Loup City Northwestern.
VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1903. NUMBER 36.
FAST MAIL WRECK
THREE MEN STEALING A RIDE
ARE 8LAIN.
ABOUT FORTY ARE INJURED.
Excursion Engine Breaking is Cause
of the Disaster—Failure to Warn
the Onrushing Express Results in
Deadly Work.
KANSAS CITY—The Missouri Pa
cific fast mail from St. Louis, due in
Kansas City at 10:30 Sunday morning,
crashed into an excursion train that
had broken down at “Deadman’s
Curve,” three miles from Bee’s Sum
mit. Three men were killed and from
thirty to forty injured, perhaps three
of them fatally. The dead were
tramps riding on the fast mail.
The excursion train, which left Kan
sas Citv early Sunday for Sedalia. was
made up of twelve coaches. The en
gine broke down and while it was be
ing repaired the last mail, which had
the right of way, came thundering
along at a high rate of speed.
While the excursion train was but
slightly damaged, most of those hurt
were on this train. The dead were
taken to Lee’s Summit and the injur
ed removed to the Missouri Pacific
hospital at Kansas City.
Responsibility for the wreck seems
to rest with the crew of the fast mail,
which failed to stop promptly when
flagged. While the excursion engine
was being repaired two flagmen were
seet ahead to stop the rast mail, then
about due. The engineer failed to
see the foremost flagman and only
slackened up when wrarned by the sec
ond man within a snort distance of
the excursion train. His train v.as
running so fast, however, that it was
impossible to come to a full Btop, and
when It struck It was making fifteen
miles. The engine, baggage car and
the foremost mail car on the St. Louis
train left the track and rolled down
an embankment. Tlje impact baij’y
damaged the engine and baggage car
of the excursion train, nut the cars
remained upright.
. Most of the injured were In the bag
gage car on the excursion train. This
car had been turned into a refresh
ment car and in it were about fifty
persons, mostly negroes, making mer
ry. The crash same without warning,
and they were tumbled into a shriek
ing, groaning mass, cut, bruised and
otherwise maimed.
IDEAS OF PEACE AND AMITY.
English Press Reviews the Events of
the Past Week.
LONDON—A number of this morn
ing’s papers, commenting on the
events of the past week, as marking
an extension of international ideas of
peace and amity, devote the greater
portion of their editorial articles to
the visit of the American squadron,
the king’s message to President
Roosevent and more particularly his
majesty’s speech at the review of the
Honorable artillery compqany. The
Daily Telegraph goes as far as to say:
“The net results of the last few
days are practically the inauguration
of a new era and, clasping the hands
of our kinsmen across the ocean and
holding our nearest neighbor as the
best of friends, we have given hos
tages to the future and pledged our
selves for the cause of peace."
RACE TROUBLES SUBSIDE.
Police Believe Lee Brown May Be
Returned to Evansville.
EVANSVILLE, Ind—The town has
been quiet on Sunday and the officials
have had an opportunity to rest after
a week of excitement.
The negroes have marched at home
and the services at their churches
were not well attended. Many of the
negroes who left the city during the
week are returning and by the middle
of the week business will be resumed
in Baptistown.
The police will keep no extra guards
this week, as they believe the excite
ment is at an end. It is not thought
it will be necessary to guard Lee
Brown, the negro, when he is brought
back here for trial.
Sent to Investigate Plague.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—On account
of the plague situation in India, which
as yet continues very bad, Surgeon
General Wyman of the marine hos
pital service has determined to station
expert bacteriologists at Calcutta and
and Bombay. Past Assistant Surgeon
F. K. Sprague has already been desig
nated for the post at Calcutta and
Acting Surgeon Hume will be assigned
to the port at Bdmbay.
COURT DISMISSES THE CASES
Denver Mayor and Council Purged of
Contempt.
DENVER, Colo.—The state supreme
court dismissed the contempt proceed
ings against Mayor R. R. Wright, Jr.,
and members of the city council of
Denver, arising from the passage of
an ordinance granting a street rail
way franchise in disregard of an in
junction issued by District Judge
Mullens.
Another decision sustains the right
of the Denver fire aud police board
to hold over under the Rush home
rule law until a new charter is adopted
and an election held.
The suit to test the legality of the
general appropriation bill passed at
the late session of the legislature, was
remanded to the court of errors and
appeals. The district court decided
that the appropriation bill was not
properly enacted and an appeal was
taken.
BAIL ALLOWED FOR DEWEYS.
Supreme Court of Kansas Fixes it at
$15,000 Each.
TOPEKA. Kan.—The supreme court
Friday allowed Chauncey Dewey Mc
Bride and Clyde Wilson, the St. Fran
cis ranchmen, to go free from pail
upon securing $15,000 bond. The bond
is to be approved by Sheriff McCul
lough of Cheyenne county.
Chauncey Dewey said that the bond
was all arranged for and that they
would be out of jail Monday. He re
fused to state who would go on the
bond, but declared it was not his fath
er, as he was a resident of Illinois.
Attorney Hessin will take the bond
to Cheyenne county.
TO DICKER WITH THE SIOUX.
Major McLaughlin to Negotiate for
Cession of Lands.
BONESTEEL. S. D.—Letters have
been received here from Washington
within the last twenty-four hours that
Major McLaughlin, Indian inspector,
who is now in North Dakota, will be
ordered to the Rosebud agency at once
to begin negotiations with the Rose
hud Sioux Indians for the cession of
their lands in Gregory county. Every
one here is jubilant, as It now seems
an assured fact that this magnificent
body of land will soon be thrown
open for settlement, when it is ex
pected Bonesteel will experience a
great boom.
ROOSEVELT AND ROOT CONFER.
Secretary of War Goes to Visit the
Chief Executive.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y—Secretary
Root is the guest of President Roose
velt at Sagamore Hill. Secretary
Root said his purpose in visiting the
president at this time was td discuss
with him some departmental matters
which required the president’s atten
tion. While he declined to indicate
what the matters were, it is known
that the pending investigation of
army contracts, the Alaskan boundary
question and some problems relating
to the Philippines will be considered.
Editors Elect Officers.
OMAHA—The convention of the Na
tional Editorial association adjourned
Friday afternoon after choosing offi
cers for the ensuing year. In a lively
contest between P. V. Collins, editor
of the Northwestern Agriculturist,
Minneapolis, and Frank R. Gilson, edi
tor of the Palladium, Benton Harbor,
Mich., the former was elected pres
ident of the association. Mr. Collins,
who has been first vice president of
the association, succeeds Garry A. Wil
lard of Booneville, N. Y„ as president
To Locate Boundary.
LINCOLN, Neb.—Governor Mickey
has appointed C. Sawnson of Oak
land, Dr. F. O. Robinson of Harting
ton and E. A. Lundberg of Wayne to
act as boundary commissioners to de
termine the state line between South
Dakota and Nebraska. The change in
the channel of the upper Missouri
river is in a measure responsible for
the boundary line dispute.
Forges Czolgosz’s Name.
LOS ANGELES—Frank P. Feiten
of Cleveland, who forged the assumed
name under which Joseph Czolgosz,
brother of the assassin, was traveling
while in Los Angeles, was fined $250
in the United States district court.
English Golfers Coming.
LONDON—Arrangements have been
completed for an Oxford-Cambridge
golf team to visit the United States.
It wil consist of Messrs. Low, Hunter,
Croome, G. B. Ellis, H. C. Ellis and
Beveridge
PENALTY IS PAID
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RHEA HANGED IN THE PENITEN
TIARY AT LINCOLN.
ATTORNEYS SEEK TO SAVE HIM
Walks to the Gallows With a Firm
Tread and Dies Without Making a
Statement—Crime for Which He
Was Convicted.
LINCOLN. Neb.—William Rhea,
convicted of the murder of Herman
Zahn, a saloonkeeper of Snyder. Neb.,
was hanged at 1:23 o’clock Friday.
The nour of the execution was to
have been durin0, the noon intermis
sion at the penitentiary while the
prisoners were in their cells, but ow
ing to the fact that the attorneys who
were seeking to savo the life cf Rhea
by means of injunction had not fin
ished their olea to the supreme court,
the warden postponed the time by
order of the court.
It was expected that Rhea would
make a statement, but he declined to
do so and wanted the execution to
take place with as much expedition
and as little ceremony as possible.
Not even a minister was present on
the scaffold with him, although Rev.
Williams, the prison chaplain, was In
his cell during the morning. Rhea
had stated some time before that he
thought he was ready to die and had
derived much comfort from the read
ing of religious literature. Though
apparently somewhat nervous and
j trembling, he walked to the scaffold
wifh a firm tread, between the two
attendants who led him to his doom,
each grasping him firmly by an arm.
On the scaffold, while his hands and
feet were being tied and the noose
was being adjusted, he stood firmly,
with head erect and a defiant look.
The only words he uttered were after
the black cap had been drawn over
his head and the noose was being ad
justed. He said to Detective Stryker:
‘ Don’t draw the rope quite so tight."
The death warrant was read to Rhea
at 11:30 a. m., by B. Fairfield, clerk in
the warden’s office. At noon he ate
a hearty dinner. At 1:20, between two
stout guards, James Delehanty, acting
deputy warden, and James Stewart,
his special death watch, he entered
the west cell room, where the scaffold
was placed. At 1:23 the trap was
sprung and William Rhea hung twitch
ing at the end of the same rope which
hanged Niegenfind.
It was not until fourteen minutes
had elapsed that he was pronounced
by the physicians as lifeless. While
a minute examination was not made,
the doctors claim that his neck was
not broken, and that strangulation
was the cause of death. This was due
to the fact of his light weight. For
this reason It was also necessary to
use the long drop of six feet.
Immediately after the trap was
sprung the pulse of Rhea sprung from
the normal to 160. In five minutes it
had dropped to 126 and gradually grew
less until at last not a flutter could
be felt.
Rhea was convicted of the murder
of Herman Zahn, a saloonkeeper of
Snyder, on the night of January 4,
1903, while holding up the place.
Rhea, with two companions, had been
drinking and carousing for two days.
The evidence at the trial showed that
when the men entered the saloon,
Zahn pleaded with them to leave, and
that thereupon Rhea shot him dead
and kicked him several times as he
lay lifeless on the floor.
Withdraw Troopa from Cuba.
WASHINGTON—The secretary of
war has ordered the withdrawal from
Cuba of four companies of the coast
artillery, the Eighteenth and Twenty
first, now at Clenfuegos, and the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, now
at Havana. The Eighteenth company
is to go to Fort Schuler, N. Y., the
Twenty-first to Fort Mott, N. J.. and
the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
to Fort McKinley, Me. This discon
tinues the present post of Clenfuegos
and leaves in Cuba the Seventh and
Nineteenth companies at Santiago,
and the Twentieth and Twenty-second
at Tavana, which latter wil ultimately
garrison the two projected coaling sta
tions at Bahia Honda and Guanta
namo.
Wakes Up After Five Years.
LONG BRANCH, N. J.—For the first
time in five years C. Endicott Allen,
who is a Harvard graduate, has been
asleep during that time, except for in
tervals of a few moments. He is sup
posed to be suffering from hysteria.
His waking spell did not last long,
but the doctors now btelieve he will
recover.
HIDDEN PICTURE PUZZLE.
“Look Out! Here Comes Teacher!"
DIVIDE HUNTINGTON ESTATE.
One-Half Goes to Widow and the Oth
er to a Nephew.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.—The Hun
tington estate In California has been
equally divided between the two heirs
of the late C. P. Huntington, Arabella
Huntington, his widow, and H. E.
Tuntlngton, nephew of the deceased
millionaire. This is the first division
of the $60,000,000 estate, and a dis
tribution of the eastern properties
will soon follow.
The California property of the es
tate consists of real estate In this city,
Oakland and Sacramento and in the
counties of San Luis Obispo and Los
Angeles. Its value exceeds $400,000.
Mrs. Huntington is given the resi
dence on Knob Hill, which her hus
band purchased from the Coltons in
1890 at a cost, of $200,000.
MAY LIVE SEVERAL DAYS.
Doctors Perform Second Operation on
the Pope.
ROME—The doctors on Friday per
formed a second operation upon the
pope. It was similar in nature to the
first and was pronounced successful.
After the operation the patient was
able to get out of bed, dress himself
and partake of a light breakfast.
He appeared much better than
Thursday afternoon and those around
him again feel encouraged.
Prof. Rossoni the doctor called In
consultation, says he was much sur
prised at the condition of the pope.
Instead of a dying man he found one
who appeared to be in full possession
of all his faculties. The doctor says
that his advanced age is the principal
thing with which the patient has to
contend.
* HANNA STAYS IN BUSINESS.
Denies Intention to Devote His Future
Days to Politics.
NEW YORK.—Senator Hanna, who
arrived here Monday on his way to
visit the president at Oyster Bay,
said:
“You can say for me that Senator
Hanna is not going to retire from
business, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding. I have always been
in active business and intend to keep
at it.
“Certain people appear to take an
exclusive interest in my affairs and
movements. Politics is my hobby. I
shall continue to give it some of my
attention until I am too feeble to do
anything more, and that will be some
time yet.”
STRUGGLE OF THE CARDINALS.
Rampolla and Oreglia Do Not Display
Brotherly Love.
PARIS—According to the Journal's
correspondent at Rome, the Italian
government has organl/.ed everything
admirably. An army of police is pres
ent, yet invisible. The present strug
gle between Cardinal Oreglia and Car
dinal Rampolla is becoming serio
romic. On the former claiming an
apartment In the Vatican, Cardinal
Rampolla had a thousand chairs piled
up in it. Cardinal Oreglia, says the
Journal’s correspondent, told him
Wednesday evening that there were
possibly treasures and in any case im
portant documents in the pope’s room
and he must prevent any one entering,
as “some relatives of cardinals have
long fingers.”
DIE IN A WRECK
TWENTY-FOUR KILLED AND NINE
INJURED.
THE PASSENGERS IN A PANIC
Coach Crowded with Colored People
Telescopes with Force of Collision,
While Engines Are Demolished—
Two Engineers Among Dead.
WASHINGTON—Twenty-four per
sons were killed and nino injured in
a head-on collision on the Virginia
Midland division of the Southern rail
way at Rockflsh, Va., Tuesday after
noon. The passenger train, which
left Washington at 11:15 in the morn
ing for Atlanta, dashed into a local
freight which was standing on the
main line, wrecking both engines and
the baggage and express cars of the
passenger train. The baggage car
and the second class passenger coach
Immediately following It telescoped.
The coach was mostly occupied by
colored people:
Among the killed:
ENGINEER DAVIS of the pasaen
ger train.
ENGINEER M'CORMICK, who was
riding as a passenger on the freight.
A COLORED FIREMAN on tho
freight.
The freight train was on the re
turn trip from Lynchburg to Char
lottesville. Rockflsh station Is mid
way between these two points and the
track there is a single one. Engineer
Hale had orders to get out of the way
for the fast passenger train, but for
some reason not yet explained ne had
overstayed his time and failed to tako
a siding so that the passenger tram
could pass.
i uu Liaius rtwm; lugciun wiui a
horrible crash and a fearful panic
ensued when the occupants of the
cars realized what hau occurred.
The passenger train was made up
of an express car, a baggage car, two
day coaches and two Pullman cars.
The two Pullmans formed an early
morning New York, connection at
Washington for Atlanta and the south.
The train arriving here at 10:32 a.
m. from Boston also connected with
this train. One of the passenger cars
of the train was a second class day
coach and tho other a vestibuled car.
It is estimated there were prob
ably 120 passengers on the train, in
cluding those from Boston and inter
mediate points.
REPORT ON ELECTRIC ROADS.
North Atlantic States Contain Nearly
One-Half.
WASHINGTON D. C.—-A final cen
' hus report on street and electric rail
ways shows that the North Atlantic
states contain nearly one-half of the
total single track mileage of the Uni
ted States and that the roads located
; there operated over half of the passen
1 ger cars in service, carried more than
half of the total fare passengers and
gave employment to more than half
the employes reported by all roads.
Not Only are the street railway in
terests largely concentrated in the
North Atlantic states, but the great
est amount of Increase is shown for
: those states. The report shows that
; the average of street and electric
railways in operation in 1902 was
i more than twice as large as in 1890.
DINED BY A KING
AMERICAN OFFICERS ENTER
TAINED BY EDWARD.
THE MEN WHO WERE THERE
Lord Charles Beresford Toasts Presi
dent Roosevelt and Says Some
Pleasant Things—The King of Eng
land Also Adds a Good Word.
LONDON—At the luncheon to the
visiting American officers at the Carl
ton club Thursday Vice Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford read the following
message from the Prince of Wales:
“I very much regret that an en
gagement will prevent me from being
present. Please assure the American
naval officers how sorry that 1 am un
able to have the pleasure of meeting
them on this occasion.”
At the central table I^ord Charles
Beresford presided. On his right was
seated Bear Admiral Cotton and o*
his left Captain I-ambton, naval aide
to King Edward. Ambassador Choate,
Senator Gorman, Senator Depew, Gen
eral Lord Grenfell, the archdeacon of
London, Dr. Sinclair and Admiral Sir
John Dalrymple sat at the same table.
The American officers present were
the same as those who attended the
state ball, and among the other guests
were Captain Charles H. Stockton, the
United States naval attache; Consul
General Evans, Admiral Sir Henry
Stephenson, Admiral Lord Charles
Scott, Rear Admiral Sir James Russell,
Sir Berkeley Milne, commodore of the
royal yachts; Lord George Hamilton,
Arthur Lee, M. P.; Perry Belmont,
George T. Wilson of New York, Hamil
ton McCormick of Chicago and Louis
Hay of Michigan. The scene was pic
turesque.
In proposing the toast of "The
King” Lord Charles Beresford said it
was particularly easy to do so owing
to recent events in which the king
had been a messenger of peace and
good will toward all nations.
The interests of the whole world
favored peace. He said the day was
coming when King Edward would be
known as “Edward the Peace Maker.”
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm
and then Lord Charles toasted Pres
ident Roosevelt and asked why the
president was liked In England. He
added:
“We like the man, we like the
strong, generous man. what I may call
the real human man. The president
will do his level best to bring the
two great English speaking nations
together in one harmonious whole,
which is the same idea King Edward
had on the occasion of his visit to
the president of France. If President
Roosevelt were to come I believe the
enthusiasm would be far greater than
in the case of any reception ever ac
corded any visitor from any country.”
King Edward emphasized his grati
fication by writing a message to Pres
ident Roosevelt, in which he said it
had given him the greatest pleasure
to welcome the American squadron.
King Edward's cordiality left a great
Impression on the American officers,
who left the function confirmed in
the belief of King Edward's desire to
maintain friendly relations with the
United States.
Will Protect Indian Lands.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Commis
sioner Jones has formulated a new
set of regulations governing the alien
ation and leasing by Indians of lands
allotted them by congress. Charges
of land-grabbing have reached the In
terior department, principally from
the Creek nation. The new regula
tions will go Into effect as soon as
they are approved by Secretary Hitch
cock, who is out of the city. It is said
the regulations will provide for the
certification of values by a properly
constituted board, which, as far as
possible, will be free from all im
proper influences.
Across Continent In an Auto.
SAN FRANCISCO.—E. I. Hammond
and L. L. Whitman, both of Pasadena,
begun from in front of the city hall
an automobile trip across the conti
nent. They bear a message from
Mayor Schmidt to Mayor Low of New
York, and expect to deliver it In about
sixty days.
Calls Troops Together.
WASHINGTON.—General Bates has
Informed the war department that nine
regiments of militia from the middle
states and thirty companies of regular
troops will assemble at West Point,
Ken., on July 31 for maneuvers and
Instruction.