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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. JTJNB 14. 1887.
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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.
