McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
I BRIEf TELEGRAMS I
The Boers are seeking concessions
In -Madagascar
A D Jones who was Omahas first
postmaster Is dead
Britons are uncertain how to com
bat the ship combine
Canada is about to enter a period
of great industrial activity
George W Bisseli a prominent lo
cal capitalist of Detroit was killed in
a runaway accident
The Colombian government Is rush
ing re enforcements of troops to
Isthmus of Panama
The rebellion in Sechuen province
China is spreading and foreigners
ara considered to be in great danger
The eighteenth report of the civil
service commission shows many op
portunities for able young men who
can pass the examination
Carlisle D Graham made his second
trip through the Niagara rapids swim
ming from the whirlpool to Lewiston
four miles in fifty minutes
Lieutenant Hildebrand the pardon
ed duelist has been dismissed from
the German army on account of the
ovation tendered him at Gumblnnen
Banks of the south and west have
deposited with the treasury depart
ment government bonds to secure ad
ditional circulation in moving the
crops
Marshall Field of Chicago is head
ing a movement to colonize the num
berless abandoned farms of New Eng
land with farmers and mechanics from
the old world
The Chinese government has asked
the United States to investigate the
riot at Baker City Oregon and see
that justice is done the Chinese in
jured at that time
A Capetown dispatch says that a
high military officer says the chief re
sult of the army and navy maneuvers
will be to show weakness of the sys
tem of coast defense
Theodore Roosevelt jr and the
party of railway men sidetracked in
palace cars between Arlington and
Hetland S D bagged many birds in
their first days shooting
Eighteen vessels mostly sailing
craft were driven ashore in a gale
at Port Elizabeth Five of thorn were
dashed to pieces and all the members
of their crews were lost
Sir Edmund Burton premier of Aus
tralia and his party were unable to
pay a visit to the tomb of Washing
ton owing to the fact that Mount
Vernon is closed on Sundays
The contest for attorney general
was settled by the Chickisaw Indian
legislature which declared J P
Thompson regularly elected over I
O Lee of Medlll by a majority of
forty four votes
An irade as recently agreed upon
by the sultan has been issued repeal
ing the exceptional measures adopted
against the Armenians if the Armen
ian patriarch would guarantee that no
outbreak would follow
The second trial of W N Dimmick
accused of having stolen 30000 from
the United States mint in that city
was begun in the United States dis
trict court at San Francisco The
first trial resulted in a disagreement
Judge Samuel Treat former United
States judge of the eastern district of
Missouri died In Rochester N Y He
was born at Portsmouth N H in
1315 was on the bench for thirty three
years retiring in 1887 and was one
of the original founders of Washing
ton university
The monthly circulation statement
issued by the comptroller of the cur
rency shows that at the close of busi
ness August 30 1902 the total circula
tion of national bank notes was 361
282691 an Increase for the year of
3863536 and an increase for the
month of 2298507
Miss Emily Etheridge a nurse in
the Presbyterian hospital Chicago
and the daughter of the late Dr James
R Ethridge one of Chicagos leading
physicians confessed to Coroner Trae
ger that she had made a fatal mistake
in administering strychnine to a pa
tient in the hospital
Every veteran of the thousands ex
pected to march in the grand parade
of the Grand Army of the JRepublic
on Wednesday October 8 when they
will be reviewed by President Roose
velt General Torrance and a number
of other distinguished gentlemen wjll
carry a small American flag
The treasury department expects a
surplus of 15000000 in receipts for
the year basing the estimate upon the
business for August
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott has in
vented a new intrenching tool for the
army and navy
Governor Taft at dinner at Manila
said the United States will hold the
Philippines till the natives are edu
cated when they may decide whether
they desire independence or to be
come a state like Canada or Austra
lia
GOES TO BOTTOM
GERMAN GUNBOAT FIRES
FIRMINI8T VESSEL
MOROS STILL SHOW FIGHT
ON
THE GREW MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
First the Vessel is Fired After Which
Thirty Shells Shatter It to Pieces
Uncle Sam is Not involved in the
Matter
CAPE HAYTIEN Haytl Sept 8
The gunboat which
was in the service of the Firminist
party has been sunk at the entrance
of the harbor of Gonaives by the
German gunboat Panther Details of
the occurrence are lacking The crew
of the left it before it
went down
PORT AU PRINCE Hayti Sept 8
The German gunboat Panther arrived
here September 5 and received instruc
tions from the German government to
capture the Firminist gunboat
It left immediately for Gon
aives the seat of the Firminist gov
ernment Panther found Crete-a-Pier-rot
in the harbor of Gonaives and the
commander of the German gunboat in
formed Admiral Killick on
that he must remove his crew
and surrender his vessel in five min
utes Admiral Killick asked that this
time be extended to fifteen minutes
The request was granted on the con
dition that the arms and ammunition
on board should be
abandoned when its crew left it The
crew of left that ves
sel amid great disorder At the end
of fifteen minutes Panther sent a small
boat carrying an officer and twenty
sailors who were to take possession
of the Firminist gunboat
When these men arrived at a point
about thirty yards from
flames were seen to break out on
board of it It had been fired by its
crew before they left it Panther
then fired on until it
was completely immersed Thirty
shots all told were fired
There is much feeling here against
the FirmlnAts and their cause is con
sidered to be a bad one Soldiers are
leaving here to attack St Marc Port
au Princeis calm
MANCHESTER Mass Sept 8
Count Quadt Wykradt Isny of the
German embassy was seen in relation
to the sinking of the gunboat
by the German gungoat
Panther He said that he had not
heard of the incident until informed
of it by the Associated Press and for
this reason he was not prepared to
make any statement He did say
however I have given the matter
little thought as it is entirely out
side or tnis country and for that rea
son I do not expect to receive any
dvics concerning it from my gov
ernment While I do not care to make
any prediction as to the outcome I feel
quite sure and safe in saying that no
international complications will arise
with this country This is all I care
to say in regard to the affair
In Manila Trouble is Expected in the
Near Future
MANILA Sept 8 Captain J J
Pereshing who is in command of the
American force at Camp Vicars Min
danao reports to General Chaffee that
several of the Moro chiefs whose
forces have attacked Americans have
rejected all friendly overtures and
that he has been unable to reach any
understanding with them
The breaking of negotiations with
the Moros will probably bring on a
crisis in the Moro situation
It is believed in Manila that a re
newal of Moro attacks will result in
italiation by the American forces
The military record shows that since
the Bayan fight last May the Moros
have made twelve attacks on Amer
ican soldiers killing four Americans
and wounding twelve including one
officer
Die Blaming the Trusts
DES MOINES Sept 8 Because
they could not get work James B
Taylor and his wife Ann Taylor
wrote a letter to the public blaming
the greedy corporations and trusts for
their failures
Then they turned on the gas and
at noon the husband was found dead
and the wife dying in their room at
a boarding house at 202 West Eighth
street
They came here from Ottumwa two
weeks ago
Former Senator Dies
NEW YORK Sept 8 William Na
thaniel Roach United States senator
from North Dakota from 1893 to 1899
died here yesterday He had been ill
from cancer for a long time
Guidi to Be Consecrated
ROME Sept 8 Mgr Guidi who
was recently appointed apostolic dele
gate in the Philippines will be con
secrated September 29 Cardinal Ram
polla officiating
PRESIDENTS WESTERN TRIP
Formal Announcement of Places to
Be Visited and the Time
CHICAGO Sept 8 The itinerary of
the special train that will take Presi
dent Roosevelt on his western trip
has been arranged as follows
Chicago Arrive on Pennsylvania
railroad at midnight Tuesday Sep
tember 23 leave by Chicago Milwau
kee St Paul railway 1215 a m
September 24
Milwaukee Arrive 3 a m Septem
ber 24 leave midnight
Lacrosse Arrive 8 a m September
25 leave 11
St Paul Arrive 245 p m Sep
tember 25 train to be delivered to
Great Northern railway for movement
to Minneapolis and Sioux Falls
Yankton Arrive 1105 a m Sep
tember 26 leave 1120 a m Septem
ber 26
Sioux City Arrive 1 p m Septem
ber 26 leave 3 p m
Arion Arrive 6 p m September
26 train to be delivered to Illinois
Central at Arion to go to Denison
thence to Omaha
Omaha Arrive at Omaha late night
and start early In the morning of Sep
tember 27 over the Union Pacific for
tour of state going west as far as
Kearney Transfer at Kearney to the
B M and return to Omaha arriv
ing in Omaha at 7 oclock when the
president will review the electrical
parade
STRONG POLICY IS PURSUED
Vigorous Measures Adopted by Com
mander McCrea
WASHINGTON Sept 8 The navy
department has received from Com
mander McCrea of Machias a mail re
port under date of Cape Haytien
August 16 setting out in detail the
steps taken by that official to prevent
interference with the worlds com
merce as a result of the bitter Insur
rectionary struggle now in progress in
Haytien waters
Commander McCrea was from the
nature of the case obliged to move
without opportunity to consult the
state or navy departments but it is
stated that his vigorous measures are
thoroughly approved It appears from
the commanders report that he took
under his charge the commerce of
nearly all the European countries in
addition to that of his own
His attitude toward Admiral Killick
the insurgent commander as revealed
in the report is significant as indicat
ing the adoption of a stronger policy
than has been pursued heretofore in
the treatment of South and Central
American revolutions which injuri
ously affect the commerce of the
world
IT IS BARTHOLINS
Body Found at Riceville Identified aa
that of Chicago Murderer
RICEVILLE la Sept 8The tody
which was buried here yesterday and
which was believed to be that ol
William Bartholin was exhumed end
positively identified as that of the
Chicago double murderer
The identification was made by
William Mitchell a brother of one
of Bartholins victims and Detective
Andrew Rohan of Chicago who ar
rived here this morning from Chicago
Dr A J Coey of Chicago who came
here with Detective Rohan cut oui
the lower jaw of the dead murderer
which contained the two gold crown
ed teeth which have figured so large
ly in the description sent broadcast
throughout the country for purposes
of identification The jaw will be
taken to Chicago by the detective
Bartholins body was found last
Friday afternoon about six miles from
Riceville by J G Pratt a resident of
Riceville Mr Pratt was driving to
Elm and when passing a flax field
saw the body lying against a stack
of flax Thinking it was a man
asleep he paid no attention but on
returning found the man still there
and upon investigation discovered he
was dead with a revolver lying by
his left hand
After Fifty One Years
SPRINGFIELD O Sept 8 Mrs
John Doley and Mrs John Carney
sisters met here today after fifty one
years of fruitless searching on the
part of Mrs Doley They became
separated in New York harbor after
landing from Ireland
Jesse Walker colored was lynched
at Hempstead Tex by a crowd of
several hundred citizens for criminal
assault upon a white woman
Porcupines Start a Scare
CHEYENNE Wyo Sept 8 The
forsets on the headwaters of Crow
creek thirty five miles north of Chey
enne in the Silver Crown forest re
serve are threatened with destruc
tion It is not forest fire that is do
ing the damage but porcupines and
worms which are more effective A
Cheyenne man who returned a few
days ago from the reserve says that
almost every young tree has been
skinned by porcupines and will die
i eventually
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MADE A CLEAN SWEEP
Cashier Chamberlain Took Everything
In Sight When He Fled
TECUMSEH Neb Sept 8 Poor
judgment recklessness in the invest
ment of funds thpn dissipation and
finally embezzlement and disappear
ance all on the part of the trusted
cashier and sole manager Charles M
Chamberlain were the combined
causes of the financial wreck of the
Chamberlain banking house of this
city A few days ago this was sup
posedly one of the strongest institu
tions in the community The people
generally thought Chamberlain was
square and they gave him their confi
dence and their money and both were
manipulated by the shrewd banker in
a manner which shows now that he
was a master In the art of deception
It is impossible for those now in
charge of the bank to estimate safely
what percentage of the deposits will be
paid From all that has been learned
thus far however it would be con
servative to say that the bank will
not pay over 50 per cent The divi
dends may amount to a trifle more
than that but will probably be much
less
Today the Chamberlain banking
house stands about as does a building
which has been gutted by fire The
walls remain and here and there a
pillar or some part of the structure
is found intact but the greater part
of the interior is literally cleaned out
The value of the mass of notes left
in the bank showing 80000 on their
face is problematical In the pile are
securities that are long past due
some that have been paid off and many
that are worthless
Comparatively little is known by the
people of Tecumseh regarding the ac
tual condition of the bank Tbey
know that the institution is closed
and that Cashier Chamberlain has dis
appeared but as to the state of the
funds they are almost as far in the
dark as they were before the failure
SAYS ROAD IS SURE TO BE BUILT
Riley Talks of Electric Lines and
Platte Power Canal
PLATTSMOUTH Sept 8 J B
Riley the promoter of the Platte
river canal project was in the city and
stated that The hydraulic engineers
are expected in Omaha soon and will
make a thorough investigation of the
project In reference to the electric
railway I can say that it will be
built whether the power is canal or
not While the first survey is com-
pleted to the city of Lincoln another
is contemplated east of this place
which has Nebraska City for its objec
tive southern terminal instead of Lin
coln The Mortons of Nebraska City
want to build and own the line from
there to Weeping Water
The Plattsmouth branch will be
built but the Plattsmouth people will
be expected to give the right of way
to our main line We are receiving
encouragement all along the line
Train Backs Into a Depot
SUPERIOR Neb Sept 8 A Santa
Fe freight train made a pretty com
plete wreck of the Santa Fe-North-western
freight house here The
freight house which is a large frame
affair stood upon a foundation of
piles The engineer sent the train
down the freight track too hard and
it went ploughing through ten feet
of heavy platform and into the freight
house The whole building was knock
ed off the piles about four feet and
racked out of shape
Abundant Crops in Brown County
AINSWORTH Neb Sept 8 A
careful investigation reveals the fact
that Brown county has the largest
crop of small grain ever grown here
The prospects for a large corn crop
were never better In the canons of
tne Niobrar river and Pine Plum and
Bone creeks there are thousands of
bushels ofwild plums and grapes The
growth of all kinds of vegetables is
something wonderful
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Edgar Man Badly Scalded
EDGAR Neb Sept 6 Oscar Byers
one of the employes in the Edgar
canning factory was very badly scald
ed While carrying a pail of boiling
water he tripped and fell and in fall
ing the boiling water was thrown
upon his right shoulder the right side
of his head neck and face and also
his right arm and hand His right
leg is also scalded below the knee
Refunding Bonds Defeated
WYMORE Neb Sept 8 The re
funding bond proposition was sub
mitted to the voters of this city and
was defeated by nine votes
Crushed in a Horse Power
ULYSSES Neb Sept 8 N Ma
lone a well known resident of this
place 70 years old while driving a
horse power had his foot caught in
the cogs and was crushed in a horri
ble manner
Months Rainfall in Gage
BEATRICE Neb Sept 8 The
rainfall for the month of August 1902
amounted to 407 inches In August
1901 it was 306 inches
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SECRETARY WILSON IN STATE
Unexpectedly Pays a Visit to the Ne
braska Fair
LINCOLN Neb Sept 6 The board
of agriculture had as Its guest at the
fair for a few hours James Wilson
secretary of the United States depart
ment of agriculture at Washington
His coming was a surprise He had
been invited several months ago but
no definite answer having been re
ceived his apeparance was not ad
vertised He was able to make Lin
coln however and on hiB arrival
here the announcement of his appear
ance greatly gratified the members
of the state board of managers Ho
spoke at the race track before the am
phitheater His general theme was on
the subject of agriculture At the
outset he spoke of the efforts of the
federal department of agriculture in
sending out after information relative
to agricultural products that will ben
efit the United States He spoke in
a complimentary way of Ernst Bes
sey of Lincoln who at present is in
Russia where he Is acting as one cf
the army of men Interested In the
acquisition of knowledge that will
benefit the farmer of America The
government hopes to bring the peo
ple of this country information which
will permit them to grow here every
thing that they use
To assist in this work Secretary
Wilson mentioned another series of
efforts now being undertaken The
department hopes to teach new and
improved methods to the people of
the new lands that have come under
the control of this government The
islands are fertile and capable of
great productiveness if the soil is
properly tilled
Turning to Nebraska Mr Wilson
paid her every compliment of which
he thought her worthy and they were
many He made no reference to nis
hurried visit to the state during the
heated term when everything was
drying out but as if to show his ap
preciation of her efforts In an agri
cultural way he said the state was
raising some of the best crops of any
state in the union He had seen the
best hay crop In Nebraska that he ever
saw in his life The corn crop was
immense and he thought the farm
ers would realize magnificently from
it because the drouth in the southern
states would create a big demand for
the products raised here
INDIANS DOING NO DAMAGE
Mayor of Naper Neb is Needlessly
Alarmed
STUART Neb Sept 6 Some of
the Indians who created the excite
ment at Naper were in Stuart
Several hundred Indians came over
from the reservation to participate in
the festivities of a three days carnival
and wild west show at Naper Fol
lowing the examples of their white
brothers several bucks loaded up with
fire water and made night hideous by
war whoops and the firing of revolv
ers The mayor became excited and
requested rifles and side arms of the
governor But when the effect of the
bad whisky had worn off peace reign
ed again in the wigwams of the
Sioux Old timers declare there was
never danger at any time except to
the nerves of the uninitiated tender
foot
Two Weeks More for Corn
WINSIDE Neb Sept 6 The
weather changed Sunday night and
prospects are now for clear and cool
days Much wheat and oats are still
in shock and if this weather continues
will be threshed within the next ten
days Dry weather would improve
corn very much and even a slight
frost would not injure it as it is
growing yet and should be ripening
Conservative farmers think that two
weeks more would put most of our corn
out of the way of frost
Ate Green Cornstalks
NEBRASKA CITY Neb Sept 6
William Gress a farmer residing
north of the city lost fourteen head
of milch cows a few days since in a
very singular manner He turned
them out into a field of corn where
all of the corn had been gathered
and sold to the canning factory and
after they had been out there a day
they were brought in and began to
sicken and die All fourteen head
died despite the efforts made to save
them
Valuable Animal Killed
HEBRON Neb Sept 6 During
the rain storm a valuable two-year-old
Hereford bull on the farm of C
A Meyer five miles west of here was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed
No Coal in Sight
FREMONT Neb Sept 6 Fremont
users of anthracite coal are awaken
ing to the fact that the miners strike
in the east is1 going to have a serious
effect here as elsewhere At the
present time not a ton of the coal
can be bought here at any price and
In fact no prices are being quoted
All that was in the hands of the local
A ft 1 rr Tstn r e ri r T r 1 viint I
of it delivered j
Not His Kind of Library
Thn lato Lord Acton whose remark
able range of scholarship was little
known to the public until attention
was called to it in his obituaries had
In his London house a collection of
some 60000 books many of them old
and rare Joseph Chamberlain at one
time rented the house by the season
and when he left to go Into a house
of his own someone said to him that
he must miss that fine library Li
brary replied the member from
Brummagen I dont call that a li
brary It doesnt contain a single book
of reference
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
The new lord lieutenant of Ireland Is
said to be the youngest man that ever
represented the British government at
Dublin castle George N Curzon was
called youthful when appointed viceroy
to India but he is a patriarch in com
parison with the Earl of Dudley- who
has just passed his thirty fifth year
Curzon is nearly 44 Dudley traces his
lineage back to William Ward a
wealthy goldsmith of London and jew
eler to the queen of King Charles I
His full name is William Humblo
Ward but he is not at all humble
His father was immensely rich own
ing 40000 acres of land and many
mines and colleries His rent roll was
returned at 610000 a year The
very highest education was given tho
young earl who has proved himself
one of the stanchest nobles in the
United Kingdom In 1891 when only
24 years old he made a speech in the
house of lords defending that house
that would have done credit to a
Big Pay of Singers
For the highest fees received among
prominent male singers M Jean do
Reszke the famous Polish tenor
stands first His contract for sixteen
appearance during his last American
tour amounted to 7200 and average
of 450 for every time he appeared
on the platform Madame Patti how
ever can claim even a better record
For singing at Convent Garden in 1870
on sixteen nights she received 9600
an average of 600 for each appear
ance But the famous prima donna
beat this record while on her Ameri
can tour for while in New Orleans in
the 80s she received as much as 1
200 per night
Unable to Rise
Morenci Mich Sept 8th Mr J S
Whitehead of this place has given the
following letter for publication
Unsolicited I wish to recommend
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I cannot describe the pains I suf
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About seven or eight months ago
I began using Dodds Kidney Pills and
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