Loup City Northwestern. VOLl ME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 190.5. NUMBER 26. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, Who will travel 14,000 miles before returning to Washington, June 5th. GROUND TO DEATH EIGHT KILLED OUTRIGHT AND OTHERS MAIMED. * RESULTS OF AH EXCURSION Fast Express Plows Into a Crowd that Had Swarmed Onto Tracks—Man gled Bodies Hurled 'n Every Direc tion. DETROIT, Mich.—The Grand Trunk Pan-American flyer from Chicago ran ing, killing between ten and fifteen men and seriously injuring about thirty more. The majority of the killed and wounded are front Toledo. Fifteen hundred Polanders from Toledo came up to Detroit in the morning on a special Lake Shore train to celebrate a holiday here. They left the corner of Dequin dcr and Canfield streets and went over to St. Joseph’s church, where they spent the day with that congre gation. i he uaue snore tracks run out ue quinder street and a special train was to stop for the Toledo excursionists at Canfield street at 8:30 o’clock. Ac companied by hundreds of their local friends, waiting for the train, the ex cursionists jammed Canfield street some time before the train was due in readiness for it. When the train was sighted the crowd pushed across the track and onto the Grand Trunk tracks, which adjoin those of the Lake Shore, just as the Grand Trunk Pan American flyer came thundering in from the west. The people were thrown into the air and dashed to eith er side of the track. Many of them w;ere ground under the wheels. The police department was notified and all the ambulances in the city rushed to the scene. The vic tims were scattered along the track for a distance of two blocks. Lanterns were procured and the work of rescue began immediately. The scene reflected by the light of the lanterns was horrible. Gradually the mangled and crushed were recov ered and sent lo the hospitals, where there was a flicker of life, and to the morgue when there was none. At ft o'clock the police had identi fied four of the dead. Patrolman Schultz, who was one of the officers on duty at the crossing, said: “We made every effort to keep the people off the tracks, but it was impossible. Tiiere were 1,500 excur sionists going back to Toledo and twice that number of local Poles, who had been entertaining them and W’ere down at the crossing to see them off. Those behind pushed and shoved the foremost ones and they crawled under the gates, which were down properly, or jumped over them, despite our best efforts. There wfas no warning what ever of the approach of the Grand Trunk train. No whistle was blown | and the bell was not ringing. FINANCIAL DOCTORS TO MEET. Session to be Held to Formulate a Bill. WASHINGTON. D. C—Senator Aid rich chairman of the senate commit tee on finance, who is spending a few weeks at Hot Springs. Va.. has invited Senators Allison of Iowa, Platt of Con necticut and Spooner, all republican members of the finance committee, to visit him there for the purpose of con ferring over the provisions of the fi nancial bill to be introduced early in the next session if congress. They are expected to reach Hot Springs Mon day. The conferrence will continue for ten days or two weeks. It is expected that the bill formu lated will be along the general lines of the deposit bill of last session. The meeting at Hot Springs will not be ofTr otal. MONEY MARKET STRINGENT. Wabash Abandons Construction in West Virginia PARKERSBURG. W. Va—The Wa bash has abandoned work on its Lit tle Kanawha extension, one of the most important links in the trunk lines. This was determined on at a meeting in New York. A statement was received here from President Blair, who says: “Owing to the stringency of the money market it has been derided to go no further with the Little Kanawha extension from Burnsville, W. Va., and the line westward to Zanesville, O., a road which will cost $6,000,000. ThU action was taken by Mr. Gould, Mr. Ramsey and myself. Our property along this line will not he sold now, but at present there is no chance for the completion of the Wabash trunk line in this'state.’’ Farm Barn Destroyed. SUPERIOR, Neb—H. Sosberg. a farmer living near Oak, upset a lantern in his barn and the building and every thing in it, including four head of horses, was burned. His corn cribs, which were full of grain, were also consumed. In endeavoring to save the horses Sosberg came near losing his own life. He was badly burned about the head and arms. Captain Allen Resigns. Captain James Allen of Company G, Second infantry, has sent his resigna tion to Adjutant General Culver and the same has been accepted. General Culver has ordered First Lieutenant William Diesing to call the company together for the purpose of electing a successor to Captain Allen. Private Clarence P. Childress of Company K. Second infantry, has been elected second lieutenant. Held Up the Contractors. NEW YORK—Henry C. Wilson, for merly chief cl«r]k ir. the financial de partment of the United States army, was put on trial Tuesday on a charge of attempted extortion. It is alleged that he collected $4,5no from a firm of contractors for the use of government boats to fill in Hiker's island, though t?;e government had granted their use free. THE EXPOSITION PRESIDENT RECEIVES AND DEDI CATES THE GROUNDS. A GREAT PARADE OF SOLDIERS Sixty Thousand People Crowd Into the Dig Auditorium Where the Dedica tion Words Were Spoken—Tiie Ad dress of President Francis. ST. LOUIS—The rites which pres ent the Louisiana Purchase exposition to the world were performed in the Liberal Arts building Thursday with all the dignity and splendor befitting such an occasion. A parade of 11000 soldiers down Lin deli boulevard to the World’s fair grounds formed a brilliant prelude to the ceremony of dedication. This prelude over, 60,000 people were crowded into the big auditorium where, in the presence of official rep resentatives of all the civilized na tions of the world, the words of dedi cation were spoken by the president of the United States. As the last, syllable fell from the president’s lips, and as the words of dedication w'ero completed, 60,000 voices rose In a pro digious bass note of applause. Following the invocation of the cardinal, former United States Sena tor Thomas H. Carter of the national commission, who acted as presi dent of the day*, was Introduced, anu made • speech. After the rendition of “The Heavens Proclaiming,’’ by the chorus of 2,000 voices, David R. Francis, president of the fair association, de livered an address, presenting the buildings of the fair. At the close of President Francis’ address terrific cheers broke to greet. President Roosevelt, whose dedication address was. in part, as follows: "The work of expansion was by far the greatest work of our people dur iri£ tl)6 years that intervened between the adoption of the constitution and the outbreak of the civil war. “Never before bad the world seen the kind of national expansion which gave our people all that part of the American continent lying west of the thirteen original states; the greatest landmark in which was the Louisiana purchase. When our forefatners joineu to call into being this action, they undertook a task for which there was but little encouraging precedent. The develop ment of civilization from the earliest period seemed to show the truth of two propositions: In the first place, it had always proved exceedingly diffi cult to secure both freedom and strength in any government; and In the second place, it had always proved well-nigh impossible for a nation to expand without either breaking up or becoming a centralized tyranny.” The exercises closed by a benedic tion by Bishop Potter of New York. At the conclusion of the speeches, be ing the 100th anniversary of the sign ing of the treaty which transferred the Ixmisiana purchase from France to the United States, a centennial salute of aerial guns was fired. Russian Ambassador Talks. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Count Cas sini, the Russian ambassador, called at the state department Thursday and had a long interview with Secretary Hay, in which the whole Manchurian matter is understood to have been fully and frankly discussed. The dis cussion throughout was of the most amicable and satisfactory character, called later, and discussed Manchurian matters. Visible Supply of Cereais. NEW YORK—The visible supply of grain Saturday, April 25, as compiled by the New York Produce exchange, is as follows: Wheat, 3,556,000 bush els; decrease. 1,125,000 bushels. Corn, 7.734.000 bushels; decrease, 610,000 bushels. Oats, 6,505,000 bushels; in crease, 16,000 bushels. Itye, 1,137,000 bushels; Increase, 173,000 bushels. Barley, 1,355,000 bushels; decrease, 263.000 bushels. Strikers Grow Violent. MONTREAL—The longshoremen’s strike is assuming a more serious character. There are about half a dozen vessels in port now and on four of these work was commenced. Most of the non-union laborers are Italians and Jews. Tuesday afternoon 300 men and their sympathizers went from ship to shp, crying "Kill the Jews.” Police on guard at the various piers drove them back at the point of re volvers. Recent Happenings Shown in Caricature. an: - 77 rs i&JNZ+'&SU.r JK/TTnz&FOlPD V. wsst-t •• fvfo-i-vr:- .‘■’7jc.y WHAT BE TOV «JW.W 7V30,ia.V ’.TV' c vrr/& ssvtc “rar.sc rszjv tivry: /tatm* .* .,■ ... STRIKE FEVER ON. Over Sixty Thousand Workers Quit Jobs. No. Out. New York .31,000 Philadelphia . 8.000 Newark, N. J.7,000 Indianapolis . 6,000 Baltimore . 4,000 Chicago . 2,600 Omaha . 2,300 Boston . 1,200 Pittsburg .1,000 Cincinnati . 700 Akron, Ohio . 600 Scranton, 1’a. 300 Pueblo. Colo. 220 Huntington, W. Va. 100 Total .03.820 _ NEW YORK—The expected May day strikes did not materialize to the extent anticipated, although a great many men, including 30,000 Italian excavators, are on strike. The agree ment reached last night by the steam boat. officials and the marine engin eers to submit their differences to arbitration put a stop to the general tleup of all freight steamers in this vicinity. Freight continues to move as usual, but the demands of the engineers has temporarily demoralized the move ment of craft which depend on tug boats. A number or the owners orted discovery is the outcome of investigations conduct ed with the assistance of Dr. George Burgess Mograth and Dr. Walter Rem sen Brinckerhoff, with the co-opera tion of the Boston Board or Health during the recent epidemic of the dis ease in this city. MANY LIVES LOST HAMLET CRUSHED OUT BY A CA NADIAN MOUNTAIN TO?. 140 KNOWN TO BE DEAD Pit Top and Houses Are Smothered Under Tons of Debris Disaster Re sembles Volcanic Action, Hurling Boulders High in the Air. THAN. N. W. T.,—A shock resem bling an earthquake was experienced here about 1:30 Wednesday morning and the whole valley below the town was shaken immediately after with what appeared to he a volcanic erup tion from the top of Turtle mountain, which overlooks the town. Thousands of tons of rock were thrown down, covering the mine en trance, the mine buildings being bur ied hundreds of feet deep. All the men employed about the mine outside were instantly killed and twenty miners are imprisoned in the mine, with little hope of rescue. The loss or life is estimated at over 100. most ly women and children. A Mr. Leltch, his wife and four children are among the dead. The mountain is still throw ing up the rock. For many hours no one could ex plain the disaster except on the theory that a miracle had occurred and a vol cano broken suddenly loose in the Ca nadian Rockies. Toward night, how ever, it became apparent that the en tire trouble was the result of a land slide. The clouds of smoke the terror stricken people claimed to hftve seen dwindled down to drifting dust and the continued rain of rock merely the aftermath of the original slide. Old Mau’s river, which flows through the center of the town, is dammed up with the fallen rock to the height of nearly 100 feet. The waters are spreading for miles and the entire val ley above the town is flooded. GOVERNOR RICHARDS IS DEAD. Wyoming Executive Fails to Recover from Kidney Disease CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Governor Do Forrest Richards died at his home in this city Tuesday morning of acute kidney disease. Governor Richards was born at Charleston, N. H„ April 16, 1846. Af ter finishing his schooling at Phillips Andover academy he went to Alabama and engaged in cotton raising. In 1885 he esttfblished himself at Chad ron, Neb., organizing the Chadron Na tional bank. In 1886 he came to Douglas, Wyo., and established the First National He was elected mayor, then state sen ator, and in 1898 was elected governor on the republican ticket, succeeding himself in 1902. • Find Clews, but Not Men. HONG KONG—The United States gunboat Callao, which was dispatched to the nearest point up the river from Canton, to aid the engineers recently attacked by a mob, reports having found the broken instruments and the books belonging to the engineers and the empty drifting house boat. URGE GOOD ROADS, General Miles and Mr. Bryan Speak on Subject. ST. LOUIS—The second day's ses sion of the National and International Good Roads convention opened with a better attendance. President Moore introduced General Nelson A. Miles, United States army, lie was receiv ed with great enthusiasm by the dele gates. Ho spoke on “Military Roads and a National Highway,’1 and said in patt: “1 know of no one element of civ ilization in our country that lias been more neglected, and yet that is sus ceptible of bestowing a greater bless ing upon our people than the im provement of our lines of communi cation and avenues of internal com merce, “Our government has expended $500,000,000 for the improvement of our harbors and waterways and now the attention of the public is being called to our postal roads and avenues of communication are most useful and important to all our people. “If such expenditures of the na tional treasure have been made in the past for the development of railroads and waterways, is it not now a most appropriate time that the improve ment of our roads should receive na tional attention and governmental aid. “The property of the people, the wealth of the nation, comes from the ground. The factory, and foundry in crease and utilize the products of tho soil and mine; agriculture is the prin cipal industry, so the great mass of our rural people are our main de pendency; their patriotism, their pub lic spirit, their welfare must ever bo the salvation and glory of our repub lic. Therefore every measure for tho good of the national government, tho stato or municipality that can pro mote the welfare of the people should not be withheld but should be most earnestly advocated and most gener ously bestowed. “Any roads that ran bo made use ful for( industrial and peaceful pursuits can be utilized for military purposes. We are not an empire or a military despotism and therefore are not de vising means for purely military pur poses." W. J. Bryan took the agricultur ist's side, saying: “The expenditure of money for the permanent improvement of the Com mon roads can bo defined, first, as a matter of justice to the people who live in the country; second, as a mat ter of advantage to the people who do not live in the country, and, third, on the ground that the welfare of the nation demands that the comforts of country life shall, as far as possible, keep pace with the comforts of city life. "It Is a well known fact, or a fact easily ascertained, that the people in the country, while paying their full share of county, state and federal taxes, receive as a rule only the gen eral benefits of government, while the people in cities have, in addition to the protection afforded by the gov ernment, the advantage arising from the expenditure of public moneys in their midst." MUST PAY THEIR WAY HOME. Army Officers Who Are Discharged on Their Own Application. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United States supreme court Monday decided two cases involving the question as to whether army oflicers, who, upon their own application, have received discharges when distant from home, are entitled to travel pay and commu tation for subsistence. The cases were those of Sweet and Barnett, both of which were decided by the court of claims favorably to the claimants. That opinion was reversed by Mon day’s decision. The opinion was delivered by Jus tice Holmes, who said that the prac tice of the war department and the treasury department in not allowing claims of this character had been long maintained and that the court was of the opinion that the system should not bo overruled. AMERICAN CONSUL SENTENCED. German Judge Holds Official Guilty , of Disorderly Conduct. SOLNGEN, Rhenish Prussia— United Stale Consul T.anrtper was fined 30 marks on Friday by the judge of a local court for disorderly conduct in the courtroom, where he was present as a witness. Air. J,andger protested that he was a United States official and could not be fined in that manner, whereupon the judge sentenced him to three days’ imprisonment for con tinued disorderly behavior.