Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup Cily Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH. Publisher.
TvOUP CITY. - - NEBRASKA.
T. P. Shonts was elected president
of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western
railroad.
It is officially announced that peace
has been declared in Damaraland,
German Southwest Africa, and that the
hostile Hottentots have surrendered.
The state department has been In
formed of the recognition of the re
public of Panama, by Guatemala.
The Episcopal bishops of the Sixth
district, now in session at Kansas City,
voted to hold the next missionary con
vocation at Omaha in January, 1905.
It was announced at Baltimore &
Ohio headquarters that George F. Ran
dolph has been elected first vice presi
dent and traffic manager of the sys
tem.
Mrs. Leland Stanford is said to carry
a larger amount of insurance than any
other woman in the world. Her poli
cies amount to more than a militcn
dollars.
“Chicago day" at the St. l»uis ex
position will be October 9, 1904. and
Mayor Harrison has been directed to
notify the exposition authorities to
that effect.
A charter was granted at Topeka
to the Denver * Kansas Northern
Railway company, capital $100,000,000,
which purposes to tuild six short lines
In Northwest Kansas.
News has been received at Manila
that the United States gunboat Quires,
which recently went ashore- on the
roast of Borneo, has been floated with
little damage to .he vessel.
Proof of the padding of registration
lists of Denver county previous to
the late charier convention was un
earthed at a joint meeting of the
supervisors and the aldermen.
The directors of the American Sugar
and Refining company re-elected the
officers, with the one exception that
W. R. Thomas was chosen to succeed
C. H. Senff as vice president.
John Hazeltine, known throughout
Central New York as a philanthropist,
has anounced plans to take a colony
of 1.00H Syracuse people to Montana
for the purpose of establishing a
town.
The paper mills about Mexico City
have formed a combine with an aggre
gate capital of $5,000,000. The or
ganization now effected is for the pur
pose of still further controlling the
market.
The National Business league began
a movement at Ctftcagp to amend the
constitution of the United States so
as to fix the presidential term at six
years and make the president ineligi
ble for re-election.
The Eastern Ship Building company
announced that the launching of the
steamship Dakota for the Great North
ern railway's Pacific carrying trade
will take place at New London, Conn.,
Saturday, February t>.
The senate committee on Indian af
fairs reported favorably on the bill
to provide for the opening to settle
ment uuder the homestead law of the
remaining portion of the Colville In
dian reservation in the state of Wash
ington.
After having been friends and part
ners in business for over thirty-five
years, William Smith and (Jeorge
Tinker, two pioneer brewers of St.
Ixtuls, are dead. Mr. Smith died Fri
day and Mr. Tinker was buried the
day before.
Delegate Wilson of Arizona appear
ed before the house committee on ter
ritories and made an argument for the
Arizona statehood bill. His argument
was devoted to the legal and statisti
cal rights of Arizona to be admitted
as a state.
The house committee on foreign af
fairs heard a delegation, including B.
F. Trueblood and Robert T.*oat Paine,
in favor of the establishment of an
international congress where ques
tions of common interest to the nation
would lie discussed.
The French government has present
ed the Vatican with a note in the na
ture of an ultimatum, regarding- the
ap|K)intrpents of bishops to five vacant
French sees, subsequently saying that
either the pope must approve the se
lections of the French government or
they will he announced without the
approbation of the holy see.
The closed Windham county na
tional hank of Danielson, Conn., lias
been ordered to resume. It is solvent.
Orders have been Issued at the war
department for the manufacture of
forty 9-inch rapid fire guns 1903 model.
Dr. Henry I,. Tolman, who had a na
tional reputation as a microscoplst, is
dead at Chicago, aged 55 years.
Dr. W. J. Holland, director of the
Carnegie museums, is making ex
tensive preparations to send out an
expedition next spring, composed of
prominent ethnologists, for the pur
pose of making a collection of the
work of the early Indians of the
Tilafns.
The senate committee on foreign re
lations authorized a favorable report
on an amendment to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill pro
vlding for the appointment of a con
sul general at Mukden and a consul at
Ontung at $4,000; also a consul at
Dalney at $:i,500 a year.
TAKE UP CANAL
SENATE THIS WEEK WILL CON
SIDER PANAMA TREATY.
AS TO THE POSTOFFICE MATTER
The Annual Supply Bills to Be Consid
ered in the Senate—Bills of Which
the Lower Branch Will Give Atten
tion.
WASHINGTON.—It is the intention
of the senate to begin the week again
taking up the resolutions having in
view an inquiry into the conduct of
the postofflee department and it is
general understanding that they will
be referred to the committee on post
offices after comparatively brief de
bate. Senator Hale, who has charge
of the resolutions, will make a brief
statement concerning them and prob
ably will be followed by Senator Gor
man. It is expected that Senator
Spooner will add to his previous re
marks on the subject, but his state
ment may be postponed until later in
the session.
It is the hope of the republican sen
ators that the postofflee matter may
be temporarily disposed of before the
close of Monday’s session and in this
event discussion of the Panama canal
subject will be continued Tuesday and
probably during the remainder of the
week. It is likely, however, that be
fore the close of the week the debate
will be transferred from open senate
to executive session, as it is the pur
pose of the republican majority to in
sist on taking up the canal treaty as
soon as it shall be reported from the
committee on foreign relations, which
has had it. under consideration for the
past two weeks. The republican
members of the committee hope to re
port the treaty early in the present
week. Discussion of the treaty is ex
pected to last a month or two.
The committee on appropriations
will take up some of the annual sup
ply bills during the present week. As
soon as thesa measures are on the
calendar their consideration will be
pressed. The present, indications are
that the urgent deficiency bill will be
the first to receive attention and after
that has been dosposed of the legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropria
tion bill will be taken up.
An appropriation bill a week will
be the record attempted by the house
until the supply measures are out of
the way. The urgent deficiency meas
ure will come from the committee
about the middle of the week and will
be disposed of without delay. The
army bill also will be ready for action
by the house before the end of the
reek.
The house has set apart Monday
for the consideration of matters relat
ing to the District of Columbia, and
Friday for the passage of private pen
sion bills. It is not unlikely that the
Hepburn pure food bill will be called
up Tuesday. This measure, which was
passed by the house during the last
congress, was reported from the com
tnitleo on Saturday last and may be
the subject of discussion Tuesday and
Wednesday. Bills on the calendar and
subject to be called tip when oppor
tunity arises include the following:
To provide a delegate to congress
from Porto Rico; to provide trans
portation from Porto Rico for the pub
lic school teachers of that island to
attend the summer school of the
United States; to construct a revenue
cutter for use in Albemarle and Pam
lico sounds; to reimburse a cable
company for damages sustained dur
ing the war with Spain; to create a
public park of the petrified forests of
Arizona and a Hill to codify the cr'm
ina! laws of the United States. >
Dowie Will Establish Colony.
DALLAS, Tex.- A special from El
Paso says Alexander Dowie arrived
from the east and spent several hours
here Tuesday. He visited Juarez,
Mex., and drove over the city. He
says he will establish a colony In
Texas. Dr. Dowie left for San Frau
cisco.
Colonel Millsop Murdered.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.—A special to the
Republic from Dallas, Tex., says:
Word has been received from Roby,
Tex., that Colonel Millsop, one of the (
most prominent cattlemen of western
Texas, was assassinated by some un
known man. The assassin escaped.
Free Traders Win.
LONDON—The bye election In Nor
wich for a successor to the late Sit
Harry Ballard resulted in the free
traders gaining the seat. The vote
follows: Tillctt. liberal. 8,506; Wild,
unionist, 6,756; Roberts, labor, 2,440
Permanent Camps of Instruction.
WASHINGTON.—-A bill Introduced
by Representative Ksch (Wis.) pro
vides for the establishment of perma
nent camps of i nst ruction and
maneuvering of United States troops
at or near Fort Sam Houston, Tex.;
Camp Douglas. Wis.; Conewago Val
ley, Pa., and Niciemto Ranch, Colo.
Leoation Guard Increased.
WASHINGTON—The navy depart
ment on Sunday received advices con
firmatory to the dispatches of the As
sociated Press, telling of I he rein
forcement of the American guard at
the United States legation at Seoul.
Two officers and sixtv-four men were
sent there from the United States
steanipr Vicksburg, which Is now at
Chemulpo. They carried a machine
gun with them. There are now one
hundred or more men from the steam
er Vicksburg at Seoul guarding the
legation.
CERVICE PENSION DILL.
i The Measure That Has Been Intro
duced in Both Houses.
WASHINGTON—A committee ap
pointed at the last national encamp
ment of the G. A. R. to bring to the
! attention of congress some needed
\ changes in the present pension laws-.
I is in session here to draft the proposed
legislation.
! As a body tlie committee called oil
1 the president to pay its respects and
I io enlist the interest and innuence in
i securing the enactment of the legisla
! tion desired. The president assured
j the committee of his entire sympathy
in their undertaking.
There will be introduced in con
gress, in the senate by Mr, Dolliver of
Iowa and in the house by Mr. Cai
derhead of Kansas, a service pension
bill, backed by the Grand Army of
the Republic, which, if enacted into
law, will give a pension of $12 a month
to every old soldier who served ninety
days in the union army during the
civil war who was honorably discharg
ed therefrom and who has attained
the age of sixty-two years. A like
pension will be given the widows of
such soldiers in all cases where the
marriage took place prior to June 27.
1890.
The introduction cf the bill is the
result of the meeting in Washington
of the committee of pensions of the
Grand Army. The committee had an
extended conference with the presi
dent and the latter assured them of
bis entire sympathy in their under
taking. They also talked with Pen
sion Commissioner Ware about the
work.
The bill, it is explained, is not de
signed to interfere with existing pen
sion legislation and it provides in
terms that no soldier or widow re
ceiving a pension under its provi
sions shall be entitled to a pension
under any other lew.
THE ROSEBUD RESERVATION.
The Bill of Congressman Burke Rela
tive Thereto.
WASHINGTON—The bill which
Congressman Burke of South Dakota
introduced and which has been report
ed favorably from the Indian affairs
committee of the house provides that
the lands in the Rosebud reservation
shall be sold for $2.50 per acre. 50
cents per acre to tie paid when entry
is made, 50 cents within two years af
ter entry. 50 cents within three years
after entry. 50 cents within four years
after entry, and 50 cents within six
months after the expiration of five
years after entry. The settler may
commute his entry by paying the full
price and receive patent as provided
for all homestead entries. These
lands are to bs disposed of under tbe
general provisions of the homestead
and townsite laws of the United
States and shall be opened to settle
ment by proclamation of the presi
dent. Union soldiers and sailors of
the civil and Snanish wars are to have
the same preference as prescribed in
the general homestead laws. Sections
1C and 3G of each township are ceded
to South Dakota for school purposes.
RECONCILED TO WAR.
Russia's Rejoinder Not Expected for a
Week, but Japan is Prepared.
TOKIO—Japan does not anticipate
Russia’s rejoinder for at least one
week. In the meantime the nation Is
prepared and grimly reconciled to
war. Political and other distinctions
have disappeared and the country is
patriotically united. The government
is receiving many offers of contribu
tions in the event of war, amounting
to raanv millions of yen. The Japan
ese people would welcome an honor
able peace, hut are resolved to fight
before receding from their position in
orintal affairs.
They fear the aggression of Russia
and believe if it is not stopped now it
will never lie stopped. They are con
fident that their demands are fair and
moderate and their diplomacy, which
lias been patient, lias gone to a rea
sonable limit. Thev expect the
world's sympathy in the struggle and
have a splendid confidence in their
army and navy. In the event of re
verses or a national disaster it is
thought that England and ine United
Slates would intervent to preserve a
balance of power in eastern Asia.
CONSUL WILL NOT INTERFERE.
Americans Will Carry the Piercy Mat
ter to President.
HAVAN A—United States Consul
Steinhart. having declined to inter
fere with grievances which the Amer
ican residents of the Isle of Pines have
against Mayor Sanc hez of Xueva Co
t-cons in connection with the arrest of
Morgan Piercy, the son of "M Ameri
can. a petition to President 'loosevelt
is being pi-enured for the matures
of the Americans. This pc ition will
allege that the conduct of Mayor San
chez is oppressive and intolerable anil
will pray for Iho appointment of an
agent other Ilian United Si ites Min
ister Seuires to investigate the ease,
with a view of asking the government
of Cuba to remove the imt.'cr.
Congress of Mothers in May.
WASHINGTON. 1J. t\—At a meet
ing of the executive commit ee of the
National Congress of Mothers arrange
ments were made for the annual meet
ing of the Mothers' congress at Chi
cago May 11 to 14. and for Mothers’
Congress day at the World’s fair. St.
Louis. May 26. A Mothers’ congress
meeting is also to be held at Boston
February 18.
Mrs. C. L. Grout was elected as the
representative of Nebraska on the
board.
WANT THE CANAL
THE PRESIDENT IS THANKED
FOR WORK HE HAS DONE.
IT IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
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Such is Terms Used to Describe Com
pietion of Isthmian Waterway—Leg
j islation in Interest of Live Stock
Industry Discussed
j PORTLAND. Ore.—The first action
| of the national live stock convention
i Wednesday was to unanimously adopt
i a resolution endorsing President
Roosevelt’s policy relative to the con
struction of the Panama canal.
The resolution, a copy of which was
ordered sent to President Roosevelt,
follows:
“Resolved. That the sincere thanks
of the entire membership of the Na
tional Live Stock association in con
ventlon assembled, is hereby enthusl
astlcally tendered President Theodore
Roosevelt for his untiring and success
ful efforts to bring about the building
of the great Panama canal, the con
templation of which will, in the judg
ment of this organization, be the
crowning achievement of the twentieth
century."
legislation in the interest of the
live stock industry was the general
topic of discussion during the session.
The legislation desired is principally
in connection with the handling of
live stock by railroads, the passage of
the bill providing for a classified cen
sus of live stock and measures in re
lation to the use of government re
serves for grazing range. Many sug
gestions as to how desired legislation
may be secured were made.
Resolutions favoring the passage of
the pure food bill and demanding the
transfer of the control of government
reserves from the department of the
interior to that of agriculture wer5
passed.
A. C. Halliwell, editor of the Chi
cago Iiaily Live Stock World, deliver
ed a brief address on the subject,
“The Tariff as it Affects the Stock
Growers.” He said in part:
"The proposition to throw down the
tariff bars that now serve to limit, it
even in a small degree, the number
of South American and other foreign
hides that reach this country, is a se
rious thrust at the business of the live
stock grower.
“The one certain thing in a reduc
tion of the duty on hides would be
that ranchmen and stock farmers
would have to foot the hills.
“The hide dealers and tanners are
not slow to make their demands for
free hides. In their efforts to follow
pernicious i radices or the financiers
who try to make $1 of capital pay fat
dividends on nine of water, they have
taken advantage of the consumer and
would now put additional screws to
the producer. Boots and shoes cost
much less than they used to, but they
do not cost the wearer any less.
“The live stock producers of the
United States have a right to demand
that what they produce shall enjoy as
much trade protection as is given to
those who engage in the final process
es of manufacture."
BANK STAYS OPEN AT NIGHT.
Busy Paying Off Depositors Who
Make a Run on It.
SUPERIOR. Wis.—A run was start
ed on the savings department of the
First National hank Tuesday morning,
and in the afternoon the depositors ex
tended out in the street.
A notice was issued by the bank's
officers stating that the bank would
remain open Tuesday night until the
last person in line had been paid.
The bank was stili open at a late
hour Tuesday night and a long line of
customers were being paid their de
posits as they were demanded.
President Banks said he could keep
open all night if necessary and pay
every one in gold.
The bank is the oldest in the city,
and has a capital of $200,000, with do
posits of about a million and a half.
The bank paid out a vast sum. but
business men made heavy deposits.
The c use of the run is not known.
FIND CR'MINAL NEGLIGENCE.
Ar.ests to Be Made in Connection
With Clallam Wreck.
VICTORIA, R. C.—Application was
made at the coroner's inquiry into the
Clallam disaster for warrants for the
arrest of Captain Roberts and others
who are held responsible for the
wreck, on a charge of manslaughter.
Counsel representing the Dominion
government said that sufficient evi
dence bad been secured to show crim
inal negligence, and lie would apply
to the provincial government, on lie
halt of the Dominion government,
seeking the arrest of the captain and
others held to be responsible.
Cuban Congress Deadlock.
HAVANA—There was no quorum
in either branch of congress Friday
and the deadlock on the revenue pay
ment act and the land sale bills con
tinues. If the two houses cannot
agree as to a time for adjournment.
President Palma will exercise his con
stitutional prerogative and declare the
session of congress at an end. Presi
dent Palma and the treasury and cus
toms officials are studying the ques
tion as to where to place the provi
sional Increases of duties asked.
THE FIRST GUN
READY TO FIGHT
PANAMA WILL MEET PROPOSED
COLOMBIAN INVASION.
TROOPS ARE BEING PREPARED
Conscription Has Been Completed and
12,000 Fighting Men Can Be Placed
in the Field—Fever Among U. S.
Marines.
NEW YORK.—Authentic Informa
tion from the frontier is anxiously
awaited here, as the belief is wide
spread, rabies the Herald's Panama
correspondent, that the Colombians
have already started to march upon
the isthmus.
The Panamaian troops are ready to
leave on a moment’s notice. The con
scription has been completed, and 12.
000 fighting men can he placed in the
field.
There is great bustle in the armory
in prepaai'tion for the shipment of
rifles and ammunition to the Indians
of the interior, who have agreed to
join against tho Colombian forces
Colonel Parelte of the Panamaian
army said:
We, who were Columbians until
yestertlay, cannot be deceived by any
tactics the Colombians may employ.
We are deeply grateful for the aid the
Americans have given us, especially
as we are now prepared to fight our
own battles on land with the utmost
confidence of victory.
'Four to five hundred men. station
ed in the only three passes available,
ran defeat an army. We have all the
men we actually need, for the fighting
will l)e done in the mountains.
"We expect to repel the invasion
without calling out all the available
troops. The Indians will certainly
fight on our side The San Bias In
dians. who are Colombian allies, will
not fight at all.”
Many light cases of fever are report
ed to already exist in the camps of
the United States marines, especially
among those who have been scouting
along the trails. There is some yellow
fever in Panama now, but none has
appeared in the army.
WASHINGTON.—The navy depart
ment has received the following cable
gram from Rear Admiral Glass, dated
Panama:
"Collier Nero at Panama has been
injured by the Concord going along
side. Damage is not serious an:l tem
porary repairs will be made at Pan
ama. Grounding the Nero at high
water so as to be able to work below,
the water line.”
TOURING THE WORLD ON FOOT.
Roumanian Has Eight Years in Which
to Make Trip.
WASHINGTON—Baron Sternberg,
the German ambassador, presented to
the president Dr. Oskar Radvaner. a
Roumanian, who is making a tour of
the world on foot. Ho is a represent
ative of athletic societies of Buchar
est, having been selected to make the
trip from 200 candidates. He lias
been on the road four years, visiting
in that time all of Europe and Asia.
He will visit all of the countries of
North and South America and then
will go to the Transvaal and Austra
lia. He is obliged to complete his
trip in an aggregate time of eight
years. President Roosevelt chatted
with him briefly and inscribed bis
name in the autograph book of Dr.
Radvaner.
Tell Cause of the Advance.
CHICAGO. 111.—Representatives or
large companies, testifying before the
interstate commerce commission Tues
day in regard to an advance in freight
rates on grain from Missouri river
points to Chicago by western rail
roads, contradicted siaterncnts made
before the commission by railway
tradio managers. The railroad men
decided that the reason for the ad
vance in rates was on account of the
heavy advance in the price of railroad
material.
— Minneapolis Tribune.
GOVERNOR HUNT'S MESSACE.
Say* American Occupation Lifts Up
Patriotism.
SAN JUAN.—Governor Hunt's mes
sage, which will he read to the legis'a
j ture Tuesday, opens with words of
encouragement. The message will
urge that the future be looked for
ward to with courage and will point
out that Porto Rico leads in demon
strating to the peoples of the West
Indies that American occupation liftu
! up the patriotism of people. The gov
ernor will advise strict economy and
that only the liquor and tobacco taxes
be increased.
The messng© recommends the adop
tion of the American code of civil pro
cedure, a special appropriation for
i th« eradication of tropical anaemia,
!the creation of election inspectors, a
,trial of the contract system for the
building of roads, the immediate cre
ation of a s'ecial tribunal for the
prompt settlement of all questions be
tween the Catholic church and the
government, leases and not sales of
government lands, the repeal of meas
ures by which roads are built by con
victs and an increased appropriation
for Porto Kiran representation at the
St. Louis World's exposition.
The message urges surveys of Isolds
and the advancement o" edut;4£«n by
industrial schools.
SPENCER'S CuKlOLs WILL.
Wants Loose Lid on Mis Coffin and
No Religious Ceremony.
LONDON.—Herbert Spencer's will
is a curious document, ft directs
that his body shall he placed in a
coffin with a loose lid and cremated
and thp ashes buried, all without any
3pecies of religious ceremony. All
I he rights in his bool; and investments
are given to the trustees. Hon. Auburn
Herbert. Dr. Henry Charlton Hastlan
and David Duncan, with Instructions
to employ the yearly revenue in "re
suming and continuing during such
period as may be needed for fulfilling
my express wishes, hut not exceeding
the life time of all descendants of
Queen Victoria, who shall be living
at my decease and of the survivors of
them and for twenty-one years after
the death of such survivor the pub
lication of the existing parts of my
'Descriptive Sociology’ anil the com
pilation and publication of the fresh
parts thereof followed in the parts al
ready published."
WORD COMES FROM COGHLAN.
Reported Colombians a Band of Un
organized Marauders.
WASH i NG TON—Adm I rat Cogh Ian
cabled the naey department from Co
lon as follows:
"Report of the appearance of a Co
lombian force between Colon and
Chlriqui lagoon was due to men now
In that vicinity who belonged to to
Colombian forces, who would not join
Panama men. but took to the moun
tains behind David and Rre now un
organized marauders. There were or
iginally about 201* men. Some unarm
ed have been ‘■eon about Santa Ke and
Cooiet rive r. committing depreda
tions.”
South Dakota Gold Production.
WASH I MiTO.V.--Owing to 11 cleri
cal error in the figures furnished the
Associated Press on January 2. the
amount representing the gold produc
tion of South Dakota for the calendar
year ISOM was given as $2,889,1 M7, in
stead of $8,889,127. the actual estimate.
Japan Considers Response.
TOKIO.—The heal conference be
fore the throne to decide upon the
response to Russia began at 2 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, it was attended
by all the members of the cabinet,
five of the elder statesmen. Admirals
ito and ljuin. and General Kodama.
Previous to the conference Admiral
Yamamoto, representing Premier Kat
sara. who is indisposed, had a private
audience with the emperor. Foreign
Minister lvoinura and Marquis Ito
also conferred privately.