Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1894, Page 2

s 2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1894, T0 WRECK THE FAST MAIL Miccreants Pile Obstructions on the Burling- ton Track Near Oreapolis, DISASTER AVERT(D BY HAPPY CHANCE Two Young Men Discover Stones and Ties ald Between the Rails on a Sharp Curve Just In Time Save the Tral to PLALTSMOUTH, Dee. 23 Felegram.)—A scheme to lington's west bound fast mall train near this city was frustrated this afternoon by the opportune arrival of a couple of young men who journeyed from this city to Oreap- olis on a rallway velocipede, At a point some three miles north of town the track had been covered with rocks, while a rail- way tle was also thrust across the track The obstruction was just beyond a sharp eurve in the track, and but for the two young men who promptly proceeded to clear the track, an awful railway wreck could not have been averted. The local officers Journeyed to the scene about two hours later, but no trace of the wreckers could be dis- covered, aside from some fresh shoe tracks, which led off into the high weeds adjoining the track. The Burlington will make an extra effort to apprehend the perpetrators. LAW. (Spucial wreck the Bur- MURDERED HIS FATI John Schmidvs Sudden Anger Manife st Itaelf with Deadly Effect. NEBRASKA CITY, Dec. 23.—(Special)— John Schmidt shot and fatally wounded Wil- liam Kramer, his father-in-law, last night. Schinidt met Kramer near the lalter's home, and after bidding him good evening, pulled his revolver and began to shoot. Five shots were fired In all, four of which took effect. The first shot struck Kramer on the chin, ranging upward and backward, one took effect in the forehead, one in the ear, rang- ing upward, and one in the back, near the spinal column, from which paralysls resulted Kramer was carried into the house and Schmlidt disappeared. He was found later at the Peoria house, where he had taken a room and retired, and arrested and lodged ars ago married Kramer's daughter, but she procared a divorce from him, on the grounds pf crue Three years ago he was sent to the asylum at Lin- coln, but was dismissed afler a year's treat- | ment. Since his return he has not been considered dangerous, and his relations with Keamer were of the most friendly character. Kramers is 75 years of age, and his re- covery is regarded as impossible. Schmidt scoms to realize what he has done, but ex- presses no sorrow, his only regret being that he did not find his divorced wife, saying that he had intended to kill her also. NI T WATCHMAN'S EXPERIENCE. He Undertakes to Qulet n Gang of Toughs and is Nearly Killed as » Result, CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Dec. 23.—(Special Telegram.)—Word is received here from Belle Plaine to the effect that a gang of toughs made an attempt to murder Night Watchman Warnock at a late hour Fri- day night. The fellows were raising a dis- turbance In the rear of a saloon and War- nock went back to quiet them. He was selzed, thrown to the ground, stamped and stabbed until he succeeded in drawing his revolver and began firing, when the fel- lows ran away. Warnock thinks he hit one of them, as he saw him fall and heard him call to his ccmpanions that he was killed, - Warnock then crawlad to the street and called for help. He is in a serious con- dition, having thres broken ribs, a number of severe wounds about the head, besides a number of knife stabs. His heavy overcoat undoubtedly saved his life, as it prevented the knife thrusts from reaching a-vital point. It Is thought he wlill recover. Tt is supposed the fellows are a lot of toughs who went to Belle Plaine Thursday to pick pockets at the jubilee celebration. It is believed they boarded an eastbound freight shortly afier the occurrenc As Brovities. ASHLAND, Neb,, Dee, 23.—(Special)—A very pleasant and unique social was held at the Methodist church Tuesday evening, in the form of a ‘‘conundrum social”” The mime” was fine, and created no end of amusement. There will be a concert at the opera house New Year's eve, for the benefit of the poor a:‘ Ashland, given by the young ladies of the city. W. J. Bryan, E. P. Putney and Rev. O, H. Derry left for Eldorado Springs, Mo., to be gone for several weeks. Rey. Huyck will fill the pulpit at the Christian church during Mr. Derry's absence, J. W. Loomis, who has been a resident of Ashland for a number of years, left last Monday for Lone Oak, Ark., where he takes up a rermanent residence. George B. Piskett, editor of the Ashland News, received a box or beautiful flowers from Omaha Monday to decorate a “select few" young ladies whom Le entertained at the Commercial hot:l Monday evening in a fashionable tea party. The Ashland Dancing club held one of its select dances at Simington's opera honse un- der the management of H. B. Graham. About twenty-five couple were present. The candidacy of Rev. J. W. Seabrook of Ashland, pastor of the Methodist Rpiscopal church, for the chaplaincy of the house this winter, seems to be meeting with no opposition whatever. No one has entered the race against’ him. Friday night the annual alumni oratorieal contest takes place at the High school build- ing. There are two prizes, §10 to the first and §5 to the socond, Exdter News Notes. EXETER, Neb, Dec. 23.—(Spech Bons of Veterans at their recent selected Edward Barbour captain, Cookus first Meutenant, Mike John lleutenant, and Otls Phillips adjutant. Mr. and Mrs. John Givens of county, Nebraska, who have bsen visiting their daughter, Mrs. Jobn Kennard of this place for the past six weeks, have gone to their former home in Illinols, where they WL visit the balance of the winter. Friday was a very unlucky day for these paris, several very bad aciedenis and one death being reported. James Nolan was run over and kicked by a horse, breaking one leg very badly and injuring him internally. Miss Mary Plain jumped out of a buggy and bruised one foot so severely. that it may have to be amputated, —The election A. D. second Custer Cass County Boats the Clock Company. PLATTSMOUTH, 'Neb., Dec. 23.—(Special Telegram.)—Judge Chapman has decided the sult of the Seth Thomas Clock company against Cass county, wherein the clock com- pany sued for some $900 as payment for the court house clock, in ths county's favor. The court held that the county had already paid for the clock to the company’s author- ized agent, C. M. Wickersham, and it the latter, before absconding, had failed to set- tle with the clock company, it was not the county's affair. Th» clock people will take an_appeal to the supreme court. The Hotel Riley In this city changed hands yesterday, Judge Benedict of Brook- Iyn, N. Y., transferring it to H. W. Slocum, another New Yorker. The consideration was §100,000. The management will be re- tained by W. W. Coates. Gaston Sl Lives. VINTON, Ia., Dec. 23.—(Special Telegram.) ~—N. Gaston, who attempted suicide Thursday shortly after being arrested on the charge of Intimacy with his adopted daughter, s still alive. Unless blood poison sets in he will probably recover. The ball entercd the loft broast near the heart and is thought to have struck a rib and glanced around to the ,baek, although physiclans have falled to locate it. Gaston still protests he s inno- cont of the charge preferred against him. Oscooln Woodinan OMcinle OSCEOLA, Neb., Dec. 23.—(Special)—The ving arc the officers: B. Peterson, C. W. Getts, W. A.; D. W. Hotch- B.; W. H. Weeden, J. D. Kelley, D. Buckner, P. . Gaylord, W. H. Smith, 8.; delegate Makeever; alternate, D. T. Mackie; managers, Rufus Walker and G. R. McCo; Galety nt Nob, NEBRASKA CITY, Dec. 23.—(Special)— The present week promises to be a lively one soclally. Tomorrow evening the Otos Hook and Ladder company will give a grand mas- querade ball at the Standard theater; Tuesday evening the Cinderella club will entertain its frisnds and members at the parlors of the Grand Pacific; Thursday evening Miss Mat- tie Kidd will entertain her friends at the same place. On Christmas evening R. W. Kelly and Miss Margaret Koontz will be married at the residence of the bride's par- ents, The groom is Nebraska City's tr urer, and (e bride the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Koontz The churches will all have Clristmas en- tertainments through the week. On Christ- mas morning at 10:30 o'clock the choir at St. Mary's Catholic church will sing the beau- tiful mass of St. Cecella, and at 7 p. m. Fischo’s vespers will be sung for the first time in this city by the full choir of St. Mary's, assisted by the cholr from St. Ben- edict's, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Brown entertained their friends last evening from b to 7 o'clock in honor of their guest, Miss Oral Gardner of Burlington, The rooms were beauti- fully decorated with cut flowers and the af- fair Is spoken of as one of the events of the soason, Subscribing Ald Liberally. GRETNA, Neb., Dec. 23.—(Special.)—A re- lief committee was organized in Papillian last week to solicit ald for the drouth suf- ferers in western Nebraska, with branches here and at Springfleld. At yesterday's com- mittee meeting it was found that subscrip- tions had been coming In wonderfully, as each of the towns mentioned will be able to load a car of provisions, which will be chipped to different destinations and be distributed under the direction of committee- men from here, who will accompany each car. Negotiations are now under way for the free tsnarportation of provisions, which consist of flour, wheat, rye, oats, corn, beans, coal and clothing. Shipments the 20th. decided. The county committes consists of County Clerk Wilson, County Judge Langdon and County Treasurer Hemstedt, with assistants in each precinct. will be made on Wednesday, The exact destination s not yet ustico Mill is Basy. GRETNA, N Dee. —(Special)— Twenty-one suits are pending before Justice Thomas, being brought against Papillion citizens who subscribed to the stock of the crezmery company. Shares were put at $100 each. Now that the creamery has been built, these people do not want to pay. Last night the first case was given the jury, which has not yet rendered a verdict. The other forty cases will be tried in rotation. The case is being tried here from the fact that County Judge Langdon and Jus- tica of the Peace Brown of Papio are both implicated, as well as Edgar Howard of the Times, A. W. and L D. Clark, bankers, and, in fact, a learge per cent of the ieading citizens of Papillion precinct Kinch Mckinney in Prison Agatn. CHEYENNE, Dec. 23.—(Spjeclal Telegram.) —Kinch McKinney, the notorious cattle thief, who escaped from the Wyoming penitentiary at Laramie on October 3, has been appre- hended at Hyanois, Neb. He was turned over to the Wyoming authorities at Grand Island yesterday afternoon and was again landed in the penitentiary about noon today. After McKinney made his escape it appears that he returned to his old haunts in the western part of Nebraska. McKinney es- caped once from the Laramie jail before he had his trial. Burned & Farm House. VERDON, Neb., Dec. 23.—(Special.)—The farm residence of Polk Burke caught fire from the'burning chimney and was entirely destroyed. It was insured in the Omaha Fire Insurance company. A box of goods is being gathered for the needy at Curtis, Neb. Farmers at Snyder Plowing. SNYDER, Neb., Dec. 23.—(Special.)—A farmer living ten miles north of this place was plowing with three teams today. ———— - AHEAD OF ITS CARD TIME. Gretna's First Run of New Northwodtern Fast Mall Yesterday Beat the Schedule. Two giant railroad corporations have en- tered the race for fast mail service, and the gauntlet thrown down by’ the Northwestern system has been taken up by the Burlington with the result that Omaha since yesterday is 200 miles nearer New Yark, o far as train service is concerned. Behind the determina- tion of running its fast mail train into Coun- cil Blufts, shortening the time between Chi- cago and Council Bluffs three hours, there is (o be seen a disposition on the part of the Northwestern system to become a strong competitor for tha mail service between Omaha and Chicago, the government con- tract now being held by the Burlington. And when the mail contract is to be let in the futurs the Burlington will find a strong rival In the field for the mail service between the points named. Yesterday the Northwestern easily dem- onstrated its abllity to run the fast mail and express train through from Chicago, leaving the latter city at 3 a. m. and arriv- ing at Council Bluffs at 2:30 p. m., making the distance of 485 miles in 11 hours and 30 minutes. For several weeks past the mail has bezen running to Missouri Valley, but the demand of Omaha business men and the Awcrican Express company people were in- strumental in having the train run svlid through to the transfer, where the Irish mail would take the pouches for Omaha, South Omaba, Lincoln and the west. The new service was inaugurated yester- dey, and that the newspaper men of Omaha and Council Bluffs might have the pleasure of riding on the first through train carrying mail and express matter exclusively, Gen- eral Agent R. R. Ritchie and City Passenger and Ticket Agent George West became hosts for a party of newspaper men, representa- tives of the Nomparell, Globe, World-Her- ld and The Bee. The party went to Mis- sourl Valley yesterday morning, and, after enjoying a well served dinner at the Chey- ney, the fast mail was boarded at 1:50 p. m., the transfer of mail and express at Missouri Valley having delayed the train a minute or two. But to Engineer Jack Ashton, Fire- man S. P. Smith and Conductor Charles Van Gorder the delay was trifling. The carded time of the train between Missouri Valley and Council Bluffs showed twenty-two miles In twenty-four minutes, and the men knew they were going to have the run of their life. In “this they were not disappointed. The track wes in splendid condition, the rolling stock the pink of the service, and when As- sistant Superintendent Litten told Ashton on leaving Boone that If he was late into the Blufts ke might as well leave his engine to ruzt, Mr. Ashton, with a twinkle in his eye, told Superintendent Litten he would go in ahead of time. And he did. The pace which Ashton marked out was terrific, and s0 rapid did his engine glide over the ninety- pound rails that at one or two places he was compelled to use the alr brake and kill time for fear that he would go in tco much ahead | of his card. He was five minutes ahead of his time when he left the Broadway station of the Northwestern, six 'minutes ahead when the transfer was reached and fifteen minutes ahead of the schedule when the Irish mail reached the Tenth and Mason street station on this side. There was something positively exhilirat- ing about the speed developed. The perfect roadbed and the splendid equipment showed what a raillroad could do when exigency de- manded, and as this is the beginning of a fight between two great systems for suprem- acy It was intensely Interesting to watch the railroad officials as they stood in the rocking mail car, watches in band, now and then Biving out the information as to the speed of the traln. At many places the train rushed along a mile & minute, and from Missouri Valley into Council Bluffs the train was greeted with cheers from the farmers along the line, trom trainmen on top of sidetracked cars, and even the women came out from farm houses and shook their aprons at the PULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS Leadville's Gold Belt Proves to Extend Three Miles in Length, PHENOMENAL STRIKE IN THE REX MINE Ore Body Roported Fabulously Rich—An Tmportant Boundary Question—Dritish Schemo to Sharo the Yukon Trade— News of the Northwest. Towa guich is the of a great gold excitement. The particulars as yet are very meager, but enough is learned to lead to the belief that the stiike will prove one of the most important ever made in the camp, says a Leadville special to the Denver News. The property in which the strike was made Is the Rex, owned by J. J. Brown, L. D. Roude- bush and Robert O'Neil. The management owns ninety acres of ground in Iowa gul southwest of the Lillian. They had sunk a shaft to the depth of 200 feet, when it was decided to explore with a dlamond drill. Accordingly the drill was started down. At 300 feet the drill entered a body of gold of fabulous richness. The drill was kept going, however, and at 350 feet another rich body of ore was met. A shaft will be sunk as rapidly as possible to meet these bodles. The management refuses to give anything for publication at present, but, nevertheless, it is admitted that the strike is the most im- portant ever made in that district, and the discovery will lead to a great many aban- doned properties in this district being gre- opened. 8. Marshall Carleton, general manager of the Commercial Mining company, says the gold discovery in the Rex shaft is phenom- enal. Mr. J. J. Brown, one of the owners, also a large owner in the Little Jonny, told the writer that the diamond drill penetrated thirty to forty feet of gold quartz. Mr. Brown added: “The ussays from the entire body of ore penetrated in the Rex justifies me in saying that the Little Jonny is placed: in the shade, and will not be talked of when the Rex is opened. The Jonny will be forgotten.” Mr. Roudebush, a large owner, also veri- fles the reports of the great richness and ex- tent of the ore. Mr. Grossmeyer of Denver, the how famous Qiamond drill operator, who explored the bonanza, looks happy. The Hex is two and threc-quarters miles southeast from Leadville, on the north slope of Long and Derry hill,'in Towa gulch, op- posite the Lillian gold mine, and 13 sonth of the Little Jonny mine. Near the Rex arc the Long and Derry mines and the Dorrls and the Frank mines, all producers of gold ore. The Leadville gold belt by this dis- covery. now proves to extend three miles north and south, with a varying width of one to two miles, and best judges are now firmly of the bellef that its southern extension cro:ses Empire gulch, where rich gold assays are being obtained, and possibly Little Union gulch, on toward the Granite gold mines. Long and Derry hill, the home of the new bonanza, has long yielded both gold and sil- ver in channels in the lime, sometimes open- ing into large chutes, but the exploration has been of a superficial character, and it has remained for the owenrs of the Rex to open its treasure vaults on this lower level. The Rex shaft lies just east of the Mike vault and ore is found under white porphyry on the ilme and under the same, this last body of ore being the third contact encoun- tered in this shaft. Mr. J. J. Brown, one of the principal owners, was for years the superintendent of the Maid of Erin mine, and is identified with the best mines of Leadville, The high standing of both Mr. Brown and Mr. Roudebush in the mining world i§ ‘sufi- cinent guarantee for any statements emanal ing from those gentlemen. ALASKAN BOUNDARY SURVEY. The surveys of the boundary between Alaska and British Columbla having been completed by the international commission appointed for that purpose, the matter is now one for diplomatic negotiation, and the claims of the two parties to the controversy are so radically at variance that there is a prospect that another outbreak of excitement will ensue similar to the famous incldent during which the cry of the people of the United States was: “Fifty-four, forty or fight.” - England appears to besat the old game of trying to secure the strategic points for command of the sea and of the means of Ingress and cgress to Alaska, whose only means of communication with the outside world is the water. The merit of the contro- versy and its vital importance to the United States and especially to the Puget Sound country were clearly stated in an_interview which & reporter on the Seattle Post-Intel- ligencer had with V. Wilson, who has just returned from a tour of Alaska, and who has thoroughly familiarized himseif with the subject. Mr. Wilson said: “The British game Is to grab whatever ter- ritory It takes a fancy to. They did not care for Alaska or the boundary very much until it was known that the banks and bars of the hundreds of tributaries to the Yukon river contained gold. Just as soon as this was known, however, Great Britain started a dispute about the boundary with the United States and Is now trying to claim a great deal of territory which she is not entitled to. “The old grant from Russia to the United States sald the east boundary was ten marine leagues from the coast where- ever there is no definite mountaln range. The United States claims the coast means the shores of all bays and Inlets. The British claim is that the ten marine leagues only run from the ocean shore and that it doss not follow the meanderings of the bays and inlets. If this view is established it will give them access to and egress from the rich Yukon region, and then they would control most of the trade which now comes principally to Seattle. “Willlam Ogilvie, the surveyor for the Canadian government, last summer crossed Lynn canal at Buser's bay. 1If this survey prevails it will give England a splendid har- bor at the head of the bay which would be an excellent dietributing point for a big sec- tion of the rich Yukon reglon. The result of this would be to bring Victoria into com- petition with Seattle for the trade of that section. The reason given by Ogilvie for switchiug his survey at this point is that there is no definite range of mountains in that vicinity and that the point where he runs his line across the canal is ten marine leagues from th> main shore. “Several years ago Ogilvie made the state- ment that the Canadian government would glve the United States all of the morthwest territory west of the Yukon and down to where the forty-first meridian crosses that stream, provided the United States would glve nada the coast country from Port- land canal to the Lynn canal, a distance of 400 or 500 miles. ‘This was before the great richness of the Yukon basin was fully known. He must have been authorized to say this. Since then the British have changed thelr views and have set up their absurd claim to the head of the channel in order to secure the trade of the mining coun- try and to get in and out of their hack coun- try. “I think that there should be no beckdown in this matter. The count:y is ours because we bought it of Russia, paid for it, and we should not allow the British or any other country to come in and take it away from us. Millions of dollars will be taken out of the Yukon placers in the future, and it would be idiotic of us to let the shore line be taken from us. “England is at her old gams of trying to scene of the world must bs done, o that all per- sons who do business with or in Alaska must pay toll to British merchants, British ships and British custom houses.” VEIN OF CINNABAR. Judge Hance, who has been in from his ranch, about thirty-five miles up the Big Laramie, is authority for the statement that there s considerable mining excitement there over the discovery of what s believed to be cinnabar, the ore containing mercury, from which quicksilver 15 derived. The discoy- ery of this location was made by Mr. Kill- fast mail, which left nothing in its wake but a cloud of dust and a hole in the atmosphere. The feat seemed easy of accomplishmént and by the new order of things Omaha business men will be able to answer their eastern wail the same afternoon of its receipt, an Modern Woodmen of America held their an- Bual election at their last mecting and the achlevement only hinted at by visionaries s decade ago. mao, who has been prospecting in that sec- tion most of the summer and fall, says the Laramle Boomerang. It is located about thirty-five miles from Laramie, and two miles above Boswell's ranch, and about the same distance from Mr. Hance's place, The veln Is ten or twelve feet wide. As- says of ore wade in Denver and Laramic show mnll{u cinnabar, carrying gold and stiver, REMARKABLE FISHING. Tn Yellowstone park an expert angler can cateh trout and boil it without taking the fish off the fimk, says the Cheyenne Sun. Wild as the sthtbment seoms, it 15 absolutely correct, and it has been done more than once. There are in the lake several small basi containing boiling springs, although the water in the lake itse} is almost icy cold. Trout abound in eYety ‘part of the lake, and a man can, by starflipk on the rocky ledge around one of the hot springs, catch a trout with a line, and transfer the fish, hook in mouth, to the hot spring behind him. It will die in a few seconds and be fairly well boiled in half an hour. The number of anglers who have actuallycoaught and boiled fish in this miraculous manner may not ba very large, but there are several rellable citizens with whom we are acquainted who are prepared to make afdavit that they have done so. A FEEDING EXPERIMENT. Otto Lelfer of Big Piney fs introducing a novelty in the stock business, says the Lara- mie Boomerang. He latoly took his fat steers to Omaha for sale, and having plenty of feod at home purchased 268 last spring calves, all steers, and shipped them to Wyoming to feed and raise, For the calves he paid from $1.50 ) per 100 pounds, the average weight o 3 pounds, making the average cost per head $6.74 at Omaha. To ship to Opal, Wyo.,, cost an average of $1.98 per head, bringing the average cost per head of those steers at Opal up to $8 Mr. Leifer feels quite confident of making this shipping of Nebraska calves to Wyoming a profitable business, and his success in this new depar- ture will be closely watched by cattle raisers. NEBRASKA. Papillion has organized a relief committec. Beatrice High scnool has organized a ly- ceum league. Evangelist Huntsinger services at Broken Bow. Rev. Mr. Keppler has been called to the Baptist church at Johnson. Hastings Sons of Veterans will glve a Ohristmas day ball at Krause's opera house, J. M. Drake of Loulsville skipped out not long ago, leaving many creditors in the lurch. Karl Schneider has left many friends at Winside mourning his loss and whistling for their mone Robert Gell of Clay county has been ad- Judged insane and taken to the insane as: lum at Lincoln. Work on the Wescott ditch is progressing finely. There are forty or fifty teams at work on the grade. Ponca wil' ‘be another candidate before the next legislature for the location of a state normal school. P. F. Carroll of Hay Springs has bought Woodlyte, sired by Woodland, 2:19, dam by Acolyte, 2:21, for $1,800. A scries of revival services at York has closed after running successfully for over five weeks. Kifty persons professed con- version. Saline county is to have a grand circle hunt on December 27. Hunters are sum- moned to meet at 10 a. m. along the line of a ten-mile square. Fire, which broke out in the blacksmith shop of N. B. Olsen at Edgar, destroyed Mrs. Thomas' carpenter shop and a two-story building belopging to Mr. Olsen. There is a:man hanging around the south- west corner o Minden who appears to have no further object in view than to scare women who may be left at home alone in the evenings, 0T i Papillion is,'taking steps for the appoint- ment of a fire: inspector, whose special duty shall be to imspect all chimneys in the vil- lage and see; todt that they are repaired whenever repifirs ‘dre needed. On the ground that the money was going into the wrong channel, the commissioners of Nuckolls -cbunty have called a halt on the distributien of relief to the poor by pro- viding work “8h “tHe county roads. P. W. Thomas, who left a wife and five children at Qortland, Kan., to. scarch for work in Pawnee county, was unable fto earn enough.,ijengy to keep himself, and tried to polsa, himself, His life was saved by the use ot the stomach pump, Miss Maggig, Warrick of Hastlgs, who was dlscharged. from tho Lincoln insane asy- lum some time ago as cured, has been taken back to that institution. It is sald that the present attack of Insanity was induced by her failure to secure a position as a school teacher this fall. Joseph W. Witty and Clayton F. Secord have purchased the Craig Times from B. A. Brewster. The new editors promise to con- duct the paper for the best Interests of Burt and Craig counties, denouncmg anything and everything which they do not believe to be right. The Times will follow the principles of the republican party, because “‘we believe them to be for the best interests of the American people.” Colorado farmers have appeared at Hem- ingford ,after some cattle which they aver were stolen from them by some men who brought them Into this state and made ar- rangements to winter in Box Butte county. They olaim to have found about 100 head of thelr anima’s, and armed with a writ of re- plevin_ secuved possession of forty-one head. The alleged robbers declined to give up the cattle so easily, and a legal fight i3 ex- pected over the ownership of the animals, THE DAKOTAS. The residents of Byron township, elght miles northeast of Pierre, are making ar- rangements for sinking an artesian well, A carload of Dorset horned sheep passed through Huron a day or two since, to be put upon the ranches along the Missouri river. Military, authorities at Fort Meade have been compelled to place a patrol of troops around the military rescrvation to prevent depredations of timber thieves. Hurley improvements, of which she Is very proud, are two new flour mills, one a steam roller process of the latest improved machinery, the other an old fashioned Hol- land windmill process. The Northwestern Packing company has filed decds at Sioux Falls for 2,800 lots In tho vicinity of tho half compleied packing houses which this company purposes to com- plete and operate. The plant, when com- pleted, will represent an expenditure of over $500,000. Chicf Gaul, one of the most noted Indians o his time, is now a ‘“good Indian.” He died at his home thirty-five miles south of the Standing Rock agency. Gaul was one of tho leaders of the Sioux tribe, and was tho fighting chicf in command of the tribe at the time of the Custer massacre, on the Little Big Horn, Mont. He was long an Im- placable foe of the whites and one of the lust to slgn a treaty of peace. His stoicism, courage and ability rendered him a conspic- uous figure in his tribe and an object of interest to all who knew him. * COLORADO. A telephone line between Rocky Ford is building. The test of ore'on the new stamp mill at McCourt camp tiows a saving of $4 on the plates, which Is,befer than expected. Water is the main drawback in the new camp. Cripple Creek |is making a better record of ore production {his_ month than ever before. The camp may T the $1,000,000 mark in January, or ear|ly in the new year at any rate, if present activity s continued. = J. J. Cooper'‘hhs received and stored in Lamar 2,500 bushels of wheat, 2,600 bushels of oats and a cfiflbad of alfalfa seed, brought in from the lands of the Colorado Farm and Irrigation compdny n Prowers county. The Ni Wot éréamery has a capacity for handling 12,000-peunds of milk per day, al- though the presgut avatlable supply is only about 1,200 pounds of milk per day, which 18 equivalent to the production of 125 pounds of cheese. Most of the Leadvilie are at is holding revival La Junta and present busily engaged secure the ports through which the eommnarce | IBUTING out the results of the year's work. Considering the unfavorable silver legislation, the showing will be very good, which will largely be due to the go!d and lead producers of the camp. The Puebo steel works have closed a con- tract with John Berry of Canon City for tak- g out and loading not less than twelve carloads of silica each week from the beds on Grape creck, just a short distance above the Hot Springs hot:l. Over 3,000 tons have already been shipped. The Greeley Tribune says that the farmers under the Greeley and Loveland ditch hav finally settled what might have led long and ccstly litigation by accepting a proposition from Manager Gilmore of the ditch company assenting to the sale by the company of 2033 water rights. company claimed the right to seli 340 water rights, while the present water right owners wished {a Hmit (h: gals to 180 1 ning and smelter men of | | to a The | WALL STREET HAS A GROWL Settling the Business of an Unsatisfactory Year and Looking at a Gloomy Future. BANKS WITHDIAWING TREASURY GOLD Gave Up the Bullion to Get Bonds and Are New Giving Up Greenbacks to Get the Bullion Back in Thelr Vaults Again. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Henry Clews, head of the banking house of Henry Clews & Co., writes of the situation in Wall street: “Wall strect Is now in the midst of its annual retrospective mood, balancing ac- counts, scttling firms' affairs, and reviewing the results of a very unsatisfactory business year. From now until New Year's Is there- fore not a period of active business, and op- erations are linguld and limited. This nat- urally makes an opening for the ‘bears, who seek to make the most of it, but with indif- ferent success. The encouraging event of the week has been the declaration of thelr usual dividends by each of the Vanderbilt lines. This appears to have been made pos. sible by a large reduction in operating ex- penses, In epite of a material decrease of &ross earnings and of the large falling off in comparative passenger receipts for the months covered by the World's fair. The exports of gold can hardly be said to have more than a momentary = effect; for the movement has about” been discounted and the outflow is not expected to exceed What is usually “incident to this season. Wall street can scarcely be sald to be :’Illimlull(‘ as to the position of the tre asury i felation to gold. It anticipates a steady decline in the treasury stock of the metal and the necessity for the government bor- rowmg another " $50,000,000 to replenish its £old reserve in the course of a few months, unless congress should devise some mean for averting that res ult, of which, however, there is not much expectation. Some un- easiness is caused by the steady with- drawals of gold from the treasury, materi- ally in_excess of what is required for cur rent exports of the metal, The drain ap- pears to come from the banks and to be for their own account and s probably caused by a desire to recoup themselves for the large amounts they parted with in their subscriptions for the late loan. No more serious’ motive s supposed to be at the bottom of the movement and It 1s expected to prove only transient. FOR AND AGAINST CARLISLI'S PLAN. “In financial circles unusual interest is felt in the pending legislation relating to the currency question. So far as respects Sce- retary Carlisle’s bill, thi s more or less of a concurrence in’ its proposals to retire the legal tender circulation (if done in & conservative way), to change the busis of bank note guarantee, to permit issues of notes to the extent of 75 per cent of apital, to make more effective provision for the current redemptions of notes and to admit the state banks to the privilege of Issuing notes upon safe oonditions. The measure, although In a crude form, Is regarded as affording the basis for a reconstruction of our currency system, and if there were any expectation of the bill being enacted with the necessary needed material amendments it would be welcomed as an aid_toward the restoration of business. But the bill con- tain certain provisions and lacks others which, it is thought, will defeat its enact- ment, ‘or, if it becomes a law, would vastlly counteract its possible good results. Among the clauses deemed objectionable is the re- quirement that the banks of issue shall de- posit legal tenders at the treasury to the amount of 3 per cent of their circulation, which would largely restrict the net earn: ings from the notes and so far lessen the inducement for the banks to avail them- selves of their privilege of issuing, besides which it might Keep a very large amount of legal tenders in existence after the remain- der had been retired—an incident which would be inconsistent with the secretary’s purpose to extinguish all the legal tender notes. To those familiar with the principles and operations of banking the safety fund clause of the bill, requiring a deposit of lawful money amounting to 5 per cent of the outstanding ~ ciruculation, is regarded as highly objectionable on the ground that it involves a mutual guarantee as between all banks, In opposition to all sound princi- ples of banking, besides which this fund would be wholly superfluous regarded as a sou| of guarantee. With respect to the proWon repealing the reserve laws of the national banks, aithough not a little may be said in its favor, yet strictly conservative financlers are disposed to regard it as an unsafe innovation, STATE BANKS FAVORED, “Outside the national banking interest the proposal to permit the state banks to issue notes must be modified to provide strong safeguards to meet with approval, the terms of issue must necessarily be the same in the case of both the national and state in- stitutions, but the secretary’'s bill makes marked discriminations in favor of the state banks, which is universally viewed as unjust and fnvidious. The great and universal ob- jection, however, is that Mr. Carlisle fails to make any adequate provision for carry- ing out the main feature of his plan, the re- tirement of the $500,000,000 of legal tender notes. He asks for authority to use for that purpose any money in_the treasury not otherwise appropriated, but does not men- tion authorization to ' borrow money for theso vast liquidations. His scheme, if adopted, must inevitably break down at’ this point, for beyond the mere possibility of getting gmall amounts from surplus income he would have no shadow of disposable means, while the notes going into the 30 per cent guarantee fund would be simply taken from circulation and withhheld from liguidation, nder these circumstances no hope is entertained of relief from the pending bill in the form in which it was presented to tho house. All hope of mending the currency situation is therefore dependent upon the Chances of a radical revision of Mr. Car- lisle’s plan. What those chances amount to depends principally upon political con- siderations. If both partles in congress could be brought to walve party motives and work together for realizing Mr. Car- lisle’s main, purposes with fuller and more consistent detalls, we might then hope to Seo a settlement of this disturbing money Question before the present — session of congress closes. Tut fo insure that ““'esult the men of intelli- gence and the organizatlons representing ir Rreat commercinl and financial interests must make themselves heard in tones of {mperative urgency. B TO RETIRE THE GREENBAC :.(B‘ . Clew's plan for retiring the kovern- m{\l"l" (‘urrcuc;' in circulation 1s set forth LR 17, 1894.—To Hon. Wii- Chairman k Committee, “NEW YORK, Dec. liam M. (le'mgvr. Currency 'I'r‘\':'lnl:‘,nd D. (& Dear Sir—Let c_rm- Eress pass an act to author l)jw the issue of $497,600,000 3 per cent gold hnllui (not coin bonds), the interest not to exceec 3 per cent, $346,681,000 to be issued at the Qiscretion of the secretary of the treasury, With the consent of the president, to pro- vide for absolute needs of th treasury from time to time, in connection with and for the protection of the cutstanding green- backs which are for that amount, and to be issued only by popul subscription, The remaining $150,979,000 of these bonds to be pledged and held in the United States treas- liry —against the outstanding $150,.979,000 Sherman law treasury notes, to be re- deemed at the rate of $2,000,000 a month from the avails of the saie of the bonds, the sale of bonds and redemption of these notes o be made simultancously each month, commencing July 1, 18%. = These bonds ‘could be sold in all probability at a premium,making them cquivalent to 2% per Eent interest bonds. The object In posipon- ing the date to July 1 for the commence- of the liquidation of the Sherman notes s to glv pple time meanwhile to formulate a more liberal national bank note system, which will admit of the issi of such notes to take the place of the n leemed, This will prevent a contraction of the currency. The Sherman notes being provided for as above set forth, will leave B the bar silver stored in ‘the United States treasury to protect the Bland silver notes. The holders of these notes should be given the option, after January 1, 1596 to send them in for nption in 1 .ocks Cf $5,000 or $10,000 in exchange for bar silver at the market price, not, however, to ex- ceed in amount $2,000,000 in any one month, all redeemed notes to be cancelled. The present natlonal bank currency I8 certainly the best ever issued In this or any other country, and the system should be retained, but remcdeled on a more liberal basis so a8 to admit of more profit Lo the banks and thereby Increase the issue BONDS GOOD FOR MONE “All classes of United States bonds should be taken at par as security for bank notes, The right should be given to any bank state or national—to Issue bank notes to the full amount of its capital on the deposit of United States bonds with the comptr.ller of the currency, and Issue notes equal to e par value of said bonds. All the 4 per it and § per cent Issues of United States bonds should be taken up by the substi- tution of 3 per cent gold bonds, the ex- change to be made al a premium, to be paid on the 48 and 55, equivalent to a 8 per cent basis. This would make only one krade of United Stims bonds outstanding, Wwith the exception of the currs bonds, which now have but a short time b:fore | s — maturity, when they of course paid off. The United States bonds being then all of one grade, would be recognized as United States consols all over the world, and would be marketabio at all the world money centers. They would really be re garded as a full equivalent v gold, and would have the qualit f an International currency bearing Interest. United States bonds would have this international char- acter, for the reason that they being coupon bonds are transfe: le ke money, the in- teres 1 1 to da f transfer, whereas the purchase and sale of English consols 1s mainly confined to within the boundaries of Great Britain, owing to the fact that when they are bought by an in< vestor they are simply transferred each time they change hands on the books of re A in London without any other evi- dence of ownership being given. “If the above suggestions are adopted for national legislation it will not only stop the outflow of gold, but will reverse the current and speedily bring it this way “If the above treatment were applied to the greenbacks and the ‘Sherman’ law treasury note they would be placed per- manently on a gold basis, as the United States gold honds backing them would bring their face value in gold in our mar and the markets of Europe at any time, he same also applies to the M out- standing ‘Bland’ silver notes, as the trans- fer of the $150,000,00 additional bar siiver from the Sherman notes to the Bland notes Wwould make the security behind them in silver bullion, even at the present dep market value for the white metal, in excess of those obligations. This would be equivalent to putting them on a gold basis also. The gold reser in the treas. ury might easily then get down to $25 or even less, without creating any whatsoever, HENRY CLEWS, DISCOUNT RATES HARDENE will be Prices at the London Exchange Fairly Well Mamtained Last Week. LONDON, Dec. 2.—The usual demand at the end of the year had the eftéet of slightly hardening money and discount rates. It Is expected, however, there will be a re- lapse with the coming of the new year and the release of dividends. DPrices at the Stock exchange were fairly well maintained, The dealings were chiefly centered in the mining, South African shares advanc- ing. The feature of this market was bu: Ing’ from Paris, Consols were strong nial securities were rather dull. Ioreigi securities were firm. There was little chang, in British railway securities. Ame way securities were frregular, The question militates against a revival, seconds were 3% per cent lowel Atchison mortgage, Milwaukee, Denver preferred, Norfolk preferred and’ Reading firsts were down from 1 to 1% per cent, while all the others showed slighter declines. Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific were virtually unchanged. Argentine and Brazilian securi- ties were somewhat lower. MANCHESTER TEXTILES, Number ot Idle Looms Increasing and Pros- pects Are Fair, MANCHESTER, Dec. 23.—The market last week was very quiet. The proposed Indian duties on cotton and yarns temporarily di- verted business for India. The inqui however, was large, but the limits were made below the market. Business to a fair extent was done for China, but it was spotty. Moderate miscellancous_sales wer de for the minor markets. Prices were sy, though mnot quotably changed. In yarns the business was confined to daily nheeds and prices were mostly slightly lower. Stocks are increasing. The number of idle looms Is still increasing. AMUSEMENTS The spirit of Christmas was abroad yi terday, and, as a result, the theaters par ticularly felt the gentle, unselfish influences whichi are inseparably linked with the hol- idays, and Dbig houses were the rule at both the Empire and Boyd's, not- ably at the former home of the modern school of the drama. “The Rallroad Ticket” was very much in evidence, and the new farce comedy made a most pro- nounced hit, and rightly so, for in many respects it is one of the brightest farces now on the road. There is an up-to-date- ness about it suggestive of wise manage- ment, and as the people are among the very best of their class it would be difficult to imagine a more satisfying performance than Freeman's funmakers give. There is little in the farce itself to need serious consid- eration, although its satire on_ the ticket scalper’ and the rain making fake s ex- tremely keen, its wit delightfully fresh. There are a number of new comers in the company, but James T. Kelly continues to lead the’ procession as Chips, a_decidedly ambitious office boy, who succeeds in rais- ing Cain through three coupons of delight- ful fooling, Kelly does little until the last act, but the encores he received and the new stuff he introduced showed that thero is one light comedian who appreciates that success is only won by hard work. Harry Porter has broadened greatly in his art since in Omaha a year ago. He is funny, very funny, and his singing of “My Pearl i$ a Bowery Girl” was a_clever bit of char- acter work, somewhat exaggerated, but none the less interesting, because of its over accentuation. William Blaisdell plays Robert Tickets and very satisfactorily, too, displaying a quiet humor which caught the crowd, Irank Gardiner Introduces a dance speclaity which met last night with great favor. The women of the cast are headed by Miss Alice Carle, a former comlic opera favorite ‘and a confralto of merit. She is a handsome woman, a little inclined to austerity, but she gives tone to the clever organzition which “Doc” Freeman has brought together under his banner of first- class performances. Miss Carle does not sing as well as she once did, but her richly trafned voice is a pleasant relief from many of the so-called contraltos now filling en- gagements throughout the country, Hattle Waters makes a decidedly bewitching type- writer in love, because ‘it Is part of her business. Miss Bageard, as the French maid, bubbles over with enthusiasm, and brings to the part a very pleasant person- ality, which, coupled with dash and a re- fined’ abandon, gives go to her character- izatlon. The others are quite clever, and the performance, with its lot of new songs and specialties, ‘cannot fail to play to big houses this week. Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1. Tood & Co., Lowell, Ma ‘Tt 18 with pleasure that T send a testimontal concerning what Hood's Sarsaparilla has done for my daughtes. It is & wonderful medicina and Teannot recommend It too highly. Sarab, Who is fourteen years old, has been Afflicted With Scrofula ever since she was one year old, For five years shoe has had & running soro on one side of her faco. We tried every remedy rocommended, buj nothing did her any good untll we commeiy using Hood's Sarsapariila. My married daughtet advisod mo to use Hood's Sarsaparilia because ) 8- Hood's*w*Cures it had cured her of dyspepsia. Sho had been troubled with that eomplaint since childhood, and sinco her eure she has never heen without s Dottlo of Hood's Sarsaparilla {n the house. We commenced glving It to Sarah about one year ago, and It has conquered the running sore, Only a 8car Remalning s a trace of the droadful discase. Provious to taking the medicine her eyesight was aftected Dbut now she can see perfectly. In connection With Hood's Sarsaparlia wo linve used Hood's Yegetablo Pills, and find them the best.”” Mis. MARIA GRIFFIN, Xonla, Tlinols. Hood’s Pllls cure nausen, sick hoadachey fudigestion, billousness, Sold by all drugglstar BAILEY THE DENTIST Ploncer of Low Prices In Dentistry IN OMAIA. Teoth extracted and put in sa Platean Alloy Fillings, $1; Pure Gold, $23 Gold Crown h, §6 per_tooth. Fir oor Paxtou BIK., 16th LADY ATTE! BAD COMPLEXIONS Pimples, blackheade, red, rough and oily skin and hands, ‘dry, thin, and Talling hair, and simpfo baby blemishes are prevented and curod by CoTr. cuna Soar, most effective skine purifying and heautifying soap in the world, aa well aa purest and sweeteat of tollet and nursery. Sold throughout the world. ay. Gold and Silver Fillings, $1 #5-22k; Bridge always, 3 “Tel. 1085y s0aps. AMUSEMENTS, B 0 v n y s HOLIDAY ATTRACTION. Beginning (Tonight) Monday Dec- 24. Under the direction of Mr. Wm. R. Hayden, ia the following repertolre: MONDAY EVENING, “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER." CHRISTMAS MATINEE. 3 “LEAP YEAR." Christmas and Wodnesday Eveniugs, “THI HENRIETT NIGHT PRICES: First floor, $1 and $L.50; bale cony, S0c and e. Matinee pric 1irst floor, reserved, $1; general admission, 75c; balcony, 88 and e, BOYD'S. Thursday, Dec. 27th The Princeton Unirersity Gleg, Banjo and Mandalin Clubs . Regular prices. Seats on salo Dec. 2. Auction sale of boxes Dee, 22nd, RMPIR Telephone 1631, W. J. BURGESS, Manager. ——A BIG HIT—TONIGHT AT POPULAR PRICIES, o THE FUNNIEST SHOW ON AR ‘A RAILROAD TICKET.” ALL LAUGHS. Matinees Christ ay and Wednosday. Coming week. 0~ FINNIGAN'S BALL. ‘What is Castoria is Dr, Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains ne other Narcotic substance. ither Opium, Morphine nor 1t is & harmless substitute for Parcgoric, Drops, Boothing Syrups, and Castor Oil, It is Pleasant, Its guarantee i3 thirty ycars’ use by Millions of Mothers, Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness, Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhea and Wind Colie. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend, Castoria. *Castoria s an excellent medicine for ehil dren. Mothers have ropeatedy told me of its §90d effect upon their children,” Da. G. C. Osaoon, Lawell, Mass, * Castoria 13 the hest remedy for children of which I am acquatnted, 1 hopo the day is not far distant when mothiers will consiler the real Interest of their children. - Castoria in stead of the yariousquach ./ trums which are destroyiug their loved oues, by forciagoplum, morphine, soothivg syrup aud other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending thein to premature graves." Da. J. V. KiscueLog, Conway, Ark. Castoria. “ Castoria is 60 well adapted to children thas 1 recorumend it 43 superior toany prescription known to me." H. A, Ancusn, M. D, 111 80. Oxford 8t., Brooklyn, N, ¥, ** Our physicians In the children's depart. ment bave spoken highly of thelr expert ence in thelr outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplics what is known as regular products, yet we are fres to confess Sees the merits of Castoria has woe s t look with favor upon it." UsiTep Hosrrrak 45e Disvsisany, Avuex C. Suirh, Fres., The Centaur Company, T Murray Street, New York Ofty, s THRE E NIGHTS AND CHRISTMAS MATINER | “ Full Set of Tecth, $5; Warranted to Fit ~ STUART ROBSON. -