slipped
Into the shoes of his erring predecessor
upon the very day of that worthy a dls-
harge. Thomas' predilection for the de
canter had led to his downfall.
The Brookes were very well to do, and
their silver waa the admiration of the
many friends who dined at their hospltsble
board during the year. Gladys had a
passion for the elegancies of gold and sil
ver, and her most valuable personal jewels
were to her a source of both pride and
responsibility. Her husband often laughed
at her habit of hiding these ornaments
'I never know! where they are," he would
aay, and Mrs. Brooke would smile back, "I
do not mean that anyone shall know."
So the little casket containing the beau
tlful Brooke diamonds was always finding
new and secure hiding places, and Gladys
alone knew Its abode.
Throughout the week preceding the great
coclety event Holley was very thoughtful
and Mr. Brooke very busy.
I've a queer client on hand, Glady," he
said one evening. "He has been to consult
me half a doxen tlmea lately. Not a gen
tleman, exactly, but very Intelligent and a
perfect shark for getting advice. Some
mining claim that he has, and he tires me
all out asking questions. I am about
through with him now, thank goodness. He
psys well, though."
People on the busy street occasionally
noticed a tall, well built, soberly clad man
walking behind the lawyer, and remarked
upon the similarity of the physical appear
ance of the two men, but Mr. Brooke waa
entirely unaware of the sharp eyes that
noted his peculiarities of atride azd swing,
If he had, and had known that his In
quisitive client with his long nose and
lanky form occupied an obscure room with
the big stranger who had been seen on the
street so near him he might have thought
It strange or he might not.
The week passed and the night of the
masque ball came. Mrs. Brooke had rolled
away, gorgeously attired as a sheperdeas,
with a berlbboned sliver crook of great di
mensions protruding from the window of
Mrs. Pruden's carriage.
Sherman was standing before the long
mirror In his dressing room In his white
drebs suit.
It fits beautifully. Holley." he aald
proudly. "It's a great scheme. No one
will know me except Mrs. Brooke. As my
coupe won't be here for half an hour yet, I
believe lit take a little nap. I've felt
drowsy ever since dinner ate too fast, I
guess or It was that new ale. You wake
me la twenty minutes, nouey.
He stretched himself on the divsn.
yawned once or twice, and presently his
stertorous breathing proclaimed him sound
asleep.
Then the butler listened rsrefully. Below
be beard the distant voices of servants In
the kitchen, and at the far end of the hall
the song of a nurse crooning to a little
child. Then he stepped across the hall
way to a seldom used room and unlocked
the door of a closet.
Come, Ike," be whispered. "All ready
for you now."
A few moments' manipulation of a bottle
and sponge, a quick undressing of the
senseless figure, five minute' more of
rapid work and a big man In a white dress
suit, assisted by the little butler, carried
a limp form Into a bed chamber and laid
It gently down.
"I put a few drops In his beer," said
Holley. "It worked Just right. Put on
your mask now and do your best. Here 'a
your carriage. Oood night, Mr. Brooke,"
he called as his accomplice walked down
the steps.
"Good night." responded the hearty
voice, exactly like the butler's master's.
"Hs's perfect," said tha butler to him
self. "I'll keep an eye on my sleeping
beauty and see that be doesn't wake. Un
less the madam comes borne unexpectedly
there won't be a hitch. Ike's got. his
voice, bis walk, his motions oow he wsnts
to get the Information, and he will If any
body can. I'd like to hear him work It.
Gladys Brook had been watching tho
man In the white dress suit admiringly.
"I would know him In a minute," aha
thought. "No one else bas that way of
swinging his hsnd. r steps Just as he does.
I hope he will corns and talk to me soon."
But it wss a long hour before the white
figure swung easily to her side. She waa
sitting a little apart from the crowd, alone
for a moment. The man eat down by her
and drew a long breath as If tired.
"Want to go home, Sherman V she said.
"You haven't given out so soon, have yon?"
"No," said he, "1 11 itlek It out, I guess.
( am enjoying it."
The masquersdera surged' up to them and
away as Gladys chattered brightly and
made guesses at random. Every little while
a gap In the Immediate crowd would leave
an opportunity for more extended talk.
"I am glad you did not wear your Jewels
tonight, Olsdye." he began.
"Why, of course I wouldn't with this
costume." she respouded. "Imagine a
sheperdeas decked out In my diamonds."
"I don't think much of your present hid
ing place," he observed. "An upper drawer
Is no sort of protection."
"They are not In the upper drawer. I
put them In the third drawer. What do
you mean, Sherman?"
"Why, I certainly ssw them In the upper
one tonight. I went In after a pin before
I left the house. I can't be mistaken."
You are," cried Gladys. "I never put
them there."
Well, I had them in my hand, and I
ought to know," returned her companion.
"You may have Intended to have put them
somewhere elee, and forgot It. I think I
would try a aafer place, my dear."
His tone wss so convincing that Gladys
waa quite upset for the. moment. The
crash of the orchestra, the clamor of many
voices, all tended to disturb her train of
thought as she tried to recall the exact
circumstances of her last mysterious dis
posal. . i
"Sherman Brooke," she said at last. "I
remember distinctly wrapping that casket
In a silk petticoat and tucking it Into the
left hand corner of my third bureau drawer.
There. Before that It was In the bottom
of toy brown trunk."
The man laughed softly.
"Well, let It go." he edded. "Don't let
us bother about It. Only look when you
get home and make sure.. Isn't that music
unusually good? What orchestra la It?"
"Trcadway's It Is Bne,", answered bis
victim. "Where are you going?"
"Out for a breath of air. My head aches.
I may go home soon after we unmask. You
will stay, I suppose."
"Yes, I'm going back with Mrs. Pruden.
It may bo 2 o'clock, but don't you stay,
Sherman. I'll be all right, dear."
She watched the white figure push
through the laughing groups.
"He probably saw something covered up
and Jumped at that conclusion," abe re
flected. "How foolish."
Another man wearing conventional even
ing dress and a black mask glided to the
vacated seat. The pretty shepherdess eyed
him Inquisitively.
"Know me, Mrs. Brooke?" he Inquired
cooly.
"Why, no. Who Is It? How did you
recognise me?" .
Her companion lifted his disguise and
smiled.
"Chief Farley. Well, t declare!"
"Rather off my beat, eh? I Just dropped
In to see how things were running. By the
way, your friend In white la well got up."
"Isn't It fine. Sher Oh, I forgot." She
clapped a finger to her lips In dismsy. "You
dreadful man. You see,' I think you know
us all. Now. I've let It out."
Farley laughed easily. ' '
I guessed It." he said. "When I saw
you In such an argument 1 couldn't help It.'
"Oh, dear! Well, he was wrong."
"Of course," lightly. "You were so posi
tlvs." ' ' ,
"Certainly I was. I know where I hide
I know where I
. i
my things." '
"Thlnas?"
"Why, It's all right t6ejl you, of course.
My diamonds, you know. Mr. Brooke Is so
set. I couldn't convln.ee, hjm that they were
not in my upper drawer, and they're not at
all," concluded Gladys' cunningly,
"I see. He knows now."
"He ought to."
Farley rose slowly.
"I must be going, I'm afraid. I hope
you'll stay late and enjoy it, Mrs. Brooke."
"8-s-h! I'm little Bo-peep. Good-bye."
- Two minutes more and the officer leaped
Into a cab outside. ,
"To the station, quick. Tom," he said.
He leaned back with a great sigh of relief.
"Bo that's why he has dogged Brooke. I'll
take Perry along and get there first. The
rascal Is In the ball yet."
It would have been well for Holley had
he looked out the window before he opened
the door. As It was, he stood In the dim
light with bis hand on the lock, heard a
carriage stop, then careful steps.
"You. Ike?"
"Yes."
The door swung cautiously. Inward. A
spring, a strangling clutch, a flop.
"Handcuff and gag hira. Perry,", whis
pered Farley, his wiry fingers on the vic
tim's windpipe. "No noise. We'll take
the others right here."
It wss not a long wait. . The officers' con
veyance disappeared at a whistle. Another
rumbled up and stopped. The man In the
white dress suit and Brooke's Inquisitive
client were too surprised to offer much re
sistance. Tho revolver muzzles were too
cold.
A rapid trip to the station with their
prisoners, then Farley drove back to the
bouse sod hastened up the stairs.
'Where am I?" muttered Sherman, re
sponding to a vigorous shake. "Oh, yea.
All right,- Holley! time's up. I suppose.
Went sound asleep, didn't I? Well, I'll feel
better for a good nap. Why why Chief,
it isn't you? What In creation is It?"
He sat up wildly, pressing his aching
head.
"Nothing to worry about." was the cheer
ful reply. "Only that a certain shepherdess
haa been talking too freely with a chap in
a white dress suit, and you will have to get
a new butler. Lie down again. I gueaa you
don't feel like going to any masquerade
ball."
KING EDWARD'S HEAD COOK
Draws Salary of Two Tkosessl
Posssi a Year and Has Titles
to Bora.
King Edward's cook enjoys a aalsry of
2.000, about the same as a lieutenant gen
eral In tha army or an admiral of the fleet
It is mors than many bishops get. and the
keeper ot the British museum hss to be
content with far less. M. Menager, whose
reputation Is second to none as a rbef. Is
abou. 40 yeara old and a native ot southern
France. This autocrat of the king's kitchen
does not sleep under the king's roof, but
haa his private residence In a street not
(ar away.
With the king's breakfast he has nothing
to do; aa artist could not be expected to
produce three masterpieces in one dsy. Bo,
at about 11 o'clock, the prince ot chefs
steps Into a hansom and la driven to Buck
Ingham, palace. There, In a large, sunny
kitchen, overlooking the lawns, he receives
the luncheon carte, drawn up by Lord
Farquhar, and his work begins. First of
all, he orders what will be required, and
the master of the kitchen sees that all the
articles come In, checks each Item, and
then sends the account to Blr Nigel Kings-
cote, the paymaster, who writes - out
check In payment.
After luncheon Is served II. Menager re
tires at once, to reappear at o'clock, when
the great event of the day the preparation
for dinner commences. That over, the
artist Is free for the evening. It Is worth
noting that he ewes his enviable post
solely to hard work1 and genius, for tha
cook, like the poet, Is born, not maie. An
additional Interest attaches to this culinary
autocrat because of the encouragement he
gives to women cooks.
It hss always been ssid that women csn
not attain to great heights ss cooks and
creators of dinhes. and that. Just aa they
fall to excel In music, poetry and painting,
they fall also In the high) r mysteries of
cooking. It Is very interesting to learn, on
the testimony of the king's cook, that this
Is no longer true, however true it may
hsve been formerly. M. Menager la the first
chef to admit that women have any talent
In this direction, and says that hit women
assistants do conceive great works for
which he, as chef, gets the credit. For
this generous concession women ought to
feel very grateful, for, coming from such a
high quarter. It woll undoubtedly do much
to remove the popular notion as to women's
lack of creative capacity in the kitchen.
And, further, M. Menager says that there
are renowned kitchens In London which
have frequently served up ltnners ao his
royal master and are controlled entirely by
women cooks.
DOGS TRAINED TO HUNT MEN
Points on the Kdaratlon of Itlood
hoands Kmplorrl to Track
Criminals.
The first attempt to track a criminal In
the city of Washington with bloodhounds,
relates the Washington Post, was made
recently when Detective Trumbo set
his two hounds In pursuit of the
murderer of Mrs. Kate Jordan in Ana
costla, a few hours sfter the crime. In
Washington It haa been thought that blood
hounds would be of little service, and It Is
found that they can pick up the scent on
asphalt pavement only with the greatest
difficulty. Conditions In the Anacostla case,
however, were different. The bunt for the
murderer wss going on with promise ot
swift success until a fall of snow covered
the trail so effectively as to make it Im
possible, after the scent had been lost on
one side of the river, to pick V up on the
other.
Detective Trumbo's bloodhounds are ugly
animals, but their looks belle their Intelli
gence, as well as their aristocratic lineage,
for which tholr owner prizes them. Tho
dogs, nor grown to be large, were puppies 1
that he slid Into his overcoat nnrUt. .h.. !
he bought them down in Tennessee. Now
they are 9 months old and have graduated
from a course of education In Washington.
The first thing they learned was to re
spond to their names Raymond nnd Matre
and then to a peculiar whistle that the
detective composed for the purpose. After
ward came a course of kindergarten work
In the ordinary dog play of locating things
by scent.
The dogs, after sport with a ball, were
taught to hunt for it. Mamc from the
start seemed to have the keener olfnctorv
aanaa vlilla tirtr na ..n u. a lnn1tnn.1 . A
become tired after the least work After
oecome urea alter tne nam wow. Alter
mo uuuuua unu un'u tuumieu 10 locate &. An alienation ny a rsonai representa
objects with which they were familiar they I tive in such a suit that the property Is ;i
. , , ,iii v. I homestead. In for the Iwneftt of the heirs
were allowed to Bmell of an unfamiliar ob- and rnnno, b( gal(, to lreJllril(-e them.
jcci huu men torn 10 nuni it. i ney oecame
proficient In returning tho objects of their
queet to their mastei. To teach them this
took weeks of patient toll. It completed
their grammar school course.
Finally they were taken out in the coun
try for college education. They were held
while Detective Trumbo would take a run
off out cf sight. It was easy for them to
follow one with whom they were so fa
miliar as their master, especially as the
scent was In the open air. Their final
lessons came In their being allowed to fol
low colored men hired to travel across the
country.
When the dogs were permitted to follow
human beings they seemed to' be lh-their
element. They have been very accurate in
following the exact path taken by men.
On one trial the trail led along a creek
bounded on both sides by steep banks. The
man pursued wss fully an hour ahead ot
the dogs and their master.
Suddenly, as the dogs were following the
scent, they left the creek and started up
the bank, to the consternation of Detective
Trumbo, who had ordered the "fugitive"
to follow the creek. The hounds went to
the summit of a bluff, but returned to the
creek again. When the man was found De
tective Trumbo asked him why he went up
the bluff. At first he denied It, but, after
thinking, said: "Oh, yea; I went up thero
to tie my shoe."
Christmas eve, when the dogs were taken
to the scene of the Anacostia murder, the
work of tracking men was not new to them.
They obtained a scent of the criminal from
a chair on which he had been seated, and
followed his track directly to tha river.
The ancestors of the dom are said to be
the coldest-nosed inbred breed in the
United States. Last July their mother,
owned by J. W. McCall of Knoxvllle, Tenn.,
earned 1 1,000 reward by running down u
criminal eighty-three miles away and on a
track twenty-eight hours old. The aire ot
Nntlve Pride.
I were not an Englishman
If
said the
Briton, patronlsingly,
I should wish to be
an Irishman."
"Indade?" exclaimed the Irishman.
Faith, if Ol was not an Irishman, Ol'd wish
Ol was one." Philadelphia Press.
CDAVS, EROS
OH MKLU Ut Kill
SUPREME COURT SYLLABI.
The following opinions will be officially
reported:
11795. State against Omuha Nntinn.il
hank. fcrror fiom DouhIhs. .Mtlrme.l.
l'ay, C. writes opinion of attlrmntue; Nor.
val. O. J., concurs; Hedswirk. J., concurs;
Molcomb, J., concurs; Hulllvtin, C. J., dis
senting; HaxtltiKs, C, (liosenllng.
Where property linn been ;'in from the
plaintiff without his knowledge or consont
or of those having the lawful custody itmt
control over It. the motive which prompted
the defendant to receive and dispose of it
Is an immaterial issue. Hut this rule does
not npply when the plaintiff, his nyent or
ecrvuiu having the lawful custody or con
trol over the property, consents to or re
quests the defendant to receive nnd dispose
of It. In such case guilty Intent Is an
essentlul element of conversl.:n.
W57. Solt against Anderson. Appeal from
Hamilton. Heversed nnd dismissed. ' Pound,
C, division No. 2.
1. A judgment must be In accordance with
,ne P'eadiriRs nnd record as a whole, and
If the plaint Iff s pleading-, taken together.
anow mat lie is not rntltltrl to recover, a
JudKment In his favor Is erroneous, thoiidli
it would be sustained ny
answer.
the petition nnd
2. As a sale of real property Is In equity i
a conversion of tli land Into money, ex
cept In c;se of a homestead, the vendor's
Interest passes to his personal representa
tives on his death, nnd the legal title Is
considered to he held as security for pny-
ment of the purchase money. 1
S. The rsnnal representative of n de- I
ceased vendor may lniilntaln n ult for
i speelllc pel formanee of the contract under ;
; sfi tion 2U.'wi, chapter 23, Compiled Statutes, :
1W1. '
I 4. I'nless th proertv h a homestead the
I nllegations of lh personal representative I
- In such n suit, at least in th nhsvnce of
i fral,! HI?d. r,'"1s'n. re hlndlng upon all
I ,lf.rs)ng interested in the estate.
' 6. Ordinarily the-- purchase money
covered In such suit is peisonulty nnd is
to be distributed ss such: but where the
land in question is a homestead, so that
the proceeds would stand as exempt and
m lieu or tne larl, the purchns? money,
not excetdlng I2.I4M. is .tot to be regnrdist
as personalty, but should be turned over to
those to whom the homestead would have
descended by operation of law.
7. In such case, 'as the statute requires
the heirs at law to be made parties, the
decree should provide that they, and not
the personal representative, recover the
purchase-money t
8. The vendor In a contract for snle of
a homestead which has not been ocknowl
edged properly may withdraw m tiny time
before a deed has been executed and de
livered, or the homestead right abandoned,
pursuant thereto. .. - t
. If he dies before convryai.ee or aband
onment of the homestead pursuant to the
contract those who succeed to his rights
under the statute may refuse to complete
the sale.
10. In case such persons, or some of them,
are minors It would seem that there la no
way In which such a contract can ba car
ried out. Hence, it seems that specific per
formance of a contract to convey a home,
stead, not. properly executed and acknowl
edged, will not be granted at suit of either
purty.
11 Admission In an answer that a con
tract for the sale of land was "executed"
In the absence of an thing to restrict the
meaning of that term, admits that It was
duly acknowledged when acknowledgment
was necessary to make the contract vulld
and enforceable.
12. But the meaning to be given the term
"executed" may be restricted by the con
text, and will then cover such acts as lite
pleader obviously Intended to refer to.
1104K. Preston nga'nst Northwestern Cereal
company. Appeal from Douglas. Affirmed.
Hastings, C division No. 1
1. An accommodation Indorsement by a
manufacturing and trading corporation Is
ultra vires.
I. Kvldenee examined and held to sustain
finding that loon was mndo o the sinner
and first endorser of note, and the endorse
ment of the corporation, of which he was
president, appeuring on the note was mndo
and accepted ns an accommodation indorse
ment and created no llsbtllty.
11BSS. Dufrene against Anderson. , Krror
from Douglas. Former Judgment vacated;
reversed. Albert. C. division No. .1.
1. On the facts stated a conveyance of
real estate by a debtor Is held to have been
In fraud of his creditors.
2. In an action to set aside such convey
ance the financial condition of the grantor
at the time of making the conveyance Is
merely an evidential fact, bearing on the
question of fraud, and need not be pleai'ed;
allter, his tinancial condition at the com
mencement of such action.
S. The defence of the i-tatute of limitations
Ig waived unless Interposed by demurrer
m
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7 f I I I I I N t I 1 1 J ji TeTHr-rTYtffl r-tjT i-."V
FOI?
as
CO., 13111 AMU HOK.UI TS.. UM.IHA
or by sufficient averments In the hnswers
4. An averment In the answer, couched In
the lanHOaue of a aeiicral demurrer to the
petition. Is n hare conclusion of law and
insufficient to interpose thr defense ot the
statute of limitations.
UM.l. t'hlrago, llurilngtnn Qiilmy Rail
road eompnnv avnlnst Winfrey, terror from
Neninha. Affirmed. Holeomb. J.
1. 1 he final ii ot n Jury on a disputed'
question of fact when supported by atifl
clent competent evidence will not he dis
turbed by (i i';vliinn court, even though,
from an enaminntliui of the record, the
evidence seems to preponderate to the con
Ira rv.
I. It is the rettled law of this state that
whim In tne tin-ration of n train carrying
pussetiKers an injury results to one of them
the imputation of tiegllgencn arises and the
liability to r-spond In tamngt a becomes
tlxed iii-less It is made to appear that the.
Injury arose from the criminal negligence
of the passenger or was the result of the
lul.it lun of pome express rul or regula
tion of tlie carrier actually brought to tho
notice oi the party Injured.
.1. Ordinarily the existence of negligence
such us will justify or defeat a rlisht of
recov ry for damages for an Injury reeelred
by a passeneer while hrlng transported by
a railway company Is for the Jury to deter
mine as It determines other questions of
tact
4. Where upon nn Isspe of fact raised hy
a plea of contributory negligence the testi
mony Is conflicting,' or where the evidence
as a whole Is of such a character hs thst
reasonable minds' might fairly draw dlf
ftrent conclusions therefrom It Is for tho
Jury and not the court to determine the
question of contributory negligence.
5. It Is only where the facts are not In
controversy or the evidence Is of such a
character as' but one rational Inference csn
be drawn therefrom that the court Is wsr
lanted In determining the question of negli
gence ns a matter of law.
n. It Is not necesFailly gross negligence
In every ease for n passenger to attempt
j to leave a train, even though at the time it
be in motion.
7. Contributory negligence on the psrt
of n passenger which will avoid n recovery
must be an act committed under such cir
cumstances ns to render it obviously and
neccssutily perilous and to show a willful
disregard of the danger Incurred thereby.
H Plaintiff was n passenger on defendant
company's train; when the had reached her
destination and while attempting to leave
the car In which sh was riding and befora .
she had reached the door the train began
to move und she was compelled to choose
Instantly and without time, for reflection .
as to her course of action ami continued
the act of alighting from the train at.d In'
doing so waa Injured thereby, held, that
such action would not of Itself necessarily,
bar recovery and that the question of
contributory negligence was properly ' sub
mitted to the Jury and its determination
thereof was final. ,
. Criminal negligence as used In the
statute which will defeat a recovery for an
Injury received by a pasaeurer Is denned
to mean gross ncKllKenee. eiu'h as ameun's
to a reckless disregard of one's own safety ,
and a willful Indifference In the conse
quence llabl to follow. Chicago. Burlington
& Qulncy Railroad company against Porter,
3 Neb.. 226.
. 10. Evidence examined and held sufficient
to support the verdict of the Jury.
11. Certain Instructions complained of'
frlven to the Jury examined end held not
to be prejudicially erroneous.
11XH3. litlxens State bank of Newman
drove against Nore. tror from Boone.
Reversed, lxiblngler, '., division No. 1.
1. In this state a statute will not be con--si
rued so as to make n negotiable Instru
ment void In the hands of r Kona flde pur
chaser unless the act rpecittcully so de-
Clares. v
2. A note given for medical services by an
unlicensed practitioner may be recovered.,
on by a bona tide purchaser, notwithstand
ing the provisions of chapter f5 of the Com
piled Statutes prohibiting tho practice of
medicine without a license.
1UH6. Fremont Brewing company against
Hansen. Krror from Dodge. Former Judg
ment vacated; affirmed. Duffle, C division
No. S.
I. Kvldence examined and found to sup
port the finding of th Jury. '
1140H. National life Insurance company
against County of Duwcs. Reversed, Sedg
wick, J.
1. The purpose of the requirement, that
county warrants shall express on their
face the amount levied and impropriated to
the fund upon which they are drawn, and
the nmount already expended of such sum.
Is to guard against the over drawing of
w.irrauls against the fund.
2. A county warrant. In excess of R5 per
cent of the levy against which It Is drawn.
Is void. The county board cannot estop
the county to ussert the invalidity of such
warrant by indorsing on the warrant a
false statement of the amount of the levy
which makes the warrant on Its face ap
pear to be within the statutory limit. Bacon
against Dawes county. Pa N. W. Rep., 313,
followed.
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