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Beat for Sheep ailments. always gives satisfaction * drives out nil inflammation. FERTILE BO-ACRE HOMESTEADS IN MONTANA. AWAITS PRESIDENT'S NOTICE All the Land Will be Irrigated nnd Government Engineers Claim There Will bo nn Abundance of Water. Crows n Rich Nation. Crow Iiullnn Agency , Montana , Doc. 11. And now the Crow Indians nro going to IOHO u part of tliolr rosorvn- ( Ion which IH to lie tiilcon from them nnd given to the whlto people. The high plateau nnd splendid valley's of the Hlg Horn and YollowRtono rivers , \vhoro the frown luivo lived nnd roamed nlnco Itoforo ( ho ( line of lilii- tory , huvo nt last been coded to the government nnd will lie opened for uettUMiiont pmlmldy next nummer. Thousands of young men , nnd old ones too , in ) for Hint innttor , throughout - out the great farming flections of the United Statoit , will ho i'ml ' to know that Undo Sam IH again preparing to hold ono of hlfl big "gift dlatrllnitloiiH" of woHtorn lands which formerly be longed to the red men , nnd that n law or number of not Horn cjm lie placed on the Crow lands than on any Indian rosorvntlon In the went. No moro bagatelle of n hundred acres , nro contained In this InlCHl "bunch" of land , hut a cool million norcs , with nn added ono hundred thuuHuml. go to mnko up thin mngiilll- cent omplro which good old Undo Sam will KVO ! to his children for the nsklng. I'rnctlcnlly , this hind will ho cut Into 1-1,000 homesteads of SO acres each , for It IH Btich n eharaclor and natnro that the regulation liomeHtend of KiO acroH will ho divided Into halves nnd two homesteaders will live on the tmnio sized farm upon which only ono Is supposed to exist In other parts of the Rival west. For there will ho no crop failures on the Crow reserve. 13very aero of the tmmonso domain will he under the Kovornment "ditch" nnd If old Jupi ter Plnvliis forgets to open the gates of his clouds when the moisture Is needed , the farmer will open the gates , of his sluices Instead nnd the parched land will ho refreshed by the waters from Uncle Sam's big Irrigation ditch es. Reserve Ouster Battle Field. Although the Crows have always iccn friends to the white people and oven took arms with their white allies against the Sioux and Choyennes , yet In the Crow country was onaetod the most mysterious and ( for the number of combatants ) bloody battle ever fought the massacre of Oenoral Ciis- ter nnd liliO men of the Seventh eavnl- ry. Hut the brown hill upon which the gallant Custer and his men fought iuid died Is not Included In the ceded portions of the reservation , but has been set apart by the government as n national cemetery and hero lie buried.undor an Immense granite mon ument , the hones of those who rode with "Yellow Hnir" on that day In 1S7G which saw the triumph of Sit ting Hull , Kaln-ln-the-faco , Gall and other Sioux and Cheyenne chiefs. lint the present Crow reservation Is nn entirely different land lo what it was in those days. Numerous Irrlgnt Ing ditches , built by ami for the In ( linns , have made the wldo river val leys and rich uplands blossom verily like the rose , and have made a kind of "promised land" of that country toward which the eyes of settlers from nil over the middle west are turned , The Crow reservation consists of 1,000,000 acres but only 1,100,000 acres will bo given to the white people ple next summer. The ceded portions Ho north of the old Kort Custer mili tary reserve nnd Include more than 100 miles of the famous valley of the Big Horn river , nnd nearly 250 miles of the great vnlloy of the Yellowstone only that portion of the Yellowstone valley lying south of the river , however - over , belongs to the Crows. But so dry nnd high Is the Crow country that oven these river valleys must bo Irrigated before crops can bo raised. And the government , Instead of throwing open the reservation for settlement and permitting private companies to build the irrigating works , has determined to construct the irrigating system Itself and to prorate the cost among those to whom the homesteads are given. In this way the settler is protected in the use of his water for all time to come , and no ono makes a profit oft his work. For the past year the government has had engineers on the reserve , testing and measuring the water sup ply of the Yellowstone , Big Horn and 1 Other rivers , nnd ascertaining if there IH milllelent water with which to Irri gate this ImmeiiHo body of land. In rhnrgo of thin work In Col. H. S. Stork- ton of the U. S. geological survey , nnd thin In what ho nayn of hit ) labors : "Tho How of thoHo HtroaniH In no rap id nnd the fall no great that water can bo taken to the highest point on the coded hindn. I3vory foot of that land can bo Irrigated nnd wo have all the water necessary with which to do the Irrigating , My report will nhow a per fect network of Irrigating cnualn nnd what In ntlll bettor , It will show where the water to 111 ! these canaln can bo Hccurod. " For several months government snr-1 voyorn have been at work on the res- ervntlon Hotting corner stakes and oth erwise preparing I ho lands for settlement - ment , hut until the olllclal proclama tion comes from the president , the date of the opening will not be known. However , It will undoubtedly take place nome time next Hiiminer , prob ably about the middle of .Inly. The Crow Indians arc among the very richest people on the face of the earth and their wealth is increasing every day. There are only 18M braven , sipiawn nnd pappooscn In the tribe and these people have ' 1,000,000 acren of land , to say nothing of cattle , sheep and horses. Under the Big Horn ditch , which Irrigates n portion of the Indian lands , are moro than 100,000 ncies which the Crown are engaged - gaged in farming. The hoadgafo of this ditch , built entirely by Indians , Is considered the tlnost headgato In the United Slates. As cattle raisers the Crows have few superiors , but It Is as breeders of horses that the In- dlann of this trlho show tholr greatest genius. Sovornl years ago the chair man of the senate conunltteo on In dian affairs estimated that the Crows owned 72 horses for every man , wo man nnd child on the reserve. And such horses. They wore the degen erate offspring of the very worst In- ( Him ponies that over wore rounded up nnd branded. But about that time the Boor-English war came on and the Crows sold thousands of tholr little scrub ponies to the English to ho tak en to South Africa. And they got good prices , too. Now they are sup plied with as good grade of horses as can bo found In the west. In fact , from the proceeds of these lands which will bo opened next summer , the Crows have arranged to spend nearly ono million dollars In improvements. Among the larger sums which the In dian council have appropriated , are ; $1)0,000 ) for extensions of the tribal ir rigation works ; $100,000 as a trust fund for maintaining the Irrigation works ; $210,000 for two-year-old hei fers which will bo added to the tribal herd ; $15,000 for stallions ; $10,000 for owes ; $10,000 for fencing the reserve ; $100.000 for school buildings ; $10,000 for a hospital ; and $50,000 as a trust fund for maintaining the schools. Crows Famous Horse Breeders. Those Crow Indians have shown moro advancement during the past three years than have any tribe In the west. When the Burlington railroad llrst built through the reservation , which up to that tlmo had boon sev eral hundreds of miles from the near est railroad point , the Crows wore nomadic hunters and Ushers and the whlstlo of the locomotlvo was a never ending source of terror to the braves. Hut under the good Inlluonco of Col. S. G. Heynolds , the Indian agent on the reserve , hundreds of the Crows nro now fairly good farmers. And although only a few years ago con sidered as on the extreme fringe of civilization , because of the railroads which traverse It in two different di rections , it has become ono of the most accessible of the western Indian reservations , and when the northern end of the Crow country Is opened for settlement , the death knell of the tribe as a tribe , will have sounded. T. H. Porter , Omaha , Nebraska. FRANK MURPHY , NEBRASKA MIL- UIONAIRE DIES SUDDENLY. END COMES IN NEW YORK HOTEL President of Omaha National Bank , Gas Company , Street Railway and Other Corporations Expires In Wal dorf-Astoria at New York. New York , Dec. 13. Frank Murphy of Omaha , president of the Merchants National hank of his homo city , also president of the Omaha Gas company , the Omaha street railway nnd other corporations of the Nebraska-metrop olis , died suddenly at the Waldorf-As toria hotel. Ho leaves n fortune of $0,000,000. aids his own ecxcutlon STORE -M'DONALD MERCAN TILE CO. OF MEADOW GROVE. MANY FUR OVERCOATS TAKEN YOUNG MEN CONVERSED WITH ONE OF THE BURGLARS. WERE OFFERED PULL AT BOTTLE Stein's Blood Hounds Follow the Trail to a Point Twelve Miles Northwest , and There It Was Lost Drove a Spring Wagon. Meadow Grove , Neb. , Dec. 12. Spe cial to The News : The store of the McDonald Mercantile company wna broken Into at about It o'clock Sunday morning and between $000 nnd $700 worth of goods wore taken. Entrance was gained by breaking open the hack door and the goods wore loaded Into a wagon and hauled nwny. The night operator at the North western depot nnd a young man ac quaintance mot nnd conversed with ono of the robbers. "Isn't it about time you wore homo ? " asked ono of the young men , meeting the robber In the dark. "Well just about , " replied the rob ber , "and wo will bo getting there pretty soon now. Have a drink ? " said the robber handing out a bottle. But the young men did not drink , and now they are glad of It as the stuff might have boon llxed for putting out of the way Inquisitive persons. The young men were much sur prised yesterday when they learned that the store had been burglarized and that they had chatted with the robbers. They say It was so dark that they did not distinguish the man's face , but his voice sounded familiar , like that of an acquaintance. Among the goods taken were be tween twenty nnd thirty fur overcoats , all the ladies' silk waists In the stock , the Peggy bags , all the muffs and other furs , nnd many other valuable articles of merchandise were taken. The company carries quite a largo line of jewelry , but fortunately this department was overlooked by the robbers , and none of It was disturbed. The goods were loaded Into a spring wagon , and It is known that the Horses attached to the vehicle were shod with the "Never Slip" shoes and calks. The Stein bloodhounds of Norfolk were sent for and the trail was fol lowed yesterday for twelve miles into the hills northwest of town but there the trail was lost and the dogs re fused to go further. The trailers therefore gave up the chase and re turned to town. There is still hope that the crimin als will be apprehended. The descrip tion of the goods and the wagon , to gether with the conversation held by the young men with ono of the burg lars at Meadow Grove should furnish clues that would result In their appre hension nnd their conviction if they are once apprehended. It is economy to use want ads if you have anything to sell , exchange or give away ; or If , on the other hand , you want to rent , buy of borrow. Every young man or woman who wants to prepare for a bank or office position of any kind should write the Grand Island Business nnd Normal college nt Grand Island , Nob. , for a catalogue. Wo understand that every student of this school is placed in n position as soon as lie or she grad uates and those who prefer may grad uate from the college and pay expens es In monthly payments , after ix posi tion has been secured. President Hargis has been at the head of this school for twenty years nnd under his management it has grown to ho ono of the most important institutions in the western states. WANT NEW CODE. Insurance Men Asking for Adoption of New General Statutes. Lincoln , Nob. , Doc. 13. Insurance Deputy Plorco of the auditor's office will recommend to his chief the adop tion of some legislation to provide the state with a now insurance code , to take the place of the present statutes which nro said to bo in great need of revision nnd rearrangement , sc > that they may bo entirely harmonious. * 1 With the adoption of a cede an effort to change the fraternal laws to mnko them conform to the provisions gov erning other companies Is nnllclpated. Fraternal Insurnnco men are expect ing the old line Interests to mnko an other effort to pass the measure known as house roll 429 nt the last session of the legislature. The bill provided that no mutual benefit nsso- cation should write contracts insur ing mcmhern subsequent financial ben- cllts nt the expense of some members of the company. While the measure was said to he harmless it met with the antagonism of all the fraternal men on the lloor of the house who act ed In concert In defeating it. It Is claimed that ono object of the bill waste to render it Impossible for fraternal associations to do business In the state. An net which will bo Introduced gives jurisdiction over burial compa nies to the Insurance company. At present there Is no department which Is willing to accept control of the com pany which recently sought admission and the company Is obliged to go ahead without being nmennblo to any thing but the general corporation laws of the stato. Such enterprises arc considered legitimate and the passage sago of the act will bo regarded with favor by the Insurance department. THERMOMETER TELLS THE CHIL LY STORY TODAY. BAROMETER IS ABOVE 30 INCHES There Is Every Indication , However , With the Wind Blowing Into the Northland , That Warmer Currents Will Follow In the Wake of the Cold Zero weather. Two degrees below zero down town nnd ono above by the government mercury. That's what struck Norfolk and the rest of north ern Nebraska this morning. With the barometer high the weight , the cold , contracted air , sent the mercury up above thirty inches in the little tube there was every prospect early to day that the cold would continue for a tlmo , and that there will bo no snow. Furnaces are receiving good tests today. There are more chilly homes today than ono might dream of. A few pipes bursted , also , on account of the sudden freeze. Now and then an ear was frozen. Other than that there was nothing so very serious about the chill. Fortunately there is no severe wind. What.breezo there is , blows into the north rather than in the opposite di rection. This ought to give promise that warmer currents will drop down this way after a time , as it indicates there is a low pressure , with warm air in it , headed for Norfolk. ELGIN'S NEW PRINCIPAL. * W . J. Bovee of Norfolk Gets a Good School Position. The vacancy In the prlnclpalshlpof the Elgin high school caused by the resignation of Prof. C. E. Ward to ac cept the appointment to the county superintendcncy was tilled last Fri day by the election .of Prof. W. J. Bo- vec , of Norfolk. Prof. Bovee is a young man whom we understand is a graduate of the Nebraska Wesloynn university nnd the Nebraska state university. Wo also understand that his latest teaching was at Sturgis , S. D. Ho came highly recommended , and the school board seems to have boon particularly fortunate in being able to so quickly fill the vacancy in the prlnclpalship with ono whoso qual ifications appear to bo so eminently satisfactory in every way. Prof. Bo- veo returned at once to his homo near Norfolk , after his election , nnd re turned in tlmo to begin his now du ties on Monday. Ho enters upon the work with the best wishes of all in the community who have the welfare of the schools at heart , and it is sincerely - coroly to bo hoped that ho may not only bo able to maintain them at the present excellent standard , but that ho may Improve thorn. Elgin llovlow. Wo sell flour , oil meal , mill feed , stock nnd poultry supplies. Flour and Feed store , Pacific block. Repairing neatest , host , cheapest. Paul Nordwlg. harness man. Horse binnKots. Plush and fur robes. Finest assortment In city. Prices low. Paul Nordwic. Accordion and Sunburst Pleating , Ruching , Buttons. PF.ND FOR PUICK LIST AND SAMPLES. The Goldman Pleating Co. 200 DOUQI.AS BLOCK. OMAHA , NEB PRIZE OF $100 HUNG UP FOR HIS APPREHENSION. MADE HAUL WORTH THOUSAND Man Was Seen Near Battle Creek , Driving a Bay Team , With a Dem ocrat Wagon Is About 5 Feet , 6 Inches Tall Wore a .Fur Coat Then Meadow Grove , Nob. , Doc. 13. Spe cial to The News : Some policeman In northern Nebraska Is going to make a nice haul , when the robber who broke Into the McDonald store hero Is captured. Mr. McDonald now offers - fors a reward of $100 for the robber. The value of the goods stolen Is now placed at $1',000. The robber Is a man about five foot and six Inches In height. Ho drove a bay team and spring , democrat wagon. Ho Is thought to have been seen near Battle Creek at ! a. in. yesterday morning. At that tlmo ho had on a fur overcoat and had a bunch of some thing covered up In the wagou box. The overcoat ho wore was tagged with the private price mark of the store hero. HOTEL CHANGES HANDS. Koster House at Nlobrara Under a New Management. " > Nlobrara , Nob. , Dec. 12. Special to * The News : Col. llefko Kostor , who for years has been the genial propri etor of the Koster house , has retired from public life by selling the entire hotel business to his son , George , nnd Mr. E. S. Glllham , who will continue to run tho' hotel in a first class man ner. George Koster has been clerk for his father for several years and Mr. Glllharn is a machine man of en terprising ability. Both are well known to almost every traveling man making the territory. If yon fall to got results from your advertising , look well to the wording of the ads. If a proposition Is pre sented completely and if the proposi tion is all right , results are bound to bo obtained. Fine plush and fur robes and horse blankets. Large assortment. Reason- xblo In cost. Paul Nordwlg. Good for what alls you News want ids HEALTH AND EDUCATION GOVERN THE WORLD THE WEAK , SICKLY AND EMACIATED CAN HOPE FOR BUT LITTLE SUCCESS. BY DR. ORA CALDWELL , CHICAGO. In compiling the statistics of the different races of people of the world , it is of interest to note the article of diet , the manner in which it is taken and the extent of medical attendance as practiced in the civilized world. It has been demonstrated conclusively that the meat eaters are the strong est , healthiest and the best educated people In the world ; therefore It is reasonable to believe that they arc the people who govern the world. As demonstrated by Dr. Caldwell , the American people consume on an average - ago of six pounds of meat per week ; the English four ; the Gorman , three ; the French , two ; and the Italian , one- half. Statistics prove that epidemics of contagions diseases more largely prevail among those people ; whose diet partakes of less moat and more fari naceous foods. Good meat Is the most wholesome of all foods to be taken. True , it Is not as fattening as the ce reals or farinaceous foods , but it is more strengthening and contains moro blood and nerve producing elements , so necessary to strength and good health. What is required specially for perfect health is good digestion , plen ty of outdoor exercise and special care as to hygiene nnd all the laws of na ture. Dr. Caldwell is a specialist of many years' experience , and has devoted - , voted much of her time to the study of diseases of the stomach , diseases of the brain and diseases of the ner vous system. From conclusive proof it has been demonstrated that a little food properly served and well digest ed is far better than a great quantity of an unwholesome character improp erly digested. Dr. Caldwell has been afforded spe cial advantages in studying the char acteristics of the people , their diet , their hobbles and the special condi tions governing medicine as n special ty. ty.She She has been awarded , In contests with the greatest schools In the world , the highest prize and a number of med als. She has been making n specialty of chronic , nervous and surgical dis eases , diseases of the eye , ear , nose , throat , lungs , diseases of women and diseases of long standing character. No matter how long such patients have suffered or who has treated them , she never failed to euro these ailments. In over n quarter of a cen tury In the experiment , study and prac tice of her profession in the diseases of men nnd women , she has cured thousands who have boon pronounced helpless by other physicians. People come to her from far and near to re ceive her treatment nnd her offices nro crowded nt the places of her appoint ments and all speak In the highest prnlso of her treatment. By permission wo nro pleased to publish n few of some of the cures she made throughout the state of Nebras ka. These are only a few , as time and space will not permit us to publish moro : Mrs. Sloan , Akron , Nob. , cured of consumption nnd nervous trouble. The treatment she took improved her at once , and she was soon cured of all her ailments. C. A. Lundeen , Grand Island , Neb. , was troubled with muscular rlioumi- tism and dyspepsia. Those troubles soon dlsnppeaied. Mrs. U. McBoth , Harder , Neb. , cured of female and nervous troubles , wan told by doctors operation would be necessary. Cured in four .month'a treatment. Mrs. J. Dobbins of North Platte writes , "sho had been doctored for years without relief for kidney trou ble , female and general debility. " Mr. Michael McOabe , North PPlatto , cured of cancer of fact with two in jections. Oscar Emmlt , Columbus , Nob. , cured of what other doctors called Incurable blood disease. Mrs. Ella Johnson , Grand Island , Neb. , cured of chronic eye trouble and catarrh. Mrs. John Conelly , Akron , Neb. , cured of cancer. Mrs. E. Zurlg , Bluevale , Neb. , cured of female trouble , diabetes and stomach ach trouble. S. E. Fuller , York , Nob. , cured ot stomach and bowel trouble and kidney trouble. Miss Debore , Waco , Neb. , cured of skin disease of years standing , had been treated by many doctors. Mrs. Oscar Langc , Tekamnh , Nob. , cured of and other female trouble. Louie Harper , Columbus , Neb. , cured of Bright's disease , heart trouble and nervousness. Mrs. J. Jorgensen , Cozad , had suf fered many years from nervous dis ease , loss of vitality and general weak ness. She now feels healthy and like a now woman. Mrs. J. II. Sommers , Craig , Neb. , cured of female trouble , general weak ness and loss of llesh. Cured in three months. Mrs. Sommers had doctored with many doctors. W. H. Larson , 05 Nesbert St. , Newark - ark , N. J. , says : "Dr. Caldwell , after suffering for 30 years I have found no treatment equal to yours , I write you these few lines to speak of the ex cellency of your treatment and I think it duo you. " Mrs. Mary Kraken , Wayne , Neb. , cured of chronic rheumatism , swollen limbs , heart trouble , headache and general debility. Had almost given up hope , when she heard of Dr. Cald well , her treatment soon cured her and she Is now thankful. Mrs. Charles Shaw , Ponder , cured of rheumatism , almost had consump tion. tion.Mr. Mr. Nulph Wyndure , Beaver , Neb. , cured of gall stones of liver. Joe Carlson , Ft. Wayne , Ind. , cured of largo cancer of breast. S. J. Blessen , Platte Center , Neb. , cured of stomach trouble of long standing , nervous debility ; was treat ed by many doctors. Nebraska's most popular specialist , Dr. O. Caldwell. registered graduate of the Kentucky School of Medicine , will make her next visit to Norfolk tThursday , December 15.