10 TWJS NOUFOLK tfKWS : TODAY , NOVEMBER 20 WEDNESDAY WRINKLES Mrs. , T. G. Trontmaii went to today. Mrs. 0. H Connor loaves today for Lead , S. D. Miss Lee has accepted a position In the Fair store. JiulRO Oonoa was down from Pioico this morning. Mrs. W. A. SponocM- was clown from Pierce thin morning , Dr. P. II. Salter made a professional visit to lloaklns today. On account of ThankHRlvliiK Tun KBWH will not bo issued tomorrow. Norris Huso will como up from coin tonlKht to spend TlmnkflBlvinji Kimball Harneri IH expected homo from Lincoln to upend ThanksKlviiiK. W. H. Green , ono of CreiKhton'H implement plomont doalerH , was In the city today. Mr . 0. 15. Green loft today for Mlalr , to KpondThanksKlvliiR with her bus band. Mbs Mackln , teacher In the UlRl Bohool , will KO to Omaha tomorrow M Gardner < & HslloryoHlorcliiy Hold th Kimpptuun , three milen wotfl of the city , for $ . ' ! ' > pur ncro. Mrs. Anmi Mudson returned last nitf ! from ix few days' vlnit with her HOII ixt Mlwiouri Valley , lowu. MrH. .1 M. Collumor of Sioux Oily ii expected here tonight to Hponcl TluinkH KlviiiK with MrH. Klttlo Domnoml. Mr. nml Mrs. O. II. HoynoldH , MM MoHrlclonnd Miss MoHrldo will KO ti Mixdlnon tomorrow to Hponcl ThanltHKlv ing. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Artof Dorchonte will hu lioro to upend TlmnkHKlviiiK a the homo of tholr nolco , MM ( ' . Dl Ulna. Kov. .1. .1. Paikorwill mrivo tonigh from Konrmty to Hponcl ThanknjlvinK ? Ho will bo the urn-si of his son , Dr. 'O S. Parltor. A Hpaoial ThanksnivliiK Hi-rvico wil bo olYurocl at Trinity Kplscopal ohurcl tomoriowat 10I0 : ! a. m.JLKull choir ixnd special Hormon. Mitw IK'Um Storko , tonuher in Hrowi oil Hull at Omaha , is expected tonifl to spend ThankHBivliiK with Minn Woilln , who was u oluHHimxto at Vassar college. 13. W. IInyoH , who has IboonftvisUliiK Ida parents for several cluyH , loft for the went at noon to resume his cluticH IVH roprosontativoof the Galen Oil com pany. The Liv.lios Kuild of Trinity church will moot with MM. Spear Fri- tlixy afternoon at a o'clock. There is very important business and ja , full at- tondauco is desired. Judge Boy A and Court Reporter Powers returned this morning from Ni- obrara where they atteudod a term of court , .Incite Hiycl went on to his homo in NollRh today. The postollljo will bo closed tomor row in observance of Thanksgiving , bnt for the convenience of patrons will bo open in the morning at 10iO : ! and con tinue open until 1 o'clock. In the evening it will be open from 70 : ! ! to . Members of Mosaic lodge No. Wi , A. V. and A. M. hold a very enjoyable meeting last evening , when the the Third degree was conferred on a candi date. Visitors were present from Battle Crook , Winsido , Pierce , Vordigro mid Stanton. After the work waa over a flue spread was served and was greatly onjoyod. The SI Perkins comedy company , which was booked to appear in the Aud itorium lomoirow night has failed to connect and there will bo no entertain ment there. Manager Spear received a late explanation from the company stat ing that their route 'iAvas changed but asking for a later date. A contract for ix now date has not yet been signed , however. jMrs.rj. , \voatiioruy , WIIOHO naua- painted ohhm has given her an excellent .reputation for artistic ability , expects to make a display of her recent work on Friday and Saturday afternoons of this week at her homo , corner of Thirteenth street and Koonigstoin avenue. She will bo'pleased to have ladles and gen- tlemeulwho are interested call and in spect the display. Stantou Picket : Theodore Plagonmu has the most severe case of smallpox that has yet uiado its appearance hero. He is at Rho.lo's boarding house , where ho was removed from Mrs. Klrnoro's as BOOH as ho'doveloped symptoms of the disease. Dr. Uuderburg who is in at tendance npon him says the eruptions on his person nro so thick that there is U3t room for any more. At the Baptist church this evening there will bo the regular prayer and praise mooting when Pastor Ryder , wil commence a series of lecture-talks on the book of Joshua. These arc bright meetings , and all are invited to attend , Don't forget the hour 7:45 : p. m. At the close of this service will be the special business mooting , postponed from Monday evening , when irnportan business is to bo transacted. Outside of church services there wil probably be no public observance o Thanksgiving day inNorfolk | tomorrow , However there will undoubtedly bo numerous dinner parties , where family and friends will meet to enjoy the co coRion and this , after nil , is the most ap proved method of Thanksgiving observ ixnco. The banks and other hoiiNOfl will clone during all or part of the clay and the time will ho spout in giving thanks ; In rest , recreation , fount- ing and other enjoyment * . A railroad grading outfit with about nlxty hornoH has located | for the winter on the A. White farm south of the oily. Its appearance hero gave rloo to nunoiH that it came to * begin work on the i'aiihton , Norfolk and Southwestern or the H.ifc | M. or HOIIIO other line contemplating connootlonn with Nor * folk , hut the host information obtain able in that it wiw attracted hero as an excellent place to Lwlntor. The owner of the outfit HtatoH that ho may have work to'clo about January. Morning lodge'No. 20 , Knights of 'ythias ' holdja very enjoyable session aHt evening In tholr ledge room in the Orr block. BoflidoH conferring tl'o Third rank on a candidate , election cf olllcoM was [ hold , the following being hoftcn for the ensuing term : John Friday , O. O. ; Fred Roberts , V. 0. ; II. I. GauHlold.'prolato ; Clmi. If. Madden , iC. of H. and S. ; Goo. . Ghrlatoph , M. jf K ; L. M. IJoolor , M. of 15. ; II. .1. Cole , M. of W. ! Jake KoonlgHtein , M. it A. MoHsrH. Nichols and Orum weio lore from Madison to attend the session. Turkoys.'ducks . , gceso and ohickoiw ire on the local market in abundance mid have boon coming in today with xlmortt every farmer's team. Muny of ho fowls are taken by the men where ro conducting rallies , but a largo num ber a o sold to the markets whcro they nro drchsud and may bo purchased by hose who wl h to take no dinnerri on their dinner. The groceis mvo celery , oysters , cranberries and ithi'r good things appropriate to the season on display and It in very [ evident that no ono having the price need go hungry. Airangomonts for the minstrol.'show to I'o given by the Hlks ledge on the evening of O scomber ! li ( are progressing most satisfactorily. The musical pro- grain has been arranged and will bo undor.tho direction of a good loader.who has boon engaged for the occasion. Considerable interest is manifest and almost every Klk will take some part. The llrst rohoareul is expected to beheld held on Friday evening when a portion of the musical program will 1bo prac ticed , 'i'ho entertainment will bo hold in the Auditorium , which has boon routed for the occasion. Madison Star : Work will bo com menced next week , if the weather per mits , of laying the foundation stone for Congressman Robinson's now residence. The site for the building is on Pearl street , and when completed I.will bo a veritable mansion. The interior of the liiillilliiir linu linnti iilamipil fnr rnnvplli- once , comfort and elogauco , and will bo it ted with every modern improvement. It will bo a two-story structure with basement , six rooms on first door and six rooms and hall on second floor ; china closet , cupboard , etc. , in basement * Architect Stitt of Norfolk drew up the plans and specifications and thojcoutract was lot to Win. Irwiu. Judge Clarence Selah , a pioneer news paper man and politician of Nebraska , died afcfhis homo in O'Noill , early yes- tordnyTnoriiing of typhoid fever , at the time of his death being county judge of Holt county and populist state committee - too man. In the early SO's Judge Solah was editor of the Norfolk Journal and subsequently edited the O'Noill Frontier and a paper in 15wiug. At one time Mr. Solah had his plans made to establish a a newspaper patent house in Norfolk , and had some of the material on the ground but the plan was abandoned before fore any patents were issued. At one tluio ho was a district revenue collector under a republican administration aud joined the populists after the expiration of his term of oflleo. Tildon Citi'/.ou : It is seldom John V. Nowhall is seen with a flower in the lapel Ul Ilia cuiii , uui < uu j.uuauuy iiu was wearing a full blown daudoliou , picked at the edge of the sidewalk in front of his store. The blossom showed no sign of frost and the plant from which it was plucked was as green and vigorous as at any time during the year. It is not to bo inferred from this that wild flowers are blooming in very great profusion just now , but the fact that a four inch high shelter has enabled an ordinarily tender annual to survive until the 10th of November will give some idea to strangOM of the salubrious oil- mate enjoyed by Nebraskans while New York and other states in the same lati tude are oxporiouciug bad snow storms aud almost zero weather. "Tho Overland Limited" runs every clay in the year via the Union Pacifiotho established route across the continent. Thjs colebnxtod train has perhaps the finest equipped cars in the world. There are doublojdrawing room palace sleepers , wide vostibnled cars , buffet smoking and library cars , dining cars , Pintech gas and steam heat , etc. None bettor in the world few as good. For full information call on address F. W. Junoman , agent. Notice. All persons are hereby cautioned not to fish on my promises after this date , with either net or line , or they will bo prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Norfolk , Nebraska , Nov. 11 , 1901. F. W. BOCHB. Submarine Craft Emerges From Bay in Safety. FULTON STANDS A SEVERE TEST. Member * of the Crew Say They Could" Endure Life Under the Water for Months Eat Two Meals and Sleep Aboard. New York , Nov. 25. In the pros- oil co of a largo crowd , despite the Htorin , which gathered to witness the oinurKlng of the Fulton , that boat rciHo from the bottom of the bay at 10:30 : a. m. yesterday with all well and greatly mirprlHod to find there wan a Blonn ragliu ; The toHt of the Fill- ton'H HtayhiK powers was highly BUI- iHfactory , not only to the officers of the company that built her , but to thoHo who wont to the bottom In the boat. They report there waa uot the KhtoHt dlHcomfort to thorn during tholr more than fifteen hours of HUM- inorHlon beneath the mirfaco. Captnln Cahlo of the Holland company , who Is In command , nulil that the boat could have remained down for three months If thorp were food enough on board. Although there was hut BX ! foot of water over the top of the turret , those on board foil nothing of the Htonn. Through the night there wan a light rolling motion to the craft , but thin was ascribed to the regular motion of the water and not to the disturbance which was rolling the waves high on the shore. Immediately on coming to the sur face the Fulton , niiclor her own power , ran alongside the clock and tlml up. Hear Admiral Lowe nml Lieutenant Arthur refused to go Into any dlKciiHKloii of the performance of the boat except to say they would bo satisfied to Htay clown longer. They are , however , Known to b"o enthusias tic over the work of the Fulton thus far. Members of the crew nay , they ex perienced no difficulty In breathing and that the air1 was all Unit could bo doHlrod and mucb purer and better than In an ordinary dotted o room In 'which are sovural persons. Every piece of machinery worked tb perfec tion during the night. The mien ate two meals whllo under water and em Joyed them Moat , of them obtained thrco or four hours' sleep. The exports present unite In calling attention to the sea-going qualities of the Fulton and the Adder as shown during the gale which prevailed un til night. Neither of the submarine boats was affected by the sea or the wind. Other boats of twice their ton nage rolled and tossed so that they had to get under way and seek a shel tered harbor. The longest time that any submar ine boat had been under water hereto fore In the United States was three hours. Lieutenant Harry Collwell kept the Holland submerged that long In the Potomac last year. The Ful ton had never boon under longer than 23 minutes , when she made a. two-mljo run submerged a few weeks ago. OFFICER LOSES A PRISONER. Negroes In Louisiana Lynch One of Their Own Race for Murder. Shreveport , I a. , Nov. 25. Frank Thomas , a negro employed on the Amelia plantation , shot and killed a 11-year-old negro boy named Wllburn over a debt of 30 cents. The killing was witnessed by a number of excited negroes. Deputy Sheriff Holmes ar rested Thomas and was proceeding towards Shreveport with his mrfebnar when a mob of 200 negroes an < ifjnfew ! white men suddenly appeared ( n the road and took possession of Thomas and strung him up to the limb of a tree. WILL CALL EXTRA SESSION. Minnesota's Governor Determined to Oppose Railway Merger. St. Paul , Minn. , Nov. 25. The Pioneer Press says : Governor Van Sant has determined to flght the great railway combine as represented by the Northern Securities company to the last ditch. He has decided to call an extra session oftho legisla ture for the purpose of providing funds for the legal battle , and says that should the legislature fail to ap propriate the amount asked for he will use his own private fortune to carry on the contest. SUICIDE USES DYNAMITE. Former Supreme Court Justice of Col orado Found Dead by Own Hand. Denver , Colo. , Nov. 25. News has just reached this city of the suicide of Judge M. A. Rodgers , formerly of the supreme court of Colorado and ono of the ablest lawyers in the state , at Steamboat Springs. The manner of suicide was unusual. Judge Rodgers laid down on the ground with a stick of dynamite under him and lighted a cigar , fired the fuse from it and calmly smoked until the shock of the oxplo slou ended his life. Officers of Epworth League. Hampton , la. , Nov. 25. In the Iowa Epworth league convention Prof , Haimwalo of Mount Pleasant was elected president , E. L. ( jlruwell of Mount Vernon secretary and W. E. Lackenberry treasurer. Sunlo Mills of Marshalltown was ejected for the fifth time as superintendent of the junior leagues. Captured Four Deserters. Fort Meade , S. D. , Nov. 25. Lieu tenant Matt C. Bristol of the Thir teenth cavalry has returned to the * fort from a few days' scour over the country In search of eight deserters , who have failed to report for duty nt the post for several weeks past , lie , pucceeded in , recapturing four of them' MEMORIAL TD M'KINLEY. Nebraska Dranch Icsues an Appeal Urging All to Contribute. Omaha , Nov. 2fi. To the Peoplq of NobrJHka : The McKlnley National Memorial association , organized after the untimely death of the nation's honored president , has as Its members the prenldont of the United States , the governor of each state nna terri tory and leading citizens from the country at large. Its president Is Hon. William H. Day of Canton , O. , the vlco president IH Marcus A. Hanna , the treasurer Is Myron T. HorrlcK and the nocrotary Is Hyerson Hltdile , all of Cleveland , O. The unclorHlgnod invu boon appointed as the Nebraska : > ranch of the association. The object s to ralso fl fund for the erection at Canton , O. , of a flttln'g monument over the grave of William McKInley , and after an appropriation of a proper amount for such purpoHo for the erection of a mtltablc mom orlal at the national capital. The contribution should bo the people's offering to the noble dpad and should bo a popular tribute. The state association , having thle object In view , HiiggontH tbo following as the course to bo pursued In Nebraska : Whllo not attempting to fix the maximum of contributions the committee - too suggests that $25 from any Individ ual clti/on is sufllclont and that no contribution need be considered too small to bo bestowed. Wo ask that every newspaper In the state shall publish thin appeal mid sup plement the action of the association with the power of the press. Wo further ask that every editor , teacher and postmaster In Nebraska shall act O.H the agent of the association to re- colvo contributions and forward the same to Hon. 13dward Hosowator , treasurer , Omaha , Net ) . , who will ac knowledge same. To these contrllnt tlon blanks will be sent by the secro tary. The name of e\ory contributor will be enrolled upon the record of the national association and the receipt coipt of the sum acknowledged. Thcio are about 250,000 school children In the state of Nebraska , and we appeal to each tciichoi in the state to aim to collect K or 10 cents from each child as the tribute of the youth of the state , showing their affection for the lamented chiet executive , who stands today as an Ideal American. Charles F. Mandcrson , president ; John A. Crclghton , vice president ; Edward llosewater. secretary and treasurer ; .1. Sterling Morton , Lorenzo Crounse , L. D. Richards , E. J. Halnor , A , L. Clark , Silas A. Holcomb , com posing the Nebraska branch of the McKInley Memorial association. FOR FRAUD IN FOOT , RACES. Fort Scott Grand Jury Returns Bills Against Five Club Members. Fort Scott , Nov. 25. The federal grand jury , In session here , has In dicted five residents of Webb City , Mo. , Including a banker , A. P. Stew art , In connection with the recent heavy losses of money at the athletic club's foot racing track there. It is asserted that the members of the club do not deny having won In the last eighteen months upwards of $200,000. The" winnings last week are known to be $27,200 , notwithstanding the 'publicity ' resulting from the prose cution Instituted by Representative J. M. Davis of this county , who lost $5,000 there and says he was swindled. The men Indicted are A. P. Stewart , E. E. Ellis. "Bob" Bontright , R. B. Gillette and G. O. Stansberry. Family Feud Results Fatally. Highland , Kan. , Nov. 25. J. F. Ward , member of the city council , crushed J. E. Springer's skull with a club , fatally wounding him , after Springer had twice shot him , the re sult of an old family feud. Ward Is seriously , but not mortally , wounded. Springer went to Ward's house with the avowed Intention of shooting his adversary. He fired two shots at Ward , ono of which took effect above the heart and the othcfr in the left shoulder , when Ward felled him wltl a blow on the head. Springer cannot live. Indicts Hunter for Murder. DOS Moines , Nov. 25. The grand liit-ir nt Mniint Avr hns rptiirnnil nn In dictment for murder in the first de gree against Matt Hunter , the gambler - blor alleged to have shot and killed Homer Holland , the athlete. The case will not be tried until next year. Hunter Is out on bonds. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. Mrs. McKinley is to bo given free use of the United States malls. Robert Morlarlty and Robert Sopor , small boys , were drowned at Eau Claire , Wis. The Invasion of England by Ameri can shoes raises a plaintive protest from British makers. William Lorlmer has sued the Chicago cage Record-Herald and H. H. Kohl saat for $100,000 libel. British soldiers In South Africa are growing weary of two years of fight ing with little result and no honor. Football scores Saturday : Harvard , 22 ; Yale , 0. Minnesota , 1C ; North western , 0. Kansas , 12 ; Texas , 0. Dolll Edouardo Francisco , a titled Italian. Is to be deported because ho arrived In America In unsound mental condition. Congressman R. R. Hltt of Illinois is said to have decided upon formally entering the campaign for successor to Senator Mason. President Roosevelt's unheralded trip away from Washington last week was for the purpose of resting after an unusual amount of work. Colonel Melville Sawyer , who was for 30 years secretary of the Missouri Car and Foundry company ofSt.Louls , died Sunday at the Highland' Springs sanitarium In Nassau , N. II. , _ Damage on Manhattan Estim ated at $350,000. WRECKAGE STREWS THE 3HORE. Terrific Storm Strikes Staten Island and Extends Into the Metropolis- New Jersey Shore Resorts Sub merged Raises Tide. Now York , Nov. 25. A heavy north east gale , accompanied by heavy rain , raged along the coast yesterday. In 'the upper and lower bay the storm blow with great fury. An unusually high tlclo washed upon the Stateu Is land shores , doing considerable clam- ago to clocl'B , small boats and other craft. A heavy sea raged in the upper bay.Tho The storm did considerable damage In the city. Windows In the upper part of the city wore blown In and n few roofs taken off. The effects of the storm are very manifest at Brighton Beach and Coney Island. Breakwaters and bathing pa- vlllions , board walks and other accessories series suffered iiiucH damage. Off Manhattan Beach can be seen a cap sized schooner. Whether her crow got to shore safely or not cannot be learned. The full-rigged ship , Flottbek , which vent ashore at Monmouth Beach dur ing the gale , Is resting on the sands , apparently little the worse for her experience and her crew are being cared for by the life-savers. The Tribune estimates the clamago done by the storm on the northern shore of Long Island to the Connecti cut line at $350,000. Shore Strewn With Wreckage. Driven by the terrific northeast gale tin highest tide ever kupwn along the north shore of Long Island swept In land , leaving a ribbon of wreckage that girts the shore front from As toria , in Long Island city , out to Grccnport on the extreme end of the Island. Thousands of dollars damage was done. Docks , boat nml bathing houses were wrecked and fleets of yachts which had been drawn up In supposed sal'o winter quarters were lloated off by the high tide and left stranded in many instances more than Jialf a mile inland. Traffic was sus pended on two branches of the Long Island railroad. Probably the greatest damage was done at North Beach , where more than $20,000 worth of clocks , pavilions places of amusement and other prop erty was destroyed. Asbury Park Badly Damaged. The storm struck Asbury Park , N. J. , with more force than any In re cent years. The wind during the night attained a velocity of 70 miles an hour and did much damage to cot tages. The great waves rolled across Ocean avenue and the surf rolled across the beach and Into Wesley lake , overflowing it , something that never occurred since Asbury Park was lo cated. The water of the lake flooded cellars and made the streets in that vicinity almost impassable. The Me tropolitan hotel , one of the largest at Asbury Park , was swept of its roof and the rain soaked down Into the rooms , causing much damage. The piazzas of the Hotel Strand were torn off and the building considerably dam aged. Trees have been stripped and the streets littered with trees , , parts of roots , verandas and shingles. FIND MINE OFFICIALS' BODIES. Eight Men Who Entered Shaft at Po cahontas Taken Out Dead. Bluefleld , W. Va. , Nov. 25. The dead bodies of the lost party of eight well known mining men who entered the West mine of the Pocahontas collieries companies on Friday morn ing last at 11 o'clock were recovered yesterday. A rescuing party number ing 40 persons entered at the Tug river entrance and after going a d tanco of some COO feet found the dead bodies of A. S. Hurst , chief In gpector ; Bqb Oldham , sub-Inspector , and E. G. Beall , mining engineer , al Huddled together. From the positions they must have met death suddenly and without pain. All of them wore lying face down , with no signs of a struggle. The bodies of the other five members of the party , Superin tendent of Mines Walter O'Malley , Joseph Carclwell , superintendent of the Shamokln Coal & Coke company , R. E. St. Clalr , second assistant Inspector specter , State Mine Inspector Price and Maurice St. Clair , sub-inspector , were found several hundred feet back in the mine , three of the bodies lyins some little distance apart. Bob St. Clalr and Joseph Cardwell were lying with arms clasped around each other cold in death. The bodies of O'Malley , Maurice St. Clalr and Price were discolored and bruised about the face , showing signs of a struggle , It being very plain to see they made a desperate attempt at retracing tholr stops to better air but already had advanced too far Into the deadly white damp to escape alive. LUNATIC SMASHES WINDOWS. Glass to the Amount of Five Thousand Dollars Destroyed. Eaton , O. , Nov. 25. Between mid night and morning about $5,000 worth of plate glass windows In the business portion of this town were broken by William Rossman , who had recently been discharged from the Insane asy lum at Dayton as cured. Rossman used stones for demolishing 143 windows dews of business houses. Rossman would have smashed all the windows In the town had ho not been caught and with difficulty landed lu jail. .Soft" _ _ w A Harness You cn make your titr- n M n Bofi M glove ami nn tough ni wire by ualnfflCUIlliKA Ilnr. no HI Oil. You can lengthen Us life-make It liutt twlco na toug M II ordinarily would. EUREKA Harness Oil r ( mnkcfl a poor looking bar- ness Illco new. Made of pure , lirnvy bodied oil , ft- peclnllv prepnrttl to with * Mud tlio wcalticr. . , Bold everywhere In cam all ilzea. Made b ; STANDARD OIL CO. FAMILY HELD AS ROBBER9. George Lane , Wife and Two Children of Plttsburg , Kan. , Accused. Plttsburg , Kan Nov. 25. George Lane and family , consisting of hia wife 14-year-old daughter and nn adopted BOH , 18 years old , have boon arrested and lodged In prison hero charged with being leaders of a gang that haa been systematically tobblng mer chants of this city for a year. Lane and his wife nro prominent in society and church work. They have a beauti ful home on West Fourth street , where nearly $1,000 worth of the stolen goods was found. The method by which they have burglarized nearly every big store In Plttsburg In the last year and successfully bullied the police was carefully planned. The boy would con ceal himself in the store and bo locked in when the store was closed and then In the night he would open the rear door , alter which the robbery was. easy. The nircst was caused by the boy being captured in a store and con fessing. Lane Is a contracting builder by trade and has always been consid ered a respectable citizen. It Is said that several accomplices in neighbor ing1 cities have been selling stolen goods fdr the Lanes. HITCHCOCK'S REPORT. . Secretary of Interior Recommends Reclamation of Arid Region. ' Washington , Nov. 25. The annual report of Secretary'/Hltchcock of the interior department Was made public today. It endorses the conclusions submitted by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones regarding the present Indian education system. On the ques tion of reclamation of the arid region the secretary says : "The investiga- tlons which have been carried on de monstrate that there is no one ques tion now before the people of the United States of greater importance than the conservation of the water supply and the reclamation of the arid \ lands of the west and their settlement X- by mon who will actually build homes and create communities. " It is recommended that construc tion at once be begun as follows : The San Carlos storage reservoir re claiming 100,000 acres or more of pub lic land at an estimated cost of $1,000- 000 ; reservoirs in the Sierra Ne vada In California for reclaiming des ert lands in Nevada ; the diversion of St. Mary river Into the headwaters of Milk river in Montana. RECORD CROP IN KANSAS. State Board Announces That Yield for Year Was 90,045,514 Bushels. Topeka , Kan. , Nov. 23. The State Board ol Agriculture announces that the winter wheat yield of Kaiuas for 1901 was 90,045,514 bushels , valued at $50,479,570. This breaks last year's state record by 13,450,070 bushels. These two are the largest wheat crops grown by any state. The area now sown in winter wheat is nearly six iinlllion acres , which , with favor able weather , will yield more than 100,000,000 bushels. The corn crop of Kansas In 1901 was only 42.C05.G72 bushels , but the value of the combined Wheat and corn crops was but 11.3 per cent less than that of the same crops In 1900. Chicago Welcomes Irish Envoys. Chicago , Nov. 25. An audience esti mated at G.OOO persons gathered In the Auditorium last night to welcome the envoys ( from tie ) United Irish League , John E. Redmond , PatricU A. McHugh and Thomas O'Donnell , and to celebrate the anniversary of the Manchester martyrs , Allen , Kirken and O'Leary. The oration of the evening was delivered by Mr. Redmond. He cheered his listeners by telling them that the people were never so near the realization of their fond hopes as now. Masrhall County Officials Cleared. Marshalltown , la. , Nov. 25. The cases against all of the Indicted county ofllclals , which Indictments caused a sensation when announced a few days ago , have been dismissed. The trial of Supervisors Hargravo and Williams was commenced , but the court refused to admit testimony which was deemed essential by the prosecution and as soon as it was ruled out the county attorney dis missed the cases. Palma Opens Campaign. Havana , Nov. 25. The campaign of Senor Palma for the presidency of Cuba was opened last night In Havana with an overflow meeting at the Tacon theater. General Maximo Gomez , who . ) - presided , made a short speech com mending the candidature of Senor Palma. Marshal Dies of Wounds. Sioux City , la. , Nov. 25. Charles Lodine , marshal of Albert City , who was shot In the battle with Greenville , ( la. ) bank robbers last week , died yesterday , making thrco. fatalities la ally two citizens and one robber.