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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1897)
TJIE O3LATTA DAILY BEE MONDAY. APRIL 6 , 1807. omownoro for his own personal bcncnt. If Mr. Hartley Jis anything to My which will shod further light on the situation he had tatter say It Otherwise the people generally will conclude that ho baa stolen the far.de nd will demand that he be punished accord ingly. BNAI' SHOTS AT Till ! I.KOISI.ATOnS. . , FxcUr Rnl Prlso : The Haller bill to pro- nlblt combinations of flre Instiranco com- Pamea frooi fixing rates for fire Insurance- , Will break the power of the biggest combines In Nebraska. The fight for this mil ami the sincerity of the father of It won lor him many friends among the majority. Toblan Gazette : The record made by our present populist , legislature Is not -what wo would call an enviable one. It has * y Its courro antagonized eastern capital or ratlter put the people of Nebraska In that light among eastern money Inanera that they -will not loan money to a people ; who are continually antagonizing them. Norfolk Journal : The legislature hai re pealed the deficiency judgment law. That's enough mokcylng with the loan laws , and the deal ought to bo stopped right there. If tlio propcccd law extending the stay on foreclosures to twenty-one monthn Instead of nlno U passed , hundreds of Nebraska farm ers will Into their homes , foccauoo It will Tender Iho renewal of loans Impossible. Lyons Sun : Dundas of Ncmaha , hlmsrlt * populist , assi-its that the populist senators foa\o traveled thousands , of miles on passco this winter nnd on Tuesday he offered a resolution In the PcnatH that nil members bo requested to surrender their passes to Iho presiding ofllr.er at once. It Is needless to say that the resolution was killed Im- mod'latrly. Pnnea Journal : It Is well lo lot the popu lists 'havo ' full swing In the legislature and enjoy themselves while the session lasts , for they will probably never bo there to have ilia .tamo privileges ami fun again. The good sense and Judgment of the people 10- volt .igaln.it the narrow-minded partisanship and prejudices that crop out In nearly every plcco of legislation undertaken and will never ngaln exalt to the place of lawmak ers individuals who are so Inclined. Falrfteld News-Herald : In sKty dnya the reform legislature passed eleven bills , and only one of these , the exposition bill , In the Interest of the people. The salary and ex- PLIIEO bills were for the payment of their own KAlarlro nnd the wagca of the employes. The recanvass. Omaha charter , Lincoln charter and stock yards bills are of the rankest kind of partisanship ; the other four wcro simply partisan resolutions , one of which asks Sen- tor Thtirston to vote for free sliver , which ho Ignored ; another asking Senator Allin to uupport the Torrcy bankruptcy bill , which be positively refused to do. And yet this Is a reform legislature. OP AGtTATnn TOOLS. Boston Advertiser : These are truly rapid times. Day before yesterday , people who last fall were saying that to ( juentlon the wis dom of u supreme court decision \as to strike at the very foundation of the govern ment , declared with the same cock-euro posttlveiiPEH that a recent decision of the I. supreme court was wrong nnd mischievous. . Yesterday they hnd got along so far as to broadly Insinuate that measures must be taken without delay to secure a reversal of th9 derision. Galileo wns right. Ies Molncs Leader : The unanimity with which the leading railroad attorneys of the country are declaring that the recent anti trust decision In a blow at labor unions be- tokcr.6 a marvelous change of sentiment on the part of these gentlemen since the dost ? of the American Railway union strikes. That thcso gentlemen represent corporations which Btlll have participants In that strike on the black list may lead to suspicion of tho'sin- cerlty of. their friendship for organized labor nnd to the conclusion that a campaign Is un- dsr way to use the union labor vote of the country as a lover to force a modification of the anti-trust law. Buffalo Express : The Express repeatedly has said that pooling under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce commission offers the most practicable solution of ths problem of providing equal rates for all shippers , with reasonable ) stability. It seems .to us that It Is the public , which Is chiefly Interested In ' behalf of pooling. The railroads are rad ically different In character from the ordi nary trust. If His bill of Senator Foraker can bo passed , it is to bo apprehended that only good results will bo seen. It was on 'account of the lack of such provision In the interstate commerce act that the supreme court was compelled to find ns it did In tha Transmlspourl case. Washington Times : The Foraker bill ap pears to guard the Interests of the public , as against dangers of oppression , overcharging and unjust discrimination , very fully nnd forcibly , and wo do not at this time sco any strong reason why reasonable relief to the common carriers should not ba accorded. Perhaps such action might establish no equitable precedent. There are other associa tions of a description equally as Innocent as thosa maintained by the railways for traffic purposes , nnd which equally appear today as illegal combinations. They also may ask re lief , similar to that which most undoubtedly 1-III bo given to the great corporations. Hrooklyu Eagle : Wo do not believe that the people of the country desire to sco the railroads bankrupted by the numerous re pressive measures that have been brought to bear against them , and It It bo possible 1hat they can prosper under a system of legal. Ized combination , subject to the scrutiny of the government , wo think they should bo al lowed to combine as the Foraker bill would allow them to do. It Is noteworthy In this relation that the more Influential newspa pers In all parts of the country are express ing vigorous dissent from the decision of * the supreme court In ths Transmlssourl case. It is one. thing to check the railroads ; It Is quite another to drive them out of business. GOOD .tintv roil OFFICE : . : Kansas City Star : In , selecting Ben But- terworth of Ohio to bo commissioner of patents , the president has chcsen wisely. Mr. Butterworth Is n good lawyer , a man of wide experience and excellent Judgment , and will give to the office ono of the most Important In the public service assiduous attention nnd plenty of energy and ability. Boston Glebe : There will bs warm , con gratulations in abundance to General Wil liam F , Draper over the announcement of lila appointment as ambassador to Italy. As citizen , t-oldler , manufacturer and congress man he ) ias _ made a notable and distin guished record. He ranks , unquestionably , among those men whom Massachusetts de lights to sou held in honor , and it Is of course a foregone conclusion that ho will not only provo In every way persona grata at Rome , but will fulfill every duty that may devolve on him as representative of his country in Italy with discretion , dignity and success. Indianapolis Journal : The president is making some excellent appointments these days. That of Hon. Benjamin Butterworth , for commUaloncr of patents , could not be Improved on. Andrew D. White , ox-pres- Idont of Cornell university , who has been appointed ambassador to Germany , Is ad mirably qualified for the position In every respect. Ex-Congressman Draper of Massa chusetts , the new ombarsador to Italy , has an , excellent war record , having entered the army a second lieutenant and come out a brevet brigadier general , and he also made good record in congress. The president la not making any mistakes nt least not many , Philadelphia Record : President Me- Klnley has made. a most felic itous choice In selecting Mr. Frank W. Pal mer of Chicago for public printer. Mr , Pal mer Is < i printer and publisher to begin with , and understands his business , Aa public printer during the Harrison administration ho had the opportunity and ho Improved It of showing thu country what a public printer should be. Ho has not only business but official experience , largo acquaintance with public men , affable mannori , good Judgment and quick and decisive executive ability , The responsible management of the public print ing has grown to be a position of great im portance , and there will be general satisfac tion ( hat It has been placed In such safe and capable bands. I'KUSO.VAL AM ) OTIII2IIW1HI2. Iludyard Kipling bail t > wn sent to Crete as war correspondent of the London Times at & salary of $5,000 a month. The czar of Russia Is the richest man in tlio world. Ho baa at his disposal every > . penny raised by the government. Some belated spring poetry refer * ten derly to the affectionate qualities of hay Xover. A * tbora it abundant moisture at present for all practical needs , publication of ) the tear-making zonnct Is deferred till the dry season. Crlpfclo Creels ought to bo the happiest wining camp In the world. It now pro duces $1,000,000 In geM every month. The annual discovery of the Benders Is a trifle ahead of the schedule. Strange to say Charley Ross unaccountably lags in ob scurity. Chicago knockers are becoming quite pro ficient in extracting teeth with gold fillings. They give no assurance , however , that the operation is painless. Current discussion about airships excites lltllo Interest , because they are not the kind of floaters In demand during spring elections and frcshctn. It la reported that prunes wilt not be ns plentiful as usual this year. Inventive skill may bo rolled on to provide an equivalent dissipation for boarders. Western civilization ls cutting a large swath In the Orient. It la gravely an nounced that the "Mikado Is fond of \\omen. " Ah , tlio old rascal. A fight on the floor ot the Kentucky sen- nto ended by a "fierce appcr-cut being In tercepted by frlemds" pf the upper-cutter. The referee declared the motion out of or der. IlArlnn. Harrison nnd Heilng are running n lively race for mayor of Chicago. Al though there is little of the anglomatila spirit in the lake dty , it Is certain to drop n few H's next Tuesday. The famous Davis will case U about to bob up again In Montana , a motion for a rehearing having been granted. As there nro several million dollars tied up In the case , the duration of the litigation is be yond the scope of prophecy , The value of fire drill 4n public Institu tions was admirably demonstrated at the rocenl conflagration at the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insanei on Ward's Island , N. Y. The 1,100 Inmates were promptly marshaled and led from the burning build ing , and so far as reported , not one of thorn was harmed. .Mrs. Annie L. DlggsIs booked for the suporltilendcncy of the Kansas Industrial School for Girls. Mrs. Dlgga achieved distinctIon tinct-Ion by curling the hair of Mrs. Lease In a political dobuto last year. From her admitted accomplishment the Industry she will teach may be Inferred , but woe to the Inmate- who talks back or contests for the lost word. JUST KOIL IHM , Chicago Record : "Belinda , how do you treat n stupid nmn who admires you" " "Jlenlly , 1 don't know ; when a man nd- mlres me I never do myself thu Injustice to consider htm .stupid. " Clove-land Plnln Dealer : "Dear mo , I haven't u bit of face powder left ! " "Then you have lapsed back to barbar ism. " i "What do you mean ? " "I mean that you are without the. pale ot civilization. " Chicago Post : "Do you think he's worthy of our daughter ? " asked the old gentle man doubtfully. "Worthy1 cxcl.ilmcd Sirs. Bloomer , ns If nstonlHlied at the question ; "why , ho hus n record , of twenty-six , century runs. " New York Journal She It may be true that you love mo , but your words some how tlo not hccm to have the right ring lie ( tenderly ) Don't be foolish , dear ; I'vu got that In my pocket. " Chicago Tribune : She James , what Is It to tulto whisky "straight ? " Taking It through n. straw ? Ho ( with his head behind a newspaper ) I think that's ra right , my dear. Washington Star : "I sco that the maga- zlnea are arranging to get out some very fancy Easter numbers , " she said. "Yes , " replied her husband ; "and so , I suppose are the people who write the price tags for springmillinery. . " Detroit Frco Press : "Dcre ain't no Jus- tloo in law , " said Roaming Robin as the policeman led him uwny. "Ills honor gimme thirty daya fer bcln * too fresh wid 'Im when he knowcd I was just pulled this mornln1. " i Indianapolis Journal : "The cashier of the coal office has lost his Job. " "How did that happen ? ' * " , . , , . . "He rushed Into the ofHco and told his employers ho had hoard a robin. " Cincinnati Enquirer : "I was DO mad , " said the vivacious young American lady , "that I could have eaten a pound o nails. The listening Englishman made a note In his commonplace book that evening : "Antror U so well recognized ns a nervous complaint In this country that the natives are in the habit of taking Iron , to counter act It. " ' POST-MORTEM LUCK. ' Philadelphia Call. Ho wrote a little ditty That wns wise and weird nnd witty ; And ho sent It such a pity ! To a leading magazine ; , Years , and weary years , lie waited , I But hla vciscs were belated : Now they're being- syndicated I Ho has left this earthly scene ! NOT A CANDIDATE. CTilcaco npcord. Oh no ; I'm not a candidate. I very much regret Such rumors should gain currency concernIng - Ing me and yet Of course the post's an honored one would honor any man But I shall never work for it upon the scrambling plan. You see , I'm not a candidate , and very , very much Do I deplore the error that has put mo down as such. Have a cigar or two or three ? Just take some fire from mine. I have ten boxes In my room. They're something rather fine. Although I'm not a candidate , my earnest trlends Insist That my name is the favored ono of all those on the list. Obaervo yon frantic partisan who's whoopIng - Ing loud for me. I lent him twenty dollars ; now I wish I'd made It three I I can't bo called n candidate. It's quite well known that I Am not a politician , nor have been In days I've lent my name reluctantly sometimes ; but I have been Deprived of honest victory , by fraud and theft and sin. I I'm not nt all n. candidate that'is , not In the sense That I am In the fight to win regardless of expense. I shall not puiehase men or votes. On , by tlio way , see hero ; Would you not like to borrow ten ? Pay It some olliei jear. I'm not ns yet a candidate , but If the pee I am the on/ ) man to win , why , I should bo inclined To sacrltlcu my business , my desires , my WlBllOH all. H would bo Inconvenient , but it would : o duty a call. I'm a receptlvo candidate. I'm in my party's hands ; I'm hero with nlxty shoutera and three very loud brass bands ; Still , If I am selected , It must be upon the Of pabslvo dignity. I let the olllco seek ; the man. i , I Pulse of Western Progress , tiJliJ Present indications would seem to war rant the belief that the lima belt tributary to this place , will , with further develop ment , prove aa rich , If not richer , says the Ouster Chronicle , than that of the more celebrated Ilagged Top camp of the northern hills , which la now attracting such wide spread attention throughout the country. The recent discovery of surface ere on this belt , twelve miles south of this place , shows a value that -would fairly Justify such belief - lief , and It would bo na strange as It would bo disappointing If such belief should not be fully confirmed by the further develop ment of the ore bodies already discovered upon the belt named. The now discovery referred to was made by Mr. A. T. Fcay of this place , who , with lila associates , W. A. White. George Haver and D. H. Wood , are the owners of a group of four claims In a body , the two last named being Interested in only one of the claims. The testa made upon the ere taken from the surface of ono of the claims , in which the four gentleman named are equally Interested , were five in number , and a careful test showed values as follows : Soventy-alx dollars , $76.70 , $82 , $87 , $100. These tests wcro made from ere broken from largo boulders , called by pros pectors "turtle back" boulders , which Ho In great profusion upon the surface of the claim. WILL DOOM WYOMING OIL. News comes from Casper , says the Lara- mlo Boomerang , that the surrounding coun try will tie the scene of extensive oil mining operations during , the coming summer. The refinery nt Casper has been turning out some very high grade lubricating oil and ths attention of outside capital Is bolng di rected to the wonderful underground oil basin lying 'between ' Casper and Douglas. The oil fields are splendidly situated ; two railroads entering their borders , the Den ver & Gulf coming In from the south and furnishing quick and direct transportation to Galvcaton , where the oil will bo shipped to European ports , the Fremont & Elk- born railroad , a part of the Northwestern system , tapping the belt from the cast and offering a direct route to the eastern sea board. A number of largo outfits are busily engaged In drilling wella through the entire region. It Is Impossible to tell where Uio confines of this oil field lie , except perhaps to the south nnd cast , where mountains horn In the basin. Oil appears In springs In places throughout the entire basin , the geographical center of which appears to bo Douglas , a town seemingly unconscious " of the great wealth that probably lies" bevieath Its streets. The experts and people familiar with the geographical formation of the val ley state that the lands will some day Oc- rlvo an untold value from the oil ben oath the surface. Douglas Itself has splendid facilities for oil mining ; It lies In close proximity to Orln Junction , nnd that fact nlono means cheap and quick transportation to Denver and Galveston. GRAND ENCAMPMENT COPPER. The Saratoga Sun gives an extensive re port of the copper strikes made in the vfcin- Ity of Saratoga. The report states that A. G. Bullock was In Saratoga to record a cop per claim , aipon which he baa been at work for eomo time , on the south branch of Lake creek. He had Just finished the assessment work nnd brought In a piece of quartz which Is strongly impregnated with copper and con tains almost as much of that metal as the ore from the Battle Lake mines. He says the lead cuts across the country formation and can bo traced for some distance. It woo sixteen Inches wide nt the top and was twoi Inches wider at a depth of twelve feet. The ere from this claim Is very like that found In Luffkln brothers' claim and others near It , which are situated four or five miles northwest of It. The copper vein found by Mr. Flemmlng nnd his sons , which Is on the south fork of Encampment , Immediately adJoining - Joining their ranch , is probably ot the mot valuable finds In that line made the past four or five months. It Is well down out of the hills , is at least eight feet wide and glvca evidence of containing copper enough to make a fine property. In fact nearly all the recent finds , both In Grand Encampment dis trict nnd in the Lake creek regions , nro of copper leads , and the probability of still more and better finds of like character being made as soon as the snow disappears sufficiently to admit of a thorough prcspcctlng ot the hills grows stronger all the time. HAHTVILLE IRON DEPOSITS. Concerning the recent excitement over the seven cars of iron ere shipped from Hart- vlllo to the Pueblo smelters , a gentleman well posted says that the ore is the same as that sent from Hartvillo to the World's fair. This ere was awarded the first pre mium by the commissioners , says a Chey- oano special to the Denver News. It Is the highest grade of red , hematite Iron , and has been pronounced tlio finest in the world for making the best ( Bessemer steel. This ere lies Just below the grass roots and can , bo mined In unHmlted quantities at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per ton. ThU ore has been assayed by experts and runs from 65 to 70 per cent pure iron. The town of Hartvillo ihas had a checkered career. Rich deposits of copper have been found there , but the territory has never5 been thoroughly prospected. In 18S9 It was settled ns a silver and copper camp. Thd Wyoming Copper company bought the Sunrlso mine , paying $60,000 for it , and , put up a reduction works at Falrbank at a cost o ! $25,000. The com pany expended $10,000 in establishing a line of wagon transportation and In four months took out $87,000 In copper matte , when it was forced to close down. The men con stituting the Wyoming Copper company were Colonel Rabbet , Edson Keith , N. K. Fairbanks and a Mr. Mason. The town of Hartvillo lies on the north side of the North Platte river , and has a townslte of 2,200 acres laid. out. It Is sixteen miles from old Fort Laramle , a'nd ' is also sixteen miles from the Glendover station on Uie Denver & Gulf. SEVE-.V DEVILS TERMINUS AT PAYETTE. Latest advices are to the effect that the proposed railroad Into the famous Seven Devils district , In which Helena capital ists are largely Interested , will surely bo built this summer , says a Helena , Mont. , special to the Denver Republican , the con tracts for the construction having already been let and a sufficient number of bonds floated to build and equip the road. It is stated on reliable authority that S. B. Caldcr- hcad , general passenger agent of the Mon tana Union , boa been selected general traf fic manager for the Seven Dovlla road. It will be eight or ton months before Mr. Caldorhead la called upon to assume his now duties , provided that the information In re gard to bis appointment is authentic , which Is generally supposed to bo the case In rail road circles. It has been decided within the , past few days that the new road will branch , oft from the Oregon Short Line at Payette and run up Welaer creek to Hornet creek and thence to the top of the Seven Devils range and over onto the Snake river sldo. The length ot the road will bo about 110 miles and It will open up some fabulously rich mining country. Another survey has been run into the Salmon river country , When you can get a carpet at the prlco you want and the quality you want you're sure to buy ain't you ? wo have both combined In nil the new est designs and colorings our own ex clusive patterns we've picked the qual ity of all the world's markets and now wo'vo made the price Just as low ns that quality will admit you will never bo disappointed lu the carpet you select at our store. Omaha Carpet Co 1515 Dodge St. but It Is not thought tmit'thls branch ot the road will bo built atiprmcnt. Uonds to the amount of $3,000,000 , , Joavo been floatexl In New York , but It Is not'thought that It will cost more than .OOO.WXTto build and equip the road. The contract for Its construction has already been let fnd t requires the road to bo finished by Aprjl , 1 , 1893. The con struction will bo carrlctl on with the utmost energy , however , andllb'lcr expected the road will bo ready for business In nine or ten months. The contract for the first forty-five miles IIRS been sub-let to Wllkerson ft Kcagh of Salt Lake , who ore to begin work In ten days and have It finished In six months. The citizens of Payctto secured the road from Welser by subscribing halt of the unoccu pied loti In the town , about COO acres In all , and $10,000 In cash. The line from Poyetto will bo three and a half miles longer than It It had bean started from Wolser. LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE. Ono ot the most ) thrilling' encounters with a mountain lion ever known In this state occurred near Ola a few days ago , says a Dolso ( Idaho ) special to the Anaconda Standard. Charles Bannister and Jake Woods wcro passing long a trail leading from their work to their camp. There was no thought of danger In their minds until there was a flash in the air and an cnor- . mous mountain lion landed on Woods' shoul- i der. The contact knocked him over , and his companion thought bo was certainly killed. Reaching for a stone , Uannlstcr In stantly attacked the beast , breaking Its shoulder blade. The lion then sprang upon him , when Woods came to his rescue , also armed with a rock. The lion was attempt ing to tear Bannister's throat. Woods struck It on the head arid fractured Its skull. The .ilcn finally managed to kill It. It mcasuied nlno feet from tip to tip , and It was found that It had leaped thirty feet In springing upon Woods. The mountain lion never attacks men unless driven to It by hunger. The snows In the mountains had probably deprived this beast of food , and It was ready to spring upon the first living thins it saw. HIGH IDAHO MINES. A rich strike was made a few wecka ago on Little Bear creek , near Anderson post- office and a genuine mining 'boom ' Is on In that country , and claims arc being located every few days , sayfl the Moscow ( Idaho ) Mirror. For the past year or thereabouts parties have been working on a prospect which Indicated copper nnd gold , but not bolng successful , abandoned the prospect , and Mr. Anderson relocated It. and thU winter began work in the tunnel already started. Ho had driven the work but a short distance when he- tapped a largo vein of copper bearing ore , the extent not being known. Arsays showed from $32 to $37.50 p r ton In copper at 10 cents per pound , or from 1C to 18 per cent. Information as to the discovery became Current and during the past ton daya n largo number of claims have been staked out , ilx. being located last Saturday. Parties from Pullman have lo cated claims and will put a force of men at work within a short time developing. in describing the dln- The Vollmer News , - < covcry , says : "This grbund was located years ago by a prospector named Cox. who tunneled into it front th face of the bluff for a dlstanco ot 200''fdet. Arsajs were made from time to tlmo'wlth the most prom ising results , but for some reason the mine WEU abandoned , and "for a long period the original'locators havS'noC been heard from. Laet fall Mr. AndcrSdn began prospecting In the old tunnel. He'silnlt a ehaft to a con siderable depth from'-th'e'floor ' of the tunnel and has had two aHiayal from rock taken from this , ono of which'- showed $32. and the other $37.50 to thfJ ton In copper. " GOLD ON Tlll3 OLYMPICS. Every report .that , pswej from the Olym pics tells a story of nrpanectors coming out and adding to the knowledge already gained , that there Is gold uVth'o rugged fastness of fcho hills , and that tfhieplll prove mineral wealth untold is lylnif-'purlcd In the ravines and preclpltouo cliffs op. the ; n.ortlhvcst pdnlnauli.-1 \ ' ' , _ , Writing from Chlnlacura to the Port Townsend Leader , Barton Iloblnsan , ail old tlrno prospector 'in the 'Olympic range , con firms the reports of others who assert that gold Is there If It 'be ' 'sought for. He says men of persoverlug qualities and with prac tical mining knowledge are thcso who are wanted to develop the country. The moun tains are steep and rugged , hard of approach preach aiad the heavy lion cap that In most portions oovera the precious mineral from sight , makes the district one not to besought sought out by the prospector who expects to gather golfl from the" sands of the moun tain streams. According to Mr. Iloblnson and olhers who "havo penetrated these Tugged mountains , it Is not high up on the peaks that the gold Is to bo found , but down d cp in the canyons eJnd ravlnca , at the base of the lower water courses that the search must bo made toe- fore the labors of the prsspector will be re warded. J. S. Bert of Victoria , B. C. , has made a trip into the heart of thcco moun tains and verifies what Mr. Robinson says In his letter. The gold Is there , but will It pay to.mine and will the forestry reserve keep the state of Washington from testing the worth of the Olympic mineral , Is the question that Is agitating the minds of most of the settlers of Jefferson county. Should the Cleveland Washington ressrvAtlcn order ' bo rescinded by the p'resent congress the citizens along Hood's canal do not hesitate to say that there will be a rush of pros pectors to the mountains this summer , and the country will bo 'thoroughly explored. Much interest is being taken all through the northwest In this matter , and mining men seem to be alive to the fact that the mineral Is there , if it can only be reached. Hood's canal has many harbors that could bo easily improved and made ready for the ship ment of ore and the cities of the Sound would teen have a now territory for trade , which would add a profitable feature to their commercial interests. WASHINGTON MINERAL REGION. In the Port Townsend Leader Is an ac count of the discovery of a rldi lead of galena ere , reported at the olUco of this Journal by A. M. Sabean of this city , says the Seattle Post-Iutelllgcnccr. Numerous Inquiries have beeu made about the matter. None of the settlers here know of such a find 03 a ten to thirty-foot lead of galena ere traceable 3,000 feet up a mountain , with assays running all thu way from $2 to > $120 per ton. But a lead of gold quartz five feet wide , traceable for about 200 feet , assaying $13.50 per tou. sixteen , miles from tidewater. Tills assay was from four feet below the surface , and was dlscpvcred over a year ago. Three other leads have been found , assaying from $4.80 to ? G.ln gold from crop- pings. It has also' bcp'q , reported that a lead twelve feet wide , ( rateable 500 feet In spots , assaying from Groupings $7,50 per ton , has been found 8even > mlles from tidewater. This la in iron capping. Eugene Wolcot also found a.lead of fibld'qVjartz ' In his creek about 300 feet above tlltfrlver bottom , which is Identically the sanlooaa the one stated above. Mr. Wolcot It ( going to put a tun nel In on thd lead aa.jeooa as possible. This claim is four miles an dim quarter from the Brlnnou postofilco. Tlier * is a seven-foot wagon road on the line tot theeo prospects for seven mlle.i to Mr. John Mabon's ranch ; from there for a dlstanco ot about five miles there is a good pack trail. At tbo end of this trail Is the Grand canyon of the Dose- walllps , the walls of which rlso majestically to a height of 1,500 feet above the river. The walls on the north stdo ot the river ore nearly perpendicular , but on the south sldo It would neb take very much labor to. build a pack trail or roail up t ( | thd forks , a dls tanco ot about eight miles. The forks of the Dosewalllps are about twenty-one mlles from tidewater. For thrco miles along the county road there Is a solid block ot claims. Thrco miles Is the width of the iron dike. There have been staked off slnco February 1 about fifty or sixty claims ; 00 these about twenty-five have been recorded. The people hero generally allow about twenty days to pass bcforo they have their claims re corded , i THE DAKOTAS. The Dowdlo creamery expects to start up In about a week. Horses cold at 25 cents each at a sale In Wadsworth recently. South Dakota's War department list Is re corded at 30,000 available men. Uncln Sam will build twenty-five now houses for the Indians this spring on the Yankton reservation. The Aberdeen roller mills turned out 1,735 barrels of flour , or about 300 barrels per day , ono week last month. * A warehouse Is going up at Huron for the storage of beer , to bo completed by the tlmo the new liquor license law goes Into effect. I There la a report that a company Is being organized 'n Plcrro to bore for natural gns. The Intention Is to go and keep going until the gas Is found. A Ucadwowl paper had quite a unique ex perience recently. A Chinaman came Into the office to leave an order for several hundred copies of the bible to bo printed In the Chinese language. More than thirty homestead entries In the ceded Sioux lands on White and Bad rivers have been "held for cancellation upon the report of a special agent , alleging that the cntryiaen bavo abandoned their horn- steads. A case of leprosy lias been discovered at Canton , S. I ) . The leper Is John Mlckeleon , a Norwegian , and bo has been living on a farm for several years -with his mother and a sister. He is a most pitiable-looking human being and twill probably die in a few days. Humphrey's creek , a small mountain stream near Rapid City , has the peculiar properties of petrifying everything that is allowed to remain any length of time In Its watcm. A Swede named Christiansen baa established what he calls a petrlfication farm on the stream and advertises to petrify human bodies at prices ranging from $50 to $200. He will also petrify pet dogs , cats , birds , etc. , nt "prices to suit customers. " Jamestown will hold an annual fair thin year , September 21 to 24 Inclusive. A cor poration Is to bo formed under the name of the North Dakota Fair and Expedition asso ciation. The association now owns ground where the former James river valley fairs were held In this city , Including a fine race track , and will have a capital of several thousand dollars to begin with. Now and additional buildings will bo erected and preparations made for the finest fair yet held In the state. Members of the colony -which went from thin section to the vicinity of Norfolk , Va. , a year ago , says a Milner , N. D. , special , are far from satisfied with the change , ac cording to letters received by frlcnda here The country Is largely settled by negroes and It Is almost Impossible for white men to obtain work at all , and when they do It Is at starvation wages , and they are com pelled to work alongside colored laborers. Markets are poor and farm produce hardly brings the cost of production. A general desire secma to exist In the colony to return to "North Dakota. COLORADO. Native copper has been discovered In the vicinity oj Aspen and is causing no little enthusiasm. Ono hundred and thlrty-elx men are now working on the Lamartlno mine. This Is on9 of Clear Creek's great representative mines. An avalanche came down Clear Creek canon , near Golden , sweeping away a lot of timbers. This la almost unheard of in that locality. A strike was encountered on the First Trial at El Mora which gave a return ot $40 a ton at a depth of only twelve feet. The vein , which Is a sulphide fissure , is In place with granite and porphyry walls. Chrlslcnsen & Wllkle , operating the Mocae mine In Ellthorn gulch , on the Gilpln sldo of bcaton mountain , have opened up a big body of ere In that claim and are shipping smslting ere running from $00 to $100 per ton. ton.At At the new camp of Lump gulch , which lleo about eight miles northeast of Central City , general work of development In nearly all of the claims is being carried on despite the unsatisfactory state of weather. There ar ° about 100 men at work In camp. There are now five tracts of land located at different points In the vicinity of Colum- blno. where it is Intended that future cities shall spring up. Three already are offering lots for sale and the other two will bo ready for business as soon as spring opens and the snow leaves. Tlio cold weather has had no effect on the grasshoppers at Eaton. F. G. Recman exhibited an envelope full of young ones which h ? had picked up on his place. An effort will be made to take concerted action to stamp out this pest , which wrought such havoc last year. LouisEssman , , an old-tlmo Gilpln county prropector , lias discovered some nice lookIng - Ing lodes In the vicinity of Morgan's ranch , about a mile and a half east of Lump Gulch. Mr. Eissman claims It Is tellurium ore , and in 1876 , while prrapsctlng In the same vicinity , ho found a surface pocket of pay ore which , when shipped to Black Hawk , gave returns of twelve ounces of gold and 173 ounces of silver per ton. The surface pocket was soon .exhausted , however , and Mr. Essman became discouraged and left , only to return again , and ho believes ho will yet make a strike In that locality. The La Belle placer fields attract much attention. A number of Trinidad capitalists have leased the El Dorado placer extend ing up Spring gulch from where it empties Into the Comanche. A force has been started to work and bedrock Is being sought by trenching down on the Comanche. The gravel pans freely. It Is the present Inten tion to get the property ready for ( sluicing In tlmo to make use of the melting snow and the early spring rains. If In this way the property is found to be as rich as is supposed by all indications , extensive dltohea will bo prepared for next season's work. WYOMING. Tlio Rock Springs company Is getting the lumber on the ground for extensive Improve ments to their plant at Fourmllo. They In- While wo want ydu'to1 coino in and sco these beautiful artfc Kwtloiia wo have wn don't want yoU' ' Wforget that we and wo alone sell tab famous Klinball piano the only piano that receives the universal endorsement of most all the prominent musicians of the entire world the piano that wo sell at a proflt sharing prlco either for cash or oiv our usual easy terms , i A HOSPE Jr. , , . , lluslc and Alt 1513 Douglas. tend to push operations this season while the voter lasts. Careful estlmatcn pltco the number ot sheep that will bo shorn In Sweclwaler county tbo promt season at 200,000. There ro 250 tic choppers kti the camp at Elk mountain who have Just quit work for the season. A force of fifty men Is hank- Ing up the tlcfl along the -Medicine Dow rlrcr. Work will soon be siupt'iiJcd until the Medicine LJow breaks uphen the work ot driving logs wilt begin. The people of the Big Horn basin Are going to petition the new Administration to establish a land ofllco at the county seat of nig Horn county. At present they are compelled to travel to cither Lander or Buf falo , a dlstanco ot from eighty to 250 miles , to attend to business before the United States land office. Colonel Cody Is arranging to ship forty tons ot ere from the mines on the south fork of the Stlnklngwatcr this reason for smelter tests. Recent testa ot small quan tities ot concentrates from Ihcso mines gave returns ot 30 per cent copper , $12 In gold and a small percentage of stive t to the ton. Them Is a largo mountain ol the ore. The Lambs' club of Now York City has established a game preserve on Cedar moun tain , not al great distance from Cody. This club Is made up ot actors , men of wealth and many who have both leisure and wealth and arc constantly In quest ot some now excitement In life outside ot the feverish round ot city dissipations. They nlll stock the preserve with game animals , after the manner ot the rich noblcnmn In England , and then Indulge In blood-tingling sport of killing them when the fancy for .1 llttlo adventure Is on. The advance guard of sheep shcaim are beginning to arrive at Htuvlltis. The bhenr- liiR season will begin about April 0 at Fort Stcclc , Rawllns and vicinity. About (00,000 sheep will bo clipped. Something llku 100- 000 wilt bo shorn on Siiako river and as many moni near Carbon and Medlclno Bow. As eight pounds Is considered an average llccce. It nlll be seen that the wool product ot Carbon county Is an item of some Importance. On April 20 the wool growers will hold a meeting to take action In refer ence to the disposal of this uraon's clip. OREGON. The diamond drill that will borc-for coal In Wasco county has arrived In Tlio Dalles , and work with it will begin coon. Albany may soon have a fruit dryer , Mr. N. Waldahl of that place , It U said , Is to build one to have a capacity of 200 bushels ppr day. It Is estimated that 12,000.000 feet of logs will be brought down the Grande Hondo river at the annual log drive which will soon take place. Hay la scarce In the Wallow * valley. Not long ago It was selling at $2 a ton , but now brings from $ S to $10 , with a demand that exceeds the supply. There la a movement on foot to make Uio artesian \\ell , six miles cast of Burns , In Homey county , useful , by drawing the pip * up to the 335-foot flow. The fund to erect a monument to the vic tims of the Silver Lake ( lie. In Lake county , now amounts to $1,500 , and negotiations for the marble have been entered Into. A large cherry tree in Dayton , three feet In diameter , was blown over by a recent storm. This tree bore a. ton ot fruit In ono season. It was set out forty-five years ago. 'James ' Smith of Junction City has a goat with three horns. The extra born is about five inches long , and grows on the jaw under the left ear , and is as much of a horn ao the two others. George Donahue found a prehistoric mam moth's tooth in the Virtue mining district recently. The tooth weighs eight and a half pounds , measures nlno Inches In length , and is Gx3 Inches across the face. A committee of Grant's Pass citizens ban been named by the Board of Trade to co operate with R. D. Hume , the salmon packer at the mouth of Rogus river , to secure the establishment of n flsh hatchery on Butte creek of some other upper waters of. Rogue river. The cojd storms are killing cattle and sheep on the ranges In Lane county , and heavy losses are reported from all directions. Tlio feed supply Is completely exhausted and the stock is so reduced in strength that It cannot withstand severe weather. The losses nro heavier than for years. The Sclo roller mill now has the largest stock of flour on hand over accumulated there. After having filled the flourhouso and all of tha available space in the mill , a track or truckway has been constructed from the mill to the warehouaa , the lower story of which is now being filled. It was not wild parsnip that killed the calves at the experiment station of the ag ricultural college , but water hemlock. Prof. French , in a bulletin recently issued from the college , says : "Since the experimental feeding ot the root. Prof. Hcdrlck has re ceived replies from several botanists to whom samples of the roots were sent for Identifi cation , nnd all have replied that the plant is not wild parsnip , or water parsnip ( Slum L. ) , but a plant closely resembling the formsr , called water hemlock ( Cicuta L. ) As to the < ; xact species we nro not certain , but investi gations will bo made to settle this point. " WASHINGTON. About 100 horses -were killed during the winter in the rough country at the head of Asotln creek by falling- from steep cliffs. The plan of spreading disease among the squirrels by Inoculating some of them and turning them loose will bo tried in Adams county. Spokane has a match factory with a ca pacity of fifty cases of matches a day. The factory is giving employment to fifteen girls , who are employed as packers. W. R. Moultroy's new shingle mill at Licking , lu Whatcom county , started up with twenty-five men at work. The mill has a capacity of 120,000 shingles a day. M. H. Ilouaer Intends to put in machinery to Increase the capacity" " of his flouring mill in Pomeroy from forty to 100 barrels a day. It will take about a month to make the Im provements. ' The IndlanK along the ) Sans Poll ore busy pulling up the location stakes that wore driven on the Colvlllo reservation bars by the locators who expected to see the reser vation opened. C. W. Allen of Kelso has cut nearly 4.000- 000 shingles this jear. About 800 cords of bolts have been removed from the boom , and It Is estimated that there yet remain about 2,000 cords thero. The H. J. Miller Lumber company of Cbehalis received an order for 000,000 feet of lumber. The lumber will bo cut by the Prescott-Vunncss mill. In Wlnlock , and will be shipped to Duluth. G. A.Morrison la putting up a saw mill and box factory near the Great Northern depot In Wenatcheo. This location will bo convenient for fruit fihlppora this season , on they can unload their fruit , and , without going out of the way , take on a load of boxes for tlio return trip. Since the first of August , 189C , over 180,000 has been paid out by the fish buyers In Aberdeen for fish. A prominent buyer says that raoro fish have been flhlpped from there this year than over before , and that this promises to bo the best year ever experi enced In tbo fish business. At the present tlmo Iho only salmon caught on thu coast nro caught on Gray's harbor , and tbo ship pers are unable lo supply the demand , A HAIR TONIC The flrtt nd onljr rtljcovorjr ksown lo m llc l fflcnr * lo turn sr y hnlr b cK to Its youthful natural color by the nclentlnc notion of clrcul t Ins the coloring mutter throughout the channtU of the hair' * tnllro structure. Stops Hair Palling. In from 51 > iour lo ona trte'x. Cures Dandruff un.l . All knoun ailment * of the tiMr nnd rcalp. A mctllclnr ( or restoring the health And llcnuty of the hnlr of chlMten or Adult * , llnlcs or Fe males , niomld ur limnetic * . Softens ilry. liAri ! litlr , keti'S Iislr In curl nnU I * the b t li lr Irnsliiff in tlio noil.l. Sold f\nwhere Can b nrrtrrtil l > y mall. AdilrcM Mine. Yule. Temple of * uly , Chicago. Mm * . Vote's < lul < lc to lleauly rnnllrd frcf. 1J e Mndamc Yule's Hand Whlltnrr ( or l.tlr \Vhlle I Inn.In. largo trndo Is being established at Spokane- , Rossland and points In Iho norlhcastern part of the state. George II , Ileuton came Into KIlensbiirR from the Swank mines , bringing with him the result of a week's work In the Klllolt claim , on Williams creek , amounting to $100. Ho hnd 35 ounces ; the largest 'nugget weighed $35.hllo others weighed $20 , $13 , $10 nnd so on down to a cap box full -of fine gold. The rumor appears well founded , says the Cnthlamet Gazette , that the Ilwnco Railway & Navigation company will luilld to Point Ellis , above Chinook , nl an cnrly date. The company v s granted by congress the right of way through the Scnrboro Mill reserva tion. The terms under which they received their concession will expire In one year , licnco It Is Imperative that work should bs commenced at once. The land department of the Northern Pa cific intends to g'lvo migar-bcet raising a teat In Ynl.lma county this ic-nson. To this end about twenty farmers will bo Induced to plant experimental patches of an acre or half-acre , the department furnishing seed and Instructions for growing and providing for auabfCM of selected beets. I'rl/es of $25 for the bast results attained and $10 for the second will be offorcd as an Incentive. MISCELLANEOUS. Circle City. Nov. , which Included four women last year , now boasts of seventy-five and forty children of school age. The olive Industry Is attracting attention near Winters , Gal. , as Colonel Taylor , the pioneer In the InisliKM. has sold his crop of sex oral thousand gallons nt u fancy price. There Is some excitement over now placer discoveries In the Tulo canyon , Ksmei-alda county , Nevada , whore placer claims nro being slaked off on ground covered by four feet of BIIOW. Near White Horse district , Wnshoe county , Nov. , n discovery of coal has been made which Is thought to be valuable. The layer found at a depth of thirty-two feet showed n body of coal four feet 'thick ' of excellent qunllty. One of the obsidian cones n few miles south of Mono lake , tir Nevada , Is smoking and fuming furiously , and nt night a red glow Is perceptible nt the summit. Them arc three of thcso cones , nil being dormant volcanoes with deep craters. Sykcs Ilros. arc engaged In dismantling the observatory building on the hill and pre paring for the Immediate construction of a building thirty feet higher than the old one. at Flagstaff , L -Iz. Mr. Lowell and his corps of astronomers will arnvo with the tele scope from the City of Mexico early In.April. . The big San Joaquln Valley railroad bridge across Kings river at Heedlcy. Cal. , on the Vlsalla route , .will bo an Immcnso structure. It is to bo driven Into the bed of the river , then sawed oft and concrete work built upon these piles for the foundations of the bridge. A lead of gold ore ha's been struck In tlio Wood Illvcr mining district south of lied Lodge , Mont. , that assays $480 in gold to the ton. The discovery was made by Tom Kcr- wln ou Spar mountain. Wood River has heretofore been conaldered a low grade sil ver camp and the discovery of rich gold has caused excitement. The Los Gntos canneries In California ara preparing for an Immense pack this season. A now wareroom will bo erected , 30x60 feet , and' ' a fruit room 40xG8. A now engine will also bo added to the plant. The now build ings will have Iron roofs. The excellent quality of the Lcs Gatoa pack Is meeting with favor in the beat markets , Cook's Inlet , which was the Mecca of miners last season , attracting over 2,000 , is attracting very few , comparatively , this spring , although excellent diggings were found. Between 200 and 300 men remained at the uilL-cs In order to begin early spring work , and vessels are now loading at Seattle with provisions and stores for the several camps. The Ortiz Mining company , operating the old Ortiz mine under lease from the New Mexico Mining company near Ccrrllloa , has otruck astonishingly rich ore. The minors struck a bojy of.ore the full width of the working shaft at a depth of 267 feet , which runs $100 per ton In gold. The ore body extended beyond the aides of the shaft and Its actual extent Is not as yet known. Tlio ore is free milling. A new mill will bo erected at once. A very rich strike ban been made on the Utah mine at Fish Springs , Deep Creek dis trict. It being the discovery of the "loot lead" In the group. From this great chute the Utah company paid nearly $200,000 In dividends , and then the ore body was lost , the company being forced to content Itself with working over the old levels. Now the ere has coino In again , and shipments of ere going GOO ounces In silver and 30 per cent lead nro being received from the mines. Plans have been completed and work will begin at once on an elaborate pleasure resort nt Oak Park , Sacramento. Cal. , which will be one of the most complete things of the kind on the coast. Tlio grounds will contain n base ball park , a three-lap bicycle track , a grand aland' ' 200 feet long , with ten rows of aeats , a theater nnd amusement hall capable of scaling COO people , n skating rink , club room , restaurant , grounds for trap shooting and a rifle range. An Important mlnlni ; discovery has Just been made public nt VU'alla. In Vokohl valley , eighteen miles east of this city , n copper mine has been found In which the ere Is said to bo much richer than that In the Lake Superior mines. The owncra have had an expert from St. Lenin , Mo , , Investi gate , and on hi. * rcconiinondntlon a small smelter has boon ordered and a thorough test will bo made OH awn a ? the machinery ar- rlvct ) . Several leading citizens are Inter * ested In the venture. They have uccured uu option on a tract of 3,700 acres , beneath which the vein Is located , There Is plenty of wood and water close by , and the amount of ere appears to bo unlimited , containing 22 per cent copper , TJjo discovery hen oc casioned quite a stir In that locality , Neuralgia Is the prayer of the nerves for pure blood. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the Oat True Dlood Purifier and nerve builder. Through the efforts of Drox L. Slioo- innu Onuilia Ls to hnvu u tlirnuK1 ! line to the Kitlf the KtuiNaH CityI'ltl.shurj ; & Gulf road IIIK ; opened ofllccH and will have through trains r nun Ins In nlxty days la that time we can sell lots of loy ' BhocH our prlccH anil qtialltluH spealc for themselves wo don't try to make any prollt on our boys' and nilBscu' shoes wo simply use -them as an ad- vcrtlslng feature of our business and is one of our largest departmentH. Drexel Shoe Co , 1410 FAUNAAI.