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A Los Angeles woman wants a di
vorce from her husband because he
brought snakes into the house If the
divorce is granted on this ground it
will constitute a sweeping and unex
pected victory for theW C T U
A Philadelphia chemist claims to
have discovered a process whereby he
can reduce the price of radium from
16000000 to less than 500000 a
pound With meat and almost every
thing else soaring skyward this must
be welcome news to the struggling
poor
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McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
The queen of Holland Is said to be
an enthusiastic farmer Luckily she
can afford It
The goat is a wonderful animal
Think of the things it eats and the
rich milk It gives
It would be something of a calamity
if one of those floating mjnes should
strike the sea serpent
A New Jersey bridegroom fainted at
the altar the other day but it is not
recorded that he got away
When a woman is mad clear
through sometimes youcan tell it by
the extra sweetness in her smile
When you see a portrait of Mrs
Elias that octoroon adventuress of
New York City you wonder still more
If space is scarce they can desig
nate just as well by printing the names
of the two opposing generals Patkin
and KI
Another trouble about educating the
girls is that they get too wise to put
up with mans rules for the regulation
of wives
Sea serpents come in striped effects
this summer Proprietors of resorts
will have to repaint their old serpents
or lose trade
Georgia farmer cured of rheumatism
by a stroke of lightning Physicians
are now trying to cure him of the
stroke of lightning
If King Edwardrdoes attend the Oxford-Cambridge-Harvard-Yale
games
the Yankee college boys will win or
snap a tendon trying
Never mind if it is an old joke
When anybody asks you Do you
think it is going to clear up reply
languidly It always has
A western man committed suicide
because he could not guide his auto
mobile Most men guiding automo
biles prefer to commit homicide
Troubles never come singly On the
contrary they come in packages and
the bigger the package a man tries
to carry the more trouble he has
Did it require an appalling catas
trophe to teach inspectors that a few
pounds of rotten cork tied up in rotten
canvas do not make a life preserv
er
The emperor of Korea still has his
irown on reasonably straight but his
fears intensify that the rough house
proceedings all around him will jar it
loose
The Boston Globe reminds us that
Dammet is Swedish for dust It
may relieve your feelings some of
these windy dusty days to speak
Swedish
The suggestion that families ought
to keep goats should be enthusiastic
ally received With a goat in the
house every man could be his own se
cret society
The decision of the treasury depart
ment that pigeons are birds and not
poultry seems to be in line with a de
cision promulgated some time ago by
the late Noah Webster
The next time a member of the Goe
let family gets married it might be
well to avoid the mob by having the
ceremony in a submarine boat or on
a coral reef somewhere
Quite frequently this years June
bride is last years sweet girl gradu
ate says the Boston Globe But alas
for poor mama The same frock will
never do for both events
The Italian now in the Connecticut
states prison on a life sentence who
prefers to remain there to being par
doned and sent back to Italy must
have left his country for his countrys
good
No Vacation Russell Sage should
write a letter ofappreciation of Judge
Miller of Mississippi who says that
high wages cause idleness because
rzen do not have to work all the time
for a living
A New York woman who was worth
75000 died the other day and left
her husband only 5 because he hadnt
kissed her for nearly seven years Per
mitting the heart to grow old doesnt
always pay
According to a new encyclopedia
poverty is caused by four things
drink inefficiency and shiftlessness
crime and a fondness for roving One
other cause that might be mentioned
is a lack of money
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ON TO BONESTEEL
rOWN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
THOUSANDS EXPECTED
RUNNING ON WIDE OPEN PLAN
Large Number of Temporary Lodging
Houses and Restaurants Keeping
Prices Down to Nominal Figures
Crops in that Locality
BONESTEEL S D Omaha Bee
special It looks now as though Bone
ateel will be able to handle the rush
expected here next week They are
figuring on at least 30000 registrations
here and already have accommoda
tions for about 5000 people
The town is wide open every other
building is a saloon or restaurant
while shack lodging houses and tents
occupy all vacant lots Gambling in
every form is in evidence here and the
bigmitt and sure thing man is on the
ground in force So far there have
been but two holdups and the town is
orderly and well policed
It looks now as though the restaur
ant and lodging house business would
be overdone and the prospects are
good for reasonable rates during the
rush Prices are no higher here now
than in eastern Nebraska towns The
restaurants serve a substantial meal
for 25 cents a comfortable bed may
be had at any of the numerous lodg
ing houses for a like amount and beer
is 5 cents c glass
Estimating the total number who will
register for land at 60000 it is a good
gamble at big odds and a large part
of those already here are attracted by
the chance to win some After a care
ful inspection of the reservation lands
it Is safe to say that of the 382000
acres there are at least 1500 claims
more than worth the outlay necessary
to secure them Real estate agents
here are offering to pay 800 for
claims numbered as high as 850
while the preceding numbers are val
ued at from 55000 down As it costs
nothing to register the chances of se
curing one of the lucky numbers is
proving an attraction to the speculator
as well as the homeseeker A large
part of those already here are
lators men of small means who feel
lucky
The general character of the reser
vation is rolling The northwestern
portion is rough grazing land On
rough land of the same character
joining the reservation stock is rang
ed all winter and in ordinary years
comes out in good shape About forty
head will do well on a quarter sec
tion it is said
The crops near Bonesteel look well
this season corn and small grain
and the farms have a thrifty appear
ance A quarter section of improved
land here is valued at from 2000 to
57000
It is thought Bonesteel will be able
to handle the crowd without anw diffi
culty It is reasonably certain one
will be able to secure a bed or a meal
here for 50 cents during the rush
Already some thirt ynotaries are on
the ground and as many more locating
agencies There are perhaps 1000
strangers here now and this number
is being swelled daily although the
rush is not expected before the first
week in July Visitors are not ex
cluded from the reservation and the
liveries are doing a thriving business
TOGO IS GREAT ADMIRAL
English Opinion of Late Achievements
at Port Arthur
LONDON While the special dis
patches to the morning newspapers
add nothing to the details contained
In the Associated Press information
concerning the Port Arthur engage
ment and the situation on the Liao
Tung peninsula the editorials by war
experts devote much space to the
situation The general view is that
the Russians at Port Arthur lost their
opportunity through their timidity
and that Togo has again asserted his
right to be considered one of the
worlds greatest admirals
It is conceded on every hand that
while the details are not yet fully
known when both sides tell the whole
story the calamity to Russia will only
be increased It is pointed out how
ever that Port Arthur is opened and
that the Vladivostok fleet may make
another diversion in which the
of the Port Arthur squadron
may at any time make a forlorn hope
dash for a juncture
The editorials special dispatches
and articles by war experts join in
expressing the belief that great events
are impending and that the next few
days may have a great bearing on the
final result of the war
Shot in Saloon Brawl
DAVENPORT In a row in the El
dorado saloon Tom Geasland a stone
mason shot Ed Dugan a gunsmith at
the arsenal in the groin Geasland
was arrested and the dangerous na
ture of Dugans wound makes it prob
able that he will have to answer to
the charge of murder
Marescal Not a Candidate
MEXICO CITY Owing to the an
nouncement of several persons to the
public through newspapers support
ing the candidacy of Ignacio Mares
al minister of foreign relations for
the vice presidency the venerable
iiplomatist and statesman has given
DUt a letter in which he refuses to al
low his name to be used Minister
Marescal declares his friendship for
Minister of the Interior Corral tiie
candidate of the national convention
and regards the latters success at
the polls as certain
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GET MIXEDOVEr ROSEBUD
Many Intended Settlers Misconstrue
the Presidents Proclamation
WASHINGTON An erroneous
wording of the presidents proclama
tion openeing to settlement lands in
Gregory county South Dakota ceded
by the Sioux Indians to the United
States is causing the general land
office officials no end of trouble The
sentence to which reference is made
reads as follows
To obtain registration each appli
cant will be required to show himself
duly qualified by written application
to be made on a blank form provided
by the commissioner of the general
land office Macy has issued the fol
try of these lands under existing
laws and to give the registering offi
cer such appropriate matters of de
scription and identity as will protect
the applicant and government against
any attempted impersonation
The language of this clause would
seem to indicate that blame forms
could only be obtained from the of
fice of the commissioner of the gen
eral land office at Washington Such
however is not the fact These
blanks are really only obtainable at
the registration points name in the
proclamation namely Chamberlain
Yankton Bonesteel and Fairfax S
D The chief clerk of the general
land office Macy his issued the fol
lowing endeavor to clear up the mis
apprehension which has been caused
by the careless wording of the proc
lmatlon
Referring to the presidents proc
lamation of May 13 1904 providing
for the opening of the Rosebud In
dian reesrvation in which it is stated
at the bottom of page 3 three that
applicants to register must use a
blank provided by the commissioner
of the general land office these
blanks can be obtained only at the
registration points in South Dakota
named in the proclamation The only
blank given out from the general land
office at Washington is the blank
form of power of attorney for use of
soldiers who desire to register by an
agent
MERCHANT ORDERED TO LEAVE
Harry A Floaten Not Permitted to
Stay at Home in Cripple Creek
TELLURIDE Colo Harry Float
en a merchant who was deported by
the military two weeks ago and who
returned home departed again after
being waited upon by a committee of
five citizens who warned him that his
life would be in peril if he remained
here
Upon arrival here Mr Floaten was
arrested and detained more than an
hour but no charge was made
against him He said he was ad
vised by Acting Governor Huggott to
remain as the deportations of citi
zens by the Citizens alliance would
have to be stopped The only accu
sation made against him by Captain
Bulkeley Wells who ordered him to
leave before martial law was sus
pended was that he received on de
posit at his store funds of the local
Miners union and transacted business
for that organization
MORAL STANDARDS ARE LOW
Fashionable Society of the Cities Ar
raigned
AMHERST Mass At the commence
ment exercises at Amherst collegge
the baccalaureate sermon was deliv
ered by President George Harris D
D He said in part
The fashionable society of our
cities is a society of the wealthy The
rich vie with one another in the ex
pensiveness of food drinks clothes
and decorations Their moral stand
ards are low Divorce does not read
a rich man or woman out of fashion
able society They are the degener
ates of the cities But not all the
wealthy rush into this silly scramble
of vulgarity and sensuousness There
are many who use wealth to secure
higher ideals How otherwise could
there be culture science art music
philanthrophy colleges schools and
churches
Hulk of the Slocum Towed In
NEW YORK Crowds with heads
bowed and uncovered lined both
sides of East river Sunday as the
hulk of the General Slocum was towed
to a dock in Erie basin where it is
to be inspected by the federal author
ities The flags on the tugs having
the wreck in tow were at half mast
and when passing Barretts Point
where the Slocum sank and so many
lives were lost the flags were dipped
All the craft in the harbor dipped
their flags as the flotilla passed
Weeks Attendance at the Tair
ST LOUIS Mo The total attend
ance at the Worlds fair for the week
ending Saturday night June 25 as
officially announced was 540485 an
increase of over 65000 over the pre
vious week and 402777 over the total
attendance for the first week
Preaches a Startling Sermon
MONTREAL At the celebration of
the feast of St John the Baptist the
national holiday of French Canada
Zfbbe Brosseau preached rrther a
startling sermon to thousands in
Notre Dame He said that a crisis
had arrived in church matters thanks
to a lack of harmony between the
Catholic clergymen and layment The
laymen he declared were neglecting
religious duties more and more the
clergy were not up-to-date and he ex
pressed the desire of the archbishop
that matters promptly be remedied
CABINET CHANGES
NEBRASKA MAN BECOMES SECRE
TARY OF NAVY
PAUL MORTON ACCEPTS PLACE
New Official to Enter Upon His Duty
July 1st Metcalf of California is to
Be Secretary cf Commerce and
Labor
WASHINGTON A sweeping change
In the cabinet of President Roosevelt
was announced officially at the White
House Friday The announcement
came in the form of a brief typewrit
ten statement issued by Secretary
Loeb a follows
The following cabinet appoint
ments are announced William H
Moody of Massachusetts attorney gen
eral Paul Morton of Illinois secre
tary of the navy Victor H Metcalf of
California secretary of commerce and
labor
The resignation of Secretary Cortel
you and Attorney General Knox have
been accepted to take effect July 1
For two weeks or more it has been
known that these changes were im
pending When Secretary Cortelyou
was designated by President Roosevelt
to be his campaign Manager it was
certain that he would retire from the
cabinet upon his assumption of duties
as chairman of the republican national
committee Just before he left for
Chicago last Wednesday he placed in
the hands of the president his letter
of resignation from the department oi
commerce and labor It was under
stood between the president and him
that the resignation was to be accept
ed to take effect at the end of the pres
ent fiscal year June 30 Inclusive The
taking effect of his resignation at that
time would afford him an opportunity
to complete some work in the depart
ment which ne had initiated and which
it was important he should carry to
a conclusion
One week ago Attorney General
Knox formally announced that he
would retire from the department oi
justice probably at the end of the
fiscal year It was understood at the
same time that Secretary Moody would
succeed Mi Knox as attorney general
The statement was made however
tnat while the transfer of Secretary
Moody to the department of justice
was very probable it was dependent
in a measure on the presidents suc
cess in securing such a successor for
him in the navy department as he de
sired
In pursuit of his purpose to secure
the services of a toroughly able and
congenial man President Roosevelt
tendered the appointment of secretary
of the navy to Paul Morton first vice
president of the Atchison Topeka
Santa Fe railroad Mr Morton is a
personal friend of the president of
many years standing He is a son
of the late J Sterling Morton of Ne
braska secretary or agriculture in
President Clevelands last administra
tion Mr Morton has had experience
in Washington having been here with
his father
Since President Roosevelt has been
in the White House nas nas macie
more than one effort to induce Mr
Morton to accept a position in his ad
ministration Feeling that his life
work in the railroad business in which
he has achieved success might be im
peded by his acceptance of an official
position in the government he uni
lormly has declined all such proffers
In consequence with this feeling he
declined the proffer of the portfolio
of the navy He was requested by
the president to consider his disin
clination He tooK dinner at the
White House and the whole subject
was considered after which Mr Mor
ton had consulted with his personal
and business friends and associates
At the conclusion of the conference
Mr Morton told the president he
would accept the position in the cab
inet
RUSSIANS APPLY THE TORCH
Burn Numerous Dwelling Houses in
Korean Towns
SEOUL A telegram received here
from Gensan Korea reports that Rus
sian troops have burned numerous
dwelling houses in the towns of Kilju
and Ham Heung and that at the lat
ter place women were subjected to ill
treatment
One thousand Russian troops are
commandeering live stock foods and
carts from a wide area in northwest
ern Korea These men are on their
way to Vladivostok and will cross the
Tumen river by means of recently
constructed bridges
There are three cases of cholera
here The men affected are natives
and the disease has not appeared
among the Japanese troops
Tangier Settles Down to Quiet
LONDON The Tangier corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says
that the city of Tangier has resumed
life as nothing had happened The
Perdicaris affair is over he says and
no developments are expected
BATTLESHIP IS SUNK
Togo Engages Russian Fleet at Port
Arthur and Damages Three Ships
TOKIO Admiral Togo reports an
engagement at Port Arthur last
Thursday in which a battleship of the
Peresviet type was sunk and a battle
ship of the Sevastopol type and a first
class cruiser of the Diana type were
damaged
It is reported that the Port Arthui
fleet came out of the harbor Thurs
day and engaged the Japanese fleet
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NEWS IN NEBRASKA
The home of F Pierce at Fremont
was badly damaged by lire
A team of mules has been stolen
from A C Heacock at Springfield
Brehn and Flaska has pleaded guilty
to assault upon a man named Laka
at Wymore
Seward county populists have select
ed delegates to state and congressional
conventions
The old settlers of Richardson coun
ty will hold their annual picnic Au
gust 24 and 25
The Germantown State bank is a
new corporation which will run a bank
at Germantown
- William Seye of Plattsmouth for
getting drunk and abusing his wife
paid a fine of 100
Chief of Police Frost of Auburn has
been removed for inability to control
the rowdy element
Plattsmouth reports the presence of
smallpox in a transient visitor who
was sent from town
Mrs Ayers wife of Dr Harry Ayers
of Nebraska City was seriously burn
ed aboutNthe hands and arms while
lighting a gasoline stove
Mr Tadiken a farmer living near
Rising City fell dead in the street at
that place of heart failure He was
about 70 years of age a widower and
an old setler
A G Ludwig of Arlington received
the contract for building the new ad
dition to the high school at Central
City his bid being 50 lower than any
local contractors
Eugene Thackaberry a young man
who has been employed in the ol
fices of the Dempster company at Be
atrice has disappeared When he left
town he told some of his friends that
he was going to Cororado but since
leaving Beatrice he has been seen in
Omaha
The live members of the York Coun
ty Fair association have recently tak
en hoil of the fair grounds and have
made many improvements A six foot
tight board fence has been built and
also a large speed barn Already
there are several owners of fast horses
en the ground training horses
At a meeting of the Chadron city
council a new bond proposition was
submitted Bonds are to be issued for
40000 at 5 per cent The previous
ones were for 50000 at 0 per cent
and there is still owing 42000 but
before the new ones are to be issued
2000 can be paid out of the water
receipts
A brigade encampment such as has
not been held in the state for several
years will be held by the Nebraska
August Neither the exact date nor
the place of encampment has yet been
settled upon It is thought that sev
eral Nebraska towns Avill enter bids
for the location
Adam Graham a prominent farmer
living near Richfield Sarpy county
while hitching up his team at Papil
lion was seized by a paralytic stroke
and fell under the horses feet His
family soon discovered him and at
once carried him to a house and a
physician was summoned but his re
covery is doubted
While at his farm southwest of Be
atrice Sunday Fred Claussen a gro
ceryman of that city was attacked by
a ferocious oull and narrowly escaped
being killed When the animal came
for him he grabbed it by the horns
and held on until a farm hand came
to his assistance Aside from a few
bruises he escaped uninjured
The first accident in the work of
building the new Nebraska hospital
for the insane at Norfolk occurred
last week when Frank Hawshaw who
was carrying brick up an incline re
ceived a falling bat upon his head
which knocked him senseless A fel
low workman caught him and kept
him from falling to the ground
Joe Cannon aged about 30 years
was brought to Sheriff Hansen of Da
kota county for safe keeping Can
non seems to be unbalanced imagin
ing that he controls the earth and all
thereunto belonging Some months
ago Cannon created a commotion in
Sioux City by charging that he was
the man that blew up the Maine
James Mahaffa the young man wno
escaped from jail at Ogalalla was cap
tured and returned to jail after be
ing gone twenty four hours Sheriff
Harrington received a message by tel
epone that Mahaffa was in an old
deserted sod house six miles north
of town He started at once with a
posse and overhauled him in the sand
hills
In the supreme court Louis Zobel of
Hastings has filed a brief denying that
he fractured the constitution of the
United States when he declined to
serve a meal to Lizzie Sherwood in
his restaurant He denied the colored
woman service and was found guilty
of a misdemaanor He appealed and
Attorney General Prout declares that
Zobel infringed the constitution and
attempted to establish race distinc
tions
The cherry crop of Sarpy county is
greater this ear than it has been for
several years past Owing to the ex
ceedingly low price of the fruit farm
ers cannot afford to hire men to pick
it and as a result it is feared much of
I lilt nun win gu to waaie
Fire destroyed a large farm barn
belonging to S R Rosenberry three
miles east of Leigh The family was
away from home at the time and the
origin of the fire is unknown The
loss besides the building was one calf
and three harnesses The building
was insured
FIGURING UP
ASSESSMENT
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Certifying Rail
State Board Has a Job
road Valuation
LINCOLN The state ff
completed Its worlc
sessment having
of assessing railroad P T
assisted
retary Bennet is now busy
by all the state house clerks that
corvice in
could oe urcuLuu iui
assessment out to the vari
the
fying
ed county clerks This work shouM
be completed by the 27th but from
the amount of figuring necessary to
un
law
comply with the new revenue
less much additional help is brought
into service it will be an impossibil
ity to do this
As a final action of the board an
other change has been made in the
grand total making this 460S40877o
This was occasioned by a reuuuuuu
the assessment of the Great Western
from 48000 to 26835 To make up
the grand aggregate of the railroad
property the different systems of the
state were valued as follows one
fifth of which amount being the asj
sessed valuation Union Pacific 52
878049 Burlington 10118499675
Missouri Pacific 10968538 Chicago
Rock Island Pacific 10426330 St
Joseph Grand Island 3649750
Wilmar Sioux Falls 2564200 Chi
cago Northwestern 34663200
Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Om
aha 11524300
The increase in the total assessment
of railroad property some 19000000
is by far the greatest increase ever
handed down by any Nebraska as
sessment board but even that large
amount of increase should occasion
little protest from the railroad com
panies when taken into comparison
with assessments levied against them
years ago when the roads were in
value worth little compared to what
they are worth now The main line
of the Union Pacific was assessed this
year at 16000 a mile while away
back in 1881 the average value per
mile for this system was 11552 In
1894 it was assessed on the main line
at 11500 a mile while from 1888 for
four years the assessment of the main
line was 11440 a mile From that
time with the exception of one year
tne assessment was gradually decreas
ed uough the property each year be
came more valuable the last five years
preceding 1903 the assessment being
y800 on the main line In that year
it was increased to 9900 a mile still
being 1652 less than the assessment
of 1881
The Burlington has just as litle
room for protest as the Union Pacific
National guard during the month of
for this year it was assesse1 on th
main line at only 15470 while back
in 1885 tne highest of any year ex
cept the present it was assessed at
12612 a mile Then began the grad
ual decrease in valuation until the
climax was reached last yar when
the assessment on the main line was
10500 a mile lower than it had been
ior six years
Saved Childs Life
REMONT Lloyd Havens a mem
ber of the Pohl Snephard ball team
saved the life of a two year old child
near Ames He was driving in a car
ryall with the other players to North
Bend where a game was to be played
when he spied the little one sitting
m the middle of the track playing
Half a mile away the Union Pacific
through train was approaching at the
rate of a mile a minute Havens hur
riedly jumped from the vehicle and
rescued the child from its perilous
position
A Bin Potato Patch
SCOTTS BLUFF T C Bottom
Co have just finished planting 400
acres of potatoes This will make a
total acreage of about 10000 in this
valley
Cars Mangle Three Children
AINSWORTH While the eastbound
freight No 82 George Mills conduc
tor was switching in the yards here
the hind trucks of
a flat car ran over
the 3-year-old son of Mr Ellis kill
ing him instantly also the 16-months-old
babe who died an hour later and
badly mangled the foot of another 5-year-old
girl
Boy Drowned While Swimming
NORFOLK Willie Stahl 14 years
old stole away to swim with com
rades Sunday afternoon and was
drowned in the Elkhorn river Hi
comrades denied the accident declar
mg Willie had gone home and hid his
clothing in a barn to conceal the fact
Smalbox Has the Day
SCOTTS BLUFF
At a meeting of
citizens it was decided not to cele
brate this
year on
account of the
smallpox scare At present there is
but one mild case and it is thought
that it can be controlled
so that there
will be no further danger
Harvest Hands Wanted
The association of free employment
bureaus composed of the labor
com
missioners of five states in the wheat
belt of which Don C Despain of Ne
braska is president
will S0On have
an opportunity to demonstrate wheth
er it can do the business
Last
week
President Despain
received
word from
Kansas that that state would requTg
the importation of
about 21 nnn
to handle the harvesLesT
mg beguns June 20 at which tle
special rates will be
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