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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1907)
NEW* NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. Mi SUBJECTS THU UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. An anti-saloon league has been or ganized in Fremont. Columbus merchants rpnnrt »n un usually good holiday trade. "James Oliver has recently been ap pointed postmaster at Ashland. George F. Howard, one of the oldest residents of Hubbell, died last week. Hunters from Beatrice killed a coon north of that city weighing twenty three pounds. At Fullerton John Wilscto plead guilty to horse stealing and was given five years in the penitentiary. The Beatrice Gas and Power com pany has made a five year contract with the city for lighting the streets. Landlord Lederman of Grand Island had a bad gash in his face made by a cuspidor hurled by one of the em ployes who had been called down for some infraction of the hotel rules. At Fails City Clyde Ellington, col ored, was found guilty of mnrder in the second degree for the killing of Charles Wilson, also colored. Elling ton's plea was self-defense. Game Warden Jack Yates of Sarpy county brought in three hunters with their game and guns, which were con fiscated and the men fined $5 and icosts. The North River branch of the Un ion Pacific as far as Llewellen been turned over to the operating de partment, and weekly train service installed. The chautanqua chorus of York has . * committee appointed for the purpose k^htapf securing funds for the purchase of pP«JRP $1,200 manuel reed organ for the r Sse of the chorus In the chautanqua work. R. S. McCune, a resident of Har vard, was found dead in the roomB of Swearingen & Dheelant'y. He was found lying on a bed with a revolver in his hand, and is supposed to have suicided. Alonzo Snyder, a farmer living near , McLean, Pierce county, was accosted by a highwayman on his way home from town, beaten into insensibility a ad robbed of what money he had in his possession. Some one broke open the mail box in front of the postoffice in Nebraska City, and took all the letters there from. Next morning the thieves got even bolder and stole a pouch of mail from the Missouri Pacific depot •The preliminary' for the Lincoln Beatrlce debate, to be held In Lincoln February 21, was held in Beatrice last week, the subject being, “Re solved, That the United States Navy should Be Increased.” Ernest B. Fairfield, at present book keeper at the state penitentiary, has been appointed state accountant by Auditor Searle and his appointment has been approved by Governor Shel ■jZf don. The salary is $2,000 a year. V Henry Pettit, who was arrested in Plattsmouth on the charge of stealing a horse and rig from Fred Wrenn in Hastings, waived preliminary examin ation and pleaded guilty to the charge. He was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Deputy Attorney General W. B. Rose has given Governor Sheldon an opinion in which he upholds the ruling of the pure food commissioner that original packages of food must bear a label showing the contents. One of the big meat packing companies has resisted i this ruling and has a test case pend * ing in the district court of Lancaster county. Lew Ingwerson, residing southwest of Piattsmouth, returned to his home and built a big fire in the stove and then went to the barn and did the chores. On returning to the house and opening the door the whole room burst into a flame. He succeeded in removing about half of the household goods, but the building burned to the ground. The supreme court reversed the rul ing of the district court in Harlan county' wherein the judge had in structed a jury to bring in a verdict of guilty against a man charged with selling intoxicants without a license. The beverage was malt tonic. The su preme court holds that the jury and not the judge must pass upon the in toxicating nature of the beverage. Janesville (Wis.) dispatch:. George Lee, aged 67 years, committed suicide by shooting the top of his head off. He was married a little over a month i ; go. His first wife died two years -A “go and he came to Janesville from Loup City, Neb. There he saw the woman who last month became bis second wife, her husband having died. Last Sunday she became violently insane and tried to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river. Alex. Johnson and Thomas O’Brien, the two men brought from Geneva to Lincoln by United States Marshal Hensel. charged with counterfeiting, were bound over to await the action of the federal grand jury at the May term. Secretary of State Junkin received $558.80 in fees from companies that filed articles of incorporation. Of that amount $454 was paid by two Iowa company and’the Tolerton & Stetson Wholesale Grocery company. Plai . 6,973 *.979.08 Poll . 3.5S0 2,576.30 Red illow . 3(700 - 2.6*1.99 Rie Ison . 5.7*9 *,105.08 Roc . 1,212 865.* 3 Sail . 6,171 *.406.41 Bar . 2,942 2.100.74 Sau rs . 7,463 5,328.96 SCO BluiT. 1,621 1.167.48 Sew . 5,135 3,666.65 She m . 1.381 1.343.13 She n . 2,997 2,1*0.01 Sice . 693 494.8* Sta 1 . 2737 1.954.36 The . 4.920 3.5:»3.13 Thf s . 262 187.08 Th on . 2.437 1,740.14 Va! . 3.293 2.35137 Wa ngton ........ 4,395 3,138.25 Wa « . 3,748 2.676.26 We er . 4,039 2,884.05 W1 tr . 720 514.12 To. . 5,876 4,195.76 4als .370,491 $264,549.53 05 HA CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE wf It Is Doing and Its Urgent 1 Needs, Financially. long the children received into thlnstitution the present month are thfl little ones, ages 2, 5 and 6 years, wile father is dying at one of the citliospitais and whose mother is ar. imld and compelled bo surrender the chiren for adoption, there being no relives or friends to help take care ok lem. Another child brought to tbemstitute one week ago was suf fer* from neglect, the eyes being so inflled that the occulists on oar medal staff, who made examination an (Save treatment, stated that three daylnore of neglect the child would havA.een totally blind for life. Novi the lild is on the way to complete re covel. Another child requires a sur gical operation, which will be at tende to immediately after Christ mas. Th< 9 and many others are de servii cases of charity requiring the expen tures of conaiderable sums of mone and the institute is without resou es to meet the demands. Since the v rk is supported altogether by volun iry gifts we appeal to the read ers o this paper for a Christmas do natio The average number on hand daily s from forty to sixty. Please maty postoffice orders and checks paya e to C. W. Lyman, treasurer. We rust you will help make these hom« “ss and friendless little ones happ until permanent homes can he fouu< for them. A. W. CLARK, ' Superintendent. Mrs. Lillie Gets Judgment. Da id City—The case of Mrs. Lena Mar? et Lillie against the Supreme Tritx of Ben Hur was tried in the dis trict court before Judge Paul Jessen of Nebraska City, a jury tfeas waived and the case tried in court Mrs. Lillie was T.ot present a Judge Jessen gave the plaintiff judg ment for the sum of $2,250, the amount sued for, and interest to date, aggregating $3,050. Wood Plentiful at Seward. Sew ard—Not for years has so much wood been offered for sale aB at the present time. On the Langworthy farm, < lose to Seward, a grove of wal nut trees was cut down. Less than five acres of land cut over yielded fifty away. Seward county has a lot of Umber and thisjs the first yearR has riarfrir w.« a*-*. fLfisaaam* E,ectrSl^P ®tate MoUB«* RESCUE WORK IS HALTED CONDITIONS IN DARR MINE ARE DANGEROU8 TO EXPLORERS. Father of Victim Commits Suicide and Widowed Woman Tries to End Her Life. Jacobs Creek, Pa.—From the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal company, where a terrific explosion Thursday imprisoned and almost. beyond doubt killed every one of the 200 or more men who had entered the mine for the day, only six bodies had been brought to the surface up to ten o’clock Friday night Others have been located and lie in the entry awaiting a propitious time for their removal to the 'temporary morgue. Most of them, however, are still hemmed in by heavy falls of slate and other roof formation, a mile and a half and more beyond the point to which the rescuers have penetrated up to this time. Rescue work has been halted. A vast amount of bratticing must be done before it can proceed. The res cuing parties, 7,500 feet from the main entrance, have found conditions such that to avert an additional disaster precautionary work must be done. The poisonous gases must be forced from the sections beyond and addition al air and ventilation must be pro vided for that section. To neglect these precautions and proceed with the explorations is to risk the life of every man of the rescuing force. To provide these safeguards will require hours of time, and it is not believed that the great mass of bodies will be reached before late Saturday after noon. Conditions round about the mines and in this town are greatly improved. The men who began a holiday cele bration by drinking and feasting have sobered up and ceased their carous ing and disorder. Conrad Schuth, 48 years old, crazed by the death in the mine of his son and other relatives, ended his own 'life Friday by drowning in the river near the mine. He was a widower and leaves four small children. Mrs. Carrino Delano was restrained from committing suicide with great difficulty. She lost her husband and two sons in the disaster, and in quest of the bodies was crossing the river in the “sky ferry,” a basket car sus pended from a cable, when she wag seized with the idea of leaping into the stream. In the frail car the ef forts of three men were required to restrain her until a ltinding was reached! President John Mitchell, of the Unit ed Mine Workers of America, tele graphed from Indianapolis, authoriz ing district officials to draw upon the national treasury for $1,000 for re lief of the families of the victims. TROOPS TO LEAVE GOLDFIELD. President’s Order Causes Sensation in the Nevada Town. Washington. — President Roosevelt Friday administered a stinging re buke to Gov. Sparks of Nevada for neglect of duty by the peace officers at Goldfield. At the same time the president or dered withdrawn on December 30 the federal troops now at the mining town, because, as he telegraphed Gov. Sparks, he saw no reason why the fed eral government should do ordinary police duty which local, authorities are unwilling, apparently, to perform. Goldfield, Nev.—News of the presi dent’s order removing the federal troops from Goldfield cm December 30 has caused a sensation among the mine owners and the resi dents of the city generally. The news was received nt noon Friday and dur ing the afternoon conferences were held between Capt. Cox, the repre sentative of Gov. Sparks in Goldfield, and Col. Reynolds, commanding the troops here, and between the mine owners and members of President Roosevelt’s commission. President McKinnon and other offi cials of the miners’ union said that the possibility of disorder or violence of any sort will be no greater after tbe removal of the troops than now, and tha t they will use every endeavor to maintain peace and quiet. Attorney O. N. Hilton, seat here by President Moyer of the Western Fed eration to assist in effecting, if possi ble, a compromise for the Western Federation of Miners with the Mine Owners' association, after a confer ence with President McKinnon said that he was assured no violence would be attempted. He said also that the position of the miners of tbe Western Federation is unchanged. LORD KELVIN PASSES AWAY. Noted Scientist Is Dead at Glasgow, Aged 83 Years. Glasgow.—lord Kelvin, the noted scientist, died Tuesday. Willinm Thornton, first lord Kelvin, was bom at Belfast, Ireland, June 26, 1824. He waa a celebrated mathema tician and physicist and occupied the chair of natural philosophy in Glas gow university from 1846 to 1899. He was knighted in 1866 and was created Baron Kelvin in 1892. In the domains of beat, electricity and mtignetism he was one of Che great investigators of the century. He invented a number of instruments used in navigation and deep sea ex ploration and took a prominent part in the laying; of tbe first submarine cables In the Atlantic. For Ms efforts in behalf of science Lord Kelvin liad been decorated many times, having; been a grand officer of the Legion cif Honor of France, a member of the Prussian Order, Pour le Merite, and commander of the Order cf King Leopold of Belgium. He re ceived honors also from the Japanese and other governments. HE LAND8 AT NEW YORK AND GOES ON TO WASHINGTON. SCOFF8 AT TALK OF WAR Japan Wants Only Peace and Com merce—Ohioan Refuses to Dis cuss the Presidential Campaign. 7 New York.—William H. Taft, secre tary of war, returned Friday from his trip around the world, bringing re newed assurance of Japan’s friendli ness toward the United States, but declining to say anything with respect to the political situation in this coun try. He said that he had been too long ont of intimate touch with political af fairs at home to discuss them in any way. One of Mr. Taft's interviewers had the temerity to ask: “Well, sec retary, tell us who is your choice for president.” Amid general laughter, in which he heartily joined, the secretary replied: “I guess I will have to ieave that to inference.” Mr. Taft left for Washington on an early afternoon train, saying that ac * - ' ‘/// William H. Taft cumulated matters in the war depart ment would keep his nose to the offi cial grindstone for some time to come, and that the preparation of his special report on the Philippines, which would be in book form, would also require much of his time in the near fu ture. “It is the height of foolishness to talk of possible war with Japan,” de clared the secretary. “Japan doesn’t desire war with us and we, certainly do not desire war with Japan. If there was any war spirit anywhere in Japan, I failed to find the slightest note of it. Everywhere there was talk of con tinued peace. I speak very confidently about this. Our trade relations with Japan are extensive and constantly growing. Japan’s exports amount an nually to about $160,000,000, of which we take about one-third. The exports consist largely of mattings, lace goods, embroideries and other fancy work, in the production of which many people are Interested. ' We in turn ship vast quantities of flour, oil and such com modities to Japan. This sort of trade is a great pacificator.” “What about the Pacific fleet?” “The sailing must have been a mag nificent sight. We have fine ships and a fine personnel, and as long as the Pacific ocean belongs to us as much as to anybody else, I see no rea son why we should not send our shipB there on a practice cruise. The Japan ese are too intelligent and high-minded to attribute any false motive to the movement. Drowns in a Bathtub. North Attleboro, Mass.—Frederick E. Sargeant, cashier and vice president of the Jewelers’ National bank of this town, and prominently identified with Providence, R. L, and North Attleboro business firms, was found dead in the bathtub of his home in the bank build ing Tuesday night Medical Examiner Holden stated that in his opinion death was due to accidental drowning. — NcSS* AH^IntomaO “‘"'hi h frlghtfu^murder^of^l2 men by a band east of Magdalena. State of Sonora _ i i^i_i_ .' | ' WILLIAMS AND DE ARMOND RE SORT TO FISTICUFFS. Latter Calls Former a Liar and Lively Combat Empties for a Moment. — Washington.—The spirit of rivalry that for five years has alternately smoldered and biased between John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, leader of the minority, and David A. De Ar mond of Missouri, leader of the minor ity opposition, culminated in a fist fight: Thursday on the floor of the house of representatives. The blows of Mr. De Armond caused blood to flow down the face of Mr. Williams, and only the forcible inter vention ef friends cut the combat shcrt. Mr. De Armond bore away & scuffed nose. . The immediate cause of the fight was the passing of the lie by Mr. De Armond to Mr.- Williams, resultant of a complaint by the former that the minority leader had broken faith in "burying” Mr. Booher of Missouri by recommending his assignment by Speaker Cannon to the committee on coinage, weights and measures. According to the statements of the principals, Mr. Williams defended his action by declaring he had been told by Mr. Booher’s colleague, Mr. Lloyd of Missouri, that the committee as signment would be satisfactory to Mr. Booher. Mr. De Armond bluntly ques tioned the truth of the statement, and after the failure of an effort on his part to transfer the scene of con troversy, Mr. Williams struck Mr. De Armond a blow in the face with closed fist. The exciting incident will not be set down in the official records of the Sixtieth congress, for the house had been some minutes adjourned when the first blow was struck. Some representative cried out; "Look, look at the fight.” Everybody looked; but so startled were they by what they saw that no one seemed for the moment to think of rushing for ward and stopping it Meantime Mr. Williams and Mr. De Armond, wedged between two rows of desks, were still exchanging blows. Blood was flowing down the face of the leader of the minority, while Mr. De Armond was endeavoring to grasp his opponent by the throat, at the same time vigorous ly returning blow for blow. Then everybody awoke to the un seemliness of the scene and crowded in and made an end of it CIGARETTES CAN BE SOLD. Illinois Law Doesn’t Prohibit It, Says Supreme Court. Springfield, 111.—The supreme court Wednesday handed down an opinion declaring the anti-cigarette law passed by the legislature this year does not apply to cigarettes which contain pure tobacco, but only to those cigarettes which contain substances deleterious to-health. It holds that the legisla ture has the right under the exercise gf its police power to pass an act pro hibiting the sale of cigarettes, bat that it cannot prohibit the sale of cigarettes under the present act, the title of which only provides for the regulation of the sale of cigarettes. The act of June, 1907, prohibiting the sale of theater or amusement tick ets for prices greater than the amount printed on the face of the tickets, was declared invalid. The supreme court also decided that Mayor Busse of Chicago removed without authority five members of the school hoard appointed by Mayor Dunce. MANY KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Powder Magazine in Palermo Blows Up—Whole Town Shaken. Palermo.—A terrific explosion oc curred Thursday evening in the mili tary powder magazine, where a large quantity of dynamite was stored, and wag followed by a number of ’esser ex plosions, the whole town being badly shaken and the people thrown into a panic. Almost immediately flames shot high in th air and spread to the ruins of houses that had fallen, adding greatly to the terror of those who were in the ‘ immediate neighborhood of the disaster. , It is estimated that about 25 per sons were killed and a hundred others injured. Troops were ordered out to aid the firemen in clearing away the wreck and succoring the wqpnded. — ____—. Buck Hinrlchsen Dead. Alexandria. IU. — W. H. Hinrich sen, familiarly known as "Buck” Hin richaen, formerly treasurer and sec retary of the state of Illinois, died at his home here Wednesday from paralysis after a long period of declining health. Mr. Hinrichsen was about 59 years of age and was secretary of state during the adminis tration of Gov. AItgeld. He had been A conspicuous figure in Illinois poli tics for many years. Lad Confesses to Jewelry Robbery. New York.—William White, a 17 year-old boy. is the confessed thief, according to the police, of the $32,000 package of jewelry stolen from the United States Express company. He was arrested in Jersey City. Tahiti Princess in Frisco. 11 of toe’SIyal family of Tahiti. Arti P. Salmon, arrived in tMs City Friday from Papeete on too recetve^thifwiDotaU ^^ y -"l BRIEF HEWS NOTES EBB THE BOSE 111 --- MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. ROUNDABOUT THE WORLD Complete Review of Happening^ of Greatest Interest from All Parts of the Globe—Latest Home and; For eign Items. WASHINGTON NOTES. William H. Taft, secretary of war, returned from his trip around -the world, bringing renewed assurance of Japan’s friendliness toward the United States, but declining to say anything with respect to the political situation in this country. Speeches by Secretary Root, Presi dent Luis Anderson and Ambassador Creel of Mexico, marked the close of the Central American peace confer ence, which had been in sessfpp in Washington for over a month, and had agreed to and signed eight distinct conventions. John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, leader of the minority, and David A. De Armond of Missouri engaged in a fist fight over the passing of the lie on the floor of the. house of represen tatives immediately after adjourn ment Mr. Williams struck the first blow and Mr. De Armondretaliated vigorously with clenched fists. Admiral Dewey gave a dinner cele brating his seventieth birthday a week ahead of time so President Roosevelt cotfld attend. The fleet of 16 great battleships un der command of Rear Admiral Evans set sail from Hampton roads for the Pacific ocean. President Roosevelt gave the word to start and reviewed the fleet as. it passed out toward, the ocean. Messages from the battleship fleet, reporting “all well,” were picked up by the wireless stations at Norfolk, Va., aud Charleston, S. C. A law by congress authorizing an emergency issue of currency through the clearing house associations or other machinery now existing should be passed at once, says Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely in his annual report. Senator Tillman made a speech in the senate, filled with denunciation of the president, the secretary of the treasury and the department of jus tice, of financiers and “captains of in dustry.” Mr. Ansberry, of Ohio, introduced in the house a bill providing for a sur vey for a ship canal to connect the cities of Toledo and Chicago via the Maumee river and Lake Michigan. The president signed proclamations creating the new Vegas national tor sat in Nevada, and making an addition to the Aquarius national forest in Utah. MISCELLANEOUS*. James H. Oliphant, senior member of the stock exchange firm of James H. Oliphant & Co., of New York, was fatally shot at his office by Charles A. Geiger, a customer from Beaufort, S. C., who, after firing upon Oliphant, killed himself. At Karlsruhe, Germany, Karl Llnde nau, who was being prosecuted on a charge of complicity in the libeling of Olga Molitor and of having attempted to blackmail her, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and to five years' loss of civil rights. Stories of alleged cruelties and bru talities, practiced upon defenseless In sane patients by attendants, were told in the hearing of the New York lunacy commission appointed by Gov. Hughes to investigate conditions in the Man hattan State hospital, Ward’s island. Mrs. Theodore Weld Birney, founder and honorary president of the National Congress of Mothers, died at her home in Chevy Chase, near Washington. President Roosevelt signed a proc lamation creating the Arkansas na tional forest. wireless messages reported that the battleship fleet was nearing St. Thomas and that two men who were ill were landed at Culebra. President Roosevelt directed the withdrawal of United States troops stationed at Goldfield, Nev., on Mon day, December 30. The main building of the University of Oklahoma was burned. Alfred M. Hewlett, president of the Western Tube company, died at Ke wanee, 111., of paralysis. Princess Terri Pomare, of the royal family of Tahiti, daughter of Queen Martin, arrived in San Francisco Papeete. Wifeless telephonic messages were transmitted between Berlin and Copen hagen, a distance of 200 miles. Rev. L. L. Conrady, the successor to Father Damien ht the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaiian islands, is 1R with the grip in New York. His condition is serious. A rough count of the census of Cuba was cabled to the war depart ment by Gov. Magoon, showing the total population of the island 'to be 2,028,282. The Republican state committee of Missouri indorsed Taft for the presi dency. William R Coyne, a SL Loots poli tician, was convicted of perjury and sentenced to two years in prison. William Bayard, M. D., LL. D.. one of the oldest practicing physicians In the world, and the oldest graduate of Edinburgh university, died at his home Sn 8t. John, N, B„ aged 94.
