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t THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. JANUARY 10. IMS. JAPANESE ARE PROSPEROUS War Eti Hot Caned Any Great Hardships in that Coaitry. TAXES, HOWEVER, HAVE BEEN INCREASED la pita of Thrtf t ondltlnns Deposits tm Both the 8nlns and ( snerrlal Bank Hare WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The State de partment he received nn Interesting re port from Mr Grlscom, the American mill iliter to Tokio, dealing with the present eco nomic renditions In Japan and It" trade re lations with the United State. Mr. Grls com, In several statistics I tables, compiled from official source, for the first nine months, comparir.g with the same time last year. The present year shows nn Increase In exports of $f.,424 1S9 and an increase In Im ports of 10,O,57. During the same period the Increase of exports In specie and bul lion amounted to !41.'3 2'. nnd the in crease In Importa to 11.812 370. During; the period In review exports to the United Btatcs were valued nt $339S,;22. and Imports at 119,719. 4M, showing, as com pared with the same period of 1903, an In crease In rxports of $3,919,277, and an In crease In Import of J2.7U2.53R. Raw silk was the principal Item of export, showing a marked Increase. Kerosene oil, leather, rails, flour and sugar were Imported from the United States In larger quantities than during the same period lnat year, while raw cotton Imports declined. Mr. Grlscom describes the readiness with which the Japanese government's domestic loans have been floated. With the pro ceeds of the foreign loan of $48,665,000. for which the customs receipts were pledged as security by the government, the latter repaid the money borrowed from the Bank of Japan, from which the amount of specie reserve held by the Central bank was aug mented and the rexpnnslon of convertible bank notes was checked. The total amount .of the national debts of Japan at the 'end of September stood at about S4t4.2in.0O0, making a debt per calpta of about J?. 46. Taxes Are Increased. War taxes have been Increased on land, incomes, business transactions, sugar, mines, sake, bourEes, customs, consump tion of woolen textiles, consumption of kerosene and stamps, while a new source of considerable revenue is found in the tobacco monopoly. The official estimate of the anticipated net Income to be derived from that source for the year ending March 31, 1906, is $12. 966,212. "and $16,000,000 for the year ending March 31, 19M. The government-owned rail roads, likewise, which are vulued by tho ministry of flnanco at about J95,O,0M), ore estimated to bring a net income of $4,730,000 for the coming year. This Item and the tobacco' monopoly are assets upon which, it is generally supposed, further foreign loans will be raised. At the beginning of the war the specie reserve In the Bank of Japan fell quickly from $.',4bl,000 In De cember to $.'4,043,BoO In May, when the first foreign loan wns doubtless rcsponsiblo for an Increase, to $Wi,6U,000 in August, the nor mal condition. - Owing l the abandonment of local public works and Improvements, there has been a falling off In Mxes- offtriully estimated in round number at V10,000,(M). . The reports from tho Toklo and Osaka clearing houses for October, 1904, show nn Increase of -t71.157.Ml in the value of bills cleared over the siuno mouth In 1901. Al though other clearing houses rxlot at Kioto. Yokohama; Kobe oad.Nngoya, Mr. (Irisrom believus. the Tobio and Osaka houses- IndlbflW-the trend of business In. the country.'' The metallic currency, clrcu latlon or Japan for totrfhec; 1904, slibw. decrease! of $2,791. S0,. . Ttio Japanese.' De partment of Finance estlhiuteV that at tho end of October, 1904, Japanese bunk notes of the value of about $958,395 were-circulnt-lng In Manchuria and Core. Increase la Hank Depoalts. During the entire year of lttua postal sav ings deposits in Japan increased $1,446,977. while during the tlrst nine months of 1904 they Increased $2,58.725. The Increaso of 1,G30,944 In deposits In the leading banks of Japan from January, 1908. to August. 1904. Mr. Grlscom says has been entirely free from fluctuations. Mr. Grlscom la informed by the Japanese Department of Communications that on De cember 31. 1903, Japanese registered steam vessels above twenty tons numbered 1,088, with a gross tonnage of 667,269 tons. In September. 1904, they had Increased to 1,193 vessel of 753,148 gross tons. Du.lng the nine months ended September 30. 1904, there were added to the Japanese mercantile fleet 146 steamers of 161,806 gross ions, and there waa a loss, mainly due to casualties of war, of forty-one steamers of 66,034 gross tons, showing a net Increase of 103 steamers of 96,768 gross tons. The report says that the necessary aban donment during the war by several leading Japanese steamship lines of their services to foreign countries already has had con siderable effect In changing the channel of trade, aa. for Instance, a large falling off In the Importation of raw cotton from In dia, which was the principal source of Jap nness surply, and which, trade has gone to China. striking feature In the Industrial his tory of Japan during the last year U the unusual abundance of nearly all agricult ural product, and especially the unprece dented yield of rice, rhe yield of which la estimated to be about 248,146,000 bushels for 1904, an increase of about 17,494.223 aa com pared with the yield of 1903. The average annual yield of rice since 1891 has been 19.75S.?94 bushels. Other cereal crops, espe cially barley and wheat, show considerable Increases as compared with previous years. On the basis of the present market value of rice. Mr. Grlscom estimates that the In creased Income of the country from this source will be $Z2,820.86v over last year. COSTA Rlt-Aft ' Ml.MSTHR REPLIES Denies Complainant Company Has Any Concession. WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.-Mr. Calvo, the Costa Rica a minister, today made a state ment regarding the dispatch from Mobile, Ala., saying that the American Banana company, through II, I. McConnell. had asked, the State department to Intervene In Its behalf on account Of alleged Interference by the Costa Rlcan government with the company's operations In the territory new belonging to Panama, but at one time tinder the jurisdiction of Costa Rica. The com pany asked damage Ui the sum of fcUtO.Ojt). Mr. Calva said: "The contents of the dispatch do not ex plain whsre the said company obtained a Rich sense Of oomfort when well made POST DM hot. crisp, delicious, goes with the meal. There's o Reason. 1 lawful title to claim any right to any part of the territory mentioned. Colombia al ways recognised the Jurisdiction of Costa Rica thereon Even if the claimant main tains that It has obtained It from Colombia, it is well known that under the laws of that republic no concession of this nsture Is valid unless ratified by the national con gress, and no congress at Bogota has ever granted any such concession, the territory mentioned ever having been under the Juris diction of Costa Rica. If It Is contended the concession was granted by Panama, the government of the new republic denies the existence of the alleged concession and has explicitly declared by resolution No. 28 of the Department of Government and For eign RelaUons, dated August 2, ultimo, and officially proclaimed, that Gandoka has been and will continue to be within the Jurisdiction of Costa Rica as long as the boundary between the two countries la not Anally settled. "Where, then, do the alleged concessions rome from? The Gandoka region Is. under Costa Rlcan sovereignty and no person or company can Invoke ownership, possession or usufruct In the said lands except upon rome title emanating from the Cost R can government, and no concession of any kind has ever been made by the same to Mr. Mc Connell or his associates." FRUIT GROWERS AT AUBURN Southeastern Kebraaka Association Aska lor Itellef from Freight ftatea. TECLMSEH. Neb., Jan.' 15 (Special.) The Southeastern Nebraska Fruit 6row ers' association met In Auburn Friday evening with the best attendance the asso ciation has ever had. The meeting was called to order by Colo nel W. G. Swan of Tecumseh. who Is pres ident of the association. G. 8. Christy of Nemaha county acted as secretary. On motion the following committee was appointed to confer with the railroad and express companies of the state In secur ing better rates on fruit shipments than has been given in the past. This com mittee waa also charged with the work of looking after the fruit growers' Inter ests In the present legislature: R. E. Grlmstead of Richardson county, C. B. Parker of Nemaha county, John Meeks of Otoe county, C. H Barnard of Pawnee county, W. G. Swan of Johnson county. Statistics show that In the year 1897 there were shipped from Nemaha county alone 600 car of apples, to say nothing of other klnda of fruit. Better rates were given at that time. In 1904 thousands and thousands of bushels of peaches rotted nn the ground n that county, while within 100 miles there were families who went Without the fruit, as their means would not permit of their buying it, owing to the high shipping rates. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the fruit growers assembled: Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of the Southeastern Nebraska Fruit Grow ers' association that the interstate freight rate on fruit discriminates against the fruit growers of Nebraska; therefore, be it Resolved. That this association request our leplslntors to nsk congress by Joint resolution -to support an (intendment to the interstate commerce law which provide. thtt when the Interstate Commerce cnrnmlfslon shall find that the rates charged by any com mon carrier are unreasonable they shall have power to cancel such rates and es tablish reasonable rates, which shall not be stayed, suspended, modified or an nulled otherwise than by the commission In the establishment of a new rate or ratcrf or hv a final decree of the United States court of competent Jurisdiction for manirest violation of errr of law. The association elected" the following offi cer for the coming year: President, Colo nel W, Q. Swan of Johnson rnunty; sec retary, Hon. O. If. Christy of Nemaha county; treasurer, O. P. Dovel of Nemaha county;" on vice president was elected from each tit .the five counties of the dis trict, as follows: Richardson, county, R. E. Go-rmstead; Neronha county, O. P. Dovel; Otoe counts'- Hon. , Joseph Cassell; Johnson oounty.'K. G. jury; Pawnee county, C. H. Barnard. It wns decided to make an annual charge of $1 for membership fee In the as sociation. The following committee was appointed to do the buying of crates and boxes for the entire association: O. P. Dovel of Ne maha county. C E. Blessing of Nemaha county and Davles & Son of Nfmaha county. This committee will report to the vice presldenta of the several counties. Mortnraare Record of Jefferson County. FA1RBURY, Neb., Jan. 15. (Special.) Jefferson county mortgage Indebtedness record for 19o4 Is as follows: Farm mort gages filed, 227; amount. $192,505.96; released, 841; amount. $468,049.10. City mortgages filed, 179; amount, $106,236; released. 169; amount, $8D,7S7.S0. Chattel mortgages filed, 866; amount, $226,4i9.02; released, 756; amount, $210,830.8. Kovrs of Nebraska. - FREMONT, Jan. 15. This was the cold est morning of the season. The mercury dri pped to below. It hus moderated con siderably during the day, and at noon reached 6 above. GRE1NA. Jan. 16. The Degree of Honor of Gretna has elected the tol.owing officers for the ensuing year: P. C. of H.. Mrs. KUu Lamgdon; C. of H., Theresa Spethman; U of H., M.ss Ollle Ackerson; C. of ollle Alilngton; financier. Mrs. L. Laborde; receiver. Miss Came tBorde- I. V., Miss Erlxj. Nelson; O. V., Maude Walnwriglit; recorder. Minnie LaBorde; usher, Miss Emma Kuberg. NORTH PLATTR, Jan. 18 Artlces of co partnership of the Platte Clothing company were tiled with the cierk of Lincoln county yesleruay morning. The members of Hie partnership are Edward Burke and Albert Hchalz, two young men of this city. The tiuruoae of the imrtnershlp Is to engage in .a general clothing business at this place anil tney nave openeu in uiti oviiatia vuuu lng their store. Both of these young men have been engaged iD the clothing business In North Platte for several years, and aro well and favorably known, .Their capital stock is $3,uuo, paid in full.. PAPILUUN, Jan. 16. The Sarpy County Pin UUeuUc her vereen elected the following officers for the year: August Bolting, pres ident: Fred Husekist, vicu president; Mike Zweble, treasurer; fc.mll Grothe, secretary; Charles Delta, financial secretary; Jacob Buseklst, keeper of library; Peier Tlnrm, Fred Evers and Ed Bioedel, finance com mittee. Herman bo.l.ng, Peter Tlnim, Gus tavo Schlunson and Chris Elsiisser were chosen to represent Sarpy county at the annual bund convention to be held la Omuha. 1 he vereen la a solid German organisation in Sarpy county. FREMONT, Jan. 15.--The county com missioners adjourned - yesterday, after a rather exciting afternoon session. The county printing was awarded to the Ham mond Printing company by a vote of 6 to 2, ultnougli another bidder was lower on some of the work. The lowetl bidder pro tested the awarding of the contract, and the vote was reconsidered and the print ing divided, the eame as last year. Assessor Wulker euumitted his list of deputies and all were ton:irind. There are but few changes (rum lust year. J. C. Cleland and A. U. Brush were reappointed from this city. FIRE RECORD. Residence at Terry. PERRY, la., Jan. IB. (Special Telegram.) The residence of Engineer J. H. Wasson burned at S this evening. Loas on house and contents about U.lOi. The house, being two blocks beyond the nearest hydrant, the kfrre department could do nothing. Tart of the contenta were saved from the ground floor, but nothing from the aecond story. An empty house owned by W. M. McCarn mon, next south, waa caved, and Waason'a greenhouse waa saved. It is not known If there waa any ineurauc or not. HYMENEAL. Moore-Treft. Dl'NUAP, la.. Jan. IS -(Special.) At tb ...t..iia K,.l.r.niial I .a r.nna im 1 III nla-ht at I o'clock occurred the marriage of Perry I A. Moore and Rada M. Truft, Rev. A. A. Thompson, officiating. MORE LAND TO HOMESTEADER Kitrij Half a Millie. Acres Ntar North Platte to B Opened. EACH SETTLER MAY TAKE A SECTION lnda Withdrawn from Provisions of Klnkald leaver to Be Thrown Open Xest Month Climate Mild and Rainfall Safflcleat. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Jan. 14.-(Spe-clal.) On February 14. 1905, the United States government will throw open to en try under the one-section homestead law-, known as the Klnkald act, 4UO.80O acres of land, located In Lincoln, Keith and Mc Pherson counties. The strip In which thla land Is located Is sixty-six miles long and from seven to twenty-fcur miles wide, and located between eight and eighty miles from the city of North Platte. Neb. It Is all on the north side of the North Platte river, n-id within between three and thirty miles of the river. There are by actual count four hundred and eighty-two whole sections, besides many subdivisions of sec tions. The land embraced within this tract was subject to the act of congress of April 2R. 1904, amending the homestead laws as to certain lands In Nebraska, but this law contained a clause that If the secretary of the Interior deemed any of the lands sub ject to this law Irrigable he might with draw the same from entry, and Just before the date when the lands were to be thrown open the secretary withdrew from entry the land which Is not returned. At the time of the other opening last June many had arrived at North Platte to make filing at the land office here, and soon after arriv ing a telegram waa received frosn Washing ton withdrawing about 80 per cent of the land In the Jurisdiction of the North Platte land office from entry under the one-section homestead law. Irrlaratlon ot Practicable. The reason for the withdrawal was that the lands might be irrigated under the na tional Irrigation law. Soon after the with drawal engineers and surveyors were sent out by the government, who carefully sur veyed and Inspected the land, and made their report, soon after the receipt of which the secretary of the Interior an nounced that the lands withdrawn, except a small part should be restored to entry, for the reason that It would be Imprac ticable for the government to Irrigate the land. The secretary wrote the register and receiver of the land office at North Platte, Neb., advising them to give the public ninety days' notice that the land formerly withdrawui, or nearly all of It, should be restored to entry and accordingly the register and receiver net February 14, 1905, as the day and It hardly need be said that within ten days after that date marly all Iund within this district will be taken by hornesieaders. With the whole section of land, which the law allows, for the first tlmo In the his tory of the United States,, a homesteader will be able to earn a living, and be able to get the start that othei'Mltte he might never get. Land In Three 4 onntlen. The land lies all In Lincoln. Keith and McPherson counties, nnd ull this land Is In the Jurisdiction of the United States land office at North Platte, Neb. No part of it is farther distant from the main line of the Union Purine railroad than thirty-five miles, nnd much of It Is within ten miles of tho Union Pacific. The city of North Platte and tho towns of llershey, Suther land and Paxton nre within about tho sumo distance of the uttermost pnrts of the land which is nboirt twenty to , thirty-five miles, and tho land Is on every side and within a mile of Try on, the rounty scat of Mc pherson county, and Lilec, a village in the same County. The following synopsis was carefully made from the government plats at tire United States land office arrd will show the location of the lands and the number of tracts containing one sec tion arrd loss; Tracts No. in No. In No. in Contain- Lincoln Keith McPherson ing County. County. County. Totul. 40 ucres 9 M ucre 7 1 3 4 KM Hi res S 8 7 17 1M acres 16 2 1 t toj acres 2 6 13 55 240 acres 2 1 6 9 2S0 acres 2 2 8 12 34) acres 9 1 2 5 M) acres 0 11 25 4" 400 acres 10 3 3 440 act. s 1 I 4 7 4M) ac e 33 0 I 4 i ac es 0 33 l 101 m acn 1 0 9 0 two acres 0 1 10 12 640 acres 47 0 1 2 Totals II ' 354 482 Total number of acres subject to entry for one aectlon homesteads: In Lincoln county; 65,120; In Keith county, 75,000; In McPherson county, 270.6SO. Total number of acres subject to entry In the North Platte United States land office district, which "includes these three counties, 4O0.SO0. The land In this area', which Is to be thrown open to one-section homesteads February 14, 1906, is at the present time used mostly for grazing by parties who have had free use by simply herding their stock on the land. The soil is virgin, and, like the land of the eastern end of the state and of other regions In years past, must be subdued and when subdued will no doubt be as valuable as other lands which years ago had not yet yielded to the Influence of civilisation. This, of courso, takes time, and cannot be accomplished In a year, but the tealous homesteader will rightly appropriate his land; part to pas ture, part to hay and part to cultivation. The land at present is covered with prairie grass, which grows abundantly. Home steaders have settled years ago on some portions and have made a living on 160 acres, and have put some to crops and have had success. The surface of the soil Is In some parts as sandy as can be de sired; yet there Is much of It, many sec tions, which hat a good brown soil, which Is productive. Spring Creek and Birdwood Creek, flow nearly across the whole width of the land. These streams have water the year 'round, being fed by springs. The land In some places is very hilly, but tho hills are not abrupt, but sloping and In soma places the Incline Is gentle. There are, however, many large and long valleys, and here the homesteader will put In such crops as he thinks best, or reserve them for the abundant hay, which voluntarily DISFIGURING ULCER People Looked it Ker It Amazement. PronooDced tccorible. Fici Noi Clear it Eier. THANKS GODJOR CUTICURA Mrs. P. Hackett, of 400 Van Buren t., Brooklyn, N. Y., aaya: "I wish, to girt thanks for the marvelous cure of tny mother by Cuticura. She bad severe ulcer, which physicians had pronounced incurable. It waa a ter rible disfigurement, and people would stand in amazement and look after her. After there waa no hope from doctors aha began using Cuti cura Soap. Ointment, and Pills, and now, thank God, ahe ia completely ured, and her face ia aa amoottt and Cicax aa ever." grows there and which always brings a good price In the hay markets of Invrr and Omaha. There are sections of this land, hslf of which can be put to crops. - Experiment Farm Grows Grnln. The University of Nebraska recently es tablished an experiment station not far from this land, and on land of a similar character, and various grains have been successfully raised. Last year, on the tableland at this experiment farm, a yield of fifty bushels per sere of Kerson oats was had.. This tableland of the experi ment farm is no better and even Is worse than much of the land which is now sub ject to entry. Other crops were also rnlseT successfully at this farm. It Is a hard matter to estimate the value of this land. ' Some who have homestea.ls and own land in th(s region declare that It is worth 110 an sere if it Is worth a cent. The fact Is. that the Union Pacific railroad, which owned under the government grnnt every odd numbered section UT twenty miles on both sides of the road, has thou sands of sections of land In the western portion of the state for sale and offers It all at low figures. Thus the homesteader can buy In many cae land next to that which he files upon at 32.50 per acre and pay one-tenth down and one-tenth each year thereafter until paid at the rate of per cent interest on that part yet due. Rainfall Is Sufficient. The rainfall In this belt as given by the United States weather bureau reports, one of whose stations is located nt North Platte, has during the last year been greater than In rastern portions of the state. The total rainfall in 194, as regis tered by the government weather bureau at North Platte, was 23.17 Inches nnd the snowfall 3.1 Inches; In 19tl, rainfall 18.38 Inches and snowfall 21.9 Inches: In 1902. rainfall 26.27 Inches and snowfall 19 Inches. The snowfall Is measured In this report by actual depth of sno'w. This moisture was well distributed at the times when most valuable, and at no time during the years covered by tha report Just given were the crops In serlou Aieed of moisture. The temperaturclA this region Is tem perate, and probably on account of the mountain regions to the west, the winters are exceedingly and peculiarly mild. There Is many a day during the early winter, aa well as the late, that the thermometer during the day reaches 70 degrees above lro. The lowest temperature reached during the yenr 1!KH was t degrees below lero, and during 1903 11 below. The highest temperature during the summer of 1904 was 97 degrees and during 1903 93 degrees. Iteqnlrements of the Law. Every person who Is the head of a family end every single person over 21 years old may take a homestead In this region, pro vided ho or she does not own more than 160 acres of deedod land. Those who have had a homestead and' have proved up, abandoned or disposed of the same, may under the provisions of the law make entry of such a tract, which, together with the former homestead entry", shall not exceed 640 acres. Thus, one who has had 160 acres In a former homesteud may file, on 4M under this law. The filing fee Is 114. Thla Is all the expense connected with the filing, except that a small fee will have to be paid to nn attorney to make out the proper papers to secure the Tiling. The law, however, also requires before proof Is made that the entrymnn shall put f 1.25 worth of Im provements for every acre homesteaded on the land. Thus a homestead of one section Would have to have J-flO worth of Iniprovenu nts on it, when proof is made. These Improvements may consist of dwell ing house, stables, sheds, fences, etc. And, of course, if the sutler performs work in making said Improvements he will lie err titled to add to tho cort of tlin material used the reasonable .value of the labor ex pended. Proof may.be made flvo years after taking the liomerftoad, or If tho settler desires any time after the expiration of five years and before the expiration of seven years. The settler hns six months after taking the homestead In which to establish his residence on the same; thus but four years urrd six months of actual residence Is required. Settlers Shnnld Have Cnpltnl. The settler who tukes a homestead in thiR region should be prepared to expend a few hundred dollars In stocking and Im proving his claim six monthi after tiling on th same. A thousand dollars would not come amls, yet with less one can get a gord start on the humostead and lncreasi his stock frcm his earnings of various kinds on the claim. Probably dairying would be the most profitable for the lenst money expended. A few cnttle and a cream separator and the homesteader Can secure enough separated cream to defray his necessary expanses. Creamery stations are maintained for the receipt of cream, in every small village and good prices arc Paid for the product. Last June the following system for filing was adopted and probably will be used in February. On the morning of the opening the applicants formed In Hue In front ot the land office and at 9 a. m. each appli cant was given a number. The one nearest to the door of the land office was No. 1, the next No. 1, etc. An officer called tho first ten numbers, and as these made their entries the next ten were called, and so on until all had made tholr filings or found out that the land had been previously taken. Grip Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world-wide Cold and Orlp remedy, removes the cause. Call for the full name and look for signa ture of E. W Orove. 26c. DOUBLE CRIME OF EMBEZZLER Kills Man Who Checks His Aecoanta nnd Then Commits Snlrlae. VEKDKRSBURO. Ihd., Jan. 15.-John Brant, one of the publishers of the Vee dersburg News, and Charles Eckburg, a barber, were found dead thla afternoon In a barber shop, where they had gone to bulance the books of the Odd Fellows' lodge, in which both held official positions. Ob Eckburg' body were found threo let ters. One was addressed to the ptibllt and In It Eckburg declared his Intention of killing himself because of hla financial troubles. He admitted that he was short In his accounts. The second letter was written to Harry Werts, tho dead man's best friend. In (t ho wild that he hao. determined to take hla life and that he would "take Brant with him." The third letter was addressed to Iris wife. The cor oner's verdict charges that Eckburg shot and killed Brant and; later killed him solf. Eckburg was financial secretary for the local Odd Fellows' lodge for several years. About January 1 an auditing committee, composed of Brant, Jonn Labaw and Charles Pugh, waa appointed to audit the books, and In thla Brant took the initia tive. He has since been persistent In try ing to discover the .alleged Irregularities.' Soldier Killed by th Cars. JUNCTION CITY. Kan.. Jan. 15-The frozen body of Artificer Frank Fie of the Beventh field battery, stationed at Fort Klley. was found on the Union Paclfio tracks a mile from here today. The head was badly crushed, indicating that Fie was struck by a truln while walking on the track from her to the fort, lie had been in the tervlce a long time, having only fif teen days more of his present enlistment to serve. lis waa given a military funeral toduy. Didn't Knew It Wmm landed. CHICAGO, Jan. la. While cleaning a re volver today, which he supposed was not loaded, Frank W. Welch, a well known attorney with offices in the Monadriock building whs accidentally nhot and killer. The Liil let tutored his abdomen mid. tak ing a dlaxoual course upward, pierced bis htart WEEK'S WORK OF CONGRESS Statehood Bill Occupies All the Time of the Senate. COMPROMISE ON THE MEASURE LIKELY Swayne Impeachment Matter the Most Important Mensar Before th House Xext to Appro 'prlntlona. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-Tho Intention Is to keep the statehood bill to the front In the senate during the present week, with the hope on the part cf Its friends that by the end of the week they may be able to get an agreement to vote on It. Thus far the opponents of the measure have held out stubbornly against naming a day for a vote, and while they do not say In ex plicit terms that it Is their .Intention to filibuster ngainst the passage of the bill, It Is evident that unless a compromise can be reached for the elimination of Aritona from tho measure they will make an effort to prevent a vote before the close of tiro present session. On this account there Is coming to bo more or less discussion of plans for the modification of the bill, and most of the talk gravitates toward tho suggestion by Foraker for the separation of the votes of Arliona r.nd New Mexico, or that sug gested by Senator Bard, confining the operation of the bill to the creation of the state of Oklahoma out of the territory of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, entirely eliminating New Mexico and Arizona from the bill. A number have announced them selves favorable to each of these modi fications and the hope is expressed that the democratic senators may be brought to accept them. In the meantime the debate will go on. Senator Bate, the senior demo cratic member of the committee on terri tories, said that a number of democratic senators would be prepared by Monday to take the floor In opposition to the Mil in Its present shape. He would not admit a willingness to accept the Foraker or Bard amendments, but said that each of them would be debated. Other democrats do not manifest a disposition to hold out so stiffly, and some say frankly that they would feel liberally Inclined toward the union of Oklahoma and Indian Territory If the bill Is confined to those territories. Pur Food Comes Hext. The pure food bill will become the un finished business when the statehood bill la disposed of, but time Is rapidly slipping away and with only one of the appropria tion bills passed there probably will not be much opportunity to consider the pure food bill If it Is not taken up quickly. The friends of this measure nre discussing the advisability of a vote to displace the s aie hood bill with the pure food bill. Not ling, however, Is determined on In that direction and In no event will It be undertaken In the absence of Senator B-verldge. Senator Martin on Monday will make an effort to secure consideration of the bl.l providing a cross-town railroad for Wash ington. The lines are sharply drown on till bill and if the senate decides to take It up there will be much debate over It. The Mil could come up only during the morning hour so long as the statehood bill is the unfinished bti.Jiiirss. . Saturday the senate will receive officially the murbln statue of the late Senator ln gails of Kansas, which has been pie on'ed to the nation to occupy a p'nee in Statu iry hall. Senator Long will make the presen tation. Work, of llftnsr. The important work before the honce of representatives Hits weik Is , the deposition oT the Swnyne cusc-It can not he f iretol l Just 'how milch time will he consumed be fore a conclusion Is reached as theie nre a number of members who desire to speak on the suhjict before final action is taken on the articles of Impeachment report.-d by the select committee. As this Is a ques tion of the highest ptivil. g, it will' haw precedence over all other business undis posed of. Tomorrow bring suspension day the prob ability is that some time will be given to tho consideration of minor budlpers under suspension of rules, nfter which argument will be resumed on tho Swnyne cae. The army appropriation is also pending before the house. GenertJ debate on the bl.l is closed and the bill was being read by section for nmend'ment rrnder the five minute rule when It was laid aside fo. the consideration of the Impeachment case. It Is the Intention to resume considera tion of the army bill as soon as the peno lng matter Is out of the way. The pension bill has been reported from the appropriation committee and Is ready for the action of the house, while the cur rency bill is still a pending matter. SPRING SESSION NOT LIKELY (Continued from First Page.) dors of the house nnd senate the weather bureau maintains enormous maps of the United States covered by sheets of ground glass. I'pon the surface of this glass the men In charge Indicate the location and course of all storm, the temperature, pre cipitation and condition of the atmosphere at every place where a weather station Is maintained. These graphic maps show at a glance Just what the weather conditions are all over the United States and the greater portion of Canada. Thursday these maps exhibited the pre valence of a stornr more widespread than haa been recorded before In the last twenty-five years. The snowfall was particu larly remarkable. In fifteen states and territories the congealed moisture covered th ground on Thursday rnornlnir to depth of from six to thirty inches. In Northern Texas there was upwards of a foot recorded. Arkansas had from fifteen to twenty-five Inches and even- in New Mexico, Arisoua arrd Okluhomn the full of sirow was very heavy. Such a storm Is ordinarily accompanied by great distress, but in thU Instance there were no complications, und so fur as re ported 110 damage was done. Oa th. con trary, the moisture was welcomed nearly everywhere, as the drouth whW h..s pre vailed throughout Ohio and alutslaiippi vul- "ecu u severe mat wells und - up aim ina eartn wus parched. The record siornr of January, 1906, will accomplish more good In a wider area thun any precipitation has ever before accomplished. Colonel Crosby's Pocket Picked. Colonel John Schuyler Croaby, formerly governor 'of the territory of Montana, and later first assistant postmaster generul In the Arthur administration, wus the victim of a pickpocket In New York last Tuesday and has advertised fur his lost property. Colonel Croaby haa not been in the public eye to any great extent lately, but twenty years ago he was a prominent figure in the social life of Washington and as such became the target for one of the most vindictive female correspondents who ever wrote from the capitol. This woman ac cused him of a crime of which hr was In no senso guilty. Her screed war pub lished in a New York state paper, owned by one of Arthur's warnieet friends. Crosby sued tor I-O.OUO and tl.e case was finally compromised by the payment to him of a very large sum. He left Washington shortly after that, and, although he has made occasional visits here since, he hus dropped out of the minds of mom of his eld associates until the publication of his advertisement offering a reward for the return of his Jewelry on Wednesday last. Describes ehoehone Project. PuprrvlsirR Engineer H. N. Ravage gave an Interesting description of the Phoshone Irrigation project In Big Horn county, Wyo ming, at the recent meeting of the en englniers of the reclamation service In this elty. On the main thoroughfare leading intu the Yellowstone National park from the east, In a region of wild and wonderful topography, the government enplneers are engaged upon an Irrigation project which Is destined to convert a vast area of desert Into fertile nnd productive farms. The main nrea of land to be Irrigated Is located In the northern portion of the so cnl'.ed Pig Horn basin, on the north side of Shoshone river, seventy-five miles east of the Yellowstone park. Field Investigations) and surveys were be gun on this project In May. liKI, and have been carried on since by Jeremiah Ahem, district engineer. The reclalmable area Is orrroxlmatcly rm.o0 acres, located on both sldrs of the Shoshone river below the c.tr.yon. The land Is of general good qual ity, and, as shown by la'-ge areas alrenciy under cultivation In the Immediate vicin ity, will be highly productive when Irri gated. The Shoshone river, which furnishes the water supply, has a drainage area ot 1.2VI square miles, extending Into the mountains to an elevation of over 12.ori feet. Measurements and gtuglnRs of tht river have been maintained since tsi2. and show a menn annual run-off of about l.oon, 000 scre-feet. with maximum floods reach ing up to 15.000 cubic feet per second or more lit the early summer, and running down to !r.n cuhlc feet per second or less during the winter. The great variation be tween the matclm'lm and minimum flow recessllates Impounding the flood run-off to secure a regulated supply for tho Irri gation of lnrge areas. An excellent stor age reservoir site has been found on the main stream nt some distance above the land. to be Irrigated, the dam site being In a granite canyon. Just below the Junc tion of Its two main forks the Shoshone river enters a very narrow canyon, four miles In length, one mile of which Is In solid granite walls rising nearly perpen dicular several hundred feet. At the point selected for the dam the canyon Is sixty five feet wide at the bottom, nnd at an elevation of 240 feet, the height of the proposed dam, 180 feet wide. The reservoir created by the darn will have a storage capacity of BW.OOO acre-feet. Owing to the perpendicular canyon walls It will be nec essary to design a tunnel to provide for the discharge of a wnstcway for excess floods to pass the dam. Tnnnel Throoah Granite. This tunnel will he constructed from the surface of the proposed reservoir throtmh the, solid grnnlte of the mountain, and will discharge the water Into the river several hundred feet below the dam. The capacity e.f the tunnel wiil be 1S.0OO cuhlc fret per second, nnrple to carry the largest floods of the stream. The outlet works will ha e .1 capacity of 250.1 cubic feet per second, the discharge belnir through a tunnel excavate. 1 in the solid granite walls of the mo.intaln nt nn elevation of sixty fi-ei above the stream bed. The tunnel will be fourteen feet square, discharging under pressure, and will be controlled by a series of gates nt the Intake end. As originally designed. 15O.0O0 acres on the north sfTle nre to bj supplied through a simple high line eondnU h iving a total length of about r-eventy-flve rnlls. ilecreasltiu in tarrying capacity ns distributor)' canals are taken out. Tho first three and a half miles. of the main canal will be through the canyon nnil mostly In tunnel, ti e remaining distance by canal, which nt the brad will be sixly feet wide on the bottom, with water tlnht feet In depth. Diamond drill borings were begun Ht the dam site in Aiigiint. l!''l, to determine bedrock Conditions.- (h p1h. etc. The preliminary Investigations seem to ln dicnte that bedrock would be found close to the suiface, but the illnnion I tlr.llers dis covered an altogether different condition. From the very first largo' boulders and heavy gravels were encountered, and ttn drills prrutrutod to 11 depth of eighty-cixht feet before bedrock wait reached. This un expected depth, to foundation will Incier.uj the expected tlnli? Jo tlulsii the-slorag'! dam by at least two year's, since rhe loose ma terial at the bottom of the 1 urryon will all have to be excavated 111 older that the ma sonry work of the tlarn t an be tre ted on bedrock throughout. As the can.von is ex ceedingly narrow It will be- feasible to la close the entire area to be coerid by the dam, and including the tlum It.-elf. This Indosure can then be heated so that tire work may be carried on during the winter season. In ord.r to" handle the wuter which will bo encountered by excavating the foun dation for tho dam, an unusually lur;e con struction power plant will be required. Exceptionally good local cond.ilons for such power development exist here by us ing the water In the stream and natural channel through the canyon, or by the ubs of a steam plant, the fuel for which re cently has been found with ten mlle-s of the work. The reclamation of l&i.OiO acres of land through the construction of this wurk will add a population of approximately 5), OoO Inhabitants to-what Is now a very sparsely settled community. WILLIAMS tHT! 1119 IIFKICK President Expresses I! egret In A c rrptlua" Itcklu nn I ion. WASHINGTON. Jun. 15. William Wit Hams, commissioner of Immigration, has tendered and the president has ueeeptea his resignation of that office, to take ef fect February 10 next. In his letter ac cepting Mr. Williams' resignation the pres ident says; Mv Dear Mr. Williams: Most reluctantly I have come to the conclusion that I shun hav to uccept your resignation. In nr. ceptlng It let me repeat to you writing what i said to you by word of mouth In endeavoring to get you not to Inwlst upon It. 1 feel that you have rendered a ser vice of real arid high importance to thn whole nation in your management of tho office under you. When asked you to take the position I realized that I wa asking you to do what meant genuine selr sucrlflce on your part: and I resllxe that your consenting to stay In so long has meant further Iosm to you. Hut. surely, j 011 must feel recompensed by the knowl edge of the value of your work. You hav set a standard of unceasing Industry, of untiring energy, of high and of single minded devotion to dnlv which your ruc cessor will find It dlflettlt to equul, no matter how good a man he may be. Thanking you most heartily for what you have dnntt and with profound regret that you were unable longer to serve, I am, Sincerely yours. TIIKODOHE KOOSEVELT. ABYSHIMA II A UIIOII CISTOMHR Itesultn of American Expedition Are Already Appareut. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 How rapidly the good results of the American commercial expedition to Abyrslnla, which brought about the commercial treaty betwern the United States and that country, are bi g n nlng to be felt. Is seen from a report to the State department from rr. Eklnner, the American consul general at Mars-Hies, in which he says thnt many American or ders are being shipped direct, and that trade between tbe two countries It increas ing steadily. Mr. Tower, the American amhas-ador at Perlln, has reported to the Stale di-pirt-ment that Oermany. following the rxarnple of this government, Is sending a dlstin- I 2 Day en wary Ikm. 2S4) Always Remember t! 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