Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1893, Page 7

DAKOTA PETRIFACTION FARM \ Ponderful Discovery Made by a Young Boientist Near Rapid Oity. OR THE PRESERVATION OF THE DEAD : orns, Grasses and Fluwers Turned Into Ntone by the W, of a Spring Dread of Death to Be Lesse: American Panthoon. tors By James Morvis, M. A On a recent trip to the Black Hills, seek ng rest and recreation, I stopped over nig ht Rapid City, Next morning with u “good y" to my friend, krank . Williams of tho tepublican, & man cast in nature's neatest | nold, 1 struck out on the railroad rack for u place which I had at oue time oticed from the car windows. The owner ad constructed & number of ponds so as to | ombine the eulture of fish witn the raising ) vegetables for the supply of the Rapid ity market. I had experimented 088, with fish and tho il fain a hint or two from the experie hnother. . The day was delightfu wind was sharp, but the winter rightly and the erystalline atm eomed full of atoms that moved in a my dnnce and sparklod like the dust of dia- nonds, making the mora brilliant still by millions of scintillations. With lastic step | walked the ties on the railroad tomy destination only to find that the re cent freshet in the Rapid had swept ponds and garden leaving nothing buta series of mud holes. I then walked off into the hills, seeking in the and the beauty which I their frosty depths. All at once little stream, over which o plank thrown. On the opposite bank ran a traveled road and boyond that was & partial clearing and a log dwelling, with a long, low addition of native lumber. A rough fonce surrounded around the house and a gate, artis- DOOT $11c sun ut knew exi: 1 in came to a had been U y constructed of branches, gave access | to the visitor. Ona little sign, raised on one side of the gate, Liead in neat letters and correct spelling, *Petrifaction Farm."” I was puzzlc I had read of “ostrich” farms, ‘‘camel’ farn “llama” farm nd even “skunk’ farms, but of ‘‘potrifaction” farms, neve Here was somothing new. perhaps worthy of investigation. So through the gate I passed and took a narrow well beaten path to the house. Before eould reach the door, out came a pleasant looking youni follow, neatly dressed in a thick suit of gray. He had on asoft felt hat, his shoes were hea id stron, nd a long German pipe hung from his lips. The usual salutations passed and I apologized for my Intrusion by expressing the curiosity the sign had excited. He smiled and said, “Come in I entered a room comfortably furnished and warmed by pine logs which sputtered and flamed on”a spacious hearth. Books, magazines and newspapers were abundant and amongst the first I noticed several standard rks upon geology, mineralogy, assaying, civil engines tory, On seating ourselves out its hiding place a besutiful cat night, glo as silk and with eyes like gola In response to the words “Come, Tommy Black.” the creature rubbed itself against #y host's feet und stretehed at full length wpon the et. Was noue, Chat with tho Sclentist. “So," said the master of this snug home, ®you want to know what that sign mean: You are not the first to inqu though suppose its existence and significance not, 8o far, widely known. 1 must begin with a little personal history. 1 came from tho east, where my father, pretty well off. He gave me a thorough edu- catfon. I am a graduate of Yale, wh took every pains to fit myself for the v a practical mineralogist. 1 ing to have a wide and ope qguirements, but found all places filled; mostly by competent men; some by shallow pretenders, who have no more science than water witc and treasure finders.” 1 interrupted him with *I should have [ goue bacit if I had been you.” [~ “Not 80, ho replied. ~“Having come I re- solyed to stay, and, if nothing offered, try and make some original discoveries by which 1 uld enrich myself and benefit others. Youseol have considerable appar- atus and & weneral assortment of the needed chemicals,” “Have you succeeded " “Well, let me tell you! Wandering in search of a spot I could desire as a home and enter under our land laws, I came one day to & pleasant little park with grass like velvet. The clustors of trees were dispersed here ond there in the most artistic grouping, and, best of all, that little hurrying brook you crossed runs with firm and grassy banks through the larger portion of the land. I poticed this mass of rcek, under the shelter ot which 1 have built my house, Examining moro closely I found oue day, not far from where we are, o spring, which came partly from beneath a shelving rock and partly dipped from its lower surface. Around the edge of the spring and for some distance along the course taken by its overbrimming waters I found growing several species of fort s, grasses and flowers common to the yeg'on. But the remarkablo thing about them was that where the water had full eficet upon them they were in various stiges of petrifaction. There they stood, part stone, part living vegotable—the pswer of I and transicnt flower life, \ruggling with the power that was convert: \g that life into everlasting rock. Speci- nens which had yielded up the unequal honfiict were completely hardened, even to he most delicate and feathery fiber. This S0t rae thinking and experimenting. 1 made mall excavations in the soil near the spring and found that not ouly was the earth moisy, but that the cavities rre soon filied with water. I then introduced casings of wood, using cigar boxes for small objects and cracker boxes for larger one putin my specimens, imu ‘water, covered them up aud left them for ‘weeks ata time. “With what result?” I asked, beginning to feel oxcited at the fleld of possibilities opened up by & ready means of converting {m‘l» of interest and beauty into imperish- able forms. Visit to the Collection, *You shall see,” he said, ‘“for I shall now show you my collection, It is in the addition you must have noticed. 1 callit my sculp. ture room. 1 should call it my studio, but I don't do the work.” As we entered, the novei and enchanting sightcal fortnh expressions of surprise and delight. On shelves and on stands were arranged delicate leaves and flowers and grasses, the wild fruits of the neighborhood, such feathered songsters as could be captured without too mueh injury, and specimens of the tribes of animals that haunt the su or burrow in the earth, all turned into stone —the tracery of vegetation more exquisitely perfect than chisel could and animal life in form and color, charming as though the pulses jwere throbbing through the veins that 'would never swell with the impulses of vigor- lous health, or contract with fear again “This,” 1 said, “is very beautiful, and collection very valuable, but of what p: cal benefit is your discovery " “Let me tell you,” ho exclaimed eagerly-— chis was a familiar phrase of his, “Of what ictical benetit you say! Why, through this [l shall revolutionize one of the oldest, trongest and most prevalent cus- ms of the human grat- fy the sacred and most futense nd enduring passions of the heart, take from fleath much of the thing and dread as- hociated with it, and by and by create an merican Pantheon, more illustrious than hat of ancient Kome, adorned by the very jorms of our at men and at a cost abso- utely insignificant as compared with present ethods of momprializing the dead. You now that we long, oh! with what unutter- lable longing ! to keep our dead with us until t becomes no longer possible and with Abra- lbam we sa; vo mea place to bury my deud " To satisfy this feeling in part the Kgyptians embaimed. The Greeks and [Romuns frequently cremated and the ashes jwere all that remained. Poor mementos of what was once instinet with life and beauty ations have at v cost caused their illus- irious dead to be painted or carved in mar- ble that their memory might live. I propose o change ull this, 10 givo back the sotual o the eye ¢f love aud to supply the na- ame fron | pieco of sculpture, but it surpassed seul with but | anons the stillness | ing and natural his- black as | Dog, to my surprise, there are a Swede, is ero [ ok of ame west, hop- field for my ac- d them in the”| tion with a gallery of the great and good without paying the pets of our senate $10,000 for o single figure, the sum Vinnie Ream re- celved for a ganche statue of Lincoln. Took at this!"" and as he drew aside a small screen Isaw the image of a handsomely formed child, which must have attained the age of 2ord years before the dread resper gath- ered it in. It occupied & low platform and assumed the attitude of a babe playing with its little pink and velvety toes. There was ardly, if any, earthy stain upon th i any bad impression which the shry eyebalis might have made was preven its posture. It was not on + 0 b skin nken 1 by autifal like the perfoction of its outlines, the delicacy )t its finish, its faithfulness to life. As T looked at ympanion w Amaze ment he s1id: *That was the dear and only | emld of a ted counle whose name I must not give you and they proposed in this way to suatehi it from the grave, since thoy could not repel the attack of death. In their home they ean sct it in one of its accustomed places, clothe itas in life and thus sscuro some comfort for their stricken hear What has been accomplished in this caso an be repeated in vy one where death A8 not been attended by ext ne and dis g emaciation. The nearer to the condition of active lite and vigorous breath when death ensues, the bettes the proces This fact will give me a groat advantage should T be called upon to petrify iny of our public men living, renders them incaj of resisting the shock when death « s, A few days | und all is over with them and as they lie in their cofin exception of pa they retain to xtent a ral and robust appearance, The size of the object makes but n ifference of time, depth of tany and strength of casing. Thatchild | petrified iu six weeks. An adult may many months. Any attitude can be eas ured by disposing the parts de sired, beforo nersion. An equestrisn statue wil only require a larger tank and | more powerful machinery for lifting when | the change is completed “What will be the exper Expenso of Preservation. redquire us “That chuld will cost the par aault should be worth £50, and his rider, like thatof Jackson, in park at the national capital, about #00. | Why, let me toll you! less than 50,000 Iwould undertake trify, in attitudes, as many warriors, p statesmen as now fill the old repr chamber and which has cost the countr) miltions.” ““I'he shrunken and shriveled eyes would *at drawback in carrying out your ots and “Not so! T would, before immersion.intro- duce artificial eyes, colored like the real and oyes (u glass eye you know is ale) and the film deposited upon them the petrifactive waters would be removed by a well known acid. The might receive the tints of lite and health from the brush of an the limbs be clothed with the accustomed garb, and th you would haye the person himself, complet in every detail.” I had nothing more toobjc to wall back to the house. On ente asked at would you do with a ci Cleveland, if called upon to petrify the attitude of writing the phrase, ous desuetude,’ or repudiating the | platform?” “That might be difiicult | don’t thinic he would petrify. | converted into adipocere.” | “Adipocere! What is that? The word is | new tome.” He took down the first volum of the American Encyclopedia and read: “Adipoee adeps, fat and cera, wa from its fatty origin and waxy consistency) a white, solid nonputrescible substance, into which human bodies are sometimes converted after burial. * ¥ % ¥ % The process of the conversion of a human body cere under such circumstances appears to be the following fatty substance of the adipose tissue flrst undergoes a change, by which it bec incid and produces ' two fatty acids, the oleic and the margaric acid: These acids are liquid, and being in_large quantities penetrate thie neighboring tissue: -ome per- At the same time the albuminous matter of those tissues, beginning to undergo decomposition, mmonia, which ing [ him in ‘innocu- Chicago He would be of him1" “Soap," he replied with emphasis. —_— QUESTIONABLE ADVERTISING. Method of Using Coln Which is Branded as Tllegnl by the Government. Many a Nebraska merchant has uncon- sciously lent himself to the work of so mu- tilating coins as to render them unavaialble at banks and for legal tender purposes. It is all through the efforts of an enterprising individual who has devised a circular paster to be stuck on one side of a dollar, inviting the bearerto come back and spend the aol- larat the place where he received it. The Crawford Mereantile company having se- cured the right to use this plan, conceived a doubt as to its legality and so wrote to the treasury authorities at Washington. The following correspondence i3 the result: OrawroRD, Nob., May 8.—To the Editor of Tuk Bemi WU 'you be kind enough to give space In your columns for the enclosed comuiunleation, that it may be a_warning to any oné who might b indiiced by . smooth- tongued anlesnian, to purchuse tho “right to uso" such & questionable way of advertising. The communlcation {s the answer to a letter which we wrote to the reasury department asking whether we had tho right to use these pasters. CRAWFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. “This is & copy of the reply from the Treas- ury department: 3 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECRET SERVICE DIVISION, WASHIN D.'0,, April 22. ~Craw- ford Manufacturing Company, Crawford, Neb.: Gentlemon—Your letter of the 17th inst., ad- ssed “To the Hon. Assistant Secretary of Washington, D. C." enclosing o py of “Grantof Right to Use Doubleday's Dollar Adveriisemeat” and a sample of the same, Is by due reforence before me, You nsk “Can this paster be put on one side ot asilver dollar and sald dollar be put in cir- culation without violating any of the United States laws or rulings of the Treasury depart- ment In reply, you are Informed that section of the fh-\lfl-ll Statutes of the United States forbids the defacement or mutilation of our colns; that the law officer of this department considers these pastersa forni of mutilation and requires thelr suppression, and that the trensurer of the United States hus instructed national banks that coins so defaced will not be recoived nor redesmed. Rospecttully yours A. L. DRUMMOND, Chiet. e Will Go Wi ut a Jury, No definite information has been received from the Treasury department as yet in re- gard to the acceptance of ex-Marshal Slaugh- ter’s proposition to turn over his funds for the purpose of paying the jurors’ fees for the May term of federal court, and it is not likely that any jury will be empanelod. Judge Dundy said yesterday that he would open court on” Monday morning, and if the department saw fit to order 'ex-Marshal Slaughter to turn the funds in his possession into the treasury to be used in defraying the expense of a jury for ithe May term then he would at once simmon a jury among the res- idents of Omaha so as to save extra expense in mileage. Both the grana and petit jurors will be sclected from among the logal voters of this city. 459 S Opemiug the Clty Hall, As the work upon the city hall will be completed within a very few days, it is probable that the grand opening will take place within the next ten daysor two weeks, Chairman Jacobson of the committee on public property and buildings hasan idea that the building should be )Wn open to the public previous to its acceptance by the ity. in order that the citizens may have an | opportunity of scrutinizing the construction, and in there is to be any dissatisfaotion or objection, it may be made known then. He belioves that the opening should be at- tended by all the taxpayers, and {f anything wrong is discovered 1t can be immediately investigated and remedied before the struo- ture becomes the prcperty of the city. —— Charges Agalnst Ed Morearty, M. Levinson, a grocer on Thirty-first and Leavenworth street, oharges ex-Council- man E. F. Morearty with having obtained money under false pretenses by glving a check in the sum of §5 in payment for gro- ceries, and §1.78 {n cash. A similgt complaind was made by Willlam Young, who geve the ex-colinoilmah 5 in cash for a oheok of like amount on the Ger- 00 the rouad o1 "ao fuadal¥ ! Povment the results of | Hard work, or hizh | hifelike | sentative | tand we turned | se like | he returned, “I | into adipo- | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: ' REAL ESTATE DEAL IN COURT | Antony Kaifer Says Ho Was Swindled by the Harris Family, BRINGS SUIT TO NULLIFY THE CONTRACT Alleges that Real ¥ erty that Was Mortgaged for More than the ha rop- Value, granted a tem- Jonas R. Harris Judge IPerguson yesterday porary injunction forbiddin from disposing of a mortgage given by An- tony Kaifor to George H. Hareis and 1 by the latter to Jonas R. Harris ition filed by Horton & Blackburn, for the plaiutif, tells in legal ge n long story of an alleged real estate deal in which Kaifer was induc to purchass some heavily encumbered | erty in Omaha and assume morugazge: u iz to $12.500. wlants charged with con aifer are George k., Witliam H. and Jonas R. Harris, John U] ton and William H It appears from the pleadings that James A. Harrisof the Omahas litle Indemaity and rust company was the owner of a lot in 1Frod Dellone fition, a halt intorest in a | lot in Nelson's and a half lot in Shinn's ad dition in Decernber last, and that George H Harris, his father. od another lot in | Dellone’s addition. James and Geos found | & man named John Clifton, said to be a resi dent of Denver, who had great faith in Omaha property, so for a nominal considera- tion these two conveyed to him by special warranty deeds the lands mentioned. At the same time Jonas R. Harris and these two | conveyed to him still other property, About that time Clifton gave to George H. Hurris a blanket mortgage on roperty for £11,000 at 7 per cent interest. The Shinu's addition lot has a house on_it and was mort- gaged prior to this time for $1,500. After binding himself in this way to assume 31, of a first mortgage and pay $11,000, inte 000 worth of Omiha Clifton conveyed his land to William is, o brother of James A. Harris and | son of Geoy arris. Then William H. started out to find a sucker. He first decded the property to William H. Rowe, a farm hand in his em- ploy, for $1, and “‘other valuables.” A few days later the victim was found in Antony Kaife an uneducated man farmer in Marshall county, llinois. The petition al- leges that William H. Harris approached Kaifer and told him that Rowe owned some Omaha lots that he wished to purchase, but | that Rowe would not sell them to him, but would sell them to Kaifer and gave him 10 | with which to make the purchase. Kaifer fell readily into the trap and bought the property, Hartis agreemng to make out the deed, have it recorded aud everything done right The deed assign as o spocial warranty and in it | the grantee assumed and agreed to | incumbrances of rd. ‘The deeds prior to Kaifer's fail to contain this provision. It was intended only for Kaifer, who is reputed 10 be worth 10,000 or so, and a man foolish enough to assume a morigage for $12, 000 worth of real estate is not pic every day, hence the “hereby assumes agrees to pay’’ so common in strictly straig real estate deals was kept out of sight until the victim had been hooked, when it was flashed in the right place George H. Harris had a pretty good thing in this mortgage, but. owing to ‘the peculiar methods employed in sticking it on to Kaifer, he thought it wise to get the note and in- strument out of his hands, and so it is stated he assigned the same to Jonas R. Harris, a brother, well known in Omaha as president of the Omaha Abstract, Indemnity and Trust company, and formerly president of the German American Savings bank. It is Jonas R. Harris that the temporary jon 18 granted to keep him from hunt- ing up another Harris to assign the paper to, and the other parties are made parties to the suit, which also asks that the deed be declared fraudulent and void. There is another little matter mentioned in the petition. The house in Shinn’s addi- tion is rented at _$18 per month, and very soon after Mr. Kaifer became the owner of his land and its blanket mortgage a draft for about one month’s rent reached him, purporting to be sent by one *E. Yates.” It appears that the rent was paid, however, to J. A. Harris, and the attorneys for the plain- tiff say they have hunted the city over for Yates and intimate that he is a myth used to conceal the fine Italian hand of the Har- rises, who expected by inducing Kaifer to accept rent, to lock the trap into which he had been coaxed. The case presents a series of interesting legal propositions and is complicated by the fact that the parties are scattered far and living in Denver, Omaha, Neosha, Mo., ago, Henry, Ill, and Bureau county, Iilinols, and a lively contest 18 promised. Two Sorts of Juries. The ways of juries are past finaing out until after the veroict is rendered, and even then they are oftentimes more mysterious than before,as was evidenced yesterday when the jury in the case of the state vs. Effle Saunders, charged with concealing stolen property,’ returned a verdict of guilty as charged. The defendant was charged with the of- fense jointly with Balma Arnold, and the evidence was the same in each oase, with the exception of being a little styonger in the case agalnst the Arnold woman. The de- fendants were tried separately, and the Arnold womgn was acquitted, while soctate will have to go to jail, Distriot Court Doinge. Donnis Cunningham was successful in s suit to recover a certain piece of real estate in the eivy of South Omaha from Franols E. Fuller. The plaintiff was also awarded dam- ages in the sum of b cents. Chris Specht came out second best in the suit brought against him by Ed B. Wililams to secure payment for the fine raiment ordered by the councilman fn consider- ation of love and affection for a couple of the attaches of the Union Pacific legal depart- ment. A verdict was returned by the jury awarding Williams $120.00 for the two suits of clothes and his troublein collecting the bill. Motions for a new trial have already been filed in three of the cases tried during this term of court, that began last Monday. They are those of Denise against the city of Omaha, Daniels against Drexel, and the state against George H. Smith. One of the grounds on which the motion is based {n the latter case is that tho Jjudge forgot to order the balliff to take the jurors out at noon and give them something 0 eat, the inference being that the jury agreed upon the verdiot against the defend- ant in order to avoid being starved to death, although they were out only six hours, —_—————— German Soclal Notes, Hon. H. J, Spaunhorst of St. Louls, hon- orary president of the German Catholic Cen- tral society, will arrive in the city today and this afternoon will speak to the German socleties at Germania hall. He will discuss the subject of benevolent organization and providing insurance funds for widows and orphans. A speclal invitation to be present is extended to young people. At the tlhh biennial session of the grand lodge, Auclent Order of United Workmen, et “will be held at Lincoln, beginning May 9, the German Herrmann lodge No. 96 of this city will be represented by Charles Vogel as delegate and Carl Kriesel, al- ternate. The Bohemian Gymnastic socity has com- leted preparations for an attractive fair to e held at 1813-1817 South Thirteenth street May 7 to 13. The proceeds will go toward starting & fund for the erection of a turner hall foy the Tel Jod sokol. The fair will be opeugf this afternoon by a concert, for whic! music. the Military band furnishes the i te— Kansas Wheat Orop Saved. Bisp Orry, Kan., May 0.—(Special Tele- gram to Tum Bge.]—Four inches of rain have falien here and it is ralning yet. The wheat orop 1s saved, i — Watohiag the School Bulldings. Dr. Somers & he is keeping his eyes uppn the Board of Education and aoes not intend to permit of any violation of the city ordinanses by that bodg, He ls paying more 4 | first SUNDAY, MAY 7, ' particular attention toTha buildings in ¢ of construction and thy contempiat will soe that the lettePAf the law 18 lived up | to rearding vaults afllosot connectio When vacation time comps the dry closets in the old buildings will Féceive attention at the hands of the Boartl'6f Health - N FOR THE ARMY. NE the Rodlitar Servico nounced Yestorday. Wasnisaroxs, D, €, May 6, legram to Tue Br s were issued tody Captain Louis Brechémin, will be relieved Changes in as An- Spoecial following army assistant sur- from duty at the presidio of San Framgisco, Cal, and will | report at Columbus barracks, O., for duty 1Pirst Lieutenant Charles Wilcox aseistant surgeon, will be r d from tempo duty at Angel Island, Cal, and report to the | presidio of San Francisco Leave of absence on account gravted Major Tullins C. ‘Tupper, Sixth cavalry, is still further extended three months on account of sickness | The following as \ents to regiments of officers recentl moted are ordered | Captain Henry ‘5. Robinson, promoted fr cutenant, Fourth infantry, to th | Fourth infantry, company te from April 4, 1803, vice Neide, od; Captain William Witherspoon, promoted from first lieutenant, Twelfth infantry, to company A, to date from April 25,1508, vice Hurst, revir First_Lieutenant Frederie C. Kim! moted from second lieutenant, Iift fantry, to the Fourth infantry ipany k date from April4, 1893, vice Robinson promoted ; First Licutenant Frauk L. Winn promoted ' from second licutenant, First in fautry, to the Twelfth infaatry, company K, | to date from April 98, 180, vice Von Schrader, vacated. He will remain on duty in the Kirst infantry until further orders Pirst Lieutenant Charles C. Ballou, pro moted from second lieutenant, Sixte in fantry, to the Twelfth infantry, company I, from April 28, 1803, vice Witherspoon, | promotec geon, of sickness atte. Lieutenant I, R. Day of the signal corps reports the completion of the telegraph line between Clearmount and Fort MeKinney Major Samuel T. Cushing, who has for some time been acting in the capacity of pur- chasing agent and depot commissary at Fort Leavenworth, has beon assigned to the oftice of chief commissary of substance for tho Department of the Platte. Captain Osgood, at present the chief commissary of this department, has been assigned to tho ofice of purchasing agent and depot com- missary at Boston, Mass Major Humphreys, chief quartermaster of the department, has returned from Chicago. He says the World's fair ill be im- mense when it is ready to be seen, but as yet it is not in good shape for the reception of company. g KANSAS' SENSATION. n V. Moftitt Gives His Testin Boodle Cases. Toreka, Kan., May 6. —John V. Moftitt, who sonsible for the boodle charges made apital against the stato ad- | ation, and who has been dodging the | investigation committee ever since its ap- | pointment, appeared this forenoon before | the committee. In reply to a question by Senator Thatcher he admitted that he had no personal knowledge of the charges, and confessed that his entire kuowledge was based upon a couversation which he claimed to have overheard in the Copeland hotel be- | tween a man connected with tho Kansas City stock yards and, another man whose business he did not know. The stock yards man, ho declared,. had & _brother who' was identifled with the pol- y gamblers, and from him the stock yards man ' had learnod about the boodle which had been sent to Topeka to control the appointment. of volice commis- sioners at Kansas City, han., and implicat- ing Governor Leweliing, Close and Little. Moftitt said he at ouce went to Governor owelling and told him of boodle and the rumors he had hegrd:’ The governor told him that he knew money was being raised to get the warring houses together, but said nothing about any other boodle. Mottt told the story of the conversation he had heard to several friends, among them belag Major Hudson of the Capital. He was sur- prised to see the story in print the next morning, and said it contained some mac- curacies. i Cross-cxamined by Senator Parier, Moffitt admitted that although Lewelling was his personal friend, he had made no effort to verify the slander told by the two_strangers before he repeated it to others and that he had not attempted to find or identify the a{,rlugars and that he had not seen them since. oy In the ) WILL OPEN BIDS, Board of Publlo Works Wil Award Sewer Contracts This Week. The Board of Public Works will receive bids and award contracts for the construc- tion of maln sowers within the ocity limits on Friday of this week. The total expenditure that will be wvolved will be §100,000, the amount of the bonds jssued for that purpose, absorbing all but the premiums on the sale of the bonds, which, if the same as last year, will amount to nulr!{v #,000. The sewers are to bg con- strudted as follows, City Engineer Rose- water's approximate estimates being shown of the cost of construction: Main line sewer on Valley street, from Tenth to Eighteenth street, approxi- MALe eSUmMALe Of COSL,..... ... South Twenty-first street scwor, south extension. .’ . 3 Veas. 7 Dorcas and th' streets, sub- main extensions form Twenty-first street... 5 Mains in ( already recommended and agreed upon. .. Speclal sub-drain, Burt street, Twenty- fourth to Twenty-fitth stroets., Chicago street sewer extensio river., ; 6 North Ow; 100,000 ot brick twenty-four inch plpe down to twelve or less. These main sewers aro the outlets for the smaller district sewers that are con- structed at_the expense of the property in the district, all of them being connected with the big ones. When work is com- menced upon the construction, and the board believes very littledelay will be experienced it will furnish work for a large number of laborers, whose enforced {aleness during the winter months makes the employment all the more welcome. P e DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR. Agricultural Soclety Makes Preliminary Arrangements for the Event. The directors of the Douglas County Agri- cultural soclety held asession at the Board of Trade rooms yesterday afternoon and disposed of & lot of routine business relat- ing to the coming fair. The matter dis- cussed related mostly to little details in the way of coupon tickets, membership cards and advertising posters and horse cuts. The soclety was asked by the Roadster club to stand one-third of the expense of the erection of a new starter's siand on the out- side of the track, the same as have recently been put up at Nashville and at several of the best tracks In the oountry, in order that the starter may not only be by himself, but also secure a better yiew of the pole horse and better able to judge of positions. Ihe cost would have been slight, but the direc- tors concluded that they could not stand it, because they had been elected on an economical issue, and felt thatthey must keep expenses down to the minifim. It was deelded to work up interest in the fair all over the county, and in order to do it successfully it was thought that there should be a large number of special prem- fums. For the purpose of making a thor- ough canvass to this end, it was decided to give Mr. Nason an assistant, and no means will be spared to secure not only the largest number of premiums ever offered at the falr, but the largest and most complete entries and exhibits as well, Labor Not There will be & meeting of the emergency committee of Central Labor union at Julius Meyer's rooms at Twelfth and Farnam streets, at 10 o'clock this forenoon. All mewbers of the committee are expected to attend, There will be another meeting of the wholesale and retall clerks of Omaha in the Pattérson block at Seventeenth and Farnam streets, on Weduesday evenlug. ary | | pleasing to ¢ | Omaha what | his v | proy IMPROVED WEATHER SERVICE Omaha Bureau to Be Provided with Many Additional Faciliti WILL MOVE THE STATE DEPARTMENT New Quarters to Aceo s Ofice Will 8o Secured Without lay—Benefits to 15 for Nebraska Farmors. nodate the Fore- cast secared Information was received from ton yesterday morning which aptain Hunt, the local forecast oficial of the Omaha weather burcau since his location in Omaha Captain Hunt has been endeavoring to secure additional facilitics and his present information leads to the opinion that Omaha will one of the most completely equipped wea Washing. in| was very soon aave stations in the country Several ago Captain Hunt permissic department to le; s tor the weather oftice v decided move to secure weeks 1 of the and botter quars He also made sa new is known as the state weathor service, which now claims ¢ s 4 head quarters. Tn the commus which he roceived yesterday he that 1uest for new quarters has been ap. proved and he is authorized to advertise for \is for suitable rooms for the now headquarters, His suggestion with regard to the romoval of the stato woather service from the Boswell observatory in Doane col lege, at Crote, to Omaha is also approved i’ the department will take the steps to accomplish that desirable change some time during the sume This state weather servico includes weekly reports of rainfall and crop conditions from about eighty different points over the state of Nebraska and will beof special advantage to » Omaha Board of Trade. The service was some years ago for the Boswell ob to through the efforts of v Onaccount of the fact that to is a small place haying no daity papers of extended cireulation, the service has not attracted the attention that it would have received had it been I 1 in Omaha, whence the desirable information would have spread to all parts of the country. Prof. Sweezy, it 1s said, is not averseto the moval of the service, providing the govern- ment makes a proper recognition of the efforts that have been put forth by himself and the trustees of Doane college. The service will probably not be moved during the present crop season, how- but in all probability it will be in good shape in Omaha for the opening of the crop season next year. Captain Hunt naturally feels very much encouraged by the willingness of the depart- ment to take right hold of the proposed im provements of the service atthe Omuha oftice. “When we get these improvements to which the department has_given consent, the Omaha oftice will any weather offico in the country,” , in " summing up the advantages th o be deriv from a complete service and suitable facili- ties. gl WALEKER'S VIEW CF IT. Secretary of the Afro-American Differs with the President, Police Court Ofiicer V. B. Walker, as sec- retary of the Afro-American State league, takes exception to the statements made in a recent interview, published in Tue Bee, by President I, Alberts of Lincoln and having reference to the place of holding the next annual convention. Ir. Walker states that the change from braska City to Omaha was made ou April 3 at a properly called meeting of the exec- utive committee, which has full authority in the matter. At this session seven of the nine members comprising the committee voted for the change aud the other two, Mr. Alberts and the member from Nebraska City, were absent, notwithstanding that due notice of a contem- plated chaoge had been wiven them. Omaha, he states, is by far the most conven- ient point because fifty-two of the 100 dele- gates to the convention reside in Douglas county, while Otoe county has only two. The Douglias county membrs could well afford to puy the expenses incurred by the latter in coming to Omaha. To the charge that the Nebraska City con- tingent has gone to the trouble of making preparations for the convention to be held June 1, he says that no official information has reached him to this effect. The presi- dent of the league has no more power than any other member of the executive commit- tee and the will of the majority is supreme in this case, according to the sécretary. . Open Alr Ooncert. The Musical Union band, under the direc- tion of Mr. Herman Schunkel, will giye a grand concert at Hanscom park this after- noon beginning at 8 o'clock. Thisis the first open air concert of the season and the fol- lowing program will be rendered: PART I Natlonal Hymn and March. .. Overture—Rosamunde Nocturno—Prima Vera. Medley—The Black Brigade. PART 11 Overture—La Muette de Porticl Birgls Polka—Cornet Solo L. Lar; Waltz—Violets ... Grand Finale—Ariele PANT TIT, Solection—Bouquet of Melodies. ... Moyrelles Character Plece-Monastery Bells, Leéfo- bure..... e .Welly Gavotte—World's Falir ... .. Wiegancl Galop—The Beautlful Rider ‘rankel Lo Business Troubles. Another attachment against the lumber yardof W.TL. Trish was levied yesterday to sausfy a claim of the Commercial Na- tional bank, amounting to $6,000. The prop- erty covered included ten lots and the lum- Leaguo . Ellenber, ; huber “Grossheim Beyer .Auber L. Lurson Waldtentol -E. Bach wholesale liquor stock of C. B, Connor taken under execution tosatisfy claims of creditors, amounting to between #3,000 and $4,000, was sold by the sheriff yesterday forenoon. The stock was bought by John Connor for 8500. Its value was much greater than that, but there were few bidders pres- ent, aud as there no appraisement, the stock belng sold under execution, it went for & comparative song and the creditors will be allowed to whistl e ce of Opinlon, Owmana, May 6.—To the Editor of Tae Bee: The unjust criticism made in Tue Bee of last Thursday on Miss Bishop's singing at the concert of the ‘‘Stryk-en-Blaas Lust" club Wednesday evening last, is utterly without foundation, either in fact or fancy. Your critio displays his carelessness at the very outset by classing her voice as soprano, when as a matter of fact it is an alto of the deepest and fullest kind. In continuing he says: “There was nothing brilliant about her rendering of Meyerbeer's ‘Nobil Signor,” but it was satisfactory. The same cannot be said of her singing of ‘Annie Laurle, which she tendered as an encore. A Differ. Photograph EASONABLE RATES FOR The Best, 1620 Douglas Str Ever | her | asked | proper | | She had had the doar old song teansposed, ovidently for the purpose of displaying the | timbe hor lower r t all the sweetness of the beautiful metody was lost in transit, and the poet's lines were woetully mangled Now inasmuch as Miss Bishop is a pupil of mine, all that she does ina _musieal wa, done under my direction _and by my ¢ 1 must claim the responsibility, th havir transvosed “Ann Laurie” into ywer key. | may have been at fault in this, having been wuided sololy by nany years of experience in sing and teaching” and by my knowledgo of . which, perhaps, is ininferior to that enjoyed by our eritic, | As to whether Miss Bishop sang” well or ill I, perhaps, ought not to say, but I have the word of musicians who were in the audienee | that nizht, that they never heard her sing boet nd that h s was in fact tne great f ure of the concert Good dence of this is found in the reception accorded her by the audience, both of her numbers (the last of which your critic kindly ignores) re coiving the heartiest encores of the evoning | Miss Bishop, although a young singer, has sung many times before Omaha audicnees and - always with wood success. lu deed 1 do not know of a singer here that is in such constant demand. She is a close and conscientious student, and is progressing rapidly, and con. sequently stiould receive fair treatment from the press, which in this instance she surely hasnot. ' 1 have always understood that ame crities there was an unwritten law to the effect that an amateur should never be criticised upon the same standard as a pro fessional. Yet [ cant il the time when a professional has been given ore a criticism by your paper, no matter how poor the performance, Mus. J. W. Cortoy — Building The following permits issucd yesterday by 1sic ts. to buld were tho inspector of build- ings 1. Wenninghoft, 2079 Bancrott, dwell # 1,000 Sevon minor permits 1,025 Elght permits, ggrogating ] - Delegates to the World's Congross. Atalarge and enthusiastic meeting held on Friaay night in the vestry rooms of the Harney street temple the Hebrews of Oma lected delegates to reprosent them at the religious congress and at the national conferenco of charities, both of which will be held at Chicago under the auspices of the 2,026 15¢, 25¢, ¢ 4 NIGHTS B> A Ponderous Gold Stamp Mill and Ore Crusher i Actual Operation, 0> World's chosen M fair auxiliary for the religic Hellman and the National Tho delegatés congress are Mra, Mrs. M. H. Cook, and for charity convention Lo M. Franklin and Mr. 8. Katz were selectod It is expected that great ahd lasting benetits will accrue from both these conyentions. - Stopped Pavement Reopale Chairman Birkhauser of the Board of Pub« lic Works yosterday ¢ 1the Barber As- phalt company to stop the work of repairing faraam str pavement between Kighe sth streets, The Barber le started in and romoved the surface in spots for the purpose of repaiving. The number of holes in the pavement in thosa two blocks reached soventy-five and varied in size from an i Alar strip fifty oot long by fifteen feot wide to o small one a foot square, The pavemont looked like tattered and much patehed crazy quilt, and Major Birkhauser concluded that the entiro north half of the two blocks should be resurfaced, s tho surface undisturbed is badly cracked and shows unmistakable ovidences of decay The work will not proceed uutil the Board of Public Works has determined whether it 18 best to have the ontire north half of the street resur 1 Twent liminary examination in the case of Mrs. Pauline Riebe, the midwife who i3 charged with having attempted o crimmal on Miss Lona Chester took yesterday afternoon Miss Chester gave her tes almost inaudible tone of voi dent reluctance. Dr. Somers was ¢ medical exvert. 11 givl was in & delicate ence with uatuy weensed, Pauli operation place timony and in an with evi- lled to the stand as a ¢ opinion was that the condition and that in- s had been attemptod Riebe, then took the nd relitod substantially the same stoty as given in her interview in Tk BEe, Judize Berka deferred his decision in tha case till next Monday - - A Minister's Wite Mach Pleased. Flder 8. S. Beaver of MeAllisterville, Ju- niatta Co., Pa., says his wife subject to cramp in the stomach. Last summer she tried Chamberlain's Colie, Cholera and Diar. rharra Remedy for it and was wuch pleased with the speedy relief it afforded. She has siuce used it whenover necessary and found that it never fails in AMUSEMENTS. FARNAM ST. THEATRE [ trces, 5e. 50e, T5¢, BEGINNING |\ ——T'ODAY, A« Y. PEARSON’S Gorgeous Spectacular Production, S A Genuine and Horses., B FIRE PATROL ’ONDERLAND AND BIJOU THEATRE Corner 15th Street and Oapltol Avenue, Week Beginning Monday, May 8th THE BIJOU STFOCKI©EH SUPPORTING LISLE LEIGH AND RALPH E. CUMMINGS IN THE BEAUTIFUL MELO-DRAMA MAY BLOSSOM Full of pathos and comedy. Gonuine Man-Eating C Corroborios, Rites and Cercmonios. MATINER DAILY MATINEE T an uso JOHN PHILLIP SOUBA, - Conductor. 50 Members--May 15th. . FURSON MADI MME FON oA M REN | Sovranos Contralto M85 MINNIE BEHNNE, MR A L. GUILLE...... Tenor MK WILLIAM MERTENS Baritone 810, VIVIANI venesse Basso Bubscribers et first ch ocerts, with Eeserved bolders way re 8 Ot soat ———A PLAY FOR THE MASSES.—— Handsomo scenery and costumos. accessories. THE OURIOUS AUSTRALIAN ~ BUSHMEN BOOMERANG THROWERS. nnibals, in their Peaco und War Dancs, Notlve rartsof 20c EVENINGS Senson Tloket (Transferable) good for th ur Dollars. Slugle Beats, Reserved, $1.50 wnd 4, comm enolug Monday, May 8th. o th olng Wedpesday. May 10th. Sale open tu genersl publie Friday, R RO A AT Artlstio DEXTROUS BEOMEEFNfi TH‘BQ\NING . REDUCED PRICES. Balcony 200 Parq; " A GALA WEEK OF MUSIC. Grand Popular May Festival FOUR CONCERTS, EXPOSITION MUSIC HALL, ONARA. SOUSS CONCERT B —AND THE— New York Symphony Orchestra L M I R T M AL APOLLA GLUB FESTIVAL CHORUS. 250 VOICES, WALTER DAMROSCH, - Conductor. 65 Members--May 17 and (8, MME. SCALCHI MR. ADOLPH BRODSKY MR ANTON HEKKING... . MIS8 LILLIAN BLAUVELT, .Contralte +oons Violinl Violincellisy #oprano, Four Con- 00 tigkobs Single toket-holders moay re-