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THE HERALD.
SPRINGFIELD, - COLORADO.
The editor who referred to the Ten
nessee Centennial as a Tenn. Cent,
•how evidently thought he was smart.
Uncle Sam's navy chews up 160,000
pounds of plug tobacco a year,for which
he pays this year thirty-two cents a
pound.
Grover Cleveland has declined a sal
ary of $6,000 a year for very little work.
Who but Grover would do that during
these depressed times.
It is claimed that Greater New York
will expend every year $60,000,000 In
chartty or sl6 for every man, woman
and child within its limits.
It is said that the Greek private sol
dier receives only $-1 a month. It will
be seen at once that at ‘.lint rate
Greece has had a good run for hor
money.
A great fuss Is being made because
a North Carolinian lias seventeen
wives. Very little is said about the
Shah of Persin, who has 1,723. But then
that’s different.
Baron Oscar Dickson, of Gothenburg,
who was Nordenskjold’s backer in his
several expeditions in Arctic regions,
died at Hjo, Sweden, last week. Dick
son helped to equip the first of Nord
enskjold’s expeditions in 1868, and
bore a largo part in the expense of that
of 1872.
The members of the Woman’s Vege
tarian union in London have a new
craze. It is for vegetarian dress.
They have concluded that it is as
wrong to kill animals for clothes as
for food. They want vegetable boots,
vegetable gloves, vegetable gowns and
even vegetable note paper. They have
decided that the kid, the calf and the
sheep shall bo spared, if their influ
ence can do it.
A bronze medal, bearing the date
1386, with the likeness and superscrip
tion of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who
laid the foundation of the Duomo of
Milan in that year, was recently plowed
up near Owenton, K.v. So many fake
arclieaological discoveries of so-callod
pre-Columbian relics have been made
of late years that students will be
somewhat cb - ry of accepting the pres
ent without a large grain of salt.
Chicago has at least one judge who is
Just. Patrick Egan was before Judge
Ooggin, charged with robbery. The
jury disagreed. Mrs. Egan was in court,
and, being without money, had walked
twelve miles to get there. Her condi
tion touched the heart of the judge,
who reached into his pocket and
brought forth a coin, which lie placod in
the poor woman’s hand as 3he took
Patrick’s arm and walked away in
peace.
It is reported that Switzerland is to
be the next country which will follow
the example of Italy and Belgium of
reckoning time up to twenty-four
o’clock in place of twice twelve, in
Belgium, where the new system was
introduced on the 4th of this month,
there is much growling at the change.
But the principle is very simple. All
that is necessary is to substract twelve
from every figure higher than twelve
and you have the p. m. time.
Three brothers bearing a remark
able resemblance to one another arc
in the habit of shaving at the same
barbershop. Not long ago one of the
brothers entered the shop early in
the morning, and was shaved by a
German who had been at work in
the shop only a few days. About noon
another brother came in and under
went a similar operation at the hands
of the same barber. In the evening
the third brother made his appearance,
when the German, droplng his razor
in astonishment, exclaimed: ”Vel, up
on my vord! Dat man hash de fasht
est board 1 ever saw; I shaves him dis
morning, shaves him at dinner-time,
and he gomes back now mit his beard
so long as it never vash!”
During the past ten years the south
has made rapid progress in supplying
iron to the trade of this country and
Europe. A contemporary points out
that it was only a dozen years ago
that the first shipment of southern
iron was made to Pennsylvania. At
the time it crented no small amount
of surprise, for it was never believed
prior to that time that the south
would sell iron In the Keystone state.
Statistics on this point show that ship
ments for April, this year, amounted
to 101,141 tons. Of this the west took
38,207 tons, the east 29.09 G tons, and
Europe 32.83 S tons. Shipments to Eu
rope so far this year amount to more
than 100,000 tons, more than double the
amount exported last year. It is ex
pected that total shipments abroad for
this year will be more than twice the
amount sent last year.
A writer on Hawaii says that on ac
quiring the island the United States
“will get two of the grandest volcanoes
In the world.” The inducement is
strengthened by a scientific announce
ment that the heat of volcanoes can be
used to generate power.
In the face of the numerous pictures
which represent Queen Victoria on
any and every domestic occasion with
her crown on it, it is rather curious to
learn that she has not, as a matter of
fact, worn it more than twenty times
during her whole reign.
It is reported that except in the
north, Ireland took but very little part
in the jubilee celebration. Scarcely
any showing was made in the capital
of the country. ’ Ireland is not hypo
critical, and an Irishman who would
honor the Victorian era has in himself
elements of treason to his race.
Women in Austria can not under any
circumstances be imprisoned or con
demned to death. After sentence has
been pronounced upon a woman she
(is sent to a convent and kept there a
certain number of years.
STARTS FOR THE POLE.
Andree Willi Three Companion* Bet* Sail
In a llal non.
Tromsoe. Island of Tromsoe, Fin
mark, Norway. July 16.—The steamer
Svensksund. which has arrived here
from Spitsbergen, reports that Herr
Andree, the aeronaut, ascended in his
balloon on Sunday afternoon at half
past two. The ascent was made un
der favorable circumstances. The wind
was good anil ail was well.
The whole scientific world is watch
ing with interest the daring attempt
which will be made by S. A. Andree (<•
reach the pole in a balloon. Ills idea
sounds like a fairy tale, but scientists
believe in its prin tienbllity. and men
of great reputation have provided
money for his trip.
I>r. S. A. Andree, a celebrated Swell
isli aeronaut, and the chief engineei
or the Stockholm patent oilier, tried t .
make a balloon voyage across the Art
tic regions last July, but failed on ac
count of adverse winds and defects in
his airship. . With better equipment
now and profiting by experience, he
has confidence that he can at least stir
vey from above the North I’ole and its
surroundings. He argues that Ill
method of exploration will lie easier,
safer and surer than attempting t
penetrate the Ice-bound country in an\
other way.
For twenty years lie has been plan
ning such an expedition, and finally on
listed the financial support of the
Swedish Academy of Science, as well
ns the more or less active interest of
the International Geographical Con
gross and other organized bodies.
The voyage to the pole he thinks will
last from thirty to forty hours, though
favorable winds may expedite it. even
reduce it to five or six hours. His de
sire is to spend thirty days in cruising
about the central polar basin, taking a
complete survey of it. With a fail
wind of average velocity ho onion
lates that he can travel about 12,000
miles in thirty days.
He intends to make the return jour
ney towards the inhabited parts o!
North America or northern Siberia.
The Canadian and Russian govern
meats have requested the people in
those parts to keep a watch for the
balloon, report its course and render
assistance if practicable.
The new balloon is seventy-live feet
In height and lias a capacity of 172.00 U
cubic feet of gas. Aiulree expects to
be able to hover in the air at an alti
tude of about 1.000 feet for thirty days
if necessary. The balloon carries a
sail of 800 square feet and lias other
appliances for steering.
Dane's Island, the point of depar
ture. at the northwest extremity of
Spit/.bergeii, is in north latitude 7D.40.
about, and east longitude 10.30. about.
Andree Is accompanied by two com
panions.
BIG WHEAT YIELD IN KANSA
Itnllwnyn I’rovldo Extra Car* to II null.
A0,000,000 llii.hliolk.
Topeka. Kas.. July 10.—Reports from
the harvest fields are to the effect that
Kansas will have a bigger yield of
wheat this season than In any former
year, with the single except ion <>f 18D2.
in that year more than 74.ihmi.inmi bush
els was raised in the state. Tin* average
estimate placed on the crop this year
is fid,ooo.ooo bushels on an acreage of
about 3,000,000. Already the grain buy
ers from the big markets of the coun
try are appearing in the state wherever
the work of harvesting has been eon
eluded, and competition is very brisk
between the eastern sealioard and the
gulf coast. The figures here given as to
the probable yield are based on reports
received by millers and tin* railroad ol
ficials.
The Santa Fc announces that it has
made arrangements for Unm) extra
freight ears for use In Kansas and
Oklahoma. The wheat crop Is line along
the Rock Island linos, and that road 1.-
gotting all available cars ready to ban!
the crop. The t'liioii I’aeilie is also
making ample preparations for a big
business from the wheat belt.
SILVER RESOLUTIONS ADOPTEI
Hryan Stir* I'p the Trnnn-Mli*Hlf»Hlppl Con
grettfl.
Salt Lake, Utah. July 10. -To-day was
a day of excitement, oratory and at
times confusion in the session of the
Trans-Mississippi Congress. The subject
was free silver, and the principal fat
tors in tin* discussion were California
and Colorado—the latter state with a
host of silver advocates won the day.
anil after a gallant struggle by the
California delegates under the leader
ship of T. L. Ford, in opposition to the
measure, the congrerts by a volt* of
nearly five to one adopted the major
ity'resolution, declaring for free and un
limited coinage of gold and silver at
the ratio of 10 to 1 without co-operation
of any foreign government.
This action was preceded by about
twenty speeches, the principal ones be
ing delivered' by C. S. Thomas of Colo
rado and T. L. Ford of California.
Hon. W. .1. Bryan sjvike in favor of
the majority report and threw the
whole convention Into a wild state of
enthusiasm.
Kpworlli l.oaßiio nt Toronto.
Toronto. Out.. July 10.—The Ep
worth Leaguers have kept on coining
for two days, till to-day they muster
over 20.ni mi strong and carry every
thing in front of them. Meetings they
have In profusion and speakers "from
Greenland’s ley Mountains.” and from
Indian mission fields and full of earn
estness.
i To-day’s meetings number no less
I than 10. and as then* are anywhere up
j to a dozen speakers who are limited
to five minutes at each meeting, it is
impossible for any delegate to imbibe
more than a part of all tin* good things
going. However, they do their best.
Notebook in hand, they rush from
meeting to meeting, only stopping to
renew their appreciation of eloquence
of sentiment by spontaneous applause.
The music is perhajis the most pleas
ing feature of tin* convention. Choirs
of 150 to 200 voices art* at each meet
ing, and as the good old hymns are
S sung and a few tlionsarnl extra voices
help out tile choruses and tin* effect
is Inspiring. The topics under discus
sion to-day were spiritual, literary anil
social work, finance, mercy and help
correspondence.
The Junior League and missionary
conferences were also held.
Toronto. Ontario, July 15. Delegates
to the* convention of the Ep worth
League have overwhelmed this city to
day. Decorations mi the principal
buildings have given a general holiday
appearance to tin* city.
The opening meetings were hold this
afternoon in the pavilion and Metro
politan ehurcli.
in tin* pavilion A. s. Hardy, premier
of Ontario, warmly welcomed the visit
ors.
Replies were made for the Methodist
Episcopal church by Bishop W. X.
Ninth* of Detroit and for the Method
ist Church South by Bishop <). T. Fitz
gerald of Nashville.
In the Metropolitan church Mayor
Fleming gave the welcome for the city.
In response. Bishop (’. <McCabe for
tin* Met In 'disi Episcopal Church. Rev.
James Thomas of Little Rock. Ark., for
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
STEVENS IS RESCUED.
A STORY OF THRILLING INTER
] EST.
After Kcliir I iiiprlmmcd In an Ailßona
>llne for Over Tli rtren l>ayn lie (('»*
THken Out Al.ve Throiißh the Heroic
Effort* of 111 m Fellow Miner*.
Denver, July ID.—The Republican
yesterday printed the following spe
cial from Phoenix, Alrzonn:
James Stevens, the Imprisoned Gold
Fields miner, is again free.
Thirteen days and ten hours he lias
been without, food and eleven days
without water, const!luting a record
for endurance probably never equaled
elsewhere, yet he is alive, and If his
physician may be believed, stands an
excellent chance for complete recovery,
though convalescence will probably be
slow.
Ills hotly Is dreadfully emaciated,
with every lione outlined under the
wasted skin. His features are emaciat
ed anti gaunt and from a stockily built
man of 100 pounds he has been shrunk
by famine to surely not more than
ninety pounds weight.
The rescue was made at 7:30 this
morning. All night long the miners had
heard Stevens below them, signaling
with his liaminer on the drift timbers,
and .*it last they could hear his voice
ns he implored them to make haste.
"I am burning with thirst.” he reit
erated. Tin* second morning shift.
eomjHised of miners Danielson and
Megran, hail just taken up its work,
when a stoutly delivered blow drove a
pick through the tale side of the drift.
"Work hen*," shouted Stevens, aid
ing the miners from inside, and within
five minutes lie had grasped their
hands ami was lifted into the shaft ami
the good news shouted to fho expect
ant throng at the mouth of the pit.
I>r. Hart of Tempe. Superintendent
Hall ami your correspondent wen*
quickly lowered with stimulants and
water, and the rescued man was taken
hack into the drift and there nourished
ami made comfortable till such time as
the physician shall deem him fit to bo
removed to the surface. When hi* is
taken up it will In* to In* the particular
invalid of tin* camp, with the camp’s
reading room transformed to his bed
room. and with all the men of the
camp as his attendants. Lying hack on
a mattress in the bottom of the narrow
drift, in what lie declared was wonder
ful comfort. Stevens, at intervals,
pieced together his story of his awful
trial:
"I and another man on the lower
drift were the only men working on
the night shift tin* Fourth of July.
The rest were celebrating. I heard the
timbers crack back of me In the old
stupe, but that was nothing unusual.
I hail taken my lunch, however, about
lo o'clock, when the noise increased
enough to scare me. I grnhlted my
empty lunch box and my canteen and
started for the whim shaft. Then I
hesitated n moment. That moment
spared my life, for down came tin*
rock, filling up ilie slope, knocking the
shaft into smithereens and sending a
regular wave of sand towards me. The
stun’ seemed to fill this eighty-font
drift.
"I appreciated that T was in for a
long stay, if not forever, and till I had
to make it on was n gallon of water
and short candles anil mighty little air.
As soon as the dust settled I com
menced working towards an old air
shaft that comes up from the lower
level. I could not reach it. though T
elenml away thirty live feet of drift
til the whim shaft. There I found fresh
er air and there I staid most of the time
alter that. My candles and my
matches gave out Just as I found the
fresher air and my water a few hours
afterward. Wednesday night, the 7th.
"How did I know it was Wednesday?
M by. he laughed with a curious,
harsh laugh, "I didn’t have anything
to do most ef the time except to keep
account of time. Of course I could not
see my watch face. It was almost too
dark down there to think, hut I know
there were just two winds to the hour.
See If I haven’t kept correct time. Isn’t
this the morning of Saturday? llow did
I pass the time. Well. I got rather
weak after water gave out and all I
could do was to listen to tlie men work
ing overhead and answer their signals.
1 lieliove I heard every blow they
struck. I heard them when they tried
t.» reach me through the slope. T knew
they couldn’t make it that way and
tl'ioii 1 heard them commence on tin*
hanging wall in tin* solid rock. T knew
they would reach me that way. lmt I
couldn't f< II whether I could hold on
till they did. They seemed ungodly the
last few feet. I don’t think I could
have held out another day. I worried
during tin* last two days and if I had '
done as I liked I would have killed ’
myself, but I have a family. The pain 1
in my stomach from thirst was fright- !
fill. I didn’t seem to mind the lack of
grub so much.'!
Stevens appears to have retained pos- !
session of his senses and was passive !
in the medical man’s hands. His pulse
when the drift was entered was 112 :
and his temperature 10-1. In an hour
the otic had fallen to .8-1 and the other
t<> normal, and the man. murmuring
something about a drink of ice water |
and a wish for a smashing good din- 1
net . had composed■i'lniseif to sleep.
The cave occurred In the southern i
workings of tin* Mammoth mine, one ■
of the richest in the West, the properfv ,
of Hall A- Sullivan of Denver. The
stop - that caved had been known to .
lie dangerous, and a large force had ■
been at work filling It up through :
winzes. The slope, seventy feet Jong
and 200 feet deep, lay between Hie
main south shaft and what is known
as th • whim shaft. The large shaft was
unhurt, but it was Impossible to drift
through tin* loose rock and timbers to
Stevens on the 125-foot level. An at
tempt was made to sink through the
debris, but abandoned after forf.v-one
feet bad been accomplished and sixty
hours wasted. Then a shaft was started
on tli" ledge matter in solid ground and
prosecuted to completion.
Stevens Is a Colorado miner of thirty
years’ exnerionce and tells that his
three brothers were kill'd in mining
accidents, lie has a wife and five chil
dren in Central City and was to have
left July 10 to have joined them for the
summer.
The reseu -rs in order to reach Ste
vens sunk tho shaft 120 feet through
solid rock.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS.
Will Meet A gut ii nt Wichita —Now I’roal
doiit Koh'riih
Salt Lake. Utah. July 17. - The ninth
session of the Trans-Mississippi Con
gress adjourned this afternoon, and the
next session will be convened at Wichi
ta. Kansas, at a date to lit* designated
by tin; executive committee.
This lias been a very busy day In
the congress had a great deal of rou
tine business was done.
Tin* principal features of the session
tills morning were the resignation of
tin* newly elected president. Hugh,
Craig, and the consideration of the
resolution calling upon the secretary
of war to take immediate steps toward
the const ruction of tlx* San retire har
bor.
Mr. Craig's resignation was due to
his disapproval of tin* fret* silver reso
lution. The resignation was accepted,
though opposed by Mr. Bryan.
Resolutions were adopted favoring
the free homes bill, improvement of
the Pacific coast harbors and deep wa
ter harbor at Galveston and indorsing
tilt* pure food bill.
Mr. Keller of Nebraska introduced a
resolution relating to tin* Pacific rail
roads.
The following substitute was intro
duced by Mr. Bryan:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
congress that the Pacific liens should
be foreclosed as they become tine, ami
that Mn* government' should adopt such
measures as will secure to the patrons
of tin* Pacific railway the use of said
roads upon the payment of rates which
yield a reasonable return upon tin*
present value of the roads, measured
by the cost of production."
Bryan made a vigorous speech in fa
vor of the resolution and It was adopt
ed.
THE REAL ELDORADO.
Atnrvclnii* Tal h of the New Pincers In
Alaska- lilß Onnni |t 1,-* „f (iohl
Verify Them.
Seattle. Wash, July 17. A special to
tin* Post-Intelligeneer from Port Town
send, Washington, says:
At 3 o’clock this (Sulunlay) morning
the steamship Portland from St. Mi
chaels for Seattle passed up the sound
with more than n ton of solid gold on
board, and sixty-eight passengers. In
the captain's cabin arc three chests and
a. large safe tilled with tin* precious
nuggets. The metal is worth nearly
$700,000. and the most of it was taken
out of the ground in less tlmii tlireo
months of hist winter, ami In size, tin*
nuggets range from the size of a pea
to a guinea egg.
Of the sixty-eight miners aboard
hardly a man inis less than $7,000. mid
one or two have more than SIOO,OOO in
yellow metal.
One peculiar feature noticed is that
tin* big strikes were made by "tender
feet." while the old and experienced
miners of many years’ experience art*
suffering indiscrihnble hardships anti
privations in Alaska and the northwest
territory, mid have only a few thou
sand dollars to show for their labors.
Fortum* seemed to smile on tin* Inex
perienced men who went into the mill
ing districts late last year, as nearly
all of them wen* fortunate.
Tin* steamer Portland, which brought
down over $1.000.000 in gold is on her
return trip mid will be crowded to her
utmost rapacity. Conservative men
who have been in the country claim
that there is room for hundreds of men
more in Alaska. They admit that all
of the fields in the vicinity of Klon
dyke have been taken, but every river
in Alaska is. in their Judgment, tilled
with gold, which can be secured if the
men are willing to risk tlie hardships.
Inspector Strickland of the t’anadian
mounted police, who came down on tin*
Portland, says: "When I left Dawson
City, a month ago, there were about
Stmi claims staked out. and there are
between 2,000 and 3.Cnn» moil in there.
Wt* can safely say that there were
about $ 1.500,000 in gold mined last win
ter. The wages in the mines were sls
a day, and the sawmill paid laborers
$lO a day.
"The claims now staked out will af
ford employment to about 5,000 men,
I believe. If a man is strong, healthy
and wants work ho can find employ
ment nt good wages. Several men
worked on mi interest, or what is
termed a May.’ mid during the winter
realized from $5,000 to SIO,OOO apiece.
The mines are thirty-live to 100 miles
from the Alaska boundary.”
A letter received from Dawson City,
under date of June 18th. contains
many interesting facts. The writer,
Arthur Perry, a well-known citizen of
Seattle, says: "Tin? first discovery of
gold on tin* Klotulyke was in the mid
dle of August, 1800, by George Cor
mack. on a creek emptying Into the
Klondyke on tin* south, called by tin*
Indians ‘Bonanza.’ He found SI.OO to
the pan on a high rim, and after mak
ing Hu* find known as Forty Miles went
back with two Indians and took out
$1,400 in three weeks with three sluice
boxes. The creek was soon staked
from one end to I lie other. And till the
small gulclics were also staked ami re
corded. About September 10th a man
by the name of 'Whipple prospected a
creek emptying into tin* Bonanza and
named it Whipple crook. He shortly
afterward sold out and the miners re
named it El Dorado.
“When I first reached the new camp
I was invited by the butcher boys—
Murphy Thorpe of Juneau and George
Stewart, from Stuck Valley. Washing
ton—to go down in their shaft and pick
a pan of dirt, as they had just struck
a rich streak. To my surprise it was
$283.50. In fourteen pans of dirt they
took out $1,505 right in the bottom of
tin* shaft, which was four by eight feet.
".March 20th, Clarence B ti\v took out
s3oo to the pan. Jimmy McLain took
out over S2OO to tin* pan: Frank Pliis
euter took out 51.35 to the pan: four
boys from Nanaimo took as high as
$125 to tin* pan. They were the first
men to gel a hole down to bedrock anti
got good pay. They had numbers 14
and 15.
"In fact big pans were being taken
out mi nearly every claim on this creek
until SIOO or $2oO-dollar pans were
! common. April 13th. Clarence Berry
i took in out* pan thirty-nine ounces,
i $405. and in two days panned out over
i $1,200. April I (tli. wt* lienrtl that some
boys on No. 30 El Dorado had struck
i it rich and taken-out SBOO in one pan.
i Tills was the banner pan of the creek,
anti Charles Meyers, who laid tilt*
ground, told that if lie had waited to
pick the dirt In* could have taken 100
| ounces just ns easy.”
dinner for Trouble.
Pittsburg. July 18. -The events of to-
I day in the Pittsburg coni mining dis-
I trift indicate that there is trouble
j ahead. The strike lias been on for two
; weeks without cause for alarm In any
: quarter, but to-day tile pangs of hun
■ ger and mutterings of discontent have
! taken tangible form, and before morn
ing 1.000 miners will have marched on
Cnnnonsburg. tin* objective point be
] ing the Boone anil Allison mines. A
few days ago tin* operators of these
! mines made a requisition on the sheriff
of Washington county for additional
I deputies. It is supposed that there are
, at least thirty deputies at each mine,
well tinned for any friction that may
take place.
During Act to Save Life.
Cleveland. Ol July 17. John Nor
man. a young ■ arpenter. while cross
ing the Central viaduct last evening,
hoard the screams of a woman on tin*
docks below. He* looked over the rail
and saw a Im.\ struggling in the river,
lie leaped to the mil. and posing a mo
ment. dove HR feet through to tin* riv
er. lie struck the water cleanly and
in a second cai .■ to the surface. Tint
boy bad sunk, but Norman went down
again and brought him tip unconscious.
He struggled to tin* dock, where the
two were draged out. The boy. whose
name Is John Mallard, after vigorous
efforts, was rt mred to consciousness
and In the nu time Norman wnlkef
awn v
SALT LAKE CONGRESS
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPT
ED.
Overwhelming Kentlincnt In Favor of An
-11 ox 1 11 k Hawaii anil Helping thu Ca
bana.
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 15.— The
attendance of delegates and visitors at
tonlay's session of the Tnins-Mississip
pl Congress was much larger than on
yesterday and much interest was taken
in the proceedings.
The delegates got to work in earnest
to-day and disposed of some of the most
Important business before the congress.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed :
“Resolved, That the Trans-Mississip
pl Congress favors the prompt anexa
tion of the Hawaiian republic to the
United States on the grounds of nation
al policy, prestige and commercial ne
cessity. thereby removing tin* possibil
ity of this great stronghold in nild-l’a
eifle being controlled by any foreign
power as a constant menace to our
country.”
‘‘ltesolved, That we heartily sympa
thize with the people of Cuba in their
heroic struggle for civil liberty and we
request Congress and the President to
recognize Cuba as a nation, ami if ne
cessary to render it substantial assist
ance in securing and maintaining in
dependence."
“Resolved. That the pending gigantic
labor struggle between coal mine op
erators and working miners, extending
as It does throughout the mining re
gions of many states, threatening a coal
famine and paralyzing some of the
most important industries of the na
tion. proves tin* necessity for tin* adop
tion by Congress of some adequate and
effectual system of arbitration in seri
ous controversies between labor and
capital—arbitration that will do justice
to both sides in all such troubles, and
so ordained that it will tend to secure
justice without tin* drastic measures of
strikes and lockouts.
"Resolved. That this congress urges
most earnestly upon the Congress of
the United States tlie importance of fos
tering all measures that will lend to de
velop the beet sugar industry of this
country.
“Resolved. That we are in favor of
such legislation by Congress as will
insure the prompt construction of the
Nicaraguan canal as an American en
terprise. to remain under American
control, and that we memorialize Con
gress to this effect."
The silver resolution, to be debated
to-day. follows:
“Whereas, The Trans-Mississippi Con
gress has at its last six sessions declar
ed in favor of free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver at the ratio
of It! to 1; and.
“Whereas. Such action by this con
gress has proved a most potential fac
tor in arousing tin* nation to the neces
sity of a return to its former wise and
beneficent coinage system, tin: success
of which efforts calls for redoubled en
ergy in that behalf on our part; there
fore. be it
“Resolved. That we heartily com
mend the action of President McKinley
in appointing a committee to try to se
cure an international* agreement and
most earnestly hope that success may
crown their efforts. We further affirm
that such efforts are proof of the fail
ure of the gold standard to advance the
interests and prosperity of the Ameri
can people and of the fact that the
restoration of bimetallism is almost
universally demanded by them.
“Resolved, That while we favor the
free coinage of gold and silver through
international agreement at the ratio of
lr.Vj or I(*> to I, if it can be secured, yet
efforts in behalf of such an agreement
afford no reason for the American peo
ple to cense their endeavors in behalf
of independent bimetallism on the part
of the United States; and this congress
/laces itself on record as demanding
the immediate restoration of the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and sil
ver at the present ratio of 10 to 1, with
out ■waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation, such gold and silver
coin to be alike full legal tender for all
debts, public and private."
When William J. Rryan entered the
hnjl early in the session he was greet
ed with the wildest enthusiasm. Black
of California moved that three cheers
lie given for Mr. Bryan, which tlie lat
ter said was out of order, but the
cheers were given nevertheless.
Mr. Bryan, in taking the ••hair, said
it was a matter of great regret that he
was not able to be here earlier, but he
knew that the congress had been ably
presided over by Messrs. Whitmore
and Craig. lie said he was fully In ac
cord with the movements of this con
cress which represented a great em
pire In the West. There were numer
ous matters in which this section was
peculiarly interested and that was
one of the reasons why the congress
had met here, for an interchange of
views on these matters, and another
reason was that the Trunsmississlppl
states were a part of this great nation
and interested in everything of nation
al importance. They had a right to se
cure everything which would tend to
their advancement, but did not desire
to do so sit the expense of any other
part of the country. The more he trav
eled over this vast region the greater
it seemed. Touching upon irrigation,
he indulged in a little pleasantry by
saying that Democrats bad found out
that water was very important, espe
cially in this part of the country.
He felt more and more hopeful of
the future of this western country, and
it was not beyond the range of possi
bilities to see‘millions of people living
in the fertile valleys of the West. Mr.
Bryan concluded by saying: "We will
rear a people in the great \\ est that
will stand for American liberty and
American progress.”
STAMPED TO DEATH.
Horrible Fate of a Tennessee Negro for
Assaulting n Young Lady.
Cincinnati. 0., July 15.— The Com
mercial Tribune special from Law
rence, Alabama, says:
Near West Point, Tennessee, Tues
day afternoon Miss Rone Williams was
found, brutally murdered, in the woods
near her home. This afternoon An
thony Williams, her murderer and rav-
Lsher, was captured near Pruitton, and
to-night he expiated his crime in the
streets of West Point in the presence
of 500 people.
Williams was riddled with bullets
and burned in the streets of West
Point, his body being burned to ashes.
Before a shot was fired the negro was
knocked down and stamped to death.
Then the crowd fell back and those
who had pistols fired volley after vol
ley at him. The crowd then gathered
wood and building a fire about him,
watched the ghastly scene until the
murderer was only ashes.
For two days and nights 500 men.
armed and determined, have scoured
the country for miles. Several times
posses were within shooting distance
of him, but he escaped. lie was cap
tured within sixteen miles of the
scene of the crime. A man named
Clark, to whom lie applied for tobacco,
suspected and held him for the crowd
Williams was first traced to Iron City.
He traded the young lady’s belt to a
negro woman for a night’s lodging.
He was later seen at Pruitton. and
several shots were fired. All trace was
lost until this afternoon, when search
ers came upon him three miles south
of Pruitton. He had been in the woods
without food over two days and run
nlng most of the time, so that he was
exhausted.
The crowd quickly took him back t>
the scene of Ids brutal crime, tied him
to the same tree that he hail tied ids
victim to when he assaulted her, and
there gave him a torturing death.
'Elio mob was composed of most sub
stantial men.
The victim was shortly to have been
married to a young man in Nashville.
Her intended husband came down
from Nashville to-day and was at
West Point to meet the crowd of
avengers and assist them.
The young lady left her home early
Tuesday morning to pick berries
When sin*, did not return for dinner,
her friends went in search of her. She
was found dead and tied to a sapling,
with a leather strap around her neck
One of her eyes had boon gouged out.
and in her tightly-clenched hands were
leaves and grass. All around the
ground showed that a terrible struggle
had taken place. When the negro wn>
captured his face and arms were ter
ribly scratched and torn.
EXAM NATIONS FOR DIPLOMAS.
(iviieral Information for Candidates Con
tained In a Circular Issued by State
Superintendent.
Denver, July l(i. -The state superin
tendent of public instruction lias is
sued a circular giving general informa
tion concerning the examination to'lie
hold for candidates for state diplomas.
The next examination will lie hold in
Denver August 25th, 2(sth and 27th.
The Board of Examiners, which con
sists of Grace Espey Patton, James
11. Baker. Alston Ellis and Regis Ghau
venet. Inis issued tlie following in
structions to candidates, which are em
bodied in tlie circular:
All applications and accompanying
papers must be filed in the office of tile
superintendent of public instruction
not later than August oth.
Candidates for the state diploma arc
subject to the following conditions:
First—They shall possess a first
class. unexpired county certificate is
sued in Colorado.
Second—They shall pass a satisfac
tory written examination In each of
the following named branches of
study: Algebra, geometry, physiology,
botany, physics, general history, civil
government, including (lie constitution
of Colorado. English literature and rhet
oric. psychology and pedagogy, and
Latin, or French, or German.
Third- They shall pass a satisfactory
written examination in any three sub
jects to be selected by ttiein from those
herewith named: Trigonometry, as
tronomy. physical geography, geology
and mineralogy, zoology, chemistry,
logic ami political economy. -
Such applicants as have passed a
satisfactory examination before the
State Board of Examiners, in any of
the subjects within two years will re
ceive full credit therein without further
examination.
No one will be recommended to re
ceive the state diploma, without ex
amination. who has not given satis
factory evidence of educational and
other qualifications at least equivalent
to the highest of those hereinbefore
named.
In considering tin applicant’s claim to
a state diploma, either honorary or
based upon the examination test'j, the
board will give due weight to evidence
showing high attainments In special
lines of educational work.
I-'mincnt success in tilling the posi
tions of principal of high school, super
intendent of schools, or professor in
some higher institution of learning,
will receive due recognition in consid
ering any one’s fitness to receive a
complimentary state diploma.
A CONFERENCE PROPOSED.
Rcprescnt.il Iv«*h nf This Country ami
Franc* t rue England to Sanction a
.Monetary Convention.
London. July 15.— A Joint proposal
of bimetallism was presented to-day on
behalf of the United States and
France at a conference held nt tlie for
eign office between Baron de Courcel.
the French ambassador, representing
France; Ambassador Ilay, Senator
Wolcqtt. former Vice President Steven
son and General Paine, representing
the United States; Lord Salisbury, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beacli, chancellor of the
exchequer, and Mr. A. J. Balfour, first
lord of the treasury, representing Eng
land, and Lord George Hamilton, ncc
retary of state for India, representing
India.
The proposals, after some discussion,
were taken unddr advisement and the
British cabinet will give its answer at
a subsequent conference.
It is reported this evening that an
international conference will be sum
moned, probably to meet ill the United
States with Great Britain participat
ing. All the delegates will be tlllin
structed with regard to tlie ratio, al
though it is well known, of course, that
the United States favors 10 to 1 and
France 15L. to 1. According to to-day's
report England's participation would
| compel the opening of India's mints,
and there is a prospect of some conces
sions as to the Bank of England’s re
serve and silver certificates.
Important if True.
London. July 15.- A dispatch from
Paris to a news agency here says that
inquiry at an American embassy there
has elicited a confirmation of tin* rumor
that the governments of "Spain and Ja
pan have arranged an offensive alll
nnee against the United States.
The terms of tin* understanding,
which is for the mutual protection of
Cuba and Hawaii, provide that In the
event of an aggressive movement on
the part of the United States tending
toward interference in Cuban affairs
or persistence in the annexation of Ha
waiian islands. Dotli Spain and Japan
shall declare war simultaneously
against tin* United States, and shall
make hostile demonstrations along
.both tin* Atlantic and Pacific coast
lines of that country.
Cation City Fruit Show.
Canon City. Colo., July 10. -Every
thing Indicates a Dig measure of suc
cess for Canon City's combination of
Fruit Day and state rrult show next
month. The two horticultural events
will come on August 10th and 17th.
Preparations are being pushed with
due vigor by tin* various committees
in charge of tlie arrangements. Their
efforts tire being fully co-operated in
by the state horticultural authorities,
the orchardists and gardeners and the
railway companies.
Adding to 1 1 1m Misery.
A. —“ Well, and how did yon sleep Ihhi
night? Did you follow my advice mid liegtn
counting?"
B. —“Yea. I counted up to 18,000."
B. —“Then you fell asleep?”
B.—“ No. Then It was time to get up."-
Tlt-BHf.
UTAH’S GUANO DEPOSIT.
A Unique Knterprlse Undertaken by a New
Company.
A unique mining venture—the eco
nomic working of the only deposits of
the kind north of the equator—will
soon he in progress on Great Salt Lake,
in Utah. Guano was discovered on
Gunnison Island, in Box Elder county,
Utah, in the winter of 1894-95 by A.
Richter, George Payne and T. G. Davis.
Immediately on learning the value of
their find they prospected all the islands
and tlie shore line of the lake, desiring
to have a monopoly of this product, if
possible. Under legal advice they locat
ed twelve placer mining claims of
twenty acres each; eight on Gunnison,
two on Hat and two on Davis Island,
respectively, and these -40 acres em
brace all the deposits of this valuable
substance.
So soon as it became noised about a
party of jumpers filed a desert land en
try on the Gunnison 160 acres and
shortly afterward the Southern Pacific
Company set up a claim to the better
part of the beds, alleging that the
ground was within twenty miles of its
track, hence in the limits of its land
grant. Last winter a homestead entrv
was made on the Gunnison tract, which
rounds out the list of claimants. The
placer locators were poor men, but
alert, and they succeeded in securing
associates of means and enterprise to
join with them and aid in protecting
their rights. Within a few months of
tlie first discovery the Utah Guano
Company was incorporated with $90,000
capital stock, in shares of $1; the pres
ent officers being: Simon Bamberger,
president; A. H. Cannon, vice, presi
dent; T. A. Perkins, secretary; W. S.
McCornick. treasurer; A. Richter, gen
eral manager. These, with John Beck
and W. C. Maginnis, compose the di
rectorate.
Tiie railroad lias now abandoned
its claims to title of the land, and in the
District Court at Ogden, on May 3,
1897. an order was entered making the
temporary injunction, obtained by the
Guano Company against the desert land
filers, perpetual. At tin's hearing it was
proven that these tracts are not farming
land, hence there is no way in which
title can be had to these deposits save
as placers.
The all-important matter of title being
thus settled. Lie Guano Company speed
ily made preparations to mine its placer
deposits and to begin marketing its
products this season. A contract was at
once let for tlie building of a three
masted schooner. 400 tons burden,
adapted for navigating this treacherous
sea. to cost $5,000. and to be launched
early in July. A contract is practically
tiosed for 6.000 tons for beet-sugar
lands in California, which will compose
the initial shipments.
Guanos are rated according to their
nitrogenous and phosphatic contents.
From parts of Chili. Peru and the
islands near by. where there is almost
no rainfall, come the best of these fer
tilizers. Around Salt Lake there is
considerable rain, and a larger portion
of these soluble salts is leached out.
Analyses show the Utah guano lias
about half the percentage of the soluble
ingredients contained in the standard
high-grade Peruvian, but the Utah
product is said to be still worth S4O to
$45 a ton in San Francisco. In thick
ness these deposits vary from one to
twenty feet, and a recent estimate of
the material in sight, after a very
thorough examination, places the total
at over 1.000.000 tons.
Tlie origin of these drprrrit" i- M'ii> — 1
ilar to that of the l\:..vL;-..tp l ami. Mil
lions of gulls, pelicans, grebes.ar-Mn!!? 1 1
cranes have choscn'fk"' IcTSfcts for their
nesting place. At times, they cover tlie
surface so that not a point can lie seen,
save a broad carpet of live feathers, and
when they rise on tlie wing they hide
the sun completely. To-day it is im
possible to step anywhere on the ground
of tlie company without walking on
eggs. Gulls' eggs arc as large as liens’
eggs, which they resemble in taste and
flavor, while those of.the other feath
ered denizens of these islands arc not
fit to eat. The pelicans destroy large
quantities of fish from the streams that
flow into the lake. In Great Salt Lake
there arc no fish, or anything else in
the way of animal or vegetable life, with
the single exception of a sort of a di
minutive shrimp, colloqually styled the
"Salt Lake Shrimp.”
WENT CUNNING FOR A BALLOON
British Artillery 11 It m One and Drops It nt
2,000 Yards.
It lms been demons!ruled by a recent ex
pcrlnitsit In England Unit no war balloon
can lie safe within 11 zone of at least 2,000
yards of well-handled artillery. The ex
periment was conducted at ShoebttryncKs by
tlie war olllce In secret. With the aid of
Held glasses a newspaper correspondent was
enabled to observe 1 lie ranges, lie saw a
pear-shaped balloon some 1,500 feet In tlie
air. It swayed with every gust of wind
Presently it remained steady, leaning side
ways with the strain nut upon It by the
hawser, which was held by Ilfty men. Slg
mils were made by Hag from the balloon
holders to the sea wall battery.
A couple of puffs of smoke from two tif
teen pounders, and one could bear the shells
moaning past, high above one's bead Two
Jets of smoke below the balloon showed
where the sharpnel had burst, and proved
that the gunners had got their range, be
tween 1.7U0 and 2,000 yards. correctly
enough. Two more shells followed, one of
them bursting below and the other In a di
rect line with the object, probably causing
some damage. The third and fourth pairs
of shells were low. but both of the liftkl
burst above the balloon. Still there was no
visible sign of damage, and the big air vessel
was still rotund. After the sixth salvo one
could detect signs of a collapse, which final
ly cumc when both of the seventh brace of
shells burst right on the balloon.
There was a sudden wavering, a sort of
spasmodic struggle, and then, ripped from
top to hot tom, tin* mass fluttered slowly
downward, like a wounded pheasant. —New
York Press.
Suspected a Mistake.
"Sltii Wllklsoti Inis two mighty smart
boys." remarked Mrs. Corntossel. “One of
’••in lie/, gone to town an' learnt to paint:
they say be puts a lot of atmosphere In his
work."
".Mainly, ain't you tlilnkiii' about the other
boy ?"
"Ills brother?"
"Yes. The one that lenrnt to piny the
cornet."- Washington Star.
Low Kates Kasihound.
J'rom July 15 to “0. dally, and on July 22.
25, 211. August 1. 5. S and 12. tlie Union Pn
clllc will have cheap rates to all eastern
points. For full Inforimitloii call at '.141 17th
St., or ‘phone 457.
lugriliitide nr Imposition.
Benevolent Party (cheerfully) "I see Mr.
Edison expects to cure blindness by elec
tricity.”
Blind Man {gloomily! "Yes; these Invent
ors are always driving some poor man out
of the business." Judge.
COULD NOT EAT
The Affliction Which Befell a Fort
Scott Lady.
FOIST SCOTT, KAN-.. I have taken
lnn,l» Sar.upr.riHa f„ r dyepopal. and
to purify my blood, with excellent results.
was ho that I could not cat anythin*
without distress, hut since taking a few
Lott Ins of Mood’s Sarsaparilla my food
does not distress mo, and I have felt better
In every way. I believe It. l„ Ulo beat
Of blood niediclnesnnd gladly recommend
It to ot hers." Eva Cka to.
Hood’s Pills ?. r,> Pistoles*, mild, cfToc
»*ve, All druggists, gsc,