TTTTC OMATTA DA1I.V SIT Sill A V. .TAXTrAlV 1SOS.
CALIFORNIA'S ' FIFTY YEARS
Jubilee Marks an Epocb in the History of
the State ,
DEVELOPMENT OF A HALF CENTURY
IIITcrl of .MiirNlinM'H Dlni'iivery oil the
UriMvth of ( lie I'lillci ! SliiU-K AVenl-
< TII lii < 1iilrlc I'lint mill I'rcnent
l''iitnri > of the Wt'M.
California's julillco pjmmomoratcs an
event of Rurpasslng Interest , and Importance
and marks an epoch In California history.
I Vho otory of what California was In a social ,
political and Industrial SCDBO when Mar-
nhaU's discovery of gold at Colonia occurred
and of what It now Is In Us varied aspects ,
after the passage of a half century , says
tliH San Francisco Chronicle , Is graphically
told In the pagej of the Chronicle today.
It Is a marvelous narrative one , In fact ,
of the romances of human history and the
world's development. It Is the romantic
story of the rlsu of an empire In the brief
period of two generations out of a slenderly
populated pastoral domain , little better
than a wilderness an umpire full of human
energy , activity and ambition ; rich beyond
compare In mineral wealth ; rich In varied
and tiountooua products of an Inexhaustible
Roll ; rich In climatic condilloim and geographical
graphical situation ; rich In Us commerce
and Its commercial prospects ; rich In art ,
letters , science , education and all other
( lualltlt's essential to the making of the hu
man race better ami life to Its Individual
members more enjoyable.
Neither Marshall nor his ntMoclates un
derstood , even In the romotrat degree , the
Hlgnlllcancii of the discovery of gold In the
tatlracu of Sutler's mill at Coloma , or HUS-
puctod the Inlluoncc which that event was
destined to exert thereafter and the wonder
ful developments which would result from
It. Few of the earlier gold seekers who
came to California possessed any keener
fortnight. To the former , California was a
pastoral country : to the latter. It offered
merely a means of acquiring quickly a fortune -
tune which might bo spent and enjoyed
elsewhere , and beyond Its auriferous placers
It possessed tu them no attraction.
WO.N'DKIIFUL OPPORTUNITIES.
With the experience of fifty years spread
out Iw-foro It , the present generation real
igns the wonderful opportunities which the
the men of ISIS hail within their grasp ,
and yet , perhaps the sago wio ! shall write
the story of California centenary will note
the great opportunities which the celebrants
of lt jubilee neglected to their own dlsad-
vantiiKo and the disadvantage of their prog
eny. However that may be , the fact now
Htamls conspicuously dlnplayed that the
mere handful of Inhabitants which Cali
fornia possessed In ISIS has grown to a
population of nearly one- and one-half mil
lions ; that the small pneblrs ami villages
of that tlmo have boon translate 1 Into great
cities ; that the llttlo hamlet of Verba Ilucna.
with a population of a few hundred PPIVOIIS
of Spanish nnd mixed bloo.l , hcs developed
Into one of the greatest commercial cities
In the western hemisphere , with an ainbi-
ti.'ii ' to become ultimately the gmttcxt com
mercial city of the- world , nnd now pos-
SI'-MPS a population of nearly -nO.noO ; that
tiio plains and hill slopes which were do-
votf'd to the pasturing of cat'le ' or which
v.ero surrenderd ! to the great hi > rds of nn-
t > lopu and ether wild game that roametl
over them at will , have since become one
of the granaries for the feeding of the Old
World , having been brought uirler the In-
llueiiro of the plow and made to yield
abundantly of the morn precious fruits of
the soil ; th.it the tall stacks of great man
ufactories greet the eye and the hum of
mighty machinery assails the car In local
ities where thn foot of the white man , at
least , had not then entered ; that the Indus
try which Marshall accidentally started and
which was for a long tlnu : snppMcd to be
endowed with only nn ephemeral existence
at best , has became as permanent M the
roeliB In which nature stored the treasure :
that the few particles of gold found by
Marshall have slnco been the means of
adding In round number : ; . $1,100,000,000 to
Iho wealth of the world from the aurifer
ous soil and rock at the mineral belt In
which he excavated the tallraco.
MODKIIN' GOLD MIXING.
Thin accidental discovery of gold at Co
loma has , however , resulted la much more
than the development of the 'territory ' In
which It occurred. It was the beginning of
the modern history of gold mining nnd of the
search for the precious metal the world over ,
which hns slnco been conducted with nn
eagerness unparalleled In hlttory since , at
least , thu days of Solomon and which the
< > xperlcnccs of each succtsslvo year have In
tensified. Thu "signs" which nature im
pressed on the surface of the gold-bearing
bolt In California were sought for In every
land and clime. Anil wherever those "signs"
have been discovered the prospector has
struck his ph-k and begun his search of the
furmatlorei of the earth In that locality. It
was the recognition of these sinus with which
Hurgrraves had become familiar during his
California mining experience that Impelled
htm to hunt for the precious metal In Aus
tralia inn ! which resulted In the develop
ment of that country nu n great gold pro
ducer. The discoveries made In Hrltlsh Co-
lumblii. South Africa nnd AlnsKn uro all the
outgrowth mf the u\pflrteneu acquired In Cali
fornia and the dlrrut result of Marshall's
discovery. Nearly all of the gold extracted
from the placers nnd ledges of the world
slnco ISIS represents , In fnct. the virgin
wealth which tln > Coloma discovery wns di
rectly Instrumental In dpvolnptag. The
event whlrh the Jubilee commemorates wns
fur-renchlng In Its Influence , broader than
the boundaries f thu utate or the limits of
tl'o nation of which California Ij to.lny ono
of the most Important membeis. embracing
d'.her continents nnd other hemispheres nnd
shaping thn destines of other peoples.
CALIFORNIA METHODS.
It may bo said alao with truth that all
thp modern methods and upp'lncrs used In
inliilne for gold have developed directly
from the Coloma discovery. The simple
appliances of pick , . -"hovel and pan the
mo.lfst Implements which every prospector
for gold carries with Mm today wcro the
Implements used by the pioneer gold lieak-
-rs of California. They were soon supple
mented by the erndlo or rocker , and when
U was fun ml that quartz veins showed free
gold In their cropplngs mortar ucni pcritlo
were added to the gold mining outfit. On
these crude Implements all of thu wonderful
mechanical nppi ! < nccri of the priM at time
are bat.ed. The gigantic quart/ mills which
are dally crushing thousands of tons of
BltKAKS UPi
in sliorl onlcr
K "Sovonty-soven" Is tnksn nt
first ; the easiest tlmo to stop u
Cold or chock the Grip.
Occasionally nn obstinate Cold
i . takes longer , nncl _ wo usk , for
r
" 77 , " the same Indulgence nc-
corde-J your physician ; the per
sistent use of " 77" insures a true
cure.
C TA 23c vial lo3iN ta a $1 flank ,
At druccliu cr 'MU on receipt cf price.
Atk fur Dr Humphrey1 * Spoclllr Manual of
til Dltraiw * ni yiuir iliUKclit * or nnl'.cJ frit.
Humphrey * ' Medicine Co. . New York ,
aurlferou .rock under the mighty strokes ot
the stamps In their batteries are merely an
enlargement on a mammoth o > le of Iron
mortar anil pesllo with which the pioneer
quartz miner of California groi-od lo powder
a few pounds of rich quartz per day. The
Ingenious appliance * now uoed to separata
the gold from the dress with which It Is
naaoclated , whether It be represented In the
pulp of the quartz mill or In the gmvol re-
iLMsod by the giant In a hydraulic mine , are
the direct development of the .porapcctor'a
gold pan and the rocker. The principle rep
resented In those crude Rcparators Is the
governing principle In the wave motlcti In
troduced in the battery of the quartz mill
and produced by the rhythmic arrangement
of the descent of the stamps whan In opera
tion and In the concentrators for the arrest
of pold-bcarliiK nulphuretn nnd the finer
grains of free gold which nay have escaped
from the batteries , as well ns In all ap
pliances for gold saving used In p'.acer oper
ations. Every development made In the
form of these mechanical appliances for gold
saving has grown out of the new conditions
created by the neccralty for handling larger
masses of gold-bearing material. There Is
no exaggeration In the statement mat nearly
all the more Important folium * associated
with the Industry of gold mining were cre
ated and developed In California. It IB true
tliat the principle Involved In hydraulic min
ing cod In sluicing was apparently under
stood by the anclcntfl , as nhown In old prints ,
but It remained for California miners to
give to the principle Its fullest development.
And the developments originally started In
California for the reduction of gold-bearing
rock have filled the mineral bolt of the wwt-
cm part of this continent with milk * nnd
mining machinery and there la no gold field
In the world today , not excepting from the
statement the Ural mountains and the Siber
ian ranges , where the Russians hive em
ployed the strictest excluslvttiess , that Cali
fornia gold miners and California gold min
ing methods are not to bu found.
KUTUUK OP TUB WHST.
The event at Colomn In 1818 has been nlso
directly Instrumental In the development
of every other Industry now present In the
state , nnd many of the works originally de
signed exclusively for mining uses are now
demonstrating nn especial value In other di
rections. IlCfcorvolM , ditches nnd ll'imes tre
ated for hydraullcklng ar.i being turned to
account as sources for the manufai turo of
t'heap electric power and light , which not
only fncllltnto and c.ieipeu he oporatlons
of the miner nnd add to his comfort nnl
profit , but they enter Into other lh'H ? of use
fulness. They nro also converting the parched
soil of the plains , after thn watar contained
In thorn has performed lu function1) as a
servitor to miner and manufacturer. Into a
fruitful region. Increasing the wealth nnd
comfort of those now occupying It and pre
paring for a larger and perhaps more thrifty
population to come.
The amazing developments which have oc
curred in California since V'ursiinll'ti dis
covery of gold are , however , trifling com
pared with those which may be reasonably
expected to occur lu the next half century.
Gold mining In Its permanent form Is only
In lie Infancy. There are only nbout 20.000
miners engaged In the Industry now In all
Its forms. Hut the gold-benrln ? belt contains
Vom enough for COO.OOO or more without any
one Jostling his neighbor. Then , ngaln. other
minerals with which the stnto abounds have
BO far received very llttlo attention. The
state at large contains not over 1,500,000 In
habitants , 'ind yet It is nn empire which can
easily support , properly utilized , : ! U,000,000
of people In comfort. Those are estimnUa
ba."e-l solely on the natural resources of the
stnto which are present In the year of the
jubilee of its gold d'scovcry. The pcisslblll-
tles for the support of a dense population ,
growing out of the commerce which It will
ultimately control , can scarcely be estimated.
When the centenary of gold discovery shall
bo celebrated the developments made In Its
latter half may greatly overshadow these
which mark Its jubilee.
II VS A M KKICIKXCV ( ) ! ' ITSIOX.
DeiiKiemlh1 lender SIIJ-K ( lie I'nrly
Will < io H Alone Tlilx Vt-ur.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Jan. 29. ( Sperl-il. )
'ylvan Winter of Chamberlain , a member of
the executive committee of the state demo
cratic committee , a pronounced sliver man
nnd an ardent supporter of nrynn In 1S96 , de
clares In a newspaper Interview tliat there
will bo no fusion this year In South Dakota.
"You can put It right down. " said .Mr.
Winter , "that there will he throe tickets In
the field In South Dakota and that ono of
them will bo a democratic ticket. Last year
I was ready to Join with the populists In
order to carry the state , but my experience
has madu mo unalterably opposed to further
fusion. I have talked with many of the
party leaders In the state , and so far as I
know there Is not one who differs with me
on this traitor. Wo are going to rehabilitate
the democratic party this ye-jr. The rank
and file of the party Is < iul'o ns much dis
gusted with fusion as nre the loaders , ami
the go-lt-alono policy Is the ono which will
prevail hereafter with the democrats. We
feel that only so can wo build up a party
In this st > ite. Wo feel also that the Inst two
years hnvo been worse than lost to the
party. "
OI'I'OSITIO.V TO MW t'OSTMASTHIt.
Former OMIelal Tnken l.rKcr.s ( , , „
\ > Uhl > < irlnK Town ,
SIOUX FALLS. S. D. , Jan. 29. ( Special. )
A. G. Holgenbnukor , ox-postmaster at
Canning S. D. baa
, , been nrrcated for an
odd violation of the postal laws. When the
new postmaster , Mr. Booth , was appointed
Helgenbaukcr took the change somewhat In
the light of n personal affront. He refused
to take down the sign "nastofllce" which
was nbovo the door In which the postolilci
was located when ho wns postmaster , an.I
many patronn continued to bring letters IP
his place. These letters ho took and mailed
nt Illunt , S. I ) . , thus defrauding Postmaster
llooth out of cnnnellations
to which he wa4
naturally entitled. It Is charged that Hel-
genbauker nnd members of his family so
licited letters from people who got mall
nt Canning nnd then mailed the letters at
P.lunt. Postal Inspector Kawkner , who
caused the arrest , says that there Is often
nianiftsted a disposition to boycott new
appointees out of spltt1 , and that all such
violation.1) of the postal laws will be prose
cuted to thn fullest extent.
lldie | l Seenre .Moody.
SIOUX PALLS , S. D. , Jnn. 29.-SpeclnI. ( )
Dr. D. II. Scott , pastor of the First Con
gregational church here , is corresponding
with Dwlght L. Moody In the hope of se
curing the great evangelist for n series of
revival meetings In Sioux Falls. Dr. Scott
saja that the meetings will probably be
arranged. If Moody cunes the meetings
will be held In the Ware theater , which
with the largo stage will seat 1.70J people.
Snme Siisil | ( > lniM CiilKhlel ,
Mrs. 1'aley113 South Nineteenth street ,
rejwrtPd lust nip lit wliut she regarded ns
the suspicious actions of two men In her
neighborhood. She s.iys that in lnnt Thurs
day afternoon Mho H.IW the men drive to a
point opposite her house , where they nneined
to be engaged In examining u hole In ( | | i >
ground , which appeared large enougi for
ono man to enter. They k'ft t'liorlly ' nfler-
\uinl , ami just at dusk one of the men re
turned , and tnkln.i a eollln-llke l x from
the wagon was seen to throw It In the hole
Ho then drove rapidly nwuy , nnd Mrs
1'iiley reported the mutter to the police
The lot , whlc'i Is just east of the Twentieth
street power house , was examined , and th"
open shift of an abandoned cet-'spaol was
discovered. What the Htranjfer'a burden
was has not been ascertained ,
lr .He > moiir'N I.eeliire.
Last Thursday evening Or. W. I. Seymour
delivered n lecture before tne Tourist club
of the Young Woman's Christian uMoel-
ntlou which was listened to by , i larso gath
ering. He took for his tople Yttlloivritoiio
National 1'urk. " Dr. Seymour s > pn. sev
eral weeks In ttiln crnlo region l-.st sum
mer ! < iml his lecture wan madv i u of ex
perience * which ht > encountered v hie ! there.
A largo amount of p IMC t leal hln'H a i to
reaching the par' : and lies * methods o-
traversing Itwore * Incorpar.i cd In t'io ' ad-
dro H.
The tfLVKiO ruiiil.
The following particulars of thin benevo
lent fund will Interest thu generous donor
and the general public : Over 3X > applica
tions rccelvjd. Bovenil applicant1 are old
stnxer.s , "bummers. " Mast deserving canes
have been found nnd relieved. Sixty vial- |
torn Investigated kindly and fully. No cuso \
Bhnll bo overlooked , but U taken lime. Ap-
pllcunts tdiotild write exact addrcDH very j I
plainly , 1'artlcnlars need no-t bo given In f I
letter , only nnmcv and residence. Address I
postofllce box 195 , Omaha , J j
PITV r/invr n nnnppriMvro
Cln COUNCIL PROCLLDlAliS
Ordinance Governing Fire and Police Forces
Parsed at Special Session ,
SIX TO THREE IN FAVOR OF THE MEASURE
Stulil Vote * irMh Ilnrlclrr nnil I/olieck
In ( > | itii ltloiilte-fiilidliiK llonili
for I'lontliiKliiilrntriliiomi
I'rnetliMillDeoliUd On.
The city council held two sessions ycstor-
day afternoon. One was a special meeting
nt which the ordinance providing for the ap
pointment of the members of the Hoard of
Fire end Police Commissioners wan passed.
This occupied about five minutes. There was
ro discussion and the roll call was :
Yens Rochcl , Hurmester , Karr , Mercer ,
Mount , 1'realdcnt Ulngkam 0.
Nays llurklcy , Lobeck , Stulit 3.
The ether meeting was Informal and
executive. The council secluded Itself In the
committee room at 2 o'clock and with the
exception of the hrleC recess while the spe
cial meeting was hi progress It was locked
up for four hours. It Is understood that
the council decided to Issue refunding bonds
to take t ( > the outstanding warrants acid tense
nso the balances of uncollected taxes now
Included In the fund balances as shown by
the books of the comptroller. H was ar
gued that unlens this was done , It would be
Iir.pcsslblo to run the city wltfi a levy that
would be satisfactory to the taxpayers.
The bulk of the afternoon was occupied
by a general discussion of the levy and Us
dutrlbutlui among the various funds. It
was easy enough to settle on a levy for
each fund that was satisfactory to a ma
jority of the council , but when these levies
were 'Considered ' as a whole there was so
much dissatisfaction that It failed to secure-
anil-oval. The discussion will probably be
continued at the regular committee meet
ing .Monday.
o.ti VH.VSssissii ) VALUATION.
I.UdMl nt n I.lttlo Over Thli-ty-TIirci-
Millions for l'ur | > ii OM of Tu.tilt I oil.
Tax CommlsFloncr Stachett has completed
the tabulation of the work of the Board of
Equalization on the municipal tax list for
189S. The llnal assessment shows a reduction
of a little less than $17,000 , as compared
with the return of the Hoard of Review , and
a reduction of over $3,000,000 as compared
with the Initial assessment. The bulk of
tha reduction la In city lots , while the only
increase lo In the assessment of railroads
and telegraph lines. This Increase Is largely
accounted for by the agreement with the
Missouri Pacific Railroad company , by which
tljo Holt Line was placed on the city tax
list.
list.The
The following shows the detailed figures
as returned .by . the assessors , the Hoard of
Hovlow and the Hoard of Equalization :
Hoard of
Assessed Hoard.of Kqtmltz-
Value. Review. atljn.
Lands $ i'ill'J15 : $ 2,105,020 $ 2.073.S2.1
Lots ll,2C2.CiPJ ! 12,2T7,7M > 12,251,210
Additions 13,727,710 13,132,740 H.OIHOir ,
'
1'eraomil 5,74'j,2OT ' 5,308,335 5,373WS !
liailro.'ids nnd
Telegraph . . . ISO.CS.'i 1X ! > , GS5 219.9"
Totals $ .1270.915 $33,005,373 J33OISH3 (
Meeting of lln > Pnrli Ioir ( : < l.
At the meeting of the Hoard of Park Com-
mls3lonor * yrotcrda'y afternoon the proposal
of George Mills to donate eighty-two lots
in Deer Park for the use of the prepared
Central boulevard was received and referred.
Thin Is the McCormlck property previously
referred to In connection with 'the ' boulevard
and the total cost to the city. If It is ac
cepted , will be a'bout ' $2,000.
TheIrani further indicated Its Intention
to hold on to the Twentieth street boulevard
by directing Superintendent Adams to con
tinue the work of cindering the driveway
until further notice.
SOU FHOiVIAliA NEWS.
The lnvi > stig.ition Into the charges ( lied
by David McCourt against Policemen
Mulrahy , Montngue nnd Sheshan occupied
the entire afternoon yesterday and tin-
rouncil chamber where the i > ollco committee
mot was filled with spectators and wit
nesses. About
twenty witnesses
were exam
ined. McCouit was represented by At
torneys Patrick and Lambert , while J. J.
Hrcon lookeil after the intnrnsts nf thn nn.
llcemen. There was a disposition at the
stirt to excludethu attorneys , as the mem
bers of the committee seemed to think that
they wcro capable of asking all necessary
questions , but It WES finally ugreed to.flllow
thu lawyers to remain , provided they at
tended strictly to business and did not un
dertake to delay matters by the asking of
Immaterial questions.
McCourt waa the first witneus anil ho sai'd ,
that hl.u on his way home on the afternoon
of January ( j , hewas arrested by Officer
Mulcnhy for bolng drunk. The witness ad
mitted that ho had drank four or llvo glasses
of beer , but Instate. ! that ho was not Intoxi
cated. Continuing , the witness told of rat
tling the cell door In order to attract the
attention of the Jallir and that finally one
hand was handcuffed to the bars of the cell.
As he continued to ruttlu the door , Ofllcoi
Montague chained lib ether hand to the
bard. Witness said that he then kicked the
. . Xext morning witness was brought up
In police court and discharged. Ho asserted
that the handcuffs bruised the flesh on his
wrUts and that the pollco liad no bitshuvii
to chain him up In order to keep him quiet.
A number of witnesses testified that they
considered McCourt uobur on the afternoon
In question. Then followed n long wrungln
between the lawyer. * on ijuest/'ons / of law and
at length Mayor Knsor , who was present ,
arcttu' uinl suggested that the attorneys ought
to bo rcqiiDJtea to retire , as the committee
was perfectly competent to Investigate the
charges and ask any necessary questions.
The attorneys for McCourt promptly op
posed any such iictlon and Attorney Lam-
' ' . | < 'b'ig ' : the committee , asked , "Who
Is this man who presuims to offer suggfis-
tlons to this committee ? " The mayor
promptly ix-plled , "I will lot you know wlio
i am .iefcro I get through with you. "
ThronUned difficulty wna averted , however ,
by Chairman Vansant of the committee call
ing for the next witness. After this Jlttlo
tilt the attorneys wasted very llttlo tlmo
In the asking of useless questions.
Olficors . .Mulcahy , Sht-ehan and Montague
told their iitorlcs which were substantially
the same as published last week.
Tlio committee will consider all of the
testimony an-t will make A report to the
rouncil Monday night. .Mayor Knsor sayn ,
that If the policemen have been guilty of
abusing prisoners ho gtanils ready to dlo-
clpllno them or If necessary to discharge
them.
lieiicrnl Mniiliver ICeiiynn Tnllm ,
In connection with the proposed action of
a number of llvo stock commission men at
the exchange regarding the removal of their
offices from stock yards property to a new
building to bo erected Just south of the Del-
monico hotel , General Manager1 Kenyan said
yesterday upon his return from Denver that
tlui first Intimation he had of the matter was
what ho read In The Dec of Saturday morn
ln .
When asked what ho would do to prevent
the removal of a number of the commission
men , Mr. Kenyan said that It was lime
enough to crois the bridge when he came
to It. As that time had not yet arrived ho
would not take any steps to induce the
dealers In live stock from reconsidering
their decision. An for the amount of rent
charged In the present exchange bulldlnx.
It waa not as largo aa at the Chicago or
Kansaj City otock yards , where the same
accommodations wcro furnlnhed. Heat and
janitor service U furnished hero , but each
tenant pay * for what light he uses. Mr.
Kenyon further said that ho did net think
that any of the commission firms would
move away from the exchange building , M-
pecUlly at this year promised ta be the ban-
tier year lu the history of the yards and
could not bo attended to ns well
outsldo the exchange as In It Rooms In
the present building are charged for nt so
much per square foot. Where a firm has
largo offices nnd two air more rooms , It Is
to be expected that the rent will bo more
than for a small Inside room. The rents
at present range from-MO n month up to
{ CO. according to space and location. The
complaints seem to come , .from some of the
smaller dealers as so fqr none of the very
prominent firms are known to bo Interested
In the talked of removal. >
Anderson M Ai'inilttrd.
SOUTH OMAHA , Jan.,2ft. To the Editor
of The Dee : In The Heo of January 10 there
appeared an article under the head of
"Charges Against a Dairyman , " In which It
woi ! stated that Sanitary Inspector Carroll
of South Omaha stated to the city attorney
of South Omnha that Olft Anderson of Fifti
eth and Vlnton streets , engaged In the dairy
business , had soli ! the carcasses of two cowa
that bail died of some disease to a butcher
In Omaha. In justice to my business and
ttivanlf 1 tvnTlf itn statn Hirmtffli tll/i rvlltlnitia
of your paper that I was arrested upon said
charge and tried today In the pollco court
In the city of Omaha , and the evidence
showed that I simply sold the hldeti ot the
two cows to a butcher who also took some
of the carcasses , saying 'that ' ho wanted to
use tlio same for dog moat. I received $0
for the two htdos and nothing for the meat.
Judge Gordon , after hearing the evidence ,
declared that I was not only entitled to be
declared not guilty , but was also entitled
'to ' complete exoneration from the charge of
technically or Intentionally violating the
law. I think I am entitled to have this
statement printed. OLK ANDERSON.
XIMV GUI Ordlnuiiee Conitnir.
It was reported last night that the judi
ciary committee of the council and the ap
plicants for the new gas franchise had
reached an understanding and that the pro
posed amendment In the ordinance requiring
the promoters lo deposit with the city a
certified check for $5.000 guaranteeing that
the plant would ibo In operation within two
years had been withdrawn. In the place of
this amendment , which was considered un
just by the applicants , another wHl bo sub
stituted protecting the rights of the city
fully as much as the deposit of a largo sum
of money. Those Interested assort that when
the attention of the Judiciary committee was
called to the Injustice of such an amendment
that there was no objection to substituting
a different kind of guaranty. The ordinance
will , It Is expected , ibe 'reported on by the
committee at the council meeting Monday
night and read for the third time , after which
a vote will bo taken.
Mnule City ( ; < > . N | | > .
Dr. Davis. Office over So. Omaha Nat. Ilk.
Morris GoUstcln lias gone to New York
to attend to matters of business.
Samuel Roberts of Ileols , la. , spoilt yes
terday here attending to business matters.
The Musical club will meet with Miss
Honoy. Twenty-fourth nnd J streets , Monday
evening.
At the morning sorvlcos nt the First Pres
byterian church today the annual offering
for aged ministers will be received.
Elder I ) . J. Kendall will conduct the Chris
tian Endeavor consecration services at the
First Presbytetlan clvurch this evening.
Special evangelistic services will commence
at the 'Presbyterian ' ehiireh tonight. Uev.
Wheeler will preach on "IMght Heginnlngs. "
AU of the delegates who went to the Llvo
Stock Growers' convention at Denver have
returned and report having had u good
time.
Master Harry Gardner , assisted by his
sister , Eflle , entertained a couple of dozen of
his friends at tholr homo , Twenty-fifth and
J streets , Friday evening.
The remains of Mrs. Ada Winshlp were for
warded to Chicago yesterday afternoon , Mrs.
Fred illlocdheart. Twenty-fourth and J
streets , accompanying 'them.
This morning Rev. Irving P. Johnson , pas
tor of St. Martin's Episcopal church , will de
liver a sermon on "False Conceptions of
Perfection Eiitprtalncd by the People of
Tcday. " In tlio evening.Sov. 'Johhsdn'Jwlll
eonduct services at the mission at Thirtieth
and Q streets.
Commencing Tuesday evening nt S o'clock ,
Ilev. Irving P. Johnson will conduct a series
of Instruction on Christian doctrine nt St.
Martin's church. These instructions will bo
a systematic exposition of the Christian
faith fcr t'ho ' benefit of those desiring to be
confirmed , but the public generally Is in
vited. The subject of the first lecture Is ,
"What Is Religion ? "
Tuesday evening next , nt Masonic hall ,
Phil Kearney post No. 2 , Grand Army of the
Republic , will glvo a unlquo entertainment.
Resides a cake walk , there Is to bo a sale of
llvo stock at public auction In genuine stock
yards stylo. No admission fee will bo
charged , the affair being purely social. Re-
fros'hments will 'bo ' served nnd there will bo
music and humorous speeches to conclude
with.
It was announced yesterday afternoon by
Cashier Rostwlck of the South Omaha Na
tional bank that E. W. Speed , for a number
of years cashier of the Hartley Peak bank
at , Hill City , S. D. . would , after February : ,
be connected with the South Omaha Na
tional bank In an official capacity. Re
sides being connected with the bank , Mr.
Speed will also be Interested In the Cattle
Feeders' Loan company , which Is conducted
by the bank. In addition to his banking
business In South Dakota , Mr. Speed was
largely Interested In live stock and is well
versed In everything pertaining to the cattle
business.
The remains of Private George Murphy ,
Company F , Twenty-second Infantry , wcro
burled yesterday with military honors at
St. Mary's Roman Oat'hollc ' church. In the
ordinary course which Is gene-rally observed
at military posts the remains would have
Leon Interred at the post cemetery , but as
the deceased was a moaiber of the Ancient
Order cf Hi'oernlnns of Sarpy county , the
members of that division took charge of the
remains. Colonel Wlkoff an1 a majority of
tin- officers paid a marked compliment to 'the
deceased by accompanying the remains to the
depot. Rov. J. F. McCarthy and Rev. M. F.
llyrno conducted the services at thr grave.
The deceased was 21 years of age anil was
born at Plttsvburg , Pa.
HOMI3 rHATCIIKN AT C1H ItClliS. :
Oiil-of-Touii MlnUloi-N WliitVIII Oc
cupy l.ncnl . I'tilpllH Tmlnj.
Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbott , D. D. , bishop
of Wyoming , will preach nt Trinity cathedral
this morning at 11 o'clock ; at 11:30 : o'clock
this afternoon at Trinity cathedral ho will
address a public meeting of all the Episcopal
churches In thu city , nnd at ! J p. m. ho will
preach nt the Church of St. Philip the Dea
con on Twenty-first nnd Paul streets. Ulshop
Talbott is accounted ono of the most elo
quent of pulpit orators.
Rov. Newton M. Mann , ' pastor of Unity
church , will preach thin morning on the
Sunday question , wlth'e-spoclal reference to
the cU-iIng of the gates of the exposition on
Sunday. "Tlio Sunday Question from the
Present Point of View" Js , the topic. Dr.
.Muii'n ' will , It Is iiiiilcrstMd , advocate the
opening of the exposition gates on Sunday as
on other days.
Uev. Howard H. Russell of Columbus , 0. ,
ono of the most eloquejit'Of Methodist di
vines and ono of the incut energetic of tcm-
peranco workers , will .ocoupy . the pulpit of
the First Congregational'church this morn-
Ing. This evening ho will 'speak at the First
MethoiJUt church. At thu evening service
Kov. O. D. Whltmoru will talk temperance
from the pulpit of Trinity Methodist church ,
Kountzo Place.
Ilov. Joseph N. Iloyd of Chicago will con
duct services morning and evening at the
First Presbyterian church.
THU 'HHVI.TV '
INSTRUMENTS filed for record Saturday ,
Junu.iry 39. IW :
WAHHANTY DEEDS.
I > , E. Mather and hns. to A. U. Towir ,
lot W. Windsor I'luce J 1,000
L S , IlepJ nnd 'Alfn to ( J. II. I'rlngle ,
lot S. block 2. Hazel Tt Trace tie
Joseph Murphy to Minnie Taylor lots
U til 12 , block t. lota IS id ) 19. lilorl ;
5. Llplon I'In CD 1MX )
Albert Hurwhwyler , lot 10. block C7 ,
Benson , 117
M. C. Gou * and nun , to J. il. ( . ' . Ood-
fry. n'j ' lot 3. and * outh C foot lot 33 ,
Rees Tlai-o 5.500
Ql'IT CLAIM DEEDS
II 8 Hortori nt-.d wife to Itrbecvi
Small , lot 3 , block 1. Newp rl ( id. . . 1
Total JS.iuj
Have Yottr Garments Cut to Order by
Nicoll The Tailor.
Every Wo
Garment employ
carefully only
fitted the
before best
being skilled
completed. Tailors of
Omaha
Think of the advantage of having your garment cut to order ,
"You make your selection from a variety of woolens that comprises
the latest and best fabrics from the woolen markets of the world.
You have your garments cut and trimmed to suit your individual
taste , and when completed you experience a satisfied feeling in wear
ing them.
Perhaps you fear the price ? Not at Nicoll'sl By our UP-TO-
DATE METHODS on a cash basis we make it possiole for you to
dress well at a nominal cost.
Ask the salesman to show you the $15 , $1S and $2O Suitings.
SUITS 8l518S20$25 and $28. TROUSERS 84-S5-S6-S7 and $8
OVERCOATS $15-820-825.
You can't afford to wear poorly fitting or inferior uncle garments when such prices prevail.
209 and 211 Karbach
So , 15th , Block.
ALASKAN STEAMER WRECKED
Details of tlio Destruction of ths Corona ou a
lleof.
ALL THE CREW AND PASSENGERS SAVED
run If I'rcvnllM for iv Time , Imt la
( lull-led ! > OIlU'iTM mill Crew LiiHt
.11 a n Coine.s Awny n I'Viv Mln-
iKcn Hi-fore Shin fioi'w lluwu.
SAN FUANCISCO , Jan. 29. Further par
ticulars liavo been received of the wreck of
the Pacific Ccast Steamship company's
steamer Corona on a reef at the aoutlienst
l > oint of Lewis Island , forty-eight miles
north of Victoria , D. C. , and opposite t'Jo
mouth of the Skeena river , ou Sunday , Jan
uary 23. The Corona mailed from Seattle
with 217 passengers for Juneau , Talya and
Skagway ou Thursday , January 27. U car
ried a cargo of 700 tons , together with ten
horses and thirty-eight dogs. This was to I
have bten Its final Alaskan trip nnd the ship
was to return to the San Francisco and San
Diego run and be replaced by the Queen.
At 5:25 : o'clock on Sunday morning , when
-ISO miles from Victoria , in what is kaown
as Arthur Pansago. tfie steamer suddenly
passed upon the reef. The first shock was
followed 1-y several lesser ones as the vessel
was i > 3undlng with Its ends on the
rocks Most of the passengers were up
awaiting the breakfast call , and a scene of
Indescribable confusion ; enaued , caused by j
the locking of the vessel when the engines ,
were working to get off the rocks. The I
s'hlp finally settled down and the officers
nnd crow succeeded In calming the panic-
striken passengers , and Captain Pierce
ordered the boats lowered and the pumps
to bo worked.
As soon as It waa nsccrtalned that the
vcs.sel was taking water Captain Pierce
ordered the women and children Into the I
boats , and at 7:25 : a. in , the first boat , In
charxo of Second Officer Marshall , j > jt off
for the nearest land , Lewis Island. Seven i
boats were manned and the passengers |
were all landed on two trips without aicl- ; ! t
dent. The 'hand baggage and that In the j
forward hold ere then transferred and the
dogs and horses saved. Mattresses and
blankets from the cabin state rooms were ,
also landed for the accommodation * of the ! '
shipwrecked passengers. I '
At 9 o'clock the Corona had settled BO ;
far that the fires under the main boilers | i
were extinguished. An hour later Captain I i
Pierce ordered Purser Dallantino to take I '
the mall ashore , and at 11:15 : the captain I
'
ordered the rest of the crew ashore nnd followed - ,
lowed himself. Twenty minutes later the
steamer sunk , stern foremost , with Its bow
hanging to the rock upon which It struck.
About 2:30 : p. m. the tug Golden Gate with
a barge In town , heard and answered the
signal of distress , hut the sea bolng too
heavy to admit of Its parting with Us tow
the tug proceeded and returned next mornIng -
Ing when Captain Pierce dispatched It to
.Mary Island with the news of the wreck.
A severe storm which struck the camp
added to the sufferings of the hapless pas
sengers huddled upon Lewis Island. The
storm continued until Wednesday morning ,
On Wednesday night at 8:05 : the steamer
Danube was sighted and answered the
signal flared from 'the ' point and Captain
Plorco boarded the ship In a canoe manned
by Slwauhes from un adjacent Uland. Upon
his return ho conveyed the glnd news that
the eteamem Alkl and IJIder were close be
hind the Danube and would relieve them ,
the Danube proceeding upon Its way south
with the nuwa of the disaster. It was sup
posed that ono of the two vessels would
turn back to Fort Wrangel with such pua-
eongcra as desired to proceed north , while
the other would bring the remainder to
Seattle.
Arnold's Hromo Cel-r ? currs headaches ,
lOc , 2Sc nnd r.tv All druggists.
I'riif. I , Illlf JIiilrrlnlM *
The pupllri at the Deaf and IJnmli Insti
tute wi-rf entertained lust night by Prof.
Little , who BUVP them a chalk talk. JK-
drew picture * on a lilnrkboint nnd then ex
plained to an nsKlxtant , who Interpreted the
nniiirlCH lnto > thf H ! ; II MIIKUUKV. The entiT-
talnnu'iit WIIH onjoyeil by the pupils. It
Ijtflntf the llrt ot thi1 kind that h.id i-vt-i1
como iinlcr thi-lr obiiervntli n. In addition
to thoseuho intend tin tschool , n on ol tiu
of the flty * vre preaont.
SMITH -Mm. Ann. Hired 73 yearn. Fiinotal
Tuesday tnornlns. Kt'bruary 1. ut SVI. :
from Hie ri'Sldent-o : t her aon . Phillip.
Join J. nnd .J.uii"H Smith. K'Jl Kouti
THfiUy-t-Hliti strei-t , t. Bl Peter's
fhure-n. Interin- in Holy Hepulcher
ciy. I'll ni * . Inv.tcJ.
MUHT nA\c-r.s.
SfliwiiliiMi Voreln .1liisiiu > raili % 11 Very
IMeiiviint AlVnlr.
Costumes ranging from the gorgeousncsH
of the old world royalty n century afio lo the
Brotosquo ImbHs of mythical splendor nnd
fairyland and the up-to-date American Idea
of the comical were the features of the an
nual masquerade In Turner hall on Ilarncy
street given lost night .by the Omaha
Schwaben Vereln. The attendance was lapse ,
although the usually thronged llcor gave
place to JuiH enough daneeio to make the
'program ' enjoyable. Some of the costumes
were elaborate , especially thoRO worn by a
number of women. , At midnight masks were
1 removed after three judges awarded prizes.
Dancing was Indulged in until ta late hour
and all enjoyed themselves. The officers of
this eoclfty are August Grlob , president , and
Charles Vogel , secretary. These who man
's ' Red the ball wcro Hobert Bauer , Charles
Bpplon , John Frank , C. Klsao er , August
Hriob and Malcolm Leis.
In Patterson hall last night the Jully Klght
Dancing club gave Its third of n snrlcn of
monthly hoffl. The hall was crowded with
young friends of the club nnd the dancers
enjoyed a well selected program which cndtM
at midnight. Refreshments were served dur.
Ing the evening.
HAS NO IDIA OF inn : VKITMIK. ; .
IVIll OliljMeel Hie Trnlii
Hervlci ; of Oilier Iloilil * .
CHICAGO , Jan. 2 ! ) . Kver since the N'orth-
wcstern road announced that It Intruded to
place between Chicago and Denver , In con
nection with the Union IMcIflc , a new train ,
there have been all sorta of stories going
the rounds aa to what the Hurllngton In-
tended to do In the way of meeting the new
competition. It was Bali that It was atom
to place a train between Chicago pcid Den
ver which would make the run In four
hours less than the time now used by all
of the reads and In other ways start n light
against the Northwestern and LVilon Paci
fic. General Pawmgrr Agt'.H Kustls of the
liurl'agton today said that his road had no
Intention of doing anything of the kind. The
Rurliiigton will , h said , make the saino
time as its competitors and run just us line
trains , but any attempt to break In on the
time agreement now existing between the
roads between Chicago and Denver h " not
been thought of by the officials of thu Dur-
llcigtou.
I'ri'HtoM 'I'leiiNe * Them.
. The n.cmLcrs of the Nebraska delegation lo
the Stock Growers' rcciventlon at Denver
wcro very much pleaded at the many cour-
tesles extended to them by J. U. Preston ,
general agent of the Milwaukee railroad at
Denver , who was one of the most active
mombor.s of the Denver reception committee.
.Mr. Pre.ttm wo formerly Htatloned at Omaha
and It may bo a matter of Intuiest to his
friends in thlfl city to know that ho la
meeting with great SIICCCM In lilfl new field.
I'nrt Arlliur'N SleniniT l.lni' .
Hurry K. Moores , city passenger and ticket
agent of the Port Arthur Itouto , yesterday
afturnoon received a telegram announcing
that the IIrat steamship of thu Port Arthur
Ilouto for Llverjtoal had weighed anchor and
sot sail for thu Ivnglkih port. The steam > -
ship Urunnelzlcr Is thu first to niako the
trip from Port Arthur , Tex. , nnd It carrleu
5,000 ! tons of packing house products , Hour ,
meal i , cotton and zinc.
SUHneM OonllriiiN Hie 'Ili-iiorl ' ,
CHICAGO , Jan. 29. The story that the
Plttsbiirg < t Gulf IH seeking -an entrance Into
Chicago , which has been denied ( several
times , has been ceo firmed by Preuldvnt
SUIIuoll of that re-ad. Ho eald that Ills line
Is negotiating with the Hurllngton for thn
usn of Its tracks Itctwein Qulncy and Chicago
cage and tliat thn deal nlll bo comvloied
within a rhort time.
Iliioliiii I mler ArreHl
Hilly Huston , the proprietor of the f'llmax
restaurant on North Hlxteenth Hireet.ii . :
arrested yt terduy for the theft of $10
from a South Omuhu mock man nimed :
William Terrlll. The inuney w.is l.-ikui by
HiLiton while ho wus diiink In Ma jihn , - of
bunlne a. It WUH tendered him In p.iynii'iii
for two lu-cent meals .ind It IH nlejed ! ( that
ho failed to return any eliaumMrH. .
Ilutton. wlft ; of thu prlb'-nrr , sl ni ) I a $1 < < Q
bond for his uppearaneu Ijfforu JudK' ' < ior-
clon later ,
uf ( 'erllllenle u I'oryrer.v.
ST. PAI'L , Jan. i'J. Thu probate court < o-
day decided the famous WulcrH-.MIntzer
will o/ntent , decldlnir In fuvor of the heirs
and declaring the mariiagu certificate pre
sented by Joseph Water * to be u forgery.
Mm. Anna Mliilzcr died over a yu r ago ,
leaving an eHtutu valued at about tl20/00. ( /
Ln t SeptPinbcr Jo-neph WutBra sonant to
Hcviire the eautu us hiisbaml of the do-
ceuxed , preDeiuIng u murrluge curtlllcate
dated nix yuurx luck and ulyiu'd by persuns
wliu nru now either dead or In 'ho Insuntt
asylum ,
LATEST FAD OF FASHION
Gotham's Swell Sot Hatches Up a New
Fad for Aunissnient.
DRLSS UP TO REPRESENT DOGS AND CATS
.Novel Hull IndiilKeil In liy Some o (
the Kleut of Xeir York Society
_ .Muii'ere HOKN , ( lie
Women CnlN ,
Niw YORK. Jan. 2fl. Ono hundred and
suventy-fivo of the elect danced last night
at 1ho homo of Hi'bcr R. lllshop , SSI Fifth
avenue , In red dominoes. It might easily
have been a masciuerado In the tlmo of
Lorenzo dl MuJlcl , and 'the ' host Intended it
should bo so. Kverythlng was red. The
lights , the ( lowers , the favors , the confetti ,
the very liveries of the lackeys combined
with the gorgeously trimmed dominoes ot
the dancers lo form u beautiful aymphony in
red. The Louis XVI ballroom , ono of the
finest In Xuw York , was garlanded with red
rosc.3 , caught In festoons with broad red
ribbons. All the great bronze vases over
flowed with the splendor of red roses and
there came a tlmo when thu floor was
fitrewn with their petals , crushed by the
gluning foot of the dancers. The overture
of the "Harbor of Seville , " played on hidden
airings and reeds , sounded a welcome to the
arriving dominoes.
Suddenly sixteen of King Carnival's apt de
voted courtiers whisked upon the sct-.ie ,
tholr dominoes surmounted by elaborate
masks fashioned to represent the heads of
dogs and cats. The women were cats , thu
mon dogs. Kach wore a broad bluck satin
bow under the chin Inscribed In gilt k'Uleis
with u numo such as ono would bestow upon
a household pet. The bund struck up a set
of ijuadrlllus aiid the Mxtcon grotesquu
maskers squared off for the evolutions of u
double quadrille. It watt real ! } u romp , so
thoroughly had the carnival spirit entered
Into 'them.
Not until after this revel was over was It
luarneil that W. K. Vunderbllt and Hurry
Lehr had been thu In ad and front of llilH
diversion and that , of the gentlflr domlnoi-i ,
Mrs. Ogden Mills had bfici "MlnutUMrs. ; .
Henry Hloanc , "Dailo ; " Miss Kvclyn Hiir-
den , "Fllllie ; " Mr f. SluyvuHant Kish ,
Moiisolto ; " Miss Sands , "Mamnonte , " Mrs.
Canfiold , "Moucho" and Miss Anna h'unilv ,
"Ton Ton. "
The .innouiKemcat of supper nt 1 oViock
was 'tho ' signal for the dominoed lo bo
dropped and thu wonion omergcd In superb
ball costumi'H. .Small supper lublra had bi-on
laid In itho dining room , the reception roum ,
the hall and oven the library with Its mtig-
nlflcwt broiixiia.
The cotillion , led by WorthlnlonVhlte -
house , was danced hoon after 2 o'clock. For
ono of thu late figures , a mammoth ted
KUttn sllppur heaped full of dolls daintily
drexsed In red was carried to the center of
the lloor and each ono of the ilanceis ru-
colved u doll.
\ < > One Meennr Klelll ,
CINCINNATI , Jan. 2 ! ) . Chrutllan Kli-ln ,
who was found mortally wounduil on Thum.
day night half a square from his mill , died
today. The mystery concerning the manner
of hw death has not ynt been HU'lsf.iriorlly
explained , although there Is a Htruin b li.-f .
that the dylnK man'rt repeated statement
that he wax killed by rohhcru IH not the
true oii(3. It Is combattcd by HtutemoiitH of
witnesses that they beard tin * shots and
nuw Klein fall , but KUW no ono near him.
long my tliroat wna
filled with HoruH.lnrgu
Iiiinpn foririt-'d on luj'
nuok , nd iv liorrlhJo
ulcer broke out on > ny jaw , says
Mr. O. II. Elbcrt , wlm residuH lit cor.
82d bt. and Avoniio N. , Galvcston ,
Texas , He was tlirco times pro-
nouncwl cured by prominent pliy-
biolans. but tlio dreadful dlseasu iil >
waya returned ; lie was then told that
was tlio
onlycuro
Ilia Imlr
had nil
f a II o n
out , nnd ho wao in n ad plight ,
j After taking ono bottle of H. 8. a
hu began to improvoand two dozen
botth'3 o u r B il
liiin completely ,
eotliatforinoro
than slxyeara hti
has bad no nlgn
of the ( list-use.
IJook on the disease anil Its treatment cuUlJ
j free b ; Bwlft Bpectua Co. . Atlaau , U * .
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