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ESTABLISHED ,7U3SE 10 , 3871. CXMA1IA , WEDNESDAY , SEPTEM1J13R 25) ) , 1807. S1XGLE COPY VIVE CENTS ,
IM08 PACIFIC SALE
Special Master Commissioner Oornith lias
Fixed the Date.
ANNOUNCEIOT MADE FROM NEW YORK
Occur in Omaha on the First Day of
November.
END CF THE RECEIVERS ! ! , ? IN SIGHT
Courts Consent to the Filial Act of
Foreclosing Mortgages.
GOVERNMENT'S ' ATTORNEYS ACQUIESCE
GiiM-rnor IliHiillf ) nml ( Ji-iirrnl Coulu
Kxiiri'HN Tlu-iimt'lt PM UN SntlNllril
n till tin * ArrniiKi-mi'iitM Iliulu
( or the Auction.
NHW YOIIK , Sept 28 ( Special Telegram. )
Judge Cunlfh , matter commissioner and
Bpcclal master commissioner , this afternoon
fixed the date for the tulo of the Union
Tactile railroad. The sale will take place at
Omaha on Navcmbei 1 , at which time the
main line , extending from Council llluffs la. ,
to Ogdcn , Utah , will bo sold , together with
the shletiacks and all depots covered by the
government mortgage.
It Is expected that the official announce
ment will be made within a few dajt > and
ns the pioposed sale Involves thirty dae
ndvcrtlcciucnt , the road , In the event of no
ono being willing to pay more for the prop
erty , will pass Into the hands of the new
company about Novembct 1. 1-x Governor
George Houlley , counsel for the government
In the Union I'aclllc pioceedlngs , said there
was nothing In the announcement that he
Wished to deny. He declined to Htate what
concessions had been made to the govern
ment by the rcorgani/ation company.
There was a meeting of the executive
committee of the Union Pacific Hallway
company today. Hccclver 13 Hllciy Ander-
toii hinted that the business transacted was
purely of a routine character und had no
reference to the foreclosure or reorganiza
tion proceedings. Receiver Anderson said
that whllo he had no olllclnl knowledege
of the agrc ement haIng been reached be
tween the reorganization committee and the
government , ho believed the sale would bo
effected before November 5. He said that
the main trouble would be pa > lng the debt
of $45,000,000 duo the government 1 he-
property could bo turned over to the uow
company without any difficulty.
Tno reorganl/atlon committee of the Union
I'aclflc1 announces today that owing to cer
tain concessions that have been made to the
government , the attorney general had with
drawn his foimer objections und that the ad-
vcrtljemcnt announcing the sale ot the road
nmj be looked for In a clay or two. It Is
said that the conccsaloiiB dcalied by the gov
ernment will not Interfere with the plan as
already published , although the members of
the committee prefer that the announcement
of the precise nutuie of the concessions
Bhoulil emanate from the attorney general.
There was unfeigned joy among the offi
cers of the Union I'aclflc railway located
here when the announcement was made yes
terday afternoon that the foreclosure * sale ot
tbo road would take place in th'a city on
November 1. Some of the subordinates
expicssed some fear about their positions ,
ibut the heads of the departments evidently
had had a tip that the > would be ictalned ,
for they appeared to heartily welcome the
news that the road would at last be taken
out ot the court's control and operated' ' llktl
a ra'lroad
Tbo news contained In The lice's special
dispatch fiom New York was confirmed b >
General Solicitor William K Kelly of the
Union I'aclflc , but furthei than stating that
adveitlsemcnts announctaig the details of the
ealo would soon appear , that otllclal posl-
tlvclj declined to be Interviewed.
Geneial John C. Cow in , special counsel for
the government In the forec'osuie ' proceed
ings , said "I have Just received advices to
the effect that on agreement has been
reached bctweein the representatives of the
government and of the reorganization com
mittee , and no appeal from the decrees
entered here before the fcdeial court will
be taken. ' It will bo recalled that during
the last month there has been much dlscus-
elon about the probability of an appeal fronl
the decree , hut the above statement of Gen
eral Cowln puts an ciml to all such rumors
I'lesldcnt Claik of tbo Union I'aclflc l
In St. Louis , where he recently returned to
his home , after spending the suminei In
Montana , Wyoming and Minnesota It Is
Bald that his health , which for awhlto wan
thought to be/ quite bad , Is now greatly Im
proved , ocul that ho will be In Omaha In a
few dajd to again assume charge of the i.ill-
road , of which he is one of the iiecelvcis
Geneial Managei Dickinson. Freight Traflic
Manager Munroo ami other ofllclals are in the
east In consultation with the receivers re-
pardlng Iho approTchlng sale and the
Btralncd relations'between the Union I'aclflc
and the Oregon Short lino. William 1)
Cornish , special master appointed by Judge
Banhorn to sell the Union I'aclllc , Is In New
Yoik Clt ) .
( 'ill I | ICIIKII-S | < . 1'aiil Hull * .
ST I'ALL , Minn , , Sept. 2S Today tin * faio
for tl'e ' iciund trip between St Paul am
Chicago was $11.GO , The Ft Paul-Chicago
Hues got Into a snail over the road which
should carry the Twin City delegation to a
convention of underwriters In Chicago.
Charges of big commlsHlons and heavj cuts
In the rates were made , and this resulted In
tlckEta being sold for less than a faro and
one-thlid for the round trip. The other Hues
met the late. These tickets will bo good to
return Octobei 5 , It Is charged that ono of
the lines made a round trip rate jeaUiday
for $10. This was the excuse foi making the
rate today.
AlclilHim
CHICAGO , Sept , 28 The not eainlngs ef
Iho Atchlson 6)stcin for the month of Angus *
\\era $921,251 , an Increase of $11)9,52. o\ei
the same month of last > car For the two
months of the llscal year to August 31 , the
net earnings have been $ l,3SGOJg , an Incieuo
of $ SOlsn. Thu total Income foim operation
for the two months shows au iiicicoso of
$132,079.
TOIMJK i'S ANMA1. KAI.I. I'USTIX II , .
Ciiilliil < ' ! ! > of KIUIHMH In lu Ciiilu
Attire.
TOPKKA , Kan. , Sept. 23. Topeka's second
end annual fall teeth al U now full I ) on
Ycsteiduy , the first da ) , was given over to
the fraternal eiders of the state , and these.
Kave a parade , Today waft firemen's day
Nrarl ) a thousand firemen appeared lu line
when thu parade was formed in the fore
noon , thirty-live companies being repre
sented from various parts of the state In
the evening was held the tlremeu's dUpla )
it the fair grounds , and also the great
1'uiua Indian dance by 300 Indiana of mixed
tribes.
Tonunorow Ii expected to be one of tbo
treat cla > b of the week , elaborate piepuia-
tlons having been made for the silver annl-
> rsary of thu Santa Kt railway. This af
ternoon witnessed elaborate cerimoults In
honor of the. arrival of .Mis * Edna Whltne ) ,
the Chllllcotue , Mo , girl who will preside
over the festival Queoa Loreiu , The city
h In icala attire.
M PI V Hi : I.OMi : AT ! tt'ASIII. > GTOV
liniilxli Mlnlitor llrlurti * Sitililenl ) til
tinnlliiiinl CM pi In I.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28 The Spanish
ntnlster , Dupuy do Lome , has arrived here
oinowhat unexpectedly from Lennox , where
ic la upending the summer with his family
Ic reached Washington jestcrday noon and
ater In thu day cillcd at the State depart-
ncnt and saw Assistant Secretary of State
My Ills presence In this city was not made
mown by the department and It wan not
mill today that his arrival became known
[ "he legation Is closed for the summer and
ho minister took temporary quarters In an .
iptown apartment house. Ho expected also
o call on Secretary Sherman It Is gald by
ifllcUU that the minister's vlnlt has no upe-
Inl significance at this time. Ho Is looking
it a new legation building , corner Matsi-
ihUEetts avenue and Eighteenth street , to be
ipened In October. There appears to bo no
louht , however , that the visit related , to
omo extent , to recent developments at
iladrld In connection with Minister Wood-
ord's Interview with the Spanish minister of
orelgn affairs , the duke ot Tetuan. The
irescnco of Mn Utipuy do Lome , led to con-
ecture that Spain's answer to the recent In-
ervlews presented by Minister Woodford
vas about to be presented It can bo posl-
Ivcly elated , however , that no answer has
> een made and that up to the present time
ho answer has not been framed , It would
lot be a surprls3 , however , If It was clcter-
nlned upon at any time In the near future ,
ind It Is thought that Minister Dupuy do
omo's visit Is so timed as to permit him to
jo at the capital in co e any development ,
n the way of answer or otherwise , occurred
it Madrid. The only manner In which an
mswcr could bo agreed upon Is at a cabinet
: ouncll , attended , by the queen regent. Her
irrlval will give the first opportunity for
leflnlte action , and this probably had some
iort In the minister's return to Washington
it this time The queen arrived at Madrid
.oday.
PALL snr.niNc ; IN MIIHICV. ! .
liiiiKc AeniiKiof A\ Inter Wlit'nt
Sort ii , Mili'h tlf It I Ii.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28 The weekly crop
mlletln of the Agricultural department sajs
today :
Except on the Atlantic coast , where rains
lave fallen , the week has been cxccp'ionallj
Iry and upon the whole veiy favorable for
naturlng and gathering crops Like the
ircccding weeks , however , It has been very
unfavorable for germination ot sown gnln ,
\s well as for fallowing and seeding , which
s much dclajed generally throughout the
central and western and In some of the
southern slat s. In Nebraska , however , a
aige acreage of wheat has been sown , much
nt which Is up and doing nicely. In the At-
antlc coast states the conditions have been
nero favorable for fall seeding and satls-
'actory pi ogress has been mado.
The frosts of the early part ot the week ,
proved injurious to late corn In pontons of ]
) hlo , Kentucky , Pennsylvania and New
York , but farther west no serious Injury Is
reported and In some states cutting Is near
ng completion. i
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28 The ofllchl state
ment ot the wheat product of France for this
jear , > as made up from the reports to the
Ficnch government by the prefects of the
several departments , has Deem furnished the
State department by United States Consul
Urujot at St. Dtllenne. The product waa 88-
556,890 hectolitres ( a hectolitre being two
bushels and 3.35 pecks ) , against 119,742,142 In
1S9G and 119,907.745 in 1895. A leading flour
Journal estimates the returns for 1S97 to he
8S,120.ylO hectolitres , as against 125,048,420
for 189G , a decrease of 30,928,580 hectolitres.
\vouic or MOMrr.vuv COMMISSION.
Proililrnt ( I\OH Out I'erHoiim-1 of tin *
Ciiiniiiltti'cs.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28. The president of
the monetary comml'elon this evening an
nounced the following committees :
On Metallic Currency C. Stewart PatterSon -
Son , Philadelphia ; Lewis A. Garnet , Califor
nia ; J. Laurier Leighton , Illinois.
On Deman 1 Oullgat ons of the Government
Robert S. Tajlor , Indiana ; Stujvesant Fish ,
New York ; J. W. Fries , North Carolina ;
Gecige r. Edmunds , Vermont.
On the Hanking Sjstem Charles S. Fairchild -
child , New YorkT. ; G Hush. Alabama ; W. H
Dean , .Minnesota ; George E. Leighton , Mis
souri.
\iMts for the \riny.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28 ( Special Telc-
giam. ) The order assigning Captain Freder
ick V Abbott , engineer , to the Department
of Dakota foi dutj has been revoked.
The resignation of Additional Second Lleu-
tcnint Seth M. Mllllken , Third cavalrj , has
been accepted ,
Captain George Deslion , assistant surgeon ,
has been designated as Instiuctor In the
hospital corp drill at the Army Medical
school , relieving Captain Trank II. Keefer ,
assistant surgeon
Lieutenant William R. Torsythe , Sixth
cavalry , has been relieved from duty at Fort
Yellowstone , Wyo , and Is ordered to Join his
troop. *
Lieutenant Tloyd W. Harris , Pouith cav-
alty , has been ordcied to Join his troop , Fait
Walla Walla , Wash
Tlrst Lieutenant Francis H Schoffel has
been assigned to company K Vlfth Infantry ,
an I Adddltlonal Second Lieutenant Rufus n.
Yongan to a vacancy of second lieutenant In
company K , Ninth Infantry.
The following tiansfeis are made- Sixth
eavah > Captain George L Scott , from troop
I ) to troop L ; Captain Augustus P. Ulocksom ,
from troop L to troop D ; Captain Hlocksom
will pioceecl to Join his troop Sixteenth In
fant r > Fiist Lieutenant Walter A. Thuislon ,
fiom company I ) to company I , Fhst Limi-
teimnt Charles Miller , from company I to
company IX
Captain William I ) Beach , Third cavalry ,
Captain William 1) Rejnolds. Fourteenth In-
fanti > , and Lieutenant AlbJit L , Mills , First
eavalr ) , have been detailed for duty with the
Kansas National guards from September 27
to October 2.
Loaves of absence" Additional Second
Lieutenant Earl I ) A. Pearce , Fifth cavali ) ,
ono month ; Additional Stcand Lieutenant Ro )
H Harper , Seventh cavalry , one month ; Cap
tain Samuel M Mills , Fifth artillery , ex
tended to Novcnilcr oO ; Captain John McA.
Webster , Twen'v-iocon I Infantry , cMonii , '
six months on accoii'it of IcKncsa ; Liutc.i-
ant Samuel A. Kephart , Fourth artillery , ono
month.
I'llllllllllNll-tH . \llICllllll < ll ,
WASHINGTON , Sept 28 ( Special Telo-
gium ) Postraabtero appointed today : Ne-
biaska Newman Grove , MadUon count } ,
Rufus Pryor ; Palmer , Merrlck county , G M ,
Ilurllugamo , Richland , Col rax county , A. 1) )
Cady. Iowa Hade , Humboldt county. A Q
\\llllJins ; Failln , Greene county , H. J. Hast
ings , Llvermorc , Humboldt county , J C.
Ilergen ; Wald , Cedar county , Richard Moon.
Postmasters lonimtBsIoned today Iowa
Marlon F. King , Cambridge ; Jennie Davis.
College Springs , Frank J Tlshehanker , 011-
nion' Clt ) ; Alonzo 7. . Rawson , Kalona , James
It Mc-Ilioom , Laurel , South Dakota Reuben
Norton , Hudson ,
\iiolutril | li > tin * rri-Nlilmt ,
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28. The following
presidential appointments were announced to
day ; John T Dare , appraiser of niercluml'ee '
for the district of San Francisco , Joseph I-J.
Lei1 , collector of customs , district of St
Johns. Fla ; Dennis Kagan , postmaster , Jack
sonville , Fla , ; Parker C. Kelloch , surgeon In
the Marino Hospital service.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28 , The Secrcttti )
of lbe > Interior has awarded the contract for
the proposed Indian school building at
Flandroau , S. I ) , to Owou & . Hllle on their
bid of $40,000 and has signed the contract.
Dull ) Tri-iinuD HaUMiirnl.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 28. ToJay's state-
mMil of the condition ot the treatui ) shows
Available cash balance , $211,910,007 $ ; gold re-
ierve , $147,610,171.
FEVER SITUATION IS WORSE
Dread Disease 5s Rapidly Gaining Ground
at Edward ? , Miss ,
MOWING DOWN WHITE MALE POPULATION
'Hume Sorlmiily III llnif Itriirntcil
AttnckM of Illnck Vnntlt l.lttlv
i'liuiim- Coitilltloiift nt
N < - OrlciiiiN.
HOWARDS. Mte . , Sept. 28. There hag
been one death today from yellow fever , I
that of W. T. Howie. The follow Ing new i
coses are reported today. Whites Sidney '
Pond , Jr. ; Mrs. Tom Askew , Miss Osborn , ' ,
W. H. Harris , J. M. Rauch , Mrs. J. W. j
Tatum , Hattle Colmery. Homing Colmery , '
L. C. WIntherly , Miss Marie Iloxtel , Mrs. '
aalcoran , Mrs. Young Robert Montgomery , |
W. H. Harris , Jr. , Mrs. U. M. Geode , J. F. |
Sessions. Colored Carrie Mlllsaps , nmma i
rhomas , Mattlo Marckcy , Anna Colcman , '
Alonro Dalloy. Total cases today , twenty- |
one ; total cases to date , 189 In town and ;
eight In the country ; number seriously 111 , ' :
nix ; number convalescent and up , ninety ; | '
total deaths to date , eight.
The > cllow fever situation eecms to grow
worse dally. Five out of the six men
tioned as herlously 111 have had repeated at
tacks ot black vomit. The fever Is fast movv-
Ing down the white male population , and at
the present rate a few Immune nurses and
doctors will noon have complete control of ,
the town.
SVME STORY AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS , Sept. 2S The yellow-
fever situation here continues cxaspcratlngly
the s-une. A dally average of eighteen to '
twenty cases and two deaths has kent up.
Hut while there Is no sign of an epidemical '
visitation the slow progress ot the disease1
puts obstacles dally in the way of the fretful - '
ful merchant public , who arc anxious to
again resume trade with the surrounding i
country. The record toda > was not unlike - |
like that ot many other daje In that It i
showed n death thiotigh sheer neglect of the
patient and ot twenty-one cases up to date
having fatal tciinitiation. The facts are In
controvertible that at least half died through
neglect or lack of attention Dusiness Is
showing feeble signs of icvlval and the rall-
loads are putting forward superhuman ef
forts to secure a modification of the quaran
tine regulations.
The record todaj Deaths' Lout * Qulsnel ,
1408 Dante street , Miss Emma Fleetwood , 727
Lowerllng. New casesMrs. . 13. Frlcke , 1421
Canabronne ; Jessie R. Wilkinson , 1920 Jack-
con avenue ; Sarah Lea , 1010 Dublin avenue ;
J. W Utnmswlck , 519 Mire ; Miss Fannie
Hevltt , 1718 Jackson ; Louis Qulsnel , 1409
Dante ; Mis. J. M. Fleetwood , 727 Lowerllng ;
Sister .Ma'cella , St. Vincent Infant a > lum ,
Race and Magazine ; Mrs A. T. Wlmberly ,
1718 Prytannla ; Relsscr , 1121 Noith Galveston -
veston ; Ell McConnell , detention camp ;
Eleanor Reams , Phillip , between Chlppewa
and St Thomas ; Mr. Lee and two children ,
2233 IJuronne street ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Fruflla ,
Constance and First. There has been a
total of 177 cases to date , and twentj-one
deaths A number of patients we'e dis
charged today.
HOT WEATHER AT MOBILE.
MOBILE , Ala. , Sept. 28 The noon report
of the Board of Health today showed the ef
fect of the excessive hot weather of the past
six clajs uoon the populace. The number of
cases recorded for the last twentj-four hours
was ten , all of the patients having been
taken 111 from the 23d to the 2Cth. The new
cahes are : J. B. Eastburn , 711 Savannah
stieet ; Willie White , corner New Jersey and
.Marine ; Frank Pear , 768 Savannah street ;
Mrs Daniel Petty , Cedar , between Monroe
and Eslava ; Geoigo Stoutze , Warren , cornel
Warren and Chaileston ; Charles Losslng ,
Albert A. nncl Carrlo Healy , Augusta , neai
Chailes ; Lizzie Tcet. 012 Savannah ; Thomas
Walnwrlght , Franklin , near Canal. The ono
death announced that ot Mrs Alma Kersb ,
Savannah street , leported last night. The
board's summarj 1 ? eixtj-four cases , nine
dcatli ! > , thirty recovered and twenty-five
under treatment The latio of death to cuses
Is fourteen. Bivjther Symphcilan died at 2
o'clock this afteinoon at the Industrial Gar
dens and Boys' school on Lafajette street.
The whole fever Infected district has been
cleaned and disinfected , the jards. sinks and
drains , streets and gutters and the districts
adjacent are now receiving like careful
treatment.
SCARE IN TEXAS.
DALLAS , Tex. , Sept 28 The jellow fcvc
fright has struck the state In earnest. Nearlj
all towns in eastern , central and southern
Texas have declared sTiotgun quarantine
against Houston In Brazes county County
Health O/llcer / Tabor has given out orders to
the effect that every load entering the count >
will be closed and guaided and every sus
plclous rumor run down. No passenger
trains will stop In the county hereafter anu
there will for the present bo no papers > or
other mulls received.
At Dallas no lassengers from Houston will
be pcunltted to stop , although there has been
no embargo on freight and mall as yet The
Houston & . Texas Central has practically
abandoned Its train service out of Houston ,
only ono tialn a day running. The Missouri ,
Kansas i : Texas Is running trains through
Houston to Galveston , the cars being locked
noi th of Houston and nobody permitted to
enter or leave the train. Galveston's quaran
tine against Houston is absolute. Nothing
but telegrams are permitted to pass between
the two places.
HOUSTON , Tex . Sept 28 Regarding the
suspicious case of fever here the State Uoarrt
of Health olllccrs have requested the Houston
Board of Health to Issue the following bul
letin this evening , "Case somewhat sus-
plclous but strictly guarded. I have no op-
piehenslon of result Board of Health unanl-
IIIO.UH In declaring the case nothing more
tbau Inllammr.tlon ot kidnejs. "
nmlinrito on M. l.uulH l'"rrlnlit.
VICrORI \ , Tex , Sept. 28. Dr. W. G
Thornton has served notice on General Su
perintendent Farbcr of the Victoria branch
of the Southern Pacific railway that all
freight t hipped from or via St Louis or any
other pait ot .Missouri IH foi bidden to cross
the Vlctoila dounty line. Dr. Thornton ver
bally explained that this Iri Intended to forbh
the handling of any frelglit from any point
em of Houston or G.ilvcstou und cuts off
New York as well as St Lutils
ST. LOUIfa , Sept 28 The action of the
coiint ) health authoiltiee at Victoria , Tex
In Instituting a strict quarantine- against al
shipments fiom St Louis , or cny other point
In Mltsourl , Is denounced by local business
men as un unwairantecl action , calculated to
do the business Interest of this city grea
damage , If not r.ilml Jt once. It Is not tha
the qunraaitlnlng of Victoria county IB In
ItEelt Important , hut it IB feared that the
precedent thus set will be bad. The Victoria
quarantine arises from the report that New
Orleans meiehants are shipping freight teSt
St Louis and without breaking bulk are re
fclilpplnc and lebllllng It from here to Texas
That this IB being done U > positively deiilei
by ever } load leading Into St , Louts ,
CallN fur Volunteer ( iiiurilM.
NATCHEZ , MU * > . Sept. 28. Captain T. O
Baker , In command of the Natchez quaran
tlno guaidn Is out this morning in an earn
eel appeal for volunteers and the responses
to the first calls have dwindled until the cor
don of hhotgutiH ban contracted to the ex
tent of leaving out In the cold some papulous
suburb * Tlic feai of Dr. Alkman , city
health ollleer. Is that refugees might find
acluni In three additions , with the possl-
bllit ) of Infecting the ell } .
Ill-Ill 1 | l.
FK1A11 Til . Prp' ? S Two rnstkcd hlgh-
wa > m n held up ( tie HoorevIlle B age this af
ternoon aucl J R , Ilarnutt u luiacager was
shot and laitantl ) killed by cno ot the rob
bers ,
THINKS INIIAMI : : \\ir.i'in : Tiir.un.
ItiKNlini Dclcptiitp'TnlUH of'the ConilniC
Scnl
: i'op > rlnht 1W , bj lr im etting
LONDON. Sept. 28ytfevr ( York World
? ahlrgram Special Telrgrai ii. ) Pierre Bot-
< lnc , Russian delegate to th < llorlng sea con-
ftrence , was Interviewed in Paris jestcrday
Ho sail. " 1 sail fbf Anieri a Saturday , but
liave rccelvtd no Intimation from our foreign
tilllce of the reported \efusal 61 England to
loin the conference. I believe she will Join
because tfio conference Is of vital Interest to
her. 1 eec It Is stated .Hint * uch attitude by
dreat Britain would delay the meeting ot
Iho conference. H Is ray opinion that would
not be the case. The conference would ho
lielrt Just the same , 6nly I'auncefote would
be absent , a state ot things which would bo
tnost rccrct table * .
"Russia and America are Interested In the
seals because they derive a revenue from
them because people on the Bering anil
Meutlnn Islands , which belong to those countries - i
tries , make a living out of them. England
inJ Japan have an Interest In the seal fish j
ries because they provide the capital and
ships necessary for carrjlng on the trade In
seal skins ami If the unlmals are extermi
nated , which they most certainly will be un.
Ice * we come to some Arrangement , the loss
to the subjects ot those countries will be-
jnormrus. Then again , the reports of the
cxpctts of the font powers are drawn up In
juch a spirit ot conciliation that I really ito
not think Lord Sallsburj can make any such
notification as that with which he Is
credited. "
UONMMK YToiilS A III ? API'IIKIIIJMH : ! ) .
I'liitBiilnst IJmiuTOP Mc'liiilm IH
Mlifl | | In tinlluil. .
WARSAW , Sept. 28. Though an ofllclal
lenlal will he forthcoming , It has leaked out ]
from official circles In such a manner as t
leaves no room for doubt that there was a
ilellhcrato and detcmiViccl plot against Em
peror Nicholas at the time of his recent
slslt to this city. Us success was only frus
trated by accident.
Several weeks before the arrival ot the
Imperial party a number of persons supposed
to belong to the Geiman socialist party un
dermined Norvj Svist , the principal street
In Warsaw , hctweeiu the "governor-general's
palace and the royal castle. As the turnel ,
which had been umlMtaken , from the collar
of a beer house , approached complctlou , the
conspirators became appiehenslve of a col
lapse of the roadway ami called in several
'ollsh masons to build supports The nn-
ons , whose suspicions were aroused , notl-
cd the police , and ISO aircsts followed.
Among those lu cuscd ( ) > were four disguised
Gernitci officers , either on leave or belong-
ng to the Landwchr , whojhad been active
n the actual work of tunntllng. A number
f merchants and manufacturers from the
ovvn of Lodzi , Poland , are also implicated
, IIIiitl : VN elTl.ONISTS 1U3TI'11MN .
I'rjIiiK tu > l < iU > TlielrVu > Mm-lc to
fluI illicit StnlcN.
LIVERPOOL , Sept 23 Otloy Waite and
vo chllilcu and G W. Fanner and wife ,
all colored , who belong to a paity of 315
migrants who left Savanna for Liberia by
ho steamer Labiador in March , 189C , have
list al rived here fionii Liberia. The Farmers
are destitute and the AVaitee have only
enough money to ci able them lo reach the
Jnltcd States. The adult mcmbeis of the
larty described the condition of those left
n Liberia as being' most pitiable. They
aj the Uriel'promised'by the , Llberlan agents
n the United States- turned , out to fee ab
solutely Worthless. 1ho asBert that more
ban half the Labrador's- party aro"dead and
hat the rust of them are trjing to reach
ho Unltccl Statcti. The 'SV ltcs and Farmers
say In conclusion that thn Llberian govern
ment did nothing for , them and that the
climate ot the Republic of Libel ia is most
inhealthy.
MISMLMNom.ns ASIC iini.p.
Claim In lie III < iri < ntt StrnltN and In
DiiiiKfr uf stnrtliiKT.
CANE\ Crete , Sept. 28. The Mussulman
loWes have sent the following telegram to
he ambassadors of the powers at Constan-
inoplo and to the sultan
"Our ( wsltion is becoming unbearable
Winter is approaching , and we are without
shelter , almost inked and living on a recto-
gram of flour per da > , given up by mussulman
chailty Our Christian compatriots have
mrned our olives and the Island will soon be
denuded of timber. Sowing beglie In Octo-
> er. If we do not return' to our homes , how
can we llvu next scasoft , { Public charity has
already expended 5,009,060 plasters , and it IB
loubtful if that scance'o'f relief can support
us anothet month. we , too , aio God's
creature ? . In the name ot humanity put an
end to our despeiato position. "
ins MISSION \vnoi , i , v ritiiNDiv.
\Vooil foril Till UN lo n C'lilinn
HAVANA , Sept. 28. The Madrid corre
spondent of La Luc ha rabies his paper that
ho had an Interview with the United States
minister as to the Cuban situation and that
Genoial Woodford described his mission in
Spiln "wholly frlendlnncl ' f9r the purpose
of offering "tho good o'llltes of the United
States to establish peaccrtn Cuba. "
rirxt of Si-nlliiK ricetrilcM. .
VICTORIA B. C. , Sept ! 28 , The first ot
the sealing fleet to return home , the Casco ,
brought 1,004 skins _ [ aken off tbo Japan
coast and Copper islands. It reports that
the Carlotta , with 1.400 skins , and the Di
rector , with 1,000 bklns , arc close behind.
N'H I'rt'iti'li Wlnldtrr.
PARIS , Sept 2b M. Jufes Canibon , gover
nor geneial of Algeria , it/Is / announced , will
succe.'d M Jules PatVnotro as ambassador
at Washington and CM Patenotre will go to
Madrid.
C'UMliilliH OIllrjnlHiTrNlril. .
CONSTANTINOPLE ; S.cpt. 28. SK cus
toms ofllclala have been arrested for circu
lating pamphlets of the > oung Turk party
( liiffii lliKiiit llfluniM to Mmtrlil.
MADRID , Sept 28Thg queen regent and
escoit have arrived hero from San Sebastian ,
tbo summer residence ,
nvi : VUN MIIT noiiiiiiii.i : DI\TU.
.SiilToriitfil ! > > ' 511 1 in' ' U 'till in n" In n
s < < ruiitnu II I in- .
SCRANTON. Pa. , Sept. J28. Five men this
afternoon met a horrible deith from "black
damp" In Jermjn No. I 'mine , near Rend-
hain Dead- 1 -J-
ISAAC WATKINS , nrefbosz , 55 , married.
TOM WATKINS , 22 y ara , single.
JOSEPH SMITH. 35 years , married.
JOHN OALLAGHKft , 42 years , wlfo and
seven chlldien ,
WILLIAM FRANKLl. . 24ears. ] wife.
Ui
CHICAGO , Sept. 28 , Governor Plngree of
Michigan lus been foimd. According to W
I . Helmed , a lawjer of this city , who ar
rived hero from Jletrplt ( his mopilng , the
governor hoarded the train at a stitton not
far west of Detroit ami took a ele plng rar
for Chicago The goyemor , gild Mr. Holmes ,
was very sociable , and introduced himself as
the governor of Michigan to the gentlemen In
the buffet The evening was passed very
pleasantly Mr. Holmes siyl. The governor
said he would call an several Chicago alder
men concerning garbage matters and other
questions of public Interest.
Klllril ill > n < ( Ji-jiil ' t'roNnlntr.
CHK3TRR PaT , Sept , 28. Three persons
were Killed on the Baltimore & . Ohio tracks
at Carrcroft , a few miles below this tlty , to-
daj b > a p usenger trula crashing Into a
wagon Tha vlctltci * are Mltrn librinkl )
aged 35 , GeorRe Ba'.dwln gel C , Maud IUI1
win , aged 12 > cara Dour ski anJ the Baldwin
bo > were Instantly klllej and the rl live :
but a few minutes and tae horse was klllet
ud tbo wjgon torn Into tpllntcru ,
LITTLE ONES BURNED ALIVE
Death Cornea to Two Boys and H Girl
While Asleep ,
FATHER INHALES FLAMES AND MAY DIE
I , . Corilou I'ut * IIU Clillilrcit to
IIoil mid lit'ntoN the UIIIINO fern
n KI-TV lliiuti-N , ItcturuliiK
to rinil It on Plro.
AlJ\IA Neb , Sept 2S. ( Special Telegram )
The farm house of A I * Gordon , eight
miles north of Alma , was consumed by flru
last night , drstro > lng the entire contents
and ending the lives of his three small
children , aged T , 9 and 11 , the eldest being n
girl.
girl.The
The mother of the children died two jears
ngo , slnco which time the father and little
oius have lived together In the house. After
putting the children to bed Mr. Gordon wont
to the barn , to look after a nick horse He-
tutnlng to the house In about twcity minutes
ho fottnd the Interior a mass of flames. He
niado a desperate effort to save thu children ,
rushing Into the burning structure , only to
be driven out by the Intense heat. He was
umblo to reath any of them. The little
ones wcro asleep at the time the father1 left
the house. The supposition Is that the ex
plosion of a lamp which was left burning In
the house was the cause of the fire. The
father Is frantic over the ghastly affair and
Is In aer > critical condition from the effects
of Inhaling the llames In an effort to save
his children from their sad fate The build
ing was owned by John Ilartcla of Neosha ,
Mo , and was Insured In the Home of New
York for $ GOO , with no Insuranto on the con
tents , the whole being a total loss.
OLD MAN HUHNii ) IN HIS IIOMG.
M'COOK , Neb , Sept 28 ( Special Tele
gram. ) South McCook v\as the scene of u
fatal flro about S 30 tonight , In which the
Icsldcnco ot IMv.ard ritrgerald and Its en
tire contents were consumed. John Fit ?
grruld , the aged and Infirm father of Mr
Pitrgerald , was burned to death In his bed
No ono else was In the house at the tlme > the
lire started and by the time help arrived It
was impossible to gain entrance to the hourc.
The old man was nt-ulj ! )1) ) jears of age ana
helpless. It Is thought there was no insur
ance on house or contents The house was
worth about ? 500 and the houbehold effects
$200.
K1HHI1UGS AT ARLINGTON.
ARLINGTON , Neo , Sept. 2S ( Special Tel
egram. ) Firebugs visited this city at an
early hour this morning and as a result of
their work nearl > one-half of the business
portion of the town Is in ashes
Shortly atter 4 o'clock the night watchman
saw two men running west on Main street
Doth had white masks tied over their faces
Supposing that the men had been committing
Eomo erimu , the v > atchman gave chase and
followed them for a couple of blocks , hut lost
sight of them In the r.arkness Quitting the
chaae , the officer started back to town , when
ho noticed llamcb breaking out of the buildIng -
Ing owned by Augu.it Hathman and occupied
by J. Lolxik as a saloon , the residence of II
Chapman , half a block awaj ; C H. Llnn'b
hardware store , on another stieet , and the
Ofld Fellows' building , a couple of blocks up
the street. He at once sounded the alarm
and lu a few minutes the entire town was
WU flehtini ? the lire. Dueknt brigades were
'
o'rganlzed and water was carried from wells ,
hut oy this time the fires had gained such
headwa } that the efforts to extinguish them
were almou unavailing. The Fremont fire
department was summoned and the chemical
cnglno icspondod to the call , It being sent
down by npeclal train. Its services were not
needed , however , for when itanlvel most of
the fires had been put out or had burned
every'hlng within tnelr icach.
LIST OF Tlfr : LOSSES.
The following aio the losers by reason of
the fires- August Hathman , two-story build
ing. $1,200 , total loss ; pirtlally Insured
Building occupied by J. Lobak with a stock
of liquors , whose loss was $800 , partially In
sured. William Hlllcneamp , one-stoo buildIng -
Ing , $000 , total loss ; partially Insured. The
building was occupied by 12d Ludwlg as a
lestaurant. His loss was $200 ; no insurance.
This flic communicated to the name buildIng -
Ing adjoining , owned and occupied by J. C.
Blockburn as an implement house. The
building and contents were totally destrojed ;
loss $1,500 , with partial inbuarnce.
The second fire wai discovered In the rear
of the residence of H. Chapman , half a
block away from where the first flro broke
out. This fire completely destroyed the
building , valued at $800 , and the contentH
valued at $300. The fire communicated to
Mr. Chapman's store building In front of
his residence and burned It to the ground ,
entailing a loss of $3,000 on the building and
contents. Mr. Chapman can led no Insur
ance. Maiahall Br < s. , nurserjmen , had
an office In the bullJlng and lost $500 be
sides theli books.
The third fire started on the oppo
site side of the ettect from the Chapman
building and was discovered In a stairway
In the rear. The building was owned by
O. P. Unland and occupied by George Knight
with a stock of general merchandise. Doth
mildlng and contents were destroyed. Mr
Unland places his loss at $3,500 , with no
nsuianeo. Mr. Knlght'a loss Is $ .1,000 , with
about $100 of liihurante.
The fourth fire broke out In the real of
Linn's hardware btore , a block up the stieet
rom the Chapman building , but before H
lad made much headway , It was Been and
extinguished. Firebrands from this hla/o
communicated to the Odd Fellows' building
half a bloek away. This fire was extln-
SiilBhed , but not until a loss of $300 had
icon sustained ,
The people of the town are very much
excited and arc using every effort to cseei-
aln who the partlifi were who applied the
: orch , If the right men should bo caught
, t IH hard to predict their fate , as even the
most conservative men of the town are taili
ng of lynching Most of the but ned bulld-
ngs will bo rebuilt.
FUKMONT , Neb , Sept 28 ( Special )
The Fremont lire department was called ] out
this morning to abalst in putting out the
flio at Arlington Assistant Chief Hogers
and about twenty men went over on a npeclu !
with the chemical engine. As the town has
no water supply all they could do was to try
to prevent the fire from spreading. They re
turned about 8-30.
830.Tiimi
Tiimi Finns.
, 111 , Sept 28The fire whlei
threatened the destrucl'on ' \Vllliamsfieh
was brought under control about midnight
Two blocks of store * In the buslno a dlstilt
were destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$15,000
HRNiniCT , Neb , Sept 28 ( Special. )
Thooliug store and two buildings adjoining
were burned last night at Arborvllla , let
miles west of this place. Iho origin of the
tire in unknown.
FAIIU1URV , Nth. , Sept. 28. ( Special )
About 3 o'clock this morning the stium frei
mill on U street was destroyed by fire The
building and machinery weto owned by H
R MiKwun and were valued at $1,200. will
insurance In the German Mutual of $700
The plant was leased to Wharton & Whitney
Origin of the flro unknown.
WAYNE , Neb . Sept , 28 'Spec'al Tele
gram ) William Krwln , residing eight mile
north ol Wa > ne , lost a Larn , tight head o
horses , 400 bushels of wheat , 1,200 bushfl
of oats , all farm inachlneiy and a number o
hogB by fire about 1 o'clock yesterdaj morn
Ing The flro U sufi-osed to have been tauu'i
by a tramp sleeping In the1 hay-mow Ther
IH n insurance
STOUK10N , Cal , Sept 28 An attemp
was mailo earl ) this morning to burn ilowi
the Imslnenb poitlou of thu city sovera
Incendiary Ilirs being started himultunrously
This I'loneer Art gailer > "a" destroyed , t
in n WES ecen leaving the building on th
rocf Fhrrtly befotc Iho fire started 1h
Odd Fullowa burdiiig was also ret on fire
and Levy , tiros' largo dry goods establish
ment was gutted. Several other Incendiary
ooi.r.iir vTiinu is i'iir.i > irTin.
Hllctitl rorpt'ii Tn Are TnlUltiK of n
Chniino In 'rcniirrnturr >
lour. Dctir , Hour , Urn.
n n. IIS t ii , ii Ml
( I ii. 11. . . . . . ( IT n Ill )
n , ii it Ml
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II II , n ( IllS
IO ii. ill Til II l >
It n. in SI 7 | i. ill SI
12 ni SH S | i. HI TS
II p. in 711
Cool weather Is predicted for today , but
rain U not > et lu sight.
lrc < were started but were checked before
my damage was clone. The otlltcrs suppo olio
lie attempt was made by companions ot
lobber Ford , who was shot dead by the
> otlce ROV era I nights ago after he had tried
o kill a number ot people. U la known
int he had partners In this city who , the
fllccrs believe , are determined to mcngo
Is death.
T\nr A nun > IMJNITIJNTI \ .
'on\ ! < n ( MIIU slnn Iliiiu * < < >
NEW YORK , Sept 28. Convict firemen
\tlngulshcd a flro started by convict In-
cncllarles In the state prison at Sing Sing
Evident ! j the purpose of those who started
10 blare was not merely to destroy build-
igs and contents , hut was chiefly to excite
panic , during which prisoners might
scapo. The plot utterly failed The tire
as noticed just after dinner call vas
oumled Twelve hundred convicts wcro ot
: ie tables In the mess hall. The prison lire
Hrm was sounded. Then came the test of
isclpllnc If n bleak was to be miuk > this
as the time. The doors of the mess room
ere closed and the guards took ( licit
tntlons There was excitement among thu
tlsoners , but no panic In the meantime the
onvlet flro brigade was doing Its full duty.
11 a short time the lire was out Investlga-
lon showed the plan of the Incendiary Coal
11 and benzine had hren poured on bolts
f cloth and piles ot inadcup clothing Flro
vas applied to each of the piles that had
ten naliiiatcd with the Inflammable fluids
Evidently , the Hres were started just as
lie dinner call sounded It the smoke had
ot been promptlj observed the convicts
voilld have been assembled in the mess
all and the jard would have been clear of
; uards Under such conditions the lire might
hve burned for a considerable time without
election In tfc.o turmoil caused by a large
re there would Inve been a chance for
irlboners to escape ,
invivui\ \ TII vcr run \ioit. .
( tl > til > U'iiiiN of \ i'Hnrlc UcjiTI IIn-
fill/oils' Ciiiullilnlc.
NR\V YORK , Sept 28 General Ilonjamln
" * Trac > , former becietaty of the navy was
cmlghl nominated by the convention of the
egulai icpublican organization for maor ot
Greater New York. Seth Low , the nominee
f the Citizens' Union , got less thin fifty of
he S4Sotcs east. Ills name was received
> v the delegates and spcctatois with Jeers
nil hl bos and Jacob Worth , tbo leader of
he opposition to Semtor 1'latt , was cried
own when ho Cbsajcd to present Low's
name. Ono of the Low men expiessed an In-
cntloT to bolt the regular ticket.
The ballot for mayor was Tracy , 207 ,
jO\v , 49 , and ex-Mayor Schrocder of Hrook-
> n , 2. The nomination was made unanlmotiD
Pievlous to the assembling of the conven-
Ion the committee on confoience held n
ecret session , at which representatives of
hp Hiookljn committee of tlfty and the
'urroy faction were nlso present. The cltl
enr. ' union was not repieBented. Henry
) . I'urroy made a vigorous speech advocat-
ng the endorsement of Low , and after a
vranglo for ncaily three hours the meeting
djourned without result.
When the convention met in the evening
jcmucl E. Qulgg was unanimously elected
> resldent of the city committee. Hdward
. .auterbach , chairman of the committee on
esolutlons , presented the platform , which
vas adopted.
The platform holds that the battle Is to
10 fought on the lines laid down in the
Chicago and St. Louis platforms , and cn-
lorses the litter.
Chauneey M Dopew nominated for the
ofllce of comptiollei , Ashbel P. Fitch , the
ircscnt Incumbr.nt and n gold democrat ,
ajlng. "When'tho integrity of the country
vas attacked last year the gold democrat ! )
ame to the aid ot the icpuhllcans. It is
o recognize the men who sacrificed their
iarty that I ask jou to nominate by occla-
notlou Ashbel 1 * . Fitch for comptroller. "
'he nomination was made.
The committee appointed to notify Geneial
Tracy appeared with the candidate and ,
after an ovation General Tracy accepted
bo nomination expiesslng a hope tlut h'a
candidacy would be the means of bringing
about the desired union ,
R. Ross Appleton of Ilrooklyn wan unani
mously nominated for president of the
council and the convention adjourned.
MllHNIlt'llllHI'ttN Dl'IIKM'I'alH.
WORCCSI Hit , Mas-3. Sept. 28.-George
Fred Williams of Dedham was today noni-
natcd for governor of Massachusetts by
ho democratic state convention on a plat-
orm that squarely endorses that adopted
> y the national convention at Chicago last
summer. The other nominees are Lieu-
cnant goveinor , Chilntapb.tr T. Callahan ,
loljoko ; Eccretaiy of htate , C. I ) . Nash ,
.Vhltman . ; attornc ) general , John A. O'Kcefe ,
jynn ; ticasurer and receiver general , T. A.
Watson , Doston ; auditor , J , L. Challfoux ,
Lowell. The convention was BO dlbordeily
at times an almost to require the Interven
tion of the police.
MllMNIICllllMI-tlN It < IIII 111 I I'll II H.
BOSTON , Sept. 2 ? . The icpublican state
convention will bo held In this city tomor
row The pretcnt olflcprB , It Is thought , will
bo renominatcd Governor Wolcott will ho
plated In nomination by Senator Lodge , while
Congressman Moody will do a like service
for Lieutenant Governor Crane.
M iiv < ; iuiirv : : \icri. .
r < INlll\C I'llHlfN Dlhl'Ol ITI'll ! > ) lllO
liiid'Ml Pcnrj l\irilltliiii. ) |
HOSTON , Sept 28 , In an interview tolaj
Assistant Knglneor Knight of Lieutenant
ship Hope , stated that positive pi oofs
of cannfhallriin wcro found at Lieutenant
Greeley'a camp lit Cane Sablno by a landing
party Mr , Knight bays that when Capo
Sahlne was roiched only the scientists of the
party and ono or two attendants to do Iho
rough work , weio ( landed. Hoforo going
at.horo each of the party was told to expo t
to find same disagreeable things there , but to
bo prepared to keep silent forever , If necc s-
tary , as to what vuis found All agtceing , the
party was landed , and iho search began.
Wlicn the expedition returned aboard It
bore a lot of cast-oft clothing , empty pro
vision cans , surgical instruments , ute , und a
hit of a board bearing the name of Will
Norman , the Ice pilot of the party , who died
lu Hroukljn a few years ago Thcso things
were placed In the engine room of the Hone
to dry , whllo Mr 1'cary took some other
things to his cabin.
The mntt impoitant find was not brought
on board , but was hurled near the camp
It consisted of the fro/en re-mains of a
human right thigh that was found In HIP
snow outMJo the camp proper , near the
place used as a Initial ground by the tiredey
parti This part of a limb was taken fiom
the hod } at the hip joint , the separation hav
ing uvlrtentlj been made by the use of Iho
knife along thu hip and knee For about a
foot from the hip down the bono was hare ,
iho tlpfch having apparently teen cut away
as a butcher outs u leg ot beef
liniililc VI ii filer til Hi-lriill.
DKTROIT Fept 28. A most horrible
double murder occurred In this city tonight
at about 830 1'ianK Fadcllin sr . a trunk-
maker Hung at 1845 Mtdtuo avenue , killed
his son , Frank radellln , fchot hut wife In the
right shoulder and killed Joseph Stallumu ,
J a contractor nbo lived across the itrcet.
WATER THEIR TOPIC
Sixth Annual Convention of the Irrigation
Oongross Commences ,
GOVERNOR WELCOMES THE DELEGATES
Points Out Nebraska's Prosperity to the
Visitors from Abroad.
JUDGE EMERY OF KANSAS ON THE STATE
His Admiration for Our Institutions is
Eloquently Expressed ,
MOSES OF GREAT BEND ONJHE PROBLEMS
UN l'n PIT UlniMiNNCM flip Viirloua
MrtlioilN < if l.c-KlnlntliiK' | o .Mil
Irrigation mill ( lie ItfniiUn
Air CM il > Ac
LINCOLN , Sept. 23. ( Siiechl. ) The sixth
annual crelon of ( ho National Irrlgitlon con
gress met at the chapel of the University of
Nebraska today. While the licit-gates were
gathoilng Hagonow's orchestra pla > ed "Tho
Hello of the Season. " At 2 o'clock the con
gress was called to onlcr by Piesldont C. It.
Hooth of Los Angeles. Divine blessing \\as
Invoked by Chaplain Mulley of t'nlverolty '
1'laco The following otlleo s for the protlml-
nary organization \\ero announced. Mlntito
cleiU , O 12 McCutiluon of Michigan , re-adlng
cloiK , Colonel H. 1) ) M.IXIIII , Reno , Nov. ; ex
hibit clerk , P C Erlrk"oii , Drowsier , Neb ;
pi ess reporter. H. .1 Colvor , Los Angeles.
The call ot the coiifvrebs win road by Na
tional Secrita j Helmnftei which Hovel nor
Holcoinb was Intioiluccd for an address of
w clrnmc.
Governor Holeomb said that the matter of
Inlgatlon was of vast Importance to the
pe-rple ot Nebraska and the entire western
country lain ! ho wqa glid to welcome the
i core entativcw of the Inicatlon Interests bf
the country to the state Ho promised them a
\oiy ( ileasaut stny and ro > al entertalnnteiit
while In the Capit-xl Citj IIo made extended
rofeience to the pioducts of Nebraska , cilllng
attention to the Immense crops ot wheat and
corn anil to the sugai line rhlcnry factories.
Ho tald the matteof Inlgitlon a few years
ago was only month nod In whispers , now the
matter of Irrigation Ig attiaetliiK wldospiead
attention The theoiy that the lalnfall waa
growing hcavlei In the seml-irld regions had
been exploded , and the people weie looking
foiwaul more and more to plans for furiilsh-
Ing artlllclil watering plants Ho cordially
hulled the delegates tolslt the state caol-
tel "oxer which lie had the honor to preside , "
and ( iiumlscd that "no extra guards would
he s-tatloned about the building. "
Chancellor MacLcun of the university alto
undo a Iwppj bpoccli ot welcome , calling at
tention In particular to the university and
Its high place among the educational Institu
tions ot the United Stales Ho desired that
the delegates would spuro tllno tolslt the
state faun and view the experimental station ,
Inlgatlon plant and other features of this
Important addition to the university woik.
HE'S A BELIEVER IN NEBRASKA.
On behalf of the congress Judge J. S.
Emory of Lawrence , Kau , with an Interna
tional reputation is an authority on Inlga-
tlonal subjects , responded to the addresses of
welcome by the governor and chancellor. Hla
speech was a happy mixture of humor and an
exposition of the question which called the
congress togethu So deep and abiding wan
his faith In Inlgatlon for soil culture , said
Jndgo Emery , tliat he with other Kansans
had tome to regard tint s > stem of farm mols-
turo as the natural one , rainfall as a sec
ondary element. Ho congratulated the Unl-
vcisltj of Nebraska on being one of the first ,
it not the Ilrst , educational Institutions In the
country to Uho up the study of the Irriga
tion subject. The vhfIn soil was the source
of all wc'ilth and vvlien the people learned to
so regard It anil by scientific means aided nature -
turo In buppljlng the deficient moUturo It
would mean rege-icratlrn not only of the west ,
but of the sisterhood of states.
In reference. to the adoption ot
agriculture as one of the branches *
of learning , ho said that when
the people went back to original con
ditions and got their living more from the
land , the wave of unrest that Is now dis
turbing the country would pass away. "When
our > oung nun and girls get married and
start anew the race of life , we want them
to go back and get their living from the
soil , Instead of going 10 Chicago to be some
body's hired man , "
ludge Emory F. Jiest , abslstant commis
sioner of the general land nlllco at Wash
ington , also made a iespouse to the address
of welcome IIo said that fiom what ho had
heard of Lincoln ho bad got the Impression
that It was a city of orators. IIo had once
heard a Lincoln man make a speech , nml ,
on account of hit eloquence , he "almost be
lieved what the orator said "
Prof Elwood Mead , state engineer of Wy
oming , was Introduced In rcfcrilng to Gov
ernor Ilolcomb's address of welcome ho gild
he agreed to what had been tuld about Ne
braska pom but wanteil to take some ex
ceptions to "hei tattle on a thousand hills. "
Many of those hills v , cro over across the
border In Wvnmlng
The following worn appointed as the com
mitted on citileiitliilH A L Kellogg , Colo-
lade ; George Lels Kansas ; lr S. I ) . Young ,
Utah , 0 M Knox , Illinois : I ) . AV , Ilo.su ,
Idaho ; II E Heath , Nebraska
PrtKhUnt Booth dcllvoru ! his annual nd-
drckH , In which ho levlcwed the history ot
Inlgatlon In anthnt Units and tnld of Its
progress In this country Ho hellnved that
the piosptilty and advtMHlty of the great
west would run parallel with the cure or
neglect of the Inlgatlon s > etoms Already
In the mates of Kansas and Nebraska them
were many Instances where ( lining drouth
jcars llvo-acio tracts nndur Irrigation had
Baud whole farms fiom being Hwept Into ,
the vortux of ilnht
MESSAGE FROM MOSKS.
i ; It. Moses of Gnat Demi , Kan , chair
man of the national executive committee ,
lead a paper on the Irrigation pioblems.
He- reviewed the Inlgatlon bill now pend
ing In congioss. and advocated the forming
of the Irilgathm congress Into a thorough
huHlncbs orgdiiidaUoii which would aid in
bringing about Icglsla'lon to reclaim tbo arhl
lands In part ho njul
"Die ptoplo of the United Htates must
Know more of tholr ovvn country In order
to judge IntolllgtnMy of the wants and need *
of any part of It , and then they muni huvo
that love of co\mtry MI stionK In their-
hearts that they foigct nolf , section birth
place and Htatu In their Kicat desire to bulhl
up America an 'the land of thu free and the
homo of I lie bravn ' Whmi this | u done llicro
will he no longer a tUuntlng of the blood/
ghlrt at every InutliigH or In every spread ,
eaglu speech , tbo constant repetition ot u.
'solid south , ' a 'grasping cast , ' a 'frigid
north , ' and a 'vvllij sm | woolly west. '
'I'hi ) tlmu has ionic when thU nation , Ilka
the other nations of the earth , must nvt'r
bo on the alert In making due and ampin
pipparatlori for Iho. comfort and happiness ,
of Itii people , 'I lila govirnmont , founded an
U wan upon that grand and paternal piop-
osltlon , 'To nccure the blcsslnga of liberty
and happiness to ouiHelves anil posterity , ' tan
no longer forget Its positrlty than a father-
can hlil child. Korget thorn I say , by with
holding from them for settlement the many
thousands of home's that llu In IhU went-
urn country homes that arc their bhthrlKbt
us much no an thu homujteada that are novvt
the castles of many true , bravo and noble
American citizens. Heretofore thin