THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1808.
GOTHAM'S ' SCHOOL OVERFLOW
Eemarkabla Scenes Enacted at the Opening
of the Public Schools ,
THRONGS OF CHILDREN SHUT OUT
I'nclK About Cornell' * Xcvr Medical
School I'diicutlotiiil CuiiilllliitiH In
1'orto Illcu Llbrnrj- Con
venience * for Children.
The opening of the " "bile schools of New
York City on iuo 12th Inat. wns the occasion
of hccnes of a remarkable character. Norn-
Inafly the schools were open to nil on equal
terms. Actually they were open to those
shrewd enough to "come early and avoid lite
rush. " Admission was had on the- principle
of "first come , first served. " In the crowded
Kast Side the school buildings wore sur
rounded before the opening hours with thou
sands of children , jostling and crowding ,
eagerly seeking a place In the throng that
might Insure a scat In the school. At ) each
school building hundreds were turned away ,
being unable to Bccuro accommodation , and
then was witnessed the shameful spectacle
of the children shut out racing to other
schools , hoping to secure admission there
Tulry 20,000 children sought admission In
vain. The following Is fhe school roster of
the now city : Manhattan and Uronx , 163
school houses , now and old , three high
schools , one truant school. Brooklyn , 121
KChool buildings , one training school , one
truant school and one high school. Queens ,
65 school buildings , Richmond , 29 school
bulMlngs. The total enrollment of pupils
for the last school year was 470,491 , divided
as follows Manhattan nnd the Uronx , 270 ,
711 ; Drooklyn , 164,57(1 ( , Queens. 21,895 , Rich
niond , 10,310. The total average dally at
tendance was 331,184 At the close of the
last school year the school population was
estimated at 702,162. The crowded Cast Side
suffurs most from the lack of room. Only
four of the new buildings which should have
been ready for occupancy are finished , and
the seventeen others , which It was promised
would bo ready by September , win not bo
completed until far Into the next year. As a
temporary expedient It has been decided to
hold two half-day sessions In the schools
of the crowded sections ,
Cornell MrdliMi
The now medical collczo of Cornell unl
vorslty , which Is to bo built In Now York ,
Is the princely gift of Colonel Oliver fl
Payne , for which he has given $1,500,000 ,
Six hundred thousand dollars has been expended
ponded In the land and the buildings. The
endowment fund will realize o\cr $400,000 a
year , and the Institution will open Its door :
In October , 1899. Tor the Intervening tlmi
the college will use a largo building on thi
Dcllcvue hospital grounds. The plot of lam
which has been put chased Is the ontlr
block on the west sldo of First avenue am
measures 200x100 feet. The building wll
cover the entire plot and will bo five storloi
In height. It Is to contain not only th
nicdic.il college , but also a. dispensary , th
largest In the city , occupying more thai
lialf of the first two floors.
The architects have been Instructed t
spare no expense In meeting every matcrla
need of students nnd teachers In the col
lege nnd of the patients and physicians In
the dispensary. It Is designed In a severe
style of Renaissance architecture nnd will
be built of Jollot or Indiana limestone and
red brick. Two pedlmental bnys , with en
gaged columns running through two stories ,
nerve to mark the two entrances , one to the
main building and the other to the dispen
sary.
The Interior of the building will bo simple
nnd severe In character , but the materials
used will bo those specially fitted to the pur
poses of n medical college , gln/ed brick and
tllo predominating tu the flnUli of the dif
ferent rooms.
The ground floor Is partly occupied by the
dispensary.
The ground floor nlso contains the main
entrance , vestibule , hall , staircase and cla-
\titors to the upper stories ; largo theater ,
40x50 feet , running through two stories , nnd
the reception rooms , separate rooms for pro
fessors , clean's olllce , clerks' nnd reading
rooms. The second floor contains the dispen
sary for rooms for gynecology , orthopedics ,
orthopedic workshop , two section demon-
strath o theaters. The third floor contains
physiology students' and private laborato
ries , chemistry students' and private labora
tories , recitation rooms , amplthcaters and
private rooms for professors. The fourth
tloor contains the workshop , museum , dark
room for preparing and mounting museum
specimens , mnnlkln room , materln mcdlcn
laboratory , bacteriology laboratory , room for
operative surgery nnd bandaging , elevators
nnd lavatories. The fifth floor contains the
dissecting room for students. This floor will
bn lighted chiefly by largo sklights facing
north.
Ijiliiuntlnn In I'nrlo Illco.
Public Instruction In Porto Illco Is not In
mich a satisfactory condition as might bo
flxpccted from tno number of schools , col
leges and other Institutions which it has.
If they were better managed they would
bo enough for the population of the Island.
The school system Is defective , the teach
ers' salaries are small , and the government
epends very little on public education.
According to the latest statistics given by
nn American correspondent there nro on the
Island 513 public schools , of which 398 are
for boys. They arc maintained at a total
expense to the municipalities of $267,000 a
> ear , about $520 to a , school , which has to
pay rent and salaries nnd provides supplies.
Desldcs these there are thlrty-nlno private
fchools , us well as many private teachers
The higher educational centers are > a Cath
olic seminary and Provincial Institute at
San Juan , where diplomas of bachelor of arts
nnd sciences are given to the pupils after
successfully passing the examinations In the
flvo courses of studies which are required.
Doth of these establishments nro supported
by the government. The "Llceo" ixt Mnyn-
Kue-z and colleges la other towns arc similar
to the Institute , but pupils lime to pass their
examinations at the latter place.
The Island has no college of pharmacy ,
but only a board , which gives diplomas after
examining the applicant , a service of three
years In n drug store being required. At
least 95 per cent of the professional men are
natives educated abroad. Of the 513 public
schools eight are high schools nnd the rest
are divided into "rurales , " as the ones In the
country districts are called , and "elc-
mentales" and "superlores , " those of the
towns nnd cities , the last three divisions
referring only to the teachers' salaries and
the allowances far supplies and other ex
panses.
Although the appropriations for public In
struction are so small , the municipalities
very seldom furnish the money at the proper
limp , the teachers In some cases not being
paid for six months ; consequently "hungrier
than a school teacher" U a common and
true raying In Porto Illco Landlords In
tome towns refuse to rent houses for school
purposes for the same reason , and pupils
have frequently to go without books for n
fear. Naturally no care at all Is exercised
In the selection of school buildings , with
proper hygienic conditions , and gymnasiums
ire totally unknown. There are no gradua
tion diplomas , the teacher merely telling the
parents not ) to tend their children to school l
my longer when he considers that they know
enough. In this way teachers can and do
tct rid of troublesome r-uplfa. Examina ,
tions take place once a year before the so- ,
ailed board of education of each town , which
board Is generally composed of the doctor ,
the priest , the druggist ; etc. , prtalded o\er
U the mayor , who lu many cases U a Span i.
Ish groceryman who knows only how to read
and write , and that badly After examina
tions , fifteen days' vacation ! are allowed , at
the end of which comes the awarding of
prizes brass medals at the town hall. This
Is qulro a ceremony. The mayor , when ho
Itnowa how , delivers a speech congratulating
the pupils and teachers , which a teacher an1
swcrs , thanking the mayor and aldermen for
their efforts In behaff of public education ,
hoping thus to induce them to pty back
salaries.
These public schools arc frco to the poor
only , the well-to-do having to pay the teach
ers a monthly sum for each child and fur
nish books , etc.
The Institute at San Junn is a very good
establishment , with efficient professors , who
are independent and strict at examinations ,
this being about the only official Institution
in the Island where political Influences have
very little value. In order to gain admis
sion to this college the applicant has to pass
a proper examination to show that his
school education la up to the standard.
Frco evening classes In drawing , languages ,
bookkeeping , etc , are given at the Atcneo
and similar Institutions through the country
professional men who volunteer their
crvlccs , the government refusing even a
mall allowance for books and other sup-
lits.
Public libraries are few , the best one
elng nt San Juan , established some fifteen
enrs ngo by popular subscriptions of books ,
tc , the municipality furnishing tire bulld-
ig and pnylng the librarian's salary ,
LEAVES THE POPULIST PARTY
carter I" . AVIIIuin < JHc * ( lie ItrnnniiH
AVlilch Impel Him to C'liniiKC
rolltluul AillllutloiiM.
OMAHA , Sept. 10 To the Populists of .
ouglas County Gentlemen My political I
tows have been undergoing n change ( Tur
ns the past yenr , for sevcinl months uncon-
clously , but recently they have assumed
eflnlto form In a new plane. I am a Mc-
< lnley republican. The old weed of dcmo-
oplsm , cultivated for years ns a. useful
ilant , Is dead , and the new plant of rc-
lUbllcanlsm has grown up In Its place , and
low blooms becomingly above Its shattered
nd withered stalk.
I am nlso a laboring man , one of the com
mon kind purely nnd simply n common la-
orer. There Is nothing of particular Impor-
anco In this fact any further than that It
s the source of my new faith and the cause
t my political transformation
I would not deem n public renunciation of
lopullsm and dcmopoplem necessary were It
not for the fact that nn explanation Is due
o the large number of friends I have In the
lopullst party , nnd I also feel that It would
> o nt least grateful In me nnd proper to
hnnk the 4,500 populists In the City of Omaha
, % ho cast their ballots for me at the election
of 1SOG , that being the largest vote ever cast
'or a cnndldnte of the party on a three-
cornered fight in Douglas county.
When n man comes uoon a bit of proof
so eeacral In Its nature ns to tunko It a
general rule , it has a ccrtnln weight with
ilm In changing and forming his opinion
upon the question to which the new-found
ovldonco relates. My experience ns a labor
ing man and the knowledge I have gained
In seeluc capital and labor together during
the foil teen months of my employment
with Armour & Co. at South Omaha Is the
bit of evidence referred to , which , tnken In
connection with other facts gained by ob-
cervatlon and study , has changed my po
litical views from populism to republican
Ism.
During the construction work at Armour
& Co.'s packing plant in South Omahn ,
from 200 to 700 men were employed nil the
tlmo I wns there and the aggregate of all
the men employed who came nnd went In
that tlmo would probably reach a total of
10 000. A condition found to exist In this
number of men , coming from all parts of
the country , Is sufficiently general to Justify
Its use ns a general rule.
Populists bellevo that the corporation Is
the cause of all the grievances and hard
ships of the masses. Political leaders ol
the party have agitated popullstlc doctrines
and encouraged this belief until populists
generally entertain feelings of antagonism
toward corporations. This antagonism Is
due in nnrt to the middleman or "straw
toss" and not to the corporation at all , not
withstanding the corporation Is the object
of tha Ill-will.
The "straw boss" Is n man selected from
a gang of laborers and placed In charge of
certain work. ' He is tyrannical nnd abusive
In most Instances and always Ignorant of
what Is really expected of him , so far as
the treatment of the men Is concerned. Ho
is full of bitterness for the corporation ho
serves , because he has worked under a
straw himself and felt the smart of
abuse which he and the men under him
believe to bo sanctioned nnd required by
the corporation mnnngers. He sees pro
motion ahead of him nnd through selfish
Ignornnco and the expected approval of his
employer the tyrnnt soon develops in him
and ho keeps hell a popping until his con
duct becomes known to the foreman , when
ho la fired without nn explanation. This
dose is soon followed by another and the
men learn how to hate and they hate the
thing nearest to hand , their employer , the
corporation.
To my certain knowledge the corporation
managers emphatically dlpapprove of the
kind of treatment 'tho men get , and which
the laborlngmnn usually charges the cor
poration with being guilty of At least I
could cite- fifty Instances or more that have
occurred at Armour & Co.'s during the last
year , and Armour & Co. Is a typical cor
poration.
Now , this antagonism far the corporation
Is a good stnrter to make a populist , nnd
this Is necessarily true because populism
Is substantially nntl-corporntlon. I am not
snylng that nil anti-corporation people are
populists , but that all populists are ftnti-
corporattonlsti.
Populism has one other principal feature ,
that of flat money , The other planks In Its
platform are means to nn end The Initiative
and referendum Is only ft means to enforce
the public ownership of public utilities ,
which Is equivalent to declaring against cor
porations. Tbcro are a number of minor
declarations In the platform which I will
pass unnoticed , such as the demand for more
money and less misery , the real meaning
of which Is. I suppose , n desire on the part
of the leaders to live without work , and
they think they can't do It without nn of
fice. Of course , free illver is mentioned ,
but that is 50 per cent flat , with good Indi
cations of its remaining so , or rather , per
haps , becoming full-fledged flat in time.
Free sliver seems to hare more value as a
get-together-plank with populists left out
than as a solution of the money question.
Its real purpose , doubtless , Is to pool the
chances of ring candidates to be elected to
an ofllce.
But the real meaning of populism Is flat
money and antagonism to corporations. U
will bo conceded that a large majority of the
populUt party Is from the laboring classes.
Of course , there are a good many people
who are not laborlngmen that belong to the
party who never did a day's work In their
llfo and never will as long as they can fool
the people to vote them Into ofllce. I am
saving nothing to them. U Is to the workingman
ing-man that I direct my thoughts.
Now I must not be understood ns saying
that alf laboring men are populists. Not
by any means. I am one whom common
labor has made a republican , because now
as a laboring man I am able to see the
fallacy of my former reasoning. It will
alto be conceded that the laboring man
would be contented If be was regularly om
ployed at good wages , and that If he was
I regularly employed at good wages his con *
i tentment wouM remove hl antagonlim to
j the corporation glvine him employment ,
'
providing the straw boss was llmlred some *
what In his cuascdness , or the worker
shown his error In believing his employer
encouraged meanness. In other wordi , there
would bo nothing left In the laboring men's
mind to support populism except flat money ,
and as he would have an opinion of some
kind 1 on Che question of corporation aggres
siveness , it would bo one of friendliness
and good will for Its'enterprise and pros
perity. And all the noise of the leather
lung | statesmen let off at once wouM not
shake i him.
The truth is the laboring man knows
there Is something the matter somewhere ,
yet ! he has no well-defined knowledge of
what It Is , and his dissatisfaction has found
vent In such vagaries as free silver and
flat money , initiative and referendum , pub
lic ownership of public utilities , anti-cor
poration agitation nnd the- like
Then he lool.s Into the problem of en
forced I Idleness. I did. He sees the ener
gies i of millions going K > waste and he won
ders why It Is so. Ho concludes that the
"crime of ' 73" has caused It , and anchors
his hope on the mitigation of that crime In
the restoration of frco sltver. Ho thinks
ho can see that the banks control all the
money there Is now , which Is n good deal ,
and that If wo could only get free silver the
volume of money would swell up BO enor
mously that the banks could not handle
It , which is probably true , and that the
surplus which overflowed would sfart up In
dustry and disband the army of the unem
ployed. I don't believe there Is n working
man In Christendom who would accept $150
In that kind of money for n day's work
with the shovel or carrying hook. Ho would
want at least ten times as much. I would.
Now the army of the unemployed means
that there are more men than there are
Jobs and the men take turn about Retting In
ahead of each other and doing what -there is
to be done. Kvery laboring man knows that
lift is true. Yi'ho U to blame , because eight
r ten men are standing around waiting to
et jour Job' If vou ask for more pay jou
111 bo discharged and another man put in
our place.
I worked eight months for 12' cents an
our , the flrst thrco of which were nights ,
nd I worked six months for 15 cents an
our. Did I do this from choice ? I knew
hcse eight or ten men were following the
orcman around waiting to be hired In ray
lace at tbo same wages If I quit. If the
Ight or ten men had not been there wali
ng and no prospect of their coming , I could
nd would bnvo gone to the foreman and
emouded 20 cents an hour nnd got It. Who
s to blame , the corporation ? Must I have
t in for the corporation because It will not
ay mo what I want when It can get just
s good a man for less money ? No ; the tor-
oratlon can't help that.
Enforced Idleness and small wages are
ue to the eight or ten extra men. Have
licy alwajs been around In evidence to cause
more misery and less money ? Let us see ,
There are 3,000,000 unmarried men between
he ages of 20 and 30 jcars holding positions
f bomo kind or other In the United States
There are about 3,000,000 young women be
ween the ages of IS and 26 years holding
> ositlons of various kinds In the United
States who are marriageable but single
These are statistical facts.
I do not complain because women an
competing with men for positions. That li
lot the question. I admire their enterpris
and applaud their advancement Nor do
complain because men neglect to take a wlf
rom among the marriageable young women
loldlng positions. No suggestion Is offered 01
.his point. The fact 1 wish to establish 1
.he existence of a condition at the prcsen
tme which must have an Influence In th
adjustment of economic affairs that did no
enter into their solution twenty years ago
nor oven fifteen years ago , because then
.ho per cent of unmarried marriageable per
sons was too insignificant to even entltl
t to the dignity of statistical recording ,
But now It Is a social problem. THfeo mil
Ion positions less In this country now fo
which there Is n. demand than there wa
fifteen years ago.
The Increase in the number of occupation
s commensurate with the Increase of popu
atlon during the time stated. Enforce ,
Idleness Is due to the greater per cent of th
country's population demanding employment
Women are demanding and getting the pa
sltlons which men used to fill. Some wome
are more competent to fill some position
; han some men. The Interest of the employe :
s to select the best , and here Is create
an Intense competition , but the results which
ensue are perfectly natural. It is the law
of the survival of the fittest. Perhaps I
am less qualified than some advancing
woman to hold the position I think I nm
fitted for Perhaps this IK the reason I
drifted Into the laboring man's gang and
thereby displaced some other man nnd drove
: ilm Into the army of the unemployed. Per
haps this is true of the eight or ten men
whose presence where I am employed fixes
the low wages I receive. It undoubtedly is
true.
true.Now
Now , usually , when a man suffers enforced
Idleness , bo grows sullen and discontented.
If he Investigates his condition a little and
harbors an 111 will to the corpoiatlon , for the
meanness cf the straw bosj.h becomes a pop.
ullst. If ho docs not Investigate he becomes
a tramp. If he is a populist he Is convinced
that there Is an Injustice done him and at
once concludes that the corporation that he
has served so often and for so little pay
Is the cause of his troubles and longs for
the day to come when by means of his pet
reform , the Initiative and referendum , ho can
join his co-agitators nnd vote down Individ
ualism , take possession of the accumulation
of patient Industry , divide It like plunder
and erect on the ruins of his revolution that
horrible Institution that begins In radicalism
and ends In savagery , communism.
Is there any reasonable'excuse for enter
taining violent feelings or any feelings at all
against the corporation for refusing to em
ploy more men than It needs or to pay those
It does employ more than It Is obliged to to
get the work done ? None whatever. Now
jou will say I am defending the corporation.
That is no answer to the statement of fact.
There Is no sort of connection between the
surplus of labor and the business methods
of a corporation. Not tbo slightest. And
there Is no more consistency In charging
the corporations with taking all the prosper
ity there Is to themselves nnd allowing the
surplus of labor to remain Idle when Ha
being Idle is due to another cause than
there Is in denouncing the principles of the
republican party nnd charging it with the
faults of some of Its officials because they
betrayed the confidence their party reposed
lu them.
Populism Is undoubtedly born and bred
In Idleness and hard times. No man who
will stop to think will embrace populism if
ho will correctly Interpret the business rela
tion of capital and labor and ascertain the
real cause of enforced Idleness The rem
edy Is to stop agitation , join the republican
party and elect men who will legislate
against selfishness. An equilibrium or rights
Is far more attainable in the republican
party than any other , because the sign of Its
Intentions Is printed on the outside to be
plainly seen. Populism will never dispose
of the army of the unemployed. The Intelli
gent worklngman will be a republican. I am
a republican. Respectfully ,
GEORGB F. WITTUM.
3641 Boulevard avenue.
Civil S < T\lc < - Kxniiiliiiitlnn.
During the month of October the following
civil service examinations will be held In
the old government building nt Fifteenth
and Dodge streets Postoiflce service. Octo
ber 1. departmental service , October 5 , rail
way mall pcrvlce , October 6 , Internal revenue
service , October 15 , departmental service ,
October 25 , 27 and 28.
When jou call for DeWltt's Witch Haze )
Salve , the great pile cure , don't accept any
thing else. Don't bo talked Into accepting a
ubstltute. for piles , for tores , for bruises.
LONG 1 AND SHORT MAN TAKEN
Pair of Desperadoes Captured After a Long
Running Tight ,
MAD RACE THROUGH SOUTHERN STREETS
Men ! > eek ( o Unenpc In n HUKK.V nnd
Are I'urnneil by n hiimul of 1'ollce
fur T o Hour * Ileforc the
Knil Conim In Arrest.
John Cook , nllas John Rlley , and John Mc
Donald , alias "Soapy" McDonald , the "long
and short" highwaymen who committed
four daring hold-ups on the south side Sun
day night , nnd to whom nro chnrged n great
many * of the bold robberies and hold-ups
committed during the last two months , were
captured at 7 o'clock Monday morning. Their
capture was not effected until they had
ffcrcd violent resistance and emptied their
evolvors at the officers.
The capture of the men was made at
Twenty-eighth street nnd Woolworth ave-
uc. Sergeant Her nnd Officers Burns , But-
r and Ilcelan were the arresting officers ,
t was a running fight between Cook nnd
itcDonald , who were lu a buggy drawn by
fast horse , and Sergeant Her and his
men , who were nlso driving a fast horse ,
'rom Twentieth street and the Union Pacific
racks , whcro the thieves were flrst dls-
ovcrcd , to the place of tltelr capture. Dtir-
ng the run a shower of bullets fell Into the
'Uggy ' of the pursued from the officers' re-
olvers , but no one was Injured. Near the
ccno of their capture the robbers saw that
ho officers were gaining on them and
topped their rig to get out nnd take their
hances of escape on foot In the underbrush.
iIcDannld , the tall man , had reached the
irotind , and Cook was preparing to do so
ihcn Iler's buggy crashed Into the motion-
ess rig and overturned It. Cook was thrown
beneath the wheels Of the officer's
uggy and was run over. Whllo ho
ay In a semi-unconscious condition two
Ulcers pounced down on him nnd placed the
rons on his wrists. Whllo this was going on
McDonald was making his way across the
pen country revolver In hand. Sergeant
ler fired a couple of shots In his direction
nd McDonald threw up his hands and waited
until Her came up to him He then sur-
endered his revolver. Cook's revolver ,
which was In his hand when he woa thrown
rom the buggy , could not be found.
.Story of the Chime.
The buggy in which the highwaymen
sought to make their escnpo Is the property
of Cnrrlo Hart , a well known character. She
bad loaned It to them to allow them to leave
bo city to escape nrrcst. At midnight Sun
day night Sergeant Her started out In his
buggy determined to find the two highway
men. At Twentieth street nnd the Union
Pacific tracks at 5 30 p. m. Monday ho saw
a buggy ahead of him tbo occupants of which
were evidently trying to shield their
dcnttty. Waiting until the rig drove
by nn electric lamp Her saw that
'ts occupants were the men he wanted. His
command to halt caused the robbers to lash
their horse Into a run and they disappeared
In the darkness. Her nnd his men opened
fire on the robbers and started In pursuit.
For the next two hours the robbers led the
officers a merry chase. They drove through
alleys and sldo streets at a breakneck speed
to evade their pursuers , but pursuit could
not bo shaken off. Finding that they could
not evade the officers the robbers turned
their horse and headed for the outskirts
of the city , believing that the superior speed
of their horse would carry them to safety.
Long before Twenty-eighth street was
reached , however , thefr horse began to
stumble. It was then that they decided to
take chances of escaping on foot with the
result that they were captured.
When the men were searched nt the police
station the valuables they had relieved their
victims of were found in their possession.
Shortly after they were brought in the
four men who they so daringly held up but
a few hours before called at the station nnd
each positively Identified both men.
Anton Francl of 1218 South Fourteenth
street Identified a Mexican coin found In
McDonald's pockets ns his. McDonald , when
asked where he got It , said he had had ft
six years. The date on the coin Is 1896. The
other victims of the men who Identified them
are. James Rooney of 547 South Twenty-fifth
street , James Sip of 1911 South Fourteenth
street , and P. Harrington of 1407 Pierce
street.
All victims of recent holdups and rob
beries will be asked to call at the station
to look at the men.
Both are Omaha products. "Soapy" Mc
Donald , the tall man , lives with his mother
at Thirteenth and Mason streets , and Cook
has relatives living nt Thirteenth and Dor
cas streets. Cook has but recently returned
to Omaha from Chicago , where he spent a
year or two.
MINING IN THEJLACK HILLS
Latent ISewi of Interest from the
lllch .Mineral HeKlonw of
South DnUolii ,
DEADWOOD , S. D. , Sept. 19. ( Spe
cial ) It Is Interesting to note the
change of sentiment that Is tak-
Ijg place in regard to the mineral
resources of the southern hills. No pther
mining country , probably , has had such n
difficult tlmo to get Itself advertised prop
erly as this part of the Hills. It has been
brought before the public very prominently
on several occasions , but always In the
wrong way , nnd capital has been exceed
ingly slow to Invest In raining properties ,
no matter how promising they might ap
pear. For years It has been known that ore
could be found In several localities In the
southern part of Pennlngton county nnd In
Custer county that would assay from $5 to
$15 and higher free-milling , but It is only
In the last two or three years that actual
development work has been done. The
great succets of the Holy Terror , at Key
stone , which Is a genuine bonanza , the like
of which is not found , probably , on this
continent , nnd the fine prospects for a
score of other mining properties along the
"Keystone belt" has nettled beyond all
doubt the real worth of the Keystone dis
trict for safe and paying Investment of
capital. There is a great need of capital In
these districts.
There has been a theory since the first
discovery of slllclous ore in Lawrence
county that no ere of this nature would ever
be found south of Ouster's Peak , that there
wcro no porphyry below this point , hence
no slllclous ore. The theory has been
proven lalio by the discovery two miles
cast of Custer of slllclous ore which re
sembles very closely the ere taken from
some of the mining camps of Iho northern
hills. The ere was found In a fourteen-foot
vertical In the Lizzie mine , owned nnd op
erated by the Willow Creek Mining com
pany of Lemars , la. , at n depth of ISO
feet and the average assay will go $45 n.
ton gold. The discovery , If found to bo ns
stated , will give the southern hills a new-
life The output of Lawrence county has
been almost doubled In the last four years
by the output of gold from the mines pro
ducing slllclous ore.
P L. Olbbs and associates of Deadwood
started up their ten-stamp mill this week
at Qayvllle on ere taken from the Omega
mine , which they own at Terrnvllle. The
Omega mlno la nn old producer and lately
a large body of free-milling ore has been cut
through , carrying $4.60 In gold to the ton ,
and there Is ore enough In sight to last flvo
yenrs The mill will treat about thirty
tons per day at a cost of 70 cents a ton.
The total coat of mining nfl milling will
be n little over $1 n ton
The third furnace was blown In this week
nt the Dendwood & Delaware smelter , at
Deailwood , maklnc thrco In steady opera
tion.
tion.Oro will be treated in the new cyanide
plant at Garden City next week. The
plant will treat twenty-five tons of ore per
day. Ten-dollar ere will be treated for $7
n ton. If the plant Is successful , the com
pany will erect a lareer mill which will
bo nblc to treat all of the ore In the district.
Interest Is picking up In Carbonate camp ,
northwest of Harden City. This Is another
ennip of low-grade ere , and the only mlno
that la shipping ore at present Is the Iron
Hill , which Is sending about fifteen tons a
day from the 100-foot level of the old work-
Ings. A company stands ready to put up
a cyanide plant In the camp as soon ns the
Garden City plant proves successful.
The Kllpatrlck brothers of Newcastle
have made another proposition to the mine
owners of Ragged Top to bond the property
of the camp and sink the Dacy shaft , which
Is alieady down 360 feet , on down to
quartzlte. The theory generally held by
those familiar with the district Is that on
quartzlte a very rich body of ere will be
found.
Next In Importance to the purchasing of
the Keystone mlno by the Holy Terror
company last week Is the selling of the
Lucky Boy , Columbia , Krupp and Gold Hill
mining claims which were owned by the
Llntz brothers of Keystone. The purchaser
is John T. Jones of Iron Mountain , Mich. ,
who represents the Gold Hill Mining com
pany. The company Intends to make ox-
tcuslvo Improvements.
IIOnSR MAHICKT IMI'IIOVIXO.
Wlmt nn lowii Mini riiiiln In Sonih
Dakota nmlV > o m I n K.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , Sept. 19. ( Special ) J.
E. Dorgon , a horse buyer of Iowa , Is In the
city. Slnco last June he has been at home
disposing of 270 head of Wyoming horses
that ho purchased near Buffalo laEt spilng
and drove through. He Is on his way back to
Buffalo now , Intending to spend the winter
there nnd start out again in the spring with
another bunch of horses. Ho Is accompanied
by Fred Roberts , known to n great many In
Dead wood , who has been with him all sum
mer. They have Just come across the state
overland and have four or flvo head of saddle -
dlo horses that they are taking back. Mr.
Dorgan sold all the others at prices rang
ing from $15 to $50. giving him a reasonable
profit. Ho sold them at auction sales ana
frequently struck places where ho made trc-
niemloUB sales.
The horse business , ho says , Is picking up
Immensely all over the country , nnd In his
opinion the improvement has Just begun.
The colt crops of the cost during the last
four or flvo years have not been over 10 per
cent of what they were before. Horsemen
would not take the trouble to raise them , as
there was no money In them whatever. Con
sequently there Is an exceeding dearth of
horses In the country. Horses are necessary ,
and ns a result prices are climbing up In
a hurry. In a year or two more , Mr. Dorgan
says , the prices of horses will be higher
than In ten years. The man who has good
horses today Is unwlso to let go of them ,
as they will add 25 per cent to their value
In less than n year. A great many horsemen
aru beginning to realize this now , and , tak
ing It nmong those on the outskirts of the
Black Hills , horses cannot bo purchased ns
chonply ns they could two yenrs or more
ago by 50 per cent.
Mr. Dorgnn buys all kinds of horses. The
last bunch he handled was made up of ani
mals Just about right for cow ponies or light
drivers , nnd were unbroken. Ho sometimes
takes draft horsts , and In fact anything sala
ble. Ho believes horsemen made a great
mistake when they stopped raising colts a
few yenrs ago. Of course steam and elec
trical appliances had some effect on the de
mand for horse flesh , but It was merely nom
inal. There is no danger whatever of the
horse coming anywhere near being supplanted -
planted within the knowing of the present
generation.
VniiUfoii County IlcuiihllcnnN.
YANKTON , S. D. , Sept. 19. ( Special. )
The lopubltcaiiB of Yauklon county at their
convention In this city chose the follow
ing candidates for election : Senator , E. G.
Edgerton ; representative , B. C. Woolley ;
Ole Odlarid nnd A , L Davidson ; treasurer ,
Herman Ellerrnan ; register of deeds , A. O.
Sausstod ; auditor , Ellery Dunn ; clerk of
courts , Peter Royem ; county Judge , J. T.
Smith ; sheriff , Jacob Rathgaber ; county
superintendent of schools , James A. Dick-
son ; assessor , Hans Helgerson ; county sur
veyor , H , 0. B. Swlnhoe ; justices of the
peace , S. A. Boyles , T. M. Wlnsor. Charles
Brockmueller , Thomas Sills ; constables ,
John R. Petrle , L. N. Echelberry , Fred
Strunk , John Reuter ; county commission
ers , John Gordon , H. W , Pike , Adam
Mehcr.
.South I > nKoa Slntf Fair.
YANKTON , S. D. , Sept. 19. ( Special. )
Next Monday , September 6 , the fourteenth
annual South Dakota fair will open In this
city and will continue until Saturday. This
will be the third fair under the auspices
of the State Bonrd of Agriculture held in
Yankton. The prior two were complete
successes , but this year gives promise of
one that will discount oven the most san
guine expectations.
A stubborn cough or tickling In the threat
yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless
In cflect. touches the right spot , reliable and
Just what Is wanted. It acts at once.
A Candidate Again
Drex L. Shooman 1ms again entered
the rlng-thls time It Is with a ladies'
shoo now from toe tip to top the ladles'
cushion bolo shoe boft , easy Inner solo
that makes walking a pleasure tor ten
der feet a very flexible welted sole
and there Is nothing that can give more
comfort than a welted sole made up In
all the now Myles of toes just like our
other shoes kid or patent tip lace or
button nnd only $1.00 It's the biggest
$4 worth of comfort you ever bought.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Omalm'a l'ii-to-ilate Shoe Home.
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T\r T VTM T OT i TI' f APTO P t CT1
DREXEL ESTATE LOSES CASE
Judge Baxter Gives nn Opinion Concerning
Claims of the Heeds.
QUARTER OF A MILLION IS INVOLVED
Trnnnnciloti Concern * the Trnnnfer of
11 Trnct of I.iiinl In Hnnt Oiunhn
nntl the MortKiiKf that
Rented Thereon.
County Judge Baxter , In his capacity of
judge of probate , has decided n case against
the estate of Anthony J. Drexel , the late
Philadelphia banker , Involving a quarter of
a million dollars. The ca&o decided was
known ns the three Heed claims of $83,133.33
each , with interest , against the Drexel cstato ,
filed by Abraham L. Reed , the trustees of
Mary M. Reed , and , Jointly , Mrs. Maria
Johnson and the Rochester Loan and BankIng -
Ing company. Richard S. Hall was one of
the trustees for Mrs. Reod.
According to the opinion accompanying
the decision , the controvcrysy nroso out of
a land transaction in the fall of 1S92 In
which the Reed heirs gave to the Potter &
George company a written option In a tract
of land nenr East Omaha. Arthur S. Potter
sold the land to Drexel and his associates ,
they putting up the $60,000 cash payment
provided for In the option , and the deed
being made out to one. Horatio Fowkes of
Now Jersey , Potter having reported to the
Reeds he had found a purchaser In Fovvkcs.
On the same day the transaction was made
Fowkes conveyed the property for $310,000
to Anthony J. Drexel nnd Edward T. Stotcs-
bury. Fowkes had given three notes to the
Reeds for $83,333.33 each , secured by n mort
gage on the land. The mortgage was as
sumed by Drexel and Stotesbury. The land
adjoined land owned by the East Omaha
Land company and the Omaha Bridge and
Terminal Railway company , In both of which
companies Potter , Drexel and Stotesbury
were Interested , Judge Baxter finds.
The court holds that although Fowkes was
but a "straw man" In the deal , yet he was
the conduit of tltlo from the Reeds to the
Drexels , that Potter acted as the agent for
the Reeds , but was really operating In the
Interest of the Drexels , and that the Drexels
assumed the Fowkes obligations , regardless
of the promise of exemption mode by Potter
to Fowkes. Decision Is therefore given to
the claimants.
I'olntn on AVlileh the Cnne Turim.
The whole case turned on two legal prop
ositions , flrst the assumption by the de
fendants under the law of agency , that Pot
ter had reported fully the facts to his
principals In the absence of evidence to the
contrary , and , second , whether the promise
by Potter to Fowkes that his assumption
of the notes and mortgage would be harm
less to him would exempt him from ob
ligation. On the flrst point the court takes
the position that , In endeavoring to vest
the Drexels with the tltlo to the land In
the interests of the Omnha Bridge and
Terminal Railway company , without exact
ing from the purchasers on behalf of the
Reeds a personal obligation for the pay
ment of the $230,000 , Potter acted outside
the scope of his written authority nnd
against the Reed Interests nnd for the
Drexel Interests , that ho therefore did that
which he wns not authorized to do by Ills
principals. As to the second point , Judge
Baxter stood upon the supreme court de
cision In the cnso of Meyer against Sharp
(51 ( Neb. 424) ) , In which It wan held :
"Whcro one makes n promise to another for
the benefit of a third person , such third
person can maintain an action upon the
promise , though the consideration does not
strictly move from him. " The case did
not come within the statute of frauds the
Judge reasons from the decision In Fltzger-
nld against Morrlscy (14 ( Neb. 198) ) , to vvlt :
"Whcro the lending purpose of n person
who agrees to pny the debt of nnother Is
to gain some advantage or promote some
Interest or purpose of Ills own , nnd not
to become a mere guarantor or surety of
another's debt , nnd the promise Is made
on n sufficient consideration , It will bo
valid although not In writing. In such
caeo the promlsaor assumes the debt nnd
makes It his own. " Therefore the court
does not consider Potter's promise a prom
ise of Indemnity for the reason that
Fowkes' liability to the Reeds was absolute
when he executed the notes. There being
no contingency about It , the promise of Pot
ter to hold him harmless from liability op
erated as nn assumption of the debt by Pot
ter In behalf of the Dre\cls , but ns Potter
was virtually acting for the Drexels his
promise the court holds under the decision
In the case of Rockwell against the Blair
Savings bank (31 ( Neb. 130) ) , to be In fact
and In law nn assumption by the Drexels
of Fowkes' debt to the Reeds. The weight
of Judge Baxter's decision falls upon the
court's assumption that the deal with
Droxcl was made by Potter lone before
Fowkes appeared upon the scene.
Tun AitU for lll > oree.
Two divorce suits wore commenced In the
district court yesterday , in both of which
the allegations are substnntlnlly the same ,
namely , drunkenness , failure to support
and cruelty. Mary C. Meredith is the
plaintiff in one and Theodore W. Meredith
the defendant. They contracted a common
law marrlngo In this county In November ,
1888 , according to her petition , and have
flvo smal' children. Mrs. Meredith nskfl
for nllmony. In the other cnso Margaret
II. Mitchell sues Stephen IS. Mitchell. The
place of their marriage wns Denver and
the yenr 1892. Two children came of their
union.
Millions CoriiiiH for One.
A writ of habeas corpus was Issued by
Judge Slnbaugh of the district court yes
terday In response to the application of
George Harlow , one of the two men com
mitted to the county Jail by Police Judge
Gordon nnd whose sentences wcro subse
quently suspended by the police judge.
Sheriff McDonnld and Jailor Shnnd refused
to recognize a mittimus from Judge Gor
don ordering their release. The habeas
corpus writ was served on thesa officers
and made returnable today.
Throttle Ilinrrhoen Curort.
This Is to certify that I have had chronic
diarrhoea ever since the war. I got so weak
I could hardly walk or do anything. One
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy cured mo sound and
well. . ' . R. Oibbs. Fincastle. Va.
An Organ for $46 $
Tlmt simple announcement don't
mean much nlono but wlion we tell
you what kind of an orjau it is-tiion HH
llfTercnt n handsome solid oak antique
finished high hack orgim , with Hovel
ilatc mirror hand carving , right from
: he factory and moiice proof $ 1(1 ( Wo
an't begin to tell It HO you can free what
It means Come In and look it will cot
you nothing to look and then you can
see the other organ specials at $ ! ( } ? ( ! ( >
$7(1 ( and $ SO ? (1 ( cash and small
monthly payments takes any of them.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art , 1513 Douglas
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but If not too far gone can restore
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eyes nnd tilling them with proper
glasses In time Wo nmko eye examina
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wont offer to but will tell jou HO If
we can help you we will tell you how
much it will cost.
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Ldlnir ScleMlBo Optician *
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