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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1897)
TUB OatAHA DAILY BEEs KKNDAY , FEBRTTAIlY 8 , 1807. sentcd In tha interest of juttlco. or that contestants \\ere any more entitled to tl : seals than the men they displaced. It i a csio of politics pure and" simple and th Is no imo to try to get around It. Wo not doubt that as big a farce has been acted before , but that docs not make right. It merely proves that purity in ] Hies It much otlcncr preached on Ih6 slu than practiced In legislative halls. Exeter Democrat : If the Nebraska lei lfllur < < U going ( o contest the election of numbers whom It Is claimed wcro elec by bribery nnd other Illegal means , a g place for ihf-m to commerce operations wo be out hero In Glcngary precinct , Fllltu county , ono of the strongest pop foothold : the state. ItIs strange that ns ban' as I body has skirmished around to find soi thing to kick about thli Glcngary busln has entirely cocnpcd thnlr observation. Springfield Monitor ( rep ) : The unseat of the republican members from Dour county by our legislature last Satun looks to a tlLslntcrestcd person who not road all the testimony In the case t "might makes right. " But then the repu cans would have dona tlio very same th had they been In the majority. It see that that's the way laws arc constructed m ( idays. It the recount bill could not st ; on Us own merits It should have gone the board. From Its action It looks as thol the party that Is now In power In Nobrn iloca not expect to retain that power mi years. O'Neill Sun ( pop. ) : The house has 1 seated four republicans of Omaha. Th scats were given to btmetalllsts. U may rlglit and It may be wrong. That the publicans used money freely In ; the elect thcro Is no doubt , and that the blmetalll used n llttlo may nlso bo.true. Bul.beca' ' the republicans used thb most Is no r son why they should bo unseated. Perh It wasn't the fault o ( the blmetalllsts t : they didn't use more of It. But when republican members of the house Join w the blmetalllsta in censuring their c party as being corrupt no free sllvci should hesitate to Join forces with thcrr. PapUUau Times ( free silver dnm. ) : predicted In these columns last week , four Douglas republicans whoso scats w contcslcd have been uniealcd and the fi fusion contestants have been admitted membership In the houso. While rccogr Ing that Douglas county held a rotten ol tlon last fall , wo still Insist that , It was right tounseat thcso men. simply toeca' ' there was no direct evidence to sjiow t sufficient Illegal votes had been cast change the result In case the Illegal vc were thrown out. Wo always llko to silver men successful , but wo love to them triumph by right ralhcr than might. Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : The lower ho has a largo majority of popocratlc membi but the number was not deemed BUlllclcr .largo for all purposes , and the only th left to make the majority sulllclent for purposes. And this was done. ' grounds upon which the outrage i committed was alleged bribery of voters the campaign , the bribery conslfltlng of payment by n campaign committee in Do las county of the cost of naturalization pers for voters. The evidence seems Jiavo substantiated the fact that such pers were paid for out of campaign fu on both sides , but tho-popocrnts did not for as many as the republicans , and the fore the work of the republicans constltu bribery. And the republican members h Kone over the transom. This outrage i react upon the perpetrators of It. The publicans had no particular use for the f members thrown out. Neither had the i Jorlty any use for four moro voles for i legitimate purpose. Be It sold to the en of some of the members of the major they did not sanction the arbitrary work the house. A dozen of them voted with republicans. Among this number was R T-csontallve Van Horn of .Dodge , to wh duo credit should bo given for his reft . - to enter Into Ibo oulrageous plan of the n ocrats. Geneva Signal ( rep ) : The fusion majoi In the legislature , after fooMng around a month , has at last done something ; that something was the stealing ot four sc In the house from Douglas county. It i admitted that the republican committee Douglas county had paid for Ihe naturall tlon papers ot a number of foreigners out the county campaign fund and the pops' clare that this -wnM bribery and that the publicans had secured the naturallzat of enough voters to change the result i It was on this ground that Iho four repu : ean representatives from Douglas counly w unsealed. It was proved and admitted t ! the demo-populist committee for Do las county had done exactly same thing , but notwithstanding t the defeated candidates were given scats of the four ousted republlca The populist majority declared that was bribery to furnish naturalization pap in the case ot the republicans but they si both eyes tight when they uume to that p of the' evidence lhat their own county cc mlttco In Douglas county had done cxac the same thing. A time will como when t act of the brutal majority of the house v do populists moro harm tlian ItIs now del good In providing them at all times wltl two-thirds majority ot the house for use crushing the handful of republicans still the house nnd Keeping them from malt much of an attempt at getting a just rec nltlon ot their rights. THE EXPOSITION I1KE. Los Angeles Hotel-Gazetio : The Onu Dee of the ICth Instant contains an Intcrc Ing and exhaustive article on the Transm Elsslppl Exposition , which will bo held that city from Juno to November , 1898. Florence , ( Wls. ) , News : The 20-pagOnnu her ot the Omaha Bee last Saturday Is i voted largely to the great Transtnlsslsl ] KxposHlon. The efl'llloh ' Is on extra hea paper , and the Illustrations are the b ever seen west ot the Mississippi , Santa Cruz , Cal. , Surf : The Omaha I In a special edition sets forth 'In comprchi slvo nnd attractive form Iho outlines of I great Transmlsslsslppl Rxposltlon to bo hi In Omaha In 1S9S. As the title Implies , states beyond the Mississippi are to bo vltcd lo participate. Del Rio ( Tex. ) Record : A great expo tlon will bo held In Omaha , Neb. , next yc In Its interest The .Omaha 'Bee Is out In splendid historical and statistical special r tlon , giving the history at length of ovi state west of the Mississippi river. It I : very valuable publication. Ilartvlllo ( Mo. ) Press : The Omaha Boo January 19 , announcing the TransmUslssl ) Exposition to bo hold there next year , on our table. At this exhibition ev < variety of life and product of the great wi will bo shown In realistic splendor , and t fair Is to bo a creditable aftermath to t display of American genius manifested Chicago and Atlanta. Bridgeport , Cal. , Chronicle-Union : T Omaha has Issued a TransmLsstsslppl Rxpa tlon edition on January 1C , conflating twonly pages of Interesting matter pertalnl to that section of our country , together wl news of the day from the world general It is well Illustrated , and shows that c San Francisco dallies are not alone In su newspaper enterprises , California Fruit Grower : The Oma Dally Bee of January 1C was a special Issi having for Us chief fcaturo the great Trar Mississippi Kxposltlon , which Is to bo hi In Omaha next year. The origin and sleet ot Iho enterprise and the resources of t Transmlcslsslppl region are fully and ra < attractively set forth. It la needless to s that California received Us full quota attention. The Issue ol twenty pages typographically perfect. Galvcaton ( Tex. ) Opera Glass ; The Ope Glass this week received a mammoth e tlon of The Omaha Bee , containing Import ! matter regarding the Transmlsslsslppl Kxj sltlon , which occurs in that city next ye. The paper also devotes much space to article appertaining to the Lone Star sta The exposition will prove of great advanta to tlio transtnlsslsslppl stales , especial Texas , now lhat she has a deep water po which that section proposes to utilize , Mt. Calm , ( Tex. ) , Echo : Tlio Transm-lfs ! slpi/l Exposition edition ot the Omaha 11 is on our table. It It a credit to Oma ! : as well as the publishers , giving complc anticipated details ot that great event. Tl exposition to bo held In Omaha in 1E98 w bo one of the greatest bourns ever Inaugurt od for the advancement ot the soulh-wcj In th'a ' Texas will have , an opportunity selling forth the advantages of Us llmllle resources , and thus attract once more t : attention ot home-suckers , and luveotort , a glvo western land Its real value. U was a vortUlug that made the west what It today , and 'it wan advertising of Iho sou through ( ho Atlanta exposition last yc that turnail the tide of Immigration fro the west to that section. The state lop lature thould not hesitate to erect a Te : building t Omaha. Dubuquc Trade Journal : A recent l i ot The Daily Omaha. 'Dee consists of twei large pages flllcil with matter and 111 IfAtlons setting forth the features and pr peels of the Tranamlsstsslppl and Interi tlouat Kxposltlan to to lielil In Omaha fr June to Novembir , 1S9 . Of the prepa llor.s thus far a record In detail la glv Among the llluslratloiiK me the likenesses ( he managing staff , twenty In number. Eve thing Augurs a brilliant nuccess tor I colossal enterprise. Truly today the w Is the growing scat of empire. With In dents. factH and substance she. prow grandly on a brilliant and excelsior path Monroe ( la. ) Mirror ! Saturday's Issue The Omaha Ileo contained cuts and b graphical sketches of nil the prominent g ( tlrmon who arc to manage the great Trai Mississippi Exposition In that rlty In IS1 also many cuts of prominent buildings Omnha. which makes It n wonderful pap Hosowater Is a great editor , as overybo knows. Ho has charge of the" Dcpartnn of Publicity. On this account tlfo coml exposition will bo most thoroughly advi Used , and for that reason most llbora patronized. The Columbian exposition \ * n prlmo oiportunlty for Americans to i foreigners. The Omaha Exposition will ; ford opportunity for Americans to get i quainter ! with each other. Aztec ( N. M. , ) Index : The Index Is In ; cclpt of the twenty-page Transnigsls | l | Imposition ( Million of The Omaha Bee. Kit orate preparations rro being made by t pr.ornotora of the exposition nnd It will ono p * the inbst remarkable events In we cm history. The most Imposing feature the exposition will bo the mineral exhlt which will bo displayed In a silver pali constructed of metal and silver platrd. T central splro will bo 2SO feet high nnd t lesser towers 140 feet. Congress appropr ted $200,000 In aid of the exposition and t Hoard of Directors afterward secured st Kcrlptlans to the amount of $330.000. Hi L. Bradford Prlnco of New Mexico Is j of the vice presidents. The exposition ope In Juno , 1S9S , nnd closes In November , Guthrlo ( Okla. ) Representative : 1 finest edition of any western paper reccn Issued was last week put out by the Oma Ileo , known as the exposition edition. Th < were twonty-ifour pages of Information a Illustrations regarding the Transmisslssl ] nnd International Exposition during 1 ! from June to November. There was glv a fine historical sketch of each of the we crn elates and territories , nnd all the fa wo could nndvlth Oklahoma's trcatnu was , that It gave ; too much of our fair t rllory over lo Iho use of the Indians "roaming. " There Is no "roaming" grou left nnd all the Indians arc "bunched" arc living on their allotments like wh folks perfectly peaceable and content The enterprise of The Bee- and Omaha bu ness men Is highly commendable. THE VI3.\13KU13LAX TU13ATY. New York Tribune : The signing of i Venezuelan treaty marks Hie beginning the end of a controversy that has drag } on for half a century , and that might h : gone on for a half century more had i the United States taken a hand In It to g < effect. Philadelphia Times : The reference of I dispute to arbitration Is the point upon \vi ] this government has Insisted from the Hi and with the principle thus recognized as national policy oven the failure of the g < eral arbitration treaty will not defeat I services Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Olney ha rendered to the civilization of the world. Now York Times : It la Interesting to < serve the care with which the treaty provU that copies of all reports and documents the exclusive possession of either party sh be delivered to the other party on denial This forethought Is likely to avert any su "battle of tha maps" as ensued upon I negotiation of the Ashburton treaty , wh Webster's map , found In Paris , supportl the English claim , and the old map , found the foreign office , authenticated by the hat writing of George III , sustaining our contc tlon , were made the subject of such bltti ness and suspicion. The only part of t treaty that Is now likely to occasion scrlo anxiety Is "rule a , " which awatds title prescription to any part of the disputed ti rltory on proof of adverse holding for fll years. This rule Is made applicable' not or to private rlghta , but to the political cc trol of a district , oven without actual sett ment. We may be sure that Great Brltali case will bo fortified with more abunda proofs under this rule than the case Venezuela , as her citizens arc more like not only to have pushed Into the dlsput territory , but also to have preserved the tan ) bio records of their occupancy. PASSING rijKASAXTIUKS. Chicago Record : "There's only one dra' bade In a big ronat for dinner. "What's that ? " "Hash for bren'.ttast. " _ _ _ _ Philadelphia Record : "I feel like a d doc. " remarked the thirsty physician as raised n schooner. Detroit Free Press. "He's constnnt clamoring- for protection for Infant Indu trios. " "Is that so ? Why , I didn't know ho w oven married. " Washington Star : "Is ho a selentll lighter ? " "Scientific ? " echoed the pugilist contemr uously. "Why , ho couldn't parse a sine sentence of his challenge ! " Chicago Tribune : Eminent Polltlclan- don't think you ought to ask me for i olllce. You have always trained with 11 other party. Ward Heeler But think how much I kno about our blamed rascality ! Detroit Journal : Layman Realism , el Now , you don't mean to tell me the st really sets like that ? Artist Ha , ha ! ' .My dear fellow , yc don't grasp the significance of the new n at all. That , sir , Is the 'way the sun ougl to set. Chicago Post : "Yea " she to'.d iier dea est friend , "I have been practicing cconon of lute. " "It's nlmost time , " camu the voice of hi huEbimd from Iho next room , "that yc learned to play It without notes. " , Indianapolis Journal : "What Is that sa' Ing of Hamlet's about an eager and a nl pliiK air ? " "I dunjio. Who was ho talkingabout - new policeman ? " Cleveland Lender : Two Married Men "Why do you , inslst upon taking your wl out for such long walks In this rout weather ? " "Tim doctor has told her that she mu bo very fnreful not to talk when shu Is 01 In the cold ulr. " "Say , who's your doctor ? " Household Words : "I am deeply Inte csted In discovering the lost tribes i Israel , " said Mr. Musty us ho came In at nat down by the busy editor for un hour discussion of the subject. "SoVi1 replied the man of resource "Why don't you advertise for them ? TI ImslrjosM olllcu Is on the flrsl Moor. Her Dick , show the gentleman to the advert ! Ing department. " A COMPARISON. WaaMniilon Star. Oh , comic valentine , afar. Oleum forth your , glories numerous , To cheer tlioso merry wags who are Anonymously humorous. Alas , with all your labored chaff , And poetry delirious , You're not us comical by half As those meant to l > o serious. THIS OHY OP THI3 HUMAN. 0 , Klvo mo ease , my weary limbs are shnl Ing ; Make me a bed of down nnd lot me lie ; Hrlnff oil and balm to cure met of mln uchlng , Lot me have perfect rest before I die ! Look ye , how fast , how fast my locks ni paling- , The frosl * of yenrs that nil too swlflly tlj Urine honors quick ! oh , quickly , I am fill ing Let me bo satisfied before I die I Urine fame to mo ; I long to hear me pralso me. And shout aloud my name1 when I KO bj ! ro thut last foe of all mankind betrays m Lot mo bo famous , too , before I diet Men tell of love. From stories of dcvotlo I tutu away with this all-human cry , 'If tliero bo love us boundless as the occu Give me my portion now , before I dlu | " I'o who have all things good , whoso cuj are heaping , Point not tnlno eyes to mansions In th sky : fa me , the dead forevermore arc slecplm dive me the best earth holds before I dlt ISAUliL IUCUUYT. Pulse of Western Progress. Inside- the city limits , wltlrln sight ot Elkborn round house , there has been m an Interesting discovery , says a Doadw special lo the Minneapolis Journal , being of the same character as so much found late In the limestone belt and running 1 to the ton. Myrlck and Anderson , wl looking over an Immense boulder In that ref of town , conceived the idea that It might rich In gold and took specimens to an to the nmo sayer , which returned gold given above. The boulder weighs ab thirty tons. Samples have been sent smelters hero and to Aurora , 111. , and gentlne , Kan. In the Immediate vicinity Immense limestone peak towers high Into air , hundreds of feet above the surround country , and this on assays < s looked Jot bo of the same character. The section 1 been allvo for a day or two with prospect seeking claims. Two men , In develop their claims , found what appears to b < fissure vein , the ledge matter being Identl with that of Cripple Creek. Float rock fi the surface of the claims outside the orlg'l discovery aSsays from ? S to $82 to the I In the now discoveries In the vicinity thU city for the- past few weeks there been so much conflicting claim locating t owners are obliged to patrol their cla ! with Runs. There has been very little cli Jumping so far , but probably only bcca ot this patrol and the wholesome fear trouble. Men Ignorant ot mining laws fi regions where mining locations have no been heard ot go In and stake off groi without looking for other stakes and thcri sure to 'bo the utmost trouble In finding Justing lines. On the norlh of Oak I gulch there is an Immense llmestono le that has bulged up from below nnd scvc ore crevices are traceable across It by In boulders that look like mere limestone , 1 to bo a 1 prove , on being broken open , grade of ore. On the sojth sldo the formal Is abruptly broken away , leaving a twer foot cliff that assays from $13.80 a ton It Is beside a road that has been In use twenty years. Developments at Ragged ' are stopped neither by cold nor the grief of townlot speculators. The weekly sli ments from the camp are steadily grow and the value of ore sent out Is csflma at about $00 to the ton , of which a do carloads are now shipped -weekly. Some' has' been found at tha bottom of a shaft the Dacy that Is said to run up to $ CO,00 ( the torn It Is a close-grained , dark rock i undoubtedly very rich , though no exact formation Is at hand. COAL MINERS1'RAILROAD. . This Is Colorado's era of railroad bill Ing. Garfleld county Is now to have n 11 line of steam railway , says the Denver 1 publican. It Is to bo constructed by Four-Mile Railway company , which has j been Incorporated , with a capital stock $50.000. The lijcorporators are J. W. Cummins Glenwood Springs , J. A. Voorhces of Cc rndo Springs , S. H. Kinsley of Colon Springs and D. W. Mansfield of Glenwt Springs. The new railroad Is to bo constructed t equipped almost altogether by local capll It Is to bo operated largely In the Inter of coal mine properties In the general elnlty of Parachute , In Garfleld county. C nectlons are to bo made with the Colon Midland road for the purpose of haul ! coal nd other varieties of freight to D ver , Colorado Springs and thn other busln centers of the state. The Four-Mile n road Is ttf start from the coal branch of I Colorado Midland In Four-Mile creek , ni Glenwood Springs. Thence It will take southeasterly direction for some dtstan thence trending to the northwest , until reaches the L. P. Hcnton ranch , on Thr AIllo creek. This will be Us temporary t minus , but later on the track Is likely bo extended beyond that point , as the qulrements ot traffic may demand. So time ago the owners' of coal properties this section of Garfleld county tried to i Receiver Rlstlne of the Colorado Mldla system to extend Its line Into the coal glen , which Is now to bo tapped. Ho < not euro to move in the matter , howov PO the coal men themselves took ii up a are now pioposlng to make the de.ilrcd i tension. The principal office of tlie Fci MIlo Railway company Is to be located Glciwood : Springs. IMPORTANT LAND DECISION. By the recent action of the governrm In dismissing four land grant cases per Ing In the United States supreme court appeal from the court of private land clalr title Is settled to 129,000 acres of land E jacent to .Albuquerque and Santa Fo. The grants , according to a Santa Fe special the Denver News , wore last spring confirm to their respective claimants by the la court as follows : Jacona grant , 3G.OOO aci north and west of Santa Fe , to Desldc Gomez ot this city ; Polvarcdo grant , 35C acres In the Chama valley , to Frank Per of New York ; Luis Jaramlllo grant , 18 , ( acres fifty miles northwest of Albuquerqt Helena Gallegca , or Ranches do Albuquorq grant , 40,000 acres north and cast ot J buquerquo In the Rio Grande valley , T. C. Gultlerres et al. of Albuquerque. 1 to < lalo Iho Unlled Statas court < of privs land claims through Its decisions has i stored over 5,500,000 acres of land In Ni Niexlco to the public dorraln and In Arlro jvor 10,000.000 acres have been similarly i stored to ths government. FLOCK OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP. Mountain sheep appear to bo Increasl In Colorado , and , stranger still , the re ind timid animals are leaving their dlz tiaunts among the hlgln mountain peaks a Irawlng nearer to the habitations of m : han ever before. In the comparatively Ii lands , near the town of Jefferson , says t Denver Republican , there Is now a flock Ifty or more mountain sheep. Jefferson jn the' ' South Park railroad , abfltit elghty-o miles southwest of Denver In Park couni It Is an old established community , and Ii icar It the well known summer resort , Jeffi jon Lake. The vicinity , disturbed by t rumble of trains , rfs well as the sounds Human life and Industry , Is not at all julet one. It has none of the characterise which usually mark the natural homo ot t ilmost extinct mountain sheep , And y for several days past , a band of at lei 5fty of the toft-eyed , largo horned nati ihoep of the rocky mountains has been caln grazing- around the town of Jefferson a : loseto the railroads. It Is said that t sheep do not display any sign of fear .ho Jefferson people. Many of them coi n open daylight within easy pistol st if the residences. They do not run aw inless somebody purposely tries to fright : hem. For many years past the sight i mountain sheep has been a rarity In Co ado , and usually , but one at a time h joen seen , A hunter fur off from clvlllzatl night decry a solitary sheep , perched on : rag overlooking some wild and steep canyc jut hardly ever within gunshot range , 1 iuch thing aa fifty sheep has been reporl < : ven by the veriest Munchauscn of huntci iVhen a lone sheep was seen It usually d ippearcd from view at the slightest alari cnslderlng these things , the dcacont of ill : hcep upon the town of Jefferson , as thou , hey had formed themselves Into an excu ilon party somewhere among the mountali lees not look reasonably explainable. TI ; eneral theory Is that bitter cold and de mows drove them downward and that th clnrd together for mutual protection as th raveled from peak to peak. Killing mou aln sheep Is absolutely prohibited by law Colorado. H Is a closed season all the yc ound with the animals , just as It Is wi uiffalo. IMPORTANT MEXICAN RAILROAD. Quietly , KO qulttly that it has created i Comment. Influences have been at work U.xlco that will coon bring about resul vlilch mean much for California In gencn nd San Francleco In particular , says iuadalajara ( Mex. ) . special to the San Fra Uco Chronicle. The Mexican Central ral oad ran Its western branch as far as Amcc omo fifty rolled wcat ot Guadalajara at .bout ICO < mllea from the Pacific coast , ai hen announced that the physical dlfllcultl if that last 130 miles wtre B- > great us I'jsent almost an Insurmountable obstacl t has been declare ; ] time and again that vaa not possible or fenlblo to build tl Did on to the coast , and consequently tl Icxlcan Central gets a very long haul on o ; oodg from California or the Pacific eon rles. Hut It baa been announced that co uuslous have been granted to Iluotlugtc | and that ho has men ! looking for a teas route for a railroad from , the Quit of Mete to the Pacific coast , and'the Mexican Ccn has awakened to thb 'Tact that this mean a loss of a largo tnjnount of busln hence It has placed men' In Iho field an roulo Is being surveyed between Amcca tUe coast , and Itmaylbe safely predicted within a year a railroad , will reach San 1 and make direct connfectl&n with San Fi Cisco steamers at that port. The pro nil-rail haul ot 3,000'rhllcs will be dlvl up Into four-fifths ship and one-Ulh ( rail will lend to add very materially to Mexican trade of San Francisco. The Hi Ington road will shorlen the route to I > York by more than 1,000 miles , as the M can road will take the place ot the prct Panama route , and the steamers will be i to moke three trips where they now n ; two. It Is confidently asserlcd by Huntlngton people Uiat their road wl ) built within five years. The Cent however , persistently denies the reports i cernlng Its road and nlso says that Hunt ton will never take advantage of his i cessions. PLUCKY SHEEP IIRRDER. The searching party which had for d boon hunting for the German sheep hci and his band of 2,70b sheep , belonging James McDevItt of Conrad , that were In the storm , snys a Great Falls dlspn to the Minneapolis Tribune , has been i ccssful at last. They were found on Si pie's flat , north of the Teton ridge about thirty-five miles from the place starting. Several of the sheep were m Ing , but a great majority had been sa ; taken care of by the faithful shepherd , i himself was almost dead with suffei and hunger. When the storm came up shepherd aays the herd drifted before Once they became divided , but ho mnna to again bring thorn "together. For tl days the storm raged nnd the thcrmomi fell lower and lower. Several times ho about ready to glvo up In despair , but e tlmo resolved to hang out a lltllo w ! longer. When rescue arrived ho said It the most welcome sight ho had ever si Strange to say , none ot his limbs \ \ frozen. The few sheep lhat wcro lost v benumbed by'tho cold and foil by the \ \ side. I BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROADS. There Is every reason to bcllovc that present year will witness more ralli building In BrllUn Oolumbli than ever fore. It one-third of ( ho'ja nelilns for cl tors to build roada nre succcAsttil In tl applications and IiulUl one-third of l ! proposed llnca. says the Suikanc Chrnal there will be mom than l.UOO miles of r constructed nnd many portions of the p : Inco that are now kept In ths backgro for lack of transportation will come to front as rich and producclvo mining glons. Contractors are now building line from Troll .to Hoi-son nnd It Is unreasonable to expect that the nnd be continued west from Robson to Boundary country. The f/rs.U Northein pects to enter Iho Kootcnay country b ; branch line from Bonn r's Ferry to NeU which will bo In operation by the raid of summer. An application Is also out , a charter for a road rrfuaf.cthbrldge. , Not west territory , to Bojno point on the Fra river or Gult of Gep'rglai The purpose the projectors Is totn"p , the Kootenay b ; line through Crow's , ) I est pass. It Is t quite probable that , tbqiC4nadlan Pacific i build a number of brgn h lines in Brit Columbia as It will have to make some m In order to maintain Its prestige In w Is rapidly becoming liha. most valuable ; Important part ot Cviaclil A gang of n Is already engaged In 'clearing the right way for the Sloean river branch of the lumbla & Kootenny 'rallroad nnd anot gang of men Is clearln8"tho right of v for the Canadian Patlflc railroad , which to run between Sloean" crossing and southern end of Slocari lake , taking In now town of Slocaii City. The proylm ' ' government will als.A , 'bej'askcd to ran ( aa far a& the Intorilatjonaf boundary , It will co'nnect with ( ho proposed elecl line from Spokane. These are only a I of the many railroads projected In Brit Columbia , but It Is easy to see tha't the pr ent year Is to bo a llycly one so far as n road building'Is concernedIn that provln DISCOVERY RICH AND ROMANTIC. "Scotty" McNeil and 'James Gamm while hunting near Steamboat Springs , f : a Virginia' ( Nev. ) special to the San Fr , clsco Chronicle , shot and wounded a rah whl6h disappeared In a hole In the groi near by. On digging for It they dlscove : there was a cave or opening beneath i hole. Procuring Implements , they enlar ; the opening sufficiently to admit of cxpl Ing , and entering through the excavat found themselves In an old tunnel. Hang ! on one of the tunnel timbers was nu vest containing $410 In coin , mostly In pieces bearing date of 1S52 , and a g watch. After further exploration an elg Inch vein of quartz , .rich In gold , was tl covered , a small quantity of which pc derod up In a , mortar showed $38 In yell metal. The discoverers Immediately filed notice of location on the ground and "Scoll returned to his homr ) , where he exhlbll several rich specimens of quartz tali from the vein , but si'ld ' nothing ot the tre uro found In the vest. Gammon , his pa nor , did not prove so close-mouthed , i Imparted to a few acquaintances the si of hts good luck. Ofllcers of Reno he ; of It , and ono of them como here yestori and took "Scotty" to the latter place , wh the coin and watch found were turned o to the proper aulhorltles , nnd "Scotty" - \ released from custody. The air In the tunnel Is too foul further Investigation until a larger op Ing Is mndo to ascertain whether the remu of the owner of the vest are there. Plon residents of the vicinity are credited w the stalement that over thirty years ago t men were mining where the tunnel is local ono of whom was a Mexican. The supp < tlon Is that the owner of the vc.st found \ Imprisoned by a caving ot the ground i Hint further exploration will result In discovery of his skeleton. The news ot discovery of the gold ore caused a Bta liedo from Reno and vicinity ; and the gioi near where the find was made is now cove with notices ot mining locations. RICH OREGON MINES. In a radius of eighty miles around t very Important station on the Union Puc railroad , says a Daker City ( Ore ) dlspa to the Spokane Clironlclo , Is the great f milling district of the Pacific northwt from which millions of dollars In free ec from quartz claims and placer dlggln liavo been taken out sured the discovery gold In this distrlcff rilch was In If Among the noted mines'that , are and h : been producers for yca/s'nre Iho Old Vlrl which has been prdduqlp from $18,000 MO.OOO per month for1 , years ; the old Wli Swan Is another well JihOjWn property am great producer ; of trie" newer properties i Bonanza Is most nttr4ptlve at present. Is now producing ; frojn'A ten-stamp , mill fn J3C.OOO to$40,000 per . .month. The Flag St company Is erecting , fl"twontytamp , lo handle Iho ore trtjpiUts property , whl at present shows overjjlx feet of free m lnu ore that mills bvejV.$100 per .ton ; t Rachel IB operallng a uand \ ] \ getting f results ; the Friday & ( Jgmstock has a sh down ISO feet end l jjettlng ore that nllllng $27.00 per trflj hp Columbia Is a iroduclng the same tCtigracler ot ore , icing an exten lon af ho former. In I same district Id Ibo Pf/f/j. Gordon , Phllll Cyclone , Red Jackets yerlrudo and Emp and many others. Th , $ advantages of t : camp are : It Is accessible ; supplies of ilnds are cheap and plentiful ; the ore bel absolutely free milling owueru are rellev } f railway and smelter charges ; this bcl in old camp tliero. . Is no excitement , a leekera of gold properties , at reasonal ngures , can find them la this district ; a hero Is no district that equals It for plat nines , as it takes In tbo John Day and t jranlto creetr districts. THE DAKOTAS. Nell to Ornuby of Deadwood located lalm in the Ragged Top district and a i ent assay of rock taken off her land show he presence of J3CO ore. Work on the new Indian schools at Cliai lerlaln and Rapid City will bo commenc s early In the spring us the weather w ornilt , tha Indian bureau having just glv lotlca lhat It 1 > prepared to receive bit Tin buildings are to bo of brick and w acli uavu A capacity for tevouty-flvo tctl Inn. The sum ot $25,000 was approprla for the construction ot each building , ' cost of the heating and lighting being sc ; rate. rate.As As a result ot the severe weather on i Chcycnno agency , three Indians froze their tents and a number of others will i Thousand * ot head of cattle perished , being found dead In one place. The town of SttirgU , situated In the nor eastern cxlremlty of the Black Hills , it become the scene of mining activity bof < many days. It Is reported lhat the ent limestone range between the town o Boulder Park has been located and stal oft In mining claims. Inventor G. Laukc Is pushing to comp tlon his plans tor establishing H manufacli for his patent straw-hay burning stoves , n various others of hla patented articles Huron. A largo room In the Reed block being Allied up for the purpose and I Lauko hopes to begin manufacturing abi April 1. Canton Is having a merry oil war. So ot the merchants dlsllko Iho methods ot I Standard Oil company nnd ordered oil fr a company and began to sell It at 15 con The Standard Oil company at once cut I price to 10 cents. The people of Cnnl know a good thing when they see It and s laying In n supply. Committees have been appointed by t citizens of Bonestccl and Fairfax , two rh towns located In Gregory county , to cc for as to the desirability of consolldatl the towns , which nro only a short dlstnii apart. Ono town In the vicinity would i cure n fair business If given Iho united si port of the settlers living In the Mirrour Ing territory , vrhllo If both towns strive continue to live , from a business standpol It will bo to the Injury of both. Work on the artesian well at Forman , D. , has been abandoned until spring. T first now was struck at a depth of SCO f < nearly three weeks ago , nnd It was th hoped to complete the drilling at an cai date , but Iho extreme cold weather has ma It necessary to postpone the completion the well till spring. The water from t well Is very warm and the overflow has , ready filled a largo pond. It Is of go quality , with traces ot mnfencsla. Reports como from Ragged Top to the feet that ore worth $60,000 per ton w struck In the Dacy shaft on Friday ovcnti Our Informant , who was at the shaft wh the stuff was hoisted , says It was a da blue rock , closo-gralncd and was cncov tercd on the west side of the shaft , which now down about 200 feet. Other rope are that It came from the cast side of t shaft , but nil agree that n phenomenally rl strike has been made In the ' workings. A number of caves ha'vo boon mot In t Ragged Top district , among the latest bel ono found In a blast nt the Bnllarat groi where at the bottom of n twcnty-five fc shaft a cave was opened which has been ( plorod for eighty-five feet In length and fll feet In width. Its floor was covered \vl a white , snow-like dust. Further examlr lion has not yet been made , but by tbo HE of a candle the sides are seen to be brok oy numerous small crevices that seem open Into other large caverns. The air good , but without any apparent ventllntlc ana the owners are preparing to make t tenslvq explorations. COLORADO. The strike reported from West Asr mountain was on the Coppcropolls mine. . iS-Inch body of ore has been uncovered a samples from various portions of the v < assay from 100 up to 1,000 ounces to't ton. ton.The The leasers on the San Jaclnto mine , ; pen , were rejoicing recently over the fir nig of an ore shute carrying 150-ounco o They weresorowful afterwards when tli discovered that they were mining on MJ flower ground. In a new prospect In the gold belt m Buena Vista ore has boon found Jn t bottom of an IS-foot shaft , which runs ( lo the ton. At Iho surface the ore ran I $3 to the ton a remarkable gain In val lor so short n dUtance. . Ore taken from the Grace Watson tunni four miles from Dakan , the now gold car south'of Denver , was examined and Is en mated In value at over $100 per ton. T camp is Improving rapidly , there being nbo 150 men employed In the hills. Robert Atkins has made a very Importa strike near tbo Hayden pass about f miles north of Swift. It assays $108 In go Mr. Atkins Is now , In on a tunnel abe sixty feet and Intends to continue It 4 feet further , cutting three or four oil ) contracts. Eighteen good strikes have been ma in the Crlpplo Creek district since t first of the year. The mills and samplt are all running to their fullest cnpacll and the output of ere for the month January , 1897 , will probably equal if not e cecdod any month of the year 1S9B. Brown & Berry at Camp Carter are reporl to have made a very rich strike on t Buckton Horn. Ths slriko was made a now shaft , lhat Is being sunk , and Is dev only' 10 feet. The pay ore reaches cle ; across the lead and Is so rich In free go that the ore Is being sacked for shlpmoi The recent strike of tellurium in Iho o Melvlna , In Boulder county , lurns out bo much moro Important than was first o pected. The drift on the vein has been drl on slxly feet. In ere all the way. No tc of the main pay streak has been made , b the mill d'rt shows a value of eight ounc to the tan. James Terry , a leasee on the Delia mlno at Aspen , Is lieing congratulated ovi striking a little pocket of ere that runs n 000 ounces to the ton In silver. While tl strike made by Terry tops that made r cently by Tuley & Fuller in ono of the A pen Mining and Smelting company's pro ; erlles , and shows 7,000 ounces more to tl ton in value , it is not nearly so cxtenslv Tuley & Fuller have taken out several toi of their 10,000-ounco stuff , but Terry wl consider himself lucky If ho succeeds In ge ting out two tons. Silver Cliff and West Cliff are llstenlr to explosions ot giant powder by the Bi Domingo boys. After sinking 218 feet ai drifting soventy-flvo feet from the 1,000-fo level they have cut Iho ere body , whit proves to bo the most valuable mineral cv found In that property. The ore" Is of tl sarno character as previously taken " out , b ; Is far richer. They are now In "eight fc ot solid mineral. The dead work has occ pled over a year and has been operated up < something of a co-operatlvo plan. The lo sees Issued stock , which has 'been a most entirely taken byt homo capitalists at employes. ROY. Father ) Servant Is sccretai of the company , nnd has rendered valuab scrvlco In placing stock and also In dlroc Ing1 matters at the mlno. Great excitement has been created In tl camp at Trinidad and district by the oxblt tlon of some beautiful specimens of fn gold which was brought In by Tom Spark ono of the lessees of Iho Deadwood mlnlt claim , owned by Stubbs & Reynolds of Col rado Springs , These specimens are the mo ueautlful lhat bavo over been seen and very small sample at which , assayed t crysometer test , gave over $100,000 per to These specimens are of a white slllcloi quartz , which was literally full of wires st leaves ot free gold. They wcro found In tl form of nuggets or kidneys formed In tl gangue of the Deadwood vein. On th claim they have a tunnel ninety feet dc < and a vein ot solid quartz two foot wldo at widening with depth , with a streak of gaut on the hanging wall about six Inches wld There are two feet of solid quartz In tl vein , which shown value by mill run tea i $52 per ton , WYOMING. Word haa reached Catpor from Fefrrla th an old pioneer la privately recruiting a cor and fight for tl pan , ' of mountaineers to go freedom of Cuba. Thirty-five of Natroma ai Carbon oounty old Indian flgulera have vc unlocred. Casper citizens have Just awakened to reallzailon of a new Importance the oil I dustry U to them. Since tha refinery openi last month , nfler a prolonged clcoedown , 11 now refiner. Mr , AMnore , late of Los Angelc Cal. , has been using crude oil for fuel better advantage than even the Rock Sprlni coal , and as a result many of our cltlzei are using the crude oil for both heating at cooking purposes , and at a caving of abe 30 per cent over coal. Bplng surrounded 1 oil on every side , this simple and satltfacto inettioU luul e < * ae unobserved. In the pa week hotel * have used It for cooking , a found the test AB others have found it qu up to expectations , Orders were rtcelv at the refinery In one day for the oil for fit families. Gene Lozlcr and William Davis , who n In Sheridan , have Just finished n contra with the Fortunatus company for the ma Ing of a trait up the Llttln Horn cnnjon Bald mountain. A fine trail lias born mm which greatly shortens Iho roulo to t camp. It may not bo Keneratly known , but It a fact nevertheless , says the Lander Cllppi that wo have as fine n vein of genuine 11 man alum In the mines above hero as there In any country. This nliim.-Ahen refined , Is t color of the ruby , and Is used by dyers i account of Its purity. Ed Royce , William Benton and n numb of other citizens of Alcovn Hot Springs h a big ro-operntlvc Irrigation canal sober on foot. The co-operators propose to ta' ' tbo water from Just below the canj'on ai Hot Springs nnd cover several thou ai ncres of beautiful sloping valley lands. Arthur Goodman , n rancher near llvansto was forced lo kill a. big bull elk , one of her.l he has on his ranch. The- old folk not only wanted to fight every stMnger th came In view , but kept tearing down tl fence surrounding the park , with his It menso horns , pprmltllng the animals to g out. Besides the three companies lo begin drl' ' Ing for oil In the Casper field by April word now comes from Plltsburg , Pa. , that M. Shannon , president ot the Pcnnsylvnn Oil and Gas company , now producing ni refining at Casper , will lay a pipe line fro the wells to the refinery the coming stu mer. mer.Gray wolves on Canyon creek , near t ! Carbon county line , are devouring live sloi nt a fearful rate. Fifty head of stock tbo ranchmen In one community have bci killed this winter. It Is ft common sight see from nix to Iwelve and twenty grays n gang , and the range oi < Salt creek , no the Johnson county line , Is just as bad. The Douglas Mining and Milling compai expects to shorlly begin permanent shl mant to Denver of ere from Its War Benne Peak mine. The ere runs all the way fro $ RO.to $122 In copper , with about $2.00 gold. The lead Is 100 feet In width wl twenty-threo Inches ot ore. The proper has a 125-foot shaft anfli n 400-foot tunnel , ORKCSON. Blind staggers 1ms gotlcn among tl sheep near Corvallls. A project for the erection of a emoltcr , Granl's Pass is on foot. The people of Union county nro still wor ! Ing and talking for a sugar beet factory f the Grand Rotdo valley. The tug Tonquln recently took a cargoi SiO ! cases of salmon from Sllotz , the last the pack of the Kernvlllo cannery. Rabbit killing Is a popular amusement Lake county Ihls winter. In one school dl trlct ( jvor 1,200 rabbits were killed by tl neighbors on a recent Sunday. O. T. Robinson ami C. II , Caiman stru ( a very rich Icdgo ot ere on Dodaon moui tain a few days ago , says the Rosebui Plalndealer. Ihe vein Is eluht feet thlc and bears gold , silver nnd copper , but chief copper and gold , and assays very rich. The old Lane blacksand mlno at Rai dolph , In Coos county , will soon be In nctli operation again , says the. Coos Hay New Twenty years ago the Lane mine employe a number of miners at good wages , and Rai dolph , which has since become a dcserU village , was then a lively little town. J. M. Cockcrllne has completed the dltc from Fifteen-Mile creek to his mill at Boyi In Wasco county , and now has ono of tli finest water powers In that county. Th ditch is a mlle nnd a half long , live fc < wldo on the bottom , nnd carries at preset two feet. In depth , of water. At his ml he has obtained a fall of sixty feet , and I thus insured of abundant power. Ilereti fore he has been compelled to let the watt accumulate and then run the mill on th : gathered head. Work Is being pushed on the irrlgatln ditch at Hood River , "and It Is expected the the ditch will bo ready to furnish water h the Inst oj May. The big flume across th river about a mlle below Its head , nnd th bridge to.carry It baa been completed. Thci remains about three miles of flume to b built , thn balance being ditch. Work Is b ( ing done on this , and it will probably b completed before the flume Is. The dltc ; will carry about 4,000 Inches of water , Irr gating 15,000 ncrcs. Nearly the entire force of men employe on the new fortifications at Fort Steven has been discharged , only those woikln on the steam shovel being retained. IIo' ' long the latter force will remain probabl depends on the amount of money on linn to continue the work. It Is said that th reason of this sudden suspension of wor Is on account of the amount of the appro prlatlon for the Fort Stevens Improvement tiavlng been almost exhausted. For the pas flvo months from 100 to 150 men have bee : engaged on the work. About twenty-flvo Pluto Indians called o : the worthy register and receiver at th Burns land office , snys the Burns Herald and declared the Intention of sixty of thcl trlbo to settle on government land early ii the spring. They doslro to locate in on body , and on land east of Burns nnd soutl of , Hnrney. All have squaws nnd chlldrei except * ten. A representative ot the Heral gives it an his opinion that the Indians ur In earnest , and will , as soon as practicable nut In effect their Intentions , draw schoo money and endeavor to educate their chll drcn. , WASHINGTON. Nearly all of the wheat raised last yea In the Klttllas valley has been sn'd. The Vldetto says Alexander McLeod ha secured deeds to 250,000 acres of tlmbe land In Chehalls county. In Lowls county contracts have been mad worth of logs , and nei for fully $30,000 ogglng camps are being started up. In the Washington state reform school a Chehalls there are 104 boys and thlrt K'Irls. The cost ot the school for two year Including $5,000 paid fo IBS been $48,550 , and. The town of Buckley has raised $300 I and labor for the purpose of bulldln money road to the Gold Hill mining dU > a wagon trlct. A call is now being made upon Ta rams to assist In the work. Yaklma a- iicct i MibstTlpllon of $1,000 within three days for a road Into the district , which will be- pushed through nx teen as the weather will permit. Everett U iiow Ihe county sent of Sno- hointsh county. The county records , to gether with the furniture and fixture. * ot the courthouse , ha\o boeu moved from Sno- homish to Kvcretl. Flvo togging camps arc In operation on the Shocikum Chuck river , near Bucoda , employing from ten to fifteen men each , Additional crews will commence e noon as good weather Is assured , J. M. ArrlnRton , a Yaklmn fruitgrower , says that ho has struck oil on his farm. Mr. Arrlnglon's farm Is twelve miles from Yak- him. and fifty-six miles from the nearo t known coal fields , A few dnys ago , whll digging aoll and when down fdrly feel , a largo flow of oil \\ns nlruck. WhU Us qual ity Is Mr. Arrlnglon docs not know , but ho look some of Iho sluft to Ynklma lo chcmlsls lo have It aralyzed. Kdwln Snook has a promising fruit farm down on the Columbia river , near the moutii ot lln\\I ; creek. In Lincoln county. Only n few years ago the flat on which Mr. Snook and others now Iho WAS considered of little value nnd toe IsoUtcd to venture on with n family. It Is at Iho presenl time regarded as ont > of the garden spots ot the county , dpvolcd entirely lo fruit culture , ton ncrca ot which U considered of as much vnluo as n whole farm on the prairie. A thrifty set tlement Is engaged vin the fruit business along tli3 liver , A good school has been provides ! , n literary society flourishes and thn. people crjoy all tha privileges of older cutntminltlos , Indium nru out In numbers sponrlng flan by torchlight , says Iho Sans Pool corre spondent of the Wilbur Register * ' Each uanoo contains two Indians and a torch ; the torch being fat pine splinters three feet In length and placed In the center of the c.inoc. At each end of the cauoo stands a flshonnan wllh a spccr In his hand. The cmioo Is allowed lo drift down the river , crnsawlso wllh the current nnd over shallow birs tu water from oite to three feet deep. The fish being nltraclpd by the light gather around the boat and float silently alongside dazed by the bright light nnd seemingly asleep. They fall an easy prey to the fish erman's spccr. There nro many kinds or spbars for this purpose , hut tliero la but ono ot the number thai can bo relied upon. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rlversldo mills In Reno arc receiving corn from Nebraska by the carload. Alaska salmon packers have formed n cam- bine which will completely control the mar ket. Prehistoric timbers apparently cut by ser iated Hints , have been found In a granite slam of the Live Yankee granite mine at Granltcvllle , Cal. A bill has been pcased by the Arizona legUlnture authorizing the town ot Flag staff to Issue bonds for $05,000 with which to erect water works. Colonel P. R. Smith ot Dc.inlng , N.M. . , has renewed the concession which contem plates the construction of a road from Dcm- IIIR to Guaymas , Mexico. A Mr. Cotllo Is boring for coal near Mls- soula , Mont. At a depth of nlncty-flvo foot he encountered one vein , , another at a depth of 1G5 feet and another I'.OS feet deep. Rich asphalt flclds have just been discov ered In Mexico , which threaten to rival those of Trinidad. The American vlco consul at Matamorus telegraphs that an asphalt field twenty miles square , has Just been found near that place and that capitalists are preparing - paring to work It. Prices for cattle are probably near the top notch. A cattleman made the state ment , says .tho Prcscott ( A. T. ) Courier , that ho would pay $10,000 for 1,000 yearlings. This conlrasts well with two or three years ago , when three-year-olds had an unwilling market at $9 per head. Gold Creek , n mining camp > seventy mllca north of Elko , Ncv. , though established but a few months , has a population of about 500 , with 300 men on , the payrolls wages $3 per day for ten hours' work. Laborers are paid $2 per day working on the reser voir ; teamsters get from $6 to $ S per day for four-horso teams. The discovery of coal In a1 number of dis tricts In Nevada glvo promise of a1 new In dustry for the state. The Nevada Central Railroad company has put eight men nt work on a coal mine near , Cr.um canyon , near Battle mountain , nnd It Is said that the prospects are favorable for the develop ment of extensive coal beds. Montana has the most perfect system of stock Inspection and stock branding of any state In the union. During 1S9G , 254,304 head of cattle were Inspected at the various markets , principally , however , at Chicago. Tha cattle Inspected by the men In the em ploy of the state had n value of $410,511. The same 'Inspectors recovered 20,275 head ot strays during the same time , Another elk has been captured down at Buena Vista and added to the Stockdale collection , says the Ontario ( Cal. ) Record , A vaqucro found It lying downand approaching quietly , was able to catch and tie it with llttlo resistance. It Is doubtless because these animals are protected 'by ' law nnd nro no longer hunted thut they are so gcntlo and apparently fearless of man. A Stockton man named Maxwell , while hunting caltle , discovered a largo body of very superior quality of gllsonlto within sixteen miles of Prlco , Utah. The vein la thirty-three feet thick. It has been tested by an expert chcnvlst , and ho claims It to too worth twelve and a half cents per pound. By pouring turpentine on It It dissolves and makes an excellent polish , as smooth and hard as the best varnish. Advices from Laa Cruccs , N. M , , state that President Edgerton , head of the Scotch syndicate which Is to dam the Rio Grande near Fort Scldon , has gone to London to present his final repojt to the- capitalists who nro back of the enterprise. The report Is highly favorable , the preliminary work has been finished and all the details carefully figured out. The Atchlson , Topeka & Santa Fo company has finished a spur to the dam sltb and a ship load of Portland cement Is about tobo delivered. With two possible exceptions this Is to bo the largest water storage reservoir In the world. It will cost nearly $2,000,000 and will Irrigate 200,000 , acres of Rio Grande valley land between Fort Seldon and El Paso. Probably you think wo only sell Kimball - ball plnnos but you're wrong If you do while we do sell KlinbalU on easy terms we have the largest Hsplay of pictures anywhere In Omaha we frame pictures cheap wo have sheet nmslc lots of It and nil kinds of. nrtlstB * ma terials we lead in our lines. A. HOSPE , JR. , 1513 DOUGLAS. "Wo don't have to keep any books nt this special sale of ours every thing Is cash the price la BO low can't afford to waste Ink and tlmo on charging up everybody Is satis fied with the bargains and that pleases Drex L. Bhuomun. . DREXEL SHOE CO. , 110 FAKNAftl STREET