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VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1902. NUMBER 28.
A TORNADO KILLS
DESTROYS ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY LIVES.
MUCH PROPERTY IS ALSO LOST
Wrecks Eight Blocks In Texas Town—
Goliad is Laid Waste and San An
tonio Suffers a Heavy Loss—Other
Sections Suffer.
HOUSTON. Tex., May 13.—Reports
from the town of Goliad tell of the
loss of probably 150 lives and the total
destruction of eight blocks of business
houses by a tornado which struck that
town yesterday afternoon. Within
the storm's path, which was not over
250 yards wide, scarcely a vestige of
building was left intact or the life of
a single human spared.
Early reports placed the loss of life
at a smaller figure so that, while it
Is believed the later reports are more
correct, It is not possible now to make
positive statements.
Those who have visited the secnes
•of the disaster describe them as ap
palling. The destruction of property,
besides that of life, probably will
reach in the millions.
The storm appears to have wrought
tremendous damage In other Texas
towns, some of which are" said also to
have been completely or partially de
stroyed.
Some reports received by wire in
dicate that the northern or western
portion of the town of Goliad has been
swept uway by a tornado and that
from fifty to 100 people have been
killed.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 19—At
12:48 o’clock yesterday afternoon a
terrible wind and rain storm swept
over San Antonio, damaging property
not leas than $50,000, and it may reach
$75,000. The wind reached a velocity
of seventy-two miles an hour and con
tinued at that rate for nearly twenty
"’.’Inutes It blew fr'm the e v'thoast
and then shifted to the southwest,
the greatest velocity bQing from the
later point.
At Fort Sam Houston government
property was damaged to the etxent of
$20,000, the doors being torn from the
officers’ quarters and barracks.
The West End church was complete
ly destroyed; loss, $5,000. Hartwell’s
hotel damaged $3,000, St. Louis college
damaged $0,000, Academy of the Lady
of the Sacred Heart damaged $2,000.
Damage to prlivate residences will
reach at least $20,000. Several persons
were injured, but there were no fatali
ties.
AUSTIN, Tex., May 19.—While all
Texas seemed to be stormswept yes
terday the territory immediately to
the west of this city was especially
badly damaged by the high winds.
Walters Park, a small hamlet, four
teen miles to the northwest of this
city, wag badly damaged, something
like three-score or more bouses be
i ing blown down and many trees up
i rooted.
DALLAS, T«x„ May 19.—All wires
to Shreeveport and Texarkana are
down and that district was reached
■5>v a portion of the big storm which
•swept over Tpxhs yesterday. It is
thought, however, that no loss of life
lias resulted, although the property
damage may be heavy. A driving
rain set. in here about 2 o’clock yes
terday afternoon and a heavy wind
accompanied it, but no damage cf any
sort resulted.
HOPE FOR AN ARMISTICE.
—
Business Men in Strike District Place
Hope in Easley.
WILKESBARRE. Pa., May 19.—The
‘Striking miners of the Wyoming re
gion are much interested in the visit
of Secretary R. M. Easley of the Na
tional Civic Federation to Hazleton to
' *confcr with Mr. Mitchell. The busi
ness community is also much worked
| qjO over the matter and the hope is
nnr^?rsal that it may be a forerunner
of an u misti ;e. The local operators
do not hold out much hope. They
: say the only way to end the caniiict is
for the miners to give up their de
mands and return to work.
A number of coal and iron police
men, who were^commissioned yester
| day, went on duty at several of the
I colleries today. John Mullaky of the
State Firemen's association, whose
headquarters are here, says the fire
men stand ready to respond to any
► call the United Mine Workers may
make.
PLOT TO KILL YOUNG KING.
Conspiracy to Assassinate Alfonso
Discovered.
MADRID, May 19.—An anarchist
plot against King Alfonso has been
discovered and six arrests, Including
that of Gabriel Lopez, an employe
of an insurance company, have been
made. Dynamite cartridges were
found on the premises where Ixipez
was arrested. Lopez says he received
a package of cartridges from another
anarchist, with instructions to throw
them at the moment of the passage
of thte royal carriage in Saturday's
procession.
The discovery of the plot against
the king is confirmed by the news
papers here. It is now said that nine
dynamite cartridges were seized. Fur
ther arrests have been made, and the
prisoners include six medical students,
a printer, a carpenter and a mason.
The captured cartridges are being an
alyzed by military authorities.
HOAR SPEAKS FOR LIBERTY.
Senator Arouses Enthusiasm at an
Irish Meeting.
WASHINGTON. I). May 19
Senator George F. Hour (Mass.) pre
sided and made the opening address
at a largely attended and enthusiastic
mass meeting at the Lafayette opera
l ouse tonight when the chief subject
of talk was present conditions in Ire
land. The senator was given a hearty
reception as were also Messrs. Red
mond and Devlin, the Irish members
of parliament, who have been touring
this country for some time in behalf
of Ireland’s cause. The sentiments of
Senator Hoar were clearly in favor of
Ireland. Those present, he said, had
gathered to give a hospitable welcome
to two eminent members of the great
legislative bodv of a sister country,
a body illustrious some times in the
history of liberty (but some times,
he was sorry to say, in the history of
tyranny) for more than 800 years.
STOPS PURCHASE OF MULES.
British Agent at St. Joseph Receives
a Cablegram.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 19.—Agents
for the British government in this
city received a cablegram from the
war office in London to cease all pur
chases of horses and mules for ship
ment to South Africa. The message
further stated that the Boer war
would probably altogether cease in a
very few days. The remount station
at Lathrop, thirty miles southeast of
this city, will be abandoned and the
herds of horses and mules accumu
lated there will be sent to other parts
of the British empire.
TREATIES READY FOR SENATE.
Hay Reaches Agreement with Central
American Republics.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19—
The negotiations between Secretary
Hay and the ministers from Colombia,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, looking to
the acquirement of the necessary
rights for the construction by the
United States government of either
the Panama or the Nicaragua canal,
have at last been concluded and today
the secretary of state will be able to
send to the senate three treaties cov
ering the ground. The general fea
tures of these conventions have al
ready been set out in the press.
Fessenden May Resign.
WASHINGTON, May 19—Prof.
Fessenden of the weather bureau was
in Washington yesterday on his way
to Pittsburg. While here he saw Prof.
Moore, the chief of the weather bu
reau, but said nothing about resigning
his office, which it was reported he
will soon do. The particular feature
of the agricultural department work,
that relating to wireless telegraphy,
in which the professor has been en
gaged, is about finished and the gen
eral expression is that he will soon
quit the government service.
Monument for Rosa Bonheur.
PARIS, May 19.—A monument is
to be erected to the memory of Rosa
Bonheur. A committee for this pur
pose has Just been formed in Paris
and at Bordeaux under the honorary
presidency of M. I.eygues, with the
artist. Bouguereau. as president, with
the idea of erecting the memorial in
Bordeaux. The funds are already
partly raised and the monument, which
is to be executed by Pierre Grant,
Rosa Bonheur’s compatriot, will be
pre sented to the city.
The Armour lard refinery in Chicago
was destroyed by fire. The loss is esti
mated at $750,000.
THE SUGAR CASE
EX-SENATOR MANDERSON OF NE
BRASKA HEARD.
WHAT HE TOLD THE COMMITTEE
The Trust’s Scheme to Kill the Beet
Sugar Industry—The Proposed Cu
ban Reduction Has Already Closed
Factories.
WASHINGTON, May 17—The sen
ate committee on relation with Cuba
heard John Oohler of New York City,
who printed the publication Facts
About Sugar compiled by Oscar W.
Donner, and consisting of reprints
from newspaper articles.
Mr. Oehler said that in January last
he was employed by Mr. Donner, ad
vertising agent of the Sugar trust, to
print this document, for which he re
ceived $750. Tlte edition numbered
250,000 copies.
Ex-Senator Charles F. Manderson
of Nebraska said he had acted as le
gal adviser of the general manager
of the American Beet Sugar company,
E. C. Howe, and the president of the
Standard Beet Sugar company. Hoy
wood G. Leavitt. He produced two
forms of contracts which those com
panies had entered into during the
summer of 1901 with the jobbers on
the Missouri river, one of which con
tained a provision that shipments
would be hilled at 10 cents per hun
dred pounds less than the American
Sugar company's open price for stand
ard fine granulated that might he in
effect in Kansas City on date of ar
rival of their sugar, but that at no
time would the price exceed $5.37. In
the other form the words "bona fide
price” were inserted.
Mr. Manderson said the American
Sugar Refining company notified the
jobbers having contracts with the beet
sugar companies at Missouri river
points that they would furnish them
sugar at $3.50 per hundred, and said
he was calied on to decide what to do
under the contracts referred to. He
had discovered that this sugar only
would be given in very small quanti
ties. The American Beet Sugar com
pany, he said, sought to buy at $3.50
per hundred, but was refused. The
established market price, he said, con
tinued at $5.12*2; and the special
price was limited to a few people,
which caused him to decide that it
was not an “open” price nor a “bona
fide” price, as contemplated by the
beet sugar contracts, and that the beet
sugar companies were not required to
sell at $3.40. Mr. Manderson said the
American Sugar Refining company's
cut would have broken down the beet
sugar industry in the west if the beet
sugar people had been unable to com
mand the money to store their pro
duct.
Mr. Manderson contended that every
tariff bill and the government experi
ments have been invitations to em
bark in the beet sugar industry.
“To injure it,’ said he, “by direct
or indirect methods is to my mind
as objectionable, if not to say as crim
inal a blow as this country could re
ceive.”
The proposition for a 20 per cent re
duction, he said, had caused many
prospective beet sugar factories on
arid land in the west, to be abandoned
temporarily.
Answering a question by Senator
Platt, Mr. Manderson said that if we
Americanize Cuba either by annexa
tion or any other means there Would
be a rise in the price of labor there
which would raise the cost of sugar
production.
PEACE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN.
London Newspaper Says Attitude of
Boers Justifies Assertion.
LONDON, May 17.—The Daily Mail
this morning says it understands that
sufficient indications of the attitude
of the Boer leaders at Veerening have
transpired to justify tne assertion that
peace in South Africa i3 absolutely as
sured.
A powerful factor in attaining this
result, the paper says, has been the
British generosity in the matter of
farm rebuilding, for which, it believes,
about £5,000,000 has been granted.
Shenandoah Divine Goes Abroad.
SHENANDOAH, la.. May 17.—Rev.
G. O. Gustafson lias started on an ex
tended trip through Europe. His
church has granted him a vacation
and he will spend the greater part of
the summer visiting some of the
health resorts in Sweden.
PYRES ARE FED WITH TAR.
Bodies at St. Pierre Burned in Great
Fires Which Light Up Island.
NEW YORK. May 16.—In the de
stroyed city of St. Pierre the work
on the ruins is being continued in an
unsatisfactory manner, says a Fort de
France dispatch to the Herald.
The dead are being burned, the
pyres being red with petroleum and
tar. Great tires are kept going, which,
at night, light up the entire island,
and which, being seen at St. Lucia,
led to the belief that Fort de France
had burned.
Although thousands have been burn
ed, many still remain to be cremated.
Searchers, while walking through the
ashes, often step upon what seems to
be a charred pillar of stone, only to
learn as it yields gruesomely under
foot that it is the trunk of another
unfortunate.
Some of the walls of the houses
that still stand crumble anil fall at
touch. Some idea of the terrible heat
that poured down from Mount Pelee
may be had when It is known that the
iron rollers of the Prineilo Sugar mills
wore melted as though they had been
put through a furnace.
The Danish war ship Valkyrien has
returned from Fort de France, says
a St. Thomas, D. W. I., dispatch to
the Tribune. The officers confirm
previous reports of having steamed
through countless floating bodies on
the way to Fort de France.
PARIS IS UNMOVED.
Little Attention Paid to Disaster In
West Indies.
PARIS, May 16.—The American vis
itors here cannot understand the
seeming indifference of the Parisians
in regard to the Martinique disaster.
Beyond the half-masted flags over the
government offices, there are no signs
of public mourning. The people flock
to their usual resorts, attend the races,
fill the theaters, none of which have
been closed, no "extras" are Issued
and tlfere is no demand for them.
But the evening papers, containing
bulletins of the automobile races, are
eage ly purchased.
The various funds being raised for
the relief of the Martinique sufferers
now only total 303,000 francs, includ
ing the large subscriptions of the
foreign potentates and the 20,(XX)
francs from the municipalities. The
provinces seem more interested in
the disaster than the capital. They
are actively organizing committees to
raise funds and there is much mourn
ing at the seaports whose ships were
destroyed.
IOWA LIQUOR LAW INVALID.
Supreme Court Holds Mulct Law to
Be Unconstitutional.
I)ES MOINES, la.. May 16.—The
supreme court ruled today that the
sale of liquor to "bootleggers" and
other resident violators of the Iowa
law cannot be prohibited when the
sales are made by agents of non
resident dealers.
The court holds that the section of
the Iowa liquor law known as the
“mulct law.” prohibiting such sales,
is in conflict with interstate com
merce laws and is therefore unconsti
tutional.
The decision is rendered in the case
of the state against Pat Henappy of
Jefferson county and is reversed in
favor of the defendant, who was agent
for an Illinois liquor house, soliciting
orders at Fairfield, which were filled
by shipment direct to the purchaser.
Monument to Bland.
LEBANON. Mo.. May 16.—The
splendid monument erected here to
the memory of the late Richard Park
Bland will be unveiled June 17. Hon.
W. J. Bryan and ex-Governor W. J.
Stone and others will be present to de
liver addresses.
Burglars Rob Postoffice.
DES MOINES, la., May 16.—The
postofflce at Monroe, thirty miles
south of this city, was robbed by bur
glars. The safe was blown open and
several hundred dollars’ worth of
stamps taken.
Bryan is Well Received.
HAVANA, May 16.—William Jen
nings Bryan, who is now here, is re
ceiving considerable attention. He
has been invited to a number of din
ners and has many callers.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Today’s
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund, exclusive of the
$150,000 gold reserve in the division
of redemption, shows: Available
cash balance, $187,102,162; gold, $97,
443,547.
THE LOSS IS BIG
IT IS GREATER THAN EARLY RE
PORTS INDICATED.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE DEAD
—
Large Area on East Coast is Com
pletely Desolated by Eruption—De
tails of Calamity Defy Description—
Reports that the Lava Still Flows.
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LONDON, May 15.—The governor of
tho Windward Islands, Sir Robert
Llewellyn, telegraphs to the colonial
office from the Island of St. V’incent,
under date of Tuesday, May 13, as
follows:
“I arrived here yesterday and found
the state of affairs worse than has
been stated. The administrator's re
port shows that the country on the i
east coast between Robin Rock and
Georgetown was apparently struck
and devastated in a manner similar
to that which destroyed St. Pierre,
and 1 fear that practically all living
things in that radius were killed.
Probably 1,600 persons lost their lives.
The exact number will never be
known. Managers and owners of the
estates, with their families, have been
killed. A thousand bodies have been
found and buried. One hundred and
sixty persons are in the hospital at
Georgetown. Probably only six of this
number will recover.
‘'The details of the disaster are too
harrowing for description.
"I got, at St. Lucia, a coasting
steamer, which is running up and
down the Leeward coast with water
and provisions. Twenty-two hundred
persons have received relief.
“I have asked for medical officers
from Trinidad and Grenada. All the
neighboring British colonies are as
sisting generously. Every effort is be
ing made to grapple with the awful
calamity.
“All the beat sugar estates in the
carribean country are devastated and
the cattle are dead.
The eruption continues, but is ap
parently moderating.
“Anxiety is still felt. All the offi
cers and residents are co-operating
with me. The women are making
clothing.”
Sir Frederick M. Hodgson, the gov
ernor of Barbadoes, forwarded to the
colonial office the report of the col
onial secretary,- who has just returned
from a visit to St. Pierre, Martiniuqe.
It confirms the worst accounts of
the disaster. The secretary compares
the ignited matter, which destroyed
everything within an area of ten miles
long by six wide, to burning wax. He
adds, significantly, that the services of
doctors are not required, as there are
no wounded persons.
Governor Hodgson estimates that
2,000,000 tons of volcanic dust fell on
the island of Barbadoes.
WASHINGTON, May 15.—The navy
department received a numfber of
messages bearing on the Martinique
disaster. Lieutenant B. B. McCor
mick, commanding Potomac, sent the
following from Fort de France, dated
Tuesday:
“Inhabitants of St. Pierre and six
teen vessels totally destroyed. Sur
rounding villages uninhabitable. Isl
and covered with destruction. Ashes
within five miles of Fort de France.
Provisions needed for 50,000 refugees
within ten days. Donated extra stores.
Inform commandant at San Juan.”
HAYTI IN A CHAOTIC STATE.
Revolutionists Seize Customs Houses
and Are Collecting the Duties.
PORT AU PRINCE. Hayti, May 15.
—Admiral Killick, commander of the
Haytien fleet, has started for Cape
Haytien with the Haytien war ships
Crete A’Pierot and Toussalnt Louver
ture, having declared himself in favor
of General Firmin, the former minister
of Hayti at Paris, who is the head of
the revolutionary forces in the north
ern part of the island.
The northern revolutionists have
seized the customs houses of Cape
Haytien, port de Paix and Gonaives
and are collecting duties. Protests
against this action on the part of Gen
eral Firmin have been entered by the
National bank and the diplomatic
corps.
Rain Helps Irrigation.
DENVER. Colo., May 15.—Specials
Indicate that rains have been general,
extending from the Wyoming line to
southern New Mexico. The great
shortage of water for irrigation had
become a serious matter.
GRAPHIC STORY OF TRAGEDY.
Surviving Officer of Roralma Talks of
St. Pierre Disaster.
NEW YORK, May 14—James Tay
lor, who was one of the officers of the
Roralma, the Quebec line steamship
which was destroyed in the harbor of
;St. Pierre, gives a graphic story of
the tragedy of last Thursday to the
Herald from St. Kitts, island of St
Christopher, B. W. I.
"We experienced the greatest diffi
culty in getting into port," said he.
"Appalling sounds were issuing from
the mountains behind the town, which
was shrouded in darkness. All the
passengers were up and some were
trying to obtain photographs.
“Suddenly I heard a tremendous ex
plosion. Ashes began to fall thick
upon the deck, and I could see a black
cloud sweeping down upon us. I
dived below and, dragging with me
Samuel Thomas, a gangway man and
fellow countryman, sprang into a room,
shutting the door to keep out the heat
that was already unbearable.
The ship rocked, and I expected ev
ery moment that it would sink. Out
side I heard a voice pleading for the
door to be opened. It was Scott, the
first officer, and I opened the door and
dragged him into the room.
"It soon became unbearably hot and
I went on deck. All about were ly
ing the dead and the dying. Littlo
children were moaning for water. 1
did what I could for them. 1 obtained
water, but when it was held to their
swollen lips they were unable to swal
low because of the ashes which clog
ged their throats. One little chap
took water in this method and rinsed
out the ashes, but even then could not
swallow, so badly was his throat burn
ed. He sank back unconscious and a
few minutes later was dead. All aft
the ship was afire, and from the land
came drafts of terrible heat. At last,
• when I could stand it no longer, I
sprang overboard. The water was al
most hot enough to parboil me, but a
wave soon swept in from the ocean,
| bringing with it cool water.”
NEBRASKA CROP BULLETIN.
Winter Wheat Conditions Improved
Greatly During Past Week.
United States department of agricul
ture, climate and crop bulletin of the
weather bureau, Nebraska sectlo**, for
the week ending May 14, says:
The last week has been warm, with
generous showers the first day of the
week. The daily mean temperature
has averaged about 2 degrees above the
normal.
The rainfall occurred on the first
days of the week and generally
amounted to between 0.75 of an inch
ami a ninch.
The past week has been a favor
able one for the growth of all vegeta
tion. Winter wheat has improved
very much in condition. In a few
southern counties the rain was too
late to benefit the earlier fields, and
the crop now promises less than half
the average crop. In a large part of
the winter wheat belt, however, the
prospect is that with favorable weather
from nearly three-fourths to a full
crop will be realized. Grass in pas
tures and meadows has improved, but
is still decidedly below the average
condition at this time of year. Oats
have grown well during the week.
The soil is in excellent condition and
corn planting has progressed rapidly.
The early planted is coming up nicely.
Fruit trees are blossoming very fully
in northern counties; cherries are set
ting poorly in southern counties.
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Railroad Men Subpoenaed.
CHICAGO, May 14.—Interstate Com
merce commissioners and others con
cerned in the inquiry into the alleged
unfair rates on live stock and packing
house products took steps today to
prevent the absence of witnesses by
serving subpoenas on numerous rail
road officials. The meeting of the
committee to hear the complaint filed
on behalf of the Chicago Live Stock
exchange will be held in Chicago
Thursday. The railroads complained
of are those running from Chicago to
Missouri river points. Notice of the
proposed meeting of the commission
was served on the officials of these
roads some time ago. Postponement
was asked, but was denied.
Iowa Postoffice Robbed.
DES MOINES, la., May 14.—The
postoffice of Monroe, thirty miles south
of this city, was robbed last ulght by
burglars. The safe was blown open
by dynamite and several hundred dol
lars’ worth of stamps was taken. The
< explosion wrecked a portion of tha
I building.