M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMBIKLI , , Publisher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague , wlfff of a
/ormer governor of Rhode Island ant
the daughter of the late Salmon P.
Chase , governor of Ohio , died In Wash
ington.
Expert decorators from every state
in the union met in Chicago to attend
the session of the national window
trimmers' union.
Railroads have a scheme of bringing
Kansas soldiers home from San Fran
cisco and then look to the state legis
lature for their pay.
The International phase of the Ital
ian lynchings in Louisiana has as
sumed a rather more serious aspect as
a result of several official reports re
ceived at Washington. These show
that the Italian officials on the scene
believe that four out of the five men
lynched were Italian citizens.
D. H. McGowan & Co. , West India
merchants , London , have been de
clared bankrupt. Thier liabilities are
75,000
The striking machinists at the Grand
Trunk locomotive shops , Port Huron ,
Mich. , have returned to work.
The Irish agricultural and technical
instruction bill passed its second read
ing in the house of lords.
Eliza Sanford , one of the sixteen
daughters of Revolutionary soldiers on
the pension list , died at Montclair , * J. J.
Kansas City ice dealers have ad
vanced the price.
The national deficit for July Is § 8-
518,000.
Four thousand Cubans who fled to
Florida during the war want to go
back to their native heath.
A civil service examination will be
held at Nebraska City , Neb. , Septem
ber 6.
The Illinois state veterinarian has
ordered the slaughter of more cattle
because of tuberculosis.
The committee appointed to select a
place for holding the reunion of Reese
velt's Rough Riders next year have
chosen Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Annie Bigelow and Mary E.
Garr , both of Kansas City , have been
appointed laundresses at Lower Brule
Indian school , S. D.
The president has denied the appli
cation for pardon for Henry Gardes ,
former president of the National bank
of New Orleans , who is now serving
an eight-year sentence in the Ohio
penitentiary for misapplying the funds
of the bank.
President Mellen and other Northern
Pacific officials are considering the
building of a branch line from Wal
lace , Idaho , to the mines on Sunset
Peak.
J. E. Sampson suicided at Omaha ,
because his sweetheart jilted him.
Ralph Carlson , 1C years old , of Boone ,
la. , jumped from a moving train and
was killed.
Wholesale price on carpets will ad
vance on and after the loth inst.
The Pennsylvanian Steel company
made a shipment of forty-three car
loads of steel to India.
The British ambassador to the
United States assumes the title of Lord
Pauncefote as a result of his elevation
to the peerage.
Orders have been received at the
navy yard from Washington to rush
repairs and alterations on the cruiser
Buffalo.
The American steamer Alarneda ,
Captain Von Ottendorf , which sailed
from Sydney for San Francisco , had
on board $1,250.000 in gold.
Lieut Bryde , Ninth regiment na
tional guard. New York , has been dis
missed from the service.
The late storm left only four homes
standing in Cairbelle , Fla.
Authorities at New port News ex
press ability to hold the yellow fever
in check.
Director of the Mint G. E. Roberts
estimated the gold output of Australia
for the present year at $7,000,000 in
excess of that for 1S98.
The Minnesota and Dakota line or
fifty elevators has been sold to F. H.
Peavey & Co. for $300,000.
The recent intense heat is said to
have been damaging to cotton pros
pects in Arkansas.
A corporation to complete with the
National Lead and Oil company , com
monly called the "white lead trust , has
been organized by Pittsburg capitalists.
Secretary Hitchcock will join the
president at" Lake Champlain about
August 18 for a week's stay.
Yellow fever is said to be abating at
Vera Cruz.
Vice President Hobart left Long
Branch for Lake Champlain for a ten
days' visit to President McKinley.
Albert Uhlers , aged twenty-five , died
at St Paul from locKjaw , resulting
from a blow given him by his father.
W. W. Parker , a prominent physi
cian at Richmond , Va. , died , aged
seventy-seven. During the civil war
he commanded the celebrated Parker
battery of the confederate service.
Philip C. Hanna , former United
States consul at Porto Rico , arrived
in New York from oan Juan.
Senor Quesada , the Cuban agent ia
Washington , is in dally consultation
with the state department officials re
specting the Cubans held prisoners in
Spanish penal settlements.
In the house of commons the appro
priation bill passed the first reading.
Edmund Cunro , awell known miner
In the Homestake , S. D.was horribly
crushed by falling rock and died at
the Homestake hospital.
The conference at Christiana closed
its session , after delegates had unani
mously agreed to accept an Invitation '
to hold next year's conference in Paris.
Lewis Henderson , a negro , was
lynched at Port Blakeley , Ga. , for at
tempting to assault the six-year-old
daughter of J. W. Bowman , a planter
for -whom he worked.
A Paris dispatch state that Miss
Electra Glfford of Chicago has been
engaged as prima donna at the Am
sterdam opera house.
German Press Generally Do Hot Believe
He Spoke as Reported.
TOO SENSIBLE A MAN FOR THAT
No Serious Importance Attached to
Stories that Have Boon Set Afloat Ro-
gardliig the Admiral A Dcstro to
Know Just How Much and How Little
Truth There is that Has Been Alleged.
BERLIN , Aug. 7. Midsummer dull
ness Is brooding over Berlin. Nearly
everybody of consequence is absent
and politics is at a standstill. The
exodus to the watering places , sea
shore and mountains has been moro
general than usual.
The papers editorialize on recondite
subjects , live themes of discussion be
ing almost totally lacking. Although
the diet reassembles August 16 , the
fate of the canal bill is as uncertain as
ever. Its chances have not improved
during the vacation. The center ,
whose help is vital , insists on the passage - i '
sage of the communial reform bill , to
which arrangement the Prussian gov
ernment seriously objects. The agrar
ian opposition remains determined.
Even the fact that the emperor has
come out publicly and strongly in favor
of the canal bill makes no difference.
Admiral Dewey's alleged anti-Ger
man utterances at Trieste are more ex
tensively commented on in American
than in German papers , with a few ex
ceptions , the tone of the latter is mod
erate and conciliatory. Most of the
papers disbelieved the truth of the al
leged utterances from the first , citing
the admiral's past conduct and well-
thenticated friendly attitude toward
the German representatives in the east.
The influential Boursen Courier says :
"On the German side no serious politi
cian for a moment has attributed any
Importance to this latest canard. Ad
miral Dewey is known from his inter
course with German naval officers as
a quiet , thoughful gentleman , incap
able of giving vent to such incautious
utterances. "
The Agrarian Deutsche Tags Zei-
tung likewise expresses disbelief , adding -
ding :
After all we need not trouble our-
selves about Admiral Dewey's views of
Germany , Prince Henry and German
naval officers. "
The Taggeblatt repeatedly expressed
the conviction that the whole story is
Inaccurate and other important papers ,
like the Cologne Gazette , Hamburger
Correspondent and the bulk of the Ber
lin papers , said it would be interesting
to know just how much and how little
the truth was to the whole story.
GRADED CATTLE WILL BE FREE.
Acting Secretary Melkcljohn Regulates
Admission of Cattle In Cuba.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. Acting Sec
retary of War Meiklejohn has issued
an order prescribing regulations for
the admision into Cuba free of duty
graded cattle for breeding purposes ,
in compliance with the department's
recent circular. The order restricts
the period of admission until July 1 ,
next. Cattle shall be entered only at
Havana , Cienfuegos , Nuevitas and
Manzanillo , where proper inspection
will be established.
None but pure bred or graded cattle
immune from the effects of fever and
of not ess than one-half blood of a
recognized breed , shall be admitted.
This latter provision is qualified so
that cattle of a recognized breed of
less than one-half blood , or graded cat
tle , whether of a recognized breed or
not , may be admitted duty free if proof
is presented that they are suitable for
breeding purposes.
DEWEY ACCEPTS INVITATION.
Thanks New York for the Reception
that is Being Planned
New York , Aug. 7. The following A
letter from Admiral Dewey , dated at
Trieste , Austria , July 24 , was received
by Mayor Van Wyck :
"I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of June 30 , .
tendering me on behalf of the city of V
New York a public reception upon my
arrival and extending to me the fcos- °
pitalities and courtesies of the city. t
"In accepting this Invitation I desire
to express my deep sense of gratitude
to the citizens of New York and their
representatives for so signally honorIng -
Ing me. a
"It is impossible at this time to fix
the exact date of the Olympia's arrival -
rival at New York , but I shall en- r1
deavor to inform you definitely by car
ble from Gibraltar. "
"GEORGE D3WEY. "
GEN. OTIS ASKS FOR ARTILLERY.
Guns IJelnsr Gathcrtd Up that They May
He Sent II5m.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. General r
Otis has asked for a number of Sims- iiG
Dudley guns , Catlings and Hotchkiss G
twelve-pounders for use in the Philip t
pines. All are rapid-fire guns and are wh
especially adapted for the warfare that h
must be prosecuted there. The ordnance tc
tcn
nance bureau has been very busy gath tcai
ering up the guns asked for by General ai
aiP'
Otis , as they have been scattered about P'
the country in different forts and arse P'ct
nals , but a sufficient number to meet ct
ctci
the present demand has been procured cia
and ordered shipped to Manila. as
Population of Kansas.
TOPEKA , Kas. , Aug. 7. Official fig
ures show that Kansas is making a P
steady , healthy advance in population. &
The enumeration made by assessors y <
'or March , 1899 , compiled by the state ydi
board of agriculture , gives a total of di
1,425,112 inhabitants , which is a net II
IItc
increase over 189S of 31,143 , or 2.5 percent tc
tcal
cent Of the net increase 77 per cent aloi
has been made in twenty counties. oi
oivi
The enumeration in 1898 showed an vi
increase of 22,988 , and in 1897 the , gain Jcc
was 30.130 , making a total net gain of cc
87,261 in the last three years. st
HE SPEAKS FOR IOWA SOLDIERS.
Oov. Shaw Makes Spirited Reply to the
Secretary of a Labor Council.
DES MOINES , la. , Aug. 7. Governor
Shaw received a letter from Edward
Rosenberg , secretary of the San Fran
cisco labor council , requesting that the
governor's assistance to prevent the
mustering out of the Fifty-first Iowa
volunteers in San Francisco. In the
letter the labor leader refers to the fact
that boys will be boys and that San
Francisco has many evil attractions ,
the result of which would cause them
to remain in 'Frisco and to flood the
labor market.
Governor Shaw mailed a spirited re
ply and among other things he stated
in the letter , "soldiers will not be sol
dier tramps , " "nor will they attempt
to beat the trains , " "nor will they be
put off on mountains and in deserts
and there miserably perish. "
"On the contrary they will return
self-respectful and respected citizen
soldiers with a record of which they
will be so justly proud as to furnish a
good measure of protection against
what might perhaps overcome weaker
men with no reputation to maintain.
"There will be no check placed upon
the utterances of these men concerning
the cause in which they have been en
gaged. If they see fit to discrelit it , it
will be their privilege to do so. One of
my : predecessors once said in a public
speech : 'If you hear any one utter any
syllable against the government of the
United States , or against the president
thereof , or against the cause for which
our boys are fighting , or do aught in
disrespect to the flag that waves over
them ; shoot him where he stands. '
"They may arrest you , they may try
you , they may convict you , but they
shall not hang you. I'm governor of
Iowa. That spirit of patriotism is not
dead on Iowa soil , and while heroic
measures will not be necessary now , I
am free to say that no returning Iowa
soldier need fear to resent in any dig
nified or manly way , any disrespectful
utterances concerning him , cr the
cause for which he has voluntarily and
heroically risked his life. I am , sir ,
yours very sincerely.
"LESLIE. M. SHAW. "
SAVED HER BROTHER'S LIFE.
Cut the Rope by Which llr Was About
to Ilaiip Himself.
YANKTON , S. D. , Aug. 7. While
temporarily insane , Robert Law , a
young farmer near here , took a clothes
line and walked into a wooded ravine
near the house. His sister Ellen , who
saw his movements and considered
them suspicious , followed shortly after
and was horrified to see her brother
hanging from a limb and apparently
dead. Terror lent bravery and power
to the young girl , and judging the limb
from which he hung would not hold
the weight of two , she climbed the
tree and swung off onto the limb. She
was mistaken as to its strength and
was obliged to climb back to the trunk ,
from which she reached out and se
cured a knife from her brother's pocket
and cut the rope. Ke was nearly
strangled to death , but the prompt ac
tion saved him and he will recover.
UNTRUTHFUL AND NONSENSICAL.
The Report that Demand Had Bcon
Mn'Io Upon Dcwey ( or Explanation.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. Regarding
the published statement accredited tea
a French paper to the effect that the
Austrian government made a demand
upon Admiral Dewey to confirm or
deny his alleged statements to the
effect that our next war would be with
Germany , the state department officials
point out that it would be a glaring
breach of diplomatic proprieties to
communicate on a diplomatic subject
with a United States naval officer di
rectly and outside of the lawful chan
nels.
It would , moreover , be a matter of
complaint should Austria have ad
dressed Admiral Dewey on the matter
relating entirely to Germany and the
United States.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.
T
Well Known Veterinary Surgeon Slakes
Such Diagnosis.
BEATRICE , Neb. , Aug. 7. Dr. G. J.
to examine a sick bovine in a herd of
dairy ! cows near here , gives it as his
opinion that the animal was afflicted
with tuberculosis. The doctor says
that ] he belives there is a large amount
of milk now being brought to town
that is unflt for use. Cattle near Wy-
more and Blue Springs have Leen
afflicted with the disease for several
months and it is believed that the dis
ease is gradually spreading through
this section. The matter will be inves
tigated : at once by the proper authori
ties here.
WELCOME FOR WYOMING TROOPS
Gov. Richards Will Go to San Francisco
to Receive Them.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , August 7. In
reference < to the return of the Wyom
ing volunteers from the Philippines
Governor Richards states that he in
tends going to San Francisco to aid In
welcoming the troops. Arrangements
have been commenced in the several
towns from which the companies were
mustered to give the boys a reception
and entertainment on their return. If n
possible ' something will be done to va
provide them with subsistence and a
comforts on their trip from San Fran bia
cisco to Wyoming , although this has , a
: yet , not taken definite shape. tl
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The President Attends Church.
PLATTSBURGH , N. T. , Aug. 7.
President McKinley , accompanied by
Secretary Cortelyou , attended cnurch ir
yesterday , driving up from the Hotel Ce
Champlain. Although the man who fr
drove had lived in Plattsburgh all his tcbi
life he drove the party to the Presby bitt
terian church , making the president tt
about fifteen minutes late. The pastor ofR
the church , however , delayed ser R
vices until the arrival of the president. for
When he entered the church the entire fe
congregation arose and remained in
standing until he had been seated. 22
tr
Lives Lost r.nd Much Property Damaged
and Dertroyed ,
FLORIDA RAVAGED BY ELEMENTS
flireo or Four Towns About Wiped Out
Kxtcnslvo Ducks and Warehouses
Destroyed Largo Lumber Vessels
Lying : lu the Hay Swept Ashore The
Damage IJeyond Estimate.
TALLAHASSEE , Fla. , Aug. 4. The
first train in since Saturday from
Carabelle through the storm-stricken
gulf section reached here yesterday ,
the passengers having been trans
ferred twice from a flat car from
Carabelle to a lever car between Coal
Creek and the Ochlochnee river and
then to the relief train for Talla
hassee.
The train crew and passengers agree
in stating that reports sent out of the
destruction wrought by the storm
have been extremely moderate. Cara
belle is literally v/iped from the map.
Its docks and wharves , containing
about 400,000 feet of lumber and 50,000
barrels of rosin , were quickly swept
away. Thirteen or fourteen large
lumber vessels in the bav were swept
ashore and are lying well upon dry
land. These vessels contained several
million feet of lumber. No informa
tion is obtainable as to the loss of life
from these vessels or from the large
fleet of vessels in the neighborhood.
Only two or three huts are left stand
ing in Carabelle and one colored
woman is known to have been killed
by the falling of a house. Citizens of
Carabelle are in a state of wild con
fusion and are flocking in every direc
tion for relief.
The town is isolated and the wires
are still down. The towns of Mclntlre
and Curtis Mill are completely demol
ished and large interests have been
destroyed. The coast resorts , Teresa
and Lanark , are more seriously wreck
ed than at first reported and visitors
have suffered great hardships , though
no loss of life is reported. Fifteen
men , who are reported to have been
seen fishing on an islet called Dog isl
and just before the storm broke , can
not be found.
Maclntyre , a small town twelve
miles this side of Carabelle. , is com
pletely wiped out. One man , name
unknown , was drowned. Rumors as
to loss of life among the fishermen
are yet unconfirmed.
Up to noon yesterday no direct in
formation has been received from the
coast towns stricken by the storm.
There is no communication by wire
and the only hope of news as to the
extent of damage done is based on
the belief of the officials of the Cara
belle , Tallahassee & Gulf railroad that
a train will get in today from the
coast.
THE BONDSMEN OF BARTLEY.
Attorney General Smythc Waiting for
Return of Kxeoutloiis.
OMAHA , Aug. 4. Attorney General
Smyth has filed transcripts of the
judgment recently secured by the
state against the Bartley bondsmen in
all the counties in which he can learn
that any of the bondsmen have prop
erty. The executions recently issued
in this county are still in the hands of
Sheriff McDonald and so far no action
has been taken. Mr. Smyth says mat
he has very little hope of recovering
anything on the executions , as he believes -
lieves that very little of the property
previously held by the bondsmen has
been left uncovered. He says that he
is now waiting for the return of the
executions by the sheriffs in the vari
ous counties and then he will bring
creditor's suits to have the transfers
of property set aside.
DEWEY'S VISIT TO NEW YORK.
What the Railroad Companies Will Do
in the Way of Decoration.
NEW YORK , Aug. 4. Chairman
Foster of the Dewey reception com
mittee said that a letter had been
received from the president of the .
Pennsylvania Railroad company promising - "
ising to comply with the wishes of the | *
committee in regard to the decoration j
of the company's property. The company -
pany promises to decorate the end of j 'f
the pier with a design in electric lights t
in the form of a double arch , with a'
the words , "Welcome to Dewey ! " lib
which will be seen all over the harbor. liv.
The company will also decorate their v.f
piers on the Jersey side ia a similar v.a
manner , so that there will be an ap a
propriate display on both sides of the e
river on the occasion of the celebra h
tion. V it
SURVEYING THE BOUNDARY.
Dnlted States Said to Have Itocn Dolnfj
ThN in Alaska. D
SEATTLE , Wash. . Aug. 4. AccordIng -
Ing to the statement of Phillip Sheri
dan , formerly crown prosecuter at Pi
Dawson , the United States has had tlm
surveyors at work the past several m
years locating the Alaskan boundary te
line. He said : tl
"I came out from Dawson with a
man named James Haines , or Hayes , ofhi
who for two years has been at work on hi
survey extending from the southern ai
boundary of Alaska to the Yukon river , sti
and : I have every reason to believe that oidi
this work was done Under the direc di
tion of the United States government. " at
Sues Minister for Promise.
WAPELLO , Ia. , Aug. 4 The most
nsational suit ever filed in the dis-
irict court of Louisa county was received ta
taw
ceived by the clerk Tuesday evening w
from D. J. O'Connell. a Burlington at of
torney. It is for $5,000 damages for
breach of promise , with Mary E. pj
Wright , a well known and popular "ady one
Morning Sun , as the plaintiff , and Hi
Rev. R. Lincoln Wilson , now studying and
he
the ministry in Chicago , as the de
fendant Miss Wright is well known suBi
Bi
this city as a prepossessing girl of
tl'
to 24 years of age and of an attractive
had
tractive and winning disposition.
LIST OF SICK SOLDIERS.
Tlioso From Nebraska anil Iowa Who
Arrived on the Relief.
SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 4. The fol
lowing Is the official list of sick and
wounded soldiers of Nebraska and
Iowa who returned from Manila on the
hospital ship Relief :
Fifty-first Iowa infantry J. L.
Eakin , Company A ; W. J. Merrill ,
Company A ; Harry W. Price , Company
A ; William C. Schier , Company A ; E.
F. Tibbetts , Company A ; H. H. Rohde ,
Company B ; Elmer F. Narver , Com
pany D ; William R. Parks , Company
E ; M. C. Hutchinson , Company F ; R.
J. Innis , Company H ; Charles J. Kinney -
ney , Company H ; A. E. Wharff , Com
pany H ; C. E. Sheets , Company K ; C.
M. Gardner , Company K ; Sergeant Ed
win Rose , Company M ; Corporal Wil
liam M. Jeffers , Company M ; Charles
W. Lee , Company M ; Joseph I. Mar-
key , Company M.
First Nebraska Infantry W. E.
Playford , Company B ; D. M. Scrivens ,
Company B ; Sergeant H. E. Clapp ,
Company D ; A. D. Girton , Company
D ; Richard James , Company D ; Arti
ficer James D. Wolfe , Company E ;
Oscar D. Edmore , Company G ; Alva G.
Gregg , Company G ; Edwin F. Gregg ,
Company I ; H. A. Bennett , Company
E ; F. 0. Reid , Company L ; J. W. For-
sythe , Company M ; M. C. Steers , Com
pany M ; T. J. Williams , Company M.
JUMPED FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.r
A Theater Treasurer Tries to Make Way
With Himself.
NEW YORK , Aug. 4. Henna Haus-
er , treasurer of the Herald Square
theater in this city , jumped from the
middle span of the Brooklyn bridge
at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He
was rescued from the water and will
recover. He was a. passenger on an
electric car bound from Brooklyn to
New York. He sat calmly rea'ding a
newspaper until about the middle oC
the bridge was reached , when he
jumped off the car. Throwing off his
coat , Hauser climbed upon the outer
railing to leap. The bridge policemen ,
passengers on the cars and the carmen
themselves made a rush for the man.
He regarded their appearance coolly ,
hesitated a moment and then leaped
clear of the structure.
He struck the water just astern of
a ferry boat. A passenger sprang
overboard and seized Hauser when he
reached the surface. He was lifted
aboard , taken to the shore and sent to
the hospital. Hauser is about 30 years
of age and is very well known in the
theatrical fraternity. He started in as
an usher at Hooley's theater at Chicago
cage , then he became assistant treas
urer and later treasurer. Te was con
nected with Hooley's theater for ten
years. He came to New York in 189G
MASKERS RAID A RANCH.
Hundreds of Sheep Ueloiiging to Senator
Warren shot Down.
CHEYENNE , Wyo.Aug. 4. Monday
a number of masked horsemen raided
the range south of here in Log an ;
county , Colorado , on which Senator
Warren of this city had a baud of sev
eral thousand sheep grazing. The
raiders were masked and had the
brands on their horses covered. The
sheep were being herded by two young
men , who were driven away at the
point of rifles. The raiders then com
menced shooting down the sheep and
scattering the "band among the hills.
When the terrified herders returned
they found that 200 sheep had been
killed and sixty more were wounded
and dying. Some of them had been t
beaten , kicked and whipped. The per aii
petrators , of the outrage are believed iiti
to be employes of a company which tiJ
recently _ turned several thousand head
of cattle out to graze on the sheep st
range , which has been occupied by the
Warren bands of sheep for the last - .
two years. : ; g i'C'S'-JV '
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MAN WHO BROUGHT THE FEVER f
Proves to Have IJecn Win. Thomas Who tl
tlei
.Arrived From Santiago. eiOi
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 The ma Oiy
rine hospital officials at Hampton have OiN
succeeded in tracing and locating the
former inmate of the Soldiers' home olw
who is believed to have brought yel w
low fever to that place. His name is PI
PIb
William Thomas. He arrived at the b
home on a transport from Santiago , ?
where he had been visiting between ei
July 2 and 5 last. He was admitted eiui
to ( the home as a veteran and shortly ui
after ' developed chills and fever. In the uig
light of subsequent events the experts him
believe there is little doubt that he m
was affected with a mild case of yellow re
fever < , although it was not diagnosed ti
as such at the time. When well th
enough : to travel he left .the home and tli
his baggage was sent to Phoebus. The dc
man himself went to Columbus City ar
Wash. , where he now is. arw
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AN ARMY OF 40,000 MEN. st
Ilelleved that Secretary Root Will Send
This > "uinlier to the Philippines.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 4. It appears a ]
probable from developments during af
the last two days in the war depart
ment that Secretary Root has in con
templation an army of 40,000 men for
the Philippines. it
While Mr. Root has teen at the head so
the department only a brief time , he ye
has been making diligent inquiries an
among the bureau chiefs regarding
supplies and equipment and the trend
his questioning has been in the
direction of an increase in the avail
able force for the eastern archipelago.
Spaniards Kill All the Natives.
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PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 4 The cap
tain of the Britsh steamer Glooscap.
which ! arrived from Iloilo with a cargo
sugar , reports that on April 2 , when ie
o
wi
of the Philippines , he found the
s\v
lighthousekeeper without provisions
unable to light his lamp because
had no oil. The Glooscap furnished
supplies and reported the fact to the tri
British consul at Bataria. The na a <
tives of the island , the captain says , Plwl
all been killed by Spaniards. wl
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IT COSTS 35 MILLIONS.
An Enormoua Sum Spent In Rebuilding
and Ite-cqulpplng Uio B. & O. JC. R.
The receivership of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad , which has Just come
to a close , was remarkable in many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
not follow precedent , but went ahead
and placed the property in first-class
shape , Instead of attempting to main
tain , it In the condition that they found
it. Of course the receivers were up
held by a majority of the security hold
ers and the court , but the Baltimore
and Ohio receivership marked an epoch
in such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended were put out
in ' 9G and ' 97 , when trade was at a low
ebb and money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
15,350 box cars , 6,751 wooden gondola
cars , C.OOO pressed steel cars , 310 mis
cellaneous freight cars , postal , express
and dining car equipment , at a total
cost of $17,000,000. The 216 locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
123,010 tons , costing $2,142,152 , and
there were bought over 3,000,000 cross
ties , costing ? ? . ,200,000 , and 750,000
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
$525,000. The new steel bridges aggre
gate in value $750,000 , and fully as
much more was spent in improving the
several terminals , erecting new build
ings , reducing grades and changing the
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls , or the amount paid directly
to men employed in making improve
ments on the tracks , etc. , in three
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
$35,000,000 , of which about $15,000,000
were secured by the issuance of receiv
ers' certificates and the balance
through car trusts , earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu i
facturing concerns were in great need 1-
of orders to keep their plants in op
eration. Steel rails are worth now from
$ C to $9 a ton more than when the re
ceivers made their purchases , and lo
comotives . have advanced from $2,000
to $30,000 In price. The equipment
alone , if purchased today , would cost
$5,000,000 more and the other improve
ments $1,000,000 more. President Cow-
en is authority for the statement that
the new company Intends spending
$10,000,000 more In improvements In
the next year or two.
When a girl refuses a common place
man he often goes away and gets to bo
somebody just for spite.
The Unttleflcld Route.
The veterans of ' 61 and ' 65 ana
their friends who are going to attend
the thirty-third G. A. R. annual en
campment at Philadelphia in Septem
ber could not select a better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake & Ohio , with splendid
service from Chicago , Peoria and St.
Louis on the Big Four , all connecting
at Indianapolis or Cincinnati , and
thence over the picturesque Chesa
peake & Ohio , along the Ohio river to
Huntington , W. Va. ; thence through "
the foothills of the Alleghanies over tA.
the mountains , through the famous
springs region of Virginia to Staunton ,
Va. , between which point and Wash
ington are many of the most promi
nent battlefields Waynes-boro , Gor-
uonsville , Cedar Mountain , Rappa-
hannock , Kettle Run , Marassas , Bull
Run , Fairfax and a score of others
nearly as prominent. Washington is
next , and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct to Philadelphia. There
will be three rates in effect for this
business first , continuous passage ,
with no stop-over privilege ; second ,
going and coming same route , with
one stop-over in each direction ;
third ] , circuitous route , going one way
and back another , with one stop-over
in each direction. For full informa
tion as to routes , rates , etc. , address
. C. Tucker , G. N. A. . 234 Clark
street , Chicago.
A genius is a person who can make
"lemonade Just sweet enough and just
sour ( enough for everybody in the
family.
A few years ago hard times mad0
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
life. Then came the great crop
year < of 1897 and with it a story. A
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
§ 4,200 on his property and it was
burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in ' 97 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest , pulled out
4,000 and asked for a loan of $200 to
enable him to cancel the mortgage
note. < The banker , who held tiie note ,
urged him not to bother about it , but
( and buy cattle with his $4,000 , feed
his corn crop and in that way get the
maximum for his product "No , sir ; "
replied the farmer , "I want to pay
that note now. Then when I harvest
the corn crop I'm goin' to pay you back
that $200 I just borrowed , and then
you know what I'm going to do ? "
ind his honest face beamed all over
with pleasure. 'Tur going to buy a
buggy ! " This little incident tells the
story of thousands of others out in
Nebraska , and the fact that during the
last six months one concern ( The
Stover Carriage Company of Chicago )
have shipped to one firm in Omaha
ilone one hundred acd thirty carloads ,
buggies and carriages , "averaging
ibout 22 to the car , makes it very evi-
lent that prosperity is with Nebraska ,
is a wonderful state with great re
sources , and the crops of the past few
rears have put Nebraska farmers in.
enviable position.
Any girl who refuses a sparkling-
liamond engagement ring must be
itone blind.
The reckless balloonist is apt to take
drop too much.
The Illinois Central is constructing
freight car yard at New Orleans
rhich will have twenty-eight miles of
racks and will hold 3,000 cars. The
ard is being so arranged that cars can
distributed from the receiving point
any other point by gravity. This
save an immense experts for
witching cars in.
"Yes , " said the excited man , "he
ried to act the hog and treat me like
dog , but I soon showed him he was
laying horse with the wrong man.
rhen he monkeyed with me ! " Indi-
napolis Journal.
