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The Omaha Daily Bee THE OMAHA DEE Ib the most powerful business setter In the went, becausa It goea to the hornet of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. Tor Nebraska TrobaMy cloudy. For lowrt Haln or snow. For wont her report Fee page 2. r- VOI XXXIX-XO. 142. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 10011. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. TROUBLE BREWS AMONQCUBANS Exposition of Offices Splits Parties, Zsjas Faction Claiming" it is Not Recognized. FUSION NO LONGER IN EFFECT Vacancy in State Department Leads to Lively Scramble. TRUCE PATCHED UP IS NO MORE Gomez Starts Trouble by Declaring Against Factional Lines. NEGRO QUESTION ALSO POSER llnvana Recently Mr foe Colored Leader Who Claim They Are Not Receiving Share of Spoil. HAVANA. Nov. 23. Not since the down fall of the administration of President Palma ban the political atmosphere ot Cuba been more obscure and more lad'in with suggestions of trouble than It Is at the present time. The re-established repub lic Is scarcely nine months old and already rumor have become persistent that some way la being sought to secure the retire ment of President Gomez, either by per suasion or compulsion, and place Vice Pres ident Zayas at the head of the nation. When General Gome received the post of chief magistrate at the hand of Govern r Magoon, the followers of Vice President, Zayas stood, shoulder to shoulder with those of the president and even the conser vative opposition, which had sustained the banner of General Menereal In the cam paign of the previous summer, lent him their loyal support In the determination to give the new administration a fair trial. That they regard the trial as a. failure la evidenced by their manifesto issued shortly before the reconvening: of congress In which they declared their Intention of beginning an active compaign against the administra tion. Zayas Will Not Fuse. Prabably the most serious condition that president is now facing Is that resulting from the continuing failure of efforts to effect a complete fusion between hla parti sans and those of Vice President Zayas. For about three yeare the negotiations have been in progress and IK least halt a dozen times announcement has been made of their success. During the presi dential campaign there was a truce, but with the beginning of the distribution of offjc.es under the new administration mutual distrust was re-established, each aide contending tenaciously for it share. A few days ago General Gomes startled the liberal leaders by addressing to them a letter In which he stated that, ao far as he was officially concerned, he had de cided to consider the fusion as an accom plished fact and In view of this he would In the future make appointments to his cabinet without any reference to the par ticular faction of the liberal party to which the appointee might have belonged. Important Post Vacant. The attitude of (he president was partic ularly objectionable to the Zayas, because the Important post of secretary of state was recently made vacant by the resigna tion of Junto Uarcla Veles, a prominent member of the faction, and It was feared that the president would attempt to fill It with one of his supporters. Another disquieting feature of the situ ation Is the renewal of agitation for the formation o a negro party. Steps prelim inary to organization were taken at a meeting of colored men In the province of Orlente. For some weeks past Havana has been the Mecca for local colored lead ers from all sections of the Ulard. wh) have come to confer with Senator Hon a Pel Gado, president of the senate and c knowiedged leader of his race, in whose honor a great demonstration was recer tly held livjiavana. The grievance of the negroes is .hat they have not been accorded the number of offices to which they feel that they are entitled. Morun Is known to have Presi dential asperntlona and as his term In the senate will soon expire. It is more than likely that he will demand a cabinet posi tion, either that of secretary of stite or secnetury of public works. OVATION FOR YOUNG KING Portugal's Raler Apple of Eye of Thousands of Tarlatan Hero Woreh I pera. PARIS. Nov. 28. King Manvel of Portu gal today received an ovation from thous ands of Parisians while on the way to mass In the church of St. Mary Magdelene. In the afternoon, the king attended the horse races at the Auteull track wl;h President Fallelres and In the evening at tended a banquet at the Ellsee palace, cor c lal toasts being f chapped. Kuan Attacks Dakota Editors. SIOUX FALLS, a n.. Nov.' 2S.-SpecUl.) The only ripple on the South Dakota political sea at present la the develop ments of an attack made rerently by GivrjiH v, Egan, the disbarred attorney of thin city, who formerly resided at l ot-an. la., upon O. W, IMngman, editor of the Ceiiterville Journal, and a veteran Eolith I'akota newspaper man. The at tack, which was of a bitter personal na ture, was made by Mr. F.gan. it Is pre sumed, because Editor IMngman had re fused to support the candidacy of Mr. K,an for nomination to the office of governor of South Dakota. Mr. Egan charged that Editor IMngman has been bribed to support Governor . Vessey for renom.iuitlon by being given Insurance statements by the state Insurance depart ment. Editor Kingman submits the proof li. denial of this harge, and a number of newspapers mhlch heretofore have not t .ken any part in the Ean and antl Kean fight, are strongly supporting the 'e:UervUle editor. struck Head br 'Grladstoaa. SIOI X FALLS. 8. D., Nov. Sv-cSpeclal.) Mnhael Brock, a well known farmer 'King In the northern portion of Charles Mix county, was fatally injured by being ruik by a piece of grindstone after the 'nrtston had exploded. He aa oper he grindstone with a gasoline tu- and the great speed was more than mrtndKtone could withstand One of the flying plwes struck him oa the head, ren dering him unconsdoua from the start. The unfoitunate farmer was U years of and aa marrlej As n Tries to Minisser, Gd' ,rong Man Insane Man Gives Rise to Rumor of Attempt on Life of President of France. PARIS, Nov. 2i-An individual, believed to be Insane and having Imaginary griev ance against the War department, shot and seriously wounded General Verand today on the steps of the Hotel Continental, as the general was entering the hotel to at tend a banquet. The man was arrested. Later It was learned that he had mistaken General Verand for General Brun, minister of war. The attempted assassination created a sensation. It occurred a few momenta after President Fallelres left the Hotel Bilsiol nearby, where he was calling on King Manuel. As four shots rang out, the peo ple and policemen In the streets first thought that It was an attempt against the life of the president of the republic, the king of Portugal. Hundreds ran In the direction of tha shots and several of the officer sprang upon General Verand's assailant, who proved to be an Algerian. He was over powered wi;h difficulty and was found to be a perfect walking battery of revolvers and daggers. General Verand received bullets In the neck and forehead and his condition Is con sidered dangerous. Twenty Shots Fired at BallooU Army Artillery Men Are Unable to Hit Target Five Hundred Feet in the Air. NEW YORK. Nov. 28. An anchored bal loon, sent up off Sandy Hook today as a continuation of the army's first test of aerial warfare passed unscathed through a fire from a gun especially designed for the purpose. Twenty shots In all were fired, but none hit the bag. The results of the experiments are being kept a secret, but the outcome of today's test became known tonight. The balloon was fired upon at a height of about BOO feet, but whether the failure of the special gun to destroy It resulted from the weapon's In efficiency or poor marksmanship could not be ascertained because of the secret policy adopted In connection with the tests. Mme. Steinheil Goes to England Woman Famous in France Forced to Leave Hotel in London When , Identity' isTCnown."" " ' LONDON, Nov. 28 Mme Steinheil, who recently was acquitted In Paris of the charge cf murdering her husband, arrived at Lonlon this morning. She traveled under the name of Mme Dumont. The woman evaded the crowd of waiting news paper reporters and proceeded to a houl. Tracod to this place, she declined to see anybody and the manager of the hotel, upon learning her identity, requested" her to leave. She took a train at Euston Sta tion, It Is believed, for Liverpool. GIL DECISION WITHOUT PERMANENT MARKET EFFECT Financial Intereats Recover Promptly, but Pear Revival of Antl Trnat Agitation. NEW YORK. Nov. 2S. Nearly the whole thought of persons Interested in the stock market ws given up last week to the court decision against the legality of the Standard Oi" company. The effect of this was the greater on account of the active speculation that had been going on for some time because of reported plans and consolidation of the principal copper pro ducers and the passing of control of the Western Union Telegraph company to the American Telegraph and Telephone com pany. Fears arose that these transactions would be nullified by the new decision. The passing of anxiety over the Imme diate money situation lacked the power to help the market In face of the unset tlement caused by the Standard Oil de rision. The liquidation forced on the mar ket and coming on a specu'atlve position over-extended In some directions, made a weak market at times. Some recovery ensued as operation on the new situation crystallized and apprehension of the con sequences subsided. The returning con fidence was based mostly on the prece dents of other similar cases to which re adjustment has been successfully made. There was also voiced some confidence that the hearings of the anti-trust law, ea Interpreted on all forms of combinations, and even, It was maintained, on partner ships, might prompt Its modification or repeal. There remained an undercurrent of apprehension, as was shown by the weak ending of the stock market, over the prospect of the public agitation and open ing up for discussion of the whole sub ject of legislative regulation of corpora tion affairs, which would accompany a program of attempted modification of the existing law. Uncle Samuel's Payroll Swelling Year by Year WASHINGTON. Nov. 28-The personnel ot Uncle Sam's establishment is Increas ing by leaps and bounds, the grand total of all federal employes at present being approximately JTO.OCi, as against 306.141 In" 1T. an Increase In the two years of about 41,000 persons, or about 80 per cent. These and other Interesting facta are brought out In the official register, or government "blue book," for 1S09, which shortly wli: be Issued by Director of the Census Du rand. The oew publication will show that there were ift.H7 pvrsons In the faderal employ In Washington on July 1. last, the annual Payroll for them being S31.S41.zS, an aver age of nearly S1.OO0 each. This total wli: be temporarily swollen next year by the addition of about 1.009 persons to the FREEZING RAIN LEVELS POLES Sleet Storm of Saturday Night Causes , Astonishing Amount of Damage. ICE ON WIRES WRECKS LINES Thousand Telephone Poles Fall in Lincoln District Alone. GRAND ISLAND LINES SUFFER Communication by Wire to Interior of State Demoralized. DAMAGE REPORTED EVERYWHERE i Some Respects Steady Drlsale of Saturday Night Was Moat E -traordlnary Ever Experi enced In Nebraska. About the time day was breaking In Omaha Sunday morning call boys were out routing from their beds all the linemen of the Nebraska Telephone company and the telegraph companies. This step was made necessary by the condition brought ibout by the slret storm, which had been quietly but persistently getting In Its work during the whole of Saturday night. Reporta received at Omaha headquar ters of the telephone company Indicate that 1.000 poles are down In the Lincoln dis trict alone. Out In the Grand Island sec tion there Is a'so a great deal of damage reported. In Omaha and vicinity the trouble Is not of so serious a' character, but It la bad enough to keep ail hands hustling to maintain uninterrupted service. Saturday night's storm was one of the most extraordinary, In some respects, ever noted In this section. When morning dawned the telegraph and telephone wires, trees, shrubs and bushes of every descrip tion were white with Ice or hoar frost. Myriad icicles were dangling from every wire, and everything In the nature of foliage was a cold specimen of Santa C'iaus portraiture. The water on the ground was not frozen, and only on cer tain kinds of brick walks was there any appreciable Indication of frost. The clinging of the misty rain to the wires and the Fubsequent freezing thereon lias that which caused them to sag and go down, in many Instances taking the poles with them. This was especially true In cases where the poles were light or not very solidly set. Officials of the com panies that Buffered loss say they do not recall such another storm, apparently In significant In aspect, which was respon sible for so much dsmage. When all reports are in, the telegraph and telephone companies expect the total damage will be much heavier than they know of at present, for the reason that out In the state so many wires are down no- communication can, be had with their lical agents,, . ' . . . ' "XlNCCTLNr vNb v. kTbe 'worst " sleet storm for years In Lincoln and south eastern Nebraska early this morning worked havoc with telegraph and telephone systems, demoralized street lighting and stopped street car traffic A heavy rain lost night was followed by freezing temperature. Trains enter ing Lincoln were from two to ten hours late. English King's Position Unknown He Has Not Yet Said Whether He Will Arbitrate Alsop Claim for Chile. SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov. 28. The request of the Chilean government to King Ed ward that he act as arbitrator In the Al sop claim will be made through the charge d'affaires of the Chilean legation at Lon don. It has not been announced whether the request has yet reached his majesty. LONDON, Nov. 28. In reply to a euery as to whether the king has consented to arbitrate the Alsop claim, Lord Knollys, secretary to his majesty, today sent a mes sage from Sandrlngham. where the king Is at present. Baying: "The matter has not been officially brought before the king." SUGAR SCANDAL IN JAPAN Directors Charce that Cabinet Mla Istera Shared in Graft of Remitted Taxes. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. Sensational charges have been made by the directors) of the Dal Nippon Sugar company. In volved In the sugar scandals of Japan, against cabinet ministers andaelder states men of sharing In the graft of $3,000,000 secured by the Formosa Sugar company, according to reports brought today by the steamship Bellcrophon. Director Isomoura made a statement to the court that his company had sought to monopolize the vugar Industry In the Orient and that the government permitted the exemption of taxes to the Formosa Sugar company alone, permitting profits of 6, 000,000 yen to be made. In this be said, elder statesmen, cabinet minister and other distinguished person ages shared as compensation for their as sistance. clerical force of the census bureau, adding nearly $5,000,000 In salaries during the year or more of their employment. The District of Columbia leads all the states and territories In the number of persons working for the government In this city. The district has given the gov ernment l.flbl employes, who receive an annua: compensation of $7.1te.32t. while New York follows with 1323 employes, ahose yearly compensation aggregates H.071,510. Arizona Is credited with the smallest number, nineteen, whoa eggTa gate salaries amount to pb.iX. The Treasury department, with (KM per sons, takes the lead of all the government departments In Washington In the num ber of employes, while the executive office ends ths list with only forty-three employes. From the New York ' Herald. TWO DAYS MORE TO PAY TAX Corporations Have This Time Limit or Existence is Endangered. FEW LARGE ONES STILL OUT Commercial Clob Committee at 1.1 cola Reports that Traction Com pany Acreemeat la Devoid of Any Trick. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 23 (Special.) Every corporation In the state which has not paid Its occupation tax" by 4 o'clock Tues day afternoon will be proclaimed out of ex istence by the governor under the provis ions of the occupation tax law. While there are only a few very large cor porations which have jiot. paid the tax. there are many hundred which have failed to remit, and the list of defunct corpora tions; fm expected tu bejargf, .A. a.. In September the seeretary ot state pub lished a list 6f those corporations which had not paid the tax In two papers desig nated by the governor. These delinquents were Informed through these papers that unless they paid up by November 30 their charters would be declared forfeited and they could no longer do business In Ne braska, It is very evident that very few people read the list of corporations, for the re sponses were not generous. A district Judge of Lancaster county was up yester day looking up a delinquent corporation, and he was surprised when told that all the delinquent corporations had been pub lished. In the meantime the occupation tax law Is being contested In the supreme court, but no decision Is looked for before Tues day afternoon. After the governor Issues his proclama tion it will be necessary for a delinquent corporation to re-Incorporate, paying the original fee. before It can do business ac cording to law In Nebraska. No Joker In Agreement, The committee selected from the Com mercial club to read over the proposed agreement between the city and the trac tion company has made Its report to the effect that the agreement contains no Joker. The mayor was so suspicious of the traction company that he appointed this committee to Investigate ar.d discover. If possible, whether the agreement meant what it said, or said what it did not mean. but the committee has decided that It means what it says and says what It means so far a the committee could discover. The committee had no further authority than merely to Interpret the language In the proposed agreement, and that Is as "ar as It went. REFORMERS TO BESIEGE CONGRESS AT EARLY DATE D'etterment of Laves Governing; Traffic In Drati and Liquors Among; Topics to Be Dlacnsacd. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-Corgress Is to be assailed by reform organizations within a day or so after It convenes, for the of ficials of various organizations announce that a "reformers' conclave" is to be held here between December 12 and 17. Presi dent Taft, Andrew Carnegie and General i Frederick D. Grant are among those who have been Invited to peak. Delegates will attend the resslons of con gress and urge the necessity for changes and betterment In the laws governing the traffic in liquor and druifs. Other ques tions also will be taken up with congress. looking to betterment In the social struc ture of the country ar.d numerous church meetings will be held. CATTLE STEAMER IS OVERDUE Nineteen Daya Now Since Maria Herrern Left Snntlago for Porto Rico. SAN JUAN, Nov. SV-It is nlnetn daya since the Herrera Line steamer Maria Her lera left Santiago, Cuba, with a cargo of cattle bound for Ponce. Porto Rio. where she was expected to arrive November 11 The steamir. however, has not been heard from and it Is believed that she has flcundered. The Herrera line officials have sent out the steamer Havana to search for their missing vessel In West Indian waters wHle the Cuban government has Instructed the coast guards to explore the coast ot Santo Domingo. Flow of Lava Caaaea. SANTA CRl'Z. Tenerlffe. Nov. 28. The flow of lava from the craters has atopp-id. Activity Is now apparent only within h craters. if) THE WHIRLIGIG OF POLITICS. Nine Missing From Gunboat Blown Seaward United States Gunboat Mariette Loses Boats Filled with Its Sailors. COLON, Nov. 28. Nine men are missing from the United States gunboat Mariette, which Is lying off Port Union, Coata Rica. The gunboat today sent out a gttneral alarm by wireless and a request that ehlps proceeding in that vicinity keep a lookout for Us gig and whale boats. The -gig was manned by a crew of four and the whale boat, with five men aboard, who were car ried out to sea In the heavy weather on Friday night. Nothing has been seen or heard of either of the boats since. A re ward la offered by the commander of the Mariette 'for any one finding thej boats, "or rescuing the men. Anti-Suffragettes to Organize Eastern Association Leader : Opposed to Enfranchisement Woman . Visits South Dakota. HURON, S. D.. Nov. 28. Special.) Ad vocates of woman suffrage in this county and Immediate locality are somewhat ex ercised over the arrival here of George Clarke of Chicago. Mr. Clark Is the or ganizer for South Dakota for a New York association opposed to woman suffrage and also represents the Anti-Suffrage as sociation In Illinois. Ha is making a pre liminary tour of the state In the Interests of the antl-v.oman suffrage and In the event that an organization of the state la deemed advisable, the headquarters will doubt'ees he established In Huron. Indi cations point to South Dakota as being an open field for an Interesting campaign for and against equal suffrage from now until the next election. The advocates of the movement are desperately In earnest and will oppose eny and all efforts to weaken their hold upon the people of South Dakota. The campaign will be one of the most lnteiesting In the history of the state and money and talent provided by eastern people, both for and against the measure, will be used In this state to the best possible advantage. NO CHANGE IN CONDITION OF EX-SENATOR DIETRICH Physician In Attendance Says Caae la Not Critical at Preaent Time. Ills There has been no change In the con dition of Penitor C. It. Dietrich at !h9 Methodist hospital during the last twenty four hours, according to a statement made last evening by Dr. Bridges, the attending physician. Dr. Bridges does not think the senator's condition Is critical at this time. Alabama Votes on State Wide Prohibition Monday MONTGOMERY. Ala., Nov. 28. The voters of Alabama will decide Monday whether they will make the prohibition cf the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors a part of the organic law of the siate. The bill to be voted on Monday provldo3 for the submission to the voters of an amendment to the constitution for the pur pose of forever prohibiting the manufac ture, sale and keeping for sale of alcoholic and malt liquors and other Intoxicating liquors and beverages with the exception that alcohol may Le sold for medical, scien tific and mechanical purposes, tnd unit for sacramental purposes under sucii regu lations as the legislature may have pro scribed or may hereafter prescribe and to declare that nothing In the constitution of Alabama shall be construed to prevent the legislature under the police power from designating the places where liquors may not be stored or kept. The second provision gives to the legis lature the power to prohibit citlsena from f MANY SEEKING DR. COOK Mystery as to Whereabouts Explorer Continues. of POSSIBLE HE IS IN SECLUSION I Friend Do Not Knove Where Mrs. Cook Is Cither Prevailing View He la Taking; Best for Health. NEW YORK, Nov. 2X The sudden shift of base by which Dr. Cook, the seeker, became Dr. Cook the sought, has enlisted a email army of eager explorer, who have been able to contribute facts of col lerated Interest only. Dr. Couk who slipped quietly away somewhere yesterday, waa Btlll In retreat tonight. Mr. Wack, his counsel, has gone to the country for a week, also to seek seclusion. Mr. Wake, his confidant, still affirms that be knows where Dr. Cook Is and that be Is not going to tell. Friends of Dr. Cook, who are grieved over the turn his affairs have taken of late, undertook to explain the situation today in this way: x "It Is true," they say, "that the doctor's fears have been greatly worked on by the belief of some with whom he associated that there exists a plot to steal his records, even to spirit him away In person." Detectives on Gnard. "He even engaged two private detectives to shadow his supposed shadowers, Mrs. Cook and those In her confidence felt that this atmosphere was not good for the doctor and arranged to have him con veyed Into seclusion. "The doctor Intended no mystery. All that aspect of his affairs has resulted from the announcement made by Mr. Wack, who has not Been Dr. Cook for a' week, and merely acted on presumption that he was to sail on the Caroniaj" Mrs. Cook's whereabouts is as much a mystery as that of her hueband. The is , supposed to be staying somewhere In the city, but .lust where could not be learned. Dr. Cook's health Is a matter of great con cern among the friends whom he left in the dark. Prior to his sudden retirement he was reported to be on the verge of a breakdown, and It Is assumed that the ne cessity for abso:ute r-st may have prompted his wife to Insist on his seclusion until he shall have recuperated. Wellmaa Kntera Ring. WASHINGTON. Nov. 28 Walter Wei man, whose preparations for a conquest of the North pole In an airship were aban doned upon the announcement of the clf.lms of Dr. Frederick A. Cook and Commander Robert E. Peary, issued here tonight a long statement in which he analyzes the narratives of the two explorers, declaring that of Peary "precise, workmanlike, con sistent, credible In every particular," and denouncing that of Dr. Cook as a self-evident and even deliberate imposture." "Cook's story Is suspicious, both In what It does tell and what It does not tell," Mr. Wellman declares. "He Is generally vag le and Indefinite, but. Ukr most men of his class, altoeethor too precise at the wrong place. Nowhere does his story ring true, It la always an approximation of reality Itself. , This Is true of his figures, his de tcrlptlon of everything." keeping liquor In their homes If at any tlm prohibition enthusiasm became strong enough to demand this drastic action. The latter part of the amendment is put forth frankly to meet the recent ruling of the supreme court that liquor Is a commodity which can be possessed and stored wh-jre and In such quantities as Its owner may see fit, so long as he does not offer It foi tale. The fight during the campaign Just closed has been marked by more bltterners than has attended any other political issue In years. Both I'nlted States senators aiU five congressmen are opposing the amend ment. Governor Comer, Lieutenant Gov ernor Gray and speaker Carmlchael are supporting It. Durtng the balloting Monday, the women 111 serve hot coffee and lunches to voters All guesses as to the result are hazardous About half of the 10 000 voters failed to pay their poll tax. not knowing that there would bs an election tills year, consequently thets ar debarred from voting. 15ALL1NGEII ASKS CONGRESS TO ACT Secretary of Interior Discusses Remedial Laws for Control of Rest of Public Domain. ANNUAL REPORT GIVEN OUT More Specific Authority Asked to Segregate Lands. RIGHT TO CLASSIFY DESIRED Wants Power to Conserve Deposits to the Nation. Coal WATER POWER UNDER DISCUSSION l.lkc Mineral Or poults, lie Thinks These ltea Should lie t'nrtrr Control of vcrnmcn(at Head. i WASHINGTON, ' Nov. IS Important recommendations urging renv dial le 'sta tion by congress for securing the best u?e of the remaining public lands ar the principal features of the annual teport of Secretary of the Interior BaliliiKer, made public today. These recommendations Include specific authority to classify and sesr.-gate tlie lands Into well defined divisions according to their greatest apparent use, legislit on designed to conserve the coal depo'lts as a public utility and to prevent monopoly or extortion in their disposition and au thorizing the classlflcaticn and disposition of all lands capable of bi Ing used for water power development under the Interior de panment. Warm praise Is given manufacturers of explosives used In coal mining, who, the re port says, have made commmdable ef forts to Increase the safety of their ex ph slvcs even beyond the requirements of the geolo.lcal survey tests. Tl ey have shown a desire to carry out the wishes of the staie Inspectors and the recommend ations of the federal engineers and chemists connected with the investigations Into tha causes of mine explosions. Secretary Hallinpcr favors the Issuance of certificates cf Indebtedness, not exceed ing jnO.OUO.000, against the reclamation fund for certain lines of irrigation work. The reclamation service, says the secretary, has been subjected to much unjust and to some Just criticism. Since the foundation of the government the report shows there has be:n disbursed for pensluna S:l,913,02.al3, of wh eh J3d,4tr,U was disbursed prior ;0 June 30, 1S03. T Land Statutes Old. Extracts from the report are here given: "This report covers a portion of the tlma under the administration of my predeces sor, Mr. Garfield, who, by his earnest and disinterested services, contributed greatly ty the advancement of the department in organization and efficiency of administra tion." -.;-" f ' After dleetrertmr the proper use and dis position of public land, the report con tinues: "All of the principal land statutes were enucted over twentv-flve vears ao: tha ! homestead act, the pre-emption and the timber-culture act, the coal land and tha mining acts for the aid of the Industrious prospector, were among the earlier acta of this nature. "The liberal and rapid disposition of tha public lands under these statutes and tha lux methods of administration which for a long time prevailed naturally provoked the feeling that tlie public domain was legitimate prey for the unscrupulous and that It was no crime to violate or circum vent the land laws. It Is to be regretted that we, as a nation, were so tardy to re alize the Importance of preventing so largo a measure of our natural resources passing into tho hands of land pirates and specu lators, with no view to development looking to the national welfare. It may be safely said that millions of acres of timber and other lands have been unlawfully obtained, and it is also true that actions to recover such lands have in most Instances long since been barred by the statute of limi tations. The principal awakening to our wasteful course came under your prede cessor's administration. The bold and vls orous prosecution o land frauds, through Secretaries Hitchcock and Garfield, havo restored a salutary respect for the law, and the public mird has rapidly grasped the Im portance of safeguarding the further dis position of our? natural resources In tha public lands In the liierest of the public good as against private greed. Notwith standing this, It Is necessary to continue with utomst vlr?er, through all available sources, the securing of Information of vlciatlons cf the public land laws and to follow such violations with rigid prosecu tions. I'tlllsatfnn by Control. "In this present policy of conserving ths netural resources of the publio domain, while developmf.it Is the keynote, the best thought of the day Is not that develop ment shall be by national agencies, but that wise utilization shall be secured through prlvtte enterprise under national supervision and control. Therefore, If ma terial progress is to be made In securing the best use of our remaining public lands, congresR must be called upon to enact remedial legislation. "In order that Intelligent administration shall be applied in the disposition of the public lands, it Is essential that they be classified Into varlouj clearly defined divis ions according to their principal value or use. "Full legal effect should be given such classification when made so as to prevent entries, under laws applicable to on clasa, of land beloncing to another class, except aft"r appllcstlon for and a review of th classification; In other words. If lands ar cHsnified as coal Isnds, they should ba en terafcle only as coal lands, and In case It be shown that they are Improperly classi fied an coal lands and are. In fact, agrl c.iltiual. thev should then be enterabl only as agricultural lands. This, to my mind, is the only wsv the government can scientifically and effectively proceed to conserve the natural resource of tho pub lic domain To leave to the self-interest of applhants the option to claim a particular tract ef land ar. more -valuibla for min eral, agriculture tlmtrr. phosphate, oil or j rrn. or for power sites, Is to Invite confu sion, fraud and contention, and this has been the source of a major portion of th difficulties of the Interior department la administering the public domain. Morh V'or'-t Already Done. "It may seem at the outset that thlsj would be a radical departure, to the extent o? suspending the disposition of public lards pendmtf their classification, but, as a matter of fact, a large portion of th un-dlsposed-of public lands has already been classified by th department, hut such i