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PARADE AND SPEECH. DEDICATION OF CH1CKAMAU OA'S PARK. A Great Crowd In Attendance An Im posing: Military and Official Ulsplay "Senator Hate and Congressman Gros venor Ditcoii Issues of the Rebellion A Frank Talk by Got. Turney. At Chlrkamauga Park. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. tl. The third day of the exercises attend ant upon the dedication of the battle field of Cbickamauga to the nation as a park, opened with a grand civic and military parade, in which the visiting cabinet officers, governors and their staffs and the various military organ izations toon part. It brought more people to the city proper than had been here at any one time since the dedicatory exercises began. It was a few minutes past 10 when the parade started. A platoon of po lice led, followed by a military band. Then came Vice President Stevenson and party, Lieutenant General Seho field, Secretary of the Interior Smith. Postmaster General Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Herbert and Attorney General Harmon, United States sena tor, congressmen, governors and staffs, park commissioners, Tennessee legislators. Mayor Ochs, citizens com mittee and invited guests. Another platoon of police followed, and then came the United States troops, the Ohio national guard, Tennessee na tional guard, Capital City guards of Georgia and the Chattanooga school battalion. The formal exercises of the day were held in the Barnum tent near the government building, and were presided over by Vice President Stev- ensoa. Alter music oy ine oana, me Rev. Dr. S. T. Nicholis of St. Louis offered prayer. The first address was by George W. Ochs, mayor of Chatta nooga. SENATOR BATE ON THE ISSUES. Senator Bate, the second speaker, said in part: "We have assembled on the glorious battlefields for the pres ervation and perpetuation of the sacred memories, to advanve by les sons learned here, the common glory of our country. With what inexpress ible pleasure the lapse of more than thirty years has mitigated the pas sionsand dispossessed the minds of all the surviving contestants of these great battles, to look back at the past with thos-e moderate convictions which are due to a contest in which each party held principles and convictions to justify the contention. Mr. Bate then referred to the erec tion of the Confederate monument at Chicago as an indication that sectional feeling was obliterated and then turn ed his attention to the causes which led up to the war. He saxa that the Missouri compromise and fanaticism had something to do with it. The de nial of equal rights to equal states was the real cause. Whatever may have been the right or wrong, the south be lieved it was right, and in defense of this belief it accepted battle; In con clusion he said that it was in vain to surround America with fortresses, as modern cannon would demolish them The only safety was in union. CONGRESSMAN GROSVENOR'S ADDRESS. After some music, Congressman Cnarles D. Grosvencr of Ohio spoke. He declared that all were present as American citizens, without bitterness or criticism of any kind. He declared that the union had been absolutely restored in every way in law and in the hearts and loyalty of all citizens, and all present were brothers in de votion to the union and the flag. He believed that nowhere was there a thought of disunion. The speaker then gave an extended history of the American constitution and the various contentions in regaid to its clauses. , He continued: 'We did not go to war to emancipate the slave, but we did go to war with the consc ousness that f-he slavery question was one of the great questions that was produc ing the war; and he was a man of shortsightedness on the one side or the other side wtio doubted that the result of the conflict, the end of the war, would produce either emancipation or perpetuation. An institution so intertwined about the very heart of a great mass of the people, and thus becoming one of the promoting elements of controversy, and thereby incidentally.if you please, producing a conflict, and thereby im periling the life of a nation, could not stand unless the side that defended it could stand. We went to war to es tablish principles political principles. We went to war to legislate. We put in motion in the great congress of war the passage of bills that afterwards were passed upon the bloody battle fields of the country; and all that stood in the way, everything that came incidentally into collision, and everything that came, perchance by accident, if you please, to be inimical to the great end sought, was wiped out and destroyed. There was not an institution dear to the hearts of the American people other than the wor ship of God Almighty and the protec tion of family and home that would not havts been destroyed in battle, had it stood in the way of the accomplish ment of the great purpose of that war." The speaker next discussed the bat tle of Chickamauka, giving many facts and figures and closed: "Standing here to-day. my countrymen, is there anything greater, anything more charming to the heart of an American patriot than the love of the American people or this union, this constitution and this power? It is our protection against enemies abroad; it is our as surance against disturbance within; it is the beacon light to other nations and the sheet anchor to ours. It is the doctrine of the American home, the American fireside, American insti tutions, the American union, and the , American flag. ' And we will protect it at home and vindicate it abroad: and in the hour of its peril, in the hour of its danger, if that hour shall come, in the time that tries the future - of this great fabric of government, if the hour shall come, there will rally to the flag of the Union, there will ral ly to the constitution of the country, there will rally to our institutions, whether it be to protect our territorial Inteoritv. on r f i trn i t v n a a mf inn nr (Position upon the great political ques tions, international in their character. the3 will be found the men" and the descendants of the men of 1861 who fought to destroy the Union and who fought to uphold it; the men and the descendents of the men who, at Get tysburg and South Mountain, at Shiloh and at Nashville and here upon this sacred spot stood and fought and bled and struggled, going forth as a mighty army with banners, to vindicate, to cherish and protect the flag and the Union that w love." GOVERNOR TURNEY'S FRANK WORDS. When Mr. Grosvenor had finished. Governors Morton of New York, Wood bury of Vermont, Matthews of Indiana and Turney of Tennessee each made short talks. Governor Woodbury saia that dur ing the war each side believed it was right, but that now the Southerners would have to teach their chil dren the South was wrong. Gover nor Turney took exceptions to this in his speech. "I believed I was right during the four years and nineteen days I served in the Confederate army," he said, "and at the end of that time I thought I was right. I still think I was right and shall teach my children m. No one is more loyal to the stars and stripes than I and no one is more loyal to the government, but I can never be convinced that the South was wrong." This rather frank expression caused a great stir in t lie audience and when the meeting adjourned was the topic of general conversation. PARKHURST ON BOSS1SM. The New York Reformer Say Piatt la Worse Than Croker. New York, Sept. 1 Dr. Parkhurst returned from Europe yesterday. Of the political situation he said: "Piatt and the spirit of Plattism," he said, "is worse than Croker, and the spirit of Crokerism, and the man hood and intelligence of the city must and will combine to crush it out at the very root. 1 have regretted ex ceedingly the fact that the" excise question has been included in the pres ent situation, conducing, as I fear it will, to make that mixture of issues which will make the campaign a more difficult one. While we are fighting Tammany, we must not forget that the enemy, who is an essential ally of Tammany, is the spirit of bossisTi familiarly known as Plattisin. It is immaterial whetiier our officials are Tammany or anti-Tammany. The en tire system of Loss rule must be torn up, root and branch." Dr. Parkhurst expressed surprise and said he was disappointed that Piatt had control of the Republican primar ies, and said the excise question should be relegated to the arbitration of municipality, although he had come to the conclusion that laws that oper ate satisfactorily in Berlin and Ham burg would not suit in New York. THE DECISION NOT FINAL. The Texas Prise Fir lit Law May Come Before the Fnll Court. Austin, Texas, Sept. 21. Judges Davidson and Henderson of the court of appeals, refused to sit with Judge Hurt in the prize fight habeas corpus case on the ground that the court could not hold legal session during va cation, and further that the proper tribunal to hear the case was the county judge of Dallas county. The regular session of the court of appeals will beirin at Tyler on the first Monday of next month, and it is stated here that the Dallas grand jury, now in session, will indict the principals of the recent fight, and they will have a chance for a hearing before the full bench in the regular session. However this may be, Governor Cul berson still stands firm and will pre vent the fight under common penal statutes and his determination has given currency to a rumor in sporting circles that the fight will take place in the Indian territory not far from Col bert. The Holt Will Presented. Washington, Sept. 21. Blair Lee and J. J. Darlington to-day offered for probate the will of the late Joseph Holt that was received by mail when it was supposed that no will had been left by him. The names signed to the will are General Grant, General Sher man and Mrs. Sherman. This is the first step in the contest over the late general's will. General Schoflelds Successor. Washington, Sept. 21. Captain Hall, a member of General Iiuger's staff, has commenced to pack his household effects to move to Govern or's Island, N. Y. , and this is cited as a straw showing that General Miles will succeed General Schofield, and General Ruger will be given command of the department of the East, with headquarters at Governor's Island. Made a Bishop. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 21. The Very Rev. Frank Rosebrook Millspaugh of Topeka was yesterday consecrated bishop of the Episcopal church of Kan sas. The ceremony was impressive, and Grace cathedral was packed al most to suffocation from 10 o'clock yesterday morning to the conclusion of the exercises ab ut noon. PefTer Buys the Advocate. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 21. The state ment is published here that Senator Peffer has purchased a cruntrolling in terest in the Topeka Advocate, the Populist weekly. Three months ago the senator stated thai he expected to engage in the newspaper business at the end of his term in the United States senate. Stebblns Acquitted. Dkadwood, S. D., Sept. 21. Banker Stebbins, formerly of Kansas City, Kan., who was arrested in Cheyenne for forgery in connection with the fail ure of a bank, was tried to-day and found not guilty arid released. It was found that he was a victim of attempt ed blackmail. Bull Fights at Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 21. In spite of all protests from humane societies, it is said that one of the fatures of the Mexican village at the fair will be a genuine bull fight. The Mexicans and trappings are already on the ground and the ring is being built. CHICAMAUGA'S FIELD. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Fifty Thousand People, Most ef Them Northern and Southern Veterans, of the Rebellion, In Attendance Patriotic Addresses by Vice President Stevensen and Generals Gordon and Palmer. Dedicated to America. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept.' 20. One of the most notable battlefields of the world that of Chickamauga was dedicated here to-day as a park for the edification of the American people for all time. The dedication was conduct ed by men who, thirty-two years ago, fought on that field. Two generals, with silver gray hair, who headed thousands of men in the affray on op posite sides, made the principal speeches at the dedication. They were Generals John M. Palmer and John B. Gordon. The ceremonies took place at Snod grass hill, whose sides for a mile were to thickly covered with, dead "thirty two years ago that the survivors say one could have walked from crest to base, stepping from one prostrate body to another. Fifty thousand people, most of them veterans, witnessed the exercises. THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Vice President A. E. Stevenson pre sided over the dedicatory exercises and was introduced by General John S. Fullerton, chairman of the Chick a mauga and Chattanooga national park. He was greeted with mighty applause. In the course of his address he said: "Thirty-two years have passed, and the survivors of that masterful day victors ami vanquished alike again meet on this memorable field. Alas, the spleniid armies which rendez voused ht-iv are now little more than a procession of shadow. "On Fame"? eternal cam pin r a ountl Tlifir silent t'uts are r-pn- .!, While slor y giiaid witn -u emn round '1 In- bivouac of the deai.' Our eyes now behold the sublime spectacle of the honored .survivors of tlie great battle coming toget ler upon these heights once more. They meet, not in deadly conflict, but as brothers, under one nag fellow citizens of a common country all grateful to God that in the supreme struggle the gov ernment of our fathers, our com mon heritage, was triumphant, and that to all of the coming genera tions of our countrymen it will remain 'an indivisible union of indestructible states.' Our dedication to-day is but a ceremony. In the words of the immortal Lincoln at ! Gettysburg, "Hut in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot conse crate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struircrled here have consecrated it far I above our power to add or detract.' 1 will detain you no longer from lis tening to the eloquent words of those who were participants in the bloodv 1 A A m V struggle i he sharers alike in its dan 1 ger and its glory.' ; Prayer was offered by Bishop Gailor of Tennessee. Then "America" was f sung by the audience, accompanied by , the baud, and everyone of the fifty ' and-odd thousand people assembled ' parlicip?. I Gciieiul .T( lin M. Palmer, the vener , able senator from Illinois, iuade the I first dedicatory address. When he came forward- his voice was husky, t but never did he speak more earnestly. ; At frequent intervals he was applauded . with vigor. He concluded as follows: I "To you who were Confederate sol ' diers during all the weary struggles of the civil war, I beg to say I was proud of your gallantry and courage, i 1 never allowed myself to forget that ! you were Americans, freely offering i your lives in defense of what you be ;( lieved to be your rights and in vindi j cation of your manhood. You who are now satisfied that the result of the ! civil war established the unity of tlie ! powerful American republic, submit j ted your common controversies with I your fellow citizens to the arbitra ! ment of the battlefield, and you ac cepted the result with the sublime ' fortitude worthy of all praise, and 1 your reward is that peace and order j'are restored and the 'South' which you j love so well and for which you fought so bravely now blossoms with abun- ! dant blessings. GENERAL GORDON ON THE WAR. After another patriotic song, Gener al John B. Gordon of Georgia was in troduced. He was greeted with no less applause than was accorded to Gener al Palmer and he spoke with fullj' as much enthusiasm, feeling and patriot ism. In opening, he referred to the proposal of the late Charles Sumner of Massachusetts to strike from the bat tle flag of the republic all mementoes of the civil war and dwelt upon this as a noble proposal but one not needed. Then he paid tribute to the men of the North and South and to the wonder ful recuperation of the once stricken South. He declared that the Ameri can civil war was an advance in the cause of liberty because among the whole American people it augmented and enabled the manhood and woman hood esaentiel to the future life of the republic, because it de voloped the spirit of self-sacrifice and of consecration as these virtues had never before been devel oped since the days of Washington; because while in no sense lessening the self-respect of either, it vastly en hanced the respect of each for the op posite .-.ection; and it taught the world that liberty and law could live in this country even through interecine war, and that this republic, though rent in twain to-day, would be reunited to morrow in stronger and more enduring bonds. "Verily, nfy countrymen," General Gordon went on, "It was a remarka ble war in all respects; remarkable for the similarity and elevation of sentiment which inspired and the im pulse which guided it; remarkable for the character of the combatants which it enlisted and the death roll which it recorded; but more remarkable for the patriotic ferver which it evoked and intensified among all people and all sections; still mora re markable that each side fought .beneath the aegis of a wrttien constitution with like limitations. Dowers and guarantees, and that tbe rallying cry winch-rang through the! ranks or the blue and gray was "Lib erty as bequeathed by the fathers;" but far more remarkable most re markable of all for the legacy of a broader fraternity and more complete unity which it left to America. Is this fraternity to last? Is this unity to en dure? If 'yes,' then liberty shall live If 'no,' then the republic is doomed; for in the womb of our country's fu ture are mighty problems, instinct with life and power and danger, to solve which will call into requisition all the statesmanship, all the patriot ism, all the manhood and loyalty to law of all the sections. "The patriotic American who loves his country and it freedom and who fails to discern these coming dangers, and the urgency of united effort to meet them is not a statesman; and the statesman, if I may so characterize him, who, realizing these dangers, would still for personal or party ends alienate the sections or classes, is but half patriot. Perish then, forever per ish from American minds and hearts all distrust, all class and party and sectional bigotry and alienation; but live, long live, forever live, as the last hope of the republic, mutual trust, confidence, brotherhood and unity be tween their children who are the heirs of their immortal honors. Forever live the spirit which animated the American contrress and government in mainrig possible this inspiring hour: and may the spirit of this hour abide in the hearts of our descendants through all generations." GOVERNOR VPUAM'S BID MISHAP. When the enthusiastic applause fol lowing General Gordon's speech had ended, the vast audience sang "Auld Lang Syne." A few short speeches were made by distinguished visitors, after which the exercises were ad journed. Governor W. H. Upham of Wiscon sin, while going up lookout mountain, stepped upon the skirt of his daugh ter's dress, causing him to fall. One leg was broken. SENSATION BY ALTCELD. The Illinois Governor Talks on Political Corruption. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 20. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, created a sensation at the monument dedica tion, the conclusion of his speech being as follows: "Instead of an armed force that we can meet on the field there is to-day an enemy that is invisible but every where at work destroying our institu tions; that enemy is corruption. "It seeks to direct official action, it dictates legislation and endeavors to control the construction of laws. It seeks to control the press, to set fash ions and shape public sentiment. It has emasculated American politics and places it on the low plane of jugglery. "The tendency now is for political parties to shirk principle and follow expediency, and their platforms are often drawn to evade or straddle every live issue. "The idea now is to cajole rather than convince; to ignore great wrongs and wink at abuses; court the support of conflicting interests though it in volves the deception of one or both. We are substituting office seeking and office holding in place of real achieve ment and instead of great careers in public life; we are facing a harvest on slippery, blear-eyed and empty medi ocrity, which glides into oblivion with out the assistance of death. "To be an eligible candidate now often means to stand for nothing in particular and to represent no definite principle, but be all things to all men. and in the end be contemptible. Thirty-four years ago the call was for men to fight an open enemy in the field. To-day our country is calling for men who will be true to our repub lican institutions at home. Never be fore did this republic call so loudly as it does to-day for a strong, sturdy manhood that will stand up defiantly and dare to do right. "For more than a decade the ten dency in this country has been toward a colorless and negative dilettanteism, having the countenance of the Phar isee with the greed of the wolf, and drawing all its inspirations from the altar of concentrated and corrupting wealth. The flag has been praised at champagne dinners while the very pole from which it floated was being eaten off by corruption, and republi can institutions were being stabbed to the vitals A new gospel has come among us, according to which 'It is mean to rob a hen roost of a hen, but plundering thousands makes us gen tlemen.' "My friends, the men of the past did their duty. Shall we do ours? They were a-ked to face death you may have to face calumny and obliv ion. No man ever served his country without being vilified, for all who make a profit out of injustice will be your enemies, but as sure as the heav ens are high and justice is eternal will you triumph in the enH." BY AN ELECTRIC r'LASH. President Cleveland. Many Mile Away, Formally Opens the Atlanta KxpoxUlon. Buzzard's Bay, Mass., Sept. 2u. The gold-rimmed button attached to a wire connecting Gray Gables, the sum mer residence of President Cleveland, with the motor in machinery hall at the cotton states and international ex position at Atlanta, Ga., was pressed by the chief executive of the United States at 6:06 last evening. The act, coming at the close of an elaborate opening programme at Atlanta, was intended to furnish a fitting climax to the day's events in that city. At the moment the button was pressed at Gray Gables the wheels of the great exposition hundreds of miles distant, should be s arted. The button was placed not far from the telephone cabinet and here in the presence of the family, Private Secre tary Thurber, Western Union em ployes and a few representatives of the press, the president filled the part for which he was cast. Almost immediatelj' after the presi dent had exerted the requ red pres sure upon the button, word was tele--graphed back that the wire worked perfectly. Absconder Meade Home Again. Atchison, Sept. 20. Richard C. Meade, the absconder, arrived from New York this morning. He has long since spent the money he took and is very oor. He refuses to make statement. 'TWAS A CLOSE CALL. A RAVISHER IN THE HANDS OF A DETERMINED MOB. He is Rescued by the Mayor Osage City Men for Nearly Fonr Hoars Wrestle With Officers In Trying to Get Loo Is Thomas From the Authorities and Are Bafied by Strategy Just as- They Had Their Mid. Rope aroand His Neck. Osagb City, Kan., Sept. 18. Louis Thomas, a disreputable man, enticed the 12-year-old imbecile daughter of O. E. McElfresh from her home yes terday and brutally assaulted her. He was. arrested. Last night a large body of men gathered at the jail. The mayor tried to persuade them to disperse, but they picked him up and carried him away. For nearly four hours the officers were kept busy guarding the entrance to the cell. When the electric lights were turned off at 12:45 o'clock this morning, the crowd surrounding th city hall numbered about 3.00 men. At 12:55 six men approached Night Watch Ogren-who was guarding the rear en trance and demanded the keys. Ogren had hidden them but the men over powered and searched him. Failing to secure the keys they seized the fire axes, battered down the wooden door and rushed into the corridor. Using the same axes they broke the lock, opened the cell and, placing a rope around Thomas's neck, pulled him out of the building and hurried down Main street to Third and then to Safford street, where the rope was thrown over a telegraph pole. While the crowd was waiting for the rope to be properly placed, City Mar shal McMillan, followed by a band of deputies, cautiously worked their way close to the prisoner, and before the would-be lynchers realized their pres ence the rope was cut from Thomas' neck and prisoner and rescuing party backed from the crowd. McMillan conducted Thomas to a place of safety and by 1:30 o'clock was on the way by secluded roads to the county jail at Lyndon. The feeling runs very high this morning and very little doubt exists about a repetition of last night's at tempt at Lyndon. The parents of the child report her in a precarious condition. HORNBLOWER WILL GET IT To Be Appointed to the Supreme Bench and Hill Will Not Oppose Him. Washington, Sept. 18. Doubt no longer exists here . of the correctness of the information that Mr. Horn blower is to get a seat upon the su preme bench. It is settled that Sen ator Hill will not oppose his confirma tion, and in all probability there will be no opposition from any other source. Senator Hill has modified his views of Mr. Hornblower's fitness for the supreme bench since Mr. Horn blower supported Hill for governor last fall, it is said. HORSE THIEVES HANGED, Vigilante to the Seminole Reservation Punish a Negro and a White Man. Guthrie, Okla., Sept. 18. Men from Erlboro report the finding in the Sem inole reservation east of there of a white man and a negro hanging to trees w'th the label: "Horse thieves, duly tried and convicted." Large numbers of horses have been stolen in that section and it is pre sumed the farmers determined to stop it in this way. TEXAS PUGILISM CASE. Attorney General Crane Argues Against the Legality of Prize Fights. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 18. Attorney General Crane argued against prize fights in Texas from 9 o'clock until 12:30 o'clock to-day. The court then adjourned until 2 o'clock. Colonel W. L. Crawford will answer. No- one hopes for an opinion from Chief Jus tice Hurt earlier than Thursday or Friday, although it may be rendered to-morrow. NO HEARING FOR FRAKER. The Life Insurance Swindler Waives Ex amination. Richmond, Mo., Sept. 18. Dr. Fra ker waived examination at the prelim inary hearing to-day and was held to the grand jury in S.'O.lKK) bond, which was not furnished. Banks Offer Assistance. Washington, D. G, Sept. 18. The true amount of the gold reserve at the close of business j-esterday was S95, 348,642. Since the recent heavy ship ments of gold set in the government has received a number of offers of gold in exchange for notes. This is partic ularly true of banks in the northwest, where small notes are in active de mand in moving the grain crops. Big Suit Against a Mining Company. Deadwood, S. D. , Sept. IS. The United States government has com menced suit in the United States court to recover 700,000 damages from the Homestake Mining company, alleging that during the last seventeen years the Homestake company has cut 1,001, 200 trees. - Six People Killed. Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 18. Six per sons were killed as a result of a rail road crossing accident at Lawyer's Station, eleven miles below here, at 4:22 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Five of the occupants of the vehicle were killed outright, and a young girl was so severely injured that she died shortly afterwards. Whipped by a Postmaster's Wife. Springfield, Mo., Sept.' 18. At Nichols Junction this morning John Bnckel, , a hotel keeper, was horse whipped by Mrs. W. W. Wilkerson, wife of the postmaster, in the office. Mrs. Wilkerson charges that Brickel insulted her. He denies her story. Fatalities at a Bull Fight. Citt of Mexico, Sept. 18. Two men were killed and five injured at a bull fight at Sawangel yesterday, the floor giving away. Sawangel . is a pretty suburban town, the favorite rainy -season resort of the aristocracy. NEBRASKA STATE FAIR. I he State's Most Successful Fair a Thlhf of the Past. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 21. At 5 .'clock yesterday afternoon the Nebraska State fair of 1805 passed into history and the feasting and merry-making which have made Omaha a gay city for seven days came to an end. The week of the fair has been the most disagreeable in the matter of weather that has been known in the state during this year. Heat, dust and wind have been continually in evidence and all have contributed to discourage people from attending the best show that has been conducted by the fair as sociation since its organization. Superintendent of Gates William R. Bowen has prepared his official report up to and including Thursday. It is as follows: FalrjTot'I tTot'l tkts. paid. Com. adm. It. K Sunday Monday Tuesday N ednesday Thursday Total. .. .... 25 142 1G7 56 221 775 1.802 2.577j 1,626! .2M 3,225 !',3 7 12,572j 2,MJ9j 15.1 5.902 &.KK9 M.tiSli 2.99 17.53 6.497120.7.5 27.21 3.99 31.241 16.424140.73557,9 11.47S 68.6.J7 It is still too early to estimate the receipts and disbursment The gate receipts were not the only source of revenue. In discussing the matter Sec retary Furnas was of the opinion that the association would have enough money to meet all expenses, with per haps a 6mall margin of profit. It will be several days before the official fig ures will be ready. All of the premi ums will not be announced until some time next week and a complete list of awards will not be read3' for some time. Experiences of the week have sug gested improvements, which will be made before the gates are again thrown open next year. The all important one is that of transportation. The termi nal facilities of the steam roads will have to be improved, the trackage in creased and shelter provided at the fair station. The trains will have to be run more frequently in order to accom modate the people. During the next twelve months there will be ample time to correct the evils which con tributed to the discomfort of the public during the week and it is probable that everything in the carrying line will be running with smoothness long before the big show opens again. KNOCKOUT TO IRRIGATION. The Supreme Court of Nebraska Hands Down a Decision. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 20. A decision has been handed down by the supreme court in the case of Enos Clarke against tbe Cambridge and Arapahoe Irriga tion and Improvement company, that is likely to be of especial interest to people in the irrigated districts. Clarke owned a mill on the banks of a tributary of the Republican, and had been using water from a mill pond thereon for many years. In 1891 the defendant company commenced to build its ditch, and some time after ward Clarke applied to the district court of Furnas county for an order to restrain it from taking the water from the stream above him. Clarke had never complied with the acts of 1S69 and that of 1893 requiring claimants of water rights to file appli cation for same. The irrigation compa ny had filed its appropriation of water rights and expended several thousand dollars when Clarke commenced his ac tion to prevent the taking of the water. When the restraining order preventing the company from taking the water out of the stream was made perpetual the latter took an appeal to the su preme court and this is the case which has just been decided. The judgment of the court below is reversed and the higher court holds that Clarke had no right to his re straining order, but this is apparently on the ground that he had not shown due dilligence in protesting against the action of the irrigation company. There is one part of the decision which irrigation men think is a knock out to the success of irrigation in this state, and that is the declaration that the laws of 1SS9 and 1SU3 abolishing riparian rights in all streams over twenty feet in width to be in violation of the constitution. The act of 1S'.." went further than these named and abolished riparian rights in all streams in the state. I'nder these several acts no one could have a right to the use of the waters of any of the streams in the state without filing his appropriation. The men interested in irrigation say that if it is held that the streams are not public property to be controlled by the state under its irrigation laws, then there is an end to all successful at tempt to build up irrigation enterprises. Secretary Akers says that the irriga tion board might as well shut up shop. IRRIGATION CONGRESS. The Albuquerque Meeting Adjourns Judge Kniery of Kansas Re-elected. Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 21. The fourth national irrigation congress came to a close yesterday after a suc cessful and profitable session The present national lecturer. Judge J. S. Emery of Kansas, was unaniraously re-elected. A KANSAS TOWN IN ASHES. Nearly the Whole of the Business Sec tion of Oneida Swept Away. Seneca, Kan., Sept. 21. Fire at Oneida, about midnight last night destroyed nearly the whole business portion of the town. The loss will reach into the ten thousands with very little insurance. Four Killed by One. McKinxey, Ky., Sept. 21. At the Adams and Trowbridge distillery, in Pulaski county last night five men one of them named Cain of Mintonville engaged in a game of poker. A dis pute arose and shooting began. Cain alone escaped and is credited with having killed the other four. The slain were either shot through the head or heart. - A Court Bouse Attached. Perry, Ok., Sept. 21. The creditors of the First State bank, which was closed Tuesday with $40,000 liabilities and little assets, have attached the court house of the county, claiming it was part of the property of the Ilich ardsons. who are claimed to have been responsibly connected with the bank.