THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.--MONDAY , MA11CII 21. 1892
STAR OF EMPIRE
Growth of Population and Material Wealth
Beyond the Mississippi.
HISTORIC FACTS AND CONVINCING FIGURES
JtnUvrajntul I'ontnl rncllltlM , Collrprn nnd
X'ulillo ScliooU , Minimi ! Wonttli , 1'ro-
rtticH nt the fnrin nml Orclmnl
I.lvo Stock nml Miuiurncturea.
[ Address before the Young Man's Chris
tian association nt Omaha by Edward HOJO-
Vratcr.J
.lust before sunrlsn on Friday , the 3d ot
August , 14U. ! Columbus not sail from t'nlos
with Unco diminutive vassal * , manned by
120 sailors nnd ofllcors , on the vuyasce of ex
ploration which resulted In the discovery of
America pn Friday , October 12 , ot tno snmo
yonr. The chart ot 14W2 exhibits the coasts
of Europe and Africa from the south of Ire
land to the end of Guinea , and opposite to
them on the other side of the Atlantic , the
extremes of Asia or , ns it was then termed ,
India , but Is now known ns the Western
hemisphere.
Alter three centuries of colonization thU
larger half of the globe counted only from
10,000,000 to 12,000,000 of population , Includ
ing the nntlva rncos , Africans Imported by
nlavo traders , Europeans nnd the descend
ants of Europeans wbo bad settled on
American soil slnco its discovery.
In the yonr 1800 the United States of
America contained & ,003,4S3 Inhabitants ,
nearly ono flftb of whom were negro slaves.
Even nftor two centuries of struggle Iho
land was stilt untamed forests , except hero
aud there a strip of cultivated noil. Tno
minerals lay undisturbed In tliolr rocky beds ,
and moro than two-thirds of the people
clung to the seaboards within fifty miles of
the tldo water , where nlono the wonts of
civilized II fo could bo supplied. The con lor
of population rested within eighteen miles of
Baltimore , north and cast of Washington.
Tbo uutlro continent was not much easier to
penetrate than when La S.illu nnd Honnopm
found their war to the Mississippi moro than
a century boforo.
1 Two wagon roads crossed the Allegheny
mountains In Pennsylvaniaono loading from
Philadelphia to Plttsburg , ono from the Po-
tomao to the Monongnholn , whllo a third
pissed through Virginia southeastward to
Knoxvlllo , Tonn. , with a branch through the
Cumberland gap into Kentucky. J\v those
roads and by trails loss passable from North
nnd South Carolina , or by waterways from
the lakes , between 400,000 nnd 500,000 persons -
sons had Invaded the country beyond the Al-
Icghanlos.
Nowhere did eastern settlement touch
the western. At least 100 tnllos ot
mountainous country held the two regions
apart. The shore of Lake Erie , where alone
contact seemed oasv , was still unsettled.
The Indian * had boon pushed back to iho
Cuynhoga river nad n few cabins were built
on the site of Cleveland. Even western Now
York was still n wilderness. HulTnlo was
not laid out. Rochester did not exist. Utlca
contained lifty hou os. Albany was a Dutch
Cltv with some 5,000 inhabitants.
The people of the old thirteen states along
the Atlantic seaboard thus sent westward a
wedge-shaped mass of nearly half a million
persons from the region penetrated by the
Tennessee , Cumberland and Ohio rlvnrs to
the western limit of the union. With tbo
exception that half a million of people had
crossed the Alloguaulcs and were strugcllug
with dlflluulties that nnpoarod almost insur
mountable America , so far as concornnd phy
sical problems , naa changed little iu lifty
years. The sntno bad roads and difllcult
rivers connecting the sarao small towns
stretched into the name forests in 1800 as
when iho armies of Bruddock pierced the
western nnd northern Allcghanios , except
that these roads extended a few miles far
ther from the soacoast. Tno 5,000.000 Amer
icans struggling with the untamed continent
Boomed hardly moro competent to tholr task
than the beaver and buffalo , which had for
countless generations made bridges and roads
ot their own.
Even by water along the seaoonrd commu
nication was ns slow and almost as Irregular
nj in colonial times. At tbo opening of the
nineteenth century no regular packet plied
between Now YorK and Albany. Passengers
waited till.a sloop WAS advertised to sail ,
they provided tholr own bidding aud sup
plies ana a week on the North river or on
the sound was an experience not at all un
known to travelers. The settler who. nftor
buying wagons and horses , hauled bis family
across the mountains , might buy or build a
flat bottomed ark to Heat with him bis be-
longincs down the Ohio river * in constant
danger of bulng attacked or being sunk. If
bo carried his tobacco and wheat down the
Mississippi to the Spanish port of-Now Or
leans and sold it , ho might return on horse
back through the Indian country from
Natchez to Nashville , or ho might tnuo ship
y to Philadelphia , if a ship wcro about to sail ,
and again cross the Alleghanios. Nearly all
tba rivers which penetrated the interior
were liable to bo made dangerous by fresh
ets , and both dangerous and Impassable by
drought , yet such as they were these streams
made tbo main paths of truffle.
In the year 1800ono general mall route extended -
tended from Portland , Mo. , to Louisvlllo ,
the time required for the trip bolng twenty
days. From Philadelphia' branch line
went to Lexington in sixteen days and into
Nashville in twenty-two days.
The gross receipts for postugo In tha year
ending October 1 , 1601 , were only $320,000
for the whole United States. For the year
1891 the postofllco receipts of Omaha alone
wore $ ; < H,588.9 , exclusive of money order
transfers which aggregated ? 1,8.10,545.'J1.
In 1300 the census of tbo city of Boston
bowed 25,000 Inhabitants , In appearance
Boston resembled an English market town.
Tbo sidewalks as wall ns the crooked and
narrow streets were paved with round cobble
atones and were divided from the carrlago
way only by posts and u gutter. The streets
were almost unllghtod at night , tbo few oil
lamps rondorluc the darkness moro visible
and the rough pavements rougher. Such a
thing as pollco hardly existed. The total
bauK capital of Boston at the beginning elf
f this century , including a branch bank ot the
n United States , was about f , ' ,500,000.
i The Btato of Now York bad u population ot
573,000 , , and tbo valuation of all the property
of the Empire state was a fraction ovoi
1100,000,000 , wbtlo that of Massachusetts waa
(84,000,000 , or less than one-half of the as <
eossod valuation of Nebraska at this time.
Now York city bad a fraction over 60,000
population. The city resembled a foreign
seaport , badly paved , undrainod , and as foul
as a town surrounded by the tides could bo.
Np day police existed. Tbo night police con
sisted of two captains , two dooutlos anil
sevonly-two men. Two banks besides the
Drnncli bank of the United ( States supplied
the financial wauts of the American metrop
olis.
During the first quarter ot the present
century tbo westward trend of civilization
was very slow. Up to 1825 canals had not
boon thought ot west of Now York. The
ovcrago time required to rnako a trip from
Cincinnati to Now Orleans uud bnok > was six
months. The cralt made use of were nocos'
aarily small , and the cargoes proportionally
Jlght , nnd when tboy arrived in Now Orleans
in Hat boats , which oould not bo taken back ,
the boats were abandoned and the hands re-
turncd by land , Under such disadvantages
the commerce of the country was nominal.
Tlio farmer had no motlvo to Incroaan the
produce of his fields beyond the wunta of hla
family and of newcomers who might settle
In bis neighborhood. Corn and oats rarely
commanded moro than 10 or 12 con Is n
bushel , and wheat from ! K ) to 40 cents. The
average price of good beef was f 1.50 pec
100. nnd pork from (1 to & per 100 , aocordlns
toquulity.
During this period our national government -
mont entered upon a schema of Internal inv
provomcnts. The national road commonolnu
at Cumberland. Md. , and running thenct
% voatward to Ohio , through the atate of Ponu
sylvnnla , ana tbcuco through central Ohio ,
was constructed at the expense of the gen.
eral government , and about 13,000,000 was
xponded on tUU highway by 1835. It was
the tint great national movement la the dl
rectiou of internal improvements.
The Kru of CuimU.
During thU period ot depression , when the
produce of the couutry would not defray tut
expense of transportation 10 a distant market ,
, the Miami canal was projected.
By on net pasted by the legislature of Ohlc
In 1B2J tbo governor was authorized to employ
ploy engineers to inalia surveys of the coun
try Dotwoon L.SUO Erie and tha Ohio rivei
with a view of discussing the pructlcablllt )
of uniting those waters by a navlgaulo canal
In February , 1823 , au not was pawd to pr c
vide for the Internal improvement of tha
tale of Ohio by navlcable canals by an
Imost unanimous rote of the legislature.
The construction of canals was began In
S2T > and by 1832 , 4 < X > miles of navigable canals
were completed. The opening of the first
) hlo canal was iiccompllshed July 4 , 1827.
On that day the first boat descended from
Akron to Cleveland , She was cheered on bor
> .usftfo by thousands of people who assom-
> lcd from the adjacent country to witness the
novel and Interesting sight.
According to Governor Trlmblo ' 'tho de
cent of a boat of fifty tons burden from an
eminence ot 400 feet , constituting the union
jotwocn tbo waters of the north and south ,
awakened feelings ot the most exalted pa-
Holism. " With the canuls extended from
ho lake to the Ohio river , north and south ,
and the national road east and west , Ohio ox-
rarlciiced rapid growth and the valuation of
troporty In that state , winch xvas fT4.2t'5,033
rosu lo850Sr > 3l,011 by 18.VJ , and the Increase
of population during that lliuc was about 111
ior cent.
Tlin Advent of Itnllromli.
Thondvontof the railway revolutionized
ho ontlro system of travel , traftlo and colon-
zatlon. The magnificent resources of the
creat Mississippi basin has attracted the nt-
ontion ot business men In the Atlanticstates :
ns promising an Immense voluma of trade
> otweon the two sections. The most exalted
anticipations of tbo great west then Indulged
vero exceedingly feeble comnsrod with what
ins slnco been realized. They wcrosufllclent ,
lowovor , to cxclto n keen and powerful com-
ictttinn between the cities of tbo soaboara for
ho trade of tnat. region. Boston , Now York
and Philadelphia expected to pass the Allo-
rhany mountains In their northern and loss
oft.y portions by means of canals and thus
ap the eastern water shed of the Mississippi
lasln. Baltimore , though nearer to tbo west
ban any of them , was compelled to resign
his hope on the rooort ot the engineer ,
( juncral Bernard , wbo represented the
latural and financial obstacles to
canal construction tieross the mountains
is practically lus mountable. The
itgul > wrought expectations wcro followed
> y despondency. Meanwhile the Idea of n
railway was suggested by parties who had
observed the operation of the infant railroad
system of England. On the 4tb of July , 1823 ,
ground was broken for the Baltimore & Ohio
allroad , and the first passenger railway lu
the United States was placed under 'con
struction. Now YorK soon organized the
tfow York Central und Now York & Erie
railways to draw the western produce from
.ho prolific regions bordering on Lake Erie.
.The construction of those railways , and the
previous lines of canal across the Alloghantcs ,
exorcised a powerful Influence on the desti
nies ot tbo nation. Without the Intervention
of those modern improvements , the
east and the west would have grown
up as companuh ely Independent
communities. Tlio first line of
separation which threatened the unity of the
republic was that of north and south , which
divided the east and western section. Tlio
southern Atlantic states were not indifferent
to this competition. Tno South Carolina
railroad was commenced in 1830 and In 1833
completed to Hamburg , l.'W miles. It was
then tbo largest railroad In the world and
was the first upon which appeared an engine
of American construction. It was also the
Irst railroad upon which the mails were
transported. Virginia and North Carolina
also constructed lines of railways connecting
with the west and southwest , and those two
primary sections of our country , east and
.vest , had established along tholr ontlra lines
of demarcation commercial relations and
common interests ot Incalculable value , sot-
: llng permanently the question of tholr pollt-
cal union.
Ilullruuil History.
In 1825 , the very year that the Erie canal
wont into operation , an event hardly to bo
matched for its Importance occurred the
successful application on the Darlington &
Stockton railway of steam to purposes of
locomotion. Thn railway first undertaken In
the United States was a short Una of about
three miles for tbo transportation of granite
to the Noponsot river near Boston. The first
locomotive over used In the United States
was ono imported from England in 1829. The
Ilrst experimental trip was mndo In August ,
1820 , but tbo use of this locomotive bud to bo
abandoned nocauso It was found too heavy.
The first locomotive built in this country was
placed on the South Carolina railroad in
1830. Tbo use of locomotives , however ,
was not firmly established until
1832 , ] ust sixty „ years ago. In
1830 there were twenty-three miles
of railway in operation in the United States.
By 18113 the milcago had increased to 229
miles , and in 183. ) the country had 1,093 miles
of railroad. The first through railroad from
the cast westward was completed In 1842
between Boston and Albany , connecting at
iho latter place with the Erie canal. In the
same year the last link of the line from
Albany to Buffalo was oponod. At the end of
18IS the total mileage ot all the railroads in
the country was 5U90 miles , or about 500
miles moro than there arc now in the state of
Nebraska. Forty years ago , lu 1853 , the rail
way mileage of thn United States was 12- ,
008. Kansas and Nebraska alone have 14,183
miles of railroad at this time. In tbo
spring of ' 51 the Erie railroad was
completed from Now York to Lake Erie
and in 1853 the Michigan Central was com
pleted from Lake Erie to Chicago. In 1853
the first continuous line of 1,000 miles ol
railway -was Jormod between Boston and
Chicago. In 1858 -Pittsourg & Fort
Wayne railroad opened its important line
from Pitts burg to Chicago , completing the
second great trunk line from Now York to
'Chicago.
In tbo states west of Ohio no railroad ol
importance was constructed previous to 1819.
The first line running east and west
through Indiana was opened iu 1853 ;
the next line , the Ohio & - Missis
sippi | in 1857. The first railroad in
Illinois was undertaken lu 1839 , but it was
abandoned after a few miles had been con
structed and mula power supplanted the loco
motive as a measure of economy. Tbo first
railroad to connect Lake Michigan with the
Mississippi river was the Chicago & Rook
Island in February , 1854. The Burlington &
Qulncy railroad reached the Mississippi river
in 185U nud the Milwaukee & St. Paul in 1853.
It was not until 1859 that the Hannibal &
St. Joseph , the pioneer railroad of the greater
west , was completed to the Missouri river at
St. Joseph. Six years later , in 1805. the Chicago
cage & Northwestern railroad , which had
distanced all competitors lu the raca toward
Omaha , was completed to Council Bluffs.
When I cumo to Nebraska in the fall ot
1603 I had to travel by rail from St , Louis to
St. Joseph , thence up the Missouri river by
steamboat , which after seven days' Journey
landed mo sixteen miles below Nebraska
City on a sandbank. [ Laughter. ] Then I
had to tnko a stage coach to Omaha , which
made tbo trip from St. Louis to Omaha last
nlno duys. In November , 1804 , I wanted to
go east from Omaha by wav of Chicago and
bad to travel 170 miles by stage to roach
Boone station , on the Northwestern road.
Nearly all the pioneers wbo caught the
California or Pike's Peak favor came woxl
by railroad as far ns tbo Missouri river and
then from Leavonwortn , Atchlson and
Omaha tho.v crossed tha plains by stage
coach or by teams over plains und moun
tains through Utah , Nevada and on to the
Pftclllo slopo.
It Is to the credit of tbo Mormons thut they
opened the path of civilization across the
continent. It 1s cblelty through the Mor
mons that the romls were maoo moro safe
than tboy otberwiso would have boon by rea
son of the largo number of Indians , many of
whom were voryaavago and entirely un
friendly to whites , that roamed from ono
part of the continent to tbo other.
Those Mormons had been driven
out from Kauvoo nad Arkansas nnc
Missouri. They llrst made a settlement
on the east bank of the Missouri river ut
what is now known as Council Bluffa , but
was then named ICauesvillo. They crossed
the Missouri river and established the town
at Florence and in the early spring of 1848
they started out across the continent on foot ,
with wheelbarrows or whatever conveyana
they had at band. Men and women walkot
all the way from tbo Missouri river more
than 1,000 miles through a wilderness whuro
not a blade of grais bad been grown by tbo
band of man.
Tbo Mormons were largely Instruinenta
in the construction of the Pacific telegraph
and Brlgbnm Young constructed a 'great
portion ot this pioneer line between Halt
Lane and Julosbunr. where the connection
was mode on July 4,1603 , which placed the
Atlantic and Pacific states in telegraphic
communication.
That tbo Mormons have done n great doa
that wilt always bo a blot upon their uarao is
undoubtedly a historical fact , but that they
have contributed largely to the aivlllzatlor
of the western country cannot bo gainsaid.
Culiriiriila'n 1'ioiiecr * .
The discovery of gold la California in 1813
guvo rl o to an extensive emigration fron
every state In in the union aud from Europe.
Tha erroneous Impressions regarding the
agricultural character ot that region at first
gave to this emigration tbo charoctor ot mare
adventure. Men proposed for ft short time
o cxllo themselves from clvllltatlon and un
dergo special hardship ] in the hops of rap *
dly amassing wealth , with which they
could return homo and then assume htebor
positions in society. This fact in connection
vlth the wonderlul geniality of cllmato and
JCfiuty of sconcry soon began to attract per
manent settlement. A vigorous organization
of American society was spoedlly effected
and three Paclfiu states were added to the
union with aclvlllzatlonof an advanced order ,
embracing a population hardy , energetic and
mtarprlslng. Those communities were
solatod'by thousands of mlles of wilderness ,
iarly geographers had located In the heart
of our continent a broad strip Avhloh they
losignatod as the great American desert , In
tersected by formidable mountain chains ,
across which n few during explorers , follow-
ng the migrations ot the door and the buf
falo , had traced toilsome and perilous routes.
Iho alternative of this route was another
partly by sea mid partly by land over foreign
errltory and a still longer sea route around
tbo continent ot South America. 1'ho in
crease of the agricultural and mineral
iroducts ot the Pactfia sloth ) seeking eastern
narkots demanded speedier and cheaper
transportation. The swelling tide ot
emigration called for greater fa
cilities of travel. The heart and
jr.iln of tbo American people had boon
lorploxcd with those problems from the com-
nencomont of our Pucltlu settlements. As
early as 1810 a committee of the house of rep-
csontntlves reported on a project for the
construction of n railroad from Lake Michi
gan to the I'nclllu ocean. The early projects
resulting from very Imperfect Information
vero nocossnrily crude anu unsatisfactory.
Clio pressure of public Interest Involved ,
lowovnr , was lee powerful to bo positioned ,
md the general covcrnmont was constrained
o talto inltlnl action by tbo modest provision
n tha not of March 3 , 1853 , malting nppro-
> rlatiotis for the support of tlio at my for the
employment of the lopogruphfcal on-
uinnor carps in induing explorations
'or a railway from the Mississippi
Ivor to the Paclllu oconn. Tnls was
ho Initial stop toward the construction of
the Paclllo railroad , which finally culmin
ated in the net of 1SU ( , providing for the con
struction ot u main line of railway nnd tola-
; r.ipu from Omaha to San Francisco , with u
jrnnch diverging southward at tbo 100th
Meridian nnd terminating at the mouth of
the Kansas river. The Central Paclllo Rail
road company , n corporation under the laws
of Calltornla , was nuthorbod to construct
.ho western portion ot this line. The magni-
.udo of the task ot constructing the Initial
Ino of tbo transcontinental railway was
argaly overrated and Immense profits con
sequently accrued to tlio capitalists who had
faith in the enterprise. On tbo 10th of May ,
1809 , the golden spike was driven at Pro
montory Point , near the head of Salt Lake ,
aud the Junction of tbo Central and Union
Pacific railroads completed the bandti of Iron
that unlto forever the people of tbo Atlantic
states with those at tbo Golden Onto.
Slnco that memorable event the groatcr
west has undergone a most mar
vellous development , the llko of which wo
iavo no record of in ancient or modern hUtoy.
Bun 1'ranclscci In ' 48.
In 1848 , Just before gold bad boon discov
ered in California , the city of San Francisco
iad a population of 850 all told ana consisted
of about 200 wooden buildings. In the
spring of 1818 there began to bo rumors of
; old discoveries in the foothills of Iho Sierra
Nevada , and presently actual miners ap
peared in town showinc small parcels of gold
dust. Then came an era of wild speculation
and extravagant prices. Common laborers
were getting $10 a day and ordinary me
chanics $20 ; mou who had lived on { 5 n
month now spent hundreds ; men wbo bad
been Idlers formerly were now among the
most industrious and men wbo had before
never wasted a day became loungers and
gamblers. The mud scramble for wealth
manifested itself on all sides. - In the first
six months of 1849 10,000 souls were added to
tbo population of San Francisco and by the
end of the year the Pacific coast metrocolls
had over 25,000.
And bow did they all livoi In frame
houses of ono story , moro commonly in board
shanties and canvas tents , pitched in the
midst of sand or mud and various rubbish
and straugo filth and fleas ; and they slopt.on
rude cots , or on'soft , planks" under horse
blankets , on tables , counters , floors , on trucks
In the open air , in bunks braced against the
weather boarding , forty of them in one loft ;
and so tboy tossed and scratched , and swore
and laughed , and sang and skylarked those
who wore not tired or drunk enough tosleep.
They labored and they lugccd , they worked
on lighters , drove trucks' , packed mules.rang
bolls , carried messages , "waited1' In restau
rants , "marked" for billiard tables , served
drinks in bar-rooms , "faked" on tbo plaza ,
"cried" at auctions , toted lumber for houses ,
ran a game of faro or roulette in
the El Dorado or the Bella Union ,
or manipulated threo-rard monte on the head
of a barrel in front of tbo Parker house ;
they speculated in beach and water lots , in
lumber , pork , flour , potatoes ; in picks , shov
els , pans , long boots , slouch hats , knives ,
blankets and Mexican saddles.There were
doctors , lawyers , politicians , preachers , oven
gentlemen and scholars among them ; but
they all speculated , aud as a rule they gam
bled. Clerks in .stores and offices had munifi
cent salaries ; 95 a-day was tbo smallest
stipend oven in the custom bouse , and ono
Baptist preacher was paid $10,000 a year.
Laborers received tl an hour , a pick or a
shovel was worth f 10 , a tin pan or wooden
bowl K. and a butchors' > knlfo $30. At onetime
time tbo carpenters , who were getting $12
a day , struck for $10. Lumber rose
to $500 per 1,000 feet , and every brick In a
house cost a. dollar. Wheat flour and salt
pork sold at $40 a barrel , a small loaf of
broad was CO cunts nnd a bard boiled egg 21.
You paid $ J to got into the circus , and $5. >
for a private box. Men talked dollars , and a
copper coin was an object of antiquarian
Interest. Forty dollars was the prlco for
ordinary coarse boots , and a pair that would
carry you gallantly through the quagmires
brought a round $100. When a shirt became
very dirty the wearer throw it away and
bought a now one. Washing cost $15 a dozen
In 1849. Heats were simply monstrous
$3,000 a month in advance for a store hur
riedly built of tough boards. Wright & Co.
paid $75,000 for the wretched littla place on
the corner of the Plaza that tboy called
the Miners' bank , and $30,000 was asked
for the use ot tbo Old Adobe an a custom
house. Tha Parker house paid $120,000 a
year ia rents , nearly onq-half of that amount
being collected from the gamblers who rented
the second iloor ; and tbo canvas tent next
door used as a Rumbling saloon , and called
the El Dorudo , was good for $40,000 a year.
From 10 to 15 per cent In advance was paid
for tbo use of money borrowed on substantial
security. Too prices of i-oal estate went up
among the stars : $8,000 for n flfty-vavralot
that had boon bought in 1818 for $20. Yet ,
for all that , everybody made money , although
a man might stare aghast at the squalor
of his lodging , and wish that ho
might part with his appetite at any
prlco to some other man. It was
some such man as this who preserved
tha bill of faro of tbo Ward house for dinner
there on the 27th of October , 1619 , which ran us
follows : Oxtail soup , $1 ; baked trout with anchovy
chevy sauce , $1.00 ; roast beef , $1 ; roast lamb ,
stuffed , $1 ; roast mutton , stuffed , $1 : roast
pork with apple SAUCO , $1.25 ; baked mutton ,
caper sauce , $1.25 ; uoruod beef nnd cabbairo ,
$1.25 ; ham , $1 ; curried sausages , $1 ; lanbnnd
green peas , $1.25 : venison with sauoo , $1.50 ;
stowed kidney , cbatnpacno sauce , $1.25 : fresh
eggs , ? 1 ; sweet , potatoes , CO cents ; Irish
potatoes , 50 cents ; cabbage , 50cents ; tquash ,
50 cents ; broad pudding , 70 cont-s ; mlnco pie ,
75 cents ; brandy peaches , $ J ; rum omelette ,
$2 ; Jolly omelette , $3 } chneso , 50 coats ; and
prunes , 75 cents.
At the El Dorado hotel at Ifangtown ( a
mining camp ) the aalnty menu offered "ooef
with ono potato , fair size , " $1,25 : "boot up
along , " $1 ; "baked buans , greased. " 51 j now
potatoes , peeled , " 75 cents ; "hash , low
grade , " 75 cents ; "hash , 18 itarals , " $1 ;
. "roast grizzly , " $ U "Jackass rabbit , whole , "
$1,50 ; "rice , with brandy poaches. " $2 , end
' asquare meal" for $3 , "All iiavablo lu ad
vance. Gold scales on the end of bar. " But
tbo Email , cheap gold scales cost $3Q and the
coarse knives and forks not less than $25 the
pair.
I'ojmhiruml 1'olltlral Uroivth.
In 1850 tboAtatos and territorial west of
the Mississippi river bad au aggregate popu
lation of 1,720UI4 , and tha country woat of
tbo Missouri , excluding Texas , Louisiana ,
Arkansas and Missouri bad a population ol
only 132,597 ; In other words the population
of tha vast region wait of Iho Missouri In
1850 was not as largo as the population ol
Omaha is today.
In lb(10 the population west of the Mis
sissippi numbered 4,859,015 and that of the
states and territories west of the Missouri
7S5.02J or about 300,000 less than tbo popula
tion of Nebraska Is today , in lotiO the
population of Nebraska was 23,811 and
that of tbo two Dakotas 3,500. In 1690
tbo population of Nebraska was 1.0of,7l ! ) . ' :
and of the two Dakotas 011,527. In 1870 the
population we.il of the , Mississippi was 0-
433,107 , and the population of the sUtoa nnd
territories west ot the Mt&ourl had reached
1,40JSPO. In 189J the greater west contained
n population 15,170,313 , while the slates and
territories west of tho. Missouri aggregated
5,017,21.1 In copulation. Marlc the contrast.
Fro hi 715,000 population } n 1800 the states
and territories west of ttlo Missouri had In *
creased their population ! (6 fully 0,000.000 by
1S92. In 1800 the population of the Uultod
States was ni,433,000 nnd In 189J It had
reached u fraction over /U.000,000. / In other
words , while the population of the United
States doubled in thirty years , the population
west of Iho Missouri flyer has multiplied
nlno fold during the sama period ,
The nineteenth century , and moro oapo-
clally tholast halt of It , has witnessed not
merely the marvelous development of tbo
material resources and collossnl Increase of
wealth In the greater west , but also n great
l > olltlcal revolution. Ono hundred years ngo
iho 135 doctoral votes nnst for president
were divided as follows : Now England IIS
votes , Now York , Pennsylvania nnd Now
lersoy ; il votes nnd the southern states 03.
Ohio , Indiana and Illinois did not appear In
Lho electoral college until after the year 1809.
It will bo observed that the Now Hnglnnd
states , Now York , Pennsylvania and Now
.tcrsoy had a majority of 0 In the electoral
college. The central states und the greater
uost that Is , the couutry west of the Miss
issippi was entirely unrepresented. * The
first political recognition of the region be
yond tha Mississippi did not take place until
1812 , when Louisiana cast three votes
In the electoral college out of
n total of 21S votos. In I82J the greater west
was represented bv Louisiana and Missouri
with six votes out of ix total of 2)5. The
great west , as it was then understood , was
represented by Kontuckv 12 votes , Ohio 8.
Indiana 3 and Illinois 3 , making In all 33
voles west of the Alloghanloi. Now YorK
ulono had 29 electoral votes at that time.
In 1810 the total popular vote of the United
States for president was 2,410,778 , nnd the
number of electoral votes 2UI , Kentucky ,
Ohio , Michigan , Illinois , Indiana , Louisiana ,
Arkansas and Missouri , representing west
of the Aliouhanlcs , had Go votes , Only 12
of these votes represented the ontlro couu
try west ot the Mississippi , whllo Now
York nnd Pennsylvania buu 72 votes , nr 0
moro votes than nil the states wo-a of the
Alloghanlus. The state of Now Jersey cast
ns many votes In 1840 as did the wbolo coun
try west of the Mississippi.
In 1852 , Just forty years ago , tha popular
vote for president was 3,141,001 , represented
h.V 2HJ ! votes In the electoral college. Of
thcso AiMtansas had 4 votes , California
1 , Illinois It. Indiana 13 , Iowa 4 ,
Michigan 0 , Texas 4 , Kentucky 12.
Louisiana 0 , Ohio 23 , lOtal. 9(5 ( votes west of
the Alloghanios , Whllo Now York had 35
votes the country west of the Mississippi
Juia onlyiJl votes In this election. Twenty
years later , in 1S72 , the popular vote was
MOO , 105 , of which the country west of the
Mississippi cast'.131,078 , the electoral college
numbering ! ! OI } . Arkansas bad 0 ,
California (5 ( , Illinois 21. ludUna 15 , Iowa 11 ,
Kentucky 13 , Louisiana 8 , Kansus f > , Michi
gan 13 , Minnesota o , Missouri 15 , Nubluska
1 , Nevada 3 , Oregon 3 , Texas 8 , total west of
the Allogtmnlos , 134 voles , west of the
Mississippi 08.
The popular vote uf 1883 for president was
11,381,1137 ; that of the country west of the
Mississippi 2,3S3. ( > 02 , or only 22,170 less than
weru cast in the wbolo union in 1840.
In the electoral college jrj 1892 wo shall
have 411 votos. Of these , the greater west
will have : Louisiana 8 , Ajkausas 8 , Califor
nia ti , Colorado 4 , Idaho 3 , iown 13 , Kansas
10 , Missouri 17 , MoutanaW , Nebraska 8 , Ne
vada 3 , North Danota S , Oregon 4 , South
Dakota 4. Texas 15 , Washington 4 , Wyoming
3 , total 119 , and 53 of tli"e3o will bs west of
the Missouri , excluding Texas , Louisiana und
Arkansas. All of thu status west of the Al-
logtmnics did not have ouo-fourth of the elec
toral vote in 1840. i i ,
It is safe to bay that In 1893 the states west
of the Missouri alone will cast one-fourth of
the pojiumr vote In the United Slates.
The Groato ? Vent.
Do you 'realize the macnltudo of "iho
greater west ! " Have you. any conception of
the vast'resourcos of thd empire that lias be
yond the Missouri ! Thaaroa of the whole
auuittiuuu IUVUL uu uiuti ui jii.'x oi uuiu
uillos. "The greater west , " then , covers an
area one-third larger than the states cast of
the Mlsslssipnl/and the states aud territories
west of the Missouri , including Texas , cover
a larger area than the entire country east of
the Missouri Hlvor.
In 1800 there were .only 2,100 miles of rail
way in the country west of the Mississippi.
Today the railroad mlloago west of tlio
Mississippi is 02.012 miles. In 1800 there
were only 20K miles of railroad west of the
Missouri. Of those , California boasted 23
miles and Oregon 3 > f mllos. Today wo have
35,450 miles of railroad in the states and ter
ritories west of the Missouri , or 4,815 miles
moro than the entire railroad milcago of tbo
United States In 1800.
The number of postofflcos in the United
States thirty years ago was a traction over
30,000. Now there are 18,799 pojomces in tbo
states and territories west of tbo Mississippi ,
and of that number 9,290 are west of iho Mis
souri. Nebraska , thirty years ago , had 45
postofflcos , while today she has 1,127. The
total revenue of the postofllces west of tbo
Mississippi for the paatycar was $11,760,192 ,
of which $7,263,063 represents the postal
receipts of the region west of the Missouri.
In 1800 tbo total postofllco receipts for the
United States were only a fraction over $11-
000,000.
"Tho greater wost" is moro than keeping
pace with the country at largo In educational
institutions. Wo have m the states beyond
the Mississippi 121 universities and colleges
of which number fifty-three are In the states
and territories beyond the Missouri. The
aggregate number of pupils enrolled in the
puolio schools of the greater west is 3,212-
843 of which number 1,329,681 are in tbo
country west of tbo Missouri. Our own stuto
has a quarter of a million children enrolled iu
her public schools. The number of .school
houses in the greater west is 01,818 , of
which number 29.423 ara In the states and
territories west of the Missouri.
The number ot newspapers published In
the whole United States thirty years ago
was loss than 0.000. Now the number ol
nowspnpors published in the region westof
the Mississippi aggregates 5,50 ! ) , of which
numborD,132 ura published west ot the Mis
souri river.
Tbo assessed valuation of property , real
and personal , ( n the states and territories
west of tbo Mississippi aggravates $3,543-
814,000 , of which $1,299,314.00(1 ( represents the
assessed valuation of property west of tbo
Missouri river. The assessed value is less
than one-third of the real value and it U safe
to sav that tbo aggregate vaiuo of property
of tbo country beyond the Mississippi is not
less than $15,000,000,000.
Live Stock , Urulu and Mineral * .
Perhaps the most striking proof of the
wealth and rciourcos of the couutry west ol
the Mississippi is afforded by ibo reports ol
the Department of Agriculture for 1891. At
the close of last year tli'onumber of horses
and mules In the states and territories west
of the Mississippi was computed to bo 8,458-
609 , and their value is estimated at $402,039-
021. The number of cattle Is computed at
! iOyTO,010 , und tholr vnluu Is estimated to bo
$401,093,200. The number of sheep and hoes
is computed at 1)0,811,600 ; ( and tholr value
$108,153.075. In other words , the aggregate
value ot tbo live stock aiid'borses woat of the
Mississippi in rouud numbers is $1,091,890-
1)02. ) id
Westof Missouri , andttxclusivo of Texas ,
LouUianu , Arkansas aadi llssourl , the number
bor of cattle is 10,248,007" and tholr value is
estimated at $413,037,50 ihp number or
bones and muloa 4,530 0 , value $ M4.775-
053 ; number of snoop and bogs 23,932,783 ,
value $84,594,930 ; mattlpgilbo aggregate value
of IIOMOS und llva St4clfr$5l3,357li03. ! The
total product of horses abi | mules of ull the.
other states is 9,354,030 , and tholr value is es
timated at $719,8.30,085.
The total number of cattle In tha states
east of the Mississippi is 23,09(1,974 ( , and the
value Is estimated at $101,034,021 , so that tbo
value of tbo cattle west of the Mississippi Is
a fraction greater than that of all tbo mates
oar.c of the Mississippi , and the value of tbo
catMo west of the MUsourl Is nearly one-half
of tu < J total value of all ibo cattle east of the
Missouri , and the janio ratio prevails as re
gards sheep and hogs.
The amount of wheat raised westof tha
Mississippi river Is 205,179,000 bushels , which
at 00 cents per bushel wpuld yield SWS.001 , .
109. Tbo corn crop west of tbo Mississippi
Is 6GOa35,000 bushels , which at 25 cents pur
bushel would amount to $ MO.US3,750.
The .xvbout crop west of tbo Mluourl is
computed at S05.3J1.000 busholt , which at IK )
cents would bo worth 18l,7iSlKX ) . Tbo corn
crop west ot the MUtouri Is 334. : < 35,000
bushels , which at 25 coats per bushel would
amount to $ i',5S3,750. )
The grain crop of the states west ot the
Mississippi , including oats , barley , ry . 00. ,
at tbo lowon estimate will reach $500,000,000 ,
And the ernln and hay crops ot the country
west ot the Missouri for 1891 will exceed in
value $350,000,000.
Mlnrrnl Production ,
The production of load west of the Mis-
sourl for 1SU1 Is computed at $13,385,730 : copper -
per , $13,201,0(53 ( ; silver , $ f > 0,014,00 ; gold , $31 , .
035,118 ; ndd to this coal , * 12,413,2l , and you
bnvo a grand total of $130i ! : > n,8-i7 In the pro
ducts of the rainoi. This computation , mndo
by Wells , Forgo & Co. , will fall short by
many millions ot the actual valua of the pro
ducts by reason of the omission of various
minor metals. The coat product we.U of the
Mississippi in 1890 was $34,41 , 'JOv1 ,
of which the Itockv Mountain
region produced $7,4Ml,000 , nnd the
amount of wajresptxld liitho transmlstkslppl
vnllov for coal mining was $17.1511,305 , of
which $0,558,214 was uaid out in the Kooky
mountain region. The number of persons
employed was 30,1(15. ( Of these 11,703 were
employed In the Hocity mountain region.
You will observe that stock raising nnd
farmlntr has produced vastlv moro wealth
within the past few years In the region west
of the Missouri than has boon roallrod
from the mining of picclous
metals. I , will cite only tLo
state of California ns an Illustration. Cali
fornia'J wheat crop , 33,000,003 bushel ? , vnltio
? iJ,000OOJ ; barley , 10,000,000 bushels , value
fl'J.OJO.OM. California has ' . ' 0,000,003 fruit
trees. The annual crop of soml-troplcnl
fruit Is valued at $12,000,000. The export of
lemons ulono Is 50OlX ) boxes yearly. Cnll-
Tornla's wool shipments for 1891 were 3.1,000.-
000 noumn. Thu capital Invested in Cali
fornia's ' vllioynrds is $37,000OJt ) . Two hun
dred thousand acres planted in young vines
are producing 300,093 tons of grapes nnd 17-
000,000 gallons of wlno voirlv. Six mlllinns
of sheep are crazing In California. Two
hi-flroii nnd fifty thousand horses , 800,000
bond ut cattle nro herded on California's
ranches and farms.
"Tho Greater West" Is rapldlv gaining on
.ho east in the number aud extent of manu
facturing establishments. According to the
most conservative estimates the number of
operatives now employed In factories and
nllls west of the Mississippi is 11)3,791 ) , earn-
ng in wages $75,430,378 n year ; 74,585 of
huso factory nnd mill hands nro in the coun
try west of the Missouri and tholr yearly
earnings ntrgroijato $ . ' 12,773,414. The value of
the product of the factories nnd mills west
of thn Mississippi during the year 1891 is
computed at $12 ) ,003i9o. ( nnd the product of
.ha stales wnst of tbo Missouri alone is com-
lilted atfll)3,7J2OJ3 ) , nnd yet manufacturing
u the west U only In its infancy In the trnns-
inlsslbslppl valley.
The speaker then closed with n tribute to
the state of Nebraska and tlio bright and
iromlslntr future of tbo cnlaxy of slates that
ire comprised In "Tho Greater West. "
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup Is thn best
of nil remedies for children toothing. 25
cents a bottle. .
Dr. Birnoy euros oiitarrn. BICK bldjr
REASON AND RELIGION.
Wlmt Itov. W. It. Murkily SnjH About Con-
\ornlou n nil Coiulrtlun ,
The pulpit of AU Saints church was occu
pied last night by Hov. W. U. Mackay , rector
of St. Peter's church at Pittsburg , Pa. The
reverend gentleman Is n brother of Rev. T.
T. Mnckoy , rector of All Saints church , nnd
last night was bis Initial discourse of n scries
of special sermons to the men which will bo
delivered during the week.
' The Cry of Man for the Living God. " was
the subject of Hov. Mr. Mockny's sermon. lie
Is an interesting , earnest speaker nnd makes
a strong argument. In his introductory re
marks ho said It was his Idea to glvo tbo people
ple thut hoard him strong , positive truths m
his series of sermons. All could not bo said
about the reality of religion in ono single
night.
"Henry Ward Boecbor. " said he , "onco
remarked that bo always felt Ilka taking off
his bat to every locomotive bo saw. I feel
the same way regarding tbo west , and God
speed the west. "
The rector then began his discourse. He
said that God and Christ wens tbo same ;
were of the same hue of heart , and people
bad human hearts. They did not belong to
the boast creation to perish. People bad
lives and brain that ware benumbed by
mysteries , nnd wonders. Humanity was
found in Psalms. Men couldfi criti
cise and blasohomo that book , but
it was simply shining with divine thoughts
and doctrines. No man overturned his banf
on it without finding himself at last in boll.
The book was the cry of the real man , and
bo ( tha man ) wanted the Hvm ? God , and
that was what the earnest man always
wanted. Sometimes you board Irreligious
people say that religion was declining.
This was a lie. Men could not away from
God and religion. They talked it every
where. They wanted earnestness and
honesty of it. That was why they talked it.
Men would say more elaborate rituals were
wanted nnd needed , but the real need was
man who loved men. Not men of theories ,
not for moro elaborate ritual , but. for the
great reality down below the soul.
Ho spoke of the positive truth of creeds ns
convictions convictions and reason to the
conscience of men that would bend a man a
certain way. Religion .was nothing if it
were not founded on reason. Man could be
taken by emotion , or fear at the time of dan
ger , but after it wasipassod bo was where ho
was'boforo thu danger. Take him by reason
and conviction and you had him like a grip
of steel. Strike a man's brain aud you have
struck his heart. You should begin religion
with yourself , and then you would bavo a
revelation by God's mind being in contact
with the mind of man.
Beocham's Pills will save doctor's bills.
HAM' I'AKU KXCUllSlOX
To tlio Hot Spring * ol Arkansas Via tlio
U'nbuiili Knllronil.
On April 7 and 8 the Wivbtish will soil
round trip tickets nt above rnto , ( food
returning until May 10. April 32 the
government will commoner sale ut auc
tion of town lots from Iho rosorviition.
Only 87 hours from Omahn to the springs
via the Wahnsh. For Uckots. s'.ooping
car accommodations nnd a map showing
location of the property to bo sold , with
description of the springs , call at Wit-
bash ofllco , 1502 Parnam street , or write
G. N. Clayton , N , W. P. A t. , Omaha ,
Nob.
You nro Invited.
Visit the Ensorlnstituto.South Omaha ,
and investigate the euro for liquor ,
opium and tobacco.
C. D. Wood worth & Co. , successors to
Wolty & Guy , 1310 Parnam etroot , man
ufacturers und dealers in harness , dad *
dies , etc.
Enquire
for Them.
No housewife who has used
any of Dr. Price's Delicious
Flavoring Extracts but will
recommend them as the best
articles .of their kind in do
mestic use. They are the
leading flavors in America
and should be on the shelf
of every well-regulated gro
cery. Enquire for them and
do not take substitutes which
if not poisonous will destroy
the nicest delicacies. Dr.
Price's Vanilla , Lemon , Orange -
ange , etc. , are just as repre
sented.
| K > ' llcmcdr for ( .atnrrn l > Ibo
Dost , Kuleat to Use , and Clicapcut.
CATARRH
Bold br drugglita or aenl bjr mall ,
We. nkllawuiue. Wnrren. l' ,
It'sJus } : as Sqocfbe } Na Grocer said , - v
Proffering another brand. SANTA CLAUS SOAP H c
Is what we want' , IIQVZ ijouantj now otj hand f
We II certoiilij ? hake iTooller , we use none but Ihc best , 7"c
And oil shrewd deakrs keep it , are you behind the rest 7"A
BUY THEM
Tennis Shoes
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NO goods sold at retail. Ask shoedcalcrs for the New
Jersey brand. They are at the top.
I am western aqent for the American Rubber Clothing
and Macintosh Co. Bis : Stock. Eastern prices.
till Harncy Street , Omaha , Neb K. T. LJNDSEVY.
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Tb * eminent ipcclallit In nerrons , chronic , private , blood , nkln nnd unnarr dlscanci. A rogulnr nnd
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The Frouoh remedy .acts dlrootly upon the
Konorctlvo organs and uuros suppression ot the
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Should notbeusoddurin pro/nfttioy. Jobbers.
DriiKplsUandtbapublla supplied by Goodman
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licforo retii'ii i take a large pair of old clove *
and spread mutton tallow fnsute. Uo .ill ovei
the hands. Wear the cloves all night , and wasS
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the next morning.
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reliable ollc ton to procure palonti , for th ) vnlui
of apntuntojpoii'lt Kroitlr. If notenllralr , upan thj
euro and skill of tbo ottorner.
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riving at Chicago at 9:30 : a. m.
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DRUNKENNESS
Or tlin I.lquor Habit I'uolllvrlr Cured
Ity ailuiluUlerliiir l > r. lliilui'V
Uoldcii MfirrlHr.
It o&n baclven ( nu oupoi ooBeaor tci , or ID food.
without the knowlrdeo or IhopilUnt. lllmbtoluttli ?
birmleu. and trill egret pnnniaoiit and peedy
cure , whether Ibo patient It a modernta drlnier or
an Aloohollo wrook. It big been given In thounndi
of CUM. and In oyery Initanoa a perfect aura bat fat.
lo.w. " " ' . "fl'vcr rulu. Tlietyttomonoa Impregnated
with the Bpatufls , It become * an utter lupoMiMlltr
for the liquor appetite to exlit.
< > U EN M'KCftno CO. . Prop'M. ffnrlnpitl. O.
48-pace book of partloulari free. To bi hail or
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FOR PAVING.
To tlio ow now of liits mid Inndu fronting upon
Rtruetlm | > rovoiiiiut ulHtrlul Nuiiv.1 , cumrls-
liip I'lirkurSJlli iitcimr , from J avonvxirlli
U > Hickory 6 troti IN In tlio uliv of ( Jiimliu unit
Mibject to uHMinmiimt for tliu rumvilijt | of
the boiuu.
Von ara liuroliy notlllml In piiruuntioo of or-
illiiuneeNo. i Ms pussutl nnd uuprnvud March
17th , JKK. , K ) Miliu-t uiitl ( lyU'nnlno IIJIUM tha
klnuuf inutorlul to bo used lu rop.ivliu t-.UU .
Iir.provamunt UUlilct , on or bo for. ) tliu 17th
iluyuf April 1K . or ; the uity council will do-
tcnnltm uuiil muturliij.
Olialnuuu of the Hoard of 1'ublloVoi ks.