THE OMAHA DATLV BEE : JITXE 21 , 1807 ,
N S Pulse of Western Progress.
Tli" la'est gold discoveries In Arizona arc
nlmost flt the doorway of Its capital city.
nays a Phoenix dispatch to the San Francisco
Call. LPBS than twenty miles west of 1'hoc-
nix are the Kstrella mountains , low peaks
that continue to the northward from the
Marlropu Divide. Here the moat recent finds
of gold have been made , and hither the pros-1
porters arc flocking In numbers. Among
those who have made rich strikes In the
Kilrrllas already are C. C. Montgomery ,
Frank Taylor and B. J. Long. Montgomery
brought to 1'hoenlx n large plec of rock ,
from which had been taken fragments that
nssayd J2.000 to the ton , and the fragnicnto
were taken at random. All of thi > ere from
that si dion that has been examined runs not i
IPKS than $ BO to the ton. An Is usually the ,
CBBP thu discovery of the Estrclla gold fields
was the merest accident. Montgomery and
a rompanlnn were hunting deer In the moun
tains. Cn had been killed and was being
carrlr.1 back to camp. Ilclng weary thny
sat down on the rocks to rpot. Aimlessly
nnd autcitn.itlr.illy Mongomery bngan to chip
off fragments of the big lork upon which he
sat with a smaller rock. Suddenly Bomethlng
yellow appeared to the astonished hunter.
He had rhlppcd open a pocket of pur
sheet Rold , which the men rolled up , with n
porUetknife , and brought to town. Neither
of thi > mm was a mlniT , and they did not
rcall/e the Importance of their find until
soini' months afterward , when they casually
exhibited the specimens to jeweler In
this city. The very next day Montgomery
nnd an experienced miner went out to the
spot and staked out a claim , that could not
bo bought for a good many thousand dollars
lars todn > . Tlio dlwovery of these rich gold
fields within almost A stone's throw of the
city will undoubtedly result In the establish
ment of a smelter at I'hoenlx a project that
has long hern nursed.
NATURAL SOAP MJNE.
The rivent arrival of Thomas McFarlane
at San llernardlno from the desert with his
pockets loaded with wonderf'tl ' specimens ,
his startling story of an Important discov
ery , ami the air of mystery with which he
shroiidi-d thp whole affair , drew public at
tention to what ho hail to riiow nnd tell ,
says HIP San llernardlno Sun. His specimens
worn a red clny-llko substance , that he as
serted were natural soap , and an examina
tion nnd trial of the article confirmed the
assertion. It was a soap dug from the
ground , nnd It only needn to be put into
simp' ' for the market to command the high
est price of that article. There Is no making
over to be donr , for It 11 perfect In Its kind.
A omall bit placed on a black , greasy railIng -
Ing and then moistened cleaned the paint
to a whiteness that no manufactured article
could over excel. The peculiar property of the
elay. for It can best bo described as of that
nature , was discovered when thp prospector.
In seeking water , .built a little dam of the
clay to raise HIP water sufllclently to allow
the horseu to drink from n small rivulet.
Ho threw up the dam. only to have It melt
away rapidly and dissolve. He made a care
ful examination and trial of the wonderful
compound and discovered that he had dis
covered nature's own soap factory.
NEW MARKET FOR HROXCHOS.
The possibility of finding a Japanese mar
ket for the Emrplun horsca ranging over
eastern Oregon seems to be viewed In Japan
favorably. W. A. Wears of this city , says
the Portland Orcgonlan. has received a let
ter from a dealer in Kobe , Japan , making
many Inquiries In regard to the mustang
or broncho stock of horse * , and asking what
arrangement ! ) could bo made for. shipping a
large number ot them to hls country. The
writer was explicit in his statements that
a quality of horse corresponding to the
broncho waa required. Those who have
traveled In Japan state that their horavs
n > much like the people , small , compact ,
sturdy and capable ot existing on smalt
fare. Japanese apparently have no use for
the finer breeds , either those fitted for draft
animals or riding or driving to light rlgn.
The vegetation for the brute creation in
severely competed for by the crowded
human race , and horse ? like other animals
of the lower order , must depend on scant
feed. The horee of the eastern Oregon
range la known to possess thu qualifications
for such i * life. The herds of cayuce ponies
that are to be found In some localities In
numbers far beyond an ) possible local use
are thought by stockmecn to be the very
rad that the Japanese tequlrc. The breed
of horses above the cayuse and ordinarily
known ns mustangs or bronchos are also
very hardy , and a horse dealer said that. If
there wns no objection Insurmountable in
the way ot transportation , they would doubt
less find ready sale In Japan. Mr. Mears
proposea to give the subject thorough In
quiry to ascertain If these horera can be
shipped there at figures acceptable to the
Japanese. It ho Is successful there seems
fair prospect for quite a trade in this line.
WYOMING'S MONSTER FOSSILS.
The vWt of Henry E. Osborne , the dis
tinguished paleontologl&t of Columbia col
lege , to the Wyoming university again calls
to mind the great fc * 8ll richness of this
state and some of the marvelous reptilian
specimens which have been collected by
the Wyoming tuilvcralty. Prof. Knight and
his amlsyinnt geologist and mineralogist.
Prof Reed , have placed In the College of
Mechanical Arts thp largest vertebrae of a
dinosaur ever discovered , saya a Uiramle
epeclal to the Denver News. Till-9 amphibi
ous creature wca over 100 feet long when he
browsed on the earth or swam In the great
aea which covered this region In ages past.
This gr-at vcitebrae If of an enormous ani
mal and one that Is today unknown to
science , and the work of describing It to
the world has not yet been begun. They
have nineteen feet of the vertebra of an
other dinosaur which was the part of a Hv
Ini ; creature nearly 100 feet long , which In
the da\s of liU earthly wanderings walked
parti ) like a kangaroo and stood probab ! )
forty or fifty feet high from tlio ground.
Profrf Knight nnd Reed have enough of the
other bones of thin creature to restore It
and creel it In Its natural attitude. The
unlverdl'.y ' has thu bones ot another saurian
which in new to science and which stood
upon four legj and was twenty or more feet
high In life. The femoral binr.i of thU
animal are like great pillars a one stands
besldn them , and the mind ponders to con-
calve the enormoiin size of thu creature that
was ono day supported by them. Its weight
must have been prodlgloi'H to require such
supports. The university ban a paddle from
a pleslcsatiriu , or swimming saurian , a ma
rine reptile of the jurasMc age , before the
tlmo of the dinosaur , which Is pronounced
by Prof. Ofcborno and other of thu' best
pt'clallst to bo the fine.n specimen ever
found In America In the way of fossils , The
complete jaw of an elephant was recently
found tlfty-llvo miles north of this city In
Halleck canyon with two teeth In It. It Is
modern and consequently not fossilized
From Its appearance Prof. Reed la satisfied
that It baa not been washed far. There Is
a tradition or theory that elephants were
plentiful In this region at one time. The
Indiana today tell ot their existence In
Alaska ,
SEARCH FOR A LOST HONANZA.
A party of prospectors bag started from
( larfleld. says a dispatch to the-San Francisco
Call , to lind a Irwt mine In Idaho , from which
thousand * ! of dollars were taken a quarter ol
a century ago. Thu mine was rediscovered
seven years HKO , but because of Us Inaccessl-
blllty It was not worked. Seven years ago
Lllo Hopkins , who Is one of the present party
and another old nattier started from Palousc
on the trail of semi > horse thlevee. They fol
lowed them far Into the solitude of the rugged
mountains ot northern Idaho , but finally lose
the trull and their bearings. One evening ,
whllo lighting their way through a tangle of
of brush and down-timber , they emerged Into
a canyon surrounded on all side * by towering
and almost perpendicular mountains , the only
entrance being the ono through which they
had come. Hero they were surprised to find
two weather-beaten log cabins which had par.
tlally gone to ruin and near by In the chan
nel of a stream that wound Its way through
the canyon Hero found rotten ululceUoxeu.
On the bunk waa a tightly closed tin box ,
Ono of the men , out of curiosity , picked it up.
In It they found a San Francisco Call of the
year 1S73 , Neither of the men had had any
experience lu mining or they would not have
left without trying to tlnd what wa there.
U waa growing Into and they were anxious
to make their way out before dark , They
made many plans since to go back and In-
reetlgiiie , but .something always happened to
irevtmt. This eaon , however , their Inttreat
was H'doub'e.l ' by learning of a tragedy In the
Nez ' Perce war of a quarter of a century agr >
J that points strongly In the direction of their
discovery. A year or two before the breaking
| out of the Nest Perce war five prcspectors
outfitted at LowUton and started Into the
mountains. i Some months later two of them
returned ] with a big Rack of gold and bought
a large stock of supplies. Since that time
j nothing more has been heard of them. Sev
eral years after the war was over the Ncz
Perco Indians told of five miners being killed
by I thalr tribe In the section of the mountains
In I which thlft canyon Is located.
HERMIT RESTORED TO FRIENDS.
J. N. Harbin , an American , with a long
vrhlto beard and feeble step , applied at the
office of , T. N Poston , United States consular
agent hero , for phcltnr and food , says a Yorr-
con. Mexico. dl patch to the Minneapolis
Tribune. Ho aald that for nineteen years he
had ' betn UvInK In Mexico. It 1s the old story
of a futile search for great riches. Mr. liar-
bin was born In Jackson county , Tennessee ,
seventy-seven years ago , and went to Cali
fornia In 1SI4. He nays that he became as
sociated with the late Senator Hearst In min
ing and budncsA ventures. He made con
siderable money , and In l TS ho came to
Mexiro as reprcticntatlvn of a company of
California capitalists seeking mining Invest
ments In the country. He located the St.
Marcos and Sorroco silver mines , state of
Durango. for his company. These two mines
proved very rich and made a fortune for the
company owning them. After clearing up
? 200,000 Mr. Harbin withdrew from the com
pany and. located the Vaca mine for himself ,
lie purchased mining machinery In the
United States and began the development
of his property on a large scale. Just as a
fortune was In sight the mine bccamo flooded
with water and he met with a serious ac
cident , which confined him to his bed for
many months. The water could not be con
trolled , and things went from bad to worse
until all 111 * money was gone. Three mis
fortunes disheartened him so greatly that he
thought It would bo better for his family
and old friends to think htm dead , and the
report reached his wife and two children In
Vcsno , Cal. , fifteen years ago that ho had
lied of mountain fever. When his health had
mprovcd Mr. Harbin went Into the heart of
ho rugged Sierra Madre mountains. 200 miles
'rom the railroad southwest of the city of
Durango. He found a cavern , where ho has
since lived the life ot a hermit , subsisting
on wild game and vegetables which he cul-
: lvatod. Ten weeks ago an American ore
inyer for the International Smelling and Re
fining company was making a trip to remote
mining camps In the S-lerra Madrcs , when he
came across the abode of Mr. Harbin by the
aide of a mountain trail. The hermit was
then urged to return to his friends and newd
wns afterward wired to a friend of the trav
eler at Fresno , through whom It reached a
son ot Mr. Harbin and brought a prompt re
sponse and means to cover the expense of
the homeward journey. The old man Is now
speeding on his way to California to see his
family and friends after an absence of nine
teen years ,
GOLD SEARCHERS HOPEFUL.
A company ot ten has been organized and
will proceed to dig for gold on the south
fork of the Skaglt in the region of .Mount
Haker. and the work of developing has com
menced , says the Whatcomb ( Wash. ) News.
There is no doubt that the Mount Baker
region teems with the yellow nuggets. Don't
bo surprised to see a big mining boom spring
up In the region of the snow-covered peaks.
To this the .Monte Chriato Mountaineer responds
spends : "This reminds the Mountaineer of
the placer stampede worked up down at
Edison by Tom Cain In 1SD1. Waterfowl
and barn poultry had been kjlled and fine
particles of gold found In their crops at
different : times and It is well known than
there Is a free gold ledge somewhere In
Samlsh or Friday creek hills between What
comb and Mount Vernon. Cain had been
sitting In. his hotel listening to some ranch
men's poultry tales of gold finds when his
eye happened to fall on an old gilt bcor
sign kicking about the side yard and he con
cluded to put up a salting job on the boys ,
some of whom owned quartz claims up In the
main Cascade range. After the departure
of the ranchmen he picked up the beer sign ,
scraped oft the gliding with his pocket knife
and sent a trusty accomplice up the Sam'sh
to salt a couple of little sand-bars on the
llallcr farm , and then to Impart the glorious
news to the proper victims. Discovery
claim was about a quarter of a mile above
town and by midnight over twenty-five
placer claims had been staked oft with no
tices up , the last victim being Tom'o brother ,
John Cain , who , having "located" In the
rear of Bob Carter's livery stable and car
ried a gunny-bagful of the "prospect , "
hastily dug up In the darkness , home with
him , informed his wife and sister that he
"hail struck It richer than any of the rest , "
and greatly scandalized the good ladles by
dumping a mixture of black mud and horse
droppings out on the kitchen floor. Charley
Harbour , afterward of Sultan , and hte brother
Jim , the Monte Crlsto pugilist , were among
the midnight stampedere and there were
unlimited whisky and cigars set up over
tha affair for months afterward. "
BELIEVES IN HIS LUCK.
Tombstone has the most persistent hard
luck minor In the world , says the San Fran
cisco Call. Ills name is George Searles , and
In the past eight years he has steadily and
surely grown renowned from the bare fact
of his digging in one spot without bringing
to the surface a shovelful of dirt that would
pay for Its digging. George Searles has the
kind ot faith that Is said to be used In the
production of miracles. Ho believes that the
hole he has been digging for the past eight
years will eventually land him on the rich
ledge of the Contention mine. No ono else
believes this , and many have tried to con
vince him that his work Is all for nothing.
He ban already done nearly 1.000 feet of dig
ging In shafts and drifts. All the work he
has done unaided. Every bucketful of dirt
taken out of the mine he has carried up to
the dumps with his own hands , climbing u
long ladder from the bottom of the shaft.
Ho Is quite an old man now , and will prob
ably end his days In the depths of his bar
ren mlno. He has not been able to work
continuously at his hopeless task of digging
Into the Contention streak , for he la a poor
man and must at times leave the labors of
his heart's desire and go out into the world
to earn money enough In enable him to cou-
'irnio his digging for his ever-elusive
bonanza. Though he has never found anv-
thing , ho Is as enthusiastic today over the
discovery that he Is soon going to make as
ho was when he turned his first shovelful
eight years ago.
TRAVEL ON THE YUKON.
Nearly 2.000 men have left Juneau for the
Yukon this spring. The Alauka Searchlight
prints the following letter , written by A. D.
Thompson and party , at Lake Dennett , May
26 : "OUr bopts are finished and wo are ready
to sail down the lake as soon aa thu lea la
gene , which will bo two or three days. The
water ! now open down the lake for five or
six Milieu ; there It Is blocked with Ice for
several miles , then open to the foot. We will
leave hero tomorrow and sail down so far a *
the Ice will allow. Our scow Is twentyfouf
feet long over all , eighteen feet wide and
three feet deep. We also have a llttlo dory
to use as a tender. Wo have been offered
$300 for our scow and would have sold It
but had no nails , pitch or oakum to build
another. A great many scows have brcn
built this year and some of them are quite
Urge. Sullivan and McLcod are building ono
12x13 feet. Metcalf lo at work on one 10x10.
and the Stewart brothers two Ux4S feet ,
There arc here now about a hundred boats
and scons ready to leave and nearly as many
more In process of construction. The saw mill
Is running day and night , turning out from
1,500 to 2,000 feet every twenty-four hours.
The logs are dragged by horses to the mill
where they bring $25 per 1.000. The mill has
orders which will require ten days or more
to fill and many men who would have gladly
bought their lumber have been forced to
whip-saw It. Had the mill been operated
last fall and winter Its owners would have
coined money this season. There Is a chance
that much of the travel might RO In by some
other pass next spring , so tllero might bo
sorao risk In saving up a large quantity this
year. "
THE DAKOTAS.
A 123-barrcl mill ls to bo erected at
Devil's Lake , N. D.
Armour will soon have a department
store , i building for wMch Is about to be
erected.
The Drown county summer Normal school
opened at Aberdeen whn an attendance ot
over 100 teachers.
The Dawson , N. D. , flour mill has Just
closvnl a successful ultio months' run and
will probably not be started again until the
new crop la ready for market.
Sheep shearing la well under way at
Dickinson , N. D. , and the wool buyers are
on the ground. The first clip aold , a 100-
000-pound lot , at 10 cents per pound.
On June 22 the Scottish Rite Masons will
hold a reunion at Aberdeen lasting until
Juno 25 , A number of prominent Masoiui
from abroad will be In attendance and the
beautiful Masonic temple will be dedicated
and consecrated.
Manager Zrltlow ba Just returned to
Aberdeen from points east on the II. & U. ,
where ho has been making arrangements tor
tha extension of their line to Milbank , Ccn-
tervlllo and Intermediate ) polntp from Web
ster eust. The extension from Grotou Is
practically completed to Webster and will
soon bo In active operation.
The old Troy farm , In boom days managed
by the late John Van Dcusen , Is being put
In condition for lu-efulnehn. bulldlugy being
painted and repalrell and being restocked
with horaca , cattle and Improved machinery.
The farm comprises nine square miles of
land , embracing some of the finest native
meadow lands In North Dakota.
The mystery surrounding the loss of over
$2,000 of school funds by Treasurer Giesen
ot Rondcll township Is still unsolved , accordIng -
Ing to an Aberdeen ( special. .Many are of
the opinion that the money was not stolen ,
but the story was Invented by Glescu to
cover a shortage In his accounts. He Is
not able to make the .lor.i good and It Is
doubtful If his bondsmen cau make up the
deficiency.
J. A. Caughren of Minneapolis , a rail
road contractor , with a subcontract on the
extension of this branch of the Great North
ern , has come to Langilon , N. D. , to close
deals for the supply of provisions for his
camp of men. and teams , which will arrive
within ten days. The company's staff of
surveyors drove acrofa rrom the " \Valhalla
and Cavalier extension and proceeded at
once to place grade stakes along the Hue
as already surveyed.
Picture : Eyes , daughter of John Moose , an
old warrior , who ha& scalped many a white
man , will be married , according to a Bis
marck special , on June 24 to Thomas Du-
lalno Cronan , an Irishman. There Is a ro
mance In this wedding. A few years ago
Cronan saved Moose's life. He also promptly
fell In love with Picture Eyes. But she was
engaged to Four-Toe , a youns brave. Cro-
nau bought off Four-Too and the wedding
will take place.
COLORADO.
Grand Junction will raise $3,000 for peach
day expenses.
Drldgea were washed out and lowland
crops about Eagle damaged by heavy rains.
The first clean-up of the Delano chlorlna-
tlon works at Boulder resulted In a ten-
pound gold brick , which at the current rate
1 worth $2,400.
The women of Pueblo are making exten
8tvo preparations for the meeting of the
Colorado Federation of Women's clubs , Oc
tober 27 , 28 and 29 next.
Eldora has almost doubled her population
within the last thirty days. The building
energy Is something remarkable. The two
local sawmills are unable to supply the de
mand.
Nell Hawkins , who keeps the Depot res
taurant at Divide , has found some good
specimens of free-milling gold on his ranch
ono mile north. Several mining men. have
made htm flattering offers and a.s soon nu
he has an assay made Is going to put a
few men to work.
Another rich body of tellurium ore waa
encountered in the celebrated Black Crook
mlno at Lake City. This time It waa dti
covered In the north level and the main
values are In gray and yellow copper and
ruby silver. Jack Sweet , the foreman of
the property , stated that the mine was Im
proving In richness every day. He also
said that they were taking some splendid
ore from the bottom of the forty-foot ohatt.
Tarryall Is one of the oldest placer mining
districts In the state , but very llttlo atten
tion has ever been paid to the lode mines.
In this line Ib Is a prospectors' camp. Theie
are now about 150 or 200 men at work in
the district. About one half arc prcapcct-
ing , the other half are working on pay ore
There are six or seven properties that have
shipped ere or ready to ship. The values
are gold and a small per pent of copper. The
gold Is found In iron quartz and porphyry.
The major value la In tellurium and bis
muth. Much of the richest ore ehows no
gold when panned. This la why the early
gold huuters passed the lodes by as value
less.
Cheering news continues to arrlvo from
Whisky Park and prospectors are flockIng -
Ing Into that section from all directions , a
majority , however , from the nortn and west.
Finds of good mineral are being ma'de wear
of the park for eight miles over on and
beyond the north fork of Snake river and
down where the hills are smoothed Into
grassy knolls. Late advices from there show
that there are four new towns projected and
nearly every man In camp is carrying speci
mens of his finds
, carrying galena or cop
per , which can be readily seen without the
aid of a glass. The recent finds are already
scattered over a terrltoiy of eight by ten
miles and from present indications there
will be not lets than twelve or fifteen prop
erties shipping ore by July 1.
WYOMING.
It Is not generally known that a good min
eral prospect Is now being developed within
four miles of Evanston , Wyo. Mr. L H
Lezeart. one of the best geologists and
mineralogists of Wyoming. Is at work on a
tunnel In the mountain side , south of the
Drex I , . Shoonian says It's pretty hot
work delivering all the shoes wo are
Collins but that he's willing to do It for
the hoys they must have shoes and
there's nowhere else where such an ele
gant line of boys' and in Uses' shoes are
displayed the only complete line of
fLW ) shoos In Omaha we pride onr-
selvt-ri on this department In onr store-
there Isn't much protlt In it for us-but
there's a great MK lot of satisfaction
when yon are sat lulled we're satisfied
and yon'ro always satisfied ivltli onr
$1.X ! ) hoys' and misses shoes all styles-
all widths all sizes tan or black only
? ! . > .
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 FAKNAM.
Send for our Illustrated Catalogue. Free
town. Ho has fouml a rich copper vein , un
derlaid with a white'ifefrAatlon containing
gold. He has already takni out quite a lot
of good ore.
' Mr. L. T. Ilcnnett ot Cheyenne returned
j from the cattle "rounJ-uti" on Horse crook.
I He reports the Brass fine-and cattle In ex-
\ cellcnt condition. About 1,000 head of cat
tle were gathered up toy the round-up , and
j ! 500 calves branded.
'
I Placer mining Is verj-inctlve all through
the South Pass count rjilhb season , and not
, less than 100 men ore tfbtklng In RUlchcs
to Rd the benefit of Ihb 'snow water. The
. outlook Is certainly encouraging to the min
ers la this section.
I Three surveylnR parties are In the Ills
; Horn mountains for the purpose of making
a township survey of that lection. This sur
vey Is to be made In accordance with the re
port of the conference committee of congress
on forest reserves and will occupy five or six
months.
The State Board of Control has selected
over 30,000 acres of land this year under the
United States land grant to the various
state Institutions , so that they may be leased
an 1 some .Income derived from these lands.
About GOO.OOO acres have been leased slnoe
January 1 , 1S97 , at a rental of G per cent of
their appraised valuation. The greater part
of this rental goes to the common schools
land Income fund , and Is becoming quite nn
Important fund toward tbo support of our
public schools.
Trouble Is brewing between the cattlemen
and sheepmen In the neighborhood of Smith's
Pork and Henry's Fork. This territory ha ?
usually been reserved for cattle , but lately
Dave Crawford has ranged his herds on Cot-
: onwood , a smalt tributary stream , to which
irlvllego the cattlemen objert. Not long
ago unknown parties went to Crawford's
camp , took his rifle out of his wagon and
unused themselves by killing sheep. Craw
ford protested , but was assured that If he
> ecame too Impudent they would take a shot
at him. Crawford will pull camp as soon
as the present high water will penult.
A great rush has < < et In from Salt Lake ,
Colorado , Montana and many portions of Wy
oming for the camp at Lewlston , and every
day brings numerous arrivals. More men are
employed In the mines than ever In the hls-
lory of the camp. The million mine has a
large amount of good ore on the dump , with
a heavy vein uncovered ready to furnish any
amount of ore that may bo needed to keep
the mill running. The Hurr mine Is show
ing up large quantities of rich ore , with a
prospect of a permanent supply , as greater
depth Is reached , and a full dozen other prop
erties have a good showing of rich mineral
on the dump ready to bo worked as soon
as opportunity offers.
Mr. A. MeKlnnle , ono of the pioneer pros
pectors In the Grand Encampment gold dis
trict. Just over the line in Wyoming , says
the camp has no development beyond flfty-
foot tunnels and ten-fool location holes , but
from these the mill run tests have averaged
as high as $100 per ton In gold and copper.
There are from 1,000 to l.COO persons In the
district , but as yet no regular shippers. Ex
perts have visited the camp In the Interest
of Denver , Omaha and eastern capitalists.
They all speak well of the outlook , but ob
ject to buying prospects on a basis which
would be fair for a producing mine. This
trouble Is not confined to Wyoming. It Is
epidemic In a number of other camps and
must run Its course.
There has been quite a decrease in the
shipments of cattle to market this year from
Wyoming , says the Denver News , due to
several causes. The g < ? od prices of last year
caused large shipments and decreased the
supply of marketable cattle. The exceed
ingly low price of grain In'Kansas and Ne
braska lias led to the shipment of large num
bers of southern cattle Into those states to be
fed , Instead of coming to Wyoming and Mon
tana to fatten on the ranges. Another fact
Is that the cattle business has undergone a
transition during the last live years In this
state. The large herds are gone , never to
return , and in their places have como the
herds of 100 to 500 hea'd of a better grade ,
fed through the winter by the ranchmen.
As a result the losses are' smaller and the
prices obtained better and' more profitable.
This Is a much better condition for thS state
and all concerned. From now on the cattle
business will Increase.
OREGON' . .
-Anderson has bought 1,000 head of sheep
In Malheur ceunty , and IB. pasturing them on
Stein mountain.
Indian Agent Harper says that many flsh
are being taken In the Umatllla river by per
sons losing dynamite.
Fishermen along the river at The Dalles
report a good many salmon in the river , and
If ills water continues falling expect a. largo
catch soon.
Treasurer J. L. Hyde of Lincoln county vis
ited Albany the other day for the first time
slnco 1S53. He could only recognize one
building there , after his absence of forty-four
years.
Elgin can boast of a young lady who would
be a treasure for some lazy man , says a
local paper. She hauls a load of ties to town
almost every day , and unloads them by her
self , and does it quicker than the average
rnnlo tie-hauler.
Dufur , In Wnsco county , will soon be sup
plied with excellent water facilities. Superln.
tendent Vauderpool of < he water company
was Instructed to purchase at once 2.SCO feet
of 2',4-lnch main pipe with the necessary
fittings and belongings. Men will bo put to
work at once on the hill at the north end of
Main street , where a reservoir Is to be con
structed.
Superintendent Shields had the new reser
voir at Astoria cleaned out , and when the
water had nearly all been taken out of the
big tank , the bottom was found to be fllleil
with beautiful mountain trout of all sizes and
colors. Mr. Shields had all the fish carefully
preserved , and will replace them In the tank
after the water Is turned In again , says the
Astorlan.
Whllo working on his placer mine on Sutton -
ton creek , twelve miles southeast from Uaker ,
Obe Batten discovered within a few feet from
the ledge of his quartz claim , called the Red
Bird , some pieces of quartz about as big an
a man's flat , from which this chunks of gold
protruded in all directions. One of the pieces
Is worth $220 , The Sutton creek placers have
yielded largo quantities of gold In the past
and for jears prcepcctors hove been hunting
for the fountain head , and Ratten thinks thai
ho has at last struck the true ledge.
Two grain warehouses are In course of con
struction on Jabez Conley's place , just beyond
the Sam Boothe lane , below Island City. At
this point a grade has been made for a spur
to bo run from the Elgin branch track , uml
the warehouses will bo constructed adjacent
thereto. The Conley warehouse is 60x120 feet
In size , and the second building , which Is
being put up by C. C. Frazler , a large grain
farmer of the Sandrldge , will bo 40x80 feet.
The construction of these warehouses will
effect a very largo saving In hauling expense -
penso to their owners , as the grain will be
stored therein as soon aa It la threshed , and
will then be loaded on the cars direct.
The Vale Advocate la assured by Judge Mil
ler that the latter recently found near On
tario , In Malheur county' a genuine diamond
mine. The judge has eciit a number of the
stones to a New York laplflary 10 bo exam
ined. The Advocate enys that many line
specimens have been filched up at different
points along Snake rlvw' and a few years
ago preparations wereJ made for opening up
diamond mines In the Owyhee country , Idaho ,
at a point where several'handsome and vul-
uabla gems were found. Not only have diamonds
mends been picked up at various places along
Snake river , but many handsome flrr opals
have also been taken from ( he basalt forma
tion along this stream.
WASHINGTON.
Sheep shearing Is about over In Yaklma
county , nd the sheep are being driven to
ward the summer ranges , ) In the mountains.
Ilemls' shingle mill. In Cowlltz county ,
that has been delayed on account of the
jam of bolts In the Toutle river , will be
started up at once.
J. A. 1'arkcr Is putting In a shingle mill
at Hlg hake , Sknglt county. The mill has a
ten-block and a single-block power feed
machine , and will have a capacity ot 223,000
shingles a day.
Two rolls of steel wire cable were received
In Shtlton. Ma on county , recently for S. G.
Simpson's logging campt. Each roll la 4.000
feet long , and weighs 5,000 rounds. They
cwl In St. Louis $2,000.
Nearly nil the business men of Palonao
have signed an agreement to visit the mines
up the 1'alouae river , and put In one day's
work with pick and shovel during the sum
mer. The day will be selected In the near
future , and a gigantic picnic is being ar
ranged for.
The commissioners of Chchalls county
have granted a petition for a six-foot right-
of-way from Aberdeen to Montesano , along
the old country road , for a bicycle path.
The roaiIs to be built by private subscrip
tion and a portion of the necessary funds
Iiau already been collected.
The Medical Lake Granite company has
secured the contract for supplying the granIte -
Ito for the army post at Spokane , and has
put on a large force of cutters , blasters and |
general quarry men , nil of whom are busy.
It Is estimated that the flltlng of the con
tract will require three months' steady
work.
The Enterprise shingle mill , In Edmonds ,
In an effort to outdistance the cut of 152.-
000 shingle * of the Johnson mill some time
lest mouth , made a remarkable record by
sawing 1S5.000 clear shingles In exactly
twelve hours. This Is the largest cut ever
made In a double-deck mill In Edmonds ,
and , with ordinary timber used , demon
strates the efficiency of the crew.
The Indians at Kettle Falls claim the
white men's flsh wheels are robbing them of
their rights , as no salmon have found tholr
way up the river for Jhrco years at least not
enough to glvo even "one flsh to one In
dian , " and It was reported In the spring that
Indians were suffering on the reservation for
want of food. This was among those who
have not yet learned to ralso enough to
last through winter and formerly depended
upon dried salmon.
Grasshoppers are causing great Injury to
crops on some of the farms In the vicinity
of Anatonc. Almost the entire crop , over
200 acres In all , belonging to A. Helm , has
been eaten up clean by the pests , and about
100 acres destroyed for James Sangstcr.
Clodmnshers and field rollers were used In
hopes of destroying them , but the Imple
ments had no en > ct upon the Insects ; ior ,
after being pressed and crushed into the
ground , they would wriggle out in a short
time and go right to untlng again.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Gray's Harbor Fishermen's Protective Union
Canning company. In Aberdeen , the question
of next season's pack was considered. Tin1
company his an option to either lease or
buy the Herrlck machinery , and the proba
bilities are that the company will lease It
for the coming season , operate the cannery
themselves , purchase the machinery at the
close of the season and thus make it entirely
a home Institution. The pack last year was
a profitable one , amounting to $30,000.
The owners ot the National Bank of Com
merce , In Tacomn. came to the conclusion
some time ago that , by sinking a well tinder
their building , all the water necessary could
bo obtained for the use ot the building , and
Instructed their engineer , P , H. Abcel , to go
ahead with the work. There was llttlo pros
pect that anything short of forty feet would
bo sufficient to get what was desired , but
when down about twenty feet a lot of old
spoons and a frying pan were found , and
thirty-five feet down the laborers came across
the skeleton ot a man firmly imbedded In
the hard pan. It required several hours'
hard work to get out the bones. On inquiry
among some of the old-timers It was learned
that an Indian burial ground was once lo
cated in that vicinity.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It Is probable a line of electric wagons will
bo put on between Elko and Gold Creek ,
Nov.
Nov.Seven
Seven Chinamen have been arrested at
Hawthorne , Nev. , for selling liquor to In
dians.
There Is great activity In the mining
camps on the California side along the lower
Colorado river.
Sixty-four teams , with 530 horses , have
gone this spring from Clinton , B. C. , to the
Cariboo district.
The Anaconda , In Deadwood camp , Bound
ary creek , has shown up ere carrying 10.9
to 1C.3 per cent copper and 4 ounces silver.
A handsome horse and buggy , the first
vehicle of Its class to enter 'Alaska , went up
on ono of the steamers recently for tie use
of Captain Thomaa Meln.
Much work Is being done in Eureka camp ,
on the Colvllle reservation. There are said
to bo more prospectors on the reservation
than during the rush which followed the
opening.
Activity In the Lone Star mining district
In Arizona Is on the Increase. As each shaft
Is sunk rich ore la discovered , and the pres
ent outlook is that a flourishing camp will
soon bo established , which means much for
Safford.
Charles D , Lane , the wealthy mine owner ,
will begin at once to arrange plans for con
structing an aqueduct from Alpine county ,
Nevada , to the famous Pine- Nut mines , con
taining fabulous wealth. The coat of con
struction will aggregate a million dollars.
Henry G.Bryant - has arrived at Yakutat ,
at the base of Mount St. Ellas , with a
party of five , who will scale the mountain.
It ij his Intention to pfant the American
flag on the summit ahead of Italian Prince
' Lttlgl , who la going north to carry the
Italian flag uy on the mountain.
Mrs. Catherine Hughes , who conducts a
vegetable garden three luiles east of UkUh ,
Gal. , on Russian river , has been left two
gold mines and an income of $1,000 a month
by the death of nn uncle In Mexico , Mrs ,
Hughes' husband died a year or two ago ,
elnco which time she has had a severe tussle
with adversity.
Ground has already been broken on the
Lake Tahoe railroad between Truckec and
TJhoe City , Nev. The railroad will connect
the lake with the main line of the Southern
j Paclflo and remove the only obstacle in
1 ' making the lake the greatest resort on the
coast. The road will be Btandard gauge and
sleepers will be run to the shores of tl'o
lake , A big hotel will be erected.
Randsburg Is agog with excitement over a
new strike. The Wedgt mine opened up a
four and a hair foot body of rich ore , the
counterpart of a rich strike made three
weeks ago In the Kinyon mine. The rock
fairly glitters with gold and mucli of It
shows the value of a dollar per ounce. Thia
etrlko wag on the 315-foot level and every
blast shows richer ore. In the Valverde No.
2 shaft , heretofore low grade ore , running
$ S a ton , a rich strike -was aim made and
ere worth $300 a ton 10 now being taken
out.
Beecham'8 Pills for wind and distress after
Boniu weddings guhifr'on Just now
Hoiuts engagements rfnwj'nro Iti demand
wedding rtiiKS < Mj iK'i'ioiit | ' rin a
plain jjohl wedding aml enxaKcuicnt
ring's engraved $1.50'and up sot rings
depends entirely on Iho stone some
73c an elegant rfuj ? $ l.f > 0 wo make a
specialty of flno qualities In wedding
rings what you get hero Is honest re-
Hnblo even If low priced wo don't
cheat folks wo don't have to wo do as
line work 011 wedding stationery aa Is
donu anywhere New York City not ex-
i-opted our engraving la especially In
favor and our prices nro not to be
matched anywhere for lowness.
C. S. Raymond ,
JEWELER , -
15th and Douglas.
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Served on all Wagner Dining and Buffet Cars.
Served on all Ocean and Lake Steamers.
Served in all First Class Hotels.
Served in the Best Families.
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Carried on nearly nvcry Man-oI-War and Cruiser. Served ai mosl ol the
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Be Greatest Tonic , "Malt-Nutrine" the Food-drink , is prepared fej
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DEMOLISHING THE TOMBS
Now York's ' Fninous Prison Condemned to
Destruction.
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PiLE
A Hit of Kiryiitlnii Architecture ,
"Which SlioltrriMl Many ot thu
\oto < l Criminals nf thu
, Century , ,
The Tombs. New York's historic prison , ,
nud one of the famous sights of the metropo
lis , la about to be demolished and a modern
prison erected where It now standa. It was
Lmilt In 1S3S. and has been regarded ns one
ot the finest examples of Egyptian nrchltec-
turo In the country. Artists , architects and
travelers , relates the New York Tribune ,
have been roost favorably Impressed with the
beauty of the building , somber and Krlm ns
It Is , aud many have declared that It would
be n great pity to destroy the portico at the
entrance lu Center street , which Is the most
striking aud Impressive part of the building.
The Tombs was built on the alto of the
old Collet pond , which had been filled up
generations before the erection ot a prison
there was thought of. Five years before the
building was put up It.s plan was adopted
by otllclals who had read "Steven's Travels , "
a popular book of the time , and had been
Impressed by one of the Illustrations In the
book , R picture of an Egyptian tomb. Their
Idea was to have the city prison so forbid
ding In appearance that nobody would care to
become an Inmate of It. Its designation , the
TombB , was eclccted on account ot the form
ot the building.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CUPOLA.
At the time of Its completion In 1S38 the
Tombs had a cupola , but the cupola was de
stroyed by ( Ire In November , 1S42 , and was
never rebuilt. Connected with that fire was a
mystery which kept the city In a ferment
for many months. The lire broke out at the
moment when John C. Colt was to be hanged
for the murder of Samuel Adams and there
are New Yorkers living today who believe
that the torch was applied to the cupola ot
the prison to prevent the execution of Colt
and that he escaped from the Tombs at the
time of the excitement. The case of Colt
had been before the public for over a year
and had caused widespread excitement.
John C. Colt was a brother of the manu
facturer of Colt's revolver , and he had pub
lished a book , of which Samuel Adams waa
the printer. On September 17. 1811 , Adams
went Into Colt's office at Broadway and
Chambers street to protest against what he
had declared was an effort ot Colt to cheat
him out ot his money , and ho never left the
ofllco alive. His mutilated body was found
later packed In Halt In a box which Colt had
shipped on the schooner Kalamazoo , at Mai
den Lane and the East river , and the walla
of Colt's ofllce were found to bo spattered
with Ink , as If an effort had been made to
conceal blood stains. The watch which
Adams had carried was found In the posses
sion of Caroline Henfhaw , a young woman
who had lived with Colt. Although Colt was
tried and convicted , ho had so many intluen-
tlal friends that the public did not believe
ho would be hanged , and on the day net for
his execution there was a multitude of people
In Center street.
KKOM GAY TO GHAVB.
Four hours before CoJt was to be hanged ho
was married to Caroline Hcnshaw In the
Tombs. The hanging was announced to take
place at 4 p. m. . and at that time the fire
men were called to the Tombs to fight the
fire which had started in the cupola. Some nf
the firemen declared that they saw Colt get
Into a hr.-irso that was in the courtyard of
( he prison , and that the vehicle was driven
rapidly away when the excitement of the flre
WHH at Its height. The prison officials eald
that a keeper had gone to Colt's cell and had
found Colt dead , with a illrk In his heart. A
body , which waa declared to be that of Colt ,
was burled later In fit. Mark's churchyard ,
but there was a prevailing belief that Colt
had escaped from the prison ollv , and that
his was the first escape from the Tombs.
There have been few escapes from the
Tombs , but there have bcne many sulcMe.s
In the gloomy building , and several men who
have been In the shadow of death there have
cheated the hangman l > y poison , Icnlfo or pa- !
tol. One of the earliest and most remarkable
of thn escapes from the prison was that
effected by Hlrldge.t Mack , an Irish girl , only
12 years old , who had been Imprisoned for
theft. She got up In the night , when every
body else In the woman's prison was asleep ,
tore some bricks out of a fireplace and
cllmbeil up through a chimney Hue to thereof
roof ot the prison. Then she Jumped off tli-7
roof tn the ground , a distance of thirty feet ,
and got away safely.
An escape from the Tombs which caused
a sensation In the city was made by William
J , Suarkey , who murdered Robert T. 13unn ,
In 1873. Maggie Jordan , Sharkty'a sweet
heart , was allowed to visit him lu the prison.
Ono day. after she had been to his cell ami
h.id passed out again , the wlfo of Wesley
Allen vent to visit her hiisbniul nnd said
she had lost 1'cr pass card. When tlu > sparch
for the card wns In progress Sharkey'H cell
was seen to be empty and It was remem
bered that a person who appeared to be a
tall , veiled wonuu had gone out with Mrs.
Allen's pass card. Sharkcy escaped to Cuba
and later went to Spain. lie never came
back to this city.
THE LAST ESCAPE.
The last escape from the Tombs was made
by John Meyers , a burglar , In Jum > . lso.1.
Ho dug a bolt ) through the wull of thu ol.l
prison from his cell on the upper tier ,
squeezed his body through the hole on a
dark night nnd lot himself down with a lope
of bodclothts to the ground on the Elm
street side of the courtyard. Then hn
climbed to the roof of the woman's prison ,
went over the roof of the warden's quarters
on the Leonard street side and let himself
: lown outside the wall. Ho got away safely ,
but was caught again some weeks later and
sent to prison.
For more than half a century the hanging
of murJerprs In the Tombs attracted much
public attention. Those executions have been ,
divided Into two periods. In the first perlna ,
'rom the time of the completion of the Tombs
until 1S5S. twenty yearn , seventeen men were
| iut to death by the rope In the courtyard ot
the prison. No fewer than thirty-eight men
liad been sentenced to dlo In the Tombs In.
that period , but fourteen of them had their
sentences commuted to Imprisonment for life ,
one committed suicide , one was pardoned out
right and the rest got new trials and escaped
a second conviction for murder. Edward
Coleman. a negro , was the first man to bo
hanged In the Tombs , and his execution was
on January 12. 1S3D. Ills wife had been a
well known figure In the city aud was called
the "Hot Corn Girl ot Hroadway. " She oup-
ported her husband until his brutal treat
ment led her to forsake him , aud then ho
killed her.
The second period of Tombs executions er-
tended from 1S5S to 1SS9 , when death by elec
tricity in the state prisons was substituted
for death by hanging na the penalty for mur
der. During the whole of the second period
of executions "Joo" Atkinson was the official
hangman , and his work with rope and gibbet
was oo perfect that the authorities decided ho
must have a period of executions all to him
self. "Hangman Joe" believed in doing his
work with such skill as to avoid all harrowIng -
Ing and cruel scenes. Ho spoke of men ho
had assisted to leave life as those he had"
"relieved. " The noose which he adjusted
about a neck never slipped out of place , and
when he Hprung the fatal trap death was sud
den and painless. Ho used the same gallows
year after year , and for every uiau ho "re
lieved" be cut a notch In the cross-beam.
There were thlrty-threo notches In the beam
when he put the gallowa away for the last
time.
THE FIRST AND THE LAST HANGING *
James Stevens , a wife murderer , was the
first man to pay the death penalty with
Atkinson's aid In the Tomta , and the lint
was Harry Carleton. "Handsome Harry , " who
murdered a policeman. James Bronnan , In
1888. Carleton was the last man to be hanged
In this state. No woman was ever put to
death in the Tombs. Among the murdera
avenged by tbo hangman In thirty yearn
were those of Mrs. Hull by Chastlno Cox
and of Loula Halner by McGloIn , murders
which caused more than ordinary excitement
In the city.
For many years the police court In the
Center street sldo of the Tombs , and the
court of special scralons In the same buiij-
Ing , were crowded every day , and fn
those dreary old rooms , which are to bo de
stroyed soon , were brought In review alrnuit
dally the most shocking ot tbo crimes of a
great city. With the erection of the criminal
courts building , at Center and Franklin
streets , the old court rooms In the Tomba
were abandoned , and they have been of no
use to the city Hlnce then.
The building of n now prison on the Tombs
site has been made a necerslty by the over
crowding of the old prison. In recent yearn
it has been necfssary to pack three or four
prisoners In a cell intended for the occu
pancy of only one person , and the Hoard ot
Ilralth has protested several tlmw against
such overcrowding , while several grand Jurlca
have made presentments against such a cry
ing evlL The erection of a large fireproof ;
modem prison on the site will be an Improve ,
ment demanded by common humanity.
Don't neglect a cough because tno weather
Is pleasant ; before the next Etorm roll *
around It may develop Into a serious diffi
culty beyond repair. One Mlnuto Cougu
Cure Is eauy to take and will do what It *
namu Impliea ,
T i AmnUviunati ? Itnlltvnx Orilrm.
NKWCASTLK , Pn. , June 20. A union
meeting of the Jive great railway unions- *
engineers , firemen , conductor ? , trainmen nml
telcKrnph ox ralor8 was held ht'ro last even.
Ing. A large representation of the several or.
ders wan present from many cities. The ob
ject of thu meeting Is amilxamatlon of all
the nil.road unfona Into ono.
"They arc dandlco. " said The , Bowers ol
the Crocket. Texas , Enterprise , whllu writ
ing about Do Witt's Llttlo Early Rlaer ,
the famous little pills for sick headachn and
d' ' orderi of the Btomach and liver.
A. second-hand price on a now pinno
to what wo nrc glvlnj , ' you now wo uro
tlu-only people llmt can make really low
piano prices we do It Iwcnuso wo inoro
than divide our profit with you sot u
blu ulilpment of new pianos at about
half price over twelve different makes
every one warranted to bo of high cluan
and diameter prices $137 ? 1G3 nnd
$19S you nercr heard of such prices on
now pianos before when these arc gone
you'll probably have to pay more.
A. HOSPE. Jr. ,
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