itlcCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Jack Frost complains the Boston
Herald is flirting with us Slap him
on the wrist
Perhaps the New Yorker who lived
on grass would point to that as proof
of his horse sense
-The tremendous apple crop of this
year might arrange a pair advantage
ously with the wheat crop
In what hotter wayji could a New
port heiress get her jewels before th
public than by being robbed of them
Prof Benbow successfully steered
his air ship for 500 yards at St Louis
But its a thousand miles to Wash
ington
It would suit Lipton if the rules of
the game could be so amended that
he could have his British yacht built
in America
An eminent sculptor declares the
human foot is growing smaller but it
is understood he never worked with
Chicago models
The Brooklyn man who lived on
grass for six months seems to have
succeeded in reducing a meat diet to
its first principles
If Sir Thomas Lipton is going to
race with an American built boat
manned by an American crew the cup
is indeed in danger
Hans the educated horse proves to
be a fraud Still he probably has
brains enough to know what to think
of his recent admirers
Ifc will take thirty yards of ma-
terial the dressmakers say to make
an autumn dress but they wont
bother Dr Mary Walker
An Ohio man has been arrested for
killing a book agent Possibly how
ever the sheriff was new to his busi
ness and didnt know any better
In order doubtless to dispel local
prejudice against the practice Bos
ton papers announce that a woman
103 years old takes a daily bath
What a helpless creature is man
A convention of dressmakers says
that big sleeves are to be in style
once more and he cannot prevent it
Close on the heels of Mr Hills
promised retirement conies John L
Sullivans equally conclusive an
nouncement that he is done with
booze
The folly of the woman who mar
ries a man in order to reform him is
exceeded only by the folly of the man
who marries a woman in order to re
form her
J Pierpont Morgan has acquired a
reputation as a dog fancier He gave
510000 the other day for four beauti
ful collies His money now is going
to the dogs
Experts in education aver that the
wonderful Berlin horse Hans shows
real power of mental concentration
Hans must be related to some mules
we have known
Maybe the reason why the Japanese
soldiers get 45 cents a month pay in
stead of half a dollar is that the Jap
anese war department doesnt do any
thing by halves
Western civilization is permeating
China In another generation it will
not be considered a disgrace for a
Chinese woman of high rank to stand
on a broad footing
Speaking about discipline an edu
cational expert urges the school
teacher not to let bad boys know they
annoy her Just smile joyously when
the bent pin strikes home
London is getting giddy The
daughter of the lord mayor has been
jilted by an Egyptian official and
somebody exploded a bunch of fire
crackers in Westminster Abbey
John D Rockefeller has given 100
000 to the Young Womens Christian
Association of Cleveland The mem
bers must resemble the biblical vir
gins who also had oil in their lamps
Five Anlerican automobiles are
sold abroad for every one that is im
ported to this country Which seems
to indicate that the automobile be
sides having come to stay has come
to go
Two Buffalo women fought with
crow bars for the possession of a
clothesline The loser is about to
make business for the undertaker and
the winner is being sought by a vaud
eville manager
An Alabama spellbinder got married
between trains while on his way to
deliver a speech in New York It
-would have been better advertising if
he had had the ce emony on the plat
form right after his speech
Its noble in those Menominee
Mich girls who will wear on their
silk stocltings mottoes in praise of
the town But name of Venus
What of the classical proportions of
ankles so constructed as to afford
advertising spaces New York
World
POSTS CAPTURED
THREE DAYS FIGHTING IN PORT
ARTHUR VICINITY
JAPANESE SUCCESS REPORTED
They Capture Several Important
Posts Their Losses However Ac
cording to Russian Sources Were
Unusually Severe
CHE FOO As a result of the bat
tle before Port Arthur which began
on September 19 the Japanese suc
ceeded in capturing several important
posts and Sunday the Russian tenure
of the big forts guarding the north
northeast and northwest sides of the
town Is seriously threatened
Chinese information places the Jap
anese losses under 3000 for the three
days fighting and this comparative
ly small casualty list is due to the
excessive care used by the Japanese
in making their preparations for the
advance Russian sources however
claim to have information that the
Japanese losses were unusually se
vere amounting to fully three times
the number mentioned above
Possibly the most important cap
ture during the three days fighting
was that of Fort Kouropatkin which
while of minor value with regard to
preventing the entrance of the Japan
ese into the town had been con
structed for the purpose of protecting
the source of the garrisons water
supply The control of this water
supply is now in the hands of the
Japanese
As was announced in these dis
patches on September 20 the battle
began before daybreak on September
19 At this hour the citizens of the
garrison of Port Arthur after the en
joyment of weeks of comparative se
curity awoke to the thunderous re
ports of artillery along the line ex
tending from the west of Itz moun
tain to Rihulung and Kikwan moun
tains This was but a preface to the
assault which was destined to result
in the capture of three new and im
portant Russian positions together
with six small annoying forts lying
between Shushiyen and Rihulung
mountain During the day and night
of the nineteenth and at noon of the
twentieth the bombardment continued
without cessation and the many
shells falling from quarters which
previously had been silent made it ob
vious that the Japanese had at least
succeeded in mounting heavy guns in
new positions or in strengthening
their old positions The infantry
fighting during this period was com
paratively trivial
At noon on September 20 the Jap
anese right and center the former
being to the west and the latter to
the east of the railroad commenced
the advance The troops made use of
the trenches and infrequent natural
cover that lay in their way The
small forts to the south of Shushi
yen resisted this advance but briefly
their garrisons not being strong nu
merically Since the beginning of
the bombardment the artillery fire
from Fort Kouropatkin had been
growing steadily weaker and it hav
ing become apparent that the had
been practically silenced the Japanese
assaulted the forts
GEORGIA MOB LYNCHES NEGRO
People Leave Church to Participate
in Lynching
ATLANTA Ga A special to the
Constitution from Royston Ga says
John Ware a negro was lynched in
Frankling county for fatally shooting
Cy Daniel a son of George Daniel of
Danielsville Young Daniel and the
negro had some words over a trivial
matter It is said the negro becom
ing greatly enraged and swearing that
no white man could run over him drew
a pistol and shot Daniel the bullet
inflicting a wound that will Drove fa
tal
The news of the shooting quickly
spread and a crowd began gathering
nany leaving church to join in die
search for the negro Ware was cap- j
tured and while being hurried to
Carnesville by the sheriff was over
taken by the mob He was taken
f i om the sheriff and hanged to a tree
THERE ARE NINE DEAD
An Electric Car Blown to Pieces by
Dynamite
MELROSE Mass An outward
bound electric car containing thirty
two persons was blown to pieces in
this city Wednesday night by strik
ing a fifty pound box of dynamite that
had fallen off an express wagon Six
persons were killed outright three
more died of their injuries within an
hour and nineteen others on the car
were taken to the two hospitals suf
fering from severe injuries At least
a score of persons in the immediate
vicinity of the explosion were hurt by
flying glass and splinters
So great was the force of the ex
plosion that all but the ten feet of
the rear portion of the car was blown
into small pieces while windows
within a radius of a quarter of a
mile were shattered
Jealous of American Shipping
LONDON The London Morning
Post in a strong editoral on the ship
ping question says that German energy
is conspicuous but that there is even
greater need to keep a watchful eye
on the shipping of the United States
The paper suggests with withdrawal
of the privilege of recovering a free
dom to negotiate for reciprocal conces
sions and thinks a revival of some of
the old navigation laws wc rid be
easier now than if the step becomes
necessary in the face of greatly in
ceased rivalry
PROTECTS MONEY OF INDIANS
Proceeds of Lands Deposited in Bank
Subject to Agents Control
WASHINGTON One of the most
drastic orders ever issued by the gov
ernment for the protection of the sev
eral Indian tribes against fraud and
robbery was promulgated Tuesday by
Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan
The order in question amends the
rules for the sale of inherited Indian
lands so as to require that the pro
ceeds to be derived from their sale
shall be placed with the most con
venient United States depository to
tho credit of each heir in proper pro
portion subject to the check of such
heirs or their recognized guardians
for amounts not exceeding 10 to each
in any one month Before being paid
however it will be necessary for
these checks to be approved by the
agent or other officer in charge For
sums in excess of 10 per month the
money will be paid upon the approval
of the agent only when specifically
authorized so to do by the commis
sioner of Indian affairs
Acting Secretary Ryan said that
heretofore the lands have been sold
to the highest bidder and the proceeds
paid directly to the Indians with the
result that in many instances the In
dians soon were divested of their
money
WEATHER MEN AT BANQUET
Addresses Are Made by Prominent
Members of Service
Peoria III The announcement was
made at the weather convention of the
appointment of James II Spencer in
charge of the United States weather
exhibit at St Louis and late of the
Lincoln Neb office to take charge ot
the station now building in this city
The annual banquet was held at the
National hotel Thursday night Ad
dresses were made by Congressman
Joseph V Graff Prof F R Stupart
head of the weather bureau at Canada
Captain George P Blow representing
the United States navy Prof Cleve
land Abbe of Washington Dr Fasig of
Baltimore Prof A G McAdle of San
Francisco Mr Curley of Chicago rep
resenting a department of marine in
surance and others
A telegram of congratulations was
received from Secretary Wilson
The forenoon was given up to an ad
dress and the ensuing discussion on
the topic Instructions and Research
by Weather Bureau Officials by Prof
Abbe of Washington
CRAZY MAN AT OYSTER EAY
Taken in Charge by Officers While
Going to Sagamore Hill
OYSTER BAY R I A man who is
regarded by the secret service officers
and by the authorities of Oyster Bay
as a dangerous crank was apprehend
ed here Tuesday He is J E Reeves
a medium sized roughly attired man
about 40 years old He was making
his way to Sagamore Hill when he
was arrested He told Officer Tyree
who apprehended him that he wanted
to see the president on important
business Believing from the mans
manner that he was insane Officer
Tyree took him before Justice Frank
lin for examination To the justice
Reeves said that six years ago he
died in a New Jersey hospital and
went to heaven in an automobile
While there he received an important
message for President Roosevelt
which he was directed to deliver per
sonally He refused to say what the
nature of the message was as he de
clared he could communicate to no
body but the president The man was
held for examination as to his sanity
OMAHA WINTS THE PENNANT
Pa Rourkes Rangers Are Champions
of the Western League
OMAHA Omaha has won the pen
nant of the Western league This
proud achievement accomplished by
a Gate City team for the first time
since 1SS9 was wrought by the most
remarkable spell of ball playing and
the finish was thrilling and spectacu
lar The two games which Omaha
took from St Joseph at the Vinton
street grounds Sunday in the pres
ence of S000 fans were fast and bril
liant on the part of both teams a
splendid climax to the terrific gait
at which Pa Rourkes men have been
speeding during the closing heat of
the season when they have won
eighteen out of nineteen games push
ing from third to first place
It is doubtful if in the history of
base ball any team ever surpassed
or equaled the record made by the
Omaha team during the last month
and a half From the first of the sea
son the team has come up from last
place The marvelous ball it has
been playing of late taking first four
straight and then five straight from
the leaders is what gave such excite
ment to the finish to the last
day three teams Colorado Springs
Denver and Omaha had a chance for
the pennant It was a terrible strain
but a glorious triumph
A B Smith Has a Scheme
ST PAUL Assistant General Pas
senger Agent A B Smith of the
Northern Pacific railway suggests
that congress should convene early
in 1905 on a special train with every
representative of that body for a tour
of the great west going out by south
ern lines spending enough time in
the west to see and understand its
value and return home over the
northern lines with a broader grasp
of the needs of the entire country and
a more catholic idea of what can and
should be done for its development
THE CHEAT GANAL
CHIEF ENGINEER WALLACE
TALKS OF THE PROJECT
TIME TO COMPLETE THE WORK
Within Eight Years the Ditch Will Be
Cut From Ocean to Ocean Health
of Men Engaged in the Work Is
Good
CHICAGO John F Wallace chief
engineer of the isthmian canal com
mission who is in direct charge of
the construction of the canal to be
built by the United States across the
isthmus of Panama is at home for
two weeks after a busy summer in
the canal zone Mr Wallace will en
joy a brief vacation at his home and
will be in Washington on October 0
when the bids are opened -for machin
ery and material to be used on canal
construction The bids were adver
tised for some time ago and will
cover the expenditure of approximate
ly 1000000
During his three months stay in
Panama Mr Wallace covered the en
tire canal trip ten miles wide and
forty seven long at least twenty times
and his observations were thorough
He says that at present there are
about J 500 men in the field of Pan
ama Of this number about 500 are
in the sanitary department under Col
onel Georgas who is assisted by Ma
jor Ross Colonel Legarde and Major
Carter There are now at work six
divisions of engineer corps each in
charge of a resident engineer who
reports to Mr Wallace as chief engi
neer There are subordinates in eacii
engineer corps such as assistant
clerks and superintendents and the
rest of the men at work in connection
with the canal are laborers
The engineering and clerical de
partments are almost entirely Ameri
canized and nearly every arriving
steamer brings fresh additions from
the United States Most of the com
mon laborers as well as a few of
the skilled laborers are English
speaking negroes from Jamaica
Mr Wallace declares that the bad
name that Panama has had in the pop
ular mind is mostly due to the fact
that until lately the heterogenous
population has paid but little atten
tion to the ordinary laws of health
He says that most of the men who
now hold responsible positions in con
nection with canal work are sober
industrious and ambitious and that
many of them are college bred men
They find health conditions in Pan
ama excellent and sickness among
them bears but a small per cent to
the total number of men now on the
isthmus
The sanitary corps has paid special
attention toward stamping out malaria
and yellow fever Of all the men at
work on the canal this summer only
two died of yellow fever and only
one of those was an employe of the
government It has been learned that
one kind of moaquito which bites
only at nights carries malaria fever
while another kind which bites only
in the day time carries yellow fever
It has also been learned that it is the
female only which bites blood that
the creature sucks being not for food
but for fecundation It will take
about eight years to complete the
work
TO KEEP OUT FEDERATION MEN
Colorado Mine Owners Formulate a
Plan
LEADYILLE Colo The Leadville
t
District Mining association which
takes in every mine manager in the
district has decided to issue working
cads for the purpose of carrying on the
fight against the AVestern Federation
of Miners
Notices will be posted at every mine
in the camp to the effect that no per
son will be employed who shall not
have deposited wth the timekeeper his
card of rcommendation from the
miners association An office will be
opened in the city wtiere the cards
will be issued Every applicant will
be required to sign a statement that
he is not a member cf the federation
or any order controlled thereby If he
is a member of the federation he will
ue required to renounce his allegiance
to it The mine owners here believe
that the federation is seeking to secure
a foothold in Leadville a large num
ber of Cripple Creek miners having
come here since the trouble in that
district
France and the Vatican
ROME The Vatican has sent to
Paris a snecial courier with docu
ments said to concern possible nego
tiations for a Franco Vatican reap
proachement which although very
difficult to arrange is not considered
impossible as according to informa
tion received bv the holy see Presi
dent Loubet Foreign Minister Del
casse Minister of Public Instruction
Chaumie Minister of Finance Bouvier
and Minister of Public Works Maru
ejouis are in favor of such an under
standing
Respect the Holy City
MUKDEN The halt in active op
erations around Mukden is believed
to be due not only to the fatigue of
the Japanese troops and the slowness
in getting up necessary additional
supplies but to a distinct understand
ing between the Chinese and Japan
that there shall be no bloodshed near
the Holy City where the Chinese
emperors are buried It is said how
ever that there will be fighting north
or northeast of Mukden possibly on
a larger scale even that at Liao Yang
A clash is soon expected
NEWS IN NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA CORN AND OATS
imiihi UU M i im
What Is Shown by Union Pacific Ag
ricultural Bulletins
Agricultural bulletins just issued by
the Union Pacific show what is be
ing done this year by the farmers
working in conjunction with Mother
Nature in the production of corn
wheat and oats in Nebraska and Kan
sas In both corn and oats Nebraska
mkes a splendid showing both by
taking this years crops by themselveu
and by comparison with last year
In wheat there is a falling off in
acreage
In Nebraska the corn acreage in
creased from 59G104S last year to
6174010 acres this year This acre
age produced an average yield of
3423 bushels making a total corn
crop of 211230303 bushels Tnc corn
averages of higher quality than last
I year In Kansas there was a de
crease in both acreage and yield on
account of continued wet weather at
planting and cultivating time
The Nebraska oat crop has a
slightly larger acreage and a better
yield by 7000000 bushels than last
year This year it amounted to 2
09G011 acres averaging 311 bushels
to the acre making a total of G9
410312 bushels Wet weather ac
counts for a decrease in Kansas
Winter wheat was short in acreage
about 300000 as compared with last
year and rust struck the eastern por
tion of the state at the wrong time
But a showing is made of 1CG1110
acres averaging 13GS bushels and
aggregating a yield of 22954410
bushels Kansas has about three
times the acreage and about two and
ane half times the results as com
pared with Nebraska
Federal Government Asks Permission
to Tap North Platte River
LINCOLN The secretary of the in-
ferror has filed an application with
entire flow of the North Platte in
years wherein the stage of water is
low Its purpose is for the collec
tion of the surplus waters in the sea
sons of moisture and to hold it for
release in quantities sufficient to irri
gate the lands below all along tho
course of the river
Farmers Object to Automobiles
HUMBOLDT A number of the
farmers of the county are up in arms
over the advent of the automobiles
into their vicinity and have signed a
call for a meeting at Falls City on
October 1 at which time steps will
be taken for mutual protection
against the machines which are be
coming quite numerous all over the
country The farmers allege that the
machines frighten their driving horses
thereby endangering the lives of
themselves and families and that the
chauffeurs violate their rights
Ranchman Fatally Injured
OGALALLA Frank McCaig a
ranchman fifteen miles southeast of
this place was thrown from his horse
Tuesday evening He struck the
ground head first and was fatally in
jured He died without legaming
consciousness
At a special election held at Wis
oer the proposition for S5C00 more
water bonds for the erection of a new
standpipe and the extension of the
water system carried by 122 for as
against 1G
For an Odd Fcicvs Home
LOUISVILLE Members of Louis
ville lodge No 1S4 Independent Order
of Odd Fellows are enthusiastic over
the prospect of locating the Nebrarka
Odd Fellows Home at Louisville
They have secured an cption on the
large stone building east of town on
the ranch formerly owned by General
Manager Hoidrege The building is
handsomely located and is built of
white lime stone costing 40000 and
the option also covers eightv acror
of land The proposition w 11 let r
seated to the grand lodge
i Tf
THE STATE AT LARGE
Papillion has decided not to extend
its corporate limits
The Journal at Columbus has com
menced publication of a daily paper
The Union Pacific is rapidly push
ing work on its freight depot in Fre
mont
Andrew Nordine of Cass county
has been pronounced a fit subject for
to insane asylum
Mrs A A King of Edgar died at
Delphi Indiana while on a visit to
her daughter in that place
The Nebraska State Institute for
tho Blind at Nebraska City opened
with fifty pupils enrolled for the com
ing term A number of pupils aro
still expected and the total attendance
will reach about seventy live
Ono dollar a bushel has been paid
for wheat to the fa at York
for the first time since the Leitor
wheat deal in Chicago At Henderson
York county 30000 bushels were con
tracted at 1 per bushel in one day
Oliver Emmert a farmer living
west of Falls City was compelled to
kill five of his horses on account of
glanders The state veterinarian was
called and ordered that the animals
should be killed to prevent contagion
The contractors at the new govern
ment building at Lincoln have begun
the erection of the steel work of tho
lower floor of the structure It is
contemplated that the building will
be finished and ready for occupancy
by next fall
The citizens of Lincoln again have
began to agitate the project for a new
union depot Articles of incorporation
of the Lincoln Union Passenger sta
tion and Terminal company have
been drafted and are being signed by
the business men
Brent K Noal alias Olney D Smith
the young man lodged in jail at
Beatrice a month ago on the charge
Adding to Nebraskas winter wheat j of obtaining money under false ore-
output that of the spring wheat an
estimated total wheat crop for the
state of 30000000 bushels is made
and for Kansas about G0000000 bush
sis
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT
tenses pleaded guilty in the district
court and was sentenced to cno year
in the penitentiary
The Seymour camp team cf Omaha
won tho first prizes of 500 each in
the two classes open to ccmnetittion
in the W O W contests at the
worlds fair and Alpha camp team o
the same city won second prize in tho
one class which it entered
Joseph Scott the York county
young man who was charged with as-
the State Board of Irrigation asking saulting Olgie Cagle of Pierce Neb
permission to tap the North Platte with intent to do great bodily harm
river in order to carry out some of
he big irrigation projects authorised
Dy congress Ey his application it
apears that the secretary contem
plates tapping the North Platte just
nelow its junction with the Sweetwa
ter in Wyoming where a storage res
ervoir will be constructed covering
23000 acres It is proposed to con
struct a dam across the North Platte
which will be 250 feet long at the
top and sixty feet long at the bottom
ft will have a depth of 220 feet and
he water will approach within ten
feet of the top so that the maximum
depth of water in the reservoir will
oe 210 feet The mean depth is given
at sixty feet wheih over the area
stated would give a normal storage
capacity of 12S0000 acre feet The
proposed dam is to be ten feet thick
at the top and 144 feet thick at the
oottom and to be built of solid mason
ry
The cost of this plant is given at
51250000 or somewhat less than t
per acre foot of storage capacity
had Ins preliminary hearing at Nor
folk and was bound over to district
term of court under bonds of S00
The city authorities cf Hum
boldt Neb are making an at
tempt to test their new ordinance
against boot legging and have placed
under arrest one J Hoppe who has
been making his home there for some
time on a charge of disposing of
liquor contrary to law He was ar
raigned but plead not guilty
Rufus E Geiger a fireman has
sued the Burlington for 50000 He
was injured while acting as fireman
on August 2S 1900 In his petition
he claims that the engine was in bad
repair and that owing to ths condi
tion ho was thrown from his seat to
the tracks near G ermantown His
skull was fractured and he sustained
internal injuries and other injuries
which are described as of a perman
ent character
One of the most dastardly crimes
and one which has caused as great an
amount of indignation as anv ever
State Engineer Dobson says that its j peetrated in the community was
capacity will be sufficient to hold the
committed at what is known as tho
south barn in Kearney Some scoun
drel or scoundrels mixed up a quan
tity of paris green in seme feed and
placed it in the barn where it was
eaten by a numbtr of hores belong
ing to F G Roudabush and Joe Duck
worth resulting in the death of four
cf them
apes are s to Tie mere pronti
ful along the Platte river than they
ever have been before Many pcorle
in Dodge and Saunders counties are
putting up wild grape wine
Mrs D A Geil wife of the deputy
treasurer of Howard oiny was so
terriblv burned that shf died Tho
tragedy was caused by the explosion
of a bottle of spirits of camphor
which she had immersed in a pan of
hot water for the purpose of loosen
ing a glass stopper The sudden ex
pansion burst the bottle and the high
ly inflammable contents were thrown
over her clothing catching fire at tho
same time from a gasoline stove
which was burning
John Ross a German farmer living
abo it fifteen miles west of St Panl
met death in a peculiar manner Kis
body was found under the wheels cf a
mowing machine to which a team of
horses was attached and from all ap
pearances it had remained there for
several days The indications were
that he had been kicked in the head
by one the horses while bending
over the sickle bar The team then
evidently ran away dragging hirn for
a considerable distance
Rev F N Swanberg who has been
pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
church in Oakland for the past
twelve years hs handed his resigna
tion to the board of deacons to take
effect January 1 next
C Harry Hughes a night switch
man for the Burlington lost a leg la
a yard accident at Lincoln His left
leg was so badly crushed by a car
that it was amputated His right leg
was broken in seral places above
tho krtf and hi- nv uamfily la
cerated He vas rincr to irak a
1 coupling in the hall Ja light
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