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o Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902. NUMBER 29. THE BILL DRAGS PHILIPPINE MEASURE MAKES SLOW PROGRESS. NO VOTE FOR NEXT TEN DAYS The Sugar Men Appear Glad of Any thing that Will Serve as an Obstruc tion to Balloting on Bill to Reduce Cuban Tariff. WASHINGTON, May 2t>.—From in dications the senate will devote an other full week if not a longer time to consideration of ae Philippine bill. The predictions is freely made that a vote will not be reached before the ^ middle of the following week. There are still a number of set speeches promised on the bill and oth£r senators have not yet indicated whether they will speak or not. Senutor Burrows will be heard to day in advocacy of the bill and among others who are expected to speak dur ing the week ar Senators Patterson, Pettus, Bailey and Bacon, In opposition to the bill, and Senator Spooner in its support. When the set speeches are disposed of there will be an effort to secure two or three days’ time for con sideration of amendments, allowing speeches not exceeding ten or fifteen minutes on each of them. The continued deferment of the time for taking a vote on the Philip pine measure has caused considerable abatement in the preparation of the discussion of the Nicaraguan bill and the Cuban reciprocity bill, which will be taken up next in succession or jointly. The beet sugar people predict a month’s debate on the Nicaraguan bill, but this prediction is not in accord with the views of the advocates of the Nicaraguan bill or its opponents in the Isthmian Canal committee. Both these elements are now claiming a majoritj and are saying that the soon er the vote is reached the better they will be satisfied. The beet sugar men, however, are counting confidently on the co-operation of the side which finds itself In the minority in the inat r ter of itostponing the vote on the canal bill. In other words, the beet sugar advocates welcome the introduction of any questions which will defer consid eration of the Cuban bill, since they think that there will be no Cuban leg islation at all if the taking up of that question can be postponed until after the passage of all the appropriation bills. The appropriation bills should be passed before the first of July in order to supply money for the support of the government after that date and they consequently expect that consid erable time will be given during the month of June to the appropriation bills remaining undisposed of. They count confidently on the early adjournment of congress after the ap propriation bills are out of the way and they hope that if after that time there is an effort to pass the Cuban bill it will be incumbent on the friends of the bill to maintain a quorum In the senate. “It would be hardly fair,’’ said a beet sugar senator today, in discuss ing the contingency mentioned, “to expect the opponents of the proposed reduction to assist in prolonging a session in midsummer for the purpose of passing a measure w'hich they do not want to see enac .'d into law'.’’ TRY TO KILL PRINCE. Outlaws in Kharkoff, Russia. Attempt to Assassinate Governor. ST. PETERSBURG, May 20.—A re port has reached here of an attempt to assassinate trince Obolensky, gov ernor of the government of Kharoff, who was commended by the czar for suppressing the rioting among the peasants of that district. Lieutenant General Von Wahl, gov ernor of Vilna,- whose assassination was recently attempted on account of his wholesale flogging of political prisoners, many of whom were edu cated, and who, according to custom, were, therefore, exempt from flogging, justifies these punishments on the ground that he was ordered to inflict them by M. Von Blehwe the minister of the interior. Caught Robbing the Mails. KANSAS CITY, May 26.—Frank M. Sturgeon, one of the oldest mail car ► riers in the Kansas City, Kan., serv ice, was arrested by pnstofflce inspec tors for stealing a bundle of letters. END TO BOER WAR IN SIGHT. Peace In South Africa Regarded As sured. LONDON, May 26.—Peace In South Africa is regarded as assured, but an official declaration to that effect is still lacking, and there is nothing offi cial to indicate when an announce ment may be expected. Opinion is divided as to whether a statement on the situation will be is sued tonight, alter the cabinet meet ing, or whether it will be reserved for the meeting of the house of commons on Monday. It seems, however, at the best that only the basis of the peace terms will be before the ministers, and that if they are accepted the discussion of the details may still occupy some time, during which, presumably, an armistice will be declared. Meanwhile, outside the Boer com mandoes immediately connected with the peace negotiations, fighting con tinues. Lovat’s scouts surprised Kouche’s command in Cape Colony Wednesday last and captured most of the Boer supplies. Cabling from Pretoria, under date of Wednesday, May 21, the corre spondent of the Times says the Boer meeting there is not necessarily final and it is believed the Boer delegates, after obtaining information on cer tain points, will return to Vereningen. DOOMED TO HORRIBLE DEATH. British Columbia Mine Explosion En tombs 150 Men. FERNIE, B. C., May 2t>.—a terrible explosion occurred at 7 o’clock last evening in No. 2 mine, which is con nected with No. 3 shaft and also with the high-line shaft. All three open ings were blocked. One hundred and fifty men were in the mine at work at the time of the explosion. Of this number sixteen es caped from No. 3 before the save-in. The remainder are prisoners and small .hope is entertained for their safety. Good order prevails and everything possible is being done to relieve the situation. The fan was dialded, but was quickly restored. No. 3 is ex pected to be opened soon. A boy, one of those who escaped, has since died. VOLCANO AGAIN IN ACTION. Eruption at St. Vincent May 18 Worse Than Previous Outbreaks. KINGSTON, Island of St. Vincent, B. W. I„ Saturday. May 26.—Another eruption the night of May 18 caused a greater fall of ashes and stones and more consternation at Chateau Belair, 3t. Vincent, than resulted from the eruption of May 7. Shorlty after the appearance of a cloud May 18, which belched from the mountain, Egyptian darkness envel oped the village of Chateau Belair. The inhabitants rent the air with shrieks and groped against the banks of the road leading to Cumberland in their efforts to flee from the threat ened danger. Many persons had limbs broken. The darkness lasted one hour, but the exodus from Chateau Belair continued all night. Detona tions and smoke and lava from the volcano continued the next day, May 19.. To Be Buried in Kansas Soil. HOBART, N. Y., May 26.-«-The re mains of Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth were disinterred at Woodlawn cemetery, Delhi, and ship ped to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where they will be re-interred in the National cemetery on Memorial day. General Leavenworth died July 21, 1834. Nothing but the bones, which were In a good state of preservation, were found. They were enclosed in a me tallic chestnut case for shipment. Tolstoi Becomees Worse. LONDON, May 26.—The agent in England of Count Tolstoi, the Russian novelist and reformer, telegraphed the Associated Press today confirming the report that Tolstoi is again ill. He is suffering from typhoid fever. His temperature is 102 and his mind is lucid. Chickasaw Leads. WASHINGTON, May 26—The cen sus bureau has issued a report com prising agricultural statistics of the counties and Indian nations in the United States. It shows that the Chickasaw^ nation, Indian Territory, leads in the number of farms. Hundreds of Cholera Victims. MANILA, May 26.—The cholera rec ord to date is as follows: Manila, 1,146 cases and 619 deaths; the provinces, 3,922 cases and 2,774 deaths. PEACEABLE LOOK SETTLEMENT OF BOER AND BRITISH TROUBLES. ONLY TECHNICALITIES DELAY Both Sides Anxious for the War to End, but South Africans Have Some Difficulty In Pacifying Certain of Their People. LONDON. May 24.--The Associated Press has every reason to believe that peace in South Africa is practically secured. How »soou, depends, ap parently, more upon convenience of the Boer leaders than upon the inclin ation of the British government. The private and official advices received in London from South Africa all point to the same conclusion. The delay is technical, and to end the long war seems to !>e the desire of both British and Boer leaders. The lat ter, however, are unable to convince all of their followers of the wisdom of acquiescing in the terms of peace. information as to what transpired at yesterday's meeting of the cabinet is closely guarded, but it is not like ly that the cabinet transactions were of vital import. The surmise of one well informed person places the sum total of the deliberations of the cab inet ministers at a decision regard ing points of the peace agreement of entirely minor importance. An other surmise is that the cabinet merely sent a rather mock ultimatum to South Africa, which can be used by the Boer leaders in explanation to th?lr forces. Both these surmises probably con tain an element of truth, hut neither can in any way effect the widespread belief in the best informed quarters that the end of the war has come. In fact those persons who are best acquainted with the actual details of the present negotiations only qual ify t! !-? optimistic expression of spin ion by guarded reservations concern ing the extent of the personal con trol of the Boer leaders over their commands. Were the Boers a thor oughly disciplined force, dependent on the action of their general officers, peace would probably be now pro claimed, but Botha, Dewet and the other generals seem themselves to positively guarantee the degree to which their example will be followed. The delegation at Vereningen, ac cording to the information of the war office are fairly evenly divided. Ac cordingly extreme precautions are ex ercised in London and Pretoria to pre vent any premature report which might adversely Influence the Boers. Advices received by the war office indicate that whatever decision the Vereeniging conference may arrive at, most, if not all, of the Boer leaders who went to Pretoria will not con tinue the fight. The present negotia tions were merely for the purpose of enabling the Boer leaders to “save their faces.” After they learn the results of this afternoon’s meeting of the cabinet the Boer leaders are ex pected to announce their reluctant ac quiescence with the British terms. The war office does not expect any serious defections from the rank and file on the action taken by Generals Botha and Dewet. Kansas Democrats Adjourn. WICHITA, Kan., May 24—The democratic state convention has ad journed after naming six of tne four teen places to be filled at the Novem ber election. W. H. Craddock, may or of Kansas City, Kan., was named for governor. Other nominations are: James McCleverity, Fort Scott, and J. C. Cannon, Mound City, tor supreme justices: Claude Duvall, Hutchinson, for secretary of state; J. M. Love, Kinsley, for auditor. A Veteran Passes Away. OMAHA, Neb., May 24—Warren Woodard of Exeter. Neb., an old sol dier and a member of the department of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Re public. who came here to attend the state encampment, died at the Pax ton hotel. His wife arrived from Ex eter before his death.. Mr. Woodard was one of the first settlers of Exeter, having located there thirty-two years ago. Drops Dead at Son’s Grave. WII.BER, Neb., May 24—While vis iting his son’s grave with his wife, Bartholomew Zoubek fell dead over the grave from heart disease. He was 72 years of age and had resided here for thirty years. ALL SIGNS POINT TO PEACE. British Officials. However. Give No Indication of Negotiations. LONDON, May 23.—The concensus of opinion here is that all the signs are propitious, but up to 2 o'clock this , afternoon the British officials had giv en no indications of the course which the negotiations between Lord Kitch ener and Lord Milner and the Boer delegates at Pretoria were talcing. That conferences are occurring re garding the basis upon which peace shall he declared is the sum total of the Information which the war offic e has vouchsafed up to the present, though it ia intimated that a definite announcement of the result, peaceful or otherwise, may speedily be expect ed. The expression that peace Is close at hand has obviously taken a strong hold of operators on the stock ex change. The buying of consols and gilt-edged South African shares con tinues. it is believed, in behalf of well informed interests. PALMA EXPRESSES GRATITUDE. President of Cuban Republic Sends Message to Secretary Root. WASHINGTON. May 23.—The sec retary ol' war has received the fol lowing message from the president of Cuba: “Elihu Root. Secretary of war, Washington: I am deeply moved by your heartfelt message of congratula tion on the inauguration of the re public of Cuba, to the birth of which the people and the government of the United States have contributed with their blood "nd treasure. Rest assur ed that the Cuban people can never forget the debt of gratitude they owe to the great republic with which we will always cultivate the closest re lations of friendship, and for the prosperity of which we pray to the Almighty. “(Signed.) “T. ESTRADA 1 ALMA." TOWN ISOLATED BY STORM. Decorah Cut Off by Flood, Which Does Great Damage. CONOVER, la., May 23.—The town of Decorah, la., the county seat of Winneshiek county, has ben cut off from communication with other points for the last forty-eight hours. The storms of Tuesday night flooded the valley from Conover to Deeorah, sweeping away railroad bridges, tracks and telegraph poles and flooding the town. Two men drove from Decorali to Conover this afternoon and reported that wator ran through the streets, carrying away bridges and some of the smaller houses. They said that two lives had been lost and that possibly others had perished. People were driven to the hills. The Milwaukee road has a crew at work repairing Its linese and expects to open communi cation with Deeorah tomorrow night. PRICE OF COAL IS ADVANCED. Radical Action Taken by the Retail Dealers in New York. NEW YORK, May 23.—Convinced that weeks, and possibly months, may elapse before the miners’ strike shall have been settled, retail coal dealers here have advanced the price of an thracite coal to a maximum of $8.60 a ton, and at the same time marked up bituminous to $4.50 when purchased in small quantities. To consumers of large quanties of soft coal a rate of $3.85 is quoted. Only once before have these prices for fuel been exceeded. That was In 1871, when the price of anthracite reached a maximum of $11 a ton. Bad Hail Storm Hits Iowa. PERRY, la.. May 23.—The town anil vicinity of Dawson, six miles west of here, was vited by a severe hail and rain storm. Hail stones measur ing three inches across were picked up after the storm. Not a pane of glass was left on the south side of buildings in the town, even large plate glass windows in stores being broken Trees and grow ing crops are damaged badly. Think Pfeister Insane. WILBER, Neb., May 23.-r-Complaint has been made before the insanity board against a man named Pfeister, who it is said is roaming around the country south of Swanton in a crazed condition and afflicted with the small pox. Swedish Ministers Must Refrain. SIOUX CITY, la., May 23.—Minis ters of the Swedish Baptist church in Iowa cannot in future belong to s >■ cret orders, under the revised consti tution of the association. ERUPTION AGAIN MOUNT PELEE AND SOUFRIERE BREAK FORTH. TERROR AND AWFUL DREAD Frenzied Populace, Appalled by Fiery Clouds, Hot Stones and Swirling Ashes, Flee to Cities for Refuge Amid Indescribable Consternation. FOKT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar tinique, May 22.—Yesterday's eruption from Mont Pelee was violent in ths extreme. Colossal columns of volcanic matter were ejected from the volcano, which rained huge, hot boulders, many feet in diameter, upon the ruins of St. Pierre and the surrounding coun try, from an enormous elevation and with fearful velocity. The volcanic clouds advanced as far as Fort de France. The spectacle was appalling and be yond description. The whole popula tion of Fort de France was thrown into a frenzy of panic, during which soldiers, police, men and women, all terrified, frantic weeping and praying, rushed through the streets, while over head the growing, fiery clouds rolled relentlessly and rained down stoneB, still hot, amid the swirling ashes. The steam launch of the I'nited States cruiser Cincinnati took some refugees to the French cruiser Suehet, and nearly 100 persons sought refuge on the Cincinnati and United States steamer Potomac. At 10 o’clock the Potomac went to investigate matters and all reports agree that Lieutenant Benjamin B. McCormick, the com mander of the steamer, did excellent work. He went in close to St. Pierre and found that that city had been bombarded with enormous stones from the volcano and that the ruins left standing after the first great dis aster had boeh nearly razed. Mil lions of tons of ashes then covered the ruined city. Further smaller stones had destroy ed the houses of the brave villagers who had stuck to their homes. Lieutenant McCormick took on board the Potomac 180 refugees. The lieutenant fed them and brought the party to Fort de France. This work of rescue was difficult and dangerous. It is reported that the whole popula tion of the island is fleeing toward Fort de France. The consternation prevailing is indescribable. Mont Pelee is stil very threatening. The French cruiser Suehet went on another tour around the island and did not take part in the rescue work of the Potomac. The United States steamer Sterling has returned from San Juan de Porto Rico. The United States steamer Dixie is expeetid hero this afternoon from New York. POLICE BOARD STAYS. Supreme Court Again Decide in Favor of Present Incumbents. LINCOLN, May 22.—The supreme court has denied the application of C. C. Wright for a writ of mandamus to compel the governor to appoint a board of fire and police commissioners for Omaha. Two questions were in volved in this case. One was the au thority of the supreme court to man damus the governor, and the other was .he right of the governor to make appointments. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Sullivan, Judges Holcomb and Sedgwick con curring. The court declares that it has the right to mandamus an officer of the executive branch of the government and that in this regard the law makes no distinction between officials. The writ is denied, however, on the ground of res adjudica, which is that a question once determined by a judgment on its merits is forever set tled. It was on this ground that Judge Sullivan, in the Kennedy case, adhered to the decision in the Moores case, from which he had originally dissented. Funeral of Consul Prentis. FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May 22.—Funeral services over the re mains of Thomas T. Prentis, the late United States consul at St. Pierre, were held yesterday. Kansas Wetted Down. TOPEKA. Kan., May 22.—Heavy rains have fallen practically all over Kansas during the past twenty-four hours. The rain was the heaviest of the year. / THE uive STOOK MARKET. Latest Quotation* from 8outh Omaha and Kansas City. SOUTH OMAHA.. CATTLE—There wns not a heavy ran of cattle, so that under the lnflu«noe of a (rood local demand tradlnjr wan fairly active and practically everythin* v*a* disposed of In Rood season. Beef steers made up the bulk of the offerings and the 'quality was fully as good as usual. Tdie demand was especially good for the choice heavyweight cattle, and such kinds could safely be quoted strong and active. The lightweight cattle, hoWever, did not move quite as freely as they have on some days, and the same wan true of the commoner grades of all weights. While such kinds dll not sell any lower as a ruls, still paokara wens Indifferent buyers, and sellers tn some oases found It rather hard to get as much as they thought they ought tt> have. Practically everything, though, wbh disponed of In good season The batter grades of oows and heifers also commanded steady to strong prices and the market was active. The medium kinds and canners did not show much of any change Bulls, veal calves and stags also sold In Just about yesterday’s notches. Stockers and feeders war* rather soaree and anything at all desir able was picked up In a hurry at fully steady prices. The commoner kinds were neglected more or lees, the same as us ual. hut th*y sold at right around steady prices. HUM—There was another liberal sup ply of hogs, so that packers took ad vantage of the opportunity to pound the market a little. Trading started out rather slow at a decline of Just alwvut Os. The market was not verv brisk at any time, but still the hogs kept going over the scales and the bulk of the offerings was out of first hands at a reeonably early hour. The bulk of the (rood weight hogs sold from $7.06 to $7.20 and the me dium weights went at from $6 96 to $7.06 and the light stuff went from $6.90 down. SHEEP—Offerings of sheep and lamhs were so light that it could not be said that there was a market. There were just a few bunches of mixed stock In the yards and they sold without any trouble at Just about steadv prices. What has been previously said regarding the demand for good stuff still holds true and there is no doubt tn the minds of traders but what desirable offerings would sell at the high point of the sea son. KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Best beef steers. $*U0c high er; cows and heifers, steadv to shade lower: Stockers and feeders, weaker; choice export and dressed beef steers, $7.DO'ii7.30; fair to good, $6 isvii7.0>; Stock er* end feeders. 33.00415.15: western-fed steers, $4.504iH.fl6; Texas and Indian steers. $3,104)6.30; Texas cows. $8.00©d.75: niitit-H oows, $2.23410.15: native heifers. $3.00®6.75; canners. $2,00ff2.50; bulls. $3.25 '< ,1,40; caves, $3.00@6.40. 11008—Market weak to 5c lower; top, $7. 1041; bulk of sales. $7.00417.80; heavy, $7.21417.40; mixed packers. $o.10®7.80; light, $8.30®7.1214; yorkers. $7.004(7.1214: pigs. $3. 00416.70. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market 54<10e lower; native lambs, $5,404)7.05: western lambs. $5.604)7.00; native wethers. $5.30® 0.10: western wethers, $4.30416.90; fed ewes, $4.76'30,00; Texas clipped yearlings. $5.50®5.B0; Texas clipped sheep, $4.9065.30; slockers and feeders, $2,404(4-50. PERRY HA3 A FLOOD. Woman Drowned and Many Persona Saved with Difficulty. PERKY, O. T., May 24.—Heavy rains caused the creek running through Perry to overflow its banks at 3 o’clock this morning. Several small houses along the banks of the stream were washed away before the occupants could escape One woman, name unknown, Is re ported drowned. Several women and children were rescued from trees and house roofs. One family was saved by cutting through the roof. O. W. Coop er, a hotel proprietor, at the risk of his life, swam to a tree and rescued two women and a baby. George Ney, a cook, rescued the wife of a hotel pro prietor from a house In mid stream. One bridge w’as washed away and oth ers are in bad shape. On the east side of the square aud on East street the water ran into stores, damaging stocks. Al Beard Wanted in Iowa. ONAWA, la., May 24—Co«nty At torney W. L. Smith of Monona coun ty has sworn out a warrant for the arrest of Al Beard, the notorious out law, wanted at St. Paul, Minn., and Lincoln, Neb., for the murder of John J. Gillilan, and now in custody at Kansas City. Beard, it is alleged, robbed a bank at Turin, la., on No vember 8, 1901, when a large sum was taken. Church Struck by Lightning. RIVERTON, la., May 24.—During a severe rain and wind storm at this place, the spire of the Baptist church was struck by lightning, which com pletely wrecked It, besides doing great damage to other portions of the build ing. One Little Mine Running. HAZLETON, Pa.. May 24.—Matthias Schw-abe, a small, Independent oper ator, started up his colliery at South Herberton. All of his miners are to receive the wages demanded by the
