The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, August 07, 1903, Image 2

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TWO BALLOTS TAKEN WITHOUT
DECISIVE RESULTS
FUTURE APPEARS UNCERTAIN
Conclusion That Strength of the Lead
ing Candidate Remains Unbroken
V Large Crowd Packs St Peters
Square
HOME No successor to Pope Leo
XIII has yet been chosen From
the smoke that has Issued from the
chimney on the SiBtlne chapel a vast
multitude gathered around St Peters
learned that the second day of the
conclave had been fruitless The con
clusion is drawn that tlfe strength of
the leading candidate remains un
broken and that no compromise can
didate has yet appeared and there is
no indication of how long this condi
tion of affairs will continue The pro
longation of the contest has aroused
tremendous public mtorest if indeed
It cannot be called excitement Every
trace of that apathy which followed
the death of the late pope has van
ished and instead there now exists a
burning interest in everything pertain
ing to the election of his successor
This culminated Sunday night in the
appearance of a large crowd which
packed tljo great square Of St Peters
and presented a spectacle seldom seen
at the site of so many historic cere
monies The impenetrable seclusion
which shrouds those engaged in de
ciding who shall be at the head of
the Catholic church heightens the fev
erish curiosity of those who await
their decision Princes princesses
archbishops bishops monsignors
priests well-to-do business people in
short people from every walk of life
from that of nobleman to street beg
gar talked of nothing but la fuinata
the signal smoke But this morn
ing and this evening this was the
lodestone which drew thousands to
the square of St Peters There for
hours with strained eyes and craned
necks they waited in the hope of see
ing a tiny little stream of smoke no
insignificant that it was almost im
possible to realize that a great issue
was involved in its fleeting appear
ance The scene atSt Peters was
far the most impressive that has oc
curred in Rome since the late pope
became ill
After the fruitless morning ballot a
report spread that a new pontiff
would surely be elected in the even
ing All roads during the afternoon
led to the Vatican Carriages and
vehicles of every description rattled
into the plaza of St Peters The reg
ular Sunday leisure was forgotten in
the anxiety to see the new occupant
of the holy see The streets converg
ing into St Peters plaza were black
with the thousands who entered the
square with the ceaseless regularity
of an incoming tide From the bar
racks came reinforcements of troops
who marched across the plaza and
lined up at the steps of the basilica
leaving small spaces between the
companies to prevent a sudden rush
to get inside St Peters to witness
the new pope give his blessing to the
Catholic world
SBqSKH
VOLCANO IS IN ERUPTION
Clouds of Black Smoke Issue from
Co lima
MEXICO A dispatch from Colima
Sunday morning states that the Co
lima volcano is in eruption Great
clouds of smoke are issuing from the
volcano and are being carried to the
northeast by a strong wind from the
sea It is believed that another
overflow of lava has occurred but
the dense smoke that surrounds the
mountain makes it impossible to de
termine exactly what has happened
The outbreak has been accompanied
by loud detonations Information from
ihe surrounding districts is to the ef
fect that rumblings and underground
shocks have been felt during the past
twenty four hours No reports of se
rious damage have been received but
the people in the nearby villages are
jgreatiy alarmed and many have left
or other districts
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j Honor First War Secretary
THOMASTON Me A handsome
bronze table in memory of General
Henry Knox the first secretary of war
under President Washington was un
veiled Saturday eyening The tablet
was purchased by General Knox chap
ter Daughters of the American Rev
olution
Dr Vanderlip Dies
NEW YORK Rev George Mairs
Vanderlip D D througu whose In
strumentality the Young Mens Chris
tian association was established in
America also one of the founders of
the Metropolitan museum of art and
for a long time pfesident of the
American Baptist Publication society
is dead at his home in Brooklyn His
death was due to heart disease Dn
Vanderlip was born in Argyle N Y
Jn 1832
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LAND OWNER WANTS MONEY
Commission Company Attached on a
Claim of 40000
ST LOUIS Mo An attachment is
suedby the United States circuit court
was served on the Merchants Brok
erage and Commission company by
United States Marshal Dorsey who
immediately took possession of the
commodious offices The company oc
cupied the office suites formerly occu
pied by the John J Ryan1 Turf Invest
ment company which failed early this
i year during the expose of the get-
rich quick concerns
The suit on which the attachment
was issued was filed in the United
States court Friday by attorneys rep
resenting William Wilmorton of Pre
emption Rock Island county Illinois
a wealthy land owner who is 83 years
of age to recover 40000 alleged to
have been invested It is asserted
that the operations of the commission
company were similar to those pur
sued by the turf lnve3mit companies
which recently failed here and jthat
the company had customers all over
the country
REQUISITION FOR TAYLOR
If Not Honored Governor Taylor Will
Be Mandamused
NEW YORK Colonel T C Camp
bell who has had charge of the pros
ecution of Goebels alleged assassins
and who for three years had lived
in the Kentucky mountains preparing
the evidence against the conspirators
left here Friday for Frankfort to ob
tain from Governor Beckham a re
quest to Governor Durbin to deliver
Taylor to the Kentucky authorities
In case this demand Is refused a man
damus will be sought before the su
preme court of the United States
Should one be granted and disobeyed
contempt proceedings will be begun
Mr Campbell will also direcfthe pros
ecution of Caleb Powers ex secretary
of state whose trial will be commenc
ed Monday
THAT ARMY GLOVE CONTRACT
Liteanuers Attorneys to Be Heard by
Root
WASHINGTON D C Secretary
Root on Saturday will heard Edward
L Lauterbach of New York an at
torney who represents Luis N Lit
eauer and who has asked to be heard
before the secretary of war submits
or makes a memorandum or order re
garding the recent investigation by
Colonel Garliugton into the contract
for furnishing gloves to the war de
partment John G Millburn by re
quest also will be heard before any
conclusion is reached The findings
of Colonel Barlington were reviewed
by General Davis judge advocate gen
eral and he will submit his opinion
to the secretary of war at once
Plans for American Tour
NEW YORK The plans for the
American tour of Richard Strauss un
der direction of Henry Wolfsohn have
been completed Mr Strauss first ap
pearance in America will be in an or
chestral concert in this city which
will immediately be followed by a
Strauss recital in conjunction with
lime Strauss de Athne of Beyreuth
fame as vocalist Richard Strauss
presiding at the piano on this occasion
only He will then conduct a number
of orchestral concerts throughout the
United States for the leading orches
tral managers who have extended in
vitations to the performer Mr
Strauss will also appear in a limited
number of recitals together with
Mme Strauss de Athne in the larger
cities
Government is Sustained
WASHINGTON United States Con
sul General Gudger at Panama has
made the following report by cable
under Wednesdays date of the termi
nation of the disturbance on the
isthmus caused by the erratic action
of General Cobos General Castro
arrived this afternoon and took com
mand of the troops fully sustaining
the government Commander in chief
is to leave the department
Hanna Gets Into Campaign
CLEVELAND O Senator Hanna
returned to Cleveland from Newport
unexpectedly to be present at an im
portant meeting of the Consolidated
Street railway directors It is under
stood Mr Hanna will devote much of
his time during the coming month to
preliminary work in the state cam
paign It isprobable that the senator
and Colonel Myron T Herrick will
stump the state together
Sugar Duties Continued
SIMLA The levying of counter
vailing duties on imported and boun
tied sugar has been extended to March
31 1904 The decision is based on
the fact that most of the sugar avail
able for export from bounty giving
countries up to March -31 1904 will
have received bounties The govern
ment reserves the power to reimpose
a differential duty m case of any
country restoring bounties directly or
indirectly
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NINE ARE CAUGHT
INDICTMENTS AGAINST ALLEGED
POSTOFFICE CROOKS
NAMES OF THE TRANSGRESSORS
Contractors Said to Receive Straps
from Government and Charge Them
Up Machen McGregor and Two
Lorenzes in the Deal
WASHINGTON Seven indictments
were returned Friday against nine per
sons in connection with thee postdfflce
scandals Of -these several had been
previously indicted on other charges
Those indicted
August W Machen formerly general
superintendent of free delivery
John T Cuppen mayor of Lock
Haven Pa
William C Long of this city
William Gordon Crawford of this
city
George E Lorenz of Toledo O
Martha J Lorenz wife of above
Maurice Runkel of New York city
Thomas W McGregor formerly
chief of the supply division of the
rural free delivery service
Leopold J Stern of Baltimore
With the exception of Crawford all
the above are indicted for conspiracy
The indictment against Crawford is
for presenting a false claim against
the government
Crawford came into court voluntar
ily in the afternoon and was released
on 10000 Long was brought in on a
bench warrant Arrangements for his
bail are now being made
Machen Cupper and Long are
named jointly in one indictment for
violation of the conspiracy section of
the revised statutes The indictment
declares that between July 1 1897 and
July 1 1901 Cupper induced Machen
to give him the contract for painting
letter boxes package boxes and posts
and that Cupper painted these boxes
in Reading Albany Scranton and
many other cities and in addition
painted 17711 boxes at the box factory
at Reading Pa and 2048 package
boxes at the box factory in Cleveland
O Cupper paying Machen a commis
sion of 10 a box Long acting as an
intermediary
Another indictment against Stern
Long and Machen based on alleged vi
olation of the same statute alleges
that Stern entered into a contract with
the government to furnish letter car
riers and collectors satchels for the
free delivery service the satchels to
be supplied in each case with a leather
shoulder strap The cost of each of
these straps to Stern would amount to
25 cents The indictment says Machen
in his official capacity was to procure
shoulder straps at the expense of the
United States and deliver the same to
Stern to be used by him in the per
formance of his contract thus en
abling him to save 25 cents on each
satchel delivered to the government
It is further alleged that notwith
standing this Stern was to charge the
full contract price for each satchel and
that a portion of his saving was to be
retained by him and the residue paid
to Long to be dvided with Machen
NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS
Treaty Looking to Opening of Man
churian Ports Preparing
WASHINGTON While there has
been a lull in the Manchurian nego
tiations during the last week it is
stated that up to this point satisfac
tory progress has been made and
there is every reason to believe that
before the first of September next a
treaty will be ready for signature
which wil ldefine the trade opportuni
ties of the United States in Manchu
ria An authorized statement on the
situation is as follows
The question of opening new locali
ties to trade in Manchuria has been
in substance satisfactorily arranged
with the Chinese government and
nothing remains to be settled except
the date when said localities can be
opened This will be subject to the
ratification of the treaty in which the
opening is agreed upon
Tobacco Trust Gets It
LOUISVILLE Ky A deal was clos
ed in New York Tuesday whereby the
Continental Tobacco company secures
the rehandling plant of N F Dortsch
Co of this city The financial con
sideration is not known It is under
stood that the acquisition of the
Dortsch plant means the transfer to
Louisville of the New Orleans plant of
the Continental company
Take Out Four More Bodies
HANNA Wyo The bodies of four
more miners all Finlanders have been
recovered from the Union Pacific
mine They were found in entry No
16 which with entry No 18 is now
occupying the attention of the search
ers Pumping will soon be commenc
ed at the twentieth entry where wa
ter has been encountered so work may
be commenced there as soon as all the
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PEOPLES PARTY CONFERENCE
Ex Csnator Allen Makes the Principal
Speech
DENVER About fifty leaders of
the peoples party and other political
bodies were present at the St James
hotel late Monday when the confer
ence of political reform leaders was
called to order
J A Edgerton secretary of the pop
ulist national committee spoke brief
ly outlining the work it is hoped to
accomplish by the conference in the
amalgamation of the various reform
forces into one party
Mr Edgerton was made the perma
nent chairman of the conference with
Milton Park of Texas as vice chair
man and J H Calderhead of Montana
secretary
The day was taken up by the work
of organization and short addresses
The principal speech was made by
former United States Senator W V
Allen of Nebraska Mr Allen favor
ed a reorganization of the reform
forces which should embrace the var
ious factions now holding practically
the same political doctrines and dif
fering mainly in regard to methods
At the evening session a commit-
tee was named to dralt resolutions
i and an address to the people and re
port to the conference Tuesday after
noon
The committee is as follows Ex
Senator W V Allan chairman J S
Fetter of Illinois J M Mallett of
Texas Judge Frank W Owers of Col
orado Dr R h Reemelin of Ohio H
B Hewitt of Kansas W A Poynter
of Nebraska
CONSUL GENERA LONG DEAD
Falls from Steps of House -and Frac
tures His Skull
LONDON John J Long United
States consul general at Cairo Egypt
died Tuesday morning at Dunbar Scot
land where he had been visiting
friends His death was the result of
an accidental fall Mr Long whose
heme was in St Augustine Fla was
appointed consul general at Cairo in
October 1900 He was 57 years old
The accident occurred Monday even
ing In the dark Mr Long missed hi3
footing and fell from the steps of the
house where he was stopping fractur
ing bis skull He succumbed during
the night
Mr Long was touring Scotland pre
paratory to returning to the United
States
CABLE TO THE PHILIPPINES
Chamber of Commerce Congratulated
from Washington
WASHINGTON Secretary of War
Root has acknowledged a cablegram
to the president of the Filipino cham
ber of c5mmence conveying respect
ful greeting to President Roosevelt
and Secretary Root in the following
cablegram to the president of the Fil
ipino chamber of commerce Francisco
Reyes
The president joins me in sending
to the Filipino chamber of commerce
acknowledgement of courteous dis
patches and congratulates you on the
important step in advance which they
have taken for Via interest of their
country We look for the most benefi
cent results from the intelligent treat
ment of questions affecting the pros
perity of the archipelago by this rep
resentative body
INDORSE CONFERENCE ACTION
Executive Committee of the Peoples
Party Holds Meeting
DENVER Colo The national exec
utive committee of the united peoples
party met Wednesday and indorsed all
the proceedings of the conference of
the reform parties which has been in
session in this city for the past two
days The proclamation issued Tues
day was also indorsed
A resolution was adopted calling a
meeting of the national executive com
mittee of the united peoples party
to be held at St Louis February 22
1904 It was also resolved that it was
the sense of the committee that the
nominating convention should be held
early in 1904 before the convention
of either the republicans or democrats
A permanent organization was effect
ed of which J A Edgerton is chair
man to organize the reform parties in
every state in the union
To Abolish Duty on Molasses
LONDON In the course of a state
ment in commons on the remaining
business of the session Premier Bal
four informed the house that a cus
toms bill would be introduced abolish
ing among other things the duty on
raw molasses
Warrant for Wrights Extradition
NEW YORK United States Marshal
Henkell received from Acting Secre
tary of State Adee the original war
rant for extradition of Whitaker
Wright the London promoter who has
been confined in Ludlow street jail
since April on charges preferred
against him by the shareholders of the
London and Globe Finance association
Inspectors Wallis and Phillips of the
London City police will be on board
the steamer Oceanic to receive Wright
t THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations From South
Omaha and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was a small run of
cattle and for the week receipts have
been moderate Taking the month of
July as a whole however there is an
Increase over July 1902 amounting to
about 8500 head This Increase has
been brought about by the large sup
ply of corn feds coming forward as
there were a good many range cattle
marketed the last half of July a year
ago while this vear there have not
been enough range cattle on sale to
make a market The beef steer mar
ket could safely be quoted fully steady
In a good many cases the more de
sirable grades soid a little higher As
high as 580 was paid as against a
top of 5S5 yesterday but the cattle
sold were not as good The top pi ice
a week ago was 525 The cow mar
ket was quite active and the more
desirable grades sold readily at steady
to strong prices The common kinds
were more or less neglected the same
as usual with prices uneven but still
on the average they sold to fully as
good advantage as they did yesterday
Everything on sale was disposed of
in good season Bulls veal calve3 and
stags were in light supply and the
market could not be quoted anything
but steady
HOGS Heavy hogs sold largely at
500 and 502 with some very
heavy weights going as low as 455
The mixed weights went largely at
502 and 505 with the choice light
weights and the late sales selling
largely from 505 to 510 Trading
was not very active at the start but
the close of the market was quite
brisk and an early clearance was
made The supply of hogs during the
month of July has been very liberal
as there is an increase over the same
month of last year amounting to about
36500 head
SHEEP Quotations for grass stock
Good to choice lambs 550575
fair to good lambs 475525 good
to choice yearlings 375400 fair
to good yearlings 350 375 good
to choice wethers 340360 fair to
good wethers 315340 good to
choice ewes J250275 feeder lambs
vo50400 feeder yearlings 300
350 feeder wetners 275325 feed
er ewes 150250
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Receipts 2000 head includ
ing 300 head Texans steady native
steers 375525 Texas and Indian
steers 240460 Texas cows 150
300 native cows and heifers 175
500 stockers and feeders 280
435 bulls 200375 calves 200
525 western steers 3G0495 west
ern cows 215330
HOGS Receipts G0 0 head 510c
lower bulk of sales 510520
heavy 502515 packers 510
520 medium 510525 light 520
530 yorkers 525530 pigs
525o35
SHEEP Receipts 1000 head
strong muttons 300485 lambs
315590 range wethers 300
500 ewes 300475
COLONEL WORTH MILLIONS
Among the Property Discovered is Ti
ties to Lrnd in Nebraska
CHICAGO Three million dollars
worth of property has already been
unearthed by Executor Edwin A War
field as belonging to the estate of Col
onel George T Cline the eccentric
Chicagoan who died on July 7 and
whoso will has recently been admitted
to probate Until the examination of
Colonel Clines thousands of letters
and papers is complete it will not be
known how much more the estate is
worth but it is said to be possible that
it will approximate 6000000
Property has already been located
in Nebraska Illinois Indiana Mis
souri Wisconsin Ohio New York
Virginia and Maryland It is princi
pally in large tracts with much farm
ing acreage
Colonel Cline left his entire estate
to his relatives in California and
Maryland
MONEY OF THE POPE STOLEN
Big Sum Said to Have Disappeared
From a Chest
ROME The scandal over the re
ported mysterious disappearance from
the popes chambers of the fisher
mans ring was quickly hushed up It
was revived Thursday night however
over a report that a sum of 20000000
lires 4000000 has disappeared
The amount was understood to be in
a treasure chest and largely composed
of 1000 lire gold pieces It was last
known to be in the secret repository
in Pope Leos private chambers To
this place necessarily few persons had
entry and they ere for the most
part personages of the highest rank
at the Vatican
Sometimes a man makes a fool of
himself because his vlfe lets him
have his own way
Was Going to Texas
WASHINGTON D C Seth E
Tracy a native of Texas but at pres
ent living in this city was arrested
on Friday by local detectives for the
authorities of Houston Texas where
he is wanted on an indictment charg
ing an alleged shortage of 20000 in
the funds of the school board of which
he was secretary The Texas authori
ties were notified of his arrest He
regretted that the arrest had occurred
just now
Given Thousando by Strange Woman
Without leaving a clue to her Idon
tity an elderly woman left a package
containing 11110 In greenbacks at
the door of James Mealoy of Schuy
lerville N Y a few nights ago vitb
no exnlanation save that it was from
a friend Mr Mealey has been in
financial difficulties and recently went
through bankruptcy his store and
stock being sold to meet his obliga
tions
Try One Package
If Doflance Starch does not
please you return it to your dealer
If it does you get one third more for
the same money It will give you
satisfaction and will not stick to the
iron
Secretary Shaw is Esthetic
Secretary Shaw of tho treasury has
distanced all endeavor in beautiful
covers for reports to congress Hi3
annual statement was topped by an ex
quisite creation in morocco with gilt
filigree work a3 fine as the bookbind
ers of the government could supply
The daintily prepared pages detailing
treasury transactions and policies for
a twelvemonth were tied up in equal
ly beautiful red ribbon with the love
liest kind of bowknots
ABE TOUR CLOTITES FADED
Uso Red Cross Bull Blue and raoko them
white again Larga 2 oz package 6 cents
Chances for Young Deweys
Never in our hiBtory in times of
peace was there such a chance for the
budding Paul Joneses Deweys and
Farraguts The academy at Annapolis
is yawning for 307 young men who will
become the captains of oceanic war in
case we ever come to another conflict
This is a situation that is absolutely
unparalleled Usually the demands on
West Point and Annapolis cannot be
accomodated but the latter institution
wants more young men than are ap
parently available
Plsos Cure Is the be raedlctn we ever used
for all affections oi the throat and Iuurs Wil
O Enoslkt Vanburen lad Feb 10 1B0U
Number of School Days
In 1840 the year in which the Unit
ed States census began to enumerate
the number of persons that had attend
ed school the previous year the total
amount of schooling for each inhabi
tant was 208 days and according tc
the census of 1850 the average amount
of schooling had increased to 420 days
for this decade was a period of agi
tation on the part of Horace Mann and
his disciples In 1870 the number had
reached 672 days and in 1890 1026
days
Some men take what is in sight and
hustle for more
If you dont get the biggest and
best its your own fault Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing to equal
It in quality or quantity
Happiness can only come in where
it goes out
Edwards Modest Daughters
King Edwards three daughters
seem to be devoid of uersonal ambi
tion and to be quite willinc that their
sister-in-law and their aunts Helena
Louise and Beatrice should represent
royalty in their stead So far from
profiting by the risk in rank which
their fathers accession gained them
the Duchess of Fife and her sisters
prefer to stay away from functions
where they would precede Queen Vic
torias daughters so it Is not often
that these illustrious ladies meet in
full state array One parliament
opening and the coronation have seem
ed about enough for them It is
scarcely likely that the Duke of Fifes
daughters will make royal matches
and in all probability they will be
come British peeresses and have a far
more pleasant life than if they turned
into German princesses and had to
follow a foreign spouse to his own
country
Irving and Diraeli
Fifteen years asro a rather erewsomp
sensation went round the Duke of
Wellingtons drawing room at Strath
fieldsaye on the appearance f a dis
tinguished and expected guest Henry
Irving As the tail thin impressive
figure with the cadaverous counte
nance seemed to totter rather than
walk across the floor to his host and
hostess the murmur passed along It
is Dizzy risen from the dead The
likeness had in fact been noticed
long before by Lord Meaconsfield him
self Watching from Mr Alfred Roths
childs box the play on the Lyceum
stage the statesman to the question
what he thought of it replied It re
minds me of my own career and in
person I should think Mr Irving might
be taken for myself
What Was It
Friarpoint Miss Aug 3rd Ono of
the strangest cases ever reported oc
curred nere recently The son of Mr
G L Butler was very ill The doc
tor said he had some disease of the
spinal cord and treated him for two
months but he grew worse all the
time and finally the doctor told Mr
Butler thac he did not know what
was tho trouble
The boy would wake up in the night
and say that he was dying He would
be nervous and trembling and want to
run out of the house saying he saw
ugly things which frightened him
His father was very much discour
aged till one day he saw a new rem
edy called Dodds Kidney PHI3 adver
tised and he at once bought some
and began to give them to his boy
He used altogether eight boxes be
fore he was entirely cured He has
not been troubled since Mr Butler
says
I feel it my duty to tell what
Dodds Kidney Pills have done- for my
boy All this remedy needs is a fair
chance and it will speak for itself
True merit is like a river the deep
er it is the less noise it makes
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