if a P - 8 McCook Tribune F M KIMMELL PubHfihcr MCOOK NEBRASKA BRIEP TELEGRAMS Lord Kimberley the liberal states man who had been ill for some time died on the 8th Mrs Esther Morris the mother of womans suffrage in Wyoming diecrat Cheyenne V a Crain of Nebraska has been appointed a fireman in the state war and navy building The shah of Persia will visit Berlin in May and will pay his respects to Emperor William The shah i8 going to Contrexeville France St Johns military school at Man lius N Y ten miles east of Syracuse was destroyed by fire The loss is estimated at from 75000 to 125000 Malarial fever has developed in the case of ex Captain Oberlin M Carter who has been ill for a week past at the military prison at Fort Leaven worth False teeth worth 15000 which are alleged to have entered the coun try without the payment of any duties have been seized by the custom of ficials Edward Kappelle a life insurance agent is under arrest at Niagara Falls N Y accused of obtaining 3 000 from George F Greene a far mer The last quarters exports to the United States from the South German consulates except Coburg amounted to 9717158 an increase of 1508682 marks Partial returns on the referendum vote taken in Manitoba Canada on the prohibition question indicate that the proposed dry amendment has been lost The measure appropriating 25000 for the erection of monuments in hon qr of the Iowa soldiers who fought at Lookout Mountain has passed the Iowa house Tho body of Dan McLaughlin a stockman who perished in the recent blizzard was found in a snow bank ten miles northwest of Medina N D by Hugh Marston Peter Lund one of the best known mining men of Montana died suddenly of heart failure at Nebart Mont aged 45 years Lund had been connected with many prominent mining ven tures Jacmel a town on the southern coast of Hayti was captured on April 5 by the insurgents who held it for u day and then retired to the hills after releasing all the prisoners in the city The Progressive Indian party will hold a convention on April 12 for the purpose of nominating a candidate for governor of the Chickasaw nation Ex Governor William Byrd will probably be the nominee The president has directed that more than seventy townships in north ern Montana be withdrawn from pub lic entry for use in the big irrigation scheme known as the St Marys canal and Milk river project Secretary Hitchcock has sent to the senate Indian committee a letter dis approving Senator Rawlins amend ment prohibiting the leasing of min eral lands on Indian reservations out side of the Indian territory Caspar Kruger the eldest son of the president and twenty four other relatives of Mr Kruger bearing the same family name are among those who have recently taken the oath ot allegiance to Great Britain The republican congressional con vention for the Eleventh district held at Athens Ohio renominated Con gress Charles H Grosvenor by accla mation General Grosvenor made an address accepting the nomination The gunboat Marietta which has been keeping watch over American interests at Colombia sailed Sunday for New York The cruiser Philadel phia still remains at Panama on the Pacific side to await developments Mr Anthony Matre national secre tary of the American Federation of Catholic Societies stated that the re port that Bishop G Hessmer had been appointed was correct Bishop Hess mer is one of the spiritual advisers of the Federation of Catholic Socie ties The son of Yang Yu the former Chinese minister to Russia died at St Petersburg and it is now admitted that he committed suicide The de ceased ministers son came to St Pe tersburg to repatriate the body of his father who died there February 17 Bishop Thomas OGorman of Sioux Falls S D is in Washington He said that his visit at this time had nothing to do with the question of the disposition of the friar lands in the Philippines to the United States but was on personal matters The Rock Island will build an ex tension from Enid to Guthrie Okla First Lieutenant Bert H Merchant of the Eighth infantry is dead In the Philippines from dysentery and liver abscess He was a native of Michigan and was Droraoted from the ranks PLANS FOR PEAC ACTIVITY OVER THE PROPOSI TION IS APPARENT CHAMBERLAIN AND KING TALK He Devotes Two Hours to Confer ence but Withholds Any State ment Officials Carefully Guard Against Disclosing Results LONDON April 14 The announce ment of the presence at Pretoria of the Orange Free States and Transvaal leaders who have been at Klerksdorp considering terms of peace has caused a decided increase in the hopefulness of the public concerning the possibil ities of peace The expectations aroused by the conference at Protoria have been further heightened by the movements of Mr Chamberlain the colonial secretary and other members of the cabinet In London and evidences that important dispatches are passing between Ixrd Kitchener and the gov ernment A conference of members of the cabinet was held last night at mid night in Mr Chamberlains house Mr Chamberlain Mr Brodrick the war secretary Sir Michael Hicks Beach the chancellor of the exchequer- and the duke of Devonshirt president of the council were present The con ference terminated at 1 oclock this morning and today Mr Chamberlain and several of the colonial officials were in their offices Messengers passed between them and Sir Michael Hicks Beach at his residence At 130 this afternoon Mr Cham berlain drove to Buckingham palace and remained with King Edward for two hours During the afternoon mesengers carried dispatches from the Foreign office to Lord Salisbury who with Mr Balfour the government leader in the House of Commons was at Hatfield house These outward signs of Sunday ac tivity have not been supplemented by any authoritative or official statement The question most discussed thus far has been whether the peace negotia tions would affect the governments financial proposals which promise to be submitted to Parliament tomorrow The fact that Sir Michael Hicks Beach was engaged in his office nearly all of today is taken in some quarters to indicate a modification of the bud get statement There appears to be no doubt that the Boer leaders have communicated the results of the deliberations to lord Kitchener Attempts will be made in Parliament tomoirow to as certain what information the govern ment has on the South African situa tion and to learn its intentions but it is not expected that the government can forecast the probable outcome of the negotiations Whatever instruc tions have been sent to Lord Kitch ener are believed to be only provi sional in character The comparatively brief duration of the conferences at Klerksdorp is re garded as an indication that the Boer leaders found little difficulty in agree ing upon some basis of negotiation The transfer of the negotiations to Pretoria where both Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner the British high commissioner in South Africa are at present is interpreted by the morning papers as meaning that the Boer3 are prepared to make formal peace nego tiations The latest reports from Boer headquarters at Brussels and The Hague declare that the delegates will raise no opposition if honorable terms are granted and the Beer leaders in South Africa have agreed to accept the maximum obtainable Oklahoma Elections Void GUTHRIE Okl April 14 Chief i Justice Burford of the territorial i preme court has rendered a decision holding that the recent city elections at Chandler and those at Law ton and the other cities in the new south western counties are void having been brought about by special proc lamation J Sterling Morton III CHICAGO April 14 J Sterling Morton former secretary of agricul ture is seriously ill at the residence of his son Mark Morton in Lake For est His condition is due to a recent severe attack of the grip Emigration Record Broken CHRISTIANIA Norway April 14 The present week has broken all rec ords of emigration to America Thir teeen hundred Scandinavians sailed from this port Dumont Calls on Edison ORANGE N J April 14 Santos miznont visited Thomas A Edison at his laboratory in West Orange where they chatted for about an hour The aeronaut was shown through the building and the adjoining works and then left for New York Afterwards Mr Edison said the main topic dis cussed was the most practicable mo tor for airships and that they agreed that gasoline produced the most pow er for the weight carried REV T DEWITT TALMAGE DEAD Noted Presbyterian Minister Passes Away at Washington WASHINGTON April 14 Rev T DeWitt Talmage the noted Presby terian divine died at 0 oclock Satur day night at his residence in this city It had been evident for some days that there was no hope of recovery and the attending physicians so in formed the family The patient grad ually grew weaker until life passed away so quietly that the members of the family all of whom were watching at the bedisde hardly knew that he had gone The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain Dr Talmage was in poor health when he started away from Washing ton for Mexico for a vacation and rest six weeks ago He was then suffer ing from influenza and serious ca tarrhal conditions Since his return to Washington some time ago he has been quite ill Until Thursday how ever fears for his death were not en tertained The last rational wordts uttered by Dr Talmage were on tho day preceding the marriage of his daughter when he said Of course I know you Maud Since then he had been unconscious At Dr Talamages bedside besides his wife were these members of his family Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage Chicago Mrs Warren G Smith Brooklyn Mrs Daniel Mangam Brooklyn Mrs Allen E Donnau Richmond Mrs Clarence Wycoff and Miss Talmage Washington TO VOTE ON EXCLUSION BILL Senate Will Soon Reach Final Action on the Measure WASHINGTON April 14 In ac cordance with the agreement reached on Friday last the senate on Wednes day will vote on the Chinece exclusion bill and the present understanding is that the Philippine government bill will be taken up immediately after ward It is probable however that the Philippine bill will soon be broken in on by the calling up of the river and harbcr bill being an appropriation bill which is a privileged measure and can be taken up at any time but it is not the desire of the committee to have it considered until there shall have been a chance afforded to make further amendments in the committee That opportunity will not be provided until Thursday following the vote on the Chinese bill The opponents of the Chinese bill will press their fight from this time forward and if they find that they cannot secure its recoramital they will concentrate their efforts on pro posed amendments Especial effort will be made to secure the adoption of the Piatt substitute There will be a number of short speeches on the bill today and Tues day and in addition to these Senators Foraker and McLaurin of South Cara in have given notice of set speeches for Monday A portion of the day Sat urday will be devoted to eulogies on the late Senator Kyle of South Dakota Business Goes to St Joseph ST JOSEPH Mo April 14 The Kansas City live stock commission men who are engaged in a stubborn contest with the Stock Yards com pany at that point and are employ ing a boycott to win their demands of lower charges will throw all their business to South St Joseph Notice of this decision was received by the stock yards people Agents of the Kansas City exchange will be here to handle the live stock receipts di verted to this point To Fight Townsite Clause ARDMORE I T April 14 The railroads interested in the new town sites along the line of their roads are fighting the provision of the Indian appropriation bill which provides for a fine and imprisonment for any one to lay out a tract of land for town sites without the consent of the sec retary of the interior Iowa Music Teachers DUBUQUE la April 14 The mu sic teachers of Iowa will hoii their an nual convention in this city June 24 27 inclusive and Des Moines musicians will predominate in the management and en the program J S Judd who was killed a few days since at Las Vegas by Mrs Wal ker was formerly a citizen of Fort Scott Kan and stood well there Frank C Churchill of New Hamp shire has been appointed as special Indian inspector He was formerly special agent for free schools in the Indian Territory Cholera Situation Grave MANILA April 14 The cholera situation in Manila contines much the same but the conditions in the prov ince are becoming alarming The to- 1 tal of cholera cases in Manila up to date is 245 and deaths 192 Queen Henriette Very III BRUSSELS April 14 The condi tion of Queen Marie Henriette is re ported to be serious She is suffer ing from heart disease MORE WINTER WHEAT SOWN Several Counties Report an Increase of One Half in the Acreage LINCOLN Neb April 14 Deputy Labor Commissioner Watson has re ceived reports from reliable Eourcees In nearly all of the winter wneat coun ties in Nebraska and with but few ex ceptions all say that the acreage of the grain this year is greater than a year ago and that the prospects for a good crop are unusually encouraging Only two counties reported a decrease Several of the counties show an in crease of over 50 per cent over last years acreage and Buffalo county heads the list with an increase of 200 per cent The Buffalo county report was received from D T Phillips a real estate dealer He said he found on investigation that some farmers sow ed five times as much wheat as the year before The counties reporting an increase in acreage over last year were Ad ams Buffalo Cass Clay Colfax Fill more Franklin Gage Gosper Hall Hamilton Harlan Howard Jefferson Kearney Lancaster Lincoln Merrick Nemaha Nuckolls Otoe Pawnee Polk Phelps Red Willow Richardson Sa line Saunders Seward Thayer Web ster and York A slight decrease in acreage was re ported by Frontier and Hitchcock counties while Johnson county was said to have the same acreage as a year ago In response to the inquiry Is pros pect as good as in year past at this time replies were as follows Af firmative Adams Frontier Gosper Hall Harlan Hitchcock Howard Jef ferson Johnson Kearney Lincoln Merrick Nemaha Nuckolls Pawnee Phelps Polk Richardson Saline Saun ders Seward Thayer Webster ASK FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY Friends of Rhea Intercede to Save Him from the Gallows LINCOLN Neb April 14 Governor Savage listened to arguments for ex ecutive clemency in behalf of William Rhea who is under sentence to be executed at the penitentiary on April 25 for the murder of Herman Zahn a saloon keeper in Snyder about a year ago In the morning Rheas three at torneys George W Loomis and W J Courtright of Fremont and George A Adams of this city appeared before the governor and pleaded for mercy and in the afternoon Mrs Callen Thompson of this city had an inter view with the governor on the same mission Mrs Thompson has been cir culating a petition among the women oi the city and up to noon today had obtained several hundred signatures The attorneys call attention to the fact that Rhea when the murder was committea was in the company of older men They insist that he is only 19 years of age and that under the con ditions existing at the time of the murder was unable to distinguish the difference between right and wrong or that he was Influenced by the older men to do that which he would not have done had he been alone Mr Courtright avIio is the governors cou sin was retained in the case yesterday and today made his first effort in be half of the condemned man Gover nor Savage took the case under ad visement but intimated that a decision would not be given for several days Gamble Bill Passed WASHINGTON April 14 The sen ate passed the Gamble bih authoriz ing the Federal Railroad company to construct a combined railroad wagon and foot passenger bridge across the Missouri river at or near the village of Oacoma Lyman county o D Dies by Her Own Hand ST PAUL Neb April 14 Mrs A D Baird living seven miles east of here committed suicide by shooting herself through the head with a rifle Despondency on account ot ill health is thought to be the cause of the act Alliance Lighting Plant Sold ALLIANCE Neb April 14 The property in this city of the Alliance Electric Light and Power company was sold at public sale to R M Hamp ton cashier of the First National bank by the receiver May Get Free Mail Delivery COLUMBUS Neb April 14 The receipts of the Columbus postoffice for he year ending April 1 passed the 10 000 mark entitling the city upon peti tion to a free letter carrier service Official announcement was made at the offices of the Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad company of the appointment of P S Eustis to be pas senger traffic manager of the system Not Positive it is Gold BEATRICE Neb April 14 John Billings a resident of this city left a sample of black sand at Deputy County Attorney Spaffords office which he thinks contains particles of gold It was found on a farm near here but whose farm Mr Billings re fuses to divulge The sand was left in a glass and particles that look very much like gold can easily be detected Mr Spafford believes it to be fools gold RYAN IS AGAINST WRIT Referee in Tax Mandamus Case Files Opinion with Supreme Court LINCOLN Neb April ij Judge Robert Ryan as referee in the Omaha tax mandamus case has recommended to the supreme court that the appli cation of William G Shriver and Geo T Morton for a peremptory writ of mandamus be not allowed He holds that while tho relators are entitled to the writ prayed for it shouid not be issued because of the defective method provided by the statutes for the assess ment of property of the kind and char acter involved in the action The relators Shriver and Morton sought in this suit to have the court issue a peremptory writ to compel the city council of Omaha to sit again as a board of equalization to hear their complaints against the assessment of five public service corporations Judge Robert Ryan of this city was appoint ed referee and his official report and opinion were filed late this afternoon in the office of the supreme court In the report Judge Ryan recites in detail the issues of the case and gives his findings In the opinion the vari ous authorities are taken up and dis cussed The opinion also embraced an exhaustive discussion of the meth od of assessing public service corpora tions for purposes of taxation in this state BLACKMAILER GETS NO CASH Uses Threats to Extort Money from Franklin Man FRANKLIN Neb April 12 A blackmail system of making money was tried here but ended in the cul prit making good his escape with an empty sack William Carpenter proprietor of the Commercial hotel received a letter through the mail which contained the following As I want to leave and am unable to get work I want you to put 50 in a sack and place it on the corner post one block west of the hotel at mid night In case you fail to comply you will be out of business in less than twenty days Mr Carpenter fixed up a package and placed it on the post and in com pany with Frank W Barber James Mc Courtney and several others laid in wait to capture the culprit At 4 oclock in the morning the fel low came for the money and as soon as he had taken the package from the post the watchers rushed after him and ordered him to halt but instead he ran Nine shots were fired at him but with no result Swindlers Abroad FREMONT Neb April 12 Another swindling game has just been worked here with considerable success by a couple of unknown men They called on a number of Fremont housewives and exhibited large bars of fine white soap as samples of what tney were selling at the rate of 25 cents a dozen Tbey took a multitude of orders col lecting the money in advance When the soap consignments arrived the bars were found to be of sucn small1 dimensions that the price paid for them was three times their value Fleak Must Stand Trial SCHUYLER Neb April 12 The application of Madison Fleak for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the district court here today Fleak is the man held on a charge of crim inal carelessness in pushing two wo men off the Platte river bridge March 18 In the coroners inquest over the body of one of the women the jnry re turned a verdict in which no blame was attached to young Fieak Colored Boy Kilied by Cars HUMBOLDT Neb April 12 A young colored man David Carther of St Joseph was killed in the railroad yards here He was stealing a ride in a box car of lumber He had been here a few days visiting He started to Omaha The lumber pinned him down while switching cars and his life was crushed out He was taken to the undertakers and the coroner sent for Store at Wausa Robbed WAUSA Neb April 12 The store of Bosse Larson was entered and about 100 taken from the safe The entrance to the store was made through a back door The supieme court has decided to hear arguments on April 14 upon the application of the state of Washing ton to take jurisdiction in the case of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger Cair Repairer Crushed to Death FAIRBURY Neb April 12 Roy Hartman a car repairer in the employ of the Rock Island was crushed to death between the bumpers of two freight cars in the yards here He was working on a car that stood on the repair track when another car was switched against it at a time when he was not on his guard Some one wbe at fault as the usual warning was neglected Lost His RKexmeLtism By the use of a bottle oi St Jacobs Oil Sergeant Jeremiah Maher of Ard cath Royal Irish Constabulary says My friend Mr Thomas Hand has been a great sufferer from rheumatism in the back and joints for the last four years during which time he has employed many different methods of treatment but obtained no relief whatever and for the last two years has been unable to walk without a stick and sometimes two sticks and was in great pain constantly I induced him to procure a bottle of St Jacobs Oil which he applied with the most astonishing and marvellous effects Ilefore he had finished using the contents of the first bottle he could walk readily without the aid of a stick and after a few applications from the second bottle he was free fom pain and has been ever since and although fifty years of age and a farmer he can walk and work without experiencing any pain or difficulty whatever Voori nils Curative Compound the great remedy which makes people well it is made from Lle formula of an eminent lnndon physician Send to St Jacobs Oil Ltd ltaltimore Mil for a free sample bottle LOMFARMSMJMti LKM HAUWUtilrlOniLKUlJ SXn TrX i V7 lk mwi WJbWlMMkl wvmwm umTFP WeW SwHBSJr mCnuw THE COHTEHTED FARMER Is tho mnn who never has a fnllure In crops gets splendid returns for his labors and has Wm DCfeL social aim lunii lous advantages to tgethcr with splendid climate and excellent health These we give to the settlers on the lnnds of Western Can adu which comprises tho ffrtMit rrrnin nnd ranching lands of Manitoba Atisnlbola Alberta and 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