THE OMAHA DAILY * BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 4 , 180S.
TUt
Displays that Will Bo Made Taesday and
Thursday Nighta ,
PAGEANTS OF THE KING OF PROSPERITV
Allinmhrn'fl Hcautlcn niul LcKcndu to
He Illuntrntcd niul Wonilcrn ot
Electricity to lie Ilni > lnycd
for the I'opulncc.
The Innumerable parades that the Trans-
i' ' ' ' . " ' rnlsslsalppl Exposition has brought to
r * * * . Omaha must lose some of their prestige be
fore another dawn. All ot the brilliant pro
cessions that have helped to make the de
partment of pageantry at the great expo
sition a notable success will bo excelled with
the appearance of the grand Ak-Sar-Ben
parade this evening.
Leaving his mammoth castle to tbo north
of the city shortly after 7 o'clock this evenIng -
Ing , the king of Qulvera , with his Knights
of Ak-Sor-Bcn , accompanied by hundreds
of horsemen and a wonderfully rich display
of Illustrated legends , on twenty beautiful
lloats , will como down town through the
principal streets and will bo viewed by
the greatest concourse of pc'oplo that over
witnessed an Ak-Sar-Ben parade.
The theme chosen for this evening's parade -
ado Is ono that has never before been worked
out in any form ot pageantry. It was chosen
by the Board of Governors of the Knights
of Ak-Sar-Beu after careful consideration
of a 'largo number of themes suggested ,
and the appearance ot the floats justifies the
assertion that the board chose wisely.
Washington Irvlng's "Alhambra" liua fur
nished the scciirs that are represented on
the twenty gorgeous panoramas. At first
thought It would seem odd to have selected
a work dealing so largely with the hlitory ,
customs and manners of the Spaniards und
tbo Moors , after the little affair with Spain
Undo Sam had down near Cuba a few
months ago. But whatever relates ot the
glories of Spain has been carefully ex
cluded from the floats , and the representa
tions are largely given over to , the story
of the Moors , 'While there will bo noth
ing lu this parade to offend the ntoutes-
patriot , ho will have a suifelt of pictorial
stories of the late Avar in the parade < ol
Thursday evening.
ICInK AVIII Tnke 1'onBesnloii.
As the pageant moves west on Farnam
street two couriers , mounted on the swiftest
Bleeds , \\111 be observed to leave the body
of the procession , and , running ahead of their
peers , will draw rein in front of the nlty
hall. Hero they will Inform the worthy
mayor of the city that the king of Qulvera
desires an entrance to the exposition town.
Ills honor wll'.i bid the messenger to con
vey his greetings to their majesty and bid
him enter. Then , in all the gloryand splen
dor that an earthly king can command , Ak-
Sar-Ben IV , the great unknown , will advance -
vance to the front of the municipal castle
anu will there bo presented with the keys
ot tbo city and the mayor's telephone num
ber.
ber.Tho
The order of the pageant has been
reversed this year , the king ot Qul
vera and Duke of the Seven Cities
of Clbola , powerful protector of the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , making his dp-
poarnnco on the first night of the autumnal
festivities Instead of on the last. The
titles of the floats Illustrative of. the "Al
hambra" are as follows :
1 Tltlo float.
2 The klnc's float.
3 Alhamar , the founder of Alhambra.
4 The adventure of the mason.
6 The Arabian astrologer.
6 The Gothic beauty.
7 The garden of Iran. >
8 Tha pilgrim of lovo-
0 The Moor's legacy , i
10 The three beautiful princesses.
11 The rose of the Alhambra.
12 The garden of the LIndoraxa.
13 Yusef and the ambassadors.
14 The two discreet statues.
IB The soldier's story.
16 Palace of Zahara. 'jC
17 Hafsah and her lover. '
18 Thd enchanted soldier.
19 Cave of Salamanca.
20 Guardians of enchanted treasures.
The parade will leave the Castle at
7:15 : this evening and start promptly
from Sixteenth and Cumtng streets
The route Is n * follows : South on
Sixteenth to Douglas , east to Ninth
south to Farnam , west to Eigh
teenth , north to Douglas , west to Nine
teenth , south to Harnoy , east to Sixteenth
south to Howard , east to Fifteenth , north to
Capitol avenue , weet to Sixteenth , north to
the Castle.
Triumph of Elcctrlcnl Application
Desirous of presenting a parade unlike
anything over before witnessed In any
American city the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
at tbo beginning of the present year decided
to bul. . . nn electrical parade. They have
done It and the citizens of Omaha and their
numerous guests will have an opportunity
to see It on Thursday evening of this week
Electrical parades have been attempted be
fore , but never successfully carried out to
completion. The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
last year made a wise experiment with
three electrical floats. So great was tbo
pralso which they received that n entire
pageant of electricity was ordered to celebrate
brato the exposition held within the king
dom of Qulvera this year.
The blaze of glory consists of twenty
floats illustrative of most popular subjects
with the heroes of the war generously re1
mcmbercd in excellent "counterfeit pre >
eentments. " Each float Is lighted with
from EOO to 2.000 Incandescent lamps , the
power for the lights being secured from the
trolley wires of the street car company
With this parade will march a number o
regular soldiers and a couple of hundred
horsemen will ride as nn escort of honor
The floats will bo agreeably interspcrsec
with the best bands that can bo securei
for the occasion ,
The route of tha electrical parade on
Thursday evening is announced as follows
The parade will leave the Castle at 7:15 :
p. m. and start promptly at 8 o'clock fron
Sixteenth and Cumlng streets. The route
is as follows : South on Sixteenth street to
Howard , east to Fourteenth , north to Doug
las , east to Tenth , south to Farnam , west
to Eighteenth , north to Douglas , west to
Nineteenth , south to Harney , < * ust to Six
teenth and north to the Castle.
null on I'rlilay 12 * viilnif.
The grand coronation ball on Friday evenIng -
Ing , to bo held at the Ak-Sar-Ben castle ,
promises to bo the most brilliant social
event of the exposition year. The decora
tions are most beautiful and consist largely
of softly shaded Incandescent lamps with sev
eral miles of streamers and bunting of the
royal Ak-Sar-Ben colors , red , green and
yellow. A band and orchestra will alter
nately .furnish music for a program ot tfilrty
dances and splendid refreshments will be
eervcd at midnight. The grand march ,
preceding the coronation of the king and
queen , will take place at 0 o'clock and
dancing will begin a halt hour later. Ade
quate arrangements have made for dancers
and spectators. Evening dress will be re
quired of oil those who desire to appear
on the floor and the display of gowns Is
bound to be the most brilliant made in
rrr- Omaha this season.
| . * | The men who have worked Incessantly
for the last eight months for the success
of Ak-Sar-Ben week are the following
Knlghta ot Ak-Sar-Ben : President , n. S.
Wlcox ; vice president , Thomas A. Fry ;
secretary , A. H. Noyes ; treasurer , H. J.
Tenfold : board of governors , R. S. Wllcox ,
0. D. Klpllngcr , Fred Metz , Jr. , H. J. Pen-
old , E. E. Hryson , Thomas A Fry , E. M.
Bartlett , Walter Jardlnc , W. II. Bennett ,
A. H. Noyes , E. P. Peck , William Glass.
NO COURT UNTIL NOVEMBER
I nil urn Decide to Postpone
the Term Until After tha
ClONCH.
Thcro will be no district court to speak
of until November 1. Judge Scott , how
ever , will hold court. The other six Judges
sat en blano yesterday morning and ad-
ourned court until next month. This ac
tion they took on the strength ot three
petitions presented from business men ask-
ng for an adjournment to November , so as
to allow for the exposition period to ex
pire. Nothing was done other than this
Action.
The direct legislation case has been again
continued by Judge Scott. It will come
up again today. The Juttgo will Insist
upon Attorney Yclscr showing that the
council was allowed thlity days' ttmo for
the consideration of the petition. City
Attorney Conncll will endeavor to prove
that Mr. Yclscr has not got 15 per cent ot
the actual voters of the city on the peti
tion.
In the case decided by County Judge
nvt r a short time ago , Involving $250,000
worth ot real estate in the controversy bo-
the Lirexel estate and the Reid heirs ,
an appeal has'bcen taken from Judge Bax
ter's decision by the Drexel heirs. Their
bond has been fixed at $15,000 , and John
R. Webster and Henry W. Yatcs nro the
sureties.
Kittle Owens has another habeas
corpus case In the district court. She
was arrested by Policeman Samuel Relgel-
man on September 27 on the charge of va
grancy. The petition was filed for her by
Peter Schwenk. The matter will probably betaken
taken up by Judge Slabaugh today.
A divorce eult has been brought by Mar
tin V. Zlmmer against Ida ZImmer on the
grounds of Infidelity. They were married
In Oaleton , Pa. , two years ago.
FLIMFLAM ARTISTS IN JAIL
Gu Ilonn nnil A. n. Aiiilcrnon
Locked Up on n Clinrne of Svriml-
at Sonth Oiniihn.
Deputy Sheriff Mitchell and Detective J.
D. Courtney of the Star Detective agency
hove arrested Gus Bonn and A. R. Anderson
I
son , who are charged with being connected
with the robbing of Frank W. Land of
Curtis , Neb. , on Saturday , September 24.
Courtney went to the "Burlington Ex
change" saloon , ot the northwest corner of
Twenty-seventh and L streets in South
Omaha , and arrested also a man named McCormack -
Cormack , who was Identified by Mr. Land
as ono of tbo men who robbed him. Me-
Cormack , however , got away and though a
bullet from Detective Courtney's pistol
wounded him , he managed to escape capture.
Bonn and Anderson were brought before
Justlco Baldwin yesterday morning.
Bonn gave ball In the sum of $600 for his
appearance on October 17.
Anderson took a change of venue to Jus
tlco Houck's court. Ills trial is also set
for the 17th , pending which ho was com
mitted to the county Jail.
FEDERAL BUILDING NOTES
Nine cars of ore have been received at
the customs house for the smelter.
A carload of sheep froip. the Canadian ex
perimental stock farm nt Hamilton. Ont. , has
been received through the customs house for
exhibition purposes at the exposition.
Collector Houtz has received a telegram
from Revenue Commissioner Scott to stop
collecting the tax on conductors' rebate
checks and on excess baggage receipts ,
pending the final decision on the matter by
the attorney general.
Assistant United States Attorney Hush ,
Marshal George H. Thummcl and nearly all
of his deputies. Clerk Hlllls and most ot
his assistants and Master in Chancery
Dundy have gone to Lincoln , where the Oc
tober term of the United States court
opened this morning.
The collections at the Internal revenue
odlce for the Quarter ending September 30
amounted to $978.100.10. For the preceding
quarter they were $646.937,53 and for the
same quarter last year they were $626,730.48.
The collections for September were $280-
290.31. a decrenso of $45.443.47 from the
August collections.
The suit brcuKht by Bernard McGreevy of
Holt county against the Firemen's Fund In
surance company of San Francisco , to re
cover $3.000 on a policy held b/ the plaintiff ,
which covered a building destroyed by fire
December 18. 1897. has been transferred
from the district court of Douglas county
to the United States court.
A suit to recover $5,000 on a policy held by
the late William F. Kettenbach. In which
the plaintiff is Frank W. Kettenbach. ad
ministrator. and the defendants the Omaha
Life association of Omaha , the Omaha Life
association of Minneapolis and the Pythian
Life association of Omaha has been trans
ferred to the United States court from the
district court of Douglas county.
Frank Otradousky. n merchant at Sehuy-
ler. has filed a petition In the United States
court to be declared a bankrupt. Among his
llubllitles are $138.91 of taxes due the state.
The assets include a lot of groceries and
sundries usually found In a country store ,
while much of the liabilities other than that
stated are bills to wholesalers for those
goods.
There will be a civil service examination
Wednesday for the departmental service , for
which there are sixty-five applicants , and
another on Thursday for the railway mail
service , for which there are fifty applicants.
These examinations will he held on the first
floor of the old government building. A
special examiner will come from Washington
to take choree. The examination for clerks
and carriers In the Omaha postofQce , held
last Saturday , had only twenty-one appli
cants. which was the smallest examination
in this department ever heH in thlo city.
rtiiierul of Mluhnel IJrumniy.
The remains of Police Officer Michael
Drummy , who filed Friday night after an
Illness of three months , were laid to rest
In the cemetery of the Holy Sepulcher yes
terday. The funeral was conducted under
the Joint auspices of the Policemen's Be
nevolent association and the lodge of An
cient Order of United Workmen to which
ho belonged. Funeral sen-ices were held at
the Church of St. Patrick , Rev. Father
Smith officiating. Four platoons of police
men , commanded by Captain Mostyn and
Sergeants Her , Whalen and King escorted
the funeral cortege from the church to
Eighteenth and Fartiam streets. Officers
Boyle , Ryan , Klssanc , McCarthy , Fahey and
Dillon in full uniform acted as pall bearers.
A largo floral piece , emblematic ot the de
ceased officer's calling , was the gift of the
police department. Deceased lived at 3012
South Eighteenth street. Ho leaves a widow
and two gro wn children. He was a member
of the police department nine years.
Vlctlnm Identify 1'rlnoners.
J. L. Melchtor and his friend Thompson ,
who were held up Sunday night by the Hart
gang at Seventeenth and Nicholas , went to
the station yesterday and positively Identi
fied the persona under arrest as the ones
concerned in the assault and robbery.
The parties held at the station are John
Button , Ike Hart , John Delbrldge , Carrie
Hart and Josle Hart. They are part of the
some outfit that recently furnished John
Cook and "Soapy" McDonald In the roles
of the "lonR and short" men.
Sniull Cottnuea Ilurneil.
The two small frame cottages at numbers
213 and 215 South Fortv-slxth ft reel were
totally destroyed by flro yesterday at 2:30 :
a m. The loss on building and contents Is
placed ut $1.500 with insurance at $400.
The buildings were occupied by Dan Haley
and were owned by the Fidelity Loan and
Trust company. Tbo orleln of the fire is
not known ,
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup , regularly taken ,
wards off attacks ot asthma. 2Cc.
PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE
Industrial Changes Working to the
Advantage of the Farmer.
STORAGE BATTERY POWER FOR IMPLEMENTS
"U'nute of Animal HncrKr I" Farm Op-
L-rutloim .Anluc of Corn Pith
I'nrntuount Problem of
Irrigation ,
I have referred before , writes E. P.
Powell in the Independent , to the remarka
ble changes euro to bo brought about by
the change ot power from steam to elec
tricity , and how these changes are euro
Jo work for the advantage of agriculture.
What wo want now on the farm Is the more
perfect storage battory. Within three years
the Improvements have been so great that
the loss of power has been reduced from
over to per cent to less 'than 20 per cent.
Mr. Hawley Is sure that the perfect bat
tery is very near. Then electricity will bo
a portable commodity , as much as oil In a
tank. Ho believes that great trains of elec
tric storage batteries nlll move over all
the land , from cornfields , where they will
be charged , to bo delivered everywhere for
practical uses. To have our fuel and light
and help for running barn and house ma
chinery brought to our doors with regularity
Is what wo may anticipate. The application
of electric lights to the stimulation and
forcing of vegetation has not been largely
a success. Some plants , such as lettuce ,
It Is found , can be urged forward In their
development by such methods. Much more
effective has been the use of electricity for
the destruction of weeds. Ono terminal ot
a dynamo Is connected with the ground ,
whllo the other Is connected with a wlro
brush. Wherever this Is drawn over the
ground It destroys all tbo woods It touches.
It Is very probable that the same means
can bo used effectively In meeting Invasions
of grasshoppers and some of the more de
structive beetles.
It does not seem probable that wo have
come near the end of progress in the way
of general signalling and intercommunica
tion between our farmhouses and stations.
Where I live wo have announced to us each
j day by telegraphic whistles the prospective
weather. The extent to which such
signalling can bo carried Is almost
unlimited. There is no reason why
a telegraphic alphabet may not be arranged
to announce over an era of many square
miles every morning the price of wheat , or
corn , or apples , or butter , or hops. The ad
vantage which the speculator has over the
farmer Is that the latter seldom knows the
real state of the general market. In England
the search lights at the Acton Hill Elec
trical works Is directed against a cloud , or
abody , of trees , to make an announcement
at great distance.
A recent writer says that the waste of
animal energy In farm operations Is one of
the marvels of the close of the nineteenth
century. But the Germans tell us that they
are now applying electricity to the plow
with economic success , and that hereafter
the fundamental toll of upturning the eod
need not involve animal power. The cost
at Halle has been found to be about half
that of animal power. The proposal is that
farmers shall associate In establishing ca
bles , as they are forming co-operative
groups in other directions.
Vnluc of Corn Tltli.
Something was read , over a year ago , of
the possible use of corn etalks as a lining
for war ships. A'most Interesting experi
ment in this line has been made recently
by the Russian admiralty near St. Peters
burg. ' A coffer dam , six feet long , six feet
deep and three feet broad , was packed with
blocks of cellulose , made from the pith of
corn stalks. This material was sent over
to the Russians , and was packed by nn
American company which has been specially
established to manufacture this material.
The cellulose was compressed until It
weighed eight pounds for each cubic fpot.
A elx-lnch solid shot WES then flred through
the whole mass , striking it midway : The
shot moved at a velocity of ono thousand
trot a second , passing entirely through the
iron walls and the cellulose packing. It
carried out the hole thus made less than halt
a pound of the cellulose. The dam was
then filled with water , giving a pressure
of five feet on the perforated spot. After
half nn hour it was discovered that not
the least moisture had passed through the
track o4f the shot. This experiment proves
that we have at last a material that Is ab
solutely perfect in the protection of our
cruisers ; but there is no reason why th ?
same material may not bo available fur
the protection of commercial ships. We
shall probably live to see the time when
our western prairies will cease to exhibit a
winter waste of vast quantities of corn
stalks.
Wo are rapidly closing In on a problem
that Is of paramount Importance to agricul
ture , that of Irrigation. The National Irri
gation congress , which has recently held Its
session at Cheyenne , distinctly states the
case as a question that the peopltvcf every
state are directly Interested In. At the
present rate ot Increase of population the
time Is short before every portion of the
United States will be crbwded by those
seeking new places to build homes and to
gain a competency for themselves and their
families. The arid and semi-arid regions ,
through development by means of Irrigation ,
can be reclaimed and turned Into fertile
fields and thus made homes for many mil
lions of people. But there Is a growing
conviction that an irrigation system must
bo devised to counteract drouth in every
state in the union. In 1894 the .disaster
fiom drouth was so severe that the eastern
end middle states lost very close to one-
half of all their products. The damaEO
was scarcely less In 1895. No nation over
carried on agriculture for 300 successive
years without a thorough system of Irriga
tion , and wo must do the same.
Control of Water Supply.
If wo follow our Aryan forefathers from
India westward wo find their conquests
marked by magnificent works to control
water supply. In India today , the govern
ment statistics show 15,000.000 acres Irri
gated by canals and 20,000,000 by tanks and
wells , o'ur Irrigation congress takes the
ground that water cannot bo considered as
private property , and has not the legal attri
bute of such property. It favors a state sys
tem of Irrigation under public control. Re
cent demonstrations have shown that , with
proper appliances and regular Irrigation , the
worn out soils of the south will
produce 250 bushels of corn to
the acre , while our present system of
fanning the average yield In all the states
taken together Is less than twenty-five
bushels to the acre. Wo have been content
to dig seventy-five burhels of potatoes to the
acre ; but it Is found to bo possible to secure
from 400 to COO per acre. In large degree
the farming of the nineteenth century did
not demand maximum crops. We are facing
an era when It will bo necessary to make
our land do for us Its very best , while , In
turn , we must do for the land as generously.
Dr. Groff eaygthat "while wo have not
over one-third ot our area under cultivation ,
what wo have does not produce a fifth ot
what It is capable of annually bringing
forth. "
The Indenpendcnt has been foremost fet
years in urging a system of American for
estry. Wo bavo lived to see in 1S98 an in
itial step taken by most ot the states aa
preliminary to the preservation of the re
maining forests : but , better yet , New York
I Etate has now undertaken steps for the
thorough culture ot Its trees. It is expected
that the forest property ot Now York state
will cover about 3,000OuO acres ; and the
Forestry school recently established will
have charge ot this state property. The
Now York State College ot Forestry Is the
first of its kind In America ; In It will be
taken up the question of the study of for
estry , as it has teen token up for mauy
years In Europe. Wo arc approaching the
end of forest waste. This school has been
placd In charge of Cornell university.
Thirty thousand acres in the Adlrondacks
will constitute what night bo called the
college campus , where lessons will bo given
and study carried on In tree life. The for
est will bo divided Into compartments , In
which different varieties of timber will bo
separately studied. The Intent will bo to
Increase the most valuable timber at the
expense of the least valuable. Out ot this
experiment we hope may grow up through
out the United States that which wo so
deeply need , n true tree lovp and rever
ence. Wo have to root out the Instinct
which several centuries of battling with
lorests has created that trees are hin
drances to civilization.
TROOPS FOR THE PRESIDENT
Efforts to Secure n Military Kiicort for
Mr. McICInlcy While
lu Oniiilin.
If all the soldiers that ? the military and
exposition officials ore trying to secure are
obtained , President McKlnloy will have a
big and representative military escort when
ho reaches Omaha. Volunteers and rcgu-1
lars , Infantry and cavalry will all be found
In the body.
According to the Instructions of the com-
mandlng general , the Twenty-second in
fantry , now at Fort Crook , will act us the
military guard , as that regiment Is the only
one available. The body will not bo very
large , as only a lltflo more than 200 of the
regiment returned. The men will be formed
Into two companies. The band will also
bo in line. By the time that the jubilee
week arrives Iho furloughs granted to mem
bers of Iho Second Nebraska volunteers will
have expired and this regiment will bo
called upon to march with the regulars.
Attempts are now being made to secure
a. squadron ot cavalry. The army officials
at Washington have been asked to detail
Company K of the First cavalry , from Fort
Lcavcnworth , and another company ot the
First cavalry from Fort Hlley. It is be
lieved that success will attend these efforts >
to get tbo mounted troops. I
I
Mortality StntlMlcH.
The following births and deaths were reported - I
ported to the health commissioner in the
twenty-four hours ending at roon yester
day : I
Births David Muff , 220G North Twenty- I
first , boy ; John Frahm , Fifty-first and
Marcy , girl ; Hobart Kanalserr , Douglas
County hospital , girl ; Tom Davlson , 1517
South Twenty-eighth , boy ; F. L. McCoy ,
1516 South Twenty-ninth , girl ; I. Moore , 520
South Twenty-fourth avenue , boy ; W. Bor-
aon , 2015 Plnkney , girl ; John Borgqulst , 1002 .
South Nineteenth , girl ; Ernest Ward , 1431
North Nineteenth , girl. |
Deaths Mary J. Robertson , 3031 Burdette , I
10 years ; Stephen Robinson , 2627 Seward , 33
years ; Wauclaus Nallberg , 316 Woolworth ,
14 days ; Luella Thompson , Fremont , 1
year ; Raymond SlngerlandCC21 Sherman
avenue , 19 years.
To buvu IJoetur'n Ellin
Use "Garland" Stoves and Ranges.
none Alter the I'lnno Thief.
Officer Dunn \\as detailed Sunday to KO
to Kansas Cltv to take Into custody O. M.
Carroll , alias O. M. Dell end several other I
names , who Is wanted hero for the theft
of a piano from the firm ot Schmoller &
Muller. 1313 Farnam street * last August.
Carroll was captured -Kansas City , Kan. ,
by the Kansas City ( Mo. ) police. The piano ,
which be disposed of through an adver
tisement in a Kansas City paper to a Mrs.
Llep at Newton , Kan. , was recovered. Car
roll Is charged by the police with being a
professional clone thief. His method is to
yent a piano of n firm and dispose of it
shortly after maklnc the flrst payment. He
Is said to bo wanted in Chleazo. Sioux City
and elsewhere.
Itohurtl the Grave.
A startling Incident , of which Mr. John Oli
ver of Philadelphia was the subject , la nar
rated by him as follows : "I was In a most
dreadful condition. My skin waa almost yel
low , eyes sunken , tongue coated , pain con
tinually In back and sides , no appetite
iradually growing weaker day by day. Three
nhyslclans had given me up. Fortunately , a
'rlend advised trying 'ElPctrlc Bllters. ' ana
o my great joy and surprise Uie flrst bottle
made a decided Improvement. I continued j i
heir use for three weeks and am nw a well 1
man. I know they saved my life , and robbed
the grave of another victim. " No ono should
fail to try them. Only 50 cento per bottle at
Kuhn & Co.'n drug store.
ttnlph nniice llrcnUo n Lou. |
Fourtcen-vear-old Ralnh Ranco of 292P I
North Twentv-fifth street chased a runaway i
toy balloon Sunday from his homo to the I
confines of the exposition crounds. Here j ,
the balloon. Instead of lodRlng against the
fence as ho thought It would , took an up-
shoot and sailed gracefully over the high
fence. Determined to eel It Ranco climbed
the fence and jumped to the ground on the
other side. He struck heavily and frac
tured his lee above the knee. Ho was re
moved to his home In a nntrnl wagon.
For broken surfaces , sores , insect bltfs ,
burns skin diseases , and especially piles ,
there 'is ono reliable remedy. DoWltt's Witch
Hazel Salve. When you call for e\\ltt
don't accent counterfeit or frauds. You will
not be disappointed with DeWltfs Witch
Hazel Salvo.
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GEN , MACARTHUR'S ' REPORT
Ciunmnmlpr of ( lie Hecnnil Division
Telia Illn Slilc of the PlRht
nt ainnlln.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 3. The report of
Major General Arthur MacArthur , who
commanded the First brigade , Second di
vision , Eighth army corps , on the day of
the battle of Manila , mention of which was
made In yesterday's dispatches , gives come
very Interesting details of tbo fight of the
13th of August. Following arc some ex-
tracts :
I I "Several hours before Iho operations of
the day were Intended to commence thcro
was considerable desultory firing from the
Spanish line , both of cannon and small arms ,
provoked no doubt by Filipino soldiers who
Insisted upon maintaining a general fuallade
along their line with which the American
line connected Just of the Passlo roaJ. The
flro was not returned by our trows and
when the formation of the day was commenced -
, , menced things at front were comparatively
quiet. By 8 o'clock the naval attack com
menced and sorno twenty minutes thereafter
the gun of battery D , Utah artillery , opened
on blockhouse No. 14 , the guns of the Aator
battery having engaged an opposing battery
some minutes after the opening of the naval
attack. Thcro was no reply from the block
house or contiguous lines , either by guns
or small arms. The opposition to the Astor
fire , however , was quite energetic , but after
a spirited contest the opposition , consisting
probably of two pieces , was silenced.
"This contest was the only notable tea-
i turo of the Orst stage of the action and
was especially creditable to the organlza-
J ( tlon engaged. The position selected by
> Lieutenant March after careful personal
rcconnolsanco was , perhaps , the only one
posstblb in the vicinity and It was occu
pied with great sklir and held with com
mendable firmness , the battery losing three
men wounded , ono of whom has since died.
The Utah gun on the road flred fourteen
shots at blockhouse 14 with good effect ,
as was subsequently ascertained upon In
spection of the work. Lieutenant Grow
and detachment deserve great credit for
the commendable manner In which the
piece was served and pulled through the
reud without ] the assistance of horses.
"Some time about 11 o'clock concentrated
Infantry flro was heard In front of the Second
end brigade and not long thereafter an
exultant shout Indicated substantial suc
cess for our arms on the left. It was therefore -
fore assumed that the enemy had been 'so
shaken as to make the advance practicable
without a serious disadvantage to our
, troops.1
' * U about 11:30 : o'clock a United States
flag was placed on blockhouse 14 , thus con
cluding the second stage of the action with-
out opposition and wlfhout loss.
"Tho general advance was soon resumed ,
the Thirteenth Minnesota reading , with
Company A as advance guard , the Astor
battery , a battalion of the Twenty-third in
fantry , the battalion of the Fourteenth In
fantry and the North Dakota regiment fol
lowing In the order named.
"At a point just south of Slngalong a
blockhouse was found burning , causing < "
continuous explosion of small arms' am-
munition , which , together with a scattery
flro of the enemy , retarod the cdvanco for
a time. All difficulties wore noon overcome ,
however , Including the pasauso of the Astor
battery by the determined efforts of Lieu
tenant March and his men , assisted by the
Infantry of the Minnesota regiment over the
gun emplacement which obstructed the road.
"In the village of Slngalong the advance
fell under a loose ( Ire , the Intensity of which
Increased as the forward movement was
pressed and very soon the command was
committed to a fierce combat. This strong
opposition arose at blockhouse No. 20 , of
the Spanish defenses , a detached work with
emplacements for six. guns , which fortun
ately were not filled on the 13th Inst. , but
the work was occupied by a detachment of
Infantry probably a strong rear gunrd.
"Tho advance party , consisting of men
of the Minnesota regiment reinforced by
volunteers from the Astor battery , led by
Lieutenant 'March and Captain Sawtelle of
the brigade staff , as an Individual volunteer ,
reached a point within less than eighty
yards of the blockhouse , but was obliged to
return to the Intersecting road In the vil
lage , at which point a hasty workwas
Improvised and occupied by a firing line
of about fifteen men. Aside from conspicu
ous Individual actions In the first rush , , the
well regulated conduct of this firing line was
the marked feature of the contest , and It Is
proposed If possible to ascertain the names
of the men engaged with a view to recom-
mending them for special distinction.
"At about 1:30 : p. m , all firing had ceased
and two scouting parties , voluntarily led by
Captain Sawtelle ami Lieutenant March , soon
thereafter reported the retreat of the ad
versary. The city wus entered without
further Incident through the Paceo district.
The contact was made about 12 o'clock , and
the contest continued with great ferocity
until 1:35 : , that Is to say , about an hour
and a-half. The loss In the combat was
three ofllccrs wounded , four enlisted men
killed and thirty-three wounded. "
Work of SncnU Thieve * .
A sncnk thief entered the office of P. L.
Forgy In the Ranmge block Sunday and
stole a set of bcoks valued at 125.
Actrcsj Orlean Athens of the theatrical
company now playing at Boyd's theater
mourns the loss of a diamond rlns valued at
$100. She took It ofT In her dressing room
at the theater to wash nor hands and Inld
It down on her dresser and some sneak
thief tcok It.
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MINING IN THEBLACK HILLS
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I.ntcnt XCYVH of Interest from the llloll
Mineral HeKloiiii of South |
. DnUotn.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , Oct. 3. It Is singular
that the many rich mining prospects In the
Southern Hills have not been worked before
this by companies with capital. The Holy
Terror has been a dividend payer only a
llttlo over a year , and thcro are twenty
or moro prospects in the Immediate vi
cinity of Keystone 'that ' will undoubtedly be
come as rich as the Holy Terror when depth
Is attained. A year and a half ago the first
ore was discovered In the Hornblende camp ,
which is flvo miles northwest of Rochford ,
by a woodchopper. In a few days the
country was staked out by local prospectors
and the camp saw a boom. Since the first
discovery , thorough development work has
been done on most of the claims of this dis
trict. The camp Is about four miles long
and three miles wide , and a half-dozen or
moro verticals of free-milling ere have
been opened up which are surprisingly rich.
None of the ore runs less than $5 a ton and
most of It carries from $12 to $15 , which is
uncommonly rich for free-milling ore. Most
ot the claims are owned by men who haven't
the capital to develop them.
On the edge of the district James Cochran -
ran has ono of the richest mines In the entire -
tire Black Hills. Ho located five claims
several years ago and on two of them he
found a ledge of free-milling ere seventy-
five feet wldo and of undetermined length.
It is a true.fissure , 'therefore of unknown
depth. Mr. Cochran has a No. 2 Huntlngton
"
mill which treats the ore. "This fall there
has been only sufficient water to run I he
mill 'two ' hours a day , etlll the dally cleanup ,
clear of expense , has been from $20 to $25
a run. The ere has a value of $15 a ton and
there Is enough ere In sight to lost , at the
full capacity of the mill for ten years.
E. May of Lead , has bonded the Faust &
May group of mines , nt Garden City , and
will start work again Immediately. There
are thirty-five claims In the group. A shaft
235 feet strikes quartzlte and two drafts
have encountered two ehoots of ore , ten and
forty fqet wide with ore from $12 to $40 In
value. A shaft Is being sunk on the north
end of the group , In Paradise gulch.
W. E. Hyroer of Mystic , has taken a lease
and bond upon the Egyptian and N. Pope
group of six mining claims which adjoin the
Keystone mining property at Keystone. The
best ON In the Keystone Is found 350 feet )
from thla group. A company Is to be organ
ized and a shaft sunk about 400 feet to tha
ore.
Interest Is on the Increase In the Bald
Mountain district , due greatly to the rich
discovery of ere In the Ben Hur mine. E.
May of Lead , purchased this week , three
claims known as the Hobo Queen , Yogo and
the Tin Pie , which partly Join the Beu Hur
mine. The price paid was $7,500 , which Is
considered cheap. , The Ben Hur shoot ot ere ' i ,
la growing wider and the lessees are cer-1
tain of taking out a largo stake from the
mine in their term of lease of fourteen
months. The ere will run lu carload lots
from $50 to $ SO a ton gold.
The Dead wood and Bear Gulch Mining
company has struck good Indications in its
shaft on ono of the claims in Bear Gulr.h.
eighteen miles west ot Spearflsh. The
Beaver Creek company has a shaft down , in
the same district over 100 feot. A. Bever
age ot Sioux Falls , is superintending the
work.
Two samples of ore brought In from the
Dakota Maid property , In Strawberry gulch
owned by Joe King and leased to C. E. Mc-
hugh , assayed $512 and $404.40. The ore
was taken from a thlrty-flvc-foot shaft at
the bottom of an eighty-foot drift.
The September dividend of the Ilomcstako
company , has just been paid at the New
York office which aggregates $02,500. This
gives a total amount of dividends paid by
the company $6,993,750. The next dividend
will bring the total amount over $7,000,000.
The Highland company also has paid this
month a dividend of 20 cents a share , or
$20,000 , making a total ot dividends of $3-
724,713. The large amount of $82,500 has
been paid by the two companies this month.
Adding the monthly dividend Of $9.000 of
the Holy Terror , of Keystone , and the total
for the tbrco companies Is $91,500.
The railroad being built into tha Hay
Creek coal fields is nearly completed , and
It is expected that coal will bo brought
into the Hills by the first of tbo year. Tbo
coal is of superior quality and it will sell
for about one-third less in prlco than any
other coal now being used In the northern ,
hills. The cheapest coal for domestic pur
poses now sells for JO a ton. At the coal
mines , mining of cool has commenced. A
tunnel has been run in years past about
900 feet In cool all the way. The average
thickness Is rtvo feet and < the roof is fire
clay , which is solid and needs but llttlo
sloping. It is entirely free from gas and
can bo mined vary cheap. A very flno
crado of coke can bo made from the coal ,
which will bo a great saving of expense to
the ere treating work ot the Hills.
IlurKliir Chnncil Home.
CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , Oct. 3. ( Special. )
John Shafcr , a resident of Aurora county ,
has been arrested , charged with burglary.
In default of $500 bonds ho was placed In
Jail until the next 'term of circuit courj.
The principal evidence against him was
furnished by his wife in producing numer
ous articles that had been stolen from
Planklngton business houses. Sbo also
turned over a bunch of keys , among them
being a key that fitted the locks of three
Planklnton business places. Shnfcr's ex
posure was duo to his being accidentally
detected in the cellar of a store by a
clerk. Ho eluded the clerk and ran , pur
sued by thtf clerk and proprietor of the
store. Although they failed to overhaul
and capture him , they succeeded In chasing
him to the door of his residence , and thus
discovered his Identity.
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