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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XXI. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1903. NUMBER 2. A VOTE THURSDAY HOUSE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF CUBAN BILL. FOUR DAYS FOR DISCUSSION At Conclusion of that Term Bill Un doubtedly Will Be Passed—Senate to Get Measure on Friday—Has No Work but Treaty Confirmation. WASHINGTON—The bil! making effective the Cuban reciprocity con vention, reported by the ways and means committee, will be taken up in the house Monday and disposed of Thursday. It probably will be sent to the senate Friday. Mr. Payne of New York, chairman of the ways and meanH committee, in accordance with the notice he gave on Friday, will ask the house as soon as it convenes Monday to begin its consideration. A ride will be report ed by the committee on rules provid ing for a vote *t 4 p. m. Thursday without intervening motion. On the adoption of the rule the house will go into committee of the whole and dis cussion of the Cuban bill will be be gun. The program of the minority is well defined by the resolution adopted at the democratic caucus. A rule cut ting off amendments will be opposed in order that an amendment may be offered striking out the differential on refined sugar and eliminating the five-year clause. The resolution made if the sense of the caucus that demo cratic members should vote for the bill either "upon the adoption or re jection of the amendment.” With the house in the committee of the whole Speaker Cannon will be given an opportunity to consider fur ther the makeup of the house com mittees for the present congress. It is the intention of the senate leaders to confine as closely as pos sible tne legislation of the present extra session to the bill to carry into effect the Cuban treaty, and with that end in view the daily sessions of the rte during the present week will orirf and another adjournment will be taken on Thursday or Friday until the following Monday. The work of iqft '*ng bills and of presenting pe titJo^i M go forward, but with the exceptiou of the Cuban bill, neither bills nor petitions will be taken up in committee nor discussed in the sen ate during the week. It is quite well understood that Senator Morgan is prepared for a prolonged discussion of the situation on the isthmus of Panama, but while he seems not to have taken any one Into his confi dence, the general supposition Is that he will defer his speeches until the new canal treaty shall be sent to the senate. There is an understanding on the part of senators that even though the negotiations of the new conven tion be forthwith completed, it will not be transmitted to the senate until the beginning of the regular session of congress in December. It is ex pected that the Cuban bill will be re ceived from the house on Friday and it is probable that a session will be held on that day In order that the bill may be referred to the committee on foreign relations, which will begin its consideration at once. Cabinet Discusses Panama. WASHINGTON—At Friday's cabi net meeting practically the only sub ject under discussion was the Panama situation. The whole Panama ques tion was discussed briefly, particular attention being devoted to prospective developments in congress. Both the president and members of the cabinet have taken up the matter with the senate and the house, with a view to a reconciliation of any difficulties that may exist and to the securing of har monious action, If possible, on the isthmian canal question. It can be stated authoritatively that the situa tion, as it now presents Itself, is rea sonably satisfactory to the president and his advisers. Powell Confirms Report. WASHINGTON—Confirmatory In formation of the attack on San Domin go by the revolutionist^ reached the state department in a dispatch from Minister Powell. He reported that the revolutionists were attacking the city on three sides. There were not other details in Minister Powell's cable gram. The cruiser Balitmore, which was ordeerd to San Domingo, is there to protect American interests. WiTH MUCH FELICITATION. • _ Reception of Consul General Gudger. PANAMA—United States Consul General Gudger arrived here Sunday evening and was met at the railway station by a Rreat number of persons, including the members of the provi sion government, army officers and other prominent persons. General Obalclia was also among those pres ent. As Consul General Gudger alighted from the train a military band played "The Star Spangled Ban ner.” Mr. Gudger was welcomed by a committee composed of Senors Arias and Esprietta, representing *ho junta, and by Senor Brid, represent ing the municpality of Panama. Senor Arias delivered a speech, in which he expressed the gratitude of Panama for the recognition accorded it by Pres ident Roosevelt and also the pleasure of the people of Panama at Mr. Gud ger’s return. Consul General Gudger returned thanks for his reception and said that he and Rear Admiral Walker would ! call upon the members of the junta ! officially. The United States cruiser Boston i has returned from her cruise to the ! south, which was without incident. PROTESTS AGAINST SMOOT. Hundreds of Petitions Filed in the Senate. WASHINGTON — Severa1 hundred petitions protesting against Reed Smoot retaining his seat as junior senator from Utah were filed in the senate. Most of these were offered ! by Senator Burrows, chairman of the [ elections committee, through petitions I filed by their senators. Churches, re ligious organizations of all kinds, uni versities. colleges and other educa tional institutions are among the or ganizations which have filed protests. Some of these petitions charge that Senator Smoot practiced polygamy, while others rest their objections on rhe charge that he is a member of an organization which countenances the practice of plural marriage. | Senator Burrows said no action will I be taken by the elections committee until the one vacancy on the commit tee has been filled, and that it is not ! likely the changes will be considered until the last week of the extra or the first week of the regular session. DOWIE SEES THE PRESIDENT Conference With Chief Executive Last Nearly an Hour. WASHINGTON, D. C.—John Alex > ander Dowie, head of the restoration host, arrived at Washington Monday from New York. He passed most of the day in viewing the sights of the capitol. Early In the afternoon, accompa nied by several members of his host, Dowie called by appointment at the executive office to see the president. He was in conference with President Roosevelt for nearly an hour. At the conc’usion of his interview Dowie said he had no statement to make concern ing it. The call, he said, was purely a social one, and no significance w'as to be attached to it. He had a pleas ant chat with the president, for whom he entertained a high regard. | Dowie left for Zion City, via Chi j cago, traveling in his private car. PROVOKE WAR WITH TURKEY. Bulgarian and Servian Officers-In a Conspiracy. SORIA—Previous reports of a con spiracy of Bulgarian and Servian of ficers to provoke war with Turkey have been officially confirmed. Ac cording to these reports, Turkey was to be attacked by the combined arm ies of the two countries. A search of officers’ quarters at Philopolis, Tir nova and other places in Bulgaria, it was said, revealed compromising let ters and revolutionary documents di rected against Prince Ferdinand. I This latter part of the rumor, how ever, proves to be untrue. However, it is said that a number of young of fleers of Macedonian nationality panned to create a casus belli by forc ing a conflict on the frontier. The minister of war has ordered the re moval of 140 officers. Puts Bouquet on McKinley’s Casket. CANTON, O.—“This is my humble tribute to a very great and good man,” said Joseph Jefferson, the vet eran actor, as tenderly and with tears in his eyes he placed a beautiful bou quet of chrysanthemums upon the casket of the late President William McKinley in West Lawn cemetery. Mr. Jefferson and the late president were warm friends fer many years. PANAMA RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT FORMALLY RE CEIVES BUNAU-VARILLA. CEREMONY OF THE RECEPTION The Envoy Extraordinary and Min ister Plenipotentiary Formally Pre sented by Secretary Hay.—Exchange of Addresses Impressive. WASHINGTON — President Roose velt on Friday formally received M. Philippe Bunan-Varilla, the duly ac credited envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Re public of Panama to the United States. The reception of the minister marked the birth of the new Republic of Panama into the family of nations and paves the way for negotiations lie tween the United States and the infant republic, precisely as they may be cor durted between any two foreign na tions. ine ceremony incident to the recep tion of Minister Bunau-Varilla and the presentation of his credentials oc curred in the Blue room of the White House at 9:30 o’clock in the morning. At a lew minutes before that hour Minister Bunau-Varilla, accompanied by Secretary of State Hay. in the lat ter’s state carriage, arrived at the White House. The secretary's carriage was followed by a landau, the only occupant of which was Minister Bunau Varilla’s young son. Secretary Hay and the new minister, both attired in conventional morning address, entered the White House, accompanied by the minister's son, and were Bhown into the Blue room. They were joined al most immediately by the president and Secretary Loeb. Secretary Hay formally presented M. Bunau-Varilla to President Roosevelt as the accredited minister of the Re public of Panma. Minister Bunau-Va rilla In turn presented his credentials and delivered an address, to which the president feelingly responded. The exchange of addresses was Impressive by reason of the circumstances and the addresses themselves are regarded as felicitous and patriotic. Minister Bunau-Varilla spoke, in part, as fol lows : “Mr. President: In according to the minister plenipotentiary of the Repub lic of Panama the honor of presenting to you his letters of credente you ad mit into the family of nations the weakest and last-born of the republics of the new world. It owes its existence to the outburst of indignant grief which stirred the hearts of the citizens of the isthmus on beholding the despotic nation which sought to forbid their country from fulfilllng'the destinies vouchsafed to it by Providence. In consecrating its right to exist. Mr. President, you put an end to what appeared to be the interminable controversy as to the rival water ways and you definitely in augurate the ero of the achievement of the Panama canal.” President Roosevelt made su table reply. BENNETT WILL CASE GOES UP. Bryan Authorizes His Attorney to Seek Higher Judgment. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—It was an nounced Tuesday that William J. Bryan had given his counsel power of attorney to perfect an appeal to the superior court from the decision of Judge Cleaveland of the probate court, declaring that the sealed letter referred to in the will of Philo S. Ben nett, which provided for a gift of $50, 000 to Mr. Bryan was not a part of the will. At a hearing of the probate judge prior to this announcement, by agree ment of counsel and Mr. Bryan as ex ecutor the widow’s allowance was fixed at $7,500 a year PANAMANS ARE PLEASED. Receive News of Varilia’s Reception With Satisfaction. PANAMA—The Associated Press' correspondent on Friday communicat ed to Jose Arango, president of the junta, the first news of President Roosevelt’s reception of M. Philippe Varilla a3 minister of the republic of Panma. Senor Arango expressed in tense gratification, saying that this act of President Roosevelt made possible the negotiation of a canal treaty and that such negotiation would probably be completed before the Panamans held a convention to elect a legislature and adopt a constitution. THE LAND LEASING BILL. The Proposition Makes Its Appearance in Congress. WASHINGTON—The land leasing ! proposition made its appearance in I congress Friday, when Representative . Lacey Introduced a hill which primar I sly gives to homesteaders and settlers ! in the arid and seml-arid regions the right to Improve and protect the grass upon the public domain in the vicinity i of the lands so as to prevent further i deterioration and monopolization of I the range by the owners of large herds of live stock. Such parts of the arid and semi-arid region as arc not nec essary for irrigating purposes may, un der the Lacey bill, be leased for stock grazing purposes subject to the right of homestead and other entry at all times. The leases are to bo regulated by the secretary of the Interior, to run for five years, with the right of renewal, each lease to he limited to 3,200 acres to each person. The leases are non-transferable and are to be granted only to actual settlers. Corporations are denied the right to make leases. The lands subject tfl lease are to be classified and shall be rented at rates varying from 1 to 6 cents an acre per annum. Persons leasing land under the above provi sions will be permitted to fence the land at their own expense. LAMBASTS ANTI-SMOOT PEOPLE. Filing of Petitions Practcally a Con tempt of the U. S. Senate. WASHINGTON—The house was Ifl session only five minutes Wednesday and no business was transacted. The senate began business in earn est by receiving a number of petition" and also many bills. In presenting a numerously signed petition asking the senate to expedite the consideration of the charges against Mr. Smoot, Mr. Hoar took oc casion to remin the senders of peti tions bearing upon Mr. Smoot's case that the proceeding is out of order and is improper. He based his re marks upon the fact that the deter mination of Mr. Smoot's rights will be purely a judicial proceeding, to be determined by the laws and the con stitution of the United States. "With all due respect to the signers of the petitions of this character,” he said, "I want to say to them that their petitions are as much out of place when addressed to this court as simi lar petitions would be if addressed to the supreme court of the United States in any case pending before that tribunal.” JERUSALEM AT THE FAIR. Permission to Bring in Animals Free ef Duty. WASHINGTON—Alexander Konta, the projector of (he Jerusalem exhibi tion at the St. Louis exposition, se cured permission from Secretary Wil son of the agricultural department for the importation, free of duty, of cer tain ruminating animals from Pales tine for exhibition purposes, includ ing twenty, five camels, fifty goats and twenty sheep. Mr. Konta has secured from Chekil) Bey, the Turkish minister to the Uni ted States, who has been designated by the sultan as a Special commis sioner to tne exposition, letters of in troduction to prominent officials in Constantinople, and purposes to ar range for the exhibition of Turkish relics, old arms, books and the flags of the old crusaders. He will sail for Europe next weea. MRS. LENA M. LILLIE SUES. Wants Insurance on Life of Husband She Murdered. LINCOLN, Neb.—A spocial from Dalvd City says: Mrs. Lena M. Lillie, convicted last spring for murdering her husband, a wealthy man, and sen tenced to imprisonment for life, is again in court, thi3 time as plaintiff in trivial actions. At the time Harvey Lillie was mur dered he carried fraternal Insurance aggregating the sum of $8,000. Seven hundred and fifty dollars of this was made to the 12-year-old daughter, Edna, who has been paid. For the balance, $7,250, Mrs. Lillie was named as the beneficiary, and suit is brought i by Mrs. Lillie to recover. Three fra j ternal companies are defendants. Subsistence for Rural Carriers. WASHINGTON—Mr.- Jones or Washington introduced a bill provid ing a subsistence allowance of $250 annually for rural free delivery carr rlers. CUBAN TREATY PAYNE INTRODUCES THE BILL IN THE HOUSE. FULL TEXT OF THE MEASURE Fixes Twenty Per Cent Sugar Limit— Requires that No Greater Reduction of Duty Than This 3e Made While Convention is in Force. I - | WASHINGTON—Mr. Payne on Thursday introduced in the house a J bill making effective the new Cuban reciprocity treaty. The measure was ■ referred to the ways and means ruin : mittee. It is. in part, as follows: That whenever the president of the United States shall receive satis factory evidence that the republic of Cuba has made provision to give full effect to the articles of the conven tion between the United States and the republic of Cuba, signed on the 11th day of December, in the year one thousand nine hundred and t\yo, he is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that he has re ceived such evidence, and thereupon on the 10th day after the exchange of ratifications of such convention be tween the United States and the re public of Cuba and so long as the said convention shall remain in force, all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or Industry of the republic of Cuba, which are now im ported into the United States free of duty shall continue to be so admit ted fiee of duty, and all other arti cles of merchandise being the pro duct of the soil or industry of the republic of Cuba imported into the United States shall be admitted at a reduction of 20 per centum of the rate9 as provided by the tariff act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, or as may be provided by any taiift law of the United States subse quently enacted. The rates of duty herein granted by the United States to the republic of Cuba are and stall continue dur ing the term of said convention pref erential in respect to all like imports from other countries. Provided—That while said conven tion is in force, no sugar imported from the republic of Cuba and being the product of the soil or industry of the republic of Cuba shall be admit ted into the Uniied Stales at a reduc tion of duty greater than 20 per cent um of the rates of duty thereon, as provided by the tariff act of the Uni ted States approved July 24, 189? and no sugar, the product of any oth er foreign country, shall be admitted by treaty or convention Into the Unl: ted States while this Convention is in force, at a lower rate of duty than that provided bv the tariff act of the United States, approved July 24, 1897, ana Provided further, that nothing here in contained shall be held or con strued as an admission on the part of the house of representatives that cus toms duties can be changed otherwise than by act cf congress, originating in said house. Section 2. That so long as said con vention shall remain fn force, the laws and regulations adopted or that may be adopted by the United States to protect the revenues and prevent fraud in the declarations and proofs that the articles of merchandise to which cald convention may apply are the product or manufacture of the re public of Cuba, shall not impose any additional charge or fee therefor on the articles imported, except the con: sular fees established, or which may be established by the United States for issuing shipping documents. -- ■■ ■ BRYAN IS OFF FOR EUROPE ! Sails on the Steamer Majestic, to be Absent Several Weeks. NEW YORK.—William J. Bryan will sail for Europe Thursday afternoon with his 13-year-old son, William J„ Jr„ on the steamer Majestic. He is going to Europe for the first time, partly on business and partly for pleasure ,and will take In the most of England and a good part of the con tinent before returning. He will be gone several weeks. Before he sailed William J. Bryan was asked by an interviewer: “Will the democrats go to the polls next year a United party?” “I think all democrats will be uni ted at the polls, but not of course those who are not democrats. Those who are not democrats will not be with the democrats.” ENGLISH AUTHOR S POOR TASTE. He-ry Watson Expresses Dislike for American Women. Henry Brereton Marriott Watson, who has called American women an archists and degenerates of a danger ous and abnormal type, is an English rtWxY’BfzmTsav' writer and novelist. He was born in Australia, was educated in New Zea land, and went to England in 1885. He has been assistant editor of Black and White and of the Pall Mall Ga zette, and with J. M. Barrie is the Joint author of the play. "Richard Savage." "The Princess Xenia,” "Di ogenes of London” and "The Heart of Miranda” are Mr. Watson's principal novels. He is the son of a minister and is 40 years of age. WAS UNDER FIRE. American Minister Narrowly Escapes Death. SAN DOMINGO—The city 1h closely besieged by the revolutionists and commerce is paralyzed. Firing around San Domingo continues. The political situation is unchanged. The German warships Panther and Gazelle aro here. The revolutionists have addressed a letter to Minister Powell, informing him that agreements entered into with the United States by the government presided over by General Wos y Gil will not be recognized by them. The letter requests that Minister Powell recognize the revolutionists, but the Ininister has refused to hold commun ication with them. The political sit uation is unchanged. NEW YORK—A dispatch from San Domingo, dated November 9, to a newspaper here, says the attack on the city by the revolutionists which began last Friday was still in force Monday. During ail of Saturday night, the dispatch continues, the insurgents afr tacked the outposts with small arms and also delivered a rather heavy shell fire. The government, however, sue ceeded in repelling the attack, al though with considerable loss. The losses of the revolutionists were slight. Some foreign noncombatants were killed. During an attack Sunday afternoon an insurgent shell passed within a few feet of Mr. Powell, the American min ister, at the legation. A sortie was made by 140 govern ment troops, but they were ambushed and compelled to retire within the walls, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Early Sunday night there was an other heavy attack, but the rebel/ were again repulsed. The losses are unknown. Several shells exploded in the city this morning. Thf» German cruiser Gazelle arrived Monday and landed marines. The Ger man cruiser Panther arrived the pre ceding day. No other foreign war vessels are here. Previous to the h*>ginning of the bombardment of San Domingo, tho revolutionists notified the diplomatic corps and the consular officers that they had previously served notice on the Dominican government that tho forces of the revolution intended to adopt all means, including a bombard ment, in their efforts to capture tho city. Redmond Will Not Resign. LONDON.—When questioned as to the train of reports in the Irish news papers that he would resign tho lead ership of the Irish party and join William O'Brien in retirement, John Redmond telegraphed to the Associ ated Press from Dublin: “Tho report is quite untrue. The party remains united.” San Domingo Has Capitulated. CAPE HAYTIEN—A dispatch from Monte Cristo says it is reported there that San Domingo has capitulated to the revolutionists, and that General Jimincz has been proclaimed pres ident.