Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1894, Page 3

TEN LITTLE INDIAN * BOYS g:qlfim of Gros Ventres and Assina- boins Have a High 01d Time. REDMEN OF MONTANA ViSIT WASHINGTON Taken All Over the City and Shown the ghts 1u & Way that Del Thom Beyond Mensure —Mis the ¥ WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE. 1407 F Street, N. W. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, The little band of Indians which came down to the national capital about ten days #go to make a visit left today for the west fully persuaded that Washington Is a great place, that they had a good time, and that their trip was a brilliant success. This com- pany of peaceful warriors hall from Fort Belknap Indian agency in Montana. There were ten in all, four from the tribe known as the Gros Veatres, and four from the Assinaboins, with interpreter for each tribe. The trip which they have just taken was at the expense of the government, and was given because of the treaty which was made with them, providing that they should sometime be allowed to send a representa tive band down to the capital city to see the president. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Brownlug estimates the cost of the trip at $1,500. They came, “saw the town,” and departed but they did not enjoy the fruition of their greatest hope—that of seeing the chief ex- ccutive—the Great Iather who rules them and exercises authority over them. It wak 100 bad that they were not able to come into tlie presence of the president, but it could not be helped. That official was taken 1il Just a short time after their arrival in the eity, and did nct return to the white house from Li: courtry home at Woodley, where he Lad ecught quiet and retirement, until afier the departure of the Indians. Rt the disappointment which they suffered at not be'ng able to see President Cleve- land was allayed by the enfoyment which they had in visiting the city and sceing the siguts. Irdeed, it is ething unusual for a bard of Tsdians to be allowed to go about the city and visit so many places. It is generally the custom to have the small baale come {0 the eity, call upon the presi- deat and depart immediately, quietly and al mos L unnoticed. But in this case it was not They were In charge of Major Joseph M who i the agent at the Fort Belknap and to his untiriog efforts is due dit for the successful manner in which the trip was conducted. HOKE TREATED 'EM ROYALLY. There arc very few places of interest in and ahout our eity which were not visited and enjoyed Ly the little band. They spent a day at the capitol building, and saw all there was to be seen the All the other extouive departments werd also visited Upon one occcasion they were received in state siyle by Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, and on the afternoon of the same doy were baqueted in a magnificent manner at the residence of the secretary.. On the day before their departure they were at the white house, and owing to the courtesy of one of the executive clerks there, they were shown through the entire building, visiting all the private rooms and the offices of the president, an honor which is not usually con- ferred upon strangers at the national capi- tal. They also visited the theaters. On Mon- day night last they were taken to ses Prof. Herrmann, who is always “great” wherever you put him. For two hours they sat and listened and gazed upon the great magician and watched him perform his puzzling tricks. They also had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Joseph Jefferson, In his famous “Rip Van ‘Winkle.” But the greatest treat of all—a climax, as it were, to their enjoyment—was the football game which they were able to see, which was played at our national baseball park, becween the eleven from the Carlisle Indlan school of Carlisle, Pa., who came down to Washington to try their luck with the team of the Columbla Athletic ¢lub of this city, and it was this contest which ths Indians from the west went (o see. The weight and strength of our sturdy athletes were too much for the Indians, and as a consequence the red men lost the game. But that did not mar_in the least the enjoyment of their brothers from the west, who, while the players were being tossed and tumbled about indiscriminately by the big boys from the athletic club, stood in the grand stand and danced and jumped in high glee at seeing the others pitched—Indian and white man alike —over the damp and muddy ground. Soon the game was over, the decision was against the Indian boys. but as they marched down to greet their kinsmen, the warriors who had beer watching the game from the benches, many times uttered their approving cries in commendation of the plucky §ght which had been put up. These are only a few of the many ways in Which these “Ten little Injun boys” enjoyed themselves during their trip to the city. Everyone was pleased that they could so easlly adapt themselves to our customs and ways of amusement. Wherever they went they were (reated with the utmost courtesy, by the officials of the executive departments as well as persons on the street. The secre- tary of the Interior and the commissioner of Indlan affairs were both pleased with the Success ‘of the trip. It is needless to say that other descendants of the aboriginal in- habitants of our land, when they are per- mitted to come on to the national capital, will hereafier receive similar kind treatment. MR. AND MRS. MERCER ARRIVE. Hon. D. H. Mercer and wife arrived in this city tonight and have taken apartments £ r the winter at the Buckingham flats on Six- teenth street, just a block north of the white house. Mr. Mercer Is the first of the Ne- braska delegation in congress to return to Washington after the recess. Mr. Mercer sald he expects to be kept quite busy during the next three months with matters con- nected with the enactment of legislation in the Interest of the state and district. He I8 as full of-life and vim and snap as ever and ready for the congressional fray. The secretary of the interior today rendered the following decisicns on appeals from de- elsions of the commissioner of the general land office in Nebraska cases: Luclus O. Vroman against Willlam P. Webster, North Platte district, decision afirmed, and Web- ster's entry held for cancellation; in re Danlel W. Cory, Brcken Bow distriet, de- clsion affirmed and entry held for cancella- tion on the ground that the application was not made until after rej peal of the timber culture act, March 1891; Clff H. Abley against Nels Berlin, Allianca district, = de- clsion afirmed and Berlin's entry held for cancellation. IN A GENERAL WAY. Patents have been issued as follows: Ne- barska—Edward Hards and W. A, Woodward, Aassignors one-third to W. P. Bates, Superior combined purifier and separator; Whitney B. McDermut, Omaha, tag holder. lowa— Willlam P. Bingham and D. R. Jones, jr., Dubuque, trunk and display tray; Isase N. Bowen and T. Troxel, Charlion, thill coupling; George Martin, Rock Rapids, plow; Arthur M. Soyder, Fairfield, interchangeable sprocket. South Dakota—Edward R. Jones, Bt Lawrence, corn cultivator. Until December 12 the postmaster general Will recelve bids for carrying United States mail from Hope to Culbertson, Neb., twenty miles and back, three times week, from February 1, 1895, to June 30, 1898. ‘The Treasury department today authorized the custodlan of the public building at Sioux Falls, 8. D, to award the contract for sup- plying: wire screen partitions for that build- ing to the F. P. Smith Wire and Iron com- pany of Chicago, at its bld of $217.14. The secretary of the treasury today awarded the contract for the heating and ventllating ap- paratus for the bullding to the Samuel company of Chicago at its bid of $5,549, 'Postmasters have been appointed as fol- lows. Nebraska-—Arizona, Burt county, 8. R. Deaver, vice W. B. Newton, resigned; Bayard, Cheyenne county, Miss Ottle Wisner. vice es _O'Halloren, removed. Towa— Rater, Davis county, Charles Skinner, vice Marion Corson, resigned; Weston, Pottawat tamie county, L. D, Grove, vice J. H. Shields, 'l”'llfl. “Soutly Dakola—Marion, Turner one ‘#ount, Rhodes, r/moved. Postmauters were commisioned today ae foVlows : Nebraska—Felix Heath, Charles- ton; Bmma K. Lea, Riverddle. Iowa—Onah May, Gholson, Selection. Dr. W. C. Whitman has been appointed a member of the board of examining surgeons at Pender, Neb. vice Achsa PREPARING IME DIPATHERIA CURFE, Detrolt Pharmacists Have Made Arrange- ments to Manafacture It. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The officlals of the marine hospital serviee were today notl- fled that a lacge firm of manufacturing chem fsts at Detroit, Mich., is making preparations for the manufacture of anti-toxine, the new remedy for diphtheria, which has created such widespread interest in Burope. This s believed to be the first house of its char- acter In the United States to begin experl- ments, and already they have taken active steps to sclentifically demonstrate its value. It I3 understood this firm has established a bacteriological department, where the experls ments were carried on under the direction of competent scientists. A number of young horses have already been inoculated with the toxine, but it is said 1t will be three or four months before the result of the experiment can be announced, as the processes are sald to be not only very delicate, but tsdious. The strength of the toxine obtained from the culture of diphtheria baccilli and the strength of th anti-toxine is ascertained by experi- ments upon mice and guinea pigs. In Ger- many two houses and in France the govern- ment at the Pasteur institute, under the di. rectlon of Dr. Roux, have taken in hand the manufacture of anti-toxine on a large scale, though not by far sufficient to meet the de- mand even in public institutions alone and for experimental purpose: No other country seems to have been taking any definite steps toward the manufacture of anti-toxine, al- though several governments have set aside funds for the purchase of the substance, to be used in public institutions, OUTLOOK NOT VERY BRIGHT. hink Germany Will ch American Meat. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Secretary Mor- ton is in rectlpt of a communication from John Mattes, jr., special agent of the Department of Agriculture in Germany, re- ferring to the possibilities of extending the markets in that country for American meats. He writes under date of November 15 as follows: “Last year German farmers and stock breeders were compelled to sell their cattle, irrespective of price and condition. It wes then predicted this year Germany would be short on beef cattle, resulting in a rapid ad- vance in price, which would give foreign meat cxporters an opportunity to establish th selves In the German market. I have visi many of the German cities and paid attention to the sale of imported meats, but in my opinion Germany will never become a large consumer of imported meats. It is true the consumption of American salted bacon and other meat products in eans may Increase in such abnormal years, but under normal condi- tions it may be said the poorer classes can- not allow themselves the luxury. The more fortunate are as a rule unreasonably preju- diced against foreign meats, ““The sale of imported fresh meats is, how- ever, conducted with many difficulties and possibly with great loss to the exporters, brought about by the losal regulacions. At the best, the business always rests upon a speculative foundation RECOGNITIONS FOR HAW 1. Most of the Leading 'owers Have Officially Recognized the New Kepublic. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The Hawaiian charge d'affaires, Mr. Frank P. Hastings, has received in his current mail information that since the establishment of the republic in Hawati on July 4 last the official recognition of the following governments have been re- ceived: United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Belglum, Mexico, Guatemala, and also notices of intents from Germany and Peru. On November 15, the day after Presi- dent Dole’s return from a visit to the island of Hawall, the British commissioner at Hon- olulu called at the executive building and presented an autograph letter from Queen Victoria announcing their recognition of the government. R S Still Paying Out Besond the Income. WASHINGTON, Nov. %.—The regular monthly Treasury department statement, to be issued tomorrow, will show an excess of expenditures over receipts for the month of November cf $8,156,37, which makes the de- ficiency for the five months of the present fiscal year $22,610,2%. The recelpts from customs during November were $10,260,692; from' internal revenue, $7.774,074; from mis- cellaneous sources, $1,376 making the total receipts for the month $19,411,403, and for the last five months $136,398,817. = The disbursements for the month amount to $21,56 of which $12,07,% is on account of 'pensions, making the disbursements for the five months $158,909,043. Premium on American Gold, WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The Bureau of American Republics has cfficial information that by a recent decres of the suprem> court of the state of Panama the ordinance of July 12, 189, imposing an ad valorem duty of 10 per cent on goods entered at the ports of Colon and Panama has been declared un- constitutional. The bureau is also advised the premium on American gold in Hayti is 20 per cent. This high rate is attributed to the fact an unusually large coffee crop is just now being put on the market and large sums of money are needed to move it. Treasury's ¢ Balance. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The cash bal- ance in the treasury at the close of business today was $140,887,464; gold reserve, $102,016,- showing an increase since last Wednes- of $33,863,267. The gold recelpts do not include receipts at Chicago, San Francisco or Boston by the acceptance of the bid for bonds, nor tcday's figures of receipts from New York on the 25th. It is expected that tomorrow's report will_materially increase these figures and by Monday or Tuesday next the whole amount of the bids will likely have been deposited Columbia Is at Some Unkoown Port. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—A cable to the Navy department received today announces the arrival of the United States cruiser Columbia at Caimenza. No such port is known here and inquiry 1s being madg, but it is supposed to be near Santiago, Cuba. Her movements are of importance in co quence of recent sensational and warlike dispatches stating that the Columbia was hurrying to Bluefields Grover Cables Congratulations. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The president has cabled to United States Minister Breck- inridge at §t. Peter. burg instructions to con- vey to the czar the president’s since gratulations upon his recent marria; Weather Too Bad for Grover, WASHINGTON, Nov, 30.—Owing to the unfavorable weather today it was thought best for the president to remain at Woc ley and not venture out. The cabinet m ing for today was abandoned. Movements of Naval Vessels, WASHINGTON, Nov. 0.—The Baltimore has arrived at Nagasaki, Japap, and the Marblehead has sailed from Port Royal, Jamaica, for Hampton Roads. —_— Would you be strong and healthy? no baking powder but Dr. Price's. s Studylng to Ple: . He had been particularly fortunate in his business, says the Philadelphia Press, and felt in the mood for tipping the waiters at his hotel rather liberally. As a result, every time he entered the dining room half a dozen willing walters rushed for him like foot ball players in a blg match. This came to be annoying after a while, 5o he called the head waiter to him and sald: “Now, see here, I don't want all the walters in the place bothering me every time I get something to eat. Settle on one man, and let him attend to my wants.” Then his eye roamed around at the as- sembled attendants, and, without any partic- ular reason, he said: ““There, let that fellow with a wart on his nose look out for me." So it wus settled, and for some time the designated waiter was on hand. One day, however, the man with money found another attendant at his table, He motioned to the head waiter. “Didn’t 1 tell you to let me bave the waiter with a wart on his nose?’ he demanded. ““Yes, sah; but this one will be better, sah. He has two warts on his nose, Use NEEDS OF THE NODERN ARMY Sccretary Lamont Urges the Adoption of the Battalion Formation, PROGRESS IN ARTILLERY CONSTRUCTION Much Has Been Done by Heavy Appropri- ations Needed to Perfect the Const De- fense System—New Caliber Small Arms for the Troops. WASHINGTON, NOV. 30.—The annual re- port of the secretary of war was given out today. Much of the matter treated of has already been printed when the report of the commanders of the various departments were made. The expense of the service for the year ending June 80, 1804, were $56,039,009.34, and the appropriation for the current year is $62,424,112.78. The estimate for the coming year is $52,318,620. The reports of the officers In command of the several geographical departments corrob- orate the opinion expressed in my last annual report that Indian warfare is virtually at an end in the United States, and that beyond occasional calls for police duty in the neigh- borhood of Indian reservations the army will henceforth be relleved to a greater degree each year of the labor of armed surveillance over the tribes of the west. The total authorized strength of the army Is: Officers, 2,136; enlisted men, 26,772, The total strength of the unlisted force was 26,516 and the effective force, after deducting the sick, absent on furlough, detailed to other eervice, etc., 20,114, 'BATTALION FORMATION. 1 earnestly recommend that congress enact the leglslation necessary to establish in the army the battalion formation now adopted by the armies of every other civilized nation. As necessary to effect that change I recom- mend the removal of the limit of 25,000 men fixed by the act of June 18, 1874, and a return to the limit fixed by the act of July 15, 1870. Legislative approval of these two proposi- tions will restore to the effective force about 4,000 enlisted men, bringing the actual strength of the army up to the nominal strength now fixed by law. By these changes the army will be increased in efficiency 20 per cent, in numbers about 16% per cent, and in cost of maintenance only about 6 per cent. In brief, it Is proposed that two companies e added to each of the twenty-five infantry regiments, so that each shall consist of three battallons of four companies, and that two foot batteries be added to each of the five | artillery regiments. cavalry {s proposed. The organization of the line of the army has undergone no material change since the close of the civil war. During the period of thirty years every large foreign army has been completely reorganized. Changes and improvements in arms, ammunition and epuipments have forced upon the leading strategists and tacticians of the great armies of the world the necessity of a bri parture from the old systems. Four companles are as large a body as it | is now possible for one officer to lead and | control in action. Formerly, and down to a recent date, the colonel could see and direct the movements of all the men of his regi- ment who marched and fought in double rank with touch of elbows. Under such conditions a regiment of 1,000 men occupled a front on the batle line no greater than would now be covered by a small battalion of one-third that number. A few years ago small-arms fire was Ineffective at distances greater than 600 or 800 yards, while now it will be deadly at 2,000 yards, or even greater distances. In modern warfare the men will act in small groups or singly, and the advance will be made in successive lines in open order. Per- fect organization and perfect control by the commander of each unit will be absolutely essential to efficiency and Success in the fleld. The national guard of several of the states, more progressive than the general govern- ment, already has the battalion organization, and our own army Is being Instructed as thoroughly as our defective system will per- mit, battalions of from two to five companies being improvised In the different garrisons. The formation desired admits of rapid and great expansion to meet the exigencles of actual warfare, and is especially adaptable to the small force constituting the peace es- tablishment of the United States. COST OF THE CHANGE. Resolving the effect of these changes into money, it appears that for pay, rations and clothing of the increased number of enlisted men proposed an Increase of $1,200,000 in annual appropriations will be required. The proposition outlined contemplates an in- crease in the number of line officers, in- volving an _increase for salaries of about $200,000. This increase of expenditures should be met and more than overcome by reductions in the expenditures for the staff, SMALL ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. Seven regiments have been supplied with the new 30-caliber magazine rifle, and it fs expected that the Jnfantry will be com- pletely equipped with this weapon by the 1st of May. The major general commanding the army renews his recommendation that the supply of these modern arms be increased, o that not only all the regular troops and organized militia may be fully armed with them, but that there may be an adequate reserve for any additional force that may be called into service. To perfect the new weapon, tests of smokeless powder, cartridge cases, and bullets of various materials and types will be kept up during the year. The cavalry has been equipped with the new 38-caliber revolver, and, upon recommendation of thc major general commanding the army, the caliber revolver has ben retained for present for light batteries. Aluminum has been employed successfully in the making of spurs, walst-belt plates and smaller ar- ticles, and it Is hoped eventually to obtair the desired quality of the metal for other articles of equipment. FIELD AND SIEGE GUNS. During the year twenty-three 3.2-inch and twenty-two 3.6-inch fleld guns have been finished; twenty-five 3.2-inch field and ten 5-inch siege guns and ten 7-inch howitzer: are nearly finished. Carriages for these guns are in process of fabrication. Funde are avaliable for the manufacture of about forty more 3.2-inch guns, but further ex periments with smokeless powder will be made before this work s undertaken. Pro- vision has been made in all for 190 2.2-inct fleld guns, twenty 5-inch siege guns, sixteer 3.6-inch fleld mortars, twenty 7-luch slegc howltzers, and it is proposed in time tc manufacture a supply of modern field and siege guns and mortars adequate for the army The establishment of type disappearing gun carriages for 8-inch and 10-inch guns, for coast defense, invented by officers of the ord- nance corps, and believed to be unequaled for rapidity and simplicity of action by any car- riage elsewhere in use, is a notable achieve- ment of the year. This problem solved, the armament of our harbors may now be prose- cuted as rapidly as means are avallable. The wisdom of promptly giving utility and practical value to the large Investments which we have already made in preparation for coast defense by approprlating money to mount the guns and mortars, made or In process of making, and to place them in posi- tion, is manifest. The approved projects are for fourteen ports. Appropriations of $1,000,000 for emplacements and platforms and mounting guns and mortars, $250,000 f sites for fortifications, and $100,000 for cas ments, torpedoes, galleries and submarine mines, are desired for the prosecution of engineer work on these fortifications, The plans contemplate the making of forty- four 16-inch guns, 245 12-inch, 257 10-inch 137 S-inch. Of these 152 are built, 100 more under contract and 431 are yet to be eon- tracted for. The estimated cost of the 16-inch gun is $140,000, and the average cost at the army gun factory of the 12-inch gun s $48,750, of the 10-inch gun 331,000, of the S-inch gun $16,000, and of the 12-inch mortar $13,500, To complete the manufacture of the co templated armamegnt will require $20,639,987 for guns, of ‘which $250,000 is availablo under former appropriations, and $9,801,120 for mortars. The contract work calls for an No increase in the the expenditure of $3,430,130. The total expendifure for urofertsd enny ind mounts will thus bo $50,277,24 Including $3,430,130 under the, Bethlehem con- tract. Operated at its full capacity the army gun factory at Watervliét can turn out in eleven and a half years theimuns and mortars yet to be bullt; the BetMehem contract re- quires the delivery of the st of its 100 guns by July 7, and carflhgés can be pro- duced at rtown an: by contract as rapidly as the guns, so that the ordnance for our coasts can be finished: within twelve years, Vel CONCERNING THE MILITIA. Army officers on duty, with the national guard of the states, of twenty-seven were regularly essigned to state headquar- ters, concur in reporting sbéady improvement in the training and efcietdy of the militia The fact that state camps.¢f instruction, in which forty additional army, officers partici- pated, were held by thirty’three states is proof that state military estiiblishments are on a better footing now ‘tham ever before in time of peace. The issue of fleld guns and ordnance sup- plies to the militia has been continued as far as appropriations pérmit, but the in- creasing requests of the states each year exceed the department's resources avallable by law. More I'beral provisions by law for arming the state troops will be an economical | investment. Changes in the laws to permit arming the militia with improved weapons and the improvement of its equipment, and to promote closer relations between federal and state troops, have a claim upon the fav- | orable consideration of congress. The strength of the militia shows an in- crease of about 5,000 since last year, the Iatest returns showing a total organized forca of 117,633 officers and enlisted men. The ar- ti lery'a:m, mainta’ned by thir has an enroliment of 5,922 officers and men the cavalry arm, maintained by twenty-six states, of 5,069, News for the Army. WASHINGTON, N:v. 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Captain Walter L. Finley, Ninth cavalry, will proceed to Annapolis for duty with Maryland National guard. First Lieutenant James R. Green, Twenty- fifth infantry, is detailed as professor of mili- tary sclence and tactics at Lawrence univer- sity, Appleton, Wis. First Lieutenant Henry R. Stiles, assist- ant surgeon, granted two months' extended leave; Second Lieutenant William G. Haan, Fifth cavalry, twenty days' extended; Major William M." 'Wallace, Secind cavalry, two months; Firct Lieutenant Alexander Dean, Fourth cavalry, three months' extended. Second Lieutenant William M. Crofton, First Infantry, will report for temporary duty at Fort Sheridan. RO = bt Prof. R. Ogden Doremus of Medical College, New York City, reports find Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder composed of pure materals and compounded on correct scientific principles. carbonic acid gas is greater than that of any other powder. Bellevue O, IDAHO'S MONTE CRISTO. ‘The Eccentric Owner of the Most Profita- ble Mines in the State. Over in the mountains are the great mines of 1daho, and in particular the famous Wil- | son mine, says the Boise City correspondent of the Chicago Record. It formerly belonged to Louls and Christian Wahl of Chicago, from | whom it was obtained by De Lamar, “the Monte Cristo of Idaho.” Lamar is a Dutchman from Holland, with red hair. He is of small stature, with shrewd, twinkling eyes, large features, and an energete, push- ing manner, talks incessaitiy, on ali subjects with equal fluency regardlessof his company, and telegraphs a full account of all his doings each day to the Boise City!/Statesman, pre- paid. He was a sailor in hidGaith, and gradu- ated as mate of a brig-that sailed between Rotterdam and Java. ~ Noméhow or another he drifted to Chicago and worked a while in Louis Wahl's glue factory.;. Then he was bartender and butcher, and there is a tradi- tion that he managed a sausage shop for a time at the stock yards.” Néxt he turned up in the mines at Silver City, Colo., and had some good prospects iniwhith he succeeded in interesting the Wahl brothers, his former employers. Then he came to Idaho and got hold of a claim in Owyheé cbunty belonging to & man named Wilsori; which the Messrs. Wahl furnished the money 4o- purchase, and gave him a half interest.for his trouble. They concluded to sell, and let him have the property at his own valuation. Some say it was 330,000, some $60,000 and some $100,- 000. But whatever the price, they accepted his notes, with a mortgage on the mine, and he dug out enough goid during the next month to pay them. Within & year Lamar sold half the property to an English syndicate for $2,000,000. Now, and for several years, the net profits have averaged $60,000 a month, and from his share Mr. Lamar recelves a steady income of $1,000 a day. Three winters ago the Monte Cristo of Idaho appeared In Washington, and it was announced that, having found a fortune, he was seeking a wife. Ho had sumptuous apartments at the Shoreham, sported & coach and four-in-hand, and left a trail of gold wherever he traveled. Russell Harri- son introduced him into soclety, and his coming out party was a_dinner given in honor of Mrs. Harrison at the Arlington hotel, which was described in the greatest detail by all the newspapers. There was never but one banquet in Washington that surpassed it. That was given by Andrew Carnegie to the members of the International American conference, and cost $85 a plate. Mr. Lamar had several members of the cab- inet and some prominent soclal leaders as his guests who had never heard of him until they received the invitatfons, and the affair was the sole topic of gossip for many a day. One of the novel features was a gauzy net suspended from the four corners of the ceil- ing and so arranged that when the host touched an electric button at the close of the dinner it separated in the center and covered the table with several wagon loads of flow- ers. But even with this princely debut and the rumors of his enormous wealth Mr. Lamar's soclal career in Washington was not a fuc- cess. He rented the Tyler mansion for the next season, but mever occupied it, and finally, shaking the dust of Washington from his shoes, went to New York and married a beautiful ‘girl by the name of Sands. She was only 17, and her mother was a widow who lived on Lexington avenue. After his marriage he bought a handsome house in the swellest part of Madison avenue, and a yacht and now spends most of his time in New York. Once or twice a year he re- turns to Owyhee county to look at the hole his money comes from, but the people out here keep posted concerning his movements through the newspapers, The mine is the most profitable in the state, and its riches are said to be inexhaustible, R. e HUNDRED DRINKS PER YEAR. The Average Amount of Whisky Consumed by the American People. Amerlcans are accounteda fairly sober people in the hurlyburly of nations, but the figures of the internal revéfiue commissioner for the last year are erftugh to make a tem- perance crank stagger without a drop of whisky or beer, says the cAtlanta Constitu- tion, We distilled lagt year 87,346,884 gal- lons of liquor, not ingluding 1,430,353 gal- lons of brandy, making in all 85,7 - lons of alcoholic spirity, ' Expert estimate sixty-three dfinks to the gallon. Therefore there were 5,604,162,891 drinks pro- duced in this country. . A-onservative esti- mate of how much -wasi imbibed across counters is about 37,000,000 gallons of whisky, brandy and other distilled spirits, or in other words we drank 6,190,000,000 glacses of whisky, for which we pald gyer the bar $609,- 000,000, or $5,000,000 more, than all the an- nual appropriations of eongress combined This represen onsumption of 100 glas: of whisky each year for e¥ery man, woman and child between the rock-bound Pacific and the storm-tossed Atlantic, or, counting only the male adults, 500, glasses per week each. Of beer the figures are equally astoundiog. The consumption was 31,962,943 barrels; that 1s 12,785,169,200 glasses, representing the expenditure for this mode of Teutonic hilar- ity of $617,268,400, or about 10 cents for each Inhahitant. ' In the neighborhood of 220 gl +ics e charged up in this calcula- tlon against each of us as our annual allow- ance. Therefore, it we do mot ayerage our dally glasses we wmay be sure that our neighbors are getting the benefit of our abstinence. By estimating this year's in- ternal revenue receipts from spirits on the basis of last year's product, with the in- creased tax of $1.10 per gallon, the internal seemue vacalots will be $97,674,906. hree state-, | Its yield of | CANNOT COMPETE IN SUCAR Oalifornia an1 Germany Too Much for the Great Bastern Trust, SPRICKELS EXPLAINS THE SHUT DOWN President of the Western Trust Shows Why Havemeyor's Monopoly Was Forced to Throw Fifty Thousand Men Out of Employment. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30.—In reference to the Associated press interview with H. 0. Havemeyer, president of the Sugar Refining company, Adolph Spreckels, director president of | view, and I understand the exact condition of sugar refining in the eastern states. Have- meyer and his people control the sugar trades | of all the country east of the Missouri ri land the California refinery controls pretty | much all west of the river. I think Have- meyer is right when he says that closing his refineries will throw 50,000 people out of work. The reason they are to close is this | They cannot compete with foreign sugars. The administration has effectually shut out the sugar refining business in this country. German granulated sugar is lald down in | New York at $3.56 the 100 pounds, and raw or crude sugar costs, laid down there; $3.50 the 100 pounds. That leaves a margin of 6-100 of 1 cent per pound on which to pay refining expenses and make profits. The thing is simply absurd. In the east they pay refinery hands $1.70 per day. In Germany the wages are but $1.13. The trade cannot stand the difference. The German sugar is beet sugar refined abroad. This market is now bringing a great deal of Chinese sug that is refined by two English firms in Hong Kong. They use raw sugar from Batavia and the Phillippine islands. Those refineries employ coolie labor at 10 cents per day. There is only one remedy, and that s pro- tection.” MAY INCREASE THE PRICE, Sugar Trust May Not Close Down After AlL NEW YORK, Nov. 80.—Henry O. Have. meyer, president of the Sugar trust, quali- fles his previous statement that the refineries of the company in Brooklyn, Boston, Balti- more and Philadelphia would not be operated | again for indefinite period. Ha said that about one-half the men would ba permitted to return to work Monday. He said: “So much of the organization as was Indispensa- able will return to work on Monday. That means a partial resumption of melting, but an increased cost per pound of sugar. It is a matter of conjecture with the company whether it is cheaper to shut up entirely or to work the reduced amount at an increased price. It will take three weeks to determine that question.” TH Entirely NK IT 1S A BLUFF. Trade Disposed to Think the Sugar Trust Playing Congress for Symputhy. ¢ YORK, Nof —The Evening Post The statement of H. O. Havemeyer, ent of the American Sugar Refinery company, that the refineries of the company must be shut down for a while, owing to depression in the trade, due to legislation, was discussed today by business and labor circles. The modified announcement made by Mr. Havemeyer today that only half the force woulr be lald off was regarded as an indication of a less fixed purpose than was indicated in the declaration of the com- pany's intention on Wednesday night. At the refineries in Brooklyn hundreds of work- men and women members of their families were gathered this morning. From their statements it appears that about 3,000 of the 4,000 men usually kept busy there were Idle today. They did not know how long this would last. When they were discharged on Wednesday night they understood that they would resume again on Sunday night. Others said ‘that 86 far as they knew the refineries were not overstocked with sugar, as there was less than 40,000 barrels on hand, not more than four days' supply for the market. The Moltenhauer refinery, which is not in the trust, was running at its full capacity today. Extra hands were put on this morn- ing. In Wall street the disposition was gen- eral to connect the action of the Sugar trust managers with the coming session of con- gress. The directors have received nothing officially since the vote in the senate and have refused to talk, even when the rather striking trade developments of the past two months have been in progress. It has, how- ever, generally been belleved that the next dividend on the Sugar company's common stcek, which is payable in January and will be declared the middle of next month, will be reduced from the quarterly 3 per cent. —_— A perfect jewel for the enterprising house- keeper is Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. ———— POTATOES HIS WEAPONS. How a Kentucky Dominle Brought Code Into Ridicule, One way of combating an evil practice is to make it ridiculous. It was by this means that dueling was stopped In a certain dis- trict in Kentucky some forty years ago. At that time a traveling preacher named Bow- man, a strong, muscular man, was conduct- ing a series of religious meetings in Ke: tucky. At one of them a well known des- perate character created a disturbance, and being publicly rebuked by Bowman, sent him a challenge to fight. The preacher's first thought was to treat the matter with silent contempt. Then he reflected that ducling was all too common in that region, and he decided to accept the challenge. As the challenged party Bowman had the choice of weapons. He selected a half bushel of Irish potatoes and stipulated that his op- COVERED HEAD & NECK Eczema of Worst Type. School and Boclety Abandoned. Felt Death Would be Rellef. Cutlcura Soon Put An End to all Sufferings. the Frver since T was three years old 1 have been troubled with Eczema of the worst type. It at times completely covered my head and neck. I havo tried all sorts of medicines, and have been doctored by many very eminent plysicians, but with no favorablo result. Sometimes my head ‘was one mass of thick scab that would rin and Dleed, and in summer would be 80 much worse; my ears looked s though they would fall off. 1 could not o to §chool o mingle with society, as the diseaso swelt 80 bad. I felt at times that death would d itching got_your 1% tho 26th of January last,and to directions, and can bow s0on putan end toall my suffering. an never tell my thanks to you and your valuable medicine, and [ shall alway recormend themn to whoever I 'seosuflering from the torriblo disease. [l spent money and tried tho best of doctors with but fittlo relief. Miss HANNAH WARREN, 1437 George Street, La Crosse, Wls. WAS IN CONSTANT AGONY I have suffered from & severo attack of what i called Prurigo, The disease produced an intenso burning and ftching sensation that kept e in constant agony ail the while, 80 that 1 got but little rest day OF night. CUTICURA cured me entirely in a few weeks. I cheerfully recommend it for like troubl CHAS, L. WAFFLE, Ottawa Station, Mich, CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS CuTicURA REMEDIES cleanse the system by extegnal and internal medication of every erup- tion, impurity and disease, and constitute the most effective treatment of modern times, Rold_throughout the world. _Price, CUTICURA, .; Boap, 2bo.; RESOLVENT, Porren DRuG AND'Caex, Conp., Sole Propri Boston. @ How to Cure Bkin Discases,” malled free. Pl Ted, rough, chapped, and olly 'skin cured by COTICURA BoaP. ACHING 8IDES AND BACK, and | the California sugar refinery, | | satd: “I have read that Havemeyer inter- | groaning '"‘enough. ponent m stand fifteen paces distant and that only one potato at a time should be taken from the measure. The desperado was furlous, but Bowman insisted upon his rights as the challenged party and threatened to denounce the fellow as a coward If he made further objections. Seelng no way out of the scrape the des- perado at last consented. The contest took place on the outskirts of the town, and almost everybody In the place turned out to see the fun. The seconds ar- ranged the two men in position, by the side of each being the half bushel measure filled with good-sized potatoes. Bowman threw the first one opponent in a central spot and fell in pleces. A shout of delight went up from the crowd, which flurried the desperado, and his potato flew wide of the mark. chance, and every time his opponent stooped for a potato another hit him in the side, leav- ing a wet spot on his clothes and then scat- tering on all sides. The fellow was hit In this way five times; then the sixth potato struck him in the short ribs and he lay on the grass and doubled up with pain and The bystanders went wild with delight, but Mr. Bowman looked very sober. The perado was taken home and put to bed, and there he stayed for more than a week. And when he appeared again he was greeted with %0 many jokes that life was almost a burden to him." That was the end of dueling in that reglon, —_—— exible Stone. It may be safely sald that in ‘a ‘geological collection is than the bar of flexible can be bent with less prossure required to bend a piece of wet leather of the same size. In an article upon the subject in the Mineral Collector, we are told that “when a thin slice of stone is looked at under a lens by transmitted light the fragments are seen to be locked together like the parts of a sectional puzzle toy, fixed, but only loosely. The simplest way of explaining how this stone was formed is to say that the grains of sand were once cemented firmly together by another material, which has been partly dissolved, leaving countless natural ball-and- socket joints of jagged shape behind.” no specimen more sandstone, which than that ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispeis colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agrecable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Ary reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. ~ Do notacceptany substitute, CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, QAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, W.Y. 1t struck his | Bowman watched his | deos- | curlous | AVICTORY FOR PASKOLA | 1t Receives the OMcial Eadorsemant ef Eminent Experts and a Jury of Representative Citizens. The suit brought by Ohio’s food commise | sloner against a Cincinnati druggist for sell- Ing Paskola, on the grounds that it was nothing but glucose, resulted in a great viee tory for Paskola and a verdict against the state. During the course of the trial Prof. Shaller | of the University of Cincinnatl testified that Paskola was not glucose, and even If it was, it would be harmless. He also bore witne to its activity as a digestive agent. Prof. Willlam Dickmore of the Miami col« lege testified to the same facts. So did Prof. | Schmidt, the chemist of the board of health Prof. Willlam Hoffman and others. A practical test was made In court, showing the digestive action of Paskola on eggs and | meats ot various kinds, whereas glucose under | precisely the same conditions produced no effect whatever. This test but confirmed the experts' state- ments and proved Paskola to be of great value In Indigestion and wasting diseases. This verdict disposes of the maliclous attack that has been made agalnst: Paskola by fn- terested rivals, and fults have now been brought against -the proprietors of a well known emulsion of cod liver ofl for having | given wide circulation to a falso formula and | vtler misrepresentations regarding it. | The animus of this attack will ba helter nnderstood when it is stated that Paskiia is ha'ln; largely used in the place of cod liver | ot! AMUSEMENTS. BOYD’StasTTwoTiMis TODAY. TONIGHT. MATINEE TODAY AT 2:50, Henry Guy Carloton's Comedy, . ‘‘A GILDED FOOL.” Prices—First floor, $1.00: bale ony, fe and 76c Eveninz Performance at8, (Double bill ) T, W. Robertson's Immortal Comeds. “DAVID GARRICK," and Morton's Farce, 1 ‘'LEND M/ FIVE SHILLINGS." GOOD- BUYD’S 4 NIJHTS BE \INNING 10U O Sunday, Dec. 2. iced Matinee Wednesday. RETURN OF THE FAVORIT DONNELLY & GIRARD AND THEIR GREAT COMPANY When they will present for the first (ime In Omaha, thelr Jaughing success, THE_ RAINMAKERS, With the Strongest Farce-Comedy Company ever organized, including Miss ISADELLE URQU- HART. Special carload of new and beautiful scenery, NAT C. WATH Saturday morning at usual prices, (5TH ST. THEATRE | Telephone 1531. l LAST TWO PERFORMANC MATINEETODAY AT 2:30, TONIGHT, 8:18 A SUMMER BLIZZARD. “The Barnum of Them AIL' Interpreted by are tists of unusual merit, headed by MISS NELe L1E ROSEBUD. I5TH ST. THEATRE | wozveae PRICE Telephone 1581, Cn Loty £, T8 4 Nights. commencing Sunday Matinee, Dec. 2d, The Wittiest, Brightest. Cleverest of ‘em all, HOYT'S A BUNCH OF KEYS, OR THE HOTEL. Ada Bothner as Teddy; C. W. Bowser as Sn: and a clever company of comedians. Matine® Wed. Coming, Dec. 6-8—Ezra Kendall P OPULAR P RICES. A Thanksgiving Story. E was at a boarding school to spend his first Thanks- giving away from home, and this is what the lonesome little fellow wrote Do you blame him? home a few days before ““When the Turkey's in the oven, And the ‘Tater’s in the pot; W hen the Cranberry’s a boiling, And the Pudding’s smoking hot; When the nuts ure cracked and ready, And the raisins heap the plate, And you feel 80 awful hungry That you'd rather die than wait, THEN you'll remember me. P, Qur Crockery department is of spe- cial pride to us. liverything conceiv- able in_China, Crockery, Glassware, Cutlery, Plated Ware, Lamps and Clecks. Our Special Thanksgiving Offerings, Thanksgiv ng Cider Pitchers In clear, fire polished, erystal glass, hold nearly three quarts. Hegular price bc. This Week 29¢c Thanksgivin* Tumblers For tomorrow or as long as they last, a first class crystal table tumb- ler,' one dozen only to a customer. Worth 50c per dozen. This Week 2c Each Thanksgiving Carving Knives and Forks, With genuine stag handles, Meridan Cutlery goods. Worth $3. ‘This Week $1.85 Pair Thanksgiving Salts and Peppers In blue, rose or white opalescent tints, with fleur-de-lis embossed dec- orations. Worth_ 15e. Th s Week only 60 Each SPECIAL PRICE beautiful line of celery tray rench _and Vienna China and Your friends will eve. Greet them In a pleasantl ighted hali. We have the finest line of hall lamps in the city. They are very swell Special for Thie Week Rose and Ruby Globe Pendant Hall Lamps. Worth $5.00. Only $2.49 Each Our further Thanksglving offerings are: Pillar Ex'ension Tables Solid oak, 42 inches wide; heavy w1 bstantial ‘goods; quality and work- S, —PA, can’t I come home?” THANKSCIVING WEEK is always a busy one wi particularly in our Crockery and Stove Dg_pa us, tments, 5 dozen hard wood antique finish DININ CHAIRS, with brace arms, hand made cane seats, double stretoh ers all around, embcssed backs, Reg- ular price, $1.2 Thanksgivi 50 dozen ma s we Prce 74c Each ive solid_oak, hand polished DINING CHAIRS, with wide quarter 1 oak panels, handsome- ly carved and to match the table men tloned above. Regular price $2.50. Thanksgiving Price $1.48 Each SIDEBOARDS Ore cf the many bargains in side- boaras fs described as follows: Con- structed of the best selected oak. It mea s 44 inches in length by 20 inches In width; with bevel mirror 1g 24 inches by 14 inches. It commodious shelf overhead, supported by tasteful brackets ppro- priately carv two drawers with roomny cupboard below; the case work is all paneled; the trimmings —ar solld cast brass; it is mounted o good castors. It 1s worth every cent of §20, but our Thanksgiving Priceis $11.45 From our Stov> Department THAT BIRD must be cooked, and cooked right, To enable you to do if we make a remarkable offer of jus highest grade eastern made Rang- es, at half price. We thoroughly guar- antee every one, although much be- low the lowest wholesale pric WE ARE Ccmplete house furnishers and noth- ing_else. Qur store is teeming wit such bargdins In household goods as we never saw. It would well pgy you 10 look us over, whether intending to urchase or not, particularly at this banksglving time, when “all that careful preparation means in the way ofassortment, prices and services 8 at your disposal. This {8 the time of has a manship guaranteed. Worth $12. This Week $5.98 TERM3—CASH OR PART DOW OR MO the year to help the good wife out, Use “us. N AND BALANCE WEEKLY L Y. Formerly People’s Mammoth Installment House Open Monday and Saturday Evenings.