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Loup City Northwestern. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1903. VOLUME XX. NUMBER 45. T*r try. try. JTRY aca,n IN QUEST OF THE FOUR-LEAF SHAMROCK. AFFAIRS_POSTAL LOOKED INTO BY ATTORNEYS BONAPARTE AND CONRAD. WHAT THE LATTER AFFFIRMS Investigation by the Lawyers Made at the Personal Request of President Roosevelt and Independent of the Postoffice Department. WASHINGTON—By direction of President Roosevelt a thorough inves tigation has been made into the c harges preferred by Seymour W. Tul loch against the management of affairs of the Washington, D. C.p postofflce. This investigation has been made by Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte and FFon. Holmes Conrad, special counsel of the government in the prosecution of the postofflce cases, and it is independent and supplementary to the report made by Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Bristow. Mr. Bristow's report, Mr. Conrad says, was simply a collection of facts in the case reported by postofflce in spectors and contained no opinion as to the merit of the charge. The in vestigation made by Messrs. Bonaparte and Conrad will go into the merits of the charge and will express an opinion as to whether or not the accused per- j sons are vindicated or are guilty of Che offenses charged against them. The conclusions drawn from their inquiry will be emobdied in a report which will he submitted to the attorney general the latter part of the week. Whether or not this report will be made public Mr. Conrad could not say tonight, as that matter rests with the officials of the administration. No prosecution will arise from any results of the in vestigation, as the offenses, if any have been made, are barred by the statute of limitations. Mr. Conrad said he and Mr. Bona parte had been engaged for five weeks in the inquiry. They had examined thoroughly the matters themselves, with all' charges on the subject made by the Treasury and Postoffice depart-; ments. The president, said Mr. Con rad. was very anxious that the whole matter should be* gone over carefully j so that if persons named in the charges of Mr. Tulloch were not guilty they should be vindicated and if they were that this fact might go .on record. Their duty hail been to act in the ca-’ parity of a master in chancery and j report on the fucts as they found them. It was not a party afTair with the president, Mr. Conrad declared, but an honest desire to get at the farts in the case, both democrats and republi-1 cans being involved in the charges. The president was anxious to have the matter thoroughly sifted and any crit icism, credit or blame arising from the inquiry would be borne by him. Postoffice Investigation to End. WASHINGTON—Postmaster Gen-1 »ral Payne said that when the federal trand jury in this city disposes of the post office cases now before it the in vestigation in Washington will be tracticaily complete, leaviug maters in ' New York still to be closed. Wants Booker to Train Waiters. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind—The Inter lational Stewards' association in ses- \ sion here adopted a resolution urg- j ng Booker T. Washington to estab ish at the Tuskegee institute, a( raining school for kitchen and dining •oom employes. j DEATH OF A CHURCH PATRIARCH. Right Rtv. Thomas Clark Dead at the Age of 91. NEWPORT, R. I.—The Right Rer. Thomas March Clark, bishop of Rhode Island, and by virtue of hie se niority presiding elder of the Episco pal church in this country, as well as the oldest bishop in the Anglican communion, if not in the world, died suddenly Monday at his home In Mid dleton. Bishop Clark was born in Newbury port, Mass., on July 4, 1812. He was once deacon of Grace church in Bos ton in 1830, and advanced to the priesthood in November of that year. He officiated at Grace church until 1843, when he left for Philadelphia, where he was rector of St. Andrew's church until 1847. He then returned to Boston as assistant rector in Trin ity church, and finally become rector in the Church of Christ at Hartford, Conn. He remained there from 1850 until 1854, when he was consecrated bishop of Rhohde Island. In 1898 he pave up the active duties of his dio cese. BLOODY DEEDS AT HAND. Macedonians Threaten Violence of a Revolting Character. I.1ONDON-— Special dispatches from the near east published here Tuesday morning furnished little news regard ing the situation in the Balkans. All the correspondents at Constantinople emphasize the apparent danger of war with Bulgaria, while the Sofia corre spondents are equally insistent as to the prudent and correct attitude of Prince Ferdinand and his govern ment. Accounts from both Turkish and in surgent sources of the operations in Macedonia show that the work of ex termination is proceeding unchecked, and all hough apparently realizing the danger of a conflagration, the powers are making some attempt to interfere, it is believed that nothing of a seri ous nature will be done until after the meeting of the czar and Emperor Francis Joseph at Vienna, when it may be too late. The insurgents are now said to number 26.800 well armed and efficiently commanded men. MISFORTUNE PURSUES HIM Prof. Langley’s Airship is Once More Disabled. WIDE WATER. Va.—Prof. Lang ley’s airship was disabled again Wed nesday by the wreck of the starboard propellor, which broke under pressure of its own velocity about the middle, one of the blades dashing against the frame work and doing considerable damage. The blade whirled through the air at a fast rate, barely missing several men on the deck of a tug boat. Prof. Manley, who was in the car. at once had the machine placed inside. The structural weakness which this second accident indicates may require much work before a launching is at tempted. Prof. Langley was not here, but a test would have been made if all had gone well. Dipping Order is Modified. CHEYENNE. Wyo.—After listening to protests of sheep owners against the recent order compelling the dip ping of all sheep on account of the prevalence of scab, the board of sheep commissioners Tuesday modified the order so as to allow flocks not af fected by scab to have clean bills of health, inspection to begin at once. AS TO BULGARIA WILL WAIT TWO DAYS AND THEN TAKE ACTION. A CONFLICT SEEMS AT HAND Little Nation, at Whatever Cost, Will Cast Lot with Persecuted Chris tians of Macedonia—Will Protect the Women and Children. LONDON—Disquieting rumors come 1 fhom Vienna and elsewhere regarding teh Balkan crisis and whilst it is Im possible to confirm the more sensa tional statements, here is accumula tion of evidence that some violent so lution cannot long he delayed. The Sofia correspondent of the Dally Telegraph sends, under Satur day's date, another long dispatch warmly defending Bulgaria’s patient and quixotic attitude of loyalty toward the ports and the powers denouncing Europe’s Indifferences to the wiping out of a large Christian community. He says: "Bulgaria has displayed unexemapled moderation. Her last urgent request to the powers was that they should compel Turkey to suppress the uprising by legitimate methods of warfare, but to spare women and chil dren from indignities and massacres. But even this, Christian Europe has refused and Prince Ferdinand's gov ernment, having fully considered the question and aware of the disastrous consequences with which the powers threaten Bulgaria if she intervenes, has decided that she cannot longer neglect her sacred duty to prevent the Christian population being "done to death. In a couple of days more the die will be cast anil Bulgaria will do her duty. An official communication will be made to the powers in the above indicated time, and forthwith the necessary measures will be taken and only countermanded if the pow ers immediately intervene. This is Bulgaria's last word. The moral re sponsibility will fall upon Christian Europe, even if the material conse quences have to be endured by Bul garia.” A dispatch from Constantinople to the Standard says large forces are be ing collected to the north and north west of Constantnople, where, in the event of war, the first fighting is ex pected to occur, and, though allusions to any plan of eompaign is strictly censured, it may be assumed that Ger man advice during recent years had I not left Turkey unprepared this time. From Vienna comes the semi-official statement that Austria has again pro posed to the powers to admonish Bul garin, but that so far nothing has come of the proposition. LEAK FROM THE GRAND JURY. Indictments in the Pastal Cases Were Tipped Off. WASHINGTON — Information has come to light which seems to indi cate that Isaac S. McGiehan and Jo seph S. Huntington, members of the Columbia Supply company, were giv en advance information of the indict ments returned against, them by the federal grand jury here last Tuesday, and have temporarily gotten out of the way. It was said that word was received here early Friday morning, six hours before the indictments were made public, that these men were wanted in this city to answer charges of brib ery. It is said that both these men disappeared from New York before the warrants could be served on them. Tornado Strikes Oklahoma. GUTHRIE, Okla.—A tornado struck the vicinity of Bloomington, in south western Oklahoma. Sunday, doing ex tensive damage. The residence of Mrs. Sarah Carter was destroyed, the woman and her eldest daughter being injured. Two children were blown across a barb wire fence into a pas ture. Buildings on the farms of Frank Alien, John Push and William Herndon were also completely de stroyed. Heavy Snow in Yellowstone Park. YELLOWSTONE PARK — Six inches of snow on the level have fall en throughout Yellowstone Park dur ing the last forty-eight hours. Well Known German Dead. MILWAUKEE—Dr. Ernest Nantke. aged 40 years, professor of chemistry and conductor of a brewers' school in this city, died suddenly of penu monia. ATROCITIES BEYOND BELIEF. Turk* Dig Flesh from Living Woman with Pocket Knives. LONDON—The Dally Mail's corre spondent at Monastir, in a dispatch dated September 6, claims that him self. the British vice consul. MarGreg or. and an American missionary nam ed Bond, are the intended victims of Turkish revenge because they re ported the Ttirkisii atrocities. If their murder could be compassed. It would be fathered upon the Bulgarians. The correspondent describes further atrocities by soldiers. In one case they flayed a little girl's head, while in another they dug the flesh from under a woman's arms with pocket knives in order to see the working of her lungs. A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated September 10, says the ports telegraphed to Washington asking to have the American squad ron recalled from Beirut, but the re quest was refused. Minister Irish man declared that it would remain un til the departure of the late vail, Res hid Pasha. 3T. LOUIS FAIR THREATENED. Westinghouse Strike May Tie Up Im portant Work. PITTSBURG. Pa.—The atrike at the East Pittsburg plant of the Westing house Machine company threatens to tie up Important work on the St. Louis fair buildings. President O'Connell of the Interna tional Association of Machinists has taken the matter up with President rompers of the American Federation of Labor. It is claimed that the sup port of that body has been assured' and that a meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of I^abor has been called to meet at Washington on September UL when the question of calling out all union men employed on Westinghouse con tracts on the fair grounds will receive consideration, providing an appeal to made to the Westinghouse people in the meantime by Presideut Gomperb is not satisfactorily answered. FIRST DOCUMENT OF PIUS X. Addresses Letter to Certain Cardinals Confirming Appointments. ROME—It has been announced that Pius X would announce Tuesday his first encyclical addressed to the Cath olic' hierarchy and people throughout the world, but this was incorrect. The pontiff published his first offi cial document, consisting of a letter addressed to Cardinals Vannutelll, Rampolla, Ferrata and Yves y Tuto, confirming their appointment by Pope Leo, as a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the dogma of the Im maculate Conception. The letter, which Is brief, Is followed by a prayer to the Virgin Mary, which will ac quire importance as being the first to bear the signature of Pius X. HEAVY DAMAGE TO GRAIN. Wheat and Hay Badly Injured in Washington. PORTLAND, Ore.—A social to the Oregonian from Spokane says: Re ports of damage to the grain and hay crops are coming in from all sections of eastern Washington except in the Big Bend. Few districts have not materially suffered from rains. For I he past two weeks rain has fallen in heavy showers nearly all day, the drenched expanse extending from Walla Walla county north to the in ternational boundary and into north Idaho. A fair estimate of the wheat harvest is that two-thirds has been cut. Much of this is stacked in the fields and is swelling from the heavy downpour. Plague Condition ■» o<irlou«. MARSEILLES.—The unofficial re ports make the plague situation serf ous. The dead, it appears, Includes four women and one man whose bodies were covered with bubos, leav ing little doubt as to the nature of the disease. Drop Hints of Abdication. LONDON—The Vienna correspond ent of the Daily Mail declares that the Hungarian, political crisis has be come so acute that the abdication of Emperor Francis Joseph as king of Hungary is freely discussed in the latter country, and although no party leader is 'willing to openly discuss the probability, there is a strong feeling in favor of Hungary’s right to choose its own king, the candidate favored being the German emperor’s second son. Prince Eilel. ACTS ON DEMAND TURKEY REMOVE THE GOVERNOR WHO WA8 OBJECTIONABLE. _ I LEISHMAil’S PRESITCE LARGER Chekib Bey Says that Peace Hu Been Established at Beyroot—City la Novi Quiet and the People Are Resuming Bueineee. WASHINGTON—The following but lettn was pouted at the Navy depart ment Friday: "Admiral Cotton telegraphs front Beyroot, September 10, that the gov ernor general of Damascus has been appointed acting governor general at Beyroot and has eipressed a desire to settle the case of the American vice consul satisfactory to the United States government. Beyroot quiet, business Improving, confidence In creasing." The State department had authentic advices that Governor General Nazim Pasha of Damascus, who has been ap pointed acting governor of Beyroot, is a trustworthy and broad-minded man, and Minister Irishman has been Instructed to advise the sublime ports that the Washington government Is greatly pleased at the Immediate granting of Its request for the removal of the governor of Beyroot and the ap pointment in his stead of a responsl ble person and one favorable to for eigners. A long cablegram reached the State department from Minister Irishman on the general Turkish situation, which has not yet been made public. The prestige of Minister Irishman at Constantinople has greatly in creased since the appearance of the European squadron off Beyroot, and the scope of his representations to the porte has also increased in the last few days. It is understood our gov ernment will push to an early conclu sion all its pending claims against Turkey. Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister, was a caller at the State department Friday, bringing further reassuring advices that a "condition of absolute peace has been established at Bey root." CONSTANTINOPLE—The American consul at Beyroot reports that the sit nation there Is improving, thanks to the confidence inspired by Nazim Pasha, who lias succeeded Reshid Pasha. Rumors of fresh outrages con tinue to reach Constantinople, but these reports are deliberately spread, with the object of creating the impres sion that the present situation at Bey root was caused by the arrival there of the United States warships. As a matter of fart the general state of affairs is chronic at Beyroot. in security has prevailed there for months. CHARGES NOW PUBLIC. United States Attorney Gives Names of Men Indicted. WASHINGTON—United States Dis trict Attorney Beach on Friday an nounced that the si* persons named in the seven indictments returned by the grand Jury last Tuesday are: - , George W. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allowances, postoffice department; August Machen,; former general superintendent of the! free delivery system postoffice de partment; James W. Erwin, former postoffice inspector, with headquarters., in San Francisco; George H. Hunting-1 ton and Isaac A. McGelhan, both of] New York City, owners of the Colum bia Supply company of that city, and! Eugene D. Scheble of Toledo, O., aj dentist and interested in the firm of Maybury & Ellis of Detroit, Mich., let ter box manufacturers. Nebraska at St. Louis. LINCOLN, Neb.—At a meeting of the Nebraska commission for the St. Louis exposition arrangements were discussed with prominent exhibitors to have entries ready for the Nebraska exhibit at the exposition. October 18 will be Nebraska day at the fair, that being the anniversary of the day the first territorial governor of Nebraska took the oth of office. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON—Tuesday’s state ment of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150, 000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance, $235,284,092; gold, $106,738,-i 142. PENSION LIST GROWING LESS* Beneficiaries Drop Below the Million Mark. WASHINGTON—The annual report of Commissioner of Pensions Wars places the total number of pension ers now on the rolls at M6.545, o| which 725,356 are soldiers and 267^ 185 are widows and dependents. Mr. Ware announces that it is not prob: able that the pension roll will again cross the million line, the high watei mark having been reached a year ago. * Five of the pensions are on the roll on account of the war of the revolu tion; 1,116 of the war of 1812; 4,734 on account of Indian wars, and 13,874 on account of the Mexican war. The average annual value of each pension is now |133. The total annual value of the Spanish war pension roll has reached 61.765,310, Commissioner Ware makes the fol lowing recommendations: laws for feiting the pension or right to pension of any man convicted in court of an infamous crime; prohibiting the giv ing of pensions to women who marry soldiers after the soldiers become old pensioners; a different method, of ex amining applicants for pensions. Mr. Wrare stamping the present system as uncertain, unsatisfactory and of an enormous amount of political friction. Mr. Ware says the bureau has gain ed on the current work 100,000 cases during the last two years. MONEY TO RECLAIM LAND, Commissioner of General Land Office Makes Report of Cash on Hand. WASHINGTON—W. A. Richards, commissioner of the general land of fice, has made public a statement showing the amounts to the credit of the reclamation fund from sales of public lands In the several states and territories during the fiscal years of 1901, 1902 and 1903 under the provi sions of the act. of congress approv ed June 17, 1902. it is shown that during the present year there has been covered into the treasury from the proceeds of the sale of public lands In sixteen states and territories the sum of $8,461,493, making an ag gregate of $16,191,836 as the total thus far received and oa deposit in ‘.he United States treasury to the credit of the reclamation fund. Of this amount Nebraska contributed during the present year $118,838, and a total since 1901 of $354,036. Dur ing the year 1903 South Dakota sold j 'ands credited to the reclamation fund valued at $239,420, making the total received from that state $546,982. In Wyoming lands were sold which wrought $272,923, during the current ►’ear, making an aggregate of $658,686 luring the last three years. TO ENFORCE PURE FOOD LAW. Some Foreign Goods Are to Be Shut Out. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The agri cultural department is making strong efforts to keep out of the country ill imported goods, the entry of which '.s prohibited under the pure food act. ?ince August 1, when the act went into efTect, approximately 600 ship ments of meats, wine, olive oil, etc., ’cave been held up pending an exam ination as to the determination of the nuestion whether their use is prohib ited in the country whence they arei Imported into the United States. Up’ to this time only one shipment, con' sisting of white wine, has been re fused entry. • The special agents and consul^ abroad keep the department advised-; by cable of all shipments of goods* which may come within the prohibit lions of the law, and instructions art^ sent at once to the collectors at thei Iff ports where they are to arrive to holt hem in warehouses and send sam ples to Washington for analysis. PAUL MORTON AT OYSTER BAY. President Also Hears Report on Al leged Indian Frauds. OYSTER BAY, L. I.—The president entertained at luncheon Paul Morton of Chicago, vice president of the San ta Fe railroad system; Francis E. Leupp of Washington, and Lieuten ant Gordon Johnston of the army, who was a member of the president's regiment of Rough Riders. , Mr. Leupp, who is a Washington newspaper correspondent, was ap pointed by the president several months ago as a commissioner to make an investigation of alleged In lian frauds in the Oklahoma territory.' He has completed his work and maded his report to. the president.
