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Loup City Northwestern. VOL. XIX. LOUP CITY. SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10. 1902. NUMBER 9. Hoasa and Senate Reconvene After the Holiday Season. HEPBURN’S CANAL BILL IS NOW CN It Will lleniHiHl Early Attention in Tow er Hr.inch of U'otiRrrMH—Senate Ilu* u Short Trocratn — Appropriation Hill* in Hotii Hoime* Will Soon Come Up. • WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—After a re cess of almost three weeks, both houses of congress will reconvene to . day. The principal items on the program for the week is the Hepburn Isthmian canal bill, which is the spe cial order for Tuesday. No limit has been fixed as to the time for debate hr upon the measure, but Mr. Hepburn does not contemplate a prolonged dis cussion of it. It is surmised in some quarters that if the proposition of the Panama Canal company to sell its property and franchise for $40,000,000 should be made today as promised, this may have the effect of opening a wider field field of discussion than at first secmrtl probable, and if this should prove to be the case the bill may be before the house for a longer time than is now contemplated. IJr. Burton has given notice of a speech on the bill and it is under stood that there also will be other speeches in criticism of special fea tures of the measure, but its friends are very sanguine, not only that the bill will pass, but that it will pass speedily. \ Mr. Hepburn, the author of the mil, thinks that only a few days of debate will be necessary. "It is expected that by the time the canal bill is disposed of there will be one or more appropriation bills ready for consideration by the house. None of the appropriation bills pass ed on by the appropriation committee, but both the urgent deficiency and the pension bills are in a forward state, and the expectation is that they will be considered by the com mittee during the current week. The present intention is to give first at tention to the deficiency bill. The estimates for that bill aggregate $12, ^ 000,000, and it is not believed that these figures will be scaled down ma terially. The senate has no program for tin week, and very little business on its calendar, as the reorganization of the senate committees did not take plaie until just before the holidays. There are a few bridge bills reported, and Senator Morgan's bill for the acquisi tion of right-of-way for the Nicaragua canal is among the measures in posi tion to receive attention. It is not probable that the right of-way bill will receive consideration at this time the disposition being rather to await the action of the house upon the general subject and then have the senate predicate its action on the house bill. If this course should be decided the canal question in the senate will be post poned for a few weeks. The committee on the Philippines will take up the Philippine tariff question very soon, hut there is yet no indication as to how much time the matter may consume in committee. Hence there is no probability that the senate itself will be able to reach that question for some time. Senator Frye is engaged on his re « port in the shipping bill, hut is not yet able to fix the time for its com pletion. The announcement of Sen ator Sewells death probably will be made today, in which event there will be an immediate adjournment for the day. An adjournment from Thursday until the following Monday is con templated. SLIGHT GAIN IN MONEY METAL Production of (Sold and Silver lu Staten and Aln*kn Lout Year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The prelim inary estimate of Mr. Roberts, the di rector of the mint, on production of gold and silver in the United States during the calendar year 1901, indi cates only a slight gain over the pro duction of the preceding year. The yield of Alaska fell off by about $1, 000,000. Colorado made a slight gain In gold and the other producers were nearly stationary. The yield of silver exceeded that of the previous year by 2,000,000 fine ounces. The total num ber of ounces of fine gold is 3,880,578, of the value of $80,228,800. The num ber of ounces of fine silver produced was 59,653,788. having a ceommerclal w value of $35,792,200. The coinage value of the silver is approximately $77,000,000. j MEMORIAL COMMITIEL’S C1LL Text of the Measure to lie Introduced In C'on-^refiM This Meek. WASHINGTON, Jan. G.—The Wil Ham McKinley National Memorial Arch association has drafted the fol lowing!) ill, which will be introduc ed in congress this week, and sup ported by a petition signed by the members of the association and also the members of the McKinley Nation al Memorial association, formed to erect a monument in Canton, to which the arch association yielded the field of popular subscription: "A bill to provide a commission to select a site and prepare plans for a memorial arch in honor of William McKinley, late president of the Uni ted States, to be erected in the District of Columbia: "Be if enacted, etc.: “That the chairman of the joint committee on the library, the secretary of state and the secretary of war be and are hereby created a commission to select a site and secure plans and designs for a memorial arch in honor of William McKinley, late president cf the United States. "Sec. 2. That said commission is au thorized to selpct any unoccupied land belonging to the United States, in the District of Columbia, except the grounds of the capitol anil the library of congress, on which to erect the said memorial arch. "Sec. 3. The said commission is au thorized and required to obtain by any form of competition which may seem advisable plans, specifications and models for said memorial provided for in section 1, and pay for the same to competing artists not exceeding $25, 000, which sum is hereby appropria tea out ot any money in tin* treasury not. otherwise appropriated. “The said commission may select any of the plans, specifications or models that it may prefer, or any part of them. “Sec. 4. That as soon as practicable after the selections authorized by sec tions 2 and 3 are made said commis sion shall report its action to the con gress of the United States.” Sl'GGESTION EXCITES TALK Holilufsn Ilf Count'll AsueittoliR Regarding British-Boer Settlement. BRUSSELS, Jan. 6.—The Count de Turenne, who holds the grade of min ister plenipotentiary in the French diplomatic service, but who has no post at present, lias sent a remark able letter to the Independence Pledge, suggesting a basis for the settlement of the South African war. The com munication excites comment not only on account of the boldness of the diplomat in interfering in such ques tions, but from the fact that the Count de Turenne is related to prom inent English families and at the same time has been intimately asso ciated with Mr. Kruger and the Boer representatives on the continent. The count asserts that, in view of the president situation, he is confident Air. Kruger will accept autonomy ior the countries south of Beehuanaland without any restriction except the suzerainty of Great Britain over their relations with foreign governments. Farmer Plioot* » Woman. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 6.—Near Shawnee, Kan., a village ten miles west of Kansas City, Carl Fishner, a farmer, shot and probably fatally fatally wounded Mrs. Mary L. Wal lace in the presence of her husband, J. II. Wallace, and their two small children. The Wallaces were travel ing overland in a covered wagon from Rich Hill, Mo., to Custer county, Ne braska. The party had camped near Flshner's and he accused them of stealing corn. All Effort at IVace l ulls. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 6.—The dis pute with Chile is again aggravated, owing to the alleged unfairness of the Chilean diplomats during the ne gotiations. The Argentine govern ment, having exhausted all efforts for peace, is now proposing to break off the negotiations and to suspend dip lomatic relations with Chile. It has ordered that the navy and army be placed on a war footing. The people applaud the position of the govern ment. Discover New Counterfeit. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—The secret service officials have discovered in circulation anew counterfeit silver certificate of the series of 1899, check letter C. The counterfeit is signed by Lyons, register, and Roberts, treasurer. It is of very crude workmanship. The back of the note is printed upside down. Investigation of Commerce Commission Tit Afford President Material. OFFICERS ARE StRVIIMG SUBPOENAS Kuilroud mid Parking llnumr Men In volved— Chief Points at Issue Are Italiway Com bl nat ions and Traffle-— Other Washington Mutters. CHICAGO, .Ian. 4.—The Record-Her ald tomorrow will say: The Inter state Commerce commission will be gin a series of three investigations in Chicago next Tuesday, which are said to have for their purpose the gathering of data for a special mes sage by President Roosevelt to con gress. It is said that in this special message President Roosevelt will deal with three subjects, as follows: 1. Railway combinations. 2. The Interstate Commerce com mission. 3. Legislation governing interstate traffic. Originally it was the purpose of the president to cover those subjects ful ly in his annual message to congress, but owing to the inability of the Interstate Cornmmerre commission to get all the facts necessary, these sub jects were touched upon but briefly und were left to be handled in a sup plementary message. The investiga tions which will be made and which will supplant those already made are: 1. Tuesday, at Chicago, the trans portation of packing house products and dressed beef. 2. Wednesday, at Chicago, the Bur lington-Northern Pacific-Great North ern combination. 3. Thursday, at Kansas City, grain and grain products to eastern and seaboard points. 4. Friday, at Chicago, packing house and dressed beef. I’nited States Marshal Doty was busy today serving and trying to serve subpoenas on representatives of packing house interests. He had six summonses and succeeded in serv ing two. Several of the men sought arc. said to have escaped service by leaving the city hurriedly, one of them missing the deputy by only a few seconds. While the packing bouse men are apparently shunning the investiga tion, the railroad men are not seeking to avoid it. Many of them believe that anything is better than the pres ent conditions, and that with stable rates would come lower rates, to the great benefit of the entire country. The packing house men who were served with subpoenas were: George B. Robbins, vice president of Ar mour car lines; W. P. Jenkins, su perintendent of transportation for the Hammond Packing company. No subpoenas were issued for the railroad men, but in their stead let ters were received from the commis sion requesting their attendance at the investigation. It is said that ev ery person in charge of traffic on a road centering here and known to carry packing house products and dressed beef has received a copy of the letter. It is daubtful if the investigation into the Burlington deal can proceed Wednesday, as President Harris of the Burlington and Darius Miller, vice president, will not be in the city. They have asked the commission to postpone the date, and unless the St. Paul people Interested can get here a postponement may become neces sary. It is understood that the legal coun sel interested in the organization of the Northern Securities company— James J. Hill, E. H. Harriman, J. P. Morgan, former President Hays of the Southern Pacific, President Burt of the Union Pacific and J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Harriman lines —have been asked to attend. NAVAL tuTl 11GMMJLLuW BODY Uaujr O nicer* Attend iuncrul of Hcur Admiral Hoc. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Impressive funeral services were held at St. John’s Episcopal church over the late Rear Admiral Francis A. Roe, U. S. N., re tired. Among the officiating clergy men was Rev. William Taylor Snyder, a nephew of Roe. The body was es corted to Arlington cemetery by a de tachment of marines commanded by Lieutenant Colonel B. R. Russell, headed by the full marine band. The body bearers were eight sailors, the honorary pall bearers being Rear Ad mirals Greer, Schley, Weaver, Ludlow, Watson, Captains Sigsbee and Bartlett and Mr. Frank Hacket, former assist ant secretary of the navy. BRANCHES ALL OVER THE WORLD Outline of Plan* of the New American InternatlonHl HmiiIc. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Plans of the International Ranking corporation, which has been named by the presi dent as repository for the portion of tlie Chinese indemnity due to the Uni ted States, have been explained by General Thomas H. Hubbard, the pres ident of the board of directors of t .75 new corporation. He says that after the Philippine agency is established, other branches will be established in the principal cities of the new insular possessions of the United States. The ultimate purpose is that the entire Orient and South ami Cer»ral America shall be comprehended by the opera tions of the bank. Ail of this is but the natural out growth of the commercial and terri torial expansion of the United States," continued General Hubbard. "Hereto fore there has been no particular need in the United States of a banking in stitution doing an international busi ness, but since the Spanish war and the tremendous trade of recent years with South America and the promise of a constantly increasing commerce with China and the Orient, the neces sity for such an institution as this has developed. "Heretofore all of the exchange with foreign countries has been handled by the banks of Berlin and London. There are a number of international banks in these cities. It will be the purpose of the International Banking corporation to secure as much as pos sible of the exchange business here tofore handled by these foreign banks with which this country is concern ed.” DEATH OF “BOSS BILL” STOIT Former Coimph'uoua Nebraikan (Joes Out itb the Old Year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—W. H. B. Stout, known to Nebraskans as “Boss” Stout, is dead. He retired at hiB usual hour Tuesday evening, but about 11 o’c •■Vk he complained of pains in his chest. Home remedies were applied and a physician sent for. Mr. Stout, however, refused to remain in bed, protesting that he was not ill. Local applications failed to bring relief, and hardly had the physician who had been hastily summoned left the house when the man who once occupied a prominent position in the politics of Nebraska sank to the floor and ex pired just as the New Year dawned. William H. B. Stout came to Wash ington twelve years ago, after his fail ure in business in Nebraska. After a short time here he formed a partner ship under the name of Stout, Hall & Bangs and secured a contract for building the sub-basement of the con gressional library. But dissatisfied congressmen from Pennsylvania se cured congressional intervention and the whole contract for the sub-base ment and superstructure was relet to other bidders. Stout's quarries in Maine were shut down and the works along the Potomac river front were useless. SAYS WHITE MAN MUST RILE den. Jo«rph Whet-ler l)i«cuiici Race Question In the South. CLEVELAND. O., Jan. 3.—General Joseph Wheeler was in this city in the interest of a new1 army rifle. In a newspaper interview he stated, in re ply to a question on the possibility of a political break in the south: “There is no question that the su periority of the white race in the south must be maintained. Anyone who has seen the south under the rule of the other color, as it was directly after the war, can understand why this must be so. For one reason white supremacy alone can insure financial stability. There will be no political break in the “solid south” by any party which tries to interfere from the north, through the medium of politicians, with the solving of the color problem by the south. Malncly Proeresie* 81nwlv. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—Admiral Sampson's malady progresses slowly but very steadily toward the end. Medical science cannot check it. Symp toms of arterial degeneration have appeared, such as arc incident to his malady, injecting great uncertainty into the case. • _ MU* Stone I* Still 111. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The last advice of the state department re specting Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka is that both were alive and well, though still In captivity at the end of last week. Further information as to the women's case is not obtainable. * President Roosevelt Has His First Hew Year's Reception. SHAKES HANDS VVIFH MANY PEOPLE Cabiuet Member* and Foreign Repre* RenlittivtH Greet Kim—The Weather Kt-tight ful ami Vast Throng* Are In Attendance. WASHINGTON; Jan. 2.—President Roosevelt's first public reception was attended more largely than any New Year's reception in a number of years. In all 8,100 persons filed through the White House and shook hands with the president. Mr. Roosevelt on be ing apprised that the crowd in line outside the White House was unusu ally large, gave orders that the gates should not be dosed until the last per son desiring to do so had an opportu nity to pay his respects. The reception began promptly at 11 o'clock and it was 2:30 p. m. before the last person in line had been pre sented to the president, and a quarter of an hour later before the reception came to an end. The weather was delightful, being clear and crisp, so that no hardship was suffered by the throng that wait ed for hours before admission to the White House. The reception was in every way successful, the attendance not only being large, but the decora tions beautiful, the arrangements per fect and the president in excellent spirits. To each person the president ex tended a cordial “Happy New Year,” and Mrs. Itoosevolt was equally pleas ant to each of those who filed past the line in the Blue parlor, where the receiving party stood. Miss Alice Roosevelt was conspicuous among those assisting at the reception. A party of her young girl friends, by invitation, also participated in the function. Surrounded by the presidential and cabinet circle, President Roosevelt greeted officials In every branch of public life, as well as a great con course of people from private life. The scene within the historic mansion was one of extraordinary beauty and brilliancy, and there was an added touch of interest in the occasion this year from the fact that this was the first official function of magnitude with Mr. Roosevelt and his interest ing family as the central figures. The day was ideal for the observ ance of the time-honored custom of making New Year's calls. The sun shone from a cloudless sky, the air was cool and bracing and fresh w’ind made the White House flags stand out proudly. Early In the day an army of deco rators and florists took possession of the mansion and transformed the stately corridors and parlors Into bowers of palms, potted plants and sweet smelling flowers. The official program for the day fixed 11 o'clock as the time for opening the reception with the calls of the members of the cabinet and the foreign representa tives, but some time before that hour the approaches leading up to the mar ble portico were filled with carriages, while long lines of people took posi tion at the outer gates in order to have points of vantage when the pub lic reception began. Failures of the Year. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Reports to R. G. Dun & Co. show that the fail ures for the year 1901 were 11,002 In number and $113,092,370 In amount of liabilities, while in banking and other fiduciary institutions there were 74 insolvencies, involving $108,008, 774. a total of 11,070 defaults and $131, 111,150 in liabilities. Turbulence nt Naplon. NAPLES. Jan. 2.—The arrival here of the socialist member of the cham ber of deputies, Signor Ferry, to ad dress a meeting, resulted in turbulent demonstrations, which the troops were called out to suppress. Ki*Con{reiiMuiui Reid Dead. LEWISTON. Idaho, Jan. 2.—James W. Reid, ex-congressman from North Carolina, died here after an illness ol several months. He was one of the best known public men of the state. He came to Idaho in 1887. Ilurglier War Statistics. LONDON. Jan. 2.—Official return* •how that the Boer losses by killed, wounded and surrendered during 1901 totaled 14,887. LOOKS EOR GREAT UPHEAVAL Missionary Says China Is Preparing fora Orest War. NEW YORK. Jan. 1.—Charles F. Gammon, superintendent of colpor teitrs for the American Bible society in northern China, writes to the soci ety concerning the present situation in the Chinese empire as follows: “While at Shanghai 1 observed that the Chinese government was openly violating the provisions of the proto- * col. The great empire would shake off European domination. Thousands of boat loads of small arms and am munition were passing weekly up the Yang Tse Kiang and the arsenals were being enlarged and worked day ami night. Cargoes of explosives were being received and the dowager em press had issued instructions to al1 officials to recruit the army and also to inform her as to the fighting strength of each division and the time required to concentrate the forces at a given point. There were and are many unpromising features which weighed heavily upon the minds of those interested. I must believe that the end is not yet and that within tpn years, and possibly within five, a war will ensue the like of which thp world has never known. For centuries Chi na has bpen making repeated attempts to expel the foreigner, each time prof iting by past experience, each time bet ter equipped and better planned. It is now preparing as never before, buy ing vast quantities of superior weap ons and reorganizing its armies on a correct basis. Therefore, the next attempt will be in force and terrible in execution. It will result in a uni versal upheaval and the final dismem berment of this empire-—at a terrihl® coat.” rra.hu Anh New Agreement. WASHR1NGTON, D. C.,Jan. 1.—Tha Creek Indian nation of Indian Ter ritory lias submitted to the interior department a request for authority for a delegation of Creeks to come here with a new agreement which the Creeks have drafted, looking for al lotments of lands and other matters. The agreement is designed to take the place of the one executed with the Dawes commission, but which after being altered here, is still pending. The Creeks want to negotiate the new agreement directly instead of through the Dawes commission. The depart ment probably will refuse to sanction the proposition. Gets Four Years. LE MARS, la., Jan. 1.—Will Bea ver pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter in the district court and was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary at Anamosa and fined $1 and costs of the action. Beaver was Implicated in the killing of John Jen sen, who was shot on the Steffin farm by Henry Steffin last April during a quarrel. Steffin, who tired the fatal shot, is serving an eight-year sen tence for the crime. Beaver started the shooting, discharging the con tents of a gun at Jensen, but missing him. Beaver's father and uncle are wealthy land owners in this county. Poor Outlook (or Wheat. S ALIN A, Kan., Jan. 1—The out look for winter wheat is becoming decidedly unfavorable on account of the dry weather. In eastern and southern Kansas, while the weather has been very cold, practically no snow or rain h \b fallen this winter. Unless moisture of some kind comes at once the prospect is that the wheat crop will not amount to much. Farmers generally reject the theory that the excessive cold damaged the wheat to any extent. Penny Pontage Impossible. WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.—Congress man Ixnid, chairman of the house committee on postofllees and postal roads, had a talk with the president about postal legislation. Mr. Loud says that 1-cent postage is out of the question. “Under present conditions,” says he, “penny postage would result in a deficit of $35,000,000 annually.” Mill Destroyed l>y Fire. WINSIDE, Neb., Jan. 1.—The grist mill and elevator of Price & Lound was entirely consumed by fire. The loss is partly covered by insurance. The Union Pacific railroad lost one car of corn. Mnrsh'illtnwn'* New Ceusos MARSHALLTOWN, la., Jan. 1.— According to the new city directory just issued, Marshalltown has a pop ulation of 14,088, an increase of over 2,000 over the federal census taken in 1900.