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    , w0RE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. n
,VHK OATH OF OFFICE AT THE
HOUR OF NOON.
Democracy of the Nation Shoots
l;i, c.lee—-The New President He
the Oor»cou« Inangratlon Fa
! A-uiSbTOjr, March 6.—Grover
v,.;.ula is President of the United
Benjamin Harrison is only a
ril';i citizen. The great change
i;, pul.]iean to Democratic rule, a
that in most of the nations of
v ( hi would have been accom
I villi bloodshed and civil war,
5 ffccted in the most orderly
. : and with the utmost good feel
■,: i a h side.
vents of the day are four in
,,1 • r, as follows:
swearing in of the Vice-President
pi, Semite Chamber.
Swearing in of the President and
;Vl y of inaugural address on the
. portico of the Capitol,
inaugural parade,
inaugural ball.
the ceremonies attendant upon
f wearing in of President and
■,-!’resident took place at the
m:> end of the Capitol the
was somewhat neglected in
Irstle of preparation during the
:v hours. The Capitol police was
guard from 5 o’clock in the
ri ,ng. and only those who held
ki t. of admission were permitted to
I,-:- the reserved precincts of the
!>:n I.
hi-.he floor of the Senate a trans
lation scene had taken place from
■ night session. The row of sofas
na’.ly occupied on public ceremonies
tin President and.Cabinet was in
ire. but reserved for the Supreme
uvt. In front of the Vice-President’s
sk. where the official reporters
nai’v sit, were two large and hand
nelv upholstered leather chairs,
i is was the place reserved for the
r-h’ent and President-elect. To
fir rigli? were three chairs for the
Committee of Arrangements,
i" entire Democratic side of the Sen
<• was given up to the diplomatic
rp- and the House of Representa
es. while there was left the Repub
lic. side to he reserved for the Sen
te and back of them the visiting Gov
ii"! s and other distinguished guests.
After Father Bassett, the aged door
i p; r of the Senate, had performed
- annual trick of turning the clock
a k several times, the Senate finally
mu’: itself ready to adjourn sine die.
lien everything was ready Vice
eiiknt Morton notified the Ser
■ant-at-Arms, and almost at the same
nment the doors leading from the cor
ker to the Senate swung open’ and
A gray-bearded Father Bassett made
' appearance, and bowing low an
’imced to the Senate:
"The President • and the President
cot of the United States.”
A ice-President Morton rapped with
■” ffavel an<l the Senate rose to re
ive the distinguished men. They
'i-itxt'ueu uy me tommiueeoiAr
njrements, Senators Teller, Ransom
McPherson, who in turn an
C'uneed'to the Viee-President their ar
val. and then escorted them down to
i*' M ats reserved for them in front of
1,1 ^ H'e-Pre si dent's desk, the commit
; taking* their seats on the left.
lU'c the diplomatic corps was an
■nthced, and in obedienoe to the rap
, tilc ^ice-President’s gavel the Senate
to receive foreign ministers who
ll (i ir and took the front seats on the
•'mctTatic side of the Senate. “The
justice and Associate Justices of
Supreme Court.” announced Door
,M,per Bassett again, bowing low to
10 ^President, and then enter the
l,pi (.‘me Court Justices in their silken
They file down the center
> *■* aTi(‘ take their seats on the sofas
J !0E^ the diplomatic corps. Pres
E Harrison s fha \to
r
. Harr->on*s Cabinet, the Major
;;,n^°fthe army commanding, the
of tlie Navy, and the officers
‘ .Army aud the Navy who by
:‘me *;aTe received the thanks of Con
rext introduced, and they
otl*™?11 the a*s^e and took seats
ot the presiding officer and
' •t spending to those occupied by the
Court. Then came the Gov
•nitlYew6 States> es-senators outlie
Mai '* YtaU:s’ Jud£cs of the Court of
rict”^ tne,Supre“e Com-* oftheDta
if tho '.Col.umWa> the commissioners
lent r,lstr.‘ct ?nd members of Presi
eve.and’s incoming Cabinet.
UPV
Yfre introduced and took theix
t5i- extreme rear of the Re
hp ,1? “ of tUe Senate. Finally
",>r« swung open again. while
,orr* again, wmi
apml .Yer/' ,I!aseet announced, “Th
iv,., ^e House of Represents
:i.. ")k some time, for these t<
tl
•he
' ,‘nd their seats. Straggling
■UlfU "anit the members-elect of th
11 the Yar ’t hese were given seal
ar oi the members,
lppt s-lY’ " Pre sea’ted Vice-President
all fromt>'°n was escorted into tin
. !r«a the marble-room and
"hUseatT. Tr^fr00m and takel
on. Y ' me-President Mor
djoernod J'‘.<'.larinff the Senat<
"a admir • , C du* ' *ee-President Mor
'iep-Ts.eJY"'^ "le oath of office t<
appirj,. .1 '':‘t eleet Stevenson, then
he v,:, ,* Senate to order, dcclare<
he s,adJonrned. Immediately
ook, the Senate, Gen. Me
‘°nvetino- •y **resddent’s proelamatioi
"hpn ,p! * e Sfn,ate in extra session
hetpt,or dS finished Vice-Presiden
°C raPi*d the Senate to orde
and declared It in executive session and
ready for organization. Then the new
Senators were escorted to the front of
Vice-President's desk and took the oath
of office. As soon as all were sworn in
the Senate took a recess and the pYo
cession was formed to march to the
east portico of the capitol to witness
the taking of the oath of the President
elect. The procession moved ,in the
following order:
Marshal of the District of Columbia and
Marshal of the Supreme Court.
Ex-Vice-President Morton.
Supreme Court.
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
The Committee of Arrangements.
The President and President-elect.
The Vice-President and the Secretary of
the Senate.
Members of the Senate.
The Diplomatic Corps.
Members of the Cabinet.
Major-General of the Army and Admiral
of theNavy.
Members of the House of Representatives.
Governors of the States.
Ex-Members of the Senate of the United
States.
Officers of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives.
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at the east portico of the capitol, im
mediately after the ceremony in con
nection with the swearing in of the
Vice-President in the Senate chamber.
This was shortly after 12 o’clock. The
oath was administered to the new
Chief Magistrate by Chief Justice Ful
ler. Immediately after taking the
oath Mr. Cleveland delivered his in
augural address. He occupied a small
stand built out from the portico, and
on the stand with him were Mr. Har
rison, Chief Justice Fuller and E. K.
Valentine, Sergeant-at-arms of the
Senate. The entire east portico was
boarded over and seats arranged for
about 2,500 persons. In the rear of
the President’s stand were the
members of the dabinet, and scattered
around 4he space were the members of
the diplomatic corps, Senate and House
The front of the improvised platform
wasfdecorated with flags that waved
over its entire length, and festoons of
red, white and blue bunting draped
beneath. The front of the portico and
the pillars were decorated with na
tional colors. The erection of the stand
and the decorations were under the
supervision of Mr. Clarke, architect of
the capitol.
After delivering his address, Mr.
Cleveland was driven to the reviewing
stand in front of the White House.
On reaching the portfolio the Presi
dent and retiring President took seats
reserved for them, the Chief Justice on
their right and the Sergeant-At-Arms
of the Senate on their left.
The Committee of Arrangements oc
cupied seats next to the President and
ex-President. The ex-Vice President
and associate justices of the Supreme
Court, the Vice-President, Secretary
and members of the Senate occupied.
seats on the right.
The formal exercises being over and
President Cleveland officially declared
President of the United States, the
boom of a single cannon announced
the fact that a new President was act
ing. The boom of a second cannon gave
the signal for the great parade to
move.
First came a brigade of policemen
on horseback to clear the way for the
pageant, which had exclusive occu
pancy of Pennsylvania Avenue for the
next five hours. Following were the
carriages of .the members of the Senate
and House, of the Justices of the Su
preme Court and other official digni
taries.
iucu came rue carriage ior wmcn
all were waiting and toward which all
necks were craned. It was that bear
ing President Cleveland and ex-Presi
dent Harrison to the Executive Man
sion. Fortunately the Washington
liverymen have been prevented from
making a silly display of this turnout.
It had been intended to have the Presi
dential carriage drawn by four black
horses in white harness, but
this absurdity was abandoned.
The carriage was a handsome
barouche, drawn by two styl
ish bays. Albert Hawkins, the
smooth-faced, yellow driver who has
handled the lines on many a Presiden
tial carriage, was on the box. The
carriage was, of course, open, as Mr.
Cleveland would not disappoint the
great multitudes of sight-seers who
have come to Washington for the ex
press purpose of seeing the new Presi
dent ride up the avenue. It is needless
to say that the ride along the avenue
was an ovation from beginning to end.
Democrats have waited for weeks and
months for this event, and their throats
were lubricated for a Cleveland yell
which reached the uttermost precincts
of the District of Columbia.
Immediately behind the carriage of
the President came that bearing Vice
President Stevenson and Mr. Morton.
It was a handsome barouche drawn by
white horses, but with no eccentricity
of harness or other adornment. Mr.
Stevenson is a favorite with the Demo
cratic masses and his reception along
the line of march was hardly less en
thusiastic than that accorded the
President himself.
The President and Vice-President
went direct to the reviewing stand in
front of the White House and there re
viewed the legions of military and
civic bodies in tlie parade. All Marsh
alls and Commanders had been directed
to salute the President with drawn
swords or batons or by nncovering.and
all drum majors, flag bearers, etc., ob
served regulation salutes. Hut there
was no directing or regulating the
salutes given by the unterrified Democ
racy.
After the dignitaries came tlie parade
proper. First Gen. Martin T. Mc
Mahon, the grand marshal, with a
great staff of aids on horseback. Fol
lowing the first division, made up of
military organizations under the im
mediate command of Gen. John K.
Brooks, United States Army. This
waB the most brilliant feature of the
parade. There were twelve batteries
of artillery, with their full equipment
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of cannon and men. A complete squa
dron of United States Cavalry was fol
lowed by disconnected troops of cav
alry. The bright yellow trnppings and
dying yellow plumes of the cavlulry
troopers were in marked contrast with
tKe red trimmings and plumes of the
artillerymen. Whole regiments of in
fantry, brigades from the hospital ser
vice and corps of engineers added to
the military display. Then came the
gorgeous militia organizations of
the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia. This included sev
eral battalions, numerous companies
of cadets and an ambulance corps.
The second division was made up
largely of the National Guard of Penn
sylvania, 3,000 strong, with j Gov.
Robert E. Pattison at their head. The
Pennsylvanians brought along their
artillery, cavalry anddnfantry.and was
quite as gorgeous as the United States
army display.
The third division was in command
of Gen. Lee of Virginia, lie was fol
lowed by Gov. Werts of New Jersey
and the New Jerseyans, Gov. Northen
of Georgia and the Georgians, Gov.
Morris of Connecticut and the Con
necticut men, Gov. Kussell of Massa
chusetts and the military of that State,
Gov. Brown of Maryland and the Mary
landers, Gov. Tillman of South Caro
lina and his people, Gov. Flower of
New York and the pink of her national
guard, Gov. Carr of North Carolina and
his staff, Gov. Foster of Louisiana and
the Louisianians, Gov. Peck of Wis
consin and the Wiseonsians. After
that came miscellaneous organizations
from different parts of the country.
The fourth division, coming next,
was made up of the Grand Army vet
erans, representing posts from • various
parts of the country.
Finally came the great civic parade,
in which the Democratic clubs—Tam
many, Iroquois, Tilden, Duckworth
and others, almost without* number—
owned the avenue. Col. AVilliam Dick
son of Washington was Chief Marshal
of the civic division. The Tammany
men came 3,000 btrong, with stuffed
tigers galore. After them followed the
clubs of Brooklyn, Philadelphia,
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Scranton
Newark, Paterson, Wilmington, Bal
timore, Reading, Chicago, Bloom
ington, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton,
Hamilton, Indianapolis, Council Bluffs,
Lohisville, Knoxville, Charleston,
Richmond, Wheeling and New Orleans,
in the order named. Some of the cities
mentioned sent half a dozen different
clubs. The little town of Portsmouth,
Vn., brought up the tail end of the
procession with its “Senator Daniel
Club.”
The inaugural ball will be held to
night.
ROBBED HIM WHILE HE SLEPT.
A Chippewa Falls Lumberman Be
lieved of 85,000.
St. Paul, Minn., ,March 0.—Peter
Corran, a Chippewa Falls lumberman,
was robbed shortly after 10 o’clock last
night of $5,000 at the St. Paul Union
depot. Corran drew the money out of
three Chippewa Falls banks yesterday
morning, got his wife to sew it inside
the lining of his coat, took a train for
St. Paul, and was waiting for the 11:15
train for Moose Lake, where he was to
pay off a gang of loggers. He fell
asleep in his seat at the depot, and
when he awoke his coat had been cut
open and the money taken. The thieves,
who had evidently followed him from
Chippewa Falls, had not disturbed his
watch or a wallet containing $50 in an
inside pocket. The police have secured
no clew to the robbers.
AFTER NEBRASKA “BOODLERS.'
The Legislature Proposes to Bring the
Bobbers to Time.
Lincoln, Neb., March 0.—A bill was:
introduced in the House empow
ering1 the Governor to expend $15,000 in
investigating the charges ol misman
agement of the State institutions and
in prosecuting the guilty parties. The
Legislative Committee investigating
the State insane asylum made a partial
j report and the claim is made that the
State has beer, robbed to the amount
of $:.>5,<’00 a yea .-by contractors furnish
ing su pplies for that institution alone.
The contractors are all residents of
Lincoln and are under indictment by
the Lancaster County Grand Jury.
Knights and a Catholic Church.
Kansas City, Mo., March 6.—The
Rev. John J. Glennon of the Cathedral
has returned from Washington, where
he went to see Mgr. Satolli, papal
representative. Father Glennon asked
Mgr. Satolli for a ruling on the ques
tion of admitting Knights of Pythias
in regalia to Catholic Churches. At a
funeral recently Father Glennon re
fused the Knights of Pythias inregalia
admission to the church. He said- at
the time that he regretted to do so, be
cause the question of admitting
Knights of Pythias had not been passed
upoh by the highest representatives of
the church in America. He expects a
ruling in due time from Mgr. Satolli.
Denounce the Faribault Flan.
Hagerstown, Md., March (5.—A
resolution was offered at yesterday's
session of the Baltimore conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church de
nouncing in the severest terms the ef
forts of ihe Roman Catholic Church to
affiliate their parochial school* with
the public schools, thereby seeking to
employ public moneys for certain pur
poses. A number of speeches were
made favoring the resolution and it
was then referred to a committee.
Col. Hayes Sentenced for Ferjury.
New York, March 0.—Judge Mar
tine has sentenced Col. IV. II. Hayes,
convicted of perjury, to eight years’
imprisonment. Col. Hayes was* con
victed of perjury in swearing that lie
did not give Miss Anna Keating, his
| former mistress, a note for $2,000 in
: H'-'O. He also falsely swore that he
| was in Florida at the time of the date
\ of the note. He is a man of wealth.
! His wife was a witness in his behalf.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
HE REACHES THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL IN SAFETY.
rht Railroad Station Surrounded by •
Throny Enthuilaatlo and Molij—foit*
master General Waunamnker Sends Ont
a Letter Thanking His 81a Thousand
Carriers—He Asks Them to Continue
In Well Doing—Recount of the Vote In
Nebraska on the Constitutional Amend
ments—What the Reenlt Shows.
Cleveland's Arrival In Washington.
Washington, March 8.—It was just
8:30 last night when the special train
bearing President-elect Cleveland, his
family and the invited friends of his
party rolled into the Baltimore Ohio
station at Washington. .They had made
the 130 miles of the run from Lakewood
in 140 minutes, not including stops.
The party luul eaten luncheon north of
Philadelphia and were not at all wear
ied by their journey.
The railroad station was surrounded
by a throng of several thousand people,
who packed the adjacent street from
•curb to curb. The entrances to the sta
tion were guarded by at least a hundred
policemen, while scores of detectives
from New York, Philadelphia, Balti
more and Chicago were on the outlook
for mischievous cranks.
It had been openly announced that
Mr. Cleveland would arrive at the reg
ular station, and for this reason many
incredulous people had expected the
special tra i n would stop at a grade cross
ing near the place, where the president
elect would depart with his wife. No
effort was made, however, to avoid the
welcome of the crowd.
As soon as the train came to a stand
still Mr. Cleveland alighted and was re
ceived on the platform by Colonel Bar
rett and Mr. Norris of the local com
mittee of arrangements. These gentle-1
accomplished in the advancement of the
service has only been possible through
the fidelity amt seal of those associated
with the postmaster general.
In making this acknowledgment of
your valuable assistance. 1 beg that in
future, whether in or out of office, you
will continue your interest in the poa
tal service and study and promote in
every way posslblt its extension and
improvement.
Nebraska’s Recounted Tote,
Lincoln, March 3.—The recount of
the votes cast for and against the con
stitutional amendments at the last elec
tion was completed at 3:30 o’clook
yesterday, and the result allows that
there was very little reason for having
started the move. The original returns
showed 80,033 votes for the railroad
amendment, while the recount gave it
80,565, a gain of 533. The school amend
ment was originally recorded as having
received 84,430 votes, and it now looms
up with 89,050, a gain of 4,534. The
legislative vote, which was to have
been cut down about 30,000 votes, if the
anticipations of the promoters of the
recount were to be realized, fell off
from 309,543 to 197,510, or 13,083 votes.
Kven according to the method of figur
ing employed by the friends of the re
count, the amendments are still 10,000
and 14,000 short of the number necessary
to carry them, while, in accordance with
the interpretation of the law ns con
strued by some of the best lawyers and
judges of the state;, they are 33,000 and
36,000 short of the neccssavy vote. The
recount developed practically nothing
of importance, except that certain re
turning boards had exercised careless
ness in their work. The greatest
changes were in Richardson, Adams
and Plutte counties, which showed gains
of 495, 473 and 43tf, respectively, on the
vote for the school amendment.
The state is entitled to this informa
tion, for it will have to pay several hun
dred dollars for the privilege of know
ing it, whether the information is wel
come or not.
The eighty-third ballot for United
States senator at Olympia, Wash., was
without result.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND HIS CABINET.
men were then taken to the car and
presented to Mrs. Cleveland, who re
membered them both, and to the other
members of the party.
In the meantime the policemen had
cleared a narrow lane through the
crowd from the exit of the station to the
cnrb where a half dozen carriages were
waiting. In walking to the carriages
Mr. Cleveland came first arm in arm
with Colonel Barrett and Mrs. Cleve
land followed escorted by Mr. Norris.
Immediately behind Mrs. Cleveland
came a white capped maid bearing in
her arms Baby liuth.
Mr. Cleveland's appearance as he
emerged from the station was greeted
with a tremendous cheer, which was
repeated for Mrs. Cleveland and re
doubled for the maid and the baby.
Mr. Cleveland acknowledged this by
lifting his silk hat and bowing, Mrs.
Cleveland sipiled and the baby looked
bewildered.
From the Postmaster General.
Washington', D. C. March 3.—En
grossed copies of the following letter
were yesterday sent by Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker to each of the 0,000
railway clerks in the postal service:
The Postoflice department at Wash
ington is in receipt of a memorial of the
four 'clerks, John C. Mann, John D
Patterson, David R. Reese and Harry S.
Allen, who were killed in the railroad
wreck at Shrove, O., on' September 21,
1892. I cannot look upon the portraits
of these four young men without being
thrilled by the story of their heroism,
It is a record of faithfulness untodeath.
They went down in the night, stand
ing guard and doing service, not unlike
that of the soldier on the battlefield. I
take this occasion of the acceptance of
this memorial from the Cincinnati di
vision of the railway mail service for the
walls of the American postal museum
to assure you bf my deep sense of ap
preciation of your valuable service as
railway postal clerks and my earnest
hope that the labors, dangers and sac
rifices connected with vour work on
rapidly moving trains, night and day,
all the year round, may be taken into
account iu future plans for the advance
ment of the postal service.
Postmaster General Wanamaker to
day mailed to each postmaster in the
country the following letter of com
mendation:
I desire officially to recognize the im
portant service you have rendered as
postmaster under the administration of
President Harrison. Whatever has been
■ 'a;':.
M’KINLEY DECLINES AID.#
He Writes a Letter Thanking Those Who
Offered Money.
Cleveland, ^March S—The Leader
has received a number of communica
tions from citizens of this and other
States expressing' sincere sympa
| thy with Gov. McKinley in his
financial losses, and suggesting
| that the people show their re
gard for the Governor, and his noble
wife by contributing to a fund from
which the debts incurred by indorsing
the notes of a friend might be paid.
Gov.. McKinley has been advised of the
receipt of these letters, and asked if he
would permit his many friends
t throughout the country to come to his
relief. In reply the following commu
nication has been received:
To the Editor or the Leader: I
can not express the depth of my grati
tude to the people who have sent
money to the Leader for my use, of
| which you have advised me; but grate
ful as I am and always will be for
their noble generosity, I can not accept
their contributions. Nothing has
touched me more in my misfortune
than the letters of sympathy and offers
of help received from those of my
countrymen who have little but what
they earn. Please convey to such i
friends my heart’s best thanks.
William McKinley-, Jr.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 27.
Mast Travel at Her Owa Kxpeaae.
! Yankton, S. D., March 3 .—In the
| Circuit Court here yesterday the motion
for $3.10 additional alimony made by
the attorneys of Daisy Edna Winslow,
; wife of Herbert Winslow, the play
; wright of New York City, was denied
| by .fudge E. G. Smith. Mrs. Winslow
, in her affidavit affirmed that unless
j this additional alimony was paid her I
! she would not be able to appear at the !
trial in March, but Judge Smith held
that inasmuch as Mrs. Winslow had
i come to Yankton once when it was not
| necessary to fight the case at her own
expense she could do so again.
I President-elect Cleveland has ap
j pointed Henry T. Thurber, of Detroit,
as his private secretary.
Five grave robbers were caught in
the act in a Des Moines cemetery.
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WESTERN ENTERPRISE.
NEBRASKA. THE TRANS-MISSIS
SIPPI QRANARY. RAVbR
ABLY COMPARED.
Tha Eqael af Birmingham. Niagara
and ▼•laseo—Bar Factories Baa with
Water Tower Traaamlttad by Elaa*
trial ty.
. One land company at New Birmlng
ham, Ala., inreated »100,000. Onto!
the aalea It haa paid more than $3,000,
000 In dividends. It haa also spent two
million and a half in improvements
and ita remaining aaaeta from the ori
ginal lnveatment amount to $3,000,000
more.
There were at the time the inveat
ment waa made hundreds of towns in
Alabama more attractive than New:
Birmingham. It la pertinent * to ask
what this place had, more than
other places, whioh permitted such
colossal profits? The answer is, rich
Iron ore, coal and gypsum lying liter
ally side by Bide. Iron could be made
there cheaper than anywhere else In
the United States,,
At the mouth of the Brazos Biver in
Texas, a town was laid out less than
two years ago, the land on which It
was located cost $8.00 an acre. In less
than one year the town’s founders sold
$1,330,000 worth of town lots and the
population of Velasco grew to more :
than two thousand busy people. .There
are hundreds of towns In Texas many
years older which have not one thous
and people. What made the place
grow so rapidly? Why, at that point
they deepened the harbor and made a
pass through the sand bar at the mouth
of the river, which allowed deep draft
ships to enter. In short, they made a
better port than there was at any other
place on the Gulf Coast west
of New Orleans. Recognizing the
advantages for commerce which
Velasco had thus acquired, in
vestors from everywhere rushed there
to secure a part of its certain future
prosperity.
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cent to Niagara Falls could have been
bought two years ago far 9100 an acre,
now they are selling at from 91,000 to
930,000 per acre.
What has brought about the change7
At last the great falls of Niagara aro
being harnessed. The impossible has
been found possible. Enterprise has
turned the dream of the poet into fact.
Niagara Falls, heretofore only a pleas
ure ground, will now become no doubt
the manufacturing center of the East
ern States.
They have developed 100,000 hors*
power, and offer It at a cost one-half
less than it can be made for with wood
or coal at any point in the United
States. v
When the never great and now
rapidly disappearing forests of this
country are entirely used up, and the
no where ample coal fields are wholly
exhausted, the mighty falling weight
of Niagara Elver water will be making
power just as cheaply as it does to-day.
Each of these three places made
great fortunes for the first investors,
because each pot sessed a great com
mercial advantage.
There is another place now just as
suming the same conditions. The rich
agricultural State of Nebraska has no
ooal mines and is entirely without
forests. On account of thiB manufac
turing has been simply out of the quee
tion. It has been accepted as abso
lutely unavoidable that its producta
would always have to go out of the
State to be manufactured. But sud
denly a great water-power^has been de
veloped. The wonderful Platte Elver,
which Mark Twain described, with
almost as much truth as humor, to be
a stream one thousand miles long,
one mile wide and one inch deep, has,
at one point, been given a great and s
new use.
At Gothenburg, 350 miles west of
Omaha, in the heart of the granary of
the Trans-Mississippi, a water-power
has been developed which engineers
say can be increasod to 100.000 horse
power. The experiment has been
made. The fact has been accom
plished.
In that new town factories are being
run with water power transmitted by
electricity. Houses are heated and
lighted by electricity made by water
power.
The Gothenburg Commercial Club
offers to give free information upon ap
plication, and the enterprising capital
ists who own the canal and power
plant offer free power and locations
and liberal business treatment to other
mills and factories.
It seems certain that what iron ore
waa to New Birmingham, deep water
was to Velasco and water-power to
Niagara Falls,* the newly acquired
water-power will be to Gothenburg.
Chas. Ij. Wobtham.
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Etnii|i of Michigan Railroad*.
Laksikg, Mich., Man h 1.—The Com
missioner of Railroads, announces the
fallowing earnings statement of Mich
igan railroad companies for the month
of October, 1892: Net earnings, $11,
100,539; net earnings for corresponding
month in 1891, $9,638,532; increase for
1892, $1,522,007; total earnings from
Jan. 1, 1892, to Nov. 1, 1892,*$90,800,751;
same period in 1891, $79,261,705; in
crease for 1892, $11,539,015; per cent of
increase, 14.55.
Rejoicing at William and Mary's.
WH.T.IAM8BV rg, Va., March 4.—There
is great rejoicing here oyer the passage
by Congress of the bill giving William
and Mary's College of this place $65,000
in payment for the destruction of its
building during the war by the Fed
eral army. The town was illuminated
last evening and hundreds of students'
paraded the streets singing their songs,
while the college bells rang the newg
•ut to the surrounding country.
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