McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOQK
NEBRASKA
News in Brief
England receives every month about
55000000 worth of new gold from
Africa and about 7000000 worth
from Australia
The Russian students attending the
technical institute at Carlsruhe who
are subject to military duty have re
ceived orders to return home and join
the colors
United States Minister Swenson de
livered Secretary Hays note to the
Danish government It is understood
that the government regards the note
with favor
In a billiard room in Paris is a
billiard table made of glass It is
much more difficult to make a shot
upon it than upon the ordinary baize
covered table
J T Clary chief master at arms on
the battleship Nevada has served
twenty eight years in the navy and
recently completed his two hundredth
trip around the world
A movement is on foot in Liverpool
and district to erect a fitting memorial
to Jeremiah Horrax the clerical as
tronomer who was the first to observe
the transit of Venus
Frank Jones said to be a notorious
outlaw was instantly killed by two
members of a sheriffs posse at the
ranch of A N Lande in the north
western part of Montana
Lee Chang the Chinaman accused
of strangling his American wife to
death with a quilt at Chicago was
discharged from custody Evidence
against the Chinaman was lacking
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed Frank K McCormick of
Colorado receiver for the Citizens Na
tional bank of McGregor Texas which
closed its doors on the 8th inst
In the Kentucky house a bill was
introduced appropriating 10000 for
the purchase of the old Lincoln home
stead the birthplace of Abraham Lir
moln and converting it into a public
park
William E Slifer was found guilty
of murder in the first degree by a
jury at Grundy Center Iowa Slifer
was accused of murdering his wife
They were members of a Dunker com
munity
James Britt and Young Corbett
signed articles at San Francisco to
fight March 31 before the Hayes Val
ley club under the same conditions as
their previous arrangement to fight
provided for
One of the zinc smelting works of
the Cherokee company at Iola Kan
was destroyed by fire The loss
amounted to G0000 The plant had
a capacity of forty tons a day and
employed 200 men
W W Wentz jr general superin
tendent of the Choctaw Oklahoma
Gulf railroad with headquarters in
Little Rock resigned to take effect
February 15 F O Melchoir of Chi
cago succeeds him
There is to be assembled at San
Francisco a battalion of about 600
marines ready to be embarked for the
Philippines at the end of the month
as an additional force to take the
place of men coming home
Professor N S Shaler now abroad
In the vicinity of the Nile who will
inspect the barrage works and the
present conditions of Philae and visit
Greece will return to Harvard uni
versity in time for commencement
Alderman Maher of Chicago chair
man of the finance committee of the
city council and republican leader in
that body is dead The cause was
apoplexy with which he was stricken
during a council committee meeting
Five hundred Russians at a settle
ment near Sweetwater Kansas have
imprisoned Dr Mikawa Kalino Jap
anese physician in his office They
declare they will hold him until the
adjustment of the trouble in the
Orient
At New Haven Conn a jury found
nine union -teamsters guilty of con
spiracy in trying to injure the busi
ness of certain trucking firms during
the teamsters strike there last spring
The defendants were indicted on six
counts and were tried jointly
Negro industrial education and its
hearing on the race problem was dis
cussed at a meeting of the Hampton
institute held in New York by Andrew
Carnegie President Eliot of Harvard
Booker T Washington of Tuskegee
institute and Principal Frissel of
Hampton institute Mr Carnegie pre
sided
The Santa Fe railroad declared a
further reduction of 2 cents in the rate
for wheat and corn from country
points to the gulf ports The Missouri
Pacific and Rock Island roads have
met the cut The rates from territory
west of the Mississippi to gulf ports
have been reduced two thirds since
th grain rate was started three weeks
ago
Jerry Gleason of Fredenckson Ohio
recently celebrated the one hundred
and ninth anniversary of his birth
He was born in Londonderry Ireland
in 1794 He fought Indians with Gen
Jackson and also served in the Mex
ican and the civil wars
Former Congressman Joseph Patter
sou died at Memphis of a complica
tion of diseases He was widely
known throughout the south as a
lawyer and statesman His son Con
gressman 31 R Patterson represent
ing the same district as did his father
arrived from Washington
HANNA VERY LOW
NO HOPE IS NOVy HELD OUT B
HIS DOCTORS
HE HAS NO CHANGE FOR LIFE
Patient Suffers More Sinking spells
and Responds to Stimulants Very
Slowly Pulse Beating at an Alarm
ing Rate
WASHINGTON All hope of Sena
tor Hannasrecovory is gone Mr Do
ver has just stated that there is no
chance for life
It is just a matter of temporary
Improvement he said The doctors
however are not preparing for imme
diate dissolution
This has been regarded throughout
as the crucial day in Senator Hannas
heroic battle for life It began with
assurances of quite an optimistic char
acter The first news of the day
Sunday from the sick room was an
nounced shortly after 7 a m The
senator the doctors said has passed
a perfectly quiet night His tempera
ture t 7 oclock was 1038 pulse 120
and strong and regular and his res
piration was declared to be satisfac
tory although no figure was given
At intervals of two hours during the
nght Senator Hanna had been aroused
and given nourishment after which he
would immediately resume his sleep
The doctors supplemented this an
nouncement with the statement that
the condition of the senator at this
time surpassed their expectations This
statement had hardly been issued when
an unexpected change for the worse
too place
Dr Osier had gone to Mr Hannas
room and Dr Carter and Secretary
Elmer Dover had stepped down to the
dining room for breakfast Dr Rixey
had not arrived and the senator was
alone with his nurses Suddenly he
became noticeably weaker His rapid
breathing excited alarm and other ev
ident signs of distress caused a hur
ried summons for both physicians
On their almost instant arrival his
pulse was beating at the alarming rate
of 137 and his respiration was above
40 The oxygen apparatus was imme
diately put into use the breathing
cone was placed over the senators
mouth and nostrils and relief secured
At 930 oclock an official bulletin was
issued covering this period Its state
ment follows
Senator Hanna passed a favorable
night but is weaker this morning
Temperature 1038 pulse 124 respi
ration 40
RIXEY
OSLER
CARTER
The physicians declined to make fur
ther comment on the outlook but it
was noticeable that their optimism of
the early morning had been entirely
dissipated by the 8 oclock sinking
spell However for the next few
hours the reports which came unoffi
cially from the beside of the senator
all told of his wonderful recuperative
powers
A NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION
It Will Be Issued by the President of
the United States
WASHINGTON The president has
decided to issue a proclamation of
neutrality It probably will make its
appearance Thursday The proclama
tion is in stereotype form and simply
recites and deplores the existence of
hostilities between Japan and Russia
and enjoins upon citizens of the Uni
ted States a strict regard and observ
ance of the neutrality laws
Robbers Crack a Bank Safe
FORT WORTH Tex A special
from Commerce Tex says news is re
ceived here that bandits have creck
ed the safe of a bank at Ravia I T
and secured 1700 The citizens
aroused by the noise of the explos
ions attacked the robbers Firing en
sued but no one was hurt The rob
bers escaped
CHURCH HOWE UNDER KNIFE
Consul General to Antwerp Submits
to an Operation
WASHINGTON Church Howe of
Nebraska consul general to Antwerp
Belgium is a very sick man accord
ing to advices received at the state
department Mr Howe has been ail
ing for some time and it is thought
he has been suffering from appendi
citis A few days ago an operation
was performed the nature of which
is not known at the state department
Tuesday however Deputy Consul
Haine cabled the department that the
operation had been followed by acute
indigestion and pleurisy Beyond
this the state department has no
knowledge of Mr Howes illness
Italy Will Not Mix
ROME Premier Giolitti announced
in the chamber of deputies that Italy
would maintain the strictest neutral
ity during the war in the far east and
would do all possible to otherwise
bring about the re establishment of
peace
Are Anxious for the Fray
VANCOUVER B C Despite the
fact that no call for men from Brit
ish Columbia has been issued by the
Japanese government twenty five
Vancouver Japanese have sailed for
Japan They are going on their own
initiative and will be joined at Vic
toria by a like number of their coun
trymen who desire to be early on hand
to take part in the hostilities It is
estimated that there are in this prov
ince between 12000 and 18000 Japan
ese and among them are 3000 or 4000
liable to service for their country
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JAPANESE WILL APPEAL
Will Ask United States to Prevail on
Russian Government
WASHINGTON Japan will appeal
to the United States to prevail on the
Russian government to release the 100
Japanese subjects reported detained at
Port Arthur Mr Takahira the Jap
anese minister it is expected will pre
sent the appeal to Secretary Hay Mon
day
In a cablegram received from Tokio
Sunday the minister was informed
that according to news brought to
Che Foo by a British steamer from
Port Arthur 100 Japanese refugees had
been taken from the steamer by the
Russian authorities just before the ves
sel sailed in spite of the protest of the
Japanese
Having agreed to look out for the
Japanese citizens in Russian territory
during the war this government will
instruct Mr McCormick the
can ambassador at St Petersburg to
inquire of the Russian government on
the subject as to the Japanese in ques
tion
The best naval opinion here is to the
effect that the detention of these Jap
anese at Port Arthur is a strategical
necessity to prevent the Japanese gain
ing information as to the fortifications
troops etc
CZARS SHIPS RAID COAST
Traffic Between Hakodate andAomori
Suspended
YOKOHAMA The four Russian
cruisers which sunk the Arouar Maru
had first appeared in the Tsugaru
strait on the 11th escorting a trans
port from Vladivostock Another
steamer tne Zeensho Maru also met
the Russian cruisers but escaped
from them All traffic between Hako
date and Aomori has been suspended
owing to the Russian raiders Great
indignation isfelt here over the sink
ing of a commercial steamer and it
is believed to be a violation of the
laws of warfare
Japanese troops are reported to
have landed 12000 strong at Dove bay
last Wednesday and to have been re
pulsed by Russians in a hand-to-hand
fight
General Litevitch has been appoint
ed to supreme command of the Rus
sian army in Manchuria
Cossacks put 410 of a landing party
of GOO Japanese to death by the sword
at Talienwan
CUBA CANNOT FLOAT A LOAN
The Present Conditions are Unfav
orable
HAVANA The Associated Press is
informed by a person of undoubted
authority that the 35000000 Cuban
loan will not be floated until the
monetary conditions are more favor
able than at the present moment
President Palma and the secretary of
the treasury were practically so in
formed of a conference held February
10 at which there were present rep
resentatives of the National City
bank of New York the Kuhn Loeb
co syndicate Speyer Brothers and
other banking institutions interested
in the matter The fact that the loan
is not to be floated at this time is
not intended as a reflection on Cubas
credit but is due to the war situation
in the far east the result in Wall
street growing out of the Baltimore
fire and other current causes When
the situation becomes normal it is
expected the Cuban bonds will be sold
without difficulty
BITTER TOWARD UNCLE SAM
Russian Papers Are in a Pugilistic
Mood
LONDON Special dispatches re
ceived from the far east and pub
lished Thursday morning add nothing
to the actual situation The St Pe
tersburg correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph quotes from the Nove
Vremya as making a bitter editorial
attack upon the United States which
he supposed to be an outcome of the
dispatch to the American consul to
Mukden
The Nove Vremya accuses the Uni
ted States of a desire to win the trade
of the entire globe and exclue Europs
of the entire globe and exclude Europe
clares If as it seems likely war
breaks out it will have been instigat
ed by the Yankees
On Orders from Washington
COLON Hurried orders from Wash
ington were received to embark a bat
talion of marines on the Prairie A
special train left Colon Sunday morn
ing and returned at noon with the 450
marines who were encamped at Bas
Obispo station on the Panama railroad
The Prairies boats -were kept busy all
day embarking the camp fittings bag
gage stores etc and this task is not
yet nnished Major Lucas will com
mand the uattalfon and the Prairie
will sail Monday under sealed or
ders
Great Battle in Sanchez
WASHINGTON United States Min
ister Powell reports by cable to the
state department from San Domingo
under date of the 9th that it was re
ported in the capital that a fierce bat
tle had been fought in Sanchez and
a great many people had been killed
Missile Travels Fifteen Miles
WASHINGTON One of the officers
of the battleship Missouri which has
been engaged in target practice off
the Chesapeake capes came to the
navy department with a remarkable
statement He said that ore of the
twelve inch guns being elevated sev
en degrees let fly a shell which the
strongest glass could not follow to
the end of its flight Later a passing
steamer reported that the shot had
struck the sea within 300 yards of her
The steamer was distant just fifteen
miles
THE LAND FORCES
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JAPANESE GETTING READY TO
MOVE FORWARD
ARE AFTER RUSSIAN POSITIONS
Military Experts Believe Japans Next
Effort Will Be on the Land Prepar
ations that Must Be Made Before
the Army Can Go Forward
LONDON New York Herald Ca-
I blegram Game is made by some
English papers of the published re
port that the Vladivostok squadron
has put to sea and captured a small
Japanese merchant steamer off the
northern coast of Japan This is sar
castically called a brilliant exploit but
the important fact is recognized to he
that the Vladivostok squadron is now
located General Opinion here is that
it cannot achieve anything of conse
quence
Military and naval experts here
agree witn the impression reported to
prevail in New York that the Japanese
are already prepared to move jn force
on the Russian position on the Yalu
It is questioned first of all whether
the whole story of the concentration
of any considerable Russian army on
the Yalu is not a mere myth In that
case it may be that the Japanese will
find it worth their while to brush
aside with a division rapidly pushed
forward to the scene the Russian
troops which presumably cover a con
siderable accumulation of stores such
as it may be well worth while either
to seize or destroy This would how
ever not be a serious advance for de
cisive action against the Russian army
as such but only a maneuver for the
advantage of position and to hamper
Russian movements by destroying the
stores on which they had calculated
for their large forces Previous to
any advance of the Japanese army for
decisive action if they are in the
presence at this point of really for
midable Russian forces there must be
a vast accumulation of ammunition
both for artillery and infantry There
must be a collection of immense quan
tities of medical stores and appli
ances All these besides food must
be gathered in convenient depots near
to the front
Latest reports from the front indi
cate that a battle on land is expected
hourly The Japanese have massed
troops on the Yalu river toward which
a Russian force is believed to be
marching and a second line of defense
is being formed between the river and
Seoul capital of Corea
It is reported that 200 of the crew
of the Russian ship Variag lost their
lives during the fight at Chemulpo
A German cruiser has been sent to
take German women and children from
Port Arthur
The Russian battleships Czarovitch
and Retvizan have been floated but
the cruiser Pallada is still on the
beach
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RAILROAD PENSION SYSTEM
Pennsylvania Company Issues State
ment of Operations
PHILADELPHIA Statistics com
piled by the pension department of
the Pennsylvania railroad show that
in the four years the organization has
been in operation 1224087 has been
expended for the relief of those enti
tied to consideration The report
gives the iollowing yearly distribu
tions 1903 359374 1902 320403
1901 292290 1900 244019 These
expenditures do not include the cost
of the departments operation which
is paid by the company
In the four years operation of the
pension plan 2126 employes have been
retired as pensioners from tne active
service of the company Of these 527
have died Of the total number re
tired 426 were between the ages of
65 and 69 years Of the total number
retired 348 were retired upon their
own request and with the approval of
the employing officer
GO TO OBSERVE THE FIGHTING
American Officers Who May Go With
Russian Army
ST PETERSBURG By direction
of the authorities at Washington Am
bassador McCormick has asked the
Russian officials to permit the follow
ing officers to accompany the Russian
army in the field Colonel John B
Kerr of the general staff Captain Carl
Reichman of the Seventeenth infan
try Captain George G Gatley of the
artillery corps Captain William J
Judson of the engineer corps
Lieutenant Newton A McCullock
U S A will be attached to the Rus
sian fleet if the necessary permission
is obtained from naval authorities
here
Russian Ship is Blown Up
ST PETERSBURG A report has
been received from Viceroy Alexieff
saying that the Russian torpedo trans
port Yenizi has been blown up as the
result of accidentally striking a mine
at Port Arthur The Yenizi sank and
Captain Stephanoff nine officers and
ninety one men were lost
Operates in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE Arthur S Spencer
vho was arrested in Pittsburg on the
charge of trying to sell Chinamen
false registration certificates was in
Milwaukee on January 2D and made
the rounds of Milwaukee laundries in
company with the deputy United
States marshal and a number of
Chinamen were sent to the county
jail because they were unabie to pro
duce certificates showing they were
entitled to reside in the United States
Some of the Chiiamen produced pa
pers and were released
1A AS H I N GTO N
BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Trom binder the Elm read t Cambridge July 3 1K5 on the hundredth Wwhlagto
UHns cummand of be American army
Haughty they said lie was at first severe
But owned us nil men owned the steady hand
Upon the bridle patient to command
Prized ns all prize the Justice pure from fear
And learned to honor first then love him then
revere
Such power there Is In clear eyed self restraint
And purpose clean as light from every selfish
taint
O 4man of silent mood
A stranger among strangers then
How art thou since renowned the Great the Good
Familiar as the day In all the homes of men
The winged years that winnow praise and blame
Blow many names out they but fan to flame
The self renewing splendors of thy fame
Soldier and statesman rarest unison
High poised example of great duties done
Simply as breathing u worlds honors worn
As lifes indifferent gifts to all men born
Dumb for himself unless it were to God
But for Ids barefoot soldiers eloquent
Tramping the snow to coral where they trod
Held by his awe in hollow eyed content
Modest yet firm as Natures self unblamed
Save by the men hi3 nobler temper shamed
Not honored then or now because he wooed
The popular voice but that he still withstood
Broad minded higher souled there is but one
Who was all this and ours and all mens
Washington
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THE IMMORTALITY OF
WASHINGTONS NAME
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On every hand in this land and in
the uttermost parts of the earth is
shown the respect in which the great
name of Washington is held There
is no name in all the world so honored
by its geographical use At the ex
treme north of Greenland is Washing
ton Land and a little east of it is
Cape Washington Then there is a
Washington in Oxford county Ontario
In the mid Pacific south of Hawaii is
Washington Island and further south
on one of the Fiji islands is Mount
Washington In Paris is the Rue
Washington opening into the Avenue
des Champs Elysees
Turn to the United States and you
will find 296 Washingtons which
means more than five for each state
District territory and each of the for
eign possessions Of these the first
that comes to mind is the national
capital then the great northwest
state and after these the numerous
subdivisions of the various states In
Alabama there is a Washington coun
ty in Arkansas a county and a town
in California a county two towns
three townships and to these are add
ed Washingtontown and Washington
Corners in Connecticut there is a
town and a Washington Depot in Flor
ida a town Georgia a county and
town Idaho a town Illinois a coun
ty a town two townships and to
these are added Washington Heights
In this iist the word town is used in
its broadest sense so as to embrace
everything from a hamlet to a city
Indiana has a county two towns
and forty three townships Iowa a
county a town forty one townships
and to these are added Washington
Mills and Washington Prairie Kan
sas a county two towns six town
ships and a Washington Creek Ken
tucky a county a town and Mount
Washington Louisiana a parish and
a town Massacnusetts a town and
Mount Washington Maine a county
a town and Washington Plantation
Maryland a county a town Washing
ton Junction and also Mount Wash
ington Michigan a town two town
ships Washington Island and Wash
ington Harbor Minnesota a county
a town a township and Washington
Lake Mississippi a county and a
town
In Missouri is a great nest of Wash
ingtons a county a town twenty one
townships Washington Centre and
Mount Washington Montana Wash
ington Bar Washington Gulch and
Mount Washington Nebraska a
county North Dakota a North and
South Washington lake New Hamp
shire a town a township and Mount
Washington New Jersey a town five
townships Washington crossing
Washingtonville Washington Corners
and Washington Place New York a
county two towns Washingtonville
Washington Mills Washington Hollow
and Washington Four Corners North
Carolina a county and two townships
Then comes Ohio with a remark
able display a county four towns
forty townships Washingtonville
Washington Station and Mount
Washington Oregon a county
Pennsylvania a county three
towns twenty one townships and
Mount Washington Rhode Island a
county and a town Vermont a coun
ty and a town Virginia a county a
town and Washingtons Birth Place
in Westmorland county Washington
Washington lake Wisconsin a coun
ty six townships Washington Island
and Washington Harbor Wyoming
Mount Washington
When one thinks of the monuments
to Washington the first that comes to
mind is the mighty shaft in the capi
tal Then there is the celebrated
marble statue in the central hall of
the Capitol at Richmond by Jean An
toine Houdon and not far away the
imposing monument in Baltimore sur
mounted by a colossal statue of the
patriot There is no state in fact
there is no city of any considerable
size where Washington is not con
tinually kept in mind by the same tab
let to his memory and they are in
creasing now more rapidly than ever
before since the Sons and Daughters
of the Revolution the Colonial
Dames and the various other patri
otic organizations have begun their
work These are seen in the granite
tablet under the Washington Elm in
Cambridge commemorating that event
of July 3 1775 when the great general
took command of the first American
arm and in some statue or tablet in
nearly every town known to the thir
teen colonies and in the hundreds of
towns and great cities that are now
the centers of prosperous communities
in what were then unknown lands
Here are some answers from little
school children when they were asked
the question Who was George Wash
ington He was a great general
who whipped the British He was
the first president He was a good
man who fought for his country He
was the father of his country He
was a brave man who said that this
country should be free He was the
greatest man and Lincoln comes
next So it went as the question
was put to a score of children and
from not one came an answer that
showed ignorance
EARL OF BUCHANS TRIBUTE
Sent Washington a Box from the Wal
lace Oak
The New York Times published an
article in reference to the disposal of
the box made from the oak that shel
tered Sir William Wallace after the
battle at Falkirk and giving the let
ter of presentation in which the Earl
of Buchan presented the box to Wash
ington It seems that the Earl of
Buchan friend and patron of Robert
Burns was so delighted with the
heroic part that Gen Washington took
in the American War of Independence
that he showed his appreciation in the
manner described
The letter and box were intrusted
to the care of a Mr Robertson a
Scottish artist Robertson arrived in
New York in October and in Decem
ber went to Philadelphia to fulfill his
mission This was in 1791
On Friday Dee 13 of that year he
presented the box to the president
He was much embarrassed he said
on being introduced to the American
hero but was soon relieved by Wash
ington who entered into familiar con
versation with him and introduced
him to Mrs Washington The Earl
of Buchan expressed the wish that he
might have a portrait of Washington
and that Robertson might be the
artist Washington sat to Robertson
for the portrait in miniature and
when that was finished the artist
painted a larger picture from it in oil
for Lord Buchan
This picture was painted at the
close of May 1792 when Washington
wrote to Lord Buchan thanking him
for the present of the box and saying
of the portrait The manner of the
execution of it does no discredit I am
told to the artist The picture was
sent to Europe by Col Lear and Rob
ertson received the thanks of the Earl
of Buchan
In his letter of thanks to Buchan
Washington said I will however
ask that you will exempt me from
compliance with the request relating
to its eventual destination In an at
tempt to execute your wish in this
particular I should feel embarrassed
from a just comparison of relative pre
tensions and fear to risk injustice by
so marked a preference
The box was taken to Mount Ver
non at the close of the session where
it remained until Washingtons death
when he committed it to the Earl by
the following clause in his will
To the Earl of Buchan I commit
the box made of the oak that shelter
ed the great Sir William Wallace
after the battle of Falkirk presented
to me by his lordship in terms too flat
tering for me to repeat with a request
to pass it on the event of my decease
to the man in my country who should
appear to merit it best upon the same
conditions that have induced him to
send it to
me Whether
easy or not
to select the man who might comport
with his lordships opinion in his
respect it is not for me to say bnt
conceiving that no disposition of the
valuable curiosity can be more eligible
than the recommitment of it to its
own cabinet agreeably to the original
design of the Goldsmiths Company
of Edinburgh who presented it to him
and at his request consented that it
should be transferred to me I do give
and bequeath the same to his lordship
and in case of his decease to his
heir with my grateful thanks for the
distinguished honor of presenting it
to me and more especially for the fav
orable sentiments with
which he
ac
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