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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 18DT.
( o produce an adequate revenue wh.Uo en-
cournRlnR increased production ,
ItnIH seen by comp rUon of Uio bovo
Ublca llml , while the production ot Gorman ?
Amounted to 1,845,000 Ions , the consumption
for the name period wes only 6DI.OOOtons ,
leaving & balance of 1,251,000 , tow , or more
than two-thirds , for export. The proportion
ot excess for Austria was smaller ( though
Mill very large ) , and that of Trance. Russia ,
Holland nnd Belgium Mill less the total
excess for all these countries amounting to
2,300,000tons , This Is due to the bounties
paid by thpso governments on sugar ex
ported , thereby stimulating production Mr
bcyorvl the demand for liome consumption ,
rather than advancing the price. As con
sequence those countries have been furnUh-
Ing sugar for consumption In the United
States ami Great Hrllaln at Ices than the
cost of production , the difference belt.s ; berne
by the respective governments. This led
to the lmi > osKlon of a "differential duty"
equal to the bounty paid by thi-ne govern
ments on any urtlclo exported ( o the United
States , &H provided for In the fifth section
of the Ulng'.ey bill. This U the basis of the
discriminating duty vtiilch Is added to by the
ordlnaty duty Imposed by the general pro
visions ot tbo act on all sugar * ot a certain
Stamford ,
Hut ! or this discriminating extra.duty Gor-
mauy which has been the source of our larg
est supply since the Cubin war broke out-
would sell more sugar lo os for which that
government has paid a part of Hie cost of
production. What harm would there be to
us In that ? It would cll a little cheaper.
"What luirin In that ? Our own consume
would benefit by the operation.
KIVIXUK I.-UOM ASPHALT.
rroiioscil GiivrriiiniMiC Control of the
t ( nit llpilN.
Chicago Tribune.
The Uncomoahgre reservation In Utah , con
taining about 2.000,000 acres , will be opened
to settlement next April. The Indians will
have tUu preference of 100 acres per capita
of agricultural lands and all the rest , except
about 10.000 acres , reserved by the govern
ment. c n be taken up by any ono desiring
to locate upon It. The area reserved by the
government Is rich In deposits of asphalt.
The United States geological expert , Eldrldge ,
says of it :
"From the lodes which have been already
found It can bo safely estimated that 32,000- ,
000 tons of asphaltum can be mined. A gll-
sonlto company which Is now working the
lode adjoining the reservation Is selling its
product at from $40 to $50 o ton. estimating
the value of thu deposits at $40 a ton , the
juipualtum contained In the lands reserved
by the government has a value of $9,200,000.-
000. "
The disposition of this extraordinarily rich
area Is one of the questions which must be
settled by tie ! next congress , and It should
bo nettled promptly and in such a manner
that there can bo no danger of Its lapsing
Into the hamls of some greedy monopoly.
There are syndicates already regarding it
richest asphalt deposits of Its size in the
world. The profits of these Uncompahgre beds
of asphalt would not bo lew than $400.000.-
000. Although It has not usually been the
custom of the government , lo exclude mineral
lands for settlement an exception should be
inudo in this case , and It should avail Itself
at least of reasonable part of the revenue
accruing from the asphalt product , as Great
Britain docs hi the case of the lake Trinidad
deposits. Representative Lacey of Iowa has
suggested a plan which Is eminently practi
cal. He would have the government lease
the lands and have the mineral dug upon a
royalty , thus giving the government an Income -
como from the property and not preventing
or delaying its use. This Is the British plan
already alluded to and one which yields that
government an enormous annual revenue.
\Vo should In this case at least Imitate
the example of our hardhearted Ilritish cousr-
1ns. Mr. Lacey's plan is altogether the
most prefemble one yet proposed and con
gress , If it Is wise , will adopt It. If it
throws open the mineral lands to settlement
along with the agricultural some monopoly
would flood that reservation with Its agents
and grab every acre of the almost fabu
lously rich asphalt erea. There Is no power
on earth which could keep it out of the
binds of some zorporatlon. In this con
nection It should be considered that the
demand for asphalt for street and alley
paving is Increasing rapidly. It will un
doubtedly bo the pavement of the future In
nil large cities. It la very dear stuff , however -
over , as now obtained , but hero will be a
chance for good and cheap asphalt to be
had from the United States lands. It will
.not only give cities asphalt at moderate
prices , but It will give the government a
large annual revenue. The leasing of the
land and the condition of a royalty there
from would bo In the Interests of the people
nnd of the government. It would be lit
tle less than criminal r.eglect for the gov
ernment to throw away this source of reve
nue which rightfully belongs to It and suffer
It to be mcnopollzcd by FOIIIC one of the
greedy corporations now making prepare
tlons to grab It. If there were any pos
sibility tint the mineral lands could pass
Into the hands of actual settlers and that
, they could have the benefit ot the profits
there might be room for argument against
a government lease. Dut there is no such
possibility. Hence Mr. Lacey's plan should
be adopted and the corporations should be
choked off from grabbing hundreds of mil
lions ot dollars , u reasonable number o"
which should go Into the United States
treasury.
mi Kir/ 1,1.MS.
Detroit Journal : "Some people , " remarked
the observer ot men nnd things , "are en
tirely devoid of humor. There arc those ,
actually , who never get oft a good thins
until they set off the earth "
Cleveland Leader : "If I were in your
shoes. " said Mrs. Doncater , "I would "
"Hold on right there , " interrupted Mrs.
IJurbeck , "let us not go beyond the realm
of possibilities. " Three seconds Inter the
fiont door went shut with 11 loud bang.
Chicago Post : "Did you see the story ot
the mail who says the bicycle Is responsible
for the Epuratlon of himself and his wife ? "
"No. 1 wonder which ono of them , it was
thai toolt the bender. "
Boston Transcript : Mrs. Ginger How
dare you tulk to me in th.U wny ? I never
saw surh Impudence. And you cnll your
self .a lady's maid , do you ? The miild I
iwns a. lady's mnld before I worked for you ,
ma'am.
Clevplnnil Plain Denier : "In the latest
Now York murder trial the victim's head
is Htlll nilfslng. "
"Th.U looks na If the prosecutor didn't
have any head for business"
Detroit Free Press : "Jnck nnd Julia are
surely engaged. "
"WluK innkt'H you thlnJc so ? "
"He brings her chrysanthemums now In
stead of roses ; a chrysanthemum , you know ,
will lust a whole week. "
* Chicago Record : "Do you think your
wlfo sympathizes with your business trou
bles ? "
"yes ; Bho hasn't gone through my pockets
since I fulled. "
Indianapolis Journal : "My friend , " said
the largo-faovd gentleman , "you should not
expect to bo u mllllonnlrH in a minute. You
inuut bt'Kln at the botom. : "
"I trl Hl that deal In * n Imml of poker. "
B.ilii the discouraged young man , "an that's
X-j ! why I'm on my uppers. "
Cincinnati Knqulrer : "I never saw a man
pa cut ui > us old Box U over the death of
Jils bookkeeper. And yet you have always
said thai he had no heart nnd regarded
his employe ? us mere machined. "
"I'll tell you Homethlnc on < : ho quiet. The
bookkeeper was about W.CUO behind In his-
Accounts , and ohl Itox WHS keeping him on
and making him usork U out , "
Detroit Journal.
I usually give ear
To what he barbers ray ,
JJeoause , should 1 do otherwise.
They'd have It , anyway.
IN MIVI : > IIIIH. :
Julie M. Uppmann In the Outlook.
Wow , In the bleak o" year , when azure skies
Have donned their hodden-gray , and
winds wax keen ,
Anil Autumn U about to furl unseen
Her tlotant orlflamme. borne royahvlso
Throughout October now , when lonesome
The orchard Unit so lately was thu scene
Of such large yleldunce , und the ground
Is U'n r.
1Vlu < ravor the uhungereil raven tiles
Now I * the Iniiil like to u m n grown old.
Its outward grace has vanished , but
\vltliul
TU not cnsaddimtd , since It still may
brood
On harvests jathred memories manifold
And see IU children risen up to call
It blessed , with lull heart * of gratitude.
Pulse of Western Progress. \
It Is estimated by those who have kept
tab on the vessel * wiling northward In the
Pacific that not less than " ,000 persons went
to AViska during the season. The Northern
Pacific company has had a man at work com
piling facts relating to the business done on
account ot the mining excitement In the
Klondike since the arrival of tbo treasure
BMp Portion ! on July 17 , A date that the
northwest will have occasion to long remem
ber. From that day dates the ruih Inci
dent to the Klondike excitement. According
to the figures 1,248 persons sailed for St.
Michael In all manner ot craft departing
from Tacoma , Seattle and Victoria. The Tacoma -
coma News says the flight overland .was
much greater , the statistics showing that
7.028 cmblrked for Fort \Vrangel , Juneau.
Skaguay end Dyca between July 17 and Sep
tember 11. Estimating that each person out
fitted for the Klondike at an expense ot $500 ,
there has been spent (4,445,000 In thin short
Interval. Many have gone In with supplies
that would test double $500 ; some , too , with
much less. But 1t Is certain that mllllonj
have been expended within a few weeks by
Alaska travelers outfitting tor a year's ex
perience In the glacial land.
The shipment or freight to St. Michaels
during this period Is figured at 12,000 tons
for St. Michaels and 24.000 tons taken In for
the overland route. This Includes business
done at Drltlsh Columbia ports.
tn addition to the large consignments of
freight In the way ot supplies , scarcely a
steamer has gone out from Skaguay or Dyca
without carrying live stock. In many cases
boils have been loaded exclusively with cat
tle or horfces. The number of horses , cattle
and dogs shipped north has also been com
puted as follows : 3.SGO horses and mules ,
1.1C1 bead of beef and over 2,000 dogs.
The San Kranclsco and Portland 'business '
would , If addeJ , probably double these fig
ures nnd make an enormous showing of
ft eight and passengers moved to Alaska In
side of two months without previous prep
aration. Judging that 9.000 foople started
for Alaska this summer , many upon scarcely
a week's notice In quest of gold mines , high
wages or experience. It Is Impossible to es
timate the great number who will move In
the same direction next season. If one-tenth
of the steamboat and other tmnsportatlcn
propositions now on paper should materialize
n fleet of vessels unequalled In the history
of the Pacific will ply between Puget sound
and the far northwest before another sum
mer is over. The general bellet Is that fully
100.000 t ople from all parts of the earth will
attempt to reach Alaska In the spring and
summer.
AZTEC PLACERS IN WYOMING. |
J. C. Teller , nephew of Senator Teller.
Is at the hfad ot a company of Colorado
and Utah oipttallsts who have purchased
the old deserted Aztec placer diggings on
Brush creek , about seventeen miles south
of Saratoga , In Carbon county , AVyo.
Mr. Teller has recently visited the placers ,
where he has put a large force of men at
work cutting timber for flumlng purposes.
A number of cabins and store houses hive
been built and by spring fully 300 men
will bo at work. The company has about
2,000 acres of ground , which Is exceedingly
rich , as high as $1C per cubic yard having
been cleaned up. The formation Is of gravel j '
and bedrock lies at a depth of from ten tj'
100 feet. Brush creek carries an itninens3
volume of water the year round and having
i fall of from 300 to 500 feet to the mile
the rich ground can be easily worked by
hydraulic pressure. From what can be
learned the placers , which consist of five
claims , the Cortcz , Desota , Saratoga. Ben
Hur and Bloody Spaniard , are the richest
In the western country and will make mil
lionaires of the owners In a very short time.
The mines were originally discovered In
1SGS by John H. Mulllsan , an aged and
respected resident ot fort Steolo. Wyo.
There Is no doubt but that the ground was
worked centuries ago by the Aztecs , as
numerous shafts are found there which
range in depth from ten. to twenty feet
and out of which are growing pine trees
to a height of 100 feet and averaging fif
teen Inches In diameter. The scene Is an
Ideal one for placer mining , for the moun
tains are covered by a rich growth ot
heavy timber , such as Is necessary in con
structing flumes , etc. A force of thirty
men Is now at work and In the spring
work will be rushed.
CRIPPLE CHECK DRAINAGE TUNNEL.
Arrangements are being made tor a gigan
tic enterprise in the Cripple Creek district ,
and the promoters are some of the oldest as
well as some of the most successful mining
men in the Rockv mountain region , tut for the
present' ' they Insist their names shall not
bo made public. The scheme , writes a cor
respondent ot the Denver News , is nothing
less than a mammoth drainage tunnel , which
is to start at a po'nt somewhere in Four
Mile .and when under Bull hill It will be
more than 3,500 feet from the surface. Its
course will bo In such a line as to cut at
right angles all the known fissures through
which It will pzss. The- time has gone by
whea It can be urged that the ore in this dis
trict does not go down , for the Ofposlte of
that assertion , has been proven time and
time again. Besides known ore bodies , the
promoters expect to cut no end of veins that
do not show oa the surface , or that possibly
may have their apex 500 or 1,000 fet under-
giound. Such an enterprise s outlined must
expect an enormous flow of water zni this
la to bo provided for by a sluiceway six feet
square under the double track tunnel. Were
the promoters not men of experience and In
dividuals who are known to have wealth be
hind them , with the great expense that must
bo entailed , the scheme would appear ridicu
lous , but when not caly brains but money Is
back of the proposition , the carrying out of
the Idea Is assured.
"Think ot It , " said one of the gentlemen
back of the tunnel , "all the work wo have
outlined wll1 cost a trine lesa than $2,500,000
and on the theory that we do not cut a sin
gle body of ore that wo can call our own
still wo will make our shareholders 10
or possibly 20 per cent on their Investment
for almost an unlimited number of years.
With the tunnel complete , all of the many
known veins on Gold. Ironclad and Bull lillls
would iay tribute to us to carry their ore to
the surface , and surface to us would mean
a point where. It/ / could bo treated at a nom
inal cost and that without any wagon or rail-
read charges , for understand , we have In
coatemplat'cn at the mouth of our bore a
reduction plant that will have a capacity lor
treating all the ores mined In this district
If necessary. "
THE COLORADO POTATO CROP.
The big potato crop in the vicinity of
Greeley , Colo. , has all Tieen dug and put In
sacks. It was feared the storm of October
G would Injure the crop , but the farmers
report that little Injury was done.
Manager Wilson of the Greeley Mercantile
company says the following will approximate
the acreage : Seven thousand acrca under
ditch No. 2 , 5.000 under the Larimer and
Weld canal , 1.500 under the Larimer county
ditch , 1,500 under the Grcclcy and Loveland
ditch , 1,000 under t"o Ijitbim ditch , a total
ot Ic'oOO acres devoted to the tuber. At 100
tacks to the acre , this would iglve 1.000,000
sacks , or over 3,000.000 bushels. Taking amore
moro conservative estimate , seventy-five
sacks to the acre , thn product Is 1,200.000
sacks , or 6,000 n.mlmum carloads. j
As an evidence of what wca raised In thu
section on some lands , Wheeler & Watson
Jug 8,500 wcks from one field of fifty acres
and 4,000 sacks from another field of thirty
acres. A. L , Mumper , after two days digging ,
and the potatoes wcked , carefully measured
the 'part dug and found It had yielded 193 1-10
sacks to the acre. There are reports , too ,
which claim that some patches bid ralseJ
250 eacTts lo the acre.
RICH STRIKEIN MONTANA.
According to v > report received In IHltte
from Fergus county a great gold strike has
been made on Upper Sage creek. A ledge
extending for many miles and the quartz run
ning $100 lo the ton has been discovered
and the people In that part of the state are
wild with excitement. The little town of
Utlca bis been almost deserted by the male
Inhabitants , who have staked out the whole
surrounding country. It Is reported that
from any part of the great ledge rock can
bo broken that runs $100 and more to the
ton. Some of the excited prospectors have
gene to work with plows and scrapers to un
cover the vein.
Another report of the discovery of a rich
placer deposit was brought from Elk City ,
Idaho , where Judge Lindsay and other Butte
parties havs been Interested In mining. A
(17,000 cleanup has just been made and the
deposits are said to be richer than anything
yet discovered In that state.
WYOMING.
The students of the State university at
Laratnle have organized a brass band.
Bishop Llmehan has purchased three lots
In Rawllns on wblch ore situated a. frame
building and It will bo used for a parochial
school.
The people of Rawllns are excited over a
discovery made todiy of ore that assayed
$71,000 per ton In gold. The mines are near
town and there has boon , a perfect stam
pede to the place. There seems to be a good
body of the ore.
H. K. Qllddcn of the Moasebcad ranch ,
Ulntah county , recently shipped a car loaded
with thirty-four yearling elk consigned to
ox-Stato Senator Lttchfield of New York ,
who Intends placing them on his lands In the
Adirondack mountain ! ; .
The Sheridan Post has learned that ground
has been purchased In Sheridan for a scourIng - )
Ing pleat and that Sheridan will be madol
a first-class wool market. The plant for
scouring wool will cost $50.000 and Phila
delphia persons arc interested in it.
Ono day last week Laramle was visited by
a severe windstorm , the wind blowing at a
velocity of not less than eighty miles an ,
hour for a half day. Poles were blown down |
and light damage done and for a time bus- ,
Incs on the railroad was almost at a stand-1
still. I
Stockmen near Glendo are complaining bitterly - !
torly about the ravage * of the wolves. A. J.- |
Covlngtcei , a prominent stockman , stated that i
the wolves have killed several of his large |
steers and says If something irn't done the
wolves will do great damage the coming win
ter.
ter.The
The United States geological survey party ,
under command of Captain H. E. Palmer ,
working across the country In the direction
of Sheridan , determined the exact height uf' '
Cloud peak and reported it as 13,194 feet.
The town" of Buffalo was found to be 4.G331
feet above the level of the sea.
Scott Hamilton , a prominent stockman of
La Bonta , says the ranchmen In his vicinity
are dehorning all their cattle , as they find
the demand greater and prices better for the
dehorned cattle. Ho says the wolves do not
kill the htrned cattle as quickly as they do
the dehorned ones and that was the only
argument In favor of horns ,
Herman1 Bohack , a Lost Soldier ranchman ,
left Riiwllns for his homo Friday with a load
of supllcs. A few miles out his team was
found on the road without a driver. A search
was Imtltutcd and Bohack was found lying
on the road , He had fallen from the wagon ,
which passed over him , causing severe in
juries about the r.eclt juud shoulders. He
died in Rawlics.
J. C. Conway , who was sentenced to
twcnty-flvo years In the penitentiary for
killing a cowboy In a Casper dance hall , was
loccntly released , having served the six
years to whhh his ( sentence was commuted
by Governor Osborne. He has returned to
Rawllns. While In prison ho studied hard
at reading acid arithmetic and can now
write a fair hand.
The several counties of the state are In
terested In a cise taken under advisement
by the supreme court. The question In
volved is whether a county can levy a tax
in excess of 12 mills to pay judgment ren
dered upon warrants issued within the tax
levy of 12 mills , 'but ' not paid for the reason ,
that the revenue derived for the payment
of saiuo had been used for other purposes.
The Wyoming Valley Oil company of
Wllkesbarre , Pa. , has made a radical change
In Its methods at Douglas. It lisa con
tracted with J. J. McCutcheon , expert
driller , acd T. R. Fleck , engineer of Laramie -
mie , to sink wells down to the oil .sand and
If necessary to a depth of 3,000 feet. They
have selected a n w site for the test well
about , three-quarters of a mile from the oil
rock cropplngs In the Brennlng tunnel and
are now removing the machinery to the new
location and putting It In position. After
it is completed drilling will t > e prosecuted ccn-
It la completed drilling will bo prosecuted
continuously until the oil sand has been
reached.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
A serious cattle disease has made Itu
appearance at Mitchell.
A big grain elevator was burned at Web
ster , containing In Us bins 3,009 bushels of
flax and 4,000 bushels ot wheat.
Two Deadwood men are soon to start over
land for the Klondike with a herd of COO
horses , which they expect to sell at good
prices to the prospectors next summer.
New granite paving In Sioux Falls costs
but $1.85 a yard as against $2.25 a yard
for the first granite paving done. Work on
ono of the business streets was begun last
week.
The Anna Creek Mining company , after
a year's work , has struck excellent ore at
the bottom of Its shaft. Assays run from
$34 to $15S to the ton. The manager has
gone east to get new machinery and pumps.
It Is expected that the cases against Au
ditor Mayhow. ex-Auditor Hippie and Mr.
Anderson , the Insurance clerk , will come up
for hearing at the term of court Just opened
In Pierre by Judge Gaffey. as all parties
profess to be ready for trial.
The loss of the Pennlngtou county court
house by fire la a serious ono for the county.
Last spring a 11 ro occurred In the house ,
damaging It $10,00 < ) and repairs were being
made , which would have been finished by the
first of next month. The loss last week was
about $10,000 , with $5,000 Insurance In favor
of the contractor.
Ocio of the meat prominent Indian families
of the state put up In Sioux Falls one night
last week. The family consisted of W. D.
McGaa , Mrs. McGaa , Miss McGaa and Master
McGsa and they registered from Pine Hidge
agency. Mr. McGaa Is said to be one of the
most wealthy cattlemen tn the state , be
ing reported to bu worth a. quarter of a
Drox L. Shoonmn 1ms soon the plrls
from Purls now lu's ronily to leave
Kolnt ; to leave everythlni ; but n pair of
lluiuiti & Son shoes lie has to have
thorn for they're so e syj > n his feet no
l > u.'aUIii In jvqulred a regular foot-form
they're a little hl lK r priced than
show anil yet not as liiKh priced
others just the right priced for the
man's shoo ever made a peculiar
feature about the Ilnnnu shoe Is once on
your feet always on In all the popular
toes nnd styles.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1410 FAKNA.M STKKliT
New full catalogue now ready ; mailed
for the asking.
million dollars. The > ! arc on their way
homo from a visit to'ttie11 tther agencies of
ths slate. McCal 'was lJrP Interpreter at the
famous Plenty Horse trial
The following was , \io \ | vole cast In the
principal towns of the state at the recent
election : Sioux Falls , ' 1.46J ; Deadwood.
1,002 ; Loafl. 99D ; Ynnkton , C83 ; Aberdeen ,
G3G ; Watertown , 519 | MJfcUWI , DOS ; Rapid
City. 474 ; Brooklngs , T173 : , Huron , 355.
Terry and Ruby basin mines arc sending
to Deadwood 260 tons of ere dally. Bald
Mountain , Terry , Ragged Top , Btacktall and
Garden City are sending nearly 300 Ions
dally to the same works , and about sixty
tons ot concentrates from the Homeatake
mills nro also coin I DC down ,
The Huronltct ; are happy over the decision
of Judge Carland In the warrant cases , holdIng -
Ing a batch of $40,000 to bo Illegal and un-
coltcctable. These arc old warrants Issued
on account of the capital fight and the
holders sought to collect them In the courts.
Ten new dwellings have been built In
Drooklngs during tbo season , ranking In
coat from $800 to $1,600.
There Is being treated In the Black Hills
approximately 4,000 tons of ere per day of
twenty-four hours , costing la labor and all
other expenses at least $2 per Ion to mine
and mill. This creates an outlay of $ S,000
per day $210,000 per month nnd $2.550,000
n year , which , with the exception ot about
20 per cent , Is distributed throughout the
channels of trade as the result of actual
earnings by the miners and laborers cm-
ployed In this Industry.
I CALIFORNIA.
In ono week twenty-seven carloads of
apples were sent from Watsonvlllc to east
ern cities.
It .has been decided In Oakland to try the
"PIngreo plan" In caring for the poor next
season and efforts are now being made to so-
cura vacant lots. *
A vagrant appeared at the jail at Vlsalla
alone a few days ago carrying a commitment
for ten days tor vagrancy end cheerfully en
tered the prison. Ho bid been sentenced
at Tulare and volunteered to go alone.
At the old placer diggings near Malltown ,
Sacramento county , N. Frazler uncovered a
pocket of fiako and wire gold which netted
$1,000. These placers were once very rich ,
but have long been thought to be dead.
The San Francisco Chrcalclc says from
5,500 to GCOO carloads ot deciduous fruit
will bo marketed by Californlans In the
east this season and the majority of this
fruit has paid a. fair profit to the growers.
County Surveyor Hoxey has about com
pleted plans for a road from Fresno to
Kings River cacyon. The canyon rivals
Ycscmlte , but has been practically Inacces
sible up to this time and Is little known
to tourists.
At Rindsburg , Kern county , a quartz
ledge was struck In the street during the
digging of holes for the poles of a new
telephone line. It was at once located , a
monument put up and a prospect hole dug
In the middle of the street.
The Transatlantic Mines Purchasing s > n-
dlcato of London has paid $500,000 for the
Grand Victory group of mines on Squ < v\v
creek , near Placervljle. The reports on
which the Investment was made showed a
largo body of low-grade ore , the vein being
215 feet wide.
Recent development at the Potholes mine ,
San Diego county , sixteen miles from. Yuma ,
shows that the ledge Is more than twenty feet
wide and carries a value of from $12 to $20
per ton. A four-foot vein assays $40 and an
other eighteen Inches wide goes as high us
$200 per ton In free milling gold.
The Oxnards , who built a great beet sugar
factory at China , have selected Hucneme , In
Ventura county , as the site for a large sugar
factory , which will open with a capacity of
1,000 tons a cay and will be Increased to 2,000
tons. The production of beets on 10,000 acres
hag been guaranteed for the factory's use at
$3.25 a ton for five years.
, Henry Ochs , a wealthy Colusa county
farmer who had been missing from his home
near Williams since Odtober 22 , was found
drowned In the Sacramento river six miles
below Colusa. His body was discovered by
the pilot on the steamer Dover. Ochs came
to Colusa on October 12 ! to attend court , be
came intoxicated and wandered off.
Louis Sternberg , who was convicted of
stulllng the register of votes in San Francisco
in 1S94 In connection with a colonization
scliemo at the Baldwin hotel , has been re
leased by Governor Budd after serving half
of his three-ybar term. Sternberg was known
to have been working for both political par
ties , but he refused to divulge the names of
his employers and political Influence secured
a pardon for him.
An antl-iigh-hat ordinance Is pending In
the council at San Jose. It prohibits the
wearing of any head-covering other than
skull caps , lace coverings or other small or
cIcsely-fHting head dress at any licensed theater -
| ater or public hall during the rendition of
; any performance , and requires that the man
agers of all theaters or halls shall give no
tice of the ordinance before the beginning of
any performance. Tlio penalty for violation
la a line of not more than $25 or imprison
ment for ten days in the city prison.
COLORADO.
Coil Is very scarce at Aspen and a famine
Is feared.
The Judges of election at Monte Vista may
be prosecuted for refusing to allow old sol
diers to vote.
The oldest residence in Denver ia still
standing and Is still occupied by the man
who built It thirty-seven years ago.
Only about $21,000 of the $20S.OOO worth
of warrants Issued on account of the Lead-
| vlllo war have yet been presented for pay-
i mcnt.
From twcnty-flvo producing mines In Ophlr
I 24C cars of ere have been shipped this sea-
I son , an Increase over the total shipments
| of last year.
I Judge Dixon of Pueblo has decided that
I the clerk ot the county court Is not entitled
, to fees for approving bonds of defendants
In criminal cases.
The indications are that the manual conven
tion of horticulturists to be held In Denver
I this week will be well attended and It will
' be ono of the most Interesting scslsons ever
! held.
The postmaster general has Issued an order
for the establishment of free delivery of
mall at Cripple Creek on January 1 next.
Three carriers will ba employed , one of
whom will bo mounted.
Harry Lee , an old-timer of Aspen , died the
other day ot a broken heart. The cause Is
I said to bo the mysterious disappearance of
his daughter , who visited the carnival la
company \vlh : a e > upKk [ > < xi- railroad man and
failed to return. i . .
The visit of John Greenough of the Lon-
I don and New York Investment company In
| Colorado Springs has 'started talk of the re
building of the Casino , Vhlch was burned ,
and arrangements aro' likely to be made to
that end before his retdrn east.
At a cost ot nearly1 $ 000 the attic Htory
of the 1S90 building , titp School of Mines ,
at Golden , has been floq'rcd and fitted up
as a drawing department for the freshmen
class. It adds largejyj'p ' the capacity of
the Institution , changing the possible total
from 175 to 250 students. Tbo prrecnt at-
lendauco Is 190.
The governing committee ot tlie > Colorado
Springs Mining Stock excliaogc has decided
to subscribe $500 to the fund for systematic
advertising for Cripple Creek In connection
with the cithers' movement.
The October output ot Cripple Crock la
upward of $1,000.000. During the month the
Glllett works Increased Its tonnage rapacity
from forty to seventy tons , the El Paso
works at Florence doubled Its capacity , and
the now Klltntiorks tire now ready to re-
celvo ore.
Prof. P. J. Jackson , principal ot the L a < 5-
vllle public schools , U under -irrost. charged
with cruelly treating GeorgeI.lstun. . It Is
alleged that the professor struck the lad
( Iftcrrv times with a. doubled strap and Out
the boy has been confined to his bed ever
since from the Injuries.
As an oulcome ot the trouble between the
school directors and the Seventh Day Ad-
vcntlsts over the adoption ot the formula ol
the "Amcrldio Patriotic Salute" In the pub
lic schools of Boulder , the Adventlsts have
withdrawn all their children and will soon
open a school ot their own.
A magnificent buck nnlclopc , lost In his
calculations , strayed Into Longmont , trotted
leisurely along , jumping fences nnd across
ditches that obstructed his way. Ho kept
up his gait until ho struck the Gulf rail
way near the city limits , and took to the
track until ho wis lest to view.
A. S. Turner , aged 60 years , a ranchman liv
ing four miles wevjt ot H.iTtsel , was probably
fatally Injured by a runaway team. The
league ot the- wagon dropped oa the ground ,
throwing Turner thirty feet on his head and
shoulders , Ho sustained a scalp wound , his
skull Is crushed and back Injured.
Oneof the most Important ot the recent
finds ot mineral tDide In Colarado Is the dls.
covery of a large deposit of asphalt In the
cistern part of Grand county. The asphalt
occurs In veins from flvo to ten feet wide
and six mineral claims have been located ,
each having from two to four wel defined
veins , AH of the veins have hern opened to
the depth of from ten to fifteen feet nnd
show that the -Kphalt becomes moro solid
with depth. The intaes are about 50 miles
west of Georgetown.
The National Stock Growers' convention
will bo held In Denver on Tuesday , Wednes
day and Thursday , January 25 , 26 and 27.
1S9S. A Joint meeting of the commmlttees
appointed by the Chamber of Commerce and
the Colorado Cattle Growers' association to
consider the preliminary arrangements for
the meeting was held and It was decided
to hold the convention on these dates. Vari
ous committees were appointed and the
call and Invitations lo all stock growers'
associations throughout the country to send
delegates , as well as all breeders of fine
stock , commission men , state and govern
ment officials , will soon be Issued.
WASHINGTON.
Logs on ray's harbor are now quoted as
follows : Fir , $4 ; spruce , $5 ; cedar , $5.50.
Whatcom and Falrhaven will not bo con
solidated , because the latter city has re
fused to continue the negotiations.
The chief of police of Spokane has again
decided that the il-incc halls must close and
the dance hells iiave again decided to fight
against closing.
The Tacoma. Lake Park & Columbia'River
railroad Is no more. It is now the Tacoma
& Columbia River railway and the line will
soon be extended to a point on the Columbia
river cppoalte The Dalles , Ore. , 145 miles
from Tacoma.
A young gambler called "Fatty" Nlckcr-
son is reported to have downed the talent In
Seattle for $ S,000 In less than two weeks.
Gamblers ot all kinds are reported to be
flocking to the Queen City , attracted by the
Klondike excitement.
About 100 pounds of butter Is being made
dally at Chehalis Valley creamery and the
farmers are being paid 20 cents a pound , by
the churn test for the nnv material. Six
teen thousand pounds of cheese was made
during the season , ot which 7,000 pounds is
now on hand. ,
E. G. Locke , a mining engineer , has sued
the Spokane Drug company for $10,000 dam
ages. Ho claims that a prescription ho had
put up by them contained by mistake
strychnine and belladonna la excessive
quantities : that he took a dose of It and
nearly died from the effects.
Mr. Baker , si : horticultural commis
sioner , estimates that the fruit growers of
Washington will realize $6,000,000 from their
crcos this year. He estimates that seven-
eighths of the fruit grown in the state Is
consumed by people of other states. The
Clarke county prune crop alone he estimates
as worth $1,000,000.
The gathering of the cranberry crop at
the Chabot marsh , near Ilwaco , has been
concluded and the product will be over 6,000
bushels. Last year it was 0,500 bushels.
About forty Chinamen were engaged as pick
ers this year and about 100 white people ,
men , women , boys and girls. At 50 cents
a bushel these people earned Just $3.000.
A proposition to establish In Seattle a
plant for the manufacture of cans has been
laid before the Chamber of Commerce by
Irving Ayers , treasurer of the Pacific sheet
metal works of San Francisco. He Is in
vestigating the probible advantages ot such
a plant and on his report to the directors
of the company , of whom he is one , will de
pend the inauguration of the enterprise.
The Island Packing company packed 21,000
cases of sockeye salmon this season , all of
which will go to England In the bark Men-
nock , which completes Its cargo with wheat.
The company also picked 9,000 cases of silver
salmon , which were sold In Now York for
the American market. There were ninety
Chinese and ninety-five white people em
ployed by the company during the big run of
salmon. i
William Herbert , the alleged horse thief ,
who recently broke Jail and was recaptured ,
escaped conviction In Colfax on a tech
nicality. After the evidence for the pros
ecution was all in and a strong case had
been presented , Herbert's attorney moved to
dismiss the case and discharge the prisoner ,
on the grounds that he was charged In the
Information with stealing a horse and the
evidence showed that he had stolen a geld
ing. The motion was sustained but the court
ordered the prisoner to await the presenta
tion of an amended Indictment. Several years
ago a man was released In the same courl
because ho had been Indicted for stealing ft
horse when the evidence showed he had
stolen a mare.
MONTANA.
The Northern Pacific Is replacing the
bridge over Ilia Yellowstone at Livingston
with a steel structure.
Butte received for October a royalty ot
$90 from the Montana street railroad line.
There were 19.000 tons of ere hauled ,
An effort Is being made to organize a co
operative cigar company In Butte and a co
operative leather company In Helena.
Judge Leslie , at Great Falls , has decided
that the proceeds ot delinquent city taxe
go to the city and not to the county as here
tofore.
The farmers of the Gallatln valley raised
over 3,000000 bushels of small grain tills
year , and they will have for aale to eastern
buyers fully 500,000 bushels of barley and
000.000 bushels of wheat.
While a group of mourners wcro besldo
the cotlln containing the de-ad body of the
mother of William Gibson In Butte the
house was flred and a tcrrlblo explosive blew
the eldo of tbo house down. Several pernona
There nro thirteen isl'jtes ' nnd styles of
the Jewell Steel Ranges for you to se
lect from not an' ' . nlncky number In
this case for tho. 'thirteen glvo you a
range of prices froni'SlM.OO ni > till you
reach the No. 0(5-20-slx ( nine-Inch holes-
wlth an oven iiO by ii2 > Xi by 1-1 Inches
that's a pretty Rood sized stf-el rmig -
the No. 7J-KJ at $21.00 has four 7-lnt'h
holes and an oven 10 by 122j by 14 tlu
Jewell patented oven that never warj's '
It's built zo It can't In four sections -
with riveted edges In fact the whole
range Is built to last.
A. C. RAYMER
J1U1LDKKS' HARDWARE
1514 Fariiam St.
were thrown violently about , but no per
manent injury was done to any ot them ,
Th ? working of nrchlng the Iloieman tun
nel will bo completed the > first of next
month. The cost will mount well up toward
Jl.000.000.
The women suffragists ot Montana , at their
itato convention , resolved upon forming
themselves Into a state political party with
a compteto party orginltatlon , and although
; hey are lacking In votes they purpose mak
ing thcmsclvre as Influential as possible
without votes. Mrs. Kiln Knowlcs Haskcll ,
once populist nominee for attorney general
and who married her successful opponent ,
was made chairman of the state committee.
The rationing are the officers of the associa
tion : Mme. P. Howena , Medlnl , president :
Mrs. Nanlta Bagelcy Sherlock , Boulder vice
provident ; Mrs. Martha H. Dunckel , Btiltc.
recording secretary ; Mrs. Hlchard T. Qalnrs ,
Helena , corresponding secretary ; Dr. Mary
n. Atwatcr , MArysvlllc. Iroasurcr ; Mrs.
Dothti A. Dolan. Helena , n miller. The mem
bers pledged themaclves to work for tin
election of men to the legislature who will
promise to vote to submit the question to
Iho people nt the election In 1900.
IDAHO.
The Halley Times says Iho road super
visor of Ltltlo Smoky will have to build at
least olght snow bridges across Little
Smoky creek to enable the mall-carrier to
make trl-wcckly trips.
Enrollment at the state university at
Moscow has reached 20C , a figure consider
ably In cxcoas of the registration at this
[ Inn last year. Marked Interest Is shown ,
this year In the mining engineering course , i
A pool of 15,000 bushels of wheat was
formed among farmers at Kendrlck but they
did not sell because they were only offered
70 cents a bushel when they wanted 7S. U.
Is said the entire supply ot No. 1 wheat InJ
the Totlatch will not exceed 50.000 bushels.
T. F. Terrell , a Pocalcllo lawyer. Is made
defendant In a $10,000 damage suit , 11 led by
P. M. Watson , chairman of the Hannock
county board of commissioners and late can
didate for mayor of 1'ocatcllo on the cltlr.ens'
ticket. The basis or the suit Is a letter
alleged to bo llbelous , published by Terrell
during the campaign.
The Kootenal Herald fays work on the
road from Banner's Perry to Fort Steele Is
Bolng forward at the rate of a mile and a
half to two miles a day , The contractors
expected to reach Junction creek by the 20th
of November and will continue the work
right along toward Moyea City as fast as
200 to 300 men can push It.
A representative of a Boston company has
made a bargain for nearly 1,000 acres of
pacer ! ground along More and Elk creeks
at Idaho City and advanced $1,000. The
price Is $30,000 , which will be paid If the
[ inspecting proves the ground to be what it
Is represented. It Is the Intention of the
company to use a steam shovel that will cost
$50,000. The company has also secured nn
option on 500 acres on IJoyle's gulch , near
1'laccrvllle.
UTAH.
The Dally Patriot at Tark City lasted a
morth , but the Weekly Patriot will con
tinue.
A movement to abolish the High school In
Salt Lake City and combine Its work with
that of the preparatory department of the
university is meeting with tlerco opposition.
Several carloada of marble- have recentlj
been sent from the Inyo quarries to Verdi ,
where the stone will be dressed and for
warded to San Francisco for building pur
poses.
The HCDO Gazette says the Lewis Jviwmlll
near Loyalton has done splendidly this r.cs-
son. cutting over G.000,000feet , 5,000.000 ot
which has been delivered to the Verdi box
factory.
Utah is Just now sending heavy ship
ments of pumlco stone to Chicago , where.
It is prepared for the markets. The de-1
posits are in , Beaver county and are owoed
by Chicago capitalists , who purchased them
several years ago .and are Just opening them
up on an extensive scale. A shipment of 125
tons was made this week.
Thomas H. Cavanaugh , manager of the
Lake Bonnevlllo Irrigation company , has
closed a contract with the State Boird ot
Land Commissioners for the reclamation ot
land under the Carey act of 300,000 acres ici
Mlllard county. About $2,500.000 is Involved
in the contract. Morton B. Hlrsh of Phila
delphia Is president of the company. It Is
claimed that this enterprise , when com
pleted , will nearly double the Irrigated lauds
of the state.
Quite extensive experiments are under way
at the experiment station at Loga with a
variety of tests. Forty-four varieties ot fall
wheat , sown In the middle of Se.-tomber , are
up and making a fine showing. There is cow
every prospect of fall wheat passing through
the winter without damage. The frequent
warm rains during the fall have made this
the best season for fall crops la many years.
Twenty-one varieties of grass have t lso been
sown this fall , and It U the intention to sow
other varieties in the spring. These grasses
are varieties which are best suited to arid
region conditions.
NEVADA.
The Carsoo mint will resume operations
as an assay odico on December 1. j
The Tahoe Lumber and Flume company ,
got out about 8.000 000 feet of lumber and
about 15,000 cords of wood this season. i
The Boston-Nevada copper mine In Maeon i
Valley Is turning out per day six tons of
black copper containing 70 per cent copper j
and $30 gold. About 30,000 tons of ore are ;
blocked out In the mine.
Following Is the olllclal statement of the !
dlvldens paid to October 30 by the companies j
comprising the Consolidated California and 1
Virginia Mining company : California , $31-
320.000 ; Consolidated Virginia. $42,030,000 ;
Consolidated California and Virginia , $3-
838.000 ; total , $78.1-18,000.
Gcorgo Simmons has gene cast with $30-
000 worth of precious stones , which he In
tends having cut and put In merchantable
abapo In this city. The mlno Is located In
Nevada and Is ono of the richest deposits
of gems In the world. Mr. Simmons Is an
old prospector who became Interested In
precious stones at an early period In his
life , and having mode a special study of
the formation In which precious stones are
found while engaged In prospecting lost no
opportunity of ttivoallgatlng any formation
thet promised results. Ho haa finally been
rewarded with a discovery which Is yet In
Its Infancy , but which promise * to take rank
rrlth the diamond fields of South Africa. Ho
says that ho has had numerous offers to sell
the whole or a part of his mine , but AS ho
Is Under no npcorelty of polling linn con
sidered none of the propositions made him.
The population of 1wtlnc.Vallowa county ,
Is now estimated al ITS. Three months ago
only forty people were living there.
N. 1SUte of Tangent has nearly ready
for trial A steam plow that ho IIM Invented
and which ho thinks will plow fifteen acre *
of ground In a day.
George H , Tolbcrt , who Is In charge- Iho
Huguo river salmon hatchery station , Rays
that 1. 079,500 eggs have been taken. Some
of the eggs now taken are hatching.
The llcv. AV. S. Gilbert of Kugcnc re
cently secured In Albany a little old irunk
that was brought across the plains In 1S53
by his father-in-law , 1)V. . C. Davlsson. who
was then < x Ind ,
Baker City Is the only city In e.iaern ;
Oregon with n R.IS plntit. There Is also an
electric light plant. Thrco new retorts have
been added to the gas plant and halt a nnla
ot additional main pipes have been laid slnco
September 15 last.
The short course for farmers at 'the O-a-
gen agricultural college In Corvallls will l. -
gin January 11 next and end February 10.
The lectures will be IllustrateJ with stervop-
llcon views and will bo under the manage
ment of Prof. Pcrnot.
The Vale. Ore. , Sliver Advocate states that
J. N. Fell lias bored a well , ixily forty-sis
feet deep , which has rcachctl a suburb of
Tuphot a'ul is spouting a splendid stream of
boiling water. The well Is on high enough
ground to bo utilized by houses ol' tbo town
and for power purposes as well.
For hoarseness , sore threat and cough , take
Ur. Bull's Cough Syrup , the specific for
affections of the throat and chest.
MUSIC AT U.M.MI.V
Mr. llntlor'N l < 'ourtli Ornnn Hcollal
Mr. Ivoiuitrr'H > \ - .CluiriiM ,
At Trinity cathedral yesterday afternoon
Mr. Butler's fourth organ recital played to
"standing room only" and was listened to
with the clcscst alteatlon. The program wn
not as varied as usual , soft , pretty muslo
being rather superibunAint. One likes enc
In a while to hear the full power uid
grandeur of the organ. Mr. Butler's tech
nique Is developing and lie Is freer than at
flrst In his cho.ce of methods. He aecmcd
at times a little sleu.y yesterday and look
the Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin ' at too
alow a tempo. The Fanfare wes well played
and the registration of Chopin's Nocturne
particularly artlslc. :
Charley Illgglns played a little melody of
his own that proved to bo sweet and tune
ful and an arrangement of Schubert's Ave
Maria. As a general thing his work waa
thoroughly satisfactory , showing a broad ,
full tone and accurate intonation , but there
wcro moments In the double stopping when
cae tone had wished to be alone.
Miss Mary Taggert , a soprano possessed
of a strong , clear voice of rather large com
pass , sang a thrnkless excerpt from Costa't
"Ell. " Italian oratorio Is n hetcrocllte fab-
rlcadoa that Is neither sacred" nor secular ,
neither opera nor oratorio , but a melange
exotic everywhere. Miss Taggert did very
well Indeed under the circumstances , phras
ing skillfull } and producing pleasing tone *
when they were not lee high.
The policy of aeatir.g people who como late ,
during the playing or singing , Is unfortunate
and should be discontinued. It distracts at
tention cod Is n great annoyance.
Mr. Lee G. Kratz is doing a good work for
music at the Kourtze Memorial church. Ho
has organized a chorus of sixty voices and
trained them to take part in the regular ser
vices. Last evening they made their debut
and for volume of tone , precision ot attack
and bold climaxes they are Justly entitled to
commendation. They pang a dlfllcult anthem
entitled "liaise Your Triumphant I > ays , " by
Saint Saetis and did not faceni at < all embar
rassed by belcs away from the organ , In n
side gallery. The regular choir consists of
nine voices , strong and confident. Mr. Kratz
presides at the organ acd plays a good ac
companiment.
Hnril lo ' 1VII HIMV It Mny Kn < ] ,
Serious disorders of the bowels often de
velop from a mild case of diarrhoea that could
at the start have been cured by a single dose
of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Any unusual looseness
of the bowels should always have prompt
attention , as when neglected no one can tell
what the result will be. This remedy can
aluiiys be depended upon and Is pleasant and
safe to take.
Head "Simon Ojle ' in the Snnauy Dee.
Dfiif anil Dumb liny Hurt.
Charles Hnrtman was struck by the cn-
plno of a freight train yesterday morning at
the crossing of Cumins street and the Uclb
line and received a broken arm and a badly
bruised hip. Hnrtman Is n student at the
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb , and It 13
his custom to spend the meekly holiday at
his home , 150S Military nvenue. Yesterday' '
morning he started out to enjoy the mitumit
dnwn and took his course down the Missouri
Pncltic railroad track. Not observing sutll-
clently cloe lie 'failed ' to notice a llanK
irovement of an approaching freight train.
The engineer whistled to no avail and WHS
unable to bring the pnjlno entirely to a atop
before it reached llartmiin. Accordingly
the llrst information that came to the latter
wno g-nlneil from a neighboringditch. . Ho
was carpd for by the train crew until phy-
glclans nnd the Institute author.les ! nvero
notllled , nhen he was removed to his'homo.
THY miMl THY GRAIN-0
Ask your grocer today lo show you n ,
package of GHAIV-O , the new food drink
that takes -he place of coffee. The child
ren m-y drink It without ! .Jary as well as
the acljlt. All who try it , llko It. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java ,
but It Is mode from pure grains , and the
most delicate stomach receives It without
distress. U the price of coffee. 15c and 25a
per package. Sold by all grocers.
We probably frame more pictures than
all the other self-styled picture framers
In Omaha there are several reasons why
we do our prices are about half what
you have paid for work and mouldings
not so good we have experts at our
I.ard street factory who frame so much
that they do It well then we have such a
stock of mouldings from the quarter-
Inch to the 12-Inch widths that you can
be sure of finding what you wnnt HIIIII *
pies and prices at the Douglas hlreut
store Pictures and frames go together
wo have both ,
A. HOSPE ,
1513 Douglas
Some little Jewelry gifts
Cut glass salvo box Mcrling silver top
r. ( ) cents.
Cut glass vinaigrette sterling silver
toi > 75 cents ,
Cut glass full size puff boxes-sterling
silver top-$2.50.
Full size hair brush sterling silver
Sterling silver null llles-unc ,
Solid gold pi-n genuine pearl handle
7. > cents.
The above goods are not Ciorham's.
V ) engraved visiting cards and copper
plate-1.00.
Kngraved wedding stationery at tbo
right prices. Mall orders carefully at
tended to.
C. S Co
. , Raymond , ,
Jewelers ,
15th and Noughts Streets.