Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 1, 1887, Page 4

| | 3 ' : THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. JULY I. 1887 . i : : e —————————————————————————————————— e —— ———————————— THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERVE OF SUBSONIPTIONG Dafly Morniaz Edition) including Sunday Bk, Ono Y ear. N 100 For 8ix Months 500 For Threa Months 260 Tue Omahn Swnday’ 1t address, One Y oar. .. 200 OMATA OFrier, NO, 014 AND 918 FARYAM STREPY W YORK OFPICE %, TRIRUNE BUiLDING VASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 513 FOURTEN 11 STREET. CORMESPONDENCE! All communioations relating to news andedi- torial maitor should be widressod to the Evi TOR OF TUK BEk BUSINERS LETTERS? ATl businees lotters and remittances should be addressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMARA. Drafts, checks and postoMice orders 10 be made payuble to the order of the eompany, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPARY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Epitor. THE DAILY BEE, of Circulation. Sworn Stateme Btate of Nebraska, la.s. County of Douglas. {™ ™ Geo. B. 'Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Daily Bee for the week ending June 24, 1557, was as follows Saturday.June 18, 1, Sunday, Junc 19 Monday, June 20 . Tuesday, Jjune 21 . Wednesday, June %2 Thursday, June 23 ., Friday,June 24.. Average..... iEO. 18, TZSCHUCK. vorn to before me this 25th day of June, 1857, N. P, Frit, ISEAL.] Notary Pubiic. “Tzschuck, betng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The /e Publishing company, that the actual verage daily cireulation of the Daily Bee for the month™ of for June, 188 208 coples: for July, 1586, 12,814 copies; for August, 1858, 12,464 copies; for Septem- ber, 185, 13,030 (m{ilpa; or October, 186, 1208 copies: for November, 1886, 3 copies; for December, 18%, 13,337 copies; for January 1857, 16,266 coples: for Febrnary, 1857, 14,195 coples; for March. 1857, 14,400 copies; for April, 1847, 14,316 copies; for May, 1857, 14,227 copies. Subseribed and s Geo. Gro. B, Tz3cnuck. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of June A. D., 1557, ISEAL N.P. Frir, Notary Publie. Tue Omaha Water company sells fish and feculence by the gallon. UNDER the provisions of the state law the gamblers will go to-day. — Mayor HEWITT says no fire works shall be dischargea in New York on the Fourth of July. THE oil room practice has been trans- ferred from the legislature to the city council. THERE were heavy rains throughout the south yesterday—and the drought was washed awa; Tuk Georgia editors indul, n a lit- tle war yesterday—showing that the new south is keeping pace with the times. — Tur weather indications show rain but nothing has been received at the signal oflice showing the whereabouts of John M. Thurston Tug flag episode has almost been for- gotten in this busy nation. The Fourth of July is the next actual event on the programme, - A “JourNALISTIC JO-J0" will be hurled at our esteemed contemporary by an- other, since the dog-faced boy has ap- peared before the public. —_— Tue June rise has not nadeits appear- ance,but the watersupply carries a greater amount of dirt than when the Dillon- ville depot was submerged. Mus. James BRoOWN-PoTTER is still at- tempting to act on the stage. She should try to play a part in the Deadwood coach at the show of the wild, Wild West. Tue National opera company has re- turned to New York, badly in debt. Next year the company hoves to be on a “‘paying basis.”” The members also hope the same. Tue Pacific Investigating committee, up to this date, hus used no whitewash, 1t has discovered orators, boodiers, and rebate fiends, but fails to ascertain the whereabouts of John M. Thurston. Tae St. Lows Republican has found cighteen members of the Missouri legis- lature who were neither *‘lobby servers nor time-servers.”” That1s a pretty igh average of honest men to be found in one gathering in Missouri. MR. MUNGER, of Fremont, has been apvointed a member of the Nebraska railway commission, Buschow was re- tired. Up to the present time Judge Mason remains a member—Major Pierce thinking it might have been, A NoviLry in a New York museum now is a Mormon elder—proud, vulgar and tall--accompanied by three of his wives and a dozen of s best looking children. If Brigham Young had ounly had the business qualities of Colonel the Hon. W. F. Cody. CHING W00-HA--White Dog—a chief of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, which is located on the Bad River reservation, in northern Wisconsin, was recently robbed in Chicago. This does settle it. Kansas City real estate advanced 20 per cent when the fact became known. His friends aro still urging Allen G. Thurman to change his mind and run for governor of Ohio. If their entreaties aro successful, the “old Roman" will have cause to regret his folly. He should be happy to to think he could be elected. Experiments afe sometimes suicidal, THERE 18 in Sharp's case a sermon to every young man and all men who can read or hear. Boss ‘I'weed died in Lud- low streot jail, was buried in & pine box with no other person uear save Luke, his black attendant. He was once rich and powerful. Sharp’s case is 80 nearly identical that it cannot be called “‘an ex- ception.” A COMPLAINT on the part of the associ- ated grocers of St. Louis against the Mis- souri Pacitic railroad company for its sction in increasing the price of 1,000 mile tickets to commereial travellers has been forwarded to the inter-state com- merce commission, The commission will not suspend the rule. The railroad experts are doubtless prepared 1o make a statement that would wake Jay Gould weep for pity, if he heard the story. An Instructive Oontr Referring to the collapse of the Fidel- ity bank of Cincinnatl. which produced only & slight tremor in finaneial eircles from which they have now entirely re- covered, the Cleveland Leader makes an instructive contrast of the general effects of this failure with those produced by the eollapse just thirty years ago of the Ohio Life and Trust ecompany of Cincinnati. eyent was ‘the forerunner of the disastrous panic of 1857, the most calami- tous and far-reaching this country hns ever experienced. Those who are old enongh to clearly remember that crisis, will have no difficulty in reealling facts of their experience illustriative of the universial depression, distrust and gloom which setteled down upon every portion of the country. There was no confidence anywhere or in any- thing. The rickety banks of that time woent down by the score. Every day re- corded a host of failures of merchants and manufacturers, Knterprises of all kinds came nearly to a standstili, and idle labor drifted about hopelessly in quest of employment. Aimost every savings bank in the country experienced arun, and many of them metthe de- mands of depositors with great difliculty, nearly or quite all of them taking advan- tage of their privilege to protect them- selves, The paralysis was general, and there was not a branch of business or in- dustry that did not suffer, The chief cause of this state of affairs was the inse- cure c| acter of the bank system of the country. A few of the tes had sound banking laws under which the business was done on a proper basis, and the banks of such tes, with perhaps a few exceptions, survived the shock and stramn of the erisis; but very generally the banks were wild-cat institutions. with little or no substantial foundation, which flooded the country with notes which had not a farthing of security to rest upon. In the west particularly a great volume of this insceured paper had been emitted, and had permeated to a greater or less de- gree the channels of ance and trade in every quarter of the country. When the shock came the worthless institu- tions went nevitably to wreck and repudiation, carrying down to ruin thousands who had been induced to place contidence in them. The loss to the peo- ple 1n this worthless currency amounted to many mitlions of dollars. But the situation now, as our contemp- orary remarks, is very ditterent. The failure of a bank causes no concern to the note holder, because he knows the note is finally protected by sccurity in the hands of the government, and is just a3 sound and serviceable for all its pur- poses as if tho bank issuing it were now doing business with a million of surplus in its vaults. No one has troubled him- self to examine his curreney to ascertain if there are any notes the Fidelity bank among it, any of and number of these notes would be received at any bank or business house with no more question or doubt respecting their value than would attend the reccipt of an equal amount of the issues of the wealthiest and soundest bank in the country. The responsibility for the se- curity and redemption of every bank note issued is with the government, and no conditions or circumstances can re- move that responsibility. This, with other wise and sound provisions of the national banking law for the protection of the people, have given this country the best monetary system ever devised, and there could hardly be any greater mis- fortune befall the country than its aban- donment and a return to that state of affairs which existed thirty years ago and to which was chiefly due the dis- astrous panic of that time, Certainly no man familiar with the financial history of that period, and still less any one who then did business or performed labor, will be found among the opponents ot the present system in favor of a restora- tion of the conditions which it sup- planted. Color Discrimination. Two conspicgous cases of color dis- crimination have recently been noted which may furnish a text to southern democratic editors on race prejudice as a sentiment not confined to their section. One of these has occurred at Philadel- phia, where the preparations for the celebration of the boming Fourth of July include a children’s chorus, the singers to the number of 1,500 to be selected from the public schools. When the mat- ter was discussed at a recent mecting of the singing teachers and others, the fear was expressed that if the colored children should be introduced in the chorus tho white children would refuse to participate or would not attend. It was claimed bysome that the colored childreu had much stronger voices than the white children, and there was earnest opposition to any discrimination, but the fact remained that there was enough feel- ing among the white children against their colored schoolmates to promise trouble if the latter are selected. The other case is the exclusion of colored people from the privileges of Asbury Park, a place on the New Jersey coast which1s something of a resort, though the property of a private corporation. ‘Ihe person who is 1 control of the place is a millionaire who has the reputa- tion of being a devoted friend of religion and temperance, and he has established regulations some- what restrictive in their nature, which are rigidly enforced. It seems that the colored people who have been allowed to visit the park have not been disposed always to conform strictly to these regu- lations. It 18 alleged that they will not retire at the hour prescribed by the rules, and that they invade portions of the re- sort set apart for the exclusive use and enjoyment of other guests. Hence it wes decided to exclude them aitogether. In an explanation, however, of this action, the ndividual chiefly responsible for it indicates very clearly that hostility to the colored visitors is not wholly due to their alleged disregard of the reg- ulations. He says they have been gath- ing about the place in such numbers as to have become oftensive to the guests, and the movement to exclude them from the privileges is designed to drive them away as residents in the neighborhood. 1t is very clear that it isa case of race prejudice on the part of the aristocrats who summer at Asbury Park, There is not much to be said respecting these circumstances, except that they show & great deal yet to be done in the eduoation of popular sentiment before our people are wholly cleansed of this narrow race prejudice. Of course there can be no doubt that the colored children will be represented in the Fourth of July | chorns at Philadelphia. Apart from all other considerations it is peculiarly ap- propriate that they should take partin the celebration of the day in which it was proclaimed that “all men are ereated equal.” Botter abandon the chorus fea- ture than have it upon such terms as the exclusion of colored children in defer- ence to race prejudice. So far as the other affair is concerned, and respecting which the colored people interested are greatly incensed, the only thing to be said is that the rule excluding colored visitors to Albany park should be re- garded only so far as it doos not deprive them of any rightful privilege. Whatever lawiul rights they have they should firmly insist upon by all proper methods, Race prejudice may not easily be conquered, but it must be combatted wherever it is asserted, Senator Allison's Conversations, The Towa senator has become recently an object of 1nterest to the interviewers, able that he shows no dis- position to repulse them. This does not prove that the senator regards himself as presidential timber, but simply that he is occupying a place in the public mind among those who are in the *‘possi- ble" list and that he is not unconscious of it. The seaator is now at Lake Min- netonka, accompanied by Congressman Henderson. In Minneapolis he found opportunity to talk with a newspaper representative, in which he said some things which may have a general in- terest. A short time ago Mr. Al- lison was one of those who strongly favored an extra session of con- gress, but 1f he is now correctly reported he has changed his views. His reason for this Is the same the BEe has urged, that probably nothing would be gained by an extra session. In order to dispose of the accumulating surplus Mr. Allison thinks the treasury should buy bonds in the open market, and in order to prevent an accumulation by reducing revenue he is favorably disposed to the repeal of the sugar tariff' and would perhaps agree to drop the tax on tobacco, leaving the whisky asitis. The protective tarift system he would not materially disturb. He is not hopeful of the scheme of com- mercial union with Canada, by son of the grave difficultics to be overcome. ‘The promise for republican success next year he regards as exceedingly good., There is a degree of caution in the con- versations of Senator Allison which shows that he is still in the control of that prudent wisdom which has been his safeguard thus far in his public ec: and which he has never had greater need of than now. Nobody can have any doubt as to where he is to be found in leading public questions, and it is well that he isn't over lous to impart new knowledge. 1t is rather to his advan- tage that he has not yet had any boom, and he will be wise in avoiding one. However, the senator 18 receiving a good deal of compliment attention which should make him feel both proud and hopeful. Signed, Sealed and Delivered. In response to the charge that the award for city advertising was made by the couneil on illegal proposals by dis- honest trickery of the Rounds & Tavlor jobbers, their paper tells us that their contract is signed, sealed and delivered. This is literally true, but for all of that, the contract is void, because it was procured by trickery and fraud, on an illegal bid, and furthermore, be- cause the contract does not correspond with the bid. The contract has been “signed, sealed and deliverea,” but the council has not yet taken final action on it. Every contr: signed by the mayor must firsy be reported back to the counc'l with the bond. Itis the duty of the council to compare the contract and see that it corresponds exactly with the bid, and if so, whether the bond accompanying the contract is good and suflicient for its enforce- ment. We have already shown that the pro- posals for advertising, as invited by the city clerk, were in several respects de- ficientt and at variance with the plan provisions of the charter. Bids were in vited for printing instead of advertising. They called for printing to be done dur- ing tie fiscal year begmuing July 1, 1837, when the fiscal year begins with Januury, and the charter, as construed by the city attorney, requi the ofiicial advertising to be let in nuary each But how was that contract ‘'signed, seuled and delivered?” It was presented to Mayor Broatch early Wednesday morning by Cadet Taylor, and the signa- ture of the mayor procured under false pretenses. The contract is dated June 28th, although the mayor signed it on the 20th. The object of back dating is mani- festly intended to make it appear that the mayor had signed the contract on Tuesday mght, and the council had im- mediately voted to approve the contract and the accompanying bond, The back dating is not, howe: the only tell-tale of deception, trickery and fraud, which appears on the face of the hogus coutract. The bid of the Rounds & ylor jobbers was for one year, from July 1, 1887, to July 1, 1833, The contract reads for one year from July 1, 1887, to the first Tuesday in Jan,, 1883, The words ‘‘first Tues- day m Jan.” are inserted in diYerent hand writing, Were they inserted before the mayor signed the contract, and why was this change from the expressed terms of the bid made? Can any decent man in the council stand up and approve a contract which bears upon its face the stamp of jobbery and dishonesty? We are not disposed to treat this matter lightly because it savors too much of boodler methods. The contract has been “‘signed, sealed and delivered,” but the job is so bungling and the fraud so transparent that 1t cannot stand. The mere question as to which paper shall be the oflicial organ of the city for the next six months is sccondary in this controversy., The mai sue is, whether’ the city council will recklessly counte- nance jobbery and allow a gang of no- torious swindlers and confidence men to fleece Omahataxpayers? Mayor Broatch also has a plain duty to perform 1n tnis connection. He must rectifv the mistake in signing a contract that is back-dated and does not conform in its terms to the bid under which the contract was awarded by the council. The bogus contract should be cancelled promptly, and the council notified of the faot that the award for one year would be 1n violation of the spirit and letter of the chartel —_— CoroN¥L. SABIN, the general man- ager. of the Western Mutual, suc- cossor to the late Mutnal Benevolent insurance concera, has interviewed him« self once more through the boodler's organ. In this phid for interview the “Colonel"’ takes occasion to complain of ili-treatment at the hands of Rosewater. and the Ber, Mr, Sabin threatens to re: dress his grievanees over the exposure of his defanct fraudulent company in the cotirts under the new erimi libel law. Let Colonel Sabin proceed by all means, The law was doubtless passed to shield rogues and swindlers, but no threat of criminal prosecution will silence this paper. On the other hand we give Colonel Sabin fair warning that we will prosecate him to the tullest extent of the law if he dares to charge blackmail or any attempt to extort money or patronage from him or nis benevolent company by Rosewater or anybody haying authority to act for him, Tne double street-sweeping job was a little too much even tor the oil room conncilmen. But Fanning claims he is solid with Rothacker and the sweeping machine will continue to cashits bills for extras. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings, The Plattsmouth cannery employs 130 hands. Burglars dope theirvi ctims with chlo- form i Grand Island, Crete is at present the cent er of natural gas development in the state. Kearney will have four miles of street car track in operation by fall, The Burlington extension is Grant, near the Colorado line. Indianola threatens to dam Coon creck and turn loose its powers on factory wheels, Plattsmouthers contribute 500 to 1,000 quarts of berries a day to Omaha's in- ternal arrangement, The Hastings waterwe at an expen f B ceipts aver: .70, The squabble over the cemetery fund in Nebraska City has not rufifed the serenity of a single resident of Wyuk The new hospitai of the Franciscan Sisters in Grand Island was formally opened with a public dinner last Wed- nesday. gzfield has deferred the July jam- boree till the 21st, and live committees undertaken the task of fattening two hogs and a bullock to grease the o1l town of Madison h open to ks are operaied day, The re- as presented to rden precinet, ndsomesilk bunner, ale and gold tass the support given the L fight Tast fall. The precinct cast 103 votes, all for Mad- ison. The rotten youta of Wayne are court- ing a penitentiary job by sending ob- scene letters through the mails. A vig- orous agitation of their suspender but- tons might eflect a temporary reform and impress their persons with a stinging sensation of decency. The cditor of the Logan county Pioncer Is highly honored over the attempt of a fakir to hit him for $100. The genteel impudence and wealth of cheek dis- played by the fakir warmed the editorial hieart and produced a feast of cold rotler sandwiches and an impulsive invitation to migrate, The Schuyler Quill publishes a letter from Henry Bolton to sustain its charge that the Union compels through sengers to p: ) cents for crossing the bridge B onJune13 erdemanded §2.60 for a tic L Blufls while the fare to Omaha w 10. William nson, a Frontier county farmer, fell eencath the wheels of a moy- ing freight trn at Gothenburg, on the 22, and had both feet cut off. The un- fortunate lingered in terrible pain until Iast Tuesday, when death relieved him. He leaves a wife and child. A modest democrat is one of the noblest works of this bourbon period. Custer county furnishes the only genuine men on record. dechined a 312 a year postoflice tor the reason that he ditd not seck it and was not competent The young men's democratic club of Omaha will pay « i L price for the photograph of this r Vs, The Willard-Richardson tragedy in Loup City is developing the worst ™ fea- tures of ‘human hatred and persecution. The refusal to admit Richardson to bail, although the evidence showed strong pre voeation, is sturtling proot of the vindic- tiveness of friends ot “the dead man, It isreported that tlort1s being made to bulldoze witnesses for the defense and drive them from town. The two barbe: in whose shop the tragedy occurred, und who bave in nossession Richard- son's revolver, are being boycotted and deprived of business because they re- fused to give up the weapon and clasp hands with the coterie bent on reveng at any price. Sach conduct will u doubtedly react in favor of the prisoner. lowa Items. Dayenvort has a young igins 565 pounds. The Marshalltown town council pro- vose to appropriate 6,000 furthe purpose of prospecting for g The will of a pious Davenport woman who died recently beaueaths %2,000, nearly her whole estate, to the mission- ary socicty . A son of 8. Herrick, of Grinnell, re- cently returned from California, fell fifty-two feet from a tree he was climb- ing, and escaped with a bruised body but no broken bones. Charles Munoke, a wealthy and well- known farmer of Mt. Vernon township, Biack Hawk county, commitced swcide Monday by hanging himself to the limb of a trée about & mile from his residence Prophet Foster predicts a pleasant, rm day on the Fourth, Girls can ur white dresses with powder stains imprint of the picnic palm on Loys and aduits can ar cannon erackers in the hand, with w smile and a toy pistol, The day will be dry lny,lorn only. lady who w w and the the waistband, Dak, The Milwankee roj a month in Yankton. The Catholic Sca of Dakota is to be divided, and a newibishop appointed for North Dakota, with residence at Furgo. The new Congregational church at Faulkton when completed will be one of the finest church edifices in the terri- tory. $ Prof, Carpenter, J?‘rn of the Rapid City school of wmines, hak had the degree of A. M. conferred upon him by the Ohio university. The Drake polishing works, of Sioux Falls, have just completed three elegant jasper pedestals which are to be finished with gold bronze trimmings. They are for Tiftany & Co., of New York, and are to be used in mounting clocks. The two mummoth artesian wells which spout within the limits of the city of Yank- ton, both continue to pour forth moisture, The roar of the water which 1ssues trom the well at the ds is similar to the noise of a train of cars crossing a bridge. ta. distributes £2,000 Mountana. A company of Colorado capitalists are wining the resources of Butte, with a w to establishing smelting works. The corner stone of St, Peter's hospital | in Helens was laid last week. The in- stitutfon will bo bu!lt and managed by the Episcopal church. 1t is estimated that it will require 300, 000 to put Multan tunnel in a safe condi= tion for the passage of trairs, It must be arched with stone or brick. The editor of the Helena Herald, after atwo weeks' outing in the Musselshell country, reports that “the stock that suryived the winter is fast recovering flesh, Except for the persceution of flies and mosquitoes, which are unusually nu- merous this year, the stock seem to bo enjoying a perfect elysium. There is abundant luscious feed and sweet water everywhere and there is nothing to ‘do but eat and grow fat Amid scenes of universal beauty and verdure are painful evidences of last winter's death and desolation, The bleaching bones of dead cattle, horses and sheep attest the fatal work of starva- tion and piercing blizzard. The attenu- ated herds look lonesome in this great wilderness of verdere, and among the survivors one looks 1n yain for the usual proportion of cows, heife: ves and bulis. ~There are ex; to this general rule. In the Smith river valley some few stock men bave branded tho usual number of calves, but in most sec- tions the round ups have been abandoned for the son that there was no increase to need branding." et — A WOMAN OF THE MINES, No Reason, She Says, Why Ladics Should Not Speculate in_ Ores, Mrs, Fannie A, Kerr, who made £100,000 1n mining operations i Color- ado, is in New York, A reporter for the Mail and Express colled on her at the Hotel Bartholdi yesterday. Mrs. Kerr was elegantly attired in black silk, dee- orated with the latest Parisian dupasse- menteries. Instead of finding a horny- handed and bronze-faced miner, the mineress proved to be quite handome, and entertainimg in conversation, She s about thirty tive years old, has lar ive bluck eyes, regular feature L complexion, “Women," she said, aro engaging in nearly all the occupations, and 1 do not see why they should not try mining." “How did you come to invest in mining property.” “When I was a girl in Kentucky I was very fond of reading about mines, and often wished that I could go west and see them. But my hopes and aspirations hout sceing mines were doomed to dis- appointment until seven years ago. Then I made investments that started me in thoroughly and showed me stern reali- ties ditlerent from the Utopian dreams [ It was about the time of the xcitement in Leadville and I was resid- ing mm Kunsas City. Through friends I purchased intere: everal claims in Colorado, but received no returns of the investments until I went to Denver four yoars ago, 1 settled in Denver and went into the busine 1 bought and sold and reinvested my oney as fast as I received it. Somectime 1 owned only vart of a claim and got my share of the it a claim on it out shortly ds at a profit of $3,000. A great ties in Colorado have interests in but nearly all of these have hus- or brothers to look after them. I aad y own interests. By this a pretty good knowledge of il and cannot be misled 1 confess I know little about nd the only mining stocks I have is 1,000 shares in a vroperty 1 took for payment on an account.” Did you go down into the mines and in the mining camps to familiarize yourself with the businc “No, I did not have to ships. Ilived in Denver my business there, It that I had mon would come to me who desired y o de- velop their property and would “sell me 1 interest for a few hundred do t became, when the mine was worked, worth many nave the Lzreatest contidence in miners, whom I have found to be very r:liable’ and cour- teous, It requires a deal ot faith in min- ing, and do you know I and feel and have that ‘faith’ the miners have whe they think they are on the right t We help each other out West, stake each other, and have coniidence in the integrity of each other. The result is a man may be poor, but get a stake from some one and iina himself rich within a few months, Once I helped a man out of a lawsuit a cost of several hundred dollars, and I was not only rewarded by large money returns, but by his life- long gratitude. When a miner once starts on a lead he should never abandon it. One poor tellow [ heard of stopped work within five inches of a rich mineral deposit. Miners are generally men of courage and possessed of more than the average amount of brains, or they neve would push out and try their fortunes Mining ‘is not what it ‘was when Bret Harte knew it. Hisromancs re beauti- ful and entertaining, but the railro telegraph and other modern i have destroyed idylie pictures- quene “Whisky 5" in mining camps arve put in the lock-ups and made amenable to the laws, ‘Those mining camps in Colorado have all the modern , 0 b r any hard- d did most of s understood water, books, newspapers, s, and, indeed, the civiliza® What a contrast to Ar- e the people live in mis- ble cabins, in a land of wealth still unexplored, for it is suid the mineral de- posits in that state are finer than any yet found. Mining sharks are easily de- tected. You can not 11 worth erty except for a worthle y arc put through a regular catechism when you sell, and are obliged to verify every statement that you make, and ex- aminations and statements must be made h]y men who are known to be incorrupti- ble, “‘Have many women been lucky?” “Yes, but they are not as numerous as men, of course. A lady friend of mine, while on a summer trip, found an out- cropping of ore on the surf: lo- eated a clzim which sold for &: ing for gold is a fine art, fo ton of earth you will probably get no more than an ounce ot gold. R lady who is a fine judge of ores and re sides in a lovely cottaze with her hus- band near some mines he owns. There is ) a lady in Gunnison county, Colo., ho owns und works a large mine and gives it her personal supervision. She has her own home, where she boards the miners and tends them in sickness. The wealthiest woman 1n Colorado, Mrs, Bishop Ihff Warren,made her own money in the cattle business and is now worth £10,000,000. [ hold that women have a perfect right to go into the mining busi- ness, as well as the cattle or any other legitimate vocation.” beside yourselt He Braced Up, San Francisco Chronicle: 1 met a mil- lionuire, one evening, coming down the strect very unsteadily. He was walking very fast, but the night had been heavy and his numerous tacks made the block long and diflicnlt to cover. I hailed him, He greeted me kindly. He looked at me for a moment, *1 am sorry, condition,” he ““1 am all right. “Well, I am not. zolrry to sce you in this I know Iam a trifle 1t doesn’t matter in you, you know. You're a man of wealth and position.” “That,” he said very seriously, “that did not oceur to me. Then braced himself up and walked on witn great dignity e De.J. H, Mcle | dial and Blood P | properties, will b, trengthening cor- , by Its vitahzin, ks an . dispirited wo- man into one of sparkling health and beauty. ¥l per bottle BUFFALO, WYOMING. General Brisbiu's Letter From a Live Froutier Town, How They Will Celebrate the Fourth ~~Horse Races, Chicken Mains. Gte.~The Old Man Goes in For OCock Fighting, But Won’t “Shoot Off His Mouth." Burraro,Wyo., June 27.—|Special Cor respondence of the Brk.]—If anybody thinks northwestern Wyoming is much of a place in the woods hie is wuch mis- taken, IHere at Buffalo civilization has cleared away the last vestige of savage barbarism and we are as much at home and as well supplied as the people of Nebraska. Even the race course has fol- lowed the church and school house. Our ‘“L'totting associntion™ at Buffalo has just finished one of the finest tracks and fair grounds I have ever scen. It cost $10,000 and is complete in all its appointments. The first races on this course will be held on the 4th, 5th and 6th of July, and £5,000 in purses will bedistributed. What do you think of that for a backwoods town in northern Wyoming to ofler $5,000 in good purse. its very first meeting? Idoubt if any western town ever did better, and the track and grounds, as well as the crodit and honor to the ente liberality of our western ) people must give you a brief resume of the pro- cramme for the Suflalo: No. 1= Running—Two in mile heats, county horses. second horse 89, No. 2=Trotting ts, purse opening meeting at _three, one-half First horse $150; , best three in five, county horses. - First 70. No. 5—-Running—-One mile dash, $175, three to Lil and two to start. First horse, §100; second horse, $50; third horse, $25 N Tolting Wo in three, ‘ll\l‘nlle , two years old, limited to Johnson county horses, one and one-half mile. trance $10, halt forfei No. b—Runnin dash, county horse En- five, mile econd, ~Running—Twoin three, mile heats, Purse, 8300. First horse, 82251 second §75. No. 8—Running—One-halt mile dash, county horses unl{. Purse, $100. First horse, 875, second, #25. No. ¢, Running.—Two in three: mile heats, ’urse, 500, First horse, $400; sec- ona, $100, No. 10, Trotting.—Free for all; three in ji mile heats, Purse, §600. First horse, 5 second, $15 No. 11, Running.—One-half mile heat; two in three. Purse, $125. Limited to John: for beaten 12. Running.—One mile X First money, $150; rse, $200, 30, tace.—Slowest mule, lies’ Side-saddl ‘I'wo in three: and repeat. Durse, $75. First money, $503 second, i 100, ‘Ten to enter, Chicken Main.—Purs eight to go. Mouey to go to last cock in the pit. P"There will also bo a horso show, with good premiums. Soue of theso are ds tollows: Sest stallion, four years, § i, $10, Best stallion, three” yoar cond, 8§35, Best stallion, two yoars ‘ond $5. ' The same premiums o mares of like ages; trotting horses, both stallions and mare: 50, in ddle horses—I3est mar 2, second, 3 nare, $20; st nativ "best horse, 0. 4—DBest team in buggy, $20; best car- allion and two of his colts, and two of he: colts, $20. or mares and jacks, $50, to be di- ding to merit, There are many other premiums too nu- merous to mention, 1n all amounting to 82,000, “I doubt if a more attractive pro- gramme has ever been otfered the public even in the east. There also o $100 premium to the best base ball nine, games to be played on the grounds under the direction of the Trotting association man- agers. It 18 not mentioned, but I hear there are to be a few p ights at $350 and §100 aside, and some boxing matches, These people are not at_all particular, and if any oue wants to fight or do any- thing else to amuse the public, just please let him step this way. GOVERNOR MOONLIGHT, The governor of the territory 18 com- up to deliver an address and ally open the fair grounds and_trotting course. There will be meeting of the Grand Army, Sons of Vet~ erans and various socie nd associa- L don’t see what we have to com- of in Buffalo this Fourth, and it scems 1o me we are getting on very well. Of course there will be a vast concourse of people, good speeches, fun of all kinds, bands of music, fireworks at the fort and just snch a celebration as the people should have everywhere, It was expected I would shoot off my big mouth on the Fourth of July, here, but ['am not gomg to do it. The chicken main cap- tured me and | intend to give my entire attention to cock fighting on that day. JAMES S, BRISBIN, e 2 BATTLE IN A BEAR PIT, nd Wild Fierce Fight Betwee Beasts at the Philadelphia Record: The Zoological gardens were enliveued a few days ago by a fight among the bears, which re- suited “in the loss of a promising young animal and a narrow escape for the keeper. Some months ago a small black cub was presented to the gardens by par- ties who captured it in a wild and unset- tled district of the state. The little ani- mal was t0o young to take care of itself in the pit with the older bears, and it was therefore given a cage by the lion house. Ot late Bessie, as the cub was called, was found to be a troublesome charge at the quar.ers she occupied, and as she w. about nine months old was considered able to look out for herself when put among the older animals. Accordingly she was placed in the pit then oceupied by two black bears, a Russian bear and a grizzly. All of them were young, but were possessed of viclous qualities pro- portioned to their age. Even before the advent of the youngest animal the f: y was not always a peaceful one. Dan the four year old grizzly, was us y disturbing element, and whenever things did not go just to suit his bearshup he made 1t hot for the other mates of the pit Bessie had only been a member of the family a few days when the quiet of the old broken in sowe une plan manner, and the family jar quickly developed into a gen ght, when f)nngcr sailed in, tooth and nail, to knock out the crowd. Bessie's gentle nature was tired by the scene, and, not- withstanding her youth, she felt obliged to take a hand with her more experienced mates. So she waltzed in and made the best use of her teeth and claws that she was able. No sooner did the other five bears find that there was & weax oue in the fight than they turned on her and thre: d to make short work of h KEEPER HARRISC ENTERS THE Pl The roars and snarls of the enraged animals reached the ears of Kee George Harrison, who was not far away, and when he appeared on the scene he saw that 1unmediate interfe necessary if he wished to prese 1 a presentable condition. Sel iron ser: used in 1-Imm|n!.f the pit he entered the pit and added his eflorts to take long for the bears to find out where the blows came froniand the grizzly was the first to resist the nterforence of the keeper. Danger rushed st Keever flar. rison, throwing himself upon him bore him heavily' to. the floor, For a moment it scemod as ifit wasall up with the Ukeeper, and the erowd that had i gathered around the mauth of the pit shouted and shrieked women eried and held their hands before their faces to shut out what appeared to be a sure death. But Harrison 18 a powerfal man who is not willing to give in even to a grizzly, and with a mighty effort he threw the bear from him and struggled to his feet. Dospito the eries of the spec- tators, who ealled to him to come out, Harrison sewzed s weapon and with A tremendous whack sent the nearest ane imal staggering across the pit. Then the six infuriated beasts closed in on the keeper, and again it looked as if hig time had come. USHING TO HARRISON'S RESCU Just at this juncture Head Keeper Rymer and Keepers Ford, Shannon and Murphy rushed down the ' hill from tho oflice attracted by the shouts of the crowd and the roar of the beasts, They were armed with stout clubs, and enter- ing the pit they soon mastered the en- raged brutes. he hard usago had been too much for Bessie, and she lay dead on one floor. K -lmrl rison’s cloth. ‘ was torn in shreds, and his flesh wag ited by the long claws of the beasts, In the pits on each'side of that in which the fight took p! were a hugo 12-yoar old grizzly and a cinnamon bear. These two animals became infuriated by the smell of blood and the sonnd of the fray, and endeavored with all their strength to tear down the heaven oaken doors which ed them from the scene of con- Had either or both of them suc- ceeded there would have been but small show for Marrison or the bears with whi as the two full grown twice big as the 'he grizzlics are re. inimals, garded as among the most dangerous in- mates of the gardens. Neither they nor the polar bears will ever make frionds with their keepers, and when enraged have no more respect for them than for strangoers. So the gardens are minus a young black bear, and k or Harrison has one suit of clothes less than formerly, Sl il GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT, An Iron Bridge Weighing 1,600 Tons Moved from lts Post PuiLaverenia, Pa., June Two those of the bears, 1118 heavy iron b: came down vigorously upon the haunchs of tive that were rolling over each other and snarling and snapping. . 1t did not thousand people saw a wonderful achieve- ment of engineering skill at Holmesburg Junction on the New York division of tho Pennsylvania railway to-day. hirty- two en moved a distance of fifty feot the iron bridge, weighing 1,600 tons, that svans the Pennypack, and they accoin- plishea the task in the remarkable time of eleven aud one-half minutes. 'I'he engincers of the road have been long making preparations for the work of to- day. Some time ago the company de- cided to build a four-arched stone bridge in ptace of the iron structure over the b creek. The iron bridge had to be moved west fifty feet that it might be used until the stone bridge is built and ready for e, weeks ago the men began the big undertaking with the building of trestle approaches to both sides of the creek at the point where the iron wridge was to find a new bed. The trestling had an average height of twenty-four feet, and s on aline with the grade of the old rail- road. The timber of tho wostern ap- proach covered about 276 feot, whilo the sastern approach is 300 feet long. Piles Wi driven in the middle of the stream, on which was reared a strong trestle- work fifty feet long and on a level with and continguous to the stone pier under the bridge. Trestles of the same length and height were then built on both banks of the creck and in a continuous line from the stone abutments. ery man was at s post, and the great throng of people was watching . with cager interest when the whizz of the fast line heard, and the train thun- dered over the bridge seven minutes late, As it dushed away Supermtendont Ford gave the word to his army of laborers, and it was a scone of transitory anima- tion as thoy tore up rails and cut away the fastenings of the bridge. The bridge had no sooner been rcleased than Mr. Mershon gave the signal, and the thirty- two men began to wind the “crabs.” As the bridge began to slowly move, more ou it pouring oflon the tallow- ails. Superintendent Crawford and the other oflicers had watches in their hands as the big iron structure moved calmly toward the end of the trestling. At one time the castern end began to lag, but it was only for a few momeuts, and soon the bridge slid over the rails to its resting place without a un»hu['n and i the bricf period of eleven and a half minutes, while » mighty cheer went up from the people. W i"lfilg itning- like rapidity the gangs on both sides of th k tore up and laid down frogs, switehes, sleepers and shoved the rails to the new bed. T soon had the rails connected with ¢ two tracks on the bridge. A half hour after the bridge had e a heavy construction train the structure and at 12:19 hiladelphia express dashed across, bt g New Things in the Fire-works Line. New York Evening Post: The new things i the firc-works line which are sold by large down-town dealers are numerou ‘or the small boy thero are a number of extra large and ‘extra noisy torpedoes, which are said not to be dan- gerous to the user, although exasperating to all hearers, Krom China come & lot of larger and consequently noisier fire- er rs than huve ever been in country before. The ordinary fire-o; is being sold in larger quantities every year. This 13 the only kind of fira- Works not made in this country, it being ssolutely impossible to come tnywhere near the price they ean be imported for, Two thousand four hundred fire crack- ars cost the retail dealer 1, and cannot be made here for less than twice that ¢ are colored fire-ily wheels send out white and vari-colored ts of flame, the colored tiger-lily, whicl slves at a great rate of d sends out tongues of flame, ing look like a gorgeous flower; falling leaf- lets, which gend out a broad stream of silver and gold flakes, which Jast fol some time; rockets which send forth al kinds of stars, figures, etc., in all’ the colors of the rainbow. . Lecches That Wax Fat on Blood. son (Mich.) Patriot: We are often told that the tarifl' lowers prices. Was it not the t anged the price of steel rails 54 ton in 1585 to $12 a ton in 1887 riff 1s $17 a ton, aud in the tall of 1885 the manufacturers met, formed a combination to prevent compe- tition, and resolved to put up the price, The lawful - result 1s an advance to the full extent of the tariff bounty voted them. For a year ard a half, supported as they are by law, they have had a cor- ner on the home market just as infamous as and more expensive than that of the coffee speculators. 'The advuntage of the stecl-rail gamblers is that they have the government back of them sustaining them. But for this they would soon go the way of the extortioners and bo com- pelled to furnish their products at fair prices. At a ton they make a profit; at #42 they become millionaires in & short time, and asthey thus become , richer the mass of the people who make them 60 out of their honest earnings necessarily become poorer. The tariff simply aids them in transferring - the cash of the many to their own pockets, 4 S ool Pozzour s Complexion Powder pro duces a soft and beautiful skin, It com. binies every element of beauty and purity, Sold by druggists. amount, Th W