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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1899)
TUB OMAHA DAILY" BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER IS , 1800. support of all free men anil particularly o ! nil Americana : Senator Mnton and Repre sentatives Snl 7. or nntl Jctt were compli mented for their resolution of sympathy foi the fighting Hoers ; the hope was cxpre'flei : that the British armies be driven into thi oea ; thftt the Urltlsh empire be annihilated , The Irish National club also met tonight and a number pf speeches .wore made de nouncing Knglnrid. The Irishmen - . ay thcj will try to mnko arrangements for the hold ing of a great 'mats meetlng for the purpose Of 'dcn6uhclng England. BIRD WILL APPEAL HIS CASE Co n ilmi M oil Alnnkn Mtirtlrrrr MnUIng Every KfTcirt rovKlliln ( o Proloim Hid IUr llpfiiMcil : seiv Trlnl. I'ORT TOWNSENO , Wash. , Dee. 17. J. Homer Bird , the condemned Alaska mur derer , after being refused a new trial by Judge Johnson , will make an effort to pro long bis life by nn appeal to the United States cmprcmo court , according to reports brought here todny by the nteamcr City of Topeka , Judge Johnson , In Imposing the death penalty on Dlrd , stated that In nil the evidence In the case there was not one extenuating circumstance to Justify Bird's crime. The execution of Bird will be the first legal hanging In Alaska during American occupation. In the early settlement of Juneou , Bomo Indians killed n white mnn. They were arrested and given trial bcfoi-o p tribunal of minors. Judge , prcrecullng at torney nnd Jurors were oelccted from among the'mln&ni. THe three Indians 'were f&und guilty nn'd fentenced to be haflged. A tem porary scaffold was erected and the Indians were executed the next day. On the gal lows they confessed. On the Topckn wore Six prisoners , In charge of United States Marshal Shoilp of Alneka , who Is taking them to San ( Jucntlti to Kcrve terms ranging from three to twenty yoa.ni. Among the prisoners nrp three Ua- klmos , two Indians and one white mnn named Cnrl , sentenced to two years for mur der. der.The The "Snapy" Smith gang , which terrorized Skagway during the early days of the Klon dike excitement and who were finally tried. convicted nnd sentenced , after the death of "Sonny" Smith , their leader , will eo n have their liberty. News has Just reached Alaska that President McKlnlcy had par doned W. F. Foster , nllas "Slim Jim" Fo- ter , who had Fcrvcd twelve months , nnd h.'fl pardon Is duo to the fact that heIs dying from consumption. Another of the gang named Triplet has served his time , while Bowers will be turned loose In March. MUST PAY HIGHFOR THE NEWS _ I'orlo ItIIMI X MVHiianern ConiDliiln of Itlcli Cnlilo ItnU-H Sj.- < ( < in of OlrrcM Taxation. ( Correspondence nf the Associated Press. ) PONCB , Porto Rico , Dec. 11. Now that congreso'Is. In'session Porto Rico feels moro than ever'tho high yablo rrttcs It Is com pelled 1o pay. The newspapers are able to furnish only meager cablegrams and many persons' 'strongly advocate an appropriation from some source by which the government for a few thousand dollars n year would supply Ho-the newspapers several thousand words -ot general news each'day. Intense Inte'rcst Is felt ticrcf In regard to the action of congress with reference to Porto Illco nnd everybody Is looking for ward eagerly to the nrrfval of the New York papers' containing-tho 'president's message , of which scarcely fifty words have as yet been published here. ' The 'military government Is preparing for nn clabofotu system'- 'direct internal tax ation to-replace the 'revenue now derived from the tariff , which everybody expects congress will prora Hy remove. The taxes are placed onhorses and1 carriages and per sonal property of every kind , but licenses are not affected. All men over 21 years of ago living'lii Porto Rico and owning prop erty of any kind or conducting n business of any sort are taxed | 1 per year for school purposes. Business''In Porto'Rico remains absolutely paralyzed. Nobody will Invest n cent , or undertake any enterprise until the Island has some standing. In addition to this the local elections , which have been in progress for n month past , have destroyed what little busi ness was left. An order- was recently Issued from head quarters establishing a board of insurance and surety commissioners , whoso duty It Is to examine all companies doing business lu Porto Rico and to enforce the fulfillment by them of certain requirements. The $200,000 $ which the president some time ago gave to the Island from- the emergency fund , to gether with other funds on hand , makes $690,000 which will be spent between now and July 1 next upon the roads of Porto Illco. Nearly all the contracts have been let and the work Is pushing rapidly. PINGREE DISPLEASEo SOLONS Member * of tliu LcKlHlntiire Do Not In dorse Oovurnor'H Action In Cnll- Inc a S-ioc I ill LANSING , Mich. , Dec. 1G. The few leg islature members who had arrived tonight for the epeclnl session which opens tomor row do not Indorse Governor 1'lngree's ac tion In calling them together to pass upon a constitutional amendment permitting equal tax legislation. They gay they are uninformed of any crying demand for hasty action and believe that the voters want tlmo to think It over. It Is not Improbable that an adjournment will be taken Tuesday until after New Year's. This would still give- five days to consider the proposed Joint resolution and allow the legislature a week to talk the mat ter over with their constituents within the twenty daya limit allowed for a special ees- lon. ORDAIN LIBERAL PREACHERS Mrx. VH n lie I In Vnriiiini TlionniN nnd Iliullp- . Hull , lntt < IllluolH Chap lain , Onliiliifil nt CliU-iiuo. CHICAGO , Dec. 17. Mrs. Vnndolla Var- nura Thomas , wife of the Ilev. H. W. Thoinan of the People's church , and Hndby A. Hall , the ehnplalo of the First Illinois Infautry In the Spanish-American war , wcro ordained ministers of religion at McVlckur's theater today by the itov. A. C. Hirst , pns- lor of .Centenary MathodlBi church , assisted by members of the liberal congress cf re ligion. The now ministers will assist Dr. Tbccnna In the People's church and will also preach In the new liberal circuit In the Mississippi valley. They were the- first to rejcivo the ceremony of ordination In the church occu pied by Dr. Thomas. - To Curt ) a Cotil in cue Onj. Take Laxative Uromo Quinine Tablets. All tlrugglats refund ( tit. money It It falls to cure. E , W. Grove's signature lc on each box. 25c , Cannot Carry SUM ; INUIANAI'OMS. Ind. , Dee. 17.-In reply to ( i request from the auditor of Htutn At torney General Taylor linn tendered a | opinion in which Im holds that In Indiana iirclite nt companlCH organized under thu act of 1S > 97 cannot engage In Blck beiieilt bual- or In health Insurance , Hlllousness , sou r stomach , constipa tion and all liver Ills are cured by The uon-lrrltatlnc cathartic. Price 25 cents of all drucglstn or by mall ol C.I. JiooU & Co. , Lowell , Mass. MISS HOItlOCKER RETURNS Young Woman Ap ais at Hastings to Make Beiurn in Court , CASE WILL GO UVER TO THI SPRING TERM \i-iv Itiinit Will IIP .Sluncil. Afler Wlilrli the Acciinctt Will Sprint the Holiday * nt Home. HASTINGS , Neb. . Bee. 17. ( Special Tele- gram. ) Miss Viola Horloker came home tonight from Jacksonville , III. , where she has been In the sanitarium ever since her preliminary hearing here last summer. She was accompanied hctno by her sister. Mrs. George II. Ilayncs of Hastings. Mlsa Ilorlockcr stands accused of having attempted the life of her employer's wife , Mrs. Charles F. Moroy , by Bending her a box of poisoned bonbons. She was bound over from the county ciirt to the district 'court In the sum of 15,000 and her trial was to have commenced tomorrow , but as the mem bers of the Adams county bar petitioned Judge Bcall to postpone all Jury cases until the spring term , the case goes over until that time. Miss Horlocker will appear In the district court tomorrow nnd have her bond renewed with the earno signatures at tached to It as before , with possibly one exception. She will remain with her mother and Bister in Hastings until after the holi days , when she will again return to the Jacksonville sanitarium and take up the dutlrn of bookkeeper of that Institution un til called back to Hastings for trial. STATE TEACHERS' MEETING ArrnimriiiciitN Art : All fmiiiilrtril for ( ho Annual Catherine itt \c- liriiNkn I'lMl LINCOLN. Dec. 17. ( Special. ) The final nrraogentcnts for the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers' association have been completed and next week the pedagogues will begin to gather In this city from all over the state. This year , owing to the good times and larger salaries , the generous concessions of the railroads In granting a half-faro rate and the excellence of the program , will witness the largest at tendance In the history of the organization , which Is one of the largest of the kind In the west. The program Includes addresses nnd discussions by men of national reputa tion and music of exceptional quality. Com ing as they do during the Christmas holi days the annual meetings of this associa tion are always well attended , but this year the Indications point to a larger attendance than ever. Murat Hnlstead , for many years a prominent figure In Journalism , will be the principal speaker. President Thwlng of the Wcsleyan Reserve university of Cleveland Is also ODC of the speakers. The work of the association will beglr Tuesday evening with a meeting of the edu cational council at the State university. The following day the auxiliary associations will meet and In the evening a general session will be conducted. Thursday the teachers will again meet in general session In the forenoon and in the afternoon the college , high school , grammar school , primary school , county superintendents' and school boards' sections will meet , followed by an other general session In the evening. Sim ilar meetings will be held Friday , the last day of the convention. Considerable Interest has already been aroused among the teachers concerning the election of officers. Several prominent Ne braska educators have been mentioned for the presidency and n rather warm fight Is in prospect. Dean Charlco Fordyce , who was elected president at the last meeting , may bo re-elected , but as no one ever held this position for two terms consecutively the chances are against him. There Is some talk"'of Superintendent Wolfe of South Omaha , It being said that the election to this Important position would Increase some what his chances for the chancellorship of tbo State university. Members from tbo several congressional districts will cheese delegates to the nom inating convention. Each district Is enti tled to tbroo members. This convention will make nominations for the various ofll- ccs and wfll submit them to the general as sembly Thursday morning for final action. The Injunction case Instituted by the Lincoln Medical college to prevent the State Board of Health from issuing a physician's certificate or license to B. W. Drasky of Hastings has been continues In the district court until December 22. Drasky has filed an answer In which he says that he has a largo family dependent upon him.for sup port. Ho Bays that ho attended the Crolgh- ton Medical college In Omaha for two years and then entered Dcflcvuo hospital medical college In New York , " graduating a year later and received a diploma giving him credit for four years' work. After this ho took a postgraduate course of ten weeks and re ceived another certificate. The Nebraska Beet Sugar association will ! > old n special meeting' In this city next Wednesday to discuss subjects of Import ance connected with the promotion of the Industry nnd to arrange a program for the next annual meeting. The Nebraska section of the American Chemical society will meet next Thursday in the chemical laboratory of the State uni versity. ' .STIIA.VKI3 UKATilS A-MOVCi CATTM-J , AVlilcli 1'ur.zlrn NlonUinen III IlriMvii County. AlNSWOItTH , Nob. , Dee. 17. ( Special. ) A number of our cattlemen have of late lost eattlo from some mysterious cause. The cattle so dying wcro those turned In to corn fields. They urn attacked with dizziness , stagger to and fro for a short time , endIng - Ing In falling to-tho ground In spasms , and after a struggle , necm to die In terrible agony. A Star-Journal reporter has Interviewed n number of stockmen over the cause of thclo deaths and each and every ono s coin a mystified and unable to account for It. Some think It caused by the deadly "night shade ; " others claim It has been caused by "loco , " so well known In southern Kansas , Whatever the cause , fully fifty head of cattle have died within u radius of a few mllco of Alnswortb. And nlfo , what ever the cause , It comes from the corn fields , for as teen as the rattle were taken off the corn stalks and put Into the feed lots the losses ceased. It Is claimed by same that the deaths re mit oil from lack of water and salt , the cat tle over-feeding and becoming bound up. This theory , though , Is untrue with re gard to I. Fowler's cattle , for Instance. Mr. Fowler lost eleven head before ho took them off tbo corn stalks and In each and every ccee the eattlo had free access to both fait and water and .helped themselves liberally , nnd Instead of thu binding process , the di rect opposite was manifest. Neither were tbe cattle bloated In tbe leaot. It Is surely a case for the state veterin arian. nnd It Is to be hoped tint official may help to earn his salary by a strict Investiga tion. tion.There There have been no deaths reported the pnet few days , as cattle have been taken out of the fields by tbe alarmed cattlemen , and In so doing the number of fatalities seems to have ceased. MiiHt lit * Olfiin. COLUMBUS. Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) At the last meeting of the city council a resolu tion was adopted which calls for the removal of all obstructions from tbo streets , The obstructions conblst of sign * , storm fronts , boxes , e nles , etc. , and the owners of all such property will be served with notice to remove and If not complied with In twenty days they will be removed t y the city and the expense charged against the property and collected as taxe * . The Thurston hotr-1 Li putting In fire es- capew In compliance with the law. They arc made of Iron and arc on the outside of the building on two sides. At'oltlrn'.nl llontlii MADISON , Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Jack Adalr , aged 33 years , n resident of this county for many years , but for several years living at Cripple Creek , Colo. , where he was employed In one of the mines , met with i horrible death while capping a cartridge. The latter exploded , causing Instant death. Ho leaves a wife nnd four children. His body was brought here for burial last night. The Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge * of which Mr. Adalr was n member , had charge cf the funeral , and will pay the widow $2,000. lliirsliirlpN al Winner , WISNEU , Neb. , Doc. 17. ( Special. ) Aug ust 0. Toclle'e saloon was broken Into last night nnd about $7 In small change taken out of the cash register , also a wallet of Mr. Toellc's containing papers of no value to strangers. Anton Lednlcky's drug store was also broken Into and n small amount of change taken out of the drawer. En trance lit each case was gained through the back window. There Is no clue. nilowiticnt. HASTINGS Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) President Salem 0. I'attlson of Hastings Presbyterian college has returned from his trip through the east , where ho has brvn for several weeks In the interest of the Hastings college endowment. Mr. I'attlsnn met with much encouragement while In thy cast and succeeded In getting many dona tions for this educational Institution. Illvoroo CrnnliMl. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Judge B. S , Ramsey held a short sepslon of district court yesterday and adjourned un til 0 o'clock Monday morning. A divorce was granted to Elizabeth Crawford from Howard A. Crawford on the ground of non-support. Flonv JIIH In HASTINGS. Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Mr. Dlnsmcre aud Edmund Hedge have made all airangemfnts for erecting and running a large Hour mill In Lincoln. The machinery has already been purchased and work oil the mill will bo commenced January 1. OimrtPrl : * Conffrt-nop. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) The quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was held In this city today. Presiding Elder Rev. I'eter Van Fleet deliv ered an able dlscouisc. \ oliriiMkaIMVN Xtilrn. Weeping1 Water proposes to organize a militia company. The Snniv County Herald put out n colored holiday edition. A new pump has been placed In the Seward waterworks nlnnt. Forty tons of alfalfa bay were burned on the Colfer fnrm near Mi-Cook. The McCook Tribune Is out with -a Mno edition , with Illuminated cover. The United Brethren have imrehased n building- Alnsworth nnd will remodel It Into a church. Isaac BaughmHii , n German from Minne apolis , was held up at South Sioux City and robbed of $7. A call has been Issued for n conference of middlc-of-the-rrmd , opulists to meet al Hastings' , December 2S. Ed Parker of IxiRan had nn eye Injured by a xnplc from a wire fence striking It ; It Is feared ho will lose it. A blaze in the Union Pacific denot nt Madison WHS discovered and extinguished before any serious harm was done. The chicory business at Schuyler has not proved profitable and those engaged In the enterprise will probably abandon It. On January 2 the people of Ponca- will vote on the question of voting $3,000 In bonds to complete and furnish the Hchool building. John Conley of Leigh got bis coat fast In the gearing of a coniPheller. The coat was tqrn oft nnd Conley was severely shaken up. George McGregor ami family left Calla- wny and went to Seattle. While In that city McGregor was drugged and robbed of a $7t0 * draft nnd J100 In money. ItushvIIlo Is becoming somewhat of a musical center. Following the organization of the Woodmen orchestra , a bnnd was or ganized several days ago. AVhllo n dunce was Rolng on at Hayes Center Homo sneak thief stole enough whlpp , robe.s , etc. , from the buggies of those attending to last him n lifetime. The Gothenburg Independent put out u boom edition setting forth the advantage * of that part of Dawson county , with Its complete system of Irrigation ditches. E , H. Ward , a Kansas City mule buyer who Is located at Hod Oloud , was RerloiiHly Injured by being thrown out on the frozen ground by a runaway team. George W. and AVlmmer Dunn of Rush- vlllo were acquitted of KteallnR a note on the ground that tbe document possessed no value , not having the necessary revenue stump attached. Uruner and Den of Arnpnhoe recently de feated Hoehner nnd Atkinson In a team shoot , twenty-live birds to tbe man. by u score of < 7 to 45. Uruner and Den profess to be willing to shoot any two men In the state a match on the aumo conditions. Joseph Moore , un old settler living four miles west of Elm Creek , was severely and lirobably fntnlly Injured Wednesday mornIng - Ing whllo In tbe field busking corn. A team of another huskcr KOI frightened nnd ran over him , cutting oft one car , partly scalp ing him nnd Injuring him Internally. The professor of the Hampton schools wrote a letter to his best girl and lost It about the school room. On bis rotifrn from dinner one day he found It nicely chalked on the blackboard , und entitled a rpecimen of proper love letter wrltlnu. It Is the opinion of his iicqualntanceK that It was no mean joke. A distressing accident happened to the 15-yenr-olrt child of Mahlou Otto , living near Glltnor. The child swallowed n grain of coffee , which lodged In Its throat. It was irought to Aurora , and given the Christian Scientist treatment , but riled Monday oven- ng. Its throat swelled up anil i-hokctl It to death. Quito a curiosity wns found near Dodge n the Hhnpo of n horned rabbit. It had three horns on each side of Its hoari about .hreo ami one-half Inchon lontr , and when Irst neon looked moro like porno specimen of n fighting animal than n rabbit. This Is : he third horned rabbit .seen In these purts n the last few years. I'HXSIONS FOR WHSTHK.V VI3TKIIAVS. .Survlvom of ( lie Civil War Itomrin- horiMl I ) } ' tiniovrrniiirnt. . WASHINGTON , Dec. 17. ( Spcclnl.-Tho ) following western pensions hnve been granted : ISHUO of December 2 : Nebraska : Original Joseph J. MePher- son , Sailors' nnrt Soldiers' Homo , H'nll county , ( U ; Jnme ; > Ewlng , Harblnc , $6 ; Rich ard M. Guno , Elwood , UC. Restoration nntl elssuc Gearge W. Knight ( dead ) , Innvale , 15. Renewal William Zaok. Harvard , { 0. ncreuee Sidney Land , West Lincoln , $12 to ill. RelBsuo and Increase Llewellyn Stev ens , TeUiunali , $10 to $12. Original widows , special , December 5 Sarah L , Leonard , Mitchell , JS Iowa : Original Jorcph If. Graff. Oskn- loosa , $ G ; George Kunzman , Sclmu , Jli. Additional , spoclul December & Joseph Llfftict , Avoca , IS to $12. Increase John W. liostoek , Vernon , $ S to $ H ; Edward Shea , River Sioux , $ S to $10 : Lorenzo Pratt , Hoi- mom , $ S to $12 ; Daniel U. Smith , Sheffield , $ S to $14. South Dakota : IiK-reuse JoscpH Devls , Fort MeaUu , $6 to $ S. To ForiM'loM ! * MortuaKt * on Itiilli-onil. BALTIMORE , Dec. 17. Mayor Hayes haa Instructed City Solicitor Bernard Carter to begin proceedings ai curly as possible , In a court of equity of thin city , for a foreclosure of the mortgage held by the city against the Western Maryland railroad aud Its sale ut public auction. Arrt-nt r < iitiiln Ciirlcr'H StM-i-i'lapr. HAVANA' , Dec. I" . Mr. Conley , who was at ono time private secretary of Captain Obcrllii M. Carter , has been placed under nrreet hero by order of Secretary Root , For scmo time Conley has beta employed as A stenographer In the custom house , To Control J'li-yi'lr Mill-lid. INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 17-Tho blryrlo trust hus begun the work of moving the bicycle machinery from the Indiana blryrlq plant lit this < Ity to Toronto , where th trust has catnlillfhrcl a big plant to control the market In CunuUa , V SOUTH DAKOTA PROSPERITY Improved Conditions Are Now Apparent Everywhere in tbe State. LIBERAL PURCHASE OF FARM LANDS Jinny Drum ! Acre * Tlmt lln r Upon ( lit * ItrriMllitfc I'litrc * fin * \ti\lniifi WcuilN Art * llclnir lU-fliihnril for the I'Jmr. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Dec. 17.-Special. ( ) One of the mbat gratifying evidences of the Improved conditions throughout South Dakota , over prior years , Is the rapidity with which farnicrs arc purchasing adjoining tracts cf land. ' During the boom In 1881 and the few years following , thousands of those who came in what Is now South Dakota from the east , had no knowledge whatever cf farming , but nevertheless made entry of government lands and engaged In agricultural pursuits. Many of the amateur farmers wer without means when they reached the new Eldorado and were forced to mortgage their farms In order to procure the money to carry on farming operations. Being handicapped by lack of experience. It was perhaps no more than could be expected that thousands of ama teur farmers , during the ensuing years , should lose tliclr land through foreclosure proceedings oil the part of the eastern loan companies , which loaned vast sums of money on Dakota agricultural lands during the early years of settlement. The partial drouth which the central and northern portion tion of the state experienced some yearn later resulted In Unother era of mortgage foreclceurcs. Thus thousands of quarter sections of ag ricultural land 'passed Into the possession of the eastern loan companies. Through local agents some of this land has been rented and made to produce crops during succeeding years up to the present , but the vast majority of it has remained Idle , and the houses and other Improvements oc cupied and made by the original owners , have been permitted to go to ruin and the land revert to Its natural state. These un occupied lands have been distributed over the entire central and northern parts of the state. During the era of the Russian thistle they were the breeding places of these weeds. Two years ago many of those vacant tracts wore purchased by farmers owning land adjoining them. Not. however , until the present season did those purchases reach such * proportions as to attract atten tion outside of the immediate localities where the tracts were situated. This fall hundreds of purchases of this character have been reported. In Mcl'hcr- scn county scarcely a day passes without a number of such transfers being recorded. The same stories come from Brule , Buffalo , Jerauld , Hyde , Sflink , Kaulk and a score of other counties , the trano.'ers of vacant tracts to farmers owning adjoining land this fall alone aggregating hundreds of quarter sec tions. In each Instance the purchasers found they had a good surolus of cash from the sale cf crops and the shipment of cattle to market , nnd they therefore decided to In crease the size of their farms. Hundreds of other heretofore vacant quarter scctlono have also been purchased by now settlers. MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS Latent Xewj ; of Iiiiert'Ht from the Rich Bbiernl ItcuIoiiH of Dakota. KEYSTONE ; D. , Dec. n. ( Special. ) Everything Jn the "Keystone district" Is on the movc. ' Vhllb "Deadwood and the Homo- stake" nrc talking through the outside press about largo mining sales nnd rich returns from mines the mine owners and mining promoters meters of this district , In the central part of the Black Hills , hnve been making prep- aratlons for ono of the greatest mining booms that the country has ever fieen. Keystone Is a young mining town. It has not been known outside of a few miles more than half a dozen years , but ever since the discovery of the Holy Terror mine , which occurred on the 28th dny of June , 1894 , the town has been kept very prominently in the minds of the people , owing to the large dividends that the- mine has paid nearly from the commencement of mining operations on the rich ore vein. The Holy Terror mlno was discovered by an old-timer named William Franklin , now deceased. Its queer name was given It by Mr. Franklin's wife , who In a joking way eald It would bo a "Holy Terror , " nnd such in reality the mine has proven to be. There are six quartz claims In the group , embracing about fifty acres of ground nnd covering two ore veins , the Holy Terror nnd tha Keystone. The ere in the two mines differs very widely. The Holy Terror vein Is a bluish quartz lying between smooth walls , parted by a I blue clay gouge , the vein averaging from two to six feet In width. It la a true fis sure vein. The ore deposited in the Key- etono mine is what is known as n bedded vein or deposit , which is from twenty to j forty fcot In width. The values in the ores nto low grade , currying gold about 10 per per cent Iron pyrites. This vein and that of the Holy Terror mlno will eventually romn Inepthnr. Th nrn Inhn IfnvHtnn. * mlno It ) not being taken out at present for the reason that.It . cannot bo treated suc cessfully by thoamalgamating process , but Instead it Is n genuine concentratingproposi tion. tion.All All the ere Is taken from the Holy Terror mine through the two-comportment shaft nnd It Is then run over a tramway to the Keystone stamp mill , where It Is treated. At present the Holy Terror ten-stamp mill Is not running. There are seven levels In the Holy Terror mine , each about 100 feet apart , and within tbe last few weeks work has been commenced in sinking the walti almft another 100 feet. The ere Is mined by sloping by air drills , the broken ere falling from above by gravity Into ore chutes along the tram level , from which It Is loaded into ere cars and taken to itho shaft without shoveling. The water In the mine amounts to about 400 gallons per minute , which la pumped out through a twelve-Inch pipe , end stored in tanks for use In tbo process of amalgamating the ore. On the fifth level , a crosscut is run to tbe Keystone mine , a distance of about 350 feet. This COO-foot level hus been driven farther north and south than any of the ether levels , the distance north being itOO feut and south fiOO icet. New ore shoots have bean en countered which are of cotuilderablo slzo nnd when they are fully opened up at the other levels the mine will truly be a "holy terror. " The Keystone mill was built for forty stamps , twenty of which have been placed nnd arc- now In constant operation. Each stamp weighs 1,000 pounds , with an eight- Inch drop , making eighty-five drops per minute , and t-ncl > stamp crushes approxi mately four und one-half tons of ere per twenty-four hours. This would make the capacity of the plum about ninety tons per day. The ore contains considerable pyrites or sulphide ore , which passes over thu cop per platen , but most of It U saved by a ays- tern of concentrators. The allmes nre sep arated from the concentrates and It is the Intention to cyanide them In a twenty-ton plant. The combination of tbo three pro- ccEEt-B on the ore will save about SO per cent of the values , The Holy Terror mlno has been a paying Investment to the stockholders over' since thu lower ere bpdy was encountered. In cluding the November dividend the mine has puid a total of $102,000. $ U bus made a num ber of poor men In the Ulnek llllls rich and several rich men In the east rlc-hor. Keystone Itself 1 * picking up In every way. There Is soon to be a bank , the build ing for which Is now being erected. The railroad will bring down the expenses of liv ing , nnd It will also bring In plenty of coal , which will solve the question of fuel. The people of Keystone nnd the mine owners of the district predict -that Keystone will be the largest town In the southern Hills In a very short time. The town Is surrounded by the richest nnd largest belts of ore to be found In the entire lllack Hills. It Is a theory held by many that this Keystone belt Is a continuation of the great Ilomcstnko ere lode nnd the theory Is certainly plausible. Waul XIMV K M SrlieilMle. , s. D. , Dec. n. ( Special. ) Land officials of the western states will make an effort In the present congress to have a different schedule of fees for the different classes of work In the offices. In the deserl land section the officials desire a filing fcp of $10 on desert land entries and feee fok- filing annual notices of Im provements. In this section of the uorth- west the desert land fees are of no special Interest to land officials , but what they would llko would be a change In the matter of contest fees. Under the present law a fee of $ l.BO Is required on the Initiation of contest fees , but In case the contest Is dismissed the applicant can withdraw the fco. The change desired In this line Is that a sufficient fee be provided for the docketing of a contest , the same as a clerk of courts for docketing a case , and that the withdrawn ! privilege bo stricken out of the present laws. Efforts to secure laws on this line wilt bo pushed by Innd officials. ! loini > from Cam * \onir. DEADWOOD , S. I ) . , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) John Luedy , well known to Hlack Hills people , has returned to his home at Hapld City from the Cape Nome mining district in Alaska , Ho haw brought homo with him several thousand dollars In gold which he took from his claims 'in this' new district nnd he has gotten possetolon of mining ground that will make him Independently rich. rich.Mr Mr , Leedy married n young woman from Seattle under romantic circumstances. She had stoked a prospector to locate some min ing ground In Alaska. This ho did In the Cape Nome district. When she arrived nt the town on the beach she did not fancy the Idea of going out to her ground several miles alone and John heedy offered his services. Before they returned to town they were cngage < l and were soon afterward married. Jlr. Leedy values hla own ground nnd that of his wife's , at $500,000. SlilrlclM In Convicted. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Dec. 17. ( Special Telegram. ) After being out since 5 o'cloik yesterday afternoon the jury In the cnss of James Shields this afternoon returned a verdict cf guilty of assault with Intent to commit robbery. Shields Is the man who last Wednesday evening enticed Gus Drcgcr , a farmhand , to a secluded spot near the Dig Sioux river and viciously assaulted him. Falling to pound his victim Into a state of unconsciousness , ns Intended , he was In turn attacked by the farmhand , whIn defending himself stabbed his assailant four or five times , seriously wounding him. Shields will probably bo sentenced tomor row and may get three or four years In the penitentiary. Itnllroail Tn.vt'M. HURON , S. D. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Ac cording to the books Just turned over by the auditor to the treasurer of this ( Dsa-Jle ) county the total amount of taxes paid Ly railroads in the county Is $11,070.74. Of this the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul pays $3,2C8.25j.thB Duluth. .Wat.ejJ.nwn. & ' Pacf'tlc$1829.45 ' ; ; . . .the Chicago ' & , Northwestern - western , main line , $4,804.'iG ; the Oakes' division , $1,108.88. The total valuation of lands In the county is $2,558,424 and taxed at $63,130.20 ; city nnd village lots are val ued at $470,521 nnd are taxed nt $21,733.04 ; personal property Is valued at $814,293 and ' taxed for $23,879.33. These are the valua tions nnd taxes for the year 1839. ' rifiiiN for tiiiiMiiinun . DEADWOOD , S. D. , Dec. 19. ( Special. ) Judge Moore Instructed the Jury to find for the plaintiff In the famous flour bin case of the Bank of Spearflsh against W. L. Graham. The case has been be fore the court four and a half days and it has been one of the greatest legal fights the Black Hill ? has seen. The decision in this case will probably hold for the other thirteen cases. This means that the per sons who gave notes to Camp & Cross for the privilege of selling a patent flour re ceiver , the notes afterward being purchased by the bank of Spearflsh , will have to pay them In full. The Graham case may be ap pealed. Sririitotrii Itcinw. SARATOGA , Wyo. , Dec. 17 , ( Special. ) Jeweler Scott of this place Is exhibiting a i piece of ore which ho picked up on the lump of ono of the mines at Gold Hill , which Is literally studded with gold nuggets. | Earlo Scott , while skating on the Platte ' river yesterday , ran Into a barbed wire stretched across the river. The 'barbs cut ilcep gashes In his face and almost severed the jugular vein. Ground was broken this week for a new bank building , which will be ere-cted by , the Cosgrlff Brothers company and which will .bo known as the Saratoga State bank. Kunlimii-nt for Hit * National ( iiiiiril. DEADWOOD. S. D. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Captain Bostwlck , of Troop A. South Da kota National guard of this city , has re ceived word from the War department at Washington that the requisition of Governor Leo for arms and equipment for the troop has been' honored and that the order has been filled and Is now on the way to Dead- wood. The requisition calls for clothe * , carbines , sabers , revolvers , saddles and bridles for eighty men. The troop has fitted up a room , purchased n piano and It Is ono of the best conducted organizations for young men In the city. Crantril n iVViv Trial , ABERDEEN , S. D. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) J. B. Levers of this city , now serving out n three years' sentence for complicity In a burglary case nt Mellette. has been granted a new trlql by the supreme court. Sheriff Thompson has reached hero with Tom Klmball , a horsethlef , who was ar rested and held by the Omaha chief of po lice until extradition papers could be ob tained. Klmball Is charged with stealing a horse , saddle and bridle of H. Swnneou of Warner. On preliminary examination he was bound over to the circuit court. Illcli Co'Mu-r I'Mnil , CASPER. Wyo. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) From all reports the new copper prospect ! on Smith creek , lu Deer Creek park , near hero , are exceedingly rich. There has been a rush of old miners to the now Eldorado. The- syndicate of which A. W. Phllllpi Is manager has let n contract to drill n well on Its La Bonte creek oil properties. The Indlcatlona are that the syndicate \\lll get a big producer. \VivNiia ( M'r I in pro vt'nit * n IK , HOT SPRINGS , S. D. . Dec. 17. ( Speclul. ) The I < cad Call announces that it will put In $8,000 worth of new material thu first of the new year , Including a Merxenthaler type setting machine , a two-revolution press and fucllltleu for publishing an eight-page dally paper. They will ulso put In a binding plant and ruling machine. \ru IlnnU , SIOl'X FALLS , S. D. . Deis -Special. ( . ) January 1 the Walworih County State bank , a new Institution will commence lU8ncs6 ) | at Bangor. The officers of tin Imnk arc : L. W. Moody , president ; A. B. Kills , vlco president ; 1 ? . A. Amy , cnnhler ; A. J. Klngmnn. asslstint cashier. i llncli Hill * Cioltl Onlitiil. HOT SPRINGS. S. D. , Dee. 17. ( Special. ) State Mlno Inspector Cuslck will show lu hi * forthcoming annual report that the out put of gold for the Blnck Hills will aggre gate jn.285.oon. FIRE IN NEW YORK FACTORY I'aiilc In True in < n ( lloncMany Xnr- fiMV 1'tx'lliM'N I'lfty HOI-NCI Art1 IMirnt-il tit lU'litli. NKW YOUK , Dec. IS. Fire started sud denly at 12:10 : o'clock this morning In the big factory building nl 635 and 657 First avenue , occupied by n wire factory , a elgar manufacturing firm , a firm of machinist' ' ? nnd by other businesses. The llames spread with great rapidity and within a few min utes It was apparent that It would be Im possible to save the building and every effort of the firemen wns directed to nn attempt to save the surrounding tenements. There was a terrific panic in many of these tenements and the avenue In a few moments was almost blocked with half-naked poor i people who had tumbled out of the ramshackle - ! shackle old buildings with cries of alarm I The flnmes shot from the cellar to the roof of the fnctvry building , and lit up the neigh- l borhood for blocks around. Sheets of flame 1 burst from the windows and showers of I sparks fell upon the gathering crowds and terrified tenement dwellers. The basement Of the building was occupied a a livery sta ble. There were fifty horses In the place nnd despite the heroic efforts to save them , all were burned to death. _ The second Moor was occupied bj' A. Me- Ourk , manufacturer of mattresses. The third floor was occupied by Challcnc Helcnex i ft Co. , manufacturers of wlro supplies. The i fifth nnd sixth floors were occupied by Emll Ney , manufacturer of cigars , j It Is believed that all the people were got out of the tenements In safety , although several of the children were rescued un conscious from the smoke. The loss will amount to about $75,000. At 2 o'clock the tire was under control. TELEGRAPHERS ARE LEFT OUT Thrlr Oriler ItviitirPil In AiIJtifttnirntN oT thu \ cvViiin - Scale on the IIt ; Four. INDIANAPOLIS , lud. , Dec. 17. Members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers claim the adjustment of the new wage eralo on the Big Four means the disruption of th-j federation long existing between the firemen , trainmen , conductors and telegraphers , as the telegraphers were totally Ignored In tin new adjustment and not only get no advance , but were not even accorded recognition in the new adjustment. All the other members of the federation received an advance o 5 per cent , they say. The situation has aroused much fecllns hero among the telegraphers who have been Ignored and they say the whole tohemt. of adjustment wns a shrewd move on the part cf the company to break up the federa tion and that It has succeeded. PLAN FUR STARCH SYNDICATE KiMtrcaiilziitloii \alioiuit Cninnaiiy I'roirrpMNlnf ? I'mlrr Committee of l-'lnniic-lcrK. CINCINNATI- . 17. The Knqtllrcr says : It Is stated that the reorganization of the National Stnrch company Is progress ing under the plan of the syndicate for whomJayMorton'Charles H. Flint , Alex _ H , Stevens , W. 13mlIn Roosevelt and George W. Young are acting as committee. The syndicate has purchased over 60,000 shares of the stock of the company , securing control - | trol of the company for which It has paid over $2,000,000 in cash. The committee is empowered to prepare n plan for readjustment or reorganization , or for dissolution of the company. A reduction of the amount of capital Is one of the tea- J tures of the plan of the committee. The scheme will also Include the absorption of j Important starch Companies outside the trust. Tin ; OLD CII-HK. : A I'nthotlc I'lotiirtYon Cnn Sec In AlmoHt Any Munlm-m * HOIINC. Ho Is a familiar figure in almost every business house the old clerk , says Hie Now Orleans Picayune. White-haired , thin , with clothes that nro always of decent blnck and scrupulously brushed , ho has sat behind the same desk or stood behind the same counter for dear knows how many years , growing thinner nnd older nml mustier as the time went by. Sometimes wo- meet him In the early morning , going down to office or store , walking- the same route ho bos trod for twenty or thirty ycais , with a regularity so perfect that the very policeman on the beat might set his watch by his movements. Often late at night , when wo are going home from tbo theater , we see him through the Iron- grated window , still bemllng over his ledger , for ho works slowly nowadays and must work overtime to make up his accounts. His eyes are growing dim and ho fumbles with his glasses ; his hands are losing thr'irtilck of deft 'penmanship ' , and his brain Its swift ness. Ho does not understand It , but the fly boys nil about him , > oung enough to bo his sons , rush through their tasks and nro out nnd gone , whllo ho Is still laboring over his. Slowly but surely It Is being borne In on him that he cannot compete with them. In the manager's cfllcu ho is already becoming a problem. Customers have begun to com plain of his slowness. A roan , not Inten tionally cruel , called out that hi > wanted somebody who was nllvo to wult on him , not that old fossil. A woman complained that ho had not matched n sample and asked why they kept blind people. The old clerk hoard them nr.d It sounded llko the knoll of his own foreboding thoughts. Ho knows that the tlmo la coming when ho must go. Ho has seen it happen before with otheis. First bo Will bo retired to eomo other department , , wlth less work nnd less pay. They will remember - member for a tlmo the many years of faith ful service In which ho has seen the firm grow from small beginnings to present wealth. Then after n tlmo they will forget even that , and one day , when ho has been slower than usual , or some mistake has passed unnoticed by his dim eyes , they will eond for him to como to the president's roo-m and ho will bo told that they think It belt to put a boy In that department somebody who in young and quick find can get about swiftly. Sometimes they glvo him a llttlo pension oftener not ; but In elthor case ho goes out n poor , heartbroken old mnn. They talk to him of enjoying leisure , but he has never learned the iirt of Idling and no ho ' bangs about ihu store after he l dismissed , wulkltib' by It through sheer force of habit. To others It Is a commonplace enough store . or office. To him It I * the mausoleum where ' lies buried his youth , with all its dreams and hopm and ambitions , and there IB a tear | PERFECT AH ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used l y peopio of refinement for over u quarter of a century. I under the unlle on hi * nlntry old fuce hi ! "nyi Mint he hd * left illnnli * Jllnnlt nnl lift * got too old to work. 31 IM Pint-lit * of Ocrim \ I > MK * | . At Now York { tailedM.tiilinttun. . ( or l.nudon. Arrlv < Ml- l/\qiiltnln ( < . 'mm ll.ivir. J'ntrlcta. fiom Hamburg ; Stn.it.MU.ini. . irom Rotterdam. At QiiociiMtownPalledO.ilnp.i -l.i. fi-jin Liverpool , rot Nrv York. WHAT ISJTHH USE. No Need to Go Through Life u Sufferer. Means of Relief in Near at 11 ami and Uecommciuleil by People ple You Know. What U the u. e to go on suffering from kidney backache , nervoiunepR. slecplcssnwn and dizziness when n flfly-cetu box of Mor row's Kld-ne-olds will cure you ? 1'robably you have not heard of Kld-nc-olds , so If you win read this statement It will pay you ton- fold.Vc give you as reference Mis. J. C. Davis of 606 South 30th Ave. , who sayit. "My husband is shipping clerk for the \VII- lielm Wholesale Hardware Co , He has com plained for some time of a dull lingering pain ncrora thu small of his back and wai qulto nervous and restless at nights. The pain In hU back wns morn severe at nights and be also com plained of rheumatism , l.c.irnlng about Morrow's Kld-no-oldr , he procured some aud took the-m according to dlreMlmii mid was eoon entirely lo.lloved of all his former trou- bfes. I ajii using Morrow's Liver-lax nud find them to be an excellent remedy for tor pid liver , hlllousncrs and spells of dizziness. " Morrow's Kid-ue-olds are not pills , but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box. Morrow's Liver-lax are small j-ed granules and sell at twenty-five cen'n it box. Both remedies can be purchnsud at afl drug stores and from the Mycrs-Ulllon Drug Co. Mailed on receipt of price. Manufactured by John Moriuw & Co. , Chemist ? , Springfield , Ohio. THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE Gives a most delicious flavor to BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. T.'is signature on every bottle John Duncan's Sons , Agents , Now York. Is what an architect , artist or draughtsman requires. There Is just one suite vacant on the north ildo of A very handsome suite , It IB , too , hard wood floor , newly decorated -walls and It faces the grand court. You will enjoy looking at them and it will be a pleasure for us to show you. R. C. PETERS S CO. Rental Agents , Ground Floor , Bee Bldg. CHARGES LOW. McCJREW , SPECIALIST , Treats til form : cf DISEASES AND DISORDER-SOP MEN ONLY. 22 Years fxperltnte , l2YearslnOmifi : . JtliUIL'AI : , Treatuien. conililut-dVnrlcocel\ i - - > ( \ Stricture , Syphilis , I < os uf Vigor and Vitality. CIWHS OI7AlUNTEii : ) . Charges low. IIOMH TIIEATJIKXT. IlooU. Consultation and Exam. Illation Free. liutirt.B a. tn. 106 ; 7ioBj > . f.l. Suiidav.9lol2 , I' O. I'ox'.tt. Officr.N.B. for. litliaud l-'ari&in Strcctb , OMA1IA. NSl - ' Will Cure Coughs. HOWELL'S C'oldH. Ilonrsciu-sa or non. throat. Al ways reliable , l-'or Hiilo by nil clnis- 2.iu and COc. l'il. : .Same Old Story I'nckert to the Ufium. Hundreds ! Turned Away Hoc-lire SoatH Knrly. " " ' TIIMCMT Siin. ( ilOI-IOIIH PAPINTA. Illllv Itlt'f mill IIV. . Prllliiiiin The Itozltiok ( ° lllll > | irlll ! NlHtl'l-N l-'lortMi'-'t' llrnrl IvIiiK' "rrnton ItiiuUli- Trio HoNiillf Tjlitr I'rli-t'K never C-IIIIIKIIK | | : JiviMiliiKH-1'- orvoil Hi'iitH , ilc anil Mr. nailery lur lullncoH WtMlni'Hclny , Batunla.t. Hmulay. ny Heat. K - . 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