Loup City Northwestern.
VOL. XVIII. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1901. NUMBER 33.
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Hundreds Dead and a Tremendous Loss
of Property.
KEYSTONE THE WORST SIEFERER
A Cloudburst Deluges the Coal Regions
—Town of 2,000 Inhabitants Is Swept
from Its i'ouutattona—Property Loss
Rivals Johnstown.
ROANOKE. Va., June 24.—Passen
gers on a train from the west report
that aiiout 300 people were drowned
yesterday evening along the Elkhorn
division of the Norfolk & Western
railroad and that miles of track and
bridges were washed out.
The passengers on the train were
^ transferred by ropes from the train
to the mountainside near Vivian, W.
Va .
All wires are down over the de
vastated section and no other partic
ulars are obtainable. Those drowned
are said to include the most prominent
folks of the section.
The general manager of the Norfolk
& Western left for the scene. It will
probably be several days before the
road is open.
TAZBWELL, Va.. June 24.—The
trainmaster of the Norfolk & Western
railroad walked the track between
Vivian and North Fork, a distance of
twelve miles. He discovered thirty
bodies floating M the river.
WASHINGTON. June 24.—The fol
lowing dispatches have been received
by the Washingtotn Post regarding the
reported loss of life by the flood in
West Virginia:
“BLUEFIELD, W. Va.. June 24.—
Flood in Pocahontas coal field equal
ing that of Johnstown. Two hundred
drowned. Impossible to estimate the
loss of property.’’
•ROANOKE. tV. Va.. June 24.—
Cloudburst over Pocahontas division
of the Norfolk & Western this morn
ing. Keystone, Elkhorn, Vivian and
other towns wiped out. Railroad dis
patches say 500 lives are lost. One
house left in Keystone. Twenty-five
to thirty miles of railroad track are
destroyed.”
BLUEFIELD. W. Va.. June 24.—This
entire section has just been visited
by a flood, the extent of which in all
probability will exceed that of Johns
town in 18S0, so far as the loss of
property is concerned. Yesterday morn
ing, shortly after midnight, a heavy
downpour of rain began, accompanied
by a severe electric storm, which vio
lently increased in volume and’contln
ued throughout the entire day and
night. At 10 a. m., while the storm
has abated, the lowering clouds would
indicate another terrific downpour at
any moment.
Many miles of‘the Norfolk & West
ern railroad tracks, bridges and tele
graph lines are entirely destroyed and
communication is entirely cut off west
of Elkhorn, so that it is impossible
to learn the full etxent of the loss of
life and property, but officials of the
■coal operations located in the stricken
districts have sent out messengers to
Elkhorn, the terminus of both tele
graphic and railroad communication,
and have received a report that a con
servative estimate of the loss of life
will easily reach 200. A number of
the drowned are among the most
prominent people in the coal fields.
EIRE IN THE STATE PRISON.
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Attempt to Destroy the Remaining Win*
la Thwarted by Prompt Discovery.
LINCOLN, Neb.. June 24.—The re
maining wing of the Nebraska peni
tentiary building, one of which was
burned last March, narrowly escaped
destruction last evening from a fire
started maliciously. Governor Savage
and Warden Davis say by convicts
employed In the broom factory.
Prompt discovery allowed the flames
to be quenched in their inciplency and
the damage is nominal. An investiga
tion in the broom building showed
that a candle had been lighted and so
placed that after burning itself about
half way would communicate to a
mass of broom corn. The nozzle of
the hose had been plugged, but the
pressure wTas so strong that the water
removed the obstruction and the fire
was quenched.
noer'i Inflict tones.
CRADOCK, Cape Coloney, June 24.—
In an engagement at Waterkloof June
20 the British lost eight men and had
four men seriously wounded. In addi
tion sixty-six men of the cape (colon
ial) mounted rifles were captured.
Captain Shandow is reported to have
been wounded and one Boer killed.
EX-CONSUL I14Y KILLED.
The Son of Secretary Hay Meet* With a
Violent Death.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 24 —
Axlelbert Stone Hay, former consul of
the United States at Pretoria, South
Africa, and eldest son of Secretary of
State John Hay, fell from a window
ir. the third story of the New Ha
ven house in this city shortly before
2:30 o’clock this morning and was in
stantly killed.
The dead man was a graduate of
Yale of the class of ’98 and his death
occurred on the eve of the university
commencement, which brought him
here yesterday, and in which, by vir
tue of his class office, the young man
would have been one of the leaders.
The terrible tragedy has cast a
gloom over the whole city and will
undoubtedly be felt throughout the
whole day, which heretofore has been
so brilliant and full of happineass for
Yale and her sons.
The full details of the terrible ac
cident will never be known. Mr. Hay
had rooms at the New Haven house
for commencement week. It is gen
erally supposed, however, that after
going to his room he went to the win
dow for air and sitting on the sill he
dozed off and overbalancing fell to the
pavement below, a fall of fully sixty
feet. The fall resulted in instant
death and within fifteen minutes the
body had been identified ns that of
young Hay. How it all hapepned be
came a matter of speculation on the
part of the throng of curious specta
tors who gathered and a subject of
mournful inquiry Jpr the classmates
and friends of the young man.
JESSIE MORRISON SANGUINE.
Ha. No Fear of Unfavorable Verdict
When Ca.e Come, to Jury.
ELDORADO, Kan., June 24.—Argu
ments in the second trial of Jessie
Morrison for the murder of Mrs. Olin
Castle will begin tomorrow morning.
It is believed the case will go to the
jury Tuesday evening. Miss Morrison
is absolutely confident that, she will be
acquitted this time.
Today to a reporter she said: "I am
just as sure of acquittal as I am that
I am living this minute.”
‘ The trial this time has not been so
wearing on me,” she continued. ‘‘It
was a terrible strain the first time.
This time, however, both sides rush
ed things and it did not become so
tiresome.”
The defense has failed to locate J.
W. Morgan, the peddlar who was at
the Castle house the morning of the
murder. With him on the stand Miss
Morrison’s attorneys had promised to
furnish a surprise.
GERMANY TO SOUND TRUSTS.
Intend, to Learn o Ti elr Effect Upon the
Trade of the Uountry.
BERLIN, June 24.—The World cor
respondent hears that Count von Bue
low proposes to semi a commission of
experts to the United States to collect
all the available information on the
working of trusts and their effect on
the general trade of the country. The
German government and emperor are
deeply concerned at the trust develop
ments and the report of this commis
sion will determine whether sf>ec.ial
legislation shall be introduced in the
Reichstag dealing with them.
Chaffee Military Governor.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24
Following the order issued yesterday
making Judge Taft civil governor of
the Philippines, an order has been
issued naming General Chaffee as mili
tary governor of the archipelago. The
military has been ordered to vacate
the Ayuntamiento, the large public
building which was erected out of
the municipal funds of Manila for gov
ernment purposes. This will be occu
pied by the civil officers in the Philip
pines.
The palace of Malacayan. heretofore
occupied as headquarters for Generals
Otis and MaeArthur, also has been or
dered vacated by the military authori
ties, and will oe occupied by Governor
Taft.
Will Make Wheat KUe.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—It
is now re«eognized as inevitable that
the cereal harvests of 1901 in Prussia
will show the largest and most disas
trous deficit that has been recorded in
recent years, and the requirements of
the German empire in respect to for
eign grown foodstuffs will far exceed
those in any recent year.
These statements are included in a
long report upon the deficit in Ger
man breadstuffs received at the state
department from Consul General FratfJ
Mason at Berlin.
ONE FAMILY IS SORELY BEREFT
Father and Children Instantly Killed Ir
Wreckage of llotne — Wind Strlpi
Bodies of Clothing — Dwellings anti
Other Building* Torn to Pieces.
NAPER, Neb., June 22—A terrific
tornado went down the Keya Paha
valley, twenty miles nor of Stuart,
Holt county, at sundown list evening
and left death and desolation in its
wake. Eight persons dead and several
others injured is the result of the
twister’s trail.
The dead: Jacob Greening aged 55;
Maggie Greening, aged 12; John Green
ing. aged 8; Mary Greening, aged 6*
Jacob Greening, aged 3; Clara Ander
son, aged 7; Ida Anderson, aged 5;
Bertha Anderson, aged 10.
The Injured: Mrs. Jacob Greening,
seriously; Theodore Anderson, aged 8,
dangerously; Mrs. August Anderson,
in a critical condition; Otto Metz, se
vere bruises; Henry Metz, leg broken.
The weather had been extremely sul
try all day and about 6 o’clock storm
clouds gathered in the northwest and
soon were seething, boiling, black
masses. Three funnel-shaped clouds
formed, one of which followed the
valley in its mission of ruin and
death.
It first paid a visit to the home of
Henry Metz. It was seen aprpoaching
by Mr. Metz, and he and his brother
Otto went into a slough, lay. down
and hung onto the grass. They were
picked up by a twister, carried 200
yards and dropped, then picked up
again and carried back, then picked
up a third time and flung to the place
where they were first. Otto is badly
Injured. Henry had a leg broken.
The tornado then paid a visit to the
home of John Berg and scattered out
buildings and farm machinery around,
but injured no one.
From there it went to Jacob Berg’s,
upsetting a granary full of corn, and
then came back and took another
chance at the corncrib, reducing it to
KinUUUg WOOQ.
Then it whirled to the home of John
Hauff and tore it up badly, but hurt
no one.
It then struck the dwelling of Ja
cob Grwening, killing Jacob, Maggie,
John Mary and Jacob, jr. The only
one of the family to escape is Grace
Greening, aged 14.
Your correspondent today witnessed
the gruesome sight at the place where,
I twenty-four hours before the Greening
I family had lived in peace and happi
I ness. Not a vestige of the house re
mained, while out on the bare ground
in the morning sun, with only a blan
ket to cover their nakedness, lay the
father and four dead children, a bruis
ed and blackened mass of humanity,.
Four horses, a lot of sheep and other
domestic animals were killed at this
place, while a new mower was picked
up, carried 100 yards and twisted out
of shape.
From here the twister went through
big timber on the bottoms, smash
ing it down like so many reeds, and
struck the new bridge across the
Keya Paha. The bridge was totally
wrecked.
It then took a jump and struck the
house of August Anderson a quarter
of a mile distant. Mrs. Anderson was
home with her children, the husband
at a neighbor's. Seeing the storm
coming, Mrs. Anderson thought the
chicken coop at the brow of the hill
a safer place and took the children
and went into it. The cyclone wreck
ed both houses, killing Clara and Ida.
Mrs. Anderson and baby were tak
en up in the air thirty feet and vio
lently dashed to the ground. Mrs.
Anderson is in a critical condition,
while the baby was not injured in
the least. Bertha Anderson, aged 10,
died this afternoon making eight dead
altogether. Theodore Anderson, aged
8. is dangerously hurt. Mr. Anderson
probably owes his life to being away
from home.
Nothing wras left around the An
derson place except wreckage, and the
valley up and down a long ways is
liteered with broken boards and house
hold furniture in a thousand pieces.
Cllrl Killed by Lightning.
HAWARDEN, la., June 21.—The 12
year-old daughter of W. A. Brest, liv
ing ten miles south of Hawardon, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed. She was standing beside the stove
when the bolt entered the chimney
and followed the stovepipe. The rest
of the family were uninjured.
NOT ALONE THE BOXERS.
Chaffee'* Report Show* Other Killing*
Since Pricin'* Capture.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The re
port of Major General Chaffee on the
campaign in China has appeared for
publication at the War department.
Among other matters it contains spe
cial reports upon the Russian, Japan
ese, French and British troops; also
reports on equipment, supplies, etc.,
of foreign troops, and reports on dif
ferent expeditions.
These reports were made by United
States officers, and from a military
view they are of considerable inter
est, but all the main facts have hereto
fore been published. Some of General
Chaffee's comments are interesting.
At one point he says: “For about
three weeks following the arrival of
the relief column at Pekin the con
dition in and about the city and along
the line of communication was bad.
Looting of the city, uncontrolled for
aging in the surrounding country ami
seizure by the soldiers of everything a
Chinaman might have, such as vege
tables, eggs, poultry, sheep, cattle and
other articles, whether being brought
to the city or found on the farms;
indiscriminate and general unprovoked
shooting of Chinese in city, country
and along the line of march, and the
river—all this did not tend, as was
natural, to gain for the troops the
confidence of the masses, with whom
it is certain we have no quarrel, but
who were in need of their labor.
“It is safe to say that where one
real Boxer has been killed since the
capture of Pekin, fifty harmless cool
ies and laborers on farms, Including
not a few women and children, have
been slain. No doubt the Boxer ele
ment is largely mixed with the mass
of the population, and by slaying a
number one or more Boxers might be
taken in."
General Chaffee speaks of the re
straint he placed upon the American
troops. The Japanese oommander also
made It known that general war on all
classes was not intended. General
ChafTee say3 he opposed entering the
Forbidden City unless looting was
prohibited. This was agreed to and
he thinks but little looting has been
done there, though articles have been
offered for sale said to have been
taken from the Forbidden City.
SHOOTS AT “BOSS” SHEPARD.
Mexican Anna..in Attempt* to Take Life
of Man of Prominence.
NEW YORK. June 21—A special to
the Times from El Paso, Tex., says:
Word has been received from Chiahu
ahua that an attempt has been made
to assassinate A. R. Shepard, who did
so much to build up the city of Wash
ington during the administration of
President Grant. Shepard, after
leaving the District of Columbia many
years ago, went to a small settlement
in the republic of Mexico, where he
since has been engaged in the mining
business. On Saturday, while Mr.
Shepard was away quite a distance
from his mine at Batopilas, he was
shot at by a Mexican in ambush, the
bullet grazing his head. Shepard beat
a hasty retreat in the direction of the
sefclement, the would-be assassin fol
lowing and keeping up a running fire.
Luckily none of the bullets went true
to the mark and the intended victim
finally reached the door of his house.
Hat to be Killed.
ROCKFORD, IU., June 21.—A mani
as took possession of the Illinois Cen
tral depot here tonight and opened
fire with a revolver upon everybody in
sight. Several persons had narrow
escapes. Policeman Frank Sully at
tempted to arrest the man and was
twice shot at. He returned the fire
and killed the madman, sending a bul
let close to his heart. From papers
found on the dead man his name ap
pears to be A. G. Peterson and his res
idence is Chicago. What seems to be
a will was also found. It is written
in Swedish and reads: "I give to my
daughter all that I have. My secret
r carry to the grave,”
The Fortieth Coming.
DES MOINES, la., June 21— News
has been received at the office of the
adjutant general to the effect that the
Fortieth infantry will sail from the
Philippines about July 1. This regi
ment has one commissioned officer
from Iowa, Captain France of Tipton,
and nearly 100 privates from Iowa,
and its coming will be awaited with
anxiety by a great many Iowa people.
Senator Penro*e I* Out.
TOLEDO, la,, June 21.—Senator E.
O. Penrose of this city has withdrawn
his name as a candidate for lieutenant
governor before the republican state
convention.
The United States Government Reviews
Its Foreign Relations.
COVERS THE SPANISH WAR PERIOD
Exhanstlte Summary of Official Cor
respondence—fjuccu Llstcus to Fope —
About to Deere# Termination of Cuban
Trouble.
WASHINGTON, June 20—The
American ted book for 1898 compris
ing the foreign relations during the
eventful period of the Spanish-Amer
iean war, has Just made Us appear
ance. It contains an exhaustive sum
mary of the official correspondence.
The Dupuy ed Lome incident and the
blowing up of the Maine are treated
under separate heads. The first offi
cial notification to Spain that the Uni
ted States expected the independence
of Cuba was in a dispat' h from Sec
retary Hay to Minister Woodford on
March 28, 1898. The president had
previously instructed Mr. Woodford to
endeavor to have Spain grant Cuba
“full self-government.” Spain at once
asked the meaning of this term. In
reply, Secretary Hay cabled, “Full self
government, with indemnity, would
mean Cuban independence."
It apepars that just before the war
broke out Minister Woodford sent
word that the queen regent, yielding
to the request of the pope. w:w about
to decree a termination of the war in
Cuba for a period of six months. Mr.
Woodford was hopeful this would
avert a crisis in the trouble between
Spain and the United Stales, but this
hcg>e was not realized, as congress
soon after adopted the resolutions of
intervention. The peace negotiations,
both in Washington and Paris, are
given in extenso. When the acquisi
tion of the Philippines came up Secre
tary Hay cabled Mr. Day, saying: "The
sentiment in the United States Is al
most universal that the people of the
Philippines, whatever else be done,
must be liberated from Spanish dom
ination. In this sentiment the pres
ident fully concurs. Nor can we per
mit Spain to transfer any of the is
lands to another power. Nor can we
invite another power or powers to
join the United States is sovereignty
over them. We must either hold them
or turn them back to Spain. Conse
quently, grave as the responsibilities
and unforeseen as are the difficulties
which are before us, the president can
see but one plaki path of duty—the
acceptance of the archipelago."
Early in the w’ar the State depart
ment directed our ambassador at Lon
don to discreetly sound the British
government upon war vessels using
the Suez canal. In reply it was stated
that the British government held that
we were unquestionably entitled to
the use of the canal for warships. The
declarations of neutrality by most of
the foreign governments, except Ger
many, are given, and as to Germany,
Ambassador White gives a conference
with Baron von Buelow, in which
the latter says that Germany has not
for twenty j«ears issued a proclamation
of neutrality.
NEXT MOVE IS AMERICA’S.
United Staten Must Lend Vt Bosnian Game
In Flayed.
WASHINGTON. June 20.—The sit
uation as to the retaliatory tariff
war between the United States and
Russia is such that the next move
must be made by the United States,
if the contest is to be pursued. Sec
retary Gage, in his letter, raises the
question whether the Russian govern
ment has not infringed upon the
rights of the United States under trea
ty. Article vi of the treaty of com
merce with Russia of 1832 reads: "No
higher or other duties shall be impos
ed on the importation into the United
States of any article the produce or
manufacture of Russia; and no higher
or other duties shall be imposed on
the importation into the empire of
Russia of any article the product of
manufacture of tue United States than
are or shall be payable on the lige
article being the produce or manufac
ture of any foreign country.”
Heinze Gets the Mine.
BUTTE, Mont. June 20.— Judge Har
ney, in the district court this morn
ing, awarded the Minnie Healy mine,
valued at $10,000,000 to F. August
Heinze, deciding against Miles Finlan
and the copper trust. Heinze bought
the property from Finlan, who after
spending $54,000 in working the prop
erty, became discouraged and offered
it to Heinze for the amount expended.
STRIKES AT AMERICAN TRADE.
Kusulan Govern men 11 mpoiwi Hlgli Tariff
Hate Upon White Renin.
WASHINGTON, June 19.—The Rufr
sian ambassador, Count Cassini, has
communicated to the state department
that in consequence of the action of
the American government through an
order of March last applying tariff re
strictions against Russian petroleum
imported into this country, the Rus
sian minister of finance, M. DeWitt/3,
has issued an order, dated June 7, im
posing the high tariff rate of the Rus
sian schedule on American white resin
under article lxxxii of the Russian
tariff law and increasing the rate <in
American bicycles under article clxxiii
ol the Russian laws.
This action is entirely apart from
that taken in connection with the Rus
sian sugar, and is a new development
in the discriminatory duties imposed
by this government and the retaliatory
duties imposed by Russia. The order
of the Russian minister is to take ef
fect next Friday, or two weeks from
the date of its issuance.
REVISION COMMITTEE BISY.
Expects to Pot In a Week Working on
Doctrinal Htatcmant.
PITTSBURG, June 19.—The creed
revision committee, appointed by the
last general assembly of the Presby
terian church at Philadelphia, met
here today behind closed doors with a
full attendance of members. It is ex
pected that the committee will be in
session all week.
The meeting was opened with prayer,
after which the action of the last as
sembly, constituting the committee,
was read by Rev. Dr. William Henry
Roberts of Philadelphia, secretary of
the eommittes. All action of the as
sembly as to revision was read and
discussed, with difference of opinion
as to its meaning.
The committee decided to get down
to business at once and make every ef
fort to do something at the first meet
ing. Three or four other meetings will
be held during the year, probably at
New York, Chicago and Washington.
Honor, to WaM.nec.
BERLIN, June 19.—The squadron
to welcome the return of Count von
Waldersee. under command of Prince
Henry, will leave Kiel early in July.
After tactical maneuvers in the
North sea. Prince Henry s squadron
intends to join the returning China
ships and the vessel bearing the field
marshal and together the two fleets
will make the trip.
It is officially stated that the whole
affair is devoid of political significance
and is primarily meant as an unusual
honor for Count von Waldersee.
Hryan on a Lecture Tour,
LINCOLN, Neb., June 19.—W. J.
Bryan left tonight for an extended
lecture tour and pleasure seeking trip.
Tomorrow he will made an address at
Esthervllle, la.,The day following Mrs.
Bryan and members of the family will
join him in Chicago, and they will go
direct to Buffalo, where some time
will be spent at the exposition. Mr.
Bryan will speak at Philadelphia and
other points.
Consumption In Colorado.
DENVER, June 19.—The discussion
of consumption was the feature of the
opening session of the Colorado State
Medical society convention. Dr. Henry
Sewall reported for a committee on the
subject, “Tuberculosis in Colorado.”
He said that in sixteen months to May
1, 1901, 1,674 deaths from tuberculosis
were reported. In 970 cases the dis
ease originated outside of Colorado. In
480 cases the origin was not given.
Two Regiments Slow.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.—
The new regiments organized under
the reorganization law are about com
pleted. The two regiments farthest
behind are the Thirteenth cavalry at
Fort Meade and the Twenty-eighth in
fantry at Vancouver, but the enlist
ments of last week amounted to over
600 and it is expected that of the pres
ent week will practically complete all
the new regiments.
Chilean Claim Mottled.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—
The Chilean claims commission wound
up its labors today and expired by
limitation. It has disposed of all the
business in the way of claims to which
it fell heir by reason of the failure of
the first claims commission to get
through with its work.
Thirty-First Mustered Out.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 19.—
The Thirty-first Infantry, U. S. V., was
mustered out today.
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