The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA, SATUKDAV MOItNlNC., IPEnlttfAij'r i, 1901 TWJSLVM PAGES.
SIXGL.E COPY JiMVE CENTS.
WILD RUMORS AFLOAT
F.eporti Go Round London That Chamberlain
is Reconsidering,
TALK OF THE RECALL OF M
Round-Table Conference with Liberal
Leaden in Contemplation,
ALL STORIES ARE QUICKLY DENIED
Daily Mail is Made the Mouthpiece of tho
Colonial Secretary.
ROBERTS' REPORTS ARE PUBLISHED
BUnriunnieiit of Hrry liner In Mntl
Afrlcn He IJcrlitrcH lo He I In;
Only IlPinedy, TIiimikIi Xce
rmiirlly 11 Mutr One.
LONDON, Fob. a. Public ntteutlon hm
gnln turned to South Africa liy iho (Hi
patch of reinforcements unit tho publica
tion of Lord Roberts' ninll dispatches.
Humors 'hiivo been In circulation tlwt
Mr. C'hnmborlaln hnd reconsidered Ills
South Afrlcnn policy nnil was contemplating
n mund-tnblp conferenco with Mr. John
Morlcy and Sir William Hnrcourt and thu
recall of Sir Alfred Mllner. Thu Dally
Mull says It In nhlc to assort, on Mr. Cham
berlain's authority, that the story Is a fab
rication and that the government rctnlni
the most absolute confidence In Sir Alfred
Mllnrr. "Mr. Chamberlain llatly denies."
says tho Mall, "that ho has had any com
munication with any member of the oppo
sition on tho subject of the war."
Lard Ilobcrls' dispatches aro not regarded
ns Riving nny further elucidation of tho
conduct of tho war, but they are Interest
ing aB providing that throughout tho cam
paign he, nover had sufllclent men, horses
or imppllcs to covor such n vnst Held of
operation.
Lord Roberts asserts deliberately that
the permanent tranquillity of tho republic
"depends on the complete disarmament of
their Inhabitants, a tusk dtfllcult. I admit,
but nttalnablo with tlmo ojid pMonec."
Looking at till tho circumstances, Lorl
Roberts says tho campaign Is "unlquo In
the nnnals of war" and ho pays the highest
tribute to tho gallantry and worth of tho
troops, declaring that "no liner forco ever
tool: thu field under tho Ilrltlsh Hag."
Thero Is a general Idea that tho ills
patohon havo suffered considerable ex
cision at tho hnnds of tho War ofllce. They
do not throw any further light on tho sum
mary retirement of dencral Colvlllo or
any other matter regarding which the pub
llo Is anxious to hear.
Tho appearance of bubonlu plague at
Capetown seems likely lo add to the diffi
culties of the situation. The authorities
thero havo derided upon u wholesale ex
termination of rats. Should tho disease
proud It will necessitate chunges tn tho
military arrangements.
Today Sir Alfred Mllnor makes another
carncBt appeal to employers to allow as
many men as posslhlo lo enroll tn thu
colonial mounted defense force.
From Dclngoa Hay It Is reported Hint tho
Ilrltlsh have occupied Krtnolo and Carolina,
which until recently wero Hoor depots,
The Itoers held up a Natal mall train
near Vlakfonteln. Tho few soldiers oj
board exhausted tholr cartridges- and the
llocrs then robbed tho passengers, uftor
wnrd allowing tho train to proceed.
IlrllUh Cup In re Siipiillos.
LONDON, Feb. 8. Lord Kitchener reports
to tho War office under dato of I'retorla,
February 7, as follows;
Tho British column destroyed Mippllos nt
Fctrushurg and brought 3) borrow and
cattle.
Dowct Is reported still north of Smlth
tleld, moving east. A detached forco whlclt
crossed the lino at Pompl Siding Is moving
on rhilopolls.
Methuen reports from LUIIfonteln, east of
Vrybum, thut ho scattered the enemy theio
and captured twelve wagons and cattle.
French is near Urmcln.
Kllphener'n Aeeimer ArnilKiird.
CAPETOWN. Feb. 8. Albert Cortwrlght,
editor of tho South African News, who was
arrested yesterday charged with criminal
and seditious libel contained lu n letter
accusing General Kitchener of secretly In
structing his troops to take no prisoners,
was formally arraigned In police 'court hero
this morning and remanded In 2,000 ball.
Humor SiikupnIh IC Miiliener'M Horn 1 1.
LONDON, Kcb. 8. General Sir F.volyn
Wood, tho ndjutant general, says tho re
ports that ho Is to sitpersedo General
Kitchener In command of thu Hrltlsh forces
In South Africa, which aro much discussed
in tho scrvlco clubs, nro Inaccurate.
IMPROVE MARCONI SYSTEM
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AVrnlliri' Uiirrnii linn it .Scheme of
It Own for Wireless
TeJeRrniiliy.
NEW YOIIK, Feb. 8. A special to tho
World from Washington nays: A new sys
tem of wireless telegraphy has been de
veloped by the Weather bureau.
"It Is a succtSB," said Willis Moore, chief
of tho bureau, "We have been experiment
ing for a year at Cobbs Island, In the
Potomac river, seventy miles below Wash
ington, "Wo havo completed un apparatus that we
expect will cnablo us to signal ships GOO
miles or more out nt sen. Wo shall soon
nend out tdilps equipped with recolvlng In
struments. Wo have Just completed a stn
tlon nt Hoannke, N. P., and will soon have
motions at Hattcr.is and Capo Henry.
"Wo have succeeded In telegraphing per
fectly with our wireless system for sixty
miles over a rough country around Wash
Ington, That, I bellove. Is fully equal to
the best transmission that has ever been
accomplished by tho Marconi method. Our
system Is quite distinct from his, uml Is
being developed aloug our own lines.
"Wo succeeded In sending messages for
some distance from a 'staff only three feet
high. Wo established regular communica
tion between tho laboratory uud Washing
ton, sixty miles. One of our men has a farm
near Fort Michigan, Vu across from
Wnshlncton. A staff 100 feet high was on
the place, and on tho top we placed our
Instruments. Wo wero able to communt
cato with tho Island us regularly and as
free as though wo wero working over n
wire. Tho speed of the waves was prac
tically that of. light.
"Wo used a system of dots and dashes
and our receiver was of the 'sounder' typo.
Wo received messages by sound. Wo ex
pect, howevor, to dovolop u receiver that will
record messages. Notwithstanding our suc
cess, It doos not seem thnt wireless telegra
phy U developed yet to thu polut whera
It can bo used for ordinary commercial
purposes on land. Tho earth disturbances
and the conditions that surround cltlei
would prove obatuclci."
DEBATE IT IN THE DIET
Member of l.nnrr llnuip llliii'iiii An
' Illlllltllll-llt of.M-ttft tin AaseitNorN
Mini .Xolnrles.
II Kit LIN, Teh. S. In tho lower houso of
the Prussian Diet today, during tho debate
on the estimates of the ministry of Justice,
Heir Kruger, radical, charged the minister
(Dr. Hehonstedt) with Infringing
on and Imperial legislation In
ntinnlnf nrfn, nf lun-d na nttanm
In reptyVnBfaitcr declared that It
was those wliTMHTted the right of the
king to till nil npiumuments In tho admin
istration who wero guilty of n breach of the
constitution.
In regird to the criticism that his term
of olllco had been marked by n superabund
ance of ebarges of leso majestc. tho min
ister said that while Kmpcror William was
above such attacks, It was tho duty of tho
authorities to enforce the law against syste
matic uideavors to undermlno all order and
tho respect duo to tho sovereign. Tho num
ber of charges of leso majeste In Prussia
had been only 134 In 1000. ns against 301 in
1808. Heir Porslich, centrist, said that all
who disagreed with tho Jews wero not anti
Semites, but that It was still a fact that an
overwhelming majority of tho people
strongly desired to live In a Christian coun
try, governed In a Christian spirit.
In reply lo n question ns to tho progress
of the KonlU (ritual) murder, tho minister
sold he regretted the crlmo hnd not been ex
plated. The Investigation was being car
ried on Irrespective of tho question whether
tho murderer was n Jew or u Christian, but
It had resulted in practically nothing.
COUNT IS H00TEDAT MA0RID
Sniinlnrdn nt the Cnpltnl Mill lle
ii -in lie r Wluit fnicrtii Old
Dlirlnu I'll rlii' I iirlniim.
MADIUD, Fob. S. Tho count of Cnserta,
tho father of I'rlnco Churles of Ilourbou,
who Is to marry tho princess of the As
turlas February II, met with a hottllo re
ception on his arrival here today, lie was
hooted by tho crowd nnd there wero cries
of "Spit upon him."
Tho count wan met by the Infanta Isa
bella and Kulnlla and tho foreign minister,
Senor Campos, and wns driving from the
railroad station to tho residence of the duko
of Calubry when a crowd assembled out
side of the station and hooted and hissed
him. The hostility nn duo to tho speeches
made recently by many politicians nnd to
articles In tho newspapers ngnlnst tho
marriage on account of the part tho Count
do Casertn took In Don Carlos' uprising.
Tho police had to Interfere today and dis
perse the crowd. Two arrests wero made.
PRIEST GUILTY OF LIBEL
IlrltUh Court Annriln forty Slillllnu-x
niuiiiiRcn lo Vlelnr Kiunnuel
Ilutliven, Lecturer.
LONDON, Feb. 8. Tho king's bench di
vision of tho high court of justice today
found in favor of Victor Emmanuel Ituthven,
described ns a priest, In a libel suit brought
against Kmll do Horn, a Roman Catholic
priest, for circulating a leaflet averring
that Hutliven'n lectures were Indecent.
Forty shillings damages wore awarded.
Tho court found In favor of De Ilom re
specting tho publication of Ruthvrn'a rec
ord., copied from tho Cleveland Unlverso
of March 15, 1893.
Hcv. J. O. i'atton. a Presbyterian mis
sionary of the New Hebrides, testified that
Uuthven's real name wns nlordan, and thnt
ho had given evidence against Hlordan In
America, whero In 183." ho was sentenced
to a year's Imprisonment for swindling a
well-known man In America.
OUTLINING KING'S SPEECH
llrltlMla Cabinet ('mine 1 1 llnldn n
ScxnIoii to I' mine tho
Document.
LONDON, Feb. 8. The cabinet meeting
today will presumably settle the terms of
King Edward's speech at the opening of his
first Parliament, February 19, which may
bo expected to partially repent his majasty's
speech to tho privy council on accession
day. expressing thnnks for the condolences
and expressions of loyalty, referring to his
deep sense of tho responsibility of his now
position and announcing his determination
to work for tho welfare of nil classes. War
funds and legislation to promote a fund for
tho poor will bo nmong tho topics. Tho
king's reference to foreign relntlons nnd tho
Transvaal aro especially eagerly awaited.
Internutliiiilil I'Iickk Tmiriiniiient.
MONTE CARLO, Feb. 8. In tho games of
thu International Chess tournament today
Ciolnsborg and Janowskl won from Dldlor
and Hoggin, respectively, before the noon
adjournment. In the gomes unfinished at
that tlmo Alapln had the better position
over Marshall, whllo the other players were
about evenly placed.
Will Upturn Kniiiernr'H Vlxlt.
LONDON. Feb. 8. A dispatch from Ports
mouth says the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert has been ordered to bo rendy to
Inko King Kdwnrd to flushing soon after
tho opening of Parliament, when his
majesty will return Rmpcror .William's
visit to England.
Iiivllrm Tender for llnnds.
LONDON. Feb. 8. Tho treasury Invites
tenders for an Issuo of 11,000,000 of ex
chequer bonds, with Interest at !5 per cent.
Tlioy will bo dated Mnrch 7, 1901, and are
repayable nt par on December 7, 1803. Tho
list opens February 11.
Confer tvltli I'nrty Lender,
HOME, Feb. 8. King Victor Emmanuel
conferred today with Sonorn Ivllla, Itlcottl,
lludlnl nnd Dinncherl, with tho view of
forming a now cabinet to succeed tho R.ir
rnco ministry, which roslgned yesterday.
i:-kiiik Milan in.
LONDON, Feb. 8. Former King Milan
of Servla, according to a special dispatch
from Vienna, Is suffering from pneumonia.
Ills condition Is pronounced to be
dangerous.
Kiilxcr'N Sou lo Weil n Coimlii.
LONDON, Feb. 0. It Is rumored that
Crown Prlnco Frederick William of Prus
sia will marry Princess Ena of nattenberg,
daughter of Princess Beatrice.
ISiixIIhIi 'I' r ii lc ilepnrti,
LONDON, Fob. 8,Tho statement of the
Dcord of Trade for tho month of January
shows Increases of 1, 131,600 In Imports
and 1,169,S00 In exports,
i:niH-roi- Honor AniltnHNnilor.
1IEIIL1N, Feb. 8. Emperor William has
bestowed on Dr. von Hollebcn. tho Gorman
ambnssudor nt Washington, the crown or
der of the first class.
Slty TlioiiNiiml ItefnKec.
PRETORIA, Feb. 8,-Tho Roer refugeo
camps aro now administered by civilians.
Tho refugees now total, approximately,
60.000 men,
Itnilftii'llll lliiOKii't Peel .lust Itlnlll.
PARIS, Feb. 8,Tho premier. M. Walrteck
Rousseau. Is confined to his bed, but he ex
peels to recover his usual health In a few
days.
ISSUE FOR FORTY MILLIONS
Union Faoiiio Adopti Flan of Debenture
Bonui Convertible Into Stock.
OFFERED TO STOCKHOLDERS AT PAR
Tlioy Will llcnr Interest from the
Jl'lrxt of Jlny uml Are .Speurcil
liy t'olliitornl In Treusury
uml I'liKt MortKUKf.
NEW YORK, Feb. S. (Special Tele
gram.) Formal announcement was made to
day that the directors of the Union Paclllc
had adopted a plan to lssuo debenture
bonds, convertlblu Into stock nt par, as al
ready state lu The lice, for acquisition of
tho controlling interest In tho South Pa
cl.lc. Tho Issue Is to bo for $10,000,000, In teu
year I per cent first mortgage and col
lateral trust gold bonds, convertible at
tho option of tho holders at any tlmo be
foro May 1, tills year, Into Union Paclllc
common stock at par. Tho bonds will bo
redeemable after that date by tho railroad
company at 102V&. tho new bonds will
be offered to tho Union Pacific stock
holders for subscription at par.
Tho present Issue (s part of tho author
ized Issuo of $100,000,000, but thero Is no
Intention of disposing at present of any
other amount thnn tho j 10,000,000 now
Issued to take up the Southern Paclllc
stock. Tho Issue is underwritten by Kuhu,
Loeb & Co. Chairman Ilnrrlman of the
Union Paclllc, In n circular to Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., says tho new bonds aro to bear In
terest from May 1, payable semi-annually,
and secured by valuable collateral now lu
the company's trensury, as well as by llrst
mortgage upon about 1,300 miles of rail
road, forming a part of tho Union Pa
cific's present system, which Is not now
mortgaged.
It lull of Sluirt'liolilci'ft.
Under the offer of subscription to tho new
Londs Union Pacific shareholders have a
right to subscribe for ono bond for each
llfty shares of either common or preferred
shares owned. The issue of tho now de
bentures for $10,000,000 to pay for tho South
ern Pacific stock acquired would Indicate
thnt the purchaso price was nbout at cur
rent market prices, and certainly not far
from CO. The stock acquired was n con
trolling Interest, surely not muic than a
bare majority of tho authorized $200,000,000
of Southern Pacific shares. If the prlco
of CO Is taken for tho Southern Pacific
shares, this would call for Just $40,000,000
of now bonds for tho half share of cap
ital lu tho Southern Paclllc, and as tho
amount outstanding Is reported ns $197,
832,000, it is probably fair to conclude that
the control cost tho Union Pacific less
than SO.
The new bonds will placo a charge of
$1,600,000 a year of Union Pacific stocks,
but an the Southern Pacific In Its last fiscal
year earned $7,233,400 over alt fixed charges,
or nearly 3J per cent, on outstanding
shnres, exclusive of betterments, It Is felt
that tho Southern TacHlo can pay 4 per
cent dividends nud carry this Interest
charge,
Aftci'vllip Itlo Crunile.
It was stated today on high authority that
tho Union PaclfUs had not acquired tho
Denver &. Itlo Grande, but tho question
whothcr some Important Interests In thu
Union Pacific had not been negotiating for
tho road was less positively answered. It
Is stated, In fact, that such negotiations
may have been undertaken, though this
authority would not admit that they had
been. President Jeffroy of the Denver &
Rio Grnndo has been in tho city nil the
week. His visit generally Is connecttd
with tho negotiations for tho control of
tho road. It Is thought tho Rio Graudo
Western will bo bought with any now dis
position of tho property.
A leading director of tho Denver & Rio
Grnndo said he knew nothing of current
rerorts for consolidation of tho Donvor &
Rio Grnndo with tho Rio Graudo Western,
or wltht nny other company, nnd ha did
not bplleve thero wero nny negotiations to
that end. President Burt of tho Union Pa
cific has been In town for a ronplo of days.
Ho was attending an executive committee
mooting of tho Union Pacific. Ho left for
Omaha tonight.
HAYS TO REMAIN PRESIDENT
SiiiiiiiioiiciI from Sim I'rniiclKco to Con
fer with llnrrluiuii nnil Hurt on
Overlnnil AIViiI.-k.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8,Tho Commercial
Advertiser snys: President Charles M.
Hays of the Southern Pacific ""fcllrood Is
expected to reach Now York tomorrow.
Ho was summoned from San F.lanclseo for
Iho purpose of conferring with Mr. Ilnrrl
man and President Hurt of tho Union' Pa
cific. It Is generally believed that Mr.
llnys will bo asked tn retain the presidency
of tho Southern Paclllc.
With regard to recent rumors that II.
E. Huntington did not sell his stock to the
Ilnrrlman syndlcnto It may ho stated that
nil of tho Huntington holdings, as wc.ll as
thoso hold by Spcyer & Co., were sold on
equnl terms.
The Commercial Advertiser also has tho
following: President Calloway was asked
today If thero was any truth In tho current
reports that the New York Central will bo
combined with tho Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific In forming a through lino from
ocean to ocean. "Not a word of truth In
it." ho said. "Tho Now York Central lines
uow extend as far west ns Chicago and St.
Louis and the system is sufficiently Inrgo
as It Is."
ANOTHER HARRIMAN SYSTEM
Soiitlnvefilrrii Grniiit IncIudliiK MIs
ourl Puelllr, "Kiity," Itlo Gmiiilu
nut Tito Other Honda.
CHICAGO, Feb. 8. Tho Tribune tomor
row will say:
A schomo is under consideration whereby
tho Missouri Pacific, the two Rio Grande
roads, the Colorado Southern, tho Missouri,
Kansas & Texas nnd tho St. Louis & San
Francisco aro to bo grouped In ono sys
tem. Tho proposed plan would mean the
formation or a Hnrrlmnn southwestern
railroad system.
MovriiirntK of Occnn VcnucIm '(.,. s.
At Now York-Arrlved-Fuorst Ulsmurrk,
from Naples (with one shaft broken)
Kensington, from Antwerp; Hulgarla. from
Hamburg. Sailed Dresden, for Hremim
At Liverpool Arrived New England
from Doston: Uoanoke, from Now York
Sailed, Dec. 7 Tunisian, for Portland.
At Ronton Sailed Pomeranian, for Glas
gow. At Southampton Arrived Vndorlnnd,
from New York.
At Naples Arrived -Hohenzollcrn, from
New York, via Gibraltar, from Genoa, and
proceeded
At Ynkohamn Arrived. Feb. 6 Hrnemor.
from Tacoma, for Hong Kong.
At Qi'censtnwn Sailed Pennlnnd, from
Liverpool for Philadelphia.
At Movllle Sailed Kuriiessla, from Glas
gow, for New York.
At London Sailed Marquette, for New
York. .
At Tort nu Spain. Trinidad Arrived
Prlnzei'sla Victoria Lulse, from New York
(on a West Indlun cruise),
TO RECLAIM ARID& LANDS
v
Coiieresnuinn Ilurl.ell HtvnJU U I'm
Ion lo Unlit Hill for Momtell'n
Mpitmiri.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ft. (Special Tclo
gram.) Tho reclamation of arid lands wa,s
discussed extensively In tho house com
mltteo on Irrigation or arid jands today.
Two hills were before the comuilttoe for
consideration Represent u'.lvq" Ncwtand's
measure, which provides for the construc
tion of reservoirs for tho storage of .ater
nnd for other hydraulic works, and Con
gressman Mondell's hill, which contem
plated tho conservation of water and tho
construction of Irrigation ditches. The
committee was evenly divided' mi many of
tho questions presented, but finally Con
gressman Ilnrkctt, seeing It would be use
less to hold out for Mondell's measure,
which has made man friends, decided to
chnngo hli voto to NewlaodW .measure,
thereby securing a favorable report. Whllo
Nowinnd's bill does not go mrfcJv as Mon
dell's, It Is n stop toward a system of na.
tlonal Irrigation, which has been tho bat
tleground between the east and' tho west
for years. ',
.VelirHNku Men III AVmy.
Senator Thurston will call on the presi
dent tomorrow on matters Connected with
tho now army bill, having decided to tirgo
tho following nppolntmento: E. II. Tracy
of Norfolk, who was major In tho Second
Nebraska, to bo raptnln of commissary or
quartermaster; W. O. Doano of Omaha, who
Is now In tho Philippines, to bo first lieu
tenant In tho regular nrmy; Major Jamco A.
Dawes, captain and paymaster; Major H,
I). Slaughter, captain nnd paymastor; Wal
lace C. Taylor, to be captain on staff; W.
Ti. Cowln, first llcutemut of line; Henry
Morrow, son of tho Into General Morrow,
for first lieutenant: Thomas Swobo, cap
tain nnd qunrtcrmnstcr, and n first lieu
tenoney for R. IJ. McConnell, now with
Company L. Thirty-ninth JUnltcd States
volunteers, who was a member ot tho First
Nebraska, serving with that regiment
through Its Philippine campaign; ho re
turned with the regiment and after It was
mustered out re-enllsted at Omaha In the
Thirty-ninth.
I'll Inn I'uellle .ntlcliiilo. '
W. S. Pierce, general coimcl of the
Union Pacific, with headquarters In 'Ne,
York, was In Washington today, on matter)1
connected witu tils man, wnicn nas sig
nified Its dcslro to untlclpalo Its) March
Interest on Its debt to tho government.
lliirin i.'rei- neiiver
Rural frco delivery will l0 'established
in Iowa March I as follows:-'Vmrlon, Linn
U5'es
county, additional service, two carriers;
area covered Is sixty-four square miles.
with population of f25; O. D. Martin nnd
Hugcno Simpson appointed carrlors. Also
nt Truro, Madison county, with one car
rlT; arcc covered, thtrty-scvon square
miles; population, fiSO; T. N. Lyons ap
pointed carrier.
Tho postolflce nt Icebox, Lawrcuco county,
S. I)., Is discontinued; mall to Elmore.
Tho comptroller of the currency today
approved tho application of James T. Blge-
low, a. j. Knignt, u. w. wnci:son, jonn r.
Tenold nnd K. G. Aknm to organuo tho
First Nntlonal bank of Flandrcau, 3. D.,
with $25,000 capital.
Samuel K. Ollllland, was appointed util
ity clerk In tho.Slaux.CI'lUr ihfTlce.
CltJWPr Jlco-Anii-fl.
l'oiiiiiiinirrM
Albert Maust was today appointed post
master at Strnussvllle, Richardson county,
Neb., vice J. Schmidt, resigned; also J. F.
Vandlver, at Little Medicine, Albany county.
Wyo.
FOR ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
lllll AiiproiirlnlliiK MIHIohh I
Iteporteil for Va vornlilc Action
Tmo niNNcntliiK Opinion.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Representative
Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of the spe
cial committee on tho St. Louis exposition,
today filed his report on tho bill appro
priating $3,000,000 In nld ot tho exposition.
"Tho bill," siiis tho report, "nnthorlres
tho holdlru? of an International exposition
beginning not later than May 1. 100::. at St.
Louis, for tho purpose of celebrating the
one-hundredth anniversary of iho purchase
of tho territory of Louisiana. However
much men heretofore may havo opposed tho
holding of national or International expo
sitions under tho authority nnd by tho
aid of tho national government, thero Is
In this Instance, In view of the action of
this congress in the last session, no ground
upon which u refusal to authorizo the
holding of tho proposed celebration and
tho giving of financial aid from tho na
tional treusury for tho purpose of carrying
the samo forward to success ran now bo
withheld. In view of this fnct, and be
lieving that this first great International
eveut In tho history of our nation should
ho appropriately celebrated, this bill Is re
ported for favorable action.
"No event lu tho life of our nation ex
cept tho achievement of national Inde
pendence has contributed so much to the
peace, happiness, prosperity, power nnd
commanding Influence of tho American peo
ple as tho purchase of tho lerrltory of
Louisiana. In tho evolution of tho North
American republic, tho acquisition of this
territory outranks every other event.
"Tho movement for n celebration of this
great first International event had Its In
ception nmon? tho people Inhabiting tho
various states anil territories carved out
of tho vast area acquired In 1803. Tho city
of St. Louis was rollcltcd to Inaugurate tho
enterprlso of nn International exposition.
Notwithstanding tho magnlludo of thu
undertaking tho trust was nccopted by the
patriotic pcoplo of that gnat city, until
today, through their persevering endeavor,
iney nuvo raised tno sum or $10,000,000 to
aid In carrying forward this cnterorlso.
Tho movomont to eolohrato this great ovent,
aB proposed, lias neon universally Indorsed
by tho public press, tho leading commercial
organizations, labor unions and by state
legislatures throughout tho country.
I no peoplo of St, Louis having com
plied with tho conditions Imposed by con
gress upon tho porformnneo of which con
ditions congress has promised to aid In
carrying forward said exposition to the
extent of $3,000,000, thero Is now no oppor
tunlly for nnyono who bolloves In tho gov
ernment fulfilling its promises to question
tho appropriation of tho money promised by
the sundry civil act."
Tho remainder of tho roport Is made un
of a summary of tho changes made In tho
act In nld of tho Chicago exposition, which,
oxperlonco In the cato of that exposition
proves, win uo in tho Interest of economy
nnd tho safeguarding of tho government's
interest.
Representatives Williams of M laftlftfif nnt
nnd Otov of Virginia filed n inlnnrii
port against tho bill. "Wo believe," snys
tho report, "that It wns not fundamentally
right, nor was It expedient for tho United
States government to go Into tho expo
sition business. Wo believe that, being
in u, u ougiu to go out or It.
Ivlni; I.ciihcm IIIh llm'linri",
LONDO.WFeb. 0. Tho Sportsman under
stnnds that for the coining season most of
King Edard's horses In training will be
loased to the duko of Devonshire.
CAR BARN BURNS LIKE A
From ?r-",000 to $lo0,000 Is tlip pstlnuiti' plnccil liy ofllrctK of
tli( Oiiinlm .Street Unilwny company ns tin loss sustained, liy the
tmrulng of the car bnrn nt Twentieth nnd Harney streets last nljrlit.
The building is iiraetieally totally destroyed, with Its contents,
which Included some sixty ears. Of these latter about thirty were
undergolnf; repairs, whllo thu others were those used during the
day on thu Karnain, Harney nnd limine street lines. Service on
these lines will be hampered to some extent today, lint olllcers of
the company believe they will be able to withdraw from the other
lines of the system a number of ears uud thus take care of the traf
lie with the least posslblu Inconvenience to the public.
During the progress of thu lire there was somelhlii: very like a
panic at the Methodist hospital, which is situated directly south of
the bulldlnjr destroyed and which was lu Imminent danger of de
struction I'm some time. Patients were hastily removed lo other
bulldlugs, the homes In the vicinity being opened to receive them.
Knergetlc action on the part of thu lhemen preserved thu hospital
building.
'Olllcers of the company were unable to say last night If the
building will be rebuilt. The loss Is only partly covered by Insurance,
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REPLY IS EXPECTED SOON
Great EriUin'i Mind is Made Up on the
Canal Question.
WILL OFFER COUNTER PROPOSAL
llny-I'iiuiu'cfole Trenly Will l.misr lu
the .McnuHiiie on Maul of Sruntf'n
AitioiiiliiicutH Lord I'litineefnle
.Medium for Nt'KOtlntlonn.
"1'bNDON, Feb. 8. It bus been learned
byropresentatlvo of tho Associated Press
that a reply will shortly bo sent to tho
United Statc3' Nicaragua canal project. It
will not comply with tl)o senatu's demands.
'Neither will It bo In the nature of a Hat
refusal, though for purposes of Immediate
construction It will bo tantamount to such
U refusal. It will consist mainly lu u
counter proposal, or proposals, likely to
necessitate extended negotiations. Tho na
ture of tho proposal Is not yet ascertain
able. -
Lord Paunccfoto will probably bo tho
jnedium through whom tho answer will be
sent and by whom tho subsequent negotia
tions will chiefly bo conducted. In Ilrltlsh
official opinion It Is likely thnt several
months will elapse before tho matter
reaches a conclusion, by which tlmo the
Hay-Pauncefoto treaty will havo lapsed on
the basts of tho senate's amendments. Tim
Hrltlsh counter proposals are now formu
lating and It Is hoped nu entirely new
agreement,, sa isrtf.fery to both countries,
wlH ovcnlually be leeched.
NOW WAITING ON THE COURT
Chinese (ilvni In t'liilomlniiil
CoiiilltlmiN Offered Are
Tin nl.
the
PBKIN, Feb. 8. The Chlncso plenipoten
tiaries havo telegraphed to tho court thO
demands of the ministers and are awaiting
a reply. From remarks made by both
Prlnco Chlng and LI Hung Chang, It Is
evident they think the court will carefully
consider tho conditions proposed.
It has been strongly intimated to the
Chinese by moro than one of tho ministers
that China must agree to tho conditions
nnd accept tho unpleasant consequences. It
Is pointed out that the powers nre not ani
mated by vindictive motives as, had they
been, they would have Insisted upon tho
decapitation of both Prlnco Tuan and Duko
Lan,
HEAVIEST SNOW OF WINTER
Tniliin Di'luyeil unit .Street Cnrs
Stopped ill St, .Io-ili HrlfiN
It II II Ml N "Wlll'lll,
ST. JOSUPH, Feb. S. Another vlolont
snow storm has been raging all over north
v, est Missouri since early this morning.
Railroad trains aro Irregular aud street car
trntlle tn this city Is almost at u standstill.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8,Tho heaviest
snowfall of tho winter, amounting to over
seven Inches and still falling nt noon, pre
vails over central Kansas. Wheat fields
now havo n foot of snow, Uttlo drifted, and
are In excellent condition. A moderate
north wind nnd a high temperature accom
pany tho storm. In Kansas City heavy snow
lias been falling slnco early this morning.
WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 8. Tho biggest fall
of snow this Seaton rests upon tho wheat
fields ot southern Kansas and at noon It Is
still falling.
ATCHISON. Kan., Feb. 8. Tho snow
blorm today In northern Kansas tied up tho
west end of tho Missouri Pacific's central
branch west of Concordia. Two passenger
trains aro snowbound, ono being at Sontts
vlllo nnd tho other at Logan. The snow
ranged from three to six Inches In depth
nnd opining on top of tho heavy snowfall
of Sunday last quickly filled the cutB.
Snow plows aro at work and tho Ilnu will
probably bo in operation tomorrow. It In
tho ecconil time tho lino has been tied up
by snow within a week.
HURLINOTON, ln Feb. 8. A heavy
snow storm, which has been In progress
slnco 4 o'clock this morning, Is still heavy
tonight. Reports from many Iowa points
Indicate a still heavier fall.
MUSCATINE, la., Feb. S.-A heavy snow
storm has prevailed during tho entire day.
Street railway and rnllroad traffic aro
seriously delayed.
GRINNICLL. la., Fob. 8. Ono of tho
heaviest snow storms known hero for sov
oral years Is In progress now. night Inches
of snow has already fallon. All night
trains nro sevoral hours lato.
CHICAGO, Fob. 8. A heavy snowfall,
following In tho Wako of last week's bliz
zard, delayed trains on nil roads entering
Chicago tonight. Street car trafllo was not
materially affected.
MILWAUKRB, Fob. 8. Freight trains aro
tied up tonight nnd passenger trains arc
lato on account of tho blizzard, which is
general in the northwest.
lury lu AV i nvcr Cni IllmnKreen.
GF.OROHTOWN, Ky Feb. S.-Tho Jury
lu tho ciiuo of Georgu F. Weaver, on trial
for perjury In connection with tho trial of
Caleb Powers, ono of the men Indicted for
the iissuHsluatlnii of William Goehel, was
iiuublo lo agrto upon a verdict inn! was
illHchiirsed.
Il.rllui In All Itlslit.
BHATTLH. Wash.. Keb, 8.-A i-ppclal to
the Times from Port Tmviihond suy.s; The
overdue steamer Hurtha urrlved !ier early
this morning and loft nt 8 o'clock lor
Seattle. It comes from western Alaska.
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for
Tomorrow.
Nebraska Fair Today uud
Tc in porn lure nt
Oinnliu Vmlerilnjt
Hour, Detf.
Hour,
Ut;t.
". n. m I:." I p. in IK
U II. I -I I! p. in HI
7 it. in -a ,- p. in jll
S II, II M I -I p. in IN
f II. in 'J I p. in IS
10 n. in Mi (I p. in 17
I ' ' ui 10 7 p. in IT,
I- in Ill S p. in 11
II i. m 11
J. J. BROWN PASSES TO REST
Another Oinnliu Pioneer IHpn After
nn IIIiipnn of but Short
lliirulloii.
J. J. Ilrown, one of Omaha's oldest and
most prominent citizens, died nt 2 o'clock
this morning, aged G!. Ho had been allng
for some little time, but wns not seriously
sick until within tho Inst dny or two.
No nrrangeincnts havo yet been mado for
the funeral.
BURLINGTON IN A COMBINE
I'rojeet for n Tleup lli tlir Xnrth
ei'ii I'ticllli! In SiiIiI to lie Alrend)
Uiulcr Wnj',
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. 8. Tho Pioneer
Press tomorrow will say: A railway project
which la now reported under wuy and which
Is likely to occupy tho attention of railway
lliipuclers for bpmo time, wits made publln
today. Tho scheme now planned or outlined
Indicates that tho Northern Paclllc nnd
Hurllngton, which now hnvo trackage ar
rangement covering several hundred miles
of territory, may bo consolidated, nnd It is
said that thu Great Northorn will bo In this
tiansconlliicntnl combine.
Thero Is unwarranted nctlvlty in Hurllng
ington Block, which can only be accounted
for upon tho theory of tho strengthened
position which tnls union would bring nbout.
,Tho Durllnglon now huuls Northern Pa
cific cars from Kansas City to Hillings.
Mont., and tho Northern Paciflo hauls Hur
llngton cars from Hillings to the Pacific
coast. The Interchange of business amounts
to a double road In one respect, for the
Hurllngton operates Its own solid passenger
trnlnii to Portbind. As outlined tho plan
contemplates tho amalgamation of tho two
roads as u matter of economy In operation
nnd as obviating the necessity of building
sovcral hundred miles of road to parallel
tho Northern Pacific, a proposition that has
been under consideration for three years
and which has been settled by tho directors.
Tho recent tendency to consolidate and es
pecially thu amalgamation of transcon
tinental lines has hastened tho promotion
of the Hurllngton-Northern Paciflo deal.
President Mellen of tho Northern Pacific
Is in Now York, whero ho will bo dolayed
for a week or more, nnd It Is said that when
ho completes a schemu upon which he is
now working ho will havo scored a point on
a rival that Is likely to cause both surpriso
uud consternntlon.
WINNER BRIDGE TO BE BUILT
IClltrillii'i- Into KiinniiM City for KnilftllN
V Aliunde uud Other IIoiiiIn,
In TiiIUciI Of.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8. Thomas P. Mor
row, uttomey for thu Knnsas City It At
lantic railroad, said today that tho Winner
hrldgu across tho Missouri river at this
point, projected and half complotod during
tho boom of twelve years ago, will bo com
pleted by that road. In addition, ho said,
tho railroad may possibly decido to buy n
now dopot nnd terminals, as originally
plnnncd,
Tho bridge will bo used, It is said, to
glvo entranco lo Kansas City to tho Chi
cngo &. Northwestern, tho Raltlmoro &
Ohio, Southwestern nnd other roads that
! have long been looking In this direction.
1 11 will also bo avnllabto for electric roadj
I from St. Joseph, Kxcclslor Springs, Llb
! erty and other towns across tho river from
KniiEns City.
A mortgago held on tho property by the
Massachusetts Loan and Trust company
was ordered closed on Wednesday last, hut
Stephen Crosby, president ot tho company,
hnld todny in a dispatch from Boston that
thu proceedings wero of a friendly naturo
and that tho affairs of tho Kansas City
& Atlantlo wore to bo reorganized with a
view to tho completion of the bridge The
roud will, It Is said, bid In tho property
when the salo ordered by the court Is held,
TO OCCUPY NEBRASKA FORTS
Tenth Iuliuil l'. , ,oiv III Culm, Ordered
Went uml Hecuiid llnltiillnu
Stationed In TIiIh State.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Tho War de
partment has Issued a general 'order desig
nating tho bcconil bnttalion of tho Tenth
Infantry, which regiment Is now In Cubi,
ns tho depot battalion of that regiment,
with stations as follows: Tho colonel's
staff band anil Company K at Fort Crook.
Company II at Fort Niobrara; Company F
nt Fort Robinson nud Company O at Fort
Mackenzie, Tho compnnles of tho Third
battalion, now nt thoso posts, and the lieu
tenant colonel nnd tho first battalion nro
ordered to tho Presidio of San Francisco,
whsro they will bo prepared for immedlato
scrvlco in tho Philippines Tho two actlvo
battalions will bo filled by transfers nnd
recruitments to the iraxlmum of ISO men
per compuny,
TINDER BOX
Down Town House of Street Bilnnj
Company Totally Destrojod.
MUCH ROLLING STOCK IS CONSUMED
Sixty Cars Go TJp Along irith Othir Contents
of Building-.
METHODIST HOSPITAL IN GRAVE JANGER
Proximity to the Roaring Furnaoe a Serious
Uenacs to Safety,
PANIC STARTS AMONG THE PATIENTS
Bedridden People Carried Through tbo Night
Air to Priralt Homes.
LOSS ESTIMATED BY COMPANY OFFICERS
One Hundred and Twinty-IiT Thouund
Dollars the Inside Figures.
THREE DOWN TOWN LINES INVOLVED
Service on l'nrnnin, llnruey nnil
Dodiie .Street AVI II lip Crippled nn
llrsult of Hie l'lrc of
I.ilftt .Mailt.
I.on on Ilullillntr, uir,ooo.
I, ink on ContentK, IIIO.IMIO to !(,( ICO.
liiNiirnuee, lf7.".0O0 to IIOO.OOII.
Lines Invol veil llnrney, Doditc and
I'liruiiin.
I'nrs Destroyed Sixty.
Iliillillnur llreeled INS7.
lllNiuiiuttcil un Cuttle I'iMTcrhousr
j stir..
M ii ell I n ery It r moved 181)7.
Probability of HeliiillillliR Iteiuolp.
Flro wrought havoc with tho Omaha
Street Railway company last night nnd sim
ultaneously created wild panic at tho Meth
odist hospital, which btnuds adjoining the
sceno of thu ronllngratlon.
Tho building nt Twentieth nnd Harney
streets occupied us general olllco head
quarters and storngo barn for tho Harney,
Fnrnnm and Dodgo street lines, Is lu rulti3.
Only tho walls aro lqft and they nro crum
bled to tho vergo of collapse.
Tho alarm was sounded nt 11:15 o'clock.
It wns a fierce blaze. Almost from tho be
ginning It was apparent that tho building
with lis contents was doomed.
Prompt work of tho .firemen prevented
tho flames from Inking hold upon tho Mcth
odlBt hospital a shell-llko framo structure
less than 200 feet south of tho railway
building.
At one tlmo it appeared ecrtnln that the
hojpltal would to md it thirty-four pa
tients wero hurried out Into tho crisp mid
night nlr. Mnny of them wero unnblo to
walk and these wero carried to places of
safety In tho neighborhood.
Tliat touch of pity which makes tho wholo
world klu caused tho doors of neighbor
ing houses to swing open ami thoro was
no dlinculty In obtaining temporary shel
ter. Tho rcsldcnco of John Austin, 607
South Twentieth street, being tho most
convenient, wns used moro generally thnn
any of tho others.
AVhore the lllnxe llruun.
According lo tho most nuthnntlc In
formation obtnlnablo last night, tho flro
originated from electrical defects In a
Dodgo street car, which wns temporarily
stored for repairs lu tho southeast corner
of tho building nnd upon which tho elec
tricians hnd bren working. Daniel Mill
enhoy, night assistant flrcinnn, wns lr
chnrgo when tho flro broko out. A nurso
watching by tho bodsldo of a feVor pa
tient in tho Gccond story of tho hospital
adjoining saw Iho flames about tbo Bamo
time thut Mulcnhey mado tho discovery
and tho two ularnis wero sent in almost
simultaneously.
Then started tho '.vork ot removing tho
patients from tho hospital, for tho fierce
matincr lu which tho biazo nto Its way Into
tho Interior of tho railway structuro
warned tho watching nurso that thero was
to bo moro than an ordinary flro.
(eiicritl Aliirni Sounded.
As soon as tho gravity of tho situation
was manifest a general alarm wos sounded.
Tho entlro neighborhood for blocks around
wiis aroused and several thousand men,
women nnd children gazed upon tho thrill
ing scene. Some crowded ns rloso to tho
flro lino ns tho pollen would permit, whllo
others stood upon adjneont hilltops nnd
looked down from tholr point of vantnge.
Tho surrounding territory wns Illumined
bright as day for many blocks and tcle
phono messages from Council Illuffs aud
South Omnha Indlcnted that tho flames wero
vlslblo oven at that dlstuncc.
It required but a few moments for tho ex
perienced eye of a fireman to discern that
thero was no hopo of saving the street
railway building, so tho principal efforts
wero directed first to provontlng tho flro
from eating Into tho hospital and next to
saving ns much as possible of tho contents
ot tho carhouso.
Over In Tvo lloitrs.
At 1:30 o'clock tho flames wero prnctlc
nlly subdued, though fitful blazes spluttered
hero nnd thero umong thu ruins nnd ull tho
steamers and a dozen lines of hoso woro
still bolng used. Tho west and north walls
wero left Intact, with tho exception of win
dows and doors, all of which wero de
stroyed, whllo the south and east wiilli
wero In had condition. Tho greater part o:
tho second-story wnlls on these two sides
fell In, ns did tho roof and moBt of Iho
upper floor. When thu wall on thu east
collapsed tho firemen of Knglno company
No, 1 wero compelled to abandon ono of
their Hues,' with a nozzlo anil about 100
feet of hoso, which wcrq buried beneath
tho debris. Lieutenant Cuff of tho com
puny was hit by somo of tho flying bricks,
but not seriously injured. No other uccl
dents occurred.
SMITH ESTIMATES THE LOSS
General .MuniiKer Gltm 111 Idea of
YVIiut tho Fire Cunt I hi;
Coin puny.
General Manngor Bmlth and General Su
perintendent Tucker of tho company wero
on tho ground during thu progross of tho
flro. They wero unable to do moro thnn
look on, beyond giving Chlot Rcdoll somo
needed Information concerning tho Interior
of tho building. Genornl Munagor Smith
said to a Hco reporter;
"I am unnblo to tell exactly the loss
we have Incurred, It Is Imposslblo to say
Just what cars were In tho building, nnd so
I could give no definite Information on that
I