. Loup City Northwestern.
VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 29. 1903. NUMBER 29.
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^ BRITAIN LEFT BEHIND.
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“Washington the Proper Capital cf the English-Speaking World.”—An
drew Carnegie.
SWEPT BY FLOOD
( HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE REN
DERED HOMELESS.
ENID, OKLAHOMA, IS VICTIM
Waters Rush Upon the People While
They are Sleeping—Lose All Their
Belongings and Are Glad to Escape
With Their Lives.
□ ENID, Okla.—Hundreds of persons
were rendered homeless and property
damage estimated at. $300,000 was
done in the Enid bottoms alone by
the cloudburst that struck west of
this city at midnight Saturday night.
The aggregate damage will doubtless
be raised much higher by losses sus
tained between Enid and the seat of
the storm. At 12 o’clock a bank ot
water three feet high and 200 feet
wide swept down through the hot
toms, carrying houses and every
thing before it. It came down upon
Enid without warning while most of
its citizens were asleep. Within a
few minutes 100 houses wore partly
or completely submerged. Rescuers
went to work immediately and all
night labored industriously saving per
sons from perilous positions and aid
fing those driven from their homes.
It was found that several hundred
were homeless.
Many pitiable scenes were witness
ed as the people stood around waiting
for the water to subside. Many had
lost everything they possessed. The
citizens are busily engaged relieving
c the distress but the means at hand
' are inadequate. The rainfall the past
ten days has been the heaviest in the
history of Okahoma, and indications
are that more will follow'. Reports
of losses in the country west of Enid
are meagre, but it is believed that
heavy damage was done.
GUTHRIE, Akla. — Early Sunday
this vicinity was visited by another
deluge, making the twenty-fourth con- j
secutive day of rain. The Cimarron [
and Cottonwood rivers are now at the
danger point. A tornado struck Foss,
a town on the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf railroad at 5 o’clock Sunday
morning, completely destroyed thir
teen residences and wrecking many
outhouses. Thre6 persons were killed
and a number injured, one R. P. Sail,
seriously. The dead are F. M. Slage’,
wife and daughter.
vjA American Does Homage at Tomb.
ROME—General Jacob tsmiih visit
ed the tombs of King Victor Emman
uel and King Humbert In the panthe
on Tuesday. He was received by a
group of Italian veterans, to whom he
said lio wished to pay his tribute of
respect to the two late kings, who
wore soldiers, like himself.
^ Disturbances in Russia.
BERLIN—The Lokal Anzeiger’s cor
respondent at St. Petersburg tele
graphs that serious disturbances and
rioting have broken out In the prov
ince of Saratoff and that the peas
ants are buring and sacking the resi
dences of the land holders In many
places.
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WHAT THE TREATY CONTAINS.
Some cf the Features of the Cuban
Agreement.
WASHINGTON.—These provisions,
among others, are succinctly stated ia
the Cuban contract:
“Cuba is never to enter into any
treaty or other compact with any for
eign power which will impair or tend
to impair its independence. The gov
ernment fs not to assume nor contract
any public debt to pay the interest
upon which and to make reasonable
sinking fund provision for the ulti
mate payment of which the revenue
of the island, alter paying the gov
ernment expenses, shall be inade
quate.
'‘Cuba consents that the United
States may intervene for the preserva
tion of t lie Cuban independence. Cuba
ratifies all acts of the United States
in Cuba during the military occupa
tion. Cuba will make provision for
the sanitation of the cities of the
island to the end that a recurrence of
epidemic and infectious diseases inay
he pievented."
MAY EFFECT CANAL TREATY.
Doubt About What Effect Ministerial
Crisis Will Have.
WASHINGTON—Whether the min
isterial crisis in Colombia, as reported
by United States Minister Beaubre,
will have any important, bearing on
the ratification of the Isthmian canal
treaty is not known here. Fernandez,
the minister of government, (more
specifically known locally as the min
ister of the interior), who resigned,
was virtually the premier of the gov
ernment. The office filled by him cor
responds in many respects to that of
secretary of state in the United States.
Statements have been made to the ef
fect tnat he was opposed to the of
ficial declaration of peace in Colom
bia, holding that it was still under
martial law. If Colombia were under
martial law its president could exer
cise the dictatorial powers vested in
him by the constitution and if he
chose ratify the canal treaty by his
own act without submitting it to the
consideration of congress, whose posi
tion on the subject is still doubtful.
Same Terms as United States.
WASHINGTON.—Great Britain has
decided to accord China the same
terms in the settlement in the Boxer
indemnity as those accepted by the
United States. The state department
has been informed that the English
charge at Peking has signified the
willingness of his government to ac
cept payment on a silver basis for a
term of years, serving of under bond
the right to receive payment of any
deficiency that might exist should it
hereafter l)e decided that the pay
ments should have been made on a
gold basis. This very much strength
ens the attitude of the United States.
Itch Grows on Kansas Stock.
TOPEKA. Kan.—The State Live
Stock Sanitary commission is in ses
sion here to consider the best method
of combating the Texas itch. As a
result Governor Bailey will impose a
still more rigid quarantine and an or
der will likely be made to dip all cat
tle coming into the state,
SIGN THE TREATY
CUDA AND UNCLE SAM CON
CLUDE COMPACT. ,
THEIR SIGNATURES ARE PLACED
All Provisions of Platt Amendment
Are Incorporated Objections Made
Are All Overcome—An Urgent f’cs
sage from President Palma.
HAVANA—The permanent treaty
between the United Slates and Cuba
in which is incorporated all the provi
sions of the Platt amendment, was
signed Friday afternoon.
The signing of the treaty took place
at 1:30 at the office of the secretary
of state. The signers were Secretary
of State Zaldo and United States Min
ister Squiers, who constituted special
plenipotentiaries for that purpose. Sc
nor Zaldo and Mr. Squiers simply met.
accompanied by their secretaries, and
the signing was accomplished and cop
ies of the treaty exchanged within a
few minutes.
The permanent treaty contains no
provision for its abrogation and no
extraneous conditions of any kind. It
simply incorporates the entire Plait
amendment into the form of a treaty.
The length of time consumed by the
negotiations was principally due to
the fact that the Cuban government
desired to include in the treaty vari
ous extraneous conditions, especially
one to the effect that there should he
no Intervention into Cuban affairs by
the United States, except through the
intervention of the United States. All
these conditions were rejected.
The Associated Press’ correspondent
saw a number of senators with re
spect to the ratification of the naval
siations treaties during this session
of congress, but they were not in
clined to be communicative. It re
mains evident that there is a tendency
to allow the treaties to go over this
session.
An urgent message from President
Palma, which will accompany the
sending of the treaty, to the senate,
will have a strong effect.
Senor Sanguilly, the most active op
ponent of the treaties with the Uni
ted States, said he would oppose the
permanent treaty, because under it
the United States, being the stronger
power, could itself decide when inter
vention was desirable, regardless of
the wishes of Cuba. Other senators
say that the paragraph relating to
the Isle of Pines should have been
eliminated.
It is now expected that an agree
ment covering the details of the Uni
ted States naval stations will be reach
ed by President Palma and Unitea
States Minister Squiers within three
weeks.
MEET DEATH IN THE FLOOD.
Three Persons Are Drowned at
Sterling.
TECUMSEH, Neb.—Four inches of
rain in two hours Friday night has
thrown the Nemaha river out of it3
banks and the ruins of Bpring-planted
crops are now rushing down the cur
rent.
At Sterling, a few miles above here,
a family of three, consisting of a
mother, brother and child, were
drowned while attempting td ford a
torrent trora the hillsides. Two of the
bodies have been recovered. The bot
tom lands are all under water, while
the hill lands are washed bare and
a large per cent of the corn will have
to be replanted. The Burlington re
ports several small washouts, but not
so serious as to impede traffic. The
river is now falling, but another se
vere rain threatens to do more dam
age.
Death to Be the Penalty.
SAN JUAN, P. R.—In the Humacao
district court of first degree Pedro
Diaz was convicted of murder during
a political riot at Humacao last Au
gust m killing a boy named Octavio
lteyes. Diaz will he sentenced Satur
day to be hanged sixty days later. This
Is the first conviction under the new
code and the hanging will be the first
to occur in Porto Rico, It is certain
the governor wrill not interfere.
Kansas Swept by Cyclones.
CLAY CENTER, Kan.—A severe cy
clone passed over Clay county Friday
afternoon, striking the southeast part
of the county, going just east of
Broughton and west of Gatesville,
Kan. As far as known no one was
killed in Clay county but at Bala, a
little town in Riley county, two little
girls named Daub were killed and a
number of persons injured. Five
houses were blown away at Bala and
many cattle killed.
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ST. GAUDENS' STATUE OF GEN. SHERMAN* J
On Memorial day the Chamber of i
Commerce will present to the city of
New York Augustus St. Gandena’ he- !
roic statue of Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman, a work tiint has been called
the finest piece of sculpture created
in 400 years. When the statue was
exhibited in the Salon of the Champs
de Mars, in 3809, the place of honor
was given to it, that being the first
time such a mark of artistic appre
ciation was ever shown to an Ameri
can sculpture.
The statue, which is of bronze, is
to stand at the entrance to Central
Park, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth j
street. Mr. St. Gardens’ work repre
sents the hero of the "March to the
Sea” seated on his charger, in full
uniform of a general in the Held, his
head bared as if in response to tho
acclaiming voices of his soldiers, his
campaign hat in his right hand held
in the line free motion of a salute.
Immediately in front of the charger
is a woman's figure symbolizing Vic
tory, her robes fluttering backward in
the breeze created by the forward
movement, and In her upraised hand
the palm branch of peace. Artisti
cally the work is unquestionably the
finest hi America.—New York Press.
NEW RULES FOR INSPECTION.
Special Fitness of M;n Will Be Con
sidered.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General F ir
ton, inspector general of the army,
with the authorisation anil approval
of Secretary Root, has prepared an
order designed to bring the inspector
general’s department into closer rela
tions with the army. Hereafter all of
ficers assigned to the different depart
ments as inspectors/ general will he!
exclusively tinder the control of the
department commander, who will con
trol their assignments. Reports will
be transmitted through the adjutant
general’s department to the inspector
general.
All inspectors of armories, arsenals,
depots, etc., and of important posts
and commands, including West Point,
Leavenworth, Fort Riley, Fort Mon
roe and Fort Totten, will be directed
by the secretary of war and made by
officers recommended by the inspector
general with a view to their special
fitness for the work enjoined.
G. A. R. SPURNS LEE’S STATUE
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Veterans Declare Capitol Should Ad
mit No Monuments.
M’PHERSON, Kan.—The Grand Ar
my of the Republic. Department of
Kansas, the twenty-recond encamp
ment of which is in session here, pass-1
ed a resolution protcst'ng against Vir
ginia's proposal to place a statue of
Robert E. Lee in the rotunda of the
eapitol at Washington.
The resolution protests against the
“placing in said rotunda the statue of
Robert E. Lee or any other person who
has been disloyal to the government
of the United States and has volun
tarily borne arms against it.”
Letters Received at Washington.
WASHINGTON-Another large batch
of letters came to the state department
all relating to the Jewish massacre at
Kishenev. Tho department is acknowl- j
edging the receipt of ail these with
promise-s of consideration. The Rus
sian government appears to have
done what It could to restore order in
the disturbed section and seems to be
punishing the perpetrators of the out
rages.
Boiler Plate Mills Burn.
HARRISBURG. Pa.—The original
boiler plate mills of the Central
Street Plate company were destroyed
by fire early Friday, entailing a loss
of $200,000 and throwing a largo num
her of men out of work. The loss is
fully covered by insurance. The twoi
mills had recently been rebuilt and
were among the most up to date In
boiler and other plate making of any
in this part of the country.
Another Storm Killing Sheep.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Another storm
has raged here. In the Ritter creel;
valley, where thousands of sheeep are
ranged, the storm was worst. Sheep
men are making every effort to pro
tect their flocks, but thousands of
head are exposed. The loss in this
section this week will aggregate over
5.000 head. Along the Oregon Short
Line railway sheep and lambs can be
seen lying dead in the sage brush.
A POSTAL DEFICIT.
The Pr.jtoffice Department is $227,3C3
Behind.
WASHINGTON—Congress will lio
asked at the opening of its next ses
sion to make an appropriation to cov
er deficiencies in both the regular de
livery service and the rural free de
livery service of the postofflee depart
ment. Postmaster General Payne on
Thursday announced that this deficien
cy now aggregates exactly $227,300, of
which $ty)5,700 is in the free delivery
branch.
The postmaster general said that
lie min h regretted the existence of tiie
deficit and for the first time publicly
criticised the administration of A. W.
Machen. the general superintendent of
the free delivery system, who is on in
definite lease of absence.
‘‘This is not the first time that a do
fleiency has occurred in the free de
livery service,” said Mr. Payne, “but
I regret, its existence. At the opening
of the last congress Mr. Machen point
ed out that without additional appro
priations no more routes could be es
tablished boyond those ready to be in
stalled January 1. He said, however,
if congress appropriated $600,000 for
the purpose the work could be contin
ued during the rest of the fiscal year.
This appropriation was promptly
trade, but it was exhausted.
“Respite this fart the office (the free
delivery offlee) was going on increas
ing the deficiency, and if we had not
taken steps to curtail the expenditures
and suspend the establishment of
routes until the beginning of the next
fiscal year, the deficit would have been
much larger. It was not good admin
is tration.”
Continuing, the postmaster general
said that part of the deficiency was
discovered before Mr. Machen was giv
en his leave.
“He reported a part of it himself,”
Mr. Payne added. “First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynee recently
reported to me that ?20,000 deficiency
existed in the rural service, and Mr.
Wynne and myself agreed that by eco
nomical measures the department
might eliminate that. A bureau offi
cer should not incur a deficit without
consulting his superior officer, the
postmaster general. I cannot stand
for that kind of administration. An
official must be held to a more strict
accounting. I do not say that them
was anything criminal or anything
wrong in Mr. Maehen's action, but it
was certainly loose administration,
and he should have had his business
more in hand. 1 believe, however,
that congress will quickly vote the
money to cover the deficiency.”
Government Accepts Bids.
WASHINGTON, I). C.—Colonel Pat
ton. acting quartermaster general of
the army, decided to accept two bids
for carrying freight from the Pacific
coast to the Philippines. The bids
wore the same on miscellaneous
freight and passengers. The contract
will be made with the Pacific Mail
Steamship company for San Fran
cisco freight and with the Bos
ton Steamship company for freight
front Seattle.
CANCEL OF RISES
THREE THOUSAND PROMOTIONS
WITHDRAWN EY PAYNE.
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LECAL MAXIMUM IS REACHED
The Postal Frcbe Continues, Mr. Heath
Being Notified of the Tulloch
Chaiges on Which Reports Were Ex
pected and Came Forth.
WASHINGTON—The promotions of
over 3,000 postoffiro clerks throughout
the country, recently authorized, were
cancelled by Mr. Payne.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne reported to Mr. Payne that the
tabulation of clerks in each grade in
postoffices of the first class had been
completed. This work was undertaken
In acocrdance with the order to rear
range the salaries of clerks already
classified, so that the number in the
several grades should not exceed the
number specifically prescribed by con
gress. The former classification was
made by George W. Heavers, Just prior
to tils sudden resignation as chief of
the division of salaries and allowances.
The new schedule approved by the
postmaster general, after transferring
5 per Cbut from grades where there
are vacancies, as authorized by a re
cent. decision of the comptroller of the
curency, makes it necessary to cancel
3,046 promotions in the several grades
In which there is an excess above the
legal number and in which 7,042 pro
motions have been authorized. The
report says:
it will not be necessary in anv case
to reduce any clerk, bu* simply to can
cel 3,046 out of 7,402 promotions here
tofore authorized to take effect on July
1, 1903. We will proceed at once to
ascertain exactly the number of promo
tions In each grade that it will he nec
essary to cancel at each postoffice and
will then inform the postmasters and
allow them to secure the increases
which must he cancelled.
Most of the excesses in the number
in the respective grades of clerks scat
tered throughout, the United States at
first class presidential offices are in the
$900 and $1,000 per annum classes. The
excesses in grades are d<vided among
those grades as follows: Two hundred
and fifty-eight excess in the $700
grade, 852 in the $900 grade, 936 in
the $1,000 grade, 451 in the $1,100
grade, 243 in the $1,200 grade, 220 in
the $1,300 grade, 82 in the $1,400 grade
and 18 in the $1,500 grade.
The postmaster general to-day sent
to Mr. Heath a copy of the charges
filed by Mr. Tulloch, together with a
letter requesting any suggestion he
may submit on the subject. It is the
first official communication with Mr.
Heath during the investigation. None
of the supplemental answers to the
postmaster general giving Mr. Tul
loch's definite charges have been re
ceived.
AFTER A POSTAL CLERK’S SCALP.
May Be Removed for Promoting Suits
Against Government.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Second As
sistant Postmaster General Shallen
barger lias directed Svend Schibsby,
a railway postal clerk at Kansas City,
to show cause why he should not be
dismissed for promoting suits against
the government for traveling expenses
of postal employes. There are 9,000
railway postal clerks rn the country
and the purpose Is to prevent a wide
spread movement having in view the
prosecution of a claim which the de
partment regards as preposterous.
The position of the postofflee de
partment is that the designated head
quarters of these clerks is the route
on which their runs are made, and not
the city or town where they may hap
pen to live. A case Is now pending
in the court of claims in this city in
volving this question or their travel
ing expenses.
FENCES MUST COME DOWN.
Hitchcock Denies the Report That
Time Has Been Extended,
WASHINGTON—Secretary Hitch
cock said Thursday that the report
liat there had been extension of time
to July 1 for the removal of fences
iround public lands used for grazing
purposes was incorrect.
An inquiry of this character came
*o tlie iuterior department from Ne
braska. Shortly after the adjourn
ment of congress the department
ssued orders to its agents directing
;he removal of the fences, and the
aw, the secretary said, would be car
ried out. “In some of the other states
:he removal of the fences has been in
progress for a year or more
