McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
News in Brief
Tho czar of Russia with 90000000
acres is tho biggest landowner in the
world
Secretary of War Taft will speak at
tho St Louis exposition on Manila
day August tl3
Sir Georgo Richard Dibbs former
premier of New South Wales is dead
He was born in 1834
Dr Orlando Brown formerly a brig
adier general in the United States
army is dead here aged 77 years
Green McCurtain was re elected
governor of the Choctaw nation de
feating T W Hunter This is the
last tribal election
Matt Storm well known throughout
the United States as a horse trainer
and owner of thoroughbreds Is dead
at San Francisco aged 50 years
Secretary Morton has issued a spe
cial order to tho navy commendatory
of tho service to the country of the
late Rear Admiral Henry C Taylor
The fly wheel of a 70 horsepower en
gine in the plant of a tinfoil company
at St Louis burst while running at
full speed and instantly killed Frank
Gam ache
In revenge for having been prose
cuted on a charge of breaking a win
dow Ignatz Kita in Chicago shot and
killed John Solarik and wife in their
saloon at 57 Rawson street
Despite official denials Madrid
newspapers insist that a marriage has
been arranged between the Infanta
Maria Teresa sister of King Alfonso
and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria
Sol Temple the Oklahoma outlaw
who shot and almost killed Police Ser
geant William Gibson last May was
given a sentence of ten years in prison
at St Joseph Mo for the crime
The populist national committee has
decided to have the formal ratificaa
tion of their party candidates for pres
ident and vice president at Cooper
Union New York city on August 18
Dr William Frye a physician re
ported to the Kansas City police that
burglars had entered his home and
stolen 6500 They turned on the gas
in an effort to asphyxiate the family
An invitation was forwarded today
by western democratic leaders to ex
President Grover Cleveland to take
the stump for Judge Parker in Illinois
in the coming presidential campaign
There is a society in England which
has as one of its chief objects vto strip
the modern stage of its elaborate scen
ery and to return to the days when the
play was the thing and not its setting
General Davis governor of the Pan
ama canal zone has left Panama hav
ing been called home on account of
the illness of his wife who has been
spending the summer in the Adiron
dacks
According to a message received
from Harbin General Kuropatkin has
ordered the removal from that place
of all useless civilians in order to pro
vide the greatest possible accommoda
tion for the winter quarters of the
Russian army
E M Johnson president of the de
funct Fidelity Savings association of
Denver and John L Jones secretary
arrested on a charge of having made
false statements were released on
bonds The grand jury is investigat
ing the failure
Col Clarence R Edwards of the in
sular department who has arrived
from Washington announces that Pres
ident Roosevelt will pvoDably visit the
Worlds fair in October Colonel Ed
wards says that the president is anx
ious to see the -exposition and the de
tails of the trip will soon be com
pleted
Thirteen life insurance companies
in Great Britain refuse to accept risks
on unvacciriated persons
A special from Digby N S says
that a sailboat containing eight or
ten American tourists capsized and
sank off Smiths Cove near Digby and
that all on board were drowned
Judge M L F Smyser of Wooster
Pa was nominated for congress by
republicans of the Seventeenth dis
trict
The Mexican government will soon
pay to the Kansas City Mexican
Orient railway the sum of 700000
subsidy due on the first 100 kilome
ters of line constructed from Topqlo
bampo to El Fuerte
The Erie railroad has adopted a hos
pital car which is equipped to render
medical aid whenever needed along
the road at a moments notice A
doctor and attendants are constantly
in charge
The controversy over the sinking of
the British steamer Knight Command
er is not expected either in British
governmental or Russian diplomatic
circles to reach an acute stage both
governments having adopted a con
ciliatory attitude
A Joliet man has invented a process
for making steel beer kegs using old
rails
Seventy five thousand dollars for a
thimble seems something of an ex
travagance but this was the cost of
one presented to the Queen of Siam
by her husband
At Ponca City O T Clarence Ir
win killed his mother-in-law Mrs John
James and immediately committed
suicide The cause of the tragedy was
Mrs James refusal to allow Irwin to
see his wife with whom he had pre-
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STILL FAR APART
NO INDICATIONS OF SETTLEMENT
OF STRIKE
80TH SIDES JUKINC CLAIMS
Packers Say They Have Plenty of
Men While Donnelly Declares There
Are Not Enough to Break the Strike
Aid from the Labor Federation
CHICAGO All the labor unions in
Chicago have indorsed the stock yards
strike After listening to the strikers
side of the controversy which was
presented to them by Michael J Don
nelly president of the striking butch
ers union the Chicago Federation of
Labor which is composed of every la
oor union in Chicago and has a mem
bership of nearly 300000 adopted res
olutions pledging the moral and finan
cial support of the federated body as
long as the strike continues
Each member of the central body
will bo assessed a small sum per
week and the whole amount will be
turned over to the striking unions to
help in the support of the strikers
and their families during the struggle
with tho packers The exact amount
each member is to be assessed was
left in the hands of a committee with
orders to report results tomorrow
While the officials of the Federation
of Labor were unable Sunday night to
give an exact estimate of the amount
of money the strikers would secure
from this source it was stated that
the total sum would be well up in the
thousands each week
After a fight which has lasted for
nearly four weeks a settlement of the
stock yards strike seems to be as re
mote as at any time since the strug
gle for supremacy began Neither side
to the conflict during all this time
has shown any signs of weakening
The packers while claiming that
they will soon have their affairs in
normal condition again so successful
have they been in securing non union
men still admit that so far they have
been able to get but 550 of their old
employes back and the majority of
their employes are unskilled workers
In the last statement given out by the
packers it was said that not half as
many men were at work as before the
strike began
These men have been brought to
Chicago from all parts of the country
the majority of them having never
seen a meat packing plant before com
ing here With these men the pack
ers have succeeded in accomplishing
a great deal off work but according to
the strikers every animal that has
been slaughtered since the strike was
called has been at a financial loss to
the packers as in the majority of
cases a lack of unskilled workmen has
made it impossible to operate the by
products departments and this source
of revenue which1 under normal con
ditions is a clear profit to the pack
ers has been allowed to waste
Last week the packers were fig
strikers when work was resumed Mon
strikers when wor kwas resumed Mon
day morning but there is nothing to
night that would indicate that the
men were even considering such a
step nor that they had any idea of
surrendering Monday or at any fu
ture time According to Michael J
Donnelly president of the butchers
union the organization which precipi
tated the strike the strikers are in a
better position today than they were
on July 12 the day the orginal strike
was called
JAPS SLAIN BY THOUSANDS
Sustained Great Losses According to
Russian Reports
ST PETERSBURG A telegram
from Che Foo dated August 7 says
that according to Chinese information
a fierce battle was fought on the land
side of Port Arthur August 1st The
Japanese are reported to have been
repulsed with great loss the killed
alone being estimated at 10000 while
the Russians lost about 1000
The telegram says that Lieutenant
General Stoessel was personally in
command and that the conduct of the
Russian troops was splendid
Lieutenant General Stoessel com
manding the Russian military forces
at Port Arthur in an undated dis
patch to the emperor says
I am happy to report that the
troops repulsed all the Japanese at
tacks of July 2G 27 and 2S with enor
mous losses
The garrisons enthusiasm was ex
traordinary The fleet assisted in the
defense by bombarding the Japanese
flank
Our losses during the three days
were about 1500 men and forty offi
cers killed or wounded
According to statements of Chinese
and prisoners the Japanese lost as
many as 10000
Their losses swere so great that
the enemy has not hac time to remove
the dead and wounded
Fierce Japanese Fire
LIAO YANG Detailed reports ar
riving at headcuarters show that the
right wing of the Japanese army had
the hardest fighting during the battle
of last Sunday A sensational feat
ure occurred at Chobaide pass ten
miles from the Motien pass A brig
ade constituting a center column rac
ed with two Russian regiments for
the possession of the summit com
manding the Russian flank The Jap
anese fired as they ascended dislodg
ing the Russians from the rocks and
killing or wounding 1000
c fir a y
COUNT KELLER KILLED
Japanese Shell Ends the Life of Rus
sian General Near Liao Yang
MUKDEN It is reported that Lieu
tenant General Count Keller has been
killed east of Liao Yang
LONDON A dispatch to a news
agency from St Petersburg confirms
the report of the death of General
Keller saying he was killed by a frag
ment of a Japanese shell at the time
he was opposing the Japanese advance
along the railway near Hal Cheng
Lieutenant General Count Keller at
tho opening of the war was in com
mand of the Second Siberian Army di
vision He was 54 years old and re
signed the governorship of Ekateri
nostaff in order to go to the front
General Keller took part in the three
campaigns of the Russo Turkish war
In 1887 he commanded the Imperial
Rifle regiment and later was director
of the corps of imperial pages by
which Keller came in contact with
the members of the imperial family
with whom he was in great favor Gen
eral Killer was considered to be the
possessor of cool judgment and to be
a fine strategist Though a strict dis
ciplinarian Keeller was a kind and
careful officer and popular with his
men He wore a short gray beard
had keen blue eyes and dressed in
khaki
HAS SUNK MORE THAN ONE SHIP
Vladivostok Squadron Returns to Port
and Tells of Action
VLADIVOSTOK The Vladivostok
cruiser division returned to port at
4 oclock yesterday afternoon The
cruisers were in perfect condition
They captured during their cruise the
steamer Arabia and destroyed some
schooners a small Japanese steamer
one German steamer and one British
steamer The last mentioned two
were carrying contraband material
and had nearly reached their destina
tion Yokohama but were almost
without coal and it was therefore im
possible to send them to Vladivostok
The cruisers steamed up and down
in front of the Japanese capital but
saw nothing of the enemys warships
Although the Russian vessels had only
three doors through which to get home
the straits of Corea La Perouse
strait and Tsugaru strait which ap
parently could easily have been barred
by Vice Admiral Kamimuras vessels
bad luck pursued the Japanese admi
ral and the Russian cruisers had no
difficulty in eluding him
CORTELYOU MEETS PRESIDENT
Outlines Western Campaign Will
Have Thirty Advisers
WASHINGTON Republican Na
tional Chairman Cortelyou arrived
Thursday from Chicago He called
on President Roosevelt for an hour
The conference related largely to de
tails of the opening of the campaign
headquarters in Chicago and the po
litical situation in western states
Chairman Cortelyou declined to be
interviewed for publication regarding
the campaign or any of his recent ob
servations He expressed pleasure
that the national executive commit
tee the personnel of which he an
nounced two days ago in Chicago had
met with such general approval
Mr Cortelyou will not announce
perhaps for several days yet the
composition of his campaign advisory
committee That committee will con
sist of prominent republicans from
various parts of the country Its
number is not limited and It may
include thirty members
BONDS FOR POSTAL CLERKS
Pcstoffice Department Issues Order
Requiring Them
WASHINGTON The postoffice de
partment has issued a general order
directing that every railway postal
clerk shall give a 1000 bond to the
United States for the faithful dis
charge of all duties and trusts im
posed upon them by law and the rules
and regulations of the department
Each clerk shall pay the premium
chargeable to himself Bonds will be
filed with the second assistant post
master general
This order affects approximately 10
000 employes embracing all the rail
way postal clerks except those wno
are assigned to clerical duties in
which they do not have access to reg
istered mail
FUSION IN KANSAS
Populists Accept Offer of Democrats
to Divide Offices
TOPEKA Kan After midnight
this morning the populist state con
vention which had spent the night
discussing the proposal to fuse with
the democrats in the state campaign
decided to accept the democratic offer
of a division of the ticket The
faction of the popu
lists at once announced dissent with
drew from the hall organized another
convention and adjourned until 10 a
m when it is expected they will nom
inate a straight ticket The fusion
forces nominated David M Dale for
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Nebraskans Drowned in Colorado
BOULDER Colo Mrs Lina Cham
bers of York Neb and Mary Renkes
the 12-year-old daughter of Charles
Renkes of this city were drowned in
Boulder creek They were part of a
camping party in Bummer gulch six
miles from here Without any Avarn
ing a wall of water caused by a cloud
burst came rushing down the gulch
carrying the tent and the inmates into
the creek Mrs Chambers and Mary
Renkes were carrie dinto the stream
by the torrent of water and drowned
The bodies were recovered
LAND FORGRAZINC
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING
SAME BY THE STOCKMEN
WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE
Stockmens Interest Transferred to
Management of the Agricultural De
partment No Action Taken with
Reference to Butchers Strike
DENVER Colo The western stock
growers who have been conferring
here for three days with the special
land commission appointed by Presi
dent Roosevelt finally adjourned
without taking any action with refer
ence to the strike at the packing house
centers
A resolution was adopted with prac
tical unanimity urging on congress
the necessity of the transfer at the
earliest possible date of the manage
ment of the forest reserves to the de
partment of agriculture where not
only the forests but all the interests
involved may be properly studied and
protected
Discussion of the resolutions con
cerning grazing lands was animated
but finally adopted as follows
Whereas After full discussion the
fact has developed that conditions over
the vast area included in the grazing
districts of the west are so varied and
conflcting that much time must of
necessity be consumed in the classifi
cation of the public grazing area as
well as the determination of range
customs and usages in different dis
tricts and
Whereas The past creation of for
est reserves has often been ill advised
and far reaching and the administra
tion thereof as concerns the grazing
interests has been faulty even to in
justice and believing that the depart
ment of the interior is not fully equip
ped to study and handle the forest
reserve question and
Whereas Feeling that the present
grazing system has been built up
through a term of many years con
suming the life work of the western
pioneers and of the younger genera
tion entailing untold hardships and
even sacrifice of life and believing
that such sturdy efforts entitle the
great majority of the present occu
pants of the range to no uncertain
voice in the initiation of any legisla
tion that may affect their interest
therefore be it
Resolved That we favor the pass
age of a law which will authtorize
the secretary of agriculture to thor
oughly classify the vacant lands of
the United States and determine the
condition at present governing the use
of the grazing areas and to ascertain
those sections of the range and if
there be any to which a lease system
can be satisfactorily applied be it fur
ther
Resolved That the power to cre
ate and administer forest reserves
shall be vested in the department of
agriculture which is especially or
ganized and equipped for this purpose
and be it further
Resolved That we favor govern
ment control of and jurisdiction over
all public grazing areas by or through
the department of agriculture local
questions being decided on local
grounds and under regulations made
to meet local conditions that the
range rights of present users of the
grazing areas as determined by pri
ority of occupancy and present use
shall be carefully safeguarded and
that no sudden or stringent upheaval
of existing conditions which would
cause commercial distress shall be
made on the other hand such legisla
tion must be gradual in its effect and
leases granted only where locally sat
isfactory as determined by the prober
authorities
FAIRBANKS HAS WORD
Republican Candidate for Vice Presi
dent Notified of Nomination
INDIANAPOLIS Charles W Fair
banks senior United States senator
from Indiana was on Wednesday for
vice president of the United States
vice president of the United Sttates
by the republican national convention
The notification address was made
by Elihu Root ex secretary of war
who was temporary chairman of the
convention The exercises were held
on the wide veranda of Senator Fair
banks beautiful home in the presence
of members of the notification com
mittee consisting of one member
from each state and territory the
governor and other state officers of
Indiana the republican candidates for
state office the Indiana republican
congressional delegation Indiana del
egates and alternates to the national
convention the state central commit
tee and the Republican Editorial as
sociation All these had been special
ly invited On the lawn surrounding
three sides of the residence and ex
tending far on all sides beneath the
great forest trees were several thou
sand friends neighbors and politfcal
supporters of the senior senator
GRAFTING IN AMERICAN NAVY
NEW YORK A naval board is in
vestigating reports that certain petty
officers on the receiving ship Han
cock stationed at the Brooklyn navy
yard have been selling ratings or pro
motions to sailors for cash The re
ports were started by bluejackets who
talked freely of the matter ashore
When the commissioned officers on
the ship and in the yard heard of
these reports they reported to the
navy department and a board was de
led tc investigate -be rumors
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Willow Rock Scotts Bluff and Wheel
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PEOPLE ARE ALL UP IN ARMS
Cheyenne County Not Satisfied with
Tax Levy
SIDNEY Neb The action of the
state board of equalization in raising
Cheyenne county 10 per cent has
aroused the idignation of this section
and is being vigorously denounced The
taxpayers irrespective of party affilia
tions are up in arms This county
has paid more taxes in proportion to
land values than any other county in
the state simply because revenue had
to be raised to carry on the county
government
Grazing lands that could be bought
for 75 cents to 1 per acre were this
year assessed for 150 an acre and
this raise of 10 per cent makes the
land value 165
Cass County Peaches
PLATTSMOUTH Several wagon
loads of choice home grown peaches
were sold on the streets of Plattsmouth
for 75 cents per bushel Dr J B
Hungate has made several shipments
of choice peaches to St Louis and
some have been placed on exhibition
at the Worlds fair
Contracts for Election Notice
Secretary of State Marsh has com
pleted his contracts for the publica
tion of the notice for the call of a
constitutional convention to be voted
on at the next election One paper in
each county will publish the notice
the total amount to be paid being
about G000
Cass County Mortgage Record
PLATTSMOUTH The Cass county
mortgage record for Jul is as follows
Nine farm mortgages were filed
amounting to 25500 nine released
22278 city property nine filed 7
019 six released 3635
Search Proves Fruitless
PLATTSMOUTH Sheriff McBride
returned from a fruitless searcli for
the thieves who stole a team and
wagon and burned a barn at Weeping
Water Tuesday night The trail of the
men was followed to a point about a
mile north of the Marshall farm
where it was lost So far as known
no suspicious appearing men were
seen in the town during the day pre
ceding the robbery and it is evident
that the thieves came and went dur
ing the night
Only Slight Discrepancy
LINCOLN Examiner Wiggans
who is examining the books of former
Adjutant General Colby has about
completed the work and outside of
2000 worth of blankets which turned
up missing and which Colby subse
quently accounted for Mr Wigans has
found missing about 150 It may be
that General Colby will be able to
show receipts for this amount but the
examiner was unable to locate them
General Colby and Mr Wiggans went
over the reports that will be shortly
filed with the governor
Peach Trees Make a Change
NEBRASKA CITY Several of the
best known fruit growers in this sec
tion of the county claim that peach
trees that bore freestone peaches here
tofore are bearing clingstone peaches
this year W D Hollabaugh and Em
ery Sherfey two very successful fruit
growers say their freestone peach
trees are bearing the clingstone varie
ty They are at a loss to explain this
phenomena and can give no explana
tion of the transformation Some of
the trees they claim are bearing both
the free and clingstone varieties
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NEWS IN NEBRASKA
APPORTIONING THE TAXES
Some Counties Will Pay More and
Others Less Than Last Year
LINCOLN The assessed valuation
of the state as fixed by the state board
of equalization is 29472130865 an
increase over the assessment of last
year of 10C2G292951 But with this
great increase in the value of property
the increase of taxes as a general
proposition will not be material
though in some of the counties the in
crease will be felt In all the amount
of revenue that will be brought in ex
ceeds tho amount of last year only
245011 The total amount for all
purposes for tho year under the C mill
levy will amount to 17G8327 against
1523310 lasf year For tho general
fund there will be realized 1326145
The increase in the value of prop
erty other than railroads over last
year is 54 per cent This property
this year was assessed at 248628
45620 while last year it was assessed
at 16117343344 The railroad prop
erty was assessed last year at 27284
946 and this year at 4608285275
The work of the county assessors
was well done and in many instances
the assessors have been complimented
by the state board In only twenty
two counties were any changes made
at all and the highest change was an
increase of 10 per cent
While the revenue law has been
looked upon as a mogul with red
horns the work of the board has not
demonstrated that it Is a thing to be
feared In nineteen counties of the
state taxes this year will be reduced
from the amount paid last year These
counties are Banner Blaine Boone
Cherry Dakota Deuel Frontier
Grant Holt Howard Keith Keya
Paha Logan Loup vTcPherson Red
THE STATE AT LARGE
Work is rapidly progressing on
West Points new passenger depot
The four-weeks-old child of Mr
and Mrs Fred Carroll of Nora was
found dead in bed
Lancaster county has Inaugurated a
van movement for the collection of
delinquent personal taxes
Fremont gardeners report potatoes
rotting badly on account of the wet
weather The quality is good and tho
yield fair Sweet corn is rather back
ward
Miss Catherine Woods who taught
in Plattsmouth for two years has
been appointed secretary to Prof J
W Crabtree new president of the
Peru Normal
James W Scott a farmer living a
few miles north of Humboldt lost
two valuable milk cows as the result
of a stroke of lightning both animals
being instantly killed
William McCormack who was first
in tho Rosebud drawing is not now a
resident of Lancaster county He is
employed in the Treasury department
at Washington and until recently his
people lived in Clay Center Neb They
now live in Missouri
Threshing of wheat is now the or
der of the day in Johnson county
The crop is very poor many fields
hardly being worth the cutting
Some few fields will yield from twelve
to eighteen bushels per acre but ten
bushels per acre is a more common
thing
Major Church Howe United States
consul general at Atnwerp Belgium
arrived home in Nemaha county re
cently looking hale and hearty The
major is glad to return home and
greet his old Nemaha county friends
once more He likes his work and
life at Antwerp
Henry Schneider proprietor of a
meat market at Danbury was found
dead in bed The top of his head had
been shot off from the discharge of a
shot gun It is the general belief
that the man committed suicide Ho
obtained a divorce from his wife at
the June term of court
Armours packing house at Lincoln
has been closed down and will not be
reopened M M Eearle who has
been the resident manager will open
up a busines in the same locality on
his own responsibility The Armour
firm employed fifty two men who will
be thrown out of work
The 40000 school bonds which
were voted in Hastings July 5 for the
construction of a new high school
were sold at public auction Tho
bonds were bought by Noble Moss
Co of Detroit Mich through tho
Exchange National bank of Hastings
at a premium of 1050
Bernhart H Schwein has filed his
petition in the district court of Dodge
county prpying to have his name
changed to Schrine He wants the
change because the old one doesnt
sound god in English and also be
cause he is a student in theology
soon to be ordained as a clergyman
John D Pope of Friend left for his
new home in Chicago On the eve of
his departure about five hundred of
the leading citizens of Friend and the
surrounding country gathered on the
lawn of Mr A B Sanders in order to
bid farewell to their esteemed citizen
and friend and present him with a
token of their appreciation
At Falls City on circus day D S
Huffnall of Rulo came to town to see
the show and at the same time attend
to some business Being township
treasurer of Rulo he drew 465 of
public money and returned home on
the afternoon train The train was
crowded A short time after leaving
the train he loked for his money It
was gone It is thought his pocket
was picked
The wheat yield in Pawnee county
is said to be very satisfactory
The corner stone for the home of
fice building of the Royal Highlanders
was successfully laid at Aurora
An accident occurred upon tho
streets of Cedar Rapids by which
William Sterling of that place lost
his life He was engaged in moving
a large frame building using block
and four horses for motive power
While he was driving the horses a
double tree broke and the end of the
four horse everer being released
came back and struck him in the re
gion of the stomach resulting in his
death four hours later
Thomas Roane a colored soldier
from the Twenty fifth infantry who
had gone insane alter ser ice in tho
Philippines passed through Platts
mouth from Fort Crook to Washing
ton D C accompanied by two mem
bers of the hospital corps The un
fortunate mans hands were fastened
together and his feet were shackled
and to prevent nim from talking in
cesantly in Spanish and English at
the top of his voice it was necessary
to keep a cloth drawn through and
oer his mouth
The city of Osceola used to have a
weather service but on account of
neglect it got into disrepute and was
abandoned But through the good work
of Congressman Hinshaw the section
director and Judge Saunders a weath
er service has been establlsned again
The remains of John Weden were
found decayed in his home at Bartley
He had been in poor health for some
time At the coroners inquest it was
found- that he died from natural
causes He was an old soldier very
eccentric and lived alone in his own
home
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