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JUXK'V 71.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOHN1NO, JANUAKY 11, 1904.
HlNdLU COPY TI1REU CENTS.
MILLIONS FOR ROADS
Ooogresi Will Bi Aiked fer Large Appro
priate to Build Highway.
EACH STATE IS TO BE GIVEN A SHARE
Hon to Be Apportioned According to
Poyn atioa.
NEW DEPARTMENT TO BE CREATED
Federal Grant to He Dnpl.oited bj the
t State cr County.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO NEBRASKA
Mlilmin of Cluarier of Million for
Sparsely Settled lilfi-Ptnt
Bcasloa Mar Initiate Big
Icktaie. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
VABHlNuTOiN'. Jan. 10. (.Special.) There
la every indication mat public road building
la to be one of the principal feature! of ois
cuksIuii by congress during Hie present ses
sion. Interest will be focusstd in bchuJf of
good roads on the meeting of a special
committee composed of representatives of
the several states which will convene In
this city 6n January 2S for the purpose of
presenting to the committees of the two
house the resolution adopted by the Na
tional flood Hoads convention, held In St
l.oiifs, which Was addressed by 1'resldent
Iloosevelt and many other distinguished
men. It Is expected that the present con
Cress will give more prominence to this
subject than It has received since the days'
of Clay and Calhoun, and the construction
of tho famous national pikes. Several bills
. have already been Introduced providing for
overnmeni aia 10 siaics mm uibw.iu. l
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'gnWBJT COnsU-UCIlOU. i H. mum
mVure of this ciaai Is the one known as
tho Iliwtilow bill. Introduced In the house
by Walter P. Urownlow ot Tennessee, and
ln tn senate ty Benator uamnger or.
Hampshire. The bill provides for the crea
tion of a department at Washington, with
proper superintendents and employes, to
take care of the building of these roads. It
appropriates $24,000,000, being available at
the rate of $8,000,000 a year for three years.
and this sum Is to be divided among the
different states according to their popula
tion, except that no stste Is to receive less
than $2RO,0OO of this money. Each state.
county or town under the bill receiving
federal aid must add a like amount to the
urn received from the United States gov
ernment.
Under the provisions of the bill the states
Hill receive the following amounts:
Shares of Each State.
AI.Kama tr.inVtt Irkttn.a. tlttO fY ' Pall.
fornla, $43n,'000; Connecticut, $162,000; Georgia,
$M2.0UU; Illinois. J1.S98.0O0; Indiana. $730,000;
Iowa. IW.OO; Kansas. $427.0110; Kentucky,
aVii.0i0: Louie ana. 4i0.Ort0: Maryland. $344,
Massachusetts, $M3,0; Michigan, $702,-
Minnesota, $WS,0O0; Mississippi, 4WUap;
Missouri. I'.kio.OUO: Nebraska, $MM,000; New
ilersev. SSM.UW; New York. I2.lwt.tiui: Nortn
Varouna.- 54.O0; Ohio. ,$l,30u.0u0; Pennsyl
vania. tl.81li.UMJ; Mosth Carolina, $JKS.UW,
Tennessee. jN6.0ilO: Texas. tsM.ouu; Virginia,
53H,0i. Weat Virginia, $27$,uuu; Wisconsin.
The states of Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont,
Wauhlngtnn ani Wyoming, having loss
than 700,000 Inhabitants, as provided for In
the bill, receive a minimum of K&0.000.
The government has expended $500,000,000
la the Improvement of our rivers and har
bors; It has given 197,000,000 acres of land
as grants to railways to aid In their con
struction; It has loaned Ml.OOO.OtlO In govern
ment bonds to aid In the construction of
the Union and Central Pacific railways; It
has expended 1750,000,000 In the Spanish
American war to aid Cuba to establish Its
independence; It will expend 1200,000,000 or
more in the construction of the Isthmian
canal; it has spent millions in the building
of postofflces and public buildings In nearly
very city ot the union; It ; ha. conrUcd
IIS 11 II 1 1 IV! VI asuusiw ,'"un w
and the Philippines, and It pay S1U00,000
per year In pension. The friends of na
tional aid for road urge similar consid
eration for their Improvement.
It I estimated that $500,000,000 properly
expended under the principles of the nt-
A4
aid would construct about all of the
W Impor
x count!
Important and necessary highway In this
country
Prices of Army Horses.
Quartermaster General C- H. Humphrey,
was before the military affair committee
of the house a short time ago on matter
connected with hi department, and th
broad and comprehensive knowledge he
hbwed a to th need of hi bureau made
a deep Impression upon the member of
th committee charged with preparing the
annual budget for the army. In discuss
ing th Item In th army appropriation bill
"Horses for cavalry and artillery," General
Humphrey presented some valuab'.e In'
formation to horse breeder and to those
who buy horse for th government. He
stated that during the fiscal year i902 the
average cost of horses was for cavalry
im.tV. artillery, 1141.17. During th fiscal
year 1R03. cavalry horse. $128.67; artillery,
$156.10. "Nothing 1 to b gained by pur
chasing cheap horse, a for cavalry pur
pose they are worthies," said th gen
ral. "For the present fiscal year we ar
paying under the lowest bid. Just received
1450 for cavalry and $1.4.60 for artillery
horses, which I a large decrease as com
pared with th price paid for the horses
purchased during th first part of the
year."
Opposes Government Stud F
Upon the subject of the government start
tug a tud farm, auch as Germany has and
which General Carter is now Investigating
General Humphrey has some pronounced
Ideas. He said In reply to a question of a
member of the committee that be knew of
a number of etock farms In th I'nlted
States'wMi-h having started out with th
Intention of raising horse have In a great
many Instance gone Into raining horned
cattle. "The horse that we get," said
General Humphrey, "come from small
farmer and are assembled In Urge nura-
bers for sale in the principal cities of the
west." A to the remount system which
i. having con.iderable d.uMu , army
circle' General Humphrey stated to th
committee: "we have diacuwwd It so far
aa the question of supplying the army with
horse purchased a year cr a year and a
halt before Issuing them, with a view to
supplying well-broke horse to the cavalry
and artillery. To carry that out would re
quire at least three places for aaserabllng
th animal one at Fort Klley, where wa
htv a reservation, one on the parflc
robai, wnere we oouia prooaoiy eecure a
reservation suitable for the purpose, and j
s.f ome amiable place In th south, where
. i.d would have to be purchased. Aa It
will cost about JlJU.OcO to Inaugurate thla
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CARL VTH THEIR BOMBS
Artlller) v - , aaa Horn I nice and
Shell . l ulled states
gallon.
SAN DOMINGO, Wednesday. Jan. .
There was firing last night around the city,
the Insurgents using cannon. A shell ntrurk
the city hall, doing considerable damage.
Another shell exploded in front of the
United States legation, but did not result
In Injury to the building. The political situ.
atlon here Itt unchanged, though several
arrests of Insurgent sympathiser have
been made. Provisions are plentiful and
milk and other products are coming In.
BAN DOMINOO, Jan. 10-Revolutlonlsts
continue to fire shells Into the city and
several private dwellings have been dam
aged. The revolutionists have defeated
General Castillo, capturing two cannon
and a considerable quantity of arms and
ammunition. Many were killed and
wounded in a fierce right last night.
A man named Tierce, an American, en
tered the city today, bearing a communica
tion from General Navvaro, minister of
war In the Jlmlnei government, to United
States Minister Powell. The minister was
arreHted by the. government authorities,
who took the message from him and aent
the messenger back. In his communlca
tion General Navvaro requested Minister
Powell to Intervene with the provisional
government, but the minister refuses to
treat with the general.
San Pedro de Macorla Is quiet. The situ
atlon here remains unchanged, but matters
are complicated because It is Impossible
to forsee the duration of the revolution or
in outcome. Business In general Is suf
fering In consequence.
Chamberlain to force issue
Makes a Tart nejnlnder to a Proposl.
tlon of the Duke of
Devonshire.
.pondnce between the Duko ot Devonshire
- rh.mK.ridn i. ,n-h thi.
mnPnlnl Tk. ,.. I. n-o.Mont r,t
th r .yj..., rTinLt o..ia.i, m t
M chambr,,n aum:mlinK that the aaso-
clatlon .houId d,olve owing to the diffi-
..,. of (.oleP,lon of the fund. now that
the party had become divided by the fiscal
controversy.
Mr. Chamberlain, In a long rejoinder, said
he thought It best to let "sleeping dogs
die," but If the duke of Devonshire wanted
to make a fiscal test on the question he
had best take a vote of the members of the
association and let the defeated party re
tire.
The duke replied, objecting to such a vio
lent ruptlon of the association, and asking
for a consideration of the arrangements for
dissolution.
Mr. Chamberlain closed the correspond
enre by announcing that as the duke will
not accept his views he Is determined to
rail a meeting on his own responsibility
and the course to be pursued will be con
sidered at this meeting.
SPANISH AREJJARD TO PLEASE
Effort of Pope to Placate Them Only
Ronaea Ire of tho
People.- . ,
ROME. Jan. 10. Vatican authorities are
greatly dlsplea&ed because of the Spanish
demonstrations against Blgnor Nosaleda,
former archbishop of Valencia, It Is said
at the Vatican that the appointment was
Intended to gratify the Spanish people, as
Archbishop Noxaleda was one of Spain'
own prelates who waa struck most se
verely by the Spanish-American .war, and
who through that war lost the prominent
position which he held In the Philippines.
The Vatican now finds that the appoint
ment has caused general dissatisfaction.
and while some persons look upon It as
displeasing to Americans, It has undoubt
edly failed to please .the Spaniards.
The Spanish government, through Am
bassador Deaguera, has Informed the Vati
can that It la ready to suppress any mani
festations against Archbishop Nosaleda
and that It will support his appointment.
QOWNS ARE NOT RESTRICTED
Pope Plus Was Only Joking; When He
Said the Goirn of Women Should
Be High Cut.
ROME, Jan. 10. Martin d'Antaa, Por
tuguese ambassador to the Vatican and
dean of th, dlplomatlo corp. says that the
report that Pope Plus ha charged him to
forbid women to wear decollett gowna at
reception which ar attended by cardinal
and other prelates 1 erroneous. Ambas
sador d'Antaa aay he last law th pop
December 27, when he called to pay the
holiday greeting and hi holiness, with
out giving injunction and recommenda
tion and more a a Joke than otherwise.
aid It waa desirable that the gown of
th women should be somewhat high cut.
Vessel Burned nt Sea.
LONDON, Jan. 10. Advices to Lloyd
from Port Stanley, Falkland islands, stats
that the captain and crew of the American
ship Clarence S. Bern en t, which sailed from
Philadelphia August it and Newport News
September 22 last, bound to San Francisco,
have arrived there and report that their
vessel wa burned at sea. There were no
fatalities. The vessel whlrh hailed from
San Francisco wa owned by O, W. Hume,
It captain.
DEMOCRATS ARE IN- EVIDENCE
Gather at Washington to Decide on
National Convention of
Party.
WASHINGTON. Jan. lO.-Demoeratie
campaign leader are beginning to gather
In thla city for the meeting of the na
tional committee, which meet at the
Shoreham hotel on Tuesday to select a
time and place for the next democratic
national convention. Convention boomers
from Chicago, St. Louis and New Tork
have 'opened headquarters at th Shore
ham. It is believed Chicago Is at present
In the lead a the eonvtntlon city and
that the convention will be held about two
I weeks after the republican national con-
I ventlon
ENDS LIFE WITH BUTCHERKNIFE
nptaln Falrchlld, One of the Oldest
Steamboat Men In the West,
reaiualie Suicide.
ST. IiOl'18. Jan. 10. One of the oldest
steamboat men In th west, Captain Rich
ard 8. Falrchlld, committed suicide at the
home of hla son today. He took his life
with a butcher knife. Captain Falrchlld
wa born at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, la 1841,
and during the civil war he wa In th fed
eral service a engineer on different trans
ports. Several years ago he retired from
the river on account of poor health. He
was well known on both th Ohlg and alia-
aisuippl rivers.
IRRIGATION LAW AT WORK
Fund it Growing ani Much Has Alrcad
Been Accomplished.
NEWELL'S SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
e Amendment Is Recommended and
Machinery So Far Rons Smoothly
Action of Idaho Is
Criticised.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) '
WASHINGTON." Jan. 10. (Bpecial.-The
second annual report of the Irrigation
Reclamation service, under the charge of
Frederick II. Nenell, will soon be issued
as a publlo document. The report will give
a general description of the work being
done by tho government In the various
western states and territories under the
national Irrigation law. Actual construc
tion has been begun In Arlsona and Nevada
on two great projects which will reclaim
several hundred thousand acres of fertile
land and build It up Into dense agricultural
communities. Detailed survts have been
and are being made of numerous other pro
jects and several of these will be taken up
during the coming year. By the end of the
present fiscal year there will, doubtless, be
something like 123,000.000 or $24,000,000 In the
reclamation fund for thta work.
The general Idea, is, as expressed In the
report, that the Irrigation law Is a safe and
carefully framed act and ran be worked
out to advantage. No change or amend
ment to the law Is recommended to con
gress. If after an actual trial upon two or
three projects some -weak point develops
then the government will be In a position
to Intelligently advise congress what change
la needed.
Protect Forests at Headwaters.
The report calls attention to the great
necessity for the protection of the head
waters of streams. It says:
"One of the most important matters In
connection with the permanent develop
ment of the water resources of the country
Is the protection of the catchment basins
from destructive Influences. The head
waters of many of the Important streams
are already Included within the forest re
serves and some tf the Important reservoir
sites are thus guarded from Injury. The
rorest reserve boundaries should be ex
tended to Include the country from which
comes the principal part of the rainfall.
This land usually has no value for cultlva
tlon, Is rugged and suitable only for the
production of trees."
The belief Is gaining ground at Washing
ton that not only should the forest reserves
be extended to this degree, but that the
entire remaining public forest lands should
be permanently reserved, and that any
timber ut therefrom should be under gov
ernment supervision, thus absolutely tnsur
Ing the water supply, both for Irrigation
and power, as well as for municipal or any
other need. ' The scores of denuded and
bar mountain ranges In western states
once thickly covered with sprues and fir
attest to the baneful operation of our pres
ent timber laws.
, . Blgareat Dam tn tho Conntry. ,
The official figure of the grlogical sur
vey ahow an Interesting comparison of the
dimensions of the big Tonto dam of the
Salt River valley, Arlsona, with other great
artificial reservoir structures in the coun
try. The Tonto dam is to rise 250 feet above
the channel of the stream. Its thickness at
the base will be 188 feet, gradually taper
ing to a width of sixteen feet at the curb;
the width of the dam across the canyon will
be 800 feet.
The great Croton dam, which Is to supply
New York with water, 1 220 feet above the
river channel and 1,800 feet across. It was
necessary In this case to dig down eighty
feet to Insure a good foundation.
The Wachusett dam near Boston Is 129
feet above the river channel, 185 feet thick
at the base and 850 feet wide.
To Irrigate Idaho Deserts.
The government has been making a gen- j
eral reconnaissance of the irrigation pos
sibilities of Idaho, under the national law,
and has selected three localities for more
complete study, "The southern portion of
Idaho, particularly along the Snake liver,
offer some of the beat opportunities for
reclamation In the United States," said Mr.
F. H. Newell, th national hydrographer.
"There are vast tract of arid land along
this river which could be transformed Into
great farming communities through the
storage of Its water."
On of the three project selected by the
government for special study 1 the Mud
lake undertaking.' Thi includes a large ex
tent of desert land, and it Is believed that
300,000 acres can be reclaimed through a
canal heading on the North Fork of the
Snake river near St. Anthony. Various
trial line have been run out by the gov
ernment across the desert, showing that
canals can be carried out at different ele
vation and at different costa.
The Minidoka project contemplates the
reclamation of about 80,000 acre on both
side of the Snake river south of the Ore
gon Short Line railroad. The Snake Is to
be dammed, but the water can not be raised
sufficiently high to get it out on the best
lands, so that, supplemental pumping on a
large scale is proposed to reach the landa
above the gravity system. The power for
pumping can be derived by suitable water
wheels Installed near the dam. To furnish
the water for these 80,000 acres storage I
to be provided at the headwater of th
Snake, utilising Lake Jackson, Two-Ocean,
Emma, Matilda and Jennie, all of which
have been set aside for reservoirs.
The third government project In Idaho Is
the Fayette-Boise, near the city of Boise.
The Fayette river on the north furnishes a
large supply of water, much of which goes
to waste. The work Involved In thi re
clamation, it la believed, will be expensive
and probably Include tunneling. A very
careful study of this project Is necessary,
but the lands when reclaimed will be of
very high value end the benefit to the state
will be far-reaching.
Daagere of State Control.
The action of the Idaho legiilatur In
accepting the national "Carey act" is an
Indication of th danger which may result
from leaving Irrigation or land question to
be dealt with by variou states. In ao
ceptlng th Carey aot, which provide that
when public land, under state regulations.
shall bs reclaimed by Irrigation and set
tled upon th state can acquire title from
the general government free of cost, the
legislature of Idaho slipped In a provision.
known to but few, to the effect that where
such lands were reclaimed by any private
company. In case they had not been set
tied upon at ths expiration of two year
after the completion of the Irrigation work.
the tttl of the land should pass to th
reclamation company. This was a most
greglou mlatake from the standpoint of
settlement and community building, but
would operate very niaely In the Interest
of land or Irrigation companies do I ring to
(Ceuluiucd on Second Page.)
MAY 00 AWAYJVITH STRIKES
Masons. Hrleklai era and Hod Carrier
of the International I'nlon Begin
Important Session Today.
TRENTON, N. J.. Jan. 10-Two Impor
tant international labor unions will open
their annual convention here tomorrow.
One I the Urlcklayer and Masons' Inter
national union and the other Is the Inter
national Hod-Curriers and Buildkig Labor
ers' union.
The maaona' convention Is expected to be
In session for at least two weeks and the
hod-carrier will be here for several days.
The most Important matter that will come
before both conventions will be the propo
sition to affiliate with the structural trades
alliance. This alliance will Include ten
trades In all. among which will be besides
the mason and hod-carriers, carpenters,
painters, plumbers, structural Iron workers,
steam fitters, tinsmiths and others.
President George B. Bubbtns of the
Bricklayers and Masons' International
union said that such an alliance would be
a great benent to notn employers ana em
ployes. Its purpose, he said, was to pro
vide a means of doing away with the
strike that result from petty grievances
and that are often the result of conflicts
between men of different unions engaged
In work on the same building. With such
an alliance there would be a central head
and there would be harmo'ny on the part
of different unions. This central organisa
tion would act as a unit to support the
bosses where they were the victims of some
unreasonable local demand and to support
the men where they were not fairly treated.
At the masons' convention announcement
will be made of the referendum vote that
has been taken among the subordinate or
ganisations of the affiliation of the Inter
national union with the American Federa
tion of Labor. It la understood that thla
proposition has been. defeated, although the
subordinate organizations are privileged to
exercise their discretion In the matter of
their affiliation with the federation. An
nouncement will also be made of the result
of the referendum vote on the question of
the election of officer and the amending of
the constitution by a vote of the subordi
nate bodies.
EXPERTS AFTER THE THEATERS
Philadelphia Managers' Object to
Some of the Provision for
Overhauling Playhouses.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10,-Managers rep.
resenting nearly every theater In this city
met today to consider what their action
should be In the present situation In the
theatrical business. It wa said after the
meeting that Its primary object was to take
up proposed legislation introduced In the
city council Inat week. The managers are
opposed to what Is known as the McLean
ordinance, which provides that all altera
tion shall be made by the lessee of the
theater. The managers urge that the own.
ers of. buildings should stand the expense
of Improvements. A committee wa ap
pointed to call on Mayor Weaver In rela
tion to the matter.
It was also stated that the meeting took
no action with regard to the work of the
commission ot experts appointed by the
mayor to Inspect all , theater of th
city. The managers say they are not only
In accord, but were oo -operating from day
to day with the commission. ,
The commission Is made up of two expert
builders, an architect, three chiefs of the
bureau of building inspection, fire depart
ment, electrical bureau and the fire
marshal Thus far the commission haa in
spected seventeen theaters and ordered
changes In sixteen of them. Two -of these
were ordered closed while alterations are
being made, several theaters were forced
to close all or part of their galleries and
others were compelled to remove seats to
widen aisles or make other changes.
It waa reported tonight that a meeting of
architects and builder of theaters, man
agers and Insurance men from all over the
country will be held here soon for the pur
pose of organising for mutual protection.
The whole proposition, it is said. Is still tn
an Indefinite form. .
PROTEST ON ANTI-PASS RULE
Superior Aaaoclutlon Decide to Take
(location V'p Tilth Rail
road. .
SUPERIOR. Neb., Jan. 10 (Special Tele
gram. ) The new rule of the railroad In
refusing return passes for stock shippers
raised a storm of protest at the annual
meeting of the Farmer' Shipping associa
tion her yesterday. The shippers adopted
resolutions Instructing their manager to
take It up with the railroads at once and
see if It Is possible to have the rule re
scinded. The shipper agree on their part
not -to ask for passes, except when It I
absolutely neoessary for a man to accom
pany the stock. The shipping association
ha over 800 members snd handles the
business of nearly all the cattle and. hog
raisers of northern Jewell county, Kansas,
and southern Nuckolls county, Nebraska.
During the past year the shipments have
gone exclusively to Kansas City via the
Burlington.
SENATOR HANNA IN CLEVELAND
Will Bo Returned to th Senate fey
the I,arTeat Majority Emr
Given a Candidate.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 10,-Senator
Hanna arrived here from Cleveland this
evening and will remain until after his re
election to the United States senate. The
house and senate will ballot separately
on United States senator next Tuesday.
There will be a Joint session on Wednes
day, when the result of the ballot will
be announced. Mr. Hanna will be returned
to the senate by me largest majority ever
given a candidate for the office, the re-
publicans having a majority of twenty-five
In the senate and sixty-six In the house,
or ninety-one on Joint ballot, the total
... I . . n.lAritu I
number of members being 148.
STRIKE GUSHER IN BIG HORN
First Flowing Oil Well In District
Belongs to a Chicago
Company,
MEETEETSE, Wyo , Jan. 10. (Special
Telegram. e Th Wyoming Oil and Develop
ing company, operating In the Bonansa
district, struck a gusher at 10 o'clock today
at a depth of 700 feet. Th flow of oil Is
estimated at 100 barrels. This atrlk cause
great excitement, as It Is th first flowing
well In the Big Horn basin oil field. The
Wyoming Oil and Development company la
composed largely of Chicago capitalists.
County Commissioner James Connelly of
Omaha was at Bonansa when the strike
waa mad. Th Collin company of Omaha
ha a drilling outfit enroute, u4 will drill
half a mil from lata-gush a r.
INQUIRY IS TO BE RESUMED
Democ ratio Senator! Deiire to Be Heard Id
Postoffice Hatter.
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CHALLENGE OF SENATOR SPOONER
Will Reply to Mr. earmark's Charges
of Lukewarm ' Prosecutions
Nomination of Minister
Buchanan.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 At the begin
ning of tomorrow' session the eenatt will
resume consideration of the Penrose and
Carmack resolution for an investigation
of Irregularities In the Postoffice depart
ment. There are still some democratic sen
ators who desir to be heard on this mat
ter. Senator Spooner ha intimated hla In
tention to make a more extended reply to
Senator Carmack' charge that Postmaster
General Payne haa been at all lukewarm
in the proaecution of frauda In his depart
ment. The understanding Is that this question
will not be allowed to retain It place be
fore the senate In Its present shape for any
great length of time, a Senator Gorman,
the leader of democratla senators, has ex
pressed a willingness to have the resolu
tlona referred to the postoffice committee,
and there is no doubt that it will be so
referred when the discussion come to an
end.
The nomination of Mr. Buchanan to be
minister to Panama remains unacted on
and discussion of It will be resumed at the
next executive session of the senate. Sen
ator Lodge of the committee on foreign
affairs has given notice of his Intention to
move to lay on the table Senator Morgan's
motion to reconsider a vote by which Mr.
Buchanan's nomination was confirmed, but
will not make the motion until it 1 evident
discussion is exhausted. The motion then
will be undehatabie, and If it prevail will
bring discussion to an end. Other ques
tions are expected to be taken up during
the week. Including a bill providing for a
forest reserve in the southern Appalachian
mountains and the resolution pertaining to
rood roads. Senator Burton has given no-
tlce of a speech on forest reserve 111. and
Senator Latimer or one on the good roaos
porposltlon. Mr. Latimer's notice Is for
next Thursday, hut Mr. Burton has fixed.
no definite time for his remarks. He will
proposition. Mr. Latimer' notice Is for
make an effort to secure passage of the bill
after making his speech.
It Is considered possible that there will
be more or less speech-making on the vari
ous resolutions pertaining to the Panama
canal question, but there Is no definite pro
gram in this respect. Senator Cullom ex
pects to report the Panama canal treaty
after the regular meeting of the commit
tee on foreign relations next Wednesday.
The republican leader Intend to urge the
promptest possible consideration of the
treaty, and after It is reported to the sen
ate will try to keep It before the senate
constantly to the jxeluslon of all other busl.
ness.
House Appropriation BUI.
The house during the present week will
pass the legislative and judicial appropria
tion bill, thus disposing of th second big
supply measure. Trie committee on ap
propriation expects to report the bill to
the house tomorrow and to call It up Tues
day. It is said that the bill will not take
such a wide range as It did when the pen
sions appropriation bill was before the
house and that It can be disposed of within
a couple of days.
The Indications now are that the urgent
deficiency bill the next to follow, will be
reported to the house the last of this week
or the first of the following week. It Is
desired to get some of the appropriation
bills over to the senate a early aa possible.
There are a few minor measures about ripe
for action which will be taken up from
time to time. Unless the appropriations
committee shall be ready to report the urg
ent deficiency bill by Saturday the house
may be In session only five days this week.
BATTLE WITH HEAVY SEAS
Incoming Ships Meet with Accident
During; Terrific Storms
on Ocenn.
NEW TORK, Jan. 10. The American lln
steamer New York, which arrived today
from Southampton, was closely followed
by the French liner La Savole, ten
minutes being the difference In time
of arrival at the lightship. Both steamers
encountered terrific gales and seas. The
New York had a particularly severe gale
from the north-northwest, with violent
squall and head seas on January 6.
The ship had slowed In the gale to
aecure some when a wave curled over the
bow and swept overboard F. Cornelius
a seaman. A life buoy was sent after him
and Second Officer Kris, taking a turn
about his body with a line. Jumped Into
the sea after the seaman, who had In the
meantime secured a hold on the buoy. Be
fore the second officer cculd get to the
unfortunate man, Cornelius lost grasp
of the buoy and disappeared. The second
officer was then hauled on board. The New
York brought $1,045,000 In specie.
La Savole also caught the gale of Janu
ary 6. At 11 p. m. a huge rolling wave of
tremendous height wept over th bow,
dashed aft with tremendous foace, smashed
In the forward bulkhead of th bulkroom
and flooded the compartment. The ship
wa slowed down Immediately. The pas
sengers became alarmed at the stagger
ing effect of the shock. Th forward bulk
head under the bridge was smashed In,
causing a hole about twelve feet across.
rails and stanchion were bent and broken,
but no one wa hurt. Among the passen
ger of the La Savole waa M. Santos-Du-
mont, the aeronaut. He say he cam
here to complete arrangements for hi
forthcoming experiment with a dirigible
balloon at the 8c Louis exposition.
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Early Resumption ot Steel Mill Ei.
pected tn Western Peaa.
yltaala.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 10. Orders wer Issued
on Saturday to the management of th
Edgar Thomson steel works and blast fur
nace at Braddock and alio at the Carrie
blast furnace at Rankin and the Duquesne
blast furnaces at Duquesne, all under the
Carnegie Steel company, to get, th idle
blast furnaces In shap for Immediate re
sumption. The three furnaces at th Edgar
Thomson plant were at once prepared for
the torch, all the expert furnacemen being
called from their homea to get the blaat
ready. There was not time for the usual
formality of "blowing In."
The starting of the seven big stack at
Braddock within five day presage an
early resumption of all the steel mills of
the United Ststes Steel corporation In
western Pennsylvania. The furnace at
Braddock, Including those started today
and Saturday and th other to go on thi
neek, take on about 10,000 man.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Partly Cloudy Monday and Tncaday.
Temperature, at Omaha Yeaterdsyi
tions Dear. Hour. Heat.
R a. m. . . . . . :t 1 p. m...... 8t
a. lu...... AO It p. m...... 9tO
T a. m ...... ao a p. m...... no
n a. nt ...... 3t1 4 p. m
9 au m im Op. nt 81
lQai.ni itH e p. m 81
11 a. m n Tp. m......8t
121 m la ft p. m SO
" tt p. m SO
REMAINS WILL LIE IN STATE
Arrangements for the- Funeral
General Gordon, the Lecturer
nnd Confederate Soldier.
ATLANTA. On.. Jan. 10. -The remain of
General John B. Gordon, who died last
night at his winter home near Miami. Fla.,
will reach this city early next Tuesday, It
having been decided that the funeral party
will leave Miami on Monday morning.
Definite arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made, but It Is stated that the
body will He In state In the state house for
several hours on the, day" preceding the
funeral, the family of the deceaaed chief
tain having agreed to the request, that the
former followers of General Gordon may
view his remains.
At a conference here this afternoon be
tween Governor Terrell and the relatives of
General Gordon It was decided to hold the
funeral exerclnes In the house of represent
atives, wh,en, in conjunction with the re
ligious excrclxcs, speakers prominent
throughout tho south and veterans of the
confederate army will deliver eulogies.
Governor Terrell will Issue a proclamation
tomorrow requesting the cltixens of the
tate to observe the death of General
Gordon and the flags on all public buildings
In this city will be placed at half-mast. The
different organlxatlons of the confederate
army throughout the south will be re
quested to take part In the funeral services
and It is thought the milltiii' of the southern
states will be Invited to participate. The
governors of southern states have also been
Invited to take part In the funeral services.
MAKES SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
Bedridden Hotel Swindler Saw
Through Door and Chain and
Climb Wall.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass., Jan. 10. William
J. Reid, alias L. O. Hoffman, who I
charged with swindling thirty-two hotels
of about $10,000 from the Atlantic to the
Pacific in 1902 and Is now under sentence
aggregating ten years for these offense.
broke Jail here today under remarkable
circumstance and Is still at large.
To accomplish his escape he unlocked
nine doors end sawed through three chains,
visited six different room of the county
Jail, passed In front of several guards and
finally climbed an eighteen-foot wall. All
this was done about 3 o'clock this morning,
yet he was not missed until 7 o'clock. He
was supposedly too weak to move without
the use of a crutch, had been practically
bedridden for three months and so far aa
the prison officers knew had eaten nothing
but beef broth In all that time.
Sheriff Clark ' tonight made a thorough
Investigation,-but he finds that many de
tails are still unexplained. Reed wa ar
rested In San Francisco under sensational
circumstance in June, 1902. He was aen
fenced' to four year and six month In
the county Jail for swindling hotel-here
and Immediately sentenced In Boston to
five year In state prison for swindling
Boston hotels.
HIGHWAYMAN LOSES HIS NERVE
Confesses He Murdered Motormaa and
Conductor and Intended to
Shoot Himself.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 10. John M.
Shockley today made a full confession of
the murder of Motorman Gleason and Con
ductor Brighton, who were shot and killed
by a lone highwayman while attempting to
rob them In their car late Wednesday
night. Tn hi confession Shockley declares
he had no intention of killing hla victims,
but they put up such a vigorous fight when
he attempted to rob them that he was
forced to shoot them In self-defense. After
the tragedy, he says, he contemplated sui
cide, but his nerve failed him when he put
his pistol to his head. Shockley says he Is
heir to considerable property and he wants
to sign this over, without reserve, to aid
the families of hi victims. He say his
parent live In St. Mary's county, Missouri.
CITIZENS AND MARINES CLASH
Several Men Fatally Cut During;
Kncounter at Norfolk. Ya., tn
Which Police Take a Hand.
NORFOLK. Va., Jan. 10. In a fight be
tween cltlsen and marine at th Ports
mouth ferry dock today, Lawson Cuddy
and Joseph Flynn were fatally cut and
Robert Dadden, Benjamin Marks. Frank
Benedict and Joe Donahue, marines, are
held by the police pending the result of
the wounded men' Injuries.
More serlou trouble waa averted by
detachment of police charging the ferry-
house and fighting their way through the
combatant to stop a squad of marine on
an incoming ferry boat from landing. The
cause of the fight Is not known. One of
the marines during the charge of the po
lice drew a rasor and began slashing right
and left A riot call brought additional
police, who were able to stop the fight.
WILL LOOK AFTER ALIENS
Expert Government Eanmlner Will
Investigate Method of Katuralla
lug Cltlsen in Mlaaonrl.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 10. The method
employed In naturalising alien In the stat
court of Missouri are to be Investigated
for the government by C. V. C. VanDeusen,
special examiner for the department of
Juatioe in Washington, D. C, who ha Just
arrived her. Mr. VanDeuaen will begin
his Inquiries at once. Since his appoint
ment by Attorney Knox last July Mr. Van
Duesen ho Investigated the method em
ployed In naturalizing alien In twenty-six
states. He expresses the opinion that power
of naturalisation should not be vested In
state courts. He thinks that bureaus
should be ee tab! la tied for the DurDose of
federal regulation. Mr. VanDeusen will
examine the records here back as far a
1882.
Movements ot Ocean Vessels Jan. HI.
At New York Arrived: Hekla. frm rn.
enhagen and ChriHtlunsund; La Savole
from Havre: New York, from BUiiitha,n,.tnn
and Cherbourg; Patricia, from Hamburg
Boulogne and Plymouth; Umbrla, lrom Liv
erpool ana wueensiown.
At Komon Arrived: Romanic, from Llv-
erpool and Queenslown: Romanic, from
Genoa. Naples and St. Michaels.
At Plymouth Arrived: Phlludlnhla trnm
New York for Cherbourg and Southampton,
DJEHJUND KEEPS OUT
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the German Capital
ACTION ASSISTS TO PRESERVE PEACE
Addi Strength to Fresiirt Bein- Exerted
by France and Great Britain.
RUSSIA CONCENTRATING ITS TROOPS
Large Fores ii Being Gathered en the
Oorean Frontier.
01HEKS BEINU SIN I 10 rORJ ARTHUR
Chinese Fear that In Kvent of ar
Their Country Will Be the Scene
of Conflict Between Con
tending; Port era.
LONIKN, Jan. 10. It is learned by thw
Associated Press on the highest authority
that It has been decided In the event of
war between Russia and Japan that Ger
many will maintain a strict neutrality and
that other members of the drelbund will
obrerve a similar attitude.
The Importance of this decision, which
the Associated Press understand will al
most Immediately be announced In Rome
official manner In Berlin, cannot be easily
overestimated. It will in a measure Insure
that hostilities will be confined to the two
powers concerned and It will be certain to
give a great stimulus to the effort which
France and Great Britain are making in
St. Petersburg and Toklo respectively tn
favor of peace.
At the Japanese legation tonight tt was
said thnt the far eastern situation remained
unchanged. No news had been received by
the legation and It was believed that some
days might elapse before development oc
curred, aa Japan was still considering her
reply. No new ha been received at the
legation concerning the reported dispatch
of troops to Cores.
The reassuring new that the Russian
warship which recently left Vladlvostoclc
have returned there la confirmed In a
Vladivostock dispatch received at St.
Petersburg. The dispatch asserts, however, .
that only the armored cruiser Oromovol
went to sea for a couple of days' practice,
the other ship of the fleet having re
mained nt Vladivostock.
Toklo Paper Warlike.
Special dispatch from Toklo, printed In
this morning' papers, are very warlike.
but add little or nothing to the knowledge
of the situation. They reiterate that Japan
has no Idea of sending an ultimatum to
RuBsla.
Anxiety 1 apparently felt In Toklo for
the safety of the cruisers Nyasln and
Gasgara, which left Genoa Sunday, and
In connection with the departure of which
the Dally Mall thi morning gives a curious
story .to the effect, that an Iron bar was
found Inside the ammunition hold of the
Nyasln, placed tn such a position that it
short circuited the electrical apparatus, '
with, it I euffsested, the object of destroy
ing the vessel, although there Is nothing
to hoy thnt It was not accidental. No
serious damage waa don. 1 '
Seoul dispatches report the arrival of
additional Russian andj Italian marine
there. '
The Dally Mall's Toklo correspondent
asserts that the negotiations between Rus-
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pi'macy, xTxl
officials have appealed to the American
legation at Seoul for protection, but that
Minister Allen upbraided them for thinking
of their personal safety at such a Juncture.
Russians Concentrating;.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 10. Th moat
reliable news received her la that the
moss of Russian troop In th far eaat ar .
concentrated at Vladivostock or on the
northern frontier of Corea. A traveler who
has lately returned from the far east esti
mate that between 100,000 and 200,000 sol
dier were In the vicinity of-Vladlvoatock.
He surmised that the Russians wilt occupy
northern Corea, but thought that the pos
sible collision was not imminent for a
month or more, when taking Into consid
eration distances and the difficulties of
marching.
Commenting on the possibility of Jap
anese vessels employing the British flag.
the Novo Vremya contend that th cus
tom of clvlllied state require that Ship
all under their own national flags,: and
add;
One can run awav but not flarht under a
foreign flag. According to International
law the MrltlHh flag ha not th pilvllea-
of protecting nil these coward who might
norni jr.
Referring to the Interest of the United
State In the situation, the Novo Vremya
say: .
Undoubtedly the United States, shove all
other powers, can confidently expect that
its trade will not suffer by Russian posses
sion of Manchuria, and It would be tactless
on America s pari to demand now what
she could gain peacefully when everything
quiets down.
I'neaalne In China,
PEKING. Jan. 10. Prediction In thg na
tive press thnt a war Is Inevitable and that
China will certainly be Involved r sauc
ing great uneasiness. Many Chinese fsar
a repetition of the scene of Dlllace and .
murder which made the year 100 memora
ble. Number of th employe on th rail
way between Newcbwang and Chan Hal
Kwan have deserted their posts, thinking
that the country traversed by the railroad
will surely be th scene of the fighting. Re
ports from Manuchurla are to th effect
that there Is great military activity there.
The railroads are bringing troop from Rus
sia and the women and children at Port
Arthur and New Chwang are preparing to
leave. The Russian general at New Chwang
has been called to Port Arthur for service.
Every steamer for Japan I carrying the
Japanese from north China. who belong to
the reserves.
Th Japanese censorship of military hew
gives opportunity for all kind of ruftior
here, one of which I that Japanese troops
have been landed st Fussp, Corea. AJ ca
ble communication with Corea la through
Japan It 1 Impossible to obtain reliable
news.
Yellow Against the White.
ST, PETERSBURG, Jan. W.-The No-
vrakl urges the necessity of opposing a
pan-European alliance to the pan-Aslatlo
alliance of the yellow race against the
white race, which I at th point of ripen
ing under Japanese hegemony. A telegram
from Port Arthur says that the United
States and Japan are urging th Immedi
ate ratification of their respective treatle
with China, lu view of th probability
that Russia will not consent to tho opening
of certain ports In Manchuria, th Chinese
Foreign office Is placed In a difficult posi
tion. Position of Russia.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10,-By an author
ity conversant with Russia' position In th
lor cast and it attitude toward Americas
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