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Ha Cathollo Deooratlon Day cele. headed by the military encort tn khaki
bratlon at Holy Sepulchre ceme- uniforms. Following the oldlera came the
terr Wednesday morning will cross bearer and his cross, and then the
long be remembered by the Cath- surpllced choir to the number of about
olios of this city and state, says forty. The attendant clergy marched next
the True Voice, a local church organ,
peaking of the solemn military requlm
tnass held for the souls of the soldiers who
lle resting In that city of the dead.
Tes, and It will be remembered by many
a Protestant as well, and by a non-church
member, for few there had ever witnessed
auch solemn ceremony on a grand scale, or
had seen such reverence shown by thou-
winds assembled. One did not need to be
a Catholic to feel the solemnity of the
occasion; religion is an after thought when
the nation Is doing homage to Its dead
heroes. Protestant and Cathollo alike
stood with uncovered head while mass was
aald, and it was strange to see how when
the bell rang at the communion of the
priests, Methodist or Presbyterian in-
tinctively bowed hi head with him of
Romaa faith.
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Biz thousand people were there. If
everybody had known the beauty and lm-
pressiveness of the scene, thousands more
would have been there. Catholics knew
the meaning of the mass, but unfortunately
for others, they did not realise It was a
rare occasion. According to local clergy,
It was the first time military requiem mass
a ever been conducted west of the Miss-
Isstppl liver. The mass is an annual event
Vt the ,New York navy yard, being cele
brated the Sunday before Decoration Day,
and attracting many thousands of people.
This year the service there was held la '
a pouring rain, which made the priests"
and soldiers- a sorry and uncomfortable .
sight, and bedraggled the dresses and mil
linery of the women, but in spite of the
elements the ceremony went on, and the
(,000 people who came stayed to the end.
As the mass is not common in the east,
and has never been seen in the west, those
who went to the Holy Sepulchre cemetery
Wednesday morning deemed themselves
favored. Such an appreciation of the serv
ices has been expressed, and such appre
ciation of the work of the Knights of
Columbus in arranging for it, there is con
siderable probability it will be made an
annual event under the auspices of the
order. So important an occasion was it
among the Catholics that delegations came
from Lincoln, Hastings, Jackson, Fremont
and other towns of the state.
Giiriti and Ottard of Honor.
The guests of honor were the members
of the local posts of the Grand Army of-,
the Republic! and their families. ' About
thirty Sisters of Mercy were also among
the invited, guests.
The Thurston Rifles and Omaha Guards
were present at the mass and formed a
guard of honor for the reverend clergy.
The Thirtieth regiment band from Fort
Crook accompanied the choir in the music.
The choir consisted of members of the
choirs of St. John's and St. Fhilomena'a
and other trained singers appearing in cas
sock and surplice.
The solemn requiem mass was celebrated
tn the presence of Rt. Rev. Rlohard Scan
ned, D. D., bishop of Omaha, and by Rt.
Rev. Monslgnor Colaneri. The celebrant
was assisted by Very Rev. D. W. Moriarty
of Jackson as deacon and Rev. James
Aherne of Omaha as subdeacon. Rev. J.
W. Stenson of Omaha was master of cer
emonies. At 10:80 the clerical procession formed at
the saarlsty tent at the south end of the
groands and marched to the temporary
altar erected on the slope and facing up
the hill, which formed a natural amphi
theater for the multitude.
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Proeeaaton to tko Altar.
It was an Imposing spectacle that file
of thirty-three priests, marching In slow
procession across the cemetery grounds.
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and behind them the celebrant of the mass
and his assistants, bringing up the rear
was the right reverend bishop In his pur-
pie robes and cappa magna, with his as-
slstant deacons, Rev. C. Mugan, Rev. J.
F. McCarthy and Rev. Michael O'Connor,
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The soldiers stopped In the great cen-
tral aisle down the rows of seats which
had been provided, the choir seated itself
to one side of the altar and the clergv
took seats Immediately In front of the
altar, the bishop and his celebrant of the
mass with his assistants taking their place
under the altar's canopy,
Bishop Scanned sat on a throne at the
gospel side of the altar, and by his pres-
ence an added solemnity and dignity waa
lent to an otherwise solemn sen-ice. "It
is," says the True Voice, "safe to say
that never has there been a larger gather-
ing ot Cfitholics at a religious function,
ana never )n the state of Nebraska has
there yen a solemn high mass celebrated
wltn , much pomp and ceremonial."
Impressive Picture of Homi.
It was a beautiful sight the great white
altar with its candles and images, the
Recent Developments in the
Telephone Improvements.
fZ"lN THE! early days of telephony,
I when there were few subscribers,
could care for, the calls were
transferred frpm one operator to
another by what was known as the trans
fer. Later this plan was eliminated by
the adoption of the multiple switchboard.
Then, came the establishment of brfench
exchanges with trunk connections, and In
those branches it was found that a large
percentage of the originating calls in any
one of the exchanges is for a subscriber in
some exchange other than the originating
one. For this reason, the subscribers' mul
tiple, which is placed within reach of the
A, or originating operators, is used very
little, often 90 per cent of the calls being
trunked to other exchanges. Thus an ex
pensive part of the central office equipment
does not fullfll the requirement of elimina
ting the extra operator in making a connec
tion between two subscribers.
"The present tendency In large cities,"
says the Electrical Review, "is to eliminate
the A subscriber's multiple and treat every
call as a trunked call. While this syBtem
Is gaining favor over exchanges with the
multiple system ss used today In leading
cities. It Is far from being as economical In
first cost or In operating expenses ss a
system which may be called the semi-automatic.
Such a system, generally speaking,
embodies the valuable principles of both,
the manual and the automatic. It elimi
nates a good number of the operators who
are found In the manual system, and avoids
the complicated mechanism found tn the
automatics system. It utilizes the tele
phones at the present time employed in the
manual common battery system. Its oper
ation Is briefly this: a subscriber, upon
lifting his receiver from the hook, oper
ates in the main office a line relay similar
to that used in the modern lamp signal
board, but this, Instead of lighting a line
lamp, energizes a simple selector switch
which selects an operator who is not busy,
and, in turn, selects a connecting cord
which la not busy and lights the lamp
associated with this cord. The current
lighting this lamp passes through a low
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operator Inserts the plug In the 'multiple
and rings. -
"Upon Inserting the plug In the jack the
cord-lamp Is automatically extinguished
and the operator's listening set Is discon
nected at the same time, leaving the two
subscribers to converse in privacy. This
action also leaves the operator free to re
ceive another call. When the subscribers
finish their conversation and restore their
receivers to the switch hooks, the lines
are automatically disconnected. This
leaves the line free to receive ' other calli
or gives the. subscribers opportunity Xp cj.ll
again immediately. It leaves the plug in
the Jack until the operator removes it, hut
the automatic disconnecting of the two
subscribers leaves this cord and plug dead.
The busy test , is taken off the multiple
Jack, and the disconnecting lamp signal
corresponding to the cord used is llgrhted,
thus notifying the operator to take down
the connection.
"With such a system an operator would
be constantly busy, and since she would
never be overloaded or even lule, the serv
ice would be prompt and uniform. She
can receive only one call at a time, due
to the automatic distribution of the calls
to any one operator. The subscriber, upon
lifting the receiver from the hook, auto
matically is put in talking connection with
the operator, who gives the number de
sired without waiting for a request. The
operator repeats the number and glances
at the keyboard, noting the lighted lamp
which indicates the cord to be used In
making the connection. Owing to the fact
that she would not be required to use an
answering cord, listening key or ask for a
number operations which take up the
greater part of her time and owing to the
automatic selections, she would probably
answer three times the number of calls
usually attended to by an operator under
the present system tn the same time. For
night service, Sunday service or at other
times when the load is light, the number
of operators can be reduced. Owing to the
fact that the first few operators receive
all the calls, the lost positions are only
brought Into service during the rush hours.
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known form' of substation equipment. It
effects a large saving in the outside wire
plant, it eliminates moat of the objection
able features of central office equipment as
found botM in the' automatic and manual
systems, and It furnishes a superior ser
vice, since it is more rapid than either
the manual or automatic. Further, It makes
it ' unnecessary for the subsoriber to op
erate a mechanism and thus make his own
call. The subscriber Is not sublect to
delay due to a busy operator and, more
over, the service Is secret."
1'racltlesa Trolleys In America.
Chaiiee V. Sylvc&tcr, M. D., ut Boston,
be.levlnt that the article in trie iiostju
Transcript uescriptive of tne truckles iroi
ley lines In iraacc and Uci...j.ny implied
11. at An. ti lean inventors have done noui
inti In tills ilii'ctuon, describes in tnul pa
per what he has men of the rusuits of
American inver.Uou almost within sint
of the Massachusetts state house doaie. iiu
says: ,
' Near my bummer home at Hull, Mass.,
a tracVless trolley line of about a mile
in length was put up a year or so ugo,
and I had ample opportunity for watching
its operation and studying its construction,
taking numerous rides upon the car.
"I was struck at once with the great ad
vance of this system over what 1 had seen
abroad, the double trolley arrangement be
ing such that the car could travel at any
speed and veer out fifteen feet from the
trolley wires to either side without the
trolleys ever Jumping. I noticed one day
two teams- standing side by side beneath
the wires, apparently taking up nearly the
entire roadway, when the trackless trolley
car came bowling along at a good clip and
without the slightest slowing up, swung
away off and around the two teams and
thence on down the line. I could not help
staring In astonishment to see there was
no "Jumping the trolley.
"In talking with the superintendent of
the Hull Electric Light company, from
whloh current was supplied to this track
less trolley line, I learned that a surpris
ingly small amoimt of power was con
sumed In running the car; that the meter
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power, when the car was fillled with pas
sengers and traveling at from ten to twelve
miles an hour.
" "I was also struck with the ease with
which the conductor on the car could re
move the trolleys from the Wires and re
place them again, even when the car was
In rapid motion. This was another re
speqt wherein this American trackless trol
ley differed so favorably as compared with
the foreign systems. The latter could
hardly do this trick at all. so that on their
lines when one car wished to pass another
both had to stop, their respective motormen
climb up to the roofs -and carefully hand
over to each other the ends of the cables
by which the current was brought from the
trolley arrangements running on the wires;
and they had to be pretty cautious to
keep from getting electrocuted in the oper
ation. "I could give you other facts by the col
umn if I had the time, but I think I have
ITlven enough to prove that the American
inventor is no whit behind the foreigner In
the line of tracl less trolleys, no more than
in other directions."
Water Power In Italy.
A correspondent of the London Times
(Engineering supplement) reviews the
progress made within the last seven years
In the utilization of hydraullo power for
the generation of electricity In northern
Italy. A line twenty-9ve miles long,
opened in 1898 by the Edison company, waa
practically the first Important venture of
its kind in that part of the world. It
brought to the city of Milan 13,000-horse
power from the River Adda. At the close
of 1906 it is estimated not less than 166.000
electrical horse power, derived from moun
tain streams, had been made available.
Additional works, now under construction
will probably raise the total to 226,000 or
250,0u0-horse power during the current
year. ' These results have been achieved
In part by the corporations, in part by
communities which have acted for them
selves and In part by private manufac
turers. The essential fact is, however,
that big cities, towns of moderate size and
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bishop In his purple robes, the officers of is was raised for the adoration of the
the mass with richly embroidered dress' faithful.
and acolytes and incense boys in white After the mass. Rev. M. J. O'Connor,
vestments. The sense of numbers, as well 8. J., vice president of Crelghton unlver
aa the clerical solemnity, awed the thous- slty, preached a short sermon In which he
ands gathered in front of the altar. With said:
bowed heads, they seemed lost in devotion. All of us realize that we are cltisens of
It needed the soldiers, the fifty flags in a "at. republic whose enduring life Is
, , ... . . sealed In priceless blood and therefore,
circle around the assemblage, and the Witn minds open to the Impressions of the
graves on the hill, to compjete the picture day we are gathered here reverently to
of the homage of a people for the men who l0"",0 JiP."i2U,r "L-
-.7 . and after their example to proclaim anew
died for their country. our vow, tnat w)tn (5l)(j-g help the flag of
After a short program of national airs liberty and of law shall never suffer In-
by the band the mass was celebrated, re- lt f nd,ur? d'h.nor ,0 long a8 we are
, . . ,.,,.' alive to lift it up.
quiring about an hour. The full choir of Surely it Is good for us to be here today,
male voices, under the direction of Joseph Undivided tn purpose and one in devotion
Schenck, and accompanied by the bass t0 our beauteous starry banner, we And
. ' . . . ' . ... comfort and strength ;o put away paltry
horns of the band, sang the beautiful fear an(1 to tftlle on tne armor of Justice
hymn of the sequence of the mass the and truth with which to meet the vain
Dies Irae. As its solemn strains floated Imaginings of those who claim that the
.... .. . . watchflres ore slumbering on the altars
over the green amphitheater it seemed that 0f our nation's love.
not a man could longer keep his haton his Days such as this gatherings such as
head, though before some had worn them to
shield their faces from the sun.
Part of the Military.
Throughout the Mass Lieutenant Furay
and six of the Omaha Guards served as m ,t . valuo more than ttrl else ,n.
a guard of honor in front of the altar, telllgence. the high morality and the ex
presenting a-ms at certain parts of the "Ji' patriotism of our countrymen.
in,. r..k. mA k. tk,. Given the occasion it will Bash out In
mass. The Omaha Guards and the Thurs- ,;iorloUg Bpienaor today as It did in the
ton Rifles, undor command of Captain dark days two score of years and more
Baehr of the Rifles, fired volleys at two go. Given the occasion It will flame out
, t,- .k, n-j u., on the hilltops and light up the valleys and
elevations in honor of the Saored Host, as thrtll the pulsln, heartbeaKtg of voung and
old for are we not the heirs of the hero-
' - Ism and the valor of our forefathers and
Electricity
even small villages in Lombaray and Pied
mont . are now profiting by the example
set by the Edison company.
One of the first ' applications made of
cheap electrio . power in northern ' Italy
was to traction work. The displacement
of steam several years ago on an existing
railway whlca skirts Lake Como and then
brunches oft to the eastward' was a
notable event. Whether In ' every detail
the- experiment including the adoption of
the three-phase alternating current, for
instance was wise may be doubted, but
it unquestionably exerted a powerful and
whoiesb-.ie influence in other countries.
The determination of Switzerland and
Sweden to upur&te their suite railways by
elccttlcHy und ttu adoption of the same
form of power for the Simpion tunnel road
may, with reason, be attributed to 'the
precedent established on the Como-i.ecco-Sondrio
line.
"Coni-ared with transmission systems In
the United States," says the New York
'tribune, "none of the Italian xoJccts
can be considered revolutionary. Line sys
tem, which taps the Bernine Alps, will
convey power for 120 miles. There - are
two or three lines in this country which
are longer. Again, the pressure adopted
on one Italian line which is now In serv
ice and on another not yet complete, is
40,000 voluts. On the Pacific coast. In the
Rockies and down In Mexico 60,000 or
40,0(0 volts. On the Pacific coast, in tho
fully, but the limit of the great majority
of services in America, is 22,000, especially
In the east. Climatic conditions must be
regarded to some extent In designing a
transmission line. Air which is damp fa
cilitates leakage and makes unadvlsuble
potentials that are practicable where it is
dry. On two of the new lines from
Niagara, It is asserted, an attempt will
be made to use 40,000 volts, but it is too
soon to judge of the practicability of the
venture. If the Italians do not deem It
expedient to adopt such high voltages, it
may be assumed that they are restrained,
not by Inability to make as good an In
sulator as Americans are making, but by
misgivings about the atmosphere along
the routes which they are compelled to
follow."
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th,s' which mark the rounds of our coun
f rond of our country, proud of Its Indus
rial strengfh, proud of Its splendid citizen
ship, eager md proud to promote its high
destiny. And while conscious of Its rna-
does not, ur reverent memory of the dead
and gone preclalm our undying faith that
patriotism, honor and integrity are as In
dispensable to all good government In
times of peace as patriotism, sacrifices and
valor are vital in times of war?
Absolution for the Dead.
The sermon being over, the clerical pro
cession was formed again and the priests
marched to the graves of the soldiers, sing
ing the Libera Domlne. The bl'hop, In
full pontificals, stretching his hands toward
the graves, pronounced the absolution, and
the procession returned to the altar, the
bishop to occupy his throne again.
When the clergy had resumed their seats '
the military taps was sounded and the
whole gathering, led by the band and Choir, '
sang the patriotic song, "America" The
clergy then retired to the sacristy tent and
the services were over.
It is said there are no less than ninety
officers and men of the United States army
burled In Holy Sepulchre cemetery, .mong
them are General John O'Neill, General
'James Ord, General G. M. O'Brien and
General Thomas Mulcahey.
Clersxymen Wiio Were There.
The fallowing clergymen were present at
the mass: Right Rev. Bishop gcannell.
Right Rev. Mgr- Colaneri, V. G.; Very
Rev. D. W. Moriarty, Rev. James Aherne,
Rev. J. W. Stenson, Rev. M. J. O'Connor,
S. J.; Rev. J. R Copus, S. J.; Rov. C.
Mugan, Rev. P. A, Flanagan, Rev. P. Mo
Laughlln, Rev. P. F. McCarthy, Rev. M.
Bronsgeest, S. J. ; Rev. John B. Furay, S.
J.; Rev. J. Dobson, Rev. T. S. Morlary of
North Bend, Rev. J. J. O'Sulllvan of Fre
mont, Rev. B. M. Gleeson, Rev. P. Grob
bel. Rev. William Kearns, Rev. J. C. Buck
ley, Rev. W. L. McNamara, Rev. P. J.
JHidge, Rev. M. J. Barrett, Rev. B. Blnne,
Rev. Father Hilary, O. S. B.; Rev. John
Fltzpatrlck, Rev. E. Gearey, Rev. Father
Blaere of Spencer, Rev. O. Vermeulen ot
Cedar Rapids. Rev. M. L. Daly of Dale,
Rev. J. F. McCarthy of Schuyler, Rev. X
W. Loughnot of Grafton and Rev. L. A.
Dumphy of Sutton. -
The exercises were under the auspices of
the Knights of Columbus, and the commit
tee in charge of the arrangements was
composed of E. W. Slmeral, John O'Heara,
T. F. Swift,' T. P. Redmond, W. G. Colling,
D. J. Riley, C. M. Carvey, W. P. McDevitt,
John 8. Mullen and Arthur Coad. Several
days were required to do the work neces
sary, and the altar and the numerous flag
and floral decorations cost several thousand
dollars.
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