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    Loup City Northwestern.
VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1902. NUMBER 30.
PEACE FOR BOERS
THE TERMS OF SURRENDER FI
NALLY AGREED UPON.
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SIGNED BY BOTH CONTESTANTS
Curtain Finally Rung Down on Pro
longed Drama of War in Trans
vaal—London is Unrestrained in
Its Delight.
LONDON. June 2.—(New York
World Cablegram): London burst
into wild rejoicing when the signing of
the terms of peace became public.
They were rejoicings of relief, not of
triumph, but soon the Mafeking spirit
began to assert itself and within half
an hour after the announcement union
jacks fluttered from street cars and
house windows and noisy gangs of
young men and women paraded the
streets, blowing penny trumpets, yell
ing patriotic songs and otherwise
liberating their long pontup feelings.
But for a sudden deluge of rain which
acted as a damper, the orgy of Ma
feking night would certainly have
been repeated. Even as it was, when
the rain cleared, the streets again be
came thronged with roudy demon
strators, and the infection of their
enthusiasm spread to the clubs and
restaurants where the conclusion of
peace was generally toasted and man
ifestations alike um’/gnified and ab
surd were freely indulged in. When
darkness fell, the illuminations, re
maining since the celebration of the
king's birthday, were lit, rockets were
sent up and the crowds cheered them
selves hoarse along the sidewalks un
til a late hour.
Much speculation is caused as to
why the announcement was made on
Sunday instead of being reserved for
the house of commons today, and the
explanation is suggested that the min
istry is desirous that the rejoicings
should go off at half cock, because
when the full terms became known
they would show that there is little
to crow over, while the situation in
Cape Colony over the agitation for the
repeal of the constitution is fraught
with the gravest peril. The terms are
expected to be announced in parlia
^ ment today, probabiy in the form of
a message from the king, who desires
credit for forcing the settlement.
It is understood that the Boers will
be permitted to keep their rifles and
a limited quantity of ammunition on
swearing allegiance. They will be
promised atonomy within a brief
period, their farms are to be rebuilt,
and re-stocked, and prisoners will be
repatriated within a stated time on
condition that they take the oath of
allegiance. It i3 also stated that the
British government will make a grant
to the Boers who prefer to start again
in another country, including the Brit
ish colonies.
The king has issued the following
message to the nation:
“The king has received the welcome
news of a cessation of hostilities in
South Africa with infinite satisfaction
and trusts that peace may be speed
ily followed by a restoration of pros
perity in his newr dominions and that
feelings necessarily engendered by the
war will give place to the earnest co
operation of all his majesty’s South
African subjects in promoting the
welfare of their common country.
Holidays Proclaimed.
PRETORIA, June 2.—A proclama
tion, which was issued in connection
with the signing of the peace terms
last night, declared that notwithstand
ing the proclamations of Mr. Kruger
that interest on the bonds of the
Transvaal republic would be suspend
ed so long as the war lasted, such in
terest shall begin to accrue June 1.
June 20 and 27, the days of King Ed
ward's coronation, have been pro
claimed public holidays here.
Joy at British Embassy.
WASHINGTON, June 2.—The offi
cials of the British embassy here
share the jubilant feeling existing in
London over the termination of the
war in South Africa. They view
with much satisfaction the close of
the long struggle. Official notice of
the signing of the terms of surrrendes
came to Mr. Raikes, the British charge
here, in a cablegram from the foreign
office, but it was very brief.
China Will Honor Goodnow.
PEKIN. June 2.—The government
proposes to bestow a decoration on
John Goodnow, the United States con
sul general at Shanghai, in recognl
V tlon of his services in maintaining
(peace in the provinces of China in
1900.
TERMS OF THE BRITISH.
Said to Have Been Voted Unanimous
ly by Boer Representatives.
LONDON, June 2.—The Daily Mail's
Pretoria correspondent, under date of
June 1, says: The acceptance of the
Firitish terms was voted unanimously
l>y the Boer representatives. The Brit
ish government absolutely rejected the
proposal by the Boers that the terms
of peace should be submitted for rati
fication to Kruger and the Boer rep
resentatives In Holland, hence no no
tice whatever has been or will be
taken of the Boers in Holland. The
terms will show that the British gov
ernment has carried its contentious on
every minor point, while minor con
cessions, particularly in regard to
generous financial treatment, will
greatly appeal to the Boers in gen
eral.
The Morning Express' Brussels cor
respondent under date of Jund 1 says:
Kruger was notified at 9 o'clock that
peace had been concluded. He ex'
claimed, “My God, it is impossible.”
Nothing has yet been allowed to
transpire which could be taken as re
liable indication of the exact terms of
the peace settlement. Only one Lon
lon paper pretends to have any definite
information on the subject, this being
the Express, which says the terms arc
1. Surrender of arms.
2. Breakers of laws of warfare to
throw themselves on the king's clem
ency.
3. Banishment to be inoperative.
4. Burghers to get back their farms.
5. Some Boer leaders to be employ
ed in new administration.
C. British government to meet war
Jebt.
7. Boers to have adequate repre
sentation and a share of local govern
ment.
TAKES LOOK INTO CRATER.
Prof. Arigelo Heilprin Spends Two
Hours on Top of Mount Pelee.
FORT DE FRANCE. June 2.--The
National Geographical society has
scored a great triumph. Prof. Angelo
Heilprin ascended to the top of the
crater of Mont Pelee yesterday, in
company with two guides and Mr.
Leadbetter. While on the summit sev
eral violent explosions occurred, but
notwithstanding th° thousand dangers
surrounding him. Prof. Heilprin
spent a long time taking careful ob
servations. Looking down the crater
he found a huge cinder cone. The
crater opening is a vast crevasse 500
feet long and 150 feet wide.
While engaged in this task the lives
of the members of the expedition
were continually in danger and onS
particularly violent explosion covered
Prof. Heilprin from head to foot with
yie viscid matter. He persisted, how
ever, and found, as had been suspect
ed, that there was three separate vents
for the volcanic matter. Meanwhile
Mont Pelee seeming to resent the in
trusion of man, belched out huge vol
umes of steam, ashes and boiling hot
mud.
THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE.
Anti-Anarchy and Pacific Cable Bills
Will Be Discussed.
WASHINGTON. June 2—During
the week the house will probably act
on the important bills which the
rules committee decided some time
ago to bring before that body at the
earliest opportunity. These are the
anti-anarchy bill, the Pacific cable bill
and the senate irrigation bill. No
time limit is to be set on the anti
anarchy bill, consideration of which
will be entered upon tomorrow, but
it is not believed it will occupy more
than two days.
A day is to be given to the bill for
the government cable to the Philip
pines and three days to the irrigation
bill. In case the general deficiency
bill, the last of the appropriation
bills, is ready by the last of the week,
the program above outlined may be
interrupted, as appropriation bills
and conferences are to have the right
of way.
Railroad Asks Bonus.
SARATOGA, Wyo., June 2.—The
Wyoming Central Railroad company,
which proposes to build a line from
Walcott, on the Union Pacific, to
Grand Encampment via Saratoga, has
asked the city for a bonus of $125,
000. If this amount is not forthcom
ing, the company threatens to pass
the town three miles to the east. A
committee ftas been appointed to in
terview the people and ascertain
what shall be done.
British Lose Their Money.
LONDON, June 2.—The interna
tional polo match was won by the
American team by two goals to one.
TERMS OF PEACE
BRITISH EXPECT SOON TO AN
NOUNCE SETTLEMENT.
NO DOUBT OF ITS CONCLUSION
Despite Balfour's Pretended Uncer
tainty Parliament is Sure of Plan—
Cabinet Puts Fininshing Touches on
the Agreement.
LONDON, May 31.—The government
leader, A. J. Balfour, announced in
the house of commons that he hoped
to be able on Monday next to an
nounce the result of the peace negotia
tions in South Africa,
Mr. Balfour added: ‘‘I cannot,
however, be absolutely certain of be
ing in a position to do so, and until
the statement can be made I do not
think it expedient to take up the
budget.”
The government leader al30 said:
“A recent phrase, ‘hung in tho bal
ance,’ has been absurdly misinterpret
ed as referring to divisions in the cab
inet on the subject of the budget. That
is not a fact ,and the question is
whether the house can properly be
asked to discuss the budget until they
kuow precisely where they stand in
regard to the negotiations."
In spite of Mr. Balfour's pretended
uncertainty there is no doubt what
ever in the house of commons, or else
where, that a full peace settlement
will be announced Monday next.
The capture of Commandant Halan.
announced from Middelburg, Cape Col
ony, renews attention to the rebellion
in Cape Colony. Commandant Malan
took the Commandant Scheeper’s com
mand when the latter was captured by
the British and became chief Boer
commandant in Cape Colony after
Commandant Kritzinger’s capture.
Malan, who was mortally wounded
when captuied by Major Colett's
mounted troops, was among the irre
concilables who refused to send dele
gates to the peace conference at
Vreeniging, Transvaal.
According to the latest unceiisored
correspondence from Capetown the
Boers axe still In constant occupation
of at least twenty-two different local
ities in Cape Colony, having mere
than a score of bands of raiders,
mounted and armed, and of sufficient
mobility to defy successful pursuit, al
though the British have often swept
and ‘‘cleared” every mile of the col
ony s territory. A correspondent re
ports that the “invas'ou Is more ac
tively aggressive than ever and rt hel
lion is more rampant.”
“The campaign against the roving
Boer commandoes In Cape Colony,
which has been in active!pi ogress for
sixteen months, has achieved uotliirg
beyond keeping them moving. “Any
occasional success,” the correspondent
adds, “obtained by the seventeen
I|ritish •co'urans ^operating in Cape
Colony is more the result of luck than
of their tactics, and these unpalatable
facts will continue as long as so few
columns co-operate in the hustling
The inadequacy of tho supply of the
troops is at the root of the unsatis
factory operations.”
The British cabinet was specially
summoned last night and sat for a
little over an hour. It is generally
accepted, this morning, that the ses
sion. though brief, sufficed to put the
final touches on tho agreement which
will terminate the war.
Spanish Are Still Sore.
PARIS, May 31*—It is announced
in a dispatch to the Patrie from Ma
drid that Sonor Sabino Arana, leader
of the Biscayan nationalist party, sent
a long cable message to President
Roosevelt, congratulating him on the
establishment of the republican gov
ernment in Cuba', and that, the Span
ish censor suppressed the message.
Connelly Must Serve Two rears.
COLUMBUS, Neb., May 21.—A mo
tion for a new trial in the case against
Vincent Connelly of Lindsay, convict
ed of assault with intent to kill in
the district court last week, was over
ruled and Judge Jamison sentenced
Connelly to two years in me peniten
tiary.
Death for Train Robbery.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Senator
Platt of New York lias Introduced a
bill making train robbery a felony
and providing the death penalty for
the offense.
Passey Silver Coinage Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—1The
house passed the bill to increase the
subsidiary silver coinage.
ANGRY ELEPHANT KILLS MAN.
Hurls Him to the Ground and Then
Kneels Upon Him.
NEW YORK, May 30.—“Tops,” a
female elephant of the Forepaugh &
Sells circus, ldleld a man at the
show grounds of the circus in Brook
lyn.
The victim was Joshua Blunt of
Fort Wayne, Ind. He went to the ele
phants’ enclousre, where these ani
mals were waiting for their breakfast,
and each stuck out his trunk to
“shake hands” as Blunt passed down
in front of them, it being the custom
of the trainers to salute each elephant
with a gentle tap.
Blunt had a beer glass in his hand
and when he approached “Tops” he
shoved it at her instead of giving the
usual greeting. This act seemed to
offend the great beast. In an instant
she seized the man with her trunk
and after hurling him violently to the
ground knelt on him ami crushed him
to death. Keepers came to the res
cue too late. They drove “Tops”
back and removed the body.
GOES OVER TO NEXT SESSION.
No Agreement Reached on Leasing
of Public Lands.
WASHINGTON. May 30.—The
house committee on public lands met
and among other things took up the
matter of the leasing of public lands
and after discussing the matter for
some time it was decided to allow
the whole matter to go over until the
next session of congress.
During the consideration of the so
called Hill bill by the house Con
gressman Shallenberger took the
floor in opposition to the measure.
He based his opposition on the pro
vision to make silver dollars redeem
able in gold and also the provision
for the issuance of an asset currency
by national banks. As a democratic
speech his address was well received
on that side of the chamber, and after
he concluded his remarks he receiv
ed the congratulations of his demo
ccatlc colleagues.
WOOD CONFERS WITH ROOT.
Makes Oral Report of His Adminis
tration of Cuban Affairs.
WASHINGTON, May 30.—General
Wood, until recently military gover
nor of Cuba, arrived here on the gov
ernment transport Kanawha.
His first act was to proceed to the
war department and make an oral re
port to Secretary Root of the com
plete discharge of his stewardship in
Cuba and the gratifying success of
the arrangements for his withdrawal
of the American troops and the in
auguration of the Cuban republic on
May 20.
He will have a full conference with
the president and Secretary Root re
garding Cuban affairs later. It is ex
pected that General Wood will be de
tained in this city for at least six
weeks, closing up the affairs of the
Cuban military government.
The Cuban Congress.
HAVANA, May 30.—The house of
representatives has reconsidered the
bill which provided amnesty for
Americans who were under sentence
or in jail in Cuba, and has added an
amendment providing that amnesty
be granted to native-born Americans
only. The bill, in this form, was
sent to the senate. The purpose of
the amendment is to exclude from
the amnesty those naturalized Ameri
can citizens who might be released
by the bill.
Regents Deny the Report.
MILWAUKEE. May 30—The story,
from Lincoln, Neb., that Chancellor
j Andrews has been offered the presi
dency of the University of Wisconsin
is denied by the regents. Dr. A. J.
Pule, a member of the committee
which has the task of selecting a new
president, said the report was with
out a word of truth. The name of Dr.
Andrews, he said, had never come be
fore the committee. He said the of
fice was still open.
Unfit for the Libraries.
CHICAGO. May 30.—Balzac’s nov
els in fifty-one volumes were sifted to
the bottom in three hours by a jury
in Judge Hutchinson’s court today,
and finally declared to be unfit for
the libraries of respectable people
and Improper reading for children.
Keane for Corrigan’s Place.
LONDON, May 30.—The Rome cor
respondent cf the Daily Mail says that
at the consistory to be held June 9 the
pope will nominate Archbishop Keane
of Dubuque, la., to succeed the late
Archbishop Corrigan of New York.
RETURN OF HILL
FUTILE ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE
MOUTH OF VOLCANO.
SEES MT. PELEE IN ERUPTION
He Gets Near, but Says No Sane Man
Would Ascend Crater in Action—
Declines to Predict What the Vol
cano, Still Active, Will Do.
FORT PE FRANCE, Island of Mar
tinique. May US—A tremendous explo
sion of very black smoke from Mount
Pelee at 9:15 o'clock this morning ac
centuated the fear entertained for the
safety of George Kennan, the Amer
ican author, who, with a land party,
has been examining the northern part
of the island. The governor of Mar
tinique, M. Le’Huerer, was at once
seen with the object of arranging for
a rescue party to proceed by land in
connection with the voyage along the
coast of the United States cruiser
Cincinnati, should such steps appear
necessary.
At about 11 o'clock this morning
Fernand Clerc, a wealthy land pro
prietor of Martinique, arrived here and
announced that Mr. Kennan and his
party were safe on a plantation at the
north end of the island
Prof. Robert T. Hill, United States
government geologist and head of the
expedition sent to Martinique by the
National Geographical society, who
left Fort de Fiance Monday on horse
back for the volcano, returned here
this morning. He was completely
worn out by his trip.
Speaking personally of his expedi
tion to Mount Pelee, Prof. Hill said:
My attempt to examine the crater of
Mont Pelee has been futile. I suc
ceeded, however, in getting very close
to Morne Rouge. At 7 o'clock Monday
night I witnessed from a point near
the ruins of St. Pierre a frightful ex
plosion from Mont Pelee and noted the
accompanying phenomena While
these eruptions continue no sane man
should attempt to ascend to the crater
of the volcano. Following the salvos
of detonations from the mountain
gigantic mushroom shaped columns of
smoke and cinders ascended into the
clear starlit sky and then spread in
a vast black sheet to the south and
directly over my head. Through this
sheet, which extended a distance of
ten miles from the crater, vivid and
awful lightning like bolts flashed with
alarming frequency. They followed
distinct paths of ignition, but were
different from lightning in that the
bolts were horizontal and not perpen
dicular. This is indisputable evidence
of the explosive oxidation of the
gases after they left the crater.
This is a most important observa
tion and explains, in part, the awful
catastrophe. This phenomenon is en
tirely new in volcanic history.
I took many photographs, but do
not hesitate to acknowledge that I was
terrified. But I was not the only per
son so frightened. Two newspaper
correspondents who were close to
Morne Rouge some hours before me
became scared, ran three miles down
the mountain and hastened into Fort
de France.
The people on the north end of
the island are terrified and are fleeing
with their cattle and effects. I spent
Tuesday night in a house at Deux
Choux with a crowd of 200 frightened
refugees.
The volcano is still intensely active
and I cannot make any predictions as
to what it will do.
America Their Destination.
NEW YORK, May 29.—There are
25,000 immigrants on the Atlantic due
to arrive at this port this week and
they will bring the total for May up
to 5,000 or 90,000. This will break ali
records for any month in the last
twenty years. The number of depor
tations is increasing, 750 persons hav
ing been ordered deported during the
first twenty-six days of May. The ma
jority of the new arrivals are from
Austria-Hungary, Italy and Russia.
Black Eye for the Territories.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The sen
ate committee on territories decided
by formal vote against fixing any time
for the consideration of the omnibus
statehood bill, providing for the ad
mission of Oklahoma, New Mexico
and Ari/.ona into the union.
Put Governor Out of Church.
LITTLE ROCK, May 29.—After a
lengthy discussion in the Second Bap
tist church tonight the congregation
voted to withdraw fellowship from
Governor Jefferson Davis upon charges
of unbecoming couduct filed some
time ago.
Paul J. Sorg, Ohio.
DAYTON, O., May 29.—Hon. Paul J.
Sorg, former congressman and multi
millionaire tobacco manufacturer, died
at his home in Mlddeltown, after an
illness of several years’ duration.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
There were more cattle on sale the
day beore, but still the receipts for the
first half of the week are considerably
lower than for the same days o last
week or of last year. The market was
not very active, and In some cases looked
a little lower, but still very satisfactory
"Hoes were paid as a rule. The fact that
Chicago was queted weak to a dime lower
naturally weakened the feeling here to
some extent, but still the better grades
of beef steers sold at right around steady
prices as compared with yesterday. The
kind, however, that packers were not as
anxious for were a little slow and in
some cases sales were made that looked
a trifle lower The situation could per
haps best be described by calling the
market steady to a shade lower. The
highest price of the year was paid for a
heavy bunch of cattle. They weighed
1,539 pounds and sold at $7.40 There was
not very much change In the cow mar
ket, so far as the better grades were con
cerned. The same as was the case with
steers buyers (lid not seem to t»e overly
anxious, but still they took the good
stuff and paid Just about steady prices
for It. The commoner grades were neg
lected the same ns usual and in most
cases sold a little lower.
There was a big run of hogs but that
(11.1 not prevent the market from advanc
ing a nickel. Packers were all anxious
for supplies and as a result they were
out early and while a few loads sold on
the start at not much ltetter.prtces than
were paid on yesterday’s close, still It
was not long before the market was
generally a nickel higher. It was the
most active market that has been expe
rienced here in a long time and every
tning was disposed of In good season.
As the momlne advanced the market
seemed to gain in strength.
SHEEP—There was a fair sized run of
sheen and lambs, but the market hell
steady and ruled active. The quality
whs a little Iw-tter than It hies been of
lute, so that packers were more Inter
ested than usual. There were some
clipped lambs good enough to sell at tfi.35
and some Hprlng lambs sold up to $7.00.
flipped yearlings sold for $3.75 and a
good bunch of clipped ewes brought $5.23.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Beef steers. 23c lower: Stock
ers and feeders strong, $2.7505.25; cows.
Mi23c lower. $2.7506.96; choice steers,
$0.9O5i7.5O; fair to good, $5.0006.85; calves.
$2.7506.50; heifers, $3.3006.65.
HOGS—Steady to 5c lower: heavy.
$7.225607.30; mied, $7.0007.27%: light
$6.7007.05; pigs, $6.0006.80.
SHEET—Steady to strong: lamb*.
$3.4007.50; wethers. $4.3006,13; ewes. $4.80©
0.13; Stockers and feeders. $2.00©4.65.
IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
Thousands Participate in Memorial
Day Exercises.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Decoration
day was observed perhaps more gen
erally than ever before. The an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
would deliver the oration at Arling
ton brought to this historic city of
the dead a vast concourse of people,
among whom were numbered thou
sands of veterans who journeyed to
the cemetery to honor the memory of
their comrades who had died in their
country’s cause, or who. having sur
vived the struggles of 1861 and 1898,
had passed since Into the great un
known.
The local arrangements were In
charge of the Department of'the Po
tomac and included a parade of al>
the Grand Army of the Republic and
other patriotic organizations, the dec
oration of monuments and graves and
addresses by men prominent in the
afTairs of the government.
After the invocation and the rendi
tion Oi several numbers by the band
and choir, Mr. E. B. Hay read Lin
coln’s Gettysburg address. President
Roosevelt followed, and as he arose he
wras again greeted with cheers and the
plaudits of the immense audience,
which stretched far outside the lim
its of the amphitheater. His re
marks were given the closest atten
tion and he was frequently interrupt
ed by bursts of applause.
ROOSEVELT TO COME WEST.
Contemplates Fat! Trip to Northwest
and Southwest.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—President
Roosevelt has undertaken to make
two trips through the western coun
try next fall. One will be in the
southwest and the other in the north
west. The will be made in redemp
tion of promises more or less spe
cific made by the president last win
ter.
About the last of September tho
president will go to Springfield. 111.,
and to Detroit, Mich., stopping en
route at some other points not yet
determined upon.
In the latter part of October he will
go as far into the southwest as San
Antonio. He has been strongly urg
ed to go on a bear hunt in Missis
sippi as the guest of the governor
of the state, and it is possible that
ho may avail of this opportunity to
accept the iuvitation, for he must
visit New Orleans, which la near by,
on this trip.