Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 28, 1889, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. APRIL 28, 1889, —SIXTEEN PAGES. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT 2 CASES GERMAN Indigo Blue PRINT PER YARD, 2 CASES EXTRA FINE ZEPHYR GINGHAMS, 8:c PER YARD, 1CASE DARK STYLE, Dress Ginghams, MON DAY, . $I 9 8 3 J:C . PER YARD, OUR IMPORTED French Satines, At 25c¢. Are beautiful and our neighbor’s price is 85¢. Our 15¢ Satines Are going fast. They have no equal in guality, style or price. —————— e e _Don't forget our Great Clear- ing Sale in Lace Curtains. You can buy Lace Curtains at one half regular prices, They come in 2 to 3 pairs in a lot, and are the last the manufacturer had. We will sell you just what you want, POLES FREE. Bennison Bros BENNISON BROTHERS, 1519-1521 DOUGLAS STREET. Smashed prices still from our New York bought a case of fine dress we offer them to you at at half pri ce, BLOUSE WAISTS, $2.98 Ladles' French 11 Flannel Blouse Walsts in fancy figures, light and dark colors, ail at one price, only #2908, worth $4.00, Same as above in Misses’ and Children's, av 2,00, “"BEADED WRAPS, Ladles' Beaded Wraps, with solid beaded jot sleeves, only $1.95 for Monday; worth $1.00, SPEOIAL CORSET SALE MONDAY. BEADED WRAPS, 510 Bought at 25 cent on the doilar—Ladles' Brown Cut Jet lended Wraps, solid_jet sleeve, worth 5,00 to £5.00. On salé one duy only at the low price $10.00. MAIL ORDERS FILLED. DON'T MISS THIS BARGAIN. INFANTS’ CLOAKS, $1.38 Infants' Long Red Cashmere Cloaks for one day, to liven things up, only 8138 worth up to Bennison Bros We are receiving new contined. half original We are forced to UNLOAD as fast as_possible. buyer in regard to large purchases of oods and sold them readily_at 75c. LADIES’ Pin Stripe HOSE L Monday only Ladies' fine Hair line Stripe Hose full regular made worth 25¢ pair; on sale Monday We pair, LADIES’ Fast Black HOSE il No one can touch it it beats every thing vet advertised, absolutely Fast Biack or money refunded. Come and et them bofore sizes are again sold out, only 0c pair; worth li par. BOYS’ Fast Black HOSE e Boy's Heavy Ribbed warranted _absolutely Fast o choice of all sizes i { for 210D, stocking the Bo; not wear Ladies’ French Sateen Corsets, regular $1.25 Corset, on sale Monday at only 75¢ pair. ORS oo 200 dozen of our Celebrated Thistle Summer Corsets, as cut, on sale Monday at only 75¢ pair. cated elsewhere for les Mail Orders Filled, SATEEN CORSETS, s than §1.25. 15¢ e e e e et e e e e e et ces, They r 9 1 are aske 1 , ‘come early Mon iy 1t you want to get choice of selections. oods at half original prices, This corset can’t be dup- Our sale price only 75¢ 3y LACES ) 100 pleces Hand Made Linen Laces, is & Job our buyer out at iy orfrinal value. Tn this lot they run 1in to 41n wide up to 2. TORCHON LACES This fot d all kinds of de Linen v This lot runs from 3 in to 6 in wide, none in this lot wortli loss than 2c yard and up to 4le; your chotce 10c yard. LINEN LACES ) This lot {5 smply immense all kinds of fine Hand M1 in white and cream, a ol 40 to 91n wide ans worth 4 times the 1 Monday We are receiving messages daily For instance, 60 days ago we Our buyer cleans out the balance of the lot, and Monday rice, 38c yard. These goods are simply beautiful, and Monda arpets daily. Our carpet sales are immense. all wool, 65c¢; Extra Cotton Chains at 35¢, 45¢c and 50c¢ that are handsome goods. LOOK THROUGH OUR STORE FOR BARGAINS. you can get them Monday, a line of fine Extra Supers, 100 pieces Moquettes, $1.25 yard. " TORCHON | CHILDREN'S Summer Corsels MUSLIN DRAWERS 15 Wondertul Muslin Drawe stiteh machine, day only 1 pair: Mail orders tilled., MUSLIN UNDERWEAR 23¢ to alc. Special sale f odds and ends in Ladies' Mus lin Under al at less @han half price, consist- ing of Ni ght Gowns, wers, Corset Cover Chemise, Skirts, and all at ¢ and ode each worth double. LADIES’ Jersey Ribhed Vests 22C We have only 18 dozen of this Vest low ne-k no sleaves, bound all around neck, 1t is worth dc take it away Monday o ach GENT'S UNDERWEAR 38¢c One more day Gent's full regular made Drawers in blie and red Gc; on sale Monday 3¢ each. son Bros Un- Pin J8c fine 58 Inch fancy stripe imported A1l wool Dress (oods. We have had same 11 8tock that sold quick at 1hc: our buyer clos Out 100 pieces at & price that enables us to offer them to our customers at 88 a yard. _ Come i enrly Monday, as there certalnly will be & crush dnring the day, as price of this kind % seldom thrown ont to the people. We. will alsay offer for Monday, 80 pleces plain and Stripe Beiges, 6:C YARD, WORTH 18e. Don’t miss us Monday; we will urprise you, MkDepartment CHINA SILKS, 46¢c Monday, Just to keep up the excitemant, will offer cholce of our entire stock ok MY China Silks at 4o yard, Whore else oma. You g such values. 100 pt FIGURED CHINA SILKS, Here (s one that should bring out every I in Omaha, Figured China Silks at 0% & yai e lazgest e of patterns and colors. sm in Stripe Velvets, Jdc Monday only, 50 ple Woven Stripe Volvets. fouday, Be A Avd, Wortl Bennison Bros LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. Councilmanic Contest Proceedings Begun by W. J. Cooper. SHE SAID £HE WANTED TO SLEEP A Disreputable Character Takes an Overdose of Morphine — A Heavy Suit for Damages —A New Bank. LIXCOLN HUREAU or THE OMAdA Bes, 1020 P STREET, } LiNcoLN, April 27, W. J. Cooper has come to the conclusion that he was legally elected councilman of the Fourth ward at the last regular munici- pal election, He filed his petition in the dis- trict court to-day for the purpose of com- peliing the proper city officials to give him a certificate of election. The petition alleges that Graham properly tendered his resigna- tion as councilman of the ward when he accepted the nomination for mayor, thercby croating a vacancy, and that he was duly nominated and elocted at the following elec- tion, haviug received o mujority of all the votcs cast. Ihe petition further states that he has repeatedly demanded a certificate of election from the city clerk, but ha repeatedly been refused. ‘Lhe Attracts a great deal of interest in Lin- coln. After the elaction, through some in- formality, it was generally concluded that Cooper was not legally tne alaerman of the ward, and consequently not entitled to a seat in the council, and for this reason the certi- ficate of election was withheld. It was de- cided that a_ special election was nccessary, and W. 5. Hamilton becanie a candidate, but at the primary he was defeated and Cooper was the only known candidate, Hamilton hav- ine come out in an open -letter saying that he cheerfully abided by the decision of the party caucus and would do all in his power to secure his re-election. But, strange to state, the election showed Hamilton's success at tho special election despite the uction of the cau- cus endorsing the regular nominee of the regular city convention. It is alloged that the Knights of Pythias took the matter in haund for some reason and elected Hamilton by fifty-three votes. This stirs the natives, and Cooper at the niuth hour claims his on and the necessary certificate aud cks it by mandamus proceedings. Wanted to Siecp. Minne Moyer, an old-timer, who has been in the clutehes of the police a'dozen times, wus found in Snyder's liv this mornig rnpnllf’ becoming unconscious from a large dose of chloroform that she had adiniste to herself. The drug had been vurchased at some one of the numerous drug stores of the city. She was taken to the cooler and immurred in @ cell, whore she slept off hoer drowsiness and then awakened the echoos with hideous yells. She says she uad no intention of suiciding but wanted to catch a bit of sleep, It is said, however, that she would have climbed the golden stafve had she not beon found and cared for. ‘Phough but eighteen years of age, she is re- garded as one of the tougk the city. fler Wants Damagon, J. D, Hoffor, one of the vietims of the riot at the Burimgton depot o the 1ith of last August, filed bis petition in the district court to-day, alleging $10,000 damages agsinst the | road for the injuries he sustained by means of & pistol shot he recoived in the left leg elow the kuee. Hoffer was going to Pacific Junction, lowa, and was @ passenger on the “rain when the riot tok place. He residcs at Cawker City, [Kan,, and is said oripple for 1ife becauso of his wound. case will probably be called for trial at the next sitting of the district court. State Bunk of Adams. Articles incorporating the State Bank of Adums weve flled for record in the cftice of ihe seoretary of state this morning. Auth ized eapital stock, $60,000, $40,000 of which has been paid up. ‘I'ho is divided into 4,000 shares, of §100 o e business of the eorparation covinences on the Gk day of characters of | 0o be a. The | ! was evidently her lover. | his l i May. The incorporators are: 'W. P. Nor- s, H. J. Merrick, J. W. McKibbin, B. P, Jewer, J. Spellman, Joba Lycns, W. W. Barnhouse, W. E. Bryan and H. H. Nor- cross. City News and Notes. John Stewart, deputy _attorney-general, went to Minden to-day t be on hand for the commencement of district court there next week. Tho preliminary hearing of thé allogod murderers of Bob Woods, was continued to-day at noon until Monday at 10 o'clock. There were no new developments this morn- mg. The testimony is not only getting worry- some, but tedious. ‘The coroner decided an inquest unneces- sary over the remains of Kinney, the old man who suicided in the city jail night be- fore last. His remams were consigned to the grave at the expense of the county. Representative Reyner, of Choeyenne county, is in the city, this time as @ lawyer and not as a law-maker. Ho returns home to-morrow. The Knights of Pythias order of this city have had plans drawn for a new four-story building. Members of the order decline to have very much to say about this entorprise until its success is assured. H. T. Clark has a claim against the city amounting to §14,000. 1t will be acted upon by the entire committee and city attorney at an early date. In the event that it is al- lowed, it is suid thatan injunction will fol- low. ' Therc are some interesting facts behind this alleged claim. It is smid that a prominent capitalist con- templates putting in a bank here, with a capital of $500,000, to supply business men with loans in large sums, for a short time, at struight 8 per cent. By - A Rhapsody. New York World. Can it be truet Or is it some bright dream That wraps my senses—lor a moment's space, Making the whole world an enchanted place, Filled with one image, till all others seem Lost and absorbed in it! My thoughts still teem With 'wildered fancies. Is it thy dear face So closo to mine? Dost feel at what swift pace The warm blood surges in tumultuous stream Through heart and choek to greet theet Sweet, delay To rouse me from this ecstasy divine; Or (wuking suddenly) lest I botray Too wuch—reveal my wouman's soul to thine For the bare usking. Turn thine eyes away Lre thou hast read “I iove thee" writ in mine. PaTtir PEMBERTON BERMANN. —— The Real George Washington. “The Real George Washington” in the Cosmopolitan is represented as an Indian type of physique, weighing 210 pounds, with large, bony hands and feet, wearing number eleven shoes, and having weak lungs and voice, but a wonderful strength of arm and limb. A story is told of Washington making a famous jump for a wife during his youth. “‘He was riding, so the story goes, along the Potomac above Georgetown, when he came to the house of a large estate, and seeing & crowd upon the lawn, he asked the cause of the gather- ing. ' He was told thata jumping mateh was in progress, and that the prize was the hand of the farmer’s daughter. e looked on for a time at the different jumps, and finally asked if he wight not | also try his skill, The host consented, and Washington jumped farther than the farthest. As he did so he noted that the counteuance of the maiden fell | and that she looked rather wofully at | the face of his leadiug competitor, who had made the next best jump, and who He resigned im to the lady’s band in his ri- val's favor, and it is'said that this lady | during the past week. afterwards recalled the umsisnce when she met him at cne of his peesi- | dential levees,” l city. AMONG THE CITY CHURCHES. ‘What Is Being Done in Local Re- ligious Circles. BUILDING AND PROGRESSING. Meetings Held For the Purpose of Furthering the Cause—Every Sect Busy in Good Work. Religious Notes. The quarterly meeting of the First Baptist churoh was held Wednesday night, at whi the treasurer submitted a report for the past three months. The revort showed the church to be in an excellent financial condition. Before the session adjourned A. S. Churchill was elected a deacon to fill a ney, which occurred some time ago. The officers of the Iirst Baptist Sunday school were tendered a reception Friday night by Superintendent M. G. MacLeod at the residence of J. O.Staples, 2308 Cass street. Members of the First Baptist church are making great preparations for an eutertain ment that will be called **Children’s Da; It will be held at the church Sunday, June It will consist ot recitutions, songs and ad- dresses, the latter by the pastor and super- intendent. The greater portion of the enter- tainment will bo "devoted to the children. The proceeds will go to the American Bap- tist Publication society s a benefit. Considerable dissatisfaction is manifest on the awarding of the contract for the con- struction of the new First Methodist church, which will be erected at a cost of §75,000 at the corner of Twentieth and Davenport streets. Bids for the construct opened a week ago at the architect: Six prominent and responsible contractors and bidders were invited to file estimates proposals for the erection of the church. ‘I'his was asked for by the building commit- teo. Half a dozen of the contractors and a few alternates put in bids. The low- est among them was Martin T. Mur phv. His bid for twhe work was #1,900 under that of the next lowest bidder, who was K. Stevens. Mr, Stevens w awarded tue contract at $5,500. This where the trouble lies, Murphy's bid was #53,000, and there are some who claim that he snould have been given the contract. The reason given for Mr. Stevens' getting the work is that he is & member of the First Methodist church, and was given the prefer- ence ou that S. T, Joslyn, of the same deno od that hie regretted the way in ch the trouble had arisen, but was positive thav no influence was brought to bear on Stevens' con- nection with the church, more than he would be personally interested in the work of constructing the edifice, und for that reason his bid would be the cheupest in the end. He knew Murphy was nearly $2,000 lower, but thought Stevens could save more than that amount in material to be used in the church. When the bwiding committee invited proposals there was no assurance whatever that the lowest bidder would ve awarded the contract, but, at the same time, the builders presumed that the lowest one would get it. Different architects dlaim that Murphy 15 just us responsible and as capa- ble a8 any contractor in the city, aund now he says bhe wants to know why he was asked to bid if the committee had no confidence in him. He had to put intwo or three days tiguriug on the pluns, for which be received no compensation:, For this work he would not have objected had he not have been enti- tled to the contract. With all the dissatis- factiou there is no remedy now. The con- tract is beyond redemption. It is signed and Stevens is the man who will build the church. chanwmn_lll for the grand war song concerts, Which will be given at the Gran: opera house May 10 and 11, have been held ‘The concerts will ba for the benefit of the First Methodist church, and the money realized from it will o into's fund for the purchase of & large pipe organ for the new church, " It will be one of the grandest concerts ever given in the ‘There will be 200 wale voices, and & also ten The apollo chorus of 500 children; gentlemen soloists. Plymouth clubs will take part, and the Omaha guards will be in a scene_and sang, *‘Tenting To-Night on the Old Camp Grounds,” with moraing reveitle and drill. The Second United States infan- try band will furnish the war music, A large number of eminent speakers have been engaged. The programme of songs cousist of @ book of thirty-two pages. People from all over the state and Iowa are expected to attend the concert, and for the accomodation of those special trains will be run. There are now 2,500 tickets o sale. The Baptists are talking of founding a great denominational university, and their friends in Chicago are desirous of having it established there, People talk about the phenomenal sales of ‘‘Robert Eismere” and “Little Lord Faunt- leroy,” and yet there is one book, issued from one publishing house, the sales of which quadruplo both these taken together,and this book is the bible. During the past year the Bible society has sent out 1,328,672 copie and in the seventy-two years of its existence the society hus issued mnearly 50,000,000 bibles. At present the presses are turning off 4,000 copies per day of the book. A wealthy member of the Reformed Epis- copal church n Philadelphia has donated £300,000 to that denomination. The entire sum is invested at 5 per ccut., and the inter- est is to be used in building new houses of worship, supplying feeble congregations with pastors, and in mission work gencrally. The strangest part of*tho story is that the donor has stipulated that his name shall not be made public. Al honor to him., New Hampshire has demonstrated that bigotry is not dead, by passing a law exclud- ing catholics from'office. The prevalence of toleration has been so general in this country that this action of the New England State seems like an anachronism. Postmaster-General Wanamaker's Sunday school work is exceeded in dimensions by that of James McCormick,the Harrisburg million- aire, whose bible class includes 1,000 work- men, whom he has never failed to meet on Sunday auring the past twenty years, rain or shine, All his trips from home are rfgu- lated by his Sunday school work. The African Methodist church, which has not a white man among its members or ary orgauic relutions with any white church or- ganization, reports a membership of 460,000; it has 12,000 places of worship, numbers 10,000 ministers, has 15,000 Subbath schools, supports its own denominational papers, has missions in the West Indies, Mexico and Africa, and its reported contributions foot up more than §2,000,000 annually for the sup- port of church work. Dr. Pierson cstimates the money annually raised for carrying on Protestant foreign missions at about $11,250,000, In Union theological seminary at Hamp- den-Siduey, Va.,. fourteen young men have signified thoir wlllingness to go as mission- aries to foreign lands. Senator Stantord will give $50,000 toward the erection o ajgrand metropolitan Motho- dist church in San Francisco, provided Bishop Newman be called to the pastorate. A movement is on foot in Nicaragua to sover between church and lady and and the relations state, y “The elcetion ofiboard of directors of the Young Men's, Christian association will be held Monday, May 13. The term of the pres- ent board expires this month, The Musin Concert company will be at the Young Men's association Thurs. day, May 30. The coucert is in charge the Ladies' Musical society, and the asso tion is in no way connected with it, that the members will be given the pr of buying tickets to the concert. At the recital of the elocution class to-mor- row night in the concert hull of the Young Men's Christian association Rey. C. H. Gard- ner, dean of Trinity Cathedral, will preside. The St. Mary's avenue Congregatiousl church raised subscriptions 10 the amount of over #11,200, last Sunday, to wipe out @ balance of debt oy the new building of nearly #10,000. It was all done without effort and in short order, Rev. Willard Scott will deliver a locture to-uight at the church, covering 100 years ago. e service to-morrow evening at the Weich Presbyterian church will be in lish. Subject: *The Great Refusal." Whuat promises being the most enjoyable evening this season is an elocution and umusi- cal coucert to be given at the Young Men's Christian association hall to-morrow evening by Prof. G. A. Robinow and Sidney L. Wrightson, of this city. The former hus a reputation as an elocutionist. The latter, although a stranger, is saia to have a fine tenor voice. There 1l be one or two exhi- bitions from Mr. Robinow's pupils, and the rest of the programme will be_ filled up by admirable selections given by Messrs. Saxby, Drum, Weir, Wherry, Freeman, Butler, and members of Trinity cathedral’ choir. ' The programme for the entertainment is quite elaborate. The attendance is expected to be large. 4 The anniversary of the first ipauguration of Washington will be observed by the Con- gregational churches of this city by special services on Tuesday morning in the St. Mary’s avenue church at 10:30 o'clock, 1m which the pastors and congregations will join. The address 1n commemoration will be deliverea by Dr. J. T. Duryea. A general invitation is extended to those observing the day. The centennial inaugural services in Omaha will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at_the Grand opera house. The regimental bond of Fort Omaha, aided by a select number ot vocalists, will furnish the music. Addresses relative to Washington and his inauguration will be made by Bishop Newman, Pastors Lamar, Harsha and Det- weiler. PEPPERMINT DROPS. The Easter egg was a chic affair. A furrier is a dealer in furs, but a currier is not a dealer 1n curs, Good women are the salt of the earth, when they are not too fresh. What a aifference it makes whether you put “Dr.” before or after a name! The “3s8” that huzz in the spring are with us again--Bock Beer and Base Ball, Fish are not weighed in their own scales, simply because fish scales are not built that weigh. Swarms of crows are seen in the gardens of Ogden. The people there call them *Utah nightingales.” A Dr. Pillsbury has asked a western court to change his name to one less significant of his profession. The president has not had his photograph taken lately, but several applicants for ofice have taken negatives of him. ‘The “Robert Elsmere” collar is one of the latest things out. The critics will proceed at once to take the starch out of it. What this- country needs is maple sugar that will pass a thorough civil service ex- amination at all seasons of the year, Last winter's coat, with the lining torn out, is fashionable for office wear. It should be decorated with red ink aud wu. cilage. The mustache is said to be iosing its popu- larity as @ part of the hirsute adornment of the masculine face, It is always getting the soup.” The world 15 full of devices to gain an ad yantage over the unwary; there urc men on the watch for an opportunity to “beat some poor old carpet, even, One of the new towns which have been planted ou the red earth of Oklahoma is nawed Edmunds. lmagine @ town of that name having a boom! . It is strange that in this age of enterprise nobody has thought of going west and rais ing cornea beef on the hoof by leeding cat- tle with their own horns. The latest life-saving novelty is an elec- trical invention which rings a bell in a hotel office and registers the room numb some verdant person blows out th “What are you doing, Patrick h up your husband, mu'sm.” “But *‘Beécase it's tin o'clock, ma'aw, when [ to give bim the dbrops to make bim shi It is said that & Minneapolis min " on the point of taking for his text “Whe: are the Nine!'’ when it oceurred to b the less said in Minoeapolis about ¥ just now the better. A A cyclone traveled twenty miles through Arkausas the other aay without doing fu wher damage than blowing down Lwo ne, cabins and upsetting a haystack. ilas U eyclone had its duy ¢ Sweet girl graduatas will wear w ing crepeline or India siik made belted waists, and sleeves and s«i accordeon pleated or ol tucked lengthwise ut b wide folds or an empire sash Onishes the waist. “in D. 0. MILLS' FIRST MILLION He Made It on a Pacific Slope Dairy Farm. A PLAIN PLODDING FARMER BOY. Row the Great Financier Started in Life and How He Accumulated His mense Fortune—His Pet Projects. The Growth of a Millionaire. The name of Darius O. Mills is now always associated with gigantic finan- cial schemes, involving the use of many millions, or a railroad, real estate or charitable venture, but forty years ago it was a different story, says the New York Morning Journal. To-day he stands a prominent figure in Wall street, the owner of rai 1s, banks, mines, one of the finest office buildings in the world,and real estate worth many millions. In appearance Mr. Mills looks the man of business and finances that he He is of medm height, heavy built, with broad shoulders and strong legs. Recent years have thinned his P greatly. He has penetrating blue eyes, a firm, decisive mouth, and a chin that means business. His closely clipped side-whiskers are almost whito. “Starting in life practically without a cent,by his own native business shrewd- ness, Mr. Mills has collected an enor- mous fortune, which now amounts to something over $20,000,000. Although he is now sixty-eight years of age he is as industrious and energetic a worker as he was when it was necessary for him to toil duy after day to keep body and soul together. The tirst thirty yvears of Mr, Mills’ lifa were as une tful and matter-of- fact as they possibly could be. His par- nts owned a farm just outside of Al- bany, and until he wis eighteen years old he had sc y been u dozen miles from home. He attended the viilage sehool up to the time he was fifteen, and after that he directed the monot- onous work on his father's place. Although in after years money poured into his pockets much fauster than he could spend it, he never had a cent of his own until soine months after he was eightecn. His father thought that if he gave the boy ahome and suffi- cient clothing to weur that us all the recompense his work required. But & vestless datermination to be out and about in the great world was on hit, 1 1850, like hundreds of othe he became afilicted with the gold fever, and seliing out his all he started for 1 rcross the prairies, \ Francisco he pur- ontfit and atonce At fivst fortune ts in se , when b 0, he w dollars. While iu the own, lis becamo agy iy unningham, the da vealthy real-estate own or a brief courtship Lie nnd Miss ham were mareied, 25 Cunningham’s fay s her real estate on Third and lent & s valued ut 2300,000, With this money at his ¢'sposal the financial carser of D, O. Mills actually mmenced, Mines which alterward lproud richiy productive were devels tere, : San Fran- al thousand rapidly growing tod with & Miss of o veryd bank stocks and various boomin, corporations were invested in. All of these ventures reaped rich harvests, and in another r D. O. Mills was one of the rich men of California. Every- thing he touched seemed to turn into money, and every concorn that suce ceeded in interesting him became suc= cessful through his shrewd and wells chosen energy. Ono of his best vontures was the pur~ chase of a tract of land about eighteen miles outside of San Francisco. On: this land he erected an elegant country residence. He also started a dairy farm which in a short time sups plied most of the residents of San Francisco with milk, - The farm he called Millbrae, and tor day a thriving village is located there. A short'distance from the farm were the: Spring Valley water works, which supe lied San Francisco with water. M. Mills became a big share-holder in the water works company, which resulted in the building of the village of Mils pitis. In the latter part of the ‘‘fifties” he became associated with William G Ralston, who started the Bank of Cali~ formn. John Mackay completed the trio, which subsequently controlled the great system of Comstock mines, which made millions for hundreds and made beggars of thousands, Just before the close of the war green= cks in Californin were worth but 80 per cent of their face valuo. With clen oresightedness D. O, Mill saw the only outcome of the struggle and its conses quant effect upon government green= backs and secur Bank stocks, min- ing stocks and everything were sacri« ficed to raise gold with which to purs chase government bonds and greens backs. Several months later, whem everything went back to pary D. O, Mills’ fortune was almost trebled. One of the few set-backs he received was in the failure of the Bank of Cali- forniain 1877 and the death on the fol- lowing day of William G. Ralstomy Pe- . cuniarily Mr. Mills suffered but little, as u few vears before he had sold out almost his entire interestin the bunk to come cast and epeculate in gold. He returned to California on the death of Mr. Ralston and succeeded iu setting the Bank of California again on itsfect. About twelve years ago he moved to New York with his wife and two chil- dren—a daughter and a son. He pur chnsed an elegant house at No. 634 Fifth avenue. A short time after his daughter married Mr, Whitelaw Reid, the editor of the New York Tribune, who rosides in the palatial home on Madison avenue formerly the residence of Henry Villurd, In his private life Mr. Mills isa very simple man. He cares assiduonsly for his business interests and is still as act- ive 1n financial matters us he evor was. He is now the possessor of a yearly in- come of $800,000, but he doos net spond -tenth that sum and in conse- his fortune is increasing at & rapid rate every year, One-fourth of his immense wealth is invested in the vast office building in Iixchange place and Broad street which bears his name, He is also a bigshares holder in the Eric road, In financial matters he and . P. Huntington ore as violently opposed to the Vanderbilts xl;‘s the democratic party is to the repubs ican, His only diversion is an ocuasioual oad, and while he is away his is muny business adfeleg. chting,nor any of the amusements men with groat fortunes usually take up, he speuds most of the day in his ofilce in the Mills building, und the night in revolving wie sechemes thut always make thew- l solves felt in the financial woild, oped, b Caring ne