Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 27, 1893, Page 5

GO0SE CREEK GOLD FIELDS News from the New Find of Auriferous Rook in the Gunnisoa Country, PROMISES A BOOM FOR NEXT SPAING Now Camp Has Water, hut ¥ Re onty of Timbor and A Hard Place to ered Trail, H. C. Olney of Gunnison is in the city from the new Goose creek gold flelds and reporis that the region is ail that is claimed for it, says the Denver Times, He prodicts that with the opening of spring vhe district will have a great boom Mr. Olney brought with him a iarge num ber of samples of the ore of the new district and some of tnem are very rich, showing free gold in large quanti! The veins of the district aro represented as trae fissure, ‘The mineral bodies at the surface —for there has boen nothing more than surface work performed us yet—are from cight inches to three feet in thickness and the veins show g a comparative variation to the thickness of the lead. Mr. Olney is too old in the mining business 0 pay any attention to assays, but states that a mill run on ore from the “Old Lot lode—so named because of its being located in an old cow lot-showed a value of $100 per ton. In appearance the ore is quite sim- ilar to that of the Rio Hondo district in New Mexico. The prevailing rock is granite, porphyry and schist, while in the vein matter is found quartz, copper pyrites and carbonates, some of the quartz showing freo gold and the en- tire mineral bearing rock looking very rich. One lot of quartz shown by Mr. Olney as coming from the new districtis coarse honey comb, having very much the appearance of the rich quartz from the noted Senator mines of Arizona. The new camp is twenty-eight miles nearly due south of the town of Guunison, at an elevation of 8,000 feet, with an abundance of water and plenty of timber. In fact, like so much of the Gunnison district, it 1s declared that 1o much water may be encountered as the miners sink on the v But there is n lack of all kinas, a scarcity of food for man and st,and no hotel. Tho probability of a fall of snow any day makes the out- look bad for the camp at ' this season of the r, and Mr. Olney advises people to either y away from the camp this winter or else &0 in propared for cold, stormy weather. The new find issupposed to be a cropping of the famous gold belt that runs from Telluriae tojPitkin,and isopened at Ouray by the Amer- ican Nettie and other properties, on the Cimarron by the Roscoe Conkling and at other points along its course by well known producers. But those who are acquainted with that section of Colorado west and south of the continental divide know the dips and rise 1 the mineral formation and can form their own conclusion as to this idea. The new camp is in divect line of the course of this great mineral belt, which varies in wiath rom two to fourteen mi'es. Should the new camp be all that is claimed for it, a boom in the gold mming districts of the Gunnison and SanJuan is assured with the opening of spring. ommodations of Nevada Nickle. ‘The National Nickle company, whose mine is located forvy miles southeast of Lovelocks in Churchill county. Nevada, is about to com- mence the construction of big works at that point for reducing nickle oro” found in that district, says the San Prancisco Call. Super- intendent C. Bell was a passenger from the wost on this morning's train and stated that while below he contracted for a £5,000 plant and the machinery would commence to arrive in a few day An English company runs the mine and has been engaged in its development for the past four or five years and has enough ore in sight to justify the ercction of these works. Tt has had an expert named Martino, from Shefileld, Kngland, on the ground for the past five weeks. This man is thoroughly conversant with nicklo ore. This 1s the richest mine in the world. Bell has sunk a shafton the proix depth of 550 feet and run several tunnels, varying in length from 200 to 635 feet, ab various points on the ledge from the top of the hill to tho bottom, besides numerous crosscuts. He proposes to vut up works to separate the nickel from the arsenic and cobult, when it will bo shipped to the Selby Smelting works at San Francisco for further refinement. Bell that Expert Martino has made other discoveries in - that section that prom- ise to bring Nevada into world-wide repute in the near future. Sourh Dakota Bovines. Tn no country on the globe is there a ro- gion better adapted to stock raising than western South Dakota. says the Black Hills Stockman, However, there are but fow people outside of those actively engaged in the range cattle business who have uny idea of the magnitude to which the industry has grown during the past fow years. Accurate shipping statistics ave what most readers like to huve presented, and during tho past weck the Stockman has been engaged-in sccuring figures on the actual shipments made from the different loading points on the Kikhorn railroad. which carries perhaps two-thiras or three-fourths of the cattle from western South Dakota' to the eastern markets, S. C. Summis, tho Elkhorn company's agentat Buffalo Gap. writes that the rec- ords of that station show that 2,401 cars of cattle have passed that point for the east since the shipping season opened. Calculat- ing an_average of twenty-five head to the car, this would mean 60,000 head of beef cat- tle. Aad to this uumbor the 265 cars from Smithwick, ffty-tkree cars from Chadron fifty cars from Oelrichs, and about 100 ca Mr. 'ty to a sent in from Ardmore and Edgemont on the- Burlinglon, and we have aot less than cars from this section, OF course the: a large number of stockmen on Siloux range who are located Pierre than any other shipping point and naturally load there. From the most reliable figures obtainable the Stockman is led to judge that not less thun 800 cars have been shipped from Pierre. Thus we huve to date a total shipment of at le 069 cars of cattle from west of the Missouri river. At twenty-five head to the car this means 91,700 head, Shipments will, of course, con- tinue until about Christmas, and by the time the seasou really closes the fieure will be somewhere between #5000 and 100,000 head. *“Corn is king" down in Nebraska, but in view of tho above figures it would b entirely fitting for the people of western South Dakota o proclaimn that *“beef is king” in this country. Our 1803 beef crop has sold for not less than §3,500,000 cash. No More Live Baef for Lo One of the most important changes in the Indian service during the past fow wmonths is intho manner of 1ssuing beef to the In- dlans. rormerly, ut the larger agencies, such as Rosebud and Pine Ridge, the In- dians themselves were permitted to chase, kill and butcher the cattlo issued to them, says tae Sioux Falls Argus-lLeader. The natural result of this practice was unques- tionably demoralizing 1o the Indians, as the chasing and kiling of the tle aroused all the fiercer nature of the red men aud re- tarded them in their march toward ciy- ilization. During o beef issue at any of the lurger agencies the prairie for wiles around the beef corral would he dotied over with mounted Indians, all intent on running down and killing the steers which had been turned out of tne corral for them. It was rare sport for the Indians, although it was also very daugerous. Various persons have been kilied by stray bullets during . the beef issue under the old system at Kosebud and Pine Ridge. Much has been said and written in con- demnation of the practice, but the stubborn opposition of the Indiabs has until quite recently preventod a change. The govern- meut employes who are paid to teach the Tudians how to farm and become self-sup- porting fouud that the trips to the ageucy atter rations every wack, or two weeks, as the case might be, kept the Indians almost constantly on the.road traveling back and forth between tueir camps and the agency. The establishment of the subagencies has remedied this and the large majority of the Indians now have W go but @ Innurl distanco Issucd o thom the block at the subagencies on the largor reservations, while at age cles of the smaller class, such as Crow Creek and Lower Brulo, the cattleintended for the Indians are killed by agency employes in the corral mainiftined for thn purpose, ut the red mon are stiil permitted to skin and cutup the carcasses. This they do in a manner thoroughly in keeping with the habits and castoms of Indian lite, but there 18 really nothing vocy demoralizing about it when compired with the old practice at the arger agencies. ‘I'he chasing and killing of cattle by the Indians was one of the most exciting and interesting events of agency life, but it is now a thing of the past, and persons who have never witnessed it will never have an opportunity to do so. Caspes’s Barning Fluld, The Natrona Tribune says that B C Bartlett, Prof. Lindeman and Wililam Stur- gis, jr.. werc out to the oil well on Casper about three miles from Casper, re- A well was sunk there to the depth ot, but the casing was down only 600 foet when the uncased portion caved in and the well was abandoned. The tool at 800 feet showed ovidences that thero was very superior oil there. [t was. the opinion of Dr. Lindeman that the same oil that is found on Salt eroek would ba tabped ata depth of 1,200 feet. There is a movement on foot to have the abandoned well finished if possible, and 1f not a new one will be sunk in its im- mediate vicinity. Eighteen Por Cent Alumininm. About six miles back from Warm Springs ferry in Owyhee county there has been dis- covered large quantities of what appears to be chalk, but which in reality is a fine qual- ity of clay, perfectly white, says tho Idaho Statesman. A Portland mining man recently visited the place and, cutting out a cnunk of the clay, sent it away for analysis. He has just received werd that the sub- stance contains 18 per cent aluminium.* He says there is enough of the clay there to koep a good sized aluminium factory running for an indefinite period. He has written a friend in Norfolk, Ky., where the large aluminium works are operated, concerning the aiscovery. Considering the increasing demand for the new metal, it would not be at all surprising if some one ' does not soon &et hold of the Owyhee fields. Idaho is indeed a greatstate and alumi- nium works within her borders would not surprise those who are acquainted with her varied and wonderful resources, Nebraska, A writing school %as been opened at Almna. Logzan county is still in crying need of a doctor. H. A. Brainord has sold the Milford Ne- braskan. Auburn young men are about to organizo a social club. Cedar Creek farmers operative creamery. There aro 1%5 men on thoe pay roll of the Nebraska City cereal mills. ay Burrows' latest designation of Maaderson is the *pickled manikin.” A district Good_Templars convention witl bo held at Lyons December 15 and 16. 1 costs ) to throw five beer kegs through a saloon window i Gretun. Jimmy. Curley tried it. Palmyra’s social club, where boor was dis- pensed “on check,” has been forced 1o d continue business. “The third annual exhibition of the South- orn Nebraska Poultry and Pet Stock associ- ation wili be held at Hastings, December 5, 6, 7and 8, An O'Neill minister, preaching on the evils of prize fighting, referred to the ex- champion pugitist as “Mike Sullivan.” He was not posted on his subject. While Philip’ Pepoon, 17 yoars old, living near Table Rock, was engaged around a horse cornsheller’ on the farm of W. Lyman, not far from home, his hand was caught'n the machinery in some way, and ho will lose. threo fiugors, if uot the Wwholo hand. James Smith. who died recently at Fair- mont, was a native of England. e was a cabin boy in the English navy, enlisted in the British army and served in the Crimean war, taking part in the storming of the strong fortresses at Sebastopol, the Redan and Malakoff. He also participated in sub- duing the Sepoy rebellion in India and was at the siege and storming of Lucknow and Cawnpore. IMive av Jackson destroyed a shed of agri- cultural implements, the general clothing store of Clark & Sullivan, almost all of this latter stock being saved from fire; three one-story tenement houses, J. C. O'Neill's blacksmith shop, a shed ot agricultural 1m- plements, one large barn stocked with about. fifty tons of hay, Dr. Leahy's ofice and second-hund store. All were a total loss, with very little insurance, There was a happy reunion at the home of Couty Surveyor Patterson of Sarpy county when, for the first time in twenty-fiv three brothers met. One is ( veyor Patterson of Butler county. and other is Matt Patterson of Michigan Cal. The Pattersons are a race of civil engineers, and wild and wierd stories they can teil of their adventures in following the compass in the wild west and in foreign lands, The Anderson Grove church in Sarpy county will be dedicated December 3. This church organization is perhaps the only one of its kind in Nebraska, being under control of no particular denomination or s 1t is known as a ‘“union” church, and its doors will be open to the ministers of all sects, The organization is composed exclusively of farmers who feel the need of a houss of wor- ship nearer their homes. Nearly all indebt- edness has been provided for, and on the dedication day the building will be wholly dedicated to god, free from any man's mort- Bag Wayne county is being overrun with thieving tramps. The other day one was caught stealing clothes from a line at Win- side and is now in jail serving a thirty days | sentence. Later a party of them broke into a farm house south of Widside during the owner's absence and carried off a watch, a small quantity of money, a pair of shoes and an overcont. The same day another farm house was entered, but the thieves only so- red a pound of plug tobacco. Little depredations ave committed almost nightly. The county jail now contains five of these fellows, three of whom will probably go to Lincoln, after rations. almost wholly from will build a co- enator an- Bar, The Dakotas. Forest City is promised a flour mill in the near future, The machinery at the Hawkeye mill at Deadwood was tested last week before being put in continuous operation, The Wyoming & Pierre Railroad company has finally been incorporated. The company will build a road from Mionesota to ex- Governor Larrabee's coal mine, twenty miles away. L. H. Dewey, representing the Agricultural department, i at Aberdeen to study the Russian thistle situation and devise further plans for its extermination. He will leave for Brookinzs and other points south. Ho found thistles as far cast as Madison, Wis,, and St. Paul and Minneapoli Major Cadman, the special agent who has been 1nvestigating the condition of the eaty negouiated with the Yankton Indians last winter, stated that he foun everything satisfactory aud the Indians practically unanimous in wanting the treaty ratified by congress at once. He gave it as his opinion that the reservation will be opeued in the spring ‘The High school of Huron, S. D., has been presentod by Mrs. William B, Sterling witn Lior entire herbarium, including a full repre- sentation of the flora of the state of Illois, together with its grasses, also an oxchange list of plants from many of the New Kngland states, altogether comprising nearly a com- plete list of the flora of the United States east of the Mississippi river. A peculiar case of boyish rashness hap- pened in Barnes county which may result in criminal proceedings being started uagainst the perpetrator of the foolhardy deed. It seems that three boys out hunting met anotler boy. One of the three pointed a gun av the fourth lad. Upon being dared as afraid to pull the trigger, did s, and the ball struck his victim in the vicinity of vhe heart. Colorado. Ore tested from the Giladstone, nagr Black Hawk, yieldod §200 a cord. The Nebucadnezer, Cripple Creew, has struck o twelve-lach pay streak sixteen feet down. A good strike has baen made in the Mary Alice on the east side or Battle mountain, Cripple Creek. ‘The strike in the Oval, Eagle county, is oot s | even botter than first reported. The pay steenle is fourteen fuchios wide and nino feet igh. Some Italian lessees on the Pelican, Silver Plume, are paying % por_cent royalty and making from $18 to £20 a day per man. . Work is to ba commenced aga Toboggan tunnel. Creede district, 500 feet will have to be driven to r cont 3 Pay 1s boing hoisted from two new hole only fifteen fect doep on the Snide claim, o Catharine property, 100 feet from the shaft house. on the About ch the Eight men took out $1.400 in twenty days om the Boston and Baxter properti¢s at ard last month. They will bo started up soon with a force of fifty men. In the suit of Lavinsiy, a merchant of alida, who claimed damages for false im- prisonment, a verdict was roturned against the town, Aspen parties have struck some rich ore near Granite, betwoen Leadville and Buena Vista, on the Midland. Al samples assayed run well in gold. Threo mill runs sent to Denver from the World’s Fair mine on McClelland mountain, near Silver Plume, returned fifteen, eighteen and twenty-one Ounces gold per ton, re spectively The Great Mammoth, on the eastern sido of Quartz hill, Gilpin county, has opened an ore body yielding 1,480 at the smelter. The property had been idle for twonty-five years until recently Nearly all of the oil wells at Florence are being pumped at full capacity. The Florence company is sinking & new well on the north side of the Arkansas, & mile from any pro- ducing well, he lower tunnel of the Alice mine, Yankee hill, has cut an ore body running $2,700 a ton ata depth of 450 feet, It is $1,200 gold and £1,500 silver. Tne size of the vein is not known, as the tunnel is all in ore. The roundup at Glenwood Spriogs is find- ing the cattle in better condition than befora in several years. They are in good shape to g0 through the winter. Good care is to be taken of them by providing shelter on count of the restricted range, anad those that cannot be properly cared for will be sent to Denver and sold. Wyoming. Laramie has organized a game protective association. The Cheyenne Sun makes a vigorous pro- test because one of the toughest portious of Chicago is called “Cheyenne." The free assay department at the State university is proving very popular. Over 400 assays have already been made and samples for test are pouring in from all over the state. Over 55,000 head of shecp changed hands in Casper last week. The prices ranged from $2.35 to §2.00 per head. Quite a falling off from last year's prices, which were on the average por head. ‘The Bonanza Rustler is authority for the statement that some Omaha capitalists are to dig an ivrigation canal from tho Stinking Water which shall water 100,000 acres of fine land in the Big Horn basin. Gray wolves are said to be very thick in the eastern part of Converse county, in_the vicinity of Voor Animals dre very bold and do not hesitate to attack full grown steers. They have killed a number of head already. Oregon. An Altago colt brought 300 at Corvallis. Grass is better on the Crook county ranges than for many years. The Grand Ronde river, to be in the swim, is also booming since the rains. The Chinese riots at La Grande cost the county §2,500 in court expenses. A new pork packing house is about ready to begin operations at Pendleton. There is a project on foot in Astoria to build a drawbridge at Young's bay. Geese and ducks are settling down thousands on the Tillamook tide flats. Marion Bard of Hillsboro served five days in jail for beating his 24-year-old ctld, Apples, shipped by the carload from La Graude, net the grower 114 cents a pound. ches along Mosby creck, Lane county, frozen on the trees the other morning, A hunter named Joles shot sixty geese in one day along the Columbia in Sherman county. Forest Girove has passed an ordinance re- quiring children to be off the streets by 8 o'clock. All the laborers are back to work at the Cascade lociks improvement, and some 450 men are employed. 1 Dales killed an eagle chuttes which measured seven mches from tip to tip. The Oriental Tea company of Halsey purchased 12,000 bushels of apples last fall, Paying from 25 to 35 cents per oushel. A toll road from Upper Salt creck, Polk county, over to the Salmon river beach is proposed and a survey has been made. The Huntington Horald says a good many men are making a success tuking fine gold out of the Snake and Burnt river sands, A portion of the Salt Lake checks given the Crook county cattlemen have been made goodl, but the fate of others is still in doubt. Awong the ruins of the Eugene mill five is an old engine, said to be the first ever brought to Oregon. It came with Joseph L., Brumiey in 1855, P. R. Bishop has sued the Baisleys for 850,- 000, claiming that they have worked the White Swaa mine, his property, to that ex- tent to his damage. Traflic between Baker City and the Virtue and White Swan mines seems to be picking up and has necessitated the putting on of an opposition mail und passenger conch, George Sink of Sherman county says that he expec.ed to harvest 50,000 bushels of wheat this season, but_only threshed 11.000, and a large portion of this was damuaged by rain. The issue in the Baker City election is sald by the La Grande Chronicle to have been whether a certain variety theater should be opened or not, and to have resulted against the enterprise. E. Boettcher, a sheep buyer, who annually purchases a 13 'ge number of Umatilla county's sheep for drives acrass the plains, is making proparations to feed this winter about 10,000 head for shipment east early in the new year. La: Grande's mayor reported at the last meeting of the council that the railroad company would probably be willing to con- tract with the city for 50,000 gallons of water per day, at the rate of 5 cents per 1,000 gallons, or about $75 per month. Operations in the St. Helen's stone quar- ries have been eut short by the completion of the Tacoma contract for 180,000 blocks, It is thought the suspension of work Is only tempo and that a new contract for & still larger amount will soon be let. A squid of mischievous boys at Hillsboro got out the old transparencies a few nights ago. “Down with McKinley,” *Illinois in Line," “Ohio Goes One for Grover," “Oregon Will Do Better Next Time,” and hike mot toes, uppropriate lust year, appeared as back editions of an old story. A great laugh rolled from one end of the street to the other. Corvallis offers to the fashionablo world a new form of entertainment, the onion socia- ble. Six young ladies stand in a row, and one bites a chunk out of an onion; then the onion is turned over to the young men for in- spection. The one who guésses who bit the onion kisses the other five ladies. If he fails to guess, he is only allowed w kiss the girl who bit the onion. by near Des- feet two Washington, Snohomish is to have a sociology club, Seattle's council is revising the city char- ter. Spokane has five socialist circlcs, membership of #00. Wheat 13 arviving at the Columbus landing at the rate of some 1,200 sacks daily. Spokane county has appropriated $2,000 for an exhibit at the Midwinter fair. Al the logs in the Skagit went down safely in the freshet. There were 9,000,000 feet of them. J T'ho foot of a little Seattle girl named Hos- kinson has rotted off through lack of medical attendance. Thirty-seven of the forty inmates of the Yakima county jail are chargea with selling liquor to Indians. G. W. Larue of Colfax is going in heavily for sugar beots next spriug. He thinks they will pay $100 an acre. Great expectations are bein the state road conveation, cullod of December at Olympia. Captain Dunn, posumaster of North Ya- kima, is in Puyailup for the burpose of con- tracting for 14,000 fourteen-foot posts, with with a formed tor for the 19th which to establish a trellls system in his Parker bottom hop ranch, The Cheney elevatond lnuch m demand on account of its steam fanning mill plant for damp and damaged yrheat Tho Cosmopolis and Hbquism mills are said to be working on 4'40800,00). feer spruce contract for a Kansas €itffirm Phiilip Yenney of Willa Walla has sent 100 pounds of sugar beets to Sprockels at an Francisco, as samplos of his crop vernment oMcials aé nfter poovle who have been obstructing the navigable waters of the Uniteu States by throwing tree tops into the Willapa river, Some 4,000,000 foet of logs are in tho boom at’the mouth of the Siokumish, 2.000,000 in a jam about five miles further up. and 1,000,000 near the mouth of the Tanooya. Mrs. Henrietta Marks of Spokane, Wash., was fined $30 recently for disorderly con- duet. Her offense consisted in mixing the salt and su dining room. According to the Videtto, the reason crime is s0 rare in Montesano is because there is 10 jail and offenders are walied around in the rain by the city marshal, pending trial. A, N, Master of Skamokawa is importing & forty-liorse power engine for logging on a big scale noxt y He has coutracted for some 10,000,000 feet of standing fir and spruce. Four little boys found twenty-four pounds of opium, worth §300, concealed under an old wharf near the Port Townsend Sash and Door factory. It was taken to the custom house Henry Landfhor, about 13 vears old, and “rank Weinhart, Snohomish boys, about 10 years of age, disappeared from their homes. 'he last word received from them was from Woodenville Junction, on their way to the World’s fair, and their parents are” almost distracted, Malcoim Doblo of Everett has left for Wis- consin to spend the winter, having takon a contract with his brother to got out_100,- 000,000 feet of logs for President \Weyer- hauser of the Mississippi River Logging company. Tt will take about four seasons to do the work. A Montesano man has sixty hens and gots but one ege a day ana while he would like to kill uli of the other fifty-nine he dare not do so for fear of killing the hen that lays the egg. The boys say he has boon two weoks trying to find out ‘which hen is doing her duty, but has so far failed. The Walla Walla Union says: Sheep raisers not only are unable to sell their wool for any-price, but_compellod to pay taxes on sheep valued by the assessor at £ per head whick cannot be sold for $1.25 a head. Aund all because even the Lord don't know what a democratic congress will do, A large jam of logs in Cougar creek, on Pumphrey’s mountain, which has bsen form- ing since last June and contained 1,500,000 feet of logs, was broken in the recent storms. A head of water 22x20 fect from the big dam did the work. The logs were jammed inless than one acre of space, being piled from twenty to forty feet high.' Overan acre of heavy cedur timber below was mowed down like ‘cornstalks, making a noise distinctly heard for five mile: There was great excitement at Spokane the other day over a telegram received from Washington that the lands formerly belong- ing to the Northern Pacific Railway com- pany here had lapsed back to the govern- ment again by recent court decisions. Hun- dreds of settlers, young and old, spent all night filng claims._The lands are located near the Norvhern Pacific depot and in the central portion of the city. The railroad officials here scout the idea.that the railway company is dispossessed of the land, but several district attorneys claim otherwise. Misce!bancoas. The Helena public! library contains 11,500 volumes. Some rich gold discoveries are reported in the Organ mountains, Texus. Twenty-five families moved from Virginia City to Nevada City, Cal., recently. The Senator mine and mill in the Mohave district, Arizona, are to be started up. The San Diego city council has voted in favor of city ownership of the electric lights ing plant. “he roots of a treejon a Tombstone, Ariz, street g 1round the main water pipe and cuused it to burst. It is reported that work on the great South Gila dam_in Avizona will be commenced about the first of the new year. Red scale, the pear sluz and the codiin moth are reported to be doing considerable damage n Riverside county orchards. Over 125 men are at work upon the placers vecently opened close to. Dolores, South Santa_Fe county, N. M. Many ave aver ing 50 a day.” One nugget found worth $4. A compromise has been effected in_oue of the biggest mining cowplications in New Mexico. By it I'homas Wrizht of Cerrillos ecures a working bond on the Benton mine, a great gold property. San Diego, instead of shipping potatoes, is large buyer. Last week over 2000 sacks were landed at that port. Of course, many of these go to interiot points, and some are sent to Lower Californi The new Salt Lake smelter, have a capacity of 700 tons y, will be completed in_two months. atment of copper ore will be the principal worlk, it com- ing from mines owned by the promoters of the smelter. The Board of Supervisors of Sar Bernar- dino has been ofticially notified that it can secure & medal for the exhibit of rock salt, borax and curbonate of soda at the World's fair by applyiug to the committee on awards. A corps of engineers has boen at Winslow, Ariz., lookiug over the country with a view of putting in a canal. They visited Hay lake, near that place, where it is said a reservoir can be constructed sufficient to hold water enough to irrigate 200,000 acres. was a strike among the prisoners in cramento county jail 4 few mornings They refused to clean up their cells, “The mutiteers were all locked up and denied their usual outing in the yard. The trouble was due 1o dissatisfaction with prison food. Reno Gazette: There have been a good many hard cases in Reno lately, butthe chief of them all arrived on a froight train from the east. Ho was avound bogging fora piece of looking glass to see himsell swarve to death, Miss Collins staggered the Santa Ana Board of Education recently by wnuking a proposition to have her wages as teacher re- duced from 75 to &2 per month. It was moved that the lady be presented with a nencil sharpener, which was carried, and the reduction was made with entire unan- imity, A tourist who recently visited the Yel lowstone park says thal there is a hole the park which is supposed to be a dry geyser and is believed to be bottomless. ‘Phree thousand feet of line with a heavy weight attached was let down into 1t with- out meeting with au obstruction. Considerable uneasiness is felt in the vicinity of Centerville, seventeon miles cust of Fresno, on account of glanders, which hus attacked people. The disease was communi- cated vy afflicted horses, . A boy 16 years of age, named Cissoll, dipd in great agony, and another lad about the same age, named Roy Crawford, was today jaken to the hospital similarly afiliced. ~ ; Colonel Crocker has only fabout half fimshed signing the #58,000,000 new bonds recently issued by thessouthern Pacitic. He does not appear Lo be gewing thin over the work, which, perhaps, is an_indication why 1t does ot proceed fuseni- Ho bus been busy with 80 many other thingsately that he has not had u great deal of time to spend affixiug his autograph to these; beautifluly litho- graphed securities. H. W. Wulff, postmaster at Moosa, Cal., discovered a big lynx in his chicken house the other night. Hisgibulldog sprang over toward the lynx aud begun hostilities.” True to lius nature the dog gog bis jaws fast in his antagonisu's body. For twenty minutes the iight continued and then bulldog and lynx grew quicter. Wulff got a lantern and found his dog lying just outside the hen house utterly exhausted. Inside lay the Lynx with his forelegs and neck broken. Thy bulldog was badly scratehed and bitten, A contract was filed at Riverside, Cal, with the county recorder, in whict. the Guge Laud aud Water company agreod 1o sell lo H. E. Cunningham of Boston the Rancho La Slerra and that porvion of the Rancho Jurupa lying south of the Haata Ana river for §700,000, §30,000 of which is to be paid on the 30Lh of this wonth and the balauce in payments extending to July 1, 1807, The land covers 20,000 acres und it is the most imvortant land transaction which has tukeu place there for some time. It is believed the purchasers will improve & portiou of the laud at ouce, was which will ago. Ooming Session of the Towa State Traveling Men's Association. GREAT GRONTH SHOWN FOR FIVE YEARS From Five Handred to Over Ten Thousan Members—somsthing Aboat the Present Ofticers and the kleo- tion that Will Come, Drs Morses, Nov. 25.—[Special to Tne Bee.) ~Friday, Docomber 1, will mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Towa State Iraveling Men's association, an organiza tion which has become national in soope and character. Two thousand traveling mon west of the Missourd river wiil wateh with interest the deliberations of the convention At100'clock a. m. Prosiaent W. F. Mitch- ell will call the meeting to order in the Young Men's Christian assoclation building The order of business will be the reading of the minutes of the last annual convention, president’s address, sceretary and treas- urer’s report,amendments to the constitution and by-laws, and election of ofticers. The membership of the Towa State Travel- int Men's association is from every commer- cial center in the United States. Omaha has upward of 300 representatives on the roil of membership, with Lincoln closely fol- lowing, and other western towns in propor- tion to their population. The association has had a vemarkablo growth. TIts history is particularly un interesting one to the com- mercial travelers. It was organized in this city in November, 1850, and for ten years aragged along with a meager membership, not at any one time exceeding 500 members until within the last few years. Growth of Five Years. _In 1889, nino years after its organization, its membership numbered only 520 members. A year liter its membership was 1,004, At that time new life and energy was infused into its business management: also compe- tent ofMicers were elected, including W. . Mitchell as president and’ F. 15, Haloy as secretary. With new business methods in- troduced and with the aid of a splenaid board of directors, the association took an advanced step and now presents a magnifi- cent, showitg. Its membership in good standing is now almost 10,000. The object of the association is to furnish accident insurance to the traveling fra- ternity. The amount paid this year was 09383 'This remarkable result has been reached by an average cost of §7 per mem- ber. At the end of the first year of business there was a balance of £27.76 in thetreasury Atnotime for the first ten years did tho benefits amount to $1.000 per year. This fact is mentioned simply to show how local the character of the orgamization was in the days of its early struggles. “The holder of the first membership is the veteran traveling man of Keokuk, John M. French. He 1s very proud of the associ tion, and by its members is often called “father.” Nearly all the wholesale business men of this city are members, all of whom joined the organization when they were com- mercial traveiers. At the coming annual meeting the secre- tary_and treasurer will be able to prosent one of the most satisfactory statements ever presented by a mutual accident association. This_organization 1s purely mutual in every particular. No princely salaries are paid to any one, the secreta nd treasurer being the only one under saiary ome amendments to the constitution and by-laws will be made. Experience on the part of the officers in handling a member- ship of such magnitude prompts them to take this step. No radical changes, however, will be made. Career of the Presldent. Ofticers for the ensuing year will al elected. President W. . Mitchell will un- doubtedly be unanimously returned to the position “he has so creditably filled during the pust three years. He is a mau who, while on the road, was o model com’ mercial traveling man. He is now ac tive business manager for the Chamber- lain Medicine company of this cit; Mr. Mitch s born in West Chester: county, New York, and spent his early days in that commuzity. He came west when o young man and settled i Ilivois. When the war broke out he enlisted in the F Hlinois regiment and spent three v the service. After the war he engag various en! pr] until 1876, when he went on the road for Fuller & Fuller, wholesale druggists of Chicago Vice President 1. C. Evans has no opposi- tion for re-election. T'he present members of the board of dircetors are F. S. Thomp- son, who is chairman of that body, W. A. Meyer, Neison Lunce, George (. Harrison, . W. Holmes, George H. Bathrick, A. L. Oimstead, John V an, J. M. Goodman and J. G, Hunna, Five members.of the board of directors will be elected for a term of two years and the other five hold over. Maley is atlustler. “The center of interest_is i the secretary- ship, in which Mr. I'. . Haley has bee signally successful. He has the reputation of being careful, painstaking and conserva tive inall his business dealings. naturally adapted for a position chazacter. He was born in Mt Henry county, In.. where ho he came _to Des Moines in 1585 and_entored the employ of thelowa State Register as a traveling business representative, o posi- tion which he filled for s1x years to the en- tive satisfaction of Clarkson Bros., and un- til he resigned two years ago to devote his entiro time to the business of the associa- tion. He 13 an energetic and enterprisinz young business man aud deservedly popular among the members for his uniform courtesy, as well as his work in_pushing the interests of the organization, The business membors ard a change as o dangerous experiment. The present secretary hus demonstrated his ability in every particular, The following from the Fort Dodge Messenger of recent date voices the sentiments of a large majority of the policy holaers of the asso- ciation: The annual campalgn for the secretary of the lowa Biate Traveling % association has openod up with a flourish, and caudidates aro plenty. It Is a very strange thing to the avernge Husiness man why an association of this kind, when it gets as ¢fcient and capable an officer a8 the present secretary s, should want to cha Tho presid vice president and entire board of dire all ‘o favor of Secrotary Haloy's ¢ , and the only reason given by few who are opposed (o him s the foollsh and very unbusinesslike argument that 1t 15 a good thing, puss it around. If this is their style of doing busi- ness, thon the lown State Traveling Men's as- sociution is not composed of business mon, 1t is believed the sentiment of a majority of the members of the assosiation is voiced by President W. ¥, Mitchell, who in conyer- sation with i reporter, said that in his opin- ion the association would do a very unwiso thing indeed if it changed sccretarics at this time, Fverybody recognizes Mr. Haley's fitness for the position, he having proven beyond question his ability to conduct the business of the oftice in an able and satis- factory munner, and Mr. Mitchell thinks it of this Pleasant, ided until COUGH DON'T DELAY’ Xt Oures Colds, Coughs. Bore Throat, Group, Inf enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain r Sptumption ia st stagun 0 advanced stages. Use at one c:llent eflect after takis by deslors everywhers. 100, anda sure You will see th firat dose. Bold bottles 60 cents [INTERESTS THE TRAVELERS [ would be poor business management for the association to oust him from the important offfce of secretary in order to Lry an oxpori- ment by electing an untried man to tako his place. . Smith and Geimos Want (¢, Anothor eandidate for this position is ¥ M. Smith of Sioux City. tle has traveled in northwestern Towa selling grocories for th past soven vears, H. (. Grimes of Nebrask City Is also a candidate, Both of theso g tlemen bave mads & personal canvass through lowa with a view to furthering their personal interests, The prosent incum bent, Secratary I K. Haley, has made no canvass, but rolios upon the 'business judz ment of the membars to retain him When the convention assembles, Friday, December 1, it is of great 1mportanco thit no mistakes ba made. The prosent oficers aro all caveful, trustworthy men of ability and good business judgment. They work harmoniously togethor. They under: stand tho method of handling a constantly increasing business. This knowledg only been gained by vears of exporionc The outcome will be watched with intere by traveling mon throughout the United States. At the close of this tne thirteenth yearof its history the members of tho as soclation cortainly have every reason to te proud of the place it fills in the business world. Tuits membership ave nearly all the prominent traveling men of Chic many who travel east of that city, as well as latge memborship in Seattle and rancisco. —s DeWitt's Witch Hazol salve ———— MR. TABER'S FOURTH. Delightfal Organ Recital at the Congrega: tiounl Church Yesterday Afternoon. A dark, gloomy sky, with just enough drizzling rain to make an umbrella a neces- sary luxury, did not keop another large crowd from attending Mr. Taber's orgard recital av the First Congregational church yesterday afternoon—tho fourth one of his series. After the main audionce room had boen seated to- its full capacity, the adjoin- ing Sunday school section was thrown open and half filled with people before the recital began. The contralto solo assigned on the vrogram to Miss Auna Bishop had to be abandoned on account of her severe cold and to fill out the list Miss Myrtle Coon was induced to siug two numbers. Mr, Taber has a poor eye for dramatic and re- ligious effect, clse he would not have had the lights turned on at the end of the second part, just at a time when the twilight shudows. stealing softly through the richly dight- windows. wore casting a subtle in flusnce over his hearers, and leading their thoughts to the highest realms of fancy. For & Sunday afternoon orzan recital a dim religious ligh when available, is much prefer. Mr. ures piles Lommens® *“Fan- tasie in A Minor,” a piece redolent of mirth and sunshine, exccuting it faultlossly Gregh's “Scherzo Pastorale,” of tripping ightness and dainty melody, was played with an admieable softness of touch, and in the rondering of ‘The Soronade Shelley, even o mind devoid of imagination could distinguish the passionate feoling of & lover's voice and the platative melody of & tover's lute. The soprano solo, ““Come Unto Me," was sung by Miss Coon ' with feoling and oxprossion, showing that her voice s fully cqual to the rather high range re. quired by this song. Miss Coon possesses & voico which, although lacking somewhat in intensity, 18 not denciont in volum After playing the “Bridal Sov ' by Jon« a truly spiritusl composition, abounding with delteately wrought passages, Mr. wber renchod the gem of the program, the from Rossini’s “William Tell." A \nist gave a masterful interprota tion to this picce, especially in the fortis. simo passages and in the finate, and its ox- quisite modulations, its volatils tempo and its ness from'gay to grave and from will romaia a pleasant mom- ory 1n the minds of those who heard it In tho second nart of the program the fiest number was Mozart's “Adagio tn 3 Plat," from the piano sonata. This was given & soulful rendering. its clogiae tones boing in marked cont.ast ta the lightness of some of the numbers in the first part of the pro- gram, Tho “Funeral March,” by Chopin, showed that Mr. Taber has a truo concoption of the pathotic sublimity of its solomu and stately measures. For'ler second number Miss Coon sang a soprano avia from “The Prodigal Son,” and after playing Calkin's “Throo Part Song,” distinguished for its well defined rhythm and_tunefulness, aber closed his re- cital with the Murch in D, by Guilmant, sl uffalo TIN Visdes nnha, Hon, W. F. Cody was in thecity for a short time yesterday and left in the afternoon for his ranch near North Platte. He was in his usual good spirits and expressod much sutis- faction at the success which his Wild West show had met with in Chicago. Mr. Coly will return to Omaha about the last of the woek. PSR S — Inauest on Merhoraon. An mquest witl be held at 10 o'clock this morning on the body of Louis McPhorson, who was fatally shot at Valloy a fow day: age “The remains will bo given a decont burial, in nccordanco with instructions from the do- ceased’s father, who resides at itanger, Tex. DeWitt's Witeh Hazot Salve euros soros. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures ulcers. g Sald to 1o Harry Richter. an alloged insano man ro- sidine in Douglas county, was brought in by his wife yesterday and turned over to the uthorities for examination of his mental condition by the Board of Insanity Commis- sioners. ane. £ Cheatnut Bell, Boston on's gentle voice could be distinctly heard in the basement of the central station last night, where the cells for offenders against the peace and dignity the city are located. Chimes F(r)rkwa.;iling in Salt Water you can't use You'll notice quite as much soap, but you can use Pearline. its wonderful cleansing proper in salt water as in fresh. ies You can wash in it or wash with it, just the same. On shipboard, yachting, etc., you can use salt water and Pearline for washing and cleaning in a hundred ways. ; You'd have to take fresh water for them all, if you had uwothing but soap, and couldn't get hold of Pearline. Luxurious—bathing in salt water. Beware something in place of Pearline, be honest—send it back. WEEAT Peddlers and some unscrapulous grocers tell you “ this is as good as” or **the same as Pearline,” 1T Pearline is never peddled, and if_your grocer sends you 'S FALSE— 38 JAMES PYLE, N. Y. TELLS Meyer Extra Quality 20, New Jerseys 20 and 12, Amazons 20 and 12 and 12 Star Brand private pr s. « Big stozk Excelsiors 45 Straight. “elt Boots, German Sox and Mackintoshes Send for price list. No goods at retail. ZACHARY T. LINDSEY, OM AHA, NEB. 7"THE POT CALLED THE KETTLE BLACK. ® ——— BECAUSE THE HOUSEWIFE DIDN'T USE WHY WAIT Until you are sick and in bed before tak- ing the necessary precaution to prevent and cure La Grippe? LaGriope lron Tonic Is an nbsolute preventive and cure for La Grippe in any form. IF YOU COUGH Take *La Crippe Cough Cure,” but don’t wait antil you have worn yoursell out, but get it in time aud IT WILL CURE YOU. For sale by SHERMAN & MCONNRLY, 1513 DODGE. A CARD, ng to the stringéncy of the I have reduced my regulur charges Lo cash patients 1o exact- 1y one half of the printed oculist’s foe bill. E. T. ALLEN, M, D, Sye and Kar Surgeon. Roow 201 Paxton Blook, 16t and Farnam OFFICE OF THE OGALALLA LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY, OyMABA, Nen, Novesmurn 1, 1803, Notice is hereby glven to the stockholders of the Ogalally Livid “and Cattlo company thit the annual meeting of the stockholders o Uhe piny wii be held ny the oflico of Ll pitny 0 the eity of Omahi, in the s Noebrasku on Weanesduy, De b 2 o'clock any, g your, nnd Lo Lrans- tsincas which miy be' presented at ceting. Tncase the office of sald ¢ elty of Omaha, shall not bo lar wecomuiodate'all tho stockholders who present at such annual meeting, th mecting will udjourn from the company’s office to the hotel Known as tho Paxton house, situito at the southwest corner of Fourteenth and Farnam streets, in sald city of On and the m ing will enter upon ind coutinue its deliberations at said Paxton house. The directors earnestly request each st nolder to bo personally present nt sald stoc holders’ meeting, and 1 impossible (0 bo pros- ent, W appolnt i proxy. Attest: JONATHAN ABEL 1y, in sald ugh to F. LAWRENCE, Presidont. Becretary nov18d19L Notice—Sule of sehool Honds. led bids will be recolved until Thursday, iber 80, 1593, ut 2 o'clock p. ., for the pUrchuso of 6 bands of B1.000 ach, said honds wsued by school district No, 71, Dawes county, Nebrasku, dated August 22, 1693, due June 1, 1928, Inierest 6 per cent, payable on the 18t day of June of each year. Principil and in- terost payable at the Nebraska Fiscal Agency, New York. Bids will o aceopied for one or all of sald bonds. Right reserved o rejeck any or all bids. Euvelopes containing bids should be marked Bids for Bouds, and addressed to LEROY HALL, ruwtord, Neb. N22dTvm