Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 21, 1901, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JA NUARY 1801, 21, EDITORS WIL Nebraska Press Association Meets in Omaha TALK SHOP This Week. INTERESTING PAPERS TO BE READ Two-Day Session Wil Be Attended by Mundreds of Newspaper Men of the State=The Pro- wram, Editors of the various newspapers of the state are now writing their impromptu ad- dresses to be delivered at the meeting of the Nebraska Press assoclation, which meets in Omaha this week. Some are writ- ing papers on such subjects as “Supplant- ing of the Editorial by the Heart-to-Heart Talk,” “‘Confessing the Faults of My Local Contemporary’” and “How to Live Com- fortably Though an Editor.’ When they have done this they will wet down the papers for the next issue, caution the devil about regulating the guides before starting the job press so as mot to smash the type, pack their grips, mold enough public opinfon fo last a week and take the afternoon train for Omaha The occasion for this invasion of the editorial fraternity is the twenty-ninth an nual meeting of the Nebraska Press asso- ciation, which will convene in thie city Tuesday and Wednesday Once each year the editors of the state farsake the tripod and assemble in some suitable redezyous for the purpose of widen- ing their knowledge of the newspaper busi- ness, increasing their acquaintance with men of their own profession and enjoying themselves socially. These annual meetings never fail to afford pleasure and profit to the participants and for that reason the association has been tonstantly grow- ing in prestige and influence, until today it numbers as its members nearly every cwspaper man of the state. Prospects Are Bright. This year's session of the association promises to be particularly successful. It is an assured fact that the attendance will over-reach that of any former year, for the reason that the membership has been rapidly increasing during the last year and a degree of prosperity unprecedented in the annals of Nebraska newspaperdom has made It possible for every editor, who #0 wills it, to enjoy the outing. [ncom#g trains-from the interior of the state tonight and tomorrow morning will bring the most of the editors to the metrop- olis, in order that they may be in time to respond to roll call tomorrow afternoon. Tn the morning at 10 o'clock Secretary F. N. Merwin will be at the Murray hotel, which has been selected as headquarters. prepared to begin the enrollment of mem- bers. At 1:30 President D. H. Cronin will call the meeting to order at Creighton hall, where all of the sessions of the as: mociation will be held. Followlng the opening prayer by Rev. T. 7. Mackay, rector of All Saint's church in this city, will be the reading of the min- utes, reports of committees and other routine precedent to the delivery of Presl- dent Cronin’s annual address. One of the features of the first afternoon session will | * be a paper on tne subject, “Printer's Ink the World Around,” by Julius W. Hulff, edi- tor of the Anzeiger at Norfolk. In connec- tion with this paper, Mr. Hulff will exhibit a collection of the world's newspapers, cin- bracing 150 papers from every civilized portion of the globe. The first session will be concluded with the Round Table, con- ducted by F. 0. Edgecombe, editor of the ~Geneva . Signal.. The Round Table Is & “shop” aftair, and is designed to give the members an opportunity to discuss varlovs matters incident to their business in which they are most interested. Some of the topics to be discussed are the following: “Nelghborhood News, Should It Be Paid for In Cash or Trade?;" “A Living Subscription Price, nd “Bstimating and Recording Job Work." Tuesday evening the editors, accompanied by their wives, sisters or sweethearts, will attend in a body the performance of “Naughty Anthony"” at Boyd's theater. Day of Business. The entire day Wednesday will be devoted to a business session, and the papers to be presented at that time are as follows: “Natural Irrigation,” €. J. Bowlby, Crete Democrat; “‘Delinquent Subscriptions,” At- lee Hart, Dakota City Eagle; “Old Time Printers,” H. P. Macloon, Grand Island; A Stick of Pied Type," S. W. Kelley, Wisner Free Press. Besides these, A. M. Church, editor of the Naper News, will read a paper the title of which remains a secret for the reason that, as Mr. Church s a facetitious young man and an entertaining speaker, he 18 expected to have something intercsting in store for his fellows. Allan D. May, edi- tor of the Falls City Journal, will deliver the annual poem. Discussions of these pa- pers will be led by Markwood Holmes, Lex- ington Clipper-Citizen; Adam Breed, Hast- ings Tribune; B. E. Betzer, Seward Blade; 8. E. Cobb, Emerson Enterprise; T. B. Sedgewick, York Times; L. C. Trailt, Red Cloud Argus. The Round Table, conducted by Mr. Edgecombe, will consider these topies: “'Country Newspaper Bookkeeping, lits Character and Value:"” “The WHduca- tional Element in the Country Newspaper; “The Circulation, Its Relative Value and Practical Plans for Extending It.” The social side of the annual meeting will be looked after Wednesday night when the visiting editors and their ladies will be entertained by Omaha Typographical union No. 190 and Ahamo Ladies’ auxillary at Sehlitz hall. The reception will be in the nature of a banquet and ball, ten- dered the visitors as a mark of good will from the printers of Omaha to thelr fellow- craftsmen residing out in the state. A unique feature of the meeting will be Overwork You know all about it. You are a perfect slave to your work. It's rush through the day and worry through the night. There’s no time to eat and no time to sleep. The outlook is dark and forbidding. You feel sure there is but one termination — nervous prostra- tion. And nervous prostration is something you don’t want, that's certain. Then don’t have it. What you need is a perfect Sarsaparilla. So far as we can learn, there is but one in the world, and that's Avyer’s Sarsaparilla $1.00 a bottle, Al druggists. ‘Write the_dootor freely all the particulars in o racelve's prompt reply, At Bl XA Tan Lowelh, Masw. T a daily newspaper, of which there will be four editions, one at noon and one in the evening of the two days during which the association will be assembled. W, N Huse, former president, will edit this paper ond will have as his corps of assistante members of the assoclation The officers of the tion are: D. H Cronin, O'Neill, president; F. N. Merwin, Beaver City, secretary-treasurer; U. E Foster, Plainview, corresponding secre- tary; W Huse, Norfolk, G. M. Hitch- cock, Omaha, L. A. Williams, Blair, H. P. Marble, Humboldt, C. M. Hubner, Nebraska City, executive committee. Some Early Arrivals. Barly arrivals to attend the meeting of the State Press association were President D. H. Cronin of O'Nelll, Secretary F. N. Merwin of Beaver City, Corresponding Sec- retary U, E. Foster of Plainview, W. Huse of Norfolk and J. B. Donovan of Mad- ison. They reached the city Sunday aft- ernoon and arranged some preliminary de- taile for the forthcoming convention. Among other things determined upon was the title by which the semi-daily paper to be publisbed by Mr. Huse during the prog- roes of the two days’ session will be known A prize was offered for the most suitable name proposed and fifty suggestions were made. From this number the most un- ostentatious of all the names offered was selocted, “The Nebraska Press.’ Tho suggestion was made by Mr. Merwin, but inasmuch as it was submitted before the prize contest was instituted he will derive no pecuniary benefit by reason of the adop- ton of his proposal “This year's mecting is going to be a banner one in the history of the associas tlon," said President Cronin last night. “The attendance will be larger than at any previous meeting because of the increared membership of the association and the lib- erality of the several railroads of the state in affording transportation facilities. The number of women who will attend will be especlally large.” NEW CLEW IN CUDAHY CASE (Continued from First Page.) gers who were on the car were so badly scared that they could do nothing toward helping Pollock, and {wo of them, while the shooting was in progress, had leaped off the rapidly moving train. The package taken from Pollock con- tained diamonds of the estimated value of $15,000. The robber jumped from the train about 6 o'clock p. ., when it was dark, and he soon disappeared in the grass and weeds He wore a small mask and a false beard of black hair when he made the attack Pollock was taken back to Omaha and re- mwained in a hospital until he recovered. Frank Shercleft was subsequently ar- rested in Leadville on suspicion of being the robber. Pollock went to Leadville and identified him in the Leadville jail. Those who were on the train at the time were so much excited and scared that they could not be relled upon for identification. Sher- cleft protested innoceuce, but was taken back ‘1 Harrison county Towa, and held for trial. Frank Bruce is in 1t Afer he had been indicted a gang of thieves was put on (rial in Terre Haute, Ind., and among them was one Frank Bruce, They were accused of safe-blowing. Robert Fleming, a dectective, clai ned that Bruce was the man who robbed Pollock and trled (0 secure the reward offered for bis arrest. Pollock went to Terre Haute and declared that Bruce was not the robber. Desplte this, when the trial of Shercleft came up in September, 1893, an effort was made to show that Bruce and not Shercleft was the real robber. There was sonie strong evidence fn favor of Sherclefl. Pollock positively identified him, but two women who were on the train swore that Shercleff was not the robber. One John Hollensworth of Leadville tes- tified that he knew Shercleft well; that he had known him In Montana five years bes fore; that he saw him at Aurelia, la . Oc~ tober 23, 1892, and that Sherclefl went to Leadville from there. He sald that Sher- cleft was in Leadville on November 4, ths day of the robbery; that he came to Hol- lensworth and deposited money with him and that he left Leadville on November 10. The jury deliberated three hours and found Shercleff guilty, and Judge Van Wagenen sentenced him to seventeen years in the penitentiary. Frank Shercleff said he was a native of Canada, 22 years old, and that his father and mother lived in Pittsburg. He pleaded for a llght sentence on account of ill- health and hefore sentence was pronounced again protested his innocence. There had been a considerable reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the robber and a great many believed that there was reason for some doubt that Shercleff was the right man. The claim was made by the prosecution that the effort to fasten the crime on the Indiana man was only a ruse by friends of Sherclefl—notably Pat Crowe —to divert suspicion from him. Pollock never wavered in his testimony against Shercleff. Shercleft was also called Ed Burke and Kid McCoy, and it was said he was one of a gang of gamblers and thieves in Omaha and Denver. Diamonds and Jewely Stolen. Two weeks after the robbery of Pollock— November 24, 1892—diamonds and jewels representing a value of $10,000 were stolen from the store of 8. Jonasen, on Farnam street near Thirteenth. A man who had previously paid a deposit of $2 on a mantel clock entered according to appointment on the morning of this day and on some pre- text called the watchmaker, who was alone in the store, to the rear of the room, where he engaged him in conversation at a point where It was impossible for him to see the tront door. While this talk was in progress the accomplice of the robber entered, passed behind the counter and began selecting the most costly jewels from their cases, going about his work with the utmost delibera- tion. Second Jewelry Robbery, Several customers entered while he was thus engaged, but pald no attention to him, doubtless mistaking him for a clerk These waited until such time as he would be at lelsure to wait upon them. It 18 supposed that the man who entered first Joust have given a signal, for his pal sudd®oly left off his occupation of sacking dlamonds and lelsurely passed out of the front door. The other followed imme- dlately. As soon as the watchmaker glanced at the dlsplay of jewels in the showcase he saw the empty trays and realized what had taken place. He tried to run after the robbers, but found his exit disputed by a heavy walking stick thrust through the handle of the door on the outside. Before he could get out of the store by the rear way the thieves were well out of sight. No arrests were ever made as the result of this robbery Reports of this crime, brought forth from the archives, have been studiously reviewed by the police and detectives during the last few days They have also studied coples of reports on file at the headquarters of the Jewelers' Protective association of the famous Pollock robbery. What the result of this research is they decline to state, but it must be that they have found matter to warrant a rearch for Shercleff, for they have been sending out scores of telegrams to the various chiefs of police of the country in an attempt to locate him The I0wa authorities say he dropped out of sight about two months ago. “My heart was badly affected by an at- tack of grip and I suffered intense agony until 1 began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. It made me a well man.”"—8. D, Holman, Irashurg, V. MOCKRIDGE ~ AND CRITICS Music Master Oomments on Power of the Newspaper Press. STRUGGLE FOR FAME AND GOLD IS HARD Pa ewski, the Planist, Kept in the Background for Vel by don Crities Who Finally Relent. It is not much encouragement that Whit- ney Mockridge gives the musical student who desires to go to Europe to win honors and fame. Between the numbers in which he appeared on the program at Boyd's a few nights ago, he talked about his early struggles and succes “It the public of Europe and America could have their characteristics mixed both would be improved, especially in their treatment of artists struggling for rec- ognition,” sald he. “In London my suc- cers Is referred to as phenomenal and yet it was four years before the musical pub. lle would recognize me as a possible voca ist. Of course, I secured a certain rece ognition earlier and my early days in the metropolls were fortunate. In an exami- nation 1 was selected to sing at the Lon- don Symphony concerts the first year 1 went there and shortly after | was given an opportunity to sing at the Cardift triennfal concert, being the only Ameri can who has appeared at that event. But still I was not recognized by the musical world Power in Appalling. “The power of the musical critic in Eng- land and on the continent js something appalling. They can make or ruin an a pirant for honors, and there seems to he no end to their sway. There is a critic on one of the London papers, who kept Paderewsky in the background for two The planist was as powerful us was at the height of his populatity, but|for some reason the critic did not Mk him. If any mention was made of his appearance it was unfavorable, until o1 day when the friends of the planist an d them to meet at the home For hours the planist pla for the critic and finally the aut showed pleasure. After the next appear ance of the artist his reputation was mads and he became the lion of the hour. ¢ erally It is seven years at least before a new artist le given a place on a progm Then you see a new name on a bill, in a few months after the singer has enterec the ranks of the London searchers for fame it may safely be said that it is a fAnancial traasaction, the artist or a friend having paid the concert manager for the privilege of appearing before the public. Fad for Old Favorites. “Another bad thing about the ¥ public, both English and continental, desire for old favorites. When onc artist s enshrined in the hearts of the people and they have formed a habit of arplauding his work they follow him in his decline, There are men drawing crowded houses in London, Paris and Ber- lin, who cannot siug, and whose voices have for years been lost. They were singers in their younger days and are still tollowed by their admirers, to the exclu- sion of younger men and women, who have not attracted the attention of the critics. “Iere in America the public 1s prone (o grasp at novelty pears he is followed and the old is for- gotten regardless of merit. The first no- ticeable decline in the power of a musical favorite is the signal for the people to desert him. Once on the shelf nothing can revive the artist in this country, and that is why I say that the musical public of Burope and Amerlca should be shaken to- gether and the result would be the im- provement of both.” “Grip made me very weak and nervous, with tightness of chest and headache. Dr. Miles' Pain Pills and Nervine gave me quick the critie caus of the latter. rop relief.”-~Mrs. Clariada Butler, W. Wheel- ing, 0. [ AMUSEMENTS. - ‘Madame Butterfly' — A playlet in one act. Being a dramatiza- tion by David Belasco of John Luther Long's Japanese story of the same name. Produced for the first time in Omaha at Boyd's theater Sunday afternoon. THE CAST. Cho-Cho San, Madame Butterfly.... : Valerie Bergere sul . .o Claude ling: . Plakerton of the war ankin Duvall York...... Lew McCord . P, Wilks lena Phillips Mary Mackenzio Katie Harris merican ce . Sharpless, ter eutenant ship Connec Yamadori, a citizen While Mr. Belasco chooses to speak of adame Butterfly” on the play bills as a harming story,” there is little in his dramatization of Mr. Lon book to jus- tity this assertion. It s an eye-molsten- ing tragedy and one of the saddest to be found upon the stage today. They are few, indeed, with even a spark of pathos in their nature that would find anything ‘“‘charin- ing" in the story of this unfortunate little Japanese girl, the social customs of whose country permits her to be purchased by an officer in the American navy, as he would a hat or coat, and as readily cast off. On the other hand the play Is an excep- tionally strong one, from a dramatic point of view, and to one who enjoys the drama is an Intensely interesting one throughout. In the cast are none but capable people, which necessarily must be, for in the hands of others it would be relegated to farce. The major portion of the work falls to Miss Bergere, who acquits herself creditably in- deed in the title role. The play serves as a curtain raiser to “Naughty Antnony."” “Naughty Anthony"— A farce comedy in three acts by David Belasco. Produced for the first time in this city at Boyd's theater Sunday after- noon by Charles E. Evans and his com- pany THE CAST. Cora, a_hosiery model Valerie Bergere Adam Budd, a valentine maker Sotfraiis s ..J. 1. Bradbury otto Chilifngstein, fmporter ‘of French NOBE. ..o eers . ... Dan Mason Jack Cheviot, a lawyer.. ... Rankin Duvall Lofty View Park Board-- Mr. Husted .Claude Gillingwater Mr. Brigham Cereennen B P, Wilks Miss Rinkett. . Kate Bruce Cowley, a “Hawkshaw .. Lew McCord Knox, the park guardian. Barney Reynolds Bl ‘Westropp Saunders Dick Willlam Camp Mrs. Otto Claste” hiliingstein, y A “Helena Phiilips Rosy, Budd's wife,..,."/ /", Annie Wood Winnle, (he professor'’s maid.. Dalsy Grogan Salvation Army Girls— Margiret.. .Mary MacKenzle Martha Laura Plerrepont Mary, «ioooo. Ethel Black A Pupll.... . ......Janet Hudson Anthony Depew. professor of moral culture... s ..Charies F. Evans There is an opportunity for a wide dif- ference of opinion as to the moral propriety of David Belasco's much-talked-about “Naughty Anthony,” There ls nothing in fts theme that is distasteful, nor is there anything in its lines that would offend, but in action it is decidedly risque at times. For instance, when cne of Prof. Anthony Depew's moral culture pupils complains to bim that mem follow ber upon the streets When a new artist ap-! and particularly upon rainy daye and the professor asks her to give a practical dem« onstration as to the manner in which she lifts her skirts in order to avold the mud, there 1s a display of lingerie that might shock a Sunday school superintendent, but would please the average man about town And then when the feminine model, who tries on eilk stockings in a ladies’ Frovch hose stote, (o demonstrate their beauty to customers, shows the Salvation Army las- sies, who think there is a “field” for their work in such a place, how beautiful thelr limbs would look encased in high-colored silks, there might be women in the audience who would hide their faces behind their tans in order not to display an unusual amount of color. There 1s no gainsaying the fact, how- ever, that the play is cleverly handled by clever people. It is full of good brisk action from start to floish. There are vo dull moments, and A number of splendid character studies add to its interest. The production as a whoie Is a pretentious one Charles . Evans, Who returns to the stage after a retirement of several seasons spent in active theatrical management, as- sumed the title role. His reception at both Sunday performances proved that play goers have not forgotten the hilarious days when he and his friend Hoey were the bright and shining stars in “A Parlor Match.” Mr. Evans has a congenial role and does not at any time miss an oppor tunity to create a laugh. There is quite & chasm between tragedy and farce-comedy. but Valerie Bergere finds little difficulty in bridging it and handles the role of Cora, the stocking model, With a deftness that proves her a comedienne of brilllancy. Dan Mason, with his Bavarian dialect, who was ast seen here with Willie Collier in A Man from Mexico,” does a character hit worthy of special mention. J. H. Brad- bury, who has the part of Adam Budd, the valentine maker, is remembered for his clever character work as one of the wise men of Dawson in Frank Mayo's “Puddin- head Wilson,”” when Mr. Mayo presented the piece here himself several seasons ago. “Madam Butterfly” and aughty An- thony" remain at the Boyd tonight and Tuesday night. “Falgora's Stars This week's vaudeville bill at the Cregih- ton Orpheum is furnished by Fulgora's Stars and is one of average merit through out. Like that of Hopkins, the name Ful- gora has been before the public in connec- tion with vaudeville for many years and I stands for the best there is to be had in this line of entertainment. Mr. Fulgora’s people have amused Omaha audiences on several occasions befove and the character of his entertainment i too well known to necessi- tate extended comment at this time. Of course, upon hig previous visits to this city he had had different people and dif- ferenet acts. This season he has banded together an all-star aggregation of vaude- villians, headed by the world's famous jug- gler, Kara. A number of Kara's feats are marvelous and it is safe to say that he has no equal in this line of work. Mr. and Mrs Arthur Siddons, the originators of any num- ber of funny sayings, have a place in the bill and offer a rural playlet during which a running fire of repartee is kept up and the audience finds plenty to laugh at. Polk and Kolline, whose faces are not unfamiliar to patrons of the Orpheum, demonstrate con- clusively that the banjo is something more than a negro instrument. suitable only for “hoe down" music, by playing several dif- fcult classical selections. Tom Lewis and Sam Ryan, veteran exponents of the art of minstrelsy, do an amusing little stunt, en titled “Two Actors.”” The Brothers Herne find little trouble in releasing themselves from handcuffs securely locked upon their wrists by members of the local police force, as well as offering an act. which they cail “Substitution” that is decidedly clever, al- though by no means new to Omaha people. Houdini and his wife oftercd the same thing here last year and the preceding o well. The balance of the evening's ent tainment is furnished by the four Hunt- ingtons, acrobats and comic dancers; Zeb and Zarrow, trick bieyclists; Edna Collins, a whistler, and the kinodrome. An entirely new set of pictures is shown by the latter, most noteworthy among which is that of a Spanish bull fight that is extremely real- istlc. Minco's Try Miaco's Trocadero has a superior attrac- tion this week in the Fads and Follies Bur- lesquers, who opened yesterday afternoon to the capacity of the house. The open- ing burlesque, “Tim Sullivan’s Chowder,” carries the sudience into the continuous pleasantries of a New York politician's pienic, the run being fast and furious for over half an hour. James F. Leonard, who impersonates the man who owns the dis- trict, keeps the audience in good humor as be reflects the free and easy methods supposed to prevail in the political and social life of the Bowery. Patsy and Sadie Brannigan open the olio with a dancing act of real merit and Barry ndero— €. Thompson and Annie Carter follow with an amusing and well acted sketch. The trio of musical clowns, who appear on the bill as Bim, Bom, B’ R’ R’ R,’ pre- sent an original and taking speciality. Otis Shattuck and Minnie Bernard put the audi- ence in an uproar of laughter with their comical turn, and Bennett and Rich give several illustrated songs with good effect. The show ends with one of the best bur- iesques ever put on the Trocadero stage, in which a score of handsomely costumed girls and a half dozen good comedians ap- pear. The songs are new and excellently rendered, the dialogue is bright and the stage settings arc unusually fine, Chapped hands, cracked lips and rough- wess of the skin cured quickly by Banner Salve, the most healing ointment in the werld. For sale by Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's drue store, South Omaha. PERMANENT ART INSTITUTE Enthusia Take Stepw Toward Establishing n School. J. Laurie Wallace and other gentlemen of aesthetic inclinations are working to increase the membership of the Art Work- ers’ soclety so that Omaha may enjoy the advantages of @ permanent art institute. The society has recently taken a three years' lease of the building at 212 North Eighteenth street, which Is being remodeled to meet the requirements of the art work- ers. It is proposed to establish here a permanent art school and to hold occasional exhibitions, not only for showing the work of local artists, but for the display of art productions from the east and perhaps from Europe. That the permanent headquarters of the society will be maintained is assured by the present membership, but an increase is desirable for the increased benefits it will bring. The annual membership fee is $5 and many of Omaha's best people are being en- rolled in the soclety daily. Mr. Wallace opines that the membership should reach a total of 1,000 within the next few months. “My stomach was affected by grip and I could eat nothing but crackers and milk I began taking Dr. Milet' Nervine and Pain Pills and the trouble disappeared.’—Mrs. J. Lindsey, Montrose, Minn. Hungarian Society Eleetion. The Hungarian Ald soclety has elected these officers: A. Brown, president mers, vice president; C. I. Mukowltz, treasurer; J at-arms; 1. Sommer, ‘William Shane, M Bom- Binger, secretar Kleln, sergeant- Newman and N. Rosencranz, trustees., D Gross, on behalf of the soclety, gave Secre- tary Singer a gold ring and & merschaum pipe as o mark of the appreciation of the soclety for the work of M. Singer. RETIRE WITH HIGHER RANKS Army Reorganisrtion Bill Affects Three Officers Now in Omaha. ADVANCEMENT ALL ALONG THE LINE Yo ¥ Officers Will Step Up to Take Places of Those Retired— e Meets with Unquale ed Approval. the Men The p: age of the army reorganization bill by the senate bhas much ioterest for three of the officers stationed at the head- quar of the Department of the Mis- souri, Colonels Hathaway and Kimball and Major Wilson. The bill, it is understood at headquarters, carries with it a provision whereby officers who served in the civil war and have continued in the service may retire at a grade Iin advance of the one they hold at the time of retirement The three officers named are the only ones at_headquarters to be affected. Of thess Colonel Kimball, surgeon general of the department, is the senior, having about one year to serve before he will be retired under the age limitation. Colonels Kim- ball and Hathaway rank as lieutenant col- onels, Compn ely Few ¥ In the entire army there are but 268 ofii- cers affected by the provisions of the law. Many of these are colonels who will' be permitted to retire with the rank of brig- adier general, making an opportunity for the advancement of the lieutenant colonels o the higher grade and giving them an opportunity to follow in the wake of their predecessors. It is stated on good authority that as soon s the retirement of higher officers will permit the” elevation of the officers at these headquarters to a higher grade they will take advantage of the pro- visions of the law, Younger officers in (he service look with pleasure upon the passage of this pro- vision. During the time from the close of the civil war to the outbreak of the war with Spain promotions were slow, but the latter event made them more rapid. The younger set of officers have had a taste of rapid advancement and do not like the idea of geltling down to the slow advancements The retirement of rs will make places to ba ult in promotions all along the line. For this reason every oficer in the army favors the plan, and everyons interested says that it will in many caser improve the service by putting youuger and more active officers in places now hela by mea who should be given an opportunity of retiring with *he constderation due their previous service, SHOWS TELEGRAPH MACHINE these 200 offic filled and will The telegraph operator of the future may be any person who can use a_typewriter, f the Pearne printing telegraph machine does what is claimed for it The exhibition of the machine given yesterday in the offices of the Western Union Telegraph company proved that the inventor has his machine so nearly perfected that it will soon be on the market To describe the apparatus in a few words | the sender consists of the keyboard of a typewriter and the receiver is a typawriter, minus the keyboard. The keys of the re- iver are connected with batteries which mit a curreat waich passes through a er and switch and is so regulated t when it reaches the receiver it prints letters which ore struck by the operator. In the opinion of the inventor the new system will not reduce the number of oper- ors employed by telegraph companies, but will increase the amount of business and make the work of the employes much casier. Frank D, Pearne, the inventor of the new machine, ic ecarcely 25 vears old. For several years he was employed by the Towa Telephone company superintendent of construction and made his headquarters In the as Davenport. Luring the last eighteen months he has spent most of his time In Chicago and Syracuse, N. Y., where the | models for his apparatus were made. He is @ brother of Attorney W. S. Pearnc of Grand Island. In November of 1869 Mr. Pearne came to the conclusion that telephone and tele- graph wires should bhe used for more than one purpose at the same time and began experiments along that line. Until Jan- uary of 1500 he was unsuccessful. After working late cne night Mr. Pearne went to bed much discouraged and fell into a troubled sleep. At midnight he awoke with the idea in his mind which has since been developed into an almost perfected sys- tem « ex to W in a Dream. “I knew as soon as 1 woke up that 1 hed the solution of the problem.” said Mr. Pearne, “‘and I made haste to write it down on paper before it escaped me. The next day 1 began work on the apparatus, which proves that it was not an idle dream which came to me that night. My idea was to send electric currents through a serles of electro-magnets, over which are iron arma- tures suspended by springs of different ten- glon. Different armatures respond to cur- rents of different strength and in this manner it is possible to regulate the type which answers the stroke of the sender. The sender of the Pearne machine is very simple, all of the complicated appa- ratus being at the receiving station. Here the current* transmitted over the wire Is passed into electro-magnets, which are called gelectors. An armature responds to the current and sends it into an apparatus called an intermediate switch. This has four arms with platinum points, which are so influenced by the current that they come into contact with one of thirty-six points, which represent the characters of the type- writer keyboard and operate the arms which bear the type “In time I expect to perfect the ap- paartug so it can be connected with a Mer- A TONIC THAT MAKES STRONG NERVES, CURES DYSPEPSIA, Stomach Troubles AND INSOMNIA ALL DRUGGISTS. Prep. by Val Blatz krewing Co., Milwaukes. OMAHA BRANCH, 1412 Douglas St. | showing that two million Americans no order. the liver torpid, the digestion people are its victims. A body proof against attack ties in blood, through the use of Prickly digestive organs. the body, there is nothing ease, CRIP IS EPIDEMIC! Grip is everywhere. The papers tell us there are w suffering with “grip” (or La Grippe, as the doctors call it) and what is worse it is more violent in its character thay in the past, as a much greater percentage of victims are dying from its effects. Grip attacks the old and the young, the hard workers and the people of leisure, the rich and the poor, everybody in fact, whose system is not in perfect If the bowels are comnstipated or irregular, Kidneys are ailing, the blood impure, the weak or disordered, it pro- duces a condition very favorable to “grip,” and such little care will render the ; that is to say, the impuri- er and bowels can be driven out Ash Bitters, the great rem- dy for cleansing and regulating the system. This splen- did remedy purifies the bowels, strengthens the kid- neys, renovates th2 liver and blood and tones up the In short, it prevents “grip” by put- ting the system 1n good condition. cases where the disease has already fastened itself on And as a help, in better. It flushes the sew- ers of the body and stimnlates the vital organs so that nature is assisted to more quickly throw off the dis- Soid at Drug Stores, see it revolutionize the newspaper busi- ness In a few years,” said the inventor. “I see no reason why it cannot be adjusted s0 finely that an operator in Chicago may send news to Omaha and have it set up in an operator Omaha end, “The machine will be a great protection to dealers in stocks d grain. It will be | impossible to tap a wire and take off re- | ports, unless the persons who propose to | do the work have a complete receiver, and | my receivers are so much more expensive | than those used in ordinary telegraphy that it 18 not likely that much wire tapping will and a machine man at the having telegrams pass through the hands of operators and messenger boys." Omaha-Ka Ity Wire, In the test made yesterday it was the intention to use a 1,000-mile wire, but a rush of business compelled the use of the Omaha-Kansas City loop, comprising 434 miles of wire. Added to this was 120 miles of resistance, making a total of 554 miles, The test was satisfactory. A cuirent of twenty-four volts was used at first, but was increased to eighty-five volts when messages were sent at full speed. significance of this lies in the fact that the telegraph company uses 170 volts on the Kansas City line alone, the test thus the new apparatus can be operated with less than half the power re- quired by the old-style telograph The Western Unlon operators were amazed at the performance of the appa- ratus. Many of them had freely predicted that it would fail to work, and were sur- prised to see as much accomplished on a 534-mile wire as could be done on a ten- foot wire, A second long distance test will be made in the Western Union office this week, it the necessary arrangements can be made, and the longest wire available will be used. Frank D. Pearne, the inventor, and W. S. Pearne, the promoter, will soon leave for Chicago, where an exhaustive test will be made before the stockholders of the com- pany, and later another exhibition will be given in New York cit “1 was in bed five weeks with the grip- Walker, Hallsville, O. |FIND REPTILE | BREAD Actunl Evidence of Unclean Bakery in the Hands of the lice. A part of a slice of bread, one side of which is covered with a white substance sald to be excuse for butter, is treas- ured bit of evidence which came into the possession of the sanitary officers Sunday morning. From one side, where the im- prints of the teeth of Esther Cohen, 110 South Eleventh street, are visible, pro- trudes the head of a large white worm. Its body is seen to extend back into the slice about three-quarters of an inch. This &lice of bread was from a loaf which is sald to have been purchased from the Chicago bakery. 116 North Eleventh street, 8 .Slegle owner. This was one of the bake shops agalnst whom an order was ago, and which has undergone a ‘‘clean- ing." The bread was fresh, the understand- Ing being that it was baked Saturday. On the former examination, of roaches and other creeping things. officers expect to take summary actiom Mechanic's Shoes— the foot, in the plain round toe only, that we have priced at only feet much, Drexel Shoe Co Sent Free for the Asking Up-to-date Khoe Ho 1419 FARNAM SsTREBRT. genthaler linotype machine, and I expect to type without passing through the hands of | o, “Bhe | issued by the sanitary oficers a few days the place was found to be infected with a multitude The Are necessarily made of much heavier leather and with heavy soles on ac- count of the rough usage they are bound to receive. We have a heavy sole mechanic's shoe, made of goud, honest leather and made the shape of lace The uppers of this shoe will stand two pair of half soles—and we recommend them to those who have to be on their against the shop today on the strength of the proof in the slice of bread, produced after the shop had been ‘“cleaned.” CONDITION OF FRED METZ, SR. of the Heart Is Weak and the Patient is Slowly Sinkin, Fred Metz, er, who Is lying dangerously il at his home, 2556 Harney street, was reported as sinking slowly last night. Dr. Verpoorten, the attending physician, s re sorting to every means, however, known to his profession to keep his patient altve, but the members of the family have he and 80 on under the new system. | given up all hopes and censider the end “Business men who use the wires to any stion of time great extent can have their confidential life may be prolonged for clerks send messages to correspondents days. although death at any hour who are equipped with receivers. My ma- | would not come unexpectedly. The pa- | chines will do away with the necessity of | tient retains consclousness, but suffers | 1ittle or no pain. The nction of his heart 1s falling gradually and he is weakening to a point where life cannot be sustained Mr. Metz's wife and all his daughters and sons are in constant attendance at his bedside. For water, influensn take “Orangeine” as directod in every p in hot age PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. 8. Harrls of Fullerton is In the city G. H. Manners of Murray is in the city G. N. Smawley of Lincoln is at the Mur. ray. H. D, Jackson of Lincoln was in the city yesterd ast, a cattleman from iyannis, is chants, r. und M B. P, Flynn of Fremont are the Ter Grand George W Pundt s re ng at St Louis from a severe attack of typhold fever. wlvert, managing editor of the . Daily News, St visitor yesterday. A party of castern through Omalha Sunda the Black Hills, wher gate the oseph, Mo., was an Omaha capitulists mor passed ng enroute to they go to investi- mditlon of mining The warty consisted of Colonel H. L. Worcester Rochester, N. H.; George W. Young, ir.. Concorn Junction, Mass.; J. Henry Read, Westford, Mass.; Lee J. Piin Augustus Goeppner, J f Advice of n nerves xhattered, stomach and liver badly | First and foremost, ¥ deranged. Was clired with Dr. Miles'| Take care of yourself. Your already Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills."—D. 0. weakened uerves want rest and must have it If the attack is gevere, ko to bed and remaln there. More fatalities result from neglect of this precaution than from any other cause Eat sparingly. Your digestive organs are in no condition to take care of large quan- tities of food. Drink plenty of pure, cold water. It al- lays the fover, stimulates the kidneys to action and opens up the pores of the skin. Keep the bowels open with Dr. Miles' Ner and Liver Pills. Take three doses of Dr. Miles' Nervine per day, and if you cannot sleep take an extra dose at bedtime. To further control tho fever and to overcome the pecullar aches and pains of grip; use Dr. Miles' Paln Pllls. They act quickly and effectually and no bad effects result from thelr use. These remedies have been (horoughly tested more than a million times and thelr effi- clency s thoroughly established. They never fall to give relief. Dr. Miles' Remedies can be found at any drug store, and they are sold on a positive guarantee that first hottle or package bena- fits or money refunded. Dr. Kay s Utloure oures all fomnle disenses. Al drug- Utlc“r° wists, 81 Tllustrated book and advice froe. Dr.B. J. Kay, Saratoge, N. Y. | Hospe’s Stock Reducing Sale— oOf framed plctures—33 1-3 pe discount—8x10 passepartout were bOc, now 10e—Fra' Angelica An- gels, were $1.25, now 7o ~framed car- bong, eabinet size, were $1, now 5oc framed carbons, 6x8 size, were $1.25, cent were photographs, were $8, now $5.256—and hundreds of others. C vinced--not a pleture one goes at 83 1-3 per cent off. A. HOSPE, Mesload At 1613 Duogins pletures, now TSc—framed carbons, 8x10 size, were $2, now $l—framed plctures, were $2, now $l--framed pictures, were §3, now $3.85—framed plctures, $8 now $5,.25—framed pastels, $6.50, now $4.85—framed colored 1l and be con- reserved-—every