The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUINE 1871.
(XMAIIA, WEDNESDAY aiOHXIXG, JANUARY 1, 1002- TWELVE PAGES.
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OMAHA GR0WSvrE
LMt Yinr Ont f ! Priiperilj u.
INCREASED BUSINESS IN ALL LINES
Hi Brink if Tradt tr Induitrj bit Felt
th. Uplift.
FIGURES TELL TALE OF YEAR'S GROWTH
Dittllii hfotmtii ii All f th Moat
Batiifaotorj t.
TROSPERITY SHOWN IN BPIGHT COLORS
V'.pry .Miiterlul Intcrct of City
Minim a DUtlnct Ailvnnec Dur
liiB 1001 nn C'oiupureil
with 1U00.
Hunk cleiirliiK, 1001 . . . . :ta,()-l3,tlHS
Incrcime over 1000
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IIiiIIiIIiik permit 1001..
::to,aoo
Inurcnnc nvrr 1000......
Ileal KlMle nnlm, 1001..
Itenl Kktutc iiinrtKiiKc"
l'llcil liMH
Itenl Kntnte jnnrtKUKcii
rcleti:il 1001
C'npltnl InveMcil In neiv
fiictor(en( 1000
Number! of hnniln rm-
lilnyeil In nrw fuctorlc
Ker jiilililiiK Iiuukcn mldcil
dnrlutcl 1001
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umana con look buck on tho year 1101
witn consinorablo complacency. While no Tho commltteo of tho United States sen
colossal iifrldcs wore modo In any dlroc- ators Included Senators' Koan, Hawley,
tlon. the ttcady growth In all lines of busl- Pioctor, Ilurrows, Warren, Scott, Quarlci,
" nn io continued development of tho
material interests ot tho city wcro-such
as ucnoioik healthy activity.
jouoemBavo uxtendert thnlr territory,
manuracuwies havo lncreuaed their plants,
rotallcrs Hive been busy, and every artery
oi commijfciai or industrial cntorpriso
nan puisnitd tun and strong with the nro
ot a great city. Nearly a million and a
half ol (mllars wcro expended In building
during tliyuur, and almost the entlro sum
was InvrMed In liomcn. In this respect tho
year-Ktr unique and satisfactory. Tho
yeir preceding had witnessed tho erection
of numeral pretentious buildings In tho Job
district, great structures to huuso
At enterprises, and so located as to
t tho greatest showing for tno growth
tho city. Tho lust year has nothing,
'radically, of this sort. Tho building
operations wero carried on quietly but
steadily, and to review the results one
'must visit every quarter ot umana. ro
particular section was favored, but all
prospered nimo. An increase ot juu.vuu
In tho total cost ot uuuuings over mo year
1900 Is a fair indication of tho activity in
this lino. '
Mnuiifiiclnrlnnr unil Jobbing.
V 1- 'JiMMI rnnllnl TBI lnvmtili: In
ew manufacturing Venturis In Omaha dur-
ing tho yenr and quite aa much more was
added to the capital of nstabllshoi cntor-
..i. Thn in.inMlnn In this direction has
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V. -mn I lu tHn fnttf nnnn . ronll-n lln 1
.ri-nt. Nonrlv 6o names nro on tho nay
-.iiu ,.f n, ..; feinrie nml mor than COO
Ibavo beeu added to the pay rolls of tho
old, so that New Yoar'n day finds almost
1,200 more people In Omaha diawlng pay
' m i i I
reguluriy irom ninnuuiciunnj; ciuurprmva
than did New Year's one year ago. It Is
tho pay roll that really marks tho pros-
porlty of a community. To add a thousand
names to the roster of those engaged In
manufacturing means to ndd at IcnBt half
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that many to tho rosier or tnoso who servo
In other lines. No effort has been made to
obtain accurate figures on this point, but It
is safo to assume that at least a million
dollarn has boon added to tho Omaha pay
rolls during tho year. It Is tho "dinner pall
brigade" that makes a city and Omaha
-vtitchcs with prldo tho swelling ranks ot
the army of wngo workers.
In the wholesale district the growth ol
h- , mni .mufneinrv. Nnw nrm-
handling staplo lines opened tholr doors to identified with the Commercial club of that
the trade 'of the west nnd established city camo hero this morning to Inspect Con
houses extended their operations Into new vontltm hall and acau ro Information to be
.-..i.,. vmm .!, ,o,.i inKe n ihn uod In connection with a public auditorium
Pacific-even to the islands beyond-and
frnm AlA.UrL In h Isthmus Omaha sells
-n ThA nrmv nf trnvaitnir unieamnn
ih .n.1.1.1 nf ivin
" ",, . ' " .nr.r wn .
Con,- v .h nriHItlnn of mnnv new
A..r. mm n,i there l. nnt nnw n
tato or territory In the west from the
lakes to tho ocrn that U not regularly
vlslteil by the roprchentatlvcs ot Omaha
,,.vu. i.i. .,i,.i hni,.. m,i.
mr nf t.u.inM. for
1001 as compared with 1900.
II nil i:tiitf nml l.onnn.
liiirlnc the carlv months of the year thero
was a fairly acttvo movement of real estate.
but tho spurt was soon over and trans-
actions during tho last six months have
been quite limited. This Is accounted for
Dy real esiaio men on me grounu inav ui
present prices and under existing conditions
owners can better afford to hold their prop
erty thun suli. Ilcntnl rates havu been
uniformly maintained and the Income from
Improved real estnto has been sternly and
satisfactory, whllo tho unimproved real es-
tato la constantly Increasing In vnlue. A
most encouraging sign of the times Is found
In tho record of real estate mortgages, the
number and vnlue at loans paid oft being
greatly In exces nf tho number nnd vnluo
of Incumbrance ussumcd. From tho sher-
Iff's oflk-e comes the complaint that thero
are so few foreclosure sultH that part of
tho ollke force will bo dispensed with dur-
Ing the coming year, lux collections bavo
been prompt and In excess of 19(H), showing
that monoy Is plentiful and that owner
desire to protect their property holdings.
In thfso facts thero Is much of comfort
to mono who nave pinntu tucir laun to
Omaha's future
In all othei wsonlln) Itenw the record
pf tho year Just ended 1b. most satisfactory.
Crlr.io tins bioti Icvs nud tho grind of the
courln has run lower. Thoro wero more
llres and the tiro louses wcro heavier than
ilnrlnir 1SC0. Ulriiin nnd deaths wore fewer
In 1901 than lu WOO. but tho number who
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eninn Into the world waH lu exresK uf those
Mho dopartcd. lliiukiug operations show r
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,U1C. nv i.m,r ,
rigcregate fur the year being consldorJbly
In xccsa of $1,000,000 a day. No disastrous
failures occurred lu any line of business,
From South Omaha comctt the same 'o d
story of iiitlvlty In oven- bunch of tbo
meat packing Industry
aiTniiinaiivdiK rron ' failure Is In a lariro
mcamro responlldo for tho slight decrease
in fatile rwelpts. iioin hog and sheey
recclpta show a large gain over tho yoan
l.efor-. nnd the nutnut of the naklnc houses
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for N-brnska Fnlr Wrdnedny
and Probably Thursday: Southerly Winds,
incoming Nurtliw'1-.iterly.
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HONORS TO SENATOR SEWELL
llllll)' VlfMCll ll)' TllUUMlllllfl
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llurlnr In .Miulc with .Mlll
tiiry Ceremony.
CAMDEN, N. J., Doc. 31. Tho funeral of
the Into United Stntcs Senntor William
Jnven Sewpll tftrtlf ritnen tndnV from the
scwoll mansion In thin city. From 10 to
11 o'clock tho public wns permitted to vlow
tho tody and thousands passed around thy
blor. Tho services were conducted liy
lllshop John Scarborough of tho Protestant
HplBCopal dloccso of New Jersey, assisted
by Itcv. It. A. Roderick of this city. At
tho conclusion of- tho services threo acr-
gcans from tho Third regiment and battery
of tho National Guard of New Jcr-
sey carried the casket to a caisson
provided by tho W
k'ar department, ond tho
cortrgo proceeded to Harlclgh cemetery,
whero tho body was burled with military
cert-muiiy.
AmonK the honorary pan hearers wcro
Hecretury or war Hoot, Adjutant ucnorai
Corbln, Governor Voorh'rcs, (lovcrnor-clcct
.Munihy. ex-Unlt:d States Attorney Oeucral
(jrKKRi a. J. CnsBatt, president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, and
Clement A. Orlscom, president of tho In
tcrnatlonal Navigation company,
I AH nt thn pnnnlv nml rltv nfllr-pft nml tnnat
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cit trwi iinmnenft nntme-i wprp cmseri irnm
nnnn unm 1 nvtnw
Date, Cockroll, I'ettus, Harris, Fostor, Cul
0m, Aldrlch, I'cnroso, Klklns and Turner,
Tho house commltteo wan composed of
tho New Jersov deleaatlon.
All of tho county and city olllces and
mni nt th )im,inn hmmpa vxrn rirwnd
from n0on until l o'clock
FORAKER SCORES A VICTORY
.Secure 1'lrilKP (if Tto Toleiln Men
to Support Illi I'm-
Krnm
CINCINNATI. Dec. 31. Tho flcht between
tho Hanna and Forakor factions for con
trpl of tho Ohio legislature became acute
in Cincinnati today, when It became known
thftt two Toledo members of tho houso wcro
hero In conferenco with Senator Koraker,
They wore followed to tho city by tho
chairman of the, central commltteo at To-
e,j0 nna nepresontatlvo'Doraath of Toledo,
j,ot, Hanna men
Tho result of tho day's conference was
a p0rakcr victory in thai tho two Toledo
men who first arrived gave tholr pledge to
support tho Foraker progrnm. At a meet
lu5 uc. JK-um mi viuntj 'jeri;.MUv-
"'Kt tho three senatoro and the ten rop
"uu"'u, uu"uiiuuiy i" bu.uuh
tho -'oiakor candidates.
A statement was given out that tho pend-
In. Minlit.l 1 1 ' n r nn. nnn hatnrnnn O.nnln.u
-vj,, . " ".i mwv uvi.nubu uvmu.w.o
Foraker and Hunna themselves for su
promacy lu Ohio, that tho party would not
rixoKiie u.u coiuesi mcuonai anu w
"o iiamuiou couiuy memocrs wnuiu give
respectful nttcntlon to tho advlco of the
lnr.ul rnultllenn nrirnnlanHnn In whlnli
- r.
unwuiauuy ruuu0iiueu uo
tho dominating Inllucnco. Mr. Cox said to-
"'k Hio present trouble was "due to tale-
larlnK gossips, not to any leaders, and
uovo " "earing in
fiit.ifa nrvnlrtot nnunnn '
,wuv,
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QET IDEAS FROM AUDITORIUM
ttiiiulin Ilelrsiilen Inxper.t Kiiiihiik city
Convention Hull nml Study
I "ii nil HnliiliiK.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 31. (Special Tele-
gram.) A party of Omaha business men
"lc" Omaha Propose, to build. In the
I'y wero j. u. un. u. u. uonra, m. r,
Funkhouser and C. O. Poarsc.
"Wo Intend to build a convention hall to
cost about $225,000," said Mr. Kunkhouscr,
""" re out on a tour of Inspection gath-
"ring Ideas. Wo wore at St. Umls yoBter
vjsjtcd all Its largo halls with a
tBiH uii.u ..uu u8
H01- , ,
The visitors wero tho guests of Sfcro
tary E. M. Clcndonlng of tho Commercial
cub tlhl,91 mo",lnK al"1 wer" ,,,10wn onven
tlon hall. They expressed surprise at Its
creatncM and many good qualities. The
manner of raising funds as originated by
Kansas City was also Investigated. Tho
visitors leit ror umaua at noon.
STRANGE TRAGEDY IN HOTEL
i
I Vouni? Woninn Demi nml Mmi IlnUl
Wounded round In
Ilunm.
ST. I-OU1S, Dec. 31. When the police
tonight forced In tho door of a room In
the (lould hotel they found the Inanimate
body of a young woninn, subsequently Identl
(led ns l'eitrl Sutton of Jersvyvllle, 111,
lying on tho btd and near It Charles II
Ilnlcomb of Corsicona, Tex., fatally
wounded. Tho Sutton woman had been
struck on tho hoad with u sharp liietru-
mcnt, evidently a hatchet, nnd Ilolcomb
was ruft'crlng from bullet wounds. The
pollro havo been unable (o unravel tho
mystery surrounding tho tragedy.
Ilolcomb. who was In n comatcse condl
Hon, whispered: "I did not shoot myself,
n don't know who tsbot mo or tho girl."
No ono known when the couple entered
Jlolcomb's room, but It Ib supposed to have
I been rarly Monday morning.
Movement ttt Ocenn Vecli Dee. .11.
,t New Yorls-Snlled; Celtic, for Mver
nook FtirneHsla. fur Oliisuuw.
, A J'l!,,fArr!x:fA'v ,'ll.,.nl,,lftl1. fro
I inirpuiu, lur rn, uuiiii.' . u,
i i:H,,i.r v u w v r.,i.,...i . ci...
from San Vrnuclsco via Honolulu aiiii
Aurkland.
At Astoria. Ore-Arrived i liarUontln-
ivuileld, from Ismiuu. Sailed: Unrka Fife-
wlilro nml I.nMorlclere, for QueenHtnwn;
''vokoTiaVna-Arrlved: . Olenshill, (mm
Tunimn nml Seattle, for ilnncr Rnni.
,,Ip15. l':T.!'pt,H....of Jal,a. from Hong
I tie. for Yokohama.
rKV?ari?tvt Xorit '' 1n,alln' from Hnm
A ghunKhal-Satled: aienfurg. from Ti.
eomn. for Ixmdon.
. At St. Vincent. C. . -Sailed: Qlenlqgan.
rrom lucomn. lor nun.
At lloner Kong Balled: Glen Ho v.. from
Tacomui for London via Sues.
DISSECTS IltlilCiTIOS BILL
Coicmin-Btaik Thiuki It "Will Fiid
. Nebruka Etitila.
ALLEGED DEFECTS MAY MEAN DEFEAT
VII tlir 1'iilntx .Unite Aunlti-t Mule
UuRlnerrs' Hill Arc llcl.l 1 lllm
to K.ilm In CiinipruiiilKe
Mcimuro.
(From a Stuff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Doc. 31. (Special Tele
gram.) Congrcesman Sturk today addressed
u letter to Congressman Newlands, secre
tary of tho congressional committee having
In charge the preparation of tho Irrigation
bill, which Is Interesting as It materially
affects Nebrtska's Interest In the pending
irrigation legislation. In tho letter tho con
gressman from the Fourth district says
section nine, ns nt present set forth In tho
bill Introduced na tho Joint work of the
commltteo, should be amended so as to
reads "That the right to tho use of the
water acquired under the provisions of this
act shall be perpetual nnd that the bene
ficial use shall bo the basis of the measure
and tho limit of right, provided that tho
stato ond territorial laws Bhall goorn nnd
control tho appropriation, tho use nnd tbo
distribution of the overflow waters ren
dered available by tho works, constructed
under the provisions of this net." Continu
ing, he says: "There Is now a conflict In
tho stntcs and territories named in tho pro
posed bill between tho right of approprln
tlon nnd tho riparian right. I believe that
In Colorado, Wyoming. Montana, Idaho,
Utah, Nevada and the tcmllorit of New
Mexico and Arizona the rlparlnn rights
havo been abrogated. In Nebraskn, Cali
fornia, Wnshlngton, Oregon nnd tho two
Dakotns the common law doctrine of rl
parlan rights ha been favored by the
courts of last resort.
IUlinrlnu Illxtitn In XehrnnUn.
"When congress In 1S66 passed what Is
known as tho nrld land act Nebraska was a
territory with consldernblo arid and semi
nrld land In the weotcrn part. It was
thought that with the passage of that net,
together with tho further fact that tho ter
ritory of Nebraska was never under the do
minion of Great Urltnln, tho common law
of England, tho doctrlno of rlpnrlan rights,
did not apply. Soon after Nebraska was
admitted Into tho union there grew up n
sentiment In favor of water grist mills, but
capital was not available because there was
no guarantco of. rlparlnn rights. Tho legls
latum then passed an net In substnnco that
tho law of Engkind should apply when not
Inconsistent with the statutes and InBtltu
Hons of the country. Englnnd has a humid
climate and the question thero has been for
tlmo out of mind not how to snvo water,
but how to got rid of It. Tho maxim,
Water rutin and let it run,' without dim
inution or nltorntion. may bo all right as
applied to England, but tho Mexican maxim,
'Water Irrigates and let It Irrigate,' Is the
ono for general application In tho north
west.
"riioVufirtiHO' eflurt of Nebraska has ap
proved tho common law rule of riparian
ownership, that a stream must flow un
diminished In volumo as It Is wont to do
from tlmo immemorial, but sustaining an
injunction against tho maintenance of n
dam across a flowing Rtrenm for tho pur
poses of Irrigation nnd thereby diverting
water from a mtllpond. I express no opin
ion as to tho wisdom ot this decision In
so declaring tho law of the land. Tho
thing I am, concerned with Is tho effect.
I'olnt Out I'oHAllile Defect.
In wctlon 7 of the proposed bill, f water
should bo provided from a flowing stream
and n wnter right Hold and tho location
bo In a riparian state, nn Injunction would
defeat the right If thero was a water mill
Involved. I simply point out what seem
to me to bo defects, that lay tho founda
tlon for an argument thnt may defeat tho
wholo mcnBure. . To my mind, ns tho pro
posed bill now stands, 'all the points can
bo made against it, in Nebraska nt leaBt,
that can bo made against the stato en
glneers' bill." ,
Weekly newspapers In Nebraska havo
been greatly exercised recently over tho
alleged decision- of Assistant Tostmaster
General Madden prohibiting newspapers In
New York stato from sending "dead" news
papers through the malls, In other words
newspapers not paid for. Inquiry nt tho
Postofflco department shows that weekly
newspapers can continue to send papers
through the malls as formerly, tho par
tlcular ruling being mndo against news
papers that bad no bona fldo circulation
but wero using names from directories In
cities in order to interest tho public In
advertising schemes.
Clinnur lu I.nnil Iiennen.
Efforts aro being mndo by tho cnmmls
sloner of Indian adalrs to secure tho con
sent of the Indians on the Sioux reaorva
Hons In South Dakota for a change In th
method of leasing lands for grazing pur
poses. Authority has Just been granted
tor tho leasing of grazing lands by tho
acre on tbo Cheyenne river and Standing
Hock ngenclcs. instead of charging so much
per head, as Is tho present custom. Th
policy of leasing by tho Here Is regarded
as more desirable by tho Indian ofllclal
and has been conducted with much profit
In tho southwest. So fnr tho plan hn
only been approved Jn South Dakota by
tho Indians living on tho agencies abov
named
Negotiations aro to bo Inaugurated with
tho Ilo.iebuds with a view to having them
I adopt tho new regulations. A special agent
of the Indfan nfilco will soon nn sent t
tho ItQscbud reservation to make an In
vcstigatlon as to the (eaclblllty of estnb
Ushlng storage reservoirs at certain points
within tho reservation. These it Is pro
poBcd In utilize us reservoirs for stock
Tbo project contemplated Is quite nu ex
tensive one, If It Is adopted It Is pro
posed to utlllzo Indian labor In its con
structlon.
KILLS BOY, ASSAULTS GIR
I'rriietrulor nf Crimen Ik llclnu
llii:iteit by l'ntlrr Force
of Pollen.
DENVER, Dec. 31. At 0 o'clock to
night an unknown man attacked Harold
Frlcdborn, aged 15, and Florence, his sister,
aged 16, whllo they wero skating nn a small
pond near their home In Norlh Denver, Tha
boy was struck on the head with en nx and
Instantly killed. The girl was then as
saulted. Some time later she recovered
consciousness and reached her home,
Tho pollco wcro notified, aud the entire
force Is now searching for the murderer.
Thu girl gnvo a fair description of the man.
She' says she bit his finger severely and tho
police hnpo this may aid them to appro
bend blm.
TRIES TO EXTERMINATE FAMILY
leHcler AfPlilrnlnllr Mi""! t lrrK,
Heroine Crn.eil nml lliitleuvnr In
Kill Wife nml Children.
TUIlNEIt'S FALLS, Mass., 'Dec. 31. Louis
Illtzer n Jeweler of this place, today shot
five pel sons, two of whom, his clerk. Miss
Ida Cnlumbc, nnd his C-ycar-old sou, nrc
cad. Tho others nro his wife nnd two
daughters. It Is thought they will not die.
There Is evidence Hint It was Ultzer's pur-
pose also to take his own life, but his ar
rest apparently prevented him from tarry
ing out this purpose. Ho Is about thirty
five years of age. From a note left In h's
Moro by Illtzer It appears that while ho ji
leaning his revolver the we-ipou was dis
harged accidentally and the bullet hit Mlsa
Columbe In tho head, killing her Instantly.
Overcome by the situation, illtzer nppar-
ntly rushed -to his borne, h.uless ond wild
lth excitement nnd began tho work of ex
terminating his family.
The little boy, 111 In bed with the measles,
was shot nnd Killed, rno ns-ycnr-om
nughter. Annie, was wounded through the
hand and In the car. Tho 12-year-old
aughter, Carrie, was shot through tho
neck. Mrs. Illtzer was hit In tho face, the
bullet nnsslnir through the nose. Tho sound
of tho shots brought neighbors Into the
bouse nnd Illlzor was arrested.
Tho police believe that Illtzer Is insane.
The note which they found In his storo
after affnlr was almost an Incoherent Jum
ble of words. After telling of the shooting
f Miss Columbe, Illtzer wrote that he had
ctcrmlncd to end the lives of his family
and his own. Ho asked that at his funeral
the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee," be
sung. Substantially the Rame story wns
told by Illtzer after his arrest.
DETECTIVES RECOVER JEWELS
Ufflcrra fnr The)- llnve round the
Thirty Thuunninl Dnllurn
uf .Stolen Treasure.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. It was nude known
nt thb detective bureau this afternoon that
$30,000 worth of Jewelry stolen from Paul
Thebaud had been recovered. Detective
Captain Titus said bo bad learned that on
Sunday, Kern, tho vnlet, had called on n
man who worked for a pawnbroker In this
city, nnd had shown the Jewelry, saying that
he wanted to get $1,500 on tho Jewels.
This mnu took Kern to his employer,
whero Kern put down tho Jewelry. The
pawnbroker told blm to como to his place
tho next day nnd get tho money. Kern
said It was a matter of Ufa or death, as he
had to have tho money, nnd the pawnbroker
gavo him $700, telling him to como tho next
lay and get tho balance, tSOO, nnd tho
ticket for the articles. He did not come
back.
In making public the list ot articles re
covered Captain Titus said that most of
the goods were found In tho pawnshop, tho
location of which or tho nnmo of tho pro
prietor ho refused to make public, anil that
tho remainder wns found In Kern's satchel,
found In a hotel In this city. Among tho
ewels recovered wns a pcar-shaped diamond
pendant valued at $?0,000.
RECOMMENDS OFgM TRADE
Wnr Dcpnrtment IJrulren Krce Com
merce Ilettvceit L'nlted Mlnle nml
IfilniitlN by I'orelmt Venxeln.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. If congress fol
lows tho recommendation of the War de
partment commerce between tho United
States and tho"Phlllpplno Islands and among
the Islands themselves will bo thrown open
to forolgn bottoms for nn lndcflnlto time.
Already there Is pending In tho houso legis
lation looking to the exemption of the tariff
between tho Philippines and tho United
States from tho operation of tbo coastwise
shipping laws which requires all trade bo-
twecn United States ports to bo carried In
American bottoms. At tho instance ot thu
Wnr department this measure will be
amended bo as to place tho Inter-Island
tariff on tbo samo footing. Meanwhile,
pending the action by congress, tho treasury
will continue the order suspending the ap
plication of tho coastwise shipping luws
to Philippines commerce.
WORD FROM GERMAN MEAT LAW
Hints Department Itecelven Tclenrnni
StntliiK Committee In t.'oimliler
I ii If InMpeetlou I.oenllt lex.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. The 8tato de
partment hns mado public a telegram dated
December 23 from United States Ambassa
dor White at Uerlln, stating that a! com
mittee of tho Uundesrath has begun to con-
older a list of localities for tho examination
and admission of meat according to section
13 of the new meat Inspection law. It Is
probable that this part of tho law will not
go lntq elfect for somo time, It la stated,
though ns yet no spoclflc Information Is ob
tainable. REELECT DR. HERZL PRESIDENT
ZIonlntN Conclude Their Convention
by SelectiiiK Olllecrs for the
Yenr.
HASI.H, Dec. 31. Before adjourning to
day tho Zlonls't congress elected a now ex
ecutive commltteo consisting of forty-five
members. Dr. Theodore Herzl ot Vienna,
founder of the Zionist movement, was re
elected president. Ilabbi Gustav Gotthell
of New York, H. J. Wlso of Portland, Itev.
Dr. Shaffer of Uultlmcrc, Perelra Mcnduz
of Chicago and Rev. Dr. Sarasohn of New
York roprtaent the United States, Rev.
Dr. Desoln of Montreal is the Canadian rep
rtscntnflve on the committee.
DEATH IN LEMON EXTRACT
Fill-me i- llrlnkn ConlentH nf Klithl
i'no-Ouiiee ItntlleM null
Succumb.
SANFORD, lnd., Dec. 31. An the result
of drinking eight two-ounce bottles of
lemon extract William, King, a farmer who
lived southeast of Paris, died Inst night, don might bo based. When pressed' to
Coroner Roberts hold, an Inquest, recom-1 mako public those conditions tbo goornor
mending that tho grand Jury Investigate declined to take the people into hU t-on-and
prosecute merchants soiling extract i fidon'ce. It was learned, however, thnt
for drinking, this being the fifth death
the kind to occur In this vicinity recently,
FOUR YOUNG MEN ARE HELD
Ilnrvey lli-uen unit Van 'VHrmer Horn
Churned vtilh First De
li ree .Murder.
HUDSON, N. Y Dec. 31. The coroner
today concluded tho taking of testimony In
tho case of Peter Hallenbeck, who was
murdered In his homo Christmas eve. The
verdict holds tho four youths, Harvey Uruce
nnd three Van Warmer brothers, on a
chargo of i&jfirdcr In the first degree.
HARTLEY FINALLY GETS A I
STORY OF BARTLET'S CRIME
Why I Wm CoaTioted id SmUsctd t
Priioa fir Twntj Yiars,
THOUSANDS OF STATE FUNDS MISSING
Four Venro nf Ser lee ni Slnte Trrn
tirer IJniN In Minrtnue, Kitenl of
Which It ot Vet Ui
lulilKlieil. Joseph Si Uartloy was convicted on June
21, lisl'7, of embezzling something moru
thnu $150,01)0 of stato funds, which, had
been entrusted to his jcaro ns sttito treas
urer. Ho was sentenced two days later to
servo twenty years In thu penitentiary uud
to pay a line of $303,708.90, being double
the amount of which ho was convicted of
embezzling. It was this sentence that was
commuted by Governor Savage.
Uartloy was elected stato treasurer of
Nebraska on the icpubllcnii ticket In 1S02.
In Januury, 1S93, he took his olllce, sue-
cccdlng John E. Hill. In 1S94 Uurtley was tenced in 197 to twenty yonrs imprison
re.olceled anil In 1S97. when hu was sue- mcnt for the embezzlement of public funds,
.cccdcd by John II. Meuet ve, the fart that i
he wns short In his accounts become pub- ! u tree mnu. L,ate tins aiternoon nis sen
ile. Ho failed to account for several hun-! tence was commuted to flvo years, seven
drcd thousand dollars of state fuuds nnd months and eight dnys, which term expired
hns not yet given nny satisfactory account today, and nt 7 o'clock tonight tho ninclnl
of tho disposition of thu missing money. ;
Vnrlous amounts havo been named as rep-
resenting tho total of his shortage, but It
Is bollovcd to bo In tho neighborhood of
$600,000.
Arrenteil nml Coin lelcil.
When tho shortage was discovered Hart
ley evaded arrest on various pretexts, but
finally, on April 29, 1897, ho was arrested
In Omaha on a charge of embezzlement and
arraigned In tho police court. Ho waived
examination nnd was held for trial before
tho' district court. On Juno S he was
brought beforo Judge II. S. Uakcr, who wns
then, iih now, presiding over the criminal
docket lu tho Douglas county district court.
Howard H. Ualdrlgo was prosecuting at
torney and wob assisted by C. J. Smyth,
then nttorney general of the stuto. Hartley
was defended by some of thu nblrst law
yers in Nobraska, and every point In (ho
enso was fought with nil persistence and
determination as well ns tho skill and
llnctaj of brilliant legal minds.
Fourteen dnys wero consumed in tho pre
sentation of tho evldcnco and nrguments,
nnd finally tho case was given to tbo Jury
on June 22. Two days later n verdict of
guilty wns returned and on Juno 26, 1S97,
Tlnrtloy was brought before Judge Hakcr
ami sentence wns pronounced cn him. Ills
bond for nppoaranco 1n tho district court
wns dUmlsecd and ha was confined In tho
Douglas county Jail. His attorneys ap
pealed bis case to tho eupreme court and
asked tho Justices to tlx ball In order that
ho might bo nt liberty pending the flnnl
adjudication nf his case. Hall was fixed nt
IWIi.OGO by the Juultct uf thu supreme
court, an amount Hartley was unable to
raise, although most Btrcnuous efforts were
mndo to secure tho amount. At ono time
nn nttcmpt waH mado to purchnvo ball by
promising a premium to thu sureties, but
even this did not avail.
It was moro than a year after his con
viction beforo the supremo court passed
upon his appeal. When tho decision camo
It uphold tho verdict nnd tentenco reached
In tho trial court. On July 6,'lS98, Unrt
loy wns tnken from tho Douglas rounty
Jail to enter upon his term of penal servi
tude at tbo penitentiary nt Lincoln.
HiinIn ot Illy Conviction.
For a tlmu after ho entered tho peniten
tiary efforts (p enable him to eacnpo pun
Ihhinent were apparently dropped. Atten
tion was then diverted to tho efforts of the
stnto to collect from tho sureties on Hart
ley's ofllclal bond and from others n por
tion nt least of tho money ho had seques
trated. Tho Item for the embezzlement ot
which ho was convicted consisted of part
of a warraut ordered drawn by the legisla
ture to rolmburso tho permanent school
fund of the state for a loss cmstolncd
through tho falluro lu 1S93 ot the Capital
National bank of Lincoln, of which C. II.
Mosher was president. Tho money .had
been placed In Mosher's bank by State
Treasurer Hill, who turned over certificates
of deposit to his successor, Hartley, who
accepted them as cash. It wns Hartley's
action In checking out largo ums that pre
cipitated tho falluro of thu Capital Na
tional bank. At thnt tlmo there was on
deposit tbero nearly $250,000 ot state money,
of which $180,000 lu round numbers be
longed to tho permanent school fund. At
the session of 1895 tho legislature. ordered
a warrant drawn to rolmbureo the perma
nent nchool fuud. Hartley drew the war
runt, but Instead nf turning the monoy
over to tho school fund, ho sold tho war
rant through nn Omaha bank to a New York
bank. This was In April, 1895. Just before
retiring from office in tho fall of 1896 tho
New York bank sent the warrant 'bad: to
tho Omaha bank for collection. Hartley de
posited stato money until he had accumu
lated a sum sufficient to tako up tho war
rant, which, with interest, nmountcM to
more than $200,000, and then drow a check
for tho amount. So far no Information of
tho disposition of tho proceeds of the orig
inal sulo of thu warrant has been made pun
He. This "was only a portion of nartloy's
defalcation, but It was sufficient to Keuuru
his conviction.
MrYorlM lu Secure llli I'nrilnn.
Uartley had not been In prison a groat
while bofore it became known that lib
friends wcro nctlvo in trying to secure
his pardon. Almost two years ago peti
tions asking for his pardon wero openly
circulated, and tho matter was more or
IrsB freely discussed. Soma papers, notably
the Omaha World-Herald, advocated giv
ing Hartley his freedom. The matter did
not assume a serious phase until July 13,
1901, when Governor Savngo startled tho
Htato by granting a parole, limited to
I Kixty days, at tho same tlmo hinting at
conditions on which a free and full par
ofnartlej bad made no promises whatever,
although tho governor explained that ho
thought ho could Induce tho parolud" con
vict to make at least partial restitution.
When tho republican convention met at
Lincoln In August It adopted a resolution
demandiug Hartley's return to prison. Gov
ernor Savago appeared boforo thu conven
tion nnd undertook to defend his course,
alleging his hope ,of recovering nt least a
prfrt of tho money flora Hartley. His weak
excuses had no effect cn tho convention,
which adopted tho resolutions by an over'
whelming vote. In response to tho con
vention's demand tho governor revokedhls.
(.Continued on Second Page.)'
Governor Savage Commutt
mainder of His Tw
CRIME CONDONED BY TH
Lengthy Explanation Offered
Exhibition of Misapplication
Specious Pleading in Behalf of th
vjeted of Looting the
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Dec. 31. (Special Telegram.)
Former Trcnsurer Joseph H. Hartley, sen-
tonight walked out of tho atnte ponltentinry
discharge, signed by the governor, was de
llvercd by Private Secretary Clancey to
Mrs. Hartley, wife of tho prisoner, nt her
home, 1615 C street. A fow minutes Inter
Miss Indn Hartley, the prisoner's daughter,
took tho papers to tho penitentiary nud
upon their presentation to Warden Davis
her fat lur was Immediately released.
In commuting tho Bcnteiico the governor
made allowance for tho time Hartley pnssed
lu the Jnil of Douglas, county, which
amounts to about ono yenr. Good tlmo was
ulso allowed from tho day the man wa
placed 111 confinement. Hartley was brought
to the penltcntlury July 6, 189S.
Sliitenient -,' Governor Siiviikp.
Governor Savage makes the following
etntcment In explanation of his action:
"My action In the Hartley case Is the
fruition of careful Inquiry and mature de
liberation. After I became governor of this
state, among tho cases calling for executive
clemency was this one.' Such preliminary
examination ns I wns able at the tlmu to
mnko Inclined me In favor of exercising
clemency In Mr. Hartley's behalf. I be
lieved nt that tlmo nnd conceived tho Idea
that his relcaso could be turned to tho ad
vantage of the state. With this end In
view, on the 13lh dny of July, 1901, I re
leased Mr. Hartley upon pnrolo for a period I
of sixty days, with the Intent during that
perlod of completing my investigation of
tho enso nnd final determination whether I
should or should not exorcise executive
clemency In his behalf.
Mute, Coiivt-utlon'N Aetloii.
''On Augur I ."S,. bofore I li.vl my plans
perfected, the republican state convention
adopted u resolution requesting tho Im
mediate return of Hartley to tho peniten
tiary. Though I felt keenly tho discourtesy
nnd was nmnzed at tho Intrusion upon tho
constitutional rights of the chief executive,
nud, undecided us I wns still upon some
of tho aspects of Mr. Hartley's caso, and
undetermined ns to tho proper courso, and
anxious as I was that no harm should come
to tho stuto or to tho republican party
through any posslblo error of Judgment on
my part, I forthwith obeyed tho maudatu
ot the convention, and that sumo night Mr.
Hartley was again behind tho prison walls.
Tho convention had spoken, ItH demand
was peremptory nnd cmphntlc.ond whllo I
realized tuat It had undertaken to usurp
undue nuthorlty and had In fact trespassed
upon und exercised n power or authority
never befoio oxorclkcd by nny political con
vention, I bowed to the sovereign expres
sion ami compiled with Us request.
"Uut not, however, without resolving In
my own mind to continue my inquiry, and
if I found that tho caso was ono wherein
oxeeutivo clemoney should bo exercised,
neither political proferment nor political
expediency, nor fear of assault from po
litical enemies, whatever their position In
life might be, would stay my hand from a
righteous and honest performance of duty.
IllVCH III IICIINOIIN.
"Slneo that tlmo I havo carefully inquired
Into tho facts and merits of tho caso to
tho best of my Judgment nnd ability. My
position In tho premises has been tbo sub
ject of so much notoriety nnd discussion,
and tho considerations entering Into tho
question have boon so much confused nnd
misapprehended by many, I deem it Justice
to myself and duo to tho public that I
give my reasons for tho action I havo taken.
"It la tho lawful right of evory prisoner
to nppeal to tho exocUtlvo for clemency, and
when this nppeal Is made It Is tho lawful
duty ot the governor to give ear to that
appeal, ond to make a conscientious nnd
honest inquiry Into tho case and detormlno
whether or It In a caso whcroln clem
ency should he exercised.
"Tho primary question to be considered In
nil cases Involving executive clemency Is:
'Has tho prisoner been punished In a do
greo commensurato with his offense?' Tho
object of every penal law Is, or should be.
to adjust tho puulshment to the enorrafty
of tho crime.
I'rcviiiK Upon Liberty.
"Whllo it may bo contended that tho
guilty bhouid bo punished an much with tho
object In vlow of dutcrrlug others us to
m.iKo tho guilty nuffcr, it is manifestly
wrong to prey upon tbo liberty of ono in
dividual In order to romovo tho impuro in
gredlents In thu character of another lu-
dividual. If tbo Individual who cutnunts a
crime is punished according to tbo degrt
of tho crlmo, he has satlBflcd tho du
mnuds of organized society nnd fully vin
dicated the luw, und any furthor penalty
Inflicted upon him Is u withering travesty
on Justice. That philosophy which reme
dies ono ill by multiplying tbo enormity of
other Ills Is both unbound and dangeroua
nnd should have no placo In (ho laws or
moralM of n clvlllzpd people.'
"Mr. Uartloy waa elected Tnto trcumuer
In November, 1892, nad r. re-elected In
1891. Ho took theygatbM" co un(1 cn
tercd upon tho ilyUes M his llrst term nr.
treasurer nboutythe'.iWt of January, 1893,
nnd for the oad'ferm In January, 1895.
It was butftH fe,v weeks afterthe became
trcasurer.U-'ihe Capital National .bank
of Unco,! doled Its doors. The stnto wns
ono otlho'xvry large number of'deposltoro
andlft' deposits at that tlmo In tbo fald
bapit amounted to nearly a quarter ot a
rtlllon dollars.
" ('itiiltol .'Niitloiinl I'nlliire.
"Tbo fulluro u tho Capital National of
Itself wus sufficient to create a great doal
of uneasiness lu financial circles in tho
litato. TbU was tho first durk spot oa tho
in Ji
of El
Public Treasi
horizon, but before Uartlll
second term the alrtlo hal
tho worst pnnlc In tho blstol
nnl bad experienced threo
failures. Inside of six moi
time Mr. Hartley flrst bectl
many banking Institutions ovt
had closed their doors, and thi 1
terestB wcro Borely distressed
tho lnnd. It Ih well to rcmcmbe
tho Hartley caso up to the whlli1
reason that ho was treasurer thro
years ot almost uninterrupted pn
through three years of nlmost tot
failure. Whllo It Is true that tho cKo
of McKlnley In 1890 furnished relief to t
distressed business and financial Intorosu'
of tho Btnte, still It. will bo remembered'
that in 1S96 tho great question submitted
to tho people of tho country wns ono affect
ing directly tho quality of the basic cur
rency. Crltlcnl Klunncliil Onnillt Ioiin.
"During tbo discussion of thnt question
nnd up to tho time It wnR settled through
tho adoption of tho gold standard by nn
overwhelming victory for tho republican
party, It will bo conceded that tho financial
condition of tho country was most critical.
Material evldcnco of thlB Is found not alone
Ih commercial ond financial reverses nnd In
tho general unrest nnd distress which pre
vailed, but In tho fact thnt though tho crop
In 1896 wns abnormal, conditions wero such
that it was difficult to mnrkct tho products
al remunerative prices.' It Is a woll known
fact, nnd no doubt It will bo almost uni
versally admitted by tho business men of
every community In Nebraska, that during
that tlmo tbo banks wero standing under
tho business Interests of the stato nnd tho
burden upon tbcra vps cumberson and dlfll-
cult to bear.
Mute Trcnntirer HneU uf Ilnnltn.
"It will bo admitted, no doubt, by many
of the bonkers of tho stuto that tho stato
treasury wns standing behlndi and support
ing tbo. bnnkb of tho, staid during that
same porlod. It cnu, I believe, bo truthfully
said that to a very great extent tho trcas
ruy of tho stato was all that stood between
the business Interests ot tho utato and
financial ruin.
"It may bo said that tho monoy in tho
treasury wns tho pcoplo's money. Admit
that to bo true, and tho problem becomes
ono of tho people's monoy preventing tho
ruln of tho people's business. 1 havo no
hesitancy In saying tbnt tho relief given
tho banks ond the business Intcrcfltii of tho
state by Mr. Uartloy nt that tlmo Baved
many thousands of dollars more to the peo
plo of tho stato than his entlro Bhortogo
amounted to.
"A large number of business Institutions
failed. A large number of bank passe.!
Into tho hands of receivers, but almost all
of the business Institutions of tho Btato
would havo beep soriously encumbered bad
they not received asblstnuco from tho banks
of tho state, and many of the hanks In tho
stato would bavn bceen unable to alford re
lief to their customers, and many moro no
doubt would havo collapsed, bad thoy not
received assistance from'tho state trcusury.
Tbero nro many prosperous business men
lu tho stato today who would bo working
by tho month or looking for employment
had It not been for tho assistance tbny at
that tlmo received from tho hands of Mr
Hartley. Admitx Vlolnllun uf l.mv.
"ThU Btntomcnt leads up to tho point
where It may bo said that Mr. Uartloy
violated tboMnw, and It may not be amlos
to touch upon this point lu reviewing tha
case, under stress i eiruuuiBiuiitio uuu
n cnso of emergency, men frequently vlo-
lato tho law. not for personal aggrandize
ment, but In tho Intorcsts of tho public
Tho notion of thu New York Clearing
house, during tho pnnlo herein referred to,
in issuing clearing house certificates to
tho cxetent of moro than $35,000,000, chal
lenged and won tho admiration of the
financiers through the world, nnd yet, If
weighed In tho light of lnwful authority, it
was a vlolotlon of tho bonking laws, pure
and simple. ThcBe certificates were not au
thorized by any law, either national or state,
yet tho emergency wus grrnt, the clonrlug
houso took Its chances, nnd the president
of tho United States, tho secretary of tho
nntional treasury, tho comptroller of tho
currency, nnd the business Interests of tho
country, and tho keen-sighted thinking
minds of thu world commended and ap
plauded that Institution for Its courago
and Judgment. No ono can estlmato tho
(iaustcr that would havo overtaken tho
country ,ad tho clearing houso succumbi'd
under tbo great financial pressuro ami
failed to adopt somo method that would
rf,.r(l relief. Summed up briefly, the
J nftarUR holme violated the Inw nnd the
, f'esuit was the preservation of tho credit
of the country.
'Inl. In M Clue of IIiinIiii--h liilerentN,
"Mr. Hnrtloy violated tho law. Ho used
tho monoy of tho treasury to enable Hit
banks of tho stnto to tako care of the
business Interests ot tbo state. Had tha
business interests ot the fitnto, during the
four years that Mr. Hartley was treasurer,
born deprived of tho support they re
ceived from tho treasury, the loss to those
Interests would havo been so great as to
rhulltngo computation,
"Moshei was tho prciddcnt ot tho Capital
National bank of Lincoln. Through him
anil his management of tho bank, the people
of the tit- of Lincoln and community lost
several hundred thousand dollars. That
falluro sent disaster Into a large numbsr cf
homes and Healed poverty at aroat many
flresldrs. Mosher got a short sentence 111
the penitentiary al Sioux Falls, with tho
bopefll of good tlmo.
"Mr. Hartley, whoso shortngo was at
tended by Iceh sadness and dletrc( In the
1 homes of Nebraska, because It did not nttcrt
! tlu funds required by tho ptoplo for their
(Continued on Second I'ugo.)
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