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^■r i f f /» y /y y'-wy ^ ^ *• r ■■ •r# Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 1902. NUMBER 41. SIGN THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN UNI TED STATES AND CHINA. FINAL SETTLEMENT IS REACHED The Compact is Negotiated by F. S. Sharretts, Who Briefly Informs the State Department of Its Consumma tion on August 15. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—1The state department has received a dispatch from T. S. Sherretts, the treasury ex pert who was commissioned by the state department to negotiate a tariff between the United States and China, stating that the treaty was signed on the 10th inst., and that he would sail for the United States on the first steamer. The announcement contained in Mr. Sherretts' brief dispatch to the state department brings to a successful con clusion negotiations which have been in progress for many months for a tariff treaty between China and this country. It was stipulated as one of the features of the peace agreement between China and the foreign powers, at the close of the Boxer outbreak, that an entirely new fabric to the trade treaties should be made. This carried out the purpose Secre tary Hay had maintained throughout the preceding negotiations for an ‘ open door,” the desire being to open up foreign communications with the in terior of China and thus gain access to the vast markets of the empire. Following the conclusion of the peace arrangements, Mr. Sherretts was selected to carry on the tariff negotiations in behalf of the United States. This selection was due to his long familiarity with tariff affairs, as he had assisted in the framing of re-, cent tariff legislation before congress, and had also served as one of the gen eral appraisers of New York. Ho went to China about a year ago, and has since beeen engaged in working out the details of a tariff agreement. it was announced aooui a rnouiu ago that the British commissioners had concluded a treaty with Chin;* and it was understood at that time \ that the British treaty would serve as a basis for similar treaties with the United States and other foreign com* tries. The state department was ad vised at the time that the rates on im ports entering China were 12^ per cent and the export duties Tty per cent. One of the most important provis ions of the British-Chtna treaty was that abolishing the Likin tax. It is presumed that similar rates are made in the American treaty, and that the Likin tax is abolished as far as it relates to American goods in transit. The Likin tax has been one of the . most burdensome exactions of the an tiquated Chinese systems, as it was levied by the officials at various points through the interior, without uniformity, and often with less rqgard for commercial ends than for the en richment of the unscrupulous local of ficials. The abolition of the Likin ■ tax will go far toward encouraging foreign trade and traffic in the in terior of China. Mr. Sherretts’ dispatch is dated at Shanghai, and does not go into de tails regarding the treaty he has signed. GALA RECEPTION TO TAFT. Elaborate Ovation to Be Tendered Governor on Arrival. MANILA. Aug. 1.—Governor Taft is expected to reach here next Wednes ; day. He left Singapore, Straits Set v. :, tlements, last Friday on board the Uni ted States gunboat General Alava. The plans for the reception to be given Governor Taft are most elabo rate. The shipping Vi the harbor will tf be decorated when he arrives and a processslon of small craft is to ac company the General Alava np the yV bay. A series of arches are at pres r‘' ent being erected along the line o! % Governor Taft's march from the office | of the captain of the port, where hi , will disembark from a launch, to Val acanan palace, where a reception wlf *' be given him. There will be a ban quet the evening of the governor’s ar rival. Heiress to Fair Estate. PLAINVIEW, N. J., Aug. 18—Mrs Nelson and her son Abram, the moth Der and half brother of the late Mrs . Charles Fair, left Newmarket todaj B for San Francisco to care for theii ' interests in the division of the Fail , «state. WILL MOVE AGAINST BACOLOD. Troops Will Attack Place Where Sol diers Were Murdered. MANILA, Aug. 18.—The Moro situa tion in Minandao is considered criti cal. It is believed that American troops will soon move against Baeolod, where the murder of two men from the Twenty-seventh regiment was plotted recently. A small party of Moros surprised an outpost of the Twenty-seventh at Camp Vickers on Augnst 7 and succeeded in killing tw'o and wounding one American. They came from Baeolod. Bitter opposition exists against the Americans at Caco lod, and Captain John J. Pershing of the Fifteenth cavalry, commanding the American forces at Lake Lanao, Jias recommended the reduction of tfle Baeolod fortress. General Chaffee, who recently left Manila on a tour of final inspection, reached the island of Mindanao on Friday. In a conference with the oleal commander, General Chaffee argued that unless the American forces moved decisively against the hostiles they would lose the support of the friendly Moros. TWO OUTLAWS STRUNG UP. Members of Casey-Cravens Gang Hang ed by Oklahoma Mob. CORDELL, Okla., Aug. 18.—A mob of several hundred men took Levi Reed and Bud Wingo, outlaws captured re cently in a raid on the Casey-Cravens gang, from the county jail here and strung them up to trees to force them to reveal the whereabouts of their leaders and to give information re garding their crimes. The outlaws finally gave the desired information and the mob returned them to jail, disappearing, apparently to run down the gang. Reed was so badly strangled that he was revived with difficulty. The Casey-Cravens gang is one of the worst that infests this part of the country. Recently they have com mitted many outrages in southern Oklahoma. Governor Savage Takes a Hand. NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Aug. 18 Governor Savage and a number of Union Pacific officials have been in consultation here with Mayor Walker and county officials regarding the ad visability of sending state trftops to control the strikers, who, it is charged, have been trespassing on Union Pacific property and threatening new employ es. There has been no marked vio lence thus far, and the sheriff says he believes he can maintain order. Governor Savage will investigate the matter further and announce his de cision before returning to Lincoln to morrow. Leaders of the strikers say they will aid in preventing violence. Vuaghn Has a New Party. NEW YORK, Aug. 18—W. R. Vaughan, formerly of Nebraska, is at the Astor house. Mr. Vaughan is en titled to the distinction of having or ganized the first new political party of the twentieth cenury. It is called "Vaughan’s justice party,” and first aaw the light of day at Washington. “Our party of justice is already an ag gressive force,” said Mr. Vaughan. “It promises liberty for all Americans. Liberty is unknown in this country. The new party opposes all trusts and monopolies. I am in New York for the purpose of arranging for the hold ing of a convention here of our partj of justice at an early date.” Pope Receives a Message. . ROME. Aug. 18.—Among the tele gramp of congratulation received bj the pontiff was one of 20,000 words from the Catholics of Catania, Sicily The receipt of this long message caus ed amusement, as under the settlement with the Italian government all tele grams for the Vatican are accepted and delivered free. In the course of s conversation the pope urged the build , ing of a chapel to be dedicated to the Sacred Heart. * One Thousand Rebels Slain. PEKIN, Aug. 18.—The viceroy oi Sze Chuan reports that imperial troop* attacked the rebel headquarters ai Inchawan August 12. One thousand rebels were killed and their leader Tong You Hung, was captured and ex ecuted. Editor Hemphill Dies. !■ ATLANTA. Ga., Aug. 18.—Colonel William A. Hemphill, former mayo: pf Atlanta and founder of the Atlanta 'Constitution, died suddely tonight. TROUBLE COMING ROYALISTS ACCUSED OF OPPOSI TION TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. LEADERS DENY THE CHARGE Claim Movement is Entirely Spontane ous on the Part of the People—Min isterialist Organs Assert that Breton Peasants Were Deluded. PARIS. Aug. 16—The semi-official announcement, made after yesterday's cabinet meeting, that the royalists are directing the agitation against the closign of religious schools n Brittany has evoked considerable comment. Catholic leaders and the Catholic press deny that the movement is anti republican. Count Albert de Mun, who, with Abbey Gayraud, is the guiding spirit of the resistance in Finisterre, declares that the move ment is entirely spontaneous on the part of the people themselves, and that not an act nor a shout has oc curred in Britanny to justify the al legation that a royalist conspiracy exists. Count Albert de Mun says the “Marseillaise" has been sung every where and that it is evident the gov ernment is embarrassed by the sit uation and has invented the royalist scare in order to create a diversion. Francois Coppee in an interview ex pressed a similar opinion in more vi olent and picturesque language. The Patrie says it is rumored that the gov ernment intended to arrest the royal ist senator from Finisterre, M. de Cbamaillard. Ministerialist organs ass°rt that the government possesses information as to the manner in which the Breton peasants were de luded into a belief that they could successfully resist the republic. The situation at St. Meen and Fol geet remains unchanged. An import ant pilgrimage to Folgeet took place today, on the occasion of the Feast of the Assumption, 15,000 people gath ering from the surrouding country. Processions from nearby villages ar rived during the morning, headed by priests bearing crosses and banners and chanting. Admiral De Cuvervilie, Abbe Gay raud, who is a member of the Cham ber of Deputies, and Councillor Sou bigon have addressed a protest to the premier, M. Coombes, on account of the allegations of royalism, saying: “We protest against the attempt to give a political character to the dem onstrations of an indignant public conscience. While applauding the le gitimate protests of the population who are grateful to the sisters, we shall continue to strive to prevent acts of violence. Long live the liber al republic.” Members of religious orders ex pelled from France, especially sisters, are applying to the Vatican authori ties for permission to settle in the United States. PLANS FOR PEKIN BUILDING. Architect is to Be Sent to China by Treasury Department. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Comply ing with the request of the secretary of state, the treasury department will detail an expert architect to go to Pekin, China, to complete the plans and specifications for the new United States legation buildings there and su perintend their construction. The French architect who performed a like service for his government and j who was engaged to plan and construct the buildings for the United States has gone to France and will not re turn. As his plans were not altogether favorable, Minsiter Conger has asked that a competent architect be sent from the United States. The selec tion of a man will be made very. soon. European Cold Wave. BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The weather continues cold and rainy. The tem perature yesterday, in southern Sax ony stood at 32 degrees F., and snow fell in the Erz-Gebirge and in the Vis ges mountains in Alsace. The North sea summer resorts are practically de serted and persons on vacations are returning to their homes. Army offi cers are wearing their winter over coats. Rests with the Police. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Aug. 16.—At torney General Taylor decided today, that Governor Durbin has no right to' interfere in boxing contests, but that the local police of cities must control them. SITUATION VF.RY CRITICAL. 1 Sacking of Baracelona Continues and Valuable Property Destroyed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Under date of Wednesday, August 13, Min ister Bowen, at Caracas, reports to the state department that the situa tion there is very critical. Minister Bowen in the dispatch, the contents of which the state depart ment made public today, says he "is advised by the United States consul at Barcelona that the revolutionists are sat king that town and searching private houses. They are demanding money from foreign residents in ex change for a guaranty of safety of lives and property." At the time of llllng his dispatch he had heard nothing from the Cin cinatti or Marietta. He says the sack ing of Barcelona continues and that much valuable property is being de stroyed. At the navy department a cable gram has been received from Com mander McLean, reporting the arrival of the Cincinnati at Barcelona. The Marietta is at Port of Spain, Trinidad, and is subject to the orders of Com mander McLean. The dispatch from Commander Mc Lean was sent since that of Minister Bowen. KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE. Charles Fair and Wife of Can Fran cisco Meet Death in France. EVEREUX, France, Aug. 15— Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair, Americans, who were related to Mrs. W. K. Van derbilt. jr. (Miss Virginia Fair), were returning to Paris from Trouville to day when their automobile swerved and crashed into a tree fifteen miles from here. Both were killed. The chauffeur became insane as a consequence of the shock. Mr. and Mrs. Fair had been staying at Troufille during racing week. They had a very fast forty-five horse pow er automobile, which attracted con siderable attention, and with which they were highly pleased. Mr. Fair had been from Trouville to Paris and back again in one day on the ma chine. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Fair were taken to the Chateau Buis son du Mai. SENATORS GOING TO HAWAII. Mission is to Investigate Condition of Affairs There. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.—United States Senator J. R. Burton erf Kansas, chairman of the sub-committee of the senate that has been instructed to visit Hawaii and inquire Into ex-Queen Liliuokalani’s claims to crown lands, has arrived and expects to sail for Honolulu on the next steamer. Senator Burton expects to spend four or five weeks in Hawaii in com pany with Senator Mitchell of Oregon and Senator Foster of Washington. They will make a thorough Investiga tion of the affairs and conditions in the islands and among other things will inquire into the crown land ques tion. lowans Graduate at Valparaiso. RICHMOND. Ind., Aug. 16.—The fol lowing Iowa students received degrees at the annual commencement of Val paraiso college August 14: Jacob Bret back, Cascale; Charles B. Speers, He drick; P. W. Woods. Pleasantville; Petra M. Dahl, Calmar; N. J. Curt, Cascade; James R. McVlcker. Sigour ney; F. W. Page, Elkader; James P. Reid, Muscatine; J. E. Sturdevant, Stanwood; Otto S. Svabakken, Water loo; David G. Eckholm, Swea City; Alfred C. Merwin, Leon; William S. Watson, Kellerton; Catherine A. Hast ings, Bailey; Elnora G. Hicks, Creston. Monona Insane Go to Cherokee. ON AW A, la., Aug. 16.—The clerk of the district court of Monona county received orders from the state board of control that after August 15 all persons committed as insane from Monona and twenty-six other counties in northwestern Iowa must be sent to the Cherokee state hospital. Per sons committed as inebriates will be sent to Mount Pleasant as formerly. Death of Thomas Highland. SAC CITY, la., Aug. 15.—Thomas Highland, the venerable father of Mayor John M. Highland, died at the home of his son Walter, northeast of Sac City, in his 90th year. Mr. High land and his wife recently celebrated the sixty-sixth anniversary of their marriage. He had been in excellent health with mental facilities well pr& served until a few days ago. ON TO BARCELONA CINCINNATI SAILS FROM PORTO CABELLO UNDER ORDERS. CRUISER NOW PROBABLY THERE Commander McLean Sets Sail Imme diately After Receiving Orders— Minister Power Says that Revolu tionists Committed Depredation. WASHINGTON. Aug. 14—Over night the Navy department received word that Cincinnati hud sailed yester day from Porto Cabello for Barcelona, under the instructions cabled yester day to Commander McLean, directing either Cincinnati or Topeka to proceed immediately to that point. Commander McLean, who is the se nior officer present, evidently decided to go himself and leave Topeka to pro tect American interests at Porto Ca bello. It is probable that Cincinnati already has arrived at Barcelona, but that fact may not be known officially here for several days, as Minister Bowen cabltd the State department from Caracas today that the cable from Caracas to Barcelona again bad been cut by the revolutionists. On Monday he reported that this cable had been cut. but presumably it had been repaired in the interim and bis last dispatch indicates that the connection again has been lost. Neither the State nor the Navy de partment have received confirmation of the press dispatches from the port of Spain, which were conveyed there from Barcelona, by boat, of the extent of the fighting at Barcelona and of the report that the American, Italian and Dutch consulates had been pil laged. The officials of the Navy de partment are confident that Com mander McLean with Cincinnati will be able to take care of American in terests there. Owing to the general disturbed con dition of affairs all along the line of the Venezuelan coast and the appeals of Minister Bowen for warships, the question whether our naval force in those waters is sufficient to take care of the existing situation and to meet future contingencies has been can vassed. For the present it has been decided that It is unnecessary to send an additional vessel. We now have three ships at the three critical points, Cincinnati at Barcelona, Topeka at Porto Cabello, where the Germans al ready have landed a force, and Mar ietta at the mouth of the Orinoco, which was declared blockaded by the Castro government. The question of affording an asylum to President Castro aboard an Amer ican warship in case he should be obliged to flee from the country and should have no other means of escape, has not been seriously considered by the State department and it is not be lieved that his condition at present is desperate enough to make such a move imperative. Besides, it is re ported through the press dispatches that he has a vessel at La Guayra upon which he can embark for France if the necessity should occur. BIG DEAL IN TIMBER LANDS. Hill Said to Be in the Scheme and Another Railroad the Result. Hill Said to be In the Scheme and Another Railroad the Result. QUINCY, Cal., Aug. 14—T. B. Walk er, the lumberman of Minneapolis, has Just closed a deal by which he secures a tract of timber land in Plumas county aggregating 65,000 acres. It is understood that the price paid was $18 an acre. Four corps of engineers are at work in this section end it is rumored that Mr. Walker and J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, are working together, to the end that a railroad, which will eventually develop into a transcontinental line, will tap the timber lands purchased by Mr. Walker. A survey for a transconti nental road through *his section wfas made in 1893. Rare Picture of the Pope. ROME, Aug. 14.—Cardinal Ledow' chisky’s will has been opened and It is announced that he appoints as sole legatee his nephew, County Ledow chlsky, a retired officer of the Aus trian army, who resigned his com mission as a protest against the prac I tice of dueling in the army. A paint ing of great value is left to the pope and the secretary of the former pre fect of the propaganda inherits the cardinal’s silver service, nuity. ELECTRICITY MAY 8AVE LIFE. Last Resort by Physicians in the Case of Ex-Senator Roach. NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Former Sen ator William A. Roach of North Da kota, who has been exceedingly 111 here a long time, is improving. Hia illness, which arose from the growth of a malignant tumor, had been pro nounced incurable and for days he lay at the point of death. The knife had been used several times without avail. Finally the physicians resorted to the X-ray treatment. The great ma chine was placed in the senator's room anil electric treatment was giv en daily, the wire springs of the bed acting as conductors. A tube was in serted in the incision madfe by the former operation, and through this the X-ray was applied to the affected part, the attempt being to dry up the tu mor which the surgeons had failed to remove thoroughly with the knife. Gradually the dangerous symptoms have been lessened and at last thera is genuine ground for hope. QUAY IS TO TRY HIS HAND. Pennsylvania Senator Will Attempt to Settle Anthracite Strike. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 13.— Senator Quay says he Is willing to do all In his power to end the strike of the anthracite coal miners. George Llewellyn of the citizens’ alliance of Wtlkesbarre called upon the senatoi and asked the latter to use his good offices in an endeavor to end the strike. Senator Quay, after his talk with Mr. Llewellyn, said: “I ain ready to do anything In my power to bring about a settlement of the strike in the anthracite re gions.” The senator said he deeply regret ted tho present differences and that he was willing to meet the miners, operators, or both, if it would aid in restoring Industrial peace. Any sug gestions, he said, that may be made by Chairman Llewellyn will be prompt ly taken under consideration. NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS. Rainfall During Past Week Ample In Practically All of State. Weekly bulletin of the Nebraska sec tion of the climate and crop service of the Weather bureau for the week ending August 11, 1902: The last week was cool, with sufficient rain for good growth. The dally mean temperature has averaged 4 degrees below normal. The rainfall exceeded an inch in the central and a few northern counties, and was light, generally less than half an inch, in southern and western coun ties. The last week was very favorable for stacking, threshing and haying ex cept on Friday and Saturday, when showers occurred quite generally, which somewhat interfered with the work. Small grain is now about all cut and threshing is in progress in the Northern counties. Corn has grown well and continues to promise a very large crop; in several of the southern counties more rain would be beneficial to corn, but in only a very small area in the southwestern portion of the state has the crop been damaged by lack of rain. Harvesting Machine Combine. TRENTON, N. J„ Aug. 13.—The International Harvester company, with an authorized capital of |120,« 000,000, was incorporated here to night. The company is authorized to manufacture harvesting machines and agricultural implements of all kinds. It is understood that among the in corporators are the proprietors and officers of most of the harvesting ma chine companies in the United States* . 1 Burlington Earnings. CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 13.—The offi cial statement of the Chicago, Bur ling & Quincy Railway company (la-' eluding all controlled roads) for the year ending June 30, shows gross earnings of $53,739,245, an increase over the preceding year of $3,743,356; total expenses and charges (dividends not included), $43,609,839; increase, $1,600,826; net earnings. $10,185,406; increase, $2,142,430. Mackay Horses Are Sold. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 13.—The horses in training owned by Clarence H. Mackay were sold in the paddock here today. Ten were sold for a to tal of $61,400. As expected, the two year-old Mexican brought the top price. Starting at $10,000, with L. Waterbury, F. J. H. Healy and W. L. Powers as bidders, his price advanced to $20,000. R. T. Wilson, Jr., secured him.
