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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,
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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