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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.