G AGREES
WITH COURT.
President Roosevelt Submits An
swer to Appeal.
ays if Schley Wat Reprehensible, as
Sampson Claimed, He Did Wrong
to Leave Him in Command.
"Washington (Ppeclal.) The Presi
dent today made public a statement
theeii!nttan:'TIofia or hkli ai T"S
follows;
White House, Feb. Is. I have re
ctUtd the appeal of Admiral Schley
and the answer thereto from the Navy
'department. I have examined both
with 'the utmost tare, as well as the
preceding appeal to the secretary of
the navy. I have read through all the
testimony taken before the court and
the statements of the counsel for Ad
mirals Sampson and Schley, have ex
amined all the official reports of every
kind referring to the Santiago cam
paign, copies of log books, signals,
books, and the testimony before the
court of claims, and have also person
ally had before me the four surviving
captains of the five ships, aside from
those of the two admiials, which were
actively engaged at Santiago.
It appears that the court of inquiry
was unanimous in its findings of fact
and unanimous in its expression of
opinion on most of its findings of fact.
No appeal is made to from the verdict
of the court on these points where it
was unanimous.
I have, however, gone carefully over
the evidence on these points also. I
am satisfied that on the whole the
court did substantial justice.
It should have speciffically con
demned the failure to enforce an effi
cient night blockade at Santiago while
Admiral Schley was in command. On
the other hand, I feel that there is a
reasonable doubt whether he did not
move his squadron with sufficient ex
pedition from port to port. The court
Is a unit in condemning Admoral
Schley's action on the point where it
seems to me he most garvely erred,
his "retrograde movement," when he
abandoned the blockade and his dis
obedience of orders and misstatement
of facts in relation thereto. It should
be remembered, however, that the ma
jority of these actions which the court
censures occurred five weeks or more
before thetight itself, and it seems that
If Admiral Schley's actions were cen
surable, he should not have beeen left
as second In command under Admiral
Sampson.
His offenses were in effect condoned
when he was not called to acount for
them.
Admiral Sampson, after the fight, in
in official letter to the department, al
luded for the first time to Admiral
hley's "reprehensible conduct" six
eeks previously. If Admiral Schley
as guilty of reprehensible conduct of
a .Vnd which called for such notice
fromAdmiral Sampson, the Admiral
Sampson ought not to have left him
as senior officer of the blockading
Squadron on the 3d of July, when he,
(Sampson) steamed away on his proper
errand of communication with Gen
eral Shaffer. We can, therefore, for
oar present purposes, dismiss that por
tion of the appeal relating to anything
but the battle.
Regarding this, the point raised i:i
the appeal Is between Admiral Samp
son and Admiral Schley as to which
was in command and to which was
entitled the credit.lf either of them was
really entitled to any unusual and pre
eminent credit by any special exhibi
tion of skill, genious and courage.
The appeal of Admiral Schley to me
Is not as to this, but the chief point he
raises is ian appeal from the decision
of the court of Inquiry. Five-sixths
of the appeal is devoted to this ques
tion of command and credit, that Is
to the matter which the court of in
quiry did not consider.
It is in effect an appeal from the ac
tion of President McKlnley three years
ago when he sent In the recommenda
tion for promotions for the various
officers connected with the Santiago
squadron. ,
What I have to decide, therefore, is
whether or not President McKinley
did injustice iti the mailer. This nec
essarily lardves a comparison of the
actions of the different commanders
engaged. On this point I quote ex
tracts from the report of Admiral
Phillip:
. "Under the orders of Admiral Samp
son the blockade was conducted with
-success eliminated by the result.
"Then occurred the incident -which
caused me for a moment more alarm
than anything Cervera did that day.
"Suddenly a whiff of breeze and a lull
f the firing cleared the air, and there
kef or us, turned up on Its port helm,
r;y big waves curling over Its bow
J gnat clouds of black smoke pour
7 tm its funnels, was Brooklyn.
Oek both engines hard' went
, fa tub to the astonished n
n, aal in a twInkHng the old
iM racing with Itself. The col
I which annwd Imminent, evea If
SC was arnrted. u4 a tfc big
f
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1 1 mt v kr tk Boers
jl Lsr C W. faZi aai
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ia ware kC4, stz ware
1 feO-rtx ctwt Tke
J cry.
cruiser glided past alt of us on th
bridge gave a big sigh of relief. Had
Brooklyn struck then tt would prob
ably own the end of Texas and if
500 men.
"Admiral Sampson was commander-in-chief
before, during and after the
action."
Captain Clark's statement Is as fol
lows: "The credit for the blockade which
led up to the fight is, of course, Ad
miral Sampson's. When the Spanish
ships came out of the harbor the nav
igator of my ship saw New York to
the eastward, but I received no signal
of any kind from New York during the
action, nor was it near enough to
signal directly to me until after Colon
surrendered.
- - "I c orisideredo',mm'dm e Srhfry"rn
responsible command during this run
ning fight and chase so far as I was
concerned, and acknowledged and re
peated a signal he had flying for close
action or something of the kind. As,
however, the problem was perfectly
simple, namely, to pursue the Spanish
ships, as I had been doing before I saw
Brooklyn, he did not, as a matter of
fact, exercise any control over any
movement or action of Oregon, nor diri
I perform any action of any kind
whatever in obedience to any order
from Brooklyn, neither as to my course
nor as to my speed, nor as to my gun
fire, during the fight or chase."
The following is. Admiral Evans'
statement: "The credit for the block
ade, for the arrangements of the ships
at the opening of the fight and for the
first movements in the fight must, of
course, belong to Admiral Sampson,
whose orders we were putting into
effect. When the fight began Admiral
Sampson's ship, New York, was in
plain sight. I saw it turning to over
take us. Throughout the fight I con
sidered myself as under his command,
but I received no- orders from him
until Vlscaya was aground. Nor did
I receive any orders whatever from
Brooklyn, nor should I have heeded
them if I had received them, inasmuch
as I considered Admiral Sampson to
be present and in command."
The following is Admiral Taylor's
statement;
"At the beginning of the fight New
York was about as far to the eastward
of me as Brooklyn was to the west
ward. The only signal I received from
New York was at the very close of the
fight, when it signalled me to return
and guard the mouth of the harbor,
so that nothing should come out to
attack our transports.
"I received no signal whatever from
Brooklyn and should not have heeded
any if one had been made, as I con
sidered Admiral Sampson present and
in command."
The question of command is in this
case nominal and technical. Admiral
Sampson's ship. New York was seen at
the outset of the fight from all the
ships except Brooklyn. Four of these
five ships' captains have testified that
they regorded him as present and in
command.
Admiral Schley at the outset of the
action hoisted two signals, "Clear
ship') and "Carry in," which were
simply carrying out standing orders of
Admiral Sampson as to what should
be done if the enemy's ships attempted
to break out of the harbor.
Technically, Sampson commanded
the fleet, and Schley, as usual, the
western division. The actual fact, the
important fact, is that after the battie
was joined not a helm was shifted,
not a gun was hred, not a pound of
steam was put on in the engine room
aboard any ship actively engaged in
obedience of the order of enlher Schley
or Sampson, save on their own two
vessels.
It was a captain's fight. Therefore,
the credit to which each of the two is
entitled rests on matter apart from
the claim of nominal command over
the squadron; for, so far as the actual
right was concerned, neither Oiie ur
the other in fact exercised any com
mand. Sampson was hardly more than
technically in the fight. His real claim
for credit rests upon his work as commander-in-chief.
Admiral Schley is rightly entitled
as Is Captain Cook to the credit ot
what Brooklyn did in the fight. On
the whole it did well, but I agree with
the unanimous finding of the three
admirals who composed the court of
inquiry as to the "loop." It seriously
marred Brooklyn's otherwise excrilt-tit
record, being in fa.t the one "grave
mistake made by an American ship
that day.
But after the loop had once been
taken, Arlmirsl Schley handled Brook
lyn tnantuliy and well. It snd Orgon
were iiicncetorlh the hcarlmo.it of the
American vessels though Iowa cer
tainly, and seemingly Texas also, did
as much as any in hammering the
Spanish fleet.
Under such circumstances. It seems
to me that the recommendations of
President McKlnley were eminently
proper ana that so far as Admiral
Sampson and Schley were concerned.
It would have been unjust for him to
have made other recommendations. I
feel that it was just to Admiral Samp
son that he should receive a greater
advance In numbers than Admiral
Schley there was nothing done In the
battle that warranted any unusual re
ward for either.
In short, as regards Admirals Schley
and Sampson, I find that President
McKlnley did substantial justice and
that there would be no warrant for
reversing his action.
Both Admiral Sampson and Admiral
Schley are now on the retired list. In
coacludlng their report the members
of the court of Inquiry .Admirals Dewey
Benham snd Ramsay, unite In statins
that they recommended that no 1 jrther
action be bad in the matter. With
this recommendation I most heartily
concur. There Is no excuse whatever
from either side for any further agita
tion of this unhappy controversy, Te
keep It alive would merely do damage
to the navy and to th country.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
ton's column. Th latter, while moving
a Nigel. February M. engaged a feroe
of Boers at Kllpdaca. Th Soots OreyS
becaaas detached, wen asjrronaded and
cut of. . General Hamfltoa was his
to dislodge the Beers from their
ties, so he continued his
ward Nigel. The Been
Soots Oreys who had
ess t nn tTtt rUTHX.
t lew 'mM fnV in M, i 0
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A TEST OF
THE MERGER.
Action Is Ordered by President
In Name of Government.
Proeeeedings Likely to be Brought in
Minnesota. Hill, Morgan and Asso
ciates Will Be Defendants.
Washington, D. C (Special.) With
in a very short time a bill will be filed
by the United States to trst the legal
ity of the merger of the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern systems thu'
the Northern Securities company. In
speaking of the matter. Attorney Gen
eral Knox said: ' v
"Some time ago the president re
quested an opinion as to the legality
of this merger and I have recently
given him one to the effect that. In my
judgment, it violates the provisions of
the Sherman act of 18M), whereupon he
directed that suitable action be taken
to have the question Judicially deter
mined. A bill in equity is now in
course of preparation, which will be
filed within a very short time, which
will ask that the merger effected thro'
the Northern Securities company of
the two roads be dissolved and such
shares ordered re-exchanged to restore
the stocks of the two companies to
their original owners. The two railroad
companies, the Northern SecuUu-s
company, J. Fierpont Morgan & Co.
and J. J. Hill and their associates,
stockholders in the two companies, will
be defendants in the bill.
"The district in which the proceed
ings will be instituted has not yet
been determined. Most likely it will
be in Minnesota."
LIKE A BOMB IN THE MERGER CAMP.
New York. (Special.) Bankers of
this city identified with the formation
of the Northern Securities company
were greatly surprised to learn, ami
at first refused to believe, that Attor
ney General Knox is preparing a case
against the company.. They pointed
out that a decision in case from the
supreme court of the United States is
expected on Monday next. They were
unable to understand why nothre of
another action should be given pending
this decision.
It Is stated to be the Intention of
both the Hill-Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb
&. Co. and Harrlman syndicates to fight
the case out to the end. All the bank
ers seen expressed themselves as con
fident of the ultimate result. A long
legal battle is promised, but it is un
derstood that, no matter what the de
cision may be, the prominent idea that
brought the company into existence
will be maintained. Such contingen
cies as have arisen, he said, were fore
seen by legal talent when the last de
tails were arranged some months ago
and provision is made for the currying
out of the community-of-ownership
idea.
Charles Steele, a member of the firm
of J. P. Morgan & Co., was in confer
ence with Mr. Morgan at his residence
as to the effect of the action of Attor
ney General Knox,
"This opinion came as a great sur
prise to all of us," he said. "No such
action was expected and there hits
been an absolute quiet since the ar
gument of the case of the state of
Minnesota before the supreme court of
the United States.
"After this bill in equity, as suggest
ed by Attorney General Knox, has been
filed we will be prepared to speak of
our line of defense. At present we are
wholly in the dark, but I will say that
a long legal battle wi! lensue.
"We had not heard that President
Roosevelt had asked for the opinion of
the attorney general In the matter.and,
although we have heard It from sever
al sources in the last few hours, I am
inclined to doubt the report."
THIW THAT ROOSEVELT BLUNDERED.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Com
ment on the president's decision in the
Bchley case goes to confirm the state
ment mart? CATly ! tiie controversy
that no two men could go through the
testimony and arrive at the same con
clusion. ,
In forming his opinion, the president
admits he has not examined merely
the evidence adduced at the trial, but
that he has utilized magazine articles
and sought ex-paKe statements from
those who participated In the cam
paign. The result Is a rebuke to both
Schley and Sampson, far more severe
on the first than on the second.
The battle of Santiago he character
izes as a "captain's battle," and the
Inference to be drawn from his review
of It, Is that nothing occurred which
entitled any participant to "unusual
rewards," unless an exception be made
to Commander Wainwrlght, to whom,
with Captain Clark of the Oregon, Is
given an honorable mention.
Navy department officers, of course,
are dissatisfied, believing that with
each sentence of comment, the presi
dent has unwittingly furnished food
for further bickering. Partisans ef
Schley and Sampson silks criticise the
Indianapolis, I nd. (Special.) The
let Isaac D. Lemmon Intended to be
aueath Its to th Edwin Bay Meth
od 1st church, and be drew his will to
that select Shortly before his death
he attadd service at tke church and
heard s sermon not ot his Uklag- Is.
SMdlatoly thereafter, as developed la
tke SHag of tk win, he added a codi
ea rwokiag the keenest. He sever
sssatiil to anyone tk euMect of the
IOWA STATE LEADS II W6H PR
Washington, D. C. Speclal.) The
census bureau in a report on domestic
animals, fowls and bees in the United
States on June 1, 1SO0, announces that
all the domestic animals In the Uuited
States have a probable value of at
leajt $3,i00.tKW,000. Of this amount the
value of the animals on farms and
ranges constiiute over 83 per cent
and those nut on farms 7 per cent.
The census bureau ;fceived no reports
on the value of animals, but e.-flimates
it at t.'15.ia:',y:'8. The toUl value of all
domestic animals on farms and rang"
was t2,iX,0.4,115, against Ji20s.767,513
ln.lV)0. There was a gain in all parts
of the country exc pt in the North At
lantic states, where there was a de-
Treafe or horses, sheep and suiiie.mak
ing a total decrease ot 3 per cent in
value.
The live stock on farms In the Unit
ed States follows: Calves, 15,3JO,:;31;
steers, 15,2,182; bulls, 1.315,506; heif
eis, " 7.12.01-4 : cows for milk, 11,583,252;
colts, 1.IS1.476; horses, 16,52,64; mules,
3.271, 6!'7; asses an dburros, 95,6iU;shei p,
61.601,511; sxvlr.c, C2,76C,10S; goats, 1,871,
52 Since I'-'jO the number of eheep de
creased everywhere except In the west.
The increase there was more than suf
ficient to balance the loss elsewhere
and made the number of wool-beal lng
sheep for the nation 11 per cent more
than In li!X.
The number of horses on farms in
creased except In the North Atlantic
states. The gain over the census of
WMt was 20 per cent if the colts are in
cluded with the totals of 1S00, and U
per cent if excluded.
The mules on farms increased gen
erally. The dairy cows on farms and
ranches in 1W0 numbered 4 per cent
nn.se than the milch cows reported in
WD. Under the term milch cows were
included In H! more cows than those
reported In K'PO as 'cow s k pt for milk"
or 'dHlry cows."
The real gain, therefore, is approxi
mately 25 per cent.
Meat cattle, other than dairy com,
increased generally. Swine increased
per cent, although thece was a slight
decrease In the Noith Atlantic divi
sion. In the South Atlantic division
the value of domestic animals Increas
ed 14 per cent to JU4.152.273 in KM). In
the north central division the value
increased 27 per cent to !,623,304,4s7.
In the south central division the in
crease waB 70 per cent to ti!8, 255,6?"
and in the western 93 per cent to taSl,
453.353. Iowa leads all the states in the total
value of lis live stock, while Texas
ranks second. The former has an In
vestment In live stock of 1271,844,034,
and the latter has 2rB,;27,434. Texa,
however, has the greatest number of
meat cattle, mules and goats, but the
average of value of these and other
animals being less Uian in Iowa the
pre-eminence in value rests with the
latter named state.
IOWA CHILDREN MUST 60 TO SCHOOL.
Des Moines, la. (Special.) The lower
houe of the Iowa legislature has pass
ed the most stringent compulsory ed
ucation law placed on any statute book
and a law that has been carefully
thought out by the educators of the
state. This is the bill introduced by
Dunham which was virtually prepared
by the committee on schools and text
books, with the assistance of the state
educational department and the State
Teachers" association. The bill pro
vides that all children between the
ages of 7 and 14 must attend some
school at least twelve weeks each year,
and this may be either a public, pri
vate or parochial school. There is pro
vision for truancy schools and truant
officers to enforc the Jaw and prcvi
slon for registration of the school at
tendance and securing certificates of
attendance without expense and for
excuse where such si-etn necessary.
The bill was slightly amended so as
to still further guard against inter
ference with private and parochial
schois and to render it impossible un
der any circumstances to make trou
ble for them.
The house also passed a bill to con
solidate the funds for the support of
the School for the Blind at Vinton and
to give a $22 per month per capita
support for nine months In the year.
Tliis Institution has been closed a part
o fthe year on account of the appro
priations not being In proper form.
NOTED NEBRASKA INDIAN IS DEAD.
' Pender, Neb. Speclal.) One of th
best known characters of the Omaha
agency died Tuesday of a complication
of diseases and old age In the person
of John Fremont, as he was known to
the white people, or Chas-a-Nin-Oah
as the Indians knew him.
He was a member of the council held
in 154, which ceded alt of eastern Ne
braska except that portion retained as
the reservation to the white men, snl
In that year went to Washington to
see President Pierce. During the civil
war he assisted the United States gov
ernment In the war with the Sioux.
Just a few days before his death h
married according to th whit custom
th Indian woman with whom he had
lived as man and wife for many years.
He did this that no controversy might
arise over his property, which amounts
to considerable.
' Lonf Us) of KkMtiloKy.
Helena, Mont Special.) The larg
est and longest transmission of elec
tricity In th world baa Just been com
pleted by the Missouri River Power
company, transmitting power from Its
dam and plant at th Missouri river
to Butt. , Th length of this tin la
stxty-flv miles, crossing th main
rang of th Rocky mountains at an
altitude of t,7W feet and a spur of the
mala range at as equal height At
TO GATHER
STATISTICS.
Real Estate Convention of Nebr
aska wants a New State Law.
8tst Labor Bureau To Gather Stati
stics Concerning th Wealth of
Agricultural Products.
Fremont, Neb. (Special.) Near the
Cloee-of-tl'e neet lng of t he Real E.itW
convention held at Fremont on the
rYlrWpg of Feb. 14th, the following res
olutions were offered by Mr. Leach, of
Antelope county, and passed unani
mously: Resolved: That we favor a state
law for the gathering of agricult
ural statistics by the State Labor
bureau, covering substantially the
following points:
First The acreage seeded to
grain, hay and other crops offici
ally gathered and reported to the
head of the bureau, on or before
the first day of June, and by him
compiled and published by the first
of July of each year.
Second That a census shall be
taken on or before the first of No
vember, which shall be compiled
nd published by the first of De
cember of each year, showing the
yield of grain and other crops, and
the value and number of livestock
of all kinds.
As the time was so short the res
olutions could not then be discussed.
Subsequently, at the banquet table,
Mr. Huchanan referred to the resolu
tions and expressed the regret that the
time whs too limited for a full dis
cussion of them, suggesting that they
were of vital Importance. He stated
that he had listened with Interest to all
the discussions, resolutions, and had
discovered how it was proposed by the
real estate men to attract the emigrant
whin he arrived, how they were going
to secure his payments of delayed in
debtedness, and all of the other mat
ters pertaining to his care after he ar
rived; but they had failed in the most
impoitant feature of the discussion,
which was, "how to get him?"" These
resolutions, adopted at the close of the
evening session, embodied practically
all that had been said upon that sub
ject; and, as It was well to catch the
rabbit before you pklnned him or could
eat him, it was f qually vital to get the
migrant before you could treat with
him on the question of selling him
land or getting his money. Hence, It
seemed to him most Important that
some sneans should be devised by
which a systematic effort to entice the
people of neighboring states to come to
Nebraska and see, and then buy. He
further stated that If the resolutions
as passed were carried out In good
faith and actively, they would supply
the oversight. The resolutions recom
mended the passage of a law which
shall make it the duty of the statls
tloHl bureau at Lincoln to provide the
requisite blanks and have certain rep
resentative persons In each township
In the agricultural portion of the state
(say east of the 9th or 300th meridian)
gather statistics from the 1st to the
15th of May, showing the acreage
planted to the various crops, the acre
tec de voted to hay, the number of cat
tle, hmses, hogs sheep, etc., in each
towiifhlp. This report should peremp
torily be In the hands of the statis
tical bureau before the 15th of May,
and should be compiled and published
by the bercau by or before the 1st of
June. This would show the exporta
tion for the state's products. Then,
the more important feature was the
gathering by the same local statisti
clanm under the same Jurisdiction, be
tween the middle of October and the
1st of November, showing the actual
products of the various cereals, of hay,
and the stock industry throughout the
same period. These statistics should
be peremptorily in the hands of the
State Statistician In time to have them
compiled and published by the first of
December at farthest. The reasons he
gave were,' first, that the farmer in the
neighboring state whom we are seek
ing to influence to come to Nebraska,
is practically idle during the winter
months from the 16th of December
until the middle of February, end will
not read anything after that time, be
cause his spring work will have com
menced, or be commencing, or he will
be arranylng for t to commence.
Third, If he is a renter, or If he Is not
a property owner In the neighboring
state, he will make his arrangements
by or about the 1st of March for the
succeeding year. Hence, matter placed
In his hands after that date could not
and would not Influence his movement
for another year at least. Fourth, If
this Information Is not placed in his
hands within the time mentioned, as
he will not read It and cannot read It
It until the succeeding winter, It will
be ancient history to him, and he will
not read It at all. Bo that It Is vital
to the Interest of Nebraska Imlgra
tlon to have these statistics which are
essential to Influence Immigration,
placed In th hands of the prospective
settler as current history of the
year Just closed. It Is useless for him
to be supplied with this Information a
year lat. Again, It la important for
th reason that when w have a leg-
Washington. D. C.-(teUU.) The
Irrigation measure now before th
house is opposed by Congressman
Stark, Who declare he will not vote
for It until Nebraska' interest are
protected.
H will endeavor to amend th Mil
n that tf oer cent of th reclamation
find win b used for th const ruction
and examination of work far th ator
agw, direr and development of
rtTd. IMrtner, tm
islalue It I the duly and pUasur
the governor to submit to th 1
lure a message which shall cover
recommendations as he msy hav
make on the various rubjects of it
est to the state. If he has not t
statistics In time to make the
ommendatlons, of course. It Is us
to make them at all. But If he
current statistics of statistics cu
for the past year Just slosed, hel
can study them during the montl
December prior to the delivery o
message upon the first of Jam
Then, again, If these statistics are
lished and are placed in the hand
the prospective legislators during
month of December, he will com
the legislature posted, and with
statistics properly digested. He
be prepared to submit suggestion
endorse recommendations by the
ernor as to what should be done to
courage emigration, whereas, if he 1
no statistics, he is dependent
imaginary necessities and the imt
diate interests of his own partict
township or locality. k
Mr. Buchanan further stated that
there were some 200 real estate r.
from the various localities' in the st;
present, if they coincided in the vie
of the resolution for which thed h
Just voted, it certainly would be o
sli able and important that they shou
take the pains to inoculate their se
eral communities with this idea, an
when their legislator, or prospectiv l
legislator, was nominated and electei
that he should be influenced to reallz
that this sort of a law was of vita
importance to the state, and seek t
secure its passage, and' it certain!?
would rest with the real estate agent,
present to exert their Influence locall;
to theis end. Without Buch a law anC
without such statistics and efforts 01
the real uftate convention Just heldl
would be of minor Importance. This
Is certainly the key to the situation
and ought to be iinpresed upon every-,
body forcibly.
One thing further Mr. Buchanan
suggested as an aid to the end sought,
which was, that as there are some
five hundred or more papers published
throughout the state, if the real estate
men would take It upon themselves to
provide their newspaper each week
with on sample of successful farming
or stock raising In the community, It
would no doubt be published readily,
and as there were some copies of every
paper in the state sent to former if
homes of the editors in neighborinr
states, this Item of actual result In
fanning throughout the agricultural
portion of the state would necessarily
be read by many in neighboring slates
where it was important this informa
tion should go. Thus, with five hun
dred such examples being published
throughout the state every week, one
in each newspaper, and there being
fifty-two weeks In the year, it meant
more than 25,000 examples of this kind
throughout the year being given to
foreign states of successful work In -Nebraska
by the farmer and stock
raiser, and that it would seem that It
would be of immense advantage that
those 23,000-for-a-year examples should '
be given, and their Influence must nec
essarily be felt on the immigration to
the state.
These remarks by Mr. Buchanan
were well received.
Magnets Under a Crap Table.
Vlncennes, I nd. (Special.) B. W.
Roberts, an electrician, created a sen
sation in the suit against Matthew
Kelly and Dallas Tyler, charged with
causing the downfall of Ilichard Da
vis, former bank caFhler, by unfair'
gambling schemes. He testified tha
at the direction of Kellv. he placed e .
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new battery In Mie saloon and ai
Justed two saucer magnets under vi if "i
bur, where It Is alleged that Davis vftTkl
$50,000 throwing crups The electrl I Y' n'
worn was uone at midnight, and v
ness was warned by Kelly not to m
tion it.
Skull Stops the Bnllet
Superior, Neb. (Special.) Whll
Tetter, a young Qerman living s
west of Superior, was examlnin
"unloaded" revolver the pistol wal
charged, with the usual result, an
bullet, a 38-caliber, struck him id
forehead between the eyes and beJ
Imbedded Ir the bc.-.. A u. i..r
summoned from the city. He cbJ
formed Yetter and dug out the let
pellet, which Is as fiat as a nickel
about as large. Yetter's skull
cracked a little by the shot. H.
a hearty dinner while awaiting h
rival of the doctor.
Eight Years For Bankotfh-al
David City, NebWrirf-lbl.) A
Gould, the Beliwood banker, who
by speculation $260,000, was oentenc
to eight years' imprisonment. Whei
arraigned Oould pleaded guilty to the
forgery of eleven notes, ranging In'
amount from $150 to $1,400. He threw
himself upon the mercy of the court,
saying that If released he and his
friends would soon make up his defal
cations. He admitted the forgery of
$40,000 In notes, but said he could not
tell whether or not that was th total
amount of his forgeries.
Information from Denver Indlcal
that the Guggenheim Exploration com
psny ha secured control of th load
fluxing ores of th country and to to)
a position to dictate prices.
th money raised In each atat or tr
rltory shall he expanded In that Stat
or territory.
He believes that th Piatt river
should b placed under th control of
congress, that Wyoming might not UM
aU th water before It gets Iota Nebraska.
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