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The Omaha Daily Bee. 10, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAKCII 5, 1002-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. LINKS EAST 10 WEST Water Storage Bjitem of Irrigation National Benefactor. ITS ADOPTION IS STRONGLY ADVOCATED romotori Bay it Will Benefit Commerce and Agriculture Alike BIG MANUFACTURERS IN FAVOR OF IT Chicago Canal Dp" ''sed ai Illu-tration of (BOON TO ARID LANDS '' "HE WEST -ahorltlr Declare Preside, i It- arrvoir System Conld Be Profitably Maintained hy National ' I , Government. CHICAGO, March 4. J. C. Braden. secre iary of the engineering board of the Chl joago drainage caDal, had for hla guesU to day Judge Cornellua J. Gavin of New Mex irn and J. M. Glenn, secretary of the 1111- Bola Manufscturers' association. In a trip down the drainage canal and inspection 01 tha Rnrtran dam. The secret ot tni ex suralon lies In the fact that Mr. Garvin, one pt the supporters of Secretary or tne ireas tiry Bhaw at the National Business lien's 1ur lust Thursday nlsht. together with Secretary Bhaw, made a strong argument associating the presidents reservoir poncy for the appropriation of money for the erection of Immense dams throughout the west In the mountain region for the stor age of water for irrigation purpose. In hla speech Judge Gavin showed clearly the benefits that would accrue to the busi ness Interest of Chicago, Including the man ufacturers, by the development and settle ment of the arid lands of the west. Sec retary Glenn explained fully the close re latlons between the manufacturera of this jdty with ths western country. Cast of Drain. Mr. Braden places the cost of the drain age canal at $34,000,000. raised by taxation pt this district and borne principally by the city of Chicago. If Chicago can fur (ah the funds for an enterprise ot this mag nitude it should be to the general govern, tnent a simple and small matter to provide .the money needed for the construction work as simple yet so far-reaching In Its benefits as the building of the dams for the proposed reservoirs. Mr. Glenn believes that Irrigation and the reclaiming of the arid lands of the tnountain region would result In great and Unlimited benefit to the manufacturing In terests of the east. Bald hot Katlmating that 100.000.000 acres of land ran be reclaimed to make the most fertile! farming lends In the world, wo would have an acreage equal in amount to three states the sise of Illinois, capable of containing and supporting a population of 10.oou.OjO ef people, who will be purchasers and con Burners of the manufactured products of the east To the manufacturers of Illinois this in of trreat Importance in view of its clue relation and proximity to thl newly Diene4 territory. " A irreat demand would bi cieated for machinery In particular. Illi nois, being ths greatest machinery manu facturing tate in the union, should profit most greatly. Not alone would the man ufactures benefit, for a great, incomprehen sible demand would be created for manu factured goods of almost every description, and a great field opened for the large mer cantile interests of Chicago and tho east. Consider Scheme Simple. Judge Gavin said: After visiting the drainage canal and Its jam and controlling works at Ixckport, and having its workings so clearly ex plained by Trustee Braden of the drainage beard. I am led to believe the controlling Bind the storing- of water In the arid re- ?;lon Is a simple matter, and constructed n such a manner aa to last for time lm tnamorial, with absolute safety to tho sur rounding country and its inhabitants, that clams of sufficient strength and stability can be constructed aa the mammoth enter- rrlxe so sucreanfully completed by Chicago uly demonntratcs. The controlling works at Lockport today In reality are holding back the waters ot Lake Michigan. If this can be success fully done, how readily can dams be con structed where nature has lent every aid pomlble, and only necessary to hold back a few thousand aorea of water? This drainage canal la certainly one of the beet object lessons for a student of this Irriga tion problem. Here by the simple turning of a wheel 960,000 cubic feet of water can be let out of its confl nee every minute, or toy another turn held completely at the will of the operator. This same principle applied In the arid regions will store suffi cient water to Irrigate every available acre ot Irrigable land In the arid re gions). Nature has provided Innumerable place where by the Investment of a small amount of money In the construction of a dam water sufficient can be stored until such time end at such season of the year aa It Is necessary for tha maturing of the crops. Heed Aid of Government. This is beyond the reach of private en terprise and the agitation and education Which is going on at present Is for the purpose of encouraging the government to aid in this Internal Improvement with the sole purpose In view ot furnishing homes for the bona fide homeseeker ana actual settiar as agalnet syndicates and private control of government lands militating against the interests of the masses and aa att&lnst the development and future pros perity of the arid regions which, with this government aid and development, will toake an agricultural empire equal. If not superior, to the most favored agricultural sections of the rata belt, i The favorable way in which the business community of Chicago and the entire east looks upon this mutter and the aid and Support which they are giving makes the arid west hopeful of the early solution of the present condition of affaire, by the oarly adoption upon the part of the gov ernment of a policy of Improving their own property and making homes for Amer ican cltlsens and building up home indus tries, thereby making the bulwark of America's commercial Interests greater ud stronger than ever. WON'T AFFECT MONEY MARKET pnsehar of (aa Fraaelsee Street Hallways lay No Gold Will Leave New York. , NEW YORK. March 4. Brown Bros. A to., bead of the underwriting syndicate fchich has undertaken to reorganise the leadlrj street railway lines of San Fran ttuco, have sent out allotment letters call ing for a payment of 10 per cent of the Whole, about 1:0.000,000, oa March . A representative of Brown Brothers A Co. Hid that special pains would be taken to hioet the demands ot ths syndicate without listurbance to the local money conditions. It has been arranged to make payment by transfer through the subtreasury, but in ll probability not one dollar of the 120, 100,000 involved will actually leave this pity. . - Will of Jobs B. Sherman. CHICAGO, March .-The will of the late John 11. toUierman. founder of the Union (ttock yards, has barn hied In the probate court. The ttament disposes of personal property value.) at ,i.;u and realty amounting to t',&0m. Afier nrovldlim an annuity for hla widow and other relatives the lenialudvr of the estate is left In truat fur the tao rhlldntn of the testator. Mar- Jaret & burnhain of Evanilon, I1L, and ubn Q. fiherai&a, of Mount Ctomeos, MWb. BRITISH POSITION IS SOLID President of Chambers of Commerce Has No Fear of Shipping; Sabaldles. LONDON, March 4. In bis presidential address at the annual meeting of the Asso ciation of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom today. Lord Avebury (better known aa Sir John Lubbock) ad mitted there were disquieting features, but he said there was no necessity for de spondency In regard to British eommerce. Speaking of subsidies. Lord Avebury said that while French ship owners enjoyed sub stantlal advantages, on the other hand they bad been burdened by bounties, subsidies and protection given to both sugar, wheat textiles, coals, metals, etc. If the British ship owners were not bountled they, at any rate, were not burdened with contributions to bolster up other trades. As to the ship subsidy bill before the United States congress. Lord Avebury did not anticipate that Inland states would remain passive and see $9,000,000 In bounty go to the maritime states without protest The doubts he had expressed last year as to the vitality of German commerce were fully Justified. Germany's complicated system of bounties had led to more and more intricate embarrassments. In the speaker's opinion, the best thing the Brit lsh government could do for commerce was to let It alone. The eheet-snchor of the commercial world was the favored nation clause, and he trusted the government would hold fast to the policy of the open door, and. In the case of north China, urge the United States, Japan and other na tions to Join Great Britain In insisting on fair play for the commerce of ths world. REBELLION IN CHINA GROWS Effort to Supplant Maaekorisa Dy nasty wits Chinese Aseanes Grave Aspects. HONO KONG, March 4. The rebellion In Kwang 81 province la spreading rapidly. Signs of unrest are already apparent at Kwe Lin and Nan King the newly opened river treaty ports. The Canton viceroy has dispatched troops to the scene of the disturbance and has stationed over 1,000 men at Kwe-Lln and Nan King, for use In case of eventualities. The rebels are believed to be former soldiers of Marsyal Sn who wero disbanded on his promotion. Their propoganda, which ha spread far and wide. Includes the overthrow of the Manchuria dynasty, the founding of a Chinese dynasty, and helping the op pressed and needy Chinese. The French are said to be secretly supporting the rebels. STRIKERS PAY THE PENALTY Dispatches from Madrid Are to the Effect that ttho Labor Rioters Are Shot. LONDON, March 4. It Is announced In a special dispatch from Madrid that a num ber of ths strikers arrested for participation In ths recent riots at Barcelona were ahot.at Fort Monjutch this morning. A brother of General Moods, ths Carlist lesder, has been arrested for complicity is the Barcelona riots and 1wtU be tried by court-martial. Papers seised at ths houses of soarchlsts in Barcelona Indicate that a widespread plot existed.' Strikes were de clared at Csdls and Ferol, Spain. Ciar Helps tho Needy. ST. PETERSBURG, March 4. The czar has sent 150,000 roubles for the relief of ths victims of the recent earthquake at Shamaka, Transcaucasia. Cecil Rhodea Improves. ' CAPETOWN, March 4. Cecil Rhodes, who has been HI for some time, is Improv ing. BIG LINER LOSES PROPELLER Etrarla (pokes West of Aaorea la Tow of Aaotbor Steamer. NEW YORK, March 4. The agent of ths Cunard Steamship company her have re ceived a dispatch from London saying that Etrurla, In tow of the steamer William Cliff, had been sighted 400 miles west of Fayal, Axora islands, having lost its pro peller. ' LONDON, March 4. The British steamer Ottawa, from Philadelphia for London, has arrived at Fayal, A lore Islands, and re port having sighted ths Cunard line steamer Etrurla, In tow of ths British steamer William Cliff. 400 miles west of Fayal. Etrurla had lost Its propeller. Another report says Etrurla was picked up when BOO miles from Fayal, west-northwest of that port. All were well on board the Cunarder, which according to this re port, had its propeller shaft broken. It was otherwiss uninjured. Previous to receipt ot news thst Etrurla had been sighted In tow ths reinsurance of the Cunard liner at Lloyds today was about guineas per cent. Little business was done at thst rats. NEW YORK. March i.-Ths Evening World prints a dispatch from on of Its re porters who Is a passenger oa Etrurla. Ths dispatch, which was taken to ths Axores by ths oil tank Ottawa, which spoke Etrurla on Friday, Is as follows: Etrurla lost Its Droueller and steer. Ing gear In mid-Atlantic on the evening of reDruary zn. unnea neipieaa in a heavy sea all night, making continuous signals. Too much cannot bs said for the bravery and coolness of Captain Stephens, whose example filled the passengers and crew with courage. iliey are trying to tow tttruna to the Azores. Aa I write we are now In tow of the ateamar William Cliff, but are malt. lug no headway. Wind and sea against us and C'ltrr not strong enougn to do more than hold us steady. All are well on board and after the first excitement everything is quiet. They are trying to laan spars to make a rudder. Captain of oil tank eteamer Ottawa, from T'hlladeluhla. has rromlxed to file thin at first port touched. Captain Stephens wishes to aaaure ail mat tnere te no aanger. CATTLE GROWERS CONVENTION Aadresa of President Laalc Deal . Principally with Land Leaslag. DENVER. March 4. Tha American Cattle Growers' association, embracing all cattle men's associations west of the Missouri river, assembled at the Tabor opera house today for Its second annual convention. F. C. Lusk, president of the association, called the convention to order. Several hundred delegates were present. Addresses of welcome were mads by Governor Or ma a snd Mayor Wright of this city and a re sponse by A. C. Cleveland ot Nevada. President Lusk's annual address was de voted largely to the question of leasing ths public domain. Hs advocates ths enact ment by congress of a law to regulate the matter. "Untold harm la being dons to cattlemen." he said, "by ths tree use of Us pn tills lands for grating purpose, ' WILL APPOINT TAX REFEREE Supreme Court Sustains Motion in Man damus Proceedings. ASKS ATTORNEYS TO AGREE ON MAN Whoever Is Chosea for tho Place Will Be Expected to Be at a Hearing la Omaha Wlthoot Delay. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 4. (Special. Telegram.) The. supreme court this afternoon sus talned the motion tor the appointment of a referee to tsks testimony in the Omaha tax mandamus case and gavs John H. Mc intosh, attorney for ths relators, leave to file a supplemental affidavit, setting forth the facts regarding the injunction suit In the lower court. , The court suggested that the attorneys Interested make an effort to agree on aome person for ths appointment snd to submit his name for consideration. It 'is Inti mated that whoever Is chosea will bs ex pected to listen soon to testimony snd argument In Omaha. He will be authorised to give sn opinion both as to law and facts, subject, of course, to the court's ap proval. The attorneys conferred tonight. but were unable to agree upon a recom mendation. They will meet again tomor row. The court devoted nearly all the morning session to listening to the srgument on Mr. Mcintosh's motion for ths appointment of the referee, but the decision was not announoed until Just before adjournment tonight. City Attorney Connell sppeared in behalf of the council, and John L. Webster and W. W. Morsman In behalf of the corpora tlons, all opposed to ths appointment. COAST MILLERS COMBINING Now Company Practically Coatrols Floor Trade of tho Orient. PORTLAND, Ore., March . 4. The Ore- gonlan says that the largest industrial consolidation ever undertaken In the. Pa clflc northwest is belnr quietly worked Into shape in this city and San Francisco. The enterprise la an amalgamation of the Interests of the great export flour milling firms of ths Pacific coast. No hint has been given aa to the capitalisation ot the proposed consolidation, but It will prob ably be somewhere In the neighborhood ot 110,000,000. As now outlined the combination will embrace mills having an annual capacity of over 5,000,000 barrels of flour. Ths cor porations Interested In the proposed com bins are: The Portland Flouring mills of this city, the Puget Sound Flouring Mills oompany of Tacoma, ths Centennial mills of Seattle and Spokane and the B perry Flour mills of Stockton and Ban Francisco, Cal. These concerns practically control the flour trads of the Orient, their 'ope' rations extending from Vlsdlvostock and Port Arthur as far south as Singapore. ' NORTHERN, - PACIFIC CHANGES Its Engineering Department Is Beor- ' .'.aalaed by Chief W. L. Darling;. GT. PAUL, March 4. The engineering de partment of the Northern Paclflo railroad has been completely reorgsnlsed by Chief Engineer W. G. Darling, tho change dating from March L J. Q. Martin Is placed In Tacoma as chief engineer In charge of engineering on all lines west of and Including Ellensburg station. F. S. Darling la made division engineer at St. Paul, In charge of engineering on all lines east of the Missouri river, vice J. Bratager, transferred. W. O. Smith la appointed division engineer, at Livings ton, Mont., and la placed In charge of en gineering on all lines between the Missouri river and Butte snd Helena, Including Butte station, but not Helena. B. E. Palmer Is made division engineer at Spokane and has Jurisdiction between Butte and Helena and Ellensburg, Includ ing Helena, but not Butts or Ellensburg. Assistant engineers will report to the division engineer and tha latter to the chief engineer. , . DISSOLVE FREIGHT BUREAUS Omaha-Kansas Clty-Chlcaaro-St. Fanl- Sloas City Compact Falls Throagrh. CHICAGO, March 4. Ths dissolution of ths Chicago-Kansas City, Chicago-Omahl-Bloux City snd Chlcago-St. Paul freight bureaus was decreed today by ths executive officers of the western roads. No action was taken in regard to ths western freight bureau. It was contended that this wss not a pool or organization that could be ooastrued as being Illegal, but simply a statistical bureau for the compiling of records and the Issuing of tariffs. It Is probable It will bs kept In tact and that some traffic man will be elected chairman. The notice ef with drawal from the three bureaus given by tne Northwestern on Saturday was met today by tho Milwaukee snd the Chicago Alton, which gave similar notices. This frustrated all further attempt to resuscitate ths association. Santa Fo Ro-Electa Officers. GALVE3TON. Tex.. March i at tt,. stockholders meeting of the Gulf, Colo rado Banta F Railroad company, held today, the old board of director w.. ... elected. At ths directors' meeting the pres ent officers were re-elected. Schwah la He-Electeel President. NEW YORK. March 4. Tha diraetne. f ths United States Steel corporation met to day snd re-elected President Schwab snd all tho other officers whose terms expired. Otherwise only routlns business was trsns acted. From Wakask to Rio Grand. SPRING FIELD. 111.. M.rrh lrh t Cotter has reclamed aa trainmaster .. Bt Loula division of the Wabash railroad. nsvmg iteen offered a division superln tendency with the Denver A Rio Grande rail road. Wlthdrawa from Bar. HOUSTON, Tex.. March 4. Ths Houston. East 4k West Texas railroad, a Souther Pacific property, today gave notice of with drawal from ths Southwestern Psssnger cureau. C. C. Gllaama for Censrreea. V4"fcTr W1VU0 , . . . , . K-',va i-n niu., Marcn ine re publican of the Twelfth district today nominated C. C. Ollhams of La, Orange as a candidate for election to congress. Gll haroa waa selected on the flmt ballot over lis. Oeorgo B, MMdogaa t i-'"if Ti- jh SET ASIDE OLD SPANISH LAWS Commlaaloaera Revise Slatate of Porto Rico, Mac lag; Radical ChansrrB. J WASHINGTON, VarckJ 4r-Tbe commis sion to revise . snd cor?! nils the laws nf Porto Rico appointed by" virtue of the act oi Apru is, 1900, has sabmltted Its report to the attorney general. J The commission consists or Joseph Daly ef New York and L, S. Row of Pennsylvania and J. H. Lopes or Forto Rico. The work undertaken was ths revision snd compilation of practically all the old Spanish laws. The commission after aa exhaustive study of ths 8nanlsh rstem. nroraedeil in m.k. tha most necessary changes such aa tha re. organisation of ths Judicial system snd ths system or local government, the revision of the laws of mart-lags and divorce and wills snd Intestacies, and a number of other im portant branches of the civil and criminal law. Ths most important work of the commission was the revision of ths or gsnio act of Porto Rico, commonly known as ths Forsker set. The system of local government proposed by the commission In cludes a county, city and village organlsa. tioa. Under Spanish rule ths Island was di vided Into sixty-seven dlvlIons known as munlclplos which wsra subjected to the strict form of control by the central gov ernment The mayors wera appointed by the governor-general and ths members ot ths town councils were subjects to his will, in fact If not In law. Local self-government wss unknown. Ths commission has tsken a long step In the direction of local autonomy but ha placed sufficient power In the Insular gov ment to guard sgainst the dangers of local Inexperience or Incompetency. Briefly stated the system leaves to the local authorities the management of local affairs, but prescribes a deflslts standard of efficiency In the Important ss sanitation, drainage, water supply, street cleaning, etc. If the local tarsrnmAnt fall to meet these standards the insular gov ernment is given sufficient power to meet every emergency. Ths habeas corpus act is another of the lmnortant chinn. posed by the commission. NO CLAIM AGAINST TURKEY YET - 0 Government Will Make Demand In Mis Stone's Case Until Inantry Report ' la Made. WASHINGTON. March 4-1 1 ta at the State department that tha ttif,,rio of Mr. Leischmann, the United States minis ter to Turkey, is liable to be misunderstood owing to the brevitr of the eahl.i mnnr that he has preferred a demand upon Tur key In the case of Miss Stons. The under standing her is that any action in that line that Mr. Leishmana may have taken Is rather in the line of saving all futurs rights rather than tha submission of an unqualified demand for the; punishment ot the brigsnde and a repayment Of the In demnity given to the brigands. The asme sort of a caveat either has yeen or will he filed With tha Rlllffartan AVarnmAW Tk. legal effect of this action ll simply to save all rights against either of taaaa m- mentB or -against both of them, wniiin. the conclusion of theactiv Inauir ohih tfto.ftato dIrtawntrfVi4VY,,Cv? uuuimor lug otusr ageuainto. Alls Stone's case.- When that Inonirv i nn eluded. It Is expected that the department win ne in a position to squarely placs ths responsibility for tho kldnanlna. hH wh.n that Is dons no time will bs lost In pressing tne ciaim ootn for punishment of the perpetrators or the outrage and for ths repayment of the ransom, afeanwhiu mat ing under instructions of the Bute depart ment, Mr. Leischmann will prefer no spe cific claim against either Turkey or Bul garia. It la possible that the department m do nampered In its efforts to secure repara tlon by the peculiar nolltlcal PA 1 1 1 imi as av lstlng between Turkey snd Bulgaria and the mammy to aetermlne ths exact measure ot responsibility for Bulgarian shortcomings, should it be found thst the Bulgarian gov ernment itself Is responsible for Miaa Stone's capture. That Question u nn. oeing examined carefully. ADVICES FROM COLOMBIA WAR Report Are Meager, ksl Indications Are that Government 1 Thor oughly Aroased. WASHINGTON. March 4. Advice fmm th saat of war In South America are mea ger. Nothing ha been heard of tha ra ported Insurgent naval operations on ths coast or venesuela. But reports from Co lombia show that ths government is thor oughly awakened to the formldahla char acter of the revolutionary outbreak near tne capital and that a large body of troops has been hastily ordered from the north t assist In ths defense of the capital. This withdrawal may have a considerable Influ ence oa the campaign on ths Isthmus ot Panama. The report came from United States Mln- tBter Hart at Boarota and in luhit.. stated that I.000 of tbs best soldiers In Colombia bad reinforced the government troops near Boxota. Flchtlna- had eon. tlnued for soma days, but re liable details had not been received. MUSICAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE Brlarht Social Function. Given hr President and Mra. Roosevelt. WASHINGTON. March 4. Tha r.r..M.n and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight gavs a largely attended musical at the White House, The East room and other public portions of ths house were very prettily decorated for th occasion. There waa a program of four double and one single numbers. Tho solo ist were Miss Leila Livingston Morse, and Mr. Helnrlch Meyn, with Miss Isabella Hauser and Mr. Isadora Lnckston at the piano. Th guests Included the members of ths iblnet and their families, tha fnri- ambaaaadcrs, senators snd representatives in congress snd a contingent of resident of society. CANDIDATE FOR LONG'S PLACE Repreeentatlvo Moody ot Maaaaehu- tt I Meatloaed for See. retary of War. WASHINGTON. March 4. Irn.m among ths list of possibilities to fill ths vacancy to bs mad by Secrteary Long's retirement from the cabinet la tha n.n.. - William Henry Moody, a republican repre sentative from the Sixth district ot Massa chusetts, sad ssld to be eonsscUd by mar rlag with Senator Lodge. Mr. Moody I years of age. a graduate of Harvard, a lawyer by profession snd has sarvd tore term la congress, where he has attained some of ths most Influen tial aomnvtts asslgnmsau. CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Qectrio Light Company Gets Two Good 1'ointa in Its favor. NEW CONTRACT WITH CITY IS APPROVED Ordlaaaeo Glvlnar lis Sahway Plan Life Introduced la Hew Form a4 Pot Over to Special Meet ing; Today. Tho new Omaha Thomson-Houston Elec trio Light comDanr haa cause tn conaratu. late Itself today, as at last night's meeting or tne city council It gained two points. Ths first was the confirmation of tta new contract with tbs city to Usht ths streets during the next three yesrs; the second wss the favorable recentlon of an ordlnanea providing for putting it wires underground. The subway ordinance Is. in SDirlt. the sams as that passed last January, against which a permanent Intunrtlnn now eiiata but several technicalities to which the court took exceptions In ths first ars avoided In tne second. For example, the name New Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric Light company" doesn't appear In the ordinance Introduced Inst nlrhL tt la nfitl.H i ordinance providing f jr placing underground an electric wire excent telecranh and tel. ephona wire snd wires used for propelling street cars." The wires affected hv tha measure are those used for the transmla slon of light, heat or rawer, and It. la .tin. u i area mat these be underground by May 1, 103. Goes to Special Session. This ordinance was nut unon It nrat amt second readlnss last nls-ht and referred tn the Judiciary committee, and a sDeclal meet. ng ot tne city council was railed for thl morning "to act upon the Judiciary commit tee a report." The hour set for the special meeting Is 10 o'clock, which Is believed to do esny enough to anticipate a possible In Junction. Ths city's new contract with the elect Mr, light company, accompanied by a $10,000 bond, was received from the mavor with hi. approval. As the contract had been amended Since It was laat hefnra tha rnnnnil nnth... vols was takea on It,' with the result that it was approved by a unanimous vote ot eight. Lobeck. who had voted azalnat tt ween ago, changed his vote. nn ma memDers ot tne council were A 1 , . present with the exception of President Ksrr, who is ill. and Vice President Mount presided In his place. Market House Muddle. A new market house ordinance waa intro duced by Zlmman, ths purpose of which was to extend the property to be condemned for market purposes one block further making the market district from Twelfth to fourteen th on Capitol avenue Instead of from Thirteenth to Fourteenth, ss the first ordinance provided. Upon motion of call,.thls measure was killed In Its incip ient stats ana the market district stands as originally defined. ' Haacali said: "If we pass this substitute ordinance tne effect will be to kill the en tire market house project, sines it leaves It uncertain where the bulldlnst ta tn k erected. If you want to take. In mora tL fltoif-do-lt by-meana'ef an Ihdepenaeni ordinance, but don't repeal tbs first ordi nance. i - Tros tier said: "I find that there la sn element In Omaha that is trying to thwart this council's market house plans, snd If we hope to successfully combat It we've got to stand by our original ordinance and not let them dictate to ua. It may as well be understood first ss last that tbs market house Is to be on Capitol avenue, snd not on Howard or Jones Streets." Object to ifew Ordinance. City Engineer Roeewatsr, author of the second ordinance, said: "This ordinance la the same as the other, except that It adds another block of space to the territory al resdy defined. It was drawn In good 'faith and for ths purposs of glylng ths gardeners and others what they want. Thers Is room for only seventy booths In the territory now defined and this ordinance just 'doubles that number." Lobeck said: "I think we should stand by the first ordlnanc. Most of the objections to the Capitol avenue sits, as I understand it, coma from the Council Bluffs people, snd if they don't like our arrangements let them stsy away." Zimman said: 'The reason we're not getting good prices for our booth privi leges on ths Capitol avenue sit is that a great many of these hucksters snd others think there is going to be a wholesale market established In the Howard street district, which would tend to divide patronage with the new house. This, of courae, 1 a mis take. The Capitol avenu market 1 to be both a wholesale and a retail market." When a vots was called on Hascall's mo tion to kill the ordinance extending the territory of the Capitol, avenue sit all voted for It except Zlmman. For Omaha, Beautiful. An ordinance providing for the planting of shads trees and for sodding along street margins, between the sidewalk and ths curb, and for the levying of special taxes sgainst abutting property to pay for th same, was Introduced snd Disced noon Its flr.t ,. second readings, after which tt was referred to the Judiciary committee. Major D. H. Wheeler, author of the measure, made this sxplsnsUon: "When I waa a memh.r f ths council In 1894," said hs. "an ordlnanea la" na wss passed, but was killed by Mayor Bemls' veto. Since then, until now, no attempt has been made to, rvi ty.1 project. When ths request csma to ma t writs this ordinance. I dur un tha nM and have used a great many of It feature. It is th only way to preserve a uniform appearance ot a atreet. Unless th city take hold of it and place the planting ot shade trees and tbs laying of aod tn th. same category with grading, paving and similar Improvement, to be paid for In special taxes assessed anlnat ahitii.. property, non-resident property owners will uegiect to piaot trees and lay sod. snd th result will be that tha street win h... . ragged, uneven this difficulty Is tbs principal purpos of thl orai nance. it plana that th work Is to be dons by contract," Samuel I. Gordon' Salary. Th city clerk announced tha. n t Gordon has sent In- a bill for his "February salary." which waa th tznl for a vnii. ot humorou oratory, the burden ot It being mat mere was no money at hand to pay tor actual labor, to ssy nothlna of navina tor th maintenance of a "mosquito court' down tn the city jail building. H. C. Walkun. deputy city clerk ..id ki had embodied the dominant sulrit of tha "city hail crowd" In four stasias of dog. gerel. He passed them to Councilman Zlm. man, who read ths effusion, which plain tively recite th wall known fact that th pay roll has baea held up pending the tax levy settlement. The city comptroller submitted ths fol- Continued oa Second ia4 CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for NebraskaFair Wedneedny; inuraiiay f air, warmer In feast i'ortion Temperature at Omaha 1'esterdayt Hear. Dear. Hour. Ues. ft a. m uh in. ra ...... H4 " n. m . . . . its 2H its ftft HI Mil 83 a p. 8 p. 4 P. 5 p. P. T p. " P. P. 8tt SS 8H ST i m. . . S a. ai....,. a. at. lO 8 11 a. m, . 84 83 31 in DENIES STORY OF A RATE WAR Steamship OCBclal Say Passenger Fare Agreement Will Be Fully Adopted. ' NEW YORK, March 4. According to the commercial Advertiser the various steam ship lines plying between thla nort and Europe have finally united In an agreement as to passenger rates snd although the wmte Ntar and Cunard lines sre not sign ers to the sgreement it wss authoritatively denied today by a prominent steamship Official that a rata war was Impending. "On the contrary," said he, "the Cuuard nd White Btsr lines will In all nrnh.hlllt. come Into the combination." The present agreement only affects casaenxer rate. The parties to the sgreement sre the Amer ican line, Hamburg-American, Holland American, North German Lloyd. Cam- pagnle Generate Transatlantlaue and the White Bur. Both the White Star Una and h. Cunard line had been given unth Febru ary 28 In which to algnlfy their Intention of Joining the combination. The agreement went into effect on March 1. BIG DEAL IN SUGAR COMPANY Half Interest In I tah Concern Said to Be Sold for Over a Mil lion Delists, SALT LAKE. Utah. March 4Tha ir.vn. Ing Telegram says ' that negotiations for tne esis or an undivided half Interest In the Utah Sugar company have practically been concluded, and that tha deal win h closed upon the arrival of Manager T. R. Cutler In New York Oity today. The amount Involved Is $1,600,000, ths sals being made on a basis of tie per share. It was stated by persona interested that the American Sugar Refining company waa interested in the purchase. It w.a .to stated that the Colorado Beet Sugar Re fining company was ths .real nurchaaer and that the deal was one ot several contem plated looking toward the consolidation ot the beet sugar Interests of the country as opposed to the cane sugar Interests. Offi cial confirmation or denial of the could cot be obtained today. PITCHED BATTLES ON STREETS Moh of Striker Defy Keep Town la Police and UP- ; NORFOLK. Vs.. March 4. A mrvh nf Knn strike sympathisers today held the streets of norioiK on wnicn tne main line of ths Nor- rolk Railway Light company's oars ars run and ths DOMcs ' wsra unahla tn with It from noon until sfter dark, when the cars, which were guarded by detachments of military snd had run with difficulty all day, were housed in their barns. Csrs were repeatedly derailed, wasron loads of stones were plied on tha track snd free fights between th military guard and the crowd occurred at frequent inter vals. In ons difficulty a sergeant ran a bayonet Into the arm of II. H. Harmenzef, a barber. Mrs. Harmensef knocked th soldier down and discolored the face of Lieutenant E. R. Gale, who was near her. CAUSE OF MRS. BLOOM'S DEATH Three Physician Unable to Determine Whether She Was Victim of Violence. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. March 4. fSDoctal Telegram.) Drs. Stewart, Becker and Fletcher held a post-mortem examination yesterday over ths body ot Mrs. Bloom, who died under suspicious circumstances at her ranch In Banner county, fifteen miles north of Kimball, Neb. The physicians found that Mrs. Blnnm'a desth was ths result of a fracture at the bsss of ths skull, which might havs been produced either by a fall unon tha h.d by a blow from some flat Instrument. Tha pnyslctan express themselves ss unable to stats whether or not death was caussd by violence. The authorities of Bsnner countv ara .tut investigating the affair on the theorv th.t ths woman was murdered. SEEK TO BAR SALOONKEEPERS Knlcht of Colniubu Will Propose Llonor Dealers' Eaclaalon front Order. NEW YORK. March 4. Tha national .in vention of Knlaht of Columbus henn h.r. today, Suprem Knight Edward L. Hears ot Bourn rarmingxon presiding. His annual address represented th order to bs tn a very prosperous condition. Th nrincin.1 business of ths convention will b consider ation ot ths proposed nw constitution, which Is a rigid exclusion of asloonkeep ra and liquor dealers from membership in ths order. Ths annusl report of National Kvr.i.r. Colonel Well showed that there were on December SI. 1901. (09 councils, with . tnt.i Insured membership of 82,790 and an assocl- ats membership of 48,018. NEBRASKA MAN ON COMMITTEE J. H. Oaeeber ef Bine Sprlasre Promi nent la I'adevwrlter' MrettasT. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 1 The annual meeting of the Nations! Association ot Co operative Mutoal Insurance - com pan! e opened her today. President W. I). Forbes, Des Moines, Is., called the meeting to order. Th addre of President Forbes outlined ths phenomenal growth of mutual insurance companies In the United States. Ths presi dent appointed this commltts oa creden tial: I. B. Ystes of Madella, J. H. Case be r of Blue Springs, Neb., snd H. A. Fley of Kswsnna, lod. Movements ef Oeeaa Veaaala, March 4. At New York Arrived DeuUchland. from Hamburg. At Jaffa Arrived Augusta Victoria, from New York, via Funchal, Ma las, Genoa, etc At Hong Kong Arrived ring Buey, from Tacoma, la Yokohama, etc. At Brisbane Arrived-Moans, from Van couver, via Honolulu, for bydnry, NSW At Genoa Hailed Hathor, from Ham burg, for Han Kranclauo. At Liverpool Sailed Llvonlan, for Port- laHl"! h "foe-Norland, from Philadelphia, Xur Axtlaerp. PRINCE ON THE GO From Early Morning Till Late, at Nig.lt Orowdi Beaiega Him. CHICAGO ADDS TO HEARTY OVATIONS fiojal Visitor Spends Another Day in tha Western Metropolis. LAYS A WREATH ON LINCOLN'S MONUMENT Hears Address by Governor Van Bant on Behalf of Minnesota Germing, MILWAUKEE RECEIVES ROYAL GUEST Thoasaads of Descendant of Hons of HohoBBollera Knthaataatlrally Honor the Tlatlnaabed Sclota la Wisconsin City. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Msrch 4. Milwaukee wa host to Prince Henrv of sl hours this evening and gavs a recap tion that wss highly enthusiastlo and an entertainment that wss unique. His special train came In at 4 Vinv at 10 was away again on ths long run to Niagara ana wow England. Ths Intervsn. Ing time waa all alvan btm in tha Men tion snd entertainment of the royal visitor. It began with a drive through ths business snd resident districts In rvl Knn. . crowd that numbered 200,000. Then thers ' wan a puoiio reception at which Governor Robert La Follotte and Mavor David a n.. voiced the welcome and the united singing . ocieuea raised weir voloes in mighty chorus. There was slso a anlandM indi cation and a brilliant night run of th Mil- ' wauaee nrs department. Later there waa a ha nnnat at .Ktv V - prince met the leading citizens of tbs city ana siaie. i ns tnousanda of German resi dents in Milwaukee lolned h.rtii i- .. welcome of the young prince to whoa house they once owed allegtence, and veterans of ' the German ware gathered from throughout " awn o assist in tn reception. Met hr Knormoa Crowd. Th speclsl train baarlnr tli. .i ... I his party ran up from Chicago over the Chicago, Milwaukee aV St Taul railway and there was sn enormous crowd at th awaiting its coming. Thers was a cheer as me prince augnted. and another loader than the first when ha entered hi. . outside the depot grounds. Mayor Ross and uwirai a.vans entered nia carriage and. flanked by police and guarded by troopers Of ths First Wisconsin eavalr th. Jt.i V , m.w ut a w through th city began. Ambassador von Holleben snd Assistant Secretary of State HU1 rod. in .. . carriage with Captain Frederick Pabst. liuauuian oi me reception committee. Jurt outside of ths deoot 1.000 v.t.r.n. .. German wars were drawn up. They had m ureen Bay, Stevens Point, Port Washington. Appleton, Plymouth. Fond Du Lac. Racine and other distant points In ( the state and they gavs ths prince a volley 1 of cheers as hs passed them. : Th streets were blockaded with people and ths soUco hsd to fight to keep a drlvewsy clear. Dedicate Rev' Street. Prince Henry was given the honor ef rid ing In ths first carriage to roll across ths new Grand avenue-Wlsoonsln street brldgs, snd ss this point was reached Battery A. stationed on ths laks front, fired a saluts of twenty-one guns. Ths reception of the prince as hs drove through the streets wss wildly enthna iastlo and thers was an ovation when he entered the exposition building for tbs publlo reception. As he appeared on ths tag escorted by hi staff, and ths rs ceptlon committee the mass chorus of 600 voices sang "jueutscn Lied." There were 10,000 persons packed In . ths exposition building snd It waa long befors they were sufficiently stilled for Chairman John John son to briefly introduce Mayor Ross. Ths mayor welcomed Prince Henry In behalf of the city. The msyor gavs way to former Congress man P. L. Deuster who spoks In behalf of the Oerman residents and In their tongue. Governor La Foilett then welcomed ths prince to Milwaukee In behalf of ths state and expressed regret at the shortness ot bis visit Captsln Emit Court, who also spoks In German, was ths last speaker. Crowd Repeat Cheer. Th great chorus sang again and as th prtnes arose to lesvs tbs hall th crowd broke Into cheers. Hs touched his eap in saluts and smiled as hs turned to loavs th stags. The firs run followed ths publlo reception snd It mads a spectacle that waa nn..i and exciting. Thirty-two pieces of sposra. tus marshaled by Firs Chief Foley, were raced for a mile at hlah sDa.d ... two abreast snd 200 feet apsrt Darkness bad corns snd ths engine lights mads ths picture all the more Inspiring. Th prince was then driven through illum inated streets to Hotel rn.t.r .k.. -v. -ww. M banquet was served. Hundreds of strings of else trio Ughts vsrs arched acroas Grand avenn and Wis consin Streets, hundreds ef hiiildin.. outlined In llrht and hth n . ,- . t the city hall, printed la lnesndescsnt ugni were tne words "Welcome to Prlncs Henry." Especially pretty was th light ing ot ths Court of Honor on Grand avenu-. When th princ was driven through ths court ths chlmea In tha a. Jam Episcopal church played ths national air ot to unitea mates and German and Lutheran hymns. There was a rreat rila Maw if v.. .. i I and under ths alare of tha lia-hta it i..i even more attractive than in tha d..nv. Crowds thronged tbs strsets during ths ""'"i wn in notei raster ss ths com mon objective, and th night seen wa a unman, ons. Prlaco Speak at Baaaaat. Princ Henry was th attest at a K.nnuat tonight given at th Hotel Pf later t tha elttsen of Milwaukee. Th dinner lasted anout, two hours. The decoration of th banquet hall wer very elaborate. Th tabl at Which th nrlnca aat waa tltar.il. covered with Alabama amllaz, arching graceiuuy over th place wher Princ Henry sat. Tbre toasts were pronoad. thoaa ta tha president of the United States and thos to in emperor or Oermany being drunk as ths orchestra played the national airs of tbs rsspectlv nations. These were tY!. lowed by the toast: "Prlncs Henry of Prussia." Th princ responded aa fol lows: Oentleman T will mmiaw tn... .1 fop hut a raw m nut-i f hoaraa, having lost aomethlns. In thl ...... , , ,.,.. j. j , tui, wuicn k nope, however, to regain. It 1 a pleasure to tn to thank you fur th hearty waloom you hava nffar-wt m- In ,1.1- 1 1 k. . . - - . ... . iwi.17, urn in. jn and aympatheUo city of yours, th prtn- f 1 1 1U 1 ... A n.naL .1 . . .. thrift and induatxy. i have J-aard) It svua
