Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-27
MORE LAND FOR The DEPOT
Quartermaster General Wants a Larger
Building in Omaha.
TO Be ONE OF SERlts ACROSS COUNTRY
u. Rosewater Calls on the President
and Discusses Affairs at the
Omaha and winneBnEO
Indian Agency.
From a stan Correspondent)

From a stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-(special Tele-
gram.)-Quartermaster General Ludlngton
said today that 1t was his desire to make
a chain Of storage Warehouses from the At
lantic to the Pacific, in order to be prepared
for any emergency that might occur. AT
the opening Of the war with Spain the army
found itself very greatly handicapped by
reason Of the few storage warehouses" said
General Ludington. and consequently
Washington was called upon to furnish a
very great deal OF materials of war in con-
junction with New York, Philadelphia and
Jefferson Barracks. The necessity for stor-
age warehouses never seemed so important
as now in view Of our failure to meet con-
ditlons which presented themselves at the
outbreak Of the Spanish AmerIcan war. My
idea Ia that we should have a chain of stor-
age houses along well-beaten paths Of
travel. and by travel / mean easily Access
sible to railroads. The bill which passed
the last session OF congress approprlatlng
$4,000 'for~ani additional building at Omaha,
to be used. as a. storage warehouse, was in
line OF the department at my suggestion,
but my idea is that we need more ground
upon which to erect buildings than IS now
available In the government corral at
Omaha. l should like to have some addi-
tlonal ground in order to erect a building
which l believe is necessary to meet the
needs Of the army in the distribution OF
supplies. We have learned much since our
recent war with Spain. Instead OF being
compelled to look to one or two .depots for
supplies Il has been clearly demonstrated
that We need a chain Of supply stations
throughout the country to meet exigencles
that may arise. Consequently l want to
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in my mind. the needs Of the department,
and I am very much inclined to ask for an
additional amount Of land so that the build
Ing which was planned by the department
may be erected. BY reason Of the small
space to be occupied by the new building
It was found necessary 10 change the plans,
and officials at Omaha were called upon to
make such notifications as would meet the
requirements. ] do not feel satisfied, row.
ever, that we are doing the right thing by
putting up a building on a plot OF ground
which seems inadequate, and / would be
glad to suspend work pending purchase or
appropriation by the city Of such additional
land as / think is needed for the enlarge
ment OF the present army warehouse Site"
Made Sleep a Long One.
Florence II. Mccarthy, who formerly
nNRk u Nluhu II Nht COIuGI VI Blk
teenth and Capitol avenue, Omaha, but who
for several years has conducted the leading
fruit house In this city. died suddenly
Monday night under peculiar circumstances.
1t appears that Mr.. Mccarthy, notwith-
standing the prosperous condition Of his
business, desired to increase his worldly
goods through speculation In stocks, and II
Is asserted that in the last slump he lost
over $4,000. As a result of this loss he
grew very melancholy, insomnia followed
and an overdose Of blchloride of mercury
which he took last Friday brought about his
death. Mr.. Mccarthy was we'll known in
Omaha. He leaves a wife and several chill
dren.
Discuss Indian Lands.
Mr.. Rosewater called on the president
this morning by appointment, and strange
as 1t may appear there was no mention of
the Mercer incident, the president having
other and more pressing things to think
about. Outside of a general discussion Of
tarin and trusts the subject of the CONVEX
sation between the president and Mr.. Rose
water bore largely upon Omaha and winne-
bago agency matters, to which Mr.. Rose
water had called the attention of the presi-
dent through personal letters. Indian land
,leases were also discussed. as we'll as sales
Of Inheritance lands, the president showing
by his talk that he thoroughly understood
the whole subject.
MERGERS Chances MI.
The Mercer boom for clerk of the house of
representatives has retired into the back
woods. Mr.. Mercer, who has many warm
friends In congress, conceived the idea after
his defeat that he would stand a chance for
election as clerk Of the house. He was
urged for the place by a number Of leading
republicans and naturally he took the
proposition under advisement. Today, how
ever, the Pennsylvania delegation decided
that they would support Mr.. Mcdowell,
present clerk Of the house. irrespective of
Mr.. Dalzell, who Is a candidate for speaker,
and It is expected that when the time comes
Mr.. Dalzell will withdraw from the speak,
ership contest, leaving Mr.. Mcdowell a
clear chance for reelection as clerk. As a
matter Of fact the present officers Of the
Fifty-seventh congress win In all proba-
bility be reelected In the Fifty-eighth,
Notwithstanding all the talk that is now
going on about the old Henderson combine.
The only change will be that an Illinois man
will be speaker. whose name is uncle" Joe
Cannon. while the rest Of the officers will
succeed themselves.
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick A. Smith,
United States army. inspector general, has
been relieved from duty in the Philippines
and ordered to this city for temporary duty,
upon completion of which he will proceed to
Omaha, reporting TO the commanding gem
eral, Department OF the Missouri. for duty
as Inspector general OF that department.
Departmental Routine.