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The National tribune., 1901-06-20
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By JOHN R. MUSICK.

which he had so long hoped and prayed
hurled right at his bosom. He glanced
carefully around. No one was in sight;
so he arose, and, concealing his package
in his bosom, walked hurriedly away,
turning into another street at the first cor
ner so he would not be seen near the
wreck
at must be money" he thought, with
his hand on the package. "Yes, it must
be deal of money" He did not go far
until he turned into another dark street,
more unfrequented than the first. Oh,
how he wished that the whole city had
been enveloPed in darkness. Then ne
shuddered as words like these came to his
mind:
For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, lest his deeds should be re-
proved" But the text was smothered in
The National tribune., 1901-06-20
JmpossibIe Things are not claim,

for DR. Peters Blood Vitalizer, but the
experience of thousands who have tried
this remedy, renders one safe in saying
that it is unexceled as blood and consti-
tutional remedy. Mr.. j. NJ. McCourtney,
of Clarksburg, Mo-, says: Il will be "a
years old on my next birthday. l have
been troubled with kidney ailment, rheu-
matsm, and chronic stomach trouble for
20 years, but through the Blood Vitalizer
and the blessing of God, l now enjoy good
health"
The first bottle will demonstrate the
peculiar efficacy of this preparation, and
bring you on the road to health. Unlike
other medicines, it is not to be had in
drug stores. 1t is placed with the people
direct through local agents, by the sole
proprietor, DIR. Peter Fahrney, 112-114 S.
Hoyne avenue. Chicago, LII.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-12-21
A CO-Operative Home.

Forty thousand meals for S5000- 1912 cents apiece-is not so bad Per haps it is record, and, if so, the credit belongs to several original wo- men of Longwood who have succeeded in establishing a cooperative home.
 The scheme has been in operation year, and is a big success. Mrs. Thomas Chambers of Longwood first though of the plan more than year ago, and one of the results was the purchase of a clubhouse, where fam flies who were on the societys roster congregated at meal time, and when they pleased. and enjoyed themselves. This saved the drudgery of cooking in the several homes, and the plan proved so satisfactory that it was broadened and a cooperative garden established. with saving or vege- tables for the year of about $500.
 The clubhouse is for both sexes, and members of the family generally sit at a table by themselves, use their own silverware and enjoy the same delights as if in their own homes.
 The S5000 includes all the expenses of the association. including the pur- chase of equipment, such as ranges, steam table, refrigerator and cooking utensils. In the computation of meals those served to children under 1l years old are counted at one-half and charged on that basis.
 The next step of the association, plans for which are now being made, is a cooperative laundry. After that will come the cooperative stock farm for the purpose of supplying the as- sociation with milk butter, eggs, poultry, etc.
 The news of the success of the Longwood Home" has spread, and it is probable that similar institutions will spring up in Washington Heights. Blue Island and Harvey.-Chicago Correspon lence New York World.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-12-21

where. We are dealing with a new and momentous question, in the preg- nant years while institutions are form ing, and what we do will affect not only the present but future genera tions.
 Careful Study of Irrigation.
 Our aim should not be simply to re- claim the largest area of land and provide homes for the largest number of people. but to create this new in dustry the best possible social and in dustrial conditions; and this requires that we not only understand the exist ing situation. but avail ourselves of the best experience of the time in the solution of its problems. A careful study should be made. both by the na- tion and the states, of the irrigation laws and the condi- tions here and abroad. Ulti- mately it will probably be neces- sary for the nation to cooperate with the several arid states in proportion as these states by their legislation and administration show themselves fit to receive 1t.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-12-21
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE GOV EMINENT ITS PRESIDENT TAKES THE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION OF THE ARID
 PUBLIC DOMAIN
OVER s2ooOOoooO
 
Reclamation of Arid Lands.

The reclamation and settlement of the arid lands will enrich every DOT ton of our country just as the settle ment of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys brought prosperity to the Atlantic states. The increased de- mand for manufactured articles will stimulate industrial production, while wider home markets and the trade of Asia will consume the larger food supplies and effectually prevent west ern competition with eastern agricul- ture. Indeed, the products of irri- gation will be consumed chiefly in up building local centers of mining and other industries, which would other wise not come into existence at all. Our people as a whole will profit, for successful home-making is but an other name for the upbuilding of the nation.
 The necessary foundation has all ready been laid for the inauguration of the policy just described. It would be unwise to begin by doing too much. for a great deal will doubtless be learned, both as to what can and what cannot be safely attempted by the early efforts, which must of necessity De partly eNpeTlllleHtdl III character. At the very beginning the government should make clear beyond shadow of doubt it's intention to pursue this policy on lines of the broadest public interest. No reser- voir or canal should ever be built to satisfy selfish personal or local in terest: but only in accordance with the advice of trained experts, after long investigation has shown the To- cality where all the conditions com bine to make the work most needed and fraught with the greatest use- fitness to the community as whole. There should be no extravaganza and the believers in the need of irriga- ton will most benefit their cause by seeing to it that it is free from the least taint of excessive or reckless expenditure of the public moneys.
 Private Capital Invested.
 Whatever the nation does for the extension of irrigation should har- monize with and tend to improve the condition of those now living on irri- gated land. We are not at the start ing point of this development. Over $l00, 100000 of private capital has al ready been expended in the construc- tion of irrigation works, and many
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-12-21

million acres of arid land reclaimed. A high degree of enterprise and ability has been shown in the work itself; but as much cannot be said in reference to the laws relating thereto. The security and value of the homes created depend largely on the stability of titles to water; but the majority of these rest on the un- certain foundation of court decisions rendered in ordinary suits at law. With a few creditable exceptions, the arid staes have failed to provide for the certain and just division of streams in times of scarcity. Lax and uncertain laws have made it possible to establish rights to water in excess of actual uses or necessities, and many streams have already passed into private ownership, or control equivalent to ownership.
 Whoever controls a stream practi- cally controls the land it renders pro ductive. and the doctrine of private ownership of water apart from land cannot prevail without causing endur- ing wrong. The recognition of such ownership. which has been permit ted to grow up in the arid regions. should give way to a more enlightened and larger recognition of the rights of the public in the control and dis posal of the public water supplies Laws founded upon conditions ob- taining in humid regions where wa ter is too abundant to justify hoard ing it, have no proper application in a dry country.
 State Ownership of Water.
 In the arid states the only right to water which should be recognized is that of use. In irrigation this right should attach to the land reclaimed and be inseperable therefrom. Grant ing perpetual water rights to others than users. without compensation to the public, is open to all the objections which apply to giving away perpetual franchises to the public utili- ties of cities. A few of the western states have already recognized this, and have incorporated in their constitutions the doctrine of perpetual state ownership of water.
 The benefits which have followed the unaided development of the past jus tify the nations aid and co0peration 1T the more difficult and important worl yet to be accomplished. Laws s' vitally affecting homes as those whlcl control the water supply will only b. effective when they have the sanction of the irrigators; reforms can only b' l final and satisfactory when they come through the enlightenment of the peo- pie most concerned. The larger de- velopment which national aid insures should, however, awaken in every arid state the determination to make it's irrigation system equal in justice and effectiveness to that of any country in the civilized world. Nothing could be more unwise than for isolated com munties to continue to learn every thing experimentally, instead of profit ing by what is already known else
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-12-21

ing the arid Public Domain but IL will take years to accomplish results. In the meantime the best irrigation enterprises are being developed hy private enterprise-in the front ranks of which stands the Imperial irrigation system.
 President Roosevelt in his late an nual message to Congress says:
 Question of Irrigation.
 The forests are natural reservoirs. By restraining the streams in flood and replenishing them in drought they make possible the use of waters otherwise wasted They prevent the soil from washing and so protect the storage reservoirs from filling up with silt Forest conservation is, therefore. an essential condition of water conservation.
 The forests alone cannot, however, fully regulate and conserve the waters of the arid region. Great storage works are necessary to eoualize the flow of streams and to save the flood waters Their con struction has been conclusively shown to be an undertaking too vast Tor private effort. Nor can it be best accomplished by the individual states acting alone. Farreaching inter state problems are involved; and the resources of single states would often be inadequate It is properly na- tional function, at least in some or it's features. It is as right for the national government to make the streams and rivers of the arid region useful by engineering works for wa ter storage as to make useful the rlV- CTS and harbors of the humid region by engineering works of another kind. The storing of the floods in reser- volrs at the headwaters of our rivers is but an enlargement of our present policy of river control, under whlch lCvees are built on the lower reaches of the same stream
 Government Construction.
 The government should construct and maintain these reservoirs as It does other public works. where their purpose is to regulate the no" of streams. the water should De turned freely into the channels Tn the dry season to take the same course under the same laws as the natural flow
 The reclamation of the unsettled arid public lands presents difhcult problem. Here it is not enough to regulate the flow of streams. The op- feet of the government is to dispose of the land settlers who will build homes upon it To accomplish this object water must be brought within their reach.
 The pioneer settlers on the aria public domain choose their homes along streams from which they could themselves divert the water to re- claim their holdings. Such oppor- tunities are practically gone. There remain. however. vast areas of pub lie land which cah be made available for homestead settlements, but only by reservors and mainline canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built by the national government. The lands reclaimed by them should be reserved by the government for actual settlers. and the cost of con- structon should so far as possible be repaid by the land reclaimed. The distribution of water, the division of the streams among irrigators, should be left to the settlers themselves in conformity with state laws and with out interference with those laws or
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Imperial press and farmer., 1901-12-21

Nothing practical Xmas gift than some good article ol will stand the test of and always be pleasant remembrance of the giver.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
OJO NADIS.

The name OF Henryk Sienkiewic2
will 20 down in history with thos g
whose names are now household
words, and whose works are i'm.
mortal, He it whose genius gave to
the reading world "Ouo Vadis
(Wh,lher soest thou!) His master
ly and subtle treatment Of sub.
iect heretofore evadcd by the great
writer's by reason of the question.
able customs prevailing during the
reign OF Nero, has proved beyond
prcadventure of doubt that a
whole some, moral lesson may
he taught by depicting the dire
full effects of this period Of supersi-
tion. lust and bloodshed, and the
world made better for it, "Ouo
Vadis on a colossal scale would
more striklngly depict the great
moral progress Of the world We live
in.
Mr.. Julian Edwards, whose fame in
opera is well known, contributed the
music. Throughout the length and
breadth of this broad land the sue
cess Of Whitney and Knowles "Quo
Vadis" is known. This coming sea-
son even greater effects are promised
as it is the management's intention to
make "Quo Nadis' an annual offer
ing,
Manager Bay!is has booked this
popular attraction at the Opera
House on Tuesday night. The price
of tickets will not be advanced.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
DOCkST ADERS,

Manager Dockstader offers
great laughing bill this week. as the
many who itnessed the opening
performance Yesterday will testify.
Fox and Ward, OF old time minstrel
fame; johnny Heaiey, always ala.
vorite IN Wilmington; ]. Knox Gavin
and Jennie Platt. in gypsy scene
Miss Rita Redmond, in a novel elec
trical act, entitled "Dien Cate:
James and Bennie Farley. in a re-
fined bit OF character work. intro.
duclng some eccentric dancing:
Deaves royal automatons, which
pie ased the young folks immensely
Arvelie, clever gymnast; the
Three Deficits, in refined musi.
cal specially and others contribute.
Fox and Ward. and the inimitable
Healey received much of the ap-
plause yesterday. Miss Redmond
provides novel feature Of the pro-
gram and one which will doubtless
attract many persons 70 the house
a second time during the week.
Gavin and Plat are good singers
and their act is beautifully staged.
Manager Dockstader has pr ovid ed
a strong bill this weeA and thu
patrons of vaudeville will not likely
ind fault with It.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
Arnd DiAlAnint Dead.

WORE rESTER. Mass. Oct. 30
Hon Henry Clay Hall. for thirty con-
srrutive years consul to Cuba and
minister to Central America, is dead
at his home IN AIilll'ury, aged eighty
one years. lie retired from the gov
crnmcnt service in 1892 on account Of
his health. He was long known as
dean of the government diplomatic
corps on account Of his long service
lie served under eight presidents from
Buchanan 10 Cleveland. a record be-
licved to be unparalleled. He was
known as the father Of the Nicaragua
canal and drafted the first treaty for
the building Of II. He clung to his post
as consul to Havana during the civil
war at risk of personal violence. He
was so young when he left this coun
try and was in the service so long
that the first time he ever had a
chance to exercise the right of fran
chise was when he cast his vote for
William Mckinley for president. He
was born in Northford, Conn. His
wife survives him.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
R0urke Cochran Injured.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Bourke CocHt'
ran was severely injured by being
thrown from his horse while riding
about his place at Sands Point, n Y.
1t is not exactly known what occurred.
as there does not appear to have been
an eyewitness to the accident, and Mr.,
Cochran is not allowed to talk. He
was out riding spirited horse, and
he was either thrown or the horse
stumbled. When Mr.. Cochran was
found, he was unconscious on the
ground He was suffering frOra
bruises and'a cut on the head. from
which there was a considerable flow
of blood. He was placed in a wagon
and taken to his house and doctor
summoned. He was revived later.
but pending further Improvement is
being kept exceedingly quiet.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
BoTHA'S CLOSE CALL.
BOer COmmnnder's Hat and Pistol In
British Hands,

LONDON. Oct. 30.-A dispatch from
Pretoria says that Remington's col
umn has surprised the laager of Gen
erhl Bothu. the HOcr commander in
chief. General Botha- succeeded in
making his escape Il few hundred
yards in advance of Remiugtons men,
leaving his hat and revolver behind.
General Rotlla's papers were secured.
The war office has received Il dis
patch from Lord Kitchener saying
that General Metliuen reports the
Ropr ronlmandunts Delarey and Kemp
attacked Nandonops column on Oct.
"a near the Great Marico river. The
attack. which WAS made with great
determination, was repulsed after Sc
we're fighting The Beers left forty
dead on the field, including Command
ant Dostrrhuys"ll. Two British otii,
GERS and tWGnty-SiN men We're killed
and five officers and fifty men wound
ed The Beers captured eight wagons
General French reports that the
Beers in the eastern part of Cape
Colony continue to avoid his columns
Lord Kitchener states that since his
last weekly report on Oct. II u Beers
have been killed. 1G wounded, 352 cap
t,irtd and there have been 45 sllrrrn-
dcrs. Lord Kitchener also confirms
the previous report OF General Rotiia's
narrow escape from being captured.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
kELIAR.

Magician kellar, who comes tc
the Opera House on Saturday al
ternoon and night is the only man
who ever took con iurer's show
through India and around the
world. India is the hotbcd OF
street lakirs. recromacers and
masicians of all SORTS, from the
poorest 10 the most expert OF the
wonderful Mahatmas. and Mr., Kel.
lar saw them all. His narrations
OF this weird work are as interest
ing as tales from the Arabian
Nights. but some OF the adventures
he met he does not look back upon
with pleasure. When IN Burmah
he was invited to o to the capital
and give an entertainment in the
Royal Audience Hall before the
King. The acceptance OF the invi-
tat>on eptailed Journey OF 100 miles
up the lrrawaddy River. from Ran
goon to Mandalay, and thence to
the Court OF Ava. The king ex-
pected to see a magician who per
formed simple tricks of the manner
of his own magicians, but when he
was presented some of his spirit
ual!stic seances the old monarch
declared that he was IN league with
the devil and caused him 10 be ar
rested and detained as prisoner,
together with all his assistants.
Alter ten days keliar and his
company escaped to Mand alay,
with the assstancs Of Rev. MIR.
Walsh, an American mission ary, at
the Court OF Ava, but all the magl-
cal phraphern ALA and the cabinet
which got him into trouble are still
in the hands OF the Old Kings sue
cessor to the palace.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
Methodist Bishops Meet.

CINCINNATI. o., Oct. 3o.-The hish-
ops Of the Methodist Episcopal church
who are now in this country met here
today for session Of one week. Those
who will participate are :. NJ. Merrill
Of Chicago, Z. q. Andrews Of New
York, Fl. W. Warren OF Denver. B. d.
Fose Of Philadelphia, J. F. Hurst OF
Washington, w. f. Malallen Of Au.
burndale. Mass {. II. Fowler Of Buffa.
10. J. n. Fitzgerald Of ST. Louis, c. @.
McCabe of Omaha, J. W. Hamilton OF
San Francisco. |. W, Joyce of Minne-
npolis, ]. NJ. Walden of Cincinnati, D.
A. Goodsell Of Chattanooga, Earl Gram
ston Of Portland. Or. and Thomas
Bowman of East Orange n. j.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
The I'ny of the Army.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 80. - Paymas-
ter General Bates in his annual report
says that the pay OF the army for. the
year was 53.215.345. an increase over
last year Of 81 .301 1864. He makes sew
eral recommendations relative to pay
accounts in the army, the most impor-
taut being that officers of the pay corps
no longer be compelled to furnish
bonds He says that this should ap-
ply especially to officers detailed for
service under the new law, as they get
no increased rank and are compelled to
pay from 500 to,$18O when so detailed.
Most Of the officers prefer commands
Ia the line to such work.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
THE FOREST LOVERS.

Direct from the Lyceum Theatre,
New York, Miss Bertha Caland will
play an engagement In this city com.
ing to the Opera House on Monday
night.
Her manager, Daniel lrohman,
has provided her with an unusually
strong company and with play
which was an assured success in New
York. The latter is "The Forest
Lovers" a dramatization Of Maurice
Hewlett S novel of that name.
The story of the "Forest Lovers, y
will give Miss GalIand opportunity Of
appearing as a wild gypsy girl, who
is saved from being hanged asa witch
10y a knight Grant. In the course of
the love story which ensues, 1t is dis
covered that she is the lost daughter
Of the countess who signed her death
warrant The play is romantic, verg-
ing in fact on the melodramic and is
pictures squeIy set in the thirteenth
century.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
Cents Sell For Fancy Prices.

BOSTON. Oct. 3O-At the continued
sale Of the Haigh collection of coins at
1tbby's the principal item was Il collcc.
4ion of United States copper cents rep,
resenting the dates from 1903 to 1851
Inclusive and containing 1873 specimens
all different. The bidding on this lot
started at S., and then Jumped to SD
Somebody else bid $50. and the next bid
was 500. Then bidding went along by
IS and $40 bids until S1S5 was reached
when Mr.. Collins, a Boston collector
bid 5000, and the set was knocked
down to him. The 1193 cent was sold
for So. The half cents brought even
higher prices. proofs OF 1910 and 1873
going for $50 each, and a proof Of 1919
selling for S24,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-30
WILDWESTWRECKED
Ono Hundred and Ten of "Buf.
falo Bills" Horses Killed.
A COLLISION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Out of Two Carloads Of Horses Only
Two Animals Es0aped-F'inal
Engagement of the Sea-
son Cancelled,

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Oct. 3O.--One
hundred and ten of the ring horses Of
buffalo Bills" Wild West show We're
crushed to death in a railroad wreck
near Lexington. Among the horses
killed was Old Pap, Colonel Codys
favorte saddle horse Old Eagle, the
star ring horse. was killed, and his
mangled body fell on top of one Of
the wrecked engines. The mules that
drew the Deadwood coach were also
killed. Colonel Cody spent the day at
the scene Of the wreck and is heart
broken over the slaughter. He says
his loss is $GOOnO.
The accident was the result of
head end collision between a fast
southbound freight train and the Sec
ond section of the show train and was
due to a misunderstanding Of orders.
Several train hands were injured. but
no one was killed.
Twelve thousand people greeted the
Wild West show in Charlotte. and 1t
left at midnight for Danville, Va,
where it was to kave made It's last
stand of the season. AT Danyille the
show was to have dishandcd and the
animals sent to Bridgeport Conn. to
go into winter quarters.
The show left here in three sections.
Near Lexington. as the second Sec
tion was going twenty miles an hour,
a fast southbound freight train crash
ed into it. Both engines were wreck
ed. Next to the engine of the show
train We're two large stock ears con-
tanning the horses, and this is where
the slaughter occurred.
The ears We're smashed into II hugo.
distorted heap of debris, and only two
horses escaped alive. The scene was
sickening. From the mass Of wreck
age blood poured in Il small rivulet.
Colonel Codys engagement at Dan
willie was cancelled in consequence of
the disaster. which marked the close
of a very successful tour.