Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 21, 1893, Page 15

DERGROUND WONDER Southeast New Moxico. IMATIONS OF GREAT SIZE AND BEAUTY o Shapes and Pillara of Stone red by Natare's Architect—The Whilom Home of a Petrified Man Now on His Travi Eony, New Mexico, May 16, —{Correspon- ence of Tur Bee |- In the Guadalupe ountains, eighteen miles west of Kddy, ere is a great cavern, or rather a series of em, that are attracting the attention of 1l scientific men, tourists and sight seers ho come this way. The locality is reached |y & most delightful drive, over a ragged nge of foot hills, up a rough, picturesque Janyon, whose frowning walis of brown lime- tone rise sheer from its graveled pavement undreds of feet, decorated here and thero th rare and beautiful specimens of cacti, niper, mountain laurel, etc. The first twelve miles of the drive are er & good, smooth road, but that portion of t lying through the canyon and over the in- ervening foot hills is exceedingly rough. It ollows up a dry creek, which must bo ed more than a dozen times, and at ome of these crossings one is compelled to mp boulders half as large as the carriage heel. In some places the banks of this reek are almost perpendicular, and from Jour to ten feet high. A good driver, how- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, the alleged petrified human body was foun e wrn ing o ma A pro ing west the ex lmm enters o irge chamber on the left, in which stands a able Series of Oaverns Discovered in :;";-u pillar about eight feet in diameter at e ground and about fourteen feet hieh. From the outer margins of this hang some beautiful stalactites, which are similar m form to the pipes of An organ, from which the entire body has been christened “the organ.” Just to the right of this are other broad stalactites, which suggest the form of heavy, damask curtains, pushed back on their supports into heavy folds. A walk of about 100 feet, through an easy and yet picturesque section of the main pass- age, brings one 1o another immense chamber, the ceiling of which is 20 to 30 feet high, and from which several other but smaller cham- bers open. Just at the entrance of this large gallery there are a number of hand- some pillars extending from floor to roof. Several of these have grown until they are morged into one another, while others stand entirely separate. There is one point, how- ever, at which two of the largest and ‘most shapely of these pillars stand about three feet apart, and the entire ar- rangement is such as an architect might have planned had he intended this as a gate- way from a castle hall to the finnien beyond. Groups of these pillars stand at regular in- tervals throughout this large chamber, and a great torch, lighted in the farther side of the chamber, reveals a cluster of statuary more beautiful and striking than can be found in any art gallery in the world. On the right hand side of the passage, a few feet beyond this chamber, there is an irregular-shaped room, in the floor of which is a well filled with good, fresh water. Strangely, the stage of water in this-well fluctuates. At times it stands almost to the level of the floor, while at other times it is eight or ton feet below. 1 have not yet been able to determine its depth, as it does not extend straight down, but zigzags. There are ovidences that at some remote period of time the water has stood much higher than it has of late years, as there are handsome terraces extending ——— = T ‘h‘) ever, with a good pair of horses can make the trip safely. After passing’ through the first canyon the trail lies through a beautiful park, in Wwhich are many specimens of the pyramid hctus. On the occasion of my last trip to the cave these were in bloom. ~The flower is f a deep maroon red, is cup-shaped, about wo inches in diameter, and on some of the ‘ Byrnmlds there were more than 100 of these , ‘blossoms so close zggmhur thatthe petals, in many cases, touched eachother. The moun- J§ain laurel was also in bloom. This shrub ars 4 handsome cluster of flowers, white fim purple, and emits a_rich odor. In this ark there are thousands of the eccentric otus usually known as “niggers’ ears” in he states, These assume many ana varied forms and also bear, in season, a beautiful lossom. ‘The last mile of the trail lies up the side of a steep mountain that is overlaid with salated limestone, from every fissure of hich grows a cluster of a dwarf form of panish daf er, These are an exceedingly el, painful thing for horses to travel over, &nd the trail has not been used - enough to lestroy them. At the fcot of this hill there a large, extinct geyser. which has formed cone about mmr‘ feet in diameter, about 1x feot high, with a distinct crater about hn feer in diameter, This cone 1s fnade of broken rock, thrown up by the fetion of hot water and steam, or gas. Some f the rock is limestone, which is the coun- 'y rock. ‘There are also fragments of quartz, ndstone, sienite and granite, which have OGome from great depths, showing that an mense force has boen exerted in throwing em up. There is no outcropping of granite ithin 500 miles of this place. Some of these fragments of rock have been burned and me melted, assuming the forms of lava nd scoria. In the center of the crater is a eposit of charred earth, or other mincral ntter, left there when the geyser subsided. ere are many of these extinct geysers in the Pecos country, and some of them bear | evidences of comparatively modern life, Geologists who have examined them say that they have been active not more than too years ugo, and possibly more recently han this, Just as I started up the side of the moun- ain seven male deer crossed the trail only o hort distance ahead. They appeared not to be'much frightened. They walked briskly for a considerable distance and then n- creased their speed to an easy trot, finally passiug over the ridge out of sight. It was _mot the proper season of the year for hunt- ing deer, and, besides, I did not have a gun, 'T'hv opening of the cave is high up on the side of the mountain, probably 1,000 feet _aboye Ixddy, which is 8,250 feet above the sea level, The entrance is somewhat difi. cult. It is through a wide perpendicular fis. sure in limestono through which it ficult toclinb, These walls ave overgrow: some distance below the surtace with gigan- vic nigger's ear cactus, which bristle with " many thorns and which must be carefully avoided. After climbing down a steep decliv- ity to perhaps ten feet aladder about six feet ' loug s reached, which lands the explover at the foov of the rock wall and at the mouth of the cave proper. From the foot of the lad- “der there is another figsure in the rock lead- ing to the west, at a dip of about twenty de- grees, Hero it is necessary to lie down and crawl a distance of about thirty feer, when the explorer is fairly in the cave, and may stand erect. About 100 yards to the southeast of the main entrance is another entrance, which is more difilcult, however, than the one described. About both of these openings there are clusters of hackberry and laurel trees of considerablo size, the only ones that grow anywhere within soveral miles of this r)lnl. The explanation of this growth in his locality is that there isa draftof air coming out of the cave at all times, which carries with it more or less moisture, while she outside air 18 extremely dry. This moist- ure has given Life to the trees here and .mourishes them from year to year. From the first chamber, which is reached ’ after entering the cuve, there is a long passage which turns to the north, while the main passage bears almost due west, This porthern passage descends rapidly over a series of great slabs of limestone, the over- hanging rock belg about seven to ten feet above the pavement. Small chambers open Off from this passage to the left, but contain no objects of special interest. The passage grows nrrrower and the upper nu] lower walls closer together as one advances, until the end of this passage is reached, which is about 200 feet from the main entrance. There seems to have been no water in, or leakage from the overhead stratum of rock, as there are no water formations in this branch of the cave. Returning to the wain passage and proceeding west about fifty feet the ex- r euters a large chamber, which bears the south and which ends in the south entrance to the cave alveady men- _ Sloned. Bearing to the right and advancing perhaps auother fifty feet, is another large chamber, which rises is cvmnht that the lq o; e 0! earth, and that it could be reached b 3 fow feet from ll‘ top of ti P shown by the fact that g the stalacti m the dome , and inference is that the through the soil and b uhulfll-:ta twenty feet back from the present surface of the well, which have been formed by lime, magnesium, etc., deposited by the water as it gradually receded, ur other large chambers are reached in rapid succession, west from the well, all of which are richly decorated with nature's statuary, and all offering new and varied at- tractious in the way of form, coloring, etc. From nearly all of these various chambers there are small, intricate passages leading out, but few of which have ever been ex- plored. It has been ascertained, howe ver that the explorer who has the time and the courage to lie downand crawl through a long, narcow passage may enter other chambers or main avenues leading off through the moun- tain in various directions. In fact, it is be- lieved that this whole mountain, which is some two miles wide from east to west and five or six miles long from north to south is honeycombed with these gloomy caverns, In time all this labyrinth of underground caverns will be hunted out, explored and fully mapped. S Tn several places water is leaking slowly through the overhead rock and the process of building stalactites and stalagmites goes slowly on. Several of the former that have lately been made, and that are but a fow inches long, terminate in hooks, the ends of which turn up toward the roof.’ As to how this form is brought about no one has yet been able to determine. This cave is in many respects equal to the Mammoth cave of Kentucky, the Luray caverns of Virginia or any other of the weil known underground resorts in the states, I e been all through the Mammoth cave and cansay frankly that there is nothing in it that excels in beauty or grandeur some of the apartments in the Guadalupe cave. The former is only more interesting as being more extensive than the Guadalupe cave, so far as known at this time. It is not atall unlikely, however, that when the ex- vlorations of the Guadalupe cave are finished it may be found even more wonder- ful ana more extensive than the Mammoth cave or any of the others, Some enterpri- Iy \ i 1); ‘ at the Guadalupe cave, will enlarge the entrance, place an easy stairway leading down into it, install an electric plant and hang powerful lights all through the various chamters and narrow passages, which may be ignited or extinguished by pressing a but- ton. He will improve the road leading to the cave and put it in such shipe that the trip thence will be much easier and can be made in much less time than at present. He will bave your team fed and groomed, your boots shined, and will feed you and show you all through the cave while you wait. In fact 1t would not be at all strange if an electric street car line should be built from Eddy to the cave within three years. Stranger things than this are happening in New Mexico every day, In past ages this cave has been inhabited by myriads of bats, though for some un- known reason there are none in it now. They have left vast deposits of guano of which an analysis has been made, and it is found rich in r!ml phorus, nitrogen and other elements of plant food. The chemist of the Agricuitural department at Washington, who made the analysis, states that the uano is worth about a ton in the mar- et, There are hundreds of tons of it, ana in time it will be taken out and marketed, I have already referred to the fact that a “petrified man” was found in this cave. The discovery came about in this way: Two en- terprising carpenters, named Doll and Coates, were out hunting in November last. They accidentally, of course, found the en- trance wo this cave, and accidentally had some candles with l.ium. They crawled into the cave, explored it for some distance, and whflc‘mngl about by the dim light of a candle, Doll stumbled onto the alleged pet- rifaction, nwlir under the great dome al- ready described. e was, of course, tricken when o' found that % ho! in [ hunw:”htay. oomnnhm ther amined it carefully and with great tevest. They were, of course, thoroughly convinced that it was a &a:'nha human el oy died there sowew] olse been placed there by friends or foes. Thoy were In- olined to believe that ho had been murdered somewhere in the country, taken there and hidden away in the cave, and that they were the Arst to discover this rp‘hmtly evidenoce of the crime. They returned to town, reported their find, and the news created great ex- citement. The next day a large party went out with a farm wagon and several carriages to bring in the body. They arrived late at night, and at daylight the next morning the house of one of the carpenters was besioged by hundreds of men, women and children, anxious to get a glimpse of the wonderful piece of human statuary. But few people were admitted to the house, however, and the others were told that the body would soon bs on exhi- bition up town. Soon after _sunrise © photographer, who was on good terms with one of the ‘‘discoverers” of the body, ot permission to make a photograph of it. eantime, one G. L. Traber,a friend of Coates, appeared on the scene, nailed up a rudo pine box and brought it to the house, | when the body was loaded on a drav and | driven to a vacant store room. on one of the principal streets. Here the find was placed on exhibition, at #1 a glimpse, and over §100 was taken in before noon. 0 Meantime, certain skeptics, who had seen the body, claimed that it was not a case of petrifaction, but that it had been manufac- tured out of whole cloth, or rather out of Portlaud cement. An investigation was started, and, on inquiry at the local railway office, it was found that a box weighing 8500 pounds, shipped from Los Angslns, Cal, billed as statu- ary, an consigned to George L. Traber, carpenter, had been received at the station and delivered to him only a week be- fore the discovery. It was also learned that Trabe and two other men with a wagon had called for the box and taken it out of the freight depot one night after dark. A ranch- man living between Eady and the cave came into town, heard the news and said that three men with a farm wagon containing a box had passsd his house going west one morning at daylight about a week ago. A local newspaper reporter obtained from the freight agent a copy of the bill of lading, called on Mr. Traber, showed it to_him and asked him what it meant. Traber hesitated, stammered and said: “Oh, yes; that was my kit of tools." “Then,” said the reporter, “why was it billed as 'statuary?" Traber stammered some more and said: “‘Well, you see, that was done so that the freight would not cost me so much.” “‘But,” said the reporter, ‘‘the freight rate on statuary is a good deal higher than on hardware or carpenters’ tools.” Traber became exceedingly uncomfortable, tried to laugh the matter off, tried to get the reporter to talk about something else, but {ailing, excused himself and shpped out of the back door, leaving the front door wide open. The show had become a free-for-all, and everyone who cared to look at the stiff walked in and looked. The reporter then went to look for Doll, the partner in the dis- covery, and, on being interviewed, he claimed to know nothing of the body, except that he helped to find it in the cave. A week later the graven image sneaked out at the back door of the store room, climbed intoa wagon with Coates on the box and was driven away across the Staked plains into Texas. Within a few days a newspaper printed in Tulia, Tex., was re- ceived here, containing glowing accounts of a potrified human body that was on exhibi- tion there which had been discovered in the Guadalupe mouutains in New Mexico and which had created an intense excitoment among the people. A local syndicate had been formed and had bought the body from the intrepid mountaineer, Coates, who had ‘discovered” 1t. It was to be exhibited throughout Texas for some months and then sent to the World's fair. Our local news- papers ridiculed the Texans who had been duped, and sent marked copies to the editors of the papers in ‘Tulia. However, the stone man had again taken up the line of march, and was next heard of in Gainesville, Tex., where he had again changed hands, at the snug price of $6,000. Meantime, he had been examined by some of the best geologists of tho state, by promi- nent physicians and others, who pronounced him a veritable case of petrifaction. Furthermore, & young woman, claiming to be a cousin of the Younger boys, had identi- fied the body, beyond all question, as that of the junior member of that noted gang, who, she said, had taken refuge in the Guadaluve mountuins, some years ago, when pursued by ofticers of the law, and had never since been heard of. She know the body by three dis- tinct marks thereon and said she would have known it if she had met it on the street on a dark night. The new syndicate was to ex- hibit the body in several towns and cities of Texas, rounding up in Austin, where it was to be examined by the state geologist, who would, of course, endorse it, as the other scientists had done. From thers it was to be shipped to Chicago. I have not heard of Mr. Younger since, but presume he is now lying in state somewhere adjacent to Jack- son park, and is being gazed upon by the engor multitude at so much a gaze. Joates has never since shown himself in Eddy, and within a fow days after the ex- posure of the fraud Doll and Traber dis- appeared, the former leaving several cred- itors to mourn his departure. It has since been learned that the petrified man was manufactured by an Italian in Los Angeles, = Cal., who makes Cardiff giants and other modern wonders to or- der and sells them 1o adventurers, who take them out, hide them inout of+the B way places, then “discover” and exhibit them. A ‘“petrified man” is found some- where in the western states or territories about once a month on an average, and this line of business will, no doubt, be profitable as long as suckers continue to be {ml‘n into the world, G. O. SureLps, ——— COMING. 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Omaha branch Gea?-Kr , wanager, S, E. 16th audJones stieets. o e —— ‘The coloj of Vi i ta. on ywwflwm’ :v. $18, ,0(;;‘ DAY I ago Isaac Cook started the gelobraled Tmperial O ‘Thoy o make 10,000 bopi.da wday, 1t's extra dry, o i AY 21 ECHOES FROM THEANTE-ROOM p—— Doings of the Week in Sedtt Sooieties and Fratemal Organfektions, TALK TO NEBRASKA'S U&'{‘{D WORKMEN Address of Master Workifian Tate Refore the Recent Grand Lodge-iPlans of the Pythians—In Masonio . Oiroles—Gion- eral Lodge Rooti'Notes, The speech delivered by Hon. J. (3. Tate, grand master workman of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at a reception tendered the delegates to the grand lodge of this state, at its recent session in Lincoln, was an cloquent effort. He told of the work of the order in eloquent terms, and his re- marks are true of most of the secret frater- nal orders of theland. The spoech was as follows: “On May 1, 1803, President Cleveland Jouched the button that et loose an electric current and started the bost and most modern machinery of the nineteenth century in motion. The doors of the World's Colum- bian exposition flew open and anxious multi- tudes rushed in to gaze ",Yon the gathering of products of the grandest century. So vast and varied are those products that one becomes bewildered in their contemplation. Europe. Asia, Africa, America, indeed, all portions of tho known world are repre- seated. Where are the men who thought and toiled to bring about such results? Where are the days and nights of toil and suffering, sorrows and privations these men endured? Not there. Where are the condi- tions that might have been but for the im- plements of modern development! Not there. “Among the treasures brought to the ‘World's fair none are so near to the Ameri- can heart as the old liberty bell. A nation watched its progress from. Philadelphia to Chicago. Ernycu for its safe conduct and wept as they looked upon the relic of day: gone by, Proecious legacy ! sion and sacred treasure! ‘‘As I read the story of its triumphant march I could not help but ask myself the question: ‘Where are the hands that grasped the rope on that memorable d when the old bell rang out A nation’s free- dom? Where are the eyes that gazed with a new light as the old man caught the sig- nal and pulled away with all his might an- nouncing in notes that sprang from the throat of that old bell a nation’s birth? Where are tLe struggles that followed? Not here. Where are the tonditions that might have been if the old bell had not rung out its glorious notes or our fathers had not ratified on battle fields the old bell's procla- mation? The world’s ‘might have been’ is grander than the world’s ‘is.” Its unwritten history glows with a richer splendor than its unwritten pages contain. ““Wonderful have been the achievements of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in the past twenty-five years, Fifty million dollars have been paid to the widows and orphans. Fifteen million déTtars more have been distributed in charity to the suffering, the sick and the needy, andijevery day be- tween sunrise and sunset this order pays to its bereaved families the magnificent sum of $16,000. We are preserving.the home and the nation of tomorrow by protecting the child of today. This is thdDast possible pro- tection and the best defense of a nation's future. We have no old relics to love and cherish; no liberty bell. L{\n‘.lundmnrks are homes preserved and protectod, saved from the blight and ruin of ‘poverty, sin and shame. When the old bell crumbles our principles shall live in the/learts of miliions as yet unborn, ‘At the World's fair fmiplements of of- fensive and defensive warfare may be seen. The triumph of these arms may represent the conquest of nations orithe preservation of acrown. They also sf ’for blood and deatn, ruined homes and braken hearts. “‘Our weapons are not: cold steel with edges ground keen; nor mighty guns loaded with murderous projectiles, Ours are Leart weapons that shimmer and shine with the light of love and hope; no stains of blood are on our arms; they are moistened only with the tears of joy and gladness which fell from the eyes of widows and orphans whose hearts have been made glad by our protect- ing care. These speak in sweeter if not louder tones than bloody blades of war. “‘Just outside the city of New York on Bedloe island is the gift of France to this republic, the statue of liberty. When the evening shadows begin to gather the torch in the uplifted hand of liberty's monument flashes its electric rays far out to sea. Who can tell how much of suffering and death is avoided because of its light? In the evenin, of life, when' bereavement's shadows shall fall athwart the homes of our sorrowing members, the light of our protection shall shine with fraternal and protective rays. As the electric glow of the statue of liberty ex- ceeds the glow of a tallow candle, so does the light of our order outshine all other wmere civic societies. ear night the heavens are full of the moon ascends the eastern sky and dims the light so sweetly shed by the twink- ling sta When morning comes the sun climbs its eastern pathway and before the glorious ight the moon and stars fade away, lost in the ocean of the light of day. Our order, among civic societies, is tho king of day, the glorioas sun. *The gooa book tells us, av the grave of Laz ‘Jesus wept." No empty words fell s lips as he gathered the mourning ones beside the pew made grave; he ‘wept. He did more than weep, he gave the sorrow- iug sisters back their brother, healed the wounded heart, and brought comfort and joy where sorrow had been. We cannot raise the dead or fill the vacant chair, but we can take a brother's place and weep with and provide for the loved ones bereft, “This grand lodge represents three class: Its living members, 3,000,000 of them. them we live a Over them s d the mantle of charity. Glorious posses- we As a mother s her child from cold and storm so we s our members from harm, Our char- ity is not in the dollar given in the hour of need, but a charity that makes us gentle, tender, loving and lovable. Brothers, let us have our hearts full of this cha words and actions controlled by it so that we shall receive from a doubting public the plaudit, ‘Well done,” and our enemies shall be compelled to say, *See how these Worl men love one another,’ 1In these members are we to plant the inspiration of our ‘Hope,' Hope, the passion which here be- friends us most and tears the dark veil which hangs ou earth’s boundary line, thus revealing the glories that lie beyond the measureless shores of eternjty. Hope, which in ife’s last hour shall breng:to us a certa consolation that those left a while al shall find shelter and safgly in the loving circle of our fraternal home. Over these members we are to exercise s constant and vigilant protection. This ‘jyotection is not alone for their families \then they have crossed that bourne from whence no tray- eler returns, but for themgsplves. In sick- ness and sorrow our protéglive arms must reach out to them. We must lighten their trials and share their sottows. In every hour of adversity or distrags we must reach out a grasping hand; when ,the darkness of sorrow envelopes the homeior hangs like a cloud over the life we mgst point out the pleasant path, “When, in the hours of feet have stopped from thi and honor, our strong rigl reached out to them, a and tenderly lead them l;p peace. All the blessings come to us we wust share with them, and in_all their sor- rows we must bear a pavt. ‘Selfishness must find no place in our hearts. Loving words and kindly deeds must giadden and bless every member of our nobleorder. Let usdo this and, laying hold of our strong hands, many & weak and erring brother shali find that help so necessary to save him from sin and shame, *‘But this grand lodge represents another class, the wfiiuw. of our deceased brethren. Every day the tear-stained faces of our brothers’ widows are turned to us in piteous appeal. Mid sighs and tears they look to us for help; let us be true to them and they will tell our zood deeds to all about them. If they who rock the cradle and rule the world shall speak well of us, our order has found an anchorage that no storm can unloose. *‘We also have another class. We mtro- sent the orphans. These weep because the; sea thelr mothers weep, but know not the weakness, their th of rectitude ;hand must be e must gently to virtue and cause of their own or their mother's weep- i Years hence when they hear the stary of how notber and home were saved to them i by the beuneficence of our order there will be 1893~TWENTY PAGES an army of new recruits to fill the broken ranks which death has made. ‘‘My brother, let this be an inspiration to you; guard as you would your lifo this sacrod trust; and when you are silent and still, hav- ing finished your work on earth, your chil: dren and their children shall call your name blessed and hand to future gencrations the glorieus legacy of a workman, ‘Charity, hope and protection.' " Army and Navy Unfon. The members of Abraham Lincoln garri- son No. 13 Regular Army and Navy Union, celebrated the second anniversary of their organization by giving a grand ball at the post hall, Fort Omaha, on tho evening of May 15, The weather was perfect, the at- tendanco laree, and the affair in all respects A brilliant success. Festivitios began at 9 o'clock sharp, the grand march bemg led by the garrison commander and his Jady to the music of the Second Infantry band. Danc- ing was kept up until midnight,whon an ele- gant supper was served, which was so com- plete in every detad as to refloct the great- est credit on the committee having the mat- ter in charge. The moenu was sumptuous and huwlldnr(ng, including everything from a varied list of toothsome and substantial viands to the most delicate and delicious ices. The tables were beautifully arranged and resplendent with floral decoration Fruits from every clime were in_abundance, as well as a confusing _assortment of dainty salads, all in such endless varioty and so porfectly served as to call forth the highost commendations from all present. After supper dancing was resumed and the gafety continued without abatement until approaching daylight warned the revellers that all good things must have an end. Altogether the occasion was one of the most pleasant and sociable gatherings of the sea- son. Followisg are the names of the managing commuttee: Comrades W. L. Allison, Thomas H. Wiggins, Perry A. Lyons, Joseph Stahl, Louis Dana,Algernon W, Witmer and Henry Keeler, Kuights thias, Monday evening, May 8, the Myrtle lodge of this vity had work in the Page's degree. The lodge met in the annex Hall, owing to the pedestals and altars not being received. Last Monday evening was devoted to work in the square rank, and it was interestingly exemplified. Texas now has 183 suboriinate lodges with a membership of 11,142. The grand lodge recently convened in San_Antonio, the Uni- form rank holding its_encampment at the same time and place. Both moetings were very profitable, Arapanoe, this state, has a now division of the uniform 1t starts out under the gave an enjoyable dancing party tha: was well attended, both by the knights of the Magic City and this city. The Pythian hall in the Paxton block has been rearranged and refitted, and is now very neat and comfortable. Utan has eleven lodges, three divisions of the uniform rank, and two temples of the i an sisters. Wisconsin made a net gain in membership of over 1,000 last year. Improved Order of Red Men. Great Prophet S. J. Denuis of Lincoln, aided by Deputy Great Sachem E. B. War- ner, instituted at North Platte on the sleep of the sixteenth sun, flower moon, a very promising council of the degree of Pocahon- tas, of sixty-four charter members. The success of this council is essured, and too much credit cannot be given Mayor Warner, who is an enthusiustic Red Man. New tribes will be put in_shortly at York and Lexington, and about June 15 another tribe will be instituted at Omaha. The work of organlzing here is in charge of Mr. E. R. Bridenbecker, and he is securing some very good names on his petition for charter. Yah-Nun Dah-Sis tribe of this city is doing good work and , gaining ground rapidly. The election of chiefs take place Mon- day evening, May 29. There will be a feast of corn and venison in their wigwam in Con- tinental block Wednesday evening, May 31. All Red Men are welcome, A large number of Alfaretta council, de- gree of Pocahontas, visited Etchetah coun- cil of Council Bluffs, Saturday evening. In Masonic Gircles. Adah chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of South Omaha, held an interesting moet- ing at Masonic hall Saturday evening. Ascension day was appropriately abserved by the Wilber Knights Templar. Mount Horman commandery No. 7 of Beatrico was present and participated. The officers in- stalled in the evening were as follows: W. B. Hughes, C.; A. L. Elder, G.;C. L. Rich: W. Hughes, P.; W. D. Galbrathy . Steele, J. W.; J. E. Thomas, T.; patrick, 1. D. T, Scovill, W, A movement is on foot in Central City among the Masonic, Knights of Pythias, Workmen and Woodmen fraternities to erect a hall. The plan is for a two-story brick, the first floor to be rented for busmess pur- poses and the second floor to be used for lodge purposes. _ Already over §2,000 in stock has bcon subscribed. Frida; evening the nobles of Tangier temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, con- ducted twenty candidates safely across the burning sands, The traditional banquet fol- lowed, and the feasting was greatly enjoy ed. Independent Order of O: Fellows, Tho Odd Fellows of Fairmont gave a ban- quet on the anniversary of the organization of their lodge, at which visitors were pres- ent from Geneva and Exeter, Thursday cvenlug occurred the annual election of ofiicers of Hesperian encampment of this city. The oflicers cleeted are as fol- ows: Hen 8 C. P.; J. W. Disbrow, S. W.; H. Durbin, H. .; Joha Carroll, J. W, C. A. Patterson, S,; F. B. Bryant, T, Th will be installed at'the first meeting in July, In addition to the election of officers some ne work was done in the exemplific tion of tho third degree. A supper con- cluded the evening's pleasure and it thoroughly enjoyed. The Loyal Legior The members of the Milit, Loyal Legion of the United States of this and the members in the other towns and cities of the stateare making great ns to attend the guadrennial congress of the legion which assembles in St. Paul, Minn,, June 7. Major Furay, the newly elected commander, estimates that the number going from here will fll two special cars, which will be chartered for the occasion, When the ovent does arrive a grand time is anticipated. The rcongress iives promise of being the best and most interesting and enjoyable of any of the former sessions. Order of the Miscellaneous Ante Room Items, Alodge of the Ancient Order of Uniged Workman was tly organized at Table Rock with a membership of ten. Tuesday ovening Ed Judd of Fairfield, organizer and solicitor for the Modern Wood- men of America, called a meeting at the opera house at Hubbell and instituted a camp of the order. The start was made with a charter membership of Lwenty. The entertainment committee of Union Pacific council No. 1,009, Royal Arcanum of this city, bas arranged for a social Tuesday evening in Royal Arcanum hall in the Bee building. Cards and dancing will be the order of the evening’s entertainment and the hour is announced as 8 o'clock All members of the order and their ladies are invitea to be present. Another interesting meeting of Alpha camp, Woodmen of the World, was held Thursday eveniug at Myrti® hall in the Con- tinental block. A large number of candi- dates were initiated into the order and a royal evening was passed in the lodge work. Already the good results from the meeting of the grand lodge at Lincoln are being felt by the Omaha lodges of the Ancient Order 0{ United Workmen. The enthusiasm and interest manifested at the gathering at the state capital have been carried home and im- parted by the delegates to the members, Applications for membership are coming in, candidates are baving the degree conferred and everything betokens prosperity. A well attended meeting of Omaha umg 120, Modern Woodmen of America, was hel Wednesda cnu1|n the block. New applications for membership were re- ceived and candidates initiated. South Omaha lodge No. 66, Aucient Order of United Workmen, will celebrate its fitth auniversary of this week at An- lent Order Workmea The SPRCIAL SALE OR en’s Blue Serge Suits Price $10. There is nothing better for spring and summer wear than a serge, particularly when you buy the genuine worsted serge. We place on sale Monday 150 saits in double and single breasted sacks at $ro, absolutely all wool, full indigo, guaranteed colors; just §5 under price at the Continental, .10, MEN'S CHEVIOT SLITS, The biggest attraction we have had for a long time is a lot of fine all wool cheviot suits at $5.735, cloth made by the South Bend Woolen Mills and sold” everywhere for g10. $5.75 at the Continental. = BOYS' DEPARTMENT. BAT AND BALL FREE. Every boy fitted in this department on Monday will be given a hardwood ?at and Spaulding Ball ree. Boys™ TPl Sul, $2.50. On Saturday morning we will have on sale 100 fancy cassimere and 150 brown mixed all wool _Zcheviot suits at $2.50; all =sizes up (o 14. BOYS' SHORT PANTS, 80e¢. of BOYS' SHORT PANTS 28c. 200 pairs cassimere pants, all sizes, on Mon- day, at 25c, 150 pairs $1.00 cheviot 50¢C. Manhattan Shirt Waists, 38c. 50 dozens of Manhattan Never Rip Shirt Waists in dark and medium colors, at 38c on Monday, regular pants at | HAT DEPARTMENT. Big Clearance Sale of the “Tourist” Hat on Monday at $1.25 and $1.50. Boys’ Straw Hats 25¢, 35¢c and 50c. All shapes, colors and styles. Men’s Straw Hats Are ready. 25 of the most popular straw shapes in the market, CONTIENTAL CLOTHIG HOUSE: DrDOWNS . S -, 1816 Douglas Street, Omaha, Neb. The eminent specialist in nervous. chronle, privats, blood, skia ani urinary diseasss, registered gradante in madicine, as diplomas ani cortifiaates 1 8l success oatarrh, 103t maniood, seminal : akness, night 109333 all pIWOF. 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