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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. MARCH DOS XUMBER TROUBLES MULTIPLY WITH ONE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTED ANOTHER APPEARS. FATE SEEMS BENT ON WAR The Diplomats of China and Japan Kept Busy with Constantly Ac cruing Complications. Peking—The Japanese and Chinese governments have not as yet rorao to ar understanding in the matter of the seizure of the Tatsii' Marti and the Chinese Hoard of Foreign Affairs maintains that the case cannot be set tled without a thorough inquiry into the’facts. China has successfully tem porized tor two days and 0:1 Sunday a tnetnb’ f of the Board of Foreign irs and the Japanese minister, M.tmu Tluyashi had a lengthy cuit feren'i with regard to the disposi tion of the cargo of the steamer if it were restored. China lias proposed that the ship ment of arms and ammunition on the Tatsu Marti he recalled and that the in i nti; for such shipment be cancelled, and it farther asks for pledges front Japan looking to the suppression of the traffic in arms mill ammunition to the mainland through Japanese sources. The Japanese government i - intimated its willingness to close the matter. London—A special dispatch received imre states that China has apologized to Japanf fftr hauling down, the .lap . uese flag when the steamship Tatsu Mate, was seized. The dispatch further states that China later will re ply to the Japanese government re garding the seizure of the steamer and its cargo. > ' . TVTi, f . .tln.Ard Mil veil to embroil Japan anil China by fair means or foul. Xo sooner does < fee diplomatic issue appear to ue on the eve of satisfactory settlement ttian another one crops up to prolong the agony and keep the Tokio foreign of fice and the Chinese foreign board more or less busy. The uanro, a boundary, the. Tsin Min-Tun-Fukumen railway, the North Manchurian cus toms and the telegraph questions—all these have now ceased to excite much concern in the minds of those who can see below the surface of the cur rent, but on the other hand, as though the Chinese themselves, were deter mined to furnish the Japanese oppo sition with its strongest arguments in favor of a more spirited policy, vis-a xis. the middle kingdom, whose Chi nese warships seized a Japanese mer chant steamer—the Tatsu Mam—in Chinese territorial waters, just out side Macao harbor, and escorted it to canton on the charge that it was en gaged in an attempt to smuggle arms and ammunition into China. JAPANESE NAVAL STRENGTH. Twenty-five Armored Ships and Forty Seven Cruisers. Tokio—Some reliable figures arc now to hand showing the present strength of the Japanese navy as com pared with its strength when the war broke out. Details are appended, but the totals may be briefly stated, viz., i57 vessels of all descriptions repre senting a' tonnage of 28.*!.742 tons be fore the war. and 204 vessels and 515, t-S2 tons at the present day. Further scrutiny of the figures shows that Japan possesses more than twice the number of battleships it had before the war. a third as many more arm ored cruisers, three more other cruis ers, nearly three times as many de stroyers, but three fewer torpedo boats. COUNT HOHENAU DISGRACED. German Comrr.ender of Guard Corps Degraded Eecause of Exposures. Berlin—General Count von Ho lienau, former commander of the guard corps and at one time adjutant to Emperor William, has been sen tenced by a military court of honor to be deprived of his rank in the army and io.-. surrender all the . orders and decorations that had been conferred upon him. The finding of ihe court has been confiremd by Emperor Wil liam. SCARED ITAIAN PRIES+.1 Ragio Called on Father Delbecchi and ' Demanded Money. Kansas ,Citv, Mo.—Eduarado Ragio, the police say. arrived in."this city from St. Joseph. Friday night and while here assumed the name of 'Ed ward Howard. ' Sunday Ragio called on Father CSharles Delbecchi of the Holary Rosary church and demanded money. Although he did not threaten Father Delbecchi, his manner was such as,to cause the priest alarm. Congressman Adolph Moyer Dead. New Orleans, La.—Congressman Adolph Moyer, formerly an assistant adjutant feneral in the confederate army, died at his residence here Sun day. FUNERALS OF THE FIRE VICTIMS. Bodies of Children Buried at Collin wood. Cleveland — Coll in wood on Friday came to a lull realization of its woe. Slowly and solemnly the processions of death began to wend their way to ward the cemeteries, bearing the bat tered and eh; irred remains of some of the 167 children whose lives were snuffed out in Wednesday morning’s catastrophe in the Lake View school. Front :i o'clock in the morning until dusk there was no cessation in the fnn. j eral corteges. Thos who had no dead t to mourn-as a personal loss stood In I the streets' with bared' heads as the grim processions passed. There was scarcely a dry eye in Col linwood. One of the saddest funerals was thai of the three children of Jan I itor Miner, held jointly with the ser i vices of three other little ones. Mut ! terings against the janitor could be heard about be village its grief-crazed i parents sought an object upon ! which to wreak vengeance, for ! getting iis they did that Miner hirn | seif was walking with bowed head and broken heart t» hind the liters of three of his beloved. A detail of police was placed about the Mirier home when the hour of the funeral came. • Fully 500 persons had gathered, but when the coffins were carried to the door way the crowd spread and opened the way for them without protest or ex pression of hostility. ■ aiiusi 114 l lufre were m ■ ;• tmii.ua Friday and Saturday tin.1 grewsome ! task will bo repeated. Sunday will witness Mo last of the individual bur ials and on Monday the remains of all those who are unidentified will be laid to rest with one funeral. Tfinight there are twenty-eight of these hundies of flesh that await claimants Testimony describing the mad rush to death of the school children was given today at me continued session of the corner's inquest. Stories of heroism .on-the:.part of the women teachers were recited. K. P. Whitney, superintendent of the Collinwood schools, stated his belief to be that no fire department could have done any effective work after the-8 fire had started. Two of the teachers told of their unavailing attempts to open one of the double doors at the rear, which they said, was locked. The inquest also developed the fact that, after the first crush at the door, it was beyond human possibility to aid those whom the tongue ot lire were devouring. The inquest will be resumed Monday. In a statement Chief Wallace of the Cleveland Fire department, aft; • an examination ol' the ruins of the ( ollin wood school, said it was his opinion that the loss of lift- would not have been so great had there been n - par titions at the sides i f the storm doors at the rear entrance. FINANCIER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. Ellwood Hance of Detroit Shoots Him self at His Home. Detroit, Mich.—Ellwood Hance. first vice president of the Union Trust com pany of this city and former postmas* er of Detroit, shot and killed himselt in his home here. Friends say that he hail been greatly depressed over his own financial affairs for some time. He rose about (1 o'clock from the bed where lie had. so .far as was known, slept: .quietly all liight and purchased a revolver. He retired to a rear bod room of his home and there placed the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Fatal Fight in Penitentiary. Deer Ledge-—Warden Frank Conley of the Montana state penitentiary was dangerously wounded and his first as , sistaui. warden. John Robinson, killed, when three life convicts, George Rock, W. It. Hayes and another, whose name is not .given.-made, a dash for liberty. Robinson's • ftfroat was cut from ear to ear and the jugular vein was sev ' red. Conley's throat was gashed and i he was stabbed several times in the shoulder and groin before he was able to draw his revolver and shoot the as sailants. LOUISIANA A CATTLE GROUND. Campaign for Prohibition Will Be Waged in the State. New Orleans—A campaign to bring •about prohibition in Louisiana .when ilie legislature meets next May will be made by theyLouisianan Anti-Saloon league. The league expects the back ing of the forces which have carried three* other' southern states for prohi bition within a year. The saloon inter ests have organized in opposition. Army More-Fray Bill. Washington—The army bill' was passed by the senate Friday. The bill provides for army officers a graded into ease of pay ranging from f> per cent For lieutenant generals to 25’per cent for junior officers, it also pro vides that the "average pay of enlist ed men of the army as now establish oil be increased 40 per cent." Senator Proctor's Funeral. Proctor, Vt.—Nearly 10,000 persons, from all sections of Vermont, came here Friday to pay respect to the memory of the late Senator Redfield Proctor, whoso funeral was held at the Proctor Union church at 3 o’clock. THE UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA! The U-S-'R- C0N6rf?C3F in ON : jsfSL ^ I Gov. PtfWEAl- i u»5^y. ^ frUlArtF !«0 (MS JfNAfiRlAL fcMJiVotisM •Uncle svy my 1.ftoKfAFi>sny. li.s 5ENfir»e teor\ S i BBRift rue JT.a*. i^A-.3LtD - '* t cuJF oC^Vuv A Cartoonist's Idea cf What Might Happen Should Russia Become a Re public. to Be Known as the United States of Russia. ALL FAVOR W. J. 8RYAN NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS AND PO PULSTS CIVE ENDORSEMENT. What Was Done at Their Respective Conventions Recently Held in the Strte's Metropolis. Omaha.—The democrats, in state convention in this city, recommended i lie following candidates for electors at large: Henry Gering, Plattsmouth. first district: R. E. Watson. Humboldt, second district; J. 1,. Xeble, Omaha, third district; Douglas Shaw van. Al bion; M. F. Harrington- O'Neill, fourth district: Dr. E. O. Weber. Val paraiso. fifth district: Frank T. Swan sou. Clay Center, sixth district; Dr. A. B. Cameron. Greeley County. Electors at large: Mayor F. M. Brown. Lincoln; I. .1. Dunn. Omaha: Dan V. Stephens, Fremont; Felix J. Hale, Atkinson. Alternates: Robert Graham. Alli ance: .1. it. Cory. Hastings; Harry B. Hayward. Omaha; George Brophy, Polk County. The populists of Nebraska also held their state convention, named del egates from Nebraska to the populist national convention, declared ad herence to the Omaha platform: in dorsed William Jennings Bry.au. for the presidency: indorsed George W. Berge for governor; recommended the supreme court be made -seven mem bers instead of three; recognized the St. Louis convention and elected forty five delegates to the same. • Both conventions were largely at tended and much enthusiasm pre vailed. The democrats chose Dr. Hall of Lincoln National Committeeman to succeed James C. Dahlman of Omaha, selected district delegates and elect ors, regular and alternate, and put forth a platform in which Mr. Bryan is strongly endorsed for tin' presi dency. Mr. Bryan was in attendance upon the convention and in the even ing gave an address that was listened to by a large assembly. Points of the Platform. Approves anti-pass and anti-rebate laws. Declares for prohibition of cam paign contributions by corporations and publicity of contributions from individuals. Opposes “centralization" and de mands federal regulation as an addi tion to and not substitution for state regulation. Distinguishes between individuals and corporations and demands- that foreign corporations submit legal dis putes- to the state courts. Favors election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Demands enforcement or criminal statutes against trusts and trust magnates. Suggests laws to prevent individuals from serving on the directorship of competing corporations; a federal li cense for corporations which does not abridge the state’s authority to cre ate or regulate corporations, a law to compel corporations to sell every where on the same terms. a SCHOOL HOUSE DISASTER PROBABLY 170 CHILDREN BURNED , , DEATH. Little Ones Become- Choked in the Exits and Are Literally Roasted in a Trap. Cleveland. O. — Penned in narrow hallways, jammed up against doors that only opened inwards, between U>0 and 170 children in the suburb of Nortu Coll in wood on Wednesday were killed by fire and smoke, and beneath 'he feet of their panic-stricken playmates. The awful tragedy occurred in the public school of North Collinwood. ten miles east of this city. All the victims were between the ages of 0 and 15 years. The school contained between 510 and 525 pupils, and of this entire number only about eighty are known to have lef the building unhurt/ It will be several days before the exact number of killed Is known, a the ruins may till contain other bodies and the list of fatalities may be increased bv a number of dea 1 Its among the children who art now lying in the hospitals hovering between life and death. The school house was of brick, two stories and an attic in height. The number of pupils was more than nor mally large, and the smaller children had been placed in an attic of the building. There was but one fire es cape, and that was in the rear of the building. There were two stairways, one leading to a door in front, and the other to a door in tlie rear. Both of these doors opened inward, and it. ij claimed the rear door was locked as well. When the flames were discovered the teachers, who throughout stem to have acted with courage and self-pos sesion. and to have struggled heroic ally for the safety of their pupils mar shalled the little ones into column for the 'fire drill.” which they had often practiced. Unfortunately the line of march in this exercise had always led to the front door and the children had not been trained to seek any other exit. The fire today came from a furnace situated directly under this part of the building. When the children reached the foot of the stairs they found the flames close upon them, and so swift a rush was made for the door that in an instant a tightly packed mass of children was piled up againsr it. From that second none of those who were upon any portion of the first flight of stairs had a chance for their lives. The children at the foot of the stairs at tempted to fight their way hack to the floor above, while those who were coming down shoved them mercilessly back into the flames below. In an in stant there was a frightful panic, with 200 of the pupils fighting for their lives. Most of those who were killed died here. The greater part of those who escaped managed to turn back and reach the fire escape, and the windows In the rear. A PLOT TO MURDER OFFICIALS. Anarchist Killed a Member of the Chi cago Group. Chicago—That Lazarus' Averbuch in attempting to assassinate Chief of Police Shippy carried out a commis sion entrusted to him by a group of Chicago anarchists was declared by Assistant Chief of Police Schutt'ler to have been proved beyond a doubt. The discovery was made just as the police were about to accept the theory that the young anarchist acted upon his own impulse and that the attempt was not the result of a conspiracy. The group of anarchists also plotted. Recording to information in the hands of authorities, to assassinate Mayor Bttsse and Captain H. D. O'Brien of the detective bureau. The principals in tile plot have not yet been discov ered. but it was said that Averbuch was picked to execute the order of death at a meeting of anarchists which he attended last Thursday night. It was on that night, upon his return to the home of his sister. Olga Averbuch. “IS Washburn avenue, that tlie young Russian attempted suicide, as described hv the sister to the po lice. Averbuch, instead of going to night school, as his sister declared he did. is said to have been in nightly communication with a band of radical revolutionists, and it was at a meet ing of these men that Averbuch was cliosi n to "remove" the police head. Averbuch is said to hare gone from his home on Friday morning following bis acceptance and to have never re turned. He went to hi: place of em ployment at Kighgren's commission house on South \Vat< r street and in 1 conversation with his fellow employes : made numerous inquiries regarding 1 the chief ol police. He is said to have talked violently concerning the order which prohibited the parade of the “unemployed'* last January. “Where does the chief live?" Aver buch is reported to have asked one of his associates. "I'd like to find out what kind of a iiome he lias got." Later one of the men informed Aver buch that he had locked up the ad dress and gave it to the young Rus sian written on a scrap of paper. At the time Averbuch's interest in the po lice official failed to arouse suspicion, but. being recalled after the attempt j upon the life .of the chief, was the ciue which led to the. identification of the would-be. ‘‘ HARRIMAN OVER FISH. Long Struggle for Control of Illinois Central Ended. Chicago, ill.—The long struggle for control of the Illinois Centra! was ended at least temporarily Tuesday, when the official adjourned meeting of the stockholders was held and four directors were elected. With only formal protests recorded by the inter ests headed by Stuyvesant Fish, which have been opposing the administration (if the road, E. H. Harriman and John Jacob Aston were reelected to the hoard: A. G. Baekstaff, who has been serving as a director since the death of John C. Welling, was chosen to fill the unexpired term, and Joseph F. Ti tus was elected to succeed Stuyvesant Fish upon the directorate. MORE HASTE IN REBATE CASES. Gcvernment Officers Are in California Collecting Evidence. Los Angeles—-With the arrival of Tracy ('. Becker, special assistant to Attorney General Bonaparte, and Thomas LI. Hausen, special inspector for the department of the interior, expected to arrive soon, it is believed in legal circles that the government investigation of alleged railroad re bates will be begun in earnest in this district. Taft Has Full Swing. Columbus.—The republicans of Ohio who met to hold their state conven tion. placed the entire party machine ry of the state in the hands of Wil liam H. Taft and his political follow ers, and dealt a staggering blow to the interests of Senators Foraker and Dick by wiping off the state central committee every man who was known to have any bias in their favor. OPENING OF NEW COAL FIELD. Lessee Agrees to Have Mine In Opera tion by September. Lander, Wyo.—The Lander Coal company, owning several hundred acres of patented lands about 7 miles below Lander, have leased a portion or' their holdings to T. .1. Tailing who is supposed to represent the Gebo in terests. The lease gives tile Gebo people a short outlet to the railroad for the coal from their properties. Un der its terms they agree to complete i spur from the property to the North western read before September 1, 190S tnd to mine not less than 50,000 tons a? coal per annum until at least 5,000,000 tons of coal has been mined. Willing to be Oslerized. New York—John coe, who de scribed himself as a clerk out of em ployment. applied at Itellevue hospital :o be “Oslerized." He said that he lad outlived his usefulness and that •ecent experiments with chemicals lad destroyed all (he organs of his sody save his lungs. i AN ANTI-OPTION BILL MEASURE INTRODUCED TO TAX SALES OF STOCKS. OTHER MATTERS IN HOUSE Mr. Clark of Florida Makes Attack on Prosecution for Peonage by Attorney General. Washington Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, introduced a bill in the house Mon day intended to discourage margin trading in securities. ( Ir imposes a tax of r>o cents per If* shares on all sales of stocks' and agreements to sell. The bill does not undertake to im pose a tax upon any agreement evi dencing the deposit of stock cert id eates as collateral security which certificates are not actually sold, nor upon any such stock certificates so de posited. The bill provides that fur ther tax shall he impounded upon the delivery of the certificates of stock or upon the actual Issue of a lew certificate when the original cer tificate of stock is accompanied by tile duly stamped memorandum o.' sale. A varietv of subjects was consid ered by the house. A resolution was passed authorizing the immigration committee to investigate charges of peonage in cenain states, in the de bate on that subject Mr. Clark of Florida, denounced Assistant At torney General Russell, in connection with certain prosecutions in Florida and referred sarcastically to Attorney General Bonaparte There followed a lively discussion over a bill to deport, after serving their sentences, of all aliens convicted of felony. The measure was defeated. Four hundred pensions Gil Is and a few other private bills were passed, and the balance or the lime was con sumed in considering tite postoffice appropriation bill, which will be dis cussed for several days. Consideration of the postoffice ap propriation bill was begun in the house of representatives .Monday. A., presented, the bill carries a total ap piopriation of $22ii,7tio.:ib2. which is $!t.il75.f>24 less than the estimates. Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, explained the provisions ot the measure, the main feature of which already has been published. An understanding was reached whereby genera! debate i> to continue indefinitely. The bill had only been briefly discussed when it was laid aside and the house at !>. m. adjourned. DISMISS 10.0C0 MEN. Railroads Laying off Employes to Effect a Saving. St. Louis. Mo.—According to a re capitulation of statements of Mis souri railroad officials, published here about 10,000 employes in the operat ing, mechanical and clerical depart ments have been dismissed recently to offset heavy revenue losses suf fered by the roads, it is estimated by the sta‘e railroad commission that probably 8,000 of the present unem nolyed force have been laved off dur ing the past tifteeu days. The Chicago & Alton management announced today that its 100 passen ger collectors would be dispensed with. Employes retained by the Cotton Belt road, it is announced, have been required to lay off five days each month without pay until further notice. BANCROFT WOMAN ENDS LIFE. Mrs. C. E. Robinson Drinks Carbolic Acid While Alone. Bancroft.—Mrs. C. E. Robinson, an old resident of this place, committed suicide, taking carbolic acid. She had been living with her daughter. Mrs. W. F. Presser. and while the latter was downtown shopping, she drank the acid. Mrs. Robinson leaves two daughters and one son. Doubles Size of Homesteads. Washington—The senate passed a bill authorizing the entry under the homestead law of 32b acres of land in stead of lfift, as at present, when the land is arid and incapable of irrigation. Throng at Priest's Burial. Paterson, N. J.—An immense throng of people attended the funerat services at St. Bonaventtire's church, this city, of its former pastor. Father Eeo Heinrichs, who was assassinated in Denver. Wants Another Legal Holiday. Washington—Representative Harri son (N. Y.) introduced a bill making October 12 each year, the day on which Columbus discovered America, a legal holiday. Nine-Hour Law Must Hold. Washington—The interstate com merce commission decided by a unan imous vote to deny all petitions for the extension of time within which to comply with the so-called hours of service laws—the nine-hour law.
