Where Omaha Gets Its Water Supply
Scenes at the Minnclusa Pumping Station from Photographs by aStaff Artist
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MINNELUSA. PRETTIEST PUMPINO STATION IN THE WORLD.
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VIEW OF TUB SETTLING BASINS AT MINNELUSA PROM THE NORTH.
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LOOKING DOWN FROM THE GALLERY ON THE HOLLY PUMP.
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SIDE VIEW OF THE GREAT HOLLY PUMPINO ENGINE.
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OMAHA WATER BOARD AT ITS FIRST SESSION.
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE BOILER ROOM AT MINNELUSA.
Scared by Marconi Flash Sample Occult Swindle
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OME of tbe l!ttvlng men at the
Cahoona Hollow life-saving sta
tion, about a mile or bo from tho
j Marconi . station, thought the
devil and an his Imps had gone
on a bender about tba time, tbe message
to tbe British klnwa4King sent.
One of tbe life patrols' was at the time
pacing along the edge of the high sand bluff
near the station when he was startled by a
furious fusillade and a series of brilliant
coruscations from the wires of the tower
tops. The explosions, he . vows, were as
loud as a small yacht cannon, and one of
the sparks sent out in the air went like a
biasing bird for more than a quarter of a
mile and perched on the apes of a tele
phone pole.
"For es much ei a mlnnlt," he said, when
telling of what he saw to a group of clt
lsens at the railway station the ether even
ing, "that blamed streak of Ore sot on that
pole and blazed, en you kin bet that It
made me feel creepy. Tbe air seemed ter
be full of 'em, en they twisted en squirmed
en shot this way en that, like things yer
see at a display of fireworks."
The blazing sparks on the pole top, the
air full of darting tongue of flame and the
volley firing of the machinery were reported
by the patrol to the captain of the life-saving
station. They were not much disturbed
by the report of gunlike noises, but when
they beard of a spark the size of a woodcock
flying about in the air, and of the big bias
ing vlsltsnt to one of tbe poles upon which
is strung tbe government telephone wire to
the station, all bands gave the vicinity of
the telephone instruments In the office
plenty of room.
. After breakfast next morning there was
a knock at the door of the Marconi com
pany cottage. The caller was one of tho ,
life-savers from the Cahoona Hollow with
a message from tho captain of the station
to Marconi asking if there' were any danger
likely to occur from working the govern
ment telephone while the wireless telegraph
machinery was in operation. ."
He told of the spark that took such a long
flight and Anally rested ou the pole, and
honestly confessed that it gave him consid
erable concern. Marconi was a bit amused
by tbe commotion caused among the few
who saw the electrical display and explained
to the messenger that there was nothing to
fear, and he added, too, that though the
telephone line runs within a few hundred
yards of tbe station, the influence of the
wireless currents would not interrupt busi
ness on the wire lines. Boston Globe.
Siviuiniun, lurnisnes me
I latest instance, of astonishing
of tbe fake mediums, clairvoyants
and other self-styled professional
occultists. About two weeks ago a man
named Mitchell and an assistant reached
that town and distributed cards announc
ing his remarkable powers as a penetrator
of the future and a reader of the past of
others. His cards set forth the following
record of a single year's work:
"Reunited 1(1 separated; brought around
227 marriages; gained the love of certain
ones, 42; located two burled treasures;
located twenty-seven absent persons; over
came 698 rivals." . . i
These cards attracted business. People
came to him with air sorts of troubles.
Tbe man would go into a" "trance" when
the case was stated and on resuming hli
normal manner would advise the client to
tie a little bag around the' neck, to 'con
tain a document scrawled wlthcabalistia
marks. Then under a strict Injunction to
secrecy the client wss dismissed, to re
turn the following night. The operator
would receive him then with an expression
of deep anxiety and declare that it was
necessary to work a still stronger charm.
The client would thereupon be directed to
go away and return wl'.s some large aunt
of money, graded according to tbe apparent
means of securing it. The money in band,
the operator would reopen the bag and with
wlerd passes apparently place the bills
within it, closing it securely and enjoin
ing the client not to open it for a certain
length of time. Often as high as $170 was
thus brought to the clairvoyant. But, of
course, he merely "fllmftammed" the cash
and placed dummy envelopea in the bags.
When the fellow was arrested on the com
plaint of a suspicious patron It was found
that upwards of twenty of Scranton'a men
and women were walking about with their
little charms filled with waste paper,
which they suppqsed was bills. It is be
lieved that the fakir planned to work tho
city to the limit and escape to another
place. Ho bad received several hundred
dollars in fees besides the money he took
in the exchange of packages. Tbe schema
seems so plain a fraud on its fat when
stated that it is a marvel any victims could
be found for it. Yet these tricksters
thrive, and their victims do not seem to
- diralnlbh in numbers as the years go by.
No efforts of the authorities to suppress
them succeed. Wasblagton Star.
