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    TilE OMATTA" DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1003.
Animals." by Dr. Peters of the Nebraska
Agricultural college; "Alfalf Culture." by
Mr. Lewelllng, and "Feeding Range
Umb," by Mr. Wing,
Dr. Peters gave a very Interested audi
ence a thorough explanation of the work
of the Nebraska Agricultural school. The
success of the college really dates, said
Dr. Peters, from 1P98, when the attendance
became euch aa to presage the success of
the undertaking. There are now 159 stu
dnta In the agricultural department.
The following officer were elected for the
enaulng year: President, Hon. George L.
Rouse; vice president. Ell A. Bnrnea; aec
retary, E. R. Farmer; treasurer, Douglaa
Gilbert; director, William Fagan, Oeorge
Burger and B. B. Rice.
FIRE IN CIIIRCH START A PANIC
Cttolaeaa of Priest Averts Serlons
Consequences.
NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. M.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) While SOO people were attending
morning service in Bacred Heart Catholic
church fire broke out which, but for the
pretence of mind of Rev. Father Thomas
Walsh, the rector, would have resulted In
a serious panic. When- he was In the
midst of his sermon a puff of smoke shot
up through the floor In the center of the
auditorium, speedily followed by flames.
There was an Immediate rush, for the
exits by the audience, mostly women and
children. Several of the latter were
knocked down but were- rescued without
serious Injury. Rev. Father Walsh re
mained calm and called to the people to
be calm and go out In an orderly manner
and no one would be Injured. Thla had the
desired effect and the momentary panic
was quelled and the audience nied out of
the edifice.
The firemen soon had the flames under
control, but the Interior of the edifice and
the furnishings were badly damaged. The
Are started from the furnace.
Notes from Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Feb. 28.-(Spo-clal.)
Judge Hanna. in the district court,
last week ordered new trials In the cases
of Langan against the village of Wood
River and Makely ft Hollenbeck against
Rownds, which .cases had In a former term
been tried, but the transcript of the evi
dence In which had not been completed by
Court Reporter Kendall, who suddenly
abandoned his wife at St. Paul and left for
parts unknown. An effort was made by
another stenographer to transcribe his
notes, but the result was unsatisfactory.
Two deaths occurred at the Soldiers'
home this week-Andrew D. Wajton. a
private In Company H, Sixty-seventh Illi
nois Infantry, and D. D. Cook of Company
C, Cass county, Missouri. Interments were
made In the Home cemetery.
The Ice Is breaking in the Platte and
for the last two days the St. Joseph &
Grand Island force has been dynamiting
U as a protective measure td Its bridge.
There is no high water and not much dam
age is feared in this vloinity, although the
small streams, prairie creek and Wood
river, are high.
Rev. W. W. Carr of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, has accepted a call to
Lewlston. Idaho, ahd will leave In about
ten -days for that city. '
Makes Hole in Jail Wall
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Feb. 26.-(Spe-clsl.)-Lee
Case, the alleged Sutherland
cattle rustler, who was arrested some time
ago, made his escape from the officer and
ran Into the arma of the sheriff of Lin
coln county, Is not satisfied with his pre
vious escapes and their results. Case
since Imprisoned has occupied the
steel cage. These quarters are some
what cramped and out of the good
ness of his hoart Sheriff Carpenter
would occasionally allow Case an hour's
recreation In the big room. On the north
wall of this room and about five feet from
the floor hangs a large calendar. Securing
a piece of Iron from the flood box In the
teel cage, he awaited the coming of one
of his recreation hours. It came and cau
tiously he began drilling behind the cal
endar. Just how many times Case re-
newed and ceased his digging and drill
ing Is not known, but when Sheriff Car
penter" discovered the hole It was within
less than the thickness of a brick of the
; putsldo and of sufficient site to admit
Case's body.
Hews of ' Nebraska.
PAPILLION. Feb. 26. Yesterday while
local freight No. 24 on the Missouri Paclflo
was making the trip from Portal to Papll
llou on the Paplllion branch an empty box
car climbed the rail and was thrown into
the ditch. The enr ran along on the ties
for a considerable distance, completely tear
ing up the track. Three brakemen nar-
irowly escaped serious Injuries, but by
umplng saved themselves with but slight
ruioa. The track Is blocked and the
wrecking crew has heen sent for. Spreading
rails caused the derailment.
FREMONT, Feb. 2ft.-From Information
received from the friends of J. A. Albee, the
man found dead at the Ames depot soveral
weeks ago. It appears that his home was
near Rutland, VI. He wan a man of good
ttandlng and reputed to have considerable
iroperty. His nearest relative Is a brother
Ivlng at Rutland. He always carried a
valuable gold watch and wore a ring that
was quite costly. Neither of these articles
was found on the body and only 111 In
money. A party from Vermont la expected
here this week to look Into the matter, and
while the opinion here Is that it ia a cam of
suicide further developments may show
otherwise.
DEATH JRECORD.
Mrs. William Cehrlngrr.
PAPILLION. Neb.. Feb. 28.-(Speclal.)
Mrs. William Gehrlnger, Jr., after a sick
ness with peritonitis of but two weeks dur
ation, died this morning at her North Pa
plllion home. The disease resulted from
a severe fall on a slippery walk. Mrs. deh
rlnger was 21 years of age and had been
married but two months. Her maiden name
was Agnes Rhodes.
William H. Howard.
YORK, Neb.. Feb. 26. (Special.) Wil
liam H. Howard, aged 85 years, a resident
of this city, died Friday afternoon with
an attack of the grip. The body will be
shipped to Nehawka, Neb., for burial. Mr.
Howard1 was one of the oldest settlers of
Tor county, having moved here In 1863.
Major Robert Clark.
ERIB, Pa., Feb. 28Major Robert Clark,
' who officiated at the laying of the corner
stone of the Washington monument In
1848, died today, aged 89 years. Hon. George
A. Allen, United States district attorney for
western Pennsylvania under President
Cleveland, died thla evening, uged 68 years.
C. M. Dunn.
CREBTON, la.. Feb. 26. (Special Tele
gram.) C. M. Dunn, for thirty-five years
employed by the Burlington road, died to
night at Mercy hospital. He was the local
freight agent, ex-member of the school
board and a prominent cltlsen and member
of Masonic fraternity.
Mrs. Jennetto Halbleeea.
YORK. Neb.. Feb. 26. (Special.) Mrs.
Jeanette Halbtesen died yesterday at the
home of her son, C. P. Halblesen, north
east of Bradshaw. Bhe was 76 years of
age. The body will be shipped to Fremont,
O., for burial.
World Yags Well
AFTER
BREAKFAST
On....
POSTUM
FOOD COFFEE.
Thera'a a Reason.
PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS
Urgent Plea for Suppression of Public
Land Thieret.
PRESENT LAWS FAVOR LAND GRABBERS
Effective Remedy Offered In Pnblle
gale for the Best Price to
Actnal Settlers How Land
Grabs Are Effected.
Have you got a government land hohhyf
If not, get one quick! as the lands to give
away are getting scarce; In fact, the best
Is almost all gone. Nearly everybody has
a land hobby; If there are any who have
none, It's because there are not enough new
onea to go around. . . . ;
The United States government has a va
riety of land hobble; they are found In the
homestead, desert, timber, stone, forest
and other laws to give away the "public
domain"; and not content with these,
"scrip" la Issued to take It by wholesale In
b!a, blocks. Then comes the reservoirs and
canal hobby. The railroads, universities
and schools got another big slice, which
Was all right, as the people got something
In return. Senator Carey had hobby and
got it through congress for giving 1,000,000
acres to every state In the west that would
accept them; four states did accept the gift,
and now the "poor settler" on these lands
have the privilege of paying the states 50
cents ptr acre and some canal company
from 110 to $30 per acre for water rights to
Irrigate the land and a yearly sum for the
water used; and all this time there will be
a "state board of water control," with fees,
which will supervise the "poor nettler" dur
ing life. Grand thing!
Senatdr Newland had a big hobby In his
"Reclamation Act." It enabled him and his
particular friends to pile up wealth from
townsltes and town lots and other things
on the side, while the cry Is for the "poor
aettler." he who may get a "home" if he
has some money and a "pull" with those In
control, and not otherwise.
The National Irrigation congress (associa
tion), with Its 300 members, each of whom
has from two to twenty hobbles, and are
fairly yearning for the "poor settler!" O.
how generous! How disinterested! Even
Maxwell haa a hobby, which he Illustrates
with qulxotlo gestures, making It pay. How
kind all these philanthropists are! They
praise the "poor settler," grease and ewal
low him whole!
The American farmer man or boy Is not
seeking, nor would he accept anything look
ing like charity charity with a "string to
It." He Is Industrious, self-reliant and. In
this age of high wages and prosperity, will
have money to buy and pay for what he
wants. He always wants and will have the
best It Is certainly a mlataken Idea for
anyone to attempt to transfer the. "slum
dwellers" from the big cities of the east to
the rich farming land's of the west
Onr Hobby.
We advocate the repeal of every govern
ment land law, excepting only the forestry.
The government should then provide every
land office In each district with a competent
corps of surveyors and examining apprais
ers; the surveyors to survey every sub
division of every township down to forty
acres and put up the necessary "metes and
bounds," of stone or substantial posts not
less than three feet In height. When this
work is being done the appraisers should
be classifying the lands.
No. 1 In forty-acre tracts; agricultural,
capable of Irrigation.
No. 2 In eighty-acre tracts; semi-agricultural
and grazing.
No. 8-In 160-acre tracts; grazing, for
small stock raisers.
No. 4 In township tracts; 23,040 acres, for
large stock raisers. .' '
The forty-acre tracts will he lrriai
and cultivated to the limited; .the eighty
acre tracts will be land that only a sme.ll
portion can De irrigated, the balance graz.
Ing; the 160-acre traots, for small dairy
men and stock raisers, and the tnwn.htw
tracts for large stock raisers. .- Bjf tAls'
memoa tne bloody war feud wHcff ha $
been golng on for many years . between
the cattle and sheep raisers for possession
of the "range" will end for all time.'
Advantage to Settlers.
Lands surveyed, marked and manned aa
above, will enable any ' person to locate
tne land desired without rolna- to anv .
penae to hunt up and employ a surveyor
to locate "corners." As the surveys are
now, the land seeker starts out to lornt.
and make filings on a tract of land. He
visits a tract, Dut ne can find no stakes or
mounds indicating the section or town
ship; he goes to the land office of the dis
trict, makes a guess in which township
the land he wants Is located, buys a plat
of the townshlD and starts ha.ir t m.b.
his selection, but he Is little better off. He
nnas tne land, but nothing to Indicate the
township, range or section. Perhnns ha
has been fifty miles to the land office and
back, got a map and now must Aunt nip a
surveyor to locate the map; he may find
his man within twenty-five miles, take him
to the land and then commence to hunt
for a "corner," which the surveyor may
nnd in a few hours, and he may have to
run a line from a base from six to twenty-
four miles away: finally the section la in.
cated; the surveyor's charges, for the war
and time, "going and coming," Is $10 per
nay, mayoe nve days, possibly more. Tha
land seeker then goes to the land offloe,
makes his filing, pays the fees and Is a
land owner. He has spent fifteen days'
time, traveled from fifty to 100 miles, and
paid out from $50 to $100.
Not Overdrawn.
This Is not an overdrawn statement, but
an Instance in the personal knowledge of
the writer, who In 1892, while running a
line for a canal In the Green liver basin
In Wyoming, ninety-seven miles In length,
found two whole townships that had no
marked corners; that, too. Inside of the
Union Pacific railroad land grant. To fo
late these two townships a line had to be
run from a base eighteen miles away, tak
ing the time of twelve' men three days, 'at
an ezpense of over $100.
Under canals, there would be no diffi
culty of this kind and no expense to tha
settler seeking a location, the csnal being
located In advance.
From the earliest history of this country,
to say nothing about foreign countries,
England, France, Spain, Russia, Germany,
etc., "land grabbing" by war, cunning,
frand and rank perjury has prevailed In
nearly all land acquirement The United
Stales government haa had a big hand In
the game In It dealing with the Indian
tribes, but It has oftener been used aa a
"catspaw" by land thieves, to grab the In
dian and government lands.
Along in the middle eighties, 'a pool of
Boston schemers organized a "trust and
Investment company." with principal office
In Boston, Mass., with a number of offices
In Kansas, at Topeka, and other places,
and started out with a unique, schema of
fraud and rank perjury. The first move
was to employ a number of men as per
jurersand outfit them with teams,
wagons, plows and farming tools and some
seed; a bouse, of the regulation sise. ws
placed securely on the wagons; govern
ment maps were obtained at the district
land offices, showing the vacant land In
tha district, where their operations were
to commence; these secured, the company
was rttdy for active business and their
men set out to file on the -vacant land.
The house on the wagons was hauled
from one quarter section of lsnd to an
other, patches of ground were plowed and
plsnted with seed snd the men In charge
filed their Malm at the land office In the
usual way. swearing to there being a
house on the claim and all the necessary
Improvements made, as required by law.
In this way seversl sections were filed upon
each day; the tnen changing their names
for each filing. When the list of filings
reached the company's branches, a first
mortgage, of from $10 to $26 per acre, was
duly placed on the "farm and all Its Im
provements" house, teams, tools, etc., and
sent to the home office to be sold.
On receipt of these fraudulent mort
gages In Boston, agents were sent out to
Interview officers of country banks who
would know who of their customers had
money on' deposit for Investment. Tha
bank officials were offered n tempting com
mission to Advise their depositors to In
vest.. In the safest of all investments,
"farm mortgages. "
It Is estimated that these Boston sharp
ers "got away" with several hundred thou
sand dollars; the Innocent Investors lost
their money and the land reverted to tho
government, as only the filing fees had
been paid on It. In Boston the Kansas
people were charged with this fraud, which
was entirely false.
As early as 1861. In Colorado, the same
plan was adopted, as In the, Boston case, to
enter tin timber land on the Arkansas
divide, between Denver snd Colorado
Springs, as well ss In other parts of the
western country.
Recent Indictments.
The Oregon, Washington and Idaho "land
grabbers" recently Indicted seem to have
another unique plnn, most cunningly con
ceived, but we have no space to explain It.
The commissioner of the general land office
Is on their trail; what will result?
Some years ago State Senator Foot of
Johnson county, Wyoming, exposed tha
"land ring" of that state, but the "ring"
proved too strongly "protected" to be
reached and they "rounded up" from 600,000
to 1.000,000 acres of choice agricultural and
grazing land. Senator Foot called them
"thieves" and named United States sena
tors, representatives, governors and other
state and government officials, but their
"pull" enabled the "pool" to succeed not
withstanding the expose and unquestioned
proof.
Call a Halt.
We would suggest to Uncle Sam the best
thing that he can do to save the remaining
public domain Is to call a halt by repealing
the land laws, then survey, classify, as
above outlined, and sell them at auction to
the hlghtst bidder to those who will occupy
them. Let the terms of sale be 5 per cent
down, the balance In fifteen years' time at
S per cent Interest. When paid In full, deedj
to issue.
Tho value and price of land depend
largely on various conditions; land near
markets and transportation facilities will
sell for from $10 to M per acre, while land
many miles away from these facilities will
only sell for a few dimes an acre. As our
laws are now the government price for land
Is the same regardless of their location and
value.
By this method of disposing of the public
lands all the cunning "land grabbers" will
be put out of business and the- honest,
thrifty settlers will stand some chance to
acquire a home.
Upon the completion of the Grand Bnrago
In India a huge reservoir was formed, Im
pounding the water from a drainage area
of over 8,000,000 square miles, or 1,900,OJO,000
acres; beneath this great dam are many
millions of choice land that eventually will
be reclaimed by Irrigation; 500,000 acrec are
now under cultivation, and'tho English gov
ernment is selling the lund at auction.
Recently a largo tract was sold, realizing
$175 per acre.
In conclusion, there are over $200,000,000 at
present Invested by thousands of canal
companies In tho western country and
enough land under these waterways to sup
ply all actual "home-seekers" for the next
ftfty. years. . To. protect these honest Invest
ments of Its citizens should be- the first
duty of the government. It now protects
honest Investments of Its citizens In foreign
countries. Why not at homo?
Repeal the land laws, give the "land grab
bers" a rest, and our children's children
A chance for a future home on the public
domain. GEORGE A. CROFUTT.
TALK OF THE ARIVTYAND NAVY
British Officials ' Think Both Are In
Good 0hape at Present
Time.
LONDON, Feb. 26. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Mr. . Arthur Lee, civil lord of
the admiralty, responding to the toast of
"The Imperial Forces," at Eastllegh,
Hants, referred to the recent great re
forms In the navy. If war should unhap
pily be declared under existing conditions,
the British navy would get Us blow In
first, before an enemy had time even to
read In the papers that war had been de
clared. No ship which was not the very
best, fastest and most heavily armored
would play a part In naval battles of the
future, and therefore they had decided to
spend no more on repairing old ships.
They would build Instead ships which would
be of the biggest and fastest type, armed
only with the heaviest artillery', and pro
tected by the heaviest armor. These ships
would be fewer in number, but more po
tent lor destruction of their enemies. The
redistribution would result in great econ
omy and a great saving In the naval ex
penditure of the country. Yet our fighting
strength as a fighting naval power baa
been practically doubled during the last
few years. These were results upon which
they could congratulate themselves irre
spective of party. ,
Mr. Arnold-Forster. .speaking as the
guest of the Auxiliary Forces club this
week, said the uncertainty which was al
leged to prevail In tha minds of volunteers
as to the future of the force had been
considerably exaggerated.
The melancholy prophecies made at the
beginning 6f the year had not been veri
fied, and Instead of the force decreasing In
numbers there had been a substantial in
crease, 175,000 men going to camp.
The need for officers and the expenses
falling upon the Individual, with the lack
of range accommodation, were the chief
difficulties with which the force had to
contend. Whatever changes were made,
however, would need and Involve the ex
penditure of money. Every farthing spent
on officers and men who were Incapable of
taking the field was money wasted.
There was not the slightest chance of an
Increase In the army estimates. The bur
dens of the country were already enormous
and they were spending millions on the re
arrangement of the artillery and adding
largely to the reserves.
That being so, the only way to get the
necessary money was to reduce the total
of the volunteer force and apply the
money saved to perfecting the remainder
of the force.
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ARRAIGN LAND LAW SYSTEM
Commission's Beport Contains Far-Beach
lng Eecsmmendationa.
HAS ENDORSEMENT FRIM ROOSEVELT
AjtrlenHoral Possibilities of the West
Are Declared to Be Vast Be
yond Present Com
prehension. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. J6.-(Speclal.)-Not
many documents sent to congress by a
president which contain such far-reaching
recommendations have caused less notice
than the report of the Public Lands com
mission, printed last week, with a special
message from the president heartily In
dorsing all Its findings and characterizing
the subject as one of "great magnitude
and Importance."
The Public Lands commission, Is com
posed of W. A. Richards, commissioner of
the general land office; Frederick H. New
ell, chief engineer of the reclamation serv
ice, and Olfford Pinchot, chief forester.
Their report Is a short document of a
dozen pages, but It Is a scathing. If digni
fied, arraignment of our various agricul
tural and timber land laws. If Us recom
mendations are carried out by congress It
will effect a smashing of cherished idols
In the west and an overturning of a gen
eral practice of acquiring government land
"because it Is there to acquire and If one
don't get it another man will."
Discusses Land Monopoly.
This report is one of the most profound
documents which has come to congress
for some time. In discussing the' question
of lanl monopoly, although not under that
"yellow" head, It states that nearly every
where In the west the large land owner"
has succeeded In securing the best tracts,
whether of timber or agricultural land.
No snpclflc acreages are stated In the re
port, but to Indicate the extent to which
lands have been acquired by single corpo
rations, a government engineer recently
called attention, at a meeting of engineers,
to a single tract of western land owned
by a corporation embracing 4,000,000 acres.
There has been some outcry against this
condition, the report states, yet the lack
of sreater protest is significant. It Is ex
plained by the energy, shrewdness and
influence of men to whom the continuance
of the present land laws is desirable.
"The commission has had inquiries made
aa to how a number of estates, selected
haphazard, have been acquired. Almost
without exception collusion or evasion of
the letter and spirit of the land laws was
involved. It Is not necessary to be Inferred
that the present owners of these estates
were dishonest, but the fact remains that
their holdings were acquired or consoli
dated by practices which cannot be de
fended. More Patents Thnn New Homes.
"There exists and is spreading In the
west a tenant or hired-labor system which
not only represents a relatively low in
dustrial development, but whose further
extension carries with it a most serious
threat. Politically, socially and econom
ically this system Is Indefensible. Had the
land laws been effective and effectually en
forced lis growth would have been Im
possible. "The fundamental fact that characterize
the present situation ia this: That the num
ber of patents Issued is Increasing out of
all proportion to the new homes."
The report states that under the timber
and stone act "the government has lost
and is losing yearly vast sums of money
through the sale of valuable timber lands
to speculators" and: recommends In the
publlo Interest that- the law should be re
pealed. The lieu land forest reserve law Is also
criticised as a scandalous act and Its Im
mediate repeal recommended.
The commutation clause of the home
stead law is also scored as having resulted
In the entering of great areas of govern
ment land for the purpose of speculation.
Houses Built, but Not Occupied.
, The homestead shanties of the commu
ters. It la stated, may be seen In various
degrees of dilapidation, but they show no
evidence ef genuine occupation. The great
bulk of the commuting business Is trans
acted through some agent who represents
his client In all dealings and prepares all
papers to allow entry by school teaohers,
servants, etc., who are In. no sense set
tlers. The report denounces the desert land law,
as an Instrument of speculation, fraud and
perjury and recommends such radical
changes in it aa to amount almost to Its
repeal. , '
"Hundreds of desert entries were exam
ined by the members of the Commission
last year and the great majority of them
were found to be uninhabited, unlrrigated,
uncultivated and with no Improvements,
other than. u fence. Many alleged Irriga
tion ditches or reserVolrs are familiar to
the members of the commission which ara
utterly inadequate to Irrigate a square rod,
and upon the strength of such works pat
ent has been Ireqiiently issued to flu
acres." ' '
' West Still Unknown.
The commission . statos that the agricul
tural possibilities of the remaining publlo
lands are as yet almost unknown, and
lands which a generation ago, or even a
decade, were supposed1 to be valueless are
now producing large crops, either with or
without irrigation.
"Because of possible development through
irrigation, through the Introduction of new
plants, through new methods of farming,
through forest preservation and grazing
control, the remaining publlo lands have
an importance hitherto but dimly fore
seen." "It is of the first importance to save the
remaining public domain for actual home
builders to the utmost limit of future pos
sibilities and not to mortgage the future
by any disposition of the publlo lands, un
der which home making will not keep step
with the disposal." The commission re
ports against the tMO-acre grazing .home
stead measures now pending iri congress,
and says:
"Until It can ba definitely ascertained
that any given area of the publlo lands
is and in all probability forever will re
main unsutted to agricultural development
the title to the land should remain In the
general government In trust for the future
settler."
Pnblle and Private Interests Clash.
In spite of the prevalent idea that the
dollar Is ahead of all else, we do find in
stances where publlo welfare is considered
by men ahead of private Interests, A case
In point Is that of the recent statehood
fight In the senate, and a radical exponent
of this theory Is the leader of that fight
Benator Beverldge of Indiana.
"Why," was asked the senator, "should
you, a resident of the east, free of, all
western Interests, take up a question of
this kind, and make a fight to win your
case as though your very life depended
upon it?"
"Why? It was simply my duty," hs re
plied. "I was chairman of the committee
on territories and we had to bring In a
report and do our level best to see that
report accepted. This question was sim
ply a conflict of public policy and private
Interests, If It had not been for private
Interests the statehood bill would have
passed the senate without a dozen votes
against It. But there were private Inter
ests arrayed against, as I believe, the best
publlo policy. I have no personal Interest
In the matter, but there Is a Hue of duty
which must be followed out. I believe that
no private Interest should be allowed to In
terfere with public policy. In making
my first campaign for the senate and be
fore my re-election. I told the Indlanlans
on the stump that If every man and woman
In the state petitioned me to do some
thing for Indiana which would be a dls
advatage to the mitcd States I would not
do It, and neither would I."
neverldar's Slnbborn Flnt.
Never has Mr. Beverldgo's tremendous
tenacity of purpose and Inflexible deter
mination to carry out his purpose amount
ing almost to stubbornness been demon
strated In greater measure than In this
statehood fight. Powerful Interests ar
rayed before him, with retaliatory threats
agninst other measures floating about, with
rumored proffers of trades, and of various
manipulations, he has pursued an un
deviating course and has shown the most
tireless energy and the fiercest Intention to
succeed.
And all in a matter relating mostly to
tho future of a section of the far south
West. Were more of this spirit evinced by
eastern congressmen regarding legislation
affecting the west, It would be a good
thing for the country.
There should be, as he stated, no seo
tlons of the country recognized In ques
tlons of general legislation. The Idea Is
far too prevalent that If a part of the
country wants something, why It should
be Just as well to let, It have It, especially
If the proposed legislation, such for In
stance as land legislation, requires no
money appropriation.
Woold Avert Fraud.
If congress would give the same care
scrutiny and attention to every western
measure which the senator from Indiana
has given to the statehood question, there
would be fewer laws enacted, which, In
after years, prove either futllo or else the
basis of such fraud and scandal, as the
country is now witnessing In Oregon and
other northwestern states.
The east Is interested In the Oregon land
frauds and the other wholesale spoliations
of the great area of western public lands
to the extent that not only is this property
beginning to be recognised as a resource
of the nation, but that with our rapidly
increasing population opportunities must
be preserved for the sons of the citizens
of today to go out Into the great west
and make homes for themselves and rear
their families. The recent report to con
gress of tho public lands commission ap
pointed by the president states that the
operation of the present land laws has a
tendency far too often to bring about land
monopoly rather than to multiply small
holdings by actual settlers. To such public
spirited men from the east without west
ern affiliations, as Senator Beverldge, hon
est, aggressive and with a national grasp
of affairs. It remains to see that this west
ern heritage Is to be considered, not a
local resource, but an asset of the whole
people.
INDIAN THE0S0PHIST ANGRY
Bays Western Propaganda Is Mnde
Ip of Charlatans nnd Plnns
Expoanre.
CALCUTTA, Feb. 26. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The visit to England last
year of Agumyl Guru Paramahansa, the re
nowned and revered teacher of the oriental
mysteries and miracle worker, who, among
other wonders, could suspend the beating
of his heart while his spirit wandered
through space, has resulted In an Indict
ment of the theosophy of the west. Sor
rowfully the disappointed chief of the Ma
hatmas confessed on his return that while
English people were apparently eager to
learn something of the mysteries associ
ated with theosophlsts and their Mahatmas,
they were really only, as St. Paul said of
the Athenians, In search of some new
thing.
The chief of the Mahatmas had a poor
opinion of English theosophlsts, which they
on their part returned with Interest. In
nine cases out of ten, he declared, English
theosophlsts were charlatans, and from this
category he did snot exempt Mrs. Besant
and the late Mme. Blavatsky. And now the
offended Mahatma Is organizing a great
exposure of the teachings of modern theo
sophy as submitted to the western world.
The. first shot In the campaign against
English theosophlsts was fired at a meeting
held In the Vlshveehvar theater hall at
Benares this week. Two disciples of the
Mahatma, Dr. Thakore and Qorlnd Rao
Mysore, acting under his Instructions, con
veyed his Impressions to the meeting.
"Nearly all the theosophtst organizations
of the west are in the hands of pretending
females, whose principal vlctims'are credu
lous youths," said the Mahatma,' and he
further alleged that they had even reached
back to India for financial support. The
society had adopted the motto, "Thero la
no religion higher than truth," but they
reached nothing but lies. The chief attack
was upon Mrs. Besant, to whom twenty-six
questions were addressed. They included
the following'
Are you a Hindu T If so, to which of the
four castes do you belong? Who made you
a Hindu?
Are you acquainted with Sanskrit or any
Hindustani language? If not, how do you
teach Hinduism?
What Is your theosophy?
Do you believe In the Yoga philosophy? If
so, explain Yoga.
Have you ever practiced Yoga and per
formwl penance In tho woods? If so, when
and where?
What are the qualifications of a Mahatma
according to the Hindu scriptures?
Who Is your spiritual guide? Where la
he now and when and where was he born?
Does your guide know English? If not,
what is his language of communication
with you?
What Is your theory about reincarnation
of souls?
What time does the soul take to reincar
nate after death? "
What Is sin?
Do you believe In Christ?
What do you think about Bradlaugh?
What kind of faith have you In Blavat
sky? For years the name of Koot Hopml haa
been venerated by the financial supporters
of theosophy In the western world, but the
photograph which haa adorned theosoph
Ical shrines of England appeared, upon ex
amination, to be the photograph of an Il
literate ascetic, Lai Sing, one of the humble
followers of Agumyl Uurn Paramahansa.
Lsl Sing has himself recognized the photo
graph as one taken of him twenty years
ago by a person whom he describes as "a
European female."
Headache nnd Neurulaln from Colds.
Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world wide
Cold and Orlp remedy, removes the cause.
Calf for the full name and look for signa
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Johnson County Practically Wins Salt
TECUM8EH, Neb., Feb. S6. (Special.)
The caso of M. H. Carmen, administrator
of the eetate of J. B. Gooch, against the
County of Johnson, which was being tried
In the district court of Pawnee county,
may be considered won by the county of
Johnson. Mr. Carman, as administrator
and representing the heirs of Mr. Gooch.
who wss killed by going through a bridge
on the highways of the county, brought
suit In the district court of Johnson county
against the county In the sum of J5.00O for
damages for the loss of the life. The Jury
retired st 11 o'clock Frldsy night, cams In
for additional Instructions yesterday morn
ing and finally came In with a verdict at
I o'clock in the afternoon.
Car Collin On Day. Crjto 2 Days
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SENATE HAS A LARGE TASK
Bulk of Appropriation Bill Art Tet ta Be
Aotad On.
NIGHT SESSIONS NEEDED TO FINISH UP
Votlnc on Nwayne Impeachment to
Come I n Today and Is Likely to
Occupy Several Honrs
of Time.
WASHINGTON, Feb. J6.-At the begin
blng of the last week of the present ses
sion only one of the regular appropriation
bills has been finally acted upon by con
gress and approved by the president. Thla
la the legislative, executlvo and Judicial
bill. Other supply bills have passed both
houses and are In conference. With only
five days of the' session left the senate still
has seven of the most lmportsnt approprla
tlon bills to consider In whole or In psrt.
Of the seven, the naval and the Indian bills
have been partly read and some features of
the naval bill have been discussed. Sena
tors generally appreciate that the task of
completing consideration of all these meas
ures before the close of the session at 12
o'clock nert Saturday is gigantic, but none
of them doubts that It will be accomplished.
In order to do all that Is requisite It will be
necessary greatly to prolong the dally sit
tings, and It Is the present expectation that
the hour of convening each day will be fixed
at 10 o'clock and that the dally sessions will
be extended considerably beyond the usual
hour of adjourning. All night sessions are
probable the last few days of the week.
Vote on Impeachment.
The week's work will begin with voting
on the Swayne Impeachment trial. The
senate will convene for the purpose of tak
ing up that matter at 9:50 a. m. Monday,
and It Is expected that the voting will con
sume about three hours' time. No debate
will be allowed. A separate vote will be
taken on each cf the separate articles, and
on every vote each senator will be expected
to rise formally In his place and say
whether he considers Judge Swayne guilty
or not guilty, a two-thirds vote will be
necessary to Impeach on any one of the
charges.
As soon as the Swayne case Is disposed of
ths naval bill will be taken up, and that
will be followed by the Indian, the post
office and the pension appropriation bills In
the order named. When the naval bill was
before the senate on Saturday further con
sideration of it was postponed at the re
quest of Mr. Gorman, who said there was
a desire to discuss It further. It Is prob
able that this bill will monopolize the at
tention of the session on Monday after the
Swayne case. Considerable debate on the
Indian and postofflce bills Is likely, aa there
will be on the sundry civil and river and
harbor bills, which will be closed on the
very last days of the session. It Is said
that the conference report on the Panama
canal zona government bill will cause more
or less discussion, and such Is quite certain
to be the case with reference to the con-
ference report on the Joint statehood bill.
If one should be made.
Forecast of House.
The house enters on the lost week of the
fifty-eighth congress without Indication of
serious difficulty In completing the legisla
tive program. Speaker Cannon predicts
that unless the temper of the body be
comes ruffled there need be no protracted
night sessions. However, tradition fore
tells the usual all-night session, which ush
ers In the last day of the congress. This
session, which is broken up by recesses In
which conference committees prepare their
final reports, Is marked by levity and song.
The week will begin with the sundry civil
bill as the topic of legislation. The gen
eral deficiency, the last of the supply meas
ures. Is nearly ready for consideration.
Conference reports to be handled Include
the statehood 1)111, the Panama canal leg
islation and the appropriation bill still un
finished, In all of which there are differ
ences between the two houses.
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Beauty Culture
Tickets gord for reserved seats to Mme.
Yale's Brauty Lecture to be given at
Boyd's Opera House on Friday, March 10,
at 2:30 p. m may be obtained free of
charge by applying for them now at tha
Drug Department of the Boston rltore,
where a full assortment of Mme. Yale's
wonderful discoveries are kept constantly
on hand. One ticket Is given with every
purchase of Mine. Yale's Remedies. This
slight restriction Is placed on the free
distribution of tickets in order to prevent
the crowds from rushing in "pelf mell'
and carrying off all the deslramo'eeats.
PERFECT BEAUTY.
Perfection of "Face." ."Form." "Fea
tures" and "Hair" Is attainable to all who
attend Mine. Yale s Iecluro and learn
from her the Secret Science of becoming
more beautiful us the years advance.
Mme. Yule's Brand achievements In behalf
of women Is In close proximity with the
spirit of the times that diitnand higher
perfection in women than ever before.
Every woman with a desire to protlt by
the full attainment of Health and Heauty
should not fail to attend. Kindly do not
bring babies or young children.
CONFER ON THE CANAL ZONES BILL
Agreement Benched Except ns to Con-
tinning Commission.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Conferees ap
pointed on the part of the senate and house
to consider the Isthmian canal sone bill
were In session two hours today. While
no definite action was taken on any of the
senato amendments the conference pro
ceeded far enough to assure the acceptance
of all the senato amendments except that
relating to the continuance of the commis
sion. The house bill abolishes the commis
sion and this was amended by the senate
to provide for Its retention. Representa
tives of both houses stood pat at today's
conference and no compromise plan was
suggested.
A movement is on foot, however, looking
to an agreement .for a commission of three
members. Another meeting will be held to
morrow as soon as the naval appropriation
bill Is passed.
Bra.ve Women
Women's delicate nerve organism sub
ects them to so much suffering, that It
n nlmost inconceivable how they manage
to fulfill the various household nnd social
duties, and yet they do and suffer.
As a rule tney unaersiaiia tne naiure or
their delicate organism, but overlook tho
wonderful influence their nervous system
has upon their general health.
They are not suineniiy impressea wun
the fact that nil their Ills are directly
traceable to their nervous system.
That their periodical sufferings and head
aches are due to weakened nerves.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
hss been wonderfully sueessful In revital
izing the nerves and curing all cases of
nervous disorders end loss of vitality.
Thousands of delicate women have re
gained their health and vigor by its use,
and tho thoughtful fortify themselves by
keeping their nervous system strong and
vigorous by Its use.
"From a thin, nervous wreck, miserable
and wretched, I nm now enjoying splendid
health, and it Is all traceable to your
splendid medicine, Dr. Miles' Restorative
Nervine." MRS. MAUD B. OPLINGER.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The first bottle will benefit, If not, tho
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eed Corn Special at Dakota City.
DAKOTA CITY, Neb.. Feb. 26.-(Speclal.)
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railroad company's seed corn spe
cial which left Norfolk Friday morning for
a two days' trip, arrived In this place Sat
urday morning and was greeted by a crowd
of about two hundred farmers from all
parts of the county. Deep Interest Is taken
all along the line by the farmers, the at
tendance averaging over two thousand per
day. The corn lectures here were given
by Profs. Haecker and Bruner, each using
a car. The strictest attention was paid to
the speakers by those in attendance and
the only complaint heard was that the lec
tures were not long enough.
HYMENEAL.
Two Weddings at Cheyenne.
CHEYENNE, Wyo Feb. 26.-(Speclol.)
Henry B. Stone and Mrs. Alwllda M. Ful
ler, who came from Denver, but who gave
their residence as Chicago, were united In
marriage her 3 today by Rev. C. E. Tlngley.
John E. Warren of Great Fails, Mont.,
and Mrs. Anna Lockwood of Hubbell, Neb.,
were married last evening by Judge Trump.
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Weak, Nenrous, Men ;DwSa
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URINARY, Kidney and Bladder Troubles.
Weak Back, Burning Urine, Frequency of
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Every Night This Week,
Matinees Bun'y, Tuesy, Thursy, Safy.
1HE ORPHEUM SHOW
Direction Martin Beck.
Mclntyre and Heath, Spessardy's Bears
and Ponies. Four Madcaps. Clarice Vance,
The Ln tunas, Smlrl and Kessner, and tho
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Tuesday and Wednesday Wednesday Mat
ineeHenry W. Bavage offers the Corean
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THK slIO-Gl'N.
Friday and Saturday, Kyrle Bell'w, In
"RAFFLES." March B, and 7, Wllllaaa
Collier, in "THE DICTATOR."
KRUG THEATER
PRICES. 16c. 250. 60c and T6c. 1 '
TONIGHT AT Bil5
fineclal Matinee Tuesday The Kirke La
Bhelle Opera Company, In
THE PRINCESS CHIC
Wednesday, "A RACE FOR LIFE." FrU
day, "SWEET CLOVER-"
Shipp's In-Door Circus
AT THE :
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i) p. m.