Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1894, Page 5

AYDEN: Cloak Department. Our buyer has just returned from a flying trip to the Cloak manufacturers, and we open the contents of 20 cases of ladies’ Fur capes at manufacturer's prices cut in two, Come and sce our 27-inch Coney Capes at §7.50. Come and see our 30-Inch Astrakhan Capes at $10.90, Come and see our 30-inch Ele Seal Capes at § 300 children’s Gretchens, sizes 4 to 14 years, at $4.45 all ages. These cloaks are worth from $5.00 to $10.00 each, and are all the very latest styles. Come in This Week and sce the §750 RAINBOW SILK FAN On Exhibition in Our SILK DEPARTMENT, Millinery iis I8 the largest department in the city; our prices are on the same low We basis as our dry goods pric have new, stylish trimmed hats and make a specialty of trimmed hats at 0Sc, $1.48, $2.48, $2.08. You cannot buy the materials on them for that, and we use the best Arimmings from the latest Paris models. Feathers, wings, ete, 1c upwards. We have also new plumes from 25¢ up. All the latest shapes In untrimmed frames, ete., at very, very low prices. LITTLE CHILDREN' BONNETS. New Styles 45¢ to 75¢ SECOND FLOOR , MILLINERY SALESROOM. Holiday Goods Austrian china .gold band cups, sau- cers and plates, regular price $1.00, 5,000 on sale tomorrow at 23 eneh. Decorated water sets, jug, stx glasses and tray, $1.25; regular price $4.00. I'ine etched fill, in colors, cream sets, | 08¢; worth $3.00, Endless quantity of fine china after | dinner coffees, from 15¢ up. Extra large fine china decorated cof- fee cups, 20¢; worth $1.00. | Bronze metal banquet lamps, 21 fnches high, complete, with fine shade, $1.89; worth $5.00. Fine decorated striped cuspidors, 49¢; worth $1.50. A royal Victoria Carlsl ner set, complete, beautiful tion; the regular price of this set $40.00; if we had not bought them at a | big bargain we would not have been | able to sell them any less ourselves, but | buying them as we did and the number | we ean offer one of the greatest holi- | day bargains ever offered in Omaha | while they last. You can get one for | $17.05. Terra cotta stand with with shade, 98c. Carving Sets—We carry the largest | and finest line of carving sets to be found in the west, from a genuine stag handle, warranted blade, at 9Se, up to $20.00 per set. Hanging lamps, slon, from $1.98 up. Beautiful tea sets at $2 If you want to buy a useful but still very ornamental Christmas present se- lect a fow picces from our new line of aluminum cooking utensils. gold china | 1 china din- [l 0 is | lamps, complete, with patent exten- Games, Toys, Etc. The grandest display ever made. Blackboards, 23¢, 47¢, 98¢, $1.50. Cabinet desk Sc, $1. $1.50, $1.87, 25 25, Toy room suites, 12 pieces, T5e, 87c, $1.38, §1.08, $2.38. Parlor suites, 12 pleces, $1.38, $1.75, Lead goldeers, 25¢, 50c¢, Toy kitchen rang New styles iron & 8¢, T Railroad track, engine and car, Iron hook and ladders, 2,25, Fire patrol, $1.50. Doll buggies, 85e, 38c, $1.08, §2. Muagic lanterns, . Boe, $1.25, $1.98, $2.75 up to $7 Magnetic toys, Toy tea sets, Parachute gun Pop guns, 47c Air guns, $1.00. Planos, 47¢, G9c¢, $4.00 up to $7.50. Rocking, horses, ¢ 1 , $3.50, $1.25, , $1.25, e and §1.00 $1.98. 15¢, 25¢, 38. $1.25, 0c, 08¢, $1.38, 25, $1. $1.75, $2.63, $1.25, $1.48, . $4.50. $1.48, $1.68, $1.38, Send for list of ys, 47c, 0Se, $1.68, $2.00 upwards. Mail orders filled. toys. 87¢, 98¢, DAILY OUR ANNUAL STOCK REDUCING BALE. LOWEST PRICES ON RECORD To reduce stock as quickly as possi ble. This great stock reducing sale saves you $3.00 to $10.00 on a man's suit or overcoat and from £1.50 to on a boy's sult or overcoat. GIVEN AWAY. We will present to every boy that buys a suit the U. 8. battleship Colum- bia or a fine snare drum value at 95¢. Children's Suits, ages 4 to 15 years, strictly all wool cheviot and eassimere, double breasted coats, taped seam pants have the patent waistband, war- ranted not to rip, stock reducing sale, $2.50. The very finest 2-plece sults, same ages, In fine all wool worsteds, cheviots and cassimeres, in all the latest styles and fabrics, stock reducing $3.25 and $3.75. Boys' Overcoats, ages 3 to 19, $1. it's a very low price for a boys' Over- coat, nevertheless you'll quickly see its value is $3.00. We offer you a splendid Boys' Overcoat, ages 3 to 13, stock reducing sale, $1.95. Men's Overcoats and I'rieze Ulsters, very fine, single and double breasted; stylish all wool melton and in fact all *of that big $12.50 and $15.00 line of ours, and you can't today for $15.00 in sule, $0.75. Kersey, beaver, duplicate them Omaha; stock reducing Men's Fine Suits—Look the entire country over and you'll not see such a splendid line of §15.00 Suits as the oncs we sold at that price, and now you get all Suits for $10.50 at our stock reducing you choice of these wool stylish sale. $5.00 and $6.50 now buys any Sult from our big selling men's all wool $8.50 and $10.00 Suit lines at our stock AY D | BROT HE, STATE WEALTH INCREASED Interesting Report of the Commissioner of Public Lanis and Buildings, ACQUIRED TITLE TO NUCH LAND Resume of Nebraska's Gains Under the Con- gressional Grants—Advantageous Legin- lation Recommended by the Ufficial in \ho Interest of Irrigation Companies, LINCOLN, Dec. 10.—(Special)—The ninth blennlal report of the commissioner of public lands and buildings, A. R. Humphrey, will| be laid upon the desk of Governor Crounse tomorrow. The report, while voluminous, s clear and distinct in its statistical informa- tion and recommendations, Under congres- sional grants the state has acquired title to 8,026,659 acres of land distributed through- out the state. The state received grants of lands under acts of congress in 1864 and 1868 of 46,080 acres, saline lands of 32,000 for penitentiary purposes, and 46,080 for State university and territorial grant of 1862. For agricultural college, 89,452.78 acres. Of the above there were confirmed for pur- poses above mentioned: Saline springs, 45,- 594.24; penitentiary, 32,044,01; State univer- sity, 45,426.08; agricultural college, 89,452.78. This acreage is designated on the records of the office: Number acres common school Yand, 2,782,098.78; number acres agricultural coliege, 89,000, Most' of the penitentiary lands have been flisposed of and proceeds apportioned. Nine- teen thousand acres of saline lands were dis- posed of and proceeds applied to development of salt springs; 320 acres disposed of to aid I buflding State university and agricultural college; 1,280 acres set aside for model farm. fThe remaining saline lands have been plac:d on the market by act of the twenty-third session of the legislature, under a provision regulating leasing and sale of common school lands. These lands have been placed on the market and are deeded under lease or con- tract of sale. The minimum price of sale for all public lands is $7, under section 8 of Article VIII of the constitution. Under these leases the following disposition has been made of these lands: Number acres deeded, 8: number acres contracted, 681,614.65; number acres leased, 1,683,866.00; number acres vacant, 878,135.45. As compared with the last report the above table shows that during the biennial period ending November 30, 1894, 41,050.33 acres were deeded, 67,677.11 *acres contracted for, and §66,675.19 acres leased. " AS TO THE REVENUE. ¥ The revenues are dlvided into two funds, temporary and permanent school funds, The venues derived from lease of school lands and interest paid on unpaid principal, where lands aro held under certificato of sale, con- stitute the temporary school fund. Revenue derived from sale of school lands constitutes the permanent school fund. During the biennial period from November 30, 1892, to November 30, 1894, revenue Rmounting to $662,238.85, belonging to the tem- porary school fund, and revenue amounting to §380.700.14, belonging to the permanent school fund, have been collected and entered on the records of this office. During this biennial eriod the Board of Educational Lands and unds have ordered investment of §674,742.45 in Interest bearing securities denominated in wection 8 of Article VIII of the conatitution. Fifty thousand notices to delinquents have heen issued and placad n the hands of county treasurers of counties {n which such lands are located for service. A question has arisen re- garding the legality of such notices. Litigation has followed forfeitures. The law is vague, It #s recommended by the commissioner that a| ptatute direct and explicit or service of notices ©of delinquent school lands should be passed. fhere have been but few forfeitures where &ndl are occupled by parties owing them. No rleitures have been declared during the past few months owing to the prevailing drouth of it year and consequent scarcity of crops. ost Of the forfelted lands have been leased Agaln, and at & premium sufficlent to relm- burse the state for all loss of rental and in- terest by non-payment of former holders, The state lots in the city of Lincoln were sold at auction in June, 1887; terms one-third cash, balance in one and two years, at 7 per cent Interest. A few tracts of peniten- tiary lands remain in Lancaster and Seward countles, There {8 no provision for the dis- posal of these lands and no revenue has been derived from them. Legislation is rec- ommended to authorize the commissioners to dispose of these lands by lease or sale as in the case of common school lands. There is now no law to enable ditch and irrigation companies to secure right of way across state lands. Legislation looking to this subject is recommended in the report. The legality of present school 'and appraise- ment has been questioned. The setting aside of tho appraisement of 1889 has fixed the revenue derived from lease of school lands belonging to the state on the basis of values given to these lands by the appraisement of 1885 and prior thereto, and the values thus fixed are too low. It s deemed expedient by the commissioners to ask the state for a speclfic appropriation for the purpose of hav- ing school lands of the state appraised by the proper authorities for the purpose of fixing a new basis of value and for the collection of lease rentals due the state for five years to come. The commissioner has filed with the secre- tary of the interior a brief and argument in support of the claim made by the state for the ownershipl of the old Ponca Indian reser- vation in Boyd county. STATE INDEMNITY CLAIMS. The confirmation of the state claims for in- demnity for lands lost in place of school land grant of 30,918 acres distributed among the The confirmation of claims of the state for indemnity for lands lost in place of school land Valentine land district, 13,638 acres; Chad- ron land district, 4,160 acres; Alllance land district, 11,200 acres; Broken Bow land dis- trict, 1,920. Title to these lands is absolute in the state. A confirmed lien of these lands was issued by the commissioner of the general land office on July 18, 1883. The appropriations and expenditures of the commissioner of public lands and buildings are as follows: pended, $3,000.00 Appro- priation. +.$4,000.00 400.00 600,00 Salary of commissioner. Deputy Two bookkeepe Sand contract cler 4 Kk v Traveling expenses . Board of Public Lands and Buildings. App tionment. 1 and lights, capitol. .....§7,000.00 irs and care of capitol. 2,000.0 aveling expenses 500,00 Stationery, books, efc 150.00 Printing . Employes' ‘wages and 'care of building and outstand- ing claims 5,018 1,908, 2 332, 8,000.00 7,418.84 Water supply T0.00 9.4l School land expenses, serving notices on delinquents and advertising forfeltures, edu- cational lands in county seats, and postage and postal expenses: Appropriation, $6,000; expended, $2,866.13; balance, $3,133.87. Board of Purchase and Supplies, advertis- ing, stationery and postage: Appropriation, $200; expended, $200. The following is the appropriation recom- mended by the commissioner for ensulng bi- ennial term: Board of Public Lands and Butld- ings—Fuel and lights, $9,000; repair of cap- itol and grounds, $4.500; employes' wages capitol building and outstanding claims, $10,- 000; water supply, $800; traveling expenses, $500. IN POLICE CIRCLES Sherift Miller left for Denver yesterday af- ternoon, in response to & telegram from the officers there stating that they had captured James Rooney. Rooney is the pickpocket who bad to be flooded out of & sewer when ar- rested here, and who afterwards escaped by sneaking through an unguarded door. The police are wondering at a somewhat curlous colncidence which developed a day or two since. Al Beach received a letter from Mrs. EQ Thompson, dated at Croville, Wash., asking for information regarding the wherea- bouts of one Duncan Young. She stated that reducing sale. BEE: TUESDAY, HAYDEN: Hosiery and Underwear. o aline REMARKABLE PRICE! Some substantial shrewdest sl reasons for the pperd Khways trading at our ho departmiént. 1T'S THE PRICES that will bifffi you. LADIES' HEAVY NATURAL GRAY 'S, 40¢ quality, f5c. Ladies' heavy balbriggan ribbd vests, jersey fitting; they cost to make Our Tuesday's price Is 1210, Ladies' silver gray jersey fitting wool vests, drawers to mateh; mill price 50c. We'll sell them as long as they last, only one case, Tuesday for 25c. Ladies' jersey fitting wool vests and drawers, the quality that sells for 7. Tuesday for H0c. Men’s Underwear Is the same as with the women's— money saving, Men are beginning to find this Why, If you're afraid your swell friends will see you buying it In a dry goods store, let your wife buy it. Give her the money, and dol- lars to dimes she will outfit you and herself for what you have usually paid for your own. Men's heavy shirts and drawe ural gray, 50¢ quality, down to 25c. Men's ALL WOOL shirts and draw- ers, the regular $1.00 quality, on Tues- day 50c. out. 's, nat- Hosiery Bargains There is no bottom to values here. We offer child's der! ribbed lese, all worth for pair. WOMEN'S BLACK quality, awfully cheap LADIES' DOGSKIN MITTENS, made to pair, H0c. MEN' MERINO SOX in the sale with the women's, a 25¢ quality for 12%c. wool 5 J S TIGHTS, at 15c. LINED WARM sell for $1.00 a 50c Pianos THE REASON WHY You should buy a piano of Hayden Bros.: 1st, we handle only the best; d, we sell you the best at prices deal- ers usually ask fer the cheap makes. This department i wder the immedi- ate supervision of‘ong’ member of the firm and receives the closest attention. Chickering, Steidway & Sons, Decker Bros, Knabe, Lestér, McCammon, Mathusek, Vose & ‘Son¥, Behring, stand- ard pianos of nearfy AT makes, and we will sell you any piaho you select for $100 than ypu can purchase it elsewliere for in Amerlea. PIANO TUNING, $1,50. anteed. New piapos {0 Work guar- DECEMBER 11, 1894, Great Slaughter Sa Cook & Son’s OoFr $50.,000 Stock , . . Of Fine Shoes to be sold at once for Cost and Under Cost to satisfy Eastern Creditors. ., 400 pairs ladies' fine kid shoes, Cineinnati make, always sold for 84, to close out at. i pairs ladies' kid and goat shoes, button and sold for $2 and $3, missos’ patent leathe toe, spri pri 400 felt slippers and lace shoes at cost and under cost. Ladies’ look at our bargain counter shoes that sold from $3 to $5: Rubber goods 500 paivs men's calf shoes, lace and _congress, form- er price $2.50; they go at at cost. patent t mer pr A $2,560, ull go at puirs misses’ ro number of pairs of Mzn’s rubbers and arctics at cost. ST fino kid tip,squaro heel, former fine kid spod_shoes, for- 31, S, go at. child's patent tipped 81,50 200 paiv men's fine dress shoes, lace and con- gress, plain narrow square tipped and Pic toes, former price $4.00, now go at Geo. W. Cook & Son's Shoe Stock at $2,50 go at cost, RECEIVE All our fine dr and youths go at cost and under shoos, former pric for hoys RS SALE 203-205 South Fifteenth Street. AYDE trace some important papers, and further sald IBROTH that she was the widow of the EAd Thompson who was murdered at Leadville in August, 1891, by the city marshal. Only a day later the police received a letter from Attorney Calhain, at Spokane, inquiring for a trace of Mrs. Eva Thompson, widow of the man murdered at Leadville, The Wash- ington lawyer was exceedingly anxlous to find the woman, saying that a prisoner under arrest there had informed him how he could secure a large sum of money if she could be found. RELIC OF MOSHER'S WRECK. John W. Latham, formerly of this city, was a stockholder in the Capital National bank to the extent of $10,000 and was a debtor to the bank in the sum of several thousand dollars on notes. He falled to pay up his assessment or the notes, and was sued by Recelver Hayden, who attached the block at the corner of Tenth and N streeta occupled by Glaser's saloon, some property on South Twenty-seventh street and & num- ber of lots in Harvard and Sutton, Clay county. ~ He claimed- that w part of this property had been sold to John W. Perry, a relative, and part to Fannle W. Latham, a daughter, with intent to cheat and defraud his creditors, and that with similar intent Miss Latham had sold a part to C. M. Leigh- ton for the expressed consideration of $14,000. Leighton answered soon afterwards, denying that he had been interested in segregating Latham's property and declared the purchase to have been made in good faith and for valuable consideration. Now comes the daughter, Fannie W. Latham, who denies all the charges of fraud- ulent transfer of property, and alleges that as a matter of fact the property described was never owned by her father, John W. Latham, nor was It at the date of the alleged proceedings by the receiver. She says that her mother, Diantha Latham, was, during her lifetime, the owner of a large amount of property, and at her death, in 1884, it de- scended to the answering defendant, her daughter, and not to her husband. The prop- erty was owned by the mother during her life- timo as her own, and not by gift from her husband, who had no claim on it, but who managed it for her. The daughter further alleges that when her mother died she was a minor, but afterwards, by reason of an un- fortunate marrlage, it was deemed best to protect her from her husband (who was H. L. Perryman, a former bank teller of Lincoln), and the property was transferred by her to her father, who held and managed it in his own name and for her use and benefit, but that it had never become his. When this trouble came up, however, {n order to protect her from her father's creditors, the property was transferred back to her. The block at | Tenth and N strecte was transferred to Per- ryman as security for a pre-existing debt, but that has been satisfied, and he has trans- ferred it to Miss Latham again and disclaims any claims to the property. Miss Latham also alleges that the transfer to Leighton was made {n good falth and not fo cheat any one's creditors, The motlon to quash the information against the Grossmans and Barret, Mileham and Metz was overruled this morning, but the request for separate trials was granted except in the case of Henry and Fred Gross- man, who will face justice together, Judge Hall s still on the Buckstaff fin- surance cases, while Judge Strode and a jury are trylng to ascertain whether or not W.S. Scott, allas Saunders, help:d rob the stores of Opp and Eager at Davey, LINCOLN LOCALS. The bank of Wescott, capital $5,000, fs re- ported by the state bank examiner to have gone Into voluntary liquidation, The amount of deposits was but $800, with liabilitles at about the same sum. The Crawford Banking company of Craw- ford, Neb., is now in the hands of the state bavk examiners, a deputy having reached there yesterday from Lincoln Commissioner of Industrial Statistics Erion has appointed ten delegates to attend the Kearney firrigation convention. The Lyons Irrigation, Canal and Water Power company of Deuel county was incor- porated today. The capital stock is $4,500, The Max Uhllg Hardware company of Holdrege also filed articles of Incorporation with the secretary of state. Caplital stock, $25,000. Rev. J. J. Morgan of the First Christian church has accepted a cal! to the Central church of Dayton, 0. Doctor Morgan has suc- the (Guding of Young would enable her to ceeded in building up a large membership in this gity, and has almost cleared off the church T o debt. His resignatian will take effect Decem- ber 81. Governor Crounse today appointed Henry Sprick to succeed Robert Greer on the state rellef commi Mr. Sprick Is a resident of Fontenelle. Mr. Greer did not accept the appointment and failed to qualify. WAS THE WORK OF EXPERTS. George Black, the prisoner who escaped the clutches of the law by breaking jail last night, has not yet been apprehended. Sev- eral prisoners got as far as the roof, and Willlam Johnson, who followed Black closely, was only stopped by a bullet, which grazed his ear. This morning the turnkeys found the saws with which the job was done. They are both fine pleces of metal, especially in- tended for cutting fine steel, and it s es- timated would go through the bars in about one hour. One saw was found entire, while only a plece of the other was recovered. These were found in the attic. Johnson takes the entire blame for the jail break upon himself, but refuses to tell how he ob- tained the saws. Three prisoners besides Black reached the attic, as could be seen by the soot on their clothing. Black s the partner of “Dutchy” Rouett, and is one of the pair who claimed that the county attor- ney was unjustly holding back their cases when they were anxious to plead guilty. LOOKING FOR WHIP Fuglitive Bank President's Affairs at Craw- ford in Bad Shape. FORT ROBINSON, Neb., Dec. 10.—(Special Telegram.)—This city has been visited today by lawyars, constables and detectives, all in quest of Albert Whipple, fugitive president of the Crawford Banking company and govern- ment contractor for grain, hay and wood at Fort Robinson. His creditors entered the bank of which he was president and found nothing but the stove and safe, and both empty. His room was found in the same con- dition. The amount of his defalcation is not known, but the poor farmers who supplied him with material to fill his contracts will be- the worst sufferers. One man furnished him with 400 tons of hay. His bondsmen will have to complete unfinished contracts. A $1,200 invoice of jewelry from a Lincoln firm to Whipple has completely disappeared. Jall Breakors Apprehended. DES MOINES, Dec. 10.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—The police of this city today arrested three suspiclous characters, who were after- wards identified as prisoners who recently escaped from the jail at Boone by making an assault on the sherifi’s wife, inflicting in- juries that may yet prove fatal, Since their escape ten days ago officers have been scour. ing the timber and secljided places in Boone, Greene and Dallas counties in search of them. The men were secn to enter a barn in this city this morning dud the police were at once notified, resuiting in their arrest. They were taken to Boone thi§ evening and will bs tried for murder if ‘thé sherift's wife dies. The men were hungry agd exhausted by their attempts to hide from jfhe officers the past ten days, The names of two are Charles Smith and A, J. Mclean, Withdcew, the Contest. PENDER, Neb., Dem' 10.—Speclal Tele- gram.)—The taking of etidence in the election contest of Mcll C. Jay against Nick Fritz for a seat in the legislatura as float representa- tive from the Sixteeath ‘distfict was to have | occurred today, but Jay withdrew contest pro- ceedings and Fritz will'be permitted to take his seat. Evangelist Redding at F PENDER, Neb, Dec. 10. Evangelist J. C. Redding of York, Neb,, menced a series of union evangelistic sery- ices at this place December 7. A marvel- ous degree of Interest has be:n awakened. om- Small Bluze Near snyder, SNYDER, Neb, Dec. 10.—(Special)—The house of Julius Modertsky, located two miles north of here, with contents, burned yester- day; loss, $909, Insured in the Farmers and Merchants of Omaba for $600. § Burglaes' Work at Hastings. HASTINGS, Dec. 10.~—(Spec ~Yesterday burglars entered the house of Frank Carnan and carried offt a diamond ring and a gold necklace, besides a new overcoat and $20 In money, CALL WANTSTO BUY OUT CUBA | Also Has a Desire to Put a Stop to the Oriental War, NICARAGUA CANAL BILL CALLED UP Senator Morgan Makes a Leagthy Speech Advoeating Government Ald and Polnting Out the Valuo of the Caual to This Country. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10.—Mr, Har- ris of Tennessee, president pro tem, called the senate to order today in the absence of Vice President Stevenson, who has not yet returned from Asheville, N. C., where he is with his family. Mr. Call of Florida presented a resolution setting forth that the independence of _the island of Cuba is an object of great importance to the United States, and requesting the president to com- mence negotiations with Spain for the recog- nition of the independence of the fsland and for the guaranty by the United States of such a sum of money as shall be agreed upon between the United States and Spain. The resolution went over until tomorrow. Mr. Call also presented a resolution de- claring the further prosecution of the war between China and Japan will not be ad- vantageous to the peace of clvilization and | that the interests of the world require that all governments shall unite in negotiating with Japan and China for the termination of the war, Without discussion the resolution was referred to the committee on forelgn relations. Mr. Allen of Nebraska called up his resolu- tion to expunge a portion of the oongres- sional record and send a resolution introduced by him last July to the attorney general. The latter resolution called for Information concerning the Pullman strike. This reso'u tion was passed, but wa onsidered on motion, of Mr. Pugh of Alabama. Mr. Allen bitterly assailed this action, and 2lso at- tacked the attorrey general, to whom he at- tributed the action of the Alabama senator. Mr. Pugh of Alabama vigorously defended the attitude taken by Mr. Olney and pointed out what he regarded would be the impro priety of demanding the information asked for in the resolution. He declared the posi- tion of the senator from Nebraska was un reasonable and untenab! CANAL BILL CALLED UP. At 2 o'clock the whole matter went over and the senate, on motion of Mr. Morgan took up the Nicaragua canal bill. The bill | was read at length. Mr. Morgan began his remarks by making a general statement o the national and International aspect of the subject upon which the senate and house bills agreed. Careful calculations, he in sisted, showed that the canal could be structed at a cost that would yleld a r munerative profit; that it was a necessary improvement; that it would be of the great est importance to the United States that it could be operated, and that there was noth- ing to render impossible concessions ms by the Central American govern- ment to the citizens of the United States Finishing this general statement, th senator devoted some time to the discussion | of the characteristics of the country through | which it is proposed to build the canal and fts | advantageous route, as compared with that of | the Panama canal route, and asserted that no | such improvement couid be given to com- merce as tho construction of this necessary | complement to the Suez canal. The route is feasible, the engineering work easy, and there | will be no extraordinary work required on any place on the whole route. Mr. Morgan quoted from the report of Chief Engineer Menocal, who estimated the canal could be bullt for $65,000,000, and sald he thought the expenditure of the $4,000,000 al- ready spent had demonstrated the actual cost would bo even lower than that estimated by Mr. Menocal. The two houses of congress | employes of the house and senate their salary practically agreed that the cost of the canal would be about $70,000,000, and the guards and restrictions to be thrown around the ex- penditures were matters of easy adjustment The manner of raising the money was a ques- tion of expediency that should not be allowed to affect its construction. He argued in sup- port of the proposition that contemplated gov- ernment ownership of the canal. England owned stock in the Suez canal, and why should not the United States own stock in the Nicaragua canal? The canal must be built under the foster- ing care of some government. We must act now or abandon the canal to its fate. At the conclusion of Mr. Morgan's speech Mr. Mitchell of Oregon briefly expressed his hearty approval of the scheme to build the canal, and said he thought there was no great difference &mong the people regarding the propriety of the work of construction. The senate then, at 4:15 p. m., went into executlye session, and at 4:30 p. m. adjourned, GERMAN AGKARIAN DEMANDS, Similar In Many Inst: % to Those of the Farmers Alllance. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The aims of the great and rapldly moving agrarian party in Germany are clearly defined in a set of resolutions passed by a special committee last month and transmitted to the State department by United States Consul General De Kay at Berlin. These are of grave im- portance to the United States, not solely from the direct effect upon our industries to be derived from their attainment, but also because this great German party, which, ac- cording to the consul g:neral, is basing great hopes on the new chancellor, s sald to work out great principlss that have been embodied in our own political plat- forms and that have been the subjects of long continued strife in eong Some of these touch the pressing issue of uniform in- ternational values—meaning international ra- tios of colnage—as of primary importance to agriculture; others relats to the establish ment of national granarfes, akin in some re spects to our alllance project. But of imme diate interest to the United States, which uses so much forelgn capital, Is a proposi- tion to establish a speclal censorship over e acceptance of public loans offered to for- and another submits the entire tarift system to a rew arrangement to benefit in- ternal production. Something like our anti- option bill {s suggested by a demand for “a thorough r:form of the grain exchang on | the basis of actual business in real articles,” | In fact, the resolutions as a whole embody | in a small compass a surprisingly large num- | ber of what have been regarded as purely American id:as. ELLS HOW IT HAPPENED, CLARK T Explained How Defoar Overtook the Mis- | sourl Democracy. WASHINGTON, Deec. 10.—The voted today under the rule report mitt de- to the business 1 from the District of Columbia com- Several bills of purely local impor- tance were passed, and a resolution was adopted sctting aside the third Saturday in January for eulogies on the life and character of Marcus B. e, lata representatlve from tho Tenth Kentucky district. A joint resolu- tion was also passed to pay the officers and house for the present month on December 20, The feature of the day was a speech of about forty minutes by Clark of Missouri He had his time extended several times, and mads a rambling talk on the tariff, his late de and other matters, being frequently interrupted by republicans, who jibed and laughed at his statements. The latter part of his remarks had no bearing on the subject under discussion, After passing a few local bills the house adjourne Appointed by the President. { WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The president | today sent to the senate the following nom- | inations Postmasters—Henry Joynt, Norton, Kan.; Charles M. Giller, Ossawattamie, Kan.; James W. Willlams, Warrensburg, Mo.; W H. Cecil, Mount Vernon, Mo.; W, C. Howard, Beeville, T Navy—Assistant Engineer Charles B. Rom- mell, to be past assistaut englueer. COUNT FRAUD IN NEW YORK Manipulation of Retuins Shows Brooklyn May Maintain Autonomy, that VOTES STCLEN FROM CONSOLIDATION Politicians Working to Defeat the Greater Now York Froject After the Feople Have Given a Decisive Man- date in Its Favor, NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The board of super~ visors of Kings county will wind up the official count of the vote today. The guber- natorial figures will not differ more than 100 or §0 from those glven on the morning after election. There is likely to be some trouble over the consolidation figures. The figures transmitted to police headquarters on elec- tion night gave a majority for consolidation of 1,615, and a few days ago, with only a dozen districts missing, the officlal count indi- cated a majority of at least 2,000 On Suturday with a few districts still to be counted this majority had dwindled down to 277, and there were some well defined rumors that it might be wiped out entirely. Lawyer Sanders Shanks, secretary of the Consolidation league, has notified the county clerk, and the clerk told the board of can- vassers that he would demand the right to 80 Into the county clerk’s office today and canvass the vote. Mr. Shanks said: I watched the canvass carefully down to last Wed it and the vote then showed that consonaation had a ority of 2,940, There were then on ve or thirteem election districts to be heard from. The tally sheets now show that during the las three days of the carivass there had been extensive tampering with the Twelfth, Twenty-second and Twenty-third wards. Figures were erased and othe:s put in thelf plac The clerks when spoken to about this explained that there had been errors which had been corrected It is a most peculiar feature about the whole business that the only mistakes should be discovered in the vote on consolidation. Another remark- ablo feature is that all these mistakes were against consolidation, It is surprising that instead of still leaving a majority of 217 for lidation they ~ Lave not already wiped it out altogether. It is a most fla- grant violation of the law. Mr. Shanks says that jJust as soon as the result of the official canvass is announced the league will make an investigation and sift the matter to the bottom. It s said that during the tedious canvass of the vote the official returns were often left for hours in the hall of the board of supervisors, in easy reach of any person who wished to tamper with them. It 15 also sald that at an early stage in the canvass of the vote when it was gener ally admitted that consolidation had obtained a clear majority of 1,600 or more Intima- tions were thrown out In various quarters that this would be upset before the count as finished. Another suspiclous feature is that according to the admission of Deputy County Clerk Barpard some of the county canvassers had misunderstood their Instrue- tions and destroyed the original ballots in- stead of putting them in the possession of the police authorities It 15 sald in explanation that In general politicians want no change, and are opposed to consolidation, and that the politiclany have had influence with the canvassers. in Children Cry foi Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry foy Pitcher’s Castorla, Children Cry lor Pitcher’s Castoria.