THE OMAHA DAILY MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1902. MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS 3utin Group in 'Blackuil Gulch Bold for TweHj-IvTe Thousand Dollar HIGHLAND OlIEF MILL TO RESUME WORK PeratJea Briia oa Falrvlew MUc t Xylite and Town U Grnwlig Dakota Mlaln and Mill In SJ Company Elects. CENTRAL CITY, 8. D.. June 2. (Spe cial.) Negotiations which hire been pend ing for some time for the Rale of tho Gusttn (roup of mines In Biacktsll gulch were closed last Friday afternoon, by the pay ment of $2,500 to bind the contract and on Fatttrdny tbr balance of the purchase price was paid over to toe owners of the ground B. V. Noble and associates. This property Is one which baa been for a number of yrars a good producer, having been, worked In a email way by Hs former owners, and always paying well, but as they had been unable to put up a reduc tion works of their own, lta ore has open milled In cuatom plants. The parties cuyi&g the ground are H. T. Watson and B T. Saunders, the men who aold the famous Kpeaiflsh ground to I lta present owners, who have been heavily i Interested In mining operations In the Black IIIIIs for a number of yeara, and who bava succeeded In almost every venture. The price paid for tha Oustin property Waa $25,000, only two ptyments being made n It, the one of $2,500 paid last Friday, I and the other of $22,500, paid Saturday laat. ' The Oustin group adjoins the Deadbroke company's ground, and Is looked upon as one of the best pieces of property In the guUb. It Is thoroughly developed, so It will not be necessary to huit for ore, sev eral good shoots having been exposed by former workings In the mine. The ore Is a free-milling proposition, but one that will cyanide to a good ad vantage, so the nr,w owners will at once begin the erection of a 100-ton wet-crushing cyanide plant upon the ground, and as aoon aa It Is completed will be ready to mill ore. Tha ml.de Is situated In the midst of good' paying properties, such aa the Im perlal, the Kicking Horse and the Dead , broke groups, and Its ore la of tho same general character, and much better than tha average ore that is being treated to day at a profit. The selling of this property, and the 'commencement on it of operations on an : extensive acale, will probably be the cause of Inducing the Elkhorn Railroad company, which runs wHhin a mile of the ground, to extend its road up the gulch, and should It do so, there will be as much ore shipped from this district aa from any In the Hills along the Una of that road. Mill Ready to Start I p. DEADWOOD. S. D.. June 29. (Special.) The Highland Chief mill, in Spruce gub:h, which has been Idle for sometime under going repairs and Improvements, will tart dropping Its stamps again In a few days. The plant at the present time has a capac ity of fifty tone a day, but there la a prop osition to Increase it to 100 tons, sjid this i may be done, should pending negotiations go through all right. These negotiations look to tho consolida tion of the Important interests in "North and South Spruce and the enlargement of the tnlll, and It Is now more thar likely that this will be done; and with the resources that auch a combination craild command, begin a thorough and more systematic de velopment of the district. ' At the present time bv.t little work has been done on the lower contact on either branch of Spruce, the development, of the district having so far been confined to the upper contact, from, -which some very One smelting or has been taken and shipped to tha Dead wood smelter for treatment, with the average better than $15 a ton gold, and some shipments, which have gone very much higher. The last run of the mill waa made on ore taken from the Champion group, and the only group In the district that can be said to have received any development en the lower contact. Tola development consists of a 400-foot tunnel, the greater part of which Is In ore, but aa yet tha ore body has not de veloped Into anything very big, the laat twenty or thirty feet only ahowlng that ora exists in quantltlea, for the shoot la be ginning to widen eut and the values In the ore becoming higher, and the Indications alt pointing to the fact that the deposit will become quite extensive after it has been gone In on a little further. The ore at this point la much richer than that taken from near the mouth of the drift, and appeara to be 'growing better 'With each day'a work. On other groups many small shoots of ore have been opened up on the lower con tact, all of which carry fair valuea, but as yet they have not received development enough to give any idea of their extent, although the showing is one which should induce development, for the ore taken from the lower contact Is a much better cyanld Ing proposition than that taken from the tipper, and the ground la easier worked. Consolidation a Good Thins;. It may be said that the district, if what work baa been done on the upper contact la. omitted, haa received no development r there are several known ore whatever, for bodies on different groups of claim which, with a little more work on them, will de velop Into good propositions. Should the proposition to consolidate be carried out It will prove-to be one of the beat things that has ever happened in the district, for then ground will be developed, the working of which cannot help but de velop adjoining ground, and under the ar rangement proposed all the work that will be done will be with this object tn view. When the Highland Chief mill is again ' ia operation, under the agreement of con solidation, it would handle, wf.h lta In. creased capacity, all or nearly all of the ore which would be mined in these opera tions, and assist materially In the develop ment of the district, for most of the work would be made to pay for Itself. There Is quite a quantity of good smelt ing ore being shipped dally from the dis trict, but all of It Is coming from the upper eontaet. and but little attention has been Cheap Doctors They never pay. Don't employ them. Get the best and pay the price. Cheap doctors don't recommend Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. The best doctors do. They pre scribe it for fresh colds, old colds, easy coughs, hard coughs, weak lungs, bron chitis, even for consumption. " Your Cherry Pectoral hat been a . treat blessing to roe in curing rny aevero bronchial trouble.' W. M. Crimea, Nawburg, V. Va. tklevi$lt, i.C. ATUUUevVaaas. paid to the ore bod lee on the lower contact, except In the ease mentioned. Harrington . & Gregg last Thursday shipped a lot of mining supplies to Mystic, where they have begun operations on the Falrvlew mine. -With the suppllea they sent a number of miners to Increase the force already at work oa the mine, Th first shipment of ore from the prop erty will be made to the National smelter at Rapid City this week, several tons hav ing accumulated on the dumps from the operations which started a week ago. Shipments will slso be made from tbe old dumps of the mine, the ore in which la Just as good as thst which Is now being takes out. The new vein which was opened up In the mine a week ago will also contribute to the shipments, and enough ore will be Ink en from It to pay for sinking the ahaft which Is going down on It. Mystic Is becoming quite a little town, and many men are finding employment there aside from the work which Is be ing done on the Falrvlew. The electro-cyanide plant at the camp continuea In operation with good results, making satisfactory returns on all of the ore treated, the most of winch had here tofore been regarded as a purely smelting proposition. The plant la only of fifty tons dally capacity and Is having all It can do, so several mine owners In the vicinity are preparing to follow the example of the Falrvlew owners and ship to Rapid City. Mnaey for Improvements The annual m opting of the Dakota Mining and Milling company was held in this city last Ftlday and at It office of the com pany were ejected as follows: President Joseph RIcMe of Dead wood; vice president. J. Goldberg, Dead wood; treasurer, John Hunter, "Dead wood; secretary, H. J. Craw ford, TX'adwood. Tha company at the meeting decided to spend $75,000 In improvements on its mill in Ihe First ward of this city, and among other things Its dally capacity will be In creased 100 tons. When the company's mill was built it was designed for a 200-ton plant but only the machinery for 100 tons was put In. The power, however, had been arranged so that any time the mill's capacity could be Increased an additional 100 tons a day without Interfering with lta operations, so that the building of the proposed ad dltlon will not stop the wheels from going around. Work on the addition will begin at once and. It will be completed In month or so. Since It began operations the mill has made two cleanups each month, the clean ups averaging better than $10,000 each There trt a vast amount of ore exposed In the workings at the company's mines and there will be no trouble whatever exper ienced In keeping the enlarged mill sup plied, with ore, for the narrow gauge sys tems of both the Elkhorn and Burlington rosts have been built to the mines. Development at Hill City. ,'HILL CITY, S. D., June 29. (8peclal.) The Granti Mining company is proceeding with developments on its property with the very best of and the most encouraging of results. On the Roosevelt group the company la at the present time working a force or eight men, all that at the pres ent time can be worked to an advantage, and the miners are taking out some very good ore. The present operations on this group are confined to an open cut, In which baa been expoaed an eight-foot ver tical. Two samplea from this being taken from across Its face, gave assay returns of $35.20 and $45.20, an average of better than $40 a ton gold. Just aa soon as It Is convenient the present force of miners at work on this group will be Increased and operations conducted on a larger scale. A two-story boarding house has recently beea erected on the ground, a blacksmith shop, orehouse and office building put up, and other Improvements made. In this vein which is being worked Is a rich streak a small one which will go better than $300. and this ore ia being sacked and will be shipped. The other om Is being stored and wilf be treated In the company's own mill. It being the intention to put up a ten-atamp mill on tl-.e ground this summer. The company Is still working a large force of men on the St. Elmo group, running three shifts a day, and the large working shaft, 6x10 In the clear, which was started aome time, ago, la now down fifty feet and will be dropped 250 feet further before cross cutting will be begun to reach the vein. Stations will be established at that level and tbe stoplng of ore begun. The St. Elmo has a lot of development work done on It. in fact, It la one of the best de veloped mines In the district, and the pres ent work la for the purpose of working It to a better advantage than la offered from other openings made on the ground. Machinery on the Ground. ROCHFORD. S. D., June 29. (Special.) The Drat carload of machinery for tbe com pressor plant of the Ohto-Deadwood com pany has arrived on the ground and the balance la expected to reach the camp every day. The big 100-horse-power boiler will be placed In position within a few days and the work of setting up the other machinery started 'on. While awaiting the arrival of the air com pressor plant operations on the mine have been going on slowly with a small force of miners, but now the number will be in creased and three shifts a day employed until the big working tunnel which la being driven in on the "Swanson" vein ahall bave I been completed. Thla tunnel Is now In about 125 feet, and going ahead alowly, all the work being done by hand, but with alx power drills In operation It will go on much faater. Thla tunnel, which ia following along the strike of the vein, will be driven In for 876 feet further, when the work of getting out ore will be commenced. The ore Is a free-milling proposition and carries very good values, some of It being rich, but -tbe average of a good commercial grade, and as there Is a very large body of It It is the Intention of the company to build a reduction plant of its own for Its treatment. I. B. Murphy of Toledo, O., who recently became Interested In tbe property, has been appointed general manager, and v. Til at once undertake the direction of aslrs. I Body of Ore LEAD, 8. D.. June 19. (Special.) The shaft on the Pluma company'a ground, ad Joining the townslte of Lead, is now down 240 feet and dropping at the rate of twe feet a day. Stationa have been estab lished at various levels and the company wiU soon begin stoplng out ore. The main ore body has been exposed for a distance of about 1,000 feet along Its strike and tt is known to be from 250 to 400 feet In width. It greatly resembles the ore bodies on the Homestake free-milling oen, wnicn it adjoins, and carries the sami valuea. from $4.60 to $7. The three-corn-, partment shaft, which Is now sinking ca ore. will be carried down to the 1.000-foot level before operatlona on it are ap pended, and perhaps deeper. The company for the last month haa been repairing the old Hawkeye stamp mill, and has tt about ready to rua. and it la tho iatentloa to start the stanrps in it drawing oa ors from the Pluma o-ound Monday. The ore from the workings, a larva quan tity of which' has accumulated, will be delivered to the mill, which Is situated about a anile from the mine, bv a wir tramway, which can supply ore. enough to keep a 100-ctamp mill In operation. The Hawkeye Is a forty-stamp mm -ai oas of the latest built la the AlUlsu ao It la practically up-lo-dau. ' FINISHING TOtXn IN AUGUST Union Pacific's New Shops Will Be Don Inside of Two Months. NEW MACHINERY AND FIXTURES GOING IN rnnkeBtack Sow Over Maadred Feet Hick. Half Its tltlmate Reach Roof to Be Finished la Two Weeks. . The L'nlon Pacific's new Omaha shops will be completed and ready for use by the middle of August, providing the weather man Improves his conduct. That la the time within which the contract sayi the work must be finished, but It will require different weather than that of the last few weeks to meet the conditions of the agreement, the contractors say. When completed the company will have In these structures a new roundhouse, boiler and machine shops and a new power house. The entire structure will be equipped with new machinery and fixtures, the Installation of which is Involved In the contract as necessary to the completion of the work. The machinery Is being put In as rapidly as possible as the building pro- areeses. A large force of men, about $50, Is now at work on these buildings and every effort Is being made to advance tbe labor, but the men bave been seriously retarded by the rainy days, which make It Impossible for the bricklayers to accomplish much. The bricklayers are putting in their strong est work now on the large smokestack, which when completed will be 200 feet and six Inches In height. The most difficult part of this stack Is up and the height at pres ent Is 105 feet. The foremen say from now on it should be possible to raise from five to seven feet a day or finish it within at least twenty days. With this work out of the way the bricklayers will have ac complished their most difficult task and will be at the end of their labora. Carpenter Work to Come. All the brick work outside of that en smokestack, tbe foremen say, can be, .with favorable weather, completed within four or five days. The moat that remains to be done on the structure as a whole is car penter work and roofing. The roof Is well advanced, but the most skillful part of this work yet rematas. The roof Is to be finished with gravel and glass and it Is estimated that two weeks will be required to finish this work. Almost all tbe frame structure of the roof haa been erected and the entire force at work on that part of the building soon will be avail able for putting on the finishing touches. Work began on the new shops January 18 and the men consider the progress made entirely satisfactory in view of the numer ous obstacles which could not be avoided. When completed the shops will enable the company to meet Us demands with greater facility and better actual results. For some time there has been an urgent need tor more shop room and larger facilities and it is expected that these Improvements will be entirely sufficient to meet every de mand. A much larger force of men can. be employed when tbe company sees fit to hire them. GAS ENGINES F0R FARM WORK They Are Coming; Into General I'se, Observes Traveling tins from Iowa. if ' "Some of these days," said R. F. Rogers, a philosopher from Ottumwa, Ia., who travels for an Omaha supply house and who was at the Merchants yesterday be cause It was too rainy to attend church; "aome of theae days it is going to be up to somebody to writs a book about tho passing of the farm hand. His days are numbered because his usefulness Is van ishing. People in the city don't realize what perfection tbe farmers of Iowa and the ranchmen of Nebraska are attaining In the equipment of their placea. It hasn't been so mighty long since it was a case of main strength and awkwardness with ths 'honest yeomanry,' and In those days It required a 'hand' for everything that horses couldn't do. But Yankee inventive genius has made great strides snd the last clever trick was the creation of the gas engine and incidentally the automobile. "It Is only within the last two or three') years tnat tne engines nave been perfected into practicability, but It would surprise, you to aee how many farmers have alreary Invested. They can make one engine sevve so many purposes, you know, and the west ern farmer can recognise a good thing JUBt about as quick as anybody. Purr phased originally to run a pump, theae engines they Impress into a diversified d'jty that includea running cream separators and pro pelling small corn shelters. Ths other day I waa told about a ranchman -who came from Connecticut, I suspect, for he had coupled hla engine onto somo home-made fans In hla dining room and, -was turning them with a rope belt. "And though It may sera a bit strange, it Is nevertheless a fact that the automobile boom haa done a great deal for the farmer In an Indirect way. I. -has resulted In much attention being given to small motors and englnea with the result that they have been much Improved make and lessened some In price. The horseless carriage has stimulated manufacture, and the big con cerns have equlppsd their plants to put on the market many new grades and atyles of power-makers. t another two years I believe we wl'j find ourselves living In such sn era of gas and electric power as few .people no anticipate. Already tbe country towns are talking automobiles with a vengeance, the residents of many of them have purchased machines, end It Is a fact that many western farmers are preparing to buy, or at leaat aay they are." PErS0NALPARAGRAPHS. lone" JohnBon of Uricoln lt at th, y,. Mma(SlWl' nd W'fe of Denvr are at the local 'hot?,"1'"5 of 8ldney- Neb" " a. thd""' 0 C'yde- "' ta at,,TeeMniartL01 f Wu,h,n. C. la ..I.t8?hVMrUrar.rrCh'nt Rtd k' Roy Applegate and J. M. Nelson of I In. coin are at the Merchants.. INelBon n T. B. King and George T Blasell nt r-.n trul City are Omaha vlHor, '"" of Cn min i'f? "nd,H- A. Dessel. binlnes, mn f " rv. are at the Pellone. tered at the Merchant, , a "pedagogue?" service il? "Vt?. rural ,r' llvery renter. tt 8chll,. Mastered from . B"8.b. H. Mason and R. E. Mason are capita ,tXa from Providence. R. 1 In Omaha o business. - ' Mr. a'id Mrw George H. Mead of Hast , "' Ji A- Amereua of Euatls. J. U Her ney af LJneoln and V. B Olbb of Craig are 'mong Nebraskans at the Her Grand. . M. Ayera of Beaver City, grand master f Nebraska Masons, and Hubert E. French 'f Kearney, grand custodian of the grand 1'MJKe. were in me city yesterday, registered at the Her Grand. Ed Shannon, formerly at Rwlft's In South Omaha, but now tlmi k-eper for railroad ronvtruetkon gangs, U in Omaha for a few days before going to Nevada. He has betfn In the wilderness of soulhoaatsra Missouri tor several aiouUia. ' .'When j-. vsv You Have n. W:, That Empty Feeling , . and everybody will know B wvJ you want some of those ff Wvf snappy little ginger snaps ff vYv in the In-er-seal Package. Mjfl YJv Price 5c. fy WATNSWAi RAILROAD LINES INCREASE Total If ileagaim United States More Than. Two Hundred Thousand. MANYEXTENSIONS IN SOUTHERN STATES Qrver Two Thooaand Miles of Xew Track Laid During; First Half of Year and More to Come. Mors 'than 200,000 miles of railway are novrUid in the United States. At the close of the year 1901 the total was ap proximately 199,625 miles and the con struction for the first six months of 1902 brings the total up to 201,839 miles. The track laid during these six months on 155 oads aggregated 2,314 miles. Nebraska's total mileage for this period was twelve miles on one line. According to the Railway Age tracklay tng thus far this year has been distributed throughout forty-one states and territories, tho following states reporting no new mileage, although lines are under con struction In all of these with the excep tion of two or three New England states: New Hampshire, Massachuaetta, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho. Texas shows the largest new mileage, with 236 miles. Oklahoma and the Indian Territory are tied for second place with 211 miles each and New Mexico is fourth with 190 miles. Other states showing 100 miles or over are: Arkansas, 136 miles; Georgia, 125 miles; Louisiana, 102 miles, and Illinois 100 miles, Florida being near the 100-mile mark with ninety-seven miles to her credit. While the new mileage Is widely dis tributed, the greater portion, of It la lo cated in tbe southwest, the five states and territories of Arkansas, Texas, New Mex ico and the Indian Territory and Okla homa Territory contributing no less than 984 miles. The eight states and territories which are usually classed as southwestern states have built 1,143 miles of new line, which Is nearly halt of the mileage of the entire country. Other groupings are as fallows: New England states, twenty one miles; Middle states, 121 miles; Cen tral Northern states, 196 miles; South At lantic statea, 287 miles; Gulf and Missis sippi Valley states, 191 miles; Northwest ern states. 183 miles; Pacific states, 127 miles. The ststes west of the Mississippi river have built 1,613 miles and the atates south of the Ohio and east of the Missis sippi 380, making a total of 1,993 mtlea of new line completed In tbe atatea south of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi river. Mark gnrveylnK Done. While many of the large systems of ths country are building Important extensions, the majority of them have laid but little track ao far, the first six months of tbe year having been devoted largely to sur veying and grading. Notable exceptions are Choctaw, Oklahoma aV Gulf, which has com pleted 202 miles tn Arkansas, Texas and the Indian and Oklahoma Territories, and tbe St. Louis A San Francisco, which has laid 181 miles In tbs same ststes and ter ritories. The Great Northern has built 122 miles In Montana, Washington and North Dakota; the Santa Fe system 68 miles In Arlxona, Oklahoma and tha Indian Terri tory; the Missouri Pacific 60 miles In Ar kansas. Louisiana and Missouri; tbe Inter national ft Great Northern 64 miles In Texas; the El Paao Rock Island 66 miles In New Mexico; tbe Seaboard Air Line 45 miles in Florida, and the Southern Pa cific (Atlantic system). 42 miles In Texas. The large systems which are building ox tensions, but which have laid but little track ao tar, are the Rio Orand system, Chicago, Rock Island Pacific. Chicago, Milwaukee s: St. Paul. Burlington system. Northern Paclfle, Southern, Louisville LNaahvUla, Chiuago 4 Korthweaiera, Chesa peake ft Ohio, Baltimore ft Ohio, Norfolk ft Western, Illinois Central, Missouri, Kansas ft Texas, St. Louis Southwestern, Wabash and Oregon Short Line. Two Independent lines of Importance now under construction are the San Pedro, Los Angeles A Salt Lake, which has laid 22 miles In California, and the Kansas City, Mexico ft Orient, which hae laid 20 miles In Kansas, as well aa 25 miles In Mexico. Other independent new lines, or lines whose Identity bas not been fully disclosed, have laid track as follows: . El Paso ft South western, 97 miles In Arizona and New Mexico; Illinois Valley, 100 miles in Il linois; Arkansas ft Choctaw, 80 miles In Indian Territory; Ozark ft Cherokee Cen tral, 45 miles In Arkansas and the Indian Territory; St. Louis, Memphis & South eastern (reported to be backed by the St. Louis ft San Francisco), 43 miles in Ar kansas and Missouri; Iowa ft St. Louis, 24 miles In Iowa and Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern, 20 miles In Iowa. MESSENGER BOYS IN DEMAND Krrqnent Showers Brlnn; Business from Korwetfnl Men Without . Their I'mbrellas. The messencer comnanles nni .nm. plalnlog of the many showers of the last week. For them lt meant dollar. SoM one manaser: 'It Is surorlslne the nnmher of who leave their homes In the morning with out umbrellas, even when the .ith.p ! threatening. When the rain comes they all try to telephone at once to have boys sent to bring their shelter sticks. One day last week I sent a boy to a place on West Farnam street. Before he got there I had six other similar orders from people along the way whom be could stop and accom- moaaie on tne way back. I telephoned him while he was at the first house and told him where to call. But when he reached the office here he had not aevn nmh,.n.. but eighteen. A woman at one house would see him coins- intn ho ..i.ku.'. .-j would halt blm as he came out tn enH parasol to her husband. On such days our boys answer calls amounting to $30 cr $35." LOCAL BREVITIES. pK'Vi, B!,c!e.a aalesman for the c.' t K'rke"dall Shoe company, died at bt. Josephs hospital Sunday morning and the remains will be taken to Ottumwa, la., today for Interment, deceased was 3ft years of age and had been in ill health for some time. The suit of George Johnson against P. B. Murray for the possesion of a meat mar ket room at the corner of Park avenue and Leavenworth street has been dlHmliid without prejudice. Johnson owns a gnnery next to the meat market, and bouxht the latter and wanted possession, but Murray held on. Tuesday in district court room No. I Justice Charles Potter and a Jury are to tackle the second of sixteen suits brought by students of the Moler barber college to collect their tuition of $K each on th ground that the college failed to teach them as promised. The tirst suit was won by the eollege some months ago. Chester G. Hazelton, 78 yeara old. dii'd at hU home. 415 North Twenty-fifth street. Saturday afternoon. The funeral will occur at 2 o clock thla afternoon, after which the remains will be taken to Forest Lawn cemetery for Interment. Deceased waa the father of Martin S. Haselton and had been in Omaha for a number of years. The Elks of Cuuncll Bluffs and Omnh'i are anticipating good sport at the base bull game which will take place Friday. July 4 at the Omaha league park, Sixteenth and" N Inton street a. A good game ia prohilned, as there are men In each lodge who hsve won reputations as ball players at home and elsewhere tn the past. The nines have been nearly agreed upon and aa aoon as the final selections are made the names and positions will be published. The executive heads of the government oi uuiion are to come to Omaha within a day or two to tell their troubles in court. ITie case 1m tnat agalnat young Vaughn Coughlln, charged with tha grave offense of "Interfering with impounded anlmala." which means that he ia supposed to have taken out of confinement a horae of hla father's which the village marshal had taken up when he discovered it at large on the lawns The case waa to have been heard by Justice Charle potter of Dundee but the matter was entirely too momentous to be disposed of al home, so a change of venue to Justice Bryce Crawford s court was laaea. eaiuraay. SABBATH SESSION OF HOUSE Dsvoted to Tribute to Memories of Otiy and Gumming, EULOGIES ARE NOTABLY IMPRESSIVE Mertlna: Is Recorded In the Journal aa Regular, Making the First Sunday Legislative Day tn Ninety Years. WASHINGTON. Juue 29. The bonne of representatives held a session today to pay tribute to the memories of the late Repre sentative Amos Cummlngs of New York and the late Representative Peter J. Otey of Virginia. By special direction of Secretary Moody the Marine band was In attendance in the lobby In the rear of the hail and rendered an appropriate musical program. The wldowa and families of the deceased occupied tha speaker's pew In the gallery. and delegations from Typographical union No. 6 of New York, the Letter Carriers' association and the New York Pilots' as sociation came here to honor Mr. Cum mlngs' memory. The public galleries were well filled. The eulogies were exceedingly Impressive, especially that delivered by Mr. Cannon of Illinois, who paid a tribute from the heart to the lofty character of Mr. Cummlngs. Although services bave been held in the bouse on Sunday on previous occasions, notably the death of Henry Winter Davia, this was the first time In ninety yeara that Sunday was made a legislative day and the house met on the Sabbath with a speaker, clerks and all the other paraphernalia which accompany the actual transaction of legislative business. Frequently In times past the house has been in session on Sunday, especially at tbe close of a short session, hut tuoo ses sions always have been c?r.nuatlona of the legislative day of Saturday and the journal on Monday showed no session on the Sabbath. Reainlar l.elIlve Dar in this case, however, the Journal of to day will be that of a regular legislative day. In order to find a precedent for the session today the house managers went back to 1800, when the house held a session on March 2, because of the pressure of pub lic business two days before the final ad journment, March 4. Those who paid tribute to the memory of Mr. Cummlngs were Messrs. McClellan. democrat of New York; Fobs, republican of I!l nnls; Cannon, republican of Illinois; Sulzer, democrat of New York; McCall, re publican of Massachusetts; Myer, democrat of Louisiana; Clark, democrat of Missouri; Dayton, republican of West Virginia; Gold- togle, democrat of New York; Lessler, re publican of New York, and Hooker, dem ocrat of Mississippi. Eulogies were then pronounced on the late Representative Otey of Virginia by Messrs. Jones, democrat of Virginia; Jenk ins, republican of Wlsconrln; Flood, demo crat of Virginia; Lanham, democrat of Texas; Hay, democrat of Virginia; Morris, republican of Mlnneaota; Swanson, demo Waltham The survival 'The Ytrfeded American Witch' tn ClustrMted look of Mertsttng InformiHon aioot Pitches, Kuill bt sent fret upon rtqutst. Am trie An Wiltfum Witch Comptny, Wtltfum, Miss. r crat of Virginia; DeArraond, democrat ol Missouri; Rhea, democrat of Virginia; Mo Call, republican of Massachusetts; Rlxey, democrat of Virginia; Graff, republican oi Illinois; W. W. Kitchen, democrat of Nortlf Carolina, and Lamb, democrat of Virginia. At 3:23 o'clock, as a further mark of re-1 spect to the two deceased members, thi house adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. morning. LEAGU&O TO ORGANIZE IRISH Omaha Branch of the United Iris Society to Be Formed Taesday. Tuesday afternoon there will be organ. Ized In Omaha a local branch of the Irlsk National league, the call having beea Is sued Saturday by T. J. Mahoney, chairman, of the temporary committee which pro. vlded reception for William Redmond, Irish member of Parliament, who spoke here li the spring. The local branch will have for Its prin cipal object the raising of funds to be eeni to the officers of tbe league, which Ip now carrying out a program In Ireland fa th Interest of greater industrial freedom foi the residents of that Island. Briefly out lined, tbe demands of tbe league In Ireland are: 1. Full national self-government of Ire. land. 2. Universal and compulsory ssle of ths landlords' Interest in the land to the ten ants. 1. A state-aided system for enabling farm 1 laborers In the country and worklngmen In towns and cities to become owners of theli own homes. 4. Restitution to Ireland of the tl5.000.00l a year in excess of her just share of Im perial taxation collected by the British gov. ernment for many years past. 6. Complete educational equality for ths Catholics of Ireland. Including the estab lishment and endowment of a university in whose benefits they can conscientiously participate. e. The repeal of the coercion act and ol the treason-felony act, under which po litical offenses are prosecuted as ordinary crimes. 7. To secure the election of county coun cils, which will come together once a yeai In a national council and agitate for horns rule on conditions not leas favorable than those offered In Mr. Gladstone's celebrated bill. 8. Preference for artlclea of Irish manu facture In all public contracts. . Preservation of the Gaelic language and the teaching thereof in all publicly supported schools and colleges. 10. Maintenance of trades union rules and rates of wages by all public bodies. The work of the league la this country. Is addition to tbe raising of funds, will be ta publish tbe actions of the league and ths opposition of the government of Great Brit, ain, ao that all persons in the United States may be familiar with the altuation. Ia other cities collections were taken when the Irish envoys were In this coun try. St. Louis, Chicago and New York eon trlbuted many thousands of dollars to tbs fund; St. Joseph. Mo., rslsed over $1,000, No collection was taken In Omaha, but th promoters of the league believe that at lesst $1,600 can be raised among the tneo who sympathize with the movement in this city In a short time and that, through the local branch, a stated amount annually may be turned into tbe general fund for such a period of time ss may be necessary. Publish your legal notices in The Weekly Bee Telephone 23$. Watches. of the fittest."