Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 2, 1903, Page 2

GREAT YEAR FOR THE BEE Aoreage is Large and Rains Add Bweetness to the Little Root. ONLY DIFFICULTY IS Net Yield is Over ¥ifty Dollars Per Acre for the Fa~mers State Denefits from the It dustry in Many Wayw. NORFOLK, Neb, Nov. l—(Special)- “This has been an exceptionally productive year for sugar beets in Nebraska,™ sald Manager J. N. Bundick of the American Beet Sugar company at Norfolk to a Bee representative, ‘and the result is that while the heavy rains and continued wet weather have In some places Injured the corn the saccharine bulbs have thrived bet- ter than ever and the more acres of the white roots that a farmer planted this year the bigger is his bank account this fall. “Nebraska always has been a great state for the sugar beet. That is why the Ox- nards came in here years and years ago, when theindustry was but in its infancy, and beged to manufacture sugar. The soll is essentally well Itted for saturating the beets with the purest sweetness In the world, and it will always be a paying propo- sitfon from whatever viewpoint. “While every year—even the worst of years for other crops in this state—is gen- erally good for ‘beets, such years as the exceptionally wet one which has just passed prove eminently satisfactory to all parties who. afe’ concerned in this Industry. The only diffculty that we experienced at all from the rainy season was the hindrance it gave to beet weeders and the chance it felds ting filled with | Bouse Jast night. And the road was full [Simms w et ot iy pova At|With a 8%-calibbe revolver in“the hands of building the | his brother Willlam. The Simms' livé oh a foreign vegetation. = Othérwise every drop of water thut fell put the beets In a better way and when we began to harvest them four weeks ago we were agreeably sur- prised with our results. rpasses Banner Seawon. “Lagt season was an exceptionally one, But this will even surpass that. beets which have so far been tested In the laboratory show more sugar than a year ago and consequently the growers get more mondy. . You see we pay for quality as well &8 quiintity. At the outset we give the far- mer $4 for every ton of his beets. the mitimum and that the factory glmran- tees. Then above that we pay him 3 cents for gdeh additional percentage of sugar above 14 per cent and pay for fractions in # this we pay the freight on beets shipped in tw rail.and to growers who haul by wai % oe;u per. ton extra. “Then &’Zn 1n .mn., révenue still for cer- slloing we mean to bury the beets in the ground for protection from frost, until we are able to make room for their reception n our sheds. “Now, you may get some Idea of the cold cash that goes into the pockets of the Ne- braska farmer when you learn that last | 0TeSSIng a complimentary remark.to the | Rock. ml average growth per acre was just 1001 tohis of beets and that the average price pald for the beets was $4.95, making the net average receipts for every acre of nm-l Aust $65456. It 18 too early in the to forecast the average acreage for m- year, hut as 1 sald before we have had & better year than ever before. “To run our Norfolk factory through a campaign requires between 4,000 and 5,000 beats so uux ‘the growers. recelve share of the sugar manufacture mem Jobber lt ‘ou out over tha ‘world. We m licing up roots at the rate of 400 tons éviiry. twenty-four hours, having in- creased the n-pulty of this {nstitution dur- lnc the wus ..zer Just passed. of the factory never stop tm the moment they begln to turn in October until the lust grain of sugar has been sacked In' January. It requires two shifts to kflp goiNg and we employ 250 men.. We use'from 8,00 to 10,00 tons of coal during a season, froms 4,000 to 4,500 tons of limerock and from 48 40600 tonis of coke. Besides.'this there . 2,000 to 40,00 .ln our own home | The whole Indluuyvhnu id of commerce it this ying 1t to the faomer, the cturer and to the laborers v-. draw checks for lllm, except - right per 'How' Biany cars are required to handie the outside shipments to the factory?' asked The Bee reporter, with a view of Jearning how much the farmers of any one section of the state, outside the immediate e by a sugar fac. tony. \Mr.. Bundick. turned over the leaves of & &reat book, ‘“‘Last year' he sam, ‘“the rallroads which enter Norfolk were required | to handle exactly 1,78 carloads of the dif- ferent supplies to feed our factory here. 18 the same in other places. Pulp Goes to Feed Cattle, ‘“And when you grind out the sugar,” was asked, “is there nothing left of the beet at ant “The'sugur factory manager merely pointed o an tmménseé stock yard near the factory, Whioh Is filled with 1,80 sieck, growing cat- tle. "“There,” he sald, “is what remains after the sugar Is extracted. The pulp, which comes out of the factory wheels looking like #0 much shredded cocoanut, is one of the finest foods In the world for cattle, and what people don't eat of the beet in their breakfast coffee they buy at the meat mar- kbts as the cholcest beef. “And just here I8 another, very pretty point for the fafmer who is situated in a beet growing community. To every farmer Who grows beetp for us we give, free of charge, this pulp. No farmer, mind you, W lsbeth Users of genuine Wels- . _bach lights are saving 1$280,000 a day In cost ofgas. Are you sharing Inthis? 7 Al Dealers, [TTTLCCUINRCER - e who does not grow beets ever gots a #in; pound. more appreclating the value of {his ma- terfal and every year sees our pile of pulp diminished faster and faster, The balance of the pulp, after the farmers who grow beets are fully satisfied for their yards of the sugar company. ‘The Norfolk factory was bullt in 169) and was operated for the first time in the The stock feeders are more and |the chain and a cog wheel. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, release it his finger was caught between He was rap- fdly being drawn into the machine, and realising that he must either lose his finger or his whole arm and perhaps his life, El- lenger braced himeelf and by twisting and own | Jerking he pulled the finger off of his hand wants, is disposed of to cattiemen who are | by the roots. WEEDING | feedink those animals over yonder on the | the machine. The finger was carried into Much nerve and quick action had saved his life. He Is getiing along weil and no serfous results are anticipated. fall of 1891. The cost complete was $500,00.{ SUE TO RECOVER AN ESTATE Not & season has seen it idle and it has often worked up beets from SOuthern parts | plaintifts Allege They Signed Away of the state. We, as the makers of the sugar, are bighly satisfied with what the soll of Nebraska has been able to do in the producing of sugar, and the farmers, from every apparent indication, are .more than pleased with their dozen years of practical experfence in this line of agriculture. They figure that $60 an acre is worth while. “During the summer, of course, the beet fields give profitable employment to hun- dreds and hundreds of young boys and girls as weeders. THé beet weeler Is a charadier distinct and individual. He is a sunburned lad with great wads of cloth tied about his knees for protection. He getd down and drawls upon the ground, his back to sun, and cuts out the wfieda and the super- flous beets with a tiny hoe six inches long. He leaves but one root in every half foot. He gets about 10 cents for every row and is able to thin about a dozen rows a day." Their R » in Ignorance of the Facts. PLATTEMOUTH, Neb., Nov. 1.—(Special.) ~An action has been commenced In the Gls- trict coutt here by the filing of a petition in equity by Attorney W. L. Brown of Lincoln for the plaintifts, Jobn Kupke, Jo- hanna Bayre and Robert M. Sayre, against Carey 8. Polk, H. R. Neitzel, J. E. Baum- gartner, Johann Stroy and wife, Herman Schmidt, Agnes Schmidt and the Bank of | Murdock. The plaintifts allege that C. 8. Polk, an attorney of this city, came to thelr home in Kentucky and induced them to sign away their rights in the estate of the late Ernest Kupke of this county, to which they now allege they are the sole heirs. The consideration received was $4,000 and the estate {s aileged to be worth $22,000. ‘They tender repayment of the $4,000 with in- GHOSTS To GREET THE GUEsTs terest and seek to recover the value of the Novel Hallowe'en Party Given by th Young Women of the State H (From a Staff Correspondent,) LINCOLN, Nov. L — (8peclal.) — Down darkened halls, past ghostly figures and wild-eyed pumpkins, to the office’ of the attorney general, was the route of the guests entertained by the girls of the Btate of ishivers and quakes and surprises. the west entrance to the guests were met by a likely looking ghost wiio -extended the glad hand of welcome. This was an indication of what was to | charged, estate, asserting that the papers were | signed 1n tgnorance of their rights in the matter. SHOOTS BROTHER BY ACCIDENT Revolver is Discharged and Bullet Enters Abdomen of Henry Stmmu CLARKS, Neb., Nov. 1.—(Specl; accidently shot Friday night farm five miles west of town. In extimin- Ing & revolver last night the gun was dis. the ball entering the upper part come, for the hand was clothed in a white | of the abdomen and pénétrating the lyer. glove full of ice-cold sand. In the dimly | Medical assistance was secured here, and added to the ghostly welcome. The occasion was the annual Hallowe'en party given by the State house girls and it was attended by about fifty couples. The rooms and halls of the bullding were dec- Bupper .was served-from a counter, upon ths restaurant consisted of gopd thin gntértilners. 0 long Taneh order ' and! That is | orated in keeping with Hallowe'en times, nocyCo‘m!” 8004 | cindlé-lighted hall white robed specters |while the bullet has not been located the The | popped out from every secluded spot and [patient s resting easily, with some Hope of tecovery. Woman Sufirage Convention TABLE ROCK, Neb., Nov. 1L.—(8peelal,)— The fowrth apnual convention of the Paw- oman's Buffrage assodlation bz( ‘the Methodist Episcopal ¢hurch ats tn‘h lace Thursday and Friday of this aade by the fair | webk. A large number were in attendance, cprisidering the inclemency of the weather. " The -evening was spent ‘telling ghost [ Mrs, Clara A. Young of Broken Bow, state stories around an alcohol camp fire, eat- president, and Miss Laura A. Gregg of ing apples suspended from . strings &nd | Omaha, state gfganizer, being both present. divers tricks and gamed Partners were | The former gave the addréss on Thursday fished for By the young men..A number of | evening and the latter Friday evening. The tain of the farmers. Those who sllo their | Peanuts: with the initials of some girl on | following are the newly elected officers for beetd are pald 2 cents per ton for that. By | @ach were placed in a pan of witer and | the ensuing year: it was up to the young men to each “gig" @ peanut with a long hatpin. arrival of the guests each young man was handed a card upon which was written the initlals of a young woman and the young man was then given the pleasure of ad- young woman, each word of which was to begin with one of the initials. One in- teresting feature of the evening was ‘the Upon the Cm'. vice president, President, Mrs. Ella O'Laughlin, Pawneée Mrs. Anna Kayanda, ‘able Rock; corresponding secretary, Mrs. annle Da l!, Pawnee City; recording sec- retary, Mrs. Claire E. Scism, Table Rock; treasurer, Mrs. Edith E. Woods, Table Rock; auditors, Mrs. Annetia Nesbitt, Paw- ee City, and ‘Mrs. Mary A. Cotton, Table Lectures by Nebraskans. . TECUMSEH, Neb, Nov. l.—(Speelal)— unwinding of the ball of, yarn, each person | The Baptist Young People's unfon df this telling a ochapter in a story, started by |city has planned for a three-event Tecture the first person, until a peanut dropped from the ball, In the Ih’ll was a_dlip of paper upon which was tten the for- tune of the holder, This o ot be read ‘until held before a candle Mght Tor several ~'This morning a number of the State house girls who were responsible for the Buiccesd of Qfiw: 4PA some others were Mot ed At bq::mat by Mrs. Beott in’ (Miss Clate Lease, who left thi or Denver, to make het’home with and brother. Miss Lease has, ‘beesi a meifiber of the stenographic force of the supreme court, as well‘as i ledding member of the. Q. T. and -other clubs, Most of the young society people of the town were at the station to bid her goodby. Miss Lease was' one of Lincoln’s fayorite Yourg women. Deputy Olerk Nelson Resig E. W. Nelson, deputy clerk of the su- preme couft, tendered his resignation late | the accomplishments Saturday aftefnoom, to take effect Novem- ber 15, or as soon thefeafter as convenient to the court, to become manager of the Pitzgerald Dry. Goods ¢ompany of this city. Mr. Nelson is an old state house man, though young in years, and has held posi- i course and thé talent employed is strietly @ Nebraiska ‘artiole.” The first lecture will be given Thursday evening and the lec- turerer will be Chancellor E. Benjumin Andrews of the state university, His subject ‘will be ‘“‘Problémb of Greater America.” The other lecturers will_be Rev. B, 7. Batten, pastor of the First Haptist rch -of Ldnéoln, ‘ahd Dr. Conley, pastor or flw First Baptist church of Omah W fieaVia at Aubunrn. AUBURN, ‘Nevl, Nov. 1.5(8pectal. )-Hon q. P flalvhrmflfllc‘n candidate for judge of the, district court, spoke at the new opera house here last night. The night was rainy and bad, but notwithstanding this b had_a fair siged audience. Hvery ' one pronouiiced his effort an excellent one. - He devoted most of his time to answering the charges made by his republican enemles at Falls City, but closed with a fine review of of the republican party. Sheep Roadmnke FREMONT, Neb, Nov. 1. -(Bpechl )— Road Supervisor Mitchel of Elkhorn town- ship uses a bunch of 8000 sheep being. fed tions under Governor Holcomb and in the | on his place as a road machine. A number Jand commi sioner Wolfe 's office under Commis- | of roads are being graded in the stigky Mo, hasalways Beeri careful | gumbo soil of that towriship and Mitehel tng -d \was a popular ‘o.- | found it almost Ampossible ta break up the point 'theré is no doubt Mr. Nelsén 'j place, but there resignution a republ a republican clerk. these who see fn his Supreme court and , Of course; Would the payroll of thy big lumps. By driving the sheep 4 fow times over the roads their sharp hoofs eut lomlzld & Dbetter | and pack the stidky %0lid chunks better than could be done with a roller. Lookis Bright. in Platte, \ COLUMBUS, Neb., Nov. L—(Speclal)— consequently he did not hesitate to|Om the evé of the' batfle everything here sever himself from the office when an ou- | Jooks as if. Hon. J." G. Reeder of this ety portunity Drelemad Mr. Nelson hu#mn hpt In close touch | this (the Fourthy )udlc!-l aistrict. would be elected to the district beneh of The with the political’ situation and there are | chajrman of: the.central comittee said to- none better posted on which way the straws | day that he also confidently expected that point. he was ‘elected chairman of state committee in 1902, but h ¢lal position He refused to ascept the honor. When Judge Holcomb was elected governor | he was secretary of t) ate committee. But there are many other things that point the way of the Tuesday election. Chalrman Lindsay at the outset of the con- test cautioned his prganizers out in the | of roadma: state agaihst sending In other except con- servative reports of the situation, prefer- ring to learn where there’ was republicar | here. dissatisfaction than of republican harmony. With these instructions the committce has | years. every reason to helfeve that all the recelved at the headquarters have fold of the true situatfon. If any republican can- didate has ever been iIn danger of defeat the committee has been nformed of it. Consequently when eports o every reason to belleve what he sald and if the members of the republican party get out and vote as they now say they will 'For his ability i the political field [& part of the republican the populist | Would be elécted in this democratic strong- ing a juai- | hold. county’ ticket Much good work was accompiished the past ten days, Burlington Roadmaster Quits, TECUMSEH, Neb., Nov. l—(Special)— G. A. Dunlap, for years in the employ of the Burlington, has resigned the posjtion r, with headquarters, at Edge- mont, 8. D., and will remove to this city with his family. He will g0 into business Mr. Dunlap dullt the first house in Edgemont and has lived. there for many He has been in the employ of the Burlington for over twenty-one years. Change in Rallroad Agents. COLUMBUS, Neb, Nov. l.—(Speclal)— L. F. Rector of Aurora succeeds Mr. J. O. the chafrman of the |Odden as agent of the Burlington here, the committee mald he belleved the republican | change taking effect this morning. te ticket would be elected easily he had | Odden will be transferred as agent at Bene- The | dict, reports recelved have been most favorable | here I which position he held before com.ng t April. He will, however, enjoy & month's vacation before going 10 Benedict and expeets to visit the Pacific Coast and and Douglas county does what it should | Old Mexico in the meantime. do, the result will be an old time repub- lican majority, and the leaders of the party here belleve it will ba Farmer Loses FREMONT, Ne His ov. J. Injured in & Runaway. PAPILLION, Neb., Nov. 1.—(Spécial Tele- gram.)—Yesterday while Mr. Burbank was driving to Springfield his team bécame 1—~(Special)— | frightened at an automobile and ran away. . Buckley, & farmer living near North | The carriage was overturned, throwing Bend, came to the city Thursday with a |Burbank out, breaking his collirbone and load of wheat and with it's progeeds pro- | otherwise brulsing him. ceeded to take In the town Friday night. quurduy he reported to the police that he had been held up by two men near the Rzltimore hotel aad relleved of 31250 and later identified E. R. Sollars, who h His Injuries will not prove fatal Insane Man Disappears CAMBRIDGE 1.—(8g | Tiov been | The family of W. E. Bennett is badly wor- arrested the night before near the depots ried over his sudden disappearance Wed- & suspicious characte) 4s one of the |nesday morning. Mr. Bennett had been in men who did the job. Sollars admitted |a state of dementia for some time and ving been with Buckley the night before, imagined that some one was trying to take i denied having his money. Buckley, he | his life. sald, had lost his wad throngh. too much confidence in his abllity as a poker player. Sollars wes given thirty days .in jall by no‘;;lrllln-. Nov. 1.—(Specia})— Increase FREMONT, Neb., Police Judge Cook and Buckley went home | The total registration in this city is 1,409, vowing not to get intimate with strangers | an increase of about 100 over last year, but again. Nerve Saves an Arm, PAPILLION, Neb, Nov. L‘(huhl)— While ll.rry nearly 150 votes short of the probable vot- ing population of the city. ever A Burn rne near | After Porter's Antiseptic Healing Ofl is ap- PR R is et e LAND FRAUDS IN THE WEST Becretary Hitohocok Approves Statement Issued by the Interior Department. COMMISSIONER RICHARDS FILES REPORT Head of Buream Oalls Attention to Fencing and Other Matters a Asks for Large Foree WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—The following statement of the conduct of the investi- gation Iffto the public land frauds in the Pacific coast states was prepared at the Interlor department and given out with Secretary Hitchcock's approval: Nearly a year information reached the secretary of interfor which indi- cated that frauds of a serious nature had been, and were being, perpetrated against the government under what is known a the forest reserve land act of June i, 197, by a combination of land speculators on Ifl'fl Pacific coast. The information and indicated fraud: were of #o grave a character that the s retary at once directed a thorough inves gation to be made. This investigation w commeénced last January and has been con ducted by those having charge of the actual work with great care and with all possible expedition consistent with thor. ougniness The luvestigation hes proceeded step by step, Without interm ulon under the secretary's persandl ection, and every clue to wrong doing has been qui- etly ‘Tollowed o 1t4. burce. with the result that it 18 the confident belief of those in charge of the inquiry that the Jumy pars ties will be apprehended an brought to fustice, as been the determination of the sec- retary from the beginping that the matter should be probed to the bottom regardless of ihe apparent infiuential character of some of the men involved and the inguiry has heen conducted throughout along thens lines. The work is now nearing rflmulzl!nn and the whole matter at an ea Will be in shape Tor definite and Appropri: ate action against the offenders Some Reports, hundred acres of public olved 'In the ifjegal irans; jons brou m h. Hght, m» num of acres to whicl ks have boét optained by the perpetrators of n;e frauds is com- paratively ‘small. It Is pfoper to say also That some of the statements in regat the matter which: have appesred in e newspapers recentl; both the east amn in the west, are more or less exunr-ud and others 'are mere surmises. The statements widely circulated to the effect that five United States' senators and a farge number of fepresentatives werg implicated and that the lands involv would reach in valué $15,000,000 or $20,000,000, are without foundation in fact. It can be ositively stated that they aid ot mfi'"“i in the Tnterfor department. The the investigation are ktiown to %w stories based on statements whi¢! ha 0 heretofore appeared in the press mist be eceived with due allowance. At the proper titne a full statement will be made, covering the results of the en- tire investigation and the whole matter will be given to thé public, but for obvious reasons it is mot deemed expedient that & detalled statement.of lht facts ghould given at the present tim The work of the lm-eannnnn fins been conducted by ur AS| tant attorney the lnlerlor drplll- ment, and 3. Burns of _the Tocrot - Soryice Of thé “Troasury Aepart: ment Nr. Buml called into that time While seve lands’ are in e ast May and_ since )m; had entire charge of the secret ser- vice features of the work while Mr. Hugh has attended to its retary of the interior is highly with the efficient sefvices ren ered officers in- this matter. Conmisxioner's ‘Annual Report. The annual report of Hon. A, W. Rich- ards, commisstonér of the general Jand office, which was miade public today, says that there was If the past year a large increase fn the total number of supposedly fraudulent Tand entiles over the preceding year, He attributes their discovery largely to an order of the tegretary of the in- terior, dated ‘Nbvefiiber 2, 1902, directing the investigation:of &l entries made under the timber and stong,act in thé states of| California, Oregop ,and Washington. Ut- der this order alone 10,000 entries have been suspended and, there are now fifteen special agents of the land office in that fleld engaged in ferreting out.the fraude- lent entries, Commissioner Richards alfo. states that during the year there were reported 12 unlawful enclosures of. public land,. eover- ing an area of 260530 acres,. -Beventy- nine of these enclosures have been removed and proceedings are pending to compel the removal of the remaining number. H says, however, that the total number here mentioned is only a fraction of the en- closures maintained 1n violation of the law, the special agents having found it impos- sible to give attentlun to many others be- cause of the order for a speclal investiga- tion of the entries under the timber and stone act. Complaint is made of the operation of the act. of March 11, 1002, to facilitate entries. Referring to this law, the commissioner legal phases. The see- grnl"lud The privileges galned by reatly &hflmflll“ll yb] wi ho_ ha ellll fraud, Bdavits ahd ehicy 'pap prepared in the namies of fictitious entry- men, and a variely of other ways have beeri devised by fhese officers 1o assist partiés (o evade compliance with the. re: GQuiremenits of the The report makes a strong plea for a Targer force of spectal agents, saying: tions of the varlous laws relatin ublic lands. Thoysands of entries are Peing made for speculative purposes with arcely any attempt at compliance with e legal requirements, vast areas are wn- lawfully enclosed to the exclusion of ae- tual settlers, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of public timber is bein taken unlawfully. To put & stop to these practices and 80 to preserve the remaining ublic lands for the home buflder, & large eld force is absolutely necessary. It will be remembered that the public domain covers_about one-half of the entire coun- ry. The appropriation for the past year Sowed the employment of only abaut fitty-eight agents and thelr dutles consisted not. only, of Investigating and reporting en thousands of= alleged fraudulent entrie timber depredation and unlawful enclos- ures, but in doing a large part of the sup- plementary work necessary to prove viola- tlons of law discoyvered by them. Speaking of the fogest Jleu land selec- tions the commissioner says there were 5,604 of them pending on the 1st of last July, and they involved an approximate area of 1,293,136 acres. He recommends a change in the law permitting the selecting of pat- ented lands within the reservation for un- patented land on the outside, saying: In the exchange of iand within a fo reserve for othef public land It frequently occurs that land from which the timber has been cut, exchanged for -land having timber. s is manifestly unfair to the government. but ('lnnn! be gr-vented und'r the law. While it is considered to be im- Mindyourdoétor. He says: “Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughs.” s OVEMBER o 1903, is back at work again. By means of a bloody thumb print he unrav- els the mystery of * The Norwood Builder.” This is the second story of Conan Doyle's new detective ser- ies—already the literary sensatnon of the year -/ § Now on sale, complete, in the November Household Number of Drlc(lclble to' require thdt only land of like 1 be taken in exchange for land In l r rv it might be provided that timber 1and should not be selected In lieu of such land, just as mineral land is now ex- cepted from such selection, Wants More Timber Rewerves, | Mr. Richards also recommends the trans- fer of the control of the forest reserves to | the Department of A‘rlcul!nr! There are at present fifty-three réserves, covering an | area of 62,644,965 acres. The report con- tinues: It Is undoubtedly a matter of first im. id be supplemented by such o4 re needed to form. a o prebeénsive such as_ will Inl\uo il of-botli the Rocky mountaing ana man reglons. As vet neither of the two fft‘ crh-‘ ah or theu regions have a suffi- Fm u-{ renrvml as urces of water suppiy y be n, connectian wit fiu lmnuun 'l‘he teport hows' & ynnrkea Increase fn the busirieds of the offide over the year 1902, the ‘total recetbts Being N1L0A74, an in- 18 greater, it is stated, than the total re- ceipty for the year 18%.. The total aren of public: lands appropriated during the year acres over the preceding year. About half the area entered was entered under the homestend law. with 1ts ‘work and the commissioner rec- ommends an Increase in the force, fn sup- port of which recommendation he says the ears In original homesteads and the great activity fn all kinds of land matters throughout the west, as Indlcated by the shows that there will probably be a larger amount of work coming before this office for aeversl years to come than at the pres ortande that the reserves thus far estab. protection ‘to the water plm ific tecting its entire , B s tho' mal =h t been fully determ credse’ of $4762816. © This Mcrease’ over 1902 was 22,804,200 acres, an increase of 3,335,764 The office 18 about twelve months behina large Increase during the last two or three reports from the varlous legal land offices, ent time. A Guaranteed Chre tor Plies. Ttching, Blind. Bleéding or Srotruding PAZO OINMENT falls to cure vou in 6 to Piles. Your druggist will refund money if 14 days. -FIRE EEEOHD. Coney Island Fire Swept. NEW YORK; Nov. 1.—Coney Island to- day Was swept by fire, %0 bulldings being destroyed, entalling u loss of §1.000,000. No lUves were lost, although several persons were serfously injured. The fire started near the steeplechase . park and swept along the bowery district, which is filled with fimsy frame structures that burned like tinder, The principal buildings were the Stauch’s’ hotel and pavilfon, and Hen- derson's theater, both brick structures erected since the great fire three years go. Detalls of police from Manhattan and Brooklyp alded the firemen and controlled the great crowds. Dynamite Starts Big Blase. CRESTLINE, O., Nov. 1L.—A car contain- ing dynamite exploded from a supposed colliglori or jar with another car here to- night, setting fire to every car Wwithin a quarter of & mile. These set fire to adjoin- ing cars, and at 11 p. m. at least 500 loaded and empty freight cars were burning. The explosion occurred at the west end of the immense Pennsylvania yards in this ity and about two miles from the city proper. A hole forty feet deep was blown in the ground and the track wrenched to all kinds of shapes for a long distance. sion smashed thousands of window glass, both plate and pane, and made many peo- plé sick because of the concussfon. Rafl- road ties were blown a quarter of a mile. min Helps Wi Gratn, PAPILLION, Neb, Nov. 1—(Bpecial)— A stéady fain has been falling throughout Sarpy county for twenty-four hours. This will be a great benefit to winter wheat. Corn is being husked and shows good ylelds Forelgn Finanecial LONDON, Nov. 1.—The Stock Exchange showed a betier tone during the past week on the improved aspect of far eastern poli- tics, but business was still small and tie Dest prices were not maintained. With the exceplion of 4 small fallure in the Ameri.an section, of the market, the scitlement wag effected without diffic fi T ature of the foreign market was the rather exiensi/ purchases of South American securities by Nnflnfl)tll operators. The banking trou- bles in St 1Louls rhcviod the advance in the merican mar afEices claded lower for [ an Il very small. show Ittle deal aclncl ulm strength. Saloon Keeper Shoots Gambler. JOSEPH, lo Nov. 1.—Abbot R ub a “known man of St. Josel ly wounded toni, treets by Oscar saloon where the The explo- ! Postal Investigation Beaches Third Al—‘K sistent Postmaster General. IN STAMP | IRREGULARITIES ACCOUNT ‘ Charges that S(amps Supposed to | Mave Been Destroyed Have Heen | | Sold by Him to Stamp | Collectorn, i ' | (From a Staff Correspondent.) | I WASHINGTON, ' Nov. ' L—(Special Teje- gram,)—Charges of a serlous naturs have | been made agalist Bdwin'C, Madden, third | assistant postmaster general, and the Pos- tal Investigation now is concerned ‘with his divisioh, Whethet' Madden's indiétment will be’ obtained ‘or sought fs not vet certuth, but if the charges. are substantiated he will have to leave the pdstal ‘service and stand prosecution as well. The administration was made aware of the acctsations against Madden only. & few .days ago, - The presi- dent himself hag been fully informed and already the department Inspectors are at work on the case. The inquiry, howe has not proceeded far enough to warrant any statement as to' what' action will he taken. In general it can be stated that (e charges involve Madden in' the alfeged i1 legal sale of postage stamps and in with- holding from the treasury seyeral thou- sands of dollars said to have been thus ob- tained. Figures or devices on the face of postage stamps occasionaily are changed and when such a change ig effected it is usual for an order to be promulgated calling in from cireulation at postoffices all stamps bearing the old design. Stamp collectors, however, frequently wish to purchase old stamps and some of them become valuable for such coleetlons. Madden, it is ‘understood, Is charged’ with having had business dealings with stamp collectors. Tt fs-hinted furthér that other @wnd more tmportant discrepan: cles In the department stamp accounts are alleged and hat inspectors have been or- dered to make a thorough Investigation of this braneh of the department. This 18 the first time since the beginning of the postal Investigation that the division of the third assistant postmaster general has been under fire Wants Justice Dome. | 1t is known that the president does not | wish to do an injustice to any one, and while he has pointed out that it {8 not in his province either to order any man's in- dictment or to Interfere to prevent an in- dictment being found, he and his advisers appreciate that in such an Investigation when charges and counter-charges are being made on every hand, great care should be exercised to prevent the innocent suffering with the gullty. It has been published asa governing rule of administration that in- dictments should not be sought -except in cases where imspectors and the govern- ment's prosecutors aré convinced of the gullt of the accused officlals. That policy will be adhered to strictly to the end. Edwin C. Madden, third assistant post. master, general, was appointed to his pres- ent position at the urgent golicitition of the | Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. He | was formerly postmaster in Detroit and was a candidate for the loeal postmaster- ship here, when Mr. Merritt, the present in- cumbent, selected. He has occuplea his present positfon about four years. Former Lieutenant Louls G. Hamilton of the army, who was indicted yesterday ih San Francisco, charged with forgery and fraud, is An custody, having voluntarily surrendered himself several weeks ago. He led an exemplary life, it fs claimed, untfl almost a year ago, when he was disap- pointed in not being ordered home from the Philippines after long continuous service in the tropics, he suddenly resighed his commission, withiout advising friends. and began a course of life that caused Ig friends to belleve his mind was unbal- anced. He secured momey at Manila by false representations. Stnce his confinement here, young Hamilton has been examined by several physiclans and the consensus of opinion is that his mind was affected by his long service in the tropic Birik Root, Many dangerous discases begin in impurn blood, Electric Bitters purifies the blood and cures, or uo pay, Only Sc. For sale by Kuhn & Co. |NADDEN IS UNDER FIRE NOW Ghe Best of Eves zthlg& b The Only Double Track Railway to Chicago The Omaha Train Par Kaxcellinc: Is No. 6. A solidtrain made up in Omahe, daily at 5:50 p, | arriving at COnieago 7:15 p. ™. next mornin '%' Library Buffet Oar— Ba New Standard Sleepers— Diner-— Chair Cars—Everything, =====City OffiCes=——== 1401-1403 FARNAM ST. OMAHA TEL. 624-861 Dr., Saarlas&Ssarlns SPECIALISTS Cure All Special DISEASES OF MEN BLO0D POISON WEAK, NERYOUS MEN KIDNEY AND BLADDER DISEASES Medicine $6.00 PER MONTH Examinati and advice Yree ‘! office Dl' oy matl Written ocontracts i fl i ;"r-'-";;-:fl. i reatmins by Ml 18 ;:'. III-——-I‘ m; i ?.‘.: wEB. 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