Loup City Northwestern. • • * -_■■■■ -- - - - . —- • - -- — - - - — ■— - - - - ■" v - - -- T ” VOLUME XX. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER (i. 1903. NUMBER 52. DEATH IN WRECK MRS. BOOTH-TUCKER, SALVA TIONIST, KILLED. CRUSHED ON THE SANTA FE Tour of Inspection Comes to a Fatal End—Dead Woman Was Returning from Colorado When the Accident Occurred. KANSAS CITY—Mrs. Emma Booth Tucker, consul in America of the Sal vation Army, wife of Commander Booth-Tucker and second daughter of William Booth, founder of the army, was killed in the wreck of the east bound California train No. 2 on the Santa Fe near Dean Lake, Mo., eighty five miles east of Kansas City, at 10 o'clock Thursday night. ' Colonel T. C. Holland, in charge of the Salvation Army at Amity, Colo., was fatally injured, but up to 3:30 o'clock in the morning was reported still alive. Twenty others were more or less seriously hurt. The dead and injured were taken to Fort Madison, Iowa. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was rendered un •consciou| and died within half an hour after being injured. Her skull was fractured and she was injured in ternally. She was on her way from a visit in Colorado to Chicago, where she was to have met her husband. Al though the wreck occurred at 9:30 at night, it was not known until after midnight that Mrs. Bootb-Tucker was among the injured. The first details of the wreck wore obtained by the Associated Press in the morning over the long distance tel ephone from Marceline, through Dr. D. B. Putnam, who had been at the scene. The wrecked train left Kansas City Thursday evening. It ran into an open switch just outside of Dean Lake. Only the three last cars, two Pull mans and a diner, were wrecked. The Pullmans were partly demolished, while the diner was badly damaged. In the forward Pullman Mrs. Booth-Tucker and Colonel Holland, who were the sole occupants of that car, has just gone to the forward end jr for a consultation. Two of the Pull- j 1 mana struck a steel water tank with ii such force as to mo\e it five feet from lie foundation and when the train crew reached the scene both Mrs. Booth-Tucker and Colonel Hol land were found unconscious. They, with the other injured, were after much delay taken to the depot plat form, a few blocks distant, where ev erything possible was done for them, ■j, 'Keither regained consciousness and It wlYhi'i half an hour the noted Salva I tion Army leader succumbed to her in P juries. For a time it was believed that the unconscious man at her side was Commander Booth-Tucker and in «. the confusion this report was spread. f I" - t CHICAGO — Commander Bootli i| Tucker, who arrived in Chicago Tliurs K day, expecting to join his wife f.ere, H was prostrated by the shock of Mrs. I f ’Booth-Tucker’s death. At the Salva f tion Army headquarters, where he ap peared soon after his arrival, he de ;» dined to be interviewed and denied ’himself to all but his intimate friends, k. Ensign Agnew, speaking for the com mander, said that he had thus far p made no plans for the immediate fu K lure. PRICE OF DECEMBER WHEAT. I St. Louis Exchange Fixes a Basis of Settlement. ST. LOUIS—At a special session of the board of directors of the Mer B-chants’ exchange the marginal basis ||for December wheat was lixed at 87 *-cents.' The meeting was called in an jjHtswer to a petition in which members Hr.-of the exchange claimed that owing fflpto certain manipulations the prices on December wheat have assum ‘ M ed fictitious values. The board was asked to grant re I’f. President Ballard refused to ake any state further than to say s would announce to the exchange e board's action. The assertion i3 ade by the commission men that De -mber wheat is already practically irnered in St. Louis. Walsn Gets Ten Years. MANILA—Lieutenant James W. 'alsh, constabulary supply officer, ationed at Mashate, in the province ! Viscayas. military department of uzon, convicted recently of embez Rgjplement of $1,000 of government funds, liar, been sentenced to tern years' im prisonment. PARTING OF WAYS. What a Halifax Publication Has to Offer. HALIFAX, N. S.—The declaration that present relations between Can ada and Great Britain cannot exist much longer was made Wednesday by *ho Halifax Chronicle, the leading newspaper supporter in the maritime provinces of the liberal party. In an unusually outspoken editorial on the recent Alaska boundary award, the Chronicle expresses what is claims to be unanimous dissatisfaction of Ca nadians at the action of the British government in the matter. The paper says: “This Alaska episode has made it clear that our existing relations can not be continued much longer. We are even now at the parting of the ways. Our subordinate position lias been so clearly and so humiliating revealed that it must speedily become utterly unendurable.” The Chronicle adds that there are now only two courses open for Can ada, complete legislative independ ence within the empire, acknowledg ing the sovereignty of the king cf England alone, or the status of an in dependent nation. The paper says there is much to commend the latter step in particular because it would free Canada from the* danger of ever becoming embroiled with the United States on account of its European con nection, and at the same time would secure for the dominion the benefit of the protection of the Monroe doc trine. LONDON.—Chief Secretary for Ire land Wyndham, speaking at Dover, said that unless England was pre pared to lose her prestige, she could not afford to see Canada dominated by American capital. “Under fis cal reforms, as proposed by Mr. Chamberlain,” said Mr. Wyndham, “Canada could become the granary ol Great Britain.” He strongly urged the linking of Canada directly with the mother country. This, he said, must he done, whether it be accom pished by Mr. Chamberlain’s method or by some other. LAYS DOWN NEW RULE. Inspectors Must Be Permitted to E:e amine Stock on Forest Reserves. WASHINGTON. D. C.—Commis sioner Richards of the general land office, supplementing former instruc tions issued by the Indian bureau, has issued orders to forest officers notifying them that all stock grazed in the forest reserves must be sub mitted to the bureau of animal in dustry when called upon for inspec tion. That in the event of failure of owners to recognize inspectors of the department of agriculture the same is to be communicated at once to the interior department, when prompt and decisive action will be taken. In event that privilege is being accord ed owners of sheep of cattle by tha forest officers and their owners object to having their stock dipped or treat ed Commissioner Richards notifies all such offenders that the permit to graze stock will he abrogated immedi ately. This order supports the hands of the agricultural department, and i3 intended to stamp out, as far as pos sible, diseases incident to sheep and cattle grazed on the open plains. HUSBAND DELIVERS ADDRESS. I Eulogy of Mrs. Booth-Tucker Pro nounced by Commander. CHICAGO—Surrounded by 3,000 Salvation mourners who had gather ed at. Piincess rink Friday night to pay tribute to the memory of Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, who was kill ed in a railroad wreck Wednesday night. Commander Booth-Tucker, in a sermon full of nathosr, toid of the many good deeds performed by the dead leader. While speaking the husband, grief stricken and weeping, stood at the bead of the casket. When the eulogy was finished there was not a. dry eye in the audience. The memorial services were par ticipated in by many prominent off* cers of the army. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the casket wa3 re moved to the Pennsylvania depot ami started to New York. New Austrian Emigration Lew. VIENNA.—The new emigration law of Austria, which is now awaiting the approval of the ministry of justice, abolishes the existing provision under which emigrants of all classes' lose their Austrian citizenship. Under the new law emigrants for economical rea sons will continue to be regarded as Austrian citizens and efforts will bo made to keep in touch and assist them in the country to which they emigrate. DIED IN FLAMES TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST IN A TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE. THOUGHT TO BE INCENDIARY Hallowe’en Parties in Progress When the Disaster Occurs—Escape from Fire Escapes Cut Off by Jam to Get to Them. NEW YORK—Twenty-one men^ three women and a ten-month-old babe were burned to death or suiTo cated in a fire that started in the House of All Nations, a tenement house at 426 Eleventh avenue, which the police and coroner believe to be of incendiary origin. Some peculiar features of the disaster, in addition to the startling loss of life, are that the fire was practically extinguished in twenty minutes; that the police could learn of hut one person being injured, other than those who lost their lives, and that the property loss was onlv $7,000. The deal are mostly Italians. The only person injured, so far as can be learned. Is Mary Jane Quinn, who was burned about the face and hands and severely bruised by leap ing from a second floor fire escape to the ground. In several apartments of the tene ment Hallowe'en parties were in prog ress, and the guests at these added greatly to the number of persons In the house and made the crush and jam to escape more than it ordinarily would have been. Although plenti fully provided with fire escapes, front and rear, escape was cut off a few minutes after the fire started by the bodies of the dead becoming wedged in the openings to tlie ladders. The fire had been buring some minutes before it was discovered. It had started in the basement and, rushing upward, bad attacked the stairway leading to the apartments. In a short space of time the flames had so en veloped the stairway that egress from the building by It. was impossible. The house from the third floor to tlie fiftl] floor was destroyed. At the windows, front and roar, bodies of men and women were jam med, showing that a desperate strug gle to get free had resulted in the choking of these exits to the fire es capes and liad been the cause of a number of inmates being suffocated. Life nets played a prominent part in the work of rescue. The firemen dropped men and women, dead and alive, from one floor to another, and, finally, the men standing on the lad ders on the- first floor let thhm fall Into the nets held by policemen and flrement in the street. CUBANS TO BOYCOTT STAMPS. Levy of Tax on Commodities Results in Suspension of Business. SANTIAGO, CUBA.—At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held here resolutions of protest against the stamp tax, which went into effect on the first of November were adopted and forwarded to President Palina. The cigar factories and whole sale liquor dealers of Santiago agreed to close their establishments today. The retailers followed suit with the exception of one American, who said he would pay the tax. Be tried to buy stamps for hu stock on hand, but found that none had arrived. He put in an order for stamps and did busi ness. There is talk of a strike move ment against the new law. One thousand cigarmakcrs and persons employed in liquor houses already have been discharged. They are mostly without resources. Several saloonkeepers will open their places tomorrow on a technicality, unless the stamps arrive in the meantime. PROF. MOMMSEN IS NO MORE. Celebrated German Historian Dies at Charlottenberg. BERLIN—Prof. Mommsen, the his torian, died at Charlottenberg at 8:45 Saturday morning. He passed away without regaining- consciousness. The change from life to death was ob served only by his physician, who watched all night with his family. United States Ambassador Tower and other ambassadors here, as well as a number of cabinet ministers, call ed at the Mommsen residence Sunday morning to inquire about the sick man and were informed that he was dead. Emperor William and various of the lesser German sovereigns have sent their condolences to the Momm sen residence. Prof. Mommsen was bora in 1817. ENTERS PROTEST. Attorney Barrett Surprised at Being Disbarred. WASHINGTON.—Harrison J. Bar rett. whose dlsba’rment from practice before ihe Post office department for alleged wrongful acts, disclosed by the general postal investigation, was announced last week, has written a letter to the postmaster general un der date of Baltimore, October 27. in which he expresses surprise in view of the fact that ha has been furnished no specification of charges and has been given no hearing. The letter says the writer invited a search ing investigation of all his acts ami was assured a hearing and an oppor tunity to meet any accusations against him. He says he furnished the inspetors all information asked of him, though much of its was irrel evant, notwithstanding he was satis fied they were seeking hiB indictment. The letter adds: “My right to practice my profes sion is one of which I ought not and cannot properly be divested without a full and Impartial hearing according to law. The government baa pre ferred Ps charges against me in the courts and I am ready and anxious to meet them; indeed, I am glad of the opportunity to put this matter in its true light before a court and to show that tho allegation that I en tered into an unlawful conspiracy with General Tyner, a man who has lived nearly eighty years respected and honored among men, and presid ed over lhe department now in your charge, is as absurd as it is false.” Secretary Hitchcock, who lias been ill with a cold, was at his desk Tues day for the first time since the mid dle of last. wek. His first act was to order the suspension of Asa B. Thompson, receiver of public moneys at tho land office at La Grande, Ore., who was indicted yesterday on the charge of bribery. “And there will be others,” he said, ‘‘whenever sim ilar circumstances are discovered in connection with them." He declined to say more concerning the reported frauds in connection with the public lands than that they are receiving careful attention and have been since January 8 last, when the secretary said the investigation was begun. He also said that proceedings have been started against Miss Ware, who is a commissioner of d^eds and is charged with issuing certificates in 300 eases of fraudulent land entries WRECK KiU.3 MANV. Fifty Others injured in Collision Be tween Passenger and Freight. INDIANAPOLIS—Fifteen persons were killed out right and over fifty In jured, some fatally, at 10:20 o’clock Saturday morning by a collision be tween a special passenger train on the Big Four railroad and a freight engine with a number of eoal cars. The passenger train of twelve coaches was carrying 954 persons, nearly all of whom were students <uis to Cairo, 111., was forwarded to Washington The report consists mainly of answers to questions furnished by the depart ment of commerce and labor, aceom penled by special maps. Exoel Mormon Missionary. VIENNA,—Frank Pingree, a Mor mon missionary, has been arrested at Temesvar, Hungary, while address ing p, meeting held to establish a Mormon settlement there. A decree of expulsion from Hungary has been Issued against him. * — - - .- —w -- No Improvement at Laredo. LAREDO. TEX.—There has been no decided improvement in the yellow fever situation during the last twenty four hours. Tonight's bulletin: New cases, 17; deaths, 2; total number ol cases to date, f»20; total number ol deaths to date, 59. , Millionaire Hoac'and Dead. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.—George T. Hoag iand, pioneer and millionaire ^hilan throplst, is dead at his hora« in thi3 city. Mr. Hoagland was 90 years old and gave liberally to local charities and to Methodist educational institu tions. TO CONSIDER RACE PROBLEM. Conference to Be Held at Washington in November. WASHINGTON—Commencing Mon day. November 9, and continuing for three days, there will be held in this city an interesting conference on the race problem in the United States. Many prominent leaders in the color ed race have promised to attend the conference, which is to he held un der the auspices of the National So ciological society, an organization for the study of the condition of the col ored people. The object of the con ference is stated to be to ‘deliberate on the most serious phases of the race problem, and to formulate plans for the relief of a strained situation brought about by the presence of the serious problem to discover some common ground on which all of the iriends of the cause may stand, and tc adjust the different and divergent views respecting the solution of the problem into a definite and harmoni ous proposition." ' The conference will also consider the religious, educational, physical and ethical aspects of the race Ques tion and considerable time will be spent In discussing the evil Influence pf urban life on the colored people. APPEALS TO CLARA BARTON. Red Cross Aid Sought for Distressed Macedonians. WASHINGTON.—Macedonia’s plea for aid in her distress was placed before Miss Clara Barton, the head of fhe American Association of the Red Crosa. Constantine Stephanove, the ppecial Macedonian delegate, told Miss Barton of the urgency of the situation, and begged her to take Im mediate action to insure the forward ing of Red Cross relief to Macedonia. Miss Barton asked for detailed in formation as to the character and scope of Hie aid needed, and said: “The Led Cross fesls that it would be a humane and noble thing for the American people to undertake to re lieve the suffering in Macedonia. Such a movement would be in keep ing with American traditions in all similar emergencies. The situation, in view of the approach of winter, would seem to require a systematic, substantial and Immediate effort on the part of the people generally. Dip lomatically, the problem would be an extremely delicate one^and would re quire discretion and experience for its successful solution." RELIEF FOR THE MACEDONIANS. Red Cro>3 Society to Extend Succor to the Suffering. WASHINGTON—Constantine Step hanove, special Macedonian delegate to the United Stales, who is in this country in the interest of the oppres sed people of Macedonia, had a long talk with Aslstant Secretary Loomis. Mr. Stephanove Is anxious to secure relief for his people, and one purpose of his visit, to this country is to show their actual and pressing needs. Mr. I^oomis took a lively interest In the matter, but no direct appeal has been made for action on the part of this government. Later Mr. Stephanove had a confer ence with Miss Clara Barton, Mrs. John A. Logan and other members of the American National Red Cross so ciety, at which the subject of steps to he taken for the Immediate relief of the Macedonians was considered, and it was decided, through the so ciety, to devise means, If possible, by which succor might be extended to the Macedonians who are suffering. Boy Discovers Sun Spots. DENVER, Colo—Herbert S. Howe, the 15-year-old son of Prof. Herbert A. Howe, instructor in astronomy at Denver university, has discovered at the upper edge of the sun's disc a new group of sun spots as great in magnitude and Importance, it Is stat ed, as the group discovered by the scientists of the Washington observ atory two weeks ago. The boy made bis observatiohs with a six-inch tele scope in the observatory at University park in this city. More Indictments at Basin. DENVER, Colo.—A special from Basin City, Wyo., says: The grand |ury concluded Its work on Wednes day and was discharged. Eight addi tional indictments were found in con nection with the German and WaD ters lynching, but as the arrests have not been made the names are with held. The bonds for Pat lock and Sa bin have been placed at 910,000 each. The men are still in jail. : /