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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1894)
TUB OMAHA T > ATLY , OCTOttER 1 , 1894 , Neiada Excited Over a Now Ledgj Largjr and Richer Than the Famous Oomstcci. A 150-POUND CHUNK ALMOST PURE GOLD I.nndaitky , Ihn NOT Cnmp In tlin Trtou .Mountain * , llocniiilnj * n C'entrr of At * traction Tim KrRloii Xinmpiiitrljlllcti Western Norm , Carson ha * been thrown Into a ctnte or excitement thut reminded ono of Hie olden days. William Zlrn , the original dlrcov- < 'ti-r ot gold at Pine Nut , has come In with u few hundred pounds of cold rock that was A night ( o beheld , says a Carson special to the San Franchco Examiner. The rock Mai quartz , mixed with , feldspar and black , manganese , und It was literally veined with Kold. It would have been easy for a man Mlth a pair ct pincers to have extracted hundreds or dollars worth of cold. Zlrn also brought In about } 2,000 , worth of free gold , which ho took from Ilia ledge a week ago. He said aa lie showed the speci mens : "I know that I have at last Jound the tnaln ledge. The gold wo have found before has been float off the main ledge. Thl = rock I look out seventy-five feet from where 1 made the 'first discovery. The It-due ) _ ls well defined. The shaft Is down sixty feet ami this ledge In five feet wide. I can trace it nearly 200 feet. "Tho hanging "all Is a greenish stone , 111(0 thcro Is on the Comstock , and the foot wall Is porphyry. You sec this rock IK all Tree milling ore. It assays about $89,000 u If- ton. Talk about rock this IB not nearly as rich as some I will bring In In a few < lays. The richness Increases us the shaft KOCS down , nnd I an ] positive that we have found the mother ledge at last. " Several parties haye startid for 1'lne Nut to take up clhlins and resume work on claims abandoned la.t year. All the country about Pine Nut Is , pretty well located , and little ground ls Irft. Zlrn also liaa n piece ct ore welching ICO pounds , almost pure sold.Zlrn Zlrn claims ( hat gold Is BO thick In the ledge that he Is afraid to putj In a blast. lrn has secured a cabinet eight feet high " "ami four feet wide , filled with gold speci mens , which he has placed on exhibition , where crowds of people viewed the proofs of tha wonderful discovery. Another bis strike that Is reported In the vicinity of Dne Nut Is that of W. II. Uag- wlll , a luc.ilor , who Is down sixteen feet on n. ledge taking out sliver ere that assays ,1J8 ( per ton. The ledge starts at the top two incbej wide , nnd nt sixteen feet It Is over eight Inches In width. There Is plenty of wood and water In the vicinity , and the location Is In a direct line with the I'lnc Nut , about six miles west. The ledge , which can bo traced several hun dred feet by the croppltigs , makes straight toward the I'lne Nut ledge , which Is nearly all gold. If It should turn out that the ledge ts a , continuation of the I'lne Nut ledge Itwould Inillrate a larger ledge than the Comstock and richer. The excitement over Zlrn's discovery It unabated , and the gold on exhibition Is so rich that no ono questions the assay of 480,000 a ton. A MONTANA ELDORADO. One district which Is attracting the atten tion of the mining men of the west and which promises to soon be classed among the Kroatcst In the wckt Is the Little Rockies , In Teton county , to the south of the Port Delknap Indian reservation. In 1S89 Powell Landusky , an old-time mner | and pros- rector , better known as "Pike * " made the first discovery of mineral In this section , writes a correspondent of the Helena Independent. In January , 1800 ; he made- the first location , the Julia , and the same month located the < 3old Bug. Fcr some ( line Landusky worked atone developing his claims , which showed inoro than ordinary richness. Assays of the ore proved that ttcy carried ere averag ing Into the thousands of dollars per ton. llobert Ormon Joined with Mr. Linduaky In working the claims , and a number of ship ments of ore ucro made to the smelters uf Or pat Falls , Oinuha and1 I'eorln. These shipments resulted In handEomo profits , re turns having been received as high as SKf.OOO per Ion on picked ore , nnd on a number of lots that wore not assorted the averaga was more than $5lifr It was not i-ntll last spring that much Information - formation of the rich ores of the Little Rockies became known. Then there was a rush for tire field , nnd now there Is a camp known an Lamltuky , whose future greatness may outrival that of Cripple Creek. The town Is only started nnd as yet there arc only a dczen houses , but otfiets are miUdlng and before snow files no doubt the population of l/indusky will be four times an much as It la at present. The to'nn Is elxty mllM south from Harlem , < i station on the Great Northern ruad , pleasantly lo cated In the gulch near where Lttnduaky made hU first discovery. The formation of the mountains about the now camp ot Landusky Is porphyry , gr jdte nnd lime. The character of the ore la mostly free-milling , though some refractory rock has been found. The Gold Hug , from which much rich ore has ucen taken. Is de veloped by a shaft fifteen feet In ere from the grass roots , and a tunnel 107 feet. The lowest mill assays run $20 In gold and some vcre had running as high ns $ S.49i > . In the early spring of this year the AURUS ! lode was discovered by Robert Ormolu This fl Is ono of the richest finds yet brought tc light In the district. The vein Is thlrteer feet wide , solid ore. which at every polnl runs from $100 to $500 per ton. It is fre : milling ore. carrying gold only. A shafl lias been sunk to the distance ot tltty-llv < feet , and so far 300 tons of ore have beet .taken out and shipped to the swelters. Tlu f cost of shipping the ore by teams to tin railroad Is $18 per ton , but this Is a trlfli when the richness of the ore Is considered. Lately a rich lead of frca silver ore hai been struck by Goorga Manning. This on Is as astonishingly rich In silver as. the ore : ot the August jiml Oold Bug are In gold , I running us high as 700 ounces to the ton , tin average being about 300. Another free all ver prq-osltlon Is being worked by Messrs Cook and HcCowun , there being u slx-lncl vein which averages nearly 809 ouncea ti the ton. McKentto & Carter , In lluby gulch , hav a claim which runs high In free milling or and have made very profitable shlpmentt "IHko" Landunky has , aside from the Jull , and Gold Dug , about thirty other claims li and near lluby gulch , among them belli ; The Only Show , Silver Leaf and the Annie exceeding rich properties. Manning & Or nion have The Surprise and Paymaster , o : which what little development work ha been done shows them tu be rich In fre milling gold. George Manning has a three-stamp mil In operation , and lately It has been worktn on ere from Fred \Vhlt he.id's mine , -aboil ten tons having been run through wit gratifying results to Mr. Whltehead , thoug he Is reticent In regard to the average o gold to the ton. While' the statements here given may eve to the experienced miner seem exaggerates d they are nevertheless reliable , and hav "been gloancd from sources which can nr be well disputed , and the books of the dll ferent companies at Great Falls , Omaha an Veorla. will prove their truthfulness. Mesar Landuiky & Norman , Mr. Whltehead an others are developing their properties rat Idly and more than paying their way. Tli : opportunities presented to the eameit mlnei Htid capitalists are almost unlimited , an within another year the new camp of Lat dusky without a doubt will. In acttvlt ; equal any gold field so far known to Mot tan * history. A LAUAMIE INDUSTRY REVIVED , fairamle can particularly rejoice beciut .jierlntendent John Davis of the soda wort xnis received Instructions to proceed to si euro all the soda crystals ho possibly coul from the lakes near the city and to hire me and put them to work , says the I.aram Iloomerang. It U expected that from twenty-five I fitly men v.111 soon be employed at tl lakes and the works will bo put In operatic as teen as the crystals can ba brought I * It It still a question i to how the crystu will bo brought to the work * , .is the soda Inkcs branch Is not In shape for transporta tion at Ihe prctcnt time. The track will not lioltl n locomotive. H v.111 need 3.000 new tlca placed under the raits before It will be ifp for an engine of ordinary weight There are from 3.000 to 4,000 Ion * of crystal * now In sight at the takes , It Is not believed that tha railroad company trill refuse to place the soda. lakes , track In con dition Mid haul the soda according to con tract. The pay roll , It Is expected , will reach 4200 per day at the lakes. It premiers to be one nf tht man valuable operating periods In the lil tory ot the works to Laramle. SO.MK OREGON MINKS. VT. J. Wortey , writing from Myrtle creek to the Roiebtirg Review , nays "Having Just relumed from Mule creek mining dis trict , Curry county , Oregon , niter a three months' prospecting trip , I am prepared to sax that I bellevi- that district will In the near future be developed Into one of th rlclif-H placer and quartz mining districts In southern Oregon. The eastern part of Curry ati.1 M pstern portions1 of Josephine counties are of a gold-bearing formation , carrying t-tr < itu of porphyry , black slate , serpentine , lime nnd granite. This , belt Is about four miles In width , hearing In a norlhrastcrly nnd southwesterly direction , Commrncltig at Rogue river , I prospected to the north lor a distance of four miles , find ing In many places good Indications. Ono loc-Hilon In particular , known as. the KlUabelh mining claim , far exceeds In general merit anything- have seen In my thirty years of experience. The claim Is owned by J. J. Chadwlck , Haxter Robinson and W. J. Worley , and shows n nhoot on the surface of GOO feet , giving n prospect In free gold I ho entire length that I think will avcraie ; $30 per ton , with over 1,000 tons in sight I worked a pound of re , ot what I call HIP h.tit grade , and saved by amal gamation 20 cents , which fully convinces me thut some of the ore will work over $400 per ton. " J. L. Coyle of Henley , says the Ashland Tiding * , report ? that William Rummr > l and George Parsley found a rich pocket of gold imaru lecently on Ash creek , a tributary ot Kliimath river , about eight miles below Harnbrnok , from which they cleaned up $ t.r.OO with a hand mortar In one week. A miner named Reeder has mortared out nearly $10,00) ) during the past eighteen months from a small quartz ledge , which he has located Just across the river from Ash creek. He calls his claim "Fool's 1'aradlec. " About a year and a half ago he struck the tlrst pocket nnd took out $4.000. Slnco then he has found bunches which yielded as luiuws : One each ot 1150 , $300 , $3,200 , $1,790 , the last amount being cleaned up by himself and another man In eight days In August. The gold Is found In kid neys , or pockets , lying between llie quartz and the porphyry. Writing from Raker City , a correspondent of the Boise Statesman says that Superinten dent John McNtilley of the Virtue mine has just shipped a $16,000 bar of gold bullion , the result of one month's run at thut mine. Toppy Johnson , superintendent of the Col umbian mine , located two and a half miles from the Virtue , states they now have 100 tons of ere on hand that will average $21 per ton. Their mine Is In splendid condition , but , as they Inivc no mill , woik has been "suspended for the present. The White Swan Is n good property and 1ms produced con siderable bullion during the past two years , but , owing to litigation. It has been closed down for nearly six months. The Virtue Is all right. They run day und night and employ seventy men. Just now ( hey art : get ting In their winter's supply of wood , and U Is the intention to- run the year round. NEBRASKA. There Is talk of establishing a cold stor age warehouse' at Grand Island. Bellevttc now has a paper , the Phenlx , edited by W. R. Patrick. It Is small but lively , The Pawnee County Times has been removed - moved from Pawnee City to Btirchard by Editor Tracy. Dennis Dean , a farmer near Ashland , has discovered Ure ; J.'posHs of brown and yellow ochre on his property. TibbettH Bios. , dealers In farm machinery at Elk Creek , have made an assignment and the sheriff has the stock In charge. There Is enough work In sight ta keep the \Ve plnK Water quarries going for two and a half month * with twenty men employed. There are ten religious deiiomlii.itlons In Columbus w th church organizations , and six others ate represented , but are not organized. Unknown men placed strychnine In the fved of the horses of A. 13. Moon , a farmer near Hay Springs , and three of the animals died. died.A A gasoline explosion In Smith's restaurant at Frank ! n resulted In Miss Llzzl : llaxter being severely burned , but no other damage waT done. Mrs. Joseph Uademachcr of Sjline county fell out nf u cart the other day and broke two ribs. In addition to sustaining serious Internal Injuries. Burglars who entered the store of Harring ton Uros. at Pawnep City anil stole six Win chesters , became frightened and returned the guns to their owners. Fifteen hundred gallons of sorghum on Ihe farm of H B. Rilrchlld. near Dlller , were consumed by fire , causing a loss of $500. The origin of the fire ts a mystery. Alva Allen and Miss Mitchell o ! Hardy went out fcr n Sunday ride and were landed In the ditch by a runaway horse. The lady was rendered unconscious , but ihe will re- covt. ' . A S-year-cli child ot John Mead , residing at inland station , attempted to climb Into a grain bin and was caught In tht' eliding door. When found the little one was uncon scious nnd died In a. few minuted. John Brazene. who assaultel Tom Uaker In Nemaha county and Indicted Injuries which may cause his death , has been ur- rcatcd , and Is now In jail awaiting the out come of the wounds of his victim. The city uf FrUnil has been mulcted In the' sum of Jl.GGO by the estate of OavM B , Ilur- lelgh. who was Injured by falling on a s de- walk three yerrs ago and died as the retult of the accident. The suit was for $3,000 , A. burglnr WHS found In the store of N. Henn at Petersburg the other night helping himself to a lot of shoej. Mr. Henn dropped the Intruder with an Iron rod and took him to jail , where he Is now awaiting' trial for his crime. Tom Allen , a well knoun ranchman near Crawford , was riding- after some runaway cattle when his horse began to pitch vie lently. He dismounted and the horse sud denly fell to the ground dead. " It Is sup posed that a blood vessel near the heart xvas ruptured. Klvo little girls at Norfolk found a. piece of blue vitriol on the sidewalk , and It looked so good that they took It home and , dis solving It In water , all took n drink. They were soon taken sick , and when It was dis covered what they had done an emetic was given them and physicians summoned. Th < emetic and the * doctors did the business , anil the children still llvo to try some more ex periments In the future. A Fullertan young lady who had a boll or her leg which was very painful , saw a mar parsing the house with what looked llki a medicine case and she jumped to the con elusion that ho was a doctor. She callei him In , and after showing him the trouble some limb cikrd htm what she had bettei ilo. Hf told her he thought It looked ver : bad nnd advised her to call a doctor , as hi could do nothing for her with his plam tuning Instruments. TUB DAKOTAS. C. 0. Hartley , a prominent attorney a Miller , ha i just completed a now csda o , civil procedure to take the placa of the on < fet now In use lit the state , which ho will en otf. deavor to have adopted by the legislature tlili f.id winter. ids. The grain palace exposition hsld at Abar s.id deen has been n grand success In the dls idP play of grains and vegetable * aa well as It Pie the amusement I ne. The spacious bulldlm J ie was well filled during every concert glvet rs by the Iowa State band. Exhibit * at th < idn state fair \\ete all that could bs expected. ny. - A farmer named HUchle. in sinking n wel y.n . at Miller , Uruck a strong flow of gas , whlcl n- came near causing the death of one or tw workmen who vere at the bottom. This I the second well of the kind on tlie tarn se where gas has been struck , and coal ha ki aUa been found near In small quantities , o- Mart n Iieserud , who has been doing torn oId Irrigating this season , came In at Huroi en with a I-ad of onions. Iteferrlng to hi ilo product ho said : "Onions pay better Um wheat. I have an oora ot onions , an to from It I will market ISO busnels , for whlc he I get I.2 : > a bushel , making the anugsur on of $312.60 for tha product of on acre M In , land Is no tetter than thousands of acre its In the Jliu river valley which sells tor $1 an acre , every acre of which can ba made an profitable &i the one front which I har- TMted tdefg onloni. " At 4 special election held at Grand For UK , N. U , . upon the proposition to bond the city for IIU.QOQ for the construction ot a water filter the scheme carried by a big majority. Only twenty-six rotes were cast against It. Excavating on the filter plant It almost done. ami construction of brick will bo commenced at once. The first attempt to sink an artesian welt In the ceded Slotfc lands hns proved success ful. For only a few weeks Iho xvork ot drilling an artesian well on the farm ot 0. S. Grant , west nf t'hainbrrlaln , has been In progres * . and a line flow wan struck. The well belongt wholly to ( Irani nnd his example will OP followed by many other farmers and ranchmen In Urn ! region. A mass meeting was held In Targo last week at which twenty-four to\y.ns wetc rep resented , with a view to taking meas ures toward warding off danger from the Russian ihHtle blown Into the state from the * outh. County commissioners are rec ommended to build tilxty miles of Iron put nnd wire fence on the south and west line of the county with n view to stopping and burning the tblatlc. The commissioners will [ irolj.ibljdo this. The thistle made ltn first appeniiince thin Benson. WYOMING. Three cabbages nilspil in Kawllns weighed respectively lt',4 , 1' ' and IS'.f , pounds. The Kec coal mines , a few miles from Lanimlc , will be vorked this winter. A tract Ion engine will be used to haul the coal to town. Work has been resumed at the soda lakes near La ramie. Several men were put on recently nnd It Is expected that the force will soon be liter.tired. . It Is reported that an organized band of horse and cattle thieves are operating In tlu I'owder river country In Jackson county. They hn\e n t.ive In the mountains where they conceul stolen property. It Is supposed that this is the gang that hns ben raiding sheep camps the past few months. A company composed of business men of Kvuiiaton and citizens of Star valley , in the noithern part of Ulntah county , Is being organl/ed for the purpose of building a tele phone lln" to connect that section with the county seat. The line will bo built via Montreller. ] Idaho , an : ] will be about 200 miles long , COLO U A DO. The new canning factory at Pueblo ha& started upvlth thirty men. The Dolores rKer gold placers arc paying well thin reason. No machinery In place as ye-t. yet.The The output of the El Moro coke ovens for August as 11,000 tons , the largest ever known. The Flnik-satit , on Grouse mountain , Crip ple. Creek , Is the first shipper from that lo cality. Others will follow. The second clean-up of the Alma placera reached C25 ounces In gold. Preparations are new under way for extensive \\crk next The Orphu May , Cripple Creek , Is ship ping ten torts per day to the Denver smelt ers , averaging $100 per ton. The mine Is worked under lease. The Chief mine , Raven Hill , Cripple Creek , has changed hands for } 7G,000. Colorado Springs parties are the purchasers , and they wlU'commence to develop It at once- . Messrs. Brown und Miller , owners of sheep recently killed at Parachute , have gotten up a petition signed by the citizens of Oarflehl county to offer $ . .00 reward for the capture of the slaughterers. The Mount Lewi * .Mining and ( Milling company Is about to Introduce the cyanide process Into the La Plata district. They j are encouraged Tjy the success of the j Boulder and Cripple Creek plants. II 1s stated that the Portland company i will have work for i00 ! miners on Its Cripple Creole property before the middle ot next month. Tht- ore In the Portland proper yields from $100 to $300 per ton. It Is handled In Pueblo. Thu Brecklnrldgo Journal places the re sult ot the August clean-up for the Jessie mill In that district at 87f > ounces of gold , which was made up Into two bricks und was forwarded by express lo the Chicago office o | the Jpssle company. At $ t ! ) per ounce this means $ lf ; . 2r in gold which did not read the Denver branch mint. The Sllverlon Standard reports the. sale of the Nevada mine. Sllverton district , to 13. G , Stolber. who Is the owner of other largo properties In the neighborhood. The consideration Is not given , but the state ment Is made that the owners of the Nevada , which la a large producer of high grade sil ver ores , last year refused an offer ot $000- 000. OREGON. Bay City Is building u school house that will cost $1,5X ( ) . Plans hate been prepared for rebuilding the Catholic church at Gervals. John StaUer of Oln y. Clatsop county , baa six fig trees well loaded with fruit. The estimate- a water works system for New berg , that would supply 172.SOO gallons of good spring water dally. Is only $11,000. William Walker , a boy 14 years of age , climbed a llr tree SCO feet high , near Beaverton - ton , brnhe off the top nnd took It home for a trophy. There In a movement on fool at Klamath Falls to Lulld u combined opera house and arntoiy for the use of troop II , Oregon Na tional Guards , A new Howe truss bridge Is to bo built across thu Illinois river. In Josephine county , to cost $2.000. The ol.l bridge has stood for twenty-teven years. Robert Steel , tipnr Alrll * , Polk county , raised this season 4,000 bushels of barley on thirty acres of land , or 133 bushels per acre. The grain WIIH fa heavy that only a swath uould be cut at a round , and two weeks were spnit In outtlng the thirty-acre field. AVASHINGTON. John noser will build a shingle mill at Ar.acortos. with a capacity ot 150,000 a day. day.The The whaleback fateamer now being built at Everett will bo launched about the 1st ot November. Above the dam at Pngsleys. In Smith cteek. there Is a tolld mile of logs , scallns 1.ROO.OOO feet. Washington supplied 33 7-10 per cent ol the coal that reached the San Francisco mar ket last j-ear. E. C. Hurllngame has executed a mort gage In Tacoma for $80,000 on the property of the Tacotna & Yaklma , Canal company. In Yaklinn valley. Within two weeks 303 men will be set to work on the canal. Olllard Plorco Is credited with breaking "the Norlh Pacific coast record" at sawing shlnelrc on a hand machine , Ho Is cred ited with 83,000 In nine hours and forty minutes at J. R. Parker's mill , at Lawrence U Is said that along the north fork or Lawls river there Is- any amount of loose gold. In a number of Instances small nug gets ha , been picked up , assaying from ? cents to a& many dollars , but no very rich ledge has as yet been located. There are , It Is claimed , no less than 303 men at the e present time prospecting In the Lewis river country , far up toward the headwaters. There Is great complaint of a icarclty of pickers In the hop llelds. The Iiopa are ripening very fast and It Is feared many will bs lost. Labor Commissioner Lamb ol Seattl Is trying to tupply the demand for pickers un for men to work on railroad ? and an Irrigation ditch , but , though many are out of employment , few Heem to care for this kind of work. Wages are not Iilgli enough to suit them. MISCELLANEOUS. " .Mother" Glelm , "the queen of the lm lamb , " has been , sentenced In Missouri U fomteen years In thepenitentiary. . The Benton Press li authority for tin statement that n live scorpion , the first cvei ' seen in Montana , was found on Milk river * near Havre. The paper states that Ei " Baudctte "has it In alcohol. " The 1'rescott Journal-Miner says : Johi Sugden Is developing the Ellen mlno It Chaparral gulch. He has a shaft dowi twenty feet und has from two to txvo und i half feet of ore , which will go $40 per ton li gold. 110 has taken considerable more erIn In value out of the shaft In sinking than th work cost. It. W. Mclntyre ot the Redlands Ooli Mining company , says the San Ilernardin Times-Index , was In that city lately havlni some ore from the company's mine In th Panamlnt range assayed. The ore wa gold with a small amount ot silver , Th cold value of the sumplo was401.04 ounce : or $8,290,11 , per ton , Mr. Mclntyre sal i ill ! ARMY OFFICERS TO RETIRE Pomjof the Best i)9Jfn ) Commanders Ap- prcno" infr the Ago Limit. HONORABLE RECORDS IN THE SERVICE The llotlrrmrilt hi''iirkiernl ' * llovrurtl anil llimMn * und 't'olJiiUli ? Tiiiiipklnf , t'liauil- Irr anil l.nnudim'J > n < l ihn UhniiRe * Unit \VIII't'oll.iw. ' _ Officer * of the army-arc looUtiR forward with much Intercut to several Important changes that will shortly take place In the ranks , on Ing to Die retirement of com manders T\ho IIIIVP readied tlie uge limit of G4 years. There will be much moving about of the high official * , aa the coveted com mands fall to the men next In rank to the retiring officers. The ext nt of the retire ments and the probable promotions Is thus reviewed by the New York Herald : The earliest retlrtuunt Mill be that ot Colonel Thomas H , Tomiikltis , who retires next month. Ihen follows Colonel I.nomis LacKdon , commander tit Fort Hamilton ; As- Distant Quarter Master General Colonel John P. Chandler , Uencral O , O. Howard and Rrlgndler General John P. llnulclns ot the subsistence department. All of these officers retire before Oecembtr. On September 29 , XS93 , Major Uoneral Scho- fleld , senior odlcur of the army , goes out , and the next In rank at that tlm ° , If IIP lives , will bo General Kelson A. Miles , who comes to Govcrnnt's Island In N'u\ember , when General O. O. llownnl retires to private life General Howard , who retires on November S. Is known In ceit.iln circles as the "Have- lock of America. ' ' Durlni ; his lifetime he hns been enabled to comblac In harmony the spirit of wur nnd of Christianity. He was a brave soldier in the great civil strife , a general of whom hl < country ts proud , but e\er since boyhood hn has been n religious teacher. At a public banquet In this city a few months ngo General Howard explained how he managed to apparently drink wine in response to toasts. "I ahvtiys have the waiters fill my class -with water before I sit down , " said he. "I never allow Inloxleatlns liquor to pass my lips , and I drink \uiter Instead of wine In response In the tonsU. " General Howard comes from Maine , and Is a xvarm personal friend of that sturdy old temperance leailer , Neal Dow , who brought about the passage of the famous prohibition law of Maine. The little town of Leeds Is General Ilowaid's birthplace. He was born on November S , 1S30 , and will be cj years old , the age limit In the army , tw months hence. He graduated at llowdoln i. .lege In 1850. and the Unltid States military academy In 1851 , became first lieutenant and Instructor In mathematics In 185J and resigned In 18C1 to take command of the Third Maine regi ment , lie xvas made a brigadier general of volnntters In 1801 for bratery at the first battle of Bull linn , fie loot his right arm and was wounded 'fhibe'besides ' at the battle of Kftlr Oaks. After six ; months' leave of ab sence he returned to tho.field at the battle of Antletam. He became major general of vol unteers In Novcmlxr , 1802 , commanded the Eleventh corps during General Hooker's ope rations In tlie vlrlnHy of rrederlcksburB. served at Gettysburg. Lookout Valley and Missionary Illdga ahd whs on the expedition to the relief of Knuwllle in Uecsmber , 186S. FOUGHT INMA IY BATTLES. In th ? Invasion olj Georgia General Howard was assigned to thp Army ot the Tennessee , and was engaged nC'Daiton , Ilesaca , Adalrs- vllle and-Pickett'H Mill.TWhere he was again wounded. He was ( at Uie surrender of At lanta , and joined In'th ? pursuit of the con federates In Alabama from October 4 till December 13 ; 1804i ' 'In the march to the sea and the Invasion of thp Care nas lie com manded the right wlnit pf General Sherman'B arniy.1 and was e"lbVlgadleV ! gerfer'al on December 21 , 1RG4 , He was In command ot the Army of th Tennessee and engaged In all the Important battles from January 4 till April 20 , 1805. In March , I8C5 , he was breveted mnjar general for gallantry at the Inttle of Ezrj Church and the campaigns iigalnsl Atlanta , Ciu. Since the close of the civil war General Hnv.ard has Icil a very busy HP. Ho has served as temperance orator , rcllelouu ex- barter , author and Indian fighter , He vas commissioner of the Kreedmon's bureau at Washington from March , 1865 , till July , 1S74 , and in that year was assigned to tlia com mand of the Department of Columbia. In 1877 hs led the expedition against the Xez Pcrcea Indians , ami In 1878 fought the Ban nocks and Piutcs. He was superintendent of the United States military academy during 1S81 and 1882. He n'as commissioned major general In 1S8G and given command ot the division of the Pacific later on earning to the a&t , with his station nt Governor's Island. General Howard's friend * regret thu fact that he must rttlre this year , for If he had but one more year tot serve ho could go to Washington as commander of the army , lie being n xt In rank to General John M. Sclio- fleld , who must retire In September. 1895 , on account of having reached the og : limit. It was the general Impression among General Howard's friends that ho was only C3 years old and that he would succeed General Solic- fleld at Washington , having a little more than a month to serve In. his new rank. Ho would thus have been enabled ta go on the retired list on the pay of the senior major general. Irsldes having had th ? distinction of having been In command at Washington. Franca made General Howard a chevalier of the Legion of Horior. and lie has received the degree of LL I ) , from Howiloln , Waterton and Shurtl ft college * nnd Gettysburg Theo logical seminary. He has contributed various articles to magazines and has published eev eral books. Ho will retire from the army without a fortune , though , for ho has lived right up to lila income , being extremely gciurous In nuking donations to religious and temperance objects. He says ho has not yet made up his mind what he will ilo when he leaves the army. A few months ago he vas made president of the National T mperance society. GENKUAL HOWARD'S SUCCnSSOIl. Ills friends throughout the country at this early day are making preparations for a public testimonial to General Howard. It will take the form of a banquet and a gift of some sort. General Howard's successor at Governor's Island will be General Nelson A. Miles , who Is ii < xt In rank. General Miles Is now called the "lucky major general" of the army for he will succed General Howard ami General Schofiold Inside of a year. He la now In command of the Department of the Mlssnurl. Ho will have ! not cjultJ a year's service nl Governor's .ilHland when he vvll take Major General Sohofleld's position at tin head of the army bV'Whlorlty on Septembei 20. 1S)5. ! ) He wl I Hart/'uttalned , by ulmos a flngl leap frotn , wilds nf the * Ki > r it. M | * , uui | Ji nil w o kiiu wrcs to two cf the inoaticftvijted , , positions In the army the L > epartnifiit"itf the Atlantic , and best of all , the location at Washington a senior o Ulcer of the"Unlted States army , Th public has hart ntr\vs of General Mile Jurlng the recent UrrTSio out west , but he Is known more as art'Inlll.in fighter , who 1ms spent much of hl3"tlrna since the war In putting down the outbreaks of the reds , Hi > Is a very lianilsoine pSatIand | Is known among the soldiers ot his coi njand as th "Ailonlo of the Army. " Ha IftiK.fyears old , but looks scarcely over 40 , hlsxiUestern life having Imparted to htm thd- strength and vigor of a Samson. He Is altf'Mo bo a marvel of strength and a lerYiarjtnbly finished horse man It must not/bnought / ! that b'cauie General Miles has been fighting Indians on tha ( rentier for many.yejrs he knows noth ing of the graces ot the social sldn of life. He Is a gallant cflioer and as brave a soldier as ever rals d a twcrtl , but he can lead the dance and go through the Intricate move ments of-the Terpslchorean art In a most accomplished manner.- General Miles U not a graduate of West Point , and the other officers of the army who cam" from the- military academy are commenting1 on the fact , but not at all In an unpleasant manner , General Miles received an academic educa tion , and was engaged In mercantile pur suits In Ilo a ton when th : war began. He was born In Westminster , Masi. , August S , 1839 , and will accordingly have nine more yearn of service In the army a. year In the Department of the Atlantic and eight year * at Washington. QE.NRHAL MILES' WAU IlECOMD. When the war broke out Gen ral Miles en tered the volunteer service as a lieutenant In the Twenty-second Massachusetts" Infan try , and was commissioned lieutenant colonel Don't be Ashamed the Price. * " * * * i - yIt's ' very small we know , and may mislead you to V thinking you're not getting much of an overcoat , but . ' .you are , You can tell your friends you paid $10 for the " $5 or $15 for the $7 if you must lie. . Overcoats 7. You'll have to pay others fully twice as much for them with no better trimming , linings or general workmanship then why not save $5 or $10 ? H. Cook Clothing Co. , Successors to Columbia Clothlllg CO. , 13th and Farnain Streets , Omaha. of tlis Sixty-first New York Volunteers May XI , 1862. He was engage ! In ( he battles ot the Peninsula , before Richmond and at An tletam , and was made colonel ot his regiment on September 30 , 1SC.2. Colonel Miles fought In nearly all tht- battles of the Army of the Potonmc , nnd was wounded tluce times. His gallant acts at Chancellorsvlllo brought him to full rank of brigadier general of volun teers. He was brevettcd major general ot volunteers for his bravery throughout the Richmond campaign and valuable service at Ream's station. He was commissioned major general on October 21 , 1SG5 , and mustered out ot the volunteer service on September 1 , ISM , after receiving nil appointment In the regular army as colonel of the Fortieth In fantry. He was transferred to the Fifth In fantry on March 15 , 1869. and defeated the Cheyenne , Klowa anil Comanche Indians on Ihs borders of the Staked Plains In 1875. In the following year h& subjugated the hos tile Sioux and other Indians In Montana , driving Sitting Hull across the Canadian frontier. He finally broke up tlie bands led by Sitting Bull , Crazy Horae , Spotted Baglo , Lame Deer , Broad Trail nnd others. In Sep- temb'r , 187G , he captured the Nez Pcrces In dians , under Chief Joseph , in northern Mon tana , and In 1S7S captured a band of Dan- nocks near the Yellowstone park. In Decem ber , 1S80. he was commissioned brigadier general of the army , and for llvo years was In command of th Department of the Mis souri. In 188C he wa 'transf rred to Arizona , where he commenced his worlc of putting down the Apaches. He compelled Chiefs Geronlmo and Natchez to surrender on Sep tember 4 , 1886. Tin legislature * of Montana , New Mexico , Kansas and Arizona passed res olutions thanking General Miles for his serv ices in the west. On Notember 8 , 1887 , he was presented with a sword of honor In the presence of a large gathering nf cltlzuna at Tucson by the people of Arizona. BRIGADIER GENERAL HAWKINS' CARE Hilgadler General John P. Hawkins of the subsistence department of thu army retires before General Howard. He was born In Indiana In 1830 , and was graduated at the military academy In 1852. He was assigned to the Infantry , and promoted ta first lieuten ant October 12 , 1&57 , When the civil war broke out he was brigade quartermaster In the defenses of Washington , D. C. dn Au gust 3 , 1861 , he was appointed commissary ot subsistence In southwest Missouri and west 'Tennessee. He was made brigadier general ot volunteers April 30 , 18C3 , und from August 17 of that year until February 7. 18C4 , ho was In command of a brigade of colored troops In northeastern Louisiana. Ho was then promoted meted to tlio command of a division nnd stationed at VIcksburg. Miss. , from March , 1801 , till February , ISC5. He was brevettcd major for gallant services at the capture of Mobile. For his services In the war he waa successively given tlin brevets of lieutenant colonel , colcncl , brigadier general and major general In the United States army , and also major general \oluntecrs. . In June , 1871 , ho was made major and commissary of sub sistence. He served first at Omaha , Neb , , and Is at present stationed at Washington. TUB BRIGADIERS. The transfer of General Miles to New York creates a vacancy among the major generals which will necessitate the promotion of one of the half-dozen brigadier generals Rugcr , at San Francisco ; Merrltt. nt at. Paul ; Me- Cook , at Denver ; Brooke , at Omaha ; Whcaton , at Texas , nnd Oils of the state cf Wabhlngton. Of these General Thomas Howard Ruger , who was a clastmata of General Howard and who graduated third among Ills comradex. Is the senior olncer. The War department may disregard this , however , end appoint whom It pleases. General Ruger Is of a modest retiring dis position , so much so that an Intimate friend of his recently declared that he would prob ably lose the place- because he would not ccme forward and urge his claims for It. Ills record proves him to be a gallant soldier. He left the army for a whlla after graduation from the military academy , but quickly rejoined It on the outbreak of the war. After serving1 with distinction In the North Virginian and Maryland campaigns hoAa created a brigadier general In the Rappahannock campaign and commanded a division at Gettysburg. General HURST a'doj ' In suppressing the drnft rlote in New Yorh In 1BG3 , and from January to July In 180S acted as provisional governor of Georgia. Frtm 1871 to 1876 lie was superintendent of the Untied States Military academy and for the next two years had charge of the De partment ot the South , THE COLONELS. The vacancy to be created at that de sirable post , t'ort Hamilton , by the retire ment of Colonel Loorala L. Langdon , will bi filled by Lieutenant Colonel Royal T. Frank , at present the commandant of the artillery school at Fortress Monroe. Frank has won wide repute by his executive ability as a fijld officer. He graduated from the military academy In 1858 , attained the rank ot captain In 1862 and tlmt of major In 1881. The officer whom he replaces. Colonel Lang- don , has been In service for forty-four years and came to Fort Hamilton from San Fran cisco in 1890. Colonel Langdon always manifested u strong fondness tor the artil lery branch of the service and remained there during- the war. when ho might have attained a much superior rank by entering the volunteer department. He was made a captain on August 28. ! 8H. ( while with the First artillery , a major on March 20 , 1870 , and reached the rank he now holds In January , 1889 , He XVHS for some time a picmlnent candidate for a brigadier general ship , During the rebellion be served as chief of artillery of tha Twenty-fifth army corps , under General Weltzel , and at the close of the war he commanded ten brigades of artillery , a farce equivalent to that of a major general of Infantry. He afterward did much vigorous \voik on the Texas frontier , among other things defeating the Mexican bandit Cortln.is. Colonel Langdon has but few equals In the branch to which In has remained PO faithful and h.is received minimus encomiums for his skillful opera tions on various occasions. The colonel Is n native of Buffalo , but It Is thought that n retiring ho will tnko up his residence In Brooklyn , wheru live many relatives of his wife , a member of the Creamer family. The successor of General Hawkins , Colonel Michael It. Morgan , Is the flrs.t assistant of the former , with the rank of brigadier gen eral by brevet. Colonel Morg'in bus been In the service since 1830. Ho was General Srunt's chlsf commissary during the last Virginian campaign , and effected the capture of the rebels' supplies at the close of that event. While at Appnmattox Colonel Moigaii , acting under the command ot Gen eral Grant , Issued 50,000 rations to the starving forces nf General Lee. The post of abBlslant quartermaster general will ba occupied , on the retirement of Colonel Charles II , Tompklns from Gov ernor's Island , by present Deputy Quarter master General , LUulonant Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle of Philadelphia , Colonel Tomp- lilns , who retired from the military academy in 1817 , served In the cavalry throughout the war and afterward occupied various pests In the southwest. He entered his present department HH a deputy quarter master general In 18J ( < i , and han rendered meritorious service there. Colonel Sawtelle commenced as a cadet In 1850. became a tuptaln In 1861 , a major In 1B67 and o lieutenant colonel In 1881. I'otiiinon Scum * , Is a Eomewhat rare possession. Show that you have a nhnre of It by refra nlng from violent purgatives nnd drastic cathartics when you are cunsUpatuI , and by relaxing your bowels gently , not violently , with Hos- tettor'j Stomach Hitlers , a wholesome , thorough aperient nnd tonlo. 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