Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 13, 1893, Page 2

STORY OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT Many Btagos in the Progross of Man's Achievements, | FROM FIRE DRILL TO THE ELECTRIC LAMP Exhaustive Account by an Omaha Writer of | the Origin of Artificlal Light and &2 Its Developments Up to Date. General Passenger Agent romax of the Union Pacific 1s about to issue one of the most exhaustive treatises in connection with railroad operation yet written, “The Evolution of Artificial Light,” prompted by the recent adoption of the Pintsch gas upon the through trains of the Overland route between Omaha and Portland. This book, the result of exhaustive research, is the work of the Union Pacific's literary and ad- vertising agent, Mr. B, H. Barrows, who has played no inconsequential part in the making of high class railroad literature. A very bright bit of writing is found in the first chapter. felicitously entitled “The Light of Ocher Days,” and gives the reader an excellent opportunity to judge of the body of the work. Mr. Barrows says: Antiguity of Artiticial Light. *According to the ancient legends, Prome- theus was the first illuminator, He stole fire from the abode of the gods and brought it to earth, and for this gift to man was thrown out of heaven by the angered deities. So runs the fable—a theme for poet and painter for many thousand years. But the matter-of-fact scientists tell us that primeval man went to bed at sunsct; as he lived on herbs and fruits, a fire for cooking was un- necessary. “In tracing the evolution of data bearing on the subject are obviously meagre regarding its inception. It is truo ‘we find in the prebi; homes of the cave dwellers aud other races, whose origin is lost in an impressive past, utensils which indicate they were used in the rude cooking of the period. But, if the primeval man used fire and cooked his food, did he light his cave or tent of skins or his first wretched thatch? Did he eat and sleep even as the wild beasts by which he was surrounded! Have we any | evidences of an attempt on his part, howeve clumsy and crude, to illuminate his primitive house, such as it was? “We are told that among the early types of the human race it was the custom to rub briskly together two pieces of wood until the rapid friction producea sufMcient heat for ignition. ‘The striking together of two pleces of flint also produced a tiny spark of fire, which would ignite dry leaves or moss. Pine knots, sticks smeared with the resinous | gum of trog > probubly used as house lights, 1f indeed any such light was custom- ary; or it may be that there was a huge fire of wood built outside of the dwelling, supply- ing at _on light, warmth and tection from the savage beasts. For, search as we may, there is but little if any evidence bear- ing on this point. The First La “One object only comes ays and ever into prominence. In the mute and swallow- like homes of the cliff dweller; in the oldest of Egyptian tombs; among the most ancient | remains of early balmed in the legends and h the Hindoo and Chinese; Book of Books itself, we constantly con- fronted with—a lamp. So faulty and vague are our evidences that it is well nigh impos- sible to note the line of |1qmrlnroflhun) point where man ceased to use a pme torch, or whatever barbarous contrivance he may have invented, and evolved the lamp., But of this we may be sure, it is one of the most | ancient methods of artificial light for house use known to man. “If, on theone hand, we find in the old heroic times of Britain that pine torches sufficed for light, and that the smoke from the fire in the great hall had no vent, that the houses had no windows of glass; on the other hand, we know that the Greek and Romans centuries before had an infinite variety of lamps, that they used papyrus, | horn and a transparent thin stone in place of window glass, and that the residence of many & Roman patrician was heated by o furnace, on much the same principle as woe employ today. So the lamp, in some form or other, continu: ppears, is lost for a time, and reappears again in all the count- less changes of history through many slow, revolving centuries.” The work is full of information, and the following facts are gleaned from it: Of the wick of the lamp it is learned that | the ancients used to call it a match, the Greek word meaning u “‘nostril,” the moacrn French word meaning ‘‘the wick of the candle.” “The ancient Romans were well ac- glmlnled with the use of the flint and steel. teel appears to have been used as early as the time of Homer. The Chalybes, a people on the southern shore of the Kuxine sea, ‘were celebrated makers of this metal. Tsainh mentions the ‘hammering of iron’ and Jere- miah speaks of ‘iron from the north.’ When tinder was in general use instead of matches, it consisted commor of charred linen, which was ignited by the flint and steel in a metallic box. Formerly, hemp, flax, cotton or | ww,diprcd in sulphur,coarse paper saturated ‘with nitre, a species of dry wood called ‘touchwood, were in common use as matches.” Era of Matches. The friction match was introduced about 1830. It is said that the lucifer match was invented by Godfrey Hanckurtz of Vienna in 1680, but “the statement lacks authovity. The “locofoco” mateh of 1834, by many re- membered, derived its name from the loco- motive then just becoming familiar, ‘Torches were the only illuminants used by | the Greeks and Romans prior to the fifth century B. C. They arc mentioned by Homer as being represented on the shield of Achilles, “The invention of lamps is ascribed to the Egyptians. Their use was known i the days of Moses and Job. The application of lamps passed from Egypt into Greese, where they were consecrated to Minerva, the god- dess of les , 08 indicative of the scholur nocturnul study. KFrom ‘e the u lamps passod to Rome. Among the Igyp- tians, Hobrews, ks and Romans oil | lamps were gencrally usod, and they vied with each other in the construction of the instruments. The most primitive lamps wore probably the skulls of animals, in which fat was burned, and certain sea shells formed admirable lamps for those to whom they were attainable. To this day may be seen occasionally suspended in the cottages of Zetland shells of the ‘“‘roaring buckie,” which is perhaps the most ancient lamp in existence.” The Argand lamp was invented in 1782 by Amil Argand. Until that time the lamp was a smoky, ill-smelling and very poor light fiving affair. Iu ancient English times thoy ad sales by “‘the canalo™ or by the “inch of candle,” deriving their name from ap ancient practice of measuring the time withun which the biddings must be completed vy a candl the highest bidder at the moment the inc burns out becoming the purchaser. Tho old -Tumm; of lantern was lanthorn, in supposed allusion to the transparent plates of horn which often formed the sides of lanterns, A link was simoly a torch made of tow, tallow and pitch, formerly very common in England, and of great antiquity in that country. Tmproved street ighting has made the employment of link boys generally un- necessary, but they are still requir Lon- don during the dense fogs frequently ocour- ring there. ‘Not fit to hold & candle to' sigmfies a very inferior per: The allusion 18 to link-boys wno held torches or links to light pedestrians.” Potroleum and Gas. Petroleum is derived from two Latin words, “petra,” a rock, and ‘“‘oleum,” oil, whence its name ‘‘rock oil.”" 1t was known 0 the eks and Romans and by Pliny, itruvius and other Roman writers. Kerosene comes from the Greek snd means “wax." For the fiscal year end- ing June 80, 1801, the export of kerosene from the United Stites was nearly 600,000,000 gullons, valued at $40,000,000, ““fhe old Belglan ohemist, Van Helmont, who died in ) Is gonorllly accredited with the invention of tl word ‘gas.” He ex- n:uly suys: “This vapor, hitherto un- wi, I eall by & new name, ‘gas.’ Ac- Lo some suthorities the word is de- I tho German ‘gelst’--a ‘ghost or Y y writers, from the fourteenth soventeenth century, allude to a vola- #4sonuce—but they always term it ‘spiri- rtificial light, | thi tus' Van Helmont was the first to use the word which we now commonly employ. His investigations were confined lnnrl.vnun nospheric phenomena, and resulted in noth ing which added materially to sclenco he fiest practical attempt at gas lighting 1s_accrodi iliiam Murdock, who in 17 used co s for lighting his workshops at Redruth, in I, In 1503 Murdock's invention was introduced at the Soho foundry of Boulton & Watt, near Birmingham, this being the first recognition of the invention Gus was first used in Paris in 1802, The streots were lighted fn 1520, » first ion of g was made in this ¢ 1 Melville at the Be ail lighthouse off the Massachusctts_coast. Gas was used | in Boston in 1822, in New York in 18 the streets of the latter named city were lighted with it in 1834, Philadel followed in | 3, Chicago in 1840 and Cinemnnati in 1841 The gas meter was invented by Crossley in 1815, and improved upon by Clegg in 1816, As for street lighting, from a reading of old masters it would appear of very mt origin, “Libanius, who lived in the winning of the fourth century, says in his Panegyr s he praises his native city of Antioch, “The light of the sun is succeeded by other lights which superior to the lamps lighted by the E us on the festi- val of Min of Sais. The night with us differs from the day only in the appearance of the light; with regard to labor and em- ployment cverything goes on well. Some work continually, but others laugh and amuse themselves with nging.’' It Appe therefore, that the sophist aliudes to the light of the streets. Inanother passago in the oration to Ellebechus the same author | tells us that the ropes from which the lamps that ornamented the city we uspended had been cut b from the bath. ‘Proc bath not far off, they cut with their swords the ropes from which were suspended the lamps that afforded light in the night time, to show that the ornaments of the city ought to give way to them.' This question indicates at any rate that there were lamps suspended from ropes near the baths and places of great resort.” London claims to have lighted her streets in 1414, but this must be taken with a “grain of salt.™ In 1668 the citizens were ordered to place lamps 1n front of their houses every night during the winter. 'he streets of Amsterdam were lighted by lanterns us early as 1660; Copenhagen was first lighted by lamps in 1681; Hamburg in 167; in 1670 the inhabitants of Berlin were obliged to hang out a lautern at every third house, and in 1682 lamp posts were ed. Vienna insugurated street light- ing in 1687; the lights were hung out in the evening on a signal given by the fire bell. Lewpsic was lighted in 1702 and Dresden in 1705; Hanover in 1696; Halle in 1728; Gottin- gen in 1785; Birmingham in 1783." to lighthouse utry in 1817 by th o eding,’ says he, ‘to Lighthos “Little is known of the early history of lighthouses, but sea lights are mentioned by Homer in the Odys: and they are also re- *d to in the Gréek poem of Hero and nder, Th must have been merely kindled upon the headlands. The most no.ed lighthouse in the world, forsize and antiquity, was the Pharos of Alexandria. T'his buils i was the shape of pyramid, surrounded b rze base, the precise dimensions of which are not known, It was commenced by the first Ptolemy, and was finished abou 0 B. C. tyle and workmanship are represented to have been | superb, and the material was a white stone, The height was about 400 feet, and it is | stated by Josephus that the light, which some riotous soldiers not far | kept burning on top at night, s visible about forty-one miles. It was probably destroyed by an earthquake, but | the date of its destruction is not certain; some authorities give the | Enough is known, however, to make it certain that this tower existed for 1,600 yeurs, The first lighthouse in vicu was built | on Little Brewster island, Boston harbor, in "5 “The United States maintains lights upon over 10,000 nautical miles of coast and river navigation. The number of lights, range lenses, lens lanterns, staked lights, light- | ships,” buoys and fog signals employed is over 4,000, and for this service the govern- ment expends annually upwards of $3,00( 000, The chapters on electric light, railway car lighting and the Pintsch light are particu- larly well written and contain a mine of in- formation upon these subjocts. The boos is tinished with brightly written descriptions of the cities and scenic wonders along the Union Pacific. Finely illustrated with cuts of lamps, torches, fire drills, Kgyptian lantérns, tinder boxes, and handsomely printed with artistic covers, it is the most pretentious and most exhaustive book issued by a railroad for purely advertising pur- poses. it PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. George Black of the Union Pacific passen- { ger depurtment left last evening for Denver, Mr. James Viles, jr., treasurer of the Omaha Packing company, returned to Chi- cago last eveniug. M. E. Free left yesterday afternoon for Denver, and will return in about a week. ac- companied by Mrs. Free and daughter, who h been visiting there for the past five weeks. At the Mercer—G, F. Pashley, New York City; J. A. Sweeney, Rome, N.Y.: C. B. Stephens, South Bend Wills, Salt *hris Fisher, nango, Neb.; and wife, Hal Fremont, Neb, r, Newton, Kan,; K. land; H. D. Kelly, Chicago attle; J. L. Keck, Kearne ey, Cuicaco, I, March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue BEee.|—Nebraska arrivals: Pacific—Mrs. M. M. Coad, Omaha. Great Northern—Ed Peycke and wife, Omaha. Brevoort—Gieorge T. Higgins, H. G. Picker- ing, J. F. Patterson, Omaha. Auditorium— dJohn Turner, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Dunn, Omaha. — . WEATHER FORECASTS. North Winds and a Cold Wave Prom lsed for Nebraska Today, WasmiNgroy, D. C., March 12.—Forecast for Monc For Neb Colder; north winds and a moderate cold wave in east por- tion. For Towa—Increasing cloudiness and light rain or suow, shifting to colder, northwest | winds and a moderate cold wave, Ior South Dakota—Light snows; colder, north winds; moderate cold wave in south- east portion For North Dakota—Light snows: north colder in the southeastern portion. Loeal Kocord. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUKEAU, OMAHA March 12.—Omat ord of temperature and infall, compared with corresponding day of st four years: Maximum temperature. Minimum tomperaturo,. 0 temperature Precipitation.. 007 .00 00 .00 Statement showing the condition of tem- peratu nd precipitation Omaha for the day and since March 1, 1803 Normul temperature s for the day... s sinco March 1 rmal precipitation. Deficiency for the day Deficiency since March 1 Reports from Other . 840 132 . 210 4 inch SrATIONS. 10dmay, XU/ opwdResd| | 490 30 2an3w Koarnoy. Chicago... St Loul, Part Cloudy |Clear. | Part Clouay. Cloudy. T|Snow. Part Cloudy. Clo udy. Snow. loudy. Calgary. Biainatok 0 L |dioudy. loudy. *u0k reported 3. E. Lawrox, Observer. Cold Wave Coming. The following telegram was received by the weather bureau last night: Wasmixero, D, C., Mavch 12.—-Holst cold wave signal, temperature will fall from 15 to 20 degrees by Monday night,, HaKRINGTON. INFESTED WITH FOOTPADS Highwaymen Held High Carnival in Lin- coln Baturday Night, | BELATED CITIZENS HELD UP AND ROBBED Ited and io Streots polled of Thelr An Eugl s Gallant and Suocessful Fight with Thugs, LixcoLy, Neb., Mar [Special to Tur ang of th nd footpads held alin Lincoln last night. About 11 oclock two servant girls employed by Id Bignell and J. P. Maule were knocked ‘dovn and robbed at Eighteenth and i streets by an unknown colored man. They were hurry- ing home from an entertainment when the fellow accosted them. They started torun, but were overhauled and assaulted. One, of the girls received a severe kick in the side because she resisted the fellow's attempts to wrest her pocketbook from her. Stortly afterwards two other women were chased a f block by a man, supposed to be the same fellow, but escaped by taking refuge in a | neighboring house. About 12:30 Frank Hubér, the young fel low who achieved some flecting fame few weoks since by shooting himself because he could not marry the girl of his heart's choice was held uy enth and T streets by a pair of footy One intimidated him with a revolver whilethe other went through his pockets and took his watch and §7.85 in cash. He managed to get u good description of the pair, About 2 o' ton engine: 1 straets by threc men. Oue struck at him, but he dodged, and the blow landed on the @il whom he was taking home. He promptly retaliated by knocking the fellow down. The others came to the footpad’s assistauce and felled Houlette with a billy. While down his watch was_taken, and in tearing open the vest the burglat saw his pocket- book, which contained and nabbed it Houtette got away from the other two and parsued the chap with the pocketbook, and overtaking him knocked him down and got his pocketbook back again. By this time a friend who had been walking a half hlm'_k ahead came up, and the fellows took to their heels. The Alliance supply store at Eleventh and M streets was entered last night through the rear door, and the money on hand, about £, was ta Some goods, cigars and the ng. Saunders' place was also entered, but the fellows got little for their pains. Ashiand News. AsuLaxn, Neb,, March 12.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—Ira Core, who is in the employ of rles Wortman, south of town, had the misfortune to have his ankle broken Wednesd: He was chasing some colts when he slipped and escaped with the above tovian quintet composed of the 's Bell, Duty and Joseph Mansfielde, Dubois and Mr. George Shedd went to riday evening and furnished music for a concert given in that city by Methodis! church. Mrs. rrow, wife of a prominent farmer living south of Ashland, died Mon- day after a brief illnss, book party was given at the beautiful | residence of H. O. Wiggenbom Thurs evening. There were about twenty guests present and each was dressed to represent the title of some book. One of the b es of the Chicago, Burling- dge across the Platte went fternoon about fifteen minutes after No. ssenger, going east, had passea over. The riverat this place is rapidly ris- ing and everything looks like the whole bridge would go out. The Union Pacific and Rock and trains have to go over the B, & M. road and cross the Platte river bridge at Oreapolis, as the bridges are out at Colum- bus and South Bend. out Bivomlngton's Postotice Fight. BrooMINGTON, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The democratic electors of this township have declared by their ballots that Johu W. Deary shall be postmaster at Bloomington for the ensuing four years. It has now developed that Mrs. Ida M. Hannon, widow of Frederick A. Hannon, is | a candidate for postmistress at this place, Mrs. Hannon has evidently been seconded by an alert politician, from the fact that she appears in the fight most unexpectedly to the old timers here, supported by letters of more or less value from Dr. Miller, James E. Boyd, and, it is said, H Moreton and Tobias Castor. Mr. Deary is an old time democrat, one of the oldest residents of Bloomington, hon- ored and respected by all who know him, One who has always been a staunch per. sonal and political nd of the iate F. A, Hannon and we have it personally from Mr. Deary that had he known of Hannon's can- didacy before the fight had reached the point of pulling hair, that he would have willingly retared and given all support possi- ble to Mrs. Hannon. The sentiment of the democratic patrons of this oftice is strongly in favor of Mr. Deary. Lyons Experiencing s Boom. Lyoxs, Neb,, March 12.—[Special to Tug Bek.]—Lyons is experiencing a boom this summer. Five large brick business houses are being built, sixteen or seventeen resi- dences, a $,000 Presbyterian church dnd a #4000 Methodist church. All kinds of prop- erty has eone up and farms are changiig hands each day. The Logan valley is at- tracting people from all parts of the country. The competitive drill between membors of the Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Veterans of this place was witnessed by a arge audience at the rink Friday evening. ptain Stein had chargo of the old_soldiers nd Captain Gates of the Sons of Veterans, Jach captain showed skill in handling his ion and the drilling by each was excel- lent throughout. The judges in giving their decision said the old soldicrs showed my proficiency in their movements and awary honors to the Graud Army of the Repub- The Women's Relief Corps gave a_supper at the close of the drill for the benefit of an old soldier who is undergoing some severe surgical operations in Omaha And The ed. Freyoxt, Neb., March 12.—([Special to Tue Beg.]--Dan Miller, superintendent of public instruction, has ascertained what he con- siders to be the correct number of boys in the city schools who have used tobacco dur- ing the past year. wh is as follows: High per cent; Eighth grade, 20i¢; ade, 331 ; Sixth grade, 40; Fifth 9; Fourth g 24155 third grade, 15; Second grade, 11; First grade, 10, Bonacum's Transter. LaxcoLy, Neb., March 12.—Bishop Bona- cum was shown the dispatch from St. Louis saying that Archbishop Satolli contemplated a visit to this place in April to bring about the transfer of Bishop Bonacum to Cheyenne, ‘T'he bishop would neither confirm nor deny the report. Prominent, Catholics, however, say that his removal is probable owing to disagreements with his priests and dissatis- faction on the part of the laity with his course. e Arrested n Brut Friexp, Neb , March 12.—|Special to Tus Bee.]—Jerry Willson, who is ‘vanted at Bushnell, 111, on «the charge of assaulting a little girl, was arrested at this place b) Marshal Sibert yesterday afternoon an lodged in the city jail. Ofticers from Illi- nois are expected tomorrow. Fire at North Bend. Nowra sBEND, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The barn of Mr. Chuel burned last night with two mules, two horses and one cow. A very high wind was blowing at the time, but everything was so wet that it saved us from a serious fire. e Explosion of Natural Gas. Prrrssune, Pa., March 12 —Escaping uatural gas in the conduits of the Central District Telephione company on Market street caused a terrific explosion about 2 o'clock this afternoon. Every pane of glass THE OMAHA DAILY BE y the | in nearly every bufidtn, Third avenues wige) froken, bus fortunately was o)y Much crnation vi % those In the nelichborhood and if the oxplosigy ?uul occurred on n woek hublé ‘?l.l! there would have boen many persond 4afured, s this is one of the busiest distridtiof the eity —rr— ATHLERIC CLUB BaslsFpire Fights and Abolished. Itis now considored probablo that Omaha Athletic clwh will emergo from its cent disasters withiamew basis of organiza- ton, in which the features which hav proved objectionablisto fon of its mem bership will be eliminated and the club run as an organization for the support and en- couragement of legitimate athletics divested of its pugilistic and buffet side issues a meeting held Saturday night a num- of the former members who had resigned recentlys spoke their mind freely with re- ward to the action of the club in_conducting fights and allowing the sale of liquor s. They said that it was on nt of these matters that they had re 1, and the general opinion of the re maining members seemed to be that these features should be dropped pro viding tho objecting members were willing ~ to return This was finally agreed to. An agreement to support the ciub for three months was singed by all vresent, and it is expected that the greater number of the absentees will agree to the arvangement, It was decided to give musical entertainment by botwoon First and On a New Buflet the an_athletic and way of assisting the club from its financial em its, and Messrs. Drexel, Blair. 1dis and Tuttle were appointed committee to make necessary arran nts. The propositions made to the Gentlemen's Roadster club have not yet been acted on by that organization, as several of the directors have been out of town. The Athletic club will meet again Wednesday evening. Bullalo Cr St. Josers, Mo., M ~Champion James J. Corbett, who is playing here today, said, in answer to a_question relating to the offer made by the Bu 0 Athletic club to give §7 the Mitehell-Corbeett con- test: “‘Although the articles of agreement prohibit us negotiating with any other but the Coney Is| or Olympic clubs, T am perfe willing to allow the Buffalo club to become ona of the compet- itors for the fight, I like Buffalo, have always been well tres athlotic club there, and it is 1 undor. take to bring this atfair off there, will do so successfully. Mitchell, I believe, has more friends in Buffalo than 'he has anywhere in the country, and I suppose he will enter no objections. Horses at Cliurchill Downs, LoutsviLLe, Ky., March 12.-Prospects for racing in this section were never brighter., Three hundred horses are now quartered at Churchill Downs and_stables ave arriving week. Among the recent arrivals ave: The great colt King Lee, Wadsworth, Poet Wyraday, Tulla Blackburn, Governor ir, Roslyn and Afternoon. tions for stable room and the entry ate that the coming spring me: will be the greatest ever held here. Get 1 Authorities Will Not Iaterfore, NEW YoRK, M 2, any action being taken in the immediate fu- ture by the Brooklyrt police authorities in regard to the boxing ‘exhibitions held o sionally at Coney Island is very improbabl Assistant District Attorney Clark of Brook- lyn said today that no steps had been taken by his oftice in the Kelly-Siddons and Me- Gee-McCarthy contests which are set to take place on March 20, and they will oceur as scheduled. S —— WILL ORGANIZE, Omnha to Have a Young Women's Christlan Askoclation. A large number 0f ladies met yeste: afternoon in the lé¢ture room of the igregational chureh to diseuss the fes bility of organizing & Young Women's Ch: tian association similar in its scope a workings to the Young Men's Ch association. Mrs. J. T. Duryea acted chairman and Miss Addie Halle as secre- tary. Mrs. Thomas Creigh and Mrs. J. Gardner Haynes spoke of the object of the meeting and outlined the general purpose of an orc ganization such as was contemplated, stating that there was great need of such an asso- ciation in Omaha. Mrs. Johu J. Underwood, president of the Young Women's Christian association of Lincoln and treasurer of the inte tional board of the Young Women's Chris- tian assoclation, suggested different pls which might be followed in organizing su an_association, giving some interesting his- to slative to similar undertakings and achievements in other cities. Several other ladies made brief remarks. It was finally decided to organize an asso- ciation in Omaha, and to make it indepen- dent of ail other similar organizations, the ultimate purpose, however, being to act in correspondence with the international board of the Young Women's Christian associa- tion, which has its headquarters at St. Louis. A committee consisting of the following named persons was appointed to draft a con- stitution and by-laws and was directed to re- port at the next meeting, to be_held in the same place on March 23: Mrs. Thomas Creigh, Mrs. Philliv Potter, Mrs. J. H. P fold, Mrs. John J. Pierce, Mrs. R. S. and Misses Anna Truland, McCarty, Sumner and Cooke, e Deuel County's Lands, HuromiNsoN Posrtorrice, Deuel County, Neb., March 9.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: Never having seen anything relating to this, the north part of this county, in any of our state papers, and knowing the general im- pression of eastern people is that it is a worthless and barren sand hill country, I am induced to try and correct that opinion, as it is an erroncous one, and has been told for effect, that it might be held for the benefit of large cattle syndicates, The cattle kings have gone, to return no more, and the farmer has taken their place with the plow and reaper and there is still plenty of valu- able farm land waitiog for the settler, a free gift from Uncle Sumuel Deuel county, from the North Platte ri northto the county line, about thirty-fi miles, is very thinl, 1 by a class of in- dustrious peovle. Therr voc: ar been stock raising, but that is fast passing away and maay are turning the tention rming. The crops of 1892 were excep- od for .a,mew country; wheat twelve o forty-eighi "bushels per acre; oats, twenty-five to forty; rye, six- teen to thirty-five; harley, twenty to fift, corn, twelve to sixty; potatoes, 200 to 450, and all vegetables uxtra fine, Blue creek rams southeast a tance of thirty-ive miles in county, and is. composed of pu spring’ water. The; porth part is inter spersed with beautiful 1ukes, a paradise for the sportsman. Lhert is no timber and the fuel in general use i8' the festive cow chip, the poor man's coal." ur climate is incom- parable; farming has already commenced At the present writing we have no towns and but three storesi | We are greatly incon- venienced, so far as railroads are concerned, the nearest being thq Union Pacific, about thirty-five miles froi'tlere, but we all feel that some corporatibh will in the future avail itself of thewast resources of the North Platte rivertoanty Cattle can be raised here for less than $4 per head to three years old; deeded lands can be had very cheap. Any person desiring information can ob- taiu it by writing to the undersigned. O. W, HUTCcHINSON, Hutchinson Postofice, Deuel Co., Neb, e Secretary Morton's Chief Clerk. Donald MacCuag, the new chief clerk of the Agricultural department, lives at Ne- braska City, the home of Secretary Morton, His appointment as chief clerk was one of Morton's first official acts as secretary of agriculture. He is about 55 years old, inno sense a politician, his friends say, buta well-to-do business man and the possessor of ® handsome home. At Nebraska City he was engaged in _the real estate and insurance business. He is well read and considerable of a scientist, with a leaning to the study of entomology. ~Democrats regard his selec- tion as & good one. He will not remove his family to Washington for some time. range dis- this MONDAY, MARCH 13, was quite well known in the west, having | “The possibility of | T TS TR T e 1_89' g PLUNDER BY THE CARLOAD Oaptured on the Point of Leaving the | Oity, GUS PALMER WILL HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN Discharged Com eral ¥i Waitor to Cash Drafts, Marries & and Skips - Located Over In Towa, Yesterday o fternoon Sargeant Ormshy a Oficer Godola arrested Gus Palmer for grand larceny. Palmer was located in a froight car in tho yards and was ready to leave town. The car was nearly filled with plun der, all sapposed to have been stolen, and Palmer had arranged to have it forwarded to Gilmore, Wyo., paying §0 for the hauling of the car. He apparently intended to start a store on his own hook, for there was a little of every thing in the car fro of tomatoes to dles and bridles Upon investization Ormsby found that Palmer had worked for four years for W. R, Bennett as a driver and that he had only r al Drammer Gets Sov- | | is paid by | often as wo | law | cort the moral healthfulness of the community, " [ Tho roply of the mayor of Denver follows “Tn reply would houses are prohibit is bt public ' sufeiont them Lina cortain district only sure thing' games are prohibited are allowed to be sold for | 25 cents each. Boys and drunken men not allowe All houses are at 12 o'clock, midn and remain ¢ Sunday. A special officer is sclected pointed by the board fc chhousc foree thes His salary, #5 per n ach house and he'is changed think bost. Thero are mbling houses and poker hey are not fined for revenu, Saloons are not allowed open ‘clock, midnig m - Sundays, and s well enforced. Some will op back doors to friends, but they a antly brought into court and fined Solong as the courts assist the polic can be successfully enforcod have 475 saloons in the city ‘Houses of prostitution are run open in district, Neither ke e fined for rovenue. Whe are more than five inmates sold, they are compelled to tak liquor license. T are 300 houses of prostitution and assignation in the city s public sentiment is not sum ent to enforce the law in ices [ believe that strict pol ul; the best manner of controling them In comparison with these cities Omaha scareely to be classed as the wickedest city o close nd ap. to en th in ion is cently left the employ of that Mr. Bennett was notified, visited the car in com pany with the police and identified %60 worth of the property as his own. Besides the beeries there were thirty-five Leghorn chickens and four pot bantams belonging to James Stephenson's son Palmer admitted having stolen the game birds from Mr. Stephenson's coop. He said that he suw and admired the birds and went and took them. Where the rest of the plunder came from he would not say The police had _the car sidetra took possession of it by authority o warrant, It was also learned that Palmer's brother left Omaha with a car of goods bound for the same place about a week ago, and this matter will be looked into by the police cea and a search WORTHLESS DRAFIS, Several Omaha Firms Taken In by a Travel- Ing Ma; Ralph C. Jones, formerly a commercial tourist employed by a Boston crocker house, is badly wanted nere by the police and also by the Bean City officials. Jones tra; od in this part of the country for a long time. About the first of the year Mr. Jones was | i During the he showed up in e and stopped at the Arcade. fter being in town a fow days he went nong his old customers and pro fton his house for 0. W. R Bennett cashed the dr S0 did Hayden Bros. and several other firms. In all Jones must have worked his former customers for out £300. The house in Boston refused to uy the drafts and notified the police th 1 Jones for some crooked work th Chief Detective Haze looked up the man cord here and found that on February Jones was married at Trinity cathedral hauna Keil, a_waiter at the Avea H. B. Burgess of Plattsmouth, who the city at tnav time, performed mony. ~ Immediately afterwa e couple | left for the home of the bride's parents at Fort Madison, In., Jones first pawning his trunks and sampies A telegram was sent to Fort Madison arrest and hold Jones and he will brought here by Detective Haze as soon requisition papers can be arranged for. to be as Confessed Stealing Silk, Jerome Mayo, or Blair, the clerk at Fal- coner’s who was arrested Saturday for steal- ing bolts of silk, confessed yesterday and told how he worked the d At lunch time uld slip a bolt under his overcont and it at the restaurant where he lunched, At night the plunder was taken to his room. | He will have to ans wer to grand larceny, as | the property is worth 65 or more, NOT THE WICKEDEST CITY. Omaha's Saloon and Kindred Evits Con- trasted With Other Big Clties. The charge that Omaha is the wickedest city in the country and that vice is flaunted more openly here than elsewhere is not borne out by the facts. Statistics have recently b Mayor Bemis from the mayors of Detroit, s, Milwaukee, New ans, Kansas Cleveland, Denver, Minneapolis and Springfield, I, on the exis- tence of gambling, the saloon problem and the social evil in those cities as com- pared with Omaha. The figures were fur- nished by the mayors in response to a letter of inquiry from Mayor Bemis. Following are facts taken from the replies Kansas City, with a population of 132,712, has no opeu gambling houses, the only form of gambling being poker and raps,” which are played on the sly. These places are raided occasionally by the police. The houses of ill fame are confined to one portion of thecity andare raided two or three times a year and the keepers fined $200 each. New Orleans, with a population of 242,000, has no open gambling places, but gambling is universal and without restraint. There are 2,000 places in the city where liquor sold. The houses of prostitution are con- fined to one portion of the city and may be closed up on the orderof the mayor. No penalties are imposed on keepers or the in- mate Milwaulsee, with a population of 210,000, does not have open gambling houses. The keepers are subjected to a fine of from $200 to $500, and the plac conducted so quietly that few complaints are made, cither by citizens or ms. There are four known mbling houses in the city. There are 1,573 aloons that pay a license of #200 a year, and are open day und night and Sunday. Hou: of ill fame are run openly and inmate: subject to a fine of from to §100. They are prosecuted for cause only but are not arcested periodically for the pur- pose of revenue. There are sixty-four such ouses, with inmates, confined to one district Cleveland, with a population of 261,000 a8 no oven gambling houses and gamblers fined when detected by the polic city hus 1,500 saloons;that pay a yearly license of & They are presumed to be closed on Sunday but are not closed at night. There are eighty-five houses of 1prostitution in one section of the city. No effort is made to fine them Springfield, the capital of Illinois, with a population of 25,000, has 10 open gambling houses but fines the gamblers as often as necessury” from $10 to $100. The city has 122 saloons that pay a yearly license of $500 and are closed from midnight to 5 a. m. and on Sunday. There are twenty-five hou: of prostitution. The keepers are fined $25 to $100 and the inmates from §10 to §25 each month. Detroit, with a population of 200,000, has no open gambling houses and gamblers are arrested aud fined as often as the police sees fit to make a case. There are twelve gam- bling houses. The city has 300 saloons that are supposed to be clpsed at midnight and on Sunday, but the mayor there is no trouble to get in them at any time. There are eighty-five houses of prostitution, with from 800 to 400 inma They are not con- fined to any district and no regular system of fining them is followed. St. Louis, with a population of 450,000, has no open gambling houses and keepers of such places are ined as often as they allow them- selves to be caught. The 2,000 saloons of the city aro always open. There are 257 open houses of prostitution in the cil with 900 inmates, who are fined occasionally. The mayor of Minneapolis answers Mayor Bemis’ questions at length. He reports that the saloons, gambling houses and houses of prostitution are managed in Minneapolis almost in the exact manner employed by the Omaha authorities. He suggests that “‘as these evils will prevail to quite an extent as an auxiliary to metropolitan proportions it would seem that the best results would follow where these things are carefully looked after and properly governed and re- stricted by the authorities 8o that ghey will not assume proportions that may ¥estroy 50 | changes | realm | ing fancy, | them, allowing ! Brocken heights, | new fe | The | Albert, Gra | fight arena in America. - - IMUSEN s, “Superh Forth from the arisen Phaenixlike. properties of ushes at Cleve Hoyd. fite has added beauty When ] v Hunlon's and last October it to rise more gorgeous and beautiful in ton. The new edition of “Superba™ was pre. sented for the first time at the Boyd ovening. in the process of in spectacular and in the Omaha have provements, A: certainly scem Superba nly Bos was last tion cts, for ince last in decide im cnnow, ¢ to have reached the acme of of elaboration, and one can hardly believe that s Mt could in mechanical invention or beaut, Its perfect beauty is th eristic of chunical marvels in bewildering profusion before the continu ously delighted spectator, the memory takes home with him from'the theater entire and wsthetically satisfying of the whole. For' two and hours those who Ssist in transported throu, a where the laws this mundane sphere are not ognized Over the mountiains imagination, through the valleys of the genius of the pl hem to gaze now on where ene tous elves hold wicked sway sail over golden seas with virtuous, fairies 1 a vessel of flowers, with ch cupids caught and tan roses—and th the good-naturcd, It must beceatirely good for the e t of wearied man and ove an to spend an evening with “Supe Chief among the new features of the is the “'magic mirror,” and though the by idea is not entirely new to Omaha tt goers of the passing soason, 1t is one that an be enjoyed in each of many it leads, by the way, to a dehightful dep: ure from pantomime tradition, for it puts perennial Picrrot into a dress suit! Anoth ture of note is Wallalia's studi > third act, intvoducing a tions from the fertile chanical genius of the scenery is all or & Burrid scenic The nd crowded, ¢ ularly beautiful and one of pictures ever secn within But1tis in the final transfor tion scene that the artists hay their highest height. 1t is u victuring of *“The Weaith of the World the Genius of 2 displayc scenes of American history ending a lifelike representation of the World buildings, Liberty, dr stripes, surmonnting The ladies and gent senting the new “Superbs mirable. - First of all is Miss Maud Mid who used to play the title role; now seen as Leander, the lover, and_th part fits her perfectly. My ten strike when he gave the pa woman, and particularly to whose fine presence, nearly ull rich voice of scenic front" that govern rec. flowor carri i ain bhy of 1 stumbles merrily much-wildered Pierro anlon family the wo »of Chica those great themselves. spe ium is par most efective theate n the production to tator und auditor, Miss Ada Me soubrette part, who: bewitching.y chic; ecialty song and ance in the second act is 7 Schrode brothers iists and seem articular art. T still the pantomi than ever; young William Schrode as | particularly shows a great advauce work. All" the other parts s care, Nothing seems more likely than that the :hool hoys of today, who revel in the spece tacle, will be giviug' their boys and girls half holiday from school in the days to come to enjoy a, matinee performance of what will” then be a still newer edition of in his Byrne Brothers at the Fa “Eight Bells” drew, according to Manager Burgess, the lavgest Sunday matinee audi- ence in the history of the Farnam Street theater yes a won, It deserved it, Of its class it is an hdmirable work. Indeed it may be said to be alone of its class. Iu is different from “Superoa.” Both spec- tacular, both are built to please the eye, but while the grex tion of the Haulon brothers may b d A pantomime, brothers must mimic comedy arly as beautiful to look upon as * it is, if anything, funnicr. It funny. It has a “plot,” which is identical in the main, down to the dislogue even, with an old farce popular a sc that be is thesmall The acrobatic acts, the singing 1 danc the rolling ship in mid-chan- nel-—these are the features, Brothers Byrne do the ucrol work, and their antics are so mirth: provoking as to alwost keep the spectator from fully appreciating the cleverness of their work. ~Much of it is reminiscent of the Hanlon Brothers' specialties of years ago, but it is none the less enjoyable” for that. John Byrne's dancing is a great feature of the second act and it must be said that his acting in MeGozzle places him way up as a low comedian as well as an t tumble In the last act, too, he pleases his audienc as a lightning chalk artist. Matthew Byrne's juggling and Mettler's imitations of birds, beasts and machinery are also note worthy in the third act. The sing ing is In the care of the Quaker City quartet, and nothing could be much finer than its rendering of a mea- ley of old sea songs and glees in the second act. Throughout, the singing is of a high class, the voices are fresh and of fine volume and the part songs almost faultlessly sung. The ladies, too, acquit themselves well; though fair to look upon they sing in telligently and effectively. The ereat rolling ship scene, in the second act, is quite a crl umph of stage mechanism. But space is in- sufficient to enumerate all the good features of “Eight Bells.” It is an entertainment that will please all classes, old and young, the veteran theater-goer who has scen every: thing and those who restrict their visits to the playhouse to minstrel performances, - Wil Enlarge the Plant. Derrotr, Mich,, March 12.—It is stated that the Eureka Iron works at Wyandotte, Mich., are to be greatly enlarged this spring by a new company with $1,000,000 capital and turned into a steel plant. Carnegie capital is said to be interested in the deal, —— Aer Husband Brulsed Her, Mrs. M. H. Daniels who lives at Thirty- third and Chicago streets complained to the police last night that her husband had been ment, that the gambling | the stato laws and sontiment than closed sed on nth, as sixty 18 in this after 19 1 their lyina thore wd liquor is out a retail fon to these is and sank in The work has been much improved | and not alone | the Sean-| seen Superba” would 50| y farther go | chiefest uperba”; while its me- nd wondrous tricks pass he | the metacosmic rof new brain of the | a | a- reached timeous and, inepochal with fair ped in the stars and | Ianlon rL Lo a Miss Midgeley, he perfection of and effective perkdps than pleasure on are triumph in her are cleverer ot © in capable abusing her and his arrost followod. The woman showed brufses which sho elaimed her husband had inflicted - " WIL Not Streike, Ofeinl dental of among the switchmen was made oting of o commite toes of the Switehmen's Mutual Aid associn tlon. The delogates, represonting overy road centering in Chicago, declarod that the switchmen had been misropresented After the meeting Grand Master Wilkison said in regard to the report: ““There appears to have been n missappr hension of the position of the swite mon all along. In tho first pla the Swichmen's Mutual Aid association has not made any demands on the roads and has, therefore, ot placed itself in a position that could ‘ed arbitrary or un- reasonablo, n now no quarrel with the general managers ana arve by no me king for a labor disturban T'ho | switchmen did make o request n in. | erense in wages, but there is o wide diffor- | ence between a request and a demand, Our | juest for an increase in wages would have | been made if the World's fair had not been Weo have awrd of. Thero will bo no strike of the switchmen. It there is trouble it will be precipitated by the general managers lock- ing the men out Cown many admirers Srrivas, 12 of sworth Miller, who holds the world's record in the matter of multiple child bearing, will be gratified to learn that she has Just | ited her hus. band with triplets, two boys ana a girl. This b her record for triplets up to three s¢ il her total up to sixteen. She was married on October 10, 158 » yoars and five mouths ago, and she is now 31 years old. She has seven living children, including the e¢ whom she has just borne - For Acting on Sunday. CINCINNATY, O, March 12, —John L van, pugilist, appeared on the sta | atrical performance before tonight othy Sullt- e in a the- A crowded house . along with the performance, as is | the custom in Cincinnati, and taken to the police station and charged with a violation of the Sunday laws frote] He was arres! actors, after the - formation. ik, March 12.~The Chamber of Commerce committee for the reception and | entertainment of foreign visitors to the World's fair, has established a bureau of fn- | formation with headquarters at the New Waldorf hotel, and every foreign consul has been supplied with info Bureau of New Y Philadelphia’s Big Pallure, PurLaveLruis, Pa., March 12.—Manager titt of the wool firm of Stitt & Co., which assigned yesterday, refuses to be inter- viewed linbilities, it is asserted, will | foot up to 0,000, 1t is said the assets will be small statement will bo made in a few days - tor Platt Gives Up an Offic Youk, March Ex-§ or Thomas C. Platt confirmed the report to- tht that h »on to step out of the presi- ney of the Tennessee Coaland Iron come pany- - LOCAL BREVILIES, Lillie, the 1-year-old daughter of Mr. Mrs,.J 1 Saturday of congestion of t e place ) 1y afternoon | residence *harles s 5 “Is an Inheritance Tax Advisable?” | subject to tiscussed by the Cu club in the Young Men's Christian Assoc tion hall this evening. All busiuess men well as students are invited to attend and afternoon e funeral took from the family reet is the t Topic as Wonderful Things Hood's sarsap;rll;; Does for Thoe Sick and Sufforing Hood’s ques ' May Ribbeck ‘Wolcottsburgh, N, ¥, “Tread in the papers of the wonderful things Hood's Sarsaparilta was doing for others, and 80 I bought a bottle for my sick child. She was Suffering With Spasms. The physicians had given her up. It was terri- ble to see her; she had spasms from 12 to 16 times in a day and night. At last her head was affected and she was out of her mind so that she knew hardly anything, She has taken two bottles of Hlood's Sarsaparilla, and fs so much better that T cannot say cnough in the way of thanks for this good medicine. Now this Is Hood’s i Cures only the truth, and T belleve if It had not been for Hood's Sarsaparilla, May would have been in her grave by this time. I carnestly recom- mend this medicine, belioving as it has helped Mus. Mary e Co, N. Y, Sarsa- parilla ation by restoring the pecistaltic action of the alimentary canal. AMUSEMENTS. SALE OF SEATS FOR HANLON BROTHERS’ Tremendous SUPERBA T0- GEr A SEAT FOILG) B AN T0-NIGHT IGHT At the following prices: 75c & 815 balcony 50c & TS, ‘Superba’ First floor b FARNAR St. THEATER, P°PRildts The Only Novelty in Town. The Famous Bros. Byrne, g 8 BE Creat LL Snccess The Nautical Pantomimic Comedy. ! MATIN w D. $23 | FARNAM St. THEATER P°Ppktfs, 5 50,800 and 760, bl et e SO AT R. CHARLES HANFORD, Wit the Booth-Barrett Scenic Production of Mr. Hanford as Maro Antony. Saturdayy, inee INGOMAR T O-NIGH T Big ESDAY. | JIALL ENGAC TMEN day Matinee. Julius Ceesar No advance o prices.