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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBER 204 1898.
ROMANCE OF THE LAVA BEDS
, Thrilling Experience of We-Ne-Ma
- - , the
Modoo'Glrl Who Loved a White Man ,
TWILIGHT OF LIFE MADE COMFORTABLE
lllnkcil Her Mfe Many Times to Save
Alor IltiNlimiil'n Countrymen front
the Treachery anil Fury of
Her Own Race.
The recent death of Scar-Faced Charley
( Mlng-ko-dum ) , who was one ot the sub-
chiefs In the Modoc tribe In northern Cali
fornia during the Indian warfare against
troops under the lead of General E. R. S.
Canby In 1872 and 1873 , and who was n life
prisoner for his complicity In the Intrigue
tbiit lured General Coriby and his officers to
raansacro among the lava beds In northern
California on April 11 , 1873 , has revived
memories of those days and events. The
wonderfully romantic history of Wl-ne-ma
Is brought to mind. She Is known from
San Diego to Vancouver as the Pocahontas
of the Pacific coast , relates a correspondent
of the Brooklyn Eagle , and It Is safe to say
that for twenty-flve years she has been re
garded In California as the Ideal good Indian.
Certain It Is that no savage Is more gener
ally known and popular than this squaw.
At about the year 1842 there was born In
one of the most desolate regions of the
union the lava beds that extend from
northern California Intn southern Oregon un
Indian girl. Her father was Se Cot , nn In-
ttactablc Modoc sub-chief , who lost his llfo
In an attack upon a party of whites emigrat
ing to the Pacific coast In 1850. Along about
1857 , when adventurous white men seeking
gold began to penetrate the Modoc lava bed
region by the several hundreds every year ,
there came that way a certain young Ken-
Aucklan who had boon nn army sergeant sta
tioned at the Presidio In San Francisco. Ho
was Frank Riddle. Ho had refreshment at
the miserable home of the squaw widow So
Cot and soon took a fancy to her daughter ,
Wl-ne-mn , then 15 years old and famous In
that region as the beat looking and moet
nereenblo Indian girl In California. Riddlegot
money In gold mining In southern Oregon
nnd soon married the handsome Modoc girl.
The couple took up their abode near the gold
diggings nnd the young wife began to learn
her husband's language. While she visited ,
her savage brothers and sisters occ.tslutinlly
and bore ithem gifts , she became weaned to
the Hfo and thoughts of white people. But
she never dared , on pain of assassination or
poisoning , to rovcal her change of faith or
to show that she really loved a white man.
Invasion of the Wlillm.
In 18CO , when gold was discovered In large
quantities In the Klamoth region nnd thou-
sanda of venturesome Americans rushed
through northern California nnd across the
lava beds , the anger of the Modocs was
routed to fullest pitch by the lawlessness of
the Invading whites. In June , 1SCO , the Mo
docs lured fourteen gold miners Into a nar-
novf canyon nnd there , after unspeakable
crr tlen extending over two days , let'tho
whim men die. The news of the murders
by the Modocs got abroad a month later and
Bet on flro the whole white population of
northern California and southern Ore
gon. In August ' a band of sev
enty-five whites left Yreka , Cal. , to
punish the Modoc snvnges for the act. The
avengers were led by Ben Wright , an old
mountaineer , who had hunted and fought
Indians with Kit Carson ; Jim Berkwlth ,
John Scott and Jim Brldger. Afthr a long
chasa through the rough country , which
waa not productive of good results , the
chiefs were invited to meet the whites nnd
make a treaty. This they agreed to do and
the warring parties went Into ramp near
each other on Lost river , the Indians out
numbering the white men by three to 'r.e.
Karly on the morning of tha conference a
young Modoc squaw , breathless , her clothIng -
Ing torn and her feet bleeding , came Into
the Wright camp and asked to see the
leader. She had run and walked some nine
miles across the ragged mountain trail. Her
errand was to warn the Invader- * against
treachery. The night before she l < nrne < l 'at '
the council flro that her people Intended to
surround the white men during the con
ference and put them to death. Wright
and his men met cunning with cunning.
They went Into ambuah near the place of
conference and when the unsuspecting Mo
docs fell Into the trap but two escaped from
the slaughter that ensued. This affair Is
known In the history of Northern Cnlifor-
nla as the Ben Wright massoere. The
equaw who conveyed the timely warning to
her white friends was Wl-ne-mn , the wife
of Frank Riddle. This fact ivas never
found out by her people , else her life would
have been forfeited.
Tronlile Drowlnir.
Eleven and a half years passed. The Mo
docs had been .confined by the government
to a defined reservation and treaties were
made with them which wore repeatedly
broken. The tribe were the prey of post
traders , contractors and of almost every
white man who came In contact with them.
The only one of the hated white race In
whom they had confidence was the , late
Judge Elijah Steole. To this man they went
for counsel and advice , but In the lapse of
time they oven contemplated taking his life ,
as In the Indian mode of reasoning th
death ota single white man erases the
wrongs perpetrated by many. Sullen at
first under the Injuries , the Modocs were
nwaksned to fury and declared vengeance
on their oppressors. The memory ot any
detail of the Wright affair was never al
lowed to fade. At every council Captain
Jack or Scar Faced Charley called upon the
revengeful Modocs to remember the August
day when tbo pale faces had klllad their
fAthers and brothers. At last In January ,
1S73 , the whites In northern California knew
that another Indian war was at hand.
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Tl > v reasmuch like COATED
ELECTRICITY ictence can make
them. Kach one produces much
nerve-building luottanc : at is con
U tained In the amount of food a man
continue * in a week. ThU U why
they have cured thouundt of ca t
ff nervou * dlteiuei , tuch at Debit-
Ity. Dliiincn , Insomnia , Vtrlcocele ,
etc. They enable you to think clear-
| y by developing brmla matter ; force
healthy circulation , cure Indlget-
tlon , aud Impart bounding vigor to
the whole tvstera. All weakenlnj
ana tlisue-dectrovlng dralnt and
louet permanently cured. Delay
ana'D" * ? Ijmtllty' Coatumptlon
i 1 > rifeilPerbor ; tlr boxe * ( with
iron-clad guarantee to cure or remm
fund money ) . Jj. Book containing \f
, - , . Po'jUve proof. ! . Addresa
Kuhn & Co and Economical Drug Co. ,
Shortly utter hostllltlM began the govern1
tncnt appointed a peace commlisloner to
confer -with the robellloui redskins nnu" en
deavor to make pcaco. In the mcantlmo
Kiddle and other squaw men on tha reser
vation used their Influence toward a set
tlement of the dldlculty , but to no effect.
The turbulent warriors led by CapHIn Jack
were bent on o slaughter. When the pexca
commissioners arrived on tlio ground the
Indians refused to treat with them. They
did , however , flnnlljr agree to surrender to
Judge Steele and two other men of that
region and arranged to give up their arms
the following day. When Stcelo and his
companion went to the agreed place of sur
render not an Indian was In sight and they
returned to the .military camp. Stecle then
agreed to go alone- and interview the war
chief. That night Steele went through nn
experience few men have endured. While
talking to him In pacific terras In the Chi
nook Jargon they were dlscusolng In their
own tongue the advisability of murdering
their vlstor. Stecle understood sufficiently
their language to comprehend his danger ,
but did not betray his knowledge. The
chiefs finally decided to spare hlo life on
condition of his bringing the commissioners
and commanding officers of the troops to
confer with them.
Unheeded WnrnltiKH ,
But for the efforts of the bravo squaw.Wl-
ne-ma , war would have broken out long be
fore. Many times she took the weapons
from the hands of the warriors bent on the
destruction of settlers In the region and It
was she who warned the officers of the army
of the trouble brewing. Her Influence with
her people began to wane as thotr rage
against the whites Increased. Then , too ,
the warriors began to mistrust her husband.
Her food was poisoned by Modocs and ehe
was compelled to sleep In secret places for
fear of death from her own brothers and
relatives for her suspected undue liking for
white people. Colonel A. B. Meacham , who
was In command of the military post , was a
humane man and did all In his power to
right the wrongs of bis dusky wards. Thla
man Wl-ne-mu revered and when the
second peace commission was appointed did
all In her power to prevent htm from at
tending the council with the chiefs. She
grasped his horse by the bridle , begging
Meacham and Canby not to meet Jack and
his band. When she found entreaty was In
vain the devoted woman mounted her pony
and rode with the 111 fated party to the
place of meeting.
The story of that meeting has been toM
many times. When Meacham was attacked
by the bloodthirsty Sconchln
, Wl-ne-ma
throw horrelt on the savage and begged him
to spare the life of her white friend. Others
coming up Wl-no-ma ran from warrior to
warrior , turning aside their weapons. At
last one of the many bullets struck Meacham
senseless and the quick wltted squaw turned
aside the weapon aimed to finish his life
with the words , "Him dead ! No use ohoot. "
Sconchln tried to scalp Meacham , when Wl-
ne-raa grasped the knife. The enraged buck
struck her a terrible blow , almost knocking
her senseless. Again the wit of the- woman
came Into play. "The soldiers are coming
up , " she cried and the next moment a de
tachment of troops did appear. Amid curses
from the enraged troopers a dozen weapons
were leveled at the breast of the brave
squaw. Looking the mounted men straight
In the face she cried , "No shoot me ! I
tried to save them I" Then come from the
ranks the words of nn enlisted man , "The
man who harms her I'll kill' ' "
Iercft of Family and Home.
The same day Wl-ne-ma's husband Riddle
was riding horseback and was shot dead
from ambush by a Modoc. The body was
dragged many miles over the trail by the
frightened horse. When the horse was
stopped the head and shoulders of the
corpse were so horribly mutilated that th
body was unrecognizable , Then .the three
little children of Wl-no-ma and Riddle were
murdered as they slept and their bodies
burned In the rude family dwelling. Wl-
ne-ma , under the cover _ of darkness , and
eluding the hostile members of her own
race and family , made her way across the
desolate lava beds to the government post.
She was sick and broken hearted at the
fate of all her family , but she nevertheless
became the constant and devoted nurse ot
Colonel Meacham ns he lay In the hospital
recovering from his six gunshot wounds. It
was eleven weeks before the colonel was
able to leave his bed. By that time Wl
ne-ma wap almost a helpless Invalid. She
was an Important witness fqr the govern
ment In the trials of Captain Jack and his
subordinate chiefs for the murder of Gen
eral Canby and other officers and for this
she herself was shot through the chest as
she sat one evening by the window ot her
lonely home. Colonel Mcachara gave the
Little Woman Chief liberally from his
means and the soldiers at the post saw that
she never lacked medical attendance and
nursing.
Wl-ne-raa , now repudiated by her Indian
relatives , and In constant fear of assassina
tion among the revengeful and suspicious
Modocs , went to live at a lumber/ camp up
the Coyote mountains In southern Oregon.
She has never been well since the Modoc
war and her severe wounding at that time.
Colonel Meacham remembered her with fre
quent gifts of money while he lived , but be
died In 1888. Sine that time We-ne-ma
had aged very fast. She Is now almost
perfectly helpless. Some of the soldiers who
took part In the warfare among the lava
beds , and knc.w that she suffered because
of her devotion to the white people , used
to send her occasional remembrances. In
1890 General John C. Fremont , then liv
ing In Loa Angeles , brought Wl-no-ma's
case to the attention of the late Senator
Leland Stanford. The latter provided moans
for bringing the woman down from her
homo In the mountain lumber camp In Oregon
gen , and had a little house built for Wl-
ne-ma among the hills of Sonoma county ,
California , while several wealthy ladles of
San Francisco provided the Indian woman
with a faithful attendant and the comforts
of a home. It Is said that Wl-ne-ma Is
gradually losing her health , and her death
has been expected for several weeks.
Through the kindness of Mrs. Stanford
( widow of the late senator ) Wl-ne-ma's last
days are made ns pleasant as possible by
trained nurses and all that cheers a nick
room.
Dr. Bull's CouEh Syrup Is the best remedy
when croup rages. It cures nt once.
PENSIONS FOH WESTEIltf VETERANS
Survivor * of the Civil War Itumrm-
lirrrd liy tin- General Government
WASHINGTON. Dee. 13. ( Special. ) The
following western pensions have been
granted :
Issue of December 8 :
Nebraska : Original Benjamin Shell ,
Geneva. S : Mark H. Forscutt , Nebraska
City , $ S ; Frederick M. Young , Marquette , $8.
Restoration and Reissue Paris Richardson ,
dead , Dfshlcr , $30.
Iowa : Original Daniel H. Sumner ,
Selma , f : Adrian Glllet , Soldiers' Home.
Marshall , $6 ; William Bandfleld , Boonsboro.
$ C. Additional Feese G. Seaman , Farlln , )4
to $8. Increase Ira O'Neal. Colesburg , 16
to $10 ; Daniel P. Marshall , Urbana , $ S to $10.
Original widows , etc. Special , December 9 ,
minor of John Baden , Coal Field , $10 ; minor
of Nelson Potts , Anamosa , )10 ; Hulda Sad
ler , Cedar Rapids , $ S ; George W. Adams ,
father , Holmes , $12.
South Dakota : Increase David R. Minium ,
Wolsey. $6 to $10 ; August Hanebwn , Water-
bury. IS bo $12.
Colorado : Original Peter Brlllhart , Sol
diers' Home , Rte Grande , $6 ; Cheaper E.
Church. Olathe , $6 ; Samuel 0. Parker ,
Hotchklw , $6 ; John Scnofleld , Colorado
Springs , $6.
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne
hould be In every household. It is strictly
pure and naturally fermented.
NEW BOND FOR TREASURER
Board of Education Will Aak Edward * to
Increase His Surety.
INCREASE IN RESPONSIBILITY COMING
Proceed * of Snle of HI nil School
lioniU Will Ulve the Trennurcr
it Unumial Amount of
Money to Care For. '
City Treasurer Edwards nay be asked by
the Board of Education to furnish a new
bond , one from some guaranty company , as
treasurer of the Omaha school district. This
Is to replace the present personal bond In
the sum of $200,000 that he has given and
Is to bo considerably Increased In amount ,
perhaps to $360,000 or $400,000.
This matter has been considered for some
time by the board members without regard
to the factions Into which the board la
divided. It has been brought to a head be
cause of the fact that within the next few
months the treasurer will have In his charge
the proceeds from the $250,000 school bonds
which were voted attho * last election and
which are to be shortly placed upon the
market. The major part of the money will
be In his hands for several months.
The movement Is no reflection upon the
city treasurer. It will be made In order
to conform with the law that requires that
the treasurer's bond shall be In a sum cqutl
to twice the amount of the moneys that
are In his hands at any time. It will
also be an extension of the policy Inau
gurated by the city in demanding of tha
city treasurer a bond from some guaranty
company.
Regarding the matter , one of the board
members had this to say : "The adoption
of this plan will be no reflection upon the
treasurer. It Is simply good business
policy. I believe that It the city and state
had been protected with guaranty bonds
when Bolln and Bartley < were In office
their defalcations would never have oc
curred. Consequently It seems to me that
It Is nothing more or less than business
sense for the Board ot Education to adopt
the plan that Is the safest , , and thereby es
tablish a precldent. "
VIADUCT PLANS NOT SATISFACTORY.
Engineer Ronewnter Ilotnrnn the
Draft * Sent Up by Ilallronila.
Chief Engineers Berry and Weeks of the
Union Pacific and Burlington railroads , re
specttvely , had a conference ot some length
with City Engineer Rosewater regarding the
Sixteenth street viaduct. City Engineer
Rosewatcr expressed himself a dissatisfied
with several of the main features In the
structure the roads proposed to build , but
the railroad engineers did not feel that they
had the authority to make the desired
changes. Consequently the city engineer
was aske'd to send his objections to the roads
in writing and an answer has been promised
In the near future.
Application * for License.
Last Saturday was the last day upon -which
saloon keepers could file their applications
for saloon licenses In order to enable them
to open up their establishments upon Jan
uary 1. When the office of the fire and
police commissioners closed on that day 222
applications for licenses and forty-tires tor
druggists' permits had been filed. The
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners will
hold a meeting about the middle ot the week
to pass on some ot them.
"I look for the filing ot an additional num
ber of liquor licenses , " says a member of
the board. "I believe that a good many sa
loon men held off because they were in
doubt whether another exposition Is to be
held next -year or not. Thati.quostton was
settled at last Thursday's exposition meet-
Ing. Now that It seems certain that an
other show is to tie held , I expect to sec
quite a number of additional applications
filed. These men -will not be able to open
their saloons for a couple of days after the
first of the year , but they will neverthe
less como to the front with their money. "
Looking Over the Tax Roll.
The city council has commenced Its sit
ting as a Board of Equalization to consider
protests against the 1899 assessment roll
that has just passed from the hands of the
Board of Review. The sitting will con
tinue until Friday , as the law requires that
the meeting shall last five days at least.
Councilman Mount has been elected as
chairman of the board.
No very great number of protests are
expected , chiefly for the reason that the
Board of Review In Its month's Bitting
found but little work to do. The number
of protests filed with the latter board was
but eighty-four against several hundred a
year ago. A full third of the protests were
turned down and small reductions were
rnado In the assessments complained of In
the remainder. The total paring down on
real estate amounted to but $130,070. In
asmuch as a portion ot this reduction was
made on Improvements , which was In many
cases added to the personal tax , the latter
item will show an Increase.
Mortality StntUtln.
The following births and deaths were re
ported to the health commissioner during
the twenty-four hours ending at noon yes
terday :
Births Terranco Shields , 1613 Oak , ' girl ,
Charles Mldllnger , 1035 Atlas , girl ; Jobn
Dlnneen , 2749 South Thirteenth , girl ; John
Krauss , 2316 Boulevard , girl ; Jobn Banner ,
Fifteenth and Castellar , boy ; W. S. Cody ,
3220 North Twenty-fifth , girl ; John Mc-
Gough , 2120 Vlnton , girl ; Max F. Gocbel ,
512 Parker , boy ; Dick Dlxon , 1605 Dodge ,
boy ; C. J. Jensen , 8934 Decatur , boy ; Martin
Cavanaugh , 2563 Poppleton avenue , girl ; W.
E. Johnson , 602 South Twenty-ninth , girl.
Deaths Patrick Rooney , B47 South Twen
ty-fifth avenue , 66 years ; Lawrence Doyle ,
2034 South Fourteenth , 4 years ; Mary Esther
James , 1936 South Fourteenth , 35 years ;
Mary Olspn , Douglas county , 64 years ; Mar
garet Hubbard Atwood , 2S01 Woolworth ave
nue , 25 years ; Harriet Merchant , 320 South
Twenty-sixth , 22 years.
Charter Siiliuoniinlttrcii ,
Chairman Burmester of the joint charter
revision committee has appointed the fol
lowing subcommittees to consider proposed
amendments :
On Election A. C. Powers , Fred M.
Youngs , J. M. Glllan.
On Taxes and Finances Fred J. Sackett ,
A. P. Tukey , John N. Westbcrg.
On Improvements Andrew Rosewater , C.
W. Hull , J. W. Robblns.
PcYaons who are Interested In having
changes made In the present charter are re
quested to file their amendments in written
form with City Clerk Hlgby.
Muht School Attendance.
During the last week or so the attendance
at the night schools has somewhat de
creased , owing to the fact that many of the
pupils ere working at night in the stores
where they are employed the result of the
approach of the Christmas holidays. Su
perintendent of Schools Pcarse anticipated
this decreased attendance and is confident
that after the holidays the number ol
scholars will again be as great as It was
shortly after the schools were opened.
Cox A k a. HrhrarlnK.
Former Captain Cox of the police force
has filed with the Board of Fire and Police
Commlisloners a motion for a rehearing on
the charges which last week resulted In
his dismissal from the police force. The
grounds for the motion are substantially
the objections that were made by Cox be
fore , durlne and at the conclusion of the
bearing. H charges la addition , how
ever , that ho was prevented from having
n fair trial because of the prejudice of
Mayor Moorcs and certain members of the
board agalnit him. Ho also declared that
the mayor and others of the board openly
and apparently dltplayed a partiality for
the other officers , who were not discharged ,
but whom , ho says , -were equally It not
more guilty than himself.
Knrly Tny for Tenchem.
School teachers will bo paid their De
cember warrants on Saturday In order to
enable them to spend them for Christmas
presents. The board will hold a special
meeting during the latter part ot the week
to pass the monthly payroll.
City Hall Notes.
Fred Slman has bcon granted n permit to
erect a $1,600 otie-and-a-half story frame cot
tage at 3511 South Twentieth street.
Overcome evil with good. Ovcrccme your
coughs and colds with One Minute Cough .
Cure. It is B good children cry for It It I
cures croup , bronchitis , pneumonia , grip '
and all throat and lung diseases.
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Excitement Aiuonir Prospector * Re
garding the UUcovery of Rich
Golil-IlcnrltiK I'honollte Ore.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , Dec. 13. ( Special. )
Since the first announcement made three
weeks ago by A. U. Pryce of Colorado that
he had discovered rich bodies ot phonollte
ore west ot Deadwood there has been but
little else talked of In the mining circles ot
the northern hills. It Is practically a new
thing , although It has been known for years
that phonollte existed In some parts of tha
hills. Dr. Walter P. Jenny has been se
cured by parties to make an expert exami
nation of gome of the most promising phono- '
lite districts and he has made the en
couraging report that phonollte ore Is found
in a dozen or more places , that It li very
common and that great things may be ex
pected when the developments have pro
gressed a-IIttle farther. Dr. Jenny has re
ceived numerous samples ot phonollte ore
taken from Rutabaga gulch , two miles west
of Central City ; from Annie creek , Squaw
creek , Long Valley and other districts. Ha
has secured assays from some of the sam
ples which have gone from $2 to $112 a ton
gold and when the pieces of rock are put
into a furnace they sweat bands of gold.
Dr. Jenny states that phonollte ore exists
In the northern part of the Hills , from the
Wyoming line on the west nearly to Pied
mont and Tilford on the cast. West ot
Bpearflsh there are three black buttea ot
phonollto and there Is also a large butte
south of this same city , composed entirely ,
of this kind of rock.
Phonollte la known to miners as the dark
colored , flinty porphyry and It has been
shunned to a great extent because ot Its
hardness to mine. It Is a. variety ot vol
canic rock and is found in many s-hados of
color , commonly gray , dark Mate and olive
green to almost black. There ore two kinds
of phonollte rock , that which has a fine
{
grain , somewhat flinty In appearance and ,
that which has a rough fracture and a i
finely grained crystalline structure. Both I
varieties carry gold. Dr. Jenny , In advls- |
Ing prospectors how to find phonollto ore ,
gives it as his experience In tha Cripple
Creek district , that It Is best to follow the
verticals which 'cut through the rock.
Watch closely for cross verticals and pros
pect very carefully the points of Intersec
tion where belts of verticals with different
courses cross or Intersect. Phonollte ,
when not mineralized. Is difficult to break ,
while mineralized phonollte shatters Into
small fragments with a stroke of the ham
mer. The phonollte ores found thus far In
the Black Hills have small scams and small
cavities which are flllj& . with yellow
brown or reddish oxlde , ofIron. . It re
sembles very closely the "blue ore" which
is mined from some of the.ore bodies In the
' .uby Basin district. The peculiarity ex-
sta In this kind of rock , that It Is liable to
carry the gold In spots , In one place being
ow grade and a few feet beyond becoming
suddenly very rich. A vertical that gives
only low values at the surface may be
come very rich with more depth. | 1
There Is reason to belleva that this pros
pecting for phonoltte ore will result In the
Indlng of very rich deposits. It was only a
'ew ' years ago that the first values -were
found In the refractory ores and the first I
discoveries were on rock which did not go I
over $10 a ton gold. Prospecting continued j I
and now the refractory ore mines are the I
richest producers In the hills. Already
rich assays have been obtained from the |
different phonollto discoveries , nearly all
of them having been made on the surface. I
Many Inquiries are being made from raining j
capitalists from all parts of the country In
regard to the discovery and It will be an
easy matter to get capital Interested In the
phonollte districts.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . .
Game Law In Faulty.
DEADWOOD , 8. D. , Dec. 19. ( Special. )
The approaching legislature will be asked
by the representatives of the Black Hills | i
people to make the present 'game law of i
; ho state more effective. The Black Hills j
are the home ot the deer and the antelope 1
and the present law does not prevent their .
unrestricted slaughter. There are no game
wardens In the hills and the legislature
will be asked to have them appointed.
When you ask for Do Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve don't accept a counterfeit of Imitation.
There are more cases ot piles cured by this
; hau all others combined.
Unexampled Stimulus to Trade Gomel in
Train of the War.
ALL LINES FEEL NEW HOPE AND CONFIDENCE
AcqnlNltlon of New Territory and
Heavy Export llnlance In Our Fu
ror Expected to TtrliiK About
a January lluoiu.
NEW YORK , Dec. 19. Henry Clews , head
ot the banking house ot Henry Clews &
Co. , writes ot the situation In Wall street
as follows :
In our last advices we Intimated that nl-
though December Is usually a month of con-
traded operations , yet the anticipation of
a. boom in January Is now so confident and
general tlmt It would not bo surprising If
as we approach the end of tbo month there
should be considerable buying , anticipatory
of the expected January rise. That sugges
tion seems to have been acted upon by
numerous operators during the last week.
Contrai\y \ to the expectation of many , there
has been a very marked spurt In buying
and the transactions on the exchange have
risen to a volume rarely , if ever , reached
In the closing month of the year. It has
been attended with a material rlso In prices ;
but with some notable exceptions to that
rule. On some stocks the improved prices
have brought out realizing , but whether by
bona fide sellers or by buyers who want to
keep down prices In order to fill their lines
Is not entirely apparent. From this cause
the market has been "spotty" strong ns a
rule and weak on certain exceptional lines.
There can bo no question that there Is a
general feeling that the disbursement ot
Investment earnings next month ought to be
unusually large and that , In the absence of
any Imposing new creations of corporate cap
ital , the demand for the reinvestment of divi
dend and Interest will be unusually Impor
tant. Thla feeling la not confined to the
fixed speculative element of Wall street.
It seems to have reached the outside pub
lic' as well. From a variety of Indications
appearing on the surface of business It ap
pears to have got Into the heads of outside
observers that wo are drifting Into a great
financial and commercial boom , which will
.have an Important effect In stimulating a
rlso In securities. The question is not so
much aa to what good reason there may be
for such an expectation as what effect the
cherishing of It Is likely to have upon the
speculative element. I do not undertake to
prophesy on this matter ; but if this feeling
does not result In an active speculative cam
paign it can only bo because the public has
become much more cautious and conservative
than It has been accustomed to be. The
public imagination Is not merely affected by
the evidences of returning business activity ;
It Is becoming actuated more and more by
a feeling that we are entering upon an ex
traordinary era of national prosperity. The
remarkable expansion of our exports , shown
In a valuation of $130,000,000 for November
by far tbo largest In the records of the
nation Is linked with the prospects sug
gested by the policy of external expansion ;
and a great national hope Is the result , which
appeals to the public Imagination and pre
disposes those who have means awaiting em
ployment to participate In movements which
look to a rise In values and an Increase of
activity In Industrial and transportation cor
porations. H Is undeniable that a feeling of
this kind Is steadily taking possession of the
public mind ; and It Is not apparent what in
fluences are at hand to arrest Its growth.
It is not Impossible that It may widen Into
an unreasonable expansion of speculation.
Such results very frequently follow national
victories and especially when they bring an
nexations of territory and open new fields
for commercial enterprise. There have been
past periods when such conditions as now
exist would have developed speculation In Its
wildest form ; but the experience of the last
five years has taught our people much prac
tical wisdom and that fact may be expected
to exert some restraining Influence. But
making all allowance for conservative re
straints , It must be admitted that , viewed
as a whole , the present condition of the
United States Is one that tends towards the
development of a speculative period of stead
ily expanding Importance. The situation IH
attended with a growing realization of the
magnitude of the national production , wealth
and International significance. Reflecting
men see that , ten years hence , we shall be
a nation of 100,000,400 people , surpassing all
other countries in wealth and International
Importance. Hitherto they have not dreamed
of what the United States Is to the rest
of the world ; and now that their eyes are
open to the Inevitable expansion of our com
merce and power a great hope Is Inspiring
the public consciousness. This now Insplra-
tlon must henceforth be a great Impulsive
force behind the Industry and wealth of the
country ; and Its effects can hardly fall any-
thing short of n great bound In national en
terprise. At the moment wo are only In
the beginning of this national awakening
and any extraordinary manifestation of the
speculative spirit Is therefore perhaps not
to be expected ns an Immediate result. These
factors , however , may bo expected to consti
tute a "bull" element in , the securities mar
ket , giving it permanent strength and pushIng -
Ing It steadily toward a great speculative
culmination. I look for nn exhibition of
the effects of this tendency with the opening
of the new year. How for It may affect
prices I will not venture to Indicate.
The effect of the American-Spanish war
Is going to be farther reaching than even
dreamers of America's destiny have ever plc-
tured. It will In the end lead to a com-
merclal revolution amongst nations. As a
result of the war we have gained the Phll-
Ipplno Islands and thereby made the Pacific
ocean of vastly more Importance to us than
It otherwise would have been. H gives us
n front door entrance to China and Asia for
the distribution of our products mid manu
factured goods , which In time will be su
perior to that of our European competitors.
Our great railroads now center at Chicago ,
which place has been Important through
Its connection with the lakes. The lakes
and the railroads together have- developed
Slippers are no good
For street wear this thawing weather
but for Christinas giving they are the
thing aud our line Is complete not only
In men's , but women's and children's as
well We show everything that Is desir
able or popular In warm clippers red ,
brown and blacks , with fur trimming
Itomco nnd low cuts Our children's
slippers show the same style as those
for men and women of course our
prices are of the right sort From now
until Christmas we're going to keep open
evenings.
Drexel .Shoe Co. ,
timaba'i Up-to-date Sltnr HOBS * .
1410 FARNAM STREET.
January First
Wo take stock Wo don't want as
many pianos as now to invoice , BO we're
going to sell them like this
We will sell $1,200 pianos for $875.
We will sell $1,100 pianos for $750.
We will sell $1,000 pianos for $050.
New pianos for $105 ? 15 cash and $8 a
month.
High grade planoa for $15 cash and $10
a mouth.
AVc have high grade pianos at $185 ,
$105 , $215 , $225 , $250 , $275j $300 ; $325
and on up.
About twenty-eight organs at from $15
up to $110 on $3 payments , $4 payments
and $5 payments.
A. HOSPE ,
MUSIC fllld Un ISI3 Douglas
HOLIDAY PRESENTS
Make your selections now wo will put them nsiclo
and deliver when ordered. The largest and best selected
line of Rockers in Omaha styles are strictly up-to-date
and our prices are always right.
Parlor Suits- Lace Curtains-
Divans , Portieres ,
Easy Chairs , Ladies'Desks ' ,
Bookcases , Onyx Tables ,
Music Cabinets , Smyrna Rugs ,
Leather Couches , Secroraries ,
Parlor Tables , Sideboards ,
Parlor Lamps , Chiffoniers , .
Dinner Sets , Hat Racks ,
Please bear in mind that in making your purchases
of us you get just what you buy and every article will
prove just as represented , or you can have your money
back ; you don't take any chance here.
Weekly or Monthly Payments NO Extra charge.
'
almost abnormally only certain localities of
this country , whereas the next great devel
opments will not be where the lakes are
ocated but will foe between ocean nnd ocean
from the Atlantic to the Pacific which will
make the railroads that span that territory
the great highways of the world. The re
sult of the war must force the building of
: he Panama and Nicaragua canal In tbo In
terests of this country and when completed
they will make the Caribbean sea the
rendezvou of the world's commerce , as tley
will furnish by far the nearest and cheapest
node of transportation to supply the 800,000-
)00 ) of people nt the eastern side of the Pa
cific. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the
Caribbean sea together are going to bo more
Important In our future progress of develop
ment than can be Imagined by the most
enthusiastic.
The subjoined statement , showing the Im
ports and exports of goods for the twelve
nonths ending November 30 , for each of
the last six years , Illustrates the extraor
dinary rate at which our exports have been
gaining upon our Imports for the last three
years :
Excess of
Imports. Exports. Kxports.
1S97-9S . . . ? 631,350,000 Jl,242,740,000 $ 011,390,000
1&96-97 . . . . 750,069,000 1,091,841,000 341,772,000
1895-96 . . . . 684,800,000 981,180,000 296,3SO,000
Totals . $2,006,219,000 $3,31C,7fil,000 $1,219,542,000
1E94-95 . . . .J 801,604,0X1 $ S17,20S,000 % 15,004,000
1S9.1-9I . . . . CC4.102.000 833.777,000 109,673,000 ,
1SS2-93 . . . . 791,450,000 870,102,000 78,652,000
Totals . $2,257.150,000 $2,521,087,000 $ 263,931,000
For 'the last three years the exports of
merchandise exceeded the Imports of the
Ike class by $1,249,542,000. while for the thrco
previous years the surplus of exports was
only $263,931,000. The United States exports
for 1898 will amount to $1,200,000,000. Those
of Great Britain for the first ten months of
this year amount to $962,500,000 , or ot the
rate of $1,155,000,000. These figures represent
domestic products alone , while those for the
United States Include re-exports of foreign
goods. England's exports of foreign and
colonial products arc running at the rate of
$300,000,000 per year , which carries up Its
current total export trade to $1,455,000,000 ,
or $255,000,000 more than ours. We now rank
second In magnitude among the exporting
nations.
SAC AXU FOX .INDIAN AOKXT.
W. G. Mnllln of lon-a Confirmed by
Senate ncede Iniiioctor.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 19. The senate to
day confirmed these nominations :
W. O. Mallln , to be agent of the Indians
of the Sac and Fox agency In Iowa.
C. Beede , Iowa , to be Indian Inspector.
W. II. Graves of Colorado , Indian Inspector
specter and Irrigation engineer.
Also a number of army and navy promo
tions.
Ken- Yorker * Traverse
DENVER , Dec. 19. The special train on
the Burlington railroad carrying homeward
Colonel Barber and staff and Companies I
and ti of the First New York regiment of
volunteers reached Hastings , Neb. , at
7 o'clock this morning and is duo In Chicago
cage early tomorrow. The second section ,
carrying Companies A , B and D , under com
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Stnckpole , la
several hours behind the first section. It
passed Oxford , Neb , , at 10 a. in. , today.
CHURCH CENSUS OF OMAHA
Rev. J. M. tVIUon WuntN to Ret Some
Detailed Information on
that I'oInt.
At the regular meeting of the Omaha Min
isterial union yesterday morning Rev. J. M.
Wilson of the Castellar Presbyterian church
discussed at length the matter of a religious
and sociological census of the city. The
minister showed considerable enthusiasm
for the subject and In a measure communi
cated this Interest to the other pastors pres
ent. He read lengthy reports of the work
ns It Is being conducted In New York City
and thought the plan used there would bo
feasible In this city.
Mr. Wilson distributed among the pastor *
copies of blanks which ho had prepared for
use In Omaha and In the country precincts
of the county as outlining bis theory , and
It Is bis plan to have canvassers visit every
homo In the city and obtain the Informa
tion outlined In these blanks. A synopsis
of this desired information Is as follows :
Names of the heads of the family , na
tionality , whether bred In the city , what
church Is attended or preferred , address ,
occupation and where employed ; children
over twelve years , whether they are attend
ing school , where they are working If em
ployed , what Sunday school or church they
attend and what club they are affiliated
with ; children under 12 years treated In
same manner ; boarders and 'help ' , same as
In heads of family ; how many In the family
use the public library , and whether the
family possesses a bible.
It U proposed that this Information shall
be collected , If possible , by voluntary work
ers .under the direction of a central organ
ization. The work Is to bo strictly unde
nominational , and It Is hoped to have the co
operation of all church organizations , public
charities , and all Interested in eoclologlcal
subjects. Families without a church home ,
but with a preference , are to be reported to
the preferred organization , while those with
out preference are to bo looked after by the
denomination listing the family.
The subject seemed to possess so much of
Importance that the union would not under
take at today's meeting to pass upon It
definitely , but It was voted that It be made
the special order of business at the next
monthly meeting , an effort to bo made In
the mcantlmo to secure an attendance of all
the ministers In the city at that meeting.
Dent's Toothncho Gum , the only perfect
toothache remedy. All druggists. 15 cento.
Chafing Dishes 5 o'clock ' Teas
We show a fine Hue of dialing dishes
for Christmas giving.
A beautiful wrought iron base only
$2. W ) .
Another at SI.50.
All silver nickel at $3.00.
Another at $4.r > 0.
All brass Flvo O'clock Teas , $2.25.
Others at $3.00 , ifO.oO.
Wrought Iron base brass kettles , ? 2.r 0.
Others at $4.50 and $0.00.
These make llie most acceptable
Christmas presents you could give a
lady.
lady.A.
A. RAYMER ,
WE DKU\BU YOl'll I'UItiJUASU.
1514 Farnam St ,
For a Christmas Present- Kodaks
,
Nothing could be nicer
or more useful
than a line pair of gold rimmed eye- Cameras
glares or spectacles you can make ,
your selection now take them with you
and after Christmas wo will test the Gold
eyes of the recipient and furnish the
proper lenses without further charge.
guaranteeing satisfaction what could Spectacles
be better for grandfather or grand
mother wo arc thoroughly equipped In and
this department to do the best work-
all of which la under the direction of a
competent optician wo test and exam Glasses
ine eyes free of charge. Eye
TheAloe&PenfoldCo for Christmas
4M rarn . HttMt
_ , Gifts.