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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1902. NUMBER 37. SAMAR CAMPAIGN COL. GROFSBFCK DISCUSSES CASE OF GEN. SMITH. THE WATER CURE PRACTICE He Believes in It—Says that it is the Most Human Method of Obtaining Information So Far Know to Mod ern Warfare. SAN FRANCISCO. July 21.—Colonel Stephen Grossbeck, formerly judge ad voacte of the division df the Philip pines, has arrived here from Manila en route to Chicago, where he will take station as judge advocate of the department of the lakes. Colonel Grossbeck was chief reviewing author ity in the trials of Major Waller and General Jacob H. Smith, both of whom were court-martialed for meth ods used in the Samar campaign. Discussing the Waller trial, Colonel Grossbeck characterized Major Waller os a tactician, not a leader. In re viewing the case he said: “I could only give a qualified ap proval of the findings of the court be cause I believed him responsible large ly for the condition that caused his men to commit the offenses charged. An attempt was made to lead a de tachment of his command, consisting of four officers, fifty-four enlisted men and thirty-three ‘cargadores’ from east towns across the island of Samar in search of the enemy, and when about midway of his course he found him self in tlie heart of an uninhabited, mountainous section, without rations and without medical attendance. The march had been begun without proper provisions being made. The men’s shoes wore worn away, their cloth ing hung in tatters, their feet bruised and bleeding, their bodies lacerated by thorns and, added to this wretched ness, the leeches which abound at tacked and greatly aggravated their exposed wounds. To the cry for food the ‘cargadores,’ it is alleged, did not efficiently respond, and the suspicion arose in the minds of the starving men that the ‘eargadoros’ were con niving at their destruction. For this they were placed under fire, and all of those- from whom a cry of rctalia ' tion came were executed.” Referring to the famous “kill and burn” order alleged to have been issued by General Smith, Colonel Smith, Colonel Grossbeek said: "No such order was ever issued by Smith, but he is an impetuous and erratic man, and, when going over the ground at Balangiga, after the mas sacre of an entire company of the Ninth infantry, he remarked to Wal ler that they would be justified in kill ing and burning as they went.” He did not think that Waller or any of the officers of his command should be held accountable for the lives destroyed, but he believed that had more careful provision been made when the fatal march was begun it would not have ended with such de structive results. He spoke of General Smith as a fine officer and expressed regret at the humiliation attached to the recent orders for his retirement. Colonel Grossbeek believes in the water cure and said that in all the' complaints caused by this method of forcing the insurgents to give in formation as to where arms were hid den, etc., it had been abused only by young officers over-zealous and inex-' perienced in their work. “I believe,” he said, “the water cure as practiced by the American army in the Phil ippines to be the most humane meth od of obtaining information from criminals of war that is known to modern warfare.” Bank Officers Sentenced. SALT LAKE, Utah. July 21—Harry T. Duke and Alexander A. Robertson, formerly cashier and paying teller, re spectively, of the Wells-Fargo bank, appeared before Judge Morse in the district court and pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling $60,000 from the bunk and were each sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the peni tentiary. Secretary Baer Begins. BOSTON. July 21.—John Willis Baer, secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, has tendered his resignation, to take effect October 1, and has accepted a position as assist ant secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. Mr. Baer begins his new work in New York on October 1. f Death is announced of the wife of Senator Patterson of Colorado. SHORTAGE OF HARVEST HANDS. Farmers in Vicinity of Pierre Offer Good Wages. PIERRE, S. D„ July 21.—Wheat harvest will begin in this part of the state within a few days, and haying is now under full swing—where the farmers and ranchers have been able to secure help. Crops will be the best for years and there is a demand for farm help, which cannot be se cured. Good wages are waiting for a number of farm laborers in this part of the state. One man in from the range a few days ago said he would take out twenty men with him if he could secure them, and guaran tee every man work in his immedi ate neighborhood at from $40 to $45 per month, or in case he failed, to return them to this city at his own expense. JOHN W. MACKAY IS DEAD. President of Postal Telegraph Com pany Succumbs at London Home. LONDON, July 21.—John W. Mack ay died yesterday afternoon at hi3 London residence, Charlton House Terrace. The immediate cause of death was heart failure. The right lung was found to be congested and the symptoms indicated pneumonia. He was conscious most of the time yesterday. Mrs. Maekay is prostrat ed with grief. Mr. Maekay came to Europe for his health and apparently had benefited by the change, but the sudden hot wave affected him injuri ously and while attending to some business in the city last Tuesday hi* was taken with faintness and dizzi ness. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. FATAL MISTAKE OF HUSBAND. Takes Husband and His Brother for Burglars and Kills Both. ST. LOUIS, July 21.—A special from Murphysboro, 111., says that Mrs. George Joubert shot and killed her husband and brother-in-law, Moses Joubert, whom she took for burglars, about 2 o'clock this morning. The Joubert family reside about five miles east of Ava. George and his brother, Mo«e«, bad been to that vil lage and returning home in an intox icated condition, proceeded to break down the door, which Mrs. Joubert had locked. The woman became frightened, and, supposing they intended to kill her, fired with her husband's revolver, in stantly killing both men. Celestial Has English Wife. - NEW YORK, July 21.—The Hon. C. K. Tseng, secretary of the Chinese legation at Washington, who arrived at quarantine on the Umbria, came up to the city yesterday. The secretary brought with him his wife, who was formerly Miss Burnett of London, England. Mrs. Tseng said she would spend the winter in Washington with friends. She was dressed in ordinary garb, but her husband had on his na tive dress. Love Drove Him to Murder. MARSHALL, Mo., Mo., July 21.— George Wiley shot and killed Miss Dovie Flynn, step-daughter of Rich ard Dearking, a Chicago & Alton rail way employe, at the latter’s home here and then committed suicide. The wo man had refused to marry him. Wiley had intercepted Miss Flynn on her way home from a religious meeting and walked with her to her home. Mrs. Dearking had called to her to come into the house, and as she was passing through the door Wiley shot Miss Flynn from behind. She died within a few minutes without making1 a statement. Later Wiley’s body was found in the street in front of the1 Dearking home. He had shot him self between the eyes and apparently died instantly. Returning to Washington. UTICA, N. Y., July 21.—Colonel William Cary Sanger, assistant secre tary of war, accompanied by Mrs. Sanger, left here for New York and* Washington. Secretary Root sails for Europe next Thursday and during his absence of six week3 Colonel Sanger will be in charge of the war depart ment. New Dates for Chautauqua. TECUMSEH, Neb., July 21.—The Teeumseh Chautauqua, which was to have been held from July 12 to 20 and had to be postponed on account bf the rainy weather and floods, will be held from July 20 to August 3, in clusive. POPE DISPLEASED HEAD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH FA VORS REMOVAL OF FRIARS. THE DEMANDS ARE REASONABLE Pontiff is Intensely Displeased with Action of Commission of Cardinals —To Treat with Judge Taft Person ally—As to Future Negotiations. LONDON, July 19—The Rome cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle says the pope is intensely displeased at the way in chlch the commission of car dinals has conducted the negotiations with Judge Tatf in the matter of the lriara in the Philippines. "I learn from tut autnoritative Source,” says the correspondent, "that besides annulling the proceedure of the commission of cardinals the pope has summarily dissolved it, express ing his views that the American de mands were reasonable and signifying bis readiness to treat with Judge Taft petsonally.” ROME, July 19.—The following note from the Vatican was presented to Governor Taft last night: "1 hasten to acknowledge the receipt of the letter by which you kindly com municated to me the cablegram from Secretary Root, answering my note of July 9, which explained the counter project of the Vatican for the regula tion of religious affairs in the Philip pines. While thanking you for this important communication, 1 am hap py to assure you that the holy see has learned with the liveliest satisfac tion the high consideration in which Mr. Root and the government of the United States holds the fitness of the measures, which the Vatican inde pendently of the solution of any economic question designed taking to ameliorate the religious situation in the archipelago and to co-operate in the pacification of the people under American sovereignty. The measures are indicated in my memorandum of June 21, and by letter of July 9. These declarations of Mr. Root do honor to the deep political wisdom of the gov ernment of the United States, which knows how to appreciate the happy influence of the holy see for the relig ious and civil elevation of the people, especially Catholics. “With equal satisfaction the pontiff has taken into account the assurances of Secretary Root that the American authorities in the Philippines and at Washington will put forth all possi ble efforts to maintain the good un derstanding happily established with the authorities of the Catholic churcb. On his part the pontiff will not fail to give the apostolic delegation soon to be sent to the Philippines the most precise instructions according to my former notes. “The lines for future negotiations, indicated in the notes having been accepted by Secretary Root, the rep resentative of the Vatican in the archi pelago wil lenter into relations with the authorities in the Philippines on the four points indicated by Mr. Root at the end of his cablegram. “The holy see does not doubt that mutual confidence combined with the action of the American government will readily produce a happy solution of the pending questions, auguring for that new country an era of peace and true progress. “It is my agreeable duty in ending this letter to bf able to render homage to the very great courtesy and high capacity with which you have filled the delicate mission which the gov ernment and president of the United States delegated to you. Willingly I add that the favorable result of the negotiations must be attributed In very large part to your high personal qualities. “While flattering myself that this first success will be a guarantee of the happy issue of ulterior negotiations In Manila, I have the honor to be, etc., RAMPOLIA.” Governor Taft was informed last night that the pope had fixed July 21 for Ijis farewell audience. Governor Taft will start Saturday for Vallom brosa, near Florence, where he will stay with his family until Monday, when he will return for his audience with the pope. Fight a Fatal Duel. WICHITA, Kan., July 19.—Dr. H. G. Greenland and Ben Bearman fought a duel in a saloon at Okarche, O. T., after midnight this morning. Dr. Greenland was shot through the heart and died instantly. Bearman was shot in the head, but not fatally. BALFOUR IS IN THE CHAIR. New Premier Presides at the First Meeting of the New Cabinet. LONDON, July 18.—The premier, A. J. Balfour, presided in the foreign ofik'c at the iirst cabinet meeting of the new administration. The colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, was sufficiently recov ered from the effects o$ the cab acci dent to be able to attend. He was pale, but otherwise showed no signs oi his injuries. The meeting of the cabinet gave fresh Impetus to the reconstruction reports. The most interesting of these for America is the suggestion that the duke of Marlborough will succeed Lord Curzon of Kendleston as viceroy of India, but there is not the least possibility of any such ap pointment. it apears very doubtful if Lord Cur zon will come home before the ex piration of his term of office. As a matter of fact, there is no appoint ment which could he offered him, ex cept the foreign office, which would he a promotion from the viceroyalty of India, and there is no indication that Lord Lansdowne lias any inten tion of retiring. DREAM OF CECIL RHODES. Before Many Years Opening Up of Dark Continent by Rail. WASHINGTON. July 18.—Before many years the world may be aston ished to find that the long fostered dream of the late Cecil Rhodes for the oening up of the Dark Continent has become a reality, and that a con secutive line of steel rails will stretch from Cairo to Cape Town. The state department made public to day an interesting report on railroad development in Africa from United States Consul Ravendai. at Beirut, bearing date of May 10. The consul says that by an agreement signed at Brussels the previous month by Rob ert Williams with the king of the Belgians the German route was aban doned and the railway from Cairo to the cape is to be carried through the Congo Free State to the upper wat ers of the Nile. From Stanley Falls on the upper Congo a railroad is to be built to Mahagi on Bake Albert Nyanza, and this connection will sup ply the missing link between the cape and Egyptian railways. CROMWELL CONFERS WITH HAY. Discusses Panama Canal Question While on a Visit. WASHINGTON, July 18.—Mr. Crom well, of counsel of the Panama Canal company, bad an interview with Sec retary Hay today respecting the isth mian canal project. Mr. Cromwell' will sail Saturday for Paris, where he will be in position to render any de sired assistance to Attorney General Knox and Mr. Russell in reference to the settlement of the title to the Pan ama canal. Save the general statement that the negotiations between the United States and Colombia are progressing satisfactorily, neither party at today’s, conference had any statement to make as to what took place. Mr. Corea and Mr. Calve, represent ing Nicaragua and Costa Rica, had long interviews with Secretary Hay on the canal question. They have not abandoned hope that the choice of a route will yet revert to Nicaragua. TO REBUILD THE CAMPANILE. Offers of Money, Some from America, for the Purpose Received. VENICE, Italy. July 18.—Offers of money to aid in rebuilding the cam panile continue to be received from abroad, including offers from Ameri ca, but there is a disposition to make its reconstruction a purely nati'^ial affair and to rebuild the structure exactly as it was prior to the collapse without foreign assistance. The cost is estimated at G,000,000 lire. The bronze gate of the Logetta of San Sovino was found beneath the debris, twisted and with one of the lions broken. There is hope that the pictures by Tintoretto and others may be saved. Three-fourths of the piazza of San Marco is covered with debris and traffic is completely stopped. Wood Defers Visit. WASHINGTON, July 18.—General Wood has decided to defer his visit to the president at Oyster Bay until eurly next week in order to complete certain work assigned him by the secretary of war in connection with the radical changes ordered in the uniforms of the army. STRIKING FREIGHT HANDLERS TAKE THEIR OLD PLACES. ACTIVITY AGAIN IS THE ORDER Immense Quantities of Freight Rush ed Out by the Wholesale Merchants —Estimated Cost, of the Strike is Ten Million Dollars. CHICAGO, July 17.—Renewed activ ity on the part of Chicago business men followed the settlement of the freight handlers' and teamsters’ strike yesterday and at the close of business hours thousands of tons of freight had been sent to and from the various freight depots. Every one of the 24, 000 who could obtain employment had returned to work by 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The strike, it is estimated, cost the business men of Chicago $10, 000,000 and in order to guard against a contingency in the future they are preparing to inaugurate an educa tional campaign in opposition to the sympathetic strike. The labor unions will be asked to forego the use of this impotent weapon. Business interests which suffered during the strike will join in pledging themselves, it is said, not to sign union agreements which do not guard them against these strikes. On tlie other hand the labor unions are lighting to secure the right to ab rogate agreements for the purpose of ordering sympathetic strikes. The freight handlers blame the na tional officers of the teamsters for the loss of the strike. They declare that the strike shows the necessity for in corporating in all agreements a re servation which will permit strikes. Credit for the settlement rests with the state board of arbitration. It was the adoption of the suggestion of that hoard which led to the action of the freight handlers* union In declaring the struggle with the railroads at an end. At the same time It is probable that even had the state hoard not made its suggestions, the light would have been practically over today, as the major ity of the freight handlers had re turned to work beore the mass meet ing at which the strike was called off officially had convened. It was a knowledge of this fact that had much to do with the action taken by the union. However, the proposition made by the state board of arbitration en abled the freight handlers to retire gracefully from the field. MEET Dp ATH IN UTAH MINE. Powder Magazine Explodes at the Twelve-Hundred-Foot Level. PARK CITY. Utah, July 17.—Two powder magazines at the 1,200-foot level of the Daly-West mine exploded about 1 o’clock this morning, causing a loss of life that at present cannot be estimated nor even guessed at. At 4 o’clock twenty-seven men hadj been taken out of the mine dead and several others had been recovered in a half-dazen condition. These were all brought out through the Ontario, mine 3haft, which is a mile distant from the Daly-West, in which the ex plosion occurred. The 1,200-foot lev el of the Daly-West corresponds to and is connected hy tunnel with the 600-foot level of the Ontario. In the Daly-West between 100 and1 150 men were at work. In the On tario were nearly 100, it is believed. PARK CITY, Utah, July 17—Thir-l ty-flve miners were killed in the Daly-’ West and Ontario mines—twenty-nine in the Daly-West and six in the On tario. The disaster was the result of an explosion occasioned by John Burgy, a miner, going into one of the magazines of the Daly-West with a lighted candle. His act cost him his' life and the lives of many other min ers beside. His body was blown to atoms. All the other victims are rec ognizable, their faces beiu*^|easily identified by relatives and frhwds. Whisky Price Goes Up. PEORIA, 111.. July 17.—The price of whisky advanced 1 cent this morning on the Peoria board of trade. That brings the price up to $1.31 per gal lon on a basis of finished goods. Cholera in Philippines. MANILA. July 17— Cholera is still spreading in the provinces. The pro vincial totals are 14,567 cases and 10,937 deaths. Manila averages forty cases daily. KING TO TAKE A VOYAGE. His Majesty is Removed from Palace and Placed on the Royal Yacht. IjONDON, July 1C.—King Edward left Victoria station at 11:35 o'clock yesterday morning for Portsmouth, where he will board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The king was conveyed from Buik ingham palace to the railway station in an ambulance drawn by two horses. The only other occupant of the am bulance was Queen Alexandria. The vehicle was driven at a walking pace. Although there was a small crowd at the station there was no demonstra tion, which was the express wish of the king. The doctors and nurses awaited the arrival of the ambulance, and a party of blue jackets removed his majesty from the vehicle to a royal saloon car formerly used by the late Queen Vic toria. Absolute privacy was secured by a lofty screen of red plush which surrounded the platform. The removal of his majesty from the train to the royal yacht was safe ly accomplished by blue jackets, and the king’s couch was placed in a re ception room which had been specially constructed on the upper deck. STEEL TKUST FILES ANSWER. Total Assets Amount to One Billion Four Hundred Million. NEWARK, N. J., July 16.—The ans wer of the United States Steel Cor poration to the suit designed to pre vent the $200,000,000 bond conversion plan, brought by J. Aspinwall Hodge, William H. Curtis and Bernard Smith, was filed yesterday. The suit is based on the contention that tile corporation’s assets do not equal the amount of its preferred stock, and that, therefore, it cannot proceed, as intended under the act of 1902. The answer, which is supported by an affidavit of Charles Schwab, states assets will amount to the entire stock, bonds, common and preferred, or more than $1,400,000,000. Mr. Schwab in his affidavit main tains that his position is such as to give him knowledge of the actual worth of the properties, and lists his estimates of their value. TO SEND ANOTHER SHIP. Minister Bowen Will Reinforce La Guayra. WASHINGTON. July 16.—Minister Bowen considers the situation in Ven ezuela such that, at the request of the state department the navy department has decided to send an additional ship to La Guayra, and tomorrow, on the arrival of the Marietta at Kingston, Jamaica, for which place it sailed to day from Cape Haytien, it will be met by orders to go to Colon to re lieve the Machias. The Topeka, which has been at La Guayra, sailed today for Curacao via Puerto Cabello. The navy department does not believe the Marietta will be detained more than a few days in Venezuela and will be able to carry out its original orders to relieve the Machias. The only ex planation made at the department for dispatching the Marietta to La Guayra is that Minister Bowen may need it for purposes of communication. THREE TOWNS ARE WIPED OUT. Terrific Cyclone Sweeps Northeastern Portion of North Dakota. ST. PAUL, July 18.—Tremendous damage and It Is thought great loss of life was caused by a terrific wind storm which early this evening swept in a southeasterly direction from the International boundary across the northeastern portion of North Dakota Three towns, according to the meager reports which were obtainable at mid night, were totally wiped out. Telegraph lines were wrecked and there is no communication with the section, of the state where the most 3erious devastation is thought to have been wrought by the tornado. The little town of Borup on the St. Vincent line of the Great Northern is an absolute wreck. The final report last night was that the entire town was wiped out and hardly a structure of any sort left standing. Workman Falls from Bridge. NICKERSON. Nob.. July 16.—Fred Boehe, an Elkhorn employe, was se verely injured by being Knocked ofl Maple i reek bridge by the pilo driver The Frankfurter Zeitung says the Rothschilds have informed the sul tan that they must decline to act in any way toward unifying the Turldsb debt