Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1901, Page 1

ESTABLISHED J GAINS FOR NEBRASKA Btate Delogation Inoreatss Its i Under New Assigaments. EVEN DEMOCRATS ARE BETTER PLACED | Benator Districh Recomm ding Three Now | ONE IS EDITOR EDGAR Mr. Millard Also Buggests & Few Mail Changes. FOR BEATRICE | | | RUMOR ABOUT THE LINCOLN LAND OFFICE | Kennard Sald to Be Willing to Keep 16 the Family=Puhl ings MeCook nd Istand, Paild- for and © (From a WASHINGTON gram.)—"‘Speaker determined to have in Jun espondent.) Dec. 10.—(Special Tele- Henderson is evidently congress adjourn early sald of the leaders of the house today, “‘because It s most unusual to | appoint the committees within ten ¢ of | the opening oi the legislative session. Hea derson is foxy. He wants get the country n good season He also wants the republicans to get through their absolutely Decessary legislation and go home without giving the democrats a leg to stand That accounts for the early announcement of the committees.” Nebraska increases its standing in the | committee assignments the Fifty- sixth congress. Mercer remains at the head | of public bulldings and grounds and retains ! his position on District of Columbla. Burkett, with his assignment on appro- priations, Is made member of a subcommit- tee having charge of the District of Co lumbia appropriation bill. He is splendidly taken care of. This committee alone will give him all the work one man can do, in additlon to looking after the wants of his constituency. The democrats of the Nebraska delegation are much better placed than at the last s slon. Neville gets agriculture and irriga- tion of arid lands, in both of which the west Is vitally interested. Robinson goes to revision of laws and reform in civil service. Shallenberger also gets reform in civil scrvice and the alcoholic liquor trat fle. Stark has militia, his old assignment, | and expenditure in the War department. Martin of South Dakota goes to public | lands and public buildings and grounds while Burke Is given the place held by Sonator Gamble, when in the house, on In- dlan ahaire, Mondell of Wyoming holds his former committes assignments, but advances to the front a file or two, OWIng to changes in the personnel of the committees to which he bas been assigned, military affairs and pub- lc Jands. Postmaster one | | | | | over | Nebraska, Senator Dietrich today recommended the following posimasters for appointment: G W. Jackeon, at Falrmont, reappointment, | W. H. Edgar, at Beatrice. Mr. Edgar is a member of the state legislature and editor of the Beatrice s. The ouly opposi- tlon te Mr. Agar's appointment came from the present postmaster, who desired a re- appointment. The senior senator from Nebraska also recommended Conrad Huber at Blooming- | ton, vice Willlam: T. Britton, resigned. Mr. Huber is chairman of the republican county central committee of Franklin county and has the endorsement of the leaders of the party in that section. Senator Millard sent the following rec- ommendations to the Postoffice department: | E. E. Sherman, reappointment, at Valen- | tine, Cherry county; James L. Stewart of Randolph, Cedar county; Charles H. Snyder. Tilden, Madison county; W. H. McNeal W Kennards and 1 There is an unconfirmed rumor to the ef- fect that Thomas Kennard, register of the Lincoin land office, has intimated that he will resign if he can have his son appointed to the place. Whether Senator Dietrich will look upon this favorably cannot be fore- told. Mercer today presented a number of measures designed to assist the district he represents. He not only introduced a bill to amend the charter of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company, permitting it to erect another draw span over the Missourt river near Council Bluffs and Omaha, but he also introduced a new bili granting the right to the South Omaha company to build a rallway, street railway, motor vehicle and foot bridge across the Big Muddy at South Omaha, surrounding the bullding of the bridge with the safeguards prescribed by former acts of congress, placing the plans and specifications in the hands of the secre- tary of war. It is understood that T. W. Blackburn 1s attorney for this company. He slso refntroduced his subtreasury bill for Omaha; also a bill for tho reliet of Henry T. Clarke, which has been in congress ever | stnce the completion of Fort Crook, and growing out of the use of certain bulldings on the site of Omaha’s new army post, for which the government Is alleged never to have pald; also a bill to increase the pen- slon of General Stanton and to restore the status of the Nebraska militlamen who served during the Spanish war, providing that the act of 1899 be extended to include oficers and privates of the Nebraska state militia and provielonal milit Bulldings at MeCook and Grand I Congressman Shallenberger Bbilis for public buildings at propriating $50,000, and at Grand Island, with an appropriation of $125,000. Congressman Burkett introduced a bill dividing Nebraska into two judicial dis- tricts with the Platte river as the divisional tine. This measure is liable to have consid- erable opposition, as it Is well known that the present oMclals of the federal court| wre opposed to making two districts out of Nebraska on the ground that the business does not warrant the division. Elmer Stevenson, to be ioternal revenue collector for Nebraska; J. J. Langer, to be consul at Solengen, Germany; John Jen- kins, to be consul at'San Salvador, and George Heimrod to be consul Bamoa, were confirmed today by the senate. Representative Martin of South Dakota is preparing two bills for the relief of settlers on the Black Hills forest reserve. One of them authorizes the settlers in the reserve who made thelr selections on unsurveyd 1ands to perfect title and authorize the land commissioner so to readjust the selections @s to make them conform to the legal sub- divisions authorized by the regulations. The other bill relutes to those scttlers who made seloctions before the reserve was and Ofce. a introduced McCook, ap- | ently | e says general at | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. UNE HEAVY REWARD-IVS OFFERED President of Bank Wil housand De and Money, Pay Five Inrs for Cashier SAN FRANCISCO man, president of the hants' bank of Los Angeles, h ized the offering of a reward of $2,501 the arrest of H. J. Fleishman, the at ing cashier of the bank, and an additic reward of $2 the return money taken by Fleishman, amounting sald, to $100,000. LOS ANGELES, Hellman, president Farme Merchants' bank, from which H. J man abscopded with $100,000 of the money “4ved In Loe Angeles fro Fran tay and has taken charge of nk. There is no indication any n of the r ext withdraw Als of dey * the defalcation ¢ its cashier. The unt of mo taken by Fleishm; been deter mined and wili not “orough ex f the b tl e mad President Hellman is conflu at there will be no loss to the Farmers' and Mer chants' bank, as Fleishman was under bond and owned considerable valuable property "SAN JOSE, Cal, Dec. 10.—Sheriff Lang ford arrested a man at Santa Clara tonight whom be belleves to bear a close blance to H. J. Fleishn the abs Los Angeles bank cashier and for furt T the name of Dee. 10.—1 Farmers W. Hell and M 8 author- tor - al " it s Cal W and Fleish Dec. 10.—1 % airs ., affairs %, that ther. %, business of t. interrup natve ite y amination n that to resem- an onding 4 him gives gation Dudley iny B e man 'SOUTHERN SECURITIES CO. Another ation for the t of Railrond Incor Au- grandizeme 10.—The tollowing NEW YORK Advertiser has There were of New Jersey De the filed thi intended mbraced in th Commercial today papers under the laws afternoon which appar- for a combination like charter of the North- urities company, which fe absorb- ing the securities of the Northern Pacifi Great Northern and other northwestern rallways. The title of this new combina tion is the Southern Sccurities company and except it differs in certain provis- fons which have been the subject of ad- verse criticism it is substantially the same as to object privileges as th orthern urities Its nomt nal capital s $100,000, but it can Increase the amount at its pleasure. Who and what are behind this new charter are not closed on Its face, and the names of incorporators do not convey informa- tion.” is that ern powers and company dis- the a COPPER CONTROL PERFECTED Metnls Selling Com Five Years' Output of All L ny Contracts for ading Concerns. BOSTON, Dec. 10.—Thomas W fesued a statement this afternoon Lawson in which “I was ore of the original owners of the United Metals Selling company. ' have disposed of my holding. I can vouch for the fact of the disposal of the daily holdings of Amalgamated. They were sold by the estate, the selling having been begun last Saturday Mr. Lawson sald United Metals S changed and now owned jointly by the Amalgamated Copper company, the Rothschilds and the Calumet and Hecla Mining company. He declared that the Metals Selling company had contracted to buy, for five years from January 1, the copper of the Amalgamated, Calumet and Hecla and Rio Tintos mines RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED Assintant Secretary of Nuvy Frank W. nekett Retu Hin w Prac that control of the lling company was ns fe WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The president has accepted the resignation of Mr. Frank W. Hackett as assistant secretary of the navy, to take effect next Monday. His suc- Mr, Charles H. Darling of Ver- mont, who is expected here in a day or two, will relieve him of his offici on that In the correspond took place between Secretary Mr. Hackett, made public ter explained that he was compelled to give up his office and return to his law practice, and Secretary Long expressed re- gret that this was necessary. BASIS OF IRRIGATION ACT Hansbrough-Newlands Bill is Selected Nuele Artd lation. cessor, d ace Long today, the and lat- for Land WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—At a conference of the senators and representatives inter- ested in the legislation for the irrigation of arld lands it was determined to make the Hansbrough-Newlands bill the basis of ac- tion and this measure {8 now being per- tected for united support. It provides that the proceeds of the sales of public lands shall be set aside as a fund for arid lands reclamation and irrigation. PRESIDENT FILLS THE VACANCY on Judge Francis B, for Seventh Circuit Court of Indian des Baker WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, founced after the cabinet meeting today that Judge Francis E er had been de cided upon by the president for the vacan judgeship in the seventh circuit of Indiana CORONATION DATE IS FIXED King Edward Definitely Decldes the Sixth of Next June as the Day. It was n LONDON, Dec. 10.—At a session of the privil council today King Edward definitely fixed June 6, 1602, as the date for his coro- pation. It was also decided that Parlia ment will meet January 16. Snow in Neb WEST POINT, Neb, Dec —Snow 1{s again falling heavily. About three inches covers the ground. The weather 1s cold and raw, with a northeast wind TRENTON, Neb., Dec. 10.—(Special Tel- egram.)—It has been cloudy and damp all day. About 2 p. m. & heavy snow began to fall and is falling faster and thicker as | night comes ou | LEIGH, Neb. Bec. 10.—(Special.)—Snow | began falling here last night and continued | during the night and forenoon. Fully six inches of snow has fallen and the indica- ka. 10.—(Special.) (Continued om Second Puga tions are good for more. The weather ts not cold and the wind is quiet. OMAIIA, also | duties | that | | an- WEDNESDAY MIXUP DN OHIO POLITICS| Conference of Legislators Arouses Interest in Hanna-Foraker Camps, ALLEGED SCHEME TO ORGANIZE SLATES | a ¢ ¥ Acts as a Medintor, George B. Cox Attentio vernor Nash At- | Their Presence | s tract n and arty Harmony, Quite a sensation | by the action of legislature from called together during the pa the friends | CINCINNATI caused here n members of the ounty, who were of reports current ! between and Senator Hanna of the legislature The party lumbus thr weeks hence for he on of candidates for president pro tem of the senate, speaker an aker | ro tem of the house and all other officer in the legislature. The republican cau | will not organize until the senate has ¢ | anized ft lumbus that Dec. 10 was \ tonight ac | | Ham beca thirte Kk ot ot h caucuses will contest Sen. Foraker e organization January held in ¢ or whi meet be nomina us sald there is i fr ormation from Co- ator Foraker eking 1o legislature and some of them ng with a view of opposing the Hanna two years hence organize tne are work re- cction of Senator Opposition Foraker, considered that there will be no op- | to the re-election of Se next month, but Charles Kurtz is credited with being the head of a | this time which, for purposes is opposing Senator Hanna two ». Mr. Kurtz headed a fusion of and democrats in the legisla- years ago in opposition to Sen Hapna and it is claimed now that he under “the Foraker banner, fight against Hanna two years “oraker . movement at years he republ ture ans wo in ator is preparing for another henee. In this connection ¢ publican lender in Ha hon Senator For pealed to repeatedly by refused join either ceded that with the Hamilton county dele- tion solidly back of him he would hold the of power. orge B. Cox, the re- milton county, the aker, has been ap- both sides, but has to faction. It §s con- balance Lenve the Matter to Cox, The tive th H three ators and of Hamilton county between the for control invited Mr. Cox to made a atement of the pending troubles and urged the delegation to work for party Larmony without regard to personal prefer- | ences Before adjourning the delegation adopted the following resolution, offered by Senator Hosea egation t thus far be counsel of George be governed by s ten representa- tonight discussed Foraker and the of th legislature the meeting. He ontest nna men | That the Hamilton county del- | the Ohlo ‘legislnture, having benefited by the advice and | B. Cox, hercby agrec to his ‘further advice in the itter of the organization of the senat and house of representatives. It is understood that Mr. Cox is opposed to the slates that are said to be arranged id that he will act as a medlator for har- mony. Much significance is also given here tonight the fact that Governor Nash was o the city today and in consultation with republican to haa | | HANNA PLEADS FOR SUBSIDY Ohlo Senntor Addre chants at Ce Anniversary ration, BOSTON, Dec 10.—The Boston Merchants' fation met at the Vendor this even log in celebration of its twenty-fifth anni- versary and was entertained by four men of national reputation, who mad rited ad dresses, chiefly along political lines. Post- master General Charles Emory Smith spoke on reciprocity, Hon. Kogora Tarhira, the Japanese minister, on the subject of com mercial relations, Senator M. A. Hanna on | the ehip subsidy bill and Henry Watterson of Kentucky on “Kentucky and Massa- chusetts. Thess were the principal guests, but at the tables were many men of state prom- inence, including Hon. P. A. Collins, mayor- elect of Boston; Congressmen Conroy and Naphen, and Marlon E. Taylor of Louisville, Ky. During the evening General Collins hed an impromptu reception and received many telegrams of congratulation. Lieutenant Governor John L. Bat, first speaker, represented Governor Crane He extended the welcome of Massachusetts to the guests » In Weak, Senator Hanna was the last speaker. He confined his remarks entirely to the ques tion of ship*subsidy and the latest bill for that purpose which has been presented to congress. He referred to the fact that the American nation is today supreme In the agricnitural and industrial business of the | world, but is at the very lowest In regard to its merchant marine. From the highest point in 1861, when we carried 92 per cent of the forelgn trade, he sald we have de- creased until today American ships only carry 8 per cent of the foreign tonnage or Hanna said re now bullding a magnificent nav: shall continue until we are second o nation. We shoald also bulld son r that navy to defend. Th d annually by American mer- the pockets of forelgn ship- 82,000,000, No country on the o could stand that drain tates, and why need we n how the subsidy Affec igland W fts war with South Africa. Its vessels have been taken | transpor(ing its troops and munitions while the raw materfals from our lines te, are lyving on our docks, awalting transportation abroad Mr. Hanna spoke of the bill introduced into congress last year and declared that the bill which presented last Monday had been simplified and modified to meet the objections to the former one. He de clared that the present bill was designed to benefit American owners and American capital only and that if something was not done to protect the American merchant marine soon every channel for trade, every hole would be plugged by merchants of England, Germany and France, until the Americans would have to fight to get in He declared the only solution was to place the American merchant marine on an equal footing with that of other countries By figures he showed that the European | countries are paying subsidies amounting to $28,000,000 a year. He bespoke the sup- port of the merchants of Boston for the new bill. ant Marine and amount char own int is © of the the f but o Absorb Victor Fuel DENVER, D Co. 10.—~A meeting of the di- rectors of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany is to be held here tomorrow and it [§*Satd the finat arrangements will be made for the absorption of the Victor Fuel « pany, the chief eompetitor in ¢ the ifuel and Iron company company controls most of the bituminous mines in southern Colorado. It is capital- ized for $2,6W,000 and its oltput last year more than 1,000,000 tons of coal, The " MORNINC | Tho | ble | range | began here Je | DECEMBER 11, 1901-TWELVE DEMOCRATS W or Elected by of Any Candidafe In Qu of Century. BOSTON, Dee. pletely overwhelm 10.—The democ tions General being quart ay, Pa elect Hart by of a 4 i The Ik of the century, ity gov tically all commission strongly in The result their candidates for As usual, the favor of license. of the canva cit was th cratic ir opponents, prophet The Iast night elaim Two years ayor Hart defea 18 votes and poll eral Collins by 2,2 thing over 40,000, publican th vote for mayor almost Yet 0 per ¢ General (he nt larger than the Collins recelved ov wards. The lined to this does blane not the weathbr ton warde. Naturally there wards and in South Bo republican suspicion repeaters. This fortunate feature of the day. Republicans in Maseachusetts quite ssful in the prominent rested on held feht elections carried eleven to the democryts’ Worcester Mayor vae defeated. In Woburn Mayor lefeated the present mayor and changed from no license to lice Chelsea, whe city, there was a change licenso for the first In Newburyport firm hold for 10 by over 300 majority. One of the stubborn contests m, where Mayor Muley's admin s endorsed by the vote, althougl been fiercely criticised. The inst license was reduced from year to 73 this year warm contest in Cambridge. O'Connell, a succe over Mayor Dickinson by 1 Problem and N More Complex. CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—The Record-Herald | The fast time prob- | (*u and northwestern gateways i becdiiteg more diffculty was added | yesterday when General Passenger Agent tomorrow will say: lem between Chicago and the. =% complex. Additional John Sebastian manded that Denver be added and that any solu red the other gateways must will include Denver. To this proposition assent and apparently there will >uld this prove to be the case is problematic what the Rock Isl: do in view of the refusal of the nclude Denver At the meetin yesterday for the purpose of the situation a committee was of the Rock Isl: cov a a to canvass the lines and then draw a of solution today following jcorge Charlton of the Alton, P. for presentation at It the position strictly adhered committee will any plan. The Northwestern officials are n to lengthen the time of their Limited,” claiming that this not train former and none for the latter o Paul people, however, insist taking the “Overland Limited" it for travelers to reach Pacific coast points in less is possible to do-so by the wa There seemed to be a dispositio of to be the it is unable Rock I likely to agr St time Pa gateways and it may be will be the solution. The ficlals in the event would be oblige rats ed the republicans in the mayor over the largest plurality in | democrats ned control of both branches roment, elected their street ommissioner, Salem D. Charles, and prac- the today as they were ricen held last week, for, sithough they IN BOSTON Largest Majority ter com trick A school ¥ fully ned ted ed Gen ome This year the total re- was a trifle smallest given & party candidate for mayor since 1563, despite a registration en. er largest in the history of the city, and he carried elghteen of the twenty-five republican leaders were in ight, bu account for the tremendous gains made by the democrats in republican was greaf excitement in | two | politielans were ar- of baving obtained however was the only un- ston were not een in clty four, the three belng nonpartisan contests, the | republican mayors were defeated, whi party suffered almost a rout the 4 this city. Tn demacrat, | Feeney the city nee. was h it had majority 555 last There was likewise a The democrats ed there In electing John Mc¢Namee | DEPENDS ON THE ROCK ISLAND of the Fast Time Western thwestern Trains in considering the question | tion that be there has mot been be. | not today it and will lines g called discussing ppointed s sland that the ee upon ot ready Overland train should be considered as an Omaha or Denver as it carries few passengers for the ity. The that by is possi- the Northern than it ul gate- n to ar- for @ common time between all the possible that this prthwestern of- ed to re- fuse Omaha passengers on this limited. WITHDRAWS FROM COMPACT ific Announces Its Inten- fy Its Military Agree- ent with Other Roads, s 8, Dec. eting of the Transcontinental ger association, that will probably the time of the next three or fo today with the of the roads present. submitted a long docket ts to be considered and acted ol General passenger agents of roads have been much disturbed by cision of the Southern Pacific from the military agreement and i it ar indicating a combination or with the Santa Fe to control al passenger business. In its intentior to no longer be & part military agreement the Southern sald its action was not dictated by of most Carleton coast | sire to cause a disturbance of rates tary business, but because conditio changed since the agreement wai Its object is to bring about at this a reconsideration of the 10.—~The firet session of Passen- take up ur days, representatives P hairman of sub- 0. western the de- to withdraw nterpret alllance 1 Pacific announcing ¥y to the Pacific any de- in milt- ons have s made. meeting entire situation and the adoption of methods that will meet present requirements. MYSTERY GROWS Family of Miss Cropsey Now Her Dea Reasons. but Give No ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., Dec. 10.—The who heretofore have clung to the belief that she was alive, { are now family of Nell Cropsey but do not in their opinion. A member of t mittee of five in charge of the the missing girl today said: We Nell Crog Miss ( missing the opinion that she believe we ey within twelve Cropsey tonight said arrie Kirl, a cousin Th are at a loss for any explanation of the We now believe Nell is dead.” wystery, DEEPER Believe s dead, state the basis for this change he com- arch for will produce the body of hours." of the family Mayor | voted as much of a surprise to the democrats as to most sanguine demo- only this plurality was nearly tripled. over the In the republicans swept the from uo lcense to time In eleven years where llcense has had twenty years, the city voted n istration | one to | plan a meeting This committee is made up of the Eustis of the Burlington and W. B. Knoskerin of | the Northwestern. | is | CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Another Restraining Order is Issued in the Railread Fight MAYOR SIGNS FOR THE ST. PAUL LINE Burlington Promptly Gets Judge Bax. ter to Hold Up Action Under New Ordinance — Sites Suge 1 mested for Market. With its approval by Mayor Moores the ordinance permitting the Chicago, Paul Minneapolls & Omaha railway bulld operats and maintain a track along Eighth street between Farnam and Howard streets last right became a law. Within an from the time this approval was read t council a restraining order was fssued b Judge Irving F, Baxter of the Douglas county district court, preventing the North- | western people from proceeding under the | ordinance. The order the instance of the Chicago, Quincy rail road. Attorney Kelby and other representatives of the Burlington road were present at th council meeting As soon as the approval of Mayor Moores was read they hastened from the council chamber to the office of ( Green, another Burlington attorney o the application for wn injunction, already in skeleton form, vas hastily finished. Judge Baxter meanwhile was awaiting the Bur- lington representatives, and all proceeded to the courthouse, the restraining order was {esued Hearing was set for December 17 { Judge Fawcett. Service on Superintendent Strickland of braska division of the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha railway Text N bour he was Burlington 0 & 000 | | rles where before secur: the N St. Paul, was at once of the Order The order prevents the railroad till after hearing and adjudication “from in any manver proceeding to obtain permission or authority to occupy any portion of Eighth street scuth of Farnam street or any por tion of Howard or Harney streets between Ninth and Tenth streets ing to comstruct any railroad tracks upon | acroes or through the portions of said Eighth, Harney or Howard s afor said, and from proceeding to condemn portion of the plaintift's station, grounds and yards aforesald; also from Interfering with the plaintiff in excavating its grounds and preparing the same for use In structing its depot building and bulldings thereon “And the defendant is further en from doing any other thing sought petition of plaintiff to be enjoined enumerated or specified in this order » or from attemp con other Joined n said e and not Approval. Mayor Moores' approval was accompanied with a complete explanation of his action, as follows MAYOR'S Honorabl Omaha-—( OFFICE, Dec. 10—To the the City Council of the City of entlemen: 1T have the honor to report that I have approved document No passed by your honorable body it your special meeting held December 2 his document is av ordinance granting pormission to the Cl neapolis & Omaha Riliw a railroad track along tween Far city of Omaha 1" did not return last regular m matt and T desired more of its merits terests referen the full Fig reet « the ordinance 8 ember lurge put time 1o conv W to give n opportunity t to it. Accordingly, elght days allowed under arter in order that no one might that snap judgment had been taken g nap judement had heen taken.y tles and studying the m: r carefully, am convi d that this ordinance is one. The growth of Omaha in the | fr.'lrM has been largely attributabl arge Incroase in its Jobbing interests dur- ing that period. The prospects Indicat the progress of the city in the must e« largely from the Already many manufactur le blishments are maha as a lik place for location They kave found, however, that » rallroad has a monopoly on almost the entire wholesale district _and that to build in that district be to cut themselves off from all Nope of competition in frelght rates Large Territ Desirable, It 1s also desira ntial that | wholesalers should and an door to the largest possible territory Burlington and Northwestern <vstems different sections of the « ry in n and each offers to the prospective manufacturer and jobber a_large territory not yet made available by the other. The great demand today is for better and i creased trackage facllities and Omaha b been hampered in its growth by 1 ability to meet this demand. The' pasinge of this ordinince will bri | about healthy competition, will double the available territory open to our wholesalers | and will help to make Omaha what we are all anxlous to have it be—the great jobbing center of the west As to the new freight depot fq lngton railway, I would say | interests require it, the de | anyway: 1t not, they would if_this ordfnance fafled of pas The Burlington owns practically all the | property from Fifth to Elghth etreets be- | tween Faraam and Howard streets and does not lack for atlon for_a freight depot 1f they desire to build. Thelr pr posed plan provides for the clty's elosing Eighth street and turning over to them to be covered by the proposed structure would veto the closing of Eighth street turning it over to any private interests Omaha has been fostering monopolios 1ong enough. What we want now s com petition. Public int t private Benent must be consid fror T have therefore approsed ordesance as T belleve it to be a from the standpoin tully, FRANK at as vour he | I have ta fecl and ave n supply the mal in- » Bur- their butlt 1 desirable measure of t iblle. Re MOORF Muy Attorney Sheean's Commen Attorney James Sheean, neered the fight for the lines, was feeling satisfed the restraining order he said: “We expected {t. We had not contem plated golug to work on our trackage down there just yet anyhow, as we are still in voluminous litigation in the court with the Burlington over this matter “This action of the council and in passing and approving this ordinance will be valuable to us for use in going be- fore the courts to dissolve the twelve fifteen other injunctions already in istence. “As matters stand now there Is an or from the federal court telling the Bur- lington and our road to each build its crossings down there and forbidding us to interfere one with the other. Our road now has the permission of the city in ad- dition to this order. If the Burlington r fuses to perform its share we can go into tederal court and ask for marshals to that the work is dope. Then if the lington Interte we can have it up contempt of court.” City Market whe Northwestern When told of or ex- Bur- for Place, The opening of proposals at the city council meeting offering to sell the city a market place brought to light nine such propositions, the asked rang- ing from $17, The offers were m__And: south half ok 168 irteent th o 45,7 site 00 to $52,000 W Mur between Jackse ne-Kr Streots, TExm fo From John A and 4, block & (Continued on Fifth Page.) t. Price Frenzer on Capit ny | m and Howard streets in the | has engl- | United States | PAGES, and Cold Thursday ; re at De) GIVES STARTLING TESTIMONY He Was Ordered o . Ree Thirteen Denths, Assistant Says to Draw Serum from | wulting in 10.~The sccond seseic nquiry committee organ ponsibility for thirtee the uso of city anti-toxin ed this afternoon in Martin Schmidt, assistant st, offered most startl declared that Dr. Amand bacteriologist, had di i to prepa wn from ST the fzed LOUIS, De tetanus o fix the deaths followi was comme Wells' o ity bacteriolc He the city him on October the serum which it had Dr, serum re g testimony Ravold the horse tetanus Ravold told me, could ad not been affe ptember 29, when the drawing was made. I knew," the continued, “‘that the serum was polsonous and unfit for us on human beings, but 1 felt that I could not question Ravold's orders, so [ went ahead and carried out the orders The witness repeated his recent tion before the coroner that the poisoned serum was sent out to physiclans without having been first tested on It difcult pigs,” sald Schmid had b sed for mer and hence w for anti-toxin t “1 do not know of any drawing of anti-toxin being made. If sueh sts bad been made I would have known of said Schmidt, “that used be safely as witness Guinea to plgs obtain good Guinea All the avallable pies tests during the sum- not in a fit condition was sts. it Schmidt testified that the serum was Kept unlabeled, in the fcebox and that the draw- of different dates were known apart ouly by the memory of the colored fanitor NEGROES SOLD INTO SLAVERY tngs BIRMINGHAM to the la., Dee Age-Herald from New Ben Milam, colored | Lawrence county, is under with unusual crime It Is alleged that Milam has for some time been engaged in kidnaping negroes and selling them slaves to the manager of a 1ennessee river Island some miles below Decatur. It «ald Milam would induce negroes to accompany him to the island with the promise of securing positiops for them on the plantation at K02 Lages, and that when they reached there he would sell them in hondage, the negroes being confined within the etockade, from which escape was almost impossible. It is said that a young negro who re- cently escapcd from the island told | story and caused the arrest of Ben Milam. | He reports that a kidnaped negro has been | confined on this island years. MURDERS WIFE AND CHILDREN Viote n 10 De an ex- arrest A spectal ur, Ala, lave of charged says an Preacher Becomes Kills Famil mits Sulc tly Co Insane, de. HOUGHTON, Mich., I nun, minister of the Lutheran church at wano county, Dec. 10.—John Finnish Copper Kin- Ivangelical Falls, Me- murdered hie wife and two children and committed suicide last night Kinnun was 40 years of age and was uni- versally respected On 1 deaf mute, was recently sent | to the State School for the Deaf at Flint, Mich., and was killed on hie arrival there by a passing train. Kinoun brooded over his son’s death, and last night became vio- lently insane. He first cut his wite's throat with a kitchen butcherknife and then murdered his two younger sons with the same weapon. The oldest boy, aged 13, escaped, screaming with fear, and when the nelghbors reached the house all were found with throats cut and dead. After Killing bis wife and two sons Kinnun had fired the house and cut his own throat. The flames were easily extinguished. ree—— NEBRASKANS SEEK IN VAIN 1L Relatives ar Harm Has Come A son, a th Platte an miy CHICAGO, R ne Dec. 10.—(Spectal Telegram.) latives of Miss Jessie Allen, a hand- wirl of fear she Is either being held & prisoner in this city or that she has been murdered. A week ago she arrived here from Jersey City, N. J., on her way to North Platte, Neb,, where she was to spend the holidays with relatives. At the North- western station she discovered the loss of | all her money, quite a large sum. She telegraphed this fact to Bugene Paddock of Lemly, Neb, who forwarded transportation and money, which is now hel of the girl can be had. It is feared she was lured from the station by the hope of re- covering her and has been foully dealt with. She was attractive and stylishly dressed. The police are unable to get a clue to her whereabouts. NOTABLE INDIAN LAID AWAY w but no trace mayor | Signed the Echota Tennessee 1846, Duck Wolf, i n | GUTHRIE, OkL, Dec. 10.—Duck Wolf, a | Creek Indlan, aged 84 years, was buried | by his tribe yesterday near Eufalia. He was present in 1848 and one of the signers of the New Echota treaty in ne the last treaty with the C, before their removal to Indian Territory ean Vessels, Dec, York—Arrived: Manitou 1 Kalser Wilhelm der Gross Balled. Cymric, for 1 pl London—Arrived: flay k via Southampton m—Arrived was ks 10. from fron Liverpool ford, from for Antwerp. Ryndam, from | Y i York At Cherbourg —Saile for New ¥ from New iri, and pre ildelphia Barbarossa Arrived York via ecded. Arrl i from Graf Plymouth, for Hamt AL P Oregont Cambroman, from Arrived UNEOW Iymouth ~Arrived: Graf Waldersee, m New Youk, for Hamburg, Astorla, from New Omaha Yesterday: Mayor g cted » for distribution Hm," had been shot the day before because the | today ted with tetanus on ! tests of the last | white | the | as a slave for seven | Ten- | 10 BUILD THE CAVAL Senater Morgan is the Anther of the Construction Measure. | | ASKS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILLION Invests Contrel of Nicaraguan Waterway in ted States Beard AGREE ON FRYE'S PHILIPPINE BILL i Democratio Benaters Held Exventive [ Cauous. EXPECT TO VOTE ON THE MEASURE TODAY | | Senator Lodge Delivers 1 Advantages Given Address om Niearagun Can Treaty Pointe to Stat WASHINGTON introduced & bill construction of the N | Bl provides an aggregate of which $5,000,000 is made | available and of which ag AMOUNtS A8 are necessary to be appropri ated by congress from time to time The control of the canal and of th belt is vested in a board of eight citizens of the United States, in addition to tha secretary of war, 18 to be presiden These members of the board are to be pald | w salary of $5,000 a year cach and they are to be chosen s of political aflia | tion. There s a provision authorizing the | establishment of & regiment from the reg | ular army on the canal belt guard it properly and courts also are arranged, com | pllant with the laws of grants of Nicar | and Costa Rica. There 1s also & prov | making the divisions of the canal during the construction and there is to be a chiet | engineer and two assistants on each divi- sion, the chief to receive a salary of $6,000 and the assistants $3,000 Senate Takes Up the Trenty. The senate today after routine business upon motion of Mr. Lodge at 12:45 p. m. went into executive session After a number of nominations had been | confirmed Senator Lodge called up the Hay- | Paune treaty and made a brief state- | ment regarding the convention. The sen | ate then adjou iu ler glve the democratic mmittee an opportu- nity to hold a meeting Mr. Lodge coutended that the new treaty does away with all the objection- able features of the treaty of the last con- gress and enumerated the particulars in which the revised agreement conforms to the action of the senate in the last con- gress, when the old treaty was before it. He analyzed the nmew treaty from beginuing to end, showing that in specific terme it | abrogates the Clayton-Bulwer treaty of | 1860, which, he sald, had stood constantly {In the way of the construction of an fath- | mian canal. The abrogation of this treat 'he contended, was a most important achievement, and he did not believe that | the United States should or would lose | an opportunity to make sccure that con cession Dec. 10.—Senator Morgan providing th a canal. The of $180,000,000, immediately regate sum such canal who ¢ regardle Rua sion | o to caucus Given United States Control. Senator Lodge also called the omission of paragraph one of article three of the words, “In time of war as time of peace.” He eald that in the old treaty the paragraph read: “That canal shall be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations on terms of en- tire equality, ete.” He urged that the cmission of this phrase had the effect practically of leaving the United State do with the capal in time of war according to its own good pleasure. | He aleo referred to the fact that rule | seven in the treaty of the powers regu- | lating the control of the Suez canal, which had been embodied in the original Hay- Pauncefote treaty, had been omitted In the revised draft. He quoted this rule, which provided that ““no fortification shall be crected commanding the canal or the waters adjacent, ete." Concenstons | attentlon to Are Ample. This, he said, was a material concession to the United States and was quite sufficient to meet the objections made against that agreement, that the United States would have no power to protect its property. It practically left the United States free to fortity the canal in case it should be con- #ldered desirable to do so and was in line with the omission of the restriction keep ing the canal open in time of war. The fact that the invitation contained In the old treaty to the various powers to give their adherence to the agreement had been elim inated from the new convention, he sald was another compliance with the action of | the senate on the original treaty. These concessions, Mr. Lodge urged, were ample and he contended that they were of such a nature as to render the new treaty acceptable to all American citizens who wanted to see a canal constructed. Practically, he said, Great Britain h agreed to turn the entire management of the canal over to the United States not only in time of peace, but In time of war, and no one could doubt that In case of hostilitie the United States would be at liberty construe the omission of the clause in rule 1 as haviog this effect Senator Culberson asked Mr. was not true that article viil of the Clay- ton-Bulwer treaty blishing the general principle of neutralization was retalued in the new agreement, but Mr. Lodge replied that while there was a declaration to the effect that the general principle of neutral 1zation established by the article was still to be kept alive, the whole tepor of the new troaty was to neutralize and cancel the old egreement. He did not consider | that the article would be of effect any | longer. It 1s understood that the treaty | will be called up tomorrow Another Anti=Anarchist Bill, Senator Gallinger Introduced in the senate today a bill to protect the president, vics president, persons in the line of successloe to the presidency and ambassadors and for eign ministers, Before presentivg it he ex | plained that the bill was prepared by He | Edward Aiarich, United distr judge of New Hampshire The bill provides for the punishment by death of any person who shall intentionally Kill, or who with intent to kill shall sault the president of the United State president, persons in slon to preside and minister in the United are prescribed others to any to | Lodge it It he vice p ambassad | of toreign countries re t The same penalties for persons who shall incit of the foregoing deeds For threatonlng to kill the president or n