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.
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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.
