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at. lenst fifteen ( minutes xerllon each dl\Y If I
properly Ione. ,
The number of employes In the ( lecretary
ofce I I too largo by half. With three eec-
rotaries , n bookkeeper , a stenographer , two
typewrIter , , , 1 m slenger ant 1 JAnitor It I
wou11 ! oem a I extravagance hat been .
Iulhet to n i limit. The room II sixteen feet
Sluae , and } the Janitor surers I pIng of
remorse every time ho gives In his time to
the sergeant-at-arms.
Ten page are drawing salaries for work
that two active boys would 10 to ! leep In
doing. Iven the ! enatorl concede that the
Nges are too numerous by halt.
The lieutenant governor feels the position
ho has been placed In by the outrageous iy-
tem most keEnly. le hal endeavored to rees
s Lst the pressure brought to bear by senator
Inll politicians , but he has not succeedeti. le
Is the victim of a system agaInst which he
has either lacked the courage or the strength
to rebel.
With the senators the tendency has been to
Increase the length of the pay roll rather than
to shortE it. Instead of uniting to assIst
S the lieutenant governor In breaking down a
disgraceful system , they have united to make
I , Inpsslhle ) for the lieutenant governor to
make the effort.
Nor cnn the Independent ! enatora Immolate
themaelves upon nn altar of superiority. Their
extravagance two and } four years ago was
equally mnrlI , ant In the present session
beyonl a protest against the voting of news-
pspera and stamps to members they have
remained quiet , forbidden to protest by their
own I'nrty's recorit } In the past.
John Steen. ex-state land commissIoner , Is
l\stlng for the position of deputy land cornIt
mIssioner under Russell. I Is stated that
Steen's chance" ; are fairly oOI
' It Is reported that Church Howe lies of-
; fcred his NClaha county farm of 1,100 acres
for sale and expects to move his residence to
I LIncoln or Omaha.
. .
nAll 0.TIIC : ICMHISl t'O.IST.
Ueavy Snow al' IltOIRO Col' ) ,11Y Inllll :
' 1 : I u.
l LONDON , Jan. 13-A terrific gale , nccom-
panle hy a heavy fall of snow , prevaIled L
throughout the country Saturday night. The
cold was Inlense. The snow units In some
places were twelve feet deep and the mal
carts were stopped. The drivers who at-
tempted to make their trips sufered terrIbly
'
The highways are blocked and raIlway traffl (
: Is i de1ay0. The telegraph lines are trafc I
all directIons and all the cross channel steam
ers were hours late. The
hous CunatJ lIne steaml
. ' Lucanla , from Liverpool yesterday for Ncw
* York , arrived at Queenstown three and a
unit hours late. Several vessels are ashore
on the coast atVales. . The bark BrIlliant ,
nrllaul
from Cuba for Bremen was driven ashore In
Fool bay , Dorchesteshire. Icr crew were
rescued by a lIfeboat. The vessel wilt probably -
ably become a total wreck. I Is rportcd
two ships foundered on the lumber and that
theIr crews were drowned } , The raIlway cons
ralway
pany's ferry at ErIe , opposite huh . caught
fire durIng the storm and was destro'ed. A
barge was wrecked oft Sandgate , Kent , and
the rescue of her crew was accoinpaii'ed by , i
excIting scenes. The leh t men atemptefl ;
. 'o launch their boat , but the craft got shick
. In a snowbank and It was found Impossible
to get her Into the water. At this Juncture
a heroic coast guardsman sprang Into thof
boIlIng surf. Swimming wIth Powerful strolle ,
he after a severe struggle reached the wrecle ,
- . , Then a heavier line was drawn aboard nnd
; ' loon the crew and their gallant rescuer were
. safe on shore. Vessels are puttIng Into the
rondstenlls for shelter. Several skatIng acc -
sheler.
: 'lents I ' and ' a lumber of deaths from exposure
: are reported. The snowfall contInues.
: BESI .TU1IOS IS AUS1'lAII\ . .
Unompl01ed ) ) lma'1 tim Govellment Al -
. rU111 RcIIoI.
VANCOUVER , D. C. .
, Jan. 13.-Advlces received -
! calved by the llo\ r from Sydney . , N. S.
l 'V. W. , state that a great spIrIt oC unrest Is
tel In that ( colony , owing to ( the depression of
trade. The number of unemployed men Is
k daily Increasing and the Increase Is follow td
by renewal of agItation In the form ot meetings -
ings and processions of unemployed Uir ugh
the principal streets of Sydney , beside numerous -
i erous deputatIons to pirlIamont. :
: c The Mall , the weel '
1 1 weekly edition of' the
' MornIng : herald , says the dIsciiaIoii has b a-
gun to assume thr a ning tones and the ]
. government must take acton a\ once to
alevlte the distress or serIous consequenc Cs
conequences
; .
arc threatened The r < venue for November
; east showed startling d creases , Though the
intentions of the government are not yet
definitely known , the ministers have hinted
. that they wi shortly raise a loan for tI ho
i purpose of on publIc works to
purpso carrying pUble alTo rd
relief. . _ _ _ _ _ _ -
- Jlanl1 'VI lerlnd Tliorno1yes.
; 4 LONDON , Jhn. 13-A dispatch to the
Times from 'nen-Taln says the Manchuria
, : , princes have taken the defense or the country -
try Into their own hands In order to prevent -
vent the Intrigues of the Chinese , olllcia l4l .
The central government Is bewlderell olciais.
helpless. LI flung Chang , although he haH
been relieved or nil hIs funclons , cxcept
the governor generalshIp or his province ,
1 still exercises Indirect Influence over the
Infuence
vnrlouB olticials. Chinese who have arrived
i from Manchuria bring ghastly reports of
p the desolation or the country between the
. Yalu river all the 111 HIO , recalling the
worst horrors of the 'lalplnl rebellion.
, Cflltol8 ! trlvur the Challenger ) .
halel/or. .
LONDON , Jnn. 1.-The Times this morn :
. . lag \lnts the text or the mutual ngree-
: . . mont clause of the deed of gift govern ! ng
. contests for Amerlcn's cup , und ldds that
, the condition now ruling the races
condilon npllear
mlnl rces
, to b more favorable to the challenger than
those governing Vlglhmt-Valkyrle inatci lea
tn 13. I annuonces thc new latchls
b able to strae for America nt the end wi ,
4 July. _ _ _ _ _
U.'rvlslw8 Attack the Egyptian , .
LONDON , Jan. IJ.-A dispatch front CaIro
to the Daily News lays' ' the Dervishes at- ,
- , tacked the Egyptian outposts 100 miIes west '
. , ofVndy 1ulfI ) yesterday severl 10 Eg Pj-
- tlans being killed. The eorpaunier ) Captain
; ; 'adwa ) ' Is purUlnl the Dervlsh (
. : lR,1 JT SNVW - eN NEW YOll .
Zoo FOlmell Ia 1'11 Soutb as 8avaullb ,
. , Grorgits.
NEW YanK Jan. ,
13-The
- storm which I
t _ was coming this way train the norlhwest
has dissipated , and at 10 o'cok tonight the I
mercury began to rise The heaviest sac 1W.
' fall reported toduy was at Hulalo , where
In tour hours eleven Inches had ( alien . ' 'ho
i , tal In temperature along the Atlantic co List
Atlnte COUtt
j today ranger from ten to thIrty degrees , ex-
4 , - tending tIle from loston to 'i'iirnpn , I"la. nnd
freezing point extended
tl , a fur south as
I
Savannlh , Ott. louth
HOUSTON , Tex" , Jan. . ' '
, , ' " 1:3.-'l'hio : wenther
1\ over the south and cast of 'l'oxal has i
been
cohler than for yenr. with thin Ice
; on the ponds. The freeze has stOljCd Use I
Il'owth of the tconll Cttp or Itoll/od
tt GENgSI " N. y" , crp . , - colon ter.
rile blizzard that ( has vlaled UII' section for
' Is ' ' secton
'ears , '
t'welve
now on incites of
. 'lweh'e Ilches snow I 11114
fallen on the level ; and I Is Ilowlng n hlt ,
wHh no tIlUIt3 ) of . ' '
If ILfl enti. L'rallic throu
HII.S In ell. through
. . 'lrlc
.t the ' .
, country wi 'e Impcded for several
days _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I1qulh'"II' , nut Ir Ih hunks.
POnT DfJOSIT , Md. , Jan. 13.-'fhe Sus.
quehnnnah river rose st t ' .
' rl'er adly during the
. nhht Ill this morln ! the ' water front ot :
the town was HUbferged. 'he Ice ( rout UII
' the river bloke UII , broken I ) , a heavy
rain mil Wil packed In a solid I muss In
front of the town , and much sold mast .
Ind prperty wus
. endnngered.
) Chllll1 1"lnUI " ' 111. 'l'hl'll 10ulo 1111)1 i
J1FIF1lON , Ja. , Jan , 13.-Nlnc chiidi
: itt J. U. lalrlllge , aged from 1 to chidren ycars ,
bad their feet Ild hands frozen last nhht
_ and ova In n critical condition , TheIr home
In tu )
the 9ulurh' burned 10 the ground
the ) ' Were eomieIIed ' 111
compeled to stunll In the'snow
with the thel'moleter , below zero .
Ohio Ih"1 batOllry ,
. . . . CNCINNATf , Jan 1-At 1 o'cloCk to.
night the water II .
In ! the Ohio became .
s tn.
, a. . tonul' ) ' wih ( ot.eigIit feet becnlo anti stl. .
forty-eght one.
_ JilzIt Inches abo\'u the low water murk
S
1nlr' ) \ cn.sIt. on the Ilher .t I'hcrrr ,
. CIrAMIIId11I1AIN , ) - ' ' , 8 , P. , Jan l.-Spe. (
cial.-t'teilrninnry
arrangements _
. . nrrllgemelt are al.
. ready being made for the COmtflencezn cut
, commencclent
or the work of Improving
th\
\
\ the Misse
) ImIIIO\111 MIsouri
, river nt Pierre and F'rt t Plerrtor
$ .4tOO nnl I Plerr\ whleh
- O was UIprOprlttjeti hy
+ IllPrlllltel1 congress at his
last session. The Peciftcatlons call > Is
3.341 either eublo bank yards of Ille tlcctcatons t placed on or
of the Missouri river nt Ilolnts
delgnated by the chief engineer. On the
? ort Pierre
side the improvements are to
be mndo within IWo miles of the north
. I bank or Dad river , and at the boat landlnl
. ou the caBt side . . of the 11180url CiO 10ni , Alu i& &
, . oak plelJ thlrl.four to forty ( eel 10 ng .
. n part or "hlch ale to be plaied on the
Fort l'lel'o side , The Welt aide of (1 ti Yer
II Wherl most or the work Is neelell rIvr
wi be done I'art of the work will begin
the Inst of next 10nth. and will be Ilu 'e
- pItted . until the tmpr\'eml'nts nN c > hrl
pete.
JONES TO PLAY - PEACE IA1ER (
Att empt to Recncie Divergent Opinions on
the Currency Qnestlon
-
lAS A DILL READY FOR SUBMISSION
l'ro\el for R JOI' bme 11 eUro Green- I
backl and Treasury Sotrs Rnll 1'100
Collao of Slh'er , the Owner to
Jecel\o Its 11110n Value.
,
WASINGTON , Jan. 13.-The probnblite
are that the beginning of the week will see
the Introduction of still another currency
hilt In the senate. Senator Jones of Arkansas ,
who at Ihe crItical slag of the tariff Iclsla.
ton took that mater In hand and harmonflci
le(1 the different element so as to bring
defnlo results cut of a chaotic conditIon , Is
the author of n new bUt and ho cmes to the
fro nt this tIme aB a compromiser all harmon.
her There has been objectIons made to
the bills prepared by Senators Vest and Mc-
Pheron on the ground , In the case or the
Vet t bill , that it leans to fich toward silver ;
and In the case of the McPherson bill , that
It Is I too exclusIvely In the Interest of bonds
Senator Jones realIzes that sliver and bonds
are lie two antagonizing elements In this
queston and his effort has ben to prepare a
renBurO which will , perhaps , not be all that
the friends of either cause would natural
)
demand , beat will In the end secure the supfin
port of both elements lie has been In con-
Bulaton with many or the leaders of both
these contending clementB In the senate and
It Is understood that his bill as outlined to
them has celvCI very favorable endorsement -
ment from tile representatives of all of the I
con flIcting Interests I Is also understood :
that the terms of the bills are not unfamlas
to leaders In the house. urthermore , It Is I
probable that It has been brought to the
atention of the proper authorities In the
execut\.o branch or the government
Tile bill will first provide for the Issuance
of 2Yi per cent bOlds to the amount .f
$500,000,000 , which arc to be paid for In gold I
and are to be used both for the purpose of r
'meelng ' the current expanses of the govern
ment and the redemption of United States
and trelsury notes. The bill will also pro
vide for the issuance of bank notes to tlke
the place or the treasury notes In such a way
a not to produce a contraction of the cur
re ncy. Another provisIon Is that the natonal
banks shal be allowed to Issue notes up to
Ule par value of the bonds and the tax
on national bank circulation Is fixed at one
fourth of 1 per cent.
FItEi COINAGE 'OP SILVEn.
In the Interest of silver the bill provides :
fer Its unlimited coinage , under the condiion
that the holder of silver bullion may take It I
to the mint and bave It coTned . Into alive r
do llars. the go\'ernment retaining as seignior
age the difference between the coinage value
of the bullion and Its market value on the
day that the bullion Is taken to the mints I.
The bill also provIdes for the withdrawal from
circulaton of all greenbacks , treasury notes
and national bank notes below $20 and the
substuton of sliver certIficates In denom-
Inatons of less than $20. which are to 'aI. 0
pa"blo In silver. The bill wi contain prcL I. ,
vLslons against either undue Intaton ( con-
tr action.
There Is no definite program for the house
this week. There Is a bare possibility that a
new currency bill will be thrown Into the arena
of debate , but It Is only a possibility. Th l
concensus of opinion now seems to be that any
propose:1 : currency legislation , to bo successful -
ful l , IUSt be In tated at the other end of the
capital. Tomorrow Is DIstrIct of Columbia
day , and on Tuesday the house probably wi
take up the consideration of the Indian appro-
prlalon bill , which was reported yesterduy : ;
which Is the only appropriation bill on the
calendar. I the sundry civil approprLton
b Ill ( the most Important of the bills not report -
port J ) Is not ready before the Indian appro-
priaton bill I disposed of. the ' committee c ill
rules probably wi give the evening Hme to I
business from various committees. A day
:
may be given to the consideration or the fnd-
Ings l of tile court of claims.
IR\"Y OUSt OF IUUtOIUI.
Jallmc.e Administer hereto Treatment to i
the COlran lody i'olItlo.'C
WASHINGTON Jan. 13.-L3tO newspaper
advlco received at the Japanese legation are :
to the elect the reform program presented
to the Corenn government by the Japanese :
19 I m lcng satisfactory progress. This program -
gram , according to the Kigi ( newspaper ) , was
preiented to the Icn/ of Coren on the 20th
/
of November and was approved by him. The
P rOPOSItiOnS Included among others the following -
lowing l : That the administrative power
should center In the hands of one man :
court affairs should be distinctly separate
from the general admInistration of the cop ii -
cOln-
try-tho court and state affairs have hither to
been mixed up A sovereIgn Is bound to
obey the laws of his own country ; the court
.hould be systematically organized : the fun C.
tons and competence or the cabinet and the
various departments of state 'should be VIC .
termlnel1 ; taxes should be unlted by the
finance department ; a milItary system should
be established , and , after this has been placed
on a sound footng , the adoption of a navy
Is I expected ; useless and extravagant display :
should be done away with , It being I stan d.
Ing l fault In Corea from the court to the
IQwest i ofcials to lrdulg unneessary display :
and useless ceremonials ; a crIminal co da
shonld b enacted : the pole authorites coe
should be unified : the dIscipline of gover
ment functonaries' should be rigidly e n-
forced and any such practice as that In
vogue of sellIng government offices must bo
abolshet ] The authority of local ofcials ,
thould be limited by statute and , the power '
centralized ; appointment or dlsinist oral 'I
of government ofliclals should be
gvernment olclals arranged
according to a fixed system : promising youths
should bo sent to study In Japan ; and the
unification of . the national policy Is requisite
In order to establish the
establsh tle independence of the
country on a sound basis and effectively to
retorm home affairs.
'raln-Won-Kun , until recently the aged
regent of Cores , and who wa deposed tor I
sending letters to the Chinese generals In
Phyong- Yang , has apologized to the Japanese -
ese rellresentalve and declared , by way of
showing his repentance . that be should not s
take any further part In the "Uve voilti lea
Iloltcs
ot the country.
A difculy at present on the horizon of
Corean poltcs s saId to be the Insalable
ambition of the queen to Interfere In state
affairs. Obliged 10 curb her ambitIon wit lIe
her inveterate enemy , Tal-Won-Kun , was at
lie head of the adminIstration , she I now
watching an opportunity to regain her for.
utter position , and such an opportunity has
presented itself In the ( gradual wand of the
old statesman's power and his ultimate re. a
tlreinent.
A correspondent describes the Intense d is .
tress that Ihe Japanese army Is laborlns
under In the province of 511111-King. China ,
The army of over 30,000 , the correspor
eat says , Is almost on the point of dying
from starvation , thirst and sohl , as there nhi I
no wood to cook their rice will , , or water to
drink Many have heen frozen to des tb
from their inability to face the cold w lilt
wih
an Insulclency of food and clothing , the
greater number of these being coohics .
AlULISI1S0 SI OlAHtN SChOOLS.
Legislation , \lachell to the hllal A t'lllo ,
Irlltll illil.
Wj\SINGTON , Jan. 13-Hepresenlatve
HOlman , chairman of the house commit tee
on Indian affaIrs , has PrePared a report to
accompany the Indian UIJllroprlton lull , I I !
howa the total IndIan appropriatIons , for 189 : :
were $663,589 less than for 189f. whIle this t
bill , Ilro\1dlng for h9G , caries I total cf
$ G,496.8 a reduction of $238,173 below the I
appropriation bill for IS9 : Man of the reductions .
duclols were made upon the rec-inmendat bit
rec-nJlendaton
of tie commissioner of Indian afalr . It. en.
reElntalve 10iman says :
"Whlo there Is a material reduction fr ala
the 'stmates , especIally U to contingent cx-
Ilcnsel It Is understood by the coanmit tee
on IndIan affairs that the reductions viii
not IIbarras8 the Indian office In Ilro\'ldlng
for the Jndlil lervlc
HMo3t important of the legislative fealurs
incorporated In the bill t8 a plan by whic
I Ii IJropOed 10 solve tim vexed problem of
governmental relatons with contract echo ola ,
so-celled , 111051 of which ;
o-c.ll 10st are under cml tel
control and : which ha\8 been the cause of
sectarian contentions . The secretary of the
Inturler Is i authorized to make cutra tI.t '
. - . . "
- - - - - "
' ' - . - -
- - ' - . . -
for the etlueaUon df Indian } pupils In these
Ihoels for the next fiscal year 10 an cx-
tent not exceeding 80 per cent of the amount
used lat year , and with each auceedlng
yea r the amount Is to be reduced 20 per
cepl , so that at the end ot the fifth year
the expenditures will cease. This amount
doe s not Include public Icholl with which
aria ngement ! exist. I I explained the cc-
ducton of $15,00 from the amount of the
esti mates fer the transportation of Indian
chidren to schools Is In pursuance of a
olcy of gradually concentrating them In
ehols on their own reservatIon In the ho l
let ! that the education ot children among
the tribes tends to elevate all the Indians
In the tribes. "
WII , WIND UI' THIS % 'hETC ,
Selatol Oockll InJM to Whll Up loturto
UI the , Irncllle , 11111.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 13.-The \olpect Is
that the time of the senate wi be divided
during the week between the discussion of
the Income tax , based upon the urgent de-
fclency bill , and } the continuation of the de-
baton tJIO Nicaragua bill. Senator Cockrel ,
chairman of the commIttee on appropriatIons ,
Is very hopeful of being able to dispose of
the Income tax question by the tune the
week shah be hal gone , ant If he should
luceeed In this , Senator Morgan , who Is In
charge of the Nicaragua canal bill , thinks
there will bo no difcul ) . In securIng a vole
on the canal bi before the ( close of the
weell , thus leaving the way clear for the
ban kruptcy. terrItorial admission anal other
bill s , IS wel as the other appropriation bills.
Chairman Cockrel docs not regard seriously
the prospect at tl prolonging of the Incense -
tax question. There will be several speeches ,
which , while based on the deficiency bill ,
wi I bo directed to the discussion or general
fin ancial questions. There Is no dispositon I
on the fart of the appropriations cQmmltee a
to curtail these speeches , but there has
come to be some talk of nIght sessions shollt
the y get to be numerous or the dispositon I
to filibuster should now nppear
Senator German will probably find Ollpor-
tunlr tomorrow to make ) the speech which he a
had Intented to make yesterday.
So far aB known there are only three more' '
! eneral speeches to be made on the NIcaragua' '
bi l , but It Is possible others will yet be a
announcel ] Senator Trple will speak again a
on the bill and Senators Vest and Whie
have announced a desire 10 be heard bfore
the vote shall be taken. Saturday will b
! h'en up to eulogies on the character ot the
late Senator \'ance.
Plt.nll to Western In rntol .
WASHINGTON , Jan. 13-Speclal-Pnt- ( )
( nts have been Is'ue" as follows : Ne-
br aska-I'hihip H. Dubois , 'Vaterloo , horse
colar fastener : DavId . I. and S. C. Dun -
Iup , Dawson county , tool handle fastening ;
Phip . 'owler. Wayne , spike puller ; George
n I'ronch. Frcmont hammock.
lowa-harles CIO'Z , assignor to Closz & :
/
Howart Manufacturing company Webste .
Ciy ; Plsenl p Clplm , companYj ilend . np- '
palatus for separating precious metals
separatngrelous
from snml , gravel , etc ; hans P. Egeulul , :
Thor , whlletree hook ; Charles J. EKedll I ,
Sergent Buls , brick kiln ; Warren C ! ,
, Iohnson , OskalooSa hot water furnace : ,
Edwin G. Lufktn Glen wood , stovepipe rca -
ta ming device ; Eli II. lorman , Wintersel .
/team generator : Joseph n. MorrIson I'ort
"lldl'on. barrow ; Marcus I. Reeves Weli I-
ster City . assignor to A. W. WeliI. I.
InIc
dlanolo sbfpJln crate Cor poulr ' ; Nick
'v iiei' , and n , O. Stutsrnan Des Moines u ,
sall Stutsman assignor to said 'Veler , level
lif tIng jack ,
South Dakota-Wlilam J. and A 1-larnois
Chell , anImal pole ( ; Gooterl Iaube. Huron I'
as signor onohalf to J. Ivmnns , Del Rha. :
T ex. . vehicle wheel : William IcNames a.
Norlhvle , car coupling.
Cattle for tl" Inlhln" .
" "ASIINGTON , JI 13-The secretary or
the InterIor has asked the commissioner of
Jndlan affairs to Invite proposals for the di a-
li very ot cows and other live stock at the
' ort Hal agency , Idaho ; and the UacllCeet
agenc ) ' , Montana , the aggregate cost or
which will approxImate . nearly - $ : ,0
WOULD fl'ITIIQUT TIE : lILl ! .
E Ioquent Heply 'of . Archbishop Ireland to
Colonel Ingeesoll.
n/nsol.
ST. PAUL , Jan 13.-Colonel Ingerol di a-
lvered his lecture on "The Dble : ! at the
Metropoltn opera house In this cIty last ,
night and tonight it the' CcUhedralArchublshi op
Ireland delivered a most powerful serm h op
the same sUbJe t. Afer/an eloquent , uleg ;
of the book and a argument In support of
Is inspiration , he said :
'Scoff , then , you who dare , at Jesus and
'Hs bble : scoff at all that Is hIs : at Christci ii-
dam and Christan civilization ; scoff at the
human family regenerated : It woman ; ' sec alT
at sacramental marriage and holy vIrginity ;
scol at the charity that has pepled the , n a-
ton wih asylums and hospitals ; scoff at the
fatherhood of .God and the brotherhood of
man : scoff at the enfranchised shave at the
most sacred principles of your Amerlcn Co n-
s titution.
"Unbelief would talee from us our bIble and :
our Jesus What does It give usVlae re
Christ Is not there Is barbarism : thc - Is
serviude of the weak ; despotIsm of the
strong ; Inhumaly and immorality unbrIdled
and unrebuked by public opinion , Where
ChrIst Is not the ( anally , with pure woman as
Is I queen , Is not ; sacred matrImony Is not.
not
"What wi unbelief give us ? I rophic as :
reples
'
'A scientific , rational world begInning with
Iself i and ending with itself. '
"Iet us first be consistent and from this
world elminate what Christian principles nnd :
practces I fain would retain. The war da
most glibly repeated by unbehief , the famiy ,
dignity ot woman , liberty , fraternity are
ChristIan words and without Christaniy
they would b meaningless. Take them out :
or your world oC unbelief. You give us a :
scientfc world , that Is , you give' '
us I materIal world , a humanity
without ,1 soul , without wIngs on
which rIse to the skies , a humanity with no
purpose In life but to seek satisfaction for I
bodily appetites with I leaden sky over It ,
through which peers no love , no hope , no
consolation ; where the strong assert themselves -
selves and the weak are crushed under foot ;
where pleasure I the form of acton , where
there Is no IJOWer nbova man hImself , whose
voice culls to duty , whose memory stl ha
passion stls
"In this world entwine around your brows
the laurel and the rose , and when they
wiher , us they will , seek reposeIn suicla ] e .
Unbelief hans been for once consistent , It has
proclaimed suicIde ns the sole prop'of its
unabnistlan world "
uncrlstan _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _
Then' nut the Water hack.
Yesterday afternoon at 'hlrty-thlrd and
Mason streets 1 lady attempted to thaw
out 1 water back which had been frozen
In i I cook stove The result was on ex-
poslon ] and the lady was scalded , but not ;
s everely , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
'I'natlii \ Load or RUI'f105 for NehllHku ,
AUlJtOHE , Jan. 13S. n , Edmonds
Is i advised that t nearly a full train of rlc\
IUrar , molasses ant other products has heen
mude Uf In Louisiana anti wi leave I Ub
111
lalta m 'uesday for the .5- Nebraska sulerers ,
II"vmelr uf " " 110111 'euch , JIW. , 13.
At Dreinen-Eans , from New York
At Ilavre-Anulved--1.a. Guscogne , from
New York.
At New York-Arrlved-La NOMandle ,
from lare. . - . -
hIgh IJliar.riun IIJule" ,
'VIT.IS , ' 'ex. Jap . 13.-Franlc Zelno , pro-
ftsslolli high IClper , In making on cigi hit-
foot Ilall , missed hiM mark and struck
his fOOl , breaking both legs and ustalllng 01
other injuries. _ _ _ . _ _ _ _
2'lI.tIJC.l'IIlO JSIfIJ/4 , .
ArtelCJ of Incollomlon ha\'e been 11 led
CoIn for n , 111'ad ( runt -1' lorelLe to Silver Ciy fed ,
Mi's. leU ) ' Page , aged 6. ailed Saturda ) '
; . led
.t 111 , Mass . , utter ( nailing torlr"Beven
da ) ' !
Citizens of St. Challel 1II'Ish , LouisIana. :
luvo collected u carload or iauovisions tea
Nebraska. II'ovllols
Go'erol'ulo of Clolal11 ' Satur1 lay
paid p. vIsit to Eugene Iebs In the Wa od-
/tock ! III. , jaili .
The St. Lou ! Merchants
, > exchange has I '
Ilonuted 1 carload of Ilr\'Ilons to the X : e .
brasien sulteacara' .
braslea lutel'rl.
John A. Macheurie or
lucllel\11 Duluth vus lcII
Saturday niGht by falling down the elevator
shaft ut ( hit ! Sllulldlll house .
A dIspatch . ( roan New Mexico slates that
11111 Cook. hats noted Qiclaitoma outlaw
Hi II I Olcahoma OltUU' , I ins
beait captured In that territory .
'l'he cruisers New } "orl . Culumbla At.
<
laltu , 1iarblehead , Cincinnati alil Halellh
wil soon heave Hamiton Roads ( or the
\\"t Indies.
lie I.llc Hoc" 'Vomen'l Chrlatall ' 'eln.
penance union has passed rClohllol3 C an.
demntng Governor lshhack for his recent .
cxvre8310ns on Ute social evil.
-r- : . .
- V LU , -
cxIR R1CATIO [ ; ; ; : N NEBRASKk1foot
jt-I , .
Oonsiderib o Piig'1sa ! Made in Balking
Pcriodk Drouths
wVi V
Mr .r'
CANALS BU1LT1D : n : , ' , , MANY PROJECTED
.A I .
Sourcel of W rIL"llpI1' ; Their IIlcnl ,
Calllely and 4Cce3albthtty-tui5truCLiVO
I'ncts frbiuitiil8tatn \ Labor
J9t. hleport .
,
.3
, ' - ,
" Ill blows the nInd that profits nobeL ) "
Is 1 truism which 1 certain of fruitful noah- .
zat ion In Nebraska The hot , burning winds
whleh blighted the major portion of last
yea r's crop brought ! home to \he \ farmers In
the seml-nrM region the folly of depending
on natural 'moisture. The alternating wet
and dry seasons of preceding years encour-
age d the belief that the advancing setll
ment or the country brought with It a matini
ten et increase In the rainfall , I was claImed
thal the plowIng ot the virgin sol and Is
culivaton retained what rain fell , thus In-
creasing the humidity of the atmosphere
nnd supplying thief necessary conditions for
periodic rainfahis. "tatstc were not want-
log to confrm this belief.
Experience , costly taskmaster that It Is ,
has virtually exploded the belief. I Is conirr
cede1 by nIl competent to judge that artiacr
fid el moisture Is essential for the permanent
cultvaton of western ' Nebraska. antI the
queston of ways and mens Is receiving the
thoughtul conslerat on its Importance
me rits . -
The fourth nnnual report of the deputy }
commissioner or' labor of Nebraska deals
wih the questIon of irrigation. ant Is ac-
comp\led : with 'a _ map showing the sources
of supply and the length of canals already
constructed. and the area supplied by them ,
Thee statistics have already ben publshed ,
The striking feature of the map Is that It
shows at 1 glance b10 progress of irrigation L
In , the western haIr oC - the state. From the !
southwest corer of thus state to Harlan :
county the Hepublean river and Its tribu-
tres have been tapped to supply mols'II" '
for a double tier , of counties. The North
PlaUe rIver tC and through Buffalo county
Is paralleled with canals. The White and I
Niobrra rh'erl and other streams In the
northwet have been liberally tapped , and II I
also the varIous branches of the Loup rh'er.
In all , 6S9 miles ot canal have been com-
Illeted , , supplying water for 364,200 acres of : ,
la nd. Nearly 1. & OO miles oC canals arc proJected -
Jected , which when
, , completet , wi remove a
1,422.000 acres ot culvle land from the i
daugers of future drouths.
TIm report presents a table showing the a
annual rainfall for the past twentr-three a
Iye ars . The highest rainfall was In 1881 ,
31,92 Inches against 12.78 for the first ten I
monlhs of 1894. The mean average Is 24.G' r
Inches , In view of.tho eceedingly 24,6
fuctu-
atng character it the rainfall , the conclu-
/Ion i Is reached "that Nebraslm will continua
contnue
In the future , ns In the past , to have years :
of plenty and years of droutii and that , as
heretofore , the years of abundance vIl i
wi
greaty outnumbe' thC years or want. "
AVAII13LE SUPPLY . .
"Admitting " s sdy "s' khio report "that al I
al
portons of the statb a an be generally irni
gated , the frt ahd most Important queston
Is as to what Is bur pescnt ' available water
su pply. 1 ' I P'
"Tho extreme fresten portion of the state
les directly wIthin the ' arId portions of , f
America ns the United portons
as per tbt\ \ States senate report -
port for 1889 on 'irrigation and the"Teclam - -
ton of the al 'nnd' subarid' ' 111ds of the
Unied States Ths r port divides the - state
Into three 11vlslotsLarfd , suh-arld-nnd hunab
The line c1lvidintIaa arid froil"the sub-
arid p ses , thropgb' ' ' beyenno 6unty at a'
.polnt ib\t lve/\nles"west \ of SiDney Neb ,
'
or the told ler / dhtn.n'West' of ffs' ( I ! ho'Ih' t
mean nnnual 'ralnfal does' not cxceed ( out . -
teen Inches , per annum , about'l'th same
amount that falls In the Salt La'll valle t ,
Unhjd also In the vicInity otOrecaley and
,
Denver , Cole
"The sub-arid or partially dry and partaly
humid region lies 'within the lines of the :
103 and 97tb meridians , the 103d runnIng i
west of Sidney. The 7th meridian passes
trougb tile eastern portion - of Jererson
county on the south through CoIax In the
Immedlato i vicinity of'Schuyler in the PIa Le
v alley , and through Cedar county In the :
northeaster portion of the stnte.
, IRRIGATION A .NECESSIT.Y.
"All that portion. of
"Al porton. Nebraska Included
wihin th se lines would bo benefited by
I rrigatIon. In the western portion of this
terrItor Irrigation becomes for the farm , , r
an Imperative necessity , for , accepting the
I'eports of exp rts on Irrigation as being
correc ! , we find tbat the least amount i iii '
rainfal ns I mean n v rage upon which the
farmer can depend lo grow crops successful I
Is I twenty-four Inche The rlnfal successfuly '
braska Is influenced ' largely by allude , for
wo find that the rainfall of the Republlce Lii
Republcan
v alley . as per the United States report on
the rainfall and temperature or Nebraska for a
1890 , Is greater than the rainfall for the
Plate valley on the same line running
111ecty north and south. We therefore fir
that the lne or twenty-four Inches of raia Eu-
f all passes through Beaver City on the
south , thence In a northeasterly dlrectic
directon
througb Elm Creek In the valley of the
Platte In Dawson cOlnty , thence northeasterly -
easterly 10 the town of Niobrara In Knox
county. Between thiahino and the line of
lne
twenty-eIght Inches oC rainfall } that can be I
located l nt SuperIor In Nuckols county , then cc
running northeasterly and termInating at
CovIngton , Neb" , or Sioux City , Ia. , the
fnrmer can have for the years of nveraso
rainfal a fair assurance of a good return for ,
his seed , time , laor l nnl ) capital Invested.
"East of the line of the twenty-elgbt Inch
lmit l tbe farmer can feel assured of crops
for the great majority of years , alhough :
years of severe drouth may , and nlways :
wi occur and reduce ' the yIeld per acre to
a very light amount' . Between the ( lines of
lnes
twenty-eight and tss' nty-tour Inches of rail ii-
fal f It Is not only advisable , but will puy *
to Irrlgat , RS no complete relIance can be I
placEd upon the varying annnal rainfall .
SOUnCES OI''IALT1i .
"Nebraska II peculiarly fortulate In respect -
spect to water supply. We have flowing Into
eur state the waters , coining from the grtat
dralnago basins of Colorado and Wycmin
The area drained by the North allouth
PI ale rIvers , tilts R publcan , Niobrara , /outh
Paha rivers . and b ) the Beaver anti Suppn
creeks , would Include an area fully as great
aD our entire E utr/.WJth the exetptlon of
/ " excEpton
the hes of two , ' vfs f , In the north and
we3 porton of tlf I , ! r .tate , In Dawes and
Sioux c lntes , alltlIJ" $ , "vater falling In Ne.
braokl Is carried \ u h its arId or lml-
arid itortions. JI\ <
portons. 'III 11epublcan ; and Ilitie
rIvers do not ' Atato untIl
leavei1JI ? , tatl untl they have
passed through 1 ( ( , It ' : semi-arid vartions.
Wo have , therefore , q. J rgo amount or waler
avalablo coming ( rein ' oilier states that seem
deitnell for the uSlot , the Nebralla farmer.
Add to this 8UPlh' ( ) h I rainfal of Nebraska
that t can be made , available by means of
canals , reservoirs , teiip , artificial laleel , by
Illmlllng ode plants of'r8uS ' ' . Icnds and uneUt-
"And now take IrD "easL.eraton that In a
seml-urL country nt' tler onehat . the water
iI i s rPulnd for Irrton : that Is necessary
10 I an arId country1solthst our evapration
'
with the excellt0n16f' e extreme western
portion of the ltalt i hrt so heavy , anal Ne-
brasllnns hlvl \'ef rlion to congratulate
themstlves t over their 'n'aler
supply for Irrl-
glton ! purposes. The underground or suh-
lerranean supplies are great. The c3Ih Is
1 natural Impcunder or water. Were It nut
so all Its surface would become arid , Its
rlver and t' reams would beCUe : merely
ravInes down which would rush the rainfall ! .
fall to the seas , and its whole surface would
be similar In character to the canyon region
of the Colorado rIver. Springs wouM be
few anti weak , marihes and lakes would b
unknown.
unknown.ADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES OF'ELI.S. .
"Where artesian wells have been sunk
and deep wels have been boreJ or dug In
this state. I has shown that underlying
nearly all of Nebraska are great beds of
, sandstone , 1 well as deep JeIJ'UI of rand
and gravel . celltng I tru1 ( lie statement
made by French irrigation enguleerIuig ! ex.
engneerlll
pers , we II\e asia Inuhuli ibl' 1' Ife ot
water tar future IC tlrt I holli annually
replcuishied . One I"f neb zs ! . it states
tl : a bJdy of nn14J.e JU ) fet thIck and ,
.
-
one mile sQuar will , when once thoroughly
satu rated with wlter , discharge one cubic
foot of water per minute for thirteen years
broro the original supply Is exhaustel The
sam e engineer claims that sandstone will ab-
serb about 31 per cent ot'lt.s bulk itt water , and
diff erent kinds of sand and gravel from 23
10 33 per cent. As the underlying bees of
Nebraska are of great depth , we have her
an Immense bOtly of water that could be
call ed upon as I reserve In case of necessity.
} ut this supply must bo , obtained b ) pumll-
Ing plnnts.
" Pumping plants operated by the dIfferent
means for supplying power wi sere day lien
see n on every farm In Nebraska where the
supply cannot III obta1nell by surface canals.
These , In connection with a reservoir system ,
will guarantee a given supply of food
product 10 our people annually , ) regardless
rgrdless
of the rainfall ,
" Vind power Is today the cheapest IJwer on
earth In Nebraska
"I olowlng the windmills } we have the gas-
olin e enllne , that would seem , from the. ( .
clai ms set forth hy its agents , ns n cheaf and :
desirable for '
power IHmlllng PurPoses. Sleam'
comes next , and If Ilactenl nuad available ,
nnt avalable
clectrlcl ) ' .
MEASUHNG TI SU1'PLY.
"
"Tho easiest ' :
way 10 ascertain bow mueh
waler can be sceurC for Irrigation Is 10 es- I
tini ate the' ' amount by cubic feet , about seven I
' and one-hair gallons making a cubic foot ,
'This amount wouht cover one surface foot
one foot deel' A cubic fet of water per
sec end flowing through 1 12xl2.lnch openIng :
wit h a fourinch pressure would cover two
acres one foot In depth In twnt-four hours.
Div ide this so as to cover the land to a depth
of six Inches on a level anal four acres would I
be Irrlgatetl. Where there are large botllei
InrI hOII's
of water engineers estimate the amount for
Irrigaton In acne feet. That Is , 160 I
acres of land covered with water to the a
depth of one foot would be 160 acres of water ,
whie covering the same area to the depth
of four feet would make 6JO acre feet ; lu the
depth of eight feet , 1,2' acre feet This Is ;
alar rapid anti easy wny ' to estImate water In a
InrKe amounts. For a reservoir for a wind.
mil ! containing an acre foot of water probably
the best wn ) ' Is to , lay oft a quarter of an a
acre for the Interior dimensIons Two hun-
drcll antI nine feet on each sldo make one a
square acre. Reducing the amount to 140 :
feet on the shies , or say 418 feet Interior :
siz c. then filling thic' reservoir t the depth : I
of four feet wo bavo one acre fet ; to the
dellih of six feet one and one-hnlt acre feet .
As the depth Is Increased the rate uf evapo \ :
raton Is decreased. Now nlowlng evnp L
wll tile Ice cut In winter time and nlowlng
for four :
say feet of water evaporated annual -
all ! . you can figure about the amount of r
water you will have to apply to your land ,
The seepage can be reduced by cQreful con
structon of the bottom mud sides of the
reservoir.
ESTIMATED COST.
"Canals In Nebraska can bo constructed I
by thin farmer themselves nt n cost varying
from $1,25 to $2,60 per ncre. This vLll not
Include the rIght-of-way. that In many cases I
can bo secured or obtained at a very lo ,
co st . as the "
rlght-or-wa for canals comes a
under the head of Ilublc Improvements In I
our statutes , antI I and can be appraised and I
condemned by the same means used by rail. .
ri-
roat comlJnles and for other public urposes ,
In the construction of small canals or :
laterals the reversible scrapers arc Inrgely t
us ed . and where the width does not exceed I
sixteen feet dirt can be moved nt less than
4 cents . per cubic Yard These reversIble
road scrapers arc peculiarly adapter to the
constructon of laterals ant are now largely
used In Lincoln and Scots Blurt couuutlea I
Duf countes
for this purpose The farmers claim that
dirt can be moved
\ with these machines for
2 cents per cubic yard The cost of main
ta ming and I\eeplng.n repair the Irrigaton ]
cnnals of this state will vary , owing to the
locnton of the canal , the character of the
sol , the amount of lumber that may be
used , hut I Is sate to assume that the cost
wi be between l antI 18 cents per acne ,
al lowIng that the entire capacity Is made
mare
avaiable by tile use of the water , which
corresponds with the report of the Utah
farmers , who state that I to 25 cents per
acre per year Is the cost of maintaining
al keeping In repaIr their trniation canals.
alon
The Colorado farmers , where they own and
use their own canals , report the sumo
fgures , These figures will be exceeded } I
th ere
are
any lengthy expensive flumes or
pipe lines to be' replaced every fvo or seven
ycars , but In the great majority of cases
thIs will not be the case On low Iliac canals : ,
wlh the present Improved methods of cent
structon , canals can be constructed at about
'tli e ' orIginal cost of breaking the pr lrle.
These figures arc for the main canals , as the
laterals can be constructed by the farmer
using the water.
"Just how far the canal system will be
tended In Nebraska Is a question of time
queston tm
and engineering as our state has entered a
new era In her de\'elopment. Topographical
dlfcultes now deemed insurmountable wIll
be overcome and UIO high lands of Nebraska -
braska will he generally Irrigated. We have
another advantage In favor
, our \ that ( vili
greaty aid the people of the RepublIcan and
Loup river valleys. The Plate river flows
fows
through the state on the summit of n great
dIvIde , the land sloping from the river. both
north all south McCook Neb , which lays
efrht mIles east and seventy-two miles south
of North Platte . Is 290 feet lower than North
I' iotte. Valentine , on the Niobrara rIver ,
twelve mIles east and 10 miles north of
North Platte . Is 217 feet lower than North
P latte. I Is claimed that the same coni
diton exists on the Loup river , where the (
altudes have been taken on lines running
north and south from the Plate valley. St.
Paul , on the Loup river , twenty-fve miles
north oC Grand Island 13 slxt-four feet
lower than Grand Jslam1"
. \ tcmIIUIJ 10 1",1 ( SIT LowellIng.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Jan. 13.-I Is authorlt
tatvely stated that 1 delegation ot repub-
li can senator called upon Governor-elect
Morri and urged him to talee the oath of
ofce tomorrow morning at 8 o'clocl , il
hour before the senate convenes In order to
hcad out I batch ot uppolntments which
Oovernor Lewelng proposes send In to the
scnatp for conlrmaton , The matter has
been Ilept very quiet , and the gentlemen
who ur In a position to know about the
vllt wi not tale , Mnjor Merrill could not
ho seen tonIght ; Md his Private
secretary
pleaded Ignorance.
.
Arc8CI forUiitttngTluiileroul II dIal ! nls.
ClAlBEHI.AIN , S. I ) . , Jan. 13.-S"e- (
c ial.-F'or $ years many parle living near
the t IndIan
reservations have made a pract
I prc-
tce ot cutting rind selling wood from the
Indian lands . Otcer/ ( woor 10 put n
/
S tOp to this fractce , and prOlose the parties
charrel ) with I thIs crime has been brought
here by a deput United Slates marshal '
and lodged In jai to serve a sentence or
Ilx months' tinprisonnient. His name Is
Jlnes I. rink , fluid he ) iaciis from Charles
! lx connt ) ' . 'lhel' Is no intention or dlsllO-
slon on the part ot the olcers to molest
Iny settler who linda It necessary to cut t
the timber when It Is tor his own use.
-
u
TOO ( THEIR BHEATI AVAYa \
ActIon of the Iowa Rairoad Commission
Astounds the Varlons Companies ,
-
GE NO CONSOLATION IN TIlE DECISION
-
J'uIJal , otlcII that Thry have Utterly
Vitlleui to Slake the Case They At.
legeti lit TheIr i'eIItInn tot
utli .ttiiaiiico iii lhtes ,
DES MOINES , Jan. 13.-Special--Man. ( )
aug ers of Iowa trunk hues are feclhing just a
trl llo blue over the decision In tue rate hear-
to g given out last night. They relied on a
fa rerabh olsinlon , feeling that Cominissiouters
Pe rlcins and Iey were suiflelontly friendly to
th e roads to grant the request for art Increase
in rates , e'en If not to the full extent asked ,
Re sults have been very disappointluig in con-
se quence. lii fact , tim opinion halts fairly
ta ken the breath of the railway' PeoPle ,
Tim majority' opinion of the hoard of corn-
m lssioneral , lilclt is alguieti by Mr. .1. W' .
iu ke and Mr. George W. l'erlcins , nntl refuses
to grant the advance in rates petitionel for by
th e railroads , quotes Mr. l. P. Ripley an
vo icing tIns Positiolt of the rniiroaals in stat-
ha g that the railway caunpanies only' theatre
( r ein the conainlasion wiacha an ails'ancc In Iowa
ra tes as vill thien approximate the rates iii
su rrounding states , especially in Illinois , The
co mmissIon states ( ut-thor that its inenatsers
ca nnot be expected , therefore , to grant the
ad vatico unless the railroads maintain thack
po sition tlant the Iowa rates are lower than
th ese iii other states , : artictuharly Illinois
Th e majority opinion of tile commIssion holds
th at the railroads fniiel to prove that the Iowa
ra ies are actually lower tluan tue real IllinoIs
ra tes , althaoughu admitting that the interested
co mlanics did lila schedules of maximum
ra tes which appeared to be higher than the
lo va rates. It is held that it is a fair infer-
can oe Train ( hue evidence submitted that ttte
pe ople cf this state , upon a local auial interstate
iiu siness combined , are paying auid have paid
ev er since the present schedule of rates has
be eut tat force their ( till and falir ProPortion
of revenue to thin railroads iut thais ProcCed-
lo g. as compared with the other states
th rough which these roads runt. It is
In sisted that the railroads should have
ah owit that thao strictly proper local
b usiness subject to the present schieti-
til e is not paying its proier slanre of the
la conic that shiouki be deniveul frona the sautie ,
e nd that fairness to all interests required
th at itauchu to be done. lii the opinion of the
co namhsslonerua the railroads railed to do ( hits ,
T hio opinion concludes that an advance of
ra tes In Iowa will seriously affect vast busIness
in terests aside front the railroads , nnil incvlt-
ab ly lead to the forcing of uiaet out of business
be cause of a changed basis of conipetitioui , an
ti tat. until tlae railroads caine forward and
aa iequately maintain their posItion that theIr
Io wa hues are not bearing their share of the
b urden of traffic and that the Iowa rates are
ac tually lower than the rates in stirrouuading I
st ates , an advance of rates cannot be granted.
V hille the members of the commissioners'
b oard admit that ( lucy have thui rIght to go '
ou tside of the evidence subntittel to tlacaun on
th is bearitig and to revise the icclae'.lule ci
ra tes in Iowa on Investigation wholly little.
p endent of thiat foIiovctl and suggested by the
ra ilroads , they do not regard this as an op-
I ortuno tIme to do so-thaereln difenipg atm- :
te riahly from Mr. Day , the dissenting member ,
of tite hoard.
WilY I'ETEIt A. DEY EXCEPTS.
Commissioner l'cier A. Dey , who wrote
th e dIssenting opInion , hiss been a member
o f the commissIon ever since its formation
i n 1878. having beeui appointed by Governnr
J , H. Gear , and having served continuously
o at the board since that time , with the cx-
c eption of two years. lie says in his opinion
( hint although a member of the. board in
1 SSs. lie took no part In promulgating thie
p resent Iowa rates , differing withs time coin-
m isslonera at that time , umd hte has never
r egarded the Iowa rates as fully conaponsa-
t ory , or rather , that the Iowa traffic has not
b erne its duo proportion of all operating cx-
p enses. He says that his present convic.
t ion that there should be an advance in
r ates is formed partly from testimony , but
l argely front ob'servation and study of the
c onditions of trafhle , particularly in Investi-
g ations into the cost and earnings of car-
l oad and less than. carload rates conapared.
l Ie justifies himself for going outside the
r ecord of proof submitteil at time hearing by
q uoting section 19 , chapter xxviii , of tile laws
o f the Twenty-second general assembly ,
which authorizes time commissioners to act
u pen inforniation secured front any source
whatever , Commissioner Day prepared a
r ate sliest. to acconmpany' his dissentinu ; opln-
l ell , which expresses in npphied figaares hils
t heory-which he holds to be the true Iwin-
c iplia of Inflexible rates-that- Increment
i ii the first hiunlred miles should be greater
t itan In tile second and thaird hundred miles.
"A divergence from thul general rule , "
s ays Commissioner Ley ) , in ills opinIon. "may
b e justIfied when special rates are given on
t he theory of protection , hut not , in soy Judg-
metaL , iciten the rate Is absolute and unyiclal-
i tig. "
This theory Mr. Dey applies to tlte inter-
m ediate rates between the atariiumg poInt
r ate of five miles and the longest distance
haul in the state of 290 mulicia , as charged
f rom the east on tIle trunk lines that have
to ermini oem tIle MIssouri river. Mr. Dey's
o pinion , while favoring tile interests of tile
railroads , is regarded as a decided slap in
t he face for the railroad attorneys , for whose
manner of presenting ( lie ease of tIle rail-
r oads Mr. Dey plainly lied no sympathy or
r eelseet ,
RAILROADS SORE AT PERHINS.
Tue railroads blame CommIssIoner Perlcins
f or thae result , He lies always bean regarded
a s frIendly to the railroad interests and they
undoubtedly relied upon hun in tIlls case.
I lls actIon is a. aiccided .hisappointnient front
m ore seamses than one , One little incident of
t he laeaning , in vhiichi lie was concerned , Is
worth relating.
SolicItor JV. . Blythuc of Burlington anl
Vice ' l'resilent : Ripley of St. i'eul had charge
o f 'the case for the railroad Interests. Iuring
t ile debate upon the freight schedule on coal
Commissioner Perktums called ( lie catontion of
Mr. Itlpley to time freight rate enforced for
t he coal mInes at Kew.tnee , Ill. lair. Ripley
was with ( lie "Q. " road about ten years ago
a nd at that tlmile tiae iamines at Icewanee hitit
down indefinitely , It being understood and
s o stated that time veins haul played out ,
Sluice tlaat time ho lanai palal iio attention to
he iCewanee coal industry cud was hhacnasforo
s urprised that the conninisuaIonr shiould in-
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Se1ling _
1ci
I Pant Pockets
A pair of' Pants for' the price ol" the pockets.
To accommodate customers , $ J F'
V our salesmen havesold coats .
and vests , froinsuitsso many L. ,
' times during the past six 125
, moUths , that we find an tin-
usuafly large number f odd $ 'J 7 5
V jafltS from CIICVIOt1 cassi-
r2 I11CC and worsted suits-all
I' cloths-all styles-stripes , 2OO
i plaids , plain , etc - lone I
:1 : : :3 : worth less than double-to $ 2. 50 Ii
: > be sod ! this week for the
; ii cost ol the cloth ai'id making $ 300
, the Pockets.
1 I
r H Cook C1othin Co. ,
13th and Farnam S'ts.
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q uito about it so particularly , slatIng Ia
e ffect that 1ewnneo nq not a caM center ,
a nal therefore not a criierion in the discussiort
o f coal rates. Now It happens ( lint Mc , Per-
l ilac , the commIssioner , camime troni Kowanec' ,
v isits there every season , and hats Inimumer-
a ble relatives In that vicinity. lie was aware ,
tt herefore , that the minea hnal started amp amnal
tf hat thie3r Were of consideralalo importance so
f ar as the coal inalustry Is concerned , 200 mimeum
b eIng enmployelh anal a strike of sonme inaugnl. 1
hp ide being enjoyed there last suiniiumcr Tliciit
hd oints of view being difTcr nt , tiae two men
d Iffered ineterlally lii respect to thea matter ,
t Ime result lacing tlaat Commissioner Perkins
c ame to Un' conclusIon after a renmarkably ,
wanmmt discussion that Mr. htlpley was simply ,
a bluffer.
P.iz.t ; ( IiIif.lCId .SXOII' IX INJf.t.V.t.
I'
Oitii IxhacrL L'roIlnutIac'CS it to ika Star o e
MeteorIc ln't , ,
INltAN'Al'OLIS , lijal , , mum , l8-I'rommi all
Parts of liuaiiana ni-a coining in reports of as
u chimguilat' falI of black snow ( lint covers to
t hin depth of ( rein oume-tlmlrty-"eeontl to one
half inch ( lii' c'igtit to ten ilmclues tmf aiuouv
titialer which time utato is iifltled , Years ago
thaeri s'ais it siinllmr : Pluenolneumon iii Inaliaumn ,
' nhmil It wni explalneth ass a meteoric chepzaeit ,
tim this ctt thmi morning tile ccitt vns oh.
serveal , hut It is at a dusty laroi'im color , taint
h ot black or a-ray us seine ru-ports make it.
lii t't-auiio lilsilars here thme ( ht'lOStt Is olin-
quarter of mum inch thick. As tIme grommlmi hma'e
been en'ercah ltit anmow for two days liii
over ltttllttutu. : it ii upisarent that ( Itt' dtist
immllt hirts' been Crlrniu'ah unaumy hitiumalred imailta
( roam the west , Tile ( ltslmtt'hmea4 : delatliing tIlt ,
occurrence atm ( roan all htaarter5 of tia
5tatt , 500 that thie famll usual hiatvc' iaeen ueema
oral At Greemmeastlo It Itu ult'scriiieal us one-
hanlf lucIa thick. At Speuiccr it Is 0110-thirty-
secoutul ot' nit latch , at Slu-iiavvilie It ts niw-
t'iiutlm of aim iumchi , at'abash auth Iort
\ iiy'ne It , viIs thaia'k emmotighm to b scrapeal
alp by thuc hmamndfui , howat lmenm the Ohio
river Ii Is nac huenvy as lii timisu PImit of tile
atute. 'I'hie lhleiuomenoim has cntliueil munch
pectiiatinai hiere , wiat'a't 'ai'ious exialatuntinaisu
arc offered , City' Chvtmmlst thirty' plauluatinceil
it stuil' or uneteot-ic dust , b'cvt'raih exuiuntuin-
tiolis immive beemi uamattle , hint no aamullly'sisu. Another -
other expert ' , hau ratitcal il ; ' several ouaiacesu
of thin deposit suiya It is npptkreumtly i-ida soil '
ihit halo lianiicles lIne as , lust. It lii gritty ,
lint contains little sand , 'i'ime Inst stim'mam of
tItle u'ort Iii thtis section thepnsitt'al a similar
coat , but ut that ( line it wats real or reuidislt
brown , niid by soiume was clainme'ti to h tact
at nil ii oral. tau I 0 Ii an ham I aicilosi I , spoleell of
in snuume Isinecs aus a real bug , ulumiost mIcro-
SCOIlC lam cliaa'ncter ,
Lttlgnllnn Oytar alt E'ctrie % I.qlit % I'innt ,
CIIAM11E1tI.AIN , S. B. , Jaui , 13.-i3po. ( .
cinh.-I' , J. Germ of ( his city has beeim op.
itointed receiver of time Ohmutmberlatn Elec-
trio Light comnpammy. Tue piaamt haul been
atalverthsed for salle by' virtue of a chattel
mortgage , but otller creditors of tlmo coin.
pany began laroceedhaigs , wlmiclm resulted ma
, Tutlge honey issulmig ito iiujuumctiomm lu-event-
Ing tue nle There are seventul llelas agnimist
tile comiumumy , unit the foreclosure of time
mortgage woulal hmave slaut out thuaa5 claIms ,
There now promises to be a legal battle be-
tveeui the unortgngeesu amid mtiisaiellnmueoit
creditors-u au to that' hmreference rIght to time
Proiert ) ' . TIme troubles of tIme company
sere not brotaght nbout I ) ' . ' lmtck of lmtroum.
age , limit by latek or CUh)1ta flt the limccptiomi
or the Cmmtelprise. It is belie-veal that the
troubles viii b aaljusteal shortly and this
plant again Put in operation.
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( jurirreheul ( ivir himick Fare.
Pat. Koysu , a Imacle driver , arrested
Thomas NcGmatiu Inst night mtnd took hint
to the police station. Keys reported thial
MeGraitlu hInd relaaaaeat to pay him for a hacil
rule. This statement McGrath alcanieal , ninth
claimed that Key's had , lenannahetl 6 for
( our-block nIle. Sergeant Cook ordere
them both IncIted imp.
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, Iatmi.nnm hir'utlcs II is Own liccord.
MINNEAPOLIS , Jan. 13.-John S. John.
semi broke thin world's mile standing record
iii hIs race vltla Ostluanal , tile Norwegian ,
today , making tIm mile In 2:4i : Ihatt. Ostlun ,
canaca iii thirty feet behmimad , Johinsoam's beg !
record for the mile prevIous to thmi wal
24 : 3-5.
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An Afflicted Child
Painfu' ' Salt Rheum CovorJ
Her Head a
Happy and Hoaithy Since TaIcIn
Hood'a Saranparlila
, , C. I. I-load & Co. , Lowell , Mass. :
, ,
My little daughter , Birdie , umow two atnal one-
half years old , Ilas been a great stiffener from
sahtrhellalm siiace slmcwas about two mimonthis old ,
A very vninfui eraiptioml covercal fleck , curs and
entire scalp. I coustiltetl lliysiclans flint tried
artammy remedIes , but without avaIl , until a
FrIend Recommended Hood's
Sarsaparilla. Ileforo the first bottle was taken
( ha eruptiomm had disappeared , nod now none
rcntalnit , wittlo thto child's general health t
HOOD'S
arsapariHa
CURES 'It '
much lnmprnveal. f heartily rccomnmoanil flood'i
Sarsapanihia to all sufferIng front tialas disease. "
Mas. jazzni liuciulloLz , Atchaisomi , Kansas.
Hood's Pills cure lIver Ills , comastipatian ,
b liousuess , aumadlcu , , , iek lteaaiaciao , lnadigealoa. (
A.M UEEM IN'rs ,
nvv ONE NICHT
e , Li Vu # ONLY.
TUESDAY , JftNllARfl5th1
'Ihie lteircaaenitstIvaa . % nncrlrstui l'iu'eattnl l'iay.
wa1mat ,
, LYJ L1jXUitd UijX
silhi flue asalatance of
DOLLY NOBLES ,
/imit.l 1110 ( amuoutl conm'amiy in a I3upib l'raiahimo.
lion of
FROM SIRE TO SON
An erIaInni AnimlcsJn i'Iay In F'rur .Scts , wittica
L' ' lh II1tN ) 1'OhiI.iii
Imenefit of j.alta'a' : 151,1 liorieti' of .511 Salluti
CIuU : t Ii , 'i'lcin'ttu fa.r laa rat iaitashti aannl lInuS
bitaica anti , & 'htmFu & j.Idy'4I , timid lJ ) ' Iha' : Ia'll's at
luau cluitla , Pikes ; I'aL floor , lltt' , balcony ,
to Cvnmls ,
iiV'9 \yednosday& \ 'I'hu isday
LW UI Jan. I6I1
MR. 3. K , EMIWET
, . , ju1i IiIiL'4. ' '
In hale latest success ,
Friiziii a'1at1lioiiso '
' , Vialeli lIar. 3 a1nitIuu at lbs 14th Street rlieatr.
'ew Yak.
NI1SV I'M'nsu ; : , jxcll.l.tN'r : : coii'sey ,
NJ-v : PANC'Cth. VI'1Illt ) l'POh1e'Tli ,
t'tie aiwula 'i'ue.du' isionialig sat ususl Price , .
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' 11-LL LL. a'ii n ,
' 'l'eiphiunie 1531.
w. J. Bt3ROISS , . - - - Maimager
i.S'L' 'lIsil IN 4)tAlI , ,
'rONluii'r AT SiG. :
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J.0E : & L , SULLIVAN ,
Ira liii laleen timid greatrat suacre ,
A 'L'tUE AMiftIC.r.
; .It'4iN1I yIINltstAy ,
A pE2Y W1rJWEq ,
Coaaiig January