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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1898)
DAILY Bfefec MONDAY , APRIL 18 , 18IW. FROM THE FARTHER WEST HERDS OF THE .PANHANDLE Gnat Cattle Country Ikich Bappliti Feeder * , for Northern Farms. WHERE BIG GRAZING RANCHES ARE FOUND KUIIonn of Aetem Over Wklch Roam tiremt Htrtm af Branded CMtle Illir Khlpmentm to Market * Xorth and Enrt. AMARILLO. Tex. , April 17. ( SpesUU This little village ot less than 2,000 people , situated In the heart of the greatest cattle raising section on earth. Is the point from which the largest original shipments of oat- tie ever made to the United States were handled. The average yearly shipments ag gregate 150,090 cattle , while the largest fig ure ever attained in a single year was a trifle less then 250.000. With too open'iig ' of the spring shipment It will ie nothing un usual to see from 25,000 to 50,000 bsad in the mammoth pasture which serves n a ship ping yard for the ranches of the surrounding Country. Amarlllo under there condition * Is llvc ; > nd prosperous. In the streets are hundreds f horses belonging to the sovtboy * who swarm Into the little town for their spring supplies. Business In every lln' Is rushing and there Is a general air of * > ustl ? anl tii- fhuslagm. Oat In the pasture of 150CO orrrs Inwhich the cattle for shipment are held. Cowbojo are constantly CD the alert. Tbe huge herds mut be kept sepirats and to this end their guardians are necessarily held always on the watch. Occasionally end more especially at eight there is a stam pede , and for several hours , some times all through the eight , there is a wild ride to head tbe flying leaders and item tbc rushing tide which threatens death not only to the participant * but oftentimes to the cowboys ai well. When thousands ot excited and frightened animals take to this mad night , with heads held fiercely down , bellowing , charging , rushing over the prairie with the clash of horns keeping weird accompaniment to the thunderous tread of myriad feet , the force l aa resistless aa fhe spectacle la grandly dan gerous. If in their headlong course a fleeing herd Dtrlkes into another , the chaos is but Inestimably Increased. If cot at once carried unresistingly onward by the crushing Impe tus of the .collision , there begins a mad , un- cceelng , living rricelstrom , In which the par ticipating animals each endeavor to move - "toward an apparently given center , to the bedlam of harsh , unending bellowlngs and the clashing of horns , like unto the play of a million sabers. When once the animals have been gotten under control there may be days or even a week's tedious work separating the animals according to their respective brands. These brands are the only marks of Identification that are honored In this country , and all are E ) well known as to permit no question. In fact , the brand IB such an Important factor that the ranches themselves , reaching often in extent to a million or more acres of broad prairie , lose identity to all save the brands employed and are known simply es the Bar , Shoeoell , O X. 3 , Mllllron , Mata&ore. or whatever device may be employed. Upon occasion of these stampedes the town Is cleared ot the.cowboys almost In a twinkling. They mount their horses and dash toward the flylcf kerf like veritable Jehus. None dare oppos'thl reckless rush , for the cow boy under these conditions has the right of Vay , even over the fire engine. MANY CHIPPING POINTS. Thcoe shipments come very largely from th rarrcLca in this immediate vicinity. Few cattle are driven any distance to Joad at thle polni. All' along the Denver & Gulf and the Port Worth & Denver railroads , blch penetrate this panhandle country hipping points have been- fitted out and di rectness Is always considered by the shipper above all elo . Other places from wtilch much cattle shipping la done are Wichita Falls , QiMnoih , Clarendon , Chlldrets , Waih- fcurn and Vernon. All of tbeao towns are In the panhandle country and surrounded by the endleas acres of grazing territory that furbishes the great bulk of Texas' wonder ful product of cattle. Amarlllo's advantage Is no't by any means duo entirely to preference. T 'o town In all the panhandle country is more richly en dewed with natural advantage ? , resources and facilities. The village was founded arly in 1887 , when the Port Worth & Den ver railroad reached this point. That It boa ince assumed the prominence of the capital of the cattle country is due entirely to the fact that immediately surrounding It is somtr of the beet grazing territory In all the pan handle. Here ere Roches that extend as far as etxty miles without interruption upon cltter ride of the railroad , while In area they m unt up to aa much aa 2,000,000 acres. In this surrounding section ara the Mata- dore. Minima , O X. Shotoall. Moon and numerous other smaller ranches. The Mata- cJore owns 500.000 acres ot pasture end lesacs 1.000.000 additional. The illlllroa. contro's omethlng more than 100.000 acreo ; the bal ance ranging from Un to 50,000 acres. la Children ) county the Shoenall controls addi tionally 80.000 acres. , The Mitadore. . which to the second largest rancb In the panhandle , to controlled by English and Scotch capital. All ot the entire area.is under fence and vpoa this cattle principality crate CO.OOO bead of Improved animals , mostly Hereford * and abort horns. U is otimated that 15,000 * V. calves will be branded tbUjprlng. The tartest ranch IB the panhandle coun try Is that of the Capitol syndicate , largely controlled by she Farwelta ot Chicago and comprising in all something near 3,000,000 - acres. This.tract "was aecured In part pay ment for the erection of tbe magnificent tat * capital at Austin and Is one of the test equipped said moat improved ranches In the state. It comprise * the better part ot nine counties ot the panhandle , and counties In Texas are not to be sniffed at even .under beao conditions. Upon tbls ranch at tbe outset were placed 100,000 cattle , and the usual brandta * ; each spring reaches 30,000 calves. Scores of other ranches will this season brand from 1,000 to 15,000 cftlvea , BETTER CATTLE. * The standard of tbe Texas panhandle cattle la constantly on the increase. Where ten years go there was chief attention given to the ordinary scrub stocklaten additions hare been of tbe better grades of beet cattle' until now oo finer product b b d anywhere and no country la so freely drawn upon by other cattle grazing sections. The ranch men bave spared no expenses In this respect. and the results are most pleasingly apparent at all points. Other changes bare come with the change ct breed. The general acceptance ot thr term Texas cowboy is that of a ruffian , whose Chief delight k to shoot the faeeb 08 tbe SLEEP i\ \ FOR : SKIN-TORTURED And test for tited Misthen la a warm bath ? lth Cimcviu SoAr.aauaslngtaappllcatioa of CcnctJRA ( Intment ) , tat great skia cut * . Cimccui. Rmruiss afford instant relief , and point to a p * Jy cars of torturing , dls- e nrtnf.humlliatinf.ltciilnf , burn lac , ll ed. tor. crustad , scJUjr skia and scalp komors , with loss f kalr , when all rise fall * . * i > tm * ftt tto > U. rmu. BIM * COM. f . _ p.v. rnv * > . CT - k > * u c n amass * MAT. vfeltor'o shoes In a mild pereuulcn upcn hto tcrralcharem abilities. The cowboy of today In the Texas panhandle has all the instincts ot a gentleman tfcolfJti he say be lacking woefully la the polish. In other particulars the condKlsr. * have changed al o > In former years the rond-j | up * each spring , generally along about the'c 1st of May. were sl naJ of trying times \ wrth the cowbays. Where 15.000 or 20,000 calves are to be cat out ot -mammoth herd t and branded the work often extended over a' ; month , but under the later methods the ot- fort Is very materially leuiened. Now , in- lead of hiring to throw and tie rach calf or et r In case one be found that was , mined from the last year , the anlmils are cut out and run apart into a separate herd. . This herd U then driven Into an ncltaure f where U an outlet Into another paftture through a narrow passage aufflctent only to permit the moving of one animal at a time. There , oa fast as the string of eager ani mals pass , a branding Iron la extended through 4 e open cracks of the heavy fence and the neceasary decoration made up > n the flank of each oalf. The operation in this way loses much of Its former diffi culty and is In every respect equally effi cient. Yet ewm with this Improvement the round-up remains a feature ot ranch life. Here la tic grca'.enl opportunity for the cow boy to dltpluy that dexterity with the laaso , the training of the pony , and the teamllke world ng of man and bftsl s > necessary to succecs and dlipatch. Some ranches at the round-up Mawa require 409 And 500 homes. Tha riding Is always feet and furious and seldom la an animal used more than two nouri consecutively. The pace ia a killing ono and rcaulta are appreciated by past ex * perl en ce. the bulk ot the cattle are shipped north and east , < a no Inccosldev-able amount , especially of the younger animals , are each season shipped north to Kanau. Nebraska , Wyoming , .Montana and the Dikotis , where they are fattened for two or three years upon buffalo grac * and then shipped to the eastern markets. Many of the Kansas and Nebraska cattle are corn fed. Better returns can be had at Ibis rate than by direct sup plying of the ( astern iemands from this ' point. This Is largely due to the freight J ! ratea. The poorest of the Texas cattle only I I are furntohed direct to the east , consisting | of old bulls , cows , stags and rough steew that the northern cattle grazera will not buy. BIO PANHANDLE. Wbilla the Texas rwcbamlle is a large expanse and covers la vast area of widely diversified country , there .lsa teaterlal dif ference ID the conditions over the region. The panhandle proper la that oyjtlcn lyiag between the Red rivsr on the couth and the boundary line of Oklahoma on the east and north atd Ntvw Mexico on the wc rt. It covi i eru eighty counties comprising the Thlr- j i tdcmb congressional district , and In 1890 1 j bad a population of 190,080. In the extreme southtustern section Is a flne farratag counI 1 I try , though tfie drouth of the leat five ' years has hindered It greatly the ; remain- i Cvr Is mainly devoted to cattle grazing. I With euch rain u other seMlow of the | 1 United States enjoy Its equal entire as a farming country could not ba fouad on the continent. The country risen gradually as you go t westward and northward from the southc eastern border. In Chlldress county , followu Ing the railroad , one first strikes the plains , Here the country rises 900 feet In fifty-eight miles. Clarendon being 2,800 feet above sea level. Between Clarendon and this point an- other rise of 800 feet 1 made , bringing the elevation here to 3,600 feet. Westward from here the country extends in an unbroken plain covered entirely with buffalo grass and wholly devoid of timber or underbrush. No such grazing country is found anywhere else In the state and no approach to it is found I , elsewhere in the country. | I In Chlldress county , where the plains and prairie meet , the farmer and rancher are * found tide by side. The farmer Is modest in his requirements , and by the cowboys are j termed "nestera. " for the roiean that beyon-d j | a small home and a moderate bit of ground ho makes no pretensions. Frequently he , succeeds in gathering a small holding of cat- tie that -scatter ' among thejargsr herds and occasion the 'cowboy no small trcuble and annoyance. Hence with the cow-punchers the "nestera" are not exceptionally .high In favor. Farming , however , will never reach a point In this country that will imperil Us unrivaled possibilities as a grazing section , i and the future will only add to the glory 1 that bag already been attained. SHIPPIXO OUT TBB LIVE STOCK. Drouth i Caiiforsda Caaslnr Sa rl- floe * ( or the Ranchmen. SAN FRA-NCISCO , April 17. ( Spec I al. ) Cattle and sheep are leaving California in droves. The cattle quarantine agalnat the central and southern parts of the state has been sufficiently modified to permit the re moval ot fully 100,000 head of stock from the drouth-ctrlcken sections. The value of the imperiled itok approximates ' $2,000,000. A much larger umr Is Involved , when thou sands of uheep are 'taken into consideration. Nevada has refused to harbor any of the animals , even when properly inspected , on the ground that ltd own feed is short ; but it has agreed not to Interfere with Interstate shipments to points beyond Its eastern line. The Nebraska * Utah 'and Wyoming author ities , it Is understood , have agreed to allow Shipments into those states where proper in spection against disease Is made. The over land railroads have also consented to make halt the ordinary rates for stock sent east for pasturage. In consequence arrangements are now making for the shipment of many heavy tralnloadj. Many cattle tad shep will be vent to the northern part of this slat * and to .Oregon , but other thoncanto wll ! be pastured in Utah and the e talcs east of there. Oce big shlpmtot ot 18,500 sheep is on its way east. It comprises five trains. Each train baa thtrty-sv n cars , and In every car there art 100 cheep. Another shipment of 15.000 sheep is on the -way to Chicago , the owner * bavins ; made a favorable sale to several big' buyers there. The railroad people ple itfclnU 70,000 shetp will be Wpped-edM wUMa three 'week * . Cattle "and , sheep. ) cars are ttetat' collected" ' and hurried here from all part * of the west. Some 5,000 cattle have juet been- Upped to Utah , Colorado and Nebraska.Thto o contlpunenf of stock requires fifteen trains. .Bach train will have about eighteen" oaro , and < th r tWlll be twenty head oL-atUe to the car. TBB railroad authorities are mak ing arrancements for sixty trains of eighteen cars each , so aa to handle a vast quantity of cattle within , the next two weeks. It all of th D trains are usedit will mcen the idlpment of 20,000 head of stock to points east of Ttevac'a. . Should "there be a good rainfall within a day or two , thcr will be a decrease in the contemplated shipments. Colorado ! Vrwr Notes. Crede camp shipped , during March , 700 car- loada of ore. Ouray has a dolly paper , the Ptalndealer , started to supply war news to the people. Within two weeks an Inmate of the Sol diers' boms out on furlough was found fracn to death near Leadvllle. The Colorado & Northwestern railroad tos b 6D graded to within two miles of Ward and1 200 men ara at work now. Thi mills of the Idaho Spring * district during March treated 18,500 toot ot ore of 00 average value of J8 per ton. A fl'ght has beta on between the residents of Colorado Sprlnas sod tue Continental Oil company for ten years la regard to location of the oil tanks , but it will eoon be settled. The new campst are making good progress. The Whltpborn district near Sallda has about 2.000 prospectoro t work , and some ore has been piled upon new dumps ready for shipment. Some of the ore runs * very high in value. A new telegraph and telephone Hoe will be built In the southeastern part of Jsffer- sca county connecting- Golden through Mor rison. with Evergreen. which ! located above MarrUon. up Bear CreHc canyon about tweeny telles , The Rursell Quick district of Gllpln coun ty is kswptoc up a ccod record. The Topeka strike of iat fall feas been augtne-ntei by another strike of rich ore made two week * ago. SOBS * of the or * is said to stow twenty OUBCS * of cold to tb cord. The Wautauga mAttv. opsmtsd by Pitto&ur * ; BIB , bas torn udar tfostofWfa * far iwe ? / * & 4 aa ore chute haa lately btea discovered which wilt make the property a flne producer. It has ie-tn shipping low grade ore. Co 1 1 lr Inlrrrwl * P1EU1RE , 8. D. . April 17. ( Special. ) , Jemes ; Philip , better knorrn over the whale ' cattle , range as 'JScatty , " came i ] jeiterday from Rapid City , where he had been attend- } lt-g a meittlng ofthe Dlick Hills Stcck- { ' mans' association , as a de gate from the , .arissouri River association. He rc-porta the ] ( cattle Interests In the western portion of . the , state to be Just as flourlntlng as on the iMIssounl river uoge and the st-ckmen . all well pleased with the way their stock j his come through the wtater. Both ranges report the losses ruth a umaK percentage that ; It Is not worth figuring at all. In fact _ I practically none. Every section of the coun try reports the largest calf crop the/ have ever had. Ilrlrn of HolMirl' Morrlx. COLORADO SPRINGS , Colo. , April 17. ( Special. ) Colorado Springs Is to have two more millionaires added to her already large list. The fortunate ones arc F. M. Morris of 507 Bait Klowa street co3 Mrs. T. C. Beard of C24 Baft Boulder street. They are tie'ts to $1,000.000 each , being cae-E-lghtleth ot ISO.000.000 of the- estate of Robert Mcrrls who died In Philadelphia In TOO. Robert Morris was one of the algner * of the d .a- ratlon of Independence and was chief finan cier of the colonial government. The prop erty h 3 been under lease under a ninety- nice year term. Mr. F. M. .Morris camp here a year ago from Iowa while Mrs. Beard has been a resident of the city for stale time. Arlxoim (1. A. 11. Kncnmiitnral. PHOENJX. Arizona. April 17. ( Special. ) The annual department encampment ci the Qrand Army of the Republic of Arizona was held last > veek at Tucoon. The atten-lance was large , James Fin Icy , department com- nMinder ; J. Y. T. Smha. senior vice ; C. P. WlUon , chaplain , were elected for tbs en- uulng term. Dcuglcs Snider was appointed Esoitant adjutcot general and T. A. Gray acwIsUat quartermaster. Next meeting will be he-Id In Phoenix. Among the resolutions adopted of more than usual interest was th&t which eet forth the able services to tha government of General Fltzhugb Lee of confederate fame as consul gene < rol at Havaui. Want an ( Exemption Lnw. SPOKANE , Wash. . April 17. ( Special. ) In response to a well advertised call , about 100 citizens assembled at Miulc hall in this city Saturday night < io llatcfl 1o speeclicn by Dr. LogstToet of Seattle , Charlei E. CXne , ppoaker of the bouse , and several local speakers , who advocutPi the calling of the legislature In special session for "the purpose of eruactluj and submitting to tSe people a constitutional amendment making a rcaan- able exeaintlon law. At the close of the J meols : ; a resolution carried requesting Goverror { Rcgcrs to convene the legislature In extni sp ! on for the above purpose. Huron' * Xew Clt > - Government. 3IU.Ra.V. . S. D. , ( April 17. ( Special. ) Mayor Cleaver and the new members of the city council entered upon their duties Sat urday evening. In addressing the council Mayor Cleaver very clearly outlined his policy , wfolch means the enforcement of Itiw. ] no matter who Is pinched. The city Is to be run on strict business principles and economy will be practiced In every way pos sible. The following officers were chosen A. W. Burtt. attorney ; P. F. Bussey. mar : shal ; Carl Peterson , street and water com missioner ; M. S. Hurd , eight watttman. Wnnt n TMne Court Hoime. < POCATELLO , Ideno , April 17. ( Special. ) The ] Board of Commissioners of Bannock county has Issued an address to the people asking an expression of public sentiment In ' regard to the ercctlcn of a ciunty court bouse at Pocatello at a ccat of $15,000 or $20,000. , The county at present rents quarter * and the ' commissioners show by iher ) , ad- 'drcMthat -that the county -could pay' interest on' beads to that amount and also cave about 1 1,000 annually , as compared wltb the amount now paid for rent. CaaB-rr s. SALT LAKE. Utah , April 17. ( Special. ) Eleven 1 states and seven foreign nations have accepted Invitations 'to participate in the In ternational Mining congress to toe held In this city In July. The states are Montana , Idaho , Oregon. Colorado , Massachusetts , Pennsylvania , Virginia , Michigan , Kentucky and .Alabama. The foreign nations are Great Britain , Germany , Japan , Mexico , 'Belgium , Switzerland and Guatemala. Weir \Vromlmtc TownMtm. RAWtLINS. Wyo. , April 17. ( Special. ) J. D. Negus has filed with the clerk ot Carbon county receiver * ' certificates for inree traet-i of land on tneSweetwater river and will file plats of townallcn In that locality. One of . the. towns will be at the mouth of Sand creek and the other ' near Devil's gate , the site of the proposed government reservoir. -few * Xotrs. The first carload of sugar for the new re finery t Port Ocsta arrived last week. It was from Hcoolulu. The Morning Star gravel mine , PJacer county , gave out in March Its elghty-eeventh dividend. It Is a constant bullion producer. The St. James hotel property at San Jose has been purchased by the beard cf regenta of the University of California , Judgment creditor , for $92,110. Liberal rains have fallen in tbe central part of the state , but the crop * la the south- era part will need It badly before the sum mer is well advanced. Tbe court has -granted a request of Mrs. Dr. Emma L. Merritt to aell real estate of the estate of her father , Adolph Sutro , to the value of 12,285,000. la R-andsburg. * the Kern-Rand has teen , formed to bring electric company power to the town from the south fork of the Kern river , thirty-six mlt ! * ' home away , wbere' a 2,000 power may be obtained. Tb State Board ot Normal School Trustees tra accepted the gift of Mrs. JS. P. O'Con nor of Saa Jose of bar collection of paintIngs - Ings , valued at 9150,000 , to bo pUced in an art gallery at San Jose , for which the citizens of that city , * re aaked to raise J20 , 000. 000.There There was a riot at the cannery at Mll- pttos over tbe employment of Chinese. About 150 Portuguese men and womta took part In the affair , and for a itlme it looked ea though tbe Chinese would bo roughly handled. Kate Sander * , an 18-year-old girl was the leader , and is In jail. A little boy asked for a bottle of "get up In tbe morning as fast as you can , " the drueclst recognized a household name for " ' "DeWltt's Little Early RU rs. " and give him a bcttle of those famous little pills for constipation , sick headache , liver and atom acb troubles. Cardinal Xrwwaa Circle. The Cardinal Newman circle met at the bom ; of Phil McMillan last Monday- even Ing ; The -writings of the brilliant Cath olic English woman , ( Mrs. Alloe Meynell , rirere the subject of tha evening's study , Following- was thei program : Paper , "Mr * Alice Meynell. " DenI * O'Neill : review , Th < Children.Mr. . O'Connor ; "The Poetry ol Mrs. Jleyrull , " Alias Hush : readings from The Color of Life" andj "The Rhythm of Lite , " by tbe circle : "Easter Scenes In Jerusalem" ( frcro Catholic World ) , by Mr , McMillan. of theTararrs. . Philip Andres is in Leadvll > > Cclo , In attendance at the- annual meeting' of the Rocky -Mountain Turnbeilrk. This is one of the western bodies of German turner which is epect < l to send a team b-ere fo the turnfest durlne the exjxt'ltion. The local Joint committee which has in charge the arrangements for the turnfes met at the rooms cf th South Side Turner ; yesterday afternoon , but did nothingex cqpt routine buslneaa. M il * for ttaula. BALTIMORE April 17-Tlw American Steel company announurs that it has re celved a contract ifrom the Russian , eovern meat to make rails for the Trans-Siberian railroad. The order will Involve an c aenditur * of several rallllon dollar * . the order will b hecua at one * . \ * . TREATS OF DANISH TRADE an n Acrcnlturtl Defraftfasnt to Entjeot. T WILL CONTAIJtc MTERESTING DATA Over Fonr-KII/fi- the Trnilr U Tra HW Fd * > r Mnlrr and Ovrr WVIt of It M ith the WASHINGTON , c\prll 17. Secretary Wll- see of the Agricultural department haa au- horlzcd the publlcatlra o ! a bulletin ca the tubject of Spain's foreign trade from 1S91 to 1835 , Inclusive , prepared by Frank H. Hitchcock , ttie chltf of the section of 'orclgn markets. The facts brought out are of particular Interest at the present time. : Two genenl matters are tre-atjd In detail in the publication , viz. : Spixr.Uii commerce proper , cad shipping * a3 navigation. It la atownthat of the ttal tontiage transported to find < trom 9panUh ports during the rears 1S9I to 1893. Inclusive , C7.75 per cstA was carried by merchantmen * catered atr4 cleared to the trade with the UnHeJ K'ogdom. Fance- ranked t coad , with 12.87 per cint of the- total , red tLe Netherlands , -with 8.C2 per cent , stood third. The United States , with a record' of 3.91 per cent , wca 'the fourth country In Importance ; Belgium fifth , with 2.25 per * cent , cad Cuba next with 2.14 oer cent. Of the merchandise carried by vcecse-la ca tered at S-ptnlsh porW during the yeara 1891 to 1S93 , Incluslva. 66.54 per cent U from the United Kingdom. France fur- DJshed 9.43 per cent , Husa'.a 6.80 per cert acd the United Stalm 5.03 per cent. ' Of the goods carried by vessels cleared during 1891-95. the United Kingdom was tbe I destination of 58.2S per eent. France re ceived. 14.43 per ce-nt , Nc-therlaac'u 11.33 per cent , the Uclted States 3.15 per cent i rl Cuba 2.6.2 psr cent. j Spall's commercial transactions with tbo rest of the world amount annually to more ; I tban $300,003,000. la 1895 the merchandise ' imports amounted to 1161,829,516 , and the ' experi3 to $155,355,759. The average value for 1S91-95 waa J316.077.440 , as compared i with $317,950,123 for the preceding five jeato. i Spain's fo.-e-Ign trode Is largely maritime. Of .the mtrchandlw Imported and exported during 1891-95 only 15.9 per ccat wai trans ported .by land , "while 81.1 per cent was car- i rli > d In sea-golag veu'w s. During the i earlier years of the -cadc 1S81895 more than one-fcalf of Spain's maritime commerce ' was carried by foreign vessels , but nlnco i 1891 there hta besn a change and the aaI I tloaal shipping is now In the aaocndiacy. ! l The imports and exports made under the' Spanish frag during 1895 amouDteJ to $140- 965.806 , and tucae- under fiago of other na- tlona to only $115,145,676. Of the foreign commerce of Spain during 1891-95 about 70 per cent was transacted i with four countries , viz. : France , 31.11 per j [ cent ; the United Kingdom , 22.05 per cent ; ! | Cuba , 10.20 per cent , oed the United States , 6.32 per cent. The total value ot the merchandise an nually exchanged between Spain and1 Cuba , Porto Rico , the Philippines , the Canaries and Its various minor pceftoSilons exceeded $50- 000,000. f ti UNITED STATES IS THIRD. The United Stated raWed third among the sources of Spain's ) mpdrt trade during 1891- 93 , furnlghlng 10.34 " percent ot the value of such Imports ; Cuba came next with 4.40 percent ' cent , whlle'Pprto Rico ' japplled S.64 per cent. | Of the merchand'lsg Jbxported from Spain during the same time. 34.41 per cent went to Prance. 23.33 per tent o the United King dom , 16.53 per ceil 'to Cuba and 3.47 per cent to Torto" Rico1.PMle the United Stateu came eighth In the' ' list Af countries to which Spanish exports w reconslgned. . Tie average y'cirtyvalue ' of the goo4s transported by Spain to * and from France in Spanl&h veieela'-fta's' $32,653,478 ; to and from Cuba In Spanish ships , $32,064,536 ; the Unlfed Kingdom. $ J7,06 ; l < ; 'l1orto'Rlca'J9,499,149 , and the United Sta\eVf9,302,723. Of the merchandlser6hlpped from Spain In Spanish vessels 36.77 Ver cent went to Cuba , 27.50 per cent to France , 7.72 per cent to Porto Rico. I Ccal , which constitutes the most important Item among Spain' * oonagricultural Imports , Is procured chiefly from the United King dom , the receipts from the United States amounting to less than 1 per cent of the total. During th calendar year 1895 there was en tered and cleared at Spanish ports 36,856 merchant vessels. Ot these vessels 19,169 carried the flagot Spain and 17,637 vccasla the flag ot other nations. The yearly average tonnage for the five years. 1891-95. was 24,374.939 , while that for the preceding five years was only 22- 499,590. This increase was due to the growth in the tonnage of the Spanish merchantmen. On December 31 , 1895 , the latest date { or which there ore available statistics , the mer chant marine of Spain comprised 1.783 ves sels , having an aggregate tonnage of 719,572. Compared with the statistics for 1686 the figures of 1895 show a slight increase in the size of the fleet and a rather marked one In its tonnage. The steam vessels Increased from 431 In 1886 to 523 In 1895. It is shown that for the five years Jrora 1891 to 1895 , inclusive , the Spanish shipping was conducted somewhat more extensively from the customs dlulrlcts along the Atlan tic than from these on the Mediterranean sea. The ships entered and cleared on the Atlantic amounted annually to 19,704 , as against 15,738 along the Medlterianean. GETS AWAY FROM 7HOXEY VALUES. FonaasaeatJiI Id * of he Xcrr Ivnbor EclijinR-e Explained. The meeting of the American Philosophical society yesterday afternoon was given over to the consideration . 'of the plans and pur poses of the Labor Exchange. A. A. Perry read aa exhaustive "paper on the defects of the present system of wige labor and set forth the scheme outlined to Improve the condition of the laboring classes by means of co-operation , that ta by having the laborer employ himself and Betting away from the plan of measuring labor by dollars and cents : Mr. Perry would not measure all val ues by gold or silver as wo doat present , and pecs no rc sn in the discussions coa- ccrnlr : which ot the two metals shall pre vail. If the products of labor wer : made the common mediums ot exchange we would have no trouble in regulating what should and wb-ri should not be legal tender. The measuring ct labor by dollars has been the cause of much of the present unsettled condition of laboring people ; It has forced women Into compeUUan with men and re duced , wages to thea ta.fvatlon point. Money has become the god of-all classes , and haa completely overthrown.the natural condition cf labor and made. , jodal discontent. With laborers co-operating * and exchanging the products of their ) atpr ( these deplorable evils could be overthrown. After Mr. Perry'a > ipIfper was finished a general discussion loleth& Labor Exchange was had and I's altnsrand purposes brought out more clearly. 8-fVr 300 branches , of the Labor 'Exchange hq\e.t een established and 14.000 members enjoUfld In the work. It is la no ser.se a labor union , aa tbs term U commonly understood and does not approve ot the plan which unites adopt in denying work to men who do not belong to the or ganization. The Labor Exchange i designed to be extended to all nations and Is in no sense an organization which Is to be lim ited to the United States. Its principles arc held to be principles which are applicable everywhere. Dy this system checks are Is sued to members and these checks take the place of money and enable members to be free from monetary systems and the manip ulations that can be brought about by schtmc-rg. The farmer , the mechanic and the bicycle rider are liable to unexpected cu'a and torutaea. DeWltt Witch llau-1 Salve is the bait thing to keep on hand It heals quickly tnJ. la a well known cure for piles. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Frank Plvonka haa won his suit ' the city and was on Saturday awarded a Judgment amounting to $2,000 for the rent ( of rooms In tbe Plvonka block , Twenty-sixth j and N streets. ItYM shown at the trial that the city hid violated Its coo tract by ' moving without first giving ' .dc necessary' i notice. This la the second judgment of the kind Plvonka haa obtained. He first brought iiuit for two month's rent and judgment was rcudere-d , then flult for twenty-two months' rent was brou&bt and the declaim was the same as In the- first case. i This suit and judgment Is one of the rcltrs oi tbc Johnston administration , and the city ' , will now bo called upn to pay the rent far j offices In the Plvonka block along with a j | big bill of costs. When tbe decision of the i court became koswn a great many of the bualnew men expressed their Indignation and asserted c-mphatleally that something ought to be done to reimburse the treasury for this unwarranted outlay. It has been < tttiges'ed tfjat suit be commenced against the bondsmen ot ex-Mayor Ed Johnston and the councll- men who voted for the acceptance of tbe Flnley proposition. The records ehow that the members of the council 'wuo voteJ In favor of violating the existing contract with Plvonka were : Blancbard , Bulia. Mies , Mul- laly , Ryca and Waltcra. Mcenra. Franek and HylaLd voted against the resolutbn. Of the councllmru favoring the proposition all are yet residents of the city with the exception ot Mr. Blanchard , who Is now located In Kansas City. Action of same sort Is looked lor , co Mayor Enssr has declared that tie will do all he can to fight tbe payment of the judgment. While iue mayor admlta that the contract was violated , he dors not think that the taxpayers should be made la otand the Ices , and it is possible tbat he will so- sst ! the movement to sue Ed Jcbnstca and the old mcmberu of the council. City Cnnncll OI.-etliiHT. A meeting of the city council ! Is set for tonight. There IB very HttJ bucss ! to te transacted , but dt fa thought that tbe fight on the appointment of the committees will come up again. Mayor Enair ccstc-'o that he ts In a rosiMon to prove by competent leg-al authorities tlut tte mayor of a city of th's clacs tos rlia I'tfit. to appoint com- mitttcj. On the orher bin ! the republicans assert that the matter la uettle-d as fr ns they arc concerned. The motion t > confirm the committees appointed by President Bar rett was carried by a majority vote and Use records thua show that the committees as appointed stand. H IP possible that an amicable adjustment of the difficulty msy be arranged by ibotb sides making concccslons. Sent to Jnll. James Howard and Tom Montjoy have been sent up to the county jail for thirty days by ] Judge Babcock on account of their In ability to givea eatljfactory account o themselves. They were arrested for being suspicions characters , cot only on account I of their actions but because a eet of burglar 1 tools was found among their psesecslons. Howard admitted that he was glvca to crooked work , but In. ; 1st eel that he had only reached thin locality from tbe Pacific coast and had not bad an opportunity of trying his skill. Judge Babcock propcees to send a description of toe men to all of the large cities with the expectation that they are wanted somewhere. , .Vot Ycit The statement 'to the effect that the lcses occasioned by 45e fire In the Masonic block have been adjusted Is an error. One cf the Insurance companies bold ing pollcks on the stock of the Nebraska Shoe and Clothing company offered a ridiculously low figure In settlement and Mr. Arnateln ihte refimd It. A quantity of ojolllng on both "the first and second floors wa . "thoroughly eakei and stained anJ tie eettlemeit offered would not pay one-third cf the ICES. The representa- ilvo of only one company 1s holding nut and as another meeting ! a to be held today It is ( thought that aa * amlco.ble ° agreement will b3 reached. In Police For CM. Ttoere is a rumor going around t } the ef fect t&ait a few more { fringes are to be made In the police force. It ta ccGcrted that some of the men now cm the city pay roll have outlived their ueefcOncss and are more ta- clluei to devote their time 4 > personal mat ters than , protecting the property of tax payers. In 'this conaecUon It Is elate ! UxVt two detectives will te added to the force la order to put a stop tothe fleecing ct etock- men , and others who visit the city. A num ber of < the city officials are known to favor this idea and U will more than likely be carried out. Cl r Mrs. A. F. Stryker IB in Galena , III. , vls- Htag friends and relatives. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Budln , Eighteenth and O streets , a son. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mr * . Fred Pearl. Twenty-fourth and M streets. A son was born ye.UorJay to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Perkins , TWMeighth < ad Sprlre streets. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dworak , Twenty- second and L streets , announce the birth of a daughter. The Rock Island road Is ballasting its. track between here and Falrbury wltb crushed stone. The Ladles' Gymnastic society will give a ball at Koutsky's hall. Twentieth anJ Q streets , on the eveal.12 of May 7. St. Martin's church will be rnovcd today from the oM site at Twenty-third and F streets to Twenty-fourth and J streets. It appears that the Jewelry and money supposed to have been stolen f.-a.-n the Cor coran residence on Q street v < > * only mis laid , no robbery having occuireJ. Forty members of thM liu'.em Star rur- prired Mr. and MM. Rl'.barJ Carey Satur day evening at their resMo'j-o on South Twentieth street. A pleasant even'eiK ' van spent with various asni'senienti Lut night the Bohemian Gymnastic so ciety gave an amateur theatrical performittce at Koutaky's ball. The hall was well filled and the parta were taken by w ll known local people. A. Horacek rnanigc-J the pro1- ductloa of the drama , which was a success In every way. TO CURH COLD IX OXE DAY Take Laxative Brome Qulalne Tablets. All druggists refund the money It it falls to cure. 25c. The genuine baa L. B. Q. on each tablet. ' 31 Cl If there ever \Tn l a real shoe value for $2 It's fn r $2 box too con gress shoes tbrep gles every one nil leather good fen bard wear solid ns rock and coinfortablcanother new shoe added to our line is a box too nt the same price $2 It's , a double extension sole lace shoe wide round cap toe made for comfort and wear you've had UiLs shoe priced to you at ? 3 but our regular price Is only - when It conies to values you'll bave to get off this earth to get them any better than we offer. These are just the shoes for policemen. mailmen or others { hat are oo their feet a great dcaL Drexel Shoe Co. C -l.d te Ihoe Haas * . ii FAK.NAX STREET. Peace or War ? No matter what comss all eyas are turned on Cibn. Every one Is Intorastod tn the bravj stru lo balnjmide by the pso- plo or that famous little island. The baal information oan be obtained from the bast books. Murat Halstead's Story of Cuba" is entertaining , Intersstlnrj and instructive. Ho is a tal ented vvt'ltor , distinguished DS a war correspondent , famous as a journalist ; brilliant in his descriptions. It is a graphic account of the struggles of Cubans for liberty. Revised to Date. Containing a vivid account of the over- whjlming tragady Destruction of the Maine New and splondld illustrations of Consul Gsnsral L73 , Cap- tolu Slgsbes , Ex-Minister Do Lome , General Blanco , Battleship Maine as She Was and Is. A splendid octavo volums ; 6ii3 pa3O3 ; Ox9 ) inches ; printed on extra fine quality of paper ; In large , clear , perfect typo ; magnificently illuitrated with 4O full-paga original drawIngs - Ings and photographs , artlatlsally and uniqualy bound. Elegant , Sllk-Flnlshcd Cloth , Emblsnutlc Ink and Gold Ds- sign , Plain Edges , $2.0.0. How to . rThis r liVUpun ccntt rebate on Get It Free u Murat HalHtcad's Secure two new rub rrlber * to the Dally und Sunday lice fi-r jovtn wwk ' 'THE STORY Of CIBA. " Mch ; cr tlif o new rutwrlbera fcr one i month rach. nrlnir \ m 'aiVu'iuii : J * * Price $2.01) . J thr Circulation IVjurlr snt. Omaha J S prrftj this . . nt \ UN , nlth 15 rcnU ( or Coupon nn.l Jl.tS at Clr- t Butjsc.-tpUcn and jou con tct tMa > 'ltn ' Department , The li-t I'ybllih- ; rplcndlj work free. 1 lice s wO .AMUSEMENTS.1 " ] . . . . Rain Interfered to a certain extent with the business ot the theaters yesterday and- ] larger audlenceo would doubtless have heard "My Partner" * t the Crelghton If the weather bad been moro propitious. The piece 1 bus not teen seen here for a long ! tlmo i and Us revival et this time by the Woodward company to certain to be wel come. It was produced In New York nearly twenty years ago , with Louia Aldrlch as Saundera , Charkd T. Parolee as the China- man , J. W. Hague eo acraggs and many others of note -In the cast. The Woodward company , proceeding on Its even way of steady Improvement , Iz doing ample juollce to this excellent old melo drama , which has leat none of Its powc.- over audiences with its gain In age. It pre sents no psychological problem for solution , drags no "dusty hems" acroia the stngc , resurrects no putrid remains ; it depicts the primitive pussions , ruggedly at work In char acters aa rugged as the trees and moun- talnn about them ; and the result , If it affects the Intellect less than the heart. Is apt to leave a satisfied glow in the latter organ , which that kind of drama styled "Ibseene" does not readily touch. Mr. Carl Smith , who plays Saunders , fills admirably the measure of that robust role. Ho is so well adapted , physically and vo cally , to the undertaking of suh parts that hla Saunders Is easily the best thing he has done here. Mr. Enos > , as Singleton , does the comparatively little which falls to him like the true artist he la and shows a most real istic death scene In his tragic taking offin the second act. Sir. Greene plays Scruggs with fine discrimination and li consistently malignant throughout. His make-up calls ; fcr special commendation. Mr. Davis Is once more In hU element aa the Chinaman and his performance sored a genuine hit. Mr. Hes ter , Mr. Noble and Mr. Long deserve praise for conscientious work In minor parta. The female roles in * My Partner" are de cidedly inferior , both In number and in im portance , to those allotted to the men. Miss Dalgllsh , however. Is a very sweet and womanly Mary , genuinely pathetic In her sorrow and equally moving In her subsequent- happiness ; Mlu Pollock bia an Ingenue part in which ehe Is charming as ever ; and iMku * Berkeley makes much of the eccentric char acter of Polly. The specialty features are likely to be gen erally enjoyed during the week. Bert C. Gagnon has a very agreeable tenor voice and hi * singing of sentimental and patriotic songs is accompanied by come excellent etereop- tlcon pictures. He ta not unknown here , hav ing been a member of Haverly'e and Cleve land's mlnstrcU. The Whltneye offer a num ber cf very acceptable musical novelties , In cluding a curious electrical instrument , U6rd on a dark rlnge , nhlch gives off flashes when struck by the hammers of the performers. They have also a very .lever colored dancer with them. Frank nush , who needs no In troduction anywhere , Is as amusing aa ever - In his Hebrew specialty and shows his com mand of other perversions of rpcrch by tell ing diverting anecdotes In German , Irish and negro dialects. . Primrose & Weet , whoso minstrel troupe U playing a short engagement at Boyd's , show thu modesty of true grcatctsa in causing their own name ? to be prlatel upon the pro gram of their entertainment In type no larger , and In acme crocs oven smaller , than that which herald ? the names ot their fellow minstrels. They are still the , ccntiul flsurm. however , around which this great galaxy ot modern minstrelsy revolve * . anJ their work la still of the b 3t In Its clau. 12. M. Hall. the comedian bauJoUt , U ) once moo a mem ber of this oganlzatlon : and hl : > "hls'.ory ot the banjo" U both amusing Cd Instruc tive. There 13 -.apital body cf vocalists. which Is plentifully divide ! Into solols.a. quartets and tcxtc-tt' , one or two patriotic songs arc very appropriately provided , th orchestra docj Its part conscientiously and the specialties , such an the musical black smiths , the Wiiterburys acd the Ben Mowatt trio of club jugglers , arc as good as ona would wish to see. The engagement will close with a performance tonight. PKXSIOXS FOR WKSTKH.V VETKHAVi. Survivor * of LuteWnr li > - til-nrrni Covrroiui'nt. WASHINGTON , April 17.SpeclilPen. . slons have "oeon Issued as follows ; Issue of April C : < Nebraska : Original Wilson S. Kcrner , Falls City , S ; Henry W. Miller. Lincoln , SO. Increase George Attl ? , Hubbell , 10 to K. Reissue Woral C. Smith , Palrburs , J5 ; Mar tin V. Bevard. Soldiers' home , Sevvnrd. 13. Original , widow , etc. Special April 6 , min ors of James Campbell , Waco. J)4 ) ; restora tion and supplemental , special April 6 , Eltia- beth Veltln , Waco. 12. Iowa : Original Special April 7 , Robert B. Waters , Ackley. $12 ; Michael Urannan. S'nell RocV. IS ; Walter Itenjamln , Dunlap , 12. Increase David V. Mettler. Cedar Falls. 130 to | 72 ; Stephen Morris. Kellou , $4 to * 17 ; Chancey Tlbblttn. Sumner , JfiTo * S ; William M. Cornell , Clinton. U to H : John lialcs. Des Molnes , SG to $8 ; Jame * DavlH. ilaquoketa. { 12 to 14 : William P. McWIlllama. Sac City , IS to { 12. Reissue Christopher Edn'lnson , Kast Des Molnes , SIC. Original , widows , etc. Nancy K. Summy , TrlmelU , JS ; Jane K. Chapman , Douglass , $12. Colorado : Original Daniel T. Re nk , . Colorado rado Springs. $6. Restoration and reissue WllUim B. Goodwin. Buena Vista , $8. Wyoming Samuel Slaymaker , Heaver , H to $ ? . It pleases us every time you come to our store nud look we've always soinp- tulng now lu pictures to tsliow you no matter If you were here yesterday come apiiu today we are making a special N effort this week to sell a iiumber of our best original paintings , ctoU'uss , etc. and will make prices BO that you can see the advantage of buying iioour framing department never was as com plete as now many new mouldings just added at our usual low prlcfw- you arc Invited to look buy or not spm-lal clear ance sale of mandolins all week. A. HOSPE , Music end Art. 1513 Douglas Emancipation from fevers and dis eases , brought in by an Impure condi tion of the blood , consists in using a good blow ! purifier and nervine at thU sensou of llio year. There is notulng like them for purifying the fiyntem of all Impurities and toning and Invigorating the nerves and body. Now is tbc time to do It. You need bave no fear In bringing your doctors' prescription * to us for tilling. Careful and painstaking prescription clerks with a large stock of pure , fresh drugs back of them. TheAloe&PenfoldCo ltr Brae * 1403 Farnam Street. Opposite raxton UUL