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V-cr* VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1903. NUMBER 41. FOR GLEAN LIVES ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES A RE LIGIOUS SOCIETY. THE NEED OF PURE LIFE His Remarks Applauded by a Large and Enthusiastic Audience—Speech as Well as Conduct Important for All to Consider. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.—President Roosevelt delivered the principal ad dress at the quarterly meeting of the Society of Holy Name, of Brooklyn and Long Island, held here Sunday. “Decency of Speech and Conduct” constituted the theme of his address, which was enthusiastically applauded by an audience of more than i,000 persons, chiefly men. During the af ternoon special trains brought hun dreds of member of t-he society to Oyster Bay from Brooklyn and west ern Long Island. As the president drove up to the stand in a closed carriage, accompanied by Captain W. H. Brownson, superintendent of the Naval academy, Secretary Barnes and a representative of the society, he was accorded an enthusiastic recep tion, a band the while playing “Hail to the Chief.” After the audience had sung “America” Father Power, rector of St. Dominic's, introduced the presi dent in a felicitous speech. When President Roosevelt rose to speak ho was greeted with cheers, and it was quite a minute before he was able to proceed. His address in part follows: Very reverend dean, reverend clergy and you of the Holy Name society: I count myself fortunate In having the chance to say a word to you to day, and at the outset let me, Father Power, on behalf of my neighbors, your congregation, welcome you here to Oyster Bay. I have a partial right to Join in that welcome myself, for it was my good fortune in the days of Father Power’s predecessor, Father Belford, to be the first man to put down a small contribution for the erection of the church here. I am particularly glad to see such a church as this flourishing, as your society has flourished, because the future welfare of our nation depends upon the way in which we can combine In our men—our young men—decency and strength. Just this morning, when attending service on the great battleship Kearsarge, I listened to a sermon addressed to the officers and enlisted men of the navy, in which the central thought was that each American must be a good man or he 'could not be a good citizen, and one of the things dwelt upon in that ser mon was the fact that a man must be clean of mouth as well as clean of life —must show by his words as well as actions his fealty to the Deity and to the Savior if he was to live aright. We have good scriptural authority for the statement that it is not what comes into a man's mouth, but what goes out of it that counts. I am not addressing weaklings, or I should not take the trouble to come here. I am addressing strong, vigorous men who are engaged in the hard work of life, and life to be worth living must be a life of activity and hard work. 1 am speaking to men engaged in the hard, active work of life, and there fore men who count for good or evil and it is particularly Incumbent upon you who have strength to set a right example to others. I ask you to re member that you cannot retain your self respect if you are loose and foul of tongue, that a man who is to lead a clean and honorable life must, inevit ably suffer if his speech likewise is not clean and honorable. Every man here knows the temptations that be set all of us in this world. Lady Constance to Wed. LONDON—The engagement of Lady Constance Mackenzie and Captain Fitzgerald of the Eleventh Hussars has come as a great surprise to so ciety. Lady Constance has for the past three years set everyone won dering what she would do next. A year ago she created some excitement in the United States by riding astride along the sidewalks of Aiken, S. C. Her relatives could do nothing with her. Shaw Visits His Mother. MORRISVILLE. Vt.—Secretary of the Treasury Shaw came here Sunday for a few days’ visit at the home of his mother. ROOT WILL QUIT. Will Resign Position Before Sailing for London. WASHINGTON—Before Secretary Root sails for Ixmdon to sit with the Alaskan commission he will place his resignation In the president's hands tn order that a secretary of war may be appointed If necessary during his absence. It is expected, however, that the resignation will not be acted upon un til after congress meets. The ap pointment of Mr. Root’s successor will depend somewhat on the length of time he is engaged on the Alaskan boundary commission. It has been known for some time that Secretary Root intended to retire, but he did not wish to leave the de partment until the general staff was in operation. It is understood that the matter of his successor has been discussed, and while not officially an nounced it is thought the position will be tendered to Governor Taft. While Secretary Root is in I^ondon he will remain in communication with the war department and matters per taiaing to the staff and other matters will be referred to him. If the sit tings of the Alaskan commission ex tend beyond December 1, it is likely the secretary’s resignation will be ac cepted at that time. It Is believed here that there will be much delay in the consideration of the Alaskan boundary case and that the United States commission ers may be detained in London sev eral months. Secretary Root's decision to leave public life is based largely on personal grounds. His family does not like the life in Washington and the secretary also desires to return to his law prac tice in New York. Many questions, relative principally to tbe islands and the establishment of a government in Cuba, have been settled during Secretary Root's ad ministration. The reorganization of the army under the general staff plan is now under way and the secretary feel3 he has accomplished the work he was called on to do when he became secretary of war. OYSTER BAY. N. Y.—Ellhu Root will resign as secretary of war, the resignation to take effect about Jan uary 1. He will be succeeded, unless present plans miscarry, by Judge Wil liam H. Taft, now governor of the Philippines. When Mr. Roosevelt became presi dent Mr. Root expressed his desire to leave the cabinet within a year, but his friendship for the president, and bis Interest in pending questions before the department, caused him to remain for a longer period. Even now he has not indicated Just when he may leave the cabinet, but he and the president have discussed the question Beveral times and have a mutual understanding. It is not thought the secretary will present bis resignation before he leaves for Eng land to take up the work of the Alas kan boundary commission. MILES IS NOT A CANDIDATE. Does Not Want to Head the Grand Army of the Republic. OMAHA.—The second section of the Chicago & Northwestern train, to which was attached the soeecial car No. 403. conveying General Nelson A. Miles and party, arrived in Omaha about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A great throng welcomed him at the de pot here. “I am not a candidate for the office of commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic," said General Miles. “On the contrary. . shall second the nomination of Gen eral John C. Blacs. General Black is a fine representative of the old sol diers and Is entitled to the honor. The Grand Army was created for the com mon soldier and not for the profes sional. At any rate, I have had honor enough in the military line and have no ambition further in that direction. "The Grand Army of the Republic is very dear to me. I was active in Its organisation, assisting General John A. Logan. In 1868, when I was in command of a district in South Caro lina. I organized Barbara Freitsche post and was for a long time one of the comrades of that post. I have since had my membership transferred to Lafayette post of the New York department, and there it now Is. You must not think that I do not appre ciate the distinction of being com mander-in-chlef, for I do. I think it is the highest honor that can come to an old soldier." A man who is “so good" is real un canny. JEFFRIES WINNER SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS TITLE TO CHAMPIONSHIP. VICTORY IN THE TENTH ROUND Sponge Thrown Up to Save Corbett From Needless Punishment—Evi dence that Jeffries Stands Alone in His Class. MECHANICS PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO. — J aim vs J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, played with Corbett for nine rounds and a half Friday night and then Cor bett's seconds stopped the tight to save their man from needless punish ment. The end came shortly after the be ginning of the tenth round, when Jeffries planted one of his terrific left swings on Corbett’s stomach. The man who conquered John L. Sullivan dropped to the floor in agony and the memorable Beene at Carson City, when Bob Fitzsimmons landed bis solar plexus blow, was almost duplicated. This time, however, Corbett struggled to his feet and again faced his gi gantic adversary. With hardly a moment's hesitation Jeffries swuny his right and again landed on Cor bett’s stomach. Jim dropped to the floor and then it was that Tommy Ryan, seeing it was all over, motioned to Referee Graney to stop it. The fight demonstrated beyond all doubt that Jeffries stands alone in his class. He showed remarkable im provement on both speed and skill. Corbe't during the first part of the fight was almost outpointed and the few blows he landed on Jeffries were apparently without sting. Jeffries was never in better condition. He looked lighter than usual and the way he moved about on his feet and the fre quency with which he countered Cor bett's leads astonished everybody. Corbett, In comparison with the big man opposed to him, looked light, but was really heavier than ever before. He appeared to have lost some of his old time speed and skill during the early part of the fight, but this may have been due to Jeffries’ marvelous Improvement. Corbett's physical condition appear ed to be all that he had claimed. He stood many of Jeffries’ terrific blows without wincing and came back swing ing left and right and landed frequent ly. but his blows hardly stunned Jeffries. Jeffries was not only strong er and cleverer than ever, but he used his head to better purpose and al though Corbett would hit him hard enough to hurt an ordinary man Jeffries bore right in without notic ing She blows and delivered telling hits that materially aided in deciding the fight. At first Corbett was cautious and apparently was outpointed by Jeffries, but later he warmed up and showed some of his old time cleverness. From the first, however, it was generally regarded as a hopeless case for Cor bett. He made a gallant fight, but he never stood a show to win. After the fight was over Corbett quickly recovered, walked over to Jeffries and shook him warmly by the hand. He said: “Jim. you beat me fairly. You stand alone. No one can touch you.” CANNON AND ALLISON MEET.. Neither Will Discuss the Object of Their Conference. CHICAGO. III.—Senator William B. Allison and Congressman Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, slated as speaker of the next house, held a conference at the Auditorium Annex, but neither statesman would discuss the meeting. “I saw Senator Allen.” said Con gressman Cannon, "but there is noth ing I can say about our meeting. I am on my way to Nebraska.” Senator Allison remained but a short time in Chicago and. as he did not Bee any other politician during his visit, it is surmised that he came especially for the conference with Congressman Can non. King Bestows Honors. LONDON.—A large number of pro motions and appointments to the Royal Victorian order In connection with the king’s visit to Ireland was gazetted on Tuesday. They include Lord Londonderry and Lord Dudley as Knights of the Grand Cross, and Lord Charles Beresford, the Rt. Hon Horace Curzon Plunket, Sir Anthony Patrick McDonald and a number of Irish offi cials as knights commander. APPEAL TO POWERS. Macedonian Rebels Will Struggle Till European Intervention. SOFIA—The delegates of the Mace donian committee have addressed the following appeal to each of the repre sentatives of the powers: Your Excellency: The delegates of the Macedonian committee have the honor to bring to your notice the fol lowing declaration with the request 'that you communicate It to your gov ernment: The Mussulmans' systematic perse cution has compelled the Christians In Vlacedonia and the vNayettes of Adri ianople to Institute a general rising. They have had recourse to this meas ure after exhausting every measure to ^secure the Intervention of Europe to (enforce tho provisions of the Berlin treaty. At the present moment inter vention is the only means of remedy ing the evil and stopping bloodshed. Vhe sporadic efforts of the powers to Venire reforms have failed, they re sulting merely in a recrudescence of Turkish fanaticism and government oppression. It is evident that reform measures, to be efficacious, must include the ap pointment of a Christian governor general of Macedonia, some one who has never held office under the ports and who must be independent of the Turkish government in the exercise of bis functions, and the further ap pointment by the powers of a Joint permanent administrative board with power to deal with any disturbance. Having exposed the foregoing facts to the civilized world and made pub lic the causes which have driven the Macedonians to despair, the commit tee for the Macedonians now in arms proposes to continue the fight until the object of their uprising has been at talned. (Signed for the committee.) DOCTORS TATARCHAFF, CHRISTO, MATOFF. DECLARES HIMSELF BEST MAN. What Jeffries Said After the Fight Was Over. SAN FRANCISCO—JofTries said af ter the light here Friday, night: “My fight will demonstrate to the public that I am a better man than I ever was and gives the lie to the reports which has been circulated in some quarters that I am a physical wreck, through drink and other dissipation. I trained faithfully for this fight and the result shows that I am the nat ural champion. I outboxed Corbett in every round and carried the fight to him at every stage of the game. I must say, however, that Corbett put up a better fight than I thought he would. His punches had no steam, and when they did land, which was not often, they did not pberze me. At no time was I distressed and 1 felt confident of winning from the first. I would have put him out ‘n the fourth if ray glove had not burst. The half minute's delay to replace the glove did Corbett a world of good and he was able to continue the con test. Although he knew I was his master and lost his old-time confi dence, he occasionally showed his old agility. I fought harder with m” trainers during the conditioning sea son than I did with Corbeit and I finished the contest as fresh as when I entered the ring. “I have no plans for the future. Those matters are left to my manager and my trainer." BIGGEST IOWA HAS EVER HAD. Indications Are That State Fair at Des Moines Will Break All Records. DES MOINES, la.—The Iowa state fair opens Friday of this week and the indications are that it will be the biggest fair the state has ever had. All of the departments will be full to overflowing and the directors of the fair are at a loss to know what to do with all of the entries that have been made. In the cattle department nearly 800 entries have been made, which is above last year’s record. It will probably be necessary to house part of the cattle in tents, as the barns will not hold all of them and there will not be time to build more. The horse Bhow will be one of the greatest ever held in the west. All of the leading importers of the central west have arranged to have their sta bles represented, and when it comes to judging horses, the best Judges in the country will have all they can do to pick the winners. I DOW1E FASHIONS NEW AMERICAN FLAG John Ale^nder Dowle feels confi dent that hts new design of the na tional emblem Is an artistic Improve ment over the Old Glory which the forefathers fashioned. While the de sign whtnh Dowle has patterned Is to prevail in Zion City, Illinois, he has no objection to its being used In other sections of the country. In the Dowle design the field of blue has been dis pensed with, but the stars and stripes have been retained, as he says they am of national significance. Instead of being crowded Into a narrow mar gin, the stars are extended in the shape of a St. Andrew's cross across the whole banner. The stripes are narrower than on the original emblem, and am not woven so close together. Some time ago Dowte says he became convinced that the national emblem was faulty and inartistic, and he be lieves hts pattern Is an Improvement. EXTRA CONGRESS MAY BE CALLED TOGETHER EARLY IN OCTOBER. NO FINANCE MEASURE FRAMED Senate Subcommittee Seeks Further Expert Advice Before Acting—Bank* ere and Others to Be Coneulted ae to a Bill. OYSTER BAY, L. I.—President Roosevelt’s conference with asubcom mlttee of the senate finance commit tee was not concluded until the small hours of Friday morning. The whole subject of financial legislation at the appropachlng session of congress was discussed thoroughly. The committee, consisting of Sena tors Aldrich, chairman; Platt, Connec ticut; Allison and Spooner did not present even a tentative draft of a cur rency bill to the president, although some propositions which subsequent ly, may be embodied in the measure were reduced to concrete form. No definite conclusions as to the shape of the proposed legislation were reached. The conference related rath er to methods of procedure In the work at hand than to the form of the legislation. At 7:30 Thursday morning the mem bers of the committee left Sagamore Hill, boarded their yacht, Vergena, and sailed for Providence on their return to Senator Aldrich’s home. One fact of distinct Importance was de veloped at the conference. While an extraordinary session of congress next fall is assured it has not been deter mined definitely whether it will be called to meet in October or in No vember. It has been supposed that the ex traordinary session would convene on Monday, November 9, but the indica tions now are that it will be called for an earlier date, perhaps several weeks earlier. The primary purpose of the extraor dinary session will be to enact legis lation making operative the Cuban reciprocity treaty, but financial legis lation wil lalso be pressed upon the attention of congress soon after it con venes. Andre Relic Discovered. VANCOUVER. B. C.—What is un doubtedly a relic of the ill-starred Andre expedition Was brought to Van couver by a returning mining pros pector who has spent four years in the wilds of the Mackenzie basin. He arrived here on Monday, brining with him n portion of the silk used in the construction of Andre's balloon. Sugar Trust Reaches Out. SAGINAW, Mich.—A deal was con sumed here whereby the American Sugar Refining company of New York has acquired a one-half interest In the Valley Sugar factory, one of the largest in the Saginaw valley. The company is capitalized at 1500,000. WOULD SHOW RANGE CATTLE. Stockmen Anxloua to Have World’s Fair Order Rescinded. DENVER, Colo.—A meeting la be ing held In this city for the purpose of making an active fight to secure the rescinding of the order prohibit ing the exhibition of range cattle at the St. Ijouls World’s fair. The cam paign was started In July by the Colo rado Cattle and Horse Growers' as sociation. when notices avere mailed to all the states within the boundaries of the Louisiana purchase calling for a conference of cattle raisers, and at tomorrow’s session It is said that rep resentatives from ail these states wilt be In attendance. The plan is to appoint a committee to meet with Chief Commissioner Cor burn of St. Louis to urge him to cau cel the order against range cattle. If the committee is unsuccessful in this regard the members will wait upon President Roosevelt and urge him to give his aid to the proposition. It is announced that replies have been re ceived from every state to which notices of the meeting were mailed and that the purpose of the meeting has been unanimously endorsed. TAFT DENIES THE RUMOR. Say* that He la Not to Succeed Secre tarv Root. MANILA—When the new3 arrived here by cable that Secretary Root of the war department would be forced to resign the portfolio by hie duties as a member of the Alaskan bound ary commission, about to meet in London, his resignation to take effect under certain conditions in December next, If not sooner, a reception was taking place at the palace In honor of Major General George W. Davis, until recentlv in command of the divi sion of the Philippines and now on the retired list. Governor Taft who was present, when shown the statement contained In this dispatch, that he would suc ceed Secretary Root upon his retire ment, laughingly replied that the re port was untrue. Later on, when a second message was received confirm ing an alleged offer of an appointment, the governor denied the statement In similar terms. SEEK A NEW CUSTOMS LAW. Importers Will Ask Congress to Maka Important Changes. NEW YORK—In order to relieve importers from onerous exactions by the present customs administration acts, efforts will be made at the com ing session of congress to amend the act In several important features. Plans to that end are being made by importers and merchants. The matter is in charge of a general com mission consisting of the representa tives of about fifty leading lines of trade. A bill embodying the changes desir ed will be Introduced in congress, but the commission probably will not be able to make announcement of the contemplated changes until after con ferences with Secretary Shaw.
