Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
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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.
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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.