THE OMtAHA DAILY J3EK: M()2viAY, JJ2CJ3MUJ21t HO, 11)01.
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AMERICAN MAGNATES GATHER
Hicks; and
His AnooUtu
Eeulin Tsdsj.
Will Hold
SCMEIULC COMMITTEE TO BE NAMED
Oiiinlm Frnnrlilir- In llr Amirile.il to
Mllwmikt'i Ciiillnllls Tehran
'1'lirviiti'iiH I. runt t'ro-i-ceilliiu.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) Magnates of lliu American Base
Liall association began to gat tier today (or
tho meeting to bo liclil tomorrow. The
arrivals today were: tGcorgo K. Lcnnon of
St. Paul, Charles Strobe! of Toledo and
President Thomnf Mickey, Hlckcy came
down on n. Into train from Sti Joseph unrt
a conference wns held nt Hit- Baltimore
hotel. George Tcbeau and Walter Wllinot
wero nlrondy here. TIioho who will arrive
this morning are; T. J. Bryc'u of Colum
bus, 0. H. Havener. M. D. Oulun anil Hilly
Cllngmun o Milwaukee, V. II. Watklns
and C. S. Huschnun of Indianapolis, Tho
out-of-town newBpaier men will also bo
here lu force. Representatives aro already
here from St. Paul nnd Columbus, and
others from Milwaukee, Toledo and Indian
npolls will arrive tomorrow.
Tho meeting Is for tho purpose of adopt
ing a constitution, nppolnting n schedule
commltteo and awardltiK tho Omaha Iran
chlso to an Omaha and Milwaukee stock
company. Tho magnates aro all Jubilant
over the prospects nnd held n Jollification
meetlnK tonight. Tcbentt said ho waB only
Joking when he Raid his franehlBO was for
ealn nnd the mngnntes told ono another of
tho big silrprlses they had In storo for the
fans In tho why of players. Many Ameri
can Ic.-iguors will play In Mickey's Icaguo
thin coming season, Lennpn of 9t. Paul
says ho does not fear opposition In St. Paul,
that there Is no pnrk to bo had, and that
tho opposition couldn't got a permit through
tho city council to build one.
'IVlii'iiu 'I'll ren Iiiih l.i'unl I'lulit.
ST. JOSKPII. Dee. 29.--lSpocl.il Telo
gtum.l George Tebenu wns lu this city
today, nud In company of President TlinnuiH
Imperial council by the Nobles of the Mytlc
Shrine Friday evening came the tlmo for
active work In forming a party to visit
San Francisco, where the annual session of
the Imperial council will be held next year.
Omaha Is particularly Interested In this
session, as unlras something unforeseen
takes place nn Omaha man will be selected
as Imperial potentate of the order. Several
members of Tangier temple are of the opin
ion that this temple should send a large
party to the Golden aato to duly honor the
member of Tangier who Is to bo selected
to the highest office In the gift of the order.
Henry C. Akin, at present grand rabban of
the society will, following the usual cus
tom, succeed to the- highest office, nnd
Omaha will be tho head of Shrine activity
during his term of office.
Gold Prsductisi ftr 1901 Amounts
Tw.1t. Milli.n DolUri.
A circular Is In course of preparation
calling nttentlon to the fact that tho Scot
tish Kite Masons of tho Valley of Omnha
will hold their reunion In this city Febru
ary 18, continuing four days. This circular
Is merely preliminary to the formal pro
gram which will bo Issued later. It Is sent
out for the purpose of Informing those who
desire to toke tho degrees of tho lute that
tho time for preparation Is at hand.
The annual reunion nnd election of offi
cers of tho Nebraska Veteran Masons' as
sociation will take placo the last week
In January. The meeting will close with
a lianauct at noon.
Nebraska lodgo No. 1, Ancient Frcn nnd
Accented Masons, will hold an entertain
ment at Freemason hall on the evening of
December 31. The program will consist of
music, rtcltatlons and addresses. M. J.
Kcnnard. worshipful master, will deliver
the address of welcome. Hcv.' T. II. San
dcrson of Fremont will speak upon "Tho
Mystic Ilrothcrhood." Dancing will follow
tho program. An Invitation is extended to
all Mnsons In Omaha, South Omaha ana
Council Illuffs.
NolwlthBtand nz Monday night was so
cloeo to tho Christmas festival, tho attend
nnco nt tho meeting of Nebraska lodge No
1, Knights of Pythias was good, lndlcntlug
that the lnlluenco of tho "Lodgo llullotln'
Is a potent forco In reminding the members
thnt thcro Is a duty they owo to tho lodgo
which must not bo overlooked or laid aside.
After tho routine business was transacted
tho members wero pleasantly entertained
GAIN OF TWO MILLIONS IN THE YEAR
l.n retire Cnuntj- SlHivrn the Greatest
ncrensr -lloinrstnkr- Alnnc Yield
.Million .More Tlinn During
1'rrvlntin Vcnr.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Dec. 29. (Special.)
The gold production of the Illack Hills
for tho calendar year 1901 has -been $12,-
000,000. This Is an Increase of J2.000.000
over last year and Is due to Increased
rapacities and Improved facilities In tho
mills nnd reduction works of tho older
companies ahd to tho building nnd start
ing of n number of new mills. Tho adop.
tlon of the cyanide process by sovcral
companies Is In a large measuro responsi
ble. It hns rando It possible to mine nnd
mill large bodies of low grndo ore that
have heretofore remained untouched. Kx.
trnordlnary mining activity Is noticed In
nil parts of tho Illack Hills. Numbers of
new reduction plants are botng built and
J. HU'key of the American association was by tho vice chnncollor-elcct, Hrother Sey-
lu consultntloii Hevcrnl hours today with
Judgo Charles Strop, who hns been retained
by Tcbunu to light for his claims to tho
Western eaguo franchise nt Kansas City.
Tebenu would not bo quoted, and declined
fer, in rt recital of his experiences on
tho firing lino In Cuba, while serving as n
soldier In the array of tho United States.
Ilrothor Ilundy, who has Just returned
from nn extended trip in tho west to spend
fn say what his plnns would be, but It wns the holidays here, also excited some Interest
learned this evening that he hns asked
Judgo Strop to go Into court to secure, If
possible, un Injunction against President
James Whitfield and tho Western leaguo
against eliminating Tebenu and his nllogcd
franchise, rights from the league. It Is
In relating the many adventures ho had
and tho wondrous things ho saw In tho
"omnivorous" west.
This (Mondny) evening will bo the last
meeting of tho lodgo for this year and term
nnd It Is hoped that every member that may
expected' thnt legal proceedings will be be In tho city will attend on that occnslonj
Btartcd during tho present week. The winner of tho pythlnn watch charm,
1 I ft- V, n t.uut tttfnrwlnnrit (ttirlnff- tho vpfir will
YOUNG' C0RBETT IS IN TOWN bo announced then, and tho victor wilt bo
expected to make- a speech. A new plan
llr Siijh MclJn vrrn mill Altrll lliivr
.Vo C'nll f l'entlirrvrlKlit
Clintiipiiiimlilp.
W. II. Rothwoll. better known ns "Young
Corbett," sparred three fast and furious
rounds with Ills snnrlhir tiartner. flrottle
Williams, nt tho Trocndero thenter Sunday
iifternoou, where ho Id to play a week's
engagement. While his condition Is still
pood from rf tiUKlllstle point of view, ho
Is taking oi llcsli rapidly nnd Is already
iwernl pounds henvler thun when hu
whipped Terry MrGovero n few weeks ago,
After (lie exhibition lie wnn nsketl to ex
plain the fact Hint Terry Is advertised to
light Alio Attoll nt New' York In tho near
ruturo ror tno icntnerweigni cnnmpionBiup.
lie renlled: - '
"Ho con tf!iy I didn't win tho title off
from him, of course, If he wants to. I
enn't stop him claiming thnt. Hut tho fnct
Is, their lighting for the feutherwelght
ehiimnlnimhln lu limt like us If Sharkey
nnd Jtuhllii would get together ami light
tu settle, tho hrnvywelght champlhnship.
If we didn't tight for the title I don't know
what tvo did light for. Tho nowspnpets ull
nvnr the 4-nrltI ntlvertlsed It lis n lltrht to
determlno the featherweight championship
and even tho tickets of admission rend that
way."
Asked how ho eamo to tuko tho nnmo of
"Voiiuir Corliett. " lie answered: "When I
llr. Ml wont Into the business I didn't want
fo use my nnmo nnd ns I used to wear my
linir in a pompauour hkc women, ine.v
dubbed mo that, unrt 1'vo gone by that
nnmo ever since."
will bo devised for Insuring and continuing
tho good attendanco at lodgo for tho ensu
lng year.
It is tho purpose of the master of the
work to have u team to assist In confertng
tho ranks that will be a prldo to Ncbrnska
No. 1, and a credit to tho cntlro Jurlsdlc
tion. Ho will begin drilling his men tm
mediately after the holidays. Members who
dcslro to tako part In tho work will address
J. W. Malone.
Somo time during tho coming month Mr.
Knowles wilt make known his plan by which
It Is hoped to havo a pythlan headquarters
and club room in Omaha.
Manner lodge, Fratornal Union of Amer-
lca, will hold a free open meeting noxt
Thursday evening to which nil members of
tho order nnd their friends aro Invited. On
tho following Thursday evening tho officers
for 1102 will bo Installed.
Omaha lodge No. 311 will Install Its offl
cers on January 8. Knterprlse lodgo No
012 will havo a public Installation of offl
cers on tho evening of January 10. Nebraska
lodgo No. 495 has changed Ha night of meet
lng to Thursday, beginning January 2, nnd
thereafter meetings will bo held in Patter
son hall, corner Seventeenth and Farnam.
I'ureliime Muiiy Ittirrrn,
l.UXINOTON. Kv.. Dec. 20.-M. I,. Tlche.
nor and M. J. Nowgrass of Chicago pur
chased of W. T. -Mtilr of Ixlngton the
S-yciir-olil illly. HWeet mine, liy KniMcio,
fur 12.000. Thev nlso boimht of John I:
Madden three colts bv I inn Too Gallant.
(iIhii Imp Mirthful mid llermudu, respec
tively, from lllram AcroKitan of Iolllsv!lle.
nnd two colts' by Imp Florist unrt one bv
Dr. Mice, nnd from Ison Jones of IjquIm
vlllo n colt by Imp Florist. Tho purchases
will ho raced tins spring.
llonnrvelt Cnu't I'rrxldr.
.WASHINGTON, Dee. 20.-In a communl
ctitlou to Damn C oubcrtin. president of tho
Olympic games to bo held In Chicago In
1904, President Roosevelt bus Indicated thnt
It will not bo posslblo for him to preside
on thnt occasion, ns hud been oxpected.
Tho nresldent takes tho keenest Interest
lu tho .contests, unrt so expressed himself
to tho biiion, but regretted that for various
reasons It would bo Impracticable for him
to preside.
I'iiimni lllllliiril I'lnyor Dying.
CHICAGO. Doc. 29. Eugene Cnrtcr, who
Is known tho country over ns ono of tho
greatest, billiard players. Is dying nt his
hnmn In this eltv. Ijitu toulclit tho iiuvM-
elans In nttendnnc expressed their belief
that, the noted Iillllnrillst would not Itvo
throughout tho night, Ho is stricken with
a complication of pulmonary troubles.
Cleveland Sportu 'Want lloxInK.
PliHVKLAND. Dee. 29. It Is nrolmblo
Clevelnt! sporting men will nsk the stnto
leuisiniure m permit iiomub coniesis in
this eltv for money nrlces. Good men
cannot bo secured without n purse nnd
the present law makes Illegal a contest
where money Is at stake,
Tho members of Onto City hive, Ladles
of tho Maccabees, aro requested to meet at
tholr hall Tuesday afternoon to attend to
business of Importance.
Omaha lodgo No. 100, Ilankers Union of
tho World, on Friday evening elected offl
cers as follows: Inn M. Goodwin, president
Charles Strlgcr, vice president: Anna Men
zIbb, chaplain; R. C. Wolcott, secretary
G. T, Ilastedo, banker; Magglo Campbell
overseer; Nolllo Dougherty, guard; J, C,
Van Dyke, sentinel; win Menzics, J.
Condon nnd Kugeno Atkins, trustees. In
stallatlon of officers will take place on Fri
day evenlog, January 3, 1902.
MING IN THE BLACK HILLS
to
lng a fifty-ton cyanide mill on Yellow
creek, expecting to begin milling In March;
the Dendwood-Standiird Gold Mining com
pany, building a 200-ton cyanldo plant on
Johnson gulch, to treat blanket ores, and
tho opening up of surface ores, will start
In February; the Colorado-South Dakota
company, nenr Itsgged Top. In the blanket
formation, cyanide mill In contemplation,
the Hidden Fortune Gold Mining company,
purchaser of a largo tract' adjoining the
Homestake, development tinder way In
threo tunnels and a shift, nnd a 200-stamp
mill to be errcted, the Illnck Hills Holt
Development company, holding bonds on
several hundred ncres next to tho Home
stako on the south, n 700-foot shaft and
drift started to the north; the Hidden For-,
tune and Holt companies nre composed of
Colorado capitalists; the American Mining
company, driving n drift 2,200 feet from
tho bottom of Spearflsh canyon under the
Hagged Top formation on quartzlte; the
Gold Hill Mining company, In Spearflsh
conyon; the Kdna Kxploratlon company,
composed of Dead wood business men, near
Garden City; May & Johnson nnd tho Min
neapolis Mining company, nt Garden City;
tho Titanic Mining company, nenr Carbon-
nto Camp; Kd Haiischka nnd associates, in
Spruco gulch; tho Hedwnfer Mining com
pany, in Two Hit gulch; the Castle Hock
Mining company, Spcnrflsh canyon, Deer
Lick Mining and Development compnny,
Iron creek; Ilrltlsh-Ainerlcan Gold and Cop
per Mining company, Ilutcher gulch; Galena
Mining and Smelting company, Corn Mln-
several will begin running early In 190
This will bring the yield for tho coming lnK con)pans National Smelting company.
Specie Paymont Gold Mining company, near
calendar year up to $11,000,000, reckoning
on tho basis of ore In sight and its average
value.
Tho greatest Increase Is noticed in Law-
renco county. Tho Hotnestnko Mining coin
pany nlono has yielded approximately Jl,-
000,000 more than It turned out Inst year.
tly bringing In tho water supply from tho
Spearflsh tho company hns been nblo to
run Its mills full capacity, dropping many
stamps that wero hung up a part of last
year. Tho compnny started Its new 1,200
ton cyanldo plant early In tho year nnd
began saving values that had previously
escaped. This nmounts to $30,000 n month.
Tho Homestnko Is completing improve
ments thnt hnvo been under way five years.
The Flllsou steel hoist, which was begun
In 1S9C, will bo ready to run nexl month.
It Is a now shaft, designed for permanent
operations, nt great depth. It Is situated
on the south. side of Gold Hun gulch, In
Lead, opposite to tho stamp mills and tho
old working shufts. It Is connected with the
stamp mills by a steel tramway BOO feet
long nnd 116 feet high, spanning the gulch
Tho company has completed a now steel
hoist nt tho Father DcSmet, In Central
City, north of Lead nnd on tho opposlto
sldo of the hill. Tho DeSmct stamp Mill
has been repaired ond given new ma
chlncry. It 1b running for the first time In
over ton years.
After IMxht Von Iillenens
The Caledonia stampmill has boen started
up after an Idleness of eight years. Tho
Deadwoort-Terrn mill, which was ldlo part
of last ycur owing to the burning of tho
Deadwood-Terrn hoist. Is dropping all Its
stamps. Tho Homestnko is preparing to
Galena; Connors brothers, sinking the old
Spanish It shaft to quartzlte, nt Carbonate;
Two Johns Mining company, running a dia
mond drill on Squaw creek; Queen lice,
near tho Clover Leaf, on F.Ik creek, nud
tho Custer Teak company, lu tho southern
part of tho county; the Hear Gulch Mining
company and the Gold Coin Tin company.
In Dear gulch. Tho year hns been highly
favorable, to placer mining, owing to the
abundance of water.
Keyntoiie'x Xeiv l.nel
The Holy Terror-Kcystono Consolidated
Mining company has been running fifteen
stnmps of tho Keystone mill on ore from
tho Holy Terror. A now level has been
opened up lu the mine at 1,250 feet. Con
centratcs aro being shipped. Tho Fttzabeth
Mining company has completed the Ills
mnrck forty-stamp mill and It Is In sue
cessful operation. James Cochran operated
a Huntington pulverizer on his Attn Lodl
during tho summer months, A lnrgo work
lug shaft Is being put down on tho lodge,
which shows very rich ore. F. II. Loug Is
operating nn electro-cyanldo plant at Mys
tic on custom ores. 11. S. Clovcngcr treated
tho tailings of tho old ltnpld CUy chlorlnn-
tlou plant In cyanldo tanks with excep
tlonal succoss.
Tho Fmptro Stato Gold Mining company Is
developing the Golden Sllppor mine, near
Hill City. Drifts have been driven on tho
ledgo and a good quality of ore hns been
disclosed. Tho Old 11111 ground Is being de
veloped by some of tho namo men who aro
Interested In tho Kmplre Stato company.
Tho old hoist from tho Golden Slipper is
to bo removed to the Old 1)111 nnd the
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
i
Oitj Couniil Will rr.Ubly Utti In Ipetitl
Cmlii Tonight.
IMPORTANT ITEM3 FOR CONSIDERATION
Orilliiniier lit Itrlnlloii to Itefiindlnu
Hondo Mny He Ituslirtl Tliroimh In
!ntlnf- the I'lirelinnero
Mimic I'll)' Gossip.
house, started for the second story with
the woman In pursuit. The cries for help
attracted tho officer and he placed the two
under arrest. Johnson concluded he didn't
want Frankle arrested aud started In totn.i-i. , t,,..i n,nfr,ni.., -Rir.rdlnr
whip the officer. The girl went to the nld , r , . , . . , .
of the mftn, nnd finding the officer could
hahdlo them both attempted to kill herself.
Uy this time Detectives Donahue and Holt
felt' arrived and tho two were sent to the
station.
WILL HAVE NO EFFECT HERE
lsphU Gtmblia RtctWinhip.
NO BEARING ON THE PRICE OF ASPHALT
It Is presumed that there will be a meet
ing of tho city couucll tonight, ns tho sug
gestion has been made thnt the monthly ap
propriation sheet be passed now Instead of
waiting until the first meeting In January.
Then there Is the report on the library
mntter and n number of other matters of
Importance.
in otdltuinco Is to be Introduced In rela
tion to tho Issue of nbout $70,000 of refund
ing bonds, nnd this may possibly be rushed
through as rapidly a the law allows. The
ordinance has been suggested by Spltzer &
Co., tho purchasers of tho bonds, nnd N
now being drawn by tho city nttorney.
There has been somo little difficulty nbout
tho sale of these bonds, ns tho buyers had
to havo a certain amount of time to look
up the histories of tho various grading
nnd paving districts. With the passage of
the ordinance It Is expected that the sale
will soon be conr.ummated. One concession
tundo by the buyers Is thnt they will fur
nish the blank bonds. This Is quite a sav
ing, ns tho lithographing of bands In the
past has cost tho city considerable money.
Last Wednesday the Plattsmouth Tele
phone company, through Mr. Parmaleo,
gave notice that another proposition would
be m'ndo to the city nt tonight's meeting,
but na tho gcnornl franchise ordinance has
been signed by the mnyor It Is probnblo
thnt this document will be filed nway along
with the Inst proposition without comment.
Corporation Tnin.
Treasuror Koutsky expects that today
nnd Tuesday the big corporations doing
business here will pny In the 1901 tnxes,
This will make n big Increase In tho ro
celnts. and with tho bnlanco on hum! nt
the closing of the calendar year the treas
urer will bo enabled to make a call for war
rants nB soon us tho books are checked up
nnd balanced. Only one corporation hns
taken ndvantngo of the new charter pro
vision which permits tho payment of only
one-hnlf of tho taxes on January 1 and tho
balance on Jnnunry 30, 1902. Whllo only n
few property owners hnvo not paid In full,
the big concerns aro holding back. Should
Seasonable Fashions.
treat tho tailings from tho Deadwood-Tcrra, Golden Slipper will receive now machinery
Father De Smct and Caledonia stampmllls
with cyanldo and Is building a 600-ton cy
anldo plant in the lower part of Central
City for that purpose.
Tho smelter of the Golden Howard Con
solidated Mining and Milling company In
Dcadwood has been In continuous operntlon
during tho year. The greater portion of
tho oro has been hauled down from tho
company's mining properties at Bald moun
tain and In Huby basin. A lnrge quantity
of other ore has been purchased and eeveral
small mlno ownors aro regular shippers to
tho plant. Tho company 1b building a 250
ton cyanide plant In Deadwood for tho pur
pose of treating several thousand tons of
oro oiocaea out on us properties mat is or
too low grade to smelt. Tho now plant
stands on the slto of the cblorlnatlon works
that wero burned In 189S. It will be ready
to operate In February.
Tho Horseshoe Mining company hns been
ono of tho largest producers of gold in the
Illnck Hills for the last six years. The
company's mines nro In Ruby basin and
most of Its ores aro reduced nt the Kll-
donnn cblorlnatlon plant of 150 tons capne-
throughout. Tho Ohlo-Deadwood Gold Mln
lng company Is preparing to build a twenty
stamp mill on Hapld creek. A new tunnel
Is being run on tho ledge and oro blocked
out. This company hns been formed within
tho last few months. Tho Castle Creek
Mining company has nlso 'been organized
lately, on tho Wheeler Hill group, near
Hochford. A forco of men Is employed In
building cabins and laying flume. A stamp-
mill and concentrator will ho put up In the
spring.
Colmnliin'4 Xnr I'tirelune.
Tho Columbia Mining company has re
cently purchased 423 ucmi near Hochford
aud Is working In several places on the
ground. Machinery has been purchased for
tho property and a mill Is to bo purchased
In tho early spring. Tho Aberdeen com
pany, the J. H. company and tho York Min
ing company aro operating neur' Hill City.
They aro now organizations. Tho J. H. com
pany owns tho old J. It. mine and tho York
company owns a group of claims on Frldny
gulch, paying $r0,000 for the group a few
months ago. The Tykoon company has a
bond on the Ranger group near Keystone
Ity, sltuntcd nt Pluraa station, a mllo above aml hlla UBt coinploletl a test run of 200
Dcadwood and belonging to tho Horseshoe
people. Tho company Is shipping oro to
eastern smelters at tho rato of 100 tons n
day. This Is ore that Is not amenable to
chlorlnatton.
Cymiiilr Solve (hr I'rolilent.
The Portland company, ono of tho oldest
In tho Black Hills, is operating n fifty-ton
cyanide plant at Gayvlllo on Its ores from
Bnld mountain. Tho cyanldo process has
solved tho problem of how to handle low
grodo ores for this company, as It has for
several other companies In tho Black Hills.
Tho Portland makes regular shipments each
week to eastern reduction plants of oro that
can not bo treated satisfactorily with cy
anide,
Trlnnglo lodgo No. 54, Knights of Pythias,
and Lillian templo No. 1, Rathbono Sisters,
will hold a Joint public Installation of offl'
cers and entertainment at tho castle hall
of Triangle lodgo on Thursday evening,
January 9. It was Intended to hold the In
stallation on January 2, but, owing to tho
unavoidable absence of tho chancellor com
mander-elect, It wns postponed until Jan'
uary 9. On next Thursday evening tho
lodge will confer the rank of page,
The detail work by the subcommittees for
tho Elks' fair Is progressing most satisfac
torily, In tho opinion of the commltteo of
arrangements. At tho general committee
meeting of the Elks held in tho lodge room
on Thursday evening last, notwithstanding
the short notice that each commlteeman had
received ns to his work, twenty-four out of
the thlrty-sovcn chairmen reported progress
nun somo oi in Bin nau acnieveu surprisingly
Mnsons lu tho west are rather amused largo results. On Friday afternoon the gen
at n report emanating from tfew York to eral commltteo of the women Interested In
tho elTent that the grand master of that the fair was hold In the Klks parlors. About
Jurisdiction has Issued n notice to other sixty women wero present and tho cnthusl
Jurisdictions requesting them to be on their asm displayed was really romarkablo. They
guard for fraudulent Masons vl'ho havo Been are taking hold of tho work with strong
created nt clandestine lodges hold In that hands. Valuable and fancy articles are
tons of oro In tho Holy Terror mill, which
will decide the company's futuro operations.
Tho Golden Return company Is at work on
a largo frco-mllllng proposition near Key
stone. The ore Is low grndo nnd carries
concentrates. The Grizzly Bear, ono of tho
established properties of tho county, Is bo-
lng made ready for a resumption of mining.
The worklngB aro being extondod, tho
stampmill Is being repaired, n tramway has
been built and tho mill will bo running
shortly after the first of tho year. The new
company Is composed of Denver and Penn
sylvania capitalists.
KxiilnrliiK Copper Measures.
Two companies nro exploring tho copper
measures of tho county with considerable
On yellow creek tho asp No. 2 Mining success, Tho Maloney-Bluo Lend Copper
and Milling company is running n cyanldo company hns a tunnel 1,800 feet long, crcss-
piunt anu mining us tons or ore dally, cutting a ledge 120 feet wide. The company
Ante Room Echoes
state, 'As one of the lending Masons of
Ncbrnska expresses Itt "Thero nro no clan
destine lodges In the state of New York,
and for that matter Mono of nuy conse-
promised almost lnumernblc, One woman
expressed her Intention of purchasing an
articlo valued at $100 and donating It to the
committee. The women will meet on Frl-
quenco In the world outside of the negro day afternoon of each week In the same
lodges, which nro only clandestine as to
the United States,
"At the last meeting of the Scottish Rite
Masons In Washington," he Bald, "there
was liuti quo report of clandestine lodges
nnvwhero In tho world and that was In
Deutunrk. A few Mnsons holding mem
bershlp lu a lodgo at Hamburg, Germany,
appealed to thnt lodgo for permission to
Institute li lodgo in Denmark, where they
then resided. This dispensation was granted
und the lpdgo was organized, Ignoring the
grand lodge which has Jurisdiction over
Deumark, What tho grand master probn-
lily did wns to caution Mnsonii against cer
tain membors of that society, which is
known as Ccrneau Scottish Rite masons,
Cernenulsm created co'iulderablo trouble Jn
Scottish Rite MnBonry In the United States
a few yearn ago, reaching ns far jvest as
Iowa, and for n short tlmo being In tho
ascendancy In some of ,tho states of the
east. That schism was completely wiped
out, but It is believed attempts are being
inado to revlvo It ngnin In Now York. Thlf
wns undoubtedly what the grand master re
ferred to."
With the electlou of tho delegates to the
place to complete tho details of their work.
Saturday afternoon tho local bowers' as
soclation decided to donnto to tho fair a
chest of silver containing 100 pieces, valued
at $500.
Count John A. Crolghton has given the
commltteo n check for $500.
ClinrKi'd with Tlirft of Ituior.
Irvln Atterburv was arrested last liluht.
charged with being drunk nnd stealing u
razor from the residence of J, U. Heutty,
1524 North Twenty-ilfth street. Karly In
tho evening Atterbury went to tho homo of
Mr. Hcuttv and reouesteil somethltnr to
at and some wrnrluir anmirel. While Mr.
iiratty seiircneu wie Kitenen ror somciniiig
to eat Atterhurv runmeltpil Die house for
something to steal, nnd found a rnzor. with
wiurit nn escaped. Aliout v o clock the
police wero notified that someono was try
In it to take the nlnee of nnstnr. rholr -tnd
congregation ut the Help mission, 1515 Hurt
street. ine niucer nrresieii Atieruury
who said ho was only getting religion,
Ilrlrrllvr Dunn Hurl,
Detective Dunn of tho Omaha notice force
leu into n six-iooi note ut me eiitrnnc
of nil lilies' on Fifteenth street hetween
Fnrnnm ami Hurney streets Inst night nnd
received a sprained shoulder nnd back nnd
n itevero blinking ill). The holu led to tho
window which furnishes light to the cellar
or i no miliums on tun seuui or tno alley.
i i lie uoie imu ucen Kit uncovered.
This company has met phenomenal success
with cyanldo. Tho mill was started In
1900 and paid for Itself the first six months
it was running. Tho oro is shale and quart
zlte,
ine Cleopatra Mining company has a
fifty-ton cyanide plant In full blast on
Squaw creek. Tho company Is composed
entirely of South Dakota men nnd Is ono
of the first of Its kind to pny dividends.
Is drifting on the ledgo. Tho oro carries
3 nnd 4 per cent copper, In addition to
gold nnd silver values. Tho ground is nt
Shorldnn. The ninck Hills Copper company
has an incline tunnel down 750 font on n
ledgo near Hochford. Tho' ledge Ih strong
and tho ore Is about tho mmc as that In
the Bluo Lead. Spodumcno shipments nre
being mndo from tha Etta, one of tho claims
of tho Harney Peak Tin company, nenr
Tho oro has heretofore come from tho upper Hill .City. It Is sold In New York.
level near tho surface. -A shaft Is noW be
ing put down to quartzlte.
A stamp mill Is reducing free milling oro
at the old Uncle Sam mine, now tho prop
erty of the Clover Leaf Gold Mining com
pnny. A new steel hoist has been built
and stnmps are being added to the mill.
Custer county has witnessed n remark
able mining growth during tho year. The
Clara Bollc, belonging to Frank Hcbert
and associates, and tbo producer of prob-
ablly the richest freo gold oro that is to
be found in tho Black Hills nt present, Is
supplying a two-stamp Troraalno mill nnd
The oro Is unusually rich and tho lode Is making regular cleanups. Tho property has
becomo tho possession of the Clara Hello
company during tho year. A stamp mill Is
Increasing In slzo.
DliUotn I'lnnl nt Uenilwootl,
The Dakota Mining and Milling company
completed a cyanldo plant In Deadwood
during tho summer nnd Is treating 100 tons
of ore from Portland dally. The Spearflsh
Mining and Reduction company Is building
nnother cyanldo plant to replace tho one
that was burned In October. It will start
In February. Tho plant Is near the Spear
fish river, where the company owns sev
eral hundred acres In the blanket oro for
to replace tho Tremalno In tho spring. Tho
North Star Is to hnvo a mill of twenty
stamps early In April, tho order having
been pjneed.
StroiiK I.rdicc of Free MHIIiik Ore,
Tho University Gold Mining and Milling
company Is sinking a permanent working
shaft on n strong ledgo of freo milling ore
The Saginaw Mining company la doveloplng
a group of claims near tho North Star
matlon, Tho Imperial Mining company g Shipments havo been made from tho prop-
constructing a 200-ton cyanldo plant In
Deadwood, Its ores will come from Black-
tall gulch, three miles from town, and
from Paid mountain. The mill will be com
plete In six weeks. The Highland Chief
Mining company has lately added cyanide
tanks to its twenty-stamp mill on Spruco
gulch, one mile from Deadwood, and is run
ning successfully. The Olbbs & Cook mill
of ten stnmps ron part of the year nt Gay-
vllle.
A number of small cyanide concerns oper
ate during the summer month') on tailings
and old dumps, During the year there
wero the following: Allen Ilros., silver
mill tailings nt the Iron Hill carbonate
ramp; Sorcn Jensen, chlorlnatton tailings,
Onrdcn City; William McLaughlin, Home.
stake tailings in Whltewood creek, at
Crook; Wilson mill nt Contral City, on toll,
(ngH from the DeSmet mill of the Homo-
stnko, by agreement of tho company. These
cyanide mills have run a portion of tho
year: Hosslter mill, Deadwood; Hhawmut,
In-Hlscktatl gulch; Ousttn-Mlnerva, Black'
tall gulch.
YiirliHia lie vein p men t.
The principal new developments In the
county havo been by the Adlor Creek com
pany, In opening up ore bodies and build-
erty to Denver plants. Tho Black Hills
Porcelain Clay nnd Marble company has
disclosed lmmcnso doposlts of ranrblo, llth
ograph stone and mica during tho year. I
Is of commercial quality and tho company
Is openlug it up for production. The Chi
csgo Mica company Is making regular ship
ments from tho Crown mica mine. The
New York mica mine is being oporntcd by
Sioux City Individuals. The Wabash Mining
compnny, a Milwaukee concern, Is sinking
neur Custer. The Drummond ten-stnm
mill Is being removed to the Wabash prop
erty. The May Mining company, compose
of business men of Custer, is running shaft
and drifts on the rich May proporty, situ
nted on Lightning creek. Tho Copper Butt
Mining compuny Is running a diamond drill
on Spring creek, exploring tho copper mens
ures.
wiir.x uoosHvin.T was swoux.
nelilent flint I'rrvrnlril lite .linking
of n lllntorlenl l'letnre
A New York man who wns present when
Mr. Roosevelt took the presidential oath at
tho home of Ansley Wilcox In Buffalo re
lates this In tho New York Sun
"Thero l.i no photograph In existence of
any vice president taking tho oath ns pres
ident. When Johnson succeeded Lincoln
the nrt of photography was not so swift ns
It Is now. When Arthur took the oath ns
Garfield's successor It was In n private
house. No artist wns present.
"These fncts were stated to Mr. Hooro
volt when ' he renchrd Buffalo to becomo
president. He wns asked If. under the
circumstances, ho would permit n photo
graph to bo made while he wits taking tho
oath In Mr. Wilcox's house.
'At first ho was Inclined to protrnt. At
the earnest sollcltatlop of several persons
who were to bo present he finally consented,
but It wns with tho distinct understanding
that tho photographer wns to keep himself
In the background. Nothing wns to bo
done which would mnr tho dignity of the
occasion, Secretary Cortclyou wns to nr
range that.
"A young man who had accompanied
President McKlnley on the California trlu
and hod been with him nt Buffalo up to
the time of tragedy, was selected to photo
graph tho nccne in tho Wilcox residence.
Ho was there with his camera In advance
of tho Hoosovclt party and wns concealed
ns well ns he could he
"When ho got thcro ho found another
ono of his profession lu the room, who bad
a camera big enough to take n skyscraper.
Just how ho got In I shall not say, but ho
was not thero officially. However, he In
slsted on remninlng
'Just as Mr. Roosevelt woji about to
take the oath the big camera collapsed and
caused n racket. This naturally grated
upon tho occasion, and Mr. Roosevelt, Boo
ing tho other camera, porjulsslon for whoso
presenco thero hud been given, ho nsked
thnt H be removed
"And thnt Is why thero Is no picture of
thnt event, except ns It was mndo from
lmnglnntlon or description. It wns a mat
ter of regret to those who arranged for
what would hnvo been n historical picture,
- , , , . . .
theso corporations pay only ono-hnlf of tho nut moy coum uoi uisiai, ami um i.j.iiumm
ln nt fhn nrPHent time the eltv W 111 hnvo "7 ' lol'
lo .,nv mil nn! leoa Ihfin J 1.000 In Interest i novo never seen nuy rinmimuou ui u
on the warrants to be rtruwn against tho Riven, nlthough no secrecy war. enjoined, so
inv TMa 111 nnlv .Inernnnn thn InY.TllOn inr us i nnun.
next yenr. At the tlmo this section of the
charter was suggested It was considered
n good thing for tho laboring people, but
tho records show that the) small home own
ers havo paid up the entlro tax, whllo thn
corporations arc holding back.
Stuck Ynriln Ilrporl
Tho year book of the Union Stock Yards
company will be issued to tno directors,
officers and others on the morning of Janu
ry 1. This year tho book will be about
tho same as usual In form and stylo nnd
will show n multitude of figures secured
from tho books of the compnny. Taken In
Its entirety tho book will Bhow nn Incrcnso
of business, ns compared with 1900, but
thero may be n slight decreaso In cnttlo
receipts, which Is duo purely to tho short
ago of rattle on tho western ranges. Tho
book will furnish Interesting reading for
tboso Interested In tho livestock Industry
lu tho west.
IIiiiiKm Closlnir Hooks.
Records of tho thrco national banks In
South Omnha will bo closed at 3 o'clock
on Tuesday, and preparations made for the
annual reports, to bo submitted to tha
stockholders at tho annual meetings to be
held on Jnnunry 14. This year tho annual
meetings nro later than usual, ns they aro
lways hold on tho second Tuesday In
January. From ndvanco sheets It Is In
ferred thnt the banks will nil mnko a good
showing, as business has bcon good for the
last yenr. At tho nunual meetings direc
tors will bo chosen nnd officers elected. As
far ns can bo learned thero will bo no
change In any of tho officers nt any of the
banks.
Tin- CnriirKlr l.lhrnry,
Mayor Kelly said yesterday afternoon
thnt tho ordlnnnco creating n library board
could bo passed at tho council meeting to
bo held tonight, but that ho would not
mako ntiy appointments. "JhlB ordinance,"
tho mayor said, "must bo published six
times, ns It provides for n penalty for vlo
latlen of tho rules. Tho npp'olntmcnts will
be mndo as soon as the ordinance becomes a
law." In regard to making certain women
n majority In tho board tho mnyor stands
mute. Ho declines to say Just what ho Is
going to do, but It Is presumed that ho will
consider public sentiment In this matter
and will appoint business nnd professional
men for tho five vacant positions.
Ilonril nf llenltli MrrU.
Mayor Kelly stated yesterday that he
wanted a mooting of the Board of Health
at his ofilco at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Considerable business Is to como beforo the
board, as tho Incrcaso of smallpox Is ex
citing some comment. So far tho quaran
tlno regulations aro bolng observed, but
what tho board wants Is the establishment
of n pesthouso, aud this matter may bo suit'
ably arranged at the meeting called for
today.
Cniiipiirntlvr Flgnrrs.
While the building permit showing made
In Tho Boo of yesterday was not as largo
as tho year previous, a comparison shows
that ns figured with 1900 thero was only
a falling off of $60,000. This can easily bo
accounted for, ns no cxtenstvo ropulra or
Improvements wero made nt tho packing
houses. In mentioning some of tno promt
nont buildings eroded during tho year Tho
Hoe neglected to stato that Dan Hannon,
tho well known contractor, ia erecting a
$10,000 rcsldenco at Twenty-fifth and F
strcete.
MukIo CHr Gonslii.
Tin T.ntiis club will nlvo n dancing party
nt Mnsonlc hn)l Wednesday nigiu.
k.isi hiuo imr
to meet Friday night to
elect officers,
It was Htirtcil on tho streets hero yestor-
dav that the grand Jury will not aujourn
until Tuesday.
Mark Heethnm Is hero from. Denver nnn
will nut In it fow weeks vlfcltlng menus
at the stock yuTds.
W. O. Slonue, n prospective democratic
Two of Ihr Three llrrrlrrfi llr pre
sent Interest nf Orgnttltrrw nf
.Mn-Cnllril Trust Slur ili-
mill (Irnnl Tnlk.
Auk Arbitration for Hnrrm.
TOPIS ICA, Kan., Dec. 29. Two thousand
people attended u pro-Hoer meeting hero
today and resolutions were adopted urging
Knglnnrt to Invite the president of th
United rltntcn nnd the ruler of Denmark
to net ns nrbltiators In the settlement o
tho South African war were adopted, Tho
resolutions were cabled to Iximlnn. Ad
dresses wero made by "David Qvfrtneyer,
General J. K, Hudson and others,
It seems the general opinion of those In
a position to know that the nppolntment of
receivers for the National Asphalt company,
which was mado by Judge Andrew Kirk
Patrick of the United States circuit court
In Philadelphia, Saturday, will not have
any noticeable effect In Omnhn. John M.
Mack and Henry Tattnall of Philadelphia
and John F, Shanley of Newark were tho
receivers selected, nnd as tho first two havo
been the powers behind the throne for somu
tlmo past, It Is not npparenl that the pres
ent status, bo far ns It will nffrct the meth
ods of operation, Is materially different
from what It was before this nctlon was
taken.
City Kngtueer Andrew Hosewnter, when
shown the news dispatch from Philadelphia,
snld: "This wilt affect mainly tho specula
tive clement which bus bought lit stock
and none of the cities of the United States
will fee It particularly. Omaha's position
Is nn Independent one, for tho ten-year
contracts with tho HnrberM'avIng company,
which, by tho way, havo but little tlmo
longer to live, nro protected and secured
by bonds and thero Is only duo tho city n.
fulfillment Of tho guarantees on tho paving.
Xn Clear .Monopoly.
"Tho asphalt triiBt has no clear monopoly
In vlow of tho several asphalt fields thnt It
does not control, and the Increasing perfec
tion of paving brick. During tho last ten
yenrs thero has been n wonderful Improve
ment tu this latter article nnd It hns be
come u otrong competitor with nsphalt."
Hugh Murphy, tho contniotor, said: "So
fnr ns I can see, this thing doesn't change
tho status of the concern from what It was
the day beforo tho receiver wiw appointed,
un Mnck was apparently the dominating
power beforo nnd Tattnall, n Philadelphia
banker, Is tho representative of tho Wide-ner-Klkttis
Interests In the Asphalt com
pany i Amerlcn. Tho Newark man was
put on, I Judge, merely to comply with
legal requirements. As to Its effect on tho
prlco of paving In Otnnlm I rould only
speculate, nnd I decline to do that, for I
nm not sufilcleutly familiar with tho situ
ation, und might do someono nn Injustice.
I got clear nut of It moro than two ycara
ngo nnd today I know only whnt I rend In
tho papers, nnd the hints thnt I find In
my general correspondence. From these I
guessed sometime ngo that this was com
ing, but If there nro dissensions In tha
company I don t kuow it.
I, Ikes (rtiornl Grrrnr.
John Grant, superintendent of tho Grant
Paving company, raid: "I don't boltevo
this will hnvo any effect locally. Things In
Omnha will go right on In thn same old
way. Ono thing Is sure, nnd that Is thnt
ns soon ns F. V. Greeno dropped out ot
tho central concern It seemed to go to tlifl
dogs, nnd I bellcvo he Is tho only man who
can put It ou Its fcot again, for ho In nn
organizer ot raro ability. Ho was In' tho
first reorganization, but when tho second
wns attempted ho went Into politics nnd
over to Kuropo nud has not been much
heard of since. Originally ho was nn nrnry
officer and I was a special Inspector under
him when ho wns engineering tho street
work In Washington. bellovo that now
ho will lio put back at tho hend of tho
combine, which Is called tho trust, am!
which probably wauls to bo n trust, but
cannot whllo thcro remains outside com
petition, of which thcro Is still plenty, r
hnvo In my pocket right now an offer ot
nsphalt nt $25 per ton.
4011. Louis XVI Coat,
31 1040 Bust.
Woman's Louis XVI Coat. No. 4011
Louis XVI conts, with all their picturesque-
ness of big rovers, hip pocket laps, turn
over cuffs and lace trimmings nre among
tho season's favored designs. This highly
cffectlvo model Is cut In tho most fashion
nblo lines nnd Is adapted to velvet, vol
votccn, handsomo cloth and silk, cither with
skirt to match or In contrast. Tho original
makes part of a costumo, tho material for
which Is hunter's green velvet, nnd Is trim
med with bands of mink nnd largo Jewollort
buttons, tho rest bolng of broendo and tho
revors, collar and cuffs of Irish crochet
over white satin.
Tho waist portion fits snugly and Includes
single bust darts. Tho skirt Is seamed on
at front nnd slden, but cut In ono with tha
back, and tho pocket laps aro tittnched at
tho Beams. Tho veBt also Is closely fitted
and Is Joined to tho fronts, which nro ex
tended to turn back nnd form rovers. The
sleeves aro In coat sjylo, with roll-over
flaring cuffs, nnd tho neck Is finished with
a deep turn-over collar.
To cut this coat for a woman of medium
size r V4 yards of material 20 Inchc wide,
2 yards 44 inches wldo or 2Vi yardB 54
inches wide will bo required, with of a
yard 20 Inches wldo for vest, 1 yard of all
over lace for collar, rovers ond cuffs and
4 yards of fur edging to trim ns IHub
trated.
The fiattern 4011 Ib cut In sizes for n 32,
34, 30, 38 and 40-Inch bust measure.
Fnallilloiia Don AVrrckn n MImmt.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yen," said th
manager of tho defunct "Undo Tom's
Cabin" company, "It was our dog that broko
up tho show."
"Tho dog, eh 7 "What was tho matter
with hlm7"
"Too fastidious. You novor saw such n
hound !n your life. You know tho piny, ol
courne. Wo tlo a plcco of meat in tho
folds of Kllza's frock nnd thnt's what draws
tho dog nftcr her when sho runs across the
blocks of Ico. Well, what do you think
this dog demanded 7"
"Cnn't Imagine."
"Portorhouso boefstcak, air, nnd with tho
tenderloin loft In! Yes, sir. How's that?
And you couldn't fool him. Ho wouldn't
chase, Eliza n foot unless tho meat wns n
cholco cut. No, lr. And, by gum, sir,
our compnny had to llvo on llvor nnd bacon
so that blamed dog could havo his steak.
Yes, sir."
"Tho demand was too much for you,
wns ttt"
"No, It wasn't. That Is, It wasn't until
ho began to insist upon mushrooms with
his atcuk. Then wo Just threw up our
bunds and quit."
Faro Urnler Shoots Snloonkrrpr r.
BHAWNKI3, Ok!.. Dec. 29,-Chnrlcn Mc
Knlght, a fnro denier, shot nnd killed Wll
Inrrt Sims, n saloon keeper, unrt a boy
nnmert Hepstedtor In a gambling room
hero today. McKnlght nnrt Sims lind quar
reled, Today Sims went to tho gambling
resort nnd threatened to kill McKnlght,
McKnlght drow a revolver nnd killed Hei
ntedter, a bystander, nftor which ho killed
81 ma.
candidate for mayor, hns returned from the
smith much improved 111 neniwi.
Hmtilnvpu nf n nrlvnto iletecllvo nuency
nro still trying to locntn Mike Rcmer, who
IS supposed in linvo Bone uwny wiiii nw
Deionging 10 tno ivrug uniwnis uuinimiiy.
POLICEMAN HAS LIVELY TIME
Ureitkx l i 11 I'luhl Between Mnn mill
Woman nnd llotli Turn
'AKiilnut Htm.
nob Johnson and Frankle Baker wero ar
rested this morning by Officer Devereo,
charged with fighting nnd disturbing, the
peace at 1015 Capitol avenue, The man and
woman hail a quarrel, and to settle It the
woman pulled a long knife nnd attempted
to carve hatlsfactlon out of Johnson. The
latter, preceded by the boarders in the
"Always Bestores Color to
Gray Hairi
Women love the story of Ayer's Hair Vigor.
It means so much to their age and beauty.
J. C. AYRK CO., Lowell, Mn.
$1.04. AlUranliti.