I The Omaha ! Daily ' Bee
H NESTJDTEENTn YEAH OMAHA , FiWaY MOKNING , DEOEMBEKliTsS0 NUMBER 100.
IN A FLOOD OF CHAMPAGNE
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j j B The Mooting of Stanley , Emln Pasha ,
j j B Casata , and Wlssnian
j j H
j H A PROFUSION OF TOASTS DRUNK ,
j j B Emln Pnnha'a Hnrtl Imok Ho \ \ nlks
H Out or a Window mid
H rrnctiir- Ilia Skull
H No Ivory
HH
H r rryone Ton tPil
H ICoi i/nW WW I'U Jnmen (1 jnfou fl'iui't * 1
j j fl.as.iiiau , Dee Now [ Votk Herald
j j B Cnblo Special to lilt ; Hi jThe | meeting
f between Stanluj , Lmlii Pnshi , Ouptulti Ca
B sntn nnd Major Uissmnn took plnco nt Atom
K ycstcnlny morning on the opposlto bank of
B the Klnghan river The healths of nit the
B explorers nod the tsuul Unul tonstscro
Bf drunk in champ igno All the p irty arrived
HHt at Uagamoljo ut 11 this morning W Issman
HH # had piovldcd horses for btanloy nnd Lmln ,
• mill upon them they in ido a triumphal crtrj
HBV into Bngnmoljo The town was profusely
HHV decorated Vcrdant nr lies were built ncro s
HBb all nvenuos nnd pultn brunches \va\cd from
H every window A siluto of nlno guns wis
H fired by Wlssuinn's foico and the same nura
S bar by tlio German in m of-wnr All the obi
B ccrs of the cxpoilition wcro sumptuously cn-
B Bft tortnlncd nt luncheon ut Wissmin's hcad-
B H qunilcrs Thocaptiln of the bporber on bo
B BJ half of the omparor of Gcrmunj
B BJ formally welcomed lit at Stnnloy then
BBVk Emln and congratulated tlieni on their re
B Bft turn to civilization All the \cssols in the
BBBj roadslrcd wcro dressed In bunting
BBS Many persons arrived hero todav from
B Bt /unzlbur Atnoug them was Nlehol , who
B H camn on bLhnlf or Sir William Mnckmson
BBV president of the Emln Pasha relief com
B K mlttco , the English . .oii-ml Mr Chun hill ,
B H Judge Crackncll of the Lngllsb court , the
BBS German and Italian consuls
BBS In the ovenlncn bin mot wns hold ind
BBS nmid a flood of chanipngno the German
BBS consul general , Stclfansand toastc 1 the
BBS ) que a of Encland nnd Wissmin toist < nl
BBS ! Stnnlcy , calling him Ins mister in AiriPin
BBSJ oxplontlon btmloy in reply said ho
BBSS thanked God ho had pcrfowiicd Ills duty Ho
BBSJ bpoko with oniolion of his soldiers , whoso
BBSJ bones wnra bleaching In the forest and re
BBSJ tnnnicd that with him and those of his party
BBSJ the work was ulii lysonwud Ho Uoro tcs
BBSJ tlmotii totho'diiinoinlluoncothut hnlguhled
BBSJ him In his woik J lien ho and
BBSJ "J min Is here , Ci sjt i is hei c , I nm Inn , nnd
BBSJ nil thoyoung Mintloiiicn who \ ent witU mo
BBSJ nro litre " and l include 1 by thinking Wiss
BBSJ nnu and the Wcr dd for thair kindness iu
BBSJ lending him stores
BBSJ Einin Pasha toastcu the cmpeior of Gcr
BBSJ many and Mijor btairB returned thanks for
BBSJ Stanley's offlcers Captain Hrachonuury
BBSJ the senior imvil ofUcer to istod Major
BBSJ Wissman 'Jhis toast wis drunk with en
BBS ) thuslnsm the whole company joining in
BBS ) singing 'Tor lies a Tolly Good Follow "
BBSJ Stanley and his men will atrivo hero to-
BBSJ morrow by the Sporbor , whleli tins been
BBSJ spec mil ) plated it his disnosal by the em
BBS ) peroi of Gorman } Emln s pcoplo will como
BBSJ over in n British m in of wir
BBSJ iinsiPil Ily Iuiiith
BBS [ ennuip'SS9ij / ! ; Jim rVoi ( in llem-f\ \
BBS London , Do S [ Now York Hoi aid
BBS Cable Spec ! il to Tun Dec 1 Throughout
BBS the length ntid-broidth of the United King
BBS dom , nnd the Bimo in iy bo s ild of Europe
BBS nnd the rest of the clvill/ol world the nnmo
BBS of Stauloy is on every tongue On the
BBS streets in the elubs , wherever men congrc
BBS gate the tbonio of conversation U Stanley ,
BBSJ his wonderful notilovemouts and his mod
BBSJ est ) , ns lllustrttod in the lottei to the Hcr-
BBSJ aid which Is on nil sides hold to boamastor
BBSJ picco nnd to stamp its author as a truly
IBBS great man Stanley is it member of the 1
BBSJ Turners company of London 'iho com
BBSJ pany attended a banrjuct at tlio Ilolbrono
BBSJ restaurant tonight Uurdetto-Coutts pro
BBS ) aided IIii read the following telegram from 1
BBS the king of Uelglum
BBS "I understand you will , as master for the i
BBS second year of the Woisblpful Company of
BBS Turuois , propose at the nnnual din
BBB tier tlio health of lorn Illustrious hon
BBS oraty member Mi Iltnry M Stanloj Lot
BBB mo ns nn honorary moiiibor of the worship
BBV fill company , n title-1 am proud to possess ,
BBV assuroyou before hand how cordially and '
BBV gladly I Join the I urnor in all tboir exprcs
BBm sions of admiration of the unparalleled and
BBT heroic services rondcrcd by mv friend Stan
BBb loy to Btiento and chlllzitlon in that vas * .
BBb conttnont In the discocry of which ho has
BBV taken so great n share
BBB King of tlio LIclglaus , sovereign of the
BBB Congo stntcs "
B BJ HurdctUCoutts In proposing tlio toast to
BBS Stnnloy referred to Stanley's mission as nn i
BBS English cntorprUo The American ling had j
BBS boon handed to travelers by the corrcs
BBS pendent ol the is'ew York Herald nnd com
BBB placontly placed ever his tent as a testimony
BBS to thut onergotlo organ They were onlj too
BBS dollehted that the weary traveler would be
BBS able to enjoy the refreshments provided and
BBS grntoful to those who sent him , but they
BBS woul 1 not have iheso things obscure the fact
BBB that this would be n purely Lngllsh enter
BBS priso , toncettod , orgamzod and subscribed
BBS for by the Kugllshmon and cnirlcd out by
BBV ono who was nouo the 'v nn hiicllshman
M because ho lidded to the . i of the Anglo
BBM Saxon race something of the quick resources
BBJ nud electric ouorg ) of their dear trans at-
BBV lantlo cousins
BBJ iho messugo dispatebod by Ilurdett-Coutts
BBT to Zanzibar was as follows 'Iho Turners
BBJ company ut their nnnual d'nner ' with the
BBJ lord major and other old frknds of yours
BBJ , after listening to a full aud gracious telo-
BBJ > grain with respect to yourself from the king
BBJ of the llolfeiuns lmvo Just drank jour
BBJ health with stirring enthusiasm I congratu-
BBJ Into jou ou your splendid athknonicnt and
BBJ send jou a heurtv welcome home
BBJ Uciidi tt Coutts , Master , "
BBM I'nilii In II ml I lick ,
BS ICnpj/rio ) t mibti Junta G tnUti Iknmlt " \
BBJI Awtmui , Oca B [ Now York Horrid
BBV Cable Special to Tun Ilui' | Emln l'asha
BBJI oppous lobe utterlj Incapable of shaking
BBJ off the ill luck which has pursued him for
BBV years , Hois ncaislghtcd uud walked out of
BBT u window last night uud fractured his ukull ,
BBJ At this iiiomont ho Is lvlug in n most critical
BBJ statu nt Dugnuioijo All the doctois tnno
BBJ gUeuhlmuii oxtcpt Stanleys physician ,
BJ Doctor Parke who rem this with him Under
BBJ tlio most favorable circumstances ho cannot
BBJ bo movt d for ten days Uo Is receiving
BBJ o\oryturo and attention from Wlssmau
BBJ nnd his oillcors ilor majesty's ship Somali ,
BBJ Captain Prazer , has been placed ut in ) dls
BBJ posal toeon\e > my men to Zanzibar Allot
BBJ thorn who liu\o stuck to mo will arnvo hero
BBJ tomorrow News of Wlssmau'a promotion
BBJI to the rank of major has just been retched
BBf ! \ Ivory ,
BBJ ICofiVi toht t8S3 buaiiit ( ] > r h i I1'mii'.i (
BBJ ICiaiuo , Doe U | Now York Herald
BBJ CaMe Special to Tub Use J Wo tiara o
march of two hours tomorrow to tlm King
ham river , whera wo will stop As there Is
only ono boat , wo shall bo all dnj crossing
the stn am Wo should reach Hngnmollo
Uccoinbor 1 5 J hero nn English man of war
nnilnnoof Wissmin's ' \csscls will meet us
and ; convoy us to Zanzibar The Egyptian
govcrntrenthns eharterca n Urltlsh-Indla
steamer to carry En In and his people to
j I'KJI't ' Emln brings with him isj ofllccrs ,
soldiers , civil servants women nnd children ,
but j not a single tick of Ivory II was all
burnt or dcpoilto I w ith nitlvo chiefs
btanlev saj s ho llnds his rcw ard In the ac
complishment of his deeds lie his i cccived
the llorild s caravan of provisions for his
people
Blr Mnelcny'n lilluJti
[ Ciipi/rfoM ISM by Jim ( lntn ) mm " 1
Lrtsnov , Dei ; 3 i oiv York Horild
Cable Sneclal to Tnr llrp I Mrs John
W Mack i ) won her libel suit ted iy before
Hnroii Hud llcston ngilnst the Manchester
Lxnuiiuer nnd tlio limes Ou April 0 these
pipers printed the following
'It is not gonorillv known that Mrs
Mici ay , who entertilnod the Prlnco of
Wales on Wcdnoidiy night md whoso
pntlcsvvlll 10 conspicuous this soison wis
ouco whut tnu Amerlc ins call a wishwoman ,
what wo call n washerwoman bho was n
poor woman with two children to support
nnd washed c'othns for some of Micltay's
miners out In Novid l Ono of the mou said
to Mncitay ono d ij knowing lint bo md a
good hcirt , 'ivontou go in nnd boo n poor
widow she is In great trouble and very poor ! '
Mnclciv wont to the ottngo saw tlu wi low ,
fell iu love with her mil inirriol her
Chmgoof fortune hid not snoile 1 her good
qual'ilcs for overv ono from the 1 idles who
sit nt her table to her servants and
tradespeople admire and like her "
In thesostiitouionts reliting to her ante
cedents Mrs Micknj held tint thuro wis
not ono sj liable of truth , nd tint she felt
compello I to bring an action of llbi ) , hut was
content to stij pioc odlnjs upon the defend
ants apologizing fullj , paving costs as be
tween solicitoi nn l client , nnd p ij Ing also a
liuitlsoiiiasutn to ichirity to be mined by
Mrs Mickaj Hiron HuJdIc3ton thought
tlio ilofuu hints stiodll thinu themselves ex
ccfdinglj luckj In llnding n Inly like Mrs
Mickaj , who w is willing to ba so lenient
Judgment wns formilly ilven Iu accord
uuoe with the terms of the settlement
JHI r 1) Vla DEAD
flio I'resiilciit nt I lie ConK ilci ncj
l'i s < s Aiv ij it li ! .10
Nrw Oiiiivs Li , Dec B Jefferson
Dav is died ut U JO this morning
[ Jefferson Dwis LED was born tune )
1 UIn Christian ciuntj Kj , grnduitodnl
West Point in lbJS , served as licuicnintof
mfiutry at western posts lb2S 1.1 of
Pirst DiaLoons , , ns adjutant 1S33 J4
and on frontier service IS34 After resicn-
inc TunodO lbij , ho became n cotton planter
In Wirrcu countj , Mississippi lbl > Hi , pros
klential elector from Mississippi 1M1 , mem
bcr of tlio Ifnltcu States house of rcprescnti-
tlves 1S44 ( > , colonel of I irst Mississippi
rllle volunteers In the w ir with Mcx co ISllj-
4" eng ied ( at Monterey and Hueni Vista
( severely wounded ) , member ofthoUnitea
Stales senate 1M7-B1 ind eh ilr-
m in of the committee on military
nffairs lSUol set rotary of vu
in President 1'lerco s cabineut ls > ! i " , mom
bcr of the United States senate and chair
man of the committee on military affairs
1&37 01 , president of iho southern confed
eracy 1 ehruiry 4 till ciptutcd Mij 10 , lbOl
ntlrwiuvillo On , ind piisonor of war lbOo
07 nt Portress Monroe , Va J
TilEY HAVE JOINED HANDS
A 1 cclerntioii ol Iho K or Tj nnd the
I arnieri
St Louis Mo , Doc 5 The Farmers
md Luborors' convention mot again this
morning but ns no committees were ready to
report no icgular business w is trmsic od
llus has proved n busy day in the next
revolution , ' ns begun by the Tirm
eis' and Liborors' union of Amer
ica resulting practicilly in the com
bination of the middio classes
with 400 000 voters In the ranks Iho scciet
lonforenco uotweon Povvdeily of the Knights
of Lihoi and President Jones of the Paim
crs' and Liborers' union resulted In n thor
ough understanding bolig re iched , nud
ted iy President Jones said the tonfedera
tion was now nn ostiblishcl fuet ,
whllo Powdcrly ndirntted tliero was much
truth in what Jones Bai 1 During the dav
Generil W oavcr of Io va the fntnous jreen
backer , arrived and was with Puvvdorly the
lion of the hour At the afternoon session
the committees not being ready to report ,
Powderlv and General Weuvor addiessed
the convention
The PrcsldPiit Will Visit ClilcnKO
Citiovco , Dee B [ Special Telegram to
Tub Hi u | A special from Wushlngton
savs Private Secretary Halford stated that
notwithstanding rcpoits to the oontrarv , the
jiresUlent and party will start for Chicago on
the afternoon train tomorrow to attend the 1
opening of the Chicago nuditorlum , with i
Pattl ns the nttrnctlon Tlio pat ty v 111 con
fllst of the president Mrs Harrison Puvato ,
Secretary Hulfoid , Vice President nnd Mis
Morton , Postmaster General Wanumaker
nnd Gcnornl nnd Mrs CI irkson Mrs Hal
ford will not to , but the othois named above
vvill to unless something tinoxpeett d hap
pens President and Mrs Harrison nnd Mr
Hulfoid will spend Sunday in Indianapolis i
and proceed to Chicago Monday morning
1 he romulndor of the purty will to direct to i
Chicago from hero
Vice President ana Mrs Morton w ill bo i
accompanied by their niece , Mrs Sands , and 1
Mi Chilton the vlco presidents puvato ,
secretary Ilio party will leave Wushiug
ton in President Ingalls' nr over the Chcsa
jicako Ohio railroad and Chleio , Cinciu
null , Cleveland A. bt Louis railioad
'Jhp Nntinunl Ijuo Stnclt Exclinime
Cmoino Dee 5 [ Spoclal to TiibHee J
At to lays meeting of the National Live
Stock exchange resolutions asking there
ponl of the oleomnigerliio bill bv congress
and touching on tlio matter of tlio loxas
fever wcro Introduced and rofeircdto the
oxoeutivo oommlttoo for action , as was also
the resolution introduced vosterday regird-
Ing the leasing of cits to indlvlduils uv the
railroads 'Xlioro was considcrablo of a
squabble over the matter of divisions of com
missions , iho south and west lighting Chicago
cage on the question Nothing dcflnito was
dccidod upon nnd the matter will ba tnKcu
up by the exceutivo committee this uftor-
noon bix members were added to the
oxccutlvo committee , ono from each ex
change 'Iho first uunual mooting of tlio
national exchange will bo hold in Chicago
the llrst ' 1 huisdav In October , lb'JO '
Otllcers were chosen us follows W. II
Thompson Jr , Clitcaco , president , v Ice pres
ldents , M 1) Scruggs , Kansas Citj , J A
Hake , Omaha , E J bcusoneo , bt Louis ,
J V , vlnuont , Peoria , A J Parsons , Sioux
City . C H 1 laker , Chicago , seciotuiv , Low
V Doud , Chicuto , treasurer
President Ihoinpsou appointed the follow
ing exceutivo committee Charles P ,
Childs , Kansas CitJ P. lllancliard ,
Ouiuha , W. U CassIdj.St Louis , J. Koion-
bauin , Cnkago , M V , White Peoria ,
lliomas Corohlnu , St Louis
lliu cxciutivo committee tills afternoon
decided that they coul I do nothing until the
local exchange lutilkd the louiuiissioner's
work Adjournment was then taken
] ) lbinls i il tlio Mot Inn ,
Torruv , Kan , Dec , 5 The supreme cojrt
today dismissed the motion for the heating
of the Wallace county scat election case It
is bellov od tbo decision of the supreme coui t
will have the elicit of quicllug the people
' J
FROM j I THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
_ _
A Bill to Trmisfor Uio Sltmnl Seri
vlo3 to Rusk's Bureau
CANDIDATES , FOR STATEHOOD
Probability ; Thnt lilahti nnd Wyonriiig
\ \ III Soon Enter tlio Sistri lioml
More \liniit Si ccitl'a
Dclnlevtlon
Washisotov Uuitrtv The Omvuv Urn , i
lt3 PoenTEKNtlUbTltEBT , V
UASiusiirov IJ C Uoc r > J
Sonntor Piddock Introduced n bill to lay
provl ling for the trnnstor of the signal ser
vieofrom the wnr department to the agtl-
cultura' ' department The semtor says tint
the aim and scopa of the work o ( the sicnal
bnroiu tins no connection wiintovor with
that of the war department , that the signal
service is most valunblo to the farming and
shipping interests especially the former nnd
that it should bo within tin control of the
secrotnrj of ngn-ulturc A good deal of
sentiment lus been woikedupln fiver of
this proposition und there is every reison to
believe tint it will succeed The sonntoi
also introduced n bill to pension Eliza U
Dounnca and ot hei s of .Ncbi lsk i
TWO MOID VMIUTIOLS TCltltlTOI IC9
llioro is vcrj little doubt iu the minds of
the loiding lcpubllcms of tlio sonnto and
the house th ltut leist one now state will bo
mnilo ut the present session of congress
Id the is to coinu into the union It Is also
probable th it Wyoming will bo ndmlttoJ to
statehood Chalruin PI lit of the senate
committee on territories sivs ho is in fnor
of it least udililttlug Idaho promptlj , and
that ho is ready to make i nvoriblo report
upon it bill to that end as soon as
It reaches his committee Iho thrco
or foui members of lbs house who nro in line
for the ell lirmnnship of tlio house commlttco
ou tcrrltoncs nro committed in favoi of
statehood for Idaho Delegate I rel Dohois
sccuicd favorable action during the last con
tress to admit Id iho to statehood , nud ho
lias been hard at workslncolus nruv il woilc
ing up the necessary sentiment In favor of
stntnhood foi Idaho , his territory Mr Du
bols said todav that there appealed to bo
nothint in the way of statehood foi Idaho ,
nnd that nrompt iction would bo taken on
the bill as soon as it is introduced Mr Du
bol who has m innt d statehood foi his tor
ritorv so skilfully aud brought It already to
the v ergo of success will intioduce id iho's
statehood hill upon the llrst cill of the house
for the introduction ot measures
CONCritMSO SOUTH 1MICOTA
Senator pettigrow ted iy intioducod n bill
providing for the tin o an I place of lioldinc
the terms of the United St ites district court
In the state of bouth Dakota It mikes the
state a district , divided Into tluco divisions ,
to ho know u as the eastern centr il md vest
ein divisions , as follows Die counties of
Chy , Union Yankton lurncr , Lincoln
Honhomme Ch irlcs Mix , Douglass Hutch
mson llrulc , Amora Davidson , Hanson ,
McCoolr , Mlnnohahi Moody , Lane Lyman ,
Miner Sanborn litudle Klntsburv Brook
ings Hamlin , Deuel Grant , Roberts , Cod
dlngton , Clink , Uii , Marshall Spinir ,
Urown , McGrcporj , lodd and the Yankton ,
alsseton Wnhpeton and Crow Creek In
dlan reset v itions shall constitute the oust
orn division o t the court tv hich shall ba held
at the City of Sioux Fulls
The counties of MePhorson , Edmunds ,
Qiimpbell , Walworth Potter Sully , Piulic ,
Hand , Hyde , Hughes , Buffalo , Jorauld ,
btanlcy , Know Hon and the portion of the
counties of Pr itt , IncKson and btcrling not
included in nny Indian reservation ind the
Standing Koek , Chejonno and Lower Brula
Indian reservation shall constitute the cen
tral division , the court for which shall beheld
hold at the city of Pierre
All tnat portion of tlio st ito of South Da
Lota lying west of the central division and
In addition thereto the Rosebud nnd the lied
Cloud Indlar reservation shall constitute the
western division of the court whicn will beheld
hold at the city of Dead wood Iho toims of
couit shall ba hold nt Sioux I alls ou the Ilr3t
Inesdny of October and April , ut
Plcrro on the thiid Tuesday of
November aud ut Dcadwood on the first
Tuesday of January und July All civil
suits not of a local nature must bo brought
in the district where the defendant or defendants
fondants reside , but if there nro two or mora
defendants residing in different districts the
action may bo brought in either of the dlvls
Ions In which n defendadt resides When a
defendant is i non resident of oitho- sub
divisions of the distiiet action may bo
brought in any disvlsion of the district
wherein the defendant may bo found 'Iho
circuit court of the United States for that
district shall 6a held ut bioux Palls on the
llrst lucsdiv of October nnd April in each
Voar , and cases taken by appeal or will of
error from any of the sessions of the district
court in the district shall go to the circuit
court hold at Sioux Pulls
SHCOTTS III PAItHTIOV
Cashier Silcott's defalcation will It is be-
llovod , reach ? 12i,000 or SI W 0J0 It has been
discovered that his speculations c\tend back
ever u period of about one ycir and Include :
transactions ou the turf , the operation of u
pool room , sponulatlons in stock nud grain
markets , wbnlcsalo endorsements ot mem
bers of eongicss who speculated und lost
mouoy and tlio keeping of a woman Ihoso
who know much of the private transactions ,
of bilcottdurini : tbo past twciv o months were
not surprised when it w is announced at the
capital this morning thnt ho h id absconded i
vvitli over 70,000 of the funds bolonglug to ,
the seigoant-it arms of the house , although
the discnvuiy and its announcement created
consider ihlo agitation among the members
of congress nnd others
About a year ago drafts began floating
around through the country , endorsed bv ;
Sllcott , and rilling for vniious largo and i
small sums of inonov bearimr the names of
members of congress who spcculnto Ser .
geant at-Arms Lcedom s ivs th it be was not
aware of anything of this kind and was ,
proally sururised when the discovery was f
tnndo this mnriiiiig that Sllcott w is a hoivy
defaulter Iho drafts endorsed by bileott
bore the word 'rashlor , " which of course i
hoids tbo ofllco of sergeant at arms rospou-
slblo for tlio amount , as his endorsement
was In an ofllcial cupuclty Undoubtedly a
considcrablo portion of his short igo has
gene to make teed these drafts , many
of which weio protestad It will I
ba discovered that tliero are soma
public luon behind bileott uud that ho has ,
notalo.no been the benellciary of the money i
which he has taken fioiu the onh a ho occu
pied When the shoitago was llrst made
known ut the house the inombors were in-
elino I to enjoy the ngitation it creitcd , but
they nro looking quite serious ihls evening
lhoy lmvo come to the conclusion that they
will probably sustain losses ItUcustoman
foi the members at the close ot the session
to siti receipts for their pay bj the month I
ns fur In alv inco as they uxpect lo bo absent
from tnu n itiounl capital , botno ot the
members vvio havn b en hero siceo last
Muuh signed receipts up to December nud
very few of them drew their bulurics for last
month although their receipts aiu in tlio
hands of I ho sorgeint at ai ins Iho question
arises , how inn thesu incinnors prove that
thov have not received their pay for Nov em (
ber or hold Mr Iteedom responsible
All of the members of the house except the
following are said la have signed lho Novem ,
ber pay i oil Ad wis of Illinois Pelix Camp
bell of Now York , Carhsloof Kentucky , Cos- >
well of Wisconsin , Chotham of J orthCaro
Una Cliinio of California , Cooper of Ohio } ,
Cuniniiiigsof I ow York , Foreman of Illinois :
[
nois ( ttrfnrd of booth Dakota Hoiuplilll of
ooutli Caioliua Honk of lonntssoi , Pi ice of
Louisiana , bpluolaof Now \ork
Many of the uiombers went to the capltol
this morning without a dollar in their
pockets and expected to diuw on their
salaries for current expenses They were
borrowing ! this ovonlng nnd limiting chocks I
ni'alnst their prlv ate net ouuts
General 11 row no of lndiuna wns the first |
man i to run ngtlust n inng and discover thnt
something w is wrong In , the ofllco of the
serge i nit at arms When ho presented his
check nt the counter sonictlmo before the
] defalcation wis tnndo public the o ork asked
him to uleaso withhold his cheek till the
house convened The gcncrnlsuspcctod that
something was wrong but consoled lumsult
w ith the thought that the susncnsloit of p tv-
tnent was duo to a transfer of the ofllco to
Major Holmes , the now sorgenut ut nrms
When the sp nkcr laid before 1'ie house Mr
Lccdom's Btntcmont of hU cashier a defalca
tion n resolution vvus oftefed providing foi an
Invostlgtt on Everything was luidoeleir
I hero is vcrv little If anyj doubt that pending
the Investigation money will bo approprlali d
to pay th j members their1 salaries 1 here are
these who coutpn 1 that the law contemplates
the navmantot nnlatlcstb members tnonthls
and that it thov rofuscto draw their salaries
every inontb thev nssuino the rest on
sibllitj The olllco of scrgcant-at inns
ts prncticillv n prlvuto banking house for
representatives J hero uro ictnlar hlottci
and ledger accounts opened , the same as by
private banks A number'of members have
mule deposits there Heprescntiuivo Pick
lor ot South Dikotn only the other dav de
posited StlOOof his Individual funds nud ho
ins an idea that ho will loosa It Many of
the members permit their sal tries to accu
mulate and thus use the ofllco of tlio ser
geiitit-ul arms as a swings bank For in-
nt an lci Mr Hermann of Ogilcn has not
di iwn nny saliry or mllenga for moio than
six months und it is said ha h is dua him up
wards of $ .1000
Heprpsentntivt ) Connolt of Onlihn did not
go to Now York tnls afternoon Ho in
tended to co ihero to buy sonio suppllos for
his now homo in this city The reason thnt
thogontlctinn chungod his mind this morn
ing Is thnt ns soon as he Ireiched the house
hn inquired of lollrr Hnllcntinc , in the
ofllco of the scrgi mt-it inns for a state
nient of his account Mr Hallontltio told
him tint ha had $2 1W1 to his credit Mr
Conncll w rote out a check nnd bunded it to
Mr IJilleutlno , who BUid ' Lxciiso mo sir ,
but this bink Ins stopnod paj ment "
\uv losrvusTriu
abraska Ear ldav , Ilieh irdson county ,
W A Smith , vicoJ H Morchead , remove 1 ,
Burton Ko\u PiihacoUnty , Murv M Hints
ton , vice II II Humphrey , leslgned , Mllier-
ton Butlot county A M Klllrc vlco J II
Filr , resigned Unadllla , Otoo couutv , B
Dormnnieo II Iiucktus resigned
Iowu Nortlillold , Des Moines countv , E
McCollin , vice D G ltilou , resisnod , Ur
ban i , Uoiiton couuty , William C Cook , vlco
E Goo lesigiicj
South Dakota Wontvvorth , L iko countj
E E btovctiBOii , viccC H Weiss , lomoved
visibintiom
Semtor Mandorsoi to lay seeurod tlio passage
sago of his icsolution relating to the castci n
bound trv line , which wis doscribel in these
dl p itches list night On Monday ho will
introduce n resolution directing the commit
tco on agncultuio to enquire into the culli
v ition and tno manufacture of beet sugni
ard to appropriito mouoy for experiments
In beet culture for sugar purposes to bo car
ricd on at the i xtierimontat stations
Assistant beeretnrj of the Interior Chahd
lor todav aillrnicd the decision of the com
mlssioncr of the general laud ofllco in hold
ing for cancellation the homestead cntrv of
John Parrel for the northwi st * 4 of the
northeist' { and the north ) { of the north
west of section 19 township 3J north
rmgo - west , and the northwest ii of the
northeist li of section 24 , township33 north ,
ringed west , Niobrara land district
Representative and Mrs Couger nnd
d lugbtcr of Des Moines huv a located nt 9JJ
Thlitecnth street oppasltoPranklia square
for the winter MissCoogor wis a great
fivorito hero two soisonsyngo and will bo
welcomed by n largo numooi of friends
Miss Conger is an excoedinuly attractive
girl and will bo n bright addition lo thu
younger society circle ,
1 ho president today sent to the senate scv
enl hundred nominations of persons np
pcintcd to ofllco during the recess of con
giess Ihey were In the departments of
state , justice thelntoilor war und navy
ben Uor Halo today introduced a bill for
the i eliof of sufferers by the wreck of the
naval vessels in Simon last Much
J C Boiton of Sioux Fills S U , isnttho
St Jainos Pr.uui S IIlath
>
MILLEU'S III POUT
Hostilities to the Poiloril Government
In Certain Stales
Washington Dee B In his nnnual report
port Attorney General Miller says During
the year 3 237 civil suits nnd 14 MS criminal
prosecutions were terminated , and there
were pending J/J50 of the former and 7,812 of
the latter class Miller rpeommends that
provision bo made for a United States peni
tentiary nnd n United States reformatory ,
the lattoi being intended for the conllno
ment of the milder class of criminals Ho
also urges the establishment of n prison
ureau m the dep irtment of justieo where
could bo gathered , collected nnd rccoidod
in permanent form the criminal statistics of
tbo United btates In tbo chnptor on tbo
law and business the attornov gononl sivs
Very soon after March 4 last it was
brought to my attention that nt the recent
congressional elections tliero wcro numerous
and far reaching violations of the fcderil
laws relating to such elections It vvus
charged thut by intimidation of rotors , by
the seizing and destroy Ing of ballot hexes
by the substitution of fulso ballots , by false
returns , bv the briborv of voters and the
election ollicers , and by various other means
well known to tnoso ongagud in this no
farlous business the popul ir will was stillud
und fnlsihed and the returns obtained were
wholly at variance with what would lmvo
boon the result of a free and fair vote hon
estly counted Iho district nttornoys have
been instructed to investigate where
the department has been informed
of violations nnd to prosecjto every
person implicated in such violations ot the
federal laws , and lu a number ot states such
piosecutlous liavo bocn uccossful A largo
number of indictments have been returned
Upon sonio of them trials have boon had In
a uumbor of casts convictions i ave boon ob
tallied It Is proper to shy that In some
cases efforts have boon made , soma of thorn
recently , to prevent ami erlppln these prose
cutions by attempts to intimidate marshals
from serving prccesacj * and witnesses from
giving their testimony , such intimidation
going to the extent of uctual assassination
But it must not bo supposed tint
hostility to the United Stutos
courts and United btates oillcors
is confined to eloetlon mntters
On the contrary the rdcarjls of the depart
> ment of Justita show In coma districts that
the civil proceedings pf , these courts and
criminal prosecutions wholly disconnected
with the olcctlvu franchise cannot proceed i
because the lives of peccssurv witness sura i
In such danger that it would bo simply Inhuman -
human to unfarco thqir Attendance , and ;
tivlng of their testimony , ! whllo ovldouco Is 1
ubundant thut in certain localities no occu-
p ition Is so dangerous as the faithful per
foruianca of his dutv by a United btates
marshal Of course , such lawlessness can
not ho tolerated " I
I ho uttornoy general spanks of the Import -
port nice of sonio chances'iu ' the Judicial ays
torn * which will onnblo tbocnuits , and cs-
pecially the sunioma court , to dispose of ac-
cumulated business , and in this connection 1
tails | articular attention to the Davis bill , "
which was fully set forth m the repot tot his J
predecessor for lbSS Iho uttornev general 1
c ills ntti ntion to the fact that In v lew of the
establishment In tbo past year of now courts
ii quiring u largo lncrca.su In the expenditure
of money in payment of witnesses , the cstl-
mates fni the next j oir have been in the
buui of $1 0J0 010 instead of $ J03,000 , appro '
printed for tha current j eat
Tlio Wmthei lonOiht
Tor Omaha and vicinity , Fulr weather ,
Tor Ncbi iska nud Iowa Fair , variable
winds , warmer , except Iu eastern Iowa , ati-
tlouiry tcinperaturo
For South Dakota : Tatr , noitwcstorly
winds , warmer
Ailnllnn I'uitl Arrives
Nlw Yon * , Dec S Mme , Adellui Pattl- l ,
Mcollnl , M M. Collna aiid Mme Nordica ur-
rlvod today on tbo Teutonic ,
A
ADVENTURESS i ' FROM OMAHA ,
Badly Burned Whllo TJndor the Iu-
fluenoo of Liquors
LIVING UNDER A FALSE NAME
-
Kltllo I Owen Palms Herself Off ns
Mrs Pprklns nml Ncnrl ) Meets
Her Domli In n Clilcngo
lloul
" 3Ir Perkins ol Oninlin "
Citteioo , Doc B [ Special lelcgrain to
This Hi i | -A vvllu shrleK and the evur start
ling ] cry of ' Flro" uwakoucd ucarly every
person ' In the Palmer house late histavcning
Iho sound nppenrcd to ovcij ono on the
fifth floor ns though it emanated from the
next room to him nud n score or raoro ot the
guests rushed to the main hull iucronhor-
rlblo sight was witnessed A hnndsotno
joung vvouinn with her nightdress ablnzo
wns almost llj Ing down the hall fnntlcilly
sctoaiiilng , She exerted nvcry effort to os
enpo the llamcs which well nigh surroui dod
her So startling and horrible w is the scene
thnt her long bl ttk hair wns In II lines before
any ono could rctover self possession enough
to render assistance
1 wo Jewelry druminois wcro the first to
moot her 1 hi owing nblinkct nbouthoraml
placing heron the floor , the flames were ex
tluguished In her endenvors to cist off the
night dress , shn w is frightfully
burned Her nrm , b ick and should
crs weia masses of burned ilesh bho was
carried to her room , tlio resident phvsicliu
wuse tiled und nil possible relief idmlnls
terod
bho asked the doctor pltoously If she was
llkelc to die , und when he told lier slio was
very dangerously burned , she said
' ilicu I w nit to make n confession I
registered ns Mrs Porklns of Omiih t Hint
is a ficticious name lam not legally mur-
licd , but am morilly mat ricd to ono of tlio
most c\tensivo speculators on the Chicago
boirdoftrilo ISow If I die ho will bo
the nnlv soul who will kno v who Mrs Per
kins is < >
Here her strength dep irtod and she said
no moro Aftei n few hours slio wns removed
moved to Mercy hospital At the ofllco no
infuimatiou could bo gii led rcguiding bcr
Manager lownsond sail bho arrived Tiles
day night , registered as Mrs Perkins
Omaha
lint's all wo know about her , " sild Mr
Towusend , ' except that she is not only hunt
sonio but highly Intolltgont and refine ! '
An inspection of her room showed-that her
clothing must hnvc caught liio wnllo she wns
removing the blower fioni the crate iu which
a bed of red hot coals was glowing
ilr-r Idoiilitv 1 ttnhllflhcil
Chicago Dec fi [ Spcclul lolcgrim to
Tiif Ble J The mystorj suiioundlug the
beautiful young woman who was bidly
burned at the Pilmer house was cloaied up
todaj
Iho woman Is not a resident ot Chicago ,
but is from Omaha , Neb , und Is something
ot an adventuress bho reached Chicago
last Tuesday iiight drove up to the Palmer
house in a cab and logistcrcd as Airs
Perkins "
It is presumed that she was under the in
flucuco of liquor when she reached her room
last night , as she caiclcssly allowed her
night dress to catch iho from the hot cools in
tlio grito
The woman , when in Omiha was known
as Kittio Owen , but on becoming icqu lintod
with C L Perkins n dry goods merchant nt
211 Jackson street this city , sheehangedhur
name and called herseit Mis Parkins *
Mr Porklns was seen today und did not
deny the relations w ith the woman Ho said
he met in Omaha during ono of his business
trips there
llio woman was taken to Mercy hospital
by some of tha Palmer house people as soon
as she was able to bo rcmovoil bho wis
badlv burned on the breast bands , arms and
sides but she was resting cislly todiij , nnd
the physicians at the hospital who mo nt
tending her suy slio will recover Mr
Pcrains eillcd ut the hospital today as soon
as ho learned thnt the worn iu was there , and
ha savs he will do ovcijthiug In his power to
nssist her
OLD HUIOII" MAD
Tlio Eccentric Old Speculator Cte-
iitcn n hconp on 'Clnnj/ /
Cmcvao , Dee B ISpeoial lologratn to
TiiEllrr-B ] T Hutchinson , Old Hutoh , "
created a scene on the boird of trade this
morning The old man was fooling Irritate 1
about something oi other and thought that
Walter Chapman , who was standing near
his chair , was looking over his business
card Hutchinson thereupon ordered Chap
man awnv , but ha responded that ho had no
Idea of looking at his card and that ho had
as good a right us Hutch to stand there
ibis riled tha old man , who got ut ) and in an
excited mnnnor paced the floor exclaiming
that the crowd on 'ehaiigo were it lot of
gamblers nnd no bettor tlim moro boys
Ilia ' bo\s" formed a ring nnd applauded the
hntirouiptu speech , which nettled him still
moro Floor Manager Harris tiicd to restore
order , but Old Hutch tumod on him In
forming him in forclbloluuguogothat ho was
n boy with the rest , th it nobody had uny
respect foi him nnd that ha gnmblod with
tha bovs Furthermore , " uddod the excited
old man , ' there nro not moro than lltty
traders ou tlio board iho rest oiu onlv
gumblors , looking around to see how they
can make $ > "
Hutchinson then retired fiom the room
nmid tremendous cheering During tha
ti-oublo business on the floor was wholly
Buspendod , every ' pit being dosertcd
hymn : Aiiouus
Hu Scouts the AUDI l > lloncc of tlio
Dulonsp
Chicago , Dee B When the court was
called to order for a furtbor hcarlnir Jn the
Cronln case toduj Ily lies of counsel for the
prosecution took up the argument to tlio
jury Ho began hisaigumont by arranging
the facts to show that the lines of the defense -
fenso had boon arranged before the murder
was committed llien followed n review of
tdio cxp-rt testimony ns to tha blood stains
and the alibi evidence ot O'bulllvnu und
Coughlln Ily ncs proceeded to show tlio ln-
consistencies In the nllbi evidence , und after
reviewing the matter ut length said , nil this
aBidu , It made no difforenca whether ( ough-
Hit or O bulliv in werooicr at tha Carlson
cottage , whether either of them struck
u blow at Cronln , the main tiling
was u conspiracy to murder und that wns
proved Regarding the testimony for
Coughlln givun by his brother policomnn ,
Hv no siid It was strange they should have
kept the knowledge to thorns Ives till tl oy
came upon the witness stand Regarding
the man Smith , who urovo the white homo ,
Coughlln not only allowed him to get nw iy ,
hut deilberatclv gave a fulso description of
him to Captuln Schaack If Sml'li ' were in
uoccnt ho would coma forward , toll the truth
und v Indicate cotigtiliu
In reviewing the clroumst intiil ovllonco >
against Kutuo , Hynos outlined tha belief ot
the prosecution regarding that prisoner Ha 1
Is tjiought to have guilty knowledge of the
conspiiacj , but to have taucn no nctivo part 1
in the tragedy , llynoa discussed the quca
tion of tbo association of Coughlln und
Kunze , und Kunza und O bulliv an , uud
Hoggs and Eurico as mittors lending proba
blllty to their connection In the conspiracy
Referring to tha lonely sltuntlon of the
Carlson cottao ho said to connect an\ono
with entering It w ithln n w celt of the tnuider ,
either before or utter , vvus to conucct him
with the crime
Concerning the knlyos fouud on Coughlln
Hnyncs expressed the opinion that Coughllu
did notsuppoio he would bo nrrosted , nnd
that it i ho thought his pocket was n safe plnco
it to t lildo thorn In There was , ha sail , onlv
one chance in a million thnt nnv man would
bo i found carving two knives llko these of
Cionln'8 '
llnv ties then too * tip the nltbl of Hurko
nnd nt length dissected the evidence of the
nrny of saloonkeepers who tcHlllo.l iu that
ii
legnrd , drawing the conclusion that it vvus
Inconsistent ] nud insufllclont ,
Referring to the row iu Camii2d Ihncs
said "lliov were ready to neenpt the testi
mony of an English spy ( I o Caron ) who hud
boon 1 it spy for jcirs , rcadv to atccpt the
statement J that tliero weio spies and thl'it Or
Ciouln was ono ot them , nccoidlng to Dm
Coughlln ( " llvnos Insisted thnt the evidence
showed < the appointment ot n sccrot commit
tee and thu surroundings ho said shows it
was appointed for iilegil put poses Ho pro
poses th it the fact of thu conspiracy and the
murder ) showed the truth of Cionln s charges
against i the tliaiiglo
inn JitinuvE noiutoit
,
Itcconiliieiiilnil by ( In ilnry Unit Eli c-
trio VlroHo Itinlcd
, MiNMAions Doc B 1 ho coroners ' jury
In the inquest on the bodies of the victims of
the ' 1 riuuno bulldiog lito brought In it ver-
dirt this evening Hie vcullct declares thnt
.
the owners of the lrlbuno building it not
.
legally . responslblo are morally culpibto for
the loss of life
'lhov flndtliattho lira originated in tlio
room i of the Republic in league ( unoccupied ) ,
from causes unknown In coi elusion the
verdict snys
I In the opinion ot the Jnrv had it not been
for tlieobsliuctiou mot with In the ulcctrio
licht ! vi ires the liddcrs would huv a been
erected < In time to have saved nil the people
th ' it w ci a In the sixth and ev cntli stories at
tha ' time of the nrrlvtl of the tlm dep lit
ment and Robert MeCutehcnn would not
hnvo fallen , mid pcihaps others who went
down i the llrn escape would hive rviult.it
thcmsolvcs of tlio opporlimlty offered by the
flro department ladders histoid of tirnvmg
the lire nnd siroko to rcMCh the lire esetpc
Ihoroforoave would recommend thut tha
elty authorities tuko sumiuiirj sttps to nivo
nil electric wires in tlio heiut of the city
pi iced under ground "
A ma HO I EL UUENS
Destruction ot tliu "Mniiii r ilieln Homo
it I'itihbiirt ;
Pittsiiuiio Dec B Tlio Mononguhelo
house burned to the erouiul to luv causing a
loss of about $1" > 003 , nmplj insured Iho
building covcrod the entile block und was
nev en stories In hoigith Most of the guests
lost all of their personal property
Iho lira slnittd ncir the bottom ot the
freight elovttor just about noon and
the llmies und sniolto Immediately
shot mi the shaft thu suioko filling
tha cntlro upper poitlon of the building
Ihcio were ibout two hundred Liiests in tlio
hotel moro thin h Uf of whom Weio iu their
rooms intnj dressing for dinner J hej
rushel for the pnssenger elevator , but lluu-
Ing the shaft ilso filled with smoke , rushed
to tuo stairiv ivs , and every ono got oit
stfcly Scv oral invalid Indies and others
who hid been oveicome by flight
were cirrled out bv the fliemcti
The chainbernnlds ind some othoromplojcs
hid to take the Iho esc no Several narrow
oscipes ire recorded ino only accident reported
ported w is tlio injuiing of two llromeu who
were bidly biuised bv falling debris Iho
dimagn to the structure will iinount to
$100 000 and the guests will lese oonslclera
ble In damaga to personal property
THOSE RATC3.
Very Much Afrnlil of Antagonizing
Lincoln
Ciuoaoo Dec B | Special Telegram to
The Ule ] Iho general mnnagcis of the
Interstate Commeico Rillw iy issocl ition
mot ted ty in informal session to discuss a
resolution vvnich would furnish u solution to
the Kansas and Nebraska rata making
trouble
Iho political aspect of the case w as froclj
comment d on , the danger In antagonizing
Lincoln Interests being ndmlttod on all
builds As maters now stind Nebraska
will favor Lincoln ovcrOm iht All but ono
of the lailway und wtuchouso commission
are Lincoln men J ha gist of the whole
discussion was whether Lincoln rites nhould
bo equnlizca vvitli these to and from Omah i
The Burlington nnd Union Puclllo favored
equalization while the other lines ) either
favoicd Omaha or wanted a compiomiso
At adjournment no dcflnito conclusion hid
been reached but nil agreed that the so
lutlon appeared much ne tror than It had
Ihero is nuniveisal wish to settle the matter
tor , thu orlv dlfforenco of opinion bolng the
most expedient method
The liisnnity loilro
Cincivs iw , Dec B The case of the
United Stitos against illiam Means and
J It Decamp of the late Metropolitan
national band wis called for trial this mor-
ing in the United States court Ihe chnrgo
Is conspiracy to vlolato the United States
national banking law 'iho attorney for
Mead made application for t continuance on
tno ground of the physical and mental dis
ability of his client , amounting to insanity
Iho application was opposed by the distucl
attorney , and the question wns raised
w hethor there would not bo ordered un in
quest for lunnev Pending the decision thu
court look recess
On reconvening the court doltvcrod its
opinion It did not legard Means mental
condition such ns to prevent him from male
Ing n roasonob'o defense Motlm was made
foi an Inquest of lunnev but it wis over
ruled nnd the case proceeded Moans made
n pltlablo appealanco Ho sink into his
so it nnd appeared wholly oblivious to his
surroundings His physicians say ho has
hallucinations ot grandeur and seems an
sot bed in great enterprises Iho covorn-
ment phjsicluus thought lclm sufllcloiitly
sane to endmcrtrial ,
A ll < friclorv Irmnnrr
Ciiicuoo , Dee S [ Special Telegram to
Tiir Bins I A refractory pilsoncr sucecedod
today in temporarily defy ing and defeating
Chicago Justieo Patrick Allen wits charged
with malltious mischief Ilia complaining
witness Miss Nellie West , stated that jes
torday Allen hud thrown a rock through her
wiudow When she got this fai Paddy gioiv
so angry that ho began to swear , and t iking
a lot of silver change from his pocket threw
It nt the complain tut Alton became bo furi
ous thnt the people In the court room became
pmic-stiliken uud sturtcd for the door , und
it hub only nftei a hnrd struggle between
Paddy and Iho polled oillcors thnt ho was
taken down stairx In about ten minute s the
prisoner wasugain bought up , and ho began
linking threats that If ho had a revolver ho
would shoot tuo witness As u matter of
nn caution the clerk removed from the desk
the ink wells and o\ery thing clso that could
servo as missiles In the hands of the com
batlv o Paddy Again tlm prlsouur broke out
in demoniacal onslaughts und his trial was
finally iwatponud ,
LookH Itnil fortov. . DiiIp ,
Atmij < tGa , Doe 5 [ Special Telegram ,
to The HkeI iho Investigation of tlio
Rev Walter Dale w is brougnt to n close to
day when Gcorgo P. Hortoit of Wadesboi o , i
wont before the commlttco Dtlo is charged I
with being ono J M Nuttnl who murried I
and deserted Hortou's sistci Hortrm'ft ideii-
tlllcittou was compioto Ho faced Dall and 1
declared with cinnliasls that ho was Nuttnl
Dilu was pluccd liuilci in test ou ttio chaiga i
of bigamy Ho will bo given u preliminary
trial tomorrow
I lectrio Bimiir Mm I'lnnil Oii'lt } .
Ni w Yoith , Dec 5 Mrs Ollvo E Friend ,
Mrs Emily Howard , Orrin 0 Ilulstoad and
Gcorgo HuUteid , the remaining electric
sugur BWindlcis , entered the plca'of guilty
this forenoon in the court of general scisioua [
to the Indictment of grand larceny in the
first degree , 'ihoy were remanded for
BCutcnoo •
'
UNCLE I I SAM'S ' ARID LANDS
Mnjor ] Powell Estlmrttos Thorn nt
1,000,000.000 Acroa
COST < OF THEIR REDEMPTION
About Ouo Uiilulrnil Million Acre
Cnn Ito Mnilj Arnhle nt $ lO
Eneh alio Sun line oT Ir-
rlgnllint Dlieiisscil
.
L I I'rlvtWo Parties It-olnlni llinm k
Nivvoiik , Dec & Major Powell , chief i
of the folcnl commission to rtport upon the
host i method ot irrigating the aril lands of
the countij , rendu piper upon the subject
before j the chamber ot commerce this utter J
noon (
Ho bognn with the stntemont thnt nbout
ono halt of thu lands of the Unite 1 Suites ,
cxcluslvo ( of Alaskn , nro nnd
lheso hinds , ho said , so fur ns they cart
,
bo brought under cultivation by Irrigation ,
nro tlio best lauds m the country because
.
the crops are cert ilu of not being subject to-
the , changes of extreme wet and oxtionio dry '
seasons , ns in case of lauds depcudcut upon
rain ' Ot 1000 000,000 acres ot nrid ;
land 1 In the Unltid btntos , nbout - |
0,000 t 000 are now under cuttlv ntion I
bv ] irrigntiou und nbout 120 000,000
altogether vnn ba rendered tu iblo bj that
method ' Major Powell estimates tint the ] f
lonstiuctlon i of lcservolis , t mills and other 'i
works neccssarv will cost at the l ita of $10 • <
.
pcrucre ! Assuming 100 00J 000 icics uio to
bo rcdeuacd in tills wuv the cost will uggrc-
gnto ' fl 000,000 OH )
For the proper cirri ing out of tha work n
change ' iu the hiiul laws isneccssars Where
Irrigation Is unnoeess try the lnud is culti
vated bv private liutiitivc , encu farmer
bcii g able to raise Ills crop In cm tuo inde
pendence of bis nulghbors hi nrid countries ice i
co opci ition for the distribution of wntor t
from Its source Is esscnti il In humid i
countries , tha tendency is toward Bimill hold J
lugs , while in and countries it Is ton ard j
largo holdings '
Many Inrirt and small strc tins run through j
the nrl I belt , but tlio nuiount of witer ob |
tnlniiblo is not largo onuiigh to irrlg ito nil I
of . the nrid hinds which thev tl averse and
the question uri9t8 , what portion of them i
aio entitled to use the w iter Mujor Powell
holds that thej should bo used nt iho points ,
where tliej wl I do the most good This ,
point , he s i\s is where a stu mi turns fiom
t riHlihig er stil mountnin torrent to a low
land streim which mingles with thu soil of
the land from which It Hews If taken
tbovethit point it would bo where the
chilly utinosphero of the high ultiliido would
make It loss tisiful in the pro luetlon ot
crops If taken below that point , tuo
waters would be too much cvuporitcd and
w tstecl on the win lhus Inking tha Ar-
1 insis liver ns an example , water
enough to tirlgata 1,000,000 ncics
in Colorado would bo tcduccd to
onlv enough to inigate ono or two bundled
tnous ind acres across the line iu Kansas
Ilio same rule , Major Powell says , applies to
the waters of the upper Missom i , Colorado ,
Rio Or mdo , Del Noito and Columbia livers ,
Ho estimates the aggregate value of the
vvotorsof all these rivers ut S3 000 00),000
i'ho forests nt the headwaters of these riv
ers serve as catch basins and must bo pre
served Provision also must ba made for
controlling md protecting tlio laigo body of i
pasture lands not stiitablo for cultivation ' , '
Iu addition to these uio great tracts of
mineral lands nhieh should bo held by the
government until the minerals have been dla
covered , when thev should bo paicolled
out iu quantities only large enough for eco
nomlcil working When tlio itoiago lcser-
vousuud irrlgiting canals uro completed
vast water powers vvill have been created
suitable for u atiuf loturlng purposes Iheso
wilt exist ut i olnts on the can lis higher up
than these it wlikhtho waters uro to betaken
taken for Irrigation
llio govcrntnont , Mtjoi Powell snys ,
should not Le nlloiv-d to furnish any money '
for the completion of this grc it system of
works 1 or thu prcsennlion of tt o forests
nnd the parcelling out of tha water a great
many thous inds of men will bo necessary ,
and to put tlio matter iu the hands of tha
government would be to build up a bureaue
t it \ and nn urniy of ofllcliUsm iho only
thing the government should do Is to fui nisu
wise laws to control the operations
For tills work in hind the people would r '
naturally combine by hjdrograpblo basins ,
tlat is in the tonItory covered by u siuglo
vvutcrshed Courts should bo established
to ndju licato upon all questions arising from .
this condition of affairs , though the govern
ment itself should apportion tiio water among
the different states in such districts Major
Powell suggests that the inoua\ for carrying
out these great schemes might bo raised by
the issuance of community bonds or ether
similar methods
Snnipf lilui ; Original
Watiiinqton , Dee B Secretary Rusk has
rcceivod n report from the agrlculturnl ox
pertinent station of southwest Kansas , an
nouncing that it has been demonstrated that
tbc arid lnnds of the west can bo made pro
ductive without the nld of Irrigation Lx- { l
peiimcnts have proved that desert hind un- I ,
irr gtted wil' ' produeo plentiful supplies ot 11
grasses and forage plants , including ser 1-
ghum , ind It is believed wiicnt , corn and '
potitocsof good nunlily buosoquent crops |
vvill need no straw foi the ro isou that the
matted roots will Itecp the dry cartu from ,
bolng blown nvvuy by the high winds
SOUTH DAKOlA'S HEbTilUIE '
She Onnot TnL t Cm a or TlicinV itli-
oill Oiit > ilu ( Aill
Mitoiii'ii s D , Doc B [ Special Tola-
gram to im Hn ] Governor Mollotto wai
In the city todav from Minor couuty , where (
ho had carefully invo3tigatod the grounds
for the reported destitution Ho Bnld ho
didn't believe the re | orts oxnggoratod t
There had been no crop raised during the
present jcar 'lharo were In the countv C50
families who needed or would need uld Of ;
these families 250 are ut present abso
lutely dcstltuto 'ihoy must bo
provided tor and that immediately
Every town and locality in South Dakota
should respond us generously as possible
und as promptly us ponBlblo io this urgent
demand for assistance Ho hud hoped and
expected the stuto would be amply able to
provide for all the needy within her borders ,
but ufter it visit to Minor county was ubout
convinced It would bo ncccBaurj to ask out
side aid "I four the demand " said tlio gov
ernor , "it ill bo too great nud for too long a
I erlod for bouth Dakota lo meet ulonc "
Killiil On a Hililgo
Cinctoo , Dee B [ bpcclnl 'Jelegram to "
Tui Hfb -Willi I un Mallon was walking 11
toward Jackson villa with a ludy last night I
and whllo crossing the crook ou the South I
eastern rallrouJ bridge heard r. train coining ,
They got out on the brldgo m far us possible ,
but not for enough us Million was Btrucn on
the head and killed iho woman had her
arm broken uud received other serious injur-
les
,
Ki nliliil lo llonth
St Josrni , Mo , Dee 6 [ bpetiil Toe
grain to Tin Use j Walter Wright , the
two year old baby of bvlvcstcr Wright , liv
ing at 'Iwentv second nnd bentea btreets
turned a kettlu of boiling water on himself
tonight and was Bculdud to death 1 he child
vvus playing in the kitchen while supper was ii
being prepared , and whllo the cook was on- !
gngid ut work overturned the water
1'inrliil Hull i Explosion
Hoibi , La , Dec 8 A boiler In Calhoui' t
tin factory at Colfax exploded this morning ,
killing six men , two women aud wounding j
many others , all negroes