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VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902. NUMBER 2. CREAT FIRE LOSS ARMOUR’S SIOUX CITY PACKING HOUSE BURNED. DAMAGE NEARLY A MILLION Every Building and Much Finished Product Consumed — Inadequate Pressure and Apparatus Rendered Fire Department Helpless. SIOUX CITY, la.—Armour £ Co.'s packing plant, which occupied four acres of the stock yards and valued at $900,000, was totally destroyed early Sunday morning by a fire which ‘dart ed on the second floor of the fertilizer building and is thought by Manager Lennon to have been due either to spontaneous combustion or to an im perfect dryer. The loss is partly cov ered by $721,500 Insurance. Six hun dred men are thrown out of employ ment by the fire. Within an hour after the fire was discovered by a watchman, six streams of water were being thrown upon the fire, which was gutting the fertilizer building, which was 120x60 feet and four stories high, but the pressure was inadequate. The floors and con tents of the building burned like chaff. The roof soon fell and the fire burst through the beef-killing house. At the same time the cattle chute ignited, and in five minutes fell with a crash. Once in the beef-killing house, the flames began to dance madly. From this house to the oleo building was only a step, and when the oils started to burn the fire presented a most spec tacular appearance. l lit? uig uuucc, 1UUUUU1115 ovv carcasses, next caught fire and the whole plant, except the hog house, was a lake of fire. The roar was terrible. The country for miles around was lighted up. Suddenly there was a ter rible detonation, followed quickly by another and then another. Twenty four drums of 100 pounds of ammonia each exploded before the reserve sup ply In the ammonia cistern was reach ed. The explosion almost razed the entire plant. The flames were blown through the fire wall which separated the hog house from the other build ings. The hog house contained 3,500 dressed hogs and 2,500,000 pounds of pork products. Steadily the fire crept against the wind and through the of fice building. Not a scrap of piper was saved. When the last of the ammonia drums was going off a burning chute fell upon a bunch of live hogs and their squeals were added to the ap palling chorus. After the fire got a good headway in the hog house the shops, chicken packing plant, ice houses and ice runways and smaller department houses were consumed in quick succession. The terrible roaring continued un abated, the high brick walls crum bled and crashed one by one, and the conflagration gradually ate its way through building after building. The fire department was helpless as its ap paratus was inadequate. The pressure was hardly strong enough to throw w'ater to the roof of the pork house. When the walls of this department hurst the firemen played streams on the outbuildings until daylight. The fire burned all day, and in the afternoon there was another terrible explosion, which threw bricks and pieces of iron for hundreds of yards. No one was hurt. It is said that the company will at once rebuild. London’s Reign of Crime. LONDON—The protracted corona tion rejoicings have been succeeded by a wave of crime. Accounts of murder trials and stories of other tragedies fill the columns of such pa pers as report those occurrences, and to the long list of criminal cases now pending, some tragedy is added al most dally. Suicide, also, is unusu ally prevalent. The murders are mostly confined to the lower classes. Much interest has been invoked this week over the recent stabbing case In which a young woman most de liberately killed a member of the stock exchange on the street in the busiest section of the city. Says the War is Over. WASHINGTON—A cablegram re ceived from United States Minister Bowen at Caracas announces the in tention of President Castro to enter that capital, and indicates that the war 1b over and the executive branch of the government is re-established at Caracas. CHOLERA SPREADS IN MANILA. Alarm Occasioned by Increase of Dis ease Among Residents. MANILA—The number of cholera eases is increasing in this city and the spread of the disease is causing some alarm. There are on an average thirty cases daily. The Funston re serve hospital, the casual tamp at Santa Mesa and Bilibld prison are now included among the places infested. The disease is spreading in the Mar quina valley, where the danger of an infection of the water supply is re garded as grave. Should the water | supply become Infected a general epi j dcmic is considered inevitable. The cholera reports from the provinces show a decrease in the number o( cases. A conference of the bishops, priests and leaders of the Philippine Roman Catholic church will be held in Manila next week. They propose to address a memorial to Mgr. Guidi, the apos tolic delegate in the Philippines, set ting forth their position. A number of nativq priest who sympathized with the movement, but are still adhering to the Roman Catholic church, will seek an interview' with Mgr. Guidi before reaffirming allegiance to Rome or joining the dissenters. It is be lieved that Mgr. Guidi will deal with the church situation before entering upon negotiations with Civil Governor Taft regarding the friar lands. REBELS KILL AMERICAN MAN. Fight Between Bogota and Colombian Insurgents. PANAMA.—The first American cas ualties resulting from the revolution occurred Wednesday. The Colombian fleet captured a boat having on board correspondence showing the where abouts of two revolutionary schooners loaded with provisions. The warships headed for the place and on arriving Bogota, manned by an American crew, lowered two boats with armed men, but, as the schooners were aground, waited until high tide to attack them. In the meantime the revolutionists were discovered in ambush close to the beach. The boats pulled ahead, when the rebels opened fire on them, killing the ship's armorer, Richard Kane, of Washington, and wounding George Walker. A seaman named Clarks and Lieutenant Vasquez were also wound ed. but not seriously. Bogota and Chucuito then opened Are on the enemy and killed every man in sight. One shot fired at a group of ten rebels killed every one of them. MILITARY MONEY ALLOTTED. Schools in Different Parts Get Con gressional Appropriation. WASHINGTONThe $25,000 appro priated by congress for the United States service schools has been allot ted as follows: To the artillery school at Fort Mon roe, $7,123;; to the school of submar ine defense at Fort Totten, N. Y., $5, 247; to the cavalry and artillery school at Fort Riley, Kan., $1,118, and to the general service and staff col lege at Leavenworth, Kan., $11,512. An order issued from the war de partment Friday establishes a train ing school for farriers and blacksmiths at Fort Riley, Kan., in connection with the school of application there. Hanged in Court House Yard. ELIZABETHTOWN. Ky. — Harlan Buckles, who was Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert L. Reid, deputy marshal, was hanged by a mob early Sunday morning. The mob consisted of sev enty-five men, some of whom are sup posed to have come from Larue coun ty. On account of the number, they had little difficulty in getting Buckles from the jail. He was taken to the court house yard and hanged to a tree, after which the mob dispersed. Prince Edward Dead. LONDON—Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar died here Sunday morning. He was attacked by appendicitis on Thursday and succumbed to conges tion of the kidneys with which the original malady became complicated. Prince Edward was born near London in 1823, and was married morganatic ally in 1851 to Lady Augusta Gordon Lennox. Agrees to American Proposal. PEKIN—Germanv has agreed to the Ameilcan proposal to submit the ques tion whether the Chinese indemnity is payable In gold or silver to The Hague tribunal, provided that notice of that feature of the protocol be included in the arbitration. TO PRESS TREATY GENERAL BLISS TO GIVE IT HIS EARLY ATTENTION. OOGUMENT IN THE SENATE SOON The Islanders Said to Be Anxious to Procrastinate—They Think Other Nations May Do Better Than the United States. WASHINGTON—General Tasker IT. Bliss will sail for Cuba on Saturday, if he can secure accommodations; if not, he will go by way of Tampa and reach Havana early next week. It is the intention of those interested in the commercial treaty with Cuba to have it ready if possible in three weeks and General Bliss will endeavor to adjust the differences by that time. It is considered important to have It sent to the senate before the holiday recess, as it will require a two-thirds vote to ratify the treaty and a deter mined minority in the senate could postpone action for some time. Those best informed regarding con ditions existing in the island do not expect any speedy action. They be lieve that a large number of Cubans are opposed to granting the conces sions the United States will demand, and there is reason to suppos they may test the effectiveness of the Platt amendment by entering into negotia tions with other countries regarding trade relations. x nc; ]A/oniuu nuiuu uiu *»***'-* *v“ “ i government holds in Cuba and not its relations with the leading foreign na tions are such that it Is not believed other governments would care to make any treaty which was not sanc tioned by the United States. There is even some talk that the negotiations with Cuba might be brought to a satis factory conclusion should it appear that the representatives of foreign gov ernments at Havana had been in structed not to enter into any negotia tions until a treaty had been conclud ed with the United States, but it is scarcely expected that such instruc- | tions can be obtained. It is the desire of this government to leave the negotiations, should they fall, in such shape that it will not ap pear that an attempt had been made to ; extort from Cuba more than the United States was willing to give. It Is said that a commercial treaty will be necessary to establish Cuba on ! such a basis that it can float its pro- J posed loan. With all negotiations hung up and strained relations exist- I ing between the old and new republics ; it is believed that there would be difll- ! culty in selling the bonds. At the same time this government does not wish to appear in the attitude of holding a club over the Cuban government. It is therefore probable that in case the negotiations fail a statement of what was demanded by the United States and the reasons why the concessions were asked will be made. ARMY MAN FACES TROUBLE. With Reporter He is Charged with Blackmailing. NEW YORK—A man giving the name of Harry A. Williams, but who the police declare is Henry C. Wil son, for twenty years chief clerk and civil engineer in the Department of the East, U. S. A., was arrested Fri day on a charge of extortion. Ben jamin F. Whitmore, who says he is a reporter, was arrested on a similar charge. The two men are accused of trying to hold up the Water Front Improve ment company of Jersey City, which is engaged in Ailing in crib w’ork on Ricker’s island in the East river. The men are charged with extorting $4, 500 under threats of stopping the work by causing to be withdrawn an army tug, a dredge and some scows which had been loaned. 8agasta Gives Up Task. MADRID—Senor Sagasta informed King Alfonso Friday, that he felt com pelled to abandon the task of trying to form & new cabinet, but the king requested him to make a further effort. It is reported that Senor Montero Rios, president of the senate, intends to resign and to retire from politics. Burned to Death in Bed. PARIS—Count Frank, who was well known in society here, was bum ?d to death in his bed Sunday night through an outbreak of Are at his res idence, Chateau des Lands, at Sures nes. It ia supposed that his lamp ex ploded. ANSWER TO 3AER. Has Been Presented to the Commis sion. WASHINGTON. D. C.—The reply of President George F. Baer of the Phil adelphia & Reading Coal company to the charges of President Mitchell of United Mine Workers, which has been prsented to the anthracite coal strike commission, was on Tuesday given to tha public. Mr. Baer makes no reference to Mr. Mitchell as the president of the min ers’ organization, but refers to him simply as an individual. Taking up the specifications of Mr. Mitchell's charges, seriatim, Mr. Baer first admits that his company owns thirty-seven colleries and that before the strike it employed 26,589 people. Following is a brief summary of the response to Mr. Mitchell's other speci fications: Second—The demand for 20 per cent increase in wages on piece work la denounced as "arbitrary, unreasonable and unjust.” The company contends that, after making all necessary al lowance for different conditions, the rate of wrages paid for the mining of anthracite coal is as high as that paid in the bituminous coal fields. Third—The company denies that the present scale of wages is lower than that paid in other occupations in the same locality .and controlled by like conditions. Fourth and Fifth—Mr. Baer denies that the earnings of the anthracite workers are less than average earn ings for other occupations requiring skill and training and also that the earnings are insufficient because of the dangerous character of work in the an thracite mines. Sixth—This specification is referred to as too vague for specific answer, but in a general way it is stated that the anthracite regions are among the most prosperous in the United States. Seventh—The company pronounces as unjust and inequitable the demand for a reduction of 20 per cent in hours of labor without a reduction of earn* ings for time employed and this de mand is pronounced impracticable. In this connection, the following state ment is made: “Because of the Injury to the mines by the strike of the United Mine Work ers, the cost of producing coal has been greatly increased and a tempor ary advance in price was made by this company, but it will be imprac ticable to continue such increase when mining operations become normal.” Eighth—Mr. Baer says that his com pany has no disagreement with any of its employes about the weighing of coal, because the quantity is usually determined by measurement and not by weight. Ninth—Replying to the fourth de mand made by Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Baer says that since the advent of the United Mine Workers’ organization into the anthracite fields, business con ditions there have been Intolerable; that the output of the mines has de creased, that discipline has been de stroyed, that strikes have been of al most daily occurrence; that men have worked when and as they pleased, and that the cost of mining has been greatly Increased. He also takes the position that the jurisdiction of the commission is limited to the condi tions named by the coal company presidents, which excludes the UDited Mine Workers from any recognition in the proceedings. He says, however, that “when a labor organization lim ited to anthracite mine workers is created which shall obey the law, re spect the rights of every man to work and honestly co-operate with employ ers, trade agreements may become practicable.” HAS NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE. Secretary of State Can Do Nothing to Help Mascagni. WASHINGTON — Mscagni’s trou bles have not yet been brought to the attention of the state department and the officials there see no reason why they should be. Secretary Hay haa no power to interfere with the course of Justice in the Massachusetts court. Mr. Mayor des Planches, the Italian ambassador, is now in Boston, and it is supposed that, with the Italian consul there, he will advise the com poser of his actual rights before the Boston courts. ROME!—Foreign Minister Prinettl has instructed the Italian ambassador at Washington to lend all possible aid to Signor Mascagni, the composer, in his difficulty, and to go to Boston If necessary. Several senators and dep uties have given notice of their in tention to interrogate the government on the Mascagni affair at the open ing of parliament THE PHILIPPINES 3HAFFEE AND OTHER OFFICERS DESCRIBE WORK THERE. THE CAMPAIGN IN SAMAR its to the Moros in Mindanao and Jolo—Time, Tact and Patience Will | Be Required to Completely Estab lish United States Authority. WASHINGTON—The annual report if Major General Adna R. Chaffee, ,ust made public, covers the campaign if Generl J. H. Smith in Samar, re ers to friction that occurred between he civil and military authorities re minding Leyte and discusses the ac ion of various officers and the work if the army in the suppression of re tent insurrections. General Chaffee warmy defends the officers, and assumes full responsibil ity for all that ws done under official aiders. He Bays the various preda tory Filipino bands are of little mili tary importance and can In time be Handled by the insular constabulary. Speaking of the campaign in Samar, ae says he finds nothing in the writ ten instructions which “was not jus .ified by the conditions there to be avercome.” The formation of concen .ration camps was necessary to sup press the insurrection in the prov inces of Uatangas, Laguna and Taya oas, especially as the civil authorities in some instances aided the insurrec tion lsts. tie requests uie removal ui uk; wu* sure passed publicly upon General Bell regarding orders, circulars and instruc lions which he Issued while putting down the insurrection. An interesting portion of the report is that relating to the Moros in Min danao and Jolo. He says it will re juire time, tact and patience to estab lish United States authority, over all the More settlements. “The sooner the sultan of Jolo's ti tle, actual or assumed, as sovereign and as sole owner of tho land in the •olo archipelago, is quieted the bet ter for the situation. Probablv there is little doubt that a money consider ation would relieve the situation, and if this be done laws just but simple ind so plainly stated as to be under stood by the Moro population could generally be enforced through the dat tos upon their followers without much crouble or frequent resort to force. It will be impossible for many years :o ignore chiefs, dattos, and to deal directly with the individual Moros as Is done with civilized, Christian peo ple. It will, however, be a long step ahead when the dattos are independ ent of the sultan and recognize the United States as the only sovereignty to which allegiance is due and as the only authority empowered to enact laws for tho government of the coun try; that all the inhabitants are equal before the law; that Christian peo ple have a right to live. But to ad vance so far will consume much time and may result in national conflict; 'or the modification of present beliefs will in some cases require the use of military force.” FUNERAL OF LIU KUN It. Quarter of a Million People Line the Route gf Cortege. SHANGHAI—The funeral of IAu Kun IT, the famous viceroy of Nan kin, which took place Sunday at Nan kin, was the occasion for unprece dented demonstrations of respect on the part of the foreign representa :ives in that city. The funeral cor tege was of great length and the ob sequies, by command of the dowager empress, were carried out with, im perial pomp. Nearly a quarter of a million people lined the route to the Jetty where the remains were em barked on a Chinese cruiser which will bear them to Hunan, the native province of the deceased statesman. The foreign men-of-war lying off the city fired minute guns of war during the progress of the funeral procession. Cannon Would Be Speaker. CHICAGO—A majority of the Illi nois delegation to congress on Mon day endorsed Congressman Cannon of the Eighteenth Illinois district to succeed Speaker Henderson. It was announced by A. J. Hopkins, candidate for the senate to succeed Senator Mason, that assurances had been re ceived from a majority' of congress men in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ne braska, Kansas and Michigan that they would support Mr. Cannon. THE POSTAL SERVICE. Report of the First Assistant Post master General. WASHINGTON.—The annual report of the first assistant postmaster gen eral urges that, in view of the success 3f the rural free delivery establishment and its future necessities, the recom mendation for $12,655,800 for that pur pose is reasonable. The amount is an increase of a little more than $5,000, 000 over the current fiscal year. The correct the alleged injustice of compelling a postmaster to pay part of his salary for clerk hire, Mr. Wynne urges legislation authorizing the post office to make allowances for clerk hire at third class postofllces when it is sat isfactorily ehowm that the postmaster Is unable to transact the postoffice bus iness. The advisability of erecting branch postofllces in cities is endorsed as eco nomical. The establishment and ex tension of the pneumatic tube service will make it necessary to secure per manent sites for stations in large cities. An effort has been made to equalize the salaries of clerks in first and sec ond class offices by the promotion of low-salaried but efficient clerks. At tho larger first class offices clerks are not now working in excess of eight hours a day, but it is impracticable to give clerks in smaller offices eight hours continuous service. An effort is being made to reduce their hours to a fair basis. a jjifiii is yrupuBeu, me v;wu tinues, “whereby In the larg«~< cities sub-carriers shall receive at least $30 a month, and in the smaller $25 a month. Sub-carriers cannot now count on a fixed income. The rural free de livery system has become a permanent feature of the Bervice and receipts have increased and conditions improved wherever it has been put in operation. No deficiency, it is said( will be cre ated by this service. It will be left to congress to say whether the establish ment of routes already laid out shall be hastened and the Installation of routes in course of investigation expe dited. Additional appropriations must be made for this purpose. It is recommended that congress make provision for a leave of absence with full pay for rural carriers not to exceed fifteen days in a year. Extension to rural cariers of power to receive and register letters have proved so acceptable to public benefit that it is proposed to further increase their usefulness by adding an exten sion of the money order system to rural routes. For Fraudulently Using Mails. SIOUX CITY, la—Earl Lake of this city has just been sentenced to six months in the penitentiary at Ana mosa by the United States court at Fort Dodge for attempting the “Pat Crow” act. He pleaded guilty. Lake was charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. At the time of the disappearance of Mrs. T. F. Burns, a prominent society, woman here, some weeks ago, Lake proposed in a letter to Mr. Burns that he would re veal her whereabouts for $100, and instructed him to leave the money* at a certain spot He was met by de« tectlves and arrested. Claim Election Illegal. CODY, Wyo.—The election In Big Horn county is alleged to have been illegal and will probably be contested by the democrats. It is claimed that the certificates of nomination of the candidates were not published prior to tho election, as required by law, and this will be the ground for at tacking the validity of the election, and notice to this effect will be filed in the district court at Basin City in a few dayB. If the contention of the democrats is sustained, another elec tion must be held, for no officer elect ed would be entitled to hold office. Asks Flamelsss Explosive. WASHINGTON—The annual report of the United States mine inspector of New Mexico recommends a commis sion of experts in explosives to experi ment with a flameless explosive for use in coal mines. Congress is also asked to place restrictions on the gen eral practice of blasting coal without cutting or undermining. Czarina Has Melancholia. LONDON—In a dispatch from Li vidia the correspondent of the Dally Mail says the czarina has fallen Into a condition of deep melancholia, which takes the form of preserving silence for long periods, even in the presJ ence of guests. Her majesty’s condi tion is causing her doctors consider able anxiety. '
