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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT
GOVERNMENT PREPARING no CAn-
ny OUT A GREAT PLAN.
TO TAP NORTH PLATTE nIvnu


LINCOLN Sept. 22.--An application
on behalf of the secretary of the inte-
rior has been filed In the ONCE of the
state engineer wherein the government
formally asks the right to tan the
North Platte river to carry out one of
the big irrigation projects contemplate -
ed by the congressional reclamation
law OF 1909. By his application IL
appears thott the secretary contem-
plates tapping the North Platte Just
below it's junction with the Sweetwn- D.
ter In Wyoming, where n storage res-
crvoir win he constructed covering
$4,000 acres. 1t is proposed to con
Struct dam across the North Platte
which will he $50 feet long at the TOP
and go feet long at the bottom. 1t
VIII have depth of 220 feet, and the
water VIII approach within ten feet of
the top, so that the maximum depth of
the water In the reservoir Will be 2lO
feet. The mean depth is given at 60
feet, which over the area stated would
give n normal storage capacity OF
l2SO,OOO ncre feet The proposed dam
Is to be ton feet thick at the top ana
li4 feet thick at the bottom, and to
'' ph'l' VI Nbllu HuSOnTy.
The cost of this plant IL given at
$3.50, 900, or somewhat less than one
dollar per acre foot OF storage ca
pacity state Engineer Dobson says
that It's capacity will be sufficient to
hold the entire flow of the North Platte
In years wherein the stage of the water
is low. It's purpose is for the collection
of the surplus waters I'm the seasons
of moisture and to hold 1t for release
In quantities sufficient to irrigate the
lands below all along the course of The
river.
Definite plans for the irrigation
works connected with this big dam
and reservoir have not been made, but
a meeting Of consulting engineers was
held at Casper, Wyo., yesterday to
consider and determine the possiblIi-
ties under it in Wyoming and Nebras-
ka. The tentative plans contemplate
lateral bitches below the reservoir lead
ing the water away In parallel streams
on both sides of the natural channel
almost or quite down to the Nebraska
line. 1t is in contemplation of this
work that the government has with
drawn from entry large tracts of arid
lands In Scots Bluff, Banner and Chey-
enne counties. These are the lands
In Nebraska, which this reservoir is
TO reclaim to cultivatlon 1t
Is stated that they viii aggregate APP
100000 acres.
The application filed at the state
house indicates tina tthe work is to be
begun by December 81, 1905, and will
be completed within four years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
JEWS WITH The RUSSIAN FORCES
Limitation Hitherto Placed on Jewish
Students RemOved-CapabIe Sur
gicaI Work at the Front.

BERLIN, Sept. EFT is semi ON :
cially announced, says an Odessa dis
patch, that the limitations hitherto
placed VI n the number of Jewish stu
dents entering the medical faculties
of the universities and medical collie
ges, both within and without the So
called Southern pale" is to be greatly
moderated, and, later on, not improba-
bly, abolished, The necessity for the
removal, or partial removal OF this
particular disability has been forced
upon the government by the dearth of
Russian doctors end Surgeons at the
front. 1t is admitted that about So
per cent of the medical statf in Man
churia are Jews, and, indirectly, the
reports made by commanding Office. s
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
The General situation.

TOXIC, Sept 22.-The impression is
growing generally that an engagement
will soon take place at Mukden Kuro-
patkin is evidently preparing to make
a determined resistance to any attempt
to dispossess him and is intrenching
and constructing defenses. He has an
immense force available, but the opin-
ion is expressed that Tie pass would
be a more favorable location for de-
fense. The Russians, however, are
unwilling to suffer the loss of pres
tige which would be involved by the
abandonment of Mukden. Both armies
are now rested, having recovered from
the effects of the fight at Lao Yang.
They are in condition to fight, and the
weather is favorable for military op-
erations. The roads are drying and
the Japanese are speedily restoring the
railway. The army is now forwarding
rolling stock, with captured cars and
engines, and with the Lao river open
the task of transportation and sup
plies to the advance base of operations
at Lao Yang is simple.
There Is much speculation now as
to the extent of the fall and winter
campaign. 1t is generally thought Oya-
ma will continue pressing Kuropatkin
back until winter falls, and will then
strongly guard his advance line until
spring. The Japanese carried on an
aggressive campaign against the Chi
nese during the winter, but the condi-
tions are different in this war.
The renewal of the attack upon Port
Arthur on newer and more aggressive
lines is expected this week, and it is
predicted the reduction of that fortress
will be accomplished within ten days
or fortnight.
The spoils taken at Lao Yang con-
tinue to grow. Kuroki reports the cap
ture of four miles of railway rails and
200 tons of coal.
A telegram received from mil
itary headquarters in Manchuria says
portions of the Russian troops engaged
in reconnaissance while returning from
Ping Tai Use continued in touch with
the Japanese lines along the Mukden
and Fushu roads on September IS.
There was no fighting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
RUSSIA MUST CONTROL SEA
NO HOPES OF RETAKING PORT Ar
THUR WITHOUT SHIPS.
BALTIC SQUADRON MUCH NEEDED
Undetermined Whether II VIII Lenye
This Sear--Cnptnin Clndot Returns
From yindivos.ok with Dispatches
and Talks of situation.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 22.-Captain
Cladot, Vice Admiral Skrydlon's chief
of staff has arrived from VladivostoS
with important dispatches to the en-
peror.
He says repairs to the protected
cruiser Bogatyr have been com
pleted and that the damages to the
armored cruisers Gromoboi and Rossin
did not necessitate their going into dry
dock and that both were ft to re-
sumo active service. He admits that
the chief mission of these vessels Is to
prey upon commerce, but says they had
hard fight with Kamimuria's ships
when the latter attempted to cut Off
irthe retreat.
Cladot says the Russians will he un-
able to reCapture Port Arthur In the
event of its fall without having the
mastery of the sea and he urges the
dispatch Of every available ship to the
far east, including the Black Sea fleet
The Russian naval commander has
ordered the battleshlp Orel, the cruis-
ers Oleg and Jemtchug and the trans
port Eamtchatka to be ready for sea
by september % and the cruiser QXum-
rud by September 20 to join Rojest-
Vensky's squadron. 1T is said on good
authority that Grand Duke Alexis, high
admiral. faVors the setting out of the
Baltic fleet for the far east by way of
cape Horn, but 1t is still undecided
whether the fleet Will start this year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
Largest Roosevelt Family.

ELLENDALE, N. D., Sept. 21-wiI-
liam Mock, a ell-known resident of
Glendale, denies the claim that Abner
s. Coville, of Newmarket, N. j., is the
head of the largest Roosevelt family
In the country. Coville has seventeen
sons, who will vote for Roosevelt,
while Mocks has twenty sons, and
three sons-in-law, who will vote in a
body for the president, as they did in
1900 for William Mckinley. Mock had
three other sons. who are deau.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

RES In person or by proxies, TO de-
hounce the two plutocratlc parties
ahd their conventions at Chicago and
ST Louis In 1904, to rcpudIate their
nominees ms the tools OF capltalisttr
deal To rcafilrm the democratic plat
form OF 1896 and 1900, and to indorse
the nominees of the peoples party.
Thomas II. Watson and Thomas II.
Tlbbles, as the only democratic candI-
dates for president and vice president
of the United states
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
A SPLENDID Showing
SOME UNION PACIFIC STATISTICS


NebrnSkn This fenr-Whent Not
Quite So Good.
OMAHA, Sept. 2.-Agricultural bull
letlnS Just Issued by the Union Pacific
show what Is being done this year by
the farmers working In conjunction
with mother nature In the production
OF corn, wheat and oats, in Nebraska
ana Kansas, In both corn and oats
Nebraska makes n splendid showing
both by taking this years crops by
themselves, and by comparison with
last year. In wheat, there is a falling
Off in acreage.
In Nebraska the corn acreage in
creased from 5,964,O4S last year to
6l74,O4O acres tips year. This acreage
produced an average yield of 3423
bushels, making total corn crop Of
III ,23O,3O3 bushels. The corn aver
ages of higher quality than last year.
In Kansas there was n decrease in
both acreage and yield on account of
continued wet weather at pl ntinr and
cultivating time.
The Nebraska oat crop has 8
larger acreage, and "A bette
100000 bushels than last yea
averaging 33I1 bushels to the acre.
making total of 69,41O,312 bushels.
Wet weather accounts for "A decrease
I'm Kansas.
Winter wheat was short in acreage
about 100000, as compared with last
year and rust struck the eastern por-
tion of the state at the wrong time.
But showing Is made of 1,l66,11O acres
averaging 1858 bushels, and aggregat-
Ing yield Of 2295444O bushels KAN
sas has about three times the acreage,
and about two and one-half times the
results. as compared with Nebraska.
Adding to Nebraskas winter wheat
output that of the spring wheat an
estimated total wheat crop for the
state of 3O,OOO,OOO bushels is made; and
for Kansas about $4,000, 900 bushels.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
Peace Conference Program.

BOSTON, Sept 22.-At the interna
tional peace congress to be held in Bos-
ton during the week beginning Octo-
ber 3, many prominent men from va
rious countries will be in attendance.
Addresses will be made by John Hay,
Andrew D. White and others promi-
nent in the peace movement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
Anniversary of Rebekahs,

SAN FRANCISCC. Cal. Sept. az
This was largely a day of entertain
ment for the members of the sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows and other
visitors attending the big meeting of
III" fra = rnity. The Rebekah branch
of the order hell celebration OF its
twcn::eth anni'r:3ury. \ Gt;nd ball
is t. BE- given in honor OF the visitors
C'T,Ph:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
Hotel Men In Session.

ST. JOSEPH, Sept 22.-The eleventh
annual convention of the Missouri and
Kansas Hotel Mems association is in
session here and is attended by eighty
delegates, representing 5000 members.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 22-All in
dications are that the Japanese are try
ing again to flank the Russian forces
south of Mukden. Reports from the
front are that outpost skirmishes are
of daily occurrence.
Reports from Port Arthur are that
the bombardment of the fortress con-
tinues daily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
SNOW In Adirondack n,

PLATTSBURG, N. Y, Sept 22.-A
light snow fell for an hour yesterday
at Saratoga lake and other Adirondack k
points and the temperature fell below
the freezing point.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
Erosts In New York.

NEW YORK, Sept, 22.--Dispatches
from different points in New York and
Pennsylvania indicate that heavy frosts
fell last night and 1t is feared that
much damage has been done to crops
and fruit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 90 The
general STAFF has issued a revised list
of the Russian casualties at Lao Yang,
showing that 1910 were killed, 1851
wounded, 1912 left on the field of bat
tie. Fifty-four regimental officers
were killed and 252 wounded. Two
generals were killed and three wound
ed. Five officers were left on the field
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

constitute u tacit acknowledgmens :
that, professionally the jewish sur
geons and doctors are the more capa-
BILE and assiduous practitioners.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 22.-Kuro-
patkin telegraphs under yesterdays
date that the Japanese continue their
attempts to turn the Russian left but
without success.
The war office does not expect bat
tie at Fushun until after a series of
rear guard engagements.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
GOAL FAMINE THREATENS
RUSSIANS At PORT ARTHUR CON-
FRONT A NEW DANGER.
SHIPS ARE CONSUMING MUCH FUEL
Have Been Under a Full Head of steam
Constantly for Eight Months--Lnck
of Fuel VIII Mean a Lack of Water,
Ice and other Necessities.

TSING TAU, Sept, 22, 3 p. m.-Sev-
eral colliers have arrived here within
the last ten days. 1t is believed their
cargoes are intended for Port Arthur
1t is said that there are less than 20O,-
900 tons of coal on hand there and the
Russians are Offering stupendous in
ducements for the delivery of coal. On
account of the Russian warships hav-
ing been compelled tc keep up a full
head of steam day an NoI for nearly
eight months an emo. 81, .~tity of
Many y' tons ons" of fts"Isu ooa are also dsto
by the water condensing plant, Ia. s..
water famine as well as a coal famine
is likely to result unless the required
fuel can be obtained. With the water
supply for the garrison cut off by the
Japanese, dependence for water would
be entirely with the water condensing
plant, and If coal famine prevails the
people OF the town must be getting wa
ter from impure water wells, which
would also have to be served to the
sick and wounded without ice, as there
is no means for making ice without
fuel.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23

TOXIC, Sept. 22.-while official con-
firmation is lacking it seems certain
that the Japanese are in possession of
a fort on another height westward of
Itzshan, which they carried by a des-
perate assault and have since resisted
all attempts of the Russians to effect
its recapture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16

graph of Mcclure at the time of his
conviction, his Bertillion measurements
and other means Of Identifying him.
identified as a Convict.
Twenty-Five or thirty witnesses We're
called before the grand jury during
the investigation of Mcguire. The en-
tire story of his connection with the
strike had been rehashed and the Ber-
tillion photograph identified again and
again by the witnesses on the stand as
being that of Charles Mcclure presi-
dent of the local Hog Butchers I'M
ion.
Caine locally has bad record. He
has been charged with assault, man
slaughter and other crimes in Sioux
City courts. Neither Mcclure nor Caine
is receiving any sympathy from local
labor leaders. The National Building
Trades council, now meeting in this
city, received the news without a
tremor. The industrial association, to
which over 500 business and profess
sional men belong, is said to have been
behind the investigation and to have
furnished considerable evidence,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
FAREWELL TO MCCORMICK.
President of coe College Says Good
Bye to Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids, Sept. 16-After re-
viewing the seven years he has been
president of Coe College, Rev. S. B.
Mccormick, in bidding farewell to the
students, said that one cannot put
seven years of the best Of his life into
81 work and ever forget it. He urged
the students to even greater loyalty to
the college, setting before them the
spirit of Princeton and the fame 1t has
for college spirit. He urged that each
student come to college with the
thought in his mind of lettering him.
self and making himself more fit to
battle with the world, and the further
thought that he would do what he
could to make the college better and
stronger.
The exercises incident to the formal
opening of Coe for the twenty-thi
year of it's life as a college were COIN
cident with the farewell of DR.. McCor-
mick to the students, faculty and trus-
tees. DR.. Mccormick came to Coe sew
en- years ago from a successful pastor
ate at Omaha. During the time spent
as chief executive Of Coe he has won
derfully built up the college and add
ed greatly to the reputation of both
himself and the college over the state
and nation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
MECHANICS LIEN ASKED.
w. D. Faus Brings An Action Aea'ns
the Illinois Central Railway.

w. D. Faus Brings An Action Against
the Illinois Central Railway.
Webster City. Sept. 15.-A mechan-
les lien in favor of w. D. Faus mas
been filed in the office of the county
clerk, against the Illinois Central fall-
road. The property covered by the
lien is the viaduct at the Bossert eros
sing and the piers and abutments OIL
the east bridge over the Boone river
The filing of the lien came about over
a difference of $1.5G9.3S in the amount
charged by w. D. Faus for the WORK
and the amount as allowed by the COM
pany.
Mr.. F'aus has done a great deal of
cement work for the Illinois Central
railroad about this city and Cedar
Falls. At the latter place last year
he did in the neighborhood of $4,000
worth of this sort of work. The cons
tract between the railroad company
and Mr.. Faus for the work in this city
was entered into with G. H. Scribner,
Jr. for the railroad. After the cons
pletion of the job, Mr.. Scribner meas
ured the number of cubic feet in the
work for the company. The difference
between the figures of Mr.. Scribner
and Mr.. Faus is the cause of the lien
being filed. Mr.. F'aus claims that the
job figured S1IS4T.9S. while the COM
pany claims that it figures but $16,27S.-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
THE FAIRIES PREDlCaMENT.

Stargleam and Moonbeam We're very
busy over their work when Bogmyrtle,
the Bluenie, suddenly stood in front of
them and said:
81 know what 1 would do if 1 were
you two fairies"
"What would you do?" inquired both
fairies together.
"Well, I would just go with Bogmyr-
tie and have a game of hide and seek
among the flowers" said the Bleunie.
ooh, dear, oh, dear!" sighed Star
CLEAN. at would be nice If we could
"But it's no use; we can't" said
Moonbeam, for we have all these
pocket handkerchiefs to wash and iron
before we can do as we like. Oh, dear,
oh, dear!"
"That difficulty can soon be over
come" said Bogmyrtle, "if you will
take my advice. There is a little girl
called Kathleen at the house over there,
and she is washing her dollies' clothes,
so if YOU were to take those pocket
handkerchiefs and put them into her
basket when she isn't looking she VIII
be sure to wash them, too, for she is
enjoying herself ever so much and
won't mind a few extra things, I'm
sure"
The fairies thought Bogmyrtle's sug-
gestion a capital one and acted upon it
at once, and very soon they were hav-
ing good fun among the flowers.
81 wonder how all these rose leaves
got among my dollies' clothes!" ex
claimed Kathleen. 'Im sure I didn't
put them there myself" And she pick
ed them out and threw them away, lit
tie dreaming that they were the fairies
pocket handkerchiefs.
So when Stargleam and Moonbeam
came, hoping to find them washed and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16

| children, only they are so careless they
do not properly cultivate this precious
gift. But the little boy in England had
another talent not at all common. So
soon as he was old enough to use a
pair of scissors he began cutting out
of paper the animals and things he
| saw. Horses, dogs, deer and even peo-
pie We're shaped by him in this way
rudely at first, then more and more ac-
curately, till they looked as natural as
if an artist had painted them. Just
give that boy an old pile of newspapers
and a pair of scissors, and he made no.
body any trouble and got into no mis-
chief.
When he became older he got black
paper and cut his pictures out of that,
thus making what are called silhou-
cites. In France in the year 1859 the
king had a minister of finance whose
name was Etienne de Silhouette. M.
covering the walls of his rooms with
outline pictures, which he afterward
filed in with a black color to make
them look like shadows. Ever since
then a black outline picture has been
called a silhouette.
The English boy never learned to
draw, paint or model. His delight was
just in cutting out pictures with his
scissors, and after he used the black
paper his pictures attracted attention
because they were SO artistic. When
he had grown to be a man he became a
soldier. He was Captain Tharp of the
British army and went to India, where
he remained number of years. In
India the boy who had made paper
cut outs was in his glory. There he
beheld real tigers and leopards and ele-
plants and monkeys and hippepota-
muses., and snakes and wild goats and
strange, beautiful birds-you could not
name half of the new kinds of crea-
lures he saw. He studied them and re-
membered them, according to the old
habit of his boyhood.
After q number of years he returned
to England. There his old friends, re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
A Homemade Flute.

Every boy and girl loves to play on
flute and it is the easiest thing in the
world to make one out of paper. Get a
piece of white letter paper and wrap 1t
around pencil to make tube. You
must paste the edge fast, and to the END
of the tube glue triangular shaped
piece of paper a little larger than the
opening.
1t is now all ready to play on, and to
do this you draw in your breath
through the open end of the flute. The
difference in pitch will depend upon
how hard you breathe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
Breach of Promise Suit Against
the Millionaire Lumberman
Is Sensational
HARD BLOW TO THE DEFENSE
Court Rules Out All Testimony Re-
flectins on the Character of the
Plaintiff, Which Leaves Little Ground
for the Defense to Stand Upon =
More Letters Read.

Duluth Mimi, Sept 16.-Great holes
were torn in the line of defense at this
am-Jotter breach of promise trial
yesterday, when at the behest of Attor-
ney Hollister, Judge Ensign excluded
all testimony touel ing on the charact-
CT of Miss Ham. 1t was staggering
blow TO the Potter side of the arg l.
raent as the Geferse had been built
along the contention that the plaintiff
WAS a wcman IF Immoral character an
that under the rcumstances Potter
should not be required to fulfill his Oft
repeated vows.
The ruling came. when the defe sc
put it's first witness on the stand, w. Is.
DelorIner, an aged liveryman from
Dubuque. He was expected to prove
she admitted, that her reputation was
very bad that the house she lived in
had a bad name and at her solicitation
men had been sent to her house. Prac-
tically none of this was admitted and
the testimony which he did give fell HAT
under fire Of DISCRIMINATION.
Under the ruling of the court, it was
mmaterial whether men called at her
house, as boarders lived there. and the
fact that there were frequent visitors
at the rooms did not prove that the
calls were for improper purposes.
Delorinier's test smony was to the eff
feet that he had we'd in Dubuque sl:.-
ty two years. and that Miss Ham, as a
girl of s years VISITED his house in 1S4a.
He said she was married in 1871 to
Fred Barrows, and that the husband
left the city the same day. Concern
ing the charge that she had asked that
men be sent to her home, he said that
the only thing of this nature was the
assertion that if he sent men with bug
gies out to her home, that she and her
sister Kate, would go out riding with
them
Colonel d. E. Lyons, of Dubuque, who
was formerly Miss Hams attorney,
was put on the stand to testify as to
the settlement which had been made
with her at the time the former breach
of promise suit was threatened
Under the rule that it is improper
for an attorney to tell any of the Sc
crets of person by whom he has been
retained, all of the important portion
of his testimony was excluded.
More letters from Potter to Miss
Ham were introduced during the day,
many of them written during the last
ten years, and they showed great lack
of the time warmth of feeling, Miss