! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : atttXDAT. JANUARY 0 , 1SOG. Pulse of Western Progress. Colorado 1ms fulfllM the promise ot year ago ; It hai overlapped California tn Its gold production for 1S93 , an ! novr stands without a peer In all the states of the union. For the first time In Its history , too , the value of Colorado's production of gold over reached that of silver by fully $3,000,000 , says the Denver Republican , and that It no mean figure when It Is considered the silver production amounted to $14,253,049. $ Three years ago these unacquainted with the re- tources of the state predicted that It had received Itn death blow by the depreciation In the price of silver , mit at the beginning of 1S9C Colorado l.i the oasis In the desert ot general depression to which all the rest of the country Is locking for relief through Its gold production. An Increase of gold during the pa > t year was not unexpected , because during 1S94 , when gold was tiio cry , the state had begun to show Its vast re- fcourcca In that 'dlrctlon , but the proportion over the previous year will astonish these wlm are upncqualnted with the amount of work being prosecuted In every camp. The figures given above are conservative , how ever , anJ the output of the different counties Kosa to show that the amount Is If anything understated. The remarkable showing made by Crlppta Creek did n grot deal to place Colorado at the head ot the great producers , but Lcadvllle , the camp ? ot Qllpln county , V the San Juan district. Summit , Park nnd every camp , In fact , that produces gold has Increased Its product the past year and hau made prcpiratlons lo add further to Its powers of productiveness the coming year. It Is a trite raying that mining In Colorado Is but In Its Infancy , yet the records of the past two years nra beginning to prove this very conclusively. In that tlmo the output of gold has doubled. The past year the values of the metals have risen ; the pre mium placed on gold has advanced the value of that mct.xl considerably , although the opinion still prevails In some quarters that it Is stationary , sliver has risen a fraction over 2 cents per ounce and copper about 1 cent per pound , whllo lead has been about the same. The premium on gold ! cd to a larger quantity than ever being sent direct Irom the mills and smelters to New York and Washington. The production of sliver the past year was a little less than for 1891. Copper and lead are about the same. DIG RAILROAD I10NUS. The Mexican government has granted to an American syndicate a concession to build a railroad from Tonola to Tuxtla , and from St. Geronlmo to the frontier ot Guatemala , with branches from La Pachulla to St. Ilcnlto , says a recent dispatch to the Cheyenne Trib une. The distance Is 405 English miles. The road will pass through the states of Oxacla and Chiapas. The government granted a subsidy of $5,000,000 , and con struction will begin In April , 1S9G. The American syndicate Is backed by eastern and western capitalists and the company will be Incorporated under the name of the Mexican & Guatemala Railroad company , with a capital of $10,000,000. The syndicate wlVbo representnd by the following officers : tr President , RoberP. . Porter of Cleveland , ex-superintendent of the United States cen sus ; treasurer , S. W. Allerton , the well known Chicago mlli.uhalre ; vice president and gen eral manager , II. M. B. Bary ot Philadelphia ; general secretary , E. B. Bary of Boston. The main offices will b ? In Chicago and the City of Mexico. REDDING'S RICH STRIKE. A rich strike has Just been reported to have been made In Supervisor Conant's mine on , Harrison gulch , west of here , bays a Reddlns , Cal. , dispatch to the San Francisco Call. The ere prospects ssvcral hundred dollars per ton Jn gold. It Is thought to bo one of the rich est striken In the county. The boom in the mining Industry Is bringing prosperity to Red ' ding and Shasta county. Never In the history of the town have her merchants noyed ] such a good trade OP prospects looked brighter than they do at present. The city Is thronged with people , hotels are filled to overflowing and money seems plentiful. Several new buildings are now In course of construction nnd plaru being drawn for others , among them a new brick atoro on Market street and n magnificent three-otory brlclc and stone Hotel to cover the ontlro block bounded by Center , Yuba , Placer and California streets. CANNIUAIS IN MCXICO. John Martin , on American prospector , who has just returned after a year's absence In the gold fields of Sonera , Mex. , brings a horrible atory of cannibalism , which occurred In that republic , says the San Francisco Examiner. Some weeks ago a party of five Sadl Indians , a race closely allied to the Yaqul tribe , driven to desperation by hunger , ambushed and Jellied three Americans working in the gold fields In the state of Sonora , about 300 miles BOutli of Heriuoblllo , and then cooked and ate the bodies. Friendly Yaquls reported the affair to the authorities , and after a pursuit of several weeks the perpetrators were cap tured In their mountain homo about the 1st of Docoinber. They were taken to Gtmymaa and thcnco to the City of Mexico , where they will be oxMuti * : . The five cannibals were Been by Martin , and ho reported them as the lowest order of the Indian race existing In the republic. They do not deny the crime , but say that they were starving nnd killed nnd ate the men to save themselves from death. The names of the Americans are not even Known to the authorities , being a party of prospectors who had been panning gold in the Yaqul rlvor for sonio months before they were killed. Kvery clew which might have led to their Identity wna destroyej by the can nibals. The Indiana remained about the scene of the crime for some diys , feasting off the .remains , nnd took what remained of the cooked flesh to their homes In the mountains , where they told their glory to friends , and an Investigation followed * proving Its truUi. Mr. Martin Is n man who has resided hero for years , and his reputation is excellent , so his story cannot bo doubted. Great care was taken by the Mexican officials to keep the horrible story a secret , and the prisoners were closely guarded and no one allowed to com municate with them while being taken to the City of Mexico. TUB SLOGAN MINES. O , O. FOBS , n railroad contractor of this city , returned after the completion ot a con tract for the building ot a part ot the road bed ot the Knslo and SI oca n railway , tn Drltlsh Columbia , Just north of Spokane , rays the Minneapolis Tribune. The roadbed Is narrow guugo , thlrty-throo miles In length , built almost entirely for the purpose of hauling ore from the Slccan mining country , nnd v < as built by Foley Ilros. & Guthrle of St. Paul , the general railroad contractor probably In the Interest and with the support of the Great Northern road , although the mad It an Independent corporation. Mr Foss siys It la nell built , with forty-nve pound steel rails , anil has more work than Its two locomotives and Its present supply of rolling Block can carry. The ore Is silver nnd lead and Is shipped to the pincHers at Spokane and Everett. Over 2,000 ton ) of ore have been shipped out of the country over thU road since It was turned over to the operating department last month. Speaking of the mines In that section , Mr. Fo said that ho had been In many ot the mining camps of the northwest , hut he had never rcen any which were M uniform In output as these of the Slocan country. The principal mines , ot which there are now twenty-live shipping cro , are the "Slocan Star , " the "Nobeld Five , " the "I > ast Chance , " the "Dead Man. " the "Washington" and the "Payne. " Of these , the "Slocan Star" has n lead of solid ere fourteen feet through , In the other mines the leads are smaller , but of a high grade. ' The ore , which runs from CO to 80 per cent lead , pays the miners , after the smelting charges and the freight la paid , an average 6t $100 a ton , varying all the way frcm $00 to $150 a ton. The duty on the lead In the ere operates to dis criminate against the smelters on the Ameri can side , and thus retard the development ot the country. In the opinion of Mr. Foss , the country would bo much more rapidly developed If It were In the United States. As It Is , over 75 per cent ot the population , and a larger percentage ot the money nnd enterprise , Is from this side of the line. PROMISING GOLD CAMP. Another new mining camp has come quietly to the front and Is turning Into a small bonanza to the holders of claims. Just the other sldo ot Idaho Springs Is the little sta tion of Uumont , says the Denver News , where for some months there has been considerable prospecting and some big assays secured. The matter v ns kept very quiet and men went Into the district and located until there Is now within n short distance of the rail road a population of between 150 and 00 men , all engaged In mining. A committee was sent to Denver to Induce the railroad officials to open up n depot and telegraph otfice. Afler looking Into the matter It was found that the freight business nlono of the place was sufllclcnt to warrant the es tablishment of a depot , and It will be opened within a few days. The mlno which Is ship ping at present , and which seems to be a small bonanza , Is called the Golconda , and Is owned by Denver parlies. Two veins of ore running as high as $200 to the ton In gold have been opened up , and several carloads of are have been shipped. Adjoining1 this claim Is the East Golconda , also owneil by Denver men , nnd at a depth of sixteen feet they un covered the main Golconda vein , which runs , apparently , the full lenglh of their claim. Shipment from this claim will begin tn small quantities , and wilt bo Increased as rapidly as the property can be developed. The speci mens of ore sent to friends of the owners In the city are beautiful , the mineral carrying also some copper , and the different colors In the rock form a pretty combination , as well as considerable value , the assays from the end claim fully upholding the $200 returns from the original claim. THE DAKOTAS. A movement- well on foot to establish a creamery at Alpena. Over 400 delegates attended the- recent meeting of the South Dakota Educational as sociation at Aberdeen. Vermllllon was se lected as the place for the next meeting. An effort Is being made to establish a permanent state Immigration association In South Dakota. With this to view , a conven tion la to be held January 15 ad Mitchell. The Sanborn County Farmers' Institute has Issued a two days' program to bo held In Artesian January 7 and 8 , under the auspices of the faculty of the State , Agricul tural college , by President McLouth and Prof. W. II. II. Phillips , assisted by local talent. An underground survey of the ere bodies of the Two Hears Mining company's claim In Oro-FIno canyon has been made , and the estimate , which Is said to be conservative , places the assay value of the ore at $15,000- 000. The mines nro located two miles east of Deadwood. rtnT.ni > Ann Fifteen million tons of Ice were used In constructing Leadvllle's ice palace. Some Idea of the magnitude of the coal resources cf Huerfano county may bo formed when It Is known that there are about 40,000 acres , and each acre contains 100,000 tons , era a total of 4,000,000,000 tons , an amount almost beyond comprehension. The. city of Florence has enjoyed an area of prosperity , there having been spent in resi dences about $10,000 ; In business buildings about $30,000 ; a new High school building erected at a cost of $12,000 , an electric light plant at n cost of $7,000 , a canning factory at a cost of $7,000. It Is thought the Cyrstal River railroad will bo constructed during the year 1S9G ; It will run from Carbonate , up Crystal river to the coal mines and marble quarries , which are located In PltKIn ccunty. Its length will b3 about thirty miles nnd the estimated cost of construction will bo $30,000. The nreckenrldgo Journal estimates the oii'mit ' nf the Summit county mines for 1895 at $800,000 , divided as follows : One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollaro frcm placers , $200,000 from mills , $330.000 from ere shipments and $100,000 from oilier sources. The mint bureau credited this county with $231,432 gold and $570,785 sliver In 1391 , the silver being valued at $1.29 per ounce. Whllo coal mining , an Industry which em ploys about 1,000 men in the vicinity of Florence In the op'ratlon of eovon coal inlnea , has not botin particularly active throughout the year , the miners are all busy at present nnd expect to bi until April nr Mjy next. There Is producfd In the neigh borhood of 2,000 tons of ccal per day , and the monthly pay amounts to about $75,000. Arrangements have- finally bo n completed with the Dunkard communities scattered over Iowa , Dakota , Nebraska and Kansas to settle In a body In Grand Valley , near Grand Junction , during the coming spring. Over 100 famlll's , all well-to-do , will come. Each will take up n ranch upon fruit land , and plant apple , pear , apricot , nnd peach orchards , A largo church will at once be built for Dunkard worship. The now Acacia Mining company , which re cently absorbed the Calumtt company , has put twenty-flv. men to work on the Burns and Morning Star claims , at Crlpplo Creek , and will soon bo hoisting ore. The prop erties having lain Idle for o\tr a year , are In rather bad condition , and TO mo time will hi consumed In clearing up drifts , but the management of the new company states th > it It nil ) x\ork the properties In a sys tematic manner and will not attempt to giiugo th ore , WYOMING. Loramle 1 * to have a mining exchange. A deposit ot copperas has been discovered In tbe vicinity ot Otto , Dig Horn county. The Pennsylvania Oil and Gas company of Casper are now supplying four railroads with lubricating oil. The seventy coke ovens at Cambria are being run to their full capacity and are unable - able to snipply the demand , Sheridan people shipped 15,000 bricks to the Crow agency , to be used In the construction of a new school house there. An experienced prospector from Colorado hai been Invcstlsatlng the Scpblllc country tor minerals during the past two .months and claims to have made valuable discoveries. A railroad to bilng built from Grass creek , Utah , to the Grass Creek coal mine. One of the tracks has already been constructed. The mine , which has been abandoned for some time , will bo reopened and worked upon the completion of the track. The coal and Iron deposits at Semlnoo , In Carbon county , are attracting a great deal of attention lately. An expert nas rent to the fields a few days since for the purpose of making an examination. The coal Is of the very best quality and the extent ot the fields make It practically Inexhaustible. The examination was made at the Instance of some Colorado parties. On one ot the tributaries of Horse creek , near the divide between Gresn and Gray rivers , Is a mineral spring which thi settlers - tlers of that locality claim possesses superior medicinal virtues. The curative powcra of. . the water were recognized nnd enjoyed by the Indians. In taste and effe-ct It Is said to bo similar to the famous Hunyadl water of Buda Pesth , Hungary. No analysis of It has ever been mode , and what Its health pro ducing components may be can only he con jectured. Boating Is actlvo on the upper Willamette. At Salem the river Is about seven feet above low-water mark and shippers are taking ad vantage of It , offering the boats all the freight they can carry. OREGON. George Ellis , stock Inspector of Umatllla county , rays all but 10,000 of the 240,000 aheep In that county have been officially Inspected and that only three bands were found to be Infected with scab. Jamctf Fletcher's dogs captured , a gray fox near Dayton. The fox measured forty-one Inches from tip to tip and stood seventeen Inches high. The people of that section had been troubled by what they thought was a wildcat. A coon , without a hair to cover himself with , was caught In a trap at James Cowan's camp , on North Coos river , the other day. Among the many theories advanced to ex plain his bare condition is one that ho was singed by a stroke of lightning. The right of the Tlllamook Boom company to chargu for holding and booming logu has long ben denied ; by loggers along the Tllla meek river , but a compromise has been agreed upon whereby the Joggers will pay 10 cents a thousand for all logs brought down the river. Colonel W. C. Painter of Walla Walla has an historic flag that was made by the ladles of Forest Grove at the outbreak of the In dian war , through which It was carried. The flag has only twenty-one stars , and bears the Inscription , "Company D , First Regi ment , Oregon Volunteers. " II. B. Mlllerd of Bohemia says the mills have shut down on account of t > .o heavy snow. The new mill on the Champion mlno was run eighteen days with flattering results. A force of prospectors will be placed on the Annlo mlno to run tunnels during the win ter. Mr. Mlllerd came in to Eugene on ohowshoes. A letter received at Forest Grove from Dr. McClelland stated that the terms of the gift of $25,000 of the College and Educa tional society to the Pearsons fund had been accepted by Dr. Pearsons. Ho also states that two subscriptions ot $1,000 each were recently received. Rev. B. Fay Mills , the evangelist , made a subscription to the fund and promised to lend his aid toward raising the amount needed. Judge J. T. Howell presented the Ashland Tidings the other day with a ripe pomegran ate grown In Ashland. The tree or bush Is flve years old , but did not bear fruit until this year. It lias ornamented the front yard until the recent wintry weather , when It was taken up and placed with Mrs. Ifowell's plants In the conservatory , where the fruit has been maturing to almost tropical climate perfection. WASHINGTON. A largo Jam of logs , a half mile long nnd containing over 5,000,000 feet of logs , Is said to bo lodged near the mouth of the Satsop river. A contract has been made for the winter's cut of lumber of the Estus mill at Montosano. The mill's dally capacity Is 15,000 feet , and fifteen men are employed. The Port Illakcley Mill company now has about 20,000,000 feet of logs at Kamllchle. Four tralnloads a day nro being dumped at this point , averaging about 80,000 feet each. This logging camp employs about 230 men. The Taconia Ledger Bays there Is a strong probability that the Tacoma , Lake Park & Columbia River railway will soon be extended toward the Cowlltz pass. The Tllton river coal fields ore an objective point. The loggers of western Washington have combined for the purpose of putting an end to excessive competition and to secure on advance - vance In prices by amicable agreement with mill owners when the market warrants It. It Is said the general sentiment of the log gers Is to bring about the establishment of uniform prices and to secure from the lumber combine nn advance In the present scale from $2.50 to about $5 per 1,000 feet. A big elk with horns like a rocking chair visited the farm ot Church brothers , flve miles north of Lowlston , ono day last week. Ho drove the cattle out ot the feed yard and Installed himself at the manger fllled with hay. Ono of the boys discovered him and tried to shoot him with a 22-callbor rifle , the > only gun at hand. The little bullet only caused him to shako his head a little. After being disturbed the monarch of the moun tains resumed his course toward Snake river. Under the law of Washington , If no agreement - mont Is mndo between the logger and the government sealer as to the prlco to be charged for scaling logs , the latter can change 5 cents per 1,000 up to 300,000 feet , and for all above that number 3 cents per 1,000. Of the fees thus paid , one-half ot 1 per cent goes to the general school fund of the county. Under the log scaling law , as amended by the lait'tcttUlaturc , It It optional with the logger * bc > tiitr he has the logs scaled by the government log ncaler or makes an arrangement wMr Wo mill company to which ho sells them to have them scaled , Water polo In thd'Wt'atorlum Is a favor ite pactlmo In IMtH There are now 30,000 , head of cattle fatten ing on the alfalfa fields of the Salt-River valley , A. T. ' " ' Helena's chain-gang ' comprises an Irish man , a , negro , a Jew , and a Chinaman , and the combination make life a burden to the officer In charge , ' ' " A carrier pigeon 'st.iton ' ( Is to bo estab lished at Blsbee , -OVr-and communication will begin soon bctvyepu Nacosarl and the copper camp. Twelve pigeons have arrived and will bo experimented with , The long-talkcd-of cement ditch , some two miles In length , running from east to wert , south of Anaheim , Cal. , U now an assured Improvement , the contract for ths work hav ing been let for $11,726. Statistician Yale of the mint saya the fol lowing Is the closest possible figures for the California mineral output ot the year : Gold , $15.500.000 ; silver , $2,000,000. Alaska : Gold , $1,500,000. This Is the biggest California gold yield since 1SS2. Arizona's mineral Output for 1S95 , roughly estimated : Gold , $0,200,000 ; silver , 375.000 ounces ; copper , 60,000.000 pounds ; lead , 400- 000 pounds. Gold output for the year was marked by steady rise of proportion , and 1SD6 Is expected to double above figures. Much absurd stuff has been printed cast about the fine dcf.nses ot Esquimau , near Victoria , B. C. , and the way the guns of this Pacific Coast Gibraltar command the entrance to Puget Sound , The real facts are that the heavy guns are not In position , and when they are can never command th- approach to the sound , as the straits of Juan df Fuca , opposite Esquimau , are twenty miles wide. , , Ths outlook for California grape growers Is good , for this week has seen all the dry- wine crop of the present year sold. Of 10,000,000 gallons , the California Wine- makers' association has sold S5 per cent at prices which yield a good profit to the growers. This Is the first tlmji for years that the wlncmakcrs and the vlneyardlsts have combined. The result Is a profit for all and the avoidance of glutted markets. The new road to Billings Is assured and work will commence ( arly In the spring. The new road will bo via Alger nnd Hlgh- flold. and .Intersect the Billings road at Halbert , making the distance from Lewis- town to Billings thirty-five miles shortei than the route now travel'd. And when the necessary work has been done on the tad places , It will bo the best freight reid In the country. The establishment of n mall route will also accommodati a vast number ot settlers who are- now compelled to go n long distance for their mall or wait until some neighbor brings It to them. STUAXGI3 COXTUASTS IJf HOME. All SnrtN mill CoiitlltloiiH of Men Jostle One Another. The Impressions which Rome makes upon a thoughtful man , writes Marlon Crawford In the Century , vary more according to the wind and tlm times ot day than these he feels In other cities. PeihapD , too , there Is no capital In all the world which has such contracts to show within a mtlo of each other on ? might al most say within n dozen steps. Ono of the most crowded thoroughfares of Rome , for Instance , ! la the Via del Trltone , which Is the only passage between the Pin- clan and the Qulrlnal hills , from the region of Piazza Colonno. toward the railway station and the now quatter. During the busy hourt- of the diy a carriage can rarely move through Its narrower portions any faster than at a foot pace , and the trisutficlent pavements are thronged with pedestrians. In a measure , the Triton ? of Rome corresponds to Galata bridge In Constantlnrflle. In the course of a week most of the population o the city must have passed at least once through the crowded llttlo street , which somehow , In the rain of millions that lasted for two years , did not manage to attract to itself even the little sum whlph would haves sufficed , to 'Wldtn it by a , few yards. It la as though the contents of Rome were dally drawn through a keyhole. In the Trltone are to be so n dally mag nificent equipages , Jammed In the string be tween milk carts , omnibuses and dustmen's borrows , prece'Jed by butchers' vans nnd fnlIdurpfl Viv mia'tviV 1n r > rth i cmnpf rTrtfr.nnrtc and high-wheeled country vehicles , driven by rough , hooted men , wearing green-lined cloaks and looking like strange bandits ; even saddle horses are somHimes led that way , to save time ; and on each sldo flow two streams of human beings of every type to bo found between Porta Angelica and Porta San Giovanni. A prince of th Holy Roman empire pushes past a troop of Ulrty school children , ana Is almost driven Into an open barrel of salt codfish , In the door of a poor shop , by u black faced charcoal man carrying a sack on his head moro than half as high as him self. A party of Jolly young German tour- Isto In loose clothes , with red books In their hands , and their field glasses hanging across their shoulders , try to rid thmselves ot the flower girls dressed In sham Sablno cos tumes , and utter exclamations of astonish ment and admiration when tluy themselves are almost run down by a couple of the giant Real Grenadiers , ( ach six feet flvo or thereabouts , besides nine inches , or so , of crested helmets aloft , gorgeous , gigantic and spctless. Clerks by the dozen and liveried messengers of the ministries struggle In the press ; ladles gather up their skirts closely nnd try to pick a dainty way where , Indeed , there Is nothing "daln" ( a word which Dr. Johnson confesses that ho could not find In any dictionary , but which ho thinks might bo very useful ) ; servant girls , smart children with nurses and hoops going up to the Plnelo ; Mack-browed washerwomen with big baskets of cbthes on their heads ; stumpy llttlo Infantry soldiers In iray uniforms , friars , priests , venders of boot laces and thread , vegetable sellers pushIng - Ing hand carts of green thing ? In and out among the horses and vehicles with amazing dexterity , and yelling their cries in super- uumanly high voices there is no end to the multitude. If the day Is showery , It Is a sight to see the confusion In the Trltone when umbrellas of every ago , material and color are all opened at once , whllo the people who have none crowd Into the codfish shop and liquor seller's and the tobacconist's , with the tra ditional nan pcrmesso of excuse for entering when they do not mean to buy anything ; for the Romans are mostly civil people and fairly good natured. Dut rain or shine , at the 'busy ' hours the place Is always crowded to overflowing with every description of vehicle and every type of humanity. Kverybody should know what a good medi cine Dr. null's CoughSyrup Is ; It has cured many thousands andjytlll , euro you. PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY AND POINTEDLY PUT. Are you a lover And the villain still of the Kimball pursued her Then you don't need to bo told about That's only to call attention to the Its swetness of tone Its elegance of fact that our necktie Bale a thousand finish Its lowness of price but you to choose from at 50c still eontlmtea linvo friends they may want n piano- and the sox are still 15c a pair ami no ono yet regretted saying a good word t hero's lots of good underwear yet at for the Kimball , the piano we rent , $1.-18 a suit. Ton never got such bar trade or sell on easy terms. gains as thcbo In your life. A. Hospe , jr , Albert Cahn , Music nud 4rr 1513 Douglas St. Men's Furnisher , 1322 Fornntd. . t I lissWl l frtsssWifr ' "l Some of them are fur trimmed Just for a < lny we soil our luilles' wiirni lined slippers ut n blj ; cut the $1.50 kind for ? 1.00 and tlio ? 1.00 kind for 75c. Ladlea * bciivci * lined button Hhoes , leather foxing thu $2.r > 0 kind for $1.50. The $2.00 felt lined Itomeos will be $1.25. Drexel Shoe Co. , eSntd focr.1Sipoill21419 { Farnam. What he needs is Dumb Bells Or perhaps Indian clubs they'd make hint look strong and well and takeaway that woe-bconu look. He'd look bet ter , too , In one of our K.vnintiHliiin suits that we're selling at half regular prices some as low as 80o and none higher than $5.00. All sporting goodd at re duced prices now. Columbia Metal Polish. Mall orders. Cross Gttii Co. , Snortitig Goods. HCS , 15th St , THE TRUST A CONSPIRACY Industrial Combinations Vigorously Scored by Detroit's Mayor. PEELING THE SKIN OFF RAILROAD POOLS Tlipotctt IMimrec Ilrtvcw 111 * Knlfp to ( he Hilt , ( be lltlt ( n ( tic Hour , nnd Throvtii ( lie llonc to the Don Kactx. Mayor PlnRreo ot Detroit tlcllvereJ a spirited address at Contorvltlo , Mich. , re cently on the subject of "Trusts. " The. main points In his address were as follows : A trust Is a conspiracy. It Is a conpplracy formed for the purpose ot compelling buyers to pay moro for a product than It Is worth. Or , It Is a conspiracy to control the prlco of the product. It Is a conspiracy against open competition In a common market. The power to control the price of a product Is too great for any man or set of mon tovlclJ as against the common Interests. It has been said by the defenders of trusts tlmt the products handled by the trusts are cheapened. That Is a conclusion that has boiw jumped at. It cannot be demonstrated. IJut , whether It Is true or falM , It should not lie In the hands of nny set ot men to regu late prices and make them high or low at tliolr own sweet will. The natural law of supply and demand Is the most , perfect regu lator. Any competition Is the. best cheap- oner. Trusts may go on for years without ap plying the screws to consumers. They nro cautious to a degree , but they are always on the lookout for their opportunity. They are n\\nro that they are being watched , and BO they are cautloua Dut they are quick to grasp any pretext to raise prices. They sometimes manufacture these pretexts , as has been openly charged against the great coal and other combines. They sometimes manufacture so-called news for a purpose. DANGER IN COMBINATIONS. I contend that no man or set of men should have such power , I speak directly against such power ; I do not care who wields It. No mattar what apparent good comes of It today : It Is a danger for tomorrow. I have said that public opinion Is framed Into law. I should have said that It Is the law Itself ; the higher law. . . I assert that public opinion Is against trusts. Lawa have becnl passed against trusts. Hut trusts are only a part of a varter combination which has no name In law and which Includes the transportation corporations and the banks. Why ara not these laws enforced ngalnst trusts ? \\liy do public men stand silent on the great questions ot llfo Involved. In such qusstlons ? I * Is because this great combination sways the politics * ot the country In tha federal ind In the state fields. Combinations , not coreclcnce , In this modern tlmo make cow ards of us all. The quiet trust , the quiet transportation corporations , and the quln bank take quiet pcsfcsslon of your conventions through your caucuses. It Is the hold on your caucuses that this great and quiet combination has that closes the mouths of your leading public men. The trust , the transportation corporation and the bank are the dictators at conventions. I have said that the trust Is a conspiracy , and I further assert that It is not only a coiiFplracy In ItsHf , but a partner In a gi eater conspiracy. And that must bo plain to any intelligent eye. The trust wields a po\\er of taxation compared to which the taxation cf Michigan for state purposes Is microscopically small. The state compels you to pay dliectly out of your pocket , while tha trust comes at you Indirectly. For every cent the state takes for taxation this year , great as It Is , the trusts will take ton dollars. TRUSTS TAKE ALL. But the state gives you back the tax In pub lic Improvements In large measure , while of the enormous sums taken In excess of proper prices by the trusts , not one cent Is returned tn MiRhlfenn. It la snent at Ruronean ro- sorts or eoos to swill the gigantic capital ot the money centers of the east. I dwell more upon thes ? trusts and the great combination of which they arc a pait , because die men who lock the door of th ? conventions nro embraced within them. They are n pieceof not only one party machine , but of all party machines. Dominant In the conventions of all parties , they do not care which party wins , because their nominees are pledged In advance against any movement of the people for reform. And when I say their nominees , I emphatically mean the nominees of all pcrtl'8. I repeat hero and now that for all of flftefn yearo you have votoJ for the candidates of this combination , no matter In which of the great partloo you have cast that vote. In other and stronger words , this combination has disfranchised you by owning both the party convsTitlons. Until thia combination Is mot and defeated and that will only be after the cobwebs are taken from the eyes of voters What u. e Is thciri ? of advocating an Increase of the currsncy , much as It la needed. The money question In but a 'phase , although an important one , cf taxation. When I declare that I am opposed to having only gold oa which to baeji the paper of the country , I feel that I am opposed by every trust , transportation corporation and bank In the state of Michigan , with ran ? exceptions , and I also feel that this opposition must first bi swept away before anything practical can bo accomplished. SPATK TAX NOT PROPERLY DISCUSSED. I took occasion at YpsllantI to Intimate that the agitation all over the state of Michigan in the otato newspapers about the curivnt Ute tax was but n petty way to dlscuo ? the great question of taxation. You have , I pre sume , noticed , that the state papers In ninny Instances blame * Governor Hlch'ij administra tion fcr ttis' ' Increase of taxation , and that , on the other hand , papers coming1 to the defense of Governor Rich claim the administration blnmshs'j because of ehort appropriations made by the democratic administration , which had to b" made up under the Rich mlmlnli'tra- ' tlon. I also took occasion to ralso the ques tion as to whether or not the taxation for 1SS5 wan necessary. I have seen no reply to my expressed belief that Michigan may need every osnt of the inouoy for public Improve ment. At the same tlmo It was pointed out that there were Indications making It plain that such tax was In excess of what the people could bear , yet that Michigan ougbt to bo able to bear It ; 1hat'tli3 rcauon for this dis tress , as ooon through the apologists for the state administration , had to bo i < ought for elsewhere. And the moro Immediate ; cause waa pointed out to bo thci excessive tax of transportation , especially railroad transporta tion which Is In the power of Hi ? ftate to mitigate , but which the last legislature re fused to cousJHer. There Is no question In the minds of men familiar with amoral conditions but that tranoporlatlon levies too grwt a tax upon pro ducers. The economists cf the country point out that In the lajt few years labor nnd the products of labor have fallen In value 1C to 17 pr cent , whllo transportation lias not fallen 2 per cent. This In lUolf Is enough to attract the serious attention of legislatures to the question of artificial prices granted by these bodle.5 anil charged by corporations. Dut further proof of the gravity of the question may bo found In the following facto which enow the enormous profits growing out of railway transportation. CHEAP PARKS IN AUSTRALIA. In Australia you may ride a distance of 1,000 miles aorwss country for $0.50 llr t class , whllo workmen can ride six miles for 2 cents , Uolvo miles for 4 cents , thirty miles for 10 cents , an : ) railroad men receive from 25 to 30 pr cent moro wagJB for eight liouro of labor than they are paid In thl country for ten hours. In Victoria , where theaa rates prevail , the net Income from the roads Is sufficient to pay all too federal taxes. In Hungary , when * the roada are state owned , you can ride six miles for 1 cent , and ulnctj Ilia roada were bought by the govern ment the men'u wages have doubled. Del- glum fells th ? Mine stsry fares and freight rates cut down ono-hulf and wages doubled , Yet the roads pay a yearly revenue to the government of $4,000.000. In Germany you may ride four miles for 1 cent on the government owned llnei. Yet wages are over 125 piv cent higher than they were when the corporation ! owned them , and during the last ten years the net profits have Increased 41 per cent I.n < * t year the roads paid the Merman government a ml profit of $25,000,000. If our government owned the railroads wo would go to San Francisco from Ilostun for ( to. Here Is the proof ! The United States p.tys the railroads not quite $275 to traiKpol t a loaded postal car from Hoston to San Kran- cltco. A passenger car will carry fifty pas- cengers , which , at $10 fach would be $500 , or n clear profit of $225 per car , and this , too , after paying SH per cent on watered stock , which Is fully 100 per cent en the cost of the roads. I take these quoted figures from a reliable source. HATES SHOULD 111) IlKDUCnt ) . Anybody taking as a basis the 3 cents per mite paid the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern reads In this slate , and these tlpures as given , can easily flgura that Michigan railroads can bear a reduction In rates sufficient to pay the entire taxes of the ntate nnd still make money. How these roads could make tr.tncy by a rcdiicttSn In rates Is shown by W. W. Acv > orth In an article entitled "T xs on Transport" In the Nineteenth Century Magazine. And for this showing nnd for other practical points that follow I am Indebted to James Lewis Cow It's of New Haven , Conn. Mr. Acworth In the article referred to says : "If pas&siiRers could travel fres their number would Increase so enormously that It would bo necessary to create a now rail way system to accommodate the existing freight traffic , There Is room. , however , for an enormous expansion of passenger tMffio both In this country and In England with the present railway equipment , and wealth would Increase so rapidly under the new freedom of movement that the public would bo quite able to make all the exten sions of the railroads that the Increase of business might make necessary In the future. " Mr. Acworth , giving evidence as to the trifling tax It would be necessary to Impose on the Individual for his transportation by railway men when once that tax was de termined by the cost ot the service , says : "If a pasMiiger who would otherwise have stopped at homo were induced to go from London to Glasgow by the offer of a ticket for C cents the- company would secure a net profit of OV4 cents ; BO that % cent Is ample allowance for the cost ot the haulage of a first clasa passengers for a distance of 410 miles from London to Glasgow. " Could there be a moro striking confirmation of the axiom that distance cobts practically nothing for the transportation of persons or of property by railroad ? POLL TAX FOR PASSENGER TRAFFIC. Dased on Mr. Acworth's estimates , I bellevo with Mr. Cowles that , If necessary , every man would gladly submit to a poll tax that would suffice to pay all of the expanse of free pas senger traffic for ordinary people. loiter this testimony as showing the possibilities that would grow out of the proper regula tion ot transportation by the legislature of the state of Michigan. I do not advocate free transportation. nut I would and do advocate the serious Icjsenlng of the tax ot transportation. I am satisfied that a wise regulation of railroad rates of fare and freight would bo for the great benefit of both the state and the stockholders of these roads. This Is within the- power of the pe-oplo of the state of Michigan to do. Only a few months will pass away when you will choose your legislature. You have the means of making a proper choice. It Is n means , however , which you have sadly neglected. You find fault with legislatures that turn their backs upon you and stifle every effort to make a change 111 the prevailing condi tions. Dut you neglect the simpls remedy. That remedy , I repeat , lies In the caucus.ou are proud of belonging to a noble party , but when the day of the caucus arrives , which is fraught wlthi so much ot grave Im portance and of consequence to yourselves and to your families , you allow the few to gather together almost In secret and do a work which , by your party connections' , you are In duty bound to do yours.Mvcs. For It Is your own plain duty to attend to your party caucuses. Nervous women will find relief In Hood's Sarsaparllla , because It enriches the blood and thus strengthens the nerves. JVIONCY IN YISLMMVllACKS. nrlmlliiK Out iHooil-mul-Tliuiiiler Stuff mill What It 1'iiyit. It would astonish the average reader could ho go the rounds of the writers ol now York and see how many men there ara whose names are- utterly unknown In literary circles , but who grind on unceasingly day after day , year after year , at a business which brings them In enormous profits , and in the pursuit of which all their time Is demanded by eager publishers. I refer , wys a correspondent , not to poets , nor the his torians , nor the phllosophcre , nor the > essay ists , nor oven to the writers of the success ful novels , but to thos-e gentlemen who climb to fortune , but not to fame , through the me dium of the dime novel , as the- class of liter ature they grind out may bo termed , al though many of their efforts sell for G cents , nnd a great many more are published In the flayhy week lies for boyo. Fortunes have been made In such literature as this , and are constantly being ) added to. Generally , however , It Is the publishers who reap the richer harvest , although sometimes the writers like "Old Sleuth , " "Old Cay Collier" and other well knowin producers or blood-and-thunder fic tion for the youth of America pile up big ounis by their labors , but as n rule the pay ment to the. writers Is not very enormous. Fifty dollars Is the fixed rnto with the pub lishing houses , and a few writers are able to turn out about two books a'week. . The process of their production , It may be Im agined , Is mostly mechanical. They sl/.e up a. plot In some newspaper or In personal ex perience nnd simply grind out to many thou sand words about It. They have a certain faculty of style and a touch and go method that endears itself to their young constitu ents. They are chiefly variations on the same old theme , but celebrated murder cises and great robberies , also figure extensively. The prcvalenca of their books is something dreadful to contemplate. For delicacy , for purity , nnd for Improv-- mont of the complexion nothing equals i'oz- zonl's Powder. WJint Ml Iit IliivtHien. . Now that Mary Anderson Navarro is bidding the aspirants after histrionic honors to avoid the stage , It la Interesting to recall the advlc ? she received from Charlotte Cush- mon. Suppose that Mlw Ciiuhiiian , while ad mitting the girl's ' talent , had advised her to shun the dangers and discomfort ) ) of the stage and live a quiet , lady-like life , and that Miss Anderson had followed the advice. What would she bo now ? Not Mrs. Antonio < U Navarro , a woman of fortune and assured position , with every Inetlnct of a line nature iUtUifletl by the possession of happiness and the memory ot honor ; but , In all probability , the wlfo of EOine c'liimonplace member cf the commonplace society from which she rose , hr Intellectual nature unsatisfied , her jieart oaten out by unfulfilled desires. One Minute Cough Cure Is harmless , pro duces Immediate results. IMO Drugs to CHEW No Stems to SMOKE TOBACCO No Nerves Quaking No Heart Palpitating No Dyspeptic Aching I -NERVOUS DYSPEPTIC WHAT TllliY SAY. Homo Word * of CitriiiirnKPinent From \ \ lump Kxitorlcuoe IB Viilmililf. "In.liRffllon l < ? the curje nf this country , " OS n New York medical journal , In n leoetit edltotlnl. "Holh. turn nrul women putter from tills ill tres lni ? complaint nml It onuses a trrMieiHloii ? amount of misery. " This Is all very true l > ut there Is no rea son why nny man or wuinnn should suffer from Inilltcjtloii when Micro Is a ready mc-titis of i > re\entliiB It , Thousands of pco- l > lu have il.s > i'o vre > ii 11 Mm * i-oip for inla much drcnilctl complaint nnJ seine of them hii\o tlvcn ; truvuli lo the beiictli uf ncir experience. Mrs. K. TarltPM. 313 Park Avenue , rin- clf.uatl , sa > s : "I iiad d-pep li for nttccn VIMM uiul was eniucly oiiied by taking UtilTj 's pure limit whHtey I had tried almost cverylhlnit and know tliat this whiskey for ImtljreMlon and tiypopsla. Mv stomach Is now In better condition thnn It hn tit-oil for ji-iirs punt. Seven or my friends arc ushiB It with the same results. " These aw only t\\o C.I C.M selected from thcufalids of othcis. but they aio sulllclcnt to jirovo Hint dyspepsia and ImllRcstlon 0.111 ithvnyN bo nvoldoil by the repular u o of Unity's puio mult. It "III not only keep the illKcatlve OIKIIIIS In rcrfcot condition , but K'lvo tone and energy lo every part ot thu lioily , ThcM Is no other \\lilskoy llko It ; nothlntr else tlmt can take Its place. TlietefotP. mnko euro that you Ret no In ferior Imitation when puichaslliK from your of \ InMnnlly ctc ( > the most cxcrinlntlne pains , alloyi Inflammation ntiil cuies congestions. whether cf the Lungn , Stomach , llo\\cU or other clnnils or mucous nicmlirnni's. RflDWAY'S READY RELIEF CUHK.S AXI > I'UISVM.VrS Coldi , CoiiRlin , Sore Tlirnnl , Inflttenin , llroiiuliltlN , Pneumonia , Ulicu- innllNin , NoiirnlKtii , llciiiliichc , TootlnirliPt Axtliiiiii , 1)1111- ctilt llrciillilnir. CUnns TllK WOUST I'AINS la from on * to twenty mlnutei. Not one hour ntter reiullmt thla advertisement need nny one SUFFER WITH I'AIN. ACHES AND PAINS. For headache ( whether tick or nervous ) , tooth * nclio , ncurnlgla. rheumatism , lumbmio. pnlns and. weakness In the back , trilno or kldtios , palm around the liver , pleurisy , swelling or the Joint ! nnd nalni of all kliiiK the nupIlcntUm ot Rnd- wa > 's Rcruly Relief mil afford Immediate case , nnd Its continued 1130 for a few iluya effect a I'eimanent cuir. TAKKN INWARDLY A half to n tenspoanful In half n tiimhlcr cfntcr for stomnch troubles , colic , wind In the bowel * . cold chills , fever nnd . diarrhoea , nick hcndnche and nil Internal Prior r > Oa per Iiottlc , Sold by nil Searles & Searles SPECIALISTS IN Mcrvouj , Cliroilc uud Private Uiscrai SEXUALLY , All 1'rUuto UUunso unit DUonlurHof Men Trviitmtmt by null consultation fruo- SYPHILIS and IlECTAt. ULC15US. HVDIIOCKUS AND VAniCOCELE permanently ana Buccfsifull/ cured. Method new nnd unfalllns. STRICTURE * HD GLEET new method without pain or cutting Call on or addrm will ) itamp. 11IJ 8. I HhSt. , Dr. Scarles & Scaries . , Oin ! in.Nod A 5PECIALTY Kr& ' ! ttary syphilis permnnontly cured In 16 to . 45 days. You can Lo treated ot liomo for * you prefer to como hero wo nrlU contract topnyrallroadfuronndhoteld lls.anclno * ciinrBO.Ifworalltocuro. Jfyuii rmvn taken inor- J cury , iodldu potash , and Bill ! have uehes and . . imlns.nlucoufil'ntclit. * In mouth , BoroThroat , I'lmplcg , Copper Color-oil 8 | > otn , Ulcer * oa * n > part ot the body , llulr or Kycl > row falllnff , jut'ltlstblsHriihllltlcm.OOUl'OI.SONthai t woiriiarnnteo tocuro. Wo eollt.lt tlio most oust- - , ; mi to cusca and cliullcnuo tlio world for a , 'j CAHOvo ciiniiiit euro. u'lilH dl cnso hns nlfray9 j biilllodtlinBklll of tliomuxt eminentphysl- j clans. SfSOO.OOl ) cnnltal bi-nlnd our uncondU " * tionnlRUaruuty. AlJaolutoproofmicntdoolodon j ippllcntlon. Address ( MJOKltlSMKDY CO * ; 07 Uaaonlu Xoinulo. CII1OAOO. 11. j WHITE STAR LINE. Salllnt from New York \Veclii' . ' Ui5'6 , aa follow * . No calling tlio 23tli of December. 18U6. Teutonic , Jan. 1 , 10 a. in. ; Urltannlc , Jan. S , 10 a. in. ; I.lnjcbtlc , Jan. 15 , 10 a. in. ; dcimunlc , Jan 22. 11) ) a. in. United Htutcs and Royal Mnll Steamers. Saloon passage , til ) und upward , accorJInj to tic.inter BflC'Cttil inul location of berth. Second cnliln 535 and } 41 on Mnjictlc nnd Teutonlo DKA1 > 'H payable cm demand everywhere In Gifttt llrllaln nnd Ireland cold at lowent rates. For Insiiectlun of pinna of nieamera und uny fmiher infoimotion niiply lo local nKcmts ar direct to H. MAITLAND Knrtsr.Y. O'l AR'I. 29I'wny N. Y. N. ANOnitSON. O'l Wn Ant. . 2U SOUTH PT.UIK ST. ruir-Ano. RAILWAY TIME CARD LCJ\CS IUURMKQTON & MO. nivuiUArrivci OmahulUnion U.'not , 10th & Mason Bta-Lpmaha 8:30nm : Denver KxprcM .T 9:35 : m 4:3ipm.Ulk. : Hills. Mont. & 1'uEct 8ml n * . 4OSpra : 43jim ; { DfnvciKxnro k 4:05um TlOJpin .Nebraska Local ( except Sunday ) ) . 7:45in : . . Mncoln Local ( except Sunday.ll:25am ) : tj4ipin..KaBt IlaJMfor Lincoln ) Jolly. . . Uiivea IfillCAaO. IIUIIMNOTAN & QTTXrrlven ' OmahalUnlon Depot , 10th & Munon St . ( Omaha ( 00pm Chicago Vestibule 800am ; 8 ; iam . . . .Chlcui.-n llniiieii 4HCpm S'Mpm..Chicago & HI , l.miln Kinross. . . 8:04am : Il-Ssim I'aclfio Junction I < ocul 8Wpm : Knst Mall 2:40pm : Leaves ICIIICAOO , MIL. K ST. I'AUL lArrlvta OmahuUiilon Depot , 10th & M.iBon BU.jjDninha. 6'OOnm , ChlcoKo Limited SOSam : xt Hundayl. . . 35pin : Leave. IciIlCAOO & NpnTmVKST'N.IArrUes OmulmlUnlon Uepot , 10th & Masim Ht .l Omaha jIiMam : iarli-rn nxpr i. 7. . . SslOpra 4rnnVomll'Uled ; ' Limited r4Sr ; > m 7-05nm fnrnll Passenger. ll40pm ; 511in ; Omah.-i Clilrngo Special SiOO.ilil 4'20nm lloone Ixjoal , , 9:80am : . . . , Mlsbourl Valley I ocal ; SOam Leavca | CUICAOO. H. I. A. 1'ACIKIC. Arrive ! OinabalUnlun Dtpot , 10th & Ma on 8ln. Oinalift ] 0 : < Oani..AtlantlP Hxprfss lex. HundnyJ. . BiJSjiro G:2Spm : ' KI flit Express , , 8:15nm : 4-Muin.Clikacn VestlbJlcJ I.tmlleii tJ5pin : 4:00nm.&t. 1'aul Vestlbuled Limited. . . . l:35pru - " WICST. Mtprn. Oklahoma &T xoi Kx. irr. 8un,10:9am 1 Mlpm . jv .Colorado Limited. , . . . . .400pm litavesT"C. . . ST. P. , M. Ac O ArFiToT OmahuL Depot , Uth and Webtier 8l . _ lOmuh _ 8:15.117 : ! . filoui Clly Accommodation , , , 8Upm : 12lSpm ; , , . Sioux City Uit/rcn ( ex. hunl.ll:5nm : t(5im : . HI. Taut I.lml' ' Leaves I K. , K. A MO. VAI.I.KT. lArrives Oinalia nci _ > ot , 15lh and Webster rits. I Omaha tUninrait ; Mell mid ISxpiess . 6J5pm ; > : lSpin.ex. ( Hut , ) YVyo. ICx. ( ex Mon. ) , , . E:33p : I'&Oam , . , Norfolk Kxiircts ( ex. HunJ.iy,10:25n ) : St. rnul Expre.if . ClOarn Leaves ! TfT 6 , , BfTj. & C. II. lArrTviT OmahalUnlon Depot , 10th & Mason 8ts. | Onuh _ 9f ; ain . Kansas Clly Day Kxprcss , , , . , C90pm ; 1 :43pm.K. : C. Nlfht Rx. Via U , P. Trans , 700 ; m I.tavci I MinSOUIlI PACIFIC. ( Arrive * Omalial Depot , Uth and Welater.Bt . . I Ornalm " lOMOam < * t , Louis Kxpf"- . . . . . . . . . ( ToOam lSOpm ; St. Louis Kipreu. . . . . . . . . . < ; 08pm ai.NctiasIca Lorsl < e < Bun ) . . . . . 0:00aia : Uav s I SIOUX CITT & I'ACIKIC. ( Arrive * Omaha ) Uepot , 15lh and Webster Bts. I Omaha , 'ti 5pmT7T Bt. Paul Limited . .tilOam I ivKs" ) BIOUX CITT A'T'ACIKTa" lArrives" OmahalUnlon Depot , 101 h & . Mason fil . | Oniah _ 7:05am..Hloux : Clly I'asswiger , , .tl:40prn ) : ( , ; 5j.m..jj HI. I'aul I.lmlleil , , , . , , ; tOara Leaves I ' UNION 1'APIFIC. " [ AfeTveT OmahaUnlon Depot , 10th * Mason Sts. ( Omaha MOam , , North I'lutle Kxprcss 4:10pra SiZOam Overland Llmlleil. . , 4 : 5piu ' 30pin.Ile t'cu ft BlroirisliB ix.vx : ( Bun. ) 4UOpm C:4Spmruna : Island Dxprrss ( ex , Hun. ) . 12:0ii : > m J:3rmm : Fint Mall IQittam I WAIJASII RAILWAY. ( Arrives" Omaha lUnlon Depot. 101 h & Mamm riln.lOnmlui tS3rta : . Ot. Jjouls Cannon UaTl..llIiial _