Loup City Northwestern LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, IDOL VOL. XVIII. NUMBER 15. Senate and House Will Lock Horns on Revenue Reduction. NEITI1ERDISPOSED TO CONSESSION Fervent Debates and Certain Strife Is the Outlook—Measures Crowding as the Time for Ailjoiirnment Approaches. WASHINGTON, D. t\, Feb. 18.—'The last week but one of the present ses sion of congress will te an txcee Sing ly busy one in'the lions*. Much busi ness remains to be disposed of and the invariable crowding which char acterizes the closing hours of a con gress has begun already. The appropriation bills, so far as the house Is concerned, are in fairly good shape. The last of them, the general deficiency bill, will follow cn the heels cf the sundry civil bill, which is about half completed. These bills and conference reports will be given the right of way over everything else. All other matters, tome cl them of great importantc relatively, but not of Imperative necessity to be passed, will have to take their chances in the final rush. Speaker Henderson is almost con stantly besieged by members impor tuning him in the interest of various measures. He is keeping ever}thing clear for the great hills and letting the driftwood of legislation into the current only when It will not Impede progress of things which must pass congress before March 4. There are many knotty prob’ems to be solved in connection with the ap propriation bids over differences be tween the houses and many gord sized rows are promised. Th ? ulti mate fate of the river and harbor bill will probably depend upon how heav ily it is loaded when it comes back from the aerate. The biggest fight between the two houses from present appearances is likely to occur over the war revenue reduction act. The senate conferees seem determined at present to force the senate substitute or allow the b 11 to fail. But the house conferees are standing firm, and as many members of the house have their backs up the impression prevails that the house wll* support its conferees, and if it doss the senate in the eud may he com pelled to yie’d. Tomorrow is suspen sion day and the bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the St. Louis exposition will he put on its passage. A motion to suspend the rules will cut off op portunity for amendment and no doubt is entertained that this bill will com mand the two ..hirds necessary to se cure its passage upon a motion to suspend the rules. The program with reference to this and other measures, however, may be materially modified if it becomes cer tain before March 4 that an extra ses sion is to he called. RETALIATION NOT INTENDED. Ilelgliun Taking No Step* Regarding Duty on Itx Sugar. WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 18.— Count Lichtervclde, the minister to the United State from Belgium, says his government has not taken any steps looking to retaliation against the United States because of the continued impression of a countervailing duty on Belgium sugar imported into the United States. The countervailing duty on Belgian sugar has been imposed for several years past. KITCIINER TAKES CHARGE. Will Conduct rurgiiit of DeWet In Person. LONDON, Feb. 18.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from De Aar, dated February 1(>, confirms the re port of the arrival there of Lord Kitchener and his staff to superintend the chase of General Dewet. The cor respondent says: “Dewet's force is now denuded of almost all transport vehicles and his horses are exhausted.' Asphalt Trouble Not Kmled. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, Fell. 18.— (Via Haytien Cable.)—The asphalt controversy has been tempo rarily adjusted by the diplomacy of the United States minister to Vene zuela, Mr. Fran'is B. Loomis, and the matter will doubtless go to the courts, as it is reported that the United States government desires a forma! adjudication as to the rival inteiests involved. N»tl>anlel S« 1ft l» Dead. CHICAGO. Feb. 18—Nathaniel Swift, a brother of Gustavus F. Swift, the millionaire packer, died here today after an iilness of four days, the im mediate cause of his demise being con gestion of the brain. Mr. Swift wa3 born in Sagamore, Mass, 63 years ago. He was ordained a minister of the Methodist denomina tion and took his first pastorate at Eastham, Mass., when he was only 2? years old. German* to Have Fast Gunn. BERLIN, Feb. 16.—During today’a discussion in the budget committee of the Reichstag, one of the military com missioners said the tests with the ma chine guns firing 300 shots per minute were satisfactory and that the wholo army would lie fitted out with them during the present year, forming a special corps. SHE LEADS THREE RAIDS Mrs. Nation KcKinnri lloatilltIra In Tope* kii and Continues Tliem All Day. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 17.—Mrs. Car rie Nation put in a busy Sunday in Topeka today and as a result the cap ital city has experienced more genu ine excitement tham can be remem bered by the oldest inhabitant. Mrs. Nation literally crammed the day full or' exciting episodes. She succeeded in having the contents of a notorious joint smashed, broke into a cold stor age plant where a number of fine bars had been stored away for safety and demolished them,, addressed a large mass meeting of men and women, and was arrested four times. The last time that the law laid its hands upon her was when Mrs. Nation emerged from the church where the mass meet ing had been held. Tonight Mrs. Nation announces that she will begin tomorrow morning where she left off today and will not rest until all the joints in Topeka have been closed. This morning at 6 o’clock she sallied forth from the state house grounds at the head of 500 men and women, all armed with hatchets and axes, and moved on the joint3 of the city. Nobody but Mrs. Nation knew what plans she had laid. In the crowd were a large number of tire students of Washburn college, some of | the ministers of the city and a num ber of professional and business men. The crowd marched in perfect military order. There was no excitement. The men and women were following their recognized leader, whom they trusted implicitly. APPROPRIATION BILL. Senate Will Devote Nb. 18.—Represen tatlve Stark of Nebraska has received an important claim from the heirs of Rev. Charles W. Price, who reside in Hamilton county, Nebraska, for flOO.OOO indemnity against the Chinese government. Rev. Mr. Price, who for merly resided in Hamilton county with his family, was one of the victims of the Chinese outrages last summer, and, together with his wife and daugh ter, was assassinated by the Boxers. The papers in the case show that Mr. Price was conducting a missionary school r.t a oolnt some 2(a) miles from the coast, by special permission of the viceroy, and was acting under a guar antee of his protection when the school was assaulted by Boxers and he and his wife and daughter were murdered. Rev. Mr. Price was a soldier in the civil war and was drawing a pension from tlie government for his services. The evidence shows that it was a cold blooded murder. The heirs and rela nves of the deceased aid ail residents of Nebraska, with the exception of a sister, who oves in Indiana. Mr. Stark will present tiie claim of the state de partment for transmission to the Chi nese government through Minister Conger, THIS INTERESTS THE EARMER \ Letter With Reference to the CiRine Law Ilelng Sent Out. '1 he following leuer with reference to the game bill is being seat out: "To the Agriculturists and Horticul turists of Nebraska: I desire to call your attention to the fact that the cold storage men and market hunters are doing all they can possioiy do to defeat the passage of senate file 101, and the duplicate bill, house roll 138, which the State Board of Agriculture and the State Horticultural society endorsed at their late annual meeting. "These bills provide for a revision of the laws for the protection of the fish, game, song and other insectivor ous birds which are among the best friends that we have. Stringent pro visions are made by the oills to pre vent, the destruction of bird life in the state, and protecting the shipment out of the state. Estimates based on re liable information indicate that not less than $150,000 worth of game birds were shipped out of Nebraska by deal ers during the months of September and October of last year. A large pro portion of these birds were killed by maraet hunters living in other states which forbid the exportation from their states of game or song birds. The fish and game and all bird life have been declared by the supreme courts of other states to he the prop erty of the state and it is a great injustice to the people of Nebras-a that a few men should be permitted to annihilate the bird life, the prop erty of the state, for speculative pur poses. "I trust that every farmer, fruit grower, gardener and other person interested in the matter of the protec tion of our birds will petition the members of the legislature to support the bills above mentioned. "PETER Yul’NGERS." State Welslimaxtcr. LINCOLN, Peb. 18.—Attorney Gen eral Prout gave an opinion in which he held that the offlte of state weigli master and his assistants have no legal existence. This opinion is based upon the decision of the supreme court, which declared the Board of Trans portation act unconstitutional. He holds that according to the statutes the weighmaster can be appointed only by the transportation board, and as there is no board there cannot, there fore, be any weighmaster. The weigh master in turn appoints his assistants and the same construction is placed upon their offices. William Mach of Omaha was recently n»med by Gov ernor Dietrich for the position of weighmaster, but since the opinion was rendered the appointment has been withdrawn. Lexter Strong Given Five Year*. KEARNEY. Neb.. Feb. 18.—Lester Strong has been sentenced by Judge Grimes to serve five years in the peni tentiary for attempted assault upon Caroline Hansen. In computing the time served by Strong at the peniten tiary before his retrial the judge fig ured he served two years instead of one. making his sentence one year less. District court adjourned at noon today. •lud.ee Maxwell's Kuneral FREMONT, Nob., Feb. 18.—Funeral services were held over tne remains of Judge Samuel Maxwell at his home nortli of this city. Hundreds of citi zens attended. Rev. W. H. Buss, pas tor of the First Congregational church, delivered a eulogy on the deceased. He reviewed his public career from the time he moved to Nebraska in 1856. The remains went to Platts mouth for interment. The propagande fide at a meeting re c nsidered the appointment of the Rovj M. C O’Brien as bishop of Portland, Me. The decision arrived at has not yet been divulged. 1 HE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latent Oimtatioim from south Omaha and Kansas t itv. SOUTH OMAHA. Union Stock Yp.rds—Cattle—There was a fairly good run of cattle here for tills time i t tne week, and ns unfavorable re ports were received from other points the tendency of prices was downward,. Trail inti "as rather slow, and rs a result it was late before the sards were cleared. Tiooe were about 30 ears of steers on sale, and while the choicest heavy cattle did not sell much different from the day before liids on the less desirable kinds were II of a dime lower. Sellers found it . difficult matter to dispose of some of the common and half tat stuff, and In some cases they were catling bids loo 1 pc lower, or 15*1Tie lower for the week. About 2a ears would cover the re~ eeipts of cows, and buyers took hold In fairly good shape and bought the cattlo at not far from yesterday's prices. The gooff cattle found ready sale at good steady 'trices, but the market on thn medium kinds seemed to bo a tittle un even. Some were culling t'- steady, and others a little lower. Conners did not show much change. Hulls were slow sals and lower, in sympathy with the decline on steers. Veal calves brought steady prices. The trade > stock cattle was very slow, ns yard traders il!d not want anything but the vert best. Choice heavy wi Ight cattle brought practically steady prices. Hogs—There was u not lied liberal run of hogs, luit. the demand being in good shape, the market ruled very active and higher. The first bids were 2'-j*i,V higher and a number of loads sold at 15.27’-2 and $5.30. Aft< r the first round, though, pack ets raised their hands and began paying $5.30 and $5..21*. or a big nlck 'l higher than yesterdays general market. As high as $5.35 was paid for the better grades of medium and heavyweights. Tho hogs changed bands about as fast as tho buyers could get to than) and all but a few loads were sold by It o'clock in tha morning. Sheep— There wire only a few sheep on sale and the quality of the receipts as a whole was rather common, l.amhs were slow sale and generally a dime lower than yesterday. Ton lambs sold at $4.90. There were no good wethers on sale and those that were offered sold at not far | Tom steady prices, considering quality. The best ones brought $4.20. Kwej and wethers could Vie quoted dull and weak and lambs a dime lower. There was no change noticeable In the feeder situation, receipts still being light. KANSAS CITY. ~ ! Cattle— Blockers and feeders, steady; b ef steers and rows, Htiiloc lower; native beef steers, $4.59