TITE OMATIA DAILY- BEE : SATURDAY , MARCH 2 < 1 , 189JHTWELVE PAGES. 11 FOR THE SALE OF ARID SOIL Ono Way of Solving the Question that ia Now Being Agitated. OPPORTUNITY GIVEN FOR IRRIGATION Senator Curry' * Hill ( Inintlng Public f.nnd to tin Hold to .Settlors DlHciimiotl by Com- inlmlotier J-iinioroiu Mutes that Are Interested. WASHINGTON , March 23. The senate committee on public lands will probably soon take up Senator Carey's bill granting to each of the arid land states nnd territories 1,000- 000 acres each of the public lands to be sold to settle In lots of 160 acres each. The secretary of the Interior endorses the bill and the commissioner of the general land olTlco has written a letter , In which he takes advanced ground In favor of the Im provement of arld land * by placing the work under the control of the various states. Ho eays : "Tho bill Is clear and guarded In Its terms. It Is In the Interest of small so'- tloro. The United States holds the title until the lands arc actually reclaimed and Bottled. " He continues : "Tho prosecution of Irrl- garlon work has been found to bo very expensive / - pensive , costing from $5 to $30 an acre. Consequently the most successful settle ments , notably In California and Colorado , under Irrigation canals have been where the land could bo procured In bodies , generally within Sp.mlsh and railroad grants. Now that the lands along the water courses , ns a rule , have been taken , the question arises how can the lands dinicult nnd expensive to Irrigate be made available for settlement ? The people of the states In which the arid lands arc located would like to sec the United States undertake the reclamation. This Is certainly Impracticable now and It IB doubtful whether It will over be other wise. That additional legislation to Induce the reclamation and settlement of arid lands In necessary cannot bo denied , and the entire acreage to bo reserved under the bill , If all the states to which It Is ap plicable should avail themselves of its pro visions , would not be as great as each of tlio several states acquired under the swamp acts. Congress may well try the experiment hero proposed , retaining the title In the United States as the bill proposes no that If the results are satisfactory , which I have no doubt will bo the rase , like comprehensive legislation may hereafter bo enacted to recover other largo bodies of land. "Tho states are highly Interested In the reclamation of the arid lands In their bor ders and the settlement and cultivation thereof by Individual citizens. The work Is too vast to be undertaken by the general government. Local and community Inter est under state control will stimulate re sults with far greater zeal and success. The principal proposition Involved recla mation and settlement by Individuals In small holdings meets my strong approval , and this bill seems to mo to present full opportunity for practical experiment and under proper safeguards. The United States retains title until reclamation Is accom plished nnd the land occupied by actual settlers. This , If successful , Is the" great object to bo attained. " The states and territories to which the bill would apply If it should become a law are : Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Now Mexico , North Dakota , Oregon gen , South Dakota , Utah , Washington and Wyoming. i.oosi : MITIIOI > S i.Mri.ovii : : > . JlcporlH of Agriitu U'lio IIiivo Ilcea IiitcHtl- KittliiK tint AppniUcrx Olllco nt lloMon. WASHINGTON , March 23. Special agents who have been Investigating charges pro- forjjed by David 13. Loncrgan , a former em ploye , against A. L. Dodge , appraiser of the port of Boston , have reported to the secre tary of the treasury , who today submlt'ed their report to the senate. In compliance with a resolution adopted by that body Feb ruary ID. The allegation that complainant and one other employe A\ere detailed to police work while drawing pay from the govern ment Is not fully established , although It has some color of truth. Ills further allegation that certain firms were Improperly favored In the matter of Importations Is wholly discred ited by the special agents. The report , however - over , states that there was much direct tes timony showing great looseness In the con- tlllnt rtf n ff fl 110 nt tlm .innxn I . * > some respects and utter disregard of 'the customs regulations. This Is found to bo par ticularly true as to the liberties allowed brokers and Importer * to examine goods other than their own. "Tho features of Mr. Dodge's administration , " says the report , "apparently shows a lack of comprehension of the pre scribed system of conducting such a depart ment. " _ : ( JU.NS AUK NO (1OOI ) . CImlrmnn Cummin Kxplnliu AVhy the Similler WvuponM Kill tlio Hill. WASHINGTON. March 23. Chairman Cummlngs of the house committee on naval affairs Is not a believer In huge guns for naval purposes such as were recently tested at Indian Head. "In my Judgment , " said he , "a ton-Inch gun la the largest wo should make , as It combines the greatest efficiency with the. least disadvantages. At Annapolis I saw one of the thlrteun-lnch guns , fclmllar to the one tested at Indian Head , mounted on an Italian war ship. It was on a raised tur ret , with dclicato machinery for swinging the gun on an eccentric. Hut the delicacy of the machinery was better suited to a watch than to a heavy gun. A six-pound shot dropped Into It would have destroyed tills dellcato mechanism and crippled the gun. These disadvantages of mounting and handling huge guns quite outweigh any advantage - vantage they have In effectiveness. It was established ut the Indian Head trials that a " Jen-Inch gun Is milllclenlly effective to do- "inollah any pinto made. That being so there la no need of getting any more effec tiveness. All beyond the ten-Inch gun Is waste. " _ MOKi : ACTlVi : Ol'TlOIIUS NKIiDKI ) , View * of Si'crotury Cnrllulo on Senator Itim- HOIII'K Itmc'iiiio Cutter lllll. WASHINGTON , March 23. Senator Hansom - som , the chairman of the senate committee on commerce , today received from Secretary Carlisle a letter containing his views of the pcndliiK bill "To Promote the Efficiency of the Ilovcnue Cut'er Service. " The secre tary quotes from the annual reports of sev eral of his predecessors to show the neces sity fur a provision of law creating a re tired list of ottlcer.8 of the revenue marine hcrvlco. The statutes provide that each Hivemio vessel shall have one captain and a B.utecl number of other officers , but no pro vision Is made for the lining of places made vacant by reason pf old ago or other physl- cnl Infirmities. That Is , no appointment can be made until there Is an actual vacancy , canned either by resignation or death. The eeri'tary shows that the "walling orders" Hut con'alns nearly onc-tlilrtl of all tlio cap tains In the service , their ages ranging from 61 to 90 years. The secretary says that the need of more QlHcerj on the active list U an nrgunt one , and ho recommends that a re tired Itst lit ) authorized and that the places left vacant bo filled by promotion , as now. NI\V ; MOXIY : oitmcu ovpicry. One Iliindrtnl mid Tlilrly-KlRht to Ho i : . lulilliliecl .Next Month. WASHINGTON , March 23. There will ba 135 money onlor offices and thirteen postal note otllcea established throughout the coun try on April 2. The former will bs distrib uted by states ns follows ; Alabama , two ; Arkansas , ono ; California , three ; Colorado , one ; Connecticut , one ; Flor ida. ttire. , Ccorala. three : Idaho , one , 1111- nols , two , Indiana , four , Iowa , elf Kansas , tbroB , Kentucky , two ; Louisiana , eight : Maine , eight Maryland , one ; Massachusetts , four , Michigan six , Minnesota , ( Ire , Missis- Jppl. three Missouri , four , Nebraska , four ; Nevada , ons , Now Jersey , one , Now Mexico , one , New York , flye ; North Carollqa , two , North Dakota , four ; ' Ohio , one ; Oklahoma , five ; Oregon , three ; Pennsylvania , two ; South Carolina , nix ; South Dakota , ono ; Tennessee , two ; Texan , fourteen ; Utah , one ; Vermont , five ; Virginia , two ; Washington , three ; Wis consin , ono. The postal note offices are distributed as follows : California , two ; Washington , three ; Arkansas , Indian Territory , Louisiana , Mis sissippi , Missouri , Ohio , Pennsylvania and Tcnnofcsco each one. ANTI-Ol'TION HIM , . It Itni llcrn Amended nndn \ Nonr Heady In Ho Koporlrd to tlm llounr. WASHINGTON , March 23. The house committee on agriculture has completed Its consideration of the antl-gptlon bill and to day authorized It to be reported to the house In the amended form agreed upon. As agreed upon , the bill provides that "option" contracts nnd every "future" contract shall have affixed thereto Internal revenue stamps , representing taxes , as follows : For every 10,000 pounds of cotton , hops , pork , lard , bacon , dried , salted and pickled incatH , 1 cent ) anil every 1,000 bushels of wheat am ! other grains , 1 cent. Every cancellation , clearance , acquittance , contango , backward action , prlvllegu waiver , or other agreement , by which the options or futures are termi nated , otherwise than by actual sale and de livery , or such termination Is delayed or obviated , nlmll have affixed thereto Internal revenue stamps representing taxes as fol lows : For every pound of raw or unmanu factured cotton , hops , pork , lard and bacon , 1 cent a pound ; for every bushel of wheat , 3 cents ; for every bushel of corn , oats , rye ami barley , 2 cents. Another amendment was adopted by which a person engaged In the business may move from any state to another ono on notice to the collector of the district In which his business Is carried on. The notice to the collector must state the principal place where/ the business will bo carried on. This amendment was adopted to meet the objections of the southern members who represent constituents dealing In cotton who have frequently to move from place to place and whu would not bo able to con veniently furnish a penalty bond for the ob servance of the law In each city In which they may be doing business. Uvery bill of sale executed nt the ter mination of contract Is to have afllxod thereto n 2 cent Internal revenue stamp. The special tax on dealers In options ami futures Is fixed at $12 Instead of $24 , as originally proposed , and the penal bond re quired to be furnished Is fixed at $3,000 In stead of $10,000. In the first section , which defines options , the bill has been amended so as tn apply tc "any person as vendee for whom or In whoso behalf such contract Is made , " as well ns to the party acquiring the right to sell to deliver to another at ti future time or within a designated month or other period. The &ame modification as to the tlmo limit was made with regard to "future" contracts. Dry salted meats and plckleil meats arc added to the list of aitlcles to which the bill Is to apply and Hour Is dropped therefrom. All option nnd future contracts and trans fers and assignments thereof arc to be In writing and signed In duplicate by the par ties thereto , nnd every option contract Is testate state In explicit terms . the time or privilege of delivering or the right of de livering the articles therein named shall ex pire , and every futures contract Is to state In explicit terms the quantity and the day upon which , or tholast day of the period within which , the articles contracted to be sold shall be delivered. In each contract the party contracting , or the party for whom ho acts as agent , etc. , shall state explicitly whether he is or Is not the owner of the arti cle or articles contracted to bo sold or de livered , or has or has not theretofore ac quired It or them by purchase or Is or Is not then entitled to the right of the future pos- scbslon of such articles. Any such contract , not Including such statements and not bo made and signed , shall bo unlawful , Dealers are required to keep a book for recording on the day of Its execution the date of the optjpn nnd future contracts theuo may bo transferred or assigned by such dealers and all other Information Incident thereto , which book Is to be subject to In spection by the revenue officers. Monthly re turns are to be made to the revenue collec tors , who , lu ( return , at stated periods , are to make reports'to the commissioner of In ternal revenue. Provision Is made for the preparation of suitable stamps denoting the taxes required by the act to be paid there with , and for punlahlng counterfeiters thereof. Persona violating the provisions of the act are to be liable to a line or Imprisonment In addition to the taxes prescribed in the art. There were twelve members of the com mittee present nnd Chairman Hatch said there were but two negative votes against the bill , thos.a j > t the members from Now Hampshire and Massachusetts. All the ab sent members , ho said , were In favor of the bill. VeteruiiH of the I.ito War Kcrcntly Iteinem bored by tlio ( icneriil ( Jovcrnnieiit. WASHINGTON , March 23. ( Special to The I3ee. ) Pensions granted , Issue of March 10 , were : Nebraska : Original Joshua Porter , 'Lit tle , Holt. Incrcase-r-Abraham Spade , Sparta , Knox. Itctssue Hdwln Randolph , Lincoln , Lancaster. Original widows , etc.i Ilcbccca Vo.-e , Indlanola. Hed Willow. Iowa : Original Do Forest A. Ingersoll , Fort Dodge , Webster ; Proctor E. Muynard , Hawardcn. Sioux ; Morris L. Davis , Agency , Wapcllo ; Peter Crohan , Clinton , Clinton. In crease Christian Henntng , Clayton , Clay ton. Reissue Duane K _ Simons , Churdan , Greene ; Truman W. Hazlcton , Palmer , Win neshlek. Uelsstio nnd Increase Thomas C. Iond ! , Central City , Linn ; Allen Hamrlck , Knoxvlllc , Marlon. Original widows , etc. Gva Nlcnstedt , Clinton , Clinton. South Dakota : Renewal and increase William II. II. Jones. Huron , Ueadle. Montana : Original Thomas U. Jollff , Armington , Cascade. Colorado : Original Wlllard A. Nowromb , Colorado City , Kl Paso. Increase Henry Hatch , Sterling , Logan. North Dakota : Additional James Wat son , Valley City , Barnes. GOVKK.NOK TII.L.MAV.S TII.VIli : .1IAIUC. IliM A'ctlon AgiiliiAt the CominlKsloiiur of Patent * toConio Up Moon. WASHINGTON , "March 23. Governor Tillman's action against Commissioner of Patents Seymour to compel the registry of the trade mark "Palmetto" on South Carolina's dispensary liquors , will bo given a hearing In the United States supreme court on April 9 , unless an agreement Is made by the counsel to fix the 2nd of the month as the date. The conunUiitoner's counsel will file u motion to dismiss the appeal from the court of appeals for want of Jurisdiction. In their arguments on the motion they will allege that the matter In dispute , exclusive of costs , does not exceed $5,000 , as required. It will also bo argued In support of the motion that no question was presented In the cause Involving the validity of a patent , copyright , treaty. Htatuto or authority exor cised under the United States as required by law. I'rlnro and 1'our Man Alike find pleasure and comfort In Old Do minion Cigarettes. Photo In oVcry package. Illillliinipollrl Mllllea ! TcKtlvnl. INDIANAPOLIS , March 23. The Indian apolis May Music Festival association has engaged the following artists for Its sixth annual festival , May 15 , 16 and 17 : Emma Eamcs , Henri Marleau. Kminu Juch , Clara Poole King , Gertrude May Stein , the Eng lish artists Hen Davlos , Walker Mills and Antlonetto Trcbelll , Max Uolnrlch , Arthur Freldhelm and others' Five concerts are ? to ba given , and the principal works to be presented will be the oratorio of St. Paul and parts of Lohengrin , Tnnnhauser and Molster Cure Indigestion nnd biliousness with DeWIU'a Little Early Risers. 830 to Suit I.iiko and Sun i'runrlsco. That's ill U costs you via THE UNION PACIFIC. $35.50 for the round trip. Corresponding low rates to all western point * . Through first and second class sleepers and dining ears. See your nearest Union Pacific agent or Har-y P Dmel , pity ticket agent. JS03 Farnam street , Omaha , TRIPS TO THE NORTH POLE Searches for the End of the World Showing Unusual AcUvitj , SOME EXCURSION PARTIES ORGANIZING Severn ! I'rtiJcctM on I'oot for Kiptorntloii of the Arctic HrgUm * thnt Will Htnrt from St. JoliiiH. Nowfoiitiilluml , During TliN Yciir. ST. JOHNS , N. F. , March 23. Prepara tions arc already being made here for three Arctic explorations this year ; one consist ing of three or four persons , probably under the leadership of Prof. Holprln of Phila delphia. They will go to Howcrdcn Hay In West Oreenland In the steamer Katcon , and will bring back Lieutenant Peary and the party that went with him to the Arctic regions. During the winter another expedition under Mr. Stein , consisting of eight per sons , proposes going to Smith's sound , also the northern latitudes to conduct geological Investigations. They will remain three years. Three of this party are Norwegians. One of Its objects Is to find the Swedish explorers , UJorllng and Walstennlns. who went north In 189U. on the schooner Klpple , and were supposed to bo lost , aa the ves sel's wreck was found last year. The third expedition projected will be the largest In many years. The American consul has signed a treaty for a steamer to take a party of sixteen scientists north to a place on Franklin bay. The expe dition Is under the auspices of the Ameri can government , and an appropriation by congress Is awaited before completing the arrangements. The purposes of the ex pedition are geographical , geological and me teorological investigations. The party will remain north four years. A steamer Is likely to visit them with fresh supplies two years after starting. A'TKASIKHlT O I'Kttlt UK. Unity I'ojr Outslilo Now York Di'luylng the Arrltnt of Orrnit VOBBI-IB. NEW YORK , March 23. The bay and rivers are enveloped In a dense fog today which renders ferry trafllc dangerous and hinders the approach of ocean steamers. Several steamers are due today , among them the Guide and Germanic from Liverpool , and the City of Para from Colon. Some of them are probably at anchor oft the bar , waiting for the fog to.lift. The Hamburg-American steamer uugia is fifteen days out from Naples. The State of Georgia Is twenty-two days out from Aberdeen. The Donna Maria sailed from Oporto on March 7 and lias been out sfxteon days. The Grecian from Glasgow is thirteen days out. out.Tho Kansas City from Swansea Is fifteen days out. The Bohemia Is fourteen days out from Hamburg. The North German Lloyd RIbe sailed from Southampton March 14 and was due yester day. day.There There is still no news of the British steamer Apollo , wh'ch left this port Fcbitnry 11 for Antwerp. It Is now forty days since she sailed. yi.lDi : liSEMUSS KSOUail. John Slimier * Shot a Man , a Child and Ills Own Wife Ho AVus Nrnrly Lynched. WILKESUAHRE , Pa. , March 23. A bloody tragedy occurred at Mldralo this evening. John Sanders , a Polish boarding house keeper , had a quarrel with Mills Bishop. He fired at the latter with a rifle. The shot missed Bishop , but killed a 2-year-old child In Its mother's arms In an adjoining room. The second shot entered Bishop's body near the heart. Sanders then accused his wife of being too Intimate with the boarders and shot her twice In the leg and In the neck. The latter wound will probably prove fatal , and It Is believed Ulshop can not live. In less than an hour a mob of COO persons gathered at Sanders' house and attempted to tear It down. Sanders llred upon them. His ammunition was soon ex hausted and he was arrested. 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