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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE : SUNDAY , MAY 20 , 18 ! ) J-TWENTY PAORS. MUST ANSWER THE PETITION Ex-Troisnror Hill and All Ills Eond'mon Summoned to the Supreme Court , SUIT OF THE STATE FO.l ITS LOST FUNDS Document * I'lrtcod In ( lie llund * of I ho MinrlfT * of ItiniKJii" , I.uticitlor nnd UHBO for K < .rvlio ! AVIiy Hurt- Icy I * Nut ttiipllcut'd , LINCOLN , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The cane In which the state of Nebraska sues ex-Treasurer John H. Hill and his bondsmen for )23fi,3GI.G9 , W'as formally com menced today by the action of Attorney General Hasting * filing u prneclpe with the clerk of Iho supreme court , directing tint official to Issue a summons lu the case to the ex-treasurer anil his bondsmen. The clerk immediately Issued the summons and placed them In the hands of the sheriff * of Douglas , Lancaster and Gage counties. The following Is a copy of the summons placed In the hands of the sheriff of Douglas county : "You nre hereby commanded to notify Victor U. Caldwell , Samuel E. Rogers , John F. Coad und Frank Colpetzer. Impleaded with John II. McClay , John B. Wright , Charles W. Moaner , D. U. Thompson , It. C. Oulcalt. J. I ) . Macfarland , John Fitzgerald. John i : . Smith , Samuel 0. Smith , John Hills , G. T. Hoggs and N. S. Harwood , de fendants , that they have been sued by the state ot Nebraska , plaintiff , In the supreme court of the etatc , and that unless they answer on or before the 18th day of June , A. D. 1891 , the petition of the said state of Nebraska filed against them In the clerk's office of said court , such petition will be taken as true , and Judgment ren dered accordingly. " A copy of the above summons will be served upon cacii of the ex-treasurer's bonds men. Treasurer Hill gave a bond for $2,000- 000 , dlvjded as follows : John Fitzgerald , $400,000 ; C. W. Mosher , $300,000 ; J. D. Mac farland , $200,000 ; Samuel E. Ilogcrs , $200- 000 ; John F. Coad , $200,000 ; D. E. Thomp son , $150,000 ; It. C. Olltcalt , $150,000 ; Frank Colpctzer , $100,000 ; N. S. Harwood , $100,000 ; C. T. Hoggs , $100,000 ; John Ellis , $100000 ; Samuel C. Smith , $100,000 ; John E. Smith' , $100.000 ; Victor B. Cnldwell , $100,000 , John H. McClay , $50,000 ; John B. Wright , $30,000. In connection with this case , which Is by far the most Important In which the state ot Nebraska has been a party. It mabe Interesting to note the process of legal rea soning by which the state establishes Its case against ex-Treasurer Hill. Many people ple fall to understand why the deposit of the money In the Capital National bank under the state depository law does not re lease the bondsmen of ex-Treasurer Hill or State Treasurer Bartley. Still others fall to understand why the stnto does not Insti tute Its suit ngalnst Treasurer Bartloy , as the money was lost two months after ho took possession of the office. A few brief paragraphs from the petition filed by Attor ney General Hastings and Judge Wnkeley will show the line of nrgument taken by the attorneys for the state. After citing the election of Treasurer Hill , the filing and approval of his bond , the pe tition establishes the following propositions : 1. It was by law the duty of Treasurer Hill to receive and keep nil moneys ot the state and to account for and pay over to his succsesor all of such funds. 2. On January 8 , 1891 , when Treasurer Hill assumed the duties of the office ho rp- celved Into his custody the sum of $1,524- 551.74. During his last term ho received from other sources the sum of $4,200,831.50 , making the total sum held and received $5,725,380.24. 3. Treasurer Hill did not perform his duties as provided by law , inasmuch as ho loaned to the Capital National bank the slim of $285,357.85 and moro. On January 14 , 1893 , when ho surrendered his office to Treasurer Bartley ho failed and refused to pay over to Bartloy the auld sum of $285- 357.85. 4. That when ho did turn over his office to Bartloy no Induced the latter In some manner to accept certificates of deposit for $285,357.85 , when nt the time the said cer tificate of deposit was turned over the Cap ital National bank was Insolvent and unable to redeem the certificate of deposit. MOIII3 VIADUCT TROUBLES. Mayor Weir , accompanied by several mom- bora of the city council , wont to Omaha today for a 11 mil conference with the rail road managers over the viaduct trouble. The complications have finally reached the point where work will have to bo entirely suspended unless the railroad companies make further advances of money to complete the structure. The work Is so nearly done that the final cstlmnto ot $10,000 will com plete It , if the money is secured nt once. The entire trouble arises out of the fact that the city council has no funds with which to pay damages to abutting property. Under the contract with the railroad com panies the companies wcro to pay the actual cost of the structure while the city waste to settle for abutting damages. The via duct was to cost $116,000. The railroads which wcro to advance the money as fast ns the work Is done have so far compiled with their contract. They have advanced $93,000 , and the contractor has done about $90,000 worth of work. The city council has allowed another estimate of $16,000 , but the railroads decline to furnish the money on the grounds that but $90,000 worth of work has been dono. Mayor Weir hopes to secure the money by giving the railroad managers some assurance that the city will nt once taker steps Jo raise the money to pay the abutting damages. CITY POLITICS IN COUHT. Mayor "Weir made application today for the vacating of the Injunction obtained by Water Commissioner Pcrclval , on the ground that the facts alleged In the petition do not constitute sufficient to authorize , the Issu ance of the Injunction , and because the allo- gnttona therein nro untrue. In the answers filed therewith the mayor avers that he never has nor does have any intention of Interfering with the rights or privileges of the plaintiff , nor has ho any doslrs to con trol his department other than n part of the duties of the office ot mayor. Ho reiterates that the ordinance fully empowers him to appoint the employes of the water depart ment , and that In pursuance ot said power ho on the 9th day ot May appointed A. L. Quay. The man Worthlngton has never been appointed ns an employe , nor has Mr. Pcrcl val ever requested his appointment. Ho avers that ho has no ileslro to harass or annoy the commissioner In the performance of his duties , but that when ho goes outside of his duty only will the detaining hand of the mayor fall athwart his path. NOTED INSURANCE CASE. J. A. Buckstnff , who Is plaintiff In forty c.pea against as many Insurance companies for losses sustained by the destruction of his brick making plant , pours some hot shot Into the companies In an amended reply filed today. Ho says that the companies conspired together to cheat and defraud him by refusing to pay the just losses , fraudulently Insisted that the boilers and movable machinery were personal property and not entirely destroyed. That they took advantage of the necessities ot his business situation and the fulfillment of contracts to force htm to arbitrate. He named C , T. Iloggs n his arbitrator , and the companies recommended ono K. P. Davis as a compe tent and disinterested party. lluckstafT In sists that us a matter of fact Davis was not competent nnd disinterested , but was strongly biased In favor ot the companlci , was under obligations and controlled by them , and was a sort of professional arbi trator for them , Davis , he Bays , was head- Btrong and Insisted on having his own wny , would > } 0t consent to tha numlnu n third arbitrator any man but A. J , VlerlltiK of Omaha ; ho refused to hear any testimony on behalf of Buckstaff , nor would ho talk over the matter with Hoggs , whereupon the litter sent In his res'gnntlon In dligugt , nnd this U how the companies wanted to arbi trate. Auburn lIurglHru Arrvatcil. NEBRASKA , CITY. Neb. . May 19. ( Bpovlal Telegram. to The Bee. ) EJ Parka , Lew Thomas and Dnn Smith , all colored residents ot this city , were arrested last charged with burglarizing a hardware fro at Auburn about RX weeks agi Sheriff Glasgow of Nomnha county took them In Auburn on the midnight train. IUK : ITIM.S. : In ( hn It-mils Totmmiiirnl.Iti'V , DrMni'r'i ) l.i-c-liiro CIIETE , Neb , , May 19. ( Special Telegram to Tlie Bee.--Tho ) winner * in the college tennis tournament nrrLadles' ulnglci , Miss Bertha Havvypr ; mixed double * , Ml s Sawyer nnd H , H. Fuller ; mon'ii champion ship doubles , Fuller nnd Davldftott. The grounds have been In fine condition nnd the weather favorable , barring wind , nnd vpry sall'factory wprk wns done , Commandant Ilnrdln on Thursday read the following rrdor , subject to the approval of the proHldcnt of the college. "Donne College battalion , company A To bo captain , J. M. Farrar ; to be lieutenant adjutant , L , M. Obtrkotlcr ; to be lieutenant * . U. J. Wil liams , A. T. Cassel ; to be II rat sergeant , F. W. Lcavltt ; to bo Ecrgrants , F. W. Dean , L. N. Farr , H. Miller , J. M. Kokjer. " Corporals were also appointed. The new uniforms ( regulation West Point fatigue ) have arrived and the boys make a neat ap pearance. Field day , which was billed for today , has been postponed for one week. "Father" Dresser , pastor of the Congrega tional church at Camp Creek , gave tills week's lecture on the college course. Rev. M. Dresner Is 82 years old nnd made his one and ono-half-hour talk on "Reminis cences" very entertaining. Ho waa con nected with the founding of Onelila and Lane Rcmlnarlcs and Ohcrlln college. He gave a thrilling account of his being publicly whipped In Nashville , Tcnn. , where he wna colling bibles , because In order to preserve the books he Und wrapped them with frag ments of anti-slavery papers , UYnl Point I'oliitrrft * WEST POINT , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The north Nebraska conference of the German Lutheran church Is In ses sion In this city. Forty-five ministers are In attendance. A missionary service will bo held Sunday and after services a largo feast will be spread. Prof. Lawrence Bruner of the State uni versity will give n lecture on entomology next Friday for the benefit of the senior class. The school board of this city reduced the teachers' salaries $5 for the next year , thus making the salary but $45. A great deal of opposition la shown toward this stop. stop.Rov. Rov. Joseph Rueslng , accompanied by Henry Gontrup , started on their protracted trip to Germany Thursday. E. P. Roggen was In this city the greater part of this week looking after the Interests of the New York Llfo Insurance company. H. D. Readlnger , a popular resident of this city , has opened a large shoe store here. The mandolin club of this city left for Stanton Friday evening whore they will play nt the Stanton County Teachers as sociation. A Fat and Lean base ball club has been organized In this city and a match be tween the two sections has been arranged for a future date. D. C. O'Connor , superintendent of the public schools , left Friday evening for Stanton - ton , where ho Is to deliver a lecture at the teachers association nt that place. Four daughters of Amandus Krnuse ar rived In this city from Huron. Can. , Friday , to make this place their future home. Fort Nloliritm Notes. FORT NIOBRARA , Neb. , May 19 ( Special to The Beo. ) Mrs. F. O. Hodgson , the highly esteemed wife of the former adjutant of the Sixth cavalry , now assistant quarter master In the United States nrmy. Is nt the post visiting her sister , Mrs. Thomas Cruse , wife of Quartermaster Cruse , Sixth cavalry. The Sixth cavalry band serenaded the new arrival. Major Thomas Lobo , Sixth cavalry , Is nt present nt Fort Omaha nt a general court martial convened at that post for the trial of First Lieutenant Maxwell , Second In fantry , Lieutenants Beach nnd Gray have recently returned from Fort Leavenworth , where they have been before an examining board for promotion nnd passed. Llctjtenant Gray is absent again , at Choy- cnne , Wyo. , as a witness before the United States court. Privates Keano and Motzger wore ap pointed corporals , vice McDonald and Hayes reduced , company G , Eighth Infantry. Lance Corporal Meller was appointed cor poral , vlco Stutz reduced , troop A , Sixth cavalry. Corporal Thomas , troop A , Sixth cavalry , wns also reduced , which leaves an other show for a young , ambitious man. John Marshall , lance corporal , detachment ot Indian scouts , Is entitled to a great deal of consideration on account of length of service , ho having recently re-enlisted for the twenty-sixth time. Nallnn County Sunday School * . TOBIAS. Neb. , May 20. ( Special to The Beo. ) The semi-annual meeting of the Sa line County Sunday School association , which has been ln session at the Atlantic Center church Tuesday and Wednesday , closed with n lecture on "Young Men and Maidens" by Rev. P. C. Johnson , D.D. . of Table Rock and ex-president of the associa tion. The lecture was attentively listened to by a very largo congregation , a large number from town being In attendance. The following officers were elected : Rev. Will J. Scott of Western , president ; J. S. Dick of Crete , secretary nnd treasurer ; C. S. Buchtoll of Tobias , statistical secretary. About 100 delegates were present , nnd ono of the best meetings In the history of the organization was had. The next meeting will bo held nt DeWItt the third Tuesday and Wednesday in October. Itliilr llI BLAIR. Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The teachers of this county held a picnic at DcSoto on Saturday last. A child belonging to E. Enfan.no was bitten a few days ago by a pug dog. The child was taken to a madstono at Ottumwa , la. , and has Just returned. It Is claimed the bite showed signs of blood poisoning. The Blair canning fnetory will only can sweet corn. It was too Into to contract for peas after Its recent sale under a mortgage. The farmers report corn planting nil done around Blair. W. P. Vlele , an old Washington county farmer , has sold out and returned to Ver- montvlllo , Mich. Dr. W. H. Palmer has Just returned from Texas and Mexico. Ho was a dclegnto to the national convention of railway surgeons held at Galveston. I'nlmyrn Hc PALMYRA , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Beo. ) A republican league club of soventy-flvo members , which will at once bo largely Increased , was organized hero today. Tha officers elected are as follows : President , C. A. Sweet ; first vice president , Dr. W. L. Cameron ; secretary. Will Thalerp ; treasurer , J , R. McKee ; delegates to the state convention , Rov. C , W. Turrell , J. Q. Moore , P. King. F. Cook and Dr. W. L. Loper. A working executive committee was appointed and much enthusiasm manifested. I. out thu Hot lij- Mix Hours. HOLDREOB , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) About 4:30 : p. m , today two men came running Into town , claiming they had run all the way from Omaha , and had been fifty-six hours on the road. Their names are Tom Gibson and A. D. Woodruff. They claim to have made the run on a bet against time. They wcro to got $500 to make the trip In fifty hours or less. Gibson was ahead when they crossed the word line of this city , about thlrty-flvo feet. ( iriinil Irihinilt-rJ Hour ( lood Music. GRAND ISLAND , May 19. ( Special to The Boo. ) The Pacific. Hose Company band gave a concert at the Bnrtcnbach opera house last night which waa met by n largo and very appreciative audience , every num ber on the program being liberally en cored. The rendition of the descriptive fan- taslc'In the Clock Store , " was especially good. I'lpliuil Up n Mimimoth'H Tooth. M'COOL JUNCTION , Nob. . May 20. ( Spe cial to Thu Bee. ) A mammoth tooth In good state ot preservation , weighing about nine pounds , was found by workmen in a sand pit on the On ; farm near hero. C. C. Norqucst ot this place owns the tooth. Clirlitlun KmlruvurtTH tit ( inuiil lilniul. GRAND ISLAND , May 19. ( Special to The Uee. ) The third ueml-anuual conven tion of the Seventh district of tbo Young People's Society of Christian Kndeavor Is being held at St Paul's English Lutheran church In this city. State President Rev. Harry Omar Scott nddreited the delegates , of whom there nre nearly 100 , nl the openIng - Ing scmlon last night , and Rev Turkic ot Omah/i delivered a discourse this morning. The greater part of the dny has been occu pied by the reading of reports from the various societies In the district. Publta ses sions will bo held tonight nnd tomorrow night. i.ooiviNd roil Moiti : .MKMIIKIIS. Fremont Itrpnlillrmii Moot to Kurni n Club lint r < | itioiiti Action. FRKMONT , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) A large meeting of republicans was held In the court house tonight to form a republican club. The meeting was called to order by Ross L. Hammond. L , D. Richards was elected chairman nnd W. H. Haven secretary. The organization of n club was postponed for the purpose of obtaining more names for mem bership. I. W. Lansing wns then Intro duced , nnd In his characteristic style of mingled sound logic and humor entertained the largo audience for over an hour. I. M. Raymond followed In n stirring speech of about the same length. The Ladles Relict corps and Sons of Vet erans gave a strawberry and Ice cream supper last evening , realizing about $15. The Woman's Christian Temperance union Is meeting with good success with their Saturday afternoon sales of home-made food nt the temple. Walt Seeley. ex-secretary of the repub lican state committee , was In the city yes terday. The police made a raid on a gang of tramps In the railroad yards yesterday , driving forty from the town and landing four In the city prison. Vt-nldll ( lOHHIp. VERDON , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The la circulated that Falls Bee.--The report City has three cases of smallpox. The Congregational pastor , Rev. J. S. Fisher , from Oberlln , O. , preached his first oermon to his Vcrdon congregation last Sunday morning. F. D. Howe has finished repainting his store building. Gilbert Hall of Verdon. a State university student , Is making preparations to go to Europe this summer with the excursionists from the university. A shooting gallery was established In town this week. An excellent entertainment was gU-en by the primary department of tbo Verdon school a few nights ago. Hon. Moses Veach returned this week from his California trip. A large number of persons from Vcrdon and vicinity attended the circus at Falls City today. Parents' day , as announced by the school , was last Friday. The room occupied by the third and fourth grades was filled with school work of different kinds , which a large number ot visitors called to examine. Siiiulay School C'ongri-ni nt Table Hock. TABLE ROCK. Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The Pawnee county Sunday school convention was held In the United Presbyterian church at Mission Creek Thurs day and Friday wflh a good attendance of delegates and n Inrge number of visitors from the neighborhood. The program wns carried out without a single failure. The exercises were all Interesting and Instructive. Rev. C. H. Mitchell of Summerfleld , Kan. , conducted n "model class. " Papers were read by Mrs. Nash of Mission Creek , Mrs. Fulton nnd Mrs. J. D. Nesbltt of Pawnee City and Rov. W. H. Nlles of Table Reck on subject ! of interest to Sabbath school workers. The discussions and question box were Interesting. Mr. J. D. Nesbltt and Mrs. L. W. Harrington of Pawnee City were re-elected president and secretary and Mrs. S. C. Boyd of Table Rock , treasurer tor the ensuing year. Mr. D. J. Barr of Mission Creek and Mrs. L. W. Harrington of Pawnee City were elected delegates to the state con vention at York. Xutloiml Gnurils Inspected. MILFORD , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) Adjutant General Gage and Inspector General Hotchklss inspected troop A of the Nebraska National Guards yesterday. The drill and Inspection was dismounted and the company created a favorable Impression. After Inspection General Hotchklss and Gen eral Gage both addressed the company , giv ing the members some words of advice , com plimenting the company on Its excellent dis cipline nnd care of state property. The cavalry is the hardest branch of the service to maintain nnd yet Mllford's troop has survived for the past seven years nnd has always been ready for service. DriiRRlftt VlnliiK' " Case Oponml. WAVERLY , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) The much looked-for trial of Druggist E. R. Vlnlng came off today at Lincoln. Twenty ladles , representing the Women's Christian Temperance union of this place , attended the proceedings. Nearly n score of witnesses were called by the state. One important witness , Howard Auchmuty , who wns the clerk that sold the bottle of liquor over which the trouble originally started , failed to appear , and consequently an adjournment was taken until 2 p. m. Tuesday. About all the evidence Is In and a speedy decision Is then expected. Both sides claim the advantage. KcIcMSml After hex on WcukH. BEATRICE , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Beo. ) Jack Marshall , the Red Cross Vinegar company's traveling salesman , who a conplj of months ago secured the endorsement ot the Paddock house proprie tors on a draft for $50 by the use of a bogus telegram , waa today released , the Red Cross people refusing to come up from St. Louts to testify against him. Marshall lay for seven weeks In the county jail. lrunoni ! ( if mi Old Soldier. GRAND ISLAND , May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) The funeral of Joseph Rlker , an Inmate of the Soldiers' home , who was taken to the asylum nt Lincoln nnd died there yesterday , death being the result of exhaustion , took place at the homo burial grounds today. Rlkcr was CS years of age , was a private In company F , First Now Jersey Infantry , nnd leaves a wife , who is also an Inmate ot the home. .Tumped III * Hoard Illtl. DECATUR , Neb. , May 19 , ( Special to The Bee. ) Yesterday whllo Landlord Jerry Page was absent on business ono ot his boarders , who has posed himself as a gentleman ot leisure the past winter , suddenly departed , leaving his board bill unpaid. Mr. Smith has been a suspicious character about town nnd Is supposed to have been connected with the bootlegging business the past win ter. Hey Killed nn the Tniokn. BEATRICE , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Telegram - gram to The Bee , ) A 11-year-old boy named Ira Jennings was killed by a stock train on the B , & M. at Liberty today as ho at tempted to drive across the track. Coroner Fletcher went down to the scone of the acci dent , but decided not to begin the Inquest until Monday. ( luttliiK Iti-july for the 1'uurth. DAVID CITY. Neb. , May 19. ( Special Telegram to The Beo. ) Arrangements nre > being made for a rousing Fourth ot July celebration In the city. Nearly $400 has bzcn raised and a committee appointed that will make the celebration a success. Continued to the Next Turin , GRAND ISLAND , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The two criminal cases on the district court docket against Ed Hackcn- bcrgcr , defaulting county treasurer and sec retary ot the Board of Education , were con tinued to the next term. Cut Wire * on the Union 1'iielflo. ROGERS , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) Some miscreants cut the wire at sev eral places on the Union Pacific fence here Ust night. Allt-Rcil Htiigu Iliihbt-r Arreittrd. SAN FHANC18CO , May 19-John Kelly , alias "African Jack , " a notorious crook nnd desperado , waa arrested here today on suspicion of being * thu lone highwayman who successfully held up the Ho nor a and Angela atagu within the past two weeka In the vicinity of today's attempted rob bery above Hilton. HIOST MAKES .FARMERS . SAD Everything Above Ground Bitten by a Taste of Winter in May , > > iff ALL GARDEN TRUCK'ENTIRELY DESTROYED i ) Hot Wilds lllld I.oiW'llrollKllt Jlnd Lett HIP Crop * In 1'onr CimthlliMi to With- Kl.iiul Ilia ( 'olit t'ho Degrees Ill-low rrrerlntj 1'iilut. BLAIR , Neb. , Mny ( ' l i-Speclal ( Telegram to The Hoc. ) Considerable ; damage was done to fruit In tills section on account ot the heavy frost Friday night. It wns worse In certain localities , such as along the ravines and low lands ) on the bottom. Several farmers \\oro seen today , anil they nil say that no damage has been done to corn , oats and wheat , although nipped badly. They think It will come out all right. All garden truck Is killed , drapes are hurt , and In some sections , where the freezing was the worst , apples , plums and cherrler , are badly frozen. Orapcs are just lit bud , and the crop Is badly Injured. Wild grape vines liavo all turned black. The damage all seems to be with the fruit. Strawber ries have suffered badly ; probably the entire crop Is killed. DAVID CITY , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) A killing frost has ruined the gardens In the city and seriously Injured corn , , potatoes and fruit In the country. Yesterday afternoon the wind suddenly ceased blowing and the sky cleared , while the temperature fell steadily till the freez ing point was reached , and this morning the ground was white. DUNCAN , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Dee. ) Heavy frost last night destroyed nearly all tender vegetables. Potatoes arc frozen down to the ground , and many fields of corn arc ruined. It Is ,1 desolate looking sight this morning , where yesterday every thing was luxuriant and gave great promlsa. Farmers are discouraged. The ground Is dry. Hyo and oats are dying for want of rain. rain.ELKHOHN ELKHOHN , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Dee. ) Frost last night devas tated vegetables In this Ideality. Corn that the farmers were cultivating or would have started to cultivate In a few days was cut down to the ground. Aside from retarding the maturity of the crop from two to throe weeks , however. It la not thought the corn Is Injured. Early potatoes suffered likewise. The fruit crop fared worse , drapes , straw berries , currants and gooseberries will amount to nothing. Apples , plums and cher ries will possibly make one-third of n crop. A number of farmers In this vicinity will plow up their fields sown to oats and plant the ground with corn. 1J recent season of drouth as well as last night's frost has made this necessary. SMALL FRUIT CHOP RUINED. FAIUBUHY , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Telegram - gram to The Bee. ) A severe frost last night ruined the prospects for strawberries and raspberries. Cherries and plums are badly Injured ; apples but little. Before the frost the prospects for a big fruit crop were never better. FREMONT , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) A , ilieavy frost visited this locality last nlghtM Rye , potatoes , all garden vegetables and cherries and grapes are ruined. Corn IsjcutMoft to the ground , but with moderate raln wlll probably come up again. Wheat Is. hadly injured. Apples thought to be unharmed. The Ames beet fields suffered badly. FORT CALHOUN.INel ) ! , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) Last night a heavy frost vis ited this locality , Injuring the garden plants , potatoes and corn. The fruit does not seem to be much Injured. ' i i dREELEY CENTER , Neb. , May 19. ( Spe cial Telegram to The Bee. ) There was a heavy frost hero last night , and Ice formed In come places a quarter of an Inch thick. Early garden stuff and fruit are almost en tirely killed. Potatoes that were above ground are killed. Farmers from nil over the country report wheats rye.ioats und corn badly damaged. * dRESHAM , Neb. , , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) Heavy frost last night In this section killed all garden stuff , and almost nil fruit. Nearly all vegetation Is laid low. FOLLOWED ON THE DROUTH. HASTINdS , Neb. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Beo. ) A genuine frost this morning nipped fruit and wilted vegeta tion. The frost followed on top of ten days hot , dry wind , which completely ruined small grain. There Is no prospect of rain Immediately. HENDERSON. Neb. . . May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) The severe winds with which this locality has been visited the past few days were last night followed by a vigorous frost , which laid low all garden products , Including potatoes , which were looking fine. All fruit Is believed to be totally destroyed. Farmers are badly discouraged. HOLDREdE. Nob. , May 19. ( Special Telegram to The Bee , ) There was a freeze hero last night that killed all fruit and vegetables , corn and potatoes. Ice formed on water three-eighths of an Inch thick. The frost was hard enough to kill all the leaves on the trees. There has been no rain here for three weeks , and only light showers then. Crops ore bound to bo light. HUBBELL , Neb. . May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Bea. ) Vegetables and fruit were seriously Injured by the heavy frost which fell here last night. The drouth which Is prevailing In this locality Is working serious damage to growing crops. Farmers are be coming greatly discouraged at the outlook. JUNIATA , Nob. . May 19. ( Special to The Bee : ) This vicinity was visited by a slight freczo last night that killed considerable garden truck , and fears are entertained for the fruit crop. Ice formed an eighth of an Inch thick. There have been heavy winds for ten days , but it is calm today. Rain Is greatly needed. The small grain crop Is going to bo short , and many fields arc being put Into corn , thus greatly Increasing the already large acreage of that cereal , and with timely rains an Immense crop will bo har vested. LJNWOOD , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) There was a heavy frost In the Platte valley last night , and water froze one-half Inch thick. Garden truck Is a complete loss , and small grain Is badly damaged. The hot south winds of the last two weeks hava damaged the oats crop to such an extent as to cause a majority of the farmers to plow up their oat fields and replant with corn. LYONS , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) There was quite a severe frost hero this morning. Tender vegetation and garden products show the effects of being frozen. The fruit Is safe. Corn blades show signs of being Injured some , but the main stalk la not hurt. Potato tops are falling over , but little damage to them Is done. The severe winds of the past week , did some damage to small grain In high places , but fanners re port prospects for a Kcwd crop were never so bright at this season ot the year. Some farmers have cultivated their corn once. During this week 15.00dl''htishel3 of corn were shelled and shipped ffom'jicre. McCOOL JUNCTION" , Kcb. , May 19. ( Spe cial to The Beo. ) Tftijrp. was a heavy frost last evening which ridojitroyed nearly all growing garden truck. ' < / WINTER WHEAT TURNINd BLACK. MONROE , Neb. . MW 1 ? . ( Special to The Bee. ) This vicinity was 'visited by a severe frost last night , whloh.jklllcd all the corn , potatoes , fruit of all kluds , garden vegeta bles. and It la thoughl tWu rye Is also ruined , us It was Just In the blbssom. The tops of winter wheat Is also turning black. NEBRASKA CITY.TS'fb , , May 19. ( Special Telegram to The Bo9J-'Reports ) from Swift , this county , today state- that frost last night entirely ruined the grapa , crop and market gardens. Water In vessels froze to the thlQkness of a knife bailo. | There was white frost In this Immediate vjcmlty , but little damage done. NELSON , Nob. . May 19. ( Special Telegram - gram to The Uee , , ) A heavy frost , foil here last night , doing grejjt damage to fruit and growing crops , " Ice froze qver water as thlo't as glass , drain and crops will bo retarded , but fruit fs probably all destroyed. NORFOLK , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) TUls Beqllon was visited 'last night with a light frost , doing considerable damage - ago to garden truck and small , frult. The Boat-oil is far : advanced and prospects good. NORTH LOUP , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) A heavy frost visited this local ity last night , doing considerable damage. The heavy wluds and hot weather ot the past week have done little real damage. Dr. U. K. Coffin and Attorneys Babcock & Bab- cock have Just put In water plants , consistIng - Ing ot windmill , pump nnd large elevated tanks , for Irrigation purposes. ROGERS. Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) The frost Friday night froze the early corn and garden truck badly In this vicinity. The corn will perhaps ttart to grow again. Rain U needed , 8TROMSDURQ , Neb. , May 19. ( Spoclnl Telegram to The Bee. ) One of the niont severe May frosts over known In the history of this vicinity occurred last night. R < > - ports from various localities In this county nre that Ice formed from one-eighth to one- fourth of .in Inch thick. All tender vegeta tion , such m corn , potatoes and all garden truck , was frozen to a crisp. The destruc tion at small fruit nnd vines Is blmost total In some Instances. Cherries and other fruit froze on the trees. The streets are crowded with farmers today discussing tha condition of affairs and the probable result ot this unusual occurrence. It was a very blue Saturday for the people of this vicinity. TKCU.MSEH. Neb. . May 19. ( Special Tcls- gratn to The Bee. ) A heavy frost last night damaged corn nnd potatoes In Johnson county , also killed grapes , berries nnd some vegetables. VERDON , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Der , ) A light frost occurred In the low places last night. Had It not been for the wind much damage might have been done everywhere , as the temperature was extremely - tremely cold for the tlmo of year. YORK , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The gardens and small fruit are turning black this morning , owing to the heavy frost last night. Gardens will not be damaged much , but cherries are nearly all destroyed. SCHUYLER. Neb. , May 10. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) There was a heavy frost here last night that did great damage to crops , gardens and trees. In most gardens every thing Is dead. Corn of any size I * seriously Injured , and tall catalpa trccn have every leaf killed. drapes are killed , and it Is feared that great Injury has been done to fruit of all kinds. The temperature fell to 25 degrees above zero. WEEPINd WATER , Neb. , May 19 ( Spe cial to The Bee. ) A very heavy frost visited this section last night and this morning truck patches present a sorry plight. As many of the farmers have but just finished planting corn the damage will not bo to great , yet many have It up nnd It will no doubt surfer. Fruit that was much exposed will also have suffered to some extent. SEWARD , Neb. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) This locality was visited by a heavy frost last night that did considerable dam age to garden truck and early vegetation of all kinds. Ice ns thick as window glass was formed on standing water. RESCUE , Neb. . May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) Ice formed this morning , doing much damage to growing crops. NORTH BEND. Neb. . May 19. ( Special Telegram to The Beo. ) The heavy frost last night ruined the strawberry crop. darden truck , fruit , corn and oats wcro badly frost bitten. Loss to the strawberry crop Is esti mated at 12,000. iiirouT.s : rium OTIIIK : STATKS. lonn , Dnkuti , Mlnncnotn , IIllnoln unit Mis souri Also SiifTi-r Greatly. SIOUX CITY , la. , May 19. ( Special Tele gram to The Beo. ) There was a heavy frost throughout northeastern Nebraska , South Dakota , Minnesota and parts of Iowa this morning. Corn and small grain , garden vegetables , etc. , were cut to the ground. Corn and grain will recover , but will surfer a severe set back. Fruit buds were nipped and the crop Is ruined. It Is warmer to night , but there Is still danger of n frost. DBS MOINES , May 19. Water froze here last night , but the atmosphere was dry. There was not much damage to fruit. LAMONI , la. . May 19. A severe cold wave was felt hero last night , resulting In serious damage to young plants. LEMARS , la. , May 19. A hard frost hero cut corn and all tender plants to the ground. CEDAR RAPIDS , May 19. There was a heavy frost In this region last night and con siderable damage to gardens Is reported. DUNLAP , la. . May 19. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) A heavy frost fell hero last night , much damage pelng done , especially to fruit , vegetables and early potatoes , all of which were In an advanced state ot de velopment. Inquiry among farmers shows that while the corn crop has suffered It Is not thought the yield per acre will bo lessened. CARSON , la. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) The temperature hero last night was four degrees below the freezing point. Tender vegetables are frozen to the ground. It Is yet too early to determine how much damage - ago has been done to fruit. dLENWOOD , la. , May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) There was a heavy frost here last night. Corn and nearly all vegetables were frozen to the ground. Small fruit materi ally Injured. Apples were somewhat pro tected by foliage and are probably not hurt except on low ground. MALVERN , la. . May 19. ( Special to The Beo. ) The frost last night seriously dam aged early vegetables and fruit In low lands. Reports that have como In indicate that no material damage was done on the high lands. Rain is needed very badly for fruit. BELLE FOURCHE , S. D. . May 19. ( Special to The Bee. ) A soaking rain vis ited this section Wednesday moinlng , con tinuing Incessantly until. Thursday evening. From all sources at present attainable it is learned that It was general In scope. Creeks are bank full , water holes are filled , and fears of a drouth on the cattle ranges near here are now dispelled for the season. Tills assures plenty of feed and a heavy hay crop , and cattle men are jubilant. Farmers now feel confident of excellent crops , unless hot winds of unparalleled se verity and duration visit them later In the season. CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , May 19. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Farmers In town today report light damage to gardens by frosts last night. MINNEAPOLIS , May 19. Specials to the Journal from points In northern Iowa , south ern and central Minnesota and Wisconsin say that there were heavy frosts last nl&ht , cutting corn and garden stuff to the ground. KANSAS CITY , May 19. Dispatches to the Star show that many Kansas points were visited by frost last night. The frost also extended to the Cherokee. Strip. Great damage was done to garden truck , but crops will not bo much affected. ST. JOSEPH , May 19. A light frost fell In this vicinity last night , but no damage resulted. Reports received at the railroad offices and by commission men , however , are to the effect that In the counties north of hero and In Kansas and Nebraska the fall was sufficiently largo to Injure growing vege tables and fruit. Small fruits sustained the greatest Injury , the chill preventing them from properly maturing. Towns in Kansas along the Grand Island road report the heaviest frost. The weather Is cool to day , but It Is not thought there will bo frost tonight. d'ALESBURd , III. , May 19. Last night the weather was so cold hero that water was frozen. Reports from other parts of ICnox county bliow Injury to fruit and vege tables. CHATTANOOdA. Tcnn. , May 19. An un precedented cold wave struck Chattanooga last night. The weather observer's ther mometer shows a fall of 32 degrees. Snow flurries are reported on Lookout mountain and Walflon's ridge , nnd overcoats and ( Ires are needful for comfort. iNotorlous SmiiKRlor t'nnvlotnil. SAN FRANCISCO , May 19. George Wish- man , George II. Thomas mid Louis Green- wnld , members of the Emcrnld smuggling Kang , notorious on the Pacific const , were today found guilty of smuggling , conspir acy nnd transporting ami landing mmiKKied goodH. Their trial has lasted wnveral daya in thu United States court. Henry Men- Hlng , the sailor aboard the Hloop Emerald , which waa used evidently In mmigKlliii ; operation : ) , was discharged. Ho had been Indicted with the three others. Murcy for Miinli'r Ti ( . DENVER , May W.-Governor Wnlte to. day granted further respite until Juno 17 to Thomas Jordan , sentenced to be hangc-ii the coming week , to permit nn appeal In Ilia behalf to the United States Hupreme court. The governor will commute the HCII- tcncea of Ncblt and Tot res , the other two murderers sentenced to bo hanged next week , to life Imprisonment , In accordance with the recommendation of the Hoard of Pardons. Inilhiiiii fnrlorlp * lIurniKl , GOSHHN , Ind. , May 19 , Fire today de stroyed the ( Ive-story brick factory of Stutz & Walker , carriage manufacturers of thla city. The losa Is J33.000 ; Insurance , $28.000. The lire spread to the manufac tory of E. W. Walker & Co. , damaging It $2.500. / ' / \ fpinirt i < IMH > IMIPT n/\n ( ,0 TICKLE 1111IRG1N ; \ SOIL An Appeal to the Unemployed to Secure a Nebraska Inrni , SIDE-LIGHTS ON LIFE IN A DUG-OUT An inllunlmtlo : Young rurnu-r Till * of the Mold AuulllniMln .Men Ulm Muy Soon y-iln Health , Indi-puml- eiu-ti mill 1'ortmu- . U has often been a cause of wonder why , when "hard times" prevail , tome of the un employed young men In western cities , and older men , too , for that matter , do not go out and try their luck lit the country. It is easier to gut a living In the country than It Is In town without work , and the farmer Is always better off In hard times than nre the working classes In if city. Whllo on a visit to Omaha recently I saw hundreds of Idle men walking the streets , many of them In such sore financial straits that they could not bee clearly where the next meal w.is coming from nnd were alto- gotlier uncertain where they w-ere going In spend the night. Now this Is a sad condition of things , especially In the winter , when HIP thermometer Is down In the neighborhood of zero and from that to 15 or 20 below , but It Is junt the condition that has existed during the past winter lu all our largo cities In Omaha among the rest. Many graceful pens have described the ad vantages of Nebraska as a farmer's paradise , and It is not the Intention to try to Improve here on the good work already done In that line , but let us nhmco for a moment tit the farmer and see how his condition compares with that of some of the dwellers In cities who depend for a living on employment by the day or month. Last year the season was bad In main- parts of the United States. Wo had droughts , hot winds , disastrous storms , and , in places , a few grass hoppers , some potato bugs and endless other unfavorable things , and of these misfortunes Nebraska received her full share ; but have the farmers been obliged to call for relief from the state or any other source ? Not to any great ex tent. Why Is It ? Simply bccauso the far mer raises things to cat and If his crop- ! are not a total failure he has enough pota toes , meat and breadstuff a to live on even If times are hard , nnd If ho docs have any thing to spare for market It brings better prices , generally , than when times are or dinarily good. Nebraska , at present , Is not quite as good an agricultural region as some of the older states , but all It lacks Is a few moro farmers - mers and a few * moro towns , the latter to afford closer markets , and then she will rank with the best In the union. This fact has long been apparent to some of our farseeing - seeing citizens. They have loudly sung the praises of the state , both verbally and through the press and It Is not the fault of The Omaha Bee If all the world doesn't know these things for your paper has cer tainly been Indefatigable In Its efforts to push home Interests and 1ms given upact to all who had anything to say In favor of Nebraska. At present we haven't farmers enough and wo want more. With an Increased pop ulation will come better markets nnd then our future Is assured. People from other states are beginning to find out our advan tages and are Hocking here In gratifying numbers. It is possible now to make ( some thing moro than a very good living , and If some of the young men in Omaha , unem ployed , or even those who will swelter this summer In offices nnd shops on poor pay , or half pay , as salaries undoubtedly will bo low whllo financial depression labts If they would come out in the country and establish themselves in two or three years they would bless the inspiration that started them. Somebody lectured a year or two ago In one of our eastern towns on "How Any Fool Can Farm. " Now It Isn't strictly true that any fool can farm , but wo don't want fools and wo'ro not talking about them , but any sensible man can plow and plant and that Is all that's necessary , for the Lord will do the rest until It Is tlmo to reap. If there Is anything the beginner doesn't quite under stand there nro always neighbors who nre glad to give advice and Information , nnd If n man will work half ns hard for himself as ho must In town for some one else he will get along , besides he will have the additional satisfaction of being independent and not subject to the orders of foreman , chief clerk or manager , and need never fear dismissal from some superior who happens to bear him a grudge. This part of the state Is known ns the "Sand Hills , " once despised under the er roneous Impression that It would never be anything but a desert , but people ore get ting over that fallacious Idea and the dis trict Is settling up with encouraging rapidity. U Isn't much of a country for wheat or corn , although we raise sufficient for homo use and enough surplus to pay our grocery and store bills , but wo older settlers are slowly awakening to the fact that this land was In tended for potatoes potatoes with a large capital P , Just as some parts of Colorado nnd the region about Salt Lake seems to bp adapted to that particular crop. When this fact becomes a Ilttlo moro generally realized it Is safe to predict that train loads of de licious tubers will go out of here. That may bo considered rather n uublouh statement , but stranger things have hap pened , and the end is not yet. dod is good , Nebraska is sreat , and there needn't ho much feai of exaggeration as to her possl- Now'when a man talks or writes , either for himself or for a community. It Is generally suspected there is an oxo to grind. BO let me bo frnnk nnd acknowledge that that Is true In the present Instance. The axe Is Just this : Thomas county wants moro cottiers and must have them. Wo want them this year and wo want nil the world to know it. so if there nro any young men In Omaha , or elsewhere , wlipso "hearts in spring tlmo lightly turn to thoughts of farming" lot them como to Thomas county , Nebraska , nnd If they do not all get hero this spring they will bo warmly welcomed Just the same when they do como , and the old men are not debarred. This was Inspired by ho sight ot vso many Idle young men In town during the winter. Land Is cheap hero nnd the best of It Is north of the Middle Loup river , between hero- Seneca and the county seat , Thedford , about twenty miles east. It doesn't cost much for a team and tools enough to start with , nnd If one doesn't core to purchase n farm outrlEht there Is plenty of govern ment land , title to which can bo acquired by taking n homestead and simply living on It. By the tlmo the five years are up n nlco homo can bo established. Lot no man say ho cannot como for lack of n wife , for there are lots of Jolly bachelors hero who live alone , do their farm work and the housework , too. It is Just like camping ont and not at nil unpleasant. There are neighbors enough for sociability , and once In a whllo there Is ai dance or pleasure gathering at somebody's house , and if you must have a wife why , take one of our girls. Better ones are not to bo found. Llfo hero Is not all a summer's holiday , however , and I do not mean BO to represent It , nor picture an Eldorado which will dis appoint thoss who como to BOO It. The man who comes muni expect to work here , as well as elsewhere. There are advantages and disadvantages wherever one may pitch his tent , nnd thorns freely mixed with the roses , ' but wo do claim for our country that the roses nro sweeter , far sweeter , than they nro In lots of other places. As to the thorns , ono of our greatest draw backs Is the lack of growing timber. In sorrow it must bo confessed that away from the few streams there are hardly any trees In the county , but then , nearly all of the state was bare of timber originally and no ono can say that Nebraska has suffered therefrom , or fallen behind any of her Bitters In the march of progress. The settlem nro quite generally planting trees and the next generation will ueo the deficiency fully remedied. In the meantime wo liavo n durable and perfectly satisfactory building material at hand In the ever ready nod. Wo multo sod houses nnd barns and got along comfortably. The buildings are warm and wholesome ; with a Ilttlo care they wilt last almost Indefinitely , while If a man U fastidious It Isn't very long to wait , If he attends to business , until ho can afford to gratify his craving for magnificence by building a frame house , with lumber Im ported all the way from Omaha , Another Inconvenience la the dllllculty of getting water. There are but few streams ami they 1'C In deep vnlloys. the Innil around consists ot high , rolling prulrlc , and wells must bo d K Rarely In water struck low than 100 feet below the Biirfnce , nndyes , It Is hard work to draw wattr by hand from DO deep n well , but It Is n very simple ) matter to nrrango things no that cmc can draw with n horxc if thereis much stock to be watered , nnd then when nhln tha farmer ) can put up n wind mill. One more disadvantage , nnd perhaps the greatest , Is the wind. The wind blow nbout nil the tlmo during the spring months , nnd this Is why wo cnnnul raise small grain. But then , grain l not the only thing In this world nnd we look to the potato lo place us nil on the high road to Independent- . and ease. Tlictio are n few of the drnulucks nntl now let us ulnnco at the other side of the slate. The country In genernlly hilly nome of 1C so rough ns to bo forever unfit for nnythlm : but grazing , unless It shall h ? found In tlmn that grapes will grow hero , ns they do In the high hills around Council Bluffs. But nestling hero nnd there among tha hills nro numerous little valley * or dt'prcH- slons. some of them 1,000 ncrrs In oxlcnt , nnd In the.se the settlers liav. located. Tha soil In sandy yes , iincondltlnnilly unruly , but contrary to generally nrc pled Ideas It Is productive , very much so. It in n black or dark-colored sand nnd yields nm.izlngly when persuaded n little by cultivation. Last year there was a drouth , and Custcr county. Just below us , thu boasted promised land of the agriculturist , reported n dis tressing shortage ot crops , amounting almost to total failure In KOIIIO places , whllo our despised cnnd , with no moro rain than they had , held the moisture nnd ga\o us con siderably more than n half crop , potatoes potatoes ngnln , you sec jlcldlug 100 btisholi per ncre , dry ns It was. IlnyT Yes. wo got plenty of hay , though In the uplands It Is .lomoilme necessary to go over a grpnl deal of ground , for whllo the grass grows very thick and affords un excelled pasturage It In so short and close lethe the ground that It Is haul to mow nnd rake up. Along the rivers , howoxor , xnmo ot the boat hay In the world IH found. In fact , the river lands nro not good for much of anything but hay. There Is a layer ot gravel Just under the surface and over this gravel corn nnd other crops will not grow , but hay grows In extravagant profusion- enough to supply nil the rest of the country. All kinds of vegetables grow here , like wise delicious melons. It Isn't necessary for a man to work himself to ilcnth trying to tnke care of seventy-five or n hundred ncres of corn. It Is best to raise Just grain enough for homo use and put out from two to five ncres of potatoes , ns much of the latter crop ns the mnn thinks he can-at tend to. Probably thirty or thlrty-flvo acres under the plow In all would keep a , beginner busy the first year. This amount of land , If properly handled , will bring him a good Income , and a garden In summer will furnish half his living. Butter , eggs and milk can be obtained from tha neigh bors at a small price If ho doesn't care to bother with keeping hens and cows at first. A mnn can be Ills own master , have his own homo nnd do ns his pleases , and thu longer you stay the better you llko It. Ours Is ono of the healthiest regions In the country , being espoclnlly beneficial to per sons with wo-ik lungH or kindred troubles. The water , though so hard to get , Is ex cellent when once obtained ; the air Is balmy and pure , nnd what an appetite It gives a mnn from the city ! The cllmnto Is mild , exceedingly so , considering how fnr north wo nre. Real winter seldom begins before January ; the cattle nnd horses can run In the hills nnd pick their own living until Christmas. The severest weather comes In the form of blizzards , which , however - over , are considerably modified when they get hero , ns their greatest force Is expended west of us and In Wyoming. These storms are generally followed by a week or moro of good weather and sunshine. . Wo received a touch of the blast which swept over the northwest In the latter part of March , though no damage was done In this vicinity. But winter Is over now and this Is just the proper time to commence farming. It Is not too late to begin , as our season Is longer nt the other end , frost rarely occurring before the middle or latter part of September. We arc only ono day's ride from Omaha on the Dcadwood branch of the Burlington. Wo have all parties here. The populists nnd republicans have been with us always , and Cousin Tobias came up last summer and organized the democratic party , so now wo are pippnred to please every one , nnd perhaps ThotnnB county will furnish the next meteor who knows ? Como out and join us , anyway , young men , and besides getting good homes for yourselves you will bo hero to share In the general honors when Nebraska achieves her destiny and becomes , as she Is fast becom ing , the Ohio of the West. JOHN SMITH. The Washington correspondent of the Lin coln , Neb. , Stntc Journal says : "I was talkIng - Ing with senator Jones of Nevada on tha subject of the growth of great fortunes. 'There Is one , nnd only one , sure wny to get rich , ' said the senator , 'and that Is to buy what Is called outsldo real estate and to hang on to It until It becomes Insldn property. The greatest fortunes In this country have been made In this manner. Look at the Asters , for Instance. Run over the roll of millionaires of the west and an astonishing proportion ot them will be found to bear out my statement. I tell you , young man , no Investment on earth Is eo safe , BO sure , so certain to enrich Its owner ns umlovelopej realty. Every year the country grows In certain and well defined lines. Stoclts rlso and fall , notes go to protest , houses and business blocks burn , but the realty remains. Tornadoes and cyclones cannot blow It away. Panics themselves can only temporarily affect Its value. But oven In a panic outsldo real estate has n monumental advantage over Inside property. It la the first affected nnd Is the hardest to dlsposo of. Business property can always bo put on the market at n sacrifice , nnd the Impulse Ute to raise money on It nt onco. But your out side really stnys with you , whether you wnnt It to or not. nnd In the end la certain to bring you In great profits , just because you can't get rid of It when you most want to , " 'I always advlso my young friends lo plant their Havings In realty near a growing town. There Is no such a savings bank any where. Purchase a good sized tract , carry It in nil Its unprofitableness , and wall for Iho sura and certain returns of the growth of this wonderful country of ours to make you the master of jour own fortune ! ) . ' " This Elits Omaha , An Instance of the desirability of aero property ns an Investment and thu enormous profits to bo realize. ) therefrom la well Illus trated by the case of a prominent o.ipltalht of this city , who purchased tucnty-alx acres on west Farnam street fifteen ycara ago for a few thousand dollars and has Blnco divided the property Into ISO lots , many of which have already been sold for $3,000 to $5,000 each. The whole tract probably did not cost as much fifteen ytam ago us the value ot ono of the 130 lots today. .Tho history of all largo western cities abounds with similar Instances of enormous profltu made on Investments In well locute.l acre property , and the opportunities pre sented today are just as good. There 'a ' hardly an acre adjoining Omalm that will not bo tnlir .Vil ) enormously In valuu by tha next active < jvement In real estate. There never was a I.etUr tlmo to cccuro desirable Investments In this class ot prop erty and the' man who buys twenty or forty acres close to Omaha at present | .rlcen w II have laid the foundation fur a fortune , We > are axents for HOIIIO ot the finest acrn property adjoining this city and can offer several 20 and 10-acru trncta at from $250.00 to $360.00 per acre. Call and uco the bar * gains wo offer. HICKS , 305 N. Y. Life Building : .