Loup City Northwestern. VOL. XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DEC EMBER fi, 1901. NUMBER 4, Shortly After Convening Senate Will Listen to McKinley Memorial. THE MESSAGE DELAYED ONE DAY 8*nutor Foraker or llanna Will Introduce Revolution In Honor of Late Chief Magistrate In I'pper Houmv—Mlvcella* neouv Wavliinffton Matters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—One of the first measures of natural interest which will lx? introduced in the senate at the session which begins today will be a resolution looking to public action concerning the death of Presi de;,! McKinley. This will he present ed on Tuesday either by Senator For aker or by Senator Hanna, probably the former, and after its introduction the senate will adjourn as a mark of respect to the memory of the dead president. The annual message of President Roosevelt will not he received until Tuesday and on this account the ses sion today will Ixj exceedingly brief. It is not now expected that anything will be done beyond the announce ment of the death of Senator Kyle, following which the senate, in accord ance with custom, will adjourn for the day. On Tuesday the president's message will be read and, after its reading, the announcement of the death of President McKinley will fol low at once, whereupon under the precedent established when Presidents Lincoln and Garfield died, resolutions providing for the appointment of a committee to act with a similar com mittee of the house of representatives to take appropriate action relative to the matter and then calling for im mediate adjournment for the day will lie adopted. Heretofore committees have \>een appointed to arrange the details of public exercises and it Is understood that plan will be pursued In this instance and that later in the session some public man of distinction Will be invited to deliver a eulogy in the capitol. Wednesday and Thursday will he devoted to the introduction of new bills and, as usual, there will be a flood of them. Among the first hills W of importance to lie presented will be the ship subsidy bill, which will be introduced by Senator Frye, and the Nicaraguan canal bill, which Senator Morgan will present. Senator Frye has not entirely completed his hill, but he said it would he different in many details from the old bill of last session. That measure was framed by former Senator Edmunds. Senator Frye himself is the author of the new bill. Senator Morgan's rauai bill will be a duplicate of Representative Hep burn’s bill on the canal question. Other early bills of importance will bo one looking to the construction of a sub-marine cable from the western roast to Hawaii and another provid ing for the establishment of a new executive department to be known as the department of commerce. On Tuesday the senate will adjourn until the following Monday. The general opinion among senators is that very little real work will be done before the Christmas holidays. The first subject demanding atten tion is reciprocity. Various treaties are now pending in the senate look ing to commercial agreements between the United States and other countries. Senator Aldrich will renew his efforts to have these treaties, which have al ready been reported from the commit tee on foreign affairs, committed to the committee on finance, on the ground that they deal with tariff questions. NO OPINION ON ANNf XATION Gen. Wood I)eni«'« Having Expressed View on the Question. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Among the passengers who arrived from Havana were General Leonard Wood, governor of Cuba; Mr:-. Wood, Michael J. Dady, the contractor; Sir William Van Horne, Lieutenant W. Barden and Lieutenant Frank McCoy. General Wood said tHat he would proceed directly to report to Presi dent Roosevelt and expressed an in tention to return by December 7. He said he had expressed no opinion on the question of annexation of Cuba and that to do so would be impolitic. The story, he added, was probably put out to effect the election in Cuba, but nothing would come of it. Matters were quiet in Cuba and prep arations were being made for the com Ing election in February. PROGRAM IN THE MOUSE Work of Flmt l)»y Will Wieldly Follow Precedents. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—The pro gram for the opening day in the house, although it will rigidly follow prece dents, will be, Interesting and to a cer tain extent picturesque. Admission to the galleries will be by card, of which two have been issued to each member, and they will lie crowded to their full capacity. The desks of the popular members will be laden with flowers. The clerk of the house will call the members to order at noon and after prayer by the chaplain the roll will be called by states. The speaker will be formally elected and escorted to the chair by a committee. General Henderson, whose re-elec tion as speaker is assured, will then address the house, after which Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania, “The Father of the House,” a titular honor bestowed upon the oldest member in point of continuous service, will ad minister the oath to him. The speaker in turn will administer the oath to the members-elect. The old officers of the house who were re-chosen by the republican caucus then will be re elected and sworn in. Following this resolutions will be adopted to inform the president and the senate that the house lias elected General Henderson speaker and Mr. McDowell clerk. By resolution Speaker Henderson then will appoint a committee of three to join a similar committee from tWe senate to Inform the president that a quorum of the two houses has as sembled and that congress is ready to receive any communication he may have to make. Resolutions to adopt temporarily the rules of the last house and to fix the daily hour of meeting also will precede the event of the opening day, the annual seat-drawing. PROVES NO GENLINE COMET IMreetor Campbell of Lick Observatory Explain* Phenomenon. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2— Director Campbell of the Lick observatory has made a thorough search of the hea.' ens for the phenomenon witnessed at Chicago a few nights since. Prof. Campbell failed to find the slightest trace of a comet. He explains the phenomenon witnessed in Chicago in two ways, saying: “What the people saw may have been the bright trail left by a me teor. I myself have watched such trails for as much as twenty minutes before they wholly disappeared. It is more probable, though, that what they saw was the constellation known as the Pleiades. It so happens that the Pleiades are now in exactly the loca tion in the heavens described in the dispatches, and when obscured by a thin mist the constellation looks so much like a comet that it has been mistaken for it before.” DEPARTMENTS MERGED General Wade Now Commandn Northern and Southern Lur.on. MANILA, Dec. 2.—The military de partments of northern and southern Luzon have ceased to exist. Major General James P. Wade, formerly in command of the southern depart ment, will leave Manilla tomorrow to assume command of the American forces on Cebu Island and Major Gen eral Lloyd Wheaton, formerly com mander of the northern department, will take command of the North Phil ippines. Several small engagements have oc curred in Bataugas province in the last few days. The forces of the in surgent leader Caballos have become badly demoralized. His followers are broken into several small bands. Ca balles holds two American prisoners. German I’leuH for Hoem. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 2.— Jacoii W. Loeper secretary of the United German societies, announced that the societies, forty in number, and with a membership of over 2,000, will interest themselves in the cause of the Boers. American Library. i ROME, Dec. 2.—The establishment i in Rome of an American library has been ordered by royal decree. The library will contain all publications relating to the new world since its discovery. Illness of Wllhelrolna. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 2.—The state ment that Queen Wilhelmina's aide de-camp, Major Van Tot, is suffering from peritonitis and not. from the ef fects of a duel fought with the con I sort, Prince Henry, is confirmed. HAS i MIKE LOOK The Colombian Government Terminate* Relations With Venezuela. ACTION IS VII WED WITH GRAVITY \Y ithilntn-al of Minister Klco Ult August Is Cause of the llreaeli—Vorel^n Debt KmbarrnsHea Venezuela — What Uer* many’s Demanda Indicate* WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The State department, has received confirmation of the notification of the Colombian government to Venezuela that it has terminated diplomatic relations. This came in the shape of a cablegram from Minister Hart. This action Is the result of the hasty withdrawal last August from the Venezuelan cap ital of Dr. Rico, the Colombian min ister there. Such a breach does not necessarily mean war, though undoubtedly it. is a step in that direction. Venezuela has had several affairs of this kind, some of the European nations with drawing their representatives from Caracas for long terms, and only a year and a half ago our own gov ernment was obliged to give Minister Loomis an indefinite leave of absence from Caracas as a warning to Vene zuela of our dissatisfaction with its altitude in the controversy growing out of the asphalt dispute. It is said that manifestations of foreign disapproval have had very lit tle Influence upon the Venezuelan government. It is a significant fact that the breach with Colombia has befen created at the moment when Ger many is considering the adoption of compulsory measures to secure the payment by the Venezuelan govern ment of a very high financial liability to German citizens. It is supposed here that President Castro is proceeding under the the ory that the application of the Mon roe doctrine would protect him from unitive action by Germany, but the Impression among offu ials here is that this belief is not well founded. Some of the reports reaching here show there Is apprehension on the part of some of the Colombians on the isthmus, including men of consider aole influence, as to the duration of the stay of American marines. It has come to the knowledge of officials here that many wild rumors have been circulated on the isthmus as to the extent of the trouble that the United States forces, having once landed, would not be withdrawn. These reports have led to inquiries between Washington and Panama, I bringing out responses that the Amer ' lean occupation was wholly imagina tive and that the most definite and positive assurances had been given that immediately on the fulfillment of this government's obligation to keep open the traffic, our forces would be debarked, and all authority would be terminated. This purpose of the authorities lias been made known on the isthmus and has served to allay the fears caused by reports of Amer ican occupation. Witli the revocation of order and open traffic on the isthmus "of Pan ama it is expected that the War de partment will he enabled to withdraw some of the United States warships now on duty in that vicinity, and it is probable that one ship will be withdrawn on either side. Tribute From the Italians NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—A Roman bronze tablet will be sent to Washing ton in a few days as a tribute to the late president from the Italians of America. President Roosevelt is re quested to give the tablet a place in Washington. On the tablet in has relief is a figure of President McKinley, as if walking toward a tomb. In the right hand corner is a sharply drawn facade oi the capitol in Washington. In the lower left hand corner four infant figures represent the four sections of the United States, east, west, north and south. Op«ration on Taft Succepdi. MANILA, Nov. 30.—The operation performed on Governor Taft was suc cessful. He expects to start for Wash ington December 10 to recuperate and confer with Secretary Root. Death Coni«‘H to Centenarian. NEW ALBANY, lnd„ Nov. 30.— Barney Conway, who claimed to be 100 years of age, is dead at his home near here. He cast his first vote for | General Jackson lor president. DAVID NATION GETS DIVORCE Win. HU I’rotputr/I Suit fur Separation From His Wife. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 29.—A special to the Star from Medicine lsidge, Kan., says: David Nation was granted a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Na tion, ‘‘the Joint smasher.” The court exonerated Mrs. Nation from the charge of cruelty to her husband and divided the property. The Medicine Lodge home will go to Mr. Nation and outlying property to hit* wife. In reply to questions of the court, Mrs. Nation said that one reason she fought the proceedings was that she wished to continue to share the pen sion money drawn by her husband. Mr. Nation, in support of his petition for divorce, cited a letter from lifs wife in which she denounced him as a "hellhound hypocrite." He charged that she did not attend to his wants. CRAZY SNAKE IS liNRElEY Lender of Recent Creek Rebellion CntifteN More Trouble. GUTHRIE, Okl., Nov. 29.- A special to Ihe Capital from Tulsa, I. T., says: Crazy Snake, who led the rebellion last spring against tho government, is causing the Creek council much trouble. The Snake band will send a strong delegation to Washington to protest against the deeding of Creek lands. A joint resolution was passed unani mously by both houses of the Creek council, demanding that deeds bfe issued immediately and at Okmulgee, instead of Muskogee. Chief Porter will probably sign the resolution to Secre tary Hitchcock. The delay has caused widespread discontent. The treaty of last May promised deeds Immediately and the Indians only ask justice. Hold Cnticim on Saturday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The re publican members of the house of represenatfives will meet in caucus Saturday at 2 o’clock for the purpose of nominating house officers. There is no contest and Speaker Henderson anu tho other elective officers will be re-elected. It is expected that there will be quite a sharp contest over re adopting the Reed rules. All the afternoon and evening, if neceGsary, will be given to discussing the sub ject. Ilurglurfl Wound » Conntabl*. ST. JOSEPH. Nov.29.— For several nights Constable Wesley Gan and sev eral deputies have been endeavoring to capture burglars that have robbed numerous stores and residents in the suburbs, but never came upon the robbers until this morning. Constable Gan was separated from ills deputies, but did not hesitate to attack three of the burglars and endeavored to cap ture them. He was fatally shot and pounded into insensibility. Attitude riemu'M Them. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Thomas F. Walsn, president., and General F. W. Maxwell, secretary of the executive rommitteo of the National Irrigation association, saw the president. They told him that the expansion of inter national trade and commerce of the United. States by the creation of more homes in the west was the object of their association and that they fully indorsed the report of Secretary Hitchcock on the subject of irrigation. In the Civil Service. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29— The pres ident signed an order bringing the rural free delivery service into the classified civil service. Tho order be comes effective immediately so far as the 250 clerks, special agents and route inspectors of that service are con cerned, but provides that until regula tions are formulated for appointment of rural carriers, they shall not be treated as within the classified service. These number 6,000. Captured by Filipino*. MANILA, Nov. 29.—Privates Dun and Freunlng of the English infan try, together with their horses, rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition, have been captured by insurgents, who at tacked a commissary wagon between Magadalena and Gajayjaza. A ser geant and a private were also wound ed. Andrew D. White, the United States ambassador to Germany, went to Pots dam for tho usual ceremonious visit to tho court aftor an ambassador's absence from the country. Mrs. White accompanied her husband upon the special invitation of Emperor William. Both Mr. and Mrs. White remained at the palace for dinner. I General Alban Marching to the Oapital fiarrasses the Enemy. SIXTY KILLED, ONE AN OfEICER Lompi on Both Sldi*n Are Heavy anrl Oot look Is Grave—A Deciulvr llattle Heems Imminent — Likely to Be Fought at Monkey lllll. OOI.1ON, Columbia, Nov. 28.—The overdue passenger train, with a ma rine guard ou board, has Just arrived here. The train brings news to the effect that General Alban, with about 3oO government troops, has crossed Barbacoa bridge and is continuing his march to Colon. He is now at Tav ernilla. where he is resting. The lib eral forces continue to retreat before him. They explain their retreat by saying they have no ammunition. All of the fighting yesterday occurred at Barbacoa bridge. Passengers on the delayed train assort that fully 100 con servatives were killed and wounded during the fighting there and that the liberal losses were insignificant. The liberals are now approaching Gatun station (about five miles from Colon) and it is believed a decisive engagement will probably lie fought at Monkey Hill cemetery, distant one mile from the limits of Colon. The trains which left here yesterday afternoon for Panunia, with the Iowa marines and the passengers from the steamer Orlzlba, were delayed in transit, but reached Panama in safety. Reports current here that General Pinzon has bombarded Bello have been found upon investigation to be unreliable and not authentic. NEW YORK. Nov. 28.—Consul Gen eral de Briardo of Colombia said that he had received a cablegram from General Alban, describing the situa tion at the Isthmus. Alban, he said, denied that Panama was full of liberal sympathizers. General Diego A. de Castro, who was at the consulate, said that bath Colon and Panama were free ports, that the temporary occupation by the rebels would not amount to much and that under existing treaties the Uniteil States was bound to preserve order In that section. He said that at the present time Colombia had 32,000 trained soldiers in the field. Of that force 16,000 men were with General Valencia, on the Venezuelan border, in the department of Santander, and another large force was protecting Bogota, the capital. At Baranquilla, he said there were 1,500 men, at Car tagena 2.600, and at Rio Hacha there were 3,500 men. The general said that this force of 7,000 men could be con centrated to support General Alban on the isthmus, hut the government did not consider it necessary at the pres ent time to make an assault on the little rebel bands. General de Castro said that General Alban, with his force of 1.100 men and the 600 men sent to take Colon and now on board General Pinzon, would be able to break up the liberal bands. NEBRASKAN AT WHITE HOUSE ■ uj»r I.lnn rllyn. Former Rough-Rider, Dine) With President. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Major W. H. H. Llewellyn, formerly of Omaha, now of New' Mexico, who served with President Roosevelt and his Rough Riders during the Spanish war, dined with the president anil later wns Mrs. Roosevelt’s escort to the theater. Major Llewellyn's son. who was bofn In Omaha, served with his father in Colonel Roosevelt's regiment. The boy is 18 and stands 6 feet 4 inches. Major Llewellyn, who is a brother of Charles E. Llewellyn, inspector of rural free delivery in Nebraska, left Nebraska twenty years ago and is now district prosecuting attorney In the territory. He is here to assist New Mexico in securing statehood, TWENTY SIX ARE DEAD Tho Crowded Factory of I'cnherty In jector t'ompiny Wrecked. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 28.—Twenty six are dead, live of them unidentified, and so badly burned that identifica tion is almost impossible and twenty four other men are lying in the vari ous hospitals of the city. Twenty men are lying in the vari ous hospitals of the city suffering from cuts and burns and other in juries. all resulting from the ex plosion of one of the boilers In the Penberty Injector company’s large plant at Abbott street and Brooklyn avenue. STIRS IP NATIONAL GUARD Adjutant danaral Aatbqfiaaa Additional Companies. LINCOLN. Neb., Dec, 2.—Adjutant General Colby turned loose his order machine and ground out some orders for the Nebraska National guard. He authorized the organization of two new independent companies, one at West Point and the other at Stanton. James C. Elliott was given authority to organize a company at West Point and G. A. Eberly of Stanton was giv en permission to recruit another at. ills home town. Both companies will he equipped by the state, and after organization may be admitted to the guard. Orders were also issued for the for mation of a signal corps and en gineers’ corps at Fremont and two ad ditional seetlons of artillery, the latter probably at Plattsmouth and Grand Island, though the location is still un determined. This activity in the Nebraska Na tional guard has caused many to be lieve that a third regiment is to be organized, but Genernl Colby says there is no ground for that belief, as the independent companies, do not in dicate a new regiment. He says the matter of organizing a third regiment Is undetermined. The formation of two additional sec tions of artillery will necessitate more guns, as each section is supposed to have two guns. General Colby has taken steps to secure four new model breech-loading cannon, together with harness and equipment. MANY WANT BOOKS TO READ Application* Are Received Hally l»y Stat* Library Com ml** ion. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2.—Applica tions for sets of books are being re ceived by the State Library commis sion at the state house. Secretary Bullock, who will have immediate charge of the distribution, is making the preliminary arrangements for the circulation and expects to have the system in full operation within the next few weeks. The applications so far received are from Blair, German town, Harvard, Talmage, Syracuse, lxnip City, Alexandria, Douglas, Par dum, Kenesaw, Fairmont, Oak pre cinct and Osceola. The commission has aprpoxlinately $1,200 available for the purchase of books. This money, it is estimated, will buy over 1,400 books. About one third of the books in each set will be of the juvenile class and a ma jority of the balance will come under the general classification of fiction. It Is the desire of the commission to have each large town or city which is a beneficiary of the traveling li brary system make a small donation for the purchase of new books. It is believed that in this way the pur chase fund will be greatly increased. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Tl