Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-14
Secretary Rusk EnliSts in the Movement
to Advance 1t.
AN APPROPRIATION ASKED OF CONGRESS
w. G. Waddell of Omaha Argues Be-
fore the House Committee
on Commerce on the
New Bridge.
WASHINGTON BUREAU The OMAHA BEE, !
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET, ;

ator Manderson, in which he has commits
stoned Colonel Murphy as special agent of
the agricultural department to make report
on this subject, and he intends to enter ex-
tensively upon the work. "There is, how
ever, one consideration which think ought
not to be lost sight Of" says Secretary Rusk,
'and that is that representatives of other
than the corn surplus states and the mem
bers of our agricultural organizations
generally might feel indisposed to sup
port special appropriation having in
view the extension of foreign markets for a
single product The appropriation could be
made for the purpose of an effort toward the
extension Of foreign markets Of American
agricultural products
The secretary then calls attention to the
absolute importance to an agricultural inter
est of a careful study of all the foreign mar
kcts, in order that we may be fully informed
as to the demand in foreign markets for such
gools as we can produce, and as to the best
manner IN which such order must be pre-
pared in order to satisfy the foreign GUS
toner. He suggests that this could be done
by a general appropriation, to enable the sec
retary of agriculture to make careful study
of and report upon the availability of foreign
markets for agricultural products to increase
the export of our agricultural products to
foreign countries.
Every effort is now being made by the az
ricultural and state departments to enlarge
our export trade for farm products, and con-
gress will at this session be asked to lend as
slstance In the way Of an appropriation for
the appointment OF special agents to go
abroad and work up and report upon the mar
kets there and the possibility of enlargng
the sales of our surplus. 1t is likely that
Senator Henderson will offer an amendment
TO the agricultural appropriation bill to this
effect.
HEARING on THE NEW OMAHA BRIDGE.
w. &. Waddell of Omaha was today given
a hearing by the house committee on com
lnerce In support of the bill which has
been prepared by Mr.. Reed of Iowa, autboriz-
ing the construction of draw, street railway,
motor, wagon and pedestrian bridge over the
Missouri river near Omaha. The committee
expressed an immediate inclination to make a
favorable report upon the bill, but according
to the rule 1T must wait till the secretary of
war has reported upon the subject It Is
probable that favorable report will be made
upon the Dill at an early date. The bill
authorizes the Interstate bridge and street
railway company to construct and maintain
bridge across the Missouri river between
Council Bluffs and the East Omaha land
companys possessions at some point at least
e-third OF mile from any other bridge to
be selected consistent with the interests of
navigation. The bridge is to be constructed
so as to provide for the passage of railway
trains, wagons. and vehicles of all
KINDS street railway cars motor cars,
Tor such reasonable rates of tolls
and under such rules and regulations as NAV
be prescribed by the corporation and an
proved by the secretary Of war from time to
time. The bridge, which must be commenced
within two years from the adoption of the
bill, IS to be constructed under plans and
specifications approved by the secretary of
war. The bridge is to be instructed with
out interference with the security and con
venience of navigation beyond what is neces-
sarv to carry into effect the rights and priyi-
leges of the bridge company. The bridge is
TO be constructed as pivot draw bridge with
one span affording two clear openings of not
less than two hundred feet. Each draw span
shall be maintained over ths main channel of
the river at Gn accessible and naviagable
point and with fixed span or spans, each
not less than three hundred feet in
length in the clear, and the head
room under such spans shall not be less than
ten feet above the standard high water grade
line established by the Missouri river COM
mission in 1889 aud now IN force and the
piers of the bridge shall be parallel with and
the bridge itself at rightangles to the current
OF the river. Provided also, that the draw
shall be opened promptly by the company
upon the usual signal for the passage of boats
and RATS, and the company or corporation
shall maintain at its own ex pense from sunset
TILL sunrise such lights or other signals on the
bridge as the light house board shall pre-
scribe Provided, further, that the Interstate
bridge and street railway company shall
build and maintain, under the directions
and supervision of the secretary of war
such wing dams and booms or other works
necessary to maintain the channel within the
draw draw span of the bridge, and shall
maintain depth of water through the draw
span not less than that now existing All
railroad companies desiring the use of the |
bridge shall have and be entitled to equal
rights and privivileges relative to the pas.
sage of railroad trains or cars over the ap-
proaches thereto upon the payment of a rea-
sonable le compensation for such use, and in
case the owner or owners of said bridge and
several railroad companies, or any one of de-
string such use shall fail to agree upon the
sum or sums to be paid and upon the rules
and conditions to which each shall con form
In using said bridge, the secretary of war
shall decide,
NO HOPE FOR SENATOR HEARST
The condition of Senator Hearst of Cali
fornia, who has been very i'll for several
weeks, is such as to cause the most serious
apprehension on the part of his friends. His
disease Is cancer of the stomach and his |
physicians sald this morning that there was
no hope OF his recovery. He may live n
month and he may die within few days.
The senator has just completed very ex- |
pensiye residence in this city, and Mrs.
Hearst, who Is one OF the social leaders of |
washington, was preparing TO entertain Law
lshly, but this sad af1iction keeps her entirely
from social enjoyment.
CHANCE TO DISPLAY HIS KNOWLEDGE. |
Justice Brown, the new member of the |
supreme bench, will have his knowledge of |
admiralty law put to the test over the |
Behring sea case. which has Just been |
brought before the court. For some wears |
the supreme bench has been without Judge |
whose specially was admiralty law. Most |
of the judges have their legal specialties, but |
no one had this one. Judge Brown was |
therefore welcomed by reason of his thorough |
knowledge and experience. For years he |
has made this a special study and most of
the cases before his district court were upon
admiralty practice. The Behring sea case is
largely one of admiralty practice and it is
likely, therefore, to have the special atten-
ton of Justice Brown. 1t Is fact, how
ever, that the justices of the United States
supreme court do not give individual
opinions. Tho full bench considers a case
and after coming to a conclusion the matter
is given TO one OF the justices TO be put in the
form Of a legal decision, this being largely a
matter of composition. This is directly op-
poslte TO the practice in the state courts,
where the individual justices first write the |
decision, which the other justices affirm or
assent to.
MISCELLANEOUS
G.. w. Carhart was today appointed post
master at Castana, Monona county, Iowa,