THE NORTHWESTERN.
BENBCHOTER A CIIISOS, Kill »nd Pubs.
LOUP CITY, - • NEB.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
• _ * •*
Chicago papers are now insisting
that the people of that town are not
opera weary.
Associate Justice White, of thp su»
preme court, is confined to his home
with an attack of the grippe.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, mikes'
the startling announcement tlftxi he
will not resign, at least not Just now.
The death of Edgar Straus, a violon
cellist. well known in America, Europe
and Australia, Is reported from Pasa
dena, Cal.
Edward Judson, a New York con
tractor, has filed a petition in bank
tuptcy. Liabilities, $648,521, of which
$606,087 is secured.
At Lockport. N. Y., John C. Lam
merts, ex-county treasurer, w-Vo had
been convicted of misappropriating $2,
549 of public money, was sentenced to
seven years at hard labor at Auburn
prison.
Out of respect to the memory of the
late Vice President Hobart the presi
dent has cancelled all his social en
gagements for the present. The mem
bers of the cabinet have done likewise.
Victor L. Mason, private secretary
to Secretary Root, has resigned to en
gage in business with General Russell
A. Alger. Mr. Mason served Secretary
Alger in the capacity of private secre
tary.
The assistant attorney general for
(he postofflce department, reporting
for the fiscal year Just closed, announc
es that out of ninety-nine fraud orders
issued only nine were for lotteries or
gife enterprises.
Dr. William Brooks, director of
Smith observatory, Geneva, N. Y.. has
just been awarded by the Paris acad
emy of sciences, the grand Lalande
prize for his numerous and brilliant
astronomical discoveries.
Mr. Kurtz, the Ohio member of the
national republican committee, is
charged with aiding the opposition in
the last election and will be called to
account for it at the next meeting of
the Ohio republican state central com
mittee.
Admiral Rogers and other members
of the inspection board have returned
to Washington from Boston, where
they went to make the trial of the
battleship Kentucky. The board is
now preparing the full report upon
the trie!
Admiral Dewey has submitted to the
president that the navy should take
precedence over the army, as he rank*
General Miles. This raises a question
that will be of interest New Year's day
at the White House reception.
Dr. L. W. Weldon, agent of the
date board of health at Port Tampa
City, has wired Dr. J. Y. Porter, state
health officer, that the yellow fever
quarantine was no longer necessary.
The quarantine will be raised at once.
Federal officers at Ailmore, I. T.,
have been notified of a fight near Col
beri between officers under Deputy
United States Marshal Davis and a
band of moonshiners, one of the latter
being killed. The moonshiners are
said to be surrounded.
Reports to the immigration bureau
show that during the last month aliens
have been deported from the United
States as follows: Public charges,
301; diseased, 24; insane, 5; contract
laborers, 30; returned within one year
after landing, 3. Total, 383.
The Sydney, N. S. W„ Herald esti
mates that the year's wheat crop will
result in a probable exportable surplus
of over 3,000,000 bushels, and antici
pates that the yield will be 9.8 bush
els per acre, against seven bushels in
1898, giving a total of 13,000,000 bush
els, compared with 9,000,000.
William A. Goerner, the new general
manager of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway, has announced the fol
lowing promotions, effective December
1; Sherburn Sanborn, present general
superintendent, promoted to the posi
tion of assistant general manager,
with office at Chicago; Richard H.
Aishton, superintendent of the Iowa
division, promoted to the position of
general superintendent, with office at
Chicago.
William F. Miller, the New York pro
moter of the Franklin syndicate, for
whom hundreds of detectives all over
the country are on the lookout, is re
ported to have passed through Kansas
City, en route to Vera Crux, Mex
Paul J. Maas, a Chicago newspaper
man, who Is visiting friends in that
city, is quoted *s having seen aud
talked with Miller on an incomfng
Maple l,eaf train. Miller apparently
took the first train southwest. No
further trace of him has been secured
I he statements of the republican and
democratic state campaign rnmniittec
of Ohio were filed at the office of the
county clerk in Columbus as rmjutrad
by law The repuhllean c oufkiittec
•Ipended. according to Ita report, ftrl •
113.97. The larKest outlay was In the
luntret of the literary bureau. a hu h
furnished every dally and weekly re
publican newspaper within the slate
with plate service and cartoons durum
the cam puma The democratic corn
totltec reports re.etpts of tlv ftP.si.
and expenditure* of 117 set
The Job printers, pres-nien and
bookbinders of Omaha, have decided
not to strike, employers having rna>
redul practically all the men asked.
A cable message front Uenera*
iircMike, at Havana announces ths
death of if 'carter masters lliupluy*
John II tlursl. who died on the 3tth
Inst of typhoid fever
W II Rehhers principal if the Ro
U risdale, Iml n hotels, «as found not
guilty of musing death of a pup,l by
wteatag.
The war depnrimeai has disc barged
from Ike liana port service ike Wldee
and Itstgun King Tkws x enact* wars
usnd on ib« Ihclli coast.
Hvesldeal He* rge Miller of Ike Ham
tllon riub has SRsilglnl a rcccvcmIHe*
cm twenty Rv» republican- to Irmsi to
Wa.birgton under Ike Wader skip e»
Homo, i i lu.mond He*ember ||
and lay persistent siege la Ike national
ywwmtlieemen until Ikeyr unseal lo
nominate Ik# polite,*! Uckll it
t*kl ago
THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF NEBRASKA.
Figures Verified by State Canvassing Board
on the Vote in November.
WORK IS DONE BY THE STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
Total Number Votes Cast, 220,234, Which is One of
the Heaviest in the History of the State—Neville’s Major
ity in the Sixth District—Many Voters Who Slighted the
Head of the Ticket—Other Nebraska Matters.
^ 1 Judge"*]} i CongrtBu
0 Supreme || Regent* University. Kixth
1 i Court. |j Dintrlit.
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NAME OK COUNTY. ’ o % £ ? j> 5 ? I u
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Adam* !..... ‘8866 2085. )S8!< 2008] fitiu-’i«)1 — 12i"~ 9«f IMS!177. .7T
Antelope . 2417 128“7! Mil: 1245, 100U 832 67, 46, 855'.|.
Banner . 259 941 116! 94 771 105 7 6j 112|| 1331 .110
Blaine . 150 331 70,1 54; 48 64| 3|. 70|| 52| 92
Boone . 2678, 127l‘| 1151. | 1216: 1121! 1126; 631 46 12181 .|.
Box Butte . 90911 494 j 44.5 ! 4iV> 399 498,' 19 12; 4479 454! 491
Boyd . 1404 751 505li 9.8 731; 493 49; 471 496 * 697! *214
Brown .;. 743 ! 302 348,1 318 202 3.53; 15! 19 359 323! 391
Buffalo . 4161 2191 1560 1 2l35i 188.' 1678; 140: 9fl 1607! 22101 1718
Burt . 2.195 1180' 153411 930; 930, 15:01' 971 71 1541 . .
Butler .| 3.7fl7;| 2114! 1300 1891 I.V,2i 1322 95j 6o 1276 j.
Can* .■ 4938 , 22-71 2329 2083 I 960 2235 109 79 2283 1.
Cedar .1 2767] 1511 992*, 14501 1220 957 ! 61 44j 1016!.|.
Cham* .1 593', 288 269 265 250 259 22 9 2.V.I.
Cherry . 1527 ' 611 Mi|| «« 009] 612j 143; 27' 689 620 800
Cheyenne . 1043 418 514 378 327 , 412 31 26' f,17 455 532
Clay . 3719 1933 1623; 1830, 1693 M6o 17:5? % 1566 :.
Colfax . 2225 1268 #19,1 1079) 1188 74 3 79 fill 70.5 .
Cuming . 2889 1672 937; 1576; 1463 982 51| 41 857;.1.
Custer . 4372 2316 1726, 2164 168.5 1569 127 79 16H 22381 1679
Dakota .1 1513; 695 574;i 618, Sill' 491, 74 30, 573 |.
Da we* . 1 1316 6921 AM" 606, 658 532 , 34 . 29 54.5 11661 632
DrtWBon .! 5»92 1423 l|64h 143" 1385 1167 92 , 65 1217 1519 1255
Deuel ..| 580,! an I 275, 202‘. 181 246 18 |2j 271 243 291
Dixon .i l'!22 1081 955 9441 14)24 14**5 73 .Vi 913 .
Dodge .I 4352 2140, 1680! 1079 2026 1874 , 68 ; 89 1954 '.
Douglas . 21742; 10352 9628,1 8462 ; 9191 9761 491j 499 10184'. .
Dundy . 672 2*31 255 285 268 248 9 6 26" I.
Fillmore . 3638 1!»|9 1578; 1863, 1741 1451 68 48 1523 1.
Franklin .1 2112 j 11701 833;; 111*; 972 688 ' 69; 69| 75611.1.
Frontier . 1907!I 985 927 i 914, 811 82.5 43 46 93" .
Furna* .. J'mi 14971 1306 1 338 140> 1319' ,...| ....j 1150:1.(.
Gage . 6319 2611 3297; 3150 2212 3354 176 15* 31.57 . .
Gartlelfl . 474 224 193 218' 2MP 192 9 7 20" 2161 21S
Uoaper . 1106 , 596 4 25 | .573 528 ! 377! 24; 1*1 425 1.
Grant . 199 ; «8 106.j 54 53| 111. 4 4 112' 611 119
Greeley . 1182 768 .330;, 718 765 317 21 21 32.7 776 35*
Mall .7 . 38431) 1849] 180" 1703' 1586' 1669 98 71 179" .I.
Hamilton . 3136; 162*! 135m 1569 1474 131 1 84 57 1*11 .1.
Marian . 2139] 1207 779 , 1134 , 916 6*6 851 65 773 |.
Haye* . 635 318 35411 306 317 2.K, 16 12 270 ! .
Hitchcock . 99* 501 419 | 475 452 403 21 11 441 '.’.
Molt . 2788 1489 101511 1312; 14B» 982 53 ; 83 994 1371; 12‘1
Hooker . 66 26 30-1 28; 20 23; ....I 2*'1.1.
Howard . 2O701 1277T 717:! 1209 1141 066 ; 54 35 715|l 12541 763
Jefferson . 3179 1491 1501 1 1474! 1407 1549] 47 30 1423 !.
Johnson . 2349 ; 1*441 1249H 1049 , 970 1I8«! 61, 43 1291 .1.
Kearney . 2230 1214 KI3|j M:i7 , 993' *7t'i it 56 861 1.
•Kellh . 494 257 212.| 2141 219 191 18 15 •>< 8 251* 217
Keya Paha . 681 36"‘ 264! 362{ 3olt 2&0 31, 18' 255'. 337 306
Kimball . 183'| 63 103|| 611 62 8 4 12 5 9f. 66! 105
Knox . 3011 , 1709] 107061 1586; 1342 1 02 4 81 60! 1061 .1.
Lancaster. 1008i; 45.,5 5651.,, 4331, 4338 5295 286 276 5562 .
Lincoln . 2551 1153, 1224' 1034 10.9 1111 Mi 6> 1217. 12111 1268
Logan . 207 , 101| 7*1! '.65 100 73 7 6 81 1o7 88
Loup . 283 114 119;, 118 102 121 4 7 129 1261 138
McPherson .. 89 34 43 29 27 39 3 ] 3 47. 421 «
Madison . .'139*; 1495) 1581 | 140> 1266 1391 8l! 47 1563 |.
Merrick . 2237 1063 1029 , 8!19 524 974 80 116 1032'.1.
Nonce . 1770, *54 i 757'| 849 778 74*. 41 32 750'.I.
Nemaha .. *189; 1652; 1316! 1580 1473 1 372 86 | 49 1396 .1.
Nuckolls ... 2853] 1431 117" 1402 1254 1134 58 | 47 1166 1.
Otoe . 4583 2183 1976 2036 1864 181.5 121 89 2046 .
Pawnee . 2552 1039 1357 9H5 928 1374 811 74 1*59 1.
Perkin* . 391 206! 152 ' 199, 174 138 101 8 148||..
Phelps . h!34 1 259 1020 HI" 1016 911 85| 66 1010 !.I.
Pierce . 1665 841 663 772 ' 675 651 42 | 23 #67.1.
Platte . 33*2 1904 1121 1S"f, 1716 1060 93 58 1135 1.
T’olk . 2354 1466 757 i 1417 1283 721 51 40 759 j.
Bed Willow . 2208; 1030 1012 ' 933 , 874 917 M 62 1013!.|.
Illchurdson . 4831 , 2315 ] 2236i! 2297 : 2220 2(*:9 86 42 2362 .1.
Buck . 649 24.5 368 227 22:.' 347 12 11 379 239, .183
Saline . 3919 2005 16*311 1889; 1694 1559, 134 92 1607 .1.
Sarpy . 1773 939 ! 560 86 1 897 635 71 64 527 t.
Saunders . 4665 2567; 16*311 2530; 2316 1*21?) 113 , 98 1 673 .'.
Scott's Bluff. 534 220 267 198 191 229 Ti\ 21 250 2371 271
Steward . M0 1 1786 1559! 1713! 1688 1541 56! 30 1601 |.
ShotIdart . 1328 717 431 I 717 644 , 443 4 8 32 461 707 ! 524
Rherman . 1236 712 ! 39H 739 647 365 26 19 361 753 ! 431
Sioux . 396 230 111,. 249 ! 226 106] 8' 2. 11911 337, 13S
Stanton . 1510 799 613 , 646 675. 64" 17 2u 589'.'.
Thayer . 3301 1575 1554 14.84 1390 1412, 74 41 1524.1.
Thomas . 151 751 50 ! 65 55] -19 8! 3; 49; 72i 55
Thurston . 1336 739 467 684 58l! 44 5 28 2" 459 .|.
Valley . 1712 855 ' 713 , 858 84" 647 44 37 699 9"4 729
Washington . 2812 loti: 1309 l|56j 1108 1132 69 54 1319!.I.
Wayne . 2058 911 923 863 774 814 23 22 93* I.
Webster . 2716 1390 IllXil 1.1M8 1143 1121 82 53 1123.1.. ...
Wheeler . 276 155 >8 163, 14" !'2 " 4 9.'. 16*| ’Ox
York . 3978 1889, 1953 1794; 1758 1828 95 . 74 1933 .•.
_Total* . 320234! IOH321 94216 l«imj 96296 044462: 5664 4458 92627 18 76(1 16400
•The estimate f,,r Keith county.
Jury Ilitutrrri in Will ( use.
HOLDREGE. Neb., Nov. 29.—This is
the second week of the district court
here. The case that attracted the most
attention was the Davidson will case
wherein the children of the first wife
contest the will made In favor of the
widow and younger children. After
being out over thirty hours the jury
disagreed.
The lawyers here gave a banquet to
Judge Beall, who retires from the
bench the first of the year and to
Judge-elect Adams, who will succeed
him. The banquet was a pleasant af
fair. Toasts were responded to by
Judges Beall anil Adams and by Attor
neys Munutt. Rhea and Shafer. W. P.
Hall officiated as toastmaster.
!••*>*• I nr* Torn •*) I*'•£’« T**il*
OSCEOl.A. Neb Nov. 2.V Stephen
the tt-year-old son of Mr and Mrs.
! Paul Punning hum. was bitten in th •
I face hy a dug Saturday. The boy wan
delivering milk at the residence of Jo
| slab l/vrke, and as he atepped on the
IHirch the dog jumped at him and in
jured hia face so that he la under the
rare' of the doctor. t
MirltluH VI* n lluv V»» M< *<• an vki>|>.
illKl.TON. Neh. Nov 29 it. J
; Kohblna and M 11. lave arrived here
1 with twenty-live cars of sheep. I.ouu
i head of which they intend leading on
I their ranches near here. The stuvh
*« purchased of the growers In New
Maiico
I Itvltvwl IMmiv S<nl><l
BROKEN IMIW Nth. Nov 3* W
It natairne was married here to Miss
i llatty Parr the wedding a huh took
! pine* at the M I! parsonage, was a
! very quiet atalr only a f*w of th*
j rUvseat friend* aad aear relatives heing
j preseal Mr 11*borne served ta the
dpaalsh hmernaa war in the |'n#i
Nebraska It* left as brat serqnaat
>( tomiany M and returned as *r*i
Iksuieaani nf th* Iksuixs Mbs* Mi*«
I Parr la th# dangho • «f b II Parr,
j on air < otwmissioqsr lb th are ml
| leaks af ilta place.
I
Two Accident*, Of*#* Ftttal.
NEWPORT, Neb.. Nov. 29.—Two
bad accidents happened yesterday
southeast of town. The 4-year-old son
of Fritz Newel was playing with the
dog. a large, powerful, good-natured
animal, and was heard crying in the
door yard. On an investigation the
little fellow was found to be suffering
from the effects of a broken leg. It Is
thought the boy. who had a rope at
tached to the oog, became entangled
with the rope and the dog running to
free Itself, broke the child's leg.
Suuday afternoon John llagermon
was away from home and his two little
boys were left to amuse themselves
as best they could. They found a bot
tle of medicine wbic„ their father had
procured for summer complaint, com
pounded of some preparation of opium,
and thank It, not knowing of the dan
gerous effects of the medhne. One
of the boys vomited toe potsmi up and
is living. The other little fellow died.
Hll»|> Itsrb s Jail Itreaker.
tlKNKVA. Neb., Nov, 29 Sheriff
t)gg returned front Omaha with Herb
j Cochran who broke jail h«r* about
live years ago Cochran was brought
here and placed In Jail, charged with
breaking Into a store at Fairmont but
not caring to stand trial on the rhargi
i cut through the roof uf the Jail and
■ had not beeu heard uf sla<e until the
sheriff was satlslleil of hi* presence )a
otnaba.
► “* * **«•«», n n Halloi
COM1 Mitt i4 Neb Nov 29 lohu H
llrta k took a Mauser nlr with him
when he weal beating It a as ,,»•
whkh hi* son Meutenaot John M
Hi orb brought from the Phlllpplaea
lie trie* lhe mi. and «r*d a number
of shots at a b«t -Ider tree at a distance
of afty yard* , Vte tree «g tan and 4
half in<he« la diameter aau every ball
went through the tree, ieertag out
i bunks of vmsl 9 Itrm k la a vetef
an of the rtwit war and he aays ihe
Mauser tat Ihe aial 4e»thMlo shout
- lag gun he aver •<«
1 HE LATE STATE : L CTION.
Tlir State Board Complete* the Work of
CmivKu'iifT the t ote.
LINCOLN. Nob., Dec. 1.—The state
canvassing board has completed the
work of canvassing the vote for state
officers and the figures on the candi
dates for judicial positions are made
public. There are fifteen judicial dis
tricts in the a.ate and twenty-eight
judges were chosen. Of the number
elected fifteen were republicans and
thirteen fuslonists.
The duties of the canvassing board
were lighter than usual this year, there
being only three state officers to be
elected. Ordinarily it takes about a
week to canvass the vota and delays
are frequently caused by mistakes of
the county clerks, in tabulating the
vote. This year all counti><» reported
promptly and it was an easy task for
the board to finish the work.
The following were elected: John S,
Stull (rep). Auburn; Charles B. Le*
ton (rep), Kairbury; Paul .lessen (rep),
Nebraska City; 13. P. Holme- L. Frost,
A. J. Cornish ireps), Lincoln; Benjam
in S. Baker, Irving K. Baxter. Lee S.
Estelle. .,acob Fawcett. William W.
Keysor, Willard W. Slabaugh (reps),
Omaha; Charles T. Dickinson (rep),
Tekamah; B. F. Good (fus), Wahoo;
S. H. Sornberger (fus), Wahoo; Conrad
Hollenbeck (fus). Fremont; lames A.
Orimlson (fus), Schuyler; George W.
Stubbs (fus), Superior; Guy T. Graves
(fus), Pender; William V. Alien ifus),
Madison; Ed. L. Adams (fus), Minden;
John Ft. Thompson (fus). Grand Is
land; Charles A. Munn (fus). Ord; Ho
mer M. Sullivan (fus). Broken Bow;
H. M. Grimes (rep). North Platte;
George W. Norris (rep), Beaver City;
William II. Westover (fus), Rushville;
James J. Harrington (fus), O'Neill.
Winter Ai;riciiltinal Cuune.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2—The uni
versity of Nebraska has issued a circu
lar descriptive of the winter course in
the school of agriculture The people
in charge of the school realize the fact
that most farmers' sons and daughters
cannot afford to spend the time and
money required in the preparation for
and completion of the regular college
course and keeping this in view they
have prepared a short practical course
of three months, beginning January 2,
1900, and ending March 17. It provides
for studies of soils, field crops, diseases
of farm animals breeding of live stock,
feeding of like stock, dairying, horti
culture, agriculture, engineering, car
peniry ana uiucKsmitning. insect* in
jurious to crops, plant pests, farm ac -
counts and English. An explanation
given in the circular of the manner in
which the instruction is given snows
that the student obtains much of it by
means of actual practice and observa
tion. Not that he will be expected ro
do the work on the farm wwith which
he Is already familiar, but such opera
tions as stock judging, mi'k testing,
creamery operations, tree grafting,
treating sick animals, etc. No exam
inations are required for entrance, but
a registration fee of $1 is charged. The
cost to each student last year for room
rent, table board, books, etc., was
about f36.
In preparing the course of Instruction
the object has been to make it as prac
tical as possible, to give the student
something that win be of value to him
when he returns to the farm. The in
struction is given by means of lectures
and actual practice. Excellent facili
ties have recently been piovided at
the state farm for giving instruction In
the most practical manner. *. well
equipped building has bef-n erected,
containing a dairy room, a riocu-judg
ing room and a laboratory for soil
study. The methods of instruction are
adapted to students of all iges. those
having taken the work varying from
16 to 45 years of age.
To Senator ami Mr*. Thurston.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 2.—Among the
handsome presents that had found
their way to the home of Senator and
Mrs. Thurston before their arrival in
Omaha, was a set of three massive and
ornate silver salvers bearing the con
gratulatory cards of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Gould. These had been sent to
Omaha instead of Washington, where
many cosily testimonials of friendship
had been bestowed. A carriage stood
in front of the residence awaiting the
departure of the bridal party for the
visit down town. It was a beautiful
brougham, with a gilded monogram
"J. M. T.,” upon the doors. A pair of
spirited Cleveland bays, resplendent in
elaborately mounted harness, stood
restlessly awaiting the appearance of
their new master. This equipage had
been purchased by a number of Sena
tor Thurston's friends in tills state
and presented without ceremony.
I ut III* Tlirout on tlir Trulu.
PLAINVIEW. Neb., Dee. 2,-—A man
named James Itogerx, on tne Pacific
Short Line jaouMUgtir. comm It ted sui
cide just before flu train reached
Plainview He was In charge of Sher
iff K. M. Sweeney and a deputy under
a sentence for horsestealing and wan
en route to tin Sioux Falla. D„ pen
itentiary, having lieen convicted ut
lielle Fourth*- He cut hi* throat with
a pen knife and expired in a few mo
menta,
llini.,1 |« llr,til, V* i, it ||g> llmur
FAIRMONT. Neb., (Me, 2 News baa
rem h ed hire of the burning to death
in a hw»aa of VV it hhankiiu at Kc
m>, Wash ;*e w.m ft•* t • . r I > a well to
do farmer of Met-on pr*. nt i thf>
countv lie wm: to Ai»»hl •gton four
**ar* ago III* remains wer- found in
the ruina i i hi* hoie* where he it*
iiving nhm* fuher*! ■ . nre*i at
HoaUheeae lit wheie be on e lived
I Mbffisl M f Htrn Ilf l»
AVtM'A. Neb D t I iinriti nr
*!••* over (be r*l>uia« of Ur* leffr.
wife of Orlando Till ihaKmau of the
■tale republican rwmmtne were hell
here at the t ongr* gat tone t i hur* b
Mrv r S M*rri» a of Yura presetted
lb- •erntoii Mrs. leffr was formerly
Mias l.ittte II Rtfbpwlrteb bbs *i»
i I, A ii«rib* la Issue * J IIR
•n<i ram with ber psrenl* in UM «*
N» banks Itb* war married to Mr
Yafft J**t* t lot ffbe bgd two sun*
Roland wbu died voung, sad t'tarsnce,
s gradual* of the mlvtr*ii) now s
lowyer si A roping A ster
Growth of railroad
_
UNITED STATES LEADS ALL
OTHER COUNTRIES.
('filiation Follow* the Locomotive end
Vest Wllileriiesas* Are Transformed
Into Gardens, Village* und Cl tie*
by It* Influence.
At the recent International Com
mercial Congress, held In Philadelphia,
George H. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central and
Hudson Rlvei railroad and president
of the American Association of Gen
eral Passenger Agents, delivered a
notable address on our railroads and
their relation to commercial, indus
trial and agricultural Interests. Among
other thlngo he said:
"One of our great writers has said
of this closing period of the nineteenth
century, that it is an age of transpor
tation. Transportation underlies ma
terial prosperity In every department
of commerce. Without transportation
commerce would be impossible. Those
states and nations are rich, powerful
and enlightened whose transportation
facilities are best and most extended.
The dying nations are those with little
or no transportation facilities.
"In this connection it will be inter
esting to note in passing that the sec
ond American locomotive was built at
the West Point foundry, near Cold
Spring, on the Hudson river, and was
called the "Best Friend,” and from
that day to this the locomotive has
been one of the best friends of this
republic. But it is not alor.e our loco
motives that have attracted the at
tention of foreigners who have visited
our shores, our railway equipment gen
erally has commanded admiration and
Is now receiving the highest compli
ment, namely, imitation by many of
our sister nations.
"Prince Michel Hilkoft’. imperial
minister of railways of Russia, has
since his visit to the United States a
few years ago, constructed a train on
much the same lines as the "Limited
Trains" of the New York Central and
the Pennsylvania.
At times mere have neon periods
of legislation in the United States ad
verse to the great transportation in
terests of the country, almost invari
ably the result of a misunderstanding
of the real situation, and the hasty
legislation of such times has usually
been repealed upon the sober second
thought of the people, for in the lan
guage of our great Lincoln: ‘You can
fool all the people some of the time,
some of the people all the time, hut
you can't fool all the people all the
time.’
"One hundred years ago the gov
ernor of the great state of New York
advised his friends not to Invest their
money or waste their time in aiding
the building of railroads, expressing
the opinion, that while it was possible
that improved methods of construction
and perfected machinery might, in the
remote future, enable the people to
move a car upon a railroad at the rate
of five or six miles per hour, he did not
believe that they could ever be made
of material advantage, and that any
attempt to transport passengers und
freight by railroad, from one part of
the country to another, must result in
endless confusion and loss. The gov
ernor died in the beller that the canal
was the only means of conveyance for
a great commerce.
"Notwithstanding his prediction, the
railroads have grown to such vast pro
portions, that today the world's entire
stock of money, gold, silver and paper,
would not purchase one-third of Its
railroads. The building of the Erie
canal, extending from Buffalo to Al
bany, a distance of 363 miles, was
commenced July 4, 1817. It was com
pleted in 1825 at a cost of $7,602,000.
In 1896 the state of New York appro
priated $9,000,000 for enlarging and
improving this canal, and a few figures
from the state report on canals may be
of Interest in this connection: Re
liable statistics of its traffic are not
obtainable for the earlier years of its
operation, but in accordance with the
last annual report of the superintend
ent of public works of the state of New
York, we find that the tonnage of all
the property carried on ull the canals
in both directions, In 1837. was 1,171,
296 tons, valued at $55,809,289. The
tonnage and the value increased until
1872. when It amounted to 6,673.370
tons, valued at $220,913,321. Prom
1872. the tonuagc and the value of the
property carried decreased, until In
1897 there was only 3.617.804 tons ear
ned, with a value of $96.06.1.138 This,
In face of the fact that the receipts of
grain and flour at lluffalo had In
creased from 1,184,685 bushels In 19.17
o 242.110 306 bushels In 1897.
' in 1875 the states east of the Mis
souri river were sending food and
clothing to the starving people of Kan
sas Thanhs to the facilities afforded
by the railroads the corn crop of Kan
sas this year la threw hundred and
forty million bushels It semis but a
very few years since 1 made my Mrs!
trip to Colorado, and stopped on wy
way at the home of lluffalo lllll, at
I North Platte, Neb., on the Cnton Pa
1 nf!< At Ogalalla. fifty-one miles
weal of North Platte, the Minus In
dians were roaming over the prairies
and mahing more or l»»* trouble for
the early seltlera sku ventured so far
cult of the beaten paths of civilisation
The Nebraaha torn >tup this year »i
era eight until.m a- res and Ihe Meld
hi two hundred and ninety million
bushels Previous to the »oust ruc
tion of ihe Northern Pac'd.' the tlreul
Northern N»uthe*»iein, f*« Paul, Hot
' tlngton. and other railways that trav*
i tree that wonderful region hhowa a*
I the wheat belt,' there waa authtag !*»
! be seen but prairie gta*e and as cm <■ a
' au-nal baud gf tMUss M atvasc
Mlanets.'a this ye. < W .It eb p ninety
million bushels of wheat, South Da
kota forty-five million bushels. North
j Dakota sixty-five million bushels and
Montana four million bushels,
' In 1849 there came across the con
tinent reports of the discovery of gold
in California, but the only means of
reaching jts Golden Gate was by sea
around Cape Horn, or the long and
perilous journey, with ox teams, across
the plains, including what was then
styled in our geographies the Ameri
can desert, and through the hazardous
mountain passes of the western part
of the continent.
"The completion of the Pacific rail
roads changed all this, and opened new
fields for all kinds of enterprises, In
an unexplored territory stretching over
more than two thousand miles to the
west, northwest and southwest of the
Mississippi river, the products of which
region were practically valueless until
the means of transporting them were
provided by the railroads.
“The wheat crop of California this
year Is 37,000,000 bushels. The largest
crop ever produced iu California was
In 1880, when owing to exceptionally
favorable weather conditions that state
produced 63,000,000 bushels. The gold
output of California for the year 1889 ’
is estimated at 116,000,000. The vine
yards and orange groves of California
would be of practically little value
were it not for the fact that the rail
roads, by their trains of refrigerator
and ventilated fruit cars, make it pos
sible to transport the products of her
fertile valleys to all sections of the
country. It seems but yesterday that
the railroads were completed into
Portland, Oregon, Tacoma and Seattle,
Washington, ami It is marvelous that
for the year ended .June 30, 1899, there
was exported from the Columbia River
valley 16,000,000 bushels of wheat and
from the Puget Sound region, 10,000,
000 bushels. Oregon and Washington
form the northwest corner of the ter
ritory cf the United Staten south of
the line of British Co'umbia, and are
directly on the route to our extreme
northwest possession, Alaska. The
wheat crop of the states of Oregon and
Washington for the year 1899 is 48 -
600,000 bushels. There was exported
during the year ended June 30. 1899,
from the Columbia river direct to for
eign ports. 1.100,000 barrels of flour.
and from Puget sound points 800,000
barrels. Colorado, which, with its in
exhaustible mines of gold, silver, lead,
iron and coal, forms almost an em
pire in itself, will produce this year of
1899 of gold. $24,000,000; of silver, $14,
200,000; of lead, $4,400,000, In addition
to a magnificent crop of wheat, fruit,
and vegetables. Thanks to her rail
road facilities Montana is today the
richest mineral region of its size in
the world. The latest published sta
tistics—those of 1897—give the mineral
output of Montana as $54,000,000.
Without railroads, Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Colorado, California, Oregon
and Washington would still be the
home of savages.
"Our passenger service is the finest
on earth. In the United States last
year the first-class rates averaged 2.98
cents per mile, although on some large
railways the average was several mills
less than two cents per mile; in Eng
land the first-class fare is four cents
per mile; third-class fare for vastly in
ferior service is two cents per mile,
but only on certain parliamentary
trains.
“In Prussia, the fare is three cents
per mile; in Austria, 3.05 cents per
mile, and in France, 3.36 cents per
mile.
“Our passenger cars excel those of
foreign countries in all that goes to
make up the comfort and convenience
of a Journey. Our sleeping and parlor
car system is vastly superior to theirs;
our baggage system is infinitely bet
ter than theirs and arranged upon a
much more liberal basis. American
railroads carry 150 pounds of baggage
free, while the German railroads carry
only 55 pounds free. The lighting of
our trains is superb, while the light
ing of trains on most foreign lines is
wretched."
Wliat Slit* Mutt Know.
In a little book of social chatter,
comment and advice, which can hardly
be called a book of etiquette, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser, but
contains many sly reproaches and ad
monitions to those who consider them
selves “the elect,” the author sayB of
the modern girl: "What about ac
complishments? Well, thunk goodness,
the piano is going out of fashion for
girls in the best circles. They are
taught just enough of It to let them
And out whether or uot they have a 1
taste for It; if not. It Is given up, to
the great easement of humanity. In
the same way drawing and painting
are no longer considered Indispensable
to the equipment of a girt living her
life. Her chief accompli*1* meats are
waiting and tennis playing. To speak
Trench is not ciactly regarded aa an
accomplishment nowadays any more
than gloves are considered a luxury
Tlueat Trench has become a ne'easily
In social life of any status.”
Aa A.Use
the m *mmi that a young croeodiin
breaks It* shell It la to all Intents and
purpo.es as active as at any time dur
ing Its life It mil maht straight fur
the water, even If It bn out of sight
sad a g»»>l dtstan-n off and II *Hl pur
sue Its prey with eagerness and agility
during the |nl hour of Its free exist
ence.
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an s*t"r and gut gfty a week* I*< y#r
!>« lie*» ii* T(.,a*e4 t'» V* « * If
h« 4 seer use a an a tor fced have said
ke got two kandr d and kf y pet! •
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