THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , AUGUST 21 , 1S97 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY JSTVE CENTS.
SELECT A DIRECTOR
Lively Meeting of the Directors of the
TrancmiEsissippi Exposition.
UNUSUAL DEGREE OF INTEREST IS SHOWN
Till Vacancy Caused by the Death of
Director Dan Farrell , Jr.
TOM HOCTOK OF SOUTH OMAHA IS CHOSEN
County Commissioner Elrctsd to Place on
First Ballot.
DION GERAIDINE CALLED ON TO EXPLAIN
Given Version of I lie ltnllmi > Goad-net
Uni'KllonVlilcli CniilllclN with the
moiil Hndc li > TriiiiMtor-
tullon DI-IIMI Inn-ill.
Tnw exposition directory held an ad
journed meeting yesterday with twenty-six
members present Thomas Hector of South
Ontalu was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Dan Farrcll , Jr ,
rud the lallvvaj trackage and water supply
questions were fully dlacueocd.
When the meeting was ready for business
.Mr Rector called attention to the death of
Mr T'\ircll , and moved the appointment of
a cppclal committee of three to prepare
it b'n rcijol'itlons. A motion to that tf- !
'cct wao carried , and the president np-
poltucd Mix * re Rector , Wharton and Saun-
dcri who will report at a Bubaoement incet-
Jna Of the board
j'rfaldent Wattles said the next business
vould bo the election of a man to fill this
C F Wellcr pi .cod Clement Chuse In
nomination In a ma't speech.
A 11 Noes i-uld coimlderablo dlEbatisfac-
tlun hau existed In South Omaha because
a .esidtnt of that city had not been
elected as a director when former vacancies
Jiau occuwcd lie placed Thomas Hector lu
nomination.
F .Nioungs nominated William H. Bell ,
president of the Central Labor union , as
the r prinentative- organized labor.
' 1'ici ' pituidcnt appointed Mcssis. Yost and
Leo an tellers
While tlie vote was being counted Gen
eral Manden .n asked foi infoimatlon ou the
BUbjert of water far the lagoon
PrcdidentattltQ bald negotiations were
pending with the Omaha Water company
for sapplylug water on ternn favoiablo to
Uii > expedition , but final anangementti could
not be made until the litigation In the
courts Is ended. He tald llgurce are now
being obtained fcr pipe
Genital Mamlcibon wanted to know If the
aruuK'ii well was a succeoh or a faliuic.
Mr Wattlco Eaid it was a biicccbs , giving
< . ( low of about forty-five gallons per mln-
itt He said it was , the intention to put
nn air lift In the well , which would Increase
the volume to about 250 gallons per minute.
In i espouse to another iiucatlon MrVat -
tlct ) said the well had ccat about $3,500.
Mr Wlnrton said the Park board had
agreed to take the well contract oft the
liandj of the exposition and pa } for It. He
declared most emphatically that the well
vvau a good one and would answer fullj for
park purposes He eald he had ovei heard
dome ono remark that Iho well contracl
was the most foollbh contract ever heard
of. He refuted this nbseitlon , and said the
Park board Intended to put an air lift lu the
iwcll ,
The well was then diopped and Mr
Wharton Introduced an amendment to the
b-laws providing that a quorum of the
board should bo fifteen membeio
Mr. Kount/u thought llftcen was too small
a number and amended by making twenty
constitute a quorum.
TOM HOCTOR WINS OUT.
At this point the tellers reported ou the
ballot for a director to succeed Mr. Parrel
01 follows : Chase C , Bell 1 , Hector 17
Mr. Hector was declared elected and Mr
Nocs escorted him into the room , where
lie took his eeat amid applause.
General Manderson opposed any change In
the b-luwc9. He Bald he thought that since
the summer vacation was over a majority
of members might be obtained.
Mr Wharton favored reducing the quorum
eo that thoio Interested enough * to attciu
ehould not have their hands tied.
Mr Llndsey favored changing the by
laws to provide that any director falling to
attend two consecutive meetings might bo
dropped from the directory.
Mr. Korty offered a substitute In writing
which ho had drawn up. It was along the
eamo lines an < Mr. Llndsey'o suggret'lon
making pickncos or absence from the city
BUlIlclent excuseo for absence.
The cmbstlti'to was adopted without n
dissenting vote , Mr. Wharton calling attcn
tlon to the fact that It did not make any
real change In the b-lavvs.
By thta tlmo D. Gcraldlno , superintend
cnt of construction , had como Into the
room , and Pretldent Wattles called on bin
for a statement regarding the artesian well
Mr. Geialdlne said the well had CM
within a few dollars of ft , GOO , and has n
flow on the level of the lagoon of fifty gal
loiw per minute , illo said It was the la
tentlon to use an air lift , which might In
create the flow to 100 or 200 gallons pc
minute Ho > ald It could not be told dcfl
nltely what the rev-nit of an air lift wouli
lie Mr Gcraldlne eald further that the wel
had not been "shot" for the purpose of In
creating thu flow , hut simply to Incrcas
the capaclt } making a reservoir at the hot
torn of the well eo that the water woule
flow In rapidly when It was pumped out ,
Mr Hosewater then asked Mr Geruldln
for a Htatement regarding the railway track
ago on the grounds and regarding the rat
that should bo charged for shifting cars
Mr Hoaewater slid ho wanted an cxprcsslot
of opinion from the directors on thl
matter
Mr Geraldlne eald ho would not like t
make a state'inent unless ho won allow e
to go Into detail on the history of the whol
matter
Mr Mandernon expressed the hope tha
( ho whole matter should bo thoroughly dls
curacd and said he hoped there would b
no disposition to throttle debate or cove
up an > matter In which the directory wa
Interested , Ho made extended remark
along thrt line , mid said the duty of th
board was to protect the lu tercet * of th
exposition and It would only do thin b
Knowing the full details ,
UUUALDINI5 ON THC CAIIPET.
Mr Geraldtno theu made a statement. II
aid the water question was a serious one
If the water could be bocured from th
water compan } on favorable terms that wa
undoubtedly the beat thing to do If tha
could not he accomplished , ho said watt'
could bo tpcurcd from Cut Off lake , or , 1
( ho ownen * of that property objected , the
water could be drawn from the river at
maximum cost of { 11,000 ,
Mr. Gcraldlno then went Into an ex
! iauetl\e statement regarding the rallvva
question , He Mid when he first advise
( hat the site be changed ho had been an
cured that the light of way for the IClkbor
to crcea the iMitsourl Pacific tracks ha
been secured. Afterward it had dcv elope
( hat this right had not been secured , an
the nikhorn had notified him that the
would not attempt to enter the grounds
Later ho tald. the whole matter had bee
turned over to Mr , Babrork and an agree
tnent re-ached between Mr , lUbcocK and It
Mlmourl Pacific for a tcimlnol charge ci
14 per car. Mr , Ucraldlno oaid it wax un
true that the contract had been In his pr *
Bpselou two wtH'kn as bad been tUled I
the nent-pipers. Ik ould It was re un d t
ho Missouri Pacific by Air. Babcock for
orrcctlon and had been returned by the
allway company. He oald that on account
' Mr Bahcock'R omce being closed the
ontract wan left In the speaker's office
nd wni turned over by him the same day
o Mr Babcocks representative. He also
eccunted the events of recent occurrence ,
aklng occasion several times to slap at the
ewspapcrs for making what he character-
zed aa report's viH"h were "absolutely un-
rue"
In reply to a question by General Mandcr-
011 , Mr tleraldlno elated that the contract ,
n now drawn , compile * * substantially with
! io suggestions of Mr , 'Habcock
A question by Mr Kountze elicited the
tatcmcnt that the World's fair manage
ment laid Us own tracks and made n tcrml-
al charge of $2 per car
At the conclusion of his remarks Mr.
Icsewatcr said he only wished to my that
o far us the statement of Mr Geraldlne ,
egnrdlng alleged mlsatatements In the news-
mpcrs to the effect that he had held the
allwa } contract two weeks , were concerned ,
hat the Information on which this state-
ncnt was based came from the Transporta-
Ion department and the truth of the stile-
mcnt rested between Mr. Geraldlnc and that
epartment
TERMINAL , CHAKGn EXCHSSIVC.
Mr Ilosowater then took up the railway
rackago matter He said this was a vital
lueslloit and ono In which the exposition
md a great Interest , HP discussed the pro-
) osed terminal charge of $1 and showed that
t was higher than corresponding distances
n other parts of the city Mr. Uosewater
laid further that the estimated cost of con-
itructlon as figured b } the Missouri Pacific
was excessive He outlined the proposition
or the exposition to construct the tracks
and use clcctile power , which was dlscitfcsed
> y the executive committee.
Mr Manderson slid the directors were not
experts and could never settle the matter ,
and he moved that the whole question be re-
erred to the executive committee with the
request that the committee call In Jlcssro.
Dickinson , Holdrcge and llldwell general
nanagcrs respectively of the Union Pacific ,
Bmllngton and Elkhorn roads
This motion was adopted and the board
adjourned to go Into executive scbslon with
ho executive committee regarding matters
connected with the exposition.
The maximum temperature yesterday was
"G degiccs , two degrees more than on Thurs
day. It was generally a cloudy day , and late
in the afternoon there was a slight fall of
aln , but not enough to make a marking on
the register Another evidence of warmer
weather wah the change in the wind. , cerlng
from the no-th , where It had been t > r sev
eral das , to the southeast. The \iredlc-
tlon for today la for fair weather , vUh a
slight change lu the temperature.
NH OII.IiCT 'IO TI1L3 THVII.S.
\\lll .Not Ciie I'll I. n ml to Let Cuttle
Into > < * liriiNlvii.
ItCKEBUD , S. D , Aug 20 ( Special )
The attempt to get a cattle trail five miles
wide across Ucsebud rcvsrvatlon will not
meet with the approval of the Indians No
such tiall could be made now without In
cluding a good many allotments and no
Indian would agree to that. It has taken
tcven yeais' bird work to get the Lower
Brutes Into Hobebud , and many Kosebud
men are very sore over the loss of land
the } have taken and will not cede any more
to any ono.
The ranchmen on White river are not in
"
favor of It , as cattle brought in from" Bad
and Chcenne rlvere would feed and water
on White river on the drive to the trail.
Th's would eat all the grass off White river
land. Senator Pettigrcw has looked up the
matter of a highway Into Nebraska from
South Dakota , but saw there was no
chance of the Indians giving their consent ,
so gave it up several } ears ago. Most of
the cattle shipped out from Pierre ami
Chamberlain go to the Sioux City market
and are taken Into Nebraska by that route.
SOUTH \KOT.V II VS .NO II YHSIIAL.
ecmllle'i-'N Term HUM i\iilrod anil
111 * Suei-t-HMii- Not Aiinoliiti-d.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D , Aug 20 ( Special
Telegram ) There Is no United States mar
shal for South Dakota , the term of Otto Pee-
miller having expired. The best authorities
say that the maishal holds his office during
the period for which his commission is is
sued and does not hold over until his suc
cessor Is appointed. It Is expected that Cd
Kennedy of Eureka will be appointed within
a day or two.
Will llniid n I'l | ie I. hie lo the Ilnllronil.
CHEYENNE , WO , Aug 20. ( Special. )
P. A. Shannon of Plttsburg , Pa. , president of
the Pennsylvania Oil company , operating In
the Casper , Wyo. , oil fields , reached here
today cnrouto to the oil wells. Mr. Shan
non states that his company Is figuring on
building a pipe Hue from the oil wells on
Salt creek to Casper , providing a reasonable
freight rate can be secured from the Chicago
cage & Northwestern railroad on oil ship
ments from that point. If not , the line will
bo built to Orln Junction , the terminus of
the Chejenno & Northern branch of the
Denver & . Gulf system , and the business
turned over to that line , Mr. Shannon
sajo his company his 5,000 baircls of oil
stoied for shipment at the wells and at
Casper.
JnilBTc Hurt ( iot-H liihiine.
CHEYENNE , WO. , Aug. 20 ( Special ) -
Word was locelvcd here today by the county
authorities that Judge A. B. Hart of this
place , who has been out with the govern
ment survey outfit of E. r. Stable In the
Big Horn basin , had gone Insane. Judge
Hart was similarly mulcted last year while
ou a surveying trip , but recovered his reason
In a short time Ho Is now believed tc
be hopeltesly Insane and will be taken to the
state asylum at Evanston
IIU-H from n HOINO'N IClcU.
OAIIBON , Wyo. , Aug 20. ( Speclal.-
Jnmcs Finch of this place , who was Injured
a week ago by his team running away , died
} reterday from his wounds. Finch WUE
hauling a heavy load of coal when the har
ness broke as he vvaa coming down u steer
hill. The horses started to run , and Duel
jumped from the wagon to to and holt
their heads Om > of the horses kiiKed liln
under the wagon , which passed over hli
body , Injuring his spine.
C bnillli IN Iteiioinliilltod ,
MITCHELL , S. D. Auc 20. ( Specia
Telegram. ) The republicans of the Tourtf
judicial circuit met in this city toda } am
unanimously rcnomlnatcd Prank B. Smith
the present Incumbent , for the position o ;
judge of thin circuit. There was no OPJKW.
tlon to his rcuomlnatlon To be succc&afu
the republicans will have to overcome a ma
jorlty of SOO votes lu this circuit , accordln ;
to the last election.
OlVei-h n HeMiird for llohliei * .
CHBYENNE. Wo , Aug -Special ( ) -
The government , through United State :
Marshal McDermott , has offered n inwanl
of | J50 for the an cat and conviction of the
persons vvt > o robbed thu stages and govern
ment ambulance In the Yellowstone Na
tional park on the 14th Inst
Suntli ,
PIKRKE , S. D. . Aug. 20 ( Special Tele
gram ) The total figures of the South Da
Kota atst'i-siiie-nt for thla
> ear are completes
and ehn an a&woable valuation of $120
107 NA an Incnasr of $7"i/004 over the as
" 1 1 i > f luil } c r.
ARMY OF POTOMAC REUNION
Notable Gathering of Men Who Fought to
Save the Country ,
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY ' IN ATTENDANCE
( Her KlKlitcett Iliindrod XnUonnl
( iliurilnlilcli .loin lit ( In- Parade
Aliluli INuorlH ( lie button' *
Chlvf 12xvuutl\o.
TROY , N. V , Aug 20. Great preparations
were made to entertain the 3,000 visiting
members and friends of the Army of the
Potomac , who gathered hero to lay for their
twenty-eighth annual reunion The clt }
was ablaze with decorations , and every hall
and available space had been turned Into
an armory for the accommodation of the
welcome' guestThe ! airlval early In the
day of President McKlnlev was the ( list
feature that attracted attention
P evident lIcKlnley and Secretary Alger
arrived In the city at 9 30 o'clock In Presi
dent Ollphanfs private car , attached to the
icgular train , which left Plattsburg last night.
At the station ho was met by Adjutant Gen
eral Tllllnghan and Governor Black's mllltaiy
secretary. Colonel Trcadwell There was a
crowd and plenty of cheering , but the pie l-
dcnt tefused to speak and cnteiod a carriage
and was drlved at once to the Troy hoLse ,
which will be Ills headquarters At 10 o'clock
he vvaa taken with his paity to &ec a collar
factor } with over 2,000 ghls and women em
ployes at work
Senator Cdvvard Murphy accompanied the
president and Secretary Alger to the factenv
and the proprietors allowed them through.
Lvcry one of the 2,000 emplocs was dei-o-
ratcd with a Hag and many of the machines
were also adorned with the national colois.
In each room except the laundry and ma
chinery room , the operatives stood up when
the pieuldent enteied and cheered vocifer
ous ) }
After the inspection he said"It was not
only a novel but to me a vcr } wonderful
sight " At the conclusion of the Inspection
the president and escort went across the
river to the Watervllet artenal , where the
i IntelCftting work of shrinking a gun Jacket
| upon a gun was watched The national si-
i lute was fired and the guard turned out
and President McKlnley pvpiess > ed oatlsfac-
tion at the busy condition of things Ae
the pirty cros cd the river , every boat
within a mile of the city water front blew a
salute.
Following closely upon the arrival of Presi
dent McKinle } the varlaus ami } corps com
posing the Army of the Potomac met in
dependently at headquarteis heretofore efitab-
Ihhed for them and held their buslncsi ireet-
Ing The corps corapilslng the Arm } of the
Potomac were the Thiid , Second , Twelfth
Ninth. Fifth , Eleventh and Sivth , officered
as follows
There was a curious incident before thu
parade of the trcops The chief of the de
tective force , Impicp.'sd with the responsi
bility of the protection he must ntlord the
president , WES riding along the route of the
march when he espied a red flag waving
from a etaff attached to a tree He stopped
and asked who was holding an auction and
homebody near by shouted "Anaichlst to
kill McKlnley , that s the signal" In an
instant with visions of Canovas and Faure
the flag was torn dov.n and the staff broken
Then the grand marshal of the day ap
pealed and with much angci declared that
the flag wao a algnal to the national guard
troops to prepaie for a marching salute
The flag was restored.
CORPS ORGANIZATIONS.
Third Corps Captain Isaac P. Gragg , Bos.
ton , president ; General Rusllng , Trenton , N ,
J. , vice president , hecrctary. Colonel L W
Welling of Pennington , N. J. , and the ofllei
Is a pe manent one The treasurer Is Majoi
William P Slu eve , Boston.
Second Corps President , General John R.
Brooke , U. S A. ; vice presidents , General
X B. Batchelder , U. S. A. , General John
Gibbon and Colonel Thomas n Barker ; sec
retary and treasurer. Colonel Charles W
Scott ; historian , General Francis A. WalKer ,
executive committee , Captain Gustavo Mag-
nltzky , Colonel W. R Driver , Captain A
Slveney , Major T. C. Love , Colonel S. P
Corliss
Twelfth Corps Captain Walker , Boston ,
president ; C. W. Boyce , Buffalo , vice presi
dent ; surgeon , John J. Lowe , Montclalr ,
N. J.
Ninth Corps Colonel Andrew D. Balrd ol
Brookln , president ; General II. G Thomah ,
vice president ; Major L C. Brackett of New
York , secretary and treasurer
Fifth Corps President , General Fltz John
Porter , U S. A. , retired , first vice president ,
General A. P. Martin , U S. A ; second vice
president , Captain R , Burnett Smith , late
U S. A. ; secretary and treasurer , Bievet
Lieutenant Colonel A. M. Clark , U. S A ,
executive committee. Captain John C White ,
U. S A , retired , Brevet Major L N. Tucker ,
eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteers ; Pri
vate George A. Swain , Second Massachusetts
volunteers.
Eleventh Corps General Louis P. Dl Ccs-
neil of New York , president ; Captain Her
bert Dilger of Luray , Va , Captain A. B
Searles of Paw tucket , R. I. , Captain Charles
Paddock of New York City , vice presidents ,
Captain Francis Irsch , New York , secretary. .
Colonel A. C. Hamlin , Bangor , Me , his
torian.
Sixth Corps. Major A. B. Valentine of Ben.
nlngton , Vt. , president ; Captain A. M
Beattle of Lancaster , N. H , Captain Jamc1-
II. Love of Jersey City and Colonel Robert
L. Orr of Philadelphia , vice presidents , Ser
geant Henry C. Larowe of lirooltljn , record
Ing secretary ; Captain G 0. Brown of Port
land , Me , corresponding secretary ; Colonel
S L Truesdale , Brooklyn , treasurer.
The parade In honor of the piesldent anil
the Ami } of the Pntomac was one of the
largest ever seen In Troy , nearly l.SOC
guardsmen were In line and about 1,000 sur
vivors of the late war The three Natlona
guard companies of Troy acted as escort tc
the presidential party and Governor Frank fe
Black and staff All along the line oi
march the pnadlng column was greeted bj
thousands that lined the pavements am
filled every available point of vantage
ARMY CORPS ELECTIONS.
The various arm } corps held their elee
tlons today and selected the following ofil-
ccrs :
Eleventh Army Corps President , Colonel
A. C. Hamblln , vice presidents , Major L
M Jewett Captain James T. Alexander
Captain \ B Feailes , eecretar } , Fraiflc
Irsch , tieasurei Captain J. P , Wernock
historian Colonel A C Hamblln
Sixth Ami } Corps Piesldent General B
P French of Saiatoga , vice presidents. Cap
tain J. A HiekB , Colonel S W Russell
Captain S C Buinham , recording seere
tar } , Captain J II Love ; corresponding
secietary , Corporal L A. Upson , treasurer
Colonel Samuel Trueodell , vice president o
the Arm } of the Potomac , Sergeant Hcn-j
f Larowe
Eighteenth Aimy Corps President , Mnjoi
General Fitz John Porter ; vice presidents
Colonel Charles E Sprague , Captain Pctoi
Grace , vice president of the Army of tin
Potomac , Brigadier General J. U. Grlmesly
secretar ) and treasurer , A. M. Clarke ; etecu
tlvo committee , Captain J. C. White , Majo
A ml lew Coatea , lieutenant G , A. Bucking
ham.
Second Army Corps President , Gcneri
R N Batchelderj rice presidents , Ciptali
J. R. Hejiiolils Captain John D Rogus
Colonel Samuel A Moore ; secretary am
treasurer , C. W , Scott ; historian , Colone
Jobu O , Billings ; executive committee , Cap
tain A i : Ilartbhorii , Capuln N , M
Brooks , George W. Howe , Colonel V L
Wllcox , J. 0 Rlggs.
Fifth Army Corpa President , Captain J S
Sherman ; vice presidents , J , K. Cunningham
J S Hurt-on E VanBtcriubuig ; secretary am
treasurer. G M. Line , vice piesldent Armj
of Potomac , O 0. Peck
Ninth Corp President Captain Charlei
Purle- vice presidents , General Henry C
Dwlght , secretary and treasurer , Major L
C Brackett : vice president for Society of
Umy of Potomac , Captain Jatk Crawford
Eighth Army Corps President , General R
\ . Alger. first \lce president General J P
'Illey , second vice president , Genera ! J P.
"reeman , third \lcc "president , Major C G
Javis , fourth vice president. General E.
W Whltaker , treasurer , Major G I Whlte-
icad , secretary. General L. 0 Estcs , ad-
utant general. Colonel A. J Morrison ;
Jitgler , H T Bartlctt ; standard bearer , T.
M. Iloehm
First Corps President , Colonel 0 H.
21ark of East Orange , N. J ; vice president ,
first division , General Alonzo Aldcn , vice
'resident , second division , Captain J. M.
Landon ; vice president , third division , Lieu
tenant S P B Glllesple , treasurer , L C
Wilder , correfpondlng secretary , Rev S F
Gale ; recording secretary , J E Wheclock
Stuff Association President. Brigadier
3oneial R M Baeheldcr , vice president ,
Brigadier General George D Ruggles , sec
retary , Colonel William Jay , executive com
mittee , Major General A. S. Webb , Colonel
William Ju } , General George I ) Ruggles ,
William C Blddell and General C. U
Batchelder.
Thirteenth Corps President , Captain
James L Sherman , first vice piesldent ,
Colonel J L Cunningham ; second vice presi
dent , James S Hudson ; third vice president ,
Charles Van Stccnburg , secretar } and treas
urer , George M Lane
Twelfth Coip ? Piesldent , E E Marvin
of Hartford , Conn ; vice president for So
ciety of Potomac , C. W. Bo > ce , Buffalo ,
cccrctar } and treasurer , J , II. Love , Mont
dial. ' , N J
THE PRESIDENT'S PART
The only act'vo ' pirt the president took In
the reunion wan visit to the Ninth corps ,
of which ho Is a member. The corps gave
lilm a reception and elected him honorary
president and ho left the room with < he >
corps badge upon hi , breast. He atated tint
he was seigcant In the Twcut-third Ohio
regiment of the Ninth corps under command
of Rutheifoidi B. Haen.
Iti the evening the president attended the
public meeting of the Army of the Potonnc
in Music hall The place was lammed , ind
the president received a great ovaticn Gen
eral Alger was not with him having left on
n special train at 4 30 for Now York to at
tend to bpeclal buslneao for the president
Governor Black made the opening addrcea
He extended In behalf of the state a cordial
welcome to the soclet } on belnlf of the clt }
There v.as a brief respooae b } the president
of the socletv , and then Major C A Wood
ruff , the orutor of the day , delivered an oration
tion Following thin came the dellverv of
the armj pootn byl Captain H. W Ramond ,
U. S. V
At 11 13 President MoKlnley and part } took
the train for Bluft Point.
The annual election of officers of the Arm }
of the Potomac resulted
President. General George Rugglrn ,
USA , recording secretary , Brevet Co'onel
Horatio C King , Brookbn , N-Y , cone-
spending secretary Dr Charles M Scott
Boston ; treasurer Brevet Lieutenant Co'oncl
Samuel Trueidcll , New York. Vice pre l-
depts First corps. Colonel J. M Andrews ;
Second corps. Colonel Stephen II. Co-llr- ;
Third corps , Colonel Charles Moore , Fourth
corps. General Thomas Filson ; Fifth corpn.
General James Grlngley , Slsth corp , II C
Larowe , Ninth corps Captain Jack Craw
ford , Tenth corps Major R. 0 Glicff , Elev
enth corps , General L P Uechesnola ,
Twelfth corps , C W. Boce , Eighteenth
corpn , General T S Peek ; Nineteenth corpfi
Colonel J G McNutt , Cavalry corps Colonel
John J. ( McCook ; general stpff , General
Thomas Wilson
President McK'nley was plectcd an hon-
orar } .nember of the sqglety.
1IUI SM VSIIl ! ON TH'A. Ellin HO III.
THO Trains Clinic T KvilMr ; and Maiij
\ ri1 n J i ! rod.
TOLEDO , 0 , Aug 20 A special to the
Commercial from Linn , 0 , saj-s1 A terri
ble smaomup occurred here tonight about
10 30 o clcck at the junction of the Lima
Northern and Lake Erie & Western rail
roads. In the eastern portion of the cltj.
A Lake Erie freight crashed Into a Lljna
Northern passenger train earning a large
number of excursionists oa their return
from Toledo , the train being a special ex
cursion given by a tea store of this clt/
The Like Erie engine was knocked off
the track and badly demolished and two
coachci of the Lima Northern overturned
badly Injuring a large number of Llma'o
prominent people. Relief trains are hurry
ing In the Injured , all ploalclans being
precsed Into service.
Neither train stopped at the Junction , the
Lake Erie engine dashing into the second
coach , overturning it. It was filled with
passengers The engine was sent Into a
wheat field fifty feet from the track. The
injured are
Mrs Bart Bennett , right arm and shoul
der brui&ed.
J. B. Tronfield of Wcct Cairo , badl }
brul&ed.
Mrs A B. Clutter.
Mrs William P Hall , badly bruised.
Mlts Flora Gleas , back ! Injured.
Henry Breo and wife , Injured about head
Mrs. P. W. Fox , Internally injured.
Miis. W. L Long , leg broken ,
Agnes Rosenbcck , Injured in side.
Rex Waltzer , knee Injured.
Mrs T. N. Scaalan , cut , and bruised.
Mrs Ida Watt , head cut.
Mrs John Watt , ccalp wound.
Mrs. Ed E. Botklns , Internal Injuries.
iD. V. Flaughter , head cut.
Mrs. George Coo , fatallj crushed ,
Mlra Anna Koch , back badl } sprained.
Abe Sttln , ear cut off ,
Mrs. Will Murray , head cut.
iioii ) M NUIM ; i > nvviit
I'l ' lii , ti'i-lniiM Ilculli 'I heir | ) II > H
AVnrlc wlfli DIM otloiial LT < -MI-N ,
INDIANAPOLIS. Atlg 20 "Praer for
the Presence and Power of the Hoi } Ghost"
was the subject of the eunrlse pia0i meet
Ing at the capital grountls today. At 9 .iO
a pralso it'rvlco In Toiqllnaon'ti hall was
conducted by Rev. D , r McGlll , D D
general stcrctarelect. . Then the conven
tion divided Into fce-ctlona for conference
work The conferences lasted until 12
o'clock , at which hour Rev Leslie E
Hawk , evangelist of the ( iceond } uod , con
ducted a midday meeting for business mea
Resolutions offered by J. } A Duff were
adopted , expressing eorrow at the death
of Dr J M Fulton , the organize ! and tlrnt
bccietary of the Young Popple's Christian
union of the United Prcsbterlan church
At this afternoons ee eipn fitups were
taken toward the amalgamation of the } oung
peoples societies of tbe- , United Prftib } terlan
church and the Associate Reformed church
of the south C P , Campbell of Chicago ,
chairman of the tithe committee , eubinltted
his annual report , showing that the number
of tithe pajcrs has grown during the pact
year from 350 to 4,000 , The report wae re
ferred to a special committee.
The convention then reiolvcd Itself Into a
conference of Christian beneficence and It
was shown by a standing > ote that nearly
one-third of those present gave one-tenth to
the church. A resolution showing apprecia
tion of the large lucreauo in the number ol
tithe givers and endorsing the custom WES
unanimously adopted ,
Trnlght 4,000 people attended the annual
Missionary eoclet'B meeting , the principal
addrcts being by Hev John 41. Barrows ,
D. D.
Hev Hunt and wife and Prof. R , B. Me-
Clennahan , who will go as mleslonarles to
Eg > pt this fall , were given a reception
About $6,000 wa < > raised by collection for the
caiuse.
IVarj'H i\iiodltlon ,
ST JOHNS. N , P. , Aug. 20 A message
has lie-en received from Turnavlek , Labra
dor , dated July 28 , stating that the Hope
with Peary's expedition , had touched there
that day and failed on its way 10 Green
land. All on boa'd w era n el .
DOLLAR WHEAT HAS ARRIVED
Oereal Finally Touches the Long-Talkcd-of
Mark ,
ONE HUKDR-D CENTS FOR A BUSHEL
C. A. IMHfllinrt , flip lllir Miller , Ccle-
briilew nidi llriiNi lliiiul on I'looi-
o ( Minneapolis Clmnilu-r nt
NCW YO11K , AUK 20 At 1 40 o'clock to
day September whe-at In the local market
reiched the long-lalkcd-of goil of $1 per
bushel Naturally enough the Incident cre
ated n tremendous sensation on the floor
of the exchange and was greeted with pro
longed cheers from half a thousmd throats ,
being re-echoed from the crowded galleries
Several times during the early afternoon the
bulls snipped the price within five-eighths
of a cent of the desired mark , lint a re
turn wave of orders each time swept It back
agiln. The final and successful effort was
mJo under the Impulse of export rumo'a
reaching enormous figures. September was
hanging around OD'fc cents , when the export
newd was flist whispered about , and at once
danced upwards In response to excited local
bujlng Higher and higher It whirled ,
watched bj everjbudy ou the floor until
the big black finger on the record dial ,
plumped on the oven Ilgtire , and "dollar
wheat was an accompll-diPrt fact. Tile
bulls ha\e attained their boabt , they arc as
far as ever from being satisfied , and chltn
that the wa\e of tmll sentiment which has
spread like fire all o\cr the country will
tarry the price here to at least M 25 per
bushel and perhaps even higher. Tint dol-
la. wheat is a thing of the past was demon
strated on the late curb when clamorous de
mands from hlgh-htiung shorts raised the
price to $1 OO'i , or a cent a bushel ad\ance
from the official close
EVERYBODY EXCITED.
From the \crj outret todaj the local dealIngs -
Ings were maiked bj great excitement
Even body felt that dollar wheat was In
the air and while there were occasional letup
up- ' , when traders unloaded jags of wheat
on which there wan a good profit , thej were
followed by a general tightening of values
m fresh \va\ca of reckless bujlng The
crowd being kejed up to a high point of
exc'tement ' , eagerly swallowed the wildest
biul Hewn such as would ordinarily be re
jected The English market was up In the
air , keeping free pace with our advance.
Taelr closing prices were top for the d-iy
and 39' , < 3)1 ) % cents higher than last night.
Trench markets , on the other hind , held
back and showed practically no response to
the cxtraordlnarj strength In other markets
Plivatc ciblca credited the English advaice
to lain } weither ard excited covering bj
short * rirat prices In this market were
made simultaneous ! } at fiom 871centa to
IS rents for September and % 9i cents and
07 % cents for Decembei The latter dls-
plajed the greatest strength during the day
on large bujlng orders from local hou-co and
others Subscquentlv September dropped to
97 certs under realizing sales , but at noon
wag chased up to 99' & cents by a fiantic
runh of buying orders Throughout the day
fluctuations were very erratic , at times
leaping HQi'/fc cent between sales.
ENORMOUS PROFITS.
The crowd -veie coiisiderablj amused over
the stories of enormous profits being mad"
on the boom At one time cash wheat was
nominally worth $1 OG'i foi northern f
o b afloat and No 2 red $1 OIVs A
year ago the former sold at 01 % cents and
tne latter , figv GIH cen'a. The price of
September wheat a } ear ago WSB r 3 % cento
and of December , GO emits Dult'sh spring
wheat news was an important factor In the
advance all day , just us it was yestcrdij.
The full range on September toda } was from
97 cents up to Jl ; the clcslng , 195 cents De.
cember opened 9G4f97 = a certs , sold up to
99 cents , and closed at 98 4 cents Total
transactions were 8 255 000 bushcVj Export
sales were 175 loads here and outports , in
cluding three cargoes for France.
iiirs in ion IN wiinvr rnicns.
SenmlUonal Ad\nnei'M Noted III Ncnrlj
I3MT } M rk ' ( III tlic World.
CHICAGO Aug. 20 Wheat "cored a s6n-a-
tlonal aJvance today at eve-y market in the
world , with the exception of Pans. During
the regular ses lon of the Chicago Boaid of
Trade September wheat gained G78c and
December C c On the cuib , after regu
lar hours , another advance of 3c was made ,
September selling freel } at 9Gc
iho wheat pit on "change todav presented
a scene of Acllvits , the like of which hat
not been witnessed since the palmy da > s of
B P Hutchlnson , familiarly known as "Old
Hutch " The exact opooslte of "Ed1
Pardrldge'H famous raid in 1891 was In
progress That plunger began his operations
on the short sldn of the market dm ing the
spring of ' 91 , and forced the pi Ire from In
the nineties to the fifties. Todav the advance
placet wheat on the ground occupied before
that raid , and In a position foi even further
app.eclatlon The advance today vai bj no
means merely a Chicago bulge Liverpool
started the English markets lowing a pain
equivalent to ' { ! @ ? per bushel Ever }
Aincilcan market followed the example , New
Yolk gaining 5 0 , St Louis 4c and the
noithwe tern markets Gc The strength ol
the English markets was attributed to un
titled weather and covering by shorts The
-Ifiehl report of the Hungarian crop , show
ing It the smallest in ten > fam , might Lave
'IK ! some Influence Beei'johm ' , the noted
English statistician , estimated European
rece/jfcltlcs at 381000,000 bushels , with 1S5
f'JO.OOft bushels of that amount required fron :
Ameri'-a Cash wheat in most of the Amer
ican markets passed the dollar mark Thai
vas the cise at Minneapolis , Now York , Buf-
'alo 'Ualtlmore ' and St Louis. The cas-li
premiums hero even Increased to 3c ovei
September option
The Llveipool advance being made ahead
of the- American , the English tiaders wen
quick to accept a "sure thin ? " and quletlj
absorbed all cable offerings at list night >
Agurc.1. New York put the export engage
mcnts there at 100 boat loads , but this figure
vis regarded much too low Lack of avail
able wheat here made It impossible to d <
much cash Innlnevfl , and enl } one * lot of 140 , .
000 bushels was reported sold. Atlantic clear
ances were rxtremclj largo , and the total foi
the week of 5.200.000 busheli luporte-d jiifil
after the > close ciused a further advance ol
1c. A few tales of September were made or
the curb at 9fi' < iC and trade was quite fi < > c
around 90c With fluctuations so vvllt !
speculator ! neceeco.rlly limited their opoia-
tlons It waa a big market only In the
sense tint eveiy one took part
The mjslrilous "bull clique , " whose opera
tions in July option were very prominent
continue to be the center of dlscimlon
Their operations day after day have made II
plain that a veteran U at the helm , but hh
Identity has thuo far been kept from the
oubllc Joseph Leiter , a well known local
caoltal'st ' , la said to bo heavily Interested In
the deal , and a well known car builder IE
1 tippled to liavo a hand In the game Al
though Pardrldge's operations have not been
collpred. the combine la now said to bo Jens
of 20,000,000 bushels o ! grain , near ! } half ol
the entire amount being December corn
Profits , It U raid , have already been accepted
amounting to over $2,000,000 $
Thn campaign In corn U being pushed
vigorously , and prices today advanced about
1 cent , with a further gain of half a cenl
after the regular cloze ,
Oats also wao aided by the bull crowd , ant
gained nearly 1 cent.
Pi o visions were not affected by the pee
operations , and gained enl } 6@7c.
i\elleiueiil n < M'rUc'il ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Aug 20 Intense ex
citement prevailed In the local wheat
market today nd options advanced with
great leaps. December opened at Jl.CO , re-
THE BEE BULLETIN.
XVtftther rorecnsl for Nt > rfi kn
I'nlr , Wnrmff
1. Km | < ltlou Dlrertnrv'A l.lvit )
Armj of tlio I'ntninu- Hvmiton.
Dollar \\hpitt I * Night ut limit ) .
Nobrmltn'i Wnvo of 1'ioipe-rltj.
3. llhbliV Coiupl tint Too Iiidoll illo.
l < iltlin < iM < ( > < ) < Whllew nhpd Agnhi.
rronrri < of thi > TnittU Toiirnimunt >
4. IMltnrlil ami C'oiiiim-nt.
fl. Mliu-rn 1'lnn for ( Ipiirrnl StrlltP.
An.irnigii < Vrrril | % Olllro.
1'lght ( ) > rr Sinitli Diluitu I'lttromigo.
Iti'vli-u of thn Uorlil't Crop *
0 , Couiu-tl llluITi IHill Multi r * .
StlltltS Of thp Cllll III OlH'Htlllll.
'luoNt-w Uillroiil < for Alinliu.
T , Comitirrihil mill I Iniiiicliil Nunii ,
8 When Did Hi , . OUIIiir iml : ?
I ) . Now l.lglit < > ! tlio Hers 1'lri-
tlluiiu'dio-liocU Isliiiid-Mlilliitnl Drnl ,
Altnii ttoii * for HIP txio : ltlon ,
I > nnglas Coiuitj C.unpiltju Coimiicitrcn.
in. lllt < i of riiiiiltilnit ( liKilp ,
II. In tinriil.l . of Kli-ilrliltj.
lliroo ( Irrit Cpriiiiin llUtiirlitim ,
Sturj of u Iniiii Itiililxirj- Unit I'lillrd ,
IS. "A Clorlial IJrior. "
ceded for a moment and closed at $1 G0 %
After the call there was nn advance to
i $1 G1H An hour later It lo e to $1 03 , but
I at 11 15 there were largo pales to heeuio
profits and prices had a sharp decline Miy
opened at $1 GO and closed at $1 Gnj This
afternoon December opened at $1 G4 and
clcKcd at $1 G3 < < , , while May opened at $1 62
and closed at $1 C1'A.
in iiv : TIMCS AT
C. A. Plllxliiiry mill n III JIMS llniid Mir
I'll ' KlltllllfllllNIII.
MINNEAPOLIS , Aug 20 Cash wheat to
day fcol I at ? 1 In Minneapolis , the first time
since the summer of 1S90 Predictions todaj
were that futures would follow within a few
dajs , In view of the advance of G cents to
day On the Chamber of Commerce floor
there wan a shout of expectancy from the
pit as the price approached a dollar The
nmket was strong , opining S cents higher
than } esttrda's clcse. aupported b } strong
foreign news and bullish northwest iecelits >
The price of cash wheat had just pissed
the dollar point when from down the hall-
v as came the sound of martlal iniulc There
was a lush for the door and the crowd broke
Into a cheer as wt > the corridor came C A
Plllebur } at the head of a band of muMc
which was pounding out a dollar memorial
march. Mr. Plllsbury lea his band through
the iloorvva } and on to the llooi , while Inta
went up an ! checm proclaimed the entlie
satisfaction with which a majority leeched
the news of dollai wheat
The market whirled away , and very few
attempted to ke p up with It. The advance
was steady from the opening At one time-
over G cents gain from yesterdiy was real
ized , and September wheat close < l in Min
neapolis 57B cents higher than } esterday , and
December closed a full G cent , ) higher.
September wheat opened 3 > 4 cents higher
th'a mo-nins at SS > 4 , diopped to SS and ad
vanced to 9Hi , closing at 91 % cents , against
TI'/I cents > enterdaj December opened at
SS cents and cloted at 90@90Vfj cents , against
o4 cents yesterday.
OMVIIV iinvi.nns Aitn CVUTIOUS.
Wntch the InrUrlVKliout Doliitv
After the oxperlelice of the past week the
'ocal ' speculators on the Board of Trade did
not displaj any unusual excitement yesterday
when September wheat jumped G cents , above
vesterdaj'e close There was considerable
buving , but it was mootly on the part of
small dealers , who were contented to InveiH
small amounts and realizeaccordingly. .
The market opened at 90 % . Just 3 % tents
above } esterday's close The price had
jumped to 91 before the local speculatora
had time to make a trade , and from then
until the clcfie the tendency was steadily
upward. Occasionally the market slumped
an eighth or a quarter , but the reaction
was rapid and It seemed that nothing could
hold the price dev n The market continued
to rise until It reached the high point of
93V4 cenU1 , and then thcie was a slight
reaction , and It dropped a point. Toward
the close the market was erratic , but the
tendency was upward. The closing quota
tion was 93 flat.
Dollar \\luMit at St. IOIIH. !
ST. LOUIS , Aug 20 Cash wheat cold for
$1 a bushel on sample today. The only car
load eold at that price came fiom Sedge-
wick county , Kansas It was choice grade
and was bought for becding purposes. Dollar
lar wheat cut a largo figure In the trading
a oceoud time on the call , when 6,000 bushels
of May eold at that price It waa bought
by the D. R Francis Commission company
from C. H Alberto. It vvaa the first trade
made at that prlco in six yeais. The
September and December options broke all
records today and got within balling dis
tance of the dollar mark. December opened
at 96 cents , 3 % cents over Thuisday'a close
September showed a 3 % eents advance over
nleht , opening at 9G'centa December
wiuj bid up to 97 % cents , an advance of
6s cents for the day , and the September
option went up to 97 % cents , 494 cents gain
over yeatcrda ) . December cloetyl % cent
below the top and September % cent lower.
Win-lit Mfld DlNiiiiiolntliiK. |
PARKER , S. D , Aug. 20 ( Special ) The
wheat crop In Turner county. South Dakota ,
has been harvested , stacked and thrashing
lies begun U is } ! < > ldlng only about eight
bushels to the acre , not one-halt as much
as last year. Its deterlatlon was a surprise ,
as the heads appeared full A few hot
winds were probably the cause , though at
the time it was not believed to have done
much damage The wheat Is of better qual
ity than last } ear.
COCN ( t\cr I InDollar. .
PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 20 The wheat
market today was the most exciting over
experienced In the history of the exchange.
Quotations jumped up 4 % cents , and brought
the price bejoml the dollar mark , There
were sales of No 2 red at $1 01 and No
2 Pennsylvania red at this writing Is quoted
at $1 02 This Is the highest quotation here
In many > ears ,
Win-til DoiiljIcM In 1'rli-i * In a Vt'iir.
CARROLL. Neb. , Aug. 20. ( Special )
Wheat on this market today is selling for 70
cents. One year ago today It was worth 35
cents.
SIIViil lilt \'HS I'P A IJTTl.U.
Sliai-ji Hfcinr > In I'rlci'H IN Nolcil In
( lit1liirl -lH.
NEW YORK , Aug. 20. Theie was a
sharp recovery in the price of silver today ,
bar silver opening in London at 24 % pence ,
an advance of 7-lfl of a penny. The openIng -
Ing price hero for bar silver waa G2 %
cc-ntH , a rise of % of a cent Mexican dollars
lars were quoted this morning at 40 % centa
agalnat 39 % cento yesterday Yesterday's
low level Invited buying , which Included
the recovery , but the market la reported
rather weak at the price.
JOHN .s. niun-s SON is KIMID. :
CaUlu KliiK'h rirHdiorn Shot
lit a ( ( uiirri-l ,
MARYVILLK , Mo. , Aug. 20. ( Spttlal Tele
gram ) It 1s reported here today that J. E.
nilb ) , the eldest eon of John S. Illlby , iho
northwest Missouri cattle king , waa hot and
killed > esterday on his ranch , just over the
Atchlscxi county line , by one of hU men , with
whom ho had quarreled No details of the
affaii are obtainable John H Ullby father
of the dead man , U Iho richest nun In this
part o' MI'tourl.
i
Value of the Inim Output for 1897 in
Dollnrs ami Gents.
ASSURES PROSPERITY TO THE FARMER
Ilis Products Worth Mnny Millions Moro
Thau Last Year.
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF ALL GRAINS
Wheat Leads the Upward March , but All
Share the Increase.
FACTS SHOW THAT FARMING DOES PAY
Eotuius from tlo Giouud Amply Howard
Husbandman's Efforts ,
ANTELOPE STATE'S ' WONDERFUL RECORD
Hoiintlfiillold of VII KliuN of farm
ri-oiluH * anil lUnlii-r 1'i-loi-M for
12v is i > tlilniv tin * I'lirinci *
i lias to JM'II.
Itiislii'l * , Value.
\Vlicut . " , OOIOOOO ) KtSVOi , < > 00
cm n : toooooooo nn , 100,000
nut * : tr > ,000,000 ii > io'o < )
ut c i,000,000 : rrnooo
tioiis , ) . . . . -,000.000 irtoiooo : )
Total Milne pl'-'i' '
1SII7 I'l Ue1S1III Price. Kaln.
U heat . . . . $ O.Iis ! so : t7Uii o.'Jr.ia
( "or it O.ISS7 o.i r i 7 0.01:10 :
oniN o.i ma 0.111:10 : 41.017:1 :
(1.1710 o.iots :
O.'JOUIt o.IT tt :
: t oiido : t.01:00 : o.o too
\i-lnal IIII-ICIIKI * In Miluc of crop of
IM > 7 IM or t-roi of
\ \ Inat
Corn . lO.UOO.OOO
On ( H . (10.- , -,00
II j , - . O7OUO
lla > . ilOO.OOO
Total $ isstsr : ov
loc farming In Nebraska pay ?
Has piospcrltj letuined'
The Ilfc heievvlth | ) icscnts some figures
that in tlu'iuselves give the best of answers
to these questions Ihc'-c llgurey are not
baiiul on guess woik , but on careful esti
mate , made from Information gathered at
largo In the htatc of NebiasKa , and are
tlieibfore ab nearlj accurate as such llgures
can be short of nn actual canvass of each
county In the state
It Is rcasonabl } ceitaln that the principal
crops of Ncbiasku farms for the > cai of
grace , 1897 , will be Wheat , 30,000,000
bubhels ; corn. 300,000,000 bushels ; oaU7
33,000,000 bushels ; ijc , 2,000,000 bushels ;
haj , D.000,000 tons The aggregate market
value of this tremendous jleld"calculated at
the prices for which the commodities
actually sold in open market on Saturday ,
August 14 , 1S9T , In ? 93,889,500. It this crop
had been marketed on Saturda } , August 13 ,
1S9B it would have sold foi enl } $77,031,000 ;
a gain for the Nebraska farmer In one } oar
of ? 18S3Sr 00.
WHAT IT IS WORTH NOW.
Since Ust Saturday there has been a
steady upward movement In grain prices.
On all markets , win at has advanced with
phenomenal Jumps , while corn , oats , and rye
have followed steadllj. The cash prices In
Chicago on Friday of last week and Friday
of this week weiu ( expiessed In cents ) :
August 13 August 20
Whe.lt 81 ! [ } S < i 90 < f < 93
Corn 2S 27
Oata 17V4Q21 ( % lb' ' ,
HC 44 4S
These are the low cot and highest quota
tions on all the grades for th" f'hlcago mar
ket As the prices In Nebraska are most/ !
made by the Chicago prices , It Is fair to
assume that the advance In thh state has
been nearly , If not quite , as much aa In
Chicago If this Is true , the wheat of Ne
braska today Is worth $18,974,000 , a gain In
value of $270,000 during the week. Corn
has gained $2,250,000 , and the crop Is now
worth $58CSO,000 Oats has gained $87,500 ,
and the crop Is worth $5,028,000. Rye has
gained $80,000 , and the crop Is worth $635-
000. The total galm In value of these four
cereal crops of Nebraska , assuming that the
average advance In Chicago has been fol
lowed by a similar advance In thla state , la
$2,687,600 , and the farmer is Jiut that much
richer this mot n Ing than he wan a week
ago. Ills total crop today l vvoith $93-
557.000.
In the absence of reliable data on which to
figures , no estimate Is given of the
other crops of the utate ; but In 189C the
potato crop of Nebraska was 11,383,020
bushels Thl figure will be equalled , If not
exceeded , thU season. New potatoes are
worth 50 cents a bushel at wholesale In
Omaha today. If the Nebraska fanner
ra'fico no more than he did In 1896 , his po
tatoes will be worth $5,691.510.
When , to this total , Is added the certain
Incrcaho In the price of all other things , the
farmer has to sell , his fruit , dairy products ,
poultry and live stock , and the crops not
enumerated In the tabulation , but of which
enough l.s raised to make , In the aggregate , a
very respectable showing In the fanner's
balance sheet , the question , Does farming
pay ? may bo safely answered In the
alllrmatlvc
HOW IT WAS ( UTIICKKn.
In gathering Information for lt present
use. The Bee addressed 1U > correspondent at
each of the county beats of Nebraska , and
In ono or two Instances , to two points In
the county , asking for the in Ices paid for
the leading grains and hay on August H ,
lt.97 , and August 15 , 1S96 , both days being
Saturda } The replies received have been
tabulated and are presented ultli this article
that the reader may make liln own compari-
lioiui and calculations It must bo remem
bered that local conditions affect the marUet
considerably In 1896 , for limtauco , In R
number of counties , the hay crop was short ;
In others the corn crop fell behind , lu throe
counties the price waa abnormally high ,
while this season the } leld 1 generally
good and the prlco has corne to bo con
trolled by normal conditions The reports
from counties contained In the big table , era
summarlred as follows , the prices being cx-
pruwed In tcntx , except In the casu of hay ,
which Is glvt-n In dollars ;
Wheat
1S17 C7 polntH , nvcruge price , , C2.C8
points , uverugo price 37 26
'
Average advance 25,42
Corn -
1697-G7 points , average prlco , 18,87
UOG-G.1 points , average price. 15.47
Average advance , , 3. < 0
Oatn
1R97 C3 points , avenige price. 14.03
U95 C1 points , uvtruue pi Ice , 12.30
Aveiato advance , , , , , . , , , . , . 1,73
U97 M polntH , nveruge prlpn. . . . . . 27.75
\VM IZ polntu , uveruge pike. , . , . . 17 40
Average advance 10,35
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U37 32 iKilnts , average price 2003
Ut23 points , uveruau pilce 17.43
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1W * i5 polntH , avcrogs prl'-o 3 00
IWj-y pointuverage pllce 302
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