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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 , 1898.
PROGRESS IN EDUCATION
Great Value of Eeoent Testa Into the Brain
Power of Children ,
LIMITED POWER OF CONCENTRATION
of AVonicii In HIP
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How much happier the lives of the thou-
Rands of children entering school this month
would bo If only women mothers and teach
ers better understood the nature and limi
tation of their brain cells. Such knowledge
Is to bo had , ns very Important experiments
ntjd deductions , have recently been madeby
scientific Investigators ; but It always takes
an unreasonable length of tlmo for such
knowledge to become general.
After 25,000 tests by the beet educators In
America , It has been absolutely demon
strated , for Instance , that the length of tlrao
that a child C years of ago can concentrate
Its mind docs not exceed seven minutes ; and
that all efforts to confine its attention upon
ono subject beyond this limit are worse than
useless. This power of concentration In
creases slowly ; at the age of 8 a child's
attention may be easily held ten minutes.
At the ago of 12 his mind should not bo
riveted upon ono subject longer than sev
enteen minutes. It Is , therefore , a great
mistake to keep a child of this ago say at
tbo piano , more than fifteen minutes ; after
a change of occupation , another quarter of
on hour's practice will be of Incalculably
more benefit than tbo attempt to continue
work after brain and nerves have become
fatigued.
Indeed , most of the Inattention and rest
lessness of children may bo explained upon
the physical basis. A boy'o brain , for ex
ample , undergoes a certain shrinkage at the
ago of 14 or 15. It actually weighs less
than at' the ago of 12 and 13. This fact
explains the carelessness , laziness and gen
eral unreasonableness of boys of this age.
Statistics show that a largo proportion of
boys leave- school at about this time. It Is
altogether probable that if parents and
teachora realized that the proverbial law
lessness of boys of It merely evidenced a
' temporary condition of brain cells , more of
them would bo patiently guided through
the period , to take up their studies a year
or two later with renewed Interest.
The same tests have conclusively proved
that the brain of a child Is always most
active between 8:30 : and 11:30 : in the morn
ing. All lessons , therefore , requiring the
excrclso of their reasoning power such as
arithmetic and grammar , should be at this
hour. It has been further deduced that the
average child , unhampered by grades and
systems , may have easily mastered his
arithmetic by the tlmo ho Is 12 years old.
Scientists have also discovered that If the
brain centers governing the motor nerves
remain undeveloped until the ago of 16 ,
there Is no chance whatever of any later de
velopment , which fact Is a powerful argu
ment In favor of manual training In the
public schools. The majority of children
are so actlvo th&t they develop their own
brains and nerves to a certain extent along
these lines. Where they fall to do so wo
get the tramp and the sloven. It Is a physi
cal impossibility to acquire skill and dex
terity In any art unless the foundation has
boon laid In the formation of brain cells
antf the training of the motor nerves before
the uge of IB.
I.cnilliiK Feminine Kiliicutorn.
The average man In middle life In rccall-
f.Ing. . bis .school days will readily remember
how completely the male sex monopolized
the profession of teaching. They were
lords of the birch and the bench. Here and
there ono of the gentler sex was tolerated ,
usually In a minor position. Now these
conditions ore practically reversed. Men
have been relegated to the rear In nearly
all the common schools. A tow of the
male persuasion are permitted to hang on
merely as a reminiscence of the past. Nor
is the feminine Invasion confined to the
common schools. It comprehends the
hlgha.- levels of education and Is securely
entrenched In a large number. How far
they have advanced controlling and man
aging colleges Is shown In a late number
of Harper's Bazar , from which the follow-
extracts are taken :
Vassar college was the pioneer In the
field of the higher education for women
creating ns It did the now type of Amerl
can womanhood , the college-bred girl , and
from It all subsequent colleges for the
gentler sex have been more or less modeled
Its early leading officers wore set a diffi
cult task , having no precedent to follower
or to profit by , and Its first ) lady prlnclpa
wan of necessity a lay unto herself. The
present Incumbent , Mrs. J. Ryland Ken
drlclc , has many problems to deal with , bu
they are of a different order from those her
earliest predecessor met. That she solved
them with wisdom and tact Is evident ) from
the excellent results reached and from her
universal popularity. As a woman she Is
eminently lovable ; as a leader and adviser ,
sympathetic and Impartlar. A New Yorker
by birth and education , Mrs. Kcndrlck was
always a student by nature and application
and her marriage to I'ho Hcv. Dr. J. Ilyland
Kendrlck , a man of scholarly attainments ,
only tended to foster her literary tastes.
Through her husband's connection with
Vassar , he served as trustee and later as
acting president of the college , she became
much Interested In the life and workings
there and In tlmo accepted the call to nil
the highest office held by a woman on the
faculty. This position she has .retained . for
years , proving by her Intelligent fulfillment
both her strength and gentleness of char
acter.
Mnny OliMtnclfH Overcome.
Ono of tbo most able and representative
women in college circles Is Miss M. Carey
Thomas , 1'h. D. , LL. D. , president of Bryn-
Mawr , who combines the deep thinker , the
close student and the Indomitable will which
pushed forward to scholarly achievement in
the face of all obstacles. Her mother was
a Phlladelphlan , daughter of the well-known
Mr. John M. Whitall , but her father's home
was Baltimore , and there she passed her girl
hood , preparing for college with a private
tutor , as her native city then boasted no
school where a girl could bo prepared for
such a course. Graduating from Cornell uni
versity , she pursued graduate work at Johns
Hopkins university and then went abroail
to continue her study at the universities
of Lelpslc and Zurich , ot which latter she
received the highest degree possible , that ol
Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude , the
first time It had even been conferred upor
any woman. Not satisfied with her honors
she entered the Sorbonne at Paris and alic
the College do France for the study of eli [ !
French. Soon after her return home sh <
was elected dean ot the faculty at Bryn >
Mawr college , and In 1895 , having been ap.
pointed Us president , she first entered upor
her official duties In that capacity , In whlct h
unbounded success has attended her fron
the start , the secret of which may bo cx >
plained by the words of a friend : "Sho hai
admirable self poise , a quick eye to see th (
whole of a subject as welt as Us indlvldua il
parts and united to a kind and generous na
ture the baa the added charm of a gracloui
manner and a dignified bearing. She I
the efficient and wisely dlscrlmlnatlm
teacher , tbo profound scholar , the read ;
writer and fluent conversationalist. "
Mount Holyoke college has gradual ) :
evolved from the seminary founded by Mar ;
Lyon over sixty years ago to Its presen
high position In the college world , am ,
much of Ita recent advancement Is uadaubt ;
i
edly duo ( o the Intelligent guidance ot Its
president , Mrs. Kllzabeth Storrs Mead , who
unites modern learning and culture with a
profound religious spirit , a winning per
sonality and much practical good sense. Of
me old New England stock the Mathers , |
Wllllamees , Wllllstons , Starrs and other
colonial families being her ancestry she Is
a native of Massachusetts , and was edu
cated In the seminary at Ipswich founded
jy Mary Lyon , and there forged the first
Ink to bind her In after years to Mount
Holyoke. She has always followed her i
mtural bent as a teacher , before and after
icr marriage to the Uev , Hiram Mead , pro
fessor In the Oberlln Theological seminary.
After his death she taught at Oberlln col-
ego and traveled extensively abroad , being
n Homo when the news of her appointment
o the presidency of Mount Holyoke collcgt
reached her. Especially fond ot mental anl
noral philosophy and aesthetics , her clovat *
ng standards of all things In life have mad
ler Influence over the young women coming
under her charge a refining and ennobling
one. I
Miss Helen Falrchlld Smith , dean of Wells 1
: ollego , though not a college-bred woman , |
las received recognition of her scholastic j I
attainments by the universities of Syracuse .
md Wisconsin , which have conferred upon I
lor the degrees of M. A. and L. II. B. The ]
daughter of the distinguished educator and
mathematician , Prof. Augustus W. Smith ,
lili.D. , on her mother's side she comes from
a long line of patriotic progenitors. The
social welfare and the moral and religious
well-being of the students arc a part ot her
dally outlook.
A I'roKrcHtilvc I'nlr.
Radcllffo and Barnard , the two affiliated
alleges with Harvard and Columbia uni
versities , have nt their heads two women
of acknowledged superiority , though widely
differing from each other In personality and
training. Miss Agnes Irwin , dean of nad-
: llffc , is not a college woman , but has the
broad point of view and the charm of man
ner gained by years of application and re
search In educational fields , by contact with
scholars , men of national prominence , and
women of highest social environment : by
Foreign travel , and by years of experience
ns head of one of Philadelphia's leading
private schools. A member of a noted fam-
ly with generations of famous citizens , Miss
Irwin personifies In herself the nemo of
gentle breeding , largeness of heart and firm
mental poise.
Miss Emily James Smith , dean of Barnard ,
Is a graduate of Bryn-Mawr college , nnd
has done graduate work abroad and at the
University of Chicago.
Oborlln was the first college to prac
tice coeducation , and Mrs. Adella A. F. John
ston , dean of the woman's department and
professor of mediaeval history , was the first
woman to hold a professorship therein. So
ably has she filled this chair that she has in
spired the trustees and other friends of the
college to raise the sum of $50,000 to found
a permanent chair , to bo named the Adella
A. Field Johnston Professorship , whoso In
cumbent shall always bo a woman. Born
In Ohio , she graduated at Oberlln , and two
years later married , but being soon left a
widow , took up her profession of teaching ,
to which service she has given her years
continuously , except for a period spent in
foreign study. She Is widely known in edu
cational circles as ono of the most scholarly
women in the country , and is philanthropic
as well , having been Instrumental In adding
largely to the beneficiary funds of the col
lege. Her power to arouse enthusiasm In
her students seems to Increase with her
years of service and experience , her class
rooms are always crowded , nnd she stands
as an Ideal example of what a woman can
do.
do.Mrs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell Bond , dean of
Swarthmore , the Quaker coeducational cor-
lege , Is a Friend herself , her mother being
a descendant ot "Goodman Macy , " ot whom
Whlttlcr wrote In "The Exiles , " and who
In 1GGO was driven from his homo to the
Island of Nantucket because of his religious
tolerance. Mrs. Bond has proved her abil
ity as teacher , editor , and preacher ; for
after her husband's death she became the
minister of the Massachusetts Free Con
gregational society , and prepared written
discourses for It's Sunday meetings , also
performing the social duties of pastor.
From her girlhood she has been a worker
In the temperance cause , nnd In that of
equal political rights for women. Her gen
tle but strong Individuality makes Its force
fcft in guiding the young women under her
charge. The degree of A.M. has been con
ferred upon her In recognition of her su
perior menUal qualifications.
I ) on n of Chicago.
The University of Chicago has from Us
beginning showed Itself the splendid edu
cational center Us name implies , and Us
crowning glory is the fact that it makes
no slightest difference whether the student
Is a man or woman ; all privileges are open
to bol'h alike. To hold the high office of
dean of women in such a seat of learning Is
no small honor , and when Miss Julia E.
Dulktey , Ph.D. , was appointed to that posi
tion it was felt that the distinction was
Justly deserved. As professor of pedagogy
in the university , and as head ot Beccher
hall , she has been the recipient of more
honors , and hers Is a very active life In
many directions. Born In Danbury , Conn. ,
she early displayed her scholarly turn of
mind , and has always been enabled to fol
low out her desires , studying at the best
Institutions , both here and on the other
side of the Atlantic. Her degree of Doctor
of Philosophy was received after three years
of study a the University of Zurich.
As warden of Sago college , Cornell univer
sity , Miss Louise Sheffield Brownell , Ph.D. ,
a Bryn-Mawr graduate , has opportunity to
enter Into the dally life of the women stu
dents , and as leUurcr in English literature
she becomes the first -voman placed in a
position to teach the men of Cornell. Al
though young in both years and appearance
Mies Brownell in her one season of office has
proved so efficient that all fears have been
dispelled as to her youth and lack ot ex
perience. Hero Is a remarkable record In
scholarship , as she entered Bryn-Mawr on
the first Harvard scholarship , in 18S3
awarded to the feminine studen
standing highest In the Harvan
examinations held In New York. Ot
graduating she was awarded the Bryn-Mawi
European Fellowship , and on It studied to
Oxford and the University of Lelpslc , de
voting additional time to work In Greece
and Italy. On her return she studied ol
Columbia as a graduate student ot Barnard
and later she went back to Bryn-Mawr tc
complete her course for the Ph.D. degree
Miss Brownell Is a native of New York City
her father being the eminent lawyer , Sllai
U , Brownell.
California. School Strike.
Ono ot the most novel strikes on record li
the one that Is now rampant In San Jose
Cal. , where 200 pupils of the High schoo
have refused to attend and have betakei
j themselves in a body to vhe neighborly
town of Santa Clara. The strike is a pro
. test against tbo methods of the school bean
ot San Jose , and the scholars , finding tha ,
their repeated protests were unheeded , tool
the matter into their own bands , and , will
the aid of their parents , are forcing tb
. school to close until affairs are arranged ,
s I The trouble seems to bo too much politic
e ' In educational matters , though there ar
hints of graver scandals back of that. Bu
L. the school board ot San Jose has refused t
rectify any of the wrongs complained of b
Is both parents and children. The storle
g that are told of the doings of the boar
y i would form no part of a Sunday school en
terlalnracut , nnd the effect of these tale
y I upon the minds ot budding manhood an
1 womanhood Is pernicious.
it So the strike was organized. Money wa .
d subscribed , carry-alls were hired and al '
. I most the entire membership of the schoc
\
has trotted off to the Santa Clara High
school , where provisions for their reception
have been made.
LMticatlotiiil > oto .
The number ot children enrolled In tha
public schools of Chicago Is 209,000.
Germany maintains thirteen textile schools
and forty commercial schools as an aid to Us
manufacturing Interests.
Bridget Ullcy of Iron Belt , WIs. , Is only
11 years old , but she has been engaged as
a school teacher there. Sha won a third-
class certificate a year ago.
Twenty thousand children arc unable to se
cure accommodation In tbo schools ot New
York City. The city seems unable to build
schools fast enough for the rising generation.
President Harper has announced that Mrs.
Emmons Blalne's gift of $250.000 to the Uni
versity of Chicago , to establish n college for
teachers , will bo put to use nt once and the
new department will bo opened October 1.
Wyatt W. Uandall , A. M. , Ph. D. , who for
the last six years has occupied the chair of
associate professor of chemistry at Johns
Hopkins University , has been elected to the
science mastership at the Lawrcncevllle
school. Dr. Hamlall Is an authority in his
special branch and his works , which have
appeared In the American Chemical Journal ,
the Proceedings of the Iloyal Society of Lon-
don and the Journal ot the Blltlsh Assocla-
tlon , have been received with considerable
attention by the leading chemists ot this
| country and Europe. He will enter upon his
new field of work at Lawiencevllle on 3ep-
embcr 15.
MINING IN THEJLACK HILLS
Latent N'iMvti of Intercut from the Illi-h
Mineral UculoiiM of South
UnUotn.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , Sept. 12. ( Special. )
On Saturday , tbo 3d of this month , the Holy
Terror Mining company completed the flnal
mrcbaso ot the property of the Keystone
Mining company nnd the first payment was
made at Rapid City. This now makes ono
of the strongest mining companies In the
Illls. The Keystone claims join the Holy
Terror property on the north and east and
luring the last tow months the Holy Terror
company has thoroughly examined the ore
iody of the Keystone end ascertained the
xact extent of the ore shoots. The Kcy-
stone mill was built for forty stamps , only
wenty being placed. The old stamps have
been replaced by new ones and all of the
machinery in the mills has been overhauled.
A tramway is being built between the Key
stone mill acd the Holy Terror ore bins , a
distance of 250 feet. On the 1st of this
month a connecting tunnel was finished
'rom the fifth level In the Holy Terror to the
edge of the Keystone mine , a distance of
about 1,200 feet. An upraise Is being made
n the main working shaft of the Holy Ter
ror from the fifth level , which will enlarge
ho shaft from two to three compartments.
\s soon as this work Is finished the ere
'rom the Keystone rnlae Is to bo hoisted
hrough the Holy Terror shaft nnd run back
on the tramway to the Keystone stamp mill ,
\vhero It Is to bo treated. There Is an Im
mense quantity of water in both mines.
The Holy Terror ten-stamp mill is belug
run on water taken from the Holy Terror
mine. It Is probable that the Holy Terror
mill will bo closed down as soon ns the
Keystone mill starts up nnd the ere from
both mines will be trcf.ted together.
The Keystone ledge of ore can be traced
lor raoro than six miles northwest from
the Holy Terror mine , and along the
entire distance the ground has been staked
and more or less development work Is in
progress. The T'smnrck ' mine Is on this
ledge , about 1,000 f < et froru thn Holy Terror
shaft. The mine Is owned by John Barth
of Milwaukee. The ere appears In three
verticals , which are from twenty to forty feet
wide and carry values of $4 r.O fr o mlli'nq
and $30 concentrates. Mr. BartU .ro owns
: ho Big Hit mln ? , bouthcaat of Kcyfciono a
lalf mile. A whim has been purchase I lor
this property and the shaft Is down I'OO icei.
A site for a reduction plant of son'o sort
was purchased a few days ago on Battl.i
creek , a mile from the Bismarck mine , and
some style of a concentrating mill will bo
erected by Mr. Barth in a short time.
Three-quarters of a mile further up on
this Keystone ledge are the workings of the
Golden Return company of Detroit , Mich.
Thuro are nine claims In this group. On
the Vulcan a two-compartment shaft has
been put down seventy-six feet , the entire
distance being in ere which is $4.50 free
milling and $50 concentrates. OB the Holy
Smoke claim a shaft Is being put down to
the 100-foot level. At the fifty-foot level
the ore assayed $5 free milling and | 35 con
centrates. There Is water enough In the
two shafts to run a ten-stamp mill. A
steam hoist and pump Is to bo erected on
the Vulcan shaft. The company expects to
have the ore treated In the Keystone cus
tom mill.
A flno copper prospect Is being opened up
on a claim two miles from the Golden
Return company's property , on the Iowa
No. 9 , which Is owned by J. A. Clark.
Ore carrying 6 per cent copper three feet
from tbo surface has been uncovered. A
shaft Is being sunk to the water level , about
100 feet , where richer ere will undoubtedly
be found.
The Lucky Boy mine Is ono of the oldest
locations in the Keystone district. It was
first staked out by William Franklin In
the early ' 80s. Franklin afterward dis
covered the Holy Terror mine. The Lucky
Boy Is now owned by Llntz Bros , of Key
stone. The mine is in the city limits of
the town. A drift has been run 200 feet
along the main ore shoot and the orq Is
$5 free milling nnd $30 concentrates. The
Sunnysldo mtno Is situated about three
miles north of Hill City nnd Is owned prin
cipally by the stockholders of the Holy
Terror company. An incline shaft has been
run 300 feet and refractory ore assaying $200
and over has been uncovered. There Is
also rich free-milling ere In the mine , but
not In largo quantities. There is a five-
stamp mill at the mine.
The Eldorado mine Is about four miles
east of Hill City. Two shafts have been
sunk and free-milling ore valued at from
$6 to $28 has been struck. The property Is
owned by J. J. McClurln of Pennsylvania.
I.nwrenco County HeiiulillennM.
LEAD , S. D. , Sept. 12. ( Special. ) The
Lawrence county republican conven
tion met In this city Saturday ,
A strong ticket was put up and
a very harmonious session was held ,
The ticket Is : State senators , W. S. O'Brien ,
H , T. Cooper ; representatives , A. P. dndall ,
Henry Keels , John S. Hawgood , John Peter
son ; sheriff , Mike McAllen ; treasurer , H. P ,
Lorey ; register of deeds , John Wrlngrose ;
clerk of courts , Sol Star ; county Judge , F ,
J. Washabough ; state's attorney , Robert C ,
Hayes ; auditor , William Zlnk ; superintend'
cut of schools , Miss Helen Bennett ; assessor
A. A. Moodle ; surveyor , A. S. Gates ; coroner
ner , Dr. Zerflng ; commissioner First dls >
trlct , James Fish ; justices of the peace , D
D. Smead and N , Colman.
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SPEARFISH , S. D. . Sept. 12. ( Speclal.- )
Two hundred and fifty students registers
! at the opening of the state normal of thl
cKy last week , which is the largest openlni
n attendance ever had , H was necessary t
turn away about nevcnty-five young peopl
from the model department for lack of room
The school starts out with excellent pros
I "ects-
Jt I Child IMnytt with Flrr.
to The conjunction of an Idle Sunday after
iy noon , A match and a small boy started a fir
g at the resilience ot Mrs. Martha Parts , 285
( , Dodge street. The child was left alone In th
kitchen and a blaze was seen scon afterwar
" Issuing from a rear window. The fire wa
5 extinguished with nominal loss.
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REES' ' GREAT PLANT BURNS1
Printing Company's Establishment Entirely
Destroyed by Fire ,
BLAZE STARTS IN THE MAIN PRESS ROOM
IfiiUnoivn , lint Clinrffcil to
Spontaneous ConihiiNtlon Other
! ' ! nil * Suffer Hcnvy I.onn Fire
men llnnipcreil liy Wires.
Fire yesterday morning cleaned out the
building occupied by the Recs Printing com
pany , at Eleventh and Howard streets , en
tailing an estimated loss of $85,000 on build
ing and contents , The Rccs Printing com
pany , which occupied part of the lower
floor of the building and all Hie upper
part , suffered the complete Toss of Us print
ing plant and Us stock. A rough estimate
places this company's loss at $60,000 , with
the Insurance at $47,000 , divided among
twenty companies , handled by Webster &
Howard.
Other occupant's of the building arc : G.
W. Icken , commission merchant , whoso loss
Is placed at $1,500 , and Henry Bens , who
had a saloon In the corner room. His loss
is estimated at $2,000. The lessen
on the building , which Is owned
by Dr. Mercer , Is placed at $22,000. It is
fully covered by Insurance. The building
occupied bv Rocco Brothers , commission
merchants , adjoining tbo burned building on
the south , suffered no loss other than by
water. Its cellars were flooded , but the
stock ot fruit was not Injured. Strclght &
Howes , whoso building adjoins it on the
cast , was also flooded by water , but little
other damage resulted.
Where the 1'lre Started.
The origin of the fire Is not known , but It
Is supposed to have been duo to spontaneous
combustion among the printing Inks on the
third floor near the elevator. At the time of
the flro A. T. Johnson , superintendent of the
Reform Press association , and Frank Ander
son , a press feeder , were In the building.
They were working on the third floor on the
Eleventh street side , when they saw a blaze
Issue from a point near the elevator shaft.
In another Instant a sheet of flre seemed to
envelop the entire room. They made their
way to the street and turned In an alarm.
When they returned to the building flames
were seen shooting out from all the windows
dews of the third floor. With wonderful
swiftness the fine connected to the fourth
floor and In ten minutes after it broke out
the building was doomed.
When the firemen arrived the entire In
terior of the building was In flames. Chief
Rcdell , seeing the fire was a hard one to
combat , sent In n general alarm and the en
tire department responded. Shortly after
the department arrived three loud explo
sions occurred on the third floor of the
building and in on Instant the floor was
wrenched from Us place and fell with a
crash to the floor below , Us weight carryIng -
Ing that floor with It Into the cellar.
Machinery Totally Wrecked.
On the third floor were five big cylinder
presses nnd flvo heavy Gordon job presses.
These with several heavy paper cutters
and other printing machines are total
wrecks in the cellar of tbo building. Shortly
after the third floor fell two of the division
walls and the fourth floor nnd the roof I H
In. Nothlnc remains of the building but
the two naked front walls.
Considerable trouble , delay and Incon
venience was experienced by the firemen
because of an entanglement of trolley , telephone -
phone and telegraph wires In the s'.reet.
No ono was Injured about the building ,
although several firemen had narrow es
capes when the floors collapsed. At the >
tlrao the floors fell Bon's bartender , James
Cooper , and E. J. Rourke were engaged In
carrying out the fixtures of Bon's
saloon. Two heavy presses crashed
through the celling of the saloon
and the two men narrowly escaped being
crushed to death.
At noon the flre was still burning In
the debris In the cellar ot the building.
This Is the second time this bulMlng has
been visited by flre. August 6 , 1897 , It was
damaged to the extent of $9,000. As In this
flro the Rees Printing company was the
heavy losers. The building was erected by
Dr. Mercer eight years ago , at a cost of
$40,000.
Keen In Undecided.
Mr. Rccs feels his loss keenly , coming
so closely , as It does , on the recent flro
loss he suffered and from which he said ho
was just recovering himself. Ho Is unde
cided as yet what his plans for the fu
ture are nnd will not be , he said , until after
his loss has been adjusted. He thinks , however -
over , that ho will eventually ro-establlsh
himself in business It not at the old stand
In some other good location. He cannot account -
count for the flre other than It had been due
to spontaneous combustion. He said there
had been no flro In the building , and at the
time of the flre the building's electric plant
had not been put Into operation , a fact
which disproves the report that a live elec
tric wlro had caused It.
At the tlmo of the fire Mr. Rees had a
700 order of printing almost finished. The
lee's estimate on the loss he pronounces
bout correct.
Mr. Recs had opened a temporary office
n the front of the salesroom of the Carpcn-
or Paper company , Twelfth and Howard
treets. He says nil the orders he has on
hand will bo filled by him at the various
irlntlng houses about the city and out ol
own. Mr. Rees' firm was the only one
outsldo of Chicago and St. Louis that did
hcatrlcal and commercial poster work and
ils loss will somewhat Inconvenience th (
ocal theaters and theatrical companlei
vhlch depended on him for their postci
work.
I'rrpnrliiK for Winter Travel.
The Omaha Street Railway company wll
eon put in use for fall and winter trafiV
a lot of brand-new closed trolley cars frcsl
rom the ahops ot the Jones' Manufacturlui
ompany of Troy , N. Y. All of the cars ii
use laet season are now In the company1 !
hops undergoing repairs , and these , togetht
with the new ones , will bo brought Into re
quUltlon for travel as soon as the weathe
requires. In the repair shops , snow plow
and the full complement of paraphernulli
or clearing the tracks are being repaired fo
use , and the company will be well equlppci
o rope wuh ncx' wlnter'b storms and t'
> rovent them causing an Interruption < .
ravel.
_ _ _ _ _ _
Warned of 11 Thief.
Chief Hoges of Kansas City has notlflei
Chief Gallagher to look out for Wllllan n
Crcelon , late a cloakroom boy at ( he Midland
hotel , Kansas Cltr , who Is wanted for steal
ing n lot ot gold chains from the trunk of
ono of the hotel guests.
GORDON TURNSJTHEM LOOSE
Two Men SufiprcttMl of IlrhtK llnratnr *
Itelcnnrit li > - the I'olleo JUIRC
After llcnrlnff.
The discharge of Harry Ilnxtcr and Mlk *
Dwyer , alleged burglars , by Judge Gordon
in police court yesterday was not relished
by the police , who had apt their hearts
on sending the two men to the district
court.
"Why , that guy Baxter la ono of the
swellcst and smoothest crooks that over
took the coin from n Houbea au' that decl-
slou of his nebs In the big chair there
i makes a need , hard v , or kin' copper sick.
What 'ell's the use plnchln * crooks , any
way , say ? " was the disgusted remark of
a "lly" man who saw the two men given
their liberty.
Baxter and Dwycr were caught loitering
about tbo saloon of Henry Ansdorpb , Six
teenth nud California Elects , last Friday
, morning early. When two police olllccrJ
sought to arrest them they ran Into a
' nearby outbuilding. After they were placed
under arrest the ofllcers searched the out
building and found a chisel , which had
evidently been left there by the men. This
I chisel , It Is said by the police , was uacd
In the robbery of the grocery of Helmrod
& Hansen , 701 North Sixteenth street , and
Henry Ilobcfcld , C23 North Sixteenth street ,
n few nights before the men's arrest. It
had been used to pry opcu the back win
dows. The police say they arc confident of
this , ns the chisel fits exactly tbo Indenta
tions found on the window sills of these
buildings.
At his bearlne Baxter made a talk In
his own defense. Ho admitted that his
record was a long black ono and that ho
was a crook , but ho said ho had not com
mitted any offense since corning to Omaha ,
Borne weeks aco. Ho Is CO years old and
has a Dollco record as a grafter and con
fidence man. Ho was given a ninety-day
. floater sentence under promise of his leav
ing the city. Dwycr was discharged.
LOWELL ADAIRGOES FREE
Gordon lloliln the Stntc linn
Failed to I'rodncc Any ISvlilcnce
on Which to Hold Him.
Lowell Adalr , under arrest , charged with
being' the accomplice of Roy Home , who was
shot and killed while in the act of robbing
Samuel Fnrnsworth's drugstore at 2115
Cumlngs , ten days ago , was discharged at
his preliminary hearing before Judge Gor
don yesterday.
| In discharging Adalr Judge Gordon said
the state had failed to produce any evidence
that would connect Adalr with the robbery.
Ho disregarded the testimony of the physi
cians at St. Joseph's hospital , where Homo
had died from his wounds , who swore that
on his dying bed Homo had confessed not
only once but several times that Adalr was
his accomplice and was the man who made
a plunge through a plate glass window to
liberty at the tlmo Druggist Farnsworth
shot him. In disregarding the testimony
Judge Gordon said that a death bed confes
sion was only admissible in cases of homi
cide.
cide.Adalr's
Adalr's hearing has been on In the police
court elnco Friday last. The state Introduced
flvo witnesses. The defense introduced none.
| Upon the conclusion of the examination of
i the last witness yesterday Attorney Hcls
ley , acting for Adalr , asked for his client's
I discharge on the grounds that no case had
! been made against him and the motion was
granted.
I.ISADVII.I.K MINING
Plnnn of n New Company Which In-
volT Mnny Mllllonx.
LEADVILLE , Colo. , Sept. 12. ( Special. )
A transfer ot ground , some twenty acres ,
recently made from the Leadvllle Drainage
and Tunneling company to the Resurrection
Gold Mining company , means that In the
near future another big milling enterprise
will be Inaugurated. H Is understood that
the ground has been purchased for the pur
pose of erecting a largo concentrator which
will handle the low grade ere from this
property. The Resurrection , under the man
agement of C. T. Carnahan , has opened up
ute a wonderful mine , and steady shipments
of a good grade of gold ere are being made.
At the same tlmo Immense bodies of tow
; rado milling ore have also been cncoun-
: ercd and in some Instances opened up and
it is to handle this proposition that the
now mill Is to bo built. The plant will be
located near Lcadvlllo Junction , on the Rio
Grande railroad , about three miles from the
city , and the ere will be handled there by
the new railroad being built by the Rio
Grande from Leadvlllo to Ibex , which goes
up Evans gulch , skirts along Little Ellen
hill , taking Jn the Resurrection , Sedalla and
other big properties In that territory. The
Tact that the mill is to be built some dis
tance from the mlno has caused wonderment
among those who do not understand the
proposition. A mill at the mlno could never
have been a profitable venture , owing to
the lack of power. The point selected at the
Junction ot tbo Tennessee and Arkansas
gives ample water supply all the year
around and with the new railroad In opera
tion to the mine will enable them to trans
port this low grade ore at a rate which
will pay to handle 'It and which could not
bavo been handled were It necessary to ship
by wagon.
While this mill Is likely to be , to start with ,
purely for the benefit of the Resurrection
mine , there remains no doubt that It will beet
ot sufficient capacity to handle the ores of
other properties In the locality and which
have great bodies of the same character of
ere In their ground , not now being handled ,
but which will be shipped after the now
concentrator is erected and put in operation.
No IlontH
DULUTH , Minn. , Sept. 12. A possible
solution of the mystery of the wreckage
sighted by the steamer Fryer on Lake
Superior last Saturday Is that U came
from the Minnesota steamer Marlposa ,
which took on now hatch covers lately. It
Is believed the old ones were thrown over-
board. No boats are missing here so far ita
r can bo learned.
d
o Mine WorUcrn In Se nlon.
.f INDIANAPOLIS , Sept. 12. The national
executive board ot the United Mine Workerc
ot America met hero today. All the mem
bers of the board wore present , Including
representatives from various states. Among
the members ot the executive board ar sev-
This Wet Weather-
has all to do with the health of that
young woman that Is about to start on
her last term of schooling a cold con
tracted now from wetting the feet may
wreck her life we've r special shoo
this fall for the young women built
from line , soft , pliable calf skin broad ,
common sense heel and extension soles
that Is proving to be the Ideal fall
nnd winter shoe feet always dry , nnd
yet the shoe Is a real comfort to the
wearer not clumsy looking but made
right up to date at only § ' _ ' .50 nnd the
tttyle of the much higher priced ones.
Wo can lit any young woman with
these shoes.
Drexel Shoe Co.
Omaha's Up-to-date Shoe Home.
1410 FARNA.M STREET
\
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BEER
Contains every element that makes
a healthful and desirable beverage ,
Purity , Perfect Brewing , Proper Age ,
Giving piquancy , zest , satisfaction , true refreshment.
The Original The Faust
Budweiser
The Anheuser-
The Michelob Standard
TheMuenchener The Pale Lager
Brewed and bottled only by the
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
"NOT HOW CHEAP ? BUT HOW GOOD"
Is iht Association's Guiding Motto.
Good , pure , clear , healthful Beer , made of selected grains , cosb more to make than
the indifferent kinds , therefore commands a higher price. Anhtustr-Busch Beer
is served on all Pullman and Wagner Dining and Buffet Cars , all Ocean and
Lake Steamers , and in all the best Hotels , Cafes , Clubs , and families.
Used by Army and Navy and at Soldiers' Homes.
NO CORN USED. CORN BEER IS NOTHING
BETTER THAN A CHEAP IMITATION
OF GENUINE BEER.
MALT-NUTRINE , the purest Mall Extract the Food Drink a boon to the weak
and convalescent is prepared by this association.
Btaullful new booklet free. Anheuser-Buich Brewing Ais'n , St. Louis , U. S. A.
cral state presidents of the Mine Workers'
organization. The sessions of the > board ,
President lUtcbford says , may continue until
tomorrow evening. One of the questions to
come up Is whether Mr. Ratchford , who hns
recently been appointed a member of the
Industrial commission by President McKln-
ley , will continue to servo as president of
the Mlno Workers' association. Auother
feature of the meeting will be- reports of the
differences existing between the miners and
employers In various parts of the country
and suggestions as to the future policy of
the Mlno Workers.
auucu PUA.MCS or A ICANSAH niut.
InnlM < N on Cllmlilngr Teleiirnpli Polcn
nnil Sitting oil the Wlren.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Sept. 12. ( Special. ) A
little 13-year-old Pawnee county , Kansas ,
miss , Bertha Leonard , has lately given the
telegraph companies an unlimited amount
of trouble In a most unique and peculiar
way. Bertha's dally duty was to herd nnd
watch a largo drove of cattle , whoso range
was near the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph wires.
For some tlmo past , nt Irregular Intervals
during almost every day , these lines abso
lutely failed to work and tbo trouble seemed
to bo somewhere In the vicinity of where the
girl ranged her father's cattle , but try as
the line repairers would , it could not bo
definitely located. Finally It was discov
ered that Bertha , In order to get a better
view of the herd , had driven railroad spikes
Into n telegraph pole , so that she could
climb U , and that she would , whenever she
got weary watching the cattle from the
ground , climb the pole , pull up a board by
means of a cord , place It across the wires ,
scat herself on tbo board and spend an
hour or two watching the herd from her
uniquely Improvised elevated station.
Whenever the board happened to be damp or
wet , and the frequent rains this year have
kept tha board wet most all the time , It de
stroyed the electric current and practically
cut off all telegraphic communication be
tween Denver and Kansas City.
When discovered and Informed of the
damage &ho was doing to the business ot
the telegraph lines Bertha was greatly sur
prised and was apparently utterly Ignorant
of the fact that her seat on the wires in
terfered in the slightest degree with the
working of the lines.
Newn Note * .
Arkansas City has purchased a water
works plant.
A Topeka woman paid her drunken hus
band $1,000 to leave the country.
At a Wichita Christian Endeavor conven
tion three men were stabbed as the result of
a free flght.
General Hugh Cameron , the Douglas
county hermit , and Senator Peffer are the
warmest of fi lends.
The Atchlson corn carnival has been called
off because the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition
Is attracting all the festival crowds.
Albert Jenks went on a watermelon expe
dition In the dead of night at Fort Scott.
The farmer used a shot gun and Jenks was
killed.
In Lane couny hydrophobia bus become
so common among dogs that every canine
caught running at large is promptly shot.
The disease has spread to stock.
Ninety thousand barrels of oil spoutnd last
year from seventy-eight wells in the state
ot Kansas. The output might have been
loub'd If the trust had not deliberately cur-
atled the product. It la said the trust Is
loldlng the Kansas wells for future use.
MISTAKES MADE BY MAILERS
People Who Are Careless Are Cumbering
tie Postoffice Vaults.
DEAD LETTER LIST GROWING RAPIDLY
All SorU of Mull Mnttcr Uenonltca
with IiiNtiHlelent PoatiiKU r De
ficient Direction Nonvonlr
Cnriln anil Hcveniic Stiiniiia.
Many exposition visitors will bo flllnn
kicks against the postal service for the next
year after their experience In Omaha , and
there will bo no ono to blame but them
selves. Tbo quantity of local dead letter
mail was novcr so largo as it is now , and
the Increase Is largely duo to the exposition.
Newspapers containing stories of the expo
sition are mailed by tbo basketful without
sufficient postage , and are piled up at th
postofflce. Souvenir postal cards are an
other branch of mall matter which In many
cases never get beyond the postofflce. A
largo number of the exhibitors on tha
grounds have these cards as advertising sou
venirs. They have no stamp , being prepared
by private parties , nnd those who use them ,
associating them with a government postal
card , think a 1-cont stamp will carry them.
This Is an error. It requires 2 cents , and
every ono that has been mailed with less
than that amount has been held out.
Rovonuc stamps have been another cause ,
for loading up the dead letter clerks with
a lot of work. Accidentally , or with a mis
taken idea of their purpose , these stamps
have In numerous cases been affixed to let
ters In place of the regular postage. One
might just as well stick on a piece ot
court plaster for all the good it docs. A 2-
cent revenue stamp win not carry a letter
farther than from the drop box to the dead
letter desk. The person to whom 10 Is Ad
dressed Is notified , and if ho cares enough
for it to forward a 2-cent stamp , it will re
quire a third stamp to carry out this pur
pose , and the letter will have cost G ccnta
before it reaches It's destination. As high
as four and five letters a day of this klud
are received at the postofllce here , and with
the same proportion at other offices , It can
bo seen that the government will derive
considerable revenue through the careless
ness ot those who started the letters on
their way. Sometimes , It Is thought , these
revenue stamps arc mistaken for the expo
sition souvenir stamps , as they have a sim
ilar appearance , but In most cases , It Is be
lieved , the sender thinks It makes lltt'lo dif
ference so long as a stamp Is attached to
the epistle.
Ilenth of 11 I'loiieer.
Julius Rudowsky , ono of the oldest German
citizens of Omaha , died at his residence , 1214
South Twentieth street , at au early hour yes
terday morning. He was a pioneer of this city ,
having lived hero forty-one years. Ho owned
j considerable property here ; among other
, properties was the block on Twentieth street ,
( between Pierce street and Woolworth
avenue. He was 73 years of ago
and died ot old age. Ho loaves
a wife , a son and three daughters. The
funeral service will bo conducted by the
lodge of Odd Fellows , to which bo has be
longed for the last thirty years.
It's ' Easy to Get In
on this great special priced special plauo
sale of ours that Is , If you come now-
Just look In tlie wlmlgw east window
nnd see that beautiful piano bran new
-at only ? M8.00-that's only u naniplo
of the many wonderful pluno oirerlnj'H
we are now making besides cutting the
prices down , we're malkng the easiest
kind of terms from $15 to SfSO cash
when you buy and $10 to ? 25 a month-
It's easy for any one to own a piano nt
these prices and terms ,
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas
A Handsome Face-
is not disfigured by our flnc eyeglasses ,
but your beauty nnd eyesight Is pre
served at the same time. Don't neglect
the Impaired or Imperfect eyesight ! It
is n great mistake , and none know It
better than the experienced oculist or
optician. "A stitch In time Haves nine. "
We will test your sight free of all charge
and what wo furnish you will bis
under the direction of n skilled optician
. Wo grind our own lens , thus Insuring
correctness , which we guarantee.
TheAloe&PenfoldCo
adlnir Scientific Optician * ,
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