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IRRIGATIONLANDS
NEBRASKA OPPORTUNITIES FOR
6TORAGE OF WATER.
NEWELL SEEKS INFORMATION
H Wants to Know What Situation
This State is in to Profit by ths
Reclamation Act of Congress Mis
cellaneous Nebraska Matters.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 23. Accord
ing to a reiiit made by F. H New
ell of the Interior department of State
Engineer Ailna Dobson of Nebraska,
K government department will de
pend on the local hydrographers to
iM.int nut th smaller Irrigation
m hem. s that may be feasible under
the recent reclamation act. The
larger Ians are already known to
those who have charge of the geolog
ical Hiirvey. It Is the smaller
Hchetneri that may be carried out with
out much expense that Mr. Newell Is
looking Tor. 'I'lfHc he does not hope
to find in any great profusion. State
Engineer liobson will investigato and
report any plans that he thinks feasi
ble, lie has none to report at pres
ent. Mr. Ne well's request is in this
form :
"In preparing plans for work under
the reclamation fund it is very im
portant to have definite suggestions
from sv. II informed m n. I am there
fore caliin:; upon the liydrographers
and others well informed concerning
local conditions to advise me in the
matter. It. is desired to take up and
push to completion beneficial projects
in each of the states, especially those
not involving heavy expenditures. We
already know of most of the large
projects, but it is the smaller ones
which should be sought out. I fear
we will not be abl to tlnd many of
thotse. but such as they are should be
considered. Will you kindly therefore
call my attention to any reclamation
work which might be undertaken un
der the terms of the law of June 17,
X'.WZ. a copy of which I enclose."
It is the opinion of persons familiar
with irrigation that most all projects
to be of benefit to Nebraska must
be carried cut In the states adjoin
ing Nebraska on the west and not
within the borders of Nebraska.
Under Secretary I. T. t rancis of
Crawford, of the state board of Irri
gation, reports very few complaints
this year and upon investigation most
of these originated through fear of a
shortage of water rather than an ac
tual shortage. In his district water
is obtained from the White river, the
Niobrara and the Elkhorn and their
tributaries. In the northwest part of
the state there has been no complaint.
General King Will Come.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. July 23. Gen
oral Charles King, who commanded
the First brigade of the First division
of the Kighth army corps in the Phil
ippines, has written Sumner Knox,
secretary of the Iowa Society of the
Army of the Philippines, that he ex
pects to attend the reunion in this city
next month. In his letter accepting
the Invitation, received, he writes:
'I take pleasure in saying that if
nothing unforeseen at this moment
Fhoitld occur to prevent, I mean to
bo with you."
Stock Rustlers Convicted.
GREELEY. Neb.. July 23. Marr.
alias Harry Hill, pleaded guilty to the
charge of horse stealing and was sen
tenced to six years In the penitentiary.
The same night about 2 o'clock the
arguments In the Lamb case were
ended and the case given to the jury.
About 8 o'clock next morning an
nouncement was made that the jury
had agreed on a verdict of guilty.
Sentence will be pronounced soon.
Rough Crowd Follows. Circus.
HOOPER. Neb.. July 23. A trav
eling circus exhibited luxe and its
advent was of professional grafters.
By means of shell games and other
operations, citizens were swindled out
of from $ to $73. The inc'ignation
at these things became so pronounced
that the managers of the show pulled
up stakes and left town without giv
ing an evening performance.
Bound Over for Alleged Rape.
HASTINGS. Neb.. July 23. James
Fuller was taken before County Judge
Dugan to answer to the charge of
rape. He was examined and bound
over to the district court in the sum
of one thousand dollars.
Suicide of a Farmer.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., July 23.
Hans Voss, one of Hall county's pio
neer farmers, residing one-half mile
east of the Union Pacific shops, com
mitted suicide. By his dead body,
which was discovered in the barn by
his son Hardwick. was found an emp
ty vial which had contained one-eighth
ounce of strychnine. This alone told
the story of how the father came to
his death.
Appointed on State Board.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 23. T. J.
"Majors, of Peru, has been appointed
on the state board of education In
place of John Ftiz Roberts of South
Omaha. The appointment took ef
fect June 21. Governor Savage made
the appointment. It is for a term of
five years. Mr. Majors Is really the
founder of the Peru Normal school,
but he has not served on the board
for masy years.
THEIR WORK FOR THE YEAR.
It is Outlined by the Nebraska Society
for ths Promotion and Improve
ment of Religious Education.
On the 5th and 6th of last April ft
body of Christian ministers and lay
men met in the parlors of the First
Congregational church of Lincoln. The
call for this religious conference wm
Issued by E. Benjamin Andrews, W. F.
Dann and E. I Hlnman on behalf of
the University of Nebraska, and by
B. M. 1-ong, II. O. Rowlands and M. A.
Bullock on behalf of the Lincoln Pas
tors' association.
The result was a fair attendance
and a most Interesting discussion. A
permanent organization was made by
the election of Prof. Charles Fordyce,
Wesleyan university, as president; T.
M. Hodgman, University of Nebraska,
secretary, and a board of managers
Chancellor E. B. Andrews. N. M. Mann,
Omaha; President George Sutherland,
Grand Island college; W. G. Whit
more. Valley, and Prof. A. B. Fair
chlld, Ioane college.
At a session of the officers and man
agers held Aril 11 it was decided,
among other matters, to call the or
r.anixatlon "The Nebraska Society for
the Promotion and Improvement of Re
ligious Education," and the committee
whose names are signed to this arti
cle was instructed to prepare an ad
dress setting forth the origin and Im
mediate purposes of the society.
The names of the men who initiated
and who are carrying on this move
ment are a sufficient guarantee that
it Is non-sectarian but wholly Chris
tian. In a modest way the society
aspires to do its share in laying the
foundations of faith broader and
deeper.
Unaided, this society can do little,
but with the cordial co-operation of
the religious leaders in Omaha, Grand
Island, Hastings and Beatrice it is
hoped to hold district conferences in
these centers during the fall and win
ter. A splendid opportunity for the
agitation of the topics below is pre
sented to the many denominational
gatherings that occur this summer,
We appeal to those having these pro
grams in charge to provide a place
for the discussion of some of. the top
ics about to be stated. The secretary
will be grateful if the best of these
papers are sent him. To a limited ex
tent the society can furnish speakers
if request is made to the secretary.
In the judgment of the society the
best results will come by concentrat
ing attention this year upon tha ad
mitted decay of parental religious in
struction and the query as to whether
bible school teaching in its present
condition is a full equivalent.
To what is this decay due? Is it
a dimming of faith? Ae the exac
tions of society and business robbing
the religious life? Is confusion of
thought arising from the wider dis
semination of agnostic literature?
Does the breaking down of denomina
tional barriers undermine the convic
tions of the individual? Is it a nat
ural timidity incident to theloss of
the habit of religious meditation and
self-analysis induced by the old cate
chising system? Or is it another il
lustration of the modern spirit of spe
cialization whereby the parent delib
erately commits the religious training
of his child to the supposedly better
equipped bible school teacher?
Upon the last point there is in the
minds of careful observers a grave
doubt as to whether the confidence of
the parent is not misplaced. What
are the reasons for the weakness of
the bible school instruction? Why do
the young men and women so easily
drop out of the Sunday school?
Admitting that the great burden of
religions training rests upon the bible
school, does it not behoove us to
the remedy? A great looseness of
the remedy? A great looseness of in
religious thought, a fatal flabbiness
in religious conviction characterize
ur young people. There is reform de
manded somewhere. Other states are
awakening to this fact. Shall Ne
braska lag behind?
(Signed.) CHARLES FORDYCE,
President.
A. B. FAIRCHILD.
T. M. HODGMAN,
Secretary.
Corn is Prey of Chinchbugs.
FREMONT, Neb., July 21. Farmers
report considerable damage being
done to early corn by chinchbugs.
They come ffom wheat fields from
which the wheat has been harvested
and confine their attention to the out
er rows.
Some husbands are devoted to their
wives and some are devoted to them
selves. Active Work on Coal Mine.
WAHOO, Neb., July 21. Active
workT on the Swedeburg coal mine
shaft is now in progress, and any
skepticism that may have existed in
the minds of some regarding the stock
company's further action in develop
ment work has been removed. The
company strongly maintains that the
substance is there in paying quanti
ties, not only of coal but valuable
clays, and they have no hesitancy in
sinking a shaft.
Loses Money in the River.
FAIRBURY, Neb., Joly 21 While
Sid lloughtelin was engaged in repair
ling some damages upon the Houghte
lln & McDowell mill dam, a pocket
book containing $270 dropped from his
pocket into the flume of the dam. A
; handkerchief which was wrapped
around the pocketbook was later flsh
,ed from the water, but all efforts to
regain the purse or its contents were
fruitless.
QAMADPAnr
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COL. GROESBECK
CASE OF GEN. SMI
THE WATER CURE PRA
He Believes in It Says that it I
Most Haman Method of Obtaining
Information 8o Far Know to Mod
rn Warfare.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 21. Colonel
Stephen Gross beck, formerly judge ad
Toacte of the division of the Philip
pines, has arrived here from Manila
en route to Chicago, where he will
take station as judge advocate of the
department of the lakes. Colonel
Grossbeck was chief reviewing author
ity in the trials of Major Waller and
General Jacob II. Smith, both ol
whom were court-martialed for meth
ds used In the Samar campaign.
Discussing the Waller trial. Colonel
Grossbeck characterized Major Wallet
as a tactician, not a loader. In re
viewing the case he said:
"I could only give a qualified ap
proval of the findings of the court be
cause I believed him responsible large
ly for the condition that caused his
men to commit the offenses charged
An attempt was made to lead a de
tachment of his command, consisting
of four officers, fifty-four enlisted men
and thirty-three 'cargadores' from east
towns across the island of Samar in
search of the enemy, and when about
midway of his course he found him
self is tho heart of an uninhabited,
mountainous section, without rations
and without medical attendance. The
march had been begun without proper
provisions being made. The men's
shoos were worn away, their cloth
ing hung in tatters, their feet bruised
and bleeding, their bodies lacerated by
thorns and, added to this wretched
ness, the leeches which abound at
tacked and greatly aggravated their
exposed wounds. To the cry for food
the 'cargadores,' it Is alleged, did not
efficiently respond, and the suspicion
arose in the minds of the starving
men that the 'cargadoros were con
niving at their destruction. For this
they were placed under fire, and all
of those from whom a cry of retalia
tion came were executed."
Referring to the famous "kill and
burn" order alleged to have been
issued by General Smith, Colonel
Smith, Colonel Grossbeck said:
"No such order was ever issued by
Smith, but he is an impetuous and
erratic man, and, when going over the
ground at Balangiga, after the mas
sacre of an entire company of the
Ninth infantry, he remarked to Wal
ler that they would be justifid in kill
ing and burning as they went."
He did not think that Waller or
any of the officers of his command
should be held accountable for the
lives destroyed, but he believed that
had more careful provision been made
when the fatal march was begun it
would not have ended with such de
structive results. He spoke of General
Smith as a fine officer and expressed
regret at the humiliation attached to
the recent orders for his retirement.
Colonel Grossbeck believes in the
water cure and said that in all the
complaints caused by this method of
forcing the insurgents to give in
formation as to where arms were hid
den, etc., it had been abused only by
young officers ever-zealous and inex
perienced in their work. "I believe,"
he said, "the water cure as practiced
by the American army in the Phil
ippines to be the most humane meth
od of obtaining information from
criminals of war that is known to
modern warfare."
Bank Officers Sentenced.
SALT LAKE, Utah. July 21. Harr
T. Duke and Alexander A. Robertson,
formerly cashier and paying teller, re
spectively, of the Wells-Fargo bank,
appeared before Judge Morse in the
district court and pleaded guilty to
the charge of embezzling $60,000 from
the bank and were each sentenced to
four years' imprisonment in the peni
tentiary.
Secretary Baer Begins.
BOSTON, July 21. John Willis Baer.
secretary of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor, has tendered his
resignation, to take effect October 1,
and has accepted a position as assist
ant secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Home Missions. Mr. Baer
begins his new work in New York on
October 1.
Death is announced of the wife of
Senator Patterson of Colorado.
President's Quiet Sunday.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 21.
President Roosevelt passed a quiet
Sunday at Sagamore Hill. There
were no callers on the president and
his family attended religious services.
German Spinners Lose Money.
BERLIN, July 21. The West Ger
man cotton spinners are agitating for
a general curtailment of production.
Tbey claim they lose 8 pfennigs to
every pound of yarn sold.
General Bates in Charge.
CHICAGO, July 21. With the
parture of General MacArthur for
de -
east, the commanding of the 1
passed temporarily to General Joh
Bates, who has charge of the dep'
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ters at Omaha. General Mac
will be In New York In time
lieve General Brooke, who
rem active service Monday,
in Nav York until SepteanbtCT
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wirr
for farm help, witch cannot be se
cured. Good res are waiting for
a number of firm laborers in this
part of the stat. One man In from
the range a few days ago said he
would take out tventy men wth him
if he could secure them, and guaran
tee every man work in his immedi
ate neighborhood at from $40 to $45
per month, or in casAhe failed, to
return them to this cat at his own
expense.
JOHN W. MACKAtfIS DEAD.
President of Postal Telegraph Com
pany Succumbs at Lcndon Home.
LONDON, July 21. .'ohn W. Maci
ay died yesterday aft rnoon at his
London residence, Charlton House
Terrace. The immediate cause of
death was heart failure. The right
lung was found to be congested and
the symptoms indicated pneumonia.
He was conscious most of the time
yesterday. Mrs. Mackay is prostrat
ed with grief. Mr. Mackay came to
Europe for his health and apparently
had benefited by the change, but the
sudden hot wave affected him injuri
ously and while attending to some
business in the city last Tuesday he
was taken with faintness and dizzi
ness. No arrangements have yet
been made for the funeral.
FATAL MISTAKE OF HUSBAND.
Takes Husband and His Brother for
Burglars and K"'!s Both.
ST. LOUIS, July 21. A special from
Murphysboro, 111., says that Mrs.
George Joubert shot and killed her
husband and brother-in-law, Moses
Joubert, whom she took for burglars,
about 2 o'clock this morning.
The Joubert family reside about five
miles east of Ava. George and his
brother, Moses, had been to that vil
lage and returning home in an intox
icated condition, proceeded to break
down the door, which Mrs. Joubert
had locked.
The woman became frightened, and,
supposing they intended to kill her,
fired with her husband's revolver, in
stantly killing both men.
Celestial Has English Wife.
NEW YORK, July 21. The Hon.
C. K. Tseng, secretary of the Chinese
legation at Washington, who arrived
at quarantine on the Umbria, came up
to the city yesterday. The secretary
brought with him his wife, who was
formerly Miss Burnett of London,
England. Mrs. Tseng said she would
spend the winter in Washington with
friends. She was dressed in ordinary
garb, but her husband had on his na
tive dress.
Love Drove Him to Murder.
MARSHALL, Mo., Mo., July 21.
George Wiley shot and killed Miss
Dovie Flynn, step-daughter of Rich
ard Dearking, a Chicago & Alton rail
way employe, at the latte&'s home here
and then committed suicide. The wo
man had refused to marry him. Wiley
had intercepted Miss Flynn on her
way home from a religious meeting
and walked with her to her home.
Mrs. Dearking had called to her to
come into the house, and as she was
passing through the door Wiley shot
Miss Flynn from behind. She died
within a few minutes without making
a statement. Later Wiley's body was
found in the street in front of the
Dearking home. He had shot him
self between the eyes and apparently
died instantly.
Returning to Washington.
UTICA, N. Y., July 21. Colonel
William Cary Sanger, assistant secre
tary of war, accompanied by Mrs.
Sanger, left here for New York and
Washington. Secretary Root sails for
Europe next Thursday and during his
absence of six weeks Colonel Sanger
will be in charge of the war dapart
ment. New Dates for Chautauqua.
TECUMSEH, Neb., July 21. The
Tecumseh Chautauqua, which was to
have been held from July 12 to 20
and had to be postponed on account
of the rainy weather and floods, will
be held from July 26 to August 3, in
clusive. Vultures Eating His Flesh.
GREEN RIVER, Wyo.July 21. rC.
D. Crisman a ranchman of Marston,
Wyo., reports the finding of the body
of an unknown man near there, in a
badly decomposed state. Crows and
vultures were feeding on the flesh,
which was dropping from the bones.
A murder is suspected, but there is
no clue to the identity of the un
known. The body was quite conceal
ed in the thick brush on the banks
of a stream.
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vnnTT"fsSriensely Displeased with
Action of Commission of Cardinals
To Treat with Judge Taft Person
ally As to Future Negotiations.
LONDON. July 19. The Rome cor
respondent of the Dally Chronicle says
the pope is Intensely displeased at ths
way in chlch the commission of car
dinals has conducted the negotiations
with Judge Tatf in the matter of the
friars in the Philippines.
"I learn from an authoritative
source," says the correspondent, "that
besides annulling the proceedure of
the commission of cardinals the pope
has summarily dissolved it, express
ing his views that the American de
mands were reasonable and signifying
his readiness to treat with Judge Taft
petsonally."
ROME, July 19. The following note
from the Vatican was presented to
Governor Taft last night:
"I hasten to acknowledge the receipt
of the letter by which you kindly com
municated to me the cablegram from
Secretary Root, answering my note
of July 9, which explained the counter
project of the Vatican for the regula
tion of religious affairs in the Philip
pines. .While thanking you for this
important communication, I am hap
py to assure you that the holy see
has learned with the liveliest satisfac
tion the high consideration in which
Mr. Root and the government of the
United States bold-3 the fitness of the
measures, which the Vatican inde
pendently of the solution of any
economic question designed taking to
ameliorate the religious situation in
the archipelago and to co-operate in
the pacification of the people under
American sovereignty. The measures
are indicated in my memorandum of
June 21, and by letter of July 9. These
declarations of Mr. Root do honor to
the deep political wisdom of the gov
ernment of the United States, which
knows how to appreciate the happy
influence of the holy see for the relig
ious and civil elevation of the people,
especially Catholics.
"With equal satisfaction the pontiff
has taken into account the assurances
of Secretary Root that the American
authorities in the Philippines and at
Washington will put forth all possi
ble efforts to maintain the good un
derstanding happily established with!
the authorities of the Catholic church.
On his part the pontiff will not fail
to give the apostolic delegation sooi
to be sent to the Philippines the most
precise instructions according to niy
former notes.
"The lines for future negotiations,
Indicated in the notes having been
accepted by Secretary Root, the rep
resentative of the Vatican in the archil
pelago wil lenter into relations with.
the authorities in the Philippines on
the four points indicated by Mr. Root
at the end of his cablegram.
"The holy see does not doubt that
mutual confidence combined with the-
action of the American government
will readily produce a happy solution
of the pending questions, auguring for
that new country an era of peace and
true progress.
"It is my agreeable duty in ending
this letter to he able to render homage
to the very great courtesy and high
capacity with which you have filled;
the delicate mission which the gov
ernment and president of the United
States delegated to you. Willingly I.
add that the favorable result of the
negotiations must be attributed in
very large part to your high personal
qualities.
"While flattering myself that this
first success wiH be a guarantee of the;
happy issue of ulterior negotiation
In Manila, I have the honor to be,
etc- RAMPOLIA.
Governor Taft was informed last
night that the pope had fixed July 21
for his farewell audience. Governor
Taft will start Saturday for Vallom
brosa, near Florence, where he will
stay with his family until Monday,
when he will return for his audience
with the pope.
Fight a Fatal Duel.
WICHITA, Kan., July 19. Dr. H.
G. Greenland and Ben Bearman fought
a duel in a saloon at Okarcbe, O. T.,
after midnight this morning. Dr.
Greenland was shot through the heart
and died instantly. Bearman was
chot in the head, but not fatally.
King Finally Fixes Date.
LONDON, July 19. An official no
tification was issued yesterday morn
ing that by the king's command the
coronation of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra will take place August 9.
Rehearsals of the processions from
Buckingham palace to Westminster
abbey took place yesterday morning
and the officials of the various state
departments concerned in the abbey
ceremony are again busy with prep
arations for the coming crowning.
Tailor Shoots His Wife.
NEW YORK, July 19. Hyman
,",Vvssian tailor, shot his
Vough the mouth early
C Vnifl himself hv
ic acid. Mrs. Hoff-
it is feared she
, had been drink-
nd his wife had
V disorderly con
yiced to sixty
3ently been re-
d four children.
BALFOUR 18 IN THE CHAIR.
New Premier Presides at the Firs!
Meeting of the New Cabinet.
LONDON, July 18. The premier,
A. J. Balfour, presided in the foreign
office at the first cabinet meeting of
the new administration.
The colonial secretary, Joseph
Chamberlain, was sufficiently recov
ered from the effects of the cab Occi
dent to be able to attend, lie was
pale, but otherwise showed uo signs
of his injuries.
The meeting of the cabinet gave
fresh impetus to the reconstruction
reports. The most interesting of
these for America Is the suggestion
that the duke of Marlborough will
succeed Lord Curzon of Kendleston
aa viceroy of India, but there is not
the least possibility of any such ap
pointment. It apears very doubtful If I.ord Cur
zon will come home before the ex
piration of his term of office. As a
matter of fa-t, there is no appoint
ment which could be offered him, ex
cept the foreign office, which would
be a promotion from the viceroyalty
of India, and there Is no Indication
that Lord Iansdowne has any inten
tion of retiring.
DREAM OF CECIL RHODES.
Before Many Years Opening Up of
Dark Continent by Rail.
WASHINGTON, July 18. Before
many years tho world may be aston
ished to find that the long fostered
dream of the late Cecil Rhodes for
the oecing up of the Dark Continent
has become a reality, and that a con
secutive line of steel rails will
stretch from Cairo to Cape Town.
The state department made public to
day an interesting report on railroad
development in Africa from United
States Consul Ravendal, at Beirut,
bearing date of May 10. The consul
says that by an agreement signed at
Brussels the previous month by Rob
ert Williams with the king of the
Belgians the German route was aban-:
doned and the railway from Cairo to
the cape is to be carried through the
Congo Free State to the upper wat
ers of the Nile. From Stanley Falls
on the upper Congo a railroad is to
be built to Mahagi on Lake Albert
Nyanza, and this connection will sup
ply the missing link between the cape
and Egyptian railways.
CROMWELL CONFERS WITH HAY.
Discusses Panama Canal Question
While on a Visit.
WASHINGTON, July 18. Mr. Crom
well, of counsel of the Panama Canal
company, had an interview with Sec
retary Hay today respecting the isth
mian canal project. Mr. Cromwell
will sail Saturday for Paris, where he
will be in position to render any de
sired assistance to Attorney General
Knox and Mr. Russell in reference to
the settlement of the title to the Pan
ama canal.
Save the general statement that the
negotiations between the United
States and Colombia are progressing
satisfactorily, neither party at today's
conference had any statement to make
as to what took place.
Mr. Corea and Mr. Calve, represent
ing Nicaragua and Costa Rica, had
long interviews with Secretary Hay
on the canal question. They have not
abandoned hope that the choice of a
route will yet revert to Nicaragua.
TO REBUILD THE CAMPANILE.
Offers of Money, Some from America,
for the Purpose Received.
VENICE, Italy, July 18. Offers of
money to aid tn rebuilding the cam
panile continue to be received from
abroad, including offers from Ameri
ca, but there is a disposition to make
its reconstruction a purely national I
affair and to rebuild the structure
exactly as it was prior to the collapse
without foreign assistance. The cost
is estimated at 6,000.000 lire.
The bronze gate of the Logetta of
San Sovino was found beneath the
debris, twisted and with one of the;
lions broken. There is hope that the,
pictures by Tintoretto and others
may be saved.
Three-fourths of the piazza of San
Marco is covered with debris and1
traffic is completely stopped.
Wood Defers Visit.
WASHINGTON, July 18. General
Wood has decided to defer his visit to
the president at Oyster Bay until early
next week in order to complete certain
work assigned him by the secretary of
war in connection with the radioal
changes ordered in the uniforms of the
army.
Root to Sail for Europe.
WASHINGTON, July 18. Secretary
Root will sail for Europe July 24 on
La Savoie. He had contemplated sail
ing August 2 and had engaged pass
age for that date, bjt received an
invitation from General Horace Por
ter, United States ambassador to
France, to sail with him on the Sa
voie on the earlier date and has ac
cepted. Secretary Root, as now ar
ranged, expects to return to the Uni
ted States about the 6th of August.
Drops Dead in Corn Field.
AINSWORTH, Neb., July 19. As
an old man named B. H. Bacon was
plowing corn he suddenly dropped
dead of heart disease. He had been
engaged in shipping old iron from
this poinX, but was a comparative
stranger, no one seeming to know
where he came from. He leave a
i-aughter here. He was about 80
years of age.
Prophets are often without honor,
bat seldom without competition.
Shetland Ponies.
Real Shetland ponies, snys Country
Llf lu America, uro scurcer thin
most persons Imagine. At last ac
counts titer 'were only a couple of
thousand, ronghly sptiaklng. on their
native Isles, and they are rapidly be
ing exported or spoiled by the admix
ture of other and largsr breeds. There
are comparatively fexr pure Shetland
In sals country and many of the ponies
offered for sale by dealers as such are
really half-breeds or Iceland ponies.
A well-bred person Is on
doesn't boast shout IL
who
Algernon Sartorls as a Soldier.
Algernon Sartorls. a grandson of
General UlynKes S. Grant, la to enter
the army. Young Sartorls Is 28 years
old, a fine, strapping, athletic fellow.
lie Is ambitious to serve In the foreign
branch of the army. He was ednicutcd
at Oxford university. During the
Spanish war he served on the staff of
General Kltzhugh lye us a captain of
volunteers.
AUDITORIUM STOCK CONTEST.
Number of Tickets Sold and Interest
in It Increasing Every Day.
Interest In the Auditorium Stock
Contest, which was opened In Omaha
July 1, has Increased steadily every
day since that time and the project
promises to be a great success lu ev
ery way. The p'an adopted for dispos
ing of a sufficient amount of I he com
mon stock of the Omaha Auditorium
Company to complete and furnlhh
what will be the largest and handsom
est building of its kind in the north
west, is very simple. The common
stock has been divided Into shares of
twenty-five cents each, and with each
share tho purchaser Is given two
guesses, one on a special prize and onu
on a list of 1.001 prizes.
The capital prize of $."..000 In gold,
contributed by the Defiance Starch
Co. of Omaha. Neb., and l.O(M) other
prizes, ranging In value from Jl'.r.u up
to $3,500, contributed by the business
men of Omaha, will be awarded Im
mediately after the election next No
vember, but tho contest for them has
already opened, and will close Octo
ber 28, or as much Kooncr us the
shares of stock are sold. The capital
prize will be awarded to the person
guessing closest to the total vote
which will be cast for governor of
New York, November 4, 1002. and th
other prizes to the 1,000 persons mak
ing the next closest guesses. The fofal
vote at the last five elections was:
191, 1,1C5,U8,; 18!H. l,27S.(i7l; 18M.
1,434,046; 1S'J8, 1.359,100; 190. 1 .&.,
520. There will be seven more special
cash prizes, to be awarded the first and
fifteenth of each month until Noveni
Jer, and persons buying tickets now
have one guess with each share of
stock on them as well as on the other
prizes. Each special prize will be In
cash, and not less than $50 nor moro
than $500. The prize, divided Into
small bills and "change" will be di
vided and put into two sucks without
being counted, and the person gues
sing nearest the amount in the larger
sack will be given the contents of both
sacks. The contest Is not confined to
residents of Omaha or limited to any
number of tickets. Anyone desiring
further information or tickets should
address Omaha Auditorium Co.,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Big Demand for Jockeys.
So many of the ablest and most
skillful American jockeys are now rid
ing In England and upon the Eu
ropean continent that the demand for
competent lads In the saddle in now
more urgent In this country than at
any time since Ixjngfcllow and Harry
Bassett met in their memorable series
of contests.
Uncle Sam's Exact Population.
The total jKpulatlon of the United
States on June 1, 1!00, as given by
the final results of the twelfth cen
sus, is 84,232.069. The Chinese,
British and Russian empires are the
only countries which have a greater
number of inhabitants. They also
have a greater area.
IKON1NO A KIIIKT WAIST.
Not infrequently a young woman
Inds It necessary to launder a shirt
waist at home for some emergency
when the laundryman or the home ser
vant cannot do it. Hence these direc
tions for ironing the waist: To Iron
summer shirt waists so that they will
look like new It is needful to have
them starched evenly with Defiance
starch, then made perfectly smooth
and rolled tight In a damp cloth, to be
laid away two or three hours. When
ironing have a bowl of water and a
clean piece at muslin beside the iron
ing board. Have your iron hot, but
not sufficiently so to scorch, and abso
lutely clean. Begia by ironing the
back, then the front, sides and the
sleeves, followed by the neckband and
the cuffs. When wrinkles appear ap
ply the damp cloth and remove them.
Always iron from the top of the waist
to the bottom. If them are plaits In
the front iron them downward, after
first raiting each cne with a blunt
knife, and with the edge of the Iron
follow every line of stitching to give it
distinctness. After the shirt waist Is
ironed it should be well aired by the
fire or in the sun before it Is folded
and put away, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
State Without a Head.
For seven hours one day recently
the state of New York was without an
executive head. Governor Odell and
3enator Ellsworth, president pro tem.,
being in the west. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Woodruff in Europe and Speaker
Nixon in Ohio.
For a Finger Nail, $200.
Franz Muller, a Viennese artist,
was very proud of his beautiful nails,
which were the envy of many ac
quaintances. One of the3 was so con
sumed with jealousy that he broke one
of the beautiful nails, whereupon the
bereaved artist sued him for damages.
A jury has just awarded him 1.000
crowns, about $200 of American
money.
Blackberry Crop.
All things considered, says Country
Life In America, the blackberry has
been our most profitablo bush fruit.
It Is a heavy cropper, a fairly reliable
yielder, easily picked, continues many
years in profitable frultfulness. and
generally is in good demand. Its dis
advantages are softness for long-distance
shipment, a slight tendency to
scald, and a season of fruiting that
brings it into, direct competition wlh
peaches. However, this real disadvan
tage of season often becomes a decided
advantage during a short pea crop,
which often occurs. It then has the
market to itself without a dangerous
competitor.
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