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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1896)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MOJHJAY , SEPTE DJER 14 , 1800. o portanco In the offorl to Ret It , Ho struck hU gait when be "lined" the pops , and now he can't nalt until a term In one of flee cxplrci until ho grabs otter another. Gretnn Hcporlcr : "Anything to beat Mer cer , " li tin- war cry of the fuslonlnts , bu up to date they haven't done anything to prove their claim except to nominate two men to beat him. Hotter try again. 1 will b < io nlco after election to y. "Well wo might have defeated him If wo badn't * o many candidates. " Hut what nny sane man wanti to defeat Mercer for la beyond Iiuman ken. Defeat Mercer and you de feat the Trnnsmlsilaslppl exposition. Urokcn Donllepubllcan : No man In the Mate has so many narrn personal friends as J. I ! . MacColl , the republican nomlnco for governor , which accounts for the enthusiasm of the people over his candidacy He Is no going about the state shouting his o\ui praises as a great friend of the farmer , or resorting to other tricks of the demagogue to win votes ; but his long residence In the states speaks for Itself , and no trumpet Is necessary to sound his praise. MacColl Is one of Nebraska's early homesteaders , who lias keenly experienced the hardships ant stnigg'es ' of pioneer days , but who trlumphci In the battle with adversity , and ho stands today as a shining oxampla of the possibili ties before the young men of our Rtato who nro endor.eil with health , energy and pluck Such a man as governor of Nebraska wotili ! bo a credit to our people , and on Incentive to the rising generation , who study his early struggles and later successes In life , to greater efforts and noble purposes. OK IIIIVAVS Till DM I'll. l'roH | > c ' ( to liy OnrI Bchurz In ClilcnRo. And nt what price will this ultimate re suit bo gnlncd In the rasa of Mr Bryan's election ? At the price of the most violent and destructive crisis on record , such a crisis ns can only bo brought on by a sudden subvention of the standard of values and of the whole basis of credit. At the prlca of indefinite business paralysis and distress. At the price of the ruthless spoliation of the oavlngs accumulated by the tolling masses. .At the price of robbing our war veterans of lialf the \alnc of their pensions. At the price of greatly Increasing the number of unemployed by discouraging enterprise , and of curtailing the value of the wages of those remaining at work. At the price of the re spect of the world for our Intelligence and practical sense. And worse , far worse than all this , at the price of something that has never been forfeited since this republic was born at the prlco of the greatest good a nation can possess and for the preservation of which It should shed Its last drop of blood at the prlco of our national honor. Kor this nation , so rich and powerful , would stand before the world an a wanton , reck less repiullator , ns nothing better than a fraudulent bankrupt. This will bo the cost of the experiment. Are you willing to pay this prlco ? _ coui.ii MIT nn nui.ii > o7nn. Sllnrii llt-ply ( < > ( InTlirent of n lirynii OTKMII. P.illmlolpMa llecord ( dcm ) Cyrus II. McCormlck , the great Chicago manufacturer of agricultural Implements llko our friend A. 13. Farquhar of York , Pa. , cngagoj In the same line of production , Is a straight democrat. Mr. McCormlck Is a poor subject for the frco silver bulldozer to try his hand upon. The other day he received the following telegram from Lin coln , Neb. , the homo of Bryan , the pope cratlc candidate for the piesldcncy : "To Ciius II. McCormlck , Chicago 111. : Kindly advlso by letter whether the press quoted you correctly In saying that you would not vote for a silver candidate. In face of almost unanimous renttmcnt In favor oti frco coinage among country population In western states wo do not wish to reprint report without confirmation , believing the news vould create a strong prejudice against product of > our company. "LINCOLN FKEIB PUESSE. " Straight from the shoulder the following reply was sent : "Lincoln Frclo Presse , Lincoln , Neb. , Gentlemen : I have your telegram of the 4th. 'I ho welfare of our country Is tome mo of higher Interest than any personal temporary gains , Unless the leading coun tries of the world can agree upon a IKed relation between gold and silver I am un alterably opposed to the free coinage of sil ver by the United Statca. "Ours Is a great country ; but It Is not great enough to take the world's supply of silver and coin It unllmltedly whllo older countries are taking away and hoarding our gold. In my judgment the present silver sentiment Is a delusion put forward for political purposes and for individual per sonal gain by a few at the expense of the masses. If national candidates should bo elected upon that basis I believe It would bo the greatest misfortune that has over taken our government In many jcars. "I have been and am still a democrat ; but I cannot follow any party In the adop tion of a measure which I firmly believe to bo disastrous to the highest Interests of the nation. Therefore , I should vote for McKlnley In preference to a frco coinage silver democrat. Very respectfully yours , "CYRUS H. M'CORMICK. " "I looked upon that telegram from Ne braska as threatening In Its character , " Mr. Mcrormlck said to a representative of the Chicago Tribune , "and I not only sent the above reply , but have taken every means In my power to lot my views ho known. I believe it Is the duty of every business man to declare his position In times llko these. It Is no longer a question of politics. " Mr. McCormlck's attltudo Is the proper attitude for ovcry manufacturer In the country. H is not only good politics to oppose the silver craze ; It Is nlso good morals and good busi ness Judgment. IMCKSO.V.U. AND OTII There Is one drop of bitterness1 In General Maceo's cup , The papers won't print his obituary every time he dies. Mrs. Aylward of Napoleon Gulch. In the Yukon district. Is said to bo known as "The Queen of Alaska. " Her name is Drldgot. She wears a. nccklaco of nuggets picked up by herself on her own claims Frederick William Nichols Crouch , the author of "Kathleen Mavourncen , " who died a few da > s ago at the ago of 8S , had been married four times and was the father of twenty-seven children , Ho was a native of London , but for nearly flfty years had lived In Haltlmore. One of the features of the nag celebration at Monterey , Gal. , the other day was Uie formation of a United States Hag by arrang ing 200 glrln In appropriate costumes. The red and white stripes of the living flag were made of nowus of those colors. The blue field was similarly secured , and the white stars were placed on top of Immense flat-topped hats , which the girls wore. When the 200 girls lifted their voices to sing "The Star Spangled llanner" the applause awoke the echoes of the hills surrounding Monterey roy and drowned the music for several mln tiles. Commissary General Michael n. Morgan of the United States army , to be retired a few months hence on the ARC limit , wai one of the few soldiers who SAW the clrl war from Its alpha to Its omega. He no only took part In the Harper's Kerry exneJI tlon of 'BD to suppress John Brown' * ratil but after doing gallant service before Hlch mend and elsewhere on Virginian soil , wit nessed the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Hcv. Dr. Jasper's distinguished brother Rt-nrms In rebellion against modern as tronomy , Prof. William Carpenter , has passed away In Baltimore. Prof. Carpenter Insisted to the lasi that the world wa flat Ills main argument w that standing water Is Hat and not convex , and that sailors use a flat chart and employ the term "piano sailing. " The vojages of Columbus , Drake and all the circumnavigators of the glebe were as naught to his theory. The Swedish-American societies of Chicago nro preparing to colcbrnto on September 23 the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first Swedish settlers In Chicago There nro now about 100,000 Swedes In Chicago. They have built numerous churches , col leges , schools and hospitals , They have forty newspapers In Chicago , and 120 social , musical , beneficial , charitable and secret or- ganbatlons , Of the settlers who arrived In ISIS Mrs Ana Larson Is still living. She Is as vigorous and active as If she were only CO , although she will bo SI In n few weeks. iioxnsT aniM si : sn.vini. ClrcMitnlOM nml linn HH Vnlitc IXuli- IlKlllMl 1.V ttVlRllt. New York World. In answer to the World's queries LI Hung- Chang has corrected an error of Irnpou tancc. Even China , according to Karl LI , Is not on what wo mean hero by a silver basis. Even that country makes no effort to give flat "value to any coin. China uses silver coin only , except as to minor token coinage , But China does not compel or ask or 'expect anybody to ac cept 53 cents' worth of silver as a dollar Trade there Is carried on In Mexican dollars , in Chinese dollars of exactly thts same weight and fineness , and In uncoined bits of silver. But all of these are passed by actual weight. Each buys only and ex actly Its equivalent. Each pusses at Us bullion value no moro , no less. China may bo backward , and even bar barous In sonlr things , but nt least that country has never compelled anybody to accept as a dollar a piece of coined or un- coined silver worth less than a dollar. The Chinese government certifies the weight and fineness of Its silver coins. It makes no effort to give them additional value by flat of law. That country has novcr ytt authorized any debtor to cheat his creditor out of a part of his dues. CAi.cui-A'rnn TO Ticici.n. Detroit Frco Press : "I never saw n moro perfect nt than that dress , Miss Klash- ley. " "I did , when papa got the bill for It. " Detroit News : "I wonder why It Is she nlwnys seems to Imagine that married people nre tinlnppy ? " "Sho has a husband herself. " Cleveland Plain Denier : "Do you know tint your confounded dog barks all night ? " "Yes , I Hiipposu ho doos. Hut don't worry about him. He makes up for It by sleeping all day. " Chicago llecord : "What do you think of all the new decadent literature , Os mend ? " "This 13 a free country. I don't have to thlnlc of it at all. " Chicago Tribune : "You're somebody now , " said the neglected horse , looking through the Inclosuro at the prize pig , "but one of these days somebody will in vent a sausage that can bo made of the cast-off pneumatic tlren of bicycles , and your name will bo Dennis , too. " Boston Transcript : "Don't scalp mo ! " yelled the trapper when the Indian got ntm down. "My dear sir. " answered the chief , "you are evidently not aware of the progress cultivation has made among the red children of the forest. Wo merely ad vertise to remove superfluous hair. " Detroit Free Press : "It Is no mere figure of ppccch to say th.it that man la actuated by a stern sense of duty. " "Who Is he ? " "Ho manages the rudder on one of tin1 ferry boats. Somervlllo Journal : Ask an Inexperienced politician whether ho would llko to get i certain olllce , and he will ask In turn : "What's thn salary ? " Ask nn experlonc d politician the same question , and he will isk In turn : "What are the perquisites ? " HE TAKES THH SAME. Hoston Courier. They stood together at HIP stile. As tenderly ha breathed her name And whispered. "Dearest will you , while Llfo lingers , always be the same ? " Confidingly she raised her face To his , her eyes with love aflame , And answcrf-d , "While the stars hold place Above us I will bo the same. " Alas ! she jilted him ; but ho Her pledge In Bncrednoss did frame , And to refresh his memory Is often seen to take "the same. " AK3UIUO.V. . Written for The Jlec Air : Uaby Mine. With joy our hearts nre welling , Ak-Sar-Hcn , Ak-Sar-Ben. The JIcKlnlry wave Is swelling , Ak-Sar-Hen , Ak-Sar-lien. AH the people grow moro wise , Thov will laud him to the skies , Don't you hear their lusty cries ? Ak-S-ir-Uen Ak-Sar-Ben. - - , - - Don't you hear their luuty cries ? Ak-Sar-Uerr. Do wo want our nilly n. Ak-Bar-Ben , Ak-Sar-Ben. Wo'vo no use for such as he , ' Ak-Sar-non. Ak-Sar-Ben. Wo repudiate free trade , Throw free silver In the shade , lIlBhor wagon must bo paid , Ak-S.ir-Ben , Ak-Sar-Ben. Higher wages must bo paid , Ak-Sar-Ucn. If wo want the , wages higher , Ak-Bjir-Ben , Ak-Sar-Ijcn. Wo must build a funeral plre , Ak-8r-Uon , Ak-Sar-Ben. Then proceed the "pops" to burn , Do the "demos" to a turn , For n lesson they must lonrn , Ak-B > r-npn , Ak-Sar-Ben. For n lenson they must learn , Ak-Sar-Ben. Bill McKlnloy Is our man , Ak-Sar-Hen , Ak-Sar-Ben , Wo will placn him In the van , Ak.Snr.Dcn , Ak-Sar-Ben. Wo will make a vvInning fight. For wo know we're In thu right. And wo'll put them all to flight , Ak-Sar-Ben. Ak-S.ir-Bcm. And vso'll put them nil to flight , Ak-Sar-Ben. Pulse of Western Progress. [ r fat The retort rcce-Hly received In r t ? rd to n wonderfully rich Etrlke of ore near Sll- verton turns out to bo correct , Fays the Colorado Spring.Gazette. . The find , li.stead of br'ng on Kendall mountain , was at the head of Whltehead gulch , ( .bout five miles from Sllverton. The strike was maJe by John Kllmartln In the Quail. The only de velopment on the Quail Is an open cut , In the breast of which Is a four-foot vein of quart ? , In the center of which Is a vein of the rich stuff. The rock Is a granulated quartz with a two-Inch streak , about one- third of which Is free gold. A r'fco ' of the stuff , of which one-half was barren rork , was sssnjcd and ran fS4- .170 to the ton. The claim Is owned by Kll martln and Daniel Shechan and both men were In Slhcrton giving their friends pound chunks of the ore , worth $60 per pound , It waj estimated that not less than $500 was given away In this manner , The find was Investigated by a number of men from 311- vcrtcn and found to bo just as represented by Kllmartln Ho sajs he has hidden enough of the rock to make a good stake for him self nml his pirtnor , and can take out not less than $1,000 a day and not work very hard , cither. The gulch has all been staked off since the find and many of the claims show up very rich In quartz. A shlpmcn' will bo made from the property soon. NEW GOLD FIELD IN WYOMING. There hna boon a good deal of suppressed excitement throughout the valley for the past ten days over the now finds on the south fork of the Encampment river , says the Saratoga , Wjo. , Sun , and the discovery has east that all-absorbing topic , the money question , In the shade. Humors as to the- richness and extent of the now belt have been floating around , but they were of so fabulous a clmraeter that we have paid but little attention to them up to the pres ent time. A. H. Huston and Ben Cullcton of Cow- creek and Grand Encampment valleys are lira hirky men In this Instance , and arc satis fied that they have got a good thing. The new camp Is on the south fork of the Grand Encampment , and the pay streak Is not to exceed three Inches In width , but Is rich In frco gold. The work done so far Is not sufficient to fix the extent and character of the lead , but If the vein docs not widen as It goes down , Its present richness will bo sufficient Inducement to follow It to any depth. The vein crops out for a long distance , and the only wonder Is that It has not been found long before this. Besides the locations made by Mr. Huston and Mr. Cul lcton and their friends , a party of seven went up from hero the past few days and located eight claims one company and seven Individual claims. Mr. Huston expresses his determination to run a tunnel In on the lead this coming fall , and If the ore Is rich enough to ship ho will put In a night and ( lav shift and push development as fast as possible. Wo hesitate to repeat what wo have heard from good authority concern ing the value of this ore. but picked speci mens run away up In the thousands. A Cripple Creek miner pronounced one of the specimens to bo the richest pleco of mineral of free gold character that ho over saw. FULL OF PRECIOUS MINERALS. H. E. Hammond , who has a claim In the newly discovered Mount Lookout mining ilia , trlct , In iSkarnanla county , Washington , has recently1 returned from his claim and Is en thusiastic over his prospects , sajs the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Mr. Hammond visited the claim two weeks ago and , with several other owners of claims , cut a trail Into the district , twelve miles , from the village of Stevenson , oppo site the Caseado locks. Since then ho says over 100 claims have been taken up near Mount Lookout , and already a largo camp Is being built , and there is same talk pf estab lishing a store. The gold , silver , copper and platinum which are to bo found In van Ing quantities In the vicinity arc In a peculiar green quart/ , which runs In veins along the banks of several small streams. Such of the ore is has been assayed thus far Indicates that t Is worth working , and as soon as a ton can be taken out It will be shipped to the smelter. Copper Is the chief hope of the prospectors , although a little gold has been found , and several of the specimens examined were sufficiently rich in platinum to encourage the hope that this valuable metal will bo found In paying quantities. The country is very wild and difficult of access , for that reason never having been explored until recently. A Norwegian prospector named Culverson took up a claim there twelve years ago and whllo visiting It some tlmo since discovered i quartz vein cropping out of a side hill and mocked off several specimens for analysis. The result of the assay satisfied him that he : ould make a ml no pay if dovelopcd and hems ms since been endeavoring to get some one to help him develop it , which ho only suc ceeded In doing a few weeks ago. As soon as It became known that there vas a party of prospectors In the country ho citizens of Stevenson flocked In and took up claims , and today tbo region Is alive with prospectors , who chip away with their lammers at every ledga they see. Several unnels are already started into the sldo of Mount Lookout. The country right at the base of the moun- aln , whore the best claims are located , Is hlckly covered with largo larch timber , vhlch Is being cleared away for a townslto. Several creeks flow through the district , omo of them largo enough to furnish water > owcr , should a quartz mill bo established hero. LOST PLACERS REDISCOVERED. The rediscovery of the lost diggings of the Mvc-Mllo creek recalls the early and tragic ilstory of the place , sajs a Noz Perec , daho , dispatch to the Minneapolis Journal , Eighteen years ago , this month , a party of hrco whlto prospectors was making way lowly up tbo rapid Clearwater , poling , pad- ling or pushing their canoe , and camped or the night. Their washings the follow- ng morning were so good that they stayed all winter. In the spring one of them took ho gold they bad washed and went to Lew- ston for sunplles. His dust was abundant vldenco of the richness of the find , On his vay back to his companions bo was met by ndlans , who told him his companions bad teen driven out and were on their way to lontaua. Ho tried to follow them , but ailed. Two years later a party of five Chinese inspectors found the diggings and made ) lij wages , but some months later they were n ' all murdered by Indians The two original miners had also been murdered by the same reds , It was learned , and they were the ones who had driven out thVji provision-carrying comrade. Three jcars laftjsr others worked their way Into the digging * and made rich washings , but one night ; nil but two of them were killed by the same band of Indians Now there Is no danger , and the rich find will bo worked extensively It Is expected that the placers of Five-Mile creek will be among the richest In thn west. BIG VEIN OF $40 ORE. John S , Mlllsr received word from Thomas Ewlng , rnamger of the Diamond Hill mine , that n big vein of rich ore had been en countered at a depth of 110 feet In one of the newer tunnels , sa > s the Helena Inde pendent. For the last three dajs the men have been drifting on twelve feet of ore with a breast of eight feet wide , the ore actually milling $40 to the ton In free gold. That Is the richest strike of so large an extent over made In the mine. Mr Ewlng writes that the forty stamps of the mill are dropping on ore day and night and that work In both mine And mill Is proceeding smoothly While the tonnage of ore Is Immense each day's development finds the mine In belter condition than boforo. There are such vast ore bodies that with all the ore taken out there Is still enough In sight to run the pro posed now mill for many years. The surveys for the new 100 stamp mill have been made and the contract for the work of excavation for the foundation will bo let In the neir future. Mr. Miller said that work on the mill will bo pushed with all possible speed. Some of the lumber for the mill will soon bo delivered on the site of the plant. The contract will call for about 600,000 feet for the mill alone. TRAIL CREEK GOLD BELT. The mineral richness of this country Is becoming moro astonishing every day , says a Rossland dispatch to the Seattle Post- Dispatch. Strikes of greater magnitude and of rich ore are being chronicled so often as to cause wonder of what the possibilities of the camp will be. Rich ore Is being brought Into town from nil points cast , west , north and south. Samples from the Salmon river district show beautiful gray copper , silver and Iron. Three claims on the north fork , recently located by Reed and Connor , are being worked from the grass roots and ore will bo shipped this fall. Assays give 400 ounces silver and 20 per cent copper. At Waterloo camp nn expensive ere body has been found right In the heart of the townslte , the mineral being of the usual high grade of the camp. In the Bear-Champion creek district there have been numerous finds of high grade ledges whore a few months ago no one over looked for signs of mineral. On Sullivan and Murpliy creeks the discoveries have been on a par with other portions of the district , and to the west as far as Christina lake there have been a vast number of splendid lo cations made since midsummer. Westward the ledges are Immense , but the Iron cap ping Is usually very thick , In some cases forty feet In dentil has been reached be fore the true ore body has been struck. But It Is there , and the on\V \ way to work these properties successfully js foe the prospector to bond them for not too high a figure or transfer some of his Interest to parties who have money enough to | bear ! the expense of cutting through these Iron capplngs. In ovcry case whcro the capping has been pierced Immense ere bodies have been found below. In fact. It has been the generally accepted opinion that the whole mountain Is a vast body of mineral * The ledges are well defined , generally , from six to thirty feet wide , well mineralized between clean walls , with rich copper strains all through the rock. These lodes fa-o rue fissures and generally carry a vein of fott decomposed rock down alongside tbo wall. GOLD ON COLORADO RIVER. Dan Murphy , the pioneer merchant and postmaster of- The Needles , on tno Colorado rado river , is In the city , says the San Francisco Call. Ho sajs there Is great activity In cold mining on the river , and that during the last few months many good discoveries have been made. In consequence quence of this business Is active , and there Is far moro confidence manifested In every direction than formerly. "Prospectors are getting out up the river In both California and Arizona , " said he. "Several strikes have been made of decom posed quartz , some of It surprisingly rich. One of the best strikes was made recently by Frank Coombs , thirty miles up the river on the Arizona side. A big Icd e ot decomposed quartz was found light on the old government trail. Some of the quartz ran Sl.OOO a ton. "Then , over In the Randburg district , and about Providence mountain , anil In the country toward Vamlerbllt , there have been several good discoveries mado. One of these Is a great strtko made by Indians. H Is said to bo a big thing. "Since sliver mining closed down the miners have been giving their attention to gold. They have found a great many quartz veins , and on sampling them have discovered they will pay. So them Is n general Impetus to good mining , and It Is resulting in good to the country. "Thero Is so much of the country along- the Colorado that Is unexplored that it offers a great field for enterprising men who have a knowledge of mining. " WHALE EIGHTY FEET LONG. The largest whale over brought into San Francisco Is expected here very soon , says the San Francisco Examiner. The monster Is eighty feet long and fourteen feet wldo , and was captured and killed In the Pacific ocean , near Pigeon Point , , after a terrific struggle. The- battle was exciting , and before fore it ended one of tbo whalers was seri ously Injured and two others badly hurt. The whalers have been cruising In the neigh borhood of Pigeon Point slnco August 23 , when. It will bo remembered , the steamer Queen went out to the wreck of the Colom bia. bia.Two whaling boats , with a erow of six men In each , remained to seek for whales. They would go out to sea every day and at night would return to the shore. Ono day the harpoon was driven Into a big whale that took the boat's crew thirty-five' miles . out to sea , wbero It escaped only to sink In I tbo ocean , dead. Captain Hartwell and his men arc not likely to forget their experi ence , as a. whale for a propeller means a very rapid progress through the water. It was several weeks before another whale was soon. Then the light bcgur. The sea monster fought desperately , as Its Injured hunters will testify. But It was killed at last , a flag was stuck In' Its back and the two boats stood on guard. Lew Wood was notified In this city by Ut'U-graph of the capture and a tug vvaa'isont' ' at once to the scene. The whlo will probably bo ox hlbltcd. SOUTH DAKOTA. An examination of nrloslnn welts In Nortl And South Dakota Is being Instituted In be half ot the United States survey , with n view to obtaining all the Information available relating to the water supplies of this re gion. gion.Tho The projectors of the sanitarium at Plcrro are now working to secure the necessary capital to push the project to completion The estimated sum required Is $25,000. O the $15,000 expected to bo raleed at homo one-half If already subscribed. Bon llonimo county Is about to gather one of the largest corn crops It has ever pro duced. Every field has n fine stand of stalks heavily laden with large , well-filled ears Pumpkins arc also of enormous Mzc , some of them being expected when ripe to vrclgl 160 pounds. The fall term of the Imllan school ai Plcrro has opened with an attendance o 123. The pupils are about evenly dlvldei between Sioux and Chlppcwa and this Is considered as a better policy than to have them all of one tribe. When the pupils are of dlffcront tribes they cannot talk to ono another In the native tongues and as a result are compelled to use the English T. J. Hurd , the land agent ot the See line , has returned from nn extended trip In the country tributary to the terminus ot their line at Kulm. Ho found a country well adapted to stock , rolling and well watered. Many valleys suitable for mixed farming abound throughout the cntlro section H Is doubtful If nnjthing will be done this season In the way of an extension of thu road , but with better times It Is safe to predict some activity In that direction In the spring or summer. COLORADO. Placer mines In the vicinity ot Alma arc closing n season of unusual productiveness. A report from Delta says there are throe big Irrigation schemes bring hatched for the surrounding territory and wntsr can now begotten on all the fruit lands. The Colorado Fuel and Iron company's mlno at Florence , which has been Idle for the past three months , resumed operations ThU will give cmploj merit to r > 00 Idle men. Other mines In the district are expected to open soon. A now copper mining field Is to bo opened up near Sliver CHIT , In Custer county , by the Colorado Copper company. The claims are located a few miles from Silver Clllt and enough development work has been done to show that there exist In that locality lanjo deposits of native copper. The strike , reported a few da > s ago on the Nil Desperandum , a Raven hill property near Victor , appears , from later develop ments , to bo ono of the best recently made In the district. The lead Is a six-foot vein of sylvanlto and frco gold In phonoltto quartz , averaging about $100 across the vein. Assays run from $100 to $300. The find on the west slope ot Halm's peak , made by Smlzer and partner a few ilayi ago. Is proving a bonanza , The pay mutter Is about thirty inches \\ide and runs up to over $200 In free gold. This contact Is undoubtedly ono of the original sources of the rich placers on Poverty bar and String ridges , lying near the town of Halm's Peak. WYOMING. Assays of the ere from the new discovery at Bald mountain run from $200 to 31SOO per ton In gold. Reports of the discovery of rich ere In the vicinity of Lararnlo peak continue to reach the outsldo world. There arc good reports from assays. Messrs. Huston and Culleton has discov ered a rich vein ot free milling gold quartz on the south fork of the Grand Encamp ment , In Carbon county. * A valuable deposit ot coal has been dis covered near Dlxon , Wyo. Parties are at work opening it up , and expect to supply the Snake river people with fuel during the corning winter. The citizens of Jackson's Hole , In order to save the toed for elk that winter there , have refused to allow any sheep to bo driven through. This means an extra drlvo of 300 miles for those wishing to take mut ton to the markets. A Mexican sheep herder working for Robert Deal discovered a vein of quartz near the Douglas camp on the Sandstone last week , which Is rich In gold. The vein Is eighteen inches at the surface , and the gojd is plainly visible. The Omaha Smelting and Mining com pany Is going to work a force of men all winter in the Wood river silver mining camp , and has started a tunnel which will bo GOO feet long. This property Is In Big Horn county , and Is a very promising pros- pedt. pedt.A A now mining district has recently been organized south of Laramlo , and just across the state line , and named the St. Cloud district. A number ot rich discoveries have been made , and prospecting Is being car ried on with energy. The district , being close to Lararnlo , will bo tributary to that point , and will bo supplied from Lararnlo markets. OREGON. There are now 1,100 patients In the Insarro asylum at Salem. Sturgeon fishing at The Dalles continues to bo good. Two Indians cleared $ C5 In two rrlghts. The prevailing prlco for tbo fish Is 3 > i cents a pound. Hans Waldll , late of Wisconsin , Is buying land and the fiourlng and saw mills around Foster. Waldti expects to bring out a col ony from Wisconsin and locate It at Foster. Sawmill men of Elgin aru shipping con siderable lumber to Utah points at present. R. M. Steel has over 4.000,000 feet at his Gordon creek mill , which ho will piano and ship In the near future. Sherman county wheat Is selling at 40 cents a bushel , 700 sacks having been sold at Brlggs at that prlco. The Condon Globe says that a great deal of wheat has been sold In the Maryvlllo country this season at 45 cents a bushel. About all the surplus sheep and cattle In Coos and Curry have been shipped via Port Oxford and Rosenburg. Quite a lot of money has been distributed among the farmers by the shippers , and a glut In the homo market has also been prevented , John Bolt took a force of men from Grant's Pass to reopen the Green mines on dalico creek. There Is a tunnel COO feet long and from this a crosscut seventy-six feet long will bo made to tap the ledge. An assay of rock from the body of the ledge was made a year or so ago by Will Q. Brown NEW FALL JACKETS AND CAPES- If you want a Jacket or Cape you might as well buy the-latest style as some old out-of-date affair that has only its price to recommend it Our new fall and winter wraps offered you the pick of both the paris and London Fashions and the prices are right Ladies' Bouclc Cloth Jackets $7.75 Ladies' Plush Capes edged with Thib et Fur $4.75 Ladies' Black Clay Worsted Capes , big value $3.25 We also have a big supply of Boys' School Clothes and Shoes at way down prices. THE NEW STORE DOUGLAS ST and It went $1,500. An arastrs , run by water power , has ground out many a thou sand dollars from the "stoplngs" of this mlno during the past twenty jears. Preliminary work nt the woolen mills In Pondlcton In progressing rapidly. In a few dajs suinclent wool will have been dyed In cloven colors to supply material to warrant the management In accepting orders. Ad ditional men have been employed and have been put to work making yarn. C. M. Goodman , an employe of the Victory placer mine , about sevoir miles north ot Glcndale , was stung by a scorpion on tint third finger of the right hand. Goodman was cngageil In blasting out sorno .stumps and took hold of the Insect , which stung him severely. Before he coulil reach the camp , about a quarter of a rullo away , his arm was badly swollen , and at last accounts the sting was regarded ns n possibly fatal one. The scorpion wast captured and meas ured five and a half Inches In length , nn unusually large ono. J. W. Armstrong , n farmer living near Mitchell , in Crook county , has demonstrated this season the value of what Is termed small farming. Ho has only n small amount of land In cultivation , but will cut fitty- flvo tons of hay , 100 or 500 bushels of po tatoes , a large amount of beets , carrots , turnl | > s , etc. , beside forty or flfty bushels of apples and a partial crop of plums and prunes. But his best paying crop has been n patch of red raspberries , covering nine square rods of ground , from which l.e picked and sold 857 pounds of berries , re ceiving therefor $35 besides those used on his own table. WASHINGTON. The now mill being constructed by the Northwestern Lumber company at Hoqularn Is rapidly near Ing completion. The noiv machinery for the Rltzvlllc flour ing mill has been shipped , and will boon bo placed In position. It is the plan-sitter process. The 1EOR potato crop In Klltltas county will not be half as large us that cf 1S95 , and In consequence potatoes are rising In prlco In that locality. A load of old charred lumber , while being dragged away from the depot nt Garfield the other day , burst Into flames , because of the heat generated by the friction In dragging It. Gold Is said to have been discovered on the Walla Walla river at the slide , a short distance below the mouth of the Touchet. Ono of the discoverers s.iyb he can parr out ? 2 a day. Charles England's logging chute at Ole- qua is 1,800 feet long , and has a 3'JS-foot fall. Ho Is bonking 24,000 feet per day , and hauls his logs to the chute over a rail or tiarnroad. The management of the Port Townseml Southern railroad has ordered that the entire - tire roadbed bo overhauled and repaired , and put In first-class shape for traffic , and this work Is to be done without delay. During the month of August the fresh fish shipments from Aberdeen were ns follows : By express , GS,4 ! > 2 pounds ; by freight , 40,000 pounds. September 1 to 3 Inclusive there were shipped by express 10,051 pounds. The settlers In the western part of Clal- am county have been annoyed for some time by the actions ot two men , who persis tently embarrassed homesteaders In proving up on their claims. A tarrlngi and feather ing bco was had and the settlers will bo troubled no more. The Aberdeen salmon cannery has com menced operations , with good prospects. The cannery , when In full swing , has a capacity of COO cases a day , but at present the aver" ago Is about 400 cases. To fill this number of cases It takes about fifteen tons of fish , .hus making a good market for the fishermen 'or about 1,500 fish of an average weight of twenty-eight pounds , The deed of the Bay State Trust company to the purchasing committee of the general reorganization committee of the Oregon Rail way and Navigation company's system for ho property and franchises of the Washing- on & Idaho railroad was filed for record In the Spokane county auditor's office. The de cree of the court was for $5,277,873.08. The consideration named In the deed Is J1C15,740 , William Hancock , an Eboy pralrlo farmer , attests to the productiveness of Whldby is- and soil as follows : "I cut 110 tons of hey from forty-five acres , and had 700 bushels of oats from seven acres. The average yield of wheat Is about fifty-five bushels to the acre. Had thirty acre * of potatoes last year vhlch wont COO bushels to the acre. Barley averages about seventy bushels per acre. All tlnds of grasses and clover do well and cat- lo tan pick up a living all the year round , " MISCELLANEOUS. Utah now gives employment to 0,000 min ers. ers.China's China's sugar factory consumes from 20,000 o 22,000 gallons of crude petroleum dally , Oaccola , Nov. , placer miners report good times , and an average ot J5 per day to the men. Just across the Mexican line an enter prising rancher proposes to establish a monkey farm. An old ruin has been uncovered on tbo Moqul reservation , In Arizona , and nearly 200 pieces ot perfect pottery found. An oil well has been opened In Los An geles , the product of which scorns to bo already refined. The oil burns llko refined pcti oleum. Messrs. Buckley A Son have made ar rangements for the building of a wooden mill In the canyon above the Quaylo mill at Montpcllcr , Idaho. A block ot ere weighing scvonty-fivo pounds and valued at the rnto ot $5,000 n ton was lately taken out of the Bland mlno , near Prcscott , Ariz. Drilling has begun at the oil well In the San Tlmotco can ) on. The company hopes to strike oil at 500 feet , but Is pre pared to go 1,000 feet. The DaKersfleld Callfornlan says that a , new road has been opened between Sun Bornardlno and the Randsburg mining dis trict , a dlstarrco of 110 miles. It coats Just 10 cents a pound to ralso hops , and many Sacramento county growers will not harvest their hops , because tire prlco offered Is only 4 cents a pound. A mound of very ancient skulls and bones has been discovered at the Oakland , Gal. , race park. State university scientists say the skulls nro of a very low order of In telligence , lower than the Flathcad Indians , whom these must have anto-datkd. The small , will to butterflies are again. playing havoc with the timber on the moun tain northeast of Moscow. To all appear ance. they have effectually destroyed thou sands of acres ot very valuable timber. The mountain Is practically covered with a forest of dying timber. The little butterflies effect their devastation by covering tbo trees with their snowy multitude. A River Press representative says that the sensational report ot hundreds of boom ers being encamped around the Blackfoot reservation , awaiting Its opening. Is all a fako. It Is said the mineral portion of the reserve will not bo opened before win ter and possibly not before spring ; . Tire boundary line has not been surveyed , and the reservation cannot bo thrown open until the survey Is approved by the secretary of the Interior. PENSIONS I--011 AVUbTnitJV Vfd-rniiH < if ( In * I , lite Wur Hi'itieiii- lieiM-il by ( ifiicral ( , ov criuiifiil. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-Spcclul.-Pcn- ( ) slons granted Issue of August 22 , were : Nobr.isk.i : Original Mahlon J. Smith , Boorrc , Boonc. Hcstoratlon and Increase Joseph Flinsburgh , I'lattsmouth , Cass. South Dakota : Original widow Matilda Putnam , Gary , Deuel. Nebraska : Orlgln.il Hiram Slaglo , Shu- bert , Hk-hardson ; John W. Uaddls , Wllloy , Box Hutto ; Ira Corby , Bloomfluld , Knot. Original widows , etc. Mary Sprlngstubbo. Kiolcun Bow , Custor. Issue of August 24. were : Iowa : Increase Wolsey HawIcK. Morbid Uock , Floyd : John Kutchum , Orlswold. C.IHS. Original widows , etc. Minors ot Charles K Grcoley , Niisnun , Clilckoxaw. South Dakota : Original Munley Dune- kel. Terry , I , iwrenco. Colorado : Original James W. Jones , Longrnont , Boulder ; Charles W. Thornton , Catlln , Oturo. Issue of August 21 : Nebraska : Original James Thomas , Do- catur. Hurt. HintonUUm arid Increase SIoscs Blown , Arialetf. Custer. Increase Jesse H. .Morton , l ills City , UlrhardHon. Orlrlnril widow Murla Williams. Decatur , montnrm : Original Edward II. Wiles , Darby , Itavnlll. Colorado : Increase Hobcrt A. Brothers , Fort Collins , Larimer. Original widow Nanry J. CJunn. Slurllng , J . .01111. . Iowa : Original Nathan C. RIoPolp , Wln- tciMut , Madison. Increase Kiln I S Boyn- Ion. Lnporlo Clry , Black Hawk. Reissue William Shurtllir , ICendallvlllc , Wlnneshluk. Original widows , etc. Sarah C. Bebb , New fharon , Mahaska ; Luelrula Bennett , Coun cil Bluffs. J'nltawattmnle. IKSUO of August 20 : Nebraska : Original I'otor A. Trlen , Omaha , Douglas : William Montgomery , CJuldo Hock , Webster ; Monrou Jenkins , Pcako. Buffalo ; Andrew Ilohurtson , Broken Bow , Custer. JU-lusiio ( special August 2U ) Joseph M. Cox , Ashland , B.iundcrs ; ( special August 29) ) , Hugh Davlln. Spauldlng , CJreo- loy ; Bennutt H. .Melton. Davenport , Thuyer , Iowa. Original David Brenner , Belolt , Lyon. Rcstor.ttlon nnd Increase Andruw Hmitloy. Murnhalltown , Marshall. Increase KltiKHbury Jl. Aytirt-s , Howloy. Buchanan. OrlKlnal widows , cite. , supplemental Nancy J. Brown , I'leuHantvlllo , Marlon : Itelssua ( special August 2U-Mary ) J. Hartmnn , Otturnwa , Wariollo , " Colorado : Original-Joseph Stunsbury , DuraiiBO. La Plata. " Issue of Aucu.it 27 : Nebraska : Original vvldow-AIvIm Hen. denson. Gibbon , Buffalo. South Dakota : Original widow Adellza Russell , Webster , Day. v > a : Inrrcaso-JiCiM MarHlunan , Hay- FEIN PICTURES PLJEXASA.N'TLVY T ND POINTElDLY ' PA.RAQRAPH BID THAN MUSIC Arc llMhluff'H delicious cliocolatui * and bon IMMIS you couldn't giro your Italy n more lU'ceptublo prosi'iit ovury Iwx that leuvoH HtildulT'rt linn Ills individual Kiturnnteo for iiurlty Hii'so nre llu > nil- vtincod Ideas of the confi'ctloncis' art the best tliero IH there are many utyles ouch of original design. Bal duff , Caterer , 1520 Farnam O\i : AVAY 0V MOVI\J _ Is to net n common wagon nt $2.00 n load to move your household a , 4 or 5 loads we charge u little moie tlitui ? U n load hut one load takes off u beyen- room house In ono of our "HIg Vans" with several careful able-bodied men to do the loading then your goods are never damaged by rain or negligence we guarantee It. Omaha iiuy. Our telephouu. in wuixiuii ouictt. MICH ivis iooic AI.I , itinirr But do they heo all right a defect not noticed till lately not worth bothering about just let It run on your optical bill will be bigger then tend to It now let our professional opticians make a careful examination with thu ophthal moscope a marrelously skillful test that wo malce fiee we can remedy the defect. defect.Aloe & Penfold Co 1408 Farimm S IT A 1'linTTV FOOT In a pretty hhoe Is all right but do you know how to nelect u pair thero'a that ftl.OO IwliM' shoe-that lias $5.00 woith of style in It extreme needle too lace Jiibt an neat ns can be If lilted propel ly wo'll take care of that If you'll let us. Drexei Shoe Co fl nd fcr our lllu * . WOOL IN TIIK.1I- . Borne of them are all wool our Ingrain - grain carpets the most popular caipet ever made never In the history of our Inihlncbs have we been able to show HO many different patients In Ingrain car pets beautiful design's on both sides now wo will sell you n mighty good Ingrain for -10c. Omaha Carpet Co. , 1515 Dodge TAI.IC IT OVKIl TO .VI OUT _ Don't let It go another day you will never get another chance to frame your pictures for so little wo aie doing Iho framing for half of Omaha at half price a frame complete costs you less now than you can buy the bate mould- Ing for outside our Btore old pictures Ionic like now when we do the franu A. Hospe , jr. , 1513 Douglas jvo OIIA.VCH roil AnnualKKT _ Figures don't lie these nre our fls- ures-Oastorla UL'c I'ulno's Celery Com pound ( I7c Vine Kolufni 80c Hood'H Kaisaparllla ( Ku-O/omiilslon Wc ) Im ported Jlunyadl Water 15o Oullcuru Soap ir > c Woodbury's 'Ma Colgate's rerfumcd fJeranlol Soap lOc and wo will till any doctor's pie.scilptlun for the least price In town. Kuhn's Drug Store , .ul 1 Sth&Douglas