McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publieher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
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News in Brief
Wurtemburg in Germany is over
run with teachers of English
Germans smoked 368 tons of ciga
rettes last year as against thirty eight
tons in 1901
According to statistics 150000 per
sons go from New Jersey to Manhat
tan and return in a day
Councilor Emne Maurice Marx is 27
years of age and the youngest mayor
Brighton England ever had
Orders have recently heen executed
In Japan for a supply of llshing nets
for Alaska valued at 30000
Colombia has had seven constitu
tions and the title of the republic
has been changed three times
Railway traveling is tolerably safe
in England Of every 9211002 pas
sengers in 1902 only one was Killed
John A Glines city treasurer of
Haverhill Mass was arrested charg
ed with larceny of 43000 of the citys
funds
A six months cruise will decrease
the speed of r ship 10 per cent This
is owing to the barnacles that gather
on tho hull
F E Clark president of the Soci
ety of -Christian Endeavor has arrived
in Honolulu on the steamer Sierra on
his tour of the world
The dahlia was introduced into Eu
rope for the value of its bulb as a
substitute for the Irish potato which
it resembles when baked
Agriculture is comparatively easy
work in China The soil is so rich
that a square mile of it is capable
of supoprting a population of 4000
The number of visitors to Niagara
Falls averages three fourths of a mil
lion a year In the year of the Buf
falo exposition there were 3000000
The Indiana legislature has made
it a misdemeanor for a railroad to per
mit men in the operating departments
to work more than sixteen hours con
tinuously
Parke Godwin editor of the New
York Evening Post from 1S37 to 1853
died in New York He was well
known as an editor and the author
of several books
Brigadier General Edward M Hays
U S A retired has been ordered to
report to the governor of Arkansas
at Little Rock for duty with the or
ganized militia of Arkansas
Miss Josephine Shebek who died in
Chicago the other day at the age ot
100 attributed her longevity to a diet
of boiled potatoes on which she fre
quently lived for weeks at a time
The use of electricity in connection
with farm work is being strongly ad
vocated The idea that the light is
deleterious to vegetation is said to be
all wrong and that tiie contrary holds
good
It is rumored that Mayor Harrison
of Chicago has received threatening
letters on account of his action in
the Iroquois theater disaster and a
special detail of police surrounded his
house
It is said that the widow of the late
Max ORell will return to the stage
She was once well known in comic
operat as Beatrice Eresham She is
now preparing in Paris for her reap
pearance
The most decorated man in Paris is
Municipal Councillor Deville He was
decorated last jear by King Edward
and the czar and now as the head of
the municipal administration by the
king of Italy
United States Minister Grissora ca
bles the state department from To
kio that the grand vizier of Persia
sailed Wednesday on the Korea for
San Francisco where he is due on
the 22d inst
The government has refused the re
quest of General Reyes the Colom
bian envoy that the Panama question
be reopened General Reyes charged
this country with open violation ot
the treaty of 1846
Mr Noel Williams who has already
written interesting volumes on Mme
Recamjer and Mme de Pompadour
has recently completed the first biog
raphy of Mme de Montespan ever
printed in English
Pope Pius Xs old soutane which
he wore when patriarch of Venice
has arrived in Paris and is used as
a garment wherewith to clothe a wax
figure of his holiness now shown in
the Grevin museum
United States Consul General Gowdy
received instructions from Secretary
of State Hay to represent Panama in
all consular matters and that the sec
retary had notified the other consuls
in EuroDe to take like action
Archbishop Guidi the apostolic del
egate in the Philippines reporting to
the Vatican on the settlement of the
friars land question says the influ
ence of Archbishop Ireland contrib
uted considerably to bringing out a
satisfactory solution of the problem
The first chamber of the Nether
lands parliament following the exam
ple of the second chamber voted about
1750000 for the purchase of quick
firing Krupp guns after a declaration
of the war minister that he considers
the Krupu guns were preferable to the
Eberhardt guns
A new record price of 15000 a
ton has been established for whale
hone says a dispatch from London
Two and one quarter tons brought that
price in a sale at Dundee The previ
ous high mark was 12000 Experts
say the visible supply is now only J
four tons in England and America
THE NSW YORK OFFICE BUILDING OF THE
FUTURE I
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Baltimore Herald
NO SAFETY DEVICES
Managers of the Iroquois Theater Are
Examined
CHICAGO By their own evidence
given before Monroe Fulkerson who
is conducting the fire department in
vestigation into the Iroquois theater
horror the proprietors of the theater
showed that a worse condition of af
fairs existed than had heretofore been
thought possible
Will J Davis Harry Powers and
Thomas J Noonan active managers
of the Iroquois theater were examin
ed by Mr Fulkerson Wednesday All
of them pleaded ignorance of any pre
cautions taken to prevent loss of life
by fire at their theater They admit
ted failure to instruct employes in
fighting fire and failure even to pro
vide suitable appliances for use
against flames Their statements
were corroborated by the testimony
of twenty employes of the theater
none of whom had ever been told his
duty in case of fire
Noonan who is working manager
of the theater under direction of Da
vis and Powers admitted that eleven
of the theater exits were locked and
bolted Two of these exits leading
to the front of the theater on the
ground floor were locked three addi
tional exits on the north side were
bolted three exits on the north side
of the theater in the first balcony
were bolted and three exits on tho
north side of the second balcony were
bolted
The greatest loss of life in the fire
was in the first and second balconies
where hundreds of people were suf
focated through their inability to get
out or were trampled to death while
trying to do so Had these three exits
in each balcony been available ac
cording to Mr Fulkerson the loss of
life must have been greatly dimin
ished
Noonan declared that no person had
been named by the theater manage
ment to superintend the operation of
ventilators of the theater in cases
ot fire and that in consequence the
flames had been permitted to sweep
the place instead of seeking a natu
ral outlet through the stage roof It
was said by Noonan thatGeorge M
Dusenberry the head usher Archi
bald Bernard chief electrician and
the theater engineer knew how to op
erate the ventilators It was proven
by the evidence of these men how
ever that two of them never went
upon the stage and that the other
had never been told to assume charge
of the ventilators in case of fire
Dusenberry declared that his duty
as usher kept him in the front of the
house The engineer was always be
low the stage attending to his engine
and Bernard tho only one of the three
knowing how to operate the ventil
ators who was upon the stage during
the performance testified that he had
never been told to assume charge of
them
Mr Noonan declared that the two
balconies including seats and people
standing held 8S9 people The total
number of fatalities in the fire is to
date 591 of whom three were killed
on the first floor This would make
according to Manager Noonan s state
ment 58S deaths out of S89 people in
the two balconies
Will J Davis testified that he had
given no orders to place a fire alarm
box in the theater that he had given
no direction to place a pump on the
stage beyond the fact that any appar
atus the firemen wanted should be
provided as soon as possible He de
clared he could not say as to whether
the building had been finally accept
ed from the Fuller company or not
sustain Hammond Suspension
ST LOUIS Mo The action of the
California Methodist Episcopal confer
ence in suspending the Rev J D
Hammond in San Francisco for one
year was by a vote of ten to nine ad
judged proper by the committee
To Revise Drawback System
WASHINGTON D C Representa
tice Lovering Mass introduced two
bills for the revision of the drawback
provisions of the Dingley law One
bill is designed to encourage the ex
port trade in drugs and chemicals by
remitting the internal revenue in the
shape of a drawback on domestic ai
cohol used in manufactured articles
for exports The second bill relates
to drawbacks on imported raw ma
such raw material is finished
TRIAL SOON OVER
DIETRICH AND FISHER FOUND
NOT GUILTY
THE INDICTMENTS ARE QUASHED
Court Decides That the Senator Was
Not a Member of Congress When
Contracts Were Made He is There
fore Not Guilty as Charged
OMAHA The Dietrich trial in the
federal circuit court is a thing of the
past The senator has been found not
guilty of accepting a bribe had the
Indictments of conspiracy against him
quashed because the court held he
could not be charged twice with the
same offense and was relieved from
defending himself in the charge of en
joying a lease with the government
upon the motion of the district attor
ney
Summers refused to make any state
ment after the trial was over He
said I have no further statement
to make nothing more to say I
think
I have nothing to say said Sen
ator Dietrich beyond the fact that
I was willing to waive any technical
ity in order to secure a full trial My
attorneys advised me and I believe
correctly that the court would not al
low the case to go to the jury for
the reason that Summers would not
and could not prove that I was a sen
ator when the lease was made The
lease was made before I was even
elected senator and while I was still
governor Summers knew this and
knew that his case would not be al
lowed to go to the jury but he per
sisted in his eifort solely to besmirch
my name
At the same time in the court room
Senator Dietrich was surrounded by a
group of friends anxious to shake his
hand and to say that even though the
prosecution lost out because it had
not been shaped in conformity to law
they were satisfied that the senator
was guiltless literally as well as tech
nically His daughter Miss Gertrude
Dietrich was the center of a throng
of women smiling and talking freely
for the first time since the trial be
gan Postmaster Jacob Fisher of
Hastings who also was freed of the
charges pending against him was ex
pressing his satisfaction and saying
that he did not care so much about
the indictment but that it was his
girls that were the most concerned
over the matter
A most notable assemblage of law
yers heard the delivering of Judge
Van Devanter of the two decisions
both of which settled points never be
fore raised in American jurisprudence
the first as to whether a senator is a
member of congress when and after
he is elected or upon taking the oath
of office and the second being on the
contention that a lease with the gov
ernment made by a member of con
gress before he becomes such an offi
cer does not operate to cause him to
fracture the law because its provis
ions are adhered to after the leasor
becomes a public officer
The point as to the exact time a
person becomes a member of congress
was raised by General Cowin and
argued by both sides It had been
anticipated as a vital feature of the
bribery case and the judges had pre
pared for it They were ready there
fore with the decision although -as
Judge Devanter said the reasoning
had not been reduced to the form in
which it will stand upon the court rec
ords
From the conclusions he said at
the end we must instruct the jury
to find this defendant not guilty
Gentlemen of the jury it results
from that which has been just said
in your presence that if all the evi
dence which the prosecution has in
hand and which was described were
now introduced and before you it
would appear that the defendant had
not attained that official relation with
the United States which was neces
sary he should have attained in order
to come within the inhibition of this
statute and hence we must instruct
you to find the defendant not guilty
The evidence has been rendered nec
essary and it is your duty to find the
defendant not guilty
Contested Election Cases
WASHINGTON House elections
committee No 3 fixed February 15
for hearing arguments in the contest
ed election case of Reynolds against
Butler from the Twelfth district of
Missouri Th committee took up the
Colorado case of Bonynge against
Shafroth Chairman Olmstead ap
pointed Messrs Miller Currier and
Sullivan as a sub committee to inves
tigate the ballots
She is Victim No 591
CHICAGO The Iroquois theater fire
calmed another victim Tuesday mak
ing the total number of death 591
Miss Josephine Spence was one of
those severelv burned at the fire She
was found by relatives and taken to
her home where she died Tuesday
Acquits Customs Officers
MANILA Ballantine and Miller
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the customs by furthering the illegal
entry of an exempt class of Chinese
have both been acquitted in the cus
toms court of appeals before Judges
Crsfield and Roxas W D Ballan
tinlwas an inspector of customs at
the time of his arrest for the issuance
of alleged fraudulent -Chinese certifi
cates and John T Miller implicated
with him was a former inspector of
immigration
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL
Bill Introduced Providing for Sweep
ing Changes
WASHINGTON Representative
Dalzell of Pennsylvania introduced a
bill providing for the consolidation of
third and fourth class mail matter to
be admitted at the rale of 1 cent for
each two ounces The bill enumer
ates in detail each article to be ad
mitted in this class included in
which is queen bees when properly
packed
Pie also introduced a bill authoriz
ing the postmaster general to accept
all regularly issued publications for
transmission in the mails at a bulk
rate of 0 cents a pound when not less
than 500 pounds are presented at one
time and that the publication shall
have no less than four issues a year
and each copy shall weigh at least one
and one half ounces Section 2 of
this bill states That regularly is
sued publications as herein described
as second class matter shall heroaf
ter be designated fifth class matter
with admission to the mails as herein
stated
He also introduced a bill providing
that at least 2000 identical pieces of
third and fourth class matter may be
accepted for transmission through the
mails without postage stamps affixed
provided the postage shall be paid in
full thereon
FRANCE IS NOW DIPPING IN
Would Prevent the Transfer of the
Canal Property
WASHINGTON A dispatch to Dr
Herran Colombian charge daffaires
received from Paris said that a
French tribunal had been appealed to
by an agent of Colombia with a view
to preventing the transfer of the Pan
ama Canal companys rights on the
isthmus to the American government
without the consent of Colombia
Counsel for the Colombian govern
ment according to the dispatch as
sured the agent he thought there was
good ground for believing the effort
to prevent the transfer would be suc
cessful
The step it is said is with the
full cognizance of the Colombian au
thorities and was instituted by an
agent cf the government who Jett
the United States after consultation
with General Reyes and Dr Herran
The end sought to be attained is to
frustrate the sale of concessions
franchises and property of the canal
company to the United States prep
arations for which already have been
under way the amount to be paid by
this government being 40000000
FAILURES OF LAST YEAR
Bradstreets Reports 956 with Lia
bilities of 154277093
NEW YORK There were 9568
failures reported to Bradstreets in
the calendar year 1903 with liabili
ties of 154277093 and assets of S4
060475 This marked a decrease in
number of just 2 per cent from 1902
and of 8 per cent from 1901
With the exception of 1893 the in
crease over which is 14 per cent the
year 1903 shows the smallest number
of failure casualties reported since
1887 Liabilities however owing pri
marily to the increase in suspensions
of financial institutions but also be
cause of the heavy number of manu
facturing concerns suspending were
larger by 45 per cent than those of
1902 and the heaviest in fact since
1S97 There were 956 failures involv
ing 8328362 of liabilities and 3852
197 of assets in the Dominion of Can
ada in 1903 a decrease of 12 per cent
in number and a practically identical
total of liabilities
REPORTS ARE DISQUIETING
Threatening Activity of Russian
Cruisers at Vladivostok
TGKIO The Russian reply to
Japan has not been received It is
reported from Vladivostok that the
Russian squadron ihee is preparing
for action
An extra edition of the Official Ga
zette has been issued containing
army and navy orders prohibiting the
publication of any reports about move
ments of troops or war vessels from
this time on Otherwise the Japan
ese authorities are not interfering
with press messages
According to another report a Rus
sian cruiser has left Port Arthur with
a small military force on board its
destination is unknown but is prob
ably Chemulpo Korea
Moseley Will Ask to Be Relieved
WASHINGTON It is understood
that after the conclusion of investiga
tion into the conduct of office of sec
retary of interstate commerce com
mission Edward M Moseley who
has been for many years disbursing
officer of that body will ask to be re
lieved from duties of disbursing clerk
The office does not pay any salary
and its head although responsible for
the action of employes working tin
der him never has a direct eye upon
their doings
Navy Estimates Reduced
WASHINGTON D C Secretary
of the Navy Moody with the view of
asking congress for such sums only
as are required for the navy for the
coming year for construction and ma
chiaery by 4000000 and has elim
inated the 400000 for equipment of
vessels under the same head The ap
plication for construction and machin
ery is a continuing one and the
original estimates called for 23
000000
OOKS LIKE WAR
OPINION PREVAILS THAT IT CAN
NOT BE AVERTED
RUSSIA MAKES HEW DEMANDS
American Piano Subject of Interest
Diplomats Wonder What Course this
Country Will Pursue in Asia Japan
Pleased With Marines Landing
LONDON The Daily Mails Tokio
correspondent learns that Russia has
made new demands which it will be
impossible for Japan to entertain and
practically removes all hopes of pa
cific settlement The correspondent
says that all the powers are landing
troops in Corea and that the British
blue jackets lauded at Chemulpo are
expected to go to Seoul immediately
Constant telegrams are passing be
tween M Pavloff the Russian minister
to Corea Baron De Rosen the Russian
minister to Japan and Viceroy Al
ex ieff
PEKIN General Yaun Shai Kai
commander-in-chief of the Chinese
army and navy sent his foreign ad
viser diaries Denby jr to Pekin to
investigate the report as to the proba
bility of war Mr Denby has reported
that according to the best opinions ob
tainable based on diplomatic informa
tion Avar cannot be averted
PARIS Official and diplomatic re
presentatives here claim to be with
out information regarding the contents
of the Russian reply to Japan but tho
tone is distinctly pessimistic and there
are but slight hopes of a peaceful exit
from the position in which Russia and
Japan find themselves The diplomats
are making inquiries as to the attitude
of the powers in case of war that to
be adopted by the United States being
regarded as particularly important To
the Associated Press the Japanese
minister said
The attitude of the United States
will mean much It has negotiated a
treaty with China for the opening of
three ports in Manchuria to the com
merce of the world These ports have
been occupied by Russia and thus the
treaty rights have been violated
Japan is not guided by seifish mo
tives but is acting in the interest of
all nations I hope the United States
will clearly understand our petition
and will favor us with their support
The correspondent asked the minis
ter if he had lost all hope of peace
I never lose that hope he replied
The Chinese legation claims to be
without information in regard to the
attitude of China in the event of war
It was said that at the outset it was
certain that neutrality Avould be pro
claimed but in case of Japanese vic
tories it would not surprise the lega
tion if the Chinese should cast their
lot with Japan This would seriously
embarrass Russia not because of the
importance of the Chinese as a fight
ing force but because of the danger of
the interruption of the Russian com
munications
The action of the United States in
sending marines to Seoul Corea is re
garded here as being a significant in
dication of the trend of its synipafhy
and it is known to be gratifying to
Japn because it establishes a prece
dent which the Japanese can follow if
necessary in debarking a strong force
on the peninsula
HARRIMAN NOV THE HEAD
Takes the Place of Burt as President
of the Union Pacific
NEW YORK Directors of the Un
ion Pacific railway met Thursday ac
cepted the resignation of Horace G
Burt as president of the system and
elected T II Harriman as his suc
cessor
The office of chairman of the board
of directors which Mr Harriman has
held for the past three years was
abolished Mr Burt will continue to
serve as a director
There is a vacancy in the position
of general manager of the Union Pa
cific which President Harriman is ex
pected to fill within tho next few
days No intimation has been given
as to who will be appointed Re will
hardly appoint himself
WESTERN MEASURES ARE UP
The Nebraska Representatives Are
Heard From
WASHINGTON D C Representa
tive Burkctt introduced a bill provid
ing for the payment of losses suf
tained by union soldiers in having
their arms accouterments and cloth
ing taken from them by the rebels
during the civil war The bill placed
the amount of 300 as the limitation
to be paid in any one individual case
Representative McCarty recom
mended Marian E Richardson to be
appointed postmaster at Clarks Mer
rick county Nebraska
Representative Martin introduced a
bill to set apart a portion of govern
ment land in the Black Hills district
to be used as a public park and in
connection with the Soldiers home at
Hot Springs S D This Dark is to
be known as the Battle Mountain San
itarium park
Deports Miners Leaders
TELLURIDE Colo Twenty men
arrested here by the military author
ities including former Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Engley counsel for the
Telluride Miners union Guy E Mil
ler president of the union and J C
Williams vice piesident of the West
ern Federation of Miners were placed
on board a northbound train and
taken beyond the boundaries of San
Auel county under military guard
They will not be allowed to return
i while martial law is in effect
THREE YEARS AFTER
Eugene E Lario of 751 Twentieth
avenue ticket seller In tho Union Sta
tion Denver Col says
You are at liberty to
repeat what I first stated
through our Denver pa
pers about Doans Kidney
Pills in the summer of
1S99 for I have had no
reason In the interim to
change my opinion of tho
remedy I was subject to
severe attacks of back
ache always aggravated
if I sat long at a desk
Doans Kidney Pills abso
lutely stopped my back
ache I have never had
a pain or twinge since
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For sale by all druggists price 60
cents per box
hose who have not tasted the bit
terest of lifes bitters cannot appre
ciate the sweetest of lifes sweets
Insist on Getting It
Some grocers say they dont keep De
fiance Starch Tills is because they huvo
si stock on hand of other brands contain
ing only 12 oz in a package which tlioy
wont be able to sell tlrst becauso JUe
finnce contains 10 oz for tho ame money
Do you want HI oz Instead of 12 oz for
same money Then buy Defiance Starch
Requires no cooking
Business is a mantel tliat covers
a multitude of queer transactions
TcoslntB nnd Billion Dollnr Grass
Tiie two greatest fodder plants on earth
one good for 11 tons bay and the other
80 tons giecn fodder per acre Grown
everywhere so does Victoria Rape yield
ing 00000 lbs sheep and swino food par
acre
JUST SEND 10c IV STAMPS TO THK
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lots of farm bced samples V N U
hold over for another term
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Feet Comfortable Ever Since
I suffered foryears with my feet A friend
recommended ALLENS FOOT EASE T
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have been entirely comfortable ever since
ALLENS FOOT EASE is certainly a god
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f A philosopher can explain almost
anything except his philosophy
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A Tall Story from London
A New Yorker who is now in Lon
don declares that one of his greatest
pleasures here is the number of peo
ple who speak English says the Lon
don Chronicle At home his grocer
comes Irom Holland his butcher is a
native of Brazil bis chemist is an Al
satian his chef is a German his valet
was born in Tokio his servants are
Irish and Swedish his coachman is a
Cuban his barber comes from Trieste
and his fruiterer from southern ILaly
A few months ago when he had to
call in a doctor suddenly to attend to
one of his servants a Persian answer
ed the summons He is clothed by n
Cockney has a Canadian for a busi
ness partner and expects to be buried
by a Scotchman
Old Coachmen Obsolete
Perhaps its fashion perhaps its
precrmion that has brought about a
change in the age and appearance of
New York coachmen That old and
trusted individual who according to
fiction has bowled the family up and
down Fifth avenue for more years
than any ordinary coachman corhi
possibly exist in the borough of Man
hattan is wholly obsolete It takes
strong arms and steady nerves to
guide a prancing pair through the
maze of vehicles ot the carriage dis
tricts of New York and men below
middle age are found far more suit
able for such service than older ones
are
GIVES GO
Food That Carries One Along
Its nice to know of food that not
only tastes dencious but that puts the
snap and go into one and supplies
staying power for the day
A woman say- I have taken
enough medicine in my time to fur
nish a drug store but in iatcr and
wiser years I have taken none but
have depended for the health I now
enjoy on suitable and sustaining
food of which I keep on hand a tested
variety plain but nourishing
Of these my main dependence Is
Grape Nuts especially if I have be
fore me a day of unusual effort eith
er mental or physical In this case
I fortify myself the first thing in th
morning with about 4 teaspoonful
of Grape Nuts moistened with cream
and not much eise for breakfast and
the amount of work I can then carry
through successfully without fatigue
or exhaustion is a wonder to those
about me and even to myself
Grape Nuts food is certainly a
wonderful strengthener and is not a
stimulant for there is no reaction aft
erwards but it is sustaining and
strengthening as I have proved by
long experience Name given by
Postum Co Battle Creek Mich
Theres a reason four teaspoonfuls
of Grape Nuts and cream will add
more strength and carry one further
than a plateful of coarse heavy food
that is nearly all waste Grape Nuts
food is condensed pre digested and
delicious It contains the parts of
the Wheat and Barley grains that
supply the rebuilding parts for Brain
and Nerve Centers
Looi in each package for a copy
of the famous little book The Road
to Wellville
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