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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1895)
TUTU OMAHA DAILY JH5K : J ONDAY. DISGJBMBEll 2J { , 18J)5. Pulse of Western Progress. II ) ! . DrlRhton , wm ! lias put on a Mnfta line running Into V/eit Creek , brings the usual report of the continuance of the rush to the new camp , nays the Lhnvor Repub lican. To Republican reporter he * ald ! "Eu-ry stage running into Wtst Creek U Ioai1-d , nnd people are earning In there on foot , on horseback , and even on wheels from Falnur Lake , Of course \\o don't know .Tory much about the mlnjral deposits , but TC no know that tliera is mineral there. A numtjcr of assays have been made ot stuff taken from ten-foot holes , all showing need results , and some quite high. There isn't very much of a boom going on ; nobody over thcro believes that he has the earth fenced nnd tha fence painted , but the most experienced men In the camp are confident that nil that Is necessary Is depth to get good pay. Everybody that comr-s In Is going to tvotk mining. That Is all thcro Is to do , and there Is no room for Idlers. People who eo there with the expectation of getting em- uloymnit get left , and , In fact , are not. wanted. The town Is not old cncngh to support Idlers , for most of those who have gone there have not any morn mon y than they need for themselves. It look * as If the rush to get in on the Kround floor will last all winter , and If It docs there will be 3,000 or 4,000 people there In the spring. Some of the holders of claims intend to prosecute development work all winter , and putting up shanties , over their shafts. Most of them , however , will only do the assessment work and wait until next season. " . EXAMINING MINERAL LANDS. Edward H. Movlus , secretary of the United States Mineral Land cominlBsfon for the Helena district , has completed his report of the work accomplished by the Helena com missioners during the year , says a Helena special to the Anaconda Standard. In all there were 349,070 acres examined , of which Sl,4iiO acres wcru classified as nonmlneral and 07,010 acres as mineral. The cost of the classification par acre was 2.3 cents , and the total cost was $ S,131.C5. The commission estimates that there are 5,05.ISO ; acres In the Northern Pacific land grant unsurveyed. It estimates that It will be able with some assistance to classify these lant'i In 1897 and 1898. There remain un classified ot the surveyed lands of the dis trict 1,004,710 acres , all of which , the com missioners believe , they will bo able to ex amine nnd report next year. Tha commission says that If given proper assistance It can complete the classification of the lands ot the Helena district within the four-year limit prescribed by law. It asks the government to furnish It a civil engineer nnd a small corps of assistants to cstabllh and monument boundaries of unsurveyed lands examined , and assistance to perform the clerical work devolving upon the board. EXPERIMENTING WITH COFFEE. Colonel C. F. Crocker Is going to start a coffee plantation In the San Joaquln valley , and If his experiment proves successful the fertile ranches thereabouts will have a boom that will bo without precedent. The Pacific Mall steamer San Juan brought from Central America 1,000 yearling plants with which Colonel Crocker will commence his Interest ing venture , says a San Francisco dispatch to the Portland Oregonlan. Just where in the Valley Colonel Crocker proposes to locate Ms plantation Is not now known. The colonel is out of town and left no word. The plants will ho set out this fall , most likely , but six years must elapse before they will be old enough to bear berries , and not until that time will the success or failure of the experi ment be known. Scientists who have studied the soil and Climate ot the San Joaquln valley are some what doubtful as to whether coffee plants iwill thrlvo there. The coffee plant not only requires fertile soil and plenty ot sunlight , but a certain amount ot moisture , and that is where the rub conies In California. The soil Is rich enough nnd the heat sufficient , but thereIs n scarcity of other requirements. BIO IRRIGATING SCHEME. 'Another big water scheme was made known [ When A. G. Filed filed n notlco In the re corder's olfico to the effect that he claims oil the water In the stream known ns Coyote creek , and in its tributaries , flowing to the extent of 14,400 Inches , measure under a four- inch pressure. H Is stated In the notice that Mr. Field Intends to use the water for Ir rigating farms and agricultural lands In Banta Clara county nnd elsewhere. The plan ot the projectors , says a San Base dispatch to the San Francisco Chronicle , is to dam the waters of the Coyote creek at the southerly end of the C. M. Webber ranch. In the mountains about six miles southeast of the Twelve-mile House , at which latter place the Citizens' Water company Is looking for Its source of supply. In follow ing tha wanderings of the creek from where the Citizens' Water oampany will look to flit Its great subterranean lake. Is over seven miles. It Is said that the diversion of the waters at the point where Mr. Field and Ills associates are laboring will not In the least affect the supply nt the Citizens' Water company's source. Associated with Mr. Field is Dan M. Murphy , who owns large tracts of land In the southern end of this county , near Gllroy. "While the Citizens' Water company will run Its Irrigating ditch and pipe lines north _ to San Jose from Coyote. Field and Murphy will run their ditch south to Morgan Hill , San Martin , Rucker and Gllroy. RAWLINS' SODA LAKES. Therj are ten acres of the wild so3a ex posed , ot an average depth ot ten feet , near ( Raw tins , and It Is remarkably pure , says the Carlen Journal. The deposits are In the form of lakes In a basin surrounded by rugged lillls. and from these gravel and sand Is being continually washed down by rains and melting enow , covering up the- deposits of toila. It is quite Impossible to determine how much eoda lies under the debris already washed down , hut It is safe to say that there Is soda enough In these lakes to supply the country ( or years. Considering the purity of this natural sulplmto very much In excess of the imported article , and the fact that the de posit * nro located within four miles of the railroad , the Immense commercial value ot the discovery can readily bo seen. INDIANS GETTING SMART. A singular demand has been made by In- Dlan Agent Estudlllo upon the Palm Valley ( Water company of Pnlm Springs , Riverside county , Cal , Estudlllo has warned the water company that he will remove Its flume In ton days. The flume takes water from a canyon ( hat tie cays Is Indian property , and runs Derosa the sections of land belonging to the iAgtns Callente reservation. This llumo Is only n ' , feeder of the main ditch of the water company , but It Is cf vital Importance In a dry region. The company exercls d Its legal rig't to run ditches over lands b tonilng to the United Htntes , and this effort to enforce an Indian claim to u water right which they have never u * d ls regarded as a hardthlp to the settlers , who have developed their lands on this border ot the Colorado desert , Thlr question h Important , OH It may bo lalied In a score ot other plact-s , and the Washington authorities will be asked to set tle It. A RED MAN'3 HOARD. Ill the process ot adjusting residences on the reservation to the allotment of the re spective owners , nays the Lcwlston Teller , It becomes necessary for one old Indian couple to move , from the old leg hut that had beer a landmark slnco the days of mlnoj nnd miners. Those old Nev. Pcrco patriarchs would not consent to llvo In n modern house and kiive the nbodo ot decaying logs. U became necessary to remove thn structure to the new Klto ito console the old folks , o It was decided to make play of the work. All the neighbors , Including two white men , repaired to the licene ono day last week and proceeded to tear down the cabin and remove It across the line , only a few yards distant. The old couple watched the work very closely nnd directed the movements of some friends who were assisting In the mat ters ot particular personal Interest. It de veloped that the old hut was a veritable treasure box. There was money In every crevice and niche ot the old logs. Re-fore the last log was removed over $2,000 had been gathered Into an old flour sack. There wcro deposits of gold dust In tlio auger holes , greenbacks In the season cracks and coin stuffed Into the hollow ends and knot holes of the logs. This old hut had bren the re pository of thci two old Indians In llie long past when they sold cattle , horses and farm products to the white men. The old people had passed the ago of mental activity , and tlie exact holes and niches that held their wealth they did not seem to know , but they guarded the whole premises with zealous care through all the years of a quarter of a century. HOUSE MEAT WON'T SELL. The Western Pocking company , which Is engaged In the business ot slaughtering horses , recently sent the president of the company , Mr. II. Selling , over to Europe to see If any market could be found there for horsa meat. He was gone two months , says the Portland Orcgonlan , and visited London. Paris , Hamburg. Antwerp , Rotterdam and Brussels , and found that scorea of Ameri cans had preceded him on the same errand. Ho found that horse meat Is not used for food In London , but la hawked around the streets for cat meat. Large numbers of broken down hack horses are shipped from London to various cities on the continent , to bo slaughtered for food. Large quantities of hors ? meat are sold In the cities above named , dealers In the article having a large horsohcad for a sign , and dealing In no other kind of meat. Horse steak sells for 12V& cents per pound , which Is about one-third of the price of beef. Much horsIlesh Is uMd in making sausages , and many of the poor classes seldom or never eat any other kind of meat. It Is about the only kind of meat the worklngman can afford , and ho wants It In a fresh state. Thousands of laboring people do not get meat once a week , and most of them for their noonday meal have nothing but a piece of coarse rye bread. The chances for selling American horss meat In Europe are not very favorable. Only the- choicest pieces , like the hams , can bo shipped at all. and , in order that these can bs shipped with any profit to such a Great distance , It will be necsssary for trans portation companies to give lower rates than rule at present. If satisfactory ar rangements could be made In this respect It would help to build up a business which would be ot great benefit to this state , as It would enable horse growers to get many thousands ot dollars for horses which are otherwise worthless. NEZ PERCES IN LUCK. A special agent of the treasury Is now at Asotln for the purpose of disbursing another payment of $50,000 to the Nez Perec In dians , says a Lewlston dispatch to the Spo kane Review. This Is the first of the In terest payments , which ore , by virtue of the treaty , to be made seml-annually. This payment will be made without the red tnpo which made the noted distribution of $620.000 so slow in procedure. As soon a's this rolls are amended to correspond with the births and deaths that have occurred slnco the treaty was signed checks will be drawn upon the government repositories for the re spective sums due living Indians. It Is estimated that 343 native Nez Forces have died since the Fletcher allotment of lands was completed In 1893. The births are recorded to the number of ninety-four. These statistics show the destiny of this favored Indian tribe. Old Jesse , an Indian who has persistently refused to accept any money from the gov ernment , was In the city recently. His blood Is tliu same that flowed In the veins of an hundred chiefs. He Is 90 years old at least. He Is wrinkled , haggard and palsied of limb , but Is still ready and able , In solici tude , to draw his big knife and execute the old national war dances. Ha made this cpi- gramatlc speech to his people before they signed the treaty : "My children , It Is not what wo want from the white man. ; it Is what the white man wonts from us consider well before you act. " ADVENTURE WITH A BEAR. J. C. Hearing , who Is hunting and trapping In the Blue mountains a few miles west of Elgin , met with a little adventure with a bear the other day tbat might have proved rather furious to him had It not been for the timely Intervention of one of his dogs , says the Portland Oregonlan. Ho was en gaged In setting traps , and as he had con siderable weight to carry ho had no weapon with him except a jackknlfc , and on his rornds his dogs discovered the winter quar tern of a bear In a hollow tree , The bear was at home and was pretty much alive , as subsequent events proved. As bear pelts are quite valuable , Jake was anxious to secure this one , but was afraid that If ho went to camp , a mile and a half distant , bruin would escape , so ho lashed his pocket knife to the end ot a bttck and attempted to cut the ani mal's throat. He only succeeded In Inflicting same painful flesh wounds , which so enraged the brute that It suddenly came out of Its hole and was almost upon him when one of hit dogs made a sudden onslaught on the tnlmal's rear , which diverted its attention long enough to enable Jaketo dodge behind a tree , and the. dogs soon made It so tropical For the bear that It was glad to take refuge in a tree , where they kept it until the gun A CIIUIHTMAS Nothing more-nothing less that n lady can't buy good cigars for a Euntlemnn. She can we ran Delect u box from our ppeclat Christmas order ( from the best factories on earth ) of Key West or clear Havanna nt $2.00-J3.00-$3.25- ) n box that we'll guarantee to be llrut class. Just' leave It to us and you'll hear no coinplalntu from the smoker. Our number Is over the door. Robertson Bros. , Cigars ( Mnui&d.er < l ) 216S < 15thst- was procured from camp , when the animal was quickly dispatched. NEBRASKA. North I'tatte la agitating an Irrigation ex- position. Harlan county's big corn crop Is not yet alt harvested. The Wahoo butter tub factory Is turning out ISO tuba a day. The Lyons Mirror has celebrated Its fif teenth birthday. Superior \\opts \ \ to have Its starch factory In operation In January. Hastings * new roller mills arc computed and are now In full blast. There ore 170 cases in Jefferson county's bar docket for the next term of court. The people of Roca claim that a wild man haunts the timber skirting on Salt creek. Inland boasts of a citizen 90 years old' who had uwd tobacco for more than sixty years. Clay county Is discussing a proposition to call In an expert to check up the county finances. The 1'awneo Republican claims to be one of the old Inhabitants. It Is twenty-nine years old. The fourteenth annual convention of the Nebraska State Firemen's association meets at Grand Island on January 21. Several merchants of Cook have been ar rested for violating the antl-clgarstte law passed by the last legislature. B. P. Iloscoe , a Swanton butcher , mis took his hand for a piece of raw beef and chopped olt two fingers with a cleaver. Reports from nil over the state Indicate tbat many peopl have gone to Cripple Creek to wrest a fortune from the mines. The 12-year-old daughter of Jacob Zercher , living eight miles west of Randolph , died In three hours from Injuries sustained by a fall on the Ice. Almon Butka , a Doyd county young man , sacrificed Ms life to save the life of a barnyard duck. The duck fell Into the well and when Almon climbed down after It the well caved In. Ho was dead when taken out. IOWA. The Red Oak express Is twenty-eight years old. Rockwell City proposes to have an elec tric lighting plant of Its own. Five men have been arrested at Dubuque for selling horse meat for beef. Ucs Molncs proposes to build on audito rium large enough to seat 8,000 people- . The Improvements at Jefferson for the year just closing foot up to a round $100,000. The pastors of the several churches have formed an association for their mutual bene fit. fit.A A Joint stock company has been organized at Clinton to manufacture horseless car riages. Diphtheria Is raging to such an extent at Oilman that the public schools have been closed. It Is rumcrcd that a gang of counterfqlt- crs have taken up their headquarters near Algona. Burglars broke Into William Edgett's store at Pomeroy and carried away $400 worth of shoes , gloves and .mittens. Burglars opened the safe In Daniel Carver's lumber ofllco at Fontanslle and secured $20 in cash and a check for $375. L. B. Hollowell , editor of the Atlantic Telegraph , is a candidate for tlio position of journal clerk of the Iowa senate. Relmer Dammaln , a German farmer living near Waterloo , was thrown from his wagon wlillo Intoxicated and Instantly killed. During the paot year the citizens of Arm strong Invested $56,297 In now buildings. The town is also putting In a. system of water works. Officers at Slbley captured an Insane woman who 'had cscap&d from the asylum at Mt. Pleasant. She was n-Eurly dead from ex posure. Rudolph Hlller of New Sharon has been notified that lie and his .sister have fallen heirs to a $40,000 estate in Germany. Ililler Is a pocr man. Carl Lehman , editor of the Volksfreund at Burlington , was thrown from a rapidly moving trolley car , alighting with such force as to causa concussion of the brain. Two masked men visited George Goodwin , eight inllC'3 southwest of Whiting , and beat him severely because he refused them mincy. Then" they burned hla house down and es caped. While laboring under a fit of temporary Insanity Fred Herford. a prominent coal dealer of Burlington , jumped from the top of an elevator 100 feet Iil&'a. He died In a few hours. Howard county won the banner awarded by the Tlppscanoe club of Des Molnes to the county making the largest republican gains over last year. Governor Drake will formally present the banner January 7. Lazarus Reynolds of Farnhamvllle was so badly frightened by some boys who rigged up a ghost that he ran nine miles to his home. In two weeks he became Insane and 5ias since been taken , to the asylum. Fred Prltzelmer , a convict In the- peniten tiary at Madrid , committed suicide by hang ing. Ho was a life prisoner , having been sentenced for the murder of Policeman Graves at Ottumwa on March 27 , 1895. The saloons of Fonda , which have been doing business on t'nc supposition that 65 per cent of the voters of Pocahontas county had signed the license petition , have been closed by the sheriff. A technical flaw has been discovered In the petition. A hitch Is said to have occurred In the matter of tlic location of the proposed Odd Fellows Orphan home. Jefferson and In- dlanola both claim the location and the com mittee Is unable to decide. The grand lodge will meet In January to settle the matter by ballot. About January 1 the state treasury will be hard pressed for funds. This arlsej from provisions of the statutes which allow the state Institutions to draw their quarterly accounts on tha first days of January , April , July and October , and the county treasurers to pay their funds to the state treasury about the 15th. 15th.THE THE DAKOTAS. A body of ore running as high as $78 per Ion was struck last -week In the Snowstorm. This mine Is situated en the southwest alopo of Dull hill , Crlpplo Creek. Colonel A. D. Jonea reports the Pharma cist to be In fine shape , says the Colorado Springs Telegraph. There are now twenty- six men at work , and they are mining a high grade of ere. There are now one and one-half to two feet of $800 ore , and sloping A mm SITUATION If you don't think It's wise to buy furs after you've seen the marvelous fur situa tion at our store then you don't need furs that'a all. Woo ) seal capes that fold for 35 and $10 now only $21 otter capes , SO nchea long' and 110-Inch sweep , never offered for lea than $100 , special price $ G9. 'ur gets from I2.W up children's fur Bets , We up. up.G. . Shukert , Furrier.F IftcetitU and Hartley on this ere ulll tit-tfn In n few ilijm. The lait car of second 'ftfid ? went ISO per ton , which was higher ) thsn , wits exp-ctol. The SmuRRlcr-l'tilon Mining company nt Tellurlde contlnue _ lU mining force. It Is estimated that btitwwn S. > 0 and 300 men will be employed "W the company befora January 1. A creamery combiny has been organized at Frederick , S. D. Offic-rs have been elected and matters put In drape to kop the enter * prlso moving. Enough money his been sub scribed to erect nnd e ulp a gooJ building. T o liundrcd and eighty thousand , seven hundred and elghfy'-twb head of stock were driven Into Coloraiio during the year. The majority of these were sent to the stales north of Colorado. The number In 1S93 was 21G.C5S , and In 1S9I , 179.255. A " ( lour fight" U raging at Planklnton , S. D. Flour from Aberdeen and other places In the state has been shipped In and sold at a loss price than the local mill could make It. A price was finally agreed upon by the mer chants and the milt men and everybody Is stocking up for the winter. Of the $20,857.23 worth of notes taken from farmers last spring by the county com missioners of Mlnnehaha county for seed grain has all been paid In but $1,722 , and the treasurer fays all of this IB good. The notes drew 8 per cent Interest and besides helping the firmers greatly the county received about $1,000 Interest. Another rich strike has been made at Terry's Peak , at an elevation of 7,000 feet , the highest point at which ere has been found In the Black Hills. Messrs. Oarvey and Me- Shane , who havT been working the property known as the Hamilton Franklin ground , re cently struck n body of ore which assays from $900 to $1,100 per ton. To raise funds with which to build a Meth odist chapel for the worshipers of ZUbach , Nowlln and Sterling counties , cowboys will take part In a bull fight on a date to bo fixed In the coming month. A number of steers have already betn selected to play the star rcles. The animals will not bo tortured , It ha\lng been arranged tint the fighters shall be armed only with their quirts and firearms will b ? used only In case of absolute neces sity , and the steers will probably enjoy the' performance quite as much as the cowboys. When an animal has been In the ring a suffi cient length of time It will be lassoed and dragged aside and another brought In to take Its place. A rift lias appeared In the clouds that hang over titles of land In tha West Creek mining district. Register Meldrum of the State Land board Is responsible for the gleam of sunshine. He pointed out that there arc quite a number of sections of school land In the forest reservation surrounding the new gold camp. According to his opinion the regulations of the United States govern ment do not apply to the lands owned by the state. If he Is right In his Interpreta tion of the law prospectors may go right along with their work , provided they1 are on school land , with full expectation of being protected by the state in their rights. The state decs not sell mineral land , but Will lease It on highly favorable terms. While out on horseback after cattle some distance north of Harold Misses Mary Marso and Emma Schultz , two girls of 18 and 20 years respectively , sighted six. wolves , and promptly gave chasa to them. After a hard chase one of the animals was run down , and Miss Schultz dismounted , armed with a heavy strap and buckle , to dispatch It. The creature showed fight and caught the girl's hand In Us mouths < IHer companion came to her assistance , and after a lively skirmish -Miss Schultz contrived * to get his uelfship down and hold him while her friend tied his feet. The pair then pounded him to death with the strap , brought him Into town and received the bounty offered by the state for the scalp. t j Several rich strikes' of gold have been mads recently on the''Yellow creek , In the Black Hills country,1 and quite a rush I ? being made for tne > 'locallty in question by miners all over that part of the state , as well as from Wyonllns and Montana. Dan Shea , by whom the1 first strike was made , had been prospecting lor several months with but Indifferent1 success along the banks of the creek , when he1 unexpectedly discov ered a chute of ore near the head or the stream , averaging' ' from $30 to $50 In gold to tlid ten. The stze of the vein has not yet been definitely determined , but Shea Is satls- lflD3 that'his find Is-a rlch one'and has're- fuscd several flattering offers for the claim. Tom Conway , another prospsctor In the sama locality , has also recently opened up an ore chute , which at first assayed from $1 to $6 per ton , but which , from samples taken from the face of the workings a. few days ago , yielded returns of $30 per ton. WYOMING. The Pennsylvania Oil company of Casper has received an order for oil from England. Johnston , the coda town of Notrona county , has been rechrlstened and will now be known to fameas Berthaton. ' Work Is temporarily suspended on the Green river oil well , the money subscribed by the company having been exhausted. Casper parties are working a new coal prcspect recently discovered near that c'.ty ' which gives every promise of being a valuable mine. The Wyoming experiment station at Lander Is about to add a new feature In the feeding of live stock. Different kinds of feed are to bo tried and "the results given to the public through bulletins regularly Issued. Joe Craig , one of the original locators of the Iron Hill mine. In the Bald mountain district , recently sent a sample of ore from his property to the School of Mines and re ceived the intelligence that It assayed $312 In gold par ton. Utah's sheep are making life a heavy burden for Wyoming flock , masters , If the Rock Springs Independent Is to bo believed. Utah sheep are coming Into the county In laige numbers and it Is estimated that about 100,000 are already across Green river. Up to date there has been expended by the state the sum of $11,256 as bounty on the de struction of predatory wild animals , Liramle county leading with $1,492 and Sweetwater lowest with $92. The amount appropriated by the legislature was $25.000. This amount to cover a period of two years. Examination of the prospects In the War- Dennett mining district , in the Laramle mountains , reveals the fact that the section contains a number of well defined leads of gold and copper , running from $2.50 to $20 per ton in gold. The deposits are largely composed of copper pyrites , associated with malachite. Tha large storage reservoir recently com pleted by the Wyoming Development com pany at Wbeatland , will put the fanners in this enterprising colony In the best position In the future. The reservoir , which covers 1,200 acres of ground , Is fifty feet deep , and being filled with water will assure an ample supply at all seasons of the year , Development workin the Stinking Water and Shoshone river valleys has resulted In the discovery of several large veins of gold bearing rock. Ths | Is" , practically an unex plored region , but , especially In the vicinity / < 'r'"CH/ ' OlUl MK.VH 91.00 COUIC OAI/VI3H- Ho walked through slush with a jaunty air , Nor utepped he hleh to escape the ooze , For Jones had bought him a splendid pair Of the very latest cork bole shoes. "Your feet will never be wet In thee. " The clerk had tmld , and 'twuu oven to : Jones broke through the Ice just after the freeze And his feet swam dry , with his head be low. Our men's $1.00 enamela are absolutely water proof but they won't tloat. Cr xel Shoe Co. , ioi a t or our Illus- | / | O * * i-r irutou catalogue , - eanon moil nf th ranchmen In tbil vicinity will roaort to thin * lmplf nnd niipvfii.ly lfclent ! remedy for the wolf pest. The i-fcord of M rlcopa county , . T. , shows th.it S3 per cent of the p.iupars of Ihe county are Mexicans. With a Mcx'.cnn impu tation of only one-ninth , they constitute o\fr three-quarters of the county Indigent. A good KtrlKo I * reported nl the Thorp ? mine at a depth of 30u feet. The ere Is s.ild to a\crage $ GO fi'to RuUl , while the sulnlmrets are \ciy rich. Th mlnw Is In C.il.weras county , California , about one mile south of the Calavcras mine. A fellow ate thirteen t.imale.t and drank a gallon of mescal nt Tombstone , Arl . , the other night Inside of one hour. As hu blew In all his money for the tanules and booze , It w.is necessary to pays mound Iho lint to raise money enough to bury him the next day , Plncapplo culture In San Diego county Is so successful that one of the state horticul tural commissioners e.iys plants will b ? fur nished to ranchers for the cost of the freight , proUdlng a certain number of grim erg will undertake the culture of this luscious fruit. Mrs. RM of Tucson , Ariz. , a widow of Bradford Dally , whosi freighting outfit \uis captured and destroyed by Indiana near Las Cruccs , N. M. , nearly twenty-two years ago , has been paid $7,000 by ti ! > government. So far as known this Is the third Indian depre dation claim that has booi : p-lld. The California state hatchery on Battle creak in ado a phenomenal catch of salmon eggs during this Reason. They took over 10,000,000 CKBS. and were catching them at the * rate bf 1,000,000 per day when the stor- cge capacity became overcrowded nnd the work of taking the eggs was abandoned. Supervisor Turner of San Bernardino county Is using an odometer on the wheels of prospectors' wagons to determine distances on the desert. Signs are to be set up as fast as the distances are determined. The signs are to be metal , with the- letters fused on the pluto and glazed , to make them re sist all action of the elements , cither sand storms , wind or wator. The posts will be two-Inch , heavy Iron pipe , will set In the ground , and It they are not tampered with will last a long time. I. M. Yandell , an old-tlmo Hudson Bay company trapper nnd buffalo hunter , who has lived among the Bannock Indians since ISIS , was In Pocatcllo the other day. In discussing the Indian situation , he said that It would bo necessary to exercise the greatest caution next spring to prevent trouble with the Bannocks. Tho. hilling of one of the Ban nock bucks In Jackson's Hole- last summer , he said , had made the savages very Indig nant. Three Bannocks , he says , have been appointed to kill the white man who killed their brother one from the Fort Hall res ervation , and two from the Wood River res ervation. The danger , ho thinks , will como from the fact that these three avengers will start to kill and forget to quit. This , Mr. Yandell says. Is the way the Nez Peres war began In 1S77. IIIDDKN OH.U'TIJIl IX HISTOUY. Hoiv Stitntoii Clinmeil Oreeloy trltlt Iiieltliiiv t Murder. Part- third , volume 40 , serial No. 97 , of the Rebslljfm Records , recently Issued by the War department , contains three official telegrams between Edwin M. Stanton. sec retary of war , and Edwards Plerrepont of New York , which It Is not likely very many people ever before heard of. They make strangj reading at this late day , says the Globe-Democrat , nnd to those familiar with the character of Horace Greelsy , the accu sations of Mr. Stanton must cause a smile. It seems that during the' few weeks suc ceeding the assassination of President Lin coln , the Now York Tribune published cer tain matter concerning the action of the War department In tracing down the crim inals , which It pleased Mr. Stanton to place a strange construction upon. Under date of May 12 , 1865 , the secretary telegraphed Mr. Edwards Plerrepont , the great Now York lawyer , as follows : "WAR DEPARTMENT , WASHINGTON , D. C. , May 12 , 1SC5. Hon. Edwards Plorre- pont. New York : I have written tonight to retain you and Cutting and Brady , or any one else you may desire to have associated with you , to prosecute Horace Greeley and the owners of the Tribune for Greeley's persistent effort the last four weeks to incite cite- assassins to finish the work by murderIng - Ing me. Pleaeo give the matter your Imme diate attention on receiving this letter , nnd secure copies of alt the Tribunes pub lished since the night of the president's mur der , and get the names of the owners. I propose to prosecute criminally , and also by civil suit , for I shall not allow them to have mo murdered and escape responsibility with out a struggle for life on my p-art. " ( Signed. ) EDWIN M. STANTON. " The other attorneys referred to above wore Francis B. Cutting and James T. Brady , the latter at that time New York's greatest criminal lawyer. Mr. Stanton must luvc been very badly frightened when ho penned that telegram ; a fact which , no doubt. Impressed itself upon the mind of Mr. Plerrepont , for his reply was very discreet : "NEW YORK , May 13. 1S65. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton , Secretary of War , Washington , D. C : All will receive prompt and judicious action. " ( Signed ) EDWARDS PIERREPONT. " The use of the word "Judicious" In the above shows that Mr. Plerrepont did not share Mr. Stanton's fears , or belief , In Mr. Greeley's bloodthlrstlncss of purpose. Mr. Stanton evidently detected this spirit In Mr. Pierrepont's reply , for ho Immediately sent another dispatch , as follows : "WAR DEPARTMENT , WASHINGTON , May 13 , 1SG3 , 5 p. in. Hon. EdwardsTlerro- pont , Now York : I have proof of express personal malice against me by Greeley , and believe that I can establish a combination between him and others which may end In accomplishing my death , as it did against Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward. This Is my reason for distinguishing his case from others of general vituperation. " ( Signed ) EDWIN M. STANTON. " ( Same to F. B. Cutting. ) " Mr. Plerrepont does not seem to have oven replied to this , nor did Mr. Cutting , for the telegraphic correspondence was brought to an abrupt clcse. The. dispatches quoted furnish a curious commentary upon the excitement among public officials of those days , but they ore particularly Interesting as giving a further Insight Into the undlscrlmlnatlng and vin dictive phases of Mr. Stanton's character. Accusing Horace Greeley of conspiring with the assassins of Mr , Lincoln to commit fur ther murder ! No wonder Mr. Plerrepont could only promise to act "Judiciously" In the matter. No doubt Stanton's telegrams were shown to Mr. Greeley , and how the latter's guileless and benign countenance must have expanded Into a broad smile. Scrofula lurks In the blood of-nearly everyone one- , but Hoods Sarsaparllla drives It from the system-and nukes pure blood , PEUM PIGTURRS PL , EX AS AN KY AND % POIN'TElDLxY . PUT f. A. SOMI ! HILVI3U THA SKT May bo what you're looking for a n gift- but If It'H more expensive than you think S-ou can afford , we susuetft these any of then * for W.OO. Leather cigar cose fancy match box final ! clock with or without alarm fine pen knife line portmannulr polld silver fancy sugar spoons , elided wollil Oliver cream spoon solid llver fruit knife and pick , extra line silver plated oyster ladle Kllver call bell , handsome silver plated knife , fork and spoon in case for child -und numberless other just as sensi ble Rifts. . Mail orders tilled. Open evenings. Matidelberg , LFW , N. E. Cor. 16tli & ForauM FIIOH THIS TO A OKXT From a magnificent Klmball piano the sweetest toned on eurth' to a Kood piece of sheet music for one cent that's the ranee of our offerings for Chrlstmau gifts. Special prices for these three days. A epUndld , new , eastern made piano for $175 $15 down , $3 per month. A. Hospe , jr , Music and Art. 1513 Douglas St of the Rnmshorn mountain , minor * are flockIng - Ing In. In gplto ot the cold weather claims arc being located at A rapid rate. The ore I * of the free milling variety and ni ays up In the hundreds. OREOON. The telephone wires arc being placed under ground In Portland , An epidemic of distemper is prevalent among horses In various parts ot Bcnton county. The salmon hatchery at Mapleton , on the Siuslaw , Mill probably turn out 40,000 Chinook salmon this year. E. Boettchcr has 7,200 sheep which hea \ feeding at Pendleton , as he did last winter. To teed these sheep requires on an average 14,000 pounds ot chopped feed per day. In southern Curry county Is a valuable borax mine , the. only ono known to exist In the state. It was mined successfully for years , until work was suspended on ac- county of litigation. . Railroad rumors are rife on the Loner Klamath. A party of seven or eight men front Eureka were recently seen with tran sits , levels and nil the apparatus necessary for making a preliminary survey. After a few days they returned to Eureka. Mr. Normlllc of Astoria , has secured the contract for connecting Cedar creek with Bear creek , by digging a canal. He will start work this we k. with twenty-five men. The canal will bo 700 feet long , and It wilt take ten days or two weeks to do the work. On Tlllamook rock the- other day a ; dog went mad and began chasing the men alt around the place. After much hard work and scheming they finally succcded In lockIng - Ing the animal In the dining room , where after a time , In Its mad frnzy , It butted Its brains out against the wall. For the past few years deer have been Increasing rapidly onthe / Oilman cattle range , commencing a few miles southeast of Fossil , and the settlers have been looking forward to good shooting , but their hopes are doomed to disappointment , as a party of slwashes moved In this season and killed thirty-five head , a number equal to the In crease of several year ? . At Adams a pool of 40,000 bti'luls of wheat was purchased by the Pacific Coast Elevator company , the price paid being 40 cents a bushel. It Is reported that a pool of 100,000 bushels has been formed In Pen- dloton , and the owners will hold off until 40 cents Is offered. Two thousand bushels of red chaff was sold In Pendleton for 38 cents a bushel. WASHINGTON. The Wlllapa Pilot estimates that 30,565,000 feet of logs have ; been put In the water fills season. Edwall Is to have a flouring mill. Nearly $5,000 of the capital stock has been sub scribed. The Oakesdale flouring mill will bo started up again should the. prlco of flour advance to correspond with the rlbe In wheat. A company Is to be Incorporated with $40- 000 capital stock to establish a vitrified brick factory on the Columbia a few miles above Vancouver. The owners of the Post Falls woolen mills have offered to move , the plant to Spokane If they can get from that city $2,500 in cash and building material. At the Yaklma Hortlcullural society , at North Yaklma , Secretary Mitchell said the- fruit Industry of Yaklma county comprised 4,000 acres , and Is a greater source of profit than any other industry. The Klamath Falls Express says : We claim the honor of being farther removed from a railroad than any town In the union which can lay claim to a complete system of elec tric lights and water works. It Is reported that 'the output of logs from Stella , Cowlltz county , will be 7,000,000 feet this year , and 'that , owing to Increased fa cilities for the works , these figures will bo Increased to about 12,000,000 feet next year. Puget sound shipping men say that the demand for tonnage for immediate loading to transport lumber to Central and South American , Oriental and coastwise points Is better than at any tlmo since the palmy days of 1889. It Is stated that tlie farmers In and around Lebam , In the Wlllapa valley , ar ? about to form a stock company to purchase the cream- cry building and equipments put In there last summer , to prevent the plant being moved away. By reason of ths rapid development ot the surrounding mining Interests , Spokane , for the first tlmo In two years , again finds Itself un der the requirement of sending east for eggs. Two car loads of eastern eggs have recently bean brought to that city. A year ago large quantities were being shipped cut to the Montana mining camps. Sturgeon fishing Is now taking the place of salmon fishing In Gray's harbor , and there Is every prospect of a large number of men en gaging In the work. Heretofore the fisher men have not been Inclined to pay much at tention to sturgeon fishing , owing to the ir regularity of the demand , but now there Is a steady demand and good prices paid for these fl&h , and fair to middling wages can be made In the flsolng. It Is said that a largo jam of logs has lodged In the Satsap river about one mile from the mouth. It Is reported to bo one-half mile long , and to contain over 5,000,000 feet of logs. There has always been a small jam In the river at that point , but It was sup- pooad tbat It would all go out the first high water , as work was put on It during the past summer for that purpose. Should It be impossible to remove the jam the loss will be unusually severe on the unfortunates , as the logs bekng to hinall ranchers and loggers , who depend on them for their winter sup plies. MISCELLANEOUS. Over C.000,000 pounds of wool were handled at Great Falls , Mont. , last season. The mayor of Marlcopa , Ariz. , flned a ten derfoot $5 the other day for kissing a squaw. Salt River valley , Arizona , has shipped since Juno 30,000 head of cattle , beulde-s supplying the home demand. A largo gold-bearing vein Is reportsd to have btn found near Moose like , sixteen mlUs from Phllllpsburg , Granlto county , Mont. The Gualala Mill company In Humboldt county , California , has been cutting 90,000 feet of lumber a day and shipping about 2,000,000 feet a month. California produced 223,289 pounds of oleo margarine during ths fiscal year ending Juno 30 , 1895. Of this amount all but 29,330 pounds was consumed In this state. An old man named Clifford and Anna Jau- not , a 12-year-old girl , applied for a marriage license at Idaho City , Idaho , but wer < j re fused. The old man had the written consent of the child's father. Some of the small stockmen along Eagle creek , Montana , belled their calvea tills sea son as a protection against wolves and the scheme proved successful. In former sea sons it was not unusual to have one-third of the calf crop killed by wild animals , but this year no loss at all waa suffered by those who adopted the above precaution. Next SIK.V AHH PIJ.VXV ANIMALS They'll buy n COo shirt and CIIFS the Itum- dry und they'll make more fus over losing a little collar button thnn over did you ever lose your collar button ? Did you ever notlco that It's the trifles In this world that bother a man the most a Uo Blilrt In u trifle not to ba trifled with by any man who wears one of our dollar shirts. We are hcndquarteru on such Blilrta as Wilson Bros. , Star Brand and KItk , Claik & FIugK , Ladles will Und our store full of ClirlBtmua gifts. Albert Calm , Men's Furulaher , 1322 Furuara * TIM : Mo.Mtoi : IIOUTHIM : . Orliiln of Hit * > ntli iint PnllorVlilrh .NIMV Allinrltlfiitlon. . A writer In the December Fimim ex plains the origin of the Monroe doctrln * ai follows ! The M'wroo ( Lwlrlno U tlio eollfctho term applied to two OfcUMtlons ccnitalncd In tha i.rs .ii ? of President Monroa to the con- grow of the Uiilt d States. December 2 , 1823. The two declaration * are to bo found In dlf- ( emit pardons of tlu > mpjsnut1 , nnd are mnilo with reference to different subject mutters ; the hlstuiy of one Is different from that ct the oth r , anl the Rcncr.il pilnclplc * ug- R-sti-it by the two refer to entirely different jubjpets. I will consider them separately. The first declaration Is as follows : At the proposal of the Russian Imperial go\ eminent , made through the inlnHor of the rmprror losldliig hero , a full power and Instructions li.ive been transmitted to tlio minister ot the United Stntes at St. Pcleis- burg , to arrange , by amicable negotiation , the respective rights nnd Interests nf tli two nations on tl.o northwest coat t o'f thl continent * A similar proposal lifts been made by his Impel lal majesty to the government ot Great Britain , which has llU wh < o been acceded to. The government ot Ihc United States has been deslrlous , by this friendly proceeding , of manifesting thegreit value which they have Invailably attached to the friendship ot the emperor , and their solid- tuda to cultlvato the best umlotptandlng with his government. In Urn dl'Ctisnlen to which this Interest has given vise , and In the ar rangements by which they , may terminate. the occasion has been judged proper for as serting , as a principle In which the rights and Interests of the United States are In volved. that the American continents , by the fro > and Independent condition which they have assumed and maintained , are henceforth not to bo considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. The same message contained the following language : In the wars of the European powers , In matters i elating to themselves , wo have never taken ny pait , nor docs It comport with our policy so to do. It Is. only when our rights nro Invaded or seriously menaced that we resent Injuries or make proptr.itlun for our defense. With the movements In this hemisphere wo arc , of necessity , more Im mediately connected , nnd by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and Im partial observers. The political cystem of tha allied powers Is essentially different In this respect from that of America. This dlf- feronco proceeds from that which exists In their respective governments. And to the defense of our own , which has ben achieved by the loss of so much blood nnd treasure , and matured by the wisdom of our most en lightened cltzcns , nnd under which wo have enjoyed unexampled felicity , the whols na tion Is devoted. Wo owe It , therefore , to candor and to the amicable relations nxlstlng between the United States nnd those powers to declare that wo should consider any at tempt on their part to extend their system to any portion ot this hemisphere ns dan gerous to our peace nnd safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies cf any European power we have not interfered and shall not Interfere , but with the governments who have declared their Independence and maintained it , and whose Independence wo have on great consideration nnd on Just principles acknowledged , wo could not view any Interposition for the purpose of oppress ing them , or controlling In any other man ner their destiny , by any European power , in any other light thnn as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States. Upon the downfall of Napoleon , ns every student of history knows , an alllanco of European powers was formed , nnd became known as the Holy Alliance , composed nt Russia , Prussia , Austria and Franco.Tho objects of this alllanco were , among others , to sustain and extend monarchical principles as far as possible , and especially to restore to their thrones the legitimate monarch who had been deposed by Napoleon , or by their own subjects under the Influence of the prin ciples of the French revolution. This was a powerful alliance , and accomplished much In the direction Indicated. In fact , Europe was thoroughly reactionary at this tlmo. Public constitutions had been subverted and the people oppressed ; Bourbon rule was fully re stored. At this point the Holy Alliance turned Its attention to the new world. Tlio Spanish- American states had successfully revolted from Spain and were now In existence as In dependent governments. The Holy Alllanco proposed to extend its operations to this con tinent. and to restore Ferdinand to his re volted states. Englnml was not a member of the Holy Alliance , but was favorable to Its general principles and policy. To this par ticular venture , however , she wns very much opposed. The general principles of the Holy Alliance were In harmony with the monarchical Institutions and ideas of Great Britain , but the possession of Cen tral Ame-rlca by Spain , or by any other European country , would have been Injurious to the commercial Interests cf Great Britain. This , and other considerations In tlie tnino direction of greater or lew Importance , pre vailed , and England came out In open oppo sition to the scheme of the Holy Alliance. She- sought to enlist the sympathy and co operation of the United States , whoso gov ernment was naturally very much Interested In the question. As a republic , It could not view , except with great displeasure , the ex tension of the reactionary movement to this continent and so gleat wan the power of the alliance that the United States , then a young nation nnd a pioneer In free government , was not entirely free from the fear that the alliance would ultimately extend Its Interfer ence to turselves. For this reason the atti tude of England was viewed with grsot public approval In this country ; nnd while the United States government did not act on the subject In the manner proposed by England , yet the president , with the advlc ; and ap proval of hla cabinet , took the position that the United States would not approve ot the extension of the operations of the Holy Alli ance to this continent. What Is cnlUd the Monroe doctrine grew out of the agreement between the United States and England on this subject of Interference with the- govern mental forms of Spanish-American countries. Tlie M.iilrru Has found Uut her little ones are Improved mere by the pleasant laxative. Syrup of FJga , when In need of the laxative effect * of a gentle remedy than by any othtr , and that It U moro acceptable to them. Children enjoy It and It benefits them. The trua remedy. Syrup of Figs , Is manufactured by the California Flu Syrup Co. only. A OOK'N I-"I' for Mnxlc. Selectman Thomts of Mllford , Conn. , is the owner of a fine Scotch collie dog that Is very fond of vocal music , and who will join his master In singing America's national hymn. The Kinging Itself U not so wonder ful as the fact that the animal starts In on the flrat note and holds tin proper key and kosps remarkably good tlmo throughout the entire song. MrS A'SICATI.VH fiO- Kor n quarter of . century there has never been the equal mnda to Peck & Snyder'a club ekatu , Their "New Ameri can Club" is the finest fkutu on earth to- iluy ; the foot plate la ono uolld piece and the fUKt''nlnh's nru no easy that any child can operate thnn. We ure eloblnc out Peck & Hnydpr'u tiltuteH ulontf with Dm re t of our goods , und today price the Me wkutea at SOc. $ l.bO skutcH at C5c , J1.50 skutcH tor $1,10 , $2.50 Bkiiles Jl.SO , $3.00 ukutei ) $2.20 and $1.00 Hkutes nt $2 SO. Columbia Metal Polish. Mall orders illliO. Cross Gun Co. , Sportluu Goods. 116S. 15th St.
