Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 21, 1891, Page 5

A SYNPOSIUN OF SWEETNESS. ¥he Boundles® Field of Eaterprise Af- forded by Beet £ugar, HOW FARES THE NORTHWEST WORLD, the Treasure ~An Instructs Week's Precious Tones From House of the Natiy ive Summary of t ivents. Tho success of two beet sugar factories in Nebraska stimulates similar industrial enter- prises in adjoining states, The cultivation of hoets and their reduction to sugar afford so vast a fleld for enterprise that it 1s destined to become one of the greatest in- dustries of the United States. According to tho latest statistical reperis over £,500,000,000 pounds of sugar were imported into the United States during the tiscal year ending §n 1860, which when refined were worth more than $200,000,000. To produce this from beets would require 1,000,000 acres of land And 300 factories of a daily capacity of 330 tons each, costing $05,000,000, and an annual expenditure of over §200,000,000 for the pur- chase of beets and the cost of turning them fnto sugar, ‘This large amount would be dis- tributed anoually among our industrial classes if the sugar weve produced at home, instead of the 1ionoy being sent as now to forelgn countries to pay for foreign sugar and enrich foreign sugas planters. The Califoraia Fruit Grower computes an ayv- erugo yield of beets to bo fitteen tons per acre, which at £ per ton would be worth §i5, aud the cost of production and buuling wo be #0, leaving a net profit of £ ver ucre, though this appears to inciude intevest on the value of the land. The acre of beets pro duces about 3,000 pounds of sugar, which, including the government bounty of 2 cents per pound, will be worih $150. A 300-ton factory would require 5,000 acres of land planted to beets to produce aseason’s supply. Computing the yleld of an acre of wheat to be worth §26.25, and of barley at $25, tho value of tho heet product of the land would be $375,000 per year more than if used in tho cultivution of the cereals. And if sufficient beets were raised in the United States to pro- duce the amount of sugar that is now im- orted the valug of the sugar produced from hose beets would be $117,000,000 more each year than that of the cereals that could be produced on the same area. Montana‘s Precious Stones. It is gven outat heacquarters in Helena that tho property of the Montana Sapphiro and Ruby company has beon sold to an Eng- lish syndicate. Tho price is not known. Public rumor places it at $2,000,000. The stock of the company was placed in London somo time ago end readily taken. The stockholders then came together and decidod to purchase all property rights and intorests of the company. The sapphire and ruby fields are on both sides of the Missouri river from twelve to fourteen miles northeast of Helona. In 1839 tho story was started that sapphires had been found in the old placer tailings in that locality and some of the citizons of Helena mado a few locations of ground. No excite- ment was manifest aud no development work wus done. A rich man, Spratt, from Michigan, quietly secured soversl ‘thou- pand acres of the ground where the precious stones were said 10 ropose. His ex- ample was followed by others until every acre was said to have boon bought up. What- ever stones have been taken out wore washed out with @ gold pan. The stones are found in ‘“wash gravol.” The driftor gravel is found in_deposits called bars, the samo ovi- dently baving been formed by glacial action, Theso oars aro from o few acres to hundreds of acres in_extent, and for the most part are found on high poinis and plateaus of the foothills bordering either bank of the river. The size of the stones varies from a minuto ehip to perfect stones of eightoon karats. A Helena banker has an emerald found in the placer tailings _which is said to weigh in the rough aixteon and one-half karats. An Acoustic Phenom. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Record re- ports the discovery of an acoustic phenomenon &t Minnekato, S. D, which, if verified by future experiments, may prove to be in ac- cord with physical laws, if not the key to a rare discovery. On each side of a valloy twelve miles in width stand two towering mountain peaks suid to be “fully ten thous- and feet high,” Two weeks ago a number of tourisis, in two purties, ascended tho peaks, with the inteution’ of signaling to each other by heliograpn. Oue of the party on the north mountain discovered by chance that at a cortain spot the voices of the por- Bous on the other mountain, who were en- gaged in_orainary speech, were plainly sudible. Thero was oniy one place on each mountain where the voices could be heard, and it appeared to be a natural telephone, No shouting was nocessary, and the words wero perfectly distinct. This talo seems so fnexplicable that many will be disposed to rogard it with incredulity. Still, it comos from a credible source; and it would be a rash judgment which should say that the laws of acoustics havo been so delfinitely set- tled that further surprises in. thut field are impossible. Prof. Young, the astrono- mer, bas lately been discussing the possi- bility of communicating with the planet Mars by signaling. Porhaps it only remains to find out thasecret of this Sauth Dakota iarvel in order to strike a chord in physcal Batarn the vibration of which might b por- ¢eptivle throughout the universe, P.or Lo u The noble red man has had his wisdom tooth cut wiae and deep by frequent contact with white sharpers. He is no longer a Bponge to be squeezed at pleasure, On the contrary ho has a clear idea as to his rights and knows how to make them yield ‘“heap food" and stiff prices before yieldwg. Ata receut pow-wow at the Ross Fork agenoy in Idaho the Indians talked tong and loud over 8 proposition to grant right of way through tho reservavion to au irrigatiou ditoh com- pany. They feasted frequently at the cor- pany’s expense, and when they signed the papers tney had the big end of the bargain. ‘bey aro to secure all the water they need for ‘irrigation and an sonual rental. The construction of the canal, which is now as. sured, will be of incalculable benefit to Po- catello and contiguous country. Oregon's Fish Industry. The annual report of the Oregon fish com- mission furnishes interesting facts cohoern- Ing ono of the leading industries of the state. ‘The run of salmon in the Columbia river for the season of 1801 was not as great as in 1500, nor has there been any noticeable in- creaso due to artifivial propagation, which has been carried on for four years. The total pack of salmon for the state was 277,000 cases, or 13,438,400 pounds, valued at §1, 150, In addition $553,000 worth of fresh fish was consumed locally or shipped east un- cauned. Twenty-five hundred and ninety on are employed in the business, and $239,- 000 invested in canneries and machinery. Tho total value of fishing gear, boats and steamers 1s §20 A Swindlor Exposed. A thorough exposure has been made of & now swindle of Walter J. Raymond, & real ®estate dealer at Dayton, O,, who advertised alifornia fruit land on reasonable terms. He has choated many eastorn people by sell- ing them land on the Mojava and Colorado deserts for $75 per acre. This land is not worth 25 cents an acre, as no water can be brought on it. Recently he has beguu to ad- vertiso fruitlands n Santa Barbara county. luquiry has shown that thess lands are in the most ragged part of the Santa Yrez ountains, and are so poor that the govern- nent refused to survey them; yot Raymond s0ld many acres for $100 an acre. The Oil Fields. Theoll flelds of Wyoming continue in a stata of innocuous desuetude. A paucity of vapital and a surplus of poverty-stricken holders have produced an imposing area of Inactivity. The former is slow 1u grasping the dormunt fortunes of the petroleum fields. ho latter will not lot go without fair com- ponsation. As a result, no work of con sequence is under way. Report has it that an eastern syndicate controlliug 600 claims 1 the vicinity of Caspor, has decided to sink two wells. One well will be located about cighteen miles north of Casper, near the head of Salt creek, and the second will be bored on the south' fork of Powder river. Operations will be commencea at once on this fleld, Tho syndicate expects to work two strings of tools, and empioy four gangs. The Pennsylvania Oil company is at work on the Salt creek well and is pushing right along. So far as ol well drilling is concerned this season, operations in Wyoming have been confined to the Casper fields und this, sther with the new company commencing autive operations, is advancing the price of properties, and many who intended to let the assessmont work on their olaims go are now arranging to do the work., Montana Mine Dividends, The Heloha Independent maintains that as dividend payers the mines of Montana lead the country. Durine the month of Novem ber the amount of dividends paid by all tmo mining companies 1n the United State which make puolic their profits, was 81,516, 625, Montana propertios paid about one- fifth of this amount, or §360,000, Since Janu- ary 1, the mining companies of the country, whose profits are public property, bave paid stockholders $16,024,842 in the form of divi- dends. The Montana companics on the list bave paid cr:e-fourth of this amount, or #4,050,- 700. But even with this handsome showing tho list is far from complete, The Anaconda company, some of the largest and best paying Butt mines, a number of properties in Jef- forson and Meaghor counties which are divi- dend payers, and many others are not enum- crated because their business is not mado public. atural Gas. Tho discovery of natural gas near Salt Lake City is an imposing certaioty. Intima- tions of & valuable find have filtered through Zion during the past month, Decisive results were not achieved until last week when tho six-nch well roachied a depth of 530 feat and the prossure of escaping gas rogistered 150 pounds 1o the square wnch. The well is on the shore of the lake, about twenty miles from Salt Lake City, and ar- rangements are already under wav to pipe it to tho city. It is proposed to use it for illu- minating purposes ns well as for fuel. The request for a franchise to lay pipes and sup- ply the public has been favorably considered by the city council. Natural gas is destinog to play an impor- tant part in the upowlding of the city, and it the supply proves adequate, it will doubt- tess stimulato a boom of profitable propor- tions. Nebraska. Milford busiuess men have prganized a Board of Trade. Work has been bogun on a uew hotel at Wayne to vost §15,000. A camp of Sons of Veterans is soon to be mustered in at Stromsburg. Gothenvurg’s new Methodist church bas been dedicated free from debt. The clothing store of M. L. Pierce at Byron was burglarized the other night and a quantity of clothing was stolen. Harvard people were treated to a mirage the other evening and saw the electric lights of Grand Island, thirty miles distant. Joseph H. Austin, @ pioneer of Cass county, died av his home in Uuion last week. He was a vetsran of the late war and a prom- went Odd Fellow. A farmer near Holmesville tried the ex- periment of raising peanuts the past season, and from a peck of seed he harvested seven bushels of goobers. A Columbus man dropped a tack in his ear, but before it could do any damage an ac- commodating citizer removed the intruder with the aid of a pair of tongs. A. C. Williams, one of the county commis- sioners of Keya Paha county, has resigned and William Connell, commissioner-ciect, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Ed O'Brien is fitting up a_room at Elk- horn, where, in addition to a barber shop, ho will run a laundry and conduct a restaurant in connection with a confectionery stora. R. M. Goshorn of Santa Fe, formerly odi- tor of she Wayne Herald, has been appointed cterk of Unived States and territorial courts of the Flirst district of New Mexico, with a salary of §5,200 a year. The farmers around Madison have organ- ized the Madison Grain and Live Stock com- pany with a capital of 15,000, The plan is to commence building an elevator as soon as the material can be procured and havo it comploted within thirty days, weather per- mitting. Thirty head of horses on the Rankins ranch in Blaine county have died recently from some mysterious cause. The owners believed the animals were maliciously poi- soned, but a voterinarian who made & post mortem declared that some poisonous weed caused the mortality. The Tecumseh Chieftain says that the newly elected judges of the iirst district, Babcock and _Bush, are probably the tallest men on the Nebraska bench. Mr. Babcook measures 6 fect 5 incnes, and Mr. Bush is nearly upto the same notch. The bench will have to be raised for them to get their logs under. Lincoln hopes to be represented at the World's fair by & girl prodigy if all goes well. The young lady’s name is Lena Shaffer. Although but 14 yeurs old she has grown to a height of six feet; weighed, she tipped the scalos at 199 pounds. Her father says that she will weigh 200 pounds today and’is still growing. Lena's parents have had some very good offers to permit her to enter the museo circuit, but have declined, as they wish her to continue in school. Mr. Shaffer says, however, that if she keeps on growing until her sizo justifios it he will take her to the World’s fair, Charlie Polen of Aurofa is minus $5 which a smooth swindler worked him for the other day. A stranger, with bis arm in o sling, walked into Polen’s store and asked the pro- priotor if ho could let him havo a 8 bill for silver, as he wished to send it away by mall. Mr. Polen wook out the bill and the stranger produced an envelope and requested Polen to put the bill in it and seal it up. This nedid cheerfully and the suranger laid the silver on the counterand turned to goaway, when Polen noticed that there was only $4.75 aud called the man’s attention. The poor cripple was surprised and said ho had no more, but that the person from whom ho received'the money had maae a mistake and had not given him enough by 25 cents. He then took an envelope out of his pocket and handed It to Mr, Polen, telling him to keep it until he could go and get the mistake corrected and return with the silver. After ho had been gono a short tame Polen concluded to open the envelope, ouly to tind that it contained & biank slip of paper. It is supposed tho stranger did not get the mistake correoted, 4s ho las not re- turned and caunot be found. lowa. A $6,000 creamery is being put in at Hum- boldt. F'resh water pearls are said to be abundant at lowa Falls, Rov. W. M. Evans has vesigned the pas- torate of the Grand vunction Presbyteriun chureh, Captaln Shields, tho temperance revival- ist, will soon commence & war on the Oska- loosa saloons. Spencer peoplo are talking of having a lodging house built in Chicago for use by them during the World's fair, Mrs. Joseph Oliver eloped from Cherokee with Leonard Winters, taking her little cuild with her and louving & husband bebind, Shellsburg voted to bond for an §3,000 school house, and the citizens celebrated the victory with bonfires, bruss bands and gun powder, Jossie Jastrumsklio of Niles, Floyd couuty, was kicked by & young ruffian named Jordan and may die. She was working for the Jordan family. The northeast quartor of Iowa exported last yoar 48,000,367 pounds of butter, as against 4,204 pounds for the other three- quarters of the state. ‘Pho Algons jail has @ prisonor who is con- fined for selling mortgaged property. He 15 & sioger and lias the rest of the prisoners well trained in siuging Sunday school hymos Ckarles D. Arms of Stoux Rapids dropped dead in an apoplectio fit while playiug & gume of billiards. He bad oaten a bearty supper half an hour before and was appar- ently iu the best or heaith. John Mitchell of New Sharon started for a charivari Saturday nieht with 8 party of young men. They had a quantity of whisky oug aud invited bim to drink, which be did. " He soon lost consclousness and whou a THE OMAHA DAILY physician was secured he was dead. An overdose of whisky, coupled with heart di oase, is supposed to have baon the cuuse of his death. Charles Ritchie of Oskaloosa met with a nainful accident. He was feeding a corn cutter and shuoker when his four fingors were caught aud chopped off inch by inch up 10 the third joint. Charles Smith, the Dubuque man who left his wife and five children in_poverty and ran Away nd marriea Sarah Olson, & protty Swede girl, was sontenced to two yoars in tho penitentiary for bigamy. It is a remarkable fact that during the last year ninety-one persons were killed on Towa railroads who were ueither employes nor passengers, whilo there were eighty-two om- ployes and only five passongers killed. An old man named Hilton found the renter of his farm at Livermore in bed at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and wot mad. In the end he threw a hatchet at him and is now undor bonds to tell the grand jury how it happened. Jobn D. Gillet, the Ogaen broker who failed in 1%, has arrived from Windsor, Ont., aud is settling with his creditors, pay- ing them 333 cents on the dollar. This has been accopted and criminal proceedings against Gillet. have been dismissed. Olivor Kennody, a conductor on _the Chi- cago, St. Paul & Kansas City raitroad, fired @ young man named Fitzpatrick of Dyers- ville from his train because the young man could uot tind his ticket until tha train was stoppe Kenneay was arrested, tricd at Dyersvilie and sentenced to pay a fine. A follow giving the name of Daniel Arm- strong swindled the Epworth Organ com- pany of Centarvilie out of $125, He repre- 1ted himself to be in the lumber and coal business at Greon and carried a letter of introduction from bis Methodist pastor. Ho bought an organ and gave a forged 00 drafy in payment, receiving the change. _The report of the commandant of the sol- diers' home at Marshalitown shows that during the four years the nome has existed the average number belonging has been but the number actually at the home has boon less because mauy are away at differcat times on furloughs to visit friends, or, when their heaith would permit, to work. South Dakota. 3ishop Marty's new residence at Sioux Ils cost £30,000. A substantial Masonic temple hus been erected at Flandreau, The Dead wood-Terra company paid £0,000 in dividends this year. The Keystone mine is developing ore of extraordinary rizhness. Machinery for the Rapid City Chloriniza- tlon works is on the way from Chicago. A bichlorido factory is about to begin operations ou refractory bums at Hot Springs. The snowfall on the ranges west of Pierre Is said to bo the heaviestin ten years, but stock s not suffering. Charlas Dunn, u brakeman on the Nortn- western railroad, was killed near Water- town by a switching engine. The Kilpatrick gang of Burlington graders has completed the spur to the Harnay Peak tin mill and moved into Wyoming. Haok Lovett and his pard, chronic cattle rustlers, were ‘‘scared to death” on the Omaha plan near Custer City recently, Ten thousand sheep will be wintered at Ipswitch and vicinity. Immense sheds are being built to afford shelter for the tocks. The Homestake mine has produced 81! 000,000 on_an_investment of £70,000, and di- vided $4,780,750 among the fortuaate stock- holders. Many families trom Towa aud Illinois have como to South Dakota within the last few weeks, aud have purchased farms in Kings- bury county. Deadwood revels fa a lyceum in which the ereat probloms agitating tho world aro re- duced to flinders by successive blasts of iu- teliectual caloric. It has been doclared by physiological ex- perts that small men grow larger when they &o to Dakota. This, too, is in the faco of the fact so many of them lose their better halves there. Miss Luie McKee, a prominent young lady of Oelrichs, die suddenly on the 14th. She was to have been married during holi- days. Death intervened and her wedding dress became her burial robe, Wyoming, The stato university reports 100 students. A Laramie company proposes to search for oil in tno vicinity of the city. Ouo hundred thousand young trout will be planted in state streams uext May. e tourists are uncommonly troublesomo to towns and trainmen in the west. It is given out on good authority that the suspended Cheyenno National bank will pay depositors in full. A state roward of $300 is offered for the arrest of the murderers of Tisdale and Jones, the alleged cattle rustlers shot down in John- son county. J. J. Fein, ownor of the Red Bird 1n the upper Laplata district, is said to have struck 1 rich. A genuine vein of gold-bearing quartz, throe and a half foet wide, was un- covered, samples of which assayed 2300 to the ton, Hon, William H. Wickbam, ex-mayor of New York and managor of u company inte ested in Umta couuty conl mines, visited the property [ast week. The property controlled by the company 15 satd to bo one of the larg- estcoalfields in tho United States. The coal, which is of good domestic quality, is in immense quantities, some of tho veins being fully eighty feet thick. The veins have a pitch of 17 and can be worked very choaply. Dovelopment work is progressing steadily in tho Gold Hill camp. A four-foot vem of solid quartz was uncovered In the Acme mine, The ore is bigh grade. After many vexatious delays the Downey stamp mill will bogin operations this week. Another com- pany has been formed to erect a stamp mill azd work ore from the Acme. The vein of rich ore 1 Wyoming has widenod out to thirty-two inches. Other claims are being worked vigorously, ana confidence in the future of the district is as firm as the sur- rounding hills. Montana. Dan O'Leary, the once noted pedestrian, is doing Butte. Three Bears, a Cheyenne buck who did the continent with Buffalo Bill, has been con- victed of horse stealing in Heleaa, ‘t'he smoke nuisance has become intolerable in Butte. Determined efforts are being mado to stop heap roasting by the smelters. At tho Josephive, in the Barin district, the men have gone to drirfting. They have ore that assays from $1,700 to $2,000 per ton. A gold brick weighing 350 ounces and worth about $5,000 has boen roceived at the United States assay offico in Holena. It is the productof a twenty-seven days' run from the Royal gold and silver miue in Deer Lodge county. The North Home mine, near Radersburg, has nine foot of ore that is considered first cluss, A shinment of twenty tons netted the ownors §1,000. The shaft is eighty foat déep. 1t promises to become the big mine of that part of the country, A fine collection of specimens, consisting of sparkling gems, nuggets of gold, dusky diamonds from the coal flelds, granite block’s and sandstone trimmings, togother with many beautiful taxidermic mountings showing Mon- tana's wealth of resource in minerals and living things, is being collected by the World's fair commissioners. ‘The main lead of the Telluride quartz dis- trict, Afty miles southwest of Red Lodge, s eighty foet across and 9,000 linear fect of ore 18 located upon it. Twenty-soven assays from the lead averaged 8111 per ton. The largest vein of galona yet oxposed is twenty- seven inches across and the entire eighiy feot is cut by veins of quartz, copper, pyrites and galena. The Butte and Boston company yesterday made the first payment of §25,000 on the Mon- itor bond of $400,000. The Monitor 1s the claim u which the large velu of copper ore was encountered lust winter, and which proved to bo the key note to the opening up and discovery of tho large copper veins of the Ground Squirrel aud other properties in the immediate vicinity. Idaho. The Baptists of Boise will bulld a $10,000 church, Thore are elghty-five prisoners in the state penitentiury. A baby weighing 16 Wallace the other day. Boise City bas a 10-year-old girl who i3 six fool two luches in height, The state supreme court has annulled the work of the State Board of Equalization on { pounds was born at BEE: B —— ‘ 5 T INDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1891 “No other weekly paper conlains 3o great a variety of entertaining and instructive reading at 80 low a price The Youth's and lofty cl “A Yard of Roses.” 1, 189 YARD by classes. Tt is said the decision will in- crease tha Union Pacific’s taxes by $100,000, Pocatello has a population of 3,500 inhab- itants. It 15 o railway junction town with a monthly pay roll of $45,000. The Poorman mine at Burko will soon hiave its elactric light plunt in oporation. The vlant is among the lurwest in the world and when completed it will have cost tha Poorman com- pany in the neighborhood of £0,000. It will effect a direct saving of from #i5,000 to £30,000 a year in the matter of fuel, so at this rate it will not take them long to get their money back. Nevada, Smelting works are being built at Love- locks. Tho Big Creck antimony mine is producing alarge quantity of ore. The Comstock produced during November bullion valued at $46,090. Cattle thioves aro cultivating an imposing necktie party in Long valley. Reno pronoses to bloom as a health and will build a hotel to cost §100,000. There is considerable excitement over the Cotton\vood mines in Churchill county, and several of these mines are bonded and about sold. There is cobalt, mickel, copper, gold and silver, of which cobalt and nickel pre- domiuate, and the interested ones expect the camp to boom very soon. Thus far all goes well on all the ranches and stock ranges of Nevada. Although 1t has been rather cold since the snow storm, there is plenty of foed. Therefore cattlo are everywhere comfortable; not the least trou- bie or suffering anvwhere. Largeshipments of fat cattle aro still ‘being madoto Cali- fornia. rosort Washington. Tacoma capitalists are backing the steel worls enterprise. Walla Walla bonds brougnt a handsomo premium in New Yorl: School land recently sold near Mount Ver- nan brought $130 an acre. Black River coal, of which there 1s & vast quantity, proves to be excellent cosing conl. ¢ New Whatcom's city hall will cost $39,719, exclusive of the furnishing. Work upon it has begun. Twonty-five thousand acres of land have been selected in the Spokane district by the state authorities for the state normal school. Orégon Oreron farmers are agitating tho cultiva- tion of sugar beots. Valuation of property for taxation n the stato of Oregon is about $150,000,000. That of the state of Washnisgton is aboat $300,000,- 000. The citizens of the Dalles have raised a subsidy of 320,000 to secure the removal of the woolen mills from Santa Rosa, Cal,to the Dalles. jrace G. Isancs, who was injured in the Lake Lahish wreck on the Oregon & Cali- fornin road, was awarded §11,000 damages by a Portland jury. Oregon had wore rain during the months of October and November this year than auring those months in any other year since it became a state, The famous whaleback steamer Wetmore, which went. round the Horn, was libeled on reaching Astoria_on a claim for $250,000 salvage, filed by Frank Upton, owner of the Zambesi, which towed the Wotmore into port. California. The supreme court aftirms the constitution- ality of the state irrigation law. Sacramento valley farmers are up 1n arms agaiust a revival of hydraulic mining. Potatoes are still a drug in the San Francisco market, 600 sacks of u prime article having been sold Tuesday at 25 cents per sacis. By a decision of the state supreme court, all_proceeding had regarding the boodlers in San Francisco has been annulled because of irregularity. A car load of families numbering thirty- six persons, brought by the Southern Pacific colonization agencies, arrived at Dos Palos from Nebraska, on the 9th. The olive crop of Southern California is now nearly gathered, and thousands of gallons of the fruitis now being picked, ground and pressed into oil, The universal report from ail this region is that the olive crop is largor than ever gathered in California, and 1 25 por cent larger than that of last year. ———— DoWitt's Little Early Risers. Best little pill ever made. ~Cure constipation every time., Noneequal. Use them now. B SENATOR COLQUITT OF GEORGIA. Rumor That He is About to Retire from the Senate. ATLANTA, G Dec. 20.—The Journal an- nounces the provability of Senator Colquitt's rotirement from the senate because he can- not stand the rigor of Washington weather. The senator suffured intonsely at Washing- ton during the last two winters and was forced to spend nuch of last winter away from bis duties. During the summer months he wont to southern Cajifornia, He returned to Washingtun a month ago only to find him- self under the necessity of an immediute ro turn south. Senator' Colquitt is aisposed when he retires to nelp Speaker Crisp iuto the senate, and in this his friends agree with him, but they foel that it would be botter for | the speaker’'s fame to serve out bis term and then go to the senatd. Pressure is being brought to bear on Serator Colquitt, there- fore, to remain in the senate until he has done so. - No gripping, no nausea, no pan when De- Wit's Littlo Harly Risefs are taken. Small pill. Safopill. 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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, 41 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. to all New Subscribers, AND DOLLARS, Address, ECHOES FROM THE ANTEROOM Doings of the Week in the Secret Sooi:tics of Omaha. ST. ANDREW'S PRECEPTORY INSTALLATION Knizhts of Kadosh Publicly Entertain Their Friends—Election of Officers in the Various City and State Lodges. An cvont of more than usual moment marked the constitution of St. Androws pre- ceptory, No. 1, Couucil of Kadosh, at Masottic tomple Monday evening. The pro- ceptory had proviously been working under aspecial dispensation granted by the sov- ereign grand council,but with tho granting of the new charter came the time for duly con- stituting the preceptory and the stallation of officers. The iatallation, which was con- ducted by Deputy Grand Inspector General Cleburoe, 33>, was publio, and was wit- nessed by several scores of deeply interostod ators. The coromonics were very im- pressive, and the rich uniforms of the sir knights, and the fioral decorations added to tho beauty of the scene, Rt. Rev. George Worthington, bishop of this ~ diocese, and & 325 mason, acted as primate, filling tho position’ most acceptably. Trinity catbedral choir, consistiug of Mrs. J. W. Cotton, soprano; Mrs. Frances Moeller, contralto; J. W. Wilkins, tenor, ana Jules Lumbard, bass, rondered 'tho chants and hymns, some of which wove in Latin. The following were the officers installed, who will udvance the interests of the precep- tory for the next three years: homas D, Crane, 522, preceptor: M. Rheom, 83, firsv sub-preceptor; Willinm Cleburne, 832, second sub-preceptor; Joseph R. Stafford, 322, chancellor; Meiyille W. Stone, 822, orator; Michael O. Maul, 322, almoner; James B. Bruner, 822, recorder; Gustave Anderson, 322, treasurer; Charles Huntington, 332, marshal of ceremonies; Kdgar Allen, 322, turcopilier; Kred J. Horthwick, 832, draper; James Gilbert, 322, first deacon; Joseph k. Barton, 33, second Lewis deacon; John J, Mercer, 822, bearer of tho ! boauseant; Samuel ' M. ' Christensen, 325, bearer of the second standard: John T Clarke, 532, bearer of the third standard: Michael Coady, 522, lieutenant of tho guard; Henry Newell, 822, sentinel. The social featurss of the eveniug were none less interesting tuan the ceremonial, for at the conciusion of the installation the sir knights and their guests gathered about a huge bowl of claret punch beforo adjourning to the reception parlors, whero tables had been arranged and an elaborate bunquet was served. All of the Scottish Rite bodies in the city have been flourishing since last March, when at their first annual reunion a class of twen- ty-five was given the degrees from the Fourth to the Thirty-second inclusive at a three days' session. It aroused a groat deal of interest and en- thusiasm, and there are now good prospects of having another largo class for the next an- nual rounion, which wili ve hold next Fob- ruary. Lio preceptory now has a membership of 120, aud as its jurisdiction extends over the entire state, 1t numbers among its members many of the most prominent men in the state, some of whom stand nigh in_politics. Thero are Lodges of Porfection at Lincoln and Fre- mont, but this is the only preceptory in Ne- braska. As it 13 o uniformed body, and most elegantly uniformed at that, 1t 'is drilling* faitufully, and will soon ba ready to make a showing in public iu keeping with its high ranlk. The following officers havo been elected by Hastings Chapter No. 21 for tho ensuing vear: W. M. Clive, H. P.; W. S, McKinney, . How- H. ' Pratt, ‘treasurer; W. Lof H.; E. Petteys, . 8.} R.H.C.; J. W. Harris, or, second veil; L. 13! ."J. Benedict, sonti- ard, secrotary H. Marsoall, D. M. McEihmney, third veil; C. Alexand Partridge, first veil; nel. The Grand chapter of Nebraska, R. A. M., clected the following officers Monday evon- ing at Columbus: Johu B. Dinsmors, Sut- ton, G, H. P.; R, E. French, Koearnoy, D. G. M.; A, W. Crites, Chadron, G. K.; F. E. Bullard, North Platte, G. 8. H. G. Clark, Omnha, grand treasurer; Wiliiam R. Bowen, Omaha, grand secrotary: William T. Whit: marsh, South Omaha, grand chapiain; C. J. Phelps, Schuyler, G. C. H. C. Ritten- house, Hustings, G. P. R. H. Henry, Columbus,G. R.'A. C.; J. J. Morcer, Omana, ; James Dinsmore, Clay Center, 1Goorge Whitman, Clay Centar, © M., 1st V. John N. Vandyke and Wil liam B. McArthur, stewaids; Jacob A. King, sentinel. Tuo order of high priost was conferred upon eighteen candidates. Tho chapter closed Thursday afternoon. About sixty visiting masons were in the city, The next convocation will be held at Goneva. Holyoke lodge No. 81, A. F. & A. M., at their annual eloction elocted officers as fol- lows: It E. Webster, W. M.; F. M. Smith, S.W.; C. B. Timberlake, J. W.; W. Cl Robinson, secretary; J. W, Waite, treas- urer; H. Sutherland, S, D.; J. M. Cllis, J, D.: John Wash, tylér. The lodge 1sin & flourishing condition, with o mom bership of sixty, ana rapidly increasing. Livingstonoe chapter No. 10, Royal Masons, of Beatrice, at jts aunual co tion clected officors for the ensuing y follows: Hiuh priest, B. H. Begole; . W. Cole: scrive, J. T\ Armstrong; treas: urer, 5. W. Wadsworth; secretary, Burt King; sentinel, D. G. Fiske. Installation will occur on December 24. The Black Cross dogréeo was conferred upon Hon. A. A. Kearney by Damascus com- manaery of Norfulk, Orient chaper, Royal Arch Masons, of Co- lumbus electeu the following oflicers for the onsuing year: Most eminent high priest, A. L. Bixby; most eminent king, . B. Still- man; most _eminent scribe, J. K. North; treasurer, C. A, Speice: secretary, J. R Meager, ' Tho installation of officors will oceur Friday evening, December 2 1.0, 0. ¥ The members of the Independent Ordor of 0dd Follows of Plattsmouth are arranging for & triple installation of the officers of lodge No, 146, encompment No. 31 and the Daughters of Rebekah lodge, to bo held Jaouary 5. 'The committee which bas the matter in Lana are as yet undecidod whothee the general public will imitted to the ceremony or whether invitations ouly will be issued. Arch voca- ar as ing, A U Legion No. 1, Seloet Koights, Ancient Ordor of United Workmen, of Grand Isiand heid 8o unusually iBteresting meoting w. Wednesday ovening, initiating one new member, receiving a number of new applica- tions und electing officers for tho ensuing year, aftor which a banquet was spread and @ rare social time enjoyed by the comrades present, tho attendanco boing much larger than usual. The following aro the newly clected officers: Commander, Lobert Ged- dea; vico commander, Roger Ryan; liouten- aut’ commander, J. C. Hayes; standard be.rer, Charles Heusinger; recorder, George C. Koys; treasurer, Martin V. Powers; re- cording treasurer, i". P. Boyden: oficor of guard, F. Swartzel; guard, John H. Waters; sentinel, Samuel K. Kent: ' past commander, A. Cosh; trustee, W. R. McAlilister; medical examiners, Drs. J. B. flawk and John Jack- son. Installation will take place on the first Tuesday in January, The Elsio lodge reports a mombership of about thirty, and is only throo months oid. Elected Office At the meeting of Court Eelipse No. 167, Tndependent Ordor of Forestors of Omaha, beld last Friday evening, the following offi- cers were elected for the torm boginning Januaty 1, 1802: 1. L. Weaver, hiof ranger; S. M. Martinoviteh, vice chief ranger: J. E. Gustus, recordiug sccretary; William M. Giller, flnancial secrotary; Charles Rosowater, treasurer; George Steinhard, S. W.: David Tong, J. W.; Joo Mezzetti, S. B.; W. I%. Bradley,J. B.; Dr. Charles Rosewater, medieal examinor. Maple Camp No. 945, Modern Woodmen of America, have olected the following officers for the ensuing term: W. A. Saunders,ven- erable consul; C. A. Grimes, worthy advisor; N. P. Swanson, excellent banker; P. C. Schroeder, clerk’; Walter Walker, escort; H. A. Jones, 'watchman; H, B. Smith, sentry H. ). Savage, manager;J. P. Lord, C. D. Spraguo, camp physicians, The Omaha Association of Stationary IS gincers elocted tho following ofticers lasy nignt: J. A. Welgenbach, president; C. S. Mullen, vice president; James Anderson, treasurer; C. A. Palmer, financial secrotary W. B. Austin, corresponding secretary: W. H. Bridges, rocording secrotary: Glen Doyo, conductor; Henry Defthles, doorkeeper. Na- tional President Powoll has made tho follow- idg appointments for Nobraska: _State deputy, T\ J. Collins, Omana; deputy Second district of Nobraska, W. 8. Austn, Omaha, The Omaha Turnverein held its annual meeting last Monday evening, and elected tho following oflicers for tho ensuing year: President, Dr. R. 5. Lucke; vice president, R. Rosenzweig; recoraing secretary, Otto Lentz; cerresponding secretary, 1. Schurig; first tienward, I'red Fruehauf, second tura: ward, G. Blattert; cashier, Gus Doyle, assistant cashier, W. Schultze; treasurer, Theodors Becker; librarian, W. Bloedel] zougward, Dr. D. Jensen: assistant zeug- ward, H. Windheim; chairman of school board, R. Stein; deleates for the Turners’ couvention held at Plattsmouth, January 10, 1892, Theodore Becker, H. Hofmeister, I'rod Fruchauf, G. Blattert, . Schurig. GoALR. Rovert Anderson post, No. 32, of York, will be ofticered as follows for 1392: Nathan Johnson, commander; J. A. Osborn, S. V. 5.; 3. T. Allen, J. V. . R. Roy, chap- lain; James Lefiler, O. of D.; Dr. Davis, surgeon: W. Wirat, O. of G.; F. J. Davis and Goorge Rossiter, delegates to the stato encampment, At the annual elostion of officers of tho Women’s Relief Corps of Madison the fol- lowing were olected: Mrs. Blancho Allen, presidont; Mrs. William Pattersan, Mrs. A. R. Frazok, J. V.: Mrs. J. L. treasurer; Mrs, Ed Jacobs, cond Dr. Hutehinson, chaplain: Mrs. guard. Delegato to department convention at Columbus, Mrs. S.J. Arvett; alternate, Mrs. Mary Jones. Tho following ofticers for the ensuing yonr wore elected at_the meeting of the Beaver City Women’s Relief Corps: Prosiden Mrs. M. A, Freas: senior vice, Mrs, H. I Merwin; junior vice, Mrs, B. I. Maple; chaplain, Mrs, L. Kinsman; conductor, Mrs, Wiiiam Munsell; inside guard, Miss Lucy Rowley. L O, of W A. The newly organized lodge of the Improved Order of Workmen of America, at Lincoln, has clected the following, officers: Noblo grand, John Currie; scnior marshal, G. R. Knowles: junior guardian, H. H. Grime: junior marshal, W. H. Jones; outer guard, H. H. Jones; medical director, H. M. Case- beer, Tho charter is open for membership and tho remaluing officers will be choson later on. This new order is interested in the erection of the proposed Labor palace. AL & A8 R Omaha council, No. 1, Royal and Seloct Masters, elacted the following officers Mon- day ovening: James Gilbert, thrice illustri- ous master; M. Coady, deputy illustrious master: Joseph Barton, prncipal couductor of tue work; Gustave Anderson, trom urer; James' D, Bruner, rocordel Charles Pickering, captain of the guard; Georgo H. Peterson, conductor of the coun- ail; Henry Stabrio, i Heury Nowoell, sontinol. E. K. Wells camp, No. 72, Sons of Veter- ans, of Souta Omaha, havo elected ofticers as follows: Captain, Fred Grimitn; first liou- tenant, Thomas Mullenburg; second licuten- ant, . Bttor; camp council, Elmer H. Loalo, M. L. Kelly and H. S, slcDougail, +. M¢ Dougall was elected as delogate to the di- vision encampment, with H. L. Kelly as alternate. 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