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Stat DAKOTA . COUNTY HERALD. VOLUME XVI DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1908. NUMBER 39 CURRENT HAPPENINGS FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. LEWIS GOES TO CHINA METHODISTS ASSIGN SIOUX CITY MAX TO r)0 CHOW. Bishop John Ia Xculson, of Ohio, As signed to New Episcopal Headquar ters Created for the Nebraska Mo tropolls Quujic to Oklahoma. i 1 1 m nMHiKnmfnr nr niHnnnx in Tnn ysfrlouH Episcopal residences, than 'which few events of the Methodist general' conference are looked forward to with greater Interest, was reported by the committee on episcopacy Thursday night by a special commit tee of nineteen and adopted by the full committee dining a meeting that lasted until nearly midnight. The as signments were a.-) follows: Boston, Mass J. W. Hamilton. Ducnos Ayres. Argentine Republic Frank M. Bristol. Buffalo, N. y. John W. Berry. . Chattanooga, Tenn. William F. Anderson. Chicago. III. William F. McDowell. Cincinnati, O. David H. Moore. Denver. Colo. Henry W. Warren. Foo Cliow. China W. S. Lewis. Nmv Orleans, I.a. Thomas K. Kee Jey. v . New York Daniel A. Ooodsell. Oklahoma City, Okla. William A. Qunylc. Omaha, Neb. John L. Neulson. r f'"kin. Chlnu .1 times W. Bashford. Philadelphia, I'u. Luther B. Wil ton. ' Portland. Ore Charles W. Smith ft. 1V011K Mo. Henry Spellmyer. ' t-'t. Paul. Minn. Robert Mclntyra. San Francisco, Cal. Edwin H Hughes. Washington. D. C. Earl Cranston. Zurich. Switzerland William Burt. Iev. George A. Cooke's appeal against the ruling of Bishop Moore In the matter of Cooke's charges against Chancellor J. R. Day, of Syracuse uni versity, has been dismissed by the Ju diciary committee. Cooke preferred charges against Day before the New York conference, alleging Day had spoken disrespectfully of President JJoosevelt In his writing. Bishop Moore ruled them out on the ground that they were not In proper form to come before the conference. It was decided to merge the Meth odist Book Concern at New York and the Western Methodist Book Concern at Cincinnati into one corporation, to be called the Methodist Book Con cern. At the afternoon session the present publishing agents of the Methodist Book Concern were re-elected. GULP STBEAM CHANGING. New York Will lie n Tropical City, Says a Liner Captain. That the fogs which have been hanging over New York and Its ap proaches for several days, greatly In terfering with shipping, are the fore runners of a tropical climate for New kYork Is the opinion expressed by Capt. Vrthur Mills, commander of the American liner Philadelphia, which was delayed outside Sandy Hook for many hours by the fog. It's the Gulf stream," ho said, shaking his head. "The stream Is get ting closer to New York every year, and I expect. If I live long long, to see the gulf stream running right past out door and New York become a tropical city, wrth an almost continuous fon oiling In from the sea." CANADIAN 1.M Bt'HSTS. Three Lives Lost and Estimated Dam age or 8500,000 lieiMirted. A special from Port Arthur says the civic dam on Current river bursl Thursday, causing a disastrous flood The loss of three lives and a money loss estimated at $500,000 Is reported A Canadian Pacific freight train pull ins into Port Arthur ran on sub merged tracks, the engine was over turned and Engineer Savage, Fireman McBrlde and Brakeman Inmann, who were on the engine, were pinned under the wreckage and drowned. The Can. adlan Pacific Itailway company will be the heaviest loser, several mile o! track having been washed away. Abrnins Proves an Alibi. - Charles Abrams, a London clothing merchant, who has been held pend ing an Investigation of the mysterious death of Mrs. Carrie Shaw, a young Hortonvllle widow. was released Thursday, he having proven a clear alibi. Slous City Live Stock Market. Thursday's quotations on the Sioux City'llve stock market follow: Top beeves. $6.45. Top hogs, $5.35. May lie Murder Case. A man named Murphy, of Fort Dodge, la., thought to be an umbrel la mender, wa found dead at Ute, Monona county. The coroner declares he. wa murdered and had two tramp arrested. KunhUui Ship on Hocks. Ttie Russian battleship Peter the Great struck the recks Wednesday night In the Gulf of Finland. It is be lieved the can be saved. EIGHT XKU BISHOPS. Ir. LcwW 1'lftli Chosen by Methodist Conference. The election for bishops by the Methuclst Episcopal general confer ence Is ovi r, on the eighteenth ballot the Itev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol receiv ing two-thirds of those voting. When the announcement was made late Tuesday of the selection, of the eighth and last bishop very many of the del egates heaved sighs of relief. The new bishops In the order of their election and the number of votes each received on the electing ballot are as follows: Rev. Dr. W. F. Anderson, of New York, secretary of the board of edu cation, Freedman's aid and Sunday schools, 54S; Rev. J. L. Nellson, pro fessbr of Xast Theological seminary, Berea, O., 540; Rev. Dr. W. A. Quayle, pastor of St. James church, Chicago, 519; Rev. Dr. Charles W. Smith, editor of the Pittsburg Christian Advocate, 511; Rev. Dr. Wilson S., Lewis, presi dent of Morningside college, Sioux City, la.. 624 ; Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Hughes, president of Depauw universi ty, Greencastle, I ml.. Oil; Rev. pr. Robert Mclntyre, pastor of the First church, Los Angeles, Cal., 514; Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, pastor of the Metropolitan church, Washington, D. C. 432. The last named was the pastor. In timate friend and often, it Is said, ad vlser of the late President McKlnley. HER CREW WILL FACE DEATH Monitor Florida Will Be The Target For Big ; mis. Everything is In rcudiness for the gunnery test to which the monitor Florida Is to be subjected In lower Chesapeake bay Wednesday, when sdie becomes a target for heavy firing from the turrets of her sister ship, the monitor Arkansas, and torpedoes to be shot at her from under water by the torpedoboat Morris. All the ves sels that are to participate in the iviv al experiment are In Hampton Roads. Commander Quiniby and Ills men have full faith In the ability of their ship to withstand serious damage from (ho (guns of the Arkansas, and they have no doubt of the repelling of by "torpe do nef'about the Florida below water line of torpedoes that will be shot nt her by the Morris. It will be the test ing of the armor plate of the Florida and the ability of that class of vessel to withstand heavy firing from modern guns, as well as the marksmanship of those doing the firing. Practically all those who will oc cupy hazardous positions on the Flor ida are volunteers, who offered their services when a call wont out from tho navy department. WYCUFFE BOYS . SURRENDER. Bond Is Arniigcd for the Notorious Oklulioinn Outlaws. After scouting for four years in the rugged hills of the Cherokee nation, near Muskogee, Okla., protected by members of the Nighthuwk society and hunted by the entire force of Unit ed States marshals In thg district, who not only wanted the reward of $1,000 which had been offered for their cap ture dead or alive, but who sought to punish them for the alleged murder of their, brother, the two remaining members of the Wycliffe band ott In dian outlaws. Tom and James, 'wlil Tuesday lay down their arms and sur render to the sheriff of Cherokee county at Tahlequah, Okla. Bomlj. for the men have already been ar ranged, and an agreement mado with the Judge of the district court to re lease them. The trouble with the Wycklifle which resulted In their becoming fu gitives from Justice and the leaders ul the so called Wycliffe gang, began In 1893 at the opening of the Cherokee land office at Vlnlta. Charles Wyc liffe, father of the boys, got into ii quarrel and was killed. Auto Makes Little Progress. A special dispatch to the Martir. from, NIkolsk, Russia, says that tlt American crew in the New York I i Paris automobile race, after eoveiln about fifteen miles of 'the, road from that city under the greatest of difficul ties, was confronted by an Impassable swamp and forced to return to tho nearest village. .Not to Abolish Winter Sports. At a meeting of the Harvard athlet Ic commltte It was voted "That in the opinion of the athletic commltte It i: not advisable to abolish intorcolleglatr athletic sports from the date of Hi,, last football game until the open!n-, of the baseball seuson." Three Drowned In Missouri. Mrs. B. B. King. Mrs. Anna Coakley, nd the latter's brother, 5 years of age, were drowned while crossing Su gar creek near Brlmson, Mo., in a bug gy. Two others in the party held on to the overturned vehicle until res cued. Gun and Razor Stop Elopement. John Lelsslnger, of Oalesburg, III., Ras shot five times and severely cut with a raror by Judson Barnes, with whose wife, it is said, Lelsslnger hud planned to elope. Lelsslnger's condi tion Is serious. Testing British Aeroplane. Henry Farman, the BrtUuh, aero naut, began a series of experiments at Ghent Tuesday with his aeroplane. He accomplished for the first time a number of flights In the teeth of a strong wind which aroused the enthu siasm of the spectators. Drowns la Creek While Bathing. Chester A. Yelton, aged 33, was drowned In Young's creek on his farm near Franklin, Ind., while bathing. MINE WORTHLESS. Stock Boomed for Years $050,000 Is Gone. J Another mining bubble burst Wed nesday when It became known that the Amador Mining and Development lompany, of Montana, n $10,000,000 ;orporatlon, with headquarters In Chi sago, had come to an end. Letters mailed Thursday Informed 1,400 Stockholders, the majority Chlcagoans, that the copper-gold mine In which they have sunk $650,000 Is worthier. With the crash of the concern, which had done a thriving . business in selling stock for six years interest Increases in the whereabouts of the lecretary and general manager, D. E. Macklnnon, who appears to be the only Interested person who ever prof ited from the enterprise. Mr. Mac klnnon organized the company and boomed the stock sales for five years. A year ago he departed to Boston, where he opened a branch office, and since that time he has spent only one day In Chicago. Inquiries made by the stockholders' committee since tho fiasco became apparent resulted In Information that Mr. Macklnnln had left Boston foi iome place In Maine, the exact loca tion of which all efforts failed to estab. Ilsh. The stockholders were considering & proposal to purchase Macklnnon' half Interest in the mine for $150,000 when they woke up. They already had paid him for an option on the prop erty. The president of the company it William Surman, of Carllnvllle, 111. 3eorge LllI, the Chicago coal dealer, is vice president, Robert M. Maher If treasurer, and T. D. Fuller assistant secretary. Herman Goettsch Is a di rector. The Investigation of the m!ne, which resulted in the revelation of Its worthlessness, was conducted by a committee headed by Mr. Llll. In the six years' life of the companj a total of only five cars of ore was taken from the mine. The stockhold srs' money was sunk In extravagant equipment on the surface. In glowing literature, expensive oillces, and Junk ets of prospective Investors. . CURRENCY BILL TAKEX CP. House .Considers .Tho . Compromise Measure. The conference report on the cur rency bill was reported to the house Wednesday afternoon and considera tion Immedlatly begun. Thirty minutes for debate was giv en each side, the bill to go to a vote about ' 4:15 o'clock. After two hours' deliberation the republican members of the'eonference between thejjouses of congress on the currency question reached an agree ment Wednesday. The point remaining in dispute, namely, that in relation to the time limit on the bill, was fixed at six years, making the bill expire June 30, 1914. TWISTER, IX OKLAHOMO. Number of Persons Lose Tlielr Lives In Storm. Peter Rudy, wife and two children were killed In the tornado which pass ed two miles east of Alva, Okla., Tues day night. A number of farm houses were destroyed or damaged, and crops suffered much loss. Three persons were killed and - a child Is missing at Ingersoll, Okla,, as the result of a tornado Tuesday night. Much damage was done to prop erty. Collins Is Cleared'. Former Chief of Police John M. Collins and ex-Police Attorney Frank D. Comerford, of Chicago, were Wed nesday acquitted of the charge of us ing members of the police force to further the election ot Edward F. Dunne for mayor In the last munlclp- al election. First Shut. Hits Ship. The beveled 11-lnch steel armor plate of the monitor Florida bears a) big black wound, the first shot front the Arkansas' big gun having struck her turret on the right side of tho starboard. The gun knocked out all the metal between the gun and the rim of the turret. Is Victim of Dynamiters. Three dwellings built by James L. Gallagher at Oakland, Cal., former president of the San Francisco board of supervisors, the chief witness for the prosecution in the San Francisco graft case, were wrecked Tuesday night by dynamite. Fire Destroys Chicago Plant. One man was probobly fatally In jured, two others probably seriously hurt and many families were driven to the street by a Are which early Wednesday totally destroyed a $100, 000 plant of the Standard Sash and Door company, in Center avenue. Crouinshlelil Dead. Admiral A. 8. Crowlnshleld, U. S. N.. retire, died at Philadelphia, Wednes day. The admiral had been in a hos tiital for a month and an operation waa preformed on him for an affict. Ion of the nose. Only Coxey and Seven. Up to noon Wednesday the state pop ulist convention of Illinois, at Danville, was composed of Gen. Coxey and sev en delegates. The "convention" so far has done nothing but wait antf hope for more delegates. Death Due to Fright. Mrs. Gen. Alfred Orendorff died Wednesday from a hemorrhage, caused by fright during a terrific wind storm. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS 1UHIGATIOX IX DVXDY COUNTY. Gets Endless Supply of Water from Thirty-Coot Well. On the farm of Charles H. Richard son, six miles southwest of Henkelmnn. men have been working for several days to Install an Irrigation s;-Fttin supplied with water secured from a well. Tho we!! locate 1 o;i the ond bottom of the south fork of the Republican river, and Is thirty fett deep, with seventeen feet of watsr. The doubt of the experiment rested In the capacity of the well to furnish sufficient water to supply a pump throwing 1,000 gallons of wuter n min ute, propelled by an eight-horse pow er gasoline engine. After repented ef forts, each one of which, however, was nearer success than the former, the pump was started with a carmcity of drawing 750 gallons per mlr.ute, ond It was run for two hours wltii no cessation In the water supply This system Is Intended to Irrigate forty acres of land from this one well, and Its success means that Mr. Richard son will at once Install several more pumps on different sites on his farm, put his engine on a movable platform and In this way Irrigate several hun dred acres from n half dozen wells. The system will prove a great boon to farmers In Dundy county, as the cost of Installing one of the.-e jlnnts, sufficient to Irrigate eighty acres, will not exceed $700 or $S00. There Is an abundance of sheet water nil over the country. Several farmers livinn south of the river and also north, In 1h sandy loam soil region, ore making arrangements for Installing like plants. CUT OX INSURANCE HATFS. Merry War nt York Rl Iteittc t ions. Since the Beeson Insurance ngoivy, a fire Insurance rating agency fir the state of Nebraska, noUlol the York insurance agents that rates were all oft and that no hoard rates for risks In York and other, cities .in the itate would be furnished, there has been a merry Insurance war amonR the York fire Insurance agents. Rate or. new dwellings have been reduce.l from $1.20 per each $100 Insured to Of cents. Tornado rates are only r.O cents for five years, which Is a reduction of 50 per cent over the former rates maintained by local insurance organi zations. York Is fortunato In having no fire losses. Its volunteer tire de partment Is one of the best In the Unit ed States and even at the low rates in surance Is written It Is Deliovcd that fire Insurance companies doing busi ness in York will show: a nice credit at the end of each year. PAST THE CENTURY MARK. Mrs. Bailey, of Hustings. Well Started on Second Century. Mrs. Clara Dawson Ealley, colored, of Hastings, has celebrated her lOSth birthday anniversary. She was born In slavery ot Richmond, Va., during the administration of John Adams. She was given a (lag on her lOSt'.i birthday by the Women's Relief Corps, a silver offering of $8.60 token up In the Congregational church during the G. A. R. memorial serv ices, and several packages of tobacco. They were presented to her by a spe cially appointed committee. She smoked In the presence of her visit ors and thanked them between puffs. She enjoy good health despite her ad vanced age. She doesn't remember a day when she has not smoked. The date of her birth Is well authenti cated. GIUEYIXG FATHER LOSES MIXD. Custer Cminty Man, Sorrowing Over Duuuhter's Death, Goes Insuiie. Martin Elllngson, a prominent farmer residing eighteen miles north east of Broken Bow, Friday was exam ined by the board of insanity. Since the death of his daughter six weeks ago Mr. Elli'igson's mind has seemed unbalanced at times, during v hlch h threatened bodily injury to members of the family. After an examination the board decided to send hlin To the asylum, but William Ellington, a brother residing In another part of the county, offered to take the uufortunnte man to his own home, and If he fail ed to get better In a few weel-s. have him placed In some sanitarium or hos pital. , Crookston to Have on Agent. Crookston Is to have a station agent. Recently Max E. Velrtel filed a re quest with the state railway commis sion for an agent to be placed ut Crookston, making a showing that $22,000 of business was done tho las', year at that station and asked for an ililvrnLigtiuiJii. 1 lie reMJil wtu jii fMgent will be forthwith Installed there. Train Service Buck AbuIh, The Chicago and Northwestern rail road has resumed running the Satur day and Sunday freight trains from Oakdale to Fremont, which they took off some time ago and which 'caused considerable discussion. The matter was taken up with the state railway commission, which resulted in getting the trains back. Xew Clitireh at I'airbury, The cornerstone of the new Ca'h -lie church at Fairbury was laid Wed nesday afternoon with tho Imposing iteg of the church. Farmers' Narrow Ewajie. Charles Smith, of Edgar, became en tangled In the tumbling shaft of a corn sheller and hart It not been for tha niii-j( action of his son, who wa Mrlvlng the horses on the power, he no doubt would have met a terrible death. Com Is Iltidly Damaged. E. J. Shinn, manager of the Book waiter farms at Book waiter, reports that corn was badly damaged In that section ot the state by thg cloudbuist of Wo'refcdey night. INTEREST N3 HAPPENINGS From Day to Day Condensed FOR CUR EU3Y READERS 0 LICKXSE TO BREWERY. Court Rejects Accepted View of ths Nebraska Saloon I,nw. Judge Corcoran, In tho district court at Hastings Saturday, made a ruling that a brewery may hold a retail liquor liceme, the recently enacted statute known as the Gibson law to the con trary nofit-s-ta!v'!'ig. The decision upsets the heretofore accepted view that the Slocum law au thorises the Issuance of a llense to an Individual only. The decision uphitlds the right of a corporation to secure a license under the same statutory pro visions which apply to Individuals and the right of mayors In cities of the first class having a population of between 5,000 and 25.000 to cast a deciding vote in the council In the event of a tie on the Issuance of liquor license. The council at Hastings was evenly divided on the application for license. Mayor Miles voted In favor of the ap plicant, thus making a majority votn. The Civic Federation appealed to the district court. The question as to thi mayor's right to vote was treated as one cf subordinate importance. The Slocum law' authorizes the Is sue nee of licenses to Individuals, but mukes no mention of corporations. Subsequent enactments regulating the liquor traffic mention "persons" In re ferring to licences and the Gibson law names "corporations" in the same sense. Although the Slocum law has never been amended Judge Corcoran held that late .enactments have broadened Its scope and given It a legislative In terpretation which permits the llcens. Ing of corporations. Tho ca?e will be appealed. STORY OF AX IRISH EMIGRAXT. Xow Prominent Dodge County Man to Return to Ireland. Forty-three years ago a young Irish lad arrived in New York City from the "ould sod." He paid 25 for a steer age passage and arrived In the new world with but 3 In his pocket as his capital. "I'll never forget It," he said, speaking of tho Incident. "It was the day President Lincoln was burled and I never saw so many people In a pro cession and the wholo city was in black." This Irish lad of forty-three years ago will In a few days return to Ireland for tho first time since he came. He will go to look over his old home and see his boyhood chums who, llko he, have grown gray in the long Hreteh of years. But he will not be steerage passenger this time. He will go In a first class state room on the magnificent steamer, the Lusttanla. During his sojourn in this land of op portunity he has reared a family of eight children, bringing them up ns creditable citizens, and besides has ac cumulated 1,400 acres of Nebraska land and has a snug ltttlo fortune. This Irish lad Is Patv Murphy, well known In Dodge county. He Is a fair ample (if what our foreign born citi zens achieve here. HUMBOLDT DAMAGED BY FLOOD Wuter and Llfiht Plants Put Out of Commission. The section around Humboldt wel comed the sunshine Friday as a decid ed relief from the moist conditions prevailing during the week, and resi dents of the Nemaha and Iong Branch valleys are taking account of tlielr losses by reason of the Hood, and find these quite heavy. The engine room nt the mill and electric light plant was Hooded. The .city pumping station wan also under water and tho supply In the standplpe Is getting low, but it is hoped will last until pumping can be resumed. In the south part of Humboldt a boat had to be called Into service In order to rescue some of the people from their homes. Wheat erops In the bottom fields suffered rreatly and fear Is expressed that they are totally destroyed. The heaviest oss on live htoek sustained by reason of the Hood 'vas probably in tho case if G. W. Putterfleld & Co., who had a large shipment In their yards near the depot. Out of these about twenty-five head were Jost. Farmers to the north west also report considerable loss of live stock from lightning, which, how. ever, did no damage In this Immediate -ection. More Care In Planting Corn. One of the oldest farmers In YorV county, who has watched tho grtat Improvement mado in recent years In he preparation and pluntlng of corn ',y York county farmers, stated that icver before has he seen farmers pay o much attention to the preparation if corn ground and that the seed thlH year Is the best. Much Ruin at Tnthe Hock. The rainfall of Wednesday night at fable Rock, which hieusured five and x half Inches, brought the water out if the Nemaha, which was already yearly bankfull, owing to tho heavy alns in the early part of the week, ind the lower town, Irv the vicinity of he depot, was under water. Inig Trip with Broken Levi Anderson, an old soldier and widower about CO years of age, arrived n Rubs Friday night after having ?ome from the western line of Nebras ka with a broken and badly bruised leg. Six Inches of Rain at Teenniseli. Tecumseh was visited by one of th 'teavlest rain storms in its history, be ginning about o'clock Wednesday af. ternnon and continuing during the evening and most of the night. The to. tal precipitation was 8.11 Inches, and .t this four Inches fell from 1 to 10 clock Wednesday evening. Winter Wheat Prosiseota Good. In the vicinity of Rulo winter wheat has headed out nicely, probably due to the large r.iount of rain that has faii h there the last three weeks. WORK OF CONGRESS The net result of S:itnH. rsion In tlie Senate was tlip ailo'.itirm of ths con ference agrceinc-if on the omnilnn public building bill nnd tlie approval of a par tial agreement on the postofnee approprla tion bill, the itetni in the latter mensurs relating to weighing the mails and oeenn mail subsidy beinj sent back to confer- once. Various questions were discussed during the day. Senator Teller reviewed court decisions on the limitations of fed eral power under the constitution. Mr. Bacon discussed the same topic, both re ferring to the President's remark fhnt he would veto bills that did not reserve water rights. Mr. Owen of Oklahoma spoke on his Joint resolution providing that an amendment to the Constitutl.vi tot the election of Senators by the people he submitted to the States for ratifica tion. Ineffectual efforts were made by Mr. Reveridgc to pass the omnibus terri tories bill, and by Mr. Newlsnds to se cure consideration of bis resolution creat ing an inland waterways commission. For the second time within twenty-four hours the House, following a discussion of two hours, rejected the mail subsidy provision for ocean steamships ond the postoflicc bill for the tb!rdtime wa sent back to conference. The conference reports on the omnibus pension claims hill, and on the fortifications appropriation' hill were sgrecd to : the resolution providing for a remission of a part of the Chinese Indem nity growing out of the Boxer troubles of 1000 was adopted, as was also a resolu tion Increasing the pay of over a hundred of the House employes and officials; the conference report on the bill enlarging homestead entries In the arid regions from KM) to acres was rejected, there by finally defeating the bill and the re port authorizing an extension of time for the const met ion of a dam across the Ilainey river in Minnesota wns passed over the President's veto. An effort to annihilate time by dilatory tactics without making progress on any legislation except that involved in confer ence reports was the chief occupation of tho Senate under the leadership of Mr. Aldrich. The attempt wos so successful that the net result in the way of accom plishment of the day's session was the adoption of tho conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Rev eridgo was busy in au effort to get a vot on the bill compensating government em ployes for Injuries while on duty, but Mr. Halo said he had informntiou from the House that no action could be expected there Monday on the conference report on the publid buildings bill, and that un til that measure should be disposed of the deficiency appropriation bill could not be perfected. Working under heavy pres-' sure, with a single eye to adjournment at the earliest possible moment, tho House disposed of a great amount of business. Tho conference reports on the sun dry civil nnd the pension appropria tion bills were agreed to, thus sending those measures to the President for signa ture, ilnd leaving only the general defi ciency and military academy appropria tion bills to be considered to complete the disposition of tflie fourteen supply meas ures of the government. The conference rejMirt on the District of Columbia child lalsor bill also was agreed to, and the fol lowing bills were passed : Amending the navigation laws; removing the discrimina tions against native officers of the Porto Uieo provisional regiment of Infantry j granting title to a cemetery In Dubuque, Iowa, to the archbishop of that city; au thorizing the sole of unallotted lands ot the Spokane Iudiaa reservations encour aging the development of coal deposits in Alaska, and prescribing penalties against the sale of clotihing and covernment prop erty by soldiers. Tlie session of the Senate dragged along Tuesday in such an unimportant way t lint little effort was required on the part of managers of the lilibuster to occupy th( time by dilatory tactics. The conferees on the currency bills met ami the Kenat was merely kept in session in the hop that something might be done toward substantial progress 4u the work of clos ing up the opposition. During tlie day a bill was passed amending the navigation laws In many minor respects and a reso lution wns considered calling for names of former sst masters who served fro:n 1S54 to IN" and who have been adjudged by the auditor entitled to additional com pensation. The two floor leaders of tlie House again occupied the center of the iitage, an. I performed their usual feat of charging each other with responsibility for the conditions at present existing in that Issly. The conference report on t'.i military ucademy appropriation bill was agreed to. Bills were passed as follows: Refunding certain stamp taxes on foreign bills of exchauge and certaiu duties on anthracite coal, illegally collected; provid ing for the osning to settlement of por tions of the Cheyenne and Standing Rock Indian agencies; promoting the safety of employes on railroads by requiring th equipment of locomotives with ash cant that cun be dumped without requiring an employe to go under the locomotive; pro moting the safe transportation of explo sives. Tho committee on appropriation! suffered defeat in the rejection of a bill to a co u ire certnln lands as an addition to Rock Creek Park In the District of Columbia. After passing resolutions re classifying the clerk! In the government departments at Washington and dcirin entitled to their seat Messrs. McGavin (Republican) and Rubath (Democrat) as Representative from Illinois, the lions at 7 :43 o'clock, owing to the difficulty of keeping a quorum, took a recess until 11 o'clock Wednesday. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. The conferee! on the bill to enlarge homesteads from "K acres to 820 acre on non-irrigable lands agreed to an amend ed report atriklng from the bill tbe pro vision that this change ibould apply to Idaho and California. The Senate committee on public build ings and ground! completed considera tion of the omolbu! public building! bill, which b passed the House. The com mittee added about $8,000,000, bringing the total camel by tbe measure to ovei $30,000,000. The rate at which tbe (Tut; at last flying at Panama la such iimt nothing but the wet climate 'prevent the whole canal rone from being marked by a pillar of cloud by day. The num ber of cubic yards of dirt excavated has been steadily increasing fftr some months. It is estlumted that at this rnte excavation would be completed in ftilrty-two months, or, allowing for emergencies, by January 1, 1011. Botfc the cost of labor, in wages paid to the men, and the cost of housing and feed ing them, are now considerably higher than were provided for In the esti mates of the earlier engineers; but It Is the opinion of Colonel Gocthals, as expressed to committees of ConireBS. that the cost Is amply Justified by tbe better health and greater contentment of the men. and by the Inrcer amount of work they ore accompllshlnff. Low priced labor Is notoriously tlie most ex- isenslve. An important change In the plans of the canal is the location of dams and links at Mlraflorra which the engineers, hud previously placed at La Boca. Miratlores was the original location, but borings showed that what bad been taken for bed-rock was only a shallow ledge nnderlnld by soft ma terhil ttnd La Iloca was substituted. More extenslvo, borings. However, dis covered the true bed-rock but a short distance below tho ledge, and ' so the original nlan will prevail. This will bo greatfy to the advant age of the completed canal, because tho locks and dams at La Roen could have been shelled by a hostile fltyt from a distance of four miles, whereas at Mlraflores they will be four miles farther Inland, and completely hidden from the coast. After a while there may bo a new avenue of employment for tho fantrr. When the frost Is on the pumpkin and tho com is all in, he may be found down at the lltle red schoolhouse with the youngsters of his neighborhood lined up before him doing stunts like this : "Willie Green, what is potato blight and how can It be prevented?" "Charllo Brown, what is oats smut, and what Is the remedy?" For Uncle Sam has an Idea that agriculture should bo taught .In the public schools. - The national government hus no au thority to compel public schools to adopt agriculture as a part of the study course, but It is doing Its best to encourage tho states to follow tlie sug gestion. As a substantial encourage ment $,10f000 bits been appropriated for each state which will take up the plan, tho fund to be used for the spec- v lul preparation of agricultural teach ers for the public schools, ' The gen eral plan contemplates an additional room or annex to public schools where experiments may ba made and prac tical farming demonstrated. It is ar gued that even If a pupil becomes a business " or professional man, never returning to the farm, a practical knowledge' of farming will be a valu able asset to blm. Sfeclal Instruction Is recommended according to locality. In the corn bolt chief nttentlon would be given In corn growing, and In the wheat, cotton, and tobocco belts the courses would favor those products. In addition thero would be a general outline of farming of all kinds. A protest against the raising of cat tle and sheep on open plains under conditions that mean wholesale death to the animals from cold, starvation and thirst lms been submitted to Presi dent Uoosevelt by a committee of the American Humane Association, con Siting of Sydney Richmond Tuber of Chlcugo, chairman; Mrs. Caroline Earle White of Philadelphia and Mary Howe Totten of Washington. Thx committee . says that 'according to United Slates government reports 1,- 345,000 cattle and 1,250,000 sheep died from . exposure In the year ending March 31, 1005. The Navy Department has begun ne gotiations with Captain Abna Clark, Inventor of a secret device for locating ships in tbe durk or fog without the aid of a searchlight, to obtain exclus ive use of It. Clark Is on duty at one of the ports of Iioston, and even hit brother ollkvre have been kept In ignor ance of tlie Invention for fear that some foreign spy may get bold of the secret. Charles Bottlneuu, at one time chief of advisers of tbe Mississippi Chlppe wus, and later at the head of Turtle Mountain band of Indians of North Da kota, died In Washington at the home of. his nephew, Judge J, It. BotUneau The emiuty of Bottineau, N. D., was tunned in honor of the elder Bottineau. He was 85 years of age. A Mil making it a misdemeanor for iitiiii-Hsieiit places to discriminate :ig:tlnst person wearing the uniform r the army or navy, the national -ii rl or naval reserve. has been r.1 In the Senate of It hod e Island. 'lent Kooaevolt uud many naval .' -r wte letters supporting tha Ii sometimes falls hi Italy col ond A.ri from the African deserts.