Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 10, 1903, Page 6

MINING IN THE BLACK RILLS Bhaw Will Represent Roosevelt at Oongress at Lead Next Month. NEW OFFICERS OF GOLDEN REWARD dent B A t the Company—Big Smelter at Deadwood May Start Harriman fe Chosen P Soon, DEADWOOD, 8. D, Aug. 9-Speclal)— Preparation for the coming session of the American Mining congress, to be held in Lead and Deadwood next month, continues, and when the first meeting 18 called to order there will be nothing lacking to| make the gathering one of the biggest of successes, Notification has been recelved | from the governors of the different states and territories to the effect that delegates | have been appointed to attend the con- gress, and assurance given that from each state will come a large representation. Becretary Mahon of the association i in recelpt of a letter from Secretary Loeb, in which it 15 stated that, owing the press of public business, it will be impossible for President Roosevelt to accept the invi- tation which has been given him to attend the sessfon of the congress as the guest of the Black Ilills Mining Men's assocla- tion, but that he has appointed Secretary Shaw of the treasury to act as his per- sonal representative during the session of the congress, and that Secretary Shaw will be here. When Secretary Shaw ar- rives he will be made the guest of the mining men, and as much attention paid Mm as though he were the president Golden Reward Elects Officers. The annual meeting of the Golden Re- ward Mining company was held in Dead- wood last Tuesday, and the officers, who have made the company one of the great- est of mining successes, were re-elected, as follows: E. H. Harriman, president; Har- ris Franklin, vice president and general manager; C. C. Tegethoff, secretary and treasurer. At the meeting the proposition of again starting up the big smelter In Deadwood was discussed, and the result was that the plant will probably be blown | in some time this month. The cyanide plant of the company I treating 0 tons of ore a day, and last Wednesday shipped to the mint at Washington a gold brick welghing 1,600 ounces, the result of the cleanup for the last half of July. The water has about all drained out of the workings In the company's mines from which are taken the smelting ores, g0 the probability of the smelter starting up in a short time is good. There is more ore exposed In the workings of the company's property at the present time than ever before, and it is of a very good grade. There is some talk of the company bullding & G0-ton cyanide plant in Terry, at its mines, and that work on It will begin this year, If this is done it will give the com- pany treatment plants with a capacity of 760 tons daily, aside from its 500-ton smelter, now idle. Shipments of smelting ores to the eastern smelters continue, about 200 tons daily being sent out of the Hills for treatment. Dakota Cyanide Mill Ready. The labor of rearranging the tanks in the Dakota cyanide mill has been about finished, and that plant will resume opera- tions In a couple of weeks. When the work now under way has been completed the plant will have double its former ca- pacity, and under the new arrangements ‘the pulp will be allowed to stand for twenty-four hours longer in solution, as- suring a greater percentage of extraction. The bonds fssued by the company, amount- ing to $50,000, have all been disposed of, ex- cepting a few thousand, which have been spoken for by stockholders, and will be taken up in a few days; In fact, all of the bonds issued have been taken by those interested in the company, and the amount ralsed ‘has been expended in improving the mill and developing the property of the company. While the Dakota has a ways more than pald exponses at mine and mill, the ore treated was not of a grade high enough to insure dividends, the amount of ore treated dally not being large enough, but with the mill increased to double its former capacity the company should soon be on the dividend-paying lis for it has any amount of ore which, treated in big quantities, will pay well. Develop- ments at the mines show that the ore shoots are as extensive as any in the Bald Mountain district. Clover Leat Shows Good Ore. Developments on the Clover Leaf proper- ty are progressing with good results, and the property today, under the manage- ment of the new superintendent, shows more ore than ever before. Drifting on the 700-foot level is being pushed, and the ledge Is now close at hand. On the 600- foot level one of the biggest stopes in the mine s being opened up, and the ore body there will average $7 to the ton, although there s occasionally met with some of the rich ore which has made the mine famous. On the 600-foot level another big ore body of excellent grade is being de- veloped, and one which will be used as reserve to supply the mill. Nearer the sur- face an ore body has been opened up, which carries falr commercial values. This is the ore which had been passed by by the former owners in thelr efforts to get the rich specimen ore for which the mine has long been noted. Last Thursday the regular semi-monthly clean-up of the mill was made, and, although but thirty of the sixty stamps had been dropping during that time, the brick was at least 80 per cent larger than had been antiol- pated. y Deadwood-8tandard, Wasp 2, Jupiter, Pe- nobscot, Spearfish and Clover Leaf sent thei bricks in this week at about the same time to the United States assay office, and the combined value of them all amounted to something over $60,00. All of these com- panige are now working at the tull capacity of their plants, and besides the amount of ore which Is treated in the Hilis by them, many of them are making dally shipments of ore to eastern plants. Pump at Work on Two-Bit. ‘Work has been resumed on the Hercules company's ground on Two Bit, and the mine is being rapidly drained of the water which was allowed to accumulate in it dur- ing the years it has been shut down. A big pump has been installed, and this, with the assistance of two skips, is rap- {dly draining the workings. On the ground 1s & four-compartment shaft, 230 feet deep, from the bottom of which a long drift has been run which taps a big body of low grade porphyry ore, carryin about §5 wvalues. The company will mine a consid- erable quantity of this ore and submit It to & test in order to determine whether it shipment of a couple of carloads of ore sent from the Bouthern Queen copper‘mine near Firburn, and it fs sald that the ore went as high as 62 per cent metallic copper. The oro was treated In one of the eastern smelters and the return from the treat- ment was a great surprise to the owners of the property. This is exceedingly rich, and should all of the ore taken from the mine average as well the Southern Queen will prove to be the richest copper propo- sitfon ever struck. A dlamond drlll has been recelved in Custer for shipment to the Copper Butte mine, located on Spring creek, and it will be used to prospect the ground, which has splendid surface indications, and is thonght much of by those who have examined it. Should the results of the drilling prove satisfactory, work of developing the prop- erty on a large scale will be started at once. On the Interstate Mining company's ground work is going ahead and a scheme of development inaugurated which promises to open up the ore bodles in good shape The ground of the company contains sev- eral well defined veins of ore, which show on the surface, and it is the purpose to develop these velns by sinking a number of shafts along their course. Several have already been sunk, the deepest being about sixty feet, and in all of them the veins have been exposed, the quality of ore being of an excellent free-milling grade. SIOUX SURVIVES DEATH BLOW Ye Indian, Seventy-Five Surprises Doctors by Vitality, Blind o SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Aug. 9.—(Special.) —The really wonderful vitality possessed by the older Bloux Indians is fllustrated by the case of James Goodhawk, a vener- able Bioux living on the Yankton agency, who a few days ago was the victim of a murderows assault by his son-in-law, ah Indian bearing the puritanical name of Miles Standish. 8. A. Sheidler, o white man, who is al- leged to have furnished the liquor which caused the assault, has been brought to Bloux Falls by Jerry Carleton, deputy United States marshal, and lodged in the county jall, he having been held for ap- pearance before the next federal grand ury. ( Goodhawk Is 76 years of age and blind. While sitting on the ground stroking the head of an Indian child, his son-in-law, who had secured a neckyoke, struck him a terrific blow, crushing the side of his skull, Had the blow fallen squarely on top of his head it would have caused instant death, Not satisfied with this, Standish again struck the old man with the neck- yoke, this time across the back. The blow on the head caused Goodhawk te become unconscious, and physiclans who were sum- moned were unanimous In declaring that he could not live more than a tew hours. The assault occurred at Springfield, 8. D., while the Indians were enroute to the Santeo (Neb.) agency. Residents of the town procured a mattress and placed the old man on it, but the Injured Indian's wife Interfered and removed him to the ground. She, with the assistance of her daughters, cared for him in the crude In- dian fashion, with the result that he re- gained consclousness the following morn- ing. He has continued to show improvement since, and hopes are now entertained that, notwithstanding his great age and serious injuries, he may recover. White physiclans who are famillar with the case say that under the usual course of treatment followed by the whites he would certainly have died wWithin a few hours, probably without regaining con- sclousness. Standish has been lodged in the Yankton county jail by Deputy Marshal Carleton, where he will be kept pending the outoome of the old man's injuries. If his victim has a relapse and dies he will be turned over to the state authorities for prosecu- tion on the charge of murder. CROWDS VIEW RUINS (Continued from First Page.) the room above pillars of fire and sparks. The force of the huge jet from the stand- pipe was shown by a window frame torn loose by the stream from a front window and deposited twenty feet back in the bufldjng. In the front part of the fourth floor' considerable costly art glass was stored and much of it suffered. The bulk of the art glass, however, was on the sec- ond floor, where comparatively little dam- age was done. The three upper floors present interlors charred, blackened, water-soaked—ruined. City Electrician Patton reserved a criti- cal Inspection of the motor and wiring un- til today. The inspection will take con- siderable time, owing to the fact that a heavy debris will have to.be removed. be- fore a close examination can be made of the motor and appurtenances, which are attached to the celling of the third floor. JEALOUS NEGRO SLASHES FOUR Slays Sweeth 't with Rasor, Tur: Weapon on Officers a to Wo ARMSTRONG, Mo. Aug. 9—~Word has been received here from Roanoke that four persons were slashed and stabbed with a ragor. by an infuriated negro. Lindsey Pitts, a negro, infuriated be- cause of jealousy, attempted to kill his sweetheart, Dearlle Herndon, with a razor. The woman was 80 badly eut she will die. City Marshal Patterson and his deputy, Robert Hayes, In attempting to arrest Pitts were serfously slashed. Marshal Pat- terson fired five shots at Pitts, but missed him. Pitts brother, Willlam Pitts, then at- tempted to subdue him, but was slashed across the throat and cannot live. Pitts escaped to the woods with a posse in pursult. It is belleved he will be lynched it caught. SEEK A NEW CUSTOMS LAW New York Importers Will Ask Con- Eress to Make Important Chan NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—In order to relieve importers from onerous exactions by the present customs administration acts, ef- forts will be made at the coming session of congress to amend the act In several important features. Plans to that end are being made by im- porters and merchants. The matter is in charge of a general commission consisting of the representatives of about fifty lead- ing lines of trade can be successfully treated by the cyanide process under a new scheme which has been installed In one of the treatment plants of the Hills for the treatment of slimes and sands. If this can be done, then the company proposes to erect a plant of its own. The company is well equipped to carry on mining at depth, having & splendid hoist at its shaft, pamp- fng machinery, an air compressor plant #nd power drills. The Hercules was con- sldered one of the best propositions in the Two Bit distriet during the boom d\)’l of that section. o Fitty Per Cent Copper, CUSTER CITY, 8. D.. Aug. Special.) ~Returns have been recelved from the A bill embodying the changes desired will be introduccd in congress, but the commis- sion will probably not be able to make an- nouncement of the contemplated changes until after conferences with Secretary Shaw. A S Never Matt After Porter's Antiseptic Heallng Oll Is ap- niled. Relleves pain instantly and heals at the same time. For man of beast. Price, %c. Twe Die » Tramsport. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. $ transport Logan arrived today from with the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry. Two deaths occurred on the voyage, C. F. Her- bert, first-class private of ~the engineer oros. and Jullus Ujhelyl, Company I, Twenty-sixth infantry. x THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MTONDAY, AUGU ST 10, 1903 CANAL TREATY IS DELAYED Special Bestion of Colombian Oongress Adjourns Without Aotion. INFLUENCES ARE AT WORK ADVERSE Best People of the Republic, How ever, Favor Ratification to Main- t Friendly Relations with This Country. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—(Special)—The speclal session of the Colomblan congress, which met in Bogota on June 20, adjourned on July 20, without having ratified the Panama canal treaty The regular ses- | | of November, slon of the congress met on the same day | for its legislative session. The fact that the spectal session accomplished nothing fs not by the State department, espectally in view of the fact that there have been rep- resentative Colomblans in Washington have been ‘“smelling around” to ascertain what chances there may be for a rakeoft on the sum to be paid by this country to the government of Colombla. Btill, there Is absolutely no way of guess- ing as to what the outcome will be. It 18 not expected now that the treaty will be ratified within the very near future, but it is by no means improbable that It will be eventually ratified. “The walt-till- tomorrow™ policy s prevalent throughout the South American republics. All sorts of influences are at work to Induce the Colomblan congress to refuse ratification of the treaty, and it is harely possible that these influences may be suc- cessful in accomplishing thelr object. But, on the other hand, the hest people of Co- lombla are convinced that the Interests of the republic lie in maintaining close alli- ances with the United States, which of course they could not maintain should they refuse to give their consent to the building of the Panama canal by this country. The present session of the Colombian congress will be Indefinite In duration, and it Is the firm bellef of those best posted that ultimately ratifications will be ex- changed and that it will be unnecessary for the United States to either tacltly or openly endorse the proposition for the re- volt and secession of the state of Colombia, most directly interested in the completion of the great ditch, Letter Carriers Will Elect. The coming convention of the National As- soclation of Letter Carriers at Syracuse, N. Y., from August 31 to September 6, promises to be the most important ever held by that organization. Heretofore conventions have been held s:nually, but after the one in Byracuse the rule will be changed so that the convention will take place every two years, and the officers elected at the com- ing convention will hold their positions for two years, during which time they will be in absolute control of the affairs of the | assoclation. The subject of most vital in- terest to the carriers is the matter of se- curing an increase in their salaries, and the prospects for such increase depending largely on the efforts of the officers to be elected. The campalgn for the executive position, which has been vigorously waged for the last threc months, has been based largely on the availability of the candi- dates for this work. There are three avowed candidates for the presidency of the assoclation, each of which has been endorsed by varlous branches. They are James C. Keller of Cleveland, 0.; Bdward J. Gainor of Muncle, Ind., and M. A. Fitz- gerald of New York city. Mr. Keller, who is now serving his second term as presi- dent of the assoclation, s the leading can- didate at the present time, but consider- able doubt s expressed as to the prob- ability of his re-election. He made his first campaign for the presidency at the head of the “reform” movement, and has consistently advocated a plan of ap- proaching congress without the use of “4nfluence” in any form, trusting that an appeal on the merits of the case would be sufficlent to secure the passage of a bill inereasing the salaries of the letter car- riers. Mr. Keller, hawever, has been so handicapped In his efforts that nothing has been sccomplished. Unfortunately for Mr. Keller and the assoclation, a deep preju- dice exists against him both at the Po office department and among the members of congress because of his supposed ‘‘per- niclous actlvity” in the matter of the de- feat of Representative Loud, late chair- man of the house postoffice committee, and the probability that Keller could secure favorable consideration for the bill is al- most nil, E. J. Gainor s one of the shrewdest po- lticlans in the organization, and comes from Muncle, Ind, where every man and boy s noted for his political ability and other things. Heretofore the Letter Car- riers’ association has attempted to secure the passage of a bill giving the carriers in first-class ,citles a maximum ary of $1,200 in place of the §1,000 which they now recelve, and the carriers in the smaller cities $1,000 in lleu of $500. Mr. Galnor, as representing the second-class cities, fs making his campalgn on a platform to equalize the salaries of the carriers, mak- ing the maximum of $1,200 for the smaller cities as well as for the larger cities, on the theory that If this can be done it will then be comparatively easy to raise the maximum for the carriers in the larger citles. This proposition has appealed very strongly to the carriers in the smaller citles, and Mr. Gainor is receiving consid- erable support. Fitzgerald will have the support of the New York and Brooklyn officers with thelr large representations, and probably be supported by Chicago St. Louls and other large citfes. It is certain that a new executive board will be elected. Gainor and Fitzgerald are both members of the board and Keller is exofficlo a member. Naturally should Gainor or Fitsgerald be elected they would not want those on the board who supported rival candidates to rémain, and as there is a complete lack of harmony between Keller and’ the present board, If he s elected he will carry with him a new slate. Washington’s New Station. The difference in the methods of obtain- ing among private corporations and the federal government in conducting works of great public improvement have been made manitest within the last few months through the work accomplished by the Pennsylvania railroad toward establishing the new union station just north of the capitol grounds. About the time that con- gress authorized the construction of this new station it also gave authority for the erection of a new office bullding for the use of the house of representatives on the south side of the capitol. The government work has not moved on very rapidly, in fact the indications now are that it wiil be three manths at least before title is ob- tained to the lots which are to be used as the site for this new office building, cnd winter will probably come before the struc- tures encumbering the site are removed On the other hand the Pennsylvania rail- road people proceeded to secure title to the property which they own Immediately upon the passage of the act, and today bufldings are being razed by the score and long before the condemnation proceedings have been perfected for the south side of the capitol the northern lots, which are the property of a private corporation, will have been cleared and the first work toward the construction of the station will have been completed. This great railroad project, lnvolving as it does an expenditure regarded as extremely significant | of something approaching $20,000,000, includ- Ing the cost of a tunnel under the capitol grounds, promises to result in giving the capitol city what it should have had long ago—a great union station which will be a credit to the city as wel as to the na- tion and when tho concurrent work, the improvement of the roadway of the Penn- sylvania between this city and New York, Is completed, it 18 confidently expected that the time of passenger transit between the capitol and the metropolls will be reduced 0 per cent, and that it will be possible for a member of congress to leave Washington at 3 o'cfock In the afternoon and to ar- rive in New York in time to take his din- rrer shortly after 7. Cuban Treaty at Special Scaston. The extraordinary which will session of congress, be called to meet on the 9th will be edlled primarily to ratify the reciprocity treaty with Cuba. It will be remembered that very great ob- Jection was made to the treaty during the Fifty-seventh congress on the ground that it would serfously impalr the effective- ness of the sugar trust. Western and north- | western senators were lined up In opposi- | | nothing was accomplished. during the last two or three weeks, who | | doint tion to the measure, and consequently Opposition to the treaty was also seen in the lower house of congress. Instead, however, of being outspoken against the measure on the ground that it meant almost free trade with Cuba,”some of the house leaders in- sisted that as the treaty affected tarift rates, the house of right ought to have a volce in its ratification. While the treaty making power rests wholly with the senate, the conservatives in the upper branch of congress, not willing to have an open breach with the house, decided that it was the part of wisdom to allow the house to express its opinion on the treaty, and an amendment was made in the senate that the treaty should become operative on and after its ratification by the house procedure will be the introduction of a | resolution in the house immedlately after the house is organized by the election of the speaker, the clerk and the sergeant- at-arms, reciting the terms of the treaty, and providing that on and after a specified date the tariff duties on imports from Cuba shall be those named in the treaty. That resolution will have to recefve the sanction of both houses to make it effective. In the Forty-seventh congress a reci- procity treaty with Mexico was negotlated containing a provision requiring leglslative aetion to put the same Into effect. A reso- lution was offered in the house by Mr Wilson to carry out the terms of the treaty and was referred to the committee on for- elgn affairs, where it slumbered and the treaty died of Inanition. It is expected that some such procedure will be attempted at the coming extraordinary session, but it is believed the opposition to the treaty will be so small that the resolution ratifying the treaty will go through In the ordinary course of events. Those who have been following closely the work of the opposition say that their efforts will be !neffectual. Recent congressional visitors in Washing- ton unhesitatingly say that the moment the president issued his proclamation call- ing the congress together in extraordinary session, and reciting that one of the rea- sons for bringing congress together earlier 1s for the purpose of Tatifying the treaty with Cuba will focus the attention of the country upon’the subject, and that it will be impossible for a few interests to with- stand the pressure in favor of the treaty. The country is unquestionably back of the president in his efforts to bring about closer trade relations with Cuba, and it fs therefore expected that the ground will be cut out from under the opposition by the time congress convenes. Gene Heywood to Retire. Within a very few weeks General Charles F. Heywood will retire as commandant of the marine corps. General Heywood is the oldest commissioned officer in the United States so far as his commission is con- cerned. He served through the civil war and he has seen the marine corps, which he has commanded with such credit, grow trom a very small organization to one of the most important branches of the federal sefvice. Twenty years ago there was talk of abolishing this corps entirely, as o useless adjunct to the naval estab- lishment, but that was before the magnifi- cent record by that, the redlegged sea soldfers in Panama and in Guantanamo. It was before the days when the marines had demonstrated thelr fighting qualities in Peking, and it was then that they wers generally scoffed at as “sea soldlers,” who were of no earthly use. The marine corps has within the last five years shown itself to be a most Important connecting link between the army and the navy, and no one today would think of proposing that this corps should be abolished. General Heywood, who goes on the retired list be- cause he has reached the retirement age, has made the corps what it is. It is true that he has had good material to work upon, and it s also true that today it is as easy to get recruits for such service @as it s for the army or for the naval es- tablishment proper. In fact, it may be sald that the young man of the present day realizes that there is a better chance for promotion and ultimate commisaions in the marine corps than there is In the army, and everyone knows that there Is no chance whatever for a landsman to achieve a com- mission in the navy. WARRANTS OUT FOR RANCHERS Charged with Shipping Cattle in Spite of Quarantine Ten Must Go to Law. GUTHRIE, Okl, Aug. 9.—Warrants were issued by the United States commissioner Perry for the arrest of W. H. Van- Joe Miller, George Miller, L. T. Miller, 8. A. Dunham, 8. Howard, J. H Clark, 8. W. Patton, L. A. Glimore and 8. D. Carpenter, all employes of the fa- mous “101"" ranch, near Bliss, Kay county, charging them with a violation of the fed- eral quarantine law, in shipping cattle to the eastern market without the inspection required by the federal statute. ‘The prisoners are all prominent cattlemen and “will have thelr preliminary examina. tion this week. BRYAN IS IN TRAIN WRECK Southern Switch Delays Presidential Aspirant, but Does Not Harm Him, at sellers, ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8—~W. J. Bryan was severely shaken up but escaped severe in- jury in a small wreck on the Southern road, near Mount Vernon, Ill., today. While running at full speed the train ran into an open switch and was delayed several hours. Beyond bruises nobody was injured. Mr. Bryan arrived here from Loulsville, Ky., and continued his, journey tonight to Sycamore, IlL. REAL ESTATE MEN FIGHT One Slays the Other a is Jatlea to Stay Lync GARFIELD, Wash., Aug. 9.—J. E. Brown, « prominent real estate dealer, fatally shot Thomas Turnbow, another real estate Jealer, on the streets of Garfleld today. Turnbow cannot live. - Brown was brought to Colfax and lodged in tife county jall to prevent lynching. The cause of the trouble is not known. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Harry L Gardner Found Dead in Bed by His Mother. {INJALED FATAL DOSE OF CHLOROFORM Had Long Been in Habit of U Drug to Overcome Efects of n and to Induce Steep. Harry L. Gardner, the 19-year-old son of Mrs. Denna Allberry, 2409 G. street, was found dead in his bed by his mother about 10 o'clock Sunday morning. When M-s. Allbery went to her son's room to wake him there was no response to her call and she found that he was dead. Mr. Alibery, who was In the yard at the time, was called and doctors telephoned for. An in- vestigation showed that Gardner had in- haled chloroform. There will be an in- quest at Brewer's morgue today. The re- mains will be taken to Blair on Tuesday for interment. Gardner was well known In South Omaha, having worked for two or three druggists, and also the Allberry Primting company. For the last few months he has been in the habit of snifing chloroform when he went to bed in order to make him sleep. He stated to friends that he did this in order to relleve him of pain caused by a rupture. By using the drug he found that sleep came easily. It fs supposed that he fell asleep before he had time to place the vial on the stand next to his bed. When found Young Gardner had an empty vial tightly clasped fn his right hand with the mouth of the vial close against his nose. The idea The ot sulcide is scouted by the friends of Gardner. Mrs. Allbery hiis known for a number of months that her son was in the habit of using chloroform. Besides the vial held in his hand there was a three-ounce bottle labeled chloroform on $be dresser in the room. i When Dr. Siabaugh arrived he stated that Gardner had been dead for several hours. It was only a day or two ago that Gardner made arrangements with Dr. Sla- baugh for an operation for rupture. The deceased carried $300 insurance in the Pru- dential company, but the pollcy was not fully paid up. Funeral services will be held at the family residence at noon on Tuesday, Rev. Dr. R. L. Whecler officiating. The body will then be taken to Blair for Interment. Improvement Club Meets, The South Omaha Park Improvement club held a session at its headquarters yes- terday and listened to addresses from Mayor Koutsky and President of the Coun- cfl Queenan. The general needs of the sec- tion represented by the club, which com- prises the district between Thirtieth and Thirty-sixth streets and from Q street south, were fully gone over, and promises were made by the city officlals which lead the members of the club to belleve that some relief is in sight. They want water and lights more than anything else just now, and are conducting an energetic cam- paign In the effort to secure these much needed Improvements. Forty-one members were present. Anyone Interested in pub- lic improvements s invited to meet with the club at any time. Thompson Funeral Today. The remains of Brnest Thompson ar- rived from St. Joseph, Mo., Sunday morn- ing and were taken at once to Brewer's undertaking establishment, Funeral ser- vices wil! be held at the residence of his father, G. W. Thompson, 152 North Twenty-fourth street, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Rev, Dr. R. L. Wheeler will of- ficlate. The remains will be Interred at Forest Lawn cemetery. For a number of years the deceased was hog buyer at Bouth Omaha for the Hammond company. When the house here closed down Thompson was transferred to St. Joseph, where he bought live stock for the Hammond people up to the time of his death. Commence Work Today. Postmaster Etter stated yesterday that under the terms of the contract Lehman & Co. of Omaha should commence work on the repairs to the postoffice bullding to- day. Mr. Lehman bid $1,600 for the work and recelved the contract. The work fis to be commenced on August 10 and is to be completed in forty-five days. Besides the painting of the celling and walls the woodwork will be cleaned and varnished and the roof repaired. Range Cattle Coming. About sixty loads of range cattle from Wyoming arrived at the stock yards here last night. The shipment was made up mostly of beef cattle. The movement is a little earlier than usual. There is, how- ever, a good demand for range beef cat- tle. The feeder market is still low and will hardly improve until the corn crop 1s assured. Feeders are dging well on the ranges, and shippers propose holding back until the farmers are ready to buy. It was predicted at the yards last night that the cattle run today would be heavy. Magic City Gossip. The South Omaha cavalry troop will meet for regular drill tonight. Mrs. A. M. Weppner has returned from a two-months’ visit in the east. Mrs. P. H. Shields is at Lincoln, attend- ing the Epworth league convention. The Board of Education will meet this evening to transact routine business. The Ladies' auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian assoclation ‘will give a social at Highland park on Tuesday evening. . A. Wells and wife, Twenty-fifth and J streets, expect to leave today for Min- nesota, to visit friends for a couple of weeks It was reported yesterday that orders had been fssued to Dr, Don C. Ayer to put the Microscopical department of the Bureau of Animal Industry in shape to commence work {nspecting hogs for forelgn shipment. The microscopists will commence work on Tuesday. ARBITRATES GRAY AGAIN Delaware Judge Presides Over Com- mission to Fix Alabama Miners' Wages. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 9—The bitration commission In the controversy between the miners and operators in the Birmingham district over the wage-scale contract will meet here at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning. Judge Gray of Dela- ware, who will preside, arrived tonight. E. P. Nelll of Washington, D. C., who was recorder of the Anthracite commi sion, will act in the same capacity here. The other members of the commission are: Charles McCreery and Robert H Peterson, operators, and Willlam Fairley and T. 1. Lewls, respectively Alabama members of executlve committee and vice president of the I'nited Mine Workers of America. The sessions of the commission will be open to the public and it is expected will last for five hours each day for two weeks. HONDURAS FACES REVOLUTION England Likely to Protect COreditors Rebels Will Rise Against Bonilla, MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9.—According to Manuel Helguevela the financial troubles of recent development are in a fair way to precipitate another revolution in Honduras in the course of the next two months. The government 18 face to face with the possibility of the intervention of England in the Interest of English Investors. Senor Helguevela s of the opinfon that just as soon as an intervention appears to be in- ovitable the enemies of General Manuel Bonilla, who are numerous, will start a revolutionary movement. BUILDING TRADES MEETING National Coumecll Opens at Demver Tomorrow with Many DI culties to Adjust. DENVER, Aug. 9.—Nearly all the oficers of the National Buflding Trades council have arrived for the annual convention, which will meet tomorrow. The conven- tion promises to be the most successtul in the history of the council. President B L will be In attendance, A number of Important matters will be considered. Principal among these will be the question of trade jurisdiction. For some time the various internationals have been encroaching on the work of one an- other. This has led to considerable strife that must be adjusted by the convention. Another Important q lon which will be considered by the delegates is the pres- ent lockout of 2,00 bullding trades mem- bers in Pittaburg, Pa. SMELTER WAR IS ON AGAIN Men Decide to Stop Ore Suppites Unless Demands Ave Ae- ceded To. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Aug. 9.~The prospect seems favorable tonight for a strike which may eventually spread to all the mines In this district. The trouble was precipitated by the frio- tion between the Colorado City Mill and Smeltermen’s union and the United States Reduction & Refining company. The for- mer claims that the latter has failed to carry out its agreement entered into when the strike was declared off. A committee from the union has notified Manager Mac- Nelll of the United States Reduction & Re- fining company that unless the demands of the men are met by tomorrow strikes will be declared at the mines which fur- nish ore to the Colorado City plant of the company. WATERBURY CAR MEN VICTORS Thirty Weeks' Trolley Strike En Smyth estimates that fully 300 delegates | to Grizzly, reported that hounds are on their trail GREATEST OF SAVINGS BANKS British Postal itors Numbering Over Nine Millions, A posse with a8 Depos- Pngland's remarkable system ¥ office savings banks, started several ven ago, have boen brought fnto notica of 1| on account of the transterence of the pr diglous clerical force which the eystem keeps busy from the blg bullding In Quecn Victoria street, London. which they have outgrown, to their new | in West Ken sington, & vast beehive of o co, rin five acres of ground, eloss to the amphi theater called Olympla, sacred to the mem ory of Buffalo Bill, Barnum's clr and such shows. The moving day concorns 8,200 clerks, the thousands of ledgers in which are kept the accounts of the bank's 9,000,000 depositors and the innun documents relating thereto What has been brought out most sig: cantly In consequence of tha atter which the “blggest savings nk in world” has been receiving of lnte i cove rable \tion tho the remarkable growth of this unique instity tion. The number of deposits antually has Jumped from 3,000,000 to 15,000,000, tha num ber of depositors from 2,000,000 t In other words, on e business day the year 40,000 persons ma sits through 14,000 government sub-stations. No wonder then that since the postal say- ings banks were established nearly 60 pri- vate institutions of the kind have forced to go out of business, —— QUARANTINE IS ENFORCED 9,000,000, it been San Luis Potosi Citizens Deny Yellow Fever Tale and Ask Freedom. LAREDO, Tex., Aug. 9.—The quarantine established against S8an Luls Potosl a week ago because of the appearance of a case of yellow fever is being rigorously forced. Citizens of San Luls Potosl tonight deny that any yellow fever exists in that terr| tory and have forwarded a petition to the United States authorities at Washing ton asking that the quarantine be lifted en- by Company Granting De- mands Made. WATERBURY, Conn., Aug. 9.—The strike of trolley men which began thirty weeks ago, was settled this afternoon, the Con- necticut Railroad and Lighting company agreeing to take back part of the strikers at once at the old wages, to give employ- ment to the others as soon as practicable and to treat with a committee from the unfon regarding the future. The announcement of the settlement led to a general public demonstration through- out the city, the excitement which pre- walled being almost equal to that which attended the riots early in the strike, which led to the calling out of the state militia. NATIVES IN COCOANUT TREES Tuamotu Islands Again Swept by ‘Wind and Waves, Driving In habitants to Timber. PAPETE, Tahitl, July 23, via S8an Fran- clsco, Aug. 9.—(Correspondence of the Asso- clated Press)—It would seem that the ninety islands known variously as the Low Archipelago and the Tuamotu Group, are destined to be reclaimed by the Pa- eific ocean, In January they were swept by a flood from the ocean, and in consequence nearly 6,000 persons were drowned and property to the value of $500,000 was destroyed. And now, six months later, flerce gales from the southwest and southeast have again caused great crests to sweep over some of the fslands. Bo far only four persons are belleved to have perished, but the fear 18 that when all the islands are cleared there may be a distressing list of fatalities. The steamer Excelsior suffered much damage during the series of gales while it was on its way from Tahitl to the Mar- quesas group. Three of the Tuamota islands were un- der water to such an extent that the in- habitants had to climb cocoanut trees for safety. Houses and stores, copra and | finally the cocoanuts were destroyed, while the inhabitants had a close call from death. It is thought most of the islands were visited by the storm. KILAUEA IS INERT AT LAST Big Lava Stream Proves Last Gasp of Monster Before Quiescent Spell, HONOLULU, Aug. 9. — The voleano Kilauea was today virtually lifeless for the first time in many years. Last night there was an enormous lava slido from the rim of the pit and since then neither steam nor smoke has come up from the crater. Yesterday several columns were seen higher than the craters of Mauna Loa volcano, 13,000 feet, but they have since disappeared and the entire mountaln 18 now the quietest in its history. Russia Sits on Powers' Olaims. LONDON, Aug. 9—The Times prints a dispateh from Shanghal which says the anniversary of the capture of New Chang was celebrated last “Fuesday. M. Grosse, the Russlan administrator, fssued formal invitations for the inauguration of the Rus- slan administration buflding. This was coneldered as equivalent to a declaration to the other powers that they could ot claim @ footing of equality or treaty rights in this Chinese treaty port. Police Fall to Find Allen. MONTREAL, Aug. 9.~The police have not been able to discover the slightest trace of Willard §. Allen of Boston, who left that city with a shortage of $80,000 in the accounts of the preachers’ ald fund of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was treasurer. AGED PRISONER DIES IN JAIL Charged with Wife Murder Old Man Passes Away in His Cell, MILWAUKEE, Aug. 9.—James Tobin, who was to be arraigned at the next term of the municipal court as the alleged mur- | derer of his aged wife In thelr home In | Granville Center, July 19, was found dead I his cell in the county fail at an early hour today. The county physiclan gave as his opinion that Tobin's death was due to old age and natural causes. FOLSOM FUGITIVES LOCATED| Convicts Enter Ranch and Soon Have Posse and Dogs on Thelr Treeill, PLACERVILLE, Cal, Aug. Sherift | Bosquit received a telephone message today | defivitely locating five of the Folsom con- victs at & ranch fifteen miles east of Grissly Flat, and a courler, who returned PROBE STREET CAR SWEEPINGS St. Louis Ofeclals Find Dise: in Dirt Taken from Trol ley: e Germw 8T. LOUIS, Aug. 9—The St. Louls Transit company has begun a sclentific investiga tion of the aweepings from street cars to discover a means of keeping the cars san- itarily clean. Bacterlologist Stolpher has submitted a report showing that as the result of his examinations of car sweepings for a weck all the cars contained tetanus and tuber- culosis bacelll. CLOTH MARKET IN POOR WAY Ingrains Increase Slightly, but Tur: over Remains Poor on Im. practicable Offers. MANCHESTER, Aug. of the cloth market cl the week. 9.—The condition ged little during Inquiries were more numerous, but the turnover was poor, offers being mpostly impracticable. Though occasional sellers report moro progress, buyers appear to be less confl- dent of thelr ablility to purchase goods on the low basis anticipated when the new cotton crop becomes available. Trade for India account was unimportant, higher grades of shirting being 10 cents and those of the lower grade belng dealt in sparingly. There was some miscellaneous buying for China, where the low grades were taken. Many are disposed to close their mills indefinitely. Yarns were quict. The imand continues of a retall char- acter. WALL ST. TROUBLES LONDON Stock Market Passes Anxious Week, Closing Without Much Hope. LONDON, Aug. 9.—Dominated by the troubles in Wall street, the stock market has just passed through another anxious week and closed without much hope that the worst had been seen. Almost all the markets were affected by the depression, the single exception being Kaffirs. The rumor that the labor commission will ‘re- ort favorably to the movement of Chinese n Bouth Africa produced a decided im- rovement In these shares. The prices of Porelgn securities were inactive and_thus far but little affected by threatened Mace- donfan troubles. The rally in Americans on Friday falled to attract buyers, but it 18 belleved that there are investors who are willing to purchase at the first sign of a healthler tone in Wall street. Peoria Market. PEORIA, 19(‘“" 8.~CORN—Firm; No. 3, ; No. 4 .n°0A¥g—P‘lrm. new, No. 3 white, 8¢; new No. ¢ white, 31:4@32c. Toledo Seed Market) Aug. 8.-SEEDS—Clover, Oc- Prime timothy, $1.65, August. TOLED! tober, $. ¥ Alsike, LOCAL BRgVITIES. Wilson of 606 South Sixteenth street rrested Saturday night on & charge ault and batte The fire department was called to 3i1 North Thirteenth street at 1:30 o'clock ves: terday afternoon to put out a small blage that had started in the rear of a junk shop. The damage was nominal Willlam 8mith, the young man from Cur- winsville, Pa., who was robbed of $20 in a Ninth street resort Saturday night, identi- fled Jessie Calhoun, arrested lasi night, as the woman who he supposes got the money. W. T. Hascall, United States sheep in- spector, has removed with his wife and chila to North Platte, having been trans- ferred to that place by the government Mr, Hascall s @ son-in-law of Justice Wiillam Altstadt. The police allege that G of Fairbury, 1ll., 18 a deserter from the United States army. He was arrested Sat- urday night for being drunk and it was later found that he answercd the descrip- tion of & deserter. orge A. Luther Ned Buker, living at Fifteenth and Chi- cago streets, attempted to conduct affairs in the bad lands last night. He only got a8 far as aseaulting one woman when the police arrived on the scene and put him out of business. He lost his hat rim In the melee Jessle Myers, colored, complained to the police last night that'Dan Willlams had assaulted her. Willlams, who resides at 216 North Ninth streef, wus urrested charged with assault dnd battery. The Myers woman was locked up as complain- ing witness. J. H. Hally, 2167 South Ninth street, fell from a motor car at Thirteenth and IHar- ney streets Sunday morning and painfully brufsed his left knee. He was attended by the police surgeon and removed to his home. Halley alighted from the car while it was in motion. J. A. Reeder of Council Bluffs was ar- rested last night, The police are looking for & man named Quinn who answers the description of Reeder and who wanted in Council Blufts on the charge of larceny An officer will come to Omaha this morn ing to try and identify the prisoner According to the story toid by Walter Taylor, colored, who was arrested last night for assauiting John A. Ross of 1816 Douglas street, Ross made some insulting remarks (o ladles on the street and it was for that reason Taylor attacked him. Te lor was charged with disturbing the peace by fighting. Charles Carlson, who lives at Pifteenth and Corby streets, concluded to drink up all the beer on the north side last night. When he found that the task was too eat he got mad, and wanted to fight ‘o men belng present, he concluded to xhaust his over-supply of muscle on his landlady, Mrs. Benson. He had succeeded in choking her quite severely before as- sistance came in the form of a minfon of the law, who gave Carison a ride in the rtrol wagon. He was churged with belng runk and assault,