McCook Tribune F M KIMMELL Publisher MCOOK NEBRASKA Brief Telegrams William E Curtis writes of the character of the czar who while theoretically all powerful Is really the tool of designing men In the court circle H L Bowden made a mile in 0341 5 In automobile races on beach at Daytona Fla Two others made better time than Vanderbilts previous record of 039 The general assembly of Colorado adopted a memorial to Congress sup porting President Roosevelt in his position regarding the regulation of railroad rates The deadlock in the Delaware sen ato was broken by the election of A B Conner Union republican as presi dent pro tem This is regarded as a victory for Addicks Much legislation adverse to insur ance companies is expected In the western states this year Many bills already have been introduced aiming at the regulation of the business W J Bryan had a three hour con ference with Alton B Parker in New York and explained some of the causes leading to the defeat of the democracy in the presidential elec tion Lieading republicans in the senate Joined in opposing the amendment which would prevent General Miles from receiving the full pay of his rank while serving in the Massachu setts militia Two masked men held up the Beau month restaurant in Los Angeles talc ing about 700 in money from the cash register and a gold watch from the iproprietor and fired three shots to frighten guests A resolution was introduced in the house for an investigation of charges of conspiracy embezzlement and cor rupt conduct against Judge Goodnow of the United States consular court at Shanghai China Thirty Finns were shot down In the streets of Helsingfors by Cossacks and police during a demonstration The big works in Reval are all closed and there are other disturbances in the Baltic provinces The Colorado joint legislative com mittee hearing the Peabody Adams gubernatorial contest examined more experts who testified that in eight boxes they found 721 ballots written jby two or three persons John Morgan and Carl Wilson al leged to be Implicated in the 20000 diamond robbery at the Hotel Mary lland Pasadena Cal last Friday were held to the superior court in 5000 bail each Both admitted all of the important facts in the case and are ex pected to plead guilty in the higher court Miss Eugenia Ulrich a well known Catholic writer and editor is dead at Limoges France Word was received by her parents in Sioux City A short time ago Miss Ulrich was placed un der arrest at Limoges on charge of being a Russian spy but was released after explanation by the American consul Several witnesses were introduced before Master in Chancery Scofield at St Louis by the Prudential Life In surance company in its suit to cancel policies held by the late James L Blair in an effort to prove that the signature of Mrs Blair on a deed of trust for 50000 on Stancote Blairs country home was a forgery The military secretary received a cablegram from Major General Cor bin in command of the Philippine di vision at Manila telling of the death from accidental wood alcohol poison ing of Contract Surgeon Frederick W Jtichardson at Ligao Albay Mr Rich ardson was a resident of St Paul Minn Negotiations looking to fixing a time for voting on the statehood bill have practically culminated in an agreement to vote on Saturday Feb ruary 4 The opponents of joint state hood have given their consent to the date but it may be changed in order to accommodate some who may still desire to speak Suits for damages aggregating al most 2500000 were brought against the Pennsylvania Railroad company Jn the United States circuit court by the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke com pany and the Webster Coal and Coke company both of Pennsylvania The suits are based on alleged discrimina tion and favoritism shown to compet ing companies- R A Crothers and Fremont Older proprietor and managing editor re spectively of the San Francisco Bul letin have been cited for contempt of courtly Judge Cook for publishing reflections on his judicial course The criticism was directed particularly at the bail bond Judge Cook exacted of women taken In grand jury raids The amount was S20 Western leaders and other big oper ators are credited with precipitating dieavy selling orders in thA New York Stock Exchange The government has now paid out lS500u to reimburse confederates for horses and pistols taken after the Ap pomattox surrender The defeat of the Hungarian gor ernmcnt at the recent election appears to have been complete The opposi tion secured 171 seats out of the 318 iresults so far known One hundred and eighteen of these are members of the Kossuth party LEGISLATURE of NEBRASKA A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Gen eral Session SENATE Mockett of Lancaster won a temporary victory over the judiciary committee on the 25th in that the senate voted to place his di vorce bill on general file after the committee had recommended that it be indefinitely postponed The judiciary committee then over Mocketts pro test carried a motion to have the bill discussed at once After an interest ing debate on the merits of the bill Mockett secured the passage of a mo tion to make the bill a special order for tomorrow afternoon S F S by Beghtol providing that county survey ors shall act as county engineers to pass on bridges and other public work done for a county was passed as was S F 35 providing that when the Mis souri river chops off a piece of Ne braska and lands it in one of the bor der states it shall become a part of that state together with its inhabit ants These bills were introduced Providing the supreme court shall name three commissioners to revise the statutes and report to the next legislature Amending the civil code relating to the recovery of damages Providing for the organization of the State Banking board and defining the duties of the board Making taxes on personal property a first lien on the property for two years Amending the law relating to the recovery of dam ages so that in cases of wanton ag gressiveness on the part of defendant the jury may award exemplary dam ages To provide for the assessment of mortgages as real estate the hold er of the mortgage on real estate to pay taxes on the mortgage and the owner of the property to pay on the assessment of the property less the amount of the mortgage To provide that a womn who commits adultery shall be fined 200 or sentenced to jail for a year a man married or unmar ried to be sentenced to the peniten tiary for two years or pay a fine ot 500 HOUSE The house on the 25th passed the first bill introduced this session The bill is H R 1 by Burns of Lancaster drawn by the attorney general providing for personal surety bonds for state officers H R 21 by Roberts was passed It provides that where patents have been or may be issued to a person who has died pre vious to the issuance of such patent it shall operate to vest the title in the heirs devisees or assignees of the de ceased patentee Ernst of Johnson in troduced a resolution to send a com mittee of three with a like commit tee from the senate to the Kansas state penitentiary to investigate and report on the binding twine plant with a view of getting information useful to the Nebraska legislature in passing on the pending bill to establish a plant at the Nebraska penitentiary The resolution passed Bills intro duced included An act to make open season for prairie chickens sage grouse September 1 to November 30 jack snipe Wilson snipe yellow legs September 1 to May 1 wild pigeons doves plover June 15 to August 1 trout April 1 to October 1 all other fish April 1 to November 15 allow ing one hunter to kill not more than ten prairie chickens in any one day in September makes penalty of 5 fine or ten days in jail for each bird unlaw fully had An act to prohibit the play ing of the game of footbaa in the state of Nebraska Fine of 50 to 100 or thirty to ninety days in jail for first offense and one to two years in the penitentiary for second offense An act to give State Banking board discre tionary power in granting charters for state banks when satisfied with char acter and responsibility of officers An act to empower the Board of County Commissioners or Supervisors to make contracts for the construction and re paration of bridges in their counties and to authorize such boards to pur chase the necessary bridge materials and employ the necessary labor and construct or repair such bridges when in their judgment it would be to the interest of the county to do so SENATE The juvenile court bill introduced by Senator Mockett of Lancaster was recommended for pas sage on the 26th There was no de bate The bill provides three proba tion officers in counties having a pop ulation of more than 50000 In coun ties of less than 40000 the jurisdiction is vested in the county judge In the cities the police judges have charge of the juvenile courts while in the large counties the district judges se lect one of their number to preside The bill makes neglect of children an offense Parents are responsible for the crime of having children in evil surroundings Attorney General Brown believes the bill is constitutional If it is not no juvenile court bill can be drawn that is he declared No 54 was recommended for passage This measure transfers 1S000 from the Norfolk asylum fund to the fund of the asylum at Lincoln Senate file No 20 by Senator Vore of Saline was passed It provides a penalty of from two to fifteen years for persons con victed of poisoning or attempted poi soning Senate file No 43 was passed This is a joint resolution by Senator Meserve of Dixon approving the work of the South Dakota Nebraska boun dary commission A number of bills were introduced HOUSE In the house on the 26th a large number of bills were reported back by the standing committees and placed on the general file House roll No 8 by Dodge to vest authority over the Omaha water plant in the munici pal water board was reported back without recommendation by Chairman Lee of the committee on cities and towns who then moved its indefinite postponement This was resented by Dodge who charged bad faith in that it had been agreed in committee that the bill was to be allowed to go to thegeneral file Lee denied any intent to take an unfair advantage and with drew his motion substituting for it another placing the bill on general file This motion prevailed The fol lowing bills were passed House roll No 3 by Windham providing for six commissioners of the supreme court house roll No 43 by Smith providing that where two or more persons charged with a crime are tried to gether the prosecuting attorney shall be entitled to three peremptory chal lenges for each house roll 45 by Knox appropriating the normal school library funds for the purchase of books for the Peru and Kearney state normal schools In committee of the whole house rolls Nos 97 to 100 inclusive by Clarke of Douglas were recommended for passage These are bar association bills relative to prac tice in justice court and provide respectively for a change in the place of trial on account of bias or pre judice for jury trial for jury fees and for costs on change of trial Among bills introduced were the following To give interurban electric railroad lines the right of eminent domain as enjoyed by steam railroad companies An act purchasing and authorizing the sale and distribution of Cobbeys an notated statutes of Nebraska provides that the state shall purchase 5000 sets at 6 per set for the use of the state and to be sold to counties and citizens at cost SENATE Aside from the debate on the Mockett divorce law in the senate and the report of a few com mittees little business was transact ed on the 27th The judiciary commit tee which had been instructed to pre pare a bill defining what property is exempt from taxation reported that a legislative definition of exemptions would be of no value the interpre tation both of the constitution and legislative enactments being within the province of the supreme court The committee quoting the constitution reports that portions of the section are self acting and it is not within the legislative power to add to or de tract therefrom The following por tion of the constitution in the judg ment of the committee is not self acting but finds expression only by the aid of legislative enactment And such other property as may be used exclusively for agricultural and horti cultural societies for schools reli gious cemetery and charitable pur poses may be exempt from taxation but such exemptions shall be only by general law Senate file No 17 was reported by the judiciary committee for indefinite postponement but upon the request of Gibson of Douglas it was again referred to the committee for further consideration The bill de fines child dependency and provides relief It was the idea of the commit tee that it conflicted with the juvenile court bill Bills introduced included Providing for suspended sentences in wife desertion cases when offender gives bonds to provide for mainten ance of family Making life insurance companies deposit securities with the auditor Providing punishment for those who by committing perjury se cure conviction in certain criminal cases and abolishing capital punish ment HOUSE H R 17 by Casebeer of Gage to turn over to the university the Morrill and university cash fund of 200000 from the government was passed in the house on the 27th with the emergency clause It required a call of the house and lively skirmish ing to get the necessary two thirds not because of opposition to the bill but small attendance H R 31 by Douglas providing bounties for kill ing wolves wild cats and coyotes was recommended for passage after a strong appeal by Douglas H R 104 by Lee of Douglas to require a phy sicians certificate for the purchase of cocaine or morphine was recommend ed for passage as was H R 60 by Bartoo requiring dentists to be licensed the same as physicians The house went into committee of the whole and recommended for passage H R 82 by Saddler of Adams giving as compensation to soldiers relief commissions in coupties 5 per cent of the money distributed H R 61 by Saddler allowing counties to spend 60 for the burial of a civil war vet eran instead of 35 and prohibiting their burial in paupers craves BUl read for first time An act to amend section 58 article iv cftapter xviii of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska entitled Taxes Providing for the number of mills to be levied for town ship purposes Also providing for the method and manner of how the road work shall be performed in counties under township organization and re pealing said original section Provides a rate of town tax on roads of 4 mills bridges 2 mills and other rurposes 6 mills An act to provide a more equit able distribution of the state common j - school fund to pay tuition in high schools of pupils not living in districts having high schools A memorial and joint resolution in relation to the Ne braska territorial militia asking- con gress for an act entitling members of such militia to pension An act re quiring school trustees to submit to voters estimate of school expenses prior to annual school meeting Mockett Divorce Bill The Mockett divorce bill which was the subject of a lengthy debate in the senate jJn the 25th and which was made a special order in substance is as follows The measure provides that no person shall be entitled to a divorce for any cause arising- in this state who has not had actual residence in this state for at least one year noxt before brinping the suit with the intention of makinp the state a permanent home also that no person shall be entitled to a divorce for any cause arising1 out of tho state unless the petitioner or defendant shall have resided within the state for at least two years next before brinprinff the suit with the bona fide intention of making it his home It is further provided in the meas ure that a bill for divorce alimony cr maintenance may be exhibited by a wife in her own name as well as by a husband and in all cases the respond ent may answer such petition or bill without oath No person shall be en titled to a vote unless the defendant shall have been personally served with process If within this state or with personal notice duly proved and ap pearing of record if out of this state or unless defendant shall have en tered an appearance in the case but if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that the petitioner does not know the address or residence of the defendant and has not been able to ascertain either after reasonable and due inquiry and search continued for six months the court or judge in vacation may authorize notice by pub lication Section 3 of the bill provides that a divorce shall not become final or oper ative until six months after trial and decision except for the purpose of re view by proceedings in error or ap peal and for such purposes only the decree shall be treated as a final order as soon as rendered Provided that if proceedings in error or by appeal have been instituted within said six months the decree shall not become final until the proceedings are finally determined If no such proceedings ire instituted the district court may at any time within six months vacate or modify the decree Concentrated Wisdom The following address was deliv ered by a young Indian student on his graduation from the agency school Not many white pupils could have condensed the truths enumer ated into such small space My friends I do not propose to excite hostilities by advancing the proposition that we stand on the threshold of life I leave that to the pale faced graduate of a more athletic curriculum I came from a town of 300 souls and eighteen real estate agents On my return my kinsmen will stroll out of the tepee to greet their brother and ask him where he got that hat while the dusky daugh ter of will don her pink waist All that the red man is today he owes to the pale face We have been so benevolently assimilated that one measly government agent can round up and herd a whole Indian reserva tion The pale face lobster gives us a bottle of whisky with a string tied to it And the string reaches to the federal court room where we He around for a couple of weeks while the witnesses are cashing in their pay vouchers Then we walk home in a snowstorm The sun of the red man is setting in the west Soon will his copper colored tribes be assimilated by the copper trust and he will be extinct You may put him into a bicycle suit and tan shoes but he will continue to yearn for planked muskrat and Ja maica ginger His days are number ed Her Lesson from the Sermon A clergyman gives some pertinent instances of the unexpected to be anything but one day after service a good woman of my flock did man age to take my breath away I was preaching about Gods wisdom In car ing for us all and I said that the Father knows best which of us grows better in the sunlight and which must have shade You know you plant roses in the sun and helio tropes and geraniums too but if you put fuchsias to grow you must put them in a shady nook I hoped the sermon would be a comforting one and after it was over a woman came to me her face glow ing with pleasure which was evident ly deep and true Oh doctor I am so glad of that sermon said she clasping my hand and shaking it warmly My heart warmed as I won dered what tender place I had touched in her soul but my joy last ed for a moment only Yes she went on fervently I never knew be fore what was the matter with my fuchsias London Interior Grandmothers Rules Always look at the person to whom you speak When you are addressed look straight at the person who speaks to you Do not forget this Speak your words plainly do not mutter or mumble If words are worth saying they are worth pronouncing distinctly and clearly Do not say disagreeable things If you have nothing pleasant to say keep silent Think three times before you speak once Have you something to do that you find hard and would prefer not to do Do the hard thing first and get it over with If you have done wrong go and confess it If your lesson is tough master it If the garden is to be weeded weed it first and play afterwards Do first the thing you dont like to do and then with a clear conscience try the rest Lova increases by labor EYES ON MOSCOW IMPORTED WHEAT FOR SEED Secretary Shaw Recommends Refund of Duty WASHINGTON Secretary Shaw has sent the following letter to both houses of congress recommending the refund of the duties paid on imported wheat Avhen used for seed This department is in receipt of a large number of letters indicating that a scarcity of suitable wheat for seed ing purposes exists in several of the northwestern states By act approved January 15 1903 the secretary of the treasury was directed to refund the duty paid on coal for the period of one year This had the effect of tem porarily removing the duty on coal I recommend a similar law authorizing the secretary of the treasury to re fund the duty paid on wheat aetually used for seed under rules and regula tions prescribed by him I think it would be impracticable to allow wheat intended for seed to be entered free of duty Such a provision would open the door to fraud but a refund of duty met with in preaching At my time I on wheat actually used for seed un of life I ought not to be stunned by Regarded As the Storm Center of Dis turbances MOSCOW There is complete tran quility within the boundaries of this city but the people are keeping In doors owing to the official warning The strike is spreading gradually but thus far is confined to the smaller mills The larger industrial concerns are being guarded in order to prevent the men employed there from being in timidated but it is the belief that the strike wll become general There are no troops in sight in the ctiy proper Probably there will be no papers to morrow The citizens are alarmed at the prospect of an eruption of condi tions of thousands of workmen and de mand the proclamation of a state oZ siege The Moscow garrison is no more than 20000 but the authorities con sider that this is sufficient for present needs and evidently are inclined to avoid bloodshed if possible They de clare they have the situation well in hand Captain Grove the British consul has called upon M Roudneff the as sistant police master who is acting in the absence of Chief Volkoff and re quested an explanation of the posted telegram from London alleging that the disturbances at the Russian dock yards and arsenals were due to Anglo Japanese instigation that both Great Britain and Japan are spending vast sums of money to prevent the Russian second squadron from reaching the far east and adding thatall Russians who strike are therefore in conni vance with the enemy M Roudneff produced the original telegram in evidence of good faith Captain Grove stated that he would report the matter to the embassy at St Petersburg as he considered that the posting of the alleged telegrams imperiled the lives of subjects of Great Britain who are employed in factories here M Roudneff assured him that there was absolutely no cause for apprehen sion but assumed the responsibility for the publication M Roudneff also offered Captain Grove personal satisfaction in a resort to arms General Trepoffs appointment to the governor generalship of St Peters burg was a surprise here It is rumor ed that Minister Sviatopolk Mirsky may be appointed governor general ot Moscow A squadron of Cossacks this even ing dispersed about 3000 workmen who were growing obstreperous across the Moskva No fatalities are reported This was the only event of the kind during the day I der appropriate regulations seems to me to be feasible and as affording a satisfactory remedy In view of the de sirability of getting seed wheat at a distance from the place where it is to be own I see no reason why this provision should be limited as to time Baseball Agreement Revised CINCINNATI The revised agree ment which provides for the regula tion of professional baseball was completed today by the national com mission and will be made public in a few days Most of the changes were agreed upon at the recent meeting of the commission in this city Increased authority for the national commission in enforcing the agreement and more open dealing in drafts and selling are the most imnortant changes many amendments being minor Lincoln Has a Serious Fire LINCOLN Neb Fire discovered shortly after midnight Tuesday which is still raging has completely destroyed an entire block of five story buildings at Thirteenth and P streets known as the Halter block and the Furniture block The loss will be near 250000 It was declared at Edinburgh re cently that more fishermen were drowned from the custom of wearing long boots than by all the storms Agree on Day For a Vote WASHINGTON Negotiations look ing to fixing a time for voting on the statehood bill have practically cul minated in an agreement to vote on Saturday February 4 The opponents of joint statehood have given their consent to the date but it may be changed in order to accommodate some who may still desire to speak The first vote will probably be on an amendment admitting all the terri tories as states as they now stand and the next eliminating Indian terri tory and Arizona V 1 MYJETC VIEWS GIVES HIS OPmOlT OF THE BEST TBEATMENT FOE PABAIYBIS Declnren That Dr TVIllIams rink rill Jtestored tho Use- of Ills Limbs When All Other Keinedles failed Tho premonitory symptoms of paraly sis are trembling of tho hands sadden loss of power in nnns or legs frequently affecting one whole side of the body stag gering partial or ontiro inability to use the fingers distortion of the features sometimes an uncontrollable quivering of tho chin severe pains difficulty in speech frequently the first warning is a vague feeling of headache vertigo and muscular weakness In a rcueut interview Mr W J L Ilayden said I truly think that Dr Williams Pink Pills are a great medi cine for they cured mo when physician and other remedies had failed to give mo tho slightest relief Too close at tention to business brought on an attack of nervousness which finally developed into paralysis There wero times when it was impossible for mo to move my hands or to get up from n chair At other times I had partial control of my limbs but I was afraid to go far from the house for fear I might suddenly Jie como helpless and have to bo carried home Whilo I was in this miserablo con dition I was stricken with malarial fever and confined to bed for four mouths Jf had tho best physicians but whilo they relieved my fever their treatment did not entirely drive tho malaria from my system and they did not help my par alysis in the least I was well nigh despairing when n friend persuaded me to try Dr Williams Pink Pills When I had finished one box I could see results that encouraged me My condition kept steadily improving and when I had taken seven boxes I was cured of paralysis and tho malaria was completely driven out of my system For two years now I have enjoyed tho best of health and have attended to bus iness without any interruption Mr Ilaydens home is at No 252 West 30th street New York Dr Williams PinkPillshave enred many similar cases of pnralysist also locomotor ataxia They are sold by all druggists A treatment so simple inexpensive and successful should be vried by every sufferer from partial paralysis in any of its stages Respect Your Own Ideas On the firm foundation of solid reli ability originality must erect a struc ture To this end you must respect your own ideas as fully as those of another You must accept the ideas that come into your own mind with as much sincerity as you do those of an Edison or a Rockefeller Do not be limited by the achievements of others Use their knowledge merely to push your own GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of Raw and Scaly Humour Itching Day and Night Suffered Months I wish you would publish this let ter so that others suffering as I have may be helped For months awful sores covered my face and neck scabs forming itching terribly day and night breaking open and running blood and matter I had tried many remedies but was growing worse when I started with Cuticura The first application gave me instant re lief and when I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment I was completely cured signed Miss Nellie Yander Wiele Lakeside N Y Origin of the Maxim Gun Vanity Fair in the letterpress ac companying its cartoons of Sir Hiram Maxim says that he first thought of the Maxim gun by receiving a jar on the shoulder at the firing of an old rifle It seemed a pity that the kick should be wasted Therefore he put the recoil to work in automatic load ing and firing at the rate of a thou sand shots a minute Mrs Winalows Soothlnjr Syrup For children tecthinjt softens the iriiras reducr In UammaUou allays pain cures wind coliu 25c a bottle Falls Heir to 500000 A few months ago in looking up his genealogy a Londoner discovered that a woman whom he did not know was using a crest he had regarded as his own He found she was a cousin They became friends and when she died recently she bequeathed her es tate more than 500000 to him When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best if ounces for 10 cents Once used always used The average age of the Japanese naval crews is lower than that of the men in any other navy No one over twenty years old is accepted for en listment The average height is 5 feet 4 inches less than that of any other navy Do Your Clothes Look Yellow Then use Defiance Starch it will keep them cents wnite 16 ounces for io He cannot be a saint who will not be a servant Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infanta and children and sec that it Bears the sJXfiZZZ zrrr In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind Yoa Have Always Bouhi When you come to say good by to old sins it is unwise to hold n fr well meeting A MS 5 ii i J J h 4 j 4 I