THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, ATTOUST 10, 1003.
MINING IN ME BLACK niLLS
Bhaw Will Epreent Booievelt at Oongresi
at Leai Next Month.
NEW OFFICERS OF GOLDEN REWARD
E. n. Harrlman U fkotfi President
r the rompur-nit Smelter nt
Dralitood May Start
Soon.
DEADWOOD, S. D.. Aug. 9 (Special.)
Preparation for the coming session of tha
American Mining congress, to be held In
Lead and Deadwood next month, continues,
and when the first meeting In railed to
order there will be nothing lacking to
make the gathering one of the biggest of
successes. Notification has been received
from the governors of the different states
and territories to the effect that delegates
have been appointed to attend the con
gress, and assurance given that from each
tate will come a large "representation.
Secretary Mahon of the association V In
receipt of a letter from Secretary Ioeb, In
Which It Is stated that, owing the press
Of public business, It will be Impossible
for President Roosevelt to accept the Invi
tation which has been given him to attend
the session of the congress as the guest
of the Black Hills Mining Men s associa
tion, but that he has appointed Secretary
Bhaw of the treasury to act as his per
sonal representative during the session of
the congress, and that Secretary Shaw
will be here. When Secretary 8haw ar
rives he will bo made the guest of the
mining men, and ns much attention paid
Mm as though he were the president.
Golden Menard Fleets Officers.
The annual meeting of the (iolden Re
ward Mining company was held In Dead
wood last Tuesday, and the officers, who
have made the company one of the great
est of mining successes, were re-elected, as
follows: K. H. Harrlmon, president; Har
ris franklin, vice president and general
manager; C. t. Tegethoff, secretary and
treasurer. At the meeting the proposition
of again starling up the big smelter In
Deadwood was discussed, and the result
was that the plant will probably be blown
In some time this month. The cyanide
plant of the company l treating 260 tons
of ore a day, and Inst Wednesday shipped
to the mint at Washington a gold brick
weighing 1,600 ounces, the result of the
cleanup for the last half of July. The
water has about all drained out of the
workings in the company's mines from
which are taken the smelting ores, so the
probability of the smelter starting up In
a short time Is good. There is more ore
exposed In the workings of the company's
properly at the present time than ever
before, and It Is of a very good grade.
There Is some talk of the company building
a 600-ton cyanide plant In Terry, at Its
mines, and that work on It will begin this
year. If this is done it will give the com
pany treatment plants with a capacity of
760 tona dally, aside from Its 600-ton smelter,
now Idle. Shipments of smelting ores to
the eastern smelters continue, about 300
tons dally being sent out of the Hills for
treatment.
Dakota Cyanide Mill Ready.
The labor of rearranging the tanks In
the Dakota, cyanide mill has been about
finished, and that plant will resume opera
tions In a couple of weeks. When the
work now under way has been completed
the plant will have double Its former ca.
, paclty, and under the new arrangements
the pu'.p will be allowed to stand for
twenty-four hours longer In solution, as
aurtng a greater percentage of extraction.
The bonds Issued by the company, amount
ing to 150,000, have all been disposed of, ex
cepting a few thousand, which have been
poken for by stockholders, and will 'he
taken up In a few days; In fact, all of the
bonds Issued have been taken by those
Interested In the company, and the amount
raised has been expended In Improving
the mill and developing the property of
the company. While the Dakota has al
ways more than paid expenses at mine
and mill, the ore treated was not of a
grade high enough to Insure dividends, the
amount of ore treated dally not being
large enough, but with the mill Increased
to double Its former capacity the company
hould aoon be on the dividend-paying list,
for It has any amount of ore which, treated
In big quantities, will pay well. Develop
ments at the mines show that the ore
shoots ar aa extensive as any In the Bald
Mountain district.
Clover Leaf Shows Good Ore.
Developments on the Clover Leaf proper
ty are progressing with good results, and
the property today, under the manage
ment of the new superintendent, shows
more ore than ever before. Drifting on
tha 700-foot level is being pushed, and the
ledge Is now close at hand. On the 600
foot level one of the biggest stopes In the
mine is being opened up, and the ore body
there will average 17 to the ton, although
there la occasionally met with some of
the rich ore which has made the mine
famous. On the 600-foot level another big
ore body of excellent grade Is being de
veloped, and one which will be used aa
reserve to supply the mill. Nearer the sur
face an ore body has been opened up,
which carries fair commercial values.
This Is the ore which had been passed by
by the former owners In their efforts to
get the rich specimen ore for which tho
mine has long been noted. Last Thursday
the regular semi-monthly clean-up of the
mill was made, and, although but thirty
of the sixty stamps had been dropping
during that time, the brick was at least
to per cent larger than had been antici
pated. Dcadwood-8tandard, Wasp 2, Jupiter, Pe
nobscot, Spearfiah and Clover Leaf sent
their bricks In this week at about the same
time to the United Statea assay office, and
the combined value of them all amounted
to something over fOO.000. All of these com
panies are now working at the full capacity
of their plants, and besides the amount of
ore which la treated In the Hills by them,
many of them are making dally shipments
of ore to eastern plants.
, Pa rap at Work oa Trro-Blt.
Work has been resumed on the Hercules
company's ground on Two Bit, and the
mine la being rapidly drained of the water
which waa allowed to accumulate In It dur
ing the years It has been shut down. A
big pump has been Installed, and this,
with the assistance of two skips. Is rap
Idly draining the workings. On the ground
la a four-compartment shaft, '30 feet deep,
front the bottom of which a long drift has
bee tv run which taps a big body of low
grade porphyry ore, carryln about IS
values. The company will mine a conald
arable quantity of this ore and submit It
to a test In order to determine whether It
can be successfully treated by the cyanide
process under a new scheme which has
bean Installed In one of the treatment
plants of the Hills for the treatment of
slimes and sands. If this can be done,
then the company proposes to erect a
plant of Its own. The company Is well
equipped to carry on mining at depth,
having a splendid hoist at Its shaft, primp
ing machinery, an air compressor plant
and power drills. The Hercules was con
sidered one of the- best propositions In
the Two Bit district during the boom days
of that section.
Over Kitty Per Ceat topper,
CUSTER C1TT. B. D.. Aug. .-(8peclal.)
Returns have been received from the
shipment of a couple of carloads of ore sent
from the Southern Queen copper'mlne near
Flrburn, and It Is said .that the ore went
aa high as 62 per cent metallic copper. The
ore was treated In one of the eastern
smelters and the return from the treat
ment was a great surprise to the owners
of the property. This Is exceedingly rich,
and should all of the ore taken from the
mine average as well the Southern Queen
will prove to be the richest copper propo
sition ever struck.
A diamond drill has been received In
Custer for shipment to the Copper Butte
mine, located on Spring creek, and It will
be used to prospect the ground, which has
splendid surface Indications, and Is thonght
much of b those who hsve examined it.
Should the results of the drilling prove
satisfactory, work of developing the prop
erty on a large scale will be started at
once.
On the Interstate Mining company's
ground work Is going ahead and a scheme
of development Inaugurated which promises
to open up the ore bodies In good shape.
Tho pround of the company contalna sev
eral well defined veins of ore, which show
on the surface, snd It Is the purpose to
develop these veins by sinking a number
of shafts along their course. Beveral have
already been sunk, the deepest being about
lxty feet, and In all ( of them the veins
have been exposed, the quality of ore being
of an excellent free-milling grade.
SIOUX SURVIVES DEATH BLOW
Blind Indian, Seventy-Fire Testre
Old, Surprises Poet or s by
Vitality.
SIOUX FALLS, S. ., Aug. .-8pee1al.)
The really wonderful vitality possessed
by the older Sioux Indians Is Illustrated
by the case of James Qoodhawk, a vener
able Sioux living on the Yankton agency,
who a few days ago was the victim of
a murderoas assault by his son-in-law, ah
Indian bearing the puritanical name of
Miles Standlsh.
8. A. Bheidler, a white man, who Is al
leged to have furnished the Uquor which
caused the assault, has been brought to
Floux Falls by Jerry Carleton, deputy
United States marshal, and lodged In the
county Jail, he having been held for ap
pearance before the next federal grand
Jury.
Goodhawk Is 75 years of age and blind.
While sitting on the ground stroking the
head of an Indian child, his son-in-law,
who had secured a neckyoke, struck him a
terrific blow, crushing the side of his skull.
Had the blow fallen squarely on top of
his head It would have caused instant
death. Not satisfied With this, Standlsh
again struck the old man with the neck
yoke, this time across the back. The blow
on the head caused Goodhawk to become
unconscious, and physicians who were sum
moned were unanimous In declaring that
he could not live more than a few hours.
The assault occurred at Springfield, S.
D., while the Indians were enroute to the
Santee (Neb.) agency. Residents r-f the
town procured a mattress and placed the
old man on It, but the Injured Indian's
wife Interfered and removed him to the
ground. She, with the assistance of her
daughters, cared for him In the crude In
dian fashion, with the result that he re
gained consciousness the following morn
ing. He haa continued to show Improvement
since, and hopes are now entertained that,
notwithstanding his great age and serious
Injuries, he may recover.
White physicians who are familiar with
the case say that under the usual csurae
cf treatment followed by the whites he
would certainly have died within a few
hours, probably without regaining; con
sciousness. Standlsh has been lodged In the Tankton
county Jail by Deputy Marshal Carleton,
where he will be kept pending the outcome
of the old man's Injuries. If his victim
haa a relapse and dies he will be turned
over to the state authorities for prosecu
tion on the charge of murder.
CROWDS VIEW RUINS
(Continued from Flrat Page.)
the room above pillars of fire and sparks.
The force of the huge Jet from the stand-
pipe was shown by a window frame torn
loose by the stream from a front window
and deposited twenty feet back In the
building. In the front part of the fourth
floor considerable costly art glass waa
stored and much of It suffered. The bulk
of the art glass, however, waa on the sec
ond floor, where comparatively little dam
age was done.
The thrett upper floors present Interiors
charred, blackened, water-soaked ruined.
City Electrician Patton reserved' a criti
cal Inspection of the motor and wiring un
til today. The Inspection will take con
siderable time, owing to the fact that a
heavy debris will have to. be removed, be
fore a close examination can be made of
the motor and appurtenances, which are
attached to the ceiling of the third floor.
JEALOUS NEGRO SLASHES FOUR
Slays Sweetheart with Rasor, Tarns
Weapon on Officers and Flees
to Woods.
ARM8TRONG, Mo.. Aug. . Word haB
been received here from Roanoke that four
persons were slashed and stabbed with a
rasor. by an Infuriated negro.
Llndsey Pitts, a negro, Infuriated be
cause of jealousy, attempted to kill his
sweetheart, Dearlle Herndon, with a razor.
The woman was so badly eut she will die.
City Marshal Patterson and his deputy,
Robert Hayes, In attempting to arrest
Pitts were seriously slashed. Marshal Pat.
terson fired five shots at Pitta, but missed
htm.
Pitts brother, William Pitta, then at
tempted to subdue htm. but waa slashed
across the throat and cannot live.
Pitts escaped to the woods with a' posse
In pursuit. It Is believed he will be lynched
if caught.
SEEK A NEW CUSTOMS LAW
Xew York Importers Will Ask Con.
asress to Make Important
Changes,
NEW YORK. Aug. 0. In order to relieve
importers from onerous exactions by the
present customs administration acta, ef
forts will be made at the coming session
of congress to amend the act In several
Important features.
Plana to that end are being made by Im
porters and merchants. The matter la In
charge of a general commission consisting
of the representatives of about fifty lead
Ing lines of trade.
' A bill embodying the changes desired will
be introduced In congress, but the commis
sion will probably not be able to make an
nouncement of the contemplated changes
urtll after conferences with Secretary
Shaw.
A Sore Kever Matters
After Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Is ap
plied. Relieves pain Instantly and heals at
the same time. For man or beast. Price, tSc.
Two Die on Transport.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l.-The transport
Logan arrived today from Manila with the
Twenty-sixth United States Infantry. Two
deaths occurred on tlie voyage, C. F. Her
bert, first-class private of the engineer
-oma. ana juiius i jnelyl. Company I,
CANAL TREATY IS DELAYED
Special Session of Colombian Congress
Adjourns Without Act'on.
ADVERSE INFLUENCES ARE AT WORK
Best People of the Republic, How
ever, Favor Ratification to Main
tain Friendly Relations
with This Coentry.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINUTdN. Aug. 9.-(8pecial.) The
special session of the Colombian congress,
which met In Bogota on June 20, adjourned
on July 10, without having ratified the
Panama canal treaty. The regular ses
sion of the congress met on the same day
for Its legislative session. The fact that I
tha special session accomplished nothing
Is not regarded as extremely significant
by the State department, especially In
view of the fact that there have been rep
resentative Colombians In Washington
during the last two or three weeks, who
have been "smelling around" to ascertain
what chances there may be for a rakeoff
on the sum to be paid by this country to
the government of Colombia.
Still, there Is absolutely no way of guess
ing as to what the outcome will be. It
Is not expected now that the treaty will
be ratified within the very near future,
but it la by no means Improbable that It
will be eventually ratified. "The wait-tlll-tomorrow"
policy Is prevalent throughout
the South American republics.
All sorts of Influences are at work to
Induce the Colombian congress to refuse
ratification of the treaty, and It Is barely
possible that these Influences may be suc
cessful In accomplishing their object. Put,
on the other hand, the best people of Co
lombia are convinced that the interests of
the republic lie In maintaining close alli
ances with the United States, which of
course they could not maintain should they
refuse to give their consent to the building
of the Panama canal by this country.
The present session of the Colombian
congress will be Indefinite In duration, and
It Is the firm belief of those best posted
that ultimately ratifications will be ex
changed and that It will be unnecessary
for the United States to either tacitly or
openly endorse the proposition for the re
volt and recession of the state of Colombia,
most directly Interested In the completion
of the great ditch.
Letter Carriers Will Elect.
The coming convention of the National As
sociation of Letter Carriers at Syracuse, N.
Y., from August 31 to September 6, promises
to be the most Important ever held by that
organization. Heretofore conventions have
been held nually, but after the one In
Syracuse the rule will be changed so that
the convention will take place every two
years, and the officers elected at the com
ing convention will hold their positions for
two years, during which time they will
be In absolute control of the affairs of the
association. The subject of most vital In
terest to the carriers Is the matter of se
curing an Increase In their salaries, and
the prospects for such Increase depending
largely on the efforts of the officers to be
elected. The campaign for the executive
position, which has been vigorously waged
for the last threo months, has been based
largely on the availability of the candi
dates for this work. There are three
vowed candidates for the presidency of
the association, each of which haa been
endorsed by various branches. They are
James C. Keller of Cleveland, O. : Ddward
J. Galnor of Muncte, Ind., and M. A. Fitz
gerald of New York city. Mr. Keller, who
Is now serving his second term as presi
dent of the association, la the reading can
didate at the present time, but consider
able doubt Is expressed as to the prob
ability of his re-election. He made his
first campaign for the presidency at the
head of the "reform" movement, and has
consistently advocated a plan of ap
proaching congress without the use of
Influence" In any form, trusting that an
appeal On the merits of the case would be
sufficient to secure the passage of a bill
Increasing the salaries of the letter car
riers. Mr. Keller, hawever, has been so
handicapped In his efforts that nothing has
been accomplished. Unfortunately for Mr.
Keller and the association, a deep preju
dice exists against him both at the Post
office department and among the members
of congress because of his supposed "per
nicious activity" In the matter of the de
feat of Representative Loud, late chair
man of the house poetofflce committee, and
the- probability that Keller could secure
favorable consideration for the bill Is al
most nil.
B. J. Galnor Is one of the shrewdest po
liticians In the organization, and cornea
from Muncle, Ind., where every man and
boy la noted for his political ability and
other things. Heretofore the Letter Car
riers' association haa attempted to secure
the passage of a bill giving the carriers In
first-class .cities a maximum salary or
11,200 In place of the $1,000 which they now
receive, and the carriers in the smaller
citlee $1,600 In lieu of $l00. Mr. Galnor, as
representing the second-class cities. Is
making hla campaign on a platform to
equalize the salaries of the carriers, mak
ing the maximum of $1,200 for the smaller
cities as well aa for the larger cities, on
the theory that if this can be done it will
then be comparatively easy to raise the
maximum for the carriers In the larger
cities. This proposition has appealed very
strongly to the carriers In the smaller
cities, and Mr. Galnor Is receiving consid
erable support. Fitzgerald will have the
support of the New York and Brooklyn
officers with their large representations,
and probably' be supported by Chicago,
St. Louis and other large cities.
It is certain that a new executive board
will be elected. Galnor and Fitzgerald are
both members of the board and Keller is
exofllclo ' a member. Naturally should
Galnor or Fitzgerald be elected they would
not want those on the board who supported
rival candidates to remain, and as there is
a complete lack of harmony between Keller
and the present board. If he Is elected he
will carry with him a new slate.
Washington's New Station.
The difference In the methods of obtain
ing among private corporations and tho
federal government In conducting works of
great public Improvement have been made
manifest within the lost few months
through the work accomplished by the
Pennsylvania railroad toward establishing
the new union station Just north of the
capltol grounds. About the time that con
gress authorised the construction of this
new station it also gave authority for the
erection of a new office building for the
use of the house of representatives on the
south side of the capltol. The government
work haa not moved on very rapidly. In
fact tha Indications now are that it wi;i
be three months at least before title Is ob
tained to the lots which are to be used as
the site for this new office building, end
winter will probably come before the struc
tures encumbering the site are removed.
On tha other hand the Pennsylvania rail
road people proceeded to secure title to
the property which they own Immediately
upon the passage of the act. and today
buildings are being razed by the score ar.d
long before the condemnation proceedings
have been perfected for the south side of
the capltol the northern lots, which arc
the property of a private corporation, will
have been cleared and the first work
toward the construction of the station will
have been completed. This great railroad
project. Involving as It dots an expenditure
of something approaching $20,000,000, Includ
ing the cost of a tunnel under the capltol
grounds, promises to result In giving the
capltol city what It should have had long
ago a great union station which will be
a credit to the city as welt as to the na
tion and when the concurrent work, tha
Improvement of the roadway of the Penn
sylvania between this city and New York,
Is completed, It Is confidently expected that
the time of passenger transit between the
capltol and the metropolis will be reduced
20 per cent, and that It will be possible for
a member of congress to leave Washington
st 3 o'ctock In the afternoon and to ar
rive in New York In time to take his din
ner shortly after 7.
Cuban Treaty at Special Session.
The extraordinary session of congress,
which will be called to meet on the th
of November, will be called primarily to
ratify the reciprocity treaty with Cuba.
It will be remembered that very great ob
jection was made to the treaty during
the Fifty-seventh congress on the gTound
that it would seriously Impair the effective
ness of the sugar trust. Western and north
western senators were lined up In opposi
tion to the measure, and consequently
nothing was accomplished. Opposition to
the treaty was also seen In the lower house
of congress. Instead, however, of being
outspoken against the measure on the
ground that It meant almost free trade
with Cuba,' some of the house leaders In
sisted that as the treaty affected tariff
rates, the house of right ought to have
a voice In Its ratification. While the treaty
making power rests wholly with the senate,
the conservatives In tha upper branch
of congress, not willing to have an open
breach with the house, decided that It was
the part of wisdom to allow the house to
express Its opinion on the treaty, and an
amendment was made In the senate that
the treaty should become operative on and
after Its ratification by the house. The k
procedure will be the Introduction of a
Joint resolution in the house immediately
after the house is organized by the election
of the speaker, the clerk and the serges nt-at-arms,
reciting the terms of the treaty,
and providing that on and after a specified
date the tariff duties on Imports from Cuba
shall be those named In the treaiy. That
resolution will have to receive the sanction
of both houses to make It effective.
In the Forty-seventh congress a reci
procity treaty with Mexico was negotiated
containing a provision requiring legislative
r.ction to put the same into effect. A reso
lution was offered In the house by Mr.
Wilson to carry out the terms of the treaty
and was referred to the committee on for
eign affairs, where It slumbered and the
treaty died of Inanition. It la expected
that some such procedure will be attempted
at the coming extraordinary session, but It
Is believed the opposition to the treaty will
be so small that the resolution ratifying the
treaty will go through in the ordinary
course of events. Those who have been
following closely the work of the opposition
say that their efforts will be ineffectual.
Recent congressional visitors in Washing
ton unhesitatingly say that the moment
the president Issued his proclamation call
ing the congress together In extraordinary
session, and reciting that one of the rea
sons for bringing congress together earlier
In for the purpose of ratifying the treaty
with Cuba will focuB the attention of the
country upon' the subject, and that It will
be Impossible for a few Interests to with
stand the pressure In favor of the treaty.
The country Is unquestionably back of the
president In his efforts to bring about
closer trade relations with Cuba, and It
la therefore expected that the ground will
be cut out from under the opposition by the
time congress convenes.
General Heywood to Retire.
Within a very few weeks General Charles
F. Heywood will retire as commandant of
the marine corps. General Heywood Is the
oldest commissioned officer In the United
States so far as hla commission Is con
cerned. He served through the civil war
and he has seen the marine corps, which
he has commanded with such credit, grow
from a very small organization to one
of the most important branches of the
federal service. Twenty years ago there
was talk of abolishing this corps entirely,
as a useless adjunct to the naval estab
lishment, but that waB before the magnifi
cent record by that, the redlegged sea
soldiers In Panama and In Guantanamo.
It was before the days when the marines
had demonstrated their fighting qualities
In Peking, and It was then that they were
generally scoffed at as "sea soldiers," who
were of no earthly use. The marine corps
has within the last five years shown Itself
to be a most Important connecting link
between the army and the navy, and no
one today would think of proposing that
this corps should be abolished. General
Heywood, who goes on the retired list be
cause he has reached the retirement age,
has made the corps what It Is. It is true
that he has had good material to work
upon, and It Is also true that today It Is
as easy to get recruits for such service
as It Is for the army or for the naval es
tablishment proper. In fact, it may be
said that the young man of the present
day realizes that there is a better chance
for promotion and ultimate commissions In
the marine corps than there is In the army.
and everyone knows that there la no chance
whatever for a landsman to achieve a com
mission In the navy.
WARRANTS OUT FOR RANCHERS
Charged with Shipping; Cattle In Spite
of Quarantine Ten Mnst Go
to Law.
GUTHRIE, Okl., Aug. 9. Warrants were
Issued by the United States commissioner
at Perry for the arrest of W. H. Van-
sellers, Joe Miller, George Miller, L. T.
Miller, S. A. Dunham, S. Howa-d, J. H.
Clnrk, 8. W. Patton, L. A. Gllmore and
3. D. Carpenter, all employes of the fa
mous "101" ranch, near Bliss, Kay county,
charging them with a violation of the fed
eral quarantine law. In shipping cattle to
the eastern market without the Inspection
required by the federal statute.
The prisoners are all prominent cattlemen
and 'will have their preliminary examlna
tlon this week.
BRYAN IS IN TRAIN WRECK
Southern Switch Delays Presidential
Aspirant, bat Does Hot
Harm Him.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. .-W. J. Bryan was
severely shaken up but escaped severe In
Jury In a small wreck on the Southern
road, near Mount Vernon, 111., today.
While running at full speed the train
ran into an open switch and was delayed
several hours. Beyond bruises nobody waa
injured. Mr. Bryan arrived here from
Louisville, Ky., and continued his journey
tonight to Sycamore, 111.
REAL ESTATE MEN FIGHT
One Slays tho Other and is Jailed
to Stay a Lynch
ing. GARFIELD, Wash.. Aug. .-J. E. Brown,
a prominent real estate dealer, fatally shot
Thomas Turnbow, another real estate
lealer. on the streets of Garfield today.
Turnbow cannot live.
Brown was brought to Colfax and lodged
la the county Jail to prevent lynching. The
cause of the .trouble Is not known.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Harry L Gardner Found Dead in Bed
hj His Mother.
IN IALED FATAL DOSE OF CHLOROFORM
Haul I. one Hern In Habit of t'slag
Drag to Overcome K fleets of
Pain and to Indnre
Sleep,
Harry L. Gardner, the 19-year-old eon of
Mrs. Dcnna Allberry, 2409 G. street, was
found dead In his bed by his mother about
10 o'clock Sunday morning. When M-s.
Allbery went to her son's room to wake
him there was no response to her call and
she found that he was dead. Mr. Allbery,
who was In the yard at the time, was
called and doctors telephoned for. An In
vestigation showed that Gardner had In
haled chloroform. There will be an In
quest at Brewer's morgue today. ' The re
mains will be taken to Blair on Tuesday
for Interment.
Gardner was well known In South Omaha,
having worked for two or three druggists,
and also the Allberry Printing company.
For the last few months he has been In
the habit of sniffing chloroform when he
went to bed In order to make him sleep. He
Btated to friends that he did this In order
to relieve him of pain caused by a rupture.
By using the drug he found that sleep
came easily. It Is supposed that he fell
asleep before he had time to place the vlnl
on the stand next to his bed. When found
Young Gardner had an empty vial tightly
clasped In his right hand with the mouth
of the vlnl close against his nose. The Idea
of suicide is scouted by the friends of
Gardner. Mrs. Allbery hits known for a
number of months that her son was in
the habit of using chloroform. Besides
the vial held In his hand there was a
three-ounce bottle labeled chloroform on
fjpe dresser In the room.
When Dr. Slabaugh arrived he stated
that Gardner had been dead for several
hours. It was only a day or two ago that
Gardner made arrangements with Dr. Sla
baugh for an operation for rupture. The
deceased carried $300 Insurance in the Pru
dential company, but the policy was not
fully paid up.
Funeral services will be held at the family
residence at noon on Tuesday, Rev. Dr. R.
L. Whetler officiating. The body will then
be taken to Blair for Interment
Improvement Club Meets.
The South Omaha Park Improvement
club held a session at Its headquarters yes
terday and listened to addresses from
Mayor Koutsky and President of the Coun
cil Queenan. The general needs of the sec
tion represented by the club, which com
prises the district between Thirtieth and
Thirty-sixth streets and from Q street
south, were fully gone over, and promises
were made by the city officials which lead
the members of the club to bellevo that
some relief Is in sight. They want water
and lights more than anything else Just
now, and are conducting an energetic cam
paign in the effort to secure these much
needed Improvements. Forty-one members
were present. Anyone interested In pub
lic improvements is Invited to meet with
the olub at any time.
Thompson Funeral Today.
The remains of Ernest Thompson ar
rived from St. Joseph, Mo., Sunday morn
ing and were taken at once to Brewer's
undertaking establishment. Funeral ser
vices wll! be held at the residence of his
father, G. W. Thompson, 1522 ' North
Twenty-fourth street, at 1:30 o'clock this
afternoon. Rev. Dr. R. L. Wheeler will of
ficiate. The remains will be Interred at
Forest Lawn cemetery. For a number of
years the deceased was hog buyer at South
Omaha for the Hammond company. When
the house here closed down Thompson was
transferred to St. Joseph, where he bought
live stock for the Hammond people up to
the time of his death.
Commence Work Today.
Postmaster Etter stated yesterday that
under the terms of the contract Lehmnn
& Co. of Omaha should commence work
on the repairs to the postofflce building to
day. Mr. 'Lehman bid $1,680 for the work
and received the contract. The work is
to be commenced on August 10 and is to
be completed In forty-five days. Besides
the painting of the celling and walls the
woodwork will be cleaned and varnished
and the roof repaired.
Range Cattle Coming.
About sixty loads of range cattle from
Wyoming arrived at the stock yards here
last night. The shipment was made up
mostly of beef cattle. The movement is a
little earlier than usual. There is, how
ever, a good demand for range beef cat
tle. The feeder market Is still low and
will hardly Improve until tha corn crop
Is assured. Feeders are doing well on the
ranges, and shippers propose holding back
until the farmers are ready to buy. It
waa predicted at the yards last night that
the cattle run today would be heavy.
Magic City Gossip.
The South Omaha cavalry troop will meet
for regular drill tonight.
Mrs. A. M. Weppner has returned from
a two-months' visit In the east.
Mrs. P. H. Shields is at Lincoln, attend
ing the Bpworth league convention.
The Board of Ldueatton will meet this
evening to transact routine business.
The Ladles' auxiliary of the Young Men's
Christian association will give a social at
Highland park on Tuesday evening.
P. A. Wells and wife. Twenty-fifth and
J streets, expect to leave today for Min
nesota, to visit frlonds for a couple of
weeks.
It was reported yesterday that orders had
been Issued to Dr. Don C. Ayer to put the
Microscopical department of the Bureau
of Animal Industry in shape to commence
work inspecting hogs for furelgn shipment.
The mlcroscoplnts will commence work on
Tuesday.
GRAY ARBITRATES AGAIN
Delaware Jndgre Presides Over Com
mission to Fix Alabama
Miners' Wages.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 9 The ar
bitration commission In the controversy
between the miners and operators In the
Birmingham district Over the wage-scale
contract will meet here at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning. Judge Gray of Dela
ware, who will preside, arrived tonight.
E. P. Nelll of Washington. D. C, who
was recorder of the Anthracite commis
sion, will act in the same capacity here.
The other members of the commission
are: Charles McCreery and Robert H.
Peterson, operators, and William Falrley
and T. I. Lewis, respectively Alabama
members of executive committee and vice
president of the United Mine Workers of
America.
The sessions of the commission will be
open to the public and it la expected will
last for five hours each day for two weeks.
HONDURAS FACES REVOLUTION
England Likely to Protect Creditors
When Rebels Will Rise
Against Boallls.
MEXICO CITY. Aug. ".-According to
Manuel Helguevela the financial troubles of
recent development are In a fair way to
precipitate another revolution in Honduras
In the course of the nrxt two months.
The government is face to face with the
possibility of the Intervention of England
In the Interest of English Investors, flennr
Helguevela Is of the opinion that Just as
soon as an Intervention appears to be In
evitable the enemies of General Manuel
Bonllla, who are numerous, will start a
revolutionary movement.
BUILDING TRADES MEETING
National Coanrll Opens at Denver
Tomorrow with Many Diffi
culties to Adjaat.
DENVER, Aug. 9. Nearly all the officers
of the National Building Trades council
have arrived for the annual convention,
which will meet tomorrow. The conven
tion promises to be the most .successful In
the history of the council. President E.
L. Smyth estimates that fully $00 delegates
will be In attendance.
A number of Important matters will be
considered. Principal among these will be
the question of trade Jurisdiction. For
some time the various Internationals have
been encroaching on the work of one an
other. This has led to considerable strife
that must be adjusted by the convention.
Another important question which will
be considered by the delegates Is the pres
ent lockout of 26.000 building trades mem
bers In Pittsburg, Pa.
SMELTER WAR IS ON AGAIN
Men Deride to Stop Ore Snpplles
Unless Demands Are) Ac
ceded To.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.. Aug. 9.-The
prospect seems favorable tonight for a
strike which may eventually spread to all
the mines in this district.
The trouble was precipitated by the fric
tion between the Colorado City Mill and
Smeltermen's union and the United States
Reduction & Refining company. The for
mer claims that the latter has failed to
carry out its agreement entered Into when
the strike was declared off. A committee
from tho union has notified Manager Mac
Nelll of the United States Reduction & Re
fining company that unless the demands
of the men are met by tomorrow strikes
will be declared at the mines which fur
nish ore to the Colorado City plant of the
company.
WATERBURY CARMEN VICTORS
Thirty Weeks' Trolley Strike Ends
by Company Granting De.
mands Made.
WATERBURY. Conn., Aug. 9 The strike
of trolley men which began thirty weeks
ago, wus settled this afternoon, the Con
necticut Railroad and Lighting company
agreeing to take back part of the strikers
at once at the old wages, to give employ
ment to the others as soon as practicable
and to treat with a committee from the
union regarding the future.
The announcement of the settlement led
to a general public demonstration through
out the city, the excitement which pre
vailed being almost equal to that which
attended tho riots early in the strike, which
led to the calling out of the state mllltla.
NATIVES IN C0C0ANUT TREES
Tnamota Islands Again Swept by
Wind and Waves, Driving In
habitants to Timber.
PAPETE, Tahiti. July 23, via San Fran
cisco, Aug. 9. (Correspondence of the Asso
ciated Press.) It would seem that the
ninety Islands known variously ,as the
Low Archipelago and the Tuamotu Group,
are destined to be reclaimed by the Pa
cific ocean.
In January they were swept by a f.ood
from the ocean, and in consequence nearly
6,000 persons were drowned and property
to the value of $500,000 was destroyed. And
now, six months later, fierce gales from
the southwest and southeast have again
caused great crests to sweep over some
of the Islands. So far only four persons
are believed to havo perished, but the fesr
Is that when all the Islands are cleared
there may be a distressing list of fatalities.
The steamer Excelsior suffered much
damage during the series of gales while It
was on Its way from Tahiti to the Mar
quesas group.
Three of the Tuamota Islands were un
der water to such an extent that the In
habitants had to climb cocoanut trees for
safety. Houses and stores, copra and
finally the cocoanuts were destroyed, while
the Inhabitants had a close call from death.
It Is thought most of the islands were
visited by the storm.
KILAUEA IS INERT AT LAST
Big Lava Stream Proves Last Gasp
of Monster Before Quiescent
Spell.
HONOLULU, Aug. 9. The volcano
Kllauea was today virtually lifeless for
the first time in many years.
Last night there was an enormous lava
slide from the rim of the pit and since
then neither steam nor smoke has come up
from the crater. Yesterday several columns
were seen higher than the craters of Mauna
Loa volcano, 13.000 feet, but they have
since disappeared and the entire mountain
Is now the quietest In Its history.
Russia Sits on Powers' Claims.
LONDON, Aug. 9. The Times prints a
dispatch from Shanghai which says the
anniversary of the capture of New Chang
was celebrated last "Tuesday. M. Grosse,
the Russian administrator, Issued formal
Invitations for the Inauguration of the Rus
sian administration building. This was
considered as equivalent to a declaration
to the other powers that they could not
claim a footing of equality or treaty rights
In this Chinese treaty port.
Police Fall to Kind Allen.
MONTREAL, Aug. 9. The police have
not been able to discover the slightest
trace of Wtllard 8. Allen of Boston, who
left that city with a shortage of $80,000
In the accounts of the preachers' aid fund
of the Methodist Episcopal church, of
which he was treasurer.
AGED PRISONER DIES IN JAIL
Charged with Wife Murder Old Man
Passes Away la Hla
Cell.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 9. James Tobln,
who was to be arraigned at the next term
of the municipal court as the alleged mur
derer of Ills aged wife in their home In
Granville Center, July IS, was found dead
i)i his cell In' the county jail at an early
.hour today.
The county physician gave as his opinion
that Tobin's death was due to old age
and natural causes.
F0LS0M FUGITIVES LOCATED
Convicts Enter Ranch and Soon nave
Posse and Dogs oa Their
Trr.il.
PLACERV1LLE. Cal., Aug. 9-Sheriff
Bosqult received a telephone message today
definitely locating five of the Folsom con
victs at a ranch fifteen miles east of
Grizzly rUt, and a courier, who returned
to Grizzly, reported that a posse with
hounds are on their trail.
GREATEST OF SAVINGS BANKS
nrltlsh Postal Concern Its Dcpn.
itors Kombrrlng Over Mne
Millions.
England's remarkable system of post
office savings banks, started several yrnts
ago, have been brought Into notice of Into
on account of the tran? frenc of the pro.
dlglous clerical force which the system
keeps busy from the 1!r building In Juoc:
Victoria street, London, which they havo
outgrown, to their new h .me in West Ken
sington, a vast beehive of n place, covering
five acres of ground, rlo.. to tho amphi
theater called Olympla, sn red to the mem
ory of Buffalo Bill, Biirnutn's circus and
such shows. The moving day concorns
$.200 clerks, the thousands of ledgers In
which are kept the accounts of the bank's
9,000,000 depositors and the Innumerable
documents relating thereto.
What has been brought out most s'.Rtilil
cnntly In consequence of the attention
which the "biggest savings bank in tho
world" has been receiving of htte Is tho
remarkable growth of this unlqun institu
tion. The number of deposits annually has
Jumped from 3,000.000 to 15.0ii0.000, the num
ber of depositors from J.OOO.uoo to s.ico.om.
In other words, on every business day of
the year 40,000 persons make deposits
through 14,000 government sub-stations.
No wonder then that since the postal sav
ings banks were established nearly 600 pri
vate Institutions of the kind havo been
forced to go out of business.
QUARANTINE IS ENFORCED
San Lots Potosl Citizens Deny Yellow
Fever Tale and Ask
Freedom.
LAREDO, Tex., Aug. 9. The quarantine
established against San Luis Potosl a week
ago because of the appearance of a case
of yellow fever is being rigorously en
forced. Citizens of San Luis Potosl tonight deny
that any yellow fever exists In that terri
tory and have forwarded a petition to
the United States authorities at Washing
ton asking that the quarantine be lifted.
PROBE STREET CAR SWEEPINGS
St. Lools Officials Find Disease Germs
in Dirt Taken from Trol
leys. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9. The St. Louis Transit
company has begun a scientific Investiga
tion of the sweepings from street cars to
discover a means of keoplng the cars san
itarily clean.
Bacteriologist Stolpher has submitted a
report showing that as the result of his
examinations of car sweepings for a week
all the cars contained tetanus and tuber
oulosls bacclll.
CLOTH MARKETJN POOR WAY
Ingrains Increase Slightly, bat Turn
over Remains Poor on Im
practicable Offers.
MANCHESTER. Aug. fl.-The condition
of the cloth market changed little during
the week. Inquiries were more numerous,
but the turnover was poor, offers being
mostly Impracticable.
Though occasional sellers report moro
progress, buyers appear to be less confi
dent of their ability to purchase goods on
the low basis anticipated when the new
ootton crop becomes available. Trade for
India account was unimportant, higher
grades of shirting being 10 cents ami
those of the lower grade being dealt In
sparingly. There was some miscellaneous
buying for China, where the low grades
were taken. Many are disposed to close
their mills indefinitely. Yarns were quiet.
The demand continues of a retail character.-
WALL ST. TROUBLES LONDON
Stock Market Passes Anslous Week,
Closing Without Much
Hope.
LONDON, Aug. 9 Dominated by the
troubles in Wall street, tho stock market
has Just passed through another anxious
week and closed without much hope that
the worst had been seen. Almost all the
markets were affected by tho depression,
the single exception being Kaffirs. The
rumor that the labor commission will re-
ftort favorablv to the movement of Chinese
n South Africa produced a decided (m-
?rovement In these shares. The prices of
orelgn securities were Inactive and thus
far but little affected by threatened Mace
donian troubles. The rally in Americans
on Friday failed to attract buyers, but It
is believed that there are Investors who are
willing to purchase at the first sign of a
healthier tone In Wall street.
Peoria Market.
PEORIA. Aug. 8. CORN Firm ; No. $,
60o; No. 4. 49c.
OATS Firm: new, No. 3 white, S3c; new
No. 4 white, 81(g32c.
Toledo Seed Market)
TOLEDO. Aug. 8. SEEDS Clover, Oc
tober, $5.62H. Prime timothy, $1,115, August.
Alslke. $.2fi.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mrs Wilson of 606 South Sixteenth street
was arrested Saturday night on a charge
of assault and battery. ,
The fire department was called to 311
North Thirteenth street at 1:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon to put out a small blaze
that had started In the rear of a Junk shop.
The damage was nominal.
William Smith, the young man from Cur
wlnsville, Pa., who was robbed of $L'fl In a
Ninth street resort Saturday night, identi
fied Jessie Calhoun, arrested hist night,
as the woman who he supposes got the
money.
W. T. Hascall, United States sheep In
spector, has removed with his wife and
child to North Platte, having leon trans
ferred to that place by the government.
Mr. Hascall Is a son-in-law of Justice
William Altstadt.
The police allege thut Oeorga A. Luther
of Falrbury, III., Is a deserter from the
United States army. He was arrest-d Sat
urday night for being drunk ami it wus
later found that he auswtrod the descrip
tion Of a deserter.
Ned Buker, living at Fifteenth and Chi
cago streets, attempted to conduct affairs
In the bad lands lust night. He only got
as far as assaulting une woman when the
police arrived on the scene and put hiiti
out of business. He lost his hat rim in the
melee.
Jessie Myers, colored, complained to the
police last night that Dun Williams hid
assaulted her. Williams, who re.les at
116 North Ninth street, was arrested,
charged with assault and battery. The
Myets woman was locked up as complain
ing wltnase.
J H. Hally, 2767 South Ninth street, fell
from a motor car at Thirteenth and Har
ney streets Sunday morning and painfully
bruised his left knee. He was attended by
the police surgeon snd removed to his
home. Halley alighted from the cur while
it was In motion.
J. A. Reeder of Council I'.luffs was fir
rested last night. The pollen hi., looking
for a man named Qulnn who unfwers the
description of Iteeder and who li wanted
In Council Bluffs on the charge of larceny.
An officer will come to Omaha this morn
ing to try and identify the prisonur.
According to the story told by Walter
Taylor, colored, who was arrested last
night for assaulting John A. Ross of 13IS
Douglas street. Hum made some Insulting
remarks to ladies on the street and it wus
for that reason Taylor attacked him. Tay
lor was charged with disturbing the pruce
by fighting
Charles Carlson, who lives at Fifteenth
and Corby streets, concluded to drink up
all the beer on the north side lust inglii.
When he found thut the tak wus too
great he got mad. and wanted to fight.
No men la-lng present, he concluded to
exhaust his over-aupply of muscle on his
landlady, Mra. HeriH.m. lie hud succeeded
In choking her quite severely before as
slHtance came In the form of a minion of
the law, who save Carlson a ride la the
patrol wsgon. II" wa charged with being
drunk and assault.