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Loup City Northwestern. VOLUME XXI. LOUP CITY. SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. 190:s. NUMBER 5. ASKS FOR OUR AID EX-PRESIDENT OF SAN DOMINGO MAY SEEK PROTECTORATE NOT LIKELY TO BE GRANTED It is Said that State Department Has No Desire to Extend Power—Aside from Protecting Citizens’ Interests Will Keep Hands Off. WASHINGTON—The appearance in Washington of Senor Galvan, minister of finance of the defunct Wosly Gil administration of San Domingo, has led to a revival of the report that the former president is trying to secure reinstatement with the assistance of flic United States, undertaking in re turu to allow the United States to as sume a full protectorate over the is land of San Domingo. It may be stated, however, that the State department entertains absolute ly no thought of establishing a protec torate over San Domingo or of annex ing it. It is declared positively that (American interference In the island's affairs wi! be limited to the protection of American interests there, Ameri 'can concessions, etc., and to see that American trade is not improperly ob structed. It is learned from trustworthy sources that Wos y Gil, the deposed president, is now on his way to the Un ited States, and is expected to land at New Orleans today or tomorow. He will come to Washingtsyw'" Advices reached^washington that ^there an*"Tffree revolutions in San ^Domingo, the revolution led by Mor ales, a revolution at Monte Cristo. led ,by the followers of Jiminez. and a third and stronger revolution in the south of the island. It appears that Morales has secured control by an appeal to the Dominicans that the United States intends to annex the island, it is also said that Morales has received many courtesies from European representa tives in the island who are also oppos ed to a step by the United States in yhe direction of asserting the suprem acy of its interests in the island. ^ SAN DOMINGO—The provisional government has made an official re quest for recognition to the deplomatic and consular bodies. United States Minister Powell’s conditions on which the United States will recognize the new government are as follows: “The government must agree to abide by and respect the agreements made by the preceding administra tions, must recognize the manner of settlement arrived at in the case of tthe Santo Domingo Improvement eom ,pany of New York and the Ros and Sala cases, must recognize and carry ’into full effect the concession to the steamship company and must grant the privilege to the United States to establish at dangerous points on the coast lighthouses to aid maritime commerce.' Should the provisional government not accept these conditions, its recog nition by the United States is doubt ful. DENOUNCES HARVESTER TRUST Iowa Imuplement Dealers Pass Res olutions. Davenport, la.—The Iowa Retail Im lflcment and Vehicle Dealers’ associa tion closed its convention Friday. Of ficers were elected as follows: President, E. I*. Armknocht, Donnel son; vice president, A . J. Sowers, Bedford; director, J. F. Grace, Glid den. The feature of the closing day was the adoption of a resolution denounc ing the harvester trust for marketing a large output of 1903 through alleg ed “illegal channels,” and demanding 't.iat the trust confine the disposal of jits product to the regular channels of trade. If the trust refuses to accede to the request the association declares it will confine its trade to concerns "will ing to give the implement dealers of the country honest protection in their business. Roosevelt Inherits Money. NEW YORK—President Roosevelt is to receive $:i0,000. and his children, Kermit and Ethel, $5,000 each from the estate of the late James King Oracle, an uncle by mariage of the president. The will has been admit I ted to probate. The President in the will fares the same as his sisters, Mrs. Cowles, the wife of Commander Cow les, United States navy, and Mrs. Cor Inne Roosevelt Robinson. After Smoot’s Scalp. WASHINGTON—A union of wo men’s clubs, with headquarters in Washington, was formed here to fight for the expulsion of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, from the United States senate. The formation of the union was the result of a conference called by Mrs. Frederick Schoff of Philadel phia, president of the National Con gress of Mothers. Half a dozen other national organizations were represent ed. MISS GOULD WANTS HISTORY. Offers Prizes for Essays on History of 1 Two Versions of Bible NEW YORK—Miss Melon M. Gould announced by letter to President Wil bert W. White of the Bible Teachers' Training school of this city, that she would offer through a committee of judges to be chosen by him three prizes of $400, $250 and $100 for the three best essays on the double topic, i "The Origin and History of the Ver sion of the Bible Approved hv the Roman Catholic Church" and “The1 I Origin and History of the American Revised Version of the English Bible.’’ Miss Gould’s object in making this offer is to stimulate investigation and to secure “a brief yet thorough and popular statement for general use” of the origin and history of the different versions of the Bible used in Protest ant and Roman Catholic churches. The offer was accepted by President White. RICHMOND P. HOBSON'S PLAN. _ Wants Nearly Three Billions Appro priated for the Navy. WASHINGTON—Former Command er Richmond Pearson Hobson of the navy has prepared a bill which he has requested Representative Wiley of Alabama to introduce In the house on the convening of the regular session of congress for the purpose, he says, of making the United States the first naval power of the world during the next eighteen years. The bill makes a total appropriation of $2,750,000,000, a certain portion of which is to he used each year for new ships. Fifty million is made available for the present fiscal year. $60,000,000 for the next and so on, increasing by $10,000, 000 each year up to 1015. when a lump sum of $1,500,000,000 is made to catry on the program to 1925. PAY FOR RURAL CARRIERS. Hinshaw Would Make Salary $900 After First Two Years. WASHINGTON—A feature of the bill that haa been introduced in the house by Representative Hinshaw, in the interest of free rural delivery car riers, is: “That upon the passage of this act, all rural free delivery car riers shall be paid during the first year of their employment the sum of $720 per annum: the second year of their employment, the sum of $840 per annum; and for the third anu each succeeding year of their employ ment, the sum of $900 per annum, in monthly payments." Representative Kinkaid introduced a bill to grant a special pension to Mrs. J. A. Marlow. DISREGARD DRAKE'S WILL. — Dr. Sawyer and Heirs Hold it as Mere Formality. CENTERVILLE, la.—Dr. J. L. Saw yer. appointed by the heirs of the Drake estate to wind up its affairs, will disregard the will found in the Des Moines consistory at Des Moines, Sunday, and has publicly notified creditors to present their claims to him. Heirs of the estate believe the cir cumstances under which the will was drawn rentier it invalid. It is claimed the instrument was drawn merely as a formality, conforming to the re quirements of the consistory, and was not intended to express General Drake's permanent wishes. They will attempt to keep it from probate. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT. Increase for Month of November is $5,426,909. WASHINGTON—The monthly state ment of the'public debt shows that at the close of business November 30, 1903, the debt, less cash in the treas ury, amounted to $925,829,410, which is an increase for the month of $5,425, 909. The debt proper shows a de crease of about $4,000,000 for the month. It is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $902,911,240; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,190,720; debt bear ing no interest, $390,898,879; total, $1, 295,000,839. Salvadorian Papers With Colombia. PANAMA—Dispatches from I.a I.a berta, Salvador, say several meetings have been held throughout Salvador, at which protests were made against the action of the United States on the isthmus of Panama. All Salvadorian papers publish articles indorsing the protests, the only exception being the Diario of San Salvador, which prints editorials favorable to the United States government. SIGN THE TREATY CANAL COMPACT RECEIVES AC TION FROM PANAMA. THE INSTRUMENT IS APPROVED No Change Made in the Agreement— Document Signed by Representa tives of the Isthmus as it Left Wash ington. PANAMA—The canal treaty was signed Wednesday. No change was made in the instrument, it being sign ed with little comment. When every preparation had been completed for the actual signing of the treaty a government decree was adopt ed stating: ••Whereas, A guarantee of the inde pendence of the isthmus has been ob tained. and “Whereas, Celerity is indispensable to secure an efficacious and immedi ate fulfillment of this obligation on the part of the United States and the junta of the provisional government formed by the unanimous will of the people of the isthmus and possessing full sovereign powers over the isthmus territory, be It “Resolved and decree. That (he treaty be approved iu all its parts." Minister of Foreign Affairs Esprilla arrived here from Colon with the nPw canal treaty. The treaty was discuss ed and. It is expected, was ratified by the republic of Panama. Rear Admiral J. U. walker arrived on the same train that brought Senor Esprilla. Senors Airango and Arias, with some of the ministers of the new republic, met the part at the govern ment palace, where the chest contain ing the treaty was placed on a table in the main office. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon members of the junta and ot the ministry assembled In the grand salon of the palace. The chest and two small tin boxes, addressed to the members of the junta ami heap ing the seals of Minister Bunau-Var illa. were placed on a table in the cen ter of the room. Senor Esprilla open ed the chest and withdrew the cotton wrappers, fiinally bringing to light the treaty, enveloped in the Panamanian flag. The treaty was addressed to the members of the ministry by Senor Bunau-Varilla. The seal was then for mally broken and the paper handed to the members of the junta. There was only one copy in the English lan guage. Official Notification of Action. WASHINGTON — T.vo telegrams, one from the junta and the other from the minister of foreign affairs of the republic of Panama, announcing the approval o* the Ilay-Banau-Variila treaty, were received by Minister Bu nau Varilla Wednesday. They are as follows: "PANAMA. Dec. 2.—At 10:30 a. m. the junta has finished the examination and approved and signed the canal treaty. ESPRIELLA. "Minister of Foreign Relations.” "PANAMA. Dec. 2.—We are happy t~ communicate to your excellency that we have just ratified the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty without modification and unanimously. This official act has been received with unanimous approbation. • J. A. ARNGO. "THOMAS ARIAS, “M. ESPINOSA, “Members of the Junta.” TO MEET UPON THE PLATFORM. Universities of Nebraska and Wiscon sin to Debate. MADISON. Wis.—The executive committee of the University of Wis consin has decided favorably to a de bate between the University of Wis consin and the University of Ne braska. The decision is the result of a letter from the Nebraska authorities, receiv ed recently, asking for the privilege of meeting the Badger debaters if there were not too many dates fixed for Wisconsin events this year. The let ter offered to pay all the expenses of the trio of the Wisconsin team to Ne braska. where the first meet in*” would be held. The question will have to come up before the various literary societies before an answer can be re turned. hut the decision of the execu tive committee is practically final. Sultan Said to Have Cancer. NEW YORK—The sultan of Turkey, frequently alleged *to be ill from one disease or another. Is now alleged by the Vienna correspondent of the Her a'd to be suffering from cancer. Mr. Bryan Abroad. BEDFAST, Ireland—William J. Bry an lunched with the lord mayor of Belfast Monday and subsequently made a tour of Queen's island ship building yards and other large man ufacturing concerns. He left at night for Glasgow and Edinburgn. FOR ARBITRATION. Friend* of the Same Arrange for a Meeting. WASHINGTON — The awakening throughout the United States of a popular sentiment, which it is hoped will develop into a national demand for an arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, was the object of a gathering at the resi dence of General John W. Foster, for mer secretary of state. It is under stood the movement has the hearty approval of the president. Among those present were Admiral Dewey, General Miles, Wayne MaeVeagh, Thomas Nelson Page. Gifford Pinehot. John It. Proctor. U. V. Boynton, O. ('. Gilman. Charles C. Glover, District Commissioners McFarland and West, John Jay Edson, Charles J. BeP, Wil liam J. Boardman and W. V. Cox. Monsignor I). J. O'Connell was unable to be present, but telegraphed General Foster his sympathy with the move ment. The gentlemen named consti tute the local committee and will ar range for a meeting of the National Arbitration committee in this city in January. Concerning the scone of the plan, which Is to be pushed vigorously in the hope of securing an early date, the arbitration plan following the plans of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1897, the Associated Press Is author ized to make this statement: In April, 1896, a notable conference of friends of international arbitration was held at Washington, attended by iprominent and representative citizens ,from all parts of the United States. That conference declared in favor of an arbitration treaty between the Uni ted States and Great Britain, and it was followed in January, 1897. by the signing of the treaty by Secretary •Hay and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The [treaty failed by a close vote to re ceive the two-thirds maioritv remilreil for its ratification. It is understood that prominent among the reasons urg ed against this treaty were the com plications growing out of the Clayton Bulwer treaty, and the controversy over the Alaskan boundary. These having been disposed of, it is felt by ithe friends of international arbitration it bat the present is a favorable time to reawaken public sentiment in fpvor of a new arbitration treaty with Great jlritain. They point out that Fiance has already taken the lead of us in (this matter by the convention recently made with Great Britain, when the United States as a kindred nation should havd set the example. At the meeting of the executive committee, appointed bv the conference of 1890, held last week in New York, It was decided to call a meeting of the na tional arbitration committee in Wash ington on January 12 next, to take this subject into consideration and adopt such measures as may seem de sirable. To these ends a local com mittee was decided on for Washing ton and it is contemplated to organize similar committees In other leading cities of the country. THE WIDOWS PAY FOR PENSIONS One Gave Chicago Grafters $1,300 for $50 Per Month CHICAGO—Mrs. John If. Howard, widow of a police sergeant, testified before the comitte of aldermen inves tigating the municipal “graft” that sho paid $1,300 to secure what she is en titled to under the law—a pension of $50 a month—the sole means of sup port for herself and children. This money, she testified, was paid direct to John 1*. Lee, an attorney, who told here that $500 was to go to himself for legal services and the balance to the pension board, and John P. Brown, pension agent. Mrs. Howard testified that Mrs. John Walsh, a widow of a police officer, had paid $700 to get on the police pension roll. Secretary Brown entered a denial of any complicity on his part. President to Speak ct Gettysburg. WASHINGTON—A comittee repre senting Post 9, Grand Army of the Re I nblic, of the department of Pennsyl vun'a. invited the president to deliver the principal address on the Getty burg battle field next Memorial day. May 30, 1904 President Roosevelt in formed the commltte that he w ould ac cept. It is announced that E isene E. Vaie, commissioner of pensions, also will deliver an address on the same oc casion. Reform Move at Des Moines. DES MOINES, la.—Proprietors of nine gambling houses and that many wine rooms were indicted by the grand jury Tuesday. The crusade was inspired by the Good Citizens’ league, f. body of citi zens organized to oppose the present city administration and for reform. Officer Shot in a Pistol Duel. NSHVII.DE, Tenn.—In a pistol duel between Thomas Cox and Patrolman Benjamin F. Dowell the officer was shot In the abdomen and physicians have little hone of his recoverv. | ^ NEWS IN NEBRASKA CURT STEVENS IS NOT DEAD. Man Who Disappeared from Wood River is Seen in Oklahoma. WOOD RIVER — Curt Stevjns, whose disappearance caused such a sensation some two years ago and who was pronounced dead by a large ma jority of the people, is neither dead nor sleeping, but is alive and kicking in Oklahoma, or at least was a few days ago. His brother-in-law, H. A. Guy of Grand Island, received a let ter from him on October 23, under an assumed name. Mr. Guy conclud ed to Investigate and accordingly went to Enid, Okl., and there found that Curt was working in a large horse und cattle barn, and was taking his meals at a restaurant. He went to both the barn and the restaurant, but was unable to see him. As he was walk ing along the street, he saw Curt, but. before he could get to him Curt rec ognized him and suddenly turned and disappeared. Mr. Guy made every ef fort to find him, but without avail. He failed to show up at the restaur ant and on going to the barn found that he had drawn his pay and left for parts unknown. The case of Curt Stevens is a peculiar one. His wife and children, relatives and friends are all very anxious for his return, and he is aware of that fact. There is no good reason for his staying away, and why he should remain away and hide from his friends and relatives is passing strange. STOPS READING OF BIBLE. Freeman Secures Writ of Mandamus from Supreme Court. LINCOLN—The Bible will not be read in the school of district No. 21 In Cage county, and neither will the pupils mingle their voices in singing Hie good old songs from the Gospel Hymn or from the Pentecostal Hymn book, as lias been their wont, for the clerk of the supreme court mailed to the directors of the school district a copy of a peremptory w rit of manda mus to compel the teacher to cut out all such. This is in conformity with an opinion handed down by the court some months ago, which during the recent judicial campaign became state history, but which the directors down in Gage county refused to respect or abide by. Some time ago Daniel Free man, who brought the original action, came again to the supreme court in a brief and asked for a writ of manda mus to compel the teacher to desist. This was granted, and to make sure that it is right that it should be fel lowed the clerk also sent to the school board a copy of the opinion, the sylla bus and the writ. Fremont People Hopeful. FREMONT—All reports on the pow er canal project seem to be favorable to the Fremont end of it. Apparently the Columbus people think the same way about it, as it is now being hint ed that they are responsible for the delay in holding the meeting at. New York. It has been given out that the occasion for the failure to get togeth er recently was the substitution of a new men on the board of engineers. Grain Business Sold. EDGAR—H. C. Hart has purchased of J. H. Pope his elevator and grain and coal business. The consideration of sale was about $5,500. Business Man Goes Insane. OAKLAND—William Bearringer, a business man of this place, became quite suddenly insane a few days ago. He was taken to the county jail at Ne ligh and afterwards to the asylum at Lincoln. YORK—Henry Haberman. an em ploye at the York foundry, stepped into a barrel of hot Water that had just been blown out of the radiators before shutting down for the day. The flesh on the leg was badly scalded to the knee. Feet Numb as Wood. HUMBOLDT—Mrs. Roy Leach, wife of a farmer a few miles north of this city, has been the victim of a pecu liar malady, which seems to have left her feet wholly dead, the result of Im perfect circulation of the blood. The condition became so serious last week when gangrene set in that her physi cians decided amputation was neces sary, and took off her right foot above the ankle. They hope to save the re maining member, but are in doubt. THE STATE IN BRIEF. Three fires within a week is the record for Nelson. Mrs. Joseph Smith, of Beatrice, while curling her hair, severely burned her eye. Ducks are plentiful about Humboldt, and hunters are bagging a great deal of game. The barn of John \V. Buchanan, near Auburn, was burned. The stock were all got out. Rev. Chapman of York has accepted a call to the First Christian church at Augustus, Kansas. Johnson & Davis of Rawlins, Wyo„ have rented grounds of the Standard Cattle company at Ames and will feed 10,000 sheep this season. It is now believed that McCool will have a rural mail route in the near future. An examination for appoint ment for rural mail carriers is being advertised for. While returning from Spencer, John Tonnlng a German farmer living near that place, was thrown from his wagon and Injuries sustained therefrom caused his death. llarvdy Henlnger. of Plattsmouth. 16 years old, stumbled and fell with a gun, the weapon discharging and so seriously wounding him that his life is despaired of. Mrs. Susan G. Hay ton, a woman of distinguished revolutionary ancestry, died at the home of her son in Lincoln. She was born in Spottsylvania county, Ohio. Three of her uncles, one a geu eral. and two colonels, served in the war of the revolution. „ A man was arrested at Carroll, la., who, It is thought, is the one who forged a cheek on the First National bank of Plattsmouth some time ago. He was taken in charge there for hav ing, it is alleged, passed a forged check on the postmistress at Love land. Word has been received In Beatrice that Mrs. Latirina Stevenson, formerly of that city, has been left destitute in Pittsburg, Pa., by James Rodgers, whom she was about to marry. The date for the wedding was set, but, it is said. Rodgers got possession of her money and skipped out. The Nebraska City Water company served notice on all users of city water to boll the same before using. The water served has a very peculiar taste and pending an analysis by chemists, the company recommends caution in using it. No theory is advanced for this, but it is not thought that the water is fouled by garbage. Edwin E. Just of Lynch. Boyd coun Jty, while being taken to the hospital i for the insane at Lincoln, jumped from the train about five miles west of West Point while the train was run ning at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. When the train had been stopped to pick up the supposed corpse of Just, it was found that while stunned he was apparently uninjured. The funeral of the Rev. David Clif ton Montgomery, who was killed in the Philippines, October 31, 1902, while in the employ of the government as superintendent of schools, was held from the Methodist Episcopal church In Edgar. Rev. W. M- Porter of Nel son preached the sermon. Rev. Ira McConaughy, a classmate, delivered a short address and Rev. L. E. Hum phrey gave a sketch of his life. The services at the grave were in charge of the Masons. Henry Lippold of Richardson coun ty, 18 years old, was drowned in about ten feet of water while attempting to cross Fisher's lake on the ice as a short cut home. Other boys were with him, but could do nothing to help him. His body was recovered after several hours. The count of returns in the Elev enth judicial district gives J. R. Hanna (rep.) a majority of two over J. R. Thompson (fusion ) Garfield county, in which the clerk first returned 253 for Hanna, filed an amended certifi cate giving him 263. A $500 monument has just been placed in the cemetery at Table Rock, erected by a popular subscription, to the memory of the unknown dead of the late civil war. It occupies a prom inent place in the northeast corner of the cemetery and presents a very im posing appearance. The ceremonies of unveiling the monument will be Saturday, December 5, at which time Governor Mickey and other prominent speakers are expected to be present and participate.