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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.