Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 7, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ROOSEVELT REFUSES Will Net Acoept Offer to Arbitrate Ven- ezuelan Dispute MATTER WILL ACCORDINGLY GO TO HAGUE Protocols for Submission to Tribunal Will Be Taken Up Today. BOWEN RILES SIR MICHAEL HERBERT Olaims Powers Beek to Continue Alliance Against Oastro by Triok. AMBASSADOR RESENTS THIS IMPUTATION Cables London Exp & His D pleasure and Suggesting Negotia- with American Envoy Be Broken Of. WASHINGTON, Feb, 6.~President Roose- volt has’ declined the invitation of the allled powers to arbitrate the question of preferential treatment in the settlement of their claims against Venezuela. Secre- tary Hay has been instructed to advise the British embassy at once to that effect. The matter therefore will now be referred to The Hague tribunal, which will result in the immediate raising of the blockade. The administration, it is stated in an official quarter, was unwilling to approve the effort of the British government to eliminate Mr. Bowen from the negotiations, end moreover the president could not have ccapted the invitation of the allles, even ad he been 4o disposed, without the con- nt of the other negotlator, Mr. Bowen. Consider Protoeols Today. Tomorrow preliminaries will be consid- ered with reference to the signing of the protocol réferring matters to The Hague Immediately on recelpt of Secretary Hay's note announcing the decision the British ambassador addressed a communica- tlon to Mr. Bowen saying he was suffering from an attack of grip and would be obliged if Mr. Bowen would call on him. The Venezuelan envoy went at once to the embassy, where the British ambassador ex- plained that he had been too ill to call for several ddys and announced the arrival of his .protocol, which e was prepared to submit to Mr. Bowen for signature. Later the German minister, Baron von Sternberg, called on Mr. Bowen and announced the arrival of his protocol. It developed tonight that two protocols are to be signed by Mr. Bowen with the Italian ambassador, Signor Mayor Des Planches, two with the British ambas8ador and two with the German minister. The first In each o will provide for the referenco of the allies’ contention for preferontial treatment to The Hague, and the ralsing of the blockade simultaneously with the slgning of the convention. It 1s doubtful whether the initial pro- tocols between Mr, Bowen and the thres allles will contain the same conditions thovgh all the negotiators are working to that end. In these protocols the conditions prece- dent to the raisicg of the blockade will be cléarly “wtated, hamely, “that 30 per cent of the customs receipts of the ports uf La Guayra and Puerto Cabello are to be set aslde by Venesuela for the satisfaction ot its oreditors and that the question as to whether the allled powers shall receive preferential treatment, or, as Great Britain terms it, “separate” treatment, in the settiement, shall be referred to The Hague. Insiat on Some Cmsh. They will also provide that Venesueia shall pay down to each of the three allied powers £5,500 as an initial cash payment. The differences between the protocols, it is said, will concern certaln details, the nature of which 1s not known even to Mr. Bowen, The German protocol will be submitted to him tomorrow by the German rinister. Afterward Mr. Bowen will go to the British embassy and there see the protocol drawn by Lord Lansdowne. The Italian ambas- sador, Stg. Mayor Des Planches, will bring his protocol to Mr. Bowen tomorrow for consideration. Having arranged for the signature of these first protocols, the me- sotiators will take up the second protocols, which are to cover the manner of adjudi- cating the claime of the various creditor powers and the means for the administra- tion of the customs receipts. The claims of each claimant power are to be settled by a commission to consist in each in- nce of a representative of a creditor government and a Venezuelan and in case of a fajlure to agree, the king of Spain will appoint an arbiter. It is admitted tonight that some days may pass before either of the protocols can be signed, owing to the minor difter- | ences, but negotiations are expected move more swiftly than in the past. to In administration and diplomatic circles | the reference to The Hagie is regarded as & victory for Mr. Bowen, as Venezuela thereby Is enabled to recover from the dis- tressing effect: of the blockade before starting upon the payment of Its debts. The cumbersome machinery of The Hague, it 18 sald, will delay matters considerably and the payment of creditor nations cannot begin uatil the important question ot priority payment for the allles is decided, The tribunal also will decide the vital question, to South American states, as to whether blockades and bombardments en- title powers to preferential treatment at the bands of their debtor. Coming from The Hague it will establish a precedent, while a decision on the point from Presi- dent Roosevelt would have carried no such weight as decisive of & point of ‘nterpa- tional law. An adverse finding by the president, therefore, could not have prevented the lied powers from repeating their block ade next month if they desired, whereas, an adverse verdict from The Hague would add & new canon to the law of nations and stop such a course of practice completely It was to galn this principle, which natu- rally vitally effects not ouly the future of Venesuela, but of the other republics of this contiment that Mr. Bowen stood out for arbitration by The Hague tribunal in- stead of by the president. Bowen Riles Sir Michael. In confirmation of the dispatch yesterday o the effect that Mr. Bowen and the Brit- ish ambassador, at the interview recently, bad & heated argument, it was stated that if the character of the cablegrams that the British ambassador has been sending to his government regarding the attitude cf Mr. Bowen should become public, the country would Dbe furnished with sensational diplomatic lncidents. It is_the opinion of the Venezuelan nego- tiators, other than the British ambassador, that the latter is directly responsible for the breaking off of negotiations with Mr. Bowna. It is the opinlon In efficial circles here (O.Ilh“ u’ 'hh;d Pus.j OMAHA, SATURDA » Elop- ing Lady to Facilitate Reunion with Her Children. evening o family with the GENEVA, Feb. The legal adviser of | the crown princess of Saxony has made the following announcement 28 | M. Giron will leave for Brussels, where he M o the princess in order J\ reunfon of the princess wit The sudden ending of the royhe s said to be due to the refusal of the " court, influenced by the Emperor Frai | Joseph. to consent to a divorce It is sald the princess sought her father's pardon In order to get permiseion (o see her children, but was refused everything uniess she lefc M. Giron. Her lawyer visited Dresden, but falled to get any con- cesslop beyond the offer of a emall yearly allowance, and the promise if the crown princess gave up M. Giron and returned home that no legal proceedings would be taken against her. The princess, realizing at last her equivocal position, became fil | and apparently was willing, It approached in a proper manner, to agree to any terms. On the return of her lawyer from Dres- den a prolonged interview took place, in | the course of which the princess, in a tor- rent of tears, eried “I must see my poor children again.” Her parti < - ith M. Giron s sald to have been most a” .cting. \ VIENNA, Feb. 6.—It Is stated officially | that a meeting has been arranged between the crown princess of Saxony and an au- thorized representative of her father. It is | her desire to come to Austria unaccom- panied by M. Giron She will not be allowed to enter the houso of her father, Ferdinand IV, now regent | grand duke of Tuscany, but the residence of her brother, Archduke Peter Ferdinand, at Algen, near Salzberg, is being prepared for her reception. PRETENDER N Riata IS UP FOR SALE Tribesmen Catch Bu Hama and Offer to Sell Him to Sultan, | PARIS, Feb. 6.—A dispatch from Tangler | says Bu Hamara is a prisoner in the hands of Riata tribesmen, who have offered to sell him to the sultan. El Menebhi, min- ister of war, is now negotiating as to the _price and it is belleved that the pretender will be brought to Fez. LONDON, Feb. 6.—The correspondent of the Morning Leader at Tangier telegraphs that the escape of the pretender, Bu Ha- | mara, is confirmed It is announced, says the correspondent, that the American missionaries will start for Fez today (Friday). Some apprehension exisia regarding thelr safety, WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—In a report to the State department, S. R. Gummere, United States consul general at Tangler, says the American missionaries left Fez on January 12, Sir Arthur Nicholas, British ambassador, having advanced money for their expense FEAR FOR ALASKAN TREATY England Hears Protocol Will Be Re- Jected by te Owing to Ven- esuelan Matter: LONDON, Feb, 6.—A report recetved here from Washington that the senate will not ratify the Alaskan boundary bill Is attrib- | uted in some quarters to the “exasperation created in the United States by England's attitude in the Venezuelan question.” The liberal papers characterize the breakdown of the negotiations, the success of which was trumpeted with such vigor | by the ministerial press, as another shock to the prestige of the forelgn office. The Daily News says that most insecure | tabric, British popularity, with the Amer- | icans, has eustained a damaging blow in | connection with the Venezuelan affair. | Lord Lansdowne s urged to study the national character of the United States before embarking on his next trans-At- | 1antie venture. TURKISH ARMY Sultan Concentrates Forces Along Bulgarian Frontier to Hold Macedonians in Check. MOBILIZED PARIS, Feb. 6.—The correspondent of the | Figaro at Philipolis states that the sultan is mobilizing 240,000 men and has commis- | sioned all the steamers of the Idarei Mcs- ! sousieh company to transport these troops, | who are to reinforce the Second and Third army corps at Adrianople, Salonica and along the Bulgarian frontier. | says this action greatly complicates the | situation In Macedonia. Diplomacy will | | have great difculty in solving without | accident this new phasé of the eastern | question, which has exhausted all efforts | | for the last 200 years. FAVORS FRENCH Marquis of Castellane Thinks France and United States Should | Stand Together, ALLIANCE | PARIS, Feb. 6.—The marquis of Castel- | 1ane, father of Count Boal de Castellane, | has an article in the Eclaire this morning | in which he advocates an alliance between | the United States and France, with the ob- ject of keeping Germany and the rest of Europe out of South America. | The writer asserts that the Monroe doc. [ trine 1s o shelter from all attack without costing a drop of blood. HUSBANDS FOR THE WIDOWS| | Boer is Sending View of Repopu- Secret Committee Them w ting Country. GENEVA, Feb. 6.—The Swiss papers as- sert that the Boer secret committee in Bu- | rope is sending out, fully equipped and | withi their passages patd, French and Ger- | man Swiss to the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony to marry the Boer widows | and orphan girls, with a view to repopu- | lating the country and preventing the Brit. ish from becoming predominant. ‘Purkish Government Getting Ready. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb, 6.—The Turk- ish government has notified the Adarel Massousieh Steamship company to send in a return of the number of steamers avail- able for use as transports, in view of the possible dispatch of considerable bodies of troops from Anatolla, Asiatic Turkey, to the Euroj n provinces o! Turkey, in con- nection with the Macedonian revolutionary moverzent. King is Making G Progre: LONDON, Fub, 6.—The progress of King Edward toward recovery continues satis factory. Commenting on this dispatch the Figaro | ® BOUND T0 STOP THE FRAUDS Becretary Hitchoock Refuses to Modify His suling on Heirship Landa THURSTON COUNTY MEN DISAPPOINTED Interior Department Cannot Reopen Doors to Protect the Few Inno- Who od Faith, cent Purcha n- vested in J' (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—(Speclal gram)—E. A. Wiltse and George Tele- Day of Thurston county, who hav~ been in Wash- | ington for the purpose of securing a mod- ification of the rule laid down by the sec- retary of the interior regarding the sale of heirship lands, will leave Washington morrow for New York and thence to their home in Pender. Secretary Hitcheock set in his determination to break up the deals which have been going on on the reservation of the Omahas and Winnebago Indians in Nebraska. While similar, condi- tions obtain on other Indien reservations, there secms to be more out of the purchase of heirship lands in Thurston county than in any other portion of the United States. It is asserted, and undoubtedly with much truth, that in some cases the rtle laid down by the secretary of the interior not to approve deeds to land s0ld under previous rules established by the department will work very great hard- ships. In some the procured deeds at much expense, but Sec- retary Hitcheock sa; even though the very best of faith was shown in the pur- chase of particular parcels of land, that jie will not approve any deeds unless the pur- chase was made under the recent rules promulgated by the department as to pub- lic outery. Mr. Day, who is an attorney at Pender, stated that he knew of at least fifty cases where purchasers had gone Into court in order to record deeds and that these pur- chasers had been put to great expense in order to ascertain all heirs interested in any particular parcel of land. These peo- ple, under the ruling of the secretary of the interior, will lose the amount they paid for such filing. cases Secretary 1 It Is a most intricate question, but Secs retary Hitchcock is determined to put a stop to what he calls “‘frauds in heirship lands,” and the gentlemen who came from Thurston county with a view of changing the secretary’s mind in regard to the mat- ter are leaving for home impressed with the view that the only way the secretary's ap- proval can be obtained to deeds to heirship lands,is to comply with the recent regula- tions made by the Interior department. Thompson Sails Saturday. Hon. D. E. Thompson, minister to Brazil, and Mrs. Thompson, sail temorrow by way of Gibraltar for Rio Janeiro. There will be a number of Nebraskans at the dock to bid Mr. and Mrs. Thompson bon-voyage, among whom may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. John Fitzgerald and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stevenson. W. H. Bucholz, president of the Norfolk Natfonal bank, was today designated by Senator Millard as disbursing officer for the new public bullding in that city. Representatiye Lacey has introduced a biil to pension Mrs. Rumple, wife of the late congressman from the Second Iowa | Board of Trade, the San Francisco Chamber | district, at the rate of $30 per month, Representative Hedge refurned from Congressman Rumple's funeral this after- noon. Bridge Across Missourl, Senator Gamble today secured the pas- sage of a bill authorizing the Missouri Bridge company (o construct a bridge cross the Missouri river between Cham- berlain, Brule county, and Lyman county, South Dakota. The contemplated bridge is to be a toll bridge constructed for accommodation of foot passengers, vehicles and animale. Scnator Gamble today laid before the senate the resolutions adopted by the Bone- steel Commercial club of Bonesteel, 8. D., urging the ratification by congress of the agreement between the United States and the Rosebud Sioux Indians for the cession of a part of their lands in Gregory county. Routine of Departmen: Ernest G. Elliott was today appointed regular and Willlam Mathew substitute rural letter carrler at Verdon, S. D. George A, Bcott of Independence, In., has been appointed assistant meat in- spector in connection with the Bureau of Animal Industry. The First National bank of Gilmore, Ia., has been authorized to begin business wizh pital of $25,000. The corporate existence of the Valley National bank of Des Molnes, Ia., aas been extended until the close of business Feo. ruary 6, 192; | The Natlonal Bank of North America of | *hicago has been approved as a reserve agent for the Union Stock Yards National bank of South Omaha, Neb. Two additional rural free delivery routes will be established March 2 at Lake City, Calhoun county, Ia.; the rontes embrace an area of fifty-five square miles, contain- ing & population of 792, Money for the Navy. The naval appropriation bill reported to the house today carries $79,048,420, or $6,- 142,089 less than the estimates. The cur- rent appropriation is $78,856,363. In addition to the provision for the con- struction of the three first-cl battle- ships, one first-class armored cruiser, two steel training ships and one wooden brig, the bill allows the selection of two mid- shipmen for each semator, representative and delegate, thus doubling the pumber. The committe says that with the present defieiency of 577 officers and with the num- ber of officers that will be required for the ships in process of construction, the de- fictency in the number of officers at the end | of four years will be 1,460, unless additional midshipmen are appointed. Further provision is made for the ap- pointment of twelve ensigns from warrant officers and for the appointment of thirty additional leutenant commanders, fifty ad- itional lleutenants, thirty additional sur- geons, 120 additional passed assistant and stant surgeons, twenty-nine naval con- | structors, eighty-four additional officers of the pay corps and 3,000 enlisted men. To the marine corps the blll adds one colonel, one licutenant colonel, five majors, | twelve captains, twenty-five first lieuten- ant twelve second lleutenants, one as- sistant adjutant and inspector with the rank of major, two istant adjutants with the rank of major, one assistant quar- termaster with the rank of lleutenant colonel, five assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain, two assistant paymast- ers and 679 more enlisted men The limit of the cost for the bullding of the naval academy is to be increased from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The sum of $400,000 is appropriated for “(Continued on Third Page.) to- | trouble growing | purchaser has MORNING, FEBRUARY 7. Trial of Grandson of Hrigham Young for Murder to De om Its Merits. NEW YORK, Fe The twelfth juror was secured today in the trial of Willlam Hooper Young, charged with the murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer last Saptember, and Assistant District Attornéy Clark began his presentation of the case An alienist, employed by the defense, sat near Young and prepared evidence which he is to give later on. In his address Mr. Clark sald: “We don’t care what is his name, or that he is | the grandsum of Brigham Young. We don't are if he is a Mormon or mot. The re- lglous question has mothing to do with the case.” Counsel outlined the story of the disap- pearance of Mrs. Pulitzer and of the find- ing of the body of the woman in the Mor- | ris canal; of its identification by her hus- band and the evideice upon which they | expect to conviet Young. He looked better today, but took no in- | terest in the proceedings. Most of the time | he sat with his head resiing on a tabls, { with his eyes closed. The trunk found in Chicago, which contained some of the cloth- Pulitzer at the time ot was brought Into the | Ing worn by Mrs. | ber disapearance, courtroom today. | the taking of testimony was begun. Dan Powell, who found the body of Mrs. Pulitzer, related tke incidents and de- | scribed the locality. | | disposal of the body and identified the | weight and strap which had been attached | to 1t Mr, Nelson, the murdered | waist alleged | trunk. James the 15-year-old brother of woman, fdentified a short- to have been found in the B. Lyneh, a policeman, tes- tified that she saw a man assisted by the | bellboy of the house carry a trunk from { the Clarence apartment house and load it | about 9:30 o'clock of the The trunk looked into a buggy at evening of September 1 [ ke the one In court. James G. Moore, a youthtul employe of the livery stable in Hoboken, where the buggy was hired, identified Young as the man who hired it at about 6 p. m. on Sep- tember 17. When the assistant district at- | torney told Young to hold up his head, that the witness might see him, Young took 1o notice of the command and 1t was nec- essary for his lawyers to take him forcibly by the chin and lift his head from the i table. There was no cross-examination and then Moore was dlsmissed. Justice Kherrick adjourned esurt until Monday. | Merchants Meet to Urge Joint Action Taken by City, State and Unitos SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.—In view of the declaration by the state boasds ©f health that bubonic plague existed in San Fran- clsco, the commercial organizations of the city have adopted resolutions requesting the governor and city officials to co-operate with the United Stafes marine hospital service. The resolutions were adopted by a joint committee representing the California | State Board of Trade, the San Francisco of Commerce, the Merchants' Association | of San Francisco, the Manufacturers’ and Producers' Assoclation of California and the California Promotion committee. They recite the fact that but nimety- three cases have been reported by all {health muthorities during thirty-five | months, and that the last case reported | was on December 11, 1902, and conclude follow meongly urges the governor of the the mayor and supervisors of Zan_Francisco to take such steps at once as shall secure a prompt co-operation of { the boards of health of the city and state, | under the supervision of the United States danger from bubonic piague may be eradi- cated, that all fears of infection may be removed, that the confidence of the boards of health of other states and territories may be restored and ‘hat no injury, how- ever remote, may result to forelgn and interstate commerce, to hereby pledge to the officlais of the state and city every ald and support of the vari- ous commercial bodies which we represent. Tueson Jury Exonerates Southern P Holding Operator Guilty. cifie Train Crew, TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 6.—One of the cor- oner's juries, the Sculver jury, today ren- dered a verdict in the matter of the South- ern Pacific wreck at Esmond completely cxonerated and the train crew of No. 7, the westbound passenger, and placed the responsibility upon Operator Clough of Vails, who, they say, received two orders to be delivered to Conductor Parker of No. 7, but gave him only one. Fallure to receive the second order resulted in the collision between the trains. District Attorney Dale eaid that no war- rant would be issued for Clough's arrest far as he was concerned. In the first place, his whereabouts were unknown and it was extremely doubtful if a convention could be obtained if he were arrested and indicted. PURCHASE ILRUVES COSTLY Man Who Buys Bankrupt Stock Sued for Goods and Arrested for Fraud, SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. §.—One sensa- tion folowed another in the Anna Gerstel | bankruptey case from East St. Louis in the federal bourt today. A writ of replevin was issued against John Eliman, who pur- chased the stock at the bankrupt sale, by which Shaffer seeks to recover possession of the stock for the creditors. Ellman was next arrested on the charge of assisting a bankrupt debtor to secrete and do away with property with intent to defraud and embarrass the creditors. Ell- man was placed under $1,000 bonds, which he furnished, to appear befort the commis- sloner on Tuesday. A continuation of the Gerstel contempt proceediugs was taken until Monday. KANSAS SUPPORTS TREATIES 1 Vote for Ca Legislature tructs Senators Reelprocity. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 6.—A resolution In- structing the United States senators from Kansas to vote for the Cuban reciprocity treaty and the Colombian canal bill passed both houses today. No opposition to the motion was shown o either house. RELIGION DOES NOT COUNT| At the conclusion of Mr. Clark's address | Other witnesses told of the finding and ! PLAGUE STIRS 'FRISCO PUBLIC | | Resolved, That this mercastile joint com- | the | marine hospital service, to the end that all | this end we | FIXES BLAME FOR WRECK The jury | Conductor Parker | OMAHA DECLARES ITSELF Rapresentative Meoting Expresses Opinion on Looal Taxation of Railroads. TAX SHIRKING METHODS ARE SHOWN UP With Milllons of Property They Are Paying but a Molety of the Taxes of the City While ing Its Benefit njoy- Whereas, House roli the same dssessor who property for city uie railroad pro for clty taxes; and, Whereas, Said bill, it pa reduce the paid by the raliroads any county or school district, or in any man- form affect the same; and, ald railroads’ own mc than 20 per cent of the entire propert aseessed in Omaha and pay less than 2 er cent ot the city taxes; therefore, Resolved, That in the interest equality of taxation, we urge lature to pass said bill, and to pass a like bill for every other city and vil- lage that may desire the same. 1 provides that alues other city taxation should aleo erty within the city d, will not of the legis- What old and prominent citizens termed cne of the most, if not the most, repre- sentative and enthusiastic ever held in Omaha for the promotion of any cause vitally affecting the welfare of the city was that splendid gathering night in the council chambers of the city hall, where the issue of railroad taxation was exhaustively and effectively dealt with. The meeting was brought about through the efforts of the Real Estate exchange, and that organization exerted no effort in vain. The dred. It could not sentative had a committee been sent to select it—except that the railroads (hrough their own volition, were not rep- resented. The capitalist, the laborer, the merchant, the manufacturer, the builder or tractor, the professional man in his eral capacities, the politician, holder—all were there and all had a volce and usdd it But the railroads, who arc maintaining the only actual opposition to | the cause which this assemblage pro- moted, were absent. | the sentiment of the meecting was unani- mous and pronounced for what was tersely expressed by the chairman, T. J. Mahoney, | “‘equality before the law in the matter of | taxation.” The meeting was simply a forcible IIN)\»‘ onstration of that determined movement on | con- sev Omaha for city purposes. This determina- tion has found expression in house roll 171, introduced in the present Nebraska leglsla- ture by Representative Ten Eyck of Doug- clause in section 98 of ithe Omaha city char~ ter which compels the city to accept the miléage valuation of the state board in- stead of the fair cash value. Shows Taxpayers' Sta It the meeting was productive of but a single result it was to show, beyond per- adventure, that the. taxpayers of this city are overwhelmingly and unequivocally bo- hind this bill. The peoplé of Omaha, there- fore, as was conclusively shown by this enormous taxes which the rallroads should pay, and demand that the law step in and rrohibit these financial glants from shirk- | ing their just burdens and transferring them to the shoulders of the weaker mem- bers of soclety. Several members of the | legislature from Omaha ané Dougles county iwl-rn- present, and the one who spoke, Mr. | Ten Ryck, the introducer of this bill, | pledged the unanimous and unwavering { support of himself and every one of his | colleagues to the measure. The meeting | adopted informal resolutions in support of the Ten Eyck bill. The speakers of the evening were J. H McIntosh, W. G. Ure, &. Rosewater, G. Hitcheock, Herman Kountze, L. V. William §. Poppleton, Thomas Kilpatrick, W. B. Ten Eyck and Rovert Smith. Melntosh States Question, Mr. Melntosh declared it was the best meeting of the kind he had ever seen held in Omaha during & residence of sixteen years. 3 “The question before us tonight,” sald Mr. MeIntosh, “is, shall the rallroads with terminals in this city have a special tri bunal to fx their assessments, or shall they go before the same tribunal that fixes the assessments of every other taxpayer in Omaha?" He answered his own question by de- claring: | *“All we ask is that the railroads face the same tribunal that every other Omaha tax- payer faces. Equality before the law, then, | is our only plea.” As showing the falsity and absurdity of the values which the Union Pacific rallroad now gives for its Omaha terminals, Mr. McIntosh quoted from the testimony of former Chief Engineer Bogue of that com- | peny in the maximum rate case, where Mr. Bogue stated, under oath, that the Union Pacific Omaha terminals then, in | 1894, were worth not less than $10,000,000, |and it vacant could mot be bought for $16,000,000, which, incidentally, is half the amount John N. Baldwin now says would be required to reproduce the company's entire system fn Nebras! “If that property could not be bought for $15,000,000 in 1894, what must be its value today, after these years of unparal- leled railroad prosperity?’ asked Mr. Mc- Intosh. What the Union Pacific Pays. “Your property,” continued the speaker, | “worth $15,000,000 will be valued for that | amount for city taxes or any other taxes. Is, then, the Union Pacific terminal prop- erty valued at $15,000,0007 Oh, no, it is | valued at the munificent sum of $67,640.49. And on this basis for 1903 its taxes for city purposes will be $676.49, or less than one-half the taxes of the Commercial bank | | building and 27 per cent of the taxes of Hayden Bros'. store building. This $676.49 is the total tax the Union Paclfic pays on its 400 acres and more of land in the heart | of Omaha, equal to 192 city blocks, in- cluding all its terminals, its big, fine depot, | and lu fact everything except its gemeral headquarters buildings and shops. It le| less than the annual salary of 1 single policeman who stands at the entrance of the Union Pacific's depot and protects and guards its throngs of passengers. “But tae Burlington is no better. It | worse, if possible. In 1854 In this same rate case the Burlington officlals swore to & terminal valuation In Omaha of $7,863, |142.30. 1t the present law is allowed to stand the Burlington will this year pay on | these milllons for city taxes in Omaha $289.26." Mr. McIntosh then took up the claim of the Union Pacific that it is distributiug throughout the several counties through | which its road passes, for taxation, the amount of its terminal valuation, and Ce- nled it in toto. He emphatically main 1903—TWELVE PAGES. mass moetings | last audience included several hun- | have been more repre- | out | the office- | The result was that | the part of the citizens of Omaha to abolish | the present method of taxing railroads in | | 1as county, providing for the repeal of that | gathering, have grown tired of paying the | M. | Guye, | | betrothed CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast Pre Sund, Saturday Portion; for eded by 8 ¥ Probut Nebraska—Fair »w in_ Southeast y Fair Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Dew. Deg. 17 " Members of Board of Public Have Some Difculty Works in Dolng So. When the members of the Board of Pub- lic Works met yesterday afternoon it wa found that there was but one item of busi- ness to be considered, but that be a highly perplexing problem. This was | meeting of the city council requiring the heads of all city departments to secure the approval of the ety council before incur | ring any obligation or doing any act that | Wil entail the expenditure of money. ‘The | difficulty arose in the interpretation of this resolution, the text of which is as follows That the varfops departments of the city government be and they hereby not to fncur any obligation or ¢ 1l require the expenditure that wil £ money without first having the approval of the city council authorizing any such act That the heads of such departmer mit to this councll the names of th ployes now on the payrolls of the ve departments. | the duties performed and the necessity thelr cmployment The latier clause of the resolution was pertectly plain to all of the members and there was no question as to i¥s wmeaning, but the intent of the first part was somewhat puzzling. City Engineer Rosewater was in- | clinea belleve that a strict interpreta- tion of that provision would necessitate | the discharge of all of the employes of the different departments under the supervi- | slon of the board, and, for that matter, those of the other departments, for there could be mo question but that the em- ployment of men entailed the expenditure of money. The other members were not inclined to take this view of the purpose of the resolution and thought that while the ‘city councll might, after ascertaining the number and salaries of employes in the varlous departments, take steps to bring about the reduction of city pay rolls, It was intended that things should con- tinue ms they were for the present. By vote It was determined that It was | the sense of tho board that .he resolution did not necessitate the discharge of any men now in the employ of the various de- | em- | partments under the direction of the Board of Public Works. The list of employes and their salaries is now being prepared for the council. COLUMBIA ALUMNI ORGANIZE | Association of Graduates in Nebraska s Wormed and a Set of Officers Chonen. At & meeting at the Omaba club last I night an organization was effected of an | alumn! assdofation of Columbia university graduates fn Nebraska with an enrolled | membership of fourteen. The purpose is to promote good fellowship among the | graduates of the institution and to keep |in harmonfous touch with the university work. ~ For officers Victor Rosewater of Omaha was chosen president, Stephen L. Gelsthardt of Lincoln vice president and Dr. W. F. Milroy of Omaha secretary and treasyrer, constituting also the executive committee. AIMS BLOW AT BUCKET New York Produce Exchange Oust All Members Mixing Outside Brokers. SHOPS Seeks to with NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—The managers of the Produce exchange have aimed a blow at bucket shops by framing a cast iron amend- mentment to the by-laws, which will be voted on at a public meeting on Febru- ary 19. The proposed amendment provides for the expulsion of any member of the ex- change who is interested in or assoelated in business with, or who shall act as the representative of, or who shall knowingly execute any orders for the account of any firm or individual engaged in a bucket shop business. LONG ALMOST OUT OF DANGER Doctors Think ‘Will Certainly Recover Full Henlth. mte Naval Secretary BOSTON, Feb. 6—Former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long continues to im- prove and the hospital authorities today sald they had good reason to expect a com- plete recovery. It was sald by one of the physiclans in attendance tonight that while there was always danger in such a case and the sick- ness might be & long ome, if an unfavorable termination were to come it would be looked for before now. SLAYS CHILD WITH HAMMER Daughter Who Threatens to Leave W BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 6.—Lewis Kase was arrested today for the murder of his daughter by beating her brains out with a hammer. After committing the crime Kase says he went to bed To the police he made & confession and added that he was not sorry, as his daugh- ter intended leaving him. His wife is in an insane asylum and it is believed that Kase himself 18 {nsane. TWO HANGED IN MISSOURI gro and White Man Expiate Crime Together at Popla: Bluf, CAIRO, 1ll, Feb. 6.—Steve Clark, white, and Will Gattlin, colored, were hanged to- day at Poplar Bluff, Mo, Clark was hanged for the murder of his in Jupe, 1901. Gattlih killed a negro in September, 1901 Movements of Oce: el At Liverpool--Satled—Bovie, York At Queenstown—Salled—Merion, for Bos- ton. Feb. for [ New Copenhagen—8atled—Hecla, At Moville—Salled—Corinthian, for New for Hali- (Coptinued oo Fifth Page.) fax and 8t. John, N. B. At Crook Haven—Paseed—Etruria, from New York, for Queenstown and Liverpool. INTERPRET HASCALL MEASURE ! proved to ! the Hascall resolution adopted at the last | re directed | wages of each and | Supposedly Mad New Yorker Kills| SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. \DELAYS THE TAX BILL Kansas Measure Proves a Difficult Proposie tion to Work Over. EASIER TO CONSTRUCT ENTIRE NEW LAW Dooument is Verbose and Needs Any Amount of Trimming, COMMITTEE MAY NOT REPORT ON MONDAY | If Not Legislature Will Be’ Asked to Take Half Day Reocess. BEFOGGING OMAHA ASSESSMENT ISSUE Some Members of Legislature Hone estly Seeking for Light on the Subject and One of Them Obtaine It (From a Staft Correapondent.) NCOLN, KFeb. 6.— Special Tolegram.)— | The revenue committee has spent another day and half a pight in discussing the re- ports of the subcommittees, but has de- cided nothing definjtely. At least that was the announcement of Chairman Brown. The committee is having trcuble with the Kan- sas law and this is cocasioniug the loss of much time Had 1 written the sections myself,” sald @ member, “we would have been fur- along. The Kansas bill is too bulky and in every section twice as many words are used as are necessary. It has hin- dered us to a great extent because we have to trim it up as much as we would the Nebraska law." The commitice ¢ now announciug that it 1s a question if the bill will be completed by Monday. “It fs very likely that it will not,” sald a member, “and may not be ready by Tuesday.” Should it not be com- pleted the committee will ask for half-day adjournments until it is ready to report. The railroad lobby Is evidently satisfied and is taking a rest today. John N. Bald- win is in Council Bluffs and Lee Spratiin | intends going to Omaba in the morning. Though Mr. Baldwin is away, ho is still in telephone communication with his head- quarters here and reports were sent him tonight by his chief lieutenant. Though some of the committee desired a vacation tomorrow, Chairman Brown an- nounced that a full day would be put in. Rallroads May Show Hand. The reason of the attitude of the rail- roads on the adjournment question will likely be apparent when the legislature re- convenes next week to consider the revenue bill now being prepared by a committee, In tho meantime the secd sown by John N. Baldwin is bearing fruit and there are still members of the legislature who are befogged by reason of Baldwin's argument that to tax railroad terminals for clty purposes wou be to return to the log schoolhouse, & two months' term and to bankrupt the etate generally. This wi demonstrated by a representative last night who asked for enlightenment from an ad- vocate of a just taxatio; Sald the represemtati *f ‘wmi for my home county on this tax question and my constituents expect me to be for them. Now what 1 want to know, and I want an hon- est opinion, will it take from our tax cel- lections if we tax railrosd terminals for municipal purposes?”’ The advocate answered this way: “I pay state, county and municipal taxes. You pay no municipal tax. Now if you come to Omisha and purchase property you will pay state and county taxes just the same as now, and In addition you will be compelled to pay clty taxes. Now, will that amount of city taxes you pay reduce the amount of taxes collected In your county or town?" The representative thought not. “Now, then, if & railroad company comes to Omaha and purchases property why should it not pay city taxes the same as you?” | thor What the Rallronds Get. In telling of the favors asked of the city by the rallroads and granted to them by the city, the advocate of just taxation inei- dentally called attentfon to the fact that out of the very small police force which the city of Omaha had this winter owing to the lack of funds or too much politios, | the Union Pacific railroad used fourteen of these men around its shopyards, the duty of these officers being solely to proteet the jrailroad property and to met as & body- guard for the strike breakers who were im- ported into the city by the railroad com- pany to take the place of the tax-paying strikers. “And when these fourteen men were at these gates,” sald the advocate, “the Omaha police force, part of the time, numbered thirty-two men. This is only an instance of what the ecity of Omaha has done and 1s doing for the small wmount in | taxes which the Union Pacific pays to the city. Think of it Nearly the whole city of Omaha was without police proteetiun simply because the Union Pacific Railroad company used almost helf of the force dur- ing the greater part of the winter for its own protection. Not culy that, but the company watched the jpolico officers like hawks. Beveral wero discharged because the company learned that they had been bsent frow their posts given them by the company for a few minutes. This s just an example of what the railroads take and what they give in return.” Senator O'Neill, recently in speaking of the bill to tax rallroad terminals in the cities, sald the Lancaster delegation wa: in favor of the bill and would stand by it." Senator Warner is among the number who have returned to the capital after a few days outing. The senator is on the special committee to investigate the differ- ence In rate charged by the Nebraska Tel- | ephone company in the various cities of the state. Mr. Warner sald his committee was just mow getting down to work and would ask for more time when the legisla ture reconvenes. ‘“We are going to get the facts in the case,” he said, “and return an impartial, falr statement of the condition of things as we find them. So far we bave done nothing except to line out & plan to tollow." Ewmployes Make Hxp tion. The employes of the senate who have been coming back to Lincols in bunches since Senator Saunders raised such e com- motion about their absence, take isaue with the senator and say it ls not thelr fault that the senate adjourned; that it was mot their fault that they were given permission to g0 to thelr homes wHile the revenus committee was doing ite work. “We were given permission to go home by the varl- ous committees for which we work," sald one of the employes, who since the Seun- ders outburst has been here doing nothing except to get acquainted with the walls of the senate chamber, “and it fll-became a senator to ralse a row and fuss at all of us, just becauss he couldn't get & certain bill when be wanted it. 1 understand since the secretary bas returned that no meation