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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1902. NUMBER 45. ARGUND HIS TOMB CANTON CITIZENS DO HOMAGE TO M’KINLEY'S MEMORY. LOVE OF THE BEREAVED WIFE She Lays the Customary Bouquet on Her Husband's Bier and Judge Day Eulogizes His Dead Chieftain in Appropriate Words. CANTON, O., Sept. 15.—There was a general observance of McKinley me morial day In the city which claimed him as its own. From almost every pulpit there was reference in prayer or address to him and his work. His favorite hymns were used. The ad dress that attracted most attention here was that given by Judge William R. Day, McKinley's secretary of state, and a friend and adviser of McKinley for years. The address was delivered in the First Methodist Episcopal church, of which McKinley was a member. A portrait of the late presie dent, aronud wh.ch were the folds of the Stars and Stripes, emblematic of his patriotic spirit, was displayed. In the Catholic church a special mass was said and some of the priests made references to McKinley, they having known him personally. Aimotign rieopiy conscious or me fact that Just one year ago her be loved husband died, Mrs. McKinley did not vary the program followed by her for several months. All days to her, have been memorial days. Her usual trip to West Lawn cemetery was taken this forenoon and she laid love's offering of flowers on the casket that contains the remains of the nation’s martyred ciiief. Mrs. Garrett A. Ho bart, who is her guest, went with hen into the McKinley tomb, and also laid, a bouquet of Cowers on the coffin. Their drive took them to the Mc Kinley family burial lots, where bou quets were laid by Mrs. McKinley’s direction. During the day there were many visitors at the McKinley vault, Judge Day's tribute to his martyred chief was, in part, as follows. “This tragedy which fills our hearts with « grief has a lesson for the living, an<! calls upon the law-makers to enforce laws for the suppression and punish ment of those who teach or practice the dreadful tenets of this code of lawlessness and ruin.” Referring to the early life of 55* he heard the call of his country to Kinley, he said: “From the high school her sons and at once stepped into the ranks as a defender of the union. His associates in arms, officers in his regi ment, included such lawyers as Hayes and Matthews and their companion ship. While a valiant soldier he de termined to adopt the legal profession as his calling should he survive the perils of war.’’ Referring to the Spanish-Ameriittu war Judge Day said: “He determined to do all within his official duties to benefit the Cuban people, to relieve the strain on our people, and if possible to accomplish these ends without an appeal to arms. These purposes are the key to his Cuban policy steadily pursued, with much accomplished when the |Unl»ooked for happened in the treacherous anchoring of the Maine, by which she became the easy prey of malicious persons bent on her de struction. The president felt he could not look upon a peaceful settlement which did not involve the withdrawal of Spain from this continent, and he promptly advised our minister at Ma drid that only such a settlement would be satisfactory.’’ HAS A FEW DOLLARS TO LOAN. Armour Sends $4,000,000 to New York City to Invest. CIIICACiO, 111., Sept. 15.—Seeking to relieve in a measure the stringency in the eastern money market and also to benefit by the advancing rates for loans, Armour & Co. sent $4,000,000 to New York for loaning purposes. J. Ogden Armour, president of the corporation, said tonight: “We sent $4,000,000 to the New York market to day, with the instruction that it be used until January 1.” Concerning the details of the trans action Mr. Armour had nothing to say. Leopold Way Come Over. BRUSSELS, Sept 15—Le Soire, re ferring to the announced visit of King Leopold to the United States, said it F is quite possible that this visit will occur, but adds that nothing is known of it in official circles. ‘ - - HUNDREDS LEFT HOMELESS. Many Are Reported Burned to Death in Oregon. PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 15.—About 500 people are left homeless In Mult nomah and Clackamas counties as a result of the forest tires that have raged for the past week. Fires have burned over a wide scope of country, but the greater damage in this state appears to have been done in these two counties. In a fire that destroyed the town of Palmer, near Bridal Vale, two boys named Hamilotn were caught while trying to escape from the flames and burned to death. The timber losses in Clackamas county have been immense and the whole length of the Clackamas river presents nothing but vistas of ruined settlements. In eastern Multnomah the fires are under control and no further damage is feared unless weather changes. In southern Oregon excellent work has been done by the ranchers and the de-J struction confined to a comparatively limited area. Eugenie and surround ing country Is now practically out of danger, though flies are still menac ing. Tillamook also has been saved by the change in the direction of the wind and the inhabitants have good hopes of saving the town, which has twice been almost abandoned before the raging flames. DUBLIN CITIZENS AROUSED. Resolutions Adopted Denouncing Slur on City’s Fair Name. DUBLIN, Sept. 15.—Some 20,000 persons, the biggest open air gather ing that has been seen here In years,, assembled in Phoenix park tonight (w Jrotest against the action of the gov-' eminent in proclaiming the British capital. The lord mayor of Dublin' presided and John Dillon and William’ O’Brien, nationalist members of the] house of commons, were the chief speakers. George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, was the principal target for abuse and ringing resolutions de-1 nouncing the slur on Dublin’s fair1 aame were unanimously passed. PR AISEvFOR GERMAN ARMY. General Wood Pleases Emperor Wil liam by Praising the Soldiers. BERLIN, Sept. 15.—Major General Henry C. Corbin, who, together with Major General Samuel B. M. Young and Brigadier General Leonard Wood, attended the German army maneuvers near Frankfort-on-the-Odor last week, gave out a statement before he left for, Dusseldorf denying what purported to 1 ho an interview with him, in which* ho was represented as unfavorably criticising the German infantry. In this statement General Corbin said: “My companions and I have reached '.he conviction that the German army ‘n every respect, but particularly in irganization, instruction, discipline and equipment, is among the best in existence, if not the best. “The army excited the idmiration of ill of the American officers who wit aessed the maneuvers, and we shall lever forget the many marks of dis tinction and courtesy bestow'ed upon is by Emperor William aud his offi cers.” DISPOSE OF THE BANDITS. Constabulary in Luzon Kills Eighteen and Captures Twenty-Five. MANILA, Sept. 15.—The force of aative constabulary which has been n pursuit of the Rios band of ir reconcilables in Tayabas province, Luzon, has killed eighteen and cap tured twenty-five of the bandits. The constabulary encountered the band upon four different occasions during the case., but suffered no losses whatever. Rios, the leader of the ban lits, says he will never be captured I alive. Mob Gives Up Its Purpose. BUTTER. Pa., Sept. 15.—The at tack made on the jail here last night by f. mob in an endeavor to lynch Jerry Bennett for assaulting a 6-year old girl was not renewed tonight. All clay there was a crowd of peo ple about the court house, but none were allowed to approach the Jail. The sidewalk about the building was •oped off, police patrolling the out side, with a number of armed guards Inside to keep order. Babcock Drops Dead. LENOX, Mass., Sept 15.—Samuel D. Babcock, aged 81, a wealthy New York banker and stockholder in the Commercial Cable company, dropped lead here while walking on Main street. CORN CROP COOD CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA AND OTHER STATES. WHAT SECRETARY WILSON SAYS Observations of His Trip in the West —Thinks the Price of Beef Will Go Down—Abundance of Grass in the Country. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Secretary Wilson, who has returned from a trip through the west, summarized the agricultural condition in the states he visited. These states included Ne braska, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Ho Bald there was a groat abundance of crops generally in that region. ‘‘There will be a good corn crop,’’ he said. “Corn now is substantially out of the way of the frost. “The corn crops in parts of Kansas. Nebraska and Indiana are probably the finest on record. There has been more hundreds of millions of dollars depending on the ripening of this crop this year than the ordinary person has ever realized. While the crop is a little late, any danger of its failure ean now be con sidered over. The crop is a good one. While it may not lie a record-breaker, the quality of the corn is splendid and with the exception of the soutl/fern states the yield per acre is very heavy. In the south the drouth has somewhat affected the corn crop. "TJhe wheat crop of the west this year is also very fine and what may be considered as really the most im portant crop of all—the grass crop— is exceedingly good. “The census tells us there has been a great increase during the last ten years in the number <,f cattle in the United States. This information, taken together with the fine crop of grass, insures lower prices of meat. T don't believe the price of meat, how ever, will ever be as low as it has been in the past for the simple reason that the American people are more prosperous than ever before and are eating more meat than ever before. "However, the exceedingly high prices of meat will he a thing of tho past as soon as the present feeders get fattened up to a beef condition. Another thing that will tend to keep the price of meat a little above the former lower price is the demand of England for our meats.” t ^pENIAt. BY YOUNG ROOSEVELT. President’s Son Says Populist Farm ers Treated Him Politely. OYSTER BAY, Sept. 13.—Young Theodore Roosevelt returned home from his hunting trip in the w'est last night. He said that he had a very pleasant trip, that he had shot a great many prairie chickens and caught some fish. He denied that the populist farmers were disagreeable to him. On the contrary, he said, they treated him with the greatest kindness and hos pitality. He added also that there had been no accident nor anything ap proaching an accidental discharge of his gun. Matos Declared a Traitor. CARACAS, Sept. 13.—The govern ment has published a decree declar ing General Matos, leader of the pres ent revolutionary movement in Vene zuela, to be a traitor, and ordering him to bo tried on the charge of pi racy and for having offered control of the finances of the government of Venezuela (in case of the success of his movements) to outside capitalists on the same basis as prevails in Egypt. The facts of this alleged of fer were reported by; the Venezuelan consul at Liverpool. Court of Inquiry Ordered. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—On the request of Rear Admiral Higginson, commander-in-chief of the North At lantic station, the navy department has appointed a court of inquiry con sisting of Rear Admiral Watson, pres ident; Rear Admiral Clarke and Cap tain Chester, with Lieutenant Com mander Roy Smith as recorder, to in vestigate the circumstances attend ing the accident to the big cruiser Brooklyn in Buzzard's bay during tha maneuvers. To Receive Sir Robert Bond. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Mr. Saikes, British charge of embassy, who has just arrived in Washington, has made an appointment with Mr. Adee, the acting secretary, of state, t to receive Sir Robert Bond. TO RECEIVE HIS NEIGHBORS. President Arranges to Welcome Peo ple of His Home County. OYSTKR BAY, L. I., Sept. 12—Ar rangement have about been complet ed for the reception which President Roosevelt will tender to the citizens of Nassau county on the 15th inst. Decorators are at work and before the day of the reception arrives many of the buildings here will be resplen rlnet with bunting. Two presidential salutes will he fired by the Hicksville battery, one when the reception be gins and another at its close. It is probable that between 10,000 and 12,000 people will attend and Sheriff .Johnson of Nassau county will swear in 300 deputy sheriffs, whose auty it will be to keep the crowd at Sagamore Hill moving during the hem's of t,he reception. The president will receive his neigh bors on the porch of his house. A number of committees have been ap pointed, of which Frank Travers will be chairman ex-officio. He will have general supervision of all arrange ments. The president will have as his guests Tuesday Senators Hanna, Lodge, Spooner. Allison and Aldrich. They will take luncheon with the president and probably dinner. • PEOPLE OF MARS ARE SMART. Chicago Profesoor Says They Are Su perior In Intelligence. CHICAGO Sept. 12.—That a people superior in Intelligence to those of the earth inhabit the planet of Mars is a conclusioa that will be set forth by Prof. G. W. Hough, head of the de partment of astronomy of the North western university, in a report which he is compiling of his summer's obser vations from the Dearborn observa tory. He asserts this is & probability basiul on recent discoveries and adds that, of course, it can never beta es tablished positively. The conclusion includes the accep tance of the theory of evolution and the statements of leading astronomers that climatic conditions of Mars are the same as of the earth. The possi bility of Mercury and Venus being In habited is admitted, because they have solidified, and the Intense heat resulting from their proximity to the •sun may have been overcome by a deeper covering of atmosphere. None 3f the other planets, the professor -aid, could contain animal life, SULTAN HARD UP FOR MONEY. Fails to Come in and Debts of the Gov ernment Are Unpaid. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 12.— Only one-half of the amount of money required for the payment of salaries, etc., upon the occasion of the sultan’s anniversary, September 8, was obtain ed from the provinces, and these col lections were made by threats that the provincial collectors would lose their positions unless the money tras forthcoming. The balance of the sum required was made up from the fund for military purchases, customs receipts, etc. Tho money thus taken from the last nam ed source will interfere with the porte’s payment to the Cramps of Philadelphia and to Herr Krupp of Germany for war material. I Pronounced Legally Dead. BOSTON, Sept. 12.—Captain W. AnJ drews, who twice crossed the Atlantic in a fifteen-foot cockle shell, has been pronounced legally dead by the Massa chusetts courts, letters of adminis tration upon his estate have been granted to his son. Captain Andrews sailed October 6, last, from Atlantic City, with his bride, to whom he had been married in the presence of 3,000 people. The boat was sighted only once, about a week after it sailed. General Miles Starts West. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Lieuten ant General Miles left here today for the west and will sail from San Fran cisco on the transport Thomas for the Philippines, where he will make a tour of inspection of the army in the islands. _ i Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—Today’s statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the divi sion of redemption, shows: Available cash balance, $212,623,055; gold, $126, 255,108. And Then it Snowed. CHEYENNE, Wyo„ SepL 12.—A cold wave swept over Wyoming last night, the mercury dropping to 30 de grees, and today it snowed. CROP CONDITIONS GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS GOOD STATE OF AFFAIRS. CORN SHOWING LARGE GAINS All the Products of the Soil Will Make an Abundant Harvest—Oats Will Be a Big Crop—Averages Generally All Right. Washington, Sept. 11,—The monthly report of the statistitian of the Depart ment of Agriculture shows the aver age condition of corn on September 1 to have been 84.3, as compared with 86.5 on August 1, 1902, 51.7 on Sep tember 7, 1901, 80.6 at the correspond ing date in 1900 and a ten-year aver age of 78.8. Except in Kansas and South Dakota, which report a decline of 12 points and 2 points during Aug ust, no material change of condition is reported from any of the principal corn states, and axcept those of the south and the state of Michigan they again report condition averages in ex cess of their respective averages for the last ten years. Notwithstanding its marked decline during August, Kansas reports a con dition of 91, or 25 points above i^ts ten-year average, while Nebraska and Missouri exceed their respective ten year averages by 35 and 22 points re spectively; Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Iowa by 16, 11, 14 and 10 points re spectively and Pennsylvania, Wiscon sin and Minnesota by. 6, 4 and 3 points respectively. The crop, however, is so late that throughout the entire northern por tion of the belt prediction of more than an average crop tire invariably made contingent upon the immediate advent and continuance for some days of the most favorajle conditions of weather. The average condition at harvest of winter and spring wheat combined was 80, against 82.8 last year, 69.6 in 1900 and a ten-year average of 78.9. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois report 13. 18, 16 and 21 points and North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne braska and Missouri 20, 20, 25 and 24 points respectively above their ten year averages, the condition In Min nesota differs only one point from the state’s ten-year average, while Penn sylvania and California report 5 points below the ten-year average, Iowa 12 points below and Kansas a condition of 49.23 points below the ten-year average of the state. The average condition of oats when harvested was 87.2, against 72.1 last year, 82.2 in 1900 and a ten-year aver age of 79.7. While correspondents re port the harvesting of an exception ally large crop of oats, there are In dications that the crop will be very deficient in quality, this will be re ported on more fully in December, when the yields per acre are sent in. Of the ten states having 1,000.000 acres or upward In oats, Iowa alone reports a condition comparing unfav orably with its ten-year average. ENDORSE MEMORIAL SERVICES. All Favor Proposed Tribute to Mc Kinley. CINCINNATI, Sept. 11—Additional responses to the Times-Star’s inquiries have bt-en received from governors, members of congress, church digni taries and others endorsing the move ment for McKinley memorial services in the churches next Monday. Rev. John K. Schick, President Roosevelt’s pastor at Washington, and Rev. Frank M. Bristol, pastor of the church McKinley formerly attended in Washington, both telegraphed that they would speak on the life and char acter of McKinley next Sunday. Arch bishop Elder issued an order that the litany of the saints be publicly recited next Sunday after high mass. MAY RESTRICT EMIGRATION. Men Must Perform Militaray Service Before Going Abroad. VIENNA, Sept. 11.—The Hungari an government is taking steps to adopt stringent measures to regulate and restrict emigration. The ministry of the interior has prepared a bill which will shortly be introduced iu parliament, where by all emigration on the part of men is forbidden until after the perform ance of military service. The bill also provides for strict control ol emigration agencies and transporta tion companies and prescribes se vere penalties for persons attempt ing to induce emigration by means of misleading statements of over flowery advertisements. A STREAM OF FIRE. 3abacca River Carries Evidences of Devastation. KINGSTOWN, Island of St. Vincent. Sept. 10.—Tho sights in the Windward district of this island resulting from Ihe eruption of the Soufriere volcano, September 3, are very interesting. The Rabacca river even now is a stream if liquid lire a quarter of a mile or irore wide. The greater part of the Rabacca estate is wrapped in vapor and there are mimic eruptions every where. The river bed is continuously throwing up columns and dense clouds of steam, mud and pebbles. The land has spread farther seaward and is changing considerably the appearance of the district from what it was prior to September 3. This was probably caused by the ejecta that flowed down the slopes, filling the sea about the coast. MORE VOLCANOES IN ERUPTION. Mountain on Stromboli Island Breaks Out and Vesuvius is Active. ROME, Sept. 10.—The volcano on Stromboli Island Is In full eruption and Is throwing great columns of fire in torrents of stones. The island is shrouded In smoke. Mount Vesuvius Is showing signs of activity. Stromboli is the northernmost of the Lipari islands in the Mediterrar nean off the northern coast of Sicily. Its area is eight square miles. It is wholly of volcanic formation and has a constantly active volcano 3,040 feet high with an extinct crater on top, but an active one on tho side at the height of about 2,150 feet. On tho east side of the island lies the small town of Stromboli. The population of the island is placed at 500 persons. LOOKING FOR A COAL STATION. May Be Located in Pacific Ocean West of Dutch Harbor. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 10.—The revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch, Cap tain Coulson, has arrived here from Dutch Harbor. The McCulloch was under orders to examine Adakh is land, 400 miles west qf Dutch Har bor, as a probable site for a United States coaling station. One of the United States gunboats returning from Alaska last year had visited the same island, reporting favorably upon the proposition and Captain Coul son’s re port, it is understood, will coincide in all that was said of Adakh. This is land is declared to be well situated with a harbor and landing suitable for the discharge of a coal cargo and by good sized colliers. NASH ISSUES PROCLAMATION. Calls Attention to the First Anniver sary of Death of McKinely. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 10.—Governor’ Nash issued the following proclama tion to the people of Ohio today: "Next Sunday, September 14, will be the first anniversary of the death of President McKinley. Many churches of all denominations throughout the country have voluntarily started a movement to hold a memorial service at their regular place of worship in remembrance of the late president "I desire to call attention to this fact and to express the earnest wish that the people of Ohio Join in this movement, making it worthy of the, splendid life and work of the late president.” - Oregon Timber Burning. TILLAMOOK, Ore., Sept. 10.—Forest fires in the mountains near hear are laying waste millions of feet of valu1 able timber. A fire is burning fiercely on the Wilson river eight miles from here, where the new fish hatchery is being put in. So fierce has the fire become that people living in the vi cinity have come to this city for safety. Another fire is burning in the foothills and is causing much damage to farms. The smoke is dense in this city and ashes are falling for miles around. The mail stage was unable to get through. Outlaw Nick Hale Escaped. LANDER, Wyo., Sept, 10.—Ed. Mc Clelland has arrived from Buck Camp and reports that ‘‘Nick" Hale, the out law who fought a battle with officers at Buck Camp recently, is still at large. William Madden has secured the horse stolen by Hale, but the outlaw retained possession of the Winchester and sad dle. Hale was trailed to Ervay where he threw his pursusrs off the track by mixing up with a bunch of wild horses and then doubled back into the Big Horn Mountains.