NAVAL HISTORY OF RUSSO-JAPANESE I
WAR BEFORE THE LAST GREAT BATTLE '
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ADMIRAL TOGO’S FLAGSHIP, THE MIKASA, IN ACTION.
Drawn from Cabled Descriptions of the Battle.
GREAT NAVAL CONFLICTS OF
THE PRESENT WAR.
Feb. 8, 1904—First attack by the
Japanese on the Port Arthur squad
ron. the Russian battleships Retvisan
and Czarevitch and cruiser Pallada
being holp*d by torpedoes.
Feb. 9—Cruiser Variag and gunboat
Korietz practically destroyed at Che
mulpo, Korea, in a battle with Ad
miral Uriu's ships: Russian command
ers return to harbor with their ves
sels and blow them up.
Feb. 9—Long-range bombardment of
Port Arthur by Admiral Togo, the Rus
» sian battleships Poltava and cruisers
Diana, Novik and Askold being dam
aged.
Feb. 14—Japanese destroyers torpe
do tin* Russian battleship Boyarin.
March 10—Engagement between de
stroyed flotillas, one Russian destroy
er being sunk; Port Arthur forts and
town bombarded.
April 12—Japanese flotilla lays
mines outside Port Arthur harbor en
trance despite sharp resistance.
April 13—Russian squadron lured
from Port Arthur harbor; battleship
Petropavlovsk is blown up, the Po
bieda is damaged, and a destroyer is
sunk; 750 men, including Admiral
Makaroff and the artist Verestchagin,
go down with the Petropavlovsk.
April 15—Port Arthur fortress and
town agnin bombarded.
May 12—Dalny and Talienwan bom
barded by ships under Admiral Ka- |
taoka.
June 23—Sortie by the Russian Port
Arthur fleet, in which the Sevastopol.
Pallada, Poltava and Diana are dam
aged.
July 2—Four Japanese destroyers at
tempt to enter Port Arthur harbor;
two are sunk and one damaged.
July 9—Another sortie from Port
Arthur is attempted, but the Russian
ships are driven back by Togo’s flo
tilla.
July 26—Naval fight off Port Arthur
harbor, the Russians claiming to have
disabled three Japanese craft.
Aug. 10—Naval battle off Round
Island, southeast of Port Arthur; Hus- j
sian fleet dispersed and Admiral Wit- |
soeft killed; five battleships and a
cruiser return to Port Arthur; fhree
large Russian war vessels take refuge
in foreign ports.
Aug. 12—Two Japanese destroyers
enter Chefoo harbor and, after a des
perate fight, capture the Russian de
stroyer Ryeshitelni, which had taken
refuge there.
Aug. 14—Cruiser Rurik of the Vladi
vostok squadron sunk in a battle in
Korea strait by Kamimura's ships;
Gromoboi and Rossia badly daihaged,
but escape.
Aug. 21—Cruiser Novik destroyed at
Korsakovsk, Sagbalien Island, by two
Japanese cruisers.
Dec. 6—Gun Sre directed from 203
Mcter hill destroys the Russian ships
Peresviet, Poltava, Retvisan and Se
bastopol and the cruiser Pallada in
Port Arthur harbor.
LIST OF BIG WAR CRAFT LOST ON
BOTH SIDES.
Since the war began the losses in
big ships to the fleets of the belliger
ents have been as follows:
RUSSIA.
Sunk Off Tsu Islands.
Orel, first-class battleship.
Borodino, first class battleship.
Three cruisers, names not learned.
One auxiliary vessel.
Sunk at Port Arthur.
Boyarin, blown up by a mine.
Chance for Model Young Man.
An advertiser in the Wimbledon
(Eng.) Gazette wants “a lad about
twenty; must be a churchman, of good
education, who can drive a horse and '
cart, assist in the stable and garden
(melons and cucumbers), milk cows
and understand pigs; must be accus
tomed to wait at table and of gentle
manly appearance; early riser and tee
totaler; good references required.”
The wage of this paragon is to be $r>0
a year, but he must lodge out and
furnish his own meals, except dinner.
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Newspaper-Reading Americans.
“One thing which is most charac
teristic of you Yankees," said the sub
ject of King Edward who had been
here for a few weeks on a visit, “is
the universal reading of newspapers.
Every one, from messenger boy and
errand girl to the grayhaired man and
woman, seems to carry a newspaper
wherever he or she goes, and to de
vour it with eyes hungry for news. I
believe it has much to do with the
supremacy of your nation in commer
cial fields.”
Ketvisan, sunk by gun fire.
Poltava, holed and sunk.
Pallada, torpedoed and half sub
merged.
Blown Up at Chemulpo.
Variag. first wrecked by Japanese
shot.
Korietz, hulled by Uriu’s ships.
Sunk in Korea Strait.
Rurik, one of the Vladivostok squad
ron.
Sunk Off Saghalien.
Novik, one of the Port Arthur ships.
Dismantled in Foreign Ports.
Czarevitch, now at Kiaochau.
Askold, in harbor at Shanghai.
Diana, sheltered at Saigon. French
Indo-China.
JAPAN.
Sunk Off Tsu Islands.
One cruiser.
Ten torpedo boats.
Sunk by Mines.
Hatsuse, went down near Dalny.
Yashima, sunk east of Port Arthur.
Miyaka, lost in Kerr bay.
Haiyen, blown up Oct. 9.
Rammed and Wrecked.
Yoshino, sunk in collision by trie
Kasuga, May 15.
A number of smaller craft lias been
lost on both sides, but in this respect
Russia is the heaviest sufferer. Japan
lost five transports sunk by the raid
ing Vladivostok squadron, and lost
sixteen other vessels in the lour at
tempts that she made to bottle up
Port Arthur.
MERCHANT VESSELS CAPTURED
AND SUNK.
From the beginning of the war un
til Jan. 23 last the following vessels
had been taken by the Japanese, ac
cording to a report sent from Tokio
by Mr. Griscom, the United States
minister. In some cases, however,
protests against confiscation are still
pending:
Russian—Mukden, Feb. C, 1904;
Rossia, Feb. 7, 1904; Argun, Feb. 7,
1904; Nicolai. Feb. 10, 1904; Michael,
Feb. 10, 1904; Alexander, Feb. 10,
1904, Manjuria, Feb. 17, 1904; Ros
nick, Feb. 10. 1904; Ekaterinoslav,
Feb. 6. 1904; Juridea, Feb. 17, 1904;
Manjuria (second of the name), Feb. 9,
1904; Kotik. Feb. 10, 1904; Talia,
April 13, 1904.
French—George, Aug. 19, 1904.
German—Fuhping, Oct. 12, 1904.
British—Veteran, December, 1904; Ni
gretia, December, 1904; King Arthur,
December, 1904; Rosalie, Jan. 11,
1905; Redington, Jan. 12. 1905.
Dutch—Wilhelmina, Jan. 1G, 1905;
Bawtry, Jan. 17, 1905; Oakley, Jan. 18,
1905.
Most of the foregoing twenty-three
steamers are fine vessels. No mer
chant steamer flying the Russian flag,
nor any merchant vessel of non-Rus
sian nationality carrying contraband
of war, has been sunk by the Japa
nese. In addition to the foregoing,
two sailing vessels were captured in
February, 1904, namely, the Nadegita
and the Bobrick.
Vessels Sunk by Russians.
The Japanese steam vessels sunk
by the Russians were as follows;
Nagano-ura Maru, Feb. 11, 1904;
Hanyei Maru, March 26, 1904; Goyo
Maru. April 25, 1904; Kinshu Maru,
April 26, 1904; Haginoura Maru, April
26, 1904; Hitachi Maru, June 15, 1904;
Izumi Maru, June 15, 1904; Seisho
Maru, June 30, 1904; Takashima Maru.
The vessels sunk by the Japanese
for the purpose of blocking the har
bor of Port Arthur numbered seven
Fighting Tuberculosis.
Remarkable results in curing chil
dren of tuberculosis are being ob
tained by the fresh air treatment at
Coney Island, according to Health
Commissioner Thomas Darlington of
New York. The treatment at Sea
Breeze, West Coney Island, is the
modern hygienic one—fresh air, sun
shine, rest and good food The chil
dren are kept in open pavilions or
tents and soon show improvement.
The Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor is in charge.
Dowries for German Girls.
The sum of $2,500 a year is dis
tributed in dowries to the girls of the
town of Hachinann. in Germany. A
Polish nobleman left the money for
I this purpose, and the amount of the
marriage portion that each girl re
ceives is regulated by the measure of
good looks that she possesses. A
| plain bride gets $250, and the prettier
i a girl is the less she receives from
; this fund. The benefactor’s aim was
j to equalize the chances of marriage
i of the plain and the pretty.
; teen, with a total tonnage of 33,208
tons.
SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN LOSSES
IN RECENT BATTLE.
Men killed.5,105
Battleships sunk. 6
Cruisers sunk. 8
[ Monitor sunk. 1
Destroyers sunk. 3
Repair snip sunk. 1
Men captured.6,437
Battleships captured. 2
Monitors captured. 2
Destroyer captured. 1
Escaped . 2
RUSSIAN SHIPS SUNK.
Kniaz Souvaroff, first-class battle
ship, $5,200,000.
Borodino, first-class battleship, $5,
200,COO.
Alexander III., first-class battleship,
$5,200,000.
Osiabya, first-class battleship, $5,
200,000. ,
Navarin, first-class battleship, $5,
200,000.
issoi Veliky, second-class battleship,
$3,980,000.
Admiral Nakhimoff, armored cruiser,
$2,860,000. •
Dimitri Donskoi, armored cruiser,
$2,110,000.
Vladimir Monomakh, armored cruis
er, $2,080,000.
Aurora, protected cruiser, $1,800,000.
Spietlana, protected cruiser, $1,380,
000.
Jemtchug, protected cruiser, $1,060,
000.
Ural, volunteer cruiser, $2,800,000.
Irtessim, auxiliary cruiser, $1,100,
000.
Admiral Oushakoff, monitor, $2,050,
000.
Kamtschatka, repair ship, $2,600,000.
Destroyers, three unnamed, $1,080,
000.
RUSSIAN SHIPS CAPTURED.
Orel, first-class battleship, $5,200,000.
Nikolai I., second-class battleship,
$2,650,000.
Admiral Seniavin, monitor, $2,050,
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Gen. Ad. Apraxine, monitor, $2,050,
000.
Bsdovi, destroyer, $360,000.
RUSSIAN SHIPS ESCAPED.
Almaz, protected cruiser, $1,080,000. j
Grozny, destroyer, $360,000.
FATE CF RUSSIAN COMMANDERS. !
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, com
mander-in-chief, captured, severely
wounded, after escaping from sinking
flagship Kniaz Souvaroff.
Rear Admiral Enqui6t, second in
command, captured, severely wound
ed, after escaping from Kniaz Souvar
off,
Rear Admiral Voelkersam, comman
der of second division, captured after
escaping from sinking Sissoi Veliky.
Rumored at St. Petersburg that he is
dead.
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, comman
der third division, surrendered on
board the Nikolai I.
Capt. Roshinoff, commander of
Cruiser Nakhimoff, picked up by Ja
panese boats, exhausted after swim
ming several hours.
Staff officers of the flagship Kniaz
Souvaroff taken prisoners while trying
to escape on destroyer Bsdovi.
Captain and staff of battleships Orel
and Nikolai I. and six cruisers taken
prisoners.
LOSSES BY JAPANESE.
Reported by Togo—None of fleet
seriously injured; casualties of first
division more than 400. No other
casualties reported.
Fighting Strength of Nation*.
In Brassey’s “Naval Annual” for
1905, which has just appeared, the
figures on effective fighting ships of
the five great nations are as follows:
Great Britain, all ships, 178; battle
shops, 65; France, all ships, 93; bat
tleships, 36; United States, all ships,
75; battleships. 36; Germany, all
ships. 69; battleships. 36; Russia, all
ships, 44; battleships, 26. As to first
class battleships the figures are:
Great Britain, 50; France, 17; United
States, 25; Germany, 22; Russia, 13.
Zimmerman a Naval Veteran.
Eugene Zimmerman, the millionaire
railroad man, the other day was askefl
to what special circumstance he at
tributed his great success in life.
Largely to my training and general
experience as an officer of the United
States navy,” was the reply. Very
few, even among his acquaintances,
are aware that Mr. Zimmerman
served through the civil war in the
navy, participating in numerous en
gagements, including the bombard
ment of Vicksburg.
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DESPERATE TORPEDO ATTACKS
UNNERVED RUSSIAN CREWS
LINE OF BATTLE OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
(As Indicated by Cable Dispatches to the United States Navy Department
by Its Attaches in Japan.)
The first definite news from Russian
sources of the naval battle fought in
the Straits of Korea came from Ca;>t.
Chagin of the cruiser Almaz. He tele
graphed to the emperor that he had
witnessed the sinking of the battle
ship Kniaz Souvaroff and reported that
Admiral Rojestvensky was wounded.
According to his report the Japa
nese torpedo boats played the princi
pal role in the defeat of the Russian
fleet. They were sent in for action
again and again under a perfect hail
of shot from the Russian rapid-firing
guns.
Togo Wins Position.
When Togo’s scouts reported that
Admiral Rojestvensky was heading for
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Admiral Togo.
the eastern channel of the Straits of
Korea the Japanese admiral steamed j
around the northern part of the Tsu
islands and came upon the Russians
steaming in double column with the
cruisers to port. Togo enjoyed the
great advantage of tactical position
when he opened fire, having the light
est of the Russian sh:ps between him
and Rojestvensky's heavier vessels, i
thus smothering the fire of the latter.
Besides, Togo was able to use all his
broadsides, whereas the sternmost
ships of the Russian columns, coming
on in line ahead formation, probably
only with difficulty could u.-e any guns
at all.
Nevertheless, although suffering the
complete loss of four ships in the des
perate encounter which followed, and
beilng subjected to a series of tor
pedo attacks during the night of May
27, Rojestvensky was able to steam
200 miles during the night. When
the next morning came the Russian
fleet was divided into two divisions.
The faster and stronger division, un
der Rojestvensky, was met by Kami
niura add Uriu, while the slower di
vision. under Nebogatoff, renewed the
figbt with Togo.
Each Ship for Herself.
With some of the scattered Russian
units it was a case of save himself
who can. In the running fight the
Japanese enjoyed the advantage of su
perior speed, enabling them to concen
trate their fire and bring every crip
pled Russian ship to bay. Admiral
Nebogatoff's battered remnant sur
rendered off Liancourt Rocks, while
Rojestvensky, with the best remain
ing battleships, fought on for the hon
or of the Russian navy.
Survivors of the great fight are be
ginning to arrive in Japan, clinging
to wreckage or carried by the few
boats which escaped from the battle.
A disabled Russian cruiser carrying
200 officers and men approached Ha
madi, which is on the mainland of
Japan opposite the scene of the bat
tle. She flew a white flag. As soon as
she was sighted a government beat
was dispatched to escort her to shore
and offer the survivors a ready wel
come.
Officials of the Japanese Red Cross
society went out in a launch, gave
such aid as they could to the wound
ed and carried them to temporary
quarters near Yamaguchi, which is at
the southwest of the Island of Nip
pon and the nearest land to the bat
tle.
Waters Alive With Slavs.
The waters were alive with Russian
seamen desperately striving to make
land in small boats or clinging to
masses of wreckage. Small merchant
men and pleasure ships went out to
pick up all the survivors they could
find. They rescued several hundred
men, many wounded, and all in a state
of extreme exhaustion.
The men were in desperate straits.
The boats in which they sought ref
uge were badly provisioned, in most
cases not at all, so that to the terrors
of heavy seas were added the pangs
of hunger and thirst.
The survivors state that they had
absolutely no chance of winning, the
attack of the Japanese was so sud
den, so overwhelming. The plan of
attack was so different from that ex
pected that the entire fleet became
panic-stricken. The long-range fire
of the enemy was deadly. There was
no chance of replying, because the
Japanese had chosen their own range,
which no Russian ship could equal.
Torpedoes Spread Terror.
Then can\e a torpedo boat attack
which completed the demoralization,
and the crews took to the boats in
most cases before the torpedoes had
gone home.
Those who remained on board wrere
precipitated into the water by the ex
plosions that followed, and many
saved themselves by clinging to pieces
of wreckage.
There are endless accounts of in
dividual heroism, but none more thrill
ing than that of a young sailor who
gave up his place on a piece of plank
in order to save the life of a lieuten
ant of the Alexander III, who had been
a popular officer with the crew and
who was ill at the time of the attack.
The captain of the cruiser Admiral
Nakhimhoff and another officer had
been swimming about in an exhaust
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ed condition for many hours when
they were rescued by some Shimono
seki fishermen.
Klfty-flve Russian sailors, some of
them wounded, were picked up off Mi
shima. Twenty-three of the crew of
the Aurora were landed, and ten refu
gees were rescued in the same vicin
ity.
Veteran Many Years Missing.
Mrs. David Kizer or Springfield,
Ohio, has been granted a pension of
$8 a month, but sh6 will not begin
to draw it until twelve years from
date. This ruling is due to the fact
that she drew a pension for twelve
years on the presumption that her hus
band. David Kizer, was dead. He re
cently died after being brought home
sick from Denver. He had been
mourned as dead for twenty-seven
years, most of which time he was in
the Black hills, searching for gold.
Grant Gillet Recovers Fortune.
Grant. Gillet, the Kansas City
plunger, who went to Mexico several
years ago to evade his creditors, has
cleaned up a comfortable fortune In
mines in that country. Through the
eale of the Quebrldillas mine and in
other mii\lng transactions he has
made about $100,000. He still owns
several paying mines. It Is reported
that he has made a satisfactory settle
ment with his creditors, who are most
ly Kansas City commission men.—
Chicago Chronicle.
Harsh Criticism of Senators.
Senator Dubois was lamenting the
decay of oratory among American
statesmen. “With only a few excep
tions,” he said, “we have in Washing
ton no orators worthy of the name.
On this account I had to accept in si
lence during the last session an acrid
criticism from a clever woman. ‘I at
tended a meeting of the senate the
other day,’ she said, ‘and that night I
had a terrible dream.’ ‘What did you
dream?’ said I. The lady smiled. ‘I
dreamed,’ she said, ‘I went again.’ "
The Erudite College Professor.
One of the witnesses before the
senate committee on interstate com
merce was a college professor and af
ter he had given the committee many
theories he was asked if the people
were in favor of giving the commis
sion power to fix rates. The witness
replied that all the professors of econ
omy and other college men with whom
he talked thought as he did. “Do they
all know as much about the subject
as you do?” dryly inquired Senator
| Foraker
| NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Ainsworth will celebrate on both the
4th and 5th of July.
Secretary Morton will resign his
navy portfolio July 1.
Horace A. Scott, a veteran merchant
> Osceola, has retired irom business.
The Bradshaw Telephone company
has increased its capital stock to $50,
000.
Wedding bells are ringing merrily
fill over Nebraska this rosy mouth of
June.
John Price, colored, and a boy nam
ed Lee are in durance vue at Platts
mouth for robbing cars.
The King-Graham Manufacturing
company of Omaha has been organized
with a capital stock of $100,000.
Labor Commissioner Bush will en
deavor to provide labor for those who
wish to go to the harvest fields this
year.
Many of the farmers of Gage county
who lost their wheat crop by the hail
are making plans to increase their
corn acreage.
The new concrete mill dam at
Holmesville is nearly completed. A
dynamo is to be placed in the mill.
whic~ will furnish light for the town.
Three new rural mail routes were
opened in Gage county last week, mak
ing thirty in all and completely cover
ing the county with the rural delivery
system.
Mrs. Estella Sharpies, an aged in
mate of the Home for the Friendless,
Lincoln, was found dead in her bed.
It is presumed that she died of heart
disease.
The graduating class of the Linco.n
High school this year is the largest
in the nistory of the institution. There
will be close to 175 graduates, as com
pared with a record number of 110.
The German American bank at York
has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $30,000. Joshua Cox, S. S.
Suscaden and others are interested in
me venture.
Chief Justice Holcomb granted a
suspension of sentence to John E.
Chandler of Custer county, who was
sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary for the theft of a steer.
More than seventy-five graduates
from the various medical scnools wish
to apply for permission to practice in
Nebraska and the state examination
for these will be held next week.
A barn belonging to J. H. Twarling.
southeast of btromsburg, was struck
by lightning and totally destroyed ex
cept the horses. His loss will be
nearly $2.0uu, with an insurance of
about $600.
The North Platte Valley Water Us
ers’ association has filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state. The capital stock is $200,000.
This is to control the water used in the
Pathfinder project.
Several attaches of the state game
warden's office went to Clay Center to
assist in the prosecution of August
Anders, charged with using dynamite
to kill fish. The department is seek
ing to stamp ttut pot hunting and fish
ing altogether.
W. H. Pebernat. a section hand at
Torrington. was killed by being struck
by a train on the Burlington near An
gora. The remains were brought to
Alliance, where Coroner Moom held
an inquest, the jury finding that death
was accidental.
A commercial club was organized at
Stromsburg with forty-five members. J.
W. Wilson chairman and A. Hedbloom
secretary. Several questions were
discussed, particularly concerning the
new survey for a railroad running two
miles north of the city.
The coroner’s jury investigating the
death of M. E. Evans, whose body was
found in the stairway of the Calumet
restaurant at Nelson, returned a ver
dict finding that he came to his
death from the results of a blow on
the head with a blunt instrument in
the hands of E. S. McCormick, in the
presence of C.earge Chapman. Both
thesrt men are now under arrest for
murder.
O. Christian, semaphore man on
the Rock Island between Richfield and
Meadow, three miles southeast of
Springfield. Sarpy county, found sev
eral sheets of United States postage
stamps scattered along the railway
west of the semaphore. They are 1
and 2-cent stamps and were supposed
to have been thrown there by parties
who had stolen them, or they may
have blown out of the mail car win
dow.
I Ilf I llliiu mi me luuiiianj na» :
made a mutually satisfactory settle
ment at Grand Island with the fam
ily of Lena Speetzen. the little girl
who had an arm cut off in a crossing
accident about five months ago. The
settlement is for $5,000 cash, with the
promise that after the young woman
has made the regular court in the
high school and learned stenography
she will be given a position in the
offices of the company and shall be
given whatever transportation she
may at any time need.
Bert Stevens of Red Cloud, w-hile
leading a horse and sitting in a wag
on, in some manner got his leg en
tangled in tne rope avid the horse,
suddenly pulling hack, broke the young
man’s leg just below the knee.
The semi-annual statement by State
Treasurer Mortensen indicates that
$993,805.32 has been received into the
state general fund during the past six
months ending May 31, while in the
same period $973,448.45 has been paid
out. At the beginning of the half year
the general fund had $i5.52 to its
credit, while at the close the amount
was $21,372.39.
John McConehey of Dakota county
was taken in charge by Sheriff Hansen
and placed in custody, having become
mentally unbalanced- to such an extent
that it was thought dangerous to have
him at large. He is an old soldier
and a pioneer of that section of Ne- :
braska.
Folknving is t~e mortgage report for
Gage county for the month of May: 1
Number of farm mortgages filed, 15; 1
amount. $36,875; number of farm mort
gages released, 32; amount, $48 232. ]
Number of city mortgages filed, 33;
amount, $17,340; number of city morp 1
gages released, 30; amount, $18,165. 1
IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA.
—
, G. L. Shumway of Scotts Bluff Tells
What is Being Done.
Regarding the articles of incorpora
tion of the North Platte Valley Wat
er Users’ association, which ■ have
been filed with Secretary* of State Ga
iusha, G. L. Shumway of Scots Bluff
says its purposes are to co-operate
with government work in that section
of the country; to get water subscrip
tions from the owners of deeded
lands; to act as agent between the
government and the irrigator in col
lecting charges for water, and to set
Itle disputes which may arise over wat
er distribution in the future. One of
the things which the federal irrigation
act overlooked was a statutory author
ity to use the power which may be
developed from its works for any oth
er purpose than that of promoting ir
rigation. The Water Users’ associa
tion has provided for that contin
gency and may appropriate it for any
purpose.
Contracts for construction of forty
six miles of government canal, at an
expense approximating $450,000, were
; awarded a few days ago. and fifty
! miles more will soon be in shape for
bids, which will take it to the lake
region. Three lakes are contemplated
near Scotts Bluff, the smaller to cover
1.200 acres and to befortv feet deep;
j the others to cover 4.000 to 5.000
acres and to be fifty to ninety feet
: deep. The government has seventy
five men prosecuting surveys and
cross-sectioning in Nebraska, and it is
expected contracts for this fifty miles
will be let in July or August.
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CATTLE ARE POISONED
BY WILD PARSLEY
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j Reports have been received at the
state university from western counties
of this state that cattle in various lo
calities in that section are being pois
oned by feeding on what is supposed
to be a species of wild parsley, says
the Nebraska State Journal. It is
said that the animals die suddenly
after eating the plant, and the cases
have become numerous enough to de
mand investigation. Specimens of the
| plant have been sent to I)r. Bessev.
but have not been fully enough devel
oped to permit their poisonous or non
poisonous properties being definitely
ascertained. The plant is supposed
to be what is known as ‘ white flow
ered parsley,” a common low prairie
plant with much divided leaves, and
known to be poisonous to stock. It
usually appears early in the spring be
j fore the grass is suitable for pasture,
and grows in small clumps or groups.
When pasture is good the cattle re
fuse to touch the plan1 but often
when they are turned out very early
, in the spring they are willing to eat
almost anything green. It is suppos
S ed to be something of this sort that
has caused the trouble this year, al
though pasture is pretty well up by
I this time. About ten or twelve years
ago much trouble was experienced
from what was apparently the same
plant. The university authorities were
asked for advice at the time and a
| big scare was worked up over the
; weed. As soon as pasture became
j frood the trouble ceased and the mat
j ter was dropped before good speci
mens of the plant could be sent to the
university for examination. It is
feared that the same trouble will be
experienced again this year, and that
as soon as the cattle are able to find
enough green stuff to feed upon with
out eating the parsley, the farmers
will not care to investigae further
Requests have been made for full
grown specimens of the weed, but
these have not yet been received.
WELL-TO-DO FARMER
FOUND OEAD IN BIN
Pender—Herman Boorman, a well
to-do farmer residing six miles south
west of her, was found dead in an
oat bin. It is supposed he commit
ted suicide, as he was hanging to a
beam with a rope around his neck
Ten Thousand for Hastings College.
HASTINGS—Rev. E. Van Dyke
Wright has just returned from an
eastern trip. While away he secured
a donation of $10,000 for the endow
ment fund of Hastings college.
Farmers Co-Operate.
The Farmers’ Co-Operative associa
tion of Lebanon, with an authorized
capital stock of $20,000, has filed arti
cles of incorporation in the office of
the secretary of state. A similar cor
poration, called the Farmers Shipping
company, with an authorized capital
stock of $10,000, has been incorporated
by farmers living near Bartley, Red
Willow county.
Prof. Bessey of the University of
Nebraska has received many com
plaints from farmers over the state
regarding the prevalence of yellow top
clover in newly seeded alfalfa fields.
It is thought that part of the alfalfa
seed sold in Nebraska this spring has
been adulterated with this clover
seed. —
ARLINGTON—W. W. Ely, a promt
lent and wealthy farmer, who resided
three-fourths of a mile north of Ar
ington. died of a self-inflicted wound
He shot himself with s-ICd., lntmt ^
Co-Operate with Government.
Articles of incorporation of " tha
Vorth Platte Valley Water Users’ as
sociation, with *^00.000 capital, were
Bed in the office of the secretary of
itate. This is the corporation which
vill take over from the government
he completed Pathfinder irrigation
mterprise. The capital stock will be
ieveral million dollars eventually
vhen the next legislature can be in *
iuced to pass an aet permitting the
ncorporation for a nominal fee' The
irst election under the charter will
>e held the first Tuesday in July