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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY* SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14. 1903. NUMBER 40. PIUS ISJjROWDED TREMENDOUS CROWD FLOCKS TO ST. PETER’S. RUSHING, CRUSHING POPULACE Humanity Makes a Great Struggle to Get Through the Cathedral Doors— Ringing of Many Bells Announces Their Opening. ROME—Pope Pius X was crowned Sunday in the basilica of St. Peter's in the presence of the princes and high dignitaries of the church, the diplo mats and Roman nobles and with all the solemnity and splendor associated with this, the most magnificent rite in the Roman Catholic church. As Cardinal Macchi, the dean of the cardinal deacons, placed the triple crown on the head of the venerable pontiff, the throng of 70,000 persons gathered within the cathedral burst into unrestrained acclamations, the choir intoned a hymn of triumph and the bells of Rome rang out a joyful peal. It Is fifty-seven years since the Ro mans and Europe assisted at such a function as that held at St. Peter's Sunday. The great basilica, popular ly supposed never to have been quite full, was overflowing with humanity. The paiial throne, a bewildering mix ture of gold, red and silver, was erect ed in front of the high altar. As, contrary to custom at these ceremo nials, there was no galleries, the ba silica bore more of the normal aspect. On the altar, which was dressed in white, stood the famous gilt candle sticks and a magnificent crucifix. At! the available standing space within the cathedral was divided into sec tions by wooden barriers, which to a certain extent kept the vast crowd in order. During the early hours after sun rise a heavy fog hung over Rome, and one bank of the Tiber could not be seen from the other, while from the St. Angelo bridge one seemed to look into a fathomless abyss. The effect was especially magnificent on enter ing the piazza of St. Peter's. At times Michael Angelo's great dome disappeared completely from view, while at others it appeared through a flowing golden mist. At 6 a. m. the ringing of bells an nounced the imminent opening of the doors and a commotion at once began among the crowd. But ten minutes elapsed before the doors were open ed and each minute seemed a century to the waiting crowd, which for hours had already beeen standing before the closed portals. The police and Italian soldiers had a difficult task to maintain order as the crush and fatigue began to tell on the patience of the people. When the doors were at length opened the rush was terrific, many who started from the bottom of the steps outside being lifted from their feet and carried into the cathedral. It was a great human torrent let loose, thousands of people rushing, crushing and squeezing amid protests, gesticulations and cries for help. Strong as Pius X is physically, he supported the ordeal with perhaps less fortitude than did Leo XIII when he was crowned, although Leo was merely a shadow of a man, but pos sessed a will nothing could break. At night all the churches and re ligious institutions and many private houses were illuminated in honor of the occasion. The pontiff was so fa tigued by the ceremony that the meet ing of the consistory, which was to be held Monday, was postponed. OVATION TO GENERAL MILES. Marylanders Meet Him at the Train to Do Honor. CUMBERLAND, Md—General Nel son A. Miles, en route from Washing ton to San Francisco, was given an ovation here Sunday upon his arrival. The Union Veteran legion and mem bers of the Grand Army of the Re public were at the station in large numbers and cheered the veteran to the echo while the South Cumberland band played national airs. There was cheering and waving of handkerchiefs by many thousands of persons, includ ing many ladies. General Thomas R. Scott of Balti more made a short speech, referring to General Miles as “the greatest liv ing soldier,” and invited the assembled multitude to form a line and shake the band of the retiring general of the United States army. General Miles was perceptibly moved by the spon taneous ovation. MILES BIDS ARMY FAREWELL. Retiring Lieutenant General leaues Valedictory to Military Forces. WASHINGTON—Lieutenant Gener al Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army, will retire from active service at noon Saturday, having reached the age limit of 64 years. The following order was issued: "WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 19o3.— The retirement from active service by the president on August 8. 1903, of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., by operation of law, under the provisions of the act of congress approved June 30. 1882 is announced. Lieutenant General Miles will proceed to his home. The travel enjoined is necessary for the public service. By order of the secretary of war. “H. C. CORBIN. “Adjutant General Major General. U. S. A.” Several other orders resulting from the retirement of General Miles have been issued, one assigning Lieutenant General Young to the command of the army until August 15, when he will assume the duties of chief of staff: another assigning Major General Cor bin as president of the Soldiers’ Home board; another assigning Brigadier General Gilespie as president of the Board of Ordnance and Frtlflcatlons, and still another assigning General Young as a member of the Sherman statue committee. NEW SLUMP IN EXCHANGE. U. P., Wabash, Mo. P. and Maple Leaf Make Low Record*. NEW YORK.—Two more Stock Ex change :allure8, making a total of six in the last eleven business days, were recorded Wednesday, when Sharp & Bryan and Hurlbutt, Hatch & Co., an nounced their Inability to meet their obligations. Neither failure occasion ed the slightest surprise; in fact both had been discounted for a week or more. The failure of Sharp & Bryan came during the morning session shortly shortly after the market had recovered from its demoralized opening. That of Hurlbutt, Hatch & Co. wm an nounced in the afternoon just as prices throughout the line were tumbling lower than at any time before. The day’s business can best be sum marized by the statement that almost four score of stocks, fully two-thirds of the active list, touched the lowest record reached during the present movement, which had its inception last September. Government is Sustained. WASHINGTON—United States Con sul General Gudger at Panama has made the following report by cable, under Wednesday’s date, of the termi nation of the disturbance on the isthmus, caused by the erratic action of General Cobos: ‘’General Castro arrived this afternoon and took com mand of the troops, fully sustaining1 the government. Commander in chief is to leave the department.” British Take Optimistic View. LONDON—Confidential official re ports received at the foreign office re garding Macedonia have caused the British government to adopt the view that the situation is not very seri ous for the moment, although suffi ciently so to warrant taking of pre cautions. British officials do not be lieve that Turkey contemplates an at tack on Bulgaria in view of the known attitude of the powers, especially Rus sia and Austria. Fatal Altercation. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T.~As a re sult of an altercation over the ques tion of moving the town of Mountain Park to Snyder, Hon. George S. Bai ley shot and killed W. Brown. The quarrel started between Bailey, who is a prominent politician, and R. K. Kel ley, president of the El Paso, Moun tain Park & Oklahoma Central rail road. who was opposed to moving the town. Brown was a Kelley par tisan. Senator Millard to Go to Europe. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.—Senator Mil lard of Nebraska, who visited Presi dent Roosevelt Friday, expects to sail next Tuesday for Europe. He will be accompanied by his daughter and will be absent only a few weeks. Buy American Machinery. PEKING.—An American firm has contracted to furnish Russian flour mills with $300,000 worth of machin ery. The output of the mills will be increased within a year to 1,500 bar rels a day, superceding the supply of flour from America. CIRCUSMENSLAIN WRECK ON THE RAIL KILLS TWENTY-THREE. THE INJURED HUMBER THIRTY Two Sections of Wallace Bros.’ Cir cus Train Come Toqether With Fearful Results—Three Iowa Mer Among the Killed. DURAND. Mich.—An air brake on the second section ot Wallace Bros.’ circus train refused to work in iht Grand Trunk railway yards hero Frl day, causing a collision between the two sections, In which twenty-three people were killed and thirty injured The circus travels in two trains ot about thirty-five cars each. After Thursday night’s exhibition at Char lotte the two trains left for La Here, over the Grand Trunk road, the sec ond sectlion leaving a half hour after the first. It was 3:45 when the first section pulled into the wesi end of the Grand Trunk yards here. A red light was hung on the rear car to stop the second section. Engineer Probst or Battle Creek, who was running the engine of the rear train, says he saw this light and applied the air brakes. To his horror they refused to work. He reversed his engine, but the momentum of the train behind him was too great and with a crash that aroused the town the two trains met. Three cars of the stationary first section were telescoped and the en gine and live cars of the moving train were demolished. The rear car of the first section was a caboose in which the trainmen were sleeping and the next two cars were filled with sleep ing circus employes. The greatest loss of life was in the caboose. One of the wrecked cars of the second section was occupied by five elephants and several camels. One of the elephant and two of the camels were killed outright, while the other -jlephauis and their trainers escaped With the exception of this car none of the menagerie was wrecked, the other wrecked cars containing the wagons. As soon as they recovered from the first shock the trainers rushed among the cages quieting the beasts that were excited. The elephants in the wrecked car behaved with surprising calmness and were led out of the wreck without trouble. The escaping steam and screams and cries of those pinned in the wreck was a horrible spectacle in the gray of the early morning, when the train men in the yards and the aroused townspeople first reached the scenes Many feared at first that some of the animals had escaped, as they could be heard crying. The fire whistle was i immediately sounded and the whole town aroused. The rescuers could see the unfortunates through the tangled wreckage. When the wrecking train crews han finished pulling to pieces the tangled and broken cars, seventeen dead men were lying on the grass awaiting removal to the morgue. A majority of them were killed while asleep. The circus performers were on the rear of the moving train and escaped injury. Wallace brothers say that their loss will be very heavy, but can give no estimate yet. This is the second wreck that the Wallace shows have suffered within a month. Engineer Propst, Fireman Colter and Head Brakeman Benedict, who was on the engine of the second sec tion. all agree that if the brakes had worked as they should when the en gineer tried to use them there would have beeen no collision. UNION PACIFIC IS PROSPEROUS. Net Proceeds the Past Year Show Increase of $336,919. NEW YORK—The report of the Union Pacific Railroad company for the year ending June 30 shows: Gross earnings, $51,075,188; Increase, $3, 574,909. Operating expenses and taxes, $28,747,215; increase, $3,187, 989. Net earnings, $22,327,972; In crease $386,919. To the net earnings were added dividends on Northern Securitlea company stock of $3,888,053, and oth er Incomes to make the total Income $27,392,182, an increase of $870,627. The total fixed charges were $12,071,* 068, an increase of $80,935. After payment of dividends there remained a surplus of $6,964,159, an increase of $648,198. PIUS IS RUNG IN. Flva Hundred Church Bella Are In Activity. ROME—The attention of Rome U centered in the ceremony of Satur day, and for which great prepara tions are being made. The throne ol St. Peter, which Pins X will occcupy, ■ will be surrounded by a canopy forty feet high. The pope has luformed the Vatican officials that he wishes to be received on the threshold of the basilica by Cardinal Kumpolla, who. as archpriest of the church, will address the formal greetings to him. At the conclusion of the ceremony tlie pope will confer his blessing upon the people, but it has not. yet been decided whether he will do so Inside the cathedral or from the balcony looking out upon the pia/.;'.a, where many hoped he would bestow his ben ediction on tlie day of his election, it is said that Plus X is in favor of (he latter plan, but the influence of the Vatican officials is against it, on the ground that it might be interpret ed as a recognition of the present state of affairs in Italy. The holding of the coronation ceremonies in St. Peter's itself represents a concession, as In the case of Leo it occurred in the Sistine chapel. Although it Is es timated that 00,000 tickets will be is sued for the event, the demand for them Is very great. At the consistories to be held Mon day and Thursday next, the pope will | confer the red hat on Cardinals AJuti, Tallani, Katschtaler and Herrero y Espinosa, who were raised from the purple June 25, but who have not re ceived these symbols of rank because of the Illness and death of Leo. It is believed that the Spanish Cardinal Herrero will not be able to be pres ent at the coronation ceremonies. During one full hour Thursday morning there seemed to be nothing but vibrating sounds, so penetrating were the strokes of the bolls of about 500 churches, which, all ringing to gether, absorbed all other noises. The ringing was in honor of the election of Pius X—a welcome unique of its 1 ind. and ordered *y Cardinal Res phigi, vicar of Rome, who issued spe cial instructions therefor. All the churches contemporaneously celebrat ed masses for the event, the intoning of the Oremus combining with the harmony. Th® bells involsntartly served an other purpose, that of ringing in the great ceremony of the reception of the diplomatic body accredited to the holy see. Rome has lately been sur feited with Vatican functions, but that of Thursday morning was so striking that it held its own with tbs others. 8CHWAB QUITS TRUST. Resigns Position of President of tH«< Steel Corporation. NEW YORK—The resignation of Charles M. Schwab as president of the United States Steel corporation was tendered and accepted at a meet ing of the directors Tuesday. Wil liam E. Corey was elected as his suc cessor.. Mr. Schwab's resignation caused no surprise in financial circles, where it had for some time been foreshadowed. The new president was for years one of Andrew Carnegie’s ablast lieuten ants and is now president of the Car negie Steel company, one of the sub sidiary concerns of the United States Steel corporation. It is scarcely more than a month ago that Mr. Corey was made assistant to the president be cause of Mr. Schwab’s continued 111 health. PONTIFF RECEIVES GIBBONS Regret* That the American Cannot Remain Longer in Rome. ROME.—Cardinal Gibbons was re ceived by the pope Friday In private audience. In a lengthy conference Plus X. renewed his expressions of interest in America, already made manifest by his reception Wednesday to the pilgrims from the United States. Cubans Claim American Soil. SANTIAGO, Cuba—Some engineers who were surveying a site for a ter ninal of the Cuban Eastern railway >n the United States naval reserva tion at Guantanamo were warned off by American officers, but refused to go. Admiral Coghlan thereupon no tified the Cuban government and President Palma sent a revenue cut ter, which forcibly elected the tres passers. The railway, having acquir ed the lands, claims heavy damages. ROBBED OF A FORTUNE IN OEMS \ MRS. SAMUEL PARKER. The theft from Mrs. Samuel Parker of $50,000 worth of Jewelry has stirred up the police of Honolulu to great ef forts to try and find the criminals, but as yet no clew baa been left and It Is feared that some time may elapse be fore the Jewels are recovered. Some of the gems lost are rubles or rare stn and others are heirlooms. Mrs. Par* ker Is one of the most prominent wom en in Honolulu, her husband being ft strong candidate for governor of Ha waii and one of the wealthiest men oa the Island. NEW POPE REIGNS CARDINAL SARTO ELECTED ON SEVENTH BALLOT ASSUMES HIS TITLE AT ONCE Announcement of Choice Being Made Received with Great Enthusiasm— He Appeared Outside of the Basilica and Blessed the Populace. ROMES.—Cardinal Sartc., patriarch ef Venice, has been elected pope. Cardinal Macchl, aecrelary of apos tolic briefs, announced to the crowd assembled before St. Peter's that Car dinal Sarto had been elected pope, and that he had taken the name of Plus X. The troops on duty Imme diately lined up on the pla/./.a and pre sented arms. Announcement of Cardinal Sarto's election was received with wild en thusiasm by thousands of people who had gathered outside of St. Peter’s. The scene within the basilica when the pope pronounced his benediction, was one of unparalleled excitement and enthusiasm. Thousands of pet sons within the cathedral cheered and waved their hats. Ten minutes after 12 o’clock Pope Plus X appeared inside the balcony of the basilica and blessed the popu lace. amid the acclamations of the enormous crowds assembled upon the pia/.za. Pope PIufl X, who was Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, the patriarch of Venice, was at one time regarded as Pope Leo's personal choice for the succession to the chair of St. Peter. His name suddenly sprang Into prom inence a year ago in connection with the name.i of Ranipolla. Vannutelli and Gotti, as among the cardinals most apt to win the high place. He was born in 18.15 and made patriarch in 1891. being proclaimed cardinal two years later. He is a great preacher and fairly well known as a writer, and he has the reputa tion of accomplishing all the works that he has undertaken. He Is a member of the congregations of Bish ops and Regulars. Sacred Rites, In dulgences and Sacred Relics and Studies. Cardinal Sarto, prooably the most able administrator of the Italian epis copacy, combines firmness and deter mination with abundant tact and com mon sense, and has managed to in augurate a number of very practical reforms in his archdiocese of Venice without giving offense either to the clergy or to the laity. Even with the aid of a life preserver It would be next to Impossible for a greenhorn to Keep his bead above water In a deep sea game of draw. GERMANY LIKES NEW POPE. Election of Sarto Proves Very Accof> table. BERLIN—The election of Cardinal Sarto as the new pope was made known here at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, through extra editions of the newspapers, which were eagerly read. The Foreign Office at that hour bad no confirmation of the news, but re garded it as probable. It having been learned that Sarto had strongly In creased his vote yesterday. Replying to the question whether the election was acceptable to Germany, a repre sentative of the foreign office an swered: ‘'Unqualifiedly so from an official view point. Sarto is a mild manner man and has never been active polit ically.” In other quarters, it was remarked that Sarto is the only Italian cardinal whom the kin;; of Italy received. HU repeated visits to the king and his aversion to politics are regarded as an auspicious sign for the triple al liance. HEARS FROM GLOBE TROTTER. Expects to Lower Record for Trip Around the World. SEATTLE. Wash.—According to a cablegram received here, J. W. Saver, who ia traveling around the world for the Seattle Times in an effort to break the best previous record, sailed on Friday from Germany on the steamer Campania and will reach Seattle in Just fifty-five davs after he left. If he makes it In fifty-five days he will have broken the world's record of six ty days thirteen and one-half hours, made by Charles Cecil Fitzmorris, be I fore the completion of the trans-Si I berian railway. The previous record i for a trip around the world was made j by engaging, in many cases, special 1 conveyanoes. Mr. Saver is making I his trip entirely by public convey 1 ances. - i FRANCE APPROVES CHOICE. Removes Fear that New Pope Might Be Reactionary. PARIS—The election of Cardinal Sarto as pope has created a distinctly favorable impression In governmental quarters here, removing the fear that the office might fail upon a radical or reactionary candidate. The For eign office received the first informa tion of the election from press sources, the news spreading rapidly among the officials and causing widespread com ment. Although not espousing any partic ular candidacy, official feeling has been favorable to one who would con tinue the conservative policy of tho late pope.