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F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
News in Brief
Rear Admiral Greer 72 years of age
retired U S Nf died at Washington
Three men bearing the name of
Mudd are running for congress In one
Congressman Robinson wass nomi
nated by democrats of the Twelfth
Indiana district for a fifth term
The plaining mill of the Rat Portage
Ont Lumbji company and thirteen
dwellings were destroyed by fire
G A Bobrik of Los Angeles Cal
is a nephew of General Bobrikoff the
Russian governor general of Finland
who was shot
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Home National bank
Eureka Kan to begin business with
a capital of 25000
The sultan of Morocco in violation
of promise to Raisuli lands a new
army in Tangier which may result
In the brigand executing his two cap
tives
Azel D Galbraith a well known min
ing man of Central City Colo was
found guilty of the murder of his wife
and young son and sentenced to
death
Henry D Dorr of Rutland Vt who
had been employed as an editor by
the Springfield Republican and Bos
ton Herald died at Kansas City aged
45 years
The 129th anniversary of the battle
of Bunker Hill was celebrated in Bos
ton in Lynn and in many New Eng
land cities Business was suspended
in Boston
Oregon Washington and Idaho will
produce more than C000000 hushels of
wheat this year according to R M
Hall representing the Oregon Rail
road and Navigation company
J A Ebbig who is being sued for
188458 for hreach of contract by a
Milwaukee company charges the lat
ter with forging the orders on which
the alleged case against him is based
Postal officials who are investigating
the wildcat insurance companies now
In trouble are flooded with complaints
concerning the operations of such
concerns and with offers of evidence
Harry Smyth Cummlngs a colored
attorney of Baltimore is booked to
second the nomination of President
Roosevelt at Chicago Cummings is
38 years of age and a native of Balti
more
The dead body of a man believed
from papers found in the pockets of
his clothing to be Anton Savan of
Terre Haute Ind was found along
side the Rio Grande tracks near Red
Cliff Colo
The grand jury at Denver has re
turned twenty indictments for election
frauds The charges are based on al
leged frauds committted at the elec
tion for supreme justice last fall and
the several charter elections
Reports on target practice on the
battleship Illinois off the Maine coast
show that one turret made twenty
pine hits out of thirty nine shots with
11 inch guns an excellent record The
6 inch guns made 434 hits per gun per
minute The Id inch turre of the
Wisconsin made the phenomenal rec
ord of thirty two hits out of thirty six
shots This turret will get the navy
prize
The Japanese under General Nozu
won an important victory in a hard
battle with- the forces of General
Stakelburg at Vafangow The Rus
sians retreated leaving 500 men on
the field lost 300 prisoners and aban
doned a considerable number of guns
The Japanese losses are estimated at
1000 men killed or wounded
Chicago banks report a total of
117617415 savings deposits on June
9 an increase of about 17000000 in
a little more than a year
Miss Maude Faely of Denver Colo
has signed a contract as leading wo
man with Sir Henry Irving for next
season
It is rumored that Bourke Cockran
will not remain a widower much long
er His name is being coupled with
that of Mrs Adolf Ladenburg the
handsome widow of the banker but
then the gossips find a suitor for Mrs
Ladenburg overy few months
China has not made a protest
against the erection of a wireless
telegraph pole on the property of the
Russian consul at Che Foo
Dr James H Dunn a prominent
physician and surgeon of Minneapolis
was found dead in his room at the
Southern hotel in St Louis
Mrs May Wright Sewall of Indian
apolis told the international womens
congress in Berlin that physical
training for girls in the higher educa
tional institution of the United States
has created a new ideal for women
that of strength and health
The Vladivostok squadron sank two
Japanese transports near Mogi caus
ing the loss of nearly 1000 lives The
later whereabouts of the squadron is
uncertain rumors telling of its re
turn to Vladivostok and of a battle
in which three Russian ships are dis
abled by the Japanese
Moses Johnson colored of Ports
Edward Test an insurance agent
Five shocks were administered before
the condemned mn was pronounced
dead
DEAD LIST GROWS
AS
NOW COUNTED 624
THEIR LIVES
LOST
SEARCHERS RENE THEIR WORK
Larger Portion of the Bodies Recov
ered Are Identified Funerals of
Nearly One Hundred Victims Held
ori Sunday
NEW YORK Sundays harvest of
dead from the Slocum numbered forty-one
bringing the total number of
bodies so far recovered up to 624 Of
these 559 have been Identified while
thirty one of the victims now lying
at the morgue have not been claimed
by friend or relative While the list
of missing has been cut down some
what by the identifications made to
3ay eleven new names were added to
that roll thus leaving the total of
missing almost as It was on Saturday
something more than 300
Early Sunday morning the searches
began anew the work of locating the
Slocums dead Within an hour they
had recovered thirteen bodies off the
short of North Brother island Three
of the bodies were floating and it is
the general opinion that many more
will come to the surface during the
week
At sundown when work practically
ceased for the day thirty six bodies
had been added to the long list of
dead that have been taken from the
wrecked steamer and the water in its
Immediate vicinity Most of these
bodies were taken to the morgue and
a majority of them were identified to
night
Of the bodies recovered during the
first hour one was of a man six of
women two of boys four of girls arid
one was of aai infant
A life saver grappling from a raft
brought up a woman of 30 and a girl
of 11 years locked in each others
arms A few minute later he brought
the bodies of a hoy 9 years old and a
girl of 6 apparently brother and sis
ter clinging to each other
Divers who went to the wreck
found the bodies of a woman a girl
and a boy and brought them to the
surface They were beyond recogni
tion The divers said mere are more
bodies in the wreck thus uearing out
the statement made a day or two ago
after it was thought the wreck had
been cleared that many bodies re
mained under the entanglement of
timber and machinery
One body was found floating in the
river near Rikers island by the crew
of a four oared barge of the Metro
politan Rowing club while nineteen
were brought up from the bottom
along the beach running from the is
land down to the channel in the river
Three men working with an impro
vised grapple consisting of a block
of wood to which many blue fish
hooks were attached dew up a sec
tion of the rail of the upper deck of
the Slocum about thirty feet long
The bodies of four women were
clinging to the rail their fingers grip
ping the interlaced wire roping This
is part of the rail which gave way
just before the steamer was beached
precipitating 100 persons into the
water While the rail was being
brought ashore two of the bodies
broke away from it but were secured
immediately the other two were still
clinging to the rail when landed
The funerals of nearly 100 victims
of the disaster were held Sunday In
many instances two caskets were car
ried in the same hearse and in some
cases two dead and even three
hearses bore away the dead of a sin
gle family
Of the bodies recovered during the
day there were two women whose
arms were locked around a life ring
These rings are made of canvas
filled with cork and are supposed to
float four persons The ring was not
cut open tonight so that it is not
known with What it is filled but when
it was throwi on the water it sank
immediately The ring was recovered
by the police and will be turned over
the coroner
THE ANTI PARKER MEN
Mr Bryan Says They Will Control at
St Louis
NEW YORK William J Bryan ar
rived in this city Saturday night He
said he did not expect t see Charles
F Murphy or any leader of the anti
Parker movement while in the city
Questioned as to the general situa
tion he said
The men who are opposed to Judge
Parkers nomination will be in control
in St Louis They will nominate the
candidates and prepare the platform
and it will not be the New York plat
form or the New York candidate
He added that he did not care to go
into details in discussion of candi
dates or the contents of the plat
form
I have already laid down for con
sideration fundamental principles as
to the reasons for not nominating
some of the men most prominently
mentioned for the place in the east
he added OIney Cleveland and Par
ker all come within this class
PEABODY SAYS WAR IS OVER
Denies the Statement Issued by the
Miners Federation
DENVER Colo I think the war is
nearly over said Governor Peabody
Monday I have news from General
Bell that the Cripple Creek mines are
open and Tunning today and there is
comparatively little disaffection
mouth v iul ulbu t m
among the men There no news of
umo pemieuimi - wuiuer ui further tronWe or anv iikelihood of
of any
I dont know howmany more men
will be deported or whether any will
be I
Doint
have heard nothing on this
SfesiSaMswSaiSSSBB
DESPERADO KLLS SHERIFF
Shoots As He Is Abuot to Handcuff
HI-
ST PAUL Minn Sheriff G D
Harris of St Croix county Wisconsin
was shot and killed while attempting
to make an arrest on an Omaha train
near Fall Creek Wis The man who
did the shooting and whose name is
unknown jumped from tne moving
train and escaped
Sheriff Harris had gone to Eau
Claire on buslnesss and when about
to board the train for Hudson swas
informed that a man suspected of bur
glary was aboard the train Thee sher
iff searched the train and finally lo
cated his man in the smoking car
He placed him under arrest and was
about to handcuff him when the des
perado drew a revolver and fired three
times shooting the sheriff through
the head and killing him instantly
In the excitement which followed the
shooting the murderer ran the entire
Jength of the train jumping from the
rear coach while the train was going
at a hih rate of speed He then stole
a horse and buggy and made his way
to Augusta where trie animal was
found but all further clew to the fu
gitives whereabouts apparently is
lost
UNCLE JOE RTPEATS IT
He Would Not Accept Presidential
Nomination
CHICAGO 111 In view f a threat
ened revival of the movement to
nominate Speaker Cannon for the vice
presidency charged this time to the
New York delegation Mr Cannon au
thorized the Associated Press to quote
him as follows
After mature consideration having
in view the great compliment that
the vice presidential nomination would
be to any citizen yet I am speaker of
the house of representatives and have
been a member of that body for nearly
thirty years I feel that my sphere of
usefulness if I have any is in connec
tion with the house About a week
and perhaps others I gave out an
Interview on this subject This was
done after full consideration and J
stand by the interview which stated
in substance that I considered the
speakersnip the second highest office
under the government and if the
next house was republican I hoped to
succeed myself and i not to cheerfully
do duty on the minority
CONDEMNS GOV PEABODY
Minnesota Federation of Labor Passes
Resolutions
NEW ULM Minn The State Fed
eration of Labor in session here to
day adopted a sweeping resolution of
condemnation of the action of Gover
nor Peabody of Colorado in the Crip
ple Creek mining strike and appeal
ing to the president of the United
States as commander-in-chief of the
military forces to compel an investi
gation of General Bell and of Gover
nor Peabody
The resolution recites that right
and justice is denied to American citi
zens whereas foreign citizens work
ing in this country are granted pro
tection under an appeal to the repre
sentatives of their nation
The State Federation of Labor also
adopted a proposition to form a fund
corporation for the purpose of aiding
strikers who wish to start business in
opposition to their former employers
The plan as outlined calls for a capi
talization of 200000 in 5 shares
which are to be sold in limited quan
tities to members of affiliated unions
and which will not be transferable
KNOX MAY QUIT THE CABINET
Stated at Washington that He Will Be
Succeeded by Secretary Moody
WASHINGTON Although the at
torney general refuses either to deny
or to affirm the statement it is learn
ed from a high source that it is his in
tention to retire from the cabinet
within the next few days or as soon
as his appointment as United States
senator from the state of Pennsylva
nia shall be received from Governor
Pennypacker He will be succeeded
by Mr Moody the present secretary
of the navy It is said that after a
conference with the president Attor
ney General Knox concluded that his
action in retiring at once from the
Department of Justice would be in ac
cordance with the spirit of the consti
tution which provides that each state
shall have two senators and empowers
the governor to appoint in case of va
cancy
WILL FERRET OUT CRIME
Teller County Sets Aside Fund for In
vestigation
CRIPPLE CREEK Colo Deter
mined to hring to justice if possible
every person implicated in the Inde
pendence dynamite explosion tlie
county commissioners have appropri
ated 10000 for the services of a spe
cial prosecutor and to furnish other
assistance necessary Samuel D
Crump attorney for the Mine Own
ers association has been engaged as
special prosecutor
The situation in the district is quiet
Deportations are now being made on
the regular trains and of these per
sons it is required only to get out of
Teler county
ST LOUIS BONUS IS PUT UP
Meeting of Sub Committee of Demo
cratic National Committee
ST LOUIS Mo What in all prob
ability will be the last meeting of the
sub committee on arrangements of
the national convention previous to
the national convention convened at
the Jefferson hotel Wednesday
SIX HUNDRED DIE
CHICAGO HORROR RIVALED
BURNING OF A BOAT
BY
EXCURSION STEAMER 1H FLAMES
Loaded with Women and Children on
a Sunday School Outing Disaster
Occurs on the East River at New
York City
NEW YORK One of the most ap
palling disasters in the history of
New York tragic In Its intensity dra
matic in its episodes and deeply pa
thetic in the tender age of most of
its victims took place today in the
East river within a short distance of
the New York shore and within sight
of thousands of persons the majority
of whom were powerless to minimize
the extent of the catastrophe
By the burning to the waters edge
of the General Slocum a three decked
excursion steamer the largest in
these waters more than 600 persons
the majority of whom were women
and children were burned to death
or drowned by jumping overboard or
by being thrown into the whirlpools
by the lurching of the vessel and the
frantic rush of the panic stricken
passengers
Approximately 4S3 bodies have
been recovered and are now being
tagged at the morgues of Bellevue
hospital and Harlem Divers were
still busy at a late hour taking bodies
from the hold of the vessel which
they say is choked with the remains
of human beings while the bodies of
scores who leaped or were thrown
into the river had been recovered
It is the season of Sunday school
excursions in New York bay and the
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after the close of the late session of
in the country
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Great preparations had been made
for the seventeenth annual Sunday
school excursion of St Marks Ger
man Lutheran church the congrega
tion of which is drawn from the dense
population of the lower East and
West Side and the General Slocum
had been chartered to carry the ex
cursionists to Locust Grove one of
the many resorts on Long Island
sound
It is variously estimated that there
were between 1500 and 2000 persons
on the General Slocum when it left I
the pier at Third street East river
though the Knickerbocker Steamship
company which owns the Slocum of
ficially states that the number of
passengers was 873 that being only
one third of the vessels capacity It
is thought however that there were
several hundred children in arms for
whom fares are not usually charged
on these trips
On board the decks of the steamer
as it passed up East river the scene
was one of merry making A mass
of flags fluttered in the June breezes
the bands were playing and the chil
dren were singing dancing and wav
ing handkerchiefs and flags in an
swer to the salutations of those on
shore or from passing steamers
At the extreme eastern end of Ran
dalls island off One Hundred and
Thirty fifth street there is a stretch
of water known as the Sunken Mead
ows
At this point just as the crowds
were watching the gaily decorated
steamer from the shore the General
Slocum took fire and as the age oi
the vessel it was built in 1891 had
resulted in the well seasoning of the
wood with which it was almost en
ureiy mint it was soon a mass of
flame The fire is said to have brok
en out in a lunchroom on the forward
deck through the overturning of a
pot of grease The wind was high
and all eiforts to subdue the fire were
were futile
The Death List Grows
NEW YORK WItn ef
fort search is going on for the bodies
of those who perished on the Gen
eral Slocum What the list of vic
tims will total scarce any one dare
venture a guess but whatever the
number may be there is hardly a par
allel in the history of disasters where
death came to so many in so brief a
period of time
Police and health department offi
cials have placed the number at a
figure as high as 1000 and more but
it would seem that the maximum fa
tality will not largely exceed 700
All day long from sunrise until
darkness shut off even the melan
choly satisfaction of watching for the
dead anxious searchers kept up their
vigilance and at dusk there had been
recovered 536 bodies for the greater
part women and children
Operating Towards Port Arthur
LONDON A correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle at Yinkow in a dis
patch dated June 17 says that General
Kuropatkin left Liao Yang on Wed
nesday to assume command of the
army operating toward Port Arthur
Attendance at Worlds Fair
ST LOUIS Worlds Fair Grounds
The following are official figures of
attendance at the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition for the week ending
June 18
Monday 66143 Tuesday 75143
Wednesday 7418S Thursday 83346
Friday 87994 Saturday 87024 to
tals 475187 The attendance during
the week while not quite equaling
the total of preceding week shows a
substantial gain over each day save
Wednesday That was Liberty bell
day when school children amended
After disposing of the Union Pacific
the Burlington was taken up There
are sixteen subordinate lines in the
Burlington system and the members
of the board disagree as to the mile
age valuations to be placed on each
of the branches The assessed valu
ation of the Burlington main line will
be 17000 per mile for a portion and
the average on the entire system will
stand at 7700 The average valua
tion of the Chicago Northwestern
will be 6500 instead of 7500 as
agreed upon previously
Tax Commissioner Woodward of
the Great Western interviewed the
members of the board For some rea
son the figures on the Great Western
property in Douglas county had not
entered into the previous calculations
Mr Woodward stated that the prop
erty of his road in Nebraska had cost
the company just 140000 and that it
consisted principally of real estate
lots etc He thought that its assess
ed valuation should be 28000
Smallpox at Soldiers Home
GRAND ISLAND Three cases of
smallpox have developed in one of the
hospitals at the soldiers home Those
afflicted are George Warrens Harry
Burchard the hospital steward and
Mr Lindley A temporary building
was at once erected on the prairie
a safe distance from all other build
ings and the sick all of whose cases
are very light are there being cared
for
Splendid Crop Prospect
WOOD RIVER The prospects for
all kinds of grain has never been bet
ter than it is this year in this vicinity
Small grain is looking fine and corn
has made a remarkable growth in the
past two weeks The outlook for fruit
of all kinds is very promising and in
dications are that an extraordinarly
large yield is in store Potatoes will
be very plentiful and of good quality
Assessment in Dakota County
DAKOTA CITY The precinct as
sessors of Dakota county have com
pleted their work and turned their
books over to County Assessor Dorn
The total valuation of real and per
sonal property of the county is 1
59541972 an increase over last year
of nearly 149000
Will Meet at Franklin
FRANKLIN The members of the
G A R of this county held a conven
tion at this place for the purpose of
deciding where a county reunion will
be held this year Franklin secured
the prize and the date of the reunion
will be August 22 to 25 inclusive
Women Want Land
NORFOLK Of the 400 inquiries be
ing daily received at railroad offices
with regard to the opening of the
Rosebud lands over 40 per cent of
them are from women Teachers
stenographers and business women
who have heard of the success of a
number of their sex in the Oklahoma
rush indicate a desire to register for
the drawings at Bonesteel and Fair
fax
Arrest of Robbers
SEWARD Marshal Berry and
Night Watchman Lawsha on Wednes
day arrested three men who were
wanted by the sheriff of Fillmore
county for robbery The men robbed
a car at Exeter Neb occupied bi
section men They then hustled on
to a freight train and while the train
was at Seward the officers here ar
rested them The robbery occurred
on Wednesday afternoon and on
Thursday the sheriff and marshal of
Fillmore county took them to Geneva
where they will be tried
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ASSESSMENT OF RAILROADS
Board Increases Total Value 70 Per
Cent
The Nebraska state board of assess
ment announced ofllcially an increase
of 70 per cent In the assessed valua
tion of railroad property Operating
under the new revenue law the board
Increased the assessed valuation from
27077353 to 46018635
The manner of arriving at the fran
chise values of the roads will not be
made public by the state board of
equalization
The total assessed valuations were
reached on a modification of the stock
and bond theory and then the aver
age per mile was obtained by dividing
the total by the mileage When the
final figures are made known they
will lump the tangible and Intangible
values so that no one will be able
to say just what the franchises were
assessed at
Auditor Weston and Secretary of
State Marsh have favored the valua
tion of franchises separately but
Governor Mickey Treasurer Morten
sen and Commissioner Follmer who
compose the majority did not think it
a good plan
Now that the grand total assessed
valuation of railroad property in Ne
braska has been finally decided upon
by the state board of equalization
the members of the board are trying
to adjust the average values per
mile of the several systems
The entire session on Wednesday
was given up to the consideration of
Union Pacific property It was de
cided to assess the Kearney Black
Hills branch at 5000 per mile and
the Omaha Republican Valley
branch at 6700 per mile This with
the 16000 per mile for the main line
Long Island sound the latter one of will give the average valuation of 11-
000 per mile agreed upon
THE STATE AT LARGE v
The postmaster at Lincoln will bo
aHowed three additional letter car
riers on September 1
Farnam Is to have another bank
The corporation is organized and the
charter applied for The cash capital
will be 5000
C F Wilbur of Beatrice sustained
severe Injuries by falling down an
areaway at the rear of his meat mar
ket on North Fifth street
From 250 to 300 Indians of the
Sioux tribe are camped on the hill
east of Chadron Their kind Uncle-
Sam has just sent them 5 per head
A eompany has been formed in
Cambridge for the manufacture of hy
draulic stone Rankin Bros local
grain merchants have purchased the
county right
The receipts of the postoffice ct
Omaha for the month of May were
42090 against 3S122 for the samo
month last year an increase of 3968
The receipts of the Des Moines office
were 35523 against 33313 an In
crease of 2210
Ernest Shurtleff a young man living
near Humboldt was kicked in the
face by a horse One foot of tha ani
mal struck him squarely in the face
smashing the nose and reducing the
flesh to a pulp the other hoof strik
ing a glancing blow on the chin and
doing little damage
Mr and Mrs W A Folden old resi
dents of Beatrice celebrated their fif
tieth wedding anniversary in the pres
ence of about fifty relatives and
friends at their home In West Beat
rice quite a number being present
from different parts of the state to
assist in celebrating the memorable
event
The Adams Lumber company of Be
atrice has filed articles of incorpora
tion with the county clerk The capi
tal stock of the company is- placed at
8000 and the principal place of doing
business Is at Adams Gage county
The incorporators are Bird Critch
field G W Pickering H A Reese of
Lincoln and Walter Garrison of
Adams
A levy of 19 mills was made for city
taxes at the council meeting in Sew
ard The assessed valuation this year
on city property both real and per-
sonal is 365251 Last year a 30
mill levy was made on an assessed
valuation of 214425 On a 19 miII
levy this year 300 more will be raised
than was raised on the 30 mill levy
last year
The annual picnic of Sarpy Coun
ty Old Settlers association will be
held at Bellevue July 4 On that
date there will be a celebration at
Bellevue of the fiftieth anniversary of
the first Fourth of July celebration
ever held in Nebraska which occurred
at Bellevue and the Old Settlers as
sociation will merge their celebration
with this
While in the act of turning on the
battery to the cigar lighter at his bil
liard room Edward Hamblin of Beat
rice happened to strike his ana
against a laree needle whfoh nonn
trated his right wrist to the bone
breaking the needle in two In order
to remove the piece which was bur
ed in the flesh it was found neces
sary to use an X ray machine
The assessment of York county for
the year of 1904 which has just been
completed by the assessor is a large
per cent more than the returns of one
year ago The valuation of York
county is 22012670 which is nearly
7000000 more than what France re
ceived for its entire territory lying
west of the Mississippi river The
value of real estate for the city of
York town and county is 16891720
and the assessor found 5116175 of
personal property
According to the statement of Game
Warden Carter the pike is a naughty
fish The streams of Nebraska have
been liberally stocked with pike and
the fish have been devouring the small
trout
On complaint of Libni Garriss John
Brillhart a farmer and fruit grower
who lives east of Tecumseh has been
brought into the cqunty court on the
charge of illegally selling vinous
liquors The complainant avers that
his 17-year-old son Willis Garriss and
two companions went out to the Brill
hart farm last Sunday and bought
two quarts of wine of Mr Erillhart
and they proceeded to get intoxicated
on the same
F W Samuelson for many years
ivuuuii m commercial
circles ol
southeastern Nebraska and who was
up to about year
ago
president of the
First National bank in Humboldt has
iathPfhl1011 f V1Untary bankW
cy with the referee
James W Eatnn
it Nebraska City and fixes his ifabn
os at over 70000 with assets o
ibout 50000 The hearing ofred
ors has been set for June 21 at Falls
where Mr Samuelson has bSn
aatang his
headquarters
since his
tirement from the bank here
The preliminary trial of E C Lewis
barged with shooting Ed Sharp wiS
eB4VWa8 heW iQ Harris
before County
Judge Hoke Lewis
erto the strict couS
300 bond he UB was aDIC t0 furnfsh the 3
remanded to jail
Everett Long of
Bellevue
upon the
omplamt of Miss Lucretia Gow ot
-he same place
charging him
with
statutory assault has been arrecTed
ong was arrested by the South 0m
aa officers and brought to PaplS
where he was released undergo-
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