Loup City Northwestern
VOJLUMEXXV
LOUP CITY,:XEBRASKA, THURSDAY , MAY 21, Mis
NUMBER 2S
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Most Important Happen
ings of the World
Told in Brief.
IN CONGRESS.
The senate substituted the Aldrich
currency bill for the Vreeland bill
passed by the house, and passed it.
The house passed the military acad
etny appropriation and omnibus pub
. lie building bills.
The Vreeland currency bill, agreed
upon by the Republican caucus, was
put through the house under a special
4 rule by a vote of 184 to 145. Fifteen
so-called insurgents of the majority
party voted with the Democrats, who
went on record solidly against the
measure.
The great sundry civil appropriation
bill, carrying a total of about JldO,
000.000. was passed by the senate.
The further consideration of the
Brownsville affair was postponed by
the^se’nate until December 16 next.
The senate passed the house bill re
storing the motto in God We Trust"
on coins of the United States.
The house agreed to the conference
report on the naval appropriation bill
and it went to the president for signa
rure.
The senate passed the post office
appropriation bill.
Republican members in conference
adopted an emergency currency bill.
The house, by agreeing to senate
amendments, took the final congres
sional step to stop betting at the Hen
ning race track.
The senate passed the agricultural
appropriation bill.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Christina Metsker of South
Bend. ind.. was found not guilty of
the murder of Carieton Morgan of
SouLh Bend, whom she shot April It)
in front of the home of Mrs. Mae
Green in Cassopolis, Mich. The ver
dict occasioned a remarkable demon
stratum in the courtroom.
Walter S. Farmer, a prominent mer
chant of Colchester. Ind.. was indicted
on a charge that he is responsible for
four fires which burned one-quarter
of the business section of Colchester.
Thomas W. Harvey, former teller of
the defunct Enterprise National bank
was sentenced at Pittsburg, Pa., to
seven years in the penitentiary.
Taft was indorsed by Republican
conventions of California, Oregon
Washington. Montana. North Dakota
and Alaska.
Socialists in convention at Chicago
nominated Debs for president.
Gov. Alien Card of I>anao Province!
Philippine 'Islands, who was injured
by Moro bolomen recently, is not
dead, as has been reported.
It was reported in Washington and
Chicago that Federal Judge Grosscup
would resign to practice law
Dr. Arthur L. Kllboume of Roch
ester, Minn., was elected president
of the National Medico-Psychological
association at Cincinnati.
Gov. Hughes formally declared that
he would not accept a nomination for
the vice-presidency. ,
Republicans of Michigan and Idaho
instructed their delegations for Taft.
*_H. Heath Bawden, professor of
philosophy at the University of Cin
cinnati. was asked by President C. W.
Dabney to tender his resignation be
cause of his private views on mar
riage.
A son was born in Florence to the
Countess Montignoso, es-Crown Prin
cess Louise of Saxony, now the wife
of Signor Toselli.
GENERAL NEWS.
Command of the great Atlantic
. fleet of battleships passed to Rear Ad
} * miral Charles Stillman Sperry, who
succeeded Rear Admiral Thomas
' 1 The conference of governors at
Washington on conservation of the
nation's natural resources ended after
the adoption of a declaration of co
operation and suggestion that the
president call the conferees together
again in the future.
Five suits in action of debt aggre
gating $1,750,000. and for damages of
$150,000. were begun by Attorney Gen
eral Stead and Gov. Deneen of Illinois
against the sureties of former state
■ treasurers and one former state aud
itor. for fees retained during their ad
ministrations.
The handsome Catholic church and
parish house at New Coeln, Wis.,
were destroyed by fire.
President Roosevelt laid the corner
stone of the new home of the Interna
tional t'nion of American Republics
in the presence of a throng of emi
nent persons.
The church and school of the Im
maculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in Cleveland. O., were complete
ly destroyed by fire.
Seven mine workers were instantly
killed and more than a dozen injured
in an explosion in the Mount Lookout
dbiljery at Wyoming. Pa.
Charles M. Krogh. an Omaha archi
tect, tried vainly to hill his wife at
Beatrice, Neb., and then committed
sotcide.
Miss Carrie Ade. who said she was
going to Washington to kill President
Roosevelt, was arrested as insane at
Louisville
Three more names were added to
I th» list of supposed victims of Mrs.
Bella Gunness on her farm near La
porte. Ind.
Evidence was obtained hr Laporte
officials that Mrs. Gunness had an ac
complice who aided in luring victifhs
to her farm.
A. K. Helgelein. last of the victims
of Mrs. Gunness, was buried at La
pone The fragments of jawbone
found in the ruins of the farmhouse
were identified by a dentist as from
Mrs. Gunness’ skull.
Two trainmen were killed and 15
passengers injured in a collision on
the Missouri. Kansas it Texas road
near Muskogee. Okla.
The old plantaof the Omaha Packing
company in South Omaha was de
stroyed by fire together with 11.000.000
pounds oi meat, involving a loss es
timated at $500,000.
The right of President Roosevelt
summarily to dismiss a negro soldier
of the Twenty-fifth infantry for al
leged participation in the riot at
Brownsville, Tex., was sustained by
Judge Hough in the I'uited States dis
trict court at New York.
A bonded warehouse at Oskaloosa
. containing 2.600 barrels of whisky was
burned.
After it had been mislaid for 25
years, workmen found in the sub
basement of the war department
building at Washington a wooden box
containing the personal relics of Lieut.
Delong, who commanded the ill-fated
Jeannette Arctic expedition and who
perished in 1881.
Gen. Snarski, commander of the
Russian punitive expedition intc
Persian territory, has been ordered to
1 resume his advance into Persia and
to punish the bandits with fire and
sword. He will destroy villages, but
spare the women and children.
The Democrats of Minnesota in
dorsed Gov. Johnson as a presidential
candidate and at the same time, by a
vote of T72 to 166. refused to declare
in favor of Bryan as second choice.
Wyoming Democrats indorsed Bryan
Bandits bound and gagged the sta
tion agent and a guard in the depot
i at French. N M-, and escaped with
j $25,000.
i ne armorea cruiser .uaryiana was
‘he trophy winner In the recent target
practice at Magdaiena bay.
The Wright brothers' aeroplane was
wrecked at Kill Devil hill. North Caro
lina. after a flight of eight miles.
Two men were shot and almost in
stantly killed and a woman wounded
at Coney Island, victims of the jeai
ousy of a young Italian.
O J. Sturgis of I'niontown. Pa., a
well-known editor, committed suicide
An incendiary fire in a tenement at
Passaic. X. J., caused the death of
three children.
.lames .1. Hill and others addressed
the conference of governors in the
White House cn the dangers of forest
and soil depletion.
A court in Paris granted the Hart
McKee divorce, blaming both parties
and giving Mrs. McKee custody of the
child except for one month yearly.
It was announced in London that
Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the Amer
ican ambassador, and John Hubert
Ward would be married in St. James
palace June 23.
Eight hundred brewery workers of
Kansas City went on strike.
The Reserve Trust company and the
American Savings bank, of Cleveland,
O.. closed their doors.
A tornado wrecked the hamlet of
Gilliam. La., and damaged neighboring
towns, several persons being killed
and many injured. Much damage and
some deaths were caused by tornadoes
in Nebraska. Iowa and Kansas.
Earley B. Palmore and Miss Lois M.
Palmore of Virginia were wedded in
the rotunda of the capitol at Wash
ington.
Numerous addresses were made and
great enthusiasm exhibited at the na
tional conference on conservation of
iiatural resources in the White House
It was proposed to form a permanent
organization.
Three former aldermen of Rockford
111., pleaded guilty of accepting bribes
and were fined $2,000 each.
The Wright brothers made two more
successful flights with their aeroplane
at Manteo. N. C.
Mail advices say the recent tidal
bore In the Yangtse-Kiang resulted ir
nearly 10,000 deaths at Plankow.
Miss Maud Fleming of Waterloo,
la., shot and kilied her father while
defending her mother.
An attempt made by prisoners tc
break out cf the government jail at
Yekaterinoslav. Russia, after making
a breach in the wall of the guard
room with a bomb, resulted in the
deaths of 29 of the fugitives.
Four miners were killed and three
injured oy a tall ot rock m a colliery
Midvale, Pa.
The national conference on the Con
servation of Natural Resources opened
at Washington with the governors of
nearly all the states of the union and
prominent men representing every
line of thought and industry of the
nation in attendance.
Tornadoes in Mercer and Henry
counties, Illinois, in the vicinity of
Madison, Wis., and in Oklahoma and
Texas killed several persons and de
stroyed a great amount of property.
St. Louis and vicinity were swept by a
violent gale.
Roy Waller, aged 18. was arrested
at Lincoln, 111., charged with threaten
ing Hiram L. Keays, a wealthy resi
dent of Elkhart with death unless he
placed $300 in a designated place.
The celebrated market and general
j barar in Madrid called locally "Las
I Americas,” and well known to anti
; quarians, was practically destroyed by
fire.
In a pitched battle at the Canadian
I Pacific railway sheds near Owen
Sound. Out., between striking long
! shoremen and a detachment of sitecial
j constables from Toronto, three men
| were shot and two detectives clubbed.
GREATEST NEED OF TORNADO
VICTIMS AT PPESENT.
OMAHA AND LINCOLN MONEY
Some Details of the Great Storm in
i
the Matter of Loss of Life, De
struction of Property. Etc.
Omaha.—Aftermath of the tornado
which devastated portions of Cass and
Sarpy counties, and wbicli was i*ar
ticularlv severe at Louisville. Bellevue
and Fort Crook has developed into
aid being solicited for the sufferers.
Omaha and Lincoln have appointed
committees for ihe purpose and other
towns and communities will do like
wise Thu )>eople of Louisville through
committee issued the following:
“To the People of Nebraska—We.
the committee appointed by the Louis
ville Commercial club, appeal to you
for aid in behalf of the people of Louis
ville. who suffered from the cyclone
which swept through our town on
Tuesday afternoon, leaving a number
of our people destitute and homeless.
Ten thonsaud dollars will be needed
at once to provide these people with
provisions, clothing and furniture to
enable them to again care for them
selves. All remittances should be
made to George Frater. treasurer of
the Commercial club of Louisville,
Neb.”
The Bellevue relief committee is
sued the following:
"The Bellevue relief committee has
after a personal examination, made a
careful and conservative estimate of
the needs of the recent tornado suf
ferers of this community. In this esti
mate Bellevue college and the two
churches are omitted, as well as all
illbureu propert> uoiue rs. luosh « uu
are fully able to take care of them
selves. or whose friends are assisting
them sufficiently. To meet the immed
iate demands $15,000 is imperatively
needed. We believe, with your kind
assistance, the people of our two
neighboring cities would gladly co
operate in securing this relief. Can
you aid us in this matter? Oscar
j Keyser is treasurer of the committee,
j to whom all funds may be sent, or to
some member of the undersigned."
Up to this time the number of
deaths from the storm are six. though
perhaps one or two may succumb from
j their severe injuries.
Iu Louisville eighteen dwellings
were destroyed, the storm leaving
nothing of them but kindling wood.
! As many mtrre were damaged, some
! considerably and others escaping with
i minor ioss. The Burlington depot,
' pump house, semaphore tower, a small
! mill, a small elevator, the bank of
| Commerce and Odd Fellows hall build
ing. a livery barn and two store build
ings were badly wrecked.
Business men differ in estimates of
the damage done, some being certain
that the loss is no more than forty
thousand dqllars. while others declare
it will reach sixty-five thousand dol
lars. The best estimates seems to be
fifty-five thousand dollars. In some
of the estimates buildings are counted
as total loss that can be repaired and
much salvage claimed.
That more people were not killed is
due to the warning given by its ap
proach and the noise made hv it. The
storm formed on the top of the bluffs,
the fury of the twister apparently be
ing exerted after the residence section
had been reached. The ground move
ment of the storm was slow, its velo
city being estimated at eight miles an
hour. In fact there is good evidence
to show that it required ten minutes
to cover onp and one-fourth miles of
its path in length.
The town of Bellevue was literally
swept by the wind and rain and onty a
. very few buildings in that picturesque
; old village escaped injury. Buildings
' —home and stores—were unroofed, or
caved in and filled with water. The
college buildings were badly damaged,
Clarke hali. thp main structure, being
unroofed, as was also the president’s
residence.
•Tlie fact that more lives were not
lost is regarded as all but miraculous.
College campus and town streets and
lots are strewn with fragments of de
sirucuon.
At Fort Crook the storm was severe,
working much destruction to property,
but at this point no lives were lost.
It will take *150,000 to repair the dam
age, for which congress has already
made an appropriation.
In the country districts in the path
of the storm buildings were unroofed
and some of them blown down. Many
people saw what was approaching and
got into cellars and caves for safety.
While the ground movement was slow
the rotary movement of the storm was
rapid, and the air was filled with fly
ing timbers, roofs of houses, barns and
trees. One citizen said the great fun
nel shaped cloud looked like a giant
cushion in which all sorts of property
had been inserted.
STORM NOTES.
Acting Gov. Saunders offered the
use of national guard tents to those
rendered homeless.
Residents of Springfield. Sarpy
county, who watched the storm, say
that the storm divided jus: as it
crossed the river and that one storm
moved toward the east while the other
traveled toward Springfield, passing
; west of that town and finally dissolv
ing in the air. after a number of barns
| and outhouses near Springfield had
been demolished.
THE DEATH HARVESTER.
A Crop on the Gunness Farm.
AID FOR THE MANY SUFFERERS
AN APPEAL FOR HELP FOR
TORNADO VICTIMS.
Tents Ordered Forward and Move
ments are on Foot to Raise Funds
for the Unfortunate.
Louisville Asks for Help.
To the People of Nebraska—We, the
committee appointed by the Louisville
Commercial club, appeal to you for aid
in behalf of the people of Louisville,
who suffered from the cyclone which
swept through our town on Tuesday
afternoon, leaving a number of our
people destitute and homeless. Ten
thousand dollars will be needed at
once to provide these people with pro
visions, clothing and furniture to en
able them to again care for themselves.
All remittances should be made to
George Frater. treasurer of the Com
mercial club of Louisville. Neb.
L. ,T. MAYFIELD,
N. W. G.MNES.
W. A. CLEGHORN.
Committee.
Omaha.—Corrected figures of dam
age by the tornado that swept portions
of Sarpy and Cass counties Tuesday,
place the property loss at Bellvue at
about $50,000, with but little insurance.
Late developments emphasize the
need, above all else, of immediate aid
for the victims. Citizens of Louisville
issued a proclamation calling upon the
people of Nebraska for help. Ten
thousand dollars is needed at once.
At Bellevue, where the need is none
the less urgent, the official appeal for
help will be made. At both places tem
porary funds ar badly needed at once.
Fuller returns from the stricken ter
ritory show that the loss of property
is greater than was first reported, and
that additional loss of life may result.
Acting Governor Saunders ordered
Nebraska national guard tents and sup
plies sent to Nebraska tornado suffer
ers. requesting Captain Phelps of the
adjutant general's office to investigate
conditions.
A funds for the relief of sufferers
from the tornado in Louisville, Belle
vue and other places south of Omaha
was started by the Omaha Commercial
club. It is the aim to raise $10,000.
The number of deaths from the tor
nado remains at six. Ed. Miller of
Richfield, at first thought to have been
instantly killed, lived ar.d underwent
an operation for the injuries sustained
about the head, but he died later.
It now transpires that two sandpit
men reported killed near Louisville es
caped death. Their temporary absence
gave rise to the report that they had
been killed.
Elmer Leader, the 10-year-old child
of August Leader of Richfield is dead.
The funerals of Martin Teig and his
son killed north of Papillion were also
held Thursdav.
Latest reports are that Mrs. Clara
Marcoe of Bellevue, who was first be
lieved to be among the dead and later
reported fatally injured, may recover,
at least she is improving, as are the
others who were seriously injured at
Bellevue, where the casualty list was
so large.
Order is gradually coming out of the
chaos which has been supreme in the
tempest visited districts of Bellevue
and Fort Crook.
Thirty Lives Lost in South.
Shreveport, La —Thirty dead and
200 injured is a conservative estimate
of the fatalities caused by the tornado
which swept through northwest Louis
iana. destroying three small towns and
leaving wrecked homes and ruined
crops in a path a mile wide and fifty
miles long.
Report on Indian Bill.
Washington—Senator Gamble se
cured a favorable report from thecom
mittee on Indian affairs on his bill
providing for the construction of the
act of congress which provided for the
dividing of a portion of the Sioux res
ervation in South Dakota.
Extend Time for Bridge.
Washington.—Senator Burkett called
up and passed through the senate the
bill for extending the time for con
struction of the South- Omaha bridge
across the Slisscuri.
AT LEAST SEVEN ABE DEAD
FATALITIES OF EASTERN NEBRAS
KA TORNADO INCREASE.
Wreck and Devastation on All Sides,
With People in Distress-Who Must
Be Given Help.
Summary of Tornado.
Place—Northern Cass and eastern
and central Sarpy counties.
Time—1:2') to 5:30 p. m. Tuesday.
Killed—Seven.
Injured—Thirty or more.
Property Damage—$450,000.
Louisville. $75,000.
Bellevue city. $100,000.
Bellevue, college. $10,000.
Richfield. $50,000.
Fort Crook, city. $73,000.
Fort Crook, post. $73,000.
Meadow. $10,000.
Omaha. $7,000
Farm property, $30,000.
Omaha—The latest reports of th*
tornado Tuesday evening indicate a
death list of seven, fatal injuries of
perhaps four and property loss some
thing like $450,000. though it is diffi
cult, if not impossible, to get at an
accurate estimate of the loss, chiefiy
because it is spread out over such a
wide territory and diversity of inter
ests.
The storm was confined to a sec
tion in eastern Nebraska within com
paratively a few miles of Omaha, and
yet. strangely enough. Omaha did not
feel the devastating effects, though it
was thoroughly drenched in the tor
rential down]>our. Bellevue appeared
to be the center of the tornado, and
when the storm got through with it
the town, with its picturesque college
campus and buildings, was the scene
of grim devastation whose financial
destruction was limited only by the
limitation of the modest structures
and whose casualties were astonish
ingly few. Louisville. Meadows. Rich
field. Crook Town. Springfield and
Fort -Crook were seriously stricken.
Though the loss of seven lives and
the serious injuries to scores of per
sons brought general grief and sor
row. the fact that the casualties were
no greater was simply astonishing in
view of the completeness with which
the tornado did its work of devastat
ing property In these small towns and
the intervening country. Bellevue is
a wrecked village. Debris lies every
where. Scarcely a building in the old
town escaped without some mark of
the fateful elements, in some cases
the property loss wrought irreparable
personal injury, as it represented life
time fortunes.
Standing on oid Elk hill at Belle
vue. a sorry sight spread before the
eye of the spectator. Far off to the
| soutnwest could foe seen J-ort urooK,
with its roofless buildings, and then
from the fort to the Missouri river
could be traced a swath half a mile ;
wide, where the giant had spread de
vastation in its wake. Farm houses
looked like simply piles of wreckage,
and what was formerly the home of
seme prosperous farmer was nothing
more than a pile of rubbish. Trees
were torn aside as though they were
blades of grass.
At Louisville, and for the radius of
several miles that the tornado cover
ed, it is estimated that the damage
will not fall short of $250,000, The
heart of this little city was actually
plucked out and destroyed.
At Fort Crook the damage to the
buildings of the village and the army
post will aggregate $150,000. Senator
Burkett Wednesday introduced into
the senate a bill calling for an apppro
priation of $150,000 to repair the dam
age done to the army post.
Carnage in Russian Prison.
Yekaterinoslav.—The attempt made
on Tuesday by prisoners to break out
of the government jail here after mak
ing a breach it. the wall of the guard
room with a ouuiu was a complete fail
ure. but it brought about a horrible j
scene of slaughter in and around the ;
jail building. Twenty-eight of the' I
prisoners wrere shot to death by the j
guard 'and another of them has since j
died of his wounds. Thirty others j
were wounded and it is expected that j
several of these will succumb.
PACKING PLANT IN FLAMES.
Destruction of a Big South Omaha
Plant
South Omaha—A loss that is esti
mated at $800,000 and three men se
verely injured is the result, of a con
flagration that nearly swept away the
entire old Omaha Packing plant Fri
day evening. The fire, was one of the
largest that has ever visited any of
the large industries of the city. Com
ing at a time when the packing indus
try is struggling against other odds, it
is a severe blow.
Shortly after <! o'clock the shrill
whistle of the Omaha Packing com
pany announced the conflagration that
for a time seemed in danger of not
only totaly destroying the entire old
Omaha plant, but a portion of the Cu
dahy plant as well. Before the whistle
was blown and a general alarm sound
ed the fire was bursting in volcanic
like mass from the top of the ham
house. Fed by the oily substances of
the smoked meat department and
fanned by a south wind the fire
mounted higher and higher until at
times it seemed dubious just where it
would be finally controlled. The heat
for a time was almost too intense for
comfort on Q street, which is over a
block south of the scene of the fire.
The origin of the fire is at present
in some doubt. It is thought, how
ever. as far as can be learned, that the
fire originated on the second floor of
the smoke house. It is more than
probable that the man smoking the
neat allowed the house to become too
hot and the dripping meat caught the
fames from the wood fire below.
The greatest loss will be in the big
warehouse, where nearly 4.000,000
pounds of meat tvas stored. This build
ing is 250x200 feet and is four stories
high. The building itself could be
hardly replaced for less than $300,000.
The value of the meat lost is about
$300,000. A new ice plant was recently
installed in this building at a cost of
about $100,000. This is completely
ruined. This building joins the ham
house building on the east. The ham
house is 70x100 feet and is five stories
high. In it there was approximately
$150,000 worth of meat. The building
is valued at about $50,000.
VREELAND BILL IS RUSHED.
Senate Substitutes Aldrich Bill for
All After Enacting Clause.
Washington.—The Aidrich currency
bill was substituted for the Yreeland
•bill in the senate Friday. The effect is
ito throw both the senate and house
hill into conference. The managers
on «he part of the senate, who were
appointed, are Mesrs. Aldrich. Allison.
Hale. Daniel and Tellar. The dis
patch with which the agreement was
reached is a striking example of what
can he done in^the closing days of a
session in congress.
Doctor Calls Thaw Insane.
Poughkeepsie. N. Y.—Dr. Amos T.
Baker, acting superintendent of the
State Hospital for the Criminal Insane
at Matteawan testified in the Thaw
case today that in his opinion Thaw is
insane. Dr. Baker said that in his
opinion it would be dangerous to pub
lic safety to have Thaw go at large.
Heavy Earth Shock Record.
Washington.—An earthquake that
lasted an houqr and was of consider
able intensity was recorded on the
weather bureau seismographs here Fri
day. The origin, according to a state
ment of Chief Willis L. Moore of the
bureau, is approximately 3.200 miles
from Washington.
Soldier Shows No Remorse.
Manila.—The military authorities
will surrender Beacham. the Camp
Stotsenburg murdered, who killed
three men. to the civil authorities,
who will [nit him on trial for murder.
It is alleged that Beacham is insane,
but inquiry shows that the crime was
premeditated and carefully planned.
Nebraskan Gets Degree.
Boston. Mass.—Among the success
ful candidates for the bachelor of laws
degree at the Boston University Law
school is Albert Martin Bernhardt of
Shelton. Neb. He is one of only two
westerners in the graduating class
and will receive his degree with hon
ors at commencement June 3.
Indiana Mines to Resume.
Terre Haute, Ind.—President Van
Horn, head of the eleventh district
mine workers, said that most of the
miners of the district probably will
resume work Monday morning.
PREPARING FOR ADJOURMENT.
Many Bills Railroaded Through the
House.
"Washington.—The work of cleaning
up in the house preparatory to ad
journment May 23 proceeded at a rap
id pace Friday. With only a short time
allowed for debate the house military
academy appropriation bill and the
omnibus public buildings bill were
passed, leaving of the supply bills only
the general deficiency bill to be con
sidered.
Land Grabbers Indicted.
Denver—The federal grand jury re
ported sixty indictments including
twenty-six for unlawful fencing of pub
lic lands, thirteen for perjury in ob
taining lands and one for timber tres
pass. Among those indicted are:
Franklin M. Barnes, lumberman. Den
ver; A. E. Guinaer, ranchman and pol
itician, Florence; E. E. Miler, Wray;
Thomas Ashton, capitalist, Wray:
Shepherd Husted. forest manager and
hotel man, Estes park; Warren Rut
tleage, forest ranger, Estes park;
Yampa Livestock company
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j PRICES OF SECURITIES CONTINUE
TO ADVANCE.
HIGH MARK IS ON THURSDAY
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Persistence of Upward T end Grad
ually Convincing Sceptics that
Country is all Right.
New York—Prices of securities ad
vanced last week, with growing irn
Itctus and increasing volume of trans
actions. the total sales on Thursday
rising to the largest of any da>. since
last summer, before the financial
crisis developed. The persistence of
the advance and i's freedom from in
fluence or check by events seeming
unfavorable to values, gave it impres
siveness and had the effect of convert
ing a growing number of scepticts in
the professional operating class who
had contested the advance by short
sales at various stages and had been
forced repeatedly to cover at a loss.
The abandonment of the opposition by
this class and their turn to the long
side had set a little to do with the in
creased animation and buoyancy of
the market. The success with with all
obstacles were overcome and prices
aggressively advanced from the in
ception of the present movement has
been convincing proof of the wide re
sources commanded by the leaders of
the movement, who are commonly be
lieved to include great banking houses
and individual capitalists whose influ
ence commands the resources of the
most powerful group of capitalists iu
I A. A V WUUkl .
The suspicion of a manipulative
origin for the rise in prices with the
purpose of meeting a semblance of im
provement where the realty did not
exist served to hold aloof from the
market most of the general public,
which generally joins in an important
market movement. The confidence
and consistency with which the move
ment is pursued had a growing influ
ence on sentiment last week and had
the increasing effect of causing a be
lief in the satisfaction thus expressed
on the part of great capitalists with
the degree of improvement in affairs.
In the department of the money
market .this movement was clearly
enough perceptible. For the easy
money market to further the success
of the financial plans of cornoratlons,
however, there was necessary the ad
dition of a demonstration of confidence
in the security of values. The rise in
the stock market has operated as such
a demonstration. The scepticism with
which it was accepted at first was due
to the conflicting evidence of news af
fairs in general.
Waiting on Sick Senators. . .
"Washington—The illness of Sena
tors Elkins and Foraker. combined
with not a little politics, has held up
in the senate for several days the pas
sage cf the Elkins resolution to sus
pend the operation of the commodi
ties clause of the Hepburn railroad
rate law. It. is expected the resolu
tion will be passed, however, as soon
as these senators are able to return to
their duties. There is considerable
feeling against the resolution even
among senators who have promised
to vote for it, and it may not pass.
Johnson on Floor of House.
Washington—Governor Johnson of
Minnesota was a visitor to the capital
Saturday and spent some time on the
Soor of the house, where he was the
recipient of much attention. Demo
crats and republicans alike extended
cordial greetings. He received gener
ous applause when, escorted by Mr.
Tawney. he ascended the rostrum and
was introduced to Speaker Cannon.
Governor Johnson bowed his acknowl
edgments and for several minutes en
gaged in conversation with the
speaker.
Strike Authorized.
Chicago. 111.—A strike of 5.000 truck
drivers was authorized because of the
refusal of the team owners to grant
an increase of $1.50 a week. A com
mittee was instructed to make another
effort to get an increase.
Albania to Try a Primary.
Montgomery, Ala—The democrats
of Alabama for the first time in many
years will vote for all state and coun
ty officers in a general primary.
FLEET TO GO TO PHILIPPINES.
Naval Circles Interested in Report
Reporting Cruisers.
Mare Island. Cal.—Naval circles
here are greatly interested in a re
port that the armored cruisers West
Virginia, Maryland. Colorado. Penn
sylvania. California and South Da
kota may be ordered to the Philip
pines in the fall. There they will
again meet the Atlantic fleet and en
gage in target practice in Mayla bay
in October. Orders have been re
ceived here to expedite all repairs on
the Atlantic torpedo flotilla now here.
Find 57 Sticks of Dynamite.
Pensacola. Fla.—Fifty-seven sticks
of dynamite, each from one-half to two
pounds in weight, were found at a
point about 500 yards from what is
known as Big Bayou trestle, west of
the city.
Death List is Fifty.
Shreveport. La.—The count of the
persons who met death in Wednes
day's tornado in Caddo and Bossier
parishes will probably total fifty. The
number at present known to have
hnea tilled is forty-four.
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