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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.”
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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.
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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.