Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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.
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