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VOL. XVIII. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAX COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5. 1901. NUMBER 21.
IT LOOKUIKE THEFT
Government Unearths Immense Shortage
in Luzon Commissionary Department.
OFFICf RS AMD CIVILIANS ARRtSTFD
1.1*1 Include* a Contractor, Captain Bar
ron* anil Many Other*—Somme 8ii|>
lles I.orntr.t—-Baron, Flour, anil Other
Oooil* ure Found,
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MANILA. April I.—Interest In the
capture ami fate of Agulnaldo is weli
nigh overshadowed in Manila by sen
sational developments, present ami
prospective, of frauds in the commis
sary department. How widely these
extend has not yet been ascertained,
l;Ut enough is known to justify the
belief that they are far-reaching.
Captain Fredeick J. Barrows of the
Thirtieth Volunteer infantry, quarter
master of the Department of Southern
Luzon, together with seven commis
sary sergeants, several civilian clerks,
a prominent governor contractor, the
assistant manager of the Hotel Ori
el. tc, the proprietors of three of the
largest bakeries in Manila, a number
of storekeepers and a number of other
persons have been arrested. The in
vestigation has scarcely begun, but
thousands of sacks of flour, a quanti
ty of bacon and wagonloads of other
goods, all bearing government marks,
have been found in the possession of
unauthorized persons.
It is alleged that the contractor in
question, who has been doing a bus
iness approximating $100,000 per
month, has spent hugs sums In enter
taining officers. A prominent com
missary officer is accused of leading
a scandalously immoral life. It is as
serted that large quantities of stores
have been lost or stolen in transit and
also that there is a shortage in the
commissary depot.
SNt-w scandals are developed dally.
Illicit transactions have been traced
back to June, 1900, and it is possible
that there are others of earlier date.
The exorbitant tariff on provisions
makes the surreptitious removal of
supplies immensely profitable. It is
understood that Other United States
officers may be arrested.
Lieutenant Philip K. Sweet of the
y Forty-sixth Volunteer infantry is
prosecuting the investigation under
th-j direction of Colonel Wilder, chief
of police.
WASHINGTON, April 1—It was
said at both the White House and
War department tonight that abosiute
ly nothing had been received by the
government regarding the alleged un
I earthing of crooked work on the part
of any quartermasters and others in
Luzon and the arrest of a number of
persons in and out of the army for
stealing property of the government
or receiving stolen government prop
el ty. General Corbin said further
more that the government had no in
timation of any sort that such devel
opments might be expected. He was
in dined, for this reason, to think the
frauds against the government could
hardly be so serious as reported,
though admitting this opinion was
based wholly on the lack of advices
front the government. Captain Bar
rows, ho said, was not the regular
quartermaster for southern Luzon and
must have been acting quartermaster
there at the time of the arrests.
I Will ACCEPT SENATORSHIP.
Deitrlcli Stamp* a* False tlie Anaertinn
That He Will ltenigu.
LINCOLN, April 1.— Relative to the
numerous conflicting reports that
have been circulated relative to the
probable course he will pursue in ac
ta pting the senatorship Governor Die
trich tonight made the following
I statement :
‘The assertion that I will resign
the senatorship to which 1 have been
elected Is absolutely false and entirely
without foundation or reason. 1 shall
accept the position and in all proba
bility 1 shall resign the governorship
within a short time."
Iowan* Huy Nebraska Stork.
KANSAS CITY. April 1.—A sale
of Shorthorn cattle from the herds of
•13. O. Cowin of New Point, Mo., T. 13.
Rankin of Tarkio, Mo., and T. G. Hag
gard of Western. Neb., began at the
stock yards in this city today. The
offerings include fifty-one head of fine
tattle, all of which are in exc l ent
breading condition.
Rev. Stonehouse, of tlie London Mis
i sionary Society, has been murdered by
Jf brigands, fourteen miles east of Tien
TNiu.
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DIES FOR HIS COMRADES.
Commander Kcper Suffocated In At tempt
ing a Darin; Itctciie.
Died for comrades .. .. adDbnodarla
CAVITE. April 1.—At 7 o’clock this
morning lire was discovered in the
sail room of the I'nited States gun
boat Petrel, Lieutenant Commander
Jesse Mims Roper commanding. The
sail room is a small compartment ad
joining the magazine. The heat was
intense, the smoke suffocating and the
flames difficult to extinguish. Lieu
tenant Commander Roper was the first
to descend into the hold, but he was
forced to return to the deck. Others
then went down. Seaman Patrick To
ner was prostra’ed and about to per
ish when Lieutenant Commander Ro
per endeavored to rescue him and was
suffocated in the attempt.
Lieutenant Josiah Slutts McKeans
and Cadet Lewis suffered severely in
bringing the body of Lieutenant Com
mander Roper to the deck.
Twenty-two of the crew were pros
trated; Toner, Evans, Flaherty, Lar
sen, Cahey, Burton, Smith, Sullivan
and Forsboon seriously, hut all will
recover. The contents of the sail
room were destroyed, but the damage
to the gunboat was slight. The or
igin of the fire has not been ascer
tained. Possibly it was a < ase of
spontaneous combustion.
The death of Lieutenant Commander
Roper is greatly deplored. His bodv
will l>e sent to the I'nited States April
5 by the Buffalo.
STAYS GOVERNOR Till f ALL
Dietrich Wants to Fulfill His Plan of
Atlntinifttr;» f ion.
LINCOLN. Neb., April 1.—Sena
tor-elect Dietrich announced definitely
tonight that he would net resign as
governor until late in the fall, prob
| ably not until after election, barring,
! of course, an extra session of con
gress, which he did no* regard as prob
able. Governor Dietridi justified this
action by saying that, he had outlined
a plan of state administration which
he was anxious to put into effect, and
in this he is upheld by Lieutenant
Governor Savage.
Former Assistant Secretary c.f War
Meiklejohn, who had been a candi
I date in the senatorial contest, left
this evening for Washington to con
clude unfinished work at the War de
partment. Mr. Meiklejohn said he
| would continue to make his home at
Fullerton. Neb., hut would discontinue
the practice of law. He gave no defi
nite Information of his plans after he
concludes his mission at Washington.
I Friends assert that he has been ten
dered a position of responsibility with
a land and manufacturing company in
Mexico and that he has the off-r un
der consideration. It is also said that
a position awaits his acceptance in
connection with some of the newly ac*
quired island possessions, but In w'hat
capacity is not disclosed.
TO RELIEVE THE VOLUNTEERS.
Iluxtling Cavalry and Infantry Regulars
to the 1’litllppIneH.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.—The
animal transport Arab sailed today
for the Philippines with 670 horses for
the cavalry already on the way to Ma
nila. Tomorrow the Buford will sail
with two troops of the First squardon
of the Fifteenth cavalry, one company
of the Tenth infantry and the depot
battalion of the Fifth infantry. The
Kilpatrick, scheduled to sail Friday,
will carry the Third battalion or the
E'eventh infantry and the two com
panies of the First infantry. On the
10th the transport Ohio will sail and
on the 8th the Aztec is expected to
get away. On April 15 the Kogan
probably will depart for Manila with
two companies of the First infantry,
the Third squadron of the Ninth
cavalry, the second squadron of the
Tenth cavalry and a battalion of the
Eleventh infantry, now at Governor's
island and Fort Ethan Allen.
Col. McClure tjult*.
PHILADELPHIA, April L—Colo
nel A. K. McClure today writes:
“With this issue of the Philadel
phia Times my connection with the
editorial staff of the paper discontin
ues. it is not my wisli or purpose to
retire from journalistic work, but
under existing conditions the responsi
j ble editorial direction of the Times
! should be in other hands.
"A. K. MCLURE.”
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AgiiluHlilo I,Ike* the I’lare.
MANILA, April 1.—Aguintldo con
tinues to express himself as pleased
with and impressed by the courteous
treatment accorded him by General
MacArthur. “I am a prisoner,” said
he today, “but I am treated like a
guest”
Many Disheartened Insurgents Surrender
Since Aguinaldc's Capture,
—
OFFICERS AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE
The I.cailer In the Province of Morons I*
Among (lie Flint to Come In — tJenernl
Collie*' Atrocious Murders M ike Him
Fearful of a Trial.
MANILA, March 30.-On arriving
in these waters the i’nitcil States gun
boat Vicksburg stopped eight miles
out, and in response to a signal cx
changed with Corregidor island, a
launch appeared from the shore of
Corregidor and Aguinaldo was (piiet
ly transferred to the launch, which
steamed up the Pasig river to the
wharf at the back of the Mulacanan
palace, where the prisoner disembark
ed, almost unnoticed.
Some hours elapsed before the news
of Aguinaldo's capture was generally
known. The fact that lie was a pris
oner caused joy and congratulations
among the Americans. The native
population was apathetic. There was
no particular excitement anywhere.
After being convinced of Aguinal
do's capture, Gen* ral Geroniio, the in
surgent leader in lhe province of Mo
rong. Luzon, ha^ surrendered with six
officers, forty-six men and fifty rifles,
to Colonel J. Milton Thompson of the
Forty-second regiment at San Mateo.
As the news of Aguinaldo’s capture
spreads through the archipelago the
insurgents arp becoming disheartened
and there is a marked increase in the
number of individual surrenders.
General Cables, who is practically
outlawed on account of his atroclsus
crimes, sent, an emissary to General
Hates, who answered that he must sur
render unconditionally and stand trial.
The former insurgent officers and
the Macabelie scouts who took part in
the capture of Aguinaldo will proba
bly receive a monetary reward. The
amount has not been specified. It
has also been recommended that ev
ery man participating in the capture
of Aguinaldo receive a special medal.
ALREADY ON THE PAT ROIL.
Nebraska's Two New Senators May Draw
Considerable in December.
WASHINGTON, March 30— By one
of those coincidences that happen s°t
dont in government affairs Senator Al
len eeased drawing pay as a senator
of the United States Thursday, as his
successor was being elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of M. I..
Hayward. Under the rule of the sen
ate. emphasized on three or four oc
casions since 1806, when it was first
promulgated, the financial clerk of the
senate. It. B. Nixon, proceeded Thurs
day to strike Allen's name from the
roll of senators, as the legislature
had agreed to adjourn that day, and
under a rule of the senate the term
of the senator filling a vacancy a’so
terminated with the passage of a con
current resolution fixing the time cer
tain for adjournment. Had there
been no election Senator Alien would
still have ceased being senator from
Nebraska Thursday, the time set for
adjournment, and the state would
therefore have been without a repre
sentative iu the upper branch of con
gress until an election had been had.
The salaries of the new senators
will begin today, although they will
not be permitted to draw any money
from the treasury until they have
qualified in December, when they wi'l
get a sum that will go far toward buy
ing Christmas gifts.
Maurice Barrymore's Kntl.
NEW YORK, March 30—Maurice
Barrymore, actor, was taken to tbe in
sane pavilion of Bellevue hospital this
afternoon by his son, John Barry
more. He went to the hospital will
ingly. He was received there by Dr.
Barclay. He had nothing at all to say
and acted like a man who was dazed.
John Barrymore to'd the doctor that
his father’s real name is Blye and that
he was born In the East Indies about
fifty years ago.
Sultan Kprm A«s:ifl*iii4.
CONSTANTINOPLE, M. rch 30.—
Owing to a prehensions of attempts by
anarchists upon the life of the vsul
tan, his majesty intends to complete
ly exclude tourists from the precincts
of the Yildiz kiosk. As a step in this
direction lm has ordered the demoli
tion of the pavilion erected at the
grand gate of the palace grounds for
the accommodation of tou.;sts hith
erto permitted to attend th- Selamik.
AIL TO SURRENDER.
AquIii;iUI<> Will A'ltlrfH* AdvUIng
General Capitulation.
WASHINGTON. March 20.—A ca
blegram received at the War depart
ment late this afternoon from Gen
eral MaeArthur tells In a succinct
way the story of Aguinaldo's capture,
gives all credit for the brilliant ex
ploit to General Funston, whose re
ward he suggests should he that of
a brigadier general in the regular
army, and finally clos°s with an ex
pression of confidence in the early
cessation of hostilities throughout the
Philippine archipelago as a result of
the capture. Except that it makes no
reference to tlie disposition to be
made of Aguinaido, the dispatch cov
ers the whole field of gossip and spec
ulation excited in Washington by the
news that Funston’s adventurous ex
pedition had been crowned wi h com
plete success. The cablegram is as
follows:
"MANILA, March 28.—Adjutant
General, Washington: impoitant mes
sages fell into the hands of General
Funston, February 28, from which
Aguinaido was located at Pa’anan, Iss
bela province Expedition organized,
consisting of Aguinaldo’s ciptuiel
messenger, four ex-insurgfr.t officers
and seventy-eight Macabebvs, who
spoke Tegalo, armed Mausers, Rem
ingtons, dressed to represent insur
gents. Funston commanded, accom
panied by Captain Russell T. Hazzard,
Eleventh cavalry; Captain Harry W.
Newton, Thirty-fourth infantry; Lieu
tenant Oliver P. Hazzard, Eeventh
United States volunteer cavalry; Lieu
tenant Burton J. Mitchell, Fortieth
United States volunteer infantry. Offi
cers dressed as American privates
and represented prisoners. Expedi
tion sailed March 5, Vicksburg. Land
ed March 14, east coast Luzon, twenty
miles from Casiguran. Reached Pal
anan, marching, 3 afterno n, March
23.”
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Will SM tSM IN KtNTIJCKY.
Mrs. Nation I’roin l**»* l.piiugtoit Saloon
Men to Come Hack.
LEXINGTON, Ky., March 29.—Mrs.
Carrie Nation opened he/ lecture tour
here tonight, a small audience being
present in the opera house. She had
arrived from Cincinnati at noon and
after dinner in her room at the Phoe
nix hotel and a brief audience with
reporters, she spent the afternoon
sleping.
Mrs. Nation's lecture on "The Home
Defender" was in the main an impas
sioned review of her experiences in
Kansas. She called on Ijexington
women to follow' her example in rid
ding the state of saloons.
She started on a slumming tour at
10 o'clock tonight. Several saloons
were visited. A crowd of several hun
dred followed and the four policemen
had difficulty in keeping them clear of
Mrs. Nation, in one saloon she was
jeered, but boldly called the proprie
tors to task and told them she would
come back and smash their saloons
when she was done with Kansas.
In the slums Mrs. Nation prayed
with the inmates of resorts and kissed
several goodby. She ended the tour
with a visit to the polic e station, where
she pleaded with prisoners to do bet
ter.
SENATOR J. H. MillARD.
lie Ik al the fiend of u large Financial
Inst if ut ion.
OMAHA. March 29.—J. H. Millard,
one of Nebraska’s new senators. Is at
the head of the Omaha National bank,
which is one of the largest financial
institutions in the state of Nebraska.
He was apopinted cashier of the bank
in January, 18(57, and has b en with It
over since. He has a yearly income
of $35,000 as president of the concern.
His wealth is rated at over half a
million dollars.
Eighteen years ago Mr. Millard was
a candidate for United States sena
tor, hut after a hard fought contest
was defeated by General Charles F.
Manderson, who is now general so
licitor lor the Burlington’s western
lines.
Mr. Millard has accumulated his
i onstderable fortune entirely by his
own efforts.
Attempt tu Kidnap rails.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 29.—A
daring attempt was made to kidnap
Edward McAvoy, aged 11 years, of this
city. Two men picked him in the yard
of his fathers’ home, carried him to a
surrey, placed a handkerchief saturated
with chloroform over his nose and
drove away. The child became uncon
scious and when lie revived he found
himself on the back scat of the vehicle.
AGGIAUHMS TAB
Was Captured Last Saturday and is Now
Uuder Guard at Manila.
FUNSTON’S STRYTLGY SUCCESSFUL
Toning a* a Prisoner I lie K>tn«a* Fighter
Itenrhr* 111* Man — The tfojrfut New*
Come* a* Fast Chapter In Important
Serle* of Suceenne*.
MANIA.A, March 2S f! neral Ftins
ton, with the as-'istanoe of a number
of Maccabebe scouts, has capture I
Aguinaldo in the country near Casig
uran, some miles from Baler, on the
northeast coast of the island of Lu
zon. The rebel leader and his entire
staff are now in Manila. General
Funston employed a clever ruse to
reach Aguinaldo. His pi- n worked
successfully, with the result that the
head and front of the insurrection is
now where lie wi | do no more harm
to American interests.
Some mouths ago lette.s w re cap
tured by American troops showing be
yond peradventure that the rebel
leader was hiding in the northwestern
part of the island. General Funston
immediately <onceived his hold plan
to capture him and this leceived
General MacArthur’s approval. Two
weeks ago he started from Manila
with Surgeon Major Harris. Captain
Newton of (he Thirty-fourth infantry.
Lieutenant Admire of tlie Twenty
second Infantry, Lieutenant Mu-hell of
the Fortieth infantry, six veteran
American soldiers end a number of
native scouts, all of whom were se
lected for their bravery and extensive
knowledge of the country.
General Funston and his party land
ed as near as possible to the place
where Aguinaldo was in hi ling, witir.
native scouts, and passed themselves
off as insurgents, who, having cap
tured General Funston and other
Americans, were conveying them to
Aguinaldo.
When the supposed prisoners were
brought by their alleged captors be
fore Aguinaldo they suddenly appear
ed in their true character, seized ths
Filipino and made their way back to
the coast, where the gunboat Vicks
burg, which had conveyed the party,
awaited their return.
The adventure was a desperate one.
os treachery was always possible, and
General Funston had no absolute
means of knowing how many men
Aguinaldo had with him. It was pos
sible that lie would have enough to
overwhelm the Americans and their
native allies, Iml this did not deter tho
Americans. They accepted t he risk
with tho result that Aguinaldo is now
safe in the hands of the American
military authorities.
MANILA, March 28.—General Fred
erick Ftinston’s daring project for th‘
capture of Aguinaldo In his hiding
place in the province of Isabella, is
land of Luzon, lias proved completely
successful. Aguinaldo was captured
there on March 22.
The United tSates gunboat Visks
burg, Commander E. B. Barry, with
General Funston and Aguinaldo
aboard, arrived here this morning.
BRYAN TO TRY A WEB.
The Commoner’* Proprietor 1VII1 Hob
Wlint a Perfecting Pres* Will Do.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 28.—Begin
ning with the issue of April 7, 1901,
William J. Bryan's paper, The Com
moner, will be changed from an 8 to
12-page paper in size, and be printed
on a Web Perfecting press, thus dis
pensing with fiat-bed work. The Com
moner lias been issued from the first
by the Lincoln branch of the Western
Newspaper Union, and the work has
been handled in a most satisfactory
manner in all departments. Owing to
the rapidity of a Web press, a fear t x
ists of the possibility to maintain the
perfect standard of printing that lias
character The Commoner from the
very first, and placed it among the up
to-date publications in i>oint of me
chanical effect. In the event the work
is not satisfactory from a rapid press,
Mr. Bryan will either install a plant
of his own or go back to flat-bed work.
In the latter event the Western News
paper Union will again be designated.
Knox Likely to Accept.
PITTSBURG, March 28.—P. C. Knox
left the city at 10 o'clock for Washing
ton in answer to summons from Presi
dent McKinley, it is understood Mr.
Knox will be tendered the position of
attorney general by the president and
the belief is general that if the port
folio is offered he will seo his way to
accept It.
AT LEAST EIGHTEEN DEAD.
Complete ( annuity I.Ut of Southern Tor*
undo Not Olilnlnnhle.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 27.—
Much more horrible than the first re
ports of the tornado yesterday are the
realities which have thus far come out
this morning. It is still impossible to
compile the full list of the dead and
wounded, but it is now certain that
eighteen persons were killed and that
thirty to forty were more or less in
jured. The i>ath of the storm was
wide. It covered practically every
hamlet in Jefferson county.
Kvery effort is being made today in
(lie storm-stricken section of Bir
mingham to give all possible relief to
those who lost their all by the fury of
the winds. Troops guarded the devas
tated district last night and firemen
and policemen searched the ruins, but.
no more dead bodies were found, and,
up to 10 o’clock today, no additional
deaths had occurred. Mayor Drennen,
who is directing the relief work, es
timates that $10,000 will relieve the im
mediate Wants of the sufferers. The
larger part of this has already l»oen
raised among citizens and a citizens'
meeting will be held at noon to raise
the remainder and to more perfectly
organize the distribution of the relief
funds.
CZAR ISGRFATFY FXCITFD.
Hiller of Hiixiiia Halil to Be on the Verge
of a Nervous Collapse.
LONDON, March 27.—A dispatch
from St. Petersburg to Reuter's Tele
gram says that in consonance with
what is believed to be the czar's ex
pressed wish, the minister of the in
terior has published instructions for
the authorities of the towns and prov
inces, recommending preventive meas
ures against disturbances, as being ef
fective than severe repression after
disturbances have broken out.
The Birmingham Post, which is
closely in touch with Joseph Chamber
lain, says news received in high quar
ters in London indicates that the czar
is in a very nervous state, owing to
the condition of the political horizon.
It is said that he fears the result of
the policy of his ministers in the far
east, while the student troubles and
threats against his life, of which there
are more than have be=n published,
have completely unnerved his majesty.
Ills medical advisers have strongly
counseled a yachting cruise, tint the
czar has refused to follow their advice.
Those behind the scenes in Russia
take a very grave view of the present
agitation and think it is the beginning
of more serious trouble.
HUNDREDS OF HOMESTEADERS.
They Leave Chicago in >% Taffy for North
Dakota.
CHICAGO, March 27,—Possessed of
homestead rights, household effects
and requirements of land development,
between 1,700 and l.iOO persons loft
Chicago today for the agricultural re
gions of North Dakota. Six special
trains were required to carry the party
and belongings.
The prospective settlers gathered in
Chicago from Ohio, Indiana. Pennsyl
vania, Virginia, Maryland, Illinois and
other states, and among them were be
tween 300 and 400 members of the Ger
man Baptist church, commonly known
as Dunkards. All but a few of tho
landhunters will settle in the Devil’s
lake, Mouse river and Turtle mountain
regions.
Iowa Blast II md Him Over.
SPRINGFIELD, March 27—Governor
Yates issued a reqisition on Governor
Shaw of Iowa for the extradition of
Charles K. Kurzeiuloifer, who is want
ed at Chester, Randolph county, 111., on
a charge of embezzlement. Kurzen
dorfer, it is alleged, while employed
in the southern Illinois penitentiary
embezzled a largo sum of money from
that institution. He escaped July 24,
and is now under arrest in Iowa.
Mi.nourt Rule, for War.
ST. JOSEPH, March 27—The Brit
ish government has contracted for 500
cavalry horses here for service in
South Africa. No price limit is placed
for these animals. Agents for the
British government are also making
large purchases of mules.
Fear Twenty-Eight Death.,
MELBOCRN, March 27—Wreckage
which has gone ashore on Gabo Island,
near Cape Howe, the most southeast
ern part of Australia, causes a fear
that the Costal steamer Federal from
Melbourne has foundered with a loss
of twenty-eight lives.