THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JULY 20 , 180k
BROOM BRIGADE
Is on the Maroli Every Night Under General
Jim Stephenson.
NOCTURNAL PROCESSION WITHOUT POMP
How tlic strrcti of tlio City Arc Kept Clenn
niillpnient | and tlio Men Who
Ilinulle Il-A Nlclit with
tlin Hwcppom.
Omaha hns elghty-sl < e miles of paved
Jtrcfts , nntl will Imve more before the end
of this year The streets of this city ate
paved with cellar block , vitrified brick ,
nxplmlt und granite. The moat durable , and
cuns quently the most popular with many
of thu propsrty owners , Is brick and granite.
This uppllcs to the down to\vn districts ,
for on the boulevards the people seem to
prefer aaphnlt.
Strange visiting the city for the first
thus express wonder at the clean appearance
of the street ! ' . 1 tic. Item of Keeping the
streets clean Is ono of greater magnitude
than most people Imagine In the paat It
liitt fott the taxpa > crs from $20,000 to $23-
000 per jear , nnd this year It will
nmoitnt to at least $1S,000 , although
the Hoard of I'ublle Woiks has cut
il wn the schedule to thu lowest possl-
tilii limit , and tlio weekly avcr.igc of miles
cleaned ID less than Hit. The price paid
pur mlle for cleaning the streets Is $17 99 ,
nnd tlie contractor Is guarantee ! with l.ono
tulles , so that In inaKIng his bids lie can
figure on an Income of $17,990 , and us much
moro as thu Hoard of I'ublle Works sees fit
to glvu him.
The woik of cleaning1 the pavements usu
ally begins about the 1st of April each year
ami continues until about thu IDth of No-
\umber , or until such a lime an Is dcslg-
nitcd by those who have this work In
charge. This yeat tlio contractor did not
get an early start , and It was nearly the
let of May b'fure the work of cleaning
began Last yeai 1,20' ' ) miles of pavement
vvcro swept , but Supeilntomlcnt Nlles Calla-
iioii Kays hu will bo In luck to make It 1,000
miles this year and work later In tin sei-
BOII tlmii usual
Nearly everybody who IIHR had business
down town latu at night has scon the street
cleaning gang at work , but beyond an effort
to keep out of the way of the disagreeable
dust which arises from the machines no
attention IK given the subject.
MEN WHO USB TUB BROOM.
The street cleaner Is a nocturnal poison
and Is rarely seen by the general public , al
though previous to the adoption of the Aus
tralian ballot system he was an object of
much solicitation by the ward heelers anil
petty politicians. However humble these
men are , they fill "a long felt want , " and
arc , as a general thing , good citizens Be
tween forty -fl\o and fifty men aru emp.oyul
by Ilm Stcphcnson , the present street cleanIng -
Ing contractor , und these men are paid at
the rate of $1.2B per day. They are sup
posed to work ten hours , but If they get
through with their nightly schedule In less
time , that Is th ° lr fortune , for they get full
pay just the same. Until recently the men
were paid at the rate of $150 to $1 7G i er
day , but the hard times seem to have
caused a stringency In the money market
in this tine of business just the same as In
other lines of work. Ilccaus : of this re
duction the old gang of sweepers , composed
almost entirely of Italians , went on a .strike ,
but they were not successful Every one
of them was discharged , nnd now new men
handle the brooms nnd gather up the dirt
and leavings of a busy public. The new-
Bang of workmen Is a mixture of nationali
ties , with a few Americans thrown In. Their
work Is not as hard as that of the general
laborer , and during the hot summer months
they have the advantage of working In the
cool hours of the night , from 10 p in. to
7 am. . Their work Is very dirty , and be
fore morning-It Is hard to tell whether one
of them Is black or white , as he becomes
BO thickly covered with dust. And
this dust Is not productive of
an appjtltc for Invalids cither. In
fact , after a man has put In several hours
xv hiding a broom or shovel after one of the
big sweepers he Is a more fit associate for
stable Imnds than In recherche society , and
a bull pup would disdain to whet his teeth
on the men at the end of their day's labor ,
but they leak different when oft duty ; then
they appear Just like other human belngi
\vho do manual labor for a living.
Every evening , unless It Is raining , tin
street cleaning men assemble at Stephenson's
livery barn , and when It Is time for them to
KO to work Superintendent Callanen takes
charge of them. He la assisted by three
foremen , having charge of the sweepers ,
Bhovelers and broom men. About 10 o'clock
in the evening the sprinkler Is started on
the streets to be swept Unit night , nearest to
the barn , nnd , as soon as thn wetting down
of the dust Is fairly begun , the big sweep rs ,
four In number , are started to work. These
fcwecpers are mounted on four broad-tired
wheels and underneath Is a big roller train
which Innumerable spring steel wires project
for about ten Inches. This roller Is worked
by a sprocket and chain and revolves In nn
opposite direction from the wagon wh e's ,
throwing the dirt forward and toward the
right ulilo of the machine , where It falls In
windrows , after which It Is swept Inti little
p'lcs ' by the broom m n and then sho\clers
Ecoop It up Into wagons and the stuff Is
carted off to the dumping ground.
A NIOIIT WITH THEM.
A Ree reporter followed the sweepers on
their rounds Wednesday night from the time
they started until they Mulshed In the morn
ing. That night the sweeper * commenced at
Seventh street about 9 o'clock and worked
to Thirteenth on Jackson. The big sprinkler
vva < tilled at a convenient hydrant nnd
started west on Jackson. The four big
sweepers soon followed and the people living
on Jackson between Tenth and Thlrt onth
soon tasted the delights of metropolitan life ,
as well as the dusty Ecourlngs of the street ,
which soon hovered over th m In great
clouds , driving most of them Indoors until
the sweepers had done their work. The
pavement was so hot and dry that the water
from the sprinkler was quickly abso-b d
nnd It hardly laid the dust , and the people
who were out on their front porches trying
to get a breath of fresh air got a stiff
brciro of dust. On the west s'do of Thir
teenth street the sweepers turned east and
swept the other side of the street , repeating
the dose of dust. Then a sweeper was left
on each block to finish up the work and soon
all of the accumulations of the day were In
a continuous plh on either side of the thor
oughfare. Then the squads of men who had
been waiting with their brooms and shovcU
were bet at work. The broom men , armed
with heavy bass brooms , b gan pushing tha
lines of dirt Into piles about ten or tlftcen
feet apart and then came the shovelers and
wagons. There were nine wagons , with a
squad of shovel men to etch one. As fast
as the wagons wcro tilled they were driven
to the dry creek just cast of Metz's brewery
and the loads dumped. Hack they came for
another load and until 7 o'clock the next
morning the wagons and men were kept busy
cleaning up the llttla heaps of dirt. Just
as the whistles were blowing for work to be
gin for the next day In the factories these
men shouldered their tools and marched to
the barn whence they had started on thu
preceding night , and after being checked oft
by the timekeeper , went to their homes to
sleep and rest up for another night's dusty
crusade.
About 9:40 : the sweepers began on Howard
street , from Eighth to Sevenlejiith. and the
guests of the Mercer hotel were treated to u
cloud of dust resembling a Kansas z'phjr
in full operation. Some of the language
uttered by the men who were outside enjoy
ing their evening clgam will not bear repe
tition. Shortly after 10 o'clock the sweepers
chased each other up Ilarncy street as far
as Sixteenth , and at 11 o'clock they vv.ro at
work on Farnam street from Eighth to
Eighteenth. About this hcur the street was
filled with ladles returning from places
of amusement , * They were nearly
all dressed In white or
very light colored fabrics , the colors of
which were not Improved after a brief en
counter with the dust-raising procession.
From the bridge to Twentieth street on
Douglas the sweepers moved along merrily ,
but as It was then nearly midnight only the
Wienerwurst und tomale man got the benefit
of their Induitrlous actions , but in some
place * which had drlrd out nearly as soou
us the water w i put on , and especially
where there wan sand on the pavement , the
atorc and house fronts were frescoed with
finely powdered dust. But auch Instances
were an exception , not a rule , on thla par *
tlciilar night.
Then Dodge street was cleaned from Ninth
to Seventeenth , The schedule for the night
was completed with the sweeping of Tenth ,
from Dodge to Pacific ; Eleventh , Jackson to
Dodge ; Twelfth , Jackson to Dodge ; Thir
teenth , Jackson to Dodge ; Fourteenth , Jackson -
son to Capitol avenue ; and Fifteenth , How
ard to Capitol avenue. The sweeping ma
chines got through their work about G
o'clock In the morning and II took the shov-
elcr * and brcom men a couple of hours
longer to complete their part of the work.
The work was given a general Inspection , as
It was completed , by the superintendent and
hU foremen , but at the street Intersections
where there are several street car tracks
sumo of the work was not done as well as It
might liavo been. The reason of this was
that the steel teeth of the machine sweepers
do not dig down between the rails where the
dual was brushed as tlio sweeper passed
over the spot. Then there were some dc-
pruslona In the pavements which could have
been better cleaned. These places were not
so noticeable until It became daylight , and
then they could bo plainly seen
LOOKED OVEH BY INSPECTOR.
With the resuming of traffic and the ap-
pcnranco of wagons and teams on these
streets these overlooked little piles of dust
wcro soon scattered out over the surface
again , und as the city Inspector does not
begin work until after trnfllc has fully com
menced ho can easily overlook tlieso places.
Then as many of the tress streets are not
Bwopl at the same time , the wheels of ve
hicles carry nnd spread dirt from the side
streets onto the cleanly swept thoroughfares.
It would seem that the Inspector should bu
an early bird In order to discover any Im
perfections In the work In case any part
of n street Is condemned , the contractor Is
doeKul for the whole street , or else has to
go over It again and clean It to the satisfac
tion of the Inspector This docs not often
occur , however , for Superintendent Callanen
Feems to be a careful overseer , nnd he fre
quently tends his men back to do a piece of
work over when It Is not satisfactory to
him The sweepers are pirtlal to asphalt
pavement , and brick Is their next favorite
Stone and block are * harder to clean
Along In the mlddlp of the night , generally
after 1 o'clock , the men gather around the
tool wagon In which they store their lunches
and provender for tin- teams , to eat their
lunches and enjoy a half hour's rest Some
times It tal'cs them more than .ten hours
to complete n schedule of sweeping , but gen
erally they do not work more than eight
hours ami then they are permitted to go
homo
Tlio sweepers are not put In operation
when It Is raining , but the contractors gain
nothing by this , as he Is only paid for what
he doc Raining causes a postponement
of the schedule , and If some of the streets
on the date of the rain happen to be In
schedule "II , " they are not swept until they
come up on the next schedule. Owing to
this fact some of the streets go for several
weeks without being cleaned. Three blocks
In the vicinity of the police station have not
been swept this summer because of being
newly paved , and the sand which was placed
on as a top dtcsslng by the pnvlnfc con
tractor Is considerable of ft nuisance on a
dry. windy day The superintendent said
that he was going to ask permission of the
street Inspector to sweep these blocks at
once , as thcru had been considerable com
plaint about the accumulation of dirt there
The dirt It. dumped at the most convenient
place which the contractor can --ccure. and
In mnny Instnnris the owners of lots below
grade give him permission to fill them up
with the sweepings which arc b.ild to make
good tilling In inch places , although some
times objected to
The broom men liavo to keep the openings
to the surface sewers clean , nnd clean the
dust from under the sidewalks
Although the contractor agrees to occa
sionally clean the alleys In the business portion
tion of the city , he has not found It nec
essary to do so this year , because the city
prisoners sentenced to work out fines are
put at this work when there Is nothing else
they can Uo.
Boating and bathing it Courtland b ° ach.
m\.i. iiiri : uxinsu .IA IM/A.B.
Iliirllngton I ornmollto Lifted from the
Ti nilis hv nn Kxploiilon T o Mui Hurt.
CHICAGO , July 2'j -\n af mpt v as n ade
after midnight last nigb * to vieck .t Ri r-
llngan engine by P\U' I na \ dvnimlte bomb
under the wheels uf the locomotive. Two
men were seriously injured. Thi > y ate
Joseph M. Best , opeoi'l o'll-jr ' of tuc round
house , wounded in tn.ul ) legs by frag
ments of the bomb
F'aiik Motuck , svvi'i in n , cut in thlfih.
The engine wad proe.'i 'l-ns ; hljwly nUwg
th PanhanU.c track * . Near Twenty -filth
stree the front \ vit.M ! -trt'c ! ' i siiull i b-
structlon. An e epical m followed , which
lifted the heavy cni'it from tie ttacks ,
shatteilng the forward truck and drivers.
Oincer Host , who Aas i few foot . . iwa
thrown down by the foice nl the t\plslon.
Switchman Motuck waj . 't l'io ' M'ltr-h a short
distance ahead. lieas suutk on the
thigh by a plcco of llyias Ir.m and budly
hurt.
_
KKl'T 1I1S X l.Mit > IKR'tl .11 'AIT. .
F. G KliiR AnesttMl for SteillnR
tlublo > iolo of Ten 1 lion-moil.
DENVER , July 28. Fred G. King , general
manager of the Uurragh Manufacturing
company of this city , has oeen arrested near
Telltirido on complaint of Postotnce Inspector
Mc.Melchon , King Is charged with unlawful
detention of a letter containing a negotiable
note for $10,000 Intended for another F. G
King , a wealthy resident of Rochester , N.
Y. which was delivered to the Denver man
by mistake. _
J.IMJ.S JlVr.Lia.lX DKAl ) .
Win the Author of tlio I nmoiiB I ttt < n of
the llliiluo Cauip.ilK" '
MAYNAUD , Mass , July 2S James E.
Mulligan of "Mulligan letter" fame , died
hero this morning. Ho was born In 1831
In a llttlo villageIn the north of Ireland
and came to this country when 15 years
old. For a number of years past he has
lived in Hoston , but lately removed here.
VuliiR I'hll IMvjor for Libel.
NEW YORK , July 28. Philip J. Dwyer ,
the well known horseman , was served with
papers In a $50,000 libel suit on the Saratoga
Racing association track. The plaintiff In
the suit Is David Gideon , also a horse owner ,
who won the Metropolitan stakes and Su
burban with the now famous Ramapo , The
alleged libel arose out of a dispute several
weeks ago , which grow out of a talk over
the Suburban winner , Ramapo , who had
then Just run u dead heat with Banquet.
Banquet Is owned by Mlko Dwyer , Phil's
brother Gideon and Phil Dwyer got Into
an argument over the dead heat , and In the
exchange of rather uncomplimentary re
marks Mr. Gideon alleges that Phil Dwyer
libeled him.
Cnrrlt'il On liy tlin Current unil UrimniMl ,
ST LOUIS , July 28. A large skiff contain
ing fifteen men was capsized In the river at
the foot of Grand avenue last night. Tour-
teen of the men were rescued after con
siderable difficulty through the bravery of
three members of the North St Louis RowIng -
Ing club. The fifteenth man , Wilson David
son , was carried down the river by the cur
rent and drown ° d before aid could reach him ,
The body Is still missing.
I'or the MllnliT of id : Dnggptt
GREENVILLE. Tex . July 28 The grand
jury has returned bills against Louis Lut-
trell , Jose English , Captain N Anderson
and K. Andrews , Indicting them for the
murder of Ed Doggett on or about Septem
ber 18 , 1893. Warrants for their arrest
were Issued and served.
Homo Ileciuno Ma rod on the I'crry ,
SALEM , Ore. , July 23. While crossing the
river on a ferry at Woods yesterday In a bug
gy Mrs. Terrell of New burg , her four children
and another lady wcra capsized In the stream
by their horse becoming frightened and backIng -
Ing of the boat , Mrs. Terrell was drowned ,
but the others were saved.
IlllnoU Finn rod lly Itiiln.
ROCKFORD , 111. , July 28. A heavy rain
today broke the long drouth in this section.
Oregon Kidney Tea cures backache. Tru.
lixo , 25 cenU. All druggists.
VOTERS MAY SAY YES OR NO
Flatto Canal Subsidy Question Will Bo Sub
mitted to Their Arbitrament ,
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED FOR AUGUST 4
Proposition .is Agreed on by Commlinlonnr *
mid Company 1)1 ( Torn l.ltlto from Unit
of Committee of tlioVliolu
8) nop l ot It.
It Is now established that the Platte canal
proposition will bo submitted to the people
and that n special election to vote on the
Issuance of the $1,000,000 bonds will bo
called within the time prescribed by law.
The amended proposition of the canal com
pany was accepted by the county commis
sioners late yesterday afternoon. The en
tire day was spent In discussing the , propo
sition with representatives of the company ,
and although some compromises were made ,
the proposition that will bo submitted to
the people Is In most respects Identical with
the one formulated by the committee of
the whole.
The main point on which yesterday's
controversy hinged was the matter of the
special election. The commissioners In
sisted that the contingent expense should be
borne by the company , while the canal | eo-
pie were unwilling to assume the r"s | > : msl-
blllty. The result was a compromise. If
the proposition carries the county v 111 pay
for the election , but the company will put
up a sutricient bond to d ° fray the. expense In
case the proposition la defeated.
Several minor points over vhlch there has
been some dispute were arr.kiigsd more
easily The company has object d to the
clause In the proposition which bound them
to construct permanent bridges over the
canal at every public highway , but tluy
finally decided to waive this point and It
was Included In the final agreement.
It was after 4 o'clock before the attorneys
had finished their examination of the docu
ment and had pronounced it correct , as far
as Its legal phraseology was concerned The
report of the committee of the whole was
picsented In the shape of a resolution by
Stenberg , which embodied the proposition
and provided for the calling of the special
election at as early a date as possible The
bond of the company In the sum of $4,100 , to
pay the expenses of the election In case the
proposition failed to carry , was approved ,
with George L Miller. H. T. Clark , Solon I ,
Wiley , Lyman Richardson , George W. Ames ,
left Bedford , R C Patterson and D. C. Pat
terson as sureties. The date fixed for the
election was September 4.
The question of the adoption of the report
of the committee , together with the accom
panying resolution , was then put without de
bate It was carried by a majority of one ,
Llvcsey and Williams voting In the negitUe
Following Is a synopsis of the proposition
as it new Mands'
STIPULATIONS AGREED ON.
The amount of bonus Is fixed at $1,000,000 ,
running for twenty years , with Interest at
4 per cent , payable scml-annually from Jan
uary 1 , 1S95
'I he canal shall start at a point on the
Platte river within five miles from Fremont
running from there northerly to a point six
miles from place of beginning and two miles
west of Arlington on the Elkhorn river ,
thence it will follow the river easterly to a
point near Arlington , thence leaving the
Elkhorn , Its course will be southerly to the
point where the Union Pacific cuts through
the divide , thence along the cut on the
north side of the. railroad , then easterly tea
a point nearly south of Seymour park , thence
north to a terminus at or near Seymour
park , the location and course subject to
revision after more accurate Investigation.
The terminus must not be more than four
miles from the present limits of the city
and in Douglas county.
Length of the canal is to be about forty
miles , with a delivery capacity of 750 cubic
feet per second from source of supply to
storage basin for twenty-four hours a day
and 1,800 cubic feet per second from storage
basin to the penstock at the terminus of
the canal for ten hours per day , the meas
urements to determine capacity to bo made
from a level three feet below the surface of
the canal bank to the bed.
The object of the enterprise shall be Irri
gation , affording freight by bait and othci
purposes. Work of construction must be
begun not later than October 15 , 1894 , and
thenceforth pushed to completion without un
necessary delay , and not less than $75,000
for actual construction must be expended by
June 1 , 1S95 , this sum to Include cost of
material paid for and delivered on the
grounds , and cost of right of way actually
paid for , proof of this expenditure to be by
the sworn statements of the secretary ,
treasurer and chief engineer of tlio com
pany. The canal. Including terminus , reser
voirs and all other works Incident to the
complete construction and equipment of the
canal , shall bo finished , and the canal In
active operation ready to deliver power to
any party demanding It in Omaha or South
Omaha by October 1 , 1898 ; provided , that
Omaha and South Omaha , either or both ,
grant the canal company the free use of
streets and alleys as right of way and fran
chises to operate power houses and privilege
to erect plants and other equipments for
carrying on the business of the company.
When the bonds are voted they must be
given by the county to the Farmers Loan
and Trust company of New York as trustee ,
but shall not be delivered except as the work
progresses , and In that case at the rate of
$15,000 per mile ; $75,000 additional when the
canal Is completed to the Elkhorn river and
tlio dam or aqueduct across that river Is
completed ; $75,000 additional when the canal
Is completed to the Platte and the basins
and weirs thereat are finished ; $75,000 addi
tional when the machinery , power
houses and other equipment and
structures are completed at the terminus
of the canal ; $75,000 when the
water from the Platte is turned Into the
canal from the western to the eastern
terminus , and tlio balance of $100,000 when
the canal and plant are ready for practical
operation and delivery of power In Omaha
and South Omaha In such quantities as are
required for use.
As evidence that expenditures have been
made and work perfected so as to entitle
the company to Instalments of bonds ,
sworn statements must be made by the
company and filed with the county commis
sioners , and when It Is made to appear to
the satisfaction of the commissioners that
the work has been done according to terms ,
then on the written order of the chairman
of the board of commissioners the trustee
shall deliver bonds to the company as speci
fied At the expiration of any six months
when semi-annual Interest Is payable the
trust ° e shall return to the county the In
terest coupons on any renewed bonds
The company Is required to maintain the
canal with such quantity of power at the
terminus as to bo able to provide water or
power or both to cities , corporations or
private Individuals In the county as de
manded , If not to exceed the aggregate canal
pov r. The right of the cities and towns
In the county to be furnished with water for
municipal and domestic purposes shall
always have preference as against corpora
tions. The price to be charg'd for water
to cities for municipal or domestic purposes
shall at no time exceed the rate of $3 per
1.000,000 gallons.
MAXIMUM ANNUAL RATES.
Maximum annual rates for power transmit
ted to Omaha or South Omaha , not to take
effect until after the company shall have
found purchasers for 7,000 transmitted horse
power , shall be-
One horse power or less than five , $55 ;
five and less than ten , $50 , ten and less than
twenty , $45 , twenty and less than thirty ,
$44 , thirty and less than forty , $43 , forty
and less than fifty , $42 , fifty and less than
100 , $40 ; 100 and less than 200 , $34 ; 200 and
less than 400. $ J7 , 400 and less than 600 ,
$25 , COO and over COO , $23.
The canal company must erect and maintain -
tain bridges over the canal where the same
Intersects highways.
County may purchase canal at any time
after twenty years from January 1 , 1895 ,
giving company three months' notice and at
appraisers' valuation.
Bonded Indebtedness of the canal company
shall not exceed $2.000,000
In the way of routine business the com
missioners took up the city council resolu
tion in regard to a consolidation ot the gov
ernments In the county , which was laid over
i
nt the last meeting. On motion of Paddock
the board concurred in > thi > suggestion of
the council with regard t < rttconference ( , and
Stenberg , Jenkins and PaVMock were ap
pointed to represent the 'board ' on that oc
casion ,
The services of the assistant county agent
at the store were continued until further
notice. The county clerk , wax Instructed to
advertise for bids for 22,000 .yards of grad
ing on Center street west ( if tha bridge over
the Big I'npplo. Bldf werd Hlso ordered for
the removal of 6,000 yrirdg of earth just
beyond the German church In Jefferson pre
cinct.
Lions and leopards at CourUand.
sTjtiict : iffTKitusr / . ( sifjtsinisa.
Concrrnnloimt InvritlRntlon Will Give fluco
to the MciiruBim Cniml Hill.
WASHINGTON , July 28. It Is the prcs-
cnt outlook that the resolution reported from
the house committee on commerce for an
Investigation of the causes of the great rail
road strike looking to legislation to prevent
recurrences of such troubles will not result
In action this cession. Although the com
merce committee hail thn floor yesterday , the
resolution was not brou. , . forward beonnio
It was known that It wi 1 lead to a warm
debate and block the way to that other bills
of the committee could not receive con
sideration.
Members of the committee do not expect
to be able to git a day for the bill this ses
sion , and If they could secure more time
would prefer to devote It to the Nicaragua
canal Moreover , the Interest In the strikes
has subsided vtry rapidly since their col-
lapsp , and there Is not tno desire for an In
vestigation by congress that there was before
President Cleveland appointed the com
mission.
Debs Onintrd nil Appr.il.
CHICAGO. July 28 President Debs and
the A. R. U leaders have been granted an
appeal to the United States court of appeals.
In tlio chancery proceedings in the United
States court The appeal was granted by-
Judge Woods at Indianapolis and the order
was received by ma 1 today The appeal will
stop all proceedings In the circuit court
under the bill filed July 2 en behalf of the
raihoads , but It leaves the injunction In
force and does not Interfere with the con
tempt proceedings against Debs and his as
sociates.
Coke \\orliriH Ulll Continue tlin Strike.
SCOTTDALE , Pa , July 28. The striking
coke workers held another convention with
fifty-one delegates present. The delegates
came instructed0 to report the number of
men now at work and the amount of coke
shipped from the region. An estimate
places the whole number of men at work at
nearly 10,000 and gives the shipments of
over 900 cais of coke daily. The convention ,
as on a previous occasion , voted to continue
the strike and arranged for several more
meetings.
I'ltglnruu'ii I'oiintlwt hy Sttlkrr4
ST. PAUL. July 28. At midnight l.iM
night the Milwaukee freight transfer train
vas sldetrackul near Men'oia by Ftrll.e
sympathizers. A dozen men jumped on
.lie engine and pounded thu engineer und
fireman. The latter , Edw ul Perron , llxl'ig
In Minneapolis , was badly used up With
police protection the train wis brought back
to this side of the river. The engineer was
not seriously hurt. ,
l > jn unlit il it Nonunion MIIII'H House.
CONNELLSVILLE. 1'a , ' , July 28. Another
Utcmpt at dynamiting was made by the
strikers near the Tretjter works. A bomb
was thrown at tlio home ot. John Bailey , a
nonunion coke worker , the missile striking
a tree In front of the house. It e/plodecl ,
shattering the windows and splintering the
tree. Had the bomb struck tlvs house n
number of lives would have beixi lost , as the
Bailey family were at homo and asleep
There Is no clew to the perpetrators.
ChldiRo Striker * Sentenced.
CHICAGO , July 2S. Rlyjiard Lawrence and
Edward Rhodes , the first of the strikers to
be punished for lawlessness growing out ot
the Pullman boycott , were sentenced to forty
days In Jail by Judge Grosscup of the United
Stiles court. ' The men were Santa Fe
strikers at Chllllcothc , 111. , and wore cnarged
with contempt of court tn Interfering with
the tralTlc of a road tn the hands of govern
ment receivers.
Declnred OfT Almopt Uimnliitounly.
SAN FRANCISCO , July 28. The local
lodge of the A. R. U. decided to declare the
strike oft at a large meeting held yesterday.
Speeches were made favoring a continuance
of the organization , and the men were urged
to stand by the union , notwithstanding they
had lost the strike. A standing vote was
had on the motion to declare the strike off ,
and resulted 107 to 3 In Its favor.
It < cruel- for tlio Switchmen.
CHICAGO , July 28 A receiver was ap
pointed today for the Switchmen's Mutual
Aid association. The llab lilies are placed
at $75,000 and the assets consist of $1,150 de
posited with the superior court and the
rights under a bond for $2,000 given by ex-
Treasurer William A , Slmsrott. The bill
attributes the Insolvency to the acts of the
defaulting treasurer , S msrbtt.
Dehs at Homo Kent Ing.
TERRE HAUTE , Ind , July 28 President
E. V. Dsbs of the A. R , U. Is at home rest-
Ing. The s'raln of the past month shows
plainly and he Is badly In need of rest
He stated that he would bo hero for several
days , returning to Chicago next week. A
public meeting will be held here Sunday
night , which will be addressed by him.
AHMiulfecl Niiminlim llutti rs.
NEWARK. N. J. , July 28. Two hundred
striking hatters besieged the Buckeye-Doug
lass hat forming mill and made threats
against the nonunion men employed there.
They attacked nonunion men who were about
entering the shops. The police were obliged
to charge the mob to disperse them. No
arrests were made.
Unit the A. It. II. or Iti-nlgn.
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn , July 28. The
Cincinnati Southern railroad has Issued an
order requiring all employes to either re
sign from the A. R U. or ha discharged.
Practically all the members of the union
In Chattanooga have complied with the or
der and given up their membership cards.
f\o Mrll < on the Diuivllln Itouil
NORFOLK. Va. , July 28 Chief Arthur of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Is hero to adjust the differences between
the Danville road and. Its employes. He
announces that no strllte will take place.
Mllltlii KHIuvo.l from Duty.
CHICAGO , July 28 T-TJu Seventh Infantry
of the National guauV COO strong , was re
lieved from duty 1ast nlbjit.
Fine sandy bottom gQ Courtland.
Emptied IIIn K < > \ ( t tr on HU lVlf .
ALBERT. LEA , Mlnn-t iJuly 28 William
Arley , a brakeman on the > Minneapolis & St.
Louis railroad , shot hU wlfo five times yes
terday afternoon , ev Jry "dhot taking effect.
They kept a railroad j oajrdlng house. The
shooting occurred In b i.nAfter ] shooting her
he turned the empty weapon on himself In
tending to suicide. Ilu 'aHo himself up and
Is In Jail Mrs. Arjcf cannot live The
shooting was the restifrof a quarrel over the
A. R. U. strike , Mr8.rA'rlcy opposing her
husband's connection with It.
IndiiHtrlitU fuptnro an Ohio Tniln.
ALLIANCE , O , July 28 , One hundred
men of Jeffrey's Seattle army captured a
Cleveland & PIttsburg train just east of
New burg last night. The police at Ravenna
managed to dislodge twenty-five of the men ,
after which the train started for this place
with the remainder. A large force of police
anl yardmen surrounded the train hero and
succeeded In driving out the entire gang ,
and they are now encamped In the public
square.
Me\cn on l.rutrn for Wunlilncton.
BLOOMINGTON. III. . July 28. Vice PresIdent -
Ident SUvenson left his homein this city
today for Washington. Ho has been here
about a week.
Picnic at Courtland beach.
INTO A FIGHT RIGHT AWAY
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Into the Ring with Southern Pacific.
WILL BE ON CALIFORNIA FREIGHT EAST
Itccrlvor MoNelll nnil Union I'liclllo Man *
gcr * Come PlrH nntly to nn Unilor-
itnndlng Close Trnlllc Agree
ment to Uo SI into Soon ,
Receiver McNclll of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company has concluded l.ls con
ference with the officials ot the Union Pacific
and left last evening for Marshall-
town , la. , his old home , wncre he will spend
Sunday , going to St. Paul on Monday.
The speculation as to the position which
Mr. J. G. Woodworth will hold with the
Oregon company Is about set at rest , au
thoritative ctatcmonts being made that he
has accepted Major McNelH's offer of a place
with the now company and will be assistant
to the receiver and general manager , having
direct charge of all purchases as well ns
look after the office details of the company
In the operation of the road.
No better man could have been selected for
the place and Major McNclll has already
shown his thorough railroad knowledge by
surrounding himself with men who arc not
only well ncqinlntcd with the several posi
tions to which they have been calhil , but
who are the receiver's Intimate friends as
well
In the conferences Mr. McNclll has had
with General Manager Dickinson , Freight
Traffic Manager Munroe and General Pas
senger Agent Lomax , It has developed that
the new management of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company means to enter the
field against the Southern Pacific company ,
entering to Overland business , which has
largely been monopolized by thu Southern
Pacific.
The Oregon company owns the three
largest steamers which ply between Port
land and San Francisco , the Columbia , the
State of California , and tlio Oregon , and also
the steamer George W EUer , which piles ,
between Portland and Alaska , now lild up
on account of dull times In addition to this
the company operates a thousand and odil
miles connecting with the Grctt Northern
and Northern Pacific at Spokane , and
the Union Pacific at Huntlngto : . .
It Is an open secret that the Union Pacific
Is bound by a contract with the Southern
Pacific company to handle no California
freight by way of Portland. This business
has always be n handled by the two roads by
way of Ogden und the steamers plying be
tween Portland and San Francisco have only
handled such way freight as they could ob
tain between these points
With the Oregon Railway and Navigation
company as a free lance It Is In a po ltlon
to compete for business that has been di
verted via Ogden and the way Major McN'lll
Is laying his wires It Is evident lie intend
to make his road pay out if such a tiling
Is possible.
He came to Omaha with this object In
view , but he was met In a friendly spirit
on the part of the Union Pacific olllclnla ami
so pleasant were the conferences with the
officials above mentioned that a close tr.iflir
agreement will grow out of the consultations
alike beneficial to both companies.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation com
pany , while In the field for business , rcng-
nlzcs that Its natural ally Is the Union Pa
cific , and so long have these two r als been
associated that It was found exceedingly
hard to break the connection wltlnut Ii jury-
to both. Under these conditions t'ie liga
ments that have united the two roads will
remain Intact , strengthened somewhat by
mutual concessions on both skins for the
purposes of still closer union.
Receiver McNeill , while re orvl'ig the
right to take freight mid passenger traffic
from the Great Northern at Spokane , ad
mitted to a friend that the friendly as--cia-
tlons .between the Union Pacific and Orton (
companies would continue.
An office will be opened Immediately In
San Francisco for the transaction of freight
and passenger business , and Fred W. Con
nor , late of the Milwaukee rallioid , ha
been appointed by General Passenger Agent
W. II. Hurlburt to open the battle between
the Southern Pacific and Oregon company
for some of the overland business
. ( iinti Statement of tlio Hurl ngton.
CHICAGO , July 28 The June statement
of the Burlington shows a heavy decrease
In earnings all along the line and thin in
the face of the heavy decrease In operating
expenses for the month. Freight earnings
fell off $584,352 , passenger earnings de
creased $351,625 and the gross earnings de
creased $929,321 , compared with the same
month last year. Despite the dccrenscd
earnings the operating expenses were rr
duced 868,385 and the total net earnings
of the road for the month were only $1,838
compared with net earnings for the same
month of last year of $ J19,923 The total
net earnings of the road from January 1
to June 30 shows a decrease of $369 590 , rom-
parcd with the corresponding monlhs of
1893.
iy Notes
Hon. John M. Thurston will return Monday
from St. Paul ard the Minnesota lakes.
Secretary McCullough of the transmls-
sourl committee of the Western Passenger
association has tendered his resignation ,
which has been accepted.
Western roads have agreed to change the
date of sale of tickets to the Grand Army
of the Republic encampment at PIttsburg
to September 8 and 9 from territory east
of the Missouri river , and to September 7
and 8 from territory West of the river.
Coolest location , Courtland beach.
t > OVTIl It.lKOT.l CHOI'S
Itccent Hot UlniU ' nil Continued Drouth
a oo Milih.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , July 28. ( Special
to The Bee. ) Notwithstanding the reports
that crops in South Dakota are yielding
fairly well , they are a failure. After each
llttlo rain which have been very Infre
quent , reports have been sent out that the
crops were greatly revived , but the long
diouth , Intense heat and the scorching
winds have done their deadly work. Speak
ing generally , wheat will not average four
bushels to the acre ; oats may average eight
bushels ; barley will yield probably sU
bushels ; corn , which was In tlio finest con
dition possible the last of June , Is now just
about a failure. 'The hot wind of the past
two weeks catching the corn In the tussel
has burned the life out of U ; with plenty
of rain flax would be half n crop , late mil
let , potatoes and grass are in tlio best con
dition of anything In the vegetable line ,
but they cannot withstand the drouth much
longer. The small grain harvest Is prac
tically over , and In several cases the farm-
era have already threshed their grain The
quality Is very good , but the quantity Is
small. There are spots over the state where
crops will about average with last year ,
but they are few Beginning about ten
miles south of here , there Is n strip of
country twenty miles wide which has been
wonderfully blessed with rain The strip
extends through Lincoln and Union coun
ties. The crops are good In that strip , ami
farmers feel confident of getting twenty
bushels of wheat to thu aero and twenty-
five bushels of oats Crops last year were
not consldere 1 good , but they were much
better than the crops of this year.
Kx'rnillni ; Imp irliint I.ltleiitlou.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D , July 28 ( Special
to The Bee ) Judge Edgerton of the United
States court has under advisement a motion
for a now trial In the case of William Fullerton -
lerton against the Homestako Mining com
pany of Dead wood. This raso has already
been tried twice , the verdict being for the
plaintiff both times , the IIrut time for $20.000
and the second time for $2.1,000 The motion
Is based on the ground of erroneous rulings
by the court and the excessive damages
awarded ,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I.ont Onn Hundred hlxion.
CHAMBERLAIN. S D . July 28 ( Special
Telegram to The Bee ) Two Charles Mix
county stock men named Lowellyn and
Anderson lost 100 head of sheep In a pe
culiar manner. The sheep had just been
crossed to the west side of the Missouri I
and It Is supposed they got overheated while
crotslng ,
n.titr.AX'n nusr. TK.IM.
It U tlin 1'rlilo of tlmt Svrtlnn of
Io rt.
HARLAN. la. , July 28. ( Special to The
Bee. ) There arc a Rreal many things tend
ing to make the beautiful city of llnrbn
famous One such ogeMicy Is her splendid
jysteni of public schools. Another Is the
remarkably fine train service tlmt she gets
under the auspices ot the great
Rock Island route. A third , and one ot
which she Is much prouder than of the second
end named , Is her famous hose team , ihc
W L Baiighns , an organisation which has
perhaps done tis much ns any other means
to bring the county seat of Shelby county to
the notice of the public eye of Iowa.
The first state fireman's tournament In
which n Harhn tenm participated was that
held at Council Bluffs In 1889. The team of
that year was organised and trained by J
A Campbell , who at that tlmo was at work
In the otllce of the Harlan Trib
une "Joe" took his raw recruits
down nnd succeeded In winning fifth
place In the stnte hose race. The boys
brought back $50 In cash nnd Incidentally
something better a determination to con
tinue In the field "If It took alt summer. "
Their perseverance told In the succeeding an
nual tournaments , and since the diy of their
Council Bluffs Initiatory contest few If any
teams In the state- have carried homo more
reward of merit shekels than the Italian
lads. Today the record of three straight
sweepstakes In the last tlirro Iowa stttn
tournaments and the best time1 made at each
of those contests are things standing to the
credit of these same "boys they tall the fcl
lows "
In 1S11 the team assumed the name of
"W L Baughns" In honor of Iliughn. who
was then nnyor of the city B.iughn hns
steadily stood by his flnnt proteges , nnd n
ycir or two ago presented each runner with
an elegant gold medal , upon which was on-
grivcd the tlmo of one of tholr best pel
formanccs Considering the fuel that ovcrv
man In the team is a strictly amateur t mi
ner nt.d that It has never enjoyed the bcne
fits of thoiough physical training under nn
r\pert who understood his business , the
running of the team has bce'i remarkably
good In fart for several years past the
straightaway 100 yards lias been looked upon
as being a th'ng that It \ ould be safe to
wager idle capital that II trim \.nuld get
rime and ngiln the Baughns have coveud
the 300-yard strctih In thlrtv-sK second *
flat Good timers have caught them In even
lc s than that And thirty-six seconds is at
least two seconds better than any othci
Jowa team Is In the habit of do'ng. '
Tlio couplers' work has kept paee with
the running of the boys , and In IS92. at At
lant'c , Booth and True of the llanghns be
came champions of the state At the rerent
state tournament held at Iowa City , wheri >
by the way , the bovs were most shamefully
treated by the Siwyer team of tint place ,
Booth and True again distinguished them-
polvcs by making three couplings In 2 , 2 2
and 22 ib pcctfully , an average of 213 , tin1
picvlous statr record belm ; 2 t ( ivprago of
three straight couplings ) The team's best
for 300 yards and coupling Is 404 seconds , a
record made at Sioux City last year in two
races The members ot this year's team
nre Otis Mooie , leader , Davr Booth and
George True couplerArley ; Parker , Tom
New by , Pearl Downs , Ike Stanley Fred Uoyd ,
FrIU Helse , Ed Parker. Hush Wyl.ind.
Harty Swain , Frank Hllle , Morris Moore ,
Day Lcdwlch , Clark Beems and Will Smith.
I'linutni ; on Jewell.
FORT DODGE , la , July 28 ( Special
Telegram to The Bee ) The third succes
sive day of the work with the Jewell rain
mikliiK chemicals clos s tonight with a
cloudless sky. They will work two more
days. A heavy wind has pi evaded most of
the time- , which Is offered as an excuse by
Jewell's champions Incalculable damage
his been wrought by the drouth this week.
Third Itefjlment CIK niiipnii lit.
CRESTON , la , July 28 ( Special Telegram
to The Bee. ) The Third regiment en
campment , Iowa National Gu ird , composed of
eleven companies and the Ceiiteivlllo band ,
went Into camp hero tonight The encamp
ment will last eight days. About 500 men
are In attendance
Itiiln at HIM Molnes.
DES MOINES , July 28. The weather has
been cooler today. There was a slight shower
las' night. The indications are for rain.
The temperature ranged 8" to 90 degrees.
Fishing and bathing , Courtland beach.
Olllter < nr s Ollher.
While patrollng his beat on South
Sixteenth street last night Officer Raven-
kamp saw some sparks fall from a window
In which were seated two women , and the
awning of the store underneath was set on
Ore. The officer went up stairs nnd re-
nuested the women to be moro careful with
nre , and they became somewhat Indignant
The officer went on his way across the
street but a man ramo down and hurried
after him. It was Officer Gustavlson , who
was off duty. Ho was nngry. and tobl Of
ficer Ravencamp that If he had been In
when Ravencamp came to the door ( It hap
pened to bo where he lives ) ho would have
used Ravencamp for a foot ball and thrown
him out Into the street. Ills remarks , ac-
coidlng to a bystander , wcro Intcrspersod
with profanity , and drew fliilto a crowd
around the men Ravencamp went on about
Ills business , but tome one reported the
matter to Captain Most ) it , and the matter
will piobably be aired before the police
board.
'liiniiel Under IInHt Illirr.
A tunnel has been constructed under the
East river. Little has been heard of its
construction , yet It is 2,541 feet long , ten
feet wldo and eight and a half feet high , so
that It is big enough for four or five persons
to walk through abreast , although the tun
nel Is built only to carry gas from genera
tors at Ravcnswood , L. I , to tlio service
pipes of the East River Gas company In
New York. Ground was flrst broken for
the tunnel In May , ISO. . The cnginccr-ln-
chlcf was Charles M. Jacobs of London.
The tunnel Is 135 feet deep on the New
York shore , and 147 feet deep nt Ravens-
weed. It runs under Blackwell's Island
The top > if the tunnel at Its greatest height
Is nearly forty-one feet below the bottom
of the river Under Blackwcll'K Island the
tunnel goes through solid rock. Under the
river bed It Is made of cast Iron plates sur
rounded by liquid concrete
Adilml to Alorlnu'M ! ) < pirtiiimit. !
WASHINGTON , July 28 The senate com
mittee on agriculture decided to report fa
vorably Senator Powers' amendment to the
sundry civil bill to place the geological sur
vey and the national fish commission under
the control of the secretary of agriculture ,
and to nmko them a part of the Agricultural
department The amendment will now go to
the committee on appropriations.
Llona and leopards at Courtland.
tri.i2inie row/it1 isr.
( ionerully I'ulr anil Viirmrr v.Vc.ithcr ferN
N < hrtmku 'loiliiy ,
WASHINGTON. July 28-Tho Indications
for Runday me :
For Nebraska Generally fair ; warmer ,
except In the extreme outlieaat portion ;
variable wlndx
For lovv.i Fair , warmer In the extreme
eiiKtein pottlon , variable winds.
For South Dakota Full , wanner tn the
extreme ciistcrn million , Koiitli winds.
For Missouri Oenernlly fair , warmer In
the enHtein poitlon , vnilablu winds'
For Kanx.iH Generally fair , warmer In
the extreme northeast poitlon , variable
wlndf )
I " ( ill Itccord
Omcr. or TUG WiuniBit Buitiuu. OVUIIA.
July ' 'H Om.ihii rcLorei of tonipur.ituro and
ratnfallcomiuroJ. vvlthroriosiionillng day of
past fouryeais :
1804 IHO'I 1H02 1H01.
Maximum tomuoratnro H'l : Hhf C , ! > H23
Minimum tenitiiiruiuru 733 ( ido 6fi013
A vnra Jo temuoratiiru. Hl = 7H3 fills 71 =
Precipitation . Ill ) .41 1 10 , UJ
Stitomciilshowing thu condition of torn *
pon.tiiroruul prjjipUatlon ul O n ilu for the
d.iy unil alnco M irch 1 , 18'JI :
Normal toiiuHir.itiiru 7G3
Excess for the duv OS3
i\c : > ss lnco Murch 1 HaOS
NnrinulurocliiltiUnn ID Inch
luflcle ) > iie'y for ihu Uuv . . 13 Inch
Deficiency slncu MHI-CJI 1 10 78 Inches
OLOKQU E. HUKT , LUCA ! Vorecait OfllcUL
j [ WAS A VERITABLE PLACOE
Damngo Wrought iu Several Stitos by the
Hot Wind is Incnloulnb'.o. '
UNPRECEDENTED DESTRUCTION OF CORN
llnpo of * tlaunllfiil Crup lintlroly Itbiitrtl
1 armerlll lii\c ! to lluy Inntciul
of Sclllnc Ki'porla from \ -
rliuiH Oimrlcrn.
Widespread destruction of all kinds ot
crops In Nebraska und Kansas Is reported on
account ot the iTol winds. Ofllchls
ot the Burlington road say that
flpures will hardly express the damage that
has been wrought within the past week. Two
weeks ago U was estimated by experts that
Nebraska had contlUnited 400,000,000 bushels
of corn to the world's product of 1S94 , Bur
lington officials prophesy that It will bo nec
essary to vhlp corn Into many counties In Ne
braska In order for the farmers to live until
anutlier season. Hundreds of square miles
of the finest looking corn hangs dry nnd llfc-
less over an extent of territory as largo as
the state of Ptnnsylvanla or New York.
Tlio reports from the lines of the Union
t'aclllp. Burlington , Itock Island , Missouri
Pacinc and Santa Fo are all of the same '
tenor Passengers from the car windows
look upon vast fields of corn and thousands
< if acres of hay rcndeicd absolutely worthless
by the polronous breath of the simoon from
the nandy de erts of Texas In mavj places
the farmers anticipated tha corn dc-
struot'on that was borne upon the
air , and several days ago they
began to cut the coin as It stood green In
the ndds The'lr objpt was to save tin : coin
for fodder 1 housamls of farmers stood
helpless alongside' their Holds , watching with
gloomy forebodings while the dreadful blast
from the southwest got In Its deadly work.
I'helr only hope Is that bounteous rain a may
stall another grass crop before It Is too late
in the tcason.
Travelers also report that the highways
leading eastward through Nebraska nnd Kan
sas arc already thronged with disheartened
sutlers , who have abandoned their homes
and arc htiriylng towaid Iowa and Mis
souri , for relief from the almost unbearable
licit. A similar scene has not been wit
nessed since 1873 , when tlio hot winds al
most depopulated western Kansas.
Deserted towns and lonely houses standing
out In naked plains arc silent witnesses of
the memotablu exodus of 1873 The year fol
lowing came the grasshopper plague , from
which It required ten years to recover.
RAILROADS INTERESTED.
Hillroad men look on tlio advent of hot
winds In Kansas and Nebraska this year as
vastly more damaging to the railroad inter
ests than HIP recent strike. The strike
was of short continuance , but the falling
oft In the crops In the region east of the
mountains will bo keenly felt by the rall-
io.ad companies for many months to come.
The disaster will be felt In other western
states In many ways , one of which will bo
the Inability of a largo region to buy coal
mined In the Rocky mountains. Cattlemen
have been accustomed to ship their cattle
to Kansas and Nebraska to bo fattened for
the market. With the corn crop moro than
50 per cent short. It will bo a serious matter
with the cattlemen to find a fattening
ground for their stock.
Reports at the railway offices also show
that there Is great danger of fires along
the railway tracks , and the roads will bo
required to take extra precautions to prevent
extensive prairie fires. The dry grass will
be a constant source of dancer for months
to come.
In places the drouth was broken yesterday
along the line of the Union Pacific and Bur
lington systems. Indications as telegraphed
to the headquarters of these roads showing
that rains , so unlvcrsilly needed in Ne-
braka , are likely of fuinilment.
At Hasting the Burlington officials state
a few drops of rain fell at 9 o'clock , with
fair rains at Wray and McDonald. There
was considerable appearance of moisture be
tween Hastings ami Red Cloud , with Indica
tions of rain before night. At Arcadia and
Ord the needful was also reported as de
scending.
From the Union Pacinc freight depart
ment telegrams showed that there were no
signs of rain north of Columbus yesterday.
It was cloudy at Kansas City nt 8 o'clock ,
but later cleared oft very hot.
Blue Springs reported that It was cloudy
around that vie nlty , with indications of
hard rains to the westward.
At Marietta It was sprinkling and thun
dering when the telegram was sent by Mr. 0.
J. Line , assistant general freight agent.
Oketo wires that there Is every appearance
of rain at that point , the thermometer rapIdly -
Idly descending toward bulb. "Corn around
licio , " says the agent , "lias not suffered to
the extent reported and a good rain will
bring most of It out. "
Barneston reports that a light rain had
Just commenced at S o'clock.
From Leavcnworth came the report that
It was raining at Winchester and Valley ,
and that all over the Kansas district Indica
tions were favorable for rain yesterday.
Blue Rapids reported every evidence of rain
yesterday , a northeast wind bringing
moisture and cooler weather In Its track.
"On the bottom lands corn Is still all right ,
but on the high lands greatly burned. "
At 8 o'clock it had started to rain at
Marysvlllo and every Indication pointed to a
heavy rain during the day.
The Elkhorn pe-ple report no rain along
their line yesterday.
Queen I.U'x MetKonnor.
COLORADO SPRINGS , July 28. A royalist
Hawaiian commission composed of J , A.
Cummlngs nnd S. Parker , cx-mlnlstcra of
foreign affairs ; II A. Wlcman , ex-minister
of finance , and Major Law ard , arrived hero
last night enroute to Washington with a re
quest on tlio part of the Hawaiian Queen
Lllluokalani that President Cleveland shall
not recognize the republican government.
What Causes Pimples ?
Clogging of the pores or mouths of the seba
ceous glands with Bo-
bum or oily matter.
'I ho ] lug of sebum In
the cent roof the plinplo
Is railed a blackhead ,
inih ; , or comedono.
Nature will notnlloir
ti.o clogging of tlio j-ores to contlnuolongheneo ,
Inflammation , piln , awelll.ic , and rednesa ,
later pun or matter fiinnx , breaks , or Is opened ,
the plug conies oit , anil the pore is oncu moro
free.
free.There
There are thousands of these pores In the fico
alone , any ono of wblih it liable to be torn o
clogged by neglect or dlneuso ,
What Cures Pimples ?
The only reliable prrventlva and cure , wheir
not duo to a constltutloii.il hiiiaur , is
Cuticura Soap.
U contains n mild proportion of CUTICUIIA ,
the grail Skin Cnro , which in-
able-s It to dlisoh o thenubacoouj
or oily matter as
forms al the mouths ol
the pores ,
II sllmulalos the
( biggish gl mils and
tubed to healthy activ
ity , reduces iiifl.aiiiina-
tlcin , KHJtliLH anil hi.il.t
Irrlt.iud n.id roughened Hiirfaecs , and restore *
the Hl.ln to Its original purity.
'I his It tha ( secret of Its wonderful BUCCCM ,
For b.ail complex Ions , red , rough hand ! and
nlu | > chM n.ilU , dry , thin , a id falling hair , ecaly
and Irritated fcalpa , and elmplo baby blemUhes
U la wonderful.
bold throughout the world.
I'OTTKII DIIUO AND CHCU. Coup. , Bole Pro.
prictorK , lluetou.
Women Full of Pains
Achex , and wcaknr > cs find comfort , strength ,
and vitality In Cutleura 1'lanter , the nrtt mJ.
ouly i > alu Ulllui ; , uervo itrcncthenlni ; pluter ,
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