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TII33 OMAHA DAILY NEE : SUNDAY , JULY 25 , 18f)7. )
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Pr-TmMvo chnrche ? nnJ tip-'o-l.ito
preachers realize tliat llttlo is t > lie gained
by placlnf tacks on the cycle | H'Jis of i < al-
vatlon Chinches which provUel crom-
mo < litc.T ! for Iho wheeling nultl'iul" lut
sprlnR tiport a Oocliled gain In aitenlincB
nnil a lellgloun fervor second only to the
enthusiasm of the members ntartlng out for
a gpln. Hut the catering of thp churches
to the cyclers doe not atop at wh'Vjl ' racks.
A preacher at Tcrre Haute , Irnl , has or-
ganlrcd a vheellns club from among the
members of hU congregation , and lends In
terest to hta ecrmons by announcing the
dates and routes of runs and race meets In
which the irimbers Indulge. This innova
tion Hoenis to agitate the venerable deacons
of the clmith. but the majority Insist that
It la the correct thing.
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Two hundred and ten riders finished a
double century run In Philadelphia the other
day within nlnotecn hours There were 400
Htartero , and the run was made under the
auniilre * of the Time club The riders tin-
Ishcd appaicntly fresh There are somu
excellent rldera In Philadelphia , and when
our bo > s RO to the national meet and partici
pate In some of the runs they want to look
out or thtsu fellows will distance them
The roarlt" around the city are excellent.
The league of American Wheelmen na
tional championships , which will bo nin off
at the Philadelphia meet In August , are at
prcfli'nt aronMng widespread Interest
throughout the country. This will be the
first time elnce 1893 that separate cham
pionships have been run for the amateurs.
Formerly In ' 94 , ' 93 and ' 9G , the profes
sionals and amateurs were allowed to compote
pete together for the championship. This
year thorn will bo two distinct series. For
the amateur the half-mile , one-mile and
two-mllo championships will be run Tha
quarter-mile and five-mile races have been
Riven to the Springfield ( Mass. ) Hlcycle
club , and will bo run off at the annual fall
tournament of that organization. The pro-
fffislonal chair plonhlps consist of the same
distances namely quarter-mile , half-mile ,
one-mile , two-mile and five-mile , all to be
run at Philadelphia.
A most unique organization of wheelmen Is
the I'aa-a-I'Rs club of Chicago , the only deaf
world. H was organized
mute c ) cling club In the
ganized a year ago. and there are twenty-
flvo voting men who are entitled to wear the
handsome llttln blue enameled buttons with
the golden letters P. A P Krom every
handlebar floats a blue ribbon and each of
the members carries a Key to their pleasant
club rooms , at 153 Washington street. The
other occupants of the building are never an-
noied by the demonstrations of the I'as-a-
Pas club In fact , the members of the or
ganization talco the banner for having a good
tlmo on the quiet. Many creeds and nation
alities are represented , the only requirement
for membership being a gt > od moral char
acter.
When applying graphite to the chain It l
advised nnt to smear it on like sauce , too
inuoh being as bad a& not enough It Is
claimed that a. little of It applied to the In
side joints of the chain will suffice to lubri
cate for fullr 101 miles of ordinary riding
After earh ride the outsldfr of the chain
should bo wiped clean , so as to prevent the
dirt nnd grit from Retting In the graphite.
It will not Infrequently he found that a chain
bet-emu alternately tight and slack as It runs
around the sprocket wheel. If the alternation
taken place with each revolution of the
peJals , and If there be no dlrt on the peri
phery of the ti-ont sprocket wheel , very prob
ably the crank axle Is not fl\cd centrally In
the rear sprocket , In which case a competent
rcvolrrr may perhaps put matters right. On
thp other hand , If the alternation Is ob-
s rved to have some slight relation to the
mention of the cttaln , but not of the pedals ,
and recurs either with each complete revolu
tion of the chain OP with each half revolu
tion , the cause probably depends partly on
whether the chain Is new or not If It Is
new there may bo a stiff link , which does
not properly straighten out after leaving the
chain wheel In this case case of running
will conic with work.
"The Cycle" has this note of warning to
the Kngllsh bicycle manufacturers : "There
Is not the sllphtrst doubt that British manu
facturers will require to make a big effort ,
not only to compete with foreign makers In
other countries , but also In order to main
tain thiilr prectlge at home. American mak- i ,
orn hive already shown what enterprise can 1
do , even In a country full of national preju
dices as ours undoubtedly Is , and from In
formation received from a most reliable
source wo bellovo Germany Intends to fol
low the same lines as the Yankees '
One good thing that the bicycle has done
for women Is to wonderfully Increase
their power of endurance. That this re
sult Is directly duo to the use of the wheel ,
and nothing ; else. Is apparent. This being
steed has indeed
tun cast * the use of the silent
deed proMHl a Godsenu for the women of
the country , and It Is nowonder that the
mcmbvi i of the fair sex are taking to Its
season. Considering
mo In larger numbers every
sidering the fact that It has only been
ivlthln the past two or thrio joars that
the females have taken to the use of the
wheel. It Is an encouraging slpn that Its
bcmstlclal effects are BO easily icon.
The average woman rider , especially one
now to ( ho use of the wheel , will find , and
iiaii fo.md. herself almost completely ex
hausted after taking Journey of five to
seven miles awheol Take the same woman
six or eights months later In the season ,
and , If she has been riding with any degree
of regularity. It will ho surprising to learn
trips fifteen or twenty or
that she can go on
f.ventytlmiles and not frel as tired as
she did at tin- end of her flr t Journey. The
USA of the wheel ban tendi-d to increase her
of endurance. The- flabby muscles
powers
have become strengthened , the syitem Im
proved , the rnnstltutlon Invigorated and the
whole bn'v.built . up to a considerable and
noticeable extent. This in a much better
tonic than anything i-lse that could bo done.
No physician could have prtscrlbed any
medicine that could possllrty have the oame
iffcct on the entire bolj In the mime time.
nniii sio.vs or Tim WIIRKI.
Route ll niM liilliiKr Mm a ml Wnmt-n
Win ) l.noU M't-ll oil Tlicm Onl > .
"I have found that the experience was the
lame with both the men and the women , "
laid a regular blc > cll t to the New York Sun
man "and during two jrara of observation
I have never known the rule to fall. The
illm , tailormadeoman , who looks tidy and
pretty from behind , and U as a matter of
fact neither young nor pretty when her full
face IK seen , la alread ) eu old thime for
comic papers and jokers. Hut It took the-
bicycle to put a new phase on the theme
Kino time * out of ten the woman wHp sits
erect , wean a well-fitting milt and displays
a particularly slim and graceful figure la
certain to bo- well , old when you ride past
her and look round to get a good view of
her face. She la likely to be thin , with a
wrinkled faro , having as much frttunets
nnd jouth about It aa a dried apple. Ifaun-
fortunate that such should be the case , but
It U so , , .iil In the majority of cases the
pretty , frexh looking girl will not ride half
as well as her older rival who can keep a
cplcknera or. the wheel that nobody can eicel.
The latter will dree * better , hold herself
better , and BO long as she Is viewed only by
the mrn riding behind her the will bo far
more Impreulvo thau au > of the younger
and better looking women on wheels. It Is
of course disappointing when the opportu
nity for beelng the full face coinw. Hut the
spectacle la pleasant enough for a while.
" 3ouiethlr.g of the same Mud Is true o (
the men. I have known slim fellows , iwlth
finely deieloped calves , to turn out sallow
faced , dyspeptic looking men with ejesliLSBCs
ami a dlrcontentcd expression. Hiding behind
them they always looked like joung athletes " ,
and the contrast with tbelr real looks "wis
6methlDs awful. Hot only phyccally | , but
as fnr an their drew ) grcs , such men I
look better when noon from the rear , than
nlnn out of any ten men one sees on the
boulevard , and they ride along so slowly and
delicately that they are noter ruflled , and
never wilt their collara. They are like the
disappointing women , the uplckes ! looking
riders on the road. Hut they are ne er able
to stand the front \Iew. "
'I 11) OI.U AM ) THKHV. .
Atlanta Constitution
The knights of old , mlth hearts of sold.
Fought bittlcs for the fair
And In the mlsta of crimson llst.i
TJielr good swords crowned her there.
Lance met with Jnnce ; the wild romance
Of love Inspire i the light ,
And for his ladye's glovi1 or glance
Died many a gallant knight.
Hut the now knights no longer spill
Their blood for Imlye'p gruce ;
Love simply mounts n bicycle
And Wins a dusty rnccl
wiiKisiiS AS II\ ; C\OR.
Troiiliti-H of tin * IIKKIIKV SnuiMlK-r *
KnnriiiiiiiNl ) Iiioreiini-il.
Arcordlng to the figures submitted by the
general superintendent of the Long Island
railroad , by closely packing wheels In a full-
sized baggage car the car can be made to
hold 200 to 225 wheels. This docs not Include
the packing of wheels one on top of the
other , but simply using the floor of the car
and placing the whpels close enough together
ao as tii prevent any from blng Injured
while In transit. The railroad In question
Is well patronized by the cyclUts of the
metropolis , and accommodations have been
made especially for them Hacks have been
provided In many baggage cars for holding
wheels where they can be used to the bojt
advantage. The rule * of the company re-
ntrlrc all of the wheels to be checked , which
Is regarded as necessary.simply as a matter
of Identification. At Its own cxpcnto tbo
company haa erected sign boardb atarlous
cross roads , tihowlag the direct road to the
nearest station.
The route of the railroad la on the favorite
rHts for the wheelmen of New York , and
the average reader will be surprised to know
of the large number of wheels that are
transported. One day recently , without noti
fication of any kind , the railroad handled be
tween Patchogue , Urookl > n and LMIR Island
City between 1,100 and 1,200 wheels Fre
quently the road handles from 900 to 1,000
wheels , especially on holiday , this serving
to show the large number of cyclists who
live in New York and vicinity. It miy bs
needless to add that the railroad charges
nothing for the transportation of the wheels.
Bicyclists who check their wheels on the
tralra of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
muyt carry their lantern. ? themselves A bi
cycle with a lantern will not be taken Into
the baggage car on that road. An order to
that effect was sent out a few dajs ago , and
this apparently liul nlflcjnt action Is prob
ably the beginning of a code of rules to regu
late the carrying of bicycles , to be put Into
effect on all the roada The Chicago , Mil
waukee & St Paul ksued the lantern order
because serlou * damage \va * done by the oil
dripping from some lanterns on wheels which
were suspended from the roof of a baggage
car , and It is expected that other roads will
send out like orders.
The bicjcle question Is one that lu calming
baggagemasters and passenger agents con
siderable worrj- , according to the Chicago
Record. Railroads hjve accepted the in
evitable , and all acknowledge that the bi
cycle must be treated as baggage and
checked or ticketed to destination Some
roads make a charge for carr > lng wheels ;
others carry them free.
The question of a charge doe ? not enter
into the numerous conferences and consulta
tions which railroad men are carrying on
over the bicycle Ifsue The unsolvable fac
tor relates to the handling and loading of
blcjcle.3 In baggage cars. When a baggage
man takes a trunk Into hi ? car he places it
according to destination as phown by the
baggage check.
If the point of destination la near , the
1 trunk la placed well up toward one of the
nide doors. If it Is distant , the trunk Is
shoved back In one end of the car. When
one layer of baggage Is placed In a car
another Is laid on top of It , and this stratified
arrangement Is continued until the car Is
full to the roof.
Dut this cannot be done with bicycles.
The passenger who leaven Chicago for St.
Paul with a bicycle and a trunk will have
his trunk ehoved In the bck of the car. but
hid bicycle either Is suspended by hooks
from the car roof or Is placed -in the center ,
out of danger of sliding trunks A dozen
blcvclos In a crowded baggage car take up
more floor room that a couple of dozen big
trunks , for the trunks can be piled on each
other.
A dozen bicycles suspended from ths roof
of the car take up air space which could
bo ued for a layer of baggage. The blcyclen
cannot ho punned , pulled and thrown arouml
as tru/iks aro. They ntuat be handled with
care , -and every road haa irsued explicit
orders requiring their baggage handlers to
be tender to the wheels.
The Pennsylvania U arranging a hapgigp
car to carry whee1 ? to the annual meet at
Philadelphia of thsI.naguo of American
Wheelmen , but this will ho a bicycle car. to
be used for ro other purposeIf every train
had such a car the blcjcle question would be
solved , hut railroads cannot afford to carry
such cars on every train
A baggageman at the union station said
yesterday that bicycle makers must do oome-
thlng for them. Ho suggests that handle
bars , saddles and pedatfl be made so as to
bo easily removed from the wheel before It
Is placed In the baggage car. This v\iiuld \
Icavo nothing but theplender frame and
whe ] 9 with no projections In that stripped
condition half n dczen bicycles , he paid ,
could bo stowed away In the tpace now-
taken by one
While he WHS talking a wheel , stripped
of Its handle-bar , eaddlo nnd pedals and
packed In a crate , was received , Tito'bR-
gageman lifted the crate to his shoulder
and easily carried U to the train , where U
was laid , on l\a \ side , on top of a largo
trunk , safely out of the way. It Is es
timated that any ono of the strong lines
running out of Chicago will carry this year
from 1KO.OOO to 250 000 wheels , and railroad
men now regard the carrying of bicycles
as one of the most serious questions which
confront them.
roici.vn ru > \VIIIIJIHS. .
Cincinnati Enquirer : She You never pump
my tires for me any more , though you did
before we were married.
"No , I don't : but I raise the wind to keep
you going In other ways. "
Detroit Free Press : "Why have you quit
rtdln ; the bicycle with Mlaa Smooothly ,
"
nick ?
"She knows the town too well. She would
pilot me to an Ice cream parlor In the quiet-
rat residence district I could find. "
Washington Capitol Diogenes was on foot ,
with a bicycle lantern.
"Why do > ou carry that lanternr" In
quired the king.
"I am looking for the best wheel on the
market , " quoili Dlogeneg , "and up to the
present date each man I have met has recom-
ii'endod a different one. "
Chicago Post : "Is that your wife on a
bicycle ! "
"It Is. "
" 1 thought you said that you would never
permit her to ride one. "
"I don't permit It , but what difference
do > ou ouprose that inakra to her' * "
Washington Star : "Are you sure that
thin wheelman was riding faster than the
law allows ? " atkod the judge.
"Absolutely certain , " replied the pollrc-
man ,
"Hut It Is pcselble to bo inlitaken in tucb
a point. '
"Not lu tiila cue. Hfc was tolnx to fast
that he kept ahead of the brewery wagon
whoso driver was trying to run him down. "
New York Tribune. Jaggs What do you
think of the theory that people In the next
world will continue to do what they have
been dolfic In this world ?
Wag Well , I think It would be a little
rough on the man who scorches.
Indianapolis Journal Wheeler I find 1
can keep nicely cool by riding my wheel.
Ryder Yes , that Ice W4gon of youra ought
to keep any one cool.
Though , nq vehicles of pleasure ,
Hlcycles ill nre One nnd fleet ;
As \chlcle of courtship ,
The old top buggy can't bo bent.
or TIII : - \ \ uini/ .
The CuMonmrj Hutch of llrn-x ) I.oenl
CoHxIp.
Slnco his election list November Chief
Consul O'BrJcn of the Nebraska division
League of American Wheelmen , has been
trying In almost every way Imaginable to
convince wheelmen that they should be
come members of the league , and thereby In
crease the membership of this division. .It
has been his Intention to run the member
ship up to the 1,000 mark before the close
of the. year , but until he hit upon the Idea
of giving honor certificates ami medals to
those securing a certain number of new
members the membership Increased very
slowly , and the outlook for reaching the
1,000 mark was very discourdging. How
ever , since the announcement was made
about two weeks ago that a beautiful honor
certificate suitable for framing , would be
given to the member of this division secur
ing two new members and a beautiful , solid
silver enameled honor medal to the- one se
curing ten members , the membership has In
creased from 335 to 43G. At this rate it
will take hut a short time to roach the 1,000
mark. The medal , of which a cut Is shown
herewith , Is made of sterling silver , while
the ribbon connecting the medal with the
pin bar Is of purple satin , the league color ,
the oak leaves and acorns arc of green
enamel , while the cross Is of white rnamd
The medals are costly as well as beautiful.
and are well worth working for. So far the
following wheelmen have secured them : W
II. McCord. J. II. Minds , D. J. O'Urlen and
W D. Held. Several members of the di
vision have made efforts to buy the models ,
but Mr. O'Brien announces that they are
not to be had In this way , and that the only
possible way of securing one Is by secur
ing ten new members for the division , aa
ho has a contract with the makers of the
medals to furnish them only upon his order.
The Omaha ' 98 National Meft club ha- ,
decided to use the proceeds of next Satur
day's race meet In their effort to secuio the
national meet for Omaha In ' 98. It will be
tinned over to the delegation which attendo
this j ear's national gathering at Phlla
delphla next month from hero and will hi
used by them for holding receptions and In
other ways advertising Omaha for thp mee-
In ' 98. Juat how much of a showing thej
make at Philadelphia will depend upon tli °
v y the benefit meet Is patronized. I'
Omaha people want to tee the national meet
held here next jear they must patronize next
Saturday's races and thus give the delega
tion some money with which to work , other
wise the effort to secure the meet will bt
a weak one. Indianapolis Is In the field fo'
It and Is going to send a delegation of
fifty wheelmen to the Philadelphia meet
with plenty of money , and those who think
that Omaha Is to have no competition are
badly mistaken.
The management of Charles Street park
had arranged matters satisfactorily with
the League of American Wheelmen racing
board , and the blacklist placed upon tht >
track early this spring will be removed
within the next ten dajs , and a six-day , one
hour per day professional race will be held
there during the week commencing August
9. Tbo race will be paced by tandems and
Is thus bound to be fast and excltlno : from
the start. Among the men wfco have ex
pressed their Intention of entering are Mlcr-
stcln , C. R. Hall , Proulx and HoHon of
Omaha , Harriett and McHrldo of Lincoln and
several other fast westerners. The manage
ment Is a'so endeavoring to arrange a match
race between B. E. Anderson of St. Louis
and rome of the Omaha fl > ers. Anderson
i will hs remembered as the rider who trav-
J 1 I oled a mile straightaway paced by an engine
In 1-03 , which today stands OH the fastrot
mile ever ridden upon a bicycle. Match
racing seems to be the fad In the eaat at
present and wp may expect It to reach these
parts before many more weeks , However
Omaha haa never been much of a place for
match races since the days of Jack Prince ,
and whether the people would patronize them
now or not U a question Slnco the League
of American Wheelmen has showed Its Iron
hand there. Is little chance of running a
fake race , therefore the people can rest as-
fciiroJ that If any matches are arranged here
they will bo "on the square. "
R C McCullough , who acted as trainer
for the Columbia western team In 1S95 and
who IIE/I been making his homo In Pueblo ,
Cole , for the past sear , has returned to this
city and will handle McCall for the balance
of the season , McCullough Is a splendid
trainer and will undoubtedly bring McCall
out before the season closes ,
McCall Plxley and possibly Gadko will
Icavo for Kansas City Thursday evening to
attend the meet which U to be held there
the coming Friday and Saturday ,
Rd Proulx , who wqs to have made an at
tempt to rldo a mile under two minutes
paced by tandems last Sunday , postponed
hla ride Indefinitely. Owing to the racing
board's decided stand against Sunday racing ,
Proulx did not know but what It might call
his attempt to make a record as a race
agatnut tlmo and suspend him for It , there
fore he decided to postpone the ride and will
now make It some evening when conditions
are favoiable , <
The Kantas State bicycle circuit opens at
Kansas City Friday at Fairmont park with
a twn-da > & * meet , after which there Is to be
continuous racing for the whole month of
August. P. H. MpCall. Bertie Hank * ,
Charles Hall , George Mieratcln , Virgil Hall ,
A. E. Gordon and C. L rhomac will repre
sent Nebraska on the circuit , The following
are the datee :
Ottawa , August 2 ; Lawrence State meet
August 3 , 4 and 5 ; Topeka , August G and 7 ,
Sallna , August 10 and 11 ; Council Grove ,
August 13 ; Emporia , August 1C ; Newton ,
August 18 ; Hutrhlnson , August 19 ; Wichita
August 20 end 21 ; Wlnfleld , August 3 ; Par
sons , August 25 ; Tort Scott , August 26 ; Kan
sas City , August 2S.
Thrmvii from n
At John Dcklin , living at 1238 South Four
teenth r.trrct , was riding bin wheel neat
Tenth and WllllUms streets last night , he
accidentally ran Into a horse and buegy con
taining two women and a baby. The horse
ran away aad threw the occupants to the
ground. 'Ibis Infant was quite seriously In
Jured ,
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Arnold's Hrorao Celery cure * lieadacio.
10 , 25 and 50 c ut6. AH drujglst * .
BIG OPERATORS ALL SIGN
Important Move in Hion $ { of Settling
the Strike
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MEET TO DISCU3S UNIFORMITY TUESDAY
Intention Unit > i-ltlcr pnitor 1'rc-
'Ilt TrillllllfN Will 111nlMMIHMC t
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Mnmliir Will
IliiIn Went
PITTSDURG. July 24. It the plans as outlined -
lined do not fall the majority of the coal
operators of the Plttsburg district will get
together at the court house In thl city
next Tuesday at 11 o'clock In the morning
The call was sent out today and enough sig
natures were attached to It to make the
meeting a very Interesting one. The names
of W. P. Ie Armltt of the Plttsburg &
Cleveland Gas Coal company , Frances L.
Robhlns , M. A. Hanna & Co. , W P. Rend ,
W. J. II. Zcrb , Kcllpse Coal company , George
Lslo & So.t * D. M. Andrews , Imperial Coal
company. Dower Hill Mining company , Moon
Run Coal company , Blythe Coal company ,
Slope Mine Coal company , Federal Coal
company , E. W. Powers , J. F. Hosack , J.
A. O'Neill , Joseph Walton & Co. , Kssen Coal
company.
These arc the heaviest producers In the
district. The meeting will be the first held
by the operators separately from the miners
since early In 1S9G , when the uniformity
question was before them In all Its vigor
If General Little of the arbitration board
can have his way nothing of the past will
ho referred to. Neither will the present
strike be discussed. The point at Issue will
bo the fitness of the old agreement to cover
the situation as It now exists. All the
operators who have signified their willing
ness to ho present at the meeting are In
favor of the re-establishment of uniformity ,
and their signature * will go a long way
toward making up the required 95 per cen4
of the operators In the Plttsburg district , ns
outlined by Mr De Armttt
General Little Intlnnted today that the
conflict of the men hnJ been eliminated
Owing to his position he Bald It would not
bo policy at the present time to go Into de
tails. He was satisfied , however , and was
In the best of humor over the prospects. It
Is very probable that the commissioners
from other states will be notified to be In
Pittsburg Tuesday. They will bring with
them other signatures , and It la expected
that whatever action will be taken will at
least be binding on those that attend the
preliminary meeting.
OUTLINE OF THE WORK.
As near ae can be learned , the object of
the first meeting Is to determine what griev
ances the various operators have. Commit
tee will be appointed , some to solicit signa
tures and others to work on the various
foundations of the contract. When the work
Is cnce started it will be pushed to comple
tion as rapidly as pceslble
The miners' officials , although very busy ,
say they will do all In theif power to bring
about a uniformity agreement They Insist ,
however , that they do not want the public to
bo under the Impression that they ate losing
slsht of the Importance of the strike. The
call sajs , "Such action' as Jnay bo deemed
advisable In respect to a uniformity agree
ment will .be considered. This time , " their
circular continues , "Is particularly propitious
for such action , as public attention all over
Uie country Is aroused and directed to this
matter " '
A meeting of the River Coal exchange will
be held the same day to consider the uni
formity agreement
The strlkeis contemplate a move on the
New York and Cleveland GSs coal compiny
next week. A march of 2,000 or more strikers
Is one of the plans discussed by the district
officials to get DeArmltt's men out. No
violation of law , the strifio 'leaders say. will
be tolerated. The presence of guarfl's in
the vicinity of the mines , the leaders think ,
would have the proper effect in causing a
suspension of the New York and Cleveland
companj's mines. Tnls is pay day at the
mines along the Wheeling local and Ohio
Central read. The miners did not receive
their money , however , as they worked only
three davs in July. The miners' officials arc
busy all day distributing provisions among
the poorer families along this division. It
Is reported that the strikers marched on the
Equitable mine at Webster this morning and
Induced the men to Join them. The Equit
able Is a co-operative mine
BEVIER , Mo. , July 24. The union miners
In the four coal mines here ire considering
a proposition to shut down three days of
each week. The mine Is working full time.
They are loading more coal than lo cot-sumecl
in their territory , and the balance is finding
lt.3 way Into the eastern strike district. The
question will he settled at a meeting this
afternoon.
LEAVENWORTH , Kan. , July 24 The
union miners hero are anticipating an or
der from President Ratchford of the Na
tional Mine Workers union calling out the
miners of Kansas , but It Is doubtful if such
an order would be complied with. In thn
slate convict mines more men are now at
work than at any time heretofore , and the
fact that unusually heavy shipments are
made from these mines In box cars Is caus
ing unfavorable comment among the free
miners , who seem Inclined to accuse the
state administration of working against the
Interests of the otrlkers.
CLEVELAND , 0 , July 24. President
Ratchford sent a message yesterday to Chief
P. M. Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers requesting his presence at
a conference of labor leaders to be called at
Wheeling , W. Va. , on Monday. Chief Ar
thur replied as follows-
"I cannot legally comply with your re
quest. "
Chief Arthur In explanation slid that the
rules of the brotherhood prevented his at
tendance , and that his attendance might
lead to u misunderstanding "Tho en
gineers have nothing to do with the strike , "
said he "and wbllo as Individuals we sym
pathize with the strikers , we cannot as an
organization aid them. "
MONDAY WILL TELL THE STORY.
FAIRMONT , W. Va. , July 24. Monday
morning will be the deciding point In the
great mining contest "Jr they are not out
by Tuesday , they will never come out. " said
ex-Senator Camden , who was called here
last night from Parkersbtirg by the serious
ness of the situation. Ex-Senator Camden
Is president of the Monongah district. This
to pay day and It will bo the supreme effort
of the organizers to get 'all of the men to
agree to not enter the mines and to cast
their lots with the strikers ; i Before leaving
early this morning Ratehford received sev
eral telegrams from the ! leaders of other or
ganizations assuring hlm"that they were
with him. "I am very unpeful , however , "
were bis last words at Iht'Falrmont depot
This morning there are no' changes In the
oltuatton , nine workmen1 being out. Yester
day Hite , the operator ' was arrested for
drawing a gun on one ot the miners and baa
been held till next Friday * for a hearing
The speakers all made qulto- point of this
last night , auylng the first man In the strike
that broke the law was an operator
Vlco President llqo oCnha Brotherhood of
Painters and Decorators. arrived this morn-
Ing. He and Debs go ito * Clarksburg thi'-
afternoon. W. J. Lunli 'editor ' of the Coal
and Coke , Is In town and says that after
a careful study of the smiatlon ha thinks
the men In this district WHl be out Monday
noon , JIo thinks De Artritu's men cannot
bo gotten out If the Fairmont district men
do not come out.
WHnELING , W Va. , July 21. Todiy Is
paydcy for all the Walsoi ] mines , and the
independence that a worklngman feels when
he has money In his pockety I expected by
Debs to aeacrt sufficient Influence to bring
the men Into the union Ratchford went to
Columbus today and Mcltae Evany took his
place. There are no addition * to the strik
ers In the state. Local labor unions through
out the Ohio valley are planning to enter
tain the big labor leaders on Tuetdiy.
LITTLE ROCK Ark. . July 21 The Ga
zette today prints the following "Will the
western coal miners strike ? la the question
In every one's mind who 1s following the
great coal strike Inaugurated July 4 by the ,
Pennsylvania , Ohio and lllluola coal miners
iu > i > thing Indicates that \uutern in In era
will go out In sympathy with their eaatcrs
brethren The action of the miner * In
soutVtstern Karcaa. western Arkai'.sss , 111
dlan Territory and Texai clearly points to
BUC'I ' a potslhllity Their local meetlnea.
their confereice held a few Oaya ago a ;
Plttsburg , Kan , and the prrpenco of a
number of eastern , delegates on the ground ,
ar * sufficient proof that the otep Is con
templated and that It may occur on Au
gust 1.
"Tho action of western railroads also
shows that they are expecting It. The Frisco
road U storing all the coal It can get at
Paris. Tex. ; Fort Smith , Springfield and St
Louis , while the Missouri Pacific , with Us
mnnr branches , repoits a car famine owing
to the amount of coal they are moving to
central points on their system The Missouri
Kan'as & Texas has been dumping car
loads ot c"nl at every division point along
thflr line , and the same can be said of every
xvestorn line Should sach a strp be taken
It will serh > u ly Interfere- with the business
of the country , and especially with thp mar
keting cf the principal products of the west
now ready for maiXft wheat and cattle H
may be averted , but it does not seem possible ,
unle'a the demand * of Uje western miners
are complied with "
South Omaha News
At Monday night's session of the city
council an ordinance regulating the prices to
bo charged for water will bo Introduced. H
Is understood that the water works company
denies the right of the city to regulate prices
charged to consumers because- the franchise
under which the company laid Its pipes pro
vides that the city of South Omaha shall pay
the same price for water "that Omaha is now
paving or shall hereafter pay"
City Attorney .Montgomery has spent some
tlmo In looking Into this question of water
rates and when asked about the matter > es-
terilay said "On October 17 , 1SS7 , the city
of South Omaha granted to the American
Water Works company the franchise which
haa ever since been need for the purpose of
supplying water to the Inhabitants of our
city. At the time of making this coitrart
our city was a city of the second class
containing more than 1,001) ) people and lias
than 25,000. On December 13 , the eame scar ,
wo passed Into a city of the second class
hav Ing more than 5,000 and less than 25 000
Inhabitants , and since that time It has
passed Into a city of the first claes.
"These various stages of classification of
our city can In no manner change the con
tract relations between the city and parties
dealing with It. Our courts have
uniformly held that law-
a subsequently en
acted cannot Impair the validity of existing
contracts. The law regulating cities of our
class when the franchise was granted to the
water works company reads as follows 'To
make contracts with and authorize any per
son , company or corporation to erect and
maintain a svstem of water works and water
supply , to lay down In the streets and allcyH
of eaid city water mains and supply pipes ,
and to furnish to such city or village and the
residents thereof , and under such regulations
as to price , supply , rent of water meters , as
the council or board of trustees may from
time to time prescribe by ordinance for the
protection of the city , village or people. The
right to supervise or control such corpora
tion as above piovlded shall not bo waived
or eet aside. ' "
Mr. Montgomery said that the above pro
visions were not difficult of construction and
plainly gave the council supervision and con
trol over the charges made , both to the city
and the residents thereof.
Ivi'i'pliKjr an I > < - 011 Oamlilt-ri.
A committee of the Law and Order league ,
It is understood , has been appointed to in1 I 1
vcstlgato the reports that the gambling '
houses are about to reopen. This , committee j
will report at a meeting to be held next Tues
day evening. With the settlement of thfl |
case against Berlin & Haley in the district (
court the gambler , ? had an Idea that they I
would be permitted to open their places '
aaaln. It Is understood that a majority of
the city officials are In favor of allowing
the houses to run provided that a fine of $50
per month Is paid into the city treasury.
It < * ci-Ic ( luurandiMCuttle. .
Yesterday's cattle receipts at the yards In
cluded an elghteen-car train of quarantine |
cattle for Cudahy , bought at Kansas City ,
and three loads to Swift from North Bend.
Upon arrival here quaiantlne cattle are placed
In a separate division at the jards and are. ,
rrot allowed to come Into contact with other |
stock. As a rule , shipments from Inside the
quarantine lines are sold for Immediate
slaughter.
Oi-tx 11 I'lnu for Umi
Fannie Kcndcrna was fined $20 and costs
by Police Judge Chrlstmann yesterday after
noon for disturbing the peace. Maria Schafer
was the complainant. Both parties live In
Brown park and on the lost day of June
managed to get Into a quarrel over a trivial
matter. A dozen or more witnesses were
examined before the judge ascertained who
was to blame.
biirjirlHe Illrl liday 1'nrty.
Little Margaret Carroll , daughter of Mr.
nd Mrs. John C Carroll , was given a sur
prise party Friday afternoon in honor of
her second birthday. Lemonade , Ice cream
and melons were served to the fifty odd
guests , after which the little tots enjoyed
themselves playing games , etc. Miss Mar
garet was the recipient of quite a number
of presents.
Home Circle Club In Cnnip.
The Home Circle club went Into camp at
Deerfleld station , Seymour park , yesterday ,
and will remain for about a month. The
oarty is composed of the following men and
their families Colonel A. L. Lott , L. R.
Pennell. Bruce McCulloch. J. G. Martin , W.
S. Whitten. A. R. Kelly , A. J. Caughey , W.
B. Cheek. Burt Anderson and H. E. Tagg.
Sin- ToriIJimn n Pence.
Mrs. H. McGlnty , who lives at 224 North
Twenty-fifth street , has been arrested on
complaint of Herman Burgstrom on the
charge of malicious destruction of property.
It Is alleged In the complaint that Mrs. Mc-
Glnty tore down a fence belonging to Burs-
strom. The case will come up for hearing
In Justice Agnew's court next Tuesday.
flty COHMI. | |
To buy or sell South Omaha property , go
to The Hoctor-Johnston Co.
Oscar Waddell of Dakota City la the guest
of D. C. Wlnshlp and wife.
F. A. Aguew and wife are spending Sun
day with relatives at Blair.
The Union Veterans' Republican club will
hold a meeting Mondav night.
Services will bo held at the Maxwell mis
sion at 2 30 o'clock this afternoon.
The flre department w ashed down town
faved streets yesterday afternoon.
Joseph Deters of St. Louis Is visiting his
brother , Polic * Officer John Deters.
Mrs. R , C. Young , Twenty-sixth and E
streets , has gone to Perry , la. , on a visit.
Olln Ma > field has returned from Cedar
Rapids , Neb. , where he visited relatives for
a week.
The gypsy camp has moved from the north
part of the city to a point just south of the
new fair grounds.
Rev. Dr. Wheeler will speak at the Omaha
Young Men's Christian association this
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
0. E Bruce and Jobu Taj lor will conduct
services at the Fourth Ward mission this
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The women of the United Presbyterian
church will give a lawn social on the church
lawn , Tuesday evening.
An Important meeting of the Sons of Vet
erans will be held at Grand Army of the Re
public hall Tuesday t'tiling. .
A meeting of the Monday Night club will
bo helJ at Mrs. A. V. MflKr's , Twenty-first
and N streets , Monday evening.
"The Signification of Jsalab'o Vision" Is
the topic of Dr Wheeler's morning sermon
at the First Presbyterian church.
The lawn social which was to have been
given next Thursday night by the women of
the Hospital association has been postponed
Rev H. P. Espy of the United Presbytcriai.
church and Rev Dr. Wheeler of the 1 lra >
Presbyterian church will exchange pulpiu
this evening.
Miss Marlon E. Hamilton of Ilellevue ana
Herbert A. Whltjns of Fort Crook were
married at the Methodist parsonage by Kcv
L > - \VJnsh ij > last Monday evening
"Good Providences" Is Rev. Dr. Wlnshlp' '
morning topic at the. First Methodist church
today. In the evening he will preach civ
'Unhappy Homts and How to Avoid Them. '
This will bo the second of a series of uer
uiong on "Home Life. "
EVERYONE HAS GOLD FEVER
Rnsh for the Frozen North Qota a Tro-
mendons Start.
STORIES OF PRIVATIONS NO DETERRENT
I2 orj tiling In tinSim IIP of n Mtli
Olilnlnnttlr Clinrtt-rt-it for Alnnkii
l'r | ioKi-il Tcli-Kt-iipli Line-
to .New Cold rifld * .
SAN m A NCI SCO. July 24. In eplto of
the warnings that have be n given out by
returning miners concerning the possibilities
of starvation In the Klondyko country dtir-
1m ? the coining fall and winter , thousands ot
people here and elsewhere are bending evcry
nene nnd energy to reach the land of the
golden fleece. Most of the available steamers
and jachts have been chartered by private'
Individuals and speculators and there socnifl
to he no doubt that they will have a com-
Dlement of passengers when the tlmo for
sailing arrives The gasoline 8teampr
Chetco has been purchased by an HnglUh
svudlcatc for JS.OOO. It Is the purpose ot the
syndlrato to take ICO men who will put up
Sl.COQ. They will work on the co-operative
plan. The g.ittollno schooner Ilattle B. has
also been sold to a company of adventurers.
On the water front the excitement over the
wonderful stories told of the Klondjke conn-1
try haa reached fever heat. The schooner
James A Gal field has been chartered by the
Ahska Commercial company to take a load ,
of merchandise to St Michaels. I
Every doy new schemes are being proposed
for Investments In the land of the > cllo\v |
metal and business men are conferring and
considering many plans for the profitable In
vestment of money In the northern regions
One of the latest enterprises formulated M
that of the Alaska Telegraph and Telephone I
company , which proposes to lucoipomto very | I
shortly for the purpose of constructing a
temporary telegraph line from Juueau to
Daw son City The capital stock to be sub
scribed Ifl $50.000 and the company Is to be i
Incorporated under the laws of the htatc of
California. At the head ot the enterprise
are J. W Wright , a local roil estate dealer ;
C. W. Wright of Lark Spur , and I ) E
Bohannon The last named Is to act as the
advance agent and chief constructor for the
company Mr. Bobannou explained the de
tails of the construction of the new telegraph
wire "Our method is very simple , " ho sail
"Tho lineIs to be constructed on the amo
plans n the ordinary military line used by
armies for war purposes. We have a wire
a quarter of an Inch thick and eove'ed with' '
kerlte Insulation , which has proved thor
oughly able to stand the rigorous climatic
conditions prevailing In Alaska The wire !
Is wound upon largo reels the same as an
ordinary telegraph wire , and the c reels are
to be placed on dog sleds and dragged ovr i
the Ice and snow. As we go along the iccls
will simply pUyout _ the lotwe wire and run
it along the ground and thus our line will
bs through In something like six weeks , the
time consumed In the ordlnarj tramp over
the countrj " Mr. Dohannon expects to leave
for Juneau In the very near future and wllli
commence operations Immediately upon his
arrival there. i
There Is every probability that Wells i
Fargo & Co will establish an olllce In Dawson - I
son City during the coining spring. L F. i
Row ell , assistant manager of the company ,
enlil todaj that nothing would be gained by
establishing an office earlier thau that. The
present rate of transportation for gold from
Seattle to San Francisco Is $3 a thousand , |
and { 5 from Seattle to Philadelphia If an
ofilco Is established in the Klondjke dis
trict , the rate per thousand. Including in
surance , will ho JS 40.
TACOMA. July 24 The Klondjke excite
ment here has reached fever heat. People
of all classes are making hurried prepara
tions to get to the gold fields , and everj-j
daj' adds to the list of those bound north
ward The latest move from the city Is I
reported as coming from a few well known I
capitalists , who have purchased a steamer '
to carry them and their outfit. They are ,
said to have purchased the steamer Rosalie , '
now plying on the sound , nnd are prepar
ing to equip the boat with provisions suf
ficient for two years for several small par
ties. The scheme is a pool proposition , each j
man Interested paving his share of the exI I
pensfa , and the results for the expedition I
to be equally divided between those ad
vancing money for the trip and the men
taking it. This Is the blggct "grub btake"
proposition ever yet undertaken. The pro
jectors refuse to talk of their plans.
\VHOM2 TOW.V TUIfSS I'ltOSPUCTOIlS.
X -T Klml nl Silver CHIT CniiHCN Ort-nt
I5xiltineiit. . 1 I
SILVER CLIFF , -Colo. . July 24. If a finJ' '
which has just been made turns out as re I
ported. Coloiado may have a Klondjke of lt I
own and this old Custcr county romp will j
take on a new life. The discovery was made I
by Joseph Foulk , a well-known Custer
countj' man , who hss been looking over
the ground about a mile south of town
Foulk got out some quartz rock heavily
charged with sjlvanlte The rock showed
M > mo fine cold. It was brought to town and
tested. Some of the oylvanlte was roasted
and brought out great gold nuggets. Tha I
news of the discovery quickly spread and
within a few hours there was a ruth to the
new diggings. A dozen claims were taken
hp before night and today the whole of
Sliver Cliff feems to be going to the scene
of the find.
Cnlvciiton Hntc Wnr.
CHICAGO , July 24 The situation In the
Galveston rate VNOT took on a changp for
the worfeo today , and the tallroads arc cor
respondingly dl'guslcd , The Msllory lln
ftnnouncvtl today another cut In rates , which
will become- effective on Monday. It has
announced that on nnd after Monday the rate
on fourth clas freight from Galvrston to
New York will be 7 cents , and on all cla s s
below fourth the rate will bo 3 cents. This
M a cut of 3 cents on the fourth class
freight and 2 cents on all of the lower
classes
Aintv OUSTS m\cn ST. i.oris.
riiilu Hio Trln Wltliln the l.loilt
Orlulnn1l > Srt ,
ST. LOUIS. July 24 Lieutenant Moss and
his twenty colored troopers of the Twenty-
fifth United States Infantry at 3 o'clock thla
afternoon completed their 2,000-mllo record-
breaking rldo on blcjclei from Fort Mis-
soula. Mont. After considerable delay tt
St. Charles , twenty miles out of the city as
the result of a heavy rainstorm and bivauso
of thp norc slty of making needed repairs on
their wheoK the hardy rider * arrived nt
their destination hero And Immediately went
Into camp at Forrest part , where they wilt
Rtay until Monday. After that they will bo
quartered at Jefferson barracks until their
|
return to Montana A reception committee ,
at whrso head wan lion H V LUCAS , met
the tntantrytncn out several mllrn and
escorted them Into the city The commutes
I had nude extcnslvo pivpirallons for the
care of the men , w1 > n will be liberally en
tertained during their May In St Louis.
Thou anda ot enthusiastic cyclists welcomed
them at the park
1 In an Interview , Lieutenant Moss said :
"We left Fort Mtaoula , Mont. Sunday. Juno
14. intending to cover the2.000 miles be
tween there and St lxUls in six weeks. Wa
are finishing easily and in good condition
1 within the proposed limit. Our trip tins
been eminently successful. It has been tba
best blcjcle tour by an army of organlroJ
men on record. It has nrovcd bejond per-
'adventure my contention that the bicycle hoc
a place In modern warfare. "
fOVSMMDlTION OF run rui'vrs.
Hi-iiort Hint n Rlntit ror tirn l n IK to
litKomiiil. .
CHICAGO , July 24 The Post tiajs : "An
Industrial combination on a scale which will
mark an epoch In centralization Is promised
In the near future. According to stock cx-
change gossip the following corporations are
mentioned as likely soon to merge their
Identltv into one cnlcasal whole Standaid
Oil company , United States Leather company ,
American Sugar Hcllnlng company National
Lead company , United States Rubber com-
panj- , American Tcbacco company , American
Spirits Manufacturing company. American
Cotton Oil companv. New York , Chicago and
Bay Stale Gas companies , capital , $515 000-
000. To this amount of capital Block must
bo added the various sums represented by
bonds of the above companies together with
appreciation In values of the various stocks ,
Standard Oil alone representing nearly four
tlmra Its nominal face value , which together *
will bring the total value of capital interest
In the above total. The leading spirit In tills
mammoth combination Is said to be th
Standard Oil company. "
Dciiiliof n Oil- .
KANSAS CITY , July 21 A special to th
Star from Burlington , Kan. , sajs : Hon.
Harrl'on Kellcj- , aged Cl jears , died at his
home in this city this morning He repre-
wnted the Fourth district In congre'-ia ' and
was defeated for re-election by Congressman
Otis He served through the war with dis
tinction , as captain of Company B , Fltth
Kan is cavnlry.
NEBRASKA CITY. July 24. ( Special. )
L r DcGette , a well known real estate dealer
of this cltj1. died today In Forest Lake. Minn. ,
after two weeks' Illness of tjphold fever.
The remains will be brought here for Intn-
ment. Mr. DeGetto was one of the pioneer
residents of this section , coming here In
1SC7. He has alwajs been foremost among
the city's public spirited citizens. He leaves
a son about 21 j'cars of age
CREIGHTON. Neb. , July 21. ( Special. )
Mrs. Mary Blsscll , a prominent member of
the Women's Relief coins , died here this
morning
MASON CITY. la. , July 24. ( Special Telc-
gram.-HD. ) A. Srownell , who was closing
his sl\th year as county treasurer and eighth
jear as city treasurer died very suddenly
hero today of heart disease. The county au
ditor has assumed control of the office and
the Board of Super.Msors will be called to
gether at once and appoint someone to fill
the vacancy.
FULLERTON. Neb. , July 24. ( Special. )
Mrs. Fred Fuller died yesterday of heart
disease. The funeral occuis Sunday after
noon at the Presbyterian church.
FMrM of a Day.
BELLEVUE Neb. , July 24. ( Special. )
About midnight fire was discovered In a
partially completed cottage south of Fort
Crook , and before the flames could be
checked an adjoining cottage was ntao con-
sumed. The contractor , Adolph Buttcrfeld ,
estimates the ICES at $1,200 , with about ? COO
Insurance. Whether the flre was accidental
or Incendiary Is not known.
VALPARAISO , Neb. . July 24. ( Special )
About 5.30 this morning flre broke out In the
Visitor printing ofiice and destrojed that
building , D. W. Barnes' meat shop and J.
Wall's furniture store. The furniture stock
was saved B. R. Webber's household goods ,
which were stored Iq the printing ofiice , were
entirely destroyed. The origin of the fire Is
not known. Loss about $3,000 ; insurance
about $1,000 , Over $400 worth of glass was
broken In the front of the hotel and bank
block on the opposite sldo of the street.
Ma ou Co Out on n SlrlUo.
NEW YORK , July 24 All the masons
and helpers at work nt the barrackx and
onicer.quaiters building ut Foil Han
cock , finndy Hook , went on a strike vetcr-
day for union wages. They have 1/een / re
ceiving 40 cents an hour , but want 50 cents.
Here is
The THE
HIGHEST
Monarch WHEEL GRADE
Tomorrow I will sell
tlicm at these cut
$ JOO Wheels. . $ 74 00 on time. . $ 68 00 Cash I
75 Wheels. . 56 00 on time. . , . 52 00 Cash
60 Wheels. . 48 00 on time. . 45 00 Cash
150 Tandems HO 00 on time. . 100 00 Cash
100 Howards 72 00 on time. . 66 00 Cash
A. B.
HUBERMANN ,
I3TI1 AND DOUGLAS ST.
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Constipation. It etopiall luue * by timv or nlffbt. 1'reveiiu iiulrt-
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K utrengtlien unit rriitoreoimall weak < rrons.
Tlie" rruon " - - - * uflrrrM are rot cured b ) ' l > orior u i > rcniu ninety p r rrnt are troubled with
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