Nebraska Newspapers

    Gallant Leader of tho First
Nebraska Slain.
SHOT WHILE LEADING AN ATTACK
liientenwit Sisson and Three Men of the
Fourth Cavalry Also Killed—Forty-four
• Men Are Reported Wounded—first Ne
braska lias linptlsin of Fire at yuengux
Killed—Colonel John M. Stotsen
berg, First Nebraska; Lieutenant Les
ter E. Sisson, company K, First Ne
braska, Columbus; two privates. First
Nebraska volunteers; three privates
Fourth cavalry.
WASHINGTON, April 24.—The fol
lowing regarding the fight at Quangua
was received at the war department:
“MANILA, April 23.—Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington: A reconnoissance
on Quengua place, 3ix miles northeast
of Malolos, made by Major Bell and a
troop of cavalry this morning, result
ed in contact and battle, in which four
battalions of infantry and four pieces
of artillery became engaged. Enemy
driven from entrenchments with con
siderable loss. Our casualties quite se
vere. Colonel Stotsenberg and Lieuten
ant Sisson, First Nebraska, killed; also
several enlisted men. Considerable
number wounded; not yet reported.
“OTIS.”
M llljj M IO|yaU.a >> UO I VVVi f
ed at the war department last even
ing
MANILA, April 23.—Adjutant Gen
eral: Casualties at Quengua today—
First Nebraska, two officers and two
enlisted men killed; two officers and
two privates wounded. Fourth caval
ry: Two men killed and five wounded.
Fifty-first Iowa: Seven enlisted men
wounded. Utah light artillery: One
officer and two enlisted men wounded.
Total, 49 Names in morning.
•OTIS.”
MANILA, April 24.—Four men of
the First Nebraska regiment, including
Colonel Stotsenberg, Lieutenant Sis
son and three men of the Fourth cav
alry were killed and forty-four wound
ed in an engagement at Quengua today.
The Filipinos retreated with small
loss.
The engagement developed into a
disastrous, though successful fight.
The insurgents had a horseshoe, trench
about a mile long, encircling a rice
field on the edge of a wood.
Mejor Mell, with forty cavalrymen,
encountered a strong outpost. One
of his men was killed and five were
wounded by a volley.
The Americans retired, carrying
their* wounded, under fire ami with
great difficulty, being closely pursued,
a fog enabling the enemy to creep up to
them.
Two men who were carrying a com
rade were shot in the arms, but they
continued with their burden.
Major Bell sent for reinforcements
to secure the bodies of the killed cav
J alrymen and a battalion of the Ne
^ braska regiment, under Major Mulford,
arrived and advanced until checked by
volleys from the enemy's trenches. The
' Americans lay about 800 yards from
the trenches, behind rice furrows, un
der fire for two hours.
Several men were sunstruck, one dy
ing from the effects of the heat, as
they lay there waiting for the artil
lery to come up.
Finally the Second battalion arrived
and then Colonel Stotsenberg, who had
spent the night with hi3 father at Ma
nila, came upon the field. The men
immediately recognized him and raised
a cheer.
Colonel Stotsenberg deciding to
charge as the cheapest way out of the
difficulty, led the attack at the head
of his regiment. He fell with a bullet
in the breast, dying instantly, about
200 yards from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet
In his heart, the bullet striking him
near the picture of a girl suspended
by a ribbon from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shelled the trenches. The
Filipinos stood until the Nebraska
troops were right on the trenches and
then they bolted to the second line of
entrenchments, a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri
vates and had many wounded, includ
ing two lieutenants. The Iowa regi
ment had several wounded.
The Utah regiment had one officer
and three men wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipinos were found
in the trenches. Their loss was com
paratively small on account of their
safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second
trench with small loss and are holding
' the town tonight.
New Fly'ng Column Formed.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—The war j
department received a cablegram from ’
General Otis announcing the forma- ‘
tion of a new flying column under
command of General Lawton and the
initiation of a new campaign which is
expected to result in clearing out the
jungle in the countr ynorth of Manila
up to the foothills of the mountains oa
the northeast and up to the termina
tion of the railroad at Bulacan.
CHARLESTON, S. C„ April 24 —As
an outcome of the Greenwood county
negro lynching, the negroes of Kich
ardsonville have determined to prevent
negro lynchings and whitecappings.
The plan adopted is to murder a white
man or burn the home of a white man
for every negro lynched or whipped.
They are said to have banded together
for this purpose.
1 o Fight Tobacco Trust.
ST. LOUIS, April 24.—A large anti
trust tobacco factory is to be started
in St. Louis as soon as arrangements
can be made. The proposed factory
promises to be one of the largest in
the country. Every precaution is be
ing taken to keep the matter quiet un
til the plans are fully developed and
those whose names are mentioned in
connection with the new' enterprise
refuse to discuss the matter.
According to the reports which are
circulating in financial circles. M. C’.
Wetmore will be president and general
manager of the new company.
Plat's for a Rice War.
THE EXPORT TRADE.
A Report That Miows Satisfactory Condi
tion for Our Country.
WASHINGTON, APRIL 24.—The \
fiscal year of 1898 was the banner
year of the foreign trade of the United
States, onr exports being the largest
ever recorded for a like period and
onr imports exceptionally small. Ac
cording to a comprehensive report just,
prepared by Frank H. Hitchcock, chief
of the section of foreign markets of
the Agricultural department, the total
value of our domestic exports reached
the enormous sum of $1,210,291,913. ex
ceeding ihe record-breaking figures of
the preceding year by $178,284,310.
On the other hand, the imports dur
ng 1898 were the smallest since 1885.
their value being $616,049,554, a de
cline of $148.6S0.758 from the figures
of 1897. Broadly stated, for every dol
lar’s worth of foreign merchandise,
brought into the United States two dol
lars worth of our products found a
market abroad. Our domestic export?,
as compared with out imports, showed
an excess of $594,242,259, or more than
twice the excess for 1897, which was
the largest previously reported.
An interesting fact developed by the
report of Mr. Hitchcock is the increase
in the exports of agricultural products,
there being a total of $858,507,942, a
gain of nearly 25 per cent over 189".
Exjorts of this class al30 show a great
er gain proportionately than non-agri
cultural exports.
Our purcnases or roroign asnnmnr.ii
products in 1808 amounted to oniy
$314,201,796. as compared with $409, •
871.46S in 1897, a decrease of $86,759,
672, or about 22 per cent. The vain*
of American farm produce sent abioad
during 1898 was much more than dou
ble that of our agricultural imports,
the excess of the former over the latter
amounting to $344,210,146. In 1897 the
excess on the side of the agricultural
exports was only $268,883,725, and in
the years immediately' preceding still
r-maller.
The total value of breadstuffs ^ent
abroad advanced from $197,857,210 in
1897 to $333,897,1 i9 in 1898. In wheat
and flour alone there was a gain of
nearly $100,000,000. While these enoi •
mons gains resulted in part from the
higher prices that prevailed, there
was at the same time an important in
crease in the quantity shipped. The
total wheat shipments were 14S.231,261
! bushels, nearly double the quantity ex
I ported in 1897. Averaging the export,
prices at 98.3 certs per bushel, the val
ue was $145,684,659, a gain of$S3.764,
4S1 over 1897, when the average prices
was 75.3 cents per bushel and the total
value $59,920,178.
Although our exports of wheat and
flour did not increase very much in
quantity during 1898, the gain in value
as a lesult of the higher prices amount
ed to $13,349,371. During 1898 the ex
port price averaged as high as $1.51 per
barrel, making the total value of the
shipments $69,263,718, as compared
with $55,914,347 for 1897, when the av
erage price per barrel was only $3.84.
In the quantity shipped there was an
increase from 14.569,543 to 15,349.1*!3
barrels during the two years men
tioned.
The combined shipments of wheat
and flour would amount to 145,124.972
bushels for the former year and to
217,306,055 bushels for the latter. The
total value of the exported wheat and
wheat flour reached as high as $214,
948,377 in 1898, while in 1897 it was
only $115,834,525.
Next to wheat Indian corn showed
the largest gain, the total exports be
ing 208,744.939 bushels, valued at $74,
196,850, as against 176,916,365 bushels,
valued at $54,851,112 in 1897. The av
erage price in 1898 was 35.5 cents per
bushel as compared with 30.6 cents
per bushel the pieceding year. There
were also noticeable increases in ex
ports of corn meal, 826,662 barrels be
ing sent abroad in 1898 as against
475,266 barrels in 1S97. There was an
increase in the price of 23 cents per
barrel, making the value of the ex
ports $1,766,068 as against $902,061 iu
the preceding year.
Talking Through the Air.
CHICAGO, April 24.—Prof. Jerome
J. Green, the new disciple of Marconi,
sat at his receiving instrument placed
on the eighth floor of the Marquette
building last night and received tele
graphic signals sent via the air line
from the Tribune building, two blocks
away. It meant success for the wire
less telegraphy experiment for that
distance and was a triumph for the
young sc ientist over conditions which
were exceedingly unfavorable. The
first test of the day, when an attempt
was made to communicate from the
Dearborn station at Polk street to the
Tribune building, had been a failure.
Subsequent events proved that local
obstructions were the cause, in the
second experiment signals were trans
mitted clearly and accurately from one
room to another through walls and
three thick doors. The second test
sent tlu dots and dashes to the sounder
across Dearborn street to the Hart
ford building instantaneous'y and
without a break. Then Prof. Green
consented to make the test over the
long-distance and the apparatus was
transferred to the Marquette building,
a distance of about 150 yards. The
vertical wire was lowered from the
sixteenth floor and the receiver was
plated on the eighth floor. When all
was ready for the trial word was sent
through the telephone to the sending
station, where the professor’s assist
ant. Albert Kachur. was waiting tha
command. The trial was a success.
Further experiments will he made.
I-.ite Cattle Could lie Used
WASHINGTON, April 24.—The Wade
court of inquiry held a brief open ses
sion to listen to the reading of deposi
tions and to take the testimony of
Major James H. Lancaster of the
Fourth artillery. Major Lancaster said
that while his command was in Porto
Rico it ate only native beef and that
it was relished. He expressed the
opinion that live cattle could have b?en
landed at Daiquiri.
Oldest Mt’m'ier of Common*.
LONDON, April 24.—Right Hon. Sir
John Robert Mowbray is dead. Sir
John Mowbray was the nrst oaronet
of that name, the baronetcy having
been created in 1880. He was born
June 3, 1813. He represented the city
of Durham in the bouse of commons
from 1833 to 18*18 and the University
of Oxford from 1SCS to the time of hU
death.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
The sultan of Morocco Is about to
sustain a severe loss by the retirement
from his service of Raid Maclean, the
Scottish laird, who for so many years
has been commander In chief of his
army.
The order issued by the Norwegian
government that no Swedish officer
shall be permitted hereafter to inspect
forts in Norway is taken to mean that
war is to come if a separation of Nor
way and Sweden cannot be otherwise
effected.
It is hard to think of Admiral Schley
as a farmer, despite the skillful way in
which he planted Cervera’s ships, but
he was brought up on a farm and al
ways had inclinations that way. He
went so far once as buying a ranch in
Wyoming.
There will be no more six-day bicy
cle races in New' York, Governor
Roosevelt having signed the bill for
bidding more than twelve hours upon
the track in twenty-four. Man’s in
humanity to man thus receives dis
tinct discouragement.
H. E. Huntington, nephew of Collls
P. Huntington, and now holding high
office in the Southern Pacific railroad,
was made by his uncle to undergo a
severe training for the place and had
to work his way up from the position
of an ordinary train hand.
The Missouri house passed the sen
ate bill levying an inspection tax of
1 cent per gallon and 2 cents for each
package of beer sold in the state. The
bill passed by a close vote of seventy
one to fifty-one after a hot light. No
charge is made for inspecting bier
shipped from the state.
The descendants of Sir Francis
Drake, sailer, and, according to soma
historians, occasionally a pirate, are
about to take legal steps to recover
certain personal and real estate which
they claim has been unjustly withheld
from them. The number of heirs is
roughly estimated at about 4,000.
The great battle for United States
senator from Pennsylvania ended
without an election and unless Gov
ernor Stone calls an extra session, at
which there should be an election,
Pennsylvania will have only one rep
resentative in the United States sen
ate during the next two years. After
the taking of the ballot in joint con
vention a motion was offered by Mr.
Few, democrat of Philadelphia, and
adopted that a vote of thanks be ten
dered the officers and that the conven
tion adjourn sine die.
The building and contra ting firm
of Marvin & Brown, Chicago, began
suit for $50,000 damages against the
Chicago Master Steam Fittus* assrei
ation and numerous officials and mem
bers of that body for alleged "black
listing.” It is alleged that the defend
ant association has an understand ng
and agreement with the Chicago Jour
neymen Steam Fitters’ association to
the effect that when the first party
considers that it ha3 a grievance
against any contractor or person whom
it may desire to “blacklist” the second
party will withdraw all its members
at the order of the master from work
on any contracts held by the “black
listed” party.
Hon. James P. Taliaferro, the newly
elected United States senator from
Florida, was born at Orange Court
House, Va., September 30, 1847, where
he spent most of his boyhood life. He
served valiantly as a private in the
confederate army. After the war he
moved to Jacksonville, FIs., and en
gaged in the logging and sawmill busi
ness. Mr. Taliferro has been and Is
now connected with a number of large
commercial enterprises. He is presi
dent of the First National bank of
Tampa and vice president of the lead
ing wholesale grocery house in Flori
da. He has never been a candidate
for office, but it an untiring worker in
the democratic ranks.
The weekly bulletin issued by the
Iowa weather and crop service depart
ment says: "Last week brought a
decided improvement in weather con
ditions. In the northern and central
districts much progress has been made
in seeding wheat and oats, and the
bulk of small grain will be planted
within the coming week with genera l/
fair conditions of the soil. In portions
of the southern districts the work of
seeding has been retarded by excessive
moisture in the soil. The acreage of
spring wheat seeding in the northern
and central districts will not be nma
terially less than last year and about
the usual area of other small grain will
probably be sown. The extensive kill
ing of clover will probably necessitate
plowing and planting more than t'nd
usual amount of meadow and pasture
land. Reports as to condition of win
ter wheat are generally unfavorable.”
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE
Omaha, Chicago and New York Market
(Quotations.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator...
Butter—Choice fancy country.
I-lggs— Fresh, per do/..
Chickens—live, per pound.
Turkeys, dressed.
Pigeons -live, per do/..
Lemons -I‘er box.
Oranges—I’er box.
t ram.et ries—Jerseysper bbl —
Apples—1’er barrel .
Honey—Choice, per pound.
Onions—I’er bushel.
Leans --Handpicked navy.
Potatoes—Per bushel, new.
Hay—Upland per ton.
SOUTH OMAHA.
tlogs—Choice light.
Hogs—Heavy weights.
Beef steers—.
Bulls.
Stags.
Caives.
Western feeders.
Cows.
Heifers.
Stockers and feeders.
Sheep—Lambs..
Sheep— Western wethers.
CHIC AdO.
Wheat—No-2 spring.
Corn—Per bushel.
Oats—I’er bushel.
Bariev—No, 2 .
Kye—No. 2.
Timothy seed, per bu.
Pork—Perewt.
Lard—PerlX) pounds.
Cattle—Western fed steers.
Cattle—Native beef steers.
Hogs—Mixed.
Sheep—I.atnbs.
Sueep—>Western Bangers.
NEW VOIIK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2. red winter.
Corn -No. 2.
Oats—No. 2.
KANSAS CITV.
Wheat—No. 2 spring.
Corn—No. 2.. . ..
Oats—No. 2.
Sheep—Muttons.
Hogs—Mixed......
Cattle—Stockers and feeders..
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A NEW CHAUTAUQUA
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SEC
OND ANNUAL GATHERING.
Best Speaker* In the Land to Be Engaged
and Many Improvement* Made to I'm
mote the Popularity of the Ntw Re
tort In the Kooky Mountains.
(Denver Letter.)
A busy hum of life pervades Boulder,
Colorado, and It Is on the qul vivo of
exportation, preparing to receive In
royally good style all guests of the
Texas-Colorado Chautauqua, on July
4tli. The second annual meeting of
tills young but large and enthusiastic
body will l>e inaugurated by introduc
ing some of the best patriotic speakers
of the country, by tilling the air with
strains of most beautiful melody and
ending the day In a blaze of pyrotech
nic glory.
Boulder: The name conjures up
such delightful visions of nature's
gifts. The mighty hills He hazily blue
around the nestling town and waft an
air of balm and healing that is like
elixer to the tired brain and body.
Mountains arc always deceptive and
one who views them from a distance
cannot know and appreciate them un
til he goes right into the heart of them
and learns their secrets.
When you are In Boulder the moun
tains are "right there,” and a short
stroll will take you to their base, then
bring n goodly supply of warm flan
nels and a big alumi or wrap for sit
ting out after the sun lias gone down.
Stout shoes, so that one can take the
walks and elitnbs in the mountains,
will be needful. The thin-soled foot
coverings are practically of no use for
the rough stones and pebbles are
quickly felt, and footsore and weary
you will return from your Jaunts If
tills kind lie affected.
In making plans, do not forget the
children. They love an outing ns well
ns the grown folks, and the manage
ment lias made very excellent provis
ion for tlielr entertainment and accom
modation. Bring sensible dresses, old
slioes, old lints and old everything, ami
then turn them loose to frolic anil en
joy to their little hearts’ content.
Mothers can find perfectly at ease to
have tlielr little ones under careful su
pervision and take short excursions
bent solely on pleasure.
The advisory lioard of the Texas
Colorado Chautauqua Is composed of
men of International reputation. These
names should Indicate the high stand
ing of the summer school: J. II. Baker,
president of the State University. Boul
der, Colorado; Z. X. Snyder, president
Colorado State Normal School, (Sreeley,
Colorado; ltcgls Chnuvenet. president
State School of Mines, tJolden, Colo
rado; \V. F. Slocum, president Colorado
College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
All information desired about the
Chnutauqun can be gained by writing
to the secretary, J. \V. Freeman, Coop
SCENE IN BOULDER CANON.
;* > • I
.'ini ran rouow any winning trail ami
be muly for all tlie little surprises that
£oineTn jWtr way. The gladdening in
fluence of nature's music will soon en
thuse, Inspire, and you will find your
self admiring all the artistic touches on
lichen-covered rocks, the masonry of
great walls of boulders, here and there
dotted with dark fuzzes of stunted
pine, or overgrown with blooming ten
drils. Brave little flowers will bid you
welcome from some rude cradle high up
on the mountain sides and you will
wonder where they derive their life
and sustenance. Then again they will
cast themselves all around your feet,
clamoring for recognition, and you
bend to lavish caresses and assert
ownership of these gorgeous and at- |
tractively fragile beauties. The birds
flit around you and carelessly plunge
into spray-crowned brook, which goes
leaping and flouncing along, with
mirthful abandon, kissing and cooling
the gray granite walls of its canon
lover as it scurries along to the mys
tical sea. The soft frowning of these
mountain streams mingled with the
soughing of the winds in the pines
Complete nature’s harmonious greeting
and it lias a most beneficent effect on
mind and spirit, when weary and need
ing contentment and pence.
Sixty or seventy-five three and four
room cottages are being erected and
the rent of these is purely nominal. A
large dining hall, capable of seating 4<«)
nt a time, will be under the supervision
of one of the best chefs of the coun
try. Board will be reasonable.
The best lecture talent in the coun
try is being secured and the large aud
itorium, with seating capacity of 5,000,
is likely to be overtaxed. On this ac
count, and to provide for emergencies
when the auditorium is occupied, it is
deemed advisable to erect a large cen
tral cottage with a number of rooms,
near the auditorium. Here all the
meetings of the Woman's Council can
be held, or an extra session of conven
tions. No chnrge wid be made for the
use of this building, a course more lib
eral than is in practice in any of the
old established Chautauquas. Boulder
Is determined to lead In everything,
and it will be safe to assume that in
point of equipment, talent and loca
tion. there is not a better place in the
United States to spend one’s summer
vacation.
The Boulder Electric Company have
their engineers on the ground and they
are making maps and taking field
notes so grading will soon lx* begun for
an electric line from the depot to the
park.
The mornings and evenings are
quite cool and it will be necessary to
UUUVCf VjOlU
er, uuuuiug, room hi,
ratio.
Some of tlie country’s greatest solo
ists will appear during the course and
the services of one of the tlntst or
chestras obtainable will be secured.
There Is a sharp competition now ex
isting among leading band masters anil
orchestra leaders to secure this eov
eted honor. Satisfaction given here
means a card for the orchestra else
where.
A school and collegiate department
will be in full operation, and these
will be In charge of the best instruc
tors. The course will embrace litera
ture, languages, mathematics, natural
history, general history, pedagogy,
child study, and kindred branches and
domestic science, if there be enough
applications for the same. Philosophy,
religion, art, and music will be given
each its important place.
It is doubtful if there be n more suc
cessful teacher of art than Mrs. John
B. Sherwood of Chicago. She is a
great philanthropist ns well as lec
turer, and gives the proceeds of her
work towards the maintenance of the
Working <iiris* Home in Chicago. In
the Windy City she is considered a
great drawing card, and her art con
ferences are tilled with the best and
most cultured people. She was at
Boulder last year, and it is possible
that she will be again welcomed there
at the Chautauqua at its second res
slon. She has studied in all the Euro
pean centers, and the course In art
will embrace studies of art in all the
European cities. She travels with a
real art gallery, and she illustrates by
photographs all her subjects. She se
cured at a great expense last year
some of the most noted paintings and,
with a heavy insurance on these, she
was able to present to her classes these
masterpieces of the brush. The course
this year will be a most earnest one,
and the knowledge gained will be a
great eye opener towards th» apprecia
tion of the beauty in art and nature
hereafter.
In conclusion, it might l>e added that
the Chautauqua pays no dividends and
is not conducted for personal profit.
All surplus made by the Chautauqua
is to be spent in Improvements. The
auditorium came in for its share this
year and it was necessary to remodel
it a little to accommodate a greater
numlrer. The organization is com
posed of men of broad sentiments, who
love this wonderful country and feel
that in the West ought to lie devel
oped a great summer-educational and
health-giving center, where thousands
may find each year recreation and ad
vantages of intellectual growth.
THE UTE RESERVATION,
Indian land) In Colorado Now Op«u«d (of
Solllcmonl,
A Washington dispatch says: The
)peuing of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation, which has been awaited
with impatience for many months,
has at hist been accomplished, the
President having Issued his proclama
tion on April 4th, announcing the open
ing of these lands for settlement ef
fective at noon. May 4, 1891).
This vust area of arable lands, fif
teen by sixty miles In size, located on
either side of the Denver & Itio Orande
railroad, south and east of Durango,
cannot fall to attract a large and de
sirable class of settlers. The Ute In
dians are entitled, under the law of
189r>, to 974 allotments out of the en
tire tract. All the remainder of the
area, about (530,000 acres, will be sub
ject to outry under the desert home
stead, timls'r and townsite laws, and
the laws governing the disposal of coal,
mineral, stone and timber lands, and
many of the Indian allotments will be
leased by intelligent white men at rea
sonable rates. The lands embrace both
valley and mesa or uplands, but the
supply of water for irrigation is many
times greater than will be called for.
The soils are the semi-adobe, sandy
loam and red—the former belug i>ecu
liarly adapted for the growth of grain
and grasses, while the soils last named
are unequalled for the growth of vege
tables, alfalfa and fruit trees. Owing
to the percentage of gypsum In the bot
tom lands, the yield of clover is as
high as three and one-half tons to the
acre.
ahiuo rrom me nsricumiriu ruiure oi
(bis great area of virgin soil, tbo stock
Industry gives promise of almost un
limited growth. The plateaus afford
range for tens of thousands of head of
cattle, horses and sheep, while tribu
tary mining camps supply an abundant
market noted for good prices.
Under Federal enactment, Ute In
dians who so elect may accept allot
ments In severalty. The lands allotted
to the Southern Utes aggre
gate about sixty thousand acres,
divided equally between agri
cultural and grazing lnnds, and allot
ments are generally in compact form.
The Indian may lease his allotment for
a period of three years, for agricul
tural, and ten years for mining and
grazing lnnds. The advantages of the
leasing system are:
First—The lnnds are exempt from
taxation and free from cost of water
charges, as the Indians own the canals
and ditches.
Second—The rental in most Instances
a small amount In cash and a share of
the crop— one-fourtli or one-third.
Third—Indians can be hired to work
at small wages and spend their money
at home, thus keeping the money In
circulation in the community.
Fourth—The Utes are paid $50,000
annually by the government. The
treaty provides that this payment shall
continue "forever.” This money goes
Into circulation In the immediate re
gion where It is distributed from the
bountiful hand of Uncle Sam.
The act of Congress of February 20,
1S05, which fixed the time for the
President’s proclamation six months
from that date, but which has been de
layed until now, cites how the land
shall be taken up by the whites, and is
as follows: 1
“And shall be subject to entry under
the desert, homestead and townslte
laws, and the laws governing the dis
posal of coal, mineral, stone and tim
ber lands, but no homestead settler
shall receive a title to any portion of
such lands at less than one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, and shall
be required to make a cash payment
of fifty cents per acre at the time filing
Is made upon any of said lands.”
The advantages of cash payment of
fifty cents per acre are many. It shuts
out the "professional boomer,” and
leads direct to a first-class citizenship
-that Is, men of thrift, energy and in
dustcy, i
’ttje location of the lands In question
ends the public domain entrys in Colo
fado so far as valuable farming lands
ext«mdg forever, as this particular area
{‘lifbraees’ all tbn* £*8 by virtue
of being an Indian reserve, XvlthelJ*
from entry. It is the last chance for
cheap, fertile and enviable homes.
The land offices are in the city of
Durango, which is the commercial,
manufacturing and educational center
of southwestern Colorado. The city
enjoys a population of 8,000 and the
singular distinction of being the best
built city of its size In the West, be
ing largely of brick and stone and em
bracing among its edifices many costly
business and residence structures, as
well ns expensive modern public, school
and church buildings. Durango num
bers among its business enterprises the
Sau Juan branch of the Omaha-Grant
smelter, employing hundreds of men,
several lnrge coal and coke companies,
electric street railways, two dally pa
pers, Iron works, flouring mills, manu
facturing enterprises of various de
scriptions and many extensive whole
sale and retail establishments. The
city is the terminal of the Rio Grande
system and enjoys as tributaries a
large section of the San Juan mining
country ns well as the agricultural, or
chard and range sections of southwest
ern Colorado, northern New Mexico
and southeastern Utah. Durango's
prosperity and commercial importance
will bo materially increased by open-'
Ing for public entry under the home
stead, timber and mineral laws the un
allotted lands embraced within the
boundaries of the Southern Ute reser
vfltlon and provided ror ny congres
sional enactment, as the soils subject
to entry are susceptible to the perfect
growth of cereals, grasses, fruit and
vegetables, and tributary to the best
cash markets the West affords. To Im
press the homeseeker and those of an
agricultural inclination with the su
perior market facilities of this section.
It Is only necessary to call attention to
the fact that the extensive mining in
terests embraced In the San Juan coun
try afford employment to many thou
sands of men who depend absolutely
upon tributary agricultural sections „
for the products of the ranch, range,
orchard and garden. Durango Is not
dependent upon the ebb and flow of
any one Industry, but blends smelting,
manufacturing, mining (coal. Iron and
precious metals) with agriculture,
horticulture and stock growing to an
extent that renders the future a cer
tainty as to commercial prominence
nnd industrial success.
A company has been formed in Illi
nois for the manufacture of an arti
ficial stone resembling marble, the
components of the substance being
glue water, ammonia, glycerine, alum
and plaster of paris.