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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1892)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JtfONDAY .1ANUA11Y 11 , 181)2. ) SOME WEUROUNDED FIGURES. iBcflecthijj Giant Strides of the Imperial Northwest , GLEANING FROM ANNUAL REVIEWS. Somrwhut Hrmit In Arm , They Arc Locally I.unrlom unit Tanllnniiii ) ( iencrnl News Tucknil on 1'or Vnrli-ly. Newspaper boom editions were notable for Iholr scarcity on tbo llrst of the year. Only three worthy of the name have a * yet boon Issued In the Imperial northwest. Of thcso the Salt Lake Tribune ls entitled to llrst rank by reason of the vast area of country covered and written up , the variety of statistical Information , nnd the details of pait progress and future prospects. The ontlro worn reflects credit on the great news paper of.Ion. . The population of Utah is 3lTja. ( ) ( The n-sossed valuation of nil kinds of property f jots up $121,160.048. an Increasu of 15.05 per cent over 1890. From this a territorial revenue of $000,223 will bo oxtructoii. There nro twonly-live counties and thirty-eight In corporated cities in the territory ; 37IIO ! ! acres are umlor cultivation , mostly by irri gation , and 205,805 Inclosed for pasture. With , improved water supplv It Is estimated 2.304,000 can bo brought under cul tivation. During the past year $3,885,323 was expended i the construction of private buildings In the territory , and 418,923 in public bulldlnes ; $2o.0,807 was paid the 8WW , hands employed In ao , " ( Indus trial concerns , In which f4i30.7li7 : w invested ; valuo-of annual product , $0,300,071. There nro 1,700 stores in the territory , representing an Investment of $20,013,139 , and employing 7,009 bands ; $4,351,0-11 was paid out for Tvugcs , and tlio total sales for the year was l5,029.i8l. ( In precious metals the territory produced 303,520 tons of ore , having an expert - port value of $12,210,000 and n mint value estimated nt $10,000,000 : $224,350 was paid In dividends to mine owners. In stock raising , nhoop take the load. There are 1SH > ,0.11 heaa In the territory , valued nt $2,047,517. Lnnt year's wool clip brought $1,229,450. The progress of Salt Lake. Cily during the voar is indicated by the following llguros : Exnendod In buildings , $4,1143,450 : real estate Bales , $9,770,747 ; municipal expenses , $393 < - 153 ; bank clearings , $8,154,820 : value of pro ducts of 100 factories , $2,500,000. The San Francisco Chronicle issued a su perb number on Now Year's day. covering cvory branch of Industry in California. The historical and statistical features , copiously illustrated , are a mine of Information , Invalu able to the student of western development. Another striking Now Year's number was tbo h'fttt .lose Mercury , Though local In scope , It furnishes a pictorial and statistical panorama of California's loveliest cities and its attractive surroundings. The advance of California durine the year was marked. The value of cereal , bay and root crops was $80,000,000 , nnd farm animals $00,000,000 ; 0,000,000 pounds of sugar was produced , 32,420,000 pounds of wool , 10,500- gnlloiM of wine , 1,250,000 gallons of brandy , 47-1,500 barrels of petroleum und 500,000.000 feet of lumber. The total value of exports was 152,701.282. Financially the people nro \ xvell heeled. Tbo deposits of all banks in , the state is $180,471,030 , an increase of 15,241,505 in a year. The savings banks hold on deposit $114,104,523 , an Increase of $15,722,000 In a voar. " The assessed valua tion of the state "for 1891 was $1,211,000,174 , nearly double what It was ten years ago. Speaking of fruit , the state produced last year 4,000 carloads of oranges , 2,500- 000 boxes of rasins nnd 25,000,000 pounds of prunes ; 445bOO,000 of fresh fruit were dried , 50,000,000 pound * canned and 50,000,000 pounds consumed at home. .Atmuing totals these , btlt California Is au amazing * stato. The history of San Francisco county is reflected as follows : Heal estate sales , $29- 000,000 ; 1.450 buildings erected , costing $9- 600,000 ; 1,310 factories employ 39,602 hands ; x'uluo of product. $109,000,000 , an increase of $21,410,000 ; savings bank deposits increased $10,820,000 during the year and now aggre gate $93,577,859 ; exports Increased $12,500,000 and bank clearings $48,500,000. Taeoma and Seattle , the young giants ot Puget Sound , appear outlioly satisfied with tbo records of 1&9I. Tacnma exported 4,500,000 bushels of wheat and imported 12,700,000 pounds of tea. Bank clearings aggregated $19,750,000 ; capi tal Invested in factories , $9,200,000 ; value of output , $9,000,000numbor ; of hands employed , 3,432 ; monthly pay roll. $183,270. Public ed ucation is carried on In fifty-seven buildings valued atl,718.173 ; 4,011 pupils are enrolled ana 102 teachers employed. Seattle'exported $0,000,000 worth of wheat , flour and lumber. Her banks have $0,000,000 of deposits ; capital und-surplus $3,000OJO. The total ot building Improvements Is not stated , but throe buildings erected at a com- Dined cost of $1,000,000 reflects tro substan tial character of the city's growth. The forty-four miles of street railways , were bettered to the extent of $729,450. Signllt- cant nnd Instructive Is the fact that Seattle cleared $34,4tiO by owning nnd operating Its own water works. The total receipts were 8131,021 ; expenses , $90,5. ) . Tha taxable value of the city is $44iM)7,105 ) ; 0,110 pupils are enrolled In the public schools , in which 120 teachers are employed. Hut there Is something radically defective in the onter- prUo and energy producing such results and at the same tlmo showing n record such as this : Births , 583 ; deaths , 5S7. The state of Washington produced 8,113.- 280 pounds of hops from 5,113 acres , 15,500,000 Illinois of wheat , fl,30S,000 ot oats , 7,500,000 of barley , 1.500,000 of cnrn , and 1,300,000 tons of coal. Her lumber mills have a capacity of fl.OOO.roo feet per dav. The rainfall during the year was llfty Inches. Thu And I.nmlH Problem. Doior.s , Wyo. , Jan. S. To the Editor of TUB BFB : The BBR'S expression of January J , on the arid lands problem comes to the people of Wyoming as a rather painful sur- ' prise. vVo had confidently figured on the c , ardent supportof Nebraska , and especially ' ot Omaha , In the efforts now being made to secure the passage of land laws which will - itmkf possible the development ot this arid region. Wyoming Is essentially tributary to Omaha , and assuredly before Omaha can pprwlbly reach tbo 400,000 limit of population which Or. Miller so enthusiastically and Justly predicts for her , it will bo found nec essary to develop to the very outskirts her tributary territory. Because THE BEB has always boon a warm and steadfast friend of Wyoming , wo are om- boldohed to criticize what Is manifestly a misconception ot the aim and purpose of the movement now on foot to secure the cession , in trust , of the arid lands to the states In which they lie. You say : "Nebraska and Kansas are deeply Interested In the arid lands problem. Should the project of convoying these lands absolutely to the states bo carried out , thcso two states may be seriously affected. " Tno fact is there Is no such project on foot. The proposition Is not to cede the lands ab solutely to tbo states , but simply to convoy there In trust under ample limitations and foe the sped tie purpose of reclamation. " " - It Is not asked that the title bo convoyed to the states. The Salt Luke platform roads as follows : "This congress U in favor of grant- in trust , upon such conditions as shall servo the public interests , to the states and terri tories needful of irrigation , all lands noiv u part of the public domain within such states and territories , oxi.'optlue mineral lands , for tbo purpose of doviVopIng Irrigation , to ren der the lands DOW avid fertile and capable of importing population. " That Is the authoritative forumllzatlon of the purpose of this movement. The men of the arid region only ask that they be per mitted to use tboso lands as collateral secu rity alone with tbo credit of the respective statOH to procure mouoy to construct ditches and rosprvolrs. Tbo state will reimburse Itself bv disposing of the land to actual set tlers. Now , probably if thu people ot Ne braska are so disposed they can block this . movement and postpone the reclamation ot . . / the lands of Wyoming. But what possible j\ advantage would that bo to Nebraska , ana especially to Omahal You ay. further , "all our water courses rise In Wjotnlng and Colorado. If these L Inttur status are given absolute control of the * - Irrigation iiuostion , as it applies to the arid lundi of ( none status , they will have it in their power to deprive us absolutely ot the water which now coursoi across the state In the Itopubllcan. Platte and Nlobrara rlvcri. " In passing It should bo noted that the Nlobrara Is almoit exclusively a Nebraska stream. While It heads about twonlv-Ilvo miles within Wyoming , It is qutto.lnslgnlll- cnnt where it loaves Wyoming loll , carrying csn thnn ton cublo foot flow per second. Neither can tbo Republican bo a very largo stream where It leaves Colorado. Practically the question concern * the water of the North Platte river only. SVlth Wyoming nnd Colorado - rado the movement In question does not In volve nn attempt to procure control of the waters within these states. They have that already given thorn by the congress of the United Slates , absolutely and unconditionally. The constitutions of these two states , as ratified by congress , provide as follows : "Tho w.itcrs of all natural streams , springs , akos or other collodions of still water with- n the state are hereby declared to bo the [ iroporty ot the state. " That property right Is effectually vested In these states , to bo construed , however , by tbo courts. Congress can't legislate It away from them now. Assume that there may bo n controversy between npproprlutors ot water from the North Plalto In Nebraska an'l upproprlators nbovo thorn In Wyoming. Congress has no power to scttlo such a controversy. It la a matter exclusively for the courts. If It should bo taken before the United States courts It may bo hold that the old doctrine of riparian rights prevails among states ana that one state cannot np- proprlato water to the damage and detri ment of another. But why ralso the question now ? It can't bo settled as part of this movement. It can bo used only to postpone the development of the arid region. If Colorado and Wyoming by their super ior vlgllanco have secured the prior right to thcso waters , It Is hardly the gracious thing In Nebraska to now play the role of the dog In the mangor. Practically , however , the question will r.ovor bo raised. The North Platte river , during tbn irriga tion season , as shown by measurements made lat summer , carries a volume of water sulllclent to Irrlgato 1.500,000 acres of land. It is n most extravagant imagination that dreams of covering C00,000 acres In Wyoming from that .stream. There remains water for 1,000,000 acres to flow on into Nebraska. Did you over try to llgu o out where you wilt find 1,01)0,000 ) acres in arid Nebraska that can by any reasonable expenditure bo covered by .water from the North Platte rivori Such an area oannot bo found. ' Assuredly this is a cause In which tha west shojld stand together , for in practical results it promises moro than any other movement that has boon Instituted In twouty-llvo years past. F. H. Hiuver. Irrigation uiul the IJlj ; I torn. A correspondent of the Chicago Intcr- Ocean , writing fiom Buffalo , Wyo. , says : The success ot irrigation from western Nebraska to California , and from Arizona to Montana , should attract tbo closer attention of congress. Irrigation settles the question of what is to bo done with the Increase and overflow of population nnd immigration. It seems like n strong statement to say that the Irrigated regions of the west are capable of , nnd eventually will , support n denser population than tbo nonirrlgated lands of the east ; but it Is true. See what has boon done abroad. The plateau , or high tableland forming the greater portion of tbo peninsula of Arabia , Is without a slnglo perennial stream or body of surface water : yet It supports a population of 12,000,000 who ralso wheat , durra. barley , millet , beans , and tropical fruits In this high , dry , sterile plain where 90 per cent of tbo water supply Is drawn from below tbo surface - face by old bored and dug wells. In densely populated British India out of 28,000,000 acres irrigated 13000,000 ; are moistened by water drawn from wells by man power. It is estimated by competent authority that there are in the old world today ever 200,000- 000 persons depending solely for their food upon areas Irrigated by waters drawn in its most primitive manner from underground sources. Thcso , too , nro tbo lands that have in past centuries been most highly clvill/dd and borne a largo share iu the ancient his tory of the world. .Tho teachings of his tory nnd the result of recent years" war rant the prediction that the Big Horn region will become the state wonderland of agriculture as the park just west of it is the national wonderland of geysers and hot springs. _ The Hrcut Northern. The advance guard of the Uroat Northern extension is operating in tbo vicinity of Soraguo , Wash. The rails are aow being rapidly laid through Idaho , and through a bolt of country rich In timber and agricul tural lands. Tlio road Is taking In a rich country In resources which the Northern Pacillo missed when that line was con structed. From the entry of the Urcat Northern line into Washington it takes a course almost duo north. The survey has been completed to Harrington , twenty-eight miles northwest of Sprague , and the sur veyors have gone on with their line toward the Columbia river. In that section the road will traverse a thickly populated region , and will assist the many ranchers along its routs to a close market for their crops , which they have hitherto been compelled lo transport by wagon from twenty to llfty miles in order to soil or ship. _ ol ( lolil uiul SIHcr. The Now York Engineering nnd Mining Journal , in its annual statistical number , says : Thn mineral industry ot the Uuitod States grows apace. In 1890 the value of its chief items at the place of production ex ceeded $050,000,000 , nnd , though ibo cash value of tnoso products in 1891 was probably loss than In 1890 , owing to the lower market prices of most of them , yet the quantities produced wore , with very few exceptions , much greater than In any previous year. The output of golc1 Is Increasing , but , iu the nb- sconce of. full returns , wo place it In 1891 at approximately $30,200,000 , or 1,812,000 ounces. The output of silver has increased much moro rapidly , and wo estimate , in the absence of full returns , that It amounted in 1891 to 58,000,000 ounces , the coining value of which would 00 $70,482,000. Souiu Hugo DIIIIIH. There is a dam on the Merced river , Cali fornia , which is sixty foot high , a mlle long ami has a capacity of 5,500,000 gallons , spread ever a reservoir of 050 acres. The Sweet Water dam near San Dtogo is ninety feet high with u capacity of 0,000,000,000 gallons , Its rosorvolr covering 725 acres. The Boar Valley dam In San Bernardino county is sixty feet high and has a capacity of 10 , 000,000,000 gallons , with a rosorvolr covering 2,250 acres. These are all l.ullt for Irrigating purposes , except the San Diego dam , which Includes with the Irrigating the supplying of San Diego City with wator. Nrlinisku , While coupling cars at McCook Switchman Delaware lost a linger. All the defeated candidates In Boyd county have begun contest proceedings. A plan is on foot at North Platte to organ ize a local stock company to put In a system of sewerage. A North Platte man ls building an ice bo.it to navigate the frozen surface of the Platte at a twenty tulles an hour gait. The wife of S. Winter at Ponder warned the saloonkeepers not to cell liquor to her husband. The old man got mad in consequence nnd packed up his things and loft town. Miss Ada Justice of Do Solo suddenly lost her speech while riding homo from Blair the other day. Lust winter a toaohor in the Blair high school hud a similar experience. A man known us Jack Barnes stele a team from Albert N. Morris of Cortlana and the owner ot the hones otters a reward of $75 for the return of the animals and the capture of the tblof. Thomas Nichols , a farmer near Nelson , lilted a loaded gun with his hand ever the muzzle. When NlchoU recovered from tha shock ho discovered that hU hand hail boon blown oft. W. D. K.l'nkaid of Superior fell from n load of hay the other day and broke his collar bone. Six yonru ago ho fell in the same man ner and fractured his shoulder bludo. Ho has sworn oft on bay rldos. A Calhoun cltUeu named Johnson bad bU foot froion about ChrUtmas tlmo , but neg lected to treat them properly ana last week Ifangrono sot In. It wi * uecaisary to ampu tate ono of his limb * to save hU life. Henry Meyer , a Hall county farmer , wont to Grand Island the other day and bocaiua Intoxicated. Whllo on his way homo ho started toduvo uown tbo railroad track. Ho travolnd by thU route ubout half a mile , wbun his wagon was overturned and ho was thrown out. Ills loft shoulder and no sustained several other flesh wounds , which sobered him up enough to go homo the rest of the way by the wagon road. In the contest cases In Burt county , M. C. Merrill , the republican candidate for county clerk , was declared elected by four majority , b'or sheriff the vote was n tie and the candi dates "pulled straws , " McOrow , republican , winning. It Is reported from McCook that Freight Conductor Satlyor ot the Beverly branch was lot out by the Burlington for meddling with express packages containing tnonoy Forwarded In his car. Consclonco stricken , ho confessed and returned thu amount taken at various times to the company , The Farmers ntul Merchant * Union Ele vator company nt Platte Center has proved n great success so far since it began business in November. At the tlmo when the asso ciation took control the pneo of wheat was ralsnd about 10 cents per bushel , that of oats about ! ) cents , while corn was Improved from 3 to I cents per bushol. People of Plymouth , Jefferson county , suf fered from a mad dog scare the other day. The rabid animal had full control of tbo street , and before It could bo killed It had bitten a score of dors nnd other animals and lacerated the Mesh of several people. The slaughter of dogs has bean going on ever since , and but few of the common breed remain. It Is said tha , physicians at Htimboltlt re fused to attend a sick colored boy and loft him to die. After the lau was dead the grave diggers told the father bo must take the corpse at once to the cemetery , as It was too cold for them to wait until the funeral could bo bold. When the minister wont to the house to hold tbo last service ever the boy's remains ho mot the grlof stricken father returning from burying the corpse. The people of Huir.boldt are Indignant over the matter. Waterloo hopes to secure a watch factory with a capital of $350.000. A Kcokuk young woman was sentenced to one year in jail for being n vagrant. Davenport citizens subscribed enough money to buy two car loads of corn for Kus- slan sufferers. The quarterly statement of the state au dl- tor shows $14,015.23 in the treasury nnd $222- 509.55 deposited in banks. It was an lown regiment , the Thirty- fourth , that took Hogor Q. Mills a prisoner at the battle of A ran s as Pass. A tramp robbed the Clinton police head quarters of several articles , but , was arrested before bo could got out ot the city. The city council of Atlantic has passed an ordinance prohibiting the selling or giving ot cigarettes to minors under 10 years of ago. ago.Throo Three Lake City girls tried to sloop In ono bed and were nearly scared out of tboir wits by the floundering of a drowning mouse in the washbowl. The llfth annualroportot State Dairy Com missioner Tupper has boon Issued. It con tains an extensive resume of the dairy Indus try In the stata. The prisoners in the county jail at DCS Molnos had tunneled halt way through n thlrty-slx-iuch brick wall when they were discovered by the jailer. The Heath oatmeal milt at Fort Dodge has shut down for a few weeks , af tea success ful run. Since the mill commenced grinding It has transformed 300,000 bushels of oats into oatmeal. Daniel Drnsb of Rock Island , 111. , has sued Charles Kindt , a Davenport opera bousn man ager , for $1,500 damages , claiming forcible ejectment from the play house after ho ha J paid tor a box. Manager Kindt says Drosh una his party were drunk. The report of the president of Tabor college - logo , Tabor , shows that the enrollment for the last year was 2J2 , an Increase of sixteen ever 1S90. The college has boon growing steadily and Is said to bo doing batter work than ever before In its history. Morphine was hypodormlcally adminis tered to Dr. Oilman , superintendent of the asylum at Mt. Pleasant , to relieve him Ina sharp attack of rheumatism , and ho cama near dying. For two hours his wife and oven the physician thought him dead. Hero's an addition to Iowa's list ot natural freaks. The New Hampton Times states that on the farm of John Wright , in Brad ford township , Chickasaw county , Is a well 123 feet deep , which , when the wind blows from the southwest , would blow your hat out of your hand if hold ever it , but , vhon the wind is from the northeast the suction is so great that it would draw it into the well. The rumble of the wind in the well may bo heard several rods distant. A Burlington pastor was talking to his Sunday school on the subject of card play ing , when ho made thovromark that ho never played a game of cards in his life , and asked if any of the scholars could tell the reason. A little follow in tbo back part of tha room quickly responded that it was "because ho didn't know how. " Perhaps this was not the answer the pastor had in his mind , but ho had lo ' acknowledge that the boy was correct. South Uiikntn. The state university at Vcrmilllou opened with thirty now students. Negotiations are pending for the sale of the Portland mine. The price is said to bo $70,000. Uupld City reports a total of ? 509,200 ex pended in public and private improvements last year. The Sioux Falls federal building will bo fucod with granlto from local quariles. The building will cost $150,000. Nine banks In the Clack Hills have an ag gregate capital of $075,000 , n surplus of $293- , MK ) and doyosits of $1,103.341. Federal 'authorities In Deadwood have gathered in u group ot Mongolians for frac turing the postal statutes with lottery mall. Deadwood put $191,500 Into buildings last year , collected $100,358 m taxes and ex pended $185)03 ) In maintaining the dignity of government. It Is conlUlontly predicted that the Harnoy i'cak company will be turning out tin within six months In such quantities as to confound the croakers. Ills reported in Daadwood that'tho Spearfish - fish branch of the Burlington will bo ex tended to the Boar Gnloh tin district. That region is heavily timbered and rich in minerals. According to the Fargo Argus , a strong , healthy man in that vicinity consumes seven hogsheads of air a day without Impairing his digestion. Tbo supply of wind barely equals the demand. Should the federal supreme court decide in favor of Governor Bovd in the Nebraska case , it ivill bo conclusive proof to the Deadwood - wood Times that the court does not know the law "In such cases made ant ) provided , " The Seabury Mining company's property adjoins the Iron Hill , and from it has been taken a largo amount of hlgh-irrado ore. The most extensive body of iow-grado ere In the camp is exposed In the Seabury. According to a report of the superintendent about n year ago there were 80,000 ton * of ere in sight that would average ever $ Jo per ton , AVyomlii ) ; , Cheyenne's city debt amounts to $252-- 275.48. Wyoming shipped 89,100 head of bocf cattle to Omaha last year. Lander , 135 miles from the railroad , , has nn Edison ulectriu light system with 400 patrons. Thomas Sparks , an old tlmo stock man of Wyoming , died suddenly at Pocatello , on tho4tb. Thu coal mines are a mine of wealth to Hawllns. There are 1,795 men employed ana the monthly pay roll aggregates $112,000. Work on the Burlington extension west of Ulllotto Is being pushed rapidly and by spring Buffalo will bo but 11 fly miles distant from the terminus of the road. John Curroa , the massive drum major of the Wyoming National guardfc , is no moro. To a tlgnro short and stout was added an abnormally fat neck , which loved to ha tickled with booze. When John Indulged this craving his neck swelled with prldo nnd frequently endangered his mind. On Now Year's night ho attended a military ball at Iusk and frequently Irrigated , so much 10 thai his nock expanded outwardly und con tracted t.twurdly , Next day ho was found dead -smothered to death , Improvements In Spanish Fork' foot up $ .10,000. Seventy-eight miles of railroad were con structcd In Utah during the your. The mlnuri of the Poop ureek country do- mund the orgunUatlo.i ol a now county. U Is said the Burlington pnd Northwest ern roads Imvo quietly purchased the ricnl- of-way \\lthlu two blocks of the union depot in iinlt l.nU J I'lty The Suit LaUo & Ogden Hallway company has been Incorporated , ill Is a local concern with $1,000,000 qaulal.mid ( will counoot both cities with nn lndopet ( < Wnt railroad fifty-one ratios In length. 1 ' A Btgr.lricant fcatunil of the dedicatory ceremonies of the Btlgbam Young ncademv at Provo last week wjwjho appearance of President Woodruff orilto Mormon church and ( lovornor Thomas bn the stage. Ad dresses were mttdo by Udlh gentlemen. jj - .Montuuu. The state Irrigation couyontlou was held In Helena last weak. Improvements In Great Falls for the past year foot up $ . ' , 175,200. " " ' Allen Hay , a plonoer"6f Montana , suicided In Butte with n shotenm- A retired polyirnmtst from Utah Is in jail In Butte charged with robbing the malls. Great Falls' new opera house was dedi cated with much social eclat on the night of the 4tn. The structure cost $53,000 , all of which was put tip by residents. Not to bo outdone by Helena , tbo MIsiou- tans have discovered a sapphiif Held near their citv. A gem Hold has also been found n few miles from Butto. Montana will soon bo ouo grand sparkle. Tbo last year witnessed < \ great deal of de velopment work in this state r.nd prospectors \oro reasonably well rewarded. The year was almost without phenomenal results , but the steady growth of the mining Industry is notfconbto. Two express companies carried out of Butte last year 2 , 101 bars of silver bullion , weighing ( .812,192 ounces. This comprises tbo yield of but llvo mlnos. The record of ' 91 In the great mining camp was fairly pros perous , notwithstanding the prolonged Idle ness of the Anaconda mlnos nnd mills. After the discouraging work nnd tbo out lay of much money , a strllco of pay ere has been made in the Ore Cache property. In Aider gulch. An eight-foot solid ere voln has boon cut. Of this about two foot gives nn assay value of from $30 to $05 per ton In gold , with some four or live ounces in silver. All the ere in this two foot will yield $10 per ton by free-milling process. Jtliiho. Boise Invested $50,000 In a local health re sort. Immense quantities of snow cover the mountains. Tno mines tributary to Bolso yielded $2,000,000 last year. Prosecution of Mormon voters In the state has boon abandoned. The Hailoy Sampler handled 9,143.050 pounds of ere last year. Klch strikes are reported in tbo Badger , in the Cuur : d' Alcno country. Pocatello put $120,000 Into buildings last year. The principal ono was a public school building costing $20,000. . Nampa reports an Investment of $101,000 in buildings last year , nnd nolnts ' with prldo to 103 miles of irrigating 'ditches and 150 miles of lateral ! ] . Thlrty-llvo residences were built at Montpelier last year. The town Is n divi sion station of the Oregon Short Line 100 miles east of Pocatello and has a population of 1,500. The Morning mine at Mullan has at last boon sold to Milwaukee parties. The pur chase price Is given as $500,000. nnd the now owners are said to have a fund of $100,000 for Improvements , which will Include a new mill of 300 tons dally. capacity , a now tunnel and a short railroad. The mine is a rloh ono enthusiasts claiming ( that $1,000,000 worth of ore is already blockcdout. , A season of wild revelry marked the en trance ot the now year at Moscow. The printers gave a banqiiotbetween the hours of 5 p. m. and 5 a. m.iand of the subsequent proceedings the cbroniclos preserve a dis creet ) silence. A combination invitation and menu card printed enwrapping paper was issued , tastefully tllus'tratlng the chief char acteristics tbo.foast:1 : A four ply mouth with rows of cllttorinB itusks , standing like sentinels at the entrance of a cavern , sug gested masticating Morco nnd abnormal capacity for internal sorts. This was flanked with three' ' barrels labeled bourbon , ryo. brandy. Coupled with < tboso evidences of drouth and dew was Hi * P. S. "Ladles are invited , but requested not to attend. ' ' At last accounts the typograpblcal pate was slowly "recovering. Its normal' dimensions. 'Tho rooont heavy./ snow falls in Nevada threaten serlqus injury to tbo stock , among which it is feared losses will be groat. Parties workin'g in Poavlno district say they have good paying ere developments that will create a big stir during the coming season. The Salvation army is having a hard tlmo of it at , Reno. The widtod lienoitos at tempted to break up the meetings of the army , which is compelled tn hold its services under police protection. A gold nugcit weighing six and ono-hnlf pounds was found in Brandy Flat cement mine , near Washington , last week. The claim looks well generally , and the owners are jubilant ever tbo prospects. The boss Messiah * Is leading tbo Indian dance at the ghost headquarters near Walker's lake. The impostor swears that God has como to-him , promising dlvluo old for the Indians ; and to further Impress his dupes the follow assorts that the ruler is a red man. The Messiah wants all tbo Indians to behave until ho gives them the word. Then they are to assemble at a rendezvous to bo hereafter appointed and prepare to wallop the whites. _ Washington. Taeoma has decided to substitute stone for brick In the city hall. The Yaklma Land Co. reclaimed 18,000 acres of land by artesian well Irrigation. The rninfa ! ! In the state during December broke the record. It amounted to 10.55 Inches. Two hundred nnd twonty-flvo now school houses 1iuvo been built iu the state of Wash ington the past year. The Northern Pacillo shops at Taeoma were publicly dedicated on the 1st. Tno shops consist of fifteen brick buildings , the largest ono being 241x120 feet. The shops are furnished with now machinery through out. out.Tbo Tbo annual report of the Board of Public Works of Taeoma shows fifty-two streets graded , at on ovpenso-of $ .MI,353. Tne-board recommends that a lire boat costing $50,000 bo built for use on the water front. For tbo year 38,700 foot of street paving was done , at an expense of $218,241. At present 53,050 foot of street Improvement Is being done , at on expense of $123,400. A cedar tree near Arlington , Snohomlsh county , measures sixty-eight foot in circum ference. Around the knotty roots the tree measures ninety-nine foot. About seventy- live feet from the ground it forks into four imuienso branches , and just below the forks Is a big knot hole. Five men climbed Into the bole una explored ) too Interior of the true. It was found to bo a acre shell , una about forty-tlvo foot down , 1Cwould afford standing room for forty men.Tlio tree Is still green , and a remarkable foajuco is said to bo that it is barked on the lt\sdi } ) and outsldo alike. Oic'iifoii. Portland jobbers MVavo an army of 350 rustlers on the road.M/il The cornerstone of ) Portland's chamber of commerce wus laldaWlth appropriate cere monies on Now Ycarflrt day , The building will cost $ . 0,000. Cv/ Tha Oregon StateJiLUmrd of Equalization raised tbo total taxabtomroperty 01 the state ever 130 , 000,000. Taxotluoxt your will bo col lected on a valuation 'cf'fluD.OOJ.OOO. ' ' The Portland Oroi&rflun announces tnat It will soon put In operation one of tlio "linen newspaper presses 'Ihtho United Stntts. " This will bo oereeablu , < news to Its readers' . At present the pro syorlc U sufllclontly muddled to provoke blindness or Insanity. The annual' wage roll ot Salom'.s indus trial concerns Is $450,000 , During the year $070,000 were expended In now buildings , nnd 1,5. ) I teal estate transfers were reoardod. Their aggregate consideration Is consider ably over $2.000.000. In building the now school houses $30,000 ) y'as spent. O'nllCimilii. Los Angeles claims to have put ? l , 100,0 ; . 0 Into now bulldlnzsMurlng the past year. Helena Gumpal. n professional bo gar w o recently died In San Francisco , loft property worth $25,000. San Francisco threaten * to stock u zoologi cal Burden with reptiles cast out ut , the Los Gates Keeloy Institute. About $759,000 worth ot oystois are chipped to San Francisco annually from ILU oyster beds of ban Mat en county. A Marysvlllu highwayman has ut last d s. covered u way to break u faro hunk. Hli system may not bo commmiilublo , but It proveii very effective. Ho put a to the dealer's head nnd forced him to turn over the banx roll , A movement Is on foot nt Fresno to send n carload of ton tons of raisins to aid In feed ing the famine-stricken districts of Russia. A consignment of about 000 barrels of brandy is now being forwarded from the Natoma vineyard In the Sacramento valley to Germany. Placer nnd hydraulic minors anticipate n good season next spring nnd summer , ns the snow I.s so deep on the mountains ns to assure a lull supply jf water. Harry Miller , son of Joaquln Miller , the "Pool of the Sierras , " was sentenced to two years' Imprisonment for holdln gup the stage In Mnndocluo county some weeks ago. Kopnrts from nil parts o.f the state show that the RHP Is well nigh epidemic. In San Francisco the deaths have averaged forty a day , mainly of aged ana feeble persons. Constantine King , who resided In Sacra- momto In 1SIU nnd assisted in surveying and laying out the site of that city , died at his liomo in Lake county n few days ago , aged 03 years. San Francisco's arrangements for the ontcrtalnmeiii , of the press clubs were com pleted with the arrival bf n tralnload of boor from Milwaukee. The cargo consisted of 1,120 barrels , equal to 103,140 bottles. Fifteen years sgo there was not nslniilo orange exported from California. Last voar them were over 4,000 cor loads shipped away. In 1875 the Southern Pucitlo shlppad 5U8 pounds of raisins ; last year ever 20,000,000 pounds. The If. S government nro using largo mini hers of the Improved Howe scales. Borden & Sollock Co. , agents , Chicago , III. TINDER THE SNOW. .Joseph P. Slircly I'ollourd to thn Tomli by Muuy .HoiiriiliiK rrlt-tuli. The remains of the late Joioph F. Shooly now rest in the beautiful cemetery of Pros pect fill ] , ucsldo those ot n loving wife who proceeded him to that unknown shore some years ngo. Brief services were bold at the residence , 2533 Lcavnnworth street , after which loving hands bore the casket to a hoarse and the ( irocosslon slowly wended its way to Kountzo Memorial church , whore the funeral services xvoro conducted by Hov. A. .1. Turkic , Hoy. Luther Kubns assisting. The sermon was an Impressive ono , teaching the lesson of life und picturing n homo beyond tlio grave. The funeral was In charge of Colonel Nich ols and staff of the order of Partrlarchs Mili tant , nnd was attended bv the members of Ezra Mllliml canton No. 1 , Omaha lodge Mo. 2 nnd Hesperian encampment No. 2 , Inde pendent order of Odd Follows. Delegations from all of the other Odd Follows lodges wore present. Besides these the Omaha Veteran firemen , of which Mr. Sheoly was the llrst president , were present ; a delegation from the Old Settlers association ; seventeen of the Veteran flromon from Council Bluffs ; sixteen members of the Paid Flremons1 asso ciation of Omaha ; a delegation of the Knights of Honor and a delegation from the Duraut Hose company. The pall bearers were W. J. Kennedy , Henry Putidt , John Evans , J. O. C rby , , Dan Shane , D. Hartson , Charles Fischer nnd Albert Sanders. The metallic rasket , cover.ed with block broadcloth , was almost hidden by flowers , the gifts of friends. The flowers at the church were lovely , representing the offer ings of frienas. The Omaha Veteran firemen contributed n floral ladder aud lath hook of hyacinths , Marochal NIol roses and Chinese llllos , on which , In purple immortelles , worn the initials "O. V. F. " A beautiful pjllow ofMorechal Nlcl roses and Chinese lilies , with clover leaf fern for green , was con tributed by the Odd Follows lodges. A largo cross of roses , upon n back of Chinese lilies , was sent by Mr. Charles A. Patterson. Mr. G. A. Morrison of St. Louis , Mr. Shooly's former partner , sent a largo bunch of yellow roses. Onn ot the most beautiful floral offerings was from the nieces und nephews of the deceased. It was a cross , two feat in height , of roses , Chinese lilies , and pura white hyacinths , with maiden's hair fern for green , Across the fuco in purple immor telles were worked the words "Qnclo .Too. " A largo procession followed the remains to the grave , where the ceremonies were con ducted In strict accordance with the ritual of the Order of Odd Follows. Ono Minute. Ono minute time often makes a great dif ference a ono mtnuto remedy for bronchitis choking up of the throat , lungs , etc. , fo oursu Is a blessing. Cubeb Cough Cure is such a roraody. For sale by all druggists. Cubeb Cough Cure Onomlnute. Independent oftlie Iliiillngtoii Kullro.ul. CHICAGO , 111. , Jan. 7. To the Editor ofTiinBni : : Inn recent number of your paper , in an article referring to the coal sup ply for the Glonwood , In. , Instltuto it was said that * 'a number of men prominently concerned - corned in the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy Huilroad company are also largely interested in the Whitobroast Fuel company. " This has frequently boon claimed before , and as there Is no foundation whatever for making such a statement and as it is calculated to reflect discreditably upon the railroad men , as well as to do us an injury , I would con sider U a favor if you would correct the statement. There is no ono connected with the Chicago cage , Burlington & Qulncy , either as em ploye , bfllcer or director , who has any pecun iary interest In this company , nnd the published statement to tbo contrary only serves to do us au Injubtlco and prevents our receiving proper treatment from other lines of railroad. Yours very truly , l'\ui , MotnoN. Surer foundation cannot , bo laid than the real merit whioh Is the solid base for the monumental success of Hood's Sarsaparilla. IViint to CcuiHolldutn. The Omaha Hebrew alliance was to have been merged into the Kusslan Jewish Aid association yesterday afternoon , but as no quorum assembled by 4 o'clock at thoTomplo of Israel no mooting therefore was hold. The projectors of the now aid association say tnat the old alliance had no system of con ducting Us affairs , and for lhat roason.lt Is proposed to systematise matters by organiz ing the aid association. DrunkeiiiicHH , A. disease , treated ns such txnd iiormn- nontly cured. No publicity. No Infirm ary. Homo ireutmanU Harmless und effectual. Refer by permission to Bur lington Hiiwkeyo. Send 2o stump for pamphlet. Sholtoquon Chomicnl Co. , Burlington , In. Check -What is needed to check adultvration is intelligence QIUie \ part of consumers. The inducement to put adul terated preparations on the market lies in the fact that a large part of the purchas ing public is always ready to accept the cheapest that can be had , without thinking that the quality of the article must be cheapened in pro- poition to the reduction in the price demanded. People imut learn that they can bet ter afford to buy Dr Trice's Delicious Flavoring Extracts than the cheapened .substi tutes. There is economy for the poorest in purchasing pure and reliable articles. WORK WILL BEGIN TODAY , IOWA'S Legislators Assembled at Dos Moiuca Heady for Business. ENGLE HAS CONTROL OF THE SENATE , ilncprr County's I'nloii l.nhor AiUm'nln Will DIoluUi Nuinoroin Oimlilimtloin tin tin1'rlin of IIU AllrRlimco ( o Iliu Di'iuiicivillr ( 'nine , DBS MoiNr.4 , la. , Jan. 10. ( Special to Tun Dm : . ) It U DOW practically conceded that the domocralH will organize thu nonnto , with the help of Ktitflo , the union lubor motnbor from .laspor. Ucfilo ttoinumls us tbo prlco of his support no less n position than the ofllco of secretary of the senate , uiul will niunoV. . H. Ilobb of Croalon for this position. As Mr. Kobb Is llio chairman of thu people's party In lowu and asserts tbnt It li hit mission In llfo to destroy tbo democracy , the democrats took this dose with a very wry face , but It had lo go , for Englo so willed It. Just how many inoro odlces Knglc may doniand has not yet developed , but that ho Is In It from boglnnliiK to end Is conceded by all. Vcnterday when ho entered tbo hotel lobby ho was pounced upon by u liordo of candidates , nil swearing perpetual allegiance to the people's party and clamoring for his assistance in Hotting some of the loaves and llshns from the mouths of the hungry domocratlo aspirants. Ho was finally captured by a fair lady candidate and Immediately disappeared In the recosaos of u private parlor. John J. Franoy of Council Uluffa will pro- bablv bo reading cleric of the senate ana the woods nro full of candidate * for the minor positions. Sumo Oncer CmiipllnilloiiK. Some queer complications Imvo taken place over the spcakorship , una seine mighty In teresting times may bo expected Monday when the caucus moots. The farmers nave thlrty-flvo out of the Ilfty-thrco republican members of tbo lower house , and Lnno of Polk c.iino out as tbo distinctive farmer. } ' candidate. Mitchell of Adams and Chase of Hamilton , lawyers , also entered the lists. The campaign was progressing very favor ably for Mr. Lane when , for some reason , ho suddenly withdrew In favor of Mitchell. This action also compelled Mr. Chase to ro- tlro from the race , leaving tbo Hold to Mitchell. For twenty-four hours past the nomination of Mitchell by u unanimous vote has been practically conceded , but unex pected opposition has developed in the last low hours and the prlzo may yet elude bis grasp. SnuliIiliiK tin ) rut-inert. The farmers alliance members have boon almost uniformly snubbed la the committee slatoand the discovery of this fact , together with the further proof that Lane was to bo made chairman of the committee on appro priations , or ways and moans , convinced the farmers that there i.s a good sired darkey in the political wood pile and accordingly they have called a secret , or rather private , caucus of farmers to moot at JO o'clocn Monday for the purpose of comparing notes , and possibly of nominating a candidate for speaker. It Is understood that Van Glider of Warren , 'who has hod legislative experience , and a farmer of rare good sense and judgment , will bo presented as n candidate. There are at least twenty in the farmers' combine already , and it only requires seven moro to nominate , and those may bo easily secured by trades If the farmers ao not lose their grip. The reform work already outlined Includes tbo passage of tlio 2-cont faro bill , the regula tion of express companies , the equalization of taxation , the valued policy insurance law and a repeal of tbo "innocent purchaser" clause In the law relating to rates. The members who nro pushing the farmers' combine nro Spaldlngof Floyd , Drowrv of Sac. Carter of Dallas , Bittorman of Ccrro Oordo , Van Glider of Warren , Stuntz of Story and Beach of Mahaska. After the Minor Olllcos. Mr. J. B. Swinburne , eaitor of the Hum- boldt ICosmos , has noon steadily gaining In the race for cblof clerk of the house and the contest is now conceded to bo between him and Beverly of Greene. For second assistant , Monott of Van Buron and Fovlllo of Mitchell are running close to'-'other , with Scott of Cass a little In thu load. For the other positions the candidates nro exceedingly numerous , and the choice in ninny instances will depend largely on lucky combinations. Captain G. W. Wyokoff of Appanooso will oe the temporary speaker and H. S. Wilcox of Polk temporary clerk. The preliminary session will bo hold at 2 p. m. Monday und the caucus for permauont officcd will im mediately follow. Tbo railroad lobby is hero In force and scorns well sutisllod with tbo turn of events In the house. The appropriation combine , which is bains hourly strengthened , is also cheery and pro fesses great tyipos of being able to pull through liberal appropriations , even though it may increase the state levy or involve it in tleot , but the farmers In both parties are practically a unit , in opposition to those schemes , nad the outcome will bo awaltod with interest. IIOUSi : OltfiAXIKATIOX. llon.W. O. Mltolifll of AdiuiiH County Will l > i > lilocti'd Hpuukor Iliu Iti'corcl. Dns AloiNi : & , la. , Jan. 10 fSpjolal to THE Buu. ] Hon. W. O. Mitchell of Adams county , who will bo elected .speaker by tha republicans , Is a natlvo low.m , balng born in Van Buron county soiio forty-llvo years ago. Ho onllstod In tlio army when only II ) year. * old , and served more thau throe years In the famous Crocker's Iowa brigade , going n momborof the Thitteonth Iowa Infantry. Ho was captured at Atlanta , Ga , and ex perienced eight months' Incarceration In Salisbury , Florence und Andpr.sonvlllo prison * . After tbo war ho entered Cornell college at Mt Vernon , la. , whore hova"s graduated in 1ST1. Ho then entered the law olllco of Stuart Brothers nt Cbarlion , where ho was admitted to the "bur. In 1S75 ho located nt Corning and ban since resided there and practiced his profession. For eight years ho has personally conducted u largo farm. Ho Is president of the Blue Grass league , and Is also president of the Adams County Horti cultural society. Hols an experienced parliamentarian and will make an excellent presiding oflloar. Ho has boon considering the rommiUooi somo- wbat , and some of the chairmanships are practically decided. Lane of Polk will probably be chairman of the appropriations committee ; Chase of Hamilton of the judici ary ; Norris of the npproprlatons ; Crawford of'Cass of schools , and Collln of Polk of municipal corporations. It Is oxpactcd that Governor Boles will bo Inaugurated on Tuoidav. Ho has been at work on his message , and It will probably bo printed in pamphlet form tomorrow , though It will not likely bu presented to the legisla ture and bo published to the world until Tuesday. DoWltt'a Little Early Risers. Host llttlo pill ever made. Curu constipation every ihno. None equal. Use thorn now. InilluiiiipiilliiVunU the ( Iiiiiioiillni ) , INDIANAPOLIS , Intl. . Jan , 10 , Koporta sub mitted at a mooting of the executive committee in charge of the movement to have this city chosen as the place where the next democratic convention should bo bold show that some remarkably offcctlvo work has been done iu u qulot way in tbo Interest of Indianapolis , and the members of the committee nro encouraged to bellovo that If thu convention U Mold In the west Indianapo lis will bu selected as the placo. Plans have boon prepared fora convention ball with a seating capacity of Ifi.tKX ) , with tin1 most perfect arrangements for conven tion purposes ever offered the country , Moro than aiilllclont money fur the erection of the building tins boon rulsud by subscription , and everything U in readtnois to begin work on it as soon as tbo question at to wliero the convention shall bo held Is decided. Do Witt's Llttlo Karlv Itliori ; only pill to euro sick headache and rojrulato the bowels. J'rrlurri'd Dc.itli to Dnmt'sllo Tninl'lr. AIUIIEOX , Kan. , Jun , 10. [ Spoclu ! Tolo- cram to Tuts HBU. | Or , B. F. Johnson , a physician of Everest , Brown county , Kan. , committed suicide hero yesterday by taking morphine. Ho leaves avlfu and two daugh ter * , and It Is thought that doraoillo trouble was luo cuuso of the act. Driven oiit nil Impurities ot the blood , no mat * tor of what immo or nature , or from what cnuto nrls- ' "Kiliy Dr. 1'lorco's Gold on Medical Discovery. Clear your Un : with It. Kverjr ( llMOguroment , I from n common I blotch or erup tion to the worst Scrofula , will dlsnpjiear. It Invigorates the liver , cleanses , mirlllos , nn < l enriches the blood M nothing else can , mid promotes nil the iKxllly functions. For nil the many niul varied forms of Scrofula , anil for the most stubborn Skin nnd Bralp Diseases , such n-s Salt-rheum , Totter , Erysip elas , Koroma , Holts , Carbuncles , and kindred ntlmontA , nothing can equal It as a remedy , The Mirsapurillas claim to do Rood In March , April , and May , The " DUcovery" does moro than that. At nil fwasons and In all cases. It's ffuarantrnl to beneflt or euro , or you havojyonr money back. Nothing else olTcnxl by the dealer , though H'H prolmbly hotter for him , can I * " just oa good" for i/ou. / "Look at SHORT LINES. The Pullman lUiiIng Service- Is established upon through trains of the Pennsylvania Iilnes , and passen gers leading Chicago for the Kiut at cither 10:11 : A. u. , 3:15 : l > . M , or C.-OO r. H. , may be assured of entire Balls- faction to nil the want * of the "Inner tnnn. " Mauls ono dollar each , and Uioy ere worth It. Address LUCB , 2 3 Claric Street , Chicago. Itetalt Stlil Kverytthcrt OVQF Tbo Ponuiylvuutn Hhort Linen. f.'oiinrrfiorrr. i./rffiu I ortireivn-ri cured In 2 days by the Krench Komndy entit led the KING. 11 dissolves ugalnst and Is ab sorbed Into the inlhunoil parts. Will refund money If It does not cure , or cantos strluturo Uenllomen , hero Is a rnllnhlo article. $1 u package , orfor$3 per mall prepaid McOor- mlck& Lund , Umahu. NO OTHJBR , LEAVES A DELICATE AND LABTTNQ ODOR. ForsalobynHDnianndFnncyOmxls Dealers or U nnubla to procure this wonderful miup s In stamps and rocolvo a cake by return mall. JAS. S. KIRK & CO. , Chicago. 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