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New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
CONTROLLING THE C1LOK4DO

In the latest issue of Engineering News" Mr.
II. T. Cory recites the history of six attempts.
made within the last two years to prevent an IN
rasioL Of the s;altcr basin kv the Colorado River
The las o.e, which is said &, have involved an
expenditure of 81 100000 nad barely cu!minased
in waar i<7',ed like sue whep a fresh bleak
occurrec 81" t.rSw thousands OF people in
efforts 20 control the riTer have heen made
necessary by the utilization OF It's water fer Dtr-
poses or irrigation by tie California Develop
ment Company. 1t tapped the stream both
above and below the international boundary in
order 10 obtain supply OF water for Its system
Of canals, and he trouble which has been re-
ported from time to time IN the last two wears
has resulted either from imperfections in tho
companys engineering works or from ability
TO complete ii particular task before taa next
rise In the river.
The work o. repair has been embarrassed hv
a variety of causes. One OF the most form;
dAble seems 30 have been the character OF she
soil OF which the sides and bed Of the river are
composed. This yields with Iei.sprlIabe ren H.
9esi' 10 erostye action II line of pllilg he
driven III given place 10 assist In conf ng
the current, the water first eats away the oppo
site bails and tben undernnes the Dill lg The
concrete and steel head gates which have been
erected mt one of the company's intakes" have
remained in position. but other barriers have
washed out almost as fast as they were built
Again. the Colorado is subject TO rather violent
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

changes of level, it's floods not conforming
closely to schedule time There has peen mucn
difficulty, too. in finding rock with which 10 NIL
crevasses. The stone that has been dumped into
these openings was brought from points thirty
or forty niles away.
After experiencing so much encouragement
the California Development Company might
we'll be disposed to cease trying to keep the
river within bounds. Such a step, however,
would mean the abandonment of an extremely
ambitious scheme. 1t has been estimated that
an area of one million acres, or about III
teen hundred square miles. would be made
arabic by the company's canals. Half OF thls
Is IN the United States, and the other hair
In Lower California which belongs to Mexico.
If the Colorado should again, as it has done
before, entirely neglect It's old outlet and dis
charge exclusively into the Salton basin, a sheet
of water would be created larger than any other
altogether within the limits of the United States.
As The Tribune has before pointed out, the
bottom OF the Salton basin is three hundred feet
or more below sea level, and the slope of its
sides is so gentle that every Increase In the
height of the water in it means great lateral
extension. Previous foods there have endan-
gered the tracks of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, which extend along the basin for hum
dred miles or more, and have threatened the
homes of ten thousand settlers.
now taking an active part in the efforts to stop
the break in the river In telegram to Pres
ident Roosevelt the other day Mr.. Hartman ex-
planned that he was not directly responsible for
the work OF the California Development Com
pany, though he had lent money to it. Besides.
If the Southern Pacific should shift its tracks
for a proper distance, it might regard future &C.
centricties of the Colorado with comparative
Indifference. To some extent, of course the
interests of the two corporations are Identical,
for the railroad gets a little patronage from the
farmers who have been attracted to the region
by promise of irrigation Still, this cannot be
particularly remunerative, and there must be
some limit to the amount of money which the
railroad company can afford to risk. In comph-
ance with Mr.. Roosevelt's request, Mr. Harri-
man agreed to undertake the work Of repair
which is now in progress, but it may be assumed
that q final settlement is yet to be made. If
It should turn out that the California Develop
ment Company was not able to foot the bills,
and If the national government should eventu-
ally assume the responsibility for keeping the
river within bounds. Congress would doubtless
consider the propriety of reimbursing Mr. Har-
riman for his present outlay.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
GROVE. CLEyELANn NO BETTER.
Ex-President Thought To Be Sicker than
Bulletins Imply.
Telegraph TO TIE tribunal J

Princeton, y, J., Dec so-Grove- Clevsiands .
condition is to-day reported &c be animprove6.
He is stu IN bed. and suffering frcs4s an attacx
OF acute Indigestion contracted nsarsy two weeks
ago. Mr. Cleveland has i;s<H ;n hed since .
week ego Saturday
= Mrs Cleveland to-day adraittei that N-s hus-
band Was -. and that tbs Gauss was inGlges-
ton. but she would not tell the exact state o. hls
health. From the reticence OF Mrs. Cleveland
and Or. John NJ. Carnochan. II is believed hsra
that Mr Cleveland is worse. The doctor savx
he Will be out os bed by Saturday.
Mr.. Cleveland has been i'll much this wtnta-
Once he was threatened with severe cold. scs
the other times Indigestion has been the cans.
OF his sickness Many preparations had hasr
made by the Cleveland family. especially M
children, for New Years Day. but these hsrS
been called o0
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
IN The Cleveland Plain Dealer

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The report OF the work OF the United States life
savers during 1906 emphatically shows the really
great value of their services. No less s11 lives
We're saved by the men at the various stations,
while the total value of property saved $l2.-
2so,1Oo. Work that bears such fruit certainly de-
tsrvss to be encouraged and enlarged. and the
RECOMMENDATION of General Superintendent Kirnban
that retirement pensions be provided for members
Of tho life saving department is not without Ineit
rho time for civil pensions has not vet come, but
The service OF tS life is of such hardship
end danger that It approaches nearly the perils
and the dignity of the army and navy. The United
States life saving service controls 27S stations OF
which 200 are on the Atlantic Coast, 16 on the
co "r the Great Lakes.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
DRAIN FLORIDA EVERGLADES.

From The Kansas City Journal
1t Is proposed to drain the everglades Of Florida
Governor BroWard. in writing of tho great scheme
which is a leading issue before the people OF
that state enumerates the main features Of the
plan. There are 100000 acres of swamp lands TO
be freed OF water. In the midst OF this dreary
waste lies Lake Okeechobee. 1t Is proposed
canals and drain off part of the waters this lake
to reduce the surface four feet. the
over1owing. which floods 1000 600 acres of the
surrounding country. The work calls for $50 miles
of canals ten feet deep and varying In width from
10 to l20 feet From these main arteries will be cut
smaller bitches which must be made by the pur-
chasers OF the property.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
TEACHES DANCING AT EIeHrY.1wc

Txorp rhe Kansas City Journal.
sii' son Green, or Harvard. Mass, has bean =
teeci.sr OF dancing for sixtytwo years and at II
ase 81 eigl ty-tw, is still giving lessons Il, h :.
Juyeniie chses h@ has tots from hve 10 ten Wears
Old In some OF ttisse cases he also taught o. little
Mt , Green aas iauh about 10 600 nights and days
that during each yearly term OF CIV r,o,s,aS f
would turn out lin the vicinity OF $50 graCustss @
On thls basis ne mas given lessons 20 more han
$4,000 persons. The old gentleman is still rTscefii
ana nnoie on MS feet aud though he declares that
tls Is gong 10 be his ls.St winter as teachs. Ms
heshpors, , ausn AT ti.e dea saying they have been
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
SENATOR CRANE.
From The Boston Advertiser


q, % th 'ahuaty y 10 the new Legislature will z oceed
to tie Siectlon or Senator. Even the hars s,ata-
% Insht OF that fact nay surprise some reaGers ms
noI,ihs sI mas appeared OF any conseuuenes H., tSa
uaiiy newspapers about the coming evsnt rbs
undsrstanaso OF course chat yerybody in politics
Wih1hrop Murray Crane, with absoluteiv no on1osi.
uols save perhaps merely formal Hcon, olF F.ren-
seit,ea ip,ehnent Democrat and that has not been
want to vote for Senator Crane ,'
rea1e that the citizens OF both parties i'm sfsssa
i,,usvt,S i,, are convinced that Mr. Crane is abso-
Wbays ,ne best best man who be had for the place
W WlateSer the vote in the Legislatures fbs ffarti
ment throughout the state is unani,n,,s te sent
as senator, and. therefore. the subject s xith,u;
1usthes interest ~ marO nsvaC '~' - "ienoo'
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

they touch the earth with their feet as little as
possible with the rest Of their bodies, and naraly
ever with their heads. By this means they get the
benefit Of "a mysterious current passing up from
the earth through their feet TO their pooies
That was a brilliant beginning for scientist
The world lost something when his brethren
turned the switch and cut off the mysterious
current" right there We should Ike TO kno"
more about II. when a man sits down suddenly
on a slippery day. for instance. we suppose the
stara no aees result from short circuiting.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

II has not yet been definitely ascerta1neo
whether Mr. Mcdonald represents the Inter-
borough Company, the Brooklyn Rapid TRANSIT
or himself So far as we are able to discover
there is nothing in the federal Constitution to
forbid man adopting whichever hypothesis
seems to him most reasonable.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

Little new business Is received by the cotton
mills but large contracts on hand maintain
activity. and prices tend upward when any
change is recorded. There is still some uncer-
tainty regarding the reception of new lines of
wooIlen goods.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

II is a cruel use OF the injunction for Mr.. NC
Carren to employ it against the great anu-ln-
junction party The determination Of Conners
and Murphy to ''put the rollers under McCar-
rem" is checked The Brooklyn Senator mas put
a spoke in their wheels.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

out giving it an opportunity 10 demonstrate 1ts
fitness or unf1tness. Human nature Is 80 con-
stituted that it Is sometimes necessary Tor an
idea to percolate thl ough several generations OF
intellects before it can be properly labelled ana
cataogued
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

Until Sahara has been heard from It will be
impossible to tell exactly how far south that cold
wave on the other side Of the Atlantic actually
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
NEGRO CHARGED WITH MURDER
Rufus johnson Arrested mt baltimore
ON Suspicion of killing woman
I'm New Jersey.

MORRISTOWN, N. j.. Jan. T.-The police
authorities of Burlington county and OF
Baltimore are confident that Rufus John
son. the colored man under arrest In Balti-
more, was connected with the murder OF
Miss Florence w. Allinson. who was as
saulted and killed on the Strawbridge farm
near here on January is. Today Harry Nc
Phelan. clerk in Philadelphia pawnbroker
firm. went to Baltimore and identified John
son the man who on the afternoon OF
January ls pledged gold watch with him.
The police officials are said to have found
the key OF the watch In Johnson's vslise.
Detective Lynch OF the Philadelphia de-
partment recovered the watch which Is said
to be Miss Allinson's from a Philadelphia
pawnshop on last Wednesday. Lynch ac-
companies McPhelan to Baltimore today
When the watch was shown to Detective
Lore of Burlington county II is said to have
been identified as the property Of Miss AL
linson. The inscription nthe watchcase is
"F. w. Allinson, from her brother. 2-7-9i."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
BATTLE AMONG NEVADA MINERS
Fight Between Unionists and Nom
=, unionists Results In Death
of One Man.

GoLDFIELD, New. Jan. 27.-Jaclx Giheau
lies dead in the morgue at Tonopah tonight
and George Cole, a member of the legisla-
ture from New York county, is shot
through the arm as the result of a pitched
battle between union and nonunion miners
at Cliffords, on the Manhattan road. Sher-
IN Tom Logan this evening placed eight
union men who are charged with particl-
patton III the trouble under arrest ana
brought them to Tonopah tonight under a
strong guard to prevent lynching.
As soon as the news of the shooting
reached Goldfield. Sheriff Carberry assem-
bled n, posse to go to the scene of the
trouble George Cole. who was for years
president of the Delamar Miners union,
with committee of union miners went
10 Ciiffords, the scene of a strike, to
Interview miners charged with working for
less than 81 the union scale. man named
Pitts is said TO have opened FIRE, shoot
ing Cole through the arm and Gineau
through the lungs. A hand TO hand battle
ensued, which concluded with the escape
OF the nonunion- men, who for time de-
fed the citizens posse.
The arrival of Sheriff Logan upon the
scene resulted in the recalcitrants giving
themselves up
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
C0ACHMAN KILLS WOMAN
Mrs. &. A. CanaeId of Los Angeles
Murdered by Discharged
EmpIoye.

Los ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 27-Mrs. C.
A. Garfield, wife OF thu millionaire oil
magnate, c. A. Garfield. and "A prominent
society woman of Los Angeles, was shot
and almost instantly killed tonight while
sitting on the front porch of her residence
by Morris Buck. a former family coach
man, who is In custody.
According to his own story Buck wrote
10 Mrs. Garfield, soliciting an interview
and demanding the payment Of a large sum
of money which he claimed TO be due him.
He said his letter received no response,
and he determined to seek a personal in
terview with Mrs. Garfield. He arrived at
the Garfield mansion about $40 O'clock
this evening and found Mrs. Garfield
sitting on the front porch When he made
his demand for money she ordered him of
the porch. servant of the household
started towards him. and Buck drew a
pistol from his pocket Mrs. Garfield
seized the pistol and attempted to wrest it
from him. During the scufie he pulled
struck Mrs. Garfield in the breast and she
fell back on the porch. After chase of
several blocks Buck was arrested
According 10 the version Of neighbors.
who witnessed portion of the tragedy.
Buck first shot Mrs. Garfield in the breast
and when she fell back on the porch he
leaned over and deliberately fired another
shot into her abdomen. The first shot went
directly through her heart. On Bucks per-
son. I'm addition to the pistol with which
he had done the killing. were found So
calibre revolver, long dirk knife sharpened
to a razor edge, and several loose cart
ridges. Buck Is about twenty-eight years
old and little is known OF him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
Great Saving in Dress Goods
and Silks Monday.

The wonderful Dress Goods and Silk
selling of the past few days seems almost
incredible. To see the crowds at the
counters, the counters piled high with
goods. you would say at once, ut look as
II the Great January Sale had just start
ed" We are going to make Monday one
of the most interesting days of all the
great special Clearing Sale How are we
going to do 1t? Read the sweeping reduc-
lions for Monday
800 Navy Blue Basket Panama, 52-in,
Monday acc a yard In shades OF navy
Only Just what are left from one of the
lots you have been paying the regular
price for.
$50 PROCEED Dress Goods, 54-in., Monday
SOC q yard Not only popular for the full
suits, but the long coats. travelling and
Automobile garments of all kinds, will not
spot and resists rain perfectly; In the fine
mixed effect in a close smooth twill weave,
colors, black ana white, brown, tan. navy,
extraordinary value. Note the extreme
wide width.
$3.50 curled navy blue Cheviots, 5O-in.,
Monday 89c a yard. A most beautiful
quality in a handsome shade OF navy only.
S.ss Fine Checked Panama, Monday soc
a ward. In popular shades of blue and green
only.
800 Crepe Granite Novelty. b2-n.. fine
all wool. Monday SOC yard. In two very
choice shades OF blue. fine crepe weave,
here and there tiny raised tufts or knots
OF hard twisted mohair. handsome rich
silk finish.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
COLONEL MANN UNDER ARREST
District Attorney Jerome Charges
Editor of Town Topics with
Perjury.


NEW YORK. Jan. 27.--Colonel William ID.
Mann. editor OF Town Topics, was arrested
late today on a charge OF perjury grow
ing out of his testimony I'm the recent
criminal libel proceedings against Norman
Hspgood editor of Golfers Weekly. Colonel
Mann was arrested In his Office at 452 Fifth
avenue by a detective of District Attorney
Jerome's stan. He ordered his automobile
and with the ofYicer drove downtown 10
the criminal courts building. where he was
arraigned before a city magistrate and held
in $4,000 bail for examination next Thurs
day. February /. Bail was furnished BY
Mrs. Albert A. Wray, daughter of Colonel
Mann
The specific charge against Colonel Mann
as stated in the warrant for his arrest Is
that no swore falsely in the Hapgood trial
in denying that an initiated 20. L." on a
letter from Count Reginald Ward TO Moses
Ellis Wooster, solicitor for "Fads and
Fancies," was his own. The letter from
Count Ward TO Wooster was offered in evil
dence by Mr. Hapgoods counsel. 1t re-
ferred to certain paragraphs that were to
appear concerning the count and asked that
he be put on the regular posting list of
Town Topics" This request was under
lined in the original of the letter and a
line drawn from II led to a circle i'm which
was marked 20. X. w. ID. NJ" Colonel
Mann, when shown this letter while wit
ness in tho Hapgood trial, said he had not
placed his initials upon It.
Justice McAvoy, sitting as magistrate.
was waiting at the criminal courts building
to act in Colonel Mann's case The colonel
was represented in the proceedings by his
son-in-law, former State Senator Albert A.
Wray, as counsel
Colonel Mann-askod for an early hear
ing, saying he would prefer that the case
should go on tomorrow. Assistant District
Attorney Hart objected to coming into
court on Sunday and next Thursday exam
ination agreed upon.
Colonel Mann. on leaving court said he
would make no statement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
NEW REMEDY FOR TRUST EVILS
MIR. HadIey Says Lawyers should
Refuse TO serve Men who Seek
To EVade the Law.

CHICAGO. Jan 27-Attorney General
Herbert Hadley of Missouri was the guest
of honor here tonight at a banquet OF
Northwestern University In commemorate
Ion of the fifty-tfth anniversary OF the
founding of the school. Mr.. Hadley In a
brief address to the banqueters blamed the
lawyers themselves for any evils which
may exist today in civil and industrial
affairs and declared that there were many
active members of the bar who gave their
time and ability to the promotion Of cor
porate interests which have not adhered
strictly to the law.
What l wish to state is" said Mr.. Had
ley. that it is in the power OF our pro-
fession to declare that the commercial in
terests shall conform strictly to the laws
that are put upon the statutes by the peo-
pie, and the lawyers of this country should
lend their influence not to the corporate
interests that seek to evade the law but
to the people who are striving to put just
and equitable laws upon the statutes OF
their states"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
EASY
It's Nice to Feel Easy.

Speaking of food Kansas City woman
says:
IT had always eaten any kind of food
fancied, and suffered no i'll effects till
few years ago, when I began to have
trouble with gas in the stomach, to which
was added, three years ago, a condition
commonly called heartburn but which,
of course, is really nothing but bad con-
dition OF the stomach, due TO the use OF
improper food.
1.-The trouble became chronic and affected
me seriously in various ways. 1t depressed
my spirits and Allied my mind with gloomy
forebodings. constantly. My mental powers
seemed to grow dull and sluggish and my
memory became so poor that | had DIM
Guilty in recalling even the occurrences OF
the previous day. The doctor diagnosed
my trouble as nervous Indigestion and
gave me medicine.
''One day | met a friend looking so bloom
ing and wholesome that asked her what
will make me look like you? When she
answered that she owed Il 10 Grape Nuts
food laughed at her. For two long years
I kept on eating everything that tempted
my appetite and taking medicine between
meals, till became thoroughly Disguised
with drugs-they gave me no lasting relief.
Three months ago / heard from another
friend who had been cured OF stomach
trouble by the use of Grape-Nuts food.
was desperate enough for anything by this
time. and determined TO stop the drugs
and give the new food a trial / relished
II from the beginning and have learned TO
like Il so well that ] can hardly cat with
out It,
The result has been marvellous My
digestion has been restored, my stomach
trouble. the heartburn. gloomy forebod-
ings and melsncholia, have all disappeared
my brain Is clear and active and can de-
as much housework In half day as / could
before i'm a whole day, and with little or no
fatigue. II is such relief 10 have steady
quiet nerves once more, / feel like new
woman. living on new plane. with new
and agreeable people.
I'VE have Grape-NutH every meal at our
house and my littl. 4-year-old generally
calls for more between tines Name gives
by Postum CO.. Battle Greek. AiaA
There's a reason
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
New Embroidered Robes.

We have just opened some very new and
choice embroidered robes made of Swisses
and batiste.
These come with skirts made up and
materials to match for the waist, with
cut showing style OF making. Not only in
white, but in delicate shades for evening
wear.
Made up in this way, the garment is no
, more expensive than when the plain ma
terials are bought and is great saving
of labor and expense in making. EN-
broldered gowns ut $11.O, $1,000, $500,
$3.50 and 5000 each.
You are invited TO inspect them. Shown
at embroidery counter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28

ELLIS AND HADLEY TO CONFER
Not Improbable that Ohio May Bring
Action Against Standard OH
Company.

COLUMBUS. o., Jan. 27.-"It is not true
that l have arranged for a formal con-
ference with Attorney General Hadley of
Missouri for the purpose of using the
evidence he has secured in Cleveland to
Gust the Standard Oil company from
Ohio" said Attorney General Ellis today.
II shall be In Cleveland next Tuesday and
had thought that If Mr.. Hadley was there
at that time I would call upon him and
have a talk about the work he was doing
in Cleveland. But IL is not true that
go 10 Cleveland by appointment with
the Missouri attorney general"
1T is not impossible, said Mr.. Ellis.
IN reply to a question as TO whether he
would bring an action against the Standard
Oil company.
1T is not necessary that a complaint
be filed with me in such a matter. /
can do 1t on my own volition."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
QH1onl78@m. 5ElDlzm sCa
Howard ana Sixteenth Streets

alongside the cruiser and handed to the
captain of the Infanta Isabel, which the
Moors evidently had mistaken for a French
vessel, n message from Roghi inviting its
commander to come ashore and placing
himself at the latters disposal. The COM
mander of the Spanish cruiser as 1t was
without the right to search foreign vessels.
did not attempt to interfere, but put back
TO Algcciras in order to advise the Spanish
delegates of the mysterious flag incident.
Grave Disorder In Morocco.
Advices received here from Tangier by
the delegates to the conference are to the
effect that serious disorders have been re-
newed between Raisul the bandit chief,
and the Anjera tribesmen. One of the
Anjers chief was killed and others OF
them with large followinss are united for
the purpose of decisive struggle with
attending the conference hastily returned
to Tangier. It is believed here that an
encounter between the two elements is
imminent
Fighting NcHr TanEier.
TANGIlcR Morocco. jan G.-Fighting
has begun in the environs OF Tangier be-
tween the Anjers trbesmen and members
of Raisulis band.
The tribesmen have burned three villages
force to attack Raisuli at his fortress in
Zinai.
A transport has left Adjaercud, where il
viii discharge artillery and gunners for
Oudja.