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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1904)
THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Keefe, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. Loss Is sometimes gain aa when Adnm lost Hint rib. A strong point In Kuropatkln's favor Is thnt his iinme doesn't sound llho a snooze. A NAVAL SUCCESS THE FIRST DISTINCT ONE THAT RUSSIA HAS SCORED. Tho prospect of tlio cznr dlctntlng pence In Toklo Booms to huvo boon Jnrrod out of plumb. An eminent physlcinn Bnys that thoro Is no such thins ns brntn fag. What does ho call It? It npponrs that Pnttl'H bnckor said fnrewoll to about $40,000 when sho bald farowoll to Aniorlcn. A mnn novor fools so flattorod as when n woman tolls him ho Is tho only man who over could understand her. CRIPPLE A JAPANESE CRUISER Russian Fleet Sends an Attacking Force Under Cover of Night and Ex plodes a Torpedo Ship Towed Away Amid Flames. WHO IS TO BOSS? Approximately speaking, how long do you think it will tako John L. Sul livan to run through with that $1,0007 A real count has become n roal monk In Bohomln. Moro often thoy make monks of two syllables of thorn-selves. Possibly thoso good pcoplo who nro moving to mnko wnrs loss torrlblo nro unintentionally moving to make wars moro frequent. Henvo a sigh for tho lato Old Moso. tho biggest grizzly of tho Rockies. Ho was n wholo hoof trust In hlmsolf, but he never denied It. LIAO YANG Tho Russian fleet scored Its first distinct naval success of tho war on May 10 by torpedoing and crippling, though not tho sinking, of nn nrmorcd Japanoso crulsor In Tnllonwan bnv. Tho Russian nttack wns carofully planned on Mny 10 whllo the Japanoso squadron wns concentrated outsldo Dalny, dovotlng Its attention to Tn llonwan bay, and carried out tho Bnmo night. Tho nttncklng forco wns not n reg ular torpedo boat, but was only n small jiapthn launch in command tot a young naval olFlccr, who hnd with him throo Jacklos. Tho launch car ried n sr.mll machine gun and llirco torpedoes. When darkness fell tho launch crept out of Tort Arthur, hug ging tho shore, with no lights aboard and no glow from tho engines to bo- Canal Commission Subject to War Department. WASHINGTON President Itoono volt hnd a long conferenco with Sec retaries Hnv nnd Tnft and Attorney Gonoral Knox at which the regula tions to govern tho Isthminn canal compnny wore determined on flnnlly. Tho regulations will bo promulgated formally later, but at tho conclusion of tho conferonco Secretary Tnft gavo a brief rosumo of their provisions. Whllo the creation and work of tho commission is committed by law to tho president, whlso authority In mm regard is practically supreme, tho president by tho regulations dl recta that tho commission shall exor cise its powers under tho direction end oiiporvlslon of tho secretary of war. General Georgo W. Davis, tho army momoor of tho commission, Is appoint cd governor of tho American zone on tho Isthmus. Until the expiration of tho Fifty-eighth congress tho isthmian commission will exorcist) legislative authority ovor the Amcrlcnn strip. Governor Davis Is given authority to appoint one Judge, who shall cxcrclso Judicial authority. Under tho operation of what Is known ns ..io Dockery law tho audit ing of tho commission's accounts will fall to the duty of tho auditors of thp PORT DESTROYED DOCKS AND PIERS BLOWN UP AT DALNY. WORK DONE BY THE RUSSIANS In Anticipation of an Attempt of Jap anese to Take Possession of the Place Best Equipped Port on the Pacific Coast. ST. PETERSBURG Viceroy Alexleff has telegraphed to the czar announc ing that the Russians have blown up the docks and piers at Port Dalny, Llao Tung peninsula, presumably to render moro difficult a Japanoso land ing nt that point. Later telegrams received here Indi cate that tho whole of Port Dalny has been destroyed by tho Russians. TO RECLAIM LAND. Port Dalny, on Talion Wnn bay on tho oast coast of the Llao Tung peninsula, was Intended by Russia to bo the chief commercial emporium of Its eastern dominions. An edict pro viding Tor its construction was Issued by the Russian emperor July ISO, 1899, and Port Dalny, fully equipped with alt modern improvements, docks, Money That Is to Be Spent for tho Purpose. WASHINGTON Apropos of tho formal approval by tho secretary of tho interior of now Irrigation projects undor the reclamation law' in Califor nia, Oregon, North Dakota nnd South Dakota, the interior depart ment has issued a statement covering tho disposition of tho reclamation fund, which is In part as follows: "Thoso approvals mark practically tho closo of the preliminary or tonta tlvo stage of reclamation work. Tho projects in ench state and territory nro now well outlined nnd provisions mado for all tho available funds. During tho two years which havo nearly elapsed slnco tho passago ot tho reclamation laws efforts havo been concentrated on gonoral exami nations nnd examination of the mor Its of tho various projects. Theso now have been selected nnd approved contingent on securing tho water rights and lands at reasonable cost and perfecting nil details partly com pleted. The situation in each stato and territory Is as follows: "Arizona Salt river project under consideration at estimated cost of about 53,000,000. "California Yuma project, approv- OPENS IN AUGUST PROCLAMATION REGARDING RES ERVATION LAND SALES. A CHANCE FORJHEAP HOMES Entries Can Be Made from August D to Septombcr 1, Registry After July 5 at Chamberlain, Yankton, Bone steel and Fairfax, South Dakota. A Roston pnpor refers to the present spring as "a cllmntlcal cataclysm." Is it any wonder that" Boston is some times astonished nt Itself? There Is n great deal In UiIb theory that music may nrouso even tho fceblo to mnnlfestntlons of Intcnso activity. Tako "Bcdelln," for Instance. Tho New Jorsey Justico ot tho pence who married six porsons In 33 minutes Tuesday hns nlmost equaled tho record of South Dakota for divorce. An nrtlclo In 0110 of tho monthly mngnzlncs says that some dining room papers cnuso Indigestion to sensitive people. It took a bright mlrfd to think of that. If It Is a fear of Peru that causes the Chileans to hesltato In annexing nn other slico of territory to their do mnin It must bo n fear of recent growth. That Albany centennrian who Is growing n now set of teeth nnd now hair should sell tho exclusivo rights to himself to somo patent medicine company. A Russian cartoon represents a big Cossack spanking n llttlo Jnp. Doubt loss tho Cossnck Is snylng: "I hnto to do thlB, for it hurts mo moro than it docs you." Prof. Sparks of Chicngo university says tho American pcoplo no longer possess originality, but very likely ho has In mind tho Chicago university, brand of originality. Tho Japanese havo Invented nn In oxtlnguishnblo cambustlblo for use in their business, and tho Russians nro now casting about for nn incom bustible extinguisher. Again tho price of diamonds has been ndvnnccd, and another Incrcnso Is not impossible. This should show the young man who Is planning to get engaged the peril of dolny. It's a question whether tho Histori cal Society of Pennsylvania, which has Just secured n copy of "Poor IVhard's Almanac" for $505, hasn't paid too dear for Its whistle. - . 1 "" " ' ' ' " '" - r 'KEY Pa ma I .Boi'jV I 1 KnCW? I S ' vl ' ' S 1 cyj7?OCK HOLT , X 1 1 s I 1 ' i 7 J- t--5?T-- r -4-, i i I lii. "--i i -s , j.... :--"-:"--boon - J r -. CusTER fV r "Wl. : . I : -TiNb L M...X& Xy J ---- y 'TJ----grz- CHASE IfJAVCsfFOWTld SW Tj !j 1 "''' " 7-.i.,t,v IHITCH-I "RD J -r- ! ' ' '. V 81UNDY ! 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COCK IviLtOj ru'vi 1 I LAND OF THE LARGE HOMESTEADS West of the Heavy Line in Nebraska Entrio. fftAn a . ,. . . w v-yw rv,ica iuay DC maaG The Klnknld land bill is as follows: i3o It enacted by the Heimte nnd houso of reproHentutlves of the United Stutes or America, in congress assembled, Uiat from ami after sixty clays after the approval of this act entries made under the lionit-Btead laws In the stato of Nebraska west ami north of tho following line, to-wlt: ncBlnnlng nt a point of the boundary lino between the states of South Dakota and Nebraska where tho llrat guide meridian west of the sixth principal meridian strikes miia bounrary; thence running south along said gultlo meridian to Its Inter section with the fourth standard par allel north of the base line between the states of Nebraska and Kansas: tlienee west along said foutth stand urd parallel to Us Intersection with tho eecond guide merldlun west of the sixth principal meridian; tlienee south along said second Kuldo meridian to Us ln- ivrnecuon wnn me third standard par to its Intersection with tho range line between ranges 25 and 20 west of the sixth principal meridian; thence south aloiiR said line to its Intersection with tho second standaid parallel north of the h:i!c" base ll.ie; tlienee iast on said stundard parallel to Its Intersection with the range lino between ranges SO and 31 west; thence south along said line to Its intersection with the bound ary line between the states of Nebras ka nnd Kansas, shall not exceed In nrea C40 ucrcs, nnd shall be ns nvarly com pact in form ns possible and In no event over two miles In extreme leiiRth; Provided, thut there ahull be excluded from the provisions of this act such lands within the territory herein de scribed ns. In the opinion ot the sec retary of the interior, it may be rea sonably prnctlcnblo to Irrigate under the national Irrigation law, or by pri vate enterprise; and that nald secre tary sliall, prior t the date above west uiong said third standard parallel entry under thi nn ih. inr,,i. ..Jm" . - ... .,., ...v, ,uu, JJUI fclU u ,a.rl.y ,n,cnJ lIe North Platte river, which in his opinion it mny be possible to irrigate as aforesaid: nnd shall thereafter, from time to time, open to entry under this net nny of the lands so excluded, which, upon further in vestigation, he may conclude can not be practically lirigated in the manner aforesaid. Sec. 2. That entrymen under the homestead luus uf the United States within, tl-e territory above described .... uhii aim occupy me lands hereto fore entered by them may, under the provisions of this act and subject to Its conditions, enter other lands con tiguous to their said homestead entry, which shall not, with the land so al ready entered, owned and occupied ex ceed In the aj?Bregate C40 acres, 'and residence upon the original homestead shnll be nccepted ns equivalent to res idence upon the additional land so en tered, but final entry shall not be al lowed of such additional land until five years after first entering the pame The sultan is vory much pleased with his new crulsor. IIo has had occasion from time to tlmo to inspect so many visiting war ohlps that ho ought to know a good ono whon ho sees it. A man found praying for Russoll Sago In front of itussell's house in New York has boon ndjudgod Insane, hut, of course, this doesn't indicate that t'ncle Russell Is rognrded as past praying for. An Albany, N. V., man who fought In tho war or 1812 Is cutting now teeth and getting n new crop of hair in top of his head. IIo bus not gone so far, however, as to put on a Poter Tomklns waist. Now that a rich New Yorker has placed nn ordor with M, Santos Du mont for an elaborate Hying machine for his personal use. It looks as If an. other of Edward Ilellaniy's dreams were coming true. A St. Louis judgo has docldod that tho young woman's father has a right to go dowustalrs after 11 o'clock and interrupt the proceedings, either by force or other-wise. Ho evldontly thinks ho can -iio re-eloctod without tho boy vote. Z '! " Tho "Thumbnail oditlon" of tho Bi ble, which U so small that it cannot bo read without tho aid of a micro scope, Is In groat demand in Knglandi It has not been discovered, however, that there has boon any Increase in the eale of microscopes. trny her presence. It wns Into when sho gained tho outer lino of the Jnp nncso squadron. Slipping through tho torpedo boat pickets and select ing tho nearest warship, n big nrm orod cruiser, Bhe stole townrd hor nnd succeeded in exploding ngnlnst her sio n slnglo torpedo. A deafen ing ronr followed tho explosion which echoed fnr ashore. Immediately flnmes enveloped the cruiser, which evidently wns bndly crippled. Tho crew of tho cruiser wns seen to bo fighting tho fire, which they nt Inst succeeded in extinguishing. A sister ship took tho damaged vessol In tow annd disappeared to tho south east. Tho launch escaped tho hot fire directed ngnlnst hor by tho Jnpnn eso ships, but, being unablo to return to Port Arthur or to got into Dalny, sho was beached not far from Dalny. Only a few of tho higher officers were awnro of tho plnn, tho success of wnicn ueponuvd on socrecy. Tho achievement raised tho spirits of the Russians afloat and nslioro, and tho young nnvnl officer who wns tho hero of tho exploit wns feted nnd recom mended for the Cross of St. George. Forty Buildings In Ashes. STE121.VIU.E, Mo. Tho ontiro bus iness section nnd mnny dwellings wore destroyed by flro which wns discov ered Friday night In a largo dry goods store. Forty business buildings have been burned to tho grouud. Tho loss Is estimated at ?100,000, with nbout 520,000 Insurance. Sec. 3. That the fees ana commis sions en all entries under this act shall be uniformly the same as those charged under the present law for a maximum entry nt the minimum price; that the commutation . provisions of the home stead law sftall not apply to entries miuer mis act, ana at the time of mak ing nnal proof the entryman must prove alllrmattvely that he has placed upon tho lands entered permanent Im provements of the value of not less than $1.25 per ncre for each acre in cluded in his entry:. Provided, that a former homestead entry shall not be n bar to the entry under the provisions of this act of a tract which, together with the former entry, shall not exceed 640 acres: Provided, thnt any former homestead ntryman who shall bo en titled to an mfdltlonnl entry under sec tion 2 of this act shall have for ninety days after the passage of this act tho preferential right to make nddltlonal entry ns provided In said section. Approved April 28. 1901. Tho hnpplest brldo is not always tho ono whoso wedding bolls ring tho loudost. Mrs. Eddy Makes New Rule. NEW YORK Mary Unkor8 Eddy, hoad of tho Church of Christ, Scien tist, Is reported to havo promulgated nn nmondmont to tho constitution of tho church against tho segregation or sexes in clubs. As most of tho church mombors aro also members of clubs and associations, founded on principles that preclude the associa tion of men nnd women, thoy nro sild to bo greatly puzzled ovor tho en forcement cf the edict. Mombors of tho Masonic fraternity are understood to bo exempt from tho ruling. stato department, but beyond tho mat ter of auditing tho state department will not be charged with any control over tho commission. Tho commis sion will report dlrectoly to tho sec rotary of war as often as ho may di rect upon all phases of Its operations. It will bo under tho same' sort of con trol of tlie secretary or war ns is tho Philippine commission. All direc tions concerning tho operations of the commission nro set out fully in tho regulations and a recitation Is mndo of nil tho operations lending up to tho acquisition of tho canal property and tho appointment of the commis sion. Dividing Irrigation Fund Acting under tho terms of tho irri gation reclamation law, tho secretary of tho Interior has set apart ?S, 100,000 of tho reclamation fund In connection with tho following projects: For tho Yuma project on the Colo rado river, covering about 85,000 acres in Arizona nnd California, $3. 000,000. Tho Hollo Fourcho project in South Dakota, 60,000 acres, $2,100,000. Tho Malheur project In Oregon, 75, 000 acres, ?2,000,000. Tho Fort Duford project on the Yel lowstono rlvor in North Dakota, 51. 200,000. Tho appropriation will leave only about IG.000,000 of tho reclamation fund of $27,000,000 to be disposed of. Russia Sends Siege Guns. ST. PETERSBURG A larm num ber of slogo guns wns dispatched to tho far east from hero Saturday. Object to American Engineers. OTTAWA, Ont. During tho discus sion on tho Grand Trunk Pacific bill in tho Houso of Commons Friday tho opposition mado a vigorous protest against tho omployment of American onginoors in tho surveys of tho pro posed railway. Sir William Laurlor, In reply, said that C. M. Hays, mann gor of tho Grnnd Trunk, hnd written a lettor recently saying that there wore not moro than 4 por cont of tho per sons employed on tho surveys who wore not olthor Canadians or British subjects. warehouses and railroad facilities, was opened to commerce In December, 1901. Talien Wan bay is ono of tho first deep water harbors on tho Pacific coast. It Is freo from Ice In winter tlmo nnd ships drawing thirty feet of water can enter at low tide without difficulty and without tho aid of pilots can sa'J or steam alongside tho 1m menso docks nnd piers, where their ciirgoes enn be loaded Into railroad cars and run direct for 1,000 miles into tho city of St. Petersburg. Five largo piers hnd been construct ed, ench supplied with numerous rnll rond tracks and Immenso warehouses and elevntors, gas, electric lights nnd wntcc. nnd n largo breakwater wns be ing constructed, so that ships could Ho nt tho piers nnd lond and unlond regardless of wenther. Docks for for eign vessels, stenm nnd sail, extended beyond the piers and nlong the shore for two miles. There were two first clnss dry docks, one intended for or dinary ocean steamers and the other designed to accommodate tho largest vessels of war or commerce, Six million had been expended on tho harbor system before tho end of 1002, nnd It was estimated that the cost of completing tho works would bo nearly ?20,000.000, but this does not In any way represent the total cost of the erection of this great commercial port, which, with Port Arthur, distant about twenty miles, was leased by tho cnineso government to Russia in 1898. Nearly 20.000 mon were employed dally on tho works. The total popula tion has boen estimated at about CO. 000, most Chinese, Japanese, KorcaAi and Russians. Royal Relics Bring High Prices. LONDON At an auction in Chris tio's room a Holboln miniature of Francos Howard, duchos of Norfolk, reallzod tho unprecedented sum of $12,750. At Otheby's Lord Nolson's last comploto lottor to Lady Hamilton realized' $5,150. The lottor Is of four pages. Stanley Will Not Lie In Abbey. LONDON It has been definitely do cldod that Sir Henry M. Stanly, who died May 10, will not bo buried in West minster Abbey ed construction by secretary at cost of about $3,000,000. "Colorado Uncompahgro project, involving an expenditure of $2,500,000. "Idaho Minidoka project, for which about $2,000,000 has been previously allotted. ".Montana Milk river project, gen eral allotment of $2,500,000. "Nebraska Reclamation of lands J0"sMNorth Platte river, for which $100,000 has been set aside. "Nevada Truckee-Carson projeet under construction nt a cost of about $3,000,000. "New Mexico Hondo project, at a cost of approximately $350,000. "North Dakota Fort llufm-,1 pro ject, taking water from Yellowstono river in .Montana, at a cost of about $1,200,000. "Oregon Malheur project, costing about $2,000,000. "South Dakota Bello Fourcho pro ject, costing about $2,1000,000. "Utah Conservation of water In Salt Lake river at a cost of about $1,000,000. "Washington Reclamation of land near Pasco at a cost of $1,500,000. "Wyoming Tho storage nnd diver sion of Shoshono river near Cody, ror which $2,250,000 has been set aside. "All tho projects outlined will cost $27,000,000 nnd will require for con structlon two or three years. They will reclaim In round numbers 1.000, 000 acres of and, all of which will be susceptible of intense cultivation and should be capable of supporting a population of 500.000 or moro per sons. The money expended In con structing theso works Is derived from tho disposal of public lands." Captain Allen Ends Life. ST. LOUIS. Captain Walter Allen of St. Louis, connected with tho World's Fair Jefferson Guards, and a brother of "Private" John H. Allon, national World's Fair commissioner from Mississippi, committed sulcldo lato on Tuesday by shooting himself through tho heart In a room in tho dormitory of tho Washington universi ty, which Is now being utilized by tho exposition. Ho Joft a note stating that 111 health had driven 'hhn to com mit the act. His wife and two chil dren survive him. WASHINGTON President Roose volt hns signed tho proclnmntion open ng to settlement on August 8 tho Rose bud reservntlon lying in Gregory coun ty, South Dakota. After deducting: lands withheld to stato for school pur poses the proclamation opens to settle ment nbout 385,000 ncres. Under tho provisions of tho procla mation registration will begin July 5 at 9 n. in., at Chnmberlnln, Yankton, Bonestcel and Fairfax and continue until C o'clock Saturday evening, July 23. As has been stated heretofore in theso dispatches, land will be disposed of by drawing; Tho drawing will tako placo at the Chamberlain land ofllco commencing at 9 a. in. Thursday, July 28, and continuing for such period as may bo necessary to draw from tho box all envelopes contained there in. Three persons of highest Integrity and of sjiotless reputation will bo se lected by the commissioner of the general land ofllce. who will bo pres ent in person to supervise tho draw ing. Entries will be made at Bonestcel, beginning August 8 nnd continuing un til September 10 Inclusive. Tho lnnd ofllco, for convenience of entrymen, will be temporarily removed from Chamberlain to Bonestcel in order to, facilitate the rus!! which is expected. After September 10 subsequent entries will be recorded nt Chnmberlnln as usual. Those contemplating filing registra tion must do so in person at one of the four towns mentioned above, with the exception of soldiers or sailors, who may employ nn agent. No one person mny register for more thnn 1G0 acres. The actual opening of this vast domain will oc cur on the morning of August 8. The price of land ns provided by law is as follows: Lands taken during; tho first three months, $4 per acre; within six months, $3; after six months, $2.50 per acre. All lands remaining undisposed of after four years shall bo disposed or by tho secretary of tho Interior under such rules and regula tions as he may prescribe. The proclamation, among other things, says: "All persons nro especially admon ished that under the said act ot con gress approved April 23, 1904, it is provided that no person shall bo per- ' tnlttcd to settle upon, occupy or enter any of said ceded lands except in the manner prescribed in this proclama tion until after the expiration of sixty days from tho tlmo when the same are opened to settlement nnd entry. "Alter the expiration of tho said period of sixty days, but not before, and until tho expiration of three months after the same shall hnvo been opened for settlement and entry as horeinbeforo prescribed any of Bald lands remaining undisposed or may be settled upon, occupied and en tered under the general provisions or the homestead and townslto laws ot the United States In like manner as If the manner of effecting such settle ment, occupancy and entry had not been prescribed herein in obedience to law, subject, however, to tho pay mont of $4 per ncre for the land en tered, in tho manner and nt tho tlrac requlred by the said act of congress above mentioned. "After expirntion of three months and not before, nnd until the expira tion of six months after the snmo shall havo been opened for settlement and entry as aforesaid, nny of said lands remaining undisposed of may also bo settled upon, occupied and entered un der the general provisions of the samo laws nnd in tho snmo manner, sub ject. however, to the payment of $3 per acre for tho land entered in tho manner and at the times required bv tho same act of congress." PRESIDENT'S SUMMER PLANS. ' Will Alternate Between Oyster Bay and Washington. WASHINGTON.-Presidont Roose velt's plans for tho summer were a--nounced by Secretary Loeb Wednes day. They aro tentative, hut probably will be carried out as follows: The president will go to Oyster Bny about July 1, remaining thoro until aftor he receives tho official notiflca tion of tho choice or the republican convention Then he expects to re turn to Washington for a stay of two or three weeks, returning 'then to Oyster Bay and remaining there until shortly after the mlddlo of September It Is announced that tho provident will" not receive any delegations at Oystor Bay nnd thnt he will onlv receive thoso visitors on political mnttors who come through the national committee All other visitors to be recoived at Oyster Bay will ho limited to those whoso missions aro on official busi-ness. Prominent Persons Arrive. NEW YORK-The steamer Pl,ia dolphln. from Southampton, nrrlvod bunday. Among passengers wan Dr. D. Mayer. United Statoa consul . at. Buenos Ayres; William Davis. Wll llam Hill, Aaron Watson. Herbort Baker and Paul Ocker, British jour nalists, who are going to St. Louis to attend the journalist convention, and Peter Augustus Jay. secretary of the United States legation nt Constant! nople. Mrs. Mayer, wife uf c,nBll, Mayer, died during voyage from Bue nos Ayres to England. ' ' H. V JJtj. fe5fc.-