THE OMAHA DAILY niSISt.'SA.TITKDA.Y , JPJBnilUAUY 3V 180(1. (
DAWSON COUN1TS DITCHES
How tli.it Section of Nebraska Ilxa Im
proved with Irrigation ,
OlSTtiRE ASSURED IN SEASON NOW
of 1'lnp VnrniN Iliulor Ciil-
tlviilloii nidi AHIflclal Wadrr-
aH on All Side * at
nlilc Italex.
LEXINGTON , Neb. , Feb. 7. To the Editor
tit The ltc : The first step In Irrigating en-
torprlre * In Daw > n county was made In
3SD1 , In which year a company ot local and
outside buslncu3 men becimc convinced thai
the salvation ot the county depended on Irri
gation. This company duly organized , anil
wont ro far as to commence and complete
n number of miles of canal , but the people
were not ready for It. A trong prejudice
existed that the country did not need mois
ture cs-psclally by this method. Ruin , they
said , would result to the country to Intimate
that Irrigation would be needed. So preju
diced were they and so bitter did they fight
the project that the promoter at great
financial loss , were forced to abandon their
plan * .
The old entrenchment or canal can ptlll be
eccn above Willow Inland , this county , n few
mile * . But this project was not without
Us effect. The fight over the matter , and the
arguments pro and con were still In the
mlnd.i of the people , and had a tendency to
prepare them for Irrigation some day.
Three year * of crop failures and a change
waH noticeable among the people. Less
prejudice ) was In evidence against Irrigation.
Ton to fifteen years of bountiful yields had
rccultetl In placing Nebraska , though one
of the youngest states , Irf the foremost
ranks In the production cf wheat and corn.
This was an ever prcsjnt and unfailing argu
ment against Irrigation , nut reason was
commencing to apjprt herself. The anti-
Irrigation fight had Informed many of our
people , end others were seekers after the
knowledge. *
As they read mid studied thjy began to
sec that Irrigation , llko advertising , judi
ciously applied , was a good thing. They be-
Knn to know that even In their most bountl-
fu' ' harvests Irrigation water would make
two bushels o. wheat grow where one grew
befnrp , t o full cars of corn where only
"nubbins" grew , and other produce In llko
proportion , They had experienced the ago
of prayer for rain , and as a result were
coming to the belief that the time had come
tn cease praylug and go to Irrigating , and
when the county commissioners of Dawson
county submitted n proposition to the voters
of Lexington precinct to vote $10.000 In
bords to assist In nn Irrigation enterprise
they expressed their approval by a vote of
four to ono In favor of the proposition.
AS TO THE FIRST DITCH.- .
The first ditch constructed In the county
Is known ns the Farmers' ditch. U was
commenced In the early part of 1S94 , and
was so far completed as to come Into use
In the wheat fields for the season of 1895.
This company was comprised principally of
farmers residing north of and adjacent to the
Platte river. This ditch has ten miles of
canal and covers G.OOO acres , the aggrcgato
cost being $15,000.
The Farmers nr.d Merchants Irrigation
company was organ'zcd In July , 1S94 , and the
first soil was broken August 23 , following.
This jyst''m of canals comprises 115 miles
of main and laterals , covers 80,000 acres
and entails an aggregate cost of $160,000.
The Gothenburg south sldo ditch was
the next enterprise of similar character and
Includes thirty miles cf canal and covers
15,000 acres , fcr which Its promoters were
Eot back In the sum of $05,000. The fourth
project had for Its purposes the watering of
farm lands Is the Bird and Newman ditch ,
which homo made river porac-yses eight miles
or waterway ana covers 1,200 acre ? . It cost
Jl.&OO before water coursed through the
path prdpare'd for It.
'The Gothenburg WatorlPower , and Im
provement company next''shied ' Its castor"
In the ring ns a dispenser of wet goods , and
caused twenty-two miles of Nebraska's ferltlo
roll to bo made Into a water course. This
canal Irrigates 1,200 acres , and It caused
the expenditure of $50,000 before the work
was completed.
The Booker and Ralston canal came Into
publlo notice because It p-sscsscd six miles
of main (11 toll and laterals With a capacity
of 1,500 acres. Two thousand dollars was
expended before it was called a success.
The seventh enterprise Is that of the
Cozard Irrigation company's system of Irri
gation ; i.-lxty miles of ditch , a capacity of
40,000 acres and an expenditure of $100,000.
ONE LARGE SYSTEM.
In point of miles of canal , capacity and ex
penditure this system Is second In Importance
In the county , It giving precedence to the
greater mileage , superior capacity and cost
of the Farmers'- and Merchants' system. The
Orchard and Alfalfa ditch south of the Platte
river has twenty miles of canal and cover ?
15,000 acres ; $45,000 made It possible to be
thus. '
Coming tn Its numerical order the ninth
enterprise Is the Elm Cr.eek canal , Its ten
miles of ditch covering 8,000 acres , at a cost
of $20,000. The Platte river canal was the
next to even things up by being the tenth
venture ; 8,000 acres Is its present capacity
and $25,000 Us cost.
The Edmlsten ditch Is the last ono to be
completed. Its total mileage Is five , capacity
3,000 acres and cost the owner $10,000. The
Farmers' and Merchants' south side system
of Irrigation Is a proposed project that will
EoonbW completed. Its total mllengo will bo
fifteen , capacity of 12,000 acres , to cost
$40,000. The Lincoln and Dawson Qounty
system has had $275,000 In bonds voted to
It , and before frost has made Its appearance
this year sixty miles of canals will be Its ex
tent , with a capacity of 30,000 acres. Two
hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars
Will be the net cost of this venture.
NAMES OF THE COMPANIES.
Helow 1s given the names ot the various
companies , the miles of ditch each has , the
number of acres covered and the aggregate
cost , The list Includes the two proposed sys
tems which ore all but positive In their char
acter :
NIIIIIC. Mllcg. Acres , Co t.
I.tnojln nnil Dawoon county M 30 0)0 | 27u,0l)0
( Jotlionb'ig Water 1'owcr Cp. 22 12,000 W.O.W
Hooker & llnlitnn C l.WO 3,00i )
Itlnl Ik Nenmnn 8 l.W ) 1,500
OothMiUunr. south side , . . . so iB.ooa Go. 000
Coznd IrrlKiitlon Co M 40,000 100,00 }
Orchard nml Alfalfa 2J 1S , < V > 45.0)0
IMmlstiTi , B 3.0W 10.000
KarinerB & Merchants 115 6(1,0)0 ( 1SOX (
Farmers 10 WO ) 15,00) )
Plallo Jllvcr IS 8,000 23,000
Klin Cu-ek 10 S.OM
Fnrmeic & Merchants , H. 8. 15 12.0W 40,000
Total , , 3T9 210,000 ; S8,000
The I'latto valley Is ono ot the easiest and
cheapest valleys In the world to Irrigate.
Irrigation engineers who hive reputations at
stake ( and to make ) tell us so , and ap.
ponded ore a few of the reasons why this
la so ,
The slope of the Platte valley from west
to east ID greater than from ( as one would
naturally suppose ) the hills to the river.
As a consequence- water can betaken from
the river at right angles. The valley con >
slsts of a scries of low ridges that follow -
low parallel lines with the river and the
avcrago fall of the valley ( not canaliis )
seven feet to the mile ,
DAWSON COUNTY LEADS.
Davtson county , of which Lexington Is
tlio county teat and Irrigation center , It
the first county In the commonwealth of
Nebraka In amount of money expended In
irrigation systems t > date. First In the
number ot acres covered by Irrigation , second
end In Increase of land value , and third In
number of miles of canals completed.
Irrigation Is not confined , It must be re
membered , to the arid or timl-arld. re
gion : * . A widespread Interest In Irrigation
exists throughout the , land and In well wa
tered sections of the United States. Abund
ant crops make a wealthy country. Thou
sands of acres which yielded little or no
profit are made abundantly productive by
tiiu process of Irrigation.
The farmer can look forward and know that
his cropj will bo abundant. The use ot
water for irrigation hao greatly enhanced
the value of thousands of acres of land In
DA\\tion county , liefore Irrigation was in-
troducad liud cold for $15 per aero and
now the quotations arc $30 to $50 ,
Dawson county U not In the arid region.
None ot her Und uo to b reclaimed by
The moIMiiro Hutu obtained Im
ply enhance * IU productive value , Over
half her lamlft h-vo bctn In x fine ntato ot
cultivation for year * and with Improvements
thereon , Mich s largo li .uses , granaries
ami kin ; * , the prwpcctor need have no
fenr ot coming onto raw prairie tn experi
ment. The toll Is rich , cultivated and noeda
only tiimcloni. moltlure , and Irrigation imp-
plica It In full and ample quantities.
Th" age of prayer for ralti Is rclecatrd to
the rear. C M. ADAMS.
Till.MC Tllfjr II.VVi : "PAY 1II11T. "
t'lriiNnnt Dnlr 1'roplr Have I InOolil
I'ovrr.
PLEASANT IULU , Neb. , Feb. 7.-Spe- (
clal. ) The Gold excltfnipnt l all the talk at
this place. A C0'partm rfthlp was formed
here Wednt-sday which I * called the Middle
Crock Gold Mining company. The object of
the company Is to develop thp gold fields.
The following officers vcrn elected : J. S.
Dlllenbeck , president ; C. b. Shaddock , vice
president ; n. H * I/indl , sccretaiy ; directors :
C. L. Shaddock , A. O. Taylor , J. S. Dlllcn-
bcck and J. Jones ; Herbert Hartlett , mining
engineer.
Work was commenced yesterday on n
fnrm about thrco miles from this place. A.
Mr. Harris and the Dsmpster Manufacturing
company cf Dcatrlco have the contract to
put donn tha artesian well. The \\cll Is to
be cght ! Inches In diameter and at least
1,000 feet deep. It Is to be completed by
March 1. The company has purchased one
mile of eight and ten Inch pipe. The waste
Is to be emptied Into Middle creek. The
drill Is to bo kept going day and night.
For several years there have been men
In this county who knew that there was
some gold In this faction. Among these
were such men ns Hanker Jones of Sow-
ord , W. Pilgrim of this place and ex-Attorney
General Lcesc , formerly of Scward. The
last mentioned remarked to The IJee cor
respondent that there were places near Seward -
ard where he could wash out at least $1 worth
nf gold in a day. However , very few people
knew anything about It until an old miner
from Denver visited this county and began
examining the dirt and sand. Finally he let
the secret out and excitement Increased trom
that time. Several men from Lincoln bought
land hero and together they sent for Her
bert Dartlett , who was recommended ns a
mining engineer. Ho arrived and after "mak
ing careful tests on many farms made re
port that there was gold In paying quantities
without doubt on all of the farms where ho
made assays. He said the black sand also
contained considerable free gold.
Excitement then ran high for a time
until P rtlett was called away to Venezuela
on some- mining business. Reports were cir
culated that ho was a fraud and there was
not gold In this county In paying quantities.
Some said Bartlett would never come back ,
but In due time he did return and those who
doubted then now believe that there Is gold
hero In paying quantities. In fact , many
citizens have made tests and they arc now
convinced beyond a doubt.
Again some claimed that this was a land
boom , but the very men who have made the
tests themselves and have had tests nude
do not want to sell. This formation Is un
doubtedly of the glacial drift period and It Is
not difficult to see how the gold might have
como here.
R PAUMHHS WILh MUET.
nnil Hurt County AKrlciiltur-
iillHtM Intercntfil.
BLAIR. Neb. , Feb. 7. ( Special. ) The fifth
annual session of the Durt county farmers'
Institute will be held February 14 and 10
at Tckamah. Topics appropriate to the oc
casion will bs discussed. An Interesting
program has been arranged for the entertain
ment of delegates.
WATERLOO , Neb. . Feb. 7. ( Special. ) The
Douglas county farmers' institute will bo hold
at Waterloo February 11 and 12. The meetIngs -
Ings will be held at the opera house and
the program Is qulto Interesting.
LINCOLN , Feb. 7. ( Special. ) The annual
sess'ons of the Improved Stock Breeders'
association and State Swlno Breeders' asso
ciation will be held hero February 18 to
21 , Inclusive. The meetings will be held at
the chapel cf the State university. A number
of Interesting discussions will bo features of
the sessions.
qimVKi-il rrlth Criminal
COLUMBUS , Neb. . Feb. 7. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Officers returned , tonight with Fred
Coulter , who attempted to criminally assault
Mrs. Bolz Wednesday night in Woodvllle
township. Justice Wilson placed his bond at
$500 , In default of which he went to jail.
CO.VJUltER WAS COXFIUKNCIOIJ.
lllff Accomplice in n TrlcU Dill Not
Live Up to IIlH AKrvvmcnt.
An Illusionist was talking the other day
of some of the accidents that sometimes
spoil the art of the conjurer , relates the
Now York-Times.
"It was In Nashville , Tenn. , " he said ,
"that I experienced a real knockdown blow.
I was performing the -well known trick of
passing a marked coined Into the center of an
uncut orange. At least , that's what a good
many people thought I was doing. I used a
silver dollar and emphasized the trick by
passing the coin Into the pocket of b'onie boy
whom I had enticed onto the stage. I will
openly confess that the boy had tobo a con
federate , and that the marked dollar had Us
fellow In cne previously prepared by , me.
One night , ao I was entering the theater , I
looked around for a likely youth to aid me
In my double-dealing. I picked a boy and
promised to pass him In If he would follow
my Instructions.
" 'I am a conjurer , ' I said. 'I want you to
put this dollar tn your right-hand trousers. '
pocket. I'll got you a scat In the front row.
When I ask for somebody to come on the
stage you must come. Then I will ask you
to produce the dollar. '
"The boy promised everything , and , after
making arrangements for him at the door ,
I left Him. Wrien l was rciiiy for the dollar
trick I saw my young confederate sitting
open-mouthed In the front row. I had pre
vailed upon another member of the- audience
to lend mo a dollar marked exactly as was
that I had given to the boy ,
"I passed that borrowed dollar Into the
orange , cut the fruit open and out dropped
the coin. Then J went on :
" 'And now , ladles and gentlemen , I will
perform a still moro difficult feat. I have
parsed that dollar Into an orange. Now I
will ask some member of the audience to rftep
on the stage , and , without going anywhere
near him , I will pass the same dollar , marked
as you have seen , Into the right-hand trous
ers pocket. '
"True to his bargain , the boy stepped to
the stage. I stepped opposite- him and
asked :
" 'Now , sir , have you over seen mo be
fore ? '
" 'No , rlr , ' was the answer.
" 'I have hero a dollar , ' I continued. 'I am
going to pass It Into your right-hand trous
ers pocket. Ono two three go ! '
" 'Now , ' I said to my assistant , 'put your
hand Into your right-hand trousers pocket ,
and give mo the dollar. '
"Tho boy looked a bit sheepish , but he
dived his fist down. Then , to my unuttera
ble horror , ho produced a handful of silver
and said :
" 'I've only got 90 cents of It left , sir.1
"I went out In a hurry and took a drink , "
Ciirluim ColnclituiiccN.
"Speaking of curious coincidences of our
everyday life , two llttlo things happened a
short tlmo ago that are , perhaps , worthy
of repeating. " said an Insurance man to a
Now York Trlbuno man. "My wife has long
wished for an ollvo fork. Wo had used a
table fork , aud had then substituted a pair
of candy tonga , but neither proved to bo the
right thing. A few evenings before Chrlct-
mas my wife asked mo to buy an olive fork ,
but I wasn't overburdened with money at
the time , and so , much against my will , 1
wan obliged to ask her to wait a little. As
I was ubout to stop Into the office building
the next morning I saw 'directly In front of
mo a Email jeweller's box , and Insldo It
there lay the Identical fork my wife wanted )
I aant a note to the jeweller , telling htm
the owner could have It by calling at my
liouso. No one ever came , and at present
It 1s In actlvo service on my dining room
table.
"Some 4lmo before this a young girl , who
had become engaged to a chum of mine ,
wanted a tmall chased gold ring In lieu of a
zolltalre diamond , In our quest wo entered
a shop , and -In one of the casen we saw a
l > rctty ring. When wo looked at It , wo no.
t'.ced 'In the Inilde some engraved Initials ,
which proved to be thoee of my chum and
hlu affianced. The salesman said that the
ring bad be n ordered several months prev
ious , but had never been called for. My
friend never told the Incident to bis be
trothed until after their marriage. Curious
Instances of coincidence * , war * they notj" '
PANGS OF SOBER THOUGHTS
Indescribable Tortnros Endnrod by the
Periodical Drinker.
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SUFFERINGS )
ARnny of III * StrtiUKtrn Knntmli < <
Wnken I'Hy In tltc llnritctt
llt-iirc I'lKlilliiK AKiilnnt
the liiovltiiblc.
"Do roil see that man there ? " asked a
well known Chicago physician , addressing a
Tribune man. "He Is a reputable miriness
man , has a wife and several children to
whom he Is devotedly attached , and there Is
every reason In the world , except one , why
ho should be hippy.
"Look at his face ; mark the pallor ; ob-
scrvo the twitching of the mouth and the
restless and haggard look about the eyes ;
see how his fingers jerk , and note the uneasy
s-hrug ot his shoulders. That man Is In the
first throes of a form ot circular Insanity ,
which Is better known as Inebriety. The
craving for drink Is upon him , hot as the
charge ot a thousand furies. He has a peri
odical , rhythmic drunk about every six
months , And during the last four or five
days his brain has been q seething caldron ;
his nerves have been a-qulvcr , and his
thought ? have been madness. Ho knows tea
a demonstration that he cannot overcome
the gnawing appetite , yet he fights It with
desperation. Talk about your heroes ol
Thermopylae and Balaklava and the Wilder
ness why , that fellow sitting there , a palo ,
trembling , cowering wretch , has more nerve
In him than a hundred heroes of history
combined ; every nerve cell every one of
the countless millions has a mouth which
has been crying for drink for now these
several days. He has resolved that ho will
not yield ; has before him the memory of
half a hundred such Titan struggles In which
ho fell , and still lie resists. Ordinary men
require the stimulus of an occasional vic
tory In order to summon courage for action.
This man , with a past full of discourage
ment and defeats , yet has the courage to re
sist the demon that la Irresistible.
"A truce to the sentimental Ignorance ot
humanity which has only reproaches and
sneers for a man like him. I know him In
timately as his physician and friend , and
I tell you there Is In him the stuff that
martyrs are made of ; yet within a week he
will be overcome of drink , n vile wretch , as
public estimate puts It. He will drink to
pallet } ' , to repletion , to bestiality. In his
madness ho will consort with low fellows ;
you may find him yourself In the slums ,
possibly with the vicious even , but I swear
to you that he Is a man and a noble man
for all that. No one knows better than lie
when the first Btagcs of the craving seize
him ; a thousand needle prickings occur syn-
chrcnouely all over his body ; now and then
the perspiration suffuses him , and then he
Is dry ; his skin is parnuu. Ho Is not
athlrst as men count desire for water , but
he Is overcome of that which Is Insatiate ;
all the water of Lake Michigan would not
satisfy the burning desire. He temporizes ,
seeks to make a compromise by offering the
diseased nerves such mild decoctions as
ginger ale , sweet elder , etc. ; possibly he may
make a cocktail of his Worcestershire sauce ;
ho eats Inordinately of the various pepper
sauces , and becomes moro and more restless.
Ills mind wanders ; ho can glvo no atteritlon
to business.
STRUGGLES AGAINST THE INEVITABLE
"All this time , and It has now been com
ing on for several days , he struggles against
the Inevitable. Knowing that ho will find
nepenthe In whisky he yet refuses to take
It. He despises himself for what he esteems
his cowardice. Ho would give everything
ho has In the world If he only might overcome
como this maddening thirst. The wife of
his bosom and the children of his loins are
all In all to him ; ho thinks of the misery
and wretchcdncs he entails upon the former
and of the woo there may bo In store for the
latter. No one knows better than he that
they and he lack but one thing to.their life
and their love , and that one thlng'he 'desires
above all other things.
"There come to him aye , probably at this
very moment , for you will sec a tender ex
pression has crept over his face thoughts
of the long ago , of the dear black-eyed girl
who with blushing cheeks of red stood with
him at the altar , and he vowed to comfort
and keep her so long as she should live. He
thinks of the tender vows he whispered In
her ear at eventide ; of the prattle ot his llrst
babe ; of her Ic-vo and her gentleness and
tenderness through all the years they have
been together. Ah , the shadow comes over
his brow thcro Is the memory of her sor-
.rows.and her tears , becausa ot the man
hood that was degraded In her eyes ; of the
love that might have been tempted to a sur
render because of his weakness and his sin.
"Do you ask me why such a man a man
who Is as tender In his emotions as any pure
woman , who Is affectionate and kind In his
family , conscientious In his business , public-
spirited ao a citizen do you ask mo why
ouch a man Is so very a slave to a degrading
habit ? I answer , and I emphasize the an
swer , that ho cannot help It. It would be
Just as easy for him to take on wings and
flp to far off Jupiter as it would bo to resist
the Inexorable appetite- that IB gnawing at
the very vitals of his heart. The world does
not understand this thing ; may bo It is just
as well ; I don't know about that. This I do
know : A long experience among men of his
class has made mo devilish sympathetic. I
guess I am a bit pessimistic , for I have n
very poor conceit of the world's good sense
and Its "charity.
"It Is a very nlco thing for an old rooster
who has lived fifty or sixty years with a full
utomach , who never had to wait five 'min
utes for a meal , who never experienced a
real sensation of hunger , who has packed
through life without a single jar or shcck
of 'any kind whatsoever , whose love even Is
unbroken by a single summer storm of pas-
olon , who has never sinned because ho did
not know enough to commit a transgression
it is easy enough , I say , for an eld codger
llko this to think that virtue Is easy and that
a fellow can get to heaven without half try-
Ing. Why should ono care for this kind of
creature , what ho thinks , or says , or does ?
Men of the goody-good kind' arc as thick as
falling leaves In the autnmn and about as
useful for fertilizers , when they are dead.
I tell you that It Is men like my friend there ,
who are wavo-tossed and storm-beaten ; they
In whom cyclones of passion rage and yet
who arc strong enough to resist , even though
they die It Is they who merit the compas
sion of tensor hearts and who deserve the
crowns of victory.
"I am not defending drunkenness. As a
feet drunkenness is altogether different from
r.ebrlcty. A young man may got drunk from
any kind ot cause and for no cause what
soever. He may get drunk because- his friend
la drunk , or he may over-lndulgo from a
decided nervous weakness , but his offense
a a mere bagatelle ; it may not bo repeated
at all , shame and remorse being sufficient
to keep him straight for the remainder of hlu
days. Once In a wlihca middle-aged man
overloads his stomach and brain from .mere
sociability ; that Is vie1. ' . The man who do-
Iberately gets drunk when he has no craving
'or liquor Is vicious. O yes , I know what you
wilt say that my friend there had a time
n his life when ho did not have the craving.
I grant that , and in that period of Ills life'
10 deserved no sympathy. Ho had no need
o drink and should not have done so ; but that
time Is In the- past of hla life ; that which was
an unforgivable act has become an uncon
trollable disease. Within forty-eight hours
my friend tboro Is likely to be Incontinently
drunk. Ho will resist to the last moment ;
even after he has thrown his money upon the
counter and the glass U within an Inch of
ils lips , ho will resist. There will bo , an
mprecatlon upon his lips and a curse directed
against himself as he pours the vile fluid
nto his gullet ; but once that tint glass Is
swallowed all control Is gone. Ho will call
'or ' drink after drink , until the frightened
jartender will let him have no more : then
le will go from place to place , guzzling and
guzzling , forgetting his wife and the other
dear ones at home , Indifferent to his bus-
nets , utterly reckless as to everything eavd
the filling of the voracious maws of the
Millions of cells that are fairly shrieking for
more and moro of the hell poison.
"I am not preaching. I have a living
example before me and I feel I ought to In-
vlte attention to It In order that men may
draw a little lesson of charity out of It. All
of ui are very prone to mistake a good dlges-
lon for fervent piety and we swear by the
code of morals that we have built up.or
oiirtetve * . It wilt not do it * a bit ot harm
(9 get otitolilo of the tRO once In n while and
study A subjrct llko this a fif.fti who ' * D'R '
dfsplte his smnllness n manwho Is noble
jet Ignoble A man who flghtf jnlnst ever )
oild and kccpt up the contest until ho In
completely vanquished nd | canned , You
msy deplore the ln that , If d him to his
craving and you may tlf predate. the Infcrnn
condition to which the disease- will presently
bring hlmj but It would be n Whiter of ver >
much surprise to mc > In the next worU :
Owl Almighty bore down very hard on him. '
UK ) ( JHAMi : UKADV TO CO.MH IX
I'nMern Connections Hnve. Aureeil i
rrolcrt It * lliiNltiYtiH.
CHICAGO , Feb. 7. Representatives of the
Colorado-Utah lines have beerIn session
here today considering tholtrrms on which
they will become members' 6f" the Western
Passenger association and put 'Ihelr business
ut-der the jurisdiction of lta-ransmlsour (
committee. The Hlo Grande Western , which
has been the great obstacle In the way o
a settlement , has agreed to become a mem
ber of the association on being furnlshc <
proper guarantees that Its Interests will bo
properly protected by Its connections ns
against the competition of the Union Pa
cific. These guarantees will be forthcoming
The roads meet again tomorrow to finish
the details of the agreement.
Relations between the Santa Fc and the
Colorado Midland road are strained. Re-
cchcr Hestlne of the latter has been hero
for the past three days trying to make
better terms for his road. So far ho has
failed , and now ho threatens to break with
the Santa Fo entirely and throw all the
traffic of the Colorado Midland to the Den
ver & Gulf anfl over It to the Union Pacific
The whole trouble arises from the abroga
tion by the reorganization committee of the
Santa. Fe of the truffle contract In effccl
between the roads.
I.OCAI , FltiiiIIT AOI3XTS OUGAM7.I3
Object IN ( o Prt'vcnt UK * Cnttlnir of
tillItlltlN. .
There was a largo gathering of local freight
men In the office of General Agent Nash of the
Chicago , MUwaugeo & St.Pnul _ road yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The purpcso of the
meeting was to organize a local assoclatloi
among the freight representatives of the
various roads having ofllces hero.
There has been such an association before ,
but during the last twelve months It has cn-
joycJ a condition not unlike that of "In
nocuous desuetude. " The rejuvenated or
ganization will work upon lines similar to
those pursued by the local passenger associa
tion , known as the "low Joints. " It will bear
the tumc relation to the Western Freight as
sociation as decs the "low Joints" to the
Western Passenger association. Agreements
will be made between the solicitors of the
various roads , and any infringement of the
regulations will bo proper cause for Interven
tion on the part ot the association. Its judg
ment will not bo final , however , as members
may appeal from the decisions of the asso
ciation to the Western Freight association.
The only business transacted other than
the organization was the election of Mr. Nash
as chairman. The meeting adjourned to meet
at the call of the chair.
VI3TI3HAX IIAIMIOAIJ MAX DEAD.
William Snure , Iloclc Inland Triifllc
Maiinirer , PnmcN Atvnj In ChloiiKn.
General regret was manifested through
out railroad circles yestefrdjyj , by the an
nouncement of the death > jOf- William N.
Sage , general traffic manager ! of the Chicago ,
Rock Island & Pacific road. * Mr. Sage was
stricken with apoplexy Thursday afternoon
In Chicago , and died tliat Evening at his
residence In that city. IIJs. funeral will take
place from Christ's Reformed Episcopal
'
church. Twenty-fourth str'retfiind Michigan
avenue , Chicago , Sunday1 afternoon at 1:30 :
o'clock. A number of raifroad'men from this
city. Including prominent officials of other
roads , as well as those from" the Rock Island
office , will attend the fun ralJ Mr. Sage was
ono of the oldest and best" ; Rnown railroad
men In the United States.i } Ie had been con
nected with the Hock Island tread for about
thirty years , and was i 'closely associated
with the development of railroading which
has taken place during" tiiafctlme.
SCCM a liny o ( ' SttliHhliie.
Said a prominent offl'cial.Jgf1" One of ! Iho
freight departments yesterday : "I be-
llevo there Is a bright prospect for the
freight business here. It's a llttlo dull now ,
but it's going to be better before long. Our
road has been busy during the past fortnight
shipping farm Implements out into- the state.
Now , this Is one of the best signs of the
time. Whenever you see farm Implements
going out , you may know that a movement of
merchandise will soon follow , and that the
product of the farms will be coming back
before many months. "
riomlH Ordered ( o Show Can HO.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Feb. 7. The State Board
of Railroad Commissioners today sent a second
end letter to the railroads relating to the
corn rates to the gulf. The roads are or
dered to bring In at once evidence why the
rate was raised , or the case will bo appealed
to the United States Interstate Commerce
commission.
Xew I , I lie HiiMt from Sail Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , Feb. 7. President
William Davis of the San Antonio & Gulf
Shore railway has resigned and with New
York capitalists will .build . a line east from
San Antonio which will shorten the dis
tance to New York 200 mllet1.
Itullwiiy Xotex and I'erxoiialN.
General Agent Edward B. Slawson and
Division Superintendent Foley of the Union
Pacific were In town yesterday from Lincoln.
"Judge" George H. Crawford , well known
to railroad men In this vicinity as a great
railroad lobbyist , died recently at his home
In Marlon , O.
E. A. Thayer , the genial manager of the
restaurants of the Denver & Rio Grande
road , wan In the city yesterday. Ho left on
the "Fast Mall" In the afternoon for Denver.
It Is rumored that the traffic department
of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern , which
a few years ago was removed from Cin
cinnati tn St. Louis , will soon bo- moved
jack to the former city.
Estimated gross earnings of the entire
leek Island system for the month of January
were $1,182,834 , being an Increase of $57,991
compared with the estimated gross earnings
of the same month last year.
For the six months ended November 30
net earnings of the. Chicago & Northwestern
oacl Increased by $2,500,000 and the surplus
ly $2,400. This Increase shows 8 % per cent
earned on the common stock for the period
tamed.
Traveling Pasi < ongor Agent D-ivld Aldrldgo
of the Chicago & Northwestern leaves Omaha
today. Ho will take charge of the North-
western's business In the vicinity of Clove-
and. His successor here -has not yet been
named.
Miss Elizabeth C. Corrifs'h , daughter of
Waster-ln-Chancery Cornls&'df the Union Pa
cific , Is enrouto from th'e'ca's.t ' to California.
Miss Cornish , who IB will loiown In the so
ciety circles of St. Pauland''New | York , will
stop In Omaha next weelit " '
The receivers of the"Un1on Pacific have
iust filed their official report to the court for
.he months of September'1 ' find October with
ifaster-ln-Chancery Cornish , The report of
he receivers Is Identical''with the ono for
heso months already published.
The local force of thd Northwestern office
vlll soon receive an Important addition , E.
W. Kent , assistant city 'pasJenger and ticket
agent , Is the happy father' ' of a new boy ,
Mr. Dent cays his * onnl/'af / winner , and is
bound to make a name Ipr bjmself In railroad
circles. jrt
A number of railroad hh n1 connected with
ho rate departments of tfio Colorado lines
vere In session yesterday atone headquarters.
of the Burllngtonj engaged In correcting the
Colorado rate aheet. The Union Pacific ,
3enver & Gulf Is represented by Mr , Fisher ,
and the Denver & Rio Grande by Mr , Ashley.
The little daughter ot"Mr. . Fred Webber ,
Holland , Mass. , bad a very bad cold and
cough which he bad not been able to cure
with anything. I gave him a 26-cent bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy , naya W. P.
{ olden , merchant and postmaster at West
Jrlmfleld , and the next time I saw him he
said U worked llko a charm. This remedy
8 Intended especially for acute throat and
ling disease * , such as colds , croup and whoop-
ng cough , and | t la famous for Its cures ,
rbero Inn o danger In giving It to children ,
or it contains notMui ; Injurious For Bale
by druggist * .
BEAUTIFUUND STRONG !
The Greatest American Prima Dona Made Well !
by Paine's Celery Compound ,
There was never a remedy so highly recom
mended as Paine's celery compound.
There was never a remedy In such uni
versal demand.
For It makes people well !
Every one among the thousands who have
been delighted by the beautiful songs of
Roma , the great prlma donna , recognize In
her ono of the world-famous singers.
Born In California , she graduated with
honors at Eastern musical colleges , and on
her return to the coast , became first the
prlma dcnna at the Tlvoli Opera House In
San Francisco.
It was while making the tour with the
famous Mnrlne Band of Washington last tea-
CLIMA'X OF 'MANY TROUBLES
Refined Woman Placed in Jail with Toughs
and Dissolute Characters.
MONEY AND VALUABLES WERE TAKEN AWAY
I'tilliimii nnil ItnllTvny Coniiinny Axlccd
to 1'ny Heavily for the IiiillKiil-
tU-H She Suffered Mfc Story
AViiM n Melotlraiun.
CHICAGO , Feb. 7. The life story of Mrs.
Lydla Spauldlng , the woman who liao brought
suit against the Pullman Palace Car com
pany and the Atchlson , Topcka & Santa Fo
railway for the recovery of $100,000 damages
is a romantic ono. Struggling with poverty
as the wife of an aged , unsuccessful physi
cian , the mother of a handsome boy , united
by social ties with men and women who
became kings and quccno In the twin worlds
of finance and fashion , the mistress of the
most palatial private hotel and boarding
liouso In San Francisco , suddenly bereft of
husband and son , the possessor of a hard
earned fortune , sustaining the loss of health
weakened and ladened with an accumulation
of years , torn from her railway apartment ,
rudely thrust Into a dingy prison ccll.to be sur
rounded with the most loathsome vag
rants In the town of LoJdvllle ; robbed , as she
says , of $8,000 In jewels and money , thcso
are the successive phases , pleasures ) ,
sorrows * , endeavors , hcpeless features of
Mrs. Spauldlng's history. The woman
who seeks to force two b'g cor-
poratlonu to pay her for the Indigni
ties thrust upon her In the Colorado town
and for which she alleges they were responsi
ble , was born In Virginia.
As a girl she possessed considerable beauty
and became the wife of Dr. Spauldlng , who
was many years her senor. ! With him she
wont to- Virginia City , Nov. , In the daya
jcforo the great outburst of wealth which
made San Francisco ono of the most re-
narkablo cities In the world. In Nevada
she became acquainted with the Mackays ,
floods and Fairs , at the time when they
were poor , tolling citizens of Virginia City.
The Floods , Mackays and Fairs prospered
and won millions , \\hllo Mrs. Spauldlng saw
.ho prospects of her husband grow gloomier.
A son waa-born to thorn , and not long after
ward they removed to San Francisco. In
he city by the Golden Gate , soon were oat-
led the great bananza kings , and while they
Ivcd In homes of splendor , Mrs. Spauldlng
was using her utmost endeavors to help
ler husband In his profession.
Ho failed , and she , turning to her former
'rlcndu ' , found assistance , They aided her
n leasing the Ralston mansion , whose owner
tad taken his own life , surrounded as he
was by every luxury wealth could bring , In
a manner so romantic and yet so startling
that It became a part of the history of the
'aclflc coast. Tills mansion , sumptuously
urnlohed , Mrs. Spauldlng opened OB a private
warding house. Hero lived Mr , and Mrs.
' 'air , Mr , and Mrs. Flood and Mrs. Mackay ,
and many others of almost fabulous fortunes.
The Ilalstqn club , with Its stately turrets
and broad windows , looking out upon the bay
was one ot the most elaborate edifices In
bo city , With polished hardwood floors ,
strewn with costly rugs , with rich mosaics ,
vails resplondld with mirrors- , and hung with
paintings chosen by a connossleur , parlors ,
divided by softly sliding doors , with quaint
Ittlo nooks , the place waa almost llko a
hcmo in fairy land.
Mrs. Spauldlng prospered and happiness
seemed hers until her husband , suddenly
aken 111 , fell llfelew at her feet. Adding to
ler sorrows , her boy died in an equally sud
den manner , Mrs. Fair became more than
over her friend r.nd built for her a beautiful
lotcl of 100 rooms , the Bella Vista , and In
his establishment the unhappy Mrs. SpaylJ-
ng became a rich woman. Then her health
leserted her and disposing of her city In-
crests she retired a few years ago to her
ountry home , not leaving It save to take an
occasional trip to Europe , whither she was
o her way laut June , when , arriving at Lead'
son , that the beautiful Roma felt the strain
of travel , hurry and work , yet In the evenings
she greeted great audiences with smiles and
electrified them with her voice. Could she
have done this without her nerves were
steadied and her strength built up by Palne's
celery compound ? She says :
"In Paine's celery compound I find a very
much long-felt want for the worries and ex
haustive cares attendant upon an active pro
fessional life. Paine's celery compound
brings restful strength to body and mind ,
Invigorating the system and prolonging life. "
Paine's celery compound has made thou
sands of people well. It has saved thousands
of women from nervous prostration. It has
made the weak strong. It has cured where
everything else failed. Innumerable testl-
monhls as to Its wonderful value have been
vllle , Colo. , she was taken from the apart
ment In a Pullman car and placed In the
city prison , where she claims she was de
tained forty-eight hours without a charge
being made against her. When released , hav
ing passed two days among thieves , vagrants
and the riff-raff of a western mining town ,
she found she had been robbed.
She says her detention and attendant In
dignities were caused by employes of the
Pullman company , who , she alleges , took her
money and jewels. The defendants deny that
Mrs. Spauldlng's detention was caused by
them and tay that It was brought about
by the civil authorities of Lcadville , who
took such step ? to prevent the woman , who
Is said to have been acting In a violent
manner , from Inflicting Injury upon herself or
possibly taking her own life.
FIHSCO'S COSTI/V TOM IIS.
\enrly n. Million Spent in ErcctliiR
Gr < uiltc HIIXCN.
With the last decade and moro particu
larly during the past few years there have
been erected In the half-dozen cemeteries
In the suburbs of San Francisco and Oak
land a dozen vaults the aggrcgato cost of
which Is more than three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars.
Though they are all made of granite , says
the San Francisco Examiner , their1 appear
ance gives no suggestion of the enormous
csst of construction. Most of them are
small , box-like affairs not much bigger than
the kiosks which Rtudded the main drive
way ot the Midwinter fair , Ono or two are
massive , eombsr structures with hardly a
line of architectural beauty. In fact , the
same may be said of all of them.
The largest and at the same Mine ono of
the costliest of them all Is that of W , S.
O'Brien , which was erected in Calvary cem
etery several years ago. It occupies the
highest elevation at the south nldo of the
cemetery and at first glance suggests a small
fortress of the middle ages with Its many
turret-like projections and oddly arranged
pillars. In general outline It follows the
Gothic style of architecture , with a central
structure from which project two wlnga
wherein , arranged In tiers on each side , have
been built several niches for the reception
of the dead. The Interior of the vault Is
finished throughout with polished marble
of the finest quality. Inclosing each of the
niches Is a solid slab of marble with bronze
mountings , while a heavy gate of the same
materldl protects the entrance. This alone
cost several thousand dollars.
The plot on which the vault has been built
Is not moro than forty feet equaro , but the
dimensions of the vault are much smaller
than that. The entlro plot Is Inclosed by a
low stone wall with many solid granite posts
two feet In thickness , A double flight of
solid granite steps lead up to the entrance of
the vault from each side. The Interior of the
vault IB lighted , by a single utalncd glass
window , which , It Is said , cost about $2,000 ,
The cost of the entire structure was nearly
$100,000.
Another family vault which has cost an
equal amount to. build bears the name of
Flood. Llko the O'Brien uepulcher , It has
been erected on one of the- highest points In
the graveyard , but In the Laurel Hill ceme
tery Instead of Calvary. The site Is not any
larger than that of the O'Briens , and the
vault Itpelf Is not BH largeIn anpearanco
It resembles the Acropolis at Home , with Its
many polished pillars and low , rambling
build. There are no less than twenty-eight
of these pillars supporting a roof com
posed of huge granite slabs. Like the O'Brien
vault , the very largest blocks of granite that
could be eccurej have- been used. The entire
plot not occupied by the vault has been cov
ered by a heavy granite flooring as smooth
and polished as a looking glass. There Is
nothing very pretentious about either the In
terior or the exterior of thlt vault.
Adjoining * It Is the vault containing the
remains of the late Senator Fair , which
cost $50,000 to build. It Is very small , not
more than flftcer. feet square , and composed
entirely of granite. In style of architecture
It follows the Gothic designs , but Is slightly
suggestive of a soda water fountain ,
The example of the Floods has been fol
lowed In regard to thu walk surrounding
the vault.
Senator Jones of Nevada has also built a
140,000 vault In the same cemetery , which
uoasta cf no greater degree of beauty than
any of the others.
At the Cypress Lawn cemetery In San
voluntarily set to Wells & Richardson Co. ,
who prepare It In Burlington , Vermonf.
Pnlne's celery compound Is the most remarkable -
markablo remedy for the blood and nerves ,
known to the 19th century. It has employed
by the foremost physicians In curing kidney
and liver troubles and the diseases duo ta >
nervous disorders , faulty nutrition , and Im
poverished blood , produc'ng results that scons
little short of the miraculous. *
Pa I no's celery compound builds up the *
system , purifies the blood , regulates the >
nerves. The weak and worn-out soon find
their frames Invigorated , their spirits raised , ,
and their strength renewed.
It makes people well. * '
It Is as superior to the ordinary nervines , ,
bitters , and sarsaparlllas aa strength Is bet
ter than weakness.
Matco county are. thrco very expensive vaults , ,
erected within a block of each other , which' '
arc all very much allko In appearance and !
might very readily have been built from tho-
same plans and specifications with a few
variations.
The most expensive of the three belongs
to the Hobart family. It cost $50,000. It
Is small and box-1'.ko In appearance and the-
rounded bit of architecture about It arc thor
soKd granite pillars on each side of the en
trance. The most remarkable feature about
It Is the floor , which In composed of one sin
gle piece ot granite about 8x12 feet In size , ,
which weighs nearly eighteen tons.
This description will fit the other two
raults with the exception that the blocks'
of stone used In building are. not so largo.
Ono of them belongs to the Pope family and. '
the other to William Kohl. The cost of
construction was $35,000 and $45,000 , respec
tively.
Mrs. Theresa Fair's vault In the Holy
Cross cemetery , which adjoins the Cypress'
Lawn 'cemetery on the right , cost $50,000.
It Is an odd-looking structure , very low and-
solid looking , which seems to have followed
no particular line of architecture. It Is halt
circular In general outline. A broad flight
of granite steps lead up to the entrance , on >
each sldfl of wjilch stand two largo bronze'
urns which cost several thousand dollars-
apiece. The Interior Is lighted by five stained-
glass windows , which , though they are not
very large , cost many hundred dollars. The'
Interior , like all the others which have been-
described , is finished In plain polished mar
ble.
ble.In
In the Homo cf Pcaco cemetery , which '
adjoins tlieCyprosa Lawn on the left , are *
two expensive vaults , ono belonging to tho-
Sachs family and the other to Lavl Straus. .
The latter Is octagon shaped and crowned'
with a granite dome , so that the whole
structure resembles a Turkish building. On-
thrco sides of the Interior have been placed
three benches obout six feet long made of
solid marble1. In the center ot the vault Is a
solid onyx table which cost many thousand
dollars. The entlro vault Is made of polished !
granite. The cost was about $45,000.
The Sachs vault cost $35,000. It follows-
the Gothic lines In design , and Is by far the. '
handsomest structure of the -lot. U Is also-
composed of polished granite and finished
on the Interior with polished marble.
At the Mountain View cemetery in Oak
land there are three very expensive vaults.
Ono of them was built a short tlmo ago by
Mrs. Charles Crocker at a cost of nearly
$100,000. In style it differs not ono whit
fein those already described , Dr. Merrltt ,
over whose wealth there Is now so much
controversy , left $60,000 for the erection of
a vault for the reception of his remains.
His bequest was carried out , but ho got a
very small and unpretentious vault for his-
mercy ,
The third vault belongs to Dr. Cogswell.
It Is a tall , spiral-shaped structure , and
cost over $80,000.
Three-quarters of million will build a-
good deal nowadays , It will build a great
modern ten-story structure with offices for
hundreds of people. It will build over 300
six to eight room wooden houses , with bath
and all modern conveniences. Nearly ten
blocks of homos that any. man might bo
proud of. It will build two beautiful churches ,
or half a dozen smaller ones , where thou
sands can worship. It will build a magnifi
cent hospital and furnish It throughout , an-1
will build moro schools than can bo es
timated ,
rSrriuniiN MIIN < Shave ,
There Is a panic In Kiel and Wllhelm-
Eliafen the centers of the German navy
because a1 decree has gone forth requiring
all officers and men to go about clean shaven
or else to wear full beards. This means that
the mustache must go , and the mustache Is )
an Important feature In the facial adorn
ment of the Germans , whether In the Impe
rial service or out of U. It U extremely dif
ficult to get even a coachmen , a butler , or
any man servant who Is the possessor
of a mustache to go clean shaven or will
allow himself to become so , or Indeed ono
who Is willing to wear a full beard , The
fashion of the day In the German empire re
quires that the mustache- fierce and long.
It Is said that the kaiser Is behind this new-
order , and that ho thinks the navy would ap.
pear smarter If thcro was more uniformity ;
in the looks of the officers ,
Scrofula lurks In the blood of nearly everyone
one- , but Hoods Siriaparllli drives It front
the system und makes pure blood ,