Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1902, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY Gustin Group in Blacktail Gulch Sold for Twenty-Eive Thousand Dollars. HIGHLAND ‘CHIEF MILL TO RESUME WORK on Falrview WMine At Mystie and Town ix Growing —~Dakota Mining and Mi ing Company Elee NTRAL CITY, 8. D., june 20.—(Spe- clal.)—Negotiations which have been pend- Ing for some time for the sale of the Gustin group of mines in Blacktall guleh wore closed last Friday afternoon, by the pay- ment of $2,500 to bind the contract and on Saturday the balance of the purchase price Was pald over to tae owners of the ground, 8. V. Nobie and associates. This property is one which has been for & number of years a good producer, having been worked in a small way by its former owners, and always paying well, but as they had been nnable to put up a redue- tion works of thelr own, its ore has oeen milled in custom plants. The partles tuying T. Watson and F. T. Saunders, the men who sold the famous Spearfish ground to /4ts present owners, who have been heavily interested in mining operations in the Black Hills for a number of years, and who bave succaeded in almost every venture. The price pald for the Gustin property was $26,000, only two peyments being made on it, the one of $2,500 paid last Friday, and the other of $22,500, pald Saturday last. The Gustin group adjoins the Deadbroke eompany's ground, and is looksd upon as fone of the best pleces of property In the gulch. It is thoroughly developed, so it will not be necessary to huat for ore, sev- eral good shoots having been exposed by former workings in the mine. The ore is a free-milling proposition, but one that will cyanide to a good ad- vantage, s0 the new owners will at once begin the erection of a 100-ton wet-crush- ing cyanide plant upon the ground, and as soon as it Is completed will be ready to mill ore. The mine Is situated In the midst of good’' paying properties, such as the Im- perial, the Kicking Horse and the Dead- ,broke groups, and its ore is of the same general character, and much better than the average ore that is belng treated to- day at a profit. The selling of this property, and the ! commencement on it of operations on an extansive scale, will probably be the cause of inducing the Elkhorn Raliroad company, which runs within a mile of the ground, to extend its road up the gulch, and should it do 8o, there will be as much ore shipped from this district as from any in the Hills along the line of that road. Ready the ground are H. Min to Start Up. DEADWOOD, S. D., June 20.—(Special. The Highland Chiet mill, in Spruce gul:h, which has been idle for sometime unfer- #oing repairs and improvements, will start dropping its stamps again In a few day: The plant at the present time has a capac- Ity of fifty tone a day, but there is a prop- osition to Increase it to 100 tons, and this ,may be done, should pending negatiations &0 through all right. These negotiations look to the consolida- tion of the important interests in North and South Spruce and the enlargersent of the mill, and it Is now more thar; likely that this will be done; and with the resource that such a combination ccald command, begin a thorough and more systematic de- twglopment of the district. At the present time but little work has been done on the lower contact on elther branch of Spruce, the development_of the district having so far been confined to the upper contact, from which some very fine smelting ore has been taken and shipped to the Deadwood smelter for treatment, with the average better than $15 a ton gold, and some shipments which have gone very much higher. The last run of the mill was made on ore taken from the Champlon group, and the only group In the district that can be sald to have received any development on the lower contact. This development consists of a 400-foot tunnel, the greater part of which is In ore, but as yet tho ore body has not de- weloped into anything very big, the last twenty or thirty feet only showing that ore exists in quantities, for the shoot is bra- ginning to widen out and the values in the ore becoming higher, and the indieations #l1 polating to the fact that the ds it will become quite extensive after it 8 been gone in on a little further. The ore at this point 18 much richer than that taken from near the mouth of the drift, and appears to be growing better ‘with each day's work. On other groups many small shoots of wore have been opened up on the lower con- tact, all of which carry fair valu but as yet they have not received development enough to give any idea of their extent, although the showing is one which should Induce development, for the ore taken from the lower contact is a much better cyanid- ing proposition than that taken from the upper, and the ground is easler worked. It may be said that the district, if what work has been done on the upper contact 1s_omitted, has recelved no development whatever, for there are several known ore bodies on different groups of claim which, with a little more work on them, will d velop Into good propositions. Should the proposition to coneolidate be carried out it will prove to be one of the best things that has ever happened in the district, for then ground will be developed, the working of which cannot help but de- velop adjolning ground, and under the ar- rangement proposed all the work that will Be done will be with this object in vie When the Highland Chief mill is aga in operation, under the agreement of cou- #olidation, it would handle, with its in~ ©creasod capacity, all or nearly all of the ore which would be mined in these opera- tions, and assist materially in the develop- ment of the district, for most of the work would be made to pay for itself. There 1s quite a quantity of good smelt- \ng being shipped dally from the dis- triet, but all of it is comlng from the upper Sontact, and but little attention has been Cheap Doctors They never pay. Don’t employ them. Get the best and pay the price. Cheap doctors don’t recommend Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. The best doctors do. They pre- scribe it for fresh colds, old colds, easy coughs, hard coughs, weak lungs, bron- chitis, even for consumption. Jsevere brong! mu."-". M' Newburg, W. Va. Bo B B 4G ATERGD, Levetdem, paid to the ore bodies on the lower contact, except in the cases mentioned. Harrington . & GOregg last Thursday shipped a lot of mining supplies to Mystic, where they have begun operations on the Falrview mine. With the supplies they sent & number of miners to increase the farce already at work on the ming The first shipment of ore from the prop- erty will be made to the National smelter at Rapid City this week, several tons hav- ing accumulated on the dumps from the operations which started a week ago. Shipments will also be made from the old dumps of the mine, the ore in which Is just as g0od as that which is now being taken out The new vein which was opened up in the mine a week ago will also contribute to the shipments, and enough ore will be taken from it to pay for sinking the shaft which 1s golng down on it. Mystic is becoming quite a little town, and many men are finding employment there aside from the work which is be- ing done on the Fairview The electro-cyanide plant at the camp continues in operation with good results, making satistactory returns on all of the ore treated, the most of which had here- tofore been rogarded as a purely smelting proposition. The plant 18 only of fifty tons daily capacity and is having all it can do, #0 several mine owners in the vicinity are preparing to follow the example of the Falrview owners and ship to Rapld City. Money for Improvements, The annual meeting of the Dakota Mining and Milling company was held in this eity last Friday avd at it officers of the com- pany were elected as follows: President, Joseph Rickle of Deadwood; vice president, J. Goldberg, Deadwood; treasurer, John Hunter, ‘Deadwood; secretary, H. J. Craw- tord, Deadwood. The company at the meeting declded to spend $75,000 in improvements on its mill in the First ward of this city, and among other things its daily capaclty will be in- creased 100 tons. When the company's mill was buflt it was designed for a 200-ton plant, but only the machinery for 100 tons was put in. The power, however, had been arranged 80 that any time the mill's capacity could be increased an additional 100 tons a day without interfering with its operations, #o0 that the building of the proposed ad- dition will not stop the wheels from going around. Work on the addition will begin at once and it will be completed in a month or so. Since it began operations the mill has made two cleanups each month, the clean- ups averaging better than $10,000 each. There 1ri a vast amount of ore exposed In the workings at the company’s mines and there will be no trouble whatever exper- fenced in keeping the enlarged mill sup- pliedl, with ore, for the narrow gauge sys- tems of both the Elkhorn and Burlington roods have been built to the mines. Development at Hill City. HILL CITY, S. D., June 29.—(Speclal.)— The Grantz Mining company is proceeding with developments om its property with the very best of and the most encouraging of resuls. On the Roosevelt group the company is at the present time working a force of eight men, all that at the pres- ent time can be worked to an advantage, and the miners are taking out some very good ore. The present operations on this group are confined to an open ocut, In which has been exposed an. eight-foot ver- tical. Two eamples from this being taken from across its face, gave assay returns of $35.20 and $45.20, an average of better than $40 a ton gold. Just as soon as it is convenient the present force of miners at work on this group will be increased and operations conducted on a larger scale. A two-story boarding house has recently been erected on the ground, a blacksmith shop, orehouse and office bullding put up, and other improvements made. In this vein which is being worked is a rich streak—a small one—which will go better than $300, and this ore is being sacked and will be shipped. The other ore is being stored and wil! be treated in the company’'s own mill, it being the“intention to put up a ten-stamp mill on the ground this summer. The company ls still working a large force of men on the St. Elmo group, running three shifts a day, and the large working shaft, 6x10 in the clear, which was started some time. ago, is now down fifty feet and will be dropped 250 feet further before cross- cutting will be begun to reach the veln. Stations will be established at that level and the stoping of ore begun. The St Elmo has a lot of development work done on it, in fact, it is one of the best de- veloped mines in the district, and the pres- ent work is for the purpose of working it to a botter advantage than is offered from other openings made on the ground. Machin on the Ground. ROCHFORD, §. D., June 29.—(Special.)— The first carload of machinery for the com- pressor plant of the Ohlo-Deadwood eom- pany hae arrived on the ground and the balance 13 expected to reach the camp every day. The big 100-horse-power boiler will be placed in position within a few days and the work of setting up the other machinery started ‘on. While awaiting the arrival of the air com- pressor plant operations on the mine have been going on slowly with a small force of miners, but now the mumber will be in- creased and three shifts a day employed until the big working tunnel which fs being driven in on the “Swanson” vein shall have been completed. This tunnel ie now about 125 feet, and going ahead slowly, all the work being done by hand, but with six power drills in operation it will go on much faster. This tunnel, which is following along the strike of the vein, will be driven in for 875 feet further, when the work of getting out ore will be commenced. The ore s a free-milling proposition and carries very good values, some of it being rich, butthe average of a good commercial grade, and as there {s & very large body of it it is the intention of the company to build a reduction plant of its own for its treatment 1. B. Murphy of Toledo, 0., who recently became interested in the property, hae been appointed general manager, and will at once undertake the direction of affairs Big Body of Or LEAD, S. D, Jube 29.—(Special.)—The shaft on the Pluma company’s ground, ad- joining the townsite of Lead. is now down 260 feet and dropping at the rate of twe feet a day. Stations have been estab. lished at various lovels and the company will soon begin stoping out ore. The maln ore body has been exposed for a distance of about 2,000 feet along its strike and it is known te be from 250 to 400 feet in width. It greatly resembles the ore bodies on the Homestake free-milling belt, which it adjolns, and carries the same values, from $4.50 to The three-com-. partment shaft, which is now sinking cn ore, will be carried down to the 1,000-foot level before operations on it are sis- pended, and perhaps deeper. The company for the last month has been repairing the old Hawkeye stamp mill, and has it about ready to rus, and it is the intention to start the stawrps in 1t dropping on ore from the Pluma ground Monday. The ore from the workings, & large quan- tity of which has accumulated, will be delivered to the mill, which is situated about & mile frem the mime, by a wire tramway, which can supply ore, enougla to keep a 100-stamp mill in operation. The Hawkeye is & forty-stamp mill ‘ana one of the latest bullt ia the Ailis, g0 it is practically up-to-date. FINISHING TOUCH IN AUGUST Union Pacifi's New Bhops Will Be Done Inside of Two Months. NEW MACHINERY AND FIXTURES GOING IN Smokestack Now Over Handred Feet High, Half Its imate Reach— Roof to Be Finished in Two Weeks. The Union Pacific's new Omaha shops will be completed and ready for use by the middle of August, providing the weather man improves his conduct. That is the time within which the contract says the work must be finished, but it will require Qifferent weather than that of the last few weeks to meet the conditions of the agreement, the contractors say. When completed the company will have In these structures a new roundhouse, boiler and machine shops and a new power- house. The entire structure will be equipped with new machinery and fixtures, the installation of which is involved in the contract as necessary to the completion of the work. The machinery is being put in as rapldly as possible as the building pro- rresses A large force of men, about 250, 1s now at work on these buildings and every effort is being made to advance the labor, but the men have been seriously retarded by the rainy days, which make it imposeible for the bricklayers to accomplish much. The bricklayers are putting in their strong- est work now on the large smokestack, which when completed will be 200 feet and six Inches in height. The most difficult part of this stack s up and the helght at pres- ent {s 106 feet. The foremen say from now on it should be possible to raise from five to seven feet a day or flnish it within at least twenty days. With this work out of the way the bricklayers will have ac- complished thelr mos: dificult task and will be at the end of their labors. Carpenter Work to Come. All the brick work outside of that on smokestack, the foremen say, can be, with favorable weather, completed within four or five days. The most that remains to be done on the structure as a whole is car- penter work and roofing. The roof is well advanced, but the most skillful part of this work yet remains. The roof is to be finished with gravel and glass and it 1s estimated that two weeks will be required to finish this work. Almost all the frame structure of the roof has been erected and the entire force at work on that part of the building soon will be avail- able for putting on the finishing touches. Work began on the new shops January 16 and the men consider the progress made entirely satisfactory in view of the numer- ous obstacles which could not be avoided. When completed the shops will enable the company to meet its demands with greater tacility and better actual results. For some time there has been an urgent need for more shop room and larger facilities and it ie expected that these improvements will be entirely sufficient to meet every de- mand. A much larger force of men can, be employed when the company sees fit to hire them. GAS ENGINES FOR FARM WORK They Are Coming Into General U Observes Traveling Man from Iowa. “Some of these days,” sald R. F\. Rogers, a philosopher from Ottumwa, Ia, who travels for an Omaha supply house and who was at the Merchants yesterday be- use it was too ralny to attend church; ome of these days 1t is going to be up to somebody to write & book about the passing of the farm hand. His days are numbered because his usefulness is van- ishing. People In the city don’t realize what perfection the farmers of lowa and the ranchmen of Nebraska are attaining in the equipment of their places. It hasn't been so mighty long since it was a case of maln strength and awkwardness with the ‘honest yeomanry,’ and In those days it required a ‘hand’ for everything that horses couldn’t do. But Yankee inventive genius has made great strides and the last clever trick was the creation of the gas engine and Incidentally the mutomobile. “It is only within the last two or three years that the engines have been perfected into practicability, but it would surprise, you to see how many farmers have alreacy invested. They can make one engine se'sve ©0 many purposes, you know, and the west- ern farmer can recognize a good fhing just about as quick as anybody. Purchased originally to run a pump, these engine they impress into a diversified &'sty that includes running cream separators amd pro- pelling small corn shellers. The other day I was told about a ranchman who came from Connecticut, I suspect, for he had coupled his engine onto somes home-made fans in his dining room and. ‘was turning them with & rope belt. “And though it may seemn a bit strange, it is nevertheless a fact that the automobile boom has done a great deal for the farmer in an indirect way. I, has resulted in much attention being gl'sen to small motors and engines with the rssult that they have been much improved ‘m make and lessened some in price. The ‘harseless carriage has stimulated manufac‘oure and the big con- cerns have equippad their plants to put on the market many new grades and styles of power-makers. Tn another two years 1 belleve we wi'l find ourselves living in such an era of gas and electric power as few people no'w anticipate. Already the country towns wre talking automobiles with a vengeance, the residents of many of them have purcha'sed machines, and it is a fact that manly western farmers are preparing to buy, or at least say they are.” PEF{SONAL PARAGRAPHS. Frank Johnson of L N . oET dncoln 1s at tha Del C. C. Lew! Millard. J. F*. Dul local ‘hotel. Dr. A. R. Marcott: i C) Kan. the ‘Miilara ngip et alied James C. Hood of Washi at the Millard. 0k Skt A H. Nicholson of L ¥illard yesterday. G. H. Sawyer, a merchant %a. 18 at the Murray, % Tl odx. Roy Applegate and J. M. ' - coln are at {he Merchants, ~° /%" of Lin T. B. King and George p tral City are Omaha vl gvors, L K. Page and H, ) <ines m;n of 1dn Grove, Ir," are R’:;Z"DZ\EJ;‘: " . H. Patterson of Grand Island is regi: tered at the Mercaants as a "Prdnlo[ui‘ l“)l;l"h_-le SN::h\“or!me rural free delivery vl ¢ Schiitz, régistered from C. 8. Bush, § H. Mason are caplta’fats from Prov Omahs 04’ business Mr. a'@l Mrsc George H ings, J A Amereux of Eustis. J. L. Her- shey st Lincolm and W. B. Gibb of Cralg are’umong Nebraskans at the Tler Grand N M. Avers of Beaver City. grand master of Nebraska Masons, and Robert E. French Kearney, grand custodian of the grand fodge. were 'In the city yesterday, registered at the Iler Grand Ed Shannon, formerly at Swift's in South Omaha, but now timekseper for railroad construction gangs, is in Omaha for a_few days before going {o Nevada. He has bedn in the wilderness of southeasters Missouri for several mouths. Is and wife of Denver-are at the llard of Sidney, Neb., is at a ncoln was at the Bissell of Cen- nd R. E. Mason idence, R.' L, in Mead of Hast- MONDAY, RAILROAD LINES INCREASE Total Mileage in United States More Than Two Hundred Thousand. MANYZEXTENSIONS IN SOUTHERN STATES Qver Two Thousand Miles of New Track Laid During First Half of Year and More to Come. More ‘than 200,000 miles of railway are now {4 In the Urited States. At the close of the year 1901 the total was ap- proximately 199,526 miles and the con- strugtion for the first six months of 1902 briags the total up to 201,839 miles. The track laid during these six months on 156 ‘70uds aggregated 2,314 mliles, Nebraska's total mileage for this period was twelve miles on one line. According to the Raflway Age tracklay- ing thus far this year has been distributed throughout forty-one states and territories, tho following states reporting mno new mileage, although lines are under con- struction n all of these with the excep- tion of two or three New England stat New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho. Texas shows the largest new mileage, with 236 miles. Oklahoma and the Indian Territory are tled for second place with 211 miles ench and New Mexico Is fourth with 190 miles. Other states showing 100 miles or over are: Arkansas, 136 miles; Georgla, 125 miles; Loulsiana, 102 milé and Illinols 100 miles, Florida being near | the 100-mile mark with ninety-seven miles to her credit. While the new mileage Is widely dis. tributed, the greater portion of it is lo- | cated In the soWthwest, the five states and territories of Arkansas, Texas, New Mex- | fco and the Indlan Territory and Okla- | homa Territory contributing no less than 984 miles. The eight states and territories whieh are usually classed as southwestern states have bullt 1,143 miles of new line, which is nearly half of the mileage of the entire country. Other groupings are as fallows: New England states, twenty- one miles; Middle states, 121 milés; Cen- tral Northern states, 196 miles; South At- lantic states, 287 miles; Gulf and Missis- sipp! Valley states, 191 miles; Northwest- ern states, 183 miles; Pacific states, 127 miles. The states west of the Mississipp! river have built 1,613 mil and the states south of the Ohlo and east of the Mis sippl 380, making & total of 1,998 miles of new line completed in the states south of the Ohfo and west of the Mi pp! river. veying Dome. While many of the large systems of the country are bullding Important extensions, the majority of them bave laid but little track so far, the first six months of the | year having been devoted largely to sur- veying and grading. Notable exceptions are Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf, which has com- pleted 202 miles in Arkan: , Texas and the Indlan and Oklahoma Territories, and the St. Louls & San Francisco, which ha laid 181 miles in the same states and ter- ritories. The Great Northern hi bullt 122 miles in Montana, Washington and North Dakota; the Saata Fe system 68 miles in Arizona, Oklahoma and the Indian Terri- tory; the Missouri Pacific 60 miles in Ar- kansas, Loulsiana and Missouri; the Inter- | national & Great Northern 64 miles in Texas; the El Paso & Rock Island 56 miles in New Mexico; the Seaboard Air Line 45 miles in Florida, and the Southern P cific (Atlantic system), 42 miles in Texas. The large systems which are bullding ex- tensions, but which have lald but little track so far, are the Rio Orand system, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Chbicag Milwaukee & St. Paul, Burlington systel Northern Pacific, Southern, Loulsville & Nasbville, Chicage & Northwesters, Chesa- | |but elghteen | The | tather's which JUNE 30, 1902 ; You Have That Empty Feeling— Say | Zu ZU and everybodyA will know you want some of those snappy little ginger snaps in the In-er-seal Package. Price 5c. NATIONAL BISCUIT { cowwany. | peake & Ohlo, Baltimore & Ohlo, Norfolk & Western, Illinols Central, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, St. Louls Southwestern, Wabash and Oregon Short Line. Two independent lines of Importance now under construction are the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake, which has laid 22 miles in Californla, and the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient, which has laid 20 miles in Kansas, as well as 25 miles in Mexico. Other independent new lines, or lines whose fdentity has not been fully disclosed, have lald track as follows: = El Paso & South- western, 97 miles In Arizona and New Mexico; Illinois Valley, 100 miles in II- linols; Arkansas & Choctaw, 80 miles in Indian Territory; Ozark & Cherokee Cen- tral, 45 miles in Arkansas and the Indian Territory; St. Louls, Memphis & South- eastern (reported to be backed by the St. Louls & San Franeisco), 43 miles in Ar- kansas and Missouri; Iowa & St. Louls, 24 miles in Iowa and Missouri; Des Molnes, lowa Falls & Northern, 20 miles in lowa. MESSENGER BOYS IN DEMAND Frequent Showers Bring Business from Forgetful Men Without Thelr Umbrellas, The messenger companies are not com- plaining of the many showers of the last week. For them It meant dollars. Sald one manager: “It 1s surprising the number of people who leave their homes in the morning with- out umbrellas, even when the weather is threatening. When the rain comes titey all try to telephone at once to have boys eent to bring thelr shelter sticks. One day last week I sent a boy to a place on West Farnam street. Before he got there I had #ix other s'milar orders from people along the way whom he could stop and accom- modate on the way back. I telephoned him while he was at the first house and told bim where to call. But when he reached the office here he had not seven umbrellas A woman at one house would see him going Into her neighbor's and would halt bim as he came out to send a parasol to her husband. On such days our boys answer calls amounting to $30 or $35. —— LOCAL BREVITIES. Lewis E. Sickles, a salesman for the F. P. Kirkendall 8hoe company, died at St. Joseph's hospital Sunday morning and the remains will be taken to Ottumwa, Ia., today for interment. Deceased was 3 ye of age and had been in il health for some time. The sujt of George Johnson against P. B. Murray for the possession of & meat mar- ket room at the corner of Park avenue and Leavenworth street has been dismissed without prejudice. Johnson owns a grocery next to the meat market, and bought the latter and wanted possession, but Murray held on. Tuesday, in district court room No. 3 Justice Charles Potter and a jury are tackle the second of sixteen sults brought by students of the Moler barber college to collect ~thelr tultion of $40 each « ground that the college fatled to teac as promised. The first suit the ‘college some months ago Chester C. Hagelton, 78 years old, dicd at his home, 416 North Twenty-fifth street, Baturday afternoon. The funeral wiy oeeur at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after which the remains will be taken to Forest Lawn cemetery for interment. Deceased was the father of Martin 8. Haselton and had been in Omaha for & number of years The Elks of Caunctl Bluffs and Omnha are anticipating good sport at the base ball game which will take place Friday, July 4, at the Omaha league park, Sixteenth and Vinton streets. A’ good game is promised, as there are men In each lodge who have won reputations as ball players at home and elsewhere in the past. The nines have been nearly agreed upon and as soon as the final selections are made the names and positions will be published The executive heads of the government of Dundee are to come to Omaha within a day or two to tell thelr troubles in court case lg that against young Vaughn Coughlin, charged with the grave offense of “interfering with impounded animals which means that he is supposed to have taken out of confinement horse of his the village marshal had taken up when he discovered it at large on the lawns. The case was to have been heard by Justice Charles Potter of Dundee but the matter was entirely too momentous to be disposed of ai home, so & change of venue to Justice Bryce Crawford's court Was laken Baturdey. them was won | the close of a short session, by | SABBATH SESSION OF HOUSE Devoted to Tribute to Memories of Otey and Oummings, EULOGIES ARE NOTABLY IMPRESSIVE Meeting ix Recorded in the Journal s Regular, Making the First Legislative Day ety Years. WASHINGTON, June 20.—The house of representatives held a session today to pay tribute to the memories of the late Repre- sentative Amos Cummings of New York and the late Representative Peter J. Otey of Virginia. By special direction of Secrotary Moody the Marine band was In attendance In the lobby In the rear of the hall and rendered an apprepriate musical program. The widows and families of the deceased occupled the speaker's pew in the gallery, and delegations from Typographical union No. 6 of New York, the Letter Carriers’ association and the New York Pilots' ai soclation came here to honor Mr. Cum- mings' memory. The public galleries were well filled. The eulogles were exceedingly Impressive, especially that delivered by Mr. Cannon of Illinots, who paid a tribute from the heart to the lofty character of Mr. Cummings. Although services have been held in the house on Sunday on previous occasiona, notably the death of Henry Winter Davis, this was the first time in ninety years that Sunday was made a legislative day and the house met on the Sabbath with a speake: clerks and all the other paraphernalia which accompany the actual transaction of leglslative businees. Frequently in times past the house has been in session on Sunday, especially at bit sucn slons always have been nuations of the legislative day of Saturday and the journal on Monday showed no session on the Sabbath. Regular Legislative Day. In this case, however, the journal of to- day will be that of a regular legislative day. In order to find a precedent for the session today the house managers went back to 1800, when the house held a session on March 2, because of the pressure of pub- lic business two days before the final ad- journment, March 4 Those who paid tribute to the memory of Mr. Cummings were Messrs. McClellan, democrat of New York; Foss, republican of Il'nois; Cannon, republican of Illinols; Sulzer, democrat of New York; McCall, re- publican of Maseachusetts; Myer, demoerat of Loulsiana; Clark, democrat of Mi; Dayton, republican of West Virginia; togle, democrat of New York; Lessler, re | publican of New York, and Hooker, dem- the | ocrat of Mississippl. Bulogies were then pronounced on the late Representative Otey of Virginia by Messrs. Jones, democrat of Virginia; Jenk- ins, republican of Wisconsin; Flood, demo- crat of Virginia; Lanhem, democrat of Texas; Hay, democrat of Virginia; Morris, republican of Minnesota; Swanson, demo- “The survival **The Perfected American of interesting information free apon request. crat of Virginia; DeArmond, democrat of Missouri; Rhea, democrat of Virginl Call, republican of Massachusetts h democrat of Virginia; Graff, republican of Illinole; W. W. Kitchen, democrat of Northy Carolina, and Lamb, democrat of Virginia. At 3:23 o'clock, as a further mark of res spect to the two deceased members, the house adjourned until 11 o’clodk tomorrow morning. TO ORGANIZE IRISH LEAGUR Omaha Branch of the United @ Society to Be Formed Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon there will be organ. ized in Omaha a local branch of the Iri: Natlonal league, the call having beem is- sued Saturday by T. J. Mahoney, chalrmag, of the temporary committee which pro« vided reception for Willlam Redmond, Irish member of Parllament, who spoke here i» the spring. The local branch will have for its prin- cipal object the raising of funds to be seni to the officers of the league, which s now carrylng out a program In Ireland the Interest of greater industrial freedom for the residents of that island. Briefly out- lined, the demands of the league in Ireland ar JadFull mational self-government of Ires “F Universal and compulsory sale of the landlords’ interest in the land to the ten- ants, i A state-aided system for enabling farm laborers In the country and workingmen in towns and citles to become owners of 13 own_homes. 4, Reatitution to Ireland of the $15,00 6 @ year In excess of her just share of perial taxation collected by the British gove ernment for many years past. 5. Complete educational equality for the Catholies of Ireland, including the estab- lishment and endowment of a university in whose benefits they can consclentiously participate, 6. The repeal of the coerclon act and of the treason-felony act, under which litical offenses are prosecuted as ordinary crim 7. To secure the eleciion of county eouns clls, which will come together once a_year in & national councll and agitate for home rule on conditions not less favorable than {hose offered in Mr. Gladstone's celebrated i 5. Preference for articles of Irish manu. facture in all public contracts. 9. Preservation of the Gaelic lan and the teaching thereof in all public] supported schools and colleges. 10. Maintenance of trades union rules and rates of wages by all public bodles. The work of the league in this country, ln addition to the ralsing of funds, will be to publish the actions of the league and the opposition of the government of Great Brit- ain, 8o that all persons in the United States may be familiar with the situation. In other cities collections were taken when the Irish envoys were in this coun- try. St Louls, Chicago and New York con- tributed many thousands of dollars to the fund; St. Joseph, Mo., raised over $1,000, No collection was taken tn Omaha, but the promoters of the league belleve that at least 31,600 can be ralsed among the men who sympathize with the movement in thie city In & short time and that, through the local branch, a stated amount annually may be turned into the genera! fund for such a period of time as may be necessary. Publieh your legal notices 1o The Weekly Bee Telephone 238. Watches. of the fittest.” Walch,”” an dllustrated Book about watches, will be sent American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass.