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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.
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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*
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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.