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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1897)
TIIF OMAHA DAILY TITT : "WEDNESDAY. DECEMJJEK 1 , 1S97. I I NEWS FROM THE FARTHER WEST HAS A MATRIMONIAL TROCI1A Interesting Case Tried in the Grant Oonnty Courts , SOUTH DAKOTANWANTS NO SONS-IN-LAW So-no nin IT Pnlln to Hid the Old Mnn' * Dntidilpr Oood llii-iiliic Jlrfore K Hump mid ( JtK n llcut- Inc Snrn for CHAMBERLAIN" , S. D. . Nov. SO , ( Spe cial. ) A case tried at the last term ot the clrealt court In Grant county , -which excited considerable attention , -was that ot Ilobert J. Ewlng , a young man 19 years ot age , ocalnet Mathlas S. Drucckcr , prominent merchant. for $ ,000 damages for assault and batter } ' , committed upon him on the night of Sunday , July 4. On the night In question Exviag aocompanied the oldest daughter ot Drnecker home from church. While the old EttBtleaan has been married twice , and In Jill younger days undoubtedly enjoyed the -pleomire of walking home with the young rtjiemcn he Insists that none of the young men chiill hecp company with his daughters. The l > nya who have lived near the family for sonic time understand the old man's temper and PTJllarltleg , and when escorting the daugh ters homo take the precaution ot bidding iLcm good night at an adjacent street cor ner. Young Dwlng , however , who wac a vninjiatatlvc stranger , and not aware of the ' . jrlstonce of the old man's Irbeha , walked fooitfly up to the garden gate with the young v.-oman. Just OR he lifted liU hat to make a bow , preparatory to walking away , ho was rudely ri.d violently nccobtcd by the irate father , who Informed Tilra that he wanted him to go into the houce. where he could get a look at lilm. Having the joung man at a serious disadvantage , the old man was able to force him Into the dwelling. In vain did he pro test that It was late , and he wanted to go home. Druocknr'B two sons were on hand and ass'Ktcd and Ewlng testified that all three pounded him unmercifully. Ills testi mony v-as corroborated by witnesses who ctnccd to be pasalng the liouse at the time. Finally Ewlng succeeded In escaping from tholr grasp. Ho rushed from the house his three assailants following him some distance. So severe were his injuries that It was a month before he was able to be about. He then consulted an attorney , and the $2,000 damage suit was the reeult. Druecker cn- fraced three good attornujs , and the case was bitterly contested. It occupied the time ot the court and a ju-y for more than a day , end the Jury was out about ten hours Eleven Jurorr. were practically agreed upon a verdict of J300. but the twelfth would not consent. They finally compromised upon a smaller amount. The affair cost Druecker nearly $409 , v.-lth a narrow escape f'om It coating him about Jl.OOO. Nevertheless , in future , the dead line for lilo daughters' es corts will remain at the adjacent corner In- etead of at the garden gate. ivcmic ox HII..LS Tnmi'Hoxc LI\C. Intention | ( > iContlimr ConHtruetlon Tlirn-ncrliont tlitWinter. . PIEIUIE , S. D. , Nov. SB ( Special. ) Ac tive work on the construction of the tele phone line between this city and Rapid City will begin this week The project Is being pushed by the Howe brothers-who 'have been ot work oa the preliminary arrangements for some time , and who have now on the ground the materiel for the first twenty-five mlles of the line , -with the balance con tracted for to be delivered as rapidly as needed. They e.tpect. If the weather does not become too severe to work , they will have the line in operation iy March 1 They expect that with the completion of their Hue they can srcure the construction of the long distance line In the eastern part of the state to this city , and thus make a complete system between all points in the eastern half of the ttate and the Black Hills beotinn. This will be aided by the local lines in the Hills , which touch all the towns of Importance , and extend far north Into the range country. The line from liere west will touch at Midland a&d Smith- ville , and give points of communication with n large part of the range country between here and the Hills. Are I'nyliiK Cnah. PIERRE , S. D. . Nov. 30. ( Special. ) Ae an Infiicatlon of the financial condition of the farmers rorth of this city"a few days < igo forty COR- & and calves -were sold at auction In the little town of Okobojo , bring ing the owner $1.100 net , and the local paper c > ivs of that sum all was paid down en de livery of stock -with the exceptlca of $75 , for which a note -was gtvea. These pur chasers were all farmer * and ranchmen living in that immediate vicinity , and the entile were not -picked up by any cotnmis- bion hoiwe. The farmers in that becticn of the etate arc all In shape to pay cash for all their purchaset and are doing co kicking on South Dakota. CautructN for Indlnii CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. . Nov. 30. ( Special. ) As the leuult of the opening of bids at C ow Creek agency , James H. Owens il Min neapolis has been awarded the contract to supply that agency with nearly 15.000 worth of lumber for the use of tbo Indians next year. The bids for furnishing DO.OOO pounds of flour wore very close between J. M. Greene and Jaznec Fanford cf this city , the final awarding of the contract being dependent iijKH' grades. Accordingly Indian Agent T eon did not award the contract , but re ferred all the bids and sample * to the com missioner of Indian affairs at Washington for lib drcUlon. . \ < -tiiIIU'il on n I'iTiillnr I'lcn. CHAMUERLAIN , S. D. . Nov. 30. ( Special. ) Joseph RlUE , a Gregory county farmer , who was arrested for shooting cereral times at & neighbor , with whom he bad a dispute over the owne'thlp of norne land , has been acquitted on curious grounds His attorney argued in substance that Itltta did not shoo ; at his neighbor , and that the belief on the part of the prosecuting witness that he did uas purely hallucinatory. So convincing was the argument that the court aud ctatoe at torney did not deem It necessary to call auy v , itucmsca , and the prisoner was discharged. 1'rospcrltj StrlUcM an IZx-Diikotnii. HURON , S. D. , Nov. 30 ( Special. ) Frloadi of Hon. L K. Church , the last territorial governor of South Dakota , -will be Interested ID knowing that he lias been cbacra aucrscy for a mlclug company in the fcUte of Washington having a capital "of ri.300.OW ) . HU sou. L. K. Church , Jr. . ! t > KeeraUry of the same company. Surface OHMI from the mla 8 owu&diy tblc company $65 ptr ton , of which "t > per vent is I'lilillc lU-iiilInc Itoiiui lit Huron. HURON. S. D. , Nov 30. ( Special. ) A free public raiding roem hss been established bare , the ou'grow.h of the lute revival meetings Toe managing cojuialtloe is Pierce 0. Bunt , chair. ran ; Thniaaii K. Campbell , diaries H. Divls , llt.yc.rd E. Uouaii nod E. H. Grant A Urge lint of dallytpftpprK , ruttgazjnes , etc. , le kept on tile and the wunrjwUs IE being liberally ] > atroulz . r Old Muu Wan MunltTfd CHAMBERLAIN , S. D . Nov. 39 ( Special. ) Officers arc luvettigitiog the mysterious disippt-atsnee ot an old man. known us "Old Henry. " who has been living alone on Colombo Inland la the MUsourl river eouth of bere , for the last two > earb. Foul play Is ft-arw3. ae the old man is mid tii bave bud about JS5 In bis poc < Mslon at about the time tie was last seen. Xetr 6uuth Uakuto Curuorntloni. PIERRE , B. D , Nov 30 ( Special ) Article * of Incorporation have fceea filed tor tb Cossclidftteil Htrdlo rnlcM , limited at Deftdwooi , with a capital of 1 1.000,000 ; Inoorporalern. Junes D. Htrdlti. Nortoen T. M * o& , Cbirlw D Hardln. Dead wood ; James II. Delaney , Hugh M QaacTtecboe. Chicago. MrlUc Inillrntlon * of Rn * . PIERKE , S. D. . Nov. M. ( Special. ) The cootraatorc on the gnowell at tble city have trtruck tbelr first Indication * t cbotat SOO fet , t > Bt no strong flow Is expected until the depth of tip artesian flow i approached preached from -which the gas with the artesian water U secured. Snow itorm Strikenbrrilrrn. . A5IERDBEN. S. D. . Tfov. 30. ( Special Te'e- Eram. ) M. has been anowing since early moralng A brisk northeast wind Is making deeMed winter wca.thcr. UnUotn NPMK Xotctu Mlnnehaha county school teachers bcld a meeting In Sioux Falls last week and over 150 of them were present. Peter Peterson sold his ranch at Red Dirth to Charles Johnson for $7.750 and will return to Grand Island , Neb. , to reside. William Albright of McPberson county was at work In n well on nls farm when the rope that beld htm broke and be fell .into the water and -was drowned. Leslie Washburn of national reputetloa as e Jockey , died In Vermilion on Monday of consumption. Hewiui a member of the American Running association. Three checks for K each on the American State bank of Tankton by "Perry " Whalen of Norfolk , have turned up In Tank- ton , but were not paid because the maker bad no deposit. I The sheriff and state's attorney of Butte county have resigned their offices because the commlsEionors of that county would not allow - low their bills In the bank robber case that occurred at Belle Fourche. Ttoere are 180 pupils In the normal depart ment aud f > 0 in < he model department of the state normal school at Spcarfish. Half a dozen of the pupils reelde In the eastern part of the state end two are from Nebraska. A stray bullet broke a window In the home of Joseph Wilde In Yankton on Thanksgiv ing d'iy. Members tbe local military com pany were at target practice near at the time , their target being at the foot of a bill m-arly 100 feet high , but the bullet went over. over.Friends Friends of Editor Sherln of the Brltton Sentinel , whose office was WTecked by a dyn- ] amlte explosion , arc coming to his assistance and he will be able to buy a new outfit and i continue publication. He publishes the name of the man who placed the dynamite under ' bis oaice , but says he was only tie tool of others who wanted him to leave the town. TIIC WEALTH OK A 1'Ot.VG STATE. Valuation of Projirrtj' In Monlunn for Taxation Purpoxcx. HELENA. Mont. , Nov. 30 ( Special ) The I State Board of Equalization has completed the work of equalizing the assessment of the i property of the state for the year and the i amount as reported by the twenty-three , counties of the state Is 5130,737,411.53 , against i J1IO C97.S47 for last year , an Increase of $10- 039uC4.55. These figures have been compiled [ by the clerk of the State Beard of Dqualiza- tioa from the final reports of the various counties. The total value of all property is divided Into the following parts- Real prop erty. JG7.175,589 , personal property , $49,907- | 770 , and railroad property $13,074.052.33. The clerk has also gathered information in detail | concerning the taxable property of the state | for the current year , town and city lots , i ranch property , mortgages and bonds , cattle , horses and sheep , etc. His figures ehow that in the assessed valuation of city and town lots , without Improvements , Silver Bow leads ' ' with $0,407,140 ; Lewis and Clarke second , $4,934120 ; Cascade third , $3,138.132 ; Deer 'Lodge ' fourth , $1.271976. The total value of the city and town property of the state with- jout improvements is $20.613,944 ; improve- mcnt on tame S1C.743.171. An Idea of the amount of land used for jagrlcultutal and ranch purpcees can be con- ! celved when it is stated that in Ouster county | ' alone , which Is first on the liot. there are 1.10C.021 acres assessed outside of town and I city property ; Jleapher county IB second with r.23392 ; Fergus third. 518 37C ; Gallatin fourth. .475.522. Deer Lodge fifth , 437,830 acres. The county of Cascade leads In the valuation of tiiifi ranch land at $2,539,452 ; Gallatin second , J2 072,033 ; L wis and Clarke third , $1,782,293 ; 'Missoula ' fourth , $904,640 ; Deer Lodge fifth $ " = 02,372. 1 Silver Bow leads In mortgagee and bonds taxed. $ GD4,033 ; Lewis and Clarke second , $300 4CS , GaTlEtin third , $224,574 ; Missoula fourth , $208.22 ( > There are 135.13G head of range horses in the state that are taxed this year , having an average assessed valuation of $9.76. Custer leads In the number of range horres with 24,894 ; Lewis and Clarke second. 11.537 ; Fer gus third , 11,424 ; Beaverhead fourth , 7.9S3. The total number of work horses in the fctate assessed this year Is DS.977. having an average assessed valuation of $25.33. In the number of horses Custer leads with 7.145 ; Gallatin second , 4,611 ; Fergus third. 3,631. The total number of stock cattle assessed le 5C2.152 at an average assessed valuation of $17 ptr head. Custer again leads with 133210 head : Choteau eecond. 72.43C ; Fergus | third , C9 732. The total number of beef cattle Is 64,120 hrtd , assessed at an average valuation of $23 03 per head. In the number Ouster leads with 35.G74 head ; Fergus eecond , 8,333 ; Choteau third. 7,132. There are 2 S9SS9 ! ) head of Ehecp In the state of Montana upon which the owners will pay taxes this year. These are assessed at an average valuation of $173 per head. Fergus leads with 510.05C bead ; Choteau second end , 40C.01S ; Meaghcr third , S23.C73. CllllfiirnlnTV " \ < > < rv A ccvil signal station L ? to bs established In San D ego. The people of Lee Asgeles ere talking about gett'ng ' a cow water sjctem for the city. Fannie C. Grant has deeded to TJ. S. Grant the Horton house property at Sas Diego , for $60,000. Rev. Grenvllle Shcrpe Alibott. D. D. , one of the best known Baptist ministers of the e tote , died at Oakland. There will be no Ice palace at Trnckce this w inter , but a monster toboggan elide ia be'og bu.lt on the side of the mountain. Prof. Blsck. euperistendent of pubMc In struction , goes on record oppozud to state certificate to teeoh or azy certificate that runs more than sis jearp. At Crescent City $500 will be paid for ihc arrest and conviotlon of the members of the Van Pelt party uo murdered young Ocolldge in a quarrel over a towsbite loca tion Santa Ana farmers ere alarmed because Jobason grass lias obtained a foothold. The brurcs of the craei have teeth like a file which play havoc with the Etomsehe of th- ttock. A plan to have sidewalks In the future o. a chocolate hue will be presented by Trustee Schulu tt the next Meeting of the Alameda board. Beneficial effect ot the cyee ir claimed. The State Btcrfl of HeftUh of California has Issued an order that makec it compul sory on the Pullman company to d emfeot all fllewplng cars coming into California immediately - mediately oc reaching destination The flret ancu&l rfcport of tbe San Jaequin Val ey Rallnay company then ISSVj miles in cperction , from Stockton to Hanaford The road and equipment h ve cost $3,223.- 880 , tbe total uet paettcger and freight eamlaga ameucted M $ tt& , 7 : . Tbe Chilian Steamship company hat made the unnoucceinem ( bet it will caend Us ervicr uj > the Pacific caiH as far es San Francisco The com pea y U one of the heaviest in the South American trade. Iwn- Ic.g four steamers that \ui : be devoted to the run Thomas D. Rlordan , for eighteen year ! at torney for tbe CUnese Six Companies and tbe Cblcece consul general ID San Prasclcco l.at resigned. Mr. Riordan was largely In strumental in noftening public prejudice Ufi-iinst the Chinese by Inducing them to obey American lane TO CtHI ! COLD IX O.Mi DAV Tcke Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. AH druggets refund tbe money if it f&iii to cure. : Cc. TLk enulc bfii L. B , Q. oa inch ublet. FIGHl'IXCFlKu UNDER GROUND How the Earning Aspea Mines WBT ? Eeaohyd by the Firsmsn. HEAVY STREAMS OF STEAM AND WATER Mxt- Mile * of llnrnlnu Mrceti * nn < l Vrliin IVrnllnr Gaum Itiirountcrnl to llloir Up n Jloun- of .Mlncrn. Deep down in tie bowels of Smuggler mountain COO men lave been Jeopardizing tholr lives every day for the last two weeks In a band to hand struggle against a mine fire. The ( situation is truly appalling , writes a correspondent of the New York Herald from A&pun , Colo. ( Brawn end muscle , mancy and science , have failed to chock the consuming flight of the flames. The men arc bravely lacing unheard ot inrdfhlps In their battle against tbe fiery element. They arc not alone fighting in the Interest of tbe mine owners they have * stronger Incentive. They are risking their lives to save their homes And the email Investments represent ing years of saving The iorrors of Dante's Inferno are being encountered very day iby these hardy min ers. When , they cosne out from tthose 'burn ing subterranean passages their minds are ottcn affected , &nd they act like -madmen. Only frcm two to three minutes at a stretch can they breathe tbe noxious gases and live. Timekeepers stand , watch in hand , at a distance from the front , and Imperatively summon the miners from the Inner tunnels nt these short intervals. Eren then few can. go through the ordeal -without intense suffering. > Raw throats , luflajned lungs and sightless eyes are a series of disorders en tailed by the effort ito master the fire that burns with such a mysterious Insistence SIXTY MILES OF BURNING BTAEETS. The situation can better be Imagined by picturing sixty miles of streets burning. Deadly gases , falling rock , explosions of dy namite and caving tunnels are to be antici pated. Not a man who enters the shafts ever" knows that he will sec the daylight agala. Poison is diffused In. the already vitiated at mosphere , and to all this Is added the danger of drowning Water at the rate of 2,000 gallons lens a minute Is pouring Into the wet Ic ings from each of half a dozen properties Thin walls cf gratlte are frequently the only obstacle between the fire and the adjacent chambers , -where scores of men are em ployed In bulkheading the drifts or directing blasting operations to forestall the flamca Every hour the pressure against these walls grows. At any moment they might yield to the enormous weight of water that they hold back. A crevice even means sud den Inuncaticn and the death of those on the other side No encouraging cries are there or exciting acenes to sustain hope nothing but the darkness of the grave , save for the gray candle gleams that show the presence of other workers In the deathtrap Sixty miles of streets , none of them over six feet high and running in devious courses through the mountain like the cells of a honeycomb ! The area represented Is four to five miles square iby a height of 3,000 f > et Probably nothing could approximate the dra matic situation , for It was a living hell Into which the men descended The fire Is eap- posed to have started in the inraesse slope of the Smuggler , whence millions of almost pure silver had been taken out in years past. The mines adjoining on Smuggler mountain tbat are Interested In the suppression of Ibe fire are the Mollle Gibson. Free Silver and Johnson. They are all connected , while the mountain is seamed with watercourses that assist in disseminating the gases HOW THE FIRE IS FOUGHT. The eystem of attacking the enemy is orig inal. As tbe miners advanced to the vicinity of the immense crib in the Smuggler they built bulkheads of masonry by blasting down the sides of tbo tunnels ana piling tbe rock la an impenetrable wall overlooking tbe huge I chasm , vvhioa belched fortk hideous volumes of smoke and gas. Here is where the grcates : obstacles had to be met and overcame. The Ore sucked the oxygen eio fast that tbe men could not stand against tbe draught , but were compelled to lie prone on the ground and pry the stones Into place in the rough wall. Behind this crude structure was erected a buck wall with the face closely cemented and the waole rendered impervious to air. lu the outer levels ithe process grew more difficult as the outlets were narrowed down , for then the drafts Increased to sucfa a ve locity itbat it seemed ce though no > human power could contend with the tremendous gales that curried loose rock along like so much chaff Patience proved a victor , and wlt4i the aid of dynamite tne miners added new barriers until they had circumscribed the area of fire to a point where the steam jets could he played on the upper woodwork. TO BLOW UP A MOUNTAIN. To simplify matters It was proposed to blow up the w aole interior of the mountain and thus destroy the timbering where the fire was enthroned. This policy demanded the unanimous eonecnt of otaer mine owners ana therefore fell flat When this was re jected all the resources of the mining world were summoned. An equipment of air hel mets was ordered to enable the men to pen etrate the mine with tbo steam and water pipes. Each man In the dangerous tunnels was fitted -with these pro.ectors similar to the diver's lielmet , througa wblcb be was cupplied 'with air. They were close fitting and excluded noxious gases , while rubber boEO connected with air compressors fur nished neceEsary oxycen. " Water - WESthen poured In from tbe upper levels v.hile steam was Injected from belov. . The water carried ofl tbe t-is by absorption and the steam penetrated toe rec-fsses of the _ woodwork that were maccesslDle to water , i j and -tbtts gradual ! } smothered the -cniberb that with the admission of more air would have sprung in.o life again. In progressing toward the center tbe men encountered a new form of gas that puzzles the most experienced. Tne air is apparently pure and ev , e < ; t. It tlces not disable those who inhale It. It has neither tatte , color nor smell There Is no warning of Its presince , but the moment a man emerges from the mine he is overcome ? The fresh air knocks him like a bullet through the heart. It often takes hours to recover consciousness , pnd then the victim awakes like a perfect denioik He enjoys a sort of masked epilepsy and runs amuck , tbe most peaceable desiring to kill and destroy all within reach. They are reduced to a ctage of flendlshnese that is Indescribable , and several men have lost tlirir senses abioluteJy as the result. . Then the lungs grow raw and all the symptoms of pnoumosila Intervene. With ! these indications at an altitude of f < 000 feet the patient IK regarded as in imminent dan ger That U wty they are n : only allowed to remain two minutes at a time In the lii&sr ttorUlnirs Frequent changee are found tlif only efftctlve upeclflc. 'but ' to avoid r * far ae p ssible lozs of life tbe men ere at tached to safety lines If one falls uuoon- sdous bis < ; onimiioiiB feel the strain and a ruth is made for the nearest thaft to send the succumbed mane the surface OD ; forlorn hopt > remains to save the moumtin fi > m btuig consumed that is to reach the inr.er prater toy driving a drift through a uaI ! of granl'.e which the engi neer ! calculate Is directly In front of the fire. Then by centering their llr. s of steam and vriter tiny expeot to kill tbe last spark. There is still another tuwy that if con firmed tt-ay imply the abandonment of the chief iproi > wle It has been suggested that tbe fire IB really In e bed of shale resembling a coal formation that underlies the sliver formation. Tats fire , some engineers con tend , is cteadily encroaching on the mines and may yet utterly destroy them. \Vbrn Gold Will . W rthlrt . "Before the close of another century , " re marked T. A. Bennett , a prominent English mining expert to a reporter of the Denver News , "gold mining will have practically passed away. Within 100 years tbe financial problem will be nolved and tbe countries of tbe world will be uslne an international cur rency. Toe international currency will be i P Pr ni thouMtidt of men who , under ores- cot rondttlonc are aeUIMg ID th * t rtb for tbe Trtlow metal n .Living behind thwa nothing but a bole In the ground , will be fol- tovrltrf ; more ufteful Ounnilin ( MM vrfll an- dwbtpflly be u ofl for ornamentation , but as a mcoey metal Ito st wtll no longer b re quired. The werMU } Iw better anfl bio- pier because el the amnaonaient of gold min ing. ' "The change. " eonttnurd Mr Bennett , "Is gradually coming about , but it is inevitable. The world Is hardly p-epared yet for the adoption of nn lsiternt pn l currency , but the fcubject Is coming to the trim more and more and businets Intcretts are already demanding ; that & basis be decided upon which will re ceive the support end ro-opcratkm of the leading nutlros. Ot course. If the leading civilized nations decide upon a ibade , the weaker nations will be obliged to fall Into line. There Is no reason why a paper cur rency , stamped with the proper stamp and backed by the great commercial countries of the world , may not pass current anywhere on the globe. Gold Is merely a medium ot exchange and is so treated by all the writer * on money. Tbe peed which may be accom plished by the adoption of a paper currency cannot bo estimated In words " i.iioxin. . or Ji'Dni : DILLOX. A 'North UnUntn Ilnncjuot In Honor of n Former lownu. Hon. John F. Dillon BOtnetlme ago reached tbe top rounds of the ladder ot legal and judicial fame. When he went from Iowa to New York , cays the Davenport Democrat , he was eminent both as a federal Judge and as a writer of law books. Since he left this etnte his counsel has been sought by the largest corporations In tht1 ? country. No name stands blgher or carries more weight In a professional way than that of Judge Dil lon. He bas been honored time and again , but a new distinction awaits him. Out at Fargo , N. D. , on tbe 20th of the coming month , a Dillon banquet le to be spread. The Invitation cays the banquet Is to be "given by Judge end Mrs. Charlce A. Pollock to the governor , the judges of the supreme and fed eral courts , and the members of the bar of the Third judicial district of the etatc of North Dakota celebrating the CCth birthday of Hon. John F. Dillon , LL.D. , of New York City. " The banquet given by Judge and Mrs. Pol lock Is to bo spread In the court house nt Fargo. It is not only to have a Davenporter for its most distinguished curst , but at least one ex-Davenportcr. former mayor of Daven port , Is to respond to one of the toasts Those are to be as follove : "Entrance Upon Judi cial Life , " by Colonel Samuel G. Mngill ; "Dillon as a Citizen , " by Judge Roderick Rose : "A Sutler In Dillon's Court , " by Charles A. Pollock ; "Dillon as a Judge , " by Judco Charles F. Amldon ; "Dillon's Lite an Inspiration. " by Hon Emerson H. Smith ; "Dillon ts an Author , " by Chief Justice Guy C. H. Corliss. The printed Invitation contains the follow ing features of Judge Dillon's busy life : A resident of Davenport , Scott county. la. , 'from 1S3S-1S7P Educated at State University of j Iowa ; graduated in m-edicirie in. : " . . 1B31 Admitted to bar of Scott county , Iowa in 1KB Judge district coui ? . . Seventh dis trict of Iowa T7 1S3S-1SC3 ChU'f Justice of the supreme court of Iowa , BC3-1B79 Circuit judge of the United Statei , Eighth judicial circuit 1569-1S7P Lecturer onmedical jurisprudence , State university of Iowa 1SCS-1ST9 Professor of real ts.ate and cculty jurisprudence in Columbia ; 1ST5 Storr's lecturer on municipal latv at Yale 1SS1-1B92 Meanber Le Instltut de Drolt Inter national. President Aoverlcan Bar association 1 S2 Author of "Commentaries on the * Law of Municipal Corporations- " Author of the "Zi3iws and Jurisprudence of England and Amcriqa. " ! Hny Give IJaolLTlielr l > nnil. OREGON CITY , Ore , Nov 30 A deed filoJ for record here chows that epme of those who settled on the old Bull Run re serve are glad enough to give back tteir lend to the government By this deed Janes T. Parker deeds back to the United States 156 acres in the reservation , and he is therebj permitted to enter other land for homestead purposeo Residence ia the Bull Run reserve Is deemed undesirable , whoa there oin be no hope of neighbors or schools or participation in local government , BO the Isolated settlers on .such reserves are per mitted to relinquish their holdings there and 'o eelect other unappropriated government irad , to- which they ere permitted to take title Immediately , residence oa the tract surrendered having satisfied all demands of that nature for the new location. Ilettt-t Timeo in California. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30. From many sources come reports of improved financial conditions la California. One of the bes't proofs found in this city is the large and growing demand for tbo best investment stocks and bonds , which has materially ad vanced the prices of many dividend-paying securities. Better business is also shown in tbe real estate market , in building opera tions , In manufactures and In returre froni blinks and country merchants The improve ment of business In Saa Fraicisco IB marked. and the outlook for a good winter and spring trade is helped bj tbe promised demand for large quantities of clothing and provisions for the outfits of Klondike prospectoro. Had "Men Scntenrcd ut Muryvlllr. MARYVILLE. Wo. , Nov. 30 ( Special. ) Arthur Graves colored , was sentenced to six jears in the reform school by Judge Anthony f -r burglary ani larceny. John Higbnote , alias Jake Dean was sentenced to the re form schosl for five years for horse kteallng. Rrss Carson was convicted of "burglary " and lareenj , and sentenced to five years in the renitt > atiary 'C&rsKi ' entered John S. Bilby's store at Qultman four weeks ago and stole a large ansauat of dress goods and other merchandise. He was released from the Mlssou-il penitentiary last spring , after having served a sentence of"flve years for burglary and larceny. ColllVfStlMT 111 Ml MARYVILLE , Mo. , iNov. "SO. ( Special. ) Extremely cMd weather lias prevailed throughout northwest WiEscurl for the last w-psk The thermometer at 'Maryville Tftfls- terwl 3 degrees below zero jcstwday morn ing. ( No rain sufficiently heavy w thor oughly the ground bas fallen here In many weeks and farmers and stockmen fear it will be difficult to 6btain enough water for their cattle during the v/icter. llriKTlit cf 14 ; J nns- flume DEADWOOD. S. D. . } Cov. 28 To the Edi tor of The BeeJ have a wager on tht > height of LI Hung Chaug. tbe Chinese mates- man. Please let aiei know through the columns of your pcper-wimt his height Is. C K. SHALES. Ans. C fe&t 2 in his wooden fihoes. Crime Cinrg ; < tl to CUMBERLAND , 'Mfl , , Nov. -Mrs Caroline Norriu and her grandson Samuel were burned to d-uth'ln ' their home , a lee cabin , near I'lney Plain , in the southern portion of Allegheny county , last \\edm s- ! day. Mr * . Norris tvur found lyfiig iicraBs u I stow deud and terribly burned und her Ki and son was in the.ame condition ] i U bvlievnd that thrtt tramps now in ja-i > ut Marttnisburp , arrestcu for roDbery , ji , r- petraU'd tne crime. Knroutr tu tloiiui I'riooii C ST. LOV13 , Nov. ju. Gener.il BrlnkFrboff of MunnflHd. O , j.reBld' nt of the National Prison utsfebUation , arr.ved here today in a special car. acLOtnr < .iilid by a large number of delefates , tnroutt 1. , the annuul congrea * of the asgocutipn , which convene * in Austin , Tex. , next Tjurs- aay. Tthe delegates stopped over In Et LouiB to vlfcit the jail and other city inbti- lulioiis , i. lie-turn to U ork. LA SALLE , 111 . Nov 30. AH the in tbU vlclnityent buck to work today They wer unable to interest tbe Bpnng ValUy miner * in a renewal of tbe sink * It la catfy to eaten a cold and just &s eaiy to set rid of It If you commence eerly to CSB One Manuie Cough Cure. H purrs coughs , colds broochltiE , pneumonia and alj throat and lucg troubles. It la p.essact to take , tile to use and turu to cure. I SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE of frisntific Farming it Duly Ect Forth. NECESSARY TO SUCCESS IN THIS AGE \Vllnon tlpllirrn nn A nt Drcllrntlon iif nn Acrlc-ul- Inrnl CollectIlnllilliiK In Urorcln. i TUSKOOCS. Ate , Nov. 30. The new agri cultural building at TWkogfe was formally o | .ned toflgy In connection t\-lth Booker T. Washington's normal and Industrial Institu tion. The pavilion was beautifully flf-oorated with bunting and flags and agricultural products of almost every conceivable Utad. An audience composed ot white ana t-otercd citizens and students erected Hon. Jarae * Wilson , secretary of acrlcnlture , and Gov ernor Joseph r. Johnson , Dr. J. L. M. Curry and man- other prominent guests. In cluding ( Major I. F. Culver , ex-Governor Northen , Hon. Q. H. Qlenn of Georgia , Superintendent of education J. 0. Turner and others of more or less prominence. After the elnglng of patriotic congs "sere heartily received Booker T. Washington read 1 otters of regret from President JIcKlnley. ChJef Justice Fuller , Bishop C. B. Galloway. Morris K. Jesup , the New York banker. President D. C Oilman. Bishop II. C. Potter , W. E. Dodge of New York and many othcrg. Governor Johnston was Introduced and made o practical address , dealing with the need of bavins : educated taremrs. white and Mack , to adequately develop the state He then Introduced Mr Wilson , -nno made th principal address of the d y. COTTON STATISTICS. Secretary Wilson addressed the citizens of Tuskogte today on agricultural topics relat ing to the south The secretary presented the latest available figures on the growth of the cotton Industry of the south. From 18S6 to 18'G ! ' the number of cotton mills In tbo nouthern states Increased from " 32 to 401 , the number of spindles from 1,100,132 to 3- " 41,575 , and the number of bales of cotton consumed annually from 397.829 to 989.4J7. He showed also the condltlcn of general trade as disclosed by the Gecrease of business fail ures ia the south. During the first nine months of the present jear the failures In the south from Maryland to Texas were 1,315. with liabilities of J13.022.352. as against 1.CS4 failures , with liabilities of $22.- CS3.S02 for the same period last year. The bank clearings In the south showed a marked improvement during the same time , notwith standing the yellow fever at New Orleans and other places Mr. Wilson also pointed out the opportunities the south offered for grow ing products not now cultivated , including olives , flcs. citrus fruits , Japanese persim mons and the tea plant. The United States Is 'far ahead of all other nations dn makincr provision for edu cating In the sciences that relate to agricul ture , and yet little more than a beginning has been made with -us It taU > s time to impress farmers' and farmers' sons. % vitn tht necessity of devoting time in Thool and ool- leeo to further s.udy of the things with which they deal every day In their lives. That my story attaches to these common things low advisers of the farmer s family believe ; therefore every influence about the ambitious young farmer leads him off toward the Institution nvhere the family may have been educated for censratloriB back , ot wruTe the gospel minister of the family was educated or the family doctor or other fam ily oracle. A better day has dawned.Ve comj > .sto with the world und are preparing for the struggle. We must educite youiu ; peel to do somcthins 'that ' somebody tvants done , where money is waiting to pay them. them.MUST MUST FARM INTELLIGENTLY We pay HOO.OOC.frJO annually for ugrcul- ( ttiral products that -we might grow some of tnem in the south , some of them in the noi\h and on the. Pacific coast. The American , farmer must be Informed regarding the inorld's cropi of every Kind , so that he may direct his energies toward the production and manufacture of what pays lies : and in jures hip lands least. The Southern states may export butter -without injuring thfir Boris : cotton flber may be sold with little loss to rtoe * > ! ! that grow it : meats take Comparatively little from the soil , hui cotton Breda Shoulfl n&t leave the vicinity -where the plant growsIt should be fed to make mea. s und dairy products , as it is very highly nitrogenous and should be returned indirectly to the field aim'n The cotton seed of this state -would furnlEh nitrogenous mat ter to fatten half a million head of cattle and th-ese cattle can either l * = raised in the stnte or Importpd from the breeding Etates. Their feeding -would begin a process of neil recuperation that -would result in greatlv In creased crops of all kinds , used In a system of rotation. Tne United Stales -n-111 have a much denser ipopulat-ion in the future. Every year Will add to the number of our people. Our soil will sustain infinitely more than It does nt present Prosrress toward greater pro duction is in the rear of other kinds of re- Pearcn. Cduca'lon in many lines has fur nished society with all Its demands , but the ( arm remains the unsolved mystery in all Its departments It invites the best thought of scholars in all directions ; all the tcleTH * s apply .o It. Wewill sustain more i > ople through greater cro s by better methods of production and more universal knowledge of economic conditions. Tnere Is immediate demand for better equipped men along th'-se lines. The only ocioty dis'lntJons of unlveii-.il recognition in our land will be those that. s < -para'p the strong mas of attainments , able and -willing to help his fellow * and the t.ivl : nun laitbout ability or dUpn i'iau COCOA. PUCE i . GROCERS EVEflVWHEfiL & Searles. fcl ECULlfaTS , IN mm , mm m OTUBESB. All . . . Dit-crflcrt. . cf Mail. 1 re at re cat by Mail. Crntultntioo Free. SYPKELES Ourcd lor lllu and the poison thorouchJy cltiuscl jyr jn the Bymoni ' ipemiatorrhca SeralnaJ Weakness I est llan i Lood Nlrht EmUMonB Derayui FHealUm Fu- mtle TVeukiif H , und ull ( leln-alu diBorScri pocuI I IIur to either ex. posituei.T eur > d i'iLLS , FISTULA und UECTAL C U'EUb liyPJUCELB AKI > VAUICO ELE P crminamly and nucouislull/ cured. Method now on U imiLiUot Cured [ at homo by new method without pain or cmtlnr. Call on IIP 3. 14tkSr. . mm i mm OXAUJL HER , DRUG DEPARTMENT. For J ALL THE RAGE. Thousands of Progressive Women Throng Our New Department. Containing HUH. Yale's Secrets of tbe Toilet Everybody Delighted with the tovelons Results of Mnie , Yale's ' Discovers , IVe JPei-sonoIly Guarantee T7iei.r .Purity and High Class Merit. Awarded World's Fair Medal and Diploma of Honor Endorsed by Great Government Chemists. TO EVEUV L VDY MAK.I'SGPtnCHSE Or SI VUME YALE' * JIEMED1ES AMOt 'VTl'VG TO : S5C Oil OV12IIA K U 11.L. CilVC A1V A SAMPLE IIOTTUE OP MtDfUC VALE'S TKI ITCl HA FREE OP CH1HGE. Mine.JuJi'n "Sliln Pood" Remove Wrlnklcr. Restores Youth - * Small 1 ! > . la-pe , K.it. Mine. Tnlf'M "Ilu t Food" Tor fieveloplnp NccI ; Unst and Arrat Small , II19 , larco , J5-S3 Mine , lulr'x "CoiujileiJciii llloncli" Cr ! urs the Complexion ; Jtcmovcs all Sl.tn lllcm- Islirs ! 1 75 Sliiif. lulr'h "Almond Itloni-oiii Coniiileiidii Crt'iiin" Keeps tlic Complexion Per fect C.IL. Mine. Yale' * "Ellilr of Ut-nnty" Creates a Iloty Glow of Natural Color , n Skin Tonlo. CSc Mine. Anle' "Jlnnd AVhitenur" Slaltes the Hand Saft. Delicate nna White. CSc. Mnif. Inlt-'n "UxceUlor Ilnlr TonJc , " a sclentinc medicine for rnutorln. the Imlr to perfect health and its natural color Stops lialr TulUnc , cures dandruff and all Known ailments of the hair , does not effect the hair's natural color ; cnn lie uocd by blcndei or brunettes , children or adults , of cither sei. C9c. Mine , liile's "Unlr Clennt-r , " a iierfKct Khnmpao , Highly Medicated. CSc , Mine. Yule'H "l rnltlcurn , " a Tcmalc Tonic , surpasses In merit onythlnc ever dis covered for curlnc the complaints peculiar to the tm. C9c. Mine. Ynlf'x "lllood Tonica Great Diced 1'urlfler and General Tonic for bulldln : up a run-don n eystcm and nctlnc upon the Ijlood , liver nnJ Lliincys civ Ins StrcnctS. Visor and Purity to all the Vital Organ * of iltlicr tcx chllCTEn or adults. CDs. Mine. Talf'n bpcrtnl Ointment" and Mine. Yiilc'e "S5)eelnl Lotloii"a positive Cure for BlacUhcads , I'Jmplcs and all manner of nfuptlii Skin Dlieasef To be ufd us dlirctcd : Tiie Ointment before retiring end the Lotion In the rmmlnr We Mine. Ynlf' "Ejllroir nii l Uyf-Lnx U Grinver , " for Promoting the Growth ol Eye Brows and Lat > h & Truly \Vonderfu I. CSc. Mint' . Yale's Pnee IoT ler ! hhades , D csh , White , Cicam. Kc. Mine. Ynlo'r. Complexion Son ] > . Ijc. Mine. nle'K "JneU Hose Lrnvch , " a Rose Pink 71nt for the Cicel ; $ perfect Imltntlcn of nature T."ir- Mine. Yule'K "Hohe Hnilh , " Lip Salve. CSc Mnie. Yule' * Kainoui. Guideto IJeiintjPiec. . Azlt for one. Mall orders cent t an > part of Amci lea. Mail Orders Sent to any Part of America. 16th and Doug-las Streets. SOMETHING NEW A FORTUNE FOR ALL. " " FOR THE i"1 SOLUTIONS OF THE , , . . ET rioneBRiaaopputumjWc5j male IP WflT fll may 10 KUI ALL tliomrlcL wltnou'Trork 01 efort VVe cro ononcec In pi-omoUns u cou.pany t. ojiorate In ttir Unit ! I aun < of the Eiondlbc The ht a f > | ) tcul taucBint fu > plucer rumnic tantamw tti wort ul J5l > men ! en wurktoi ; tj hand IIBT taken out (1000 pur da j ana mort unc nuun e tbovi tltmo 00 for onmaD't worl , in one Oky n r want to put 40 of tBcte nmcblnc , at wort we w.-ut pmill mve.tmor.tnof Mccaacacuto uct inpramoUnK tl.l = dilcrpri c , ETcry penny muj bnnc uart eiu.ou in prollti ve uon't i ant to r thi oarh thp H'O ' xnmlod of pcttlni ; la-re capital ( avcfttj b a Jew pi-mons , bu , prefer to prt in communication with a larjrt numboi who ara lr.riinefl to rl k little for tlit pi cnniilllrj nf CI-CIITIC a rnrtune In order to Ret into coramuiiicutlnu witli hi ; f a nuliloDortnoi tiudof i ojilt wehuie pot ui > thu rolwwinp t ontt-st I ! CIVPB you n chance to jn > t tlue.ntKjulcU U vn oi i tin prubiem , end on opportunltj vrhleli maj rente you u" the u.uney yon ncra Inullleamt , wltluiut wortoi ftti.rt HERE ARE THE WORD PUZZLES-CAN YOU SOLVE THEM1 Ko , I , O I Eunutfeme oni nay ct 1" Alusta. Ho , 2. A A The name of a plc.ce where cold hua uccn found , Ho , 3 , A Onre prcalflent of a Croat republic. Ko4i * L.ft " " son ctbtrPu"dcnfiinBcriat'itF'eiiiteriiianiirticieoyfDcciDi | ioteDrti- FKPLiMATIflH Each of the fkcltton worJuhave duhe * Intht placu of miMlnc tettmfi You are re- -rtl J i-- to (111 ( tlib - with luttvn to rnuLe . nurd - - - - rjutrfd in M-uct-t tin many curi.pietc * us possible TvtiiUi properly lit in * u imiticn Furcxiuiiplt ho l.ifi < > U Boincthliipone IIIOT put in Alaska , in th solution yon would fin t > and L , tuu ma kin ? GOLD in thinlnr.t , whct t'lkt ; t-iu mJpht net in A ! ( * ! : you woU'd ' rrtatnly lliuit i-f oLl.und u uu.rn fcc ell tlit words > ou cm for fact ) puzzle. u inff tlie skeleton und I'tllus the sparf i w . .li i tiicr nttsn , so tlist cnntplctn voni nt the definition riven l rt the 2nd , 3rd und 4th word pu ira in the tame way. Do not tend in v/ords wiilcit do not tit tlio drrmuion | * iren B WAlfiQ furcjnm ult nuiuUonttof tne 4 vnrd Puzzlen wt * civ * tlUOlnGuld ITtlir auitwcnarv correct nLil/iiUO * ana complete to only 5. vcplTcfiO inruld ; If only Z DTP correct end ( f > inpltn esitn ( told , ati3 ID oT < ryono wendinpr only a i > artlt.i solution T/e vnii pirr a credit of C3.7B on the Rrvt punJb&a thty mike from ut PnUGftlTlfm BPI7CC 87SMwmi > fllTidFdamonr IS pcmonf who answer this contest Imt whose UU'lOUuHl ' lUtl rUtLCO ankwersbrbimt untir ly com pint * and rorrt-ct. und will be tw raLi accord- lUF to the ntirolrr tnd c-nrrwrinraB cT tfav ord * In i acti & cr TMC OHMHlTinMC tr tt .t you penJ with ynur m'utlonttrentfcto bt invreted 1r > the prnmotlira fund ItlC UUiilJl I lUi',0 i rtuiBrm-titriiailtr Lund Jllnirif : Lmorprt-ttor i j.iu will it-ceirr nn In- Inwutnieir CrtinLotLTrJuici ; nay enable you to t & .rticli > utc lu the iirolUeof tt c mines , and every jtcnnj may hnurfllDOO OfillCTUiUP WCIV WLCTC headed thtmdvprtifemcnt "homelhtn Ncw " You witt find It Clff rent OUfVlLnUrSu RCTf from ntonturtUbiimitn ? ifitrri C rrti fraient .i > * rftUseoTery.'imp tk tat * d plain Iv&nd tteiff in no r.rtmpt to lulsieaQ , lko fo many others V. o do not promiff oiiy inn o9tl le thtncito conttatcntB andadriyr you Ui UewRreof any udvt'rtiDcnirnt v-lilch rronij * | , thUipi whuti on It loce i * lninoribifcVr will promptly Oo cxact > > an vtJiJroKiieoniiil t' erytiiinftliut l y | lam onlrit ! ry mfcuilnrof thii m Tertlviinrnt you hfcTetJit ric&t to ei | * ct hhuuld there Lr in or * than unv full and complete eet of animerft wv nhml divide tht * rt v ard pro rntii union ? them tiutr/r pro nit tIn peed fntth ttiat mryuaewho Bontii A fiuinntl corrt t tirnver r&all urtual'y rtrrtflu a utonry rew rd promptly paid to thfin In each , DHT TIJIC 1C HfiT fll L * r > out * wuu < ' : ittrBthucor.tcFt will rmetrf on v ry propiiattiou by vblch DU ! MiJIv ) IU | AlLL thry ma > lurt ntunirc to itifin esoooov to eJu.citt-t in iold ( cnou fi munev to trcvit them rum'urtLbly for re&n > A'o uuiwi-r ? will ho cnnsloc-ed UttT C" rtv > from c&tet. of paper * In winch thti udrfrttmuentnpncani. Cfrar < ti will tbva W peirt pnmptlj IB O U. Hiwllfl icrh of papers or * ny bank or huslnethoujeUiCliJcii | : & will t3iu you of our itMlni t l-t-poiuItJllj Ancwrr btcucw. bend pllvcr or ct mips Ad'Jrei * KLONDIKE PnOMOTIOK COMPANY , GOtO O3 dorrm St. , Cr.tcoso , III * Constriction : : : : : T > ! gb Grade O'.rc for Our J cw 9 T" Ortologui. f - o iSS Beat Talue Ulrlting f-5ahinc. X Che Smith premier Cj pcwritcr Co. , T * * * " r | * F1 T"M rj 4 f OUABA BnANCIt OFFICE , 17TH . FARKAM. f AbsJUtc'y Cured in from Three ID ? Eljat Dei s b ) the use ol tlie Taroou vj " > O . ' irlute and rofntUiliir tn thy mu.lji. Doctor * ' * { > cm- ' rae It. I'.ir ' * rH -m.iuijid ! Jt , < 3ru O " 'I't. ' lluw r. cif auiututuM. 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