TIIK OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MARCH 0. J8)3 ! ) ,
PULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS
Details of the Development of the Cambria
Goal Mines in Wyoming.
ACTIVITY IN VARIOUS MINING DISTRICTS
Approaching Npilnc Ftlinutnte lintrrprlte
In the Hlrli Itonnarrrful Went 1'ro.
Jertu and rro pi > ctn > uiumi rj-
of General ws.
A , Wyn. , March 3. To Iho Kdltor
of Tnc BEE : Since I have been In charge of
the Cambria coal mines many of your Oraahn
citizens have asked mo for information with
reference to this coal field , hence I talco the
Hbcrtj of writing this letter to you , which 1
would be pleased to have you glvo a place in
your columns.
Tlio Cambria coal mines arc located in the
state of Wyoming , on the 11. & M. railroad ,
and nt the southwestern border of the cele
brated Black Hills. They are situated be
neath a broad plateau about 5,500 feet
nbovo the sea , the vein averaging t-eren
feet thick of flno bituminous coal. This
plateau is broad and level and famous for Its
vegetables and small praln and com
mands one of the most Ivcautlful landscapes
the cyo bus ever behold , While this vein
contains some impurities , these can bo easily
removed in the mining , leaving a steam coal
uncqualetl this side of the Atlantic Thcsoi
mini's arc what are known as "drift mines , "
bciiiR entered from the side hill. They arc
two in number , "Antclopo" nnd "Jumbo , "
the former being on the west side of the
canon , with an elevation of forty feet above
the railroad tracks , the latter being on the
east side at an elevation of seventy feet.
The coal from both these mines is delivered
at n common tipple or chutu in the middle of
the canon. The coal is brought out by the
tail-ropo system of haulage , the most mod
ern engines and appliances beini : used for
that purpose. The chute , where the
railway cars are loaded , is simply
perfection , there being uo equal to
it in America. It contains the finest of
machinery for crushing , screening , elevating
and conveying the different grades of coal to
any desired point of delivery , the customer
being thus enabled. to procure , nt pleasure ,
any size or grade of coal desired.
Mrclmiilcnl Appllnncos.
The mining is done exclusively by 'machin
ery , the power used being compressed ale ,
which is conveyed into the workings ny
means of pipes nnd air receivers , supplied
from the power house located on the outside
The mining machines employed are Jeffrey
nnd Ingersol , which are- used in connection
with the Jeffrey Giant Air Power coal drill
There are three compressors kept running
night and day , year in nnd year out , which
wcro built by the Norwalk Iron \Vorki com
pany. An electric plant furnishes light for
the mines , us well as for the entire buildings
connected with the mines. Eleven steam
boilers , with a capacity of 800-horse power
which will shortly be increased to 1'JOO ,
drive the machinery. A finely equipped
blacksmith and maculae shop keeps up all
needed repairs.
Having had charge of the Cambria mines
for a j ear past and being well acquainted
with all the large machine mines in the
United States run by machinery in fact ,
having had charge of the development of
many of them , nnd having visited most of
the others I have no hesitancy in saying
that the mines nt this place are the most ex
tensive ones in the United States where the
entire output is the result of machine min
ing. That the owners of this property have
K pa red no expense to bring about the very
best possible results will bo seen when It is
considered that although these mines have
been opened only about three years , they al
ready have n capacity of trorn 1.000 to 1,800
tons daily , which capacity will surely be
doubled before the end of lbP3. Nor are the
works ever idle , owing to the fact that there
Is a ready market for the entire production
no matter how largo it may bo. As the
mines are distant several hundred miles
from any other coal fields , the Cambria pro
prietors are practically without competition.
Had it not been for the existeneeof this coal ,
the railroad before named would not have
been built , owing to the want of proi > er fuel
with which to operate It. True , there is an
unlimited 'quantity of lignite in Wyoming
which , though good for domestic purposes , is
not at all suited for making steam , sa5'ing
nothing as to its want of coking properties.
Indeed , this Cambria coal is the only vein of
bituminous coal in Wyoming or adjoining ,
state's fitted for the
use of the locomotive or
manufacturer.
Imjiurtnnt Atlrautagr * .
Another important advantage the owners
of this property have in being so isolated
from other coal fields is that they have no
organized labor or strikes with which to
deal. Again , as the practical part of the
mining is done by machinery , unskilled
workmen have hero a rare opportunity for
remunerative employment. More than this ,
there naturally cannot be , under a system of
mining like this , that great variance in the
wages of the different employes which is
naturally so productive of discontent nnd
consequent strikes. Another thing to be
especially noted Is that , as there is ample
room for the tallest man to work , and as
there is neither water nor explosive gases
with which to contend , tho. In borers are con
tent to remain , thus becoming disciplined
nnd prosperous members of the underground
hive of .industry. The company ulso has a
plant of coke ovens , by which a good article
of coke is made from the fine slack
taken from the coal by the screens.
The slack , which enters into this
coke , requires no treatment , other than
screening , to lit It for use , though experts
say that the product could bo improved by a
system of washing. Walter M. Stoln , metal
lurgical engineer and chemist of Philadel
phia , has made numerous careful analyses
and tests of this coal and coke , and testifies
to their superior quality and also
states that the coal is more than
twice as rich in by-products , viz : tar and
ammonia , as anj other coal ho Imows of in
the world. The matter of erecting coke
ovens for the saving of the by-products is
now being considered. _
A V t Supply.
As I have before remarked , these mines
are at the southwestern border of the Black
Hills a fact of great moment when one
comes to estimate the value of the plant. It
ismy opinion that 1,000,000 tons of coal can
be taken from this field annually for so venty-
flvoor eighty years without exhausting the
supply of cpal. Indeed it would seem as if
nature had specially put this great vein .fo .ff
sttiam and cooking coal at this point so as to
muko it possible for the hand of w-estcrn en i-
terprise to lift from the depths of these hills
the vast quantities of ores lying hidden
there. There Is hero an isolated
mountain upheaval of probably 100
miles across , which is now known
to bo one of the greatest mineral belts '
on the face of the globo. Indeed , scientists
declare that sUty-thrue of the sixty-six
known minerals have boon found in' the
Hills , and , as to some of the dci-osits , they
nro certainly most remarkable. For instance ,
the discoveries at Deaihvooa ana Lead of
pola and silver ores are so extensive that the
miners declare enough of this \\ealthtobe
in sight to run the smelter 100 years , And
what has boon said of those deposits , I am
confident , can bo as truthfully said of the
deposits at Hill City. Now. as all those ores
are in close proximity to this place , and can
only bo worked by the aid of the Cambria
coal and coke , it needs no argument to dem
onstrate that these mines are destined to
continue to bo , as they now are , not onlv a
source of profit to their fortunate owners ,
but a blessing and means of wealth to the
entire west.
Since the commencement of this enter
prise every move has been toward the bet
terment of the condition of the woritmeu.
Thus , two flno hotels , with afiO-person
capacity , and also 11W neat dwellings , have
born erected for their use. In addition , the
proprietors have been to the ox | > unse of put
ting up a school house , church , hospital and
other buildings for the laborers' convenience
nnd comfort. Added to all this , there are
fine offices nud extensive stores , so that this
is a veritable city , filled witli fully 40d of the
boat iiaid , most prosperous amf truly con
tented workmen to bo found on the face of
the earth Very respectfully.
_ WILLIAM Jon.
Kyndluate.
Following closely on the combine of the
Columbia river canneries , a San Francisco
syndicate has made au outright purchase ol
twenty-seven salmon cnnnorlc * In Almka ,
The price | < ald wa 1.000,01X1. and the com
pany 1ms itlll a working capital of 12 000.000 ,
which , it Is understood will bo used to carry
out the operations r > f a flgnntlo momtiob ,
the canneries bought comprising nil that are
In Alaska , Of course the statement Is made
that under the new arrangement "prices
will remain Ju t as they are , " but It may be
the promise will be parried out. for the reft-
ttou that the demand would fall off enor
mously If prices were materially advanced.
That prices will bo advanced is quite cer
tain. On the strength of the Columbia river
combination , the fishermen have pooled
issue. * , and have already demanded a share
of the swag which advanced prices will yield.
STIftltlNU TIMK3 IN IDAHO.
Approaching Spring Stimulating Activity
In Ail Dlrrrtlom.
Coal mining U destined to become one of
the important Industries of Idaho. A splen
did article of coal has been discovered at
Horseshoe Bend , Jerusalem nnd Garden
Valley.
Holly Oakes nnd Joe Poncla arc still push
ing their tunnel in thoI'lonecrledBo"throo or
four miles north of Centorville. The tunnel
is following the vein , which is thirty feet
wide. The ore carries n BOCK ! deal of gold
and silver. It is carbonates and load. There
being no smelting works In the county it
will bo shipped to Omaha or Denver fur
treatment.
The snow is from twelve to fourteen feet
deep on .Summit fiat and very solid , which
insures the best placer mining season that
we have had hero for years. In fact , the
snow is almost as solid as a glazier. Around
Idaho City it is not over two feet deep ,
which makes it possible for the season to
open early.
Owing to danger from snowslides , Super-
erintcndent Sweet has suspended work for
the present in the tunnel running to cut the
Big Muddy group of mines near Pioneer.
It is now in over 1,000 feet , and ought to bo
very near to first vein to be reached by it.
This company contemplates erecting a largo
stamp mill on Payotte river as soon as it can
bo shipped In next spring.
Itoad Improvement.
Since the passage through the Idaho leg
islature of a bill appropriating f 133,000 to
make wagon roads , mining investors are In
quiring as to the mineral possibilities of cen
tral Idaho. The greatest mineral portions
of the state are now inaccessible , and cannot
be got at until the roads are constructed ,
but as work will commence on them not
later than Aucust , prospectors will rush in
as soon as the wu.it tier will permit in the
spring. The first districts to bo reached by
the road are Deadwood. Pilgrim , Sheep
Mountain , Seafoam and Johnson. They
are on the waters of the middle fork
of Salmon river , and there are hundreds of
miles of country known to be rich in gold ,
silver , copper and lead. During the past
sjven or eight years considerable ore has
bcon shipped to Kotchum on mule back a
distance of 10J miles , and it has always paid.
With the building of the road a country will
bo developed , it is thought , that will attract
capital and open up such a largo number of
mines that a railroad will shortly follow.
The Howe-Manhhttan and Lepley group of
mines at Do Lamar has been sold to a Mil
waukee syndicate , headed by Henry J. Mil-
man. The price paid for the property has not
been made public , but it is known to bo
nearly foOO.OOO. The property consists of
nine claims northwest of and adjoining the
Do taninr company's ground. At several
points where It is opened rich ere has been
found. A large force of miners has been put
to work , and it is understood that a
largo mill will bo erected in the spring.
The Denver company , which owns 5,000
acres of placer ground in Lemhi county , to
which they are bringing water by means of
a 100-mile canal , will commence work with
hydraulic machinery as soon as springoperis.
The company is a strong one ana it is be
lieved will demonstrate that with capital a
great deal of placer ground in the state
which can only bo placed in position for
working at great expense , will pay hand
somely in the hands of experienced men
jacked by sufficient capital.
It is said that there are many gold and
silver quartz ledges on the Lemhi Indian res
ervation , but they cannot bo located. A pe
tition 's ' in circulation asking the govern
ment to open up the reservation , so that lo
cations can bo made and the country opened
up. The ores are both milling and copper ,
and as the copper market is good it is be
loved that they will pay handsomely. The
mines are not far from Salmon City.
Irrespective nnd Practical Attacks on the
Storehouse.
Reports of nlacer jumping came from
Henry mountain and trouble is brewing. The
district is In the southwestern corner of the
state , extending into Colorado. The placer
is very valuable , reports to the contrary not
withstanding , nnd is well worth fighting
over. The original prospectors located
everything in sight and did no assessment
work , nnd now actually seem surprised that
their locations did not stick. At Good Hope ,
Tickaboo and California b.irs , work is being
pushed with all possible dispatch that the
extensive hydraulic machinery at these
points may bo available for the March rise
in the river.
Snow is melting rapidly In the Henrys ,
and abundant water is assured.
The prosK5ctors | in Gold Belt district have
already recorded 700 claims.
.11111 Creek Placers.
A strong company has been formed In Laramie -
amio to work the Mill crook placers. The
company is negotiating for a largo tract of
land adjacent to the creek. It is proposed to
put in improved hydraulic placer mining ma
chinery and they will probably expend j V
000 in erecting their works to besin with.
The company is capitalized at $50D,0)0. ;
Green river is excited over the alleged
coarse gold finds in Desolation canon , north
of here. Developments at that point will bo
watched with Interest.
Other I'rocpoctft.
The valuable coal veins of South mountains
are rapidly bein located by Denver specula
tors , who anticipate big money for them
when the proposed railroad from Green
river reaches the Henry.
Saratoga and Gold Hill people appear
confident mat a railroad will penetrate that
section before the close of lb'J3. They pin
their hopes on an extension of the Elkhorn
south from Casj > er.
Laramie papers assert that the Union
Pacific Coal company is trying to wijxi out
competition by buying up opposition coal
mines. An offer has been made for the
Black Buttcs mines which the owners hold
at $ io,000.
One result of the homo industry agitation
is the establishment of a marble factory in
Cheyenne. \ \ ' . C. lUtuvr is at the head of
the enterprise. The Tiuilding and equip
ment will cost 40,000. An infinite variety
and abundance of marble is to be had in the
state , much of it of great value and suscepti
ble of the finest polish.
IN Till : IIL.ACK HILLS.
Itnllroacl nnd Mineral I > r\nloprnent fining
llunil In Ilnml.
Reports from the Black Hills give promise
of considerable activity in the construction
of branch lines this year. The Kil pa trick-
Collins army of railroad builders , 1,000
strong , is pushing work on the Starfish
extension of the Burlington. Other Im
portant branches nro planned by thlt com
pany , and the Elkhorn is preparing to extend
feeders wherever the prospect of paying
business Is favorable. These extensions
are evidence of active development
of mineral properties hitherto compara
tively idle , owing to lack of transportation
facilities. Among the districts that are now
connected by rail , or soon will be. are Galena ,
Carbonate and Strawberry. The mines of
these districts contain the largest bodies of
ere of any district in the Hills. The ere is a
conglomerate of pyrites and free mining
quartz. It ranges in value from J3 to $15U
per ton gold. It Is worked by the stamp nnd
pyretic smelter process ,
Strikes and Improvement * .
Among the new plants to bo erected in
Deadwood Gulch , as soon as the weather
OIH.-US , are a 100-ton chlorination plant by the
Horseshoe Mining company , a 00-ton chlori
nation plant by the Welcome Mining com
pany , n 100-ton cyanide plant by the Denver
Gold Extracting company , a 100-ton addition
to the Golden Howard Chlorination works ,
nnd a 100-ton chlorinatlon plant by the Con
solidated Mining and Milling company.
Thomas White , agent of * a largo Canadian
syndicate , who owns 400 acres of mining
grounds on the "Blanket" formation , ein-
bratod in the Hornmhoo group , ntruok the I
body of ore he was in search of nt n depth nt i
tW3 feet The ere U n blue nnnoxldlr.cd Ore.
averaging 133 per ton gold with two > unccs of \
silver | I
The Wflls-Fargo property , recently purIn
chased for 06,000. looks better. Every day
ore bodies , showlne nro in value from W up ,
have been opened. The property is shipping
thirty-five tons daily to the Golden Howard
plant
' 1 he largest body of ere In the hills tins
been shown up in the Annie property at Two
) it Gulch. By actual measurement 100.000
ons of ere are in sight , ranging in value
rom SiO to f 1M ) per ton gold. The ore bod.v
s a vertical of conglomerate. The proi orty
s under bond for $ .VKKK ) ( ) to New York capi
talists.
Tourmallnr.
Madison Bros. , the boot nnd shoo dealers
f Hill City have n large deiwsit of tourma-
Ino about seven miles from that place. It is
aid to bo of very fine quality and the owners
re developing the deposit extensively.
nurmallne was first discovered in Ceylon ,
ut later in various parts of Europe , its ox-
stcnce in America h'ad not been known until
f late , nnd the article was poor nnd not
marketable. The article found by Messrs.
ilndison is said to bo passable and will un
doubtedly improve as depth is attained. The
hicf constituents are silica and alumina in
about equal parts and contains boraclc acid ,
lourlnc , manganese and various others. It
s harder than quartz , occurs in crystals and
Is luster isltreous. . Some varieties uro
rausparcnt , some translucent , some opaque
if green , brown , red , blue and black colors ,
ho black being most common. The Hill
City tourmaline is green. The finest speci
mens are valued highly by Jewelers and make
haudsomc settings in Jewelry.
Desert i-d City.
Away up among the sagebrush of White
'inc. ' Nov. , far-removed from the shriek of
the locomotive nnd only disturbed by the oc
casional prosector , is a strange , silent
city , says the San Francisco Examiner.
Once more than 35.00J people carried on all
kinds of business and traffic there. It was
durinc the phenomenal rush to White Pine
in 1SG7. Many hundreds of bulldinss wcro
erected. It was a wild , new city which never
slept , and where were enacted all the scenes
which In the telling made Mark Twain nnd
Bret Harto famous. This was the story
which an old White Pine man recounted :
"Now , if you go there. " he said , "you will
see only a few of those buildings , for most of
them have fallen in .and decayed. Scattered
log cabins yet remain where mountain squir
rels scurry to and fro at the sound of man's
footsteps. But it is not of this I started out
to tell you , but of a second silent city where
hundreds of men ho buried , and where
scarcely a hc.idstonomarks theirlast resting
place. The headstones , where there were
any at all , wcro of wood , and they quickly
rotted away. The formation all about there
is largely of limestone. Water percolating
through it partakes of the nature of lime ,
and this in many cases has petrified the
bodies.
"So if one wore to dig here nnd there in
the graveyard he would find on every hand
petrified men. In many cases they are pet-
rifled so completely that the entire remains ,
even down to the features , are intact. The
quiet graveyard , stretching over many acres ,
numbers among its sleepers all classes.
There are those who died in mldwlnfrr of
pneumonia and typhoid fever , for in these
wild times men could not take good care of
themselves Desperadoes are there also.
Numberless persons of all degrees died with
their boots on.
"The men who come there on fortune bent
embraced all classes. There was the har
dened prospector and the tenderfoot , pro
fessional man , the farmer for the first time
turning his attention toward mines , and
the gambling adventurer. Death settled
upon them , high and low alike. Many an
eastern family perhaps to this day is wait
ing for the return of father , son or brother.
They have dropped out forever , and there ,
caught by the underground elements and
turned to stone , they will lie to the end of
time. It is a lonesome city to visit now ,
but twenty-five years ago it was a humming ,
roaring place , not unlike Crcedo at the
present lime , only larger. It looks uncanny
now and I do not often visit it , but when I
do I aui constantly impressed with the un
certainty of all human affairs. The old
wooden headstones that yet remain are ex
ceedingly suggestive. "
Dakotu School Lands.
During the month of April the South
Dakota commissioner of school nnd public
lands will sell about 50,000 acres of school
lands. It is probable an advance of $3 an
acre over last year's prices will be maoe.
Tills will be a gain of 5100,000 for the school
fund.
The lands to be sold areas folhnvs : All
in Minnehaha , Grant , Codlngton , Bon
Homme , Lincoln , Hutchinson , Turner , Brook-
ings , Moody and Lake. In Hanson C sec
tions , Day T. Brown 20 , Spink 9 , Clark 8 ,
Kingsbury 4 , Hainlin 10 , Duel 8. The ai > -
praisement has not yet been made , but
Commissioner Kuth estimates it at an aver
age of $15 per aero , or a total of $ " > 0,000 for
the increase of the fund. Up to this year
the fund amounts to $1,400,000 , nnd this will
bring it to more than $2,000,000.
Nebraska and Nebraskans.
Osceola Methodists have voted to build anew
now church.
The revival services in the Baptist church
at Nebraska City are increasing in interest
as they draw to a close.
Frank Beers of Nebraska City attempted
to kill himself at Amazonia , Mo. Ho was
out of work and bad been drinking.
George B. Nilcs of Peru has been notified 1
that he has been willed property by an uncle
in Now York city valued at $3.500,000.
Application has been made to dissolve the
Planters Stock company of Delta , Otoo
county. It is claimed that the company has
been doing business at a loss ever since its
organization.
The Grand Island canning factory will
have 1,500 acres of sweet corn nnd 500 acres
of peas planted this spring , and Manager
Hourke is busy placing new machinery for
taking care of peas.
Miss /Cora Harlooker , the Hastings girl
who made a preat hit in singing at the Tabor
opera house in Denver recently , has accepted
a position with the Bostonians , and is now
traveling with them at a good round salary.
William Birmingham and J. Etnischam
were arrested at Hubbell for the killing of
two horses. They had been engaged to go
to Lawrence for the animals , and returning
drove them so hard that ono dropped deaden
on the way. and the other after reaching
Hubbell. At the
trial Emlschara was ac
quitted and Birmingham was bound over to
the district court in the sum of 500.
A Weeping Water editor Is said to have
got into terribly hot water several times at a
party the other night Just because he wasn't
"onto the ropes. " He borrowed a fan from
ono of the ladies and got excited and broke
it. Then ho stepped on another lady's train
and tore It. While getting into his overcoat
preparatory to going home , ho Jumped up ;
and came down ou a stiff hat , completely
crushing it. Ho will not attend another
party without a guardian.
Jacob Uplingcr , ono of Gage county's well
known farmers and stock growers , with his
family , left for Cheyenne county , Kansas ,
Tuesday , where they will make their homo
in the future , says the Cortlaud Herald.
Mr. Upliugor shipped his stock and
farm machinery irom Wilber , from
which jwint he had a special train
over the B. & M. road to bt.
Francis , Ivan. , a few miles of his future
home. Mr. Uplinger has lived in this
country something over twenty years , and
during that time ho has given his attention
to farming and stock growing. When ho
came to this country ho had very little of
this world's goods , but , by giving his close
attention to his business , he is today the
owner of three eighties of as fine land as
there is in Gage counljf nnd two section * of
the most valuably Intitldii Kansas , while ho
cull sit on hid door stt-n nnd count hi * hrnls
of horse * nml t-nttlo b ) the hundreds Yet ,
they tell us there is JIB'Money ' made in farm
Ing
IngTho
The southeast Nebraska Grand Army en-
onmiitnont will be held nt Blue Springs on
Wednesday. The dlsmct comprise * the
counties , of Uirhnrdaoh , Neuiahn , Pawnee.
Jnliiison , Jefferson and Gnge. It is expected
that | over 100 delegates \vlll IK ? present. Tlio
district j | encampment M'ftie ' Women's Ilolk'f
corps will nlno bo held nt/ the same time , and
there will. In all proVablit.v | , be nearly 100
lady delegates present from the va'rlous
counties comprising ttrt district.
Two brothers named tfcnt nro under arrest
atF Dakota City on n warrant sworn out by
Frank Gordon , n 13-year-old lad whose par
ents are respectable people living In Coving-
ton , charging them with robbing him of n
basket ; full of groceries on February 10. The
txtt > y was returning homo from the store with
the provisions when he met with the
prisoners , who demanded of him his parcels
ntid ! , on being refused , set "upon him , nnd
after beating him took hit goods.
W trrn News N
The Black Hills National bank at Rapid
City has resumed business.
Blngham county , Idaho , recently marketed
f 125,000 0 per cent bonds at par.
Pierre has quashed nil schemes designed
to remove the South Dakota capital.
Great Falls , Mont. , is seriously discussing
the establishment of a boot sugar factory.
The Flagstaff and Cornucopia , twenty-five
miles from Huntingtou. Oro. . has been sold
to Colorado parties for $10,000.
A new democratic paper has been launched
in Cheyenne , doubtless to straighten the
party record , which is said to bo as "crooked
as the hind leg of a dog. "
Quarrying of Oregon stone , heretofore an
almost unknown industry , promises to como
prominently to the front , during the coining
building season. The Pacific. Stone com
pany , with $250,000 of capitalizition , is going
to work with zeal and energy to develop the
valuable stone quarry nt Albany.
Work on the Anaconda properties in Buttc
nnd Anaconda after a shutdown of two
Mondays , is to bo resumed today. Contracts
for the furnishing of an unusually large
quantity of copper have been made , and in
order to fill these contracts the works will
have to run at full capacity for an indefinite
period.
Mayor Chapman of Oakland , Cal. , carried
on a lively war against the telegraph jwles
that disfigure the streets of that pretty city.
The Western Union company denied his
right to remove the poles , but the mayor
didn't stand on any technicality. Ho
promptly had a number of the offensive poles
chopped down and carted away to the cor
poration yard.
Montana has solved the Chinese problem.
Its statesmen have evolved a license law re
quiring every person doing business in the
state to take out n license The new law-
provides that no license to do business shall
bo granted to any person or persons not
citizens and who have not declared their
intention to become citizens of the United
States. The fine for a violation of the law
is not to exceed S200.
Captain Townsend , formerly an officer in
the regular army and a West Pointer , was
burned alive in a shack at Kalispel , Mont. ,
Wednesday morning. The case is surrounded
with mystery. When the fire was first dis
covered Townsend could be seen lying on a
bed inside , but seemed to be helpless , and it
was beyond the power of man to help , as the
structure was a mass of flames. The coroner
Is investigating.
Don Maguire. chief of the Mining depart
ment of. the Utah exhibit at the World's
fair , has returned from - his trip to Bluff
City. Mr. Maguire secured some valuable
relics of the ancient inhabitants of that
country , and these , together with what he
already has from other parts , will make the
finest collection of relics that overcame
from west of the Kocky mountains , and ho
greatly doubts if any "better " collection was
ever brought from the IJiver Nile in Egypt.
Chamberlain , S. D. . has a freak. It is a
winged calf The calf is a bright , frolicking
ono and perfect in every respect , save that it
has a wing growing from its body just back
of the shoulder'blade. The wing is perfectly
natural , being jointed to the body , then ex
tending backward in a natural position about
six inches , at which point there is a joint al
lowing the outer extremity of the wing to
drop downward and forward , forming an
acute angle. A natural coat of hair covers
the entire wing.
A 50-yesr-old Nebraska farmer , while vis
iting Yankton recently , was provoked into a
fistic discussion by one Morris Kountze , who
who was looking for trouble. The farmer
Just landed a jab on Morns' nose with his
left , and then while Morris was in the air
landed him another with his right and for
ten seconds the atmosphere was alive with
blood , boots and biceps. Then the farmer
held Morris down with ono knee and jammed
his nose out of sight with one fist , and when
Morris yelled enough the farmer got up ,
brushed the specks off his overalls and
walked away.
The plain truth is good enough for Hood's
Sarsaparilla. No need of embellshment or
sensationalism. Hood's cures.
POLITICAL ECONOMY LESSON.
Land Ownership nnd 1'rople' * Itlguti In
riillndclplilu
When you have your big town , some
one must own the land and the houses.
If a few own . .them the many will not
like it. They ought not to like it. In
a city where everything is right , says
Talcott Williams in St. Nicholas , every
family will own something1. That city
is most near to the right thing where
the most people own something. This
will not come about unless the laws are
right. The laws are not good unless
bread is cheap , unless men have skill in
their work , and are of saving habits , and
unless land is cheap , the city plan good ,
and wrongdoers are locked up at once.
But all these things will not bring-about
the right city , in which most people own
something , unless the laws make it cat-y
for a man who works with his hands to
buy the house he lives in. If a man
owns that , he will care more about look
ing after his homo
than about making a
row because some one else is richer than
ho is.
This row is what the older people call
the "social question. " Now , a man who
owns the house ho lives in does not want
to make a row. Ho is too busy taking
care of his house. You cannoi l
make a rioter out of that man.
Ho is a "capitalist. " Ho will \
never bo a turbulentJigtrikcr. He is , in
the be t sense of the word , independ
ent. Riches are worth what they give.
The best things they an give are com-
fort and pecurity. T o man who owns
the house ho lives in has these. In
Philadelphia any industrious , saving
man can own his homo before ho dies ,
and more such men ou'n houses than do
not. Philadelphia is the only city in the
world in which this if .true. This is the
biggest and best thing \yhich can be wiid
of any city. .
The law in [ Philadelphia has made it
easy , in the first place , by separating
the owning of the
ground on which a
house is built andho owning of the
house which stands on'the , > ground. This
is done by what are called lixod "ground
rents. " A ground , orent is' paid for
the u o of the ground independent of the
house which stands on it. In Phila
delphia , u ground rent once fixed by the
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U , S. Gov't Report
tmu who first pells use of the land can
not bx > eh un pod , and limt.i forever. A
ground rctil uuo.i not gmw If the ground
gets to bo worth inuns It stays the
name. If tin- ground nnd houH * get to
bo wortli more , the man who owns the
ground rent docs not benefit by this , but
HIP man who owns the hnu i > . Practi
cally , when a houw is b night under this
plan , only the house i bought the land
isci paid for by n ilxwl yearly sum which
cannot be added to.
The law did this. This is one step.
The next must bo a desire to save money
and ability to use it after It is savetL.
This la done in Philadelphia by savings
hanks ; , which depositors themselves
maiiago : , in order to get together the
money : for each to pay for a house.
When you nnd 10,000 other persons put
your ' pennies in a savings bank they
make many dollars. These dollars are
ITtt
taken by these in charge of the savings
hank and lent to men who pay interest.
This interest is llnally paid U ) you , less
the cost of taking care of the money.
Busy i > eople have no time , and sensible pee
pie have no inclination to use pills that make
them sick a day for every dose they take.
Theyhavo learned that the use of Do Witt's
Little Early Risers does not interfere with
theirhealth by causing nausea , pain or grip
ing. These little pills are perfect in action
and results , regulatinir the stomach and
bowels so that headaches , dizziness and
lassitude are prevented. They cleanse the
blood , clear the eompCoxlon and tone up the
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MB. MILLER PLAYED POKER.
Hut It Co t Him 1,20 ( ) to I.ourii n Verj-
Old Trick of the ( inine.
Frank Miller , the proprietor of a
dining room at Ci" ) Louisiana avenue ,
northwest , is not an expert at the se
ductive game of poker , fays the Wash
ington Poet , but his knowledge of the
jarae is about $1,200 greater than it was
< Lwo weeks ago , when ho first met an
aged gentleman calling himself Major
Thompson and claiming New Jersey as
his home. About that time Miller says
the major called on him and wanted to
purchase a dining room.
During the business talk a quiet game
of poker was proposed , and as it was
about time for him to clo--o his estab
lishment , the doors were locked and the
two entered a game at a iVccnt limit.
The limit , however , was increased , and
when Miller quit his now-found friend ,
the major , nt on early morning hour ,
he was minus the sum of $100. When
"tho major" called again in a few days
it was his desire to "get ovqn" or win
hack some of his hard-earned cash , and
another game was -opened. When this
was over he quit J-O O loser. Finally ,
after several games. Miller discovered
hat the major had a small looking-
glass , which ho nulled from under his
vest , and by its aid he could see exactly
the cards he was dealing to Miller.
When ho was satisfied of
his discovery he had lost an ad
ditional $ ; i"0. Making the total
loss $1,210. Of this amount he says ho
borrowed $10 from "the major , " leaving
his loss a cool $1.200. Miller reported
the affair to the detective oillce and last
night Detectives Boardman , Wcedon
and Lacey arrested the major at the
corner of Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue. At the First precinct
station ho admitted that he got the
money irom Miller , hut said it was in a
square game of poker. He gave his
name as Wiliiam Tuttle and his age as
f > 0 vears.
From the papers in his possession it
was found that his narno was W. D.
Tatlow and that ho came from Dos
Moines , la.
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. REED -VVUIPPLE ,
Recently said in an interview : . . .
"From the time of introducing LON
DONDERRY'in my hotels its sale has
been one of constant increase , this in.
crease being 100 per cent , greater the
last year than in any previous year. I
believe more people are now drinking
LONDONDERRY than all other
waters combined. . . . I cannot say
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DUtributliu Agents for Omaha
PROPOSALS FOK FIELD SEKPS-Unlted
Mates Indian Service. Kosubud Agency ,
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eudarbud Proposals for I'leld Seode , " and ad
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until ono o'clock p. in. , ot Wednesday , March
15th , IriKI , for furnishing and delivrlns nt
this ncency : 1..7X ) bushels of sued otu ; l.Ouo
bushels of seed potatoes nnd ( KM Imsuels of
sued wheat. Hidden , are requested to state
specifically In tlielr bids the proposed price of
ouch article offered ( or delivery under ucoti-
triict- The rlelit I * reserved to reject any or
nil bids or any part or any bid If deemed for
he beit Interest of tbe service. CEHTiflKO
CHECKS. Euch bid must bo acconipunted by a
certified check or draft upon I'ntteil t-tutoi
depositorv , or solvent national bunk In the
vicinity of the residence of the bid lor. mitdo
payable to the order of the Commissioner of
Indian AtTuirg. for at leibt rivi : l-Eit CENT of
the amount of the proposut , which check or
are ft will bo forfeited to ihu United tluto * In
CU&B any bldderor Judders receiving in nwitrd
shall fall to promptly execute u contract with
Eood anil Bulllciont sureties , otherwise to bo
returned to tlia binder. Illilw uc'-o in printed by
L'ii li In lieu of eertlfled chouk will not bo con
sidered. I'nruny further informallon upplr
toj. UUOUUE WKltilU' , U.S. Indian Acont.
ntUSl-ui
Fast Colors
,
that are not affected by soap and water ,
are. not afle.cted by Pcarlinc. They
will seem brighter and fresher , of
course , but that is the way they looked
when new. Washing with Pcarl-
inc has-simply taken out the dirt ,
and restored them.
Use nothing but Pearline , and
everything will " look like new " longer.
There's no rub , rub , rub in keeping your things fresh and
clean.Take away this ruinous rubbing , and what is left
there to make them look old ?
Send
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I wai attacked \ > Hh Inflammatory rheumatism the 7th of January , ' 91. Ivae under the phy-
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flornc under the treatment and finally discharged my physician snil then commenced to
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