THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, "DECEMBER fl, 1900. 0 LINCOLN LOOKS FOR A MAYOR Begim Early to Speculate on Probablo SuccoMor to Wlnnett. INCUMBENT LIKELY TO RUN HIMSELF Iln Mnilc No Announcement, hot the General Iniprcnalnn In (bnt He Will He Ont with n Stron I'olloivlnw. LINCOLN, Dec. 2. (Special.) ncpubll cans In this city aro beginning to wonder who will bo tho next mayor of Lincoln. Dr. H. J. Wlnuctt Is now serving his first term as tho chief executive omccr of tho city and although ho has not yet declared b.s Intention of becoming n candidate for r election It Is generally helloed that he v.1 1 enter tho neld with a powerful following as soon as tho spring compalgn opens. A nom ination In tho next municipal campaign will bo equivalent to election and thereforo If there Is any fight for tho mayoralty It will bo at tho primaries. Councilman V. H. Woodward and cx-Clty Clerk llowcn are being mentioned as probable candidates. Tho ontlro situation, however, depends upon whether or not Mayor Wlnnett will stok re-election. Ho was olected to his first term by nn overwhelming majority and as jr no particular opposition has developed against him for a second term. Ilecauso of tho failure of the offlclala of tho two railroads to agroo on plans It Is probablo that work on the proposed Joint freight depot of the Missouri Pacific and tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroads, will' not bo started until next prlng, It la said that the building will cost upwards of $35,000 and will eu.ua! In elie tho largest freight depot In tho city. It will bo constructed on the site of the old Joint passenger depot at Eighth and 9 atrcets. The now building will bo a valu able addition to tho railroad facilities of tho city. Tho two railroads receive an average of tblrty-nvo carloads of Lincoln freight every day, n third of which Is han dled through a amall shod not over forty five feet long and half as wide. Tho expense of building the depot will be borno equally by tho two railroads, but the work of con struction will be entirely under the super vision of tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Mlssjurl Valley road. Governor Poynter departed for Denver this morning, expecting to bo gone about otio week. Ho will visit Cripple Creek bc foro returning to Lincoln. Lieutenant Gov ernor Gilbert will preside In tin executive department until Governor l'oynter re turns. Tho Lincoln Young Men's Republican club will meet In tho Llndoll hotel Wednesday evening to elect officers and appoint com mittees. This Is tho Urgcsl and oldest political organization In tho city. Pursuant to the order of the district court City Treasurer Altken has transferred all unexpected money collected under the oc cupation tax ordlnanco from the polloe fund to tho school fund, Tho court recently held that this ordlnanco was unconstitutional nd directed tho treasurer to return all money collected back to tho school fund. Tho various railroads leading Into Lin coln havo decided to extend the return limit of tickets purchased by delegates to tho Btate Teachers' association meeting to De cember 31, or threo days after the meeting adjourns. The association will bo In ses sion December 28, 27 and 28. The general assembly meetings will bo held In tho Audi torium. Charles Cant, tho colored man who as BftUltd (JMofctlu, IIowe.,durJng the Grand Army roChlon, yesterday pleaded guilty be fore Judgo Frost In tho district court and was sentenced to thirty days In Jail. Gan'. ty days In Jail. Gan',1 novor chlng at tho tlmo n4 eoo of Infuriated cltltcn l(noy n but wero prevcnteil QUt. j, tho united efforts off nire'd narrowly escaped lynching tho assault. A crowd gathered about him, from' banging blm by nearly tho enttro Lincoln police force and a acoro of colored men who were on guard. Tho Injury Inflicted 1p. tho assault was serlouB and for a time Howe was not ex pected to live. PrUonera Held for Trlnl. YORK, Nob., Dec. 2. (Special.) Two of the five men who wero arrested at McCool nnd have boen confined In county Jail here for the last month wero held for trial In the district court, charged with carrying concealed weapons and burglar toolB. These aro the parties who aro suspected of com plicity In the attempted robbing of the Illuo River bank at McCool, which oc curred about forty days ago. It Is believed that they obtained Information that tho bank had not purchased a new safe, but was using the broken Bate, whoso monoy chcBt was yet good, and that It would bo an easy matter to finish cracking tho safo. In the box car In which they stayed at Mc Cool were found skeleton keys, and on tholr persons when searched wore found flno steel saws sewed In the lining of their clothing. Burlington Detective Franklin, of Lincoln enmo hero four or five days after their arrest and Identified them, and thinking that they had not been searched thoroughly had them searched again, and to the, surprise of Sheriff Lancaster and tho Jailor ono of tho prisoners had a largo revolver under his arm, hold thoro by a cord tied around neck and shoulder nnd tho other prlnonor had n larger revolver on tho Innldo of his pant leg, suspendod by a cord tied around his waist. Kcw Heel Contract. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) Tho luct raisers of this vicinity aro quite satisfied, If not enthusiastic, over the now 'vontract under which thoy will raise beets next Heusou. The contracts are now In the hands of tho agents and are being called for freely. It Is expected that thcro will bo from 4,000 to 1,000 acres of beets for tho local factory next fall and It this result docH obtain there Is some promise that tho factory In tlila vicinity will bo enlarged by the addition ot tho Stoffens process. Mr. Robert Oxnard, not long since, stated that such addition would bo made It tho cultiva tion of beets In the vlclulty would bo such as to promise u permanent nnd ualnter ruptcd operation of the factory In the suc cessive soasons. "Cnlinn Itch" nt (Jrnnd Ulmid. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Deo. 2. (Special.) As a result of a meeting of tho physicians ot tho city In conjunction with tho Hoard of Health tho physicians visited the Occi dental hotel, a l-a-day hcuse In this city, and examined the cases of what Is com niouly termed an Itch. Tho physicians, or rather ten of thtm, over their slgnnturea reported to the mayor "that wo tlnd tho All coughs arc bid ; and so ire ill cough syrups. With the former you eta cough your self right into bronchitis or con sumption: and with the Utter you upset your stomach and do no good. For 6o ycirs Ayer's Cherry Pectoral his been the one household remedy for colds and coughs of all kinds. Thre iljetl !e.. fnoiiRh for an cnllnnry cold; SCO., luit rtglit for aithma, lironchll!., hotrteneu, hoptn(-rouh, hard roliitj a 1 M, uxatX economic! far cbroalo cict. j Two Bads j patients suffering slightly from n con tagion eruptive, disease which simulates smallpox In some degree, but In our opinio tho symptoms aro not characteristic of this disease, At the present time we do not believe It dangerous to life and It Is not of so serious a naturo ns to confine many patients to their rooms. Yet on account of Its contagious nature and a possibility of a more serious condition developing In tho futuro we recommend a careful Isolation of all cases that may hereafter be discovered. Rut we do not believe an absolute quaran tine to be neccrsary." One physician makes' a minority report to the effect that the dlceauu Is simply tho chlckcnpox. OXLEY IN JAIL FOR MURDER Sheriff ArmntroiiK llencheii IlraUeu lloir rvllli the 1'rlftoiicr Tnkrn at Louisville. BROKEN DOW, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special Telegram.) Sheriff Armstrong returned this morning with William Oxley, the sup poted murderer of Ranchman W. II. Fuil hart, who was found dead northwest of Anselmo a week ago Saturday. Ho found him at Ixiulsrlllc, Neb., yesterday evening nnd placed hlra In Irons and arrived hero with him on tho 4 o'clock train this morn ing. On leaving hero las! Wednecday morning tho sheriff went to Arnold, where ho learned that Oxley had been making his homo through tho cummer with David Parks, of whoso daughter ho was enamored. Oxloy had borrowed a horso of Parl.s, which had boon returned at that tlmo. Learning that Oxley had been ot Fullhart's placo with the horso nnd that ho had been aeon going toward Gothenburg on horse Lack tho sheriff proceeded to Gothenburg. I o found that Oxley had Ecsurcd a atock pas: for Omaha nnd sent l'nrks' horso homj by tho mall carrier. Learning at Arnold that Oxloy had u brother and sletor In the vicin ity of Springfield, Neb., the sheriff, after dueling no clue of his man at South Omaha, ptociedcd to visit Springfield. Finding no clue th'qro ho wont to Louisville, and learning that Oxloy had been there he secured an Acquaintance of Oxlcy's, who rolnted him out and enabled tho sheriff to' makp the arrest. Oxley had ?13 on his person, two pockctknlvcs and a razor. It la rosortcd that Oxley sold four head of cattle to tho T. L. V. ranch, sixteen miles southwest of Fullhart's placu, the samo week tho murder Is Buppoted to havo boon committed. Oxley had been on the ranches In that vicinity several yean prior to six yoars ago. Slnco then nothing had been known or blm until he returned last spring. Thoro Is a timber claim entry In tho T. L. V. ranch, which Oxley took a number of yoars ago when he was an employe on tho ranch, but an tho company for which bo was working at tho tlmo broke up, noth ing f uither was done wl h tho timber claim and It yet remains In his name. Tho ranch Is now owned by Tlomey Ilros. of this placo. Sheriff Armstrong feels confident ho has tho right man, Oxloy claims his parents llvo In Red Willow county. Ho refusos to talk about tho case, but says ho kDows nothing about the murder. Dend Rngluecr to ninme. HOOPER, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) Tho track at tho sceno of tho wrock east of hero was cleared about 9 o'clock last night and passenger train No. 3 arrived hero a few minutes later. Sheriff Krcnder came up from Fremont and held an inquest over tho remains of Engineer Zuvor, who was killed In the collision. Tho Jury found that tho cauBo of the wreck lay with the dead en gineer, as bo had orders In his pocket to meet the special freight train at Nlckerson and tho Elkhorn company was not hold responsible for tho collision. Tho fireman of the englno testified that ho told tho engineer to Jump at tho tlmo he did so hlmrclf. but why ho did not will novor bo known. Ho said to tho fireman soon as ho reached tho englno after "in Etopiiea 10 -uurry up anu got me m dying," and In a few minutes ox pired. The deceased was nbout 42 years old and at one tlmo was admitted to tho bar, but has been ' on the rood for about sixteen years. The body will bo taken to Missouri Valloy for burial this afternoon. Kearney Aft-r MIiourl I'nclflc. KEARNEY, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) ma Kearney uuslncjs Men's association roccntly hold a meeting and decided to offer Inducements to tho Missouri Pacific Railroad company to extend their stub line from Prosscr. Neb., to this city. Prosfnr Is only twenty-two miles southeast of Kearney and the Btub line at this placo has been coveted for a long time by Interested Kearney nar- tlcs. A route was staked out from Kearney to rrosser tvelvo years ago and recently a committee of tho association went over the proposed route and reported favorably to tho association on tho extension as pro posed twolvo yearn ago. F. 0, Keens, a real estate dealer of this city, nnd Charles N. Brown, treasurer of the Kearney cotton mills, wero authorized to visit tho officers ot tho company at St. I. mils and sen whether any inducements could bt offured by citizens of this city for tho extension ot the lino. Tho committee, will leave In Hhort time. IHvorecil Couple Hetnnrrlen. TABLE ROCK, .Nob., Dec. 2. (Special.) A rathor extraordinary wedding occurred hero Friday night. Mrs. Maggie A. Casol- ton, formerly ot this place, who had loft her husband, Charles 1). Casoltqn of this placo, about a rear ago, nnd who has been In Texas for nearly a year, where nho pro cured a dlvorco from him somo eight months ago, arrived hero Thanksgiving eve, Ths next day (Friday) the ilooerted husband procured a llcenso and tho samo evening Justlco M. H. Marblo of this place was called on to pronounce tho words which again united the husband and wife. HuilKf County Mortunn;eN. FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) Tho following is tho mortgage, rosord ot Dodge county for tho month ot November: Chattel mortgages filed, sovcnty-3evon; amount, $01, 140.46; rclcasod, twenty; amount, S10.430.C4; farm mortgages re corded, seven; nmcunt, $11,998.72; released, nine; amount, SS.3S9; town and city mort gages recordod, nine; n mount, 10,338.90; re leased, nlnn amount, $3,887. Fower real es tate mortgages were recorded and released the past month than during any month for tho last thirteen years. Ilrmrn Comity Stool; men. AINSWORTH, Neb,, Dec. 2. (Special Tolegram.) At Its last regular meeting Saturday tho Brown County Stock associ ation held the annual election and solocted the following officers for the ensuing year: President, J, J. Davis; vice president, John W, Slimier; secretary, James W. Uurlelgh; treasurer, J, M. Hnnnn. Thts Is becoming a very strong association nnd stockmen tnke much Interest In Its workings. llUolinrui'il for Xot rontrlliotliiK. KDARNEV, Neb.. Dee. 2. (Special.) Cnptaln J. C. Heffnor, who has boen engi neer of the Soldiers' Home at Grand Island, has returned to his homo In this city. Dur ing the last election tho fusion campaign managers requested tho captain, among tho other employes of tho institution at Grand Island, to contribute to tho campaign fund. He refused and threo weeks after election ho was discharged. Went Point Note. WEST TOINT, Neh Dec. 2. (Special.) John Doe, a harness thief, who was await ing a retrial, escaped from the county Jail last night by sawing tho bars of his cell. He has not been recaptured, A. D, Ueemor of Reomer is receiving tho unanimous en dorsement of tho republicans of Cuming county for warden of tho state penitentiary. Al'TER LOAVES AND FISHES Republicans of South Dakota Move on tie Pit Counter En Maue. CANDIDATES fOR APPOINTIVE POSITIONS Some of the Prominent Men Who Are Looking for Plnees Mow Held Uy the Cohort of Populism. SIOUX FALLS, Dee. 2. (Special.) A number of additional candidates for stato and legislative positions have, during tho past two weeks, appeared In tho field. One of tho most Interesting contests Is that for speaker of tho lower houso of tho statu leg islature. Tho avowed candidates and those who are mentioned for tho placo arc: Albert a. Homers of Grant county, who was speaker of tho last bctisc; A. W. Wllmar h f l.cad.c, H. P. Packard of Spink, W. E. Benedict of Custer and Titus Price of Ynnkton. In tho caso of II. P. Packard, it he fntls to land tho speakership plum, ho will doubtless strive to secure the chairmanship of tho committee ou chnrltnblo Institutions In order to aid In obtnlnlng a good appro priation for tho nowoly-estnbllshcd Stato Asylum for tho Fceblo Minded at Rcdflcld, his home town. Titus Prlco of Yankton, while ho Is not an avowed candidate for tho speakership, would accept tho placo did his ncceptar.co not Interfere with tho caudldacy ot Ills townsman. Congressman Robert J. Gamble, for tho United States scnntorshlp. Rather than Intcrfcro In tho slightest degrco with Mr. Gambto's candidacy Mr. Prlco will re fuso to permit his namo to bo brpught for ward when the speakership contest comes up for settlement. Illucl. Hill .Not Avnrlcloux. W. D. Benedict of Custer In In much the samo position. The Black Hills republicans wero pleased at obtaining a congressman ut the recent election and do not feel llko an tagonizing tho plnns of tho republicans In eastern South Dakota. Mr. Benedict, when seen In reference to his candidacy for tbo speakership, stated that the mention ot his name In this connection was very com plimentary and greatly appreciated and that If such a consummation would not bo Inimical to the protection ot tho Interests ot tho B!ack Hills nnd the candidacy should be approved by tho members from thit put of tho state ho would not decline to be a candidate ' However, no suggestion of personal pro motion would bo considered If It would- operate to limit his opportunity to work for tho Interests of the entlro Black Hills. Mr. Benedict served two years ago In the senate from Custer and Fall River countlo3. It has always been customary to alternato tho senatorial nomination between tho two counties. This year it was Fall River's turn for the senatorshlp, so Mr. Benedict stepped down and ran In his own county for the lower house. The strugglo for chief clerk of tho houso Is between J. W. Cone of Minnehaha county and Willis C. Bowet ot Lawrence. This Is ono of tho most Interesting contests now In progress. For several terms Mr. Cono filled the position with credit to himself, while Mr. Bower waa chief clerk of tho last houso and also made a good record for competency and -faithful attention to the duties of thu position. Mr. Cone's candidacy will bo ma terlally aided by tho fact that the sevon ro publicans elected to the legislature from this (Minnehaha) county, as thcrcsult of a mcotlng just hold, Indorsed Mr. Cono's can didacy. Secretary of the Senate. For the secretaryship of tho state senate Doann Boblnsan of Minnehaha and John H. Scrlven of Davison appear to stllf have tho ontlro field to thcmsolves. They were op posing candidates for the same position two years ago, when the latter succeeded in landing the prize. This time Mr. Robinson's friends expr'ss confidence In his ability to win tho second round, while Mr. Scrlven's friends Just as confidently assert that ho will be re-elected to the place. Captain Phil Lawrence of Kingsbury county, commander of tho South Dakota Grand Army ot the Republic nnd at present assistant secrotary of state, will doubtless bo retained In that honorable position. So far as your correspondent haB been able to ascertain no ono clso has yet entered thu field to contest with him for the honor. D. C. Rlcker and Poter F. Haas, both ot Sioux Falls, are opposing candidates for the socrctaryBhlp of tho stato railroad commlu slon. Both aro competent men and did ex cellcnt work during the recent campaign In wresting from Senator Pcttlgrew political control ot his home city and county. Thus far no candidates havo been men tioned for tho position of state mine In 8pcctor. This position will, of course, go to somo Black Hills republican, and any mnn agreed upon by tho republicans of that pari of tho stain for tho placo will obtain it. it la a lucrative position, with good per qulsltes. Two candidates aro now In tho field for tho place of warden of tho Sioux Falls penl tontlnry. Tho first to announco htmsolf was O. S. Swcnson, chairman of tho republican commlttco of Minnehaha county, who con ducted tho recent campaign In this county so successfully. The opposition to him In Sioux Falls has brought out tho name ot John H. Toohoy, nlso of this city, as a can dldato for tho Bamo position, and who will strive to defeat Chairman Swcnson. Four Wmit Thin .loll. Four candidates have announced them selves for the position of statu Insurance commissioner. They aro: H. K. Cutting of Hughes county, 11. C. Shober of Hand N. II. Rccd of Sanborn and Prof. C. B Holmes of Mlnnobaha. Tho first named has for years been prominent In Hughes county political circles. Mr. Stjobcr Is tho cdl toi of tho iiignmoro uuiicuu, una at pros ent county auditor of Hand county. Ho Is Influential In that part of tho stato. Mr. Reed la the editor ot tho Woonsocket Herald and haB done valiant work for the cause ot republicanism In that region. Prof Holmes Is well known In this part ot tb state. In addition to being mentioned In connection with tho state Insurance commla 'sloncrshlp, his name has also been put for ward for a united States consulship scino point In Germany. He Is a graduat of Harvard, la a linguist of distinction and would roako an excellent consul should he fall to secure tho olllco of insurance com mlssloncr nnd caro to strive tor a consul ship. The Republican Editorial ubsocIuUo of the stato may decide to endorse ono of the candidates tor Insurance commissioner, Judgo S. J, Conklln of Clark county, who has been active tu working for the repub Mean causo In every campaign slnco ho camo to Dakota in 1S79, and who has neve asked for nn office at the hands ot hi party, Is a cnndldatao for appointment n adjutant general ot South Dakota. Ho 1 said to havo a largo number of very strong endorsements for the place. P. II. Detzor of Marshall county Is mak Ing a canvass ot tho republican members oloct ot the legislature In behalf ot his candidacy for the position ot sergeant-At arms of tho house. For commandant ot tho South Dakota Sold lorn' Home at Hot Springs there aro three active candidates In tho field. They aro: Colonel C. A, B. Fox of Minnehaha county, General Georgo A. Ludlow ot Bon Homme nnd C. B, Jackson of RobertB. All havo good records, both as citizens nnd as soldiers, and as each will secure strong support from the old vetorans ot tho state It would be a difficult matter to pick the winner nt this tlmo. Erall Brauch of Turner county, who wai one ot the South Dakota dolegates to tho republican national convention at 1'hlla- clphla, Is making an aggresslvo fight for appointment to the position ot stato oil Inspector, Seven Hundred for Jlollrlde. MITCHELL, S. D Dec. 2. (Special Tel egram.) Tho Jury In the caso of Robert McBrldo against forty citizens of this city for 120,000 damages for tho destruction ot his newspaper office nearly five years ago, rendered Its verdict at a lato hour last night, having been out since 1:30 o clock In the afternoon. The verdict was In favor of McBrldo and awarded him damages to the amount of $700, tho Jury declining to give nny exemplary damages. Of the forty de fendants nt least ten wero released by the ury from the Judgment returned, as they ere not found to bo associated In any way Ith tho destruction of the newspapor. FLORIDA'S HLHSIIINO TltHi:. Secret of lt I'olliiue Changing Color When Ilrtln I'nlln. "Among tho many wonders f those strange swamps thoro Is nothing more sur pilslng than tho blushing tree," said Al bert F. Dewey of Puntn Oorda, Fla., who has recently passed a month In tho Ever glades of Florida, to a Denver Post man. Tho blushing tree," continued Mr. Dewey, "Is by no means common. It Is found only In tho densest thickets n( those Intcrmlnablo marshes, whoso luxuriant cgetatlon Is a revelation to explorers. It s called tho blushing tree by those who now It because It actually blushes when tho rain falls upon It. This phenomenon s apparently Incomprehensible. It never falls to astound those who see It for the first tlmo. The mysterious and beautiful glow of color which It assumes In a raln- torm baffles description. The Seminole Indians, who once ruled Florida, havo al ways known of the treo, and In their musical language, now fast disappearing, havo words which mean 'the maiden tree which reddens at the coming of her lover, tho rain.' Jn compnny with a tnclturn Indian guide I Journeyed forty miles to see this marvellous bit of vegetable life, I could toarcely bcllcvo the story ho told me, yet courloslty at length overcamo Incredulity nd wo set forth one morning In a small canoe. Wo spent nearly three days nndilllnc nnd poling our way over' tho winding waters, In the afternoon of the third day began to wonder If ho had only been de ceiving mo for tho sake of tho boat biro and bis pay as guide, when ho gave a gruut of satisfaction and pointed to the right. "Distrustfully I followed him nshoro nnd through tho underbrush. Beneath great cy press tree, hoary with gray hanging moss, and past Immense bny trees we wended our ay Inland. Eagorly he led the way until reaching tho edge of a llttlo open npace ho stopped and with silent prldo pointed toward tho center. Gracefully a tree, with broad bannna-llko leaves, reared itself a'.ott. Wide' spreading branches hung down, lightly waving In tho warm breeze. Its emerald hucd foliage was tho most beautiful had ever beheld. It rose to a height of twenty fcrbt nnd Its thick, substantial trunk Indicated many years of existence This, tho old Seminole lnformod me, was 'tho blushing treo.' 'I told him to prepare to camp here un til It rained, regardless of time. Wo un rolled our blankets, stretched our mosquito bars, wtthou which one' cannot sleep In the glades, cooked supper and rolled up In our blankets for the night. That night, the day following and the next night passed without rain. I began to think (t would never rain,. when about noon a cloud darkened the sky overhead. I put a rubber poncho over my shoulders and fixed mv-cyes on tbo green and pretty treo a dozetfaYirds'away. It was covered with a greonleh Insect the size ot largo woodtlck, which Intensified Its color, Tho rain began to fall In torrents, after Its custom In that region. Bcsldo me, grinning confidently with a plpo In hla mouth, stood tho Seminole. "As tho cool water drenched tho tree I was amazed to noto a changing of color, Gradually, yet unmistakably, tho green huo was giving away to pink. Tho Indian had told tho truth. Tho tree was blushing at the rain. 'In a fow minutes tho green had faded from Fight. Only In a fow half-hidden spots beneath broad branches nnd on Its trvnk was thcro a Hiiko of green to bo Reen, Tho treo was as pink as tho check of a healthy girl. "After an hour or more the shower passed over nnd I watched with no less Interest the wonderful tree assume Its familiar groen onco more, as it was cnnnging oacK to emerald I suddenly realized tho secret of tho phenomenon. Tho tiny insects and not tho treo Itself changed color. These peculiar ' parasites are possessed of tho cower of chameleons. In the bright warm sunshlno thoy are greener than tho tree on which thoy live, but when tho chilly rain falls upon them they contract their llttlo backs and becomo n pretty pink In color. MIUlonH of them thus chnngo the tint of tho tree. They aro found only upon rno species of trees, which grow In certain parts of tho Everglades." BLASTING TUP. PALISADES. Willi I it n Year thi- llnte of Ilrntruo- tlon Hum Inoreufteil Fourfold. All Americans with a taste for tho won ders and beauties ot nature have taken prldo In tho picturesque Palisades of tho Hudson, regarding them as a national pos session, llko Niagara Falls, the Mammoth Cave, tho Natural Bridge and the great objects of Interest In tho far west. Tho destruction of one, of tbcao curiosities says tho Philadelphia Record, must causo a widespread feeling of loss, and where the object la purely mercenary, ot Indig nation. The blasting away of pait of tho Palisades aroused general Interest, and protests came from every part of tho coun try. Theso Impressive rocks which wall the historic river aro on the New Jersey shore, nnd present tho moro plctureanuo appearance from the Now ork sldo therefore tho legislature of thu latter statu had a good reason to provide for tho ap polntmcnt of a commission to ncgotlnto with tho owners of tho property for tho Instant' cessation of the blasting. Persons who havo witnessed rocent ns Boulta on tho Palisades declaro that within a year the rate ot destruction haa Increased fourfold; that Instead of UBlng powder, as formerly, tho blasters now use largo charges of dynamite with tremendous ro suits. Tho commission has dono absolutely nothing no fur, tho membors explaining that they have lud no tlmo to devote to the business. Already tho Pallsadea havo been ronbed of much of tholr beauty, and It will requlro but n few years at th present rate ot destruction to malto their ruin complete. It has been a great mistake In America not to rescrvo to the public the banks of Rll rivers and lakes, Thoro nre ronny cities In which the right of prlvato ownership of the margins of strenms has resulted I tho salo of tho property to tho railroad and tho laying ot tracks along water fronts which should belong to tho people Lung ago the state ot New Jersey should hav comlemued the slto of the Palisades for park purpojea. As It la, Now York cr. much better afford to pay for the property than to havo this famous wall of solid rock blown to ploces, PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Allen It. Julian, Jr.. of Evanston, III,. Is In the city, the guest of his brother. Mr. Julian expects to arrange for tho appear ance of the Northwestern University Man dolin, Gleo nnd Ilnnjo club, of which hn Is a member. In this city during the Christ man holidays, when tus club will make a wtstern trio. MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS Grants Admits That Ho it About to Bell Ilia Hidden fortune. COLORADO PEOPLE PUSHING PROMOTION err Conipniilrn Arc Itnrrylnic Alonit the Development of Thrlr Prop erties nnd (Ireiilly Knlinnee the Criicrnl Activity. LEAD, S, D., Dec. 2. (Special.) Otto P. Th. Grantz, tho owner of tho great Hidden Fortuno mine, north of this city one tnlle, has returned homo from Denver, whero ho went last week with two carloads f rich oro. Ho states that his mine ha.4 bcou bunded to a Chicago mining expert nnd that a deal for the entlro North Lead hill, taking In several well known gold mines, has practically been made. Four years ago John Pierce of Sioux City, la., had 200 acres of mining ground bonded In this samo district which ho nearly placed 1th tho consolidated banks ot Lundon. Slnco that tlmo very rich strikes ot gold ore havo been made on several mining claims on ground held In the Pierce band nd now embraced In tho bond held by tbo Ch.cngo expert. It Is estimated that Grantz has cleaned up $250,000 In tho pnst twelve months from his Hidden Fortuno mine, omc of tho oro running as high nn $63,000 per ton gold. Wolframite, n very valuable metal, has also been discovered nil along tho hill and It Is now being shipped to New brk city, bringing as high as $300 per ton. Tho ground bonded by this Chicago export Joined tho Hoinestako mines on tho west. This great corporation has repeatedly tried to buy up this ground. Tho gold ore found on the ground Is both free milling nnd refractory, there being flat chutes and verticals ot quartz ore. Grantz conllimB the report that a big mining deal has been mado la tho Little Strawberry mining district, east of this city Ino miles. Threo Frenchmen with titles have visited tho Dakota Maid mine on sev- ral occasions nnd Grantz states that a doal has been closed. The Dakota Maid mine has an enormous body of cyanldlng ore blocked out, one of tho largest In tho Black Hills. The foreigners will put $500,000 Into tho proporty In the way of ore reduction plants and hoists. Tho French promoters have gone to Paris and London to float the company and It Is asscrtod by them that an organization second to nono In tho Black Hills will be the result. A contract nas already been let at tho mine to do certain preliminary work in opening up tno greai ore body. Colorndo Companle Arc Active. Tho nrorncctlvo work of tho Belt Exten- Ion company of Colorado Springs, Colo., In sinking a shaft south of this city on the HnniMtnkn ore lodo. tho bonding oi me ground north of this city and this Dakota Maid talo, has set things auvo in a miuiuE way In tho Black Hills. Plans nre now being maue lor me now cyanldo plant Hint is to bo erected In the lower part of Deadwoou ny mo imperii Mining company. The plant will contain Loth tho cyanldo and chlorinating processes and will have a capacity of about ioa tons f oro per day. The company was recently organized by W. S. Elder of this city, who ownod the American Express group or clalmB in tho Blacktall district west of this city. Tho plant and mine will give employment to about 100 men. Pennsyl- ania capitalists have become tnteresiea. Tho Spearflsh Mining company ot Colo rado Springs has niado final payment on tho Hermitage croup of claims, which Is one of the several groups purchased In the Rag- god Top district, twelve miles west of this city. Tho company now has a dood to about 340 acres ot mining ground tnd a 00-ton cyanldo plant Is nearly completed. Five Colorado Springs mining men are of ficers of tho company. It Is estimated that thoro 1b a solid blankot of ore COO feet wide nnd nearly 2,000 feet long on tho ground purchased, which will run from $10 to $200 per ton of gold. Thn cyanide process Is especially adapted to tho ore. Moso Kaufman of Sioux Falls has been In Deadwood looking after the Kast Enu group of claims, which he purchased a year ago. Tho ground Is located In the Lost Camp gulch near Galena. Tho claims will bo patented. Tho Tltanlo Mining company haa com menced sinking on their shaft to reach quartzlto. Tho company has patented 715 acres or grounu in mo uoari ui iiiu v-m bonate district. It Is reported that a new strlko of coal has been mado on ground belonging to the estato of tho lato Fred M. Barrett, locatcrt In the Hay Creek district. Tho coal Is a superior quality and the ledgo Is thick and has a good roof. A mine will bo opened. It Is known that a big sale la contem plated In the Blncktall district, tho mine bolng tho Dendbroke, now owned by II. M Moloney of this city. Colorado capitalists havo been negotiating for tho property for several weeks. There Is a ledgo of cement froo milling oro ovor 200 feet wldo and forty feet thick that will average $10 per ton gold. The mlno Is now being worked, the oro being run through stamps and then mmersed In a cyanide solution. It Is stated that the deal will coll for about $150,000. Good Copper Proposition, Friends of copper mining In tho Rlnck Hills aro plrnscd over the discovery of the largo vein of copper oro found by thu Cop por Butto Mining company, which Is opcrat lug on Spring crook, In Custer county. The company ran a trench 100 feet across the ln and found thu oro In placo nil that dis tance. A shaft will be sunk Immediately upon tho voln. Tho company Is officered by prominent capitalists of Now York, Chi cngo nnd tho Twin Cities. Tho officers ot tho Black Hills Copper company, who visited that company's copper mlno west of Rochford, took with them to Chicago on their way homo to Benton Hnrbor, Mich. threo samples ot oro which they had as bayed. Thoy got assays from 13.1 to 21.fi per covt copper. Tho company Is sinking a deep shaft on a ledge ot copper and gold oro. At the Blue Lead coppor mine, which In being developed by the Maloney Bluo Lead Copper company, copper ore Is being mined at tho top of the main ledgo and work Is Btlll going on at tho long tunnel, whlcn Is to tap tho main copper ledge at tho wate lovol. Tho Vigilante Mining company has started up work again on the Gold Coin mine near Custor, which Is a copper propo What Shall We Have for Dessert? Tills question arises In the family every day. Lot us answer it to-day. Try a delicious and healthful dessert. Pro. pared Jn two minutes. No boiling I no baking add boiling water und set to cool. Flavors; Lemon, Orange, Rasp berry and Strawberry. Oct n pnekago hi your grocers uwiay. 10 cts. fct lar.mi'u cyr-acuni;' aii iuar.y Kldneycura n oifteak's. nac ache, etc, Al 1rui trlt-m. or br laal 5 tl Free book, aft- Vli0tOl Ot, , i. Ktl, Kara'ca, Si. It Don't You It's Your lust look around your ofllce! Arc tow window clean? Is the jrns light dim? Do you come up in a dinkey, crowded little elevator that doesn't run nights or Sunday, and is run Uy a fresh elevator boy who jars your breakfast every time you ride? If ho your olllco is not in ..The Bee Building., Hut it ought to be. There is no janitor service like theirs. Von have electric liylit. steam heat and perfect elevator service. There are no un desirable ofllces in the building. Wc'l? take pleasure in showing you them. R, C. PETERS & CO., Rental Agents Ground Floor, Boo Building. an 5 sltlon. Tho 300-foot Bhaft will be sunk an other 100 foot. Tho nrltlsh-Amerlcan Ould ml fnnrnr rnmnnnv of Detroit. Mich., and the Copper Cliff of Ironwood, Mich., aro both worklnc large forces ot men on properu?s rest of Hochfort, in rcanini;ion couniy. If la ..rnrrlri! I hnt tho uIlU'l'rB Of tllC Highland Chief MlnliiK company will arrive frnm thn rnat In a few days for the purpose nt tMiiii. nvxr i In, old Hlzhland Chief mine, located In tho Spruco Gulch district. Thero Is at prest nt blocked out in the mine n lnrirn amount of oro. partly treo milling. that will averaRc $20 per ton gold. The mine has produced a Kreai ucai oi num. With a continuation of tho cyanldo and amalgamating processes the mlno would be n success. A deal of considerable magni tude la pending on tho Elm City group of claims, ndjolnlng the Highland Cliff, owned hi- Uirnn npmlwnnd nartlrs. A tunnel has been run 200 feet to tap a ledgo of oro known to exist. Assays rich enough to ship have beou obtained. Tho group of claims Is about a mllo from tho proposed Bile oi me im norini Minin? eomnanv'B new cynnldo plant. The Monnrch mlno In tho samo district will soon put oro on the market. A Villus ninahmnltli Saved III. l.tt- tle son n i.ur. m. tr it niorl; thn well known vltlaxo blacksmith at Orahamsvlllo, Sullivan Co.. N. Y says: "Our llttlo son, nvo years old, has always been subject to oroup, nnd n hmi hnvn tho attneks been that wo havo feared many times that he would die. Wo havo had the doctor and used many moai clncs. but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is now our sole reliance. It seems to dls- iMvn dm touch mucus and by giving fre quent doses when tho croupy symptoms ap pear we have found mat tno ureauca croup Is cured before it gets settled." Thero Is no danger In giving this remedy, for It con tin nn nnlnm nr other Inlurlous druc nnd may be given as confidently to a babo as to an adult. A. 0. U. W. TO BUILD ITS HOME Plonrl.hliiK Society Will Krtct n Balltlnir for Permanent State Headquarter.. Tho session of tne grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, held at Lincoln In 1890, took steps to find the order permanent home and to that ccd author ized the grand, maBter workman to appoint rommltten to invest gato and report a ultablo location. Tho order now comprises moro than 28,000 members In Nebraska alone and Is amply ablo to buy or build a home. Tho following members have been nnolnted as such coraralttoo: W. A. Hos- ford, Albion; R. W. Laflln, Wyraoro; F. E, Deeman, Kearney; W. L. Ross, Dakota City; R. Schacffer, Fremont. The committee, with the grand master workman, will meet at the Merchants hotel In Omaha Tuosday, December 4, at 3 o'clock for the purpojo of organization. Do you need a hired girl 111 bring ont. ? A Beo want ad Itnvnicca of llo- Cholern. -n.wnnti xi.,1, nan " (ftneclal.) Johnson county farmora are suffering more nr. A mnrn irnnnrallv from the " " I - . . . t . n .1 I I IT, .1 , ravages or nog enoiera ui mo i"". than at any othur tlmo pcrhnps In the his- , tory of the county. Among the heavy losers are: Dr. A, Galsnr, pure-bred l'o- land-Chinas, forty head; D. S. Warimr. pure-bred l'olands, forty-llvo ncau; jncou Flnzcr, ulghty hood; Jacob Zlnmastor, fifty head; Georgo Farrlcs, t-eventy head, and lesser numuerB urauus un.ui ........... Criuid IMiuid'n Population. nniMTi ISLAND. Nob.. Dec. 2. (Spo- clal.) Somo exception Is bolng mado to n staturaent appearing In Tho Ueo In ennnce tlon with tho comment on n.o census s urcB. This city was classed with others of Its slzo In the atato which admlttcdlj .added tho roturns of 1S30. Grand isiau ,n that census returned oniy ,.. n ia t Here's Where We Shine- At S2 00 Drcx L. Slioonuin koIIf h heavy three-sole modmules' shoe mado with plump Itlp uppers nnd whlc round toeR that slvo Brcut comfort to the feet -nnd nt tlio same time lmvu nt.vla will them URtially $2.00 fbooH aro great, clumsy afTalru rcKt'Jnr brofiiins not no with these for thoy nra nindo with uh much style ns the hlpher priced hIiocs We gmiruutco every pair of theso uppers to outwear two pairs or poIpb You'vo never seen iv shoo that could show half the value for $'2.00. Drexel Shoe Co,, New Cntalflftnn Heady Sent I'reo for tlio Aaklnif. Oitinl.a' t)p-lo-ilntc Slior lloimc, 14 1 FAIINAM STIIEHT. The Self Playing ''Apollo Tho latest nnd bout In piano attach ments Is SELLING AT BIGHT. WHY? HccniiRci It Is so vastly superior In every wny to nny of Its competitors It re quires just ono-half tho expenditure- ot physical force to run lt-Como In to our plnno rooms when passing nnd try It yourself you will bo delighted at once. Owluu to the enormou number bolus,' produced It sells cheaper than nny other. A. HOSPE, Mllo ut Alt Iii3 Dliidn. 5 5 5ft Alove? SC. I 8 believed that who will thow a gain this year of 200 or 300 and tho figures on tho county show that It has mado n pain ot nearly 700. .Mciit'jrlnl Srrvlrcn, TAM,E ROCK. Neb., Deo. 2. (Special.) Memorial exercises wero held hern this morning In tho rresbytorlnn church In memory of Mrs. Christina Ilaker-Tnylor ami Miss Mlnnlo linker, who met with ouch n tragic death by drowning In Alaskan waters en November P. The cxerclsco were conducted by Rev. J. 13. McAfeo of I'nrk college nt I'nrkvllln mission. Mr. McAfeo was a classmntc of tho lato Mrs. Taylor and uraduatcd In tho same class. Tho exercises wero very Im pressive. Llceime Ilea In Teleitritm. PI.ATT3MOUTH, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.) County Judge J. E. Douglas Issued a mar rlago llcenso yestorday to Hugh Anderson and Miss Agnes Kcyscr. "Later In tho day ho recolvod a mesMago from 11. Keysor of Weeping Water requesting him to rcfuru to issue a marriage llcenso to tho parties named above. Albort Flcklcr and Mlts Adah Drnpcr, two prominent young Cass county people, were united In marriage In St. John's Catholic church yesterday by Rev. Father NugeH. Knllmer .nme Cln-U. 8UPERIOR. Neb., Dec. 2. (Speclnl.) Dal Follmcr, land commissioner-elect, has ap pointed ns ono of the clerks In his olllco nt Lincoln V. A. Holllngsworth, editor of tho Oak News. 1,000 Wo r tu oi (ii.o.l. A. II. Thurncsa of Wills Creek Coal Co., Iluffalo, O., writes: "1 have been afltlcto with kidney and bladder trnublo for years, passing gravel or stones with cxcruclatiui; pain. Other medicines only gnve relief. After taking Foley's Kidney Cure the result was surprising. A few doses started the brick dust, llko floe stones, etc., and now I have no pain across my klducys nnd 1 fori llko a now man. Foley's Kidney Cure haB dono me 11,000 worth of good:" Take no substitute. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's drug store, SouUi Omaha. LOCAL BREVITIES. Albert Chase, one of two brothers from Rlkhorn, died yesterday, morning ut the School for tho Deaf at meningitis, lie wan 12 years of age and had been sick (inn week. Ills mother wan with him during his Hick noss. Tho body wan taken to his home at Elkhorn. ChurlcH Ilrown. Harry Howard und C. 11. Coin woro arrested Bunday by Detectives Donahue, IleltfoM. Snvngc and Dunn, mid locked up. charged with tho burglary No vember 2i of Mike Kumpkls' miloon In Council HlulTs. AmoiiK the plunder sccurod wero two gold wutchca. both of which havo been found In an Omaha pawnshop. Won't stand any cubctltut Ing nor will you take your prescriptions where ,ubatl tutlng Is allowed It you knew It. We place behind our clerks one of the most com plete stocks ot pure, fresh druga In the west and ho matter what the prescrip tion, bring .them to us and we will fill them properly at a very reasonable cent. 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