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

” THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TABLISHED JU NE 19, 1871. OMAHNA, SATURDAY MORNING, e 7 MARCH MINERS WIN MUCH| Coal Btrike Gommissicn Findings Are Fore- told in Detail. ) T TEN PER CENT WAGE RAISE IS GRANTED Payment by Weight When Practicable Will Also Inorease Pay. NINE-HOUR-DAY GIVEN SOME EMPLOYES Per Diem Men Are to Receive Same falary for Less Work. UNION PARTIALLY RECOGNIZED BY BOARD — Ca of Recent Dispute Are Ama- Iysed @ Blame s Largely Placed to Coal Barens’ t. NEW YORK, March 6.—~The Herald prints the following as & mmary of the findings of the coal strike commission ap- pointed by President Roosevelt, which, it is expected, will be handed to the presi- dent within & week. There will undoubtedly be at least a 10 per cent advance in the pay for minin to take eficct from the tige the miners returned to work last October. The per diem employes will mot have their wages increased, but will be recommended for the same pay of a day of nine houre. The system of pay will be regulated. ‘Wherever pradticable the operators will be required to pay by weight, instead of by the car, and elsewhere by the lineal yard. “The miners will have checking representa tives at their own expense. This will prac- tically amount to a second Increase in wages. There will be indirect recognition of the unfon, which will come when the findings are submitted by President Roosevelt to John Mitchell, as president of the miners' union. The causes of the strike as found by the commission will not be comforting to the ctoal mining companies. The boycott will be condemned and the principle will be lald down that a miner has a right to work without molestation, even though bhe does not belong to the union. The terms of the verdict are to hold good for three years, and recommendations are to be made for settlements of other questions at the end of that period. In local disputes the uperators will be advised to treat with committess of the miners and there may be a suggestion for a local board of arbitration. TRUSTED MAN GOES WRONG Draws Cash Check a . PHILADEL®HIA, Mareh 6.—Charles T. Maloney, ‘general . superintendent . af the Philadelphia Warehousing and Safaty De- posit company, cashed what is sald to bs a forged check for §7,000 on the Girard Na- tional on Saturday last. : The check bore the names of A. M. Bright, treasurer of the Pennsylvania compuny, and William Rommiel, secretary of the company. The check was made payable to *‘Cash,’ which {s the customary form used by the warchousing company. It was presented in person by Maloney, it is eaid, to Paylng Teller William Johns of the Girard bank, who paid the money without question. The board of directors of the bank met today and the matter of the check and claim of the warehousing company were fylly considered. At the conclusion of the meeting a director of the bank sald that the $7,000 had not been refunded to the company, although he admitted that the bank was “legally responsible for the sum.” Mr. Maloney, who lived with his wife and child at Woodbury, N. J., bas not been seen either here or In Woodbury since Wednesday. On Monday he telephoned to his office that he was not well. According to Maloney's neighbcrs, the furniture was taken from his home last Wednesday in a van. Maloney is under bond to the Pennsylvania company for $10,000. CORNELL STARTS PENSIONS Retirk Professors Will Each Re- ceive 8$1,500 Yearly fro; General Fu ITHACA, N. Y., March 6.—Announcement was made today of a scheme to pension Corpell university professors who will be retired after attaining the age of 70. A fund of $150,000 has been given the unl- versity for this purpose and this amount will be invested at compound interest until 1914, when it will amount to $250,000. Bach professor retired will receive an annual pension of $1,600, three-fourths of which wiil be pald from the pension fund and one- fourth be contributed by the professors. It is expected, however, that professors who reach the age limit before 1914 will also recelve the benefits of Lhe pension scheme. ROBS POOR MEN OF BEER ¢ Glass Company Refuses Right te Fetch Drink and T Causes Strike, NEW YORK, March 6.—About 2,600 em- ployes of Tiftany's Glass company are on strike because the dally supply of beer bas been cut off by the firm. The men say the water is unfit to drink and that three dayr ago the company or- dered that no more beer be allowed in the place. One of the foremen sald that all day long there was a procession of beer cans to and trom the saloons. The firm did not object to the men having beer at lunch, but it was not thought that a man who drank beer during working hours could do his best work. OFFER PLACE TO OMAHA MAN Milwaukee Park Board W f Charies G. Care e MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 6.—(Special Telegram.)~At the meeting of the par commissioners this afternoon it was de- sided Lo write to Charles G. Carpenter of Omaha, who is an applicant for the position of superiuténdent of the city parks, and ask him to state the amount of compensa- tion be would ask for his services. The board seems inclined to give the position W Mr. Carpenter, provided his terms are ! quently the horse bolted, unseated its rider silsfactory. The board set aside $15,000 ‘or the lLmprovement of Mitchell park. MAKES BUDGET A SECRET Much Mystery About that Portion Re- lating to W rements of German Navy. BERLIN, March / The German Navy department makg' » derable mystery out of some portioh mente. Herr Richtol, complained In the budghy that the committes Is st lump sums for the maintefs = flee: and has not even specified | or stations on which money Is to He afirmed that the Reichstag hat® right to have detailed information on subject Admiralty Secretary Von Tirpitz replied that the information supplied by the Navy department was adequate. Administrative | Qiseretion required some reserve. %he in- ereased maintenance expenses weré largely for vessels on foreign service. As a matter of fact, Germany's battleships were rather behind than in advance of the naval pro- sram. Herr Richter again asked for a list of the ships already equipped for the service and for rders of the cabinet officer directing the ships to be put into commizsion. Secretary von Tirpitz declined to fur- nish the latter,' but sajd he would hand Herr Richter personally a list of the ships | ready for service. The strong German force sent to east Asiatic waters, Secretary von Tirpitz ex- plained, were assigned fo that station the request of tho foreign conferences. BIG PAY AIDS AMERICA Drives German Goods from Market and Sends German Clerks to Competitors’ Stores. “Up #2e today g tor <he BERLIN, March 6.—Export, a trade pa- | per devoted to extending German foreign trade, publishes a series of articles on the methods by which American goods are sup- planting German goods in foreign markets. The articles consist largely of letters from Germans living in Mexico, Venezuela, Fra- zil and Australfa. The writers explain that German houses are being beaten because they are unwilling to guarantee agents fixed salaries, as Amer- foans do, and also becausc they depend on sending out catalogues, whereas Americans keep stocks of goods in established agen- cles, where buyers are able to purchase after seeing the goods. German agents, it is added, are largely taking service with American houses because of the better terms offered them. Fxport urges the German manufacturers to abandon their “‘penny-wise, pound fool- ish policy” and give their ts decent fixed salaries so as to enable them to with- stand the flattering offers of the American competitors, adding: This ls all the more important since tition in_the T Ciamray Srow. keener BuFIns the next ten years. ! NO BOUNTY FOR GERMAN SUGAR Government Refuses to Copy Austria and Run Risk of United Suntent Aocibn. BERLIN, March 6.—~The sugar producers of Germany want the government to intro- duce the Austrian system of allotting to refineries and raw factories the amount of sugar they may produce yearly. Count von Camman interpellated the gov- ernment in the Reichstag today on what it intends to do for the sugar Industry in view of Austria’s action. He sald Austrian sugar would enjoy an advantage in the American and British markets unless Ger- many adopted the allctment system. Treasurer-Secretary von Thellmann, in announcing that the government did not approve the allotment plan, said it was highly probable that the United States cus- toms authorities would carefully examine the new status of Austrian sugar after Sep- tember and decide that it enjoys an indi- rect bounty under the double allotment system, as in the case of Russia’s indirect bouaty. CASTRO SLAYS GOLDEN GOOSE Recent Boost in Export Duties Sto; More Trade than Allles’ Blockade. WILLEMSTAD, Isiand of Curacoa, March 6.—The steamship wharved today from Maracaibo, Venezuela, carried only onme- third of its usual cargo and no coffes. The merchants of Maracaibo say they canuot pay the present export duties, which they | declare more rulnous than the recent | blockade. | Advices recelved here from revolutionary sources in Venezuela say the revolution- ists have gathered their forces around Caracas, that all the- eastern part of | Venesuela, except the city of Cuman: held by them and that President Ci has been unable to call a sesaion of con- gress because of the lack of & quorum. BOLTING HORSE UNSEATS THUG s Rob Customs Oficers im Jo-| Throwing Cash JOHANNESBURG, March 6.—A desperato attempt at highway robbery in the center of Johannesburg was made today. A couple of men attacked two customs officers con- veylng $25,000 to the bank and, throwing pepper In their eyes, secured the money bags, which they threw to a horseman, who galloped off. The horseman in his flight knocked down | e man, who was fatally injured. Subse- and enabled the police to arrest him and recover the money. MEXICANS PRAY IN STREETS ‘all to Knees When Voleano Resumes Activity, Drivi Tuxpam Citl- to Hills, COLIMA, Mexico, March 6.—At 10 this forencon the volcano was again in actfon, the eruption being the most violent yet. The people of Tuxpam are in consternation. According to advices from that point the eruption was sccompanied by showers of | adhes and dense clouds, darkening the sky. Some of the people have fled to nelghboring bills and the people have in thelr fright knelt in the streets to pray. Many houses and stores have been closed. Pope is Recovering. ROME, March 6.—Although the pope is not restored to his normal condition, he in better today than be was yesterday, seo much o that he gavo his usual audience to Cardina' Rempolla and later had a con. ference with the secretary of state. He | has beea sitting up all day and Bis cold bas | hes recelved from the rallway organica- | almost “entirely disappeared. | tioney UNIONS COUNSEL PATIENCE| Issuo Menifesto to Wabash Men Deprecating Hasty Aotion. RAMSEY PUTS BLAME ON MEN'S LEADERS Says He Would Have Temporarily Withi Injunction Had Letter He Wrote Been Answered in Time. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 6—The general | officers of the Brotherhoods of Firemen and Trainment tonight issued a manifesto ad- | dressed to their members on the Wabash. An all-day conference was held in the Southern hotel by Grand Masters Hanna- | han and Morrissey of the Brotherhocds of | Firemen and Traioment with thetr af- | torneys, dlscussing the apphleation for dissolution of the injunction. This unsw with afdavits, will be filed tomorrow or on Monday. 1 v n Manifesto Conciliatory. The union manifesto is a¢ follows: The general committees of the Brother- hood ot Locomotive Firemen and of the Brotherhood of Hallroad Trainmen recon- vened at St. Louls on March 2z, 1%8. The vote on the proposition to strike unless a settlement ol the grievances satistactory to the committee and officers of the organi- zations could be effected was canvassed, and it was found that the required majority Of ench of the urganizations had voted in favor of a strike under such circumstances. | A letter was sent 1o President Hamsey communicating to him the fact that unles he receded from his former position within a certain time the members of the organiza- ons wouid quit the service of the coms y. This letter was answered by Mr. msey, \Who requested a statement from the comnlittees o1 the exact points in Ay~ ference between himseit and the men, §o that If a strike occurred he might know' the reason on which the action was based. | About the time this statement was being delivered at his office the officers of the organigations ana the members of the committees were served with a writ of in- junction issued by Judge K. G. Adams ot the United States court for the eastern dis- :Yk‘l fil’ Missouri, which has beén published n tull It will be seen by this that to have sanc- tloned a strike under the circumstances might have been construed as a violation of the order of the court. The order of the court, had & strike been deciared, might also have been construed us prohibiting the prosecution of the same on the part o nizations or any of its representatiy The writ of injunction was granted upon | ot complaint tiled by the Wabash | Rallroad company, alleging an unlawful icious conspiracy on the part of | organigations and other allegations equally anfounded and untrue. ‘e are taking the necessary legal steps to protect our reports and we belleve we n furnish the court ample facts and suffi- t reference for vacating the orde: ntfl this been done these organiz s will Fespect the order of the court. advi officers and members, not onrxnon the Wabash system, but elsewhere, to like Brotherhood of Chi Fraternall; 'ROTECTIVE BOARD. o ;‘flln .#. Lewton, en e com Foud Trainmen, ouve remen by of Rai n. ttee, Brotherhood I R. Courtney, rman. JOHN J. NNAHAN of Railw This statement was shown to President. Ramsey and Colonel W. H. Blodgett, coun- sel for the Wabash, who both expressed the opinion that the notice to Wabash employcs | to continue working would be pleasant news to most of them. Regarding the probabilities of a strike, President Ramsey sald: “In case the injunction is dissolved, I think a strike is quite likely. In case of | the dissolution it will probably be ordered at once by the leaders. The Wabash em- ployes will not go out until ordered to| do so. “A strike may inconvenience the Wabash for some time, but it will not tie up the system to any serious extent unless a boy- cott is ordered at the different terminal and junction points.” Mr. Ramsey then discussed the action of last Monday, when the injunction was served on the employes' officials. He sald “On Monday aftarnoon I received formal notice from the committee of the brother- hood that the vote of the trainmen and firemen had been in favor of declaring a strike in the event that their demands were not granted, and I was given until nbdon on Tuesday to answer it, failing to answer, a strike would be declared. “I replied to this communication and my reply was delivered at the Laclede hotel to the committee at § p. m. Monday. As this reply required the committee to fur- nish me their ultimatum, covering the points which must be conceded in order to prevent a strike, walted for a reply untfl | 12:15 p. m. Tuesday, or fifteen minutes after the hour fixed by the committee itself. | Failing to get & reply I had the injunction | served. Delay Causes Injunction. “At 12:38 p. m. 1 received a lotter in answer to mine of Monday, giving the in- | tormation desired. | “Had thi§ letter reached me by 12:15 the injunction would mot have been served at that time, but would have been held back in the hope that further conferences would | have prevented the necessity of Its service. Even after the Injunction was served, 1 replied in full to the letter recelved trom | the committee, being of the opidfon that the service of the injunction did not relieve | them or the committee from doing all in our power to arrie at an amicable settle- ment, and prevent the necessity of any strike, and 1 am of this opinion still. “My reply was delivered to the commit- | tee at 4:45 p. m, Tuesday or fifteen minutes before the time fixed by them for a reply. “The policy of the Wabash ls unchanged. | It claims it is now paying as good wages and has as equitable rules as any of its| competitors. If it Is not doing this, it stands ready, injunction or no injunction, to carry out its pledge, given to Its em | ployes, to advance its wages or change its | rules when it is shown to be out of lin with its competitors.” | Messrs Morrissey and Hannahan are look- ing forward to the visit of George Fould, the head of the Gould lines, including the Wabash, ‘to St. Louis. Mr. Gould and his trafic manager, A. C. ! Bird, are now in Chicago and have an- nounced that they will be in St. Louls on Sunday and make a thorough inspection of the lines. The leaders here are of the opin- jon that Mr. Gould is coming this way on a epecial errand to inquire into the situation between the Wabash and its employes. Trip. { i At the headquarters of the Gould systems it was stated tonight that George J. Gould has indefinitely postponed bis trip over the southwestern and western Gould lin It was emphatically denied that Mr. Gould's proposed trip to Sy. Louls was for the purpose of investigating the Wabash trouble. It was stated thet Mr. Gould has from the first referred these matters to | the officials of the various aystems and has peid no attention to petifications which he | There are, however, | ing Venesuelan elajmant; | Mary A. Holland, substitute, | sation has developed { Pirst | heavily | Rear Admiral Willlam ©, Wise as president | board. 1903—-TWELVE PAGES. GLE Cory WESTERN MATT! T CAPITA Trey ry Departme * Aot on the P ing BN (From a Stafr C ndent.) WASHINGTON, Marci™e(Special Tele- gram.)—The Treasury mt tolay received an officlal copy Of the so-called omnibus public bullding BHM. John Knox Taylor, supervising architest of the treas- ury, said today that he woul at once put the machinery luto o 10 carry out the provisions of the 3 A great per cent of the | lons of the public butlding bill passed By ‘the congress | Just closed provides for projécts under way. | & numbor of | cities where appropria " have been | made to acquire sites -.%::n to erect | new pomoffiees. Architect. r said to- day that fn cuses where fons were e to purchase a eits fof federal bulld- | his office would pre the usual ad- vertisement and it will y for general gromulgation within th two weeks. | Mr. Bowen, who went Iyn 10 at tend the funeral of his , returned { to Washington tonight. § Me will resume | immediately negotiationsiwith the remain- . The protocol with Belgfim 18 now ready tor signature and will be signed by Baron Moncheur, the Belglan minfster, and Mr Bowen tomorrow. It will follow mainiy the lines of the protocal of the United States. When Belgium’'s agreement h been signed five of the eighy protocols will have been completed. protocols with the blockading powers, Great Britain, Ger- many and Italy, for refe 0 The Hague arbitraticn tribunal of question . of preferentinl treatment in the payment of the claims of the eitizen§ of those coun- tries also will be taken up iately These Towa rural free lelivery mail car- riers were appointed (oduy: Crawfords- ville, David C. Grifith auvd 'W. E. Logan, regular: Howard Griflith; substitute. Mount Hemill, T. K. Hefland, regular; | Frank Tompkins of Stuart has heen | awarded the cortract for carrying mail from Stuart to Greenfield, Ta. The postofices at Big Mourd, Lobanon, Plerceville, Pittsburg, Upton and Winche. ter, Ia., have been ordered. discontinued. The name of the postoffice &t Competine, Wapello county, la., is ordéred changed to Faison and David H. commis- sioned postmaster. Postmasters appointed: = Nebraska—Benjamin F. Rossell, Thomp- son, Jefferson county, vice N. 8. Batten, resigned. s Towan—A. N. Nash, Mitchell county. 1 tuinty COLORADO SPRINGS, Ma: dler General John E. Chase, in ¢ the troops at Colorado Oity, ARy paf the the governor, how long the treops stay here. “We will not move a single mam,” said | General Chase, “unti] the situation in Crip- | ple Creek is cleared. Should there be trou- ble following the refusal of the mine oper- | ators to accede to the request of the | Western Federation of Miners not to ship | ore to the Colorado City mills we are in a position to put 1,200 to 1,400 men in the fleld.” An attempt to replace pickets on the part of the strikers today was met with an ! order fromd the military authorities that | this must ot be done. The Federation of | Labor men were aiso warned not to place plckets around the houses of employes of the mills. President Meyer of the federation went | to Denver today to the headquarters of the | federation, saying before he left that if | necessity arose a strike would be called | in Cripple Creek on March 9, the limit named in the demand on the mine owners not to ship ore to the Colorado City mills. RUINED AFTER MANY YEARS ndiana Backers Wheo Lost in Real Estate Deal Finally Ass te Credito | GREEN CASTLE, Ind., March 6.—A ser- | in business circles here in connection with the assignment of individual properties of Thomas S. Ham- mond and Jerome Allem, who were until} last month president and eashier of the National bank, having held the re- spactive offices forty years each. The assignments were caused by their inability to meet a note for $5,000 held by Alfred Hirt, the new president of the bank. Since the assignments indebtedness aggregating $148,000 has been found, for which Hammond is either principal or se- curity, jolntly or singly. The two men | were in a camp of five men which lost in Indlaskpolis real estate thirty years ago and all have now been riined. NAVAL COURT STARTS 'PROBE Investigates Alleged Neglect of Officer arge of Massachuwetts Firlug Party. PENSACOLA, Fla., March 5.—The court- martial on Ensign Ward K. Wortman for | alleged neglect of duty resulting in the death of eight men on the battleship Mass- achusetts, convened at the navy yard, with and Lieutenant Commander Cameron Wirs- | low of the bureau of navigation as judge | advocate. Ensign Wortman pleaded not | uilty to the charges and specifications. Lieutenant Commander B. A. Fiske sald | on the day of the explosion Massachusetts was enghged in target practice off Culebra. As the gun crew had been properly drilled he did not think it necessary for the turret officers to witness the loading. JUDGE QUASHES SCHOOL WRIT! Cancels Injunction Admitting Unvae- ed Children to Indiana a TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 6.—A tem- porary restraining order granted by Judge Etimson to prevent the health “oard from ! excluding unvaccinated children from.the public schools was dissolved today. While the order was in force all the city public schools were closed. They will be reopened Monday, with the vaccination or- | der still in force A hearing of the suit brought by the anti-vaccinationists comes up on Moncay | The case will be carried to the supre~e fourt to establish the power of the he;ilhj L' | ost | gan | well as through his hours of triumph. For- | linger, {at the mayoralty primaries today. ate passed resolutions today providing that a $1.500 silver servi | Movements casirial, from New York: Ce: York. Salled—Georgic. ce ded pool, CONVENTION IS STAMPEDED Seven Rival Oandidates Contend for Mich- igan Judicial Nomination. REPUBLICANS REAFFIRM FAITH OF PAST Praise Roosevelt, State Courts and University, Then Fight Over Man to Head Bench, Finally Select Hooker. v DETROIT, Mich., March 6 —Judge Frank | A. Hooker of Charlotte was tonight renom- | inated for justice of the supreme court of this state for a term of ten years. The nomination followed the stormiest repub- Iican state convention held in this state since the Grand Rapids convention that| nominated Governor Bliss fn 1898, | Seven candidates were in the field against | Judge Hooker. The convention was stam- peded during the sixth ballot in the inter- of Judge Edward E. Kinney of Ann Arbor, but the seventh ballot gave a large | majority to Judge Hooker. For regents of the University of Michi- the convention nominated Peter W. White of Marquette and Loyal E. Knappen | of Grand Rapids. | Reafirm 014 Prineiplés. | The following platform was adopted We, the republicans of Michigan, in ju- diclal convention assembled, reaffirm our alloglance to the principles and policles of republican party. \We cordialiy endorse | patriotie, courageous and wise policy the president, Theodore Roo and | hereby renew our pledge anc t and | our expression of confiderce | nd his administration. We congratulate the ple of Michigan on the election of the en- tire_rep state ticket last fail and dministration of state uf- or Aaron T. BUss. We glory in national fame vof Mich- igan’s supreme court and in the continued strength and probliy. We commend our great state university to the continued sup- vort, confidence and esteem of the le. Resolved, That it 1s the sense of this con- vention that a general primary election law rhould be enacted for the entire state of Michigan W. W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor was se- lected as temporary chairman of the con- vention He sald in part: I belleve 1 have a right to assume that | the people of this state still have falth in the principles and purposes and men of the republican party. And I know that the people of the entire unlon have an ubiding Jaith in the courage, the firmness, the, robust Americanism of the present and our next chief executive, Theodore Roosevelt. Since he took the presdential chalr there has been a steady continuation of the pros- perity that fellowed the re-enactment of republican palicies during the administra- tion, of the martyred McKinley. Not am Uncertain Poliey. Prosperity and uncertainty don't walk hand in hand. There has been mo uncer- as to the nation's policy, either under William McKinley or his worthy suc- essor. 1t has been throughout a truly American pollcy, one which has opened silent factories, advanced farm values, de- veloped new industries and Ircreased our manufactures and exports to u degree that was not anticipated by even the most ardent supporters of republican policies. _.The republican party has created these conditions. And-in the great campaign of 189 It decided once .u.ll that not only posit par some to belittle the legislation passed by the republican congress on the subject of trusts. But I belleve the value of this legls- lation’ will be clearly shown by the Ty of the next few mouths. The republican party, which has solved the problems of the past, may be depended on to solve this problem also and in such a way as to do injustice to no man and to no interest, but to do equal and exact justice to all. Prominent Men on Platform. Two United States senators and one | former senator had seats on the platform during the greater peri of the morning | session. Senator Alger was called upon for a epeech at the conclusion of the ad- | dress of Temporary Chairman Wedemever. | He spoke briefty, ihanking the dele- | gates for their warm welcome and imme- diately introducing Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, who {s here to make an ad- dress at the annual banquet of the Michi- | gan club tonmight. i Senator Gallinger spoke highly of Gen- | eral Alger's services to his country and declared himself proud to have been Sena- tor Alger's friend through adversity mer Senator Thurston of Nebraska, who is also here to speak at tonight's banquet, ad- dressed the convention after Senator Gal- closing his remarks with an tlo- quent eulogy ot the late President McKin- ley that created a tumult of applause. | fcago Republicans Choose Stewart, | CHICAGO, March 6.—Graem Stewart, | president of the republican committee from | Illinois, sccured a majority of the delegates | | The total number of delegates is 940; | necessary to a choice, 471. Of these Stew- | art bad 531, with five wards to hear from, and John M. Harlan, his only competitor, | 266, and tweniy-one delegates are unin- | structed. | Stewart amd Harlan both resided in the | Twenty-first wardand from it Stowart se-'| cured every delegate. i BLIND MUTE PLEADS FOR BILI [ { has been hibernating for two years, awoke | Axks W, etts gEducation Com. | mittee to Ald Measure for | Sightlens. | | absence of John Power, who is |resident of | BOSTON, March 6.—Miss Helen Kellar, | the club and is out of the city, David Cole | who, although deaf, dumb and blind; is a! student at Radcliffe college, addressed, through an attendant, & legislative com- mittee on cducation today in bebaif of a | bill for the relicf of the adult blind. Her message was & fecling one. She said | the blind did not need higher education, but did require help in order to take their | places ir the industrial world | Many prominent people also favorel the | bill and the hearing was closed \’ KANSAS VOTES SILVER PLATE | State Legislature Proposes to Service to New Battle- Give TOPEKA, Kan., March 6.—The state sen- | | should be purch for the new ba’tleship Kansss The bouse will concur in the resolution. ed Oce March 6, At Liverpool—Arrived—Merion, from Bos- | ton;. Noordland. from Philadelphia; Lan- c_from New for New York At Havre—Arrived—La Champagn>, from New York At Glasgow—Arrived—Arcadian, from Boston; Carthagenian, from New York At London—Arrived—Menominee, from New York. Al Kinsale Head—Passed—Devonia trom Boston, for Liverpool At Naples—Arrived—Neckar from New | York, via Gibralt for Gego and pro- | At Mamburg—Arrived—Bulgaria, New York; Graf Waldersee, York, yia Plymout At Moville—Sa le or Hallfax from from New and herbourg ~Parician. (rom Liver- | 4 St. Johm. 1 | agents In the Interests of the of Alberta, Assinibofa, Manitoba and other | | man i | ward councliman, | Bancrott THREE CENTS. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER FCURE [P EXPENSES Forecast for Saturday; Nebraska—Fair Sunday Falr. and Temperature at Omahn Yesterday: Hon Dew. Howr. Dew. £ a4 v 2 o a8 7 36 s a? » an 3 11 12 m.. . “ CALLS J. H. Lovering Writes Letter & to Immigration In Cannda. Transmissouri rhilroads are up in arms | { over the systematic canvagsing of this sec tion of the country by Domition of Canada colonization Canadfan districts. They say that men of any class, agricultural or stock raising. who leave this country for that frigid northland will be disappointed sadly, as they will mot get what théy expeot up there. A recent fssue of the Winnipeg Free Press contained a startling story two columns wide, u epecial from Omaha, pur- porting to give facts and figures braska, Missouri, lowa, Sputh Dakota and Kansas to Canadian lands. J. H. Lovering of South Bend, Wash., saw the story and in a lotter to & land agent of a prominent | Neb: this ska railroad sheds a iittle light on “bonanza” proposition from the basis | of hie own experience in the identical mat- ter. He writes: In enclose a clipping from the Winnipe Free Press that | wieh to call your atter tlon to. In think there ought tJ be a ut to this allowing Canadian 0 _Ca s8 our ceuntry and Incice pros [erous citizens to seil out and move to that ‘ N oountry Now, 1 speak from ex- ence and know what 1_am about. moved to Edmonton, Alberia, and lived there till 188, Then I sold my sitock and left my ranch with all my bulldings, fences, flelds and such and came back to the United States a_wiser but not a_wealthi 1t is uo country for a man who aiged in the United States. The p clanish ard will boycott an Amer! n to the Litter end. The climate is un- certain s to ralsing crops and the winters are_iong and tedious. The summets are short and the air is laden with mosquitoe: Tha mcsquitoes and files W wild The market §s poor. Pacific 1ailway has the key to the tion, and it holds the country rasp. Its holdings, lands, roadbed, roll- ng stock and other property are exempt from taxation forever. Now this letter may be wholly ancallec for, but 1 wish to hear from you on the subject. this exodus please let me Knew. CALLS FOR POWER ORDINANCE been ple ar The situg View Improvement Club Wants Counell to Give Voters an Opportanity. Following the example of the other im- provement clubs of the city the Omaha nance, after a discusslon aver the merlits of the measure. The resolution, offered by S£imeon Robinson, was unanimously adopted as follow Resolved, That the Omaha View Improve- ment elub’ urgently request the city coun- cil to pass the ordinance known as the Andrew Rosewater ordinance, sibmitting the question of granting a franchise to Andrew Rosewater, his succcessors and ansl, ©0 t syring election without additional cost the people; and we further request Mr. Karr, to work for nd do all in his 'power for the passage of sald power can:l ordinance. Councilhan Karr, being present, was re- quested to etate his views on the propo. sition he said the question had been before the council for some time, where it had been freely discussed, and he did not desire to state his position at this time. “A great many people,” said he, “con- sulted me concerning this ordinance and requested the ‘open door’ amendment, that ! other parties might come In from other cities In the state and have a chance it the proposition, and that is why I favored ! the open door amendment—because the peo- ple whom I represented wanted it that wa The club voted that the fire and police committee should attend the meeting of the Fire and Police Commissioners next Mon- day evening and request that some action be taken on the Robinson resclution ob- Jeeting to the police protection afforded the Union Pacific railroad at the expense of the | city. It was reported to the club that the fire escapes for the Omaha View school house would be placed In position at once. [SOUTH SIDE IMPROVERS WAKE | Reorganizes After a Sleep Two Years and Outlines a Campaign. The South Side Improvement club, whiéh | al a meeting yesterday evening at Tenth and Hickory streets, and will holjafter hold regular meetings, the next of these being set for Tuesday, March 17. ‘In the took the chair. Messrs. Ernest Stuht, R E. Patrick, David Cole and Dr. W. H, Han- | chett made remarks appropriate to t casion and indicated many improve oc- ents | which are needed in the southern part of the city. The following unanimously adopted Resolved, That the Bouth Side Impro ment club’ urgently request tie city coun- resolution was { ¢l to permit the people of Omaha to vote upon the question of granting a franchise for an electric power company as pro- posed by Andrew Rosewater, as this ques- tion can be voted upon at thls spring elec tion at no additional expense to the eity “I o sald Mr. Stuht, “to say that I think it time that our improvement club should be reorganized for work. We the first to have an lmprovement club \n the city and In the past we did good work n securing for our section many much needed improvements. There are now a number of things which should be done to make our beautiful nelghborhood better. An active club can do much to secure these.” Among other improvements mentioned as being necessary, tension of sidewalks and crossings; erectios of a good ball at Tenth and Hick- ory streets, this corner belng near the cen- ter of the ward; the comstruction of an extension of the Tenth street car line into Riverside park from Bancroft street; Eleventh street to be opened up south of for the boulevards to be com- pleted; the Eleventh street viaduct to be refloored; Hickory street, which is the only street open to the river, to be cut through to Sixteenth street; additional land on the bottom adjoining the park to be added thereto, and Tenth street, south from Hickgry, to be repaved in asphait. Colder about | great migrations of wealthy eitiiens of Ne- | talking | In 1884 I sold out In Nebraska and | | drive stock | Canadian | in an_iron | If 1 can be of any use in Stopping | gns, to bulld the proper power canal, | e proposition can be submitted ut the | w0 | During (he course of his remaris | were | were the repair and ex- | the | for | Appropriations jor Next Two Years Likely to Be Under Four Millions, INCREASE OF ABOUT MILLION DOLLARS General Appropriation Bill as Ready for House Calls for $3,485,880. ESECRETARY MARSH IS PUT ON THE SPIT Serate Committee Brings in a Tart Report on Supply Oontraots. | CHARGES MANY OF THEM ARE EXCESSIVE Secretary Denfes Whole Matter 1 the Printing Combine (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 6.—(Special)—The principal appropriation bills that have been introduced aggregate $3,485,850. This does not represent all the appropriations asked for, as there are several other bills carry- ing smaller amounts for varioiie purposes. It is safe to say, however, that the grand total will be within the $4,000,000 mark by a good margin. Last session the grand total was $2,875.259.51. One bill was in- troduced today by Thorpe of Garfield ap- propriating $200,000 for the installation of a twine plant at the state penitentiary, | but this bill is not included in' the list, as there is little prospect of its passage. | One remarkable feature of the deficlency { bill, which, however, is among the less ex- tensive ones, Is that only three items reach the $1,000 mark. The largest and principsl item s $2,000 for the Collins-Voodruft Printing company of Lincoln, and the other two larger ones are $1,000 bills for the State Journal company. The items and amounts of the eight prin- cipal bills are these: General appropriations . - N Bulldings salaries | ative expenses nal university | Total FATH The general appropriations $289,000 to the university, a special bill contemplates $100,000, the amount esti- mated from the government fund and col- lected at the university is §165,000 and that coutalned in the salaries bill is $300,000, making a grand total of §804,000. Out of this amount the state will fur- nish from the 1-mill tax only $865.000, ap- proximately, and if the special blll calilng ‘lcr $100,000 is passed, that much more, so fhat about half of the total amount will come from the governmen| fund wnd sale of lands and what ie colldoted at the uni- versity. . S9A%,880 bill glves The ‘general X Hu Axtroduced: tda: the bouee finauce woys and means commitiee khows an Increase 1A the fotal over that of the appropriation bill of 1901, after being passed on by Gov- ernor Dietriéh, of $311,958. The total for the bill which went In today is $1,640,880, The heaviest increase is in the appropria- tion for the Hastings Insane asylum, it be- ing over $150,000 greater an the appro- puation allowed two years ago. The State university gets $110,000 more this year than in 1901 and the penitentiary vearly $40,000 more. The allowance for the Board of Public Lands and Buildings 18 ma- terially increased, as $17,000 has been set aside for the improvements on the capital pavements crdered in the resolution adopted the other flay. The Grand I Soldiers’ home and the Lincoln asylum are given large Increases. contains & The bill proposed approprintion for the payment of the premium on the hond of the state treasurer for 1003 and 1904, which brings the allowance for this office up from $1,500 to $9,800. | Two points to be observed in comparing the appropriations proposed fn this bill and those made in the bill of two years ago are these: The former measure contained j an appropriation of $10,000 for the Buffalo exposition. If there is to be an appropria- tion this year for the St. Louls fair it will be made by separate bill. There 1s no appropriation this year for the Norfolk asylum, which was burned, although there is a demand for $107,400 for that institu- tion. The total miscellaneous appropriations [ this vear is $4,750 less than two years ago. 1 The claims bill this year totals up $82, | 000. The largest item of this is the wolt bounty claim, amountifg to $40,000. It s, therefore, nearly as great as the remainder | of the bill, which consists of minor clatms. The sugar bounty claim of $48,000 is con- tained in @ separate bill, also introduced by the claims committec. Comparative Statement, Following is a comparative statement of i the proposed appropriations for 1903 and | the appropriations for 1901 ! 1903, | Governor RTINS 2l v Y Board of Public Lands and Bulldings 3125 Board of Educational ands and Funds ) rd of Purchase and Supplies . Land comm idbrary commission i Lincoln Ineane hospitai.. Secretary of state 191, 9575 300 sioner general ! urer | Board of Irrigation Cemmissioner of labor..., Superintendent of public i " instruction | Bank ng board | Bupreme court Stute Library | Hastings Insave’ axylum s Industrial school \iford Soldiers’ Home nd Island Soldlers’ ome Nebraskd Btate Industrial Home | Kearney | Home f | Nebraska for Bind | Beatrice Tudusirial THome Friendless City Institute institute " for Feeble Minded Youth | Omaha Institute for Deaf and Dumb | State penitentiary ate university | Normal schools | Nebraska Natlonal sard of Charities sh commissioner | State Historical society | Hoard of Health ¥oos | Bidewalks of capital | Miscellaneous Totals 1,640,850 $1.828.902 | Secretary of State Marsh Is arraigned in i. report fled today In the senste Ly the committee on accounts and expenditures for discrepancies said 1o have been found in ‘ertain transactions made by Mr. Maish in the purchase of supplies for the state. 71 committee alleges the discovery of three bills certified to by the secretary to the ! amount of §2,411.84, which it says he had no (