Nebraska Newspapers

    Gallant Leader of the First
Nebraska Slain.
SHOT WHILE LEADING AN ATTACK
-Lieutenant SUxon anil Tlirco Men of the
Fourth Cuvalry Also ICllloil Forty-four
Men Arc Itcnorted Wounded first No-
brniku Has Jiapttam of Fire at Ouengua.
Killed Colonel John M. Stotsen-
"berg , First Nebraska ; Lieutenant Les
ter E. Slsson , company K , First Ne
braska , Columbus ; two privates , First
'Nebraska ' volunteers ; three privates
Fourth cavalry.
WASHINGTON , April 21. The fol
lowing regarding the light at Quengua
was received at the war department :
"MANILA , April 23. Adjutant General -
eral , Washington : A reconnoissance
on Quengua place , six miles northeast
of Malolos , made by Major Bell and a
troop of cavalry this morning , result
ed in contact and battle , in which four
battalions of infantry and four pieces
of artillery became engaged. Enemy
driven from entrenchments with con-
.sldcrable loss. Our casualties quite se
vere. Colonel Stotsenberg and Lieuten
ant Sisson , First Nebraska , killed ; also
several enlisted men. Considerable
number wounded ; not yet reported.
"OTIS. "
The following dispatch was receiv
ed at the war department last even
ing
"MANILA , April 23. Adjutant Gen
eral : Casualties at Quengua today
First Nebraska , two officers and two
unlisted men killed ; two officers and
two privates wounded. Fourth caval
ry : Two men killed and five wounded.
Fifty-first Iowa : Seven enlisted men
wounded. Utah light artillery : One
officer and two enlisted men wounded.
Total , 49 Names in morning.
"OTIS. "
MANILA , April 24. Four men of
the First Nebraska regiment , including
Colonel Stotsenberg , Lieutenant Sis-
son and three men of the Fourth cav
alry were killed and forty-four wound
ed in an engagement at Quengua today.
The Filipinos retreated with small
loss.
loss.The
The 'engagement developed into a
disastrous , though successful fight.
The insurgents had a horseshoe trench
about a mile long , encircling a rice
field on the edge of a wood.
Mejor Mell , with forty cavalrymen ,
encountered a strong outpost. One
of his men was killed and five were
wounded by a volley.
The Americans retired , carrying
their wounded , under fire anvi with
great difficulty , being closely pursued ,
a fog enabling the enemy to creep up to
them.
Two men who were carrying a com
rade were shot in the arms , but they
continued with their burden.
Major Bell sent for reinforcements
to secure the bodies of the killed cav
alrymen and a battalion of the Ne
braska regiment , under Major Mulford ,
arrived and advanced until checked by
volleys from the enemy's trenches. The
Americans lay about 800 yards from
the trenches , behind rice furrows , un
der fire for two hours.
Several men were sunstruck , one dy
ing from the effects of the heat , as
they lay there waiting for the artil
lery to come up.
Finally the Second battalion arrived
and then Colonel Stotsenberg , who had
spent the night with his father at Ma
nila , came upon the field. The men
immediately recognized him and raised
a cheer.
Colonel Stotsenberg deciding to
charge as the cheapest way out of the
difficulty , led the attack at the head
of his regiment. He fell with a bullet
in the breast , dying instantly , about
200 yards from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet
in his heart , the bullet striking him
near the picture of a girl suspended
by a ribbon from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shelled the trenches. The
Filipinos stood until the Nebraska
troops were right on the trenches and
then they bolted to the second line of
' entrenchments , a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri
vates and had many wounded , includ
ing two lieutenants. The Iowa regi
ment had several wounded.
The Utah regiment had one officer
and three men wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipinos were found
in the trenches. Their loss was com
paratively small on account of their
safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second
trench with small loss and are holding
the town tonight.
New Flying : Column Formed.
WASHINGTON , April 24. The war
department received cablegram from
General Otis announcing the forma
tion of a new flying column under
command of General Lawton and the
initiation of a new campaign which is
expected to result in clearing out the
jungle in the countr ynorth of Manila
up to the foothills of the mountains on
the northeast and up to the termina
tion of the railroad at Bulacan.
Flars for a Rice War.
CHARLESTON , S. C. , April 24. As
an outcome of the Greenwood county
negro lynching , the negroes of Rich-
ardsonville have determined to prevent
negro lynchings and whitecappings.
The plan adopted is to murder a white
man or burn the home of a white man
for every negro lynched or whipped.
They are said to have banded together
for this purpose.
1o Fight Tobacco Trust.
ST. LOUIS , April 24 A large auti-
trust tobacco factory is to be started
in St. Louis as soon as arrangements
can be made. The proposed factory
promises to be one of the largest in
the country. Every precaution is be
ing taken to keep the matter quiet un
til the plans are fully developed and
those whose names are mentioned in
connection with the new enterprise
refuse to discuss the matter.
According to the reports which are
circulating in financial circles , M. C.
Wetmore will be president and general
manager of the new company.
THE EXPORT TRADE.
A Report That Shows Satisfactory Condi
tion for Our Country.
WASHINGTON , APRIL 24. The
fiscal year of 1898 was the banner
year of the foreign trade of the United
States , our exports being the largest
ever recorded for a like period and
our imports exceptionally small. Ac
cording to a comprehensive report just
prepared by Frank H. Hitchcock , chief
of the section of foreign markets of
the Agricultural department , the total
value of our tlomestic exports reached
the enormous sum of $1,210,291,913 , ex
ceeding the record-breaking figures of
the preceding year by $178,284,310.
On the other hand , the imports dur-
ng 1898 were the smallest since 1885.
their value being $016,049,554 , a de
cline of $148,680,758 from the figures
of 1897. Broadly stated , for every del
lar's worth of foreign merchants sfi
brought into the United States two dollars
lars worth of our products found a
market abroad. Our domestic exports ,
as compared with out Imports , showed
an excess of $594,242,259 , or more than
twice the excess for 1897 , which was
the largest previously reported.
An interesting fact developed by the
report of Mr. Hitchcock is the increase
in the exports of agricultural products ,
there being a 'total of $858,507.942. a
gain of nearly 25 per cent over 1S97.
Exjorts of this class also show a great
er gain proportionately than nonagricultural
cultural exports.
Our purchases of foreign agricultural
products in 1898 amounted to only
$314,291,796 , as compared with $400 , .
871,468 in 1897. a decrease of $86,759-
G72 , or about 22 per cent. The value
of American farm produce sent abioart
during 1898 was much more than dou
ble that of our agricultural imporct. ,
the excess of the former over the latter
amounting to $544,216,146. In 1897 the
excess on the side of the agricultural
exports was only $208.883,725. and in
the years immediately' preceding still
smaller.
The total value of breadstuffs pent
abroad advanced from $197,857,219 In
1S97 to $333.897,119 in 1898. In wheat
and flour alone there was a gain of
nearly $100,000,000. While these enoi-
mous gains resulted in part from the
higher prices that prevailed , there
was at the same time an important in
crease in the quantity shipped. The
total wheat shipments were 148.231,201
bushels , nearly double the quantity exported -
ported in 1S97. Averaging the export
prices at 98.3 cent = ; per bushel , the val
ue was $145.634,659 , a gain of$85.764-
481 over 1897 , when the average prices
was 75.3 cents per bushel and the total
value $59,920,178.
Although our exports of wheat and
flour did not increase very much in
quantity during 1898 , the gain in value
as a lesult of the higher prices amount
ed to $13,349,371. During 1898 the ex
port price averaged as high as $4.51 per
barrel , making the total value of the
shipments $69.263,718 , as compared
with $55,914.347 for 1897 , when the av
erage price per barrel was only $3.84.
In the quantity shipped there was au
increase from 14,569,543 to 15,349.-3 ! !
barrels during the two years men
tioned.
The combined shipments of wheat
and flour would amount to 145,124.97"
bushels for the former year ami to
217,306,055 bushels for the latter. The
total value of the exported wheat and
wheat flour reached as high as $211-
948,377 in 1898. while in 1897 it was
only $115,834,525.
Next to wheat Indian corn showed
ihe largest gain , the total exports be
ing 208,744,939 bushels , valued at $74-
196,850 , as against 176,916,365 bushels ,
valued at $54,851,112 in 1897. The av
erage price in 1S9S was 35.5 cents per
bushel as compared with 30.6 cents
per bushel the preceding year. There
were also noticeable increases in ex
ports of corn meal , 826,662 barrels be
ing sent abroad in 1898 as against
475,266 barrels in 1897. There was an
increase in the price of 23 cents per
barrel making the value of the ex
ports $1,766,068 as against § 902,061 ill
the preceding year.
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Talking Through the Air.
CHICAGO , April 24. Prof. Jerome
J. Green , the new disciple of Marconi ,
sat at his receiving instrument placed
on the eighth floor of the Marquette
building last night and received tele
graphic signals sent via the air line
from the Tribune building , two blocks
away. It meant success for the wire
less telegraphy experiment for that
distance and was a triumph for the
young scientist over conditions which
were exceedingly unfavorable. The
first test of the day , when an attempt
was made to communicate from the
Dearborn station at Polk street to tha
Tribune building , had been a failure.
Subsequent events proved that local
obstructions were the cause. In the
second experiment signals were trans
mitted clearly and accurately from one
room to another through walls and
three thick doors. The second test
sent the dots and dashes to the sounder
across Dearborn street to the Hart
ford building instantaneously and
without a break. Then Prof. Green
consented to make the test over the
loug-distance and the apparatus was
transferred to the Marquette building ,
a distance of about 150 yards. The
vertical wire was lowered from the
sixteenth floor and the receiver was
placed on the eighth floor. When all
was ready for the trial word was sent
through the telephone to the sending
station , where the professor's assist
ant , Albert Kachur. was waiting the
command. The trial was a success.
Further experiments will be made.
II\e Cattle Could JIo Used
WASHINGTON , April 24. The Wade
court of inquiry held a brief open ses
sion to listen to the reading of deposi
tions and to take the testimony of
Major James H. Lancaster of the
Fourth artillery. Major Lancaster said
that while his command was in Porto
Rico it ate only native beef and that
it was relished. He expressed the
opinion that live cattle could have b3en
landed at Baiquiri.
Oldest Member of Commons.
LONDON , April 24. Right Hon. Sir
John Robert Mowbray is dead. Sir
John Mowbray was the nrst Daronet
of that name , the baronetcy having
been created in 1880. He was born
June 3 , 1815. He represented the city
of Durham in the house of commons
from 1853 to 1S6S and the University
of Oxford from 1863 to the time of hia
death.
OENERAZ. NEWS NOTES.
The sultan of Morocco Is about to
sustain a severe loss by the retirement
from his service of Kaid Maclean , the
Scottish laird , who for so many years
has been commander in chief of his
army.
The order issued by the Norwegian
government that no Swedish officer
shall be permitted hereafter to inspect
forts In Norway Is taken to mean that
war is to come if a separation of Nor
way and Sweden cannot be otherwise
effected.
It is hard to think of Admiral Schley
as a farmer , despite the skillful way in
which he planted Cervera's ships , but
he was brought up on a farm and al
ways had inclinations that way. He
went so far once as buying a ranch in
Wyoming.
There will be no more six-day bicy
cle races in New York , Governor
Roosevelt having signed the bill for
bidding more than twelve hours upon
. Man's inhumanity
the track in twenty-four.
humanity to man thus receives dis
tinct discouragement.
H. E. Huntington , nephew of Collls
P. Huntington , and now holding high
office in the Southern Pacific railroad ,
was made by his uncle to undergo a
severe training for the place and had
to work his way up from the position
of an ordinary train hand.
The Missouri house passed the sen
ate bill levying an inspection tax of
1 cent per gallon and 2 cents for each
package of beer sold in the state. The
bill passed by a close vote of seventy-
one to fifty-one after a hot fight. No
charge is made for inspecting beer
shipped from the state.
The descendants of Sir Francis
Drake , sailer , and , according to sonra
historians , occasionally a pirate , are
about to take legal steps to recover
certain personal and real estate which
they claim has been unjustly withheld
from them. The number of heirs is
roughly estimated at about 4,000.
The great battle for United States
senator from Pennsylvania ended
without an election and unless Gov
ernor Stone calls an extra session , at
which there should be an election ,
Pennsylvania will have only one rep
resentative in the United States sen
ate during the next two years. After
the taking of the ballot in-joint con
vention a motion was offered by Mr.
Few , democrat of Philadelphia , and
adopted that a vote of thanks be ten
dered the officers and that the conven
tion adjourn sine die.
The building and contracting firm
of Marvin & Brown , Chicago , began
suit for $50,000 damages against the
Chicago Master Steam Fitters' associ
ation and numerous officials and mem
bers of that body for alleged "black
listing. " It is alleged that the defend
ant association has an understand'ng
and agreement with the Chicago Jour
neymen Steam Fitters' association to
the effect that when the first party
considers that it has a grievance
against any contractor or person whom
it may desire to "blacklist" the second
party will withdraw all its members
at the order of the master from work
on any contracts held by the "black
listed" party.
Hon. James P. Taliaferro , the newly
elected United States senator from
Florida , was born at Orange Court
House , Va. , September 30 , 1847 , where
he spent most of his boyhood life. He
served valiantly as a private in the
confederate army. After the war he
moved to Jacksonville , Fli. , and en
gaged in the logging and sawmill busi
ness. Mr. Taliferro has been and is
now connected with a number of large
.commercial enterprises. He is presi
dent of the Fiist National bank of
Tampa and vice president of the lead
ing wholesale grocery house in Flori
da. He has never been a candidate
for office , but it an untiring worker iu
the democratic ranks.
The weekly bulletin issued by the
Iowa weather and crop service depart
ment says : "Last week brought a
decided improvement in weather con
ditions. In the northern and cen'ral
districts much progress has been made
in seeding wheat and oats , and the
bulk of small grain will be planted
within the coming week with genera I/
fair conditions of the soli. In portions
of the southern districts the work of
seeding has been retarded by excessive
moisture in the soil. The acreage of
spring wheat seeding in the northern
and central districts will not te ira-
terially less than last year and about
the usual area of other small grain will
probably be sown. The extensive kill
ing of clover will probably necessitate
plowing and planting more than VIA
usual amount of meadow and pasture
land. Reports as to condition of win
ter wheat are generally unfavorable. "
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE
Oinalia , Chicago and New York Market
Quotations.
OMAHA.
Uutter Creamery separator. . . 13 a CO
Butter Choice fancy country. 14 a iu
1'resli , per dot. . 10 a
Chicken Hie. per pound . 10 a K
Turkey& , dressed . 1'i a , 13
I'ljreoiis live , per doz . 70 a 75
Lemons Per box . 3 75 a 4 50
Oruiices Per box . 250 a 3 i5
C'ranoerriCM Jorscyspurbbl. . . . 8 50 : i 9 23
Apples Per barrel . 375 a 5 50
Ilonev Choice , per pound . I'-Jtfa U
Onions Per biibliel . 00 a "J5
Ueans IlandplcUed navy . 1 35 a 1 40
Potatoes Per bushel , new . f' 0 a 1 25
Hay Upland perton . o 03 a U OJ
SOUTH OMAHA.
Hogs Choice lljiht . 3 CO a 3 63
Hogs Heavy weights . 3 55 a 3 70
Beef steers . 3 40 a 3 45
Bulls . 250 a 4 50
Staps . 3 10 a 4 00
Caives . * 50 a 375
Western feeders . 2 00 a 4 00
Cows . 2 00 a 4 10
Heifers . 3 7J a 4 6i
Stockers and feeders . 3 60 a 1 75
Sheep Lambs . 5 30 a 5 50
Sheep Western wethers . 4 63 a 4 75
CHICAGO.
Wheat No2 spring . 71 a 72J
Corn Per bushel . 31 a 31 *
Oats Per bushel . 27 a 23'
Barlev No. 2 . 37 a 47
Rye No. 2 . 5'5 a 53tf
Timothy seed , per bu . 225 a 2 30
Pork Percwt . S 1)0 ) a 8 05
Lard Per 100 pounds . 450 a 5 CO
Cattle Western fed steers . 4 70 a 5 00
Cattle Native baef steers . 3 00 a 4 iii
Hogs Mixed . 3 5 > a 3 S2
Slitep T.ainbs . 500 a 5 no
Sneep Western Rangers . 300 a 4 5C
SEW YOIUC JIAHKET.
Wheat No. 2 , red winter . SIVfa 82
Corn No. 2 . 43 a 44
Oats No. 2 . 20 Ha 30
KANSAS CITV.
Wheat No. 2 spring . Co a GO
Corn No.2 . 33 a 3t
Oats No. 2 . 2Stfa 2J
Sheep Muttons . 350 a 4 23tf
Hogs Mixed . 355 a 3 25
Oattle Stockers and feeders. . 3 ,5 a 7iO
A NEW CHAPTAUQUA.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SEC
OND ANNUAL GATHERING.
Beat Spenkerg in the Lund ti > He Kngnfjed
and 3 In u y Improvement * Made to 1'rc-
mete the Popularity of the Niw Kc-
sort lu the Ilocky
( Denver Loiter. )
A biisj- hum of life pervades Boulder ,
Colorado , and it is on the qul vivo of
expectation , preparing to receive in
royally good style all guests of the
Texas-Colorado Chautr.aiiua , oil July
4th. The second annual meeting of
this young but largo and enthusiastic
body will be inaugurated by introduc
ing some of the best patriotic speakers
of the country , by filling the air with
strains of most beautiful melody and
ending the day in a blaze of pyrotech
nic glory.
Boulder : The name conjures up
such delightful visions of nature's
gifts. The mighty hills lie hazily blue
around the nestling town and waft an
air of balm and healing that is like
clixer to the tired brain and body.
Mountains are always deceptive and
one who views them from a distance
cannot know and appreciate them un
til he goes right into the heart of them
and learns their secrets.
When you are in Boulder the moun
tains are ' 'right there. " anil a short
stroll will take you to their base , then
SCENE IN BOULDER CANON.
you can follow any winding trail and
be ready for all the little surprises that
come m your wav. The gladdening in
fluence of nature's music will soon en
thuse , inspire , and you will find your
self admiring all the artistic touches on
lichen-covered rocks , the masonry of
great walls of boulders , here and there
clotted with dark fuzzes of stunted
pine , or overgrown with blooming ten
drils. Brave little flowers will bid you
welcome from some rude cradle high up
ou the mountain sides and you will
wonder where they derive their life
and sustenance. Then again they Avill
cast themselves all around your feet ,
clamoring for recognition , and you
beutl to lavish caresses and assert
ownership of these gorgeous and at
tractively fragile beauties. The birds
flit around you and carelessly plunge
into spray-crowned brook , which goes
leaping anil flouncing along , with
mirthful abandon , kissing and cooling
the gray granite walls of its canon
lover as it scurries along to the mys
tical sea. The soft frowning of these
mountain streams mingled with the
soughing of the winds in the pines
complete nature's harmonious greeting
and it has a most beneficent effect ou
mind and spirit , when weary and need
ing contentment and peace.
Sixty or seventy-five three and four-
room cottages are being erected anil
the rent of these is purely nominal. A
large ( lining hall , capable of seating 400
at a time , will be under the supervision
of one of the best chefs of the coun
try. Board will be reasonable.
The best lecture talent in the coun
try is being secured and the large aud
itorium , with seating capacity of 5,000 ,
is likely to be overtaxed. On this ac
count , and to provide for emergencies
when the auditorium is occupied , it is
deemed advisable to erect a large cen
tral cottage with a number of rooms ,
near the auditorium. Here all the
meetings of the Woman's Council can
be held , or an extra session of conven
tions. No charge will be made for the
use of this building , a course more lib
eral than is in practice in any of the
old established Chautauquas. Boulder
is determined to lead in everything ,
and it will be safe to assume that in
point of equipment , talent and loca
tion , there is not a better place in the
United States to spend one's summer
vacation.
The Boulder Electric Company have
their engineers on the ground and they
are making maps and taking field
notes so grading will soon be begun for
an electric Hue from the depot to the
park.
The mornings and evenings are
quite cool and it will be necessary toj
bring a goodly supply of warm flan
nels and a big shawl or wrap for sit
ting out after the sun has gone down.
Stout shoes , so that one can take the
walks and climbs in the mountains ,
will be needful. The thin-soled foot
coverings are practically of no use for
the rough stones and pebbles are
quickly felt , and footsore and weary
you will return from your jaunts if
this kind be affected.
In making plans , do not forget the
children. They love an outing as well
as the grown folks , and the manage
ment has made very excellent provis
ion for their entertainment and accom
modation. Bring sensible dresses , old
shoes , old hats and old everything , and
then turn them loose to frolic and en
joy to their little hearts' content.
Mothers can feel perfectly at case to
have their little ones under careful su
pervision and take short excursions
bent solely on pleasure.
The advisory Iward of the Texas-
Colorado Chautauqua Is composed of
men of international reputation. These
names should indicate the high stand
ing of the summer school : J. II. Baker ,
president of the State University. Boul
der , Colorado ; Z. X. Snyder. president
Colorado State Normal School , Greeley.
Colorado ; Itcgis Chauveuet. president
State School of Mines , Ciolden , Colorado
rado : W. F. Slocum. president Colorado
College. Colorado Springs. Colorado.
All information desired about the
Chautauqua can be gained by writing
to the secretary , J. W. Freeman , Coop
er , building , room 717 , Denver Cole
lado.
Some of the country's greatest solo
ists will appear during the course and
the services of one of the finest or
chestras obtainable will be secured.
I There is a sharp competition now existing -
! isting amoug leading baud masters and
orchestra leaders to secure this cov
eted honor. Satisfaction given here
means a card for the orchestra else
where.
A school and collegiate department
will be in full operation , and these |
will be in charge of the best instruc
tors. The course will embrace litera
ture , languages , mathematics , natural
history , general history , pedagosry.
child study , and kindred branches and
domestic science , if there be enough
applications for the same. Philosophy ,
icligion. art , and music will 'be ' given
each its important place.
It is doubtful if there be a more suc
cessful teacher of art than Mrs. John
B. Sherwood of Chicago. She is a
great philanthropist as well as lec
turer , and gives the proceeds of her
work towards thp maintenance of the
Working Girls' Home in Chicago. In
the Windy City she is considered a
great drawing card , and her art con
ference' ' are filled with the best and
most cultured people. She was at
Boulder last year , and it is possible
that che will be again welcomed there
at the Chautauqua at its second ses
sion. She has studied in all the Euro
pean centers , and the course in art
will embrace studies of art in all the
European cities. She travels with a
real art gallery , aud she illustrates by
photographs all her subjects. She se
cured at a great expense last year
some of the most noted paintings and ,
with a heavy insurance on these , she
was able to present to her classes these
masterpieces of the brush. The course
this year will be a most earnest one ,
and the knowledge gained will be a
great eye-opener towards the apprecia
tion of the beauty iu art and nature
hereafter.
In conclusion , it might be added that
the Chautauqua pays no dividends and
is not conducted for personal profit.
All surplus made by the Chautauqua
is to be spent in improvements. The
auditorium came in for its share this
year and it was necessary to remodel
it a little to accommodate a greater
number. The organization is com
posed of men of broad sentiments , who
love this wonderful country and feel
that in the West ought to TJO devel
oped a great summer-educational and
health-giving center , where thousands
may find each year recreation and ad
vantages of intellectual growth.
THE UTET RESERVATION.
Indian Lauds- . Colurudo few Opened for
Settlement.
A Washington , dispatch , says : The
opening of. the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation , which , has been awaited
with impatience for many mouths ,
has at hist been , accomplished , the
President Laving issued his proclama
tion on April 4th , announcing the open
ing of these lands ton settlement ef
fective at nootu. May 4 181)0.
Tills vast area o arable lauds , fif
teen by sixty miles In size , located on
either side of the Denver & lUo Grande
railroad , south and east of Durango ,
cannot fail to attract a. large and de
sirable class of settlers. . The Ute In
dians are entitled , , under the law of
1SJ)3 , to . ' { 74. allotments out of the en
tire tract. AIL the remainder of the
area , , about ( ij,000 ( acres , will be sub
ject to entry under the desert home
stead , timber and townsite laws , and
the laws governing the disposal of coal ,
mineral , stone and. timber lands , and
many of the IiulLiu allotments will be
leased by intelligent white men at rea
sonable rates. The lands embrace both
valley and mesa. or. uplands , but the
supply of water for Irrigation is many
times greater than , will be called for.
The- soils are the semi-adobe , sandy
loam and red the Conner being pecu
liarly adapted for the growth of grain
and grasses , , while the soils last named
are unequalled for the growth of vege
tables , alfalfa and fruit trees. Owing
to the percentage ot" gypsum in the bottom
tom lauds , the yield of clover is as
high as three and one-half tons to the
acre.
Aside from the agricultural future of
this great area of virgin soil , the stock
industry gives promise of almost un-
Uniitt'd growth. The plateaus afford
a perioTT 01
tural , and ten years for mining
jjraziug lands. The advantages of the
leasing system are :
First The lands are exempt from
taxation and free from cost of water
charges , as the Indians ow'u the canals
and ditches.
Second The rental in most instances
a small amount in cash and a share of
the crop one-fourth or one-third.
Third Indians can be hired to work
at small wages and spend their money
at homo , thus keeping the money in
circulation in the community.
Fourth The Utes are paid § 30,000
annually by the government. The
treaty provides that this payment shall
continue "forever. " This money goes
into circulation in the immediate re
gion where it is distributed from the
bountiful hand of Uncle Sam.
The act of Congress of February 20 ,
1893 , which fixed the time for the
President's proclamation six months
from that date , but which has been de
layed until now , cites how the land
shall be taken up by the whites , and is
as follows :
"And shall be subject to entry under
the desert , homestead and townsite
laws , and the laws governing the dis
posal of coal , mineral , stone aud tim
ber lauds , but no homestead settler
shall receive a title to any portion of
such lands at less than one dollar and
twenty-live cents per acre , aud shall
be required to make a cash payment
of fifty cents per acre at the time filing
is made upon any of said lauds. "
The advantages of cash payment oC
fifty cents per acre are many. It shuts
out the "professional boomer. " and
leads direct to a first-class citizenship
that is , men of thrift , energy and in-
diistry.
The location of the lands in question
embraces all that has been , by virtue
of being an Indian reserve , witheld
from entry. It is the last chance for
cheap , fertile and enviable homes.
The land offices are in the city of
Durango , which is the commercial ,
manufacturing and educational center
of southwestern Colorado. The city
enjoys a population of S.COO and the
singular distinction of being the best
built city of its size in the West , be
ing largely of brick and stone and ent-
br5eiug among its edifices many costly'
business and residence structures , as
well as expensive modern public , school
and church buildings. Durango num
bers among its business enterprises tin *
San Juan branch of the Omaha-Grant
smelter , employing hundreds of men ,
several large coal and coke companies ,
electric street railways , two daily pa
pers , iron works , flouring mills , manu
facturing enterprises of various de
scriptions and many extensive whole
sale and retail establishments. The
city is the terminal of the Itio Grande
system and enjovs as tributaries a *
larjre section of the San Juan mining
country as well as the agricultural , or
chard and range sections of southwest
ern Colorado , northern New Mexico
and southeastern Utah. Durango'a
prosperity and commercial importance
will be materially increased by open
ing for public entry under the home
stead , timber and mineral laws the un
allotted lauds embraced within tha
boundaries of the Southern Ute reser
vation and provided for by congres
sional enactment , as the soils subject
to entry are susceptible to the perfect
"
growth" cereals , grasses , fruit and
vegetables , and tributary to the best
cash markets the West affords. To im
press the houieseeker and those of au
agricultural inclination with the su
perior market facilities of this section ,
it is only necessary to call attention to
the fact that the extensive mining in
terests embraced in the San Juan coun
try afford employment to many thou
sands of men who depend absolutely
upon tributary agricultural sections
for the products of the ranch , range ,
orchard and garden. Durango Is not
dependent upon the ebb and flow of
any one Industry , but blends smelting ,
manufacturing , mining ( coal , iron aud
precious metals ) with agriculture ,
horticulture aud stock growing to an
extent that renders the future a cer
tainty as to commercial promiueuo *
and industrial success.
A company has been formed in Illi
nois for the manufacture of an arti
ficial stone resembling marble , the
components of the substance being
glue water , ammonia. glyceriue-alum
and plaster of paris.