Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1895, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BER: MONDAY, JA ARY 14, 189 it least lflfl”n mi properly done. The number of employes in the secretary's office Is too large by half. With three sec- retaries, a bookkeeper, a stenographer, two typewriters, a messenger and a JAnitor it would seemn as If extravagance had been pushed to a limit. The room Is sixteen feet square, and the janitor suffers a pang of remorse every time he gives in his time to the sergeant-at-arms. Ten pages are drawing salaries for work that two active boys would go to sleep in doing. the senators concede that the pages are too numerous by half. The lieutenant governor feels the position o has been placed In by the outrageous sy tem most keenly. He has endeavored to re- siat the pressure brought to bear by senators and politicians, but he has not succeeded. He I8 the victim of a system against which he has either lacked the courage or the strength to_rebel. With the senators the tendency has been to Inerease the length of the pay roil rather than to shorten it. Instead of uniting to assist the lieutenant governor fn breaking down a disgracoful system, they have united to make it impossible for the lleutenant governor to make the effort. Nor can the independent senators immolate themselves upon an altar of superiority. Their extravaganco two and four years ago was equally marked, and In the present session beyond a protest against the voting of news- papers and stamps to members they have remained quict, forbidden to protest by thelr own party’s record in the past. John Steen. ex-state land commis hustling for the position of deputy missioner under Russell. It is stated Steen’s chances are fairly good. It 18 reported that Church Howe has of- fered his Nemaha county farm of 1,100 acres for sale and expects to move his residence to Lincoln or Omaha. es exertion each day It foner, and com- that e — GALE ON THE ENGLISH COAST. Heavy Snow and Intenso Teamo. LONDON, Jan. 13.—A terrific gale, accom- panied by a heavy fall of snow, prevailed throughout the country Saturday night. The cold was iIntense. The snow drifts in some places were uwelve fect deep and the mail carts were stopped. The drivers who at- tempted to make their trips suffered terribly. The highways are blocked and railway trafiic 18 delayed. The telegraph lines are down in all dircctions and all the cross channel steam- ers were hours late, The Cunard line steamoq Lucania, from Liverpool yesterday for New York, arrived at Queenstown three and a Balf hours late, Several vessels are ashore on the coast of Wales. The bark Brilliant, from Cuba for Bremen, was driven ashore in Pool bay, Dorchestershire. Her crew were rescucd by a lifeboat. The vessel will prob- ably become a fotal wreck. It s reported two ships foundered on the Humber and that thelr crews were drowned. The railway com- pany's ferry at Erie, opposite Hull, caught fire during the storm and was destroyed. A barge was wrecked off Sandgate, Kent, and the rescue of her crew was accompanied by exciting scenes. The lifeboat men attempted o launch their boat, but the craft got stuck in a snowbank and it was found impossible to get her into the water. At this juncture & heroic coast guardsman sprang into the boiling surf. Swimming with powerful stroke, he after a severe struggle reached the wreck. Then a heavier line was drawn aboard and 800n the crew and their gallant rescucr were safe on shore. Vessels are putting into the - Toadsteads for shelter. Several skating acci- dents and a number of deaths from exposure are reported. The snowfall continues. old Deluy Tnland DESTITUTION IN AUSTRALIA, Unemployed Demand the Government Af- ford ¥ ef. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 13.—Advices re- celved by the Miowera, from Sydney, N. S, W. W., state that a great spirit of unrest is felt In that colony, owing to the depression of trade. The number of unemployed men is dally increasing and the increase is followed by renewal of agitation in the form of meet- ings and processions of unemployed through the principal streets of Sydney, besides num- erous deputations to pariiament. The Mall, the weekly edition of the Morning Herald, says the discussion has be- gun to assume threatening tones and the government must take action at once to aleviate the distress or serious consequences are threatened. The revenue for November dast showed startling decreases. Though the intentions of the government are not yet definitely known, the ministers have hinted that they will ghortly raise a loan for the purpose of carrying on public works to afford Telief. Mnnchus Wil Defend Themsolves. LONDON, Jan. 13.—A dispatch to the Times from Tien-Tsin says the Manchuria princes have taken the defense of the coun- try mto thelr own hands in order to pre. yent the intrigues of the Chinese officials, The central government is bewildered and helpless. Ll Hung Chang, although he has been relieved of all his functions, except the governor generalship of his province, still “exercises “indirect influence oOver the various officials. Chinese who have arrived JONES T0 PLAY PEACEMAKER Attempt to Reconcile Divergent Opinions on the Ourrency Question, HAS A BILL READY FOR SUBMISSION Provides for a Bond Issue to Retire Green- backs and Treasary Notes and Froe Colnage of Silver, the Owner to Reeeive 1ts Balllon Value. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The probabilitics are that the beginning of the week will see the introduction of still another currency bill in the senate. Senator Jones of Arkansas, who at the critical stage of the tarift legisla- tion took that matter in hand and harmon- ized the different elements so as to bring definite results out of a chaotic condition, Is the author of a new bill and he comes to the front this time as a compromiser and harmon- izer. There has been objections made to the bills prepared by Senators Vest and Me- Pherson on the ground, in the cass of the Vest bill, that it leans too fuch toward silver; and in the case of the McPherson bill, that it Is too exclusively in the interest of bonds, Senator Jones realizes that sllver and bonds are the two antagonizing elements in this question and his effort has been to prepare a measure which wiil, perhaps, not be all that the friends of either cause would naturally demand, but will in the end secure the sup- port of both elements. He has.been in con- sultation with many of the leaders of both these contending elements in the senate and it 1s understood that his bill as outlined to them has received very favorable endorse- ment from the representatives of all of the conflicting interests. It is also understood that the terms of the bills are not unfamillas to leaders in the house. Furthermore, it is probable that it has been brought to the attention of the proper authorities in the exccutive branch of the government. The bill will first provide for the issuance of 214 per cent bonds to the amount pf $500,000,000, which are to be paid for in gold and are to be used both for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the govern- ment and the redemption of United States and treasury notes. The bill wiil also pro- vide for the issuance of bank notes to take the place of the treasury notes in such a way as not to produce a contraction of the cur- rency. Another provision Is that the national banks shall be allowed to issue notes up to the par value of the bonds and the tax on national bank circulation is fixed at one- fourth of 1 per cent. FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. In the interest of silver the bill provides for its unlimited coinage, under the condition that the holder of silver bullion may take it to the mint and havé it coined into silver dollars, the government retaining as seignior- age the difference between the coinage value of the bullion and its market value on the day that the bullion is taken to the mints. The bill also provides for the withdrawal from circulation of all greenbacks, treasury notes and national bank notes below $20 and the substitution of silver ccrtificates in denom- inations of less than $20, which are to be payable in silver. The bill will contain pro- visions against either undue inflation or con- traction. There is no definite program for the house this week. There is a bare possibility that a new currency bill will be thrawn into the arena of debate, but it is only a possibility. The concensus of opinion now seems to be that any proposed currency legislation, to be success- ful, must be initiated at the other end of the ¢apital. Tomorrow is District of Columbia day, and on Tuesday the house probably will take up the consideration of the Indian appro- priation bill, which was reported yesterday, which s the only appropriation bill on the calendar, 1f the sundry civil appropriation bill (the most important of the bills not re- ported) is not ready before the Indian appro- priation bill {s disposed of, the committee on rules probably will give the evening time to business from various commitices. A day may be given to the consideration of the find- ings of tho court of claims. HEAVY DOSE OF REFORM. Japanese Administer Herolc Treatment to the Corean Body Politle. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Late newspaper advices received at the Japanese legation are to the effect the reform program presented to the Corean government by the Japanese Is making satisfactory progress. This pro- gram, according to the Kigi (newspaper), was presented to the king of Corea on the 20th of November and was approved by him. The propositions included among others the fol- lowing: That the administrative power should center in the hands of one man; court affairs should be distinctly separate from Manchuria bring ghastly reports of the desolation of the country between the Yalu river and the lia Hao, recalling the worst horrors of the Talping rebellion. Conditions Favor the Challenger. LONDON, Jan. 13.—~The Times this morn- ing prints the text of the mutual agree- ment clause of the deed of gift governing contests for America’s cup, and udds that the condition’ now ruling the races appear be more favorable to the challenger than those governing Vigilant-Valkyrie matches in It annuonces the new Valkyrie will Ill;ble to strae for America at the end of Dervishes Attack the Egyptians. LONDON, Jan. 13.—A dispatch from Cairo to the Dally News says the Dervishes at- tacked the Egyptlan uulrflnu 100 miles west of Wady Halfa yesterday, several Egyp- tlans ‘being killed.” The curf)s under Captain Treadway is pursulng the Dervishes, P T REAVY SNOW IN NEW YORK. Jee Formed as Far South as Savaunnuh, Georgla. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The storm which ‘was coming this way from the northwest has dissipated, and at 10 o'clock tonight the mercury began to rise. The heaviest snow- Zall reported toduy was at Buffalo, where in four hours eleven inches had fallen, The fall In temperature along the Atlantic coast le ranger from ten to thirty degrees, ex- tending’ from Boston to Tampa, la., and e freezing point extended as far south as HOUETON. " 'ON, Tex., Jan. 13.—The weather all over ‘the' south’ and east of Texas has been colder than for years, with thin foe on the ponds. The fréeze has stopped the Browth of the second crop of cotton GENESEO, N. Y., Jan. 13.—The most ter- rifle blizzard 'that has visited (his section for years is now on. Twelve nches of snow has fallen on the level, and it is blowing n gule, thith o dlins of'wn ‘end. Trafic througl the country will peded for several day Susquehanna Out of fts Ranks. from the general administration of the coun~ try—the court aud state affairs have hitherto been mixed up. A sovereign Is bound to obey the laws of his own country; the court should be systematically organized; the func- tions and competence of the cabinet and the various departments of state should be de. termined; (axes should be unified by the finance department; a military system should be established, and, after this has been placed on a sound footing, the adoption of a navy is expected; useless and extravagant display should be done away with, it being a stand- ing fault in Corea from the court to the lowest officlals to indulge unnecessary display and useless ceremonials; a criminal code should be enacted; the police authorities should be unified; the discipline of govern- ment functionarles should be rigidly en- forced and any such practice as that in vogue of selling government offices must be abolished. The authority of local officlals should be limited by statute and the power centralized; appointment or dismissal of government officlals should be arranged according to a fixed system; promising youths should be sent to study In Japan; and the unification of the natlonal policy is requisite in order to establish the independence of the country on a sound basis and effectively to reform home affairs. ‘Tain-Won-Kun, until recently the aged regent of Corea, and who was deposed for gending letters to the Chinese generals in Phyong-Yang, has apologized to the Japan- ese representative and declared, by way of showing his repentance, that he should not take any further part in the =®live politics of the country, A difficulty” at present on the horizon of Corean politics 5 sald to be the Insatiable ambition of the queen to interfere in state affairs. Obliged to curb her ambition while her inveterate enemy, Tal-Won-Kun, was at the head of the administration, she Is now watching an opportunity to regain her for- mer position, and such an opportunity has presented itselt in the gradual wane of the old statesman's power and his ultimate re- tirement. A correspondent describes the intense dis. tress that the Japanese army is laboring under In the province of Shin-King, China, The army of over 30,000, the correspond. ent says, is almost on the point of dying from starvation, thirst and sold, as there is no wood to cook their rice with, or water to drink. Many have been frozen to death from their inability to face the cold with an insufliciency of food and clothing, the greater number of these being coolics, ABOLISHING SEOTARIAN SCHOOLS, Legislation Attached to tho indlan Appro- priation Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Représentative Holman, chairmau of the lLouse committee on Indian affairs, has prepared a report to accompany the Indian appropriation bill. It shows the total Indian appropriations for 1885 were $663,58) less than for 1894, while this bill, providing for 1896, carries a total <f $6,496,820, a reduction of $238,173 below the appropriation bill for 1895. Many of the re- ductions were made upon the rec mmendation of the commissioner of ndian affalrs, Kep- resentative Holman says: “While there is a material reduction from the estimates, especlally as to contingent ex- penses, it 1s understood by the committee on Indian affairs that the reductio: will not embarrass the ludian office in providing for the Indian service. “Most {mportant of the legislative features incorporated in the bill is a plan by which it Is proposed to solve the vexed problem of governmeatal relaticns with contract schools, so-called, most of which are under church for the education of Indian puplls in these schocls for the next fiscal year to an ex- tent not exceeding 80 per cent of the amount used last year, and with each succseding year the amount s to be reduced 20 per cent, so that at the end of the fifth year the expenditures will cease. This amount does not include public echools with which arrangements exist, 1t is explained the re- duction of $15,000 from the amount of the estimates for the transportation of Indian children to schools 1s in pursuance of a policy of gradually concentrating them in &chools on their own reservation in the be- lief that the education of children among the tribes tends to elevate afl the Indians in the tribes.” WILL WIND UP THIS WEEK, Senator Cockrill Hopes to Wind Up Debate on the Deficieney Bill, WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The prospect is that the time of the senate will be divided during the week between the discussion of the income tax, based upon the urgent de- ficlency bill, and the continuation of the de- bate on the Nicaragua bill. Senator Cockrell, chairman of the committee on appropriations, is very hopeful of being able to dispose of the income tax question by ths time the week shall be half gone, and if he should succeed in this, Senator Morgan, who is in charge of the Nicaragua canal bill, thinks there will be no difficulty in securing a_vote on the canal bill before the close of the week, thus leaving the way clear for the bankruptey, territorlal admission and other Dills, as well as the other appropriation bills. Chairman Cockrell does not regard seriously the prospect of the prolonging of the income tax question. There will be several speeches, which, while based on the deficiency bill, will be directed to the discussion of general financial questions. There is no disposition on the part of the appropriations committee to curtail these speeches, but there has come to be some talk of night sessions should they get to be numerous or the disposition to filibuster should now appear. Senator Gorman will probably find oppor- tunity tomorrow to make the speech which he had intended to make yesterday So far as known there are oniy three more general speeches to be made on the Nicaragua bill, but it is possible others will yet be announced. Senator Turpie will speak again on the bill and Senators Vest and White have announced a desire to be heard before the vote ghall be taken. Saturday will be given up to eulogies on the character of the late Senator Vance. Patents to Western Inventors. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—(Special)—Pat- ents have been issued as follows: Ne- braska—Philip H. Dubois, Waterloo, horse collar fastener; David L. and 8. C, Dun- lap, Dawson county, tool handle fastening; Phillp Fowler, Wayne, spike puller; George B. French, Fremont, hammock. Towa—Charles Closz, assignor to Closz & Howard Manufacturing company, Webster City; Pascal P. Cuplm, West Bend, ap- paratus for separating precious metals rom sand, gravel, etc.; Hans P. Egedal, Thor, whiffletree hook; Charles J. Holman, Sergeant Bluffs, brick kiln; Warren C ohnson, Oskaloosa. hot water furnace dwin G. Lufkin, Glenwood, stovepipe re: taining device: Bli H. Morrman, Winterset, steam generator; Joseph B. Morrison, I Madison, harrow; Marcus L. Reeves, Web- ster City, assignor to A. W. Reeves, In- dianola, " Shipping crate for poultry; Nick Weiler "and 'R. O. Stutsman, Des Moines, sald Stutsman assignor to said Weiler, level lifting jack. iz South Dakota—Willam J. and A. Harnols, Chedi, animal poke; Goodferd Laube, Huron, assignor one-half to J. Hymans, Del Rio, Tex., vehicle wheel; William McNames, Northville, car coupling. Cnttle for the Indians, WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The secretary of the interfor has asked the commissioner of Indian affairs to invite proposals for the de- livery of cows and other live stock at the Fort” Hall agency, Idaho, and the Blackfeet agency, Montana, the 'aggregate cost of which” will approximate nearly $95,00 i e WORLD WITHOUT THE BIBLE. Eloquent Reply ‘ot Archbishop Ireland to Cotonet Ingersoll. ST. PAUL, Jan. 13.—Colonel Ingersoll de- livered his lecturs on “The Bible” at the Metropolitan opera house in this ocity last night and tonight at the Cathedral Archbishop Ireland delivered a most powerful sermoh on the same subject. After an eloquent pulogy of the book and an argiiment in support of its inspiration, he said: “Scoff, then, you who dare, at Jesus and His bible; scoft at all that is his; at Christen- dom and Christian clvilization; scoff at the human family regenerated; at woman; scoft at sacramental marriage and holy virginity; scoff at the charity that has peopled the n: tion with asylums and hospitals; scoff at the fatherhood of ,God and the brotherhood of man; scoff at the enfranchised slave, at the most sacred principles of your American con- stitutlon, ““Unbelief would take from us our bible and our Jesus, What does it give us? Where Christ Is not there is barbarism; there is servitude of the weak; despotism of the strong; inhumaity and ‘immorality unbridled and unrebuked by public opinion. Where Christ is not the family, with pure woman as its queen, is not; sacred matrimony is not. “What will unbelief give us? It replies: ‘A scientific, rational world beginning with itself and ending with itselt.” “Let us first be consistent and from this world eliminate what Christian principles and practices it fain would retain, The words most glibly repeated by unbelief, the family, dignity of woman, liberty, fraternity are Christian words and without Christianity they would be meaningless. Take them out of your world of unbelief. You give us a sclentific world, that s, you give us a material world, a humanity without ~ a soul, without wings on which rise to the skies, a humanity with no purpose In life but to seek satisfaction for bodily appetites with a leaden sky over it, through which peers no love, no hope, no consolation; where the strong assert them- selves and the weak are crushed under foot; where pleasure Is the form of action, where there is no power above man himself, whose volce calls to duty, whose memory stills passion. “In this world entwine around your brows the laurel and the rose, and when they wither, as they will, seek repose—in suicide. Unbelief has been for once consistent, it has proclaimed suicide as the sole prop of its unchristian world.” — Blow Out the Water Back. Yesterday afternoon at Thirty-third and Mason streets a lady attempted to thaw out a water back which had been frozen in a cook stove, The resull was an ex- plosion and the lady was scalded, but not severely, Train Load of Sapplies for Nebraski, BALTIMORE, Jan. 13.—8. H. Edmonds 15 advised that nearly a full train of rice, sugar, molasses and other products has been made’ up in Loulsiana and will leave At- lanta Tuesday for the Nebraska sufferers. - Movements of Seag ¥ essels, Jun. 13 At Bremen—Ems, from New York. At Havre—Awrived—La Gascogne, New York. At New York-Arrived— from Havre. from Normandie, N Iigh Diver Zelno Injured. WILLIS, Tex., Jan. 13, ~Frank Zelno, pro- fessional high leaper, in making an cight- foot leap, missed his mark and struck on his foot, breaking both legs and sustaining other iujurles. " " TELEGRALHIC BRIEFS. Articles of incorporation have been filed for a rallread from Florcuce to Silver City, Colo. Mrs at Lynn, days. Citizens of §L. Charles parish, Loulsiana, have collected @ carload of provisions for Nebraska. Governor Walte of pald a visit to stock, 11, jail The St. Louls Merchants ex donated a_carlood of provisions to the N braska sufferers, John A, Mackenvie of Duluth was killsd Saturday night by falling down the elevator shaft at the Spawlding house, A dispateh from New Mexico state Bill Cook,’ the noted Oklahoma outlaw been captured in that territory Phe cruisers New York., Columbia, At- nta, Marblehead, Cincinnati and Ralelgh will ‘soon leave Hampton Roads for the West Indies. Betty Page, uged 80, died Saturday Mass., after fasting forty-seven Colorado Saturlay in the Wood- shange b e that has PORT DEPOSIT, Md., Jan, 13.—The Sus- quehannal river rose steadily during the night and this morning the water front of the town was subferged. The lce from up the river broke up, broken' by’ a heayy faln, and was pac ed in 8, folld mass in he town, and mug v Wi Sopt o A ch property was Chldren Frozen Wi helr House Burned JEFFERSON, Ia., Jan. 13.—Nine childre Of J. H. Balridge, aged from 1 to 16 year had their feet and hands frozen last night and are in a critical condition. Their home I the wuburbs burned to the ground, and $ vere compelled to stand in with (e tnermometar Deboar e, the snow io River Stationary, CINCINNATI, Jan. 18.—At 11 o'clock to- Right the water In the Ohlo became sta- onary with forty-cight feet six and one- e inches above ‘the low water mark, ——— Improvements on the Kiver at Plerr CHAMBERLAIN, 8. D., Jan, 13—(Spe- elal)—Preliminary arrangements are al. ready bLeing made for the commencement the work of fmproving the Missour at Plerre and Fort Plerre, for which was appropriuted by congress at its sesslon. he specifications call for cubic yards of stone to be placed on bank’ of the Missouri river at points ated by the chiel engineer. On the Plerre side the improvements are to made within two miles of the north Of Bad river, and at the boat landing al.he east side Of the Missourl. Also 3% Plles, thirty-four to forty feet long, t of which are to be d on the lerve side. The west side of the river re most of the work is needed and done. Part of the work will begin of next month, and will be pushed | until the improvements arc fowm- | contro! and which have been the cause of | sectarlan contentions. The secretary of the | luterior is wuthorized to wake coutraeta | The Little Rock Women's Christain Texm- perance union has Jpassed resolutions can- demning Governor ishback for his recent exvressions on the soclal evil. IRRIGATION, 1§ NEBRASKA fted v s Made in Balking Pertodio Drouths, wa l | Oonsideral’e CANALS BUILT/AND MANY PROJECTED Sources of Water Supply, Thelr Extent, Capacity and Avoassiniltty —Instractive Fuaots e’ the State Labor Byrenu Report. “Ill blows the wind that profits nobody is a truism which is certain of fruitful reali- zation In Nebraska. The hot, burning winds which blighted the major portion of last year's crop brought home to the farmers in the semi-arid region the folly of depending on natural ‘moisture. -~ The alternating wet and dry seasons of preceding years encour- aged the belief that the advancing settle- ment of the country brought with it a ma- terfal increase in the rainfall, 1t was claimed that the plowing of the virgin soll and its cultivation retained what rain fell, thus in- creasing the humidity of the atmosphere and supplying the’ necessary conditions for perfodic rainfalls. Statistics were not want- ing to confirm this belief. Experience, costly taskmaster that it is, has virtually exploded the belief, It is con- ceded by all competent to judge that arti- fielal moisture is essential for the permanent cultivation of western Nebraska, and the question of ways and means is receiving the thoughtful consideration fts importance merits, The fourth annual report of the deputy commissioner of labor of Nebraska deals with the question of irrigation, and is ac- companied with a map showing the sources of supply and the length of canals already constructed, and the area supplied by them. These statistics have already been published. The striking feature of the map Is that it shows at a glance the progress of irrigation in the western half of the state. From the southwest corner of the stae to Harlan county the Republican river and its tribu- tarles have been tapped to supply molstura for a double tier of counties. The North Platte river to and through Buffalo county is paralleled with canals. The White and Nlobrara rivers and other streams in the northwest have been liberally tapped, and also the various branches of the Loup river. In all, 689 miles of canal have been com- pleted, supplying water for 364,200 acres of land. “Nearly 1,500 miles of canals are pro- jected, which, when completed, will remove 1,422,000 acres of cultivable land from the dangers of future drouths, The report presemts a table showing the annual rainfall for the past twenty-three years. The highest rainfall was in 1881, 31.92 inches, against 12.78 for the first ten months of 1894. The mean average is 24.67 inches. In view of the exceedingly fluctu- ating character of the rainfall, the conclu- sion is reached ‘‘that Nebraska will continue in the future, as in the past, to bave years of plenty and years of drouth, and that, as heretofore, the years of abundance will greatly outnumber- the; years of want.” AVAIABLE SUPPLY. “Admitting,” says the report, “that all portions of the staté ‘can be generally irri. gated, the first and most important question 1s s to what is our present available water supply. g 1 “The extreme jvestetn portion of the state lies directly within 'the “arid portions of America as per the Usited States senate re- port for 1889 on Yrrigation and the reclama- ton of the arid|and sub-arid lands of the United States. This report divides the state into three divisiods—arid, sub-arid and humid. The line dividing ‘the arid from the sub- arid passes thropgh ‘Cheyenne county at a point ‘ahout five iniles “west of Sifiney, Neb., or the 103d merldian. "West of His line the mean annual rainfall dves not exceed four- teen Inches per annum, about the same amount that falls in the Salt Lake valley, Utah, and also in the vicinity of Greeley and Denver, Colo. “The sub-arid or partially dry and partially humid region lies within the lines of the 103 and 97th meridians, the 103d running west of Sidney. The 97th meridian passes through the eastern portion of Jefferson county on the south, through Colfax in the immediate vicinity of Schuyler in the Platte valley, and through Cedar county in the northeastern portion of the state. IRRIGATION A NECESSITY. “All that portion of Nebraska _included within these lines would be benefited by irrigation. In the western portion of this territory. irrigation becomes for the farmer an imperative necessity, for, accepting the reports of experts on irrigation as being correct, we find that the least amount of rainfall as a mean average upon which the farmer can depend to grow crops successfully is twenty-four Inches. The rainfall in Ne- braska fs influenced largely by altitude, for we find that the rainfall of the Republican valley, as per the United States report on the rainfall and temperature of Nebraska for 1890, is greater than the rainfall for the Platte valley on the same line running directly north and south. We therefore find that the line of twenty-four fnches of rain- fall passes through Beaver City on the south, thence in a northeasterly direction through Elm Creek in the valley of the Platte in Dawson county, thence north- casterly to the town of Niobrara in Knox county. Between this line and the line of twenty-cight inches of rainfall that can be located at Superior in Nuckolis county, thence running northeasterly and terminating at Covington, Neb., or Sioux City, Ia., the farmer can have for the years of average rainfall a falr assurance of a good return for his seed, time, labor and capital invested. “Bast of the line of the twenty-eight inch lmit the farmer can feel assured of crops for the great majority of years, although years of severe drouth may, and always will, occur and reduce the yield per acre to a very light amount’. Between the lines of twenty-cight and twenty-four inches of rain- fall it is not only advisable, but will pay to irrigate, as no complete reliance can b placed upon the varying annual rainfall, SOURCES OF WEALTH. “‘Nebraska fs pecullarly fortunate in re- spect to water supply. We have flowing into our state the waters coming from the great drainage basins of Colorado and Wyoming, The area drained by the North and South Platte rivers, the Republican, Niobrara, Keya Paha rivers, and by the Beaver and Sappa creeks, would Include an area fully as great as our entire state, With the exception of the heads of two riVeks in the north and west portion of t§é sfate, in Dawes and Sloux counties, all”'thy Water falling in Ne- braska is carried (htdukh 1ts arid or semi- arid portions, The Hepublican and Blue rivers do not leave' fhe state untll they haye passed through alf'’ ¥’ semi-arid portions. We have, therefore, 4 ldrge amount of water available coming from ‘other states that s em destined for the usg of the Nebraska farmer Add to this supply‘the rainfall of Nebraska that can be made" avdilable by means of canals, reservoirs, tanks, artificlal lakes, by pumping plants of'¥grious kinds and meth ods, - And now take Lifto ‘eonsideration that in a semi-arid country nbt 8er one-hal? the water is required for ‘irrigation that is necessary in an arid countryfAfiso'that our evap:ration the exception®'6f' the extreme western portion of the state’is nbt 5o heavy, and Ne- braskans have cvemy: redson to congratulate themselves over their ‘water supply for irri- gation purposes. The underground or sub lerranean supplies are greal., The earth is a natural impcunder of water. Were it not 50 all its surface would become arid, its rivers and streams would become mérely ravines down which would rush the rain- fall fo the seas, and its whole surface would be similar in character to the canyon region | of the Colorado river. Springs would be few and weak, marshes and lakes would be unknown. ADVANTAGES OF WELLS. “Where artesian wells have been sunk and deep wells have been bored or dug in this state, It has shown that underlying nearly all of Nebraska are great beds of ndstone, as well as deep deposits of eand and gravel. Accepling as tru» the st nt made by French irr.gation eng ering cx- perts, we have an inexhausibl: reserve of | water for future use that is ing annually replenished One teneh 2.4t states 1 tiat & body of sanlstaae 199 fact thick and one mile square will, when once thoroughly saturated with water, discharge one cuble foot of water per minute for thirteen years before the original supply fs exhausted. The same engineer claims that sandstone will ab- sorb about 37 per cent ofits bulk in water, and different kinds of sand and gravel from 23 to 33 per cent. As the underlying beds of Nebraska are of great depth, we have here an_immense body of water that could be called upon as a reserve in case of necessity But this supply must be obtained by pump- ing plants, “Pumping plants operated by the different means for supplylng power wiil some day be seen on every farm in Nebraska where the supply cannot be obtained by surface canals These, in connection with a reservoir system, Wil guarantee a given supply of food products to our people annually, regardloss of the rainfall ‘Wind power is today the cheapest power on earth in Nebraska. “Following the windmills we have the gas oline engine, that would seem, from the clafms set forth by its agents, as a cheap and desirable power for pumping purposes. Steam comes next, and if practical and available, electricity. MEASURING THE SUPPLY. “The easiest way to ascertain how much water can be secured for frrigation 18 to es- timate the amount by cubic feet, about seven and one-half gallons making a cubic foot, This amount would cover one surface foot one foot deep. A cuble foot of water per second flowing through a 12x12-inch opening With a four-inch pressure would cover two acres one foot in depth In twenty-four hours. Divide this so as to cover the land to a depth of six inches on a level and four acres would be irrigated. ~ Where there are large bodies of water engineers estimate the amount for Irrigation in acre feet. That is, 160 acres of land covered with water {0 the depth of one foot would be 160 acres of water, Wwhile covering the same area to the depth of four feet would make 640 acre feet; to the depth of eight feet, 1,289 acre feet. This is a rapid and e vay to estimate water in large amounts. ~ For a reservoir for a wind- mill containing an acre foot of water probably the best way is to lay off a quarter of an acre for the interior dimensions. Two hun- dred and nine feet on each side make one square acre. Reducing the amount to 1401 feet on the sides, or say 418 feet, interior size, then filling the reservoir to the depth of four feet we have one acre foot; to the depth of six feet one and one-half acre feet. As tho depth is increased the rate of evapo- ration is decreased. Now allowing that with the ice cut in winter time and allowing for say four feet of water evaporated annu- ally, you can figure about the amount of water you will have to apply to your land. The secpage can be reduced by careful con- struction of the bottom and sides of the reservoir. ESTIMATED COST. ““Canals in Nebraska can be constructed by the farmers themselves at a_cost varying from $1.25 to $2.50 per acre. This will not include the right-of-way, that in many cases can bo secured or obtained at a very low cost, as the right-of-way for canals comes under the head of public improvements in our statutes, and it and can be appraised and condemned by the same means used by rail- road companies and for other public purpozes, In the construction of small canals or laterals the reversible scrapers are largely used, and where the width does not exceed sixteen feet dirt can be moved at less than 4 cents per cubic yard. These reversible road seripers are peculiarly adapted to the construction of laterals and are now largely used in Lincoln and Scotts Bluff counties for this purpose. The farmers claim that dirt can be moved with these machines for 2 cents per cubfc yard. The cost of main- taining and keeping in repair the irrigation canals of this state will vary, owing to the location of the canal, the character of the coil, the amount of lumber that may be used, but it is safe to assume that the cost will be between 15 and 18 cents per acre, allowing that the entire capacity is made available by the use of the water, which corresponds with the report of the Utah farmers, who state that 5 to 25 cents per acre per year {s the cost of maintaining and keeping In repair their irrigation canals. The Colorado farmers, where they own and use their own canals, report the same figures. These figures will be exceeded if tere are any lengthy expensive flumes or pipe lines to be replaced every five or seven years, but in the great majority of cases this will not be the case. On low line canals, with the present improved methods of con- struction, canals can be constructed at about the original cost of breaking the prairie. These figures are for the main canals, as the laterals can be constructed by the farmer using the water. “Just how far the canal system will be extended in Nebraska Is a question of time and engineering, as our state has entered a new era in her development. Topographical difficulties now deemed insurmountable will be overcome and the high lands of Ne- braska will be generally irrigated. We have another advantage in our favor that will greatly aid the people of the Republican and Loup river valleys. The Platte river flows through the state on the summit of a great divide, the land sloping from the river, both north and south. McCook, Neb., which lays eight miles east and seventy-two miles south of North Platte, is 200 feet lower than North Platte. Valentine, on the Niobrara river, twelve miles east and 140 miles north of North Platte, is 217 feet lower than North Platte. It is claimed that the same con- dition exists on the Loup river, where the altitudes have been taken on lines running north and south from the Platte valley. St. Paul, on the Loup river, twenty-five miles north of Grand Island, is sixty-four feet lower than Grand Island Attempting to Head Off Lewelling. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 13.—It s authori- tatively stated that a delegation of repub- lican senators called upon Governor-elect Morrill and urged him to take the oath of office. tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, an hour before the senate convenes, in order to head off a bateh of appointments which Governor Lewelling propos nding to the senate for confirmation. The matter has been kept very quiet, and the gentlemen who ar= in a “position to know about the visit will not talk. Major Morrill could not be scen tonight, and his private secretary pleaded Ignoran —— Arrested for Cutting Thmber oa Indian Lands. CHAMBERLAIN, S. D, Jan. 13.—(Spe- clalj—For years many parties living near the Indian reservations have made a prac- tice of cutting and selling wood from the Indian lands.’ Officers propose to put a 8top to this practice, and one of the parties | charged with this crime has been brought | here by a deputy United States marshal and lodged in jail to serve a_sentence of six months' imprisonment, His name fs James B, krink, and he hails from Charles | Mix count: ere Is no intention or dispo- | sition on the part of the officers to molest any settler who finds it necessary to out | the timber when It is for his own use. TOOR THEIR BREATH AWAY Action of the Towa Railroad Commission Astounds the Varions Oompanies. GET NO CONSOLATION IN THE DECISION Formally Notified that They Have Utterly Falled to Make tho Case They Al loged In Thelr Petition for an Advance in Rates, DES MOINES, Jan. 13.—(Special)—Man- agers of Iowa trunk lines are feeling just a tifle blue over the decision in the rate hear- ing given out last night. They relied on a favorable opinion, feeling that Commissioners Perkins and Dey were sufficiently friendly to the roads to grant the request for an increase in rates, even if not to the full extent asked. Results have been very disappointing in con- sequence. In fact, the opfnion has fairly taken the breath of the railway people. The majority opinion of the hoard of com- missioners, which s signed by Mr. J. W Luke and Mr. George W. Perkins, and refuses to grant the advance in rates petitioned for by the reilroads, quotes Mr. E. P Ripley voleing the position of the railroads in ing that the railway campanies only desire from the commission such an advance in Towa rates as will then approximate the rates in surrounding states, especlally in Tllinols. The commission states further that its members cannot be expected, therefore, to grant the advance unless the rallroads maintain their position that the lowa rates are lower tha those in other states, particularly Ilinols The majority opnion of the commission holds that the railroads failed to prove that the Towa rates are actually lower than the real Illinois rates, although admitting that the interested companies did file schedules of maximum rates which appeared to be higher than the Towa rates. It fs held that it is a fair infer- ence from the evidence submitted that the people cf this state, upon a local and interstate business combined, are paying and have paid cver since the present schedule of rates has been in force their full and fair proportion of revenue to the railroads in this proceed- ing, as compared with the other states through which these roads run. It is ingisted that the railroads should have shown that the strictly proper local business subject to the present sched- ule is not paying its proper share of the income that should be derived from the same, and that fairness to all interests required that much to be done. In the opinion of the commissioners the railroads failed to do this, The opinion concludes that an advance of rates in lowa will seriously affect vast business interests aside from the railroads, and inevit- ably lead to the forcing of men out of business because of a changed basis of competition, and that until the railronds come forward and adequately maintain their position that their Iowa lines are not bearing their share of the burden of traffic and that the lowa rates are actually lower than the rates in surrounding states, an advance of rates cannot be While the members of the commissioners’ board admit that they have the right to go outside of the evidence submittel to them on this hearing and to revise the schedule of rates in Iowa on investigation wholly inde- pendent of that followed and suggested by the railroads, they do mot regard this s an op- portune time ‘to do so—therein differing ma- terially from Mr. Dey, the dissenting member of the board. WHY PETER A. DEY EXCEPTS, Commissioner Peter A. Dey, who wrote the dissenting opinion, has been a member of the commission ever since its formation In 1878, having been appointed by Governor J. H. Gear, and having served continuously on the board since that time, with the ex- ception of two years. He says in his opinion that although ‘a member of the. board in 1888, he took no part in promulgating the present Towa rates, differing with the com- missioners at that’ time, and he has never regarded the Iowa rates as fully compensa- tory, or rather, that the Towa trafic has not borne its due proportion of all operating ex- penses. He says that his present convic. tion that there should be an advance in rates is formed partly from testimony, but largely from observation and study of the conditions of traffic, particularly in investi- gations Into the cost and earnings of car- load and less than carload rates compared. He justifies himself for going outside the recerd of proof submitted at the hearing by quoting sectlon 19, chapter xxviil, of the laws of the Twenty-second general assembly, which authorlzes the commissioners to act upon information secured from any source whatever. Commissioner Dey prepared a rate sheet to accompany his disscnting opin- fon, which expresses in applied figures his theory—which he holds to be the true prin- ciple of inflexible rates—that the increment in the first hundred miles should be greater than in thoe second and third hundred miles. “A divergenco from this general rule,’ says Commissioner Dey, 1n his opinion, “may be justified when special rates are given on the theory of protection, but not, in my judg- ment, when the rate is absolute and unyleld- ing."” This theory Mr. Dey applies to the Inter- mediate rates between the starting point rate of five miles and the longest distance haul in the state of 290 miles, as charged from the east on the trunk lines that have termini on the Missouri river. Mr. Dey's opinion, while favoring the interests of the railroads, is regarded ns a decided slap in the face for the railroad attorneys, for whose manner of presenting the case of the rail- roads Mr. Dey plainly had no sympathy or respect. RAILROADS SORE AT PERKINS. The railroads blame Commissioner Perkins for the result. He has always been regarded as friendly to the railroad interests and they undoubtedly relied upon him in this case. His action is a decided disappointment from more senses than one. One little incident of the hearing, in which he was concerned, is worth relating. Solicitor J. W. Blythe of Burlington and Vice President Ripley of St. Paul had charge of the case for the raliroad interests. During the debate upon the freight schedule on coal Commissioner Perkins called the atention of Mr. Ripley to the freight rate enforced for the coal mines at Kewance, 1l Mr. Ripley was with the “Q.” road about ten years ago and at that time the mines at Kewance shut down indefinitely, it being understood and so stated that the veins had played out Since that time he had paid no attention to the Kewanee coal industry and was therefore surprised that the commissioner should in- Pant Pockets. A pair of Pants for the To accommodate custo our salesmen have sold and vests, from suits so times during the past six months, that we find an un- usually large number of odd pants from cheviot, mere and worsted suit cloths—all plaids, worth b plain, etc — so'd of the Pockets. M. H. Cook Clothing Co., 18th and Farnam Sts. :"\.“’H*U‘ S22 styles—stripes, less than double—to this week for the cost of the cloth and making price of the pockets. $1.00 $1.25 $1.75 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 & | mers, coats many cassi- s—all none 2 =5 4 5 “davi v e BOYD'S quire about it so particularly, stating is effect that Kewanee was not a coal center, and therefore not a criterion in the discussion of conl rates. Now it happens that Mr, Pers kins, the commissioner, came from Kewanee, visits there every season, and has innumer- able relatives in that vicinity, He was aware, therefore, that the mines had started up and that they were of considerable importance so far as the coal industry is concerned, 200 men being employed and a strike of some magni- tude being enjoyed there last summer. Thelr points of view being differgnt, the two men differed materially in respect to the matter, the result belng that Commissioner Perking came to the conclusion after a remarkably. warm discussion that Mr. Ripley was simply a bluffer. FALL OF BLACK W — NOW IN INDIANA. One Expert Pronounces It to He Star o Moteorle Dust, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 13.—From all parts of Indlana are coming In reports of a singular fall of black snow that covers to the depth of from one-thirty-second to one hall inch the eight to ten inches of snow under which the state is buried. Years ago there was a similar phenomenon In Indiana, and it was explained as a meteoric depoeit, In this city this morning the coat was ob- served, but it is of a dusty brown o slor, and not black or gray as some reports make it, In some pl s _here the deposit is one- quarter of an fnch thick. As the ground has been covered with snow for two days all over Indiana it Is lll‘\‘ rent that the dust must have been carried many hundred milis from the west, The dispatches detailing the from all quarters f the the fall must have been gen- At Greencastle it 18 deseribed as one- half inch thick. At Spencer it is one-thirty- second of an inch, at Shelbyville it s one- th of an inch, at Wabashand Fort Wayne it was thick enough to be scraped up by the handful. Down near the Ohlo river it _is as heavy as in this part of the state. The phenomenon has cause much peculation here, whers various explanations are offered. City Chemist Hurty pronounced it star or meteoric dust, Several examinu- tons have been made, but no analysis, An- other expert who raked up several ounces of the deposit says it is o -r:n-m\\ rich soll split into p ust, It is gritty, but contains little £t storm of this gort in this section deposited a similar coat, but at that time it was red or reddish brown, and b, med to be not a minéral, but an animal deposit, spoken of in some places as a red bug, almost micro- scopie in characte — - Litigation Over an Electrie Light Plant. CHAMBERLAIN, 8. D, Jan. 13.—(Spe- elal)—P. J. Gerin of this city has been ap- nointed receiver of the Chamberlain Elec tric Light company, The plant had been advertised for sale by virtue of a chattel mortgage, but other creditors of the com- pany ‘boxan proceedings, which resulted in udge Haney {ssuing an injunction prevents ing the sale. There are several liens against the company, and the foreclosure of the mortgage would have shut out these claim There now promises to be a_legal baftle be tween the mortgagees and miscellaneous creditors s to the preforence Fght to the property. The troubles of the company were not brought about by lack of patron. age, but by lack of capital at the inception of the enferprise. It is believed that the troubles will ba shortly and the Pat Koy driver, arrested homas McGrath last night and took him to the police station. Keys reported thaf ath had refused to pay him for a hacl This statement McGrath denied, ang claimed {hat Keys had demanded $6 for four-block ride. Sergeant Cook orderes them both locked up. e e T Jol on Nreaks His Own Kecord. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 13.—John S. John. son broke the world’s mile standing record in his race with Ostlund, the Norwegian, today, making the mile in 2:15 flat. Ostlung came'in thirty feet behind. Johnson's bes for the mile previous to this wag Child 78 \ond fer DeX, An Afflicted Painful Saltb;!:eum Covers Her Head Happy and Healthy Since Taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla *C. L. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. : “My little daughter, Birdle, now two and one- half yezrs old, has been a great sufferer from salt theum since she was about two months old, A very painful eruption covered neck, ears and cntiroscalp. T consulted physicians’and tried iany remedies, but ithout zvail, until a Friend Recommended Hood's Sarsaparilla. Beforo the first bottlo was taken [t uption had disappeared, and now none rellfl\l;f\;sl,‘ while the clfi s general health is HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES uch improved. T heartily recommend Hood's Barsagariin to an sutoring, from Uiy Giseosest Mus. 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