Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1905)
PLEADS FOR THE INDIANS LOST IN A STORM READY FOR STRIKE $ MP NEBRASKA NOTES 3 STEVENS HOLDS ON 1 4-4C4MHt4.fc.C4.4,j OUIKf- KNUINKKH OK OANAIj SAT. IS PI ED AVITH JO No Intention of resigning HE KMPHATtCAL f A' CONTKAD101 M I'KKlbTKNT ItUMOll Oovcrt inent Willing Tlmt l'art nt lllK IVatorwny 8linulil Ho Dug by Contract VUwi ol Sccretnry ThW. PANAMA. lb being persistently rumored in liio canal zone thut Chief Euulneor John F. Stovcns In tended resigning Mr. Stevens In an Interview said: "You can deny tbe report. There Isnbsjlubcly no truth in It. 1 am Satisfied with my work In every way, and Gsd willing, I will remain hero until the canal is linishcd." Mr. St3verjs went to Colon to cx arnloo the preliminary work on the ( system which is to furnish tbe water supply of Colon, which will bo com pleted next December. WASHINGTON. The government of tbe United States is willing to enter into contracts with corpora tions or individuals for tho construc tion uf any portion or all of tho Panama canal. This statement was taade by Secretary Taft while dis cussing conditions upon the isthmus and tho policy of the government. There Is some doubt in his mind wlutuer any concern would bo will ing to undertako the excavation of tha Culebra cut because of the magnitude of that work. It is not tho excavation tbat will bo so dilll cult, so much as the disposition of the earth taken from tbe cut. But is to tho other work tho government will be ready to enter Into contracts (or its completion as soon as it is fletermined whattype of canal shall be constructed. It is stated that contract could not bo mado during the preliminary stages of the work because the government had to -.prosecute the consbrucblon until its officers know what was to bo done Jjf and has a sufficient knowledge of the materials and mako judicious con tracts. Secretary Taft did not mean to declare tho policy of the government s)terthc matter of canal construction, $M to assert that if it wore found feasible to let contracts that course, will be pursued. He made the fol lowing statement: "The question whether tbe canal will be built by contract it is not, of tourse, pcsslble to deters ine. Mr. Wallace, the former chief engineer of the canal, expressed a tentative opinion that much of bhe work, txcepb tbe Cuebra cut, could be let by contract, lb Is Impossiole, how ever, to make plans for this until tbe data are obtained, which art now being secured. "I have not discussed the matter with Mr. Shoots or with Mr. Stevens, because the matter has not tomo up for settlement. 1 give you Dulv tbe imoicsslon tbat 1 received from conversations with Mr Wallace in tho rounu. There Is nothing In the policy pursued which would prevent tho letting of any part of , tho work by contract If found to be profitable to the government 8TJUKK AFKKOTS AIA, 11U3SIA. MOSCOW. -Traffic on seven of tho .main trunk arteries of commerce rndlatljg from Moscow was com pletely paralyzed by the railroad strike, and the commercial heart o1 Russia has been shut off from ah communication with tho rest of thr empire, except the nirrow section to tho northwestward, Including St. Petersburg and tho Baltic provinces. Though the government has ordered tbe railroad battalions of tbe araiy to proceed to Moscow and take the places of the strikers for the purpose of restoring traffic, the revolution- ists, by a sudden and unexpected blow, have shown their ahillb? to luy Hieir hands on tho throats of trw nation's- commercial life. - The era qSi ployes of four railroads struck and only the lines running over the Nicholas road to St. Petersburg .and over the Wlndau and Rybinsk road to Riga and other Raltlc ports are open. Traffic Is at a standstill on , the Kazan line unci the line tc Yaroslav and Archangel. Th striker? forced he employes of the general offices and financial depart" ments of three lines, the Wlndau and Rybinsk, tho Moscow and Brest Lltovsk and the KleI and Voronezh to quit work, Oil. JLXMAN ADHOTT HAYS TIIKI UUOULD JUK BAVED t Hooker T, Washington IftrdM for the Iteil Men nn Well tho UlHck-)Lnka Aluhonk Con ference Openi LAKE MOriONK, N. Y.-Tho jake Mobouk conference ol ftiends if tbo Indians and other dependent Koples was opened by Alfred K. Smiley It was on Mr. Smiley's iu Mtatlon tlmt persons particularly Interested in tho Fllliplnis, the llawalians and tho Porto Rlcans I lued with thoso espoclully iuter isted ij tho Indians, In tho yearly meetings at Like Mohonk. Tho Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of tbe Outlbok, was intro duced us the presiding officer. He delivered the presidential address laying in part: "It i3 tbe American conscience hat creates the Indian problem. I'ho American oonsclenco asks nob What shall wo do?' but 'What ought wo to doV "How shall sixty millons of people heniselves imperfectly olvillzcd, civilize three hundred thousand men md wou.en, foreign In race, in lun- uage, in customs and in religion? "Civilization includes three pro cesses. First in the estaniisnmenc uf a lust government, so tbat fundi mental lights shall bo adequately protocted. Under tho reservation tystem the Indian was denied all these rights. Thanks largely to the Influence of this conference, treaties with tribes are no lontrcr made: the trlbunil relation Is no longer recognized. "Tho second step in the develope' is adequate pro ment of a people rlsion (or their education. But fcjeso two processes are notsufilclent to solve the Indian problem, because Just government and secular educa tion ara often sufficient to civilize tt people. I received last wcekr from Mi;s Annie Beechor Scovllle, u letter de acrlblnii certain conditions as ehc found thorn at the Winnebago agency la Nabraska. It said: "This tribe fifteen or twenty years ago was considered ono of tbe thrift lest, hardest working tribes In the country, so we got their land ulloted and the Dawes bill gave them clti censhlp. At onco a system of leas log lands and buying their votes be- Kan to ".row and tbe pcoplo were weakened by a worse system than rations. Three years ago an order went Into effect that heirship laud could be sold and since that ul work has ceased. Drink and gambling are running riot. "I be evils here described are ag gravated as a result of tbe deoiolon of the United States supreme court that tho Indiun who has received his allotment of land and becomes citizen oannot longer be preventod tiora uurobaslnrc liquor under reser vation regulations. Civilization carriea evils as well na benefits. Tho remedy Is not lessoned develop moot but larger, broader, bettor da velopment. Tho Indians must te developed Into a full grown man, but tho development of the man's moru nature Riving him tbo power of self control is a third but equally es sntiul element In civilization. We must furnish him with the lnsplru tion which the ten commandments call for. "This triple process, essential to civilization and to free institutions, receives an Illustration in our own denlings with tho negro race. The country Is beginning to see that to make tbe negro safe to his neighbor End to himself, to make him a civilized human being, morul devel opment must keep nace with tbo in tellectual culture and with the political emancipation. "This, then, seems to me to be the problem which in the futuro will press most heavily upon tho fi lends of tbo Indian. "First We must do for tbe Indian jyhat we are beginning to do for our public sohools in the states; insist upon something moio than raerch academic qualifications In the teacher. Wo can do something to create a public opinion wbloh si nil keep the ludlan schools out of political Influences and which shall give to them teachers Imbued with the spirit of a General Armstrong a Booker Washington and thus mnl.e the government schools morally u d Insplratlonally, as well as Intel actually, eduoatlve. i CANADIAN HAIIOK UOKS DOWN 1M 1IAY OF BAOIKAW Bad Weatlier On The Lakes HUKO. Kill IS A NO A1IOHIGAN All! SWKI'T ilV UAL.U Cftiuntttloi to Btcnwori und Hmnllei Djit Nnmortiun, mill Muuy due of Urouudlns With Lots of I.lf DETROIT. Tne barge Mlnedosa of Kingston, Ont.f was lost in Sagi naw bay with all her crew including Captain Phillips and wife. ROGERS CITY, Mlch.-The Bteam barge Joseph Fay of Cleveland owned by tno Bradley eitate, sprang a leak wbllo Oghtlng tbe furloua gate on Lake Huron, on this port, and wa beaohod by O&ptain Fletcher at Forty Mile Polut Light, six miles from the city. The tremendous soaa washed off tho pilot house after the stoatnor struck tno beach and Captain Fletcher and most of the crew of fouiteen men drifted ashore cllneing to it. All tbo member i reached shoro In safety, except tlato David Syze, who was drowned. Tho barge Rhodes, which bus been in tow of the Fiiy, was parted Irom her consort during the Btorui and gravo fear3 are folt for the Bafety of tho barge and her crow of six men. It is thought that the crew may Have succeeded in making sail and reaching tho Straights of Mackinaw. DETROIT, Mich. Tho lower lakes were owept by the heaviest storm of the season. Navigation across tbo 11 mo kilns Crossing nt tho mouth cf the Detroit river Is en tirely sucpended for all but light draft craft, tho forty mile southwest wind having lowered tho stage rf tbo water at the ciosiing to sixteen feet ten inches, the lowcat In many yeirs. Tho wind reached forty miles en hour hero and Is blowing thirty miles and slowly lucreaslug in velocity. MENOMINEE, Mlch.-It is esti mated that $150,000 damage was cati38d to docko, lumber, lews and shipping by tho fierce Inshore wind. Iluga volumes of opray dashed forcy feet high and wrecked every thing along fio shore llfty feet f'om tne water lloo. CHEBOYGAN, Mich. -A two mnstod bo go went ashore on Light house point la bhe gale, and ia now being poundjd by tbe ceao. Tbe uamo of the boat and her condition cannot be lerrned, and acei352rco cannot rec.cn her on account of tho stiroi. It is thought It raty ba the barge Rhoades, which broke away from the Josa Fay on Lake Huron. The harb or tu;r Cngnell, which hu ba&n aground near tbe ottranco to tbe harbor for tho past two ddyo, wi.8 broken to pieces by tho storm duriug tbe nlsht aid in the morn l.i not a traco of hor couli te seen. None of tho crew was aboard. LrLe Enron Is beinj 1. shed by a forl-two mile pale otl Alpena, while .oporto frcm Lake Erie ero that the wind Is btnwlng thirty miles an hour. Grand -Haven reports to the weather buroau here that a mile wind prevailed on Michigan. MARINETTE, Wis. The did 150,000 dnaiaje along tho shore of the Menomlnea river. sixty Luke storm north Look have been wauhod away, boat housoo torn to pieces and thousands of tons of coal wuohed Into tho bay. Many boats, tugs and unsollno launches were destroyed nnd quantities of logs In the storage booms wero washed uway. Tho seas ran right up on the streets of Marinette and Mcnomlrio. Fishermen along tho shores of Green Bay loac heavily In neto and boats. Tnere was no loss of life, as vessels, generally, It is believed tho storm warnings. GRAND RAPID3, Mich. Ro ports from tbe harbors along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in dicate that the storu was the most terrific known on the Lake for raauy years. Tno Jamago to harbors, piers, etc., will amount to thousands or dollars. At Holland tbe loa? is rstlmatod at $200,000 The soutli pier at thld burbor has been ertuely washed away, and the south pier Is gone in placos. Tho lighthouse 13 so badly Wreaked that It is about ready to tumble Into tbe lake. , UAIMVAV MHN AT ST. I'KTltlliinUIlU UKCJDi: TO UO OUT Witte Receives Committee lOVigttS PKAUICKUl. BTICI'S ANO l'KOAUSKd KKKOKMS ltimtlini Critical In Aluit'OW Htrlko In Oltirr Ollltit ir"jnll me Diem (It'll III ltlliltM l:'li-ulieru ST. PETERSBURG. At a moot ing of 8,(00 railway men held In tho unlveislty It was doMdoci;todoularc a Bttlke on all the railways operating with St. I'ltorsburg. It also was decided at tho meeting lo send deputations to l'rloco Hllkolf, min ister of mllwavs and Count Wltto president f tbo committee of mln IjLois, and present to them un ad dress demanding political reforms, Included among them tho convoca tion of a constituent assombly elected by direct universal sullragu. Tho meeting remained In session until the return of tbo deputations, the time being occupied by further discussions of tbo situation and tho delivery of spoeches of tbo most revolutionary character, all of which were loudly applauded. Those pres ent Included a large number of students. Tho deputations returned toward midnight without having succeeded In seeing Prince llilkoir, owing to his absonco at Peter hof, whero he was making a reuort of tho railway troubles to Kmperor Nicholas They found Count Witte, who received them, but he Inslstod that tho Inter view must bo of a prlvato diameter, ho, us president of the onminlttce of ministers, having no tlglt f) ac cept an address.' Ho said, however, that ho had no objections to tne publication of the conversation. Ho pointed out thut tho addro.e con tained many demands which would nob bo rcrtllczd in any country and also many which wore worthy or attention. He said that a constitu ent assembly was quite impossible and contended that the sullrago and other political demands hud nothing b.i do with tho question of the rail roads. The count, promised that liberty of meeting and of the press would be promptly grautod and said thut the continued application or muitlul hw to the railroads was duo lo u misun derstanding and would be remedied. Ho declared thut ho was friendly to ull ro.isonablo dcrninds for liberty and promised to confer with Prime Jlilkotl as tho linest incurs for deal ing with the railroad question. Ai tho same time he advised the de pu ut'on to end the strike. Huvlng listened to the report the meetings decided to postpone action until the deputation hud an inter view with Prince Hllkolf. Tho strike situation Is getting worse. Several more of the smaller hues were Ikd up. Tho Waisaw Berlin lluu Is still open but it, is feired that It is in the gilp of the strikers. The few days' paralysis of freight ttutllc Is already being severely felt in the alfeotcd dlslilcts. At Mos cow there Is danger of a famine. The pikes of food are soaring, fr-t Peteisburg Is threatened with a moat farniro. Only twtiity-four head of cattle bavo arrived here In six days und there arc about a t housand ho.d In the yards. As ;the consump tion Is 700,000 pi uuds a day, unless rtllef an Ives the capltol will go wltnout moat very soon. Koituu ately, there Is an auiijo supply of ll.nir. MOSCOW. - The strikes have Jamucd the water conduit between Moscow and Mytlshtchi and some sections ol Moscow aro without w.iter. Tho strike h spreading In all dirrclit'iis, Yarosluv, Nlshnl, Nov C md, Sl.run, SnzrutulT, Voronezh, KlinrkitiT, Simferopol lOkatetlncslav, Kloll i n 1 Smnleu k aro all alfx'ted. On the Mcscow, Wlndau and RybinsK lino the evening express could only ruh PetlmosUnvrala station and ttii lassnngors woro compelled to walk ,to M.oscow. At tho Moscow and Kazan station 2,000 passengers arc waiting. They are being paid by Ho railrnud administration, first and second chss, llfty cents dally and tbe third class 25 cents. who quit work at Flshback's poultrj house in Beatrlco Inst week because they wero dissatisfied with tbo wage! paid have roturnod to worit. The large farm house of Wtlllan Ivolman, four miles wost of Beatrice, has been destroyed by tiro with most of Us contents. Loss 93,500, par tlully covered by Insurance Elmo Stullord, a young man win wus cngugod In the business of sign painting at Fremont, has been killed in a railroad wreck at Herlngton, Kan. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stullord live In Norfolk. No details arc given. A brother In Texas will go to Herlngton and take tbe body to Ft onion t for burial. The dead man was traveling south to spend tho winter. The encumber threshing la about finished at Wood River and this new Industry has given work to hundrods in that city. Tho cuiumters aro raised lor seed. Thoy are picked and thrown Into a machine which smashes thorn Into a pulp and separates the seed. Several bundled acres of squash bavo been ralsod for tho same purpose Robbers entered R. P. Duiiii'b second-hand storo at lioatrlce und secured a small amount of goods, A Mexican named Kcrsand, supp scd to bo one of tho robbers, and who resisted arrest was badly beaten by tne officers before ho was lucked up. Nothing was found on Ills person to 1 m plicate him in tho robbery. ' Mrs. Henry Goottsch, a farmer'a wife living at Pleasant Valley, about ton miles north of Rogers Iuib boon taken to tbo insane asylum at Nor folk. Mm. Goottsch has been ulllictcd for a long time, having been In tho asylum three times before. She is a woman about '10, years old and tho mother of four children. Two smooth voung men reprcso t lug themselves to be soliciting for tho Chaldean church and displaying a letter of recommendation from the bishop of Kuidlsthan, are making a tour through northorn Nebraska. Thoy woro refused end moment In Norfolk by ministers who cluim thut tho solicitors aro nothing moro than church Impostois. A similar pair v lilted that section of tha country lust summer. Tbe FurinorK' Klcvntor company at Pickerel, has decided to build an elevator to light the trust. Tho trust recontly ottered to sell their elevator svhon It was seen thut thr farmers mount to erect. Tho farmers ugreod to huy, but asked tho trust to keep out nf tbe Held for, twenty yours. This the trust rofusoel to eh, hone? tho decision to build by the funnels. 1 Put in tho sweat box at Grand Island In connection with tho' well rounded charges that a slcor ba-J become crippled In a car wbllo being shipped to Omaha, bad been slaughtered an I placed on sale In one of tho local markets, Mr. I loin, a slaugnterer, admitted that ha killed such an animal for his em ployer, J. Clemens, dressed It, took It to market whero It hung a day, but that on tho next day, tho mean being tcej badly bruised, he took It to the feeding pens siMeral miles from that city and had fed It to bog. Two girls dead and their mother In a dying condition Is tho result of trying to Btart the kitchen lire with keiosene at the home of Fred Piol a 6 Hludcn. Ono daughter, uued 10, the other daughter u child of 4 yean are dead. Mrs. Plel cannot live, a her body is terribly blistered und si e is suffering from the horrible burns. The elder daughter was pooling oil on the tire, when the kerosene can exploded, the building (-.itching lire, destroying the structure and nearly ull of tho con tents. Neighbors rushed to tho scene and carried out tho Inmates, of tbo burning home. Mrs. Plel wus in bed having been In 111 health for some time. Wbllo Mrs. D. N. Jones, of Chudron, was driving toward Craw- ford her team became frightened und with u -Midden curvo threw her to tbe ground und running on with a year-old baby, went ovor a ml la before ttic llttlo ono was thrown and ' Instantly killed. Tho mother, though much hurt, started to follow as rapidly as she could, only to flud her llttlo child dead by the road3ldo. Tho team ran on for some 'dlstarica an 1 was caught by a neighbor, who returned with it lo find the mother hud -fainted with tbe dead baby In her arms. .