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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1893)
M ' t THK OMAHA DA1LT BET * MONDAY , JUNE" S , 1803 : THE PA.LY E. UO9EWA.TK11 , Editor. PUnUSIIKD KVEUV MOHNINO. TKHM9 OK fiUnSClttl'TION. pully Hoe ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. { > J | J ) llr and Bumlny , Ono \ car < * ' Blx Months . . . . hreo ons. . . , , . . . n Bundny llec. Ono Vciir . ? < ' Biturday Hoe. Onf > Ycnr . \ " Weekly Hoc , Ono Year . . . . ' ° ° OmahiuThoBooHullrtlnj * . Koulli Omaha , corner N and 20th Streets. Council lilulTs , 13 1'carl Street , Ohlciiiro onioo. 317 Chamber of Cpmnif rce. Now York , Itonins 13. 14 and 1 , Tribune WashuiKton , 613 roartconth FtrcoU COlWESPONDENCn. . All communications rolallrjn to now * Mid Kllfnrlal matter should be addressed ! To tno E'm ° r- Alllmslm-sletters unit rom ttattpos lie addressed to The Hco Publishing Co , . Omuhn. Drafts , chocks and tjostofllco orders lohomadopayiiblo to the order of the com pany. I'arllrs leaving thor.lty for the summer con , 1m vo the Ilr-Ksont tholr address by leaving an order at Ihls ofllco. THE BKI5 PUnUSHING COMPANY. Tlio Hen In Chicago. Tun DAILY nnil StmtHY DEB Is on Rale In Chlcapoalthc following places : I'lilntpr hoii o. ( Ininil Purlllt'hotel. Auditorium hotel. ( Trent Norlhorn hotel , ( lore hotel. WclLs 11. Hlr.er. ISO Slnto street. Kllfs of Tin : Jim , cnn bo seen at the No- tini'fca IntllillnK und the AdmlnUtroilon bulld- Inu , exposition eround . 8WOItNBTATI tBNT OK CIUCULATION. Blnlo of Notrnskn , I Coiir.lrof Doucln * . f Ororno II. Tfrcliiirk. sccfotnrj ot THB nr.n put- llfhlim uompnnjr , iloo KOlomnly wonr Hint tlio otuM clrciilntlon or THE DAILY HKBfor tUo week ctullnR Juno 3 , 1S31 , wns as foltowi : ) Bunilar , .Mivy m j Mnnilnr , Mnr'/.i. . . . . I Ilinnclnr. Majr 30 Wcrtnpnildr.Mny 31 JJ'S,1 ? , . I. Tliurndnr .luno > J'ivi FrWny. .linio 2 . , , ,1 , ' l01 Bntuular , Juno 3 OKO li. T87Ciircu. Sworn lo hoforamo and nubscrlbod In my pros- nco tills 3il day of Juno , 1893. N. I' . KKII. Notary Public Aicrnca Clrrulntlnn tor Mnr , 1S03 , 84,174 THE eyes of Nebraska are again turned In the direction of the supreme court room at the state capital today. TttKUK is ovcry probability that the Whisky trust will bo in the hands of a receiver boJoro the month closes. IIKNUY WATTKKSON scorns to have some sort of a grudge against his party. Ho still insists that it shall Hvo up to Its Chicago platform. OMAHANS will unite in expressions of sorrow over the deplorable death of the brave firemen whoso lives were sacri ficed Saturday night. TUB louder the outcry of other Now York newspanors against the suggested federal income tax , the moro energet ically the contention of the World for it. AN r.VEN score of national banks have failed since the beginning of the pres ent year , and yet every bank note issued , by the defunct Institutions is as good as gold. _ _ _ _ Tin : passenger rates from Omaha to Chicago have taken a tumble and .tho result is already apparent in 4ho In creased travel in the direction the World's fair. STATE house ringstcrs seem to think that most of the criminal laws in the Nebraska statute books were especially designed for the protection of the bood- lors at Lincoln. THK democratic daily at Dos Moines writes a column of advice upon "carry ing out democratic policies. " The advice - vice will bo moro timely when the "democratic policies" arc agreed upon. EX-GOVEUNOK RoiinuT L. TAYLOR of Tennessee has provided himself with a now violin. Ho proposes to fiddle Ishiun G. Harris out and hlmsolf into the United States senate two years henco. IP THE present drain on the gold re serve continues for six months longer the United States treasury will bo con fronted with a very serious problem. American statesmanship is always equal to an emergency , however. Mn. MOSIIEH'S somewhat plaintive interview - torviow in THE BKU yesterday morning contains : v world of revelation to the people of Nebraska. His statement that "at no time during my bunking career did I deliberately seek to wrong or de fraud a creditor or depositor" will cause many people to wonder just what ho thought ho was doing when ho made so many falao entries in the books of his bank. TUB now factory law of Now York just gene into operation and has already excited the profnso perspiration of the "sweaters. " The provision most rigidly enforced by the inspectors , to the con- aornntlonof these heartless task masters , id that requiring apartments occupied by their slaves to bo Ub.pt in a clean and healthy condition. Whatever the short comings of the laat Now York legisla ture the uassago of this wholesome law will insure commendation of humane sentiment , and other states who have the "sweater" problem to deal with will watch its operations with hopeful at tention , Tun resignation of Henry Villard from the presidency of the North Ameri can company excites considerable com ment In Wiill street. It 1ms boon under stood for BOino time thatthore was a hitter - tor rivalry 'between Mr. Villard and John D. Rockefeller , and Mr. VHlard'n action is coiibtrueU as an admission of the suporipr strength of the latter in the directory. The succession of Mr. 0 , W. Wotmoro to the presidency is said to have boon at the suggestion of Mr. Rockefeller. A dispatch states that the stockholders of the North Aniorlcan company hnvo frequently entered seri * ous protests' to the promiscuous loaning of their companyld money to the North . ern Pacific , but as Mr , Villard was at tlio heiul of both concerns their objec tions availed not. Now that these rela tions are severed it is said the policy ol the company will be to devote its capital and energies to the development of west ern towns Instead of propping up northwestern - western railroads. it-r Iff TUB The future of tiio republican party ot Nebraska IB In the hands ot the supreme court. The Impeached state officers were elected as representative ropubl- cans and If tholr1 conduct in condoned by n republican court the party will right fully bo chargcanlo with the responsi bility for the acts of the Impoauhod ofllcials and the verdict of the court. Tn the high court of public opinion , to which all public men and parties are accountable , the supreme judges will bo judged by the standard of public morals which they shall sot up in this ease for the political agents of the state. There Is no law governing the degree of 1m- pcachablo offenses. The ideal of what constitutes an honest and faithful dis charge of duties Is in the minds ot the members of the court , and they , for the tlrao being , by tholr verdict cover with a seal of approval or disapproval the conduct of the ofllcials whom the repre sentatives of the people in the name of the people arranged for misdemeanors iu ofllco. There can bo no middle ground for the court to stand upon. There is no place tn their verdict for n 'reprimand or a whitewash. Tlio court must either do- clnro by its verdict that thcso olliclals are unlit to bo reinstated as custodians of public property and managers of the affairs of state , or they must decree that in thoii1 jtidgmqnt , in the face of all the evidence of criminal recklessness and indefensible - defensible negligence the affairs of our state have bocn In trusty hands and the impeached ofllclals will by their finding of not guilty bo acquitted of all blame and resume tholr functions with the seal ot approval from the highest tribunal In the commonwealth. Such a verdict will bo hailed by the gang of corruptlonists that has looted the state treasury as a now dispensation , but it will bo tlio death knoll of the re publican party in Nebraska. The party has already suffered Incal culable injury by the infamous betrayal of trust ot the impeached ofllcials in re fusing to discharge their sworn duty as members of the Board of Transportation and tholr .retention in power after the scandalous exhibit ot mismanagement will leave the narty where the trump of Gabriel will scarcely resurrect It. TUB AKTl-TIWS'l' COKVKNTWN. The convention composed of delegates from most of the states , called to con sider the best moans of defense against the anthracite coal combination and in cidentally what ought to bo done to sup press-all the monopolistic organizations , will meet in Chicago today. This con vention assembles upon the invitation of the state of Minnesota , and it is an interesting fact , as illustrating the universal popular concern In the object of the convention , that only a few governors have declined to s end delegates. The convention will .bo representative in character. It will contain mon of national distinction , many of whom have long boon known for their aggressive hostility to monopoly. It will bo an essentially non-partisan convention and its inllucnc'o will bo val uable in the degree that its deliberations nro free from partisan bias or prejudice. The importance of the convention is being generally recognized and what ever the practical outcome of its delib erations may bo , the discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of trade combinations in their modern development cannot fail to bo of great public interest. It is re- ali/ed on all hands that thcro is need of a vigirotis popular movement for the suppression of monopoly if the country is not to bo given over wholly to the domination of this modern system of vast business aggregations , which , as has boon well said , are generally con spiracies against the interests of the people. The duty of the government- to protect tlio people against the interference - foronco and .tho exactions of these combi nations is recofcni/ed by mon of all parties , but experience has shown that the authorities are apathetic in regard to this duty , and something1 is necessary to stir them to 3t action. What this requirement is must bo patent to everybody. It is a firm and vigorous demand proceeding directly 1i 1f from the people for a rigid enforcement of the laws against the monopolies , and if these are found not to uo Hufiicient for their suppression then congress and the states must enact laws that will bo. It is for the people to say whether they will permit themselves to bo plundered , nnd so long as they are indifferent mon i- opoly will flourish. Tlio convention it Chicago will attest tholr determination to protect themselves against the rob bery oi the trusts , The popular judgment refuses to ac cept the dofeiibo offered for monopoly that the modern development of trade tunds to combinations of HUe interests , and that the affect of mioh combinations is to cheapen production and to lesson the cost of commodities to consumers. The people know that these claims are not well founded , and that on the con trary the coat of production has boon en hanced by the conditions of the existence of most of the trusts. As the Philadel phia Jlccord well says , they have boon compelled to pay enormous prices for property In order to suppress compe tition , nnd they have unloaded.tho bur den whenever possible upon the com- munity. Others have increased their profits both by lessoning the cost of pro duction and distribution and by advanc ing the prices of their commodities. The system of industrial organization which is comprehended In the term "trust" is essentially an evil and its ro- moval is ono of the highest duties of the government. The convention at Chi * cugo will do a very great public sorvioo if it shall have the effect to stimulate the government to the performance ol this duty. Du. E. F. ARNOLD , eminent ns o - medical scientist , In the current num ber of the Jforfh American Itevieu unhesitatingly prououucos the so-called "gold euros" for Inebriation a fail ure. Admitting that many have boon reformed , ho says ' 'but many have not only not boon relieved , but have soon after taking the treatment bocntno suicides or lunatics. " The fatal mistake - take 1 ho recognizes In these euros is in "attempting to euro a chronic disease by the 1 use of narcotic remedies , " and by 1f the 1 substitution method , attempting "to supplant by another narcotic actlbn the narcotic effect of the alcohol to which j the patient has boon accustomed. " The writer continues that the phyalelan who has ] the tact and patlenco to treat suc cessfully ( chronic nervous diseases can treat 1 Inebriety successfully. The gold euro ' system most widely known in this "country the doctor says has received the "unqualified condemnation" of the So ciety for the Study of Inebriety In London , OF There will bo hold in St. Paul this week a convention whoso object is to consider the question of widening and deepening the canals that connect the western lakes. This Is a matter in which the entire northwest is interested , siuco every year the question is becom ing moro urgent whether the canals shall bo abandoned or so improved as to bo able to compete with the railroads , at least to such an extent as to prevent exorbitant transportation rates. These waterways have performed an important service in this respect , but they are growing less available , and the fact is realized that the tlmo has como for doing something with thorn , as the idea of abandoning them cannot bo seriously considered. To widen and deepen them , however , would bo very costly , nnd It is understood that the Canadian delegates to the convention will propose that the United States and the Dominion shall shnro the expense between them and subject the canals to a common control. This seems an entirely fair proposition and it is reasonable to expect that it will bo approved by the convention. Only the railroad interests will bo op posed to the project of widening and deepening these waterways , and the greater the opposition from that source the stronger the project ought to grow with the people. It is easily demonstrable that these canals can bo made of very great value to the producers of the northwest , repaying in a few years , in the saving in the cost , of transportation , all the expense of tholr improvement. Without this check upon railroad rates everybody knows that the producers of the northwest would huvo to pay much moro than they now do , and with the development of this section , the necessity for maintaining this check will increase. The canals are serving a great public interest , and it is not only desirable that they shall bo maintained , but they should bo put In condition to bo still moro useful. It has been suggested that if the canals were subjected to the common control of the United States and the Do minion it would bo a largo stroke of rec iprocity. This view should help the proposal. Of course if the expense of improving these waterways should bo berne equally by the two governments common control of them would bo a ne cessity , and if this should lead , however indirectly , to the establishment of moro intimate and mutually advantageous trade relations between the countries so much the hotter. That , howe ver , is a merely incidental consideration. The interest of the producers of the north west in the improvement of these water ways is the vital matter which it will bo the business of the convention to con sider. THE Now York Customs' house is ono of the most important departments of the government. Its methods of doing business are now being investigated , or it was intended they should bo , by a commission authorized by congress and appointed by Secretary Carlisle , of which ox-Sccrotary of the Treasury Fairchlld Is the chairman. The Now York Herald , which has boon a precise observer of the process , now declares that the feature which appears to at - tract the largest attention of this com mission is "not whether gross un dervaluations of goods have taken place , and , if so , who the guilty ofllcials are , but how and by whose agency certain letters came Into the possession of the press. "This , " says the Herald , "appears to bo in the eyes of the investigators u far moro serious offense than defrauding the government of untold sums of money , to say nothing of the injury inflicted on Importers by discriminations in favor of rival firms. " It would bo well for this commission , as well as others investlgat- stand that what the people wish and have demanded is faithful and fearless investigation of the irregularities charged to have occurred in previous administration of the government busi ness. They will not approve nor silently submit to have these proposed inquisi tions sidetracked into a monstrous de vice for manufacturing campaign thun der by directing attention to matters that may bo sensational enough but do not effect the subject under dissection. A MOST important case , involving the question of the jurisdiction of federal > 1 courts to the subordination of state ju dicial authorities , is now before the United States court of Tennessee. The case Is the prosecution of moonshiners for the killing of three revenue olllcors. The special point to bo decided is "whether crimes committed against the person of officers of the United States while in the discharge of duty can bo punished by the federal courts ? " Illth- orto whenever moonshiners have com mitted a orimo against an ofllcer the state authorities have assumed exclusive jurisdiction. The abortive results of these trials , owing to local sympathy , induced ox-Attornoy Gonorul Miller to have these offenders indicted by a fed eral grand jury. The question of juris diction was at once Interposed by the defense , and Judge Jackson , then sitting in the United States circuit court , over ruled the demurrer. Judge Jackson Is a rock-ribbed democrat and it ts sug- goatod that this support of the federal power against the musty democratic theory of state rights may have had something to do iu Influencing his so- lection by Prc3ldont0Marrl3on f ° p the Bitpromo bonoh , No.Alfiuot tlw question of this jurisdiction musfcrfinnlly bo set tled In the supreme THK presence of tlmtiliorokoo's agents In Wall street negotiating the bonds the government hasondd&od for the amount duo on the Strip lan/ls / atjaln directs at tention totho ( now scotldn that probably will bo thrown opcn li ' jjottlomont about September next. Th'oiSlrlp will extend the boundary of Oklahoma on the north to the Kansas lino. 'Thefland just coded by the ChorokctfoDiincit .embraces . 0,072- 754 acres and will nrnko the territory larger than many , the eastern and central states. Thousands have boon waiting on the borders for a long tlmo the privilege of going In , nnd when the announcement Is made that the tract Is open to settlement there will bo the usual rush , the usual strife and rivalry , and just aa surely the usual hardships and disappointments. NOT since the torrlblo fatality attend ing the burning of the old Grand Central hotel has there been so disastrous a fire in Omaha as that of Saturday night. There Is compensation for the loss of property , but none for the loss of human llfo. The firemen now lying In the morgue gave up tholr lives like heroes at the post of duty. They were bravo men and tholr courage merits highest praise. Ono of them loaves a wife and three children. A generous public will respond to the sentiment of Rev. Mr. Mackay , who paid the dead men a glowIng - Ing tribute In his pulpit yesterday and proposed that contributions of money bo made to the families of the fated liromon. THE loss occasioned by the destruction of the Shtvorick building and its valua- bio contents is not to be compared with the deplorable loss of the lives of the three men who faced death unflinch ingly in an effort to save the property of others. The death of these bravo men will servo as a forcible reminder to the people of Omaha that wo have hero a class of men who are always ready to risk their lives for the preservation of property. _ _ _ _ All U ill He rorftvon. NW Toih Tribune. If the south will bury with Jefferson Davis all that ho represented , no ono will object to tributes to his personality. Korp It Dark. Chicago Post. It must not po abroad that the manage ment of the fair Is robbing the people of tholr rights at the behest of Impudent conces sionaires. . Words , Worlli , WoriU. Qlobc-Dcmocrat , Sir Charles Russell has complctod his pro longed argument la ih'o'1 Bering sea case , but ho hasn't succeeded ii ( weakening a sin gle point of the American side of the contro versy. _ ' , Vanishing G Tunis. Cincinnati Ooimi > * rcfaf. Edwin Booth's condition continues crltl. cal. With Booth soon'to ' : follow Murdock , the American si ago will have seen the last of the "old school. " The -'now school" also contains no infants that promiseto attain such sturdy growth as did these two giants of the mimic world , t Sounducgi of Uuiieral lluslneng. Kcw York'-Hcr jt. It is encouraging toT ( o\v that all the Im portant banks are soundj and that general trade is not inflated. ' 'Moreover , the Ameri can people adapt themselves with wonder ful rapidity to changed conditions , ana it is evident that they have already begun to deal in a practical way with the existing situation. When the present period of stress set in there was a universal disposition to look for relief to the great banking centers ; but it ! apparent Iks' individuals and sepa rate communities are now striving to liqui date themselves. Men are bowing to the inevitable , and striving at any cost to got themselves out of dobt. Superiority of a I'ornlcn Arm. Kccora. Clover and ingenious as American inven tors unquestionably are , they have not suc ceeded in devising a magazine rifle for mili tary purposes equal to the Krag-Jorgonscn gun , which , after elaborate tests extending over a period of two years , has finally been adopted for the United States army by the national board of ordnance and fortifica tion. Attor the report of the board shall have boon formally approved by the secre tary of war the manufacture of the weapons will bo begun on a largo scale in the national armories : and within a few mouths the army will bo supplied with new magazine nlies on which royalties will have been paid to foreign inventors. I'EOl'LK AM ) TUIXO3. Sorrel stockings and roan ribbons are the latest caper for girls at race tracks. Clark K. Carr , former American minister at Copenhagen , has rocclvod a handsome silver llagon from Prince Hans , brother of the Danish king. Yoshi Hoti , holr apparent to the Japan L throne , is booked for a peep at the Columbian i show. Ho is only 14 years old , but can tlirt in several languages at all hours , For the first time in twenty years the Barber asphalt monopoly has been downed in Washington. A rival company was awarded the paving contract at a greatly reduced price , Mr. Dickens , superintendent of the electric light works at High Point , N. C. , on making his rounds the other day got ninoty-olght ' English sparrow's eggs out of the hanger boards of the lamps. The Blnino mansion at Washington has been closed and the family , including Mr. and Mrs. Damrosch , have loft for England to spend the summer. Mrs. Blalno lias leased a house in Surrey , whore the family liopo to spend the summer very quietly. Kuphra Dunn of West Point , Ga. , 5 years old , is the youngest tolcgraph operator in America. Shu lu\s boon about the railroad station , where her father is agent , a great deal and quickly picked up the Morse alpha bet. She can call up1' faporators along the line and talk with thorn In' childish fashion. In these days of nn nclal stress , much comfort may bo had by. . .weighing your pile every morning. ThUnjay jbo done con von- lontly on a hay scales. . , Qaugo the scales at the ton notch. When the ; i > oum moves with the wolght of gold , you know that your pile Is worth $002,700.21. aifctsame weight or silver will net i7,701.84l.Cjiro } | it a trial. The oldest practising lawyer in Phila delphia is John D. BlclRht. who was admitted to the bar on May V , Jfttffi Just a little over sixty years ago. Nexr'ty'lmh ' comes William D. Tilghman , who boBairto a full-Hedged lawyer on December I' HSIJq , while ox-Mayor Hlchard Vaux is a good thlrd , with a legal the lirst real practicaluiuo've toward honor Ing the memory of the , fathers of Texas liberty. In his will the late Henry Rosen berg of Galveston , burn in Switzerland , bequeathed - quoathod $50,000 for the erection of an appropriate , enduring memorial in honor of the heroes of the Texas revolution. His fortune at his death was estimated at 11,000- 000 , and of this sum $575,000 was bequeathed to charitable and patriotic objects. The fate of a late lamented Phlladolphlan should bo a warning to those who are culti vating a velu of humor. The Quaker city unfortunate loft a will , the terms of which were uo laughing matter for some of his heirs. In the contest now pending the kickers allege the maker was insane and therefore incapable of properly disposing of his possessions. In proof of the charge they swore that the defunct laughed at his own Jokes. The fcolngs ( of the court at this point were smothered in a copious guffaw. HISTORY OF A GOLD MINE How "Tenderfoot" Luck Dovclopod Rich Resources in Colorado , ONE PROSPECTOR WHO WAS NOT FOOLED He Sold n Fortune Tor n Vo\r Thousand but It Wns Itatiljr Found nnd He Truiteil to Luck In Fnture. On the high cliffs nbovo tlio Uncompahgra rlvor , northeast of Ouray , Colo. , is n noted Rroup of gold mines known ns the American * Nettle , to which nn interesting story at taches. Another era of dividend sharing has Just been entered upon by the present owners , composed of St. Louis people. John U. Porter , who located the bonanza less than seven years ago , ii living on a farm near Clarlnda , In. Ho only got a few thou sand dollars out of the property. " .Billy" Unrrlngcraiuln man named O'Con nors , neither of whom know ns much about mining ns I'ortcr , each inndo a $2)0,000 stnko out of the Amorlcan-Nottloaftor they worked I on it n few wooks. The big money , though , was divided up by Louis A. Dunlmm and Clarence O'Rillott of St. Louis , They made over > 0UOO nploco In i dividends in n few months besides owning $100,000 of the stock that wusorth double or triple Unit amount In the onrly history of ho company they organized. This epitome of the history of n noted Colorado mining property is illustrative of mmcrous phases of the great industry of the Intel-mountain country. Nobody who hasn't llvod in a mining community cnn appreciate the slips or misses that prospect- 3is make in parting with mlnornl discover ies. In many mining legends the point of the story turns on the experience of the locator or subsequent operator of n claim who quits with rlchos Just ahead , from which ho was burred by only .1 few foot of rock. Minors nnd nrospectors ns n rule dread ridicule. It hurts them worse to laugh about their blunders in working n mine , erin in fnillng to recognize "pay oro" or ' 'pay dirt" whan they SPO it , than it docs'most any other class of the human family who have orrod. For thcso reasons mining literature Isn't ns replete ns it would otherwise bo with confessions or explanations where bonnnz.1 has followed closely on the hcols of bnrnscn. This frequently happens almost simultane ously with a change either iu ownership or ns to methods of working. So 12 lay to Uo L'o3tod 111 Milling it is , that it is worth while- relating the story of the development of the American- Nottio to its present stngo of rich produc tion. 1'orter Is n good prosncctor. Ho was olthor grub staked by Colonel "Tom" Nnsh of Ouray , or there was some partnership agreement by which the latter was to shaio in Porter's mineral discoveries. The colonel's title is neither ono of cour tesy nor incident to the customs of the coun try. Ho was in the Confederate States nrmy during the civil war nnd a member ol General Bragg's staff. Porter had gene out from lown to the Centennial state , and , r.ftor prospecting in various localities , struck Ouray about the tiuie the first or big finds were made on the gold belt thorc. It was in 18815 that ho climbed up the stoop slope from the Uncom. pahgrc river to the cliffs that tower above it To all appearances not n pick had bcoi : stuck or n hammer struck in the quartzlto or shale or lime that showed on the heights That wns virgin ground. Prospectors pro forrcd loss stoop declivities. Porter locatuc sovcral claims , among thorn the America : nnd the Jonathan. So highly did ho rogau the latter that he located n fractional claim 1250 foot distant , thnt was named the Nottic. Little if any labor was expended on nny oi thcso clnins other than the roprosontatlon or assessment work required by law. Up in the cliff , forty or lifty feet high , that crowned the summit of the hill on whicl the claims wcro located , a cave showed on the surlaco flvo or six foot below the rim Potter picked away nt the sides of the cave in the hope of striking some seam or vein 01 oven an indication of mineral that would encourage courage him to follow it or spend more tim and labor in prospecting the cavo. V. .ion h wns about re.uly to quit he put' ' n n she that dislodged a lot of rook in which hi found free gold. That was n pretty gooc sign but not enough to startle or excite any body working on the gold bolt. With mining mon , a theory when stuck b.\ too closely , or which becomes a guiding star ns it were , is about as bad as the sport's "system. " Now Porter , who was so favor nbly impressed by the indications on tin Jonathan , expected that where the flssun vein cut the quartzite thcro ho would find hi host pay mineral. Tests all along on th quartz gave $ J5 to & 0 In gold to the ton. That was good enough to hold out , hut It wasn't In any sense n bonanza. Flvo years ago It wasn't a paying proposition to try to do any mining In that locality where the claims were located if machinery hnd to bo employed. Water wasn't ' obtainable for maicing steam save .in . n few out of every twelve months. Fuel was high. It was ex pensive , too. iu the way of getting in supplies. In general the conditions wcro much the same on the American as on the Jotiathau , so far as Porter's observation wont. His assessment work for the year was fin ished in the fall of 1SSS nnd ho was around Ouray. Only a few days before election Barrlngor went to Porter or Colonel Nash nnd mndo n proposition to bond nnd lease the American and the Nottic. Deals of that sort were common In Ourny. Although I3.irrlngcr wns regnrdod neither as a capitalist nor nn experienced miner , it didn't occur to either of the other partners that ho might possess Information that wasn't within the range of tholr knowledge regarding the value of the property , Barringor and O'Connors got a bond which gave thorn an option to purchase the Ameri can nnd the Nottio for J5.000 within n year. They nlso agreed to pay a royalty of 10 or 15 per cent on the mineral output. It is the common nnd accepted theory around Ouray , and is of ton told as a fuct when the history of the American Nettle Is recited , teat the good fortune that subse quently came to the leasers nnd bounders wns what is denominated as "tenderfoot" luck in mining communities , which is of the same sort ns elsewhere passes currency us "bullhead" luck. But thcro is reason to douht this. linrrlncor Didn't Kxnotly On It lillnd. Ho had boon around the Itock of Ages , over across the Uncompuhgro , a mlle or so nway , where from caves similar to the ono In which Porter got the free gold was recovered n largo amount of gold that came out of the settlings in the bottom of these natural excavations. This stuff , to Portor. loolcod exactly like the loose dirt ho took out on the Jonathan claim. Ho had tested that In n gold pan , hut didn't pot so much as a color. The thought never occurred to him of panning in the cave on the American. This oversight cost Portur a fortuno. But that wus not all. His theory ns to where the richness of the mineral ought to lie was based on n wrong hypothesis or false deduc tion. Ho thought the vein wns Hat. That wns the same sort of mistake made by the Pony Express company , a Colorado Springs outtlt , which operated n silver jnino at Ouray. The hulk of the mineral wns acci dentally found on that property whllo they were making a trail , nnd n short dlstanco away from the workings where the two VOIDS cnmo together iu the quartzlto nud in the shula or lima. After Barrlngor and O'Connors had been nt work a short time- they made a shipment of ton tons from the American-Nettiu that went bat wocnfVOO nnd $1,000 to the ton. The exact returns are said to Iu vo boon forty-four ounces in gold to the ton and seventy-live in silver. Thnt would make | OJ3 to'J Oa ton A goodly share of this came from the bottom of the cave , where Porter worked , The loose stuff was shoveled up like salt. Not n little of this sort of gold-bearing dirt had previously been thrown onto the was to dump by Porter. By follow- tug a little seam the lessees broke into an other cave and extracted moro of the dirt. Thov set up a dryer and reduced the weight of the highly mineralized dirt and then sacked it for shipment to the smelter. Even before the car load was sent off the people of Ouray became much oxclted , Prospectors flocked all over the hills , Porter realized that he bad lot a good thlnR slip out of his Rrasp , it WAS n foregone - gene conclusion that the bond would betaken taken up , ax the leaders wouldn't bo likely to pay ono-lUth , or sd of the vroccods Of such rich mineral in roy.Mtloj , So the dis coverer ot the American beunn to prospect igaln nml ho got hold of some more claims u that neighborhood. UarrliiRer anil O'Connors were elated , f course , over the great good UCK. If the truth wcro known t U likely they reckoned on consider- loly more than ? 1,000 to the ton. At my rate they went down to Pueblo or Den- \ av to the smelter tc which the consignment tvas made. Uunhnm nnd O'Fallon wcro In Ouray at .ho time the strlko was made or uamo thcro shortly afterwards. They vUttod the Amcrl- can'Nottlo ground and appear to hnvo posted thomselvoi pretty well on the extent of the find and the outlook for the future on the score of production. On tholr way back with the procoodi from their shipment Burrlngcr and O'Connor were mot at ( Junnlson by the St. Louis men , purely by accident , of coarse. When they arrived In Ouray the benders had obllg.Uoil themselves to buy out Porter and Nash and .Soil the rrnnnrlr for 840,000 to Dunham and O'lTallont There was nn odd condition Imposed by O'Connors when U came to executing the deed. Ho Insisted that his share of the liurchaso money should bo paid him iu cold. So there were counted out to him 1,000 $20 gold pieces. The old man scooped thorn up from the counter in the b.ink in on ere sack. Ho didn't paolc around the coin very long boc.iusa tha double eagles weighed Up wards of eighty pounds. Finally-ho marched back to the bank.and formallv deposited his wealth , having had the satisfaction of knowIng - Ing that ho had bocn permitted to have a fortune in actuil possession , Dunham & O'Fallon immediately wont to St. IxmK where the deal was closed and tho'property had twssod into tholr possov slon. They had little trouble in organizing a company there to buy and work the Amorl- can-Noltlo. The bases of their nogotlntlons wcro to stock the property. They sold 100- , 000 shares at 50 cents oaoh ami Docketed the monoy. That lolt thorn $10,000 profit on the deal. deal.Besides Besides they retained two-thirds of the capital stock , or ' . ' 00,000 shares , between them. There were times when these shares of the American Mining company , as It was named , sold as high as $ 'J.50 and 1 each , which would have netted the organisers and promoters as high as J.100,000 to $000,000 pro vided they unloaded. They probably s-\ltod away n goodly sum from the proceeds of the sale of slock. Active operations were begun almost im mediately after the property passed into the possession of Dunham and O'Fullou , and continued with increased vigor after the company got fairly started. For Hvo consecutive months during the flistycarof the company's existence divi dends to the amount of § 30,000 a month were distributed , which was at the ratoof lOcenti n sharo. After $150,000 in prolits hail been distributed the yolu pinched and the ere de posits petered out. But subsequently other ere bodies or deposits were struck , and a number of dividends wcro paid amounting to $ S5,000 to $50,000 , the exact figures not being at hand. Naturally enough the American-Nettie created all munnor of talk In St. Louis and on 'chango there were lively times whenever - over a now lot of the rich mineral was en countered. Competition for the stock was sharp and trailing in the shares lively , ac cording as the prospects for prollt sharing became brighter. In mining circles , especially In Colorado , Amorican-Nottlocamo "in for a largo share of attention , not only because the property made a big record as a dividend-payer but also on account of the oddity or pccularity of the lorniation nnd the conditions under which the rich mineral was found. The ground may bo described as avast body of quartzite that resembles a hugo plum pud ding , save with this difference that the "plums" were represented by eaves. The com monly accepted theory is that these under ground cavities , which wcro found to bo numerous as development progressed were in some past ago the receptacles of some solution , either of salt water or other chem ical compound , which precipitated the golden contents on the floor or bottom of .tho caves. In the ono up under the rim rock where Porter is described ns having worked , Bar rlngor panned out big pieces of wire gold from the mass which littered the bottom. Although the Colorado papers don't seem to have got hold of it , it is nevertheless re ported from "insiders" that another of these big caves was encountered a few days ago in the progress of development , which was recently quickened. This cavity is said to bo largo enough to permit of a team of horses and a wagon to bo turned around in it , provided of course thcro was any possi bility of gntting the outilt down there , and with which to make the test. The same sort of stuff Is found there that cnriohod the lucky leasers and made of the Amorican- Nettle a bonanza at the outset. What is now being sacked and shipped is said to average in value as high as flvo ounces In gold or about $100 to the ton. The deposit is reported as being of largo extent. That is what the expectation of another dividend in the near future is eased upon. What They Cull "J.ucK" In MlnlnC may bo illustrated by citing the Instance of the location of the Nettle claim. As was de scribed , it is a fractional claim. Porter staked it out so that nobody could crowd in on him whoa ho supposed ho had a big thing in the Jonathan. The la tier claim was sold to a Pueblo company. Between that and the American and to the east , lies the Scoflclil , which belongs to the American company , and the Nottio Is to the west. From all appearances the bulk of the mineral Is working north to the Not tio. So that If Indications nro not wholly misleading the hope of the American com pany and its future wealth will bo derived from that irregular and undersized claim from vrhloh nothing TTAI expected tn the bo Rlnnlng , Just before the sale of the group vr i made to the American company , Porter locntcd the Piutlo olftlm , Thrvt wan also ft fraction And vnrlos from 183 feet to 200 feol' ' in width. No block was taken In that , either. Tlio Octoroon , however , which adjoins th * Puzzle anil Is n full slrod claim , was bonded 1 at ono tlmo for $15.000. After it had been ; worked and considerable money oxsponcd on It , It rorortcd to Porter nnd Colonel Nash. That nnd the Puulo and another called the I Now Discovery claim wcro grouped and In * | corporatod In the Nash Mining company. 3 Again it was the insignificant claim that ] attained the greatest distinction , for most of I the ere of the Nash company comes from thai Pu-lo. From small beginnings are bonanzis de veloped. Thcro Is moro than ono man who was in J Ouray durlm * the pcrloil from ' 83 to ' 83 I before Poctor got free gold In the cave who ! could have bought Colonel Nosh's Interest ] In the American fora small sum. For $1001 or thereabouts a Inlf Interest could haroj been obtained. It Is slid that the oolonot j moro than once offered his friends n third or ] half Interest ut Just these llRiircs. f An Immense amount of money has bocn ex pended In dovcloiimont on the Amsrlcan * ' Nottio group. I hollovo an astossmont has ] never been Inviod. The mineral ha paldl the expense of the mine. J In certain quarters the property has , ol ] lato. been the subjoot ot uoni-i incut and discussion by reason of the in-l stallation of a nraaulliceut oloctrU : hoist. ] 'Iho plant is ot 33-horao uowur. U Is run , by water power on the TJncompahgra , thn current belnz carried about two * mllcus mil the Bleep bluff to the mine. Tlio oloctrloar machinery comprises a DO-horso. rower hoist J a 0-horso power blower and un air compressor presser run by a DO-horso power olcctrio motor. Porter hasn't given up prospnotinsr yot. Ho ] still retains Interests around Ouray. Ills ] chief doDondcnco now , or that from whlohl ho expects to make as big u stake as othorai did out of the American Nettie , is located ! near Tollurldo , Colo. Filial duty Is all thatr keeps htm from camping on that claim which Is n gold proposition but ho remain * on the Iowa farm to care for a widowed , ] Mother who Is SO years of age. QKOIUIK F. C.VNIS. Vuluo of Munlinpnl franchise. .llJiniMpaH * Journii ! . Under nn Intelligent law the city of In- ] dtannpolls recently sold a street railway j franchise nt public auction nnd n now corn * ! p.my got it for 10 percent of the gross receipts j the first llvo years : 12)-f ) percent the next I Hvo years ; l'A % the next live years , nnd 14J < | per cent for thp ensuing llftcon years of thq thirty-year porioa , the payments to bo madt quarterly. Thcso payments It Is estimated will ag gregate $11,000OOJ. That Is a good bnrgaln.1 The company \\hlch gets such n franchise ] should p.iy somovvhcre near an oquivnlont off the value of the concession. And If it has paid ! nothing for its franchise thcro is nil thol moro reason which It should iloal falrlv wlth | the generous public In such mutters ns trims * , fers. plenty of cars and good service gon-1 orally. Think this last rem.irk ever and sool ' If it'may not properly bo given n local i plication. an.tiii' YonUorsStutosnmn : A theatrical manager ] often has a cast In his cyo. Galveston News : You cnn't toll where a | candidate stands wlillo lie ts running. nuflfelo Courier : Tin- fellow who Is always ] boasting how liultclios for a Unlit seldom come to the scratch. Lowell Cottrlor : These nro the days Hion 1 the ciy Is "Dross reform , " and It must bo nd-J tulttoa that much reform needs dressing. Philadelphia Record : Whan n man Is thrown ! bodily out of n saloon ho si > ldom returns to1 look for the power buhtml the thrown. Clilcaqo Trlhuno : "Hnvo you any Groins greens1' ' Inquired the fncotlous customer nltU the basket on his arm. "No , sir , " answered the crocor. "Nonrost I can eomo to 'em Is parlor matches. Anybody waiting on you , ma'am. " riitlainlphla Times : Some of the young lady visitors tn the Kusslan ships say the nat tily dressed sailors look triand , but that the big guns with thulrsteol Jackets and shining breochcs aroijust too cute for anything. r Washington Star : It Is the circus clown who rpiilUca In the most practical manner what It Is to have u largo clrclu of admirers. Philadelphia Times : So many sailors dosort- IHK from the llluko Indicates that being a llritlah tar Is ono thing and being stuck on II another. ONI ! COUFORT. Wa h ( nylon star. The graduate girl With her llounco and her curl In public will presently speak. Though nor knowledge dismay , i "Tls hut honest to nay Bho'll forgot It In loss than a week. SONQ OF XIIK Atlanta Coiutffutfoii. The whllo home still stand * In tha glow the gloom , Dut n shadow falls black on 1U gardens of bloom ; The place , Is It haunted ? It was not of yorol Dut , ring the bell softly , the lock'u on thtj door ] The stone steps , doop-hollowod in days thai are dead , 1 By the feet of the pilgrims , hoar never tholl tread ; 1 Anil faces of famed ones Hrullo on us no morel boring the bell boftly , the lock's on the dooxl O pilgrims , thai wait In the darkuoss. . ancj weep , With your tears and petitions all piled In hoitp , s ' Como homo to your households , loft vacant i yore , Or , ring the boll softly , the lock's on the doa DOWNING , KING Largest Maniifncturon and RotAllon ol Ulothlnx In the World. Easy Riding Now When a stranger steps into our palaoo these days he is first impressed with the magnitude of our stook , After going around through the building ho finds not only a great assortment , but some of the finest tailor productions ever brought out. Every single garment from a boy's * < ' . $2 suit or a man's $10 suit to the most expensive in the house is carefully made of the b'est material money can buy. Being the largest manufacturers of clothing in the world , it is easier for us to put in good cloth than most people ple to buy shoddy. Shoddy wo will not sell at any price , but we sell the very best at the lowest liv ing prices. BROWNING , KING & CO. , S < ( V % _ J
