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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1902)
THE OMAHA DAILY 11EE: SATURDAY, .1TTNE 21, 1002. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. Is COUNCIL MI50R MF;TIO!. IavU ttrlln drug fitockert sells carpets and ruga. Leffert. eyeslgh specialist. 23S Broadway. Mia Ma Bearlght has gone to Elgin, 111., to visit relatives. Picture for wedding presents. C. E. Alexander & Co.. 333 firoadway. Take "home a brick of Metzger'a ca cream. Vanilla, 25c; Neopolltan. 36c. J R. Jenkins left yesterday on a trip to Los Angeles, Cal., and other Pacific coast points. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry have gone to Denver for a visit with relatives and lrienda. U 8. Orant company, Uniform Bank. Knights of Pythian, will meet this even ing In fit. Albans haV. Covnlfs Lake Man.YiVi- hajrf serenaded The Bee and other nvwfpi.jer offices of this city yesterday morrujii,'. The commtttees having In charge the ar rangements for the i.lks carnival will meet Sunday afternoon at the clubhouse. Creditors sued out writs of attachment yesterday morning against 8. 8. 3reen. paperhahger and decorator on South Main treet. Remember an Ironclad ten-year guarantee gots with every New Home machine pur chased from ua. Easy payments. O. A. Eullts A Co. Mrs. K. Heneke of Carthage, Mo., who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. A. T. Elwell of Willow avenue, left yesterday tor her home. C. L. Frlshy and sister have gone to Ore gon to visit relatives. Mr. Frlshy expects to return In about a month, but Mies Frisky will spend the summer In Eureka, I Cal. The Hoard of County Supervisors spent yesterday looking at roads and bridges In ' the vkinitv of Weston. It will meet this : morning and probably adjourn until the j regular session In July. cousin "m J." H '"ill"? un? nVd Mrs. llassett and Mrs. IMller have not met I for twenty years anu oniy recenny learneu each other's whereabouts The heavy rains of the last few dnya nave interfered with the work of cleaning Indian creek, as the water Is several reet deep. Work will not he resumed until the water goes unwn to us normal ievei. The Trl-Citv Amateur Driving cluh of Omaha. South Omaha and Council Hluff 1. will hold Its matinee meet this afternoon . at Union Driving park. The same program aa previously unnounced will be carried out'. The commencement exercise of St, Peter' parochial school will be held Thurs day evenlnsr of next week nt tho Dohany opera house. An Interesting program of music, recitations and dialogues win ce given. The fate of the money stolen from Axel Bunderaon is still hanging In the balance. Justice Bryant expects that the closing arguments will be made this morning, when he will be able to make a ruling In the case. The Danish Brotherhood and Dnnnebrog toclety will give a Joint picnic Sunday at nlon Driving park, for which an elaborate program of contests of all kinds has been iirepared. Fred Itasmussen's band will urnlsh the music and fun galore la prom Bed for all. Benjamin Tlnnell has appealed from the decision of J.idge A vlesworth of the su perior court granting the guardianship of fits daughter. Myrtle Tlnnell, to her grand parents, A. J. Bishop and wife. The mat ter came before Judge Aylesworth In habeas corpua proceedings. Henry Qreen of 153 Hldge street wa committed to St. Bernard's hospital yes terday oy the Board of Commissioners for the Insane. Gieen was committed to the Insane asylum at Clarlnda In September, and waa discharged on May 26 the fol lowing year. He has recently shown sign of returning Insanity. Attorney H. O. Wernlmont has filed a resistance to the summary proceedings de manding that he turn over the $xu0 insur ance money collected by him for M. Woolf son. He seta out that has been garnished by Wolfson's creditors and states that he had been awaiting written authority from Wolfson to pay the money over to the creditors.. He also presents an Itemised claim for legal services rendered Wolfson amounting to $547. N. T. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. Puck's Domestic soap Is best. Sehnlse Was a Waif. Lewis Cutler, the undertaker, received yesterday a letter from L. von Dzlobek -of Luebeck, Germany, concerning Robert P. Schulze, the young man who was run down and killed In the Northwestern yards about a month ago. The writer states that Schulze waa raised In an orphan asylum In New York City, his parentage being un known, and that he and his wife befriended him In Chicago from 1884 to 1897, when they returned to Germany. He last wrote to Schulze when the latter was In Moline, 111., last April, when he sent him a sum of money. In a small memorandum book 'found on Schulze was written. "Notify L. on Dzlobek, Luebeck, Germany, In case of death or serloua accident." Davis sells paint. Puck' Domestic soap I best for laucdry. Wife of I'nloa Pacific Pioneer Dies. Mr. Mary Sullivan, wife of Stephen Sul livan, 2907 Avenue B, died yesterday morn ing, aged 58 year. Her husband and one daughter. Miss Mary Agnes Sullivan, sur vive her. The funeral will be Monday morning. The cortege will leave the fam ily residence at 8 o'clock for St. Phtlomena's cathedral, Omaha, where services will be held, conducted by Rev, Father McGov ern. Burial will be In Creighton ceme tery. Mr. Sullivan had been a resident of Omaha for thirty-three years. Two years ago the family removed to Council Bluff. The bereaved husband 1 a pioneer employe of the Union Pacific shops, having worked In them for the last thirty-five year. Davis sells glass. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were filed yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl atreet: J. N. Casady, Jr., and wife to F. N. Vaughun. lot 4, block 13. Pierce's subritv. ; north 44 feet lot 6. and north 42 feet of. east 45 feet lot 5, block V. Curtis & Ramsey add.; lot 20, block . and lot 1. block 1, Rackett's add.; lot 2, block 1, Beers' add., q. c. d $ Mary A. Walker to George W. Wll Bon, 1H acre In ne ne4 24-75-44, w. d 361 W. H. White to same, same. q. o. d.. Union Land and Improvement com pany to Iowa Construction company, north S7 feet of levee north of Council Bluffs, d A. L. Payne and wife to Walter T. 2.000 Payne, lota .11 to 14, block , Street's add., w. d Walter T. Payne to Emma O. Payne, lota 11 ond 14. block 66, Street's add., w. d John Petersen to Mads Peterson, west 41 feet of east M feet lot 1, block 2s. Hughes & Doniphan's add., w. d E. E. Praden and wife to T. J4 Young, lots IS and SO, block 6, Macedonia, w. d John C. Rayburn and wife to same, lots 16. 17 and 18, block &, Macedonia, w. d C. M. Lewis and William Lewla and wife to Harry K. Dye. lot S and l lot 2. block 14. Macedonia, w. d . County treasurer to J. W. Squire, 20 lota In Council lilufTs. t. d Bams to A. D. Annls, lot 6, block L batkett's add., t. d 5.000 2.500 Twelve transfers, total $U.4b8 CITS CLEANED- - Dyed and (tressed. Sneclal attentloa given ladle' garment. Also chenille curtains neatly cleaned, dyed and t ressed. 'Phone L-lk. Iowa Steam Dy Works, ma Brua.day. LEWIS CUTLER FUNERAL DIRECTOR (Successor to W. C. Estep) M faAUL liablt l'. 'Phea 91, BLUFFS. BUILDING CONTRACTS LET Petersen 4 EaamuMen the Lowait Bidden on Deaf School Structures. READY FOR OCCUPANCY IN SEPTEMBER gnfflplent Money Remain In Avail able Ponds to Make Them Ready for Oc cupancy. Contract were let yesterday morning by the State Board of Control for the tempo rary building and other additions at the Iowa School for the Deaf. Petersen Kasmussen were awarded the contract on their bid of $13,530 for the conttructlon of a two-story frame school building and the dining room, the wall of which are atlll standing; additions to the Industrial school building for toilet rooms and finishing two rooms In same building for domltorles, a frame building for a temporary Industrial school and an office for the superintendent. The contract for the plumbing for all the new buildings and additions wa awarded - '"-"J - ' " ' 310. Hoth of the successful Arms are of Council Bluffs. bidders on the buildings were: . ..- n,-- i.. George F. Hughes, H. P. Hamilton, Jensen Bros, of this city, and P. J. Creeden of Omaha. The New York Plumbing company ! Stephan Bros, also bid on the plumbing. The bids for the plumbing ranged close together, while those on the construction of the buildings ranged to about $15,000. The exact figures of the unsuccessful bid ders were not made public by the board. The contracts provide that the buildings must be ready for occupancy by September Th. ,.,nrT .rhnnl bulldlna will have a three-foot brick foundation, with sufficient space for steam pipes beneath. The din ing room, which will be a two-tory struc ture, will be built with the walls now standing of the portion of the former dining rooms and kitchen, known as the chapel wing. The contract for tearing down the old walls of the main structure haa been awarded to N. P. Bether of this city, who has commenced work but who is handi capped by not possessing the proper equip ment for leveling walls of a five-story building. State Architect Llebbe stated yesterday that It was doubtful If Bethers would be able to complete his contract. Judge Kinne, .Mr. Cownle of the state board and State Architect Llebbe, after looking over the ground yesterday, decided to locate the new school bouse on the level plateau Immediately north of the gymna sium as thta site will do away with the necessity for excavating for foundations. It had been Drat planned to erect the build ing on the sldchill, eaat of the present brick school building, which will be used as a dormitory for the girls and women teachers. The contracts awarded yesterday amount to $17,900 and the balance of the $25,000 placed at the disposal of the Institution by the executive council out of the "pro vidential fund" will he used In the pur chaae of bedding and other necessary fur niture for the dormitories and school room. The bed and bedding. It Is estimated, will coat at leact $4,000. From here Mr. Cownle and Architect Llebbe went to Cherokee, while Judge Klnne remained to attend the commence ment exercise of the Institution last even ing. Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, 641 Broadway. Keep clean. Us Puck's Mechanic's soap. DEAF MUTES GET DIPLOMAS La rare Attendance at the Gradnatlon Exercises of the State School. The commencement exercises of the Iowa State School for the Deaf held last night in the auditorium of the High school building, were witnesses by a crowd which taxed the hall to its capacity. To a majority of those present the demonstration of the methods employed at the Institution to not only teach the afflicted sons and daughters of Iowa bow to express themselves by means of the sign language, but also to actually speak, came as a startling revelation. The program was Interspersed with music by the orchestra from the Institute for Feeble Minded Children at Glenwood, consisting of seventeen young men aud women who played in a thoroughly pleas ing manner. Judge Klnne, member of the State Board of Control, presented the di ploma to the seven members of the grad uating class. This program was carried out: Music Home Circle Overture By the Orchestra of the Institution for Feeble Minded Children at Glenwood. Invocation : Rev. Oeorwe Edward Walk. Salutatory and Essay "Chivalry" (manual) Wealthy Loretta Stedman. Recitation America (oral) Effle Johnson. Song No, Sir Two small Puplla. Music Zamona Orchestra. School work, first, second, third, fourth grades of manual department; Mies Mar garet at Kins, head teacher. School Work Fourth Grade of Oral Department; James T. Uefldes. Head Teacher. School Work Tenth Grade, Exercise in Arithmetic (manual) W. O. Connor, Jr., Teacher of Mathematics. Hymn ."Nearer. My Uod. to The Kenflereo: In Signs by Helen Orcutt (Kindly Assisted In Songs by Mrs. L. R. Hypes). Oration Irrigation (manual) John Stephen Blake. Pantomime Farmer Brown's Panta loons By Pupils. Music Camel's ' Tread Orchestra. Oration Anarchy, and Valedictory (manual) .. Louis John Poshusta. "The Psalm of Life," Selected aa Class Poem By the Graduating Class. Address and Delivery of Dtnloma .... Hon. L. G. Klnne. Member of Board of Control. Closing Remarks The Superintendent. Music Military Swells Orchestra. Benediction Use any soap so Its Puck's soap. Plumbing and heating. Blxby Son. Blgr BUI fer Smallpox Caaea. The Board of Health met yesterday morn ing to take action la the matter of the bill of Dr. W. E. Reller under hi contract with the city for the rare of smallpox patient. The bill amounted to $2,136. being for th care of eighty-nine smallpox cases at $24 a case, according to the contract. As a num ber of thess cases bad occurred In the tarn family th board decided to cut the bill to $1,&00 and recommended that this amount be paid by th county board of supervisors Dr. Reller. It was stated, was willing to bid by the action of th Board of Health Dr. Rllr' bill of $3.1M was for ease I wn,t uua" "re since in J begluulBl of the year. . At Uke sneetlag ef which had com under hi car lnc th the Board of Health In January Dr. Reller presented a bill for 11.032, which was for the care of forty-three rases up to that date. This bill was referred by the Board of Health to the county board. The Board of Health also recommended that Dr. Rel ler's bill of Jiio.r.0 for the vaccination of exposed persona be paid by the county board. llaselton Ciora In July 1. Hon. A. S. Hazelton expect to assume the duties of postmaster of Council Bluffs about July 1. His appointment to this federal office will necrsslate him resigning a state senator and It will rest with Gov ernor Cumoilns whether or not he will Issue a writ of election to fill the vacancy. Unless there la a special session there will be no meeting of the state legislature be fore the time that Mr. Hazelton's term would have expired. In the event of the governor Issuing a writ of election, the nomination will be made by the republi cans at the county convention on July 8. Hardin County Short on C hildren. IOWA FALLS, la., Juue 20. (Special.) A most surprising demand for children was shown here yesterday when thirty-two or phans were taken Into Hardin county homes in less than three hours. The mere an nouncement In the local press that a num ber of homeless children would be placed in good homes In this vicinity brought people here from every part of the county and it is estimated that no less than five hundred persons called at the Woods house Interested In securing a child for their home. Before noon the thirty-two boys and girls had been taken to homes In Har din county and will make their future homes In various parts of the county. Long after the last child had been placed, people ar rived In the city seeking an opportunity to secure a child for their home. The children's ages ranged from 7 to 14 years and were of various nationalities. Crop Condition ear Shenandnnh. SHENANDOAH, la.. June 20. (Special.) The week ending Thursday night has been one noted for the unusual amount or rain that has fallen. Only on one day this week did the sun shine for any material time. The roads are muddier now than they have been before this year. The crops are grow ing fast but a fear is beginning to be felt that the wheat, oats and other Btnall grain wil 'all down and lodge because of Its rank growth. In some fields small scalded spots are appearing apparently without good cause. The outlook of small fruit Is not promising. Gala. Fourth at Shenandoah. SHENANDOAH, la.. June 20. (Special.) The committee on speakers for the Fourth of July celebration In this city have se cured Hon. C. E. Martin, of Maryvllle, Mo., to make the address of the day. The Juvenile band under the direction of Pro fessor Sankey Hamilton has been engaged for the day and vocal music will be fur nished by a girls' chorus of one hundred voices. Several hundred dollar has been set aside for sports, amusements and a big sum has been expended for fireworks. Farmers Orsrantse Creamery. ATLANTIC, la., June 20. (Special.) The farmers in and around Atlantic have organ ized a creamery known as the Farmers' Co-operative Creamery company and will soon begin the erection of a $3,600 building. Considerable dissatisfaction has been ap parent among the farmers regarding the treatment at the hands of the Elgin Cream ery company and It is in opposition to this that the new one has been organized. They expect to be ready (or business about Sep tember 1. Three Days' Meet at Waterloo. WATERLOO, la., June 20. (Special.) Indications point to a very successful race meet under the auspices of the Home Driving association July 8, 9 and 10. A fine lot of speedy horses has been entered. The (me between races and heats will be filled with acrobatic and other attractions. A list of purses amounting to $5,000 have been offered, including a purse of $100 In gold for the winner of an automobile race open to residents of the county. Vote Tax for Electric Road. ATLANTIC, la., June 20. (Special.) The citizens of this city and farmers south are very much interested in the proposed electric railroad which Is at present being agitated. The survey runs from Atlantic south to Lyman, Vllllsca and near Shen andoah. A tax was voted on last week at Douglas township, Montgomery county and also at Noble township, Case county, and both townships favored the road by a large majority. Gradnatlon In Paste County. SHENANDOAH, la., June 20. (Special.) The graduating exercises of the Shenan doah section of the Page county rural school will be held In the Western Normal chapel on Saturday evening of this week, commencing at 8 o'clock. County Superin tendent Colbert will preside at the meeting and after the regular program will present the diplomas to the members of the grad uating class. Accidentally Killed at I. eon. OTTUMWA, la., June 20. James Whar ton, a well known traveling man of Atch ison, was accldently shot and killed In a restaurant at Leon last night by Lou Betrlck, the proprietor. lows State w Notes. It has been proved again that music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. rror. rltzgeralo, superintendent or tne Iowa Industrial school for girls, has Anally obtained discipline among his Incorrigible girls by organizing an orchestra. Sioux City Journal: The next governor of Nebraska will be another one of those former lowans. If the fact had been known In advance that a "former Iown" was engaged In tne contest there neea not have been so much uncertainty aa to the outcome. Thomas O'Shea. who worked for the monks at their monastery In Malleray, Ireland, and who also worked for the or der at New Melleray. near Dubuque, died at his home in Washington township. He was 81 years old, and his death was due mostly to old age and Its accompanying afflictions. He had worked for the monks for over sixty years. William Her Crane of Dayton, O., has been elected to the superlntendency of the Marshalitown schools at a salary of $2.on0 per year. He has accepted the offer and will assume his duties July 1. Mr. Crane Is well known In the educational world and has been a prominent factor In the schools of Ohio for a number of years. He comes to Marshalitown very highly recommended. He U a married man. Is about 37 years of age and has two chil dren. Blocktnn has had a good Illustration of the English debtors' law, that sends a man to the gaol for his Inability to pay a debt. J. J. Swanson. who Is almost totally deaf and who is an Invalid from Hrtght,s dis ease and heart troubly. was taken to Bed ford by the sheriff with orders to the of ficer to confine him in the county jail until such time as he should pay an attorney fee of S- and coats of a referee's court. In all amounting to over '. Swanson atrenuously denies that he employed the attorney In the divorce proceedings Insti tuted by Mrs. Swanson while her husband was sick. Mobs Seek Edaon'a Life. VINCENNES, Ind.. June 20 On the affi davit of the defendant that he could not get a fair and impartial trial In Knox county Judge O. H. Cobb granted a change of venue to Washington, navies county, for speedy trial in the case of William Edson, alleged assailant of little Irma Pfohl, fur whose lite mobs had turn clamoring this week. The courtroom was densely crowded today and the prisoner was speeded back to tall and taken away on the rtrst train. . Sheriff Summltt dis charged the militia and all deputies from further service today. Th town la quiet. COLLECTORS MARE A FIGHT Present Kevenue Officers Object to lotion of Iowa Delegation. WILL CARRY MATTER TO PRESIDENT Revenue Officers Make Raid on Bad 'Land After Violators of the Internal Revenne Law. (From ft Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, June 20. (Special.) The action of the caucus of Iowa republican congressmen In Washington In apportion ing the office la likely to cause a great deal of trouble yet. The delegation had held off for many months before acting on the appointments and It was evident there had been a failure to agree on any distri bution that would be acceptable to all. Both of the collectors were turned down and men chosen to succeed them who were not applicants for the places. In the south ern district Kemhle was thrown over and Weaver, who wanted to be attorney, was named; and In the northern district Pat terson is to be supplanted by Sammls, who has been after the attorneyship. Both Kemble and Patterson claimed to have re ceived assurances that they would be con tinued In office. 8ome time ago they were asked to give new bonds and were sworn In again. Both of them had excellent rec ords in their offices. Mr. Patterson imme diately set out for Washington on learning of the action of the Iowa caucus and an nounced his Intention of trying to have tho action reconsidered, or If that I not done may ask the president to Ignore the recom mendations of the delegation and retain him in bfflce. He is already engaged in circulating a petition to the president to have his name retained. It Is expected that Kemble will take the same action and a determined fight will be made to have the slate as made up by the Iowa delegation broken by the president, backed by Influen tial republicans In Iowa. Was an Iowa Pioneer. Benjamin Greene, whose death occurred the other day near Adel, In Dallas county, was one of the pioneers of central Iowa. He was a lawyer In Oswego, N. Y., but his health was poor and he was advised to seek an outdoor life. He came to Iowa In 1849 and patented the land on which he had lived ever since and on a part of which the town of Adel now stands. He was elected Bchool fund commissioner in 1850 and prosecuting attorney for the county. He was elected representative in the Iowa leg islature in 1852, when the district com prised all the counties west and north of Dallas to the northwestern corner of the state. Later he was again elected in 1856, when the district had been reduced in size. He was 83 years old. Closing- Ont the Evil Resorts. At the instigation of property owners In that part Of the city known as "Whlte- chapel," where the houses of ill-repute have been for many years huddled together, a deputy United States marshal has been engaged today In serving notice on the tenants to move out. The occasion for the notice Is alleged violations of the federal law in regard . to liquor licenses, but in fact, it is a movement to clear the district of it occupants,.! The Burlington railroad has Its passenger depot In close proximity to the district ttnd Is planning to erect larger depot, cut desires first that the dis trict be cleaned np. The policy of the city administration has been to permit the wickedness of the city to congregate In the district and this action upsets all plans. Working; on Peterson Harder Case. The detectives have not yet given up hope of ferreting out the Peterson murder case, and It is said that not less than a dozen different detectives are now actively at work on It. . They have been quietly gathering evidence in Highland Park, near where the murder was committed, and it is believed something will develop from their efforts. The father of the murdered children, who was bitterly opposed to the churches and objected to the children going to church on the night they were murdered. has professed religion at a campmeetlng be Ing held In the eastern part of the city. Governor Cammlna to Woodbine. Governor Cummins went this morning to .Woodbine where he is to deliver an ad dress at the commencement of the Normal school there. He had attended a soldiers' reunion at Stanhope the day before. He has not yet appointed the judge of the supreme court to succeed Waterman, though there has been no change In the situation. Adjutant General Byers haa returned from Grlswold and Atlantic where he went to locate the annual encampment of the Fifty first regiment, Iowa National Guard. The camp was located at Atlantic on account of that city proving more accessible. This makes the last location necessary to be fixed for this year's camps. The date named la July 22. The Forty-ninth will camp at Cedar Falls July 16, the Fiftieth at Oskaloosa August 6, and the Fifty-sec ond at Fonda July 7. Jada-e May Not Get Well. Judge C. P. Holmes of the district court Is seriously ill and his condition took a turn for the worse today, so that It is feared he will not recover. He has not been able to hold court for three months and his place has been taken by Judge ChurcA of Jefferson and Judge Wilkinson of Wlntereet. He haa been renominated for another term and will be elected again it he lives. The state auditor ha Issued a call for reports of state and savings banks In Iowa at the close of business June 18. This call is not made In conformity with that of the national bank call, aa usual, but Is the regular call from which the quarterly state ment will be made up. FIRE KSUI.MSS TO GO, Plan ef High Pressnre In Water Mains and Sprinklers. Fire engines, with their glistening bear ings, their tooting, smoking and showers of sparks, ' will soon be a thing of the past. Is the opinion of Fire Marshal Musham of Chicago. The chief declares the successful opera tlon of the plan of Alderman Honore Palmer for a pumping station to force water at high pressure Into a gridiron of strong pipes under downtown streets will revolutionize the science of flre-flghting In the business district, and will transform the six engine companies Into twenty-tour hose companies, with an immense annual saving in Ore losses and insursnc rates. The plan la to provide forty to 200 pound of pressure to the new system of pipe which Commissioner Block! Is about to put in. Every building devoted to mercantile purposes in th downtown district will In short tims after th pumping station Is erected bs equipped with standplpes, to which will be attached sprinklers for each Boor. One pipe leading to each floor Is advocated by Marshal Musham. It would be a ilmpl matter for the watchman, see ing a fire oa th top story, to turn on th valve in the basement which controls th top floor pip, and then give the alarm. While the Bremen were coming the firs would be In most cases already out I expect to live to see the day when there will be no more fire engines In Chi cago," Chief Musham said. "All big cities are coming to it. High pressure will do the work better. Insurance rate will be lowered and there will be much greater safety to life." ESDJCD A SHAKE PEST. Monnt Pelre Disposed ef the Deadly Ferde-Lance. Mont Pelee' death dealing cloud were not without a patch, at least, of silver lining. The inhabitants of Martinique in time to come will date from the earth quake year the disappearance of the loath some fer-de-lance, the most dangerous ser pent in the world. For years this serpent ha been the per petual terror of all the Inhabitants. Many efforts had been made to exterminate it, or, at least, to drive It out of certain sec tions. Considerable sums of money have been expended In the work, and various animals have been Imported to war against it, but In vain. In addition to the actual loss of life from the ravages of the fer-de-lance, there has been considerable Inconvenience In working the fields Infested by It. The natives have over and over again flatly refused to ex pose themselves on certain slopes of the Island where the anakes were known to be particularly numerous. The fer-de-lance pest of Martinique was, curiously enough, self-inflicted. The snake Is not a native of the island. Its presence is due to its having been especially Im ported. The native home of the fer-de-lance is In the mountainous regions of Brazil. It has been often observed that when the fer-de-lance makes its home In a field of sugarcane the surrounding country is quickly vacated by every other kind of animal life. Some years ago the sugar plantationa of Martinique and St. Lucia were overrun with rats to such an extent that the crops were seriously menaced. As a relief from the ravages of these rodents It was proposed to import the fcr-de-lance. An agent was sent to Brazil, where he col lected a number of the living reptiles and returned with them. It was quickly notice able that the rat pest waa subsiding. All too soon, however, the Islanders began to discover their awful mistake. Within an Incredibly short time the snakes had spread to the uttermost parts of the Islands. Here tofore only their good habits had been talked of. The population, taught by very bitter experience, soon came to realize the other side of their character. The efforts made to do away with the comparatively harmless rats were soon far exceeded by the attempts to drive out the snakes. Whole fields of sugar were actually destroyed In the hope of exterminating the Invaders, but In vain. Poisons were set out temptingly in wholesale quantities, and many snakes were killed, but their number nevertheless continued to Increase almost beyond belief. Still another plan was to turn hogs loose In the Infested areas. The pig is the only animal which does not fear the fer-de-lance. It Is protected from the most venomous bites by its layer of fat. Despite the attacks of the snake It calmly tramples its enemy to death and then pro ceeds quietly to eat Its remains. But the porcine population failed to make any serious Inroads upon the fer-de-lance. The fer-de-lance is the only snake In the world which always takes the initiative in a fight with a man and pursues him vin dictively to death. It has been found al most Impossible to escape Its haunts. It us'irlly conceals Itself under dead leaves or rr..d the heavy foliage of parasitic plants. Often it is found colled up In the nest of a bird which it has devoured. From such a vantage point it will spring, without the slightest warning of hiss or rattle and deal Its blow as swiftly and straight as a fenc er's thrust. The fer-de-lance Is large snake, generally measuring from Ave to six feet in length, and frequently growing to a length of seven or eight feet. Oddly enough, the fer-de-lance Invariably travel about in pairs. It Is believed to be the ont snake in the world with this peculiar social habit. This renders It still more dangerous. The fer-de-lance were found in largest numbers on the very slopes of the moun tains. The result of all the efforts to ex terminate them had only succeeded In driv ing them away from the coast line and cen ters of population. They were, therefore, exposed to the full fury of Mont Pelee'a wrath. Beneath the heavy layers of hot ashes which have everywhere covered the islands, the fer-de-lance has been at last very effectively destroyed. ONE LOST MINE FOUND. Chain of I'nsoccessfol Searches Seems to Have Been Broken. An Interesting but true story of a lost mine being found has been brought to light at Grant' Pass, Oregon, reports the Port land Oregonlan. A rich mine discovered and left fifty years ago has been found again, the jubilant discoverer coming into Grant's Pass with a bag of gold dust and nuggets that be had removed from th3 treasure. S. D. Johnson, a mining man from Iowa arrived in Grant's Pass, bringing with him a rough sketch or map of the Josephine mining districts that bad been drawn for him by a capitalist of Colorado Springs. This capitalist was a close friend of John son, and in the pioneer days bad been In southern Oregon prospecting and mining. He made a good stake near Grant's Pass, and, among others, made a very rich dis covery on Jack creek of the Jump-Off-Joe district, northern Josephine county. Ttla find was In the nature of an auriferous gravel bed, the yellow grains being dis tributed through It In a most remarkable quantity. He had hardly begun work upon bis bonanza when be and his companions were attacked by the Indians and forced to flee for their lives. The bloody Rogue River Indian war came on and the pros pector left southern Oregon. He made many later fortunes In Colorado, but did not forget his bonanza on Jack creek, Jump-Off-Joe. Fifty years passed by, and hla friend Johnson came to him and wanted a grub stake to Oregon. The capitalist agreed to put up all the money required If Johnson would come to Joseph ine county and sesrch for the lost treasure on Jack creek. Johnson agreed to do so, and with nothing but the rough sketch to guide him came to Grant's Pass. He found Jack creek and began prospect ing. On one gravel bar he dug three shal low prospect holes and took out $26 In coarse gold. He kept on scratching around and uncovered several big nuggets. He nearly went wild with delight. He came Into Grant' Pass with his bag of gold, a much excited man. He had found the lost mine. Investigation proved that the claim had been since located by H. Hall of this county. Mr. Hall, not knowing of the discovery, sold the claim to Johnson, to gether with all water rights he had Uken up, for $1,500. Johnaon has left for Colorado Springs, but will return in a short time with his capitalist partner. They will equip th mine with a complete and extensive hy draulic plant and put it In shape for work on a big scale. The gravel of the property is such as to make it one of the richest placer propositions In southern Oregon. Wisconsin Man Promoted. WASHINGTON, Juue 20. H. H. Rand of Wlsconaln has been appointed assistant su perintendent of the salary and allowance bureau of th Postoffic department. GUARDIANS OF HOMELESS National Children!' Home Society Elects Officers for th Ensuing Tear. PLANNING FOR AN ENDOWMENT FUND Committee of Five to Administer All Gifts of Money aad Property Which May B Made to the Society. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., June 20. (Special Telegram.) At a meeting of the newly elected board of directors of the National Children's Home society held in this city, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Prof. C. R. Hend erson, Chicago; vice-president, all state superintendents, ex-officlo; secretary and national superintendent, H. H. Hart, Chi cago; Treasurer, J. P. Oyeart, Milwaukee. The executive committee selected Is made up of Dr. Amos Barland, Michigan; Rev. F. M. Elliott, Indianapolis, and the presi dent, secretary and treasurer. Plans for Inaugurating a national endow ment fund were considered, but no definite conclusion was reached. During the final session of the conven tion. Rev. O. C. Stahlman, of Missouri, pre sented a communication from the authori ties of the St. Louis exposition requesting the national children's home society to present an exhibit of their methods of work at the fair of 1904 and also Invited the society to hold Its annual convention of that year at 8t. Louis In connection with the exposition. The committee on treasury presented a report accepting with gratitude the gen erous legacy left by Mrs. Nancy Thorns, of Illinois. The recommendation of the treas ury committee that a committee of Ave be appointed to administer all gifts of money or property coming to the society wa adopted. Plenle Association Elect. YANKTON, K. D., June 20. (Special Telegram.) Southeastern South Dakota Modern Woodmen Picnic association elected offlners last night ss follows for ensuing year: A. O. Everhart. Vermilion, presi dent; N. C. Andrews, Irene, secretary; and C. L. Lawrence, Yankton, treasurer. Ver million was decided upon as location for next picnic on June 18, 1903. Delegates were present from Camps at Beresford, ralllon was decided upon as location for konda, Tyndall, eVrmlllon, and Yankton. Pay Dearly for Violating; Game Lave. flOUX FALLS, 8. D., June 20. (Special Telegram.) Rany J. Authler, a prominent and wealthy resident of Jefferson, appeared before Judge Carland, of the United States court this afternoon and pleaded guilty to an information charging him with having on December 24 last, shipped to the Mason Produce company, Baltimore, Md., twenty seven prairie chickens and thirty quail in violation of the national game law, or Lacey act. The maximum fine of $200 was imposed on him. He paid the amount. Priests Will Go la Retreat. PIERRE, S. D., June 20. (Special Tele gram.) The Catholic priesthood of South Dakota, numbering about 100, will go into retreat at the Catholic school in this city next week, arriving here Monday night and remaining for three days. New Publication for Tabor. TYNLALL, 8. D., June 20. (Special.) H. A. Pike, editor of the Tyndall Reg ister, contemplates starting a paper at Tabor, a town of about 400 east of here. The new publication will be both English and. Bohemian. Why the Tip Waa Refaaed. In Europe the tip to the cabman In ex cess of his legal fare Is a well established matter of course, says a writer in Llppln cott's. These cabmen, whether in Lon don, Paris or Berlin, identify an Ameri can at once both by his appearance and by his speech. From an ' American they expect much I'.berallty, .and In cases of disappointment are prepared to be sarcas tic or otherwise disagreeable. On one oc casion I took a bansom In London for a distance well within the four-mile limit. I gave the cabman half a crown. He looked at me with much impudence and said: "You have made a mistake, sir." I reached for the coin and, putting it In my pocket, said: "So I have. Much obliged to you." Then I handed him a shilling, hi exact fare. 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