Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26
A Colossal Statue of Martin
Luther Proposed, to Adorn
the Thomas Circle.
The Responsibility for the Ne.
braska Census Forgery Put
Where it Belongs.
Congress Sends the Fraudulent
Documents to the attor.
ney General.
The Improvements OF the Missis-
sippi, FITS Importance and
Enormous Cost.

sippi, fits Importance and
Enormous COST.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Special Dispatches to THB BEB.
TIL LOST AsHUELoT.
WASHINGTON, February 25.--Secre-
tary Chandler received tonight the
following telegram from. Rear Admiral
Ciitz, commanding the Asiatio station,
ia which are given the names of the
lost on the United States steamer
Ashuelot:
HONG KONG, February Is.
Secretary Of the Navy, Washington:
Lost-Geo. Valentine, Geo. Ashton,
Fritz Lachenbach, st. Leeer Crane, VIII.
liam Gronen, Benjamin Woplad, William
Bronson, Andrew Scott, Sam Shing, A.
H. Kind and A. H, Doa.
lSigned) CLIrz.
A STATUE OF LUTHER.
A number of prominent Lutheran
olergymen of this city, New York and
Baltimore, have issued an appeal to
the people of their denomination
throughout the country for funds to
erect In Washington q colossal bronze
statue of Martin Luther. 1t Is pro-
posed to purchase for this purpose a
duplicate of the figure of the great re-
former which stands In the ,enter of
the celebrated group at Wurms, and
erect 1t In front of the Lutheran me-
mortal church on the Thomas circle,
between Fourteenth street and Ver-
mont avenue.
Il NEBRASKA SCANDAL.
The report of the judiciary commit
tee o. the house on the Thomas Ma.
jors claim to q seat as contingent men,
Der from Nebraska, says the commit.
tee has been imposed upon by false
testimony, and Majors and Secretary
Alexander are responsible for the false
Information.
COMPUTATIONS.
, hi. Lambertson, United States at.
torney for the district of Nebraska.
Postmasters-James Il. Anderson,
Havelook, ILL.,; James II. Graf, Pom.
tiac, Ill. Christian Anderson, Valley
City, Dakota:
BANQUKT.
Senator Tabor gave one of the most
elaborate banqusts of the season 81
Wiifard's last evening. Among the
guests were the president and many
senator's and representatives.
SENATOR FERRY
Ii confined to his room by q severe
cold and throat trouble, combined
with nervous prostration.
IMPROVING THE MISSISSIPPI.
The report of the committee on the
improvementof the Mississippi river, af.
ter briefly describlngthe plan of improv.
aent agreed upon by the Mississippi
commission, says: "Your COMMITTEES
Understand the plan of the commission
US this: First, to bring the low waters
4 OF the river within a narrow d. .nnsl
not exceeding $500 feet; second, to
restrain the food waters of the river
within defined boundaries, 30 as to
conform substantially with the low
water channel. Such restrictions, il
1t can bs established and maintained,
1t is claimed, will result In permanent
low water navigation. BY construo-
ton of such works 1t Is propoi I'd to
concentrate low water of the river
within a narrow channel al 30
increase'the depth and improve naviga.
ton. The second class Of works ION.
sist of closing crevasses, constructing
levees of sufficient height established
to hold food waters within q defined
channel. The commission are of the
opinion that if low waters of the MIS-.
sissippi can be brought within q space
Of 3 500 feet and 80 retained that I'm
proved low water navigation would re-
suit. The whole question, therefore,
turns upon the possibility of such I'M
dertaking. Can the caving of banks
of the Mississippi be arrested by the
proposed works, and ornament mar.
rowing of be channel be accomplish.
edi Members of the river commission
and many experts concur In the
opinion that such reault il within
the range of engineering skill,
yet experience shows this plan OF
bank protection Ii not always attend
cd with success. The committee con.
olude: In view of the enormous ex-
expenditure (variously estimated
from $26 0O0, 600 to SIS, 000, 000) re.
auired to complete channel improve
ments of the Mississippi, according to
the plans Of the commission and the
experimental character of such plan,
the committee are of the opinion thai
the plan proposed could be applied tc
n or two points In the river
brought to completion and subjected
to the strain of repeated floods snc
their efficacy fully tested before tbs
work is inaugurated at other points
In view of the fact that work hsI
already been inaugurated on al
extensive scale at Plum Poin
reach and Lake Providence reach
and q large amount of expen
sive plant and material purchased fo
those points, the commission recon
mend that work be pushed to a stat
OF perfection at these points; that n,
work of channel improvement be un
dertaken at any other point unit
work at these two points Is thorough
~ tested and established. The com
mittee do not believe that advantage
to navigation are to be derived from
construction Of q line of low waite