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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FIUDAY , JITXE 10 , 1890. VALUE OF VACATION SCHOOLS Practical Benefits of Schooling Dating the Idle Summer Months. VARIETY AND ATTRACTIVENESS OF STUDIES StAtlfttlON nit the Occupation * Pol < f Collcitc CJrnilniiten "Why Tenchcru Ilnvc No Profc- Mlnnnl Many cchool banrds throughout the coun try , particularly In the largo cities , are be ginning to realize the benefits of vacation Bchools nnd have made this year very gener ous provlnlon for their maintenance. In other cltlrn the use of public school rooms is granted to teachero , who , for a nominal pura from each pupil , conduct school durlnR the summer months. The prime object of vacation schools Is to provide for a multi tude of children , for whom the street ! ft the only playground , n moano to occupy their minds nnd remove them from the temptations of prolonged Idleness. A corrc- flpomlcnt of the Independent summarised what has been accomplished by thtso PchoolB. "Vacation schools , " says the writer , "aro In no nonce a continuation of the regu lar school work. All attendance Is volun tary. They are open during the mornings of six weeks In July and August. These statements hold good of the schools In New York nnd Philadelphia , In both of which cities they wcro In 1898 maintained by the boards of education , of thcsa In Ilofltjn. Brooklyn , Cambridge , Ilaltlmorc , Indlan- npolls and Chicago , where they wcro main tained under private auspices. In what fol lows the Chicago schools arc In mind botn ticcauso the work there was Homewhat broader than In other cities and because the writer Is more familiar with that work "In 1898 the woman's clubs of Chicago undertook to mother some 1.000 little ones during the summer and to plan for them BO that they should not only be protected from ordinary temptation but should be bet tered by the summer's experience. "An a result of careful consideration the Vacation School board determined that no text-books should be used , that n weekly excursion should too the center round which the curriculum should owing and that this curriculum should consist of manual train ing , Including sewing for the larger girls , drawing , painting and woodwork , nature study , gymnastics and music. 12xciirnloiiN Into the Cniui < ry < J "So far as the committee knew , this ex periment of making excursions to the coun * It try an integral part of the school course - had been tried nowhere else and that It succeeded In doing all that was hoped from it was the ' committee's chief cause of re joicing. 'Tlve schools were opened on July 5 , ac commodating 2,000 children ; over 6,000 ap plied for admission , and so strong was the determination to get In that In one case the police toad to be called to clear the halls of the Insistent parents and children. " "Tho attendance was excellent , one moat plgnlflcant fact being that attendance In the higher grades was greater than In the loner , contrary to the record of the ordinary Bchools the , a fact aserlbable , It Is thought , to method pursued namely , that of train ing the eye , not only to seeing , but observ ing , of training the hands to expressing the Impressions gained , In short , that of Induc ing and developing - eelf-actlvlty Instead or merely emphasizing rt-ceptl\lty , such as is tee much the case with the almost exclu- elvely " brain work of our schools. "Each week the whole school , In jjroupo of var > Ing sizes , was taken to some park or farm or fiiiburb , and according t < j the nature of the place observations were made nnd material gathered ns the basis for siody during 1he week. Trees and flowers and 1 > lrds , etones and soli , were carefully ob served and many were the Interesting- - coverlca of the children , butterflies and Tiers , aye , oven snakes and frogs and fishes nero carried bick ( alive ) for further in boxes study , The specially prepared fir the purpose. gymnastic work was not a minutes' mere few exorcise , n full period to It , with the was ghen principles nnd of order , obedience co-operation underIng ! all } that was clone. . .Many of the games taught dren the chil were afterward found the street. being played on "Six thousand dollars In round numbers was expended In these schools , the cost per capita being about J3 , one-fourth of which wns expended for the excursions. Had the committee not limited each class to the forty nvorage cost would ha > e been much lessened , but the result would liave been less satisfactory. certainly Just what these results be determined are cannot now not the growth of the seed Is measurable yet oven before I the , tiny first green leaflet f t * h pushes Its way up through ft ° so" we know it is LPP IT these children growing. So with In the FV ' know the vacation schools.'e \ oeds of good planted elx weeks will durln ? the blossom foith In good time. their own We will look for our great only from men the country child the city child haa not had half a chance. He nefds ' sunshine God's ns It comes to him direct out with belns first dimmed by clouds of smoke bo ; need * contact with growing flowing stream ; ho needs pTaco to grass and run about and etretcti to his full height the nnd to these vacation schools help him tit folli'Kc ' 'lien. Statistics covering many years and lected col by class secretaries of Yale univer sity with reference to the lowed by the graduates occupations fol of that college give some Interesting Information as to changes niada In a generation. The following table gives the percentages of fathers and their eons that went Into the different profes sions and employments : Occupation of fathers , Sons , I.aw per ct. per el ; . . 19.3 31 .Ministry [ Medicine . 10.1 K. Tt . 5 2 9. ' aching and bcleneo . 2.9 12.1 Totals of learned pro- fcsslona . 37.5 62.8 Jiuslnes * . 50,7 KnsrlneerlnjT . 0.7 JnuniallPiu ' . and letter * . . . . 1,3 J'.irm. " "plantation , or ranch S.O ( Jovernin 0 nt servlcu . 1.0 . 0 MlbC.VllttIOU3 ! ? . 0.7 1 0 > .9 tOO 0 One of the most striking features of the table Is the Increase In the percentage of those choosing what arc usually called the four learned professions. A generation back 37-5 per cent of the graduates of Yale be came Inujers , doctors , preachers or teach ers. Today 82 S per cent prefer these occu pations , or nearly twice as many. Each of the professions shows an Increase ex cept the ministry , which has fallen from 10.1 per cent to 6,7 per cent. A little more than half the fathers who graduated at Yale went Into business , but less than one- third the sons choose that occupation. En- plnce.-lng and Journalism have become more nttraclltc , but the percentage of farmers among the sons has fallen ntt remarkably , . , nnd oven government service Is less popular if The figures are a significant Indication of C the changes worked in a generation in the CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. file Kind You Have Always Bough ) Bears ilm Signature occupations chosen by the sons as compared with those their fathers followed. Tcnclicm nml Doctor * , Dr. J. M. nice , a noted Investigator of and writer on educational topics , discusses 'In the June Farmer the question , "Why Teachers Have No Professional Standing. " He ears : "It Is universally deplored In educational circles that , In spite of all that has been done In the field of elementary education , . the teacher has no professional standing , and the members of the pedagogical fra ternity j feel , In consequence , that they are not meeting with their Just deserts. Pedagogy has been most frequently com pared with medicine , to which It does , per haps , bear n closer analogy than to any of the other leading professions. Yet , regard less of the amount of preparation it rep resents , the diploma received from the med ical college marks a class of distinction , while that received from the normal school stands for practically nothing beyond n guar antee that a certain course In pedagogics has been completed. "It may be said that recognition should not bo withheld from pedagogy simply became - came educators fall to agree ; that disagree * mcnt among doctors h proverbial. Dttt there la thin difference between pedagogy nnd medicine. AH pedagogical statements , at least ns far ns practical fchool work Is con cerned , are based on theory , as a resu't cf \hlch educators arc divided Into factions on 'very ' point , while the practice of medicine s based partly on theory and partly on eflnlto knowledge , PO that , although there , ro many points on which phjelclans fall : o agree , there are , at the same time , a ircat many on which they do agree , and vhlch constitute a wide platform on which .11 . members of the profession stand "That , In spite of equally extended c < e- icrlcnce , this difference should exist be tween the two sciences , may be explained by a difference In their method. * of obser- atlon In pedagogy , these methods hava icon so crude that educators hi\e not been ible to study , even with approximate ac curacy , the results of their millions of ex periments In teaching , nnd have , therefore , 'ailed to receive due profit from their varied ixpcrlcnccB , while In medicine , factors have icen Introduced from time to time by means 'f which strong rays of light have been : hronn on matters which before- were totally obwnire. "ncforo pedagogy can be placed In the lame category with medicine , means of ob- iervatlon will have to be devised which will do for pcdagogy what the thermometer nnd 'he microscope have done for medicine. Light must be thrown on polntu that cannot bo detected by ordinary observation , nnd certainty given to statements which are now- unsupported by actual proof. " The Problem of Tndny. "Although a great many philosophical questions call for consideration In the edu cation of the chlM , " continues Dr. Hlce. ' 'the practical problem of primp Importance : oday , the pnly one In which the citizen Is cally Interested , Is still the problem of the three U's , which , fundamentally , Is purely a question of time. Th time which the ultra-conservatives ilnlm must be set aside for the formal studies In order to secure satisfactory re sults , may , perhaps , be represented as fol lows , viz. , reading and language , ninety min utes dally ; spelling , forty ; penmanship , twenty ; arithmetic , sixty ; or a total of 210 out of , say 270 minutes of the school day , allowing only sixty for nil other subjects. On the other hand , the claim of the ultra- radicals Is that some such appropriation as follows will suffice to accomplish satisfactory results , viz. , reading and language , sixty minutes dally , speDlng , ten ; penmanship , ten ; arithmetic , thlrtv ; total , 110 minutes , allowing ICO minutes dally or nearly three time ns much as their professional op ponents for other subjects. These figures are not absolute , but they demonstrate the principle and will pass , for the sake of argument. As they stand they Indicate ( hat the ultra-radicals accuse the ultra-ccn- servatlvei of wasting 40 per cent of the child's time ; the percentages given to the three R's , for practically the same purpose , being about SO and 40 per cent , respectively , of all the time spent In school. "If the conservatives are right In their contention ' , then the work of the elementary soh-'ol must ever remain confined almost entirely to Instruction In the formal studies ; while , If the radicals are right , the possibili ties of the elementary school open up an entirely new \lsta. Teachers of the pro gressive school claim that , although they give onlv half as much time as the others to the Uireo Il's , their results are equally as good ; whli'e those of the old school stren uously deny that their results In the formal studies nre no better than those secured by the radicals. Is not this point of sufficient Importance to call for settlement ? What more Important work could the National Educational association perform than to In stitute an Investigation Into this matter ? The old education has possession of the field ; an Irresistible force will bo required to dls- place It and such a force can bo found only In convincing evidence. " WEARY OF HER SUFFERINGS I'lioclio ICcnrn * Seckd to I , ml Her Ilf - with n Slct' | > l K ' I'utloii. W-'ary of suffering from epileptic attacks Phoebe Kcarn , aged 17 jears , attempted to end her life. She obtained a bottle of laudanum and took It to her home , It'll Sherman avenue , when she returned In the , dvenlng from work , Her mother discovered ' the Inttle , and , having her suspicions aroused , concealed It. Miss Kearna awoke In the night , searched for the potion , nnd round It where It had been hidden. She drank the contents of the bottle and again retired. When her mother discovered her In the morning she was still conscious , but her pulsa wa/s extremely weak. A physician was summoned to her aid , and after n few hours' work she was In much better condi tion. She Is still very weak , but It is be- bclleved she will recover. MR , VANDERLIP IN TOWN He S > i > cmlN ( he liny In Oinnhn on 111 * AVn ; Writ to the I'liellli- Count , lion Frank A. Vanderllp , assistant sec retary of the United States treasury , Is In the city from Washington on his way to the Pacific coast for business nnd recreation. While here Mr Vanderflp Is the guest of hlu cousin. C. D Woodworth , of the United States custom house. During the day ho visited the exposition grounds , The Dee and other points of Interest. Prior to his ap pointment , Mr Vanderllp was connected with the Chicago Tribune At noon the assistant secretary lunched at the Omaha club as the guest of FM\\ard Itosewatcr. ( 'nun School ( 'outrun Approved. ' The Doard of Education held a short special meeting > eaterday for the purpose of approving the contract and bond of Roche- ford & Gould for the building of the new Cass school The bond was signed by a guaranty company and was for $14,000 The committee on Instruction was in structed to report nt the next meeting nf the board on the advisability of making an - exhibit of the public schools at the Greater ' America exposition , as asked by the expo sition management TrlniiKlt * Cliih Hiiro * . The Triangle club Is mak'.ng arrange ments far Its annual races next Saiunlaj , exclusively for club member * . The rare * bfpln promptly nt 3 30 p in. , at the As sociation Athletic park Entries will close Friday evening 1'our events nre on the card , ind poml pr'zes are being : offered The events nre as follows Half-ml'c scratch , one-mile novice , two- mile handicap nnd five-mile handicap. Kntry fee will be free to members of the club and CO cents to momben , of the at- lociatloa. fCASII ' FOR CYCLONE VICTIMS Commercial Club's Collection Amounts to Over One Thousand Dollars. HAS BEEN SENT TO HERMAN SUFFERERS fcerctnr } ttt IlUlrllmtri thr AIIIOIIK tinAllllc'tnl I'roplc nnd A ctTnliiR 'Iliclr Mont The story of the suffering nnd exposure at Herman as published In The Hec has awak ened the sympathy of the Jobbers nnd bust- nets men of the city and they have re'n sponded nobly to the call of the Commercial club for money nnd supplies for the aflllctcd. When Secretary Utt read the account of the disaster Wedncsdaj mornlnc It Immediately became apparent to him that there would bo great want and destitution among the home less nnd he set about doing what ho could for their relief. A hasty meeting of the executive committee of the Commercial club was call d and Mr. Utt was authorized to use such means as were available to ralsu the necessary funds. Without the blare of trumpets or un necessary . display Mr. Utt at once began hla ' task. He was soon In communication by telephone with the Jobbers nnd business men and . In a few hours had a fund of several hundred dollars at his disposal. When 1' was . known among the members of the club that . ho was raising a relief fund contribu tions began pouring In unasked The con tributions have already reached the thou sand dollar mark and Mr. Utt left for the scene of the tornado on the 1 o'clock train i | . jesterday afternoon with that amount In cash to be used for the aid of the sufferers , Speaking of the promptness of the busl- ness men of the city In answering the call made upon them Mr. Utt said : "I was somewhat nstonlihcd nt their liberality. In no case where I reached the proprietor of an establishment over the telephone wns I refused a contribution , and In many places where the head of the house was absent I was assured by his subordinates that I could expect a liberal amount. The Jobbers nnd retailers have responded nobly to the call and wo nre well satisfied with the re- suit. I cannot state the exact amount jet , but It Is well over the thousand mark , nnd the contribution ? will continue coming In nil day Those poor people nt Herman will need relief for perhaps a couple of weeks. and H Is the Intention of the club to stand by them until they are able to do something for themselves. On my return from Herman I expect to be able to work a little more Intelligently as I shall know exactly what Is most needed. " Although the responses to the call have been generous , much more funds will bo needed and all are urged to contribute with the Commercial club. The telephone number Is 820 A partial list of the subscribers to the fund follows : Nar-.e. Amount A. P Wood t 500 A Ho po . . 2 * ' M Rertor-WI'.helmy Hardware Co SOW Wlllinms-Hnj ward Shoe Co 250011 Flemlnc Bro's , Manager" Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York 2o 00 Allen Brothers 3000. McCord. Brady & Co 60 00 Carpenter Paper Co 6000 American Hand-sewed Shoe Co 2000 W V Mon > e in 00 Lce-Olahb-Andreesen Co BO 00 Baum Iron Co 5000 M. E Smith & Co 5000 Armour & Co 5000 Fairbanks , Morse ACe 2-5 00 Omaha National Bank 5000 United States Natloml Bank 25 00 -Merchant" ' National Rink 2000 Nebraska National Bank 2000 First Nat'onal ' Bank 5000 Union National Bank 2000 Commercial Nntlonnl Bank 25 fO Murphy. Wnsey & Co 23 00 Meyer & Rnapke 500 ChlC-IKO Lumber Co 23 00 Paxton & Vlcrllntr Iron Works 10 ( M ChnfTec Lumber Co 1000 L G. Doup 10 0) Gatp City Hat Co 1300 Nebraska Fue' Co JO 00 Cudahy Pncklns Co 50 CO Total JJ3000 Further cash contributions sent to the Commercial club will be placed In the hands of Uie relief committee. It Is universally recognized that Omaha stands closest to the scene of this unfortunate occurrence , and liberal aid Is therefore expected. Make checks payable to the Commercial Club Her- * u an Relief Fund. VALUABLE COAT RECOVERED ArrpHt of Allcerd Thief mill AUo of the .Man Who IlrorH cil the Moleii Property. The evening of March 31 a valuable over coat , of Russian fox skin , worth ? 150vas stolen from Its owner , Henry Stern , proprie tor of the Omaha Mirror factory , 70S North Sixteenth street. The police and the de tectives searched every pawn shop and "fence" to find some trace of the garment , but without success. Se\eral suspects were arrested and were discharged. John Sutton and Jchn Dclbrlge , a pair of the light fingered fraternity , were arrested for the theft and were bound over to the district court The trial was held last week and resulted In acqultal , but It furnished a clew that Jed to Uie discovery of the most troublesome coat that ever engrossed the attention of the police. It was learned that Delbrlgo and Sutton , when In Jail , were paid $15 by some friends outside for "keeping still" about the sale of a certain valuable overcoat In Dolbrlge's presence. The friends feared that the prlson- era would tell all they knew of the garment In order to clear themselves , but they didn't , and Immediately after the acqultal , being In urgent need of money , Delbrlge and Suttnn went to the owner of the coat and offered to recover It for him upon the payment of Jin. Stern refused to negotiate and , notify ing the police , had the pair again arrested. Pressure was brought to bear upon Dcl brlge , and he finally confessed to the police what ho knew of the coat. From the Information mation obtained Detectives Jorgensen and McCarthy recovered the garment and ar rested the alleged thief. His name Is Den Wlttlg and he lives at 1006 Spring street. A day or two after the coat was stolen Wlttlg disposed of It to Joseph Welshart- Inger , proprietor of a saleon at 102 South Tenth street , for $2.3 > Welshnrtlnger lives In Council Bluffs and he had the garment concealed In his home there. He was ar rested ard held without ball on the charge of receiving stolen property Welshartlnger told Captain Donnhuo that Wlttlg Induced him to buy the coat , silting that It was the property of his wife and that ho was forced to sell it. The follow Inc births nnd deaths have been reported to the office of the health commis sioner1 Births M. A Hansen. 3023 Chicago street , girl : August MInards , 1122 Cass street , girl ; John Ruthran 4820 Dodge street , girl ; C F Sutton 03 North eighteenth street , twin girls , Walter Peterson. 1614 North Twenty- seventh street , girl. Deaths Marv C Lawless , 2242 North Nineteenth street. 20 years , Salvatore Ml nardl 308 North Tenth street , 4 months. Louise Keller 2102 South Twentnlnth - street 50 years. Gertrude Agnes Rush , 13J3 3 Martha street 20 years Four young ladles , who earn their own riving , will take vacations at The Dee's ex- , i/aso Help > our friends bv caving ; coupon IltilMInu I'crinltH , The following building permits have been Issued by the city building Inspector : J Davis Thirty-seventh and Gold street , cottage , { 300 J J Dunavant & Co. , four permits to repair buildings on West Mid way , James Dennis , 1318 Douglas , tem porary Iron-covered building , A E , Rey nolds , JZ14 North Twenty-fourth street , re ! pairs. 160 , Stella Graves. Kait Midway resI taur.mt } Joe N Splegl , North Sixteenth street , renewal of permit for temporary . building. t PUT f ON FINISHING TOUCHES Superintendent Slniiinon llrrrliPM Ail- * lcen of the Shipment of Alnnv of ( he HvhlhltN. The electricians nnd linemen are new the buslcit 1 ] people on the exposition grounds. They are making every effort to have the lighting 1 ! plant ready for n final ton Saturday night. New- wires are being strung In order to connect up the new lights. Elec tricians are going over all the buildings , re placing defective Incandescent llghis and re pairing breaks In the wlrrc The hoods covering the clusters of Incandescent lights ' along the lagoon arc being removed an 1 i new . bulbs put In wherever broken ones ara ' found. In all of the main bulldlnps workmen are engaged In decorating. The decorations | consist largely of American and other flagi hung from the celling , with a liberal supply of trl-colored bunting suspended frorn cil- umnn nnd ceilings. I Workmen also arc marking off the spaces and constructing the booths nnd platforms for ( the reception of the exhibits , which are beginning to arrive. The work In the Liberal Arls building li well along , and the flmt of next week this Ptructure will bo ready for ihiy Installation of the exhibits. This building will bo oecupl-d largely by furniture and musk companies , though there nre n number nf nnnufacturcrs nnd merchants who will ex hibit there Over 100 exhibitors have given notice that their exhibits have been shipped and that men are coming along to put them In place. j The Wolfe Manufacturing company has I shipped Its exhibit , and It will be here I next week. This exhibit In a model flour- j In I ? mill that will cost fR.OOO to Install. I The Union Metallic Cartrldco company j | sends the exhibit It Intends to show at Par1 ! , I i next i \car It has been constructed nt a ! cost cf $17,000 , exclusive of the expense of Installing. I Haton & Glo\er , engravers , have sent their exhibit , and with It will come ten skilled workmen , who will operate the plant. The exhibit of the Ilawes Hat comptny la on the road. This concern has contracted to operate i hat factory In the Manufactures building 1 , employing ten men. So fir ns known , only two railroad com panies i will exhibit nt the Greater America Exposition i the Southern Pacific and the 1 Illinois 1 Central. The former has taken a i space 18x24 feet In the Agricultural buildf ] i Ing 1 , where the products of southern Callt I fornln 1 and those of other states and terrl1 , torles t through which the line passes will bo .shown. , The Illinois Central will exhibit the I products ) of the south , Including sugar , rloe and cotton It Is expected that the Georgia Southern i will come , but the contract has not i been executed up to date. The Midways continue to he scenes of ac tivity I , the concessionaires apparently being over-anxious < to have everything In condi tion I for the opening day. On the Bluff tract the beautlfjlng of the . grounds | continues. Nearly all the plants ' have been placed In the beds and nre grow ing nicely. The pool In front of the Horti cultural , building has been filled with water . and the aquatic plants there last year have I been 1 placed In the boxes. REVIEW OF THE IRON TRADE I'rlccn In All IilneK Continue to All- > mice Iliij Inn for Imme diate Doinnnil. NEW YORK , Juno 15. Discussing trade conditions , the Iron Ago will say today : In place of any check of. the upward ten dency in the Iron markets prices are still rising all along the line and the feeling Is growing more nnd more-nervous. Con sumption does not seem to be checked in any" direction ; on the contrary. It Is a ques tion more of delivery than of price. While It Is true that the bulk of current business In many lines is merely the covering of urgent needs , It Is equally true that n disposition to take hold for next year's delivery at or near present values Is developing. The manner In which contracts are being cov ered for material for the balance of this jear Indicates that consumers do not hope for any receding of values. Where usually contracts for a long season are placed buy ers , however , are not disposed to go much Into 1900. Thus the agricultural Imple ment makers have bought heavily of bar , merchant steel , malleable castings , etc. , for the balance of 1809 , but against their usual custom they are not covering beyond that period. The scarcity of Bessemer pig continues and some good sales have been made. Re ports are current that some of the large works of the central west steel need addi tional quantities. The situation Is re flected to dome extent by the purchases of southern basic pig for 1300 delivery which liavo already been made. In foundry Iron the advance continues un der n moderate volume of business. We note a sale of about 20,000 tons of southern Iron to ho put Into warrant yard during the first part of 1900. The rush for material is well reflected by the heavy sales of muck bars In the central west , one alone having sold 19,000 tons In the last few days. The price has now risen from $31.25 to $31.50. Wo understand also that there have been some very large sales of sheet bars from the fourth quarter. In bar iron the eastern ns well as the western markets have bad an extraordinary rush of business and the eastern prices , which lagged behind the parity of western prices , have now taken a rapid upward movement. The scarcity In plates continues and with the constant flow of new shipbuilding and 1 bridge orders coming In It looks as If the largo additions to capacity of plate plants would bo well taken care of. in fact , wo hear of one sale of 5,000 tons for next jear's delivery nt prepent prices. Inquiries from abroad keep coming In , but there Is little chance of doing anything with them. In fact , strenuous efforts have been made to switch contracts for delivery In Europe , taken a long time ago , over to the English or continental plants , since the ma- terlal could be resold nt handsome profits here. But this has been successful to only a moderate extent nnd the billets , wire rods , sheet , bars , etc , contracted for will have to be shipped. ( lilc-iiK" it Alton Minors tint. SPRINGFIELD. III. . Juno 15. All the cool mines In the Chicago & Alton sub- district are Idfe , the miners having struck today to the ' owing operators' posting a notice saving they would pay nut 33' , < . cents per ton , the amount recently fixed by the State Board of Arbitration. The rate has been 40 cents The strike embraces the mines at Chatham , Auburn , Glrnrd , Carlln- | vllle. Nllwood , Green Ridge. Lltchfleld and Vlrdln. One thousand miners are out , Tnllli In n fnrrrni < > Mcnuurr. MILWAUKEE. WU , June 16. Henry C. Payne , national republican commltteeman from Wisconsin , who haa Jus > returned from New York , where he attended the pound money conference , nude a statement toda > that , In his opinion , n hill will he formu lated nt the coming congress satisfactory to the ITUEC and senate alike , that win pro vide for IN placing of tne United States on a gold standard. Oouk ttltiliitlon BUFFALO , June 16 The situation on the docks tcda > Is practically unchanged Pres ident McMabon of local No 109. Interna tional 'Longshoremen's association , told that the pcoopera probably wlir not strll.e at present President Keefo Is expected today and an effort will be made to reach an ami cable settlement of the differences between the freight handleri end their employers. QUALITY OF MERCY IN WAR li Red Cross Subcommittee Considers Ait of Killing Men Easily , SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS TO BE PRESENTED Dinerriit Iliunnnltnrlnn Project * Will He Kmlioilleil In Contention to Itr Milutilttrit to the Conference. THE HAGUE , June 15. The Red Crow subcommittee of the peace conference met today , Prof. Asser of the Dutch delegation presiding. Prof , Louis Renault of the Flench delegation explained that certain modifications had been made In the report , < meeting the wishes expressed by his col leagues nt the lai-t session. | Captain A. T. Mahnn , U. S. N. declared i Ills readiness to support proposals sub- I j mltted. In a spirit ot conciliation , though lie considered they presented a lacunc In | regnid to the position of shipwrecked men picked up by vessels , finding themselves accidentally on the scene of an avenge- ! mcnt. The subcommittee , however , con- I sldcrcd that article Ix covered nil cventuall- I ties. ) | Dr. Monoto Itachtro of the Japanese dele- i gallon announced that ho propcsed to sub mit a motion modlfvlng article vl of the Geneva convention regarding the disposi tion of sick nnd wounded prisoners , on the lines of the subcommittee's report , which I leaves such disposition for the victors to ! decide. | The report being adopted the presllent pointed out the advantage which would bo gained If. during the conference , a conven tion could bo signed cmbodjlng the Im portant humanitarian articles comprised In the subcommittee's scheme. ' Aner Will Prrnnrc Contention. j I On the motion of Daron dc Blldt , the delc- 1 gate ' of Norway and Sweden , It wns decided the president should present to the confer- cnce such a convention with a final article 'providing , I for the signature of protocols of adhesion thereto. The committee will also recommend ' to the conference the revision of the t Gcnova convention of 1S6I. On the motion of Admiral Sir John Fisher 1 , representative of Great Britain , a cordial < vote of thanks was accorded the chairman < , "whoso efficient work made pcs- 1 Bible f the application of the Geneva articles ! ' to t naval war , the first practical result of ' the 1 conference. " I The chief of the British delegation. Sir Julian Pauncefote ; the head of the Ameri can < delegation , Andrew D. White , and oth ers < attended a brilliant reception tendered , by 1 Baron d'Estournellcs de Constant of the ' French ' delegation today. WORK FOR ALL AT DAWSON IlrliiillilliiK the Town Promptly Tnkcii ti > 1'ronilmcof n I.nrKC Cold Clonn-L'ii. PORT TOWNSEXD , Wash. , June 15. The Upper Yukon river Is now- open for navigation and the steamer Flora , which left Dawson May 25 , arrived at White Horse June 3. One of Its passengers , William P. Allen of Seattle , who arrived on the steamer Al Kl , reports the Yukon riven open for navigation at Dawson on May 17 , nine days later than last vear. The trip was made without difficulty until Lake Marsh was reached , where the Ice had to be cut In order to get through. He reports forty- two loaded scows at Taglsh. Between Taglsh and Bennett fifty more scows were passed , all loaded and bound for Dawson. Since the big lire Dawson has been the scene of business activity ; sawmills have been running day and night , but have been unable to supply the demand for lumber. Every man who can drive a nail has secured cmplojment. The season was somewhat backward this year and as a result the clean up did not commence until a short time before Allen started out. Ho says what little was known as the result of the clean up was most satisfactory and claim ovvneis were Jubilant. Many predict that the out put of gold this year will far exceed the ex pectations of the most sanguine. Allen sajs the reported exodus from Daw- Eon for Cape Nome Is mythical , as the news of the strike at that place bad not reached Dawson when he left. The latest news from Atlln , brought on the Al Kl , states that the open mining sea son has again been postponed from June 1C to July 1. Gold Commissioner Graham gives as a reason for causing this delay that n large number of claims are In dls- puto and that he will not undertake the settlement of the question of the tiles until the arrival of the minister of mines or his representative , who will hear the cases and pass on them. The delay in settlement causes n stagnation of business , as many of the best claims are tied up , Those who * have been working claims are reticent about giving out the result of their work , but It Is known some of the claims are turning out fairly well , A considerable quantity of wreckage vvas found west of SItkn , near Cape Edgocombe , on Juno 3 , by a Russian hunter. The wreckage consisted of portions of a pilot house , wheel steps and a large amount of polished oak timber , giving the appearance of having been the Inside finishing of some vessel's cabin. A party has left Sltka to bring In the wreckage and ascertain If pos sible the name of the vessel. The wreckage - ago had not been long In the water. I HI.VH or A n.vTTinrirciD. Iiri-MNlntt Soonr * Alter the Anier- Icnn Ailvnnoe on 'Mnlolod. To one who seen the rear of a battlefield for the first tlma In his life , says n Manila Utter In Collier's Weekly , It Is very de pressing. At Caloocan the surgeons had plenty to do , A gloomy-looking sentry said that he had heard that there had been over 200 surgical cases at that one dressing station. "What are our losses ? " was asked n white-faced soldier with a shattered firm "At least sixty killed nnd 250 wounded , " said ho , gritting his teeth ; "and they're bringing In wounded niggers , too. They ought to bo thrown In the rhcr. " He had no Intention of exaggerating , but It Is al- wavs ho , the wounded man , going down In a hall of bullets , seeing one or two com rades fall In his vicinity , Is Invariably struck by the sense of terrible losses. A long line of freight cars came up from the city , their doors wide upon nnd their floors covered with a deep litter of green hay Ono wondered thoughtlessly what the hay was for , and then saw lines ot men carrjlng blood-stained stretchers fiom all eldes. The wouudeci. having pasted through the hands of the surgeons at the first dressing station , wcro carried to the earn , lifted In nnd placed on the hay. The stretchers wcro slipped from under them and carried to the front again The cars were small and as a rule only ten wounded were placed In each "Tho engine and two can , are going down to the firing line , " tald the litter bearer , "It's u le tle risky , but Interesting" The cars rattled a mile down the track and ppeil. On the right the surgoonu were vtrj bus ) On the left it was pleasantcr , for brawny soldiers were lifting out of the cars and stacking up thousands of round cases marked "Cal. 30 , " "Pal. 4b , Smoke less , " Cal. 415 , Dupont. " Then came boxes of crackers , cai > es of corned beef , entrench ing tools , tents , telephones , kegs , railroad - , pontoon boards and an endltaa as sortment of things ono would never think of until he wanted them , and wanted them very badlj The Utah battery , fifty yards bead , wai firing at cteadlly as Uie stroke The bath can be made an exhilarating pleasure by the use of Ivory Soap. It cleanses the pores of all impurities , leaving the skin soft , smooth , ruddy and healthy. Ivory Soap is made of pure vegetable oils. The lather forms readily and abundantly. IT FLOATS. COPYRIGHT I > t0 BY IHt PnOCTtft k QiMflLK CO CINCINNATI of a steam pump down the track nt heavy entrenchments bc > otid the railroad bridge , and from them and others to the right nnd left , In the rice fields , came the continuous rattle of Mausers ; overhead wns often heard the whistle of their Inquiring mes sengers. "How U It going ? " was asked a tall young fellow , with bare arms and a cigar , near the battery. "Klrst rate , " wld ho ; "we're not supposed to push things until the Second brigade gets around further. " Ono -nondcrel , what "pushing things" meant , If they wcro not doing It then. "The First brigade la al ready across the river and well on. The general has Just sent In a ibattallon of the Twenty-third to fill a little gap between us and the Third artillery , and that's stirring , the niggers up a little. " Full of misery 111 the rear , the nnvlous question was n ked : "Have we lost many men ? " "No , nothing like as many aswas expected. The Seconl Oregon vvas cut up some , and the Third artillery lost a number of men. They say the commands on the extreme right have had a hard time of it , but will swing on to the now line tonight all the same. " It was a long walk of five rallcs back to the custom house , but It vvas preferred to waiting an Indefinite time for the loading up with wounded. The firing had died down all along , but now- and then spurted up again. There was a twitter of birds settling for the night In the fields that strangely resembled \vhl6tllng bullets , but before long birds and bullets were alike left far behind. Away to the south the boom of the heavy guns waa heard from time to time. Sunday , the 26th , wag the second day of the advance , and the train , with supplies , stopped at Caloocan shortly before 11 In the morning. It was better to walk , the guard said , as Its time of going onnaa un certain. The Utah battery was still In posi tion , and a construction train , loaded with ties , rails and squared timber , was down cloao to the Tullahan bridge. In rear of It were the Inevitable freight cars , with their green litter crushed down by a number of wounded they were all Filipinos. A walk of pontoon planks had been laid over < he steel beams of the bridge , at the other end of which was a heavy embankment 8f earth thrown up over the track , the rails of which had ibecn torn up for some distance. On the left , below- the embankment , was a very heavy earthwoik , the walls of which were seven or eight feet high and over ten feet thick. In the rear was n deep trench ; It was said to be n trap , the expectation being that the troops , etormlng over the breastworks , would fall Into It and be de stroyed. However , the backdoor being open , the boys preferred that way. Over a part of this trench rails from the bridge had been laid , while ties , placed In the pit be low , wore burning fiercely. This -was said by a lame soldier to be a gridiron for the Twenty-second regiment , though more prob ably the Intention was to distort the ralla and render them useless. Qunrrjiiu-n on a Htrlke. NYACK , N. Y. , June 15. A large number of men employed nt quarries of the Rock- land Trap Rock company , Rockland Lake , struck for higher wages yesterday nnd threatened to destroy valuable property Forty deputy sheriffs were sworn In. All were armed with rifles , as trouble was ex pected. The strikers are mostly Hun garians and Poles. Four young ladles , who earn their own flvlng , will take vacations at The Bee'.s ex pense. Help jour frlnnds by saving coupons. j VISITOR IS LIGHT SLEEPER Quest Erwood Discovers Man Making Off with His Watch at Daybreak. : HE ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THE SNEAK I ' J. II. Grnftou , Mplit Clerk of the Stnte Hotel , ! Arrmtetl on bunplcton Knvooil Anxcrti 1'oiltlvolr tbnt He In the Man. Owing to his habit of sleeping with one eye partly opun , E. Erwood , of Shcnandoah , la. , discovered a man leaving his room In the State hotel yesterday shortly after daylight. He got up and examined his ef fects to learn that his watch was missing. He complained to the police and gave them a description of the man who , he believed , was the thief. Sergeant Oebout arrested J. H. Orafton , night clerk nt the hotel , on suspicion. When Erwood saw Orafton at the station he identified him positively as the man who had been In his room when ha awoke. Erwood stated that when he retired he locked the door and left the key In It. Ho thinks the thief must have used a pair of pincers to turn the key nnd open the door. He values his timepiece at $16. The hotel people claim Erwood was drink ing Wednesday evening and If ho lost his watch , it was taken outside of the hotel. County Wnrrnntn C'nllcA In. County Treasurer Hclmrod has issued a call for general fund warrants < o nnd in cluding No 2S24 , the amount to be paid out on them amounting to J51.402 07 These warrants ceased to draw Interest yesterday. Within a , week a call will be Issued for all j bridge fund warrants outstanding and for I innd fund warrants up to and Including No. S73. There Is a time for all things. The time to take DeWltt's Little Early Risers is tthen you are suffering from constipation , bilious ness , sick-headache , indigestion or other stomach or liver troubles. They never gripe. So Many People Have headaches that ars duo 'to the over tasked ey a Eye helps that help and relieve ara the kind we have been furnishing Our optical department le in charge ot a compe tent and practical optician who will examtoo your eyfa free of charge We guarantea satisfactory work. THE AlOE & PENfOLD CO. , Leading Scientific Optician * . 1408 Fnnmin. OMAHA. 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