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P M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
BREEf TELEGRAMS
Mrs Mary Dugdale of Omaha was
knocked from a street car and killed
The cold wave that swept the north
was also severely felt In the southern
states
Former owners of the old Fort Om
aha site will sue to recover the land
from the government
Twelve millionaires it is said have
left Denver tvcause society would not
open its doom to them
Hugh ONeM is dead in New York
aged 59 Ho founded one of the larg
est dry goods houses of the city
It is announced that King Edward
will give 500000 dinners to the Lon
don poor during the week following
the coronation
Andrew W White American ambas
sador to Germany will retire in Ne
vomber when he will have reached
his 70th birthday His health is poor
The duke of Loubet has endowed
the College of France with an annuity
of 6000 franes for the maintenance
of a professorship for the study of
American antiquities
General FItzhugh Lee former consul
general at Havana was presented
to both legislative houses of Ohio
by Governor Nash and thanked the
bodies for the honor
The Irishmen of Chicago did not
celebrate St Patricks day beyond the
wearing of green and Individual ob
servances The parades of former
years were abandoned
Secretary Root announced that Gen
eral Funston would be assigned to the
command of the Department of the
Colorado as soon as his present fur
lough shall have expired
William Gardner and Eugene Hulin
wealthy cattlement of Texas met in
a restaurant at Anthony and each
opened fire Gardner was killed An
old feud caused the trouble
Representative Hill of Connecticut
has introduced a bill for the coinage
of the silver bullion in the treasury
purchased under the act of July 14
1S92 into subsioiaiy silver voin
The Twenty second regiment now
at Fort Crook will be recruited to its
full strength of 104 men for each com j
pany At present there are only
thirty seven men to each company
Charges have been filed with the
civil service commission against Post
master Coyne of Chicago by T W
Wittner a former employe discharg
ed he alleges for poical reasons
At Marrisa 111 safe crackers blew
open in the safe in the Commercial
hotel causing a conflagration which
did damage to the extent of 60000
It is said 1500 was taken from the
safe
Edward S Doney a newspaper man
dropped dead of heart disease in a
room of the New York Press club
He was 43 years old and was the
real estate editor of the New York
Press
Otto Pfieiderer of the theological
faculty of the University of Berlin
has accepted an invitation from Har
vard university to deliver a course of
lectures before the divinity school in
the spring of 1903
A private cablegram received in
Baltimore announced the death at
Naples of General Clinton P Payne a
prominent financier of that city Gen
eral Payne was formerly active in
democratic politics in Maryland
Democratic members of congress
have numerously signed a petition
asking Representative Hay the cau
cus chairman to call a caucus on the
19th to formulate a policy in reference
to the Boer war
Brigadier General Frederick Funs
ton arrived in Washington accompa
nied by Lieutenant B J Mitchell his
aide The generals purpose was
mainly to pay his respects to Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root
By a government decree published
in Panama war taxes cf 70 000 and
30000 were imposed upon the liberal
residents of Panama and Colon re
spective These taxes are the cor
responding shares of the tax of 750
000 imposed upon the department of
Panama by the national government
The district court of appeals at
Washington overruled a motion for a
rehearing made by Delos K Lotewolf
chief of the Kiowa and Comanche In
dians in Oklahoma and his associates
in their case against the secretary
of the interior looking to overturning
the governments action in throwing
open their lands last summer
Sir Richard Temple former gover
nor of Bombay is dead He was
born in 1826
A five days quarantine against all
vessels sailing from Hong Kong is be
ing enforced at Manila owing to the
cholera scourge at Hong Kong
A plot has been unearthed at Vi
enna to blow up the Austro Hungarian
war ships Hapsburg and Arpad A
large amount of dynamite was recent
ly stolen at Trieste and a secret let
ter stated that the ships were in
peril
TALK WITH
LEADERS APPEAR TO DISCUSS
THE SITUATION
OH A PEACE MAKING MISSION
Acting President Schalkburgher Hur
ries Under Flag of Truce Special
Train Gets Safe Conduct Acommpa
nieci by the Secretary of State
PRETORIA Mar 24 Acting Pres
ident Schalkburger F W Reitz ex
secretary of state of the Transvaal
and Cocmandants Lucas Meyer and
Krugh arrived here yesterday on a
special train from Balmoral fifty
miles east of here They reached
Balmoral under a flag of truce
After a short stay here they pro
ceeded for Orange River Colony
Upon arriving here Mr Schalk
burger and party drove immediately
to Lord Kitcheners headquarters
where he had an interview with the
British general
The Boers afterwards proceeded to
the railroad station and entrained at
5 oclock for Kroonstadt where they
will go out under a safe conduct
For a week past Mr Schalkburger
and his colleagues have been station
ed at Rhenoster kopje north of Bal
moral where they have been closely
pressed by British columns
British dispatch riders entered Bal
moral last Friday night and notified
the British of the approach of Mr
Schalkburger and party
It is said the Boer position at Rhen
oster kopje had become almost unten
able and that Mr Schalkburger at
one time narrowly escaped capture
LONDON March 24 The news that
that the wandering Boer government
has entered the British lines is re
garded as having but one meaning
namely that another attempt is be
ing made to negotiate peace The fact
that the censor passed the news of
this movement is accepted as confirm
ation of this opinion
Nothing is actually known here of
the intentions of Schalkburger Reitz
Meyer and Krugh It is possible they
have only sought permission to trav
erse the British lines in order to con
sult with Mr Steyn and the Boer
generals Detwet and Delarey
But whatever their object the news
has been welcomed in London as
pointing to the possibility of peace
Correspondence which was seized a
short time ago when Mr Steyn nar
rowly escaped capture proved that he
and Mr Schalkburger were anxious to
conclude peace
No extravagant hopes however are
being built on the outcome of the
movements of Mr Schalkburger and
his companions chiefly because it is
feared that Delarey in the flush of
his recent success will refuse to be a
party to any negotiations
The war office has informed a rep
resentative of the Associated Press i
that it has received no official infor
mation either confirming or contra
dicting the news Commandant Krugh
is one of the secretaries of the Boer
government He was formerly the ad
ministrator of Swaziland and has not
been prominent during the war
Wilson on Germanys Act
WASHINGTON March 24 Secre
tary Wilson today stated that it was
not certain as yet as to what extent
tnis government will act in meeting
the new German meat act which
takes effect October 1
The demand abroad he said is
for the light cured meats and the
feet of the new German law will be
to cut off most of our trade in pork
We have great respect for the German
chemists and if they have decided
that borax is deleterious then we
must accept their decision and protect
ourselves from articles brought into
this country that may be supposed to
be treated with borax
May Sail Under Flag
WASHINGTON March 24 By an
almost unanimous vote the house
committee on foreign affairs have
struck out of the Mitchell Kahn Chi
nese exclusion bill the paragraph pro
hibiting ships flying the American
flag from employing Chinese sailors
under 2000 for each offense This
provision has proved one of the chief
sources of controversy over the bill
Death Sentence is Ready
AURORA Mo March 24 John
Vince who killed Wallace Ward a
Frisco brakema last lall was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
Buy Big Milling Business
MONTREAL March 24 Charles R
Hosmer of this city and F W Thomp
son of Winnipeg have bought the ex
tensive milling business of the W W
Ogilvie Milling company The pur
chuoe price is in the vicinity of 3500
000 The business dates back to 1801
The company has three mills in Mon
treal also Mills at Goderich Seaforth
Winnipeg and Fort William The
company will be reorganized and its
business extended
CONFER ABOUT CUBA
President General Wood and Others
Discuss the Question
WASHINGTON D C March 24
Matters incident to the transition of
Cuba from American to Cuban con
trol formed the subject of a confer
ence of several hours duration at the
white house last night Those pres
ent included the president Secretary
Root Postmaster General Payne and
Governor General Leonard Wood
General Woods visit will be very
short and he desires to learn every
thing possible about the condition of
affairs while in Washington The sub
ject was gone over in many of its
features and a general interchange of
ideas expressed
Postmaster General Payne had his
first opportunity to meet Mr Wood
last night Mr Payne believes that
the change in the two governments
so far as postal matters are concern
ed can be accomplished very easily
although he thinks it will be neces
sary for a time to retain some of the
postal officials of the island in their
present places until the business of
the department is in a smooth run
ning order
FIGHT ON CUBAN RECIPROCITY
Possibility that the Contest Will Be
Transferred to the House
WASHINGTON March 24 A bare
possibility exists that the fight over
the question of Cuban reciprocity will
be transferred to the floor of the
house during the coming week The
probabilities are however that the
reciprocity convention introduced by
Mr Payne the floor leader of the
majority after the action of the re
publican caucus last week will not be
called up until the following week
though upon this point no definite
decision has been reached as yet by
the leaders
The present program is to take up
the army bill after the disposal of
the Moss Rhea contested election case
on Tuesday Several days will be
consumed in general debate on this
bill as the democrats are inclined to
use it as a text for speeches in op
position to the policy of the admin
istration in the Philippines
CHOLERA INVADES MANILA
Two Deaths Have Been Reported and
Other Cases Exist
MANILA March 24 There have
been four more cases of cholera here
and two more deaths from the plague
are reported The health authorities
believe that their precautions have
averted an epidemic As General
Chaffee did not want the men of the
Third infantry to run the risk of
cholera as a result of contact with the
city that regiment has already been
taken aboard the United States trans
port Grant which will sail for San
Francisco one week ahead of her
scheduled time
Five cases of cholera have been re
ported from the provinces
Wants Drinks Cut Out
WASHINGTON D C March 24
War department officials alarmed by
the rapid increase in disease among
the troops in the Philippines and oth
er tropical stations have issued an
order to commanding generals en
joining upon them the strictest scru
tiny over the habits and morals of the
troops and requesting them to en
deavor by personal example to influ
ence the men to preserve their health
both by abstaining from drink and
the liability of contracting prevent
able disease
Farmer Badly Injured
OSCEOLA Neb March 24 One of
Valley precincts solid farmers John
Burgess met with a bad accident He
got on the tongue of the wagon to
fix the harness when the horses start
ed and he was thrown under them
The team got away but he lay by the
road when found and it is supposed
that the team tramped on him for
he was badly bruised
Presidents Date is Named
COLUMBIA S C March 24 April
9 has been set apart as presidents
day at the Charleston exposition The
feature of the day will be the pre
sentation to Major Jenkins by his
former chief of the Rough Riders of
a beautiful sword from the South
Carolinians
Where Marconi Will Build Station
HALIFAX N S Marcn 24 Signor
Marconi has definitely decided to lo
cate his wireless station at Table
Head Glace Bay C B The machin
ery has been orderea
Property of the United States
WASHINGTON March 24 A deci
sion by Attorney General Knox holds
that the public lands in Porto Rico
formerly belonging to Spain and by
virtue of the treaty of Paris now be
long to the United States The opin
ion was rendered on the request of
the secretary of the interior as to
whether the so called public lands of
Porto Rico were ceded as crown
lands to the United States or remain
the property of Porto Rico
FLEEK HELD RESPONSIBLE
Linwood Man Arrested Charged with
Causing Death of Rimac
SCHUYLER Neb March 24 Madi
son Fleek of Linwood Neb the driver
passing Mrs Rima and niece when
their team backed off the Platte river
bridge and both women were drowned
Is under arrest and in jail at this
place being under bond and is to have
a preliminary hearing Monday
He has been harshly criticised since
the death of the women for driving
away without offering assistance He
gives as his reason for this action
that he could not stand the noise
made by the drowningvwomen and had
to get away as fast as possible The
charge against him is manslaughter
He refuses to state the direct cause
of the accident
Frank Reizicka and son were direct
ly in front of Fleeks vehicle at the
time of the double drowning and they
state that the prisoner is not respon
sible for its occurrence as the team
of the women ran into his and both
teams became unmanageable
Search for the bodies was continued
but no trace of them has as yet been
found Dynamite was exploded in the
water and the river was thoroughly
dragged for several miles below the
bridge but without avail
COAL OF GOOD QUALITY
Enough at Jackson to Pay for Mining
Says an Expert
JACKSON Neb March 24 Doug
las Cameron the Des Moines mining
expert formerly expert in the depart
ment of agriculture for the United
States who has in charge the drilling
for coal near here by the Sioux Beet
Syrup and Preserving company is so
near the third vain of coal that for
the first time he gave out a statement
yesterday as to what in his opinion
is the value of the deposit
We have passed through two good
veins he said mostly lignite coal
and other smaller veins making about
eight feet of coal to a depth of 191
feet From the formations I feel posi
tive there will be enough coal in a
vein some ten feet below our drill to
pay for the mining
There is coal here of a good bi
tuminous quality and I believe there
is enough to mean a fortune he said
positively
Carnegie Will Donate
BEATRICE Neb March 24 Major
A L Green a member of the library
board of Beatrice received a letter
from Andrew Carnegie offering to do
nate 20000 to the city for the pur
pose of erecting a library building
providing the city would donate a site
and pledge itself to support the li
brary to the extent of 2000 each year
The proposition will be easy to com
ply with The present annual tax
levy for this purpose is 1800 and a
very low valuation A popular sub
scription it is believed will be made
for the purchase of a site Mr Car
negies gift will be greatly appreciat
ed The public library is now located
in cramped quarters in the govern
ment building and is constantly grow
ing in patronage
Emerson Boy Badly Injured
EMERSON Neb March 24 Clyde
Olmsted 17 years old met with a se
rious accident It has been the prac
tice of a number of boys to steal
rides on freight trains to the next sta
tion east and return by the next train
Young Olmsted and several others
were returning from a trip riding on
the truss rods Olmsted ventured to
pick up a stone and lost his balance
his foot caught and he was dragged
about a rod and was then thrown off
at Stoltzs crossing A farmer waiting
to cross the track brought him to
town His head is badly injured and
jt is feared that the skull is fractured
just back of the right ear He has
not been conscious since he was pick
ed up
Object to Rheas Pardon
FREMONT Neb March 24 The
report that political influences were
being brought to bear through Indiana
congressmen and senators on Gover
nor Savage to pardon or commute the
sentence of Rhea who was convicted
about a year ago of the murder of
Herman Zahn at Snyder was some
what of a surprise to Snyder people
and others living in the vicinity
Zahns friends want to have the full
penalty of the law inflicted and will
no doubt file a vigorous remonstrance
against a commutation of the sen
tence His attorneys will exhaust ev
ery legal remedy before giving up
For Delaying a Telegram
FREMONT Neb March 24 In the
district court the Nye Schneider com
pany recovered a judgment against
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany for 150 damages for failure to
deliver promptly a telegram to the
agent of the company at Morehead
la directing him to sell 5000 bushels
of corn Before the telegram was de
livered corn dropped 3 cents and the
action was to recover the 3 cent loss
per bushel
LAV ON MARRIAGE RELATION
Supreme Court Rules on a Question
Long in Dispute
LINCOLN Neb March 22 In the
case of the University of Michigan
against McGuckiu which was appeal
ed from Douglas county the supreme
court has ruled on a question of law
that has long been in dispute It is
the question what constitutes the mar
riage relation Commissioner Kirk
patrick in an opinion approved by the
court declares that the marriage rela
tion is only in a limited qualified
sense contractural He declares It is
a social status for the assumption of
which by persons of the requisite le
gal capacity all that is essential is
their free consent He says further
that the consent requisite to the cre
ation of the marriage relation need
not be expressed in any especial man
ner nor by any prescribed form of
words but may be sufficiently evidenc
ed by any clear and unambiguous lan
guage or conduct
The evidence in this case was to
the effect that McGucking and his
first wife and his wifes first hus
band had some differences which led
to an appeal to the court While the
divorce cases were pending the wo
man went to the McGuckin home as a
housekeeper and agreed to marry Mc
Guckin as soon as the legal obstacle
was swept away by the granting of the
divorce After the way was made
clear however the promise was nev
er carried out at least no marriage
ceremony was ever performed The
question of law was thus brought up
in a controversy over the settlement
of an estate
NEBRASKA NAME UNCHANGED
Robert Smarts Fame Stays Undimin
ished
WASHINGTON March 22 Smart
ville is to retain its name Some
years ago Robert Smart a resident of
Johnson county appropriated land
and dedicated streets and alleys to
the new town and tne citizens in
view of Smarts philanthropy called
the place Smartville Last fall Judge
Stell of the district court made an or
der changing the name from Smart
ville to Helena The railroads refus
eu to accept the change and the citi
zens of Smartville appealed to the
postofflce authorities at Washington
asking for the substitution of the
name Helena for Smartville Large pe
titions were placed on file and extend
ed arguments were made for the new1
name The postofflce people after re
viewing the case today decided
against any change on the ground
that the new name would be confus
ing to railway postal clerks who
would undoubtedly get the name mix
ed with Helena Mont Smartville
will get along with its present name
until something else is suggested for
adoption
Four Years at Hard Labor
GRAND ISLAND Neb March 22
Gorge Mann pleaded guilty to a charge
of assault in district court and Judge
Thompson sentenced him to four years
in the penitentiary at hard labor
Mann coaxed two little girls to ride
with him and took liberties with the
older one who was but nine years of
age Her brother followed Mann to
this city the crime having been com
mitted several miles out in the coun
try
Nebraska Insurance Risks
LINCOLN Neb March 22 The in
crease of insurance risks in Nebraska
during the year 1901 was greater than
in any similar period of time for fif
teen years past A report showing
the actual business transacted by each
company in this state will soon be
issued by the state auditing depart
ment It will show all classes of in
surance to be in a healthy condition
with less loss incurred and more busi
ness in force
To Sign the Muster Roll
FREMONT Neb March 22 In ac
cordance with an order just issued by
Adjutant General Barry a meeting
will be held at G A R hall in this
city for the mustering in of those who
have signed the membership roll in
the new engineering and signal corps
organized here in February Lieuten
ant A M Hull of this city who is at
the University of Nebraska will be
the mustering officer
Women Adjudged Insane
ST PAUL Neb March 22 Mrs
Chris Sorenson wife cf the blacksmith
at Elba was adjudged insane and tak
en to the asylum at Lincoln Her
case is quite serious
YORK Neb March 22 Mrs Dora
Hawley was adjudged insane by the
commission
Encampment Sure May 22 23
LINCOLN Neb March 22 Assist
ant Adjutant General Mart Howe of
the Grand Army of the Republic said
that the Grand Army encampment was
certain to be held at Omaha May 22
and 23 Different dates have been an
nounced erroneously from time to
time but the matter is now definitely
determined The original date set
was May 14 but a postponement has
been agreed to by all the posts that
have answered except one
Took 19 Years But He Got the Money
By sticking to it for nineteen years
George T uamoriu oi jjuiii -
finally succeeded In collecting 4oU
I - m mi nn l on
from the Baltimore unio
overcharge on a wheat shipment in
1883 The company ignored his claim
at first and he finally began to bom
bard the officials with postal cards
which he sent by the thousand Then
he took to writing dainty pconted
notes and that fetched the railroad
which has just settled the claim
To Banish the Earsplitters
The Belgian railway authorities are
desirious of minimizing the effect
which the ear splitting screech of tno
locomotive produces on the nervous
systems of passengers The engines
are to be furnished with whistles pro
ducing two tones and softer in effect
than the ordinary signal the former to
be used in railway stations or when
the train is passing platforms crowded
with passengers
Costly Cuss Word3
John Bloomtield of South Ports
mouth Ky has found cursing to be an
expensive Indulgence He was ongnged
in a wordy war with a neighbor and
was taken before the local magistrate
Under a Kentucky law curses are fin
able at the rate of 1 per curse Fif
teen counts were found against Mr
Bloomficld who had to pay 15 and
1 cent general fine
A Very Strong Letter
La Fargc Wis Wm T Payne of this
placo has written a rather startling let
ter to the papers He says
I was in great pain across my back
for four weeks and was taking medi
cine from a doqtor all the time but it
did not do mo any good
I bought a box of Dodds Kidney
Pills and bad not taken more than
four cr five aoses before I noticed that
they were doing me good
They helped me right along and I
kept on using them till I had used four
boxes when the pain left me altogether
One box of Dodds Kidney Pills haa
done me more goa than five dollars
worth of doctors medicine
This remedy has certainly worked
wonders in my case and I feel it my
duty to givs it the credit due
The brain worker may have to tax
his ingenuity but he has the advan
tage of free raw material
Always kick the dog thats under
SrATE OF OniO CITY OF TOLEDO t
Lucas County fhJv
Frank J Cheney inukcs with that he J tho
senior partner of the linn of F J Cheney Co
doing business In the City or Toledo County
and State aforesaid and that said linn will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
eueh and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK J CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 6th day of December A D lbfad
o - A W GLEASON
bEALj Notary Public
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acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
it the system Send for testimonials free
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Count no man your friend until ho
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To Cure a Cold in One lny
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
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A man doesnt mind being a fool as
long as he doesnt know it
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plenty of this prodigally prolific millet
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