McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
News in Brief
One hundred democrats of Boston
have started an Oiney presidential
movement
The scavenger law of Nebraska has
been held to be valid by the state su
preme court
Speaker Cannon has introduced a
bill to incorporate the Carnegie in
stitution of Washington
Chairman Hopkins has issued a call
for the Illinois democratic state con
vention to be held in Springfield June
14
A certificate of incorporation of the
Iroquois Memorial Emergency hospi
tal has been filed with the Cook county
recorder
Over 800 Buffalo lithographers who
have refused to sin the agreement
submitted by their employers will be
locked out
Huen Sik Hong secretary of the Ko
rean legation at Berlin committed sui
cide by shooting He was engaged to
an actress
An avalanche in the Cascade moun
tains in the recent storm opened one
of the largest veins of bituminous coal
ever found in Washington
Because she was jealous of another
Roman Mrs William Greenfield of
Des Moines thirty five years old killed
herself and one-year-old child
The English house of commons
adopted by a vote of 182 to 68 a reso
lution in favor of allowing women to
vote for parliamentary candidates
Nine members of the city govern
ment of Milwaukee are called upon to
face sixteen indictments charging
them with various brands cf graft
Sir Donald Carrie has donated 17
000 to the University college and Lon
don university It is intended with
this sum to build a school of advanced
medicine
Commander Charles E Colahan U
S N until recently commandant of
cadets at the naval academy Annapo
lis is dead at Lambertville N J from
heart disease
John W Springer of Denver presi
dent of the National Live Stock asso
ciation has been formally listed as a
candidate for vice president on the
republican ticket
Emperor William has begun giving
commissions to sculptors for models
to be placed in the Hall of Fame The
first ordered for the sarcorhague of
Prince Bismarck was given to Profes
sor Begas
Mme Shtchenovitch has been in
formed that her husband commander
3f the battleship Retvizan has become
deaf as the result of the cannonading
in repelling the Japanese assults on
Pert Arthur
Practically complete figures with
Formosa and some districts of Japan
missing show that the first issue of
100000000 yen of exchequer war
bonds has been subscribed four and
one half times
The house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries granted a hear
ing to a delegation of cordage people
who favoreu extending for five years
the date for making the coastwise
laws apply to the Philippines
The thirty fifth annual reunion of
the Society of the Army of the Po
tomac will be held in conjunction with
the meeting of the department of Con
necticut Grand Army of the Republic
at Hartford Conn on May 18 and 19
Commander Wm E Sewell late
governor of the island of Guam died
at the general hospital Mare Island
Cal as a result of intestinal disorders
He was taken ill several weeks ago
at Guam and was brought to San Fran
cisco
Mrs Appoline M Blair widow of
James L Blair former general coun
sel for the Worlds fair through her
attorneys entered suit in the circuit
court against two insurance companies
in New York to secure 35000 insur
ance
The action of the British house of
commons in adopting by an over
whelming vote 182 to G8 a resolution
in favor of allowing women to vote for
parliamentary candidates was yester
day cheered in the chamber of depu
ties of Rome
Senator Stewart and Representative
Curtis of the senate and house com
mittees on Indian affairs respectively
talked with the president about some
features of the Indian appropriation
bill especially features applicable to
the Indian Territorv
After experimenting many years a
local grower at Grand Junction Colo
rado claims to have developed a meth
od of growing seedless apples which
is destined to revolutionize the apple
industry just as seedless oranges rev
olutionized orange growing
The program lor the national and in
ternational press congress at the
worlds fair beginning May 1G has
just been completed It is expected
that 4000 newspaper men will be in
attendance and of these more than one
hundred will be editors of lending for
eign papers
Allen P Lovojoy whose wealth is
estimated at several million dollars
was found dead in bed at Janesville
Wis He was seventy nine years old
Ir Lcvejcy had large lumber interescs
in Oregon Louisville California and
Washington He leaves a widow and
two sons and a daughter
An Exposition of Modern Wonders BUY M0PES 800Ki
The Worlds Fair of 1904 Is the Greatest Educational Factor as
Well as the Most Stupendous Entertainment that Was Ever Organized-No
Words Can Describe Its Magnificence or Magnitude
Mr E E Stevens editor of the Min
neapolis Union visited the Worlds
Fair at St Louis a few days ago and
the following letter in the Union des
cribes in part what his impressions
were
To Readers of The Union
I have been through the Worlds
Fair grounds again to day for the
third time since coming to St
Louis last week and every day the
wonder within me grows I had
imagined from the descriptions that
the management intended to eclipse
anything ever before attempted but
I had no idea of the tremendous size
the magnificent designs the splendid
ratings and the artistic beauty of
the buildings I was somewhat pre
pared to see something of the ordi
nary but my mind had by no means
grasped the splendors which will be
open to the visitors to the Worlds
Fair this summer Of course the
grounds and the buildings at this
time are in a chaotic state and the
weather was unpropitious for pleas
ant visiting but even with these
drawbacks and with nothing but the
bare and in many cases but partially
finished buildings to be seen tha
grounds are well worth traveling hun
dreds cf miles to see even as they
are This being the case what will
it be when everything is completed
and when nature has combined with
art to make this the fairest vision
ever seen by mortal eyes
It would be presumptuous on my
part to attempt to give a description
of the grounds or of the buildings
and when I attempt a description I
am at a loss for words and can only
repeat Wonderful wonderful won
derful The grounds are a natural
beauty spot and with the addition
of the buildings the statues the
fountains the lagoon the cascades
AMUSED MEN OF MONEY
Conductor Forget His Audience in
His Earnestness
What is known as the millionaires
train running from Morristown N J
to Hoboken carries a number of men
known to the world of finance The
conductor is David Sanderson to
whom his passengers grateful for his
uniform good nature and efficiency
have just presented a handsome watch
and a purse of gold They insisted on
his making a speech and Sanderson
did so winding up in this way Some
people wonder why it is I have had
such great success in life why I have
had no trouble with nobody Even the
other conductors dont understand it
and they often ask me how I get along
with the drunks en my train an I just
tell em Such a shout of laugh
ter went up from the millionaires that
Sandersons speech ended then and
there
Bimmelstein Net Interested
On the car the other morning I hap
pened to harg by the strap next to
Bimmelsteins Between begging pa
trons of and granting pardons to my
BEEF TEA NEW TO HIM
Irishman Spoiled the Preparation
His Addition
Orvile and Wilbur Wright the
to send his children there as they
will never have an opportunity again
to tee anything approaching it and
they might travel all their lives and
not see as much of the world as they
will see here within the confines of
this great Exposition Every nation
in the world will be represented and
a trip here will be a liberal education
in itself I certainly hope that every
reader of The Union will take my
advice and go to the Fair even if
they can spend but a few days there
It will be the event of a lifetime and
no one should deny themselves this
much of the pleasures of the world
even if they have to deny themselves
in some other direction By all means
make up your minds right now that
you are going to the St Louis
Worlds Fair and begin saving for
that purpose right now if necessary
And dont fail to give the boys and
girls an opportunity to go They
will learn more here in a week than
they will in school in a year
I wish I could make this strong
enough so that every reader of this
paper would make up his mind to
see the Worlds Fair for I am sure
every one who comes will agree with
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
Purchase Exposition
and all the cunning contrivances 01 1
art the visit will be one which will
never be forgotten even if one should
not go inside the buildings at all And
then the inside of the buildings
buildings covering acres and acres of
ground and stretching out for what
seems to be interminable distances
when these are filled with the works
by
vectors cf the most successful flyirg
machine that has appeared thus far
live in Dayton Ohio where they con
duct a bicycle factory
An aged Irishman a faithful em
ploye rf theirs for a number of years
was kept at home last month by ill
ness Orville Wright a basket on
me that there was never anything to
equal it and that the one who misses
seeing it will never have another
opportunity to see its equal
Sincerely yours
THE EDITOR
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HYMN OF THE WEST
The Pcet Stedman Has Written the
Worlds Fair Hymn and it Has
Been Set to Music
Western folk will be charmed by
the beautiful hymn written by Ed
mund Clarence Stedman upon the in
vitation of the Worlds Fair manage
ment He calls it the Hymn of the
West a title befitting so splendid a
production It has five stanzas and
Prof John K Paine of Harvard Uni
versity has written the music which
is no less grand The first public ren
dering of this hymn will be on the
opening clay of the great exposition
Saturday April 30 when a drilled
chorus of 009 voices will sinr it
of nature of art of science and of i Other musical compositions specially
skill from every portion of the known written upon invitation of the
world who would be so foolish as j Worlds Fair management are a
to miss it march by Frank Vanderstnken
I would make it compulsory upon rector cf the Cincinnati orchestra
every parent who can afford to do so j and a waltz by Henry K Hadley of
neighbors I managed to read a
paragraphs in my newspaper
of them told of a remarkable
by a
find Nippur expedition of the
University of Pennsylvania It was
no thing less than a well preserved
and thoroughly authenticated tailors
bill nearly 5000 years eld
Since Bimmelstein himself is en
gaged in the clothing business I
thought he would be interested in this
ancient relic so I told him about it
Lut the story seemed to make no im
pression en him
Hang it man said I dont you
understand Its a tailors bill almost
5000 years old
Veil he answered vot iss it
good fcr Dey cant gollect it
Brooklyn Eagle
Many Royal Visitors Coming
If all promises are fulfilled the
United States will have royal visitors
galore next summer So far these
have announced their intention to
visit the land of the free King Leo
pold of Belgium King Menelek of
Abyssinia the crown prince of Ger
many the crown prince cf Sweden
and toe crown prince of China
terroon
visited the sick man onr
Here John he said
dainties I have brought
seme fruit here is jelly
tonic fine fcr the aged ere is
I
arey some
youTdei is
Tiere
s a
superb beef tea f
Cec f tay is it snr said tlK old
man Shure an if shud be good
that beef tay Tij a dhrink Oi niver
tbried before 01 thank ye sor for
all yeve brougin but specially Oi
thank ye for thfc foine beef tay
New York All are famous compos
ers and their compositions have the
originality and high merit expected
for such a signal event The several
pieces will be played by the many
bands in their musical programs dur
ing the Exposition under the direc
tion of the Bureau of Music
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Dozens of Unique Materials Used in
the Creation of Worlds Fair Statu
ary
Enduring marble and temporary
staff which have marked the statu
ary of past expositions are not the
only kinds at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition although more works of
art carved from these materials are
there exhibited than were ever col
lected at one place in the history of
the world
Many odd materials have been
made up into artistic figures that elo
quently proclaim the idea of the de
signer Some of these unicpie statues
are colossal in size and large sums of
money were expended in their mak
ing
Birmingham Ala has built a
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statue of Vulcan It is 50 feet high
the base constructed of coal and coke
and the statue cast in iron It por
trays Birminghams importance as a
manufacturing center King Cotton
is Mississippis offering Cotton is
tne material used and ihe giant is as
tall as Alabamas Vulcan The Spirit
of Utah is manifested in an artistic
figure modeled from beeswax Idaho
presents the figure of a Coeur
dAlene miner cast from copper
Golden butter was used by a Minne
sota artist as the appropriate ma
terial for a statue of Joan Stewart
the builder of the first creamery
Louisiana presents two curiosities
in sculpture a figure of Mephls
topheles in sulphur and Lots wife
carved from a block of rock salt
California shows the figure of an ele
nhant built of almonds
Worlds Fair Notes
The exhibits will amount to twenty
thousand carloads
A machine will stamp the likeness
of a Worlds Fair building on a pen
ny for souvenir collectors
The Inside Inn a hotel on the
Worlds Fair grounds under Exposi
tion control has 2359 rooms
SERVED AS MESSENGER BOY
Congressman Hardwick Mistaken for
Cne of the House Pages
Congressman Hardwick the boyish- I
looking man from Georgia has had i
the experience that has befallen other j
youthful statesmen He was stand- 1
ing close to the speakers desk one day
when one of the reading clerks j
taking him for a page said Run and j
bring me that paper that is lying on
Gen Grosvenors desk Smiling at j
tne cien s error tne Georgian uia as
requested Half an hour later the
chair recognized the gentleman from
Georgia and to the surprise and
mortification of the reading clerk Air
Karuwick the beardless boy who
had performed messenger duty a short
time previous arose and delivered a
long speech on the race problem in the
south
The Crinoline Is Coming
The new skirts with their extreme
fullness especially toward the front
will be the mother of our old curse
crinoline Nothing but the stiffened
petticoat will throw into shape the
wide skirts of the immediate future
In a week or two the Irishman was
back at work The day of his return
seeinc him at Lis post Mr Wrig I
asked him with a smile how he liked
i hi beef tea
Shure not a bt said the old man
bluntly
Why said Mr Wright beef tea
is delicious if yen heat it and add a
littie sir and pepper
Well sor it may be good thot
way said John But I put milk
i and sugar to it Los Angeles Times
1
THE UNITED STATES HER EESo
MARKET
Figures Prove That Tariffs Have Not
Prevented Increase of Trade Re
markable Showing of Official Sta
tistics
The United States i3 the greatest
market that Europe ifinds for her
wares
The monthly summary of commerce
and finance of the United States bu
reau of statistics shows that the total
imports of the fiscal year 1903 exceed
ed those of the previous year by more
than 100000000 The imports of
manufactured articles for the fiscal
year 1903 werr more than -112000000
The high place which the United
States occupies in the industry of
Europe shows that no increase of tar
iff can pie vent Europe from send in 2
os her goods in ever increaskig quanti
ties A German American newspaper
called Colombia published in Berlin
calls attention to statistics bearing on
this point and shows the remarkable
Manner in which foreign countries
have increased their trade with us in
-pile of tariffs-
United States statistics for the year
IJiuj compared with statistics of
1870 show the increase as follows
Per cent
rrov i W
rman 2771
Belgian BS6
tali ill 560 1
Spanish 1273
British
When the present American tariff
was nder discussion thirteen of the
leading industrial countries protested
against the measure Yet in spite of
the law the outgoing business of at
least ten of these countries with the
United States has grown surprisingly
In 1S9S the imports of the United
States from Germany were about 7u
000000 while in 1902 they were
102000000
From France in 1893 the United
States imported 33000000 worth of
coods in 1902 the imports were 83-
000000
The imports from Italy in 1S9S
were 20000000 in 1902 3u
000000
Every one of these ten countries
shows a proportionate increase and
the same is true of smaller nations in
their dealings with the United States
The imports from Great Britain how
ever show only 9 per cent increase
I market but to keep the America
manufacturer Hum taking tee umioi
colonial markets away from the British
manufacturers that Mr Cnamberiaiu
urges the adoption of our policy
The thing- which have provoked thi
attitude of Chamberlain are the su
premacy of the United States in manu
facturing and the wonderful expansion
of G rman manufacturing and com
meree as well Behind the Chamber
lain policy there is no resentment at
i he tariff laws of Germany and the
United States but a resentment at
the commercial and industrial expan
sion of both countries which have
rendered Great Britains industrial
and commercial supremacy a thing of
the past
If there is any one in this country
who questions the wisdom of the tariff
policy of the United States which has
created the conditions above outlined
he certainly cannot be found in the
ranks of the protectionists The wis
dom of our policy is most heartily in
dorsed by Chamberlain himself who
gives it the highest possible praise in
his recommendation that it be copied
by the British empire in order that
Great Britain can save herself from
being driven out of the markets which
lii r own colonies afford There is no
longer the remotest thought in Great
Britain of being able to recapture tho
American markets Seattle Post In
telligencer
Official Salaries at Washington
That 50000 a year is an inade
quate salary for the President of the
United States has long been recog
nized by ali persons who are familiar
with the requirements imposed by of
ficial life in Washington at the pres
ent time The 75000 suggested by
Senator Gallinger in the bill he has
just introduced is none too much and
sufficient reasons could be found even
for making the figure 100000
When it comes to the other in
creases of salaries proposed in the
bill the Vice President and the cab
inet officers from 8000 to 15000
I the speaker of the House of Repre
sentative from 80i0 to 12000 and
senators and representatives from
5000 to 8000 there will be more
probability of active discussion How
ever the same reasons that apply in
the Presidents case unquestionably
apply and perhaps with even more
tcrce in the cases of the cabinet offi
cers Certainly the Secretary of State
cannot begin to fulfill his official ob
ligations upon his salary and with
VERY MUCH INCLINED TO STAND PAT
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TARIFF WALL7 D
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in thirty years But it must be re
membered that for many years Great
Britain had the bulk of the business
She has failed to hold her own
PROTECTION IN ENGLAND
A Cause of Infinite Worry to the Free
Traders of the United States
The growth of tho protective tariff
sentiment in Groat Britain under the
vigorous campaign of Joseph Chamber
lain is a cause of infinite worry to a
largo number of the free trade news
papers in this countrj
If Cobdenism
loses hold in England what refuge will
its exponents in this country find In
endeavoring to break the moral effect
of this abandonment of free trade in
the home of its votaries some of these
free trade newspapers profess to be
lieve that the hand of England is
forced in the matter that she is com
pelled to turn to protection not be
cause it is sound in principle but as
a matter of retaliation against the
United States Thus a conspicuous
free trade newspaper says that the
Chamberlain campaign has apparently
roused in many quarters of this coun
try a vague feeling of distrust of the
wisdom of our own policy which has
provoked this attempt at retaliation
This is an exact converse of the j
Chamberlain position Mr Chamber
lain has never for a single instant used
the argument that protection should
be adopted for to purp of com
ing the United States to op its mar- i
kets to English good Cn the direct
contrary he has commended the tariff
policy of th Unit St il and held
it up as a mode worthy of British
adoption For the free tra 1 een
the state- of 1 can urLm with
a tariu against ti1 ou1 ide world he j
se a substantial equivalent of I
fre trad between ail of the com
ponent parts of th I ritish Empire
with againsl outsiders v hich
is as near ao equii ilent of the Ameri
can system of protection as the differ
ent circumstances of the British Em
pire will admit adoj ting
It is not to break into the American
the other members of the cabinet the
-situation is though in varying de---similar
It is a perfectly practicable thin
for Congress to raise the salaries of
executive officers without much trou
ble when it sees reasem for the step
With the salaries of its own members
the case is however very different
The first word that is heard upon
such a proposal is grab and the
record of the past shows that mem
bers of the lower House especially
take their official lives in their hands
when they vote for such a measure
Their constituents do net forget it at
th next election
Yhile the subject is being agitated
there is another branch of the federal
service which should also come in for
consideration That is the diplomatic
service Our ambassadors and maav
of our ministers abroad must always
spend larpe sums from their private
incomes in order to hold their places
without making their
government
ap
pear ridiculous to foreign eves With
tne foreign relations of this country
oeccnaing ever more complicated and
with the need of trained diplomats
becoming in
consceuerce ever
great
er the United
States
can well afford
to take early steps to
place the dip
lomatic service upon such a basis
that the countrys host brains evea
when unsupported by privat
can be made available for its needs
Chicago Keccru Herald
The Navy Bill
After a prolonged fight the Hoase
has passed the navy bill sc
as it was
Many attempts wen
n Tprfv i cio ot
doubtless be
T
e answer to all such
I in the history of
the committee
make
it and ihioo n
renewed in -
na
attempts
tQ cnmttn
If the Democrats will read the oration
inator Voorhees r t the unveilin
of the Farragut monument thpy will
get a different viewpoint from that
by those among hom v hc onposa
the navy
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