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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
EIeetrIcsI notes.

- An electrical apparatus for milking cows
has been invented.
The steam turbine is revoiutionizlng
steam power and cheapening the cost OF
electricity
The smallest electrical motor IN the world
can be carried In the vest pocket or worn
as a watch charm.
About seventy different kinds OF electric
heating and cooking devices are manufac-
tured today for ordinary household use.
The very latest in heating devices are
the baby milk warmer. combination shay
ing mug and water heater. and the corn
pepper.
Shoes can now be shined by electrical
power; the carpet can be cleaned by the
same force. An electrical device for wind
ing large town clocks has also been placed
on the market
The new luminous arc greatly improves
the quality and efficiency OF the arc lamps.
Lamps are made giving as much as 400
candle power or nearly Ave time n much
as the ordinary arc lamps.
The new type Of electrical automobile does
not depend upon a storage battery for
power. A small gasoline engine drives a
generator. which in turR supplies the cleo
tricity for the motors. The new device
simplihes the control and improves the
service.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

smiling occasionally through. the CRACKS in
the political stone wall which confronts
the statesman.
Some months ago. relates Human Life, he
went to the New Willard 10 attend a ban
quet. and was met at the door by a
diminutive bell boy, who. priding himself
on the recognition of a celebrity and an
occasion, approached the TAFT party with:
ITS on the tenth floor, Secretary TAFT.
but IN tote you up
The secretary, disregarding the fact that
the pocket edition of southern gentleman
was waving him toward the elevator door,
turned TO a companion and remarked
81 am not surprised that the midget of
fers to tote my rs pounds up ten stories
after tile way certain great and good
friends have been trying to boost me init
the supreme court bench" l.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

erous stories to tell Of his experiences with
autograph "fends. lie was always ready
70 grant a request Tor his sign manual
when he believed that 1t came from an
honest admirer who desired it as a personal
token or for his or her-preferably her
private collection. II was the professional
autograph hunter who sought a specimen
Of his handwriting for commercial purposes,
setting pitfalls for the unwary author
whom he tried, not always successfully, to
avoid. On one occasion, Mr.. Aldrlch re-
lated not long ago, he received a pathetic
letter, in a Woman's hand, telling of the
death Of a little daughter and asking the
poet If he would send in his own hand
writing verse or two from Babe Bell"
to help assuage the grief Of the AFFLICTED
household His sympathies were touched,
and he wrote out the whole poem and sent
Il on lie comforting mission. A few weeks
later he saw In an autograph dealers shop
the Identical manuscript, displayed for
sale at a good round price.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
CorteIYou,s secretarr.

Henry o. Weaver, private secretary to
Secretary COrtelyou is a veritable hdus
Achates TO his chief He has been with Mr..
COrtelyou ever since the latter has been a
member OF the cabinet, first as secretary Of
the Department OF Commerce and Labor,
then as postmaster general and now as
secretary OF the treasury. He accompanies
his chief everywhere Usually they lunch
together and frequently at lunch the pri-
vats secretary is seen to take out his note
book and soribble upon Il as his chief
talks in a low tone II is believed that Mr..
COrtelyOu took from President Mckinley
the hint Of the value OF having his private
secretary always In easy reach When Mr..
CorteIyOu was secretary 20 Mr.. Mckinley
the president had habit OF talking TO him
az leisure moments on subjects upon which
the chief magistrate was preparing a speech
or message and by this method the work
OF preparation was made less burdensOme
TO both.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
New and Novel Feature.

Handkerchief races, where handkerchief.
hats and other articles are dexterously
taken from the ground by the rider while
swiftly running his horse; exhibitions of
oriding the outlaw horse or the bucking
Sbroncho in its widest attempts to dis
mount the rider, foot races, potato races,
hurdle races, squaw races, etc, constitute
the features of amusement usually intro
duced in making up the entertainment
program for these meetings The riding
Of an untamed buffalo by an expert broncho
buster was introduced at Rapid City as a
fe1rure both novel and new.
street parades by the Indians in costume,
feathers and paint and on horseback was
always In order. Several hundred of the
Pine Ridge Indians were In attendance
These people had a large encampment near
the city and spent the greater portion of
their time, day and night, in entertaining
the visitors with limitations Of the old
time war dances and other features OF So
ciety etiquette peculiar to the Jed man.
The Indian cadets, numbering several
hundred, from the Indian school west Of
Rapid City. uniformed in the usual milf
tary dress, were present and gave exhibit
tons Of military drill which would do
credit to the boys Of any high school IN
the country. The young Sioux is rapidly
being cultivated into civilized habits and
customs and out of the ways ana superstt-
tions OF his forefathers. It is hard to
teach an old Indian new tricks. conse-
quently they must be permitted to carry to
the grave their old-time superstitious and
ambition for the war dance and its mem
cries.
The entertainment feature of these cattle
conventions is an Important factor with
both visitor and tina business interests of
the town where the meeting is being held.
1t is made the greateat occasion OF the
year; It surpasses in celebration effort and
exhibition interest the Fourth OF Judy.
Ranchmen and their families attend In
large numbers and from long distances,
many coming from more than 100 miles
distant. overland The Fort Meade Mill
tary band furnished music for this occa-
sion.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

aVerted.
The Interstate. Commerce commission
places the average cost a mile for steam
railroad operation at s6,4c9 Electric oper-
alton Approximately averages 5,255. We're
all the railroads equipped electrically, on
this basis, It would mean a saving in an
nual operation of $3.50 10000. Despite all
these claims and 1t will not be denied
that there is something persuasive about
them, 1t will be the part OF wisdom for
our railroad systems to deliberate well
and earnestly on transformation which
would relegate to the scrap heap the iron
horse Rpadbeds will have TO be improved
and strengthened before electric operation,
with its greater momentum and speed,
can be safely attempted, and particular
attention must be devoted to the matter OF
curves When these things have been
acted upon electricity as motive power
may be ushered IN, but not before The
spirit OF our times is progress it should
go hand in hand with prudence.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

range, untrammeled so far as any
state law is concerned. This association
also secured a wolf bounty appropriation
Of $4,000 ..-..'
In relation to the numerous complaints
that have been filed regarding the shipment
of estrays, not in marketable condition,
and also of the charges made for shipment
Of estrays, the secretary in his report saidi
I'm my opinion commission firms should
not be permitted to allow any claim for
charges for the shipment of an estray with
out the consent of the owner. If a claim
is made for shipping charges allow the COM
mission firm to hold the amount of the
claim pending a settlement, but remit the
proceeds less amount of the claim to the
owner and not hold the entire amount
until the matter is adjusted"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
MI.


the Washington Post He looks more
like well to do farmer of on a
holiday than multimillonaire. A friend
or Mr.. stickney related this story and
vouched for its accuracy.
Mr.. Suckney Is VIGOROUSLY careless in
his dress, to the great annoyance of his
wife and family
When he was starting east recently Mrs.
sticlney got after him ana made him
promise 70 go 10 first class tailor upon
his arrival IN New York and order a
complete wardrobe OF clothes.
AS l was leaving the Waldorf said
sticSney 20 me In relating the Incident.
the morning after my arrival I remem-
bered the promise I had made to my wife
about getting some clothes, so ! dropped
in tho hTst place / came to- 1t was on
Fifth avenue and seemed to be a pretty
swell establishment
I walked about examining different
pieces Of cloth. trying TO make up my mind
what l would select.
Presently a very distinguished looking
individual approached. In very conde-
scending tone he asked me what / wished
/ was little taken aback. but meekIy in
formed him that l had thought Of getting
some clothes, My friend" was the reply
Of the naughty parsonage, II think you are
in the wrong shop. We are too high priced
for you. Doubtless you can md what you
want over on Sixth avenue
Mr., Stckney thanked the lordly tailor
and left. He said that IL was the arst and
only time he had ever attempted to order
clothes Of a fashionable New York tailor "
Mr.. stickney's wealth is estimated in the
neighborhood OF 100000
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

An actor without funds managed in some
way TO get second class ticket on a
line Of steamers running between Seattle
and San Francisco. The Joyage between
these two ports consumed the bCNter part
OF three days and in view OF the fact that
his chances we're at low ebb. he solved
the question in this way: The first. day
out he SLEPT all day to Keep from eating.
ana remained up al night to keep from
sleeping The second day ne took physical
culture exercises. On the third day he
could not stand the strain any longer and
went down in the dining room and ordered
the best meal on board the boat. While
eating this meal he could see IN his minds
eye a picture OF a cell IN the bastie 10
san Francisco. After finishing his meal
he said 20 the waiter: How much do /
owe your Nothing" replied the waiter.
your meals are included In your tlcket."-
San Francisco Chronicle s'st
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
T1NG DELIVERED FoURcHE sroRAaB-vAnuB
wAao1noADs OF WOOL BEING ]

inspection Of South Dakota cattle; The
average prices received for the cattle of
1906 were higher than any previous year,
except 1890. Steers averaged 1914 cows,
$2s47, being SEQ on steers and S424 on cows
over the prices Of 1905. The ship
ments Of 1906 were 52,Ss4 less than those
of 1905. but the net returns to the range
men of the state far exceed those Of the
nreNtinus Year ---..---.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
work Done by Directors

The association meetings are principally
conducted by executive session 81 the
board OF directors, Three days Of active.
interesting business is usually employed. in
which the books Of the secretary and the
records Of the cattle inspectors are gone
over by the various interests IN view Of
adjusting the claims Of lost and stray cat
tie. where the brands they carried were
such that these authorities tailed 70 place
their Identity on 20 the satisfaction OF the
possible owners. There is al the close OF
each year the record Of a great many
unidentified strays that have passed
through the hands Of the inspectors 20 the
credit OF the association. but stHl awaiting
fnal proof and identity by the owners
Inspectors report South Dakota RANGE cat
tie inspected during the last year a Chit
cage at n2.0oO head; South Omaha. io6 sss
headi Sioux City, 1883 head. total Of
2Sa69l head. Estrays recovered from these
at Chicago n,207 head. valued al Sis8. f29 Is,
south Omaha, sos head, value $3.50. iSl %,
Sioux City, 1850 head. value S63.7 s2 81. max
ing a total OF 26i8 head OF cattle. with a
valuation OF S8lI666.6l.. In the above strays
169o were caught up at Chicago from shin
ments outside OF South Dakota shippina
points, thus most forcibly Illustrating the
efficiency Of inspection and the value OF
having membership In the association
Prosperous Coma-.IDn of Treasury.
The Western South Dakota Stock
Growers association shows a membership
OF 067 and a highly prosperous financial con-
dition. there being In the treasury 70 the
credit Of the association, after all current
expenses are paid. SAsi2.4S. The member
ship while facing the realities Of a rapidly
fading range industry under old-time
methods, are pleased with the prospects
OF better prices for cattle during the com
ing season,
The seoretarys report noted the follow.
ilg Cog ne last yeRF. lses. from the Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
pIsposltion OF strav CattIe.

This reference is to stray cattle shipped,
where the shipper has a claim of charges
for feed, keeping, etc, against the animal
and wants this to be kept, out of the pro-
ceeds of the sale. to his credit by the COM
mission firm. His request is usually COM
piled with when the commission firm be-
lieves the claim is just and reasonable
one, but where there is good reason to
believe the claim excessive, It is held with
the proceeds and turned over TO the in
spector or forwarded to the secretary Of
the cattle association in the district where
such shipment came from, to be adjusted
there by the shipper, association and owner
OF the animal, If he can be found.
The reference to the shipment of strays
not in marketable condition, applies to
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

minister OF communications, which has fol-
lowed every important improvement In the
telephone. Last year some 2OOOOOOO mes
sages were sent, there being 800 public
offices and 10000 subscribers.
Telephone charges are fixed as here on
the basis of the possible calls per year. A
subscriber pays an extra charge for long
distance calls.
To avoid all danger the government has
begun TO put its wires underground. In
switchboard construction numerous de-
vices have been tried as fast as they have
been installed in European telephone sta
lions. But the three principal kinds I'm use
are the standard telephone switchboard,
the multiple telephone switchboard of the
Western Electric company and the Man
telephone switchboard. These, with the
exception of the second. are, with certain
notifications, manufactured IN Japan, and
are even better than those which were first
imported. The manufacture of telephones
themselves has had a rapid development,
until today it has reached fair perfection.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
Telephones In japan.

In 1890 the Japanese government decided
to undertake the building Of telephone
lines which were to be a government mo-
nopoly, and telephone service was first
opened In Toxic and Yokohama in that
year. BY 1895 extensive developments had
been made. the reach OF communication
including all important cities.
The system is under the control OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
Is1ss

HE uIJeentn annual meeting OF the
Western South Dakota Stock
Growers association was held at
49laN0 Rapid City April to TO- inclusive.
- The weather was ideal for the
successful carrying out of the wild west
features Of the program which the citizens
had arranged for the occasion II is custo-
mary at these meetings to reproduce many
OF the early-day practices and amusements
engaged In by the cowboy and the Indian
In the pioneer days of the settling Of the
plains by the cattleman. In equestrianship
these features are almost without limit
with the cowboy and the Indian, so skilled
and expert have many Of them become
from their life on the back Of the COW
pony.
Cow pony races and what they term res
cue races, where the rider makes a terrible
dash Of 200 yards or more, and as he turns
his horse takes another rider on behind
him and dashes back at the highest posi-
BILE speed to the point OF starting. The
contest is for the shortest time, by the
watch. in performing this task. From
twenty-five to fifty contestants are often
entered for these races, and the excitement
manifest by the thousands of sightseers
when the second rider springs to the back
of the swiftly moving horse as he turns
in doubling the distance run can only be
appreciated by those who have witnessed
the exciting performance.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

The opening OF the new electric road on
the Rochester division OF tho Erie railroad
last month marks another achievement OF
American ingenuity In electrical railway
science. For the first time steam railway
Is using a slngle-phase alternating motor
for moving trains. The power comes from
Niagara Falls, seventy miles away. The
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

symRAthies worked uD6n. o..
The late Thomas Bailey AldT1oh, like
many another well known writer. had num-
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
New DEVELOPMENTS in the Field OF Electricity

new system has been Installed on the main
line OF the Erie between Rochester and
Avon and on a branch from Avon to Mount
Morris. II covers thirty-four miles OF
single track and is intended for passenger
service only. The equipment is an expert
ment. A recent test was very successful
If this experiment is successful, the sys-
TEN will be used on other divisions OF the
Erie The system has been developed in
the last three years by the Westinghouse
interests, the engineering work having been
done by Westinghouse. Church, Kerr & Co.
Its novelty is found in the use of the
alternating current Instead of the direct
current that has been generally employed
By steam railroads.
.
Telephony i'm Greater New York,
Within a radius of thirty-three miles OF
the New York City hall there is one tele-
phone for every fourteen persons. Within
this same circle 5000 women between the
ages of Is and 25 years are employed in
the business. These women arrange for the
talk of most Of the business done In the
metropolis. Their vocabulary is almost as
brief as the yea, yea. and may, nay''
injunction OF the Sermon on the Mount
Number, please" is the sum total on an
average, OF the communications between a
telephone operator and the person on the
line. OF the number mentioned 5000 are
In the direct employ OF the New York
Telephone company. The remaining 10000
are employed by the big commercial houses,
hotels. apartment houses, railroad offices.
public buildings and others business organi-
cations These figures place New York in
the lead in telephone communications OF
the cities of the world. London. with its
environs. has only about 1000 girls In it's
telephone service. The number OF messages
handled daily in New York by operators is
estimated to be 100000. This Is an average.
The number Of telephones IN the metropoli-
tan district is $4,000 and 1872 "centrals'' are
called up every minute in the day. In
many big establishments there are as many
telephones working as are often found in
cities containing population OF from 10000
TO 10000 In the Waldorf Astoria alone
there are LOO telephones. In one Of the
great department stores IN the retail dis
trict there are more than loo telephones,
and the system is so slmplifed that a Gus
toner can sit at a counter and order any
article in stock in any department under the
roof.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

Stickney and the Tailor.
b. STICKNEY. the president Of
the Chicago Great Western rail-
way, does not answer the popular
description of a railway magnate
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

"Toting" Secretary TAFT.
Secretary Tart too. Il not avsrss "a
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28

Talks on Future Wonders.
THE future Thomas Alva Edison
plans to work untrammelled by
commercial letters. He hopes to
solve many a scientific problem
vitality associated with human
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-06-28
THE REoRGANIZEo NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The new Board of Trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge OF
the company's affairs and has begun
the work of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers c.
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that life insurance COM
pany should be managed by life in
surance men. The new president is
Darwin P. Kingsley, college bred
man of good New England stock, who
has been in the company's service in
variety of capacities for a period or
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
of life insurance, he began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the COM
pany is Thomas A. Buckner. who has
served the company for more than
quarter of century,-indeed has
never had any other business Gomez
ton.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company's
service. each an expert in his own de-
partment of work. VIM. e. IngerSOl,
who has for many years had charge
of the company's great business in
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, and will continue at the head
of the company's office in Paris.
Rufus w. Weeks. who has been in
the company's service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr.. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
actuary of the company
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no un-
certain terms. The upheaval in life in
surance within the last two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder-
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at a heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The com
pany had $4,000. 1000 insurance on
its books when the life insurance in
vestigation began and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$3.50, 100000 a year (Which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did, the company's outstanding bust
ness still exceeds So, 000, 0O0,0 900.
Policyholders generally will be still
further treasured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
of thorough training and unexception
able character. !