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Washington, Jan. 11.—Secretary OIney, In behalf of the United States, and Sir Julian P&hncefote, on the part of Great Britain, todajf affixed their signatures to a new treaty by" whick for a term of five years the two Eng lishfspeaking nations agree to abide in I?* peace and without a resort to arms, all poss|SVeible questions of controversy being referral to a court of arbitration, with the single exception that neither nation surrenders its Ik?"1* honor or dignity to the judgment of arbifr tration. Later in the day President Cleveland sent the treaty and amessags, earnestly Hj,* approving it, to the senate.

The treaty consists of twelve articles and

j§£r.'' in print would fill about pne newspaper column. One of the last points to be decided ,was that King Oscar II., of Sweden and

Norway, is to act as the final arbitrator in case the others fail to agree on the final member of the court. The acceptance of the king and the final agreement on that detail ^•wws not cabled to Washington until late

Sundaynight and even then one small detail remained to receive the approval of the British foreign office.. At 11:20 this morning a cablegram from Lord Salisbury removed this last question and left the way clear for the formal execution of the instrument.

Immediately on receiving the caftle from Lord Salisbury, Sir Julian Pauneefote, accompanied by Lord Gough, first secretary of the embassy, proceeded to the state department. They were met in the secretary's priviate office by Mr. OIney and his private secretary, Mr. Blanford, and Mr. Cridler, who, as chief of the bureau of diplomatic correspondence, has cftiarge of the drafting of the treaties. There were few formalities, as 'the signatures were but the culmination of a negotiation covering many weeks, durf, ing which a complete understanding had been reached on every phase of the subject.

It was felt, however, that the moment was an eventful one. The diplomatic bureau had prepared two copies of the document. They were not in any sense ornate. The articles of agreement were engrossed in a fair hand on the simple margined parchment paper, 'ordinarily used for treaties by the state department. These copies were laid upon the ^secretary's desk and then occurred a very 'necessary formality.

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dor produced a formidable looking document signed by Lord Salisbury certifying that he (the ambassador) was. authorized to sign for the British government a treaty bearing on tie subject specified." Secretary OIney replied by showing a letter from President Cleveland delegating to him authority to »ign the proposed convention. Having thus satisfied themselves that everything was being conducted in regular order, the principals proceeded to the signing of the duplicate treaties. Sir Julian Fauncefote had the honor of signing first. Secretary OIney landed him the pen and he signed one copy In the first place. Secretary OIney immediately placed his signature after that of the ambassador. This will be known a,s the British copy and it will never leave the poslion of that government.

Secretary Olnwy-'llsrnPd First. Taking up the other copy Secretary OIney signed it first and Sir Julian signed after him. This is the United States copy and will likewise remain in the possession of our government. After the senate has passed upon it a copy will be made ol our original anl this will be used in the final exchihge of ratifications later on. Then both cf the copies were sealed with red wax. Secretary OIney impressed his private seal, a simple $y- monogram "R. O." and Sir Julian used his family crest, a lion, and the ceremonies were 'complete.

Following this there was an exchange of Courtesies between Mr. OIney and Sir Julian, •each expressing his deep sense of gratification that a labor which had presented -'pIparently insurmountable obstacles had been ^concluded in a way to give promise o.' farreaching results. The meeting was brief and on the retirement of Sir Julian fend Lord Guogh, Mr. OIney at once' took the signed jitreaty to the White House for the preparation of President Cleveland's message transmitting it to the senate. It was understool iflurlrig the meeting that this transmission 1 would be made at once in order that every |sxecutive function connected with the |treaty should be completed at the earliest ^possible moment, under these circumstances, the treaty and the president's message went to the senate today.

The twelve articles constituting the treaty deal with the subjects which are to fie submitted to arbitration and the manner |n which the court of arbitration is to be .$• xmstituted. The language used in embrac"tag subjects before the court has been choten with the greatest care, the purpose be-

Ing to make the terms so comprehensive .. 7-kat no question can arise in the ordinary dealings between the two governments xhich will cause a resort to war. The artide, which makes no exception in the case IV

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an insult to the national honor, also was so carefully framed that ordinary questions k* which to some extent involve a nation's '$ honor could not be brought within it. In »hort, the terms of the twelve article® are -Relieved to cover every usual contingency which, a difference could arise between he United States and Great Britain.

Throughout the negotiations the desire of

»oth the secretary and ambassador was to nake the language so broad thj*t when a sontroversy arose it would be acccompaned by the inevitable knowledge, on both lides of the water, that arbitration, not tt'' tfar, would result. 'Ihe Sxl«ctlon of King Oscar. 7 The selection of King Oscar as a final arbitrator adds another responsibility to that monarch, as he has been heretofore chosen ki -ia conn-ection with the Venezuelan bouudary question. His selection closed one of the most troublesome features of the negotialion. There had been no difficulty in arranKJvi' Ing that each country should be represented |||g by three arbitrators of eminence in its judicial branches. The^ question then arose as to how a final decision could be reached C? with the ctffirt equally divided. Lord Salisbury felt that the distinguished character of the men constituting the court would assure freedom from national prejudice. Mr.

OIney decided to remove every possibility ,pt a deadlock by having a final arbitrator §who could, in case of a tie, cast the concluding vote. This raised a further question as to the nationality of the final arbitHatcr. It was felt that in justice he could (fjtr not bo ain American or an Englishman. Plrally, however, rather than open the possiS§p Llity of a tie and the failure of arbitrafL- lion. King Oscar was agreed upon in case -he others did not agree in choosing a final ^.irbitrator. By this means not only is arbisecured, but arbitration which Art 11 effective and gnal. The period of five "years was fixed as the limit of the treaty as a means of observing the efficacy of the arrangement, the purpose being to make the treaty permanent It the five-year trial brings tha good, results contemplated..

Aside, from the agreement made today it

ia f^t to"o£fff' a plaji ai arbltratioe as a substitute tar waf which will attract the *ti tention of European powers generally and njay lead to a further extension of the plan.

f'f MESSAGE TO THE "SENATE.

What the President Said In Transmitting the General Arbitration Treaty. Washington, Jan. 11.—The following Is ttertqsct of ?tl» -president's message transmitting the general arbitration treaty: "To the Senate: I transmit herewith a treaty for the arbitration of all matters in difference between the UJflted States and Great Britain. The provisions of the treaty are the result of long and patient deliberation and represent concessions made by each party for the sake of agreement upon the main scheme. Although the result reached may not meet thp views of the advocates of immediate, unlimited and irrevocable arbitration of all international controversies, it is nevertheless confidently believed that the treaty cannot fail to be everywhere recognized as making a long step in the right direction and as embodying a practical working plan by which disputes between the two countries will reach a peaceful adjustment as matter of course and in ordinary routine. "In the initiation of such an important movement, It must be expected that some of its features will assume a tentative character looking to a further advance, and yet It is apparent that the traaty which has been formulated not only makes war between the parties to it a remote possibility, but precludes those fears and rumors of war which of themselves too often assume the proportions of a national disaster. "It is eminently fitting as well as fortunate that the attempt to acccomplish results so beneflcient should toe initiated by kindred peoples, speaking ttt& same tongues and joined together by all the ties of common traditions, common institutions and common aspirations. The experiment of substituting civilized methods for brute force as the means of settling international questions of right will thus be tried under the happiest auspices. Its success ought not to be doubtful, and the fact that its ultimate ensuing benefits are not likely to be limited to the two countries Immediately concerned should cause it to be promoted all the more eagerly. The. example set and the lesson furnished by the successful operation of this treaty are sure to be felt and taken to heart sooner or later by other nations, and will thus mark the beginning of a new epoch of civilization.

Profoundly impressed as I am, therefore, by the promise of transcendant good which this treaty affords, I do not hesitate to accompany its transmission with an expression of my earnest hope that it may commend itself to the favorable consideration of the senate. Grover Cleveland."

iir Mill"' Onhin Rpsolutlow Washington, Jan. 11.—The chief event ot today's senate session was an impassioned speech by Mr. Mills of Texas in favor of a resolution'introduced by him to declare the recognition of a foreign government a congressional prerogative and to recognize the independence of Cuba and appropriate $10,000 for the salary of a minister. The senator quoted a long line of precedents and speaking on the latter question, he strongly denounced the administration, charging it with favoritism toward Spain. The Cuban question was the mercantile spirit of the nation against its honor, he declared. There was an informal discussion by several senators and Mr. Bacon of Georgia gave notice of a speech tomorrow. •Mr. Proctor made a speech in favor of a constitutional amendment to limit the president to one six year term and Mr. Allen of Nebraska made an unsuccessful attempt to secure the adoption of a resolution calling on the secretary of the navy for information as to whether contractors' men in the Brooklyn navy yard are made to work more than eight hours per day.

Tariff Hearings Concluded

Washington, Jan. 11.—The formal hearings by the ways and means committtee of representatives of various industries who seek to have the tariff rates changed, were concluded today. The committee has held sessions for this purpose during the past several weeks, and in that time a large number of persons have appeared before it. The varied character of the schedules today under consideration brought a large assemblage from all sections. The largest delegation was that headed by ex-Senator Davis of West Virginia, who ask^d for a higher duty on coal. ..

PACIFIC FUNDING BILL.

Meets Its Doom in the House—History of tlis Meaour" Washington, Jan. 11.—The Pacific railroaj funding bill went to its doom in the hous» today under an adverse majority sixtysix. The friends of the measure who had predicted its passage up to the last moment, were surprised by the decisive character of their defeat. They had b3en led to hope from the votes on the subslitutes that t.h? bill had more than an even chance of passage. The Bell substitute provided that if the Union Pacific and Central Pacific would clear off the first mortgage and advance ths government's Hen, the government woull extend the indebtedness at 3 per cent. It was defeated, 110 to 158. The Harrison substitute provided for a commission to negotiate a settlement of the debt. It was rejected by the house by a vote of 55 to 214. Many of the members were as cuch oppo to these substitutes' as to the Powers bill. The California and middle West members voted almost solidly against them. When the vote came on the main proposition tha whole opposition swung in line and crushed it by an adverse vote of 102 to 163. The vote was not taken directly on the passage of the bill but on the pre'iminiry motion to engross and read the bllla third time. Bills which are the subject of hard contests are usually brought to a final te?t before the last parliamentary sage is reached.

The Reilly Pacific funding bill two year3 ago. was defeated in the same mmner on the same motion. This is the fourth funding bill killed in the house in ten years. An analysis of the vote today shows that eighty-six Republicans and sixteen Democrats voted for the bill, and ninety-nine Republicans, fifty-eight" Democrats and six Populists and five independents against it. Mr .Powers, chairman of the Pacific railroad committee, entered a motion to recommit the bill after he had recovered from the shock of his defeat, saying that the members of the house, were .all in favor of a settlement, but evidently, opposed to the principle of the measure bis committee had brought in. He thought his committee should have an opportunity to formulate another bill in the hope that it would prove acceptable. A point of order wss made against Mr. Power's motion, but at the suggestion of the speaker the point was not ruled upon today, but will be when the house convenes tomorrow. Mr. Powers eald tonight he did not know what would be done, but expressed the opinion that another effort should be made to pass an acceptable bill. The opposition of the bill, on tha^other hand, are rejoicing and say the vote today settles the fate of all schemes to fund the debt-at this session.

After the bill wa3 disposed of the'army appropriation bill and several others were passed. The army bill carried $23,126,344, $165,558 less than that for the current yean

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12,1897.

IN VATICAN ffAEDENS

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BOMB POPULAR DEI.U8IOHS HI$*, FKLLBD BY PERSONAL VISIT.

An Unsightly, Untidy Place, With Charm of Mature and Art Both Lacking-: '4 Tha Papa's Walk.

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The Vatican gardens are famous, by n$ma at least. There the pope spends his hour of exercise like other prisoners, in fine weather, and -we constantly ^see allusions to the' melancholy functions in the newspapers. But very few of us know anything about the gardens, saya the London Standard. Thai public imagines a fair plaisance, no doubt, after the style called Italian, with broad walks and trim shrubberies, fountains and. statues and orange trees in tubs at due intervals among rectangular parterres. In that scene the white-robed figure of hia holiness promenading slowly, a scarlet cardinal on one hand and a purple bishop on the other, followed discreetly by a group of priests and monks, with a harlequin guard of Switzers in the rear, makes a seductive picture. Such was our own fancy but we conceived—taking deep interest in things horticultural—that the gardens of the Vatican must have another charm. Confined to suoh narrow bounds for the amusements of country life, the pope must surely allow himself the Innocent delight ot collecting rare flowers and shrubs and no human being has suich opportunities.

At Rome, therefore, we diligently Inquired what steps were necessary to ootaln aumittance to the gardens. The question seemed to be unusual. Visitors take it for granted, perhaps, that some very special permission is needed, as in the case of the pope's residential quarters, and despair. We were counselled finally to address some superior attendant at the Vatican in a judicious sort of way, which is "Murray's" advice. But in fact there is not the slightest difficulty. A special license is required, in truth, but a personagewho calls himself the chief guide, always keeps a stock of them on hand, and. one of his subordinates may be found without trouble in the neighborhood of the grille opening from the basement of the sculpture, galleries upen the grounds. Only, as we were told, they are forbidden to offer thslif services unsolicited.

November is not a month for surveying gardens but the expert finds a thousand1 things to interest him in such a collection as that we hoped to see, though flowers be all absent. From the grille stretches a handsome terrace, bordered on the right by a fine hedge of arbutus, on the left by a sunken garden set with aloes and yuccas' and orange trees on pedestals almost" as thick as they can stand—a curious effect. The. terrace ends in a dense shrubbery, untrimmed since it was planted, overhung by tall trees. Here the guide summoned us to admire two red macaws and a blue one in a cage—he called them "cookatoos." "His holiness is very found of animals," saij he. Beyond, in the same melancholy copse, lay a bricked court, sunk twenty feed or so below the level, occupied by half a dozen wretched moufflons. The poor creatures would scarcely see the sun at midsummer. Not a green thing sprouted on the black and fetid earth which they were searching, apparently, for acorns, thrown broadcast from above. Moufflons rank among the least friendly of animals but these poor things stood still, looking up to use, as we thought, with a hopeless appeal for human sympathy. It was pitiful.

PiH»r Gardening. f'TSilio

"Does" his holiness, who loves'-'aniaoalsv often pay these a visit?" we asked. "Never," said the guide. "I will show you the holy father's promenade—always the same." We emerged from the dismal shrubbery at the foot of a broad walk rising gently between a row of young plane tree3 and a ve:y high bank. The road was swept, but that high bank had never received atten ion fron human hands apparently. A model of untidiness it presented, with long grass and weeds, thin and draggled, beaten flat by rain, and heaps of leaves rotting as they lay. Upon the other hand were spindly plane trees with clumps of Italian reed here and there, evidently self-sown. "Does his holiness keep no gardener?" we exclaimed iiv voluntarily. Of course he does—an indefinite number4 no answer was required. But they would not hold the situation li?ng among heretics. Behind the row of p'ftne trees stands a wall, low, cased with ycBow stucco, pierced with embrasures. The gtfrde called attention to one of them. "Hete,'* said he, "Pope John aimed a*cannon wlrch put the Saracens to flight when they hid occupied Rome." We surveyed with tfe^p interest a spot where gunpowder had beeii used in the middle of the tenth century]

But this is the pope's walk, some tw'b hundred yards long. In summer it is shaded by the lofty trees and remains compatii'tively cool at evening. But what a contrast to the scene we had imagined! Doubtless the gardeners "tidy up" when their master's visits begin, cut the grass and clear out the weeds, perhaps but to the eye of experience it is plain that the surroundings must always be more or less unsightly— the wild charm of nature being broken, and that of art Ignored. When we call it the Pope's walk, however, that is a figure of speech. His holiness, unfortunately, can no longer take exercise afoot. He is carried up and down at a gentle pace in a chair called the Sedia Portantina, not shoulderhigh, but at arms' length. And the array of scarlet and purple dignitaries, we learn, is as fanciful as the stately garden we had pictured. Only a few of his household priests and a physician acccompany Leo XIII. when he takes exercise. Further on we see the vineyard, covering, perhaps, an acre. No other wine does the pope consume, but our guide tells us that it is the worst in Italy—he had often tasted it, and he spoke with warm conviction.

Depressing Scenes.

Many, many hundreds of yards we wander, always in sloppy, unkempt shrubberies or lawns as rough and rank as water meadows in England. Deer are shown to us. Two melancholy ostriches and a desponding pelican occupy an inclosure: Hfs holiness has a mild passion for poultry, and various breeds are kept in paddocks— by the bye, a collection of bantams is-la-beled "Bentbams." We see the mighty wall of Nero's circus—what remains of it. Two of the vast towers have been destroyed. One is occupied by the pope's astronomers, who have crowned it with a structure lllce a gilt balloon. The other is the private chapel, and beneath It, white and barfe, stands the small house which Leo XIII. has built for himself in the gardens, empty at this season. Could we inspect it? Perhaps, if the cuatode were at-home and In good temper. But hammering at the little door brought no response, and our guide confidently reported that the good man had gone to breakfast with his married daughter. There was no one else in the houseever. So simple are the pope's habits.

Thence, we were led into more copses, yet more dismal and untended, if that be possible. We cried out,. Not one single flower had we seen except wild cyclamen, nor ihe traces nor the suggestion of one in the Bupimer past. As for rare plants or shrifts, with confidence we assert that every species there, saving alo«» and yuccas and opuntlas, was European—more, was Italian, from the hedgerows. Surely, we urged, there must be flowers somewhere in the Vatican gardens Show us the greenhmjsosi^ Butv: there no greenhouses.

Tire ~gm"di9ner "wiurjtiit than, setting up hia frames to keep geraniums through the winter. Then he does grow geraniums? Oh, yes. That high bank beside the rope's walk is decked wjth ger*plum| in summer. Nothing else? With an effort the guide remembered that some ancient pope had made a garden round hia bath, which was still kept ui. Thither We proceeded. It was an oasis in the wiiderness» His an* biqua holiness built a swimming bath with a graceful pavilion on each side for dressing apparently. One Cannot gravely fancy pope disporting hhnself sub Jove in dqep water, diving arid puffing but it was a long time ago, when life wa&' full of picturesque surprises. However, there was a garden round it beyond dispute, with turf and flower beds, though bu£ a few yards square. 'We noted the'fepecietrwith in terest, and the list is wort^r giving, since these are the only fiowera so tar as we could learn, in that vast ateo. On the turf wis Pampas grass, misembryaijthemum, and aloes. In the beds red salvias, cannas and AMcan marigold. All the roses were Bengal except one, W, A. Riohardson. So much for the Vatican gardens in a horticultural point of view.

MYSTERIOUS MURDER CASE.

Yokohama Society Interested In a Sensational Trial. Yokohama, Jan.' 11.—^Great interest }b taken here iit the trial of Mrs. darew, a prominent society vfrOinan, on the charge of poisoning her husband with arsenic in a manner similar to that said to have been followed by Mrs. Florence aybrick, now undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life in England. Mr. Carew was taken ill on October 15th last and died October 22d. The inquest certified he died of arsenic poisoning and a verdict of murder was rendered against some unknown person. At the preliminary inquiry held in the British consular court here the evidence showed that Mrs. Carew made large purchases of arsenic, the use of which she said was an old habit of her husband's. Throughout the proceedings there were references to^ a mysterious veiled woman.'

Mary Jacob, the governess of the Carew family, was arrested yesterday and is reported to have confessed to committing the murder for which Mr&r Oarew has been on trial since January 5th. At first It was supposed that the mysterious female waB a certain Annie Luke, who had been engaged to Carew before he left England. It was established that a veiled woman called at the Carew residence one night and letters jslgned "Annie Luke" and "A. L." were received during the inquest and by the de ceased previous to his death, leading people |to suppose that Miss Luke had folllowed 'him from England to Japan.

But all efforts failed to locate the mysterious woman, who is now believed to be no other than "Mary Jacob," the govqfness of the family, although attempts were made to show that the mysterious veiled woman might have been Mrs. Carew in disguise. Several letters were produced at the trial. One of these disappeared suddenly 5n court and was found in the sleeve of Mrs. Carew's jacket. Uptfn this the defendant's counsel threw up their briefs. The purchase of arsenic by Mrs. Carew, the bad feeling existing between husband and wife, the production of the apparently incriminating corrresppndence, and, finally, the finding of the missing document on the person of Mrs. Oarew in court seemed to form a chain of almost indisputable circumstantial evidence of guilt.

But if the report of Mary Jacob's confession proves correct it may possibly be demonstrated that the whole affair was the work of the governess, and that,, in addition to poisoning Carew, she craftily drew about the widow a chain of evidence ensuring her conviction.

THINKS HER BABE A DEVIL.

Mrs. O'Brien of New York Throws Her Infant Chil# From a Window. New York, Jan. 11.—Mrs. Daniel O'Brien, who had thrown her baby girl, 8 months old. from the second story window of 217 Jay street, under the impression that the little one was "a devil," was removed to the Raymond street jail this morning. She recognized her husband when he met her at the sergeant's desk. "Didn't I ask it if it was not a devil? she exclaimed, looking about her, with eyes that shone'with the strange light of lunacy, and didn't it nod its head to show that it was? Then I pitched it out of the window."

The baby, when picked up on the sidewalk in front of the house, was barefooted. Little Ida, 3 years old, who had stood in the hallway while her mother threw the baby out, was also round barefooted. The crazed mother had taken their shoes oft, declaring that they should not wear them.

Mrs. O'Brien is about 23 years old and her husband is a year or so cider. She received a good education and was very fond of reading. Her husband is employed in a Wholesale grocery houso in this city, but was able to earn no more than a living. Mrs. O'Brien was a great reader of novels and stories of murders and suicides in the newspapers. These, with her poverty, seemed to have turned her mind.

Peculiar Conditions of a Bequest. Cleveland, Jan. 11.—Baron John F. Von Muegge, whose mother left him $700,000 worth of property on the peculiar condition that before coming imto possession of his inheritance he must serve at least ten years on some police force, has resigned his position with a local special police concern. The baron has reached the conclusion that he can fulfill the requirements of his mother's will in a manner satisfactory to himself than doing duty as a special policeman. .He has therefore made application through President-elect McKinley for a position on the United States secret service.

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Columlrian Trust Company Released. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 11.—An order was entered today in the ccunty court releasing the Columbian Trust Co. as assignee of Bamberger, Bloom & Co., who failed in October, 1895, with liabilities of about a million and a quart sr. The firm is said to have had settled with creditors on a basis of 50 cents on the dollar, and will probably resume.

An Editor Indicted for Libci. Newark, O., Jan. 11.—J. M. Ickes, editor of the Tribune and ex-chairjnan of the Republican state committee, was indicted today for libel. The case grew out of thp publication in the Tribune of a card by Sheriff tJ. A. Chilcote reflecting on ex-Lieutenant Governor W. C. Lyon, the editor of the ^American. Ickes gavo bail In the sum of 41,000 and the case will probably be heard at the present term of court. ft* if

Phonograph Company Awiifim. Cincinnati, Jan. 11.—The Ohio Phooo.graph Co., capitalized at $1,000,000, went into the hands of James L, Adam as receiver tonight on petition of holders of a majority of the stock. The assignment is for liquidation and dissolution. The liabilities are trl-

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GFOLD IN BLACK HILLS

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IS NOW

Remarkable Discoveries Being Made Daily tn the New Mining Districts—More Promising Than Cripple Creek.

Deadwood, S. p., Jan. 10.—The recent discovery of new gold-bearing properties in the Black Hills country has given a new life to the enthusiasm of miners and speculative men. To a cei'taih extent it overtops the wonedrful tales of gold finds in the .Cripple Creek country of Colorado. The general prosperity of a mining region is esaentiilly to be rated by the size and number of Its producing mines. In this the Black Hills will rank at least two grades above an* other district of similar proportion on the Western Hemisphere, or, in fact, the world.

During the twenty-two years that the Black Hills district has been subject to the pick, pan and shovel there has not been as much money spent in opening it as there has been at Cripple Creek and Victor during the last two years, and at this day there are not aa many producing properties in Cripple Creek as there are in the recent discovered camp of Ragged Top alone. Eastern capital always has been acceptable, and where it has taken hold (as instanced by S. W. Allerton and other Chlcagoahs), It has facilitated and hastened the development of the mines. But the prosperity of the Black Hills is due mainly and almost entirely to the untiring efforts of the pioneers and prospectors, and they have only been able to hold on through the abiding faith and considerate offices of the merchants, who have allowed them credit often at tremendous sacrifice, having advanced them provisions and implements with absolutely no security,,save faith in the country's future and the honest intentions of the men they were aiding. bomeatvke Was Alon«.?

Ten years ago the Homestake was the oiily mine in the Black Hills that had passed the experimental stage. Today there are scores of them, and two railroads running to Deadwood are kept busy hauling ore. Thus it will be seen that the ha^dy argonauts who risked their lives In opening up this country in the dreary

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better than they knew." Their confidence was absolute, never relaxing by adversity. Prospectors who' returned yesterday from an extended trip in the region southwest of Ragged Top report that it will outrival anything yet found in this phenomenal camp. They report a section twenty miles square which literally abounds in float. The country rock assays from $7 to $16 a ton. The ore is a flinty grayish rook of the same general character tHat is found at Ragged Top, resembling limestone: Upon close examination it proves to be a species of qiiartzlte. On being tested with acid it is found to contain but a small per cent, of lime. The district extends from Maurice station on the Burlington & Missouri River railroad to the Black Bqttes in Wyoming. The whole section is swarming with prospectors and development "Work is being done.

Another rich strike was made a few days ago on the old road from Carbonate Camp to Spearflsh on a limestone ridge, which formerly thelron Hill company procured its lime for fluxing when operating its smelter in Carbonate Camp. The new discovery is a flssure'vein in this ridge, the ore being similar in all respects to that found in Ragged Top, only a few miles distant. Samples assayed show a value of $228 gold a ton.

As soon as the discovery was made known a stampede occurred and all the section was located.

Crook Mountain Discovery.

Another recent discovery was made at Crook Mountain, an immense limestone ridge back of Whitewood. This one is also similar to that of Ragged Top and assays up in the hundreds. A fore of men was put to work yesterday by General Green H. Raum of Chicago on his properties in Ragged Top camp. His shaft on the Alaska group is now down forty-five feet and will be drained of water and sunk to the lower contact. He has secured a diamond drill, which will be in operation in a few days.

While deals of great magnitude have been made in these sections in the last few years and mines of marvelous richness have been found in the grass roots, capital makes mining permanent, as instanced in the Homestake company, and in this connection John Pierce, who imported the capital to build up Sioux City, finding this a bigger field for his energy, has in the last four months made one pf the most stupendous deals ever formed in Western mining camps.

There is one core of ore in the Pierce group which 300 feet in height and has sn average width of 200 feet, and in which there is enough free milling ore to run a 2C0stamping mill for years. There Is in this cone free milling ore which at a profit of. $1.25 a ton would return $321,428.50 for five years, and the mine would be worked then only to the 300-foot level, and below this point the ore would certainly become richer and larger.

Fortune id in Siifhfc.

There is in sight, by actual measurement, on this property in the various tunnels and computing the ore at only $2.50 a ton, and measuring only thirty feet in width from tha center of the tunnels and the actual height of the developed ore in the tunnels, $3,341,404, and the prospective value of the free milling ore alone in the group measured in those claims in which free milling is developed and at fifty feet in depth is $53,936,821.60, and every ton of this ore can be mined and mil^d for $1.20 a ton.

The increase from $6,178,675 output of the present year is $10,000,000 or more for the incoming year is an assurance that no one will doubt in view of the recent discoveries that the Black Hills is healthy financially. And in the light of these facts Deadwood will rise pre-eminently the golden city of the. Black Hills.

With the beginning of 1896 a building revival took hold of the city, and more was done in that line during the last twelve months than during any corresponding period since 1886. Still it has been inade. quate, and there is not today an empty business room in the city.

McKtnley'g I.ife Insurance.

Chicagt, Jan. 11.—President-elect McKinley will begin hia term of office with $50,000 of life insurance in full working order. To keep up this insurance will cost him as much a year as the saliary of a member of congress, but under the circumstances the major oan afford this. This is Mr. McKinley's first experience, at least for many years, but after .hia nomination last summer he indiscreetly mentioned his desire of securing an insurance policy to some of his friends. As a result of tweoty-flve hustling insurance agents hav« been making their home ever since in Canton "laying for" the major, but the lucky man proved to be the Cleveland agent who "wrote up" Mark Hfmna, and whose company paid big policies on the lives of Garfield and Arthur.

FnglHiMt'H Crop tffipurr.

IfoiidSh, Jan. 11.—The report of the Mark Lone Express today says: "The aspect the growing wheat in England is very satisfactory. The area is 1Q per cent above that

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18S6. The farmers are dissatisfied wiih the prices of barley and oats, and It is probable February and March will witness a larger soviog ttiaa usual of soring wheat.

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To Gome to This Great Homoa opath's Office and Secure the Services of

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For 25 Cents, and Charge You Nothing for His Call.

HUNDREDS TREATED DAILY.

Wonderful Cures Already Reported, and More Sure to Follow.

No Money is received for Examination, no money is received for advice, nc moner is received for medical attention, either at the office or at youi home.

Professor Munyon's ^reat invitation to all people afflicted with any disease to come and receive free examination, free prescription, and free treatment from his experienced physicians, is but a continuation of the graiW work in other citie3.

Everybody is welcome. A large staff ."skilled doctors, together with the latest au best apparatuses for the special treatment catarrh, throat and lung troubles, rheumatism, and nervous diseases, are all at your servic« without cost.

CATARRH POSITIVELY CURED THE MUNYON COMPANY POSITIVELY CURE CATARRH. Eighty thousand patients attest it. No cutting, burning, cauterizing, irritating washes that destroy the diseased tissues. Many victims treated by ignorant doctors have lost their sense of taste and The Munyon treatment consists of mild, soothing lotions and internal remedies, which act on the blood and nerves, and thoroughly eradicate the disease.

IT COSTS YOU NOTHING for a thorougi examination at the Munyon offices. No obligation to buy medicine. Eminent specialist! to diagnose your case, FREE, and the lates apparatus for treating the diseased parts.

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TESTIMONIALS.

J. B. McNutt, 402 S. Sixteenth street, Terr« Haute. Ind., says: For years I was troubled with a bad case of Catarrh. My head waa stoped up. Mucus was continually droping in my throat. My stomach was affected, and the catarrhal poison affected my whole system.

I used large quantities of medicine without receiving any benefit, until I began with Munyon's Remedies. I used Munyon's Catarrh Cure. Tablets a few weeks and was completely cured.

H. H. Copeland, 203 S. Twelfth street. Terra Haute, Ind., says: I have used Munyon's Cold Cure, and have foundit tobeefficaciouj in every instance: tlife effects have been truly wonderful. I cheerf^-ly recommend It to all who are suffer'- ?, v-»th colds.

Mrs. Fowler, it Douglass street, Indianapolis, Ind., says: "I was sick for three years was in business but had to give it up. Ispenl two thousand dollars doctoring in that time. In fact I spent about all I had. 1 ,was in dispair and thought I would lose my mind. Mj nervous system and lungs were in an awful condition. Ten of the best physicians couW not relieve nie. They said one ot my lun^f was gone. I nearly choked too death wicl coughing spells. No one expeacted mc too live After all had given me up I consulted Mun von's Physicians. The improvement was rap Is entirely gone, am gaining in flesh and fee that I have new life. My friends cannot real ize the change in my condition in such a shor

''Tlrs. .t\. Smith. 2901 South Park avenue. Chicago, 111., a colored evangelist, says: have suffer'd with rheumatism for twent years. F~r five years of that time I was com pletely crippled, suffering intense pain, an at times perfectly helpless. I tried a grea many doctors and water cures and even wen to a saritarium, but found io relief. As last resort tried Murjon's Rheumatism Ouri and three bodies of tlm great medicine completely cured me. I think my prayers for re lief were heard, and answered thro-g Pro fessor Munyon as the earthly agent.

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Kodkmnker Arrested.

New York, Jan. 11.—John H. Leonie, otherwise known as John Mosler, was arrest*! today for making "A book" on the race! while in the corridor of the general postoffice. The police magistrate, before wboir he was arraigned, said he had no jurisdiction because the offense was committed on United States territory. Then Leonie, alias Mosler, was brought before United States Commissioner Alexander. The latter said there being no federal statute against bookrr.aklng he could not hold the prisoner. Ths discovery th'at United States property is neutral ground will doubiless be taken advantage of by the gambling fraternity ic tbis city.

A Dangerou* Counterfeit.

Washington, Jan. 11.—A dangerous counterfeit of the 520 United States silver certificate has been discovered. The note is ol the series of 1891. eheck letter B. The most noticeable defec't is in the treasury numbers, which, although of good color, are toe heavy and out of alignment. The paper i.« good and the silk threads of the genuine ar« cleverly imitsed by pen and ink lines oa the ba^k of the counterfeit note.

Terre Il»iit* Mterary Club.

'rtio regular weekly meeting of the Terr, Haute Literary Club was held last night at the Normal School. A very Interesting paper was read by lr. F. D. Rich

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