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Show ARID LANDS. Thn Irrigation fointnlttro of tbe sWto VilU jrake Their Iteport. A PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED IN COLORADO," '" Ktranp Slorj Fn Sew Tork. 1'rotL tn Xorthcm Kansas. Other cTr. By Telecraph to the News 1 ,111111 lj.tNll IJtnlO.lTIOV. Iteport ortlie Senate Cmtnltte' On . Tue Quealloii. WAaiiMrrtiN, Jlay ". Tlio Irrigation Irri-gation Committee ot the HfLiale vrill maku a rrtjort Lo-mymnv oil tliesub-iectonrricatlon tliesub-iectonrricatlon orariij laililn In the Wet. lrrio rejioft KyS that more than two-llftba of Lhe'ana of the Unltiil State, excluding Ala-ska, requires irrigation to luure regular crops with dams of nxertolra at EUtUUe places. A largo extent of this area could be mado produrt-ivoand produrt-ivoand tboIIooJsofUie Ijwer Mb-Eusipiila)lelated. Mb-Eusipiila)lelated. The proccas o( irrigaUou could bexJdnl by borlntr, OTfeatan w ella, but tho country u est oftle easttrn LaMi of the Kocky Monntalus requires irrigntion,exceiit part of WaslilngtoD, Oregon And Northern (iillfornia, treat of tho Cascade Mountains, aud Miiall areas luKxstcru Oregon, Tavlilngtm and Northern Idaho. The rejiort thirnes the geological survey with diverting $1SU,000 of the rnouey appropriated for irrigating survey to the topographical topo-graphical survey. THE toMMlrTEK SIilMlT, in conclusion, an (ntluetteof the areas undir cultivation. J-'nnn this it seenii that tbe area under tjitclt is IStokl,000 acres, of ublch -1,0 0,000 are In California and 3,l,U00 In Colom Jo. The amount, cultivated by Irrigation U 7 IM), of ulireii 3,m ijOiMnre In Califorulaand I,X),- 000 is In Colorado. The proH(,ecu under waylastyear ami partly comiilittj uilliirlng the acreage under ditch up to IS.OOU.UUO sell's. Tile total value of reclaimed l.-iiid l nearly $73,ouO,OaO. Allow-Ing Allow-Ing for the ruclalmabillty of 10O,lrJ,-WHJacrtTtot 10O,lrJ,-WHJacrtTtot ntid Uud and wuhave, asTcsnlt;Tr total Teal estate-Taltie Of C2,500,IX,(X. Thu comniittee. In a bill nported herttofore, re-comtriLuJed re-comtriLuJed a transfer of the subject sub-ject to the rjCIAIlZ3ILNT OP AtlHICUUTUILE. Ueagari submits a minority report, disagreeing with most of tire conclusions conclu-sions of the majority, aud recommending recom-mending congressional action diametrically dia-metrically opposes!. The minority says the arid lands embraced are 1,310.000 square miles, ofvthiclilOO,-000,000 ofvthiclilOO,-000,000 acres can be redeemed for agriculture by using the total supply of tho percnuial ttrrams. The minority mi-nority recommends the adoption of a system of measuring the waters ued for Irrigation to prevent waste. Thiy urge (lie necessity of iiroteit-injrthefore"ts, iiroteit-injrthefore"ts, which nre being rapidly rap-idly burned, and also the pasturagu lands. The Irrigable lands should be eegregatt tl auu declared such, and the right to ue n ater on tliem itab-lished, itab-lished, and prohibition put on the uh) of water on other lands. Irrigation Irriga-tion districts should lie established and the farmers on theo lands control con-trol the catchinint areas, with all their values. The minority believe the recommendation to discontinue thtrtopographicvrorlcof thewrvey tnd the boring for artesian wattris unwise. One 2Xore. DKXVKK, May 7. A Fountain, Colorado, specialjuj the Time: The northbound freight train was sidetracked side-tracked at the Denver A Rio Grande yards last night to allow the Trinidad Trini-dad A. Dttraugo express, due atl a.m., to pass. The fniglit crew left the witch ofn and the ixpre engine, baggage car, smoker and one coach were throw a from n fourteen four-teen fuotemtnnkinent,Thectigineer 01 the pasM.ii gir train satvtheppen switch, but was unable to stop the train, being on a down grade. The engine wis da-naged and Fireman Uipcs was killed. The engineer, Vn Marks, cscajnj by a mlratle witH only a few brulwa Thire wire -very few posntngerp n the smoker aud coach, as nearly all were inthetwu sleeper., which did not leave the track. Tho-e in the cars that lift the track e-caied without Injury other than a aliasing up. Lxploslon or an AtrliNon rnslne. AVkM.i.noton, Kas., May 7. As Uie freighttniiionthoAtcklson was crowing iTTirlilge ueXflitroTITurcrve-ningtheiililnu ueXflitroTITurcrve-ningtheiililnu exploded. Kngin-eer Kngin-eer Mack was scalded to death and the firtmau fttally Injured. The force of tho explosion destroyed the bridge, and sixteen cars of tattle wire precipitated Into the creek. The loss w ill be considerable. . -He Only Looked Itlse.1 Xirw Voi.ic, May 7. A story was printed yesterday afternoon to the eUectthatDr. Douglas, one of Genual Gen-ual Qrant'a j hislciau., uas IjJng at tho Presbyterlau IIasilaI, Irtr Hially iralt xeOaud JiovtrO-trjek-cu. The health of ills wife, who has been keeping & fashionable boarding houe at Jtethielieui. !'., I broken down, aud altogether the condition of both was pltltble. Some comment was made to- the ef fect Hint tho Grant family hid entirely en-tirely neghctcd them. A rt porter nailed on Mr. Grant tonight to-night with the story. Rise was Indignant In-dignant said her family did more than enough, for Dr. Douglas. Their payments to him, Including $-5,000 which ho asserted General Grant Intended to give him as a legtcy. amounted to $12,000 or more-, and salds-the General's widow, "Dr. Douglas never did the general auy good. He only looked wist" She was much pained by tho Insinuations Insinua-tions and said she thought the Grant family liad fulfilled all obligations to Douglas. Tfetbodlst Conference. St. Ixiuis, May 7. This morning the quadrennial general conference of the, Methodist Epkcojal Church, bouth, began. Forty conferences are represented, including, besides the Bouthern States, Colorado California, Cal-ifornia, Montana, Oregon, Brazil and Mexico. Tile morning Hsston was devoteit to an address of welcome nd the Uishop's address. rommnnleallon Willi Xlearatrnsw XrirYoRir, May 7. Wire communication com-munication lias Ijcoii establlhed with Nicaragua by means of an extension ex-tension of tho canal company's lines to connect with the Nicaragua government lines. The first message was received here today. slNmarek Iral.el I it. nnti ts, tay 7. During a debate on the budget in the Prussian Diet today, llaron top Pfuehl paid a warm tribute to iUsmarck, and declared de-clared Utht to. Tib. policy'lOemiany oweHllTtrTavoraUe flhanelal pnsl-Uon.- r?" --xt tp tho .juin.tor, Germany Ger-many 'owed her position In the world to iiininrck. lleprooseda statue of IliiirnArck, to hu ereeU-d lu tho Chamber as a. model ofpatrlot-I-m?loyrUlyi and iodustry, and con- luded with an assurance of devo-tloirja devo-tloirja the) Emperor. The Relch'-fag today unanimously re-elected Jferr von Leretzon as 'iiresldent. In Mf Opening-speech he lautred"' "Bismarck's imporlshablo services. .eeiralnir this liny, Lo:iON,'May7. CharleyBmilh. thu light-weight luglllst, has Killed for,JVtpn- ou the steamship OAio. HeWiys lltvfll ffghiany American j,t-hli Wf Ight- Bmlth Is 21 i ears of age,weighs 110 pounds, and haa won mucteeu contest". v Theljite Senator Heck. IiBXiMTroM, Jlay ". Thei Congressional Con-gressional train beating the remains of Senator Beckr, with ese-ort, arrived ar-rived this afternoon and was met by 3 large concourse of citlzens Tho casket was removed to the Southern Presbyterian Church. The funeral services will take, plaro tomorrow noon. CallnpM orsiKtrlkr. ClliCAOO, May 7. The Mrlko inaugurated by tho stockyards' employes em-ployes two weeksagoended tonight, the men deciding at masa meet! rue to go back to" work at the old scale. 1 he failure of the men In three of the largest houes tn go out was the caue of tho collar-. I.trypt nnd the Conversion Sebeme. Paris, May 7 The goveriinn.nl has been iiBtlficd by the ITgyptlan foreign tecrttary that Epjpt consents con-sents to the1 French conditions fnr the conversionof tho Kgyrtian loan. It is hoped thepovrers will concur. rnl In orttirrn Ka-t. IvANHAfr Crrv, May 7t-rneport3 from Northern Kans.is statu that portions of the State were visited by heavy fro-ts lost nlitj The fruit crop Is damaged some, anil in somo places corn and winter wheat suffered. suf-fered. Wedded. Chicago, Mar". The wttMIng of MI'S Jtosc Faj1 and TheoJore Tliomas, the famous orchestra leader, lead-er, took place this evening at eight o'clock In tho chapel of the Episcopal Episco-pal Church of Iho Ascension, which was beautifully decorated with flowers and crowded w itlt representatives represent-atives of Chicago's prominent fntni-liet fntni-liet and guests from abroad iu honor of tho event. |