Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 10, 1901, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1901, WOUDNEN OFF FOR THE NORTH Two Long Trainloads Leave Omaba to Attend Head Camp. BUSINESS BEFORE THE ST. PAUL SESSION [ Several Matters of Vital to Come Up for itien of the ¢ Tmporiance Aetton=rol- | For a little while last night the “woods were located at the Union station, and | there were “‘choppers” there by hundreds It was the departure of the special train on the Illinols Central, bearing members of the Modern Woodmen of America to the head camp meeting at St, Paul that oc- casioned the gathering of something more than %00 members of the order, who went along with the Nebraska delegates and something 1ike 5,000 or 6,000 people, mostly members of the order or their wives and sweethearts, under the train sheds. Hage now's band from Lincoln was stationed on the platform and played a lively program prior to the start Omaha furniehed the great majority of the crowd that went to St. Paul, but Lin- coln was well represented, and Wahoo and other points in the state sent visitors #s well as delegates, Nebraska has a pe- cultar interest in the present session, for 0. E. Walters of Wahoo s & candidate for the office of head clerk, a place that has been filled for years by C. G. Hawes of Illinols. Mr. Walters' campaign is en thusiastically supported by the Nebraskans and if he doesn’'t win it will not be for lack of rooting Drill Col After Pri Another feature of the departure was the presence of many members of the order | in uniform, there being six drill teams on board. teen men, under command of Captain Mar tin. Captain W. E. Stockham has coached this team and goes with it to 8t. Paul to o what he can to help the boys win. Camp No. 1454 of Omaha has a team of sixteen men, under command of Captain Stafford. who have been thoroughly drilled and ex- pect to give a good account of themselves The South Omaha team is commanded by Captain Jeft Cooley. Major J. C. Page bas command of the Omaha battalion. From Linceln Camp 2266 sends seventeen men, commanded by Captain C. F. Walters; No. 190 sends seventeen men, commanded by Captain Art Herrick, and Lincoln diviston No. 1 has twenty-seven men, commanded by Captain Frank 1. Ringer. These teams are taking the Hagenow band with them. The train pulled out right on the dot, at 8:3), in two sections, Samucl North traveling passenger agent for the Illinois Central, having charge of the first section and W. G. Brill, the general agent of the roed, going along to look after the second Many wemen went with the Woodmen, and the calculation is that even if Omaha should not succeed in carrying away Dbig Arill prizes and bringing the ncxt head camp meeting here, St. Paul will hear from the Nebraska metropolis in a merry way Kansns Visitors € Sunday morning at 6:30 a special car ar- rived in Omaba over the Missourl Pacific road carrying the state deputy and about sixty dclegates from Kansas to the biennial encampment of the Modern Woodmen of e Early. Amerl to be held at St Accompanying the excursionists was Kansas Girls' band of Wetmore, Kan twenty young women who have for several years maintained a cornet band organiza- tlon &nd attalned considerable celebrity Shortly after the arrival of this car the delegation of Colorado Woodmen arrived Both delegations were met at the depot by local committe and accompanied to hotels. Later they assembled at Red Men hall in the Continental block and spent the time until noon, when a trolley ride to Councll Bluffs was made. The plans of the local committees were interfered with by the rain, the Omaha trolley ride being abandoned and many of the visitors remained at the hall rather than make the trip over the river. At the hall the Girls' band played several selec- tions. The indications are St. Paul will be members of that the largest gathering of the order ever held. While the total number of delegates entitled to | sit in the convention is only 628, such oc- casions draw many thousand members of the order. The rallroads entering Kansas City, where the camp met two years ago, reported the sale of 67,000 tickets. - St. Paul Woodmen and head officers anticipate a larger crowd. Illinois, Kan: Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are the states in which the order is strongest and will send the lurgest number of visitors, as they do delegates Iwportant Husiness Fending. The heud officers suy the present camp has several important questions to consider that have much bearing on the future of the order. That which will engage the most attention as a subject of widest importance, because it touches the pocketbook of every member of the vast organization, is question of revision of the rates of assess- ment When any attempt has heretofors been made (0 equalize the cost of Insurance it has met with such sirong opposition that | nothing has been accomplished. The whole trouble is this: Reports show that 72.6 per cent of the total membership are paying o sents per assessment more than the actual | cost of the insurance. The other 274 per | cent are on the other hand paying 36 cents per assessment less than cost. The excess of those who are paying more than cost | anly amounts to $12,000 per year, while the | “All Tired Out” If this is your experience, then your blood is poor and thin and filled with impurities. There is but one cure. must get rid all these | poisons in the blood. There | is but one remedy | | | | Aver’s Sarsaparilla It makes the blood pure and gives it mew life and power. | The starved nerves are better | You of nourished. Your head ceases to ache. Your brain keeps | clear. You are not obliged to begin a day’'s work “all tired out.” $1.00 & bottie. Al druggists. | | Wrte the octor freely 411 the particu our ¢ase: You will fecelve s prom » ets, D19 C. AT EE, Lowell Siavs?t P amp 120 of Omaha s sending six- | the | These are the meeting at | the | I T lifference between the cost and the amount actuully paid by the 27.4 per cent of the membership amounts to $43.000. 1t is a question with all fraternals how to main tain an equitable and sound financial policy to meet any contingency of Increased death rate from ordinary causes or epidemic. The Woodmen have discussed it in local, state and supreme campe. They do not like the emergency or reserve fund idea because with the present membership, it would re- quire a reserve fund of $40,000.000. To raise this amount would almost cripple the or ganization. Many plans of readjusied s segsment bave been worked out and these have been eot forth at length in the te port of Head Clerk Hawes. The plan most favored at this time, as it was two vears ago, I8 the step-rate plan, soscalled, by | which each member pays the ctual cos of his insurance. The strongest opposi- | tion to this has naturally come from the | 27.4 per cent of members paying less than the cost of their insurance, because it would increase the rates. They are the older members of the organization and the in crease in rates would especially fall on | them. It is insisted, however, that this plan would establish the financial sequrity | ot the order for all time. The proposition was submitted to the state camps after the last blennial meeting, but was votel down. Thirteen states favored ‘t while thirty-one opposed it, the individual ma jority against it having, been ot course, the head camp cannot settle the can only agitate question at this time it and with increased knowledge on (he subject it ie hoped the question will go back to the state organizations more popu lar than hefore and with possibly clent number of new friends to obtain its adop- tion Other Matters in Sight. The next question in the order of import ance to be taken up by the head camp | that ef permitting the organization of lecal camps in cities of over 200,000 population. A question that always produces a keen but friendly fight in the supreme camp is {s & much-sought honor, because of the immense attendance and the popularity gen- erally of the members of the order who at- tend. The camp will receive invitations from Omaha, Grand Rapids, Mich., Indiun apolis, Baratoga Springs Toledo, O, Denver. The contest opens with Grand Rapids’ chances appearing the brightest be- cause this is the sixth consecutive year or the third session in which Grand Rapids has | sought the honor. While Omaha and Den- r will have considerable support Grand Rapids sends a speclal train of rooters, headed by Congressman Willlam Alden Smith. 1t will be a keen disappointment to the Michigan men should their efforts fail again In regard to the politics of the conven- tion ‘t is conceded that Head Consul W. A . iheott will be re-elected. The only op pusition to Head Clerk Hawes comes in the candidacy of 0. E. Walters of Nebraska board of directors, composed of five mem- bers. Three of the five at tuting the board go before the camp with the solid backing of their state delegations E. E. Murphy of Leavenworth, Kan.; A. R. Talbot of Lincoln, Neb., and I D. Smith of Mankato, Minn. Illinols, 118 strong, will give its support to George W. Riley of Danville and T. F. Hopkins of and Prof. Marvin Quackeabush for endorse- ment ip the Illinols s'ate camp. latter are at present members of the board There are twelve candidates for position on the board, and the contest is likely to prove Paul this week. | something of a scramble, with the outcoma the | uncertain. J. G. Johnson of Kansas, up to two years ago general attorney of the Woodmen, will try to secure his former position, now held by John W. White of Rock Falls, 11, Reporta of OfMcer: The reports of head officers will be a source of gratification to all members of the order. In 189 the net gain of insured members numbered 101,837, and in 1900 the gain was 109,467, making a total of 211,370 | new members insured by the Woodmen. These represent in insurance $348,08 Three thousand three hundred and two new local camps were organized Up to June 1 the soclety paid a total of 11,340 death claims, representing disburse- | ments that aggregate $22,000,000. The aver- | age annual cost to members has been $4.95 per §1,000. The recelpts to the soctety dur- ing the term aggregated $5,635,030.68. Of this amount $7,570,988 the mortuary fund and general fund sixty was recefved in 064 43 in the College Celeb; hday. | CLEVELAND, June 5—Western Reserva university celebrates its seventy-fifth anni- versary this week. The celebration began today with an address by Prof. Arthur C. McGiffert on “The Religlous History of the College” in Beckwith Memorial church This evening President C._H. Thwing d livered the baccalaureate sermon, his sul ect being "“The Religlous Beliets of the gducated Man of the Twentieth Century.' The exercises will continue until Thursda when exercises in mmemoration of the seventy-fifth an v of the foundation of Western Rese ge and of Adelbert college of Wester ve will be held, & address by Rov. Joslah Strong, D. D.; Gov- ernor Nash of Ohio and Senator Alllson of Towa and Benator Hanna are among the notables expected to attend | The problem of reclaiming the arid reglon of the wost fs pressing for solution by the national government or by the states in- | terested. Next to the financial phase of | the problom comes the engineering fea- ture, which has been studied quite ex tensively of late. The construction of adequate controlling works so &s 1o pre- vent the waste of spring floods will call into play the highest engineering skill The Nile works projccted and nearly com- pleted by the British government in Egypt is a striking instance of what means and energy can do and serves as a good ex ample for western irrigationists. The works are described by the Scientific American as follows | One of the most benefcial effects of the English occupation of Egypt has been the attempt (¢ restore the coumtry (o some- thing approaching its former fruitfulness Egypt Is the Nile and the Nile is For several centuries this country during the reign of the Pharaohs was the moet prosperous in the world, bas re- maiped over the greater part of its area a desert waste. When at the zenith of its yower the country was intersected in all directions with canals which irrigated the land, but in course of Lime the canals we filled up with the drifting sagd from the desert and the country was abandoned The river Nile during its progres through lower Egypt gathers a vast quan- ity of rich sediment, which hitherto has been allowed to flow into the Mediterra- nean. 1t 1s estimated that billions of tong of this silt are thus wasted every year The value of this alluvial soil slone may be estimated from the richness of the country at the Nile Deita. When BEgypt was in tne height of ité prosperity the Nile waters and silt were distributed over the desert, converting the sandy wastes into tertile fields The British government is endeavoring 1o resuscitate the country by storing the flood waters of the Nlle and irrigating once more the desert lands. By this means Egypt will not only be in a position to produce sufcient cereals, cotton, etc., for her own exigeucies, but will be able to supply the various markets of the world, since 1t will be possible to produce throe crops in one season comversiou Is being mitaived by the Rockford, who defeated General J. N. Reese | The two | the location for the next meeting place. Tt| and | MINING IS THE BLACK HILLS Copper Company Strikes Benanza in Boch- ford Horabl Distries. TUNNEL REACHES BIG BODY OF ORE W, L. Kern of Connell Blofis « Rrother Cut Throngh o Lednes of Rich Ore=Joe 1 Iar Mine %old. CUSTER, 8. D, June ¢.—(Special.)—The Black Hilis Copper company has struck a bonanza in the Hornblende district wes of Rochfcrd Ore is being saved on the dump that carries an average of 2 per cent co and $4 to $3 in gold. A tunnel has crosscut @ body of such ore for sixty feet and the ledge has not been penetrated This is not at the water level, lacking about | 200 feet. The ore will probably be richer with more depth. Such a ledge as that ex- posed by the Black Hills Copper company will compare most favorably with some of the ore hodies of the copper mines in the copper districts of Michigan. It {s belleved by the management of this company that they haven't encountered the main ledge which Iles still farther to the west There is great interest being taken in copper mining in the Hills. The shaft of the Black Hills Copper company is the deepest of any cther copper proposition and there are but few shafts cn geld propee- ties in the Black Hills that are any deeper This company has demonstrated conclu - _ that was encountered last fall and they ex- | pect to reach the 500-foot level before the | first of next month. The values of the ore ontinue to run about as they did when the test run was made at the Hebert mill las fall. which averaged $132.20 a ton gold. The | vein is one of the finest fiesures that has been opened up in the southern hills Hl « continuing to widen out as depth is at tained. The ore is evenly impregnated with | the vellow metal, which can easily be seen | with the eye on almost every piece of rock examined. Two Tremain mills will soon t inetalled by the company at the mine. | where the ore will be treated as it comes from the sbaft. It is believed by the man agement of the company that other vert cals of ore will be found running parallel with the Gopher vein and that at a certain depth all of the ore bodies will come to gether, forming one larze ore body. A complete gasoline hoisting plant, which i capable of sinking to 700 feet, is | owned by the company. ! On Spring creek the C Butte and the Boulder Copper companies are develop ing properties in search of copper ore in places that are rich enough in metals to pay for working. The Copper Butte company has a ledge of copper pyrites that is over 100 feet wide | The Joe Dollar mine will soon be pro- | ducing. It has been s0ld to eastern men who propose to put in & Tremain mill. The ledge of ure that has been exposed shows gold for 1.000 feet along the surface. It ts considered to he one of (he ositions In the district richest prop jSOUTH DAKOTA CROPS GOOD Both companies have found ledges of ore Splendid Raine of Week Bring the sively that coppe’ ore exists in the Hills | Growihs U 10 & Premising | in permanent ledges 1t fs expeciad that | condits the valuea in copper will iner to at & | Joast 4 per cent by the time the water level | MITCHELL, & D, June (8pecial.)- | l1ke ;va' avernge June raiofall the prairie is reached in this company's shaft. The | The crop conditions in (his county are ex- | Wit be !f (AP DOLLEr BhaDe AhE 0 e e company is going to erect a smelter this | ceedingly encouraging at this time of the | ¥A* Jast fall. and one or two kood souking season. Copper ore is needed. in the BIAck | year. Two good rains in the past week | T8!08 Would assure plenty of hay {Hills for a flux in the smelting of gold | have made things look entirely different osabentes s Nitoheil: ores. At present all the copper ore used | There have beeu two light frosts this week MITCHELL. )., June 9. (Special.) at the big smelter at Deadwood Is brought | that have dome a little damage to corn, | The twentieth annual graduating exercises in from Montana but not enough to speak of The acreage |of the Mitchell High school was last night Takes Out Fine Grade of Graphite, |10 oo this season is much larger and that | in the Corn Palace building and the aud! " . | ©f Wheat is 20 per cent smaller. This is | torlum was crowded. There were fifteen North of the Black ““"; "("l""" ";";; due to the fact that t pring there was | members of the class: David E. Jones pany's mines the Copper CIi ":‘“M'n‘ little corn in the country to feed stock | Clara Relerson, Ora B. Wells, Lula Mae taking out a fine grade of graphite, (hA! | har was ready for markel, and in soveral | Perry, Fred C. Adams, Carrie Cooke, Hatth out 50 per cent pure. Se ; Instances farmers had t ip corn here | Goodwin, Minale Lewie, Peter Wallstrum loads have been stored on m-I rhmu‘vhrvnd}.n | trom the soutbern part of the siate. Conse- | Eaith E. Orswell, Marguerite Doyle, Joseph $O6 SEIpHAAL Lo LN BEW DIRSU CHE quently there was a change made in Katie B, Rushmore. The sal- There will be a fight for positions on the | present consti- | being prepared at Chicago by the company. A new process has been found for the con centration of the graphite. The company has a large ledge of the material A fifty- foot ledge of copper ore has also been cut through, which lies next to the graphite A rallroad will undoubtedly te built through | the Hornblende district to the Black Hill Copper company and the Copper Cliff com- pany's ground this year. It is stated that the Copper Cliff company is about to buy the Montezuma gold mine at Rochford W. L brother, L. B. Kerney of Rochford, have opened up a big thing ome mile west of Rochford. They ran a tunnel 200 feet into a mountain, which cut through two ledges | ot tree milling ore, the first being eleven teet wide, averaging $7 per ton gold, and ths second being fifty feet wide, the first fifteen feet averaging about $5 per ton gold. The ledges are traceable a long dis- tance. It is the intention of the owners to erect a stamp mill near their mine, prob- ably this season. They have an abundance of ore blocked out. Not far from this mine 18 the rich bonanza of James Cochran, who operates a five-foot Huntington mill every summer on rich ore. A whim has been put in at the mine and the mill was started up Thursday of this week. Four earloads of new machinery are om their way from Chicago for the Black Hills Porcelain Clay and Marble company, to he used at the marble and lithographic stone quarries near this city. A complete sawing plant will be installed with which to cut the marble and lithograph stone. A dia- mond drill will be used to prospect in un- known ground at hoth quarries. Marble cutting works are to be established at this city by eastern parties, who propose to cut the marble for monumental purposes. The company will continue the development, of the ledge of kaolin clay, which is pure and is valuable as a pottery clay about fifteen feet wide ledge of marble expended a large sum in the development of the different properties. Thirty men are employed and follows the pher Mine's Rich Ore. The operations of the Gopher Mining company, whose mine s located a short istance north of Hill City, are doing more good for the Bluck Hills than any other enterprise in the southern Hills, Its chief movers are two Minneapolls newspaper men, who have been familiar with mining in the Black Hills for many years. The Gopher mine is congidered by many lead- ing mining men to be another Holy Terror mine, which has been a djvidend-payer for a number of years. The Gopher mine bas produced considerable ore that has averaged about §22 a ton free-milling gold The compuuy is sinking on the vein of ore construction of large dams at different points on the river. Already two of these enormous structures are practically com- pleted—one at Assouan and the other at Assiut. The idea is by no means modern since & similar scheme was projected sev- eral years ago and a tentative effort to realize it was made by some French engl- neers, by the construction of a dam near Cairo. This latter achievement, however owing to the lack of care displaved iu the erection of the barrier and its instability was practically & failure and would have collapsed, flooding miles of the country bad i not beeu for the timely appearance of British engineers, who succeeded in strengthening the struc Esypt, however, although desperately re quiring such a scheme to restore her coun try, owing to the lack of funds in the im- perial exchequer would never have been In 4 position to bave carried it out herself The execution of the scheme originated with a syndicate of gentlemen in London, who propounded the idea to Sir Benjamin Baker, the well known civil engineer, and Sir John Aird, the head of a large firm of contractors. The syndicate then approached Mr. Ernest Cassel, the well known London financier, and he, together with Sir John Aird and Sir Benjamin Baker, hurried to Egypt and laid their plans before the Egyp- tian government. After a short consultation the government approved the scheme and awarded the contract Burveys were then select the made of the river, to best spots at which to erect the dams. The river had previously been thor- oughly surveyed by Major Willcocks, a well known authority upon frrigation, so that the engineers were enabled Lo profit by the results of his work. Finally Assouan and Assiut were decided upon. Work was immediately commenced and has been con- tinued day and night ever since. It was im perative that the work should be hurried forward with all possible speed. since when the Nile rose labor had to be stopped for several weeks, owing to the works being submerged The river at Assouan Is over a mile in width, %o that & fair estimate of the magni- tude of the task may be made. The dam consists of a huge wall of granite, sixty fest In width at the top, vinety feet above low Kerney of Council Bluffs and his | The ledge is | The company has already | Great Irrigation Works | planting of the two crops this spring, anl the large number of catt hat have been | valedictory by Julls LaFortune. Superin brought into the county made it more nec- | tendent Quigley has been retained at the cssary than ever. The cattle interests in | head of the schools for another year Dawson county have increased wondertully | — this spring and there are 25 per cent more | Land Office Moved. cattle being fed here now than there a | MITCHELL, 8 D. June 0.-(Special.) year ago. | When the United States land office inspe:tor made his last visit to Mitchell he de South Dakota Ine | cided to change the location of the land PIERRE, S. D, June 0.--(Special.)- | office. The office occupied a suite of roo Articles of incorporation have been filed | in the middle of a block upstairs and he for | considered it an unsafe place for the books People’s Oil company at Pierre, with a |and records in case of a fire. He leasod | capital of $2,000,000. Incorporators, Wil- [ two rooms in a corner bullding and caused lism M. Lloyd, Willlam G. Anderson and | the office to be moved. The officials have Harry 8. Anderson | less room now in which to transact their Gold and Iron Flelds Extracting company | bueiness and when any of the big ¢ ost at Plerre, with a capital of $1,000,000. In- | cases come up they will probably have to corporators, Rebert Julius Howes, Ernest |seek larger quarters i et | For Passing Counterfelt Cot Five States Oil and Inspection company at | A Al b s Plerre with a capital of $2500000. In | SIOUX FALLS, & D. June 0. (Special.) corporators, Harvey A. Hopkins, Stephen | William Mahon son of a prominent M. Boott ana W, Acd Seals resident of Sloux Falls, was arrested on the Harney Hotel company at Rapid City, | ChaTge of passing counterfeit money. Young with a capital of $60000. Incorporators, | MAhOReY was not a resident of Sioux Falls, Isaac M. Humphrey, John P, John R. Baker. Darlington Oil company at Plerre, with a capital of $500,000. Incorporators, R. L. Darling, Frank Elliott and W. A. J, Seals Wife Forgiven, Lover Arrested. HOT SPRINGS, & D., June 9 —Hell Gate, an embryo city canyon, is torn up with a social sensation W. A. Clear, an old resident of Hell Gate had. the peace and comfort of his house- hold shattered by the elopement 16-year-old wife with a tiecutter, Jim Wil son. During the absence of the the household in Lead the gullty went to Spearfish and stopped at Thayer's lodging house. When Clear returned home and discovered what had happened he walked to Spearfish and had no trouble in locating his erring wife and the man. swore out a warrant for Wilson and then took his young wife back to Hell Gate. In court the prisoner admitted everything charged, and was bound over to the circuit court under $230 bonde. As he could not McElroy and produce it he rests in the county jall, while | begin here July Clear and wife live peacefully as before. Cattle in Fiue Shape. PIERRE, §. D., June 9.—(Special.) —~While cattlemen are complaining about a short- age of hay, they admit that the feed on the prairie {s far better than it was last the | Coughlin of his head of | couple | Clear | Epwort utatory was given by Ethel Jewett and the baving been employed at Cherokee, | some time. He passed a counterfeit dol- |1ar in a saloon. As the result of his pre- | liminary examination before United State Commissioner D). J. Conway, in this city, Mahoney has been held for appearance he- | fore the mext federal grand jury. A man Ia., for (Speelal.) [ named 8. B. Willlaws was held as a wit- in Spearfish | ness New Headlghts Spot Cate | PIERRE, 8. D, June &-—(Special)~The Northwestern road has equipped its engines | running between this city and Huron with acetylene gas headlights, which light up the track for a distance of 2,000 yards ahead of the train. There lights are used on this run on account of the trouble with stock on | the track, and the engincer is given a | greater distance in which to see them Leagne Convention, S. D., June S.—(Special.)—Pres dent W Calfee of the South Dakota Ep- worth League assembly, together with the various committees, is perfecting the pro- | gram for the third annual convention to 2 and continue till the 9th. | Prof. Pearscn of Northwestern university | will be present, also the Slayton jubllee | singers and Prof. D. W. Robertson. HURON | rost Retards Many Crop HURON D., June 9.—(Special)— | Frost throughout the Jim river valley year, and that cattle are in fine shape. | Thureday night did less harm than at first The general remark is that cattle are a |supposed. Wheat is uninjured, but corn month ahead of what they were last year [and potatoes in some localitles have suf at this time. Those who are testing fodder crops this year are complaining of it being rather dry, but the ralus of the last week have helped them out and started their crops to growing again. With anything Controlling the Waters of the Nile. water and a mite and a quarter in lengih stretching acrose the viver from bLank to bank. A romdway Is to be constructed upon the top of the dam, which will afford a means of communication between banks of the river. The dam s pierced by 180 huge steel slulces The erection of this burrier impound over 1,000 100 tons of water, forming a lake which will extend up the valley of the Nile, When the sluice Coors are opened while the Nile is at high water, something like 900,000 tons of water will rush through | them every minute One effect of the comsiruction of thi dam will be the nartial submersion of the historic temples of Philae When th scheme was originally projected, these ruips were to be entirely submerged, but an influential body of Egyptologists, headed by the late president of the British acad- emy, were successful in obtainiog thef partial preservation. o that now the ruins | themselves will still be visible above high water The stone with which the dam bas heen built has been obtained from the same quarries which furnished the stone for the temples of Philae and Cleopatra's Needle Indeed, many of the granite blocks that bave been excavated bear the marks of the Egyptian wedges that were utilized over thirty centuries ago. The work is being carried out under the supervision of L] lish engineers, and some 000 natives are engaged upon the task, working In day and pight shifts of 12,500 men each. During the night the work is carried on under electric light. The laborers receive about $1 a week for thelr labor, together with board accommodations, which, although it may appear a ridiculously small wage, is yet about twice as much as !s generally paid According to the terms of the contract 10 money 18 to be paid by the Egyptian gov- ernment to the contractors until the tack 1s completed. It is estimated that the un dertaking will cost $26,000,000 and the set tlement of the bill is to be spread over thirty years, The completion of the scheme will add 2500 square miles to the crop bearing area of Egypt, which it mated, will be worth $400,000,000 to country, the both | fered seriously; flax is also damaged, as is | millet and potatoes. These crops, how- ever, in most places will recover, but will ‘bt‘ retarded in growth, New Building for St. Martin's. STURGIS, 8. D., June 0.—(Special.)—The contract for the erection of & new $20,000 three-story stone buflding in this city in connection with 8t. Martin's academy, has been awarded to O. C. Jewett, an architect of Deadwood Work on the new structure | will begin goon |AMERICAN COLLEGE ABROAD Chicago University ated Branches in ope for Ben- Traveling America Will Have Amli- CHICAGO, June %.—President Harper of | the University of Chicago announces that | the university has begun to cstablish af filisted preparatory schools in different | parts of Europe. These schools will be branches of academies which are afliated with the university in this country. The purpose of this plan is to give opportunity | to children of college age whose parents | are traveling abroad during the year to | have the benefits of foreign residence with- out obstructing the progress of their studies Paris will be invaded first and the Amer- | ican Home School for Girls will be opened at Rue de Longchamps on October 15 | The work of the Paris school will be under | the immediate charge of Miss Elizabeth w ace, heretofore in uctor of French in the University of Chicago, and of Miss | Emnra Baird for many years principal of a girls’ school in Kansas City iMD FOR TUSKEGEE NORMAL | John D. Rocket TTer Will Krect Dor. | v Needed in the Tustructing of Col rd Youth, | | TUSKEGEE, Al June 9.~Principal Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, has been | notified by John D. Rockefeller that he | will be gled to provide the money for the erection of one of the much-needud dor- mitorigs for boys at the institution —ee | After washing once with Fel Naptha soap, you would not back to common soap for $1 a week Your grocer has it 1f don't mone) Fels & Co, makers you agree, he returns your Philadelphla, . Did you? Don't forget Uneeda Blscult o LABOR HAS TROUBLE ENOUGH President G'Conmell Says Machin:: £trike Coatly- 1 — | WILL THEREFORE NOT HURRY RAILROADS Find ate for Compunies to Put Nine-Aonr | “Duy inte Emect Wil Be Fized, |Hancock arrived from Manila tonight But 1t Wil Not Be an thirty officers and 1,042 enlisted Early One. {of the Thirty-first velunteer infant:y | TORONTO, June % —Regarding the Axing | of a date upon which railway corporations | will be asked to sign & paper granting the | machiniste @ niue-hour workday, with 124y per cent increase in wages, President 0'Connell said this afternoon that the mat- | ter has practically been disposed of by the | convention. A resolution approving of | | such action has already been passed i‘fldi the fixing of a day bas been referred to the executive committee and will after | ward be submitted to a vote of the assoc tion. At any rate the date will be some | time in the future, as the machinists are | finding the present strike costly and have | no desire to borrow fresh trouble. No further developments are expected in the strike until after the meeling of manu- facturers in New York on June 11. SUICIDE OF ARMY SURGEON Major Daly, Who Inusgurated Ingnicy Into Embalmed Beef, Shoots Him- welf Through the Head. | PITTSBURG, June %—Major W. H. Daly, | surgeon general on the staff of Lieutenant General Miles in Porto Rico, committed suicide at his home today by shooting bim- self n the right temple. The body of the doctor was found in the | bathroom by Miss Mary Short, the house- | keeper, 'n a pool of blood with a 38-caliber | revolver lying on the floor. Dr. Foster, | who was summoned at once, found the bul- { let hole in the temple and anpounced that death had taken place several hours be- fore. Miss Sbort then remembered hearing a sharp report at about 7:30 &, m., but thought it was the quick closing of a win- dow. No cause is known for Dr. Daly's deed, unless it be that insomnia drove Lim to temporary insanity. For some time he h been unable to sleep regularly. The doctor was a widower aud leaves no immediate family. He was 0% years of age and for many years has been prominent in medical circles. He gained interpational promi- nence during the Cuban war, as it was his report to the commanding general of the army that etarted the “‘embalmed beef” in- vestigation. WASHINGTON, June 9.—Lieutenant Gen- eral Miles said tonight that he was not sur- | prised at the suicide of Dr. Daly in view of the great personal bereavement that the | performed his duties wante of the sick and cstahlishing hospitals Dr. Daly's allegations uished to the army had been tampered with and preserved by alleged was cock Reaches SAN FRANCISCO, June 9. ment cloth, but tweed straight floor. lines the neck, plain cuffs | tront and are finished with stitched flaps and are NATIONAS BISCUIT COMPANY tha the celebrated or without short the applied from the fronts are finished Pockets are means of acid detrimental to the soldfers that a board of urmy conducted the Spanish war 3840 Raglan Coat, 32 to 40 in. bust. Woman's Raglan Coat made with No. Jaunts pan can possess. ed 12 cut fn the lates, 1 be made with yoke ax preferred. The original Is made of light-welght covert cheviot and all the light- weight cloaking matcrials are appropriate, The back is plain and smooth, hanging in shoulders loose, and turn back to form revers are in raglan style, extending in a point to turn-over n each the the but with inserted in attending to the caring for the wounded was through beef fur- inquiry The transport Seasonable Fashions Hints by Mary Lamb, 3840.—To be the applied yoke. The comfortable loose-fitting coat that en- tirely covers the gown and prote:ts it from i dust {8 the most serviceable all-round gar- for traveling, weather that any wo stylish model illusira most approved lines and or withaut with 3% yard of vel- | doctor had suffered recently and the under- this raglan for a woman of me- dlum size, 1% yards of material 50 inches | mining of his health by a wevere attack of [ (W HA® B SECLE the grip last winter. Geperal Miles es- ! 00 | teemed Dr. Daly very highly and the two were intimate friends, |'a severe blow to the general | | Dr. Daly was in the city last March, ! when he came to be present at the second inauguration of President McKinley. |attend the funeral of his old friend. Sur- geon Daly was a deputy to sist Surgeon Charles R. Greenleaf on the staff of the American war, and General Miles testificd | tonight to the thoroughness with which he 1f | at from 25 to Accommodation 50 cents, In order to get any pattern cents. give number and name measure. . 4 | The pattern 3840 1s cut in size: His death came a8 {34 46 35 and 40-inch bust measure will look for the Address Pattern Department reacders these patterns. which usvally re | be furnished General Miles can arrange matters he will | at a nominal price, 10 cents, which covers all expense. enclose 10 | of pattere wanted and bust commanding general during the Spanieh- | low about ten duys from date of your letter before beginning Lo | $2 Machanics’ Friend— A shoe with a genuine welt sole--that has no nalls or seams to hurt the feet plain erimp vamps without seams gusset tongues and the brond, plain toes—in lnce only—This Is undoubtedly the greatest shoe value ever given in Omaba for service and comfort—all we can ask of our friends is that they come in and look at this shoe-secing lone will convince you that we have a right to clalm it to be Omaha the best value in Sent Free ror th to-date Shoe Il 1418 FARNAM STHEE Aski A Battle Depends — As much on the weapons with which it is fought as upon the generalship--The brightest man in the world cannot sue ceed If he makes use of Inferlor weapons Would anybody buy a poor plauo If they Kuew it? 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