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A BIG RESERVOIR.
Government Takes Up the Matter of Irri-
 gation In tne West.

Government Takes Up the Matter of Irri-
 gation In the West.
 Captain Hiram M Chittenden of the corps of engineers of the United States army arrived in Denver the other day and called at the office of State Engineer Sumner to look over the typographical maps of Colorado, with a view to select. ing the most desirable site for great water storage reservoir.
 Captain Chittenden's mission is one of extraordinary importance to the agri- cultural interests of Colorado and marks the ecomnencemento of federal interest in the western irrigation projects. The idea is to establish a government storage res eryoir or lake in the mountains on the eastern side of the divide, which will save huge volumes of water which now run to waste in the spring. Tho project will, when completed, open up vast areas of now arid region to cultivation.
 A start was made last spring, when congress passed the bill authorizing the construction of great federal reservoirs, one in Wyoming and one in Colorado. Tho bill carried with 1t an apprepria- tion of S200, 900 to defray the expenses of the surveys and other preliminary work II have about decided that the proper place to locate the reservoir will be at the headwaters of the Platte, !" said Captain Chittenden. iThe Platte is the great distributor of " tter in Col erado and northwestern Nei,rsa.slIzzas i,rsa.slIzzas, will start out in few days and look over the South park region. but active work cannot be commenced until the heavy SHOWS disappear
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LETTERS BY WIRE.
Novel Combination of a Typewriter and
 Telephone.

Telephone.
 Scientists in Europe are talking @ good deal just now about curious new machine, to which the name teleseriptor has been given. As the name indicates, the object of the machine is to write down words spoken or sent from dis tance. Tho telephone, as at present con structed, enables one person to hear an- other who is talking perhaps leagues away. The telescriptor, it is claimed, will enable any person to send a written message to another person over a tele- phone.
 The teleseriptor has been invented by a German scientist. His machine is sim ply a combination of the typewriter and the telegraph and without it the invent or claims that the telephone cannot be regarded as complete. The manipula- tion of the machine is not more difficult than that of the typewriter, and, like the typewriter, the new instrument has keyboard above which is placed the box containing the machinery.
 Tho same wire which is used for tel ephonic communication is connected with the telescriptor, and by means of simple manipulation the current can bo directed either into the telescriptor or into the telephone Thus, when a person wishes to use a telephone, after it has been furnished with this new ma chine, all he will have to dc will be to turn on the current and then write his message on the typewriter. According as it is written the message will be flashed across the wire and an answei will be sent to him in tho same man. ner.-New York Herald.
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The Baby show.

The baby show, Co be given under the auspices of the Ladies Hospital Association, will take place next Saturday afternoon at Merrill lnsti- tute. The exhibition wil begin promptly at 2;3O o'clock. Admission, 23 cents
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Jumbo" the handsome iron gray horse that, with its mate, pulls hose cart No. l, is sick with what is known as the blind staggers. Should the animal die, as it is feared it will, the Pine Bluff fire department will lose a valuable horse.
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We wish you all a happy New Year. Ne also wish to call your at tention to the fine suits we are mak- ing to your measure with special discount of l5 per cent of former prices. HENRY MARX < Co.
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There will be a meeting of the Main Street Epworth League in the chapel of the First Methodist Church Wednesday, evening, January 6, at 7:30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present.
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On occount of i'll health. Mr. " F, Edmunds has resigned his position with J. A. Coles, and will leave in q few days for points in Texas, Alr. Edmunds will carry with him the best wishes of a number of friends, and the GRAPHIC wishes him q speedy restoration t1 health.
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Fin de Steele Chivalry.

The Boston Advertiser says: Two thousand two hundred and thirty seven members of the Cambridge university
 senate" in England have signed doe ument whose purport stripped of all yerbiage, is that women may be permit ted to study at the university, provided they pass entrance examinations as rigid as those required of men, keep up during their course of study as high q standard of scholarship as the men do, pay the same fees that the men pay and receive none of the degrees, none of the honors and none of the privileges which are accorded to men in consequence of connection with the university And this document emanates from what Is known as the liberal party in the university senate. The other party wants the women excluded absolutely. The terms upon which the liberal ? party is willing to admi5 them oonsti- tute very faithful sample, stripped of all glitter and linsal and other false pretense, of about nine tenth7 of what passes in the Norld fer obiyalrv
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County Treasurer Saunders is spending the week at Reddeld Dur ing his absence Mir. NJ. E. Bloom, of the Citizens Bank, is discharging the duties of the Treasurer's office.
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Production of Gold.

The latest mint report shows that this country produced last year nearly q fourth of the worlds entire gold prod uct The increase since 1885 is over 8 third of the total production of that year. New York World
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Mr. Thos. s. James. accompanied by his daughter, Miss Eugenia. and Miss Nellie MeEwen. left for Mem phis yesterday, where the young ladies will re-enter Miss IIigbees famous seminary.
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The craze fer crests is increasing, and not content with blazoning it on one'a stationery, il is now the mode to have it exquisitoly hand painted on parch- ment, framed and hung in conspicu. ous place in hall or library.
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Pine Bluff has more babies, and prettier babies. than aLy place of its size in the world. Attend the Baby Show at Merrill Institute Saturday afternoon, and be convinced of this fact
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Mir Ben overton left this morning for Greenville, Miss, where he goes to accept a responsible position. His many Pine Bluff friends wish him well.
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Miss Henie Bloom, of Pine Bluff, is being entertained by Miss Etta Loehiem, Thirteenth and Cumber- land streets. Little Rock Democrat.
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Mrs. Louis Roth entertained the Entre Nous Club last Wednesday aftertoon. The game was very in teresting and hotly contested, after the conclusion of which delightful re treatments were served,
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The old settlers affirm that the present weather is the prettiest they ever saw, and we see no cause to dispute the assertion.
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FOR LITTLE FOLKS
Out of Simple Instrument It Ts D.
 to Bring Sweet Rfelodias
A zOBo BANR

to HFng Sweet Melodies.
 A 2obo is simply q hollow brass ,.,
 fashioned in the form Of any of s tba ,au' rious instruments of brass hand s ' having no keys. The sound is nrad.l I a'l by singing into the instrument NIrsa Tsl small horns. fashioned to look lika a'a aa' nets, give to the human voice 2 Sosa, se' as nearly as possible resembling tbss ss ' a regular cornet, with echo attacbma.. played with the echo key down T' g'I comets are intended to be avsa \ ' soprano voices, the tenor horns bs ~ z altos and the heavier instruments t,on "
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If you wish an enjoyable afternoon go to the Baby Show, at Merrill h. stitute Saturday.
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The awning in front of smith X Owens, which was damaged by the wind Saturday night, is being re- paired today.
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Prosecuting Attorney $. C, Martin is able to be up again after a brief indIsposltion.
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Mr k. l.. Murdauch, representing the Owensboro, (ky9 Wagon Co, is in the city.
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The trial of Jim Davis, forthe mnr- der of Lawrence Williams. comes up in the Circuit Court Wednesday.
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More Eloquent.

They say there is character shown Ill the way man combs his hair. J
 We'll, l think that often there is more character shown in the way be doesn comb it. Detroit Free Press
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Mrs. Blanche Wynne. of Rison, is tho guest of her friend. Miss Pear Reeves, on Lakeside.
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4 kilogram, or 1000 grams of the French system, Is about equivalent to IL pounds.
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Mrs. F. E. Renfrow, of Dallas, Tex is visiting her porents, Mir. and Mrs. k. II. N. Mills
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Mir. J. ". Branch, of Swan Lake. is registered at the Trulock.
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From Penang to New York letter requires 35 days to make the journey.
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pr. D. <. Mills is confined to his home on aeeouat.of la grippe.
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Miss Maud Stanley returned, yes terday, to her school at Toronto.
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Mir. H. R. (. Foster is up after a three weeks illness.
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i've cOurses.


The Ny Clnb was delightfully."- en- tertainea Wednesday afternoon by
 Dr. J Y. Nithers. The subject for discussion was Bacteria, and in- teresting papers were read by Drs. J. L. Goree. z Orto and J. " Withers. After the conclusion of the program
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IA. MePhail. of Linwood, was in the city today.
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John l.. Mills Is spending a few days with his parents.
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 yEhas RuIes tlle World.

Many years ago John Brougham, Lester Wallack, Artemus Ward and oth- CTS used to meet after the play at Windhurst'g, in Park row. One night the question, ''What rules the worldq' arose, and various opinions were ex- pressed. William Ross Wallace, who was present. retired before long, and some time later called Thomas J. Leigh from the room ana handed to him a poem which he had just written. Mir. Leigh read it aloud to the company, and Mr. Brougham made happy little speech of acknowledgment. The thing Was entitled What Rules the World. ; and the first stanza ran:
 They say that man i8 mighty,
 He governs land and sea-
 Ha #lelds mighty seepter
 Ger lesser powers that be.
 But Q mightier power and stronger
 Eon from his throne has hurled,
 And the hand that rocks the cradle
 Is the hand that rules the world.
 kate Louise Roberts in Critic.
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Miss Mary Lindsay pleasantly en- tertamed a number of her friends at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. George Lindsay, on Lakeside. Friday evening. All who were pres ent report most enjoyable oeea- sion
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Dg, Cady's Condition Powders, are just what horse needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge They are not food but medicine and inc best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25 cents per package.
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Harry Eversiield, of Cornerstone is visitor to the city today.
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Tetter. sait-Rheum and Eczema

The intense itching and smarting incl dent to these diseases is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain S Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by 1t. It is equally efficient for itching piles and 9 favorite remedy for sore nipples i; chapped hands. chilblains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes. % cts. per box.
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Did you ever see real Brownie9 Of course you hayenot. Well, if you attend the Barlow Bros. Minstreis you will see the only Brownie who has ever escaped from Fairyland. Bring the children to see little Eddie Pinaud, the Brownie bicyclist and athlete. He only weighs 70 pounds
 nd is the most skillful wheelman in the country.
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The progressive ladies of Westfeld, Ind, issued d "Woman's Edition of the Westfeld News, bearing date of April }, 1896. The paper is filled with ..asa.t. tses:. ttse: s,,;s s,,;s interest to women and We notice the following from a correspondent, which the editors printed realizing that it treats upon matter of vital importance to their sex: 1.-The best remedy f.sr cr6up. colds and bronchitis that l have been able to find is Chamberlain ; Cough Remedy. For family use it has no equal. gladly recommend IL. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by W. L. Dewoody < Go.
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IMPERIAL LODGE E, Nc Nss5. 94 q. K. oi H P, meets every Friday night at
 their Castle Hall, over Citizen Bank
 FraternaI welcome extended to al visiting knights and brethren, J " IANtssToN, II. l. HeIDERNEss K k. and S. C. (.
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Little Arie Ferguson delightfully."- entertained a few of her young friends at the home of her parents Saturday afternoon.
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The Worm Turns.

At least two of Kentueky's most ia nous distilleries have failed recently. This, too, ill face of Joe Blackburn 8 statement that the voice of Kentucky cannot be stilled. Philadelphia Gall.
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From Tuesdays Daily.

A. J. Clemmons, Of Grady, is in the eity today.
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\ E s0p,s,u 11,,suage that everybody can a. ee
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A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other aduiterant.
 4o YEARS THE STANDARD.
 From Tuesday Daily.
 A. J. Clemmons, Of Grady, is in the city today.
 John L. Mills Is spending a few days with his parents.
 J. A. MrPhail, of Linwood, was in the city today.
 Miss Maud Stanley returned, yes terday, to her school at Toronto. Mir. H. R. (. Foster is up after three weeks illness.
 Mir. J. W. Branch, of Swan Lake, is registered It the Trulock.
 Dr. D. $. Mills is confined to his home on aeeouat-of la grippe.
 
 Mir. k. l.. Murdauch, representing the owensboro, (ky9 Wagon Co, is in the city.
 Mrs. r. E. Renfrow, of Dallas, Tex is visiting her porents, Mir. and Mrs. k. II. N. Mills Harry Everstield, of Cornerstone. is n visitor to the city today. Prosecuting Attorney $. c. Martin is able to be up again after brief indisposition.
 Mrs. Blanche Wynne. of Rison, is the guest of her friend. Miss Pearl Reeves, on Lakeside.
 If yop wish an enjoyable afternoon, go to the Baby Show, at Merrill h. stitute Saturday.
 The trial of Jim Davis, for the mnr- F der of Lawrence Williams. comes up in the Circuit Court Wednesday. The old settlers affirm that the present weather is the prettiest they ever saw, and we see no cause to dispute the assertion.
 The awning in front of Smith X Owens, which was damaged by the wind Saturday night, is being re- paired today.
 Mir. Ben Overton left this morning for Greenville, Miss, where he goes to accept a responsible position. His many Pine Bluff friends wish him well.
 County Treasurer Saunders is spending the week at Reddeld Dur ing his absence Mir NJ. E. Bloom, of | the Citizens Bank, is discharging thc duties of the Treasurer's office. There will be meeting of the Main Street Epworth League in the chapel of the First Methodist Church Wednesday evening, January 6, at 7:30 o'clock. All members are urged f to be present.
 
 Jumbo" the handsome iron gray horse that, with its mate, pulls hose cart No. l, is sick with what is known as the blind staggers. Should E the animal die, as it is feared it will, the Pine Bluff fire department will lose valuable horse.
 
 Miss Henie Bloom, of Pine Bluff is being entertained by Miss Etta Lochiem, Thirteenth and Cumber land streets.-Little Rock Democrat. F
The record-union., 1897-12-20
GARRISON ON GEORGE.
Characterizes Him as One Of the
Greatest Men of All Time.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.-William
Lloyd Garrison, the well known Boston
reformer. addressed the Ethical Soci-
ETY. to-day on the life, character and
work of Henry George, whom he char
acterlzed as one of the greatest men
OF all time. He said in part:
Never did knights of old fight more
valiantly to win back the Holy Land
trom the Saracen than did Henry
George to win his country from pauper-
ism. Long after We are gone. men will
contemplate from varying points of
view this Alpine peak of moral force
The sunset of the nineteenth century
Will presage with added glory the COM
ing or the twentieth, because lie lived.
thought and wrote"
The speaker briefly rehearsed the
main facts. of Henry Georges earlier
life, and said that it was while he
was in California, in it's turbulent and
primitive period, that his great work.
Progress and Poverty" grew upon his
hands and eventually came forth like
a revelation.
MIR. Garrison referred to Herbert
Spencer's rebuff of George Whom ba
should have welcomed as the brightes,
said:
When it became manifest that Pro-
Sress and Poverty was the bugle blast
OF one deeply in earnest, the battle
ragged. Georges demand for the inn
mediate restoration of land to those
VINO We're starving because of its mis-
appropriation was a heresy not to be
tolerated, for vested rights and priyi
ieges We're endangered by such teach
ms Land owners We're stirred to their
moral depths, and cried out 'Robberl'
The whole scheme of taking land
values was decreed to be a scheme of
spoliation. Progress and Poverty was
constantly refuted, but it constantly re-
lused to stay so. It's vitality is re-
iharkable, and it will not down.
concluding, he said: His partfcina-
ton in the New York municipal cam
palgn was not a prudential step:
neither was the raid of John Brown
on Harper's Ferry, but in the good
times coming it will be granted that
Henry George has made his statue
place in times 'Walhalla'"
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RATCHFORD'S DEFEAT.
1ntimated by Some of His Friends
That He Was Thrown Down

NASHVILLE Tenn), Dec. 19.-To-
morrow's session, many delegates saw,
viii bring to close the work of the
Federation of Labor convention. while
others insist that two days will be re-
CURED to complete the consideration of
all important matters. The defeat of
Nj. ID. Ratchford, President of the Unit
ed Mine Workers, for the position of
traternal Delegate to England, has
caused great deal of talk and the de-
parture of Mr.. Ratchford and his coll
league. L. Lewis, On an early train this
morning, gave color to some of the ru-
nlors
1t is intimated by some that Mr..
Ratchford was thrown down" in the
balloting and some of his friends claim
that the rulings upon the different bal
lots and the decision as to the number
Of votes required to elect were against
him. Some of Mr. Ratchford's friends
have been very severe in their criticisms
Of the Presidents rulings, but there
seems to be no disposition to bring the
matter before the convention. though
If any opportunity is offered to get in
blow against the rulings complained
of. it will probably be taken advantage
Of
Mr.. Ratchford himself, il he feels as
his friends say he does. did not show
it. Before leaving he said the conven-
ton had done some important work,
especially in forwarding the eight hour
movement and the action taken in re-
gard to the restriction of immigration
along the lines OF an educa tionaI test.
Both movements, he claimed were
closely related and if secured. the sup
ply of labor Will diminish and better
wages follow.
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ROTHSCHILD AND MIRABEAUD
They Buy Immensely Valuable
Copper Mines in Mex;co

CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. 10. - The
bull-fight this afternoon was largely
attended. Ten horses We're killed and
six bulls MazZantini was in his usual
good form, and the other performers
acquitted themselves to the satisfaction
of the public.
Mr. Bryan attended divine service at
the Union Evangelical Church. and was
also the guest of Presidcn. Diaz at the
distribution of prizes to the Mexican
exhibitors at the Chicago and Atlanta
Expositions. General Diaz and the
members of the Cabinet arrived at Ala
media in State carriages. escorted by
cavalry, and the scene was most i'm
posing, 1t being designed to give eclat
to so honorable an occasion for Mexi-
can industries. Mr.. Bryan was warns
ly greeted by the President and his
Ministers.
The sale of the Inguaran conner
mines to Rothschild and Mirabeaud of
Paris for several million dollars is the
result Of prolonged investigation into
this great property, which has been
long known in this country to be one
of the greatest copper deposits on the
globe. Several parties of experts have
come over from France to report. and
all agree on its value and on the enor-
nous quantity Of ore in the mines.
build two lines of railway, one to con-
meet with the western branch of the
Mexican National Railway, and the
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birth to the movement will reassemble
here on January 25th"
AN OMISSION NOTED.
Proposition Made by Mr.. Foster to
the Canadian Delegates.

OTTAWA (Ont), Dec. 19.-The Sec
retary of State to-day called attention
to the omission from the Behring Sea
correspondence between Canada and
the United States, which was tele-
graphed from Washington on Friday
last, of a memorandum concerning a
proposition made by Mr.. Foster to the
Canadian delegates, and requested its
transmission. The proposition which
is taken from the Canadian Opy of
the proceedings, is as follows,
First That the Governmeilts af
Great Britain and the United States
adopt at once the modus vivendl pro-
viding for a complete suspension OF the
killing of seals in all the waters of the
Pacific Ocean and Behring Sea for one
year, from December, 1897, and for the
suspension OF all killing of seals on the
Pribyloff Islands for the same period.
'Second-That the British Embassa-
dor and one or more representatives
Of the Canadian Government on the
part of any such representative or rep
resentativeS as may be designated by
the President of the United States,
WILL with as little delay as possible,
take up for consideration, with a view
of settlement by means of treaty stip-
ulations, the fur seal question, the pro-
lection of fish in the waters of rivers
and lakes contiguous to the United
States and Canada, which either of the
Governments may See proper to bring
forward"
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He viii Now Insist on a Thorough In
Yestigation.
Says the Records of the Land Of
flee Will Vindicate Him and
That He Stands Ready at All
Times to Answer Any and All
Questions So Far as His Con-
nection With the Land Office is
Concerned.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-F. NJ Gid
con, the Clerk of the General Land
Office, who was referred to by Thomas
Reddington in the testimony before the
Senate Pacific Railroads Committee
yesterday as having changed the Land
Office records so as to throw 100000
acres of Government land to the
Northern Pacific Railroad, has made a
clear denial of the charge
Mr. Gideon is resident of Washing
ton and at his home tonight made the
following statement:
The story told by Mr. Reddington is
absurd. ridiculous, unqualifiedly false
and without foundation or color of
truth. The records of the Land Of
flee will vindicate me, bur | will now
insist upon the most thorough investi-
cation and stand ready at all times to
answer any and all questions so far as
my connection with the Northern Pa
cific lands or my connection with the
Land Office are concerned. I court the
fullest inquiry into the natter
Mr.. Gideon was appointed to the
Land Office from Kokomo, Ind, in
1883, and was in charge of the division
of adjustment of land grants. Upon
leaving the Land Office he was en-
ployed by the Southern Pacific as at
torney before the Interior Department
remaining in their employ until De-
cember, 1894.