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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1902. NUMBER 36. LORD SALISBURY AGED PREMIER LAYS DOWN THE CARES OF OFFICE. HE IS SUCGElDED BY BALFOUR “Jcey” Chamberlain, Who Has Long Been Regarded as the Most Prom ising Man for the Place, is Passed By, but May Retain rtis Place. LONDON, July 14.—The fact of the resignation of the premiership o! Great Britain by Iyjrd Salisbury, as foreshadowed in the dispatches of the Associated Press, was officially given out iast evening. The prime minister laid down the responsibility of his office July 11. Within twenty-four hours his majesty elected A. J. Bal four. the government’s chief repre sentative in the house of commons, to the position of premier. While it was epxected in official and political circles that Lord Salisbury’s retirement would be coincident with the coronation of King Edward, it was scarcely looked for prior to that event. Consequently, about the only surprise expressed as to the news spread through London concerned the date rather than the fact of the resignation. The interest was not so much in the withdrawal of Lord Salisbury as it was in the appointment of his successor. The liveliest speculation is rife as to the personnel of the new cabinet. The most discussed feature of the pending changes is the position of Mr. Cham berlain, the colonial secretary, who, In many quarters, has been regarded as the most promising candidate lor the premiership. A representative of the Associated Press learns that prior to the accept ance of his new office, Mr. Balfour first had an Interview with Mr. Chamber lain, and then consulted with his other cabinet assistants. This is re garded as assurance that the future relat ve pos.tions of Messrs. Balfour and C ha mu retain wdll be satisfactory to both. Mr. v.,bamberlain's frfanda eay he always recognized the reversion of the premiership to Mr. Balfour's right as leader of the house of com mons. The main reason for Premier Salis bury's withdrawal is considered by all the best informed persons to have been simply a desire for a quiet life on the part of men advanced in years, whose activities have been unusual and whose scientific tastes predispose him to study and seclusion. That the retiring premier’s health has failed to some extent is undenia ble, but this is not more titan perhaps is to be expected in a man of his years, and the close of the war in South Africa, and the return of the com manding general, is said to be an ap propriate time for his withdrawal. His retirement was practically ar ranged at an audience of Lord Salis bury with the king a month ago, to be coincident with his majesty's corona tion, but the king’s illness interfered with these plans and compelled Lord Salisbury to wait until his majesty was sufficiently recovered to attend to state business. Though alert mentally, the retiring premier's physical condition, especially since the death of his wife, has not been satisfactory. That loss seemed to affect him greatly and since that time he has done little entertaining, be yond purely official annual dinners and receptions, in a social aspect, how ever, Mr. Balfour’s accession is not expected to make much difference, neither Mr. Balfour nor his sister, who acts as his hostess, being very fond of society. Although Lord Salisbury’s resigna tion does not necessarily involve the reconstruction of the cabinet, it i3 be lieved there will be some changes. Mont Pelee Still Active. PORT PE FRANCE, Island of Mar tinique, July 14.—Last night and today Mont Peiee was in eruption, the in tiv ity being as great as that of Satur day and Wednesday last. Morne oRuge, AJoupa, Bouillon and Maconia were covered with stones and cinders and were rendered uninhabitable for several hours. The volcano emitted a dense column of flame and at the same time elec trical phenomena were observed. The eruption was accompanied by a deep rumbling, resembling continuous thun der. There were no fatalities reported, but the inhabitants of the northern part of the island were panic-stricken, all residents of Port de France re maining calm. AFTER GREENE AND GAYNOR, State Department Presents Applica tion for Their Extradition. WASHINGTON, July 14.—Steps have been taken by the state depart ment for the extradition to the Uni ted States of Colonel John F. Gaynor and Captain Benjamin I). Greene, now under arrest at Quebec, Canada. A formal application for their extradi tion has been made by Secretary Hay to Mr. Haikes, charge d'affaires of the British embassy, who is now at New port. and who, it is expected, will ca ble the request promptly to his gov ernment The grounds on which ex tradition is asked are comprehensive In ebareater. This action of the state department is independent of the proceedings now in progress to obtain the extra dition of the men through ordinary judicial process. The secretary has not yet acted on the suggestion of the department of justice. There were obstructions placed in the way of the Canadian proceedings by reason of connections between counsel for Messrs. Greene and Gaynor and crown officers. RATHBONE REFUSES TO TALK. Released Prisoner from Cuba is Greeted by Ohio Neighbors. CINCINNATI. O., July 14.—Estes G. Rath bone, late director general of posts in Cuba, arrived here today noon aud was met at the St. Nicholas hotel during the afternoon and evening by many of his old neighbors. He goes to his former home at Hamilton Tues day. After spending a week or more here, attending to his personal affairs, he will join his family in western New York. This is the first visit of Mr. Rath!>onc to his home since the trials in Havana, and he was received by many friends, whose calls presented the appearance of a reception. To all inquiries of newspaper men Mr. Rathbone replied that he had nothing further to say regarding Cu ban affairs; that he had sent his pe tition to congress for a full investiga tion. vnd pen ling action a that peti tion he would not discuss any phase of the Cuban situation. FARM LANDS OF WYOMING. Bulletin Issued by Census Department Shows Valuation. WASHINGTON, July 14—A bulle tin issued by the census bureau today places the number of farms in Wyom ing at 6,095. They cover an area of 8,124,536 acres, or 13 per cent of the total area of the state, and are worth $26,265,500. The live stock on the farms is worth $39,145,877. The farms are of an average size of 1,633 acres, hut on the land included in them only 10 per cent is improved. A portion of the bulletin is devoted to the question of irrigation, of which it says: “The progress of agriculture in the decade of 1900 is attributable to the successful raising of hay and forage, cereals and other crops. The total inrcease in irrigated land in ten years was 376,292 acres. Most of this land was public domain in 1890. At a low estimate its present value is $16 per acre, or $(>.056,852. Irrigation has added this large amount to the farm wealth of the state.” Holds Heotor for Murder. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., July 14.— Carl Hector, the young man who as saulted and killed Fred Johnson in Avoca, was held to the grand jury’ on a charge of murder by Justice Ha zen. His bail was fixed at $10,000, which he was unable to furnish, and he was committed to the county jail at Avoqp. Revolutionists Kecep Still. SAN JUAN, P. R., July 14.—The Norwegian steamer Jotun, from Port of Spain, island of Trinidad, July 7, l as arrived here and reports that the Venezuelan revolutionists had not moved from Barrancas and Bolivar when the steamer left Trinidad. To Close the Fair on Sunday. WASHINGTON, July 14.—The con .ract made by the Liousiana Purchase exposition commission ,to keep the fair closed on Sunday, in compliance with the act creating the commission, was received at. the Treasury depart ment. Honor Wood with Dinner. WASHINGTON, July H—The "Whippoorwill" club, an organization composed of veterans of the civil war gave a dinner to General Leonard Wood tonight as a tribute to his serv ices in Cuba. REMOVETHEDEAD BLACKENED BODIES TAKEN FROM THE MINE DISASTER. WORK OF RESCUE COES ON Total Dead Thus Far Reported 142— Thrilling Experiences Attending Ef forts to Secure Dead Bodies and Help Those Who May Be Living. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 12.—At l o'clock this morning it can be stated of the tiOO men supposed to have en tered the mouth of the Hulling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel company Thursday morning, ninety are known to be dead and twenty-two rescued, Four hundred, so the nbne officials claim, escaped when the explosion oc cured, leaving eighty-eight to be ac counted for. Some of these, accord ing to th03« in charge of the rescue work, are dead,, but the majority, they claim, have escaped. From physicians, heads of the rescue parties and others who are familiar with the different headings in the mine, it is learned that at least fifty-two addi tional bodies will be brought to the temporary morgue at daylight, mak ing tlie total dead 142. This, so President St.ai khouse says, will be the extent of the disaster, but until all checks of the miners are taken an ac curate list will be impossible. Some of the bodies, it is admitted, will be entombed in the closed headings or buried under slate. Some may never be found. Yesterday was a day of heroic res cues at the fated Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel company. Thrilling experiences attended the efforts of the forty brave and daring fellows who went clown into the bowels of the earth, stirred by a very faint hope that still they might be in time to restore to life some of those who are en tombed. Death lurked everywhere around thorn, but undaunted they pressed for ward, swayed with the noblest of hu man purposes. The reward of their efforts was the saving of the lives of fourteen of their fellow-men and bringing them again into the sunlight and back to living families. Dead and maimed bodies were located, but not effort was made to bring them out of the vast theater of death until ev ery human energy was put forward to seeing that no living soul might es cape their aid. That done, the dead were put in train cars, brought up and exposed to morbid gaze, while be ing transferred to wagons in which to be taken to the morgue. Eighty-seven dead were removed from the mine between daylight anti nightfall. Still a party of oiliclals and miners battled on, three miles inside the mine. Occasionally word would come to the surface by some mysteri ous means that another heap of re mains had been exposed to the vision of the searchers. There remain dan gerous headings. There remain dan tion of the mine yet to be explored. No one knows many more dead will bo found there. The miue officials re frain from guesswork on the subject. The impression prevails among the ousldtT3 and certain employes of the mine that 150 is a low estimate of the mine list. Fated Johnstown spent the day horror-stricken. Great throngs surged about the pit mouth, the im provished morgue at the armory and about the stricken homes of the dead. Exaggerated rumors of all kinds pre vailed. One report gained currency that disaster had overtaken the rescu ing party which entered the mine shortly after 9 o’clock. This was not disproved until word finally came from the men In the mine. 'A Lake Wiped Out. FLORENCE. Neb., July 12.—Fries lake, a resort one mile north of town. Is a thing of the past. There a beau tiful little lake had been constructed by throwing a dam across the lowt r end of a ravine. The lake was from one to ten feet deep and covered near ly an acre. Continuous rains soften ed the dam and for several days the water had been seeping through the earthwork. The other night the heavy flood from the surrounding hills swept down into the lake, causing it to overflow the dam, which soon gave way and with a roar that was heard nearly half a mile away, swept on into the river. Leg Broken In Ball Game. FULLERTON, Neb., July 12.—In a ball game here Earnest'Bennett broke his leg below the knee. CALIFORNIA LUMBER COMBINE. Iowa and Wisconsin Men Consolidate Vast Timber Interests. PORTLAND, Ore., July 11.—A spe cial to the Oregonian from Ashland says: Negotiations for the sale of the Scott and Van Arsdale Lumber com pany's property in the McCloud region in Siskiyou county, California, which have been in progress for several months have been reported complet ed. the purchase price being $3,OUO, 0t»o. The purchasers are the Carpen ter Land company of Dubuque, la., the Hixton hash and Door company of Merrill, Wis., Curtis Bros, of Clin ton, la., Walter W. Alexander and Stewart Bros, of Wausau, Wis. This property includes besides 115, 0»in acres of timber land the McCloud River railroad, the McCloud River Lumber company, Siskiyou Lumber company and the Siskiyou Lumber and Mercantile company. The mills connected with the en terprise cut about 400,000 feet of lum ber per day. G , NT GEYSER EREAKS OUT. Result of Heavy Eaithquakes Occur ring Near Santa Cruz. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.—Near Santa Cru/... on the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a giaut gey ser has broken out as the result of heavy eaithquakes occurring in that section since April IS last. The column of water, rising to a height of about fifty feet, roars and hisses from among the rocks and Is an object of great interest to the peo ple and passing vessels, being plainly visible from the sea. It was seen and admired by the passengers and crew of the steamer Newport, which has reached this port. The ne*s is brought by the steamer that affairs in Guatemala are becom ing normal again after the scare oc casioned by the tremendous earth quake. The havoc wrought by the disturbances will not interfere with harvesting of the coming crops, as at lirst anticipated. IOWA MAY HAVE DRUG TRUST. Pharmacists Plan to Secure Unifor mity in Charges. SIOUX CITY, la., July 11.—The members of the Iowa Pharmaceutical association took the first steps in what is virtually the formation of a drug gists' trust. The plan took the form of the appointment of a committee to arrange a state schedule of prices, and is in accordance with the rec ommendation made by E. 1$. Tainter of Carroll in his president's address. Tlie druggists insist the object of the organization is not to raise prices, but to secure uniform charges for articles. It is understood that in sev eral localities prices have been low ered to what is considered an unfair cheapness, and these will probably be raised. ONLY INDIAN CHILD'S PLAY. 3ut it Has Puzzled Scientists for These Many Years. CHICAGO, 111., July 1!.—Dr. George Dorsey of the Field Columbian mu seum has made a discovery in his In vestigations among the Hop! Indians that overturns many of the old the ories of anthropologists in regard to the supposed inscriptions on the adobe houses of the tribe. He lias made the announcement of his discoveries In a lecture to the students of the Univer sity of Chicago. “These inscriptions that the an thropologists have been trying to de cipher and read for years," said Dr. Dorsey, “have been found to be noth ing more than the scratches made by mischievous Kopi children in the mud of the adobe houses just after they had been built." Edward Making Progress. LONDON, July 11.—The bulletin on King Edward s condition posted at Buckingham Palace at lu o'clock this morning says: "The king’s condition continuer to be satisfactory.” King Edward is not able to sit up, but every day he is removed to an ad justable couch, which gives a wel come change to his position, and which enables him to read with some degree of comfort. It is understood that next week his majesty may be transferred upon this couch to the royal yacht, the Victoria and Alberta, iu a specially constructed ambulance carriage, but that all the arrangements for this transfer are kept secret in order to prevent a gathering of the public to witness the tains his steady improvement. FLOODS IN IOWA SWOLLEN STREAMS SWEEP WITH DESTRUCTIVE PURY. AND CREAT RUIN IS WROUCHT The Loss in Live Stock, Crops and Other Property is Assuming Im mense Proportions—Streams Are Turned Into Rivers. DES MOINES, Ia„ July 10.—The Des Moiues river reaheed the highest water mark of 1891’, which was twenty feet at midnight. At this hour the levee on the north side of town broke, flooding a laige residence sec tion. Most of the families removed earlier in the evening. A email break occurred in the Raccoon river levee just after midnight, and a large force of men is attempting to hold the flood in check. The Rock Island east bound pas senger trains due here last night were held at Commerce, twenty miles west of here, where the tracks are covered with water. Trains on other roads, though late, keep in motion. The Des Moines river dam is weak ening. if it goes out it wi'l endanger four city bridges and all the railroad bridges. The false work of the new Sith avexuue bridge, which went out, swept away five spans of the Chicago & Great Western railroad bridge over the Des Moines. South of the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon the river is three miles wide for miles, and is destroy ing crops and drowning live stock. Communication with the city by wagon bridges over the streams is being pre vented because of the danger. The continuous lains have forced nearly all Iowa streams from their banks and the destruction of crops, live stock and other property Is as suming Immense proportions. It is Impossible to estimate the danger from the indefinite reports received. The damage is especially etxenslve in the central, northern and western and southwestern parts of the state. The valleys of the Sioux and Maple riv ers are flooded and Woodbury and Monona counties are under water. The Iowa river at Marshalltown Is the highest since 1881. Many country bridges have been destroyed and traffic between Marshalltown and surround ing points is practically cut off. Cat tle and hogs have been drowned In large numbers in the Iowa valley. At Cedar Rapids, 5.4 inches of rain have fallen since July 1. The Cedar river is out of its banks and many famil ies have been forced from their homes. Numerous bridges have been swept away in Linn county. The Skunk river and Scpiaw creek are out of their banks and near the confluence in story county thousands of acres are flooded and ciops practi cally destroyed. The continuous rains are paralyzing business in Fort Dodge and the rail roads are almost out of business. The west end of the city Is under water and families are moving out. The Des Moines Is up six feet at that point. Because of the soaking of the Insulation of the wires, electric power has been shut off and the town Is dark. Near Oxford, in Johnson county, in a wind storm. Jacob Burkhardt was crushed to death by the failing of a barn on the farm of Wesley Brush. Half a dozen barns were destroyed in the same neighborhood. Near North Liberty, the residenee of Jacob Neid hiser was wrecked and the family had a narrow escape. Ail over Johnson county the storm destroyed wind mills and barns. The damage in the county is estimated at $50,000. WIRELESS PLAN FOR ALASKA. Telegraph System from Fort Gibbons to Bates Rapids. SAN FRANCISCO. July 10.—R. Pl'und. an electrical engineer, has ar rived here on his way to Alaska for the purpose of establishing a wireless telegraph system between Fort Gib bons, on the Yukon river, and the fort at Bates’ Rapids, on the Tanana riv er, a distance of 105 miles. The line, which will be constructed under the direction of Chief Signal Officer Greely, will be completed by October 1. On his return from the north Mr. Pfund may take measures to establish a station near the Golden Gate, so that wireless communication may be had with vessels on the Pa cific. NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS. Heavy Rains Have Damaged Wheat in Southeastern Part of State. United States Department of Agri culture climate and crop bulletin of the weather bureau, Nebraska sec tion, for the week ending July 7, 1902: The last week has been cool and wet, w'ith less than the normal amount of sunshine. The daily mean temperature has averaged 2 degrees below the normal. The rainfall was above normal throughout the eastern portion of the 6t.ate and quite generally exceeded two Inches, while in a few' instances it exceeded six inches. In the west ern part of the state the rainfall was generally light. The contiaued heavy rains in the southeastern counties have been un favorable for crop interests. Crops of all kinds on lowlands have beeen injured by water. Harvesting has been seriously delayed and consider able damage has resulted to ripe but uncut wheat; the early cut wheat is sprouting in the shock and compar atively little has been stacked. Oats have made a very rank growth and in some southeastern counties are lodg ing badly. Corn has grown fairly well and although small is in a heal thy and promising condition; culti vation has been delayed and some corn fields are weedy. Potatoes promise a large crop, but in a few places are commencing to rot. CORN TOUCHES NINETY CENTS. Highest Price for the Cereal Since 1892, When it Was One Dollar. CHICAGO, July 9— Shorts In July corn were squeezed again today and the cornered delivery went to 90 cents, the highest price since 1892, when the market touched $1. July closed at 84 cents yesterday, an advance of 7 cents over the pre vious close. Opening bids today were from 84 cents to 85 cents. Shorts were the bidders, and by run ning the market up to 90 cents a lit tle before noon they got approximate ly 250,000 bushels, if is estimated that in selling this much the manipu lators of the market made a profit of $00,000, as most of their 150,000,000 bushels was purchased between 61 and 65 cents. No excitement was evident in the pit, although all were interested in the problem of where the Gates co terie would let the price advance be fore easing their grip. The price is already far past the maximum at which Phillips allowed shorts to set tle in his first and most successful deal. Shorts who have covered have paid heavily for the privilege and those who are still on the wrong side of the market are generally supposed to be in the most serious predicament of a decade. FRIGHTENED BY A VOLCANO. People at Tusla in the Indian Terri tory Become Quite Nervous. GUTHRIE, O. T.. July 9.—Great excitement has been caused at Tusla, Indian Territory, owing to the discov ery by surveyors working north of that place of cracks in the sides of mounds as though from great pres sure underneath. Gaa is escaping from the fissures and a continual hissing and roaring can be heard. On the extreme top of the highest hill there has been a small volcano at work, raising up large bounders and tossing them aside. Experts state it is a great oil and gas field and that pressure from a great depth has caused the commo tion. The inhabitants of Tusla are becoming nervous over the state of affairs. Miss Morrison Sentenced. ELDORADO, Kan., July 9.—Jessie Morrison, convicted June 28 of mur der in the second degree for killing Mrs. Olin Castle, at the latters’ home here in June, 1900, by cutting her throat with a razor, was sentenced to twenty-five years in the peniten tiary. Motion for a new trial was overruled. Miss Morrison, who has gone through three trials, took the sentence with little show of demon stration. The case will be appealed. Nicaragua Volcanoes Active. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 9.— The Democracia of this city reports that the volcanoes of Mirad Valle and Rlneond Vieja, in Costa Rica, situa ted respectively eighty and sixty miles southeast of Lake Nicaragua, are In active eruption.
