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THE OMAI1-.X DAILY JJEE: 31 OS DAY, Jl'yE 10, 1001. WOODMEN OFF FOR THE NORTH Two Long Trinlcadi Leara Omaha to Atttnd Head Camp. BUSINESS BEFORE THE ST. PAUL SESSION Jieveral Matter nf Vllnl I m rl nucr (t Come I'p fur Action lol Itlcn nf the Orilrr Are Interesting, I'or a little while last night the "woods" wero located at the Union station, and there were "choppers" there by hundreds. It was the departure of the special train on the Illinois Central, bearing members of the Modern Woodmen ot America to tho head camp meeting nt St, Paul that oc casioned the gathering ot something more than $00 members of the order, who went along with the Nebraska delegates and something like 5,000 or 6,000 people, mostly members of the order or their wives and sweethearts, tinder the train sheds, llage now'a band from Lincoln was stationed on the platform and played a lively progrura prior to the start, Omah furnished the great majority of the crowd that went to St. Paul, but Lin coln w hm well represented, and Wnhoo and other points In the state sent visitors as well as delegates. Nebraska has a pe culiar Interest In tho present session, for O. K. Waltcta of Wahoo Is a candidate for the offlut of head clerk, a place that has been filled or years by C. 0. Hawes of Illinois. Mr. Walters' campaign Is en thusiastically supported by the Nehraskans, and If he doesn't win It will not be for lack of rooting. Drill Corim After l'rlr. Another feature of tho departure was the presence of many mrmbers of the order In uniform, there being six drill teams on board. Camp 110 of Omaha la sending six teen men, under command of Captain Mar tin. Captain W. B. Stockham has coached this team and goes with It to St. Paul to do what he ran to help the boys win. Camp No. 1451 of Omaha has a team of sixteen men, under command of Captain Stafford, who have been thoroughly drilled and ex pect to glvo a good account of themselves. Tho South Omaha team Is commanded by Captain Jeff Cooley. Major J. C. Pago has command of the Omaha battalion. From Lincoln Camp 2266 sends seventeen men, commanded by Captain C. F. Walters; No. 190 sen()s seventeen men, commanded by Captain Art Herrlck, and Lincoln division Nn. 1 has twenty-seven men, commanded bv Cantaln Frank I. Itlnger. Thcso teams are taking the Hagenow band with them. The train pulled out right on the dot, at 8:30, in two sections, Samuel North, traveling passenger agent for the Illinois Central, having charge of tho first section, nnd W. O. Drill, tho general agent of tho rod. colnc along to look after tho second. Many women went with tho Woodmen, and the calculation la that even If Omaha -should not cuccced In carrying away tho big drill prizes and bringing the next head ramp meeting here, St. Paul will hear from the Nebraska metropolis In a merry way. K nil nil VUltorn Come Karl-. Sundnv morning at 6:30 a special car ar rived In Omaha over the Mliaourl Pacific road carrying tho state deputy and about sixty delegates from Kansas to the biennial t nf tho Modern Woodmen of America, to be held at St. Paul this week. Accompanying the excursionists was tho Kansas Olrls' band of Wetmore, Kan., twenty young women who have for several years maintained a rornet band organiza tion and nliatrfed considerable celebrity, Shortly after tho nrrlval of thla car the delegation of Colorado Woodmen arrived. Both delegations were met at tho depot by local committees and accompanied to hotels. Iater they assembled at Ited Men hall In thn Continental block and spent the time until noon, when a trolley ride to Council Dluffs was made. The plans of the local committees wcro Interfered with by the rnln, tho Omaha trolley rldo being abandoned and many of tho visitors remained at tho hall rather than make the trip over tho river. At the hall the Olrls' band played several selec lions. The Indications are that the meeting at St. Paul will be tho largest gathering ot members of the order ever held. While the total number of delegates entitled to sit In tho convention is only C29, such oc raslons draw many thousand members ot the order, Tho railroads entering Kansas City, where tho camp met two years ago reported the sale of 67,000 tickets.. St. Paul Woodmen nnd head officers anticipate a larger crowd. Illinois, Kansas, Michigan Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are the states In which the order Is strongest and will send the largest number of visitors, as they do delegates. Important IIiik I iirma I'rnilliiit'. ibe bead olllcers suy tno present camp has several Important questions to consider that have much bearing on the future of the order. That which will eugage the root nttentlou as a subject ot widest importance because it touches the pockctbook ot every member ot the vast organization, Is the question ot revision ot the rates of atsess nient. When any attempt has heretofore been made to equalize the cost ot Insurance it has met with such strong opposition tba nothing has been accomplished. The whole trouble Is this- Reports show that "2.6 per cent of the total membership are paying t! rents per assessment mora than the actual cost of the Insurance. The other 27.4 per rent are on tho other hand paying 36 cents per assessment less than cost. The cxccsb of those who are paying more than cos only amounts to $12,000 per year, while the All Tired Out" If this is your experience, then your blood is poor and thin and filled with impurities. There is but one cure. You must get rid of all these poisons in the blood. There is but one remedy Ayer's Sarsaparilla It makes the blood pure and gives it new life and power. The starved nerves are better nourished. Your head ceases to ache. Your brain keeps clear. You are not obliged to begin a day's work " all tired is OUt. $1.00 a bottle. All drutitd. Wilt th doctor freely ill tlir lurtlcuUri In im.llr J.C.ATM.,LowilI, Malt. V 3 dlfleren. e between the coat and the amount r actually paid by the 17.4 per rent of the membership amounts to $13,000. It is a question with all" tralcrnals bow to main tain an equitable and found financial policy SK . The to meet any contingency ot Increased rate from ordinary cauica or epidemic Woodmen have discussed It In local, state and supreme camps. They do not like the emergency or reserve fund Idea because, ' with tho present membership. It would re- , quire a reserve fund ot $40,000,000. To raise this amount would almost cripple the or gantzatlon. Many plans ot readjusted as aessuient have been worked nut and these have been set forth at length In the te- , port of Head Clerk Hawes. The plan most favored at th,ls time, as it was two yean ago, Is the step-rate plan, socalled, by which each member pays the actual cost of his Insurance. The strongest oppoil tlon to this has naturally come from the 27.4 per cent ot members paying less than the cost of their Insurance, because It would incrcaso the rates. They are the older members of the organization nnd the In crease in rates would especially fall on them. It Is insisted, however, that this plan would establish the financial security j of the order for all time. The proposition i was submitted to the stale camps utter tho last biennial meeting, but was voted down. Thirteen states favored t while thlrty-onc opposed it, the Individual ma- j Jorlty against it bavlnftube.en Z2.000. Of course, the head camp cannot seme me question at this time. It can only agitate It and with lnrreased knowledge on me subject It is hoped the question will go back to the state organizations more popu lar than heforo and with possibly sufficient number of new friends to obtain Its adop tion. . . Oilier .Matter III "-lain. ThH next nucstlon In tho order of Import ance to be taken up by tho head camp Is hut nf nrrmlltlnc tho organization ot local camps in cities ot over 200.000 population. A aucstlon that always produces a Keen but friendly fight In the supremo camp Is tho location for the next meeting place, ii Is a much-souebt honor, because ot tho tmntenso attendance and the popularity gen erally of the members of tho order who at tend. The camp will recelvo Invitations from Omaha, Grand Uaplds, Mich., Indian apolis, Saratoga Springs, Toledo, O., and Denver. The contest opens wun uranu llaplds' chances appearing the brightest be- causo this Is the sixth consecutlvo year or the third session in which Orand Uaplds has sought the honor. While Omaha and Deu vcr will have considerable support Grand Rapid sends a special train of rooters, headed by Congressman William Alden Smith. It will be a keen disappointment to the Michigan men should their efforts tall again. In regard to the politics of the conven tion U is conceded that Head Coniul W. A. ;hcott will be re-elected. The only op position to Head Clerk Hawes comes In the candidacy of O. K. Walters of Nebraska. There will be a fight for positions on the board of directors, composed of five mem bers. Three of the five at present consti tuting the board go before tho camp with the solid backing or tnelr state delegations. Thcso aro: E. E. Murphy of Leavenworth, Kan.; A. It. Talbot of Lincoln, Neb., and I). D. Smith of Mankato, Minn. Illinois, 1 IS strong, will give Its support to George W. Hllcy of Danville and T. F. Hopkins of Ilockford, who defeated Geuoral J. N. Reese and Prof. Marvin Quackenbush for endorse ment in tho Illinois state camp. Tho two latter aro at present members of the board. There are twelve candidates for position on the board, and the contest Is likely to prove something of a scramble, with the outcome uncertain J. G. Johnson of Kansas, up to two years ago general attorney of the Woodmen, will try to fecure his former position, now held by John W. White of Hock Falls, III. Itrnnrt of Officer. Tho reports or Head nmccrs will be a source of gratification to all members of the order. In ISM tho net gain of insured members numbered 101,837, and in 1900 tho gain was 109. 497, making a total ot 211,370 new members Insured by the Woodmen. These represent In insurance 1348,087,500. Three thousand three hundred and sixty two new local camps were organized. Up to June 1 the society paid a total ot 11,340 death claims, representing disburse ments that aggregate 122,000,000. The aver age annual cost to members has been 14.95 per 11,000. Tho receipts to the society dur ing the term aggregated 1S.635.930.6S. Ot this amount 17.570.98S.25 was received In the mortuary fund and 11,064,942.43 In the general fund. CoUeire flelrnle lllrthdny. CLEVELAND, June 9.-Western Itescrvt university celebrates Its seventy-fifth anni versary this week. Tho celebration begun today with an address by Prof, Arthur C. McGlffcrt on "The Ruliglous History of tho College" In Ileckwith Memorial church. This evening President C. II. Thwing de. llvcred the baccalaureate sermon, his sub ject being "The Religious nellefs of the Educated Man of the Twentieth Century " The exercises will continue until Thursday, when exercises In commemoration of tho seventy-llfth anniversary qt the foundation of Western Reserve college and of Adelbert college of Western Reserve will be held, an address by Rev. Jostali Strong, D. D.; Gov ernor Nash of Ohio and Senator Allison of Iowa and Senator tlntinn are among the notables expected to attend. Great Irrigation Works The problem of reclaiming the arid region of tho west Is pressing for solution by the national government or by the states In terested. Next to the financial phase of the problem comes the engineering fea ture, which has been studied quite ex tensively of late. The construction of adequate controlling works so us to pre vent the waste of spring floods will call Into play tho highest engineering skill. The Nile works projected and nearly com pleted by the British government In Egypt Is a striking Instance of what means nnd energy can do and serves as a good ex ample for western Irrlgatlonlsts. The works are described by the Scientific American as follows: One of the most beneficial effects of the English occupation of Egypt has been the attempt to restore the country to some thing approaching its former frulttulncss. Egypt Is the Nile and the Nile is Egypt. For several centuries this country, which during the relgu of the Pharaohs was the most proiperous In the world, has re mained over the greater part of Us area a desert waste. When at the zenith of its l-owcr the couutry was intersected in all directions with canals which Irrigated the land, but In course of time the canals were filled up with the drlftlug sand from the desert and the country was abandoned The rher Nile during Its progres through lower Egypt gathers a vast quan tity of rlth sediment, which hitherto has been allowed to flow Into the Medtterra, ncan, It Is estimated that billions ot tons of this silt are thus wasted every year. The value of this alluvial soil alone may be estimated from the richness of the country at the Nile Delta. When Egypt was In tno height of Its prosperity the Nile waters and silt were distributed over the desert, converting the sandy waBtts into fertile fields. The British government Is endeavoring to resuscitate the country by storing the flood waters of the Nile and Irrigating once more the desert lands, By this means Egpt w not only be In a position to produce sufficient cereals, cotton, etc., for her own exigencies, but will be able to supply the various markets of the world, time It ill bo possible to produce three crops In one reason. This conversion Is being attained by the MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS Copper Cmp7 Slrlk.. Banana in Bool, . ftld Horibleadl District. t TUNNEL REACHES BIG BODY OF ORE . I Kcrnrj llrittlirr t ill ot Itlcli i.f Conned ItlufTx iitnl I'liriitiKl) T I, nine Ore .loe Dollar Mine Sold. CL'STKIt, S. D., June C'. (Special ) The Black Hills Copper company has struck a bonanza in the Hornblende district west of Itochfcrd. Ore Is being saved on the dump that carries an acrage of 2 per cent copper and 14 to $S In gold. A tunnel has crotscut a body of such or? for sixty ftet and tho ledge has not been penetrated. This Is not at the wa'er lvel. lacking about ;oo feet. The ore will probably be richer with more depth. Such a ledge as that ex- posed by the Black Hills Copper company will compare most favorably with some of tho ore bodies of the copper mines In the copper districts of Michigan. It Is believed by the management of this company that they haven't encountered the main ledge, which lies still farther to the wtM. There Is great Interest being taken In copper mining In the Hills. The shaft of the Black Hills Copper company is the deepest of nny ether copper proposition, and there aro but few shafts rn gold prcprr- ties In the Dlack Hills that are any deeper This company has demonstrated conclu sively that coppe ore exists In the Hills In permanent ledges It is expectel that the values In copper will Increase to at least 4 per cent by the time the water level Is reached In this company's Bhaft. The company Is going to erect a smelter this season. Copper ore is needed in the Illack Hills for a llux In the smelting of gold ores. At present all the copper ore used at tho big smelter at Dcadwood Is brough' In from Montana. TnUr Out Fine tirade of (irnihlfr. North of the Illack Hills Copper com pany's mines the Copper Cliff company Is taking out a fine grade ot graphite, that runs about SO per cent pure. Several car loads have been stored on the dump ready for shipment to the new plant that Ib being prepared at Chicago by the company. A now process has been found for the con centration of the graphite. The company has a large ledge of the material. A fifty foot ledge of copper oro has also been cut through, which lies next to the graphite. A railroad will undoubtedly te built through tho Hornblende district to the Hlack Hlls Copper company and the Copper Cliff com pany's ground this year. It Is stated that tho Copper Cliff company is about to buy the Montezuma gold mine nt Rochford. W. L. Kerney of Council Rluffs and his brother, L. B. Kerney of Rochford. have opened up a big thing one mile west of Rochford. They ran a tunnel 200 feet into a mountain, which cut through two ledges ot free milling ore, the first being eleven feet wide, averaging 17 per ton gold, and th second being fifty feet wide, tho first fifteen ftet averaging about 15.50 per ton gold. The ledges are traceable a long dls tance. It Is tho Intention of the owners to erect a stamp mill near their mine, prob ably this season. They havo an abundance of oro blocked out. Not far from this mine Is the rich bonanza of James Cochran, who operates a five-foot Huntington mill every summer on rich ore. A whim has been put In at the mine and tho mill was started up Thursday of this week. Four carloads of new machinery nro orr their way from Chicago for the Black Hills Porcelain Clay and Marble company, to be used at tho marble and lithographic stone quarries near this city. A complete sawing plant will bo Installed with which to cut tho marble and lithograph stone, A dla mond drill will be tiled to prospect In un known ground at both quarries. Marble cutting works are to be established at this city by eastern parties, who propose to cut tho marble for monumental purposes. The company will continue the development, ot the ledge of kaolin clay, which is pure and Is valuable as a pottery clay. The ledge is about fifteen feet wide and follows the ledge of marblo. The company has already expended a large sura In the development of the different properties. Thirty men are employed. Gopher Mine' Hleli Ure. Tho operations of the Gopher Mining company, whose mine is located a hort distance north of Hill City, are doing more good for the Rluck Hills than any other enterprise In tho southern Hills. Its chief movers are two Minneapolis newspaper men, who have been familiar with mining in the Rlack Hills for many years. The Gopher mine is conBlderod by many lead ing mining men to be another Holy Terror mine, which has been a djvldcnd-paycr for a number of years, The Gopher mine has produced considerable ore that has averaged about 122 a ton free-milling gold The compuuy is sinking on the vein of oro construction of large dams at different points on thu river. Already two of these enormous structures are practically com pletedone at Assouan and the other at Aeslut. Tho Idea is by no means modern, since a similar scheme was projected sev eral years ago and a tentative effort to realize It was made by some French engi neers, by the construction of a dam near Cairo. This latter achievement, however, owing to the lack of care displayed lu the erection of the barrier and Its instability, was practically a failure and would have collapsed, flooding miles of the country, had L not been for the timely appearance of British engineers, who succeeded In strengthening the structure Egypt, however, although desperately re quiring such a scheme to restore her coun try, owing to the lack of funds in the Im perial exchequer would never have been In a position to have carried It out herself. The execution of the scheme originated with a syndicate of gentlemen In London, who propounded the idea to Sir Benjamin Baker, the well known civil engineer, and Sir John Alrd, the bead of a large firm of contractors. The syndicate then approached Mr. Ernest Casscl, tho well known London financier, and he, together with Sir John Alrd and Sir Benjamin Baker, hurried to Egypt and laid their plans before the Egyp tian government. After a short consultation the government approved the tcbeme and awarded the contract. Surveys were then made of the river, to select the best spots at which to erect the dams, The river had previously been thor oughly surveyed by Major Wlllcocks, a well known authority upon Irrigation, so that the engineers were enabled to profit by the results of his work. Finally Assouan and Aaslut were decided upon, Work was immediately commenced and has been con tinued day and night ever since. It was Im perative that the work should be hurried forward with all possible speed, since when the Nile rose labor bad to be stopped for several weeks, owing to the works being submerged. The river at Assouan Is over a mile In width, so that a fair estimate of the magni tude of the task may be made. The dam consists of a huge wall of granite, sixty fest In width at the top, ninety feet above low that was encountered last fall and they ex pect to reah the 600-foot level before the first of next month. The values of the ore continue to run about as they did when tho test run was made at the Hcbert mill last XhliS vein Is one of the finest 0 a ton gold. The fissures that has been opened up In the southern hills. It Is continuing to widen out as depth Is at tained. The ore Is evenly Impregnated with the yellow metal, which can easily be seen with the eye on almost every piece of rock examined. Two Treraalu mills will soon bo Installed by tho company at the mine, where the ore will be treated as It comes from the shall. It Is believed by the man agement of the company that other ertl cals ot ore will be found running parallel with the Gopher vein nnd that at a certain depth all of the ore bodies will come to gether, forming one largo oro body. A complete gasoline hoisting plant, which Is capable of sinking 500 to 700 feet, Is owned by the company. On Sprlt.g creek the Copper Hutto and the Boulder Copper companies are develop ing properties in search of copper ore. Both companies have found ledges of ore in places that are rich enough In metals to pay for working. The Copper Butte company has n ledge of copper pyrites that is over 100 feet wide. The Joe Dollar mine will soon be pro ducing. It has been sold to eastern men, who propose to put In a Tremaln mill. The ledge of die that has been exposed shows gold for l.nnO feet along the turfner. It Is considered to be one of the richest prop ositions In the district. SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS GiOD Silendld It i t ii n of WreU llrliiK the (irotvtli lp to n I'riiinltliiK ClMlllUlllll. MITCHELL. S. D., Juno v.- (Special.) The crop conditions In this county ure ex ceedingly encouraging at this time of tho year. Two good rains In the past week have Hindu things look entirely different. There havo been two light frosts this week that have done a little damage to com, but not enough to speak of Tho acrcago in corn this season is much largor and that of wheat Is 20 per cent smaller. This Is duo to the fact that this spring there was little corn In the country to feed stock that was ready for market, and In several Instances farmers had to ship corn here from the southern part of the state. Conse quently there was a change made in the planting of the two crops this spring, nnd tho large number of cattle that have beeu brought Into the county inadu It more nec essary than ever. The cattle interests In Dawson county have Increased wonderfully this spring and there arc 25 per cent moro cattle being fed here now than there a year ago. Month PIERRE, Articles of for: Dnknfa Incorporation. S. D., June 9. (Special.) incorporation hac been filed People's Oil company at Pierre, with a capital of 12,000,000. Incorporators, Wil liam M. Lloyd, William G Anderson and Harry S. Anderson. Gold and Iron Fields Extracting company at Pierre, with a capital of 11,000,000. In corporators, Robert Julius Howes, Ernest Wettc and Oscar Nelson. Five States Oil and Inspection company at Pierre with a capital of 12,500,000. In corporators, Harvey A. Hopkins, Stephen M. Scott and W. A. J. Seals. Harney Hotel company at. Rapid City, with a capital of JtiO.uOO. Incorporators, Isaac M. Humphrey, John P. McElroy and John R. Baker. Darlington Oil company at Pierre, with a capital of 1500,000. Incorporators, R. L. Darling, Frank Elliott and W. A. J. Seals. Wife Forgiven, Lover Arrested. HOT SPRINGS, S. D., June 9. (Special.) Hell Gate, an embryo city in Spearflsh canyon, is torn up with h social sensation. W. A. Clear, an old resident of Hell Gate, had. the peace and comfort of his house hold shattered by the elopement of his 16-year-old wlft with a tlecutter, Jim Wil son. During tho absence of the head of tho household in Lead the guilty couple went to Spearflsh and stopped at Thayer's lodging house. When Clear returned home ond discovered what had happened he walked to Spearflsh and had no trouble In locating his erring wife and the man. Clear swore out a warrant for Wilson and then took his young wife back to Hell Gate. In court the prisoner admitted everything charged, and was bound over to the circuit court under 1250 bonds. As he could not produce It he rests in the county Jail, while Clear and wife live peacefully as before. (.'little In Fine Shape. PIERRE, S. D June 9. (Special.) While cattlemen are complaining about a short age of hay, they admit that tho feed on the prairie Is far better than it was last year, and that cattle are In fine shape. The general remark Is that cattle are a month ahead of what they wore last year at this time. Those who are testing fodder crops this year are complaining of It being rather dry, but the rains of the last week have helped them out and started their crops to growing again. With anything Controlling the Waters of the Nile. water and a mile and a quarter In length, stretching across the liver from bank to bank, A roadway Is to be constructed upon the top of the dam. which will afford a meanr of communication between both banks of the river. The dam Is pierced by ISO huge steel sluices. The erection of this barrier will impound over 1,000,000,000 tons of water, forming a lake which will extend up the valley of tho Nile, When the sluice doors are opened, while the Nile Is at high water, something like 900,000 tons of water will rush through them every minute. One effect of the construction of this dam will be the partial submersion of the historic temples of Phllae. When the scheme was originally projected, the?e ruins were to be entirely submerged, but an Influential body of Egyptologists, headed by the late president of the British acad emy, were successful in obtaining their partial preservation, to that now the rulni themselves will still be visible above high water. The stone with which the dam has been built has been obtained from the same quarries which furnished the stone for the temples of Phllae and Cleopatra's Needle. Indeed, many of the granite blocks that have been excavated bear the marls of the Egyptian wedges that were utilized over thirty centuries ago. The work Is bslng carried out under the supervision of Eng lish engineers, and tome 26,000 natives are engaged upon the task, working In day and night shifts of 12,(00 men each. During the night the work Is carried on under electric light. The laborers receive about It a week for their labor, together with board accommodations, which, although It may appear a ridiculously small wage, Is yet about twice as much as is generally paid, According to the terms of the contract no money Is to be paid by the Egyptian gov ernment to the contractors until the tack Is completed. It Is estimated that the un dertaking will cost 12i.000.000 and the set tlement of the bill Is to be spread over thirty years. The completion of the scheme will add 2.B00 square mllei to the crop bearing area of Egypt, which It Is esti mated, will be worth 1400,000,000 to the country. r Who said j like the averngo June rainfall the prairie will be In fnr better shape this fall than It was last fall, nnd one or two good soaking rains would assure plenty of hay. (rndiiiiti'M In Mlfeliell. MITCHELL, S. D.. June !. Special.) The twentieth annual graduating exercises of the Mitchell HlRh school was Ian night In tho Corn Polace building and the audi torium was crowded. There were fifteen members of tho class- David E. Jones, Clara Relcrson, Ora B. Wells, Lula Mae Perry, Fred C. Adams, Carrie Cooke, llattlc Goodwin, Minnie Lew If, Peter Wallatrum, Edith E. Orswell, Marguerite Doyle, Joseph Coughlln, Katie B. Rushmore. Tho sal utntory was given by Ethel Jewell and tho valedictory by Julia LaFortune. Superin tendent (Julgley has been retained nt the head of the schools for another year. I. n nil Otllce Moved. MITCHELL. S. D., Juno . (Special.) When the United Stjitcs land office Inspcstor mado his last visit to Mitchell h de cided to change the location ot the land office. The office occupied a suite of rooms In tho middle of n block upstairs and he considered It an unsafe place for tho books and records In case of a lire. He lrasod two rooms in n corner building and caused tho otllco to bo moved. The otllclalB have less room now In which to transact their business and when any of the big contest casrs come up they will probably have to seek larger quarters. For I'iiknIiik Counterfeit Coin. SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Juno 9. (Special.) William Mahoney, son of n prominent resident of Sioux Falls, wob arrested on the charge of passing counterfeit money. Young Mahoney was not a resident of Sioux Falls, having been employed nt Cherokee, la., for some time. He passed a counterfeit dol lar in a saloon. As the result of his pre liminary examination before United States Commissioner I). J. Conway, In thla city, Mahoney has bepn held for appearance be fore the next federal grand Jury. A man named S. B. Williams was held as a wit ness. imv llendllKlit" P"t Cuttle. PIERRE, S. D., June 9. (Special.) Tho Northwestern road has equipped Its engines running between this city and Huron with acetylene gas headlights, which light up tho track for n distance of 2,000 yards ahead of the train. There lights are used on this run on account of the trouble with stock on the track, and the engineer Is given a greater distance In which to see them. Kpitortli I.entcne Convention, HURON, S. D.. June S. (Special.) Presi dent W. J. Calfce of tho South Dakota Ep worth League assembly, together with the various committees, Is perfecting the pro gram for tho third annual convention to begin here July 2 and continue till the 9th. Prof. Pcart.cn of Northwestern university will be present, also the Slayton Jubilee singers nnd Prof. D. W. Robertson. Prost llefarda Miuiy Crop. HURON, S. D.. June 9. (Special.) Frost throughout the Jim river valley Thursday night did less harm than at first supposed. Wheat is uninjured, but corn and potatoes in some localities havo suf fered seriously; flax Is also damaged, as Is millet and potatoes. These crops, how ever, in most places will recover, but will be retarded In growth. eiv HnlldlnK fnr Ht. Martln'n. STUKGIS, S. D., June 9. (Special.) The contract for the erection of a new 120,000 three-story stone building In thlB city In connection with St. Martin's academy, has been awarded to O. C. Jcwett. an architect of Dcadwood. Work on the new structure will begin soon. AMERICAN COLLEGE AIR0AD Ihlciiuo I ii l emit Will Have A 111 II- ntnl II rime ln' In nnrope for lli-n-rflt of TrnvflltiK American. CHICAGO. June 9 President Harper of the University of Chicago announces that the university has begun to establish af filiated preparatory schools In different parts of Europe. Thc.se schools will bo branches of academies which are affiliated with tho university lu this country. The purpose ot this plan la to give opportunity to children of college age whoFe parents arc traveling abroad during the year to have tho benefits of foreign residence with out obstructing tho progress of their studlei. Paris will be invaded first and the Amer ican Home School for Girls will be opened at 20 Rue dti Longchamps on October 15. The work of the Paris school will be under the immediate charge of Miss Ellzaheth Wallace, heretofore Instructor of French In the University of Chicago, and of Miss Emma Baird. for many years principal of a girls' school In Kansas City. AID FOR TUSKEGEE NORMAL .In hit I). Itoekef filer Will Krret Dor mitory .Needed In the lliktruutlliir of Colored Youth. TL'SKKOKB. Ala . June f. Principal Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, has been notified by John D. Rockefeller that ho will be glad to provide tho money for the erection of one of the much-needad dor mitories for boys at the Institution, After washing once with Pels Xnpthn soap, you would not yo bark to common Hoap for $1 a week. Your gitiecr lias it. If ,vou don't agree, he returns your money. i'cis & Co., makers, Philadelphia. LABOR HAS TROUBLE ENOUGH Praiidtnt G'Consill Saji Mtchiniiti Find Strike Coitly WILL THEREFORE NOT HURRY RAILROADS lnte for Compiinlen to Fnl Mne-Iloiir liny Into Kffrrt Will Be Fixed, Hut It Will Vol lie an Inrt One. TORONTO, June f. Regarding the fixing of a dute upon which railway corporations will be asked to sign a paper granting the machinist a nluc-hour workday, with 12 Vi per cent Increase In wages, President O'Connell said this afternoon that the mat ter has practically been disposed of by the convention. A resolution approving of such action has already been patsed ond the fixing ot a day has been referred to the executive committee and will after ward be submitted to a vote of the associa tion. At any rate the date will be some time In the future, as the machinists are finding the present strike costly and have no desire to borrow fresh trouble. No further developments are expected In the strike until after the meeting of manu facturers In New York on June 11. SUICIDE OF ARMY SURGEON Major Dali, Who Inuafrnrafed Inquiry Into Kmhalined Href, Shoot Itlra- oelf iiirounh the Head. PITTSBURG, June 9, Major W. IL Daly, surgeon general on tho staff of Lieutenant General Miles In Porto Rico, committed suicide at his home today by shooting him self in the right temple. The body of the doctor was found In the bathroom by Miss Mary Short, the house keeper, 'n a pool of blood with a 38-callber revolver lying on the floor. Dr. Foster, who wao summoned at once, found the bul let hole in the temple and announced that death had taken place several hours be fore. Miss Short then remembered hearing a sharp report at about 7:30 a. m but thought it was the quick closing of a win dow. No cause is known for Dr. Daly's deed, unless It be that Insomnia drove Mm to temporary Insanity. For some time he has been unable to sleep regularly. The doctor was a widower aud leaves no Immediate family. Ho was 19 years of age and for many years has been prominent In medical circles. He gained International promi nence during the Cubon war, as It was his report to the commanding general of 'the army that started the "embalmed beef" In vestigation. WASHINGTON, June 9. Lieutenant Gen eral Miles said tonight that he was not sur prised at tho suicide of Dr. Daly in view of the great personal bereavement that the doctor had suffered recently and the under mining of his health by a severe attack of the grip last winter. General Miles es teemed Dr. Daly very highly and the two were Intimate friends. His death came as a severe blow to the general. Dr. Daly was In the city last March, when he came to be present at the second Inauguration of President McKlnlcy, If General Miles can arrange matters he will attend the funeral of his old friend. Sur geon Daly was a deputy to assist Surgeon Charles R. Grecnleaf on the staff of the commanding general during the Spanish American war, and General Miles testified tonight to the thoroughness with which he $2 Mechanics' Friend A hlioc with a penulne welt sole tlint hn.8 uo nrtllh or hcnms to hurt the feet plain crimp vamps without fsenma piRf-ot touKUCK nnd the hrond, plain toes In luco only Tills Is nntlouhtcdl.r tho Krente.t shoo vnluc ever given In Omnhn for service nnd comfort nil we enn nsk of our friends Ir thnt they como In nnd look nl thlH nhoc heclug tIon will convince yon thnt we, have n rlslit to claim It to be tho best valuu In Onmhn. Drexel Shoe Co., Catalncu Sent Prtt for tbo Asklna. Omaha's Up-to-date Hhoa Hoes I41H FARNAM STHEBT. A Battle Depends As much on the woapons with which It is fotiKht ns upon the seneruUhip-Tho hrlglitrht man In the. world cannot suc ceed If he makes ube of Inferior wonpona Would anybody buy a poor piano If they kuew It V How can one toll a pood plnno? I.ook nt the nnnio of the maker then know tho ml:er De hiiio the name Is thnt of n reputable tnanufneturer Von enn be stiro If the name Is Kimball Prompt at tention given tunlug orders. A. HOSPE Music and Ail. 1513-1515 Douglas W do rtUtlo fntv. performed his dutlrs In nttrndlng to tha wants of tho sick, raring for the wounded and establishing hospitals. It was through Dr. Daly's allegations that the beef fur ulshed to thr army had been tampered with and preserved by menns of acid which ho alleged was detrimental to the health ol the soldiers that a hoard of army Inqulrlei conducted the celcbraled Inquiry durlnj the Spanish war HniiforU Itenehes Still Franelsoo. SAN FRANCISCO, June . The tranep-rt Hancock arrived from Manila tonight with thirty-one ofllrcrs nnd 1,042 enlisted men of the Thirty-first volunteer Inf.intty Seasonable Fashions 1 1 1 t x Uy Mary l.nnib. 3840 Raglan Coat, 32 to 40 In. bust. Woman's Raglan Coat. No. 3840. To bs made with or without the applied yoke. The comfortable loose-fitting coat that en tirely covers the gown and protects It from dust Is the most serviceable nil-round gar ment for traveling, thort Jaunts or bad weather that any woman can possess. The stylish model Illustrated i cut In the lntes , most approved lines and can bo made with or without the applied yoke as preferred. The original Is made of Ilght-welghl covert cloth, but tweed, cheviot and all the light weight cloaking materials are appropriate. The back Is plain and smooth, hanging in straight lines from the shoulders to tho floor. Tho fronts are loose, but shapely, and turn back to form revir3. Tho sleeves aro In raglan style, extending In a point to the nerk, nnd are finlfhed with turn-over plain rufTs. Pockets are Inserted In each front aud arc finished with studied flaps. To cut this raglan for a woman of me dium size, Ha ynrda of material 60 lnchei wide will ho required, with U ynrd of vel vet. The pattern 3840 Is cut In sizes fcr n 3.', 34, 36, 3S nnd 40-inch bust measure. For the accommodation oi The Boa's readers these patterns, which usually retail at from 26 to 30 cents, will be furnished at a nominal price, 10 cents, which coven all expense. In order to get any pattern) enclose 10 cents, give number and nam of pattern wanted and bust measure. Al low about ten days from date of your letter before berlnnlug to look for the pattern. Address Pattern Department. Oraaha Bee.