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NEBRASKAS
S0372i
253801
303m
1126 65
34 535
bl731i
2220793
1925
115009
4036W
33SyS
426 1
2230S3
1301
S0505
323340
232430
7025
79260
13U9G0
Merrick
Madison
Xemana
Nance
Nuckolls
Otoe
Pawnee
Perkins
Phelps
Platte
Pierce
Polk
Koi Willow
Kichardion
Rock
Saline
Sarpy
Saunders
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
-Sioux
Stanton
Thayer
Thomas
Thurston
Valley
Washington
Wayne
Webster
3S9970 Wheeler
S71545 York
23730
523675 Total
1068395
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ttlLLIOlJS OF DOLLARS
REACHED
EXPORTS
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Condensation or u itoport TChch Deputy
Labor Commissioner Andres Has Hand
ed to tlie Governor V 1 ino Showing
lor J1 the Counties
Nebraskas Export Trade
Nothing will be more valuable among
the reports submitted to the Legisla
ture when it assembles on the first of
the year than that from the Bureau of
Industrial statistics upon the surplus
-of Nebraska products It has long
been a noted fact that by far the larger
proportion of the varied products of the
field never cross the boundaries of the
county in which they are raised At a
close estimate it may be stated that not
one third of the production of Nebraska
agricultural interests are shipped out
of the htate and yet the report of the
bureau shows that in the year ISJl Ne
braska shipped to market in round
numbers SCO 000000 worth of products
The method adopted by Commissioner
Andres to secure facts upon which he
ba es his statistics were those best cal
culated to insure accuracy ly mak
ing personal visits to the general man
agers of the various lines of railway
doing Business in the state he inter
ested them in his project Each agreed
not without some persuasion to furnish
him an itemized statement of every
pound of freight billed for shipment at
every city town village and way sta
tion in Nebraska
These statements were grouped by
counties In every case where possible j
the statement had been reduced to car-
loads by the railway managers but
where the items were too small the
work of reduction was performed at
the office of the ommissioner The
-work of making up the report was com
menced last spring and has kept the
Commisoner and his assistant Mr
Beecher busy almost night and day
large county map of the state has been
prepared and upon the space devoted
to the several counties will be printed
the shipments from that county This
map will form a part of the printed re
port and will be an excellent birds eye
view of the surplus products of the
state Following will be found the
value of the outshipments of the sur
plus arranged by counties It will be
noted that no report is concluded from
Douglas and Lancaster Counties The
report from one of the leading lines of
railroad in the state is yet to be fur
nished The manager of the road as
sures the Commissioner that the work
is progressing as rapidly as possible
and that it will doubtless be ready be
fore the report is placed in the hands
of the printer Until the reports from
this one road are in the shipments
from Douglas and Lancaster Counties
wil not be furnished for publication
as under the agreement with the rail
TCad managers the figures are to be
published only in the aggregate Fol
lowing is the report by counties
Counties Value Counties Value
Adams S 76GU75 Johnson 9946Ga
Antelope 371775 Kearney 022193
Blaine 60145 Keith 220110
Boone 649 597Kimball 5i110
Box Butte 184190Knox 530300
54400J
781395
1181900
1052023
487060
825280
5007930
988970
3 2015
63S 705
1080515
45S957
447iS
29 -360
1582035
91971
1740477
1005770
1901215
1072202
820P60
277350
153505
305705
939525
62763
37163S
2SS6G5
1164730
868095
518300
65085
1152840
559703091
Eighty counties marketed 3S0100
head cattle seventy five counties mar
keted 1431340 head hogs sixty nine
counties marketed IS 940 head horses
and mules fifty three counties mar
keted 195 G0 head sheep eighty coun
ties marketed 9S21000 bushels wheat
seventy two counties marketed 24293
500 bushels corn sixty seven counties
marketed 1192 000 bushels oats forty
five counties marketed 438000 bushels
barley twenty seven counties marketed
330500 bushels tarley and rye bixty
five counties marketed 803500
bushels rye sixty five counties
marketed 1351000 bushels flax
fifty nine counties marketed 469
350 barrels of flour seventy one
counties marketed 175158 tons of hay
thirty counties marketed 101S cars of
provisions seventeen counties marketed
41 cars mixed stock twenty three coun
ties marketed 1G8 cars of dairy prod
ucts thirty seven counties marketed
752 cars of building brick twenty eight
counties marketed 923 cars of fruit
twenty seven counties marketed 170
cars of potatoes fourteen counties
marketed 49 cars of mixed seed fifteen
counties marketed 125 cars of mixed
grain thirty five counties marketed
107 cars of mill stun seventeen coun
ties marketed 357 cars of sugar beets
three counties marketed 02 cars beet
sugar ten counties marketed 39 cars
poultry twenty nine counties marketed
754 cars broom corn nine counties mar
keted 134 cars canned goods ten coun
ties marketed 90 cars hides and tallow
fourteen counties mancetod 1732 cars
ice ten counties marketed ls9 cars
wood seventeen counties marketed 71
cars lumber live counties marketed 172
cars lime five counties marketed 15574
cars packing house products four
counties marketed 74S0 cars dressed
beef
NEBRASKA AT CHICAGO
preparations for the Worlds Fair Arc
Well In Hand
Mrs John Briggs Nebraskas
representative on the Board of Lady
Managers for tho Worlds Fair has re
turned from Chicago where she at
jonded a meeting of the board and she
a enthusiastic in her reports of prog
ress
One of the new things decided
upon said Mrs Briggs is a series of
semi monthly concerts in tho womens
building at which only amateur female
singers who have been residents of
America at least ten years will be
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lowed to appca Candidates for places
will be tested by a committee and must
be satisfactory to Mr Theodore
Thomas iermtesion to appear at
these concerts will be a mark of high
honor and 1 sincerely hope Nebraska
I will be well represented for I know we
have many sinners abundantly able In
that event I would also like to see Ne
braska honor each of her representa
tives with a suitable medal and if any
private persons wish to offer rewards
for such service our board will be glad
to hear from them
The project of a family dormitory
has been abandoned but the plan for
womens dormitories is considered prac
tical and excellent The time for mak
ing application for shares in this enter
prise expires the last of December and
J can endorse the scheme as perfectly
reliable Work on the construction of
the Childrens Home began Nov J
when Mrs Palmer turned the first sod
with a silver spade Nebraska has
about 30 of its quota of S400 yet to
raise
Right here I would like to answer
the many inquiries with regard to our
state building as the impression here
at home seems widespread that it is
very inferior How this has tome about
J am not able to say as usually the
critics have not seen in and some dis
claim all knowledge of it except that it
is very bad The day we visited it we
found It locked Therefore 1 can only
judge of its exterior but J must consci
entiously say we were favorably im
pressed with its appearance It has a
line location and I expect to see it
made by the deft fingers of our Ne
braska ladies and the state board one
of the handsomest on the fair ground
both within and without
Commissioner Seth P Mobley of
Grand Island reports steady and sub
stantial progress in the preparation for
the Nebraska exhibit Several car
loads of the choicest cereals and im
perishable products of the state have
been collected and stored representing
the crops of 1391 and 1S92 selected
from every quarter of Nebraska and
properly credited to the locality pro-
since the first reports were received A ducing them The collection includes
Buffalo 1214403 Lancaster
Brown 3ui3 incoiu
Burt 3303151
Butier i40S4 0
Cass
Cedar
Cherry
Chevenne
Clay
eolfax
Cuming
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
Deuel
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Dundy
Fillmore
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
Garfield
Gosper
Grant
Greeley
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hitchcock
Holt
Hooker
Howard
Jefferson
Iib3i8i0
52GlilD
284570
25 955
SSS7H5
103 1470
llli5230
all the grains and cereals both threshed
and in the straw all tho grasses speci
mens of timber etc
Mr Mobley is confident there has al
ready been collected an amount and
quality of material sufficient to make
one of tho very bet agricultural dis
plays at the great exposition In the
horticultural department too arrange
menes have been made to have as fine
a showing as can be presented by any
new state
In the educational department he
says most thorough and painstaking
work has been done with the view or
convincing all comers that Nebraska
stands well at the head in educational
advancement which constitutes her
chief pride The women of Nebraska
too have been very active and have
plans well matured for a splendid show
ing of the work done by women to ad
vance both the material and educa
tional interests of the state The zeal
of the women having this branch of
the work in charge he declared most
commendable and praiseworthy their
efforts being highly appreciated by the
commission The apiary and dairy de
partments have been given special at
tention by the most competent bee
butter and cheese experts in Nebraska
and Mr Mobley feels warranted in say
ing that no state in the Union will
make a better showing in these depart
ments
The Nebraska building has Keen
completed It is large and rather
plain more substantial than orna
mental but withal acknowledged by
all to be one of the best buildings on
the grounds for tho money invested as
well as one of the most conveniently ar
ranged for the purDOse intended It is
tho policy of the Columbian Commis
sion to attract the attention of the peo
ple by the excellent exhibit of tho
products of the state rather than by
expensive architectural display The
building occupies a most conspicuous
place and will be used chiolly as a state
headquarters building and a resting
place for Nebraska people and their
friends and tor conducting the business
affairs of the commission It will also
contain the special county case exhib
its and decorative cereal panel exhibits
of the various counties of tho state
taking advantage of that opportunity
offered them for individualizing tho
said counties in a manner impossible in
the general exhibit where Nebraska as
a state will seek to shine as a dazzling
star
Mr Mobley says arrangements are
also being made to distribute in one
room of the Nebraska building dainty
delicacies in the food line in the form
of souvenirs showing the possibilities
of the various food products of Ne
braska
On the second floor of the building
space has been set apart for a general
reading room in which files of all Ne
braska newspapers will be kept and
where will be made also the state news
paper exhibit the work of which is now
well advanced Commissioner General
Garneau had the good fortune to se
cure the services of lohn C Bonnell as
special designer for the arrangement of
the agricultural exhibit That gentle
man has been at work for many weeks
preparing designs
D The scope of the exhibit will bo gov
erned to a great extent by the action of
the coming legislature in the matter of
an appropriation lie fays that to
make and maintain a fit representation
will require the appropriation of at
least 8100000 in addition to the amount
previously appropriated
Superintendent Fitzpatrick has re
ceived a letter from W N Ilailman of
the Worlds Fair Educational Commit
tee urging the necessity of calling a
meeting or an prominent eaucators in
the state to take action upon the uues
tion of a building for the edcational
department at the fair Mr Mailman
says there is great danger that tne
Board of Managers will not comply
with requests of the Educational Asso
ciation for a separate building unless
there is a special effort made all along
the line He suggests the advisaliiity
of gettinx tho leading newspapers to
take the matter up and in this way
bring the Board of Managers to a sense
of its duty in this particular
The first agreement was that the ed
ucational department should have i00
000 square feet of space The mana
gers have shaved this allowance down
to 60000 and that in a gallery in ma
chinery hall The leading educators
are indignant and very much discour
aged over tho prospect
Glail Tidings
A country newspaper correspondent in
Maine recently sent this cheerful bit of
news to his paper Brooks is at last
provided with a nice hearse and our
oitlzens can now be conveyed to their
graves in decent shape This 1b some
thlng that has41cng been needed here
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DEATH OF JAY GOULD
WALL STREET WIZARD SUC
CUMBS TO CONSUMPTION
All the Members of His Family at Hla
Bedside When Death Came Career of
the Great Financier from Poverty to
Wealth
PaHses Peacefully Awliy
Jay Gould the greatest financier the
Cnited Slates has ever known died at
his Fifth avenue residence in New
York at 912 oclock Friday morning
His end was peaceful The troubles
from which he died were diagnosed as
consumption of the stomach supple
mented with a bilious attack Twelve
hours before his death he Avas prostrat
ed by a nervous attack and his physi
cian Dr Munn was summoned Every
member of the Gould family was also
summoned and they watched at his bed
side until the end came
The death of the great financier in
spired unusual regret but it did not
cause any sensational break in tho
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stock market in which for twenty
years he was the most important fig
ure The market was not oven shaken
It was not believed until 2 oclock in
the morning that Mr Gould was going
to die He had been prostrated several
times within the past three years The
attack was thought to be like the others
merely temporary
Sketch of the TVIzirds Career
Jay Gould was a native of Roxbury
N Y where he was born on the 27th of
May 1830 His early life was spent on
a larm Ho entered Hobart College
when 14 years of age paying for his
tuition with money earned by keeping
the books of the village blacksmith dur
ing the evenings He developed a tasto
for surveying and one of his earliest en
terprises was the publication of a coun
ty map of his own drawing The ac
curacy of the work attracted attention
and ho was employed ly the Legislature
to make a topographical survey of tho
State For several years he was en
gaged in this work and in making sur
veys of several counties in Ohio and
Michigan
In 1856 he became associated with
Zadoek Pratt in the management of a
tannery and conducting a large lumber
ing business He soon purchased his
partners interest and sold his plant
just in time to avoid the panic of 1857
He invested his money in a bank
at Stroudsburg Pa purchased
bonds of a Vermont railroad at their
lowest price 10 cents on the dollar and
realized fourfold from the increas3 in
value within a year He removed to
New York City in 1S3J where he be
came a broker and invested largely in
tho stock of the Erie Road He soon
became President of that company and
remained in the cLrictory till lb2 he
and James Fisk being the controlling
spirits of the corporation
Ho invested largely in the stock of
thexVtlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com
pany and a favorable opportunity oc
curring he obtained a controlling inter
est A depression in the stock of the
Western Union takins place he was
enabled to grasp control of that cor
poration also and he consolidated the
two not only increasing the value of
the Atlantic and Pacific properties by a
favorable alliance but also benefiting
the Western Union by destroying
competition The Ameri an Union
and the Mutual Union companies
both organized as competitors of
tho Western Union were subse uently
absorbed bj methods known best to the
stock manipulators of Wall street and
the monopoly of the telegraph business
was assured to the Western Union In
1887 he pui chased a controlling interest
in the St Louis and San Francisco
Railroad and obtained a joint interest
with the Atchison Topeka and Santa
Fe Bailroad in the Atlantic and Pacific
and the western portion of the Southern
Pacific Eoad
He was either bull or bear as best
suited his purpose to pluck the unwary
fool who dared attempt to trade in his
favorites and hundreds of fortunes of
the too venturesome passed into his
coffers Like a giant octopus he guard
ed his properties and his tentacles
grasped and destroyed all within reach
Compassion was an unknown quality in
his breast Friend and foe alike con
tributed to the gratification of his ra
pacity
Mr Gould was free from the vices
that commonly attach to men of the
world He seldom indulged in wine
never used tobacco and had no liking
for gay or dissolute society He was
devotedly attached to his family and
the death of his wife several years ago
was a severe blow to him Since that
event his daughter Helen was mistress
of his household and the two
were almost inseparable Miss Helen
accompaniod him ol his tours over the
country sacrificing her opportunities oi
shining in society that she might minis
ter to his happiness His son George
was his business confidant He inher
ited much of the shrewdness of his
father and in recent years has been the
active manager of some of the most im
portant of the Gould properties He
married Edith Kingdon the well known
actress and they are living happily to-
gether
In Paris it is not customary for pa
tients to wait in the ante chamber of
great physicians but inquiry has to be
made by letters which are rarely an
swered unless they come from some
aristocratic quarter of the city In
some cases however numbered tickets
are given out at six in the morning
The records of the New Haven Pub
lic Library show that there wero four
thousand less books drawn last year j
than the year previous the decrease
being almost wholly in the field of
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JOLIETS BAD FA
POPULISTS AHEAD
Majority of
A
LURE
Duped Depositors Talk of crfilv
cutions
il Prose
-The condition of tho coilapS4x5 ifcy
and thelnterprise Company at Joiit
111 looks more serious as the dxtys go
by Everything in sight has bee a at
tached The transfer of tho proptftfty
of the Fishes subjects them to bitter re
proach All the transfers will be con
tested in the courts
The trouble began by a run being
ing made ou the Stone City J ank a pri
vate institution operated by Henry Fish
Sens Before the doors were opened
a large crowd collected and no soouer
did the hour for opening arrive than a
feverish ciowd pushed to the tellers
window and had their notes checks
certificates and books turned into cash
The rush grew rather than diminished
with the flight of time and the fact that
all comers got their monej without a
murmur did not deter the others in the
crowd who stood stolidly waiting their
turn By 930 a m 50000 had been
paid out It was evident that the pay
ment could not last much longer so
orders were issued to the teller to pay
out no more money The crowd was
jismissed with tho assurance that the
bank would pay depositors every dollar
and the doors wero closed to the public
while the bankers with then- attorneys
got their heads together to see how
affairs stood and what would be best to
do under the circumstances
George M Fish Treasurer of the
bank said We owed depositors about
z50 tOO We paid out over 50000 and
now owe our depositors about 175 OOi
and have taken every possible measure
to protect them AVe have taken pos
session of tho manufactured stock of
the Joliet Enterprise Company which
is worth 250000 and I am sure our as
sets are thus amply sufficient to pay all
depositors We have let go of the en
tire business by turning everything over
to Chauneey J Blair of Chicago as
trustee and thus the rights of all par
ties will be secured
The Joliet Enterprise Company is a
total failure The liabilities are over
500000 while the assets are valued at
about the same figures The Circuit
Court and Becorders offices were busy
ail day with filing of papers and record
ing of deeds that pertaine 1 to the
trouble The citizens are greatly ex
cited Never before was excitement
known to be at such a high pitch The
business houses in all parts ol the city
did but little business and men left
their work in the mills factories farms
and stores to inquire about the deposits
they bad left at the Stone City Bank
IN KANSAS
One in the Legislature on
Joint IJallot
The Kansas Canvassing Board has
completed the official count The can
vass progressed without excitement un
til the tie for member of the lower house
from Coffey County was reached The
statute provides that in a case of a tie
the board shall determine by lot who is
elected Attorney General Ives the
only Populist member of the board
claimed that the statute was unconsti
tutional and that it was the duty of the
board to decide that no election had
been made and that tho Governor
should call a special election All of
the other members of the board insisted
that the provision of the statute should
be carried out and the Attorney Gen
eral withdrew declining to be a party
to an act that he considered unconsti
tutional The remaining members of
1 oard BepuLlicans proceeded to
Sf ttle the tie by drawing lots and th
Republican candidate was successful
In Haskell County Joseph Bosenthal a
Democrat was elected by a majority of
150 but the County Clerk in certifying
to the returns gave Bosenthals vote to
W A Stubbs the Republican through
an error As the board had no author
ity to go behind the returns Stubbs was
declared elected
When the report from Haskell Countv
was read the Populists and Democrats
who were watching the count failed to
notice the error and Stubba certificate
was made out and mailed him The
certific ates as issued give the Republi
cans in the House 64 Populists 58
Democrats 2 Independent 1 In the
Senate the Populists have 25 Repub
licans 15 On the face of the certifi
cates the Populists have a majority of
1 on joint ballot
BOLD OUTLAW CAUGHT
Ellsworth Wyatt a Kansas Desperado
Captured Near Cory Iiul
Ellsworth Wyatt one of the famous
Dalton gang of Kansas was captured at
the home of his uncle in the little town
of Corv about fifteen miles south of
Terre Haute Ind by a detachment
six officers including Sheriff Hixon
Guthrie Oklahoma Sheriff Stout
of
of
of
Vigo County and a posse of the Terre
Haute police force
Wyatt sustained his reputation as a
dangerous character by attempting to
shoot Patrolman Smith who was the
first to enter the house where he was
stopping Tne policeman was too
quick for him and forced him to throw
down his weapon and throw up his
hands The prisoner is wanted in Kan
sas for murder and there is a standing
reward of 1200 offered for his arrest
He is also wanted in Oklahoma to
answer to nine different indictments for
various charges such as shooting with
intent to kill carrying concealed weap
ons etc
CLEVELAND GETS CALIFORNIA
The Official Canvass Shows a Democratic
Majority of 271
The canvass of the official returns of
the vote for Harrison and Cleveland has
been completed in San Francisco and
the result shows the largest vote cast
for Republican Presidential elector
2 4416 as against 31012 for the highest
Democratic elector The Democratic
elector rr ceiving the smallest number of
votes has a plurality over the highest
Republican elector of 0504 The aver
age of votes for electors in San Fran
cisco County shows a plurality for tho
Democratic ticket of 6603 The aver
age pluraliy for Republican electors
outside of San Francisco is G422 giving
the Democrats a plurality in the entire
State of 271
Minor Mention
The Republican plurality in Minne
sota is 22157
A consignment of 5010 canary birds
has arrived at New York from Ger
many
A 4-year-old girl of S L Leverton
of Birmingham X Y tipped a plate of
hot soup over her and she was scalded
to death
In applying for Statehood Xew Mexi
co will ask that tie bill bo amended so
that Spanish shall
public schools
fr
be
loiit in the
NATURAL GAS FAILING
MANY RESERVOIRS OF THZ
FLUID ALMOST EMPTY
Fast
ued
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Ca - Thn On ly May Glvo Out Entirely
pani AJioank
FanneM CJ0MV
Jzi tne Uns Field
That the leckless consumption ot
natural gas duvng tfhff last tea yevrs
has almost empMed the vast
ean reservoirs of this inflammable fluid
seems certain Jtroro many points
where natural gas has for years been
ali ost the only form of fuel used come
accounts of decreasing pressure in tho
wells constantly failing supply and in
many ases total cessation of the How
of gas At Lima Ohio Fort Wayne
Connersville and other Indiana towns
the deiciency has been so great
as to compel tho closing of many
factories In hundreds of instances
families which relied on
as for heating
and cooking purposes hae been
obliged
to recur to coal stoves and occasionally
suffering has been caused by lack of
fuel where adequate precautions against
a failure of the natural gas supply haJ
not been takt n
Warning Circular Issued
Th following circular recently sent
out to its patrons by the Salimonio
Mining and Gas Company of Fort
Wayne Ind one of the largest purvey
ors of natural gas- in the State shows
tho straits to which consumers are re
dueed
To Our Patrons
The supply of natural gas is certainly fail
ing throughout our field and the experience of
cities in Ohio promises to be duplicated in In
diana After considering tho matter for some
time our board reluctantly consented to the
expenditure of 120000 more for the better
ment of our supply and service to consumers
The expense is both great and hazardous in
view ot the experience of other cities Tho
additional lines and wells are now being
pushed as rapidly as possible and with fairly
good weather we hope to give better service in
the next three weeks We fear from pressut
indications it will be necessary to turn otT all
fiictorics but this step will not be taken until
absolutely necessary In the meantime wo
would advisj all manufacturers to secure a
supply of coal and be prepared to have tras
turned oil at any time on short notice AVe
sincerelv hope our friends will bear with us
and do their utmost to assist us in the present
emergency
Lima Ohio three yeare ago had a rock press
ure on her lino of aiO pounds being much
above the Indiana field to day it has fallen to
HO pounds and pumps are being put in to help
force the gas to consumers All her churches
school houses and public buildincs have been
shut oft entirely and not a boiler is supplied at
any price This circular is not issued to alarm
the public but to enlist their co operation and
bring about a pioper use of gas and avoid all
waste and extravagant use of the same Nat
ural gas Is certainly the champagne of
fuels and should be so used He who wastes
a TOOt or It now la not only an cuemv of the
company but also a public enemy Wo aro ar
ranging for a display of gas saving appliances
which we will have ready by the latter part of
next mouth of which you will be duly ad
vised SALiMONin Mining and Gas Co
GOING FARTHER WEST
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Largo Numbers of Illinois and Wisconsin
Agriculturists Moving
The movement of Northern Illinois
and Southern Wisconsin farmers to
Northern and Western Iowa which has
been an important factor in the devel
opment of these portions of Iowa during
the past two or three years is extend
ing further west says a Sioux City
Iowa correspondent and this fall hun
dreds of farmers from Illinois and Wis
consin and not a few from the Missis
sippi River counties in Iowa have made
purchases in Northern Nebraska and
South Dakota with the intention of
making their homes in these States in
the future The farmers came out on
the annual harvest excursions given
by the railroad companies Most of
them come from about Council Hill
Galena Pecatonica from Kane County
and from the southern counties of Illi
nois They invariably buy the best
farms hero and pay cash for them They
sell their old homes for from 40 to 70
an acre and are able to buy the best
farms here for from IS to 30 per acre
This leaves them enough money to put
on good improvements after paying cash
for their farms and still have a neat bal
ance left to their credit
Tiftter Farmers
This movement to the West has had a
great deal to do with its development
It is an undeniable fact that the Illinois
and Wisconsin men are Letter farmers
than those they found in possession ol
the country They use more machinery
and give more attention to the breeding
of stock and to dairy farming They are
responsible for the wonderful growth
of the dairy business throughout Iowa
and are developing it as rapidly in
the new fields they are seeking in Ne
braska and South Dakota They build
better houses and their farms are neater
in appearance A person can come very
near to picking out their places in driv
ing through the country Those who
ought this fall already have under way
or are planning improvements that will
add greatly to the value of their places
and at the same time enhance the value
of surrounding property
Real estate men agree in saying that
it is this immigration that has had more
to do than any other one thing in ad
vancing the prices of raw lands in this
section from 4 to 6 to 10 to 15 and
of improved lands from 10 to 20 to
from 15 to 25 during the past two
years Their coming has been a relief
to many a mortgage ridden Western
farmer who has received from them the
money in exchange for his farm with
which to clear away his indebtedness
and start anew on a gooa foothold
The farmer who sells generally buys
cheaper lands in tho same neighborhood
or raw lands and starts in again
This year the sales to Illinois and
Wisconsin farmers have been 0 per
cent greater than ever before and it ia
estimated that tho farm population of
the country within a radius of 150 miles
of this city will in the next eight
months be increased by at least 8000
persons because of their removal to
purchases made in this area
The fierce competition of rival
water companies has enabled the peo
ple of Denver to get their water for
nothing and they are looking anx
iously for a similar outbreak of rivalry
among
decreasing Warning Clr
1 rH 4- t 9 r
the saloon men
Since his victory over Sullivan in
the prize ring Corbett is said to have
shaken hands with four million peo
ple all of which goes to show that
the man appointed for the removal
of the unwise is not doing his work
as he should do it
It is utterly impossible for the best
men to please the whole world and
the sooner this is understood and a
position taken in view of this fact
the better Do right though you
have enemies
BIG MONEY PROBLEMS
rian or Dc Kotbschlld anil Prof Soetlicer
Considered with Favor
The plan of M de Fothschild re
ported to the monetary conference in
Brussels is in brief that a syndicate
of the nations be formed to make yearly
nlTlinCOa rT fr fhn nmnnnf nf
tocouOOO and that America continue v
her purchases of silver as at nresent
In tho event of the price of silver rising
aoovo o uuncoTie purchases are w
be at once biispcndeJ
Prof botftbters plan is to establish
one gramme of fine gold as the inter
national unit of value and to stop tho
mfating of coins containing less than
oSOto grammes of pure gold The cir
culation of coin ct foreign countries of
less than the nc w standard wll I e pro
hibited by the signing the
agreement and gold coin or inferior
value will bo withdrawn wthin five
years Private individuals will be al
lowed to coin gold upon the payment of
an agreed seigniorage Gohl certifi
cates may be issued against
gold Teld in reserve
rof So-1-
beers plan also in- ludes the outage of
silver in the proportion of twenty valu
units of that metal to one of gold but-
private individuals will not be allowed
free coinage of silver It is the gen
eral expectation that Mde Rothschild s
proposals will be accepted by the com
mittee and then referred for adoption or
rejection to the conference and the Gov
ernments represented with modifica
tions suggested ly the scheme of M
Levi and Prof Stetbeer One of the
modifications will undoubtedly I e that
all gold coins below the value of twenty
francs be withdrawn from circulation
and replaced by silver notes
The adhesion of the German dele
gates is now considered certain as Ilerr
Deebend formerly President of tho
Iieichsbank approved the main lines of
Prof Soetbeers proposal The French
representatives will also accept the
plan of Prof Soetbeer which was com
municated by 11 Tirard French ex
Minister of Finance The American
delegates have strong reasons to- be
satisfied with the recognition of the ad
vocates of monemetalism and the se
riousness of the dangers arising from a
further fall in silver They are disposed
to support M e Rothschilds proposals
on the principle that half a loaf is bet
ter than no bread
BAD AS THE CHOLERA
Typhoid Fever Alarms St Louis New
Cass Average l0 Daily
The typhoid fever epidemic in St
Louis has b gun to increase to an
alarming extent The most deplorable
development is the fact that th fatal
ities have nearly doubled and that
whereas the malady has heretofore been
mainly conf ned to persons between the
ages of 15 and 30 years it has begun to
lay hold on children and on the aged
Captain Joseph Labarge says that the
plague is due to the recent overflow for
since that time water has stood in
cellars all along the river front and be
come stagnant There has he says
been no overflow within his memory
that was not followed by numerous cases
of typhoid fever Prior to 1850 and be
fore there was any city sewerage tho
fact wa known to everybody and well-to-do
people invariably left the city
after an overflow and remained away
until the danger had been averted by
natures cleansing process On the
other hand the disease is confined al
r
most wholly to the city proper where
nothing but city water is used and where
the sewerage is good as St Louis sew
erage goes The citizens are almost
panic stricken Two hundred new cases
developed Saturday 115 Sunday 220
Monday and 118 Tuesday
According to a press dispatch Chief
Sanitary Officer Francis is now engaged
in making a thorough inspection of tho
homes and surroundings of every one of
the many hundreds of patients reported
to the health department by the physi
cians His report is not complete and
will not be for several ays yet It is
apparent to anyone who visits the
City Hall that Mr Francis him
self is excited He is the one
official who seems to realize the citys
danger but his hand s are tied The
truth is that the abatement of the
epidemic will rest largely with the
street commissioner Ten thousand
men turned loose on the streets with
brooms and other implements could not
remove the filth in a month The alleys
are rich with nastiness and their pun
gent odor pervades the downtown dis
tricts from Baden on the north to Ar
senal street on the south It is o
shameful state of affairs for which
there seems to be no remedy
LUMPY JAW NOT CONTAGIOUS
Result of the Slaughter and Official Exam
ination of Diseased Cattle
An investigation of importance to the
cattle industry of the entire country has
been concluded at the Chicago Stock
Yards The result proved that the
much-talked-of lumpy jaw at least in
a mild form is curable and that the
disease even in itb most advanced
stages is not necessarily if at all con
tagious The test was conducted by the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the Gov
ernment Department of Agriculture
and Dr Salmon chief of the bureau
came from Washington especially for it3
supervision EfciSthead of cattle were
brought from the jucrdale Distillery
to the slaughter house of Hess Brothers
at40th and Union streets A few were
hopelessly diseased and had been for
weeks with the others some of which
were slightly affected the others per
fectly healthy On these the test has
been in progress for over two months
and the result was mot satisfactory
Iodide of potassium was usod in the
treatment
Terse Telegrrams
The Xew York militia will probably
attend the Worlds Fair in a body
Kate Gbeex colored of Louisville
Ky beat her 10-year-old daughter to
death for lying
Rogei Q MrLiiS has enough vote3
pledged to secure his re election by a
large majority
The Democratic majority in the
House will te 32 over both Republicans
and Populists
The Pennsylvania Railroad will spend
S2000000 in improvements in and
around ashint
ion
A decrease in the sugar output of
Louisiana from 370000000 Dounds to
300000000 is i redicted
Republicans have control of the Wy
oming Legislature and will elect a Re
publican I nited States Senator
It develops that the bunrlare
dynmited the safe in the First TCatfminif
T Zl i T w w
at Mo secured 15
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