Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1902.
VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 13.
WHAT TAFT TELLS
THE FILIPINOS. TO THRIVE. MUST
LEARN COMMON LANGUAGE.
B0SSI8M OF A FASHION EXISTS
Petty but Unresisted Leaders Make it 1
Difficult Now to Teach Their Vic
tims—The Estimates as to Popula
tion.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 3.—Gov. Taft,
before the commit tee on the FJhi lip
pi nr*8. Saturday, concluded the naira
tive of his southern excursion. He
said that the women of the party ac
companied the men to all places to
which the latter went except in a few
I- instances. These exceptions were made
on account of the fact that it was
necessary to take small vessels to
reach them, rendering it Inconvenient
for the women to go. The party had
not visited Mtnandao because of the
climatic condition and because at the
time there had been no effort to pacify
the island.
Governor Taft spoke of the unrelia
bility of all estimates of the popula
tion, but said there were probably
6,000,000 Filipinos, or Christians, pos
sibly 2,000,000 non-Christians and
probably 1,000,000 Moros. However, a
census was badly needed. The mem
bers of the committee smiled when
Governor Taft said that the Christians
had made all the trouble.
A second trip into the northern por
tion of Luzon island was described
next, and this tour the governor said
was made almost without military es
cort. Cayagan, in the extreme north
ern part of the island, is, from an
agricultural standpoint, the most mag
nificent portion of the islands. This
province also contained splendid for
ests.
in repiy 10 senator lauerson, Air.
Taft said there probably were 2,000
rifles in the hands of insurreetos in
the islands and that there are some
of the l.ntei who do not carry puns.
He could not. he said, tell where the
rifles and the ammunition came from.
Some had been received from Ad
miral Dewey before the beginning of
the insurrection and there were also
^ rumors of shipments from Hong Kong,
other parts of China and Japan, but
most of them were either Remingtons
or Mausers, indicating either American
or Spanish origin.
As to the juntas, most of them are
concentrated now at Hong Kong, com
posed mostly of natives of Batangas,
who had made their money in coffee
growing. Replying to Senator Dubois,
the witness said that laguna and Sa
mar are the only considerable Phil
ippine provinces which had not been
organized, and that with those prov
ince sorganized, practically all the
Philippines capable of being taken
would be under civil government. In
replying to other questions from Mr.
Dubois, Governor Taft said that the
Filipinos have a greater attachment
for their country than, for instance,
the Chinese have for theirs.
"The Filipino it,," he said, “attached
first to Ills town and second to his
province, and he is, l think, now form
ing an attachment for the name of
Filipino. On that pride of country
and on the Filipinos desire for educa
tion I base my hope of the success of
what we arc doing in the islands."
In reply to other questions, Gov
ernor Taft said that the estimates that
from 5 to 7 per cent of the people read
and write the Spanish language, but
that he could not say what proportion
of the people could write their own
language. One great difficulty encoun
tered is that the people of the dif
ferent provinces do not understand the
language, one of another.
Seek Pardon for Aged Convict.
DES MOINES. Ia„ Feb. 3.—Senator
Tallman of Clarke county presented
a petition to the upper body of the leg
islature. signed by the Women’s Chris
tian Temperance Uuulon of Clarke
county, and favoring the pardon of
George Stanley, a life convict at Fort
Madison penitentiary. Stanley is the
section foreman who was convicted of
the crime of killing a fellow work
man, William Patterson, June 15, 1870.
Completes Bill on War Tax.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—The bill
reducing war revenue taxes $77,000,
000 ha3 been completed by Chairman
Payne of the ways and means com
mittee. The committee will meet on
Monday and report the bill to the
house and it is the purpose of Mr.
Payne to begin the consideration of
^the measure in the house immediately
following the consideration of the
anti-oleomargarine bill.
SCHLEY AT JACKSON’S TOMB.
Admiral and Wife Attend Service*
Where Hero Worshiped.
NASHVILLE, Trim, Feb. 3— Ad
miral and Mir. Schley braved the cold
Sunday for a visit to the tomb of
Andrew Jackson. The trip to the
Hermitage, twelve miles on the Nash
ville, Chattanooga &- St. Louis road,
was made in a special train leaving
here at 10:25 in the morning. Arriv
ing there the party was taken in
charge by a committee from the La
dies' Hermitage association and es
corted to the old brick church where
Jackson worshipped. There services
were conducted by Rev. I). C. Kelly, a
Methodist commander, who, with the
rank of colonel, commanded a brigade
of confederates under General Nathan
B. Forrest.
After the services, which were large
ly attended by the people of the
Hermitage district, the distinguished
visitors were forced to hold something
of a levee, the congregation filing by
and shaking hands. A luncheon at
the old Jackson homo, under the aus
pices of the Ladies' Hermitage associa
tion, followed, and then car.ie an in
spection of the historic mansion, which
is kept as Jackson left it.
Keenest interest was displayed by
the vistors in all pertaining to the
home life of the hero of New Orleans.
The last i>oint visited was the tomb in
the garden, where the soldier-states
man and his wife sleep side by side.
The return to the city was by way of
the Confederate Soldiers' home.
TO GRADUATE THE INDIANS.
Officials to Particioate in Carlisle Ex
ercises.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3—A large
party of public men. among whom will
be several senators ami rep 'esenta
tives—Brown of Wisconsin. McAn
drevvs of Illinois. Sheldon of Michi
gan. Curtis of Kansas, Marshall of
North Dakota. Stephens of Texas.
Tongue of Oregon and Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Jones—will leave
here in special cars Wednesday morn
ing tor Carlisle. Pa., to attend the
twenty-third anniversary and four
teenth graduating exercises of the
Carlisle Indian Industrial institute.
The party will be the guests of
Lieutenant Colonel H. R. Pratt, U. S.
A., superintendent, and with large rep
resentations from other cities, includ
ing members of the Pensnylvania leg
islature. will participate in the cere
monies at the institution Wednesday
and Thursday.
Stolen Diamond* Recovered.
GLENDIVE. Mont., Fob. 3.—The dla
monds stolen from the two iron bound
trunks belonging to C. B. Clausen,
traveling representative of a whole
sale Minneapolis jewelry firm, were re
covered today at Terry, forty miles
west of here, where they had been
traced. The robbery, which occurred
on January 19, was a bold one, the
traunks being taken from the North
ern Pacific baggage room, broken open
and the diamonds abstracted. Jerry
McCarty, who was arrested on suspi
cion, is said to have made a full con
fession to the sheriff and to have giv
en directions for the finding of the
missing jewels.
Week's Work for Senate.
WASHINGTON, l). Feb. 3— For
the most part the senate will divide
its time this week between the Phil
ippine tariff bill and the bill increas
ing the salaries of members of the fed
eral judiciary. The salary bill is in
charge of Senator Hoar and will be
considered in the morning hour of the
senate each day until it is disposed of,
while the Philippine bill will have the
right of way.
Says Women Are at Liberty.
LONDON. Feb. 3.—The Sofia cor
respondent of tlie Times, wiring un
der date of January 29, says: It is
reported that Miss Stone and Mine.
Tsilka were liberated this morning on
Turkish territory.
Regarded as a Fake.
ROMR, Feb. 3.—The statement that
the Dowager Queen Margherita -in
tends to visit the United States incog
nito as the Countess Stupinigi, is re
garded here as a canard.
Cocur d’Alene Mine Closed.
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 3—A special
to the Miner from Missola says the
Morning mine of the C’oeur d'Alenes
has been closed down indefinitely.
|_
Carnival Season at San Juan.
SAN JUAN. P. R„ Feb. 3.—The car
nival season of a fortnight was en
thusiastically opened here and prom
j ises to excel the celebration of 1901.
THE TARIFF BILL
MR. MORGAN WARNS THE SEN
ATE RELATIVE THERETO.
HE OFFERS AN AMENDMENT
Declares the Bill is Unconstitutional—
Advocates an Executive Department
for the Control of the Philippine
Islands.
WASHINGTON.- D. Kelt. 1.—An
extended speech on the pending Phil
ippine tarifi' bill was delivered in the
senate by Morgan of Alabama, who
devoted particular attention to the
amendment which he offered to the
bill lust week. He maintained that the
enactment of the bill as it stands now
would not be a constitutional remedy
for the situation the measure is de
signed to relieve, but said that with
the adoption of his amendment the
bill would stand the closest scrutiny of
the courts. The Alabama senator did
not discuss the political phases of the
Philippine question, devoting his en
tire speech to a consideration of the
legal and constitutional questions rais
ed by the presentation of the tariff
measures.
An hour and a half was devoted to
the increase of salaries of judges of
United States courts, but no action was
taken. The bill increases the annual
salaries of the federal judiciary.
Mr. Hoar made a brief statement In
support of the measure. He be
lieved members of the judiciary of the
United States were entitled to such
salaries as would enable them to main
tain suitable and proper positions. The
judicial salaries paid by the govern
ment were not equal to those paid by
many of the great states of the union
to the judges of the state courts. The
justice of the United States supreme
court, he declared, could make ten
times the amount of the salaries pro
posed in practice at the bar.
At 2 o'clock the Philippine tariff
bill was taken up, and Mr. Morgan,
dem.) of Alaska addressed the sen
ate. He said he had not heard as yet
any objection to the tariff that is pro
posed to he laid, and took it for grant
ed that the tariff was just and neces
sary. He argued that congress had
no constitutional authority to levy a
discriminating tariff either upon im
ports or exports between the United
States and the Philippines.
"I believe in the doctrine of free
trade in all parts of the United States,
whether covered by the constitution,
the flag, or both." he said, and he con
tended that an export duty is plainly
forbidden even though, in the case of
the Philippines, the duty was levied
Speaking of the claims made that
there was no lawful government in the
Philippines, Mr. Morgan with great
earnestness said there is a government
there and he was glad to say a very
good government, suitable to the char
acter of the people and the circum
stances in which we found them. It
would advance the estimate of the Fil
ipinos of the United States if they
could have a delegate to congress, as
has Hawaii, said Mr. Morgan. This
he said he thought would be no viola
tion of the constitution. Referring to
the work of the Philippine commis
sion, their work and personality, he
paid a tribute to the late President
McKinley, who, lie said, was the hap
piest man in the world in making se
lections of men for responsible posi
tions. who always could be relied on
to do the right thing at the right time
and in the right way.
Mr. Morgan pleaded for a govern
ment in the Philippines which could
be prepared at all times to meet
emergencies in accordance with the
laws of the United States, because, he
said, there might be a time when the
Philippines might be cut. off from
cable communication.
He urged the establishment of an ex
ecutive department for the control of
the islands. In conclusion, Mr. Mor
gan said he had purposely refrained
from referring to any political rhase of
this question. He referred to the adop
tion of his amendment, "but,” he said,
‘‘if the bill stands as it is and will
break the uniformity of taxation in the
Philippines, I shall feel that the con
stitution has been violated.” After a
brief executive session the house at
4:25 p. m. adjourned until Monday.
Fatal Fall from Ice Chute.
ASH 1 AND, Neb., Feb. 1.—A man
named Kelley was killed at Armour’s
ice house at Memphis. While work
ing there he fell from one of the ice
chutes, twenty feet, at J died in a few
hours.
INDIANS DESIRE AN AGENT.
Nez Perces Object to Being in Charge
of Superintendent.
I.EWISTON. Idaho. Jan. 31.—Two
hundred Nez Perce Indians are engag
ed in a tribal dance on l.apwai creek,
fifteen miles from this city. The
dance is the result of a council that
convened last week to discuss the pro
posed abandonment of the l.apwai
agency and the transfer of the same
to the superintendent of the I.apwai
Indian Industrial s<;hool. The council
expressed disapproval of the acts of
Superintendent Voorhies, in charge of
the school and who has enforced the
attendance of Indian children at
school. Resolutions were passed con
demning the superintendent and ask
ing that the agency remain separate.
_A delegation of Indians was also ap
pointed to visit Washington to make
their wishes known. The council met
five days ago and the excitement of
discussion gradually resulted in the
wild, weird dance of the tribe. George
Mor.es. Philip McFarland and Poo
Peo-Kalipt, chiefs of the tribe, are par
ticipating iu the dance. Guards have
been stationed to prevent the Indians
from receiving whisky and precaution
is taken to prevent depredations. A
party arriving from the scene reports
that the canyons are echoing with
the yells of the dancers. Superin
tendent Voorhies addressed the coun
cil during the early deliberations, but,
it seems, was unable to influence the
Indians.
FORMING MONSTER COMBINE.
Glucose. Starch and Sugar Companies
to Join in Big Company.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—Consolidat
ing the most important glucose estab
lishments of the country, papers of
incorporation will he filed, according
to the Times, in New Jersey within a
short time for the largest industrial
combination since the United States
Steel corporation was organized. The
new trust will have a capitalization of
$80,000,000. divided into $30,1)00,000
preferred and $50,000,000 common. Ne
gotiations looking forward to this deal
have been on for some days past. The
companies which are stated thus far
to have been brought into the deal are
the Glucose Sugar Refining company,
the Illinois Sugar Refining company
of Pekin. 111., Charles Pope Glucose
Manufacturing company, the National
Starch company and the New York
Glucose company.
Tribute to McKinley.
1)E8 MOINES, la., Jan. 31.—When
the senate and house held a joint ses
sion to the memory of MrKinley, Gov
ernor Cummins was , the principal
speaker, closing as follows:
When we gratefully and reverent
ly recall his blameless life and his
Christian death, his courageous strug
gles. his purity of thought, his lofti
ness of purpose, his steadiness of de
sign, his serenity of mind and his
deep and absorbing devotion to the
public good, we baptize ourselves in
the fountain of civic righteousness
and will go forth better armed /or
the great struggle of the world. It is
au hour of dedication and consecra
tion. as well as of commemoration.
The Ruler of the universe is not prod
igal with such spirits, but we rest
content with the thought that whilo
they do not come often, they coma
at the right time.”
Schwab Denies Rumors.
PARIS, Jan. 31. — Charles M.
Schwab, president of the United
States Steel corporation has arrived
here from Berlin. He said that the
report that while in Vienna he had
conferred with the heads of Austro
Hungarian companies, with the view
of making a working arrangement be
tween them and the United States
Steel corporation was without foun
dation. He had not occupied himself
with business during his European
trip.
Verdict Against Dead Man.
ONAWA, la., Jan. 31.—In the case of
Mary Christianson against John Spald
ing. administrator of the Frank Crum
estate, for breach of promise of mar
riage. the jury this morning returned,
a verdict for the plaintiff for $6,000.
The defendant, Frank Crum, has been
dead for several months, and the case
has attracted considerable attention
on account of the novelty of the suit.
The court adjourned for tho term.
Smallpox at Pacific Junction.
PACIFIC JUNCTION, la., Jan. 31.—
The family of J.ihn McClure have been
quarantined for smailpox. Mr. Mc
Clure's son Cloyd broke out on the
streets and the doctors have pro
nounced it genuine smallpox. .
PART IS INVALID
SECTION OF DINGLEY BILL SAID
TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
DEFECT EXPLAINED BY CULLOM
Interference with Power of the Presi
dent and the Senate—Useless to
Hatifv Treaty Under This ..Provi
sion.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—Far an
hour yesterday the senate had under
discussion the question of whether a
censorship of press dispatches exists
in Mauila. While no such turbulent
scenes as those of the day before
were enacted, the debate for a time
was very spirited. The secretary of
war was quoted as saying that no
press censorship now exists in the
Philippines and a letter from General
Greeley, chief signal officer of the
army, was presented by Mr. Beveridge
of Indiana, making a statement offi
dally that there was no censorship
of press dispatches unci that “the
press is entirely free.
It was contended by the opposition
that a press censorship did exist in
the Philippines and that copies of ev
ery news dispatch filed with the cable
company was tiled with the military
authorities. That, it was maintained,
constituted a virtual censorship.
Mr. Cullom. chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, delivered
an extended and carefully prepared
speech on the history of the reciproc
ity negotiations.
The address dealt particularly with
the constitutionality of that portion of
the Dingley act w-hich authorized the
negotiations of reciprocity treaties.
He said that the wording of the pro
vision was peculiar and mixed, but
it seemed plain that all treaties nego
tiated must have been made and rat
ified within two years after the pas
sage of the act. Therefore, if that
act is to control, it would be useless
to ratify the treaty. Senator Cullom
continued:
ill ray opinion me luurin »wviira
of the Dingley act, so far as it at
tempts to copter, limit or define the
treaty making power, is not only an
interference with the powers of the
president and senate, but it unconsti
tutional because it comes in conflict
with the clause of the constitution
which says that the president ‘shall
have power, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, to make
treaties.’ We do not, therefore, derive
our treaty making powers from a law
of congress, and no law of congress
can, in any way. modify or limit those
powers. The Dingley act cannot lim
it the time in which we shall be al
lowed to make a treaty.’’
Mr. Cullom contended that the
fourth section of the Dingley act
should he taken as a mere expression
of the view of congress and that the
president did not need authority to
make the treaties. He entered Into
a long discussion of the proceedings
of the constitutional convention rela
tive to the treaty making power and
claimed that precedents all showed
such power was conferred solely upon
proelty treaties concluded with Ha
the president and senate. The reel
wail, Mexico and Canada did not go
into effect until congress acted, but
these treaties contained express pro
vision that they could not become ef
fective without congressional action.
Mr. Cullom discussed the provision
of the constitution declaring that bills
for raising revenue must originate lit
the house, and said that it had not
been definitely settled what was
meant by “bills for raising revenue.”
Says Checks Are Forgeries.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Cap. James
Baker again occupied the witness
chair at the trial of Lawyer Albert T.
Patrick for the murder of William
Marsh Rice, almost the entire two ses
sions of the court being taken up
with his cross-examination. The cap
tain admitted that he had expressed
no opinion as to the genuineness of
the signatures of various papers bear
ing Rice’s name and which he calls
forgeries till further examination.
Bishop of See at Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. 'iO.—News
was received in tnis city of the ap
pointment of Very Rev. Philip J. Gar
rigan, D. D., vice rector of the Catho
lic University of America at Washing
ton, as bishop of the new' see of Sioux
City. He will have charge of th6
diocese which was established by the
division of the archdiocese of Du
buque.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET,
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOl’TH OMAHA.
Panic Ther^ wan a liberal run of enttls
and. In fact, Ihe supply wan the heaviest
of the week to date. II was particularly
noticeable that beef nteera made up the
hulk of the receipts, and for that reason
buyers had a Rood opportunity to pound
the market, which they were not at alt
slow to take advantage of. The beef
steer market opened very slow and pack
ers were bidding n good deal lower than
they were yesterday. Sellers, of course,
would not make th ■ concessions asked,
and as .1 result It was late before much
of anything was done. It was evident,
though, that packers wanted the cattle,
anti it finally settled down to just about
a ltk' decline. There was a good, active,
linn cow market from start to finish.
Havers were all liberal buyers right from
the start, and as a result It was not long
before the hulk of the offerings were out
of first hands. Bulls, veal calves and
stags commanded steady prices where the
quality was at all good. There were quite
a few stockers and feeders, but anything
showing flesh amt quality met with readv
sale at good, strong prices. There were
none too many of that class of cattle to
meet the demand.
Hogs There was rtot a heavy run of
hogs and the market opened .VnltV higher
than yesterdav on the good weight hogs.
Hackers seemed to want the good weight
hogs, and It was not long before the bulk
of the offerings was out of lirst hands.
Along toward the last, however, the mar
ket was not as good, and. In fact, practic
ally all of the advance of tne morning
was lost and the close was slow and
weak. The bulk of the good weight hogs
sold from $>.15 to 16.35, and as high as
$6.40 and 16.45 was paid.
Sheep—There were only about four cars
of sheep and lambs on sale anil as pack
ers all wanted a few they paid strong to
a dim* higher prices. Quotations: Choice
lightweight yearlings, $4,734)5.00; good to
choice yearlings, $4.oU4t4.75; choice weth
ers. 14.404)4.65; fair to good wethers. $4 254#
4.40; choice ewes, t-7.754i4.00; fair to good
ewes, $1.50443.75; common ewes. $2,754)3.50;
choice lambs, $5.654)6.00; fair to good
lambs. I5.504i5.65; feeder wethers. $3.504>>
4.00; feeder lambs. $4,004)4.50; cull lambs,
t3.004?3.75.
KANSAS CITY
Cat tie— Market steady to 10c higher;
choice export and dressed beef steers.
t5.K5446.50; fair lo good, t4.75415.25; stockers
and feeders, t-7.35414.tl5; western fed steers,
t4.50410.00: Texas and Indian steers, $4 0041
5.25; Texas cows, t2.50414.25; native cows.
$3,004)4.75; heifers. $1.75415.50: canners. t2.00
4f>2.t!n; bulls, $1,004)5.00; calves, $i.50416.5l>.
Hogs—Market 54410c ldgher; top, $6.50;
bulk of sales. $5,604)6.45: heavy, t6.35416.50;
mixed packers. Jtl.004f6.45; light, t5.304f8.20:
pigs, 14.754)5.30.
PLEAD THEIR CASE.
American Sugar Men Confer with the
President.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The presi
dent, had an Interview with H. U. Leav
itt of Leavitt. Neb... representing the
beet sugar Industry of that state, and
Colonel .Janies I). Hill, representing
the sugar planters of Louisiana. The
two men made a long statement to
the president about the position of
the domestic sugar interests. Mr.
la-avitt was a schoolmate of Presi
dent Roosevelt and spoke to him with
great earnestness. He declared that
the beet sugar people aud the Ameri
can planters were not opposed to giv
ing aid to Cuba in any way that doea
not injure the domestic industry.
They wanted the aid. however, to
reach Cuban planters and not accrue
to the benefit of the. sugar trust. They
favored a return of duties to the Cu
ban government for distribution to the
planters. The president told Mr. Lea
vitt that he was willing to treat the
Cubar tariff question in a way to do
the beet sugar industry the least In
jury.
READY TO BUILD THE CANAL.
Chicago Contractors Want to Bid on
the Big Job.
CHICAGO. Feb. The Chronicle
tomorrow will say: A syndicate ot
Chicago and New York contractors,
representing a working capital of $20.
000,000 a year, is ready to take the
contract for building the Nicaraguan
canal.
Eight of the largest construction
firms hi the country have made care
ful estimates of the cost and when
congress evinces a willingness to al
low private enterprise to do the work
they will offer their services. In case
congress does not act, however, the
interests which have banded together
will make no fight for the contract.
Lyman E. Cooley, the engineer who
worked out the scheme for Chicago's
sanitary canal, is the leading figure in
this group of contractors.
Cigars Coming from Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.—Private
advices from Manila received in this
city state that there are over 2,000,000
cigars on the way from the Philip
pines to this country.
A Valuable Dull.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1.—The Here
ford bull Good Cross was sold at the
Hereford auction yesterday to S. H.
Goodman of Wabash, Ind., for $3,995.
A Kansas bred cow sold for $2,300.