Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1903)
HAGUE TRIBUNAL TO DEAL WITH VENEZUELA L The decision of the European pow ers to allow The Hague tribunal to decide upon the justice of their claims against Venezuela has caused great satisfaction in Washington. On this subject a correspondent of one of the leading newspapers of the country, wming from the capital, says: ‘‘The selection of The Hague court to determine a dispute which had reached the stage of actual war is gratifying to an extraordinary degree to Secretary Hay and of course to the president himself. “When the emperor of Russia sug gested the idea of a permanent court of arbitration the whole world smiled, and ever since then diplomats have been ti the habit of referring to The Hague court as a piece of buncombe. The Russian emperor seemed to be lieve that the great armies of Europe ly upon thp honor of the nations which have agreed to its existence. For this reason the old-time diplomats have predicted that nations would never refer to The Hague court anything ex cept the most trivial disputes. "In the Venezuelan case, however, a condition of actual war exists, and yet the parties to this deplorable state ol affairs have nearly come to an agree ment to submit the matter in dispute to the permanent court of arbitration, known as The Hague tribunal. "In discussing this unexpected tri umph of the principle of arbitration a distinguished official of the govern ment. whose name could not be pub lished because the negotiations are still far from concluded, said to me: “ 'The decision to refer the Vene zue:<n dispute to The Hague tribunal marks a great epoch in human history. In our opinion this recognition of the T-MO r ASSER Resident Ssacue could be disbanded If an international tribunal could be established of suf ficient dignity to have its decisions respected by the world at large. Old fashioned diplomats, however—the men who were trained in a university of dissimulation—could not be made to believe that the czar was in earn est. “The Hagtie court as finally estab lished contains representatives of the highest standing from all the great powers of the earth. The difficulty, however, lies in the fact that the court has absolutely no power to en force its decisions. No nation would surrender its sovereignty in the slight est degree, and The Hague court can not act automatically. It cannot im pose arbitration on any nation, and oven after the arbitration, voluntary though it be, is concluded, either party may subsequently decline to accept the result. The court depends entire principle of arbitration by the great nations of the earth confers as great a benefit upon mankind as the invention of printing. “ ‘This is a strong statement, it Is true, but we believe it to be justified by the "facts. If this Venezuela arbi tration is successful it is probable that many, if not all, future disputes between nations, out of which war might come, will be referred, before it is too late, to this great international court of last resort. This means a saving of property and of life so great as not literally to be calculated. “ ‘The decision to refer the Vene zuela case breathes the breath of life Into The Hague tribunal, if the na tions concerned are unable to make this reference it means the death of The Hague tribunal and the indefinite postponement of peaceable means of settling disputes between the nations of the earth.’ ” WORK OF CHICAGO SURGEON. Dr. Coakley Makes Valuable Discovery in Heart Stimulation. Dr. W. Byron Coakley of Chicago expects to demonstrate before the na DJ?. Vr BYRON CQAKLEY tional medical congress in Madrid, Spain, next April, that the heart as well as other internal organs may be reached and treated locally. He has designed an instrument which he calls an organotone, a tubular golden needle by which he claims to be able to pierce the heart and inject through the tube any solution. The solutions to be in jected are handled in an intricate ma chiae, which is termed an organome ter, and by it the operator can regu late the quantity, temperature and pressure of the solution. Modist Australian Statesman. Robert Philp, premier of Queens land. who. according to the latest tdl egrams, is heading a movement in the direction of secession from the com monwealth, is a native of Scotland and at the age of 10 accompanied his pa rents to Queensland. Mr. Philp was the only Australian premier absent from his state during the visit of the prince and princess of Wales last year, and it was said at the time that he took a trip to Japan to escape knight hood. At the coronation he passed the proffered knighthood on to his attor ney general, Sir Arthur Rutledge, an ex-Wesleyan minister. j Why Reed Appointed Dingley. St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, once asked Thomas B Reed why he made Nelson Ding ley chairman of the ways and means He replied: “Some men would like to sit in a sumptuous parlor with a young, lovely and coquettish girl and be petted by her. You and I wouldn’t do it, hut we would like it. Now. Dingley, in preference to doing that, would be happier sitting on the bot tom of an upturned bucket, in the darkest corner of a deep cellar, at midnight, with only the light of a stump candle by which to cipher out on rough brown paper the proper schedules fcr a tariff bill. That is why I wanted him for chairman of ways and means.” TOO STRONG FOR CLUB. Association Bars Paper Dealing With Marital Unrest.” The Eclectic club of New York at a meeting held in Delmonico’s in that city refused to liBten to a paper Mrs. Walling had prepared on “Marital Un rest,” compromising witn her on a pa per entitled "Shakespeare as a Lover and Husband.” In the "Marital Un rest” paper Mrs. Walling had prepared ar argument for liberal divorce laws, allowing a divorce where the woman does not remain "that thing of Joyous Mrs. Elizabeth B. Walling. beauty, the bride," but becomes after the honeymoon "a mere woman, smeared with ointments and horned vith curl papers.” THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City SOI’TH OMAHA. CATTT.R-Jteeelpts of cattle w»re light her** this morning, hut. considering that vesterday was a holiday, the receipts were as large as could be expected. Packers took hold with a little more life than they did yesterday and the general tone to the market was consid erably better. The few cars of cornfed steers that were offered changed hands ^n good season. The better grades, if anything, sold a shade stronger, but the common stuff and warmed-up cattle could not be quoted any more than steady. Buyers claim that these farmed up cattle do not kill out at all well and for that reason they are afraid of them. The cow market was quite brisk, espe cially at the start, and the prices paid locked a little stronger all around. It was only a comparatively short time before the bulk of the early arrivals was disposed of. There was no special fea ture to the trad*. Bulls, veal calves and slags were all In light supply and the market held just about steady with yes terday. There were no new develop ments In the stocker and feeder market this morning. There were only a few odd bunches in the yards and, owing to the time of week, speculators did not cure for many, in fact supplies have been so light all the week that it is difficult to tell much ulsnit the true condition of the market, hut with mod erate receipts the general Impression Is that desirable grades will tlnd a ready outlet at satisfactory prices. HOGS—There was not a heavy supply of hogs here this morning and as pack ers iill seemed to be in need of fresh supplies the market opened quite active and strong to a shade higher. In some cases the better grndos of butcher weights sold as much as a nickel higher. The bulk of the hogs sold from St*.ft."* to *0 40, with the prime loads selling from 10.40 to $0.45. The lighter loads sold largely from *0.30 to *0.35. but the ex trtme lightweights sold from *0.30 down. About the middle of the forenoon the market suddenly weakened and as sell ers wanted the morning prices the close was not only weak, but very slow. All of the advance of the morning was lost and In some cases more, but, as has been the case of late. It was mostly the lightweights that were left until the last. SHEEP—There was a very light run of sheep and lambs here this morning and as packers nil had to have a few the market on good stuff was active and fully steady. Western ewes sold as high as $.'1.60 and western sheep nnd yearlings brought *4.60 and some straight yearlings sold at *4.65. Owing to the light supplies the market soon came to a close. It was very evident this morn ing that packers were anxious for good stuff, but the commoner grades and half fat stuff was not iu such active demand. There were not enough feeders on sale to tell much about the market, hut desirable grades would probably have sold at about steady prices. Quo tations for fed stock: Choice lambs, $5 *5.25; fair to good lambs, $4.5005.00; choice yearlings, $4.150 4.75: fair to good yearlings, $3,7504.15; choice wethers, $3. 1*0 4.25; fair to good, $3.5003.90; choice ewes, *3.3004.00; fair to good. *3.0003.30; feeder lambs. $3.0004.00; feeder year lings, *3.0003.50; feeder wethers, *3.750 3.25; feeder ewes, *1.5003.25. KANSAS CITY. CATTT-E—Receipts, 1,500 head, includ ing 500 head Texans; steady; native steers, *4.0006.00; Texas and Tndlan steers, *3.230X20; Texas cows, *2.000 3.25; native cows and heifers. *1.5003.85; Stockers and feeders, ♦2.750 4.15; western steers, *3.0005.25; western cows, *2.000 3.15; bulls, *2.8505.90; calves, *3.2506.15. HOGS—Receipts, 5.000 head; weak to 5c lower; bulk of sales. *6.2506.43; heavy, *6.37U6.50; packers, *6.2506.43; medium *0 3006.50; light, *6.1506.30 Yorkers, $6.2Vf 6.30; pigs, $5.250 3.75. SHEEP—Receipts, 1,000 head; steady; muttons, $3.0004.10; Iambs, $3.6005.45; range wethers, $3.000 4.60; ewes, $3.000 4.20. PRINCESS GIVES REASONS. Says She Eloped with Tutor Because She Loved Him. NEW YORK—The Herald corre spondent at Zurich, Switzerland, ca bles the report of an interview with the crown princess of Saxony, in which she is quoted as saying that M. Giron is the only man she ever met whom she felt she could love, and that it was a question of mutual love and affinity which made her life impossible without him. • Between my husband and myself,’’ said the princess, “there was no bond of sympathy. He was a typical rough officer. "I, myself, was full of ideals. How miserable that life was. I tried so hard to bear it for the sake of my darling children, whom I adore. "I also hesitated for the sake of the Saxon people, whom 1 love deeply, as they love me. “But all that could not alter my res oiution. The ills of my life at court were too great to bear." The Times correspondent In Vienna, in a dispatch via London, scouts the alleged claim of the Archduke Leo pold of Tuscany, brother of the crown prince of Saxony, or Leopold Woel flhig, as he will hereafter be called, to inherit any of the estate of the Archduke John, who disappeare 1 many years ago under the name of John j Orth. The correspondent says that this claim is at least premature, since the will of the presumably decease.1 arch duke is still unopened and probably will be left unopened for several years to come. Eight companies have been organiz ed recently in Dawes county for the purpose of boring for oil, and filings have been made on sixty-four placer oil mining claims In Beaver creek val ley. about ten miles northeast of Chadron. ! THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Rev. “Joe” Jones, brother of Rev. “Sam” Jones, is dead. The number of laborers required to cultivate the lea crop of India is 666, 000. The gold production of the Cripple Creek district, six miles square, is 1902, is estimated at 524,508,311. Within the last five years the labor organizations of New York state have increased in membership 75 per cent. Nearly 10,000 letters for Santa Claus lie unclaimed in the New York post office. There is a begining of a good mail order business for some one. Manila advices state that Hilario Flacido, a Filipino who aided General Funston in the capture of Aguinaldo, has been sentenced to life imprison ment for murder. Henry Goodman, 15 years old, was arrested in New York City, charged with having tried to cut off a young woman’s hand to obtain the diamond rings displayed on her fingers. General William Booth, founder and eommander-ln-chlcf of ihe Salvation Army, did his last day.’s work in San Francisco Thursday, ami is now en route for Salt laike and Omaha. Judge William C. Talcott, the oldest * newspaper man in the state of Indiana, died suddenly in his 87th year. For fifty years he owned and edited the Porter County Vidette at Valparaiso. Congressman Corona, editor of the Cubano Libre, shot and instantly kill ed Senor Insula, editor of tne Repub lien, at Santiago, Cuba. Roth men were prominent politicians and lead ers of rival parties. The board of health, having traced several case3 of diphtheria to the hab it of children of putting lead pencil points into their mouths, has taken steps to stop this source of contagion in the Boston schools. The scandal is undermining, accord ing to some opinions, the people’s loy alty and respect for the throne. The dynasty being Catholic and the people Protestant, the affair is being utilized for seetaiian controversy. B. E. MeKibben, who has been man ager of the St. Joseph base ball team for three years, lias signed to man age the Tacoma, Wash., team in the Pacific Northwest league next season. No successor has yet been selected. Commissioner General Sargeant of Washington, who was grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men for seventeen years, has beer, presented by the order with a hand some silver service of 191 pieces. C. P. Harder, now postmaster at Banville, Pa., enlisted as a drummer boy in the union army in 1861 at the age of 10 years and 6 months, and now claims to have been the youngest sol dier to enlist in the war. He was the youngest of five brothers, all of whom entered the union army. One hundred glass workers, headed by Janies L. Wise, a Muneie mer chant, are planning to construct a large co-operative window' glass fac tory in Muneie, Ind. The company will have a capital stock of $75,000 paid up and expects to break ground for buildings l»y March 1. Rev. J. B. McMichael, formerly pres ident of Monmouth college. Monmouth, 111., fell dead shortly after he entered the pulpit of the Sugar Creek United Presbyterian church near Xenia, O., Wednesday evening. Members of the church hastened to his side, but when they reached him he was dead. Governor Odell has been Inaugurat ed for his second term as governor of New York. The occasion was an un usually brilliant one, marked by the presence of many distinguished visit tors and the participation of a large representation of the National Guard, as well as crowds from all parts of the state. In a recent fight between Bulgarians and Turkish troops at the village of Brenovo, in the Monastir district, flf teen of the latter were killed or wounded. The Turkish commander was among the killed. The Bulgar ians, who were barricaded in a house, also sustained losses, but the surviv ors escaped. Henry Hagner was fatally wounded by footpads at Independence, Kansas, where he had gone to be married. A deep gash was cut across the back of his head. His body was placed on the Santa t*’e track and was mutilated by a train. Hagner has been a trav eling man for the McCormick Harves ter company. The members of the senate and house naval committees, after confer ences with the secretary of the navy, have practically decided on a plan for the increase of the personnel of the navy. It contemplates an additional naval cadet for each congressional dis trict, w to for each senator and ten an nually to be appointed at large by the president. Direct communication by wireless telegraphy between the United States and the old world has been had for the first time by the exchange of mes sages by the Marconi system between the Welfleet station and Poldhu, Corn wall. »>«^x-*«v V&P&&4++++ l NEBRASKA IN GENERAL ♦ ♦<e> i 41 ^ <$♦ 6 ♦ t-e,+4*i'<fr3M*<3xia a a a * •# a a i FAVORS MRS. ULLIE. Tide of Public Sentiment Turning To* ward Her. DAVID CITY, Neb.-*—With all its highly colored details, and with the single exception that not a shot was fired, the tragedy in which Harvey Lillie lost his life the morning of Oc tober 24 was re-enacted Wednesday aft ernoon in the presence of Judge Skiles, Attorneys Walling, Evans and Harris for the state. Attorney Miller for the defense and J. S. Hill, the lather of Mrs. Lillie, Coroner Sample and Dr. A. J. Stewart. In the presence of those eight the details of the murder were rehearsed with the actual settings. Gruesome as it would naturally have been, it was made more so by the presence of a gray, ghastly skull, laid on the pil low where the dead man's head rest ed when found. Tho scene was enacted to give Judge Skiles an accurate idea of the location of the room, in order that he might better judge of the testi mony as it is given. Even the cur tain, window and screen through which the second bullet was fired were hung in their accustomed places. New Year’s clay came as a relief to Mrs. Lillie, the central figure. For three days she has been forced to sit in the court room and listen to the testimony of the witnesses. She had to hear how Harvey Lillie, her mur dered husband's head was cut open, the skull sewed in pieces, the brain dissected and the dozen other little points that were taken Into account at the autopsy. The efforts that have been necessary to suppress her feel ings through all this ghastly recital have told on her to a pitiful extent. Every one is discussing the evi dence of the past few days and spec ulating on its significance. So far, nothing has been dlscovdfed that would reflect upon her tn any way. In fact, several points nave been brought out, such as contradictions of testimony and fact, that mase her case all the stronger. NEBRASKA’S INVESTMENTS. State Has a Million and a Half Dollars Invested. LINCOLN—Auditor Charles Wes ton’s balance sheet, issued Jonuary 1, shows that the state treasurer has on hand $205,374.21. and that the invest ments now held by the state amount to nearly $5,500,000. The total amount of trust funds on hand is $2, 678.38. This is made up of the fol lowing funds on hand: Permanent school fund, $290.91; agricultural col lege endowment fund, $674.51; per manent university fund, $898.47; nor mal endowment, $812.38. The amount on hand December 1 was $432,255.38. The receipts during the month wore $207,416.22, and the disbursements wore $434,297.39, leav ing $203,374.21 on hand at the open ing of the new year. This is the smallest amount for which the treas urer has had to account within the past twenty years. When State Treas urer Meserve turned over the office to State Treasurer Stuefer he had on hand $300,242.55. Of that amount $91, 639.48 was trust funds. The investments of the state funds have grown, notwithstanding a great many bonds and securities have been paid off by counties. The total in vestment held by the state has grown from $4,571,340.21 on August 31, 1901, to $5,475,034.77 at the present time. These investments are as follows. School fund, $5,090,291.66; agricultur al college endowment, $224,692.14; per manent university, $101,050.97; nor mal endowment, $59,000. Gossip About Appointments. LINCOLN'—Food Commissioner S. C. Bassett has decided to retain his office until the closing of the legisla tuie. He had handed in a resigna tion to take effect much sooner, but at the request of Governor Mickey has consented to remain until April 1. It is rumored about the state cap itol that Horace Clark, superintend ent of the girls’ industrial school at Geneva, and Commissioner A. V. Cole of the soldiers’ home at Grand Island will be retained in their present po sitions. Stockmen Will Meet. LINCOLN—L. C. Lawson, F. M. Tyr rell and Hon. Z. C. Branson are ar ranging for the program for the meet ing in this city on January 22 and 22 of tno Central Short-Horn Breeders' association. This will be one of the big gatherings of the year in Lincoln. From 3u0 to 500 'lovers- and breeders of short-horn cal tie will be here. They come from all parts of the United States and Canada, and are a class of men whom it will he to the interest of Nebraska people to know. For six years the association has met yearly in Kansas City, but at the last ses sion it was induced to come to Lin coln. BRIEF NOTES. J. T. Morey has* been re appointed as superintendent of the state school for the blind at Nebraska City. In Dodge county the total chattel mortgages filed during 1902 was 92ti, amount. $320,130.26; released 539, amount, $268,309.94. Congressman Robinson of Madison, who recently underwent an operation lor appendicitis, is rapidly recovering, although still confined to his home. S. G. Wright, for ten years proprie tor of a drug store at Table Rock, has sold his business to F. M. Colwell of Pawnee City, and will go elsewhere. John Noffsetger, the oldest resident of Dakota county, died in his 9bth year. He headed a colony from Can ada which settled near Dakota City in 1856. By the blowing out of a plug in the flue of an Elkhorn engine at Peters burg, Brakeman Spencer Martin and Fireman Ed Rohoder were severely scalded. Governor Mickey has appointed Mayor Moores of Omaha a colonel on liis personal staff. Mayor Moores served under Governor Savage in a similar capacity. 1 he Second regiment band of Be atrice has been selected by Adjutant General Colby to play at the inaugu ration of Governor-elect Mickey at Lincoln, January 8. Twelve families of Gypsies have gone into winter quarters near Bea trice. They are having their large living vans repaired and painted and getting ready for the road in the spring. S. A. Teal, for thirty years master mechanic of the Fremont, Elkhom & Missouri Valley railroad, with head quarters at Missouri Valley, has re signed and will be succeeded by Ed ward W. Pratt. Sheriff John M. Kreader of Dodge county has resigned, in order to as sume the duties of deputy collector of internal revenue. Deputy Sheriff Ar thur Bauman has been appointed to fill the vacancy. W. A. Townsend, a prominent Te eumseh business man, was adminis tered an injection of morphine by his physician to relieve nervousness, lie died twenty mtnutes later, presumably from the effects of the opiate. Union Pacific engine 1718, attached to an extra freight train, left the rails while going on a sidetrack at the west end of the yards at Elkhorn. The wrecking crane came out from Omaha and put it back on the track. The engine received but small damage. The women of the Helen Gould club met in open session at the home of Mrs. Fozzard, one of its members, in Rising City, New Year's eve. An in teresting program was listened to, one of the principal features of which was a paper prepared and read by J. A. Reichenback on the subject of “Labor Unions.” The following is the mortgage rec ord of Dodge comity for the month of December, 1902: Farm mortgages re corded 11, amount $25,458.06; released 18, amount $23,254.56. Town and city mortgages recorded 7, amount $4,345; released 15, amount $0,945.67. Chattel mortgages filed 59, amount $25,407.97; released 15, amount $120,647.80. Mrs. Charles Coburn, residing at Beatrice, attempted suicide by swal lowing a quantity of morphine. A physician was summoned when it was discovered that she had swallowed the drug and succeeded in resuscitat ing her by the use of a stomach pump. It Is alleged that Mrs. Coburn had trouble with her husband the forepart of the week, which resulted in his leaving her. The women of the W. S. A. society at Table Rock gave a New Year’s re ception at the fine parlors of Mrs. C. R. Smith from 2 p. m. till 5 p. m., at which the attendance was large. The parlors were decorated with holly, mis tletoe and Spanish moss and the Buff rage colors. The tables, with ferns, and a profusion of potted plants also adorned the rooms. The hostess and the officers of the society formed the receiving line. The Farmers Co-oporative Grain anti Live Stock association met at Arapa hoe to complete the organization be gun two weeks ago. R. B. Chambers was elected president, A. Daliemand secretary and Smith Paine treasurer. A board of live directors was elected and W. S. Curry was made manager to take charge of shipping, which will begin as soon as he can secure cars. The delegates chosen to the Lincoln meeting on January 22 were: A. Dai lemand, W. S. Curry and J. P. Snyder. The association took membership in the central association. Over thirty charter members are enrolled, and nearly $500 stock is now subscribed. Mr. Vincent of Omaha was present by invitation and lent his assistance in perfecting the organization. Taxes on foreign visitors and resi dents are proposed to the Vaud Can ton, Switzerland.
