Nebraska Newspapers

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Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVI
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , FEBRUARY" 4, 1909
NUMBER 13
< A Boiling Down of the More lmpor- ;
taut Events Here and There >
Congress.
Senator Burkett's bill appropriating
$15,000 for the purpose of additional
ground for the postoffice at Beatrice
passed the senate and probably will
be attached to the sundry civil bill
when that bill reaches the senate.
Representative Kennedy introduced
a bill appropriating $100,000 for the
erection of a postoffice building at
Fort Madison, la.
Senator Aldrich introduced a bill
providing for court of inquiry to pass
upon application of discharged negro
goldiers for enlistment.
The house of representatives
adopted the report of a special com
mittee favoring the expunging of
Willett’s speech attacking President
Roosevelt.
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the senate reported favorably the fol
lowing nominations: Edwin G. Cole
man, receiver; Cyrus C. Carpenter,
register, United States land office,
Lemmon, S. D.; John L. Lockhart,
register, United States land office,
Pierre, S. D„ John E. Adams, re
ceiver, United States land office, Ab
erdeen. S. D.
Representative Kinkaid introduced
a bill providing that a certain portion
of the Nebraska national forest re
serve originally designated as North
Platte national forest be made sub
ject to an act entitled "an act to pro
vide for entry of agricultural land
within forest reserves.”
The senate committee on judiciary
has found that the senate has no right
to call upon President Roosevelt for
information he secured from the steel
corporation.
The Reaser oil portrait of the late
Senator William B. Allison of Iowa
will be purchased for $1,500 by the
senate in accordance with the terms
of a resolution introduced by Sena
tor Teller and adopted unanimously.
Senator Cummins of Iowa delivered
his maiden speech in opposition to
the postal savings hank hill in the
form in which it had been reported
to the senate by the committee on
po toTices and post roads.
The house insurgents who are ad
vocating changes in the present rules
of the house met recently to consider
various amendments. No definite de
cision was reached.
The postal savings bank and the
omnibus claims bill were before the
senate Monday for discussion and
amendment, but no substantial pro
gress was made on either measure.
In the agricultural department ap
propriation bill, reported to the house
there is an increase of $1,208,820 over
the amount given the department for
its work during the present year, al
though the (amount reported, $12,
880,826 is less by $1,739,900 than was
expected by the secretary of agricul
ture.
Congress is likely' to refer the Har
riman claim for expenses in stopping
the break in the Colorado river to
the court of claims.
There will be free seeds for the
farmers of Nebraska and elsewhere
next spring. The committee on agri
culture decided to vote an appropria
tion of $200,000 for free seed distribu
tion by congressmen.
A special session of congress may
be called without specific purpose, as
many things of importance must be
considered.
Senator Burkett has taken up the
matter of making Omaha a delivery
point for medical and veterinary sup
plies for the army.
General.
Southern Spain was shaken lip by
an earthquake shock and the city of
Barcelona is reported overwhelmed
by a tidal wave.
Trouble between the president and
vice president of Cuba over political
appointments may lead to resignation
of latter official.
Anthony Howard, a ear cleaner of
Council Bluffs, la., was frozen to
death during the late storm.
The Bulgarien government sent a
note to the powers complaining of the
uncompromising attitude of Turkey.
New York importers are preparing
a protest against the attitude of the
people of California toward the Jap
anese.
Loan agents have discovered it wrill
not be safe to loan on Tripp and Gre
gory county lands until five years
from date of entry
Fire in retail district of St. Paul.
>Iinn.. destroyed six buildings, caus
ing loss of $600,000.
The American Live Stock associa
tion passed a resolution asking for a
law prohibiting an advance in freight
rates until commission has had op
portunity to approve them.
Burlington officials testified at Chi
cago in the Missouri river rate hear
ing that payment of rebates was com
mon up to a few years ago.
Russia makes another partition of
Poland by detaching two provinces
and making them a p2rt of Russia
proper.
Blame for the collision between the
Republic and the Florida will be fixed
by the admirality court.
United Mine Workers voted down
a resolution protesting against pro
posed removal of duty on coal.
The house adopted the conference
report on the bill rB"oviding for tak
ing the next census.
The appropriation bill for the post
office department carries -with it an
amount aggregating $234,000,000.
Citizens of New Orleans are pla.n
ning to give President-elect Taft an
allegator steak dinner.
The United Mine Workers’ conven
tion passed series of resolutions ecu
demning decision of Judge Wright in
Gompers contempt case.
Edwin Hawley and associates have
purchased control of the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad.
A new action in the Panama libel
case may be started in the New
York state courts.
The captain of the Florida puts the
blame for the collision on the Repub
lic.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has ruled that rates on cream
from points as far as Colorado to
Chicago are too high and ordered a
reduction.
Lincoln. Neb., ministers, have agreed
on a hill which will have their sup
port to bring about county option.
Grand jury investigating town lot
frauds at Muskogee returned three
bills after holding a brief session.
The conspiracy is said to be more
extensive than was at first suspected
Weighty problems confront Mr.
Knox when he becomes secretary of
state.
Judge T. C .Munger, of Nebraska,
rules state law unconstitutional
prohibiting appeal to federal courts
from orders of the state railway com
mission.
President Roosevelt has submitted
plans for reorganization of the navy
The New England fishers dispute is
in fair way cf settlement.
Old age pensions in Ireland are
paid in postoffice saloons and pen
sioners are told the proper way Is to
patronize the bar.
Two thousand people were at a
country church near Axtell, Neb., to
attend the funeral of the Olsons,
killed in the Colorado wreck.
A bill is to be introduced in the
New York legislature to compel in
struction in boxing in the public
schools.
California racing men are of thr
opinion that the anti-pool selling bill
will pass and sound the knell of rac
ing in that state.
A drastic prohibitory bill was in
troduced in the Utah legislature and
it is expected to pass.
The Genoa. Neb., Indian school will
be retained.
The steamship Republic and the
Florida were in collision and the
former sank. No lives were 4pst.
Minister Loomis, in an interview
on the Japanese question, gives that
country credit for good faith in its
effort to stop emigration to the
United States.
Lincoln’s native county in Ken
tucky has voted for prohibition.
Washington.
Senator Burkett has accepted an in
vitation of the Atlantic City Board oi
Trade to speak before that body at a
banquet on February 20.
Oakleigh Thorne and George W.
Perkins testified before the senate
committee on judiciary on its inquiry
into the absorption of Tennessee Coal
and Iron company by the United
States steel corporation.
The Nebraska, delegation and their
wives were entertained at dinner by
Senator Burkett. All were present
except Congressman Hitchcock.
Senator Brown desires the senate to
take his bill to prevent injunction of
collection of state taxes by federel
courts from the committee on judici
ary and consider the same directly.
President Roosevelt believes the
organization of the navy department
is not as to bring the best results and
he has appointed a committee whose
announced duty will be to consider
"certain needs of the navy.”
Pleading for the establishment of
a children’s bureau in one of the de
partments of the federal government
at Washington, promoters of the wel
fare of children, who have been in
conference here, bore down on con
gress. ,
The military Order of the Loyal
Legion of Nebraska, through its offi
cers, W. J. Broatch, Horace Lud'ng
ton and F. B. Lawrence, have sent a
petition to Senator Brown calling
upon congress to place officers on
volunteer relief list.
President Samuel Gompers. Vice
President John Mitchell and Secre
tary Frank Morrison, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, recently
adjudged in contempt of court and
sentenced to imprisonment in the
District of Columbia jail, were or
dered by Justice Wright of the district
supreme court to pay the costs in
curred in the proceedings which re
sulted in the sentence for contempt.
These aggregate about $1,500.
By a vote of 9 to 8 the house com
mittee on agriculture agreed to report
favorably the Weeks bill providing
for a commission for the establish
ment of a White mountain and south
ern Appalachian forest reserve.
Personal.
Judge J. J. Sullivan took the oath
of office at Omaha and accepted ap
pointment as justice of supreme court
of Nebraska from Governor Shallen
ber^er.
President Gomez was inaugurated
at Havana and Provisional Governor
Magoon and stair sailed at once for
home.
Nebraska state senate employes will
be paid only for the time they actu
ally have been employed.
E. H. Harriman was elected a di
rector of the New York Central rail
road.
Emperor William was the hero of
special exercises on the occasion of
the fiftieth anniversary of his birth.
President-elect Taft and party sail
ed from Charleston for Panama and
were given an oration as they left.
COMING NEW HOUSE
MANY OF MORE PROMINENT MEN
NOT RE ELECTED.
COMMITTEE HEADS TO RETIRE
The Problem of Reorganization Al
ready Causes Anxiety Among
Leaders.
\\ ashington.—With the convening
of a new congress scarcely more than
a month distant, the selection of the
standing committees of the next
house and particularly the award of
chairmanship, has become the sub
ject of keen speculation and a source
of some anxiety.
The understanding among members
generally is that the rule of the seni
ority will be followed in selecting
chairmen, but there may be some ex
ceptions. In cases in which the chair
men are re-elected, it is expected that
they will be retained in their present
places with the possible exception of
Mr. Fowler of New Jersey, chairman
of the committee on banking and cut
rency. There are, however, some im
portant committees whose chairmen
will not be members of the next
house, and the selection of their sue
cessors is causing no little specula
tion.
Among these committees are those
on the judiciary, where Mr. Jenkins
of Wisconsin is chairman: interstate
and foreign commerce. Colonel Hep
bum. Iowa, as chairman; rivers and
harbors. Senator-elect Burton, chair
man. and postoGices and post roads,
Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, chairman.
These are four of the most important
committees of the house and the
chairmanship of each is highly prized.
The name of Representative Do
Alava S. Alexander of Buffalo. N. Y .
is strongly mentioned in connection
with two of these committees H-‘>
will be the ranking member of the
committee on rivers and harbors af
ter Chairman Burton of Ohio takes
his seat in the senate. With the re
newed agitation in the middle west
for waterways improvement there has
sprung up a keen desire to keep the
chairmanship of the rivers and har
bors committee in that territory. For
this reason Mr. Alexander's appoint
ment as chairman does not appeal to
the western representation.
The interstate and foreign com
merce and postoffice and post roads
committees are being paired.
Unless Colonel Hepburn of Iowa
desires to contest for his seat in the
house, and the chairmanship of the
committee on interstates and foreign
commerce is left vacant on that ac
count. there will be a big problem to
be solved in that committee. The
ranking member below Mr. Hepburn
is James Sherman, vice president
elect. Next comes Messrs Wanget
of Pennsylvania and Mann of Illinois.
The suggestion has been made that
Mr. Wanger be appointed chairman
of the postoffice and postroads com
rrittee to succeed Chairman Over
street of Indiana, retired.
Terminal Fight Is Ended.
St. Joseph. Mo.—After preventing
the Missouri Pacific railroad from
gaining access to its terminals, upon
which. $1,000,000 had been spent, for a
period of two years, the Burlington
has entered into an agreement by
which the former read will cross the
Burlington tracks, the only way of
reaching the terminals and freight
house. The Missouri Pacific will
build a line from here to Atchison and
construct a double-track road in con
junction with the Rock Island. It
will erect a new passenger station
here.
Great Britain Needs Meat.
London—The committee of the gov
ernment which was appointed last
summer to inquire into the alleged
American control of the British meat
supply has concluded its investigation
and. according to the Daily Mail, will
report against interference witli
American imports, for the simple rea
son that Great Britain needs the
American supply.
Frozen to De'th in Blizzard.
Marshalltown. Ia.—While on his
way home from Odebolt. Joseph Ja
cobRen. a well known farmer living
southeast of town, was caught in tho
blizzard and was frozen to death.
Root at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark.—Senator-elect
Elihu Root arrived at Hot Springs to
get away from the strenuous life and
give a sprained knee a chance to
mend. He will remain three weeks.
Garfield not in the Cabinet.
Washington—The definite state
ment can be made that James R. Gar
field, secretary of the interior, will
not be a member of the cabinet of the
next administration.
Money for Signal Corps.
Washington—By voting an appro
priation of $75,000 the house of rep
resentatives on Saturday made liberal
provisions for further experiments bv
the army of balloons and airships for
use in warfare. The subject gave rise
to a spirited debate, which continued
most of the session. The opponents
of the proposition tried to defeat it by
raising all sorts of parliamentary
points, but the chair overruled these
and paved the way for incorporating
the provisions in the army appropria
tion bill.
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PLAGE BLAME ON EACH OTHER
OWNERS OF THE REPUBLIC AND
FLORIDA FILE SUITS.
Former Claim $2,000,000—Bids Are
Opened for a Wireless Tower
at Washington.
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Xew York.—Just which ship was re
sponsible for the Nantucket collision
in which the White Star liner Repub
lic and the Italian liner Florida fig
ured, and which company shall pay
the damages will be decided by the
court of admiralty.
Both companies filed suits Thurs
day. That of the owners of the Re
public claimed damages of $2,000,000
and recited in legal form the story of
the marvelous sea disaster. The
blame for the collision was placed on
the Florida and the claim made that
the last-named ship was going ahead
at '“an immoderate rate of speed"
when the crash came.
The owners of the Florida also filed
a libel suit and a petition for a lim
itation of liability against the Florida.
The petitioners asked that their lia
bility, in case the* scits are decided
against them, be placed at $224,000, j
the damage value of the Florida.
C. B. Richards & Co., agents for the
1-loyd-Italian line, to which the
Florida belongs, believe that Capt.,
Ruspini, his officers and crew should
come in for some of the praise that
has been bestowed upon the officers of
the Republic. In a statement issued
Thursday night they point out the
heroism and the act of humanity dis
played by Capt. Ruspini, who despite
the fact that his ship was sorely dam
aged, ‘-lotid by the Republic for more
than 24 hours rescuing the passengers
from the Republic and later trans
ferring them to the Baltic when that
ship reached the scene. The state
ment is made that had the Baltic not
arrived, Capt. Ruspini would success
fully have brought his overcrowded
vessel into this port.
Washington.—Following the achieve
ments of the wireless telegraph in the
recent collision between the steamers
Republic and Florida, the navy depart
ment Thursday opened bids for locat
ing a wireless tower at Washington
for communicating with ships at sea.
to the distance of 2,000 miles.
F. P. GLAZIER IS FOUND GUILTY.
Ex-Treasurer of Michigan Convicted of
Misappropriating State Funds.
Lansing, Mich.—Ex-State Treasurer
Frank P. Glazier of Chelsea, whose
failure in December. 1907, resulted in
the closing of the Chelsea Savings
bank, of which he was the head, and
which had on deposit about $685,000
of state funds, was found guilty late
Wednesday by a jury in the Ingham
county circuit court of misappropri
ating state funds.
Mr. Glazier's attorneys Immediately
gave notice of an appeal to the su
preme court, and he was released on
$10,000 bail and given until March 8
to file a bill of exceptions and a mo
tion for a new trial. He received the
verdict without emotion.
Warning Note by Bulgaria.
Sofia.—The Bulgarian government
Friday night delivered a note to the
representatives of the powers com
plaining of the irreconcilable and un
compromising attitude of Turkey and
declaring that the Porte must be re
sponsible for the consequences.
Lynch Negro in Florida.
Jacksonville. Fla. — A negro an
swering the description of one who
brutally attempted to criminally as
sault Mrs. Jesse Holland near here
was captured by angry neighbors to
night and strung up to a tree with a
telephone wire.
For Paper from Cornstalks.
Washington.—The secretary of agri
culture will be enabled to conduct ex
periments to determine the practic
ability of making paper material from
cornstalks, if a bill favorably acted
upon by the house committee of agri
culture Thursday becomes a law. The
bill, which was introduced by Mr.
Stanley, Kentucky, appropriates $30,
000 to be used by the secretary of
agriculture to conduct the experi
ments. and purchase a site near Hen
derson, Ky., erect buildings and pur
chase the necessary apparatus.
GET $5,600 WITH REVOLVER?
Man and Wife Arrested on Charge
of Robbery.
Mobile, Ala.—Fleetwood Lester,
traveling salesman for the Southern
Supply Company, and his wife are in
jail charged with holding up Harda
way Young, president of the company,
at the point of a revolver at the for
mer's home Friday afternoon and rob
bing him of $5,600.25.
It is charged that Lester telephoned
to Young to come to his home to dis
cuss the sale of Lester’s stock in the
company. When Young entered the
Lester home, it is alleged, Lester
forced him at the point of a revolver,
to write an order to his cashier di
recting him to pay Mrs. Lester
$5,600.25. the alleged amount of Les
ter’s stock. Mrs. Lester took the or
der to the cashier, who wrote out a
check for the amount and identified
her at the bank. Mrs. Lester cashed
the check and then returned to her
home, where Young was held prac
tically a prisoner, and gave the money
to her husband.
FIRE RAGES IN ST. PAUL.
Large Part of Business District
Threatened by Flames.
St. Paul. Minn.—Fire which started
in the White House department store
on East Seventh street shortly after
seven o'clock Friday night assumed
alarming proportions and a large part
of the business district of the city was
threatened. The flames jumped across
the street and Huber's cafe and an ad
joining building caught fire, while
flaming cinders were being driven
across the city by a strong north wind,
threatening the down town district.
Half a dozen buildings were de
stroyed, the total loss being about
$600,000.
Montgomery. Ala.—With the wind
blowing 35 miles an hour, a fire broke
out in the manufacturing district and
a general alarm was sent all fire com
panies, including the reserve corps.
GREAT FRENCH ACTOR DEAD.
Benoit-Constant Coquelin Passes Away
on Eve of Masterpiece.
Paris.—Benoit-Constant Coquelin,
the great French actor whose culmi
nating triumph had been awaited in
Edmund Rostand's “The Chanticleer.”
which is now being rehearsed, died at
Pont-Aux-Uames, Seine-et-Marne.
The death of M. Coquelin is an in
calculable loss to the French stage.
Only a few days ago M. Rostand, who
recently has been giving the finishing
touches to “The Chanticleer,” ar
rived in Paris from Cambo, an'd he
was ready to begin the rehearsals of
the play in which M. Coquelin, who
had the leading role, was expected to
duplicate his famous success obtained
in M. Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
Would Burn Constitution.
Guthrie, Okla.—Senator Blair in the
senate here Thursday in all serious
ness moved that that body burn the
constitution adopted by the state of
Oklahoma. His words created a de
cided sensation and were followed by
an immediate adjournment.
Senator Blair s remarks came at the
close of one of the most vigorous de
bates in the present session of the
upper house, and after favorable bal
loting on the Thomas bill, whic hmakes
it impossible to form new counties.
Eight Coal Barges Sink.
East Liverpool, O.—Eight coal
barges were sunk and four others
broke away from the towboat Ray
mond Horner when it struck a sand
bar in the Ohio river opposite Wells
ville, O., Thursday.
Judge J. D. Conner Is Dead.
Wabash, Ind.—Judge James D. Con
nor, aged 90, a member of the first
Republican national convention, at
tendant at every subsequent national
convention, and honored at the last
convention in Chicago, died Friday.
Fatally Wounds Wife; Kills Self.
Norfolk, Va.—P. C. Edwards, a com
mission merchant, shot and fatally
wounded his wife, attempted to shoot
his little daughter, and put a bullet
through his brain Friday. He died
later at St. Vincent’s hospital.
JUDGE TAFT OX ISTHMUS
MAKES HIS EIGHTH TRIP ACROSS
THE CANAL ROUTE.
Lands at Colon, Spends Night at Cule
bra and Then Pays Visit to the
Site of Gatun Dam.
Panama.—President-elect Taft Friday
made his eighth trip across the isth
mus and everywhere was greeted with
marked demonstrations of good will.
With his party Mr. Taft landed in
the morning at C61on and proceeded
by special train to Culebra, where at
night he was quartered at the resi
dence of Lieut. Col. Goethals, chair
man of the Panama canal commission.
His reception by the Panama officials
both at Colan and Culebra was most
cordial. Saturday Mr. Taft visited fhe
site of Gatun dam.
The United States cruiser North
Carolina, on which Mr. Talt sailed
from Charleston, and the convoy cruis
er Montana arrived at Colon at ten
o'clock Friday morning after a voy
age that was marked by splendid
weather conditions. All the members
of the party were in good health.
Col. Goethals, Joseph Blackburn,
governor of the canal zone; Col. Wil
liam C. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer
of the zone, and other prominent per
sons, immediately boarded the North
Carolina from the tug Cristobal and
welcomed the president-elect, who
landed at dock No. 2 .adjoining the
Panama railroad office.
The first person to shake the hand
of Mr. and Mrs. Taft when they land
ed was Gov. Porfiro Melendez of
Colon, who introduced to them Mayor
Benigno Andrion, Chief of Police
Arango and other Panama officials.
Mr. Taft and his party immediately
boarded a train which was waiting
and left at noon for Culebra. Arriving
there the president-elect was received
ceremoniously by the members of
President Obaldia's cabinet. During
the afternoon Mr. Taft had a confer
ence with the engineers engaged in
the construction of the canal and his
visit to the Gatun dam was planned.
The president-elect and his, party
will sail from Colon for New Orleans
Friday, February 5.
BODIES OF THE CHENEYS ARRIVE
American Victims of Quake Brought
Home for Burial.
New York.—The bodies of the two
American victims of the convulsion of
nature at Messina, Italy, s. month
ago. United States Consul Arthur S.
Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, arrived in
the harbor Thursday night. They
were on board the Fabre liner, Vene
zia. which arrived after dark and re
mained anchored at the quarantine
station until morning.
When the Venezia docked Friday
the bodies were escorted by regular
troops to the Grand Central station
and there embarked for New Haven
Conn., the home of the Cheneys,
where interment will take place.
Count Messiglia, the Italian consul
general at New York, was one of those
to leeeive the bodies at the steamer's
dock. He laid wreaths on the coffins,
a graceful tribute paid at the request
of Signor Mayor des Planches, the
Italian ambassador at Washington.
JEROME IN CANAL LIBEL CASE.
Ready to Act if Robinson Will Make
Complaint.
New York.—The possibility of the
federal authorities having to stand
aside to permit the state and county
of New York to proceed against the
publishers of the New Y'ork World for
the alleged libel in connection with
the Panama purchase, was made ap
parent Tuesday in a letter written by
District Attorney Jerome to United
States District Attorney Henry L.
Stimson.
Provided Douglas Robinson, trother
in-law of the president, is willing to
appear as a complainant witness, Mr.
Jerome is ready, the letter states, to
begin action at once in the state
courts. It would be useless for him to
do so, however, he explains, if his in
quiry is not given precedence over that
begun before the federal grand jury,
as acquittal or conviction in one court
would act as sufficient defense in the
other.
Delay Anti-Jap Measure.
Sacramento. Cal.—The question of
anti-Japanese legislation was tem
porarily put aside by the legislature
Wednesday as a result of an agree
ment between President Roosevelt,
Gov. Gillett and the leaders of both
houses. Assemblyman A. M. Drew
agreed, after a conference 'with the
governor, to amend his anti-alien bill.
Grove L. Johnson was not willing to
postpone action upon his anti-Japan
ese bills, but a motion to put all the
measures over for a week prevailed
with little opposition.
Oklahoma Paper Burned Out.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The plant of
the Daily Oklahoman, and the adjoin
ing building, occupied by the local
branch of the J. I. Case Plow Com
pany, were destroyed by fire.
Mine Explosion Kills Two.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Two men were killed
and 300 others narrowly escaped death
from an explosion of coal dust at the
Sewickley mine of the Keystone Coal
& Coke Company at Madison, Pa., near
here, Friday.
Keefe's Nomination Confirmed.
Washington.—The nomination of
Daniel J. Keefe to be commisioner
general of immigration wa3 confirmed
Friday by the senate. Mr. Keefe's
nomination has been held up since
December 8.
CUBANS TAKE REINS
GEN. GOMEZ IS INAUGURATED AS
ISLAND’S PRESIDENT.
GOV. MAGOON STEPS OUT
Ceremonies Preceded by Brilliant Il
lumination and Farewell Ball for
American Officials — Tars
. Decorate Old Maine.
Havana.—Cuba formally passed back
into the hands of the Cubans at noon
Thursday, when the new government,
beaded by President Gomez and Vice
President Zayas was inaugurated.
The ceremonies were simple. Gen.
Gomez took the oath from the chief
justice of the supreme court and made
a brief address to the populace from
the balcony of the palace. Afterward
in the reception room of the palace
Gov. Magoon read the order of Presi
dent Roosevelt restoring the island
and its affairs to the newly elected
government.
City Is Carnival Scene.
The coming of this new day of
Cuban liberty was signaled by a gen
eral display of fireworks, the velvet
blackness of the tropical midnight be
ing set aflame by screeching rockets
and bombs which sent down showers
of golden rain and gleaming, vari
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colored lights. The streets of the city,
which were brilliantly illuminated and
garlanded with chains of incandescent
bulbs, were thronged and a carnival
spirit everywhere prevailed. Thou
sands of people gathered around the
Clerks’ club throughout the night,
where inaugural and farewell balls
w ere held jointly in honor of President
Gomez and Vice-President Zayas and
Gov. Magoon, all three of whom were
quickly recognized on entering the
building and leaving it, and loudly ap
plauded. The balls constituted one
of the most brilliant functions held
here since the days of the Spanish oc
cupation.
Illumination and Ball.
The festivities really opened
Wednesday night with a brilliant il
lumination of the city and a farewell
ball tendered by the mayor and coun
cil of Havana in honor of Gov. Ma
goon. President-elect Gomez, Vice
President-elect Zayas and the Ameri
can officers who served as provision
al authorities.
The illuminations probably were the
most elaborate ever seen here. The
money provided lor the purpose was
subscribed unstintedly, and the parks
and the principal thoroughfares of the
city were transformed into a veritable
fairyland. In Central park, stretching
down the Prado to the sea, thousands
of vari-colored bulbs gleamed among
cocoanut palms and laurel trees.
Ball a Brilliant Affair.
The ball was a brilliant function. It
was attended by the American officials,
the new island authorities, members of
the diplomatic corps, special ambassa
dors and leaders of society. It was
held in the large and beautiful ball
room of the Circle Dependientes, or
Clerks’ club, which is a unique organi
zation with the enormous membership
of 34.000. The club building, which
faces an entire block, is a palace The
ball was held last night rather than
this evening, after the inauguration,
because of the determination of the
American officials to leave for home
immediately following President Go
mez's induction into office.
President Sees Success.
Washington. — A message express
ing hope for Cuba's success was
sent by President Roosevelt to the
president and congress of the republic
of Cuba Thursday. It follows:
“Gov. Magoon will, by direction,
turn over to you, on the 28 th of this
month, the control and government of
the island of Cuba, and he will there
upon declare the provisional adminis
tration of the affairs of the island by
the United States to be at an end.
Upon the occasion of this final act,
I desire to reiterate to you the sincere
friendship and good wishes of the
United States, and our most earnest
hopes for the stability and success of
your gvornment. Our fondest hope
is that you may enjoy the blessings of
peace, justice, prosperity and orderly
liberty, and that the friendship which
has existed between the republic of
the United States and the republic of
Cuba may continue for all time to
come.”
Arrested for His Bride's Death.
St. Louis.—Dr. Paul Pritchett was
arrested in hi3 drug store on an indict
ment, charging him with man
slaughter in connection with the death
of his bride of a week, Bertha Holt
Pritchett cf Lebanon, Mo.
Oregon Vote Finally Arrives.
Washington.—Oregon’s delayed mes
senger, J. M. Butler, conveying the
electoral vote of his slate, arrived
here Friday. Butler was under the
impression that he had until February
10 to bring the returns.