Iipl, Ji-u'im
not tlie s-jthirltatlve
accomplish ih -ult
lf.H.t . tffn
kI.cc nittinrd.
".'. to minerals, other than those herein
after rpe fllRrfl, tratl8 of the rnnnher of
t ? ! occurrence, 'doubtless no ffrrtlve
d.-j-sific-aOoh can 'be made In advance of
CifPovry. and they should for that rmon
1 treated iiii an etoeptkon In classification
nil 4 d-alt with arOnrdlnglT.'
"A regard r.w legislation, the prevnt
rr.al lurid laws respecting the states and
territories, an well as Alaska, should be
mpplantrd by nn act fully meeting existing
aa well a future conditions.' The Induce
ments for much of the crime and fraud,
both constructive and actual, Committed
Under the present system can be prevented
by separating the right to mine from the
title to the soil. The surface would thereby
be open to entry under other laws accord
ing to Its character and subject to the right
to ejetrart the coal. The object to be ob
tained In any such legislation la to con
serve the coal drporits as a public utility
and to prevent monopoly or extortion In
their disposition. This may be accomplished
cither through a lending system, by which
the' title would remain In the government,
under proper regulation and supervision by
the secretary of the interior, or through
( sale of the deposits, and In either case
with restrictions on their mining and use
which would control the minimum output
and conserve the deposits as a public utility.
I believe the moat advantageous method
will be found In a measure authorizing he
lease or sale of the coal deposits in the
lends, subject to forfeiture for failure to
cx'Tclse the rights granted, under such
reasonable regulation as may be Imposed.
An exploration period of at least one year
uion a permit basis, at a nominal charge,
would injure to the applicant the necessary
preliminary knowledge upon which to make
ihe leas' or purchase of the coal deposits
and venture the necessary Investment for
operation, The maximum unit authorized
for this use could safely be made from
three to five sections, provided no greater
aurface rights be granted JhaJi will give
proper facilities to reach and extract the
coal deposits.
Proposes Forfeiture.
"In case of failure of the lessees or
grantees o open and operate the coal de
posits under reasonable limitations and to
maintain an output reasonably suited to
the deposits, and In case of combinations
as to price or limitation of output, tltlo
should be forfeited by proceedings in court
for that purpose. Government mine super
vision would doubtless be neceswary to en
force the conditions and limitation under
the grant.
"The above suggestions with reference to
the disposition of coal deposits are equally
applicable to the oil and ga fields In the
public domain, and similar legislation as to
land containing the same is hereby recom
mended. Indeed, the very nature of these
two Important mineral resource requires
that their disposition be In term of quan
tity of the product extracted rather than
of acreage.
"Pending the enactment of new legisla
tion aa affecting coal lands, all known coal
areas were withdrawn . from entry for
classification and appraisement through the
geological survey.
"April 10, 1909, I changed to a practical
nd acientlflo basis the system of classi
fication and valuation for , disposition of
coal lands under existing laws. For the
purposes of classification and valuation,
the. coal deposits are divided Into four
classes In accordance with their fuel value
and trio thickness and depth of the coal
bed. The prices of the lands are determined
on the basis of an estimated tonnage and
range from one-half, cent to, S cent per
estimated ton, In accordance with the qual
ity, thickness and ' situation of the coal.
Trovlslon Is also made for taking Into
consideration In making the Valuation any
special conditions nhaneinj the -value of
the land for coal mining purposes; also,
for a review of the classification or valu
ation upon proper application and showing
to the department.
"The olasulflcatlon and appraisement of
the coal lands In the states and territories
oth'r than Alaska prooeed upon the author
ity of the act of March t, 1873, which flxs
the minimum price only for lands and
leaves to the secretary of the Interior their
appraisement and the determination of
their maximum value. In view of the fact
that the lav of Alaska directs the dispo
sition of the cool lands In that territory
at the Tat t ate of $10, per acre, no such
classification pr appraisement Is warranted
hy existing law. ,
- "Congress has, by the act of February
M, iiWS, substantially adopted the recom
mendations made by me aa commissioner ot
the general land, office in the enactment of
a statute, known as the "dry-farming" or
"enlarged-homestead" act,, authorizing the
classification and entry of semlsrld lands.
The department has. through the geologi
cal survey, under this act classified 171.037.
til acre.
"I have also recently withdrawn tempor
arily, for the purpose of submitting the
subject to congress for new legislation,
lrrge areas. of oil lands In Wyoming. Cali
fornia, Utah and Oregon.
"I desire, to call attention to authorlxe
the executive to reserve certain areas of
these lands for the purpose, of affording a
supply of fuel oil for the future use of the
navy, and to make such regulations as may
be necessary for the preservation and ex
traction of auch deposits. No legislation
eslsta for the entry of oil and gas rands
other than the general mining laws of the
United States, which are not adaptaMe to
the disposition of landH containing mineral
oils and gas. '
"Under 4he previous administration there
were temporarily withdrawn, pending
action bjf congress, f,702.5iO acres of land
In the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah
aa containing phosphate deposits. These
lands ar balng re-examined by the geo
logical survey at my direction with a view
to eliminating alt tract not containing suoh
deposits.,'. The area of the original with
drawals fcaa now been reduced to 4.471.4SS
acres by the elimination of nrnphophate
lands, ard I am advised by the classifying
officers tlat additional areas will hs elim
inated as . a result of their examination.
The lands, containing phosphate an not
adaptable to disposition and sr ould not be
allowed to'be disposed of as either placer
or lode mineral Claims, but the deposits
should b leased or sold In limited areas
rd on conditions preventing monopoly and
Insuring domestic use."
"The so-called timber and stone acta of
June t, !S7S, and August 1, 1303, should
be repealed, and a w enacted providing
for tho disposition cf all the romalning
timber upon te public lands separately
from the soil, and, for the disposition of
tha land after the timber is removed,
under appropriate agricultural or mineral
laws.
"The approximate agtrregnte of lands
subject t Adjustment under the railroad
land grant in national forests, within
the primary . Hrntts, which ate, un surveyed
la .X7.4v9 acres.
"Theae lands cannot b surveyed out of
the present or general appropriations by
congreas for the survey of public lands,
as such' survey without additional legis
lation would net give the department au
thority to reimburse Itself out cf the lands
In case of failure of the private owners
to make repayment on demand. There
ta no Incentive for the .-rrantees of these
lands roark re srrveys and to m-ke de
posits therefor, Inasmuch aa until sur
veyed they aru not subject to state or
other local taxation.
"T therefore recommend that congreas
to atked to make an appropriation suf
ficient to survey these lands, impose a
lien upon them for the reimbursement of
the cost thereof, and give authority to
compel a prompt reimbursement.
' "On anticipation of new legislation by
congress to prevent the acquisition of
tower sites on the public dnmiln by pri
vate persons or corporations with the view
of monopolising or adversely control'lng
them Mlnst the public interest, there
have been temporarily withdrawn from
all forms of entry approximately wfl.rt
acres, covering all locations known to
possess power possibilities on unappro
priated lands outside of national forests.
Without such withdrawals these sites
would be enterab'e under existing laws,
and their patenting would leave the gen
eral government powerless to Impose any
limitations aa to their use. ,
"It the federal government' desires to
rxerrlre control or supervision over water
power development on the public domain.
It ran only do so by limitations Imposed
upon the disposal of power and reservoir
sites uron the public lands, the waters
of the stresms being subject to state
Jurisdiction In their appropriation rjid
beneficial use. I woU"d, therefore, advise
that the congTess be asked to onset a
measure that will authorlxe the classi
fication of all lands capable Of belrnt used
for water power development, find to di
rect their disposal, through this depart
ment. under substantially the following
conditions:
"1. That the title to such lands be re
served In the federa' government, and
only an easement granted for the pur
pose of developing and transmitting elec
trical power for private and public use.
and for the storrge of waters for power.
Irrigation and other uses;
"2. That such easement be granted for
a limited period, with a maximum of at
least thirty years, and the option of re-'
pewal for stated periods upon arreed
terms:
"3. That entry shall be accompanied by
plans and specifications covering the
works sought to be Installed, and cover
ing the maximum hors power capwhle.
of development at such site; also, that
a substantia', entry fee be paid to show
good fn.lth. and that a transfer to the
United States of the necessary water rights
to permit of tho estimated power develop
ment be made;
"1. That the construction period allowed
entrymrn for the development of at least
25 per cent of such power shall not ex
tend beyond four years, or sirch further
time as may be granted by the secretary
of the Interior upon a proper showing;
"6. That a moderate charge shall bo
made on the capital Invested, or upon
the gross earnings of the project for the
first ten years of operation, adjusted at
each subsequent ten-year period, and
equitably determined by appraisement;
"t. That all 'rlghta and easements shall
be' forfeitable for failure to make develop
ment within the limitations imposed or
upon entry Into any contract or combina
tion to charge or fix rates beyond a rea
sonable profit on the Investment and cost
of operation, or entry Into any agreem?nt
or combination to limit the supply of alr-e-
trical current, or failure to operate the
plant; and,
"7. That all books and accounts shall
always be subject to the Inspection of the
department.
"Unreasonable or narrow restrictions be
yond the necessity of public protection
against monopoly, or extortion in charges,
will, of course, defeat development and
serve no useful purpose. The alatute
should, therefore, while giving full publlo
protection against the abuses of the privi
leges extended, so far as consistent, en
courage Investment In these projects; and
It must always be borne In mind that ex
cessive charges for the franchise will fall
upon the consumer. Legislation of this
character proceeds upon the theory that
congress ' can Impose such contractual
t?rms and conditions aa It sees fit In the
sale or use permitted of government lands
so lang aa suoh limitations do not con
flict with the powers properly exercised
by the state wherein they may be situ;,
ated. , ........
rteclaiua Hon Service. -.,.,
"The act approved June 17, 1M2 known
as the reclamation act, clothes the rOi
tary of the Interior with a broad discre
tion in the construction of Irrigation works
and the disbursement of the reclamation
fund, into which fund had been paid, up
to and including June 30, 190$, the total
sum of 150,661,349.27, and the net invest
ments from which the reclamation works
on June 30, 1909, amounted to the sum of
k","ii7,918.M. The cash inipts from water
right charges to June ap, 1909, wore: Build
ing charges, jzre.Ml.zn; operation and main
tenance charges, 170.82S.S8; total, '370,667 10.
Because of the magnitude of the work and
the desirability of making plans far in ad
vance, it has been 'found necessary to
make estimates of the amounts that will
become available before the actual receipts
can be known. The estimated total re
ceipts in the fund to June 30, 1909, are 18.
5SJ.14C.66. Upon this basis, and estimated
receipts which will become available be
fore December 81, 1910, 5, 528,060 have been
allotted for reclamation purposes to De
cember 31, 1910.
"The discretion Imposed by the act also
carries with It oommensurate responsibili
ties and obligations, which my predecessors
have carried out with the utmost fidelity
to the public good.
. "Some of ' the most important elements
of conservation of the natural resource of
the public domain lie within the purview
of this statute; the dormant power of
steaara and flood being conserved for the
transformation of the desert Into vast till
able areas.
"The receipts from all sources do not give
encouragement that the fund will "Ire. suf
ficiently replenished to enable an expe
ditious completion and extension of exist
ing projects or to take up any new work.
I am not, in favor of the extension of the
time of these payments, as eleven year
(which the law practically gives) without
Interest, in ten annual Installments, ought
to permit any prudent man to meet his
payments, unless the cost of construction
Is a greater burden than the lands will
naturally sustain.
"la view of the Importance of a speedy
completion of existing projects and their
proper extension, ' and of the necet-hity In
1912 of an adjustment between the slates
by which the major portion of the funds
arising from the sale of publlo lands within
each state and territory shall have been
expended so far aa practicable within such
Bltte or territory, and In view of .the Im
portance of making a beneficial use of
waters already appropriated or capable of
appropriation to which rights may be lost
for nounse.I believe an urgent appeal
should be made to congress to authorise
the Issuance of certificates of Indebtedness,
or of bonds against the reclamation fund,
to an aggregate of not exceeding t,000.OJO,
or so much thereof as may be needed.
These certificates or bonds should be sold
by the treasurer of the ITnlted Htatr from
time to time as may be required by the sec
retary of the Interior -and the pr6ceeds
placed to the credit of the fund. They
should be redeemable 'on call within a
period ot not exceeding ten years after
issuance. The proceeds should be devoted
to the completion of feasible vttatlrg proj
ects and the construction of any feasible
extensions thereof, and ao much thereof as
may be needed should be devoted to the
construction of new projecta In the states
and territories In which the expenditures
have not met the requirements of aectlou
I of the act of June 17. 1902. This Is a re
aftllmatce of my recommendation to you
frotn the field August I. 1!0.
"Among etheT amendments, an ademnd
ment to permit the anUnment r ho:ue-
' '
TTE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1909
stead entries, within projects, offer entry
men havce completed five years' residence
and cultivation and made proof thereof. Is
recommended.
Indian .Affairs.
An Investigation of the field service of the
Indian bureau In the early spring satisfied
me thst it required a thorough reorgsnlrjt
tlon. and steps have been energetically
taken to effect this necessity. In no other
public service Is It as Important to have
reliable and faithful field agents and a
systematic method of Inspection and report
as In the Indian service. The Indian may
suffer the Impositions and know of the
misconduct Of his agen without a murmur,
where the white man under similar provo
cstlon would loudly voice his rights. This
diversity of temrerament has. In H measu-o.
Its foundation In the fact that the Indian's
appeals have been too frequently Ignored
by field agents, especially where the In
dian's Interest conflicts with the white
mar's Intvrest. I have no doubt that this
unfortunate condition has had a demoralize
Ing effect upon some of the officers of th
service. I do rot want It understood that
the service ha. no eeerts or superintend
ents In the field who are of th hlirh type
and character tl at st-ch a service demands.
On the contrary, the faithless and de
ficient agent Is the exception, and the de
partment Is dispensing with the services
of such officers as fast as (hey can be
weeded out.
Indian lVarebonsea.
"I am strongly In favor of discontinuing
th( United States Indian warehouses at
New Tork, Chicago, St. Louis. Omaha and
San Francisco as soon as It Is possible to
clear up the business that will pass through
them under the annual contract system
The Indian service Is purchasing about
12,000,000 worth of supplies each year under
a system which Is In no wire based on
commercial methodn. '
"It Is purposed to develop a system of
purchasing through purchasing agents and
to make arrangem-nia for the ellmlnathn
of certified checks, contracts and bonds,
and to provide for the settlement of all
bills within discount periods certainly not
exceeding thirty days from delivery.
"The cost of Inspection (Inspectors ar
now hired at $10 per diem and expenses)
will bo rllmlf.ated. as the goods will be
bouBht principally f. 0. b. destination, and
inspection made by the superintendent ie
celvir.if them. At least M per cent of the
expense of the annual contract work and
the handling of claims at Washington will
be saved."
The Yellow Peril.
Jaundice malaria biliousness, vanishes
when Dr. King's New Life Pills are taken.
Guaranteed. 2T.c. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
RELIEF FOR CHERRY ORPHANS
l tilted Mine Workers Propose to
Raise Permanent Fond of
9100,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28.-The United
Mine Workers of America will attempt to
ralsa $100,000 as a permanent relief fund
for tho widows and orphans of the victims
of the Cherry, 111., mine disaster. It was
announced today.
President Lewis estimates there are one
thousar.d children who have been made
homeless. While the Red Cross society Is
attending to Immediate needs of the des
titute families at Cherry, Mr. Lewis be
lieves a fund should be raised for the care
of the children in the future.
It Is the plan, Mr. Lewie says, to have
the fund helO In trust by the committee for
the benefit of the widows and orphans of
the Cherry dlBaster.
Hill ftli-ra ta If uron follesre.
HUUON, S. D., Nov. aS.-tSpeolaU-Dr.
Cnlvin If. French, president of Huron col
lege, has been odvlaed by James J. Hill
of the Great Northern railway system
that he will give $60,000 to the endowment
fund of Huron college. The Rift Is con
tingent upon, the raising of KMO.OOO ad
ditional for this fund. This amount must
bo; raised within two years. President
Krench, as well as the trustees of the col
lege, are greatly pleased over Mr. Hill's
offer and are confident that they will suc
ceed In raising the amount required. A
number of gifts are already promised and
the outlook is very favorable.
To F.narlnnd After Fortune.
MARSHA LLTOWN, la., Nov. 28 (Spe
cial.) Convinced that thj Bank cf Eng
land holds In trust a fortune belonging to
his grandfather. William Hobson of this
city Is now In Bloomlngton, 111., looking
up evidence preparatory to going to Eng
land to establish his claim. Hob'on's
grandfather was a rloneer of Vermilion
county, Illinois. He died in 3874. DIj
Kr.sllsh home waa In Devonshire, but ho
camo to America In isr. Twenty years
later his father died In England, leav n
his property to the eon, who had gone to
America. The address of the latter,, who
was Hobson's grandfather, had been lost
and no one appeared to claim the estate,
which, after years, reverted to the crown.
If you desire a clear complexion take
Fofey's Orlno Lavatlve for constipation and
llvor trouble, as It will atimr.iato theso or
gans and thoroughly cleanse your Kystem.
which Is what everyone needs In, order .0
feei well, bold by all druggists.
(irfenmnri Faces t'naraje.
NORTH M'GRIOGOII. Ia., Ndv. 28-(Spe-clal.)
Tracked for four yeara by federal
officers, Joseph Grecmore. who fled from
this city with detec:lves on his trail, was
arrested at Memphis, Tcnn., and brought
to Dubuque yesterday afternoon on a
charge of forgery of a pension check for
$-4. He endorsed the name of his mother,
Mrs. Jane Qroemore, to the check, sp it
Is claimed. Qreernore formerly lived at
Prairie du Chlen. Wis. He will be tried
In the federal court in Dubuque.
Moveltiea MtiKK iJih ami Dodge.
Dies Vtrttra to Duty.
ROCKFOUD, Ia.. Nov. 2'. (Pp-clal )
Ccntractud while he was attend n a p-.-tient,
typhoid fever yes erday eau-ed ihc
death of Dr. L. E. Klinefelter, an eld and
honored physician of this city and north
ern .Iowa. He earned money to securro
his medical education by working In the
railroad gravel pit and with the s ctlon
pang. He Is survived by his wife and two
children.
Watches KKKNZi::-.:.it:i u; U Dodge.
Iimaii Halve floury.
OSKALOOSA. la., Nov. 28. (Special.)
Twenty-five hundred dollars is the dona
tirn for the relief work of the Cherry,
III., mine sufferers which the Iowa United
Mine Workers, with headquarters In this
city, will send. The money Is to be sent
at once and more is to follow if it Is
needed.
Diamonds I-Ki-.N4,.tt-u..h and Dodge.
District Methodist Con terrace.
AC K LEY, la.. Nov. 2S.-(SpeclaL)-Ttie
twenty-fifth sevslon of the Marshalltown
district of the Upper Iowa Methodist con
ference opens In this city Mondav and
c-ntlnuea through Tuesday and Wednes
day.
rii.rs rrcu i to to days.
I'ato Olntnunt is gusran'Md to cure any
case of Itch ng, Blind. Bleeding or Pro
truding piles in ( 10 14 days er money re
funded ice.
Bee Want Ads Are la Beat Business
Booster,
Some Things You
The American Congrcs3 Jackson Versus The Senate.
When the smoke of the campaign battle
of 132 had cleyed away It was found that
Andrew Jackson had an overwhelming ma-
Jorl;y of the popular vote, and that as
agaJnst 219 electoral votes for "Old Hick-
ory" Henry Clay could muster but forty-
nine. The seven votes of Vermont went 10
William Wirt, the antl-Masonlc candidate,
and the eleven votes of South Cnr.il na,
where the electors were chosen by th? leg-
lslature under the drmlnst!on of Calhoun,
were cast for John Floyd. This sweeping
victory Jackson regarded as a complete
vindication of his veto of the bill to ro-
charter the Hank of the United States.
He firmly and slnoerely believed that the
electlon had been n battle royal between
the common people and tha "monster
monopoly" of the bank, as representing
the money power and the arlstociacy. The
arlttocracy, which had been unhorsed in
congress by the revolution of liOl, was now
b&nlshed from the While House to linger
on or.ly in the south, where It mr-t its po-
litloal death at the hands of the farmers'
alllanoe and the free silver movement In
the last decade of the nineteenth century,
Believing himself commlsslond by the
will of the people to destroy the bank Jack-
son Ics; no time In parley. He resolved
not to await the expiration of the charter
in lcJ6, but adopted the suggestion of Amos
. M .
Kendall of Kentucky, a member of lh9
"kitchen cablne;," to sever the relations
of the government with the bank. Th;
charter provided that the irnvernment
funds were to be deposited In the bank un-
less the secretary of the treasury should
otherwise direct. This gave the adminls-
tratlon a power which congress could not
abrldfie except by mustering the two-thirds mn-
majority necessary to defeat tho presl- But the winning eloquence of Clay, the
dent's veto. Icy logic of Calhoun and the profound
Having decided upon the removal of the reasoning of Webster wero not equal to the
deposits, Jackson met with determined op- popularity of Jackson marshalled undr
position in his own official family. Louis the admirable captaincy of Benton. On
McLane, secretary ot the treanury, re- January 16, 1K37, the resolution to ex
fused to agree with the president in his punge waa adopted by a vote of twenty
belief that the government deposits were four to nineteen. The secretary of the
not safe In the bajik. He reslKned under ,nate produced the Journal, and In the
pressure and was succeeded by William
J. Duane of Pennsylvania, who was known
as an opponent of the bank. But Duane
proved to be very independent, and he
would not order the. removal of the de
posits, nor would ho resign when re
quested to do so. Jackson was not the
man to brook such opposition, so he
summarily removed Duane from office and
appointed Roger B. Taney, then attorney-
general, to be secretary of the treasury.
Taney Issued the order removing the de-
posits. That Is, the funds were with-
drawn from the bank In the regular busl-
ness of disbursements and no new de-
posits were made. This heroic action, the
audacity of which hd never been dreamed
of by the opposition, put the whole coun-
try into a turmoil and Inaugurated the
bank war which waa to continue for years,
The public- moneys were then deposited
in state banks, selected by the admlnlstra-
tlon, which came to be known aa "Pet
Banks." Jackson began his agitation for
the extinction of the debt and the dlstrlbu-
tlon of the public .funds to the several
states. The finances of. the country were
plunged into a chaotic condition. But in element. Clay made the mistake of Ignor
the streea of this atortn, Amoa Kendall, of ng Tyler, and set himself up to lead and
the "kitchen cabinet," later postmaster- rule the party and to dictate to the presl-
general, devised the Independent treasury
bill, which was passed, and which organ-
lied the treasury department on a basis
independent or ail banks. The treasury
today Is conducted practically upon the
tt-enoau pian, me oesr mat can be de-
vised fh the abeenCe Trf ' a central national
banlt-
On March 28. .1834,. Henry Clay, offered
in tne senate a resolution or censure con-
oemning me motion tor me presiaent in
removing deposits, ine resolution was ou-
...... uwu,., .1. wUl
It waa atibpteS by a vote of 26 to 20. Jack
son sent a message of protest, requesting
that It be be entered In the Journal of the
senate. :ciTtTa request waa refused by a
vote of 27 -to 11
Benton at once gave notice of his inten
tion to offer a resolution to expunge the
resolution of censure from the lournaJ.
and he declared that he would fight for
that resolution until he was successful.
He kept his promise and for three years
led the bitterest fight in the history of the
American congress. Benton and Jackson
had been friends In their early youth, but
during the was of 1812 had become enemies.
Jackson acted as second to W 11 lam Car
roll In a duel with Jesse Benton at Nash
ville while the latter's brother, Thomas II.
Benton, was In Washington trying to save
Jackson from bankruptcy. When the
older Benton returned to Tennessee he waa
furious and vowed to whip Jackson on
Eight. They met on the balcony of a hotel
In Nashville and encaged In a general
fight in which Jackson was severely
wounded by Jesse Benton. Thomas Ben-
ton took Jackson'a sword and broke It on
the DUb:ic souare In Nashville and de-
nounced Jackson as a coward. It Is one of
the wonders of history that two such men
should have reconciled such a quarrel. But
when JackBon came to tha senate In 1S21
he found Benton there representing the
new state of Missouri. Jackson was given tur' Blncu "old Hickory's" death, that a
a seat next to Benton. One morning Jack- fcerlous proposal has been made to cntablih
son spoko to Benton as If nothing had hap- national bank. Senator Aldrich is now
pened, and Inquired about the health of fighting the ghost of Andrew Jackson.
Mrs. Benton. That evening the Bentons The Issue of the battle la for the future to
called on the Jacksons, and the quarrel reveal.
was ended. By TaZOXKIO t. HASKDT.
Years afterward when Benton was the .
champion of Jackscn In the senate he went Tomorrow THIS AJKUKZCAIf COIi
to the White Houe and nos denied ad- GRESS The Great Slavery Battle.
Sick Recluse
Loosens Horse
to Summon Aid
Old Han Iirins Alone Dies of Toison-
in? and Woman Claims
Estate.
BROKEN BOW, Neb.. Nov. 2V (Ppeclal.)
Ellsht, Sanders, a well-to-do farmer and
Crand Army man, about 03 years old, living
alone. 011 his farm mar Milburn, died some
time during Thanksslvlng afternoon from
what was probably ptomaine poisonir.iJ.
The old gentleman, realising that he was
in a dar.treious condition and not being able
to communicate with any one, crawled to
the stable, turned hi8 horse3 loose and
allowed them to wander to a neishhorlng
larm, thinking It would attract attention,
which It did. When assistance arrived, he
was discovered sitting sn the door sunning
himself. A doctor was sum.noned from
Anselmo, but could render no relief. Cor
ener Cole took charge of the body and
brought It to Broken Bow. A Bon and
daughter of the deceased arrived from
Oceola, Ia., today and will try to arrange
about settling up their father'a catate,
which they may find some difficulty In do
ing, Inasmuch aa a Mrs. Mason of Kearney
Is alUgcd to havo laid claims to havllig
married the deceased eight years agj. Aa
the legitimate wife of Sanders haa bete
dead only three yeara this would seem to
complicate matters not a little. A. J.
p.nwera. an undertaker of Kearnar. la
authority that Mra. Uuon has been tnvea-
Want to Know
mlttance. The servant explained that the
surgeons were rutting a bullet out of the
president's arm. "Then I'll go in nnd see
It. I was present when the bullet Went In,"
said Henton. striding post the servant and
Into the house.
Cloy, supported by Webster anl Ca'houn.
fought Benton to the bitter end. Once
Benton was persuaded to permit the amend-
rnent of his resolution by striking out the
Word "expunce" and Inserting "rescind.
reverse and make null and void." Webster
then made the mistake of gloating over
this amendment as an anti-Jackson victory,
Webster's speech renewed Benton's courage
and determination and he Immediately of-
fered the resolution In its original form
with the objectionable word In its old place,
The fight was on again,
The Issue before the country was to ex-
punge or not to rxpunge. Legislatures
elected senators with that question in mind,
and gradually the Jackson forces became
stronger and stronger. The Hank war wai
carried on into the next presidential cam-
pr.lgn, when Jackson practically ordered
the people to elect Martin Van nuren In
h stad. The Whigs were demorallaed and
th. Jackaon forces araln swent th. rn.m-.rv
in splto of the effort to stem the tide with
Jt.nnthp wnr hfrft f!n,.ro! V!ll!nn- Ilonrv
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Harrison. The election over, Benton re-
newed his battle In the senate. It was ap
parent that the hour of victory had come,
the three great chiefs. Clay, Calhoun and
W(,b8ter- fht on- Senators came to the
capltol armed, in anticipation of violence
Washington was practically divided Into
two arme5 e-amps, bank men and Jackaon
open aenate in the presence of the demo
crats, nearly all the whlgs had left the
chamber, he drew a series of broad, black
lines around the resolution of censure,
and wrote across its face the words: "Ex
punged by order of the senate this, the
18th day of January, 1807." That page is
ono vl lne moBl '"resting mings to De
"een ,n the capltol today, and the slip on
'h'ch- the roll call was noted by tlw
clerks ia on exhibition In a glass caso at
the library of congress.
This was complete vindication of Jack
son by congress for his action in defying
the will of congress, but it did not end the
bank war. Vtfn Buren failed of re-election,
being defeated by the whig hero. General
Harrison, whom he had defeated four
years earlier. Clay considered himself the
leader of the whig party, however, hold
ing to the old notion that congress was
supreme. Harrison, unfortunately for the
whig plana, lived but a month and was
succeeded by John Tyler, whom the whlgs
had nominated for vice president In the
hope of conciliating the old "nulllfier
dent. Tyler was incensed with Clay, and
ha listened to promises of re-election from
men who surrounded him. Congress passed
a bill to charter a bank and another re.
pealing the Independent treasury act. Tyler
Blgned the treasury repeal bill aid vetoed
tna bank charter. He pointed ou his ob-
jectlons carefully In his veto message. vThe
wnl(t con8,esa. led by the enraged dlay,
pa8Bed another bill, meeting Tyler'a 00-
j6Ctions. But Tylor vetoed It also.
The infiuence of Andrew Jackson was
stront in Washington then, and that in
fluence supported a president who waa
openly despised by the leader of the whlgs.
Tyler vetoed the bank bill to be revenged
on Clay., TIiuh, for the second time, Clay
had delivered a body blow to the national
bank by overestimating his own powers
and underestimating those of hla chief
em,m'
lomy.
In the tragic record of the defeat of
Clay's ambitions It is a remarkable fact
that It waa Clay's speech against the re
charter of the first banlc of die United
States, delivered In 1S11, which caused
Jackson to question thu constitutionality
of the bank in his first message to con
gress That Clay was right in the main
features of hia contention for the necessity
of the bank is now generally admitted.
But he was most unfortunate In the con
duct of his cpmpalgn for his cauje.
The second veto by Tyler ended the bank
war as a Uve lsfiue' A Bt" Question had
ccme 10 lne lroln' Bnu ule country was
about ,to bs PlunKd lnt tlle of the
"lru8s' uv" "" regained
domination of congress, and he nominated
nd elected Folk president. His organlza
tion wa3 Compact, und the whlgs were
"ev"- able to successfully wage war
apalr.st t. "'though thy did once again
'ect a president. But the bank was dead
ard It ls onl' now. ""'' '" tt half co-
Heating the amount of property that San
ders poESeKsed.
DKATll OF WEI. I, KNOWN FARMER
rorare Pearson, Nr., Paaaea Away at
t Ills Home.
TECUMSEH. N., Nov. 28 (Special
Telegram.) George 'petraon, sr., a well
known farmer of thin county, died at his
home three miles south of this city Satur
day afternoon, aged 83 years. Mr. Pearson
was born lit Germary and was married to
Miss Elizabeth Wake In that country. The
family home hs been on the farm south
of Tecumseh for twenty years. Besides the
vlrlov. Mr. Pearson lnva four sons.
William, George, Robert and John Pearson,
all of this cmrnty, and three dnuhters,
Mrs. J. E. Cornell of Saratoga, Wyo.. Mrs
Ai ra Blegs .f Senle.ke, Tex., and Mrs. J
II. Biggs of Alberta. Cunada. Mr. Pearson
was one of Johnson county's best Known
and most Influential farmers. The funeral
will be held at the Methodist Episcopal
church here Tuesday afternoon at S o'clock
corducted by the pastor, Rev. R. Pearson,
and burial will be In the Tecums h ceme
tery. Administrator After Twenty Years.
KEARNEY. Neb., Nov. SS. (Special.) A
petition for the administration of the estate
of Lydla E. Thatcher of Shelton waa fllid
In the Buffalo county court Saturday by
her son, R. W. Thatcher. Mrs. Thatcher
died in U47, but no move towards the
administration of her estate was made
until a few weeks ago. Recently her father
died and she was Joint heir, ao It necessi
tated the administration of her eetate be
fore the other heirs of her father'a estate
could come into possession of their pro
perty. Boa want-ads are busmesa boosters-
TROUBLE BREWS FOR COCRLLN
Grand Island Man Alleged to Have
Committed Bigamy.
LEGAL SPOUSE WANTS A DIV0ECE
This Srrnred. he Is Collated on io
Set tle Law In Motloa for Par
ioe of I'nnlaMnar Man
Who Floated ller.
F.imer F. Cnrklln of fir and Inland, for
merly of Omaha, Is sure t- be In'.rr s.el
in some pending litigation In th distr c'.
court of Douitlas county. He is b Invr ued
fur divorce. In fact, on the gmund that he
contracted a bigamoua mnrrlae wllii
Anna Gustafson of Grand islan 1. Whe.i
the divorce case Is done the first Mrs.
Cocklin Is In the mood, It is sail, to pros
ecute him for bigamy.
A copy of the second marriage Ilcchs-
secured by Cocklin has been scured by
D. M. Vinsonhaler. attorney fir Mrs. Cock
lin the first, and It sets forth that August
1P09, a permit to wed was Issued to
Elmer Cocklin and Miss Gustafson by J.
H. Mullln as county Jude of Hall county.
Also there is at hand a copy of the cer
tificate of marriage of the two by Rev.
John J. G. Grahama. who marrlrd them
September 2. Judue Mullln makes affida
vit that the copies cf the license and th
wedding certificate arc true and correct.
Cocklin and Mrs. Cocklin No. 2 are known
to havo been living together subsequent
to the date of the alleged second marriage.
There Is no known possibility of a divorce
from Mrs. Cocklin No. 1.
The plight attributed to Cocklin is du
plicated In some measure by that of Wal
ter Blackett of Omaha, who will hear
from the lips of Judge Estelje Tuesday
whether ho Is legally a bigamist or not.
For the court will then decide, he says,
the question whether Mrs. Blackett No. l's
petition to vacate a decree of divorce shall
be granted. Kluckrtt obtained a decree.
Later Mrs. Blackett filed tho petition to
vacate and brfi.ie It was heard Blackett
contracted his second alliance.
If the court shall rule against Blackett
he will be In the position of being married
to the first wife and not married to the
second, and Mrs. Blackett No. 1 has said
she will prosecute him for bigamy.
LINCOLN BARBER SHOOTS
WIFE AND TRIES SUICIDE
F. T. noMnxnn, a Darner, Apparently
Insane, Tries to Kill Woman lie
Drove from Home.
BEATRICE. Neb., Nov. 28. (Special Tel
egram.) F. T. Robinson, a barber from
Lincoln, this afternoon shot his wife three
times, and then turned the weapon upon
himBelf, receiving a wound under tho heart.
The shooting occurred In the Pcnner block,
at 3 o'clock. Both are alive, but it Is be
lieved they cannot live.
Robinson recently drove his wife and
three children, the oldest 7 and the young
est 2 year of age, away from their home
at Lincoln, and since that time Mrs. Rob
inson has been making her home In the
Penner blnck here with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Folden. Robinson .vis
ited them here Thanksgiving day, and re
turned to Lincoln. He returned today and
calling his wife Into the hall, shot her
three times. One ball entered the right
side, the other the left cheek and the third
passed through the hand. He then shot
himself Just below the heart. Robinson Is
?0 years of arts and his wife 28. He has
been acting strangely. of late and is believed
to be Insane. His parents reside at Eagle,
and formerly operated a hotel at Plymouth.
Neb. Mrs. Robinson Is the daughter of
Charles Folden, who was killed west of
this city seven years ago by going through
a bridge with a threshing machine.
Celebrates Silver Wedding.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Nov. . (Special
County Clerk Plgman and wife oelebra.ed
their silver wedding Saturday night nt
their cozy residence on the south side.
About sixty Intimate friends were present
and brought with them many handsome
and valuable souvenirs for the occasion Mr.
Plgman first came to Nebraska In '84 froln
Bloomfleld, Ind., and took up n hnme.Jt'Sad
near Kearney. Here he met Miss Hattlc
George, whom he married the same year
In 1SS9 he moved to Custer county and se:
tled In Ixiup township where he farm-d
and taupht school. In l'HM, he was ap
pointed deputy county clerk under Georgi
Dewey and at tho explratldn of the term
was elected to that office, which ho has
held for the last four years. Mr. Plgman
Is a strong supporter of the republican
party and Is ex-chalrman of the republican
county commltt'c. Beginning with tho
new year he will take up his new du'.'.es
aa census director of the Sixth Congres
sional district.
Thieves Cnngbt with Goods.
STANTON, Neb., Nov. 28. (Special.)
Tuesday afternoon three stranpe men were
seen near the depot In an Intoxicated con
dition and one of the men carried a good-
1 Blzcd package. City Marshall White locked
the three men in Jail for disorderly con
duct, and then the package was examined.
It contained one overcoat (worn several
ilnys), ailx new pair men's trousers and
two suits of men's clothing. When ques
tioned aa to where then- got the goods they
could give no satisfactory answers. The
officers then had the merchants examine
the clothes and It was found that the two
suits belonged to August Loebe and the
six pair of troi)B?rs beloViged to F. A.
TP. A. Raabe, but no one here claimed the
overcoat. Neither cne of the merchants
had missed the clothing, but Mr. Loebe
thinks the clothes were taken from his
store while one of the clerks was asked
to grind coffee for one of the parties in
the adjoining room.
Ilnrllnittoii Rebnlldlniv Hand.
PERU. Neb., Nov. 28. (Special.) The
steam shovel which is to make the new
roadbed for the Burlington railway at the
sink below town, arrived Tuesday and be-
i gan work Thursday cutting back Into the
j high bluff for the new track. The en
I glne Ie a monster machine and is cipable
of handling an Immense amount of rock
j and ear'.h In a day. It Is estimated that
' It will be engaged In this work for aoniu
weeks, posijly all winter. The new grade
which Is being made for the track In the
vicinity of Barney, Is progressing rapldlv.
This track Is to be laid back nearer the
bluffs, making a change of nearly a ml!e
and a half at one place. These two re
pairs to the track will amount to the re-
I building of a goodly section of the Burling
ton road near here.
Arllnaton I'loarer Drops Head.
ARLINGTON. Neb.. Nov. 2. (Special.)
L. B. Sheppard an old resident of this city
dropped dead Friday at 2:39 p. m. of heart
failure. Horn at Buffalo, N. Y., 72 yeara
ago. deceased rame to Arlington abouty
thirty years ago and engaged In the grain
business with W. H. Badger of this city
Later he sold, out hla business here and
moved his family away. During the Klon
dike rush Mr. Sheppard wens to Alaska
and bought gold mines that turned out to
be paying. About one year ao he returnei
to this city and purchased his former home
and again became a realdent of this city.
.Ji--j.J '- -
He leaves a widow, two daughters, one of
this city, while the other resides at Wa.-V
Ington. The body will bo sent to Chlc.iiro
next Tues.lay for Interment.
4 hll4 aealded to Death.
PERU. Neb , Nov. Si. (Fpe lal.) An ac
cident which culminated In the deth (f
the 2-esr-old son of Mr. and Mrti Frrd
Nelson at th ir home In l.nndm prrclnc:,
occurred last Wedmsday afternoon. Thi
child was playing In the kitchen with a
t.ic,- wagon, and was backing alon tho
floor with It and watching It. when he
backed and foil Into a bucket of sc.ildlnj
water. The llUlo fslliw's sermon brou.lu
members of the family to the iyhuo, but
It was too late, as he had l-eri badly
l.?.i!d(d ahoul the body. Dr. Tlr wns
rummoned and did ftll he could to alleviate
the suffering of the child, but In s( r.e i.e
all his efforts the little one died on Thurs
day of his burns.
MrbraWn 'ew Notes.
Hl'M ROLDT Luther Burow and Mire
Ethel Scholia. Well known yourg people
of this section, were united In marriage
Wednesday by Rev. Mr. Nunnlnga of Fatia
City. .
K EARNRY The claim of Charlea a
Bul ev f r :.r,i(i np ,iriHt th Meisner es
tate of Sheldon, was disposed of In coun.jr
coi'it alii settlement made In tho sum of
$400.
KEARNEY -The county Judge of Buffalo
county Ismed a nurrlago license to Fred
L. Haxzard and Miss Ruby G. Robblns,
both of Miller, and the young people were
married In that town Saturday afternoon.
KEARNEY Arthur Nichols of Oder-ax
was taken to the Insane asylum at Hast
ings Saturday morning, he having become
v olently irr.Mio. This Is the second time
Nichols has been confined in that Institu
tion. H I'M ROLDT The local Odd F-llowV
lodge has bought n lot east of the Sterna'
store, on the s uith side ot the square, and
expect to erect a two-story brick building
thevenn. the upper floor to be uttrd as a
l"dgo room.
Gl'lDE ROCK Thanksgiving day 'at tha
home of Mr. and Mrs. William Pettlt. their
daughter. M'r.n Amy E. Pettlt. was mar
ried to Robert ". Fersuson bv RG. W.
Pool. Mr. nnd Mrs. Kercuson will make
their home nt West Chester, la.
NORTH PLATTE A new firm begin
business In North Platte this morning, that
of Derryherry Forbes, which succeeds
the firm of Workman & Derryherry. The
firm will continue the Implement and (ur
n!to store heretofore conducted bv the
old firm.
KFARXFY The trlnl docket of the dlr
trlrt court fiw the December term baa Just
been published, and shows twenty-nine
civil Jury case and seven crlmln-jl cas-s.
This Is tho smnllent number It civil sul'aj
that have appeared In any on term of
cou't. Besides th"e. there were thirty
three cases of equity.
HUM ROLDT Wilbur Bullls. a former
Humboldt, boy, wns bidly Injured this week
st Neodosha, Kan., by coming around a
curve In bis motor buggy Just In time n
co'llde with an enulne. Both vehicle and!
rider were carried sonie rtlstnnre s-d
thrown Into a ditch. Fortunately he es
caped dangerous wcunils, unless Internal
Injury was riustaincd.
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