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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1897)
dollars lthe Amount utkeil ( or , n mini of money whli-h If judiciously used In connne- tlon with the aid Rmnted by the general rovr-rnmpnt and that milxicrlbcd by the rltl- zeiii , of Omaha , will bring a hundredfold In returns to the whole stato. Nothing the o'ftto ot Nebraska needs moro than a good do o of elixir of life In the way of the present leg islature Retting a hump on Itself In nn effort to rrMoro the confidence of the cast in thla great ut.ite , nnd In no way can they do it _ L better than In u prompt parsago ot a bill converting the $300,000 asked for this expo- nltlon. Fremont Tribune : Governor Ilolcomb has done the proper thing In recommending a liberal - oral appropriation to the state to help out the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition project. Wo liope the members of the legislature will not regard It as a who economy to withhold Biich encouragement to this great enterprise. The governor should , perhaps , have speci fied how much. People's Ideas differ ns to what "liberal" means. Schuyler Sun : In helping theTransmli - nlsslppl Exposition no ono should bo moro willing and ready to offer material aid than the railroads , and from the attitude taken by them they seem to appreciate the ad vantages to be derived. Nohawka llcglster : The Transmlsslsslppl anil International Exposition , which Is to ho held nt Omaha from Juno 1 to > November 1 , 1808. will afford the states west of the Mis sissippi on opportunity to make an exhibit of their resources and productive Industries. There are twenty states and four territories embraced In this region , and one object of this exposition Is to acquaint the proplo of this and other countries with the wcnl'h and great praslbllitics1 of thla western coun try. U cannot help but benefit Nebraska as It will bring within , nor borders hundreds of thousands nt visitors whti will expend thou sands of dollars for entertainment , to pay nothing of the permanent Investments that ivlll ho made when the possibilities of this great fitato are set forth by Incontrovertible proofs. Grant Herald-Sentinel : When the legis lature gets down to business ono of the first things It should do Is to make a suitable ap propriation for the Trnnsmlsslsslppl Expo sition to bo held nt Omaha.In 189S. Con gress has promised a donation of not less than $200,000 for n government exhibit , and private subscriptions to the amount of $100- 000 have been subscribed toward pushing the exposition along. Now let Nebraska como forward with a suitable amount and It will be nn assured success. The magnitude of the undertaking can scarcely be compre hended , but when the people ot Omaha un dertake anything they generally make a suc cess of It. nnd with the assistance of every Nebraska ! ! It will bo ono of the most won derful developments of western progress of the tlmo. Ily all means let us all lend a helping hand and make the exposition n success. % 0dcll Wave : The effort being made by the managers to make the Transmlsslsslppl Ex position a success Is receiving the hearty en dorsement of the press. This Is right , but It should also receive the support of every cltljrcn who takes a prldo In the great west nnd Its limitless resources , for the benefits to bo derived from It are beyond computa tion. The state legislature will no doubt Bet a good example for other states by grant ing a liberal appropriation. Coleridge Dlndo : The government has pledged $200,000 for an exhibit at the Trans- nils < ! lsslppl Exposition to bo held In 1893 nt Omaha. It now devolves upon the legis lature to rome forward with nn appropriation i in older that the transmlsslsslppl states may F' know that wo are In earnest In the matter. S The appropriation should bo liberal and nci - | i tlon should bo taken early In the session. " By so doing wo may encourage some of our olstcr states to more favorably consider the project. TJrowRtcr News : More than $100,000 has been subscribed to the capital stock of the TransmlEslsslppl Exposition association and $200,000 pledged by congress for n govern ment exhibit. With this great affair In our own state , Nebraska Is under special obliga tions In making an extraordinary effort to havn It a great success nnd should bo first In allowing a liberal appropriation for her own exhibits ; the other TransmlsslsslppI states will then act likewise In amounts proportionately ; the production of a sum sufficient to make the enterprise equal to the best of Its kind ever held In any country will bo nn assurance and the year 1S9S will bo the grcatcs of all years In the history of our state. The News hopes our legislature will take a broad view of the situation and make hay whllo the sun shines. O'Neill Sun : The legislature will bo asked to make an appropriation of $300,000 for the erection of suitable buildings and for a display at the Transmlsslsslppl Ex position to be held In Omaha from Juno 1 to November 1 next year. Whether this amount Is needed or not. the Sun believes that the legislature will do what Is right and that the state's Intarcsts will not bo allowed to suffer by reason of any meager appropria tion. Arlington Times : Every Nebraska citizen should do all In his power to help the great exposition along which Is to bo held In Omaha In 1898. That will he the best way to "stand up for Nebraska. " Other states rep resented will also come In for their share , but to Nebraska additional advantages are lent from the fact that It Is to occur within our own borders and that on our own soil visitors from the east will stop. It then be hooves every citizen of the state to con stitute himself n committee of ono to work for this great exposition. Geneva Signal : Ono question of consider able Importance that will confront the legis lature now In session Is , How much aid will It give the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , to bo hel 1 In Omaha next year ? Whllo fully realizing that the people of Nebraska are not In a financial condition to warrant lavish expenditures for any object that might , ho classed as a luxury , the Signal believes that the sound business judgment of the people will approve of an appropriation of about $250,000 In aid of this exposition , nnd that quite on the ground ot Its being a good Investment. Perhaps It would be a luxury for Chicago to have another exposition at this time , but the traismlssl&slppl country Is subject to different conditions. Nothing llko the proposed exposition has over been attempted In this region. It Is a source ot advantage that has never been used. The west had practically determined tome tlmo ago to have such an exposition at some central point. Omaha was the suc cessful competitor , being almost without op position. The exposition would have gene to eonio other town In the west If not to Omaha. Now that wo have the exposition , what are wo going to do with It ? Shall wo take every proper stop to get the greatest measure of value out of It , or shall wo save at the Bplgot to lose at the bunghole by falling to appropriate n reasonable sum for making certain the success ot the exposition and its benefit to the state of Nebraska , Nebraska wants more people and more money , nnd a growth at our time of life as n state means the bringing In of moro money. The exposition will familiarize thousands of people with Nebraska's products , resources , topography and climate who would perhaps otherwise never know much about the state. Wo bellovo | t will be profitable to all of us for these pcoplo to make this acquaintance. The momboro of tlm legislature represent the people , and It now lies with them to say what shall bo done for the exposition. Ord Journal : The TrunsmlssUalrpl Ex position to bo held In Omaha from Juno 1 to November 1 , 1893. will be- the World's Fair of the western states and every op portunity should be Improved by the people of Nebraska to push It to a grand comple tion , The legislatures of Iowa and Colorado last year made good appropriations and our own legislature will ho asked to do the Fame this winter , as well as tlicue ot other states In Us territory. All preparations are going merrily on In Omaha and It only remains with tbo people of Nebraska to put a shoul der to the wheel and vindicate our state pride In a substantial manner. No better moans couhr bo employed to encourage Immigration , bring In eastern capita ! and InilM up the native resources of our state. This ) s a good tlmo to stand up for Ne braska. Hastings Democrat : Wo must not forget that the exposition Is a Nebranka affair and credit must reflect upon the state If the- exposition U a succeai and rlco versa. The leglalatute should bo liberal with the L expo , lllon. U mint bo made cre < 1tt to the i tate nnd to our people. Omaha has dc/no r.obly In Its stock subscription ; Undo Sam tllil the right thing and Nebra kn Ahottld net tlio pico for western states , all of whom will ho expected to appropriate to innlvo the TransmlMtsslppI Exposition a huge success. Shlekloy Hprald : A liberal appropriation for the Transmtsslsslppl Exposition at the ha mid of tlio Nebraska legislature will bo tlio right thing. Every Inic hearted cltlzon of tlio ginlc Is bound to f > el real Interest In the exposition and will say amen to any thing that goes to help It. This grand state of ours has n cjinnco to show the people , of tlio east , tlio west , the north and the south that liho Is wldo awake and thrifty and thut business activity Is always with us. And the way Is open through this exposition. Bach and all of ua can some little good talkIng - Ing for It. Nlobrara Tribune : One of the first things done by the Nebraska state legislature should bo the passage of a bill In old of the Trans- mlsslflslppl Exposition. The exposition will bo a great benefit to Nebraska and the west end Nebraska Rhould set a good , healthy pace for her western neighbors. Sidney Tulcgraph : Active preparations for the great Transmlfslss'lppl Exposition , to beheld held In Omaha from Juno 1 to November 1 , 189S. have now begun. Undo Sam Is tak ing a moit lively Interest In everything pur- talnliu ; to the exposition and will lose uo opportunity to render It all the aid he pco- clbly can. Subscriptions are pouring Hn from nil sides and they now reach nearly $500,000. The atato legislature will bo asked to make a liberal appropriation for the exposition , and It certainly cannot refuss to grant tlio request. The euterprlslng citizens of Omaha have undertaken a big contract , 'but they can be depended upon to fulfill It with honor to themselves and credit to the state at largo. Valley Enterprise : The Transmlsslsslppl exposition Is now enjoying quite a boom , not only In Omaha , but In Nebraska and all over the transmlssisslppl region. Let her boom. U will bo a great thing for our whole stale. Hartlngton Herald : About $250.000 or $300- 000 would bo the proper recognition for the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. All Nebraska would say amen to a liberal appropriation for this enterprise. Kcnnavd Enterprise : The managers of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition at Omaha aru getting down to business. This Is one of the grandest undertakings that has ever been Inaugurated In thu west , and every state Is Interested , moro especially the people of No- braflka , should do their \umost to make this exposition a grand success and an event that will forever stand In the annals of history. EIslo Loader : The exposition at Omaha In 1808 will bo a great advertisement for Nebraska , and every man In the state should do everything In his power to assist In making It a success. Wayne Herald : The great Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , to bo held In Omaha In 1898 , Is attracting widespread attention through out not only the United States but foreign countries. Tlio government will appropriate $300 000 for a government exhibit , am1 every state of the Mississippi valley will make an exhibit which will no doubt equal , If not ex cel , the exhibits at the World's talr. It behooves every Nohraskan to toke an In terest In the Exposition , for it means every thing to Nebraska. The great resources or the state will bo made known to the world and It will bring capital to the state , result ing In the building of such Industries as will bring prosperity to the state. Wayne county should begin to prepare for It. 1 ro- crastlnatlon never brings good results. The management of Shelton Clipper : announces Omaha's Transmlsslsslppl Exposition nounces that private subscriptions to cap ital stock hfavo already been received to the amount of $400,000. Congress has for a government exhibit , pledged $200,000 and now If the legislature will make a lib- beral appropriation the success of the expo sition U assured. This will be. no doubt , advertisement Nebraska ever the greatest had and will bring the resources of be state before the world. It behooves prominently every citizen of the state to do everything In his power to assist In making the exposi tion a success. It's a good thing ; push It along. m IIHIRIIT AM ) 11HISIC. Chicago Record : "Men generally ndmiro business scnso In a woman , don t thcj , 7 "Yes but they ndinlro It only In.other men's ' wives and daughters. " Indianapolis Journal : "Do you know , I fancy I icscinlilo Napoleon ? ' , , , . _ deal of good aback "Well , Napoleon Is a back number. " Puck : The Countess Do show me the C ° rho0tKiirl-My dear , I'll show you the ticket for the coronet. It was hypothe cated to pay for the engagement ring. Maltlmoro News : Chollio Haw ! I always Bay just what I thlnK , don't you know ! Haw ! ' Grace Gollghtly-Wlmt an easy tlmo your vocal chords must have ! Chicago Tribune : There appears to bo no ground for the charge that the young woman of Wisconsin who came to Chicago cage to have a penny dislodged from nor throat ! had been trying to cent her breath. Cincinnati Enquirer : "I shall hold him In nweut remembrance , : ' said the potentate ° ? hardly have done otherwise. Even nt homo the young missionary had been spoken or as one of excellent taste. Philadelphia Call ; She had removed her hat temporarily , merely to adjust ono or the ornaments. "What magnificent Bllky hair she has ! audibly observed the man In the rear. And she was BO ple-nsed that she held her hat In her lap until the fall of the final curtain. Such Is the force of diplo macy. Detroit Journal : "It strikes mo that gown Is too loud for Sunday. I suppose It's what they would call a symphony In color ? " The other man In the last pow but one laughed a low laugh , suggestive of the VURUO borderland between mirth and sor- "Symphony ? " ho repeated. "Moro like a sacred concert. " Indianapolis Journal : "I see that there has be-en an oatmeal trust formed. " said the shoo clerk boarder. "That settles It , " said the Cheerful Idiot. "As long as the trusts were content to lay their clammy fangs on the homes of the country It was none of our business , but when they nt- tuck the boarding houses It Is tlmo for action. " TEMPOKAIIY EXPEDIENT. Washington Btar. "I'll drown my cares. " Quoth ho ; "I'll stroll Where Uncchua bears The Hawing bowl. " Alas for him , Ho qtilto forcot Ills cares could swim , While he could not. TIII3 WISIIIIOXU. Tall William loved nice Annabel , And she loved him the same ; Ho boarded at her father's house , Worked nights and hoped for fame. Ho often watched her at her work , He fora ho moved away. And vowed that he would ask her To become his wife name day. Ono time , when Bho was Ironing clothes , The kitchen door before , Ho thought : "Her wlshbono hangs up yet Above the parlor door. I'll go right out , comu In that way , And then I'll surely be i That happy man , her future fate , ' And Bho'H bo wlfo to mo , " Ho made her move and wont outside , Came back through parlor door ; Then said : "I thought I'd not ha mean And tmiko you move no mo moro. " , Che smiled at him and nothing said , Hut , if you'd know the truth | Sim mndo that clmnco on purpose t For thu modest , manly youth , I Now futo Is fate , and fata U sure ; From It none break away , ' And I'll bo bound thut Will and Ann Will make a match some day. And , girls , if you would know your fate , Hcforo the nouson'a oVr , Go hang your wishbone trimmed with blue Above the parlor door , ' ° ' " ' N > O'Neill. Neb. Pulse of Western Progress. JifuirK IfSJ ir&iinu I nu I rsj i PV I P-i. v The rough , ragged , barren mountain Imme diately north of Elk mountain was probably christened llaggcd Top by some early pros pector In the Hills , and Its appearance rightly auRgcsta the name , says the llagged Top Shaft , a now Journal published ) at Pres ton , In the now Eldorado. Uut for all Us ragged and barren roughness there Is hidden In old Mother Earth at llagged Top and the surrounding country heaven's choicest rlchen of gold and It Is not all hidden , for even on the surface large quantities of rock have been picked up and shipped to the refining mllla which carried gold from ; $25 to $000 per ton. This whole section of country was a barren waste until June , 18D6 , when Messrs. Wall , House. Murray el al made the first discovery of high grade ere on the ground known as the Halnioral group of claims. A small piece of rock was broken from one of the numerous boulders on the surface and sent to De-adwood for an assay. The returns sur prised the boys who sent It , and as the value was telephoned to them they opened their eyes In astonishment , but really believed that they were being "guyed" or that a mistake had been made at the assay olllcc. More samples were eent , proving even better than the first. From that tlmo on the locators caters of the Balmoral group began develop ment work on their ground and numerous carloads of ere have been shipped to the emeltcrs , ranging In value from $50 to $150 per ton. night there the excitement began and other parties who had located ground In thla vicinity began development work , and their efforts have been richly rewarded. Among those doing development work are Kllpatrlck Urcs. & Collins on what Is gen erally known c.i the Dacy ground. With full confidence In the discovery of rich ere In unlimited quantities they Immediately put In place a steam drill and began opera tions on a largo scale , working day and night In sinking a shaft. They are now nt a depthof ICO feet and the ore taken out has several times paid the expense of sinkIng - Ing the shaft. The well known fraction , commonly designated oa the "Jew's" and owned by Mr. Ellenbcrg of Doadwoad , has yielded over $7,000 In gold. Johnson ft WhitIng - Ing , who own two claims and two frac tions near Ellenberg fraction , after having shipped three cars of ore bonded their ground to Ulachford ot al for $50,000. ON THE COLOKADO UOUDEIl. If Indications go for anything , the mining camps of northern Now Me-xlco will have a good-sized boom before .many months pass , says a Hematite , N. CM. , special to the Den ver News. In the later CO's there were .1.000 people In Ellzabcthtown , attracted by the rich placers. There will bo three times that many here and in the surrounding camps inside of twelve months. If the Colorado rado line were twenty miles farther south and the country were clear of land grant. ! there would have been a mining rcgl'jti opened up years ago that for the numbar and richness of Its mlnea would equal. If not surpass , Cripple Creek. .Thera Is no doubt that the gold la hero. Not In ono cr two doubtful places , but all over the coun try. For a radius of twenty miles or more rich leads and deposits are found almost everywhere. The older camps of llaldy and Ellzabcthtown have been ! producing gold for years from a number of mines , while within the past year or eighteen months hundreds of claims have been located In the surround ing country , half of which * have the making of paying mines. The question naturally arises , why has a rich mining section like this not been developed long ago ? The answer Is , land grant. The best portion of the country Is covered by the Maxwell grant , which has long justly been a bugaboo to the prospector. Capital docs not go In where titles are In dispute. A year or EO ago the grant company threw the country open to prospectors , and now a title to a claim can be secured under nearly as favorable circum stances as under government laws. Thla has given an Impetus to prospecting , and the result Is several now camps have sprung Into existence , every one of which has the foundation for making a rich and prosperous camp in a close future. LIKE EARLY DAYS IN LEADVILLE. "Nothing that I have seen of late years , " said a miner just returned from Puma City , speaking to a representative of the Denver Republican , "reminds me so much of the early days of Leadvlllo. It Is a veritable rush for the camp , and when I left I think there were not less than 1,000 people In the place , and nolso enough was made for 10,000. The town Is crowded , and one Is lucky If ho can get a bed or even a share of somebody's blanket. The last night I spent there I came across a party of four who had scooped out n hollow In the ground , lu the center of which they had built n fire , and were rolled up In their blankets , sleeping as comfort ably as If they were In the Drown Palace , as the bank of earth they had thrown up kept the wind from them. For a few days they came In at the rate of 100 a day , and coming out I met no fewer than fifty men on their way to the new camp. 1 don't know what they will do , for there Is nothing but mining , and the country Is staked out for miles around. There are certainly some good claims that have made some shipments , hut It Is too soon yet to say what the camp will amount to. The appearance of the coun try , however , leads mo to conclude that It will pan out well with developments. Uut It's no use for any ono to go In with the ex pectation of getting work , as there are ten men for every job. I think1 It Is a good place for a man to go to who has enough money to keep him a llttlcf tlmo , for the oppor tunity of striking It seems to bo especially favoiable. but a fellow who has no money would better say with his friends. One can hear all kinds of stories about big strikes , fully 90 per cent of which are vagaries of stimulated Imaginations. The hotels , sa loons and groceries are all doing well , and a great many holes are being driven as fast as money and muscle can drive them , but wo will know moro about the camp three montlu from now. " OIL FIELDS IN THE KOOTENAI. The Fort Steclo Prospector Mates that ono of the various resources of east Kootenal waiting for development Is the petroleum found in the Flathcad valley. In the south eastern portion of the district. This Is a section of country hut little known , and Is separated from the remainder of the district by a high range of mountains. The natural outlet of the valley Is down the Flathead river Into Montana , and the nearest railroad Is the Great Northern. Some years ago at tention was called to this 'section through the finding of crude oil In the possession ot some Stonuy Indians who annually hunted lu the valley , that they ( the Indiana ) were in the habit of using as a medicine for com plaints of all kinds. The surface Indications are good , and two dlllcrcnt qualities ot oil have been obtained. On Klshiiecna creek a short distance north of the International boundaty line a black oil similar to the Pcnn. HylvAiila and Ohio oil Is found. Uut on Sago creek , some eight miles north , there Is found an oil that Is nearly pure , of a light yellow color , which will burn In a lamp as It comes from the ground. Close by there Is natural gas escaping from the bedrork which burns freely on Ignition , Some of this oil , sent to the geological museum at Ottawa , caused considerable excitement and comment on Its purity. Dr. Selwyn , head of the dcpartmn.it , made a upcclal trip to the valley , and was surprised to find the oil genuine , and also that this oil was found in the Cambrian formation , which was something unknown , as oil hitherto discovered has been In Tren ton limestone. Directly duo east of Sago creek , and on the eastern slope of the Hocky mountains In Alberta territory , there are plenty of surface Indications of crude oil. And the finding of thcso Indications over such a largo area , awl In the sarao formation , would go to uhow that there la n large oil field awaiting capital to develop It. And wo may expect that In the near future - turo the oil flehU of cast Kootonal will bo known all over the world , VALLEY UAILWAiY EXTENSION. The construction of the Valley road south of Fresno by way of Hanford will probably bo comiucnced within two or three weeks , says a Fresno dispatch to the San Francisco Call. The only comllthn to this Important and welcome news Is that the right of way , complete , shall have been secured In that Lima and there Is good ground to hope for thla result , That matters have reached such a satisfactory stage was evidenced by the arrival of several prominent oniclala of the railroad company , They came on the pas- utnifer tralu over the now road. That their visit Is ono of Importance is certain , bc- cause they announced their Intention of re maining In the city three or four days. The main purpose of the Visit ot the officials Is to try to effect a satisfactory settlement with certain property owners along the line of the survey who have been holding out for what are considered unreasonable consid erations for right ot way. Agent Young and the committee have been working quietly but determinedly for several weeks past a'nd they succeeded In making satisfactory arrangements for deeds for over three- fourths ot the distance between this city and iHanford. With the owners of the re maining 25 per cent ot the distance they were not so successful and It Is to deal with these that the oniclala have como from San Francisco. The principal diniculty has been encountered In trying to get a right of way out of Fresno anil through the col onies. There are also property owners along the cntlro line at various points who are holding out for prices on their land which are exorbitant In the eyes of the company. In the aggregate these obstructionists own the land along nearly 2 , " > per cent of the dis tance between Fresno-and Hanford. Through Hanford and Kings county everything Is clear , llttlo difficulty being met In securing the right of way. As soon as the ground between this city and Hanford Is secured the construction of the road will bo pushed Bouthward without further Interruption. The eomp.iny Is desirous of having the track completed at least to Tulare by next season , to take advantage of the summer's freight ing. The people along the line are equally anxious to see the advent of the road as soon as possible. Concerning the right of way matters along the llecdley route they have not progressed as favorably as on the Han- ford survey , and things do not look very bright In that quarter. Through Tularo county everything Is In readiness for the road , but n serious stumbling block Is being met between Fresno and llecdley. RICH ORE AT GREAT DEPTH. The mining world has been sot by the ears by the developments In the Kennedy mine within the past few days , says the San Francisco Chronicle. At a perpendicu lar depth of over 2,100 feet a body of rich ore , fully thirty feet In width , lias been dis covered. In magnitude the ore body will compare favorably with any yet found , and the great depth at which It lies explodca a long-cherished and heietofore believed In fallible tradition of the search for gold on the Pacific coast. It Is nn old theory , which ago has almost crystallized Into a formula , that gold ere disappears after a certain depth has been attained. This Is a creed of every old prospector from the Yukon to that neck of land which men call the Panama Isthmus. Once In a great while a prophet would aviso who was bold enough to disagree with this time-honored maxim. Jim liulo was one of these. One day he Induced the directors oftho Consolidated Vir ginia to employ him to bore a big hole In the underground workings on Mount Davld- aon. After dillllng away for a few months Rule gave It up Irv dltgust. At the 800- foot level the vein was rich , hut only elghs feet wide. At the 2,000-foot level It had in creased to twenty feet. At the 2,100-foo : level It Is thirty i feet wide and as the workmen go still deeper the ere body grows. U Is like a great wcdgo. In the earth , with the cdgo to the surface/ Orders have been glvn to sink the , shaft on additional 200 ieet , and mine owners on the Pacific coast are awaiting the result. It that ledge con tinues to grow In Tslz'o , there will bo aomc lively burrowing In the bottom of the mother lode this coming summer. Even the Com- atock people may be tempted to make an other experiment. At Its present develop ment the Kennedy1 has the distinction or being the deepest gold 'mine ' In the world , with the exception of a property In Vic torla , Australia. The Kennedy mine has had a checkered career.Its llrst discoverers took qut $1,500,000 , ; and finding no ore belrfw the SOQ-root level , allowed It to lie jldlc. It was Hooded to overflowing for four years. Then the present owners bought It for $100.- 000 , and , after pumping It out , have paid $2,000,000 In dividends In the last seven years. For ten years work has been going on steadily on It nlcht au-1 day. Now the forty stamps on the property are to bo In creased. ' ANOTHER MEXICAN RAILWAY. Another railroad company In In the race for the rich traffic to bo round on the west ern coast of Mexico , says a San Diego dis patch to the San FiancUco Examiner. All Uieno moves are of Intense Interest to Cali fornia , as they are liable to acutely affect the channels of trade either favorably or un favorably and to greatly add to the volume of hURlaess. The Mexican Eastern , which holds tlio concession fcr a road from Pan Gcronlmo , on the Tehauutepec road to Ta- pachula , in the stat ? of Chiapas , Is taking active steps to construct Us line and thun get Into the coffee and mineral country ot Oaxaca and Chiapas. William Stewart , n well known engineer In ( ho employ of thu road , left the City of Mexico to go over the proposed load and to locate the route In a general way. Ho was accompanied by S. II. Uass. who will gather data for the com pany. The general manager , John A. Mc- Clennan , who went with Engineer Stewart Into the field , will follow at the end of this month and then the work of construct'lon U expected to proceed. It was reported oome weeks ago that a number of American capi talists had subscribed enough stock In th company to make the building of the line certain. Tlio road Is of the utmost Im portance in developing southwestern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. Taken In con nection with the Tehauntepee road , the cof- fco lands of Chiapas and Oaxaca will be placed In comparatl\ely close ccuncct'on with the naMonal capital and with the Gulf cf Vera Cruz , making the distance to New York a matter of a very few days. The Te- hauntcpec is not operated with the ability displayed on private lines , and there Is considerable dissatisfaction displayed by the Mexican press , but the government has given assurance that the road will receive the attention of railroad experts In the operating departments. THE DAKOTAS. North Dakota bankers have organized a state association. Ragged Top district already reports a weekly newspaper published at Preston. It Is estimated that 300,000 cattle were handled In the round-up of this fall. These at $30 a head -would amount to $9,000,000. The artesian well In Andes lake Is now completed at a depth of 725 feet. It Is a six-Inch pipe and tlirows 1,200 gallons a minute. Land Commissioner tockhart will not con test the claims ot squatters who have fet tled on the Echool'/lhnns. / In Gregory county previous to the survey'of the same. The contract for liuljdlng the new govern ment Indian school , at , Santee agency l\aa been awarded to Gqar tsAV. Snow of Spring field. The price Is fH-O.Op , exclusive ot heat ing apparatus. r , g Illds will be received at Santee agency until the 29th -fortfurnishing and de livering nt that agency about 80,000 poundo of beef , 32,000 poii ) } > Jsvof pork and 1,200 bushels of wheat. , , i Word has come toiEllt Point that Charles Nash , stntenccHl to none year In the peni tentiary at Sioux li\ill ifor running a blind pig at Alccstcr , hah < fatten heir to $140,000 through the death of a'1 relative In England. His term of IniprUbnntunt will expire April 2 , but If allowed Kootlj ( line howill bo dis charged Fcbruaiy 2. ' ' " President Mauck of the State university at Vormllllon , In his annual report , asks the legislature for $26,000 a jcar for the running expenses of ( he university for the next two years. The sum r.u'.fcd for U considered by many entirely too small to carry the Insti tution through the tl'rm of yeara and run things as they should be. The formation at Happed Top scorns to bo a puzzler. For quite a tlmo It appeared as though It waa a vertical formation , pure and simple , from the top. A week ago , however , C. II. Bchaad drifted In from the aldu of a hi ? hluil and found a clean cut flat forma tion of good grade ore , Since then a flat formation v-as found 125 feet from the top of the Paccy shaft , and hero In found the $2 , < tOO oro. There are rumors that the Northern Pa- clflo will extend Its line west from Edgclcy to the Missouri river the coming season. As the road la out ot the hands ot the receiver and lira lands and right of way along the proposed route , tlioro Is some reason In think ing U may make a zuuvu lu that direction. In case It does , the See line will doubtless extend Its line west from Kulm , Its present western terminus. The Flying V and Cross 0 Cattle company has ordered foremen to gather up all cattle that can bo found around the Hills and along the Hello Fourcho river and north ot that stream for twenty-five miles , and ship them to Omaha and Chicago , and sell them for what they can get. This action Is taken because of the scarcity of feed on the range. This company Is ono ot the largest In the Hills stock country and It Is thought that Us action will bo followed by others. COLORADO. A now court house Is to be constructed at Central City. H Is to bo 90xCO , of stone and Golden pressed brick and to cost $32,3SO. A foot and n halt of ere that runs COO ounces to the ton Is reported to have been uncovered In a lease on the Delia S. mine , Aspen. The new town of Uadger , near Snllda , has the prospect of a great future before It. Settlers are going In all the time , attracted by the discoveries of rich ore. The Vlrglnlus and Revenue tunnel trouble at Ouray bids fair to be adjusted and opera tions resumed along the line ot the former prosperity ot this famous producer ot precious metals. A big strike , consisting of Bold-bearing quartz showing free gold averaging across the vein fifty ounces of gold , has been made In the upraise of the\ \ Octoroon of the 0. N. tunnel at Ouray. John Munco and Mary Munce of Greeloy have brought suit agalust the Union Pacific railway system for $5.000 damages for the death ot their daughter , Ida , In January , 1S9. > , killed by a Union Pacific train. The Llttlo Dorrltt , on the lower end of Squaw mountain , In Cripple Creek , has opened a vein four and a half feet wide In the bottom of a twcnty-tlve-foot shaft , giv ing assays aa high as $20 , and the property has been leased. The directory of the Grand Valley Irrigat ing company of Grand Junction placed the water assessment at $1.2S per Inch for the ensuing jear. n Is probable that the Grand Valley canal , owned by the company , will ho extended a distance of twelve miles the present season. A big strike has been made on the Excel sior , one of the prospects of the Anaconda company of Cripple Creek. Values were found almost at grass roots , and In a shaft now twenty-eight feet deep there are two * nd a half feet of ere thai. It Is claimed will easily average $ oO to the ton. Captain E. H. Wcbb.ot Fort Collins , whoso partner , L. L. Wlntorsteln , Is mining and prospecting in the Manhattan district , has received from Mr. Wlnterstoln an exceedingly rich piece of gold Moat , said to have been found within their field of operations. The wmpio runs away up In the thousands , and should the mother lode bo found , the for tune of the captain and his partner Is cer tainly made. Gllplu county , the oldest gold district of ihp state , closed the year with a record of f3,203.12 : . an Increase of $2. ! .300 over 1S95. Several old mines were reopened , the Perlgo anJ the Gold Coin among them. A thirty- stamp rapid drop mill was started nt Ne- vadavlllc. The new camp of Pine Creow se- -urcd n ton-stamp mill late In the year. The ores sent out of the district by rail amounted to 46,078 tons. Over 100 mines have steam plants , and over 2,000 men are employed In mines and mills. Upon twenty mines Im provements costing from 510,000 to $25,000 were made. The gold output of Cripple Creek for the past year Is estimated at $10,000.000. Though this probably overstates , the camp certainly did produce more gold than In 1S93. The discovery of new veins have been encourag ing , though the area of producing mines was not extended. In Juno the Gold Coin dis closed a vein In the streets of Victor , since which time the mine has produced 5,000 tons of ere of a gross value of $200,000. Ile- twecn February and Juno lessees of the Nclllo V , on Squaw mountain obtained $11- 000 In ere when their lease expired. Other Important strikes during the year were In the Trail , Nightingale , Amanda , HIuc Flag , Twin Slaters , Teeumsch , Hallot & Horn- burc , Corlolar.ua. Dead Pine. May Roll , Gold King , Dollie V , Leila. Mabel M , Fannlu U , Orizaba , besides new chutes in working mines. WYOMING. A postofilce has been established at Kir- win , lllg Horn county. Eighty men are employed at the Adelaide copper mines near Golconda. A strike lisa been made at the Foot creek placer fields , the dirt producing $3 per yard. At a depth of 200 feet a lead of very rich ere haw been encountered In the New Dis covery at H'ahn's peak. The new dipping pens at Wolton , Natrona county , have been completed and the plant at Casper is being reconstructed. The Eckles coal mine , situated a few miles east of Casper , is being worked by a largo force of men. The product Is hauled to Casper , where It finds a ready market. Says the nig Horn Rustler : The gang of thieve ? located in what Is known as the Hole-In-thc-Wall country , continue to bo troublesome to stockmen. It Is claimed that they succeeded recently In stealing a Mock of 2,000 sheep. * The application for the segregation of 1S.OOO acres of land under the Carey act by the Cincinnati Canal company has been approved by the commissioner of the general land ofilce. The land Is In Dig Horn county , north of the Shoshone river. The Icct harvest nt Evanaton It the largest on reccrd. The contract for the shipment and supply of the Union Pacific has been .se cured by J. L. Atkinson and calls for several thousand tor.ci. Uetween 12,000 and 15,000 tons will go to Salt Lake and Ogdan nnd 25,000 tons will bo stored In the Ice houses at Evanston. Carbon county sheepmen have a vigorous kick coming agalnat Utah sheep growers. They claim Utah sheep groweis turn thou sand of head of shaci ; every winter In on the Red Desert winter range , pasture them thcr& for six .months and then skip out with them before the tax acsessor nails their hides to the tax roll. They say that HO car loads ot Utah bucks have been.turned In among these Utah flocte this winter and that the range Is being depastured by Utah stock. Mrs. N. F. Howell ot Horse Creek reports that four masked men rode to l.cr ranch at Horse Creek. There HUS no one at home but the hired man and the robbcra galloped around the house twlco and when he appeared , yelled at him. Ho dashed In the house and elezeil a gun. When ho again appeared the men rode away , taking a num ber of head of cattle belonging to the rand1. . The masked men were seen In that section by other partita , and , It la reported , that a ranchman was hold up by them. Horwo Crook Is the scene of the recent rustler depredations. Including the burning of build ings. OREGON. Mrs , M. Young of Woodburn has Just fin ished a bed quilt of 4,370 pieces. The fal ( pack of salmon on the Columbia river last year amounted to 01,900 cases. There will bo a meeting of Indian war veterans In Albany January 20 to organl/c a camp of Indian War Veterans. John Milne Is refitting his flouring mill In HllUboro with the most Improved ma chinery , and the capacity of the mill will bo largely Increased. Work on the Tlandon woolen mills ware house has been stopped for the present' ' owing to claims on the wharf between the river channel and the place selected for the building. Illlnd staggers la killing horses In Aliw valley. R. S. Dradley lest. In U union county , his best team from the disease. Other lior.iin lu the valley wcnj affected , and a few other deaths are reportd. Another steamer will be put In commis sion by Captain Graves to move the produce. of the four coal mlnco , now In operation at Ulverton , Coon county , an order to that ef fect having already born mado. The Wasco county commlsslonera have or dered the construction of a new truss bridge acrwn the Hood river , at the town , to replace the old ono now In use , It being condemned by the road supervisor as dangcroun. The itcliooner' IU ilo K Is on the bench near .Hamlon , where tlio landed HO in a tlmo ago. Tlio company ban uol yet decided You will nnd ono coupon lusldo each two ounce bag nnd two coupons Insldo each four on nco bnKoflllnckwoll's NOTHING Durham , IHiy a bag of this tobacco nnd celebrated road BUTTHE the coupon wlflch gives n list of valuable presents and GENUINE bow to get them. The Bee will wrap , address and Mail lie Trans- To Any Address in the United States. Those who wish to send it to parties outside this city can leave orders at Bee Business Office. By sending copies to your friends. whether to undertake to remove her or have It done by contract. There are quite a num ber who are bidding for the contract of re moving her , but It will bo some time yet be fore operations will bo begun. Prof. Kancmatz's silkworm colony , com prising moro than 80,000 worms , at Coqulllc , has concluded Its cocoon spinning. The professor says the work has been done much quicker and better this season than before , and , If anything , the cocoons are better also. William Uoone brought a curiosity to the ofilce of the Toledo Tlfnes. It Is a petrified foot of eomo animal which he discovered In ono of the old shell beds near OyHtcrvllle. The foot has eight claws , all of which can be plainly seen , lu other respects It resem bles a bear's foot. The Sheepmen's union of Gllllam county Is being urged by the Fotsll Journal to put the bounty on coyote scalps back to the aid fig ures , $1 by the union and $1 by the county. The union reccn'ly voted in favor of paying 50 cents , and that the couuty should pay 50 cents. The law does not permit the county court to pay less than $1. WASHINGTON. Over 300 feet of the north jetty at Eureka has been washed away. Potty thieves In Waltsburg are raiding cel lars and stripping clotheslines. There arc said to ho fully 500 rases of , measles reported and unrcportcd In Walla Walla. Uetween 2,500 and 300,0 cords of shingle- bolts were sold at public auction at the mouth of the Cowlltz river. One member of the legislature rode 15Q miles on hoiseback to a i.tilroad , and an other walked seventy miles to a railroad. From 700 to SOO pounds of fish arc being shipped dally from Snohomlsh to eastern points. The fish that are shipped now are nearly all stcclheads. .Several potatoes that together weigh 120 pounds are exhibited In nn Olympla store window. The smallest of the potatoes weighs one pound six ounces and the largest one four pounds. Within a few miles of Loomlston , Oka- nogha county , prospectors have discovered a fourteen-foot ledge of rich ere , traceable on the surface for a distance of 4,500 feet. It arsays ftom $11 to $35 a ton. There Is a movement afoot In the southern part ot Stevens county to divide the county on a line running * east and west , about : halt way between Colvllle and Chewelah. There arc about 12,000 inhabitants In the county. Cattle and hoff raising Is again coming to bo an important Industry of Lewis county. Ten years ago It took a good start , but other things appeared moro profitable , and there cnmii a time when farmers brought to mar ket hardly enough fat stock to supply the homo demand for fresh meat. This year at least 1,500 cattle will bo shipped out and probably 5,000 or 6,000 hogs. Active work will begin on Spokane's array pest about April 1. For thu work contem plate. ! In 1807 , $100,000 Is now available , and the construction to bo let under contract wll | rcqulro the expenditure of between $30,000 and $100,000. Tilt double barracks alone will cost about $10,000 , and when com pleted will provide accommodation for bo- Drox L. SlioomiH : notknm tlmt tlm papers im full of Hhou nils lately HOIIIU puopli ! have ti ) blow oft just about no often anyway but It tickles Drux Jimt one llttlo llciu knock * ilium all where t'Lso can you wet a $1.00 or $3.00 KCIIU- iiiis French t'lininel shoo for $ ; i. ( > 0 we're ( loin ; ; that rljbt aioiiK bulldog toe or pointed It'H tlio litwt $ ri.OO Hlioo iu Onialia and ll'a only § . ' ) ,00. DHEXEL SHOE CO , , Mil ) FAHNAM STIIKCT tween 120 and 160 men. The four double sets ot officers' quarters will cost about $14,000. The county commissioner of Snohomlsh county have 'allowed the Everett justlcco and constables back salary , amounting to about $7,000. The census upon which thcso claims were allowed was taken by the claimants themselves nnd was considerably ab < mi tha 5.000 required. During the year ending December 31 , 1830 , the four Hhlnglo mills on Gray's harbor shipped cast by rail 75,000,000 shingles. Lewis Dros. of Aberdeen and Markham , shipped 207 cars , containing 28,000.000 shin gles. The bulk of thcso shingles were shipped direct to Hartford , Conn. The Union Shingle company of Aberdeen freighted 200 cars , containing 25,000,000 , and the Cca- mopolls Shingle company shipped about 25- 000,000 shingles. .MISCELLANEOUS. The Great Northern la said to have placed a contract for the construction of G.OOO cars. cars.Tho The Northern Pacific Coal company Is now chipping 1.000 tons of coal a month to Hcso- land mines. The monthly pay roll of the Anaconda com. pany. at Hutte , Is estimated nt $250,000. The miners get $3.50 | K > r day , and the poorcat and most unskilled labor In Uutta Is paid $3 a day. The Orange Dolt Irrigation district near Pomona , C-U. , will disincorporate. It has no bonds outstanding and no debt. The district was formed several years ago with a view of taking water from the Arrowhead system. While working with a plow and scraper on a strip of land In the Ilandsburg dis trict recently , a man Is said to have uncov ered a ledge of ere that Is one-fourth pure gold In spots. The Btrlp Is about 400x50 feet In extent. The three mills of the Puget Lumber com pany have a combined dally capacity of 450.000 feet ot lumber. The mill at Port Gamble turns out an average of 225,000 feet dally , and had cut as high as 350,000 feet In a tfii-hour run. Over 100 carloads of Sonora oranges have been shipped nt Nogales , Ar/ . , for the United States ii | > to January 1 , 1S97. It is estimated that this season's shlpmcnta will aggregate 300 carloads , and that hero will bo DOO car loads shipped next season. The total output of ere from the gold min 3 at Htllsboro , N. M. , for tlio current yinr Is estimated at 25,000 tons. Reckoning this at $30 a ton , which \voiiI , | undoubtedly bo below the average of Hlllsboro ere , and we have from that ono camp the sum of $750,000 In gold for the year IS'JG. A number of additional miners have been employed recently In the Coehitl district In Santa Fe county. Now Mexico , and reports from that district are more encouraging than they have been for some months. Small tihlpmcnts of ere have been mailo from the mines there for many months past , but up to this time none of the mlnca hai paid largo profits , A gold strike of consid erable Importance was mudo near Golden some weeks ago , and some very rich ore huu been taken out of thu mluo within thu past month. Your Omalm Snvlupi bank dcpohlta are K" ( > il liore in cxcimiiKe an payment for new pianos jj-oti can't put your money Into a better Inve.stnienl and be- HlduH It's iiHiiro way of KultliiK yonr ac count HOttlrd up lots of people aru tnlc- Ini ; advantage of thlH oll'er of oiirH why not you you don't often jjet uui'li a chance , , , A. HOSPE , JR. , 1513 DOUGLAS.