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Loup City Northwestern1 J. W BURLEIGH, Publisher. ix>ri* CITY, NEBRASKA, Brief Telegrams China ha* at present, about 800 mil* * of railroad A vessel drawing ten feet rises two Inches in passing from fresh water to salt. The* Boston American league base hall team has gone to Macon, <Ja . for practice. t !>ord Klratticona has Riven $20,000 to Manitoba ’University to extend it ; scientific work In the elty of Washington there are 13,000 Down*. 15,000 Smiths, 11.000 Johnsons and t.000 Joneses. The toys used by Queen Victoria when a child will he on exhibition at the World's fair at Hi. I.ouls. Jacob Itomels, who served the Tenth Ohio district in congress In 1884 to 1888, died at tils home at To ledo. in the Province of Samara Russia. 405,00(1 persons got tlieir Hubsiatenc® Irom less than three acres of land P«*r capita M. M. Boothnian. congressman from the Sixth Ohio district in the Fiftieth and Fifty first congresses, died at his home In Bryan. Ohio. John A. Creighton has given a fur ther atim of about $250,000 to Creigh ton University, a Catholic Institution, at Omaha. Nob. Htr-am launches with glass bottoms are now at the service of those who wish to view the marine grow about Catalina Island, California. The Servian government Intends es tablishing a consulate at New York city with a view to Increasing and facilitating trade with the United State*. It Ih reported from Denver that plans have been prepared In that city tor an extension Of 125 miles to the Union Pacific railroad in Colorado and \\ voniing. Colon* I \Y A. Mclntosn, general counsel of the Postal Telegraph com pany. Is dead In Jamaica, where be was spending his vacation. Ilia home was at Atlanta, (ia. Senator Fairbanks was shown a published "dispatch- stating that lie hail "decided to become a candidate for vice-president.” He declined to make any statement. Marchioness Hplnola, who before her marriage was Miss Lilly Page, daughter of Captain Page, of Rich mond, Vn . is dead. She was one of the oldest American resident* or Home. Oeorge It Cortclyou. secretary of "ommerce and labor, and Senator Aid rtrh were the speakers at a banquet >f the New England Jewelers' and Silversmiths' association at Provi dence, R. L Charitable Institutions are be queathed I'JOP^tOO by provisions of the Will of Sarah Schertnerhorn of Newport. N. V Of this sum. the home of consumptives hi Denver re ceives $60,000. Commissioners appointed to secure funds for the representation of the state of Connecticut at the St. Louis exv>ositlon have abandoned the project on account of lack of Interest, of tIV people of the state. (Jeneral Kuropatkin. the command • er of the Russian army in the Far Kant, was a personal friend of Skobe leff, with whom he served In the Husso Turkish war and the Tokke Tumcman campaign. The charred skeleton of Hrakeman Neven was found, hut the body of Conductor Shoemaker was entirely consumed In the trolght wreck nnd tire In the tunnel on the Missouri Pa clttc near Jefferson City, Mo. Ktnperor William having called the work of the Impressionists "gutter art," Herr Muller, of the Reichstag, returns trio thrust by calling the group of Hohenzollern statues erected by the kaiser a "monumental marble quarry.' Word has been received at Fargo of the death of Richard Sykes, the largest real estate owner In the stale of North Dakota. He went to Eng land last tall on a pleasure trip and is reported to have died at Maw Chester < ongressman Hlutr.x. or Nortn earo llna, who refuses to stand for an as sored re-election, cornea front the . same district In which. In 1S1 r». a t'nltud States senator-elect refused to serve because he did not propose to ride to Washington tn the tnud." The sale of season tickets to the St. Fouls exposition commenced March 9. The first loo were reserved for the directors. President Francis purchased eight. Fin It ticket has Del coupons, one for each day that the exposition will he open (Sundays not being counted) and on each coupon must he a photograph of the holder. The photographs are made at the ex pense of the exposition. The price of the season ticket is $2f>. The republican caucus of the New York legislature selected Dr. Andrew S. Draper, president of the Illinois university and former superintendent of public instruction, to be commis sioner of education for the initial term of six \ears lie will be elected at the joint session of the legislature. Owing to the great rise In the price of wheat in the Spanish inarkeis, the government ha pre ented a bill In the Chamber ot Deputies which pro vides lor it considerable reduction of • he Import duties on wheat and flour. The Japanese navy is now seventh fmnng the navies ol the world. FICHT ON WATER SHARP NAVAL BATTLE NEAR PORT ARTHUR. RUSSIANS ATTACK JAPANESE The Latter Said to Have Lost One Torpedo Boat—One Russian Ship Sunk and Another Destroyed by the Enemy's Sheila. HT. PETERSBURG The Russian torpedo boat flotilla left Port Arthur at hi ♦id daylight Friday morning and attacked the Japanese fleet. One Jap anese torpedo boat, watt sunk and one Russian Torpedo boat destroyed. The Be/poshtchadnl was sunk. The fate of the latter’s crew ,r- not known. Admiral .Mnkaroff inaugurated his assumption of the command of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur bv a complete change of tactics. As soon as tie appeared be ordered the remov al of the battleship Retvizan, which was stranded at the mouth of the harbor snd barred the channel at cer tain stages of the tide, making the egress of battleships Impossible, t ri day morning he directed a sortie of the torpedo boat flotilla, supported by ti part of tlte Russian squadron, against the Japanese squadron. The details are not vet known, except. I hat the encounter resulted in the loss of one Japanese torpedo boat, one Rus sian torpedo boat and one Russian tor pedo boat destroyer. The complete story of the fierce flgnt off Port Arthur between the tor pedo flotillas, which occurred Wed nesday. and the bombardment which followed on Thursday morning, was not given out here until alter mid night. 'I wo official messages from Viceroy Alexleff had been received during the day and presented to the emperor, but the public had remained in suspense. When the texts appeared it became evident that the collisions between the torpedo flotillas bad occurred ac cidentally during Ihe nignt while the Russians were scouting in search of the enemy. far as Is known here this is the first time torpedo boats have engaged each other at sea Although the odds were against the Russians, as the I Japanese flotilla was supported by the cruiser squadron, tho Russians made a heroic dash for the foe and appar cutty hau the better of the attack, sinking a Japanese torpedo boat, until the cruisers got within range, and one of the latter’s sheila crippled one of tile Russian boats. The gallant action of Vice Admiral .lakaroff is transferring his (lag to tne fas* cruiser Novik and sailing out In the face of the enemy In an at tempt at rescue receives unstinted praise, stamping him at the outset of ins command as a man of torce and action who Insists on being in the van ol the lighting. HEARING OF DIETRICH CASE. Inquiring Into Charges Against the Senator Begun. WASHINGTON The inquiry Into the charges against Senator Dietrich of Nebraska began Friday before the special committee in Senator Hoar's committee room. The inquiry, which was Instituted upon the demand of Senator Dietrich, Is for the purpose of probing tho charges on which the senator was in dieted last fall In Nebraska, and which were dismissed on demurrer. The committee consists of Senators Hoar, Platt of Connecticut, Spooner, Cockrell and Pottos. All of the members of the commit tee except Mr. Spooner were present. Senator Dietrich was in attendance with his attorney, R. A Hatty, of Hastings. A number of witnesses were present. Mr. Dietrich repeated his wish that the investigation should he the fullest possible. Leopold Hahn, postmaster at Hast Inga front 1897 to 1901, was the Hist witness. BRYAN HAS RIGHT TO APPEAL. Executor of Bennett Will Does not Waive the Right to Contest. NKW HAVKN, Conn. Hy a deci sion handed down by Judge Gager of the superior court, on a demurred to answers to au appeal hy William J. Hryan from a decision of the probate court, which ruled against him in the Philo S. Hennctt will case. Mr. Hryan has the right to contest tor the 000 bequeathed to himself in the ‘‘sealed letter." The court says in substance that the action of Mr. Hryan in accepting the office of executor does not cause him to relinquish any right that he may have in this appeal to establish the validity of certain papers as a part of the will. The court says thnt when a letter is presented to the probate court the question Is whether the letter be nccepod or rejected. The question of right of appeal can not be passed on by the probate court. People ruled by the mood of ghxitn attract to them gloomy things. Patriotic Woman is Dead. HKHHI3VILLK. Ill Mrs. Alfred P. Hailey, who before her marriage and retnox nl of resilience to Canada, over a year ago, lived here, hurried here from Montreal ast week that her child might he born a citizen of the United States. She was accouched ot a daughter Thursday night, and died early r'rtdny, lint the infant lives and thrives. Mrs. Hailey was 21 years ot age. She had come here to visit her sister, Mrs McHenry. The hus band has been notified by wire and will ootue for the remains. MAKAROFF SENDS A REPORT. j Gives an Account of the Engagement at P?rt Arthur. MUKDEN, Manchuria Admiral Makaroff, commanding flic Russian fleet, report# from Port Arthur as fol* I lows; Six torpedo boats which went to sea March 10, four being under the gen j eral command of Captain Mat tonsse vltch, encountered the enemy's tor pedo boats followed by cruisers. A hot aetion ensued in which the torpedo boat destroyer Vlaslini d’s charged a Whitehead torpedo and I sank one of the enemy s torpedo boats. On the way back the torpedo boat de stroyer Stereguschtehi commanded hy Lieutenant Siergnleff, sustained dam ages, its engine being disabled, and it. began to founder. By H o'clock in the morning five of our torpedo boat de stroyers had returned. When the critical position of the Stereguschtehi became evident I hoist ed iny flag on the cruiser Novik and went wit It the Novik and t he* Ituyarin to the rescue. But as five of the ene my's cruisers surrounded our destroy er, and as their battleship squadron was approaching, I did not succeed In saving the Stereguschtehi, whicn foun dered. Part of the crew were made prisoners and pari was drowned. On the ships whicn participated in the attack one officer was seriously wounded and three others were slight ly wounded; two soldiers were killed and eighteen wounded. PAYS PENALTY OF HIS CRIME ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Mark Dunn was hanged here at 10:-tu Friday. Dunn went to the scaffold attended by Rev. M. M. Goode of the Christian church. Doctors had examined him and had said his condition was such that there was no reason why the ex ecution should not proceed. The re sult was telegraphed Governor Dock cry and he said he would not inter fere. On the scaffold Dunn made a statement charging that his convic tion was the result of a conspiracy and that Fention was shot by a man named Cy Fisher. The murderer's wife was in Ft. Jos eph and appeared at the undertaker's j soon after the laxly had been removed there to he prepared for burial Dunn's neck was broken by the drop. The murder for which Mark Dunn was hanged was that of Alfred Fen ton, a wealthy young farmer of Rush- ! \ille. this county, July 20. 1902. Hr I was sentenced to lx* hanged March II BUFFALO BILL WANTS DIVORCE. Colonel Cody Files Petition Asking Severance of Marital Ties. DENVER—A petition for divorce filed in ihe district court of Hig Horn county. Wyoming, January 9. Inst, by Colonel William F. Cody < Buffalo Bill), has just been made public. The complaint charges cruelty and alleges that on December 2*5. 1900. Mrs. Cody attempted to poison the plaintiff. Another ground on which ihe plaintiff asks a decree is that the marital relation lias been made un bearable to Him by bis wife’s refusal to entertain bis friends at his former home in North Platte, Neb. Mrs. Cody, who is at North Platte, denies her husband's charges and will contest the suit. Colonel and Mrs. Cody were married at St. laiuis March ti. IStifi. Some Records Unprintable. WASHINGTON.—At the executive session of the committee certain pro ceedings from the divorce case of Apostle Teasdale were put into the record as evidence. The admissions made in that case were offered by the prosecution to combat the testimony of President Joseph F. Smith that Teasdale was married to Lillian Hook for eternity only, and that she was not considered as Teasdale's wife when he contracted the marriage. The testimony is unprintable. Corea Nullifies Russian Grants. TOKIO The Japanese-Corean pro tocol was published at Seoul in an extra edition of the Gazette Thursday. The Corean government will publicly announce that the publication of the protocol nullifies the concessions granted to Russia, such as the non alienation of coal mining at Koehyo island and Rose island and the for estry concessions in the Ulleungdo, Tutuan and Yalu valleys. Are Laying for Japanese Ships. PARIS—I’he commander of the French steamer Snghalien, from Pi raeus, Greece, on arriving at Mar seilles Hiciay reported that two Rus sian cruisers and one torpedo boat de stroyer were at Piraeus about to put to sea for the purpose of intercepting Japanese merchant ships. Six of the latter are at Havre. Nantes and Bor deaux and others are said to be coal ing at Enclish ports. Great Loss of Range Cattle. BELLE FOl’RCHE, S. I).—Condi tions among range cattle in this re gion are almost beyond relief. Not since 1886 has there been so much suffering and if March containues with any severity the percentage of loss will be unusually large. Net Increase of $506,000 WASHINGTON -Senator Perkins of the committee on appropriations Tues day reported the fortification bill with a net increase of $506,000 over the hill as passed by the house, and mak ing the total of the bill as reported to the senate $7,637,192. The prinei pal increases are; For purchase of submarine torpedo boat for use of school of submarine defense. $250 000; for ammunition and supplies for ma chine and automatic guns $100,000; for ammunition for sea coast cannons. $150,000. SCOUTS RETREAT RUSSIANS MEET JAPANESE AND ARE WORSTED. ARTHUR IS ACAIN BOMBARDED Shelling Begins at Midnight and Con tinues Until Morning Vice Admiral Kamimura Thinks that Russians Are Becoming Demoralized. TOKIO—Russian and Japanese mounted scouts met north of Pang \ ang. After a brief engagement the Russians retreated. No casualties are reported on either side. PORT ARTHUR- The Japanese fleet appeared off this harbor at mid night and bombarded this city inter mittently until 8 o'clock in the morn ing. TOKIO Vice Admiral Kamimura. reporting the bombardment of Vladi vostok March <», says the attack com menced at 2: I*' o'clock in the after noon and the firing was kept up about forty minutes. He believe the bom bardment was effective nut! demoral izing lo the enemy. The Russian torts tild not reply to the Japanese fire. Japanese cruisers subsequently rec* onooltei'ed several adjacent places on the coast, but found no trace of the enemy. The full report of Vice Admi ral Karnintira says that as they ap proached the east entrance to Vladivo stok on the morning of March t! the enemy’s ships were not seen outside the harbor. He says: ‘ We approached the batteries on tlie northeast coast from a point be yond the range of the batteries on the Bal/.an promontory and Bosphorus strait. After bombarding the inner harbor forty minutes, from 1:50 o’clock in the afternoon, we retired. I believe the bombardment effected considerable damage. Soldiers were seen, but the land batteries did not reply to our tire. Black smoke was observed at the east entrance to the harbor about 5 o’clock p. m. and was thought to be from the enemy’s ships, but this smoke gradualy disappeared. "On the morning of March 7 we rec ounoitcrcd America bay ard Strelok hay. tun saw nothing unusual. We ap proached the east entrance to Vladi vostok at noon. The enemy's ships were invisible and the batteries did not fire. We turned toward Bossier bay, hut, not seeing the enemy, re tired.' RUSSIA ACCEDES ONE REQUEST. United States Officers May Accorn- ■ pany Army to Observe Operations. WASHINGTON.—The Russian army j formally has granted the request of the I'nlted States that certain officers j of the American army lie permitted ! in accompany the Russian troops and witness their operations in the war j witli Japan. Ambassador McCormick, in a cablegram informing Secretary | Hay of tills tact states that the offl- | cers cannot join the Russian army j before April 15, of the Russian calen dar. The officers who have (been desig nated for tiiis service are Colonel .!. B. Kerr of the general staff. Captain Carl Reicliman of the Seventh infantry. Captain George Gatley and Captain William Judson of the engineer corps. All of the above are in Manila except Captain Judson. who is in this city j and who Iea\es at once for St. Refers- ! burg. SYMPATHIZE WITH RUSSIA. Irish Nationalists at St. Louis Pass Resolutions. ST. LOl’IS Mo.—-The Irish nation alists of St. Louis at their relebra tion of the birth of Robert Emmet Sunday night adopted resolutions up holding Russia in her way with Japan and expressing "sympathy with Chris tian Russia against this pagr.n horde.” The resolution concluded: "That the special thanks of ihe ex iled children of the ‘scattered Gael’ be extended to the Russian govern ment for her work done in the inter ests or humanity by her opposition to the designs of England in Bersia. Turkestan. Thibet and other Asiatic countries, thereby preventing the ex tension of England’s ‘tyranny over helpless people.’ A copy of the resolutions will he sent to ihe Russian minister at Wash ington. Leaves Much to Charity. NEWPORT, It. I.—Cnaritable insti tutions are bequeathed $200,000 by Sarah Schermerhorn, daughter of W. t\ Schermerhorn of Newport and New York, whose will was filed for pro bate iu this city, of this sum the home for consumptives at Denver, Colo., receives $50,000. The remaind er is divided among a number of charitable societies in New 101k city Ready for Reciprocity. MELBOURNE—Premier liekin has announced in the House of Represen tatives that the federal government is prepared to alter the tarn, in favor of Croat Britain, making sacrifices, if necessary, to secure reciprocal pref erences. Luetwiu Needs Guns and Men. BERLIN It was said in Reischstag circles that Colonel Luetwiu, governor general of the Southwest Africa col ony. lias asked for reinforcements to tho number of 800 men and two mounted batteries. He has found the Herreras to be more numerous and better armed than he supposed and they occupy a strong position which they are fortifying. Further, Colonel Luetwiu is expecting difficulty in pre venting the enemy from re-entering the parts of the country he has al ready cleared. How’s This ? W. offer nc. Hundred D< .;e H«> 0f < aiarrb tbat cannot bo t.urcQ oy Hiul Oourtb Cure. y ^ CHFVKY * CO., Toledo. O. vr*. tba nodera'.gned. bare k now a F .J.C b en Of for tbe:»H 13 T»ar# and believe bim ' “JJ® ortho In all buelneee trenaeit.oca and CDencleiU 1^. u> carry out any obligation, nindn by bteflrm. w*ldi5u Kis»»* * MAaTta. Wbolaaale lJrngglatt. Toledo. O. Hal’.’, Catirrh Cnro la taken Internally, aettn* directly upon the Wood and moeoue eurfaeeaof tba system. 'featlinotiteia aent free. Price ,5 ctu p a bottle. 6o:d by all Dnigglat#. Take Hall'e Family Till* for conatlpetion. , Some Infanta might cry loss if their mothers wouldn't attempt to vocalize. Faith Is the hand wherewith we take everlasting life—Latimer. A woman who looks ahead of time wonders If she will be as are other aid persons. THE WAL'ASH RAILROAD. East and South. Special rates on sale daily to all Winter resorts of the South. Half fare round trip plus $2.00 on first and third Tuesdays each month to many points South. The only line with its own statfon at main entrance of World’s Fair grounds. The Wabash runs on its own rails from Omaha, Kansas City, Dts Moines, St Louis and Chicago to Toledo, Detroit, Niagara Falls and Buffalo with through connections be yond. All agents can route you via the Wabash. For World's Fair descrip tive matter and all information ad dress, Harry E. Moores, G. A. P. D., Omaha, Nebr. A fault which humbles a man is of more use to him than good action which puffs him up with pride. Glittering generalities are as likely to hurt the devil as tissue paper bul lets. To the housewife who has not y«t become acquainted with tho new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old. we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because It ia guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package con tains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It la safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Bachelors wonder how married men manage to put by any portion of their earnings. Mutual Insurance is the most popu lar. Ten years ago there was about $10,000,000 in the state. Now, over $160,000,000, one-half of all the Fire Insurance in the state is in Mutual Companies. It is also the oldest In surance in the world, and is cheapest, •afest and best, and no company bet ter than the STATE FARMER’S MU TUAL INSURANCE CO. of South Omaha, Nebr., B. R. Stouffer, Secre tary. In the conduct of life habit counts for more than maxim, because habit Is a living maxim and becomes flesh and instinct. Clear white clothe* are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large » oz. nacke.go, i> cents. True happiness consists not In the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.—Jonnson. The conflict with self and selfish ness must ue fought out.—George Dawson. ilk Tour Dealer Tor Allen's Foot-Reset A powder. It rests the feet. 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He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticKing. Defiance never sticks. Rood breeding is a letter of credit all over the world. tHi CLOTHiHG j Ly HH3H27 ■ ep qo-umr ■ K* MSTT> TALI T, | P iu> a ctwrar ssrjts? AJwmaMuuwMfu , mmmmtMmmmmn, BETRAYED BY FINGER PRINT. Impression on Window Pane Led to Burglar's Capture. Sensation lovers have always liked the defective type of story, and Sh*-r lock Holmes and hia adventures must have had millions of readers. But. oc casionally in the annals of the police court we come upon a story of detec tive sagacity which equals anything that the novelist Las invented and has me additional advantage of being true. Such a case occurred only the other day. It was a Jewel burglary at some auction rooms in the west end of iiondon. where the valuables were gathered previous to a contem plated sale. The thieves got off with all the valuable booty. ■Then the police came upon the scene, and a de tective. upon making a close examina tion of the premises, found the im pression of a dirty finger upon a win dow pane. The mark was photo graphed and compared with certaiL prints of a similar kind which are stored at the police headquarters They are the natural signature of far ious convicted felons, and one of them agreed in every detail with the mark left by the burglar at the auction rooms. The discovery led to certain arrests, and in this remarkable way the crime was brought home to tin men who had committed it. It Is a curious fact that no two fingers havt* ever been found to agree iu therr sur face lines. A ONE-FAMILY SETTLEMENT. .How Households in India Grow In Ac cretion. “No one is a separate unit in India." says Edmund Russell in Everybody s Magazine. “The sons never leave the parental roof tree. All marry—mar riage with them is as birth and death, inevitable- and their children are add ed to the family. There are always widowed aunts, other grandparents— no relative is ever left to shift for himself in India—so that households of 150 are not uncommon. Add almost as many servants and we have some idea of the occupation and cares of Jhe mistress of such a home. The Isrvants' quarters surround the yard #r ‘compound.’ and the ladies of the household care for them as did the stately dames of old Virginia in the plantation lite before the war. Tbo great zenana courtyards stretch haoli to fruit and vegetable gardens, anfi there are tanks or artificial ponds where ladies and children bathe in seclusion. Blossoming trees rise above hedges that jealously guard these sacred retreats, where a family may sport in private with freedom un known to us. and suited to their shy, poetic, playful natures, that only un fold when with each other, caring as little to see the world outside as to be seen by it.’’ THE WONDERS OF RADIUM. Here U a Possibility Scientists Hsv* Overlooked. "It’s all very well to talk about the wonders of radium,” said the scoffer, “but what 1 want to know is, what practical use is it?” “My friend,” said the man with the eyeglasses, “you cannot have studied, your subject very closely, or you would know that among other uses radium is used in Russia during the winter months as a means for catch ing rabbits.” "Pooh, nonsense!” scoffed the scof fer. “It is quite simple,” continued th® other. ‘At dark a glass tube contain ing radium is placed on the >now near the burrow’s. The brilliant rays given off by the precious metal of course at tract the rabbits. When, with their w’ell-known curiosity, they approach the tube, the glare causes tears to flow copiously. These are frozen into icicles, which hold the rabbits nrmly fixed to the ground till the morning, wnen all that remains to be done is to go and collect the rabbits. Dear me. I'd no idea it was so late! I must bo going.” Testing Engines by Piano. Pointing to a piano that was stand ing in the locomotive roundhouse oT the Missouri Pacific railroad near Kansas City, an English visitor re marked: "Ah, I see your road supplies you with musical entertainment.” "(luess not,” replied the foreman. "That piano is for testing the en gines.” The Englishman thought it a joke, hut when a uniformed pianist struck a note which harmonized with the noise of vibration in each part of the locomotive as it was tested, he under stood that there could be no Haws or t racks in the engine. He was informed that if the noise of the locomotive made a discord with musical note the locomotive would be thus proved de fective. The method has been dis covered to be more accurate than the old way of hammering each part.— The World’s Work. OPENING (NAPIERS ■ OF t: FREDERICK IJPhAM ADAMS’ most successful novel will be J published next week. Of interest from the beginning., , DON’T MISS IT <
