Nebraska Newspapers

    TTTE DM VITA. DAILY -REE : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 2. ISOS.
11ERGES \ ( hrALbEHUUl )
Half-Told Trath Embodied m the Popocrata1 j
Campaign Ciroolar. j
TRUE BASIS OF PORTER'S ' PROUD BOAST
\Vlinl tinI.im Ilr - < -ti HP Mi u II
ami 'Ihfii Hinunliont Illi
Wonderful Itreortl.
LIXCOLX , Sept. 1. ( SpoclftD One of I
the rankest false pretences by which the j
jwpoar.itlc party hopes \.o gain votes In the
coming Aleutian in In regard to the fees
received by the secretary of state and turned J
tnlo the treaaury The statement M sent
out and l copied in good faith by papat
cratlo newspapers that under republican
ralo the lecretary of state accounted for ,
fees amounting to about tl 000 per year ,
whereas the present secretary hiu during J
the IBM eighteen months collected $50,044 in j
fees. The Inference Intended to be coni i i
veycd is that the republican officials stole I i
the balance of the let * . The campaign clr- '
cular Jtiit Issued , and nhlch will be sent out j
to the popocratlc workers la the next ten
days , after printing the tabulated state- j i
Tnent of the amount of fees received for I |
Several years , says. j 1
Note tha. . under the fusion state admlnlsj j
tratton mare fees were accounted for by
Secretary Porter in eighteen months than
were turned Into the state treasury by all
republican secretaries In twenty years. And
further the olflre of 3u retary of state , un
der republican laws at.il administration , cost
J128.26t "d In t-venty years to maintain it ,
fthlle It Is more than < lfnistatnln > ; under
reform law and idmir jtration.
No explanation is offered In this sham
reform circular as to how the present sec
retary of state has been able to save so
much money and the voters are expected
to believe that It la all due to his reat
ability ami honesty
Mi-rclj < Mirntloii of Lnvr.
Under the old Ian which \ > as in force
from the adoption of th * constitution up
to 1S87 the secretary of state received only
nominal fees far articles of Incorporation
and other papers filed In that otflre. Thus
the incorporation papers of a $100,000 000
railway company would bring into the office
a fee of about $2 50 Other papers tiled
each brought a revenue of from $123 to
$3. according to the amount of matter that
had to be copied by the clerks This sched
ule of fees was an the books In 1S91 and
1SD3 when W F Porter was a member of
the "reform" legislatures , but at that time
It m-ver occurred to him that a new law
ought to be passed Increasing the fees ot
the office of secretary of state and he offered
no bills or resolutions relating to that office
During the 1897 session of the legislature
It became apparent that the fee schedule
should be raised to the tlctires fixed by
several of the adjoining states and a bill
was Introduced providing that articles of
Incorporation flled In the secretary of state s
office should pay a minimum fee of J10
and that when articles provided for more
than $100.000 capital stock an additional
fee of 10 cents per $1.000 capital should be
charged There * ere other changes In the
law , but this was the principal Item. The
bill yas passed In the senate without an
opposing vote and In the house the vote
was almost unanimous. Speaker J N
Gaffin being one ot those who dodged his
vote on the bill.
Under the provisions of the new fee bill
the revenues for the filing of articles of
incorporation mounted up rapidly but there
Is one item in the total amount that the
"reformers" fall to specify , as It would
indicate that the Increase would not tx > so
steady as they pretend. During the present
administration a ropy of the articles of
Incorporation of the reorganized Union Pa
cific road was HIM and the fee amounted
to $13,603. This large amount taken In in one
day represents over one-half of the total
amount collected by Secretary Porter dur
ing the eighteen months. The fee for the
same Union Pacltlc articles In one of the
neighboring states was over $27.000 If re
publicans were to r" ort to popocritlc
methods of telling campaign stories they
would Intimate that Porter pocketed over
$13.000 on the Union Pacltlc deal and would
quote the law of an adjoining state an a
conclusive proof , being careful not to ex
plain that this state still charges lower fees
than do some of the others.
Will Get the Gnn * II no It.
Part of the claim of this state against th <
general government for ordnance and store ;
turned over to the troops Is to be settled
by the government returning goods In equal
amount to the state , as is shown In the fol
lowing telegram received today
WASHINGTON , Sept 1 P H Barry Ad
jutant General Lincoln Arrangements have
been made to innater to state ordnance
store1) turned owr by Second Nebraska vol-
unteen and Troop K. Third Volunteer cav
alry , on their muster out , not to exceed
amount turned over ! > v the state.
FLGLER , Chief of Ordnauo'
The latest mall report from the Third
regiment , dated August 29. shows the fol
lowing list of men sick In the division hos
pital Company A. John O Johnson , Wil
liam Nichols , John J. Smith. William Jef-
fcrs , D , Samuel W Darker , Daniel W SIc-
Mlllan. John M. Ellis. C. Fred Hanshlo.
D , Harry Landsberry , Lawvltz Jorgensen ,
Peter Thompson. Lars P Nelson. E. D F
Peck. F. W P Burns. S G. Jeffries. Paden
Hoddles. H. W Slier G , A. H. Shumway
H. Bennett. Delbert Duncan. Oliver Hughes.
Hoeea fam ? . Frank Meade , Edward Bare ,
H. Isaac L. Miller I , James W Robert.
Charles SI Shonerd , William Walters. Fred
Austin , Albert renter K , P C. Werner
( returned to quarters this moraine ) . L.
Charles R. Parsons , Roy C Taylor Albert
Shook. Cyrus RedQeld M. George Blgler
The brief In the defendant In the case
of the State Normal School Board against
T J. Stajors was Qled with the clerk of
the supreme court today The case grows
out of the trouble down at Peni. whereby
the board declined to allow youns Majors
to attend the state normal. In the trial of
the case by the district court Majors got
the verdict , the state board not having
presented any reasons why the young man
should not be allowed to atteml the school
Thu cast- will probably be reviewed by the
cuprume court at the comlne fall term.
Lincoln Lm-ul > otr .
John G Phillips died at his home this
morning of consumption. He had been a
sufferer from the disease for a long time ,
but was ible to be around the house until
a short time ago. Funeral services will
be held Saturday , after the arrival of rela
tives from out of the city. Young p < K > ple
.of the Presbyterian church will have charge
of the services , the deceased having been
one of their workers.
G W Botsford. lecturer In Greek and
Roman history at Harvard university , who
has been In the city for some time renewing
old acquaintances , returned to his home
in the east yesterday
Omahu people at the hotels At the Lin-
dell Miss Mab l Hake , Sirs. Whitney. C
L. Bouffier At the Lincoln K. C. More-
house. D W Reid. V A. Taylor
llarulurn \\eepluif Water.
WEEPING WATER. Neb. S pt 1 Sp-
clal ) This morning about 1 o clock the
Clghtwatch heard a loud axpltwtou It was
about two hours before he located the place
and found thieves had entered the baik
door of the notafflre 'urned the key lu
another door in&ide and had blown op n the
iafn leer The force of 'he explosion broke
a larpo w'nJow light * n 'he back tore down
A partition , and blew the safe door sevral
fret t * y It stopped viral clocks lu \
Jewoiry store located In th front Tae
thirvej secured about 5115 which Pontmaater
H / had 01 tutad with money order advices
to pay Abotit $40 la stamp * WM left un-
touched. A dark lantern , fuse. ch'sl and
brace sad gunpowder were left In Ue office.
No clue. .
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C. C. II u 1 1 inU. . Y.lcl * liuitlirr Clinpler
to tinLulv er-.lt Lllirnry UIMT.
LINCOLN. Sept. l.-iSpeclal. | For tome
time ' there have been rumors of trouble
J the library department of the University
of Nebraska and the matter was brought tea
3ft head today when C. G Bullock aied the
following protest with the state audi.or
LINCOLN. Aug. 30 , 189SHon. . John C. '
Cornell , state Auditor Derr Sir I wish I
to euter proteat against the payment of
voucher No whlrh till probablv be pre- i
sented to you scon. Tje $113 M called for i
In the voucher cannot be considered anything -
thing but robbery of the state , as the facts
In t the i use will show The records of the '
University Board of Regents , which I have '
carefully examined , contain interesting hisI
tory regarding the employment and reten-
'Ion of Mr John D Epes. payee named i
In ' the voucher , as act.ng llburlan of the
State University library The following res-
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olutions adapted by the Board of Resents
will mure than bear me out in making this
protest j
October 3 , 1S97 , on motion of Regent
Gould < , It was ordered , in accordance with
the ' recommendation of the chancellor and
the ; nominating committee , that Jchn D
Epes be and le hereby appointed acting
librarian j for the period from October 1.
1807 : , to July 1. 158i ! , at the rate of $1,300
per annum.
Itvill bo seen from this that Mr Epes
vas employed for nine months only
On the 7th day of December 18i7 ! action
was taken by the Board of Regents by
vhlch "the appointment of Mr John U
Epes oa acting librarian Is extended from
July 1 , 1S98 to October 1 1893. '
This resolution employs Mr Epes for !
hrce months at the same rate ot salary , or
; 340 for the months of July , August and
September On Juno 6 Mr Epes delivered
to the chancellor tha following resigLatlon
To the Chancellor and Board of Regents I
I desire that my term of office expire by
Imitation October 1 , 1S9S therefore I de
cline to become a candidate for re-elec
tion. JOHN D EPES. '
Three days later June 9 the library com
mittee employed Mr Epes far one year
torn October 1. 1S9S. but gracefully ac
cepted the resignation dated three days pre
vious. On or about the 1st of July Mr Epes
was paid $226 67 of the JJ40 to be paid him
'or the three months mentioned before He
alno received ,1 voucher for the remaining
111333 which has not as yet been paid by
ho state Inasmuch as Mr Epes left Ne
braska shortly after this time and doesn t
apparently expect to render the state one
day 3 service in return for the $340 , I deem
any citizen justified in protesting against
the payment of any further sums of money
to him than have already been squandered ,
ind in exposing the schemes and machina
tions of the university administration.
The resolution of December 7 extending
Mr Epes time three months , appears in
the first place to bei "road to wealth
made easy ' since it Is not customary to
elect people for three vacation months and
pay them the regular salary Mr Epes wns
elected as monv other employes are , for the
nine months of the school year. It is not
customary to pay such empolyes for vaca
tion months , nor to elect them for such
time. Hence the plan arranged between Mr
Epes and the chancellor is a transparent
fraud All the more since at the time of
the three months' election it was clearly
seen by discerning persona who used the
university library that Mr Epes was not
qualified for his work , that he was not
rendering service in anv legree proportion
ate to the salary of the position and seemed
utterly unable to make himself fit the shoes
h had been thrust Into This. I say , was
very plain to everyone , it mum have been
known to Chancellor MacLfan himself , yet
he secured from the regents $340 worth of
whitewash to make Mr Epes and his friends
feel easier Tne finishing touches of the
conspiracy were given when it was made
to appear to the public In June that Mr
Epes was re-elected In good faith bv the
regents , who then regretfully accepted the
sudden resignation , a peculiar document ,
which Chancellor MacLean may himself
have something to do with , ind which cer
tainly was in his hands before he got the
Board of Regents to re-elect Epes The
scheme was then to let Mr. Epes go with
a good record , when as a matter of fact
known to everyone on the campus , all the
record he had made was bad.
The chancellor then gave Mr Epes the
two vouchers covering the three summer
months Having been elected by the month
Mr Epes should have been paid as all oth
ers were in that class At least. If he
was expected to draw $340 the chancellor
should have required him to stay In Lin
coln and whirl around In his office chair
during the three months I see no way out
of the matter except to hold the chancellor
responsible for the $226 67 paid Mr Epes
in July for service never rendered , and to
refuse payment for the $113 33 voucher
against which I now protest Further the
chancellor in spite of Mr Epes1 complete
and generally recognized failure to fill his
position apparently Intended to retain him
as a salary drawer for another year if the
regents had not been too well Informed
Hence it seems that the onus of the whole
Epes' transaction may Justly bo placed on
the chancellor's shoulders Re-pectfully
C G BULLOCK
Miss Flora Bullock was also an assistant
librarian it the university , but has been
dismissed.
riPTH DISTRICT IlESOLUTIONS ,
Platform on Whiuh 'Nominee Yilnnift
Will Mnke IIU Hun.
HOLDREGE. Neb . Sept. 1. ( Special. )
The follow Ing resolutions were adopted
unanimously by the republicans ot the Fifth
Nebraska district In the convention teld here
August 30
We. the. republicans of the Fifth congres
sional district of Nebraska , in convention as
sembled , heartily commend the magnificent
record of President McKlnley in pea- " and In
war. And indorse the wise measures of
the republican members in congre&s that
delivered the country from financial dls-
tr ss that recalled the era of prosperity
that established the credit of the nat.on
that restored contldeuee to the business
world , that set our manufacturing machin
ery to work , that enabled our farmers to
i < ell their products more readily and at
higher prices , and that relieved all our people
fron the disastrous effects ot fusion blun
ders and incompetem-y
We point with pride to the wise foreign
IK Hey of the present administration in its
prudence In avoiding complications with
foreign powers , and In looking after the
best Interests of the Cubans In our con
flict with Spain and the intelligent manage
ment of the army and naval forces
brought victory to the American arms a *
Manila and Santiago , ard that terminated
the war The energv with which it has
proiocuied the Just war against Spain at-t
thu final conditions ot peace which will for
ever free from tyranny the Spanish 'A'eat
Indies , and has given this nation tht ) con
trol ot thu Caribbean see. which will re-
suit In the ultimate uniting ot the two
great oceans by the building of the Nicar
agua canal , thereby enabling America to
maintain u powerful navy at a minimum
coat.
coat.Vti
\Vti are unalterably opposed to removing
tl'u American Hag from any land upon \tni.li
it has been planted by the intrepid bravirv
of our army and navy In the late war with
Spain.
Important problems are arising out of the
war with Spuia. not only oa to captured
territory but with rssuect 'o the great
commercial advantagei to accrue to thin
country We find ourselves already In po f.
Exmlon of unlimited trade in south America ,
for which we have been anequ.lly eontcr.il-
Ing with foreign powers for y ars. jcraw -
are our advantages th t we can alr auj hni !
It as the Greater \merica. ' And vj feel
safe In placing the seu.fir.t nt of ail theo
quittions in 'he hands of our patii > t'aaJ
wlsu ppt-i'ltnt and a republican eongnw.
We renew our allegiance to the p.ria if .
brave meu A&O upheld tb honor of our 3 \ \
by Uitnr talarous < lned fnm U tn16. . ami
saved us - iountrv retailed and in in
declining vcars In ua remember the.-n a .1
their dependent ones a ij atrew their P I U-
j way with the holcut 'j.essiags and fh n
ilcrett pare nf a g-ateful peopte
| \ \ e renew our allegiance tohe pnaplci
of the -epubtlcan party that iarrt-1 in 'n
vt 'ory in li > . and iurp i tv.a ountry
from financial ind induatrial iltmiti rnd
iff ' liwHr 'i ourwlv * * tohe task nf r irr I
Inn ' out tlwiM' pledges for sound monr * anJ
protectloa cf tue Vm < * r1 < an farm and muus- I
trie * . I
We heartily commend the patriotism and
bravery of our volunteer and regular army
and navv. W H left .11 that nven hold dear
ot a-th. an-i ana were-1 the ' "ill of President
MiKlniey In the late Spanlah-Amencan war
and l * hereby etpresn to our brave boys
our regret that thev have be n r fus d 'ho
tight of suffrage while battling for numaJ-
Ity and their country s flag and pledge our
vlves to remember them not only In taetr
T.
trials but their dependent ones as well.
We denounce tu political trickery tn a ts
of those members of congress from Ne
braska , who while poalu ? is the frtenls rf
the soldiers of the late war. at the came
tln : opHW | l bj Jicir votes in congress the
measures intended to raise the r venue with
vhich , o pay the pensions of the vsterans , j
and who a soon as they leara that the rei i
publ'ian ' administration an admln'strnt'on |
that is sow and always has been friendly
" o ' oil c-ldlers has granted any particular
pension , fraudulently use their telegraph
f.ank. rec-'vpd by them from the hands of ,
co-poratlon" - to make such bflleve that his
fe inn was rro urei through their astru-
mtntal'.ty.
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Ploin't-r * ' 1'lcnlc. '
DAKOTA CITY. Neb Sept. i ( Special. ) <
The seventeenth annual reunion and picnic
of the Pioneers' and Old Settlers' associa
tion of Dakota county was held In rilnton
11 park , adjoining this place , today and w as j
attended by fully 10 000 people The day
was opened by Reed's late Fourth Regiment
band of Sioux City , giving a concert on the
streets , marching to Clinton park at 11
o'clock , where President A H. Baker called
the meeting to order. Prayer was offered
and a male quartet consisting of Messrs
Woods. Ramsey Gray and Anderson rendered -
dered sev Til songs Hon E. H Hubbard
of Sioux City delivered the oration of the
day and short addresses were made by
George D. Perkins of Sioux City. Hon. W
F Norrls of Wayne and Ed T Kearney of
Jackson. The memorial report of John T
Spencer showed that a largo number of the
pioneers had passed away the last year.
After a basket dinner the afternoon was de
voted to races , base ball and sports of other
kinds.
< < ol < llt-r I.ulil to Itt-tt.
TECUMSEH Neb. . Sept. 1 ( Special )
The funeral of Corporal T E Hedges was
held here with military honors yesterday
Corporal Hedges , who died in a Chattanooga
hospital Sunday of typhoid fever was a
member of company I , Second Nebraska vol
unteers His remains reached here yester
day escorted by a brother and a few com
rades The funeral was public , was held in
the court house park and was largely at
tended The local Grand Army post.
Woman s Relief corps and Sons of Veter
ans' camp attended in a body The Tecum-
sen Mllltnrv band and Vllen s quartet fur
nished music. Rev J A. Thompson and
Rev J S Dlnsmore offlcated in the services
and Lieutenant F S. Dlnsmore commented
on the soldier life of the corporal Burial
was made in the Cook cemetery The floral
offerings were numerous and handsome in
design and beauty Corporal Hedges was
24 years of age. the son of Mr and Slra.
Thomas Hedges of Tecumseh. i
HIi'lmriNon Countj H MiiiIilIrnn * .
FALLS CITY Neb. . Sept 1 < Special Tel
egram ( The republican county convention
met in this cltv tcday John M Brockman
was made chairman and Ed E. Eaton and
Frank Uhlig secretaries. The following
ticket was nominated County attorney.
James E. Leyda of Falls City repres nta-
tlves. Charlev Smith of Nemaha. J M.
Schable of Falls City precinct. H , M Con-
over of West Muddy Hon. E. J BurKef. .
the next congressman , was present and ad
dressed the convention. Everyone was
pleased with Sir Burkett and he stirred up
much enthusiasm Old Richardson atll be
in line for republicanism this fall.
Vttenipteil .lull llrenklnir.
COLUMBUS , Neb Sept 1 ( Special Tele-
grim * Frank Butcher aged 19 confined in
the county Jail charged with horse stealing ,
made a bold dash for liberty this afternoon.
When Deputy Sheriff Brady went Into the
Jail this evening Butcher made a dash out
of the open door and showed Brady a clean
pair ot heels for about two miles , but was
caught on the banks of the Loup river Just
as he was getting ready to make a s-vlm for
the other side. Had it not been for some
fishermen he would probably have made his
escape.
Wottmn Ilnilly Bnrneil.
COLIMBUS Neb , Sept 1. ( Special Tele-
gram ) Mrs. Ed Hoppen narrowly missed
being burned to death this morning. She
used kerosene to build a fire and the
can exploded , throwing the burning oil all
over her clothes. She ran out into the yard
and her screams attracted the attention of
neighbors , who went to her rescue The
upper part of her body and arms and chest
were badly burned , but fortunately her face
and head escaped any Injury She is resting
easily this evening , but the result of her in
juries cannot be definitely stated.
Itefinlillriin * tnte Ponimlttee.
LINCOLN Sept. 1 ( Special Telegram )
At the meeting ot the republican state cen-
tril committee this evening the following
executive committee was named Brad D
Slaughter R S Berlin. William Husenetter ,
Frank A. Dean T J Armstrong , C F
.
Reaves. R. F Laflln. finance , ways and
means. George Thummel. John D Pope , J
A Douglas press committee. T J Plckett.
Dr J L. Greene Thomas Chilvers.
Clny County Popnllut Contention.
HARVARD , Neb . Sept. 1. ( Special Telegram -
gram ) At the flay county populist conven-
tlon. held at Clay Center today Wllllani
Martin , a farmer and former republican ,
and F A Thompson , a druggist and demo-
j crat. were nominated for representatives and
Slark Spanoglo for county attorney
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PolfimM I.ONI-I u Hum ) .
HASTINGS Neb. Sept. 1 ( Special Tele
gram ( Hugo Polenski. who was employed
I by Kloz & Polenski In tholr brickyard , had
his right hand ground to a pulp this mornIng -
Ing by getting it caught in a brick machine.
It was necessary to amputate the bond
about four inches above the wrist.
Grand VruijKinnlon. .
REPUBLICAN CITY Neb . Sept. L ( Spe
cial. ) The reunion of the Grand Army of
the Republic has been running In full blast ;
since Monday There baa been a very large
attendance , the estimated number on the
ground on Wednesday being 5,000.
FOIl WEsTUHN VCTEH.VN * .
inrvlvor- Lnte Wur Remembered
lij- the General Ouernnicut. .
WASHINGTON Sept. 1 ( Special ) Pcn-
alons have be n issued to the following
I IHUU Of August 20
! Nebraska Original Bvron C. Burt , Camp-
I boll $ < 5.
i ' Iowa Original Samuel McMurtrey Ham- '
burg , $12 Additional John S Anderson.
Creston , $6 to $8 Do Witt C Malljry. Haisp- >
ton. $6 to $ U. Increase Reuben S Hill. 1
f.larilalltown. . S6 to $10 Jacob 0 Kohn.
Marohalltown. } 6 to $14. Original widows ,
j etr . reissue Bertha IL Godfrey , Washing-
ton. $8
Colo-ado Original Forest M. Castle ,
dead. Pueblo J12 David R. Huoter. LOVP-
land. $4 Joseph M Hamilton. Carbotidale
$19 IncrH * < LSA-UI Butler Denver $6 to
i $8. Original widows , tc , retmue Mary J
Cattle , Pueblo $12
Uuvl * Iiuiirov c < l.
NARRAGAVSETT PIER , R. I S pL I
Miss Winnie LHS. who baa been Mriouily
il1 with aatrttis paje d anaforta < 'e ' lav
and tonight .a ijwih improved. She a a < w
able to 'ak "ourtahtaent for ( he first t-me
m several
Cl'lTlVATORS OF ARID AREAS
President Carey of Imcatioa Congress
What is Accomplished.
FUTURE OF TRANSMISSISSIPPI COUNTRY i
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Cltr "t Clierrnnr r.lve * Ciinllnt Wfl-
come til Hit * Urleiintci Wlili'li
Art ? Vrrl lntc frnni Ml Sff't ' ;
tlonn Ottlueri nf Con r _ ' w. i
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CHEYENNE , \Vyo Sept. 1 After lnt r- '
niiUent showers all nisht lait nisht , which
uere jcreatly needed , this mornhii ? the sua
rene clear anil the atmosphere is beaming ;
ami cool , such as Cheyenne usually o tiers
for , the pleasure of visitors Delegates to
.
the National Irrigation con uresa continue to
come in , but the bulk ot them will arrive
this afteraoon anil tonliht. Indications all
point to a very successful meeting Cheyi
enne's pretty little opera house 18 tastefully I i
decorated w 1th the products of Irrigation in 1
Wyoming Bundles of cut corn , sheaves of
grain ot all kinds and vegetable products
at Irrigation being profusely used in the
decorations of the auditorium and the ata e.
It was learned that a bad waah-
out on the Southern Pacific would delay
the arrival of the California , New Mexico
and other delegations Nf rom the southwest
at least one. and perhaps tvo days. Never-
theless. the congress was called to order by j i
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President J XI. Carey at the hour scheduled. j
An entertaining address of welcome was
given by Governor Richards , who briefly I I
reviewed the agricultural history of the dtatc
and outlined the work which the congress
minht take up of special interest toVyo -
mini ; . Ho spoke of our natural resources.
reviewed the mining situation , the rise and
decline of the open range industry and the
substitution of the granger for the large
stork man , one hundred of the former now
took the place of one of the latter , and the
change was beneflclaL Irrigation on a small '
scale had always been successful , but large
investments of capital , backed up by scieni
ttflc skill and strong hope hail not
yet succeeded In paying a dlvl-
dcnd. the reason for this must be deter
mined by these gatherings of irrlgators , for
all the waters of the smaller streams were
aircady appropriated. Land was exceedingly
plenty and the water In the larger streams
had as yet hardly been touched The prob
lem vas one Involving not only th settle
ment of the arid west but iras one of great
Interest to the more densely populated east
which must have an outlet for Its surplus
population. Governor Richards' address ex
hibited a thorough knowledge of the agri
cultural problem of the west and was heart
ily applauded.
Responses to the governor's address were
made by Messrs. Logan of A.izona , Prof
Churchill and Julge Emory of Kansas , Allen
and Dougherty of Nebraska. Young of Utah
ind Mr Field of Colorado. These responses
were all witty and entertaining and further
more showt-d thu earnestness of purpose
which animates the delegates.
Following the responses , committees on
permanent organization and credentials
were appointed , one from each state repre
sented
The afternoon session began with the re
ports of the committees on credentials and
permanent organization , which were
adopted.
Ihe following permanent officers were
elected President , Joseph SI. Carey , Wyo
ming , first vice president , Dr S B Young ,
Utah , second vice president , S A. Cochran.
South Dakota , third vice president , S. M.
Knot , Illinois O. E. SIcCutcheon. Slichigan.
national lecturer G H Slaxw.ll , Califor
nia , assistant national lecturer Frank
Bond , Cheyenne , Wyo , , press clerk. Prof.
Beeman ot California nas elected assistant
minute and recording clerk.
I'ri-iiilent Cnrpj's Vcdri"ix.
After thanking the convention for the
honor conferred upon him. President Carey
delivered a very interesting address. He
said
The sessions of the national irrigation
congre-s have left behind them lac'.ag im
pressions and far-reaching bEnc u The
questions dLjcusscd and the resc'j'loas '
adopted from time to time have u-uh. .
prominently before the peopli of the Lu ed
States the arid and sub-arid portions of the
country , their present conditions and what
is required to transform sections now wholly
or partly sterile and unsightly into those of
productiveness and beauty
If w examine the statu'cs of the United
States , and of the several states interested ,
wo will 11 nd thai much useful legislation has
bctn secured. The flleu of the two houses
of congress best tell of the Interest now
manifested in the question which directly
concerns the arid states and territories
Various bills have been introduced and con
sidered , , \hich directly apply to the trana-
missourl country many ofvhich po jrss
great merit. These sessions bring together
scientists , skilled engineers , law-makers ,
practical business men. capitalist * , and the
every-day farmer and Irngator The dtle-
gates exchange views , each taking a signifi
cant part In the deliberations , and each Is ; o
necessary to the others in the dlscu3lon of
Jie various questions that it is difficult to :
determine who of the different profusions
and trades becomes the moat important fac ;
tor.
Unfortunately , only a comparatively small
number ot the people of the United States
comprehend the extent of that pan of the
United States which requires , for successful
agricultural pursuits artificial Irrigation If
the arid portions were separated from the
other pan of the United States It would. In
itstlf be an empire and would on the maps
ot thu world appear and be the much greater
territory. The country which would be bene ;
fited by artificial irrigation In the growing I'
crops is not less than 1,300 miles from * ast
to west and 1.000 miles from north to south.
i This great area could be divided into nearly
forty political divisions , each of which would
be of thu size of the Empire rtate
MiliJiM-t of Whir Iiitrrt. .
Approximately three-fifths of the terri 1-
tory of the United States , exclusive cf
Alaska , la directly Interested in the subjects
which this congress will consider To the
people living west of the Missouri river these
questions , of all questions , are the most Im
portant Seventeen states and territories are
now asking How can no best reclaim our
arid lands and make them capable of sup '
porting the Increasing population'
The general government Is interested In a
material way for the reason that it owns
most of the land in the arid country , and
I under the existing settlement lav.s it will
be many , many years before It csa parrel
out thet lands to actual settlers The p % lr
of the nation baa been , and wise ha * been
in
that policy to part with thii publt" doma'a '
to thOM > who wish to make home * or imi rv -
the lands , as a gift , or for so small an
amount oa to scarcely pay thro ot fur-
veys and expenbea of the administrations rot
the land offices.
The question daily arise * with the national
legislator Is It better tar the nation to til
rectly undertake the construction ef preai
Irrigation canals , dams , rest voln. nc , c ad !
then parcel out the Ian1 * so reclaimed in
i small tracts among those seeking homia. 01
I is It better to cede th * laili Hifnout re-
, strtctions or conditions , dtrsctly to the t at < j
in which they are situated , or is it wia-
to pass la A a with restrictions and conditions
but -men a. , wt l encourage the lndivlIun' (
and .he corporation to undertake the o-i ! ;
of reclamation" They are now live question , :
| ami ore pressing themselves upon the oo : .
> atderation of congress. The Individual ant
the corporat'on aiv at work Much hai
bcea accomplish * ! under the deserts lam
law Wyoming. Utah and Montana ar avail
ing themelvm of tJw million acre donatioi
act. With the revival ot business Increase
Interest , will be ukon In thta law The .n
dividual Si-itc i pasalng useful laws be.tra. !
I upon the apportionment of the water ml
'he avt lumeci of disputes thereunder Wbiii
much has twen done a commencement oa.
scarcely been m-iit ?
| The population of the country west of thi
? ! rvi ( > - DM < ro n vi"y rnpnl'v lr t
' oraparatlvrly few yars it haa tncr > > as l
evural hundred pt-r > ent Tbrrrf \ nn Ion it
thAl tola urowth will on M rtpi'llv n
the fuiur" as It naa In ttvc ln t fen yn.-M
ij la rat ( mated that the population wi > v it
tutij | ouri river will reach i. : IXKI > HKI if
IK-O | > II by the time ot the taking of the . n
su * o l oo Tan ta a srovernnient of the
poorl * . and th nation must be at all times
aiosL deeply concerned for the Increase tlint
annually takes pl.ico in lu populat'on The
nation. 1 do not think , will belle Its rccorl.
It ! will tn wt the obstacles anil remove them
The lands which do not require irrigation
aru nearly ill occjpled To make roo.a for
th < > lncrea.e and influx nf ropulat.ou , mam
moth irrigation worka muat oe nmitrutted
The " great country until recently unocvu-
pled save by roving bands ot Indians and a
( " v mining srttlcmen.s is now w ll trav
ersed by railroad lines , and among them
3 great continental roads. On these roil-
r every tew miles , nr § young CIUM.
towns and villages nude anil lahaol.ed by
enterprising pwjpk Thee people are not
con tent f-1 to stand st.ll they are among the
most i "ogr ive people of the most pio-
griciive iiauou on the face of the 'obe ' ,
J
they ar xu.Uug to venture and take ch ir.in
the countr thereabout , wherever It u possl
bl i > . Is Iv i nij rapidly occupied by thrancli -
man ami fd-nitr
ThcT ) questions are comparatively new
ones < to luc p Jple of the Unl > cd States 8ut
n small number of those wUo make the IH-\S
or administer the executive departments of
ili't COM . r.nent have eter set-n l.ngalion
Lanal.1 ( or uny practical experiments t < mde
through , tr . sysutii of tht culm HUH < if
< heHill In IPO' . until the Stormoi. picu
began 1 ta make homes in the Sale Lake u. ai t
Urination I sad nut been u-i riaUtn by .ui >
J cn.nlfi , iji number > . ' -ople unJcr the
Jurisdiction ; of this nation. The country in
which we live was looked upon as a great ,
barren j waste that would never be occupied
by | civilized man.
drvut ll " oiirrint Ciminiiiml.
I We who have experimented and cultivated
| the < soil in any one of the arid states or
| territories may to some ext.-nt measure the
I possibilities i of the country which was con-
I sldered so barren and wonhle for pur
poses j of i-ujiivaiion a few years ago Terre
i Is none of the territory west of the SIlssou I
| rlvtr ( but what has , within its borders great
intention plants , great and small fields in
j bearing wLich would be deserted savy and
except , for the ir.i0-atlug ditch and .anal
I which have mlamud them fioin a raobt unproductive -
| productive i ccMl "on to that of one of 5 , eat
fertility
| i \Vheu we speak , therefore , of the possi
bilities of these states , we only assert want
we know teat the broad acres which will
bo cultivated will bo enumerated bv ihe
m.llion. and that their num'iers will only
be limited bv the supply of water that mnv
be made available In some of the states
the total acreage that may be reclaimed
may be but a small percentage of the total
area , yet the small acreage , comparatively
brcught ucuer the control of the husbandI
man. will be sufficient to bnng about the
development of great natural re
sources other than those of agriculture
thereby building up communities of varied
'nUuau.es ' and providing fur thousands upon
thousands of American citizens
The country described has every variety
ot climate within its confines , the fruits
of the tropics and the cereals common to
the extremes of temperate zones are suc
cessfully cultivated and matured The coun
try la rich in cattle horses and sheep and
ether domestic animals common to the home
and farm. The natural grasses ire very nu
tritious but short and scattered , the soil
producing them only requiring water to
magnify the forage tonnage tenfold. Sluch
of the country is rich la minerals. Within
its borders have been discovered moat of
the minerals known to ci-'lized man. In
some of these states and territories great
development has been made in gold , silver
copper lead. coal. iron , petroleum , soda ,
asbestos gypsum and mica mining , yet the
mineralogists and geologists tell us that a
commencement has scarcely bcim made.
Irrigation for the most part is still primi
tive In many of the states , only from the
sttull streams have the waters been di
verted the great streams have only b en
touched. Foi t e full development and
utilization of all the water that flows In
their beds it will require immense expenrt-
ture of labrr and capital Experiments
which have been made on the underground
I sheets of water have only been sufficient to
show that underzround streams xlst , and
I that their cacacitv Is sufficient to bring
about the cultivation of a large acreage
We hear of failures many will say that
in their endeavors they have lost their cap
ital and labrr This could not be other-
wise. for all that has been attempted In
the way of Irrigation work has not been
completely nnr bia all been done satisfac
| torily and successfully In great undertak
ings there have nlwavs been some bitter dis
appointment and failures This will occur
In the future as It has In hi > past All
railroad building has not brought large returns -
turns The great canals cf half t century
ago for transportation ptircosri have been
' largelv abandoned Wnv should we expert
all irrigation enterprises from their very
inrcptlpn o be successful'
We however say that irrigation works
properly located ind well constructed ire
al-vavs f Miccr s for do fh v not whp-j
operated turn the des rt into i earden and
ciipplant barrenness with frrttlltv and ss
If bv irnirlc chanp" thr > narched - < nd tnlr'tv
plains into harvest fields proihir'nir prnft-
p ilcrops' T * v = t > changes showing hero
tb" dp e-t and frrr a fertile field , are ever
a dellsh * to thi liurnan eye
Irnmo'llatelv fcllo-v'ng ' tbr addr- cf Pres
ident Carey aa exceedingly literesting paper
from Colonel H M Chittendon who is now
on dutv at Camu Wheeler Huntsvlllo Ala .
was read Colonel Chittenden's topic was
"The Construction of Storage Reservoirs
Under Narnnal Superv's'on ' " and the conclu-
slons he ar'lved it were thit one-fourth to
three-fourths of the water of streams must
! be held back In storage reservoirs and that
i the cost A-ill compel the general government
to undertake the enterprise
I A paper prepared by A C True director
of experiment stations , on the work of that
department was then read Another paper
bv William E Smythe on "Obstacles to
Settlement of the Arid Regions and the
Best Sleans of Overcoming Them. " axcited
much interest
I At the conclus'on of the formal papers
' a committee consisting of one from each
delegation was appointed on resolutions. A
committee was apolnted to present a reso-
lution on reservoir taxation , based upon
Colonel Chittenden s paper An adjourn
ment was then taken until 10 o'clock tomor
row morning
1Ton'ght a reception and hall -vere ten
' dered the delegates in Roresentatlve hall
of the capi'ol The delegates detained by
washouts are expected to arrive tomorrow
_ _
ClmrsriMl with Piirm-ry.
BASIN CITY Wyo. Sept. 1 ( Special 1
Warrants have betn issued for the arrest
of Charles Coffman , charged with obtaining
money on worthless checks Coffman
claimed to be the son of a wealthy cattle-
, man of Montana and secured several fair
_
sized sums on checks which have since
j turned out to be worthless It Is also
i charged that he was Implicated In the rob
| bcry of the Wolton store in May laat.
I Sheriff Rico has stared after Coffman.
Inirii < Iniiznlnr of ' 'lii-t'p.
CHAMBERLAIN S D. Sept. I ( Spe
cial ) The rapid Increase ! n the number ol
shtcp In South Dakota Is shown by a few
_
figures from the little town of Hecla. Browt
county The increase in all farming portions
tions of the state has been fully as grcal
In proportion , while in the vast region b-
I tween bere and the Black Hills the incroait
' has been phenomenal , tnany stockmen pre.
ferrlng sheep to cattle A few years ifi
; ' | there were not to exceed 5 000 sheep wlthir
' I a radius of ten miles of Hecla. while toda ;
's the number I * placed at fully 25Gon \ to
tal of 43485 pounds of wool waa
from Hecla thu season and brought pn f.
ranging from 13 to 1't cents per poun i \T
average price of 15 cents would amount '
J9 522 75 which wai distributed amorstr
farmeri at a time then they had ao mom
| from other
"trlt.r Yrunml tinjllpln ( onntrr
CENTRAL CITY role Sept 1 - - = te
clal i The cutting of m Bobtail vein * nas
be sa d to be h - nig 11 ovi rv n ra.n if. .
circles of the month U U expected tc
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$20.00
250 Moquettes.
aralne s2.73 at only $1.75.
Grass Matting Rugs.
At the manufacturer's price 75C ,
51.25 and $1.50.
Navajo Blankets.
We have just received a consignment
of thebf Xavajo blankets direct from
the hand ; ? of the Indian weavers
very rare pieces and moderate in
price much lower than these goods
can he bought from the Indians
themelv$10.00. . $12.00 , $14.00
and $15.00.
OHGH&3D a WlLHSlftl
prove the moit pnidmtlvp is t has the
most ground This strirte vis made on
he Tuesday night shift 3 the cross-rut
driven from the Gregory Incline at T JIB-
tance In of 1 270 feet , where three feet of
a fair-looking mill dirt was opened up , as
well as twelve inrhos of smelting ore. and
since then the mills have gone into the
I ' ore body and are not through it yet. The
j I people of this section of the county are
naturally happy over the strike , as it
means a big produrtlon of ore guaranteed
for some time to come , a much larger force
of men and consequently moro money In
circulation Manager Dickey and his company -
pany aru well deserving of a peed deal
of praise for their steady efforts to put
the cross-out through working , as thev
have done , for over fourteen months with
but little encouragement I
< OLOIl IDO' * OHBVT PO1VKII IMV > T.
IInrni" i liitr the \Vnti-r * of l.iiUisun ,
C rlNtolinl.
LAKE CITY Cole Sept 1 ( Special )
Recently A n Reynolds of Denver locited
a reserve r site and water right , taking
in the whole of the witers and ad'ncent
shores of Lake San Cristobal and proposed
placing a dam across the north end of the
lake near the outlet , the purpose being !
'
the Imsoumling of the water for power to '
drive an expensive electric plant Opera- J
tions were commenced to this end by cutting i
a ditch which' will lower the water of the I
lake frora three to seven feet and will
leave the site of the dam dr and so enable -
able test holes to be made to ascertain the
depth to solid foundation. Later on thla
ditch w'll carry the flume or pipe to the
power bouse.
Var'ous reports have been sent out about
this enterprise , all more or less Incorrect ,
for instance , onw stated that the length
of the dam is to be less than ISO feet ,
whereas It may be safely stated to ba
nearer three times that figure
The power plant will be located at Ar-
ganta Falls , about one-third of a mile bei
law the damT and the minimum winter or
summer flo-v of water will realize 1.000
horse newer A new road will be built
on the west s'de of the lake and many
other needed improvements are contem-
plated.
Incidentally , it may be mentioned that
with the Installation of this plant the
Frank Hoimh min a on Engineer mountain ,
one of the heaviest pronucers In this part
of the San Juan , will be put into active
work It is owned bv the same parties.
The plant w < ll supply electric power to
all mines requiring the same , and great
activity on Hotchkiss mountain may b
looked for In the near future as a result
of Reynolds' enterpr'se
Kr.ni.un VYVote - .
All Seneca restaurants close on Sunday
Ellsworth is flooded with counterfeit half
dollars
John Hill ind wife of Smith county have
fifteen children and eighty grand children.
Circus day at Wellington was celebrated
by three murders , five robberies and two
fires.
Old soldiers' and old settlers' reunions are
the only gatherings that show no apathy in 1
K.msas thla year
The State Board of Charities Is said to be l
the mo t fertile field fir politicians who are i
out for money , to bo found in the entlro ,
state.
Four bottles of beer were found In th 1
otimney of a Wichita minister s residence
His friends Intimate that perhaps Santa t
Claus left them ther
I John and Ben Goodno are the ruling po ,
litical spirits of Bourbon county John is
a populist and Ben controls the republican 1
party Each la a candidate for the legis
lature.
Sllsa Stnry Osborn of Topeka detected a
burglar in her house and promptly shot him.
In recognition of her nerve she has been
tendered the position ot queen of the fall
carnival.
An Atchlson man has been sent to prison
for six years for stealing his neighbor's
trousers. Ed Howe chronicles the Item In
his paper as an evidence that Atchlson still
observes Sunday
"Marsh" Slurdock of Wichita is again be
ing accused by nemles of having guber
natorial aspirations Though "Marsh" for
twenty-olx years has bfpn charged with thla
sort of thing ho never showed up at a state
' convention that ho was not pledged to some
j friend for the position and he never went
back on a pledge
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Moiitunii > Viti-t.
The Society of Slontana Pioneers held Ita
annua ; reunion with 600 members present
in Lewis and Clark county
Mason C. Allen of Anaconda , the merchant
who skipped out without paying bis bill * .
I baa been losated at Portland
I The apple crop ofhe Bt'tcr Root Valley
Is the largest th's ' y ain 'he history of
" the state and a lozen SlisBOtila tlzuns have
alreadv paid off largp mortgiges with thu
r'leipta from their apple orchards.
Jesse L Lange a pioneer mln r of Helena ,
who has made several fortunes as a pros
pector | returned from the Klondyke lant
week without any gold and hanged himself
the , same day
A Mlnoula cowbov who Is the worst gun
tighter la the state sp-aks thirteen different
languages | and Is an d to be the sou of i
famous | French famil > He goes by the name
of Bill Smith.
At Chateau James McKay and James
j Blnlr fvo cowboys engaged In a duel with
Winchesters E.ich emptied his rlllo maga
zine before the fight ended. Both men were
j
knocked from their ponies early In the bat
tle , but each continued to fire as long as
the , arnmumt.on lasted When all was ovrr
Blair was dead and his opponent Iving Thu
men are strangers In that act tlon of Mon
tana ami are believed to b- noted criminals
from the Big Horn basin
YELLOW FEVER IN MISSISSIPPI
Ten New CnteMr * Reported to llntt
Appeared In riv entjl'our
J \CKSOV Miss Sept 1 Ten new cases
of yellow fever ara reported tonight from
OrwooJ These casoj have appeared din o
the report yoiterday of the first Infection
there and are said to be Jf a m'ld ' tj-pi-
The otllcl.il report of Inspector ) Grant. Dunu
and Haralaon of the Mississippi board and
Inspector GUI of the Louisiana board on
the first Orvood cose was received todi.-
I and they pronounce the Infection
fever.
General Hnell Not scrliiunl.v 111.
ROCKPORT. Ky , ? ept 1. The rtpor that
General Buell it. dying is untrue as h > WHJ
j out In his yacht yesterdaj His health ha *
not been good for several week" and once or
{ twice of late distressing symptoms have di-
I velopt-d but It is hoped he will soon entlrpl/
I recover This the nearest telegraph oifl'-e
j Is being rus > lied with solicitous messages
! i from all parts of the United States , following
| the report of hij desprrat' illness.
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TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST
FiiL-ftlonn Gentleman at Wnitlilnatnn
> liltei tile illlle OIil l.lullt Show
er * for TlilM Dnncy Iltirir.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 1 Forecast for
Friday
I For Nebnska Light showers cooler Friday -
' day afternoon or night , variable winds
For the Dakctas Light showers , prob
ably cooler in eastern portion , variable
! winds.
For Iowa Fair except showers In north
west portion , continued high temperature ,
probably cooler in northwest portion Friday
night , southerly winds
For Missouri Generally fair , continued
high temperature , southerly winds.
For Kansas Fair , southerly winds
For Colorado and Wyoming Fair ;
variable winds.
I.oc-ul RiMMtril.
OFFICE LOCAL WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA , Sept 1 Om.ihii record nf tem-
per.iture and rainfall compared with thn
corn upending day of the last three years.
I 18SS 11,97 1S % 1S93
Maximum temperature .33 99 S2 77
Minimum temperature .71 74 63 ru
i Av eruge. temperulurii S4 f > 6 72 t < 3
| Rainfall 0) 00 T no
I Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and since March
1. 1S9 ! >
Normal for the day 71
I Excess for the day . U
I Accumulated excess slnco March 1 244
i ' . . r < llnfaii ir tjjB day . tu im i
' I > tr'ienry ! "for th day . iu inc-li
Total rainfall slnrn March I. . ID 56 Inches
Deficiency since Marrh 1 . 3 30 Inches
Deficiency for < _ or period 1897 S70lnihes
Excess for cor period. 1S9 . 2 20 Inches
Reports ( rain Intlnna at n p. m. ,
Hevntynftn .Meridian Time
STATIONS AND STAT2
Off WSATHSR.
3
Omaha , flear 77. SS 05 00
North Plutte. clear . . . . ' 901 94 Oil
I Salt Lake ( "Ity. clear i 821 90
Cheyenne , cloudy , W $4 T
Rapid City cloudy i HOi ' o T
Huron , clear I 'i2 , 100 00
WIHIston. cloudy . . . . KZ 4 T
Chicago , clear . . i S4 ft 01
I St. Louis , clear Vi 94 in
| St. Paul , clear MI , 92 w
t Davenport , rlear S4 > 90 01 *
Helenii. clear . . SSi ao > <
, ICinsas city clear Ml M Ort
Havre > loiidy Sb 66 H
Bismarck , clomly S4 W ,
Gulvston. cloudy S4I 89 W
T mdlratt" . trat-n of prerlpltatlon
L A WKLPH Local Forecast Offlclal.
Overtaxed Society Womcn.verwork
. ° ver-work i
business men. orolcssional muVi and all others
subject to jjreat mental ana physical wear and
tsar should always use trie nuver-faillng vi
tality-restorer Stands alone m its vivifying ,
nutnfying and torco-producing powers.
Contains highest porcenUjo of malt
nutr'mant.
A NON-INTOXICANT. UIMUCO-
\JU..BLATZ BREWINQ Co ,
MILWAUKEE. U.5.A.
Fcr Sale by Fsley Hrc * . 7/holcsalc Dealers ,
1412 DcucUc Street. Omaha. Neb. Tot. 1081