Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. JAMTATCV 21. 15)00. )
f IDING PEOPLE TO HOMES
Tlana Proposed to Populate the Idle Acres of
Nebraska ,
EXPERT BOOMERS U3GED TO CO-OPERATE
Ilnllronil Men nml IMHur * Invltril ( o
Uel Toticllirr nml lliiNtlo
Splendid ItennMN Within
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The following Is the'address of J. It.
O'A Uuchanan of Omaha to the members of the
Nebraska State Kdltorlal association , nt
thor meeting at Lincoln. The Ideas ad
vanced propone a co-operatlvo movement
between the railroads and the weekly nowa-
paprrfl for the promotion of Immigration to
Nebraska :
"We want more people a larger popula
tion In Nebraska. How are wo to secure
them ?
Thin IM Mr Siibji-i't.
To organize a .formidable Immigration so
ciety cither by or through a public-spirited
sentiment , or by legislation. Is Improbable ,
It not wholly Impossible. To effect a lllto
result ourselves Is within our reach.
An Immigration society organized on pub
lic Rcntlmcnt nlone would probably offer-
vcrsco Its rantlmont In a few speeches or
newspaper Interviews and then dlo out.
Ono orcanlzed by state legislation would
attract a few ofllceseekcrs and politicians
to fill the pay positions , who would use It
as a means to political or financial profit
to thoryjolves , until the people would see
Its aim thwarted and stop the appropriation ,
mid thus It would reach an Inglorious end ;
and yet here Is a great field almost limit
less opportunities and fascinating Induce
ments to Immigration.
I probably do not love Nebraska mors
than nny other citizen , but I love It well
enough to want to show Its real merits to
the outside world , or neighboring states , and
thus draw from their overcrowded communi
ties and higher priced lands to our sparsely
settled communities and cheaper lands.
I have n fellow fooling , too , for those who
liavo Ptrngglcd and are struggling alone on
a farm , to get ahead and I think we may
liulp others and at the same time help our
selves and all of us help Nebraska.
When I worked on the farm In Pennsyl
vania and Ohio we had to gather up and
dispose of a crop of surface stones before
planting a crop of grain. Then plow around
the stumps and stones and on side hills.
Then , we hoed the corn and cut the woods
with the hoe also , till the tender corn be
came the stalwart , self-supporting stalk
the dominant plant ; and eo left It In Its
Independence.
It Is different now aiid In Nebraska , with
Its level prairie , no stumps , nor stones , nor
mots , and where the farmer rides during his
work as well as to It , plows up the weeds In-
fitend of using a hoe.
It Is In sending this message with other
advantages abrcdd that I am Interested.
Twenty years ago there were but 1,000
mllea of railroads In this state and only 150.-
000 people. The demand for corn was small ,
comparatively ; the markets remote and ex
pensive to roach. Now we bave 5,500 miles
of railroad and the markets neiw ovcry-
body's door and the great cattle ranges havn
found profit In establishing "feeding farms"
where much of the home corn Is being ron-
mmcd throughout the state. The population
of the Htate has gronn to 1,250,000 , but even
this , o-i our-7(1,000 ( square- miles , means only
Bcven persons to the. square mile.
Slork IliilNliiK.
The Instinct of the buffalo In choosing
Nebraska and Kansas as Its. principal range
determined the fact that our grasses are the
incst nutritious grown. If good for buffalo
'
they' were good for other stock and so west
ern Nebraska lands are known to be as good.
If not the very best , for small herds of cat
tle , sheep and hogs In the west. In fact ,
the stock culture and shipping In this state
startle one with their magnitude. I am In
debted to the labor bureau of the state- for
Iho following figures of shipments of clock
In Nebraska during IS'JS (1899 ( statistics not
ret available ) :
No. Head. Value- .
Cilttln SU.53I J3HJ3I.091.13
Ilogn 2,3SS,3'W 32/3U7Z21
Morses mid mules 81.883 THBVl.Sl
Sheep 1.193,230 7,348,021.T3
TotiilR U17.3J7 $70,459,413.95
Quo Important Industry I was unable to
pet statistics upon nnd the same is left
for you , gentlemen , to gather , compare and
illHtrlbute. It Is very largo and of para
mount Importance ; that Is , the amount or
number of head of stock of the various
kinds being fed throughout the state. It
may ho assumed It IB very large , as It Is
Btirclyery profitable. Thcro are many mil
lions of acres of cheap ningo land In the
western part of the state especially adapted
to this Industry und they are being taken j
or bought up and occupied for these smaller I
herds of from & 00 to n.OOO head of cattle , or
four times that number of sheep. No Indus j
try IH more profitable , more safe , nor more ;
pleasant and Independent than thin. To bo !
proprietor of a thrifty , well mmmged ranch ,
though mimll , with ample protection for |
Htock and feed for any rmergcncy nc.ir at ]
hand Is.an achievement worthy any man's >
nmbltlon.
Nor IH this a temporary profit or business.
It Is a well known fact that our meat
i
products ro decreasing our hcr.ls are thin
ning down , while the demand I * constantly
Increriaing. This Increase In demand Is both
domestic and foreign. An a consequence , tha
price of men la has risen fa as to make It
a luxury now not available to all. Espe
cially IB this the case In the east. So It Is
manifest this Industry Is one to be fostered
and the promise of profit Is sure. Our pop
ulation Is rnpldly Increasing , the foreign
demand Is Increasing on us especially and
yet our stock product Is decreasing.
The crop experience In the eastern part
of the state bus demonstrated the superiority
of the soil and cllmato for general farming.
Nebr eka today stands near the bead of
tbo class of rich agricultural statcn , although -
though nenrly the youngest. It stands. I
think , third In the corn production of the
United States and Is adapted to the other
cereals , as well as to grasses. It Is first ,
I believe. In adaptation of soil for sugar
beet culture and second only In Its produc
tion. Its climate- good and healthy. Its
frugal nnd Industrious farmers are growing
wealthy nnd yet a large portion of the stoto
Is practically unoccupied and uncultivated.
Within a few years our grain products
have found foreign markets and higher
rather than lower prices will obtain.
Tn Ik About C'orn ,
Twenty years ago Nebraska corn was
used as fuel hero at hcnic , and wisely so ;
partly because It was cheap and partly
because markets were Inaccessible for want
of transportation facilities. It will not be
so used any more. Thcj comparatively but
little corn was being exported from this
country. Now about 10 pr cent of the crop
of the United States Is tclng exported nnd
hence the higher price , the growing value
of this cereal. Here are so'me figures fur
nished mo by the Department of Agricul
ture at Washington. I quote the language
of the letter from the Agricultural depart
ment :
"Tho remarkable growth of our export
trade corn , wheat and wheat flour Is
shown by the following statements of the
average annual shipments for the several
ten-year periods eltico 1850 and for tbe nine-
year period , 1891 to 1S99 :
Years Wheat
Ended Corn Wheat Flour
Juno 30. IJushols. IJushels. Barrels.
1S51-1M fi,150,3W 5,635,6:12 : 2.892.77D
lS'il-1870 ' lO.OSUOS 22,011,600 ,1,124,927
1871-1SSO S3.CI3.470 ' ; ti,713,6.SI > a,93 ,63J
ISSl-UOO 57,2.- 0,9.7 8i..15lM5 : 9.60.1,33'
1531-1SM 100,557.391 1U2.43U.391 15,370,320
This latter covers a period of nine years
and Includes our three years of very poor
crops all over the wont , with higher home
prices. The above figures gl\e the averages
for ten-year periods. In fact , our export ,
of corn for 1SOS was 208,744,939 bushels ,
wbereas tjjo average above given shows
cnly 100,000,000. Nebraska Is producing
abc-ut 10 per cent of the entire corn crop
of the United States. From all these figures -
ures It Is apparent our cereal products are
reaching the foreign markets of the world
in competition with Argentine , Australia ,
India'and Siberia.
Another produce of Importance Is sugar
beets. Not many years ago we the great
est sugar-consuming country In the world
had only of our own raising the. canc-
EUgar raised In the extreme southern states ,
Importing all our beet sugar from Germany
or Franca Experiments demonstrated the
ndaptablllty of our own soil and Nebraska
EOl ! was found best adapted to the sugar
beet culture In the United States. We now
have three large beet sugar factories In
NcbraBka ( one only recently completed and
set In motion ) .
The product of the two which have been
running for some few years amounted to
over 20,000.000 pounds of beet sugar annu
ally. The largest of the two which have I
been running Is located at Norfolk ; has
been twice enlarged and Improved since
first constructed and now consumes , when
rui ning , 500 towns of beets per day.
The new one Just opened Is located at
Anes : and has a capacity of 100 tons per
day. The three factories are- - capable of re-
ilrclng near 2,000 Jens of beets per .day ,
or the product of eay 160 acres of land per
day.
day.Thus
Thus far Jt appears that the soil In the
northern part of the state Is best adapted
to this product.
Another Industry.In . the Infancy of devel
opment Is the dairy business ono of the
most profitable an well as pleasant labors j
Incident to the farm. Here , again , we refer
to the richness of our nutritious grosses ,
which raako richer butter and cheese than
are to be found elsewhere.
Still another infant but successful Indus
try In the culture of the Angora goat ; a
herd of something like 2.COO Is , I am ad
vised , yielding good returns to Its owner In
Holt county , this state.
I simply throw out these Items and fig
ures as a hint at what may be found by
searching for advantages to which we Invite i 1
Immigration.
The first settlers In this state sought the
valleys and lowland * , having been taught In
their geography this section of the country
was all a desert. * The later comers chose
the higher rolling lands and today know
that Nebraska valleys > and rolling pralrlss
are all rich and yielding good returns.
Wlmt InfiMloil : \ < > vt- .
What we now want is to give the rcsi-
dents of foreign stales the results cf the
largo experience which otheis 1-ave workel
out and lot them choose their location
and calling.
Wo want to Increase our population and
that will help to decrease each one's taxes.
It takes about $1,250,000 to meet 'the ' yearly
necessary expenses of government about
$1 per head if population. If we can In-
Of a Most Distressing Humor by the
Cuticura Remedies.
When our baby was n week old , eczema appeared on the top of her
head and spread all over her scalp , face ,
and forehead , forming one mass of sores.
You can realize how much slio must have
suffered , when she scratched at times till
the blood ran intermingled with water.
Our family doctor's treatment proved
ineffectual , as the disorder , instead of
abating , developed more. Wo then
stopped all medical treatment , and com-
, monccd with CKTICCUA HKMIDIIS. ; : Wo
used the CuTicni.v RI > OIVKNT , Cirri-
cnt.v Ointment , and CrricuiiA SOAP , all
r traces of the eczema disappeared , the
skin and scalp were left perfectly clear
and smooth , aud she was entirely cured.
31us , K. BUTLER ,
Jly oldest boy , npo nine years , was troubled with pores on different parts
of the body , pfpeulally on the leg , about twenty-lour In all. Thev were about
tha sl/o of a live-cent piece , and would fester very iniiuli anil eject n pii * .
Thov were very painful. After mv ' above experience.ith thu euro of my
lit lo girl with < Wu . Ui : > ! KHE5 ! , I did not bother with thu doctor in
tills case , but cuvu him tbo CUTIUUUA. treatment which completely cured
him lu four week ; Mits. K. 1JUTLEK , 12SO 3d Avc. , S. llrooklyn , X. V.
Babies
. . . . .j IlrsT roil TIKER Moritcns In a warm liatli with CimcunA SOAP , and a elnglo sppll.
ca'tlou of ( LTICLMU Ointment , gro.itc tof cnmlltt'ut tkln curt'j , Thl * treatment , a l > tcd
In thu tuToror cneto1 ! UTICL'UA Itihiit.vixr : : , to cnol and cVanto the blood , atlurdt In-
etnnt relief , permits i c t for pnrrnt and dtcp fur child , nnd ] > u > nu U > n epccdy , permanent ,
and cconomlr-ul cure of tuiturintfi dlsllpuiin ? , lU'lilug , liunniiF ; , bleeding , kcaly , pimply ,
aud cruncil > l > ln and twilp liuniord wltli ln > of hair , \t hen all oleo fall ) , Sold tlirotigliou-
the world. COMI-IJSTB KXTEIINAU AMI INTBUNAI. TKK TMI.NT. Price , Tut ! SKT , 81-S3
or , CfTicuiu SOAIiv. . ( C'tfTicuiiA Ointment , 5X' , , CUTICUIIA lJr > ot.vKST , JOc. 1'urrrn
Uuuo AM > CIIKM , ( Jour. , 1'rop * . , llu tuu. " Ho\v to Curu Every Kind of Humor , " fico.
Havn Your lliilr with wnrm ( hampooinf CcricpiU SOAP , aud
logt of C't'Tlcuiu , purnt ol emollient * on J yreatrtt of iku ! curv > . 'I'bl * tlmple ,
refreshing , and liieipentlre trcatracut will clmr tha tc.ilp und hair of crutt * ,
ealc , aud duadrufl , ootuu Irrlltti'd and Itthlnif nurfaci * * , itltuuUta thululr
follicle * , tupply Iho root * with tnorgy nd uourubineQt , iuJ auk tb tialr
ou a clean , nbolciomi icalp when , ull elm f alii ,
i
crease this population to l.joo.000 II will
reduce the per capita taxes 20 per cent. If
we can Incrwsc It to 2.000,000 K will re
duce Iho tux per capita In proportion. So
It U to the IrKcrest of property holders to
Increase the population. We want ( o in-
crwso It for the general benefit of the mate.
That Its great resources may be developed ;
that < he railway Investments nlilch have
lent such Impetus to the settlement and
i enriching of the stnto may bo suitably com
pensated ; that the large trade Interests may
r bo enhanced ; thai the intelligent naw -
' paper the great purveyor of thought , the
stimulus of upright citizenship and the
> scourge to the disreputable may grow In
power mid earnestness , nml nlwnys for
good. In Phort , that thrift nnd beneficial
j results may follow nil our efforts to
Htrengthen and build up n great nnd good
state. The mission of the newspaper Is :
Klrst To make money for Its owners ,
nnd , second , to publlflli the newt.
To effect the former , the latter Is neces
sary. If the paper nnd Its owner do not
keep pnce wkth the events of the ( lay and
publish them , they will not get the pntron-
agw nnd so It will fall of Its purpose. The
news published ought to be Tollable , and
so establish n reputable standing for the
iwper , Increasing Its value from week to
week , nnd It will thus enlarge Its Influ
ence and Its Income na well.
The town , in nn agricultural state or
community , Is dependent for Its thrltt on
the thrift and success and the population
of the farming community , and while the
newspaper draws most of Its advertising
Income from the town ( the merchant and
Iho artisan ) , yet the number nnd thrift of
these townfolks depend on the farmer nnd
also their ability to pay for ndvcrtlslng ;
and so. view It as we may , we come back
Inevitably to the agriculturist for our thrift
our Incomes.
The more farmers we have nnd the
i ' thriftier they are , the bettor the newspaper
field , the Inrger Us constituency , nnd , as
they force the town up and Increase Its
business , the larger becomes the advertising
patronage.
Now , my editorial friends , everyone of
you , I am sure , will bear me out In saying
that , foi reading matter , that which bears
on personal history or biographical sketch
I . Is most carefully read ; and so It seems clear
to me that each editor should study the
farming Interests In his community and de
termine , that , for fifty-two weeks he will
In each Isauo of his paper publish the sta
tistical result , with a personal sketch , of nt
least one fanner's efforts ; who he wns ;
where from ; his wordly belongings ;
when he came to Nebraska ; where
.he located ; cost of land nnd Im-
1 provements ; how ho farmed , or
{ ) bred stock ; how he' progressed and suc-
j | ' cecdcd , nnd how he stands financially to
day ; with such personal mention ns to char
acteristics as the subject Is willing should
bo done.
I know some may object at first to give
this Information , under the Impression the
valuation may affect their taxation ; but
there if really no cause for such apprchen-
sion Nevertheless , to assure such objector
you can withhold his name In the account ,
I
simply citing the case In all Its relations ,
j but omitting to Identify In publication.
My prediction Is that before the year
plres , these persons , having seen results
with others nnd neighbors , will be glad to
have the Identification In the roll of honor
which It really Is.
1)1 Nfrlliu Un ir Informal loll.
In every community there are some per
sons who will send papers to a former
home in a foreign state. There arc over
600 newspapers In the state ; at least 500
weekly country newspapers In the ninety odd
counties in this state ; and so if the above
suggestion Is followed H means that at leaet
500 ( and probably five times that number )
papers will each week go out of the state
and be scattered abroad over the country.
This , repeated each week , will tell of at
least 2S,000 thrifty farmers In the various
countlce In Nebraska In one year and their
personal history. These papers will come
to my office , or to some other general pas
senger agent. We will collate and combine
these Instances and publlch them In our
statistical folders live , or ten , or 20,000 per
month and will distribute them through our
agencies all over the country , and It Is clear
that in this persistent way "Nebraska" will
get Into the very air , all over the western
states , and the tide of Immigration will turn
to us.
Five hundred odltore , with a few general
passenger agents of railroads , working In
n single purpose to n central aim , with their
hearts , brains nnd hands In the effort , will
undoubtedly bring resullH. Five hundred papers -
pers will In fifty-two weeks have given news
of an army nf good men who plowed and
sowed to some purpose and it Is quite safe
to say that the experiences of this army
of say 25,000 men will reach and be read by
at least 100,000 other men who will be In
terested In JuPt this Information.
I trust wo may all meet one year from
now , and. by comparing our then Informa
tion of results , be ready to resolve to con
tinue the same methods for another year of
fifty-two weeks.
I.AAVTOX AX ! } UKIIO.M.MO.
To Whom U < < luiiKH ( lu > Honor of ( lie
I..H 1 < i'r' .HiirriMiil < r.
AmonfT the many achievements of the late
Major General Henry V , ' . Lawton , killed In
tl'o 1'hlllpplncH , that of the pursuit and
capture cf tl'o Herco old Indian , Ocronlmo ,
was unique oven In the nnnals of Indian
warfare. Lawton was a captain then In the
regular army and he conducted the long
pursuit with energy nnd Immense heroism.
It will bo remembered that not IOUR ago ,
when , In accordance with a prevalent ex
pression , he was called , "hero , " ho replied :
"I am not n hero ; I'm only a regular. "
Ho was only u regular In ISSfl , when Oe-
roiilmo was captured , but no leader of msn
nna ever nioro heroic. Colonel J. N.
Smltblee , chief of ordnance of the Arkansas
Ftato Guard , writes to the St. Louis Republic I
that to Lieutenant Ciatewood , and not to
Gt-r.cral Laxvlon , belonged the credit of s ° lng
alone Into the camp of the Indians 'to ro-
cclvo their surrender.
In Hid eulogies of General I.awton , pub-
rlshed since hlw death. It IH stated that on
that long march the horses were worn out ,
and that when the mountain ! ) were reached
tbo soldiers traveled on foot. "The cavalry-
men were on foot , with Lawton at their
head. hl teeth hard set. 'We'll walk them
down , ' ho told his sergeant when the moun-
tnln ? were reached. IIo walked them down.
"Six weeks afterwards an Indian , whoso
boars seemed ready to start throilisu hla |
tsklh , to thn and raid
came camp tbnt Oer- j ' ,
on line was ready to surrender. Lnwton \ t
went nlcno to the lair of the iitnrvlni ; wolves ; j
and received ( heir submission. " :
(
This Is the passage to which Colonel a
Smlthlce refers when he writes that "that „
honor belongs to Lieutenant Gatewood , who '
passed over th" dark river several yeata' ,
apo. " v After the soldiers had returned to ; ' c
'
Santa Ki > Lieutenant Gatewcod told thn't t
story to Colonel Smlthlec and others nud t
It was widely published at the time. Gen
eral Lawton not denying the story. Colonel f
Smithleo writes that Oatewood "ventured i
alone Into the mountains to confer with n
Geronlmothlle Luwton awaited him In the r
valley with the troops. * * I saw Lawi
ton a rhort time afterwards at Albui i
querque. IIo koked like a skeleton. The t
terrible march wae ono of the most herolo e
In the annals of history end all of his men (
were equally as exhausted ns their loader. c
(
I run willing to give the gallant Lawton A
( and will think be waa the greatest captain t
we hid In tbe Philippines ) all the credit \
possible , but I don't wan't tbe memory of c
my Marvland friend. Gait-wood , neglected. 1
or tbe record of bis achievement forgot- 1
ten. " {
' \VASTV1STOXSTREETPAVED1 \
Commercial Club * o' Two Cities Seeking lie
Improvement Together.
CCUXCIL AND COMMISSIONERS WILL AID
Mont of the Work Mint He Hone lij-
I'rlinte SnliNiTliilliin llrciiuif
Value of Aliultlnii I'ruin-rt.v
Will .Not .luitlf.v i\iicnsc. :
At the meeting of the executive committee
of the Commeiclal club at noon yesterday a
commlllaa appeared from the recently organ
ized Commercial club of South Omaha to nsk
co-operation of the local club In securing the
rrpavlng of Vtntou street from Twentieth to
Twenty-fourth to provide a mueh-nocded
thoroughfare between the two cities. The
South Omalm delegation comprised .Messrs.
J. B. Watklns , E. H. Howland , F. J. Kreitag.
W. J. C. Kcnyon. T. J. Nolan , A. H. Murdock
and Scott King. The objects of the committee -
too were presented by Messrs. AVatklns and
King , and City Engineer lloscwater also
spoke at some length of the conditions sur
rounding the proposed Improvement and the
cost of It.
H appeared that Vlnton street Is about the
only traveled thoroughfare between Omaha
nnd South Omaha and at the point Indicated
Is In such a condition aa at times to be al
most Impassable to heavy traffic. .Mr. Hose-
water Indicated that the value of the prop
erty on either sldo was not sufllclcnt to
justify any expectation that this pavement
could be done the
by adjoining property own
ers , although they might bo led to agree to
contribute a part of It. Some of the parties
who would be expected to contribute had not
approved the original Intention of paving
with vitrified brick and had said that they
would not contribute unices a stone pave
ment Is put In. The Intersections would be
paved by the city and would oosl about
$3,500. $ The rest of the paving would cost
about $10,900. Of this amount he thought
the city council would probably agree to pay
$1,500 $ out pf the general fund for the public ,
and as It Is a public thoroughfare of such
Importance the county commissioners would
probably pay at least as much. A vitrified
brick pavement could be put In for about. 27
per cent less and would undoubtedly be as
serviceable.
The result of the discussion was that
Chairman Plckcns , who presided yesterday
the first time , appointed a committee com
prising John Steel , E. E. Andrews , H. C.
Peters , Victor Caldwell and E. M. Andrcescn
to co-operate with the South Omaha club
and the county commissioners will be In
vited to lunch with the Joint committee next
Tuesday.
The following were admitted to member
ship : D. O. McEwan , Gustave Andreen , J.
C. Whlnnery , William Newton. J. II. Mc
Dowell and A. G. Ileeson.
The water works and other special com
mittees existing last year were continued
for work the coming year until their pur
poses are fulfilled.
H. L. Kreldcr was elected to fill the va
cancy , on the executive committee created by
the resignation of C. S. Hayward.
The following standing committees were
announced for the year :
Auditing Committee H. S. Weller , chair
man ; John Steel , II. J. Penfold.
Commissary J. H. Dumont , J. E. Ilniim.
Finance R. C. Peters , Victor Caldwell , J.
P. Carpenter.
Judiciary \V. S. Poppleton , T. J. Mahoney ,
H. H. Daldrlge , .1. C. Cowln. Mathew A.
Hall , E. P. Smith , W. D. McHugh , . W. W.
Keysor , I. K. Baxter. W. A. DeBord.
Membership W. W. Umsted , J. S. White ,
C. D. Thompson , R. C. Peters , .J. E. Baum ,
II. S. Wellor , R K. Hodgin , W. C. Bullard ,
J. H. Dumont , H. L. Krelder.
Memorial G.V. . Llnlnger , C. U. Thomp
son , H. J. Penfoid , W. S. Poppleton.
Periodicals and Supplies C. D. Thomp
son. R. K. Hodgiti , E. M. Andreesen.
Emergency C. E. Bedwcll. M. C. Peters ,
F. P. Klrkendall , W. S. Wright , R E. San-
born.
Propei ly and Rooms E. E. Andrews , W.
S. Wright , W. W. Umsted.
Banking and Insurance Victor Caldwell ,
R. C. Peters.
Importers and Jobbers E. E. Bruce , E.
V. Lewis , J. II. Dumont.
Manufacturers M. C. Peters , E. E. An
drews. H. S. Weller. K. E. SanUom , W. M.
Burgess. '
Retailers A. Hospe , R. S. WIIcox. C. M.
Wllhclm. G. W. Kclley , W. R. Bennett , N.
A. Ktihn.
Real Estate C , C. George. R. C. Peters.
CommUelon Merchants and Brokers H.
G. Strelght , Robert Purvis , W. E. Rlddell ,
Julius Peycke.
Public Press C. D. Thompson , R. F.
Hodglns.
Packers II. L. Krelder , C. K. Urquhart ,
A. II. Noyes , W. J. C. Kcnyon.
Festivities H. J. Ponfold , W. S. Jardlnc ,
J. S. White.
Conventions J. F. Carpenter , J. E. Utt.
Educational C. G. Pearse , J. M. filllan.
Banquets John Steel , C. D. Thompson , R.
F. Hodglns , H. S. Weller , W. W. Umated.
Transportation W. S.Vright , E. E.
Bruce , E. E. Andrews , C. H. Plckona , Euclid
Martin , J. E. Baum , J. F. Carpenter. W. .M.
Glass , F. P. Klrkendall. J. S. White , II. L.
Krelder , W. Runyan. John S. Brady , E. V.
Lewis , W. M. Burgess , C. F. Weller.
IHI/AiUA HAY.
Hit of Illfitory ( lint IK InleroMliiK nt
TMi Time ,
DPlagoa bay was discovered by Vasco do
fiama in 1602 and explored forty years later
by a Portuguese officer named Captain Lo-
renco Marque * . Until the beginning of the
present century Ptrtugal exercised a oioro
or leis nominal sovereignty over the bay ,
as well as over the entire coast line of Af
rica , but had completely abandoned its posts
and trading stations on the east coast when
in 1823 Captain Ounllffo-Owrn of the royal
navy obtained from native chiefs a ceeslon
of DUngou bay to Oreat Hrltaln. Eng
land founded a town on the bay , to which
was given the name of Bombay , nnd In 1807
Portugal j ixfoundcd Immediately opposite
the town of Lorenzo Marquez , on the ruins
of the old-tlmo trading station of that
name. In ISO ! ) the Portuguese concluded a
commercial treaty with the South African
republic and this brought tn an acute stage
the dl.puto as to the ownership of Delagoa
bay. flic question was referred to the ar-
bltratlon of the president of the French
republic , the English resting their case cm
the concessions obtained by Captain Cun-
lllTe-Owen. In 1S76 Marshal Mac.Mnhon ,
then chief magistrate of Franco , gave an
award In favor of Portugal , which wp.s loyally -
ally accepted by England , an agree/men / : ,
however , being concluded between the two
nation ? , according to which England ee-
cured frcm Portugal a preferential right
to all of her territory south of the Zam
besi , that Is to Hay including Delagoa bay.
For u lime one heard but little of Dela-
gca bay and then the place was cuce oiore
brought ou the tapis by the conflict which
arose In connection with the railroad , now
running from Lorenzo Marquez tn Pretoria.
The Transvaal portion of the line was built
by Gorman capitalists , while the forty
miles of Portuguese ) territory were cou-
etructed by an American concessionaire.
Colonel McMurdo. with the help cf English
capital. Before the line had been opened
very long Colonel McMurdo suddenly died
and the Portuguese government took art-
vantage thereof to cancel his concosulons
on the ground that the McMurdo company
had not carried out all Its engagements.
Uoth tbe United States and the English
governments thereupon Intervened and
i
elevfti years ago It was ngrccd to submit
to arbitration the question as to the amount
j rf compensation due by the Portuguese
government to the McMurdo Anglo-American
'
< ' ] company for the tenure of the line , the ar-
, 'bltralors ' being selected by the Swiss gov
j crnmcnt. They hove fulled until now to
j give an award. But It is certain when
j granted to be Again * ! the Portuguese gov
ernment , whijh will be mulcted In heavy
damages to the company , damage * which
it will be unable- p.iy without the assist
ance of Great Britain.
AN iMiMiiissivi : I.TNP.U u. .
Slor.v of I In1'nnMiiK < > f mi Old Sltnlii
K.M'rtrenii Ai'lor.
"When this old SllakespearcBn actor that
I'm telling you about died there waft a pe
culiar , maybe- somewhat p.ithellc , nceno
In the poor room around his bier , " said nn
old theatrical enan to a Washington Stnr re
I porter. "Never mlud about his name. Ho
had bcon notable In the support of the best
i of ' the American tragedians for a great many
I years. He was never a big figure in the eyes
i of the public , for he never had'the luck to
get anybody to star him , but by such men
as Edwin Forrest , first of all. then John
j McCullough , Edwin Booth , Lawrence Bar
i rett nnd others , he was regarded as a val
uable mati In the Interpretation of 'second'
heavies In the Shakespearean plays.
"Well , along In the early 'SOs , when ho
was still able to command high salaries
and attach himself to the support of the
highest men In the profession , drink col-
larctl him. It got him terribly. I never saw
n man get clutched by It with auch sudden
ness and violence. He- had not begun to
drink until lalo In life , but men of that sort
are the worst when they do get going. This
notable actor and scholarly , dignified nmn
went square to the dogs Inside of two years.
At the end of that time ho could not only not
get an engagement there was good reason
for supposing that , If employed , ho might at
any time rcol and fall drunkenly en the
mage but ho had lost most of his friends.
Ho had spent all of his savings , which
amounted to several thousand dollars , and
ho had lost his home over In one of the
Oranges of New Jersey. His wife left him
and went to her people In England. He
found himself In tha streets without an
overcoat , without a place to sleep. In the
middle cf winter. Time and again his old
frlMds picked him out of the ditch , got him
Into hospitals and sanitariums , clothoJ him ,
took an Interest In him , carried him inff to
their own homes to bo surrounded by cheerIng -
Ing influences only to have hlai break out
worse than ever. He aged very rapidly. Ho
nt to bo a bad and hopeless job , In very
fact. His friends reluctantly gave him up ,
o-ne by one. Then he landed on Blackwall's
Island.
"I suppose we all turned more or less
of a handspring to get him out of that , and
ho was tried over again. He landed on
Blackwcll's again Just three weeks later.
This tlmo It was decided to allow him to
remain there for a couple of weeks , any
how. At the termination of that period
the poor old chap was taken oft the Island
again , clothed , fed , houead , treated nice as
pie and after a week It got around that
ho was once more on the Island.
"After that he was quite given up. It
got , to bo an old story his trips to the
reformatory Institution In the East river.
H was concluded by all hands that Black-
well's , after all. wati about the safest and
best place for him. In a senerr.l kind of
a way I always knew that after the oW
man had got 'way down ho had gone to live
with a poor but extremely kindly Irish I
family In a tenement boue down Cherry
Hill way. In fact , I had happened along |
that way once or twice , just by way of
curiosity , you understand , to see how the
poor old fellow lived. It was a very clean
set of four rooms but poverty everywhere
where the Irish family lived , and the old
actor had a little back rcora when he wasn't
over on the Island.
"Cue. morr.lng along toward 10 o'clock In
the middle of winter , the news got to me
somehow ihat the old actor had died in
his tenement room the night before im
mediately upon his release rrom a thirty-
day term on the Island. He had been pretty
k'nd ' to mo when he was up In the world ,
and , whllo I wasn't particularly rich , I
didn't purpose that he should be burled In |
potter's field. So I took a cab and went I
down Cherry Hill way.
"I walked up the stair * ? and knocked on
the front door cf the Irish family's set of
rooms. Fanny Davenport opened the door
and let me .In.
" 'Why , ' I began , with some surprise ,
'how did you know '
" 'I wns with him when he died last
evening and remained until I had to rushp
off to the theater '
, replied the big- i
hearted woman , quietly. 'I had the under
taker here last night. Our poor friend Is
already prepared for burial. He wno good
to me. We shall take him to Greenwood. '
"She couldn't say nny more , and it wasn't !
necefsury , anyhow. I had hardly taken off
my hat and glovea before there was a quiet
rap on the door. I opened It. Augustlu Daly
stood revealed. Beside him was Father Du-
cey. We had all really come from different
directions under Initiatives. We talked qui
etly for a bit , when there was another gentle
tap on the door , I opened It and lot Emma
Abbott In. There hove been few swceter-
souled women In the world than Emma Ab
bott.
" 'Up wart gcod to me , ' nho said quietly.
'After I had learned fiomethlng about sing
ing ho taught mo what I know about act-
Ing. Ho was very patient with me. I Just
heard. '
"Well , we were complete as a party then.
Wo went Into the room where the old man i
he who had been a prince In generosity , !
a king In courtesy lay sleeping , and Father j
Ducoy the fillll amiable , benevolent , bril
liant Ducey read the service of the Roman
Catholic church. Ho said a few words. He ,
too , had known our friend In his better as I
well as In hH fallen days. I
"Daly stepped forward then , and with j
bowed head he told cf what a good man ho
had known this poor old man who lay dead
before us to be. Dalv felt pretty bad as he
spoke , and ho couldn't go on.
'Then Emma Abbott , who had bcon sit
ting over In a dark corner of the little old
bare room , advanced to the foot of the cas
ket. She sang 'Angels Ever Bright and Fair. '
No accompaniment , of course. You recall the
swcetnoBO of her voice ? Now , as a matter of
fact , neither Daly , Ducey or my elf was an
emotional man far from It. But the tender-
nr.s.5 and the Inspiration of that song as the
pure-souled little woman of the stage sang
It were almost unbearable.
"Then wo took our poor old friend's body
away out to Greenwood. I've always thought
that was a queer meeting wo all had , com
ing from different directions , In that poor ,
bare tenement room. "
linn-lino * III Srxxliill ,
KANSAS CITY , Jon. 23-Nearly l.WO
dealers from .Missouri. Kansas and Okla
homa territory amended the opening FPS-
slon today of the order of IIoo-Hooi. or this
twelfth annual convention ' ( i < ha Missouri f
and Kansas association of lumbermen. It I
will bo th < largest gathering in the aano-
clutlon'n liUtory. Thursday the ili'legatcii ' j
will tnlcn atrip to New Orleans und visit '
thu cyprnfa mills of Louisiana.
'
O.A.J3l2C53 = 3. : wL' * . .
Bearstte . . _ _ , * Ti"KindYMHavBAIwagBoujM
]
Maybe the grocer is "just out of Ivory Soap but has
another , he thinks , is just as good. " No other soap is
just as good. Insist that he get Ivory Soap for you.
A WORD OP WARNING. There * re many hlle soaps , each represents to be "Just as goat
as the Ivory i ' they ARE NOT. but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar anj remarkable quaU'iei o )
tnt genuine. Ask for "Ivory " Soap and Insist upon cettlnc It.
COPYRIGHT IMI BY 1HI PROC1IR l > " * aU CO. CI CIN-I T'
TOMDAMUS COUNTY BOARD
Job Printing Proprietor Seeks to Foroj Com-
misaionen to Accept Bid ,
ORGANIZED LABOR IS THE CHIEF ISSUE
iiniiiilnnlniiiM-i TnUo the I'oNltlon dial
Only I'nlan I'rliillnuKHtnlillnli -
lilcntN Mnv Do I'nMIc Wiirit
Altvrimtlvr Writ ( irimtril.
Judge Keysor , who presides over the re
cently created additional equity ilocket , has
granted an alternative writ of mandamus
directing the county commissioners to either
accept the bid of Bertha Hetzcvhmann for
county * : Job printing or appear In his court
January 27 and show cause for refusing to
do so.
This mandamus proceeding Is of special
Interest to organized labor , inasmuch as that
Is the Issue Involved. About a year ago
the county commissloneiH passed a resolu
tion to the effect that In the future non
union bids for public work would not be
considered , no matter how low the prices
might be quoted. When n call for printing
bids was Issued a few weeks ago the plain
tiff In the mandamus action , who conducts
an establishment In the name of J < phn Fest-
iiBi- . sent In a bid for job printing that wns
considerably lower than several other bids
on file.
The fact that the FefLner-Betzschmnnn
establishment does not employ union print
ers caused the commissioners to Ignore the
bid and the contracts were divided between
two establishments that carry the union
label on all ofthelr _ work.
. In the petition for mandamus the plaintiff
docs not ag ; j to use the union label , but
sets . forth that regardless of organized
labor ' the commissioners erred in not
awarding the contract to the lowest bidder.
The commissioners hold that they have the
legal right to rerognizo the union label and
the courts are asked to decide the consti
tutionality of the Issue.
Commissioner Harte said : "I aoi advised
that this question has been raised In other
states and that the courts have gustalned the
interests | , of organized labor. We are sup
posed to award contracts to the lowest bid
der ] , and we arc of the opinion that whllo
a non-union bid may be the lowfSt It Is
not necessarily the best. Therefore we shall
fight It out on that line. "
;
BEWARE
of Imitations of
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act signature
In Blue on the
wrapper :
( JIU\VI.\C ) KUXC'KS IV C'l'llV. "
Clliiiuti.So AViirin null llolNl tluil n
Ilc-iliT" SiriililN 11) .No Time.
IP Cuba , when a man wl&hes a fowo
aiound his yard or Held lu > doesn't build H
ho plants It and It xrown. too. Firi-l. he
cuts a great bundle of pluon I wigs , then he
scratchen a little trench where he wants his
fence In tun and finally sticks in the twigs
In a row a 'i > w Inelies apart. The soil in
Cuba is so rich and the weather so warm
and moist that directly the twigs take root ,
throw out branches and leaves and presently
there Is a donee hedge of plnon trees Inclos
ing the llcM. And there arc no mills to
drop out here nor boards to fall dawn and
Int In the cattle and the fence Is good for
a hundred year ? .
Nor Is that the moat curious thing that
one may see In Cubi. : What would yea
think of a camp table that grow ? Whllo
the American soldiers wore camped back
nt Santiago they made great numbers of
little tables by driving forked sticks In the
ground for legs and using a top of board ! , .
Of course the less took root nnd some of
these tables are now nicely shaded by leafy
branches and In two or three years four nice
trees will be growing there , and no one will
ever dream that they were nnce table legs.
Another curious thing. At Guantamuno an
old tin can was fastened around the branch
of a big Cuban laurel tree , some four or five
feet from its leafy end. It wns packed full
of earth and Americana v/ondcred what
could be the purpose of It'
"ThatVi simple enough , " said the Cuban
householder. "In n few weeks roots will
grow In the earth Inside the tjn can. Thwi
we can cut off the limb Jusjt back of the
can. stick it In the ground , take away the
can and It will prow Into a tree. "
Plant a cauliflower plant In Cuba , and In
stead of spreading out In n big fat head ,
like a cabbage. It spindles up for all the
world llko n sunflower , three or four feet
high , with big. rank leaves and a little
flower at tjui top that you never could rec
ognize as a cauliflower.
F. n. Thlrkleitl. health lnpector of Chicago
cage , says : "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cannot
be recommended too highly. It cured me
of severe dyspepsia. " It digests what you
eat and cures Indigestion , heartburn and
ill forms of dyspepsia.
TRUSSES
Rereraible New York Elastic Truw.
Single style , $1.,0.
Double styfe , $2.50.
We have every known reliable mnke
nnd style truss and manufacture to
order.
THE ALOE & PENFOLD CO. ,
Deformity llrnci : Mnnufnetiirer * .
141)8 ) Fariiinn OMAHA.
Op. Paxton Hotel.
I Like His Famous Ancestor
Pros I. . Slioomiin cnn't loll a lie nnd
lit I ; doesn't when It conies to Hhoes-tlie
value IH In them and Unit's what noils
lliein this IK particularly true of our
woman'sMK ) ? ) shoe matin on the now i
hist and has the fitylo of the ? : i. < Hl and
$ -1.1)0 ) kind there's no reason wJiyv > '
should soil this shoo for * : i.OO except
that It Is our way of Hiving vnluo.--
and no customer ever went awny from
hero feeling that the value was lack-
Ins try thuHo S'J.OO shoes next tlmo.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
nhn'1 Gp-to * * te SU
1410 FA UN All STREET.
New Music-
\Vo liuvu JtiHt received a lot of now
iniiKlc of4 tint bi'Hl coiniiosui'K nT thu diiy -
Hiicli as DoICnven , Hitwlny , Victor Her-
fonrl , It'ilnoy , ( ! ray , Itnckwny , Cavcrly.
oU' . Introducing v < > ry line operatic w-
'potions , hnllmlH , Hticri'il
KOIIRK , piano HO-
IOH , now octavo music aiiil an entirely
now line of Catholic- church inunlc.
Havn yon hoard the beautiful ValHJ
l.uello , by K. Van AlKt.vnc , composer ol'
the popnhir Hula-Hula caUu walk ?
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art' 1513 Douglas ,