THE OMAHA DAILY HlfilS : "M&tL'nAV ' , TSTOVUM HER W ) , 180(5. ( hi Kearney county ntono for a Rood many thousand moro people than wo hnvo here. nml If wo can rot thorn to come out from the older nnd moro oantcrn states an far n Omaha to attend the exposition there Isn't any question but that Kearney county would catch noinc of them Let us boom the exposition and show to Oio people that Nebraska U one of the lust spots on earth nnd her people the most .vlileawake and en ergetic. _ H me VOTI : . Wayne Herald : Nebraska cast over 230.- 000 voles at the Into election , nearly 20,000 more than was over polled In the state be fore and the quotttlon Is now asked : What per cent of them were from Colorado ? Tlcatrlpp Dfmocraf Nebraska cast 20,000 moro votes than was expected. So did Knn- HIM while Colorado was 40,000 short. Col- onl/liiK on the frontier vvhero many et- tlcrs had moud away , wan too tempting an opportunity to "advance the reform move ment" to let paM. \\ayne HeraldIlryan carried Wayne coun y by 177 , whllo Welch for county nt- tornry came out ! 00 nhpaO I'onea Garotte. The Oarotto Is mistaken as to Ilryan. It in bad enough , but It was only 115 , and many of them cornhnskers whom nobody knows fiom whence they came and who hail no right to vote In this county Atkinson Graphic Nebraska cast 230.C92 votis nt the last election Thin I about "b- ono more than was cn t two jears ago. We nro thoroughly convinced that Nebraska hasn't liSO.OOO votes In Its borders. The Idea Is gaining ground that there was not no much of an "uprising of the peoplo" aa tlmio wns an uprising of fraud Printout Tribune. Tlio total vote cast In N'tin-'k-c tMB jcar amounted to 230,012. The lilghnpt vote over cast In the stale wan In IS'jti , when there was not only .1 state olni Hun but when the question of prohibi tion WIIH before the piople That jcxir the vote i cached "II , SIC , or nearly 15000 fewer than rcrordcd this jear It was generally supposed that the population of Nebraska has been decreasing during the pant live years but these llgurctt prove the contrary Where all thcso votes came ffbm nppeara to be something of n mjotery. The re-pub- Il < an campaign mnnngeis figured out about how mail } \otoi their ticket would get and It got thorn Hut there v.cio thousands of voted lecoidcd for the ftlslonlsts which could not be dlocovcrcd before election day. We hope there Is a full grown man In Nebraska for cvuiy vote cast , but there aio ntrong miHplelniis of fraud In n good many placed Inknown fusion votea were dug up at every olertlon precinct In Nebraska , and this at least attests the line Italian hahd of those In cliirge of the eiinp.ilgn l , AM > in'iiiiivisi : - ; . The I'ennsjlvanla Woman Sufftage assocl- ntlon Is forty-eight yeais old , but It still 1ms IIOJHM. The late Mrs. Rcotl-SldPiia was considered bv some people the most beautiful profes sional wain in seen on the Klayo or ros'utm for a quarter of a eontniy. Within the past week two "Implicit ! ) trusted" llnanel-rs have left for parts un known , but failed to take with hem a couple of extra sized deficiencies of their own cre ating. The Philadelphia Hecord rays that the St Guidons stntup of I'etor Cooper "mcaiwmoro to the American people than n gallery full of dancing nnd vinously exhilarated llac- chantpj ) . " Governor 'logg denies the statement tli&t lie has children named Inn Ur.i and ShtM.t llo hns n dauh'er whoso uaie Is Ima , < iiid thrco bo\s nam-d respclvcly : , Wiill.un Michael and fho nas Mum Sarah Ilernhardt , who long withheld her patronage of the wheel , now finds that It n stoics and refreshes her moro than anything after a fatiguing night at the theater. Louis J. Sllva , a St. Loiila financier who rmhtr.zlcd $100,000 from his cmplojera andre ro I'lvod n thrco year oentei.co In the peni tentiary , was pardoned by Governor Stone on Tliank"glvltij ! day. Sllva solved one jenr of hi * wntonce. . It vviiH a Kentucky revivalist who declared nt the vnledlctory prayer meeting that he lind done n good work there. "I am , " he said , "like the celebrated Napoleon , who nfter Hunker 1 1 111 , exclaimed "Sic semper tjraiinl.s : I came , I saw , I conquered. ' " Huron IIlr-Hi has fcocnrod nt leat't one monument "moro looting than one of bron/e. " A1th the nvowed object of conimemoratlnp the creat bonctlto which the Into baron con ferred on the settlers In his Argentine colo- nli'M the heads of families tlioro have de cl'led ' to glvo the naino of Moicu lllrfoh to cverj mnlo child born until the llrst annlver- H.iry of his dentil. On ono occasion William II. Crane found himself confronted by the falo which now nnd then overtakes actors llo found In his hotel ( lint ho had been aligned to room No l.'t , and he hurried down to the olllco to aveit tint bad luck that ho felt sure would fall upon him If lie should step across that threshold. "What do > ou mean by giving me room 13 ? " ho said to the clerk , "that Is the best loom In the house ; all the distin guished ni tors sleep In that loom. Why , John T Havtnond died In that room ! " Mr Cranii turned blue. "Go down to the train jnrd , " he shouted to his agent , "and get mo a sleeping car ! I won't stay In the house , let alone In Hoom 13 ! " ri\snis : m ? rti.v. Cincinnati Hnqulrer : "Kvor notice that . .le.irlynil fat men nro good imtnred. "Of course , they nrcA fnt man Is too fOioi t-windeil to light. " Chicago Tribune : NevVhboy ( nt the top of Ms vuliv ) All 'bout the bloody lint ! Kxclted Citizen Here , liny ! Hi'Iiu ; mo n inpirlmt ! waa Iho score ? Inill inapolii .lonrnnl : "What we piojiose to do nv.ay with , " H.ild tinnformir. . "Is the inaetlee of ullouliif ; ooipor.itlonH < to K < > t vain ibli' finiiehlsoH tor nothlm ; " ' I didn't Know they evi r did , " b.ild the civ If Htiitesmaii In astonishment. ClilniRO Hecoul : "Uld yon over notice that foitnno tellorH ehar < men $1 nnd vvomeii only 50 centH ? " "Vf ; why Is Unit ? " "Oh , It Is n commercial recognition of the fact that the promhio of a good liu.sband IH wortti only half us much us the piomlse of u good wife. " Petrol ! Kree 1'res.s : "Is roil really HO diar. Grumpy ? " nsknl Ills wife. "Dear ? It's coino to bo one of the pre- cloiiH minerals. I want yon to keep u keen ' > i > on that fellow carrying It In nnd we that In' doesn't put any of the nuggets In Ills poel.ot " Cleveland I'lnlu Dealer Mis. Minims OporM' , aie you Hiiro you locked up the bouse carefully ? Minims lly Jove , I can't remember nbout the front door. Mr * Minimi Never mind about the fiont door lluu about the coil bin1. ' Household Words : "Doctor , vvhv Is It { hat people are. generally so tnneh moro pleased with boy Imblcfl than with girlti ? " ' Nothing simpler madam. A boy baby never comes amiss. " Cincinnati niuiulic'r : "I a-ked him for a new eloik today. " said the young wife , "but he tiled to get out of It bv piylng mo a compliment on my complexion" "What illd he say" asked her mother "llo H.ild : 'Well ! You've got u cheek that Is a peach ! ' TAKINtl WAYS. Iliiiliard Kipling. When 'Omer Mtiiote hit bloomln' lyre , He'd Yard men tdng by land and sea , An' whit he thought V mUht svqulro ' 13 went an' took the same us me I The market ulils an' fishermen , Thu Nhephcrdt * , an' the s.illoiH , too They 'caul old tcongH turn up again , Hut l > ep' It iiulet same as youl They km vv V stole ; 'o Knew they knovvcd ; Thejdidn't tell , nor make a funs , Hut winked at 'Omer down the road , And 'o winked back same as nal ( To n t'kturo nf l.otiKrcllim'11 i\aiiKcliiio : ) Thou HWiet , Bud-faccd evangel of a love ! As faithful as ( ho Master's own , who seeks The lost lamb of the Hock throughout the wo i Id , De true cMimplo for us Htlll. and still A hope nnd promlso of true IOVU'H urn aril This sldo and yet beyond the grave which them , 'As lit , the Master , proved IB not the death Of vo. Dei.r l > Art. bo comforted to know That tf/.r Is Just nnd IOVO'H reward ns sure Kino were God's universe at odds Instead Of even , muted , loving , truu and bloat At lust. Hu Htlll God's truu evangel of A tender , faithful , vlrtuouu vvumun'u lovo. Omulm , Nub. X. Pulse of Western Progress. "Usually the cattle on the rcjcrvatlnn nt this tlmo of the year ran nnd all the feed noccMary , " said I W. Seaman to a rep resentative of the St. Paul Pioneer Press nt Mitchell , S. I ) . , "but at present It Is nearly ImttOMlblo for them to secure feed. " Mr Seaman said It has hardly been the case In jears that cattlemen have been put to sueh Htralts to get feed for their slock , as the prairies heretoforehnvo been tree from snow and Ice. This applies to ranges lying north of Chamberlain , whore Immense droves of cattle roam the praliles and feed on the luxurious grasses When the first snow fell out there It reached a depth of eighteen Inches , hut this did not bother the cattle from digging down to the grans through the soft snow. Shortly after the snow melted and formed n hard crust on the surface which prevented further attempts nt graz ing. All the rangers have driven their cattle tlo down near Chamberlain , where there Is plenty of feed nnd water. The range-is up north have seen their mistake In not putting up hay for the winter , and they all say that they will not be caught again In n Ilko predlcnment. Many of the rangeis have had to sell their cattle on account of the scarcity of feed , and have done so at a loss Mi- Seaman sa > s that his cattle nro safely housed on his ranch in lion Homines county for the winter He believes that cattle are going to bo worth good money next year , and he Is buvlng all that come his way. COPPI2H AND GOLD FINDS. The gold anil copper discoveries In the Grand nncampmcnt region still continue , and with added richness. sa > s a Saratoga special to the Denver News. The gold strike made In the He.ssle P bids fair to develop Into a veritable buian/a. On the Molly Hill claim n lead has been struck of dnz7llng character , the honey combed quaiU' being actually lilted with free gold. S Morgan and others have Just opened up a lead which runs IS per cent gray cop per and $8 In silver. Messrs. Hugus , Hnssett and Heath are developing some splendid ore , ossavs run ning nil the way from $12 to $572 In gold with n Hue allowing of copper through out. out.A vvhltn lion , or as some claim , of tel lurium , Is reported running $11 In gold In the adjacent Sandstone district a blanket vein of sulphide of Iron has been discovered which runs from $20 to $50 In gold. The vein 18 four miles wide by ac tual tracing. A new vein has been uncovered In the famous llattlo mountain copper mine of I.eaeock ere four feet wide and giving 90 per cent In copper. $10 In gold and some silver The 125 tons of ore already mar keted from this mine have netted $50 per ton. a wagon freightage of $7 per ten being Included In the- transportation charges. ANOTHER SODA WHLL. Word coires fiom Green Ulver of the dis covery of another soda well at a depth of 150 feet containing In solution 33 per cent of pure carbonate of ftoda. The well Is located will In the city limits about a half mlle west of the Hist soda well discoidcd there , sajs the Cheyenne Sun-Leader , and gives promlso of being a gusher. Casing lias he-en sent for nnd the development of this property will be prosecuted with the utmost vigor. A well was sunk last winter for oil , nnd Instead of wl.nt "wanought , water contain ing about 21 per cent solids was encountered and the work abandoned. Later It was found that ; he solid matter in this water waa car bonate of eoda of a purity gieater than that of any commercial carbonate of soda on the market. Why thin rennrkable find remains unde veloped cannot be explained , except on the ground that Us commercial \altio Is not fully realized Thcro la a clemand for moro carbonate of bod.i than this country now pro luces , as Is evidenced by the Importa tions of the aitlcle The cheapness at which It can bo produced Insures a bale for j all tint can be pioduccd at profitable figures. The limit to the supply at Green Hlver can only bo determined by exploration. I1LAC1C HILLS MINKHAL PRODUCT. The report of State Mine Itapcctor Jeffrey for the year ending December 15 , 1S3C , In almost completed. While the exact product of the Illack Hills cannot be given > ct , It Is siilfielcnt to say that It will approximate $ " , - 000.000. There are , according to the Kdge- mont ( S. I ) ) , Express , about 2.00U men en gaged In mining in the Black Hills , not In cluding mill hands Over l.COO are actual wage workers , and about 300 are engaged in placer mining or prospecting The Homestnko cmplojs 470 miners , but the output Is not matciially Increased over last > tar , owing to the fact that the Star mill w ja shut down for repairs for fioveral months The Dcadwood and Delaware bullion prod uct Is placed at $1,500,000 , the Golden Re ward chlorlimtlon plant at $930,000 , the oanlile at $150,000 and the Honustake at $ .1,000,000. No figures nrc yet given for the Kildonan mill , but It Is said It Is close to the I ) , and D. Altogether the report shows a very untlsfactoiy condition of affairs , and theio seems to be less disaatlefactlon among vvao earners than In any similar amount of territory In the United States The Inspector's report shows that an Immense amount of development work has bren done In Lawrence county during the past > ear , and fiom present Indications the enaulng- jear will show up far better than ny pre ceding > ear In the history of the Ulack IhlU IHG IRRIGATION PROJnCTS. As n result of the supreme court's declalon tcgardlng the Wilght act , ono of Iho most extensive Irrigation projects In southein Cal ifornia will now bo carried out. This Is In the Linda Vista district , contiguous to this citj , siys n"San Diego dispatch to the San Kranclsco nxamlner It contains 10,000 acres of hind nnd was formed Iho years ago. It was then bonded for $1,000.000 , and two jears later three valuable dam and reservoir sites at Pamo. Santa Mnrln and Djo Valley were secured at an outlay of $170.000 In bonds. Heads were built and excavating done to the extent of $10.000 more , but since then everything has been at n standstill. Last ye-ar no delinquent tax list was pub lished , bccauso theio wns no money to pay for printing. Hut now all Is changed. Tele grams have been received by the directors , making offerings for the bonds Colonel J P. Jones , one of the directors , says that there Is capital now waiting and rcidy to take hold of the district bonds , build the dam and construct the viater tibtem ns fast as men and money can do It. The Land and Town company , whleh owns between 5,000 nnd ii.000 acres In the district , has an nounced that It stands ready to pay Its pro rata for earrj Ing out the work of placing water on the district lands M. ' . Jones said"Tho first thing will bo to begin work on the Pamo dam. When that Is completed to the height of 151 feet It will bo capable of Impounding fiom 3,000 to 3GOO Inches of water , sufllclent to last the district for many years to come. This dam Is twenty-four miles by wagon road from here , nnd to build the dam to the height Indicated will cost now about $210- 000. although three years ago It would have cost moro than $309,000. The other dams , Santa Maria and Djo Valley , are capable of being used In developing great electric power. " There Is every Indication that n few weokH will hi Ing busy times to the Linda Vista district. As another result of the recent decision of the United States huprcmo court on the Wright Irrigation act , It Is stated that work will ho at once commenced on tie exten sive system of Irrigation canals of the Sun set Irrlgitlon district , located on the. west aide of I'reaiu ) county. The main canal , twelve miles long , will tap the Zalda canal near Kings river , and will have five lateral canals , ouch forty-live miles long , running north , and ( lie moro canals , each fifty miles long , running south The cost of the work will bo M.5UO.OOO TITLL'S WKIIK NOT GOOD News has been received In North Yaklina. a\n a Tacomu dlspitch to the San 1'ran- clsco Call , that the scrrctar ) of the In terior has decided In favor of the appli cant In a land ciiae pending uliico 15 > 91 The result of the IMM. ! n Is lint $ " 0 OoO worth of property Inelullng eighty aircs Just outside the city limits , nnd eights acres In the most thickly settled portion of the rlt > . Including dorcns of houses nnd residence lo's , pa sp * Into the hands of the applicant. J. H N'cedham. The 1 nd and lots were sold by HIP Northern Pnclllc to the present holders , but the decision of the secretary Implies that the railroad had no title. Cap'aln MacCrlmmon In 1SS4 made ap plication At the local land office to file a timber culture claim on the land In ques tion. This was two jenrs before the pres ent city existed. Ills application was re jected , but In 1S11 his partner , Needhnm , filed a homestead on the yamp tract , hold ing that by reason of MacCrlmmon's tim ber culture claim peni'lng before the land olllco In 1SS4. when the Northern Pacific's rights attached , the trae't was exempted from grant. His homestead application was rejected , and ho appealed A telegram received by his attorney gives Jilm the prior right of filing a lio-nostcadT The owners of the property w 111 look to the railroad compan > for repayment of money paid on lands. APTIR KOOTCNAI TRADD. Spokane la making a hard fight to con trol the Immense trade now going Into the Kootenal country as the result of the heavy mining operations going on there > Cana dians are making a bid for this trade , sajs the Portland Orcgonlan , on the ground that It Is their own territory , but as the bulk of It Is now going up by the way of Spo kane the merchants In the latter city do not Ilko the Idea of losing It. The follow ing Is the way the situation Is outlined by the Spokesman-Review- "The Importance of the Kootenal country from a commercial point of view Is shown by the enormous amount of supplies which are constantly going in , not only from the United States , but from points in Canada. \ railroad man who was In the city re cently , said there were 200 cars of freight at Hevelstoko awaiting shipment to the Southern Kootenal. "It la only iceently that the Canadians became aware that there was a growing country In the Kootenal which must bo supplied from ome point , and It was only when they escertalned that Spokane mer chants were quietly doing the business nnd making no fuss nbout It that they awoke to the fact that n portion nt least belonged to them. Now they tire straining every nerve to wrest the trade from the Spokane merchants. " JJICH WASHINGTON MINKS. Washington has n mineral prospect that runs $10.000 In gold to the ton and 500 ounceo In t'llvor Word of the new strike has Just been brought In. saja the Seattle Poit-Intol- HCGiicor , by Prospectors R. A. Leo nnd W. H. Now ell who returned fiom the Methow camp In the Squnw creek district. The fctrlko In qup'tlon way made n few dajs ngo on the llahl Knob claim. Ju-4 above the Friday mine , nnd la the property of Mr Noble. A number of assays were made from the Icdgo and nil rnn nbout the same. Twenty sncks of ere had been tnken from the clnlin and were ready for shipment on the dny Mr. Lee came out. The lucky owner of the property owns another properly on Swamp creek , thlrt > mllea cast. Uint has given as says running $3,000 In gold and seventy ounces In silver. Mr. Leo visited the Intter property and brought In tfomo camples of ere fiom It which are now on exhibition at the county commissioners office. The Friday company , of which A. F. Hur- lelgh Is the head , la now making preparation to begin work on a smelter which Is to bo completed yet this year. The new wncon road leading from Squaw creek to Ives' landing H nbout completed nnd will bo In readiness by the time thu cold weather comes. Largo crowds of worklngmen nnd pros pectors" nre being nttrncted to the country by the recent strikes and It Is believed the com ing winter win UP one or gicni acinuy. The Red Shirt and Friday companies are making preparations to employ larger num bers of miners than ever before. Mr Lee sunk n twenty-foot shaft on his Ophlr property whllo ho wns over there nnd met with such gratifying results that ho will probably return with n force of men for the winter. Good returns nro nhx > being reported from the Diamond Flush and Savage Queen from the Diamond Flush nnd Savngo Queen parties , and upon which work la being pushed with great vim at present. HOUNDARY TROUHLHS P03SIHLU. A Chicago Times-Herald special from O- tnvva , Out , sajs thcio is n good chance for serious International complications between the United States nnd Canada over the trou bles In the Yukon district. In places such ns Kort-mile creek , where the boundary Is supposed to pass , and where snme of the creeks are in American and borne In Cana dian territory. It Is Impossible to dctcimlne these which belong to Canada and those which do not. In reference to the charges concerning United States trespassers on Hrltish territory In the Yukon district and the washing of gold In Canadian waters , the secretary of stnto na > .s that this state of affairs arises from the fact that the commissioners ap pointed to define the boundary line between the two countiIPS have not yet submitted their report to the government. The district alleged to have been Invaded Is a Canadian town named Ciulahy. at Forty-mile crook , nnd Is the headquarters of the mounted police In the Yukon district Theio Is a United States postolflco thero. but It Is not recognized by the Canadian government. The Canadians nnd the Amer icans in the dlstilet of Yukon are anxiously awaiting for the official announcement which will define the Canadian territory from that of the United States DnsPKKATU FIGHT WITH HGAR. A story from Ashcioft Is published in the Aspen ( Col ) Tribune to the effect that a piospcctor named Anderson , who Is workIng - Ing on a claim near the Tarn O'Shantei group of mines , fought n terrific battle with u largo black bear the other day Anderson came out victor , but It was n painful victory and ho will bear home of the marks of the engagement with him to the giave. Anderson started out early In the after noon with n dog and Winchester rlflo to hunt , bear tracks having been repotted within a few mlks of the mines. Ho and the dog picked up the tracks and trailed them for about thrco miles , when they be came * fresher , and the dog ba > cd thu fact deep , and Anderson plunged through , taking llttlo 01 no precaution to BCI > where he wa going. He wns nuddcnly arnnted by n howl of pain from the dog , and looked up only to be confronted b > an cTiormuus bear that had swatted the canine one and sent It YOU will fol > IllU'H'.slcil 111 ht'L'lMJ , ' till. * coiislKiiiiiiMil ni' orlc'iitnl ni s tliiit MO tito ( llilnyliu | : tlii'y I'liilmicjo stfl wirts nml M/.C.S from $ i.r ! > tiji to $ . ' .1 they im > ilcli In Hlitult' beautiful In pat tern ami mi' lit'lnjj sold by us for just ( noiiKli to pay i'\pi'iisi > of H'lllii ! , ' mid fri'lKlit-tlit' tihtial M to 7.i JUT rent piullt tlocMi't KO no prollt at all ami art tlu > roiisl.muiu'iit i * ln > rt > for only a short , tlmo It will bu ailvl.sablo to wu them at Omaha Carpet Co. r. 1515 Dodge howling toward Its mnster Thp bear K limited on Its haunc4io , waiting for An derson to open the fight , The man recovered from his astonishment quickly and raising his rifle , fired at ran dom and started lo rorrat , In doing so his foot caught In some br , sh and lip fell Hruln , who had been hit. maddened nt the pain was over the prcwtiate man In an In stant and then came a Ilfo and death strug gle Man and bear rolled over nnd over. The don proved a valuable ally to Ander son and worried Hruln considerably bj bit ing his hind legs. So aggravating did the dog become that the bear turned Us nt- tentlon from the * man to Its tormentor , U wns n fatal movement for the bear , as It gave Anderson an opportunity to get out a hunting knlfo he carried , and when Hruln turned again the man closed In with the animal and burled the knife In ltd btenst. Hruln fell over dead and Anderson dropped exhausted. The mnn'a clothing was liter ally torn from him and hung In shreds 11 la face , heal , body , hands , arms and legs were terribly lacerated , and It will be several weeks before ho will bo able to hunt bears again. The bear weighed 230 pounds THE DAKOTAS. Corn can be bought nt the Vermllllon market at S cents n bushel. South Dakota equal rights people will hold their annual state convention In Sa lem on December 3 nnd i. The llomcstako Mining company has de clared Us 2JOth regular monthly dividend of $31 GOO , making a total to date of $ GOBG,230 , and since January 1 , this year , $314,000. Hut a few jears ago hogs were shipped In to supply the demand at Eureka , but the fanners now not only stock their own homo market but several carloads are shipped out each week. Since election the demand for South Da- lota land has been quite active. Heal estate dealers declare they have received more In quiries about land since election than dur ing the cntlro twelve months prior to that time. It hns been decided to restruct a ten-ton smelter In the state school of mines. With such an icqiilpmcnt the ncjiool will ( be furnished with all the necessary appliances for treating oics , both free milling and re fractory , by nil the various processes. J. M. Ilurgess of Spcarfish recently shot and killed the largest deer ever killed In the Hlack P'llls. ' It measured ten feet from the tip of Us nose to Its heels , when stretched out , and weighed 210 pounds It was a ten-pronged buck , and Mr. Ilurgess refused $10 for the head. McCauII , Webster & Co have begun opera tions on n largo elevator near the depot at Vermllllon. It Is the Intention of the com pany to complete the building as soon as pos sible and buy nil the grain It can this winter The new elevator will make n good grain maiKet for Vermllllon. There has been but one firm buying for sevcial years past and now the fnrmeis look forward to compe tition ami Increased prlco for their grain. W. H. Valentino has been officially noti fied that his bid for constructing the now government school building at S.antoo agency was the only bid received , and that consequently quently It will bo necessdry to rcadveitlse for bids. Valentino's bid Svas about $22000 The new building Is to be constructed of brick. It will be IfiS feet long , seventj'-elght feet wldo and will be heated bj- steam and supplied with all modern conveniences. It Is quite probable ; that the recommenda tion of the secretary , 'of the Interior , made four jears ago , for consolidating the gov ernment land ofllccs in this state , will be acted upon by the Incoming administration In this event It Is probable that the Mitchell and Chamberlain offices will bo united nt Chamberlain , the Waicrtown and Aberdeen offices united at Wntqrtown. and the Huron and I'lerro offices unljed at Pierre , and the clcilcal force teduced at least one-half. COLOKADO. Pine Creek camp , rcbovo Central City , has grown out of a etrtctly prospect camp , and a do7cn claims are shipping steadily , though none has a very largo tonnage. The Page Reduction works , by the London & Cripple Creek Gold Reduction company , are to bo built at Florence and It Is cal culated the mill will bo ready to treat ore In ninety dajs. The success of the Illinois Stool company In using the Iron ores of Leadvllle has been excellent , and the company ho Increased Its eiders for this ore. The tonnage from Leadvllle of Its lion ores Is already con siderable. Lieutenants Young and Goodin of the Sev enth United States Infantry have been at Colorado Springs looking up n suitable slto for the target range. The target prac- tlco last jear was at Hroadmoor , but the United States deslios to purchase a perma nent location and Is looking for a desirable site. site.At At n meeting of the executive committee of the Northern Colorado Produce exchange the other day the price of potatoes was Hxed ns follows' Whites , CO cents per 100 pounds ; reds , 55 cents , and the higher grades of reds CO cente. This shows a healthy advance nnd that the association Is doing good work. Schlatter Is coming back to Denver In 1S99. when ho will bo eight feet high , and the kingdom of heaven will be established there In the presence of the rest of the world. At least that Is what was told a Denver audience last week by a lady who Is proud of the distinction of having shel tered the healer In her Hceludcd homo In a New Mexican canyon for thrco months. The long fight between the two rival mining towns In Cl Pasa and Douglas counties for the right to use the name of West Creek has at last been settled. The town which wns given the legal right to the name of West Creek was formerly called Pemberton. Uy the decision both the town and postolllco of the Dmiglai county town will hereafter he West Creek A strike Is reported In the American at Sunshine , which was at ono tlmo the best tcllurldo mine of Houlder county. This season n new company bought the prop erty , purchased machinery and began searching by cross cuts for the lost vein A body twelve feet In thickness has been opened up , which assajs from $12 to $23 across the cntlio mass , whllo occasional streaks of s > lv.mlto nro disclosed which run from $6 to $10 per pound. The Slide mine In working a laigc force of men day and night. Neal Regan of Cripple Cieek arrived In camp at Puma the othei day with an absaj of twelve ounces In gold and $13G in sil ver , taken fiom a ten-foot hole two miles .mitliu , t nf tfiun P.irtles frnm tliorn UT * 'I'll * woild's i oiliest put YPtllluil by thu Judges at tlto World's fair who lifonoiiiii'o the Klmball to bo the brat piano on earth ami thiToforo they ftavo It thu highest awards but wo know It before so do ihoithamlH and thousand * of others all over this ( 'lobo who will tell you that the IClmlmll Is the hl hi'st Krado the lowest ptlred the hwootoht toiled the easiest termed pi. mo tiiadu wo hell U rout It tradu It. A. Hospe , Jr , Music ami Art. 1513 j routing In dally and making ground north and west of Puma where big n avs In gold have been obtained within the last ten dajs Preparations for deep sinking arn being made thioiiRhout the district. The Puma hills offer every Inducement for InvrMnu'iit. and all stay that come The mineral cannot bo beaten In Mexico or any other countrj Cripple Creek ropons are all of an en couraging nature so far na inlnlni ; U con cerned The town Is one of the best built mining ramps In the country , and Its $100 , . ooo hotel Is turning irvay RUP < ; S every night , but there nro too many business building ! ! nnd too many ahop keepers , nnd the entire camp Is heavily moUKase'd. Only the mines arc * 'ioe Millp the thou sands of prospectors are sadly cramped for lark of funds for exploration purposes. Investments nre steadily made , however , and the camp will develop In tlmo , though slowly. The gang of plundcrpia lit the municipal olllccs h.ts been nearly weeded out. WYOMING. A steam shearing plant U cotitpmplatcd for Orcin Hlvcr. Ihu Union Pacific compiti } has paid In full the disputed tax lev > of last year with Albany count- . Twelve thousand five hundred dollars worth of ore has been taken out of the l.il- tlo Lake copper nilno the past Hummer. The Union Paclllc Hallway company Is building an lee house GOO feet long by forty wide and twenty feet high nt i\.uiston. The "forty foot vein" of gold bearing quartzlte found on Cow crock In HIP Rrand ICncampmcnt district proves to have been n blow out , and Is but three or four feel wide. It's a great find , however , and will bo de veloped as soon as spring opens. Heports from the Jackson's Hole countrj are that the Inige bands of elk. which win ter on the langes of the district , have come In from thlity to fifty claja earlier this jcar than usual. Fully 5,000 head of elk are now on the range' . There are grave doubts of the tango being suHlclcnt to sustain them through the winter. The He'ssle P lead. In the Grand Mncamp- nicnt region. Immediately south of Haw line records an nss.ay of $ , r > 3S In gold , fieo mill ing ote , at n shaft depth of eleven feet. The fortunate owners , Messrs IXiugherty , Dil lon , Held , will at once put on n Intgo foice of men In development wolk. Thu lend Is thirty-eight Inches wide between gintilto and .schist walls. A new order of things Is manifesting it self .among sheep men As the range Is becoming so thickly stocked , If not overrun , these of the older and moro piosperoua sheepmen have chosen ranch sites and set about building fencing , Irrigating and other , wlso improving the place's , with n view of sholtcilng , feeding and caring for the liner blooded ot.eu and brood ewes. Iho sheep nnd other live stock on the rnnge of central Wjomlng nio repoited bj the stockmen to be In splendid condition riockmnbtcrs sajf their bands of sheep are In n good , healthy , thriving condition , and never fatter and moie piomlslng to start in winter. The tango Is excellent , too , and , with the recent rise In the pilee of wool , [ theopmen me exeeedlnglj' good natuicd Most of the heaviest mutton owners have shipped large bands fiom Casper to Ne braska to be fed. Among those feeding In Nebraska me Patrick Sullivan and Major Orinsby , at Fioinont ; John Mnhonoj nt Ar lington , J. II Okie at Pllger. Robert Taj lor nt Grnlid Island , Mtchlc Hrothers nt Hooper. Other sheep owners have bands on feed In other parts of Nebraska. oitnaoN. The Hagle woolen mills nt Hrownuvlllc now employ blxtj-one men. Work of rebuilding the bridge over the Walla Walln river , iouth of .Milton , will bo begun at once. Harry Clay , n sheep buyer , recently re ceived about G.OOO hiiaii of sheep from sheep men In the neighborhood of Monument , The output of the cannery on the Sllctz UiN > ear wns B.OOO casej of minion , n fnlr catch , although hardly up to what wai ex pected. Over C.OOO bushels of wheat were sold nt Junction City to millers for 75 cents per bushel , net For export It Is worth only 72'fe ccntp , net , but the mlllera have raised The sturgeon catch near The Dalle1 ? Is growing better ngntn. Among n lot received for ohlpinent the other dny wns one 300- round fellow Hint , undressed , would have weighed nearly 150 pounds more. Seven mllea of the new motor railway grndo between Wnterloo , Sodnvlllo and Leb anon are said to bo now ready for the lay ing of rails On account of the bad wcnthei work has been discontinued until next spring The Walker brothers have completed their flour mill building at Carson , In Pine valley , and nro now shipping the machinery from Haker City The mill will ho of thirty bar- icls capacity , and will , no doubt , 1111 a long- felt want In that part of Union county. Tor several weeks the making of fruit boxes for the shipment of winter apples has been actlvelj carried on at Fletcher's sawmill , on Basket mountain , In Umatllla county. It Is said that from $150 to $200 worth of these boxes are being turned out weekly. Now that the election has gone to suit most 6hccpmcn , It Is quite likely that ee.j-oto scalps will be reinonetlred. Ono of the cnstern Oregon papers sajs that hard times In the past caused all the legislation to bu repealed In most or the counties of the state. The Commercial club of La Grande has taken up the proposition of raising n bonus of S.500 ncrcs of land to ( .ecuro a sugar fnc- torj- . Similar to that was under considera tion by the pcoplo'of Union home time ago , hut which U nt present In atatu quo owing to the financial depression. Mid McPher-son , who resides Just north of Springfield , In Lane county , whllo out shooting the other day winged a large Arctic owl. The bird does not seem to bo hurt much , and was brought Into Kiigcnc by Mr. Mcl'heraon It l.s almoit white , and Is very beautiful. The Arctic on I Is seldom seen this far south , and It Is said that their picscncc Is an Indication of extreme cold weather. WASHINGTON. A new town , to bo known ns Silver , has been started In the Methow district. A number of mutton sheep have been sold In Kllonsburg recently for $1.75 a head. Tl'o Chehalls valley crcamerj Is receiving 2,000 pounds of milk n day and the output of butter Is about ninety pounds dally. A report came down to nilensburg from the Swank that Gus Nelson had htruclt a six-Inch beam of quartz assajing $25,000 to the ton. An epidemic of measles hns btruck the south end of Tacoma , over 200 pupils of the Longfellow , Lagan and Hawthorne schools being down with the malady. As a result of two days' hunting on the linnht.i liotunpM Pnsrn mill Wnillllil. a rnr- The "Imperial Aeorn" Is strlotly a llrht t'liihs hasubtinier embiMt'liiKall the pioil font tires of Ihe "Itoyal Aeorn" but made In si/.e a little bimtller ami hold at a niiioli lower prlc-e lower than over now for wo'vo loiliiood Iho prloe.on homo hl/.es because we're overMoeKi-d It 1ms a duplex unite with a slinking rlntraiitomaile feeder oovor lomovablo uoii-iainlshiiblo nloUol trimmings and Ihe Acorn h.Vhlom of hot air cli dilation admitted to ho the hoht on eaith. John Hussie Co nnsldurniir 2407 Illllo pll'.Ji ' Cuming SPAULDING & Co. PARIS Goldsmiths , SiKerMiiiths CHICAGO 36 Avc. ciu I'OpcM. nml Jewelers. St.ttcaml JacksouSp Holiday Gifts and Remembrances In Gold , Silver , Precious Stones. Watches , Clocks , Leather Goods , Vans , Glass , Marbles , llronzes , Opera and Field Glasses , Ivory , Kbony , Hruss and other metals , Fine China , Hric-a-Hrac , and Novelties from all the majkets of the woild. A collection , containing the newest and best in styles and designs , in gathering which we have studied the probable wants of the public , both as to taste and price. This we offer as a most complete and varied stock from which a choice of Chtistmns Gifts can be made. Our little bonk of "Suggestions" ( which we will send to anyone who asks for it ) contains valuable hints as to what to give , and tells the price of thousands of ai tides from which to select. We will i'tul , at our own expense , to peonlo known to us , or those furnish ing s.itisfactoiy icfurcnccs , goinls fioin winch they may make a selection. Address Spanieling & Co. , State and Jackson Sts. , Chicago. respondent of tlit > Wnll.i Walla Garetto sajs ho killed thieo geese , two eagles , one cojoto six JncKrahlills , two cottontails , olio sago hen anil olio mushrat. Thcro lm\p boon shipped out of Aberdeen by express since the 1st of August 31f > ,00ii pounds of fresh fish , which brings the \altio of the season's output of salmon up to nlinott $101)000 , or $1,000 per day. The Natchez 1'ass Itullwnv company la said to have bivurod second-hand rails from the Northern 1'aelllc for the purpose of ex tending Its HMO to connect the new mining dlstilet with the town of HucKley. The iiirjorinrn and conduetors of the Ta- comi > Street llallwn * eonipiny have been appointed special pollronion , without eal- arles. They nro empowered to arrist boys unilor'lt ! jcaro of age who attempt to board cai.s wlille the } are In motion The Sheldon Tribune snvs salmon fisher men ate- leaping iinlto a golden harvc t In that scetlon. They are getting 8 cents apiece anil nro catching large quantities of them OIIP man rocentlv caught 100 sll- \or salmon and n much larger number of dog halmon , and all find ready Bale Work will bo Immediately commenced opening the Yahltna reserve. 1'iof. Ilarge being of the opinion that all the lands In severally having bem allotted HIP Indiana of this reserve , the labor can bo completed In tlmo to file n leport with the next ses sion of congress before Its adjournment The Spokane Tails * Northern Telegraph company has completed the bringing of an additional wlro from Spokane to North- port , and thence connecting w lib. Itcssland Iho business of the company will prob ably necessitate the placing of another wlro o\cr the line to Nelson soon after the first of the jcar. The hoiit'o of Mrs. Hoiilton on Qnlmuilt lalfo , was carried awa > by the big fresnct , and In attempting to gpt out , Mr * Hoiilton ran Into the woods mid while taking ( 'holler ' under a tree was rtnicl : bj another nnd re ceived serlouw Injuries , besldon a broken aim In this condition fhe lay for two days before she was found. The m.-wclve jam of logs which bus been wedged In between the narrow walln of the mountain * on the Kalam.i river , and known as the "Jam , " Is finally gone The recent high water took It out clean and deposited It safci In the boom at the montli of the river. Thin mass of logs has been in there for jean' , making n perfect nnd mfe bridge over the river , nnd had bccyi n hindrance to logging on the Upper Knlama. The new buildings of the Northwestern Lumber company's taw mill will be completed nbont December 30 , and the mill will bo one of the best on Graj's harbor. Tlie main building will bo r.2x.0l ! ) feet , with an I * I0\ & ) , saw- will bo a ( louilc circular , and the mill will al > have n nine-foot band KIVV , gang- cdgcr , gang-trimmer and gang-Planner. There will bo no elevators ; all rofiiio not worked Into wood will bo returned to the flreroom The dry kiln has n capacity of fo'ir cars a day , and the machine chop will bo n model of perfection. MISCELLANEOUS. The Trnckee Ice carnival promises to be a nieat success this w Inter. A tarantuli was iccently Killed .nt Na tional City , Cal. , measuring HOVCII Inches from tip to tip. Sixty-four thousand tons of sugar boots were grown In two counties In bouthcrn California this year. The upward tendency In the price of cupper is having an Invigorating Inllucnco on many a camp in Arizona. Handlers at HI t'ajon , In San Diego county , California , are raising tobacco In sutllclcnt quantity to ship to eastern mar kets. kets.Tho The Indians arc hauling a great deal of plno wood Into Austin these dajs , and are belling the same at f ( ! per cord. The South Tasadcna ( California ) ostrich faim near Lincoln park Is n great attrac tion. There are now sixty old birds and thlity joung ones In the Inclosnro. The Carson News sajs that the only sil ver niino of consequence In Nevada , the Cortez , belonging to Simeon Wenban , will set about " 00 hands at work Immediately. At Cogglns' mill , near Slsson , Cal , the loggers cut n tree n short time ago which was Just 40 ! years of age. It was eight feet In diameter , and produced 15,000 feet of lumber. Lancaster Is moving for a load to Hands- burg , sixty miles. In which It hopes to get the co-opeiatlon of the Atlantic & Pacific Hallway company , whteh now inns n btngo line fiimi Kramer ntatlon. The foundation of the new feny depot at San rrnnclbco Is the most m.iEoivo ever < on- structcd Clusters of piles ninety-fit o foot In length had to be drive n below the Mirf.icu at the upper stratum of toft mud. The report from Denver nnd Lradvlllo that theic v.ould be a general stilKo In Mon- tanii out of oympathj with the Leadvllla strikers IB denied by officers of Iho Unite Miners' union and by the officers of the West Tedciatlon Miners. Captain Derby , representing the United States , and Scnor Ybarratn , ( hlcf engineer of the International Dam commission for Mexico , have agreed upon u report recom mending the construction of a dam and reservoir across the Hlo Grande at III I'aso C C O'Dell. an elcctilc railroad con ductor at brs Angeles , went to the tele phone for orders. IIo was ECCII to take the initiiimnnt dnwii nnd nlacQ It to his car. I-IOW FOOT BALL IS PLAYED IN OUR DAY It's all In your eye that headache IH after roiidliiK Iho paper you've nutlccil It qtiltu ofleu "Cness I'll ( | ult nmdlii ! , ' ami ( po to bed my head seems to iiflio a Illllo" If you hail a pair of our rostbiK Clashes all this would bo obviated ami besides .vou'd bo Killing .Mitir eyes for future iiso-for a tlmo when you Mill feel the need of them most. , ; Aloe & Penfold Co. 1408Farmim In an Instant he uttered n frightful cry of agon > and was knocked backward half n dorcn fcit nnd fell to the ground and died In a few minutes The telephone wire had come In contact with n heavllj-voltid elec tric light wire. A Is3-foot well sunk nt Walter's station , Southein Pacific rnlltoad , on the deseit , has tapped n suhtoitmican liver. 'Ihe fone of the flow raised 5 DOO gallons an hour to a tank thlrt > feet nhovo giound. The spot Is fisO feet below sea level. The NoPorccs News Is nuthorltv foi the statement that huge conducts have been made with woodmen near Vollmer , Idaho , for ties to be used In the construction of the rnihoad fiom Jullacttn to Lewlston and the Cnmas prairie country. There are two large sea lions In Snake river. Just below the Shoshone falls They nre seen upon the rocks nnd sporting amid the nngry wnira every dnv. Ono Is much larger thnn the othc" , and there la every reason to believe that they are n male nnd female Recent Investigations have declared ( hit In the Gteat Salt lake Is contained the foundation for another Industry , nnd that from it Is to bo obtained n pine qnnlltv of sulphate of soda. A few weeks ngo the salt company found It necessary to extend , by ditch of Hume , their pumping plant nt Sil- talr , owing to the loweilng of the lake , and Minnger J. W. He ) wood. In prosecuting the work , struck nt n depth or olx Inches below - low the old lake bed this noJa deposit Ho brought simples to town , and It was found to be pure sulphite of soda mixed with silica , which can bo separated without trouble\ . .v01,111 ; iiu" MM ItrjiM'lloii I'nlliixv I'll It ) CiTiit i\i-nls In rtiroii'iiil | Illstnr } . While Hlsmarek was Prussian envoy at Paris , sajs Youth's Companion , he made a short Pjrene.an tour , and nt Avignon made the acquaintance of n 5011111 : couple named Lulling who were spending their hone > moon In that romantic spot Ono day the thice set out together for n drive , but they 1ml scaicoly seated themselves In the carriage when a telegram was handed Hlsmnrck. It was a message fiom King William , sum moning him to letuin to llerlln and a--miino the post of minister president. The Prussian chamber had lejected the estimates for a leformed army , which was the llrst condi tion of other reforms , nnd the king was In despair. Ulamarck made no secret of the contents of the telegram , and fiankly expressed a hope that he might succeed In reconciling the government and the Chamber. Hut ho would i.ot Interrupt the dilve. and they went on along the bank of the Rhone until , reaching the vlnejards and olive groves , they got out of the can lage for a llttlo otroll. Suddenly Mine. Liming stopped , nnd breakIng - Ing a double twbf fiom n joung olive tree , offcied It to Hlsmarcw. "May this help jou to make It up with jour opponents ! " hhe said. "I will accept half of It. " ho answered , gallantl ) , iiturnlng her a part of the twig. 'Ma ) the other half with this rose , bring you , dear madam , constant peace In ) our happy man lage ! " Four ilajfl later he was In Heilln and there he found the king with his abdication signed and ready. He icfuscd In throe cli- cnmslances to lake office , nnd when the king nt > ked him if he were picparcd to govern ngalnst a majority of the Chamber , he an swered. "Yen , " without the ? nllghtent hesita tion The abdication was torn up , nnd lllu- imuck accepted olllce It was during thin struggle that the king said1 "I can see far enough fiom the palace window to behold jour head fall on the scaffold , nnd , after jours , mine. " "Well , " cnld Hlsmarck , "for mjself I can not Imagine a nobler death than that or on the battlefield. Surely , jour majesty ns cap tain of a company cannot think of dc.scitliii ; It under lire1" "Never ! " was the reply , nnd the kin , ; sprang up , ready for action. Hut the olive leaf had not yet fulfilled ltd dramatic mission , At thu llrst speech be fore the Uudget committee Dismalck urged military leform , but only to be mrt by tln > objection that It would bo much better for the government to depend upon moral con quests by the nld of a liberal policy. Ho took out his pocket Look and produced from It n little withered Uvlg. "I bioi'ght this olive leaf with me fiom Avignon , " sold he , "In order to offer It to the radicals us a symbol of peace , but I ceo I am much too soun with It. " This assurance vua met with a smile und he roused himself to sterner apoorh. "Ger many. " said he' , "dors not look to liberalism , but to the power of Prussia ; nnd I'iiujl.i must pull heiself together GO as not to mUs the favorable moment Not by specchlfjlng and resolutions can the great questions of the tlmo be decided , but by blood and Iron. " Anil blood and Iron decided them. Porrc'liisnri- ( Inl.'ri'rii liny. MILWAl'Knn. Nov. :9Tliellnal decree bus been o.iteii-il In the forc'closmo proceed ings nBulnst the Green Hay , \Ylnon i & 81. J'mil Hallway c'ompiny and the receiver dls- ( Imih'-il Tln > road with Iho Lu CIOSSD blanch , hold for $1 0 0003. and. after the cc - pc uses arc' cb dm ted , thenrcmalna } 97IM 3S for t 'i bondholders , a dividend of 403SOJI oil ihn ( Inllur. MIMI'H ciiiiinols ami limn nt ? l winter weights aic tin1 m-wiMl nnlvnlh ami llii'.v aio Hie lii'.st valtiu In tlilh city Iliu loi-.s are ui/.iir or loiuiil wo could JUKI an \\i-ll not ? 5 but wo'io KOUK ! lo neil them at $1 a now Itivolco of Impoitod eliliia Honvoiilrh lo bo given away to llio.si ! who lia vo mailo puii'lutKos to DID amount of $10 when .von hnvo $10 vvoitli of HIOHO choi'kh culm ) In ami out a Drexel Shoe Co. Famam