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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1903. NUMBER 43. DESIGN SUGGESTED FOR MONUMENT IN WALL STREET SIX MASKED MEN ROB THE DEPOT AT MFARLAND, KANSAS. STATION IS QUICKLY LOOTED Railroad Men Are Soon Subdued— Passengers at Lunch Counter Rush to an Uustairs Room and Save Themselves by Blocking Entrance. M’FARLAND, Kan.—At 1 o'clock Friday morning six masked men. heavily armed, appeared at the Rock Island depot and started to enter the office door. Conductor Monnehan of freight train No. 48, which had just pulled in, aud Night Baggageman Charles Toler saw them and hurriedly attempted to block the door, but the robbers forced an entrance and, after taking their mon ey and watches, beat the railroad men into insensibility. v They then rifled the depot of its contents and going hurried to the eat ing house, held up and took all the valuables from half a dozen men on the platform, employed at the round house, and a part of the train crew. Passengers at the lunch counter scur ried Upstairs and blocked the entrance effectively. The bandits then looted the eating house cash register and silverware, doing their work in a cool and collected fashion, after the man ner of veterans. Then, apparently as a joke, they marched and carried six of the Rock Island employes. Including the night hostler and Baggageman Toler, and locked them in a refrigerator car and disappeared in an easterly direction. During the thirty minutes of their presence not a shot was fired and only Monnehan and Toler were in jured. Two hours after the robbers disap peared Sheriff Fry had organized a posse, released the prisoners from the refrigerator car and galloped in pur suit. The bandits were headed to ward Topeka. The banditts secured eight watches and probably $150 in money. They left McFarland on foot. The night agent at Paxico, four milees east of McFarland, saw them pass by along the tracks on foot at 2:30 o'clock. At 1 o'clock Friday afternoon there is a report from Paxico that Sheriff Fry and Chief Custy of the Rock Is land detective force, aided by four county deputies, have the robbers lo cated in a patch of timber near Pax ico. Advices from Paxico at 2:30 show that the bandits eluded the posse in pursuit and pa-ssed on through the thick brush. Cleveland's Satoy Boy. NEW' YORK—The baby boy re cently born to Mrs. Grover Cleve land at Buzzards Bay, Mass., has been christened Francis Grover Cleveland, a name selected by the other chil dren. DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS. The Respective Conventions Unite on the Same Ticket. Supreme Court Justice. .J. J. Sullivan UniverHity Regents. W. A. JONES, DR. E. G. WEBER GRAND ISLAND.—The populists in state convention here put in nomina tion the above ticket. It referred to next year's convention a resolution en dorsing the Denver manifesto. After nominating Judge Sullivan of Columbus for supreme court justice, there was discussion of the question of notifying the democratic conven tion at Columbus of what had been done. Following this the convention nominated by acclamation two candi dates for regents—Prof. William A. Jones of Hastings aud Dr. E. O. Weber of Valparaiso. The resolutions adopted declared national issues are not involved io this campaign. The Democrats. Supreme Court Justice. . J. J. Sullivan University Regents . W. A. JONES. DR. E. O. WEBER COLUMBUS.—The democratic state convention was late in assembling, and as it gathered news had been re ceived of the action of the populist convention in Grand Island in mak ing nominations. P. L. Hall announc ed the fact in calling the convention to order. H. W. Risley of Grand Island was named for secretary. The delega tions were accepted as reported and the temporary organization was made permanent. W. I. >,"<len of Schuyler placed Judge Sullivan in nomination for su preme judge and it carried by ac clamation. The nomination of Jones of Adams and Weber of Saunders for regent? was made by a rising vota In accepting hi6 nomination Judge Sullivan modestly denied the posses sion of any special qualifications, ex cept independence. He went on the bench a free man and promised so to remain. The resolution committee reported a platform. It reaffirmed the plat form of the Kansas City convention in the fewest words possible and con demned the rsset currency plan and further legislation along the line of the Aldrich bill. FREIGHT DEPOT DESTROYED. Rock Island Sustains Big Loss at Chicago. CHICAGO. Ill—At midnight Thurs day Are started in the freight house of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa cific railroad, situated at Polk and Sherman streets. The flames had secured quite a start when discover ed, and by the time the first engine arrived, the building, which is 250 feet long and two stories high, was a mass of flames. The firemen from the first had no hope of saving the structure or its contents. The loss was primarily on outgoing freight and is estimated at $300,000. OUR SHIPS MOVE VESSELS UNDER WAY FOR TURK ISH WATERS. NOTHING LATE FROM BEYROOT Report* Not Confirmed Are That Min i ister Leiahman Haa Requested the United States to Recall the Euro pean Squadron from Turkish Waters. WASHINGTON—Other than the advices from Admiral Cotton announc ing his departure with the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco for Bey root, there were no developments in the Turkish situation so far as Wash ington Is concerned. No additional in formation came from United States Minister Leishman, Secretary Hay saying he had not heard from our min ister to Turkey Saturday. The orders to Admiral Cotton to proceed to Beyroot will not be can celed. it is authoritatively stated, un less the president so directs. Such an order at this time, however, ap parently would not avail anything, as the admiral is now on his way to Turkey. The Associated Press interview with Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister, at his summer home at Sayville, L. I., was a topic of almost general dis cussion in official circles. That the minister is manifestly perturbed over the situation of affairs in Turkey is fully realized here. His uneasiness over the presence of an American fleet in Turkish waters, lest it be taken by the revolutionists as an evidence of the American gov ernment's sympathy with their cause, It is thought, will not be a strong enough reason for its withdrawal. The administration regards it as a sacred duty to see that adequate and prompt assistance and protection should be given American interests in the disturbed districts and for this reason feels justified in having the warships sent to Turkey. Contrary to expectation. Chekib Bey had not arrived in Washington up to 9 o’clock Sunday night and inquiry at the leading hotels failed to dis close that he had telegraphed that he was coming. A number of dis patches are awaiting his arrival here. Presumably some of the dispatches are from Constantinople and Secre tary Hay will grant the minister an audience if he comes to the city. With the departure of the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco for Bey root, as announced by Admiral Cot ton to the navy department, the en tire European squadron is now on its way to the Turkish seaport. CONSTANTINOPLE — Since the representations made by United States Minister Leishman, regarding the attempt on the life of Vice Con sul Nagelssen. the authorities at Bey root are displaying a marked activity in their eiforts to find the culprit. REVERSE FOR REBELS. Severely Defeated in Engagement Where 1,000 Men Are Killed. SALONICA—The Bulgar'an insur gents sustained a severe reverse at Smllovo Friday, 1,00 of them being killed. The insurgents to the number of 3,000 occupied a position on a height, which was stormed by six bate talions of Turkish troops commanded by Servet Pasha. After losing 1,000 of their number the Bulgarians fled in the face of the heavy Turkish ar tillery Are. The Turkish losses were insignificant. SOFIA, Bulgaria—Dispatches re ceived from Contantlnople, Salonica, Monastlr and Adrianople reveal an equally unsatisfactory condition of af fairs in Macedonia. From Salonica came reports of new uprisings. At Monastir the insurgents are said to be masters of the situation. Telegrams from Adrianople declare that the in surgent bands are continuing their ravages. Vesuvius is Still Busy. ROME—The eruption of Vesuvius continues in all its grandeur, but with out apparent danger to the neighbor hood. Hundreds of the people remain up all night long to witness the spec tacle. An Iowan Killed by Train. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M — R. W. Hos tetter of Cedar Rapids. la., was run down and killed by a train at Cerril los, N. M„ Sunday. RELIANCE COMES IN FIRST. Winner Fails to Cover Course Inside ef the Time Limit. Start. Turn. Finish Reliance _11:02 1:65:10 4:38:45 Shamrock III 11:02 2:07:40 • NEW YORK—With Reliance less than a third of a mile from the fin ish and Shamrock III. hull-down on the horizon, fully two miles astern of the gallant defender, the fourth race of the present series for the America's cup Thursday was declared off be cause of the expiration of the time limit of five and one-half hours, as happened on Thursday last. Although officially it was no race, the defeat administered to the challenger was ho Ignominious that whatever linger ing hope remaiued in the breasts of the friends of Sir Thomas’ boat van ished. Reliance's victory was in ev ery way more decisive than that of last Saturday. Shamrock was out sailed, outpointed and outfooted from start to finish. Reliance beat Shamrock hopelessly in the work fifteen miles to wind ward. rounding the outer mark twelve minutes and thirty seconds ahead of it, a gain in actual time of eleven minutes and twenty-nine seconds. Down the wind it steadily increased its load. The real interest of the day was not against Shamrock, but was in the exciting struggle of Reliance in the last half hour to reach the finish line before the regatta committee fired the gun which should announce the expiration of the time limit. •Did not finish. TURKS SLAY WOMEN. Wholesale Massacre Reported from Twenty Villages. SALONICA. European Turkey.—An Insurgent movement is afoot in the vilayet of Salonica. It is feared that it threatens Vodena, forty-six miles from here, Salonica and other towns. I Well informed persons here share in the general disquietude. Large hands are reported to have been organized by Bulgarians, who. it is expected, at a given signal, will resort to general incendiarism. The Turkish popula tion is resolved, should great disturb ances occur, to exterminate all the Bulgarians in this city. Consequent ly. a number of Bulgarian residents are leaving Salonica. VIENNA.—The Neue Frele Presse's Constantinople correspondent tele graphs that a band of Bulgarians has attacked the Turkish town of Urgas. south of Inladu, on the east coast of Turkey, and has blown up the gov ernment biddings with dynamite. It is reported that 200 persons were killed. FAVORS A NEBRASKA IDEA. Judge Talks on Lynching* and the Crime Which Causes Them. MYSTIC, Conn.—Hezekiah Butter worlh of Boston made the opening ad dress at the Universal Peace union's sessions Friday. His topic dealt, with the effect upon the world of the open ing of the pan-American canal. He said that the canal would wed two oceans and make all mankind one family. Supreme Justice Charles B. Lore of Deleware, who at the time of the lynching at Wilmington, Del., de nounced such practices, made an ad dress. He recommended the Falls City method of dealing with criminal assault. Alfred H. Love of Philadel phia. president of the Universal Peace Union, and Henry Wr. Wilbur, of New York, editor of the Defender, also gave addresses. The objective and >ims of the Straight Edge Co-operative industries were explained by their organizer, Wilbur F. Copeland of New York. CAU8E8 "AN EXTRA 8E88ION. Salvador is to Deal witht a Claim Against Her. SAN SALVADOR—Congress will hold extraordinary sessions to deal with the payment of the Burrell claim in accordance with the last agreement arrived at in Washington through the efforts of Senor Lopez, Salvadorean minister to the United States. Alfred H. Burrell brought an ac tion against the republic of Salvador because of the government's treat ment of the Triunfo company. The court of arbitration, sitting in Wash ington in May last year, awarded Mr. Burrell |448,000 damages in gold. The Salvadorean government refused to make payment and efforts were then made to arrange another settlement. A nan is known ny the company be works for. CONSUL NOT SHOT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WA« MADE TO KILL HIM. BULLET MISSED THE MARK Minister Leishman Explains Ho* Error Came to Be Made—Correc tion Relieves the Tension—Wash ington Officials Now Think Diplo macy Will Be Successful. I WASHINGTON.—A decidedly new turn in the case of United States Vice Consul William Mugelssen at Beyroot, Syria, who was reported to have been assassinated last Sunday, developed Friday night when it became known that the report was incorrect and that, although Mr. Magelssen had been shot at, he had not been injured. This re port came to the State department in a dispatch from United States Minister Lelshman at Constantinople, who said the mistake in making the original an nouncement was due to a mistake In translating the cipher message to the minister. The dispatch from Mr. Lelshman followed closely on the same subject which had been shown to the prominent officials of the government. The dispatch of the minister was com municated to the president at once at Oyster Bay, but up to a late hour nothing had been heard from him on the subject at the State department. Its contents were extremely gratify ing to the officials of the government here, as it relieved the situation of its extreme tension and leaves the way open for an amicable and peaceful ad justment of the incident. Whether or not orders will be gtveu calling off the proposed cruise of the European squadron to Turkish waters is a mat ter for future determination. Acting Secretary Loomis declined to make public the text of Minister Irish mans' dispatch tonight, but he gave a summary of its contents. As stated in the press dispatch it showed that Mr. Magelssen had been shot at by some person at the time un known to the officials, but that he had not been hit. The local Turkish offi cials were prompt to express their re gret at the occurrence and were exert ing themselves to apprehend the as sassin, but thiiB far had been unsuc cessful. The minister's dispatch also said that Consul Ravenda! had reported to him that some of the consuls located at Beyroot had reported to their gov ernment that the situation at that place had become exceedingly unsafe; that this condition of affairs had ex isted for some time and that some thing ought to be done to relieve the tension. The opinion was expressed that the attempted assassination of Mr. Magelssen would probably bring matters to a focus and some effort be made to avoid further trouble. PRESIDENT IS GRATIFIED. Thankful That Consul Magelssen Es caped. OYSTER BAY.—President Roose velt waH notified Friday night by a representative of the Associated Press of the incorrectness of the report that Vice Consul William C. Magelssen at Beyroot, Syria, had been assassinated. The president expressed gratifica tion that Consul Magelssen had es caped without injury from the assault of the would-be murderer. He an nounced, however, that no change would be made in the plans of this government and that the European squadron which he ordered to pro ceed Immediately to Beyroot, would continue to its ordered destination. v It can be said that the president and Secretary of State Hay both re gard it advisable in view of the pres ent state of unrest in Turkey, to have American war vessels in Turk ish waters. For several hours President Roose velt and Secretary of State Hay were in confidence at Sagamore Hill. They dfscnssed every suggested phase of the situation in Turkey. At the con clusion of the conference Secretary Hay announced his Intention of re turning immediately to Washington. Settling for the Disaster. RAWLINS, Wyo.—W. C. Hussey, claim agent, of the Union Pacific, has made a settlement with forty-one estates of miners who lost their lives in the Hanna mines on June 30. The sum of $800 will be paid to each widow, $50 to each child and $45 to each single man. DOINGS OF TURKS. Evidently Intend Exterminating Bui garlane. LONDON—According to a Sofia tel egram to the Times the Turkish re pressive measures in Macedonia have reached the utmost limits of barbar ism, and It is evident that It is the intention to accomplish this by de grees the total extirpation of the Bul garian population. Within the last few days, says the Times correspondent, twelve more Christian villages have been handed over to lire and sword, and the women, children and the aged have been mas sacred Indiscriminately. Convoys of prisoners dispatched to Monastlr have been murdered by their escorts on tha way. A private letter from a foreign res ident in Monastlr says even the local Turks are disgusted and mediate as sassinating the consul in order to pro voke European intervention. The insurgents are doubtless taking a terrible revenge and are executing the revolutionary program to the let ter. The reported concentration of large Turkish forces In the Adrianople district at Mustafa-Paslia, Kisylagach and other points on the Bulgarian frontier is regarded with much appre hension in Sofia. A special dispatch published this morning gives a gloomy view of the crisis in the Balkans. According to reports from Constantinople a rumor was current that war had already been declared against Bulgaria. It was proved to be unfounded, but the state of popular feeling is said to be such that no other issue is regarded as possible. It is further stated that although the Russian squadron was withdrawn from India It continues to cruise near the Bosphorus. , It is reported that several Italians have been murdeded by Turks In Is mid, a seaport in Asia Minor, fifty three miles southeast of Constanti nople. From Belgrade it Is announced that a big mass meeting of Macedonians in tended to be held August 23 was post poned to August 30 by order of the government on account of the Turkish protests. VERY FAST TIME. New World’s Record Made by the Horse Dillon. READVILLE, Mass.—Before a great crowd of spectators at Readvllle on Monday, and with track and weather, conditions perfect, Lou Dillon trotted a mile in two minutes, a new world's record. So that no breeze might In terfere, Millard Sanders, driver of the great mare, brought out the daughter of Sidney Dillon for the attempt early in the day. For pacemakers there were two run ning horses hitched to road carts, Peggy from Paris, driven by “Doc” Tanner, and Carrie Nation, driven by Scott McCox. The flrst score was fruitless, Lou Dillon making a break Just before reaching the wire. On the second at tempt, however, the word was given; Starting Judge Walker rang his bell, but Tanner nodded or him to say "go” and turning to Sanders, called to hifi to come along. Tanner kept Peggy from Paris di rectly in front of the peerless chest nut trotter while McCoy lay at her wheel. In this way the trio went to the quarter pole in thirty and one quarter seconds. With never a skip Lou Dillon went so smooth-galted down the back stretch as to lead those not timing the mile to believe that her speed was not alarmingly fast. Discuss Prospects of War. VICTORIA, B. C.—Japanese papers brought by the Empress of China, which arrived Tuesday from the Ori ent, have columns discussing the pros pects of war. The Malnichl reports that the Japanese government has concluded arrangements with a certain power for the loan of $100,000,000 for military purposes. The paper states editorially that the report is believed to be true. Gorman’s Son in Politics. BALTIMORE, Md—Colonel A. P. Gorman, jr., the only son of United States Senator A. P. Gorman, was ‘nominated by the Howard county democratic convention for the state senate, having won a decisive victory over his opponents. Colonel Gorman <is 30 years of age and begins his po litical career where his father begun thirty years ago.
