Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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
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tho Krente.t shoo vnluc ever given In
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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.