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MicCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Rain may keep people away Xrora
church sometimes but from the cir
cus never
The California orange trust is about
to dissolve What good does that do
at this time of year
Speaking of fish there must be
some redeeming feature about -the
German carp What i3 it
The man that bets on the races is
an idiot says Charles T Yerkes Mr
Yerkes seems to be a hard loser
Just to satisfy plain curiosity -will
somebody kindly report how work is
progressing on The Hague palace oi
peace
The discovery that the empress
crown jewels are bogus Is about the
worst blow yet to Japanese national
confidence
Those Boston girls who broke the
record as high jumpers will cause
some of us to revise our notions oi
Boston dignity
The General Federation of Womens
Clubs has officially thanked Gov Odell
for saving Niagara falls Ye stand
right beside the ladies
Richard Strauss says Boston stands
as high in musical taste as any city
of Europe Boston will call that
damning with faint praise
A Zion City dentist claims that he
and his wife can live on 168 a week
It is to be understood of course that
he doesnt use an automobile
The government is going to try
to reclaim 100000 acres of arid land
in Washington Determination will do
almost anything and we have the
sand
The New Jersey judge who has
ruled that a boys life is worth twice
as much as a girls has probably
changed his opinion since he was
twenty
A St Louis preacher now declares
that Santa Claus is a myth Some
clerical iconoclast will be calling sa
tan a figment of the popular fancy be
fore long
There are 13000000 children en
rolled in the Sunday schools of the
country and the parents of most of
them buy oil from young Mr Rocke
fellers father
Now that the season for thunder
showers is open remember how calm
ing the statistics are and make up
your mind firmly that this year you
wont be scared
Of course it is more or less annoy
ing to the emperor of Korea to have
the Japanese take possession of his
country but then hes used to trou
ble He has 100 wives
Chicago presents no immoralities to
the visitor says Anthony Comstock
who is spending a few days in the
Windy City Certainly not She
charges an admission fee
It is to be hoped that when the Jap
anese get hold of Port Arthur they
wont feel it necessary to change- the
name Its about the only one of the
lot thats at all pronounceable
We wonder whether the Yale wait
er who although he carried a rab
bits foot refused to wait on thirteen
students at his table is superstitious
enough to refuse a tip of 13 cents
We doubt the authenticity of this
story that Gen Kuropatkin is carry
ing his coffin around with him Hit
martial cloak would answer all prac
tical purposes and sound much bettei
in the poems
A London court has held that a
man is not liable for his wifes dress
making bills Doubtless some soulless
creature will now stamp himself with
the mark of the beast by bringing a
test case over here
A pitcher that is 2000 years old is
being exhibited at the St Louis expo
sition We know of several ladies
who would like to obtain the address
of the girl who worked for the family
hat owned the pitcher
A Chicago woman was granted a
divorce in just thirty six minutes after
filing her application But if the thing
has to be done why delay In some
places the courts dawdle over these
matters for an hour or two
Its as natural for a girls shoe
strings to keep coming untied when
she has on fancy open work stockings
as for a man to speak with a careless
familiarity of his rich friends when
they are out of the country
A press agent story says that an en
thusiastic audience threw real jewelry
at an opera siser The practice
should be followed with care The
most avaricious person would object
to having an eye put out even with a
diamond tiara
The Princess of Wales Is one of the
most expert typewriters in England
She can rattle off 100 words a min
ute If anything ever happens to
make the British people quit support
ing their royal family the princess
neednt worry
RIOT AT THE EXPO
ALL BECAUSE A BULL FIGHT WAS
NOT PULLED OFF
GOV DOCKERY STOPS THE SHOW
Incensed Mob Fires One of the
Worlds Fair Buildings Because
They Could not Get Money Beck
Paid to See the Fight
ST LOUIS Incensed over their
failure to see a genuine Spanish bull
light which the authorities had or
dered stopped a riot was started in
an arena near the Worlds Fair
grounds Sunday evening by a crowd
of 2500 men and boys who were un
able to get their money back and
the building was burned to the
ground The price of admission
charged was 1 Four men were
placed under arrest by the authori
ties of St Louis county charged with
tho destruction of property
The crowd thinking these men
were connected with the show made
an attempt to mob theim and in their
encounter with the deputy sheriffs a
number were roughly handled and
some received scalp wounds The
building is said to have cost 2500
It is a total loss with no insurance
The initial performance by the com
pany of Spanish bull fighters had been
advertised widely for Sunday but
Governor Dockery to whom numer
ous protests had been made by reli
gious and human societies ordered
that it should not be allowed to take
place Despite these orders a large
crowd assembled in the arena at the
advertised time of opening
Before the regular performance a
number cowboys drove in some bulls
which they ran around the arena in
true wild west style The crowd soon
became tired of this and called for
the bull fight
The announcement was then made
that the bull fight would be proceeded
with As the matadors came into the
ring a county official stepped up to
the announcer and handed him a pa
per informing him that the proposed
show could not take place When
this became known to the crowd they
leaped into the arena and demanded
the return of their money Failing
to get this the crowd went to the
office which was located in a small
building outside the arena and be
gan to stone the structure
This was followed by attempts to
burn the arena which is an immense
building constructed of pine Bits of
burning paper were thrown at the
woodwork and finally some went in
side and dropped a lighted match in
a pile of hay under the arena The
whole structure was soon on fire and
before long was in ruins
A call was made for the fire depart
ment but the single engine that re
sponded stuck in the mud and there
was nothing to stop the flames The
fire department of the Worlds fair
was called out to protect the exposi
tion buildings should it become nec
essary but as tho wind blew In an
other direction there was no danger
NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR
Russians Get Cheering Reports
by
Carrier Pigeons
NEW CHWANG Two carrier
pigeons arrived yesterday noon from
General Stoessel at Port Arthur The
Russians will not divulge the message
carried by the birds but declare they
contain good information and are
very cheerful since the pigeons ar
rived
An Associated Press messenger
from the north reports that the magis
trates of Hai Cheng and Liao Yang
were recently arrested by the Fus
sians and charged with furnishing
supplies and information to the
enemy They were taken to Mukden
but released after an investigation
Influential natives declare that the
arrests were not made because the
Russians believed they could prove
the charges but because the magis
trates were non commmittal and re
fused to aid either side
The Russians are printing a news
paper in Chinese at Mukden for the
purpose of influencing the natives
The latest copy received at New
Chwang says that Japan attempted to
float a second loan in America for
3750000 but was coldly rejected
Other contents of the paper explains
that the Russian loss in the Yalu
battle was due to the preponderance
of Japanese cavalry and says also that
the Russians will soon dictate peace
terms In Tokio and that the leading
Japanese statesmen will be reduced
to ricksha coolies
Signs of Battle at Port Arthur
WASHINGTON The Japanese le
gation today received the following
cablegram from the home government
at Tokio bearing on events at Port
Arthur
Admiral Togo reports that accord
ing to a message received by him
through wireless telegraphy from the
captain of the cruiser Chlloae which
was cruising off Port Arthur four
masts one with wireless telegraphic
Instruments and a sentry box were
seen on the top of Laoteshan Great
explosions were also heard
RUSSIAN DEFEAT
Kouropatkins Forces Repulsed by
Kurokis Army
LONDON A special dispatch from
Rome says a telegram has been re
ceived there from Tokio reporting that
General Kuroki has completely de
feated General Kouropatkins forces
near Sumentse probably Saimatsza
or Simatsi
All the Russian position east of Hal
Cheng have been abandoned accord
ing to the telegram several guns
have been taken and whole squadrons
of Cossacks captured
L1AO YANG Delayed in Trans
mission The Japanese lost 200 kill
ed and a number of horses in the
fight at Vagenfuchu The Russians
opened lire at 8 in the morning and
after two hours and a half long range
firing the Japanese under General Ak
Idama prepared to charge and crush
the force which had been harassing
them for twenty one days In the
meantime General Samsonoff was ap
proaching Vagenfuchu with a strong
force of cavalry It was a sight worth
seeing when at the word of command
the Russian squadrons formed and
rushed like a whirlwind across the
terribly cut up country clearing away
all obstacles the batteries at the same
time trotting along the frightful roads
Having passed the railroad statioH
the troops came under the fire Of the
Japanese machine guns but withdrew
without suffering much loss The
Fourth and the Sixth companies of
the Eignth Siberian Cossacks furious
ly charged the Japanese cavalry with
lances attacking both flanks In a
few minutes they literally cut the
whole squadron into pieces This was
the first time lances were used and
they struck terror to the enemy Some
of the lances pierced the riders
through and wounded their horses
Some of the lances could not be with
drawn from the bodies The Japan
ese infantry numbering four battal
ions of 300 men to a company and
eight squadrons of cavalry attempted
to advance but the Russian batteries
opened and soon the slope up which
the enemy was advancing was covered
wtih black spots and the enemy was
forced to scatter and retire Some
of the Japanese cavalry were won
derfully dashing charging with shouts
upon the Russians who met and scat
tered them
The Cossacks picked up boots which
had been taken off by the Japanese
in order to facilitate their flight and
flourished them on their lances as
trophies
The Japanese used the Boer trick
of displaying dummies but the Cos
sacks did not waste a shot on them
General Samsonoff highly praised the
practice of the Russian gunners
HE WILL NOT GO TO RELIEF
Kuropatkin Has Not Been Ordered to
Port Arthur
PARIS The St Petersburg corre
spondent of the Echo says according
to information received here General
Kuroki has suffered from a mild at
tack of typhus fever but he has now
recovered
The general belief is that General
Kuropatkin will not advance to the re
lief of Port Arthur In any case or
ders to do so have not yet been trans
mitted
It is rumored that the army corps
of the St Petersburg district will mo
bilize shortly I have reason to be
lieve that two other army corps in the
central districts will also be mobil
ized
DENEEN GETS NOMINATION
Deadlock in Republican Convention a
Springfield Broken
SPRINGFIELD 111 By making
a combination with Charles S De
neen L Y Sherman Howland J
Hamlin and John H Pierce Governor
Yates on Friday broke the deadlock
in the republican state convention
and brought about the nomination of
Deneen for governor The nomination
was made on the seventy ninth bal
lot which stook Yates 1 Lowden
522 Deneen 957 Warner 21
Tho combination was the result of
a series of conferences The agree
ment had not been consummated
when the convention met at 10
oclock in the morning and the
Yates and Deneen people forced a re
cess until 2 p m Then the parties
to the combination met and finally
agreed upon Deneen as the candidate
TREATY WITH FRANCE
House of Commons Passes on Second
Reading Terms of Convention
LONDON The Anglo French con
vention bill unanimously passed its
second reading in the House of Com
mon this evening The bill provides
for the assent of Parliament to the
indemnities and cessions of territory
under the recent Anglo French agree
ment
Premier Balfour in the course of
the debate said the speakers Bhowed
lack of appreciation of the enormous
benefits accruing from the arrange
ments in regard to Newfoundland
Under the old arrangement peace be
tween France and Great Britain hung
by a thread The difficulty was now
removed forever He considered the
Anglo French agreement to be one of
the greatest international transac
tions on record and the beginning of
a happier era in national relations
Its a poor patent medicine
cant get itself Imitated
that
STILL HAS FAITH
C2AR BELIEVES KUROPATKIN
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
REPORTS OFJHE ADVANCE
Story to the Effect That It Is Against
the Japs Not Credited Slav Troops
Are Rapidly Being Transported Into
Manchuria
ST PETERSBURG The best in
formed military circles attach no im
portance to the reports that General
Kuropatkin has detached a large force
from his army at Liao Yang and dis
patched it southward to relieve Port
Aithur and it is distinctly donied that
Lmperor Nicholas personally ordered
rfiich a movement It can be authori
tatively stated that the emperors con
fidence in Kuropatkin is unshaken
and his majesty is not attempting to
interfere with his plan of campaign
While no such army has been dis
patch southward it is natural that
Kuropatkin will do all possible to har
ass General Okus rear The railroad
has been kept open as far as Vatan
gow twenty five miles above Kin
Chou and it is not unlikely that when
the Japanese have failed to push
through a line across the head of the
Liao Tung peninsula that several
thousand Russian troops may be sent
down the railroad to impede the Jap
anese operations and Inflict as much
damage as possible as these could
easily be withdrawn by railroad if
the enemy threatened to cut the line
of commuunications above Even the
loss of a few regiments would be con
sidered cheap if the Japanese opera
tions against Port Arthur were there
by retarded for an appreciable time
However it is realized that with the
Japanese occupation of Port Dalny
and Talienwan as bases for landing
siege guns the small force above Kin
Chou could accomplish but little and
it is now more likely to be withdrawn
destroying the railroad as it retires
northward For strategic purposes
Kuropatkin may be trying to make the
Japanese believe that a movement
southward is contemplated in order
to divert Kurokis attention in that di
rection
The impression is being thrown out
in certain quarters here that Kuropat
kin is about to take the offensive and
that an engagement with Kuroki is
imminent But so far as can be as
certained there is no solid foundation
for this It is unquestionable how
ever that the railroad is pouring
troops into Manchuria at the rate of
almost 2500 a day and it will not be
long at the present rate before the
Russian commander-in-chief will be at
least on equal ternfs with any force
the enemy can bring against him
The general staff is keeping very
dark about the whereabouts and pur
poses of the Cossacks reported to be
working around Kurokis rear and the
number
Korea
They
of the raiders operating in
ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY
And the Losses of Both Armies Are
Considerable
NEW CHWANG Refugees who
continue to arrive here from the
southern part of the Liao Tung penin
sula report daily fighting there and
severe losses for both armies but the
reports are not confirmable officially
The Ruussians here are depending on
the press bulletins for news from that
vicinity
The very highest Russian authority
here while not believing that Port
Arthur wll fall admits that its loss
would be a terrible blow to the Rus
sian arms The same authority says
Russia may send a large army to the
south of New Chwang in the event of
General Stoessel being able to hold
his own at Port Arthur This how
ever is not possible at present owing
to the positions occupied by the Japa
nese armies operating from the Yalu
river and Taku Shan
The Russians are not sanguine as
to the outlook for Port Arthur More
contraband of war is arriving here
Two cargoes of flour and tinned meats
and some specie were rushed to Muk
den as soon as they were unloaded
Heavy rains are daily making the
roads almost impassable
The Chinese brigands are becoming
active
WORK AND WORRY
Drive a Business Man
Into
Taking His Life
OMAHA Mentally unbalanced from
the cares of business worries and
physically wrecked from overwork C
L Saylor office manager of the Ar
mour Packing company in South Oma
ha took his life in Hanscomm park
Thursdpy afternoon During the
morning he bade good by to his office
associates and friends preparatory
for a journey to Toledo 0- Shortly
after 2 oclock in the afternoon he
told members of his family he was
going to take a stroll promising to
return at an early hour and complete
his packing for the trip An hour
later he was found dead on a bench
along the main drive of the park
Mormon Women Pull Out
SALT LAKE CITY As a result Of
an alleged anti Mormon resolution
passed by the General Federation of
Womens Clubs In biennial session at
St Louis a few weeks ago the Au
thors club of this city composed
chiefly of Mormon women has re
signed from the federation The reso
lution was proposed by Mrs Freder
ick Schoff of Pennsylvania In effect
it declared against any womens club
affiliating with any sect the doctrines
of which are inimical to the consti
tution of the United States
BALTIMORE MAYOR IS SUICIDE
Shoots Himself in His Home While
Wife Sleeps Nearby
BALTIMORE Mayor Robert M Mc
Lane of this city shot and killed him
self at his homo Monday afternoon
His bride of less than two weeks was
at the time of the tragedy asleep in
an adjoining room and was awakened
by the discharge of the revolver
which Mr McLane evidently fired
while standing before the mirror of
the dressing case
The bullet entered the right temple
and crashing through the head escap
ed in the rear of the left ear Mrs
McLane and other members of the
household rushed to the mayors as
sistance but he did not regain con
sciousness after he fell to the floor
and expired within an hour A num
ber of physicians who were summon
ed expressed the opinion that the
wound was necessarily fatal
No cause for the act can be assign
ed by tho members of Mr McLanes
family Since the fire ot last Febru
ary he has been kept assiduously at
work administering the affairs of the
city besides endeavoring to direct
the rehabilitation and rebuilding of
the burned district This together
with criticisms of his political oppo
nents are thought by many to have
caused a temporary aberration oi
mind
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COURT SUSTAINS OLEO LAW
Suit Brought in Test Case to Recover
Penalty for Selling Bogus Butter
WASHINGTON D C The su
apreme court of the United States
m an opinion by Justice White up
held the constitutionality of the oleo
margarine law Leo W McRay sued
the United Statese in the southern
district of Ohio to recover 50 paid
by him as a penalty for the sale of a
fifty pound package of colored oleo
margarine containing a stamp tax of
three quarters of 1 cent a pound in
stead of 10 cents a pound
McRays counsel argued first that
although the oleo was colored to look
like butter the color was obtained by
the use of butter which was itself
artificially colored but the use as an
ingredient of the oleo was authorized
Dy law and second that the tax of
10 cents a pound was prohibitive and
confiscatory and an attempted federal
asurpation of the police powers of
the states
The court said the tax contem
plated the finished product and not
the details of manutacture If the
Dleo was colored it should have the
ligher tax and if uncolored the lower
ax fixed hv ronerress this being a
purely political function The court
r wn worried that the court
ould not consider the amount of any
ax regardless of how obtained As
o the amount of the tax the court
herefore affirmed the judgment of
lie lower court upholding the validi
y of the law and the tax
JEN WOOD RETURNS TO MANILA
Officers and Men Killed by Moros In
terred at Mindanao-
MANILA P I Major General
Leonard Wood has returned from
Zamboanga Island of Mandanao
where he has been organizing a puni
tive expedition dispatched in pursuit
Df the datto Ali and his band of
Moros from the Rio Grande who on
the 12th instant surprised and mas
sacred fifty three Filipinos men wo
men and children employes of the
government at Camp Overton Unit
3d States troops are now trailing Ali
aeterimend to either capture or de
stroy him and his followers
The remains of the officers and
men of the Seventeenth United
State infantry recently ambushed and
killed by Moros have been interred
at Cotabato Mindanao
The ambush took place May 8 at
Simnatem on the east shore of Lake
Liguasan Island of Mindanao when
Lieutenant Winfield Harper and thirty-nine
men of the Seventeenth in
fantry were attacked by several hun
dred Moros
ALLEGES ATTACK IS BEGUN
Correspondent at Che Foo Says Jap
anese Are Storming Port Arthur
INDIANAPOLIS A special cable
from the staff correspondent of the
Indianapolis News at Che Foo dated
June 1 says that the Japanese land
attack on Port Arthur was begun yes
terday morning Russian forces that
were driven southward from Dalny
and Kin Chou by the Japanese are as
sisting the garrison at Port Arthur
and the Russian navy has joined in
the movement to repuse the enemy
There may be several days of skir
mishing and outpost work before the
Russian city is taken but it is the
opinion of refugees who have arrived
here from the besieged Gibralter
that the Russians eventually must
succumb to overwhelming numbers
Dalny Kin Chou Talienwan and
Nan Shan have already fallen before
the Japanese
Supposed Diamond Thief Caught
KANSAS CITY Mo A woman who
is said by the police to be a partner
of Clara Leach whose name several
years ago was connected with a 5000
diamond robbery in Baltimore is un
der arrest here Her picture is in the
rogues gallery and she has gone un
der the names of Bertha Davis Ber
tha McConnell and Bertha Gilbert
Sne and William Gilbert who was
with her are being held for investiga
tion Jewelry and goods to thevalue
of several hundred dollars were con
fiscated by tho police
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The Improvldents
The Irocer sent his bill to day
he charged us
and what d you think
for butter
How much
Twenty eight cents a PnL
Good land Its downright rob
No wonder were always poor
bery today
found a parrot
By the way dear I
day that talks in three languages -he
man wants only 10 for it
We must have
What a bargain
the bird by all means
No Reflected Glory for Him
After all whats the use marrying
a woman who has the ability to make
herself famous
Well a wife of that kind you know
may make herself known to poster
ity
Nothing of the kind Consider the
case of Mmc Du Barrys husband
Ill bet 40 that nine out of every ten
people honestly believe there never
was a Mr Du Barry
Good Reason
Grace He says Friday is his un
lucky day
Marie Why do you suppose
Grace Oh I guess he was born on
that day Philadelphia Bulletin
Worse Than Green Goods
Uncle Wayback I jus tell you th
city is an awful place Skin yeh alive
there
Farmer Meadow gloomily Thats
so
Uncle Wayback Eh Did yeh
meet some green goods men while
you was in th city
Farmer Meadow No o but my wife
met some dry goods men New York
Weekly
Peace to His Ashes
Mrs DeSwell You seem to be a
great lover of the weed Mr Puffing
ton Does your father smoke as
much as you do
Puffington Weil I should hope
not
Mrs DeSwell What do you
mean
Puffington He has been dead ten
years
It Worried Him
That land said the city nephew
is valued at 800 a front foot
Thunderation exclaimed the old
farmer hastily moving back onto the
sidewalk An I stood on it most five
minutes Do you reckon theyll
charge me rent
One Better
She Whfjt o Tin J1
i0 UUU1C1 man a man
you can trust
He One who will trust you
Then They Wouldnt Have Met
Is it becoming to
me asked she
as she paraded in the costume of 100
Fears ago before the man who is not
her lord and master but is her hus
band
Yes my dear said he meekly
Don t you wish I could dress this
way all the time she asked
No my dear he replied but I
wish you had lived when that was the
style
Just a Scheme
Mrs Gaussip I think you ought to
snow this Mrs Subbubs Your hus
Dand kisses your cook
Mrs Subbubs Yes I
told him to do
t You see the cook thinks she Is
setting ahead of me in that way and
o she never thinks of leaving
Destructive Styles in the Kitchen
Lady of the House Lorenm
reak more china and glass
than
any
ook we ever had
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