Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXV LOl'P CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL !». l'Kis NUMBER mu of iti | _ ; COMING CONFERENCE THAT WILL EE CF GREAT INTEREST. I — Fa I and Water Transportation. For ests. Minerals and Land Laws to 3e Under Expert Dissuasion. Washington.—At 1" o'clock on the morning ot May KJ, in the historic Ea-r .'■•nun of the White House, Ptesi enr Roosevelt will call to order the tuos! lisringutehed gathering of men of this count;y ever assembled at I v one time, It will include the gover | nors of all the states, the members of the cabinet, the justices of the United States supreme court, sen ators and representatives in con gress. and as special guests, others among the most noted men in the nation. They will meet to consider what the l-re.-ident lias declared to be the “fundamental problem” before the country—the conse’action of the na tion V natural resources. The chief executive of practically every state has accepted the presi dent- invitation. Jfach governtfr wa;» asked to bring with him three of the most distinguished citizens of his state or territory and these names are being received in every mail. They iiiclu :• such men a.-. Judge Gray and James J. "‘Hill, as well as others > equal i: um.tU"fn .,in business eiiteir It is evident file conference will bring together not only the nation's most distinguished men. but its fore most experts and specialists in the i several lines of discussion. Among | these, under the general'head of wa tre resources, are rail and .water transportation, navigation and water k power: under land resources are soil. ’ forests, sa Til La lion, reclamation, land laws, grazing and stock raising: un der mine:at resources will come ores, mineral fuels and related minerals. Mhi me names of the men who are to discuss these several topics have not yet been announced, they are know:, to be recognized experts on the subjects, which have been as signed to them. For instance, it is generally understood that James J. Hill, the great reailroad builder, will discuss the relation between rail and water transportation. Mr. Hill is not 1 an authority on this subject, but has shown his deep interest in the stib ■ ject of water transportation in all his recent utterances on the subject. The great features of the confer ences. however, will be ot the open discussion among the various gov ernors of the points brought out by the papers presented. These' papers tv 11 be brief and then the subject will be op u for discussion among all the governors, with a view of getting a conct- of opinion of ihe whole United States on the particular sub j< ct in hand. JOHN S. LEECH IS PRINTER. SFresident Roosevelt Apocints Man to Take Place of Stillings. Washington.—John S. Leech of Illi nois. now public printer in the Phil ippines. has been appointed public printer here. Mr. Leech will succeed t Public Printer Stillings, whose resig nation was accepted some days ago. The appointment as made by Presi dent Roosevelt was in the nature of a sm prise, as his name had not been mentioned in connection with that lte„-- - "Satisfactory Progress." Washington.—What is regarded as a satisfactory progress is being made in the negotiations between Secretary Root and Ambassador Brice in em bracing treaiics the basis of settle ment of the various questions which have existed for some time between the United _Ptjties' and Canada. In this way there is reason to believe that severs! l^trqp ties will be trans mitted 10 the senate for its approval at the present session of congress. NEW POSTMARK ORDER GIVEN. As Result of Complaints Cards Will Not Be Stamped-When Received. Washington.—,-(>.Obi) damages to her feelings by stories that she and F. R. Thomas hud been asked to leave the hotel. Regan turned the papers over to his counsel. Later he said that he did not look at. them long enough to find out just why Mrs. Thaw was suing him; he thought it was for being put out of the hotel or because he said he put her out. Lemon Lend Office Bill Reported. Washington.—Representative Park er of South Dakota, has not only se cured a favorable report on the bill creating a new land district at Lemon, but has secured permission from Speaker c annon to call up this bill on April 17. This measure has, through the efforts of Senator Gamble, passed the senate. Miners Call Off Strike. Goldfield, Xev.—Local No. 220 of ihe Western Federation of Miners, by a vote of 90 to 25. declared off the strike inaugurated last fall. The miners will return to work with non union men. but will ask for the Tou opah scale of wages, which is 50 cents a day less than former wages. Mr. Bryan Will Not Attend. Des Moines, la.—William Jennings Bryan wrill not be present in New York to attend either of the Jefferson day banquets to be held there on the night of April 13. He has telegraphed to this effect. Wages of 9.000 Reduced. Utica. N. Y.—Notices have" been posted in several of the cotton mills here to the effect that the wages will be reduced 10 per cent commencing Monday. April 13. The reduction will “ffect about 9.000 employes. THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION. fBy MtCurcheon. in Chicago Dally Trlbane.l TUFT TALKS OF THE ARMY MAKES AN ADDRESS BEFORE COLUMBUS BOARD OF TRADE. A Plea for the So’dier, Whom the Secretary Thinks Ought to Be Gived Better Treatment. Columbus. O.—William 3:. Taft, secretary of war. rounded out a busy day here by speaking at night at the annual dinner of the Columbus Board of Trade. The secretary arrived early in the morning and spent the greater i part of the day in his rooms at the Chittenden hotel, engaged in the pre paration of his speech and disposing of official business. He also held a conference, with A. !. Vory's manager of his canvass for the presidential no mination. and other prominent repub lican leaders of the state, l.ater the secretary held an informal reception for Governor Harris and o her state officials and the candidates on the republican state ticket who had been called to Columbus by the meeting of the republican state central com mittee for tin perfecting of the state i organization. in the evening Secretary Taft ad ; dressed a large audience at the anim al dinner of the Columbus Board of . Trade at Memorial hall. About 1,200 were seated at the tables and the galuleries were filled with ladies. His subject was "The Army of the United States." and in an address of ' about an hour's length lie pleaded for better treatment of the nation's soldiers. He told of what had been I done to bring the regular army to a ‘ higher standard of efficiency and of 1 what it is hoped yet to accomplish. He urged the people of the country to learn the lesson taught by pan experience and to prepare for war be fore the arbitrament of sword miglt' become necessary. Tile address was listened to with deep attention and was frequently applau led. He closed ! his speech by saying: "A shortsighted parsimony with re spect to any efficient army which might suppress a rebellion or a foreign war in a short time leads to the raising of enormous fresh levies of unskilled troops and the expend! 1 ture of great treasure which might i have been avoided. After the. emer gency arises and when it is too lat" for economical preparations, then the legislature opens the treasury by ap propriations and provisions of the I greatest liberality to meet the neces sities which only time and thorough preparation could properly and eco uomicallv meet.” _ POSTMASTERS CALLED DOWN. General Order to Them About Serv ; ing in Outside Official Capacity. Washington. — “Necessitateed by j numerous violations, some cf them ot j such character as to indicate that the regular duties of the employes in volved must be neglected." Postmas ! ter General Meyer has issued an or der to all post masters to call the at t tention of their employes to the sec tion of the postal laws and regula tions prohibiting all but postmasters of the fourth class from holding any state, territorial or municipal govern mom office. Overman Has Resolution. Washington.—Senator Overman of North Carolina introduced a joint res ; olntion putting printing paper and 1 wood pulp cn the free list and asked ! for its immediate consideration by the j senate, but .Mr. Heyburn objected. Bearing Down cn Congressman. | Washington.—That an attorney of the Electric Boat company was press ing and ' bearing down" upon a mem ber of congress in reference to sub rnarin boat legislation was the charge j made before the special committee of the house investigating the charges ! against the Electric Bogt company. | The charge was made by Frank L. Edinborough of Bay City. Mich., a i state senator and former private | secretary to Congressman Loud, who is a member of the house committee j on naval affairs. I ARE IN FAVOR OF HIS SUC CEEDING ROOSEVELT. They Also Desire Revision of Tariff by Special Session Immediately After Agtgmn Elections. Indianapolis. Ind.—Indiana repub licans, in state convention, cleared the way lor the adoption of a plat form and the nomination of a state ticket. Organization was completed with the selection cf Represenative Jesse Overstreet of Indianapolis as temporary chairman and Representa tive John C. Chaney of Sullivan as permanent chairman. Julian Hoga’.e of Danville was chosen ecretary. Addresses were made by these two gentlemen and by I'm- : States Sen ators Beveridge and Hemenway and Governor Haniy. The resolutions committee completed the platform, which, after a vigorous indorsement of Vice President Fairbanks as Indi ana's choice lor the presidential noxni na'ion and instruction to the national delegates to vote and work for his nominaion at Chicago, includes a plank written by Mr. Fairbanks which insists upon a revision of the tariff by a special session of congress to be called for that purpose imme diately after the fall elections. Mr. Fairbanks aiso wrote a letter to . Chairman Overstreet to be road to the convention which outlines his tariff views as reflected in the plank which was adopted. Orb- r planks include a demand for a law against child labor, written by Senator Beveridge: recommendations for a national bureau of mines; al lowing the defendant a notice and a hearing before an injunction is grant ed; city reform without naming any particular bill; a law supplementing the present liquor laws to provide for local option with the country as a unit: a more general primary election law; an inheritance tax law; an in Ucfrsemeut of President Roosevelt: water ways improvement: an eco nomic administration of national affairs, especially of he army, and prohibiting corporations trorn con-' tributlng to campaign funds. The mention of the names of Presi dent Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks brought forth demonstra tions from the delegates. HANNA MINE FULL OF GAS. Several Men in Second Rescue Party Overcome by Fumes. Hanna. Wyo.—The east slope of the Union Pacific Coal company's No. 1 mine in which two disastrous explo sions occurred Saturday was opened Wednesday and several of the fifteen men who entered the .-lone prepara tory to taking out some of the bodies were overcome by pas. Charles Hig gins. assistant foreman of the Union Pacific mines at the Cumberland, and | Will Tate, foreman of Cumberland mine No. 3. had to be carried to the surface, where they were soon re vived. MITC-HELL TO START PAPER. Labor Leader Will Edit Journal in Interest of Industrial Peace. Indianapolis. Ind.—John Mitchell, retired president of the United Mine Workers of America, announced that in future he will devote his attention to a labor paper which he will estab lish in Indianapolis. The object of the paper is the securing of industrial peace between the miners and opera tors of the country. Two Safe Slcwers Captured. Cherryvale, Kan.—Two robbers es caping from Independence near Cherryvale, where t hey had dyna mited and looted a safe in a drug store, were captured hpre after be ing wounded in an exchange -of shot3 with ilarshal Watson. Trouble in Port Au Prince. Paris-—A special dispatch received here from Port au Prince. Hayti, says that the situation there is extremely grave and that complete anarchy pre | vails. MINERS SIOP WORK GUARTER OF MILLION DIGGERS LAV DOWN THEIR TOOLS. I _ Ohio. Western Pennsylvania. Mis- : souri. Iowa. Kansas, Texas and Other States Affected. — Indianapolis. Ind.—The union min- J crs in most of the coal fields of the i country will lay down their picks and j shovels Tuesday night. Almost 250. 0"ft of them wii! s op work iu Ohio, j western Pennsylvania. Missouri, | Iowa, Kansas. Oklahoma. Arkansas, j Texas and probably in Indiana, Illi- j nois. Michigan. West Virginia and \ Kentucky. The mining contracts un- j der which they are now working ox- j pires at midnight on Tuesday night, j and except in central Pennsylvania and in the Indiana block district no j contracts have been' made nor have th eminers and tiie operators entered into a district agreement providing I for tiie operation of the mines after April 1 pending agreement. The Indi ana bituminous coal district, western Pennsylvania and Illinois miners and operators are in joint session at Terre Haute. Pit'.-br.rg and Spring field. • * v i uuu ;i• ■ n'1 wuv on strike, but in reality they stop work because the operators, except in Indiana and Illinois show no real intention of meeting and treating with them, though no question of wage or principle is at stake. John Mitchell returned and is pre paring to step out of office. Con gressman \V. It. Wilson is back from Central Pennsylvania where h** scored the first big success in the tral Pennsylvania operators and min tral Penney!vania operators and min ers into an agreement.' The district will continue work. Vice President Lewis, who will suc ceed President Mitchell Wednesday, will announce his appointments when he takes office. It is under stood that Samuel Sexton, editor of the United Mine Worker’s journal, is to be retired and that possibly Chris Evans, the official statistician, may be succeeded by a new appointee. Mr. Lewis, h .wever. has not given out any information concerning these changes. Situation in Iowa. Des Moines.—The joint conference of the Iowa operators and miners will be resumed Tuesday. With the disappearance of ail doubt as to a complete shutdown of the Iowa coal mines Wednesday, the miners will now make every effort to obtain a new agreement as soon as possible. Operations will be suspended at the close of work Tuesday. It is de clared by representatives of both the operators and miners that fully a month v 11 elapse before an agree ri 1 and t sumed. GILLET" IN ELECTRIC CHAIR. Murderer cf Grace Brown Keeps His Composure to Last. Albany, X. A’.—Chester E. Gillett" paid the full penalty of the brutal mur der of Grace Brown. He went to his death in the electric chair at Auburn prison without a sign of weakness and with the same lack of emotion which lias characterized him from the day he was arrested charged with the crime. Gillette appeared to have been fully reconciled to hi: fate, and in a state ment given out by his spiritual ad visers immediately after the execution, it. is indicated ’hat he had made a con fession of his guilt. It is as follows: "Because our relationship with Ches ter E. Gillette, was privileged, we do not deem it wise to make a detailed statement and simply wish to say that no legal mistake w as made in his elec trocution ’ ALDRICH SI LL IN THE HOUSE. Financial Measure Referred to Com mittee on Banking. Washington—The Aldrich financial 1-ill reached the house Monday. After lying on the table for a few minutes the speaker ref err d it to the commit tee on banking and currency. Soon after the bill was referred Chairman Fowler of the committee on banking and currency said that he hart called a meeting for Wednesday “and,” said Mr. Fowler, "the bill will be treated with all the respect that is due to a measure coining from so great and dis tinguished a legislative body as the United States senate.” Wants to Amend Aldrich Bill. Washington—Representative Burton (O.) is preparing an amendment to the Aldrich currency bill, which he will submit to the committee on bank ing and currency, to define and govern (lie form of credit allowage to national banks under the emergency provisions of the Aldrich bill. LARGEST BANQUET IN AMERICA. Mr. Bryan Says Meeting in Kansas City Holds This Record. Kansas City. Mo.—William J. Bryan and Judge Judson Harmon of Cincin nati, who were the guests of honor here at the great banquet given in Convention hall, departed for their homes. Mr Bryan declared that the banquet was the largest ever held in this country. There were 2,0(H) ban queters seated on the arena floor and 15,000 spectators occupied the galler ies. EVANS WILL LEAVE THE FLEET. ' Arrangements for His Departure for Hospital San Diego. Cal.—-Definite informa tion ilia: Rear Admiral Evans, en route to tlie Hot Springs at San Luis Obispo. Cal., will arri u in San Diego late Wednesday afternoon (u Ixtard his flagship, the Connecticut, was re ceived here by wirele-s. The admiral will be Transferred imm-Miat-dy upon the arrival of the .attleshlp off Coron ado beach tu a launch and brought up the bay. A private car iias been sent here and placi: d at his disposal. It is likely the car will be attached lo the train leaving tomorrow. 'me tender Yankton, the smallest) vessel in the fleet, arrived in the af ternoon from .Magdalena bay with ; mail from th< fie As the little yacht-like craft was making her way toward Point Loma the rumor spread that Admiral Evan- v.as on hoard, and a report to that effect was sent throughout the country. The rumor continued in circulation even after the Yankton had passed quarantine. Wireless permission had been se cured for the tender to pass the s'a tion without stopping, and ttiis fur ther convinced tb- officers in charge that Admiral Evans was on board and was being hurried to San Diego in time to catch the afternoon train to the north. A crowd was gathered along the beach. As soon as the Yankton cast an chor. liowi vei. Lieutenant Glierardi, in command, quickly dissipated the re port. He added that the news of Ad miral Evans’ intention to come north in advance of the fleet was news to hint, as the fact had not been an nounced a: Magdalena up to the time of the Yankton's departure last Sat urday. and Admiral Evans has steadily been improving in health, MINERS DROP PICKS. Quarter M ' ion Men Suspended Work Tuesday Evening. Indianapolis. Ind.—Two hundred and fifty thousand picks dropped from the hands of as many bituminous coal miners of the United States Tuesdav evening, not to he used again until a wage settlement lias been reached and a scale adopted between the members of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica arid the coal operators of the va rious fields. Wednesday morning 2r>(». 000 men were idle and hundreds of coal mints of the country deserted. The situation, however, does not in dicate a prolonged sH ike. REDUCED RATES TO CHICAGO. Roads Will Soil Tickets to Republican Convention at Low Rate. Chicago—The Union Pacific rail road announced a rate of I L cents a mile of ftlb from Denver to Chicago and return for the r. publican national convention at Chicago. Jim- 1C. Rates on the above basis will be made from points east of Denver, including Chey enne and points in Kansas and Ne braska. Sca'fe to Edit Journal. Springfield. 111.—William Sraife, for the past eleven years employed iti the office of Tin secretary of Hie Illinois state bureau of labor, has been ap pointed by National President T. L. Lewis as editor of the United Mine Workers’ Journal, published at In dianapolis. Ind. Liability Bill !s Approved. ■Washington.—The senate committee on education and labor authorized a favorable report on Senator J.a Fol lette's employers’ liability bill. A number of provisions of the bill, as originally introduced, were eliminat ed by the committee, but tlie main purpose, which is that of holding rail roads engaged in interstate commerce liable for injuries to their employes, was retained. The bill is intended to remedy defects of the existing law which were pointed out in a recent supreme court decision. ROADS TO PUT MEN TO WORK. Renewal and Repairs Will Take Small Army of Laborers. Chicago—The Record-Herald says that in the next sixty days the rail roads of the ITiited States will have to find between 23t».u"" and JOO.OnO men to mend their tracks and roadbeds and another large arm., to go into their shops and repair their ears and their locomotives. Tli; railroads centering in Chicago, between now and .lime 15, will require more than lOu.OOO laborers. Brewers’ Strike Settled. St. Louis, Mo.—Representatives of twenty-four breweries in St. Louis and vicinity and of the Brewery Workers' union Tuesday night signed new con tracts. ending the strike of 3,500 brew ery workers which has been on for more than three weeks. The strikers will be put to work under the settle ment as scon as possible and without discrimination, and the men who took their places during the strike will he discharged. It is planned to reinstate the strikers within week. Treasury Balances. Washington—The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the S150.fl00.fl00 gold re serve. shows: Available cash bal ance, $260,144,S32; gold coin and bul lion. $2S.:j:iT.2Cl: gold certificates, $30,190,260. Kansas City, ^lo.—General Richard C. Horne, who was acquitted last week of the charge of murdering H. J. I Groves, managing editor of the Kansas i City Post, was taken to St. Joseph | where, he will enter the state asylum [ for the-insane. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON j Religious. Social. Agricultural, Polit ical and Oother Matters G.ven Due Consideration. Much damage was dune in ihe vi cinity of Mullen by. prairie tire. A new telephone company has been organized tit Cool;, in the northern part of Johnson count;.. The mayor and city council of Ash land are taking measures to rid the city of tramps and vagrants. Kuhaal; of Cortland and Dr. Ankes of Hallam have bought the office build ing of the Fairmont Co umery com pany and will organize a state bank. Near Weston. Bohttmil Ruzirka w.c, instantly killed by an accidental dis charge of a twenty-two calibre rifle. The bullet entered the I.train above the left eye. Dr. C. N. Ask with and wife of Grand Island, arrived in Plattmouth and as sumed the duties of the Nebraska Masonic borne in that city, succeed ing Dr. Griffin and wife. Fifty families that are settling on Kinkaid homesteads have arrived in Mullen this spring and seventeen cars of live stock and household goods have been shipped to that point. York county farmers, while hogs were low and corn high.'sold off more of their hogs than in many y< ars past, and the result is that the 1908 pig crop will be the smallest in years. The Brown County Agricultural so ciety met and listened to old officers whose report showed the association stands without a debt. The fair this year will he Sept. 30 and Oct 1 and 2. The business men of Tekamah held a very enthusiastic mass meeting and organized a local corn show. $25i> was raised for cash prizes to be offered for the best corn raised in eastern Burt county. The Union Pacific is receiving an average of five cars of steel rails per day at Kearney for double tracking purposes between there and North Platte. The estimate is that 600 cars will be used. A. P. Mickey, brother of ex-Gover nor J. H. Mickey, died at Portland. Ore. He lived at Osceola. Neb., twen ty years and lived in Lincoln six years. He removed from Lincoln to Portland two months ago on account of his health. The County Coroner was called to Greenwood to hold an inquest over the remains of Dennis Dowd, an old resi dent of that place, who was run over and killed by a Burlington train. It was reported that Dowd was intoxi cated and went to sleep on the track. The season for destructive storms is at hand. WIND and LIGHTNING will destroy and damage buildings and kill and maim stock in barns and pastures. Protect yourself bv insuring them in the Nebraska Mutual Ins. Co., home office. HI South Twelfth street, Lin coln. Neb. Write its for particulars. The sugar factory at Leavitt has been running for several months grind ing and pulverizing the sugar made tile year before. Owing to atmospheric or other causes it became so hard as I to be scarcely saleable except at a price below regular quotations, and it was decided to run it through again and pulverize. Governor Sheldon will deliver ad dresses April 22 before groups Nos. 2 and 11 of the Nebraska bankers' asso ciation at Fremont and Norfolk. He will speak at Fremont during the day anil at Norfolk at night. At Norfolk he will speak on the subject of savings banks and at Fremont on United States currency and exchange. Following is the mortgage report for Gage county for the month of March; Number of city mortgages filed, seven ty-two; amount. 1226.323: number of farm mortgages released, seventy seven, amount $169,418; number of city mortgages filed. thirty-three; amount. $29,883: number of city mort gages, released, thirlvyfour. amount $22,192. w imam tjponeaer, son of Mr. and .Mrs. William Sporieder, was found dead near a culvert close to the place of H. J. Manske two miles northeast of Pierce. He had been in town and was badly intoxicated. He left town about midnight with a wagon load of farm implements, and it is supposed that in his intoxicated condition the team started to run and lie was thrown from the wagon. James Cariand. who killed John Sanderson in Broken Bow. appeared before County Judge Humphrey for preliminary hearing. The evidence was about the same as given in at the in quest with the exception that the de fense produced two witnesses who testified as to the dangerous charac ter of Sanderson. Bonds were asked for and refused. The judge held Car land to appear before the next term of district court without bail. Grant Selby, who in company with Mrs. E. D. Tibbits eloped from Nebras ka City and was arrested at Rockford, III., was arraigned in the county court on the charge of wife desertion. Af ter all of the testimony was heard he was held in the sum of $200 until an other hearing can be had. For a murder alleged to have been committed in 1S98 Thomas Taylor, alias Steve Taylor, will tie taken back to Marysville. Has., for trial. He is charged with killing Charles R Bat tcrson with an iron bar. He fled aDd was not captured or identified until j his arrest in Dundy county. I