THE NORTHWESTERN. BEIiSCHOTEK & GI11SON. Kdo «nd Pub*. LOUP CITY, - - NEB. L......-----= NEBRASKA. The Polk county fair was a success tn all particulars. Wyoming day at the Trans-Missis Bippl Exposition has been declared off. Weeping Water schools have been temporarily closed to prevent spread of dlpthevia. The hardware store of E. P. Tinker, Humboldt, wa3 broken into by un known parties and goods consisting of gold rings, razors, knives and a re volver or two were taken therefrom. Recently the county treasurer of Cage county has received from parties now living in distant states, large amounts in payment of personal tax, some of which was twenty years past due. Secretary Mciklejohn has arranged to send to the exposition the Spanish flag taken from the converted ship Mexico in the harbor of Santiago on the surrender of the c.-y to General Shatter. Henry Bittman, a farmer from the neighborhood of Cumberland, la., was robbed of $48 in Omaha, his total re sources for a sight-seeing trip to the exposition. He entered Jack Nortop's saloon, and when he got out his money had vanished. The mondamln carnival at Sioux City, October 3 to 8, is being extensive ly advertised, and the Northwestern railroad is preparing to handle a big patronage. Monday, the 3d, comes the big parade of the king and his merrymakers; Tuesday the trades, la bor and commercial parades; Wednes day, patriotic day; Thursday, peace jubilee; Friday, bicycle day, and Satur day, traveling men’s day. John Helser, a iiuriington car repair er, had an experience at Lincoln that will cause him to be more careful in ihe future. He was working under a bleeper in the yards, and hnvlng about finished his work, started to crawl out backwards. Just as he got out a switch engine passing on the track near hit him, throwing him over against the sleeper with such force as to lame his shoulder. It was a decidedly close call for the other shore. The preliminary examination of Adelbert and Melvin Shrack and Clyde Potter, who are charged with assault ing Joseph Josephson about a month ago and badly using him up, took place before Judge Goble at Holdrege. Josephson had recovered enough to ap pear on the witness stand, but is still weak, and shows the effect of the severe handling he got. The defense Introduced no testimony. All three boys were bound over to district court under $2,000 bonds. Frank J. Vanderberg, the enterpris ing head of an alleged business col lege, which flourished in Omaha sev eral months, was brought ■In from Sioux City by Deputy Marshall Tracy of Iowa and is now in jail in Omaha. Vanderberg is the man who adver tised that he would give instructions in various lines by mail and when the 6uckers sent $5 for ue instruction and $2.50 for books their letters would remain unanswered. He will be tried in October. The funeral services over the re mains of Private Harry E. Brown, company E, second regiment, Nebras ka volunteers, were held in the opera house at North Platte. Private Brown died a few days ago in Sternberg hos pital at Chickamauga. and his parents had his remains sent home for inter ment. Nearly all of company E mem bers were home on furlough and as sisted In the burial of their comrade. It was the largest funeral ever held In North Platte. Hon. Hibbard H. Shedd, president of the board of education of Ashland, Bays that the indebtedness of school district No. 1 of Saunders county, in which Ashland Is located, has been re duced about one-half within the last year. One year ago the district owed over $5,000, while today the amount approximates about $2,500. This is due to two or three causes. People are pay ing their taxes a little more prompt ly and the levy, u'hlch Is now 25 mills under the new law, gives a larger amount than heretofore. Emil Lang, a business man who this year took charge of and leased the plant of the Beatrice Canning, com pany, last week made his first ship ment, a car of corn to Hargreaves Bros, of Lincoln, and a car of tomatoes to South Dakota, consigned to Bprague, Warner & Co. Mr. Lang took hold of the plant when every body else was afraid to touch it. and is making a success of the business Work is still going on in the canning of tomatoes and pumpkins, and hun dreds of dollars are being paid out to farmers and for help in the factory. Word reached Wilsonvllle of a hor rible murder which occurred just over the line in Kansas, about sixteen miles southwest of Wilsonville. Mrs. Clara Oliver, a widow about 30 years of age. was found In front of her house with two wounds in her head, supposed to have been administered with an ax in the hands of an unknown man. Noth ing definite is known in regard to the killing except as told by her two chil dren, 3 and 9 years old, who say their mother went to bed with them the night before the body was found, and that is the last she was seen alive, ex cept by the assassin. Suspicion points to two men of the neighborhood, one of whom she charged with being the father of her unborn babe. Corporal Clinton C. Norris, of Cap tain Culver’s troop of cavalry, of Grlggsby’e rough riders, arrived home at Table Rock last week from Chlcka m&uga, having been discharged with the rest of the troops of this regiment. Washington dispatch: Secretary Bliss today affirmed the land office de cision on the application of Archie O. Palmer of Central City, Neb., for the •urray of an island In the Platte river, near that city. It is said that the own era of abutting lands are entitled to land in the middle of the st-eam and the application is rejected on the ground that the island in question is therefore not public land. GENERAL SHAFIER EXPLAINS Was Misquoted in His Recent Mich igan Speech. VOLUNTEERS BEFORE SANTIAGO They Hail Not Heen Intended for Active Fighting, Itut They Got Into a Tlnce Where They Had No llu.lnru and Many Were Hilled and Wounded. New York, Sept. 20.—General W. R. Shatter, who arrived last night from Michigan, said in an interview: “My remarks about the volunteers in a speech at Constantine have been mis quoted. I was speaking at a reunion of the Nineteenth regiment. I went to the front with it thirty-live years ago. It happened that soma Michigan vol unteers got mixed up in the Santiago light. I merely said that they had not been intended for active fighting that day. They had been sent off toward Aguadorres to make a feint. They got into a cut and a shell was sent into them, killing and wounding some. They had no business in the cut and regulars would not have been caught there. The volunteers were all right at Santiago,handicapped as they were. They had black powder rifles, for one thing, and they had not learned what comes only from the longest drilling and what constitutes the ideal soldier that is, to stand with other men with out knowing it." “It has been said that there were 20,000 Krag-Jorgensens in the arsenal during the Santiago campaign that were never issued," said a reporter. “Well, I am not the head of tlie ord nance department, but the increase in the number of companies raised the regular army by 35,000 men and these had to get Krag-Jorgensens immedi ately, as they were expected to do the bulk of the fighting. How many of the small stock of Krags were left af ter the 35,000 men were equipped, I cannot say. “No one who has not seen it can know the effectiveness of smokeless powder guns. Our batteries had black powder; the Spaniards smokeless. One day, the 10th or 11th of July, I was standing in the trenches trying to make out with my glasses the location of a Spanish battery. Our battery was several hundred yards to our left. We could hear the shells leave the Spanish guns and pass over us. We tried to locate the guns by following the sound, but it was impossible. Later we found that it was more than a mile away, behind a fringe of bushes just thick enough to hide the move ments of the men. It astonished me and other veterans who saw the work of smokeless powder.” The "scandals of the camps" struck General Shafter as the natural pro duct of inexperience among the sol uiers. “There has been gross carelessness on the part of new men in sanitary matters,” he said. “You can’t make them understand the necessity of care. They resent being be-deviled by their officers for not picking up cigar stumps, fruit peelings and doing such apparently trivial things. In the Civil war we often started out with 1,000 men and in six mouths lost f>00 of them through sickness. “What has befallen the men who re lieved me at Santiago? They had no such conflict with inclement weather as we had. They have had plenty of food and complete tentage, but they have 1,300 sick out of 0,000. So I don't think we did so badly.” As to his coming to New York to tako charge of the Department of the East, General Shatter said: “I don’t know where I will go finally. I have expressed a wish to go to the Pacific coast, where I expect to live when I arn retired, but before going I should not object to taking the Department of the East for several months, till General Merritt’s return. My wife is from Vermont and I hail from Michigan and a stay of a short time in New York would give me the chance to meet many persons 1 have long wished to see and whom I may never again have occasion to meet. “What do 1 think of the territorial expansion? Well, I do not think my views are of much importance, but they are very brief—hold on to all we get. We had to work hard to get it; let’s keep it. Wo are rising into the position of a leader among nations and we must accept the responsibilities that come with that leadership.” General Shatter said he would go at once to Montauk Point to take com mand there. Died While on HU Way Home. Sax Francisco, Sept. £0.—Robert Roberts, an English writer on relig ious affairs, the author of over too books, and editor of the “Chrlstadel phia.” of Birmingham, Englaud, was found dead in his room here to-day. lie arrived a few days ago on the steamer Alameda from Melbourne, Australia, bound for England by way of Victoria, British Columbia, for which port he was to have sailed. The rreildra Finds Another Member. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 20.—Dr. I’hineas S. Conner of this city, a dis tinguished physician and surgeon, who served as an assistant surgeon in the United States army during the civil war, has accepted the invitation of the President to become a member of the commission to investigate the eonduct of the war department. Man was the problem of the eigh teenth eentnry and women the pro blem of the nineteenth century. The problem of the twentieth century will be the babies. GONE TO HER REST. Wlnnto Davt* Sleep* In the lloaoin of Jteloved Virginia. Richmond, Va., Sept. 26.—Varina Anne Jefferson Davis, “ The Daughter of the Confederacy,” sleeps her last sleep in the bosom of the land she loved so well. Her remains arrived here at 6:40 o'cloek this morning in a combination Pullman and palace car of the New York, New Ilaven & Hart ford road, which was attached to the regular train from Washington, and met at the depot by Lee camp, Con federate Veterans, of which she was a member. The casket was borue to the hearse from the funeral car by the gentlemen selected for active pall bearers, and the guard of honor and the veteran escort followed in column of fours. There were four beautiful white horses attached to the hearse, each one being led by a colored man. The services at the grave were sim ple and deeply impressive. After the casket had been placed on the sup ports the face section was removed for a moment and Mrs. Davis and her daughter, Mrs. Hayes, kissed the de ceased. Mrs. Davis sat in an arm chair near the grave during the serv ice, and Mrs. Hayes knelt by her side. The Centenary Methodist church choir sang “Sleep Thy Last Sleep.” The commital prayers were read by Dr. Carinicliuel and then the vast and sor rowing crowd dispersed. ROOSEVELT INELIGIBLE. Those Opposing lllm Say Ho Is Not a Citizen of New York. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 26.—The sup porters of Governor Black have great confidence in their ability to defeat Colonel Roosevelt for the gubernatorial nomination. Colonel Roosevelt, they say, is ’ineligible’' to run as a candi date for governor in this state at this time, because he is not a citizen of New York. When Colonel Roosevelt was sworn in as assistant secretary of the navy, he swore to his residence at Washing ton, D. C. The federal constitution, however, provides that persons hold ing office in the federal government retain their residence in the state from which they are appointed, but when Colonel Roosevelt resigned from the navy department he retired to pri vate life. Thereafter he enlisted in the army, and, in accepting his com mission. again swore to his residence as Washington, D. C. Colonel Roosevelt late la3t night when seen in regard to the matter, said he did not care to make any state ment. The story, he declared, of his not being a resident of New York state was without foundation. Colonel Rooseveli did not seem very much worried about the matter. TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER. 6«i and Fire Damp Cause Explosion at Itrownsvllle, Pa. Brownsville, Pa., Sept. 26.—Sev enty men were entombed yesterday in the Empire mine of Snowden, Gould &. Co., one-fourth of a mile below town, as the result of an explosion of gas, followed by another explosion of fire damp. Of the number entombed all escaped or were taken out uninjured except eight, who were killed out right. and three more or less hurt. REWARD FOR A NEBRASKAN. Soldier Who Captured First Spanish Flag In Cuba Gets a Lieutenancy. Washington, Sept. 26.—The Presi dent has promoted Corporal John Ash ton Boyle, of the Twenty-second in fantry, to the position of second lieu tenant in the regular army. Mr. Boyle is a Nebraskan. He is a grandson of Cominouwre Boyle, and is credited with capturing the first Spanish flag taken in the late campaign in Cuba. Chile-Argentina Trouble. Santiago i>e Chile, Sept. 26.—An agreement was signed yesterday lie tween the representatives of Chile and Argentina by which the boundary south of latitude 26.52.45 is submitted to arbitration. Negotiations are still progressing in regard to the boundary north of 26.52.45, and as Chile insists that this also be arbitrated, while Argentina declines to submit the whole to arbitration, the danger is not yet past. Collins WHI Ho Trloil at Topeka. Topeka, Sept. 26 — The attorneys for John Henry Collins, charged with parricide, may abandon the plan of asking for a change of venue. The defense has about concluded that the feeling here against Collins is not so bitter but what he can get a fair trial. 1,800 Ohio Miner* Quit Work. Bridgeport, Ohio, Sept. 26.—Twelve hundred miners employed in the Dil lonville and Long Run mines sus dended work to-day. The stop was taken as a result of the operators re fusing to concede the most important pari, of demands of the miners. Surgeon llulkckoper Resign*. Washington, Sept. 26.—It is stated at the War Department that Lieuten ant Colonel Kush S. Huldekoper, who was chief surgeon at Camp Thomas, has forwarded his resignation, and been granted an honorable discharge. Insane on the Voyage to Manila. San Francisco, Sept. 26.—1'rlvatos Harry Bullock and James W. I'hillips, of the New York regiment, who went insane on the way to Honolulu, are to be sent to the government insune asylum at Washington. Milan's Debts Trouble Him Again. London, Sept. 26.—Milan, the ex king of Servia, is again heavily in debt and is threatened with judicial pro ceedings by no less than seven money lenders. Mr. McKinley Reads a Statement to the Commission. NINE MEN HAVE ACCEPTED. Promises From the President That the Pro bluff of the War Department Shall He Made as Thorough as Possible— The Examination May He Public. Washington’, Sept. 2tS.—The commis sion to investigate the conduct of tho War Department during the recent conflict with Spain held its initial meeting in the office of President Mc Kinley at the White House to-day. There were eight members present, and it was announced that the services of a ninth man were counted upon, though his name was not made public. The eight who were present were: Major General Granville M. Dodge of Iowa, Colonel J. A. Sexton of Illinois, Captain E. 1‘. Howell of Georgia, Major General J. M. Wilson, chief engineers of the United States army, Charles Denby of Indiana, late minister to China, cx Governor Urban A. Woodbury of Ver mont, ex-Governor James A. Beaver of Pennsylvania and Major General II. McD. McCook of the army (retired). The appearance of Governor Beaver as a member of the commission was a surprise, as his selection was not known until he appeared at the White house at the beginning of the session. The commission spent an hour and a half with the President and then pro ceeded to the room assigned it at the war department for the purpose of or ganizing and beginning work. The proceedings with the President consisted in the main of a general ex change of views as to the scope of the commission’s investigation, in which the President participated quite free ly. lie told the members that the or ganization of the commission had been undertaken at the request of Secretary Alger and read a letter from the secretary in which the request was made. The President had put his own views in writing, and read them tie fore proceeding to a verbal discussion. In this statement he said that com plaints had been directed especially at the surgeon general, the quarter master general and the commis sary generals departments of the army, and he suggested that the conduct of these departments should receive especial consideration at the hands of the commission. To this specific request he added that it was his desire that the entire military organization should, if it appeared necessary, be made the subject of in quiry, saying that he wished the com mission to go to the bottom of the subject in all cases and proceed with its work without fear or favor. “If,” he said, in the informal dis cussion that occurred, “the commis sion should have difficulty in securing the attendance of witnesses or in ob taining access to papers thought to be essential to the prosecution of its la bors, I hope the matter will be brought to my attention, when I will do all in my power to overcome the difficulty. I want the commission to have a clear field and I will do all that it is possi ble for me to do to see that it has." The suggestion was also made to the commission that the first effort should be to secure general information in regard to the organization of the army and the time in which the work was performed. The President offered the name of Major Mills of the army for tho posi tion of secretary of the commission. Secretary Alger s request as made in the letter read by the President was for a complete inquiry into the con duct of the war, especially on the lines of the charges published in the news papers. Ho said these charges had as sumed such magnitude that lie did not feel satisfied to have the Department rest under them, and that he desired an investigation by men eminent in military and civil life. Dr. Phineas S. Conner of Cincinnati was announced as tho ninth member of the commission. lie was selected because of his eminence as a physician. After the close of the conference at the White house the President ex pressed his satisfaction with the per sonnel of the commission, adding that he believed their investigation would be thorough and their report fair and impartial. The commission organized by elect ing Granville M. Dodge chairman and Richard Wei^htman secretary; Major Mills of the inspector general's office to be military recorder. The commis sion adjourned about 1:30 o’clock to meet at 10 o'clock on Monday. The session was devoted to method of procedure. It was said that prob ably the investigation so far as exam ination of witnesses would be open, but other proceedings would be in ex ecutive session. Hliu.ro Decorato* a Negro Woman. Havana, Sept. 20.—General Blanco has conferred a decoration upon a ne gro woman named Barbara Guiterrez, for bravery displayed during the bom bardment of Manzanillo, where she fought side by side with the regular troops, displaying the utmost courage. Caban Duties Swamped Kim. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 20.—Jos eph Chiparo, who recently went to Cuba with a large consignment of eggs and butter, has just returned from Havana, where he disposed of his pro ducts. Chiparo says he lost money, lie sold the eggs and butter at good figures, but the duties and high tariff cost more than the goods were worth. The widower who mourns the loss of his first wife sometimes has the period of his mourning extended by taking a second. GARCIA PRAISES AMERICA. Ilecv'ptlon Given Him by Americana at Santiago—lie Make* a Speech. Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 2o,—To the residents of Santiago yesterday was the most important since the capitu lation, since it was the occasion of the first visit of General Calixto Garcia to Santiago since he left there on July 17. At 9 o'clock in the morning. General Wood and several American officers met General Garcia outside the city limits and escorted him into the town. Garcia was accompanied by his staff and by his sou. Colonel Calixto Garcia, by many Cuban officers who have re cently come to Santiago, and by 200 Cuban cavalry. Streets through which the party passed were thronged with cheering people, and it was estimated that 10,000 persons filled the plaza in front of the palace, where Garcia dis mounted. He was met at the door by General Lawton and an informal re ception by the American officers was held in the audience room. At night another reception was tendered Gen eral Garcia at the San Carlos Club, which was filled with prominent Cu bans, American officers and ladies. The plaza was brilliantly lighted and decorated with llags, and music was furnished by the band of the Fifth in fantry. The Americans wore dress uniforms and General Garcia and his officers wore white uniforms and high boots. In reply to a speech of welcome de livered by’ Senor Trujillo, editor of the I’orvenir, General Garcia said: “After thirty years of desperate, deadly struggle, the Cuban people to day celebrate the success of their efforts. It is a day for the remem brance of the names and deeds of those heroes who fought and died for the freedom of Cuba from the years of 1808 to 1878, and for the remembrance of the heroes who fought in the war of 1881, which was called the ‘little war’ —little only because of its short dur ation, but great on account of the principles defended and for the qual ity of the men who composed the army —and for the remembrance of those noble soldiers who fell in the struggle which began in 1895, over whose graves are latest tears have fallen. “ People of Cuba, we owe a great debt to those heroes for their efforts in behalf of Cuban independence, ef forts which would have been useless —no, not useless, for we would have triumphed—but not speedily effective —if the American people, with their famous fighters, great ships and dauntless army, had not sent its own sons to shed their blood with ours. A grand nation it must be, when the sons of millionaires, who had nothing to gain in Cuba but a soldier's glory, should come hero to die side by side with Cubans. To this great nation— to this noble ocuntry which has always fought for the rights of liberty—we owe the achievement of our independence and the consumma tion of our ideals. Our gratitude will long live for America.” EUROPE MUST PAY. > When We Need Money She Must Fur nish It—Trade Balance In Our Favor. Nkw York, Sept. 86.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: '* Europe will have to consider pos sible American needs for money much more anxiously in the future. Doubt less there has been for many years a feeling that the new continent could be put off with promises. Rut the control of this country over money markets in the Old World is coming to be that of a master. “This country is not drawing on Europe as largely to pay for bread stuffs as it did a year ago, and wheat exports for the week, flour included, have been 3,003,201 bushels from At lantic ports, against 3,677,808 bushels last year, and 543,417 from Pacific ports,against 1,094,893 last year, mak ing for the three weeks 10,203,941 bushels from both coasts, flour included, against 15,569.139 bushels last year. Prices have risen sharply about 4 cents for the week, and the exports of corn, though not as large as last year, have been heavy in comparison with any other year. “Reports from different cities dis close a wonderful activity at the chief centers of Western trade, the dis patches from Chicago, St. Paul and St. Louis being especially significant.” Tow Record for Cotton. New York, Sept. 26.—The steady recent downward tendency of cotton prices culminated to-day in the estab lishing of a new low record, the Octo ber delivery touching 5. ISo per pound, or lower than ever before recorded in the history of cotton statistics, a mat ter of nearly fifty years. John Sherman Is Better. Washington, Sept. 86.—Ex-Secre tary Sherman has so far recovered from his illness that his physician, Dr. Frank Hyatt, hau left the city for a few days. On his advice Mr. Sher man has abandoned his speech making plans in Ohio. Curzon Made a Baron. London, Sept. 26.—It is officially an nounced that George N. Curzon, who is to succeed the Earl of Elgin as vice ro}' of India, has been elevated to the peerage as Huron Curzon of Kedel btone. Insurance ledl -menta, Frankfort, Kv , Sept. 26. — The grand jury of Franklin circuit court, returned indictments against seventy four leading insurance companies of the country, charging conspiracy and the formation of a trust to prevent competition in fire insurance rates. Army Will Remain at 161,000. Washington, Sept. 26.—It is expect ed that the United States forces after the volunteers designated for the pur pose are mustered out will consist of about 109,900 volunteers and 01,090 regulars. SCHOOL GIRL SLAIN. Her Body Found on tb. Brook water oft Chicago—An Riprwuuin Arrested. Chicago, Sept. 23.—The dead body of Jennie Ilickey, a 13-year-old school girl, was found on the breakwater at the foot of Thirty-sixth street yester day morning. She had been murdered, her skull having been broken. Al though the body was found early in the day, it was not identified until 10 o clock last night, when her two sis ters found her body in a morgue. Thomas Rutledge, an expressman, was arrested late to-night, and, although he denies having known the girl or being in any way concerned in the matter, an exceedingly strong case of circumstances is against him. After tho body of the girl had been identified it was taken to the homo of her parents, and llutledge was among those who crowded into the house to view the remains. It was while V,«. was gazing at the girl’s dead body that he was taken into custody by tho police. The police are confident that he enticed the girl away, murdered her some time during the night, and threw her body on the breakwater with the idea of conveying the impres sion of suicide. 400 SAILORS FOR DEWEY, Navy Department Order* That Number to Be Sent. Washington, Sept. 23.—The nary department has ordered 400 sailors to be sent to Admiral Dewey's squadron at Manila. The men will bo sent from San Francisco on a merchant steamer. It is the intention of the department to gather most of the men from the Pacific coast, but orders have been given to Lieutenant Commander Vail, in charge of the permanent naval re cruiting station in Chicago, to recruit 110 of the sailors there. This detail does not amount to a reinforcement of the forces at Manila, for the men are to take the place of sailors who"