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$ Loup City Northwestern. - L t - . . i ■ —■ ■■ ... ■' i — 1 ■■■ —■■■ ^ ■■■ ”1 .. — " f"— ■ ■’ —.■ — -..i ■— ■ ■——i ... — — -■■■ IM I I ■"■■■!■ — ■ VOLUME XIX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1902. NUMBER 10. CET PETER OLSEN MURDERER OF MARY PETERSON FATALLY SHOT. IS SEED ON THE STREETS Officers at Once Start in Pursuit—Mur derer Draws a Revolver When Over hauled—His Movement Brings Three Shots. BANCROFT, Neb., Sept. 22— Peter Olsen, who shot Mary Peterson in Omaha on the night of September 8, was shot and almost instantly killed here yesterday. He came to town last evening and registered at the Park hotel as W. Johnson, having supper, bed and breakfast, paying for the same In the morning. Ho was around town all evening and got shaved at the bar ber shop, hut was not recognized by anyone. Yesterday morning Lee Fletcher came to town, and although he only saw Olsen once about six' months ago, lie recognized him, but was not certain enough to cause his arrest. He left a man to watch him and hurried out in the country for M. P. Johnson, an uncle of the murdered girl, and with whom Olsen had visited last June. Olsen also recognized Mr. FletcheV and seemed to know they were after him and left town. As. Mr. Johnson was coming in he saw Olsen going up the railroad and recognized him by his walk. He at once notified Con stable J. O. Copple, who organized a posse and started in pursuit, overtak ing him about three miles from town. Constable Copple and John Farley* armed with rifles, were the first to be on the scene, and when about fifty yards from Olsen they dismounted, and taking refuge hack of a culvert, ordered Uni to surrender. He reached for his revolver and the second command was given, when the revolver flourished. The order was given to shoot; three rifle shots were fired, only one taking effect, entering about three inchest above the navel and passing entirely through the body. Upon examination it was found that the revolver contain ed only one shell and that had heed snapped three times. There were no ^ papers on his person. The revolver and $15.55 in money was all that was found. He was loaded Into a buggy and brought to town, where a closer examination was held. The clothes he wore, the scars on his neck and the scar on his side where he was operated on for appendi citis tallied exactly with the descrip tion sent out by the Omaha police. Coroner Sammons, Sheriff Kloke and County Attorney Hunter came over from West Point and upon exam ination said that there was no ques tion hut that he was the right man. SEES A GREAT TASK AHEAD. London Papers Predict that the Trusts Have Nothing to Fear. LONDON, Sept. 22—The Daily Tel egraph, in an editorial article this morning, expresses the belief that in proposing to regulate the trusts by amending the constitution President Roosevelt has undertaken a task so colossal that the remedy will be more dangerous than the disease and that the trusts have nothing to fear for a long time to come. Referring to the same subject, the Daily. News says: “It would almost * seem as though President Roosevelt were destined to play as great a part in American history as did Abraham Lincoln, by seizing and directing the growing sentiment against the enslave * ment of the whites by huge and con scienceless combines.” m •> Going to the Isthmus. BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 22.—Rear Ad miral Coglilan lias raised his flag on the Olympia, and awaits orders to pro ceed to the isthmus of Panama and as sume charge of affairs there. The Olympia is provisioned and coaled for three mouths. Must Pay the Fiddler. LONDON, Sept. 22.—The Daily Mall says that the government has decided that the new South African colonies} are to he required to pay $500,000,00(t toward the cost of the South African war. Rear Admiral Watson. VALLETTE, Island of Malta, Sept. 22.—The death is announced of Rear Admiral Burges Watson, R. N. He died on board the British battleship Ramillles. FOOD IS THE ONLY PROBLEM. When that is Solved No Trouble to Reach the North Pole. NEW YORK, Sept. 20— Dr. Fred erick A. Cook of Brooklyn, who was with Lieutenant Peary on one of his Arctic trips and with the Belgica expedition to the south pole as chief surgeon, expresses the opinion that Peary's latest endeavor was by no means a failure, and that the explorer has added “material to the annals of science which will be found invalu able. in fact, more valuable than the actual discovery of the pole itself.” “All this talk about the terrible dangers to be met before reaching the pole is sheer rot,” continued Dr< Cook. "A man, all things taken into account, is just as safe on the Arctic ice fields as he is in New York.. There not so severe as the cut of the saline gious diseases, no miasmatic swamps, no sewer gas, no decaying vegetables, no rotting rags. Everything is on ice. There is no danger in traversing the ice fields, nor from the cold, which is not sosevere as the cut of the saline blasts on the Atlantic seacoasts. "It is the food question,” he added, “that closes up the way to the pole.” When this problem is solved reach ing the pole will, in his opinion, bo quite a simple undertaking. BOXERS ARE GROWING QUIET. Gunboats Are Hurrying Toward the City of Chen Tu. PEKIN, Cept. 20.—The situation at Chen Tu, capital of Sze Chuan prov ince, and the scene of the recent box er activities has improved. British and French gunboats are now within ninety miles of the city. A squadron of French marines Inis raeehed Cheng Tun F^i and they are expected to re turn to their gunboat with the French consult there. An investigation is to be made by the French consular agent into the murder of the missionary, Bruce and Lewis, at Chen Chow, Ho Nan province, by a mob has disclosed the fact that military officials of Chen Chow are culpable In the matter because they refused to receive or protect the missionaries. At Baltimore Next Year. DES MOINES, la., Sept. 20.—The Sovereign Grand I. O. O. F. will ad journ at noon today, after the instal lation of officers, to meet the third week in September, 1903, at Balti more, Md. The location was deter mined by a vote of 95 for Baltimore to 93 for Hot Springs, Ark. An amendment to the constitution was adopted providing that “attentive benefits” which involve the payment of money shall be only given those members who are entitled to weekly benefits. ■■ ■ i- i ■ — •'» / Queen is with Her Father. COPEXHAGEX, Sept. 20.—Queen Alexandra arrived here today from England on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which was met outside the harbor by King Christian; her father, and other members of the royal family and was escorted into the roadstead by a Danish squadron of warships. All the cabinet minis ters and members of the diplomatic corps met the royal party at the land ing place and they all drove to Bern stoff castle through cheering crowds. Wreck on the Baltimore. CHILLICOTHE, O., Sept. 20.—No, 2, the Royal Blue flyer on the Balti more & Ohio Southwestern, was wrecked at Leesburg last night, the train having run into an open switch while running at the rate of fifty miles an hour. To add to the disas ter, the engine exploded and Engineer Philip Roe and Fireman Charles Stu der, both of this city, were killed out right. Every coach on the train left the track but passengers were not se riously injured. To Release Ten Millions. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Secretary Shaw announced before leaving Wash ington this afternoon for the west that during the week he had author ized the distribution in round num bers of $10,000,000 of public funds among banks throughout the country which have bonds available for se curity. The money will be released and deposits will all be completed within a few days and Just as rapidly as the bonds are received at the treas ury. Smallpox in Jamaica. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 20.—» News has reached here that 266 cases of smallpox occurred at Barbadoes, B. W. I., during the fortnight ended Sep tember 15. DIED IN A PANIC SEVENTY-EIGHT COLORED PEO PLE LOSE THEIR LIVES. “FICHT” MISTAKEN FOR “FIRE” Stampede Follows Quarrel Between Delegates and Choir Master—Suffo cation Causes Most Deaths—Heaps Ten Feet High at Doors. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 20.—Sev enty-eight people known to be dead and eighty injured, some perhaps fa tally, is the result of a panic which oc curred in Shiloh negro Baptist church here last night during the evening ses sion of the national Baptist conven tion. Fifteen hundred delegates were crowded into the church, which had only a seating capacity of 400, when the audience was thrown into a stam pede by a conflict between two of the delegates in the rear of the church. The cries of “fight" the audience mis took for an alarm of "fire,” and in the wild rush seventy-eight persons were crushed to death and eighty more re- 1 ceived injuries some of which may prove fatal. The list of dead and in jured included only negroes in attend ance. In the ease of the visiting dele gates the identification has been diffi cult. The catastrophe occurred at 9 o’clock. Just as Booker T. Washington had concluded his address to the na tional convention of Baptists, and for three hours the scenes around the church were indescribable. Dead bodies were strewn in every direction and the ambulance service of the city was utterly incapacitated to move them until after 10 o’clock. Dozens of dead bodies were arranged in rows on the grounds outside of the house of worship, awaiting removal to the va rious undertaking establishments, while more than a score were laid out on the benches inside. The church is the largest house of worship for negroes in Birmingham, and the pastor says there were at least 2,000 persons in the house when the stampede began. Instructions had been issued to allow no more to en ter, but the negroes forced their way inside and were standing in every aisle. Even the entrance to the church was literally packed. Just as Booker T. Washington con cluded his address. Judge Blllou, a negro lawyer from Baltimore, engaged in an altercation with the choir lead er concerning an unoccupied seat and it is said a blow was struck. Someone in the audience cried “They’re fight ing.” Mistaking the word "fighting’' for “fire,” the congregation arose en masse and started for the door. One of the ministers quickly mounted the rostrum and admonished the people to keep quiet. He repeated the word "quiet” several times and motioned his hearers to be seated. Again the excited people mistook the word “quiet” for “Are” and renewed their efforts to get out. Men and women j crawled over one another to get to the door. The ministers tried again to stop the stampede, but no power on earth could stay the struggling mass of humanity. The level of the floor is about fif teen feet from the ground and long steps lead to the sidewalk from the lobby just outside of the main audi torium. Brick walls extend on either side of these steps for six or seven feet, and these proved a veritable death trap. Negroes who had reached the top of the steps were pushed vio lently forward and many fell. Before they could move others fell on them, and in fifteen minutes persons were piled upon each other to a height of ten feet, where twenty died from suf focation. SUPREME COURT TO SIT SUvJIN. Will Resume Next Month with Case Against Dewey. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The Unit ed States supreme court will reassem ble October 13. No business will be transacted on the opening day. The court will make its customary call on President Roosevelt. On the follow ing day the court will resume the hearing of cases. Among the first cases to be heard are those of Bird against the United States, brought to determine the le gality of a murder trial in Alaska; the Line Wolf case, involving the validity of an act of congress relat ing to Kiowa Indian lands, and the prize money cases of the United States against Admirals Dewey and Samp son. FlrtM GRIP SAVES HIS LIFE. Man Suspended in Air One Hundred Feet High Twenty Minutes. CHICAGO, Sept. 19.—Suspended only by his hands, McXaughton Wright, a prominent member of the Board of Trade, hung between life and death for twenty minutes at the top of a grain chute in the Rock Is land elevator. When rescued Mr. Wright was ex hausted and on the point of releasing his hold, which would have meant a fall of 100 feet to the hard floor of an empty bin, and almost certain death. Ho had entered the elevator to in spect some wheat. Making a mis step, he fell into the chute, but suc ceeded in clutching the edge and hanging by his hands. Mr. Wright's calls for help were finally heard by an employe, who pulled him out. He fainted then and was unconscious for nearly an hour, so great had been the strain. INDIAN PRINCE A BANKRUPT. \ hi In Debt Because the Government Has Made Allowance Too Small. LONDON, Sept. 19.—At a meeting today of the creditors of Prince Vic tor Dulep Singh, who was declared a bankrupt September 4, the chairman said the prince’s debts amounted to $471,600, of which $300,000 was secur ed. • The debts were attributed to stock exchange speculation and gambling. Among the assets is a claim for $3, 000,000 against the Indian government with respect to the estate of the bank rupt's father. The prince ascribes his bankruptcy to the “ridiculous insufficiency" of his allowance from the Indian govern ment. To maintain his position the price received $35,000 yearly and his wife received $10,000. BOERS WISH NO FIREWORKS. Botha Telegraphs Brussels Not to Pre pare Demonstrations. BRUSSELS, Sept. 19.—The Boer reception committee here has receiv ed the following telegram from Gen eral Botha: “We shall be glad if you inform the population of Brussels that we desire no anti-English demonstra tion to occur upon the occasion of our visit to Brussels, our missing be ing non-political and purely charita ble.’’ Dr. Leyds, the Boer representative in Europe, has issued a denial of the report that the Boer generals—Botha, Delarey and Dewet—would abandon their tour. He declares the generals to be in complete agreement with himself and the other European Boer delegates. HAY’S NOTE ABOUT JEWS. Protest Against Their Treatment in Roumania Approved. LONDON, Sept 19.—The Uhlted States’ Initiative in protesting to the countries which are parties to the treaty of Berlin of 1878, against the treatment of Jews in Roumania, meets with approval here. The Globe, however, the only after noon paper which comments on Sec retary Hay’s note on the subject, sees nothing in Mr. Hay’s action but selD interest The Globe, nevertheless* hopes that it will lead to a check be ing placed on the wholesale exporta tion of undesirable persons from east ern Europe to Great Britain and Amer ica. The Boxer Attack. PEKIN, Sept 19.—The Boxer at tack on Cheng Tu Fu, capital of Sze Chuan province, in which 50,000 Box^ ers made an ineffectual attempt td take the city, began September 14: When the rebels endeavored to entei1 the city a conflict ensued. The atJ tackers were driven back and tha gates of the city were closed and guarded by troops. Soldiers quelled the disorder within the city. Four teen Boxer leaders and several other rebels were executed. Senator Bard Improving. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 19.— The condition of Senator Bard this morning was more hopeful than at any time since his illness, and it is felt that his chances for recovery are now excellent. Will Remain for Short Session. DUBUQUE, la., Sept 19.—It is an nounced tonight that Speaker Hen derson does not intend to resign the speakership at the coming session of congress. SURROUND A CITY THE BOXERS MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE CHENG TU FU. WHAT ITS FALL WILL MEAN A Chinese Merchant Predicts That the Whole Province Will Be on Its Bad Behavior if the Fifty Thousand Reb els Succeed. LONDON, Sept. IS.—Cabling front Shanghai under date of September 17, the correspondent of the Daily Mail says that Cheng-Tu-Fu, capital of the province of Sze-Chuen Is surrounded by 50.000 Iloxers, but that their at tempts to take the city have failed so far. Without Immediate help, how ever, Cheng-Tu-Fu must fall. "A prominent Chinese merchant tells me," continues the Dally Mall corre spondent, "that if Cheng-Tu-Fu is taken a rising In the. province is in evitable. To further complicate mat* tors, the feuds between Catholic and Protestant converts are worse now than at nny previous stage and magis terian injunction in various matters has been unwarrantably lnterferrcd with by priests and missionaries.” VICTORIA, B. C„ Sept 18—A let ter received from a thoroughly trust worthy Chinese correspondent at Nan ning states that the rebellion is en tirely at an end. General Ma, one of the ablest Chinese officers in the south was killed. Though the rebellion, so called, is at end, a disquieting feature of the situa tion is that a large quantity of up to-date rifles are still imported con stantly. The Chinese complain that they are smuggled over the Tonkin^ frontier. The town of Tunghua Hisau, northwest of New Chwang, is report ed to have been occupied by the bri gand leader, Tiu Tang Tsae, and fol lowers. Making this their headquar ters, they are said to lie busily loot* lng all the districts around. The Boxers are still active in' Chengte and increasingly so. The lo-' cal foreign officer reports the district! to be in great disorder, several places having been attacked, others burned) down and a number of Christians and others who have resisted having been, killed. The British and Foreign Bible society has had one killed in that* district and there are rumors, not yet confirmed, but believed to be reliable, that two others have suffered the same fate. A gentleman who recently visited New Chwang says the Russians are making all preparations for retirement from Manchuria at an early date, and expresses the belief thflt they will do so. At the same time he admits that they are not likely to give up some of the places on which they have spent considerable sums, such as New Chwang and Talien bay, nor to retire without some sort of equivalent, for what they supposed they had acquired nor even then to make an absolute re linquishment of their claims upon that country. PREMIER BOND IS SATISFIED. Nefoundland Statesman Pleased with Progress of Fisheries Treaty. NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—Sir Robert Bond, premier of Newfoundland, who recently visited Washington with the object of furthering a fisheries reci procity treaty with the United States, is in this city. Regarding reports that his mission had been a failure, he said: I was unable to accompiisn any thing in Washington the other day simple because Acting Secretary of State Adee needed to consult the pres ident in order to get authority to be gin negotiations. During the interval of the slight delay occasioned by the necessity of consulting the president at Oyster Bay I took advantage of my freedom to come to this city for reasons of private business. "I am waiting now until negotia tions can be properly carried on. I expect to return to Washington for that purpose the latter part of this week or the first of next. “I do no see any indications that the project will fail of success. It is not, of course, proper to make public at the present time any of the prots ositions which I may submit, but I have no reason to believe that they will not be well received.' Life without faith is like a roofless house. It lets all the elements in and offers no protection against the ills of living. FURIOUS FIRES IN WYOMING. Burning in Eighteen Different Parts a*.' the State. CHEYENNE, \Vyo., Sept. 17.—Gov ernor Richards has been informed by telephone from Grand Encampment that for many miles along the Wyom ing-Colorado line, north of Pearl, Colo., a furious forest Ere is raging, devas tating everything in its path. Efforts to subdue the flames have been ex hausted without effect Governor Richards immediately communicated with Governor Orman of Colorado and arranged for both to send a telegram to the seeretary of the interior ask ing for aid. According to the latest reports, there are at least eighteen serious for est (Ires burning in Wyoming, to say nothing of numerous smaller fires burning In southern Albany county that are destroying great swamps of fine pine timber in the Medicine Bow range and threatening mining build ings. Although a hundred miles away from Cheyenne, the smoke from these fires obscures the sky here and the odor of burning wood Is plainly notice able. HENDERESON IS OUT. Speaker of the House of Representa tives Declines to Make the Race. DUBUQUE. Ia., Sept. 17.—-Speaker Henderson, finding that his views in respect to the treatment of trusts J)y reducing the tariff in whole or in jiart, are not in accord with tho views of many of his party in Iowa, has this day declined to accept the nomination for congress and has withdrawn from tne race. Speaker Henderson announced his withdrawal after a conference of sev eral hours’ duration with Chairman Classer of the congressional commit tee and friends. He has been contem plating this action for two weeks, but had intimated nothing of it to his friends. At the conference his friends implored him not to take the action, but to no avail. He said he had made up his miud and no argument could cause him to change his decision. GOLD IS COMING THIS WAY. Yellow Metal Being Imported from Australia and South Africa. NEW YORK, Sept 17.—J. & W. Seligman & Co. announce that they will receive $1,250,000 gold from Aus tralia. The gold will reach San Fran cisco on October 2. Fully $1,000,000 of the gold obtained by the National City bank from South African sources leaves London Mon day for this port, per steamship Ma jestic. The balance will follow short ly. Officials of the bank decline to make any explanation of the mechan ism by which this gold was diverted from its original destination, except to say that the transaction is without special feature. Intimations from an authoritative quarter indicate that th« South African consignment will amount to more than $2,500,000. Shortens Time Across Atlantic. NEW’ Y'ORK, Sept 17.—The North German Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm arrived In port from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg, beating all westward records, making the run of 3,047 miles in five days eleven hours and fifty-seven minutes, an aver age speed of 23.09 knots per hour. The time is three hours and forty eight minutes better than the best previous record of the Kron Prin* Wilhelm. It Breaks the Deadlock. SCRANTON. Pa., Sept 17.—The re publican deadlock in tho Fourteenth congressional district has been broken by the nomination of C. C. Pratt An umpire appointed by State Chairman Quay ca3t the vote which broke the deadlock. Catholic Converts Boxerated. LONDON. Sept 17.—A dispatch to a news agency from Pekin says: Catholics here understand that from 300 to 1,000 converts have been killed by Boxers in the province of Sze Chuen, Injunction is Asked For, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept 17.—Attor ney General Pratt today filed suit for an injunction to prevent the contest between Terry McGovern and “Young Corbett," scheduled to take place b» fore the Southern Athletic club in this city September 22, from being held. The case will be argued before Judge Fields of the common pleaa division of the JefTerscm county dr colt court Thursday morning.