Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1894, Page 1

TS N SHIK Thousands of Dollars of the People's Money Annually Wastad on Coal. EXTRAVAGANCE IN STATE INSTITUTIONS Oost of Heating and Lighting Public Build- ings Much Greater Than Private. COMPARISONS COF THE FUEL CONSUMED Quantity Used in Omaba Bui'dings Con- trasted Against that Oharged the State. FIGUSES THAT TELL THER OWN TALE fome Remarkable Examples of a Furnace's Appetite for High Priced Coal DOUBLE THE AMOUNT NEEDED ISEXPENDED Re- Asylum for the Insane at Lincoln a » School at Kearney Furnls Most Flugrant Instauces of the Abu fox the House roil 207, Which was the general ap- propriation bill pa.ced by the last legisla- ture and approved by the governor April 10, 1803, provided the sum of $101,000 for the purpose of heating and lighting the eleven institutions that maintained by tho state. ‘The two items of fucl and lights are placed togéther, because in nearly all the institutions the lightwg is done by elec- tricity, generated by dynamos which are run by steam furnished by the same boilers that are connected with the heatiog plants. ‘'he umounts set apart for tho various in- stitutions at tho twenty-third session of the legislative assembly were as follows: Asylum for thesIncurable Insane at .3 20,000 17,000 12,000 Hastings........ .. Hospital for the Insane Hospital for the Tnsane Institution for the I Beatrice.. . . Boys ndustrial School at Kea Soldiers and Sailors Home at Grand AL o e Institute for the Deaf at Cail Home for the Fricadless at Lincoln.. ¢ Lincoln at Norfolk Minded 8,000 7,000 Industrial School for Girlsat Geneva. 3,000 Asylum for the Blind at Nebraska Olty...... PETTTTTRT Ry sessenn 3,000 Industrial Home for Women at Mil- BRI S RA S 3,000 Total...... «eriienenn . $101,000 This was a radical reduction from the ap- propriation of the logislature of 1801 for tho same purpose, the liwmakers being deter- mined to cut the amouft to what they con- sidered to be the lowest possible sum on which the institutions could be run. The cat was vigorously opposed by .auterested parties, and a powerful lobby succeeded in preventing the senate from acceding to the position taken by the house until the very last minute, when it looked as if fioal adjourn- wment would come without an agreement being reached, but the necessary coneessions were made Just in time to_render unneces- the calling of a special session for that purpose. Appropriations Made in 1891, - The fuel and light appropriation made by the legislature of 1591 and approved by the governor April 6, 1501, for these sama insti- utions was as follows: Asylum for Incurable Tnsane, Hast- fngs 3 o ... $15,000 Hospital for Insane, Linzoln. .. ,000 Hospital for Insane, Norfolk. .. 15,000 Honie for Feeble Mindud, Bea 10,000 glu)h Endustrial school, Kearney 18,000 oldlers and Saflors lome, G Island.. s T 10,000 Institute for the De; il . 8,000 Homo for tho Fricndless, Lincoln...... 6,000 Asylum for tho Bliad, Nebraska City.. 8,000 Industrial Home for Women, Milford. 8,000 Total SRS #108,000 This amount dves not include the Indus trial School for Girls at Geneva, which was created at that session, the necessary funds being prorated from the appropriation for the Kearney institution, from which the pnew institution was divorced. Even with this hveral appropriation of $108,000 for the ten institutions, they turned up av Lincoln last winter with a deficiency in these funds amounting to §8,730.01. and this amount was allowed by the last legislature to settle the outstanding claims for lighting and heating, malking the total cost of heating and light- Ing the ten institutions for the years of 1501- 92 $110,750.01, “Phat the lust legislature believed that the state had been unmercifully swindled in this particular was manifestod by its action In appropriatiug but $101,000 for the next two years, notwithstanding that anothor in- stitution had been added in the meantime To be sure it occasioned a vigorous kick from the manugers of the various institu- =, tions, but the house was obdurate, and even the efforts of a sympathetic senate did not enable the ofticial spendthrifts to carry their point. Somothing \Wr The superintendents of somo of the in- stitutions have been lamenting ever since the legislature sdjourned that the appro- priation was insuficicnt, and have even de- clared that it would bo impossible for their fustitutions to run through the two years, but a little investigation has been made by Tus Bee, and figures are here pre- sonted to show the mismanagement or utter lack of management that has resulted in tho unnecessary expense of thousands of dollars for tho heating of these institutions, A comparison is made to show how dif- ferently privato enterprises are managed trom those of the state, and how the people of the state collectively are called upon to “put up® each year for expenaitures for coal that are us uncalled for as they ave costly. The basis on which e “arison will be maae is the last quarter of .oy2 and tho first quarter of 1803, the figures for which ave oMicial, and have been for months o matter of public record. The buildings with which the records of the state institutions will be compared are the New York Life building, Tug Bee building and the city hall, in dhis elty heso buildings are all' of a size that makes comparison with the lavge state lustitutions entively in or and eminently fair, while the dediictions ariwn can but bo of practical value. It will first be shown what it cost duriug the months of October, November und December, 182, to heat und light the New York Life and T Beg build- Ings, the figures for tho city hall being taken for the months of Junuary, February and March, 1803, a8 that building was not’ com ploted ' soou enough to allow it to be con diderod for the last quarter of 1893, oat for the Lifo Bullding, The Life building is 132x182 feet, aud the ten stories and basement which ave warmed represent a total height of 143 feet. ' solid contents of the building repr » Plice. & No nt s 00 cubio feel which the cowbustion of woui | HED JUNE 19, 1871, under the hoilers is called upon to warm. In addition to this steam 1s als) required to run four passenger elevators, thres of which run from 7a.m. to 6:80 p. m., and the other from 6 a. m. to 11 p. m., whilo a freight ele- vator is in operation during much of the d Two dynamos are kept running from early morning to 11 o'clock at night, when the builaing is closed, and the average load or these dynamos is 700 lights, running sixteen hours u day. Todo this work and heat the building during the last quarter of 189 requived the consumption of th following amount of coal October, 139 tons; November, 244 tons; December, 308 tons. 'T'his coal ranged in price from §1.85 to §2.25 per ton, and the average price was within a fraction of a cent of & per ton, making the cost of the 056 tons used during the quarter $1,37 Taking thisas un age quarter it would cost but 85,4588 to heat and light the New York Life building for o year. But the last three months of the year do not constitu an average quarter in the wiy of heating and lighting, as both the first and second quarters are much lighter in this respect, while but one quarter is heavier, so that 1t i apparent from these figures that the annual cost of heating and lighting the Lile build ing falls below $,000. And yet, there is an institution in this state that asks more than twice this sum for heating and lighting, and seriously threatens to go into bankruptey because the last legislature refused to allow it but $10,000a year for this purpose. But this is not’ the only bright and shining ox ample thatean be found to show wha’ rank and inexcusable extr nee is practiced in,_order to use up over 0,000 of public money every year in heating and lighting cleven state institutions, several of which are so small as to make a comparison with the Life building scem on the face of it little less than ridiculous, Coal Used by The Bee. Tue Bee building is 132x132 feet in size, and the seven stories, with basement and sub-basement, that are heated represent a height of 95 feet, making the solid contents 1.672,704 cubic feet, to which should be added the residence of Mr. Rosewats ning 40,000 cubic feet, making a total of 1,712,704 subic feet, Steam 18 generated to keep two clevators running twelve hours per day ane runs constantly day and night. Ilectric light dynamos are kept whivring, puiling average oad of 500 lights, while an eng is always ot work under's varying load of from 50 to 100-horse power, running the per- fecting presses, in_conjunction with the dy- namos und pumps, together with the steam and power required i the process of sterco- typing. Seveuty pounds of steam pressuro is always maintained on the boilers, the only time of rest for the engines being on Sunday from 6 a. m. to 5 p. m. I'ne amount of c used under Tne Bee boilers duri the last quarterof 1502 was as follows: October, 150 tans; November, 22217 tons; December, 206 tons ; total, 60815 tons. The price ranged from £1.90 to §2.10 per ton, and the avorage was o triflo ov per’ ton, maling the cost of coal for that quarter $1,340.12. ‘Lhat this was more than an av- erige quarter is shown by the fact that the costof coal for heating and lighting Tie Bee building for the year 1892 was 24,557, or about the same as the New York Life, which, while having mora space to heat, docs not L:ave to maintain the power neces- sary to the operation of a_lurge newspaper plant. It can hardly strike the intelligent ader that there is a state institution that Juires more money for heating light- ing thau the New York Life and Tur Bee buildings combined, but such is the fact under the system which has been anda still is in vogue, while there ave haif a dozen of them that refuse to be satisfied with less than is necessary i cither of these great structures. In the City Ha The city hall ha: of space to hed ding being 132x182 feet 1n size_and eighty-five- feet to the ing of the fifth floor, making 1,436,500 cubic feet of space, which is kept comforta- ble by steam heat. The city does not oper- ateits own lighting plant. and the only power that is generated is for the purpose of running the pumps that operate the two cle vators in the building. One of these runs from 7 a. m, to 6 p. m. and the other from 7 A.m, to 1L p. m, Although the building has not been occupied by the city officers but half of the present year. it has been heated Just as thoroughly as if tis had been the case, as the workmen were busy there all the last winter and the heating plant wus kept in overation to Gry out the walls and to make 1t possible for the finishing work to be done without delay. The price of the coal used averaged about §2 per ton. The city hall is & public building n a superlative dogree, as people in large numbers are constantly pussiug in or out through its entrances, much more frequently than at any of the state fustitutions, and is under the ement of the eity council. Tt is not contended that official 1ife in Omaha has reached the high moral plane where boodlerism is unknown, but figures are given to show that at least in the heating of the city hall the cost to the taxpuyer is such as will'stand comparison with that of an) other public building, or with similar build ings under private ownership or control. ame amount “Che figures given for tho three buildings show practically the same results. euch building, whether publicly or privately owned, using a 2 coal for steam Dpurposcs and doing about the swme amount of work for the same amount of mouey. Hustings and Norfolk Asylums. During the months of October, November and December, 1892, the Asylum for the In- curable Insane at Hastings used 700 tons of coal, or an average of soven and two-third tons per day. Tne average price paid was $3.98 per ton, making a total cost for the a 47, or an uverage outlay for heating and lighting of §26.25 per day. = For the first quarter of 1803 the total outhiy was $2,202.15, making o total for tho two quar- ters of £1.567.02, or o daily average exvense duriag the six months of £25.47. During these same three months the Hos- pital for the Insane at Norfolik consumed 600 tons, an average of six and two-third tons per day. ‘I'he averago price vald was 8412 per ton, a total of §2470.28- for the quarter, or a dally expense of §2 the rirst quarter of 1803 this institution paid $1,100.02 for coal. making o total for the two quarters of 8,630.22, o a daily average cost during the six months of $20.17, Beatrice Homo for Feeble Mindod. The Home for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice consumed 835 tons of conl during tne last quarter of 1862, or an average of three and two-third wns per day. ‘The average price paid was $2.74 per ton, making a total for the quarter of $024.08, and an average daily expense of $10.20, During the fivat ¢ iarter of 1593 this institution vaid $1.540.89, muking a total for six months of $2,478.97, or an average daily outlay for the two quarters of § Lincota Asylum, During the same period of 1802 the Hos- ital for the Insuna at Lancoln used tons, miking an uverage of soven and one-third tons per day. - The average price paid was $3.04 per ton, of #2.300, or a daily cost of §20.55, During tho first three months of 1893 the total out lay for conl ut an average cost of $4.80 per ton was $4,075.43, waking 4 totul cost for the months endiug March 31,1503, of §7,003.43, age dutly vost for that timo of Kearney Reform School, arter of 1802 it vequired of coul to keep the ludustrial Sehool During the I 700 tou for Boys at Kearney ut a satisficlory tem- perature. This was daily consump tion of eight and one-half tons, and a daily expenso £40.7 1 tho averago price paid was .62 por ton. or total outlay for the quarter of §2,774.25. For irst quarter of 183 the outlay was 81, 7 1 for the six months of 4,547 and a daily average of #2415 for the two quarters, Miiford Industrial Howme, ‘Tho Industrial Home for Fallen Women at Milford consumed, during the last quarter of 1892, 142 tons of coal, an uyerage of one und one-half tons per day. ‘The average pri paid was #4.15 per ton, making the total outlay for the quarter 880,12, an averazo daily expense of §.23. 1w’ Lhe of 1893 this institution purchased § worth of coal, making » total for the irst quarter .54 six |CONTINUED ON SECONL PAGE. | OMAHA, TUI DOPULISTS AT HASTINGS Many Members of the Party Present to Par- tioipate in the Coavention. PRELIMINARY ~ STEPS BEING TAKEN the Removad Avoid Atloged Cor= ting Influences. State from Secretaryshlp of Orgunization Wil 1 Order * incoln ln ru Hastixes, Jan. 1.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The advance cohorts of the third party army, which will call upon Hastings this week, arrived toduy and immediately began on a lot of preliminary work, which will have to be finished bafore the four con- vontions ean be made a4 success, Probably there are not wore than sixty or seventy in the city, but the list includes muny of the most prominent members of the allianee and many of the editors who will participate in the Reform association meeting, as Press the alliance begins its sessions at 10 o'clock th editorial association will not meot until eve Naturally the allianee hias more of its delexates alveady in the city than the other conventions will have, and really there will be but two classes of indevendents fn Hastings this week. The editors have an organization peculicr 4o themselves, but most of them will participuse 10 all the other meetings, 'nose Now Present, in the morning and Some of Among those now here aro J. H. Powers, presidentof the state aliiance; Captain Barry y, Allen Root of “‘Doug coupty,” as he sizns himself on the hotel register; Allen of Cass and MeGaw of | ings, members of the executive committee who atary of the alliance, aud Elsie Buckman, succeeds Thompson of Lincoln as- se until another can be elocted The contingent from the east cannot ar- rive until tomorrow evening, and although tho first meeting of the allisnce is called fov 10 o'clock tomorrow there will be but a small attendance and but lictle will be done until the afternoon traius arrive. President Powers will read his address, the executive SDAY MORNING, JANUARY L2 against Governor and then work for n immediate adjolent of the oxtra scs sion. This is bro about by the gov- o cill the' lezislature b Yoy with the warden ernor’s determinnth together and his rob of the penitentiary. POPULINES PURRING, Sl They Got Togother fh vl and Do Some Tesotvi Kaxsas Crry, Jans ). —The conference of the populists of Kap*:s and Missouri met here this morning. "Bhe forenoon was spent in organizing. . During the afternodn sossion the reports of the committees were received and repre- sentative men of the party made specehes, “The report of the ec e on resolutions, reafiivming the fmth 9f the populists in the St. Louis and Omabik platforms, condemn- e the old parties, opposing the further issue of interest-bearing bonds, demanding thut the deficit in the revenues be met by the issuc of full legal tender paper money in small denominations and pledging support to organized labor was adopted. A pjan of campaign was then de specches were made by prominent po among them J. W, Long, who outlined doctrine of the partys by L. L. Leonard of Marshall, who denouticed both old parties as 18 Clity, was th corrupt: by . W. Gilruth of Kan who said “that tliepeople's part ony ark of safety frain all tho political s by S, S, King of Wyandotte, who said that the sounding of the death kirell of the repub- lic was not far off unless the people got to- gother and saved the country, and by J. S Davenport of Jackson connty, who denounced voliticians in ‘general, He said that if ho went to Washington and acted as legislator there he would be #8hamed to come home and show his face, “for he'd know the blood of a traitor was in his veins. The state central committee tonight cided to issue a callgar the state cor to be held in Kansas City on the Tuesday in March, ‘when o complete state ticket would be put in the field. de- new SHE RAISED NER VOICE. pe ¥y ¢ Lease flas Something to Say About Her Removal. Torexa, Kan., Jas. 1.—Mrs, Mar . Lease this morning sent the foliowing tele- gram to the State Federation of Labor, in session at Leavenworth: T OF THE' Lanon [ Y, PriNtens U I debire:to join my fours and tendor e und moncy Mry ERATION, N, LEAv: ice with 1 denounc- committee and sceretary will report, and that, with the ritual work, will be about the sum total of what will be done, The executive committee is holding a meeting tonight at the old Commercial hotel, with all tha members present except Clark. The committee is looking over the reports of tho various officers and getting them in shapo to be prosented to the alli- ance Lomorrow morning. Afratd of Corruption at Lincoln, One of the features of the meeting is the scramble of a number of lodges, which have been suspended for nonpayment of dues, to get back once more into the fold. There ar provisions beinz made to reinstate all such lodges as pay up the back dues for the year 1893. The Secretary reports that quite a number of lodges have squared up within the last twenty days and 1t seems that this provision will” prove u good means to secure the coilection of bad debts. “We have got to take the secretaryship away from Lincoln,” said a prominent alli- ance man tonight. “The iutluences down thero ure altogether too corrupting for such an important office as sceretary to be left there. 1 think that 1t should be given to elther Hastings or Grand Lland and don’t care much which, but there is 4 strong sentiment agawst leaving the secrotaryship at Lincoin, Tue fight between the two alli- anco papers at Lincoln is caleulated to make the secretary’s tasi too difficult, and for the sake of having the secretary ab the capital we ought not to expose the party to the danger of disruption,” Some of tie Membbrs Surprised. The night train from the east on the Burlington brought in good sized reinforce- ment for those already heve. William H. Dech of Tthaca was among the number, and he expressed his surprise at the timeat which the meeting has been called, and a number of other independents coincide in thinking that the exccutive committee had made a mistake in alling tho oresent meeting at this time ot the year. Now many of the independents who' ara holdiug positions of trust in the various counties, or who have been clected to county officers, are engaged in settling up or preparing to assume the positions, and in that way many of those who would be bost able to come to these couventions are unable to attend, The ex-master workman expressed his views on the question of removing the sec taryship from Lincoln very fraely. In his opinion there was need for a thorough re- organization of the farmers alliance, and he believed that such u reorganization would be mande at Hastings in the session to be held the coming three cr four days. He stated that he favored such a change, not on account of any animosity agaiust the present ofiicers of the body, but from a firm conviction t tho various warring eclements coula only be reconciled by electing to tho various oflices young, encrgotic men who would be_unhampered by connections. friendships or enmity with any of the con: flictine factions. Dech’s opinions scems to be held by a number of the party coming in with him and doubtless their views will be presented to the couvention in due time. It can be almost positively stated that there will b either reo or eclso the bre greatlly widened. Want w Daily at Omaha, One matter which will come befor press association and labor conference establishment of a populist daily at O ! Omaha always has boen the weak spot in the | populist organization and the idea is to form ock company, if possible, with as much backing as can be commanded, to pick up a franchise somewhere and then, as long as the faith and capital of the publishers last, anization of the allianc be e in the party will publish & paper. President pro tem inter 15 in the city and Sergoant- t-Arms Belcher is also on hand Congressman Kem is expected tomorrow. The atlendance is disappointing to the man- agers. Where every hotel should be full there 1s still lenty of ro n, MKINLEY'S GOOD ADVICE, His Message 1o the Ohio L Winture —A Few Wisely Spoken Words, Corumnus, Jan. 1.—Governor MeKinley to day, in his messago to the legislature, snys: “Your honorable body meots at o time when the state is sufforing from prolonged indus- trial depression, for which, unhappily, there no immediato prospect of relief. smand that their represent- appears “he people will de atives shall practice economy in public ex penditures, which nocessity forces upon them in their private expenditures. A short session and but little legislation woutd be appreciated at a time like vhis, Real estate and other tangible property | now, he sa, Pays the lar have of Luxes, while other variaties of property, which are wtangible, either wholly escape or bear a disproportionite sharve, He suggests that *ihe tax commission which wus appointed to, und which did make a report recently npon the subject of tax vevision, be continued for such utme us it may be deemed wise.” It is a bi-partisan body. Its report shows that tho burden is very unequally distributed, and inclines to the view that corporations, as a class, do uot bear thelr fair share. The governor warns the members azainst tax legislation framed 50 as to confiscate capital or drive it out of the state. Want Walie mposehed. Dexver, Jan, 1L—A special rom Take « Colo., suys thut at & meeting of the citizeus of Hinsdale county yesterday, reso- lutions were adopted instru the sena tors and_representatives in the general us sewbly 1o bring impeachment charges ng the executive power that his recognized “ruts” and scoundrels und ignored the labor orgunizations. The prineiples of the people’s party ure strong and unussailable. then we will trigmph,but. che crowd " betray- cause of the people niust be lrough ing the trust and buried out of sight by the laboring vote. Many B, Lease, President Boagd of Stuto Trustees. Mrs. Lease yesterdayjemployed Judge Dos- ler to assist iMugene Hagan in prosccuting her suit against the governor. The first blow in the courts willibe struck by Messrs. Hagan and Dosler tomorrow morning when they apply to the supretne court for an in- junction preventing J. W. Freeborn from at- temptiog to take Mrs. Lease's place on tho board. The proceedings would have been in- stituted today, but.for the fact that New Year's day is'a legal hofiday. Mus, Lease will leave'in the morning for Olathe to attend the méeting of the board. This meeting was to bave been held av Win- field, but thie place sas;changed by order of Mrs. Lease today. Thd matter was after- wards brought to the, attention of Governor Lewelling. ~The governor immediately telo- graphed to tho members’ that Mrs. Lease was uo longer connested with the board, and instructed theth to'pay no attention to her. Mrvs, Lease stated tonight, howeyer, that there would be a fuliméoting toworrow. - PENNSYLVANIA BROAIBITIONISTS, y Meot and Prepare for the Coming State Campaign. Prrrsnune, Jan, 1.—A conference of the leaders of the proposed new national pro- hibition party was held at 150 Fourth avenue today. There were twelve people present, about half of them being women. The meeting was merely a busincss one to arrange for the dissemination of prohibition throughout the country. It was de- cided to raise 85,560 and spend 1t in the inte est of the party. Organizers are to be em- ployed and set to work at once It ‘was decided to meet every Monday from now until March 14, ‘when the national conference is to bo held in this city. On March 13 the state: confercuce will also bo held here. The leaders of the new party fzure out that there are 300,000 voters in the democrittic party wha arve prohibited from votitg as they wish bicauseof no accentable candidates. The popubists, they claim, have 100,000 prohibitionists in their ranks and tha 1dea of the new party leaders is to unite all these under the banner of the new national party. GOVERNOR, VIRGINIA'S Charles T. O'Ferrall Inaugurated with Powmp and Ceremony. Ricuyosp, Va., Jan, 1.—Hon. Charles T. O'Ferrall was inaugurated governor of Vi ginia today with groat pomp and ceremony Local military, consistiug of infantry, cav- alry and artillery, with visiting soldiery from various sections of the state, repaived to the lzchange hotel, where the govert elect was stoppiug, and in triumphant pre cesston escorted him througn the principul streets, which were thronged with people, to the stato capitol building, where he wus sworn into oftice. Aftuies of the Chlekusiw Nation, Anoyorr, I T., Jan. 1.—'The governor of the Chickasaw nation has calied a cabinet meeting for tomorrow at ashoming to con sider the advisability of convening the legis lature on the question of submitting u prop- osition Lo the commissfon on statehiood. It is thought that the legisluture will ask the removal of the negroes from the nation and all lnwyers and others who refuse to pay the per capita tax, and that they will oppose anything tending toward any allowment of the lands or statehood) i POSTOFFIVE ! STATIS UICS, Total Number of Offisgs In Uperation and Their Cless. WAsHINGTON, Jut, L+=The total number of postoftices in operatigu in the United States on January 1, 104, is 68,806, This is shown in a statement prepared at the Postofice de: partwent, showing thenumber of postofiice 1 the country, by ckusdes, on January 1. The numbor of ofiices bf tho three presidential classes is 8,424, Therpare 151 in the first class, where the receints are more than $40,- 000; 674 in the secoud elags,wheve the roceints range from &,000 to $40,000. and 2,50 in the third cluss, where the' veceints range from £1,000 to #5,000; there are also 63,552 fourth- class oftices, whera appointments of post- master ot made by the president and whel for each of the last yeur amotnted to #1900 0r less, The aising of forty thy fourth-cluss pestofices to the presi- dental class talces effect Junuary 1, and these are embraced in the statement. - Men Out of Work. A Duluth special says: the Mountain Iron and are e the compensation of the postmasters three quarters of 820, the and_the receipts Throws t) St. Pavi, Jan. 1 ‘The orders sent to Ruthbun mines at Mountain Iron, on the Mesabu, to close down for the winter, throws 450 men out of empl it ‘These mines ve the property of the Ijke Superier Con- solidated. On the Mesalfs range only oune mine is now at_worls, and out of a passible employment for 5,000 wmen only 500 are ace el Struok Kich Ore Crirris Caeek, Colo,, Jan, 1.—-Ore which assays from §4,800 to 6,000 per ton was found in the Free Coinage mine today in cross-cutting from the bottom of a shaft 176 feet in depth. The Free Colnuge 1s located cust of the Burns, on Bull mountaia, MANCHESTER'S GREAT CAVAL What it Means in the Way of Trade for Liverpool's Rival, IT IS ONE OF THE MARVELS OF THE AGE A8 a Plece ot Engin ring Work It Sta Alone—Gireater than Suez or Ame sterdam—Obsiacles Were Not W Bar to Genlus, Maxcursten, Jan, 1 from Eastham to Manchester is now an ac complished fact, and the town of Manches ter, situdted about forty miles from the sea board, can be reached by sea from New York in about ten hours after arriviog at Liverpool Ou December 7a steamer conveying the directors of the canal made the entire jour: ney of the canal, buv the forinal ofticial open ing did not take piace until today In order to realize the full significance of this fact and of all that it implics, we have to consider the sudden creation of a great port in direct communication with all parts of the worid, close to and partly within the contines of an immense commereial ity and surrounded by an industrial population of 8,250,000, Besides the uactual canal, the docks ure of a most extensive character. “The smaller docks and quays and the u reach will be principally occupied by coast ing vessels, while in the larger docks will be The great ship canal moored ships from the United States, Can- ada, India, ete At other docks will be accommodations for tle and, 1 fact, Manchester hasat one stroke, become one of the largest and most important ports in the Uuited Kingdowm. Tho work is the outcome of a series of long nvostigations in parliamentary committees, during the years 1553, 1854 ar d 1835, Supporters of the Movement. The supporters of the canal who spent £15,000 in obtaining the act were manufac- turers and merchants of Manchester, and its principal opponents were the corporations at Laverpool. With the use of the electric lizht, steamers will be avle to navigate by night as well as by day and the whole length of the canal will be traversed io abont ten hovrs. Some notion of the capacity of the canal may be drawn when we compare its depth with the Suez und Amsterdam catuls, The minimum width of the bottom of the Suez 13 seventy-two feet and of the Amsterdam cignty-eight feet seven inches, while thut of the Manchester canal i 120 feet. The mini- mum_depth of the Manchester and Sucz waterways is twenty-sixgfect and that of the Amsterdam canalis twenty-eight fect. A statement signed by 182 steamshiy , owning more than 1,000 steamer aggregate net tonnage of about tons—more than 25 per cent of the enti steamship lnes’ tonnage of the United King- own- of an 1,000,000 er: dow—declares the canal will be navigable without difficulty by merchant steamers of the lurgest class and that if the charges on the ship canal are not higher than those of other ports (and they are actually less) shipowners will at onco make use of tho waterway us 0on as it is open for trafiic, and toat the additional thirty-one and one: half miles to Manchester from the sea will not increase the rate of freight charged to Liverpool by a merchant steamer for a long voyage, ; Will Give an ITmpetus to Business. Tt is betieved the quantity of grain car- ried over the canal will be at least one-half of that now landed at Liverpool. Ttis esti- mated that at least 105,000 tons per annum of fruit and vegetables will at once be im- ported to Manchester by this route. Ten large sugar merchants have stated that not less than 800 tons of sugar per annum will ass through the canal. With regard to raw cotton, firms in the district owning 18,000,000 spinales declare that nearly all the covton they will be brought by the canal. Of outward rgoes there will be no lack and textile manufacturers have testified to their belief that about 500,000 tons per an- um will be dispatched by the new canal. The finuncial success of this enormous under- taking seems to be assured. Tho promoters of the canal ave confident of their ability to secure s very lurge and remunerative traf- fic, uud tie estimates of profit based upon the cupital, ns originally proposed, wero very ftavorable. The original capital of £8,000,000 hus, however, now grown to nearly double that amount aud those anticipat- ing big profits are not now so sanzuine they formerly were. That there, however, normous probabilities of traffic caunot be disputed. . use ANAKCHISTS ROUNDED UP, French Polics Authorities Gathor In & Whole Lot of Them Yesterday. Panis, Jan. L.—The police raided anarchist quarters in many of the towns in France today and seized the forms and copy of today's edition of the anarchist journal, Pere Peinard. In this city they alsosearched the residence of Elise Keclus, a brother of Paul Reclus, who has been missing since the throwing of the bomb in the Chamber of Deputies. At Havre the volice searched nouses, seized a lot of correspondence and recovered stolen bombs amounting to 1,500 francs. For the theft of these bombs threc angrehists were 1wprisoncd some months %o, Five anarchists were arrested in raids in various towns of the Department of the Seine-nferieuro, including vhe city of Rouen, A party of gednarimes, with fixed bayonets, surrounded the house of an anarchist leaturer in the Rue Viergo, Brest, and_arvested o well known anarchist named Menuior ana threo others, together with several women companions. Menuicr has already suffered imprisonment for causing strikes. Five anurchists wore arrested at Troy and a quantity of oxplosives were seizoa, Live more anarchists were arrested at Montiuzon, an. L.—The police today searched of fifty anarchists and mude twenty-four arvests. Much incendiary liter- ature wus scized Later particulars about the police descent upon the anarchists are to the effect that the minister of the interior ordered that the searches for anurchists should be made simultancously throughout France. A charged bomnb was discoverea at Grenoble, und 450 cartriages were found at Allier. Of these cartridges, sixty-three were chargod with dynamite ecleven and 28 with grisontine. ‘The remainder were gunpowder cavtridges iftecn militant Ttalian hists, all with criminal records, were lled from N Up to this writing there huave been narchists in Paris , and twenty-four at Lyons. thirty-four and 1ts suburbs, Tried to Kil § Loxvoy, Jan. L.-A Barcelona dispatch suys the unarchist Coding, in prison there on the charge of having wied to murder General Campos and of having been impli- cated in the Liceo theater outrage, tried to kill himself by opening one of his veins with a picce of gluss. He was discoverad in timo and his attempt frustrated Swopt by n Storm. Loxpox, Jan, 1.—A heavy gale has swept over the, Tue district. During the storm the German bark, Friedrich Oclrich, was driven ashore, and her w was with great dificulty rescued by the life saving corps by means of the rocket appavatus. The réscue caused a most exciting scenc Ntoned the French Consulnte. Gexos, Jan. LA few men today, perently excited by the Algues-Mortos dict ut Angouleme, France, where a uumber | of French workmen were acquitted of i ap: ver INGLE of 1 in killing in Italian workmen during a September of over a score ot, gather front of the French counsulaie and stoned the escutcheon over the door. The nolice dispersed the crowd and arrested two of the loade municipal yed ho formal vegrots of tho authorities at the oceurrence were cony to the Ervench consul. ACE AND CONCORD, FOR T President Carnot Recoives New Year Cal- Ters—Ilis Trito Expressions. Pawts, Jan, 1.—President Carnot to recdived the diplomatic corps ind the papal nuncio, The Iatter, on behalf of his col- leagues, expressed their wishes for the con tinued prosperity of France. President Carnot, in reply, said that he cted the opening of the new year with confidence, believing it woull draw the human family nearsr to its ultimate ob. ject, the moral and material welfare of the France, the president assured his visitors, always loved order, liberty and the laws, [Tis dearest wish, ho added, wa peace and international concord Elise Reclus, the brother of Paul Reclus, sted at a late bour 1ast night, but a few hours detention, 1ted ufte New Year at Beelin, Beuviy, Jan, 1.—The usual New Year's celebrations took place here today. lim peror William received the dipiomatic corps in the White hall. Aftor luncheon seve of the military attaches were presened Later the emperor, accompanied by Prince Henry of Prus called at tho resider tie diplomatic corps, as well as at the resi dences of Chancellor von Cu ver of generals and aduiival ing after dinner the emperor went to the opera, und King Humbort's Addross. Rowr, Jan, 1.—King Humber ¢ to the New Year cting of senators and deputies. aftor referring to financial affairs, alluded to the riots in Sic ily. He said ne sympathize with the Sicilian dition ¢ WIse measures of legis fded that he believed the prospects werd'good for a peaceful state of atfairs in Burope, and that this would enable him and them to give cousiderable attention to internatioual questious. Spauish in Moroces, Mapmro, Jan, 1. ~General Martinez Campos telegraphed that twenty-five chicfs, in the name of all the tribes around Metilla, offered to surrender all of the Spanisn prisoncrs aken in the fichts since October 1 and nised to guar o if General Campos would permit newal ef trade at Melilla 1 Campos conscnted, in view of tne issive attitude of the chicfs. He d to coavey Lo the sul- tan their pry at tho lives of the two Riff leaders, Naimonuohata and Hudduel- hach be s); ured Soma of Them Faeiped. Carerows, Jan. 1.—Natives who havo ar- rived at Buluwayo since the last dispatch sent say they are positive that a portion of the Wilson party escaped ia the direction of Hartley Hill. Traders ave already preparing to open stores at Buluwayo, and other steps are being taken to push forward on the road to Buluwayo and its neighborhood. Seluis, the explorer and hunter, arrived at Pa yesterda Ontario Favors Prolibition, MoxTiiAL, Jun L—A plebiscite on the question of prohibition wis taken in connec- tlon with the aunual municipal elections throughout the province of Ontario toda The returns up to midnizht were not coin- plete, but feports so far shosw a majority for prohibition in ncarly every section, with the exception of largo citics, where the prohibi- tion purty also showed great strength. Captured the Muticeers. Loxpoy, Jan. 1.—A dispatch to the Stand- ard from Berlin suys tweive more mutineers in the Cameroon have been captured and tae muting is now euded. It is alleged the harshiness of Lieutenant Horring, who com- manded the force, wus tho cause of the out- Rasin's ST. PEERSDURG, Jan. 1, January to October, during imated at 77 00 roubles for the sume pe ling year. Tho expenditu 00 roubles, k Joined the Cnurch of Komo. T'he revenue from the past s 8, againsy 795,- Loxvoy, Jan. L—Three more Anghican clergymen have joined the Chiurch of Rome, who the king fourtcen Anglican ministers ve become Romun Catholics since fumous Lancoln case. Kusan Adding to Her Navys Loxnoy, Jan. L.—A St Petersburg dis- pateh to the Times says the government hus ordered an ironclad of 8,500 tons, a torpedo cher and three torpedo boats to be com- menced immediately at Nicolaeifr. Agreed to Compromise, LoNDON, Jan, 1.--The government leaders and vhe leaders of the opposition have ar- rived at a compromise arrangoment, by which the pavish councils bill will be pussed by Junuary 1. _ Not Asking for a ) an. Roxe, Jau, 1.—Premier Crispt has an- nounced that the report that Italy 18 negoti- ating for a new loan is usfounded. Denth of a Jockey. LoNDON, Jan, 1.—Mullen, the well known py, is dead. He recently sustained se- injuries while huating De Glers 1L St. Perersuvig, Jan. L—M. de Giers, tho minister of forcign afairs, s scriously i, the result of a bad ehill, - FROW NRASPAFLR N of the Newspaper Mon of St. Paut Glven to the Pubik ST. PavL, Jun. 1.—The $St. Paul Press club book of short stories, entitled “l'or Revenue Only,” wus 1ssucd from the press today. It Work is ono of tho most novel productions in literature. [ts author and executant is Harry W. Wack of the St Paul Globe. The book 1s written by twenty five members of the Press club, for the benefit of the club, Tho state is in a furore about the book, which is a beautitul picce of typographical wol 1t contains various oviginul features in §25 pages. [v is criticised as being the greatest literary work which the northwest has produced ‘in ten yeavs, The storics ure brilliant, of general applica- tion aud nothing savors of purely local con cern. ‘The tulent of the has contributed its effusion way, M., Captain A. ( amucl G. Swith, Havlan P Donnelly and Luigi D. Ven the authors. An edition d being subscribed for. North Star state Con- Dr. ! John J astle, Rev, Hall, Igna v ure among uxo is now THEY KNOW A GOOD THING, Vapers Areange to Kollablo Nows Sorvi PuiLaverpnia, Jan. L—Six leading daily papers in Philadelphia, the North Americun, Philadelphin Recoive the Philadelphia Inquiror, the Press, the Times, the Eyening Bulletin aud the Phila delphia Democrat today severed their news relations with the United press and have become full men.bers of the Associated press and will hereafter publish Associated pross news. Every nowspaper in_Philadelphia, with three excoplious, to whith has ecn given the opportunity of permancntly secur ing the service of the Associated press, hus availed itself of that privilege aud hus \ith. arawn its patronage from the United press - , er Explosi ‘Phis morning at the Killed by u ¥ CUATTANOOGA, Jan. | Cincinnati Southern Railway shops, Chiarles Beckort and Josso Lang, colored, were in tantly killed by an explosion of ‘o boiler of 4 cugiue they were repalring. COPY FIVE BOSTON'S NEW YEAR John Steteon's Magnificont Globe Theates Serves as a Burnt Offering, BEAUTIFUL PLAY HOUSE IS IN RUINS Fire Makes a Total Wrook of the Building Inside and Out. HANLON'S SUPERBA GOES WITH THE HOUSE Nothine of thy Expensive Scouery and Mae chanical Appliances Was Saved. OTHER PROPERTY SUFFERS GREATLY Bultalngs Adjoining Are on Fire a the Lows thut Will Ensue is Sull s Matter of the Merest Conjecture, Bostox, Jan. 2, 2:45 a, m.—Tho new year begun in this city with o large fire, a des stractive, and at one time very dungerous blaze, in the Globe theater on Washington strect, owned by John Stetson. and at prese ent occupied by the Hanlon's Superba come pan, I'he out . which is playing an engagement here, cgant play house is completely cleaned and the property of the IHanlons is red. that used At y building ery engine w0 possibly to ¥ this Just trustees ba ad- tha erocted by has caught ana every effort 1s being made to save it. 1o Harrison spared Jacent large the Harvard is being oteet property hour six-stc looks as if the entire block of the extension would be swallowed up. ' Mon's Properiy Explodes, the of the fire curred Duri several which proved to prozress seve explosions o be the powder and cartridges owned by the any. It is stated that every particie of wardrobes of the company 1 lost. Hanlon com The inmates of the houses on Ilssex streot and Harvard Place are preparing to leave in case the conflagration extends. The efforts of the firemen on this street line of hose that <ht into play, with s On the Iissex street side ne the theater are valuable blocks of ar wntic and e could be obtained is brov al suc par adjoir buildings which are occupied by large busie ness concerns, urned O in Street Lights The streots of the city darkness e consed to run, owing to the current bieng turned off. Thae are illuminated with the blaze, which cau be seen for miles around. Sparks from the fire traveled with wind two and-three blocks nws and the electric cars h heavens the and a most of careful watch is bewg kept by a cordon volicemen. A number of police have roped off the va- rious and thous congregating from eve nds of people aro section of the city, watching the progress of the five. The water avenues, towers stationed on the Washington street side of the fire are pouring in thousands of gallons of watcr into the fiery furnace, The fivst alavm of the five was given at 1:25 2. m. and was quickly followed by a sec- ond and third alarm. When Chief Webber saw how the fire was gaining he had a fourth alavm turned in. L Canght in the Cont Room. 1#s thought the fire started in the rem of the theater by some one throwin cont 3 8 the flocr and that it lce out into a blaze. lighted cigarette on by smouldered unti It1s estimated the loss on the theater will )00, and that of the Hanlon company about 40,000, as it has not been le to save any of the valu- able scenery which it carvies. It is Impossible at this time Yo estimate what the to the other buiidings will amount to, as the five is still raging and there is no telling where it will stop. Getting the Best of the Flames. 8:25 a. m.—The fire has been eheciced on the and Harrison extension side of r, but-on Hayward Place the five be in the neighborhood of ab loss I the thea ex street 18 still eating its way into the adjacent build- ings. The Globe cafe is a total loss, nothing but ivery effort is being the walls remaining. made to confine the five with fair s tho nov an During whole conflugration accident has been reported the loss will It is impossible to state what amount to in the business buildings, 3:30 A, m.—At this hour the fire is appar- ently under control aua tho danger of a gen- cral conflagration is past. The total loss will probably reach nearly §1,000,000. All the property is well insured, e Kiled by Aceldont. Venminuion, 8. D, Jan, L—Another shoot- ing affair tast night resulted in the death ot Charles Overhulse, son of G. B. Overhulse, the reform orator. Overhulse, with com- panions, was coasting near the Atwood place, two miles north of town. A sieigh loaded with young peovle passed and ran to the bott b hill, where Walter Hoff man dro volver and fired in the but in the divection of tho coasters. The ball hit young Overhulse botween the eyes and he cannot live, HofMmun is tho senior cditor of the Cluy County Freeman. Ho cume to tows, this morning night and gave nimself up varvied Too Long witha thirty-day suspended Daly Willlam Dail sentenee for vagrancy hanging over him, wus found again walking the streots lass night. An ofticer took bim in chiurge, ; Sl On Dty Agabn Oficer Louis Godola, who was suveroly fnjored In an accident on the Iast Omaha motor line August 6, last, went oa duty aguin for the first time last night Made au Assignment. Semxrienn, 1L, Jan, 1.-Georgs W. Chattertopgdesler in joweley dnd musical as today 1ssoly, nbout the sat s - Ordorad # Lieduction, Mass., Jan. 1A 10 per cent ro- duction was announced today in the Loworl Ma turing company, affecting 84000 b cople instruments, Linbilities, 00,000 LoweLL,