Loup City Northwestern.
VOLUME XX.
LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNK 19. 1903.
NUMBER 32.
KING FOR SERVIA
PARLIAMENT IS ABOUT TO MAKE
THE SELECTION.
A REPUBLIC IS NOT IN FAVOR
Complete Order Now Prevalent in Bel
grade—Streets of the Capital Ani
mated with Many Officers and Stu
dents.
BELGRADE—At a conference of
senators and deputies held here Sat
urday night it was unanimously de
cided that the constitution voted by the
great assembly in 1888 should be put
into force and that Prince Karageorge
vltch should be unanimously elected
king at Monday's meeting of the Skup
shtina and Senate. After the election
a deputation of the assembly will be
held to wait on Prince Peter and com
municate to him the decision of the na
tional assembly.
The Servian constitution of 1888 was
was more liberal than any granted pre
viously and provided that all taxpaying
citizens should become electors, by
whose votei the Skupshtina was elect
ed. It remained in force until May,
1894, when the late King Alexander by
a coup d-etat abolished it and restored
the constitution of 1869.
Complete order prevailed in Belgrade
Saturday night and absolute quiet is
still reported throughout Servia. The
streets of the capital bear an animated
appearance, being crowded with officers
and a large number of students who
have arrived from abroad, it is believed
with the object of demonstrating in
favor of Prince Peter Karageorgevitch
as king.
Some republican tendencies are nota
ble among the students who have stud
ied in France and Switzerland; these
latter, however, are quite over
shadowed by the opinion of the major
ity and there seems to be no doubt that
the national assembly will tomorrow
pronounce in favor of a monarchy and
elect Prince Karageorgevttch.
The newspapers continue to point
out the impossibility of the establish
ment of a republic and advocate the
election of Prince Peter in order to as
sure a brighter epoch in Servian an
nals.
The foreign representatives in Bel
grade continue to maintain a strict re
serve.
Peter Viliromitch, one of the oldest
and most prominent members of the
radical party and former minister of
state, has been appointed president of
the senate, in success to M. Harinko
vitch, who has resigned. M. Velmiro
mitch will take the chair at the joint
meeting of the senate and the Skup
shtina tomorrow on the occasion of the
election of the new king.
Shoots at Italian Consul.
HAVANA—While the Italian consul
here, Vlagio Tornielli, was seated in
the office, a young Italian sailor en
tered and Inquired whether he was the
consul. On receiving an affirmative
reply, he whipped out a revolver and
fired, the bullet grazing the consul’s
head. The sailor turned and fled along
the street pursued by the consul. The
miscreant ineffectively fired the only
charge in the revolver at his nearest
pursuers. It is believed that he is in
sane.
Steel Corporation Reports.
WASHINGTON.—During the past
week the United States Steel corpora
tion has filed, through Secretary Cor
teiyou. with the bureau of corpora
tions of the department of commerce,
the financial report of its operations
for the year 1902, including schedules,
showing in detail its business and
financial transactions during that year.
The report is very voluminous and
complete. It is the first report of any
large business concern filed with the
new department.
Crisis Continues in Italy.
ROME.—The political crisis con
tinues. Former Premier Zanardelli
was unable to go to the quirinal to
see the king, owing to sickness. He
arose in the morning but was obliged
to return to bed. This circumstance
is delaying the solution of the crisis,
it is reported that if Sig. Zanardelli
persists in his refusal to form a cab
inet. the king will call on former Min
ister Giolitti.
Grandfather of Baby McKee Dead.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—R. S. Mc
Kee- president of the wholesale shoe
firm of McKee & Co., died after a
long illness. He was the grandfather
of ‘‘Baby” McKee, President Harri
son’s grandson.
SCOUTS IDEA OF A REPUBLIC
Servia Not Ready for Such an Ad
vanced Government.
BELGRADE—The Norodnl Listy
concludes an editorial article regard
ing the suggested establishment of a
Servian republic, thus:
“Servia is not yet ready for such
an advanced government, while the
army, which is really the contributing
factor of the situation, would not agree
to its establishment. Servia has had
only two ruling dynasties and since
the Obrenovitches have been extermi
nated. there Is no choice except the
Karageorgeovitchea.”
LJubonlr Kallevitch, the new foreigu
minister, in the course ot' an inter
view, said that the Servian agents in
London, Paris and Vienna had been
informed by the respective govern
ments to which they are accredited
that these powers had no intention of
intervening in Servia so long as pub
lic order was maintained.
AMERICAN KILLED BY TURKS.
United States Consul at Odessa Re
ports His Death.
WASHINGTON—United States Con
sul Heenan at Odessa. Russia, reports
by cable to the state department that
Qtiarekin B. Chitjlan, an American
citizen, was killed in that city by a
number of Turks, who have been cap
tured. Chitjian was born In Harpoot,
Turkey, in 1863, and came to the
United States when a child. He lived
at Worcester, Mass., where he was
naturalized and ordained as a clergy
man, returning to Europe last Septem
ber. It is assumed that the Russian
authorities at Odessa will mete out
justice for the killing.
MADE THE SULTAN TREMBLE.
Will Not Allow the Word “Assassina
tion” to Be Used.
CONSTANTINOPLE—The terrible
drama at Belgrade caused stupefac
tion at the yildiz palace. The sultan
was so affected that he was unable to
listen to the details published in the
newspaper and allowed those who con
versed with him to speak only of the
"death of the king and queen of Ser
via," and would not permit them to
mention the word assassination. It is
announced here that King Charles of
Roumania. who was honorary colonel
of the Sixth regiment of Servian in
fantry. which perpetrated the massa
cre at Belgrade, has severed his con
nection with the regiment, which he
considers has given such horrible
proof of lack of military honor.
Appoints a New York Man.
WASHINGTON. D. C. — Alvord
Cooley of Westchester. N. Y., has
been appointed civil service commis
sioner by President Roosevelt to suc
ceed James R. Garfield, appointed
commissioner of corporations.
Senator Platt of New York took
luncheon with the president Saturday,
remaining at the white house until
nearly 3 o’clock. After his conference
with the president he announced Mr.
Cooley’s appointment. He did not in
dicate that Mr. Cooley was his selec
tion for the place. It 13 said the ap
pointment was decided on some time
ago and was acquiesced in by Sen
ator Platt.
Absorbs Steamer Line.
TACOMA, Wash.—The Canadian
Pacific railroad has absorbed the Ca
nadian Pacific Navigation company,
with headquarters at Vancouver, ano
has taken over its fourteen steamers
plying between Victoria, Skagway and
other points. As yet there is no
change in the Alaska tariff, but local
lines expect that when any large
amount of business is open to compe
tition the Canadian road will be a for
midable rival.
Cholera in the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Official ad
vices to the marine hospital service in
this city represent a sharp increase
of cholera cases in the Philippine is
lands since the beginning of the rainy
season. Many of the cases have oc
curred in Manila, but a rapid spead
down the coast of Luzon also is re
ported. About half of the Manila
cases have occurred among the crews
of launches and other small craft.
New Trial for Tennessee Claflin.
LONDON—The appeal court grant
ed the application of Lady Cook (for
merly Miss Tennesse Claflin of New
York) for a retrial of the charge
brought against her b? J. H. Wallace,
her former private secretary, who
was granted a veridct of $2,750 on ths
plea of libel.
A KING IS SLAIN
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THE ARMY REVOLTS AND COM
MITS MURDER.
NINE PEOPLE ASSASSINATED
King and Queen of Servia Die in Each
Other’s Arms—Pretender to the
Throne Is Proclaimed by the Army
Decision Will Be Confirmed.
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BELGRADE.—A military conspir
acy, which subsequent events show
had the sympathy of the majority oi
the Servian people, was carried out in
the early hours of Thursday morn
ing and King Alexander. Queen Dra
ga. her two brothers and several min
isters were assassinated.
The following is the official list of
tho killed:
KING ALEXANDER.
QUEEN DRAGA.
THE QUEEN’S TWO BROTHERS.
PREMIER MARKOV1TCH.
THE MINISTER OF WAR.
TWO AIDES-DE-CAMP AND TWO
OTHER OFFICERS.
The time of assassination is given
officially as 2 a. m.
Prince Peter Karageorgeovitch, the
pretender to the throne, has been pro
claimed king by the army, and there
is every reason to believe that this
decision will be confirmed by the
Servian parliament, which has been
summoned to meet on June 15. The
revolution was executed without any
opposition on the part of the people
of Belgrade and the capital and the
country remain quiet.
While the main outlines or tne
events which took place within the
royal palace are known, the details
are conflicting, owing to the extra
ordinary secrecy with which the plot
w'as contrived and carried out. The
chief conspirators were all men of
high rank, who acted in concert with
the army.
The participation of the latter In the
assassination, which blotted out the
Obrenovitch dynasty, which lias ruled
Servia, with a short intermission, for
nearly a century, is mainly due Nw
the atttiude of King Alexander And
his consort towards the ofllcern of
the army, whom he always treated
with scant courtesy. His desire to
remove the war school from Belgrade
to Shebatz particularly gave the offi
cers offense.
The date is a sinister one In the
history of the Obrenovitch house, be
ing the thirty-fifth anniversary of the
assassination of King Alexander’s
grand uncle, who was done to death
by Agents of Alexander Karageorge
ovitch, the then leading member of
the house which had long disputed the
throne of Servia against the Obreno
vitch family, and whose head now,
Prince Peter Karageorgeovitch, has
been proclaimed king.
Dissatisfaction against King Alexan
der’s rule nas oeen actuated since
his suspension of the constitution last
April, and it is from that time that
the milttary plot dates. The organiza
tion of this bloody deed was carried
out with consummate skill. The king
for the past two months was thrown
oft his guard by the apparent quietude
of the reception of his recent coup!
d’etat. In the meantime the conspir
ators had decided on June 10 as the
date for the execution of the revolu
tion for two reasons—firstly, it is the
anniversary of the murder of King
Alexander’s grand uncle, Michael,
and, secondly, because it was feared
that further delay would permit the
skuptschina to settle the succession
to the throne according to the king’s
wishes, and it was believed that the
brother of the hated queen would be
his choice.
Expect a Special Session.
TOPEKA, Kas.—It 1b expected that a
special session of the Kansas legisla
ture will be called to pass bills for the
relief of the flood sufferers. Replies
have been received from twenty-five
members of the legislature, giving fav
orable answers to the query as to
whether they could serve without pay.
Nearly $60,000 is now in the flood re
lief fund. If this generous aid con
tinues it will be sufficient in three
weeks to go a long way toward giving
North Topeka a new start.
In Government s Favor.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The court of
appeals in the District of Columbia
decided the second class mail matter
case in favor of the government, re
versing the decision of the lower court
The case was that o. the postmaster
general against Houghton. Mifflin &
Co., and involving the admission to
tha mails as second class mall matter
of certain puolicatlons.
THE EAST ST. LOUIS FLOOD.
A Workman Describes the Awful Rush
of Water.
ST. LOUIS—Thomas Middleton, a
volunteer In charge of a gang of men
working to keep back the flood, gives
this vivid description of the break:
"The break occurred at 11:4»*. My
gang was hard at work with tne oth
ers and 1 bad just looked at my watch
and noted that it was almost time to
take our midnight lunch. The Water
was pouring over the top of the em
bankm >nt in a sheet even nfter all
our work. Suddenly, with a roar that
l shall never forget, a jet of watet
shot through the embankment almost
at my feet. I was carried away, but
threw out my arm and seized some
firm object and pulled myself out of
the water. C. D. Sherwood, a laborer
standing at my side, was swept away
and I sawr liim drown. In an instant
the water had cut a section of the em
bankment out and a stream twenty
five feet wide was rushing through
I looked across the torrent and saw
another section of tne embankment gc
out a few minutes later and then that
portion standing between the two tor
rents went down and the river pour
ed through in all its tury. Many men.
especially negroes, were drowned. I
know that several negroes, worn out.
were lying asleep right in the path of
the break. They certainly drowned
I escaped by running along the em
bankment back to the city.”
The alarm spread like wildfire and
whistles were blown, bells rung, shots
were fired and cries of warning were
sounded, but even witn all this pande
omnium the majority of the aroused
inhabitants failed to leave theii
homes.
WAS LAST OF THE DYNA8TY.
Killing on Anniversary of the Murder
of Prince Michael.
COLOGNE—A private telegram
from Belgrade says: "The career of
the Obrenovich dynasty was closed in
the early hours of this morning, the
same day of the year on which Prince
Michael was murdered thirty-five years
agfcln the park of Topschider, near
Belgrade. Today a requiem mass was
being sung in memory of Prince Mi
chael, and now the last of his race, to
gether with all connected with the
dynasty by his unfortunate marriage.
He in a bier in the palace at Bel
grade.
The people of Belgrade have been
flocking the streets since 3 o’clock in
the morning, discussing the tragedy,
but without condemnation. A strong
detachment of troops is encamped
about the palace of the newly pro
claimed king, who was a pretender
to the throne for many years. He
was born in Belgrade In 1846 and was
married in 1883 to Princess Zerka,
daughter of Prince Nicholas of Mon
tenegro. She died in 1890.
8HOCK KILLS THE SHEEP.
Superimposed System on War Ships
is Condemned.
CHERBOURG, France—The sys
tem of superimposed turrets on war
ships has been condemned by the na
val commission, which has been ex
perimenting with the battleship Henry
IV. The Anal trials were to test the
possibility of men occupying the low
er turret while firing was being done
from the upper turret.
Four sheep were lifted up in the
lower turret to represent gunners, and
after ten shots bad been fired three
of the animals were found to be dead.'
The fourth had broken away and had
sought refuge in the captain’s cabin.
QUARRELED OVER A WOMAN
One Man is Dead and the Other is in
Jail.
DEADWOOD, S. D.—Edward Wilson
of Spearfish was shot and D. Bennett
of Spearfish is in the Deadwood jail,
charged with murder. The two men
had a quarrel over a woman. Ben
nett says Wilson killed himself. He
acknowledged the quarrel and says
Wilson tried to shoot him; 'that he
grabbed the revolver, and that when
neighbors started to separate them
Wilson went back in the house, after
which he shot himself. Bennett is
known to have made threats that he
would kill Wilson. Wilson died from
the wound.
Jews Need Not Fear in Odessa.
8T. PETERSBURG—General Arsfi
off, the new prefect of police of Odes
sa. in receiving a deputation of rabbis
recently, assured them that the JewB
of Odessa could pursue their avoca
tions without fearing anti-Semite out
breaks.
THE LIGHT THAT NEVER PAILS.
VICTIMS BURIED
MURDERED KINO AND QUEEN IN
ROYAL VAULT.
BURIAL DURING THE NIGHT
New Government Only Holds Office to
Prevent Anarchy Till Ruler Is
Named—Relatives of the Queen Ex
pelled from the Country.
BELGRADE—King Alexander and
Queen Draga were burled during the
night In the family vault of the Breno
vitchs' in the chapel of the cemetery
of St. Mark.
Shortly after midnight the royal vic
tims were carried to their last resting
place. It was a pitiful sight All day
long the victims were reposing in
rough coffins and had lain exposed to
the gaze of those who had killed them
and to the privileged curious, who gave
many unpleasant evidences of the pub
lic resentment against them. Some
persons evenspat on the remains.
Outside the palace a vast crowd
awaited the cortege, which included the
bodies of all the victims, which were
simultaneously interred, being convey
ed in hearses to the Belgrade ceme
tery. In the streets there was a dead
silence, the public being kept back by
the troops. The buriul service was
brief. Two priests were present. In
side the cemetery no one was allowed
except a strong force of gendarmes
and a few officers. Not a single friend
or relative of the deceased was pres
ent.
The remains of the royal pair were
Interred in a vault in the cemetery
chapel. Two wooden crosses alone de
noted the spot, marked “Alexander Ob
renovlcs” and “Dragtnja Obrenovlcs.”
The other bodies He outside in the cem
etery in rough graves.
On Friday the sisters and the nieces
of the late queen who had been arrest
ed were expelled from the country.
Colonel Naumovics Is described in
the official notice of his death as “dy
ing on the held of honor for hts fath
erland.”
It Is now confirmed that only Queen
Draga's brothers were killed. Her sis
ters were taken to Pancsova by some
of the conspirators.
In the course of an interview Pre
mier Avakumovics said:
“We ministers only accepted office In
order to prevent the country falling
into a condition of anarchy. As soon
as a king Is elected we will appoint a
definite cabinet. Skupshtina can de
cide the fate of the country quite Inde
pendently of the army, although an
agreement seems probable. In the
event of the election of Prince Kara
georgevltch a deputation will go to Ge
neva, inform him of his election and
invite him to come to Belgrade. He
will be Peter I.
“The constitution of 1901 will be the
basis of the future governmental sys
tem. As to the present position of the
country, calm prevails everywhere.
There have been no disturbances and
the situation promises to become bet
ter in the future. Those who speak of
excited popular sentiment and predict
further changes are entirely wrong.”
Clark Chosen President.
OGDEN, Utah—Chairman Keisel of
the executive committee of the elev
enth irrigation congress announced
that the committee had chosen Sena
tor Clark as president of the con
gress.
HOTEL HELP QUITS.
Strike Declared in Practically All of
Chicago's Big Hoatelriea.
CHICAGO.—The strike In the ho
tels of Chicago, impending tof the
last three weeks, materialized Friday
and twenty-five of the leading hotels
of Chicago are now badly crippled
in all departments. All of the hotels
are running, however, and the pro
prietors declare that the establish
ments will remain open for business
at any cost.
The first call to the employes of
the hotels to go on strike was made
by the walking delegates at 9 o'clock
in the morning and all day the dele
gates visited the different hotels rep
resented in the Hotel Keepers' asso
ciation and called out the help. In
several places the walking delegates
were refused admission and were com
pelled to signal the employes from
the outside. In others the strike
leaders were met with the informa
tion that there was no need to make
a call on the men to go out, the
hotel proprietors telling the help It
would be necessary to get out and
stay out until her trouble was over.
TREASURY AFIRE AT PEKIN.
Firemen Trying to Put Blaze Out by
Waving Banners.
PEKIN—The extensive buildings
occupied by the boards of revenue
and rites are in flames from end to
end.
The revenue building contains 4,
000,000 taels.
The burning buildings adjoin the
legations, and the foreign military
governors are doing effective service.
The Chinese Are department, equip
ped chiefly with banners and gongs,
is helpless.
The board of revenue buildings were
totally destroyed by the Are and the
soldiers demolished the board of sites
building to prevent a further spread
of the flames to the foreign section.
No estimate of the loss Is obtainable
at present.
EAST WELCOMES HEAVY RAIN.
Long Drouth la Ended and with It Go
the Forest Fires.
BOSTON—Rain, and plenty of it,
Monday night ended the fifty days’
drouth in northern and southern New
England and quenched most of the
forest fires which have turned vast
areas into blackened wastes.
The rain already has drenched the
entire New England coast line. The
storm is traveling inward and will
likely bring relief to all New Eng
land.
The drouth Just ended has been the
longest and most severe for many
years. Temperatures during the last
fifty uays have ranged from frost to
midsummer torridness and damage
has accompanied each, extreme frost
having killed early vegetables and
the hot weather parched meadow and
brush lands.
Mere Troops Sent to Arizona.
SAN FRANCISCO. — The First
United States cavalry left Friday for
Lordsburg, N. Mex., the nearest
railroad station to Morencl, Ariz.,
there to await further orders. The
squadron comprises about 250 men
and eleven officers Colonel Wells,
commander of the regiment, did not
accompany the squadron, which re
turned from the Philippines on the
Sheridan, and had previously been or
dered to Texas.