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VOL. XVIII. LOUP CITY. SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 2(5, 1901. NUMBER 21.
Hew Philippine Schedule Probably With
held Until Insular Oases Are Decided.
A CHANGE MAY BE UNNECESSARY.
Work of A'ljiiMt ment I*ro(-renH?)*, How
ever. Without Interruption—Several
IlevininiiK Advised — 1 lie (1h line tliut
Dairymen Ask For.
WASHINGTON, April 22. It is not
likely that the new Philippine tariff
will lie promulgated until after the de
cision of tlie supreme court in the in
sular case. It is stated at the War
D department, where the matter lias re
ceived consideration, that this decis
ion may make it unnecessary for the
government to establish a system of
tariff rates in the Philippines, al
though the department has proceeded
with the work of equalizing the rates
and receiving and considering sugges
tions, as though the coming decision
Would not mak any change in the
present, conditions.
Some months ago the War depart
ment published the tariff ns prepared
by the tariff experts in the Philippines
and approved by the Taft commission,
Interested parties, especially manufac
turers and shippers, were invited to
examine this proposed tariff and make
suggestions and criticisms, it is in
teresting to note that of the 119 par
agraphs in the proposed tariff only 33
paragraphs have provoked criticism or
suggestion. Even these arc in a mild
tone and nearly nil lake the form of
suggestion. Some of the more impor
tant suggestions are embodied in the
following:
it is suggested that there will be
difficulty in making duties specific and
that it; many cases perhaps ad valor
em duties will he better. There are
some objections to the metric system,
as American goods are in yard folds
and European goods are in metric
folds. If the yard folds are continued
it would be better for the American
nianu facturers.
Tiie Manila Chamber of Commerce
arks that four months intervene be
tween tho promulgation of the tariff
DbikI its enforcement. No provision is
made for marking oleomargarine to
distinguish it from butter. The dairy
Interests think such a provision desir
able. A lower rate is asked for gas
oline to be used for fuel and for
launches. An ad valorem duty is ad
vised upon precious stones and
watehes. One Arm suggests that cop
peras and oxide should be ti|>on the
free list.
It is claimed that cotton yarn should
not he admitted at a lower rate than
fabrics woven from such yarn, also
that the weight and washing of cot
ton tissues should be changed in the
interest of the coarser cotton fabrics.
There has been quite an extensive dis
cussion of this subject and it has been
pointed out that the changes in the
Cuban tariff also were needed in this
particular.
The free entry of “news" print pa
per is advocated. Reductions are ask
ed from 20 to 40 per cent on harness
and saddle makers’ wares. It is sug
gested that cheap and expensive ma
chinery should not pay the same
rates. Certain typewriter firms want
the duty on their machines reduced.
A change is asked in the classifica
tion of meat products. It is said that
the duty on alcohol should lie dou
bled or manufacturers of whisky will
be able to use the alcohol for making
whisky at much less than the distilled
product.
Sheriff Will Starve Them.
LONDON. Ky.. April 22.—The latest
j&tiews from Letcher county reached
' London tonight. It is that the Rey
Holds crowd has increased until they
now number twenty-eight men; that
£ they are fortified in a brick house on
V the head of Millstone creek: that the
Sheriff has them surrounded with a
posse of sixty men, some of them com
ing from the Virginia side, and that
.they refuse to surrender unless they
.. can dictate terms, which moans bail
of their own making. It is said there
’v Is no way by which they can escape.
•&?. and the sheriff says he will starve
them into a surrender.
New* From l.ortl Kitchener.
LONDON, April 22.—The war office
fe.fcas received a dispatch front Lord
§ Kitchener, reporting that since April
BIS tlie various British commanders
r have taken eighty-one prisoners, to
ff gether with 100,000 rounds of ammu
I nition and many horses, cattle anfi
k. ■Bwagons. Lord Kitchener leports also
p,-; Bp the surrender of twenty Boers since
| that date.
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REPULSED BY THE BOXERS.
Cien. Rei<l * Punjab Infantry Encounters
stronger Force Than Antidpnted.
PEKIN, April 22.— Brigadier General
A. F. Reid, commanding the Third
brigade of the India Imperial Service
troops in China, who is now at Shan
Ilai Kwan, sent a company of Punjab
infantry to dispeise a band of rob
bers in the neighborhood of Fu Ning.
A farce of Boxers and robbers, more
than 1,000 strong, attacked the Indian
troops, killing Major Browning and
one Sepoy and wouadnig others. The
company retreated to Fu Ning Re
inforcements have been sent from Shan
Hai Kwan. The Boxers are apparent
ly well armed with modern rifles.
PAO TING FU, Saturday, April 20.
This city has been for the 1 at few
days a big French military camp.
It is now estimated that 8,000 French
troops and 0,000 Germans will form
the entire force when ail tin* rein
forcements have arrived. There is no
truth in the current reports oncom
ing severe fighting between th*> out
posts and the Chinese.
Three met. 1 ft yesteidiiy under es
cort to convey Emperor Kwang Hsu’s
first order to General I.in to retire im
mediately inlo the province of Shan
Si. Prince Ching and other Chinese
I offii iais say the Chinese general has
! already retired, but their confirmations
j or denials are considered very unre
liable.
POSTPONES EXAMINATIONS.
Civil Service I'omnUslun Defer* Date for
Te.ting A pplIrHlltx.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 22.—
The civil service commission an
nounces that the examination adver
tised for April 23. 1901, for the po
sition of department assistant in the
Philippine service, has been postponed
to June 3 and 4. and tha' this exam
ination will be held in any city in the
I’nited States where postal free deliv
ery has been established. Competitors
in the examination in addition to tak
ing the regular examination required
for this position also may take one
oi more of certain optional subjects,
for which due credit will be given.
Particular attention is 'ailed to the
fact that within a few months it is
probable that, a number of financial
agents will be needed. These agents
will lie selected for this examination
and the selections will be confined as
far as practicable to those who have
i shown proficiency in the optional sub
jects of bookkeeping and finance and
who have passed the regular examina
tion. The salary of the position of
financial agent will be about $2,000
per annum.
The entrance salary of the position
of department assistant will not be
less than $1,200 per annum.
KOREA DECIDES TO BORROW.
Would lie Pleased to Secure Five Million
Yen From France.
Yokohama, April 22.—The Korean
i government, according to advices just
received from Seoul, the capital of
Korea, has decided to borrow from
Prance 5,000,000 yen for the purpose
of constructing the Northern railway
from Seoul to Wikiu. It is asserted
that it was objected to pledging the
Korean customs for security of this
loan, which treated a desire in certain
quarters for the dismissal of Mr. Mc
Leavy Brown, the director general of
Korean customs.
According to the same advice, Vice
Admiral Seymour and Sir Claude M.
MacDonald, British minister to Japan,
have arrived at Chemupo, Korea, on
board the British cruiser Powerful, and
it is said they will have an audience
with Emperor Yi'Yieung.
Pioneer Salmon Packer Dead.
BERKELEY, Cal., April 22.—Joseph
Hume, the pioneer salmon packer of
the Pacific coast, is dead. Death was
due to heart disease. Mr. Hume es
tablished the first salmon cannery on
the Columbia river in 1874. In 189t>
his business interests were transferred
to Alaska,
Democratic* Lender Dead.
DOVER. Del., April 22.—Former
Congressman .1. C. Stockley, a pictur
esque figure in Delaware politics and
a former democratic leader, died last
evening after a long illness at his
home in Georgetown.
Snnirttlide'H Fatal £\vec|>
TELLURIDE, Colo.. April 20—This
afternoon a snowslide carried away
the bunk and boarding house of the
Alta mine near here. Uhdiard Pen
oergast, the cook, lost his life.
Germany, the (Tilted States, Great
Britain and Spain have refused the
Venezuelan courts as fit tribunals to
adjudicate claims involving the rights
of foreigners.
IffllllDO WON OVER
Filip no Lender AnnornoeB His Fntur*
Allegiance to United States.
ADDRfSSf S PrOPIf fOR PI ACC
8i»)« licit f ntv refit m Now l><-m.in<l Ccki<a*
tion of llontilftt ies—Think* They Can
Do Moist for Inlaiitl* hy Abandoning
t nutailing Struggle,
MANILA. April 20.—The following
is Aguinaldo's address to the Filipino
people, made public this evening:
"1 believe i am not in error in pre
suming that the unhappy fate to
which my adverse fortune has led me
is not a surprise to thosa who have
been familiar witli the progress of the
war. The lessons taught with a full
meaning and which have recently
ri me to my knowledge suggest with
irresistible force that a complete ter
mination of hostilities and lasting
peace are not only desirable, but ab
solutely essential to the welfare of
the Philippine islands. The Filipinos
have never been dismayed at. their
weakness, nor have they faltered in
following the path pointed out by their
fortitude and courage.
"The time lias come, however, In
which they find their advance along
this path is to lie impeded by an ir
resistible force which, while it re
strains them, yet enlightens their
minds and opens to them another
course, presenting them the cause of
peace. This cause has been joyfully
embraced by the majority of my fellow
countrymen. who have already united
around tlie glorious sovere ign banner
of the Fnited States. In this banner
they repose their trust and belief that
under its protection * lie Filipino peo
ple will attain all those promised lib
erties which they are beginning to en
joy.
i nr coiinuy nas declared nnmis
takably in favor of peace. So be ft.
There lias been enough blood, enough
tears and enough desolation. This
wish cannot he ignored by the men
still in arms if they are animated by
a desire to serve our noble people,
which has thus clearly manifested its
will. So do I respect this will, now
tl at it is known to me.
“After mature deliberation I reso
lutely proclaim to the world that I
tannot refuse to heed the voice of a
people longing for peace nor the la
mentations of thousands of families
yearning to see their dear ones en
joying the liberty and the promised
generosity of the great American na
tion.
“By acknowledging and accepting
the sovereignty of the United States
throughout the Philippine archipelago,
as I now- do. and without any reserva
tion whatsoever. 1 believe that»I am
serving thee, my beloved country.
May happiness be thine.”
To signaliez this important step in
the pacification of the country Gen
eral MacArthur orders the release, on
sweating allegiance to the United
States, of 1.000 insurgent prisoners.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Coinci
dent with the issue of the manifesto
at Manila. Secretary Hoot made pub
lic the copy received from General
MacArthur. This came to hand April
10 and differs slightly in phraseology
from that made public in Manila.
General MacArthur informed the de
partment at that time that the mani
festo had been prepared by Aguinaldo,
with the assistance only of the two
staff officers who were with him at
the time lie was captured. Secretary
Hoot declined to he interviewed on
the subject of the manifesto further
than to say that it was dignified in.
tune and admirably constructed.
EXAMINER TAKES CHARGE.
Impossible to Say Hoar Mm-h IMvitleud
Lemars Hank Will Hay.
LEMARS. fa., April 20.—Bank Ex
aminers Meyers arrived in Lemars to
day to take charge of the affairs of
the defunct Lemars National bank. In
an interview he said it would be im
possible to give out any statement in
regard to how much the bank would
pay for several days. Norman H.
Perrin of Chicago, representing Arthur
Jones & Co., and Attorney T. Schoen
feldt of Chicago have been in this city
the last few days. The last day the
bank w-as open for business they pre
sented two certificates of deposit, one
for $3,500, the other for $1,500, from
Ward. Cashier Roots refused to cash
these, as there was no record of them
In the books of the bank, the only
trace of them being the place where
they had been taken out of the cer
tificate book. The payment of these
j certificates will he contested.
SOUTH DAKOTA DIVORCES.
Opinion of JiiMtice Gray In Given to the
I* II til Ic.
WASHINGTON. I). C., April 19.—
The written opinion of Justice Gray
of the I’nited States supreme court
on the divorce cases passed on by
the court last Monday became avail
able today, thus affording the first
opportunity for inspection of Justice
Gray’s language. Of the three cases
decided only one. that of Streitwolf
against Streitwolf, dealt with a Da
kota case. In that case the husband,
a resident of Brunswick. N. J., had
visited North Dakota for three weeks
in May, 1897, and in August of that
year returned and instituted his suit
for divorce three days after his ar
rival the second time, never having
mentioned his May visit to any of his
friends or relatives in the east. The
decision in this case, aside from the
recital of the history of it, was very
brief, being in the following words:
“The law of North Dakota requires
a domicile in good faith of the libel
lant for ninety days as a prerequisite
to jurisdiction of a case of divorce.
The facts in evidence warranted and
indeed required the finding that the
husband had no bona fide domicile
in the state of Nroth Dakota when he
obtained a divorce there and ft is not
pretended that, the wife had an inde
pendent domicile in North Dakota or
was ever in that state. The court of
that state, therefore, had no jurisdic
tion.”
WOULD BOW TO THL CZAR.
Prince Timn mill Ueneral Tun In Sinn
It t*a<],v In Ylelil In Rmmln.
1/JNDON, April 19.—The Daily
News publishes the following from its
Shanghai correspondent:
“I learn that Prince Tuan and Gen
eral Tang Ku Sian have sent a depu
tation to the Russians in the vicinity
of Lake Baikal, praying for aid and
protection and declaring their readi
ness to acknowledge the suzerainty of
Russian if the Russians would help
their project for reconquering the
northern provinces of China.
"It Is expected that the palace fire
will give the empress dowager another
excuse for delaying the return of the
court to Pekin."
Some of the London papers publish
a statement that Russia has offered to
reduce her Indemnity claim to £10,
000,000 on condition that Chain signs
the Manchurian convention and grants
further concessions in connection with
the Siberia railway.
"Russian ha* made iii>w and specific
proposals to Japan,” say* the Yoko
hama correspondent of th» Daily Mail,
"for a mutual understanding, hut
Japan gives no sign of accepting."
LUZON’S INTfRNAL REVENUE.
II Amounted lo Over One Hundred Thoni
nud Dollars l.mt Year.
WASHINGTON, April 19—The di
vision of insular affairs of the War
department yesterday announced that
fhe internal revenue collections in the
department of northern Luzon, Phil
ippine islands, for the calendar year
19(10 were $106,791.
The supervisor of internal revenue
for this department reports that the
people, as a rule, pay their taxes
promptly and without complaint and
says that largely increased revenues
for the year 1901 may be safely pre
dicted.
How to Keep Hivi-m Pare.
WASHINGTON, O. C„ April 19.—
Consul General Guenther, at Frank
fort. Germany, in a report to the
state department says that a commis
sion has been designated for the pur
pose of studying the question of keep
ing rivers pure and preventing the
waters from becoming injurious to
tlie health of the people and the an
imals in that country and that effec
tive regulations along this line will
be put in operation.
Nebraska Drain Dealer*.
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 20.—The Ne
braska Grain Dealers' association met
in annual session here. AH executive
officers were re-elected for another
term. The officers will decide on the
time and place for the next annual
meeting. About 125 members at
tended.
Ha by llurnetl to Death
WAYNE, Neb., April 20.—While the
3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Goll of this city were putting
some paper on a bonfire her clothing
caught fire and before her mother
could reach her the little one was
badly burned and died the following
day.
Cubaj General Coming to Thank the Peo
ple of the United States.
TO DE THE GttSTOE SENOR PALMA
Win KnikiIii Here t'ntll Krturn of
Special Coin uil I Ire on Relation* Sent
to Conault President — III* Sojourn Will
He Void of I'ollEU-iil SigitlfjcMiM-e,
HAVANA. April 18.—General Max
tmo Gomez is malting arrangements to
go to the United States to visit Senor
Sstratla Palma. He will be accom
panied by his son, Urbano, and will
probably remain in tlie United States
until the return to Cuba of the spe
< ia! committee on relations, lie de
sires to await definite action in refer
ence to t lie Platt amendment In order
to avoid the accusation that the trip
Is made for political purposes. He
lias always expressed a desire to meet
tiie people of the United States and to
thank them for the assistance they
rendered Cuba during th<’ war. Senor
Palma is the choice of General Go
mez for the presidency of Cuba.
Senor Meriel has resigned from the
special committee on relations, owing
to ill health.
Surgeon Glennan says it. is neces
sary to continue the disinfection of
vessels from Uruguay and other parts
of South America where it is suspect
ed that the bubonic plague exists, as
there is a danger of thp disease get
ting a foothold here unless the great
est care is taken.
Most of the vessels that arrive here
from South American ports a».- small
craft loaded with dried beef. Their
cargoes are discharged immediately
on lighters, after which the vessels
are sealed and fumigated in order to
kill the rats which infest them.
Numerous complaints have been
made by ship owners because of the
refusal of the officers to allow vessels
to come alongside the docks and re
main there until the cargoes are sold.
INDIANS FINALLY CONSENT.
Council of Oklahoma Trilifi Re.ull. In
Removing Their Objections.
GUTHRIE. Okl., April 18.—A three
days' council of the chiefs and lead
ing members of the Kiowa, Comanche
and Apache Indian tribes closed at the
Indian agency at Anadarko today. Oh
Re Ah Tone, who has been the leader
of the Kiowa seeeders, who for a year
have refused to come into council or
comply in any way with the law re
quiring them to take allotments, was
present and it was decided that the
Kiowas would come in and take their
allotments at once. It was decided to
empower Agent Randlett to select the
48,000 acres of grazing lands provid
ed for in the bill opening the reserva
tion to settlement. This has been the
stumbling block to the way of com
pleting the preliminary work neces
sary to get in readiness for the open
ing and this action of the tribes re
moves what promised to be a serious
obstacle.
TIRE LOSS TO INION PACIFIC
A Conflagnit Ion at ili<* Transfer Does
Miii'li Diiinngt*.
OMAHA, April 18.—Fire raged three
hours last night in the passenger
cleaning yard at the Union Transfer
depot. Council Bluffs, destroying the
row of frame buildings used by the
Union Pacific and Pullman companies
as store and machine rooms, with
their contents, entailing a loss to both
companies that will run well up into
the thousands.
The origin of the conflagration is
unknown, but the fire is supposed to
have been started either from a spark
from an engine or from spontaneous
combustion of some of the supplies in
the oil and waste room.
The buildings destroyed comprised
the linen and commissary storerooms
of the Pullman company, the machin
ery room, car repair room, oilroom of
the Union Pacific and the office of
James F. Spare, foreman of the yard.
Iiiillana ltt*Hi*lie* Manila.
WASHINGTON, April 18— General
MacArthur reports the arrival of the
transport. Indiana at Manila. It had
on board 145 men of the Tenth in
fantry and 585 of the Twenty-eighth
Infantry.
Still Itcftifte* to Answer.
DALLAS, Tex.. April 18—H. C.
Henderson again today refused to an
swer any questions in the deposition
sent from Omaha in regard to th«
Cudahy kidnaping case.
PUZZLES THE AS MONOMERS.
Change* of Liglit on Little Planet Ero
Attract* Much Attention*
NEW YORK, April 17.—A special to
the Times from Boston says: Eros,
the little planet that has been watch
ed so closely by astronomers lately,
on account of Its nearness to tha
earth, has recently taken on addition
al interest. I'ntil within a short time
Eros has been observed simply on ac
count of its position, by means of
which it is honed to determine more
closely the distance between the
earth and the sun. This spring the
planet has shown marked changes In
light, and Is the first of the asteroids
In which variation of light has been
firmly established.
It has been found by the Harvard
observers that the intensity of the
light changes sometimes two or three
times in as many hours. This is ac
counted for iu two ways. Some as
tronomers think that one aide of the
planet is dark and the other light,
and that as it revolves first the light
and then the dark side is presented
to the watchers on earth; other ob
servers, and especially those In Eu
rope, believe that the planot Is dou
hie and that two spheres so revolv
ing around one another first present
their combined light and then only
the light of one. The planet Is be
lie\od to revolve in five hours.
BUYING UP COPPER MINES.
AmalcaiiiHli«(l Company Haiti to Have De
nigia on All Ills; Onri.
NKW YORK, April 17.—The Trib
une says: It can be announced on the
best of authority that all the prelim
inary arrangements have been made
for the acquisition of the stock of the
Boston & Montana Copper and Silver
company and the Butte & Boston Min
ing company by the Amalgamated
Copper company.
Humors of the impending deal have
been in the air of Wall street for
several days, but it was not until late
last evening that details of the pro
ject became known. There is a gen
eral belief among those well informed
on the copper situation that the fore
going plans are only preliminary to
a much larger expansion of the
Amalgamated company, which aims to
rake In eventually the rich mines of
northern Michigan and Arizona, as
well as those of Montana. This would
give the company a practical control
of the copper situation in this coun
try, with the exception of the Helnze
holdings in Butte. Senator W. A.
Clark and his sons are believed to be
in the new deal.
mu says so niMSEir.
Personally Announce* tlio Purchase of
tl>« lliirllngton Sy*tcm.
CHICAGO, April 17.—The Tribune
tomorrow will say: James J. Hill, be
fore leaving St. Paul for the west, an
nounced the success of the long pend
ing deal for the control of the Bur
lington railway. He said he had con
cluded negotiations for the purchase
of the Burlington system and added:
“There are no changes in our rela
tions with the St. Paul-Chieago line.
We merely wanted the Burlington for
a St. Louis and Kansas City feeder.”
Mr. Hill denied the report that the
Burlington deal meant the establish
ment of a transcontinental system
with the Brie as an eastern outlet. He
said that the Erie would not be a part
of a transcontinental line, and that
there would be no transcontinental
line and that the Erie would be free
from alliances."
ST. PAUL, April 16.—The Pioneer
Press tomorrow will say: It is ru
mored in well informed railway cir
cles that James J. Hill of the Great
Northern has disposed of all his hold
ings of Erie and Baltimore & Ohia
stocks.
Rnrienbure Take* III* Place.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 16.—
Ex-Hepresentative Hodenburg of Illi
nois today began his official duties as
a member of the civil service commis
sion. All the employes of the commis
sion were introduced to him. Later
the board held a session and trans
acted business that had been waiting
for a considerable time pending a
meeting of a majority of the board.
When asked today regarding his civil
service policy, Mr. Hodenburg said:
"I certainly believe in the spirit of
civil service reform and I will exe
cute and enforce the law to the best
of my ability.”
Re-Klect Steyn President.
LONDON, April 17.—A special from
Capetown, under today's date, says
forty Boers recently met at Boshoff
and solemnly re-elected Mr. Steyn
president of the Orange Free State.