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T-A. UP Z u, Loup City Northwestern. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1902. VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 12. THE TWO HOUSES THE WORK THAT THEY WILL UN DERTAKE THIO WEEK. REVENUE TAX IN THE HOUSE Hearings by the Ways and Means Committee—Philippine Tariff Mat ters Will Be Given Consideration in the Upper Branch. WASHINGTON. I). .Ian. 27.—The house lenders have made no program for the work of the present week, as ther are no measures, of importance pressing for attention, although the anti-oleomargarine bills and the bills for th« interchangeability of gold and silver are both on the calendar and may be taken up before long. There has been no exact time fixed for either of these measures and the lesser bills will take their chances as opportunity presents itself. There promises to be considerable time to spare (luring the week, as there are no appropriation bills, ready to fill the gap when bills of a general nature are lacking. The chief interest of the week cen ters in the opening of hearings by the ways and means committee on the re duction of war revenue taxes. The committee gives today to this subject, hearing the beer interests in the. morning and the tea interests in the afternoon. On Tuesday the committee returns t-o the subject of Cuban reciprocity, hearing more of the representatives of beet sugar and also several Cuban planters, who have come to the United States to present their views of the case. One of the members of the committee. Representative Long of Kansas left for home today, to be, gone a week, and thiR led to an un demanding among the republican members of the committee the belief thatn othlng on Cuban reciprocity will be done for a week. The senate will devote its principal attention this week to the Philippine tariff bill. It is the purpose of Sen ator 1-odge, who is in charge of the bill, to keep It before the senate per sistently until it is disposed of. He does not count on final action for some time. It is not the present purpose of the friends of the bill to debate it, but the attacks which will he made on it and upon the entire administra tion of Philippine affairs, inevitably wil! bring replica from many of the republican senators. It is understood that a majority of the senators on the democratic side of the chamber will be heard before the bill is passed. Among those who will speak early are Senators Car mack. Money. Teller. Culbertson. Turner, Patterson, Jones of Arkansas, and Bacon. Senator I^odge will seek the earli est opportunity to have the amend ments recommended by his commit tee formally adopted, but probably will not press these when senators are prepared to proceed with set. speeches. Senator Nelson will take advantage of every chance to have the bill creating a department of commerce, considered with the hopp of securing action upon it during the week if possible. Chinese Find a Treasure. PEKIN. Jau. 27.—Chinese officials have found treasure to the value of over 100,000,000 taels in gold and sil ver which was buried In the women s quarters of the palace before the court fled from Pekin. The court has grant ed 5,000,000 taels annually to Yuan Shi Kai. viceroy of Chi LI, for the main tenance of an army of 100,000 in Chi Li Province. Yna Y’ai Hai has been given practical control of the army and navy of China and proposes en gaging Japanese instructors for the army and British instructors for the navy. Not Disposed to Take Issue. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27— Senators Turner and Foster and Representa tives Jones and Cushman of Wash ington have urged the president t ■ have an appeal taken in the case of the United States against the North ern Pacific Railway company, which was recently decided against the United States by Judge Hanford. To Improve Iloilo Harbor. MANILA. Jan. 27.—The United States Philippine commission has ap propriated |5,000 for improving the harbor of Iloilo and $3,000 to be ex pended on the Cagelyan river, in north ern Luzon. A RADICAL POSTAGE BiLL. Tha Measure of Rcpi ueontative Hull of Iowa. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Repre sentative Hull of lt;wa has Introduced a bill which Is said to have the ap proval of the postofflee department and which, If enacted into law, will make a radical change in postage upon pamphlets, hooks, catalogues, and similar publications. These arti cles are now placed on the third class and postage Is exacted from them at the rate of 1 cent for each two ounces. Seed dealers, book publishers and others whs send large quantities of third class mail matter, ask that the law be changed so that they may pay postage on their publications in the same manner hh postage is now col lected upon newspapers, magazines and periodicals. That is to say, in stead of requiring that each package should be stamped separately, they ask and the Hull bill provides that they may pay postage in lump sums at the rate of 8 cents per pound. This rate is that fixed upon by the depart ment as the average cost of carrying and distributing mail matter, asida from letters* It is argued that while the rate of postage is not changed by the Hull bill, it would at the same time cause a considerable saving to publishers of third class matter because frac tional parts of minimum weights would be saved by the wholesale weighing process. At tiie same time there would he no considerable falling off in revenue nor would any acfdi tional lalwr he placed upon postofflee employes. Long Talks with Roosevelt. WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 27.— Secretary l.ong was In conference with the president for over an hour to night. presumably in regard to the ap peal of Rear Admiral Schley from the findings of the court of Inquiry, which was referred by the executive to the navy department for ‘'comment.” The secretary was accompanied by Judge Advocate General Lemly and Solicit: or Hanna, who conducted the case be for the court. The meeting with the president followed a gathering of the three gentlemen at Secretary lxmg's apartments and when they departed for the White House they had with them bundles of papers which had the appearance of legal documents. Sec retary Long declined to say anything for publication regarding the confer ence. , Germans Prepare Welcome. NEW YORK. Jan. 27.—Representa tives of the various German societies of New York met yesterday afternoon to further consider plans for the re ception of Prince Henry. It was de cided that there should he a torch light procession on the evening of February 26, the same evening on which the newspaper mon of the coun try will meet the prince at dinner. It was announced that Dr. Von Holi ben has given his sanction to the pro cession. It is estimated that more than 30,000 marchers will be In line and Prince Henry will review the pa rade from the building of the Arlon society. Fifty-ninth street and Park avenue. Spanish War Veterans Preferred. WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 27 delegation of Spanish war veterans called at the White House today and urged on the president the wiBdom and justice of giving Spanish war vet erans preference over civilians in ap pointments to positions in the govern ment civil service. The president said he recognized there was merit in the request, and said he would take up the matter with the cabinet. Tribute to Late President. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 27.—McKinley memorial services were held in many of the Milwaukee churches yesterday, in all of which high tributes were paid to the memory of the late presi dent. A feature of the services was the advocating by Uev. George H. Ide, pastor of the Grand Avenue Congre gational church of another national holiday to commemorate the birth of William McKinley. Farmer Has Three Ribs Broken. EXETER, Noli.. Jan. 27.—Conrad Miller, five miles northwest of town, while eating for his horses was se verely injured by one of them kicking him in the breast, breaking three ribs and other wise injuring him. In Memory of McKinley. PITTSBURG. Pan.. Jan. 27.—Memo rial services for the late President McKinley were held generally in the churches. In most instances the ser vices were deeply impressive. CESSION TREATY COMPACT OF TRANSFER OF WEST INDIES TO UNITED STATES. AWAITS THE ACTION OF STATES Denmark Will Consult the People of the Islands Before Finally Assent ing to the Transaction Begun by State Officials. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.—The trea ty of cession of the Danish West In dies islands from Denmark to the Uni ted States was signed at the State de partment by Secretary Hay and Con stantine Brun, the Danish minister. The treaty will be submitted to the senate for ratification immediately. Following the invariable rule in such cases the State department offi cials decline to make public any of the details of the treaty so that it is not possible to state positively the price to be paid, though this is be lieved to be in the neighborhood of 15,000,000. It is learned also that Denmark lias abandoned the position is was inclin ed to occupy toward the conservation of the political rights of the inhabi tants of the island and gives the Uni ted States a free hand to deal with them without pledge of American cit izenship or of free trade privileges. It is assumed that the status of the Danish Went Indian islands, politi cally and commercially, should the treaty be ratified, will lie similar to that of Porto Rico. Having gained these points in the negotiations the State department officials believe that the treaty is certain to receive the j approval of the United States senate, i The new treaty is peculiar in that it will require action not only by the senate and Danish Kigsdag. but by the United States house of representatives as well, since it will lie necessary for the house to supply the needed appro priation to defray the expense of pur chase. It is regarded as a strong point oy the framers of the treaty that the peo ple of the Danish West Indian islands are to have a voice in the question of cession. The treaty itself does not contain any reference to a plebiscite, but the Danish government has given notice that before it ratifies the treaty it will submit the question of cession to the people of the islands. Not much objection is expected here from these people, as the treaty Is so framed that they are not called on to surrender their Danish allegiance, and they may remain Danes in fact and name while enjoying whatever ad vantages in a commercial way may result from the transfer of the islands to the United States. The plebiscite will not lie in any way controlled by the United States. It is stated distinctly that the Danish government itself will take steps to ascertain the inclinations of the peo ple of the islands before the final Steps in the transfer are taken. St. Thomas, the largest of the Is lands. is formed by a chain of high hills running east and west. It is thir teen miles long and measures three miles at its greatest width and con tains an acreage of seventeen square miles. The sea surrounding this is land is filled with small islets, called keys, which belong to it. MAGNATES ARE TO TESTIFY. H«rriman and Hill to Appear Before Interstate Commission. CHICAGO. Jan. 25—What is expec ted to be one of the most interesting session the interstate commerce com mission ever held began here today. The promised presence of J. J. Hill and E. H. Harriman, who are sup posed to know all about the commu nity of interests plan of the railroads and who were expected to enlighten the commission on various points con cerning the plan, brought a crowd of curious people, chiefly traction men, into court. Word was received that Mr. Harri man and Mr. Hill were speeding to ward Chicago and would go on the stand during the afternoon. It is the expressed purpose of th-s commission to discover, if possible, what changes, if any, have been cre ated between the general public and the railroads by reason of the ‘'asso ciate management" of the latter. The commissioners desire to And out if the carrying out of the community of in terests idea has affected the rate sit uation in a way contrary to law. or. as claimed, if it is likely to effect to sta bility and non-discrimination of. and in. rates for which the commission has long battled. AS TO FRONTIER POSTS. Citizens of Northern Nebraska Are Much Interested. WASHINGTON, .Ian, 24.—The citl ienn of northern Nebraska are very anxious to learn the probable action if the military commission which Is considering the question of mainte nance or discontinuance of frontier posts. They heard a rumor last week to the effect that torts Meade, S. P.. Niobrara and Robinson, Neb., tied been singled out. for abolition, but •areful inquiry failed to disclose any jasis for the report. The commission will meet in Washington again Jan fhry 23. Its findings cannot, of course, be forecasted positively, but in timations were thrown out by high jitlcials that there is no immediate ause of alarm. It is known that Senator Millard has been working •tpon this matter since last summer, and has had repeated interviews with :he generals of the army in which he presented some i>otent arguments fa volatile to these posts, and why they ahould lie improved. The impression prevails in the war office here that heavy detachments of cavalry will be stationed at the three forta named luring the year. A GUN FOR ROOSEVELT. Prince Henry Selects His Presents for Americans. RERUN. Jan. 24.—Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia selected, at the court jeweler’s, about fifty presents 'or Americans with whom he will •ome especially iu contact during his visit to the United States. The pres ents include several gold and silver •kixps set with diamonds; they have he emperor's monogram, encircled with diamonds, enameled on the lids; leautlfu! silver cups with “Hohenzel ern” enameled on them; gold and sil ver cigarette cases, on which his ma jesty's autograph is traced in small liamonds. and small compasses, eu ased in gold and silver boxes, with ‘Hohenzollern” enameled on them. Official secrecy is maintained as to what the emperor and Prince Henry will present to the president. Rear Ad miral Robley D. Evans and Miss Al ee Roosevelt, though it is well known hat his inajpsty will send Miss Roose velt a jewelled bracelet and Prince Henry will probably offer the presi lent a fine hunting gun, with inter •hangenblo shot and rifle barrels, and ts accompanying equipment. OPPOSED TO FREE SUGAR, _ Argument Against that Feature of Cuban Reciprocity. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—At the ^pssion of the Cuban reciprocity hcar nk Nathan i. Stewart, presented the ase of the Michigan beet sugar in luatry. He said that $7,700,000 was now invested and this industry had srown up within three years. He ar gued that <ongress liad induced the investment and should not destroy it by granting concessions to Cuba. C. D. Smith of the Michigan Farm ers’ institute appearod at the request >f the governor of Michigun to present the view of the farming interests en gaged in raising beets. He spoke in opposition to Cuban concession, as did F. P. Hathaway of Michigan and Her bert Myriek of Massachusetts. While the hearing was going on a petition was circulated on the floor of I he house requesting the ways and means committee to make no change in the tarifT laws likely injuriously to affect the beet sugar industry. Iowa's St. Louis Exhibit. DBS MOINES, la., Jan. 24— If the plans of the committee are carried out, Iowa's buildings and other show ings at the St. lxrais exposition will be among the best. The total of $258,000 is suggested. Of that amount $100,000 is for the main building. $60, 900 for manufacture exhibits, $20,000 for the administration buildings and accessories and $40,000 for music and art. A bill will be drafted by Sena tor Berry of Indianola for presenta tion to the legislature as soon as Gov ernor Cummins’ report on the expo dtion matter is submitted. Offers Bill for Higher Pay. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.— Representative McLeary today intro duced a bill to increase the pay of rural free delivery carriers from $500 to fCOO for the first year, $6fi0 for the second year and $770 for the third year. Dick Introduces Militia Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 24.— Representative Dick of Ohio today in troduced the bill agreed upon by the militia officers of the several states to increase the efficiency of the mil ttia. A MILITARY POST THE HOUSE PAS8ES THE APPRO PRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE. IT WILL BE BUILT AT MANILA Some of the Old Partisan Fire Inject ed Into the Proceedings—Partisan Applause Comes from Both Sides of the House. WASHINGTON, I). <\, Jan. 23 — Some of the old partisan fire was In jected into the proceedings of the house today when the item in the ur gent deficiency bill appropriating $500,000 for a military post at Manila, which the democrats have been using as a text for speeches in opposition to the Philippine policy of the admin istration for the last three days was read. Mr. Cannon, in charge of the hill, confessed tiiat the appropriation was subject to a point of order and it went out. In lieu thereof he offered an amimdment to appropriate the same sum for ‘‘shelter and protection" of the officers anil the enlisted men of the army on duty in the Philip pines. This the chair held to be In order and it at once became the sub ject of a very spirited debate, in which Mr. Richardson, the minority leader. Mr. Williams of Mississippi and Mi'. DeArmond of Missouri were pitted against the chairman of the appropriations committee. Partisan applause came from each side to cheer the respective champions and there seemed to be a solid line up on each side of the political affair. But when the vote came, Mr. Cum mings. a New York democrat, voted with the republicans, turning angrily on his political brethren as he did so anil with clenched fist in their faces, crying out that he hoped he might be paralyzed when he refused to vote to protect an American soldier. The vote on the adoption of the amendment stood: Yeas. 127; nays, 100. Before the general debate closed Mr. Watson paid a beautiful tribute to the late President McKinley. MUCH FOR THE CANAL. Success of Liberals Means Good Treatment of the Enterprise. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—General Mo desto Carces, second in command of the Colombian Insurgent forces, said today with reference to the attitude of his party on the canal question: “The liberal party in Colombia is anxious that the United States shall own, manage and control the Panama canal, and if in power will enact a new constitution granting the United States land requisite for the canal in perpetuity. It shall concede better terms than exist as to annual pay ments due the Colombian government on account of its previous contract with the French canal company. If successful in establishing a govern ment the liberal party will be In po sition to treat officially with the Uni ted States regarding all canal mat ters. “The situation in Colombia." he continued," is this: The liberal armies located at different points throughout the interior of Colombia number more than 20,900 men under efficient generals. All are volunteers, serv ing without pay, and have met with most encouraging success in capturing strategic points. When these armies are increased In strength by the re ceipt of arms and ammunition al ready snipped to them we believe the Colombian government will be forced to capitulate or amend its constitu tion to conform with the clear-cut modern ideas which the liberal party is fighting for, and particularly relat ing to the Panama canal." New Member Appointed. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 23—At a meeting of the Federated World's Fair commission, Mrs. Mary Phelps appointed a member of the lady appointed a memoer of the board of ludy managers. Mrs. Montgomery is a daughter of John S. H. Phelps, who was member of congress from Mis souri and governor of this state about 1876. She received the appointment on motion of Commissioner McBride. Mabel Scofield a Suicide. DES MOINES, Jan. 23.—At the con clusion of the taking of testimony for the staJe in the trial of Charles Thomas, accused cf the murder of Mabel Schofield more than two yeais ago, Justice Duncan dismissed the case on the ground that it had not been shown that there was any mur der committed. The court held that it was a case of suicide. DISCUSS THE IRRIGATION BILL Senator* and Krprrsmtatlvea lint la nublnitan. WASHINGTON, D, C% Jan. 22.— A meeting of the cmators and repre sentatives from the arid and aemi arid states was held tonight to con sider the irrigation bill drafted by a sub-committee on irrigation. It was agreed unanimously to present the bill to congress for its action, Mr. Newlands being sponsor in the house and Mr. Hanshrougli in the eonate. It provides that all moneys received from the sale and disposal of arid lands in Arizona. California, Colo rado. Kansas. Montana. Nevada, New Mexico. North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon. South Dakota. Utah, Wyom ing and Washington, Including the surplus fees and commissions in ex cess of allowance and fees to regis trars and receivers, and excepting the 5 per cent of the proceeds of the sales of public lands set aside for educational purposes shall be set aside and applied as a special arid land reclamation fund. The secretary of the interior Is ex pected to make the necessary exami nations and surveys, etc., and to lo cate and construct these irrigation works, reporting to congress at the beginning of each session the results of examinations and surveys with es timates of the cost of contemplated works. The bill empowers the secre tary of the interior to withdraw from public entry the lands required for any irrigation works and to restore them when in his Judgment they are not required for irrigation purposes. The bill authorizes the secretary of the interior to get contracts for the work and to limit the area per en try to that reasonably required for the purpose of a family and to fix the charges therefor as well as the charges to private ownership benefit ed by government Irrigation plants. WOULD CENTER IN OMAHA Seventh Circuit of Judicial Court Coder Redliitrlctlng Clan. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—District Attorney Summers had an interview with Senator Teller in regard to hia bill for the redistricting of the Ju dicial districts of the United States. Mr. Summers, on hehalf of the bar of Nebraska, asked that South Da kota be included in the Seventh cir cuit, which would place Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis souri in that circuit and make Omaha the principal seat in which to hold court. The eighth circuit would then be composed of Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Montana, fixing the principal court at Denver. Under the present arrangements of Senator Tel ler’s bill the principal courts in the Seventh and Eighth circuits would be held at Kansas City and Denver, but with the addition of South Dakota to the Seventh circuit, Iowa, Ne braska and South Dakota would con trol and the principal court would be held at Omaha. LEASES OP INDIAN LANDS Subject I. Pre.mted to Sonata by Secre tary of the luterlor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22— In com pliance with a resolution of the sen ate recently adopted, the secretary of the interior sent to the senate a state ment giving the status of leases of Indian lands. He said that his de partment had In contemplation a lease covering 640 acres on the Uin tah reservation in Utah, and the fol lowing grazing leases: For 1,259.280 acres in the western portion of the Standing Hock agency, for 1,200,060 acres in the Cheyenne River reserva tion, for the surplus grazing lands in the Kaw, Osage, Otoe and Mis souri reservations, and for 480,000 acres of the reserved lands in the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reser vations. Falla From a Hridgt. CUESTON, la., Jan. 22.—Fred Hock ett, who has been working for a bridge gang on the Chicago, Burling ton & Quincy, fell from an overhead bridge near this city, a distance of thirty feet, but sustained no severe injuries. Will luvade Mexico. LAREDO, Tex., Jan. 22.—A Mon terey special says that the American Tobacco company is preparing to in vade Mexico for the purpose of se curing control of the tobacco indus try. Horton Ankeii to Vnntf. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 22.—The ex ecutive committee of the Kansas Grand Army of the Republic ordered Martin. Norton, the department com i mander, to vacate his office at ancta