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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27. 1903. NUMBER 20. EARLY CONGRESS PRESIDENT DETERMINED .ON A SPECIAL SESSION. CUBAN TREATY LEGISLATION President Believes the Treaty Should Be Put into Effect Before Market ing of .the .Sugar Crop—Session Probably Be Called in October. WASHINGTON—President Roose velt la fully determined to‘call con gress together in extra session on or before October 1. All sorts of pres sure has been brought to bear upon him In the hope of inducing him to abandon this project. But the presi dent has decided t hat it is essential that legislation must he enacted to put the Cuban treaty into effect, be fore the marketing of the sugar crop of the island for this year. The pres ident has told those who have called upon him to protest ihat, in his opin ion, the necessary work can be ac complished within two or three weeks amt that nothing need prevent an adjournment, in ample time to allow senators and members to take part in the fall campaigns in their respective states. there is no doubt that it the presi dent's plan should he carried into ef fect with the leaders in both houses in harmony with him the desired joint resolution could lie disposed of within a week. But congress is not in the habit of acquiescing in the wishes of the president in matters of this kind. Within an hour after the formal election of Mr. Cannon as speaker the bill box will contain sev eral hundred bills, the authors of which will push their favorite meas ures witli their utmost vigor. The so-called Aldrich iinancial bill is one which will cause prompt discussion. It was not because they opposed the principles laid down in the hill that the democratic members of the house refused to allow it to be discussed dur ing the last few days of the last ses sion, but they argued with a great \ deal of force that so radical a depart ure from existing law should not be forced through the house under whip and spur during the last hours of a dying congress, especially as the hill had not been printed more than twen ty-four hours when the attempt was made to pass it. The fact that under the Panama canal treaty something like $150,000, 000 in 2 per cent bonds will be pul upon the market within the next few years, may have an important hear ing upon the fate of the Aldrich hill. Heretofore United Stales bonds, even when bearing the lowest rale of in terest, have always commanded a pre mium. This is due in part to the fact that such bonds are the basis of na tional bank circulation, and are also § required as a guaranty that United Slates funds deposited in banks will he repaid when needed. The Aldrich bill, as it is well known, provides for the substitution of state, municipal and other bonds for such purposes, and it is believed that should that bill become a law and the outstanding Jk indebtedness of tlie United States be increased, as it must be, as soon as active work begins on the canal, the result will be the depreciation in val ue of government bonds. But that the Aldrich bill, or some similar meas ure, will bo put through congress at the next session is a foregone con clusion. and that an attempt will be made to have it enacted into law just as soon as congress resassembles, whether it be in August or Decem ber, is equally certain. MISS ROOSEVELT WELCOMED. Daughter of the President is Given Hearty Reception. SAN JUAN, P R.—Miss Alice Roosevelt landed here at 8:80 a. m. from the steamer Coamo, from New York. March 14. She was met by Governor Hunt and his family and was driven to the palace, where she afterward held an informal reception. Miss Rosevelt will receive the cit izens' committee in public and will attend the citizens’ reception at the theater in the evening, when there will be a display of fireworks and a demonstration in her honor. Many invitations have been issued by the governor for an entertainment on Sat J urday. Ministerial Chisis Imminent. MADRID—Dissensions within the cabinet over the budget still threat en to cause a ministerial crisis. The war minister demands an increase of $8,000,000 in the next budget, of which $1,000,000 is for the army. DETTREY SAYS IT IS GOOD. Points to a Bright Future for the Mine Workers. HAZKLTON. Pa—President William Dottrey of district No. 7. United Aline Workers of America, made the follow ing statement regarding the award of the strike commission: ‘The award of the commission as based on the demands of the United Mine Workers is very good. The rec ommendation for settling the troubles will, in niy opinion, in the near future, bring an additional increase of wages to the class of workmen who are en titled to better financial conditions. Judging it as a whole 1 think the re port of the commission points to a bright future for the United Mine Workers.” AMERICAN WAY TOO RAPID. Financiers Anticipate Panic, Due to Absorption of Capital. BERLIN—Apprehensions regarding the financial situation in Now York are still pronounced. The American demand for German money continues. The impression prevails among Ber lin financial men that speculation in the United States lias been overdone and that credits have been unduly ex panded. It is pointed out, as a sign of too rapid capital absorption, that it is now difficult for American houses to dispose of first class bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. The same diffi culty Is experienced by German banks in handling American bonds. SAYS MISS ASTOR IS TO WED. Vienna Paper Reports Engagement to Bavarian Statesman. VIENNA—A dispatch from Buchar est. Roumania, to the Die Zeitung says: Miss Astor, ‘daughter of Will iam Waldorf Astor, is engaged to mar ry Jonet Bratiano, the Roumanian for eign minister. Miss Astor is now visiting the Rou manian crown prince's family. Bra tiano has a fascinating personality. He is not a wealthy man and is a son of the late Jaan Bratiano, the dis tinguished statesman whose monu ment will shortly be unveiled at Buch arest. La Soufriere in Eruption. K'XGSTOWN, St. Vincent.—The eruption of l.a Soufriere. which began Sunday, continues and increased in activity during the night until it be came most violent at 7 o’clock Monday morning. At 8:3'' its violence was un abated and the spectacle was awe inspiring. The crater is belching forth (Lr.se black clouds, which rise heaven ward. accompanied by loud roaring and flashes which rend the spreading pall of smoke which now envelops the entire island in darkness. Electrical discharges occurred at intervals during Die night, while stupendous volcanic clouds produced exceedingly beautiful effects. Makes a Serious Charge. MANILA—General Allan, chief of the Philippine constabulary, has writ ten to President Gomez of the na tional party, charging that the party is assisting the ladrones in Rizal and Bulucan provinces aud requesting Go mez to produce the records of the or ganization and explain the collection and use of the dues. Gomez report ed that the party was not guilty. He admitted that individual members as sisted the ladrones, but said the party expelled them for so doing. General Allan placed evidence in the hands of the prosecuting attorney and it is ex pected that the government will pros ecute a number of the nationalists. Thing it is a Mere Feint. LONDON—The morning papers hardly discuss President Castro’s res ignation, probably because they re gard it as a mere feint. This is the view expressed by one or two papers which comment on i(. The Daily Chronicle gives as its opinion that the apparent unwillingness of the powers to submit the question of pref erential treatment to The Hague ar bitration tribunal induced President Castro to endeavor to show the world trat Venezuela Is behind him. President Rejects Escort. CHEYENNE. Wyo.—Senator War ren wired the committee at Laramie that President Roosevelt desired to make his horseback ride over Sher man mountain practically alone. Senator Warren, Otto Cramm of Laramie and perhaps two others will accompany him. but he wants no body guard either of troops or cowboys. The saddest expedience of life is j the awakening to find our idols—clay. THE CUBA TREATY IMPERFECTIONS TEND TO MEAS URE'S INJURY. MAY KILL THE- ENACTMENT Authorities Have Doubts About Ecoig Able to Do Anything.—Senate Amendments So Bunglingly Made as to Invalidate the Convention. WASHINGTON, I>. C.—Acting Sec retary of State Loomis and Mr. Queenan, the Cuban minister, after discussing the prospects of the ratifi cation of the Cuban treaty within the time limit on Friday, decided to cable President Palma requesting him to call the Cuban congress into extraor dinary session immediately for this purpose, as that bodv otherwise would not meet until April 7, seven days af ter the expiration of the legal time limit for the exchange of ratifica tions. r rom surn lmpericci readings oi me treaty as can be had at this stage the state department officials have some doubt as to their ability to do anything whatever with the convention. The amendments made by the senate, par ticularly that added to the ratifying article, though probably not so intend ed. may result in the complete loss of the treaty. There are conflicting clauses which it may not be possible to reconcile. Article 11 provided orig inally that "the present convention shall he ratified by the authorities of the respective countries and the ratifi cations shall he exchanged at Wash ington, I). C., as soon as may be be before January 31, 1903, and the con vention shall go into effect on the tenth day after the exchange of rati fications and shall continue in force for the term of five years from the date of going into effect, and from year to year thereafter until the expiration of one year from the day, when either of the contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same.” Usually it is provided that a treaty shall go into effect as soon as the rat ifleations are exchanged, and with the slight change in this respect the orig inal ratifying clause of the Cuban trea ty was in the usual form and would not have led to eompiications. The date of January 31 was changed by both governments before the United States senate acted to March 31, and that is how the article stood when the senate added this sentence: "This treaty shall not take effect un til the same shall have been approved by the congress.” This led to complications which are now vexing the departments here, where two different dates are fixed in the same article for the taking effect of the treaty. The weight of opinion inclines to the belief that following the common law principle the last stip ulation should govern, which would de fer the operation of the treaty until after the congress acted. But a more serious difficulty s pointed out, as fol lows: It is hardly regarded as feasible, and is certainly in violation of precedent, to exchange ratifications of a docu ment which is not a treaty, as this Cuban convention will not be, in the opinion of some of the state depart ment people, until "the congress” has set its approval upon it. If this view is correct, then the exchange of rat ifications will have to be deferred un til next winter at the earliest, and this delay, it is thought, would cause the failure of the treaty in its present form, because of the Inability of the negotiators to meet the requirement of article 11, which demands that the exchange take place before March 31. AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. Decrease in Wheat and Corn Since Last Report. NEW YORK—Special cablegrams and telegraphic communication receiv ed by Eradstreet'a show the following changes in available supplies since the last report: Wheat—United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, decreased 2,222, 000 bushels; afloat for and in Europe, decreased 000.000 bushels; world's available, decreased 2,282,000 bushels. Corn—United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, increased 408,000 bushels. Among the most important de creases this week were those of 800, 000 bushels at Manitoba elevators 300,000 bushels at northwestern inte rior elevators, 111,000 bushels at St Joseph, 81,000 bushels at Omaha, 80, 000 bushels at Portland, Me., 35,000 bushels at Nashville and 68,000 bush els at Chicago private elevators. ARBOR DAY IN NEBRASKA. The Govenor of the State Issues a Proclamation. Governor .Mickey has issued the following Arbor day proclamation: The recurring apriug season is again at iiand, bringing with it that holiday I which ' is distinctively of Nebraska j ■•rigin and which lias here received i !-s most complete recognition. The observance of nearly all public ! festivals is actuated by motives of sentiment, but Arbor day is commem orated because of the practical value j and utility of the acts which emanate from it. Through Be beneficent influ ence Nebraska’s treeless plains have been dotted over with beautiful groves, affording grateful shade dur ing the heat of summer, protection from the blasts of winter, fuel for home consumption ami which have also had a marked effect in making the climatic conditions more favora ble for agricultural pursuits. The denuding of the natural forests for lumbering purposes has occasioned physical disturbances, a study of the effects of whirl) are more or less ag itating the scientific world, but it is certain that any resultant injury can be neutralized by the systematic con servation of remaining forests and the planting of trees in harmony with that progressive spirit of the times which takes into consideration the needs of the future as well as of the present. By virtue of the authority vested in me by law, I do hereby proclaim and designate Wednesday, April 22, 1903, as Arbor day. and I earnestly urge every citizen of the state,, and espe cially the pupils of public and private schools, to observe the day by the general planting of trees and the beau tifying of lawns and premises. The occasion, to obserce the day by the because of the death since last Arbor day of Hon. J. Sterling Morton, the originator of the day and one of Ne braska’s most, honored citizens. I suggest that an extra tree be planted in memory of him who did so much for the slate and whoso practical ideas concerning forestry are proving of especial value. BLIZZARD KILLS LIVE STOCK. Wyoming Temperature Drop*, and Live Stock Suffers. CHEYENNE. Wyo—The blizzard has passed, but the temperature has dropped below zero, and as a result j live stock will suffer severely. Ralph Friend, a prominent Uinta stock man, who arrived in Cheyenne Thursday, says that the winter has been the severest since 1890. He estimated that throughout Southern and Cen | trai Wyoming stockmen who fed lost from 4 to 0 per cent and those who j did not feed lost from 15 to 30 per I cent of their herds. Stale Veterinarian Seabury returned last night from Pine Bluffs and con firms reports of heavy loss to live stock in that section. Cattle and sheep were terribly weakened by pre ceding storms and perished in largo numbers. Colored Man Commissioned. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Lieutenant David G. Gilmer, a colored soldier of this city, has been commissioned by the president as second lieutenant in the Philippine scouts. The president recently promised Senator Pritchard of North Carolina that Lieutenant Gilmer should have the first vacancy in the Philippine scouts. HIGH OFFICIAL IS INVOLVED. Assistant Postmaster General Goes to Investigate. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow is ex pected to reach St. Louis shortly to inspect a certain $5,000 receipt now said to he in the possession of an at torney and which dit is said involves a high official at Washington in com plicity with a “get-rich-quick” scheme. When the safe of E. J. Arnold & Co. was opened recently it is said this receipt was discovered. It is al leged it was signed by a former at tache of the attorney general’s office. It is said the other receipts, similar in character, are in existence. Award of $70,000 for a Life. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y—A verdict for $70,000 damages against tne New York Central railway was awarded by a jury in the supreme court Tuesday for the death of Ernest F. Walton of New Rochelle, who was a victim of the Park avenue tunnel accident. Mr. Walton was a member of the New York stock exchange. TREATY RATIFIED SENATE GRANTS RECIPROCITY AND THE SESSION ENDS. ONLY SIXTEEN VOTES AGAINST Committee Amendments Are All Adopted. Though Others Fail to Ob- ; tain Sufficient Support to Proposed Changes in the Treaty. WASHINGTON — Aft 'r ratifying ' tho Cuban reciprocity treaty the sen ate adjourned sine die at 5:15 on Thursday. Practically the entire day was spent behind closed doors in executive ses sion. Most of the time was devoted to consideration of the Cuban treaty. Several speeches were made in oppo sition and one in favor, and then, promptly at the agreed hour, 3 o'clock, voting began. Roll calls were taken on a number of amendments and the treaty itself was made the subject of a vote, the motion to ratify being adopted by 50 to 16 somewhat more than a three fourths vote. Immediately after the doors were closed, at a few minutes past 11, Sen ator foster (La.) took the floor in op position to the treaty. In the main his speech was an appeal for the pro tection of American sugar. He spoke especially for the can sugar inter ests of Louisiana, but said tho beet sugar interests had grown to such proportions that many other slates were coming to have a pronounced in terest in the making of sugar. He drew a graphic picture of pres ent conditions in Louisiana and said the ratification of the treaty would be liable to be disastrous to many of his constituents. He appealed to sena tois from nortli and south alike to re frain from inflicting this hardship on his people. He raised the point that there was nothing to prevent the introduction of Chinese labor into Cuba, with which American labor could not compete. Senator Berry based his opposition on the amendment providing against any further reduction by treaty of the duty on sugar while the treaty re mains in force. Senator Carmack opposed on gener al principles, declaring it was con trary to the American theory of gov ernment. Senator Simmons was the only dem ocrat who advocated ratification. He said he spoke for the United States and not for Cuba, refusing to accept the theory that the United States was under any obligations to Cuba. But he believed the treaty would add to Cuba's prosperity and American ex-' ports to the island, which now amount to about $28,000,000 annually would soon be doubled. He refused to ac cept the theory that American sugar would be injured and contended that the only advantage Cuba would have over the United States would be in its soil. Even after rhe reduction proposed the duty on Cuban sugar would amount to 64 per cent ad valorem, which would he quite sufficient to maintain the industry in the United States. wnon air, oudiuuuh iuuuuucu »ut ing began. The committee on foreign relations announced through Senator Cullom (he acceptance of two amendments al ready recommended by the commit tee. The first was the amendment In creasing the rate of reduction on flour, corn meal and corn imported into Cuba. It provides for a reduction of 40 per cent, but the committee modi fied the amendment so as to provide for a reduction of 30 per cent. The other fixed a uniform reduction of 30 per cent on American cotton goods. The only aye and nay vote taken on the committee amendments was on that inserted at the instance of the beet sugar republican senators pro viding against further reduction of the duty on sugar for five years, or while the treaty remains in force. The vote to ratify the treaty was 50 to 16. Named by the President. WASHINGTON. D. C.—The presi dent on Thursday sent to the senate the following nominations: Consuls—Albert W. Swalm, now consul at Montevideo, at Southhamp ton, England; John E. Hopley, now consul at Southampton, at Monte video; Clarence Rice Slocum of New York, at Warsaw, Russia. Postmasters: Nebraska—Edward G. Hall, David City. Captains to be rear admirals in the navy—Francis A. Cook. Purnell F. Darrington, WORK OF SENATE. The Race Question Under Discus sion. WASHINGTON—The race question was discussed in the senate Wed nesday, Mr. Money bringing the mat ter up in speaking on the president's action in dosing the Indianola post office. In the course of his remarks lie declared that Mr. Roseveit wan not the president of the United States, but the president of the "black belt.” "The department has made the peo ple of the south hate the administra tion." he said. "The people cf the south hoped Mr. Roosevelt would he an American president, but instead he is president of the black belt. "His appointments had caused gen eral disgust. He had raised the ques tion of social equality of the negro." Mr. Money said recent apimint ments have revived the race question. The south has tolerated negro offi cials. but does not want any more of them. "This Is a white man’s coun try and government." There was a feeling in the south, he said, that no colored man should hold office. It was the Inherent and constitu tional right of a great community, he declared, to have its mail handled regularly. Letters which were ad dressed to Important county officer! residing at. Indianola had been sent to Greenville, and thus an unwarrant able interference with the liberty and rights of the people had been perpe trated. If It was intended to punish the peo pin of Indianola the punishment had gone far enough. The department had shown to the world its authority and nobody had disputed it. Now it was time for the postmaster general to do all he could to heal the breach. He declared that of all the appoint ments made in Mississippi none had given such general dissatisfaction ga those made by tho present admidfo tration, which had raised tho question of social equality of the negro, but there could never be any social equal ity between the two races. "There is a race prejudice in tho south,” he said, “and I thank God that, there Is.” The prejudice against the negro, ha asserted, was not local, but prompt ed by a universal, world-wide senti ment. Answering Mr. Foraker, he said that these recent apitolntraents had re vived the race question, and that the people of the south had heretofore tolerated negro office holders. “This white man's country," said he, “has been carved out of the wilderness and conquered from the Indian, not for the African, but for the white man.’ Mr. Foraker asked if his objection to colored people holding office ex tended to all offices, and whether it would include the enlistment of col ored men in the army. In reply Sen ator Money disclaimed any virulent objection to black soldiers, but de clared it would be better if no col ored man held any official position whatever. “Would you disfranchise the negro?” asked Mr. Foraker, “and if so, shoved that he taken into account in fixing the representation in congress?" “That is another question,” said Mr. Money, "but the participation of the negro in ihe affairs of government is dangerous.” “Is the demand of the south," in quired Mr. Spooner, “that the presi dent shall in no case appoint a col ored man in federal offices In the south?” Mr. Money replied that there had been no demand, but it was the feel ing In the south that no colored man, no matter what his quality, should hold a federal office. “The whole trend of history,” ha said, “shows the titter incompetency of the colored race for self-govern ment.” _ . 1 ■ I Warned to Keep Sober. MILWAUKEE. Wis —Members of the Federated Trades unfc'n have been warned to stay sober. Frank J. Weber, business agent of that organization, at its meeting Wed nesday night, served notice on all its members that hereafter he would refuse to consider grievances present ed by men who are under the influence of liquor. Mr. Mercer Not Appointed. WASHINGTON—The president ha3 tendered the position of director of the census to S. N. D. North, formerly chief statistician of manufactures of the census bureau, to succeed Director Merriam, resigned. Mr. North has ac cepted and will enter upon his duties I some time in May.