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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
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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.