Loup City Northwestern i 9 ■ VOLUME XXVI _LOOT CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER12, WW NUMBER 1 SUMMARY OF NEWS CONDENSATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS. » BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD —. General, Political, Religious. Sporting, Foreign and Other Events Re corded Here and There. Political. That president Roosevelt may be the successor of Senator Platt in the senate is considered by many in Washington as not at all improbable. Those who regard this as possible de clare that they have assurance from the president hiinse*. that he would not be entirely averse to the accept ance of the senatorial office under conditions as luey will be after the 4th of March. Nebraska democrats, discussing the ^ future of Mr. Bryan, are still divided on about the same lines as before the election, his admirers still pinning their faith to him. Additional returns place Missouri in the Taft column. It is now' reported that the nest congress will have 217 republicans and 174 democrats. Speaker Cannon says he is grateful for the vigorous work that has been rendered. Though defeated in the nation Mr. Bryan finds much consolation in the Nebraska vote. Indiana democrats have gained the governor and seven congressmen. Uncle Joe Cannon will probably be re-elected speaker. Jamieson, elected to congress from Iowa, is an editor at Shenandoah. Mr. Bryan continues in good health and good spirit notwithstanding his defeat. Speaker Cannon is said to be wear ing a smile these days that won’t come off. In Roosevelt’s election district, Oy ster Bay, Taft got 233, Bryan 144, Hughes 200 and Chanler 127. General. Returns from the Nebraska election Indicate the republicans have certain ly elected Kinkaid to congress in the , Sixth district. Complete official returns from Mary land show that Taft gets two e'ectoral votes in that state and Bryan six. Gossip has it that Roosevelt is to succeed Platt as United States sena tor from New York. Judge Taft and wife left for Hot Springs, Va., where they will remain until after Thanksgiving. Chancellor Andrews tendered his resignation to the regents of the Uni versity of Nebraska on account of ill health and the resignation was ac cepted. Seven people were burned to death in a house near Swan Lake, Iowa. The circuit court of appeals at Chi cago granted a temporary order re straining Interstate Commerce com mission from putting reduced freight rate from Atlantic seaboard to Omaha and Kansas City into effect. Over 500,000 more men will be work ing in American factories by Decem ber 1. Taft will have over 300 in the elec toral college. One of the most important of in dustries developed in recent years is the production of sugar from sugar beets. More or less desultory work was done on sugar beets as far back as 1867. In 1892 only six factories were in operation in this country, the combined output of which was a little over 27,000,000 pounds of sugar. The seventy-fourth anniversary of the birth of the dowager empress of China was celebrated, and the event was made the greatest day of the fes tivities in honor of the visiliug Amer ican battleships under Rear Admiral Emory. Eugene W. Chafin, presidential can didate of the prohibitio nparty, after ^ scanning the election returns made a statement concluding as follows: “The demoeratic-Bryan party is dead. The fight from now on will be between the prohibition party and the whisky republican party and we will elect a prohibition president in 1912.” Democrats gain nine votes in the lower house of congress. The Times says: From an .excellent authority the New York Times learned yesterday that President Roosevelt plans to leave New York on March 13, nine days after the in auguration, by the North-German Lloyd liner, Koenig Albert for Naples, via Gibraltar, where the liner is due on March 25. A distinguished Frenchmen gave a dinner to Wilbur Wright, at which the American aviator was presented with two gold medals. The British colonial office, recently offered President Roosevelt the free dom of the government shooting pre serves. Judge Taft in an address to the Cin cinnati Commercial club sounded the keynote of his administration. Burlington crop reports from the Alliance and Sterling division, cover ing the northeast parts of Nebraska and Colorado, are that the corn yield is good. W. J. Bryan discussing the election, says Nebraska is the bright spot and expresses the hope that the incoming administration will redeem pledges of the platform. Over 1,000 teachers attended the an nual banquet of the state teaches’ as sociation at Lincoln. At Richmond, Va„ Winston Green, a negro youth, was electrocuted in the state penitentiary for attempted crim inal assault upon a young white girl of Chesterfield county. After his conviction he made a full confession. John D. Rockefeller had to stand in ine in a Sixth avenue tailor shop for forty minutes before he had a chance .o deposit his ballot. Fire in a Philadelphia lumber yard did damage amount ing to $750,000 and blocked railroad and traction . lines for several blocks. Mummy island, about eight miles from Cordova, has been selected as the site for the navy wireless station to be established on the Alaskan coast to close communication between the coastal wireless station of the navy and the military Alaskan tele graph system. Railroads are publishing booklets advertising the National Corn exposi tion to be held in Omaha December 9 to 19. Governin' Guild of Massachusetts was seized with a severe attack of gastritis. As this is the third dan gerous illness experienced by the gov ernor within a year there is consider able anxiety over his condition. John W. Hutchinson, the last of the famous Hutchinson family, whose temperance and abolition songs before the civil war and during that conflict, made their names known throughout the country, died at his home. High Rock, in Lynn, Mass. He W'as 87 years of age. Washington. A Halloween prank had a tragic ending in the death here at George town hospital of Frank Kretzmer, a young merchant of Rockville, Md., as the result of wounds said to have been inflicted by Nicholas Offut. also of Rockville. Offutt claimed, it is said, that Kretzmer had insulted his little sister by pulling her mask from her face when she entered his store with several youngsters in Halloween garb and played childish pranks. Of futt disappeared immediately after the shooting. An item of $2,606,119 for barracks and quarters at coast artillery posts will be included in the estimates of appropriations to he sent to congress this year by the war department. Much interest has been aroused over the report that Secretary Wilson has been offered the presidency of the Colorado State Agricultural college and would resign to accept it. Secre tary Wilson is now in Iowa. His son Jasper Wilson, said the report wai untrue. Beautiful memorial services, at* < tended by a brilliant assemblage of representatives of all branches of offi cial life in Washington, were held in memory of the late Freiher Speck von Sternburg, German ambassador to the United States, who died at Heidelberg Aug. 23. President and Mrs. Roosevelt, members of his cab inet, diplomatic representatives of al nations, members of the supreme court of the United States, high offi cials of the government and officers of the army, navy and marine corps, many of whom were accompanied by their wives, were present. Foreign. The Duke of the Abruzzi. annoyed by the discussion of his reported en gagement to Miss Katherine Elkins in both the American and Italian press, speaking to his aide said that facts soon would cut short the gossip. The duke’s valet has been ordered to make preparations for a journey. The agent of Bulgaria at St. Pe tersburg has been instructed to make representations to Russia that the terms proposed by Turkey for a set tlement of the differences growing out of the Bulgarian declaration of inde pendence. are entirely inacceptable and to request that Russia unite with the other powers in the use of in fluence at Constantinople toward se curing a modification of the action of the porte in the premises. At the commencement of the pres ent year the number of pensioners on the official insurance lists of the Ger man empire for invalidism, old age, and sickness amounted to 978,960, of whom 841,992 were invalid pensioners, 20,081 sick pensioners, and 116.887 old-age pensioners. The sum paid to pensioners in 1907 is estimated at 172.000,000 marks, and since the exist ence of the institution at 1,328,000,000 marks. Personal. General Solicitor W. R- Begg of the Great Northern railroad confirmed the shortage of S30.000 in the accounts of A J. Gordon of Spokane, Wash., for merly general counsel of the Great Northern at Spokane. Brigadier General Frederick Funs ton voted in his home precinct in Iola, Kas., for the first time in fourteen years. At Friedriehshafen. Count Zeppelin made a successful trip in his new airship around Lake Constance. He was accompanied by several women, including Duchess Vera of Wurtem bcrg and his own daughter. The air ship was aloft for one hour. At New York. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was sworn as a member of the November grand jury before Judge Mulqueen in the court of general ses sions. The court will consider 428 complaints. The general opinion is that Chan cellor von Buelow will be forced to retire. Apparently in good health, and in the act of making a medical exam ination, Dr. Edwin S. Hutch ns dropped dead of heart failure beside the operating table in his offica at Spokane, Wash. ELECTORS ARE TAFT OTHERWISE THE MISSOURI TIC- \ KET IS SPLIT. | AS TO ELECTORAL COLLEGE Indications that the Republicans Will Have Lower House by Forty Majority. St. Louis.—Complete returns to the republican state headquarters here fail to indicate exactly the outcome of Tuesday’s election regarding1 the minor state offices in Missouri. Ac cording to the figures four democrats and three republicans have been suc cessful. but Secretary Rush Lake of the committee refuses to concede the election of the democrats and says that the official canvass must de termine the results. The figures show the election of the following can didates by the pluralities indicated: Judge of the supreme court, w. W. Graves, democrat, 2,865. Railroad commissioner, John A. Knott, democrat. 1,800. State auditor, John P. Gordon, demo crat, 803. State treasurer, James Cowgill, democrat. 2,000. Lieutenant governor, Jacob F. Gme lich, republican. 581. Secretary of state, John E. Swanger. republican. 191. Attorney general, Frank P. Fulker son, republican, G55. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. The Political Situation as Revealed by Returns. States. Taft. Bryan. Alabama . 11 Arkansas . 9 Califomi . 10 Colorado . 5 Connecticut . 7 Delaware .... 3 .. Florida .. 5 Georgia . .. 13 Idaho . 3 Illinois .. 27 Indiana .. 15 .. Iowa . 13 Kunsas . 10 Kentucky .. 13 Louisiana .... 9 Maine . 6 Maryland . 2 6 Massachusetts .. 16 .. Michigan . 14 Minnesota .. 11 Mississippi .. 10 Missouri ..........18 Montana . 3 Nebraska . 8 Nevada .... 3 { New Hampshire . 4 .. | New Jersey . 12 .. New York . 39 . . ! North Carolina . 12 North Dakota . 4 ... Ohio . 23 .. Oklahoma . 7 Oregon . 4 Pennsylvania . 34 Rhode Island . 4 South Carolina . ^. 9 South Dakota . .. . 4 Tennessee . 12 Texas . 18 Utah .'. 3 Vermont . 4 Virginia .%. 12 Washington . 5 West Virginia . 7 Wisconsin . 13 Wyoming . 3 THE NATIONAL HOUSE. According to Present Returns Repub licans Will Have Majority of 41. Chicago—The republican party -will, according to present returns from all congressional districts in the United States, control the next national house WZLLZAZZ ZZ. TAFT' FAME'S MM « For the first time in the history of Lancaster county a mixed delega tion, three democrats and four repub licans, will go to the legislature. complete returns from Douglas county show that Bryan carried the county by a majority of 1.522, and that Shallenberger for governor went him more than a thousand better. Andrew Lingle of Nebraska City was perhaps fatally stabbed by Mat Sroas, a butcher, in a Quarrel over some money which had been borrow ed. Both men had been drinking. Farmers should all have telephones. Write to us and learn how to get the best service for the least money. Ne braska Telephone Company, 18th and Douglas streets, Omaha. “Use the Bell.” Dr. Ludden of the state board was ir Kearney looking over the normal school, noting improvements and go ing over the records of the institii tion. He addressed the students at length. The boys’ and girls’ industrial clubs of Beaver City will hold the annua! meeting at Beaver City Saturday, No vember 14. Superintendent Munday has issned a premium list with over $100 for the winners. There is much interest manifested. The gross earnings of the Union Pa cific for the month of September touch a new high record and the net earnings for both the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific arae the highest for any such month in the history of these roads. Sixty-four years ago Mr. and Mrs. William Weygint of McCook were made husband and wife in New York state. This fact was celebrated by a large company of friends and neigh bors. Both of the old folks are now 88 years of age. Great preparations are being made by those having charge of the Young Men’s Christian association for the great meeting to be held in Columbus on the 22d of this month. The prin cipal speaker is to be Bishop Nuelsen of the Methodist Episcopal church. “You were angry and I was not wanted. Emma was cross. 1 didn't ccme here to raise trouble. I am tired of suffering, but it will not last long.” These are sentences from a note which Mary Weisel of Omaha. 22 years old. wrote to Arthur Shaver just before she shot herself three times in the breast, dying a few min utes. afterward. The girl, it is said, had for some time been demented Odd Fellows of Bertrand are pur ting up a fine building. The ministers of the various churches of Ponca have just organiz ed a ministerial union in which they have departed from the customary rules. The wives of the ministers are invited to attend all the regular monthly meetings. Irvin Whitehead and S. Deffenbaugh are out with petitions for appoint ment as postmaster at Cairo, Hall county, it having been reported that Postmaster Shull has resigned and will go to South Dakota to go into the business oi contracting.