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I H THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. JTJNB 14. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS or sUMcntpTioS ! D.iflr fMnrnl.ijf Edltlou ) Including aunday Br.r. Ono Year . 110 00 Tor Six Months . 6 00 For Thrro Months . 2W Tbo Omaha Sunday HKI , mulled to nay address , One Voar. , . S 00 OMAHA Ormt , NO. 511 INH 819 FAtmM STOKD1. H W YORK ( HUC * . ItOOM M. THIIIIIVC IIITIMIISII. WAsniMoru.x orriCE , No. iu KOUUTIE * ru STRUT. All communications feinting to nowg anil edi torial matter iliould bo nd < lrossod to the Eot- ion or TIIK Die. All buflnoftg luttorft and romlttnncoi ihoulJ bo iM rosso J to TUB HEI PUUUSHINII COMI-ANT , OMAHA. Drafts , oheokg and postofflco orders to bo in ado payable to the ordtr of tbu company , IK HIE POBLISBIKCiPAH , PBOPHIEM E. ROSEWATRU. Enrron. THE DAIL.Y BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation , Btato of Nebraska. 1 , , Doujclns. a < " County of ( . Gco. U. TzschucK , secretary of The Dee Publishing company , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Dee for the week ending Juno 10 , 1837 , was as follows : Saturday. June 4 . K205 Hunday , Juno B . H.-'OO Monday , Juno G . 11,025 Tuesday , Juno 7 . 1S.9S5 \Vednosday , Juno 8 . 14,000 Thursday , Juno 0 . 14,050 Frlday.June 10 . 14,000 Average . 14.101 CEO. U.Tz.TIIfCK. Subscribed and sworn to before nio this llth day of June , 1S37. N. P. Knu- rS EAL. ) Notary Public. Oco. D. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , deposes nnd says that ho Is secretary of The llco Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Duo for the month of lor June. IbSO , 12.293 copies ; for .inly , 18SO , 12,311 copies ; tot Augtfst. Ib&fl , 12.4W copies ; for Septem ber , 18W , 13,030 copies ; for October , 18S 5 , 12.VW ) copies ; for November. 1880 , M,3M copies ; f or Decom ber , IbSO. 13,237 copies ; for January , 1M(7. ( IC.'JCrt copies ; for Fnbrtmrv. 18.87 , 14,10s copies ; for March. lbS7 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1SS7 , ll,310coplcs ; for May , lbS7,14,2- copies. Ono. D. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of Juuo A. D. , 1887. I8EAL.I N. P. Fr.rr. , Notiuy Public , THKIIK ore "no planks loose" In the court house sidewalk yet , and Mike Lahoy still continues as ox-ofJlcio county commissioner. A COKNER In gold-headed canes is im pending , owing to the numerous calls for our patent Fourth of July orator who carries the Third ward In his tile. Now that Omaha has had her spring cleaning by the weather clerk , the street commissioner should complete the job by having the gutters and alleys cleared of . , rubbish and refuse. > I ! COLORADO , whioh formerly depended mainly upon California and Utah for her supply of barley in excess of her own limited product , now draws almost wholly upon Nebraska tor this grain. THE anxiety which always has been manifested by certain patriots to man * ngo the publio schools of Omaha without a dollar of pay , very naturally arouses a suspicion that there was some meat in that lartlor. THE Mormons have been more than fifteen years building tholr temple at Bait Lake City. At the rate of progress which the contractor of the city hall basement nas bcon making , Omaha will consume twonty-nvo years in construct ing her city hall. THE spooulation In coffee , which forced the price of lower grades up to extraor dinary high figures , advancing Rio and Sautes just 300 per cent within a year , has bcon broken , and the market has cone to pieces in a panic. The market ha boon depressed since the middle oi last week , and efforts to rally it wore only temporarily successful. Yesterday the decline was 120 points from the clos Ing figures of Saturday , with a very pnnicy fooling prevailing. It was inevit able that this disastrous downward plunge should result in numerous failures , , while it will necessarily for a time leave the market in a state of demoralization , Just what circumstances had conduced to this collapse does not appear , but it is likely that the chief manipulators of the corner found after their squeeze of s couple of weeks ago that there was nc more Juice in the lemon and so dropped it The speculation has been ono of the most remarkable in the history of such enter prises. _ _ _ _ _ A mtw campaign is being inauguratec by the friends of the movement in Dakott f or the diviiion of the territory and the admission of the southern part as a state In order to set on foot a thorough can vass for working up the sentiment in favor of division and admission bofori the next election , a convention has beci called to meet at Huron on the 18th o July , while the friends of the movomon In the northern part of the territory lmv < boon appealed to take similar action The determination Is to urge this dc inand upon the next congress with in creased vigor , and if it should devolo ] that the majority of the people of Nortl Dakota are favorable to a division , it I thought that this will remove all difli cnlty. There is , however , some doub regarding this , the general eentimeu there hitherto having opposed division nud boon inclined to favor the admissioi of the entire territory as ono state. Ii any event , the next congress ought t dispose of the question. IT ECCUIS that the ship builders of th country are not exhibiting the intcrc : and anxiety they were oxpcoted to ii connection with the construction of th now cruisers. The bids arc to bo oponn on the 1st Ot August , if there should b nny , but from the fact that up to las Saturday only a single inquiry for in formation had been received ( t Is begin nlng to bo feared at the navy dopartmeu that at best the number of bids will b small. The explanation U In the fac that since congress authorized thcs cruisers and fixed the maximum cosi there has been a considerable advance 11 the price of material , so that ship bulk crs cannot see their way out , to say notl Ing of profit , at the llguros to whioh tl cost of those vessels has boon limitoc Moreover , there is a limited supply c Btoel , and this added demand would fit ther advance the price. Then there ai tbo riiks always attending this class < government work , which are ft lltt ! greater now thnn ever before. Surely nether other government was ever soembarras cd quite as much as ours In the atteni ] to build up a tavy. . -vat. The New Stiver Market. The project of the now .Western Na tional Dank of Now York , of which ox- Secretary Manning Is president , of creat ing a silver market in this country , has taken form and may now bo regarded as an assured fact of the near future. The ono requirement necessary to carry out the project , the admission of silver bullion certificates to the stock exchange , has been secured , the governors of the ex change having last wock decided to list the certificates for dealing. The other preliminary conditions may bo expected to bo speedily settled , when Now York will become a silver market , which , It is believed , will In time at least rival Lon don , and possibly may oven deprive the Knglish metropolis of Us position as the silver market of the world. The plan is entirely simple and the business will bo as legitimate as are the dealings in other articles of commerce , as grain , provisions and petroleum. On silver bullion deposited with the Mercantile Safe De posit company the Western National bank will issue certificates , each certifi cate entitling the holder to receive 1,000 ounces of silver , 1,030 , line , deliverable upon the surrender of the certificate properly indorsed. A storage charge la to bo made of 1 cent per day per 1,000 ounces. These certificates will bo dealt In on the stock exchange , just as petro leum and other certificates now arc. In presenting their application to the ex change , the projectors explained that "tho primary advantage Is to enable dealings and to atTord a safe and easy way of handling silver bullion , but the principal object Is to facilitate commcr. clal transactions that are based upon its price. " It was argued thot inasmuch as a largo percentage of our foreign trade is transacted with countries using ex clusively u silver currency , and la necessarily settled on the basis of the value of silver bullion , it is a matter of great ituDortancc to have the price settled quickly and convonientl y. It is an atl'iiir of very material interest to importers from and exporters to such countries. The importer who has to pay in silver must purchase the bullion against his purchase of merchandise , and the exporter must sell the bullion ho is to receive upon the sale of his mer chandise. If the prlco of the silver bul lion Is not fixed at the time their trans actions are made , they necessarily have to speculate on its value , for It is ever changing. Houco the ncod of a market whore the value of silver bullion shall bo established from day to day , and where the quantity in sight will be largo enough to form the basis of the settlement of balances. In a wider view it was urged that the policy of making a fair price for silver bullion is of the utmost importance to the whole business interests ot the country. It forms so largo a portion tion of the circulating me dium of the world that the fluctua tions in value affect the price of many of the products of this country Instantly. If , say the projectors , "bilver is unnatur ally depressed In value , we should know it , but wo have no moans o' knowing it now as a people , because the price is fixed in London , and we have little op portunity of expressing our opinion about it. " The plan to bo inaugurated by the now bank , it Is confidently be- llovod , will effectually remove not only the disadvantage to which our importers and exporters are now subjected by hav ing the value ol the silver determined in a foreign market , but eventually transfer the market from London to Now York. The concensus of intelligent financial opinion is favorable to the project , whioh besides accomplishing all that is claimed for it by its projectors In a commercial way , "it is believed will also tend to improve silver min ing property. To the bonanza minors it is thought this plan of giving a market tor'tholr silver by Issuing certifi cates upon deposits of bullion ought to bo more satisfactory than the method of the government. It would give them a near market in which their product would sell for exactly what it should bo worth , and which would in nil probability take a considerably larger amount than is now disposed of to the government for coinage. With regard , however , to the transfer of the world's silver market from London to New York , the pro- fessiid expectation of the projectors of this plan docs not find very great en couragement. However desirable such a result might be , there are seen to be very large difficulties in the way that will not bo readily overcome , if they can over bo. London is the world's silver market tor the reason that India , China and other countries that absorb most of the silver , have much closer business rela tions with that metropolis than with New York. There must bo a radical change in the course and relations of the world's trade before London can bo driven from her position as the controlling silver market. Business Method : * In the Board ol Public Works. Ever since the board of publio worlH was organized fire years ago , there has boon a lack of system and publicity in its methods of transacting business. The first chairman , Mr. James Croighton , was a vigilant , active and efficient super visor. His aggressiveness and solf-assor tiou crowded the other members of the board to the wall , and to all Intents and purposes ho became the board of public works. The otUor two members of tin board took part occasionally in its moot' ings , but really became mere figure heads. While Mr. Crclghton discharged his duties creditably , there was lack of publicity in the transac tlous of the board , which to say the least often created n great deal of dlssatlsfac tlon among the people who had business to transact with the board. Con Gallagher , its secretary , wasa clerk in the freight department of th < Union Pacific. The records of the oftict wore inaccessible because the office wai only open seml-occaslonally. Under Mr. llouso this loose syston went from bad to worse. Mr. Hous < was chairman and secretary of the boart at the stimo time , and the board mot a < odd hours to simply give formal approva to whatever Mr. House bad seei lit to do. Whenever Mr. House wa absent , tbo office of the boarc was closed and the books and record wore ont of the reach of members of thi council or any parties interested in ou public work * . The two associates of th < chairman bad degenerated into men ciphers. The press nertr haa bcon ii position to keep the citizens of Oraahi informed about the action of the boari on nny question except as It ( became known through meetings of the city council , The new board of publio'works should , by all means , Inaugurate a radical change of methods in transacting its business. 1. A competent and trustworthy man should bo elected secretary. Ho should bo required to keep the office open during business hours nnd afford access to city officers and citizens di rectly Interested in publio works to the records of the board nnd the plans and papers in its custody. . 3. The mcotlngs of the board should beheld hold at stated times , and calls tor special mcotings should bo published to enable re porters and interested citizens to bo pres ent. ent.U. U. As the executive head of the board , the chairman has a right to exercise his personal discretion in the supervision of public works , but no appointment of Inspectors specters or award of contracts should bo mado. nor should nny works be endorsed or accepted , without the concurrence of a majority of the board at n regular meet ing. 4. The vote of each member of tuo board on any proposition , appointment or letting should bo recorded and the record of such vote should bo subject to public inspection. Such a method of doing business is Im peratively demanded in the public inter est as well as for the benefit of the board. The tax-payers of Omaha tire entitled to know how each member of the board votes on any wrojeot , contract or job and the members of the board should take pride in having their transactions made ublic. Nebraska Towns. The steady and vigorous growth of Nebraska is best shown in the progress and prosperity of its towns , to which our columns daily bear gratifying testimony. Thcro are few of these communities that are not rapidly forging aluyul , exhibiting in their advancement n gcnorous enter prise and publio spirit which bespeak the strong incentives of the present and an unquestioning confidence in the fu ture. The people are alive to the opportunities at hand , and are not only "making hay while the sun shines , " but sowing seed that will bring forth a bountiful harvest in the hereafter. It is this sort of enterprise and spirit , the manifestation of a well-grounded confidence , that makes largely for the growth oi communities and the upbuild ing of commonwealths , and nowhere are these qualities to bo found in more vigorous exorcise or more wisely directed than in the favored towns of Ne braska. All this bears evidence also to the crovrth and expansion of the agri cultural districts and the prosperity of Nebraska's farmers. Happily the Imme diate outlook for the farming interest is of the most cheering character , and us the welfare of the whole is so largely de pendent upon the prosperity of the agri- ultural class this favorable promise must be a source of congratulation to all. It is believed Nebraska's growth In poptt- ation the present year will be unprece dented in the history of the state , and with her fields again bountifully produc tive she may reasonably expect to realize n still greater prowth next year. THE now French tariff on wheat is ex- ) octod to yield about fifteen million dol- ars per annum , which the government will undoubtedly need if it undertakes to maintain its now extravagant oxpond- tures. So far as the people who must pay this are concerned , they are already fooling the effect in the advanced price of bread , of which the French people of all classes are remarkable cators. But the interest of American farmers in this tariff will relate to its probable effect in increasing the homo production of whoat. Its advocates have promised that it is to prove a protection to the agricultural in terests of France. It is shown , however , that the tariff of two years ago , which was passed with the home protection purpose , has thus fur had no appreciable effect on the wheat acreage. Instoadthc harvest of last year was less than that of the previous year by 43,000,000 bushels. From this circumstance the wheat growers of America are justified m con cluding that they will doubtless bo called upon to supply France in the future with qui to as much wheat as they have sent in the past. THE laudable undertaking of the New York Star to raise f 125,000 for the Grant monument by popular subscription , has not thus far mot with very generous en couragement. At UIQ end of two weeks only a little over 81,090 had bean sub scribed , at which rate over four years would bo consumed in obtaining the re quired amount. This would certainly become a very tedious proceeding , of which the Star would probably tire be fore the consummation was attained. The trouble is that a majority of the people ple outside of Now York are not anxious to contribute to a purpose which that city promised to carry out , and which it docs not do because its wealthy people are the most niggardly on earth in such matters. Wore the monument to be erected at the national capital there would bo little trouble or delay in get ting the necessary fund by popular sub scription. A MOVEMENT has boon started in some of the larger cities , notably San Franciico and Now Orleans , to suppress profane and indecent talk in the streets and public thoroughfares by hoodlums , row dies and genteel loafers. "Tho use of profane and vulgar lancuago on the street , " says a San Francisco paper , "Is a disgusting and most unmanly practice. On all sides in passing along the street decent oars are offended by showers of verbal tilth , horrible oaths nnd expletives uttered too often by , respectable looking , evidently Intelligent mon , as well as by hoodlums , and oven young boys. " What is true of San Fraucisco iu this respect will apply with equal force tc Omaha. Some of our street corners have become almost impassable for ladies on account of the vulgar , profane and obscene - scone remarks of the bummers and loaf crs. gathered there on every pleasant day. It scorns to us that an effort by tbo police to suppress this nuisance would bo timely. Now that the state railroad commls slon is iu possession of indisputable fact and figures which show that Omaha jobbers bors and manufacturers are subjected to unjust railway discrimination made in favor of interior points , we sbal probably hear less clamor foi Omaha rates from Lincoln , Fre mont , and other minor jobbing cen ters , While Omaha , by reason of the volume of her trafllo and commandIng - Ing position as ode of the great trade centers west of the'Mississippi , enjoys advantages which smaller cities west of the Missouri do not possess , her merchant ? , jobbers and heavy ship pers have boon most shame fully treated by the railroad magnates. The state commission may bo powerless to redress their grievances , but they must realize by this time that the hue and cry about the favoritism shown by the rail roads to Omaha Is founded on a miscon ception of the true slate of facts. IT has bcon found by experience that one city Inspector of meats , milk nnd vegetables cannot possibly do thorough work In the city with its enlarged area. The ordinance now pending before the council to divide the city into two inspec tion districts is commendable. Kvcn two inspectors will bo kept very busy from now ou until cold weather sets in. At this season , particularly , the greatest care should bo oxcrclsed in preventing the spread of disease by the sale of stale vegetables and frult.adulterated milk and tainted meats. 8XATE AM ) TKKltlTORV. Ncbraoka Jotting * . Chadron Is worth fllOCU ( for tax pur poses. The assessed valuation of Hamilton county is $2,033,014. McCook has decided to plant a § 4,000 bridge over the Republican river. Crawford is confident that the H. & M. will strike the town before the summer wanes. The trial of Ed. Carr for the murder of Warren Long will commence at Albion on the : . ' 0th inst. , and some sensational developments are e.xpectcd. During a thunderstorm Thursday night tlirco valuable colts and a steur wore killed by lightning near Albion. The animals were tlio property of John O'Neill. The Ncmaha river is gathering in huge wreaths of fame as a trout stream. This is due to the fact that the game nibble and toy with the journalistic line and frequently hook on. A ragged tramp entered n dry goods store at fcremont tlio other day , and seiz ing a package containing a dozen pairs of socks , dashed out. The proprietor gave chase und soon returned with the socks and a bloody nose , but the thief escaped. The wire fence seems to bo getting in its work of destruction on the stock of the state as n lightning conductor. Of the scores of horses and cattle killed by the electricity this summer nearly all were in the immediate vicinity of wire fences , C. C. Akin , the nushvillo ranter who spurned a coat of tar and feathers ten dered him by thn community some months ago , made tils final bow as "Mar tyr" last week. His suit against tlio dev otees of the "black art" for $35,000 col lapsed the moment they tendered him $500 net to drop it. It is estimated the cost to the decorators will not amount to over f 10 each , which is considered deuced cheap for the sport. Prof. Samuel Aughoy , of Nebraska and Wyoming , has turned up in Arkansas as courier of the "Lost1 Louisiana Mining company. " The Little Hock News as serts" that the company is controlled by Nebraska farmers , and has purchased the Molfet smelter at Crystal Springs to reduce the ore and'extract wealth from the Golden Wonder lode. Aughoy'H rep utation as n miiiornl bore does not ilosort him in the southern' wilcls. _ "Tho crop prospect in Johnson county , " says the Teoumsnh Journal , "is tood. Tlio corn crop will undoubtedly be a very largo yield. The fruit crop will bo good but not as largo and of as good quality as in some years. There will be a small crop of peaches. The yield of spring wheat will be largo , fall wheat crop small. Potatoes will bo an excellent crop. All kinds of garden crops will bo a good yield. Berries will bo small on account of the dry weather this spring. " The Lincoln Democrat utters a nine teen line squeal against the magnificent proportions of the Omaha directory , claiming that it is an unfair record of population , because the work , It believes , was begun in Ootobcr. and thousands of transients booked. Conceding for tlio sake of harmony that the number was boosted 10,000 , yet the Lincoln multiple of three and a half to each name gives Omaha a population of Oi,077 , just 'I00t0 | short of the actual number. "There is excellent authority for saying" that the Lincoln directory man got in his best licks during the senatorial campaign. The Patrick feeding ranch , near Fre mont , will bo an extensive institution. The brothers have purchased 1,400 acres of land within six miles of town , most of it equally suited for farming or hay , but they propose to raise no grain , but use all for hay. They arc building extensive sheds and stables , steam mills for grind ing food and pumping water for their stock , and win build seven miles of wire and board fence , m addition to the two miles already built. They intend to ship and feed 700 head of stcors from their ranch this fall and 1,000 head per year after they got bettor prepared. The Hastings Journal suggests a com bination series of excursions under the management of the board of trade of Omaha , Grand Island , Hustings , Lincoln , Beatrice and Nebraska City , to bring settlers and capitalists from the oast. "A largo tram of excursionists could bo brought into the state at Omaha , then taken around the circuit of the state through the big towns in the order named above. In such a swing around thccirclo the visitor could get an admirable view of the finest portion of the state and they would have an opportunity of viewing and comparing the six best olties of the state. Of course the scheme would involve the expenditure of a little cold cash and the dead citizens of the several towns who are walking the greets only to save funeral expenses would grumble and kick ; but it would bo splendid advertise ment and bo the moausof bringing thou sands of new citizens into the state. " Iowa Items. Work is progressing rapidly on the Uook Island railroad shops at Davenport. The Ho ma u Catholiti Mutual Protective society meets in burlltjfiton on the 23d and 23d inst. \ \ The sheriff of Allauiakeo county is said to have departed tof. parts unknown , owing from $5,000 to f.10,000. Throe boys , from'-'foHrteen to seventeen years old , were drowned near Polla. on the Des Moincs rlvtir , Friday , llioy could not swim and got beyond their depth. ' The tramp nuisance is becoming a matter of common complaint In the eastern part of the state , and tbo proba bilities are that bcforo the summer is over serious trouble will arise. William bobout , tried ut Sidney last week for the murder of Hichurd Hill eighteen years ago , successfully worked the pica of self defense , as a majority ol the witnesses had disappeared. Ho was acquitted. The Northwestern Iowa Soldiers' IUSQ- ciation , that heretofore has hold its meet ings at Spirit Lake , will meet this year al Sioux Cily.probably during the last week In August , although the date has not yol been definitely fixed. Dakota. Groton is having a queer experience with an artesian well , the water having forced nn opening nbont two blocks north of the mouth of the well , and there are grave apprehensions of trouble from the occcntric spoutcr. Mlxocoly is the name given to a now profession in Rapid City. The profess ors confine their talents tosuthin1 syrups. A colony of about 200 people from the Borders of the sea of Azov , In southern llussia , are locating in the eastern part of Kdmunds county. The Investigation of the affairs of the Yankton insane asylum will be carried Forward In a thorough manner nud con cluded in about two weeks. A stronc company has bcon organized in Rapid City to work in the oil nnd coal fields of Wyoming. The properly of the company at present consists of 1,820 acres of oil land nnd 100 acres of coal land , lying m Crook county , Wyomlnir. The now town of Oil City is located adjrccnt to the company's lands. "Thoro can bo little doubt , " says the Rapid City Journal , "that the haste of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road to build northward from Rapid City tins year is inspired by the late activity of the B. & M. in pushing toward this country. It is sometimes dufucult to learn the intentions of railroad compa nies and the motives governing , but hero the case seems plain , ' MONUMENTS AT GETTYSBURG. List of tlio Monuments Erected on the IlAltle-Picld. National Soldiers' Monument , Rey nolds' Monument , First Minnesota , Seventy-fifth Pennsylvania and First Massachusetts battery in National ceme tery. Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania , Ono Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania tablet , Fourteenth Indiana , One Hundred and Fifty-third Pennsylvania light artillery on Kast Cemetery nill. Tliirtv-thlrd Massachusetts on iivonuc to Culp s hill. Tablet of Second Wisconsin on west end of Culp's hill line. Seventh Indiana , Knap's battery , Twenty-eight Pennsylvania , Twenty- third Pennsylvania , Twenty-ninth Penn sylvaniaOne Hundred and Forty-seventh Pcnnsvlvimia , tablet of company G , Ono Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsyl vania ; Second Maryland confederate , Twentieth Connecticut at Culp's Hill. Second Massachusetts and Twcnty- sovunth Indiana east of Spangler's Spring. Ono Hundred and Twenty-first Penn sylvania on avenue from Fairliuld road to Spring's avenue. Pennsylvania memorial to General Reynolds in Reynold's grovo. Nintcenth Indiana near \Villoughby run on Spring's avenue. One Hundred and Forty-ninth Penn sylvania , on Chambcraburg turnpike , near NcPhcrson buildings ; also tablet on Seminary ridge at Fairhold road. Third Indiana cavalry on avenue near "Tapeworm" railroad cut. Thirteenth Massachusetts , Twelfth Massachusetts , Eighty-eighth Pennsyl- sylvanla , tablet on Cemetery Ridge , near Mummashurg road. Ono Hundred and Fifty-seventh Now York , at entrance of new Eleventh Corps avenue. Seventeenth Conncttiout , at other end of same avenue , on Karlow's Knoll. Tablet to Colonel Ward.of the Fifteenth Massachusetts , near Emmittsburg road and Round Top railroad. First Massachusetts , Eleventh Massa chusetts , Thirty-seventh Massachusetts. Sixteenth Massachusetts. Ono Hundred and Fourteenth Pennsylvania , Battery E , 1'irst Rtiodc Island artillery.on Emmetts- burg road. Sixty-eighth PennsylvaniaSecond Now Hampshire at Sherfy's peach orchard. Fifth Massachusetts Battery , Bigolow's Ninth Massachusetts Battery , ou road from Poach Un. | , rd to Unnm ) 'rw ' Tablet of Bigelow a Battery at Trestle barn. General Zook monument on edge of Whcatliold. Ono Hundred and Fortieth Pennsyl vania , Eighteenth Massachusetts , tablet of Ono Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsyl vania , Twcnty-sccouu Massachusetts , Second of Andrews' Company Sharp shooters , Thirty-second Massachusetts , Twenty-eighth Massachusetts , in and around the "Loop , " west of the Wheat- field. Second Delaware , Twenty-seventh Con necticut , in Wheat-field , with tablets to Captain Chapman and Lieutenant Colonel Mervin near the latter , also tablet of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut west of the "Loop. " The New Hampshire , Twentieth , In diana , in the woods west of the Whoat- field. Ono Hundred nnd Twenty-fourth Now York. Ninety-ninth. Pennsylvania , west Dovirs Don. Tablet to General Vincent , Ninoty-first Pennsylvania , Ono Hundred and Fifty- fifth QPcunsylyania , Ono Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania , Twentieth Maine , on Little Round lop. Ninth Massachusetts , Ono Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania , Ono Hun dred und Nineteenth Pennsylvania on Round Top. Tablet to Colonel Fred. Taylor north of Devil's Don. One hundred and Thirty-ninth Pennsyl vania , Third Massachusetts Battery , Ninety-third Pcnnsylvania.Ninoty-elghth Pennsylvania , north of Crawford's Glen , near Althoff buildings. Second Rhode Island , Seventh Massa- chusctt , First Massachusetts cavalry Tenth Massaohusetts.Thlrty-sovonth Mas sachusetts , on avenue near Round Top park. The Eighty-eighth Pennsylvaniatablet , Twelfth Massachusetts tablet , companies E and F , Hampton's battery , Pennsyl vania artillery , New Hampshire sharp- shootorss on Round Top avenue. Battery B , First Rhode Island artillery , Twentieth Massachusetts , Fitteonth Mas sachusetts , Nineteenth Massachusetts , One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania , Seventy-second Pennsylvania , at clump of trees on same avenue at scene of Picket1-'B cliarso. Battery A , First Rhode Island artillery , First company of Andrews' sharpshoot ers , Fourteenth Connecticut , First Delaware - ware , Twelfth New Jersey , on avenue north of clump of trees ; also tablet of fourteenth Connecticut at the site of Bliss buildings in their front advance , which they burnt under orders ; to dislodge - ledge confederate sharpshooters. Ninth Massachusetts battery tabled near Bryan house. Eighty-eighth Poonsylvnnia tablet , Twelfth Massachusetts lablcl in Zioglcr's grove , near north end of Round Top avenue. Cavalry shaft three miles east of Get tysburg. Foundations have been laid for the Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania and Seventy- first Peensyl vania at the scene of Piekctt's charge , and Thirteenth Now Jersey east of Spanglcr'ij spring , and the Fifth Con necticut on Ciilp's Hill , all of which monuments will bo dedicated during the coming twenty-fourth anniversary of the battle. Attnml to Important liualneis First. Dakota Boll : "Want you to como right down an' make an arrest. " said a man , early iu the morning , to the sheriff of a Dakota county , near the Montana line , a "What's he been doin'V" "Shot two men an * a woman , an * sot fire to a house. " "Well , I can't go to-day getter a man that stole two bosses und a mule , Just watch ycr man 1 reckon ho won't go An Exqulnlte I'erfume clings to the skin of those who use Col gate's unsurpassed Toilet Soaps. Cashmere - mere Bouquet most popular. WIFE ASD WEALTH WEIL-WON A Bomance of the Rockj Mountains Which Faded at the Tomb CRUSE'S CROSS AND CROWN. Carter's Fidelity Tlio JUronni niul lloiio of n iiiiV-Tliuo Heat * tzcil , Only to bo Itobticil of Its Joys by Tyrant Dentil. Nothing In romance , says ix Helena letter in the Philadelphia Record , equals tlio story of Thomas Cruse , the million aire widower of this wide-awake moun tain city , who , nfter years of prospecting , delving nud labor in the mountain gulches near Helena , at last struck n rich mother lode of almost pure gold that made him a millionaire in one day. Cruse was no doubt born under n lucky star , as far as solid wealth is concerned ; but his history Is the sad , Dittcr story of all men of wealth who have nil the com forts and cash that this world can bestow - stow ami yet lack what money cannot buy happiness and a homo. In a word , tins man started lifo as an ordinary pros pector , spending the bettor portion of his life on the Montana frontier , in the gulches nud ravines of the Rocky moun tains , in the stubborn und persistent search for gold. It was somewhere dur ing the dark days of 1803 that ho followed on the heels of the stampede to Alder gulch , but struck off soon afterward in the direction of Helena , where it was in store for him to discover the richest cold mine on earth. The country about Helena was pretty wild in those days , but Cruse was lull of pluck and grit , and , notwithstanding the hostile nature of that portion of Montana , the rugged and forbidding mountains , the high price of provisions , and his own miserable poverty , the dogged perseverance of the man overcame all obstacles , and ho came out of it ti millionaire three times over. About nine years ago he ran upon an indication that led him to believe that a mother lode was somewhere hidden in the mountain in front of him , but just where even the experienced prospector and adroit miner could not exactly deter mine. For fifteen years ho had stuck to his claim , working hard when ho could and , when provisions got scarce , knock ing off and working on somebody else's claim at miners wages. No tenderfoot can realize tho.so days of toil , and many a weaker-minded or less determined man would have given In long before and gone back to civilization and its attrac tions. Cruse after knocking about over the mountains , picking up quartzite hero and there , taking bearings and examining surroundings , with rare judgment and unbounded faith in signs , finally settled down in one rocky gorge where the indi cations for placer-washings wore prom ising and good. Ho built a cabin , staked off a claim , set up location notices at the tour corners , and settled down to hard , honest toil. To the south of him was Alcer gulch , with all its seductive washings , thnn in its prime ; to the south west the undeveloped Hutto country , with an underground network of silver that has since Had no parallel in history , not oven excepting the famous Comstock lode and Consolidated Virginia mines of Nevada ; the Grasshopper diggings to the southwest ; the hidden treasures of Emigrant gulch in the same direction , and the Salmon river placers far over the mountains 19 the west. All those wore unknown or ignored by the experienced miner , who strucK oil' toward the north in the Prickly Pear valley , where ho k.it. . .a . . - . s.ia t. u. .0 .0. ioa ii nnywhero else on earth. Cruse was rieht , as the sequel will show. The miner got out his pick and shovel , un packed his gold pan , and rigged out a crude rocker , and , all alone in that black mountain gorge , went indus triously to work washiti and seeking for gold , As remarked , for iiftoon long and tiresome years ho stuck to ono claim with unbounded faith and judgment , never faltering in the signs that first led him on , and always hoping tnat the mother lode ho was after would soon turn up. After a while the country began tilling up. Miners passed him going north or Still Cruse was not discouraged. Other miners came into the country , and some settled in the bottom of the very gulch wherein ho was located , They buill sluice boxes and washed away for gold with boxes and rifles , making a clean-up every day or two , and almost always get ting paying dirt. Meanwhile Cruse was laboring at the head of the gorge , digging a tunnel into the side of the mountain , but getting nothing except unprofitable dirt and hard , cold , barren rock. He built a door to his tunnel and kopl it looked , GO that no ono might see his bad luok if It con tinued or his good luck should fortune happen to favor him. After a while times became so hard that the minor , having no food and get ting nothing from his mine to buy any with , had to knock off work on his claim , look the little door leading into his treus- uro-houso , and go down into the gulch seeking work from others. His pro visions wore exhausted and his tools wore worn out. This hiring out at day labor became a necessity with him , and enabled the minor to obtain n stake for grub , tools and powdor. It is a remarkable picture to look back upon the early days of this bonanza king , who can now buy and sell HOUIO of your nabobs of the east , when ho was shoveling dirt into sluice boxes for othoro at $2.50 a day and find ings , and was so poor that no couldn't get trust for a sack of Hour In the embryo city of Helena , just then being started , nut such ore the facts. Once some of the miners from lower down came up to pay Cruse a visit. They found the little door of his treasure vault securely looked and t.ho owner nowhere in sight , so they facetiously labeled it "Cruao's prison , ' and landiingly went away for the hundrcth time pronouncing the ground roundabout perfectly worth less , But Cruse was shrewder than they thought ho was. What they were wash ing out a mile or so below the wido-awako individual know must have been cropped oil'from some parent lode further up the mountain. Torrents and avalanches for centuries had been drifting reeks and quartz down into the bed of the gulch and , as all these rocklngs and placer washings had shown rich nuggets and much free gold , Cruse reasoned that somewhere higher up the true vein must bo situated , and that was the reason why ho worked away at the head of the gulch and finally begun boring a tunnel directly into the bide of the mountain instead of contenting himscjf with the meager pickings and scrapings below. "A big strike or nothing" was his motto. It was along about 1878 that ho struck pay-dirt far iuto the depths of his own tunnel , and for a time his enthusi asm knew no bounds. The tunnel was running along directly under the bed of tin ] stream and close to bod-rock. In a [ ittlo while he name to bed-rock , cleaning it up as ho went and , taking out the last streaks in a sack to his cabinho pounded it to a pulp in a mortar , and washed out the gold at nighu In a breadpan.At last no stumbled upon a cross-cut vein , which led directly into the bonanza he was sucking , and Cruso's fortune was made. Far into the bowels of the earth , alone , without friends , you might say. und without relatives on uarth. this old man prematurely old fr ° mi hardship toll and , , exposure- stood looking silently , and almost jov- lussly , upon nil that vnst , untold wealth which was now his own , and nobody In the world to share it with him. There it was bin beautiful , magniflcontnilnojaiid yet , was Cruse a happy man ? Lotus hope so , for love was in his "out and although without relatives , still one truo-hoark'd girl had boon fitilhful to the absent miner all these patient yours and was wntrhtnir for his coming to claim her an his bride. whether ho came poor or whether ho came rich. Cruse locked the door load ing to his great discovery , and wont baik to his c.\bln to ponder upon and to under stand , If possible , that the dream of ins life had tit last been realized , The Drum Lummond WUB no myth , but an actual , true , bona ( ido , mother lode of gold , ami capable of making millionaires of a dozen inou. A year or two rolled on and the fame of the mine got abroad. An English syndicate began tingling with the lucky prospector for the property , but could not buy out the shrewd Individual us easily as they thought. Something llko $1,600,000 was paltffor an interc.st in the same , Cruse reserving to himself n portion tion , which evinced his business tact as clearly as his prospecting wisdom has been already delineated by the narrator : for although there wt'ro CUO.OOO tons of ore in sight at the time of the sale which fairly sparkolcd with dazzling particles of gold , yet since the consummation of the purchase the Drum Lumoml 1ms been steadily increasing as n gold-producer. and to-day has no equal on the globe in t that specialty. The object of his life was accomplished , and Cruso's prospecting days w6rc over. Ho sought out the girl of his cholre , Mis.s Maggie Carter , ami she , faithful maiden , of n modest , retir ing disposition , was loath to give her hand to the man of wealth who had bcon her lover while a poor , hard-working miner , lie saw her hesitancy , under stood the reason , nud valued ho worth all the more. The rough , uncouth man became a most ardent wooer , and as both had been und wore true to each other for years , the dilllculty was not long in be ing smoothed over. Miss Carter became Mrs. Cruse in March , 1830 , and the wedding was the social event ever heard of cast of the Hooky mountains and west of the Miss issippi river. It was a great day for Helena. The whole town went on a spree for n week not of Intoxication , you know , but of wine in galore , edibles of every description and pure , unalloyed joyousnoss. Everybody was Invited and everybody went. No one who know or over heard of Tommy Cruse and his generosity waited tor an invitation to the wedding. They wont and were made welcome. Champagne flowed freely for all , nud the whole city , including beggars and Chinese , smoked the finest Ha van as at Tommy's expense. In short , the town went crazy with delight It was a true Hocky moun tain wedding , where expense had not the slightest thing to do with the a Hair , but which was simply an honest and openhearted - hearted miner's homage to the bride ho loved and adored. A gift of f 500,000 from her husband was ono of the wed ding presents , and something llko $30,000 was necessary to cover the ex penses of the occasion. All was bestowed - stowed and paid as freely as It had boon acquired. A hotel was rented wherein were accommodated the guests from a distance who had como to witness the ceremony. The lonely bachelor pros pector , who had gone about for years on foot , tramping many a weary rnilo over rugged mountains and dressing in the most ordinary rnd cheapest of apparel , now donned new and oxpeusivo gar ments and purchased n pair of stylish bays , behind whioh ho and his wife used to sit while driving over the country in the vicinity of the Queen city of the Rockies. Ho was a happy man tor a year , was Thomas Cruse , but grim fate was hovering close on his heels and seek- . . lii iu uu me HUIMI " > > " " i..j- " > A month ago death entered his house- noid and stole irom mm the brldu , who had boon his comfort and his joy for only twelve short months. It left him child less and alone , and without hope or spirit to battle with the world anow. His dream of lifo is oycr. The Inst tto to earth is now broken ; for beyond the hill over yonder lies a new-made grave whorin re poses the form of her who loved him in life , who gave him a homo , and made his lifo happy. Base nail and Money Bags. The national game of base ball has been pruned of some cxcroscncos by the re visions of the rules which govern the two great associations. But it seems to us to lack a wholesome basis so long as the teams which are supposed to rcprosont the cities are not mndo up of residents oj those cities , as was the case at the outsat. It now becomes n question merely of the longest purse and the greatest ' 'enter prise , " as each city bids during the close season for the men who nave bcon thought the ablest in the preceding sum mer. This is the reason for the extrava gant sums paid to players ; and it works also to lower the character of the interest felt in the game. It makes local superi ority not a matter of genuine local urldo in athletic culture , but only of purse- pride at bottom. And it vitiates the rela tion of the public toward the local team. The tone taken by the Now York news papers toward the Metropolitan nine il lustrates this. The feeling was that the public of that city had boon swindled be- cacuso the nlno was beaten In the opening game of the season. Now York has paid for victory , and victory she must have. The game must go from bad to worse unless It is better organized iu this re spect. A New Dodge of tbo Tramp * . * A Washington Star : There is a now dodge by which tramps hope to got a living without work and yet escape the penal ties of vagrancy. A "tough" of the worst character quits his homo and wanders to n distant city where the labor cause is strong. Hero ho applies for admission to ono of tliu local trades unions nay , the painters' , for example. When the committee on admission look up his an tecedents , they report ngamst him as a n mutter of course , and the society re jects him accordingly. Then ho goes to Homo of the panicky capitalists who dis approve of trade unions on principle , nnd represents himself us a victim of the tyranny of unionism. The unions will lot no ono work who docs not belong to them , he argues , and when ho applies for admission they won't ' let him in. The anti-unionists raise a small sum for him out of sympathy , and give him a letter commending him to the charity of other pcjrsions who condemn persecution , and when our tramp has milked the town as dry as ho dares to , ho passes on to n piaco whore he is still unknown and repeats - peats hi * little trick. It would bo just as well for benevolent people with IOUK purses to scrutinize the appeals of the victims of union tyranny as carefully us those of other suQurors from the imper fections of our social systura. The Grnml Custodian. The grand custodian of the Nebraska grand lodge of Maions , Mr. Hcnjamin F. Hawaii , arrived here from Hastings yes- terdtty morning , opened the grand custo dlnn lodge which will continue three days. A goodly number of masons wore pres ent. \Vodnesday \ at 7:30 : p. m.tho grand lodge proper will convene , and it is ex pected Hint between four and live hun dred delegates from the diflbront loduos throughout the state will bo in attend ance. _ _ n Shtcwalk Warrants. City Clerk Southard , yesterday morn ing , waseugagod in making out ubout a thousand sidewalk warrants against i Dumber of property owners.