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Loup City Northwestern
VOL. XVIII.
LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1901.
NUMBER 30,
United States Will Not Relinquish Cuba
Under Present Conditions.
DEMAND “SUBSTANTIAL” ADOPTION
Contention'* <>«irl»led Amendment I* Not
Acceptable Substitute — Conservatives
to t'rgo Kccchs, Hoping Finally for the
Adoption of the Original.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—It is offi
cially stated that the United States
will remain in control of Cuba un
til the Platt amendment has br.f>n
“substantially adopted.” This was
made known to General Wood las’.
Tuesday by Secretary Root, and his
action has been approved by the pres
ident.
Secretary Root was with the presi
dent about an hour and a half dis
cussing with him the cablegram which
had been prepared to be sent to Gov
ernor General Wood at Havana, relat
ing to the action of this government
on the Cuban constitution. Tills mes
sage is long and will he forwarded
to General Wood with the idea of hav
ing him communicate it to the consti
tutional convention. It will not be
made public at this time and probably
not until the convention takes action.
HAVANA, June 3.—The press de
plores the misunderstanding with the
Washington government, but generally
admits the possibility of a wrong con
struction being put upon the amend
ment by the explanations and inter
pretations, and that it will be best
for the convention to take up the ques
tion immediately and accept the
amendment as passed by < ongress.
La Lucha says that 83 per cent of
the people favor this, but the dele
gates are at a loss what to do. Some
claim the United States is not acting
in good faith, as it was most improb
able that the Washington officials did
not know what the convention was
doing and what was the nature of the
report to be submitted. They say
that a majority of the committee on
relations told them that the amend
ment as accepted would be satisfactory
to the United States and that they
had the assurance of General Wood
and Secretary Root to this effect. The
members of the committee on relations
will say nothing in regard to this
point, other than they, too, thought
it would be satisfactory.
Secret sessions and absent stenog
raphers make it Impossible for even
the delegates themselves to set things
aright. Regarding the controversy
which will surely arise later as to
who is responsible, the convention will
place the responsibility upon the com
mittee, and they, it is said, will blame
General Wood and Secretary Root.
An effort is being made tonight by
some of the conservatives to avoid this
crisis by asking the convention to ad
journ for a month, in the meanwhile
having the municipalities petition the
convention to pass the original amend
ment. Several municipalities have al
ready taken that action and It is
thought others will fall into line.
In the municipal election the na
tionalists claim the election of Senor
Genor, their candidate for mayor, and
a majority of the council.
CAPTAIN HOWGATE DEAD.
Former Officer, Fourteen Years in Hiding:*
Expires Suddenly.
WASHINGTON, June 3—Captain
Henry W. Howgate. formerly signal
officer in the United States army, died
suddenly this nfternoon of cerebral
hemorrhage at his home in this city.
He was 67 years old. No definite fu
neral arrangements have been made,
but it is expected the interment will
be here.
Captain Howgate had a singular and
eventful life. While a trusted official
of the signal service he was charged
with appropriating a large amount of
government funds and placed under ar
rest. His escape and flight were at
tended with many dramatic features,
for by a ruse he got away from a gov
ernment officer having him in charge
while the latter supposed his prisoner
was taking a bath. For years he re
mained in hiding, and not until four
teen years after his escape was he lo
cated by secret service detectives as
proprietors of an obscure book store
in New York.
I'lot lo Kill King nml Queen.
nARCEI.ONA, .Tune 3.—It is said
that the captain general has been
warned of a foreign anarchist plot to
kill the king uud queen regent.
HER STRENGTH IS EBBING.
Mr*. Mt-KIniry llu* Not ArrotuplUhed
the Necessary Hally.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—Mrs. Mc
Kinley continues very weak Her con
dition is not greatly changed from that
of yesterday, but each day that elapses
without a gain in strength lessens her
powers of recuperation.
The complaint which came near
/ending her life in San Francisco is
still present. It is in a slightly less
aggravated form, but gives the physi
cians and the president much concern.
Mrs. McKinley has shown remarkable
vitality, but her illness has so reduced
her strength as to leave her very
feeble.
It is feared that unless a change for
the better soon manifests itself her
strength may become so near exhaust
ed as to leave her without rallying
power.
The news given out by the physi
cians in attendance was not reassur
ing, though hope of better things con
tinues. After a consultation between
l>rs. Rixey, Sternberg and Johnson,
the following bulletin was issued:
“Mrs. McKinley passed a comfortable
night, but her condition has not ma
terially changed since the report of
yesterday.”
There was no further consultations
of the physicians during the day, but
Dr. Rixey called during the evening
and spent some time with the patient.
In response to Inquiries from time to
time the statement was made that
there had been no change in the con
dition of the distinguished sufferer.
President McKinley spent most of
the day at the bedside of his wife,
though late in the afternoon he went
out for an hour's drive. He departed
alone, hilt met Judge Watson of Ohio,
an old friend, on the way and the
latter accompanied him to the white
house.
GIVING BACK Of PEKIN.
Allied Forres Will Gradually Transfer
City's Government This Month.
PEKIN, June 3.—At a meeting of
the generals of the allied troops yes
terday it was decided to transfer the
administration of the city of Pekin to
the Chinese officials gradually during
June.
Count von Waldersee, accompanied
by his staff, will leave Pekin today.
Two special trains will be run all the
week taking troops to Taku. The
Germans are removing an extraordi
nary amount of baggage, including
Chinese carts, rickshaws, tables and
chairs.
The Baluchi regiment left this morn
ing amid impressive ceremonies of
farewell. All the other British troops,
with their bands, and all the Ameri
can officers in Pekin were present, the
Americans being particularly anxious
to show their appreciation of the
manner in which the British bade fare
well to the American troops.
BAIDVVIN EIRST COMES WEST,
Cora rounder of Expedition to Polar Sean
MiiUes Parting: Call*
NEW YORK, June 3.—Evelyn Briggs
Baldwin, commander of the expedition
for the discovery of the North Pole,
left tonight over the Pennsylvania
railroad for Chicago, St. Louis and
other points in the west.
“I shall return to New York In
about ten days." said Mr. Baldwin.
"The object of my present trip west
is to pay a farewell visit to my par
ents and other friends. I expect to
leave New York for Dundee on either
the 12th or 13th of the month to as
sume command of the expedition
scheduled to leave Tromsoe, Norway,
on the 25th. I am not at liberty to
announce the personnel of my party
at this time, but will do so before I
leave New York for my polar trip."
A rollliUhop KeituU Change.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 3.—Arch
bishop Keane of the archdiocese of
Dubuque has o^lered that hereafter
all candidates for the priesthood in his
jurisdiction shall complete their stud
ies at St. Paul's seminary, instead of
Montreal, as has been customary here
tofore. This order will greatly in
crease the attendance at the local in
stitution and will necessitate the erec
tion of new buildings next year.
Cornett With Hln Awful Name.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—The state
department has been informed that
Phya Phetchada (pronounced pees pet
cha-dar) has been appointed envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotenti
ary of Siam to the United States and
that the appointment to the post in
cludes no other country.
Are Sent Message Rejecting Their Amend
ed Form of Piatt Clause.
GOVERNMENT CANNOT ACCEPT IT
Cannot Change the Wording Nor Accept
Other l’eople'H Changes—President
McKinley Ansious to Help the Island
ers, Hut Finds No Way to Do So.
WASHINGTON, .June 1.—After an
other long conference between the
president and members of his cabinet
a message of rejection was sent to
General Wood, advising the Cubans in
unqualified language that there is no
power resting in the United States
government to change the terms of
the Platt amendment and that this
government insists on the acceptance
of the Platt amendment, without
amendment or qualification. The Cu
ban convention is still in session and
the message of rejection will he de
livered to it immediately. The admin
istration is confident that the Cubans
will understand the exact attitude of
this government and make a satisfac
tory acceptance within a reasonable
period.
This action followed the decision of
the cabinet that the action of the
Cuban constitutional convention in ac
cepting the terms of the Platt amend
ment with modifications and interpre
tations of its own was not “substan
tial" compliance with our terms, with
in the meaning of the amendment.
The three main points in which the
action of the convention is regarded
as unsatisfactory relate, it is said, to
coaling stations, sanitation and inter
vention. The Cuban convention took
from the coaling station paragraph
of the Platt amendment its obligatory
character and merely authorized the
Cuban government, in its Judgment,
to allow the United States to possess
coaling or naval stations. The United
States will assist on an absolute agree
ment to grant these coaling stations.
With respect to sanitation, the Cubans
do not agree to carry out plans al
ready devised, and in accepting the
Platt amendment modified its provis
ions so as to change them considerably.
In the matter of intervention the
objection is that the Cubans have so
changed this vitally important part of
the Platt amendment as to make the
right of the United States (o intervene
an ambiguous and doubtful matter,
whereas a straight and unequivocal ac
knowledgment of right to intervene
when, in our judgment, intervention is
necessary to assure Cuban independ
ence or a stable government, is in
sisted on.
The cabinet meeting lasted an hour
and a half and had been preceded by
an hour’s conference with the presi
dent and Senators Platt of Connecti
cut and Ijodge of Massachusetts. As
the author of the amendment, the pres
ident desired to learn the views of
Senator Piatt and also those of Sen
ator Lodge, who is one of the influen
tial members of the committee on for
eign relations.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root took the stand that the interpre
tation of the Platt amendment contain
ed in the constitution adopted by the
convention and the whereases append
ed to it, went outside of a fair inter
pretation of its meaning and was un
acceptable. In this view the cabinet
concurred.
When asked as to what would be the
next step of the government after the
Cuban convention had been notified of
the rejection of its action, one of the
members of the cabinet" said that the
government could do nothing further
until the convention again acted, that,
as long as the conditions of the Platt
amendment were on the statute books
compliance with them must precede
our relinquishment of control over the
island.
(Kin pul I'll fur Pure food.
LINCOLN, Jun 1.—S. C. Bassett of
Gibbon will come to Lincoln June 1
to open the office of the pure food de
partment. He is planning a vigorous
campaign against the illegal manufac
ture and sale of imitation dairy pro
ducts, but will take no active
steps toward enforcing the law until
he has the office opened and his de
partment well organized.
Arrlililoliop Keaiie’o llecord.
DES MOINES, June 1.—Archbishop
Keane cf Dubuque has recently made
an extensive tour of the parishes in
eastern Iowa preparatory to his tak
ing a Journey to Europe and to Rome.
Since he entered upon the work last
fall he has visited over 100 parishes
and has confirmed more than 10,500
persons in the church.
SHE IS STIIL SERIOUSLY ILL.
Mrs. McKinley's rhyxlcinn* Watch Her
Krcry Symptom.
WASHINGTON. May 31.—Mrs. Mc
Kinley had a fairly comfortable day,
bui still feels the effect of the fatigue
incident to the long trip from San
Francisco to Washington. The physi
cians hope, now that she is again safe
ly established in the white house, that
the slight improvement which has
manifested itself since leaving San
Franciso will be continued and that
soon she may be able to sit up. She
is still very seriously ill and her every
symptom is being carefully watched
by those having charge of the dis
tinguished patient. Or. P. M. Rixey,
the physician in charge of her case,
spent some time at the bedside of the
patient today. Associated with him
in a consultating capacity are also
Surgeon General Sternberg of the army
and Dr. W. W. Johnson of this city.
The president spent most of the day
at the white house in the company of
his wife. Irate in the afternoon, in
company with Secretary Root, he went
out for a short drive, taking a ride in
the suburbs, lint he returned to the
white house in about an hour.
PALL MORTON TELLS THE PLAN.
Two Steamer* n Month to 8erve the
Oriental llmclne**.
CHICAGO, May 31.—Paul Morton,
second vice president of the Santa Fe,
who returned from New York after
having been in conference with the
Hamburg-American steamship officials
relative to the establishment of a new
line from San Francisco to the orient,
in discussing the project said:
“The Santa Fe is negotiating with
the Hamburg-American line, but the
terms of the contract are not all
agreed upon. Our contract with The
California and Oriental line does not
expire until next year, and until that
time a new line cannot be established.
It is the purpose of the Santa Fe tef
inaugurate passenger as well as
freight service between San Francisco
and oriental points and we want the
Hamburg-American company because
it is in a position to give a better
service than the company with which
we now have relations.
“At first we will not run more than
one or two steamers a month, hut as
the trade and traffic increases the ser
vice will keep pace with it.”
THE GREEN PEA LOUSE.
Department of Agriculture Give* Warn
ing Against the Insert.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—The de
partment of agriculture has issued a
report on the ravage's of the green pea
louse, giving warning that the insect,
one of the most important of those
which ravaged the crops of the coun
try during the last two seasons, will
widen its range geographically and in
crease the amount of destruction.
Since its first appearance in May,
1899, at Bridges, Va., its devastation
has steadily increased and it has now
become the cause of great loss in the
principal pea growing regions of the
United States. The estimated loss it
caused along the Atlantic coast states
in 1S99 is estimated at $3,000,000, and
in 1900 this had reached $4,000,000 by
the middle of June. In some farms in
Maryland 80 per cent or more of the
crop was destroyed. Vigorous efforts
are making to control its spread and
the official bulletin gives a detailed
description and means of fighting it.
N«*l»r;iHkit at Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 30.—Mrs. Sarah
M. Atkinson of Winnebago, Neb., has
been appointed matron at the Indian
school at that place.
Tlid treasury department. has
awarded contracts for supplies for pub
lic buildings at Lincoln. Neb., as fol
lows: Coal, I'nlon Fuel company; ice,
the Cooper Manufacturing Ice and
Cold Storage company; miscellaneous,
H. Herpolschelmer.
Hiram Trlri* Hoad.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.—Hi
ram Price, who served many years
in congress as a republican repre
sentative from Iowa, and who was
commissioner of Indian affairs from
1881 to the beginning of the first
Cleveland administration, died here of
heart trouble. Mr. Price, who was 81
years old, was president of the State
Bank of Iowa for many years.
Promotion for Lieutenant*.
WASHINGTON, D. C.( May 31.—Sec
retary Root has decided that all of the
second lieutenants of cavalry who
were such on February 2 last, and all
of the second lieutenants of infantry
who were such at the date of the or
ganization of the volunteer army in
1890, shall be at once promoted to the
rank of first lieutenants.
Cuban Constitutional Convention Finallj
Approves Platt Clause.
VOTE IS FOURTEEN TO HtlRTEEN.
Riirilral* Fight Hurd at the Klnlwh and
Abuse Conservatives —Srnnr Tamayo
Designates us Traitors All Who Vote In
Favor of the Amendment.
HAVANA, May 29—The Tlatt
amendment was accepted by the Cuban
constitutional convention by a vote of
15 to it. The actual vote was on ac
cepting the majority report of the
committee on relations, which embod
ied the amendment, with explanations
of certain clauses.
The radicals made a hard fight at
the last moment and Senors Portuondo,
Gomez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned
tho conservatives. Senor Tamayo was
particularly vindictive and declared
that everybody who voted in favor of
tho Platt amendment was a traitor to
his country. The convention com
pelled him to retract this statement.
On several occasions personal encoun
ters seemed imminent.
Senor Gomez spoke for more than
an hour and his speech undoubtedly
won over Senors Castro, Robau and
Manduley. He appealed to the pa
triotism of the delegates and rehearsed
the long tight for independence, de
nouncing as perjurers all who favored
the Piatt amendment on the ground
that they had sworn to draw up a
constitution for an independent re
public.
Several conservatives arose and re
quested Senor Gomez to retract, but he
refused.
The following delegates voted against
the majority report: Gomez, Gener,
Portuondo, I.acret, Manduley, Cisneros,
Ferrer, Fortun, Rolnau, E. Tamayo,
Silva, Castro, Zayus and Aleman.
Senors Rivera and Bravo were ab
sent.
The convention will convene its ses
sions which will be devoted to draw
ing up the election law.
La Discussion in an extra this even
ing exclaims: "Now will come im
mediate independence.”
By a decree to be issued In Havana
the terms for paying mortgages will
be extended four years, the debtors
paying each year respectively 10, 15,
35 and 40 per cent of the principal and
accrued interest. It is understood that
both sides are satisfied with this ar
rangement.
The sewer bids will be opened to
day. There are twelve in all. The
bidders are required to deposit $500,
000.
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CANNON TO AID THE FARMERS
French Use Them to Fight Hull, Front
mill tiriumliopperg.
WASHINGTON, May 30.—The
French agriculturalists intend to fight
frost and grasshoppers as well as hail
storms with cannon and smoke, ac
cording to an interesting report re
ceived at the state department from
Consul Covert Lyons. It has just
been determined to hold an interna
tional cannon congress at Lyons in
November next and Consul Covert was
authorized to extend an invitation to
Americans to take part. The success
that has attended the experiment of
firing at approaching hailstorms to
prevent their ravages upon French
vineyards, has prompted steps for a
still further extension of the usage of
cannon in agricultural society circles.
The theory in some quarters prevails
that it is net the frost itself which
blasts the budding fruit, but the sun’s
rays following a night of frost, which
find the grape, already sensitive to the
cold, an easy victim to the heat. Can
non fired horizontally over vineyards
at Asti at sunrise produced interesting
results. A strip of vineyard 500 feet
wide, over which the smoke from the
two cannon had been spread, was en
tirely protected from the effects of the
frost, while the vines on either side
were badly injured.
An invasion of grasshoppers is an
nounced to occur this summer in
southern Algeria and the cannon
mouths are to be turned against them
also.
Ncbrmk;i KihlblU for HufT.iln.
LINCOLN, May 30.—The Nebraska
exhibit for the Pan-American exposi
tion will be shipped to Buffalo at once
and soon after Assistant Commission
ers It. R. Randall of Lincoln, T. B.
Hibbert of Adams and Miss Leona
Butterfield of Omaha will go east to
direct the work of installing It In the
agricultural building.
TRACED WATCH AROIND GLOBE.
Tltnrploce Stolen In China la Recovered
In Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. May 29.—A
magnificent gold watch, studded with
diamonds and valued at S3.000, which
was stolen from an English army
officer at Tien Tsin, China, was re
covered at Woodlawn, Ala., by United
States postofhee Inspectors. It Is al
leged that a United States soldier from
Birmingham, stationed at Tien Ts'in,
who was a watchman, was given the
watch, together with the timepiece of
an English lady, to repair.
The soldier deserted his post and
the watches disappeared with him.
The superlntf ndent of mails at Tien
Tsin found that the soldier had sent
a registered package to Woodlawn,
Ala., before Ills departure and this
gave the inspector a clew. The w'atch
was recovered and sent to Washington
to be returned to the English officer.
The United States officials refuse to
give the name of the soldier or the re
cipient of the watch.
RUSSIA APPLIES THE SCREWS.
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Suspends Lending Newspaper for Moder
ate Comment on Strikes.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 29.—The
prohibition of the publication of the
Novoe Vreraya for a week because of
its editorial articles on the labor trou
bles is creating an immense sensation,
as indicating extraordinary nervous
ness on the part of the government.
The Novoe Vremya is second only
to the Moscow Viadomotie in con
servatism and is usually allowed great
er latitude than are the other papers.
The editorial In question is mild as
compared with many governmental
publications on the lal>or situation In
more quiet times. It merely said tho
operatives were poorly paid for ex
cessively hard work and were begin
ning to he influenced by western lit
erature and suggested that the govern
ment carry on the work begun for
emancipation and enforce social re
forms.
SLITS THE ADMINISTRATION.
Freildent and Cabinet Officers I’leaaed
with Court's Oeclslon.
SIDNEY, Neb., May 29. -The presi
dent and the cabinet received the offi
cial information here that the supreme
court had decided the insular cases in
accordance with the contentions of the
government.
The news came in the shape of a
telegram from Solicitor General John
K. Richards. , It was brief, however,
and contained no details beyond the
bare announcement that the admin
istration had been sustained.
Naturally the president and cabinet
officers were elated over the victory,
although they have never doubted that
the decision would be in favor of the
government.
The members of the cabinet aboard
the train declined to express their
opinions for publication in advance of
a perusal of the text of the opinion.
ALL VOLUNTEERS TO LEAVE
List of tlirni Will Quit Manilla for florae
Flefore July.
MANILA, May 29.—It is reasonably
certain that the remaining volunteers
will sail for home before July. The
Forty-seventh regiment and battalions
of the Forty-ninth and Thirty-eighth
will sail on the transport Thomas on
May 28.
The Ohio pails May 29 with the
Forty-second regiment, and the Kil
patrick and Logan June 1 with the
Forty-third and Forty-ninth regi
ments and two battalions of the
Thirty-eighth. The Grant sails from
Appari June 1 with the Forty-eighth
regiment and two battalions of the
Forty-ninth.
Carrlr Want* Her Hntrliet.
TOPEKA, May 29.—Mrs. Carrie Na
tion tried to get a warrant for Chief
of Police Stahl, charged with stealing
her hatchet. The county attorney re
fused to issue the warrant. Mrs. Na
tion lost her hatchet to the chief of
police when she was arrested for
smashing a Topeka joint. She was in
formed today that she could get back
her hatchet by replevin proceedings.
Mr. Bry»n Comment* Ilrlefly.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 29.—Mr. Bry
an's only comment on the decision in
the insular cases was that it seemed
to uphold the contention of the re
publicans in some respects and that of
the democrats in others. He said he
would not commit himself further on
the effect of the opinion until he hart
read the full text. He had hoped tha
constitution would follow the flag.
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