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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 1I, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, M AllCH 10, 1 003 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY" T I III EE CENTS. RIVER BECOMES SEA F.atU Hirer Orerflowi and Eood Large flection of City of Fremont LOUP RIVER IS ALSO ON RAMPAGE Oolumbui Stream Sweeps Orer Backi fo Kile and Half. RAGING FLOOD OROWNS STANTON GIRL Brother Escapoi on Timber Floating Down Uaion Creek. TURBULENT WATERS SURROUND PENDER Weather BVmi lof. Wsr.lna:. Especially- to Ohio and Lower MIs oarl Valleys mm Telle of la Kill aad Honk. FREMONT, Neb.. March I. (Special Tel egram.) An lea Koran formed In the Platte about two miles west of here tonight and nearly all of the elty louth of the Vnlon Fertile traeki la floodad. The water ros, very rapidly and without much warning. It started about I o'clock, a email stream running east on 8outh street. At 11 80 It had reached the tracks on H street and on other North and South streete was only a block away and waa not rising much. It flooded all cellars except a few on higher ground and In a good many places was a foot deep on the first floor. The basement of the West Side .school was Oiled and the people driven out of the small houses In the vicinity. In several homes there were sick people who were with some difficulty trk'n to pieces of safety. There was '.onslilcrable excitement. One family had gine to bod and the first they knew of the flo-id was by the sound of the water In the room. People could be seen with lanterns taking out their horses and eows. One woman waded through a couple of feel of water with half a dozen chickens In her anna, while chair and other movables were floating around in the honse. Cattlj realised their danger and their frightened bellowing could be heard all through the flooded district. A considerable part of InglewnoJ, ou'h of the city limits. Is under wa'irr. There is a strong ru treat from the west, wtih blocks of floating ice running through U. The condition at the packing house can not be definitely learned, but at . c'c'o?k the water was wltVn 300 feet of it ee l r ut be nearly to the yards. Two span cf the wagon bridge across the Platte are reported out and the entire bridge In danger. About 9 o'clock It was thought th flood was at its height, but later it began to rise again. The houses flooded are nerrl ell those occupied by the poorer Uui of people and their loea will be very heavy. The bright moonlight helped people greatly In moving their goods. The riv?r tai been . rising slowly all day. This evening about 4 SO It began to back up east of the north end of the bridge and aoon a big stream wa running op the road. It came so fast that a good many people who -re on higher ground had to wade to get cut. The last team to carry dynamite to the bridge had a eloee call. The driver had to swim his horses for a hundred yards, -bere twenty minutes before the water waa not over two feet deep. Loop Oat ol Ita Banks. COLUMBUS, Neb., March . Three hun dred families living In Columbus have been cXjcpelled to leave their homes and seek higher ground. The Loup river at this point la more than a mile and one-half wide. The Union Pacific tracks for that dis tance from Columbus to the big bridge over the Loup are under water and not being used. Traffic has been entirely suspended. The bridge le considered safe. Ice gorges are forming and breaking continually, lee Gars la Reaaklleaa. SUPERIOR. Neb.. March . (Special Tel egram.) The two big Iron bridges over the Republican river at tela place are In im minent danger of being swept away. The river Is out of lta banka and la full of floating ice. The Ice guards on the west bridge are gone and cakea of Ice fifty to sixty feet square are rraahlng against the piers. The guards on the east bridge are alao gone and the bridge has been knocked two feet oat of line. One gorge formed and broke, but It looks as though another Is forming. The river Is steadily rising. The bridge at Hardy. Neb.. was swept away yesterday, tilrl Drowsed at Btaatea. STANTON. Neb.. March . Minnie and William Doetsch were returning home last Bight from a call at a neighbor s houae mud were caught in the flood of Union creek, a tributary of the Elk horn river. MUs Doetsch wss drowned. The boy escaped by clinging to a pleee of floating debrta that atruck him as he tall. Peader ta Isolated. PENDER. Neb.. March . (Special Tele gran. Pender tonight la entirely sur rounded by water caused by the overflow of the Logan liver. All the bouses on the lowlands are partially aubmerged, the oc cupant fleeing to the higher ground for safety. Old residents of the country say this Is the worst flood that has ever been known here. Great damage will be done to the bridge! on the bottoms. Some loss of stock Is already reported. The farmers are entirely cut oil from the town. Schools are doted until the waters subside. Re ports from the north say another rise may be expected before morning. Part of Bis Brldae Goao. SCHUYLER. Neb., March t. (Special Telegram. When the Ice gorge went out of the Matte river here today It took along about i-ofl fret of the county wagon bridge. Six hundred feet of the bridge Is left stand ing In an apparently undamaged condition. Several rarties from the other side of the river were caught in town and will have to lay oer here several days, according ta present apoearaoces. The B. M. railroad bridge was also damaged considerably. The Icebreaker! were knocked out. and aeveral piles broken oS. ao aa to ,let the track tag out of alignment and prevent trains from crosiug thirlng the winter the county con:cUaBiwnera had expended eon- idrrable money la making general repairs oa the wagon bridge, which waa swept ka-ay. CENTRAL CITY, Neb.. March t. Spe cial.) Thick ice and warm weather U reusing much fear of loaa of Platte river Midges when the Ice goes out. Ducks aad leese are coming in at a lively rate. ST. PAUL. Neb.. March . (Special.) The rivers of Howard county are oa the ampage. Last eight "the high water, ac sordiag to reports just coming la, took ut the bridge over the Middle Loup at JCuaUaued oa rtfta rage.) MANY MATTERS ARE ADJUSTED Tarkey Finally Consent to Varies Demaada of the tailed Slate. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 9. The United States legation hss finally obtained official recognition of the examinations at the American Medical college, Beyreuth. oa the - lines a the French examination and -, settlement of the long-pending quesfK ''',; the rights of the wives and chil'i-. ' .-menlana. who have be come Datura. Means, to leave the empire. ' They are now aid. ' ielr husbsnds and fathers In the Uri. .ates vlthotit hindrance. The council o. .ministers has sgreed to recognite the American educa tional, charitable and religious establish ments and they are now awaiting Imperial approval. It Is expected that authority will shortly be given to the American arcbneloglst, Mr. Banks, to undertake excavations at Tel abraham, Mesopotamia, the supposed site of the tomb of Abraham. Mr. Banka has been waiting here for this permission for three years. WASHINGTON. March 9. The State de partment has not been fully advised of the concessions obtained from the Turkish government by Minister Fleishmann as re ported from Constantinople. The Turkish government has up to this time declined to recognise the American medical diplomas or even those Issued to grad uates from American Institutions In Tur key, a fact which naturally greatly dimin ished their usefulness. A more Important concession from a humanitarian point is that respecting the wives and children of naturalized Amer icana. The Turkish government has here tofore held that the wife of a Turkish citizen who is naturalized In America doea not by that act become herself an Amer ican. International law admits the right of the woman to share the conditions of her hus band, and, while our government has not aet up the claim that under our own laws the wife becomes naturalized by the hus band's set. yet It has contended that under the principle of International law above referred to the Turkish government was not Justified In detaining these women In Turkey. As for the children, even nnder our own lawa they could not be claimed as Amer ican citizens unless they were actually resident In America when their father waa naturalized, therefore the concession of the Turkish government on theae point Is considerable. The undertaking to recognize the Amer ican educational, charitable and religious establishment! will. It Is said, greatly en large their uaefulnesa and add much to iheir security, for there will hereafter be no question of their right to claim full military protection from the Turkish gov ernment if they are threatened In times of riot. BRITAN'S BULWARK GROWS Tblrty-Klae Xew aval Boats to Be Ballt Darlaar Cosnlae; Ytar. LONDON. March 9. The British navy es timate! for1303-O4. Issued this evening, provide for an expenditure of $179,184,205, an Increase of $1.010.000, of which $11. 180,000 will be devoted to ship building and repairs. The malntentance estimates provide for 127400 officers and men, an increase of 4.600. The program for the year Includes three new battleship, four armored cruisers, three protected cruisers, to be used as scouts, fifteen torpedo boat destroyers, tea torpedo boats, two coaat guard cruisers, a river gunboat and an admiralty yacht. In an explanatory statement Lord Bel borne, first lord of the admiralty, an nounces the formation of a new squadron, to be known aa the South Atlantic squad ron. It will serve on the west coast of Africa and along the southeast coast of America, with bases at Gibraltar and Sierra Leone. It la also stated that the trlala of oil fuel on British warships have been In creasingly satlsfatcory. POPE IS ABLE TO RECEIVE Actios) ts Coatra'fettoB) to A tarsal Ba it aaaers igala Afloat Coaetra. I aa? Health. ROME, March 9. Tho pope this morn ing received Cardinal Peraud, bishop of Autun, France, in audience, thus contra dicting the alarming rumors which had again been circulated regarding his health. As a result of the favorable report of Cardinal Satolll, prefect of the congrega tion of studies, the congregation of the propaganda has decided to propose to the pope that he appoint Monsignor Contay, former rector of the Catholic university at Washington, as bishop of Los Angeles, In succession to Right Rev. George Mont gomery, recently appointed coadjutor arch bishop of Saa Francisco. VESSEL HAS ROUGH VOYAGE Carpeater ts Killed aad Other Mem bers of Crew Badly Iajared by tera. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. March 9 The steamer Ulunda, which arrived here yesterday even ing from Liverpool, after a passage laattng twenty-one days, reported having encoun tered hurricane weather. Carpenter Mansen was killed, Boatswain Cook tad his arm broken and Einglneer Braytoo had three finger torn from one of hta handa during the storm. The steamer's engines were disabled. Its deck bouses were torn away and It was otherwise badly damaged. BOXERS GATHERING POWER Caatare Villages, Detbroa Govera. seat Aathorltles aad Fir LONDON. March 10. The Dally Mall cor respondent at Shanghai telegraphs that tin rebellion in the Kwang-Sl province Is spreading rapidly. Several villages have been captured and the government la prac tically powerless. The popular hatred for the Christians, adds the correspondent, is displayed ia the Shantung province by the destruction of the churches. OTTAWA, Ont, March 9 Clifford Slfton. minister of the Interior, will be the British sgent to prepare the Canadian ease for the Alaskan boundary commission. Rossieror Beeelves Fraaels. BERLIN. March 9. Emperor William received President Francis' of the St. Louie eioeUloa la eudieaca at aoa todajr BATHED IS BURNING OIL Tank Cars Explode, Scattering; Blaaing Fluid Ovor Eaer Spectators. SCORE DIE AND MANY ARE MAIMED Tortared Victims Flee Dowa Railway Tracks Like llamaa Torehes Vainly- Strlvlne; to F.xtlw gnlah the Flnsse. OLEAN. N. Y.. March 9. At least twenty-two persons were- killed and a large number Injured by an exploaion of oil near he-s tonight. A freight train on the Erie, made up principally of laden oil csrs, broke la two near this city about 9, the two sections came together with a crsh and one of the tanka was demolished. Fire broke out almost Instantly and the sky was lighted up for miles. Fir Spreads to Teaks. The flames communicated quickly with the other tank cars and three explosions followed each other in rapid succession. Sheets of flame shot out In sll directions. Scores of spectators attracted by the con flagration were caught within the fire xone and enveloped In flames. Men at d boys ran screaming down the tracks with their clothing ablaze. Othera fell where they stood, overcome by the awful heat. Just how many were killed la not known, aa many of the bodies were Incinerated. Sydney Fish, a prominent business man, returned from the scene of the fire at midnight- He said: . L w"? t,rac,'"l by the blaze between an and lu o'clock. When I was within a quarter of a mile of the wrecked train there was a terrific explosion. Flame shot outward and upward fur a great dis tance. I saw several persons who started to run away drop on the railway tracks. They never moved again. Othera who had been standing close to the wreckage were hurled through the air for hundred of feet. The scene was awful. Half a dosen young boys ran down the track with their clothing on fire. They resembled human torches. I could hear their agonised streams distinctly from where I atood. They ran some dlrtanee down the track and then threw themeelvee to the ground groveling In the ditches In their frantio efforts to extinguish the flame. Then they lay still, some of them unconscious, others dead. I do not know how many were killed, but I counted twenty bodies before I came away. Dortora at a Premlam. Word was sent at once to Olean police headquarters by telephone. Every doctor and ambulance in the city were summoned. Grocery wagons and carriages of all kinds were pressed into service and everything possible wss done to bring the injured to the hccpltals for treatment. At midnight the first. batch of injured arrived at the hospital. They were four boys, terribly wounded, great patches of flesh having been burned off and hanging lu shreds from their bodies. By 1 o'clock twenty-two bodies had been taken from the wreck 5 ge. Some of tbera are burned beyond recognition, only tho trunks and skulls remaining. RAILROAD MAKES MILLIONS Ooald Reports Profits of s)0,S-l,62a Kara by Mlsseari . Pacldc. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 9. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mis souri Pacific and Iron Mountain roads will be held here tomorrow. Following Is a synopsis of the annual report to be sub mitted by George Gould: Actual mileage operated $,Mt; gross earn ings, $37.w'5.6-. ; operating expenses, lio. OM.1H0; net arnlngs. $12,451.07; net earnings after deducting taxes and sundry charges, $10.7.1M. Added Interest on Investments, dividends on stock, etc., $2,t2,l.; net in come applicable to interest on bond and rentals of leased lines. $13,190,254: interest on bond and rentals of leased lines & 664.672; surplus cf Income for the year over all charges. tS.54t.ti2. Total dividends de clared from surplus. t3H55.110. An apnropriation of Il.ioo.ono has been made trom the Income for the current year in yri iur improvements pjanned for lsua. The necessity for developing and expand ing of the Iron Mountain system haa made necesaary the authorization of a new Issue of bonds, to be secured by a first mortgage on the property to be acquired with the proceeds of the bond to be known as the River and Oulf division first mortgage. Tho total amount of bonds authorix d to be issued under the mortgage ia $50,OGO,0uO. SIAM TAKES HARVARD MAN KJafr Seeks Leaal Advisor la Asaerleaa Halls of Leara iaar. BOSTON, March 9. The Transcript says: It has become public from authority which cannot be doubted that one and possibly two professors of the Harvard law school have been selected for Important poiltlona in the royal court of Slam. One will become legal adviser to the ! king, a place of great Influence and reapon- i siblllty. because the action of Slam In in ternational questions depends on bis Ad vice. Prof. Edward Henry Strobe Bemls, professor of International law, is named for the position. Prof. Strobel has had much experience in diplomatic affairs and Is considered an authority upon international law. He is a southerner, by birth and a northern man by education. He has been secretary of the United States legation at Madrid, third as sistant secretary of state In the second Cleveland administration, minister to Ecu ador and minister t Chile. BEATEN BY RIVAL TRIBESMEN Chief Dick Washakie Gete Drank -ml is Serloaaly Iajared la A sTray. LANDER, Wyo.. March 9. SpeclaI Tele gram.) Dick Washakie, chief of the Sho shone on the Wind River reservation, and a son of the noted old chief who died last year, was found drunk by members of a rival faction of his tribe last night and it is supposed they gave him a terrible beat ing. He was found today in an uncon scious condition. His head and body were bady cut and feara are entertained that he will die. Ever since the death of old Chief Washakie a email band of Shoahonea ha realsted the rule of Dick Washakie and the latter haa frequently been threatened with death. DOBLIN WANDERING MANIAC Tarmeoat Bribery vVltaeas Loses eases aad Will Co to Asylaaa. NEW TORK. March 9. Phillip DoWin, whose sensational volte face in connection with the charges of attempted bribery mada by Representative Leasler, was found wan dering in Central park two days ago. anJ today declared Insane. Tomorrow be will be ukaa ia a aanitariua M A lor la, L. L COURT HITS SCALPERS HARD leasee Iajnactlon Restraining- TrsBle la World's Fair F.iesr aloa Tickets. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 9 In the circuit court today Judge Wood made permanent the temporary Injunction granted last Oc tober against Bennett Wasserman et al., ticket scalpers, restraining them from buy ing or selling world's fair excursion tick ets. The temporary Injunction was grautel at the Instance of all the railroads entering St. Louis and waa argued recently. One case, that of the Wabash, was decided to day. It was agreed hy counsel that the decision in this case should be binding In the others. While the suite were brought In the names of the railroad, the aorld's fair took an active part In the prosecution, as the railroads had Insisted that without pro tection against scalpers they coiilc not af ford to make low rates. The scalpers did not deny that thv were dealing in the non-transferable tickets, hut claimed that the railroads were In an un lawful pooling agreement snd had no eight to limit the sale of tickets. Both of these contentions were derided In favor of the railroads, the court holding that the West ern Passenger association was a lawful as sociation in nowise conflicting with any state of federal statute, and that In consid eration of a reduced rate the railroad! had the power to make tlckete non-tranafer-rable. PLAN FOR REORGANIZATION Americas MaltlasT Aatoelntloa. Asala B Placed I poa Ita Feet. Slay NEW TORK. March 9. A plan for the reorganization of the American Malting association was announced today. The plan provides fox the reduction of the preferred s'ock from $14,400,000 to $10.0)0. 00 and of the common from $14,500,000 to $10,000,000. The preferred Stock ts to be entitled to cumulative 4 per eent dividends until the outstanding per cent gold bonds have been reduced from $3,861,000 to f H.OOO.OOO; thereafter at the rate of 5 per cent until the bonds stall have been reduced to $2,000,000; after that at the rate of 6 per cent until the redemption of the bonds, and thereafter at the rate of 7 per cent. No dividends are to be paid upon the common stock until the preferred shall have received dividends aa deacrlbed. The holders of the new preferred stock shall not elect a majority of the directors of the new company until 4 per cent shall have been paid upon the common stock. Only 3i per cent of the present preferred and 25 per cent of the existing common are to be issued at once, the Issue of the remainder to be made in Installments as the 6 per cent bonds are redeemed. BRYAN LAUGHS AT HILL Says Mew Yorker Tosses Cola to See Who Shall Seek Demo cratic Saffrasres, I TOLEDO. March 9. W. J. Bryan waa In terviewed today twrrent, political ques tions. .-.--- "I think," he said, "Mr. Hill is tossing a penny to see whether he or Judge Parker will run. The trouble with the plan ts that Hill uses so old a penny that he does not know which side is head and which Is tail." Speaking of the recent congressional ses sion, he said: "What congress has done is easily ascer tained. Find out how much there was In the treasury before the session began and how much there is now. The wonder is they did not take it all." Asked his opinion on the Wabash strike Mr. Bryan said: "The merits of the con troversy between the company and its em ployes are overshadowed by the menace of the process known as government by injunction. Th-t democrats have long been calling attention to the danger that lurka in this abuse of Judicial power, but it seems to take several object lessons to make the people acquainted with a bad principle." OPPORTUNITY FOR SPEED WAR Mllwankee Maa.es m Break Which May spread to Omaha Territory. CHICAGO. March 9. (Special Telegram.) Action taken by the Et. Paul In placing In service a new fast mail train between the Twin Cities and Chicago bida fair to result In a speed war not only between the cities mentioned, but between Chicago and Omaha. The new train connects with the new mall train on the Great Northern from the north Pacific coaat, and points along the coast are brought nearly six hours nearer Chicago. The new St. Paul train will leave St. Paul at 7:30 p. m. and will arrive In Chicago at 7 a. m., which Is one hour and twenty-five minutes faster than the mint mum time agreement oetween the cities. When the dispute over the time agree ment arose a year ago, owing to the North western reducing the time of the Overland limited between Chicago and Omaha, the SL Paul officials gave notice that they would no longer be bound by the agreement between Chicago and St. Paul, but would feel free to beat It at any time upon notice. BAPTISTS BATTLE IN CHURCH Fire oa Preacher, Whoso Frleads B. tar Shots, Oae Maa Driest. AUGUSTA, Ga., March 9. Aa the result of a factional fight In the Mount Pleasant Baptist church, six miles from Johnston, S. C, one man was killed and three seri ously wounded. Recently ths congregation became di vided and one faction forbade Rev. Kit Jones to preach laat night. The other in sisted on his preaching and the minister went Into the pulpit. As he announced the hymn the opposing faction entered the chvrch and Bred upon him. Two of his friends were In the pulpit with him and returned the Are. George Hammond wss shot dead and his three sons were seri ously wounded. PREPARING WARM RECEPTION ral.a Paella Or.salaea Forces to Pat OsT Threatealas; Trala Bobbers. CHETENNE. Wye.. Mar-h V Ths Union Pacific is preparing to resist a threatened atuaca oy tram roDDers oy sending an armed fore on fleet horses to Rawlins, whence the location of the threatened at. tack will be patroled. Another precaution is the strengthening of the armed guards on the express and mail traiaa between Cheyenne aal Ogden. RICHARDS CREATES A STIR Ooternor of Wyoming Out in Intertiaw Antagonistic to Bootevelt. OTHER MEN FROM STATE NOT 111 HARMONY Nebraska enalora Formally Prrseat Name of Charles J. fireeae for a Posltloa oa the Federal Bearh. 'From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 9. (Special Tele gram.) The emphatic pronouncement of Governor De Foeest Richards of Wyoming, made in the course of a long apecial to tho Washington Post from Cheyenne, that not only Wyoming, but several western states, would send antagonistic delegations to the next republican national convention, "dele, gates which will oppos the nomination of President Roosevelt." caused widespread comment today throughout political cir cles here. The trend of Governor Rich ards' Interview, as published In the Post, is a caustic criticism of President Roose velt's policy in causing the withdrawal from e,itry of much of what the governor denominates the best Imd In th.it stste and placing the same In forest reserves. This, the governor states, means restric tion of immigration and If continued would keep Wyoming and other states similarly situated in the class of arid states. The governor then gave uttcrsnce to the following bold and unequivocal statement: "Unless President Roosevelt makes a sudden snd radical change In his poli,:y it Is practically certain that an antagonistic delegation will go from Wyoming and very probably from other rtates of the wea: where fenestration Is a paramount question, ss It concerns water supply, the most Im portant question with which we have to deal." Along the lines of his position regarding the forest reserve Governor Richards ssys: "We favor the preservation of the for ests, but the object, ss we see It. and the desire to be accomplished Is to preserve the trees on the mountain sides and tops, so as to protect our water supply. Water Is what we need. We cannot support a policy which sets apart great areas of land, the only land suitable for settlement, so that eastern pleasure seekers may have a place to hunt and fish and camp out for a season. We are desirous of the preserva tion of people, not animals. We wish to depart from the arid class and make of Wyoming one of the foremost states in agriculture through the operation of the Irrigation law, as it is possible to do. We want to raise agricultural products, not wolves, bear and other game for the pur pose of making Wyoming a game preserve for eastern sportsmen." President Comes Back. The correspondent in conjunction with the interview had with Governor Richards states in a very modest, way that the gov ernor was one of those responsible for President Roosevelt's attitude on the Irri gation measure. When Roosevelt made bia tour of the west Governor Richarda waa with him for ten daya and according to the correspondent, he impressed upon Mr. keoseveh's mtndr the necessity of radical uuerancea in favor of a national irriga tion law and that in consequence of Gov. ernor Richarda' pronounced vlcwa on irri gation the president used a great many of the Wyoming governor's ideas in compiling his message to congress. When Representative Mondell was asked today whether Governor Richards reflected the sentiment of his state when he stated that Wyoming would not aend a delegation favorable to President Roosevelt to the next national republican convention, Mr. Mon dell aaid: "I do not conalder myself commissioned to speak for the republicans of Wyoming relative to their choice of a candidate for the presidency in 1904, but the last state convention of the party, held In July last, after expressions of gratitude to Preaident Roosevelt for his interest In western af fairs and his assistance in the passage of the national irrigation act, aaid: 'We look forward with confidence and satisfaction to his nomination and election le 1904 This Is the last official declaration of the repub licans of Wyoming and until the party officially declares a change of mind I am bound to believe that they will adhere to their declaration. My personal opinion is that the president has gained rather than lost in strength with our people since that time. I cannot aee how it could well be otherwise In view of the Interest he haa taken in matters of Importance to our peo ple and the splendid recognition our state has had at his hands in the matter of ap pointments. "'I have not been In sympathy with some features of the policy which haa been pur- j sued witn tegard to the establishment and maintenance of forest reserves, and have so expressed myself on numerous occasions, though I am heartily In sympathy with a conservative forest reserve policy. Opposes Gam Preserve. "But the objectionable feature are cer tainly aot chargeable to President Roose velt, though I am aware that certain par ties have been inclined to defend rather draatlc action with regard to reserves with the claim that they were following the preaident a policy. In the matter of ere- I atlon of game preserves in forest reserves I have been opposed to the legislation sug gested and some ten days ago I made a minority report adverse to a bill which had passed the senate and was before the house committee on public lands. In so doing I did not conalder. however, that I was op posing the president's policy or, aa I stated In the report, do not believe the president advised or contemplated the leg islation which was urged and which those favorable to it attempted to bolster up by aeserting that It was la line with the pres ident's recommendations. "I have great confidence in W. A. Rich arda, commissioner of the land office, and believe that aa tar as his views are carried out in regard to forest reserves there will be no reasonable ground for complaint rel ative thereto. The wild-eyed game pre serve ideas that some extremists are urg ing and which would nullify state game laws In the territory affected doea not, in my qptnion, reflect the views of the presi dent, and there Is little likelihood of the proposed meaaurea being enacted into law." Assistant Attorney General Vandevanter, in common with citizens of Wyoming gen erally at the capital, read the statement ac credited to Governor DeForest Richards, aa printed in a special to the eastern press this morning from Cheyenne. Vaadevealer hot Tslklag. "In view of ths fact that I am about to saver my connection with the Interior de partment to enter upon a judicial career on the Unite Siates circuit bench, I do not believe It would be seemly for me to talk upon this rather startling statement made by Governor DeForrest Fli hards of our state. I will take the oath and assume (.Continued oa Fifth Page.) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecnst fnr Nehnsk.:-Italn la S uih. Fair In North I'nrtlnn, tvi.li-r In S.iithe.itt Portion Tuesday. Wednesday, Main. Tempera! tire at Umaba leslerdsyi Hoar. Dew. Hoar. lira. B a. m ;tr I p. m T,i a. at :V 2 p. m Ml T a. m : H p. n KT a. ni :tN 4 . m H: a. m nil n p. ni ! I a. m 41 H p. ni (IS It a. at in 7 i. m (17 12 m 4H H p. n &.1 p. m B.I FIRE TAKES ARCADE HOTEL Far as Known All the Oaeato Es cape, Most of Them la Main Holies. Shortly after 1:4". this morning the Ar cade hotel on Potiglns street between Thir teenth and Fourteenth caught fire In a mysterious fashion and by 3 was well alight and apparently without hope of saving It. The guesls were all asleep at the time, but all so far as Is known managed to escape to the street, though some were In their night clothes. This Is the second mysterious fire within a week at the Arcade, the last being but a minor blaze which originated In a cloaet among some stored mattresses and waa ex tinguished without difiiiulty. TEMPORARY MARKET STALLS City Council Provides Place for the 1'rnrk Farmers Pendlnsr Mar ket Honse Completion. Arrangements were made by the general council committee yesterday afternoon to provide a place for t-raporary market stalls pending the completion of the new Capitol avenue market house. It was stated that the roof Is already on the structure and It will be flniehed April 1. Authority will be given tonight for the re-employment of Marketmaater Gerke and the three sides of the sqjare bounded by Fifteenth street, Capitol avenue and Fourteenth street named as the location of the market gardener." wagons for the present. No fees will be collected for this privilege. The truck farmers' have been demanding temporary stalls for several weeks, as they are be ginning to do a street business again. In connection with this matter City En gineer Roeewater stated that the curbing should be set back from twenty-four feet to ten feet from the lot line on Capitol avenue between Thirteenth aed Fourteenth streets, where the market house stands In the middle of the thorouRhfare, in order that adequate wagon room may be pro vided. This will necessitate additional pav ing and the whole work will cost about $1.3no. Estimates will be prepared and submitted. Former Mayor George P. Bemls appeared concerning his damage claim against tho city for a broken leg. He exposed the limb for the inspection of the councllmen and stated that when the plaster cast waa removed a week ago the bone was found united by only a flbroua growth, there being no bone connection. Health Commissioner Ralph made an examination before the committee and substantiated the asser tions. Mr. Bemls has started a suit for 120,000 against the city, but offers to com promise for $10,000. He plainly had the sympathy of the councllmen yesterday afternoon, and they assured him they would negotiate toward a satisfactory aet tlement as soon as formal notices concern ing the suit are served on the owners of the sign that blew down and caused the accident, and other details arranged. Michael E. Daniels, a motorman who slipped and fell on the Ice at Ames ave nue and Thirty-sixth street and broke his right wrist, January 8, urged his claim for $150. The committee vo'ed to give him $100, which he accepted. The petition of the residents along Spald ing street between Twenty-seventh and the Belt line tracks, to have the old wooden blocks removed In order that the six-Inch concrete foundation may present a better road, was disposed of by unofficially re. queating the residents to tear up the timber paving themeelvee. WRANGLE OVER RESOLUTION Conarilmaa Karv Defends Ills Support of the Open Door Elcctrlo Power Ordlaaace. Resolved. That the North Omaha Im provement club Indorse the action of our honorable mayor. F. E. Moores for vetoing city ordinance No. J6, known as the "op.-n door'' electric power ordinance; and be It lurinrr Resolved. That this club respectfully ask our honorable city councilman to favor the Andrew Roeewater ordinance and paas the san.e so as to allow the citizens to my by their votes that they want cheap power In the city or Omnha. The above reaolution, offered by I. T. Craig, at the meeting of the North Omaha Improvement club Monday evening, caused a very lively debate between that gentle man and Councilman Karr, who was prea ent. Councilman Karr took exceptions to ths resolution In that It eulogized the mayor and condemned the councllmen at the same time. He favored that portion of the res olution requiring him to work for the An drew Roeewater ordinance, but the first portion met with his dissent. While ad dressing the club he amended the resolu tion in accordance with his views, which immediately brought for'h a lively dis cussion from Mr. Craig's side of the hall. In defending bia measure Mr. Craig stated that all he desired was cheaper power In Omaha and the privilege of voting for it. He also desired to show his appreciation to the mayor for his vetoing the "open door" ordinance. Mr. Johnson came to the rescue by stat ing that there still remained several weeks for action and there was no special need for the adoption of the resolution at this meeting. It was consequently laid over for one wrek. The ladies in North Omaha will meet next Thursday evening for the purpose of perfecting an auxiliary organization. Movements et Ocean Vessels March ). At New York Arrived Umbrla. from IJerpoil, Patrlela, from Hamburg; (.a Bretagne. from Havre; Minnehaha, from London. Sailed Minneapolis for London. At Glasgow Arrived Sardinian, from Portland. At Liverpool Arrived Etruri a, from New York. At Naples Arrived Penjgla from New York. S.Ul.?d Hesirt-ri-i. for New York. At Bremen 8a.iled Grosner Kurfur.it, for N w York. At The Lizard I'aSHed Kroonland, from New York, for Antwerp. At Plymouth Sailnd Pretoria, from Hamburg, for New Y'irk. At Southampton Sailed Oroseer Kur furst. from Bremen, via Pont del Gads,, for New York. At ili'ville Arrived Furnesi:!. from New York, for JlarK'w a vi pr i. eeded. At Penarth H ill -d Royalist, from Ant werp, for Stu Francisco. At Yokohama Arrived Indrasamha, from Portland, Ore., fur llutg Kong., eta BARTLEl! IS .UISSM Sergeant-at-Arms of House Tails to Reac' Ei-Treaiurer with a Subpoena. INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS WITHOUT Hi' Former Treasurer Hill Sayi He Torce Over No Personal Obligations. CLANCEY'S TESTIMONY IS A SURPR13I Sajs He Never 8w the "Cigar Box" am Doea Not Beliee Savaga Did. JUDGE H0LC0M8 TELLS WHAT HE SAW IN r lloase Pats la Msht Session on Rev rnne Bill and Hetalna the t'onnly Assrsaorshln (lame. HARTf.f.T could not be found when nous, eraeunt-at-arms sought h.m with suli poena Hurtle)- le l.eoeved to be lu l.ln coin, rormer Treasurer Hill testitie, h settled with Biirtley in full. Turned ove no personal obligations. Robert J 'ln cey, former secretary of Governor Savage never saw ciKar box.'' Does not hellevi Savage did. Judne llolcomb tys he orlgl luite.i term " iKr box.'' t 'untamed m personal nbllgHiiuns when he saw It, bu ler'llli Ue of deposit. lIul'NE considers new revenue bill In com rnlttee of the whole. Section provldlni fur county iiss,.w,ir is adopted. LANt'AKTKU del. gallon works for t.v,um approprlailon for purchase of conserva tory f musle buildings, to be added ti State university. OuVKHNOR MICKEY sends in Ms fir-t .V?,',' 11 r'frs to the hill providing f.n bill to pay fees to commissioner of publU lands and buildings. 8KNATK declines to appropriate ino tc build Mrs. Howeer's sod house at St Ixitila exposition. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 9. (Special Telegram.) The special committee appointed by Speaker Mockett from the house as the re sult of a resolution by Knox of nuffalo to investigate the circumstances surrounding the so-called cigar box, said to contain I 0 L"s and other forms of securities rep resenting portions of the Mi.OOti of s ate funds embezzled by Bartley while state treasurer, began Its work tonight by taking testimony of three witnesses. The night seesions of the bouse on the revenue bill, with Its fifty amendments, also began tonight. This strenuous pai-e Is to continue until the revenue bill Is dis posed of and some result is reached in the Hartley case. The members composing this inveettgit ing committee ere Representatives Knox of nuffalo. chairman; Nelson and Kennedy of Douglas, Ribblo of Saline and Ferrar ' of Hall. The witnesses who testified tonight were former State Treasurer Hill, who was Hart ley's immediate predecessor; R. J. Clancey, who was private secretary to former Gov ernor Savage, and Judge Holcomb of the supreme court, governor from January S, 1895, until January, 189, serving his first term aa Bartley served hta laat aa state treasurer. Nelson and Kennedy, the lawyers of ths committee, did most of the questioning, although Chairman Knox occasionally In terrogated a witness. The nature of the evidence tonight was not such as io lead to any immediate unearthing of tha e'ear box, which one of the witnesses declared to be a mere myth or legend. The commit tee has other witnesses, howov-jr, to ex amine. It is very anxloua to locate Gov ernor Savage to request his yreHeo:e by wire. This anxiety la baaed largely u; on the assumption that the former exrcutlvo will be able to make some per'lnnt dis closures, inasmuch as ho gave reason f r such a theory when he made public a let ter some time lar.t year saying that at the end of his official term he would tell where this mysterious receptacle was and gave the general Impression that ita contents would be made known. Hill tho First Wltaeas. Ex-Treasurer Hill waa 'he first witness. He said: "I turned over to Mr. Bartleyat th nd of my term securities for all moneya In my possession. I told him in what banks I bad funds deposited. I gave iertlflcat?a of deposit In settlement with Bartley, as checks were not allowed. Bartley obje'ted to accepting the certificates of one o.1 two banks and the rest he accepted without hesitation. As was customary In I lie rose of Incoming treasurers, Mr. Bartl iy i bcee two bankers to aid him in going ovrr his predecessor's accounts. He chose Lather Drake and Mr. Balch of Omaha. Every thing was verified and Bartley bad ample rpportunlty to throw out anything he ob jected to. All the certificates of deposit which Bartley accepted aa cash later were paid except those from the Capital Na tional bank, which failed. Neither my bondsmen nor I made good any of these losses. I turned over no personal aecurt tles. I bad not loaned money to any Indi vidual or had any evidences of any personal indebtedness. I settled In full with Bart ley according to the auditor's statement about January 14. 1893. In the suit that waa later brought against me and my bondsmen the question waa raised as to whether I cught not to have paid over In cash. Thls""ws Impossible, and my settle ment waa verified bf the decision of th supreme court. I know of no one who got money personally from Bartley while treas urer. Have bad no dealings with him try self." Claacey's Oplaloa of Savage. Mr. Clancey was the next witness. Mr. Clancey was subpoenaed by the sergeant -alarms of the house In the city this after noon. His testimony came somewhat as a surprise, since, owing to his Intimate re latione aa private secretary to Governor Savage, who declared that he knew and would tell of that mysterious cigar box, it was naturally supposed be would be able to give the committee some light that would be valuable to it. but Mr. Clancey aaid be knew nothing. He made this statement: "I never aaw the cigar bos nor lta con tents. Don't know anything about It ex cept what I have read in the newspapers. Never talked of It with Governor Savage except In an Incidental way, and look upon it as a myth or legend." The moat surprising part of Claacey's testimony waa his answer to ths questions whether or not he knew anything of that famous letter which Savage caused to' be published In which he emphatically stated that at the end of his official term he would disclose ths whereabouts If not the con tents of this box. Clancey said, in fact, that he believed Savage did not know any thing about this box and, moreover, that he didn't mean what he aaid in that letter; that be thought the governor was merely Joking when be wrote, or had the letter written, and did not himself really believe seriously in the actual existence of any cigar box only as a mythical, mysterious some thin, vague and Illusive, valuable only i
