Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , JPJRLDAY APBIL 17 ,
ticw mining camps , "Tho best Is yet to bo
found. "
But It can safely bo said of the hundreds
v/bo have visited Gold Hill slnco It sprang
Into notoriety nnd have seen for themselves
what thcro Is hero , not n man will fall to re
turn If It Is In hU power. It must bo borne
in mind that visitors to the camp have not
been attracted through Idle curiosity. A man
wouldti'tcomo hero for pleasure , nor for his
health , in the winter at any rnto. The
dinicuitlcs encountered In getting In
during the past season have been great. But
that hasn't deterred hundreds from seeing
for themselves what thcro Is hero , although
everybody has been warned beforehand of
the annoyance , not to say danger , that has at
tended n trip up to the present time.
ID Describe.
It would bo reckless for anybody who has
any reputation ns a Judge of such matters to
attempt to describe the formation of the Gold
Hill mineral belt. Some of the pioneer loca
tors have a certain Knowledge of geology and
mineralogy. They have been working on a
theory which may or may not bo correct. In
some instances flaws can bo picked with the
promises from which they reason. It Is not
nnlliccly that they have made use of incorrect
terms In describing to' others the formation
of the hills from which rich ore has been ex
tracted. In fact It looks as though some
of the development work done this winter
was carried on by following out what Is
called In sporting parlance , a system.
it may turn out that this wns all wrong , or
'perhaps ' only partially so. Competent Judges
declare that such Is the case. In that event
of course those who have been forced to form
a Judgment on what they see in shafts nnd
tunnels might come wide of the truth were
they to attempt to reason from the faulty
logic of somebody else. At present , with the
surface rock covered by a compact mass of
snow eight feet deep. It Is next to Impossible
to form a Judgment that can bo of any benefit
to anybody.
\Vlnt llio SlmltH 8lm\v.
In the few shafts and tunnels that been
been kept open and thcro are not more than
half n dozen of them there is Indisputable
proof that largo ore bodies have been struck.
Frbm pannlngs , assays and tests of other
kinds , returns on ere have been made that
deal with five and oven six figures.
Picked specimens are fairly bewildering In
their richness. These may turn out to bo
nothing inoro than chromes to the lucky
owners of the lead from which they were
taken out and Incidentally nn advertisement
for the camp. But it docs not matter
whether or not this particular vein pinches
out so far as the fama of tbo camp Is con
cerned
There Is enough ere In sight and on the
dumps of u dozen claims to Justify the Imme
diate erection of a stamp mill. Ono will be
started In- within a week by way of Hawllns
This of course will bo a help to the district ,
but the stamps are few nnd of light weight.
What Is needed is a ble custom mill. Owners
of the Lovlatblan , which is the only claim
In tbo camp that has us yet anywhere
near obtained tbo importance of a mine ,
( seriously contemplates putting up a mill of
their own. That would bo great , good luck
to the entire district , should the plan bo car
ried out. With u shaft already sunk to a
depth of 100 feet , work on the Leviathan
would bo pushed and some of the knotty
problems of the camp would bo solved.
After visiting Gold Hill imv ono at all
versed In mining , especially in the practical
work of the development of a mine , has had a
good mental quid to chow on. There Is gold
there beyond question nnd n good deal of It.
The chances are about oven , though that
there Is more silver than gold and perhaps
thcro may turn out to bo copper In greater
abundance than either of the other minerals.
It IB a Poor Camp.
Right now Gold Hill Is a poor man's
camp. Those who own claims can afford to
refuse to sell for any sum that anybody
would feel Justified in paying for u mere
prospect. There have boon some sales made
already. Undoubtedly the only thing that
Influenced the owners to part with claims
was the demands Incident to dire necessity
nnd the urgency for making n ralso fora grub
Btako. Ono man is said to have bragged of
selling ST.'iO worth of snow drifts. Ho
couldn't have known much about what ho
was selling , for the locations were mainly
made in the snow. Purchases such as those
nro risky sort of business In Gold Hill.
The ground Is too 'rich to permit the indis
criminate staking off of claims 1,500x000 or
oven ! ! 00 feet on the possibility of finding
something afterwards. Tha hardy boys who
have endured this terrible winter'propose. . to
pin everybody down to n'strict compliance to
the mining laws. Unless a man has
'found a lead a location uotlco don't
go nnd the ground Is apt to bo
jumped or encroached upon by the ono who
is lucky enough to find some evidence suffi
cient to base a title to mineral land on.
It will pay any man to develop his own
claim If It is worth anything at all. The
ere Is frco-milllng nnd will yield a good re
turn. Whore tbo load is followed down ,
enough pay rock ought to bo taken out
without the use of machinery to support the
owner while at work and furnish capital for
further nnd systematic development. Some
predict that "water will handicap work in
the shafts when the snow begins to molt.
Buch fears may bo realized , but It Is qulto
[ probable that many of the shafts will stay
[ ury to a considerable depth. Kvon should
vtho water got in , that would bo no cxcuso
lor soiling out , because after the assess
ment work Is done the claims
could Ho ullo till next winter when
preparations could bo made for sinking
( halts. In the meantime a miner could
jnako good wages by working in the gulches ,
which nro known to bo full of gold.
> Wnoro capital has been enlisted in prop-
fcrty it is certain that a goodly amount of do-
.velopment work will bo dono. This will give ,
prospectors an opportunity to find employ
ment in the camp and lay in stores against
\\ia \ time when they want to do some dovclop-
bient themselves.
| From n Protective Standpoint.
Now to the practical pajt of nil this excite
ment. In the Immediate vlqlnlty.of the pres
ent Gold Hill group of claims most of the
pround has been taken up. But only n com
paratively small section " has' as yet boon
thoroughly prospected. All the adjacent coun
try will bo 0110 over , with us good prospects
Tor new strikes as any yet made. Townsites
liavo already been surveyed , but it is a de
batable question as to whluh , If any of thorn ,
Will be the nucleus for a settlement of anv
considerable size. For the prcscntGold Hill ,
ns it Is called , is most Ilkoly to bo the camp
which will bo the Uoadquartors of the now
corners. Hut prospectors will strike out In
every direction , for the Indications elsewhere
cro good enough to Justify a "careful search
for other bl ? mineral deposits.
Gold Hill lies In the chain of mountains
called the Medicine Bow range , which , be
ginning with Kile mountain , trends away In
ii southerly direction towards the Colorado
line. Its exact location is township 10
f ni'tb , range SO west , and It lies
ubout two and a half miles south
of the fourth standard parallel , north.
Oust behind the hill looms up the snowy
r.ingu which towers 1,000 to 1,500 feet above
it , The lniiur ) range serves ns n sort of
barrier to the camp on 'nil sides save the
western slope. There are natural roads load-
ii.pintolhu . district along 'the waterways
tint How from the northern and southern
fcl'e.s ' ,
During Uio winter the canons through
Vvlilch flow the North and South Brush
. reeks , as they are called , nro for n part of
tha distance impassible for the snow , with
which they nro choked. In summer high
water ( mikes it well nigh impossible to ford
the streams. The only practicable route
d ii rln i : thn winter bus been up tbo South
J > riibh canon to the edga of the timber nnd
thin along the -sulu of the hill above the
crock , In f omo places the road bus bocn built
through the beautiful llttlo parks where the
tw.ons widen out , but for the most part It
lias kept pretty well up the hill. A fairly
peed winter road has been maintained , but
when the suou begins to melt the route will
Imvo to bo changed to the ridge far above its
present course.
To Itencli Si
Wherever a permanent road may bo lo
cated , whether on North Brush or on Souta
jlrush , thu natural outlet for the district
peonm to bo by way of Saratoga. That town
Klvus Its name to a sort of funnel-shaped dis
trict heading up near Gold Hill nnd spread-
lug out between the Medicine Bow range
mid the Continental divide. The district
irrailuully widens 0.1 it extends out to the
iilulnt. Baratoga Is situated nearly duo south
( ram thn abandoned military post of Fort
I'r 4 Hlelo and southwest from Itawllns.
Tim ( JUUnco from the lutter point is thirty-
* li j/ille I'n Rood WBtfon road nnd eight
Mille from Kort Htcoln. The North
J1 tU/ / river ( low * I'tlia ' town , which has
Him * r/tixir riftlunl itdvunUgo * .
ft Itn't 'ruo , M n reader of Wyoming
thai nil roads lead to
Gold Hill ; not oven those that point in that
direction.
Laramlo people claim that they have the
shortest route to the camp , With commend-
nblo enterprise her merchants raised n purse
nnd a contract was lot to cut a road through
tbo snow to reach Uold Hill. It was to liavo
been completed by April 25 , but Judging from
present Indications It will bo well along Into
the summer before the road can bo traveled.
The story of the disastrous start made by the
contractor who undertook to put through the
Lnramla road has already been told In TUB
BIE. : With an outfit of twenty-four men ho
began work on the heavy snow. A storm
cnmo up nnd blinded by the snow nnd suffer
ing great privations the men struck. They
wore not equal to the task and throwing
away part of his stores , the contractor had to
turn back to Laramlo. That happened only
last week. Word has been sent hero from
Laramlo that the road would bo surely cut
through before long.
I'erslnttMieo or Lni-amlo.
The persistence of the Laramlo folks can
but bo ndinlrcd but then the practical benefit
which their enterprise will bo to the camp Is
ns yet nn uncertain quantity. Joe Poutre , an
old prospector who has big Interests hero
and Is associated with Laramlo people In
promising properties hero in the district ,
came back to crimp lust Sunday night. Hu
had n tough tlmo of It crossing the ranee ,
and much as ho would like to huvo direct
communication opened between hero nnd
Lnrninlo ho Isn't at alt sanguine about tbo
success of her people In breaking through u
road , At bo4t It will ho what railway men
a high-lino route. It must climb up
the eastern slope of the Snowy range , cross
over It and drop down Into Gold Hill. For
only two'or three months in , the year can the
road bo kept open , His claimed , save by nn
enormous expenditure of money und constant
work on it.
The ifopular route will not bo from
Laramic.
Something of thu same sort of difficulties
have beset the outfit that Is pushing in from
Carbon station on the Union I'aelfle. A wcelc
ago word was brought into camp that tbo
road cutters were within four miles of hero.
They haven't put In nn appearance up to this
time nnd nobody can tell when they will. '
Carbon's advantage us n shipping and out
fitting point must bo taken Into consideration ,
supposing they should liavo the shortest road
ns they claim. The distance is estimated at
thirty-eight miles and the dllleronco In length
might bo an important item , other things be
ing equal. Hut thov are not. Fait trains
over the Union 1'acllb do not stop at Carbon.
Merchants do not carry big stocks. Event
ually the Union Pacific Intends to abandon
that portion of Its line on which Carbon
Is sltuntod and utilize a cut-oft
whler will straighten Its line nnd eliminate
some steep grades over Simpson's hill. Ono
part of the Carbon road will run through n
low.boggy place over which heavy freighting
will be dllllcult If not Impossible.
lluwliiis Is the Itoutc.
Of all routes to Gold Hill that from Uaw-
llns Is the best by all odds. It is a big trad
ing point. All trains on the Union Pacilio
stop there. The stores uro well stocked.
Good accommodations nro provided for trav
elers. Unwllns is the capital of Carbon
county in which Gold Hill Is located. This
is an important tnfhg slnco these having
business to do with county officials such us
recording chums , etc. , must go there. Citi
zens of Kawlins Imvo taken hold of the mutter
In dead earnest to maintain n first
class stage lino. Slx-horso Concord coaches
have begun running between Hawllns nnd
Saratoga. They will mnko three trips a week
until the rush beirins when , 1C the
trafllc justltics or demands It , a
daily stugo . will bo run. As to
the reliability of the Kankln Brothers , pro
prietors of the stage line , no references are
needed. "Jim" Kankln , the head of the firm ,
used to bo sheriff of the county nnd served
several terms in that capacity. Ho made a
reputation tor himself by hunting down train
robbers nnd is as reliable as ho is bravo.
Money wns raised by the Kawlins people
to put the road to Saratoga in good condi
tion and keep it so. They have guaranteed
freight rates on machinery nnd sun-
lilies into the camp that nro remarkably
low. If tbo freighters lose inonov on these
contracts the difference will bo made up out
of n fund raised for that purpose. That looks
ns though Kawlins meant business , don't it )
There Is the best of evidence that thov pro
pose to got the trade of this camp ami hold
It , too.
Tbo distance from Kawlins to Saratoga is
thirty-six miles and quick time will bo mado.
The staiio line from there on will bo run by
Charley Ferguson , whoso pluck In keeping
open the road during the winter has earned
for him the admiration and confidence of all
the men in camp. Ho will run on alternate
days with the Kawlins lino. It Is now ft ride
of twenty-eight miles from Saratoga over a
good road to tho. edge of the timber , The
rest of the way will bo made good as soon as
the elements will penult.
. GroiiQE F. CAXIS.
Now Ilouto to Gold Hill.
SAUATOOA , Wyo. , April 10. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bui : . ] A six-horse Concord
coach , with ton passengers , arrived from
Kawlins yesterday over the Kawllns and
Saratoga road to Gold Hill , making the trip
in a llttlo more thun live hours. The passen
gers report the road In good condition.
There nro two outfits now at work on this
road , grading and bridging , and it will be
put in first-class shape before they quit. The
coach loft for Kawlins again today .with
about the same number of passengers. It
will bo run every other day until May 1 ,
when n dally coach each way will bo
put ou. The equipment Is complete , nnd
the trip Is quickly and comfortably
mui\c. The rig driven In hero Is conceded
by old stngo tnou to bo tht finest
turn .out they over saw. V. C. Ferguson &
Co. will have charge of the stage line from
hero to Gold Hill and the accommodations
will bo fully up to requirements In every
way. Tbo Kawlins stage line gives Saratoga
two good routes from the railroad. It is'con
ceded by nil the old timers , familiar with tbo
topography of the country , that Saratoga has
tho'only pructteublo road to the now mines.
It Is reported hero that all the .freight now
lying nt Carbon , some fifty thousand pounds ,
awaiting transportation to Gold Hill , will bo
shipped to" Kawlins or Fort Stcolo nnd betaken
taken In over the Saratoga road.
Judge Merrill , Dr. J. E. Osborno , Hon.
John C. Dwyer. J. G. nankin nnd
others from Kawlins were the guests of
the Gold Hill house today. A stock com
pany , composed of Knwlins and Saratoga
business men , Is being formed to build a tolc-
craph line from this place to Gold Hill. The
line from Saratoga to Fort Stcolo will bo pur
chased and put In first-class condition , and
the line Is to bo In operation by May 10. J.
C. Davis of Kuwllns has the matter in
chargo. The firm of W. B. Hugus & Co. ,
Saratoga , has subscribed $1,100 toward the
enterprise. .
Shot mill Killed.
SAW tvKn , Utah , April 10. [ Special
Telegram to Tun linn. ] A special to the
Tribune from ICauab says Joseph Stafford of
the firm of Stafford it Butts , sheep owners ,
was shot and killed at a ranch -Buckskin
mountain Monday last by F. T. Tilton , also n
sheep owner , Tiltou and his partner , Woy-
moutb , were the only ones present , nnd suy
tbo shooting wus done in self defense. "
Tlio Klro Uocord.
EVANSVIU.K , Ind. , April It ) . Early this
morning the stock of the wholesale drughouso
of Lclch & Co. was destroyed by flro , causing
loss of $90.000 ; insurance , $ M000. ; Dlxou ,
Mai-H'y & Co. , wholesale boots nnd shoes ,
were damaged by water to the ox tout of
$ lfi,000. The loss on the building in which
both stores were located WAS $30,000 , with 110
insurance1.
Suit Itir Damages.
CITY , Mo. , April 10. In the dls
trict court \Vyandotto county , Kansas
today the American llvo stock commlssloi
company began suit against tlio Kansas Cliv
llvo stock exchange for 1100,000 damage
for Injury to Its Imslncws through expulsion
and alleged boycott.
Splnnlix Laid nl Host.
NEW Yoni- , April 10. Tbo funeral of Gen
eral Splnola took place- this morning from tbo
church of the Immaculate Conception. A
congressional delegation from Washington ,
tbo Grand Army , nnd hundreds of politicians
were In attendance.
Stanley HallH.
New VOUK , April 10. Henry M. Stanley ,
accompanied by his wife nnd Mrs. Tonuunt ,
sailed yesterday for Liverpool.
Throe Klllnd in a Maryland Wreck.
iUi.TiuoiiB , Md. , April 10. A freight train
if thirteen cars nnd thrco engines on the
Maryland Central railroad broke through a
rostlo this morning at , Fallston. Three men
were killed nnd two badly Injured. The cars
voro burned. _
JHSVVHHKIt Till ! ll.lllilti > < ll > 3.
Papers Head llcforo tlio Coinlncroial
ConyreHs on thn 8itl > . | oct >
.KANSAS CITV , Mo. , April JO. It was 10
o'clock before the western states' ' congress
assembled this morning. James Pcabody of
Chicago , read a paper on "Hnllroad Pools. "
lo said It wns not so much low rates that
shippers wanted , but stable rates. As tend-
tig to obtain stable rates the speaker en
dorsed the InlorslaUi commerce commission.
General Blair of Kansas , read a paper
on "Transportation ns Affecting Commerce
nnd Finance. " Ho said tbo government
ought to provide ns 'much money as neces
sary to carry on the country's business nnd
hen leave the question of finance nlono. In
Iko manner tlio government ought also to
( oop its bands off tbo commerce and trans-
lortatlon and let them bo governed by nntu-
al laws.
A telegram from the president of the ox-
ocutlvo committee of the chamber of com-
nerce of tbo stnto of Now York wns road ,
t asked permission to call the atten-
Ion of congress to the Into action of
ho1 chamber regarding the Improvement
of the Mississippi river , and particularly
ho grave Importance of protecting the ad-
acent section from the tcrrlblo ravages oc
casioned by the periodical overflows of the
iver.
iver.William
William E. Schopp , president of tbo Whole
sale Growers' association of St. Louis , spoke
on "Transportation. " Ho thought the fed
eral government should control the tnifllc of
railroads Just us It now controls Interstuto
.tunic. Ho wanted a law passed that would
jlvo the present commission power to enforce ,
ts decrees ,
Senator Cochran of Missouri thought tbo
state and federal government ought to keep
.heir hands oil and permit the railroads to do
their best ,
John L. Cornforthpf Denver , Colo. , also
spoke of the benefits of railroads. Speeches
jad been made before congress by men who
condemned railroads. These- same men bad
come west and bad bought government land
[ > ttfl.yr > per acre and were now offering It for
sale for * lf > 0 and ? . ' 00 per acre , nnd giving as
nn excuse for the high price the slngfo fact
Lhat a railroad passed through their land ,
Hallways led the advance of civilization and
Industry and in western countries they
should bo built so numerously that they
would make Its surface fibrous with rails.
C. S. DIotricha of Hustings , Nob. , read a
paper on "Transportation" in support of u
resolution introduced by him. The resolu
tion provided that the Interstate commerce
commission should have supervision nnd lim
ited control of railroads.
State Senator Swlt/.ler of Nebraska hoped
this question of transportation was tbo most
Important before the congress. Ho advised
the congress to consider the matter thor
oughly and attempt to propose n remedy. It
was well to ulr grievances , but it wns better
to provide a remedy. Ho had no remedy to
suggest , but out of iili the remedies proposed
In tbo past he believed ono remedy could be
found.
Jay L. Torrcy of St. Louis road a paper
on "Uniform Commercial Laws , " nnd de
voted particular attention to the subject of
bankrupt law. Torroy explained the pro
visions of the Torroy bankruptcy bill and
promised that it would bo beforetbo next
congress with the endorsement of commer
cial bodies all over the country.
Hon. A. J. Warner of Ohio addressed the
congress on "Hclatlon of Money to
Bank Credits. " There should bo a
limit to bank credits. State banks
no longer had the power to Issue
money , but they croatcO money by the issu
ance of bank credits. Since they arrogated
to themselves the function of n state they
should como understate supervision. At
present bank credits In proportion to the
iiotunl money in the banks was ns from llvo
tosovcn to ono. It was out of this unsub
stantial structure of credit money , created
out of nothing , that every panto that was
known bad had a beginning. It should bo
restricted to W of credit to SI of actual
money. Panics would' then bo Impossible.
Take a thousand millions from the upper
story of our top heavy system of bank cred
its and broaden tno foundation of our
money system by adding a thousand
million or oven 13vu hundred million
to the real money of either gold , silver or
paper and a panic would bo Impossible.
Which should It be , a basis of gold that is
constantly narrowing and its production
diminishing , coupled with the over-expand
ing system'of bank credit , u currency subject ,
to expansion and collupso as the interests or
the cupidity of the banks may dictate , or loss
credit and inoro actual money in which confi
dence was never wanting !
Judge H. M. WIdner of Los Angeles , Gala. ,
read n paper on the "National Money Sys
tem. " The circulating medium must bo
Increased , said Widucr , to meet the growth of
population or the business of the country must
bo killed off until it is within the compass of
the present circulation. There Is not enough
money In circulation nnd want of money has
caused a stringency in the froiicy markets.
Free coinage would not accomplish the desired -
sired results , for the population was increas
ing too fast. The great objection
to free coinage was that the an
nual product ? of say $10,000,000 worth
when coined represented $ (51,000OUO (
or n profit of $18,000,000 to a few silver pro
ducers. That was of too great local benefit
to bo of any benefit to the whole people. The
farmers' alliance schema of loaning money at
u low rate of interest secured by laud was
too local and partisan to bo acceptable.
Widnor would have a system based upon the
authority of the people , backed by the
wealth of the people , and administered for
the benefit of the whole population , using all
gold and all silver , supplementing their use
by n legal Issue of from S'JO to $25 per capita.
Inflation , constitutional repudiation and the
threatened chauco of gold dollars as a
ni'-asuro of value were dangers to bo con
tended ugalnst. In order to overcome
these ' dangers and civo bis system
stability ho proposed an amendment "to
the constitution of the United States
providing for u national currency
circulating medium to the amount of & 20 per
capita , ns shown by the census of ISlKJand
each succeeding census , for which when re
quired , the resources , property , und fulth of
the nation nro pledged , fur which redemp
tion congress , by a two-thirds vote of each
house , may provide for the collection of gov
ernment rovcnus for tuxes in gold and silver
coin. Said currency , with the gold
und silver coin of the United
States of the present weight and
fineness ( the gold dollar being the standard
unit of value ) and such notes as may be
Issued In lieu of gold or sliver coin nnd In
bullion bold exclusively for redemption
thereof , shall constitute the only legal money
of the United States. Congress shall have
no power to increase or decrease said Issue ;
provided , that after the Issue of IS'.K ) congress -
gross may , by a two-thirds vote of each
house , reduce the rate of further issue.
Other addresses were made on the subject
of money.
In the evening a reception was tendered
tbo delegates at the Commercial club.
F. W. Blackmoro , professor of political
economy In the Kansas stuto university ,
spoke in opposition to the free coinage oi
silver.
The last speaker of the evening was Sen
ator Cockrcll of Missouri , who made a strong
plea for silver.
The congress then adjourned.
The resolutions committee completed its
work this afternoon , nnd the report , which
was not unanimous , will bo made'tomorrow.
The majority and minority agree ex
cept on three rosolujions favoring the free
coinage of silver , favoring thu Issue of legal
tender notes redeemable thereat In gold anil
silver In a quantity sufficient tor the busi
ness of the country , and favoring a tariff for
revenue only. The minority opposed these
resolutions and will present a report thereon.
The other resolutions praise Secretary
Husk's conduct of the agricultural depart
ment and favor federal Improvement of the
Mississippi river ; Irrigation by the national
government of arid lands ; consummation
treaties of reciprocity with countries with
which the United States exchanges pro
duels ; construction by the federal govern
niont of a deep water harbor on the Gulf of
Mexico.
Poor Canadian Cliocne.
Moxrwui , April 10. A circular issued bj
the London homo and foreign produce exchange
change complains that Canadian chocs o shows
a retrograde tendency nnd that much fault is
found with tail season's make.
OF PLAYING ,
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Omaha and Milj aukoo Oontlnno the Pro-
graniino'of Last Year.
BETTER PLAYERS BUT SAME RESULT ,
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How tlio Gnnfo-tWont Yesterday
Lincoln AlNO UolVntrd American
Assoclntloiy Games Knees
. and JUlucr Snorts.
Crushed , but not pulverized , wns wlml
lappeiicd to Shannon's Lambs yesterday
nftornoou.
It was the first championship game of the
season bt ' 01 , and us the Kiddy old dame.
Utsfortuno , would biivo it , tbo victory wont
to the enemy n Job lot of the representative
citizens from Milwaukee.
Tbo crowd li < attendance was neither brll-
hint or overgrown , nor dtd It unvo much of
nn opportunity to enthuse , although for a
few brlof inoincnts It looked that way.
Hut baseball Is not quite as sure as death
and taxes.
In round numbers there were 815 people In
.ho lot , according to turnstllo registration ,
jut perhaps that was plenty , for it wns a
lurrowlng spcctnclo they were couipollou
to gaze unon. llowovor. there was n good
excuse for " this paucity of numbers for
veslcrduy. morning seine evilly-disposed
'onlus unbuckled the Hood gates of heaven
ind tbo rain cnmo down in rivers , As late as
10 o'clock tbo diamond ant ) major portion of
.ho grounds were Inundated , mid It required
Four hours hard work on the part of n small
Brigade of hired hands , to imiko the pluco
invigablo at all. 1'ity they succeeded. At
: ho eleventh hour It was announced that the
nine would take place , but us everybody had
made up their mind itiat the struggle mustbo
postponed until today , but few got onto tbo
: rue state of things , and consequently the
: rowd was small. But the day panned out
jcautifully. The sun poured his soft lustro
through raggca masses of lazy clouds , the
wind died away to a whisper , and everything
lugurcd well for a sharp and brilliant con
test.
Promptly nt 8:30 : Umpire Alonzo Knight ,
uid bo ft said ho did his work in an admlr-
iblo way , took bis position and commanded
tbo opposing forces to play ball.
The Milwaukee * showed up In line form in
their preliminary practice , and are undoubt
edly fully as strong again as they were in the
cuteh-us-catch'can season of 181K ) . Schrivor
ind Vlckery , their battery , aroacouplo of big ,
mlky Individuals who seem to understand
; hclr business pretty well , I thank you. Vlck
ms lots of speed and a good drop , while
sehrlver Is a reservoir behind the plate , and
uses a Winchester rillo to shoot 'em down to
Grim.
Hut the old beer town outfit was as fresh
as n bed of crocuses , and cavorted about the
Held as if they Intruded to buy it. They
aldn't though ; they only meant to 'jump iu
and play ball.
Aim the Omahas What did they look like }
Well , at a glanca n casual observer would
nave said that the Utpwers didn't bold tbo
"age , " but they lacked snap and vim , and
went about their work In a perfunctory sort
of a way that always means defeat.
Larr.v Twltchcll started in to do the rotat
ing , but thrco innlifgs were nn decant sulll-
cicucy , and bo quickly developed the fact
that ho is not in proper condition for box
work. Jn these .throe Innings Schoch's
curiosities had lambasted him for nine hits ,
three of which were iloublos.and twelve wild ,
weird runs galloped across the plat" . Larry ,
: iowevor , negravntod them with live bases on
bulls , and Hlg McUaUloy made an unfortu
nate error.
So there was nothing so wonderful about
those innings after all. The croaker must
not croak too soon. Twitoholl will 'round tote
to in ii fashion ono' 'of ' those days that will
give sluggers an attack of heart failure.
Hut hero Is the waylho game was won and
ost. ' .
Shannon wasthoilrsfc man up , and down
too , so'faV us'that gcfes-'forhe sliced the'atmos-
[ > hero into three thin- hirers by his delirious
stabs at the warp nnd"woof Vickory was
weaving across tbo pinto.
Then Lawrence Twltch'oll stopped forward.
The cx-Philadeiphlan immediately took a Ilk-
Ing to him and made him a present of a base
on balls.
"Over tbo fence moans a homo run , don't
111" queried Jocko Halligan to Umpire
Knight as ho tapped the plato with his club.
"That's what it does , " replied Alonzo , and
then the ball and bat collided. There was n
loud report and a little , smoke , and the bull
soared away out over Mr. Pottlt's head and
the palisades too , and the iirst homo run of
the season was scored.
From this on until October Adam Morroll
will lather and fondle and scrape Mr. Halll-
gun's Grecian chin for nothing.
Of course the brilliant strike awoke the
dormant lires of enthusiasm and the 1,000
happy souls on the bleachers and In the
stands made the welkin ring. I think it was
the welkin , but it may have been the brass
In Gusslo Alberts' cheek , butsomothlng rang
any way.
That was all , but wasn't it nlco ?
Sutcliffo wont out to VicK and McCauley
to Burke and the Brewers hove to.
Lorry made a start by giving Burke his
base ; then Bob Petit got In n neat little
bunt , which landed him safe and sent Burke
like a rabbit to third. Schoch , who works his
jaw as fluently as of old , was the next batter.
He made a wild lunge or , two , then popped
n high ono , which alter n hard backward run
McCauley allowed to escape , and Burke came
homo , Pettlt reached third and Schoch first ,
Pottlt , however , in the meantime had stolen
third.
iJalrymplo , old Abner , who used to play
threo-old-cat with General Putnam , Benedict
Arnold and the other boys on the commons at
Boston over ono hundred years ago , ambled
to the plato , with u watch-me-brlng-'om-In
air , But the host ho could do was to pop ono
up to Shannon. Campion also hit a ily , and
it hud never said a word to him , but Grlflln
squeezed it , and Camp Joined Dal on the
mourners' bench.
Schrivor and his rosy mug went to first on
four wide ones , and Grim swiped her for n
double , and Pettlt and Schoch came home , and
the sinllo that danced a mazurka ovorCharlla
Cushmuu's handsome phiz made everybody
sick.
sick.But
But that wasn't all. Twitcholl continued
his streak of generosity and gave Gussio Al
bert his base , and Vlckcry , by a beautiful
upper cut , sent the horse hide where Grim
hud placed it , and all thrco of the runners
cumo homo.
It was getting serious , and if Burke hadn't
sent a nice easy ono to Grifllu there's no tell
ing wh it might have happened.
This inning seemed to knock all thn U'or-
ccstor sauce out of Shannon's Lambs , and the
grand stand and blctibiic'rs were so still you
could have heard a g'uiiwlrop.
Dad Clarke had ultuftswogo eye with him ,
and took llrst on balls.in- , starter in the second
end , but that was 'all It amounted to , for
Grlflln , Walsh and Dcmnclly were retired In
" " ' ' '
quick succession.
For the Blow-'om-Affs1 , Walsh throw Petit
out and Grlftin nttendnu'to Captain Schoch ,
and it looked like an Kister egg.
But as the old wpman said , "looks Is do-
ccivin. "
|
Undo Abnor laced , out a single and stole
second. Then CatnplonXlupIlcated the trick ,
which put undo on third , both trotting in on
Schrivor'ssafo ' drive. "
That grim young man from Spin Patch's '
sent u llttlo Ily to Lnrry and Larry tossed
him out at llrst. . ,
And now the score , read 8 to 2.
Too bad , wasn't it , put watt.
In the third Shnnndn.Twitchell and Hal
ligan never gota smdlf/rthd ( the pesky Brow-
el's were back oealn.io <
For the Brewers , Vide led off with n
single , and as it was a case of love on sight
between Twitcholl and Burke , again the
latter took llrst on balls. Petit then
smashed her for a couple of cushions. Scboch
a single and Dal u buso on balls , Vickory ,
Burke and Petit having scurried homo on
the captain's hit , Burke being declared out ,
however , for cutting third.
Hereafter the young man will confine his
outline to his corns. Mr. Knlpht evidently
intends to stand no funny business.
But what cared Milwaukee for a llttlo
thing llko this. The next moment Campion
bent a hot ono to Shannon. In trying to
head it olT It caromed against his shins and
shied off toward the bleachers and Schoch
and Dalrymplo crowed the rubber.
Four inoro runs that did settle it ,
Kltcljorg relieved Twitcholl hero , and ho
pitched out the game handsomely , Clarke re
tiring.
It was eggs In the fourth and fifth { pr both
sides , the Omahas being retired in tbo fourth
on n neat double play by Guaslo to Grim.
In the sixth Omaha made her third tally ,
Halllgan reached first on Schoch's wild
throw , advanced to third on Vlck's blunder ,
and homo on another by Campion ,
It was n blank for Milwaukee.
In the socouth Slmnhim's men gathered n
couple of inoro shells by the seaside. Walsh
basted bor for n brace of sacks , and Donnelly
for it single , on which Walsh came In , Then
Shannon and Twltchcll went out , but on
Hulllgnn's corking double .llrntny ran homo ,
and "Old Cy's" out ended the spasm.
In this Inning , Just to keep their hand In ,
Milwaukee look another. After Burke bad
fanned , Petit poked out a three-bagger , and
then Halllgan municd Schoch's long Ily , and
the trick was turned.
In Ibo eighth Omaha corrnlcd her last.
Kltcljorg lined out ono of Vlckory's slow
ones for a trlllo , and scampered homo on
Grlm's error.
Tbo eighth was a blank for the visitors ,
ditto tlio Omahas , nnd the battle was over
and Ihe day was lost.
It , would bo anything but Just to close this
report without a word or two further with
reference to Kitoljorg's ' work. Ho took hold
after the game was buried , but handled
himself In such nn effective way as to allow
the big Wisconsin * but two more hits nnd a
single run , Ho Is pitching great ball , and
playing all around In such n mnslerly way
that has won him untold praise.
But go out this afternoon and see the boys
retrieve themselves.
The score :
on balls-Oil' Twltchell ! > , off Kltoljorg - ' . elf
Vleki-ry ft. lilt by pitcherIly Kltoljori : - ' .
Struck out -Ily KltclVirg V. by \ IrKvry U- Wild
pitches Ily TwIU'hull - ' . Donmpplny Alberts
to 1'lnn.Walsh to Shannon to Mvl'uuloy. Two
base lilts-lliilllnan 1 , WuUli 1. I'etlt ) , Vlek-
erv I , Olnti 1. Homo riiiis-Ihilllsun 1 I'assed
balls Ily SiitiMllTn 1. Tlmo of BIIIIIO 1 hour
and 45 minutes. Umpire Alonzo Knight.
KaotH for Fanatics.
Old Dalrymplo Is still on earth.
Game called atl0 ! : : ! this afternoon.
Manager Shannon says wo must win today.
The game yesterday should have been a
tie 2 to 2.
The grounds won't hold the crowd that will
bo out Sunday.
Halllgan says ho intends to bathe and
shave every day.
Lon Knight umpires like no plays bait-
right up to.tho hilt.
Eitcljorg will bo In the box Saturday. He'll
win the game sure.
Jimmy Caimvnn only made four errors in
Wednesday's gamo.
Norman Baker was awfully sere last night
over the Lambs defeat.
Elteljorg is too purly to bo a ball player ,
but ho is ono all the samo.
Manager Shannon has the lines out for an
other well known pitcher.
It will bo Davlos nnd Dungau and Clarke
and SutclIITo this afternoon.
Umpire Knight says that boy Fltelforg is a
houoy-cooler , whatever that Is.
There was a fair sprinkling of ladles , con
sidering the threpteniug weather.
Dad Clarke will throw his arm out of socket
today but what ho wins the pauio.
Ono little defeat doesn't cut much of a fig
ure. We may win the next ISO games.
Vicitcry and Schrivor for Thornton. Well ,
maybe Gush don't know that ho Is alive.
Lincoln and Sioux are in mourning with
us. All that saved Kansas City was the rain.
The telegraph from Milwaukee says that
McGum blowod himself last night to the ex
tent of n cnso of Monopolo.
Twitchcll is in anything but condition yot.
Ho will ranko some of these ducks very
weary when bo once gets In form.
, Llttlo Macullar has thrown up the sponge
as an American association umpire. Ho
couldn't ' stomach the LouUvillo toughs.
Out of the whole thirteen runs yesterday
Milwaukee earned but two , while Omaha
oarncd the same number out of her half
dozen.
Luther Drake , Joe Garncau , "Hud , " Ed.
Peek , Gonorul Frederick , Judge Lake , Brad ,
the lumberman , Hcmington , and all the old
tlmo funs were out.
Miss Gussle Albert played a brilliant game
at third for tno Brewers. And , don't you be-
Hove these Dutch suckers up In Milwaukee
wanted Cushman to let him out.
Charlie Cushman was tho- happiest man in
Omaha last night , Ho says ho" intends to
make It twenty straight this season. If ho
does ho can win my farm in Illinois.
Halllcan made the first homo run for the
championship. It was u valuable bit , ns it
nets him $ > cash from the management nnd
? 1 from Billy. Huwley , n season Turkish bath
card nnd a season's shaving ticket at Mor
i-ell's.
Opened by tbo Mnrnr.
Dusvmt . , 10. Telegram
, Colo.-April [ Special
gram to Tin : Bu J Tha opening game between -
tweon Sioux City nmlOjmver today attracted
nearly three thousand people to tbo grounds ,
among whom y > 'ns Denver's now mayor , who
made a brlof speech to the boys , and who
was received with enthusiasm. The game
was well played throughout and was won by
the brilliant batting of the Denver nlno. Fol
lowing Is the score :
HIOI'.X CITV.
u In I'o A n id ii ro A K
McOlono , r.h.Tu 11 1 2 roormnn , cf..O 0 1 1
Tvbonu , of. . . .2 1300 S < 'linlliuck , 88.0 U
McClulInn , Sti.O Vnnlykulf..O 0 3 1
Ourtli.lf 1 8 2 0 U Hvrnrtwooil.rf.O 0 0 0
O'llrlon , lli..O ! l 1U 1 U .Morris soy , lb.0 2 8 1
Wurrlck , rf..O 1' ' U 0 Nk liulmin,2ti.l 0 2 1
Mcllnrr , ; > , . . ) ( iwlnn.ilb . 1 0 a ; t
liilibi'i-kc..U Knrl. i ! . 0 H o
Kouriilor , i > . . .l 1 0 ( I U Hurt , p 0 0 2 4
Total . U 1027 13 4 Total 2 2 27 13 fi
SCO1IK IIV INNIMIS.
Denver 0 0000003.1 B
Sioux Olty 0 0000020 0-2
HtlM.MAIir , .
Karnod rims None. Two nasn lilts Wor-
rlck. Three buM ) hits Curtis' ' , liases stolen
Tobeau , McOiirr , Nicholson , ( JoniiNsS , Mo-
t'lullan2. Huns halted In by base lilts Ily
Curtis 2.0'llrlun 1. Double plays McClolliin
to * O'llrlon. HIIKCS nn bulls .Mi'Olclliin.
Ourtls 2Vcrrlnk. . Htruek out Morrls-icy ,
I.ohheck a. Swart wood 2 , Hurt. I'ti&sud balls-
Karl 1. Wild iiltuhos I'ournlcr a , Mart I.
Time of gumo Two hour.- . . Umpire Uolllns ,
Went to tlio Ml'lcri. '
LINCOLN , Nob. , April 10.- [ Special to TUB
BII : : . ] This afternoon the championship sea
son was opened nt Lincoln with a game be
tween Minneapolis and thu homo team. A
largo number of enthusiasts were In attend
ance nnd were pleased with the skill shown
by the Lincoln nlno. Although the Senators
played a splendid gnmo , they were beaten uy
Minneapolis 0 to fi. There was no reason for
this , ns the Lincoln team out-gcneralod the
invaders at o'very turn and were guilty of
few errors , yet the score does not show up
favorable.
The most brilliant ploying of the day was
by Lincoln In the seventh Inning when Min
neapolis had four tallies to her one. Four
runs were made lu this Inning. The score :
MllfOlll 1 00000400-5
Minneapolis 3 U 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-fl
Itiniffonrnnd Mnroln I , Minneapolis * ) . Two-
Imso hits Hewn , Tbruo-bato hits llurkott ,
Kyn. liases nu balls Flood ' . ' . IlnrtMin 2.
Mitchell 1 , Hit by pltchur-MimHiy. Sh'iRurt.
Htruukniit Ily l-'loodfi. Mlluholll , llaso hits
Lincoln 0 , MlnnuupollH B. Krrors 1/lncoln 1 ,
Minneapolis S.
KncitH.
MKMI-IIIP , Tcnn. , April 10. The track today
was rather heavy.
Two-year-olds , half mile Maggie Lobua
won , Ennrltti second , X.antlpos third. Tlmo
C3,1 , .
Three-quarters of n milo -Verge D'Or ' won ,
Bankrupt second , Kelly Belly third. Time
Tennessee lu-owers" stnko. $1,000 added ,
tbreo-ycar-old fillies , ono mlle Elbe ) Gray
won , Phllora second , Bennie IJyrd third.
Tlmo-1:4 : .
Two-year-olds , half mile Sam r'armorwon.
Lena Frey second , Maggie Martin third.
Tlmo fi.'l'-j' ' .
Three-year-olds and upwards , mile nnd
one-sixteenth John Sherman won , Dolllkons
second , Carter II third. Tlmo 1 : * > U.
A UKItlVA X A SSOC'l.i T1OX.
Clnclnnntl , HOHIOII nnd Baltimore
Won Vostprilny.
LotJiHViu.i : , Ky. , April 10. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tin ; BIK. : ] The Inability of the
Loulsvillcs to bat Crane nnd costly errors by
Shlnnlck In the eighth won Cincinnati tbo
gamo. The feature was the fielding of Donovan
van and Andrews. The score :
( 'InulnnuU 1 0002004 0 7
Louisville o : i o o i o i o o a
Hat lories Uiulsvlllo , Dullcynnd liyiuu Cin
cinnati , Crime and Vuimhn , ino-s--loiilM- :
vlllun , Cincinnati IV Huso hits-Cincinnati ID ,
IillUlSVlllo 4.
WASHINGTON , April 10. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BKH.-Washington ] lost the third
game of the series with Boston today by mis
erable Holding , poor base running and ina
bility to hit the ball nt the proper tlmo.
Boston's batting , while not heavy , was op
portune and coupled with errors by the homo
team , cave them nn easy \ Iciory. Joyce wai
linedij by the umpire fo.1 objecting ton
decision on strikes. The game was called nt
the end of thu eighth Inning on account of
darkness. Tlio score :
Washington 0 0000000 0
Hasten 1 0 2 0 G 0 2 2 12
Itiisc hits Wnshlngton n , Itoston 7. Errors
Washington U , Huston 4. H .Uerlm . Wash
ington , Mlltetand MeUuiu > ; Huston , llnkcly
und Unit. .
BAi.TiMonn , Mil. , April 10. | Special Tele
gram to Tin ; BIK. : ] The Baltlmoro club
had nn easy tlmo of It today and defeated the
Athletics at their own sweet will. The vis
itors hud Cnllllmn ns pitcher , and hn wns
batted for twenty-three base hits. Of the llt-
tccn runs scored ten were earned. In the
seventh there were seven consecutive base
bits. The visitors batted-McMubon hard , but
the brilliant work of all the Holders saved him
lots of hits. Attendance , 4,74' ' . The score :
Haltlmoru 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 2 15
Athletics 0 0 ' 'I
HUM ! hlls HiiltlinorcSt , Athletics II. Krrars
Hiiltlinoiu.'l. Athlotlcs 7. HaUi'rli's-llaltl-
inoie , MuMnhnn and Uuhlnson ; Athletics , t'ul-
llhun nnd .Melveosh.
ItnccH 1'onl jioiiod.
SAN FiiANciN'o , Gal. , April 10. The Blood
Horse association races were postponed on
account of rain.
. Jl.tll.flOAIt TOVJtlSTS.
YniulerlilltH Making Ousoi'vatioiiH
Aloii * ; Western IjIncH.
CHICAGO , April H ) . [ Special Telegram to
Tin ; BKK.I Chauncoy Dopcvs- , accompanied
by Cornelius Vunderbiit , II. McIC. Twombly ,
E. V. K. Kossltcr and President Ledyurd of
the Michigan Coittr.il , arrived In Chicago
this afternoon on n special train. They leave
tonight for the west over the Northwestern ,
going ns fur us Denver vlu Umahu , They
will visit Leadvillo aud return via ICansns
CItj * .
"Merely n tour of observation , that Is all , "
said Air. Dopdw. "Wo shall complete It mid
be back In Now York one week from next
Saturday night. "
Tlio Gould-Hunt'iictaii Dcnl.
Cmc.uio , April 10. Members of the Van-
dcrbilt party , who arrived hero today ,
denied any knowledge of the alleged Gould-
Huntlngton deal , and declared their trip had
no special significance. Nevertheless they
had no sooner landed in Chicago than various
rumors ns to their mission began to circu
late. Ono of these was that they are going
to Denver to see what methods nro employed
by Gould to divert the trnfllo of the Union
Pnclllo to his own lines instead of fulllllmg
his contract with the Chicago & Northwest
ern. It can hardly bo said thatthls trip adds
color to the report that the Northwestern
and St. . Paul nro to bo consolidated.
The board of rulings of the trmik line nnd
Central Trafllc association will convene hero
tomorrow to take further action in regard to
the abolition of commissions and watch the
flgbt between the eastern lines on the Alton.
On advice of legal counsel , the Atchison road
has instructed Its agents to sell no inoro
"
Alton tickets to points "oast of Chicago on
lines obeying the boycott order. It Is the
only western road that has taken such action.
A Hup tun ; Imminent.
Nnw yoiiK , April 10. [ Special Telegram
to-THE BII ; : . ] The Sun this evening-says :
The crisis seems not fur away in the Now
York Central-Canadian Pacific nllluncc.
Vnndcrbtlt , Depow nnd Webb seemed to have
bad chiefly thu interests of the Now York
Central In mind when they made the nllluncc.
A big family row has been the result , und
the presidents of the Luke Shore railroad nnd
Michigan Central company , It Is said , pro
tested that the Canadian Pacific would In
jure them irroparnnlr. It bus nn entrance
into Chicago over the Wubash and already It
has made a hole In the tonnngo of thu other
lines , while In connection with the Now
York Control the Canadian road would gain
a prcstlgo that would insure it a big share of
high class freight.
Gould Can Talcn Carp of Himself.
CHICAGO , April 10. ( Special Telegram to
Tin : BII : ; . ] It was rumored on Wall street
today that Gould had telegraphed Chairman
Walker that his roads had formed their own
connections to the seaboard and would thcrc-
fore.nood his services no longer. The report
is denied by Chairman Walker , u ho said to
day : "I have received no communication
from Gould or Huntington on that or any
other subject.1
Officials of the Kock Island and Atcblson
affect to treat the matter lightly , nnd say
they nro nblo to take rare of themselves
without aid from Gould and Huntington.
Kd DiRUIiison'n ICntiirn ,
CHICAGO , April 10. [ Special Telegram
to Tnr Bii.J : ; Ed Dickinson returned
from Baltimore today , where ho formally
resigned his posltlop as superintendent of the
Chicago division of the Baltimore .t Ohio.
Ho will enter upon his dutlos as assistant
general manager of the Union Pacific on May
15.
.Not UniiiiiiiiouH nt Louisville.
Lnuisvn.t.n , Ky. , April 10.In the boycott
on the Chicago & Alton wjilch bus been In
augurated only the Pennsylvania road turned
the tickets to the wall. The Louisville ,
Now Albany & Chicago , the Louisville.
Evansville & St. Louis nnd the Ohio &
Mississippi sold as usual.
Wnnt I IIP Mootlni ; to iVH"iul Tlintn.
BOSTONMass. . , April 10. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tin : Bnn.l Heliablo Information has
reached Clark , Word .t ( 'o. that -Messrs ,
Dlmon , Clark and Gould have Informed the
Western Traffic association that they will at
tend any mooting held In New York.
T/f7 : ilF .MJv'V.S It.I It.
.Secretary Cou/.lni Temporarily Over
come by Koranol'.Numbers ,
Oint'.uio , April 10. [ Special Telegram to
TUB Bui : . ] The executive committee this
evening appointed Mrs. Susan G. Cook of
Tennessee "acting secretary of the world's '
fair board of lady managers , vlco PhoQbo
Couzlns , discharged. " About forty Chicago
ladles held a meeting tonight endorsing Mlsj
Uouzins und a rommittoo was appointed to
assist her In thu fight. Miss Couzlns did not
remain at the world's fall- headquarters
throughout the night. She Is still a member
of the board of lady managers oven though
debarred from the secretary's sanctum. In
an Interview tonight shn said :
"If need bo I will take to the platform and
set this business right before the people ns n
matter of national importance. There seems
to bo n suggestion of some kind of political
chicanery behind the entire controversy , "
Asldo from the deadlock In the woman's
department , work on the world's fair U progressing -
grossing remarkably well.
Attorney O < niorul Miller Hot tor.
WASHINGTON , April 10. Attorney General
Miller was reported somowbat bettor today ,
though still very weak.
FALL OF A FINANCIAL METEOR ,
Assignment of tbo Winner Investment
Oouipauy at Kansas
NO SCHEDULE OF LIABILITIES AND ASSETS ,
Ten Ycnrn AKO Winner Wns"Cniicol -
ling Stain ) ) * In tlio J'oMtolllco
ProJroiH In Whldli Ho
l.s
KANS S CITV , Mo. , April 10. The Winner
Investment company , throuch Us president ,
W. E. Winner , made an assignment late this
nfternoon. No schedule of the liabilities and
nssnts were filed. The company WUH capital
ized for jroo.OOll originally , but nbout a year
ago the capital was Increased by n new Issue
of fiOO.OOO of stock. The company bus been
dealing In bonds and mortgage * and other
securities were disposed of. The company
two years ago purchased n largo tract of land
In the eastern portion of thU city , suit-di
vided it nnd built eighty houses upon It. The
property was mortgaged to buy the land and
construct bouses nnd the mortgages were
disposed of oast. Some of the houses were
sold on long time payments while others tire
still on the market.
Mr. Winner , when soon by a representa
tive of the Associated press this evening ,
said the assignment was not n failure at nil.
The company simply decided to go out of
business. Tno Boston office , ho said , had
been run at n los * for some time and the New
York office had not been paying. The com
pany surrendered its charter in each state
some ten days ago. Beyond this Winner do-
.cllned to suv anything.
Wiiliurd Winner was a meteor In the fin
ancial sky of the west. Ten venrs ago ho
was actively engaged In cancelling stamps In
the postolfico here. Today , besides
being the bead of the Winner In
vestment company , lie is president of
the Winner bridge company , with a
capital of * I'JOO,000 , ; president of the Winner
building company , with n capital stock of
$1,01)0,000 ) ; president o ! the Winner depot
company , with n capital of $1,000,000 , presi
dent of the Chicago , Kansas City & Texas
road , which has built twenty miles of road
from Kansas City In the direction of Chicago ,
nnd president of Belt Line railroad company
In this city , both of thn latter being heavily 1
capitalized. The bonds of these companies 1i i
have been placed by the Winner Investment
company , which asstcned today. Winner
says the assignment will not affect any of the
companies outside of the investment com
pany.
MINXKAI-OI.IH , Minn. , April 10.Tho Northwestern -
western Miller this week says : "For some
time the national trend of the milling Inter
est , following that shown In other branches
of trade , has Deon toward consolidation or
condensation. In the formation nm' capitali
zation of the Pillsbury-Wnshburn company
tbo world saw the first step in another mill
ing revolution. Following this movement
began another , its object being to merge
several of. the smaller mills in Minneapolis
into ono largo company. It Is now verv
probable that before May I the North western
consolidated milling company will bo actually
Incorporated. This corporation will proba
bly hnon combined capacity of 10W)0 ) bar
rels per day. It will bo , next to the Pillsbury -
buryWashbiirn plant , the largest milling
concern In the world , the Wnshburn-Crosby
company ranking third with 3,500 barrels
. "
capacity. _
Hail ! - > t.i ( . nl' Afl'ali'H.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , April 10. The report of
the bank examiner on the affairs of the
American Building nnd Loan association
shows that the forfeited stock has been sold
by the majority of the directors to their
friends or trusted employes nt a nominal
figure ; that-tho purchasers in some instances
bud the numerical amount of tbo certificates
reduced In number of shards so that no
further payments would bo necessary , nnd
then borrowed from the association stock so
reduced throe-fourths of the Joan fund , en
abling thorn thereby to got more money from
the association than was required to pur
chase the stock. The attorney general has
been instructed.Jf there nro sufficient grounds ,
to prosecute the company.
COKK NTlilKKItNlt'lit KHXMXtS.
.More Men llninrii to Work Kinancl ; 1
Aid Arrives ) .
Si'orniAi.i ; , Pa. , April 10. There wns an
other break in the ranks of the coke strikers
today. The Summit plant of Frick it Co. ,
which shut down when the rioting began , re
sumed this morning with forty-eight men , or
about one-third of the men necessary to run
the works in full.
The Tryron works are In operation with a
full quota of men.
H 'ports have Just como in that the men re- *
malnlng out will take a secret ballot this
afternoon to determine whether to remain
out or return to work. It Is said
the feeling Is strong against a continu
ance of the strike. Hoports received
'nt labor headquarters report , the arrival
this morning of i .vi car loads of Italians at
the Whitney nnd Lipplncott works.'rho
sheriff is still arresting rioters. They refuse
to give bail and go to Jail. Nearly half the
rioters are women who tnko their children
with them to prison.
The inquest on the victims of tlio More-
wood riot was resumed at Groensbury this
morning. The evidence adduced showed
that the strikers threatened to burn the
works nnd force the men to quit work.
James McBrldo arrived from Columbus to
night with n largo sum of relief money for
the strikers. Labor officials say it is sufficient
to carry on the strike for several weeks.
Shcrimmu Possn Itoiitrd.
UXWXTOW.V , Pu. , April 1(1. ( Sheriff Mo-
Cormick nnd his deputies clashed with the
strikers at the Trotter works near Cotiners-
vlllo this afternoon and n riot ensued. Hu
did not encounter any resistance In evicting
tenants until he came to the bouse of a
Polandor named Strousack. The womoa of
the household seized a pan of boiling water
and threw it in the officers' faces. Others
struck nt them with whatever they could
reach. The excitement meanwhile spread
ouLsldo nnd n crowd of " 00 strikers attacked
the deputies with stones. McCormlck with
draw amid showers of stones
's J'l-nnlilcH.
111. , April 10. The grand
trustees of the Brotherhood of Hallway Train
men , recently removed by Grand Master
Wilkinson , have begun proceedings in chan
cery to restrain him from interfering with
thorn and from appointing a now board.
Each Season
Has Its own peculiar malady ; but \vllh tlio
llool ( maintained fa astnto of uniform vigor
and purity , by the ns of Ayrr's ttarjnimrllU ) .
thu systrm readily ailajits Itself to changed
conditions , Composed uf the bostulicrr.tlvcs
and tonics , and liclng highly concentrated.
Aj-fi'H Baisni > arllla Ii the nioit effective und
economical of all blood medicines.
" for .somo years , at thn return of spring ,
1 hail 8011011.1 trouble \vllh my kidneys. I
\vi\5 imnblo to Mci'p nights , and .sunVicil
gicatly with palm lu the .small uf my hack.
1 wns also iillllcteil with licailaclic , Um of
appetite , and InillKoitlon. Thcst- symptoms
WITO much worse last sirlni | ? . si > 'Tlally ' iho
trouble with my back. A frlciul pnriuaui'il
mo to uio Ayer's .Sarsiiparllla. 1 ln'snn
taking It , anil my trouble * all dl < niH'iiiid. | | ! "
Mrs. Qcnovru llclanger , M Hrlilnu St. .
iI , Muss
Ayer's ' Sarsaparilla
J. 0. AYEIl & CO , Lowell , Mais.
Hold by UiuggliU. l , l WurtbSttb < Ue.
United States
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