Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190?, August 19, 1898, Image 1
The Hemingford Herald ' ' i c VOLUME IV. HEMINGFORD, BOX BUTTE, COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1898. NUMBER 27, rj r X tJ. -rMr , PEACE COMMISSION PRESIDENT WILL NAME HIS APPOINTEES. Immense Amount of Detail "Work Connected Even with the Cessation of Hostilities by tho Two Countries. Washington, D. C Aug. 15. The sud den transition from war to pence is resiled In a complete dullne-, and ttasnatlcn tl.rcugh official quarter lnste-nd of bustle end activity, which have prevailed for months Through the ttri'fli.in of the war and navy de partments there Is a snlmiu': not rppnront since the midsummer vaca tions of Ititt year. Most of the oHicIb.'h go home early In the day, enjoying tho first paillal holiday olnjy the war began There will bo a large amount of Im portant details to be worked out from this time forward, a gradual reduction of the army and navy to a peace foot ing, the establishment of temporary and permanent administrations for our new colonial possessions, and caring for the wounded and sick, and distress In Cuba. The need of Immediate attention is the appointment of a peace commission, which Is to meet at Paris, and of the military commission to meet at Havana and San Juan. It Is said at the state department that the announcement of the commis sioners might be deferred for some days. It is understood that tho president has not fully determined upon the per sonnel of tho commission. Several of the public men who saw him were satisfied that the commission would be made up of Secretary 'Day, Senators Allison and Gorman, either Joseph H. Choate or Ellhu Root of New York, and probably a prominent army officer. General Corbln is spoken of favorably in connection with the army appoint ment on the commission. The military commission for Cuba and Porto Rico Is not receiving any at lentlon from the state department, -ns the military authorities will have en tire charge of these branchas of the peace settlement. TEXT OF PltOTOCOL. Madrid, Aug. 15. The text of the pro tocol signed between Spain and the United States Is as follows: ".His excellency, M. Cambon, ambas sador extraordinary and minister pleni potentiary of the French republic at Washington, and "Mr. William Day, sec retary of state of the United States, having received, respectively, to that effect plenary powers from tho Span ish government and the government of the United States, have established and Blgned the following articles, which de fine the terms on which the two gov ernments have agreed with regard to the questions Enumerated below arid of -which the object Is the establishment of peace between the two countries, namely: Article 1. Spain will renounce all claim to all sovereignty over and all her rights over the Island of Cuba. Article 2. Spain will cede to the United States the island of Porto Rico and the other Islands which are at pres ent under the sovereignty of Spain in the Antilles, as well as an island In the Ladrone archipelago, to be chosen by the United States. Article 3. The United Slates will oc cupy and retain the city and bay of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control and form of government of the Philippines. Article 4. Spain will immediately evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and the other Islands now under Spanish sov. erelgnty In the Antilles. To this effect each of the two governments will ap point commissioners within ten days after the signing of the protocol and these commissioners shall meet at Ha vana within thirty days after the sign ing of this protocol with the object of coming to an agreement regarding tho carrying out of the details of the afore said evacuation of Cuba and other ad jacent Spanish Islands. And each of the two-governments shall likewise appoint within ten days after the signature of this protocol other commissioners, who shall meet at San Juan de Porto Rico within thirty days after the signature of this protocol, to agree upon the de. tails of the evacuation of Porto Rico and other Islands now under Spanish sovereignty In the Antilles. Article 5. Spain and the United States Bhall appoint to treat for peace five commissioners at the most for either country. The commissioners shall meet In Paris on October 1 nt the latest to proceed to negotiations and to the con elusion of a treaty of peace. This treaty shall be ratified in conformity with the constitutional laws of each of the two countries. Article 6. Once this protocol is con eluded and signed hostilities shall be suspended, and to that effect In the two countries orders shall be glvon by either goyernment to the commanders of Its land and sea forces as speedily as possible. COLONIAL GOV12IINM12NT. MeKinloy will Givo Such to Por to IJIco. Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. Plans for the temporary government of Cuba and the territory which will bo no. quired from Spain as a result of the war are now urtder serious considera tion by the president and members of the cabinet. Porto Rico, as an actual acquisition to the territory of the United States, will bo placed In charge of a military governor who will exercise a super visory control of all the functions of government, under the direction of the president, until congress shall deter mine upon a permanent form of gov ernment for the island. The president, under the constitution, has no authority to go beyond this pre liminary or temporary stage In the establishment of any system of gov. ernmental control, and, although It Is altogether probable that In his message to congress on the subject he will ex ercise his constitutional privileges of making recommendations, upon con gress alone will devolve he responsi bility and, duty of determining the character of the political relations which Porto Rico shall permanently bear to the United States. There arc reasons for the belief that the president himself favors a colonial form qf government; that this view Is shared by members of the cabinet. Canada Is noted as having a model colonial government which Is satisfac tory "alike to a majority of Its people and to the mother country. This system, however, It Is believed, can be put In operation only after the lapse of a considerable period of time and after the people have demonstrated satisfactorily their ability to govern themselves Intelligently In all local matters. Upon the evacuation of Cuba, it Is believed to be the Intention of the pres ldent to establish for the whole Island a temporary military government slm liar to that now In operation at San tiago. When order has been fully restored and the people have settled down to their peaceful occupations, It Is be lieved to be the view of the president that n convention of representatives ot the people should be called to vote upon the question of a form of government for the Island. The jire'sence of the army of the United States would be a guaranteo that every citizen who would prescribe to an oath binding himself to support whateveri'Ypfrmcof' .government should be agreed upon, would have the un questioned right to vote for whomso ever he pleased to represent him at this convention. The action ot this body, however, would have to bo submitted to the United States for approval or disap proval. It Is pointed out that this con vention of representatives of the whole people, In the free exercise of their choice, might express a wish to be come a colonial dependency of the United States, or might favor a repub lican form of government, or possibly a majority might ask to be annexed to the United States. In any of these contingencies it Is be lieved that their wish will meet the appioval of the president and his ad visers. ' LBEWILL GOTO CUBA. Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. Major General Fltzhugh Lee has been ordered from Jacksonville to Washington. I am Informed that he will be made one of the military commissioners for Cuba. I am Informed, moreover, that he will be In command of the garrison of tho department of Cuba, with troops to be designated later, and to bo sent to Cuba as soon as sanitary conditions permit. Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. The war department will ask congress to In crease the standing army even beyond Us present war basis. Such action has been outlined In' the Journal since the beginning of the war. The department has decided thai the 65,000 men now In servlso will not be sulllclent for the needs of tho government. The whole volunteer army will dis appear as soon as the president Issues his final peace pieclamation. The proclamation of peace will dis band all tho volunteers and necessitate new enlistments. General Alger said that It Is the Intention of the department to garrison the places named both with regulars and volun teers until the proclamation. The Sev enth army corps, under General Flts hugh Lee, will be distributed in Cuba, and the corps will be strengthened as occasion permits for this purpose. The eighteen regiments under Gen eral Wnde, which' were Intended for Porto Rico, and which are still under orders for that place, will be distrib uted for garrison duty In Porto Rico and Havana, so that the war depart ment's Idea that all the state soldiers shall have duty outside of the United States will be carried out. The mustering out of soldlors still at muster grounds under the second call will begin In about fifteen days, The next order to be Issued by the navy de. partment will be one placing out ot commission many of the vessels or dered north yesterday by Aqting Sec retary Allen's cable. Most of , the auxil iary ships will be the first disposed of. CARLIST'SJO FIGHT FIGHT NOW Oil NEVER IS THEIR DEMAND. ' Would Overthrow tho Present. Dynasty Are Kendy For a Guerilla WUrfhro Which Will Discount Cuban Revolution. Madrid, Aug. 15. There seems to be much division In the Carllsts ranks. Some of them, such as Olazabat, say: "We are going to fight." I have Just had a conversation with one of the most prominent Carllsts In Madrid. In a previous statement that nothing In this world could prevent them fighting, ho has now departed to the extent of saying: "It tho Carllsts do not fight at this Juncture they will never fight again." "Do not your sentiments of patriot ism prevent you causing Spain the ter rible disaster of another war?" I asked. "On the contrary," he replied, 'Jit we do not go forth this time and save the honor of Spain, If we abandon her to the hands of those who have placed her In extremis, wo may consider the Carllst party forever dead. It would be mere suicide. When will such an other occasion ever present Itself? The Carllsts can dispose of many thou sands of men and carry on a guerrilla warfare until much of the country comes over to their side. "As regards tho regular army, wo are Just In tho same position as tho Insur gents In Cuba, where 250,000 regulars could not get tho better of 8,000 or 10,000 Insurgents. If the Cubans counted on the people of the Island, we Carllsts count upon the suport of the whole north of Spain, part of Catalonia, Ara gon la Mnncha and Old Castile. In short, you may state that the CurllfltB are ready to rise." i LI HUNG CHANG DID IT. London, Aug. 10. A special dispatch from Shanghai received here says: Tho China Gazette states that the Russian government holds Lt Hung Chang's promise, mudo during his visit to St. Petersburg, that China would place tho Imperial customs under Ru slan control whenever tho Interests of,i tho two countries demanded tho chance. LI Hung Chang Is said to favor M. Pavloff, tho Russian chargo d'affaires, superseding Sir Robert Har.t, as inspector general of the Chinese nimlniviu ' " Ti'? emperor has Issued several strik ing decrees, ordering the viceroys and Tartar generals to concert measures for the formation of a new navy under foreign Instructors, . and urging tho provincial governors to abandon time honored Chinese Ideas In favor of western methods and to encourage the development of the qountry on Euro, peuii lines. Russians have obtained control of large tracts of land along the route of the proposed New Chwang railroad. WAK COST $150,000,000. Washington, D. C.Aug. 1C Although the war with Spain lasted only 314 days, it is estimated it has cost the govern ment so far $150,000,000, of which $9S, 000,000 has been actually paid out of thp treasury. Beginning with March 1, when the first increases in the expenditures In anticipation of war became appar ent in the dally expendlturjs of the treasury, the actual disbursements on this account have been approximately as follows: t March Army, $600,000; navy, $2,400,. 000; total. $3,000,000. April Army, $1,200,000; nnvy, $9,800,. 000; total, $11,000,000. May Army, $12,000,000; navy, $7,000, 000; total, $19,000,000. June Army, $10,500,000; navy, $0,300, C00; total. $23,000,000. July Army, $29,500,000; navy, 55,000, 000; total, $33,000,000. To August 13 Army, $5,500,000; iiavy, $1,500,000; total, $7,000,000. Total charged to war,department.VC3.- 300,000; total -charged to navy depart ment $32,700,000; grand total,' $98,000,. 000. The appropriations made by congress on account of tho war aggregated about $300,000,000, and cover the time to Jan uary 1, 1899. Knoxvllle, Tonn., Aug. 16. On ac count of tho destruction ot wire con. nectlon with the Beech City district which was visited by a couldburst, de. tails of the casualties have been ob tained with difficulty. It Is now learned that, in addition to the family of William FIgon having been drowned and seventeen other vic tims, whose named are not known, John Arnold and Samuel Henry and wife also perished. This makes a total cf twenty drowned. The Pittsburg .district coal miner held a convention at Monongahela Fri day, but only fourteen being present, adjourned. ' The Campagnal,' from brought $125,000 In gold. Liverpool, DIG W HSTEKN 1A 1 LY. mnha, Nob,, Aug. 15. "The most pow orfuV factor in tho arena of public thought is tho nattspnpor. Tho grent dally of Nebraska and tho west Is the World-Herald. Within tho pnst few y.qars lt has boon moving with rapid sVrldos fcto tho forefront of Journalism nnd has exorcised tromodous force In tho rcdeomlng process which has been going on In this state for tho pnst halt Dozen yenrs. ; Few pcoplo know or understand what t fearful pressuro was brought to bear pon tho proprietor, Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, a fcr yonis ago to convert the World-Herald Into a republican organ, when his losses were avornglng more than $100 per day and the antl rcpubllcnn crusade wns 'overhung with dark and gloomy clouds of doubt and uncertainties. Warm personal friends ojiul other men wielding nlmost unlim ited ,iioyer In Omaha business affairs used every means within their reach to force the World-Hcrnld into the repub lican columns. Hnndsome profit In place pf distressing losses was offered. Tho Journalistic leadership of tho vic torious host of republican partisans was tendered In place of a modest position in the ranks of a struggling, yet unsuc cessful, party, and comfort nnd caso In exchange for worry and embarrass monts wcro constantly held out as a temptation to forsake political convic tions, but through lt all tho battle for the commonweal has been fought nnd won. ,The editorial pnge, presided over once by W. J. Bryan and now by his successor, Richard L. Metcalfe, has been recognized far nnd near nmong tho strongest and most effe.tlv edi torial work done by any newspaper In the union. Sup,)0rtlnff thl8 pronounced and splendid policy on the editorial pages, the World-Herald enjoys the greatest Views service of any newspaper of the land. In addition to the full and com plete associated press service of twenty, two hours each day, lt has special nr isngement to recelvo the cream of the New York Journal and the New York Herald's domestic, foreign and wnr news. Since last January the World-Herald almost doubled Its subscription list nnd Is still growing. It Is no longer a jjaper of the second-class, lt Is already far In advance of other papers pub lished in cities the size of Omaha and Is Rapidly assuming the size, excellency, power and prestige of the few metro politan Journals of the country. It has bbt recently nut in Its own lllitHtrnttnr I plant.among other lmprdvo'menttfwhleh a Journal of this chnracter finds neces sary In Its business. It Is now using $150 worth of paper per day; paying $200 per week postage; using $1,500 per year in ink; using seven carloads of paper per month; paying $70,000 In salaries per year; paying $30, 000 for typesetting per year; paying $30, 000 for telegraph news per year, and other.. Iwldentals, making a totat of about a quarter of a million dollars annually. People throughout Nebraska natur ally feel an Interest and take prldo In the splendid achievements which the World-Herald has helped to accomplish In their behalf and rejoice in the splen did success which tho World-Herald haB accomplished In its own behalf. On the 24th day of A igust will bo Wprld-Herald day at the exposition nnd characteristic ot its enterprising spirit this big western dally will do much to cause all people, regardless of political affiliations, to be proud of the paper and the day which the exposition has set apart In recognition cf Its worth to the great western enterprise. TO OLD SOLDI VAIS. WoBh'lngton, D. C Special Geo. L. Burr, Esq., Aurora, Neb.: My Dear Sir Responding to ycur request that I advise my constituents what papers In pension cases require revenue stamps, I respectfully submit the following: Under the provisions of Sec. 2! of the war revenue law of 1898 it Is expressly provided "that no stamps shall be re quired upon any papers necessury to be used for tho collection of claims from the United States for pensions, back pay, bounty, or for property lost In military or naval service," It was thought by congress that those who had offered themselves in 6ne war, ought In good consqience to beoxempted from the stamp tax im posed. In part to meet the cxnenses of aHiew war. when dealing with the government on -matters arising from their service. And so the letter nnd reason of the law' Is, to my mind, con clusive that in ri-pension mattor Is'a stamp required. Very truly yours, W. L. STARK. The above letter is self-explanatory. Noticing thaf many soldiers are put ting revenue stamps upon affidavits and other papers used in pension cases, It has been thought best to promptly ad vise the press of tjie district and state that the samo Is wholly unnecessary, The strikers at the wire mills at Cleveland, Q have been Joined bv300 chain makers of the II. P. nail works, iwhioh shut down because of lack of material. v "ry JUICE IS ALL GONE JIHSEHVE'S HEC01H) TOO MUCH FOH THEM. Itoiull!cau Candidate For State Treasurer 1 8 A I'm Ul It J.s Not the Juicy Plum lt UhciI to Do in Days Gone Dy, Lincoln, Neb., Aug, 10. There Is some more trouble In tho republican camp over the candidate for state treasurer. When the convention found Itself with out a man to put up for tho sactlllce, and the men sent out had come back with tho report that there wcro none to bo found that would illl tho very mod ent requirements, tho managers were nt sea. - - Tho name of Peter Mortcnscn of Ord was proposed to them, and they agreed that ho would do If ho would accept, Mortcn8on was boomed, and tho gang had everything going on swimmingly, but no acceptance or message that he would accept was received. When tho time came to ballot for candldato for treasurer lt was passed to tho foot cf tho list to givo moro time. Finally something had to be done, nna tho veto was commenced. A telegram was then reported to have come from Mortcnson Baying thnt ho would accept if he was nominated. Now news comes from Morten scn'B home that he Is debating whether he will ncccpt or not. The old plea of business duties Is put In as the renson Why ho hesitates. It did not used to be the custom for private business of republican bankers to prevent thorn from accepting the republican nomina tion for state treasurer. But things are different now. Tho real point In tho news from Ord Is that the question Is raised if Mor tensen is now hesitating, who wrote thnt telegram which was reported to havo been received during tho ballot. Ing In tho republican convention"' It may yet devolve upon tho republican state central committee to niuita the candldato, or they may do as 1ms boon suggested, leave tho place blank nnd eat time. THE .T13NSI3S MUUDEU. Slockvllle, Neb., Aug. 10. A cluo to the mystery of the disappearance of Thomns Junsen nbout eight mouths ago has been found, and evidence of u brutal murder and robbery secured, " AcflnlTuW'WcIo been growing of late, Stockvllle pto ple who were interested havo been in vestigating an old well within a few miles of this city, and wore rewarded by the discovery of the missing man's remains at the bottom of the pit. The body Is In such a slate of decay that lt Is dimcult to ancertaln whether violence was done by robbers lo tho unfortunate man, but the known fucts that Janson was wealthy and at the time of his disappearance had -a large sum of money with him, lead many to think he was slugged and robbed nnd his body thrown In the well. December 13, 1897, Thomas Jansen, a very wealthy man having heavy loans In Western Nebraska and Kansas, left Indlanola, where he had been staying for several days. Ho was never seen afterward, A reward ot $508 wnil lJ" 3 Jr m' formation which would lead to his re covery, dead or alive. Some parties from Stockvllle bogan Investigating the matter, and from evidence which they secured decided that certain pnrtles In Frontier county had committed the crime and concealed the body In an old well about ten miles southeast of Stockvllle, They began excavating and after re moving a load of manure nnd part of a load of hay they found the body. Dr. E. S. Case, the coroner of Fron tier county, empanelled a Jury and bo gan nn investigation of the case. The Jury has not yet reported Its verdict. It will be one of the most exciting murder trialB ever held In Western Ne braska. As Mr, Jnnson had several thousand dollnrs with him the object was un doubtedly robbsry. Andrew Hawkins of Frontier county, who filled the well, has been placed under arrest. Jansen lived at Beatrice, and made a trip to Frontier county on business, since which time he had been missing. A DIG DAIIDKCUE. Omnha, Aug, 16. The Jackonlan rlub has decided to have a regular old fnph loned barbecue about Seinemb-'.' 1, and has appointed William Hordman, I. J. Dunn arid John Cellars as a aummUlee on arrangements for grounds. It is tho ir entiqn of the oltit) ti have all th m mlncos on th; ute ti -hat n s. ent A call was Issued Monday by Dr. T II. Ensor, chairman of the Second congressional democratic committee, fixing Saturday nfUrnaon, August 27, as the "date for the congressional ron. ventlon. The populists nnd frei silver republican qongrosslonal conventions will be held at the same time. 61 1 1 r;DitEN's day; The first children's excursion to tha Trnns-Mlsslaslppl exposition, conducted on nn cxtonslvo scale, was brought in Friday morning by n double-headed train of thirteen cars over tho Frcmoht, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad. There wore somewhat over 000 tickets taken up on tho oxcurslon train. There were 7C0 children nnd 160 accompanying adults, and each chaperon had a merry time In handling tho five children ns. signed. Tho train pulled Into tho-Elkhorn's oxposltlon tormlnnl station near tho Twentieth street boulevard, north ot Ames avenue, at 11:35 o'clock. Man ager Babcock of the department of transportation, Mrs. Frances E. Ford, Mrs. N. P. Fell, Mrs. E. B. Towla of South Omaha and Mrs. Sawyor wcro at the station to receive the youthful vl. ltors, nnd asshHed In getting tho Utile Tolks started toward tho exposition grounds in good shape. The train was a long one, and before tho two locomo tives drawing lt had come to a stand still several hundred heads were stick ing out of tho windows of tho thirteen cars, and'' there was ono simultaneous yell of delight went up from tho 750 small, but powerful, throats. As soon ns the train had stopped Su perintendent II. C. Mahanna of tho Elkhorn road Jumped off tho train and told tho children they could get oft and form In tho proper rnnk and flic. Thoy tumbled off at the rato of about half n dozen a second, nnd tho alacrity with which they appeared on tho ground mndo It apparent that they had been ready to leavo tho train as soon as the exposition grounds hovo in sight, On tho platform tho children were mar shaled by tho school teachers, mothers, elder sisters and aunts, who acted ao chaporonH, Into battalions, companies nnd squads. Here was a Sunday school class from ono town, and thero was a lot of pupils from tho school room that Is closed on Sundays, Yonder was a collection of little ones who lived near together, all under the patronage ot one mamma. Tho school children from Scrlbner wcro headed by a big boy, the biggest In tho school, who carried tho flags of tho United States and Cuba and nppcarod satisfied with his Job, Within five minutes after tho train hail stopped tho youngsters had form ed Into line and taken up the march to ward the exposition grounds. They presented ns pretty a picture as has been seen in the vicinity of the expo sition this year, and a lot prettier than some of the Imported pictures along tho Midway. The school girls seemed to effitmmibtie'BdyB proportioning the omen always ex. ceed the men In number at the church prayer meetings. The ages varied from a and 8 years up to tho ago where glrla stop telling how old they are. Tho old est boys looked as though they had passed 18 or 19 pleasant seasons. Tho bulk of the visitors were between 12 and IB years old. They were all neat ly dressed, light gowns ot white, of pink and of other suinnipi ehuuen pre dominating. A grent many of tho chil dren carried a little bag or basket ot lunch, and occasionally the big boy ot the school 'room was found lugging along a big basket that contained pro visions enough to keep tho pupils ot his grade from getting hungry during the day. Along tho line of march to the expo sition's north entrance several of tho exposition guards wcro stationed, and "hs-'thenchildren went by the guards sang out: "Tho tralnleavcs tonight at 8:30 o'clock shnrp. Lost children wlll be found at tho guard house." That made tho girls of 10 real mad. Who would ever think that they would get lost. The very Idea made them highly Indignant, and they quickened their steps a bit. Tho crossings of the street cars tracks and of the Missouri-Pacific rail road tracks were carefully guarded, and Manager Babcock was here, there and overywhore, seeing that the chil dren were well looked after and kept out of danger's way. In front of tho exposition gates the squads were lined up while the chap eron went over to tho ticket window and bought enough tickets for the American youth under her particular care. She was not afraid to leave them alone, ns each child wan promptly tag ged and could be readily identified as a part and parcel of the children's ex cursion. The tickets purchased and distributed, the children were fairly hustled through the gates. A half dozen guards helped to handle them, and Andrew Jackson Webb acted as a steering committee of ono to keep one gate from being overworked. The chil dren were put through In nbout fifteen minutes, and this time could have been cut in halt had the two idle windows intended for the sate of tickets been occupied. But as lt was the big ex cursion was very well handled clear Into the oxposltlon grounds. "On the Midway they had never strayed," but tho 750 soon made up for this great lack in their early years, and promptly took In everything on both sides of the Midway, Ab the crowd was running along enjoying the sights and scenes the department of transportation sur rendered tho care of tho children for the day, to bo resumed on the return trip In the evening. w