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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1903)
t NO RACE SUICIDE IN THIS FAMILY Mr and Mrs Oscar Oscar Weber of Atlantic City proves his belief in tbo Rooseveltan theory by striving to pound out a living as a cabinetmaker for a family of thirteen children ten of whom are boys Tho oldest child has reached the advanced age of 25 and the youngest is half FEARFUL FLOOD LONG DEATH LIST RECORDED AT TOPEKA BOATS USELESS FOR RESCUE Cheering Intelligence That the Vater Is Receding Twenty seven People Reported Drowned at Kansas City Missouri TOPEKA Kan There is ground for hope that the worst is passed So treacherous has the Kansas river proved itself in the rise of the water bo slowly as to be imperceptible the five mile stream is settling into its rightul channel Up and down the offi cial gauge has fluttered all day Last night however City Engineer McCabe issued a bulletin giving out the cheer ing intelligence that the waters had subsided to the extent of exactly 7M inches It may be a few hours be fore another drop is noticed With 175 to 200 lives lost millions in dol Jars of property destroyed hundreds of pistol shots as signals of distress blended with the agonizing cries of unwilling inhabitants of tree tops and roofs of houses and the waters creeping upward and then slowly sub siding and alternately changing hope to despair the capital city has passed the most memorable Sabbath day of its existence To all this discomfort ing condition of affairs was addea the presence of a cold dismal rain The ardor of the rescue work of the heroic rescuers was not abated in the least by the conditions which conronted them for long drean hours knee deep in water and sometimes in water up to their necks they Avorked with might and main They can proudly point to o00 or more rescued ones who olhewise might have been swept away in the current Briefly stated the present condition of the flood is this Summary of conditions are One hundred and seventy to two hundred people drowned Eight thousand peo ple without homes Four million dol lar loss of property destroyed Iden tified dead five floating bodies seen twenty people missing 200 Houses burned result of fire in lumoer from slacking lime probably 200 Banks collapsed two Wholesale grocery stores flooded two Big business blocks almost ready to crumble fifty Wholesale commission houses desert ed six Rock Island trains containing 150 passengers held here by high wa ter City water works plant useless Known drowned Karl Rupp Orville Rupp two Rupp girls G H Garretts 5-year-old son twenty unidentified KANSAS CITY A message to the Times from Kansas City Kan by way of Leavenworth at 2 oclock Monday morning says that twenty seven men were on the Union Pacific bridge which spanned the Kansas river when it went down and all of the men were drowned It is said that many per sons saw the men drown RIOS IS SENTENCED TO DEATH Filipino Leader and His Followers Convicted of Murder MANILA Ruperto Rios the fanati cal Filipino leader in the province of Tayabas who was captured about a month ago has been convicted of mur der and sentenced to death Twenty seven of his followers were also con victed and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment A detachment of scouts has defeat ed and scattered the Oaniguf island in surgents killing eighteen of them This it is believed will end the op position to the government in that place Make Less Money Than Before BUFFALO N Y John Mitchell and the four vice presidents of the miners union in the anthracite re gion held a conference Sunday rela tive to the various disputes between their miners and their employers growing out of the recent strike awards President Mitchell says that the miners make less money than be fore the strike A conference will be called in Wilkesbaree soon to consid er the situation further Weber and Children past three Weber was born in Saxony and his wife is a Bohemian The accompanying photograph of the family is a chip shy as one child wa3 away from home when the camera was trained on tho group IMMENSE IRRIGATION DAM Geological Survey Completes Plans for the Same WASHINGTON The Geological survey has had prepared a model of the extensive dam to be constructed on Salt river sixty five mlle3 above Phoenix Ariz This dam will be among the first and also among the largest irrigaion enterprises to be undertaken by the government under the new law The model shows the exact pro portions of the dam which is to be 188 feet thick at the base 830 feet long at the top and 250 feet high It will contain 11000000 cubic feet of masonry The reservoir to be constructed will drain over 6000 square miles ot territory and add 300000 acres to the tillable area in the vicinity of Phoenix ORDER IN BEEF TRUST CASE Restrained from Violating the Sher man Anti Trust Law CHICAGO 111 Judge Grosscup in the federal court Tuesday entereu the final order in the beef trust case re straining the packers from combining to regulate the trade The order cov ers all the points in the previous de cision and is received as a complete victory for the government An appeal will be taken The order covers all the large pack ing concerns doing business in this district and in substance permanently enjoins them from doing anything in violation of the Sherman anti trust act The name of the late Gustavus F Swift was eliminated from the list though the firm of Swift Co is still covered by the decree SHAW STARTS FOR THE WEST After Touring Iowa Vill Attend Cor nell Commencement WASHINGTON Secretary Shaw left Washington today for Chicago On June 2 he will join the president at Council Bluffs la and accompany him to Denison the secretarys home town and probably remain with the party during the trip through the state On June 17 the secretary will attend the commencement exercises of the Cornell college at Mount Ver non la his alma mater His daugh ter Enidia is a member of the grad uating class Two days later the sec retary will deliver an address to the graduating class in the Armour In stitute of Technology at Chicago THE DEADLY AUTOMOBILE Six are Killed Two Fatally and Ten Others Badly Injured PARIS It is now possible to as semble from the many reports aiong the route of the first stage of the Paris Madrid automobile race a com plete list of casualties This shows six persons killed two so dangerously injured that they may die and ten seriously injured During the day it was asserted here that seventeen persons had been killed and that seventeen were injured but this was not warranted Five Years for Hannigan ST LOUIS Mo Five years in the penitentiary was the verdict returned by the jury in the bribery case of J J Hannigan a former member in the house of delegates Hannigan was found guilty of accepting a bribe m connection with the passage of the Suburban railway bill When the ver dict was announced Hannigan made no sigu of concern He is the eighteenth man tried on charges resulting from the local boodle investigation Approves Chamberlains Plans LONDON Among the latest to ex press full approval of Colonial Secre tary Chamberlains zolverein plan is Premier Sedden of New Zealand who declares that Germanys attitude to ward Canada is a blessing in dis guise Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man the liberal leader has decided to drop his amendment on the subject as the second reading stage of the finance bill will afford opportunity for discussion of tho matter THE EARTHOUK IT SVALLOVS TWO THOUSAND HUMANS A TOWN TOTALLY DESTROYED A Settlement In the Valley of the Eu phrates Chosen for Destruction Shock Laats Thirty Seconds but that i3 Sufficient for Devastation CONSTANTINOPLE Advices that reached here from Asiatic Turkey show that a terrible earthquake oc curred April 29 at Melazgherd in the valley of Erzeroum on the Euphrates The town was totally destroyed with its entire population numbering 2000 souls including 700 Armenians a3 well as the troops forming the sarrison of Melazgherd In addition over 400 houses in the neighboring villages col lapsed A somewhat severe earthquake shock was felt here but no damage was done 1h6 foreign office here received some details from the British consul at Erzeroum regarding the recent earthquake at Melazgherd according to which a strong shock lasting thirty seconds was felt on the morning of April 29 throughout the entire district befnveen Lake Van and the Russian frontier and as far west as Kharput The town of Melazgherd consisting of 500 houses was destroyed and much havoc was wrought in the sur rounding villages Colonel Khalil Bey commanding the garrison of Me lazgherd with his whole family three other officers and eighty soldiers per ished in the ruins Lieutenant Colo nel Tayib Bey whose family perished became insane The telegraph operator who sent the news of the catastrophe said he him self was badly injured and that hi3 wife and sister had been killed The foreign office has appealed for subscriptions for the relief of the des titute of the Melazgherd district WASHINGTON Vice Consul Ojal vo at Erzeroum Turkey reports to the state department that an earth quake in the canton of Melazgherd district of Fitlis on the 29tn ult caus ed the death of 500 persons aria left the city in ruins The shock was strongly felt in Er zeroum a journey of thirty hours and threw the people into a panic Many of them turned their stables which are built level with the ground into sleeping apartments for greater secur ity OKLAHOMA IS IN BAD SHAPE Crops in Many Localities Are Totally Destroyed GUTHRIE O T Official reports from Anadarko to territorial officials place the flood losses at three times that of any former year There will be no trains over the Frisco Choctaw Enid Anadarko and Rock Island rail road in that vicinity under ten or twenty days From Hobart the estimate of losses is placed at 500000 All telephone and telegraph lines are down and thirty-two miles of the Rock Island tracks are out between Hobart and Anadarko The Rock Islands loss at Hobart is 250000 and the Friscos 30000 The wheat and oats crops in that vicinity are total failures as a result of the terrific hail storms SUES AN AMERICAN OFFICER Gabrial Galza a Filipino Seeks to Re cover Damages MANILA Gabrial Galza living in the island of Leyte has sued Major Edward Gleen of the Fifth infantry for 15000 pesos damages on the ground of alleged false imprisonment Galza who was an insurgent sympathizer was suspected of aiding the Samar in surgents In 1901 he was arrested by Major Glenns orders General Smith j approving and was confined in Sa mar Ultimately Galza was released Major Glenn has reported the filing of the suit to Major General Davis who will probably refer the matter to Sec retary Root Chicago Faces Hunger CHICAGO 111 The breach between the restaurant employes and the own ers association opened wide Thurs day The joint board of the eight un ions making demands have opened strike headquarters and appointed committees to arrange for the handling of pickets The unions declare a gen eral walkout vill occur Monday in all places where the union scale has not Deen signed Against a Consolidation LEXINGTON Va The Southern Presbyterian general assembly decid ed against consolidating the offices of the general superintendent of Sunday schools and young peoples societies The report of the committee on the ological seminaries which was adopt ed showed that the character of the work of the student bodies of these institutions have been highly satisfac tory This year there will be thirty nine graduates FLAT BUILDING TO REPLACE HISTORIC ftfOUSE - en WMM Wm will IUPP BNMlHl dm Wfi m mm H tl m SH IS H Mmlm I 1l rnnrTJUi m IOWA IS SMITTEN Storm Fiend Brings Death and De struction DES MOINES la Iowa has been storm swept tor the past twenty four hours Three tornadoes caused the loss of six lives the fatal injury of three persons and the serious injury of a score more besides great prop erty loss The dead at Glenwood are Maggie Biettner Adaza la Hazel Wright Adaza la The dead near Buxton Georgia Blakesley Herbert Rhodes The dead at South Des Moines are Russell A Knauff aged 30 Floyd Knauff his 8-months-old son Injured at Glenwood Mary Eck ert Annie Delaney Myrtle Dickinson Etta Newton Harrison Johnson and Rolla Rathbone The injured near Buxton Molietas Rhodes fatally Mollie Rhodes fatal ly Eliza Blakesley Seward Lucy George and Addison Rhodes Buddie Reasby and Mary Walker The injured at South Des Moines Mrs Knauff bruised and cut Mrs Margaret Barston skull injured by failing brick Charles McNutt hurt by falling tree Mrs John McCoy breast and head cut by flying glass The victims at Glenwood were all inmates of the school for the feeble minded where the storm struck at Governor of Nebraska Will Make No Decision in Rhea Case INDIANAPOLIS A telegram Wed nesday from Governor John H Mick ey of Nebraska to Governor Durbin announced that there would be no ac tion this week in the case of William Rhea the Mount Vernon Ind young man now under sentence to be hang ed for murder in that state Con gressman Hemenway of the First In diana district Major G V Mensies of Mount Vernon and Governor Durbin Ten Cases of Plague SANTIAGO DE CHILE The report that cases of bubonic plague had t been discovered at the seaport of Iquique is confirmed There were tan j cases Monday six of which were fa tal The disease was brought to Iquique in a cargo of rice fram India Eieven Children Drown POSEN A ferryman anu eleven children were drowned as the result of the capsizing ol a ferryboat on the river Wartfce near Dernbro mnittVCXPrmiirntnaxMiamlmnmi - Old Leydcn Residence Atlanta The old Leyden residence one of the most historic landmarks of Atlan ta is soon to be given into the hands of the wreckers to make room for an apartment building costing 300 000 In the ante bellum days it was the nome of the family whose name is now bears But it claims even a greater distinction than this It was the head quarters for the federal troops under Gen William T Sherman In 18G4 Here it was that the famous march to the sea was mapped out and the plans laid for its successful conclu sion When Sherman in rb campaign ap plied the fire brand to almost every residence in Atlanta he spared tho Leyden home because of Its having played such an important part in the war RECLAIMING OF ARID LANDS Expenditures in Past Two Years Were 7530338 WASHINGTON D C Commission er Richards of the general land office has had prepared a statement giing the exact amount of the fund set upart for the reclamation cf arid lands un der the irrigation act of 1902 It shows a total of 7530338 for the fis cal years 1901 and 1902 distributed among the states and territories as follows Arizona 81773 California 503 270 Colorado 028995 Idaho 507 448 Kansas 49135 Montana 772 377 Nebraska 235194 Nevada 23 414 New Mexico 147237 North Da kota 1227490 Oklahoma 1008795 Oregon 910901 South Dakota 307 5G2 Utah 140824 Washington 794088 Wyoming 385702 The total for 1901 was 31448G1 and for 1902 4505510 The returns of the sale of public lands for the first threa quarters of the present fiscal year indicate that the receipts will be about equal to lhi two preceding years so that by July 1 next the irrigation fund in the treas ury department will amount to abv u 15000000 30ILER MAKERS GO TO VORK 930 p m The tornado struck the Old Union Pacific Employes Return to girls dormitory commonly known as the Shops the old building first The rooZ was OMAHA Alter being out on strike torn off and with a terrible crash for over eleven months Union Pa fell back again upon the wrecked j cific boiler makers returned to work building All the buildings of the Thursday morning at least some of group including the hospital them This is the ultimate result of tory boys building custodians build- the conference in New York with ing farm colleges and the boiler room President Burt whereby a settlement were more or less damaged by the was effected and the immediate out storm come of a conference Wednesday aft- The superintendent estimates that ernoou with Superintendent McKeen the ioss will be at least 75000 of the motive power department when The buildings of the institution are j minor f ifferences arising since the situated on a slight raise and were a New York conference were disposed mark for the heavy wind which swept down upon them with terrible fury j Forty five boiler makers and their The eleven girls who were injured are j helpers went out of the local shops being cared for in the hospital which June 18 ot last year Thirty six on is practically intact MICKEY POSTPONES ACTION Wednesday went down to the shops and reported to Master Mechanic Thompson and re entered the com panys employ Editor Describes Scene at Pauline LAWRENCE Neb Editor D Liv ingston of the Locomotive who re turned from the vicinity of Sundays tornado near Pauline says the scene was almost beyond description The bodies of the victims were fearfully mangled One womans head was mashed to a pulp and the others had almost every bone In their bodies broken Editor Livingston says the funeral of the victims held in the little church was a most frnnrpssivn ami interceded in behalf of young Rhta - i sad aftair The wreck ot the buildings ana uovernor Aiicicey nas promised to make a thorough investigation of the case before allowing the execution to proceed Lawrence Succeeds Miller WASHINGTON D C Edward W Lawrence of Rutland Vt was on Wednesday appointed assistant attor 1 aey general for the postoSice de- j partment to succeed Daniel V Miller recently- removed Mr Lawrence is a member of the Vermont bar The j investigation of affairs in the assist- ant attorney generals office continues was most complete and the lumber and contents were found in all sorts of places Insurgents Badly Defeated MANILA Lieutenant Javier com manding a force of constabulary and volunteers has defeated 200 fanatical insurgents in the island of Cebu kill ing sixty eight of them and capturing twenty nine The fight occurred in the mountains of Takogan No do tails of the engagement have be i re reived and the government losses are k known Hayticn Ministry Resigns PORT AU PRINCE Hayti The entrie Haytien ministry with the min ister for war have resigned The ministry are opposed to continuing the investigation into the alleged frauds in the issuing of Haytien gov ernment securities amounting to 2 000000 The commission of inquiry are supported by President Alexis Nond who insisted on the investiga tion being continued The ministry handed in its resignation twHHojooooaaoaoHsaHWi SmMk Mind This It nukes no dlfferenco whether it is chronic acuta or inflammatory Rheumatism of the musclos or Joints St Jacobs Oil cures and cures promptly Price 25c and SOc ttHfHfHHHHfHlTlHHE When a public speaker pauses for a reply it breaks him all up if ho gets iL IIAIK HATES via WAI1ASH RAILROAD The Wabash offers irtuny nttoi to tho East from Chicago Boston Alasa and return 1900 Sold Juno 25th 26th and 27th Boston Mass and return 2100 Sold July 1st to nth Saratoga N Y ami roturn 51715 Sold July 5th and Gth 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