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in responding, and the knowledge of the preparations in 
the rear which discouraged the use of firearms, prevented any 
serious conflict. The law and order ticket was declared 
elected, and Galena started on its career of prosperity and 
good government, which it has since steadily maintained. 
‘‘The first election in Empire City was in striking contrast 
to that in Galena, there being but one ticket in the field. 
The record shows that the order of incorporation was made 
by Judge Perkins June 18, the election to be held June 30, 
at which time the following ticket was elected : Mayor, Solon 
L. Cheney ; police judge, Hugh McKay ; councilmen, Samuel 
A. Weir, Chas. A. Spears, C. L. Campbell, Daniel Young, and 
D.C. Mills. Ata meeting of the council, July 2, the following 
were appointed: Attorney, W. P. Bennett; treasurer, C. A. 
Davis; clerk, George S. Hampton; marshal, E. C. Crawford ; 
street commissioner, Maj. A. A. Bloomfield. 
‘‘Hmpire, however, was full of enterprise, and had for some 
time been preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July on a scale 
commensurate with its ambition, if possible, with a barbecue, 
speeches, and fireworks. It was a novel idea for a city only 
two weeks old, and where two months before there was no 
human habitation, to be the central figure of a territory fifty 
miles in diameter, with an attendance of at least 25,000 
people, in one of the most beautiful natural groves in the 
West, and to listen to words of wisdom from the lips of an 
orator like William Warner, of Kansas City. But Kansas is 
mercurial and will reach the stars, if they are of the fixed 
variety, and Empire did not stop there. It was reported that 
the census-takers were then at work, and it is an historical 
fact that on the 28th of that month Gov. George T. Anthony 
issued a proclamation declaring Empire City to be a city of 
the second class, with a population of 2337. 
‘Meantime the mining interests had continued to increase, 
though overshadowed temporarily by the elections. The 
number of paying shafts had increased to four, and the 
weekly sale of ore to about $3000 in value, all taken from an 
area of less than two acres of land and within fifty feet of 
the surface. But, as many rich pockets of lead had been 
found in Missouri which proved to be pockets only, the old 
