Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMATIA DAILY BEE WESDAY , JULY SO. 1897.
HELP FOR THE STRIKERS
Employes Hasten lo One the Glad
Hand to Miners.
EXPRESS SYMPATHY WiTH MOVEMENT
Hold n frrrtt Meeting , Ailtipt ltr oln-
tluiio mill I.IM > nil A * r mfiit
of T n Diillnrx oil nnt'li
MenilitT.
a. July 19. Some new fea
tures will likely be introduced Into the
struggle within the next two days , but the
leader * are maintaining the greatest se
crecy regarding their movements. H Is be
lieved they contemplate calling on the rail
way organizations for assistance. Secretary
Warner gave out Information today that a ,
meeting of railway employe * wag held here
jtstirJny and the situation of the miners'
strike thoroughly discussed. Resolutions
Avfrc adopted giving iiupport to the rtrlkers
and each member was aesisred T2 for the
strike fuuJ Mr. Warner refused lo divulge
the name of the railroad employing the men ,
stating that It might If ad to an investiga
tion and the discharge of the men. From an-
olhtr soutre It was reported lo be a meet
ing of the conductors and braktmen of the
roais centering In 1'lttsburg. Itwas claimed
that the action taken wag al the suggestion
of the national officials of the Railway
Tralmnui e union.
Active worl ha * been commenced In the
coke region and efforts will be made to
bring out all the men at mines where the
product is being shipped to IMttsburg. Ex-
Natlonal \ ite I'rtsldent Cameron Mills of
the United Mine Workers left this morning
for the coke riglon and addretsed a masa
meeting or men eraplojed at the Smock and
Hojd mines A mass meeting Is t-cheduled
to be held at Uniontown tomorrow , which
will te addressed bj Messrs. Miller and
Warner Cameron Mills and Secretary Wil
liam Warner visited Turtle Creek yesterday
to have a talk with the miners employed
by the Now York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company They were served with tCti in
junction , restraining them from Interfer
ing with the miners.
General John Little of the Ohio State
Board of Arbitration and W P. De Armitt
of the New York and Cleveland Coal com-
panj are still in the tatt endeavoring to
secure the signatures of the eastern coal
operators to the uniformity agreement. They
are expected to return tomorrow. A meet
ing of the aibllratlon commission will be
held here on Wednesday.
CALL ON M'KINLEY.
Plttsburg councils today In regular ws-
sion passed a resolution asking President
McKinlej to use his good offices in the set
tlement ot the coal miners' strike. The
resolution advocates arbitration on a true
uniformity baau > and urgts the president to
act promptlj' In the matter before the strike
develops Into an Industrial war and seri-
ouslj interferes with the business interests
of tie community- .
Unless the miners' leaders are able
to get the West Virginia diggers out
early thiR week the local strike situ
ation promises to grow very Interesting
about the latt of this iveek and to come to a
crits next Monday morning As indicated in
the Associated Press dispatches last night ,
seveial of the local operators have annou e-3
that they are tired o' seeing their centrists
get u < va > from them and that the mines
now supplying their trade must be stopped
or their own mln < will be put Into opera
tion. The district executive board of the
miners' organization has been notified as
above bj a corps of the most important
operators. As was said earlj In the strike ,
all depends on Plttsburg and unless Pltts-
burg Is able to shut down the West Virginia
mines 11 is probable that the tnke will be
broken before there Is a chance to complete
the arbitration uniformity arrangement The
miners officials admit that should anj of the
big mines of the district now idle be put
into operation a majority of the other diggers
of the district would return to work at once
It is kaid that khould the Borland , any of
the Robbins o' any of the Wheeling division
mines be started up the rest would teen fall
into hut Th < s admission wa < : made by a
member of the loal executive board
The Plttiburg oucraiors have lost thou
sands ana thousands ot dollars since the
trouble began The } have lost part of their
very best hhlpplng season and it has been
necesrary to turn their contracts over to
operators In West Virginia and the , central
I'ennsjlvania fields to be filled until the strike
is ov er. The prospects of a long strike and
the posslbllitj of it lasting until their con
tracts have all been filled is nhat has stirred
the operators to action. The operators pro
pose to get help and start one or two of the
Important mlneo In case the Wt t Virginia
expedition of the labor agitators is unsuc
cessful They are to unite in an effort to get
eufficlent men to successfully san one or two
of the big mines , get a large force ot deput.v
sheriffs as * ! begin turning out coa' ' for tb < >
Jake *
Part of the plan IB to pay the mlaere 70
cent * or even 75 cents , if it be necessary
to get them to work It is not thought
there will be much difficulty In getting men
at that price , and that after one or two
tnlnes have been gotten under way there will
be 110 trouble in other mines getting started
at that figure. The Pittsburg operator will
wait a day or to If the Wct Virginia
men arc i-till at work Wednesday ageou
of the local companies * il ! go on a skirmish
for men At the same time application Is
to be made to the tneriff for a large force
of deputies Sheriff Lowry le prepared for
any such demand , and ho& a large number
oj nun who ate ready to be sworp In on
short notice The miners' ofllclals are hank
ing everything OD the ability of the labor
organizers to get the Wrat Virginians out
They say that in rate the operators do try
to transfer the fight to this district , all the
force * now at wo-lc in West Virginia will
be brought Into this state aud put to work
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
rAIP.MOt'NT. AV. Va. , July 19 As the
result of jesterday'6 meeting at WIIlovs Tree-
grove , MenoRah , 223 miners refused to | tt >
to work this mo nlng. The drivers being in
( sympathy with the miners refused to haul
and consequently the rest of the miners were
compelled to come out. The miner * at
Prltchard , about elxty In number , after hear.
\i\K \ \ the news from Monogah , came out
Hudson , Luthtr and Palatine were the next
to come and all the men , with the exception
of tboBo at Hite and the Shaft mines , will
soon be out
Eugene V Debs addressed the enMre male
population of Fairmont tonight ant. about
200 miners from the neighboring collieries
The meeting wai a very enthusiastic one
and he was frequently applauded by the
jiilners , Todav at Monongah he held a meet
ing and about 300 of the 3C5 miners there
were in attendance. He organized a branch
of the United Mine Workers of America wlUi
00 members and they will hereafter hoU
meetings at 10 o'clock each tnornlne To
morrow night Debs tpeaki at itlverslde and
the next etrntng at Watson and as he has
chosen the evening to make his address > : Is
cuuposed be docs not expect the men tn r.me
out before Thursday or Friday Beside * the
C50 miners who laid donn their tooli at
Monongah this morning SI of the 41 mm at
Pritchard Joined the strikers. How jver.
many of tbefo men went to the Chlettalu
mine this ( veiling , which ie controlled by
the same paity , and secured emploj rntint. It
ij thouebt the Moaongah men will go hack
to work tomorrow ,
Kx-G-jvt-mor Fleming said tonight tint the
men at West Fairmont would not go out. He
aj6 that If the men ttrlke and the Pennsyl
vania and Ohio miners get the rate they- are
striking for , It will not aid the miners or
the operators In this region
CHARLESTON. W. Va. , July 19. The
rtrlke movement among the miners In the Ki.
nauha valley received a slight impetus to
day whea the coal diggers at two mme
tulnea decided to KO out. Tnla increases the
number of mines to ten uid Idle miners to
tU > ut 800.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. . July 17 The coal
miueib' strike in the east h Increased tEe
biu > iue3 of the Mi&aourl mines The labor
rommlEi loner's office here today reports a
grnrrsl demand for men lo the coal mint * of
the etttr
WHEELING. W. Va. . July 19. This week
opens with sll the coal miners at wprk who
vorked OD Saturday , nd in the Norfolk i.
W patera ration ecrersl additional wines.
Ti orcuilxera b Y * cot ibittd thflr energy
and the mine worker * are fending in more
glisters from Oblo snd Penrwvlvinli. The
men who are Krikln ? are deroUng their
time to Influencing that ? at work to quit ,
and all energies sre bent to tie up the elate.
Great things are expected from the Debs-
Rstehford-Gompers-Soverelgn meeting st
Falrmount tomorrow The failure of Fair-
mount to rtrlke yesterday was a dteippolnt-
mcnt to the agitators and a surprise to the
operators. Coal shipments over sll roads
continue.
WILL NOT EMPLOY NEW MEN.
CLEVELAND , July 19. From statement
made thU morning by Ilrcelver Myron T.
Herrlck , Ihe Inference is arawn that Super
intendent Hoby of the Dillon vale mine spoke
without authority when be Informed Ihe
strikers their places would be filled with new
men If they did not go to work by Monday
morning. "I do not Intend to put In new
men , not Jun t present , " Mid Colonel
Herrlck. "If any of our old men want to go
to work we will protect them. Our men ,
the majority of them at least , were perfectly
satisfied with their condition and did not
want to MHhe. but were persuaded into doIng -
Ing so by outsiders. "
"Dispatches from Steubenvllle stated that
Superintendent Roby had Issued an ultlma-
tlon to the effect that the mine would Ptart
thla morning with new men , if necessary , "
sucecstcd the reporter
"No , we are not going to put In new men
for the present. Wo hive no desire to fight
the battle for the country , particularly as we
have plenty of coal. We will start our mines
if our old men return to work and we will
protect .those who do return. What the
exact situation at Dlllonvale Is I do not
know , as I have not beard from there today "
COLUMBUS , 0 . July 19 The executive
committee of the United Mine Workers Is In
sc'ulon here. Those prr-sent today were : J.
M. Carson of Illinois John H Kennedy snd
G Knight of Indiana , W E Farms of Ohio
and Patrick Dolan of Plttsburg Other mem.
bers may come later. The consultation ia
private , but there is a promise of ncwj to be
given out
Secretary Pearce sajp there Is no doubt but
what the Falrmount region will be out by
Thursday
John Dogue of Angled. W. Va. , on the
Chesapeake & Ohio road , sajs the only thing
that keeps the mine * there open Is the fact
that operators have been in the habit of
giving the miner1 * four or five rooms with
liberty to employ their help. He emplojes
farmers' sons , making a good profit on their
labor , and when mining Is dull the boys go
back to the farms
President Robert Askew of the Northern
Mineral Miners' Progressive union wires to
President Ratchford from Coopers , W Va
"Sovereign Is here Two large meetings
have been held. Buckeye Booth , Bow en ,
Casvvell creek and Coopers have laid down
their picks to the number of 1,500 men. We
expect a complete tie-up tomorrow "
W D McMahon at Fairmount writes
"Monongah mines are out It Is the larg
est mine In the district. All will follow "
Spikes driven in front of cars to derail
West Virginia coal at Dlllonvale were dis
covered In time to prevent their derailment.
FIVE HUNDRED STRIKERS PARADE.
CANONSBURG , Pa , July 19 About 500
striking miners from Cecil. Bishop , Reisalng
and Brifigevllle. In the Miller's Run
district , passed through town this morning
headed by a brat > s band and drum corps
A halt was made at the mines of the Can-
onsburg Coal comuanj where they were met
bj armed deputies and ordered to keep off
the coinnan > 'e property. They halted In a
vacant lot near by and sent commliees
over to the mines to gather together the
miners The miners did not appear to be In
sympathy with the strikers , and but a very
small number were Induced to come out and
listen to th ? speeches made bva number of
the visiting strikers Tlie mines of this
company closed down todaj to await the
decision of the miners employed here Thej
are inclined to strike , but there is no
prospect of a general strike here , as the
miners are now being paid 69 cents , and
have nothing to strike for , unless out of
sympathy or through fear of violence at the
hands of strikers from other mines. The
operators here say thej- will run their mines
as soon as the men are willing to go back
to work , but will not interfere with their
men meeting with the strikers After hold
ing a meeting here the strikers moved up
the valley to the mines of Cook & Son , where
they were met by several deputies heavily
armed and were ordered to keep off the
company's property The mines there have
also -closed down to let the men meet the
strikers and decide whether or not to strike.
The mine operators are pajing 69 cents and
say thtlr men have no reason for striking
except out of fear of violence The com-
panj- will resume as soon as the men are
readj to go in The striking miners are
camped about the Cook mines. No fear of
violence Is fslt here
ST LOUIS. July 19 Information Just re
ceived ! s to the effect that 450 men employed
In the shafts of the St. Louis Consolidated
Coal companj at Collinsvllle , 111 , vvent out
today , at the request of the marching dele-
gallon from Staunton Glencarbon and Mount
Olive coal mines. They created no disorder ,
merely la j Ing down their tools and refusing
to go Into the pits The action was taken
after a mass meeting held this afternoon at
which the visiting -miners were In attend
ance
Tonight , the crusaders will march to Belle
ville , where they will try to get the miners
emplojed by the St Lou's Consolidated Coal
companj to go out-
Acting on the advice ot coal companies
which distribute the product of mines in the
Illinois district tributary to St. Louis , nearlj
all the bricktnaklng companies in St. Louis
end vicinity have practically suspended
operations on account of the lack of fuel.
Kilns now burning will be finished , and
with one or two exceptions none of the local
companies will fire new kilns until the
strike Is over. The prospect of a possible
coal famine In St. Louis IK alarming
operators in other lines of business
MAS5ILLON O , July U Wheeling &
LaVe Erie railwaj officiate expert that the
movement of West Virginia coal to the
lakes will be actively btgun bj the middle
of next wtek ,
n u\s IT ciui'i'M ; riunic.
Slrcrti null r'rllnr * Ploiulol mill Mncli
rr iM-rl | } Ouniiiuril.
CRIPPLE CREEK , Colo. , July 19 The
heaviest hall and rain storm in this vlcinltj
for many > esrs occurred last night The
streets and sidewalks were one sheet of
water and considerable damage was done to
roads and bridges and to buildings In the
lowlands between here and Mound City. In
the nestem portion of the Utj a number
of dwellings were flooded The Palace hotel ,
which la built over an old water course , was
threatened with drauuctlon for a while but
the walls stood the pressure of the big bodj
nf water which banked up against it from
the west. The cellars of the business bouses
on thu west Eidc were flooded.
rrl e Melon One * lo MrKlnlry.
ATLANTA , Ga. , July 19 The largest
watermelon grown in the south this season
was shipped from here today for Washlnf-
ton -where it will arrive on Wednesday and
be presented to President McKlnley at the
White house. The melon wa * grown in
Georgia , weighs pevenu-eight pound * and
took the prire of S23 offered by W N Mit-
c-hrll , pouthcrn agent of the Baltimore &
Ohio railway. In a contest participated in
by the planters of all the melon growing
states ,
TCI din Hntlrr Mnrljft.
ELGIN. 111. , July 18-BUTTER-Steady.
offerings , < 2S tubs ; sales , SS5 tubs at
CO tubs at 14 5-&C.
MILLIONS OF COLD DUST
Wonderful Talci Wafted from the New
Eldorado.
STEAMER ARRIVES FROM ALASKAN FIELDS
Soinelhlnjr About Hie Country In
Which tlir l.ntcmt Mrlkri Hn c
Horn Mnilc KortuncH Mmlc
In n IV
SEATTLE. July 19 The amount of treas
ure brought down from the lamed KlondyKe
by the steamship Portland te now placed at
Jl.&OO.OOO , and there Is good reason to be-
| i Ueve that the sum was nearer to J2 000 000
i In this connection something In the nature oT
a confidence game appears to have been
worked on the North American Trading and
Transportation company , or Its officials In
charge of the Portland , by the miners. Ezch
man was required to place his gold duet 'n '
the ship's locker , but this was not done by
any mean * , many of the miners secreting
t their duet as luggage , which was taken
either to their state rooms or thrown carc-
i lesely about the enlp. Clarence J Bailey ,
I i one of the > Klondjke men. brought down
j ! i at least $54,000 In nuggets , not a cent of
i which the Portland had any record of. The
statement Is made on the record of Captain
| ' ' William Kidson. Ihe master of the M scl.
When pressed for an estimate as to the
i grand total of the Po-tland s gold cargo
I j Captain Kldson fiald It was no doubt nearer
I JI.000.000 than the amount accounted for on
i the ship's recorde.
At present only miners' laws rule tne
camp , but next year Dawson City will be
' Incorporated and municipal officers elected
The miners are determined on one thing
1 i however , namely that order will be pre-
l Bprrcd at all hazards No sure-thing gam
blers will be permitted in either Daw son
Clly or the diggings Information comes
from Juneau to the effect that ee\eral rlcn
strikes ha\e recently been made In the neigh
borhood of Forty Mile It has been chrU-
I tcned Minute Creek and Is now panning
I out $22 a day to the man Another di cover >
i i on American creek , fifty miles below Fort >
i Mile camp. Is said to be paying well , and
j a creat number of men ha\e flocked t&ere
during the- last few weeks The pan runs
It thought likely that
from $1 to $18
many of the prospectors w ill strike for thcst
camps , thus relte\ing the strain on Dawson
City.
LOCATION OF THE DIGGINGS
SAN DIEGO. Cal. , July 19 An interestIng -
Ing letter telling of the recent trip of the
steamer Excelsior to Alaska , has been
written by Captain J F. Hlgslns of the
steamer to a friend In this city. He sajs
"The word Klondjke means Deer river , and
Is called Reindeer rher on the charts It
empties Into the Yukon fifty miles aboe
. the Big river The geographical position of
the Junction is 76 degrees 10 minutes north
latitude 13S degrees 50 minutes west longi
tude. 'Bonanza ' creek dumps into Klon
djke about two miles above the Yukon El
dorado Is a tributary of the Bonanza. There
are numerous other creeks and tributaries ,
the main rher being 300 miles long The
gold so far has been taken from Bonanza
and Eldorado , both well named for the rich
ness of the placers Is truly marvelous El
dorado , thirty miles long , is staked the
whole length and as far as worked has
paid
"So uniform has the output been that one
miner who has an interest In three claims
told me that If offered his choice he would
toss up to decide One of our passengers
who Is taking $100.000 with him has worked
100 feet of his ground and refused $200.-
000 for the remainder and confidently ex
pects to clean up J400.000 and more. He
has in a bottle J212 from one pan of dirt.
His pay dirt while being washed averaged
$250 an hour to each man shoveling In
Two others of our miners who worked their
claims cleared up $6000 from the day's
washing. There Is about fifteen feet of dirt
abo\e bedrock , the pay streak aieraglng
from four to li feet , which Is tunneled
while the ground Is frozen. Of course the
ground taken out is thawed by building
i flies , and when the thaw comes and water
I ' rushes in they set their sluices and wash
I tht. dirtThe water rushes through their
' sluice" : and washes the dirt Two of our
fellows thought a small bird In the hand
' i worth a large one in the bush and sold their
I claims for $43,000. getting $4,500 down , the
I j remainder to be paid in monthly install-
i meats of $10.000 each. The purchasers had
I ! ' no more than $5 000 paid. They were twenty
days thawing and getting out dirt , then
I there was no water to sluice with but one
I fellow made a rocker and In ten dajs took
I out the $10.000 for the first installment
I So. tunneling and rocking , they took out
$40,000 before there was water to sluice
I w ith.
I "Of cours these things read like the story
I of Aladdin , but fiction Is not all in It
with facts at Klondjke The ground located
and prospected can be worked out In a few
jears. but there is still an Immense terri
tory untouched and the laboring man who
can get there with one year's provisions will
haia a better chance to make a stake than
In any other part of the world "
.MERCHANTS . CATCH THE FEVER.
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash , July 19 The
excursion steamer Queen has arrived from
Alaska with 1TO passengers , principal ! )
tourists. The officers of the Queen sta.e
that the merchants and tradesmen In both
Junrau and Sltka are closing their stores
and shops and hustening to the new El
dorado Fifty business men left Junlata for
Daw son City on July 12 and fifteen would
leave en the ICth two dpjs after the Quetn
sailed The offlr-erf say that by the time
j the Queen returns to Juneau r > n its return
I trip nini > dajs hence there will not be an
able-bodied man left In town Many men
are leaving Juneau for the gold fields with
out provisions or means to buy them. The
rteimcr Alkali willed for Junlata at mld-
nlghu It car-le& 140 horses and 1.000 she p
for Dyea. where thej- will be landed and
! driven ocrors the summit to the Yukon
vallej- Stockmen say the hecp are the
.finest band ever collected oft eastern WQSC-
lugton ranges They will be taken to Clrc'e
City and Kloafljke and slaughtered Any
kind of fresh meat there sells at DO cents
per pound
Finn n IHir Ci-lcbrntlon.
FREMONT. O , July 19 The ' executive
committee In charge of the celebration to
be elvcn hire September 2. when President
McKlnley will visit this citv. has l = sued in-
\ltatlonn to W J Bryan , Grover Cleveland
and Horace Chapman , the democratic nomi
nee for governor of Ohio , to be iTue-Hi of
the city the same day and take part In the
exercises
BUFFALO. N. Y. July 19 Owing to the
j withdrawal of the Newport. Ky. . club the
! meeting of the new National Rowling league ,
which WRH to be held here tomorrow , has
beenspostponed until September
Tin I'liilc Mr n Gi-l a Itnlnr.
JOLIET. Ill , July 19 The Great Western
Tin Plate company employing 3W men , re
sumed work todaA after an Idleness of mpre
than a month. The men got an advance of
4 per cent over that of the previous six
nionthH.
We have Just received a whole lot of
new soups aud piano umnlc You should
look them over but not pass them by-
One whole side of our store Is devoted to
the Kheet music Thousands upon thou
sands of titles And w sell sheet music
at half the American Copyright prices ,
plainly printed on eacli liece Sheet
iinihlc for a cent a copy Lots of it at 5
cents , aud so on We are the head
quarters.
'
A. HOSPE. Jr. ,
Jtodc and Art. 1513 Douglas.
\ KSAIlIin.ROES TO CIIICARO.
llnnril of Governor * AVIII Jain In tlic
I.ocnn 'rnfttrtr. '
Nebraska will be welTTepreaented In tb
great parade in Chicago to Thurtdiy when
the John A Login cqllestrlan * Utue will be
dedicated. Governor Hcliomb and the meru-
jcrs of his Bt&ff will oocBpj a prominent place
In the procession aad thsy will be attended
by membcls of the .Board of Governor *
of the KnUhts of AK-Sar-iBpn of thl city
The invitation from Gbv-ernor Holcomb to
the governors of the grejiti Omaha society to
be hU guest * on tbir ncuolon was received
last evening at the meeUng of the Knights
of Ak-Sai-JBen It wa * at once decided to
accept the Invitation and to heartily thank
Governor Holcomb for bU courtesy extcidi-d
to the local organization
Tbfre are twelve members of the Board of
Governors , and a majority of them will goi
to Chicago They go as the guc ts of Cover-1
nor Holcomb , and will be with his excellency I
and his sUff throughout the exercises at
tendant upon the dedication of the Login
monument Governor Holcomb and the 'mm-
bers of hie staff will be attlre-d In uniforms
of black and gold trimmings , and will be
mounted on white hcrses Immediately fol
lowing will come the twelve mrm'jer ot the
Board of Governors , Knights of AU-Sar-Ben ,
who will wear their natty suits of white
with light blue trimminea and will rld black
chargers The combination of black suits
with white horses followed bj while suits
with black horees promises to be an M-
tractlve feature of the parade It Is under
stood that the Nebraskans will oocupj a
position well up toward the head of the col
umn , and It Is afe to predict that no state
will make a more brilliant showing Five
hundred troops from Fort Crook will also
take part In the parade Gove-Ur Hol
comb and his staff will leave Linco'n this
afternoon In a Wagner sleeper over the Elkhorn -
horn road. They will be Joined t Missouri
Valley by the Board of Governors. Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben who will leave this cltj over
the Northwestern , the entire party reachhig
Chicago on Wednesday morning
There were twenty-five candlda'es for od-
ml alon present at the court of Samson III.
kingdom of Ak-Sar-Ben , last evening , and
a'ter they had been dulj Inspected and taken
through the labyrinth of mysteries they v\pre
received Into the famous kingdom The s-
tivitles last evening were overshadowp < J by
the glrom cast over the entire conununl'y bj
the death of Daniel Farrell , Jr. The deceased
had been one of the most Indefatigable
workers for the success of the Knights of
Ak Sar-Ben. and the loss of such a zealous
laborer was the cause of profound regret The
throne of Samson III and the seats of the
iatellltrs of the court were appropriate ! }
draped In black mourning and In the ritual
cervices there were touching allusions to the
death of the noble knight. The following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
Whereas , It has pleased our Almlpht-v
Father to call to his fold one of our lova'l
subjects , we recognize our organization ban
lost one of its mo t trusted knights In the
death of Daniel Farrell , Jr and ,
Whereas , In the death of Daniel Farrell ,
1r , this organization realizes the creat lo
his taking awav has occasioned in our
kingdom becauhe wa"s one who wa al-
vvaj-s ready to lend n helping hand nn.j en-
courace bj loval vvordw , therefore be it
Resolved , That the members of the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben extend to the family
their most sincere and heartfelt vjmpathv
and be it further
Resolved , That the Secretary of our or
ganization be and is hereby Instruct.- to
= pread the -same on the minute * and to send
a copy of these resolution to the family of
our loved brother
brotherELMER
ELMER E BRYSON ,
W SI GLASS.
H. J. PENFOLD ,
Committee.
Finn DnsrnoYS iru\stnc nnsoiiT.
Lnrjrc Cnnliio nt 1 Colorado Sprln
Unllrclr Conxnmril.
COLORADO SPRINGS. July 19 The
famous Broadmoor "Casino , the $100,000
pleasure resort of Colorado Springs , was
burned to the BroundHhls"mornlng Flames
were discovered about'4 o'clock In the boiler
room and In about one hour the site for
merly ocoupied by one of the handsomest
buildings In the west-devoted extluslvely to
pleasure was covered only with a mass of
ruins There was no water available , and
in ten minutes after the flames were discov
ered , all hopes of saving the structure were
given up and efforts directed toward saving
the hotel Broadmoor adjoining This was
saved through the tlmel } assistance of
United States soldiers camped at Broadmoor
The loss will be $100,000 to the Broadmoor
Land and Improvement company , and $100 -
000 to Kappler & Miller of Denver , lessees
Thert. 'is ' scarcely any insurance. It Is
doubtful If the report will be rebuilt.
AMUSEMENTS.
Opening with a matinee today "The Law
yer's Clerk" will be the bill at the Crcighton
until Thursday afternoon , when "The Two
Orphans" will be presented The daily mati
nee feature Is an assured success , tbe at
tendance Increases with each performance
John and Emma Ray will appear at each
performance during the week in their laugh
able sketch. Seats may be obtained five
days In advance.
CluirK ' < l with Y
Annie Kutcbuskl , a joung woman -who Is
employed in the family of Frank Walker , re-
fcldlng at 2919 Frederick street , alleges that
Sunday night Peter Billetls assaulted her
while she war on her way to et eome medi
cine for her employer. The scene of the a-
leg"d assault was Twenty-eighth and Walnut
streets Billets was found at his home and
was arrested. Yesterday he was charged
with assault and battery , as he struck the
joung woman while ehe was resisting him
llonoj for SolionI "XVarrnntw.
Cltj" Treasurer Edwards will call in about
KS.OOO In school fund warrants todaj- These
warrants will be taken up with the pro
ceeds of tr ° state apportionment for the
flrtt six months of 1W which was leceived
Saturday The amount is JJ1.224 , which Indi
cates a total apportionment for the year of
not less than Hu.OdO Thl Is the highest
apportionment since 1E92 , when tbe Omaha
s chool district recelvPd J4S.OOi > LaM > ear
the apportionment was only $32,000 The In
crease is explained by the fact that the les
sees of school lands are paying their rents
more promptly than during the live previous
years.
Hurt In ii
Mrs John Shabbo , residing at 1320 Pierce
ttreet , while crossing Jackson street near
Twelfth last evening , was knocked down by
a runaway team attached to an express
wagon and quite BerloHiKlj' injured She was
taken Into a hou < ie 'nearby and tne city
phj-sician called A number of bruises , cuts
and a sprained ankle iwe the results of the
collision The horw- < was -captured a short
distance beyond and. was claimed bj1U
ow ner.
Improvement * \l.--Snr-Ien Cnntle.
Kins Ak-Sar-Ben III , In honor of the com
ing of his lojal subject * to paitlcipate in
tbe regular fall festivities and jubilee , Is
making some repairs nt his oastle The roof
is being regilded with ( travel and tar , ana
the approaches to the cuutle -
are being- re
constructed , by the removal of the wood
finish and the substitution of a fine quality
of burned clay and i
DEFICIT IN SCHOOL FUNDS' '
Tacts us Shown by the July Financ'al
Statement
BIDS ON IMPROVEMENTS AT KELLOM SCHOOL }
Snlnry of tlic Jnnltor nt the
School lliilLllnp In ln-
crcnufMl to * U , < HH > Per
Ycur.
Al the regular meeting of the Board of
Education last night , the president was au
thorized to sign the petitions for the Far
nam and South Sixteenth street repaving
In toeb case he will sign for the material
favored by a majority of the other property
owners on the rtrcet.
Secretary Glllan submitted the following
recapitulation of the finances of the school
district for the fiscal jear ending July 1
Cn < h In treasury , July 1. ISM . . $ S > MV23
Heoilpts 82S.7ii <
Tolnl resource" KB * 257 7S
Warrant * cut-landing Julj 1. 1 W I .207 11
Warrant" K urd during the jear. . Sfil.GW 59
"
TMal . $ m.Wl 70
Deficit July 1. 1 97 * SJ d , " , 57
Treasun-r Edwards reported that the total
receipts during June were $18,04061 Of
this amount } 15.r.D3.4j was used to take up
outstanding warrants.
APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS
Tlie following applications for positions In
the High school were received and referred
Anna Noorcy , Hrlfn Ingraham. Lulu Phln-
ney and S A Jitters Similar action was
taken on the applications of Cathtrlne Am-
bruster , Verdle Faurote , Mrs C Johnson and
Mrs Mary A. West for positions in the
grades
A communication from the ( secretary of
Painters' union No. 109 , complaining that
Incompetent men were cmplojrd by the
board was placed on file.
T J Mahonej- asked permission to have
an expert examine the ptubi of tbe warrants
In the ( secretary's office for purprees con
nected with the suit against the Bolln bonds
men The rcque-et was referred to the at
torney and committee on judiciary.
The olHclal bond of C H. T RIepen. as
custodian of supplies , was received and ic-
ferred
Twentj-four bids were received for the con
struction of the new boiler house v ith
plumbing and heating at the Kellom school
On recommendation of the committee on
propettj and buildings the contracts we-e
let as follows , boiler house , Robert Butke
$4.530 ; boiler and trailer setting. Charles
Baxter , $1,190 , plumbing , J. J Haneghan
* 1367 ; heating , Theodore Heuck , $4,412
These were the lowest bidders in each case
Thev are all Omaha men.
The superintendent of buildings was di
rected to cover the Lake school grounds with
cravel at a cost of not more than $30.
REPORTS ARE REFERRED.
The committee on public property and
buildings recommended that a retaining wall
be constructed across the rear of the Farnam
school sits at a cost of $1,000 This was to
prevent the loose dirt from washing down
on the school grounds during heavj- rains
Several members objected to the report on the
ground that such an expenditure was not
necessary at this time
The same committee recommended that
the president and secretary of the board be
authorized to enter into a contract with the
American Warming and Ventilating company
of Chicago to take four of the furnaces now
in the Kellom school to Long school and
place them in connection with a complete
ventilating tjstem at a cost of $2,260 This
proposition was also turned down by the
board and the report was referred back to
the committee with instructions to obtain
bids from Ic-cal firms
The salary of the Janitors of the High school
w as increased to J2 000 a year. Tbe reason
given by the committee for recommending
the additional salary was the fact that the
janitor will hereafter have to provide hl
own residence instead of living hi the build
ing.
ing.The
The committee on buildings and property
was directed to proceed at once to have the
rooms In the High school now occupied by
the janitor fitted up for use as class rooms.
Arnold's Eromo Celery cures headaches.
10 , 25 and 50 cents. All druggists.
LOC\L HHEVITIES.
Bids for the grading of the new postofilcc
blok and for building the sidewalks and
approaches win be opened at Washington to
day.
day.A
A concert will be given on the roof of
the Omaha Club hou = e tomorrow evening at
9 o'clock under the direction of Franz Adel-
mann Members , and women accompanleo
bj members , are invited to be present ,
Charles Zimmerman of 1314 Jackson street
has reported to the police that a roommate
late Sunday night decamped with $35 and a
couple of checks belonging to him. The
money was taken from Zimmerman's trunk
Dave Hill , a western stockman , who has
been having a high time in this city , was
arrested Sunday night for being d-unk. Al
though having $531 , he was sentenced to
five dayn In the county jail that he micht
sober vp
Joe Levy , a 14-year-old boy , who Is picked
up by the police almost every week on some
street while suffering from a fit , had an at
tack of ths malady at Rueer's park yes
terday and was. brought to the station The
boy lives at 1C12 Dorcas fiteel.
E D Crook a relative of the late General
Crook Is in the cltj to bid upon the heating
contract for the new postoffice building He
is the senior member of a firm of steam and
hydraulic engineers at Washington The
bids on the heating plant will be opened at
Washitits' n next Saturday.
Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue
G W Wil ° on has telegraphed Collector
North to have bis accounts made up ready
to turn his office over to his successor at the
close of business next SaturdajAn agent of
the revenue department will be here at that
time to check out the old collector and check
In the new
A post mortem examination of the bodj
of John Simmons , the negro who was found
In an unconscious condition at Fifteenth
and Farnan1 streets Sunday evening and
who dlwl later at the police elation. Indi
cated that the deceased had come to his
death as a result of the heat. A coroner's
Jury returned a verdict to this effect.
William Phlpps , a farmer from the western
part of the state , has asked the police to find
a stolen horse. He was journeying overland
from Iowa and about a week ago fell in with
one J C Cummings. Cummlngs traveled
with him to this city. Last Saturdaj Cum
mlngs borrowed one of the hor&es and has
not yet returned An Information charmg
him with horse stealing , has been filed In
police court
Yesterday an Information , charging forg
ery , was filed In police court aga nst
Frank B Gabel , a foldier , stationed at Fort
Crook The complainant is the Nebraska
Clothing company It is alleged that on
May 15 Gabel passed a check for $50 at
the store. Upon the check he bad endorsed
the name of John Andeieon He lecelved
some goods and the balance of the proceed *
in cash It Is elated thai the soldier is at
present in the guard bouee at the fort.
Might as well liOjOrf of the world as
without n newt.jxmei--but jou cannot
get so far away from Omaha that The
I5ee cannot reach ypu Rons Kong
Chlim Cairo , Ecypt , Parjs Jx > ndon
Liverpool Berlin Mexico Alaska are
some of the cities and countries to which
we are now inaiJIiiK The Bee jour Mim-
iner outliiR whether1 taken at home un
der your own vines or at some resort-
east west north or south In your na
tive land or on foreign slioret will not
be complete vUthout The Bee have It
follow you step hi and leave your order
with the circulation department
The Omaha Daily Bee
Circulation Department
17th and Farnam Bee BuHding
MEN'S PANTS
Last week's advertisement of about 1,000 pairs of odd
suit pants that were intrinsically worth $4.00 and $5.00 but
which we hid marked $2.25 and $2.50 a pair brought a throng-
of peop'e that took off the greater part of them.Ve have
some left especially medium and large sizes
These pants are left from our very ben selected suits itid
this is our way of c earing the store keeping the stock heal
thy and saves imney for both of us ,
Cor. 14tli and Douglas Sts.
See them in Douglas St. window We fill mail orders in a jiffy
I\CH\MJIJ MKKTS.
Action Tnl.n I.ool.lnn Tovtnril llrnu-
tlf > Ititr of romitrj Itnnilo. |
At the meeting of the Real Estate ex
change , held jcstcrday W. H. Greene
of the committee on the deep water con-
\cntlon at Galveston reported that the date
of the con\cntlon had now been officially
announced as October 5 , and that there
would be a large attendance of Omaha busi
ness men.
A resolution was adopted which provided
for the appointment of a committee to see
the members of the Board of County Com
missioners with a view to Inducing them to
take some action toward beautifying the
macadam country roads by planting treis.
The selection of the committee was resened.
Ex-Governor Sherman of lona. was present
and addressed the exchange ver > briefly.
Governor Sherman Is In the cltv In his
capacity as a member of the executive com
mittee of the sovereign camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America.
C r. Harrison brought up the Farnam
street repaving question He stated that he
was informed some Interested parties
were retaining the petition , and that it was
Important that the matter should be taken
up in ord.r that the work might be done
this year. He eaid that he had a client who
was anxious to build on the street , but would
not Invest his money while the street was
in its present condition The matter was
briefly discussed , but no action was taken by I
the exchange
VS ISTV\TS TO TVX
Council VotcK to Authorize1
mctit of ll * lft.
At the regular meeting yesterday afternoon
the city council , as a committee , decided
to pass the. tax commissioner ordinance ae
Introduced. The ordinance provides for the
employment of a chief clerk for the tax
commissioner , one assistant clerk and thlrtj
deputies. Tax Commissioner Sackett stated
that the number of deputies contemplated
by the ordinance was what be regarded as
a maximum If It was possible to accomplish
the work In the period allowed by the
charter with lers rren the full number
would not be employed.
Members of the council present voted to
attend the funeral of Dan Tarrell , jr. , in
a body
A representative of a circus who wanted
the license fee reduced was turned down.
WILSON VCKY II YM3V WITH HIS I'KV
ITrlil < o UiMrlrl Court on CluirKe of
I"orie T > .
Lawrence C. Wilson , the young man who
was so handy with his pen that he earned
a ten days' sentence In the county Jail , was
again before Judge Gordcn jesUrday. On
complaint of Fred Armbrust he was charged
with forgery. Wilson is said to have slguel
a ? 3 check with ArmbruU's > name and tc
hate afterwards cashed it. He elates , how
ever , that be received the check In a Doug
las street saloon fiom a person who said
that he was a b'other of Armbrust. The man
asked him to cash the check and he d d
so. Wilson was bound over to the district
court In J800 bonds. He is said to be
wanted in Kansas City on a similar charge.
There Is a time for everything ; and the
time to attend to a cold is when it starts
Don't wait till you have consumption , but
prevent it by using One Minute Cough Cure ,
the great remedj for coughs , colds , croup ,
bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles
liupro-i Inir Northern iroc H.
The Board of Public Work' is engaged in
improving some of the main streets In the
northern part of the city. The closing of
Twentieth street and oth-r main thorough
fare * through the exposition grounds has
diverted a large amount of travel to the re
maining streets , which consequent ! ) require
more attention than before The repair gang
is now atwork on Thirtieth street and
when this is completed Nonh Twentj-fourth
street will be improved north of Ames ,
avenue.
A ' COOK'S IT'S
PURE ' i IMPERIAL EXTRA
WINE I CHAMPAGNE DRY
X MV Union on 1'lcc'trlc Wlrlnc.
City Electrician Schurlg IB making a thor
ough revision of the electric lighting and
comnructlon ordinance ana ma > recommend
some changes In the pre-ent provision' ' . The
National Board of Underwriters ha held
thrte sessions since the pret-ent ordinance
v.as DasBed and the rules havf twice been
revised. This organization and the National
Electric LiRht association have also re
cently agreed on a standard set of rules , nnd
the old rules , upon which the Omaha ordi
nance la based , are practically obsolete.
It heals everj thing except a broken heart ,
may be said of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Piles and rectal diseases , cute , burns ,
brulsefc , tetter , eczema and all l > ln troubles
may be cured by it quickly and per
manently. _
Can1 *
County Attorney Ualdrige dismissed the
case of the state of Nebiahka against Julius
S. Coolev , Thomas M Coolcy and Eva Illley ,
in vhich It was alleged they occupied the
same room together at a Douglas street
hotel not long ago Cooley cays he will sue
for damages along the line of defamation of
character.
"They don't nuke much fufa about It.
We nr * speaking of De Witt' * Little Eari )
nicer * , the famous little pills Jor ctmnipa.
tlon. biliousness and all Elomach and llm
troubles They never gripe.
IS hTK VMiiMON < ; STll V.NCJKHS.
Actor McNeil 'IIN n I.UIIK Tnle of
W or.
Residents in the vicinity of Twentieth and
Locust streets noticed a man hanging around
their bouses ncarlj all daj jcsterday They
fell sure that he had evil designs upon their
valuables. The police were notified and
captured the man near Sixteenth and Lo
cust streets. When booked at the station
he gave the name of Edward McNeil and
said he was an actor from Denver He said
he had been traveling with a dramatic com
pany through the west aud that one night
about a week ago the manager skipped with
the bov office receipts Having no money he
had beaten his waj to this city While
trjlng to locate a friend in the northern
end of the city he mistook the railroad
bridge which crosses Sherman avenue for
a public thoioughfarc and fell to the stone
pavement below In conoboratlon of his
statements McNeil exhibited a number ot
cuts and bruises of iccent date Continu
ing , he eald the fall had dazed him and that
he had wandered in this condition to Twen
tieth and Locust streets.
McNeil bore good letters of recommenda
tion from the manager of a transfer company
In Denver and appeared to be a bright joung
fellow He said that he was on his way to
Kansas Citj when arrested He was charged
with being a suspicious characlcr.
SoTllCtlllltfT tO K.T1OTT.
It may be worth something to know that
the ery best medicine for restoring the
tired out nervous system lo a healthy vigor
Is Electric Bitters This medicine Is purely
vegetable arts by giving tone to the nerve
centers In the stomach , gently stimulate *
the Liver and KIdnejs , and aids these or
gans In throwing off Impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters Improves the appetite , ald
digestion , and is pronounced by those who
have tried It as the very best blood purifier
and nerve tonic Try It Sold for SOc or $1.08
Permits to wed have been Issued to the
following parties by the county Judge :
Name and liesldence Age.
Charles Rockjer , Omaha 27
Emily Lundgren. Omaha 20
Thomas ; Lowle . Omaha < J
Mrs Bertha Robbing Omaha 31
Herbert O Whitney , Fort Crook. Neb. . 2
Marlon E Hamilton , Bellevue , Neb 30
I'CHSO.NAI- \RRIPIIS. .
M. E Getter. Ord , Neb , is a Barker guest.
William D Pnencer , Newark , N. J. , is stop
ping at the Barker
C H Cornell , a banker of Valentine , \
In the city on business
F. T. Darrow and Alfred S. Cooley are
registered at the Barker
Ray Nje and wife of Fremont are regis
tered at one of the hotels.
F. M LIbbee , traveling passenger agent for
the Santa Fe. is In the city.
Judge F G Hamer of Kearney arrived In
Oiraha jesterdaj on business.
G M. Hitchcock ar-d family left last night
for Denver and Colorado points.
Matt Daugherty , a prominent stockman of
Ogalalla. Is at one of the hotels.
Colonel Pratt left last night on a few days'
pleasure trip to Edgemont , S. D.
S. J Alexander , an Insurance man of Lin
coln , IB stepping at one of the hotels.
F S How ell , an attorney of Blair , Is la
the clly on a sbott visit with friends.
J T Gibson , division superintendent of the
Milwaukee at Marion , la , is In the city.
William Stevenson and Tim Dri eoll of
New York City can be found al the Barker.
W. C Drake has gone to Chicago on a
business trip which v,111 consume several
da ; 8
Edward F Ross of Chicago Is visiting Dav
Baum and family of thla cltj for a few
days.
days.Miss
Miss Mary Venous has gone to Blackfoot.
Idaho , where she will visit friends for a
fortnight.
J W Shambaugh , a real estate man and
capitalist of Clannda , la. , is registered at
the Mlllard.
J. V Callahan. traveling passenger agent
of the Nickel Plate , left yettcrday for Chicago
cage and the cast.
Misses Edith and May Her left last night
for Salt Lake City , where they will visit
Mrs , . McMillan for a short period
Mra , Martha A Hathaway. Miss Kate 8.
Hathaway and Frank B Hathaway of Ro-
chelle. Ill . are \li-itlng Richard Smith , manager -
ager of the Hotel Barker.
Mie. C. M. Pardee , Lake and Twentieth
streets , left last evening for New York clir
in response to a telegram announcing that
her father , Jacob 0. Smith , wa& djing.
At the Mlllard F. M Llbble , St. Joe ; 3.
M. Watson Chicago , J H Ager , Lincoln ;
B B Oflborne , Cleveland , S K. Terabere.
Milwaukee. C E. Fleunikell , Des Molnes ; Y.
J. Bracken Clarinda , H. B. Scott , Burllr.s-
ton , D. W Robinson , Pueblo , Colo.
Nebraskans ct the hotels P. F Heaeocic ,
Falls City , R M. Johnson , Stuart ; W. Wil-
cox. North Platte ; C H Cornell , Valentine ;
Dan Canon , Elkbfn , W N Silver , Lincoln ;
R , C. Hugh , Beatrice ; T J. Do > lc , Lincoln ;
J W Johnoon , iLincaln , M E. Ford , Lycru ;
W. J Miller. Hotline * ; John W. Towle.
Falls City. E P. Mejers , Ogalallaj J. II.
Axrs. Lincoln ; O Home , Syracuse ; H. M.
Johnson. Stuart , Phil Stein , Jn , Fremont ;
Joseph Matousek , Bralnard , F. L. Howell ,
Blair ; S J Alexander , Lincoln. F. G , Hamer.
Kearney ; M. C. Keith , North J'lette.
We sire flylnp lilKliiT Anil Its a Llgh
value felioe at a low price lliat enables us
to do so Dies U Shooiiinn Is down In
the-effete eat rlglit now Inylng In au-
otlier supply of men's $3.00 bees AVe
have lots of them on baud Tans beauti
ful color latest toes and last comforta
ble , long lasting anil jKipular A\e chal
lenge the world on fa.OO shoes You
can't beat them.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
U19 FARNAM STREET.
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