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12. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1004. 9 W CURRENT COUNCIL WIRES OFF OF1 BROADWAY Citj Determined to Bid 8treet iaBniineu Section 'of Poles. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES THE OFFINDERS Threat that tnless CompwlM tmlr Ordinance Forcln Them Vniet OmW Will B Rcsar recten and Passed. Ths diet has sone forth from the city hall that all telegraph polo on tha north .aide 6 Wut Broadway between Main 'street and South Main street muit be re moVed to tha alleys. Contractor Wickham la ready to lay the new cement sidewalks on this portion of Broadway and City So licitor BnydT yesterday notified tha West ern Union and Postal Telegraph companies that thetr poles roust ba removed In ad vance of the laying of the new sidewalks. In the event of the telegraph Companies falling; to comply with tha order, drastic measures, it Is said, will ba resorted to. The city fray go so far. It is said, aa to cut down the polea, aa has been done 'In other dtlea. If the telegraph companlea remain obstinate and refuse to remove the poles. There Is plenty of room in the alley north of Broadway for the poles of both the Western union and the Postal compa nies and-the cfty officials are determined they shall be removed from the downtown business streets as far as practicable. The telephone company Is rapidly re moving; all of Itstaoad poles since Its wires In the business center of the city were placed underground and the city officials 'haw no -fault to find with this company. A large number of -dead poles have been removed frdm Pearl and Main streets and tha south aide, of Broadway within the prescribed district is now practically free of all telephone polea la Allcya or I'nder Grnnnd. . While the proposed ordinance requiring tha placing of all electric wires under- 'ground within the business portion of the 'city was In the hands of the committee last year .the Western Union erected a large number of immense and unsightly poles on "West Broadway between Scott -street and the Northwestern tracks. City officials are now - anxious to have these poles moved to the alley or alongside the ' bank of Indian creek. - At the city hall yesterday It was stated . that In the' event of the telegraph compa i nles falling to rid Broadway of their polea , fes far as possible the proposed ordinance calling for the placing of all electrlo wires underground within a prescribed district comprising the business center of the city ' would be resurrected from the pigeon hole and passed, ,,,City Solicitor Bnyder Is expected to make . report on this matter to tha' city coun cil at Its meeting next Monday night, at .which time some definite action Is looked for. Speaking of the matter yesterday, Mr. 8nyder said: "I have great hopes , that the telegraph companies will comply with the wishes of tha olty authorities and re- ;mdv their polea to the alleys without com pelling tha city to take some action to 'force them. There Is no reason why theso poles should longer disfigure, our business ' streets while, thare J -plesj tjr of room-in JthV. 'alleys for them." ,, , fWOaWTIOH AT CHRISTIAN HOME Ww' Baildlnar Thrown ren e Pobllo . Inspection. The handsome dining hall and dormitory building recently completed at the Chris i 'jtlan Home was thrown oped to the publlo for inspection yesterday afternoon and 'evening, and a large number of friends of the Institution availed themselves of the opportunity to visit It " Rev. 3. a. Lemon was assisted In re ceiving by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. B. Lemen; Ms niece. Miss Florence Denny, s and the matrons of the home, who showed the- visitors through the beautiful building, t Mtss Mary Crane, 'Miss Oeorgelne Bebblng- -ton -and Miss Helen Blxby served punch in the hall. . Tha building was tastefully decorated with palms and cut flowers, and with Its many electrlo light presented a most pleasing appearance. Whaler's orchestra, nsoonceto behind a screen of palms la the dining room, played both afternoon and .evening. . : ' ; . . The building, which represents an outlay of 126,000, la of colonial architecture and is constructed of pressed brick, with stone trimmings. It Is 14ft feet long and 45 feet wide. At tha main entrance la an ornate, circular porch, with heavy columns. - On the main floor Is the dining room, back of which is the kitchen,, complete In all its ar rangements. .To the left of tha entrance is a reception jroom, handsomely furnished and set off with. si beautiful fireplace. To the right of th entrance t a wide stair way lending .to the dormitory, In which arc fbrty double beds of white enamel, with brass trimmings. The matron's and nurses' rooms and toilet rooms' are also on' this floor. There Is also a wide rear stairway. Bratt Held for I.nrrvnr. Warren Brott.'agalnst whom a charge of grand, larceny had been filed In Justice WESTERN IOWA COLLEGE Hummer term now open. Students en tering every day. Second Qrade, ' Ftrst Orada, State Certificate work. Review classes In Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Type writing, also beginning classes in all sub jects. , Writs or call for information. , ; E P. MILLER, Pres. , i MuU Teaaple. .'Phn BS14. it PROF. KIRO, The World Fatuous Palmist, Clairvoyant and Adviser. ' Reduced Prices 2C7 302 Fourth St, Co hoc II Bluffs, Iowa Corner Fourth and Willow Ave. Hours rrora I.M to 140 p. m. LEWIS CUTLER . MORTICIAN. p Jsr1 c. Ceuuoll blurts. 'PkooslT. NEWS OF IOWA BLUFFS Ouren's court some weeks sgo, was brought tj this city yesterday from South Omshs, where he was taken Into custody. Brott Is charged with the theft of a revolver valued at 116. a suit of clothes and other articles, the property of O. P. Peterson, foremsn on Mrs. Mary Gallagher's farm near Weston, this county. Brott, who denies the theft, was committed to the county Jail In default of bsll placed at $400. His preliminary hearing has been set for next Monday. Brott formerly worked on the Gallagher farm. Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Son. Real Estate Transfers. T k. 1 - ..hnrt mA n . . iiKiiririi i. ci i; i - ,n i . . .v .... ?lee Ju'y 21 by the Title Guaranty aV . Trust company of Council Bluffs: i F. C. Ixiuree et al. to John T. Hen derson, lot 1. blk. 2. Jackson's I aarminn. w ci ,' Rosa. Belle Strong and huhsnd to i 1 1 ... V. b. T'j i 1. ...... n 1 1 4 a It nnA n mikll C. Ol llllll'niii i.'w mi ...... m, blk. 1. Gates' addition, Oakland, q c d 200 P. J. Day and wife to Mary I Thorp. ne4 nwV4. 67-77-43, w d l.X Three transfers, total IVOO Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Guy Anhmore. Neola, la Grace B. White, Neola, la Stephen E. Jones. Omaha Edith H. Dewroae, Mollne, Hi... Ernest Scott, Omaha Cora Zimmerman, Omaha Are. .. 22' .. 18 .. ' .. 27 .. so; .. 231 Will the party who picked up a roll of blue prints on the car leaving Omaha at 8.J0 o'clock Thursday evening for Lake Manawa leave it at The Pee office, Omaha, and oblige the owner? N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 280. Night F667. MIOR MENTIO. . ' Davis sells drugs, lyiffert's glasses fit. , Stockert sells carpets. For rent, new sHoreroom, 229 Main street. Side issues In the building line. Hafer has 'em. 'Phone 202. Pictures for wedding gifts given special attention. Alexander's, 333 Broadway. Look. Pure Cane Sugar, 1 lbs for J1.00. U. P. Tea Co. Phone 752. 404 W. B'Way. The funeral of Miss Julia Winch will be held this morning at 9 o'clock from St. Francis Xavler's church and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. P. Danahey was Issued a building permit yesterday for the erection of a one and a half story frame vottage at Eighth street and Avenue E, to cost $1,600. Former City Auditor Fred L. Evans left yesterday to take up his residence in Salt Lake City, where he has secured a posi tion with the Oregon- Short Line. A delegation of Masons from the local lodges went to Quick yesterday to sttend the funeral of the late I). F. Perry, a prom inent member of Amber lodge of Quick. Mayor Macrae returned home last even ing from Des Moines, where, as surgeon major of the Fifty-sixth regiment, Iowa National Guard, he attended the brigade encampment. J. Seeley, Bon 4 Co. of Fremont, Neb., have the contract for constructing the Ja qulth grain elevator on South avenue. It la said ground will be broken for the foun dations next week. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Wool man and wife have gone to visit relatives In Des Moines and tho eastern part of the state. Mr. Woolman will return Saturday, but Mrs. Woolman will remain a month. The gas company Is replacing the old mains with twelve-inch mains. At present the company is working on Broadway from Pearl to Seventh street. The portion on South Seventh street has been laid. James Sheldon, who was charged with appropriating the; change out ot a SID bill given him by Thomas Lewis, a farmer of Neola, waa discharged in police court yes terday.. Lewis failed to. appear to prose cute, . i Howard Cutler left last night for Bone stesl to register for the land drawing. Fire Chief Nicholson, . Aldermen Crlppen anq Maloney and former Mayor Jennings are home irom the same plape, having regis "tered. The West End section of the Ladles' Aid society of the First Christian church will give a social thla evening at the residence of Mrs. Pardo, WIS Third avenue. The choir of the First Christian church of Omaha 'Will sing. Former Alderman L. A. Casper and wife started yesterday -morning .for a trip tq Minneapolis and Duluth in their, new tour ing , automobile. Alfred Hanchett and Uuufge Van Brunt are now . enrouta to Madison, Wis., by auto. William Casey, the deserter from Com pany K, ThlrUeth United States infantry, at Fort Crook, who was arrested Wednes day evening by Officer Woods, waa taken across the river yesterday and turned over to the military authorities. A thief broke Into the residence of Wil liam M. Hyper, receiving teller of the Council Blurts Savings bank, at 236 Frank street, Thursday night and secured a dia mond ring, gold watch and chain, gold necklace, gold locket and a child's savings bank containing 140. 8. Rowe and Joe Krantger economized Wednesday night by pre-empting part of an alley to sleep in Instead of securing a room In a hotel. In police court yesterday mornlnar Justice Carson, who was presid ing In plaoe of Judge Scott, decided, that the city was entitled to o and costs from each of the two men for the accommoda tion furnished them. Work on the rlprapplng for the Illinois Central railroad at Tut Narrows, north of the city, haa been suspended and the sev-enty-nve teams and large force bf men which have been employed there for the last two months have ooen withdrawn. The bank- has been riprapped for a Quarter of a mill and it is believed that the inroads of the river have been effectually chocked. Miss Berttfa 'Oney, daughter of E. M. Oney, died yesterday evening at 'the home of her uncle, C. 11. Olibert, 1104 Filth ave nue, from consumption, jitter a year's ill ness, aged 24. Mua Oney was an operator In the employ of the Nebraska Telephone vompunyi Services' will be held at the Gilbert residence this afternoon at 4:8u o'cl K-k, conducted by Rev. James Thom son of the First Congregational church, and the remains will be luksn to Silver city. In.. Saturday morning for burial. Barllaston Fireman Ktlletl by Train. PACIFIC JUNCTION, la., July 21. (Spo clttl.) R. A. Keirsey, a young man who Is a fireman on the Burlington railroad at this place, In company with three other employes went to Plattsmouth, Neb., last evening. wnen rcaoy. return . uuma they found that the regular passenger train cast had gone. They then boarded a freight (hat. was headed for Pacific Junction and all four got In the way car. When about a mile from Pacific Junction all got out on top of the train and Mr. Keirsey slipped and fell between the curs." The train crew was Immediately notified and . the ' train stopped. The crew and boys went back to whore Keirsey fell and found him badly mangled and ho no doubt . was Instantly killed. Tha county coroner was called, but decided that no inquest was necessary. Farmer lias Nerve. OSCEOLA, la., July 21.-(Speclal.)-WIth his three-horse team running away and hla leg caught In the self-binder and broken, John Hody guided the team. ' into a wire fence, where it was stopped. He then had to wait some time before help came to ex tricate him. Hody was driving the binder when the team ran away. As they ran Hody's leg got caught In the machinery and was broken and held there fast. With determined grit he held onto the lines till he got the team stopped, and by so doing probably saved his life. Monona Democrats to Meet. ONAWA.' la.', July Sl.-Speolal.)-The Monona county democratic convention has been called by County Chairman John W. Anderson to meet at the courtroom In Onawa Tuesday, August 21, at 2 o'clock p. m to plaoe la nomination candidates for county offloea, BOARD OF HEALTH "BACKS UP Ho Special Becognition for Anti-Twine Treatment of Dipntieria, PETITION . FOR DRAINING SWAN LAKE Three Thansnnd Acres of Land to Be Made Arallabl for Cnltlva tloa by tha Proposed ' Ditch. (From a Stait Correspondent.) tE8 MOINES, July 21.-(Speclal.)-The State Board of Health today backed out of the position It waa supposed 'to have taken In regard to giving, special recogni tion for antitoxin treatment of diphtheria, and thus escapes a flood of adverse criti cism which had been directed toward It. By mistake of the secretary the Iowa Health Bulletin had reported, after the last meeting of the Board of Health, that a resolution was passed directing that where antitoxin treatment had been given In cases of diphtheria, then the quaran tine could be raised In seven days. It transpires that this resolution was ' not adopted, but that such a resolution was Introduced and laid over, and at the meet ing today It was adversely acted on. The erroneous record was ordered expunged. Members of the board had been 'subjected to much criticism on account of the sup posed formtr action and the record Is now made clear. The Board of Hoalth elected Henry Mattl of Davenport president, with r. J. ' F. Kennedy secretary and editor of the Bulletin, and Miss Bessie Omstead stenographer. By statute Prof. Albert of the chair of bacteriology at the State uni versity became head of the new bacterio logical department and a good part of the session todoy was taken up with arran ging details for this work. No chemist for the board was elected. The board of examiners elected R. E. Connlff of Blonx City presldenL Thirteen doctors were given certificates on' pres sentatiun of certificates' from other states under the now reciprocal recognition law. Three states had been admitted to this agreement Wisconsin, Nebraska and Illi nois, and today these states were added: Maine, Ohio, Texas, South Carolina, Michigan, Indiana and District of Colum bia. . 'would Drain Blar Lake. The petition for. the drainage of. the most extensive shallow lake In the state has been filed with the governor. Thlr Is for the drainage of Swan lake in Emmet county, a lake or pond, containing over 2,000 acres between the meandered .lines. The petition was filed by Representative B. F. Robinson of Armstrong, the author of the lake drainage law. This is the moaf extensive drainage proposal of the state at the present time. The lake can all be drained, so It is claimed, and bo converted Into the finest kind-of fsrm land, adding Immensely to the value of real estate in the county. The state 'en gineer appointed to look after lake sur veying Is already at work In they northern part of the stato and it Is expected he will make a report soon to the governor. Problngr a Mystery... . Two young girls have been arrested on a warrant from justice court, accusing them of a trivial crime, but "Justice Hlnse, be fore whom they have been brought, states tnat pack or mis mere is a. strong sus picion of the murder of a companion of the girls at or -near the army, post last .week. The story is that (he girl was inveigled to tho vicinity of the post by .soldiers and she was given whisky whloh was poisoned, and that she has not been found since. Some search haa been made Quietly 'for the girl, but rio 1 formal accusation has been made. Whether there is foundation for the rumors or just a story concocted be the soldiers is not known, but the sus picion prevails that a crime haa been com mitted. . f . Looking at a Railroad. A special car with one of the vice presi dents of the Rock Island railroad and other officers went out over the Newton St North western railroad from Newton to Boone this morning on a tour of Inspection. It Is believed here that the Rock Island Is negotiating fortho purchase of the New ton road to form a connection for Its lines north of Gowrle. ' BLIFFg COLORED JttAJt TH TROUBLE Confesses to Making; Assaalt on Little ' - GlrL 8EDALIA, Mo., . July 21. (Special Tele gram.) Jack "Wilson, colored, who has served two terms In the penitentiary, one of which was for. an assault with Intent to kill, was arrested by the. police last night for criminal assault 'upon Annie Mier, a lS-year-old white girl. Wilson made a confession this evening, admitting he was the negro who made the assault upon the girl. After signing the confession he was hurriedly transferred from the city to the county Jail. Wilson says his home Is at Council Bluffs, la. Head Blown Off by Onn. JEFFERSON, la., July 21. (Special.) Walter Minor's head was literally blown off by a shotgun In the hands of a boy' named Matteson, from Ogden, Tuesday afternoon. Thq gdn was supposed not to be losdod. Flcnie t'p Potters' Miortsae. : iGLENWOOD, July 21. (Special.) By the report of the expert accountant ex-County Clerk Potter 1s short In his accbunts at the least calculation, Sti,481.80. , TISDALE GOES TO WYOMING Professor, of Knells -at - Chicago School of Technology President of Western I'nlv'erslty. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. July 21.-Herbert M. Tlsdale. professor of English in the Armour Institute of Technology at. Chicago, was today elected president of tho University of Wyoming. Dr. Tlsdale is a graduate of Harvard and has taught at Madison and Northwestern universities. W ill gpread Music by Telephone. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 2L (Special.) Cltlsens of Cheyenne, Denver and .other towns In the great west will soon be per mitted to enjoy an unusual musical treat and In a somewhat remarkable manner. It Is learned here that officers of ths Rocky Mountain Bell Telephona company is mak ing experiments at ths Mormon tabernacle In Salt Lake City during the organ recitals and choir rehearsals thers with the view of transmitting the vocal and Instrumental muclc ever, the wires of the company to all parts of the west. An experiment a few days ago was partially successful, and it Is expected that the device for receiving and transmitting the sounds from the . taber nacle will be completed In a short time, and patrons of the telephone company lii al! parts of the west will then be favorod. Horse 'Sales Start. PIERRE, 8. P., July 21-(Bpeclal Tele gram.) A , pfclp.l train wlLh twenty cars of horses, the result of the sale In ths yardn heie yesterday, was taken out this to KERN STICKS FOR TAGGART Believes He Shoald Be Chairman af i- the National . Desaaeratle Committee. NEW TORK. July 21. If Senator Gor man will not take the chairmanship of the national committee the men who have been pushing him for the place will turn td WilHant F. Sheehan and try to secure his election by. the national committee. The reason why either Oormsn ot Sheehsn Is preferred over Thomas Taggart of Indiana is understood to bo because of the belief that each of them would be able to com mand attention of eastern business men and secure a large campaign fund. While the judge's advisers say that Taggart will be amply provided for In an advisory ca pacity, they think that either Gorman or Sheehan, with their wide experience, would be better able to conduct the campaign. Former Senator -Henry c." Davl, the democratic candidate for vice president, started for Bedford Springs, Pa., today. Thorns st Taggart,. memper of the demo cratic national committee for Indiana, today had a consultation with John W, Kern, He still refuses to discuss the sub ject of national chairman, but nothing has yet occurred to alter his determination td stand tor the place if the committee is of the same mind next Tuesday as it was when It assembled In St, Louis the day aftfr the convention. Mr. Kern Is Just as determined as ever to Insist on Taggart being, selected, and Is still talking about- the Importance of the west In connection with the .campaign. He insists that Tnggart knows the condition In that section better, than any other man selected' for the place and says if It Is de sirable to have men 'connected with the committee who sre In close .totich with tho financial Interests, .an. executive committee may be chosen to have the management of the 'campaign fn the three eastern states which are considered necessary .for demo cratic success;- i . . , He expresses confidence that the endorse ment which was given Taggart at St. Louis will not be reversed, and" says that so far nothing has occurred to show why that ac tion should not be endorsed by choosing Taggart for chairman. M. Taggart, It Is expected, will meet the members of the national committee as they arrtvo here. He says there Is nothing for him to sny now. and. he does not Intend to discuss the matter. Mr. Taggart Is not going to Esopus, although It is suggested to him that ho should, visit Judge Parker. A special Invitation from Judge Parker would alter his determination, but that la not looked for.. August Belmont settled all talk about himself in connection with the national chairmanship today by telling, his friends that he would riot be considered for the place. It Is understood that Mr. Belmont favbrs Taggart for chairman. Unless Tag gart should voluntarily withdraw, it Is be lieved that Senator Gorman would allow his name to be used and perhaps not even In that contingency. At ihe same time some of the eastern men still think that the Maryland senator Is a possibility and dp not relinquish the hope that he will manage the campaign. With Oorman absolutely out, attention will be turned to William F. Sheehan, who It Is believed would be Judge Parker's personal choice on account of their long friendship. But unless some direct.'. word comes from Judgo Parker to the effect that he wants Gorman or Sheehan, THggarfs friends will keep him In the field a,na insist upon elect ing him, .' Most of the. democrat leaders who have been conferring abbu.th chairmanship have left the city gad aro not expected to return until Monday. ri . National Enoamtfmen O. A. R. Tha Nickel Plate road will sell tickets August 12, 12 and, H at 17.75 for the round trip from Chicago;-VlaCdlrefct 'lines; with stopover at Niagara Fall and Chautauqua tko If desired, wlthlirUnal Itaiiu Also, If preferred, rate of 120.70'betWeen same points for the round trip vhvfteW York City and boat,, wltti, liberal stopover, returning at that point.- Tickets good en any train on above dates and also on special train from Chicago at 8 a. ,m, August 13; final return limit September SO. Meals served In Nickel Piste dining cars, on American club meal plan, ranging In price from 35c to 11.00; also a la carte. City ticket office 'Chicago, 111 Adams street: Chlcagodepot, La Salle street station, corner Van Buren arid LA Salle streets, on the Elevated Loop. Write John T. Calahan. Genera Agent, 113 Adams street, room 238. Chicago, for reservation of berths in through v standard and tourist Sleeping cars and other dataileJ Informa tion. . . . i - i BOSTON AMD RETURN Only One Cent Per Mil from Cbleaao Via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. Tickets on sale Aug 13-13-14; with pro vision for extension of return limit to Sept. 30. Tickets available via all regular routes, including through New York, as well as the St. Lawrence River, Adiron dack and White Mountain, territory. For full Information address M. S. Giles, T. P. A., Chicago, or p. F. Daly, chief A. O. P. A., Chicago. Summer ISxenrslons Via Michigan Central, "The Niagara Falls Route," to the Thousand Islands, Adirondacks, White Mountains, Catskills, Laks George and Lake Champlain, the New England Coast, ' etc. The Michigan Central's Vacation Tours for .1904 will be found a great help In planning the sum mer holiday. Illustrated, with full In formation regarding . routes and rates. Address, with three red stamps, O. W. Ruggles, G. P.. & T. A.,, Chicago. '". Half Fare to OkoboJI. On every Friday and Saturday, tickets from Omaha and Council Bluffs will be sold to Lake OkobpJl and return at half face by. . ... - THE. CHICAGO.' MILWAUKEE A ST, PAUt RAILWAY. Everybody says OkoboJI Is more beautiful this year than ever. The bathing is de lightful, the fishing great, the Saturday night dancing parties are swell. ' Better go up for two or three days. Tickets 1524 Famum St., Omaha; 520 Broadway, Counoll Bluffs. . i. afternoon. The shipments will go many eastern and southern points. tempts ihe appetite refreshes yew through and through I A ""n ft SOITH OWAHA, PHOXB Asenta: Hugo F. BUS, 1324 Douglas St., Omsha. Phone 1542. Lea Mitchell, Couucll LlufXs, 1'bune so. ' GETTING READY FOR A RUSH Japanese Artillery Practice a Tantalising Performance to AIL GUNS GO UP THE HILL, THCN THEY GO DOWN Men and Horses Uo with ' Wonderful Patlenee Work that Would Exa's perate Americans Ueyoud Bndnranee. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1S04.) FENG WANO CHENG. June 8. (From a Staff Correspondent of the New York Her aldSpecial to The Bee.) An amusing and interesting performance goes on every morning Just In front of the camp of the correspondents. Wo are on the southeast slope of a hill that lies a mile and a half from tha walled town where the headquar ters are. The northwest side of the hill descends sharply Into the little river that marks the extreme limit to which we are permitted taj go without a special pass. This stream Is perhaps 100 yards from our camp. The hill that separates us from It therefore marks the "line" . In a way of the Japanese position, and it is proper that there should be earthworks of some sort on its crest, with embankments for guns. These may have been, constructed In the early days of the Japanese ooqupatlun of this place as defense works for emergency. Ths possibility of such emergency arlaing having now been long past, the defenses still serve a useful purpose In affording a good place for the morning drill of some of the batteries of field artillery still kept In Feng Wang Cheng. For that work it Is a doubly useful hill. It always gives the artillerymen a good hour or so of hard work to get their guns up to tho top, and thus they have much practice In hill climbing, as well as In the gun drill after they have gained the heights. It Is a steep little hill, with a crooked road to the top and several sharp turns. The long-legged, narrow-chested; light bodied, mean-tempered, . "ornery" Japa nese beast that is dignified by the name of horse does not take kindly to the work with the guns or to anything else that I have ever seen, except fighting with its fellows, and so morning after morning there is the same old struggle In front of oar tents to, get the guns and ammunition wagons up the hill. ' Sounds Like Swearing;. It begins about- 8:80 o'clock. There la a rumble-down the toad and then the sound of voices raised In sharp command or ex postulation. - The slow complaint of the guns as they pound from side to side Is punctuated by the shrill challenges of the horses to one another, sudden squeals and angry nelghlngs and then the hlgh-pltohed staccato talk of the drivers' short words, explosively uttered with such oonoommlt ant emphasis and tone as would declare their profane character If the men were white Instead of Japanese. World marvels of patience. Industry, submission! They simply talk, occasionally dig in their heels and now and then summon up supreme resolution and lay about them for an In stant or two with their whips, tiny little things of the quirt order, such as western men use for sake of show when their ponies are wise In the way of civilization. Little by little, with no cessation of noisy accompaniment, the procession of guns and ammunition wagons ' advances, reaches abreast of the compound of the old temple, takes the turn from the main road and approaches the hill where the real trouble is to begin. . The first gun reaches the break Immediately In front of our camp. The captain rides ahead and takes position a little up the hill, .Whence he can survey the work and keep a 'watch ful eye on the remainder of the battery as well. ' One of , the lieutenants goes a little further up the hill, prepared to give aid and advice In the Intermediate stages of the ascent, and another goes to the top to be ready to ' bestow the proper ' com mendation upon the worthies who arrive at last at his advanced point. The battery sergeant major stops by the clump of bushes .where the msln road turns In Its first break. It is the worst spot on the hill, and here must be a man with a quick eye and a ready tongue, equipped to. see the difficulty, at once and declare its remedy. '.' f All Work with Xolae; Then, with all this preparation made, the first guns start forward in the assault of the hllL Urging their beasts with heel and voice, and now and then with whip, the drivers take them straight at the first rise of ground. For ten or fifteen feet the grade is about 46 degrees. On the beet .level, roads these Japanese gun teams are barely able to get their guns well enough Into motion to justify an attempt to gallop. Swinging at this hill there is never room enough to attain the quarter of that speed, and the team Is lucky that can keep ihe gun going after It crests that first little rise. They come over win rattle of gun wheels, creak of harness and much shrill talk of drivers and officers together. One man does noth ing but stand beside the road and say "B-r-r-r-rr-r-r," after the manner of the amateur watchman's rattle. Two or three others cry "Arry, srry. arry." The driv ers say nothing, but work their arms up and down, as If they were pumping water from a deep well. Now they meet the great test. If they have any momentum, left after getting ove.' this first break they may swing and go up' the hill without a stop, but If they have not that momentum they will check here, hold desperately for a few seconds and then slide gradually back to the bot tom again, men ahoutlng, horses quiver ing with wild terror, snorting and vainly trying to get a foothold," only the officers dumb, looking on with a silence that may be anything from surprise, amusement, commendation to blank despair. Occa sionally a gun succeeds In going on with out a stop, but most of them fall to get up the necessary momentum and slide back again. After trying to go straight up for three or four mornings it finally dawned upon the batterymen that there-was a better way. By going over the first break at an angle they could win to a comparatively level spot, from which they could get a second start for the Ipng pull on up the hill. This then became the plan. But It Involved making a sharp turn with the WW 1 B B. a . I if'l w. Jt DBmnsmmmmnsnmmUSBul teams just at the moment of starting for ths long pull. That hrotight Its new diffi culty, although, leas thaa the old one. Horses De Net Like It. It Is an Interesting spectacle when one l-tnch gun gets the better of six Japanese horses and drag them down hill. They do not like it, and their dlhllke Is plainly revealed by ttielr action?, coupled with surprise.' I have seen the same team gr through. . the performance a doien times in one morning, and each Mmo seemed as amased and , confounded .as ever. It is a good demonstration that a horse has a good memory, but not Intelligence. If the proof of the theory depended on thd Japanese horses this daily gun work would be sufficient. The more times a team Is dr.gsd bark down the hill the mors cer tain It becomes to stop at the next ef fort exactly at the old spot am? to go slowly sliding back, wild-eyed and snort ing, frantically pawing the slippery grns and heedloss of voioc. heel and whip of driver. The whole " Camp used to turn out to watch the show, but It hns lost the charm of entertainment through, often being re peated. Now an occasional military nt- f-tnehe turns' up with a enmera and spends a pleased and silent hour, or two maklns records whloh Will give the Japaneso Held artillery hereafter, a reputation through out the military world. These artillerymen are persistent fel lows.. , They might come out with picks and shovels and repair the road by half an hour's work so that its greatest diffi culty would be avoided, but they choose to struggle en with the natural .obsta cles. , Sometimes It takes two hours to- get the entire battery to the top of the hill, and they arrive to find the morning q far gone that they must turn back Imme diately and return to quarters. There Is less .trouble coming down the hill than in going up, but it Is not at all as easy as It might be. If the horses knew anything It would be a different matter both ways, But not only are the horses entirely Igno rant of ..what they shbuld do, but the drivers are quite unable to teach them. Centuries Qu The disease which has brought more suffering:, degrada tion and disgrace upon the human race is the same to-day that it was centuries ago. It is called Contagious Blood Poison, "The Bad Disease," and is given other names, but among all nations is regarded as the blackest and vilest of all human diseases. It goes from bad to worse; the little 6ores that first appear are soon followed by others ; the glands of the groins swell and inflame, a red eruption breaks out on the body, the mouth ana . . . . , . . . . . . . , . I waa afflicted with blood poison, and th bats throat become Ulcerated, the hair doctors did me no good, though I took their treat and eye-browS drop out, and Ugly mont faithfully, fa faot, I seemed to grow worse a. J . . . . r. J all the while. I was disheartened, for It seemed yenow Dioicnes mate ineir ap- that I pearahce, and if the disease IS friend I then took S. S. S., and began to improve. . . . . ... ,. I oontinued th medicine, and It oared m corn Hot check eel at this Stage, every pi-tei building up my health and inoresslnr my bone, muscl6, tissue and nerve appetite. Although this was ten years ago, I tav j V . i t never had a sign of the disease to return. in the body becomes infected 8M SaTann(lh 0a, . w. B NIEWMAN. , with the poison, and from the roots of the hair to the soles of the feet there is not a sound spot anywhere. but it comes back in a still more aggravated form. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable, and jh.ooo is offered for proof that it contains a mineral ingredient. Write for our home treatment book, and learn all about Contagious Blood Poison and how to treat it. 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They might ensll pick up plenty of good Chinese 'porilei for their guns here In ManchHrin blggeri stronger, tougher, vastly more tractable, and bet ter In every way. But they content theni. selves with saying "Japanese horse Very bad" artri letting It go at th.it. r " Nobody mnlnlalns that this is war." of even the preparation for It, but to th dull, dlcjilrlted life of the Two Kilometer camp It affords a little semblance of va riation. OSCAR KIN01 DAVIS. DEATH RECORD. CRESTON. la., jfjly 21. (Special Tela prnro.) The funeral of Superintendent John Pufcgnn occurred this morning at I o'clock frr.ni St. Malachy's church, a large concourse of people, many visitors from employes of the Burlington system being present. The floral, offerings were exten sive. This city, the home of th deceased for thirty year. Is deeply affected by his demise. . Widow of Henry Oeorgre. NF,W YORK. July a.-Mrs, George, widow of the late Henry George, the poli tical economist of this city, died last night at her home In Monttcello, N. Y., aged W years. Irian Day Festival ST. LOUIS, July il The delegates to th national convention of the Anelent Order of Hibernians proceeded to the . World's fnlr to participate in the festivals of Irish day. The program Included Irish games at the Stadium and exercises in the theater of the Irish village. Officers will b elected tomorrow. So for no candidates have appeared. Vxcept for the offices of national secretary and members of th directorate. The contest of the secretary ship is quite aetlv. would never be cured. At th advioeof a To cure this awful contagion the blood must nrst be purified, and nothing will do this so quickly and surely as S. S. S., which has been known for years as the only antidote for the poisonous virus of Contagious Blood Poison. Mercury and Potash may check it for a time. 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