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VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1902. NUMBER 25.
NI0R1WS DEATH
THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY
JOINS THE MAJORITY.
PASSES AWAYaTSON’S HOME
Illness Dates Back Several Mo. ths
and Decline Unchecked from First
Death Is Due to Cerebral Thrombus
* —Stroke of Apoplexy Hastened End.
CHICAGO, April 28.—Hon. .1. Ster
ling Morton, former secretary of agri
culture, died at 4:30 yesterday after
| neon at I^ake Forest, at the home of
his son Mark Morton. For several
weeks Mr. Morton had been gradually
failing. The interment will be at Ne
braska City. A special train bearing
the remains of Mr. Morton and mem
bers of his family and friends will
leave Lake Forest at 4 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon for Nebraska City.
Death was due to cerebral throm
bus. Mr. Morton began ailing several
months ago and in hopes that a
change of climate would restore his
hralth he went to the City of Mexico,
accompanied by his son, Paul Morton,
vice president of the Santa Fe road.
Mr. Morton continued to grow worse
in the southern country and six weeks
ago he returned to his old home in
Nebraska. He then returned to Chi
cago, where H was believed he would
have better medical attention
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April 28.
—Word was received here thnt Hon.
J. Sterling Morton, ex-secretary of ag
riculture, had died at the home of his
third son, Mark, in l^tke Forest, 111.,
yesterday, after an illness of several
months. I^ast Tuesday was his seven
tieth birthday and the usual celebra
tion was omitted here out of respect
to Mr. Morton's condition.
Mr. Morton come to Nebraska In
1854 and settled with his wife on the
farm that has been his home ever
since and which, by the force of the
man, has become known throughout
the country. The tlrst Arbor day was
celebrated at this home by the family
long before it became a world holiday.
The conception of Arbor day was one
of the flashes of genius which Mr.
Morton has always attributed to his
wife. It was to her also that Arbor
Lodge owes it name, but to Mr. Mor
ton belongs the fame that has been
shed from its hospitable doors. On
this farm four sons. Joy, Paul, Mark
and Carl were born and grew up to
carry the name of Morton out into the
world. Joy Morion is now one of the
powerful figures in Chicago finance.
Paul Morton is vice president of the
Santa Fe railroad and Mark is at the
head of several of the great Morton
industries. Carl, the youngest and
best beloved, is dead, having passed
away at Waukegan, 111., a year ago
last January.
Ever since his coming to Nebraska
J. Sterling Morton has been a mighty
factor in the development of the state.
A man of pewrful physique and more
powerful mentally, he has brought his
whole strength to bear on the problem
of converting the trackless piain into
a garden of plenty. How well he has
wrought can be seen by a glance at
the highly cultivated acres at Aroor
Lodge. How thoroughly he is loved
can be seen tonight in the sorrowful
faces of the men and women who
walk quietly through the streets.
Plnns of Week in Senate.
WASHINGTON. April 28—The
plans of the senate for the week do
not extend beyond the continuation
of the debate on the Philippine gov
ernment bill and the consideration of
minor matters when therfe is no one
prepared to speak on the Philippine
bill. There is no prospect thus far
for speeches in support of that meas
ure. and consequently all the talk bid#
fair to continue to be on the negative
sode of the question. Up to the pres
ent time the speeches all have been
made by minority members of the
Philippine committee, but it is stated
that other democratic senators have
promised to lift their voices in oppo
sition to the bill.
RcDort of Bank of Spain.
MADRID, April 28.—The report of
the Bank of Spain tor the week ended
Saturday shows the following: Gold
in hand, incuase 190,000 pesetas; sil
ver in hand, increase. 3,016,000 pese
tas; notes in circulation, decrease 535,
000 pesetas.
Mute is Killed by a Train.
VALPARAISO, Neb., April 28.—J.
M. Edwards, a respected citizen of
this place, was instantly killed by a
train. Edwards was a deaf mute and
did no^ hear the approaching cars.
WRIGHT PRAISES CHAFFEE.
Taft's Assistant Says General Is Loyal
Supporter of Civil Rule.
MANILA, April 28— At a farewell
banquet here to the officers of the
Ninth infantry Acting Civil Governor
Luke E. Wright paid a glowing tribute
to the mfilitary forces. He said the
army, under circumstances of surpris
ing difficulty, had paved the way for
the work of the civil authorities, and
that only a few cases of friction be
tween the two branches of govern
ment. had occurred. He said that Gen
eral Chaffee, whose opinion might at
timos have differed from those of the
civil authorities, had been a most
loyal supporter of civil rule.
Replying to Civil Governor Wright,
General Chaffee said that the officers
of th-1 army knew that their dnty to
the country demanded their utmost
efforts to sustain the civil authorities
and to suppress the rebellion.
VARIETY PROGRAM IN HOUSE.
Miscellaneous Subjects Will Come Up
for Consideration.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—There is
a miscellaneous program ahead for
the house this week. Today the spe
cial rule for consideration of the om
nibus public building bill will be
brought in and passed and the re
mainder of the day will be devoted to
District of Columbia business.
Wednesday the consideratiton of the
agricultural bill will be considered
and after it is disposed of the District
of Columbia appropriation bill will be
taken up and probably passed before
the end of the week. With its passage
only two appropriation bills will re
main to be acted on by the house—the
naval and general deficiency bills. Sel
dom have the appropriation bills been
so well advanced at a long session of
•congress as they are this year.
GRANT TAKES SAMAR LEADER.
American Commander Returns with
Insurgent Chieft?‘n.
MANILA, April 28.—General Fred
erick D. Grant’s expedition in the gun
boats Basea and Baseo, several steam
launches and native lighters, has as
cended the Gandara river, in the isl
and of Samar, and has brought the in
surgent leader Gueverra and his en
tire command down the coast. The
command consists of Rafel Sebastian,
Abaki and thirty-eight other officers,
189 men and 161 rifles.
Three hundred insurgents, with 131
rifles, are expected to arrive at Cat
balogan, Samar, to surrender formally
to the American authorities. Three
thousand bolomen, part of them armed
with rifles, surrendered Friday at Su
lat, also in Samar.
Suggests Retaliation.
LONDON, April 28—The Daily Ex
press. which declares that every con
siderable steamship line except the
Beaver line, has no joined in an agree
ment to raise saloon fares for trans
portation across the Atlantic, publish
es an interview this evening with Sir
Charles Tupper, former Canadian high
commissioner in London, in which
he advocates, in the event of the con
trol of the Canadian Pacific railroad
passing to the Morgan Interests, that
retaliatory measures be taken by tax
ing American imports and that spe
cial legislation be adopted to prevent
injury to Canadian interests.
Kruger May Visit America.
THE HAGUE, April 28.—The report
published in Paris that President
Steyn of the Orange Free State is com
ing to Europe to consult with Mr. Kru
ger is entirely without foundation. On
the other hand, it is true that the Boer
agents in America are renewing their
entreaties that Mr. Kruger visit the
United States next June. He prob
ably will comply with these requests
if sufficient pressure is exercised.
Conaty Will Not Resign.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Bishop
Janies Conaty, rector of the Catholic
University of America, emphatically
denies a published report that he con
templates resigning the rectorship of
the university . He says there are no
dissensions at the university and that
he has no intention of resigning. He
also authorizes the statement that
there is no foundation for the reports
concerning the financial condition of
the university.
The arbitration commission of con
gress has decided against Rosa Geib
trunk, whose husband claimed $22,000
damages from Salvador on account of
property destroyed there during the
revolution of 1898.
THE TWOJFFERS
CANAL PROPOSITIONS WEIGHED
BY CABINET OFFICIALS.
OUTLINES MUCH THE SAME
President Roosevelt is Anxious that a
Decision Be Reached in the Matter
at This Session of Congress—Miscel
laneous Washington Matters.
WASHINGTON, April 26—The cab
inet held a short session today, during
which the relative propositions of the
Colombian and Nicaraguan govern
ments in connection with the proposed
canal were discussed.
The president is exceedingly anxious
that, whatever determination congress
may come to as as to the relative mer
its of the t'vcn routes, in any event
seme decision may be reached at this
session.
A comparison of the outlines or me
agreements or treaties made the State
department with Colombia in relation
to the Panama canal and with Nicar
agua and Costa Rica as to the Nicar
ague canal shows a general resem
blance in the scope of the arrange
ments, but important differences in
detail.
One point of resemblance Is the
amount of money to be paid down at
once by the United States government
to the country making the conces
sions. In each case this is $7,000,000.
If the Panama route is chosen Colom
bia gets all of this money. If the
choice falls on the Nicaragua route
Nicaragua will receive $6,000,000 and
Costa Rica $1,000,000.
The delay that occurred in consum
mating the arrangements was owing
to the difficulty in reaching a basis
of agreement between Nicaragua and
Ccsta Rica, and this Is general’v fixed
upon as about 6 to 1 in favor of Ni
caragua.
No provision is made in the Colom
bian protocol for the payment of any
annual rent—that matter will be left
to future adjustment, though of course
it is expected that some rent will be
charged. The agreements as to the
Nicaragua canal, however, specifically
state the rent to be paid, which is $30,
000 per annum, of which Nicaragua
will get about $25,000 and Costa Rica
55000.
While this rent is merely nominal,
it serves a useful purpose in the esti
mate of the isthmian republics, name
ly, to continually assert the nominal
sovereignty of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica over the territory through which
the canal is cut
The original proposition waa to pay
a lump sum representing the cap!* 1
l7ation of this rent for 100 years, but
the republic prefer to have the money
paid in recognition of their sovereign
ty, and in consideration of the allow
ance of their wish In this matter they
have gone to the length of making the
lease to the United States perpetual
an against the 100-year renewal re
lease of the Colombian agreement.
Neither of the ministers—Nicaraguan
or Costa Rican—has yet received the
full powers from their governments
necessary to the perfection of the
treaties.
The question of the fiscal agency In
the Philippines was also discussed by
the cabinet, but no conclusion was
reached and it was stated that none
can be until the attorney general
rends his opinion on the power of the
Guaranty Trust company to keep Its
agency.
Plans for Governor Taft.
WASHINGTON. April 2G.—Governor
Taft will leave here at noon tomor
row for New York. He will return to
Washington to confer further with the
president and Secretary Root respect
ing Philippine affairs preliminary to
his return to Manila. He will go to
Manila by way of New York and the
Mediterranean, stopping en route at
Rome to confer with the authorities
of the Vatican regarding the disposi
tion of the friar lands.
Amos J. Cummings a Sick Man.
BALTIMORE, April 26.—It was
learned from a reliable source late
last night that Congressman Amos J.
Cummings of New York is critically
ill from pneumonia.
Officers Are Not Guilty.
MANILA, April 26.—Major Waller
and Lieutenant Day of the marine
corps, who were tried by court-martial
here on the charge of executing na
lives of the island of Samar without
trial, have been acquitted.
FAVORS THE IRRIGATION BILL.
Hot Winds from Arid Region Menace
to Bordering States.
WASHINGTON. April 25.—William
H Chadwick, chairman of the trans
portation committee of the Board of
Trade of Chicago, has written a let
ter to Representative Newlands of
Nevada, the author of the pending ir
rigation bill, presenting new reasons
why this measure should b# passed.
Mr. Chadwick holds that the states
lying east and north of the arid lands
suffer enormous loss as a result of the
burning heat coming from the arid
quarters. He says:
"In behalf of many Interests which
will suggest themselves to you from
my official position I ask to call your
attention to an argument in favor of
the bill now in the house. The dis
tricts which compose the "arid lands,”
by reason of the intense, dry heat
there produced, through the east
ward movement of an atmospheric
conditions across the continent, are
and always have been a menace to all
that great agricultural country lying
to the east and northeast of the sec
tion in question, notably Texas, Ok
lahoma, Kansas. Missouri, Illinois,
Iowa, South Dakota, Indian and Ohio.
The tremendous losses experienced
within the past twelve months by
farmers, the live stock interests, the
merchant and common carriers are
fresh in our minds. A veritable ca
lamity.
The great loss entailed through the
partial failure of the corn crop and
enforced substitution, on a large
scale, of other grain to supply the de
ficiency thereby caused with wheat,
rye, oats, etc., resulted in the curtail
ment of exports to such an extent as
to be not only extraordinary, but in
some instances, as with corn, sensa
tional.
The effects in the eastern or con
suming states are notable and scarcely
any part of the union has been unaf
fected by the conditions produced by
the scotching blight which, originat
ing only in the arid region, blasted
the crops over a large and Important
part of the country.
We who are directly affected by such
misfortunes desire to earnestly sec
ond the endeavor to remove the con
stant menace to prosperity in such a
wide scope of territory and ask for
legislation to that end.
Think Confession Untrue.
WELLINGTON, Kan., April 25.—It
is believed to be the intention of John
Cummings, who has acknowledged
the accidental killing three years ago
of Anna Dishman, his 13-year-old ser
vant, to take the chances of going to
the penitentiary in order to shield
some member of his family. After he
was placed under bond here today
for his trial next month, Cummings'
attorney made the statement that his
client had told him a story about the
girl's death that would free him be
fore any jury, the most remarkable
tale in connection with a murder that
he had ever heard, but that Cum
mings had sworn him to secrecy, and
that he would stand trial.
Nominated by President.
WASHINGTON. April 25—The pres
ident today sent the following nom
inations to the senate:
Indian inspector, John E. Edwards,
Montana; Indian agent, S. G. Rey
nolds, Crow agency, Montana.
Registers of land offices: Joseph P.
Batten, at Dardenelle, Ark.; John I.
Worthington, Harrison, Ark.; Andrew
W. Swaney, Kalispell, Mont.; Samuel
Gordon, Miles City, Mont.
Receivers of public moneys: Ed
ward A. Shicker, at Camden, Ark.;
John G. Chitwood, Dardenelle, Ark.;
Charles M. Greene, Harrison, Ark.;
John E. Lewis, Kalispell, Mont.;
James M. Rhodes, Miles City, Mont.;
John E. Bush, Little Rock, Ark.
Child Commits Suicide.
KANSAS CITY, April 23.—Frances
Rigby, aged 12 years, daughter of R.
M. Rigby, president of the Rigby
Printing company in this city, was
found in a dying condition on the
street near her home today and later
died at the city hospital from the ef
fects of swallowing carbolic acid. No
motive can be advanced for the child’s
suicide except that she feared a pun
ishment because of a trifling ofTense
at school.
Decline** the Bishopric.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.—Rev.
Nathaniel S. Thomas, rector of the
Protestant Episcopal church of the
Holy Apostles here, who was elected
bishop of the missionary district of
Salina, Kan., says he will not accept
OLEO COMES BACK
NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH CHANG
ED IN THE HOUSE.
POWER TO AMEND IS LIMITED
Opponents Who Seek to Alter Amend
ments Tacked on by Upper House
Lose on Every Proposition—Miscel
laneous Washington Matters.
WASHINGTON. April 24. — The
house yesterday began consideration
of the senate amendments to the oleo
margarine bill. A special rule for this
purpose was adopted by a vote of 153
to 79. By the ruling of the chair the
question of further amendment of the
senate propositions was confined with
in very narrow limits. Slow progress
was made. The opponents of the meas
ure, who sought to modify the senate
amendments in various particulars,
were outvoted on every proposition
submitted.
Bills were passed to donate the spars
of Don Juan de Austria and Almtrante
Oquendo to the state of Alabama; to
approprtte $20,000 of the funds of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for
the rg^iefof destitute members of those
tribes; to provide for trade statistics
between the United States and its out
lying possessions;! to grant certain
lands to the city of Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, from
the committee on rules, then presented
the special continuing order agreed to
by the committee some time ago to
provide for the consideration of the
senate amendments to the oleomar
garine bill.
Mr. Cowherd of Missouri vigorously
opposed the adoption of the rule. Last
week, he said, the house considered a
bill for the relief of the Cubans. The
program was to be tears and sym
pathy for the j>oor of Ciiba and sneers
and taxes for the poor of America.
As an indication of what would hap
pen when this bill went into effect
Mr. Cowherd said that immediately
after the passage of the oleomargarine
bill by the senate the price of butter
went up 4 cents in New York and 3
cents in Chicago.
Mr. Dalzell, replying to Mr. Cow
herd, said the merits of the bill were
not now under consideration. The or
der was simply designed to give the
house a chance to pass upon its merits.
The rule was adopted, 152 to "9.
When the consideration of the
amendments was considered the chair
ruled that the text of the bill agreed
to by both the house and senate was
not open to amendment. The ruling,
made by Mr. Olmsted of Pennsylvania,
who was in the chair, prevented the
offering of many amendments which
the minority members of the agricul
tural committee desired to offer. Mr.
Wadsworth of New York, chairman of
the agricultural committee, finally
succeeded in offering an amendment
changing the section providing that
oleomargarine free from artificial col
oration, which is taxable at one-fourth
of a cent per pound, so as to provide
that "colored butter shall not be con
Itrued as coloration." The amend
ment was lost by a vote of 81 to 81.
VERDICT FOR THE MASSES.
Supreme Court Grant* Mandamus
Against Omaha City Council.
OMAHA, April 24.—At 5 o’clock yes
terday the supreme court of Nebraska
handed down an opinion granting the
writ of mandamus asked for by mem
bers of the Omaha Real Estate ex
change to require the city council to
reconvene as a board of equalization
and reassess the street railway, the
gas, water, electric light and telephone
companies.
In this opinion the recommendation
of the referee was not concurred in.
The opinion covers every point and is
a clean victory for the Real Estate
exchange. Tiie court announces that
the section of the statute which per
mits the subtraction of indebtedness
from the actual value of a corpora
tion’s property in order to obtain what
Is assessable is unconstitutional, null
and void. It is also laid down that
the board of equalization is not pro
hibited from acting because the actual
cash value has not been used as a
basis for assessment, but, the court
says, the board must take the percent
age of the actual cash value used as a
basis by the assessor and see to it
that property falling below that figure
Is brought up to it. A rule Is also laid
down for determining the value of th6
intangible prope ty of the corpora
tions.
FIVE HUNDRED ARE KILLED.
Great Loss of Life is Caused by the
Earthquake in Guatemala.
NEW YORK. April 23.—Late dis
patches from Guatemala are to the ef
fect that the whole republic was shak
en by an earthquake from 8:30 o’clock
on Friday night up to 8 o'clock Sun
day night, with only short intervals
between the shocks, says a Panama
dispatch to the Herald.
The dispatches of Saturday concern
ing the disaster in Quesaitenango are
confirmed. It is estimated that 500
persons were killed and millions of
dollars worth of property was destroy
ed there. Fires which followed the
earlier shocks added to the loss, and
many heartrending stories of suffering
are received. The whole country is
panic-stricken.
The towns of Patzum and Mazaten
ango, the latter in the great coffee
district, were destroyed. The visita
tion was spectacular in character. The
first shocks were accompanied by ter
rific thunder storms. Tne lightning
was followed by a deluge of rain.
OPEN TOMB OF NEUMANN.
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Ceremony One of the Final Acta Pre
liminary to Beatification.
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.—The
tomb In which the body of Bishop John
N. Neumann was placed forty-two
years ago was opened today by a spe
cial ecclesiastical court, the proceed
ing being one of the final acts pre
liminary to the beatification of the
prelate. The distinterment was made
in secret and was for the purpose of
identifying the remains of Bishop
Neumann and to ascertain their state
of preservation.
Two witnesses swore that they wit
nessed the burial of the bishop and two
pnysioians wrote a minute description
of the remains. They were then plac
ed in a new coffin and restored to the
vault, which was sealed by Archbishop
Ryan.
The c\ Idenee collected by the eccle
siastical court during its inquiry,
which has been in progress for sev
eral years, will now be forwarded to
Rome. j '
TWO BATTLES WITH MOROS.
Engagements Between the American
Troops and Natives of Mindanao.
MANILA, April 23.—Two engage
gagements have been fought between
the American troops and the Moros
of the island of Mindanao during the
last twenty-four hours. Moore of the
Twenty-seventh infantry, while out
with a small party hunting for water,
was fired upon at long range.
Lieutenant Frank D. Baldwin, with
a battalion of troops and a mountain
gun, went to the assistance of Moore's
party and drove off the Moros, who
lost seven men. The firing was at
1,100 yards.
The Moro villages were flying red
flags, meaning that they intended to
fight to the uttermost.
PASSES THE WEST POINT BILL.
House Votes Favorably on Measure
After Reducing Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, April 23—The
house, by a vote of 75 to 52, rejected
claims attached to the omnibus claim
bill passed by the senate aggregat
ing $2,800,000, and on the heels of
that action nonconcurred In the whole
senate amendment (the various items
having been ruled to constitute a sin
gle amendment) and sent the bill to
conference. The military academy ap
propriation was passed today after the
limit of cost of the improvements at
West Point had been reduced from
$o,600,000 to $5,500,000, and the appro
priation in the bill from $3,500,000 to
$2,000,000. The London dock charges
question was brought up, but not dis
posed of.
AGREE ON EXCLUSION BILL.
Conferees Adopt Main Features of the
Senate Measure.
WASHINGTON, April 23—The con
ferees on the Chinese exclusion bill
have practically retched an agree
ment. The main features of the sen
ate bill have been adopted, but there
are some alterations.
The agreement reached is upon all
but one feature of the measure. Un
der the agreement the senats substi
tute becomes the exclusion measure,
but the house conferees have secured
a concession specifically re-enforcing
sections 3 to 14 of the exclusion act
of September 13, 1888. The point
still open is as to extending the ex
clusion indefinitely after May 5 next.