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    THE OM-AIIA DAILY BEE : TJ1UHSDAY. JANUARY 27 , 1808.
11 NEWS FROM THE FARTHER WEST
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DOSTLINC FOR THE PLUMS
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South IJakotans Who Hanker for the Fruit
of Prefcnnont.
MANY NAMES THUS EARLY IN THE SEASON
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I'nlltlrlniiN All Over HIP SdUc Arp
A Kepi IHiHy IMxiMixnInK the 1'rolm-
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jjf 3. n. . Jan. 26. ( Special. ) While
avowed candidates for state ofllco on th- *
different state tickets are not yet coming
Into the open , speculation ns to who the
will be and possibilities In that line nre In
the line of general discussion among poli
ticians over the state. On the republican
sldo numbers have been mentioned for the
various places , and .imong some of the most
promising for governor are : C. N. Hcrriccl ,
of MoPhorson , Dr. Finnerud ot Codlngton. |
A. O. Rlngsrud of Union , and Robert Dol-
lard of Don Hommo.
For lieutenant governor W. A. Prathcr of
Charles Mix.has been mentioned.
The cnly name so far put forward for state
treasurer Is John Rchambcr of Hutchlnsoii.
For secretary. W. H. Roddlo ot Hrooklngs
will very probably bo renoiiilnutcJ to sue-
coed bln.sclf , nt least no other name has aa
yet been mentioned for that place.
For auditor II. E. Mayhew will undoubt
edly be n candidate for rcnotnlnatlon , and
J. F. Illalladay of Klngsbury h.s been ottcn
oncnttonud.
For land commissioner David Hastman of
[ Roberts , the present deputy In the olllce , is
TOc'clVltig n great deal of favorable mention
over the stato. and G. Hach of Turner : s
classed among the asplninta.
For attorney general the name which Is
receiving the most general mention is that
of John Li. Pylo ot Ueadlc.
For superintendent ot public Instruction
Tkt. A. LaiiK" of McCook , W. W. Glrton of
bike , ami Harry Hras of Davidson arc
classed as possibilities.
In the congressional list among those who
liave been muntioiicd are Kirk G. Phillips of
Lawrence , William Gardner of Pcnnlngton ,
C. H. Hurko of Hughes , A. \ \ ' . Campbell of
( Drown. A. .H. . Wllcox of Yankton , R. J.
Gamble of Yankton , Judge D. Hancy of
Davidson and J. A. Picltlcr of Faulk.
WITH THE FUSIONIST3.
On the other sldo tbo ticket will be largely
controlled by 'tho ' question of fusion or no
fusion. In case the fusion element dom
inates the state convention and secures a
ticket on that line the. possibilities are :
For Governor Andrew E , Leo.
For Lieutenant Governor John Colvln of
Davidson ; Louis N. Grill of Union and 11.
I1. Lason of Don Homnie.
Treasurer Marls Taylor of Headlc.
Secretary of State I. A. Kleth ot Kings-
bury , J. K. Johnson of Davlson and Hans
Korataad of lllrookings.
For Land Commissioner P : Ringroso of
Drown.
For Auditor J. H. Klpp of Campbell , the
present Insurance commissioner , and Hugh
Smith of Miner.
For Superintendent Prof. Ross of Mln-
neliaha.
Fcr Attorney General T. II. Null of
IBeiulle.
For Congress Freeman Knowles of Law-
roncii and John E. Kelly of Moody.
As both sides are figuring on a hot con-
< tc t nnd each feels assured of victory , there
will without question bo numbers of other
candidates from both parties como to the
'front ' , nnd from now until the close 'of tbo
campaign the questions of politics and candi
dates will bo the dominant ones for all Dakotans -
kotans who ever -tako an ae.tive > part In cam
paign work , and that is a large majority of
the voting population.
I.AWYUIfc KIIIIIV HTA.MIS IJISIIAUHHI1
'Keileral ' four ! Follows the Aetlon ot'
the Stud * Trlhiiiinl.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D. , Jan. 20. ( Special. )
Judge J. E. Garland of ( he federal court has
flleil his decision In the disbarment proceed
ing brought by J. D. Elliott , United States
district attorney , against Joe Klrby , the at
torney who Is under a two years' sentence
to the penitentiary for receiving stolen
stamps , knowing the same to have been
stolen , and with the Intent to convert the
mini ) to his own use. Judge. Garland granto
the .indication Tor disbarment end has entered -
te-red an order to that effect. Klrby has
already JK-OII disbarred from omctlco In the
county , circuit coul Btato courts and this
leaves him a lawyer , but without a court In
which ho can secure recognition as nn attor
ney. He Is still engaged actively In practice ,
but in unable to make iierscu.il awcaranco
.In court. A declaloa from the Hipri'mo : eaurt
oft',10 United States la expected In a few
months.
STAYS AT II.VPII ) CITY.
Cl > vi-l'li mi-lit lrclil ) < > N \ot to IrlKi-
( 'liuiiKi. oT I.iit'ii ( Inn.
UAPII ) CITY. S. I ) . , Jan. 20. ( Special Tel
egram. ) Judge William Gardner telegraphed
this city today from Washington tlpt the
land 11 in co will remain nt Rapid City ; also
that thu appointment of A. K.- Gardner as
register of 'tho ' land olDce had been con-
II lined.
Artlcli'N of Inriirporiillon.
PIKIWl'J. S. I ) . , Jan. 2G.--Speclal. ( ) Ar
ticles of Incorporation were filed today for
tliu Dawdle roller mill , with a capital of
$10.000 ; incorporators , John F. Kline , Fred-
cTlok I' . Merkul , Jacob Kurlo and Peler
Jail. For thoV. . 1C. Adams company at
IJradwood , to deal In general merchandise
with a capital of $100.000 ; Incorporntors , W.
K. Adams , F. U. Adams and A. M. Adams.
-Hedwutor Land 'and
- Improvement company
ut Doadwood. with a capital of $100,000 ; In-
oorporators , James 1) . llardln , Charles S.
Hurdln , Deadwoad ; Daniel U. llrou i , Chi
t-ago. For the i.Merchants' Prodiiro company
ut Yankton , with n capital of $123.000 ; In
corporators , J.V. . Smith , Joseph Pile1 , Isaac
'Pile ' , I ) . 1) . Gross , 1. . . L. Tyler , Obit Nelson ,
Julius GeU. Wlllliun lllatt and I ) , C. Wolley.
Thu Dakota and .Mlnnesoia Llvo Stock com
pany has amended Its article's to IIICTC.IEO
liliti capital stock from J100.DUO to $200.000 ,
hull' paid up. This company lias secured a
laigo numbj'r of Arizona cattle , which It
will bring to Its range on Had river early
lu thu spring.
llrlrf IIIlN from AliiTilrni.
ADKIIDEH.V , S. D. , Jan. 26. ( Special. )
Manager Zolthow of the Dakota Central
Telephone lines has "completed arrange
ments by which tlio system will bo extended
east from Doltind to Watertuwn and llrook-
ings early In the spring.
II. II. Eyulnnd of AVobstcr , who committed
sulcldo at Moorhead , Minn. , a few dayo ago ,
No potash no inlnornl no tlnnger
t , in S. S. S. This means n great
deal to all who know tlm disastrous
effects of thcsu drnga , It id the
only blooU remedy guaranteed
Purely Vegetable.
S , 8. 8. forces the disease out
r through the skin does not dry up
thu poison to decay thu bones , liku
, mercurial mixtures do.
i-1 was almost a physical wrccU , the rc ult ot
mercurial treatment
for blood poUon j 8.83.
U a real blood remedy ,
for It cured mo im
minently. " Henry
Hath , IBIS South Ninth
Btreet , Bt. Louts , ilo.
Vooki free ; Addreil. Birlft Bpoclfio Co. , Atlanta.
was burled at the former place on Sunday.
Ho leaves a wife and eight children. His
death was the result ot an extended de
bauch.
Grand Recorder Lav In of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen fully oxpecta this
jurisdiction will wlrt me $2,000 prize offered
to jurisdictions making a net gain of 25
per cent during the year. Only 700 new
members wore ri > qnlrcd on January 1 to
make up 'the necessary quota , nnd already
SCO , or half the number. Imvo been received ,
or are In sight for Initiation. Several new
lodges nre to bo organized at various points
and the proipoctt ) for getting the required
number are considered gilt-edged.
I in 111 I cut I'M Artu-11 In Cntlli-
CHAMIJEHLALV , S. D. , Jan. 26. ( Special. )
-liy the confession of A. M. Smith , who
was recently held to appear before the next
federal grand jury to answer to the charge
of selling liquor to nn Indian , Ora Arncll , a
well known character In this sactlon , has
been Implicated In stealing cattle from the
ranges. Arncll grew suspicious and lied , It
la bellovcd , to the Interior ot the ceded
Sioux lands. The fugitive U a young man
about 24 or 25 ycors of age , about five feet
eleven Inches tall , reddish face , stubby white
moustache , and weighs about 1GO or 170
pounds. Ho can easily bo Identified by the
fact that the second linger on his right
hand has been taken off at the socor.d joint.
Ills occupation has been ch Icily that of n
cow-puncher.
SIIIMVVcli'oni 'il Ii ) .Slnckinon.
PIEIIUH , S. D. , Jan. 2C. ( Special. ) The
light snow which has fallen In this portion of
the state is welcomed by all stockmen. On
many portions of the range cattle were com
pelled to go Icnger distances for water , nnd
It was necessary lo keep men riding the
streams and keep the water holes cut open.
The snow will save a great deal of this work.
Another complaint where the ranchers have
good wells IRtcd up with wind engines for
pumping Is that tlioro has not boon wind
enough this winter to keep their tanks filled ,
and the pumping must be done by hand.
This winter Is not only remarkable for the
mild temperature , but as well for the ab
sence of any heavy winds.
\Voiiiiin I'riMii'licr H < > NlKitt.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , Jan. 2fi. ( Special. )
Hov. Ida Sherman , who has been pastor of
thu Uaptlst church In this city for the last
thrco years , has tendered her resignation
and It has been accepted. She will bo suc
ceeded by Hov. C. L. Kirk of Denver. Miss
Sherman has been especially interested hi
city mission work. She will bo mlusod
most by thu Chinese , among whom she has
spent most of her time. She had a class ot
nearly forty , who were taught bible storloi
and given regular lessons In the English
language.
TwoCriitiM nt One
PIKRH13 , S. D , , Jan. 26. ( Special. )
It Is said that the farmers along the northern
part of the state sow both wheat and Ilax
on the same ground anJ' ' secure good crops
of both at the same time. They sow two
pecks of wheat and one peck ot 11 ix. and
claim to have Jiarvcsted llftcen bushels of
wheat and twelve bushels of flax per acre
with such seeding. They get 'the grain
separated at a cost of 1 cent a bushel , and
make a profit off both crops.
DiMlipnli * Sioux Knlln' Xetr Theater.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Jan. 26. ( Spec ! il. )
Sioux Falls' new opera ihouse , which repre
sents an Investment of $75,000 , has been
opened to tlic public. "The Girl I Lett He-
hind Me" company was the attraction which
drew 1,000 people to the Weare , as the house
la named. Over 200 came from adjoining
towns. The theater is one of the most hund-
some In tha west and Sioux F > jll3 people arc
wonderfully proud cf It.
\i-\v ( inn Coiiiiiniix Out of theField. .
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Jan. 2o. ( SpecLil.- )
The Kalamazoo Gas company , v.-hlch souglH
a charter from Sioux Falls under an agree
ment to furnish $1 gas. the price now be
ing $2 here , has withdrawn Its application.
The council decided to demand a bond or
$3,000 from the now company , to 1 > 3 forfeited
to the city In case the new company failed to
keep its agreements. The now company Jla
not furnish the 'bond. '
lliiNMlniiM IliilMi- IVculiilr f ! r ii I n.
PIKUUB. S. D. . Jan. 2G. ( Special. )
The Russians or McPherson county arc
raising a species of grain which has the
properties of both barley and rye , the seed
having been brought from Russia. They
have no special name fcr It. but say that It
will grow and yield better In dry seasons
than In wet ones , It makes a splendid feed
for stock.
Siileni ( Irtnnl7.I-H n MIIIIlii Company.
PIERRE. S. D. , Jan. 26. ( Special. )
Salem 'has ' applied for a place In the militia
organization of the state. A good company
U ready to bo mustered In , and will
probably bo known as company I ) , unless
Sioux Falls gets In llrst under that letter.
AVoini'ii IniiiiriMiriite n Clnircli.
PIERRJ3 , S. D. . Jan. 2G. ( Speclal.- )
Artlclcs of Incorporation have been ( lied
for the Wlndom Methodist Episcopal churcn
of Harmon township , Itobcrts county. The
trustees are all women : Hello E. Stewart ,
Clara E. Mills and lAlico Stone.
.South Uakotii .NorTN .Votes.
The Ice In tlio ( Missouri river nt Pierre is
only ton to twenty Inches thick.
Lincoln county put In an aggregate of
$121,000 In Improvements In 1S97.
Planklnton has passed an ordinance plac
ing n license fee of $20 a year on pool rooms.
A nridgewater stock breeder will soon ( ship
sixteen head of pure bred Devon hulls to a
Texas cattleman , for which ho will get $ SOO.
The filssoton Inter Empire brings out the
name of Judge A. W. Campbell of Roberts
county as candidate for the republican
nomination for governor.
The Danish citizens of Argo township ,
Hrooklngs county , have organized a mutual
Insurance company. The pollcle * are printed
In Ihelr native language.
John Longstaff of the Huronlto refused to
address the State Editorial association on
thu subject of the business end of news
paper work In South Dakota.
A plcnlo party was ono of the social events
at Huron la t week. A party went to a
beautiful grove on 'the James river and spent
the day In feasting , races and games.
Somti little excitement was caused at Can
ton last week by the sight of two wolves
runnltig at full speed through Main street.
In u very short tlmo several parties were
out scouTlii'g the country for them with
hounds. The wolves nre said to bo quite
numerous In the timber along the rlvor.
John A. Plersoii , well known by all leading
farmers and stockmen throughout the state ,
elteil uiuli'otily ' at his home In Yunkton Mon
day morning. Ho possessed n 2,000-aero
farm , which Is conceded to bo the finest in
the tati > . Ills wealth , the bulk of which
represents his labor hero , U estimated at
over $100,000.
South DnUolii l'ri'M roninirut.
'
Plerro Journal : A man a.t Yankton ad
vertises for n lost door key. This Is an
extraordinary caac. The difficulty the av-
oracp Yankton man hss to contend with In
irattlnc Into his houtio at night Is not In
Ilnillti ; his latclii key but In the key holt ) .
Sioux Falls Press : The business men of the
city should get together and decldo on eomo
good plan for Improvement , put honest ,
capable agencies at work , and make their
tilcn mii'ctiMl. Now U a gooj tlmo to move.
People have nrore tlmo to devote to It than
they will have again , It U to bo hoped.
Sioux Falls ArgUH'Leadfr Thorn are
seven couijtlej In South Dnkota which do
not owe a cunt. Hut the rrct of them o\\v >
over thren million dollars too much , Dur
ing Iho next .ifow yeara tha varloui coun
ties would do well to decrease their debts
The Dooclo who pay as they go will never
coniolaln about hard tlmru.
Yank-ten OuzMXe ; We hear that Colonel
Edward Sterling of Huron , father of the
UnV I ) . .Sterling , will be a candidate for
s'jitB treasurer. This Is the third pandUuey
to be announced from Huron , A fact which
lei llablo < to trad to a complication of In
terests whlrh will result dl-istrously to the
ambitions of every ono Involrod ,
FIRST RUSH FOR THE COLD
Events in History that Cnliforaia is
Celebrating lliis Wocki
EXCITEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Oilil TliltiKi ItiTtillcil l jOnn Who \V .s
Tliprr Flriil ( iold I'lilkrn Hint \Vt > n >
llroiiKlit li > ( In- City Ml Hit l > - l'i- |
liriivul CniiNi-il by DNcovrrlci.
SAN' FRANCISCO. Jan. 26. ( Special. )
Among tlio pioneers who are celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of the discovery At gold
In this stnto thcro are none more Interesting
than John 11. Iloume , who lives In Pasadena ,
and Is now 81 years old. He has lived In
California moro than sixty years nnd has n
remarkably cluar memory or the events of
long ago. "The strangest fact In connection
with the discovery of gold by Jnmcs ( Mar
shall on January 24 , 1848 , " said Mr. Uourne ,
Ms that the discovery was not thought of
much consennencu by any of the 200 or 300
ranchmen and lumber workers In the locality
of the Mud until a. week afterward. Frank A.
Folsom , who was living In the ramo ahatity
with Marshall at the time of the llnd , told
mo moro than fifty years ago that Marshall
was so bent on building the mill nice and
Betting the llttlo saw mill In operation that
tbo gold suemo.l unimportant by the side
of timber operations. In the summer of 1843 ,
while I was mining at Coloma , I talked with
dozens of people who were at work at the
spot whcro Marshall found the llrst gold
nuBsnts , and they all have said that It was
fully ten days before Marshall though *
enough iiboitt thu discovery to go some thlr-
ty-llvo inlli-s across the country to Sutler's
Fort ( where the city or Sacramento lias since
grown ) and show his nnd to his friend and
partner , Captain Sinter. The news did not
get down to San Francisco , about ISO milts
away , until three months later. Captain SIK-
ter said when the gold was shown him , 'Yes ,
that's gold , and It will be the curse of us '
meaning that It was the end to their schemes
for a big saw mill and Hour mill alceig the
American river.
FIRST NEWS DISCREDITED.
"Ah , well do I remembor' ' the day the
news of the gold IIml camp to the little vil
lage on the sand dunes about San Francisco
bay. One altcrncoii May 4 , 1 believe It was
w'.ien I came rowing In from fishing , I saw
a gathering of men absut i Mexican saloon
on the thoroughfare that sprawled over the
sand hills. When I .squeezed myself Into the
saloon. I saw a small bottle of yellow Hakes
or scales the size of muskmelcii uccda banded
ibout from one person to another for In
spection. A dozen men were scrutinizing
tiny heaps of the yellow stuff on the bar.
" 'You bet that's gold ; ' 'Yes , sure as
preaching , that's the " ' '
article
; "N'o. It'o a
co.jper formation , ' I heard as I came Into
tbo crowd.
"That wiis the first California gold that
came to San Francisco. Uut it was n week
or ten days before the belief that those
yellow ! flakes were genuine gold had become
so well founded tlut any one started for the
diggings. The San Francisco Star pitied
people who could believe there was gold !
enough In all California to buy even a ie-i I
spectable meal. A week later
on May 12 , I i i
believe a Scotch ranchman came riding into '
Saai Francisco directly from the diggings.
Ho was an Intelligent and reputable man.
Ho brought wlt'.i him about two pounds of
gold dust and nuggets to'trade for merchan
dise at the mines.
"Talk about excitement ! It 'began ' In the
town of San Francisco ithal same hour. All
that night the saloons were thronged wltn
men who talked of nothing but the chances
there might bo for them In mining. One
great lank fellow , n Mermen , was so wild i
with excitement at the thought of digging
gold that ho went up and down the Lay
shore- yelling , 'Gold , gold , gold , ' like a mi.l-
man. Several saloon men who could not null
tholr sUx-k looked up their places , deter
mined to let them go to the dogs while they
were \\arfhlng geld.
"Still there iworo ccoffers at the very Idea
thai , gold could be found in California. The
editor of the Star deplored the lying reports
sent out 'by ' adventurers to lure the unwary
to the interior of California. Captain. Swan ,
U. S. A. , stationed at the 1'resldlo , said he
had a good knowledge of metallurgy , and ho
bogged many men , who > were leaving homes
nii.l good lIvliiEH for mining , to pause In
their mad rush and consider that tlio yellow
nuggets and Hakes were .but a peculiar for-n
of mica. Ilev. Mr. Davidson declared
that ho knew the gold stories were design rj
fictions to draw population Into the Interior
of California. All the members of old aris
tocratic Mexican families such as the Vol-
lejou , Sepulvedas and Vljars were sure that
the strange yellow metal WHS some now con
glomerate got up by Ingenious Yankee. ? to
wean the Callfornlans from their od ! Mexican
Hag to the new American ( lag.
WHEN THE RUSH HEGAN.
"When , however , the rush for the dig
gings along the North Fork of the Ameri
can river did begin , on May 13 , 184S. it was
mighty earnest. Over 200 men started on
that day and as many moro on the following
day. I went three days later nnd was In
the very first party to go up the river to
Stockton , and then across the country to
C'olnnm. Wo were the flrst San Franciscans
nt the mines. Wo chartered a llttlo steam
boat and started out with a supply of provi
sions that lasted us but two weeks. None
cf us know a thing about gold mining. In
deed , there were but two persons In San
Francisco that had ever aeon gold mines.
"fly tlio flrst of June the news of the dis
covery had gene as far down the coast as
Monterey. The gold diggers at Coloma
were by this time sending out so much
gold to buy provisions , tools nnd ulothiiv ;
that convincing evidence of the rlehncs.
of the sandbars and creek hanks fo.lowed
rlosely upon the heels of 'ho nows. Liter
ally every one In central California \\\o ' \
could get away went chasing l
over ( > o coun
try toward the American Fork. Leas than
ono-twelfth UIP male populirion of 011
Francisco remained when Jn/io / had come.
Whole families packed up and went to
Coloma without stopping to Bleep. On two
long streets of homes and stores none but
women and children remained. Half the
stores and every public Inn was closed , be
cause both boarders and host had gene to
the American Fork. The village of Santa
Cruz packed up and started for the mines
In twenty-four hours. The news of the gold
find and samplra of the gold reached .Mon
terey late In 'May ' , and In two < lays every
male In the village tout flvo had started fo'r
the American Fork. The village of San
Miguel , containing some 000 souls , was abso
lutely deserted by every human being dur
ing the flrst week In June , and I don't be-
llovo there were ovoa three men In n hun
dred who remained at homo In California
In the spring and summer of 1818. I re
member hearing a fallow miner tell how
ho had found the jail at 'Monterey ' empty ,
the prisoners , sheriff , and all iho peace otll-
cers gene to the mines , and of seeing General -
oral Mason of the United States army and
a commodore of the United states navy
.rooking tholr own food In a dedcrtoij hotel
at Monterey , because all thnlr o-ervants and
men had deserted In the night and had fol
lowed the rush toward the American Fork.
"by July there mu t have bem about 5.000
miners ot work with ehovoV > ind pans along
the Amcrlcaci Fork , and there were arrivals
from moro remote localities IP California
every day. Hetween 7.000 and 8.000 Call
fornlans In that flrst season of gold minims ,
from May to January , got out fully $10.000 -
000 worth of gold.
"Tho custoir.a end scenes In tire mln'.ig
regions durlrg the. spring and1 cummer o. '
1S4S a year bc-foro teas of thousands or Im
migrants came swarming ae-rosn the plain * .
over the Isth 111113 and around the lloin
were far itlffoient from these the oatitcrnciij
found. There was llttlo or no gambling.
Thu miners left their pourils cf go'd under
their bo11 and went unconcernedly mllei
from camp There wereno mining Mwi to
to corsldcrel. It wa a perfect minims
eljalum , As I look bkc' : at those days now
It seems wo were like big children gilng
obcut la a vaut natural treaauro house , won
dering uow much rloUes we might carry
away when we were roVvdy. but in KIM while
frittering awny our time and opportunities.
Most of us were BO amused at the wealth
woitiw lying about tu. tUat I think we were
Irsinc. When I remcmlyer the whole acres
of gravel anj sand , richer ihnn anythl's ever
found cti the K'ondlke , that wo abandoned
because we heard of n1 better ehlorado on
Another remote creek , or.river. It seems a *
If that era must havp .Ucrri a dream. The
rrctltaanrefl nnd greed to'get the very cream
c-J the diggings kept the greater part ot
Ir. . of the 'fabulous
us pcor aplte opportuni
ties. Several of ua young tuon cranged min
ing localities seven tlmea in aa many months
and wo foirjj no rlchsr dirt than at flrst.
Many a time I have known , camra of a dozen
or score cf mlnera ho were ( .aiming and
r&t-klttg cut alx or e'ght ' ounces of gold a
man every day to abandon , such a claim snJ
gj cht-jing forty and sixty miles up roue try
with their camp oulflu to the Yuba or
Feather rlvnr , where they had heard the
mv.icrs were getting a few more ounces from
a day's work.
EVENTS THK SECOND YEAH.
' When > 1S-I3 came , anil the number of
miners swelled to CO,000 In n few months ,
the bonanza tUys for Individual washing
cold weio gone. The Callfornlans flrst on
the accno Who kin en- enough to stay by a
gcol elalm and not bo tempted by stories of
rlchsr diggings elsewheren.aJo fortunes In
n year or two and quit Independently rich
for life. Abnun W. Day , afterward a con
gressman from 'Missouri , stayed by the flrst
claim ho took up on the American river In
July , 1S48 , and by 1SG1 ho had washed all
the gold out of the sand and gravel there.
He then iiult at the ago of 27 years with
$130,000. He was a cook on a man-of-war
In San Francisco bay when the news cimo
there of the gold discovery , and he joined
the stampede of men to Coloma.
"Among the men digging and panning
gold along the American river then the
only ono who was sour and mad was 'James
W. Marshall himself the discoverer of gold.
Ho went about from camp to camp fuming
nnd warning the men that ho would soon
dispossess them of their gold by legal pro
cess. Ho claimed the * legal right to all the
gold In that locality , and ho swore that he
would never mine an ounce till the Unite 1
States laws drove out the tresprasers and
restored the property to Suitor nnd him. N'o
nno but the. Mormons paid any attention to
Marshall. The Mormons recognized Mar
shall's right. " , and they uso.l to deal out to
him and Sutler part of their nuggets and
dust at stated periods.
"Wi > San Franciscans reached the dlgginpj
at daybreak on May 20. ISIS. Tired aiu
hungry ns wo were , we went directly to eee
the gold mining. A dozen men were already
up , and , standing 'barelegged ' in the shallow
water of the American river , were panning
gold from gravel and sand. Wo stood spell
bound and watched. It was the most re
markable moment in all my long life. We
| down and looked over the results of the pin-
nlngs. In n fe'.v hours wo had learned how
to mine gold In that crude way. We ate
breakfast there and started to go.
" 'Can you tell us where we can go and
wash out gold , too ? ' wo asked.
" 'Oh , take your shovels nnd pans and ex-
| porlment anywhere up or down the fork ,
whuro no ono is ahead of you. A blind man
can get gold here. The. sandbars and gravel
are Just lousy with gold. The only trick
is to find the richest' , was the reply.
"We went about a half a mile down the
river , passing dozens cf miners all at work
In the shallow streams with shovels and
pan.3. . Wo came to 'a narrow sandbar that
reached obliquely across the river. Wo
started our flrst mining , there. Wo spent
half n day In trial pannlngs for gold , and we
got some color In every pan. We dug down
flvo feet Into the coarse grdvel. There we
got gold that tan almost a fourth of an
ounce to the pan. At that nte an Indus
trious man could easily pan ton ounces of
the yellow metal tlicre' In a day. Several
persons In our party fhoUght they could find
richer diggings further down. They went
a quarter of u mile , and , sure enough , they
did find richer gravel. Wo were about to
abandon our claim on tlio flrst sandbar , but
the crowds of belated and excited gold seek
ers from 5'an ' Francisco and that region' be
gin to reach the dlgglnp.i at that time , anJ
wo decided to stay wherp wo were.
1'L.ACKHSI WEKB HIGH.
"Tho very richest dirt I personally over
knew about was that mind on Hauson'u
bar In the Stanislaus river In September -
ber , 184S. A party of flvo Swedes took out
with rockers there thirty pounds of geld ,
avoirdupois , in six days. The geld was worth
about $15.50 on ounce then , and the whole
mnsi sold for about $7.GOD. That yielded
each Swede about ? 255 a day. The late
Daniel Jackson and his partner struck a
marvelous streak of rich gravel about fif
teen feet below the surface , while working
on Frenchman's IJend In the Tuolumno In
the summer of 1S4S. They got , four pounds
of gold In two days , and , altogether In the
couisc of several months of hard work there ,
got gold worth $40.000. The Monnciw. who
woo : about the very flrst men In the new
diggings , located on the north fork of the
American river. I have wen them wash out
gpavel at the rate of $3..r > 0 a pan for hour ;
pt a time. The Mormons were secretive fol
lows , but I had It on gco 1 authority that
they cleared up over $150.000 In several
months In 184S. John Di'lwoll , the prohibi
tion candidate for president In 1892 , and a
party of sc-veral Indians got out $10,000
worth of gold In one week on. the Feather
river In the summer of 184S. The best I
ever did In any ono day was In ths name
summer. A partner and I were operating
a rocker on the Tuolumno and were working
In a streak of gravel about two feet thick ,
just above the bedrock and twelve root below
surface. We got an avenge of eleven
ounco.s of gold every day for two weeks.
Unfortunately our claim petered out quickly
after that , The men whose claim adjoined
mine hail better luck. Ho hail an area of
500 square feet of dirt to work In , and. be
tween September , 184S , and May , 1819 , he
got out 130 pounds of gold.
"Ono morning In the summer of IS48 a
sailor came walking down the American
river , looking for n now location for a claim.
Ho stoppoJ nnd watched several old-time
San Francisco friends while they rocked
out gold at Indian bar , flvo miles south of
Coloma. The men were in a very rich
streak Juat then.
" 'I'll glvo thrco ounces of gold In udvanro
to let me have all the gold I can rock out
thcrp for Just sixty mlnutca , ' said the sailor
to the men.
" 'All right ; it's a go , ' responded the min
ers.
"In n moment the sailor hnd-nff his coat ,
nnd. getting down In work with a vengeance.
Whlln an Indian shoveled In dirt , the sailor
operated the apparatus , The miners Blood
by , watches In hand , and kept tab on the
time. Ho Mover lost a fraction of a second ,
and he kept the Indian busy shoveling every
moment of a full hoiip/ ' Then the owner. !
called a prompt bait. Khcllevo ho got about
flvo ounces of gold in jthcso sixtv minutes.
That was worth about $80 In these days.
How's that for ono hour'9 mining ?
SCENES AlJ TJIIE 'MINES.
"I saw In Coloma ono Sunday a young man
who had boon at worlt .several days with a
pan and shove ] on 9. bar In the Tiiolmmm
river. Ho had a banduria handkerchief full
almost to overflowing wlh | gold nuggotii and
Hakes. That young nun was murdered a
week later nt his ! OJIP | ' Halm , and It was
the flrst crime wo UtiuW In the mining re
gion. ' '
"Ilut of nil the fortunes inndo In getting
gold from the placers fn the river bi > U and
banks by primitive fiilnlng procmso. that
made by the thrco yowellyn brothers Is
far nnd away the most fllgnal. They wer.
Welshmen and were laborers on n cow ranch
ut Sun Jose when the n ws of Marshall' ) * find
i cached there. They were the first to mine
at HoJdlng'B bar In Clcai Creek , and they
staved right there on the three elalms
which adjoined ono another , until they hid
wanned out every speck of gold. They were
hard-working men. were never allured aw a/
by stories of rlciior procpr'M elsewhere , nnd
they neither gambled nor drank. From the.
early Rummer of I84S to the fall of ihsn they
did nothing but get gold , end KIVIit. . They
had on deposit In D. O. Mill's bink at Sa < - -
ramento when they quit the mine ! In 1S51
n common fun 1 amounting to ubuut15.00i. ( .
With this capital they went Into growing
grain ami won ) . I KUQSB that carh " ' them
left nve' n million clnllaru when lie di'J. "
"Did you know Ceptaln Sutler' "
"Slightly Do you know that among ! !
the thmuands of resiles * cafpr men who
poured Into that region a'onc < bcn > < > rrau |
rlver and became su Uenly rl--b the 11 turo
of Ciiutiln ? uttf r la IIKI' pnh 'i Iitver
re-all thn glorious dai o' 1 8 hut I HOP
Captain Butter standing sadly is I ob ervxj
him ono Sunday , when hr > aw Iho last of ills
grove of trees chopppil down by Irresponsi
ble , reckless miners to got fuel for their
cimpflres. Sutler lost all the Mvlnga of his
early inunhooJ , nnd had to abandon nil his
plans for a 11'fetlvifip when gold h.\d been
found on his property. Ills remark when
Marshall allowed hint the flrst gold nuggets.
that the stuff would be- their eursp. waa
prophetic. At that Unto California was In the
transition stage between the old Mexican
roglmo and the new American order. There
were no rlvll laws nnd no pea o olllceri in
this region. The captain waa without means
to protect his rlglits. He was simply ever-
run by n vast army of men. When the
stateof California was organized Sutler for
mally applied for oi intent to the thirty-
three square leagues of land that had been
promised him by the American authorities
previous to the gold discovery tor his mili
tary servlcea In 1S15 and 1S18. Ills applica
tion , however , was denied In 1SSO. There-
ufte.i Sutler SIKMU all his remaining fortune
In carrying the case to the United States
supreme court , where ht > was finally de
feated. Captain tutter ! told mo In 1S5S tint
flS.000.000 In gold had bMn taken from the
thirty-three square leagues of land which
would have been his sole property If the goli !
discovery had been delayed but a Ccw
months. ,
Itrotriilnlux Order Unmlcil ,
CHEYRNN'E , Wyo. , Jan. 2C. ( Special. )
An Important case arising under 4ho Carey
land act was tried In the district ceurt of
Sheridan county last week. The suit was
brought by the Shoshcmo Irrigation company
against D. P. Woodruff , treasurer of Hlg
Horn county , to restrain the collection of
taxes Which had been levied upon the
plaintiff's ditch by the county of Ullg Horn.
Fifteen miles of ( Vilcli had been assessed at
$2,000 a mile , the tax amounting to sev
eral hundred dollars. The plaintiff made
the plea that the ditch was constructed In
accordance with the provisions of the Carey
act and the- ownership of the ditch and
water was vested In the state , the Irrigation
company simply acting as the state's agent
nnd that the property was not subject to
taxation. Judge. StoUs sustained this view
and granted the order restrjlvilni ; the col
lection of the tax.
HitIf-llriM'ilM Arrosflril *
SHERIDAN , Wyo. , Jati , 2ti.-Speclal. ( )
Two half-breeds were arrested Thursday by
Sheriff 'Morrow , charged with stealing a
quantity of | > rovlsiors and bedding from the
rat'ch ' of Henry Slckler on Dutch creek.
After the arrest It was discovered the men
were fugitives from Justice In Montana ,
where they ' .iro charged with horse stealing.
They agreed to plead guilty to this charge
and to return without requisition papers acid
were turned over to a Montana oflleer at
Ullllngj.
.IliiUvi' SMCN fur n IVo.
SUNDANCH. Wyo. , Jan. 2G. ( Special. )
Judge Mctz of Sheridan has sued the com
missioners of Crook county to collect a fee
charged by him of $200 fcr assisting in the
prosecution ot Cunningham , recently tried
for murder. The commissioners employe 1
Judge. Mctz , but the records show 'that no
fee was decided upon. The commissioners
allowed $50 , which the Judge refuses to ae-
ccpt.
COM ] Coniiiiiiiy ImMiriinrjifc * .
CHEYEN'N'E , Wyo. , Jan. 2G. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Sheridan Coal company , capi
tal stock $300.000 , filed ni ticks cf Incorpora
tion hero today. The company will opr-ate
coal mines In Sheridan county , this state.
The principal ofllce of the company Is at
Omaha , anl DIetz Brothers of this place
are the incorporators.
Trit\s rivi'ni ' A rititTi xjc.
DiiUoln .Mnn EEcnril from In AlusUii
After llt'iiiiv I < est forTlirrt * Vcjirx.
IHSMAIJCK , X. D. . Jan. 20. ( Special. )
After having been absent from his family
and relatives for four years , for three of
which no member of his family hau
hoard from him , Robert White , father cr
John \Vhlto , a llverynvn of th.s city , turiiL-
up at Dawson City with an estimated for
tune of $1,000.000. The lueky prospcuor
was formerly n resident of this county am :
had been a farmer for a number of yc.ns.
He sold his farm for a small amount severa :
years ago , bade his family good-bve , am ;
started west. Fcr some time ho rcrnalnci :
In California , 'and ' when the first rcpo-ts or
the existence of rich gold fields were cir
culated on the I'acllic coast several ycir : ;
ago , , ho Joined a party cf prospectors , ant ,
started for Alaska. Although 03 years o ,
: ge , ho withstood the hardships of ! 'ht > trl ; >
as well as any man of the pa'ty am :
prospected for sonic tiaie , finally taking n
claim In tbo Klcndlkc region. During all
of this time his relatives hc > rd no wor.i
from him , until today , when the son re
ceived a ic'tter ' , written at Dawson City and
dated In the latter part r.f . October. In thlj
lie told of Jils travels since h'a departure
from the city and stated ! tliat he had atsuck
I' rich In the Klondike , having ono cf ' : hc
richest claims tr-at l's been struck , ami
being woith $1.000.000 , and Btlll adding morv
to his store. He rtatcv ! also that his pait-
ner , who mailed the letter , has gone tci
Omaha 'to ' purchase 100 dogs , to be nsid in
transporting the dust to camp at Dawson
nnd supplies l > : ck.
llclil III till' I'Vilcrnl Court.
CIIAMIJEKLAIN. S. D. , Jan. 26. ( Syeclal. )
Nicholas Durkln of Hyde county was ar
rested by Deputy United Status Marshal
Somors oci the charge of purchasing hs-ue
cattle from Ocorgo Tiacks , a Crow Creek
agency Indian. Duikln ! : ad his ore.ilmlr.ary
examination before a United State * com
missioner here , and \\its bound ever to ap
pear lieforo the next federal prand jury.
HI nil Iliiivn liy u T I'll I II.
KANSAS CITY , .Tun. 2G.-Dr. M , rrltt II.
Peek , n trnvellnf ? patent medicine vindor ,
was run down And Instantly kllli-d by an
.Air hliio freight train last night. He was
dragged n dlst.ince of nearly "Oil fret Wb.'ii '
picked nil be watt nothing innri' Ui.r.i , i m is.-i
of crUhhid lioninnd llesli. I'eck hud u
wife mil iliiuKlitor In MliiiienpollH. They
have ) . < .cn nolilled.
SliiliH Mltli I'niir Men .Vlionril.
NKW YOIIK. Jan. 2-1.-Thr bnrge Yonkers
with four men on board sank ofll Haniefjjt
on Sunday. It was In tow of the Walter A
laiukenbaek , fn in Newport New.s , for I'rovl.
lencf , It. I. The news of the disaster only
became known today ,
I ) ' MliiTl WIIH .Nut Itnrnril.
SI'OKA.VH , Jan. 2fi.-Tho report that G.
U'Albcrt , a violinist anil brother of the fa
mous planl.it , WUH burned In the Creat Kasi-
ern block lire , proves unfounded. Ho was
not In thu building ut the tlmo nnd lii.s :
been located.
\lliiflHT Cmmfi-rlVIt Slmus Up ,
NICW YOIIK , Jan. 2fi. The olllelals at the
fubtrensury here are nnxltuK , aonther coun
terfeit $10) silver eenlllfa'e 'jt1 ! } received
today. It was urn ! In by n local lunk which
received It from HH correfpondent In Ui-
trolt.
llrllier ) t'lluc IN DlMiilsseil ,
ST. JOSEPH. Mo. , Jan. W.Ttueharso of
bribery agulimt James Moran , a luwyer , wn.-i
dlsmlHsed In the criminal court toiluy. afti1/
It hud been tried once .mil the jury had
fulled to agree.
$ What do the $
Drink ?
Dmi't i'ivo tliom Inn or rolToo ,
Ilnvo yi-ti trieil the now fuo < l drink
called UKAIN.O ? H U ilolioloiw
and nourishing and talici tire i > lnue >
of colluf.
The moro Orain-O you f'ivo the
cliildruii tliu murohoalili you distri.
buto through their system * .
Grniii-O iHiiuulHot'jmroKinlrw , ami
when , projie--ly jiiviurud ] timtun lilio
thn chiJU'o grntloi uf couVo Init < ! iwts
nliout } us niuuh. All roccr.1 tell
& it. IGu. uud 'Joe.
? TryGrain = 0 !
T InslntlhdtyoiirBroccrKlvcitjrouGJtAJN-O
p Accept uo ImiUuoii.
&Z WZ
The jungles of
Africa nrc not the
only places in
the world where
u man courts
death from tin
unseen foe. All
( f/i ° barlwtwi * tin.
p lions of history have not slain
one tithe of the men Unit have
been killed by thnt dread nssas-
sin consumption. Olio-sixth of all the
deaths in the world are due to it.
Dr. 1'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures 98 per cent , of nil cnscs of consump
tion. It cures by noing to the very root
of the evil imperfect nud improper nu
trition. It corrects nil disorders of the
digestion , makes the npprtite keen and
assimilation psrfcct. It drives out the
impurities from the blood and fills it with
tile life-RiviiiK elements that build up the
body. It is tha greatest blood-maker and
purifier. When you pump rich , red , healthy
blood into an onjau it cannot long remain
diseased. This is tnis of the lungs. New
healthy tissue is built up in them and the
germs of consumption are driven out.
Thousands have testified to their cure by
this great remedy. Druggists sell it.
Knlph Green , Itsq. , of Willianikhnrg , Calhwny
Co. , Mo. , writes : " llclbre I commenced yam
treatment I could not tak : .1 drink of water with
out great siifTctinqr I" my stomach. 1 co'ilil not
cat. 1 w.-n ftt ilukir.j ; and did nol weigh more
than MS pounds. To-day I weigh 157. I liad
fiTc different doclori examine me , antf cacti one
treated me without dolnjj me nnv pooil. At last
I took four or five bottler ofyour ' Ooldcu Medical
Discovery. ' nnd to-day am in bitter health than I
have been for five yean. Whenever 1 see nny of
my IriemU < iunerini < I tell tiicm of your medicine
nnd ndvlie them to write to you. "
It is better to do
? ineiulin ? while the
JnmaKOs 5 , , siiBhti
than wait until the wliolK structure is ready
to fall. Constipation is the on ? , all-cmbrac-
IHR disorder that is responsible for many'
other illsFxt i eMPt. Doctor -
tor l'icrcc'3 FceaStUlC I'leasant
tt " i3"lflil'
'
Pellets cure it. Driirr-
pists sell them. They never uripe. One
" " U laxative and
little "Pellet" n gentle ,
two a inlltl catlnrtic. Th'y are tiny ,
siitrar coated Kranules.
Nothing else i "just us
cood. " A penn.inent cure.
Don't Neglect
No mattpr lio\y o1ttlit ( t mny rcniu tiyon , forfoimlirt ,
t'oliN. Hoixr on"Bd , Jntlii titzn anil ni > | iArontly lniKiiiri.
ctuitrlu'st l'iiiiiH.,1. . n li'.iil to I'liMirNy. 1'nrii-
llloiiln. Coiiniiinpituiiaudithi'r fatal I.IIIIH Itlu-
CUHI'K KlK'rflOOllll.
Avert Alt laisrr : by rroinptly Ajii > JyInc n
Piaster
to thn rhcst ( Iron t and bi m thn llret apimn
f tuoli wnrninu F > niploiiis. Jt allurtlH | ii'iiiiiil |
lirrvcnllon n altiat th nu uftnceri > U3cuiii [ > licfttIons ,
nnd Hiiro rnre. Al\vAS rnlialiln. H jt tr.ily llu
cciiulQouffccti\u. Prlcj 6 ccsU , Kefucoeubsliiutoo.
II > riiroliiisliiK : ( iiinriN JInilc nt IlicFol -
luivlni. ' . N * lirii > : < ii Knettirli's.
AWNINGS AND TKNTS.
Oil \II.V TKXT AM ) III'UUKi : CO.
( Hurci'FForn Omaha Tent nnd AwniiiR C\5) )
Manurnctiirers touts-nwnliMS ; Jobbers laJIcs' anJ
ucnts' Xladiliitu.slies. Tents fur lent. 1311 I'ar-
nara St. , Onialm.
O.M1IIMIKUl.N'i ASSOCI VTION.
Cjrlonil klilpnipnli nin'.e In uur own n-frl-
crntor nil's. Illuo Hill ) > n. lOllto Kxp'irt , Vlcpn.i
export aiul Kamlly Export Ucllvtu-il to all p.uts
ot the city.
COUNICI : WOIIKS.
( S. HlMJXKTlill ,
K.\Ul.K riMIXKJH 1VO1IKS.
Maiiiifncturor < if ( SnlvonlwO Iron Cnrnlrcs Oil-
vnnlzeil Iron fkyllBhtTin. . Imn niul Mate
Itootlii ) ; . AKcnt for Ktinc.r's : : Stcpl Cellini ; .
10S-10-15 North ICIevenlh utivet.
CltACKUK I ACTOIU1W
A.IIIMIIO.V , IIISCMT AM ) .1KC. CO.
Wliolcrale O'n.-lt'r MnmifutUirL-ra.
OM/II s. NMII. :
DYK
SCIIOKDSACIC'S T\VIV 'H V DVK
XVOIIKS , I'-l ! ' 'lli'iiini : Nt.
Dycins : nnd cli'anlnK of Rarmoiils nn 1 uooila ot
every ilrscilptlon. ( IrtnlnK of line garments
Fi.orn MIi.us.
S. IilMIA.V. .
111-- : : ! ! * .Vnrlli Kill
Klonr. Meal , IVcil. linn. - -
Sliii't. Dninliu , Nili. C. K. IllutU.
DAVIS A" CO WHIM. IHOV WOKICS.
Iron mill llriiHH I'ouniliTM.
Manufrirliiiprs anil JnliliPm of Marlilm-ry. OPII
rrnl ii'imliirR a rpt'i'lulty. 1. . ' ) ! . l..O. ! nn.l l 'J
JiK'1'.Min : li'it. Oin.ili.i. Nli. .
O1U
ivoonii\x i.i > .si < ; ! < ] ) on , WOIIKS.
ManLfiifliitL'i'f * old prorc.0 r.n llnsrpil oil. l.-'t
tic Inillcil HniCCll oil , nlcl pl'-frrn K'ouilil llntoi'il
ruUex , f.l.ulld ( niul M'K-erieil lii ; > nr. | fir . | III
flbls. U.MAIIA. Mil. :
i , . < : . noiii * .
MftnufHciurcr I unaej , i.'oucliii. Jlatiroyips. Job.
ber of Hilling lleils niiU I'Y.tllicla. 111-IU South
lUtli Hlreet.
01 ! Ml \ Ill'.liniMi CO.
.MunufncluiifH lit hlali uiiKiiMaltic. . - -i. iOM-C
OVIillAM. A.N'I ) SIIIIIT I'ACTOIIIKJ.
KAT/-xnviOs cfnii11vv.
JIfgrj. Clotlilnp I'nnlH Hh'iis ' , ( ) .erili > .
OMAHA. NKI > ,
.1. ii. ivvs. : .
\iitll\SKV ; SIIIIIT
lxcluslvo cunlotn flilrt tiillura , ] j5 | rainain
VINEC1AU AND
\\HM VAX V IVHUAII CO.
MnntifnclurrrM of Vinegar , I'l"l < lo . Cnt ujii ,
lu l.ilJr , ( 'i-leiy anl W'm'v t"rihlie . iur. '
WAOONri AND
WII.I.IA1I I'I.'KII.1'MJM.
Tr n K' I 'it.i r.tlallil'o ! of uny ilrarrlp.
( Ii n. for i'riiilntln : < r iulib r lrr | on now or old
iilin In-Hit b" t place U Jitli an J -m.-mvortli
HI. ' ' t .
DIM UUOVD < MIHJAI.I : co.
f'l.cip in'illuni ' piiri-il ami tony raii-lugiM
Any tiling > ou wnnt , XT .ml lian < l or new. llrail-
' - . fur rtililier . WHr'untuj.
qumti'-.i ilnn. isth iinil
Itullu'opputlli. . ' C'uurt Kuu > t' . i
A. .1. SIMI'SO.N ,
1 I0 ! > , , DnilKe. t
I'ul1 line of C'nrrl < > < * lliiKKli' ' I'huelnni I''i ' y ' I
Curt * . Wbecli rut.Ur llrrU. The Lid ia tliu t
I'JO MC M.\MTA''TI'll-ilH.
IIIM' ; .v co ,
l.nrnin fnctnry | n the \vtti. l.pudlni ; Jobkcri
jf Oinuhu , KaniBB C'lty , l.lnc ln .ir.J St , Juiepti
o'tr iooU : > . Ibo ; Jrn m tilittt.
A New
Serial
Author of "Sho , "
"Uiagr Solomon'fl Mlnoo , "
Etc , Etc. ,
Has Completed Another
Story Entitled
The hero of tn ! > story Is a jjramt-
son of Klnu Solomon on nil ex
pedition to tinJoliliMi ( Ophlr of
tinHllile. .
A Boinnuco of Pro-Hiotorio
Afriun , Dnrinrrly
JmnfjlnnUvo nnd Full
of Thrilling Action.
This story will npni-nr la
UNDAY
As n 'Vi'lnl. In Ton Insttilr.uMilH ,
I''i'liniiry ; 111.
( With llluslnir.ims. )
In this story Mr. HiR 'ril makes
a row demonstration of his won
derful power In the ( lei I of pure
romance. Ho once moro boMly
llttB the curtain th- ' . h'/fa ' the- fate
of uatlocis dead and buried In the
ages of which no rc"rJ rcmalca ,
except In the silent iv' . ; cf the'.r
cities.
Zlniioein Ir.laf.J' tia..lng city
tint flourished In t a heart of
Africa 3,000 years ape , anil peopled
by the Phoenicians , Li tle : scene ot
the story. To this city comes
Pruco Ar.icl , u granCJon of Klnj ;
So'.omon. accompanied by Is.iachar.
a pricut of UiMCl , toil ilctem , a
Phoenician trader , who brings a
caravan of merchandise.
In Kils-sa , itaucliter of EaUon , Ulnff
of Zlmboe , the prlnco niceta his
fato. KliiK Hhobal , lord of many
legions of savage v/arrlora. ti < il-
rcady a suitor for her hmd. Ht >
suea ID true barbarian fashicu ,
eeeks to carry her off by force , nud
Is foiled in the attempt by Prince
Azlcl. The tory unfolilii ll eif
around the feud between the Prlrro
of Israel and the savage KliiK Itlio-
bal. Klicsa b.i Klvin ' : er heart
( o Azlel , and loatlia tlu > barbarian
monarch. iBsacuar , ( he priest. | J
determined that no i-rluce of the
house of David shall wed a hoitlien
maiden , whcao people wornhlp IMnl.
An a rcauH of his Intrlmies , Kllsa.i
is elected the hl h priestess of
Pxial.
This fixes aa linpsssablo rellslous
Ktilf between her nnd Azlel. Their
lussloneto love EeelM to aiirmont
all barriers. MciUlmo ,
draws bla luiae army nf
< irour l the fated nlty. nud d'nianrt ,
IlHT K'lKU In maril'iBO , prepin. '
to destrcy It If ho In rufuaed. IR.v
Kllf a vlo'atfii her ailli no liln'.i
prlesiiss and prepares to fly with
Aslcl ; bi-w they ore bith dlacoviro !
nnd threatened with disitli by the
pr'.csta of Unnlj how , to save eai-li
other , ahe , hy I cr right ut > the hlith
prlos'.csa ] 'i l. namcH him her
huaband , wkll ? he rimounren his
faith snil cffera inconfu to Haal ;
how Itliobal's horde of Hava es
H'.onns the wnll.i of tlio city , mil
' both Azlul and Kllsu fn'l Into lil. >
pounr ; ard how , at ISM , A/el ! c.i-
cai-ea with his llfo hy Ullria'ii
fclunt'il Hiibmlsslon to Ithabal , lie
In turn csisaplng Ithobal by killing
hewdf , la ull told In .Mr. H-jguard'a
mot f8nlnatlng mar.aor ,
The awful ceromonleg ! n the tem-
Iilo of Jlaal , llio wolnl rltei In Hie
sacred firovtn of Hlmlioo. and the
barbftrouo batilo soer.es of that fn.-
of)1 ) tlmo , are dwerlbed with all tin :
nuthor'a nwrvfelouB wealth of IniaK-
Inatlvo rojoiirce ,
U Is a story that will eure'y i-n k
n ono of the great worJ'a of ll-t u.i
of UDS.
Ill Hie
Sunday
Bee
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