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Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

The buildings, with two exceptions only, are
OF even a more temporary type of construc-
ton than were our fimsier structures, and
their plans include much work which the ar
chitects characterize as ginger bread" This
will be affected by the lapse of time and the
brilliant paints which are everywhere to be
used are likely to grow dingy.
Paris in IA Dust storm.
That only two buildings-the great and
little art palaces-are being built Of the
famous French sandstone, is a temporary
blessing to all Paris. The dust from this
sandstone is white and so penetrating that
It becomes a public nuisance. 1t has &C
tually changed the color of the roadway
in the Champs Elysee. From the ordi-
nary brown of the average macadam road
the pavement has became a dirty gray
from the white dust blown and tracked
into 1t from the neighborhood of the art
palaces. This has also had its effect ON
the health of the trees which have helped
to make this famous avenue one Of the
most beautifur in the world. The stone
OF which these superb buildings are being
constructed is taken from the very bowels
of Paris, from the same stratum of under
ground France in which the catacombs
were dug. 1t is soft and very easily worked
when first taken out, but 1t hardens after
exposure TO the air. one OF the early Won-
ders OF the show is the famous diamond
saw, which is now continually at work on
the exposition grounds and which cuts this
rock as a sharp knife might cut white
~cheese-thereby adding to the dust which
pervades Paris and blows and blows and
blows, until your eyes and your ears and
your mouth are full OF 1t. No such ma
chine was ever made before. 1t is about
seven feet in diameter and its saving edge
Is studded with Brazilian diamonds or
'boorts." 1t has cut stones two feet thick
and twelve or fourteen feet long In a
quarter of an hour. The same work would
take three or four days of a competent
man's time,
DANCE I'm Politics.
Paris believes the show will be a great
success. There is no likelihood that she will
be mistaken If she succeeds in keeping her
temper long enough and fails to have a
revolution. "The Dreyfus case" said a very
important Frenchman to me the other day,
would have caused a real revolution long
before this had 1t not been for the approach
ing exposition" This Is probably true.
Mere principle would scarcely keep the mer-
curial French people cool-headed through
such a crisis; but the hope of gain will
make a Frenchman do anything-even keep
quiet The middle class-and that is the
governing elements thrifty Utmost to the
point OF meanness, and has been thoroughly
eignen. It's people will spare no effort to
preserve and make perfect so fire a chance
as the exposition will offer. Paris is a city
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

OF small shopkeepers. Napoleon said a
dozen times that that fact alone would save
It. Il makes the proportion OF nonproperty
h~olders-those who have little OF nothing
10 save OF lose-comparatively small. Half
a dozen mobs have rushed through the
Paris streets during recent months, any one
of which would, in an ordinary year, have
gathered strength and numbers enough to
have done great harm. But, with the expo
sltion in view, the efforts TO prevent such
a catastrophe-to save the life OF the goose
that lays The golden egg-were not only
earnest. They were desperate. And so far
they have succeeded. How completely the
government realizes the danger Is shown
exercised on telegraphic dispatches going out
OF Paris. President Doubet and his cabinet
know that to brighten the foreigners at
this stage OF the game would be fatal to
the show. Fond mammas have no desire
to take their darlings on streets likely to
be mob-swept; nor have exhibitors any
yearning to place their treasures in build
ings which may be looted. ut is possible
that the approaching Of the exposition may
save France from a cataclysm," said my in
The Moon within n Few Miles.
The most interesting of the scientific ex-
hibits will be the great telescope, built on
an entirely new plan. The difference be-
tween 100000 miles and forty-two miles is
said by its projectors to be what this great
instrument will bring about when the
American looks at the moon through
1t. 1t will magnify the moon 10, 1000 times.
highest magnifying power obtained
any other telescope 80 far has been
about 1000 times. An object on the sur
face OF the moon 700 feet long will be Wis
ible 10 the eye at the telescopes big re-
iector as an object one-thirtieth OF an inch
in length. The very largest ocean steamer
sails earthly seas would look, II trans
ported and set afloat on a moon lake, some
what smaller than this when gazed at by
the aid Of the big telescope.
This machine will cost, completed, more
than $500, 900. Its object glasses will weigh
500 pounds, and cost not less than $3.50, 900.
Its plan Of construction is distinctly
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Could not express the rapture Of Annie e.
Springer Of 1125 Howard street. Philadelphia.
Pa, when she found that DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption had completely
cured her of a hacking cough that for many
years had made life a burden. All other
and doctors could give her no help.
but she says OF this Royal Cure: at soon
removed the pain in my chest and I can
now sleep soundly. something I can scarcely
remember doing before. / feel like sounding
its praises throughout the universe" So will
every one who tries DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for any trouble Of the Throat. Chest
or Lungs. Price soc and 1.00. Trial bottles
free at Kuhn G. Co.'s drug store: every
bottle guaranteed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

and little can be found out on this most
fascinating subject. 1t is fair to suppose
that Paris, the gayest OF cities, will quite
outstrip any previous efforts made by the
more staid municipalities. 1t is also and
pleasantly certain that the innate art of the
French nature will prevent such gayish ex-
hibitions of bestial vulgarity as marked our
own worlds fair. / have only heard of one
American Midway enterprise, and that one is
to say the least, inoffensive. Captain Will
liam c. Oldrine of Boston, 1t has been an
nounced here, will attempt to walk across
the ocean on enormous FIVE foot cedar shoes
and afterwards place himself on exhibition.
The biggest room in the world will also
be a feature Of the Paris show. There are
larger buildings than Machinery Hall will
be, but according to the claims made by
the Partisan promoters, none has ever had
so great a single floor space-12, 544 meters.
The amphitheater has been planned to seat
Is, 900 spectators, daylight being admitted
through an immense cupola OF glass.
An American Railway Train.
Two interesting railway features are under
way. One is an American railway train
consisting of ordinary coaches, palace car
and express cal, which will run frequently
between the main grounds OF the exposition
and the annex at Vincennes. One might
hope that this train might be an
object lesson to the benighted Calls and
induce them to give up their antiquated sys-
tenn Of compartment cars in favor OF our
more convenient and healthful designs, were
1t not for the experience Of an English rail-
way sone years ago. The American line
of steamships docks at Southampton. From
there to London, trains are run at high
speed in two and a half hours. The Amert-
can line endeavored to please Its patrons
by inducing the road to put on the most
improved and high class American palace
cars. Englishmen would not ride in the
beautiful vehicles, and the service had to be
abandoned. Those superb cars are now
visible-neglected and rotting-sidetracked
In the railway yard at Southampton. 1t
will probably be the same in Paris. The
other railway novelty will be an immense
panorama of the barbaric scenery along the
czar's famous projected rans-Siberian rail
way.
An interesting item appeared the other
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

An interesting item appeared the OF
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

Cooking utensils can be provided with a
new c~over-holding device. which holds the
cover tightly for draining off the water or
allows It's removal without scalding the
hands, a strip OF metal being curved TO fit
the handle Of the dish, with a clip to engage
the knob on the cover.
Advertisements are stamped on cigars by
the operation OF a new tip cutter, the cigar
being placed in a curved slot and the hinged
top Of the machine depressed, bringing a
heated die plate in contact with the side OF
tho cigar as the tip is cut. thus burning the
reading matter into the tobacco.
A Connecticut woman has patented an en-
broidery hoop which does not have to be
stretched over the interior hoop 10 fasten the
cloth. the outer hoop being provided with a
piyoted lever, which can be opened to on
large the diameter OF the hoop. being closed
again 10 grip tho inner hooD.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

The first elopement by automobile is re-
ported from Berlin. where two young people
eluded the parental pursuit and wrath by
climbing into a machine and turning on the
power. Fortunately the man was an engi-
neer, who knew how to carry his sweetheart
safe and sound to a preacher, and the
father of the bride, a wealthy manufacturer,
has already forgiven them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10

Dewitt's Little Early Risers permanently
cure chronic constipation, biliousneas. nerv-
business and worn -out feeling; cleanse and
regulate the entire system. Small. pleasant,
never grippe or sicken-"fsmous little pills. Z"
The record-union., 1899-05-06
BLUEFIELDS TROUBLE.
The State of Affairs Not Believed
to be Very Critical.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-In answer
to complaints by our Government that
its dispatches to and from our agents.
Consular and naval, in Nicaragua are
being intercepted and delayed. the
State. Department has been informed
that the trouble is that the land lines
forming an essential part of the cable
system have been unavoidable in Mic
aragua. The department has been dis
patching there for it's orders and adj
vices to and from Bluefields via Grey
town, by means of boats, but the SER
vice that way has also been found TO
be SO slow and unreliable that the plan
has been made of communicating by
steamer with New Orleans. which in
wolves only delay of two or three days.
The state of affairs in Bluefelds. ac-
cording to the last reports to the State
Department, is not belived to be very
critical
Mr. Merry, the United States Min
lister, has reached that place from
Managua, the capital. but he had not,
at last accounts, received his instruc-
lions to guide him in dealing with the
controversy between the American mer
chants at Bluefields and the Nicara-
guam Government. He has been ad-
vised by cable that these instructions
are on the way, and he is awaiting their
arrival before taking any further steps.
Meanwhile the Government here is by
no means clear as to the legal right of
the United States merchants in Blue
fields to claim exemption from the pay
ment of duties already paid TO the in
surgent leader Reyes. and the whole
subject is now before the Attorney
General
The record-union., 1899-05-06
The Postoffice Department Makes
Public the Letter Of Atkinson
On Which Was Based the Action In Seiz-
Ing His Circulars.
Not Only Advises the
Volunteers Against Remaining
in Philippines, but Encourages
the Filipinos to Instruction.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Postof-
flee Department to-day made public the
letter of Edward Atkinson Of Boston on
which the action of the Department in
Selling his pamphlets was based. Many
letters asking information about the
subject have reached here, and the fol-
lowing statement was given out to-day
by Postmaster General Smith:
In view of the statement of Mr.. Ed
ward Atkinson that he sent his PAM
phlets only to Admiral Dewey, General
Otis, President Schurmann and three or
four others, the letter of Mr. Atkinson
containing his application will be Of in
terest. 1t is as follows:
BOSTON, April 22-To the Secre-
tary of War, Washington-Sir 1 desire
to send a large number of the enclosed
pamphlets on The Cost of a National
Crime" THE He'll of War and It's Pen
alties,' Criminal Aggression, by Whom
Committed?'' to the officers and privates
in the Philippine Islands. 1 therefore
desire to know whether or not these
documents can be sent directly through
the War Department or may be for
warded in due course by mail. A list of
regiments is desired, and if there are
printed lists of officers available they
would serve me very useful purpose
EDWARD ATKINSON
No answer was made to this letter
except to send an official copy to the
Postmaster General, who issued instruc-
tons to the Postmaster at San Fran
cisco to hold the pamphlets The spirit
and design of the pamphlets will be
indicated by a few extracts In one of
them Mr.. Atkinson says:
1 will append one question to each
reader: How much increase in taxa
ton are you willing to bear, and how
many of our neighbors' sons are you
willing to sacrifice by fever, malaria
and venereal diseases in order to ex-
tendthe sovereignty of the United States
over the West Indies and the Philip
pines?'
Again, after describing what he
he calls The He'll of War and It's Pen
alties,' Mr.. Atkinson says:
=" Lest others should be entrapped
into enlistment in the regular army or
volunteer service in the tropics, it will
only be fair and honest on the part of
the recruiting officers to put them in
possession of these facts
Again Mr.. Atkinson says: The way
has already become plain for the youth
of the land to avoid disease in the trop-
les by refusing to volunteer or enlist in
the army or the navy of the United
States The way will be found for the
volunteers now held against their will
to get their release from unlawful SER
vice in any other country than their
own after peace is declared
Mr.. Atkinson not only speaks thus of
and to the soldiers, but encourages the
Filipinos to insurrection when he says,
They have the power to enter into in
ternational relations and they may yet
be recognized, and rightly recognized,
by other powers.
The record-union., 1899-05-06
CABINET MEETING.
Questions Brought Up at Yester-
days Session.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Three mem
bers of the Cabinet, SECRETARIES Gage
and Alger and Attorney General Griggs.
were absent from to-day's meeting.
The meeting was comparatively brief
The President and the Cabinet re-
garded the situation in the Philippines
as improving, Notwithstanding the
fighting, and the early surl ender of the
insurgent forces is anticipated
Postmaster General Smith read to the
Cabinet a letter from Edward Atkinson.
President of the Anti-Imperialistic
League, asking permission to send to
officers and soldiers serving in the Phil
iprines copies of the interdlcted litera-
ture of the league. The letter vas dated
several days ago, and it was the receipt
OF this letter which induced the Post
office Department to take action. No
reply was or is to be made to it.
The record-union., 1899-05-06
GUNBOAT VIXEN.
Ordered to Immediately Sail for
Bluefie1ds.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-An order
has been made by the Navy Depart
ment for the immediate dispatch of The
converted yacht Vixen to Eluefelds.
Nicaragua.
The Vixen is now a formidable light
dranght gunboat. She is at Norfolk
fitting out for a cruise tc the Philip
pines via Suez route. The order 10 Nj
caragua will simply delay her arrival
at Manila, for it is the intention of the
Navy Department to replace her in
Nicaraguan waters by another gunboat
at an early date
1t is said at the Navy Department
that no advices of late date have been
received from Bluefields tending to
show the existence of a crisis, and it is
likely that the purpose of senGing the
Vixen is to replace the Detroit. which is
too large and of too great drau-.1t 10
render the best service
The record-union., 1899-05-06
SEVENTY DAYS OF DARKNESS.
Experience Of the Gerlacher Ant
Arctic Expedition.

NEW YORK, May 5.-The steamer
Coya, from South American ports,
brought some news about Captain
Adrian d. Gerlachers Belgica Ant
arctic expedition. On March DIST the
Coya put into Punta Arenas, a Chilean
trading settlement on Terra del Fuega
in the Straits of Magellan, and while
her skipper, Captain Thomas, was
ashore he met DR.. Cook of Brooklyn.
who was one of those in charge of the.
Belgica-
Captain Cook said he had a most in
teresting voyage and might go on an
other expedition before returning to
the United States. For severity DAYS
the party was in total darkness. Two
men were lost, one overheard and one
from sickness. The Belgica was stuck
in the ice for twelve months while ex-
ploring AleXanderland.
captain Thomas says that DR. Cook
Gid not know of the Spanish American
war until told of it by Captain Thorn
as, who left him file of newspapers.
Captain Thomas brought with him a
letter to post to Miss Anna E. Forbes
Captain Cooks sweetheart. Miss
Forbes died about a year ago.
The record-union., 1899-05-06
DOUBLE HANGING.
William Strather and Charles
Wins1ow Executed.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The double
hanging of William Strather and Chas
Winston at the District Jail, passed off
quietly. The two colored men started
for the scaffold just at noon, and seven
minutes later they We're swinging from
the galloWs.
Several ministers were with them
throughout the morning, and both men
neglected light luncheon sent them
by the Warden in order to sing and
pray with their spiritual advisers.
Winston and Strather both sang on
the way from their cell to the scaffold,
and continued to sing until the drop
fell.
Strather killed Rose Talbot. who had
left her hsuband to live with him. The
murder was committed with a hatchet
October Is, 1897.
Winston shot his wife, Emma, while
in bed December 13, 1897. He at first
claimed that his wife attempted to kill
him and then committed suicide, but
at a, second trial he admitted having
killed the woman
Strather was about %, his occupation
being that of a, newsboy Winston was
about "a.
The record-union., 1899-05-06
CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
Tariff Schedules and Port Regula.
lions for the Islands.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Acting Sec
rotary of War Meiklejohn, by direction
of the President. has adopted the fol-
lowing amendments to the tariff sched-
ules and port regulations in Porto Rico
and Cuba:
First-The tariff rate on batter ard
oleomargarine to Porto Rico has been
reduced from S4.10 per hundred kilo-
grammes, to $40 per 100 kiIosramnles.
Second-The tariff rates on vitrified
brick for paving purposes in Cuba have
been reduced from 30c per 100 kilo-
grammes to &c.
Third-Temporarily all vessels. Amer
lean or foreign, are permitted to load
or clear for Porto Rican ports without
being subject to penalties.
Fourth-Hereafter any resident in
Cuba or any nationality and any citi-
The record-union., 1899-05-06
New American ShipbuiIding Co.

CLEVELAND, May 5.-It develops
that Senator Hanna is the largest
owner of stock in the new American
Ship Building Company, representing
the consolidated ship yards of the
great lakes Robert Wallace of Cleve-
land is second on the list of stock
holders. AT the first meeting of the
officials of the new company, just held
here it was decided to allow all mat
ters pertaining to the management of
the several plants to continue without
change of any kind until contracts are
COMPLETED.
The record-union., 1899-05-06
TOPICS OF THE TURF.
SPRING MEETING OPENS AT
MORRIS PARK TODAY,
The Metropolitan Handicap, in
Which Sixteen Starters Are An
nounced, the Chief Event

NEW YORK, May 5.-Although the
racing season in New York began over
fortnight ago at Aqueduct. the real
opening of the sport-swill be tomorrow
when the gates of Morris Park will
be thrown open for the spring meeting
of the Westchester Racing Associa-
ton. The chief event on tomorrow S
card is the Metropolitan Handicap.
and sixteen are announced as start
ers. The entries and weights follow :
Algol 126, st. Cloud 119, Don de Orc
III, Banastar lib, F'irearm ll3 Flor
enso 112, Swiftmas ITO. Previous 10,
Box 1903. Filigranee s102 Caoutchouc
50. Twinkler 80, Acrobat 81, Great %,
Sanders no. Imp 112.
RACES AT NEWPORT.
CINCINNATI. May 5.-Weather fine
and track fast. Results:
Seven and a half furlonss, Monad-
hour won, Clara Meader second, Lii
lian Reed third. Time-1:3l1a.
Four and a half furlongs, selling.
Cheesestraw won, Indian second. Nina
B. third. Time-0:561a.
One mile, selling, Amber Glints won.
Banquo II. second, Jack Martin third.
Time-1.4414.
Seven and a half furlongs, selling.
True Light won, Can Gallop second,
Lucy NJ. third. Time-1:31A.
Five and a half furlones. Medlcr
won, Charlotte C. second, The Geeser
third. Time--1:10.
One mile, selling, T. w. won, Kris
Kringle second, Prosecutor third.
Time-1 :43
AT OAKT,AED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5-Results
at Oakland
Five furlongs, Tar Hill CMacklin).
IL to 8, won; Flush of Gold (Cole) so
to l, second; San Tomas (Piggott, 6
to 8, third. Time-1:021a Bamboulia,
May Gertrude and Gusto also ran.
Seven furlongs, selling, Sevoy
(Hahn), Is to /, won, CabriIlo (Pig-
gott), = to 3, second; Lochness (Nar-
vaez), to 1, third. Time-1 29H. Una
Colorado Jerilderio, Bonito, Meadow
Lark, Naranja Scintillate, Oscuro.
Rosemaid Shellac and Terra Archer
also ran.
Six furlongs, Benroe (Dingley), 10 to
D, Won; Majesty (Jenkins), ) to L.
second; Judge Napton (Narveaz). %
to 1, third. Time-1:16A. Bueno, AL
YIN T., Jennie Glib, Heritage. Cyaro
Henry c., Nuncomar, Polaski and
May McCarty also ran.
One mile, selling, Glengaber (Ward).
D to z, won; Gilberto (Bassnger), u to
!. second; Nilgar (McNichols), 8 to ).
third. Time-1:44A. Thyme, Judge
Wofford, Anchored, Roulette Whee!
and Gardiner also ran.
Six furlongs, selling. Heigh Ho
Jenkins), . to ]. won: Horatio
(Glover), 6 to /, second; Sly (Narveaz).
to 2, third. Time-1:15A. Highland
Ball, Mocorito, Rey Hooker, Eta H,
Ping, Piexotto, Einstein, Benamela and
Amasa also ram
Six furlongs, handicap, Ailyar
Reiff), 2 to 3, won; Genua (Coburn)
30 to l, second Rosemonde Genkins),
8 to 2 third. Time-1:14A. Olinthus
and Tony Licalzi also ran
The record-union., 1899-05-06
Kruger's Reply to Chamberlain

CAPE TOWN, May 5.-The reply of
President Kruger of the Transvaal Re
public to the demand from the British
Secretary of State for the Colonies Jo-
seph Chamberlain, for the cancellation
of the dynamite concession, is published
here to-day. President Kruger con-
tends that the concession is bona fide,
and constitutes no breach of the London
Convention. The Transvaal, President
Kruger insists, is entitled to it's opinion
as to what is best for the interests of
the republic. The amendment of the
concession as asked by the British Gov
eminent, the President adds, would be
a breach of faith with regard 20 other
parties
The record-union., 1899-05-06

zen of the United States may serve as
master of any vessel engaged in the
coasting trade of Cuba without re-
nouncing his allegiance or nationality
Persons desiring to be masters are only
compelled to take an oath that during
such service the permit granted 20 such
vessel to engage in the coasting trade
of Cuba shall not be used for any other
vessel or in amy other trade or business
whereby the revenues of the island
shall be defrauded, and that they will
obey the laws and regulations pre-.
scribed by the properly constituted au-
thorities of the island.