Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXV
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , JANUARY 2, 190S
NUMBER 8
GOLDFIELD TROUBLE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAYS
THAT NEVADA MUST ACT.
GALL OF LEGISLATURE ADVISED
Soldiers Cannot Remain Indefinitely
Unless the State of Nevada
So Declares.
Washington—President Roosevelt in
dicated by telegram to Governor
Sparks of Nevada that the federal
troops now at Goldfield will be order
ed to remain there for a further pe
riod of three weeks, provided the gov
ernor within five days issues a call
for a special session of the state legis
lature. The presidents letter follows:
The White House, Washington, Dec.
28, 1907.—Hon. John Sparks, Gover
nor., Carson City, New. Your tele
gram of December 26 is received. It
in effect, declares that you have fail
ed to call the legislature together, be
cause, in your judgment, the legisla
ture would not call upon the govern
ment of the United States for the use
of troops, although in your opinion it
ought to do so.
The constitution of the United
States imposes, not upon you, but
upon the legislature, if it can be con
vened, the duty of calling upon the
government of the United States to
protect the state of Nevada against
domestic violence. You now request
the armed forces of the United States
in violation of the constitution be
cause in your judgment the legisla
ture would fail to perform its duty
under the constitution.
The state government certainly
does not appear to have made any .se
rious effort to do its duty by the ef
fective enforcement by the use of its
police functions. I repeat what I have
already said to you several times, that
under the conditions existing ir the
state of Nevada, as made known to
me, an application from the legisla
ture of the state is an essential con
dition to the indefinite continuance of
troops at Goldfield.
“Circumstances may change and if
they do I will take whatever action
the needs of the situation require so
far as my constitutional powers per
mit. But the first need is that the
state authorities should do their duty
and the first step towards this is the
assembling of the legislature. It 13
apparent from your telegram that the
legislature of Nevada can readily be
convened. You have fixed the period
of three weeks as the time necessary
to convene and organize a special ses
sion. If within five days from the
receipt of this telegram you shall have
issued the necessary notice to con
vene the legislature of Nevada I shall
continue the station of the troops at
Goldfield during such period of three
weeks. If within the term of five
days such notice has not been issued,
the troops will be immediately re
turned to their former stations.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Reno, Nev.—A special session of the
Nevada legislature will be called by
Governor John Sparks. The governor
said that he will issue the proclama
tion Monday, and that the date of con
vening will be in about two weeks. The
call will be made at the request of
President Roosevelt, who has notified
Nevada’s governor that such action
must be taken or the troops now sta
tioned at Goldfield will be removed.
Location Wil! be Moved.
Washington—For strategic purposes
and to prevent their bombardment by
a hostile fleet, the Isthmian Canal
commission has determined to change
the location of the dams and locks
which it originally intended to con
struct at I,a Boca, and instead they
will be built at Miraflores, four miles
inland and within the zone of safety.
President Roosevelt has approved the
plans. It is said that aside from
strategic reasons advanced for the
change in p.hns, is also- that of the
question of cost, the saving of time.
Taft Speaks in Boston.
Washington — Secretary Taft left
here for Boston, where he will deliver
three addresses, the most, important
being at night before the Merchants
and Manufacturers' associatjpn.
Horace McKinley Recaptured.
Pekin—Horace McKinley, wanted in
Oregon in connection with the land
fraud troubles in that state, who es
caped on November 11 last from the
Manchurian authorities at Mukden
where he was incarcerated pending
the arrival of an officer from America,
has been recaptured at Harbin.
Cotton Mills Prosperous.
Fall River, Mass.—Cash dividends
of $2,701,875 have been paid out to
stockholders by Fall River cotton mill
corporations for the year 1907, accord
ing to figures just compiled. On the
total capital of approximately $25,
475.000 this Livldend is about 10.97 per
cent.
PUBLIC MEETINGS SUPPRESSED.
Movement in Peking to Cancel For
eign Concessions.
Peking—The dowager empress has
given verbal orders to the Interior de
partment and to the police to suppress
all public meetings in Peking and
there is reason to boiieve that this
order will be extended to the prov
inces.
The popular agitation along the
lines of 'rights recovery" is growing
in a phenomenal manner. The ques
tion of provincial as against federal
sovereignty enters largely into the
matter. Women’s societies, schools
for boys and girls, the family newspa
pers and the political press are all
participating in the agitation, and for
a month past the government here
has been receiving telegrams, ex
pressing the strong desires of the
senders that the rights which have
been eliminated from them by for
eigners be restored to the Chinese.
The movement has received such sup
port that the government is alarmed
and it is today striving to fill a con
ciliatory position between the revolu
tionary agitators and those who con
sider themselves to be aggrieved. The
people of Che Kiang province have
sent some delegates here to protect
their interests. These delegates the
foreign board has taken into its con
fidence, opening its archives to them
and asking them to make a careful
examination of the position of the Chi
nese government, with regard to Great
Britain and then to recommend a so
lution of the difficulty.
The reception accorded these ci
vilian delegates by the government
and the admission of representatives
of provincial councils into state af
fairs at Peking is without precedent
and is believed to constitute what cau
bo called the thin edge of the wedge
which is to give constitutional rights.
It shows also the importance of the
agitation which has been going on in
Che Kiang province and which un
doubtedly is the cause of the recent
edict by the throne.
The agitation embraces the ques
tion of the patrol of the West river
by Great Britain in an efTort to put
an end to the piracy there and lead
ing Englishmen here apprehend that
the recent popular hostility will result
in an inquiry into, British trade. The
government is relying on the support
of Great Britain, whose' insistence
upon China's maintenance of its ori
ginal position has produced an ap
parent solidarity among the Chinese
ministers. The pressure of the British
government is strengthening the posi
tion of Yuan Shi Kai, whose security
and influence in Peking is regarded by
foreigners as essential to the safety
and progress of China.
COMPANY ENDS ITS CONTRACT.
No More Soecial Service^ Eetween
the Companies.
Lincoln, Neb.-—The Nebraska Tele
phone company notified the railroad
commission that it has taken steps
to abrogate its contract with the Bur
lington road whereby in return for
passes on the road to its officers, the
Burlington employes have been
granted a special rate on telephones.
The system has been in operation for
a long time. The action of the tele
phone company comes as a result of a
complaint made before the railroad
commission by the independent com
panies. A list of names of Burling
ton employes was furnished who re
ceive special rates on telephones. The
telephone company informed the com
mission of its agreement with the
mod and now comes the announce
ment that the plan has been done
away with. •
SENDING OF FLEET MISTAKE.
Archbishop Glennon Says It Cannot
Be Justified.
St. Louis—Archbishop John J. Glen
non, in a sermon Christmas declared
that it was a serious mistake from
any viewpoint to send the American
world. He deprecated the spectacle
he said, because “it is a season of
peace on earth and good will toward
all men."
DENVER GiRL WEDS INDIAN.
Ceremony Takes Place in Spite of Op
position of Her Family.
Denver. Colo.—News has been re
ceived here that Miss Cora Marie Ar
nold of this city was married last
Monday in Santa Fe, N. M., to Albino
Chavarria, a full-blooded Indian. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr.
Rendcii. -a F resbyterian clergyman,
and was witnessed by the bride’s sis
ters. Miss Lillian and Geneva. Par
ents opposed the match.
Ten Dollars from Roosevelt.
Worcester. Mass.—Prest ent Roose
velt has sent a letter and a $10 bill
to Jacob Kriesfeld, a 14-year-old boy,
in return for a Christmas gift which
the boy sent to the president. The
gift consisted of a calendar decorated
with the picture of an American eagle,
from the beak of which issues a scroll
on which is the name of the presi
dent.
UNCLE SAM’S PIPE OP PEACE.
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DISRUPTION IN THE NAVY
LINE AND STAFF OFFICERS ARE
NOT HARMONIOUS.
Brought Forward in Connection Witt
Right of Medical Officer to Com
mand Hospital Ship.
Washington—Not since the day pre
ceding the passage of the personnel
law ten years ago has the feeling be
tween line and staff of the navy been
so acute as it is today as a result ol
the refusal of Admiral Brownson tc
transmit orders from his superior of
fieer, the president of the United
States, assigning a naval surgeon tc
command vessels in the navy. In the
case of the personnel act. it was Mr
Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of
the navj*. who acted the part of pacifi
cator and succeeded in bringing the
two warring factions together in sup
port of the legislation which for a de
cade past through a makeshift, has
served to maintain peace between the
two factions in the navy.
In the present instance, however,
the efforts of the president to recon
luc fiuigt-uus <uiu ni“ ! jIIc; uiuceiS!
has failed, and it is probable that the
■whole controversy will be threshed out
on its merits in congress. This is
much deprecated by conservative of
ficers in both line and staff, as likely
to prove prejudicial to the navy’s in
terest as a whole, for they believe
that in order to succeed in securing
the four great battleships, the cruis
ers, scouts and submarines, which
form a part of the year’s naval esti
mates, in addition to securing legisla
tion that will better the lot of naval
officers personally, the navy must pre
sent a united front, which cannot be
done if just at the beginning of a ses
sion line and staff are to engage in
strife.
Through the published statement of
Surgeon General Rixey, the merits ol
tile doctors’ side of the case in this
instance have been clearly set forth.
Line officers bel. ve that in common
fairness they should also have a hear
ing. But they are in an embarrassed
position in that respect. Admiral
Brownson preceded his resignation by
a cold, clear, logical presentation ol
his reasons why he objected to the as
signment of a physician to command
a naval ship, even though that vessel
were exclusively devoted to hospital
use. The statement was submitted to
the president and notwithstanding the
staff has had its say in print, applica
tions at the white house lor this letter
are met with refusal. Now' it is clear
ly impossible for Admiral Brownson
o>- any of his line officers to make pub
lic a copy of the letter without incur
lng the risk of a court-martial on
charges of disrespect toward their su
perior officer,' the president of the
United States. So they can only look
for a change in the executive mind,
'or congressional investigation, which
>•111 develop all the facts.
Big Bank to Liquidate.
’lew Orleans—“All holders of stock
in the State National bank will re
ceive from $150 to $200 per share foi
their stock and all depositors will be
paid in full” was the official announce
ment on Thursday.
GOES TO THE PACIFIC COAST
REPORTS HAVE IT THAT MOHLER
IS TO BE PROMOTED.
General Superintendent Park to Be
come General Manager and Whit
ney General Superintendent.
Salt Lake City—The Deseret News
prints the following: The News has
semi-official authority for announcing
that E. E. Calvin of the Southern Pa
cific is to go to New Orleans about
January 1; that A. L. Mohler, vice
president and general manager of the
l nion Pacific will go to San Francisco
as general manager of the Harriman
coast lines to succeed Mr. Calvin; that
\V. L. Park, now general superinten
dent of the Union Pacific at Omaha
will sit at Mr. Mohler's desk in Omaha
and that W. A. Whitney, now superin
tendent of the Wyoming division of
the Union Pacific at Cheyenne will
succeed Mr. Park.
W. H. Bancroft, vice president and
general manager of the Oregon Short
Line, will undoubtedly continue to fill
that important position. Those in a
position to know say that the South
ern Pacific and San Francisco have
been brought up to satisf' torv condi
tions and those men who accomplished
the seemingly impossibility are now to
try their genuis on systems now as
tangled as the Pacifies were once.
Omaha—Vice President and General
Manager A. L. Mohler of the Union
Pacific is in Chicago with members of
his family to spend Christmas. T. M.
Orr, assistant to Mr. Mohler, said that
nothing had been heard cf the con
templated changes in the officials of
the Harriman lines at the headquart
ers in Omaha.
■'I know nothing about it,” was the
comment of W. L. Park, superinten
dent of the Union Pacific, when ad
vised by telephone of the report.
"That is to say, there is nothing to
the report?”
"I know nothing about it at all.”
“You neither deny nor confirm it?”
"Well, that is, I know nothing
about the report.”
"Nothing was said of it, then, be
fore Mr. Mohler left the city?”
"I don't know a thing of it.”
MANY MILES OF NEW TRACK.
Construction in 1907 Nearly Equal to
Largest Year in History.
Chicago—According to the statistics
compiled by the Railway Age, railroad
construction in the United States has
been nearly as heavy in 1907 as in 1906,
which was the heaviest year since
1888. The total number of miles of
new track laid this year has been
5,730, of which 422 miles were in
Louisiana, 341 in Florida, 385 in South
Dakota, 314 in Texas and 311 in Wash
ington. In Canada during the same
time, 723 mbiles were built, and 349
in Mexico.
Further Delay in Persia.
Teheran—It was announced that the
shah had been indisposed and was
obliged to postpone the formal taking
of the oath of allegiance to the con
stitution which he had promised to do
on Thursday.
PRESIDENT’S ORDER STANDS.
Refuses a Modification Concerning
Troops.
Washington—The appeals to Presi
dent Roosevelt to have federal troops
remain in Goldfield is, in the opinion
of Whits House officials, indicative
of a desire on the part of those send
ing them to rely solely on the na
tional government for protection. The
position the president has taken in the
matter is that the state of Nevada
should exhaust every means within
its power to control the situation and
that federal interference should be
supplemental only to the efforts being
made by the state. Nothing in the
appeals so far received indicate that
any stepB whatever are being taken
by the state. Until this is shown to
the president, it was stated at the
White House Monday, his order of
Saturday withdrawing the troops on
December 30 will not be changed.
After a consultation with Presi
dent Roosevelt Senator Nixon of Ne
vada expressed it as his opinion that
the president could not very well mod
ify his order directing the withdraw
al of the troops. The question of
having the state take some active
part in protecting the interests at
Goldfield, the senator said, is under
active consideration. Just what would
be the result or what measures are
being considered, he said, it would
be impossible to discuss. “One thing
13 certain.'' he asserted, “and that is
that the Western Federation of Min
ers will not be known in Goldfield
when this trouble has concluded."
Further Appeal to President.
Goldfield. Nev.—Despite the posi
tive statement which came from
Washington to the effect that the
federal troops will be removed from
Goldfield on December 30. mine own
ers have not given up and will appeal
again to the president. They will
present, they say, some matters which
have not been laid before him, one
of these being what they regard as
positive evidence that at least one
deputation was attempted by the
Western Federation of Miners, in
which attempt four rifles were used.
While the mine owners were prepar
ing to send further evidence to the
president, Sheriff Ingalls and Captain
Cox, the personal representatives of
Governor Sparks in Goldfield, were
conferring op plans for the preserva
tion of law and order after the troops
depart. Sheriff Ingalls said that he is
seeking at least fifty new men to con
stitute a force of deputies, who will
patrol the camp night and day, armed
with guns.
BILLIONS IN NATIONAL BANKS.
Condensed Report of Comptroller on
Their Condition December 3.
"Washington—A statement showing
the condition of the national banks
of the United States at the dose of
business December 3 was made public
by the comptroller of the currency. It
shows that the total loans and dis
counts of the banks aggregate $4,853,
337,094* individual deposits, $4,176,
873,717; cash resources, $660,784,736:
capital stock, $901,681,682; United
States deposits. $223,117,082. The net
balance of clearing house certificates
in the banks on the date named was
$64,344,128. The percentage of legal
reserve to deposits is 21.31 per cent.
Important Papers Found.
Mexico—What is considered a very
important historical discovery has re
sulted from the efforts of Dr. Henry
E. Belton, the American historian, who
is here engaged in research work un
institute of Washington. The discov
ery consists in the unearthing in this
city of eighteen of twenty-one docu
ments taken from the person of Lieu
tenant Zebulon N. Pike of the United
States army by Spanish soldiers in
1806, when he was captured while
journeying in that section of the coun
try.
Filipino Delegates.
Washington—The Filipinos are to
have their representative in Washing
ton within a month, just as the Porto
Ricans are represented by Delegate
Larringa. In conformity with the act
of congress, which provided for the
election ol! a Philippine assembly, that
body has chosen delegates Beniti Le
gaido and Pablo Ocampo.
Hunters Being Hunted.
Atlantic, la.—Hunters from this
and jurroanding towns have been so
care) iss in leaving gates open, allow
ing farmers' stcck to get into fields
and fcllllnr; stocl; that the latter have
begun a systematic campaign against
trespassers and a largo number of
them have posted notices forbidding
hunters to enter lauds. ,1. R. Heed of
near Marne lost a valuable heifer by
being shot by hunters and another
farmer lost seven head by hunters
leaving gates open and letting them
in the corn.
Mrs. Longworth is Stronger.
Washington—Mrs. 'Longworth has
so far recovered from the effects of
the operation for appendicitis which
she underwent December 11 that she
will leave the White House Thursday
for her own residence.
MOVEMENT OF FLEET
METCALF NON-COMMITTAL AS TO
ITS COURSE.
DECISION WILL COME LATER
Belief That Only Most Serviceable
Vessels Will Be Sent Home by
the Suez Route. ^
Washington—"The program for the
return of the battleship fleet is a mat
ter that has been discussed among
the officials of the • navy department
but as yet no decision has been
reached and will not be for some time
to come,” said Secretarmy Metcalf.
The secretary's remark was called
out by a wireless message from the
U. S. S. Connecticut stating that Ad
miral Evans had authorized the As
sociated press to say that it is his per
sonal belief the navy department’s
present Intention is to have the bat
tleship fleet return by way of the Suez
canal next summer or fall. As the
president, through Secretary I-oeb,
previously had spoken to the same
effect, it seems clear that Admiral .
Evans’ statement was not suggested
by any definite move so far deter
mined upon by those supreme in au
thority.
In naval circles the opinion pre
vails that almost the only squadron
composed of such vessels as the voy
age to the Pacific shall have demon
strated to be the ‘‘pick of the fleet,”
will be sent home through the Suez
canal, while the remainder will take
the shorter route around the Horn,
if is not unlikely, however, that all
sixteen battleships will make their
return voyage as the desirability of a
stronger fleet in the Pacific may be
met by the retention of perhaps sev
eral of Admiral Evans’ ships In these
waters. But like Admiral Evans’ be
lief as to the returning via the Suez
canal, the question of permanently re
inforcing the Pacific squadron has not
progressed beyond the discussion
stage and its final determination
hinges upon developments of the next
six months.
Rio Janeiro—When the American
fleet of warships reaches this port it
will be accorded a royal welcome. It
is not intended, however, .that the
welcome shall be demonstrative, but
that all courtesy shall be paid the vis
itors as though the visit were mado
expressly to Brazil.
Starving Children In Berlin.
Berlin—The municipality is face to
face with a very serious problem in
connection with the supply of foods to
thousands of virtually starving chil
dren attending the primary schools in
Berlin, whose numbers have been
greatly augmented this year in conse
quence o fthe industrial inactivity.
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CONFERENCE IS APPROVED. '
Central American Peace Workers
Get Favorable Replies.
Washington—The agreement sent
by President Luis Anderson, of the
Central American peace conference,
which has just brought its sessions to
a close In this city, to the presidents
of the five Central American repub
lics, a reply has been received from
the heads of three of those govern
ments—costa Rico, Nicaragua and
Salvador—showing that these govern
ments are in complete accord with the
action of the conference. Prompt
and favorable replies are expected
from the presidents of Honduras and
Guatemala.
Security to Depositors,
Washington—A bill providing se
curity to depositors of banks and for
“the prevention of the hoarding of
currency,” was introduced by Senator
Owen (Okla.). It fixes a tax upon ail
deposits and from the fund thus creat
ed provides for the payment in full of
depositors when a bank is declared in
solvent.
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Taft Men Rush Convention.
Columbus. O.—The call for a meet
ing January 2 of the republican state
committee to arrange for the state
state convention preliminaries has
£een issued. The date is four days
earlier than first proposed and indi
cates a disposition on the part of the
friends of Secretary Taft to rush mat
ters.
Roosevelt Street Triplets.
Kansas City, Mo.—In Roosevelt
Place, a street in Kansas City, Kas.,
triplets were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Curry. The babies, a girl and
two boys, and the mother are doing
well.
Taft at His Desk.
Washington—Secretary Taft's first
day at his desk since his return to
the United States was a busy one
from beginning to end. He had a great
number of callers. Among these was
J. Li. Bristow of Kansas, at one time
fourth assistant postmaster general,
but now an active political influence
In Kansas.
