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    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<e Jury at Fremont Couviots Joseph
Dusseldorf.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 2.—Joseph T.
Dusseldorf was convicted of the kill
ing of Arthur C. Payne at North Bend
an June 20, 1901. The jury went out
at 2:50 and returned at 4:05 with a
verdict of manslaughter. This will
let Dusseldorf off with a penitentiary
sentence of anywhere from one to ten
years. It is understood that the de
fendant’s attorneys may move for &
new trial. The general opinion hern
is that Dusseldorf was fortunate in
escaping conviction on the charge of
murder, though it cannot be denied
that the evidence showed some exten
uating circumstances. Sentence has
not yet been pronounced.
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New Hoad Toward Omaha.
FORT DODGE, la., Dec. 2.—McAr
thur Bros., contractors on the Great
Western, road, have started a largo
force of men and teams on the Omaha
main line of their new road from this
city to Omaha. Work on the Clarlon
Mampton branch of the Great West
ern line will not he completed as ex
pected this year. Work on the Omaha
main line will be pushed with all
speed, as there is much heavy work
to be done.
l’aper Mill to lit' Operated,
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2.—A new
company has been organized in Lin
coln, capitalized at $50,000, which pro
poses to operate the old paper mill
plant south of town. The president
of the company is S. H. Burnham.
The proposition of the new enterprise
is to undertake the manufacture of the
heavier grades of wrapping paper
from straw and corn husks.