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Gallant Leader of tho First Nebraska Slain. SHOT WHILE LEADING AN ATTACK Lieutenant Kliinu und Three Men of the Fourth Cavalry AUo Killed—Forty-four Men Are Reported Wounded—First Ne braska Uas llaptlsm of Fire at QuenKui. Killed—Colonel John M. Stotsen berg, First Nebraska; Lieutenant lis ter 15. Sisson, company K, First Ne braska, Columbus; two privates, First Nebraska volunteers; three privates Fourth cavalry. WASHINGTON, April 21.—The fol lowing regarding the tight at (Juengua was received at the war department; "MANILA, April 23.—Adjutant Gen eral. Washington; A reconnoissance on (Juengua place, six miles northeast of Malolos, made by Major Hell and a troop of cavalry this morning, result ed in contact and battle, in which four battalions of infantry and four pieces of artillery became engaged. Bnemy driven from entrenchments with con siderable loss. Our casualties quite se vere. Colonel Stotseuberg and Lieuten ant Sisson, First Nebraska, killed; also several enlisted men. Considerable number wounded; not yet reported. "OTIS.” The following dispatch was receiv ed at the war department last even ing MANILA, April 23.—Adjutant Gen eral; Casualties at Quengua today— First Nebraska, two officers and two enlisted men killed; two officers and two privates wounded. Fourth caval ry; Two men killed and five wounded. Fifty-first Iowa: Seven enlisted men wounded. Utah light artillery: One officer and two enlisted men wounded. Total, 41# Names in morning. •OTIS." MANILA, April 24.—Four men of the First Nebraska regiment, including Colonel Stotsenberg, Lieutenant Sis son and three men of the Fourth cav alry were killed and forty-four wound ed in an engagement at (juengua today. The Filipinos retreated with small loss. The engagement developed into a disastrous, though successful fight. The insurgents had a horseshoe trench about a mile long, encircling a rice field on the edge of a wood. Mejor Meil, with forty cavalrymen, encountered a strong outpost. One of his men was killed and five were wounded by a volley. The Americans retired, carrying their wounded, under fire an.» with great difficulty, being closely pursued, a fog enabling the enemy to creep up to them. Two men who were carrying a com rade were shot in the arms, but they continued with their burden. Major Hell sent for reinforcements to secure the bodies of the killed cav alrymen and a battalion of the Ne braska regiment, under Major Mulford, arrived and advanced until checked by volleys from the enemy's trenches. The Americans lay about 800 yards from the trenches, behind rice furrows, un der fire for two hours. Several men were sunstruck, one dy ing from the effects of the heat, as they lay there waiting for the artil lery to come up. Finally the Second battalion arrived and then Colonel Stotsenherg, who had spent the night with his father at Ma nila, came upon the field. The men immediately recognized him and raised a cheer. Colonel Stotsenherg deciding to charge as the cheapest way out of the difficulty, led the attack at the head of his regiment. He fell with a bullet in the breast, dying instantly, about 200 yards from the breastworks. Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet in his heart, the bullet striking him near the picture of a girl suspended by a ribbon from his neck. In the meantime the artillery had arrived and shelled the trenches. The Filipinos stood until the Nebraska troops were right on the trenches and then they bolted to the second line of entrenchments, a mile hack. The Nebraska regiment lost two pri vates and had many wounded, includ ing two lieutenants. The Iowa regi ment had several wounded. The Utah regiment had one officer and three men wounded. Thirteen dead Filipinos were found In the trenches. Their loss was com paratively small on account of their safe shelter. The Americans carried the second trench with small loss and are holding the town tonight. Ntw PIjmii* ( oluuin tortiieil. WASHINGTON \|ii il department received a cablegram front General Otl* announcing the forma* tion of a new Ilyina column under conuuaud of Ueueral l.awton and the initiation of a new campaign which U expected to reault in rlearlng out the Jungle In the countr ynorth of Manila up to the foothill* of the mountain* on the nortb*a»t and up to the termtua* tion of the railroad at Hulacan t*lee* for • Kira War. CIIAHLKdTON, H C. April !l-A* an outcunia of the Greenwood county negro lynching the negro«a of Hl>h< ardeoavtlle have determined to prevent negro lynching* and whitecapping* The plan adopted t* to murder a white man or hum th home of a white man for every aegro lynched or whipped They are *ald to have handed together tor this purpuae a he llfkl falNHM tf«M iT t.nt'lrt Aprtl 14 A large ant) true! Iwtwou factory te to he alerted la d( I .out* ae ataug a* arrangement* rga he mad* the proponed far*orv promt*** to h* ntte of th* Urgent In the lowatry Kvert pr«*mtoa l* n ■ lag <ahea to heep the matter gmet uu tti the ptaa* are fully developed and those whom agate* ate mentioned in ("Hun iii,N ntth the n*w enterprise lefnee to dlecua* th* matter According to the report* a hi h are rlr* ulaDha In inam ut ttr<l#e M <* Wrinuf* mil tw pt,*,r|*nt nnd general Manage** of the new company THE EXPORT TRADE A Report That Miown Satisfactory Condi tion for Our Country. WASHINGTON, APRIL 24.—Tho fiscal year of 1898 was the banuer year of the foreign trade of the United States, our exports being the largest ever recorded for a like period nnd our Imports exceptionally small. Ac cording to a comprehensive report Ju»t prepared by Frank 11. Hitchcock, chief of the section of foreign markets of the Agricultural department, the total value of our domestic exports reached the enormous sum of $1,210,291,913, ex ceeding the record-breaking figures of the preceding year by $178,284,310. On the other hand, the imports dur ng 1898 were the smallest since 1885< their value being $016,049,554, a de cline of $148,680,758 from the figures of 1897. Broadly stated, for every dol lar’s worth of foreign merchandise brought into the United States two dol lars worth of our products found a market abroad. Our domestic exports, as compared with out imports, showed an excess of $594,242,259, or more *han twice the excess for 1897, which was the largest previously reported. An interesting fact developed by the report of Mr. Hitchcock is the lncrea->3 In the exports of agricultural products, there being a total of $858,507,912, a gain of nearly 25 per cent over 1897. JCxJorts of this class also show a great er gain proportionately than non-agri cultural exports. Our purchases of foreign agricultural products In 1898 amounted to oniy $314,291,796, as compared with $409,. 871,468 in 1897, a decrease of $86,759, 672, or about 22 per cent. The vnluo of American farm produce sent alnoad during 1898 was much more than dou ble that of our agricultural importi., the excess of the former over the latter amounting to $544,216,146. In 1897 the excess on the side of the agricultural exports was only $268,883,725. and in the years immediately preceding still .-•mailer. 1 he total valup of breadstuffs "cnt abroad advanced from $197,857,210 !n 1807 to $333,897,119 in 1898. In wheat and flour alone there was a Rain of nearly $100,000,000. While these onru • mous gains resulted in part from the higher prices that prevailed, there was at the same time an important in (tease in the quantity shipped. The total wheat shipments were 148,231,201 bushels, nearly double the quantity ex ported in* 1S97. Averagin', the export prices at 98.3 cents per bushel, the val ue was $145,684,659, a gain of$S5.7G4, 481 over 1897, when the average prices was 75.3 cents per bushel and the total value $59,920,178. Although our exports of wheat and flour did not increase very much In quantity during 1893, the gain in value as a result of the higher prices amount ed to $13,849,371. During 1898 the ex port prhe averaged as high as $4,51 per barrel, making the total value of the shipments $09,203,718, an compared with $55,914 347 for 1897, when the av erage price per barrel was only $3.84. In the quantity shipped there was an increase from 14,569,543 to 15,349,1*13 barrels during the two years men tioned. The combined shipments of wheat and flour would amount to 145,124.978 bushels for the former year and to 217,306,055 bushels for the latter. The total value of the exported wheat and wheat flour reached as high as $214, 948,377 in 1898, while in 1897 It was only $115,834,525. Next to wheat Indian rorn showed (he largest gain. the total exports be ing 208,744,939 bushels, valued at $74, 196,850, as against 176,916,365 bushels, valued at $54,851,112 in 1897. The av erage price in 1898 was 35.5 cents per bushel as compared with 30.6 cents per bushel the piecedlng year. There were also noticeable increases in ex ports of corn meal. 826,662 barrels be ing sent abroad in 1898 as against 475,266 barrels in 1897. There was an increase in the price of 23 cents per barrel, making the value of the ex ports $1,766,068 as against $902,061 in the preceding year. Talking Through the Air. CHICAGO. April 24.—Prof. Jerome J. Greeu, the new disciple of Marconi, sat at his receiving instrument placed on the eighth floor of the Marquette building last night and received tele graphic signals sent via the air line from the Tribune building, two blocks away, it meant success for the wire less telegraphy experiment for that distance and was a triumph for the young si ientist over conditions which were exceedingly unfavorable. The lirst test of the day. when an attempt was made to communicate from the : Dearborn station at Polk street to the Tribune buildiug, had been a failure. Subsequent events proved that local | obstructions were the cause. In the second experiment signals were trans i mltted clearly and accurately from one | room to another through walls and three thick doors. The second tist sent the dots and dashes to the sounder across Dearborn stieet to the Hart ford building instantaneously and without a break. Then Prof. Green consented to make the teat over the long-distance and the apparatus was . transferred to the Marquette building, a distance uf ai out ISO yards The vertical wire was lowered from tha sixteenth floor and the receiver was placed on the eigiith Moor. When all was ready for th.* trial word was sent | through the telephone to the sending station, where th» professor's assist ant, Albert Kaehor. was walling the command The trial was a succetg. Further experiment* will Ire made, Ml* I •!!!• I tt«M Ht* I *ftl WAMHINGTON. April 44 The Wads court of inquiry held a brief open ses sion to listen to the reading of deposi tions sad t«> take Iks testimony of Major James II laiacgatsr of tks Fourth artillery Major t-snraaler said that shile kis command was la htria Hlco It n'e only native beef and tkat It was relished lie expressed th# opinion tkat lira cattle rout I have b-eu landed *t Mahiutri HW«t Sie s( st t k*ws* |n\l*»S April !l Itigkt ll>>n Itlr Jokn Itt«lier t Mon brat r* dead dir John Mowbray was the ntst ksrusrt of that name ike har«>n*t y basing been rrested In Itt'l lie was bus June J. ||v represented the rtty •rf Durham in the house uf . om nutria from HU t • list and Ike I'nlverstty of ilsford from I* t 11 the t at of hi* BRUSH WITH REBELS. Fighting Renewed tn the North and Southwest of Manl'a. MANILA, April 22.—A force of about 200 rebels yesterday afternoon attacked the outposts of the Washington regi ment near Taguig, south of Pasig and Pateros. Two companies Immediately engaged the enemy and advanced into the open In skirmish order. The rebels were checked and routed after two hours' fighting, leaving twelve men killed on the field and several wounded. The heat is Intense. At noon the thermometer registered 95 degrees and the mercury was still rising. There were several prostrations from the heat among the troops, but only one man was founded. Later the army tugs opened fire on the enemy along the river banks. The rebels are unusually active west of Maloloa as far as Calumplt. They have have been busily at work on their trenches and several new trenches have been discovered within two miles of the railroad. Fires are burning east of the railroad and It would appear that the rebels are evacuating tne foot hill towns in anticipation of an attack upon the part of the American troops. At 6 o’clock this morning three com panies of the South Dakota regiment marched from Bocave and in conjunc tion with three companies of the Min nesota regiment from Ouiguinto, north of Bocave, encountered a rebel force numbering fully 500 men, when two miles out. The enemy retired three miles in fairly good order, in spite of the fact that the rebels suffered heavy losses. The Americans, having ex hausted their ammunition, were com pelled to return to their camps. NEW YORK. April 22.—A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Nearly 9,000 regulars of the 14,000 that the president has determined to order to General Otis during the coming summer have been practically selected and no difficulty Is apprehended by the war department authorities in securing the remaining 5,000 by the time they are needed. The excellent outlook la Porto Rico and Cuba will, In all likeli hood, permit the withdrawal of four more regiments from those Islands be fore the summer Is over and the 5.000 thus obtained will fill the requirements, either by being sent forward directly to Manila or by relieving domestic garrisons for service across the Pa i clfle. I ho lark of transportation facilities eonstltuttes the greatest problem, but General Otis fortunately floes not re riulre more than 30,000 troops during the summer and by the time he does need the remaining 5.000 they will be ready for him and the ships will be available to transport them. llufT^lo licrrlfM llryan. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 32—Fully 3,000 people crowded Music hall to night to listen to W. J. Bryan. Among those in the boxes were Mayor Conrad Diehl, Vicar General Connery of the diocese of Buffalo, and the chief city officials. Mr. Bryan appeared upon the stage at 8:25 o’clock, aicompanied by a large company. He was enthusi artically received, the crowd rising and cheering for some time. Among those on the platform were Frank L. Bapst, chairman of the democratic general committee; Norman E. Mack, sup:eme court justice, Robert O. Titus and Oliver H. P. Belmont. Justice Titus presided. He spoke against territorial expansion and urged the democratic party to plant Itself squarely in opposition to “that heresy. The chairman Introduced Mr. Bel mont. who was received with hearty applause. Justice Titus paid a high tribute to Mr. Bryan, who was received with tie mendous cheering. Cannon Wants Speakership. CHICAGO. April 22.—Congressman Joseph G. Cannon came to Chicago from Danville today to tell a few friends he was an avowed candidate for the speakership of the house of representatives and then took a train for Washington. As a result of the growing rivalry between the supporters of Congress man Hopkins and Congressman Can non for Mr. Reed’s place, there is talk of a conference, probably in Chicago, of Illinois republican congressmen to decide which of the two they will sup port. They feel a divided delegation from Illinois might jeopardize chances of success, and hope to focus their energies in favor of one man. Term of Supreme Court. WASHINGTON. I). C., April 22.—The I'nited Slates supreme court will ad journ for the present term on May 22. The call of the docket for cases will be suspended on Friday, the 28th Inst., leaving one week for the argument of cases. On Monday, May 1, the court will meet for the announcement of opinions and the hearing of motions and then will take a two weeks' recess. The sessions of May 15 and 22 will be held for the promulgation of opinions only. Uuay )• Mlrnt WASHINGTON. D. C\. April 22 — Senator (Jusy of Pennsylvania Is In the city, stopping at his house on K street. He was met at the station on hia arrival today by a number of frtends. who congratulated him on the outcome of hla trial and appointment aa senator. The senator declined to be interviewed There were n number of callers at the house and many con* gralniatory telegram* received Oul at N»l>ra>k «»» AI HI MTA (la April « Tha TblrJ Nahraab« will h# moai*r*<| oul May II lia for nor wlwirl, W J liryan will b* l#«HH «o r*«t*w tba r*gim*nt ba> for* II la •iiaiiaa<l*<t «HI»n4 IM M»«it k W Amu NOTON \ptll IS IU *mn raiary (Ibarman waa uaa of I A# pr»*l f»*l a 1’illrri luiUi flu M'Mtr*ury baa au Nr wnwml ibyi k* ta »kl« to (aha a (mm <lri># ayah >l«y ll<k>wfk bla r*i*ai ****(# ilittaa* baa lad bitu a hi a an>l (bin ba h*»b**l taatarbatily W II l» * l-» > « 4*t lartUg bta l4l*lr«4 M* fba praai4aai |rwi«| hint mr< •I*alia aapraaaing bta »n»r*i yralwlaiMua up »n bta »*»••**» y Mr dbariwaa rantaliia4 but a faw twtnoua. H« aal l b# ba 1 onyl) i«ll< I 10 pay a fo*u4ty ti*M I * lb* p»**i4*tt! A NEW CHAUTAUQUA. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SEC OND ANNUAL GATHERING. He*t Sp»»l(i>r» In tli« I.unit to He Kngaicrri nnd lUuy Iniprovroicuit* Umle In I'rc. inote the Ihtpularltjr tit (he Nnv Kt •ort In the Itoehjr Mniinlnln*. (IhMivcr I.etter.1 A busy hum of lift* pervades Boulder, Colorado, and it is on the ipii vivo of expectation, preparing to receive In royally good style all guests of the Texas-Colorado Chauttiaipia, on July 4th. The second annual meeting of this young hut large and enthusiastic Itody will be Inaugurated by introduc ing some of the best patriotic speakers of the country, by tilling the air with •trains of most beautiful melody and ending the day .in it blaze of pyrotech nic glory. Houlder: The name conjures up such delightful visions of nature’s gifts. The mighty hills lit* hazily blue around tin* nestling town and waft an air of balm and healing that Is like ellxer to the tired brain and body. Mountains are always deceptive and one who views them from a distance cannot know and appreciate them un til he goes right into the heart of them and learns tlielr secrets. When you an* In Boulder tin* moun tains are "right there.” and u short stroll will take you to their base, then bring a goodly supply of warm flan nels and a big shawl or wrap for sit ting out after the sun has gone down. Stout shoes, so that one can take the walks and elltnbs in kite mountains, will be needful. The thill-soled foot coverings are practically of no use for the rough stones and pebbles are quickly felt, and footsore and weary you will return from your Jaunts if this kind be affected. In making plans, do not forget the children. They love an outing as well ns ttie grown folks, nnd the manage ment lias made very excellent provis ion for their entertainment and accom modation. Bring sensible dresses, old shoes, old lints ami old everything, and then turn them loose to frolic and en joy to their little hearts’ content. Mothers can feel perfectly at ease to have their little ones under careful su pervision and take short excursions bent solely on pleasure. The advisory Imard of the Texas Colorado Chautauqua is composed of men of international reputation. These names should Indicate the high stand ing of the summer school: J. II. Baker, president of the State Cnlverslty, Boul der, Colorado; Z, X. Snyder, president Colorado state Normal School, Greeley, Colorado; ltcgts Chnuvcnct. president State School of Mines, ({olden. Colo rado; tV. I-'. Slocum, president Colorado College. Colorado Springs, Colorado. All information desired about the Chautauqua enn lie gained by writing to tin* secretary, J. W. Freeman, Coop sc'ene in boulder canon. I you can follow any winding trail and | U* ready for all the little surprises that I come In your way. The gladdening In j tluenee of nature'* music will hood on ! thuse, Inspire, and you will tlnd your i self admiring all the artlKtlc touches on lichen-covered rocks, the masonry of great walls of boulders, here and there : dotted with dark fuzzes of stunted : pine, or overgrown with blooming ten drils. Brave little flowers will bid you welcome from some rudecradlehighup on tin* mountain sides and you will wonder where they derive their life and sustenance. Then again they will cast themselves all around your feet, clamoring for recognition, and you bend to lavish caresses and assert ownership of these gorgeous and at tractively fragile beauties. The birds tilt around you and carelessly plunge Into spray-crowned brook, which goes leaping and flouncing along, with mirthful abandon, kissing and cooling the gray granite walls of Its canon lover as it scurries along to the mys tical sea. The soft frowning of these mountain streams miuglcd with the soughing of the winds in the pines complete nature's harmonious greeting and It has a most liciicHccnt cflect on mind sml spirit, when weary und need lug content meiit and peace. or, building, room 717, Deuver Colo rado. Some of the country's greatest solo ists will uppear during the course and the services of one of the thirst or chestras obtainable will be secured. There is it sharp competition now ex isting among leading band musters and orchestra leaders to Hecttre this cov eted honor. Satisfaction given here means a card for the orchestra else where. A school and collegiate department will be In full operation, and these will be iu charge of the best instruc tors. The course will embrace litera ture. languages, mathematics, natural history, general history, pedagogy, child study, and kindred branches and domestic science, if there In* enough applications for the same. Philosophy, religion, art, and music will he given each its Important place. It Is doubtful if there he a more suc cessful teacher of art than Mrs. John It. Sherwood of Chicago. She is a great philanthropist ns well as lec turer. aud gives the proceeds of her work towards the maintenance of the Working tiIris' Home in Chicago. Iu tlu> Windy City she is considered a great drawing card, and her uit con ferences are tllbsl with the best au<l most cultured people, site was at Hotildcr last year, ami It Is possible that she w ill Is- again welcomed then* at the ('hntltntl<put at Its second res stole She hits -I lid led In all tile Kltrir pc.iii centers, and the course In art will embrace similes of art Iu all the Kuropean Cities. She travels with a real art gallery, aud she illustrates by photographs all her subjects, site ae curvd at a great expense last year some of the most noted paintings ami, with a heavy Itisursm-e on ile-se. slm was able to pri-seUI to Iter classes these masterpieces of tie* brush The course this year will Is* a utost earnest oue, and the h How ledge gained will tie * great eye o|iem*r towards • appr, eta ! tton of the beauty la art am! nature I hereafter Sixty or wvriiiy tlvo thro*- tunl four room rottitgoa nr** Imlug twiwl itml tin* rout of l» pnr«*ly nominal. A larg** illulng hall, oapnhh* of grating 4*t>» nt a tlims x\ III !»• oinlor tin' aiiporvtaUm of ouo of tin* l«'*t tio'fit of tin* roitli' try. liiMinl will Ih* rvaaouahl*'. Tlio I mat lii-tori' tnli'iit In tho i-oun try It Iwlng Mt-uriil ami tin* largo atnl Itorluut. with avatiug i upailiy of 5.0110, In llki'ly to In* ovi'rtuxi'il On tliln i*i-• •*o 11 tit, lid to protrM#* for otnorgomloa win'll thw amllloriuui la ori-tipio*!, It la ihfiiitHl ailtlaaMo to mil a largo roil tral oottagn with a uuuilior of ronnia, noar tin* ainlltortuni Horo all tin* 1001 tlnga of tlio W oman a t'omn ll 1 an la* Mil, or an i-xtra araaton of ronton tiona No • liargo will I* ntailo for tlio U.. of Itila Imlhitug, a rotirat* moro III*, oral tbau la in pra* How In any of tho ol'l oatat4tahoil 1 haniamiuaa Ihmhlwr la i|ot«*mtin*H| to toail in wvwrytliing, ami U will Im aafw to ituuno that iu point of ounipinoni taloni ami l*»»w iu.it, th'-ro ta n»t a Imttwr plait* la tho 1 iilti *1 ntalww to »|**-ml uar a auiunwr «alh*n 'Ih** lUml.l r l;h * irh- Company ha to Ihrir augln****ra on th<* grown*l an*l Hot art* making imp* ami taking tt*|.| in.tra to gi ailing w ill •*<**tt la* Iwgttn for an rha'trh lino from tho ilojtot to Ho* park fhw n—rnioga ami ot owing* gf>* ■ I it 11«* it* 1 an I It will I*** lo ? r* ■ try to lit i'«imiu*»<rt». It might It.* n.ltlMl that th** rhau>«iK|ttn t**t« mi *llvii|*mU ami la m*i i »BiliK'i«l f»» l**ra mtl |<r»R>, Ml ki»r|>lu« m.»■!«« Iijr lit. CttaMamiiui U lit la* «|H bi In iUi|trt>v< HM*Mi« Thk amllixrlMW* ranm in f»f Ha altar*- tin a n-.tr ami It *»• imakaanrir t*. rvuiiH It a li'tW iu ao'vuiHi.uUtr a gn-at.-r attmlo r Tbr **rgaat»al l*»ii la i-.mu* unaail <•( m.*n til lu»a.l »< Min.. i)i<i, wlt.t Uu lilt n**n.|. rfitl ••mall) ami fy-| tiiii in Hi*- Uni uu«li< iii la- i|*>tf4 *.|k.l a gr. it •iimitirr nlix ati.nal ami I*, alt it giv ,ng i-M.-r *lM>r» ilmtitiiaU ilia) Mi..I nil It I* »r r*> t. i m ami a I I -t**lilg.'» ttf iU i'll .Mill glilVlh. THE UTE RESERVATION la iisn Lands In Colorado Now Opsued for Settlement. A Washington dispatch says: Tha opening of the Southern L'te Indian Reservation. which has been awaited with impatience for many mouths, lias at last been accomplished, the President having issued his proclama tion on April 4th, announcing the open ing of these lands for settlement ef fective at noon, Mny 4, lSVrt). This vast area of arable lands, fif teen by sixty miles in size, locuted on either side of the Denver & lllo Grande railroad, south and east of Durango, cannot fall to attract a large and de sirable class of settlers. The l'te In dians are entitled, under the law of 181*5, to .'{74 allotments out of the en tire tract. All the remainder of the area, about OJIb.OOO acres, will be sub ject to entry under the desert home stead, timber and townslte laws, and the laws governing the disposal of coal, mineral, stone and tlmhcr lunds, ami tunny of the Indian allotments will he leased by Intelligent white men at rea sonable rates. The lands embrace both valley and mesa or uplands, but the supply of water for irrigation is many times greater than will lie called for. The soils are the semi-adobe, sandy loam and red the former Isdng peeu llarly adapted for the growth of grain nml grasses, while the soils last named are unequalled for the growth of vege tables, alfalfa and fruit trees. Owing to the percentage of gypsum 111 the hot tom lauds, tlie yield of clover is as high as three and one half tons to the acre. Aside from the agricultural future of this great area of virgin soil, the stock industry gives promise of almost un limited growth. The plateaus afford range for lens of thousands of head of cuttle, horses and sheep, while tribu tary mining ramps supply nu utmuduut market noted for good prices. I'nder Federal enactment, l’te In dians who so elect may accept allot ments in severalty. The lands allotted to the Southern I'tes aggre gate about sixty tliuusuud acres, divided equally between agri cultural and grazing lands, and allot ments are generally in compact form. The Indian may lease Ids allotment for n period of three years, for agricul tural, and ten years for mining and grazing lands. The advantages of the leasing system are: I* Init—Tho lands are exempt from taxation and fm* from cost of water Charges, ns tin* India us own the canals and ditches. Second -Tlie r< ntal In most Instances i a small amount In cash and a share of the crop—one-fourth or one-third. Third Indians can la* hired to work at small wages and spent! their money at home, thus keeping tlie money iu circulation In the community. Fourth The I'tes are paid $50,000 annually hy the government. Tint treaty provides that this payment shall continue “forever," 'J ills money goes Into circulation in the immediate re gion where It Is distributed from the bountiful hand of Uncle Sam. The act of Congress of February 20, 1 Sl>5, which tlxed tin* time for the l’rcsldent’s proclamation six mouths from thnt date, but whleh lias been de layed until now, cites how the land shall be taken up by the whites, uud Is as follows: “And shall be subject to entry under tlie desert, homestead and towns!to laws, and the laws governing tlie dls |S)sal of coal, mineral, stone and tlm ls*r lands, but no homestead settler shall receive a title to any portion of such lands at less than one dollar and twenty-live cents per acre, and sliall be required to make a cash payment of fifty cents per acre at the time tiling Is made upon any of said lands.” The advantages of cash payment of flfty cents per acre are many. It shuts out the "professional boomer,” and leads direct to a first-class citizenship —that is, men of thrift, energy and In dustry. Tin* location of the lands In question fcU'J* Uie iiuVH*; dgyitiiu uitrys In Colo rado, so fi? is fSuftlllv lam|g_ extends, forever, as this pamcClftf jtfei embraces all that has been, by virtue of Imlng an Indian reserve, witbeld from entry. It Is the last chance for cheap, fertile and enviable homes. The land offices are In the city of Durango, which Is the commercial, manufacturing and educational center of southwestern Colorado. The city enjoys a population of 8,000 and the singular distinction of belug the best built city of Its size In the West, be ing largely of brick and stone and em bracing among Its edifices many costly business and residence structures, as well ns expensive modern public, school and church buildings. Durango num bers among Its business enterprises the San .limn branch of the Omahn-Oraiit smelter, employing hundreds of men, several large coal and coke companies, electric street railways, two dully pa | pers, iron works, flouring mills, umtiu ! factoring enterprises of various de scriptions and many extensive whole ; sale and retail establishments. The city Is the terminal of the Itlo (iramie system and enjoys ns tributaries a large section of the Knn Juan mining country as well ns the agricultural, or chard and range sections of southwest ern Colorado, northern New Mexico and southeastern I'fnli Durango's prosperity and commercial Importunes will Is* materially Increased l>) open lug for piddle entry under the home stead, timber and mineral laws the un allotted lands embraced wltklu tbs j tsMiiidarlca of the Southern I'te reser vation and provided for by congres sional enactment, as the soils subject to entry are susceptible t«» the perfect growth of cereals, grasses, fruit sud vegetables slid tributary to the lest cash markets the West affords To Im press the homeseeker and those of SO agricultural Inclination with the su lierlor market facilities of this asetloo. It Is only necessary to call attention ts the fact that the rtteusivs wining In terests embraced In the Man Juan •*oao try afford employment to many thou sands of men who depend abeolutaty upon tributary agricultural sect laws for the products of the ranch, rangs. ..r. hard ami garden Durango la not de|s-ndewt it|M>n tire ehh and Mow of any one industry, hut Mends smelting, manufacturing, mining i<*ual. Iron sad trecioua metals) with agrtculturw, orttculmre ami stwh growing to an esteut that rentiers the future a cer tainty as to commercial prominence • ud ttodustrial success. A > "Ki|w«i h»« boon In |HI« aula fwr tlt« n««utKtw» of i« iril* II* lal •«««• rt'wmtttiag marM* tb« ■ of (A* aut*«ta*va boiog «!'*• • * * »«** “‘i* M » - • 4* .» m4 p of pan*
