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s * VOLUME XXV Loup City Northwestern ..... . — ■ - ■ - - —.... _ ___ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY . AUGUST 27, 1908 NUMBER 42 MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE HURRYING READER. EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELO Something of Congress, Political Gos sip Here and There, and,News and Notes of General Character.! Political. In Indiana, as in Ohio, the question of regulating the liquor traffic is over shadowing the national issues. The democrats have the support of the brewery interests, although ne-ther party proposes prohibition. Chairman Hitchcock, Jam^s S. Sher man and other prominent republicans conferred with President Roosevelt in regard to the political situation in New York. Judge Taft announced his willing ness to make a speaking tour if the committee thinks it advisable. Governor Johnson has decided to accept the nomination for governor of Minnesota. If elected it w'ill be his third term. Senator Foraker feels that he has been snubbed by the Ohio state com mittee. * ¥ Governor Johnson of Minnesota was renominated by the democrats of Min nesota despite his declaration that he did not want to make the race. A great concourse cheered as Eugene .W. Chafin received notifica tion of his nomination as the Prohibi tion candidate for the presidency. National Chairman Charles Jones of the prohibition partyhas "announc ed that it has been decided to make a vigorous -fight - for the South Dakota vote for Chafin and -.Watkins. James S. Sherman, accepting the Republican* nomination for Vice Presi dent, declared th.at approval of the Roosevelt administration is the main issue of the -campaign. Judge Taft s^ys" that as he' is on record on all the issues of the cam paign he wiH devote his speeches to delegations that may come to Cincin . rati'to questions that may most inter est his audience. Governor Hughes n 1 open the re publican campaign in Ohio, and it has been decided that Senator Corah will make speeches in eastern states in stead of managing the; speakers' bu reau! Judge Taft has cone on a fishing va cation. On his return he .goes to Cin cinnati iq remain until after the cam paign is. Over. i-.Lr.- Bryan- will speak in Topeka, lias., Aug. "r. Between then and Sep tember 9 hi1 will make three speeches at other places. General. V J. Bryan discussed the tariff as a campaign issue in an extended speech at Des- Moines.. The- government has, filed an appeal from the decision in the-Standard Oil ewe-, as a matter of saving the Elkins law. ’ Mrs. X Shellenberg. wife of X. . SnelLenberg. - thy millionaire depart ment store proprietor of Philadelphia, committed suicide Denver. A number of men engaged in the late riots at Springfield have been indicted. For lack of home sources of invest ment the state of Xebraska has paid ever *4.000,000 for bonds of other states. A constitutional amendment ■' for permitting the purchase of school - district bonds will keep money at heme. Sherman, republican vice presiden tial Candida"'?, will tour the west, mak ing political speeches. " The people have ruled through the republican party.'' This is Taft's an swer to Mr. Bryan's challenge. "Shat! the people ru!Q?” While Mr. Ih van was speaking at the hall pari: in Des Moines the tem pera; y platform or. which were seated .several hundred people collapsed. N'o bady w?^ hurt. Governor C. X. Haskell of Okla * Serna, treasurer of the democratic na tional committee, says he will have plenty of mcr.-y with which to man-, age the campaign. * r The republicans ct the tsgntn tan fora la district renominated Congress n:an Sylvester C. Smith. Government of The Netherlands is to have a free hand in dealing with Venezuela, the United States making the sole proviso that no military oc cupancy of territory must occur. According to statistics compiled by Humane Officer Ware., three wives on an average have been beaten every cay by their husbands "'in Toledo for the last fifteen years. Work has been suspended in SO per ont of the coal tnines along the Mo nongahela river and" thousands of min ers are idle as a result of the low water in the Ohio river. In his address to. Virginia republi cans^Jvominee Taft ’said Roosevelt had set the pace to follow. The cruiser, Colorado, which ran aground.at Double Bluff in Puget soHnd Sunday- was not seriously dam aged according to a telegram received at Washington by Admiral Pillsbury. Governor Magoon of Cuba has ar rived and will call upon Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Wyoming flockmastecs 'are much encouraged by the -rise of price in wool since the Omaha market ha been established. The next convention of the Grand Aerie of Eagles will be held in Omaha. , Hast Sunday in St. Louis was the hottest day for fifteen years. Editors of every democratic and in dependent newspaper throughout the I nited States will be appealed to by the democratic national committee to start subscriptions for the democratic campaign fund in their newspapers. Judge Taft will start on a week’s fishing trip August 2S. Dispatches from New York quote Senator J. B. Foraker as saying he had received no invitation from State Chairman Henry A. William? to attend the opening of the republican national campaingn at Youngstown. A fight to swtng the northwestern states into the democratic column is being outlined by the democratic na tional committee. The new Turkish cabinet suffered a great loss in the sudden death of the ar minister, Reajeb Pasha, from heart disease. The program of the Turkish gov ernment which has been announced says all laws not compatible with the new regimen are to be amended. Seventy lives were lost by an explo sion in an English coal mine. Two persons were killed and two more injured in the explosion cf a steam automobile near Painestown. O. j President Roosevelt in a statement i has made it clear that the entire re sponsibility was his for the issuance of the original order discharging the battalion of negro soldiers for alleged participation in the Brownsville, Tex., rioting and the refusal to permit a sus pension cf that order. Foreign. Three thousand American marines landed at Sydney and were given an enthusiastic welcome by the people of the city. Holland has forwarded its reply to Venezuela's note breaking off diplo matic relations. Its contents will not be given out until it is celivered to President Castro by the German min ister. The Belgium Chamber nr Deputies approved the Congo treaty and ad ministration of the Free State will be taken over by the government. The throne of the sultan of Turkey is in danger and fate lies with resuit of meeting of Young Turks. As the Parseval balloon was ap- ] preaching its landing place in Paris, it was forced suddenly downward by a current of air while at a height of sixty feet. The gondola of ship struck the ground violently, breaking the left arm of Captain Von Krogh. . The funeral of th? men killed re cently by the gun explosion aboard the gunnery school ship Cvronne, was held at Toulon. France, with imposing solemnity, but marked by an incident wifli regard to the religions rites. An explosion occurred in the May pole mine at Wigan. England. The head gate ventilating apparatus of the mine was destroyed arid about seventy of the miners are entombed. Washington. Several important creamery ca-es which have been set for a hearing by the interstate commerce commis sion on September 7 next have been postponed until September 8. Prac tically the entire milk supply of Chi cago is involved in the complaints which- will be heard at that time. Although Orville Wright, under hi? contract with the government, must deliver his airship at Fort Meyer by the 2Sth inst., the signal office has not heard from him recently concern ing the time of his arrival here. After the delivery of the airsh:p Wright will have until September 28 to dem onstrate its ability to fulfill the terms of the contract by making a speed of at last thirty-six miles an hour and remaining in the air at least one hour. Rear Admiral Evans has retired from the navy after forty-eight years' service. The Turkish government has in formed the state department that Hus sien Kiazim Bey. who now represents Turkey at Bucharest, Roumania, has been appointed Turkish minister to the Cnited States in place of Mehmed Ali Bey. The cruiser Colorado, which ran aground at Double Bluff, in Puget sound, w-as net seriously damaged, ac cording to a telegram received by Rear Admiral Pillsbury, chief of the bureau of navigation. Personal. Leonard C. Foss of Lincoln has been elected vice commander-in-chief of the Army of the Philippines. The factional fight among the repub licans cf West Virginia is having some influence cn national politics in that state. In his address notifying Mr. Sher man of his nomination. Senator Bur rows replied briefly to Mr. Bryan. Andrews was renominated for con gress by the territorial republican con vention of New Mexico. Judge Taft is encouraged to believe 1 he can break into the solid south. James S. Sherman was formally no tified of his nomination for vice presi den on the republican ticket. In his speech of acceptance he declares the policies of Roosevelt are the issue of the present campaign. Timothy Sullivan says that Tam many will be true to Bryan. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers has been called in to assist in settling the troubles in the Indiana coal fields. Two French inventors have con structed a wireless telephone which has successfully carried the human i voice 310 miles. Chairman Hitchcock of the repub lican national committee in confer ence with his advisers in Chicago divided the work of conducting the campaign between eastern and west ern offices. Rear Admiral Evans has retired from the navy. I MYSTERY IS SOLVED ARREST MADE FOR ROBBERY FROM SUBTREASURY. FORMER TELLER If! THE TOILS Had Been Suspected from Start. but Succeeded in Satisfying Officials of His Innocence. Chicago—The mystery cf the theft of 1173,000 from the United States subtreasury a year and a half ago. one of the largest losses the govern ment has ever suffered in this man ner, is believed to have been solved b> the arrest at an early hour Sunday of George \V. Fitzgerald. Others are believed to have been implicated in the crime, which for months complete ly baffled government secret service men. Fitzgerald was an assorting teller under Assistant United States Treas urer Boldenweck. Suspicion at the time of the theft, February 20, 1907, rested on him, but so plausible was his story and so intense his apparent interest in discovering the real cul prit that interest ceased to center in him. Much work was done on the theory that the crime had been perpe trated by a colored man. Meanwhile Fitzgerald was discharged from the government employ for culpable neg ligence for allowing such a theft to be consummated under his very eyes. The money stolen had been used and was tied up in packages, some of which had been marked for destruc tion at Washington. Any of them would readily have passed anywhere except for their large denominations. None of the bills was under $500 and some were of the $1,000 and $3,000 denominations, the $1,000 predominat ing. The theft created a sensation throughout the country and congress at the last session was asked and re fused to release Assistant Treasurei Boldenweck from liability, although it was promised that congress would again consider the matter at its next session. REPORT CN PANAMA CANAL. Commission Finds Highly Satsfactory Condition on the Work. Oyster Bay—President Roosevelt made public a report submitted to him by a special commission consisting of James Bronson Reynolds, Samuel B. Donnelly and Henry Beach Needham, regarding conditions in Panama. The commission wac appointed April 25, last. That the president is pleased with the report is shown in a leaer which he sent to each member of the com mission on Friday. He expresses par ticular pleasure over the fact that the committee upholds the administration of Colonel George W. Goethals, chair man of the Isthmian Canal commis sion, and the president has had a copy of the report mailed to Colonel Goethals, requesting that the recom mendations made by the committee be put in immediate effect so far as possible. GREAT FIRE AT STEAMEOUL. Fifteen Hundred Houses Destroyed in the Turkish City. Constantinople.—Fire broke out Sun day afternoon in the Stamboul quart ers and with a brief period a terrible conflagration was raging. A strong wind carried the flames at great speed and for six hours they swept over the section, destroying 1,500 houses and shops. The fire was still burning at 9 o’clock at night, but the wind was decreased considerably. TWO-CENT FOREIGN POSTAGE. Postmaster General issues Order Ren derinn New Rate Effective. Washington.—An order was issued by the postmaster general putting into effect, beginning October 1 next, the postage rate of 2 cents per ounce, ap plicable to letters mailed in this country for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Letters un paid or short of postage will be dis patched to destination, but double the deficient postage will be collected. Farmer Stung to Death. Columbus. O.—John L. Stansberry, aged 37 years, a farmer who lived near Dublin, died within twenty minutes after he had been stung by bumble bees. He was stung six times and within three minutes he became un conscious and was beyond aid when a doctor arrived. Indictments at Springfield. Springfield. 111.—Twenty more in dictments. making fifty ail told, were returned by the special grand jury of Sangamon county. The latest batch, of accusaf:ons includes five indict ments against Thomas Marshall, and twelve other negroes. Indiana Miners Win Strike. Terre Hause, Ind.—The strike in the bituminous coal field is officially end ed by the announcement that the ope rators’ association has agreed to the demands of the L'nited Mine Workers of District No. 11. A Special Session Later. Des Moines, la.—Governor Cummins has decided not to call a special ses sion of the legislature until after the big republican conference here August 25. That he will after that is prac tically certain. LOST OPPORTUNITIES OF HISTORY: THE SMUGGLER. -r* riT*5 «all RIGHT, I these are w \nr HOUSEHOLD^ 00003? If the Simple-Minded Old-Timer Had But Known the Ways of Modern Tourists! CONGO TREATY IS PASSED BELGIAN DEPUTIES ADOPT THE ANNEXATION MEASURE. Atrocities in King Leopold's African Realm Now Probably Will Come to an End. Brussels.—After several months of bitter struggle, the chamber of dep uties Thursday adopted the Congo an nexation treaty by S3 votes to 55, and although this action probably will in sure the solution of the great Congo problem, there still remains open the important question of Belgium's finan cial responsibility. This action on the part of the chamber had not been expected and at the last moment nearly caused the collapse of the cabinet. The colonial bill, which also was adopted, was amended so as to relieve Belgium of the responsibility of guaranteeing the payment of interest on the Congo debt, despite the egorts of the gov ernment. At the conclusion of a long meet ing of King Leopold and the members of his cabinet it was announced that the ministry would not resign, the government temporarily accepting the chamber's action on the financial question. The passage of the Congo treaty means that the annexation of the state to Belgium is now practically assured, as the senate and King Leo pold are ready to indorse the bill. The personal rule of King Leopold in Africa is now drawing to a close—in the future he will have nothing to do with the state which is to be adminis tered by Belgium—and the hope is wide-spread that there will now be an end to the atrocities and maladminis tration in this part of the world which, for years past, has been a sub ject of investigation and bitter com plaint by humanitarians all over the world. Last year Great Britain and the United States about decided to inter fere in the Congo administration un less the situation there improved. DECAYED MONEY REDEEMED. Arkansas Man Loses Only $25 of $10, C00 He Buried. Washington.—Of $10,000 in decayed greenbacks sent to the treasury de partment for redemption by O. D. Earl of Morrilton, Ark., all but $25 has been identified and a check for $9,975 was mailed to Mr. Earl Friday. Fearing the banks were unsafe, Mr. Earl buried his savings in an old pail in 1904. Recently he dug up his treasure only to find that the bills were so decayed that he could not discern their numbers. All that was left of the roll was a bunch of paper resembling a package of dried leaves, with here and there the torn end of a note displaying a figure. Mrs. A. E. Brown, the burnt money expert of the redemption division, was given cus tody of the unrecognizable mass. After much tedious work she succeed ed in identifying most of the money. John V. Farwell Is Dead. Chicago. — John V. Farwell, Sr., for years one of Chicago's best known men and head of the J. V. Far well company, wholesale dry goods, died Thursday night at his home in Lake Forest, aged 83 years. He had been ill a long time, and relatives and friends were at his bedside when the end came. Mr. Farwell was born at Campbell town, N. Y., in 1825 and came to Chi cago in 1845. Three sons. John V., Frank C. and Arthur L. Farwell, sur vive him. Minnesota Man Killed in Mexico. Washington.—Consul Maxwell K. Moorhead at Acapulco, Mex., has noti fied the state department of the death of Grant U. Price of Winona. Minn., from a gunshot wound inflicted by a Mexican named Manuel Saluda at Pie de la Custa, near Acapulco. Sixth Massachusetts Wins. Camp Perry—The regimental cham pionship rifle shoot of the United States was won Friday for the third successsive year by the Sixth regi ment of Massachusetts. JOHNSON IS NAMED. Minnesota Democrats Renominate the Governor. Minneapolis, Minn.—The Democrat ic state convention met Wednesday in Minneapolis and after a scene of indescribable tumult, caused by the mention of his name and which con tinued for 64 minutes. Gov. Johnson for a second time was nominated for re-election. This action of the convention was contrary to his wish, since he had re peatedly refused to be a candidate and declared that if nominated the cam ^ paign would be carr.ed on without a i general. His secretary, Frank A. Day, ; said he had no knowledge of the gov ernor's intention and refused to make a prediction as to what his course might be. In the roll call of counties Aitkin yielded to Ramsey and Mayor Lawlor of St. Paul began his eulogistic speech. At the first mention of Gov. Johnson’s name the delegates forgot his repeat edly-expressed objection to be consid ered and went into a frenzy of en thusiasm. Owing to the unsettled condition of the minds of the delegates at the open ing of the convention regarding the entire ticket it was decided that a committee, to be composed of one member from each judicial district, make recommendaticns for the filling of all places on the ticket except that of governor. The following recommendations were made by this committee and adopted by the convention: Lieutenant governor—Julius J. | Reiter of Rochester. Secretary of state—Richard T. Lamb of Clayton. State treasurer—Henry F. Xelson of Xibbing. Attorney general—M. E. Matthews of Marshall. Railway and warehouse commitssion j ers—Hans P. Bjorge of Ottertail ccua j ty, Robert Xee of Rice county. FLEET ARRIVES AT SYDNEY. Half a Million Australians Greet the American Battleships. Sydney. X. S. W.—Early Thursday morning a thin veil of smoke cn the horizon signaled to the watchers on the coast the approach of the Ameri can warships, and at 5:35 official noti fication was sent out that the fleet had been sighted. Fully half a million people assem bled on the shores of the beautiful harbor to welcome the battleships, which as they passed through the Sydney heads in double column were attended by convoy steamers and greeted with a roar of salutes from the forts. The American ships boomed fo*th a salute to the port, and as soon as they were safely moored at their anchorage, official visits were exchanged. Lunatic’s Blow Kills. Peoria, 111. — William Finney, from Chicago, the negro insane tu berculosis patient whose skull was fractured by a fellow inmate of the tent colony at the general insane asy lum at South Bartonville Thursday morning, died Friday, his brain being so seriously injured from the blow | with a hammer in the hands of his i crazed assailant that fragments of bone were driven deep into it. Fire Sweeps a Village. Bellingham, Wash.—A forest fire Thursday night nearly wiped out the little town of Bow, ten miles south of here. The saw and shingle mill and drying kilns owned by Daniel Cain, with half a million shingles were de stroyed, as well as five cottages be longing to the mill company. Admiral Dewey Afloat Again. Washington.—Admiral Dewey hoist ed his flag on the Dolphin Saturday and sailed from Washington for Ports mouth, N. H. It was the first time since 1905 that the admiral of the navy has flown his official flag over a naval vessel on a sea trip. Louisville Man Is a Suicide. Lexington, Ky.—J. D. McCreary, aged 65, a coal merchant of Louis ville, committed suicide in a boarding house here Friday by shooting him self twice in the temple. ATTACKED IN PETITION FOR OIL CASE REHEARING. FILED FOR GOVERNMENT Document Asserts the Federal Court of Appeals Was Unjust to Judge Landis and Mis stated the Facts. Chicago.—The government filed Fri day its petition for a rehearing of the Standard Oil case. The court of ap peals is asked to reconsider the re versal by Judge Grosscup. Baker and Seaman of the $29,240,000 fine imposed on the Indiana corporation by Judge Landis, and to ask the advice of the supreme court of the United States on certain vital questions at issue. This, it is urged, should be done by the court of appeals before that tri bunal, in passing final judgment on the case, places an interpretation on the interstate commerce act that prac tically would nullify the law, making of it "a mere will-o'-the-wisp of legis lation. a phantom statute, destitute of strength and substance.” The attorneys for the government rail}- valiantly to the defense of Judge Landis from the harsh, and as they assert, unjust, criticism which Judge Grosscup and his fellow jurists took occasion to voice in their opinion. They declare that the criticism of Judge Landis by the appellate judges and the reasons for reversing the rul ing are based upon misstatements of the records and misinterpretations of his rendering of the law. “The opinion as it stands,” the gov ernment's petition concludes, “er roneously states material portions of the record; does injustice to the trial judge; leaves doubtful in a new trial the rule of law to be applied, both as to knowledge on the part of the shipper and as to the number of of fenses; appears to be in conflict with Judge Grosscup. the language of the supreme court and with the previous language of the presiding judge of this court, and with the great weight of legal authority; and, if permitted to remain unmodi fied, will tend to encourage disobedi ence to law. to impede the enforce ment of salutary statutes and largely to defeat their purpose.” The petition, 5,000 words in length, was filed for the government by Chief Clerk William A. Small of the dis trict attorney's oflice. Counsel for the oil company have 20 days in which to file an answer, and then the peti tion may be considered by the appel late judges. They may reconsider their decision or they may ignore the government's petition without hearing any further arguments. Troops Riot in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga.—Late Wednesday po lice reserves were called to the Term inal station to quell a riot that broke out among two companies of United States regulars en route from Fort Slocum to the Pacific coast. When the local police officers were unable to curb the soldiers, a call was made upon Fort McPherson for troops, and Capt. Bankhead with a company of regulars responded and soon sup pressed the riot. One soldier was seriously stabbed. Lusitania Sets a New Record. Xew York.—With the best previous record for a trans-Atlantic voyage lowered by more than three hours, the Cunard turbine steamship Lusi tania arrived off Sandy Hook lightship at ten o'clock Thursday night, having made the run across the Atlantic over the short course in 4 days, 15 hours and 25 minutes. The Lusitania's for mer record, which was also the ocean record, was 4 days, 18 hours and 40 minutes. Drug Dogs and Rob House. Greenwich, Conn.—After drugging three watch dogs that guarded the summer home of Frederick W. Woerz, a wealthy Xew York brewer, burglars Thursday morning entered the house at Belle Haven park near here and stole $6,000 worth of jewelry and $100 in money. Veteran Lake Captain Dead. Algonac, Mich.—Capt. Charles K. Jackson, 71 years old, a great lakes sailor for more than half a century, died at his home here Thursday. RECEIVER HAS WALSH ROAD SOUTHERN INDIANA RAILWAY IS INVOLVED IN ACTION. Myron J. Carpenter Is Selected to Take Charge of Property—Notes Are Owned by Bank. Chicago. —• Judge C. C. Kohlsaat of the United States circuit court appointed Myron J. Carpenter receiver for the Southern Indiana Railway Com pany, owned by John R. Walsh. The action followed the appearance of various lawyers who went before Judge Kohlsaat. With the attorneys was E. K. Boisot. who appeared on behalf of the First Trust and Savings John R. Walsh. bank, the representative of the asso ciated clearing house banks of Chica go, to apply for the receiver. A statement was given out by James C. Hutchins, one of the lawyers, con cerning the new court proceedings fol lows: “Attorneys James C. Hutchins, Ovid B. Jameson (Indianapolis) and Lessing Rosenthal, appeared with E. K. Boisot before United States Circuit Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat at a late hour last night on behalf of the First Trust and Savings bank, the representative of the associated clearing house banks of Chicago, to apply for the receiver. Three similar bills were filed by the First Trust and Savings bank, one in the northern district of Illinois at Chi cago, one in the eastern district at Danville and one in the district of In diana at Indianapolis. .James Rosen thal appeared on behalf of the railroad companies." The notes under which this re ceivership was procured are owned by the First Trust and Savings bank for the account of the associated banks and were acquired at the time these banks took over the assets of the Walsh banks. CALLS OFF INDIANA STRIKE. President Lewis Tells All Miners to Return to Work. Indianapolis, Ind.—Having been de fied by the Indiana state executive board of the organization. President T. L. Lewis of the United Mine Work ers Friday afternoon issued from head quarters a letter advising all miners now on strike in Indiana to return to work immediately. It now rests with the miners to obey the terms of President Lewis' letter or suffer the revocation of their charters. The words of the president are not harsh, but they carry an im port of determination and authority. In his letter President Lewis inti mates that the case at the Hudson mine, which started the strike, is not meritorious. COAL PRICES MAY ADVANCE. New Company That Plans to Control St. Louis’ Supply. St. Louis.—Announcement was made Thursday that a corporation is being formed to be known as the Common wealth Fuel company, embracing 153 Illinois coal mines within a radius of 59 miles of St. Louis, supplying prac tically all the coal consumed in St. Louis and in East St. Louis. It is stated the new combination proposes not only to control the out put of the mines, but also to control the prices. According to dealers, if the negotiations are consummated an increase of ten to fifteen per cent, in the price of coal may be expected, meaning an increase of from >600.000 to $1,000,000 in the coal bill of St. Louis and East St. Louis. Seventy-Six Dead in Wigan Mine. Wigan.—It is now known that 76 miners perished in the explosion and the fire that followed it in the May pole mine. The directors have decid ed to flood the mine. Negro Shot from Ambush. Birmingham, Ala.—Anthony Davis, a negro non-union miner, whose house at Pratt City was destroyed b> dyna mite Wednesday night, was fired upon from ambush at Pratt City Friday night and fatally injured. Peru’s New President Proclaimed. Lima, Peru.—Augusto B. Leguia was proclaimed president of the re public of Peru Friday by the Peruvian congress. All the members of con gress except two voted in the afflraar tive.
