THE O3FAJTA DAILY T.EE : SATIKDAV. XOVEMHER 2vS. 180(5. ( STORM DAMAGE VERY HEAVY and Ice Destroy Maoh Property in Nebraska. WEIGH DOWN MANY WIRES AND POLES CnM11.incn Rxiirrim Somr I'cnr of HIn- MI-HUN ltriillft t < i Mock In Uu- f lirltrrrtl I'lncrm .Note * of the U'cnther. ST PAUL. Nfb. , Nov. 57. ( Special. ) \\e-4nrsdfiy dark , cloudy weather * et ID , ae- cumpacled by Eleet , which continued until ycstirday afternoon , about o'clock , when a heavy rain set is. accompanied by a regular thunder /term. For orer two hour * sharp thunder and lightning continued. * i. ile the rtn WM pouring down , and cov- f-rcj everything with a thick coat of Ice. All trees are completely loaded down and mat.y broken , or Urge branches broken off. The rain continued at Interval * all night. It is now growing colder , and the rain h changed to snow and ball with a strong north wind. The precipitation eio far amounU to 1.72. GIBBON. Neb. , Nov. 27. ( Special. ) The fcviTcet Ice ctorm that has visited this part of the state In twenty years to now In progress. A light rain fell Tuesday night w.th freezing temperature , coating the ground with a quarter of an Inch of Ice. Wednesday morning walking was difficult and dangerous. Hut one serious casualty 01 urred here. Mrs. Glenvlll , cccd 80 yearc , fell , breaking her arm near the shoulder. There was a hc-avy thuuder storm at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. whK-h continued at Intervals during the night. One Inch of water fell. the grra'rr part of which was Immediately converted Into Ice , coating trees , fences. tele-graph wires , etc. . with so great a load that much damage has resulted. Many trees are broken down , while others are B'rlppcd of their limbs. All telegraphic communica tion Is stopped. Trainmen report ninety telegraph poles down between Gibbon and Kearney , a distance of twenty miles , and 100 poles down between Kearney and Elm Creek NEBRASKA CITY. Nov. 27. ( Special. ) The rain of yesterday morning turned to snow about noon and continued all the after noon. The temperature fell rapidly , stand- in , . at zero this morning. NORFOLK , Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) A very destructive storm visited this city Wednesday night. Early In the evening a pteady. drizzling rain fell , which continued throughout night , and was rapidly con verted Into sle-e-t and Ire1. Many shade trees nil over the city were broken and ruined The entlro telephone system of the city Is \vrccked. every pole on Norfolk avenue being wrenched and broken. Tne electric light poles and wires arc down in many places. as are also the telegraph lines. No damage to buildings Is re-ported and there were no acridc.nts . to pedestrians from falling poles , wires and street slpns. The Ice formed on wires and trees to the thickness of one Inch. A snow storm which promised to develop in'o a blizzard followed and it is feared much stock will perish. PIERCE , Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) Wednesday's storm of snow and sleet con tinued nearl > all latvt night. A heavy rain at Intervals also made everything Icy. Large trees are broken nearly squarely In two , Ice forming on the limbs to such an extent that the. trees became tophea\-y and could not etand the weight. Te-lrgraph wires are down. A freight train ran off the track twice } -cs- terday on account of the rails being coated so heavily with Ice. DELAYING CORN HUSKING. EXETER. Neb. . Nov. 17. ( Special. ) The rainy weather this week has put a peremptory - e-mptory stop to the corn harvest. Farmers were turning out thousands of bushels every day previous to the storm , much of which was being placed on the market. Fully CO.OOO bushels have been marketed since the opening ot thei peaton. Several private buyers are urchaslng end cribbing car corn for speculation , believing that there Is a good Investment In corn at 10 and 12 cents. Flllmorc county never had n larger yield of corn than this year. The average yield Is about sixty bushels per acre and the acre age Is much larger than usual. There has been some very peculiar weather In this section of the country for the past seveial days. Tuesday a line driz zling rain fell. Wednesday It was as warm and mild as weather In April. Toward evening the wind veered suddenly to the northwest. It became several degrees colder. after which a heavy rain set In and con tinued nearly all night. About two Inches of water fell during the time. As there was no frost in the ground It took In all the water that fell. Thursday morning the mercury went down to the freezing point. vwhlch was Immediately followed by frozen rain and snow , which continued with more or less force until noon. RANDOLPH. Neb. , Nov. 27. ( Special. ) A heavy fall of rain , accompanied by thun der and lightning , viMte-d this ( .ectlon Wednesday evening. The water froze as it fell , making the streets and sidewalks a eheet of Ice. A large number of small tree * L were broken by the weight of Ice. Telephone - / phone lines are down. U is colder this mnrnlnir nnd clrarlnir. JUNIATA , Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) A light rain and sleet began falling here Wednesday morning and continued up till 4 o'clocit this afternoon , when a regular old- fashioned thunder rtorm set In. Corn husk- ins ; is suspended Indefinitely. Winter wheat and rye. orchards and all timber never had fo good a drenching to go Into winter be fore , ST. EDWARD. Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) Yesterday's storm was more severe in this section than tit any point yet beard from. The damage to fruit and forest trees is very pevero and the sidewalks in places are so obstructed by the branches of the trees which are bent over them as to prevent their use. use.FAIRBURY. . Neb . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) The rain of Wednesday turned .to tlcct. Them was a light snow storm on Thursday and It cleared this morning , with the ther mometer Indicating & degrees above zero. No damage has been done by the ttorra hero e-xcept retarding corn picking. An Immense amount of corn is still In the fields and good weather is necessary to te- cure the crop without loss. ItARTLETT. Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) This section of the county was visited with a heavy sleit Tuoeday morning , and It continued all day. Wednesday afternoon It turned to an electric storm. ALBION. Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) The worst eleet in the history of this county fell yesterday and the day before. The rain and srow fell all day and all night. All the trees arc damaged badly from the tleet. GREELEY CENTER. Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Spe cial. ) For three days Orceley county has been undergoing an old-fabhloned eastern DISTRESSING IRRITATIONS OF THE SKIN Instantly Relieved byTe To clrmiu , purify , and beautify the Un. * calp , and balr , to allay itchluc and irritation , to beal cii fi&c , ctcorUtfran , and ulcrrallve wral : . DI-M , to ( predlly cure tbr fitut pyinptomi of torturlc ; , diiflcurlaE ifcln and > ul ; > buroori , nottlnr o pure , to inert , no wlioirtoinr , o ( wrdlfy rffcctlir warm battii vrttti Crncrui buiiaud crntlc application * of CLTltUti ( ulutmcut , lie ftvul ailo cure. Sold ibrcuctiaul lh world , rriet , Crrirrti , e.t Soir , tx , ili int irt , c. ted it rort Data .l. Cm. . Cu.r , ! . : . Worn hi.u > n. orUaw la Cut ttm Utxuuii > > ll 4 fm. Uct * torn : Etfjthltig ja rmerel . ' ) i' e and t'Uftnt * * aid orohufklng hive betn luopendid. Large tjuicti : ie cf corn are etui In the field and the farmers art looking anxtoucly for a t.hort armistice with the weithtr king. The- yield of corn here th : year wac the larptet in the history of the county and the grrnn * U frmlng ap full f water , which promifrm well for the com- fCRWMAN GROVE. N . . Nov. J7.-Spe- ctal. ) A fine mist commenced falling here Wedmwdny morning , freezing an It fell , en- velopln * the street * and sidewalks In Ice M llck M to mak walking difficult and da&Rerout. About 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon thn norm developed Into a heavy rain with thunder and lightning , the r .ln continuing all nlrtt. Every thins out of door * In loaded with Ice. LKIGH. Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Spclal.-A heavy rain storm prevailed here nearly ail , Wednesday night and this morning every I thing that had been exposed to the Rtorm w covered with nearly an Inch of Ice. ' Much damage WM done to tree * . Urge ones ! breaking off. and many were stripped of their branches. L1TCHFIELD , Neb. . Nov. J7. ( Special. ) Thp wonit storm of the * e m rag ? , l here yesterday. For two days a drlrallng eleet I prevailed. Wednesday night the wind went ; ' tt > the nortbwcit and the sleet became j j harder , making it a very hard storm on ' stock. SYRACUSE. Neb. . Nor. ! 7. ( SpecUl. ) Wednesday was characterized by a severe Btorin of ileet and the street * by evening were well nigh perilous for pedestrian * . BATTLE CREEK. Neb. . Nov. 27. ( Spe I cial. ) It has been sleeting and raining for ' Mxtylx hours. Wednesday evening and i Ust night the storm was accompanied by ' . severe lightning and thunder. This morning ' ' the storm continues. The destruction last | | night to trees and shrubs Is the worst ever j ! seen here. The limbs of tbe trees are j i either entirely broken off or bent to the ground with their load of ice. Travel In any war is almost Impossible. KEARNEY. Neb. . Nov. Si. ( Special. ) The worst storm that hay visited this sec tion In many years struck here about 5 o'clock Wednesday evening. It hsd been raining more or less nil day , and then turned Into a eleet. This continued Wednes day night , and Thursday morning every thing was covered with a Heavy coating of Ice. Trees and telephone wires were down all over town , and communication by tele graph was entirely cut oil. 7t was reported that over 300 poles were down between here and Grand Island on the Union PaclSc , and but very few standing between here and Kenesaw on the B. & M. The electric light service Is badly demoralized , and It will be several days before things are In running order again. The thermometer reg istered zero at 7:30 : this morning , which Is the coldest day of the year BO far. DECATl'R. Neb. , Nov. 27. ( Special. ) There was a light rain here for twenty- four hours and then It changed to sleet and snow , gradually crowing colder , and then Intensely cold. Yesterday the channel was clear as a rummer lake , but today the river Is frozen over from bank to bank. The Ice is probably from two to three inches thick. It Is a phcnomenlal transformation and something which has never before occurred In the memory of the oldest settler. IIBAVV LOSS IX SOI Til DAKOTA. Tivo Iluiiilrril Tlmnoniul Cntllv I'or- Intiliisr < iti ( li < - ItiiiK > ' . YANKTON , S. D. . Nov. 27. ( Special Tele gram. ) Two hundred thousand head of cat tle are perishing from cold and hunger on the ranges west of the Missouri river , in this state. Two weeks ago a heavy fall of snow pre-ceded by twenty-four boura of rain , cov ered the ground to a depth of twelve to Fix- teen Inches. Cattle were uwiblo to get food and have since drifted Into the ravines and fcttlements for Hheltcr. Hundreds" of them have puccumbed to starvation. Three days ago a tdmllar storm set In. and baa prevailed with unrelenting vigor ever since. Cattle owners early began shipping to market stock that was almost too weak to stand , and the last storm , with a solid coating of Ice over the deep mow. assures" heavy loss. None of ihppe cattle can 'be driven through the mow to the railroads. Thousands of tons of hay arc stacked on the can side of the river , and no Flock to feed It to. Large herds of range cattle have drifted Into tbc Missouri bottoms , and may rurvlve , but tbope herds on the open prairie will perleh unlcs ? the weather moderates and the : raow melts within a few daya VCRMILL10N. S. D. , Nov. 27. ( Special. ) Thanksgiving day will always be remembered as a day of sleet and enow In thl ? section of the county. Never in the memory of the oldest settlers has there been such a Herm 4P 1 ° now raging. Dakota has been noted for Its blizzards , but the storm that is now raging li something new. All day yesterday there was a general downpour of rain , which 9ooded everything. At least two inches of water fell during tbe afternoon. The Vcr- mtlllon river has raUed ten Inches from the unusual flood , rometfclng unheard of before. About 9 o'clock last night tbe temperature became a few degrees colder and the rain changed to half snow and half fleet , which clung and froze to everything with which it came In contact. Verralllion'p many beautiful ihade trees were destroyed. The electric ileht plant will sustain a lots of Jl.fiOO. Nearly all thewires In the city arc down. and lay loorc In the 'treetr. The city Is In darkness - ne-ss tonight. All communication with tbe outplde world Is cut off. Telegraph and tele- nlione wlrer are down In tbe city , and It will be a week at least before the damage Is re paired. PARKER. S. D. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) The 'torm In Parker and Turner county and vicinity Wednesday night and Thursday was the severest of the K-ason. The telephone poles wiccumbed to the welpht of lee , and the lines broke off. blocking tbe Mreets until rut away. The T. & D. telephone line , con necting Parker to Sioux City , was down In places and tbe ground was covered with a coating of ice about an Inch thick , and nearly all buElnee * was suspended Thursday and Fri day. day.HURON HURON , S. D. . Nov. 27. ( Soerlal Tele gram. ) The heaviest wind an-I fccow storra experienced In this scctlou foi eight yeare has prevailed since Wednesday r.lsht. Trains on tbe Northwestern are either abandoned or held here. Snow plows and shovelcrs started south and east ahead of all trains today , but maoe slow progress. No trains will be sent north or west be fore tomorrow afternoon. No attempt has been made to move trains on tbe Great Northern. Telegraph poles are down end wires prostrated In every direction. Suf fering among settlers in outlaying districts is feared , because of the acarcity of fuel. Heavy Icecie on stock on the ranges will result. CANTON , S. D. . Nov. 27. ( Special. ) A very severe storm has Just exbaurted itself , although It Is severely cold. Wednesday a heavy rain , which had ben falling for twenty-four hours , turned Into B.-IOW and the temperature suddenly dropped. Tree ? , tele graph and telephone poles were broken by Ice. which clung to everything. Canton Is cut off In every direction from communication by wire. P.eports are reaching here of great suffering of range cattle. siviiti : iiL.iy.y.Aiti > i.v THU XOHTII. \ortli Dnkiiln nnil MlnurMitn Ituirt Culcl nuil llrnvy > IIII M. ST. PAUL. Nov. 27. Specials to the Dis patch continue to bring reports of the great blizzard which has been raging in the Da kota * and northern Minnesota for the past three days. The storm U the worst known for many years. A special from Yule , N. 1) . . Bays it hcs cnoned there continually slnco October 31. A special to tbe Pioneer Press from Lang- don , N. D. . eays : The worst blizzard ever known in this country raged yesterday and today. The enow is piled In drifts as high an tbe bouses. All trains and traffic of every dracrlptlon is abandoned. There are rumors of loss of life , but nothing definite Is yet known. A special from Wllleaton. N. D. . says : Jt bat , newt > d Incessantly since Tuesday even- Ing. The wind Is blowing at forty miles an hour and the temperature is at zero and falling. All trains are tied up. A Yankton , S. D. . special to tbe Pioneer Presi sayi : Cattlemen wco herd on the rangt west of tbe Mlstourl river declare that the weather of the past few days hac depleted their herds and that the Iocs will be very heavy. A Fargo. K. D. . epeclal saya the storm has about spent iu force and that trains will start out In the morning preceded by rotary enowplows and try to force their way through the drifts. A tpeclaj to the Pioneer Presi from Huron , t ' S I' ' s y The WITS' 1 hizsrJ CX { > CU.M : t j in tbs : * e' 'inn K a < e ihe grea r * > rm c ? Jan uary 11. isx * has prevailed note m-iuight , Welne d y The storm rame from th * nTib I the FUOW being driven In blinding clouds by a fifty-mile gale. Scores of telegraph [ poles were broken down and wlren pros trated In every direction. No trains btre been rnnnlnc but e Sorts have been road * this afternoon to clear ibe tracks with Know- plows and gangs of shoveler * and trains were started est and south. Fears are enter- ' talned of Buffering among settlers in remote j ' district * , where fnel IB nwree. ftock ( octet j 1 on the rang < will b * very heavy. I Watertown , S. D. , reports that It 1 still i snowing there and the drifts are eight feet 1 high. A Ploneer-Presss upeelal fram Grand Forks , N. D. , ay : The storm which com- ' incnotd yetterdiy morning ban proved the worst In this vicinity for five years. IU1N roads are practically blockaded , only a sin * gle train arriving today over the Great Northern and one over the Northern I'aclflc. The snow U drifted and trarellng Is al- moct impossible. liURtnnrs Is practically usnended here. RED LAKEJ FALLS , Minn. . Nov. 27. The worst Hlziard this section ever saw Is r g- Ing here. The snow , which has fallen at Intervals for sereral weeks , ban been piled Into huge drifts by a high wind .and all traffic it suspended. FERGUS FALLS. Minn. . Nov. 27. A heavy storm 1 * still raging. The mercury Is at zero. Business Is suspended. FARGO. N. D. , Nov. 27. The storm still continues with even greater Intensity. All wires west and north sre down. The North ern Pacific train due here yesterday morning Is still stuck at Jamestown. Another train Is ftuck In a drift four miles east of Valley - ley City. The coast train arrived from St. Paul this morning , but could not be sent west. All Great Northern trains sre aban- doned. The snow drifts In the street here are ten feet high. It Is the worst storm for five years. MOOREHEAD , Minn. , Nov. 27. A blizzard has been raging since yesterday morning. Streets are blocked , no trains are running and business Is at a standstill. STEPHENS. Minn. . Nov. 27. The worst Ftorra ever seen here Is raging. About two feet of snow has fallen this season and the Herm has drifted snowbanks in some places ten feet high. Traveling and business of all kinds Is at a standstill. Yesterday's south bound train Is stuck here In the snow drifts. DUBUQUE. Nov. 27. In the last twenty- four hours the temperature has fallen forty- eeven degrees , the thermometer registering 8 above zero at 9 o'clock tonight. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 27. The flrst heavy storm of the season prevailed In Kansas yesterday nnd last night. Reports from Lamed and Junction City , in the center of the state , report sleet and snow , driven by a wind that developed many of the char acteristics of n blizzard. The ground Is frozen and fear Is expressed that stock will suffer. In central Kansas wheat Is In flne condition. The temperature In Kansas ranged from 6 to 10 degrees above zero. In Oklahoma It averaged about IS degrees above. The thermometer in Kansas City fell forty-eight degrees between noon yesterday and 7 o'clock this morning , from Gl to 13 degrees above zero. Colder weather Is pre dicted for tonight. The cold wave extended over the whole M > uthwcs > t. SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 27. A special to the Tribune from Helena. Mont. , says : To night Is the coldest nlgbt throughout the state that has ever been known In the recol lection of the oldest pioneer. At 7 o'clock this evening the mercury registered from 20 to 25 degrees below zero in various parts of the city and it will fall easily ten de grees before morning. The weather bureau here reports the temperature in the north ern part of the state to be from trn to twenty depress colder thtn it Is In Helena. DENVER. Nov. 27. With the exception of 1S77. 1SSO and 1SS7 , today was the coldest day ever known in Denver in Novembei since1S71 , prior to which year there to no official record. The weather bureau ther mometer registered 9.2 below zero at C a. m. Passengers on the Incoming trains tell of a severe blizzard in eastern Colorado and IE Nebraska. The snow hts fallen steadily for two days und the wind rioting ft will over the rolling land , meeting with no ci- Etruction. has piled drifts as high as ten to twenty feet. Ae soon as a track has been cleared the rails freeze , the snow falling upon them and trains of a necessity proceed cautiously. PORTLAND. Ore. , Nov 27. The ther mometer registered 21 degrees above zero las : night , which Is one degree colder than it has been In Portland for twenty-four years on or before this date. In eastern Oregon the weather is also very cold. At Kernels , in the Blue mountains , the thermometer registered 13 degrees below zero last nUM. It is feared that much damage to fall grcln will result. Potatoes are also In danger of freezing , as many farmers have not had an opportunity to dig them on account of the unpropitlouK season TEXAS HAS A WIXTHIl TOUXAIMI. lluny House * Ieiiu > ll li 'it , nnil Mnny People Injured. WACO. Tex. . Nov. i'7. The cyclone that raged In a section twenty miles from here yesterday devastated a strip one mile wide and eight miles in length. A number of farm houses were demolished in the vi cinity of Mart. McLennan county , and in formation comes from Riecel. six miles from Mart , that the residence of Buck Douglas was totally destroyed , his wife severely hurt and one of his children was killed outright. Five persons were more or less Injured as far as heard from. The temperature ranged nearly at eummer heat prior to the storm. In passing over the prairie the cyclone tool , away everything It touched , leaving the earth bare of crass. TUNICA , Miss. . Nov. 27. A tornado passed through the northwestern corner of this town about II o'clock last nlgbt , travel ing in a northwesterly direction. One end of a box c-jr on tbe end of a switch was blown off. A negro church was destroyed and an old mil ) shed blown down , crippling a teamster and three horses. Three houses on R. C. Irwin's place were blown down and ono on the Fulmer place. Sarah Clav. colored , was killed and Sam Clay seriously injured. Their three children were wounded. The woods near here are strewn with house hold plunder and bedding. The southbound passenger train stopped one mile north of here , taking on a woman and child , victims of the disaster. A heavy rain has been falling here for several hours. No further fatalities are reported and It Is believed only one life was lost. PADUCAH. Ky. . Nov. 27. A severe storm passed over western Kentucky last night. Wires are down and all roads choked by fallen trees. One house was destroyed at Fuller and considerable damage was done here. Along the line of the Illinois Central in Illinois great damage was done. Tin- railway station at Eddyvllle was wrecked. A factory was blown down there and the court house was partly unroofed. All trains are late today. A SAIlllOW n HOIT n \ < MV TorU Candidate Dodged tlic Sliver ( liirntlon. This Is B story of Congressman Amos Cummlngs's experience in the recently ended campaign. It is perfectly true , says tbe Washington Post , for I have it from Mr. Cummlngs's own lips. He supported the regular democratic ticket , as you know. but for reasons of his own he avoided as far as possible all discussion of tbe cam paign's financial issues. Secure in tbc friendship of every policeman and letter carrier in his district , bo pot on swimmingly till almost the very last speech be ma.le. It was In a great hall , and he bad a large audience. He talked about national honor. and thci flag , and the equality of roan , and the rights of the mastes. with a twist nr two of tbe British lion's tall by way of variety. It was a great speech. Suddenly It wai interrupted by a man down In tbe front row. "Tell us about tbe ratio ! " be cried , and he pronounced the Qrit syllable to rhyme with hash. Mr. Cummlngs paused , per plexed. Just then his eye caught tbe eye of an especially friendly policeman. No words were exchanged , but an Instant later the strong hand of the law descended on tbe collar of the Inquiring man. lie was yanked clear out of bis seat and bustled to the door. "I'll have you understand , " said tbc po liceman , ai b jerked him down tbe aisle. "that we'll have no cuch language used here. " 'MONTANA'S I RICHEST STRIKE _ The Famous Dram Lninmfcf Gold Mice Slowly PetoringlOSL _ in \ < * T WAS TOMMY CRUSt'S BONANZA _ tj j i Story if n I'roMirctor'a rrnirBlo for 11 Sink ? nnil I InWcfUH Cinliinl iy Million * ' " Pro duced from till ? Mine. Twcatr mllw north ef t ) e capital city of Montana. n * llng among the peak * of the Hitter Hoot range , is thpmnlnlng town of Marysville , born , reared and practically sus tained by tb * crop of gold from the Drum LurniDon mine. Recently the town sue- talned a severe business shock by the sudden reduction of the working force of the famous mine. One hundred and fifty of the 800 men employed were laid off on November i. two t mp mills ceased opera tion * , and an air of gloom settled on the town. The general belief In the locality is that the Drum Lummon hs eeen Its best days ; that It will soon be to Montana what the Comstock is to Nevada a mighty hole In the ground. This tjellef Is not entertained by the managers. They declare the great mine Is by no means exhausted , and that the reduction of force Is necc iary because the ore brought up from the recently cpened 1.000-foot level cannot be profitably worked. This was the climax of a series of great hopes dashed on barren rocks. During the present year extensive operations were prosecuted , which were expected to yield handsomely , but disappointment was the re sult. CONDITION' OF THE PLANT. A similar situation In the history of this great mine was reached three years ago. although at that time It was not generally kno\\n to the public. At that time a num ber of experts were sent over to examine the mine and report upon Us outlook for the future. Several of these reported that they could not find enough < ro In sight to keep the mills going three month * , and one of them wrote : " 1 cannot see one month's supply of ore for your mills In reserve. " A change was Immediately made in the undercround workings , however , under the direction e-f the manager , with the result that 250.000 tons of ere have since been developed and milled out of this Identical ground. This wonderful mine has produced $13.000.000 in twelve years , and during that time it has kept 110 stamps In continuous operation. The Montana Mining company at present has a cash balance with bankers In Helena of ff.C.000 : unrealized million. $10.003. In ad dition to a rcierxe fund In London of $73- 000. Regarding the position at the mine. It Is reported thst the stores with which it is equipped amount In value to $14.000 and In the spring a steady Income will be derived from the treatment of the tailings of the two mills. It is also estimated that there are at the present time at least 30.000 tons of unbroken ore at the mine but it Is con tained in ere bodies of email dimensions , from which it is impossible to break n suffi cient supply for the mills In an economical manner , but which It Is-expected will be recovered during the pertod of suspension. A LUCKY PRO = P CTOR. The history of the Drpni . .Luinmon mine and the vtccltb it bestowed on its owners rivals tte lurid talcs of Aladdin's cave. The original discoverer was Thomas Cru- . nsw a batikT and capitalist of Helena , and formerly brotber-ln-law of Senator Tom Carter. The ctory of his persistent search for fortune does not differ .from that of countless prospectors. But comparatively few of them who struck. It rich struggled so Ions and as hopefully as-Cruse , braving the elements , as ucll as hunger , to reapvthe reward denied tt > many. ' .Stories of Cruse's struggles and hardship : are numerous among the old cottiers on th > Missouri val ley. anJ not a few of'them have boasted of furnishing supplies ' "on tick" to the hardy Irish prrspector. 3Aoft of these have been denied by Cruse , : 'ho' Is decidedly averse to publlcatlons''caWfalsied to 'weave a golden halo about his head. He now at tends strictly to the business of loaning money and is reputed to have more ready cash end to drive- closer bargain than any banker in Montana. He Is president of the Thomas Cruse Savings bank at Helena , ife the largest Individual hcldcr of government securities In ttc west , and stands near the top of the state's millionaire list. Of mort gages he has an abandtnce and could pinch out or save an ordinary western town as easily as Aladdin found lib famous cave. He Is withal as plain-going and Indifferent to pleasure as when be wandered about the hills twenty-five years ago in search of "float , " as the' first indication cf a mine is called. Some people In Helena will point the tour ist to Cruse , and say they remember him when he couldn't get trusted for a sack of flour. When these stories are printed by the Montana newspaper gossips Cruse will write a card of denial , and say that he could aluays get flour v. hen he wanted it. He Trevor that may be. all old-timers re member this man when he lived alone In a little cabin in the lower gulch In the winter and tramped the bills by summer. REWARD OP PERSEVERANCE. Crute stood it yiar by year. Sow belly and hard tack made up his bill of fare and be did not complain. In an old worn pair of jumpers he climbed over the hills looking for prospects , and when his work failed was content to work by the day in placers for enough money for grub. Occasionally some one staked him , but he never found anything. He had no companions because he had no money , and he was content to work end live alone. The prospector is In most Instances a romantic and Interesting character. His mind is filled with mountain lore ; he catches the spirit of solitude from long association with the hills and canyons , and in time be comes as quaint in manner , and original In talk as the two Wellers. What a fathomless fount of stories Is found In this harmless Ulysses cf the hills ! Good stories , too , if the truth does get frayed and ragged before the finish. Tom Cruse belonged to this field of fic tion -when be made such a strike as was never known before or since In Montana. Ife found it on the lower end of a mountain range ending in St. Louis gulch , twenty miles north of Helena. This gulch , like the others , had been a swarming- ground for gold hunters until the diggings bad been worked out and left to reward the patient and easily satisfied toil of John Chinaman. Cruse was still at his tireless search when he stumbled one day across a bit of gold quartz float. This , as all miners know , had been washed away from the mother lode In a Journey of centuries. The thing to do is to follow It for other traces. This Cruse did. Ills keen eye followed his footsteps until anothzr bit of quartz'appeared on the washed down mountain fides. Day after day he followed this golden trail until bis pick struck the long-souRht eboot of ore sticking out fro.T > the' mountain side. It was not a foot wide , but the old man knew that there wcs something below. Thia was the discovery of1 the Drum Lurn- mon. the greatest gold-producing quartz ever found In this country , and the first to be pur chased In Montana by an Bngllah syndicate. It has paid for Itself over and over again and today represents tbe lUrgeet Investment for machinery ever placed In a gold mining prope-rty. Where Crupe's pick struck the ore stands the entrance to the Cruse tunnel. 1,000 feet lone , and running down from thU I ? the deepest mining shaft in Montana. Cut from solid rock at the end of the Cruse tunnel Is a great chamber and herein U a pplendld hoist , rivaling the fluent In the world for cpeed and safety. ThU tunnel with Its fbaft is but part of the mine. Two other tunnels quite as lone run In from the other side of the hill , and two other hoists quite as large as the giant whirled the ore by night and by day from the lower levels. Tbe.se levels , running at all angles , are BO timbered and painted that under the white rays of the Incandescent lamp * the mental impression left li that of a weird and grue ome resting place for the dead to come. Th tllence In these deplho \ broken by the dull and heavy click of the rnoimer Cornish pumps churning water upward from the shaft bottoms and the grind of the ore care coining from the drift * . Single-handed and alone Crut * started in to find tbt ? size of the vein. He bored a tunnel COO feet into tbe mountain and found the wi 't ' > t gal.caj \ t er r-tro k In this t . . , try Tf C'C wire su y feet t f solid go 1 rroJori'iR quartz azswylup from | 1" to JiOO to the ton It was a find that made EdmunJ 1'antes ' take wc-ond place In run for lurfc anJ would have tarneJ the head of many a man lets fortunate than Cru e. Not s > o with him. He knew better than any one the value and future of this property and he wa willing to wait until the golden floodgates were fairly opened. The man's nerve w s b wt rtown when be went to the ground one day and found fnar tough-looking pro jctort keeping gna-'t. "An' who K-nt yez here ? " "Locating a mice. " ( aid the leader , a bit ; fellow , now living near Helena and known as Nerrou * Johnvon. "An" who wnt yet here ? " Johnson prew sociable then and told Cru e In confidence the nam t > of three well known Helena capitalist * who had organized a fyndl- e te to jump Ue property. Mine jumping In the w t IB a dungerou * bn lne s. but there are no conscientious ncraples attached pro viding the jumper wins. If he IOTO * he Is an object of contempt. Crae Mid nothing more to the hired men , but stuck a Ions * lxhootcr In hli boot leg and went over to Helena. He walkeJ down Main street until he met the leader of the syndicate. After they had exchanged the time of day Cru e > hand dropped slowly down to the elx-rfiooter and remained there. "I understand. " he said , "that there it n job to jump me mine , an' I JUK thought I'd come In town to say that every man who Etarte-3 It will find crape on his door before the Job Is finished " SALE OF THE MINE. Nothing more was tald and when Crusx ; re turned the next day the jumpers had lifted their stakes snd left. It was a long time , however , before Cruse enjoyed the full fruition of his toll. He was not dazed by his good fortune and lie well knew the value of hi find. Various local syndicates were or ganized to purchase the mine , which had been named the Drum Lummon , after the county in Ireland where Cruse wa ? born. Times , however , grew easier , for Cruse could borrow money on the Mrength of hl discovery. He did not blow this In , as many a wary and hopeful miner would have dofle. but chose to wait until It came In a lump. He built a small ten-stamp mill , which he was working while the deal which culminated In the Kale of the mine was being planned. ThU rale Is still talked about whc-n old mining men pet together. It was the first Investment of Enpllrh capital In Montana mines and was brought about by smart men- smart enough to make themselves wealthy on commissions of the rale. One of the ablest was Colonel Sum Word , tben living In Virginia CKy. He was just the man to tnlk to the foreign Investor , t.ecaufe he knew the country and could tell about It. Hugh Me- Quild , editor of the Helena Independent , w-ap let Irto the deal because he was cloo to Crure and suppose-d to have Influence with him. Colonel W. C. Child , who killed him self In Helena three years ago because of financial troubles , was also let in. as were several others who happened to be friends of the promoters. Eerh made from $10.000 to } 200.003 out of the sale. When the local pipc- > were laid Colonel Word brought the attention of London capitalists to the mine. 'Expert ? were sent over by Mr. Al Chadbourne. the famous London mining broVer. reportr were rent from Montana to London and ba"k acaln. and offers were made to Cruse and refui-ed. It was a long and tryltic pull to get hold of the mine , tie value of which hart been well de termined by this time. Crure beJd off for a much larger sum than the mine with its great vein was really worth. The end came at lail when Cruse came Into Helena one evening with a compromise propo- tltlon. which was aecepte-d. The purchase was closed in the back room of a bank and when the meeting adjourned he stuffed a check for $750,000 in the pocket of his worn Jumpers with the agreement that he shouM receive stock In the new company to the value of $1.250.000 at the par value of $5 a f'-iare. The Drum Lummon wap sold and Cruse has never since ceased kicking him self for palling It so cheap. At the same time he was lucky enough to sell bis bold- Incs when the stock reached the top figure J25 a share. Hfltllll ) SHIPS. They \Vi-re Pound In.NT n Portion of Diilillii by SV T Workmen. The excavations in connection with the main drainage works In Dublin have resulted In some discoveries of considerable Interest , particularly to the antiquarian. Unfortu nately those who come on the finds are not enthuolaptlc searchers Into the secrets of the pan. and they did not overexert them- selvej In the work of investigation. When the trench for the main sewer at Upper Ormond quay was being dug , rays the Dublin Independent , the diggers came on an old ship , which was buried in the ground some twenty feet down , nearly opposite the head of Eait Arran wrcet. The direction of the ship was at right angles to the quay -wall , tve bow projecting toward up river. The vessel was evidently swallowed up In the rands which formed the banks of the river long ere the present quays were built. The width of the ship is > fifteen feet. Its length Is an unknown quantity , for thow who found the vessel simply cut away ar much as was neceftary to construct the sewer. Even Its depth was not. ascertained , because the bottom of the new sewer is only some t o feet underneath the point where the gunwales of the boat begin , and the workmen did not go to a greater depth than they were compelled for main drainage pur poses. The material of which the s > Mp war made 1 ? oak. but owing to Its long stay in the ground the wood Is stained almost black. A peculiar feature in the construction of the vessel is that the timbers are almost ull fastened together by means of oak plugs , there being very little Iron employed. From the charred appearance of the deck timbers it is considered probable that an attempt was made to set fire to the ship , but the fire did not spread , as the side timbers show no traces of burning. Near the top of the chip was found a quantity of coal , and a fourteen-pound cannon ball was also dis covered. Higher up the quay , almost op posite the city sheriff's office , another ship was found. This one. which lay In the di rection parallel to the quay wall , had also evidently been swallowed up by the sands which used to border the Llffey In its prog ress through the Dublin of other days. The same peculiarities of construction as were observed in the case of the first ship were noticed In that of the cccoad. The-re did not however , appear to have been an attempt to set the boat on fire. The workmen express their belief that the ships are as old as the days of Drian the latter name being rather a familiar refer ence to the conqueror of Clontarf. Thp presence of a cannon ball would seem to do away with this theory , for at the time of the historic conflict firearms were unknown and the gentle art of projecting heavy mis siles at one's fellow creatures by means of artillery was not employed for the spread of civilization until Brian tbc Ilrave had been In the grave for several centuries. It is probable , houevcr. that the ships are at least as old as the time of King Charles I or even of Queen Elizabeth. AIIl 3IOTOII FOIt Prrllliilimrj' Ti-ft * of ( 'oiniirchncil Air I'ruv For several months past experiments have been conducted at the American Wheelock Enclno company's works in South Worces ter. Mass. , upon an air motor adapted to use upon hackney carriages , heavy wagont * and private vehicles. These experiments and the work upon the motors , says the Worcester Spy , have been carried on en tirely Independently of that on the com pressed-air street-car motors now building there for the Metropolitan Traction company of New York. It is understood that the Metropolitan Traction company 1s in no way Interested In the motor carriages , although some of the Individual stockholders of the- traction company have been to a certain extent concerned with the experimental work. Like the motors for street cars , se crecy has been maintained In the experi mental work in connection with the motor carriage , and no one outside of the vrorkt > and only a few connected with the establish ment have been allowed to note the progrest made. The work has all been In charge of an expert New York engineer , who hat hltnM'lf done most of the designing and devising Incidental to the application of an air motor to an ordinary vehicle. The carriage has had several trial trips In the yard , but not until last week was It taken upon the street , and the jaiblic elvon an opportunity to wltma It. They wwu not Invited even then. The carriage In general appc&ranco much rtbeinblce the ordinary ' ' © 'o 0 PERSISTENT Disorders in the Stomach , Liver and Bowels accompanied by BACKACHE and changed appearance of tbe Urine are 9 indicative of 9 9O DISEASED KIDNEYS 9s To restore these vital organs of the body 9e < e to perfect condition , and recover health and strength , use only the old reliable remedy o C ® 'KEY ' We Have testimonials from thousands who have 6 been given up as beyond relief who have taken this medicine and been permanently cured , TOR S LC AT DRUGGISTS PRICE 1 00 PER B9TTLC Co THE DR. j. H. MCLEAN MEDICINE ca. , ST. LOUIS. MO. foul-wheeled vehicle , excepting for sonjc n- pertmental machinery vIsiMe undrrn-ath tlie body of the carriage Us flrst appea-ancc was made Friday afternoon , v.ncn it was subjected to a trial trip upon Park a tniic and from every Indication. It workel satis factorily. President Hoadley manlmilatpd the power and a party of men oc-upied the seats , of which there are two. Pneumstlc- tlrrd wheels are used. In the trip Friday afternoan a si * < ed of at least twonty-live miles an hour was obtained without ? ny ap parent difficulty. It has been stated that those who are back of the carriage air motor Intend. In case of success , which now seems assured to form a Ktock company for the putpote of running a system of air motor cabs In some of the large cities of the roun'ry. The motor carriage constructed in Worcester if the first In which compressed air is us-ed as the motive force. In all other motor carriages , propulsion Is obtained either by a storage > M'.tery or a miniature engine. AMUSEMENTS. The Whltrey Optra company now present ing DeKoven and Smith's successful opera "Rob Roy" at the Crclgnton , will close the engagement at that theater with two performances today , a matinee being given at 2:30. : "Town Topics. " which JE taid to be a sparkling farce of no mean pretensions , will be Been at the Crclghton for two nights , commencing Sunday matinee , December C. For tomorrow ( Sunday ) matinee and night the return of "The Twelve Temptations" Is announced at Boyd's. Tlut this will be pleasing to large numbers of theater-goers , even coming so soon after the recent ver ; successful engagement at that playhouse , there can be but little doubt. This well known spectacle has retained 1U popularity ex ceedingly well , which may be accounted for by the fact that Mr. Yale ketps his beautiful scenery In good condition and presents a company of up-to-date come dians , pretty girls and commendable special ties. Sol Smith Russell will play his annual engagement at Boyd's Tuesday and Wednes day nights with a matinee on Wednesday. apj > earing In his latest , and it is said his greatest play. "A Bachelor's Romance , " written for him by Martha Morton. Mr. Russell's remarkable triumphs are but the Just reward of his painstaking and artistic cllorts on behalf of the American drama. He aims to present clean und wholesome plays , embodying In his characterization the highest and noblest instincts. Mr. Russell'e company includes such well known people as George Alison. Alfred Hudson , George Denham , Arthur Forrest. Addiron Pitt. Bertha Creighton , Beatrice Moreiand , Jose phine Thompson and Fanny Addlson Pitt. "The Girl I Left Behind Me. " which comes to thu Creighton for three nights , commenc ing with a matinee tomorrow , is a thrilling play , whose dash , action , deeds of gallantry , woven Into which is a pretty romance , will explain to those who witness it why It scored such phenomenal runs In the large cltlre. The scene Is a post on the frontier and the time during the wicrd ghost dances of the- Indians , which roused them into a frcnry of wrath and Impelled them to declare war against the white man. The beautiful daughter of the post is affianced to Lieu tenant ParR-w , but love Lletenant Hr.wks- worth. Psrlow knows of this love , but Is not gallant enough to relieve his promised wife of a tie that Is odious. The two lieu tenants and a detachment of men engage t io Indians. Eomo of the party are cut off and are massacred , because Parlow proved too cowardly to go to the rescue. He lays th cowardice at the door of hs ! rival , who proves the charge falte by riding at midnight through the Indian line for succor for the pwt. As ho leaves bis sweet- he-art. who had theretofore been too womanly to tell him her heart , she throws her arms urcund him and says : "I love you. " while Parlow skulks , in the knowledge that the general knows be has lied. There is a battle willthe Indians , plenty of blood and poA-dfer , and the hero once more proves his gallantry , while the poltroon is disgraced and resigns. It has beer , decided to open the advance sale &f seats for May Irwln'a performances on Monday morning next. This is done on account of the number of inquiries which have already been made at the box oflice of the Crelijbton for reserved places. The in dications are , therefore , that Mlns Irwln will rocelve a weleoiae something In the nature of an ovation. It ought to be borne in mind that Allss Irwin will give only three performances , and that "The Widow Jonro , " last season's big hit. will be given on Friday night and at the Saturday mati nee , while Mtes Irwln's new comedy will have its first production on any stage on Saturday evening. MUs Irwin's cclcbraud negro bongs formed one of the roost strik ing feature * of her performances here last season. She baa a fine new collection to spring on her Omaha admirers next week. Both "The Widow Jones" and the new comedy will have budgets of specialties , songs and dances , which will be entirely new to local theater goers. KILLED IN A POLISH BRAWL Thanksgiving Eiot in n Mining Onmp Bcsults in Bloodspilling. TWO MEN DEAD AND SEVERAL INJURED Trmilil > SUirlx In n Snlooii After n > .Mttlit of Cnront.nl KlKliI ll < lit ecu I'iilt-N nml n Ilntul of ' YOUIII ; A in f r lea ti H. P1TTSTON. Pa. . Nov. 27. Three men were fatally shot and several more or less seri ously wounded Jn a drunken riot at Uuryea early thls-moining. The deed men are : JAMES MOTSL1. bhot In abdomen ; died almost Instantly. FRANK LAMBERT , shot In breast three time ? : died this afternoon. JOHN BETTS , shot In the leg and cannot recover. The Injure-d are : John Toy , Ehot In thigh ; William Slocklness , shot in side : two Po- lande-rs , mines unknown , wounded slightly , Duryea Is a small mining village tlirco miles north of Plttston and there is a largo colony of foreigners there who work in the mines. They celebrated Thanksgiving day principally by drinking and the tavern of Anthony Policy was their headquarters. Several of the residents of the town ssy that the ulgbt was a veritable re/lgn of terror , in uhlch it was unsafe to be at large , and. the assertion is made that fully a score ot men were held up and robbed at pistol pointx in various sections of the place. Tha shoatlng occurred about 3 o'clock this mornIng - Ing and the Eton * of Its origin told by ; Paller , the tavern keeper. Is the only ono yet beard. He says that a number ot Po- laudcrs were drinking In his place , when a party of young Americans entered. After much drinking they began to taunt the for eigners. This led to a quarrel. In which the Americans assumed the aggressive and set upon the Polanders with earns. The first blow had no sooner been struck than the foreigners drew their guns and bullets began to fly. The Americans beat a retreat. The shooting was FO general and promiscu ous that it is Impossible to tell who fired the fatal shots. Lambert was carried away by his friends and Motsli and Belts were found on the floor when the fusllade was over. The two wounded Polanders were taken to thc-Ir homes. There their wounds were dressed. The authorities promptly started an In vestigation and this afternoon arreste-d Paller , the t-aloon keeper ; his bartender , William Cosgrove ; James Ryan. James Brady. J. Clark. Samuel Barclay , J. Flood and Alexander Wllyenl. They are charged with being the ringleaders In the riot. While they were being taken to Plttston. Barclay and Flood escaped from the con- rtable and fled to the mountains. lll li < ii Miifr. Autliorlzrn n Drliliil. CHICAGO , Nov. 27. Rev. T. U. JIalono of Denver , who Is In Chicago , received this afternoon from Bishop Matz of I. < en- ver n dispatch authorizing a denial of the report Hint the blMiop had uppllfd for a transfer to the see of St. Cloud , Minn. The re-port has it that Father Daniel Hlordun of Chicago a brother of Arch bishop Jllorduti of San Francisco , v.'as to be appointed Hlnlioji Mutz'B Euccjs or in. Denver. LOCAL. 1IHKVITIES. An overcoat was stolen Thursday from the office of Andrew A. Ahlstrum , 434 Paxtoa block. A cape , the property of one of the opcr. ators Mrs. Hattic Long , was stolen from the composing room of The Bee Thursday. Burglars entered the barn of Ed Howell. 1911 South Twenty-fourth street , a couple of nights ago and stole a double harness valued at $25. Lucy Cure , living at 200S Grace street , fell on the Icy sidewalk yesterday afternoon at 2Dr. ! Dodge rtreet and broke her ankle. After having her Injuries attended to by a surgeon , rhe was taken to her home. Chief Slgwart received a marked copy of a Cripple Creek newspaper last evening which i-pokc In glowing terms of ex-Cblet W. S. Seavey of Omaha , In connection with the position of city marshal of that place. Deputy Sheriff Stryker returned yester day morning from Lansing , Kan. , fvfth George Francis , the enterprising citizen who made way vlth the horte and buggy of Dr. W. 0. Bridges. The rig wc recovered and ; was ship from the Kansas town to Omaha by fast freight. A Jury decided yeiterday afternoon , after bearing all the evidence In the cat-- , that Carrie Smith , a colored denizen of the pro scribed district , had "touched" Andrew Mc- Pherion. a white man. retldlng In Omaha , for | SO , while Andrew wax basking In the Einllcn of the gay damtel. A ftranger , who If evidently afraid of sec- Ing his name In print , fell laot evening In front of the Boston rtore and pustalned a Bcalp wound re.vo.ral Inchev In extent. He wai > taken into a curgeon'B oflice near by , by , Officer Edgehlll. who picked him up , and a number of mltcbci taken In the wound. The Injured man rcfuw-d to give his name to ttiu olllcer , or bis 'place of residence. 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