THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefo, Publisher.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
Thus far tho wnr litis cost the Japa
nese 570,000,000 yon and 9,000 men.
For neutral powers another correct
iVHnltlon of war Is that It Is n nut
sancc.
Inventor Holland should go to somo
reltablo medium and call up tho lato
Oarlus Greon.
Tho man who shot himself hecauso
ho couldn't get a drink could only
havo been "half tshot."
Tho Now York woman who was
tickled under tho chin wnsn't tickled
a hit, and sho had tho fellow arrostcd.
A granddaughter of Jefferson Davis
Is to bo married to a rolatlvo of Gen
eral Grant. Let ub havo somo moro
pence.
Ah a boll weovll oxtormlnntor tho
Guatemalan ant Is a failure. Tho boll
weevil Is proof against both ants and
cussln's.
It scorns that they really have "soci
ety Journals" In Japan. Those peo
ple havo not advanced bo much as wo
imagined.
Pugilist O'Brien made tho mistake
of trying to knock Pugilist Fltzslm
mons out by h ting him on his Invinc
ible mouth.
There Is a boy In Boston who has
mnstcred nlno of tho dend languages,
but ho can't look at n statue of Venus
without Hwoonlng.
Tho dlvorco Industry Is tho only ono
where an Increased numbor of partner
ship dissolutions marks an Increase In
tho volumo of business.
Tho sweet girl grnduato can never
hopo to put anything better Into her
"commencement paper" than Bho al
ways put Into her curl paper.
A recent writer wnnts to know "how
far away aro tho stars?" Tho theatri
cal sort aro generally to be found In
close proximity to tho front row.
Thoro'B no denying that Col. Young
husband will bo nblo to wrlto a very
Interesting book, If ho reaches Lhnssa
and then gets safely out of Tibet.
You can hear a fly walk by the use
of tho microphone. In tho nbsenco of
this instrument his presence may bo
detected by tho possession of a bald
head.
Col. Younghusband's column took
an Icy pass In Tibet tho other dny. It
nppcars that tho Icy pass was tho
only thing which could bo taken at
tho time.
If published figures aro not at fault,
tho consumption of beer In Germany
has fallen off during tho Inst twenty
two yenrs nearly 40 per cent. Vnt dor
matter Iss?
Tho annual reports of hailstones
ns largo as hens' eggs aro at hand
from sevornl sections of tho country.
As yet, none are reported ns small
as roasts of beef.
A California surgeon opcrnted on a
pntlent whllo tho houso In which they
wero wns burning. It's simply Impos
sible to stop BOmo mirgcoin when they
get their patients down.
Those Newport society girls who
havo taken up tho habit of playing
leapfrog on tho beach will, of course,
bo seriously shocked when they see
their pictures In tho papers.
Hotty Green recently moved bo
causo her rent was raised ?2 a month.
It's certainly very unwomanly in tho
old lady to keop on trying to butt Into
tho Russell Sage class In that way.
Inventor Holland snys men will
soon bo able for $10 apieco to buy a
bot of wings with which It will bo pos
slblo to fly 100 miles an hour. Get in
your order early and avoid provoking
delays.
King Edward says ho takes no
physical exercise. Evidently ho Is ono
of those pcoplo who would llko to
know what would bo the uso of oc
cupying a throno If It wero necessnry
to work.
Still moro advico as to tho carp:
When you catch ono don't throw It
btck into the wnter. Chloroform It.
This will glvo the respectablo fishes a
better chanco to live. And thero wHl
be ono less carp.
Now comes nnother expert who says
tho Panama canal excavation cannot
bo finished beforo 1950. Tho beauty
of a prophecy of this kind is that it
may take at least six or seven years
to provo Its falsity.
John L. Sullivan is to become tho
manager of a New York hotel. Owing
to the fact that thero will bo u bar
attachment, people who wish to soe
Mr. Sullivan will always know whero
to find him, without wasting valuablo
time.
Tho Hartford Courant urges that
teaching swimming should bo a part
of the work of every public school.
Tho Courant'8 reform is a long way
off. Too many mothers still have tho
idea that their boys are safer if they
don t know how to swim.
NEWS IN
APPORTIONING THE TAXES.
Some Counties Will Pay More and
Others Less Than Last Year.
LINCOLN. Tho assessed valuation
of tho state ns fixed by tho state board
of equalization Jb $29 1,721, 308.G5, an
lncrcaso ovor tho assessment of last
year of $100,202,929.51. But wltli this
groat increaso In tho value of property
tho lncrcaso of taxes ns a general
proposition will not bo material,
though In some of tho counties tho In
creaso will bo felt. In nil, tho amount
of rovenuo that will bo brought in ex
ceeds tho nmount of last year only
$215,011. Tho total amount for nil
purposes for tho. year under the G-mlll
lovy will amount to $1,7G8,327, ngalnst
$1,523,310 InBf year. For the gcncrnl
fund thero will bo realized $1,32G,145.
Tho Increase In tho value of prop
erty other than railroads over last
year is 61V4 per cent. This property
this year was assessed at $248,028,
450.20, while last yenr it wns assessed
at $101,17:i,4:j:ut. Tho railroad prop
erly was assessed last year at $27,284,-
94G, and this year at $40,082,852.75.
Tho work of tho county assessors
was well done, and In many instances
tho assessors havo been complimented
by tho state board. In only twenty
two counties were nny changes made
at all, and tho highest change wns an
lncrcaso of 10 per cent.
Whllo tho rovenuo Inw has been
looked upon ns a mogul with red
horns, tho work of tho board has not
demonstrated that It Is a thing to bo
feared. In nineteen counties of tho
stato taxes this yenr will bo reduced
from tho amount paid last year. These
counties are Banner, Blninc, Boone,
Cherry, Dakota, Deuel, Frontier,
Grant, Holt, Howard, Keith, Keya
Paha, Logan, Loup, M'cPlicrson, Hod
Willow, llock, Scotts Bluff and Wheel
er. PEOPLE ARE ALL UP IN ARMS.
Cheyenne County Not Satisfied with
Tax Levy.
SIDNEY, Neb. The action of the
state board of equalization In raising
Cheyenne- county 10 por cent, has
aroused tho Idlguntion of this section,
and Is being vigorously denounced. Tho
taxpayers, Irrespective of party affilia
tions, aro up in arms. This county
hns paid moro taxes In proportion to
land vnlues than any other county In
tho state, simply hecauso revenue had
to bo rnised to carry on tho county
government.
Grazing lands that could bo bought
for 75 cents to $1 per acre were this
year assessed for $1.50 an acre, and
this rnlso of 10 per cent, makes tho
land valuo $1.05.
Cass County Peaches.
PLATTSMOUTH. Several wagon
loads of choice home-grown peaches
were sold on tho streets of Plattamouth
for 75 cents per bushel. Dr. J. B.
Hungato has nmdo several shipments
of choice pcache3 to St. Louis and
somo have been placed on exhibition
nt tho World's fair.
Contracts for Election Notice.
Secretary of Stato Marsh has com
pleted his contracts for tho publica
tion of tho notlco for the call of a
constitutional convention to be voted
on at tho next election. One paper In
each county will publish tho notlco,
tho total amount to bo paid being
about $0,000.
Cass County Mortgage Record.
PLATTSMOUTH. Tho Cass county
mortgage record, for July Is as follows:
Nino farm mortgages wero filed,
amounting to $25,500; nine released,
$22,278; city property, nlno filed, $7,
019; six released, $3,035.
Search Proves Fruitless.
PLATTSMOUTH. Sheriff McBrldo
returned from u fruitless search for
tho thlcvos who stole a team and
wagon nnd burned a barn at Weeping
Water Tuesday night. Tho trail of the
mon was followed to n point about a
mllo north of tho Marshall farm,
whero It was lost. So far as known
no suspicious appearing men wero
Beon In tho town during tho day pre
ceding tho robbery, nnd It Is evident
that the thieves came and went dur
ing tho night.
Only Slight Discrepancy.
LINCOLN. Examiner WIggans,
who Is examining tho books of former
Adjutant General Colby, has about
completed the work, and outside of
$2,000 worth of blankets which turned
up missing, and which Colby subso
qucntly accounted for, Mr. Wigans has
found missing about $150. It may be
that General Colby will bo able to
Bhow receipts for this amount, but tho
examiner was unable to locate them,
Genoral Colby and Mr. WIggans wont
ovor the reports that will be shortly
filed with the governor.
Peach Trees Make a Change.
NEBRASKA CITY. Several of the
host-known fruit growors In this sec
tion of tho county claim that peach
troos that bore freostono poaches here
tofore aro bearing clingstone ponchos
this year. W. D. Hollabaugh and Em
ery Sherfey, two very successful fruit
growors, say their freostono poach
troos aro bearing the cllngstono varlo
ty. They are at a loss to explain this
phenomena, and enn glvo no explana
tion of tho transformation. Somo of
the trees, they claim, aro bearing both
the free and cllngstono varieties.
NEBRASKA
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Work Is rapidly progressing on
West Point's new passenger depot.
Tho four-weeks-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Carroll of Nora was
found dead In bed.
Lancaster county has Inaugurated n
van movement for tho collection or
delinquent personal taxes.
Fremont gardeners report potatoes
rotting badly on nccount of tho wet
weather. The quality Is good and tho
yield fair. Sweet corn 1b rather back
ward. MIsb Cathcrlno Woods, who taught
In Plattsmouth for two years, has
beon appointed secretary to Prof. J.
W. Crnbtreo, now president of the
Peru Normal.
James W. Scott, a farmor living a"
few miles north of Humboldt, lost
two valuablo milk cowb as the result
of a stroke of lightning, both animals
being Instantly killed.
William McCormack, who was first
In tho Rosebud drawing, is not now a
resident of Lancaster county. Ho Is
employed In tho Treasury department
at Washington, and until recently his
pcoplo lived it) Clay Center. Neb. They
now live in Missouri.
Threshing of whent Is now tho or
der of tho day In Johnson county.
The crop Is very poor, many fields
hardly being worth tho cutting.
Somo few fields will yield from twelve
to eighteen bushels per aero, but ten
bushels per aero Is a moro common
thing.
Major Church Howe. United States
consul general at Atnwerp, Belgium,
arrived homo In Nemnha county re
cently, looking hale and hearty. The
major Is glad to .return homo and
greet his old Nemaha county friends
onco more. He likes his work and
life at Antwerp.
Henry Schneider, proprietor of n
meat market at Danbury, was found
dead in bed. The top of his head had
been shot off from tho discharge of a
shot gun. It Is tho general belief
that the man committed suicide. He
obtained a divorce from his wife at
tho Juno term of court.
Armour's packing house nt Lincoln
has been closed down and will not bo
reopened. M. M. Eearle, who has
beon tho resident .manager, will open
up n buslnea In tho same locality on
his own responsibility. The Armour
firm employed fifty-two men, who will
be thrown out of work.
Tho $40,000 school bonds which
were voted in Hastings July 5 for the
construction of a new high school
wero sold at public auction. Tho
bonds were bought by Noble, Moss &
Co., of Dotrolt. Mich., through tho
Exchango National bank of Hnstlngs
at a premium or $1,050.
Bernhart H. Schweln has filed his
petition in tho district court of Dodge
county prrying to have his name
changed to Schrine. He wants the
cimngo because the old ono doesn't
sound god In English and also be
cause ho is a student in theology,
soon to bo ordained as a clergyman.
John D. Pope of Friend loft for his
new homo In Chicago. On tho evo of
his departure about five hundred of
tho leading citizens of Friend and tho
surrounding country gathered on tho
lnwn of Mr. A. B. Sanders in order to
bid farewell to their esteemed citizen
nnd friend, and present him with a
token or their appreciation.
At Falls City on circus day D. S.
Huffnall of Rulo camo to town to see
tho show and at the sumo time attend
to some business. Being township
treasurer or Rulo ho drew $405 ot
public money and returned home on
tho arternoon trnln. The train was
crowded. A short tlmo aftor leaving
the trnln he loked for his money. It
was gone. It Is thought his pocket
was picked.
The wheat yield In Pawnee county
is said to bo very satisfactory.
Tho corner stono for tho home or
flco building or the Royal Highlanders
was successfully laid at Aurora.
An accident occurred upon tho
streets of Cedar Rapids, by which
William Sterling or that place lost
his lire. Ho was engaged In moving
a largo frame building, using block
and four horses for motive power.
Whllo he was driving the horses a
double-treo broke and tho end or tho
Tour horso everer being released,
came back and struck him iu tho rn
glon or tho stomach, resulting In his
death four hours later.
Thomas Roano, a colored soldier
rrom tho Twonty-firth infantry, who
had gone Insane atter sorvlco In tho
Philippines, passed through Platts
mouth from Fort Crook to Washing
ton, D. C, accompanied by two mem
bers of tho hospital corps. Tho un
fortunate man's hands wero fastened
together and his feet were shackled,
and to prevent nlm from talking in
cesantly in Spanish and English nt
tho top of his voice It was necessary
to keep a cloth drawn through and
over his mouth.
Tho city of Osceola used to havo a
weather sorvlce, but on account of
neglect It got Into disrepute and was
abandonod. But through tho good work
of Congressman Hlnshnw. tho section
director nnd Judge Saunders a woath
er sorvlco has been ostabltsned again.
The remains of John Weden wero
found docayod In his homo nt Bartley.
Ho had beon in poor health for somo
tlmo. At the coroner's lnquost It wns
found that ho died from natural
causes. Ho was an old soldier, very
eccentric and lived alone in his own
STILL FAR APART
NO INDICATIONS OF SETTLEMENT
OF STRIKE.
BOTH SIDES JAKINC CLAIMS
Packers Say They Have Plenty of
Men, While Donnelly Declares There
Are Not Enough to Break the Strike
Aid from the Labor Federation.
CHICAGO. All tho labor unions in
Chicago havo Indorsed tho stock ynrdB
strike. Aftor listening to the strikers'
Bldo or tho controversy, which was
presented to them by Michael J. Don
nelly, president of tho striking butch
ers' union, the Chicago Federation of
Lnbor, which Is composed of every la
bor union in Chicago and has n mem
bership of nearly 300,000, adopted res
olutions pledging tho moral and finan
cial support of tho federated body as
long as tho strike continues.
Each member of tho central body
will bo assessed a small sum per
week nnd tho whole amount will be
turned over to the striking unions to
help in the support of the strikers
and their families during tho struggle
with tho packers. Tho exact amount
each member Is to bo assessed was
left In the hands of a committee with
orders to report results tomorrow.
Whllo tho ofilclals of tho Federation
or Labor were unable Sunday night to
glvo an exact estimate of tho amount
of money tho strikers would secure
from this Bource, it was stated that
tho total sum would bo well up In tho
thousands each week.
After a fight which has lasted for
nearly four weeks, a settlement of the
stock yards strike seems to bo as re
moto as at any time since the strug
gle for supremacy began. Neither side
to tho conflict, 'during all this time,
has shown any signs of weakening.
The packers, while claiming thnt
they will soon have their affairs In
normal condition again, so successful
havo they been In securing non-union
men, still admit that so far they have
been able to get but 550 of their old
employes back, and tho majority of
their employes aro unskilled workers.
In tho last statement given out by tho
packers It was said that not half as
many men wore at work as before the
Btrlko began.
Theso men have been brought to
Chicago from all parts of the country,
the majority of them having never
Been a. meat packing plant berore com
ing here. With theso men tho pack
ers havo succeeded in accomplishing
a gront deal of work, but according to
the strikers, every animal that has
been slaughtered slnco tho strike was
called has been at a financial loss to
tho packers, as in the majority of
cases a lack of unskilled workmen has
made it impossible to operate the by
products departments, nnd this sourco
of revenue, which, under normal con
ditions, is a clear profit to the pack
ers, lias been allowed to waste.
Last week tho packers were fig
strikers when work ws resumed Mon
strikers when wor kwas resumed Mon
day morning, but thero Is nothing to
night that would indicate that the
men were oven considering such a
step, nor that they had any Idea of
surrendering Monday or at any fit
turo time. According to Michael J.
Donnelly, president or the butchers'
union, tho organization which precipi
tated the strike, tho strikers are in a
bettor position today than they were
on July 12, the day the orglnal strike
was called.
JAPS SLAIN BY THOUSANDS.
Sustained Great Losses, According to
Russian Ruperts.
ST. PETERSBURG. A telegram
from Clio Foo, dated August 7. Bays
that according to Chinese Information
a tlerco battle was fought on tho land
side of Port Arthur August 1st. The
Jnpaneso aro reported to havo been
repulsed with great loss, tho killed
alone being estimnted at 10,000, whllo
tho Russians lost about 1,000.
Tho telegram says that Lieutenant
General Stoessel was personally in
command, and that tho conduct of tho
Russian troops was splendid.
Lieutenant Genernl Stoessel, com
manding the Russian military forces
at Port Arthur, In an undated dis
patch to tho emperor, says:
"I am happy to report that the
troops repulsed all tho Japanese at
tacks of July 2G, 27 and 28, with enor
mous losses.
"Tho garrison's enthusiasm was ex
traordinary. The ficet assisted In the
defense by bombarding tho Japanese
flank.
"Our losses during tho three dnys
were about 1,500 men and forty ofll
cers killed or wounded.
"According to statements of Chinese
nnd prisoners, tho Japanese lost as
many as 10,000.
"Their losses swore so great that
tho onemy hns not hac time to remove
tho dead and wounded."
Fierce Jaoanese Fire.
LIAO YANG Detailed reports ar
riving at hoadcuarters show thnt tho
right wing of tho Japanese army had
the hardest fighting during the battle
of last Sunday. A sensational foat
tire occurred at Chobaldo pass, ton
inllos from tho Motlen pass. A brig
ado constituting a confer column rac
ed with two Russian roglments for
the possession of tho summit com
manding the Russian flank. The Jnp
aneso fired as they ascended, dislodg
ing tho Russians from the rocks and
killing or wounding 1,000.
COUNT KELLER KILLED.
Japanese Shell Ends the Life of Rus
slan Goneral Near Llao Yang.
MUKDEN. It Is reported thnt Lion
tenant Goneral Count Keller has been
Killed east of Llao Yang.
LONDON. A dispatch to a news
agency from St Petersburg confirms
tho report of tho death of General
Keller, saying ho wns killed by a frag
ment of a Japancso Bhell at tho tlmo
ho was opposing tho Japanese advance
along the railway near Hal Cheng.
Lieutenant Genernl Count Keller, at
tho opening of tho war, was in com
mand of tho Second Siberian Army di
vision. He was 64 years old, and re
signed tho governorship of Ekateri
nostarr in order to go to the front.
General Keller took part In tho threa
campaigns of the Russo-Turklsh wnr.
In 1887 ho commanded tho Imperial
Rlflo regiment and later was director
of tho corps of imperial pages, by
which Keller camo in contact with
tho members of tho imperial family,
with whom ho was In great favor. Gen
eral Killer was considered to bo tho
possessor of cool judgment nnd to bo
a fine strategist. Though a strict dis
ciplinarian, Keeller was a kind and
careful officer and popular with his
men. Ho wore a short gray beard,
had keen bluo eyes and dressed in
khaki.
HAS SUNK MORE THAN ONE SHIP
Vladivostok Squadron Returns to Port
and Tells of Action.
VLADIVOSTOK. Tho Vladivostok
cruiser division returned to port at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tho
cruisers wero in perfect condition.
They captured, during their cruise, tho
steamer Arabln and destroyed some
schooners, a small Japanese steamer,
ono Gorman steamer and ono British
steamer. Tho last-mentioned two
wero carrying contraband material,
and had nearly reached their destina
tion Yokohama but wero almost
without coal, and it was therefore Im
possible to send them to Vladivostok.
The cruisers steamed up and down
In front of the Japanese capital, but
saw nothing of the enemy's warships.
Although tho Russian vessels had only
three doors through which to get homo
the straits of Corea, La Pcrouso
strait and Tsugaru strait which ap
parently could easily have been barred
by Vice Admiral Kamimura's vessels,
bad luck pursued the Japaneso admi
ral, and tho Russian cruisers had no
difficulty in eluding him.
CORTELYOU MEETS PRESIDENT.
Outlines Western Campaign Will
Have Thirty Advisers.
WASHINGTON Republican Na
tional Chairman Cortclyou arrived
Thursday from Chicago. He called
on President Roosevelt for an hour.
Tho conference related largely to de
tails of the opening of the campaign
headquarters in Chicago and the po
litical situation in western states.
Chairman Cortclyou declined to bo
interviewed for publication regarding
tho campaign or any of his recent ob
servations. He expressed pleasure
that tho national executive commit
tee, the personnel of which ho an
nounced two days ago In Chicago, had
mot with such general approval.
Mr. Cortelyou will not announce,
perhaps for several days yet, the
composition of his campaign advisory
committee. That committee will con
sist of prominent republicans from
various parts of the country. Its
number is not limited and It may
Includo thirty members.
BONDS FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
Postoffice Department Issues Order
Requiring Them.
WASHINGTON. Tho postoffice de
partment has Issued a general order
directing that every railway postal
clerk shull give a $1,000 bond to the
United States for the "faithful dis
charge of all duties and trusts Im
posed upon them by law and the rules
and regulations of tho department.
Each clerk shall pay tho premium
chargeable to himself. Bonds will bo
filed with tho second assistant post
master general.
This order affects approximately 10,
000 employes, embracing all tho rail
way postal clerks, except thoso .who
nre assigned to clerical duties in
which they do not havo access to reg
istered mall.
FUSION IN KANSAS.
Populists Accept Offer of Democrats
to Divide Offices.
TOPEKA. Kan. After midnight
this morning the populist state con
vention, which had spent tho night
discussing tho proposal to fuse with
tho democrats in the stato campaign,
decided to accept tho demopratic offer
of a division of tho ticket. Tho middle-of-the-road
faction of tho popu
lists at onco announced dissent, with
drew from tho hall, organized another
convention and adjourned until 10 a.
m., when it Is expected they will nom
inate a straight ticket. The fusion
forces nominated David M. Dale for
governor. r j
Nebraskans Drowred in Colorado.
BOULDER, Colo. Mrs. Lina Cham
bers of York, Neb., nnd Mary Renkes,
tho 12-year-old daughter of Charles
Renkos or this city, wero drowned in
Boulder creek. They wore part or a
camping party In Bummer gulch, six
mllos rrom here. Without any warn
ing, a wall or water, caused by a cloud
burst, camo rushing down the gulch,
carrying the tont and the Inmates Into
tho crook. Mrs. Chnmbers and Mary
Renkos wore carrlo dlnto the stream
by the torrent or water and drowned.
The bodlos were recovered.
LANDFORGRAZING'
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING
SAME BY THE STOCKMEN.
WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE
Stockmen's Interest Transferred to
Management of the Agricultural De
partmentNo Action Taken with.
Reference to Butchers' Strike.
DENVER, Colo. Tho western stock
growers, who havo been conferring
here for three days wjth the special
land commission appointed by Presi
dent Roosevelt, finally adjourned
without taking any action with refer
ence to tho strike at the packing house
centers.
A resolution was adopted with prac
tical unanimity urging on congress
"the necessity of tho transfer at the
earliest possible date of the manage
ment of the forest reserves to the de
partment of agriculture, whero not
only the forests, but all tho Interests
involved, may be properly studied and
protected."
Discussion of tho resolutions con
cerning grazing lands was animated,
but finally adopted as follows:
"Whereas, After full discussion, the
lact has developed that conditions over
tho vast area included in tho grazing
districts of tho west are so varied and
conflcting that much tlmo must of
necessity be consumed In tho classifi
cation of the public grazing area, as
well as the determination of lange
customs and usages In different dis
tricts; and,
"Whereas, The past creation of for
est reserves has often been ill-advised
and far-reaching and the administra
tion thereof as concerns tho grazing
Interests has been faulty, even to in
justice, and believing that the depart
ment of the interior is not fully equip
ped to study and handle tho forest
reserve question; and,
"Whereas, Feeling that the present
grazing system hns been built up
through a term of many years, con
suming the life work of the western
pioneers and of the younger genera
tion, entailing untold hardships and
even sacrifice of life, and believing
that such sturdy efforts entitle the
great majority of the present occu
pants of the range to no uncertain
voice in the Initiation of any legisla
tion that may affect their interest;
therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we favor the pass
age or a law which will authtorlze
tho secretary or agriculture to thor
oughly classiry the vacant lands of
tho United States ami determine tho
condition nt present governing the use
of the grazing areas and to ascertain
those sections of the range, and ir
there be any to which a lease systom
can be satisfactorily applied, be It fur- .
ther
"Resolved, That the power to cre
ate and administer forest reserves
shall bo vested In the department of
agriculture, which is especially or
ganized and equipped for this purpose;
and bo it further
"Resolved, That we favor govern
ment control of and jurisdiction over
all public grazing areas by or through
tho department of agriculture; local
questions being decided on local
grounds and under regulations made
to meet local conditions; that the
range rights of present users of tho
grazing areas as determined by pri
ority of occupancy and present use
shall be carefully safeguarded, and
that no sudden or stringent upheaval
of existing conditions which would
cause commercial distress shall bo
made; on tho other hand, such legisla
tion must be gradual In Its effect and
leases granted only whero locally sat
isfactory as determined by tho premier
authorities."
FAIRBANKS HAS WORD.
Republican Candidate for Vice Presi
dent Notified of Nomination.
INDIANAPOLIS. Charles W. Fair
banks, senior United Stntes senntor
rrom Indiana was on Wednesday tor
vice president or tho United States
vico president of tho United Sttates
by tho republican nntloual convention.
The notification address was mado
by Elihu Root, ex-secretary of war,
who was temporary chairman of tho
convention. Tho exercises were held
on the wide veranda of Senator Fair
banks' beautiful homo in tho presenco
of members or tho notification com
mittee, consisting of ono member
from each stato and territory, tho
governor nnd other stato officers of
Indiana, the republican candidates for
stato office, tho Indiana republican
congressional delegation, Indiana del
egates and alternates to the national
convention, tho stato central commit
tee and tho Republican Editorial as
sociation. All these had been special
ly Invited. On tho lawn surrounding
three sides of the residence and ex
tending far on all sides beneath tho
great forest trees wero several thou
sand friends, neighbors and polltfcal
supporters of the senior senator.
GRAFTING IN AMERICAN NAVY.
NEW YORK. A naval board Is In
vestigating reports that certain potty
officers on tho receiving ship Han
cock, stationed at the Biooklyn navy
yard, havo been selling ratings or pro
motions to sailors far cash. Tho re
ports were started by bluejackets who
talkod freely of tho mattor ashore.
When tho commissioned officers on
the ship and In tho yard heard of
these reports they reportod to tho
navy department, and a board was da
talld to Investigate the rumors.
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