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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
WAR CANNOT BE AvERTED.
English Authorities Confidently EN-
pect to Witness Great Conflict.

New York. MarcI l4.-The Mail and
Express today has the following cable
gram from London;
"The acute crisis between the United
States and Spain is the uppermost topic
everywhere in Lonlon. No one seems to
seriously believe that war can be averted.
The great newspapers are making elabor-
ate preparations for correspondents.
81 am told by the admiralty officials
that two or three British war vessels with
Il complete school of naval officers on
board, will be detailed to cruise in the
vicinity of the Spanish and American
fleets so as to be able to take every pos
sible observations The war between ia
pan and China was a revelation OF the
extraordinary powers of modern marine
warfare. and it is firmly believed in Lon
don that American authorities possess
some wonderful new discoveries i'll the
way of engines of destruction.
"The leading newspapers on the con
tinent are, in the main, sympathetic with
Americans The destruction of the Maine.
whether by accident or design, seems to
have settled that
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19

bles. aud If You cannot blow them as
large as the moon the mixture is not
properly mixed. Soap bubble exhibit
tors often blow bubbles as large rs
three and four feet in diameter by the
use Of this mixture
Take a short strip of wood "a foot
rule will do) and drive small nail into
each end Then stretch thin string
or. better still, piece of wire. from
one nail to the other, and place bridge
under It so as to form Il primitive mu-
steal instrument. Next nail to one end
of the strip of wood the lid Of tin in
such a manner that it touches the
string or wire, and place the figure IN
side the lid after m0istening it well
with soap and water. Now take a
straw and blow a bubble In the lid and
then touch the string gently. The vi
bration of the latter vii lthen be com
muncated to the lid, and the figures
will dance inside the bubble. beau
tiful optical effect is thus obtained.
and the delight of the audience is such
that the bubble performer is kept busy
all the evening with fresh crea tons.
There are many variations of the soap
bubble trick possible, and which Will
readily suggest themselves
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19

giles the animal becomes resigned TO
the situation. and with the left arm oil
the operator encircling it's neck and his
hand clutching its horn or face ii mas
no chance to escape.
The clipper swings on its nexlDi7
support close to the operator, ana whe:i
he has the sheep in the correct position
he reaches for the machine and passes
II through the wool on the breast be-
tween the forelegs. A broad streak OF
white shows AZ the clipper rapidly
mows a swath through the fleece ana
the wool falls off in great curl TO the
floor. All over the belly OF the surprised
sheen the buzzing little machine Is
passed, revealing the pink flush OF the
skin under the wool The sleeps posi-
ton is shifted slightly, and the ma
chine with few sweeps whisks the
wool from its legs and then the heavy
fleece on its back goes TO swell the PIE
on the floor. When every part OF the
body has been touched by the buZzer
the door of the pen is pushed open by
the operator and the sheep, white anu
dazzled. is released and pushed back
into the pen, while another is dragged
out to be clipped.
Two minutes is record time FOR the
completion of this process, although, of
course, all Of the operators are not so
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
rs TOO WEAK TO GOVERN.
British Protection VIII he Asked In
Founding IA New Dynasty.

London, March 1.-THE Daily Chron-
icle attaches Importance to the following
dispatch from its correspondent at Hong
Kong:
The Manhus are hopeless as a govern
ing dynasty and the imperial court is
likely to migrate to Shang-Ti province.
The increasing imperial demands upon the
provincial governments can not continue
and it is possible the result will be new
Chinese dynasty in central China with
a capital at Nankin. If British protec-
ton is refused to this government. other
powers are willing to accord theirs.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT
Wheat Quotations, Wool FiEurei
and the Price of Produce.

Following are the local quotations
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted
Wheat-Club, bulk sic, sacked zoe;
bluestem. bulk G0!c, sacked G3c. AT Spo-
kane: Club, bulk 5S3c sacked Gle; blue
stem, bulk Gle, sacked G4c.
Oats-At Spokane. f. o. b., $lS@I0.
Rye--Country points, f. O. b., G5@ 70c
per cwt.
Hay-Timothy, $ll5O@l2 per ton
wheat hay, $40; alfalfa $ll.
Eggs-Ranch, $500 3.75.
Flour-Per barrel, 1915.
Barley-Country points, 60@65c per
cwt.
Wool-Fine medium, l0@llc per lb;
medium, 9@l0c.
Produce-Country butter, 90 and 60-lb
tubs, 29c per ID; 5, 10 and 20-lb tubs, soc
prints, soc; eastern butter, 25@26c; coun'
try butter, in rolls, 20625c per lb: cook
ing butter, Ice; cheese, twin, full cream
13@l4c; cheese, twin, skim milk, 9A@
Zoe; ranch eggs, $675@7; honey, white
comb, l3@l4c; fancy, l5c per ID.
egetables-Potatoes 40@42c per cwt
onions, $2.4O@2.5O per cwt; beans, lao
&c per Id; MERGED sweet potatoes, So pei
cwt; cabbage, 81 per cwt; squash, $l.5C
per doz.
Meats-Beef COWS, live $325@3,50 pc,
cwt. dressed S65OM7; steers. live $3.50
400, dressed STA $50; hogs, live $500
475, dressed $6@65O; mutton, live 40
44c, dressed S@S1c per 10; dressed veal
7GSc.
Poultry-Chickens live weight, 9@l0c
dressed $525@5.50 mutton, live 4@44c
per lb dressed, ll@l2c; turkeys, live
lO@ilc; dressed. l2@l3c; ducks, live
l0c; dressed, l03@llc per Id; geese, live
l0@llc; dressed. l2@l24c.
Wheat.
Portland Ore, March Wheat
Steady; Walla Walla, 75@76c; valley
7S079c per bushel.
Tacoma, March l4.-Wheat Dull and
nominally unchanged; club, 73@74c;
bluestem 76@71c.
Colfax. March 1.-THE wheat market
remains unchanged and local dealers are
paying 60 cents for No |. Only small lot;
are being sold The same price prevails
at all Palouse country points.
Metals.
San Francisco. March l4.-Silyer bars
54lc; Mexican dollars, 45l "a 46c.
Lake copper-Strong; brokers, SD.
London, March S.-Close: Bar silver il
quiet; 25sd per ounce.
Lake copper-Strong; brokers, SIPS.
Lead-Dull; $500.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19

expert as to make this mark. Roma
work slowly and carefully. renov,r.
every veStige of wool in neat syste,n.
atical way and leaving the lambs as
clean as freshly shaved cheek. 10
an operator shears 100 sheep day no
is making good average. and soma
fall below this number. When the
sheep is returned to the pen the oper
ator gathers the wool in iittle nila
and binds it up with cord hanging
beside him. Down the center of tho
narrow shed between the two rows Of
machines runs little track on which
Il big ear is pushed by stout Young
man. and into this the wool is tossed
and thus transported TO the end of the
room. where ii is sacked The sacks
are about twenlve feet long and are
rugged up in a framework. The pack.
ages of wool are tossed into the sack
from the car until the sack is nearly
full. and then 4 heavy man jumps into
the sack and ramps down the wool
into Il compact mass. More IS thrown
in and tramped upon until the sack is
packed full when it is tied and piled
in n corner, awaiting the orders of the
owner of tile sheep from which it was
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19

original dispatches of Sunday last, 20 tho
effect that Russia had called upon China
to surrender all sovereign rights upon
/ Port Arthur and Talien Wan for the same
period and on the same conditions as in
/ the case of Germany at Kiao Chau and in.
sisting upon the signing of an agreement
within month.
( The Garfield corrupt practices law" has
been sustained by the Ohio supreme court
The law limits the amount of money
which candidates for public offices may
spend to secure election.
To stop burglaries at Paducah. Ky, a
curfew law has been adopted by the city
council, and suspicious characters are be-
ing driven out of town by vigilance com
mittee.
The absinthe drinker, with his pale
drawn, emacated features, is familiar
figure on the Paris boulevards. The
liquor is villainous connection of spirit
favored with NORWOOD.
A social purity campaign, started in Os-
kaloosa, Ia, has resulted in ~ indict-
mcnts being found against its citizens by
the grand jury and the suspension of the
county attorney.
Emperor William, in a speech to naval
recruits, said: "Where the German
eagle has seized hold and fixed its claws.
that country is German and will remain
German"
Governor Jones of Arkansas prohibited
the prize fight which was to have taken
place Wednesday night at Hot Springs
between Mccoy and Burley.
Two hundred thousand Massachusetts,
wheelmen have asked the legislature to
make railroads carry bicycles free.
Alexander Millet, peddlar at Chelsea,
Mass, claims the 100000 estate of John
Green. of Portland, Ore.
The house Thursday defeated the senate
amendment to the Indian appropriation
bill providing for free homes on lands
bought by the government of Indians, as
we'll as the amendment to open up the
south half of the Colville reservation. Fri
day the house was engaged upon the bill
containing provision for claims aggre9at-
ing 81 100000, reported by the court of
claims under the provisions of the Bow
man act
James Paxton VOORHEES,. son of the late
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, is to become
an actor, and will make his first appear
ance at one of the theaters in New York.
Minister for the Colonies Lebon at Paris
has refused the petition of Nine Dreyfus,
wife OF former Captain Dreyfus, to share
the latter's imprisonment on Devils isl
and
There was great excitement at Yildiz
among the Albanian and Turkish troops
in the barracks. Many arrests were made.
The German flag has been hauled down
at Canea. Isle of Crete. and the German
marines who have been on duty ashore
embarked on board the German battleship
Odenhrg.
\ special dispatch from Kiel says Japan
has purchased the torpedo corvette which
was being built there by the krupps for
Brazil
A telegram received at Alameda, Cal,
states that DR. Guiro +. Norbecue. pi-
onccr missionary. who had labored in ia.
pan IS years, died at Toxic last week,
Officers have been named for the re2i-
ment of provisional troops organized IN
Canton Ohio to be known as "The Presi-
dents Own The regiment is composed
of more than GOO men at present. includ-
ing some of the best young men in the
city.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
The OregOn's Equipment.

San Francisco, March l2.--The battle
ship Oregon is TO receive at once 400 tons
of ammunition. This quantity will prove
a full complement for the ~ magazines of
the ship. The powder shot and shell
will be brought from Mare Island to the
9regon's anchorage in Mission bay.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
Eleven Bodies Taken Out.

New York, March l5,--It develops that
IL lives were lost at the Bowery Mission
lodging house at No. l05 Bowery, which
was destroyed at an early hour this morn
ing. The property loss is $4,000. There
We're $50 dodgers in the building when the
fire started, and so rapidly did the flames
spread that many of them We're unable
to escape.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19

Madrid, March l4.-The Liberal gives
the following as the present strength Of
the Spanish navy;
Protected ships, IL unprotected, 20;
gunboats, s; torpedo boat destroycrs. II;
torpedo boats IA; transports, p.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
SOAP BUBBLES.

Mysterious Dancing Figures Inside OF
the GIisteuing Spheres
A most interesting trick is the soap
bubble one. 10 perform this two cork
colored With bright paint. Fasten them
With wire to small cork stand.
The soap bubble mixture is important
to prepare. For it you must have a
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
Too Much for Him,

Il like modcsty," said the old doctor,
but there's such thing as OVERRIDING
it,
'.How's that" his assistant asked.
Il was called, this morning, to see
Boston girl, who is visiting friends
here, and when | asked her to let me
see her tongue she iared up and in
sisted that l had lnsulted her"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19

quantity Of CASTLE soap, perhaps half
Il teacup. and add to it fourth of the
quantity of glycorine Melt the soap in
warm water before adding the glycer-
inc. This should make perhaps pint
OF heavy. sOapy water. Test the bub-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
STORIES TOLD THE POLICE
e. Bognr Of Friend RecOunts How He
Was RObbed by a Siren He
Met in q Wine Room.

E. Bogar Of Friend, Neb., is the next man
to attract the attention Of the police on ac-
count Of his varied experience in studying
the ways Of the siren. 1t cost him $50 to
find out that a woman may smile and still
have designs upon a mans pocketbook.
Bogar met q girl whom he knows now as
Nellie in a wine room in Tierney's saloon
and afterwards accompanied her to the
Anderson block, where she exhibited her
appreciation Of a good thing by taking his
hard-earned coin.
Some lover Of coffee carted away three
sacks Of roasted Java from in front OF T.
]. Mullins store at Sl4 South Thirteenth
street.
Overcoats appear to be In demand these
days, as three were reported stolen yester-
day morning. One belonging to T. A. Swan
son was taken from an engine room at Four
teenth and Nicholas streets. D.. H. Moore
lost one Irish frieze from the office in the
Peoples furniture store. Phil e. Gersed
OF Denver reported that his fine black over
coat was taken from a seat in an incoming
Union Pacific passenger train.
Alma Peterson complained to the police
that a sneak thief had stolen a hunting case
gold watch from a room at 20O7 Dodge
street.
Judge Gordon discharged Mark Boatman
yesterday, as his wife failed to appear to
prosecute the charge OF assault which she
lodged against him the other morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
BRICE RECEIVES LAST RITES
Funeral In New York Largely At-
tended by Prominent Friends of
the Dead Politician.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE funeral OF ex-
Senator Calvin S. Brice Of Ohio took place
today in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church. The church was crowded and a
large number OF persons prominent In
society and in public life were present.
The body, encased in a covered casket,
wholly black, was taken In a hearse from
the family home to the church. DR.. Wallace
Radcliffe Of Washington was in the pulpit
when the body was taken in and the choir
which was in waiting began to sing Sun OF
My Soul' as the casket was borne up the
main aisle. 1t was rested on a bier and
partly covered with lilies of the valley and
carnations.
DR.. Radcliffe read from the scriptures.
after which the choir sang, Lead, Kindly
Light" At the close Of the service the
body was carried out before the congregation
dispersed, and while the choir sang abide
With Me-" A large delegation Of members
OF the Ohio society were present. Among
tho prominent persons in the church were
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, Senator Mark
Hanna, General C. H.. T. Coils, General
Arson G. McCook. H. II. B%rockway, Gen.
eral Henry L. Burnett, George r. Sheldon,
Colonel Arthur w. Soper and Richard
Croker.
The body was taken to the Erie railroad
terminus in Jersey City, where 1t was
placed on a train for conveyance to Lima,
o., where 1t will be Inferred.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
GEORGE H. LEE.
Suggestion to Motor Company.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. Ito the Editor OF
The Bee: Apropos Of the present agitation
to secure improved service from the Omaha
Street Railway company, I would venture to
suggest to that corporation, through your
columns, one improvement which l am sure
would earn the lasting gratitude of hundreds
OF their patrons who are, unfortunately,
compelled to use their South Omaha cars.
This Is, to re-establish the line Of cars
starting from Fourteenth and Howard which
obtained during the exposition period. To
any one who is compelled. as at present, to
enter one OF the cars from South Omaha
when 1t arrives in town and inhale the awful
c~onglomeration Of odors which greets his
~nostrils, such a boon would be inestimable.
These cars generally arrive in town crowded,
with every window and ventilator vigorously
closed and the stove generally going full
blast and, taken altogether, 1t is as much
as a very strong stomach can stand without
nausea. / know of several instances, nay,
many, when people, even ladies'. have been
compelled to ride outside on the platform to
escape the horrible smells. BY starting, say,
a part Of their cars from Fourteenth and
Howard, the Street Railway company would
confer a favor upon their city patrons who
would thus be enabled to secure seats In q
comfortable and healthy car instead Of being
confined in the pestilential atmosphere of
the cars from South Omaha. Yours respect
fully, PRO BONO PUBLICO.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
EXTENDING THE "0VERLAND'
Councilman Kari Says the Lake
street Car Line VIII BE linz
proved by Spring.

As soon as the weather In the early part
Of next spring will permit the work to be
done the present Dodge street and North
Twentieth street car line will be extended
from Its present terminus at Twentieth and
Lake streets along Lake street to Thirtieth
and north on Thirtieth to Bristol. Council
man Karr Of the Sixth ward, who has been
most actively urging this extension. has
been given assurance to this effect by street
car officials and directors
Considerable work will be required. as
another track must be laid almost the en-
tire distance between the present terminus
OF the line and the proposed terminus. A
double track extends at present only to
Twenty-fourth and Lake streets. and conse-
quently another six blocks Of single track
must be laid on Lake and eight blocks to
Bristol.
II have been given assurance by the street
car people that the improvement will be put
In as soon as possible" declares Councilman
Karr. I'm fac, I was told that work on 1t
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
CONTRACT LABOR IN HAWAII
of House Have Disagree
ment on the Subject-Railroad
Given Right Of Way.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE house
passed the bill granting right Of way through
the San Francisco forest reserve to the
Saginaw Southern railroad OF Arizona and
then Mr.. Payne. republican OF New York,
called up the bill extending the laws Of the
United States relative to INT naviga-
ton and merchant seamen to the Hawaiian
islands.
Mr.. McRae sought to have the bill
amended so as to also extend to laval
the provisions of the act Of February 20.
1885. prohibiting the Importation of contract
labor, but MIR. Payne moved the previous
question. This motion was lost and Mr..
McRae then introduced his amendment. He
asserted his conviction that the law con-
corning contract labor was just as impor-
tant to the islanders as any other. Mr..
Payne then made the point that the amend
ment was not germane and was sustained
by the chair. Mr.. McRae appealed from the
decision and Mr.. Payne moved to lay the
appeal on the table. This motion prevailed,
IS to A. Mr.. McRae then asked for the ayes
and nays and Mr.. Payne. rather than pro-
long the controversy, withdrew the bill.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
TOO WARM TO CUT MUCH ICE
Cessation of the Cold Snap Brings On
Condition. which stop Ex-
%tensive Operations.

One effect Of the warmer period has been
to suspend operations on the ice fields and
give enforced vacations to several hundred
men who had begun to harvest the 1899
crop. The Ice Is still In sufficiently good
condition to be acceptable late In the sea-
son, but at this time the various companies
are reluctant to I'LL their houses with any
thing but the best. During the freeze the
ice reached a thickness Of from twelve to
fifteen inches. and 1t was decidedly the
best product that has been available for
local use in years. Dealers agree that no
better Ice was ever yanked over Z slide
than that which they have been cutting
during the last two weeks. and now they
propose to wait until 1t again reaches that
condition before they continue the harvest.
While only a small proportion OF the supply
has been secured 1t Is so unusual to get such
Ice thus early In the season that they are
encouraged to anticipate no difficulty In
getting a full supply OF uniform quality be-
fore the winter Is over. After the poor
quality of ice that has filled Omaha refrig-
orators during the last two seasons the
dealers are elated at the prospect OF stock
ing up with a superior article.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18

would have commenced this fall, but the
cold weather arrived earlier than was ex-
pected and put an end to outside work.
When the track is completed there will be
a continuous service from the Tenth street
terminus to the corner Of Thirtieth and Bris-
toll, giving the people Of the northwestern
part Of the city such speedy access to the
heart Of the city as they never have had"
This extension is what the people of the
section Of the city that will be benefited
have wanted for a long while. At present
two cars have been run on the Stub" to
which passengers on the Twentieth and
Twenty-fourth street line transferred.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
Railroad Notes.

General Western Agent Fred A. Nash OF
the Milwaukee Is in CHICAGO.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Smith
Of the 2. & NJ. has returned from 4 trip
In the state.
William T. Canada. special agent Of the
Union Pacific. 10 Ill at his home. 242o Charles
street. this city.
Chief Clerk Buckingham Of the B. 4 NJ.
passenger department has gone to st. Jo-
eeph. No.. to spend Sunday.
G. ]. Lane. 6rst assistant general freight
agent OF the Union Pacific. has returned
from Q business triD to David City and Liu-
coin.
The Lehixh Valley road has issued q
handsome book Of seventy-flve pages. CIV
season lsss.lsSS.
Freight Trafnc Manager Munroe Of the
Union Pacific 10 still confined to his resi-
deuce by sickness. He was much better on
Saturday morning. but his physician would
not permit him to 20 to his oflce.
Freight Traf1c Manager Stohr Of the Great
Western spent Friday afternoon In this city
boycott Of his freight and passenger depart
ments by the Union Pacific. the Santa Fe
and the Rock Island roads has been prac-
tically called OF. The Rock Island Is the
only road that has SO far recalled its boy
colt circulars. but the other lines will
shortly follow this lead.
The Transmissouri lines are anxiously
watching for the opening of bids for the
transportation Of the soldiers bound for Ma
Mia via Ia Francisco. The Official invi-
tation fdf bids for the movement Of the
Twentieth Infantry from Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. to San Francisco will be Issued by
the army on Monday. 1t is thought the
will 20 the same way. but this Is NOT def
initely known.