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Loup City Northwestern. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1902. VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 14. VERY HEAVY LOSS PATERSON, N. J„ VISITED BY A DISASTROUS FIRE. BUSINESS SECTION IS IN RUINS Desperate Fight with Flames from Midnight Till Afternoon—But i ew Fatalities Are Thus Far Re corded. PATERSON, N. .1.. Feb. 10.—A great fire swept through Paterson yetserday and in its desolate wake are the em bers and ahses of property valued in the preliminary estimate at flO.OOO, 000. It burned its way through the business section of the city and claim ed as its own a majority of the finer structures devoted to commercial, civic, educational and religious us? as well as scores of houses. There was but small tribute of life and injury to the conflagration, but hundreds were left homelss and thou sands without employment. A relief movement for the care of those unsheltered and unprovided for has already been organized and Mayor John iHnchltffe said that Paterson would be able to care for her own without appealing to the charity of other communities and states. The great manufacturing plants of the place are safe and the community, temporarily duzed by the calamity, has already begun the work of reorgani zation and restoration. The fire came at midnight and was only checked after a desperate fight that lasted until late in the afternoon. Every city and town within reach of Paterson sent firemen and apparatus to the relief of the threatened city and it took the united efforts of all to win the battle. A northeast gale gave the conflagration Its impetus and carried its burning brands to kindle the blaze afresh at other points. The firemen made stand after stand be fore the fire, but were repeatedly driven back and when victory finally came to them they were grimed and exhausted. An estimate from a general inspec tion of the smouldering ruins placed the number of dwellings and apart ment houses destroyed at 500 and the number of families left without shel ter at 1.000. A re-estimate when or der succeeds confusion, may alter these figures. The area of destruction foots up roughly twenty-five city blocks. FILIF1NO JUNTA IS BUSY. Pamphlets Announcing Ultimate Inde pendence of Natives. * MANILA, Feb. 10.—'The provinces under civil rule, as well as Manila, have been flooded with a quantity of pamphlets printed in Hong Kong by the Filipino junta. These pamphlets are copies of a memorial by the junta which has been forwarded to Presi dent Roosevelt. The memorial ex presses sympathy at the death of Mr. McKinley and assures the American people that sooner or later the Fili pinos are bound to have independence. The junta says it has reliable infor mation that most of the pacified prov inces are only held in check by supe rior military forces. The pamphlets say that the educated Filipinos ap preciate American governmental ideas, but when the bread of national life is asked for it does not suffice to offer a stone, even though that stone be diamond. Wireless Breaks Record. NEW YORK, Feb. 10—The steam ship Philadelphia of the American line, broke the record for having the longest communication with the land by means of the Marconi wireless tel egraph system. On Saturday. February 5, the steam ship was at 12:15 p. m. a few miles off the Lizard. Messages were then exchanged and the telegraphing was kept up until midnight of the follow ing day. The last message was sent when the Philadelphia was 150 miles distant from the land. This last mes sage was a communication from the American line officials in England to Captain A. R. Mills of the Phila delphia. This is the longest distance in which wireless communication has ever been had between a steamship and the land. Highwayman is Slain. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.—John, alias “Shorty," Councelle, was shot and killed early today by Patrolman Smyth while attempting to escape af ter holding up John W. Sollais, a con ductor on a Springview avenue car. THEODORE, JR., HOLDS HIS OWN. Young Roosevelt’s Condition Under goees No Material Change. WASHINGTON. Hob. 10.—The con oition of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., shows no change of any importance and it is probable from the nature of the Illness that it will be 'several days before the outcome will be ap | parent. The president is not likely to return to Washington until at least the end of the week. Last evening the White House made public the fol lowing message received from Gro ton: "The president saw his son shortly after arrival here. Boy’s condition is unchanged, but he is holding his own well.” GROTON. Mass., Feb. 10.—President Roosevelt, upon his arrival at th<> Groton school this afternoon, did not find his son, Theodore, jr., alarmingly ill with pneumonia, but the hoy’s con dition was not. sufficiently reassuring to warrant the president's immediate return to the national capital. Young Roosevelt, with two school mates, Horace B. Porter of New York and William Cammed of Providence, both having pneumonia, lie In large, airy rooms on the second floor of thra college infirmary. CHALLENGES GENERAL EAGAN. Ex-Army Officer's Temper Gets Him Into More Trouble. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.—Owing to a misunderstanding in Guaymas, Mexico, two Americans became in volved in a Quarrel that is said to have lpd to a challenge to meet upon the field of honor. One was General Charles P. Eagan of emblumed beef prominent', the other Colonel Willis P. Harlow of Nogales, an attorney with a national reputation. Eagau, who has been representing W. C. Green in his legal contest regarding the Cobre Grande copper mines in Mexico, met Harlow at the hotel. The two. so the story goes, had a warm dispute. Later, it is alleged. Harlow penned a challenge that was handed to Eagan. Developments are awaited by the American colony upon the re turn of Harlow, who is reported in conference with Greene at Cananea. Militia Detailed as Guard. TRENTON. N. J„ Keb. 10.—Quarter master General Donnelly last night in response to an appeal from Mayor Hinehliffe sent to Paterson by special train a great quantity of tents, blan kets and other camp equipments to re lieve the citizens of that city. Orders were issued from the adju tant general office calling out the Pat erson battalion of the National guard to do patrol duty <and otherwise to assist in meeting emergency that might necessitate their assistance. The battalion was placed under command of Colonel Campbell of the First regi ment. Hawaiian Land Decision. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—The secretary of the interior has render ed a decision governing the exchange of public lands in Hawaii for private lands under the public land law-s con tinued in force by congress. The de partment decided that where the lands in Hawaii are disposed of by exchange the title to the lands received in ex change should be taken in the name of the territory of Hawaii whenever they are acquired for a local public purpose, such as right-of-way for rail roads or sites for parks or county court houses. Passes Both Schley Bills. ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 10.—The house of delegates, under a suspension of rules, unanimously passed the senate bill appropriating $:’.,000 to place a bronze bust of Rear Admiral W. S. Schley in the state building here. In like manner it accepted the joint res olution passed by the senate request ing congress to secure passage at an early date of a joint resolution thank ing Admiral Schley for services in the battle off Santiago. Civil Service for San Juan. WASHINGTON, Fob. 10. — Dr. George W. Headley, representing the United States civil service, will leave here for San Juan March 1 for the purpose of establishing a local force of civil service examiners at San Juan and other places in Porto Rico. Filipino Governor Flees. MANILA, Feb. 10.—Senor I.»-ma, the newly elected governor of Datan province, fled after his election, when he was called upon to account for $4,000 in insurgent funds. He is still missing. WORK IN SENATE THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL UP FOR DISCUSSION. A DELUCE OF PENSION BiLLS The Measure Passed in the Upper House—Restrictions Placed Upon Pensions—Other Matters at Wash ington. WASHINGTON, Keb. S.—The Phil Ipppine tariff bill was taken up in the senate yesterday. The session was notably quiet. Mr. Turner of Wash ington delivered a carefully prepared speech on the general Philippine ques tion and had not concluded when the bill was laid aside for the day. He discussed particularly the legal and constitutional questions involved in the government and control of the Philippine archipelago by the United States. After the adoption of only minor notes the pension bill was passed early t In the session. The senate disagreed to the amend ments of the house on the urgent de ficiency bill, agreed to the conference asked and appointed Senators Hale, Allison and Teller as conferees on the part of the seate. At the conclusion of routine business .Mr. Patterson of Colorado made a per sonal explanation of what he had said concerning government affairs toward the treason and sedition laws enacted by the Philippine commission. Governor Taft, he said, had made a statement before the Philippines com mission in which he said that Mr. Pat terson inadvertently, no doubt, had conveyed a wrong impression to the senate and to the country as to his attitude toward those laws. Mr. Patterson’s statement. Governor Taft said, had put him in the attitude of criticising his colleagues on the committee. The particular statute was enacted while he was ill, but anything he may have said he did not intend to convey the impression that lie was opposed to laws enacted. The respon sibility for their enactment was as much his as of his colleagues. Mr. Patterson said he had stated in his own way the impression govern ment officials' original statements had made upon him. That impression, h° said, was wrong. “Taft does not agree witli the law,” he added, “but approves of it as pecul iarly necessary.” Mr. Patterson dis claimed any intention or desire to mis represent Governor Taft. Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire rhalrman of the pension committee, called up the pension appropriation bill and offered an amendment, which was adopted, prohibiting the collection of any fee to aid in the passage by con gress of any pension bill. He said that the number of special pension bills introduced in congress at this session probably was larger than ever before, nearly 5.000 having been intro duced in the house alone. Mr. Pritchard of North Carolina of fered an amendment, providing that a man who had served in the confeder ate army, but subsequently had served in the union army, should have a pen sionable status. A point of ordpr against tlie amendment by Mr. Gal linger wras sustained. Mr. Pritchard, evincing his disap pointment at the loss of his amend ment, gave notice that he would see tnat not many Hills would go through hereafter until something is done in the direction of granting the relief de sired. The pension appropriation bill was then passed. A hill appropriating 5150,000 for a public building in Winston-Salem, was passed. Protest Schley’s Appeal. Washington, Feb. 8. — e. s. Theall, representing Stayton & Camp bell, counsel for Rear Admiral Samp son, called at the White House and filed with the president a brief in the Schley case. The document is short, and while it has not been made public it can be stated that it is devoted en tirely to one subject, a protest against the claim set up in Admiral Schley's appeal that he was in supreirv com mand during the battle off Santiago. Captain Batson Retired. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Matthew A. llatson, Fifteenth cavalry, who ren dered such efficient service in the early days of tho campaign in the Phil ippines, in command of the Macabebe scouts, has been retired in conse quence of wounds received in action against the insurgents. WnMKKG IN CABINET CIRCLE. Leading Social Event of the Wash ington Season. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Helen Hay, daughter ol' Secretary of State John Hay. and Payne Whitney of New York, son of ex-Sccretary of the Navy Whitney, were married yesterday at noon at the Church of the Covenant. The wedding was the most notable so cial event of the season in Washing ton, being celebrated in the presence of the highest officials In the land, in cluding the president and his cabinet, and of what is recognized as the best of New York and New England so ciety. The Hay family has been in mourning since the death of Adalbert May. but for this one day the mourn ing was put aside and the wedding was celebrated with al! the pomp and circumstance that would have charac terized it otherwise. VERDICT OF DEATH IMPOTENT. Sultan of Turkey Sentences Brother in-Law to Death. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 7.—The sultan's brother-in-law, Damad Mah mud Paslm, has been sentenced to death. Mahmud lias long been prom inent in the young Turk movement and was recently expelled from Greece at the behest of the sultan. Mahmud went to Rome and the sultan requested his expulsion from Italy. It was re fused, but Malnnud proceeded to Par is. where he remains in safety. All the sultan's blandishments failed to induce him to return to Constantino ple, so the criminal court was instruc ted to Issue a warrant for Mahmud's arrest and to try the fugitive by de lault. with the result that he was con demned to death. TO DEBATE IRRIGATION BILL. Senate to Consider the Measure After Philippine Tariff. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — Mr. lians lnough of North Dakota addressed the senate on his bill appropriating the receipts from the sale of public' land in certain states and territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands. He claimed that the proposition was not a sectional one and said it would provide homes tor many now home less. At the conclusion of Mr. Hans hrough’s speech the irrigation bill was ordered to be unfinished business when the Philippine tariff bill was dispos ed of. Three Die from Burns. WATERLOO, la.. Feb. 7.—One of the most appalling accidents that ever occurred in Waterloo was the burning of Samuel Kushner’s home. Mrs. Kushner and two children are dead and two other children are lying in the hospital at the point of death from burns they received. The fire was caused by the overturning of a kero sene lamp upon a table about which Mrs. Kushner and her six children were gathered before retiring. The clothing of Mrs. Kushner and two of the children caught fire at once and when the first assistance arrived the woman and two elder children were so badly burned that they only lived a few hours. Uurges New Foreet Reserve. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Senator Pritchard, from the committee on for est reservations, today presented a written report on the bill, appropriat ing $5,000,000 for a forest reserve in the South Appalachian region, as au thorized by the committee several days ago. The report urges the es tablishment of the reserve for the pro tection of the timber and the conser vation of the waters of the land em braced within its proposed area, plac ing the damage done by floods arising in that area in the year 1901 at $15, 000,000. It is claimed that the land needed can he purchased for from $2 to $3 per acre. Oleo is on the Increase. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7—The census bureau has issued an advance bulletin on the manufacture of oleomargarine in the United States. It shows that the number of establishments Increas ed from twelve to twenty-four between 1890 and 1900, with a total capital in vested of $3,023,646, an ine^sase of 376 per cent. Wants the Old “Shinplasters.” WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Represent ative Griffith of Indiana today intro duced a bill to provide for coupon currency in order that small sums in multiples of 5 cents may be conveni ently sent by mail. CUBA ANNEX BILL IT PROVIDES UNION FIRST AS TERRITORY, THEN AS STATE. INTRODUCED BY MR. NEWLANDS Author of Resolution Under Which Hawaii Was Annexed—The Meas ure Advocates Absolute Political Freedom. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Represent ative Rowlands of Nevada, of the ways aud moaus committee, who was the author of the resolution annexing Hawaii, introduced a Joint resolution, inviting the republic of Cuba to be come a part of the United States, first as a territory and then as a state of the union, to be called Die state of Cuba, also authorizing a 113 per cent reduction of duly on the present crop of Cuban sugar, in consideration of Cuba’s granting preferential rates to the United States. The resolutions ;onfme the 25 per rent reduction of duties to the period prior to January 1, 1901. The provisions as to annexation ate as follows: "In the meantime the republic of Cuba is invited to become a part of the United States of America, and her people to become citizens of the United States, with the assurance that Cuba will be entitled at. llrst to a territorial form of government under the con stitution and laws of the United States, with a delegate in congress to represent her people, and that ulti mate statehood will be granted, when, In the judgment of congress, it is ad visable to admit Cuba, Including such other West Indies belonging to tlie United States as may bo deemed ad visable, as a single state in the union, to be called the state of Cuba.” Mr. Rowlands in explanation of his resolution, said: "All those who have appeared to voice Cuba’s mods and requirements have indicated that an invitation to Cuba of annexation would be accept ed. AilltrAitUUH IJJ lUitu " .iwv >'V. Justified. It must be accomplished, if at all, by the free act of the Cuban people, by which the popular will can be tested, but the Cuban constitution has been adopted. The Cuban con gsres will moot in February, a Cuban government will be organized and the United States will then leave the gov ernment and control of the island to Its people. Cuba will then be in a position to express her will, and it is only necessary to tide over the pres ent emergency by a temporary meas ure, such as I have introduced, reduc ing the duty on Cuban sugar one fourth for one year and inviting Cuba to become a part of the United States under a territorial form of govern ment, under the constitution, her peo ple to he eitizens. not subjects, with the ultimate result of statehood. "In coming Into our political union, Cuba will secure immediately the highest degree of freedom and with it a large market for varied products. Those products will not threaten our sugar industry so seriously as they would under reciprocal trade relations, for the reason that the restricted labor laws of this country will apply and will raise the cost of production to such an extent ps to prevent over stlmulntlon or her industries, while her supplies will bn bought In the high protected markets of this coun try, instead of the cheap markets of the world. I much prefer political union, for that involves the best kind of commercial union that can be es tablished between the two countries. Such .annexation 13 entirely in lino with the traditional policy of the country. Schley Appeals in Vain. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—The Post tomorrow will say: It was stated last night that the president’s response to the appeal of Admiral Schley would be made public next Saturday. It is understood that the response will be adverse to Schley. A visitor to the White House yesterday, with whom the president talked, quoted the presi dent as saying that he thought the verdict of the majority ol' the court ought to be sustained. Smallpox at Missouri Valley. MISSOURI VAI.LEY, la., Feb. 6.— Eight families of this city an* now under quarantine on account of small pox. This is the first time in years that the city has been visited by the disease and every precaution ia teing taken to stamp It tut TAFT GIVES CREDIT TO ARMY, General Luna Was Assassinated by Direct Order of Aguinaldo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Governor Taft today continued his narrative be fore the senate committee on the Philippines concerning conditions in the Philippine archipelago. Referring to his testimony of yes terday he said he feared that he had given a wrong impression concerning the part the army had played in bringing the insurrection to an end, but if so, this was due to the fact that ho could not present a correct impres sion of the whole situation from one poiut of view. Then, in order to give the army Its just dues, he took up and analyzed its work in the islands. He recalled that as soon as General Otis had received reinforcements suf ficient for his purposes the Philippine army had broken up and scattered into guerrilla bands. On this point Agui naldo and Luna had differed, Luna ad vocating the continuance of the war on the old lines. So sharp was this difference, he said, that Aguinaldo had directed and secured the assassination of Luna, thus leaving the way open for tne carrying out of his own plans. He would not, he said, report the inch dent if it had not been positively re ported to him by General Funston. Aguinaldo said that if be did not kill Luna, Luna would kill him. Indeed, the custom was to order a man’s death in his absence and have him killed upon his return. The presence of these guerrilla bands rendered it nec essary to place garrisons everywhere, there being at one time as many as f>00 of them. This made the work be fore the army very arduous, and the activity, the skill and bravery of the American troops wore such as to soon render the enemy tired of the war fare. NATIVES ELECTED TO OFFICE. Filipinos Succeed, in Most Cases, Over American Opponents. MANILA, Fob. 5.—The returns so far received Indicate the election, In most cases, of natives as governors of provinces. Captain Harry Band holz of the Second infantry defeated Major Cornelius Gardener of the Thir teenth infantry, the present governor of Tayabas province. The military men claim that accepting elective of fice will necessitate resignation from the army. At Balanga (capital of Bataan) there are only eighty-four voters, but eighty nine were cast, and another election has been ordered. A meeting held at the Invitation of Acting Governor Wright of business men interested in tobacco and sugar to discuss the legislation desired by both industries urged a reduction of 75 per cent in the duties. Buenca mino said it would meau the instant pacification of Batangas, which is wholly devoted to sugar growing. Fight to Death Over a Pie. BUTLER, Pa., Feb. 5.—Word has been received from Slippery Rock, Pa., of the death last night of Ernest Mor row from iajuries received in a brawf at the restaurant of Jonathan Sneath en. A dispute arose over the payment of a bill for pies and in the fight that followed Sneathen struck Morrow over tho head, crushing his skull. Sneath en claims the killing was in self-de fense and surrendered to the authori ties. Ten Firemen Killed. ST. J.OUIS. Feb. 5.—At least tea men were killed and as many more in jured at a fire which broke out in the five-story stone and brick building occupied by the American Tent and Awning company. The building sud* denly collapsed, and, although the dozen men who were caught in the crash had not been reached by their hard-working companions two hours later, it is almost absolutely certain that they succumbed. Former Ministers in prison. PUERTO CABEULA, Venezuela. Feb. 5.—The Venezuelan gunboat Zum bador arrived here, brining as prison ers two ot President Castro’s former ministers, three generals and several leading merchants of Caracas. Mew Governor of Panama. PANAMA. C ’.on, Feb. 5.—General Salazar, who distinguished himself as the aaslstast of General Alban during the campaign of 19'*0, has been ap pointed governor of Panama. Some Mope for Cuba. WASHINGTON, 1). C.. Feb. 5.—Rep resentatives Babcock and Long, repub lican members of the ways and means committee, called on President Roose velt today and discussed with him Cu ban reciprocity.