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Tilt SEHI-WfEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCES NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA A Coiling Down or the More Impor tant Events Here and There J Foreign. Tho steamer Tango Murtt brings nows to Victoria that thoro lifts been a rocrudcscciiBo of piracy In South China and soma tragic nffnlrs aro re ported, seven persons being ronstcd to death by pirates near Shuntak, af ter the capture of a castle-llko houso owned by ono of tho local gentry. In excctitlvo session tho senate con firmed tho nomination of William F. Sands of- tho District of Columbia to bo minister to Guatemala. Mr. Sands Is now secrotary of tho embassy at Mexico City and his promotion fol lowed vnrlous promotions of rioerc tarles of legations, most of which wero confirmed. In tho belief that tho mlilcnlum may bo ushered In any moment, over 2,000 "CooneyltcB" aro holding continuous prayer meetings nt Dulllnumallard county Fermanagh, Ireland. Tho pil grims have arrived from all parts of tho country, nnd remarkable scenes nro being wltnesspd. An early nnd successful autcomo of tho negotiations In tho participation of American bankers In tho Hankow Szc-Chuon loan Is anticipated, Tho English nnd French groups already have accopted tho American terms, and It Is expected that tho Germans shortly will do likewise. I'ror. Struompoll, who is noting ns medical adviser to E. II. Ilarrlmau, will leavo Senimcrlng for Gnstlen to confer with his patient. Prof. Struom poll doclnroa that Mr. Ilarrlninn's con dition 1b most satisfactory. Mr. liar rlmnn will leavo Gastoln for Salzburg on August 2, going Inter to Munich. A Nalbobl, DritlBh East Africa, dis patch says: Colonol ltoosovclt and his son Kormlt attended tho rnccs lioro ono afternoon. Kormlt took part In several of tho ovonts. In tho evening Governor Frederick J. Jackson gavo a largo olllclnl dinner In honor of tho visitors, General. Reports nro In circulation of sorl oub agitation In Albania agnlnst tho- uttcmpt of Greece to nnnox Crote. Colonel G. A. Rlehe, untd to havo been a govornmont engineer on tho Pnnnnm canal some yonrs ago, wns found unconscious In bed nt tho Hydo park hotol, Chicago, and died soon aftor his condition was discovered. Tho Kansas board of health has Bent a clrculnr lotter to nil tho county fair associations In tho state sorvlng notice on them to ollmlnnto red lomon ndo and othor fake drinks nt their fairs this year. Tho porto has sont a noto to Grooco domnndlng a formal declaration by that country of non-lntorforenco In Cretan affairs, In tho ovent of a ro- fusal to nccedo to the domnnd, Turkey will break oft diplomatic relations with Groeco. Armour & Co., Swift & Co. nnd Mor rls & Co., tho Chicago puckers, nro named ns defendants In a complaint filed undor tho provisions of tho Shor man antl-truBt act by tho minority HtockholdorB of tho Now York Hutch ors' Dressed Mcnt compnny, who Book to rocovor $1,500,000 dnmnges. Tho Georgia sonnto tnblod tho roso lutlon proposing to ratify tho lncomo tax amendtuont to tho fcdcrnl coiiBtltu tlon. It Is oxpected that tho effort to ratify tho amendmont will como up In tho sonnto before final adjournment Tho tariff haB boon passed and signed by tho president nnd mombors of congress hnvo gono to tholr homos Mrs. Dosslo Elliott, known alBO an Mrs. Ilosslo WntBon nnd Doss Drown who wns shot nnd killed In Denver by T. J. Hnlstcad lived in Sioux City for Bovornl yonrs, District Attomoy, Jeromo has rested his caso against Thaw, nnd defense has its inning. Tho WoBtcrn Federation of minors at Denver concludod Us nnnunl con vontlon with tho selection of Donvor ns tho noxt meeting place. William D. Craig, n Now York law yer nnd clubman, was shot by n wo man In tho Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Ills wounds aro not datigcrous. J. Wright Dutlor of Wyoming hns boon nominated to bo secrotnry of tho legation nt Tegucigalpa, Honduras Gootgo W. Stoner of Ottumwn, In., has boon appointed messenger In tho pa tent ofllce. Thoro in n great rush of nppltcants for tho Jpoknno reservation lnnds Tho drawing takes placo August Oth. Representative Tnwnoy, chairman of tho houso committee on npproprla Hons, waB at tho Whlto liouso and told tho prosldont thnt IiIb committee would sail for tho Isthmus of Panama No vombor 7 noxt. Tho Carmlelmol bill for statu wldo prohibition vbb passed by tho Aw bama houso by a voto of 75 to iu. Rov. Frnnk R. English sayB ho was compelled to leavo tho town of Ethel Miss., because ho shook hands with negro presiding oldor of an African M, E. conference. Frnnco feara tho viotory of tho Moors over Spain will Inflnmo most 1 LHIL' IHI I LL nrw.in rn CONDENSED of tho population of Morocco. Whllo attending tho chnutauqua nt Marshalltown, Iowa, Governor Bhal lenbergcr of Nobraskn was touchtd and is minus $130 ns a result. Tho governor is In doubt Just how ho lost the money, but thinks he loft It on tho writing desk of tho hotel. Ho is not sure of this, however The ndjutant gonornl.of Kentucky attacked n Ixvjlsvlllo editor wlth a heavy cano. Tho mayor of Omuha says that drug stores must quiet selling liquor at 8 in., tho sumo as tho saloons. Don Jnmle, tho Spanlnh pretendor, says ho will not stir up strlfo during tho present trouble. McDonnlu, n farmer living nonr Chlcasha, Okl., during a lit of tem porary Insanity shot and killed his wife's brother, J. A. Thompson, nnd Mrs, Thompson, nnd then fihot him self. Ho nttCmpted to shoot his own Ife, but she oscnped. W. H. Dennett, of Salt Lnko City has been, elected chnlrmnn of tho laws committee of tho International Typo graphical union, which will begin Its convention In St. Joseph, Mo., this eek. Twelve persons . wero killed nnd nearly fifty wore Injured In a hond-on collision of two electric cars on tho Spokane & Inland railway. Prospects now seem bright for n settlement of tho strike of- tho 3,500 employes of tho Prossed Stool Cor compnny nt Schoonvlllc, Pn. Congress will probably finish the tnrlff In a few days mid members go to their homes. Hon. W. J. Ilrynn dnlcfl tho report that ho Is permanontly to leave Ne braska. Secretary Wilson, It Is bollovcd, will leave tho cabinet about tho first of the year. President Tnft will not leave Wash ington until tho tnrlff bill becomes u law. After signing tho bill tho presi dent will leavo for Uovorly. Tho fiftieth nnnlvorsnry of tho dril ling of tho first oil well In tho world will bo colobrated In Tltusvlllo, Pn., tho latter part of this month. Improved conditions In railway traf c and In the movements of coko nnd ron ore nro ehuractcrlstlcs of the Juno Internal commerce report of tho bureau of statistics of tho department of commerce nnd labor. Colonel Roosovolt nnd Kormlt wero guests of honor nt a bunquet tendered by men of Nnlrobl. Tho recent earthquakes In tho valley of Moxlco, and along tho Pnctflc coast wero tho worst cxporlonccd In many years. Tno towns or Acapuico mm Chllpnuclngo havo been practically destroyed. Tho flro-swept city of Osaka, Japan, presents a dclporablo appearance. Explosion of gnBollne, followed by n llro In n four-story building on Wost Third street St. Paul Is known to havo cnused tho death of six porsons. Flvo West Point cadets, four of whom nro said to hnvo been concerned In tho rocont hazing of Cndot Sutton, n brother of the late Lieutenant Sut ton, whoso doath at Annnpolls Is bo Ing Investigated by n court of Inquiry, will bo sent to their homos, thoro to nwalt final i..ct!on by tho prosldcnl nnd secretary of war on tho recom mendrttlon of tho superintendent of tho ncadomy that they bo dismissed. Tho houso udonted tho conference roport on tho tariff, bill by n voto of 105 to 1811. Tho republicans showed delight ovor tho llnnl outcomi, und Chnlrmnn Pnyno wns tho central flguro of nn admiring nnd congratula' tory crowd of collor.guos. Washington. President Tnft of tho United States nnd Prosldont DInz of Mexico nro to meet at 121 Paso, q'cx., October 18. This program has bcon arranged as tho result of correspondence betwecu tho United States and Moxlco. Unroii Takahlra, Japaucso nmbnssn dor to tho United States, called at tho Whlto Houso to bid goodbye to Presl dent Tnft. Haron Takahlra has or ranged to leavo Washington on August 10 for Toklo In roBiinnso to tho sum moils of hts government, which do slrod to consult him In conuoctlon with tho proposed revision of tho treaties of commerco nnd navigation nbout to bo undertaken by Japan with tho powers of tho world. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Val e'ntlno took stops to rellovo moro than twolvo hundred Indians in Wisconsin who woro loft without shcltor nnd food ns tho result of tho recent aeries of cloudbursts in that state near Odannh. Tho condition of tho treasury nt tho beginning of business July 1 wns as followH: Trust funds Gold coin, $851,057,809; silver dollars, $187,G:17, 000; Bllvor dollars of 1890, $1,177,000; sliver certificates outstanding, $187,' 6:17,000. A mystorlous stranger known ns "Jack tho Spltter ruined n largo mini bor of gowns on women nbout tho cnpltol by slitting largo draughts of tobacco Julco on thorn. A number of women complnlnod ngnlnst him. Tho cotton roport mado on tho con dltian up to July 25 by the national gl liners' association gives tho general avorago as 71.7. Dr. John G. Butler, pastor of tho Luther Placo Momorlnl church, and ono of tho most prominent Lutheran mlnlstors In tho United States, dropped dead of heart falluro iu IiIb homo In Washington. Ho was eighty. threo yonrB old. Personal, It Is said that houso mombors who havo Incurred tho dlsploasuro of Speaker Cannon nro to bo doprived of chairmanships. An unusual wolcomo was given tho czar on his arrival nt Cowcs, Prosldont Tnft Is now at his Rov- erly (Muss.) summer homo, where ho will romaln until November noxt. Tho prosldont on Soptouibor 15 will start wost on n tour that will embrace nil but eight or ten states of tho union and both of tho territories In the far southwest, HOSTS OF GRAND REPUBLIC IN Spectacular Review Forty "third National Encampment, it Salt Lake City-Veterans Are Warmly Received and Well Cared For in Utah's Capital. Salt Lake City, Aug. 11. Today wns tho climax of the forty-third na tional encampment of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, tho day on which the men who nearly half n cen tury ngo fought to preserve tho union once ngajn fell Into line, answered the roll-call, nnd marched bravely, though often with faltering steps, to the music of tho flfo nnd drum. Never In till -tho years of its exist ence has tho Grand Army had n na tional encampment rovlow that sur- The Great Mormon Temple, passed the ono of to day In spectacu I lar and pathetic features. Tho pa- rndo formed nt tho beautiful EagU gato on South Tcmplo street. First In lino woro tho regulnrs of tho Fif teenth United Stntcs Infantry nnd tho cntlro Nntlounl Guard of Utah, acting ns escorts. Noxt camo tho fortyi four departments of tho Grand Army of the Republic, tho Naval Votcrans, Uio Ex-Union Prisoners of War, nnd In carriages tho surviving members of thnt devoted band of women, tho Army NurscB.- Scattered through tho line were nu merous military bands and 11 To and drum corps, Greeted with Cheers and Tears. At tho word of command tho pnrado marched west to Main street nnd turned south down that thoroughfare, proceeding soven blocks between solid wnlls of cheering men., women nnd children. As the grizzled veterans passed the enthusiasm was tremen dous and many a spectator wept un ashamed as hp realized that this waft. undoubtedly tho last grand rovlow for acoren of tho fceblo heroes who trudged nlong with eyes on tho flag for which thoy had given somo of the host yenrs of their lives. When Sovcnth South street was roached tho parodora themselves broko out In mighty cheering, for there they turned In front of the most beautiful fcaturo of tho day, tho "Liv ing Flag." On nn Immense Btnnil woro 3.G00 children dressed In tho national colors and so arranged that thoy mado a porfect representation of n waving American Hag. Tho llttlo ones had been drilled for many weokB, nnd while tho old sol diers pnssed they sang patriotic airs. At the Reviewing Stand. Countormnrching, tho parade now moved north -on Main strcot back to City and County Building. South Tomplo strcot. Here, Just to the left or tho Brlghnm Youug pioneer monument nnd closo to Temple square, tho rovlowlng stnijd had been erected. It was occnplod by Conunnnder-ln-Chief Honry M. NovIub, Gov. William Spry of Utah, tho chief executives of other atatCB and n largo number of other officials und distinguished ARMY OF THE GREAT PARADE Is Climax of the gucsts. Tho parading bodies all passed In rovlow, saluting thoso In tho stnnd, nnd nt once disbanded. All the lmndB as they arrived hero wero massed close to tho stnnd nnd us tho culmination of tho parade, 4,000 school children marched by, the united bands playing nnd tho children singing "On ward, Christian Soldiers." Tho great revlow was excellently mnnnged In every wiiy. All nlong tho lino of tnnreh were scattered nmbu lances, trained nurses und numerous other attendants to care for any of tho votcrans who might bo ovcrcomo by fntlguo and for spectators who Buf fered In tho crush on the sidewalks. Fortunately, their services wero bo! dom needed. Fireworks on a Mountain. After a good rest, tho city's guests all turned out ngaln this evening nnd witnessed tho mngntflcont display of fireworks on tho top of Ensign peak. This peak lies immediately north of The Eagle Gate, tho city and Is tho highest point of tho Wnsnteh mountains, rising 1,200 fcot higher than Temple square. Tho py rotechnic display Is n mighty feature of tho onenmpment week. Salt Lnko City has thrown open her arms to tho old soldiers, and novor has tho Grand Army been moro en thusiastically received or moro gener ously entertained than at this en- enmpmont. Many thousands of tho vutoraiiB and their families and mem bers of nil tho organizations allied to tho Grand Army havo participated In the exercises und ontortalnmonts, and aro unanimous in their prnlso of tho Veterans Well Cared For, . Tho old soldiers havo been very carefully looked after by tho local I ill committees on public comfort nnd pri vate ncommodntlono, nnd nt tho 24 Information bureaus nt tho various rallwny stations and convenient places nbout tho city. During tho cntlro timo of tho encampment those committees hnvo had tho. services of 300 high school cadots, WI1030 duties havo been to render every possible assistance to tho visitors. The decoration of tho city has been on a lavish scale, Every prominent Commander-in-Chief Nevluc. building has been elaborately draped with bunting, handsomo arches span the streets, nnd there is senrcoly a rcsldpnco In tho city thnt docs not dis play nt least a flag. Henry M. Novlus, the commnndcr-ln-chief, arrived hero Saturday with his Btaff and Inspected tho arrangements. On Sunday tho city'B guests began ar riving by tho thousand, and on Mon day they camo In so fast that tho com mittee had to work like sailors to got them nil housed In such a manner ns to avoid congestion in any part of the city. Big "Greetings" Meeting. Monday evening camo tho first pub lic event on the program a great camp-llro in tho assembly hall In the Tcmplo grounds. All that night nnd throughout Tuesday tho stream of ar rivals continued, but by Tuesday evening practically nil tho visitors had been received and distributed. That night the greatest function of tho en enmpment took plnce. This wns tho "Greotlnga" meeting In tho Mormon Tabornaclo. Tho Immcnso building easily sentB 10,000 pcrsonB, and It was filled to Its capacity. Col. Frnnk M. Starrott, tho execu tive director of tho encampment, called tho vast assemblage to order nnd introduced William H. King of Snlt Lake City, who noted as torn pornry chairman. Ho made n brief address and was followed by Gov William Spry of Utah, Mayor John S Bradford of Salt Lnko City, and L. II. Salt Lake City. Smythe, commander of tho depart ment of Utah, all of whom toldjn olo quont words how proud thoy wore to welcome to tho stnto nnd city the Grand Army nnd tholr friends. Mr. King thon Introduced Command-or-In-Chlof Nevlus, who was received with wild cheering nnd tho waving of hats and handkerchiefs. As soon as tho tumult had subsided, Command er Novlus delivered a graceful re sponso to tho welcoming speeches nnd took the chair. The Allied Organizations. Then camo tho turn of tho allied or ganizations, nnd greetings to tho vet erans woro uttered by President Gono vlovo Hagar Longnold Lnno of tho La dies of tho G. A. R Prosldont Mnry E. Oilman of tho Womnn's Relief Corps, President Clnrn E. Hoover of the 'Daughters of. Voterans, Commnndor-ln- Chief Edgar Allen of tho Sons of Vot erans, nnd President Rebecca Smith of tho Army Nurses. Tho speechmnk- Ing wns vnrled by tho playing of pa triotic airs by a band. Tho oxorclscs woro brought to a close by tho presentation of a hnnd some testimonial to Charles G. Bur ton, past conimnnder-ln-chlef of tho Grand Army. Head On, Only. Any remark which might posBlbly bo construed Into unfavorable criti cism of his old master or any of his belongings , is Instantly resented by Pomp, nn old soutfiern negro. A young granddnughtor from "up norf" was looking over tho family portraits and commenting freoly, while Pomp stood, a sablo Imago, nt 'her sldo. "I don't think much of thnt horso's tall," said tho girl, nodding hor head toward a portrait of her spirited an cestor seated on tho horse which car ried him through tho civil war. "It looks rathor moth-eaten to mo." "Doy wasn't nobody from do norf ober snw dat boss' tall In wah times," UiBAvorod Pomp, hla voice- charged with Indignation. Youth's Compan Ion. 0 1 ML POSTMASTER GENERAL IS ONLY HIGH OFFICIAL LEFT. TUFT KEPI IN CLOSE TOUCH Membors of Cabinet and Other High Dignitaries Hurry Away on Cummer Vacations. Washington. Direction of tho af fairs of the administration Is lofl In the hands of two cabinet officers Secrotary of tho Treasury MacVeagh and Postmnstor General Hitchcock, and b Monday night tho distinction will probably bo onjoyed nlouo by Mr. Hitchcock. President Tnft is keeping In closo touch with Wnshlngton over tho gov ernment wlro from Rovcrly, Mass. Vlco Prosldont Shormr.n Is nt his homo In Utlcn, N. Y. Spenkor Cannon loft for his homo in Danville, III. Attornoy General Wlckorsham, accompanied by Mrs. WIcivorsham, started for New York in nn automobile. Whllo no definite time has boon fixed for n conference respecting Pres ident Tnft's plan to reorganize tho In terstate Commerco' commission, it Is expected that tho prosldont nnd some members of his cabinet, Including At tornoy Genornl Wlckcrshnm and Sec retary of Commerco nnd Lnbor Nngel, will hnvo such n conforenco early In Soptombcr cither nt Now York or at Dovcrly. Tho whole mattor yot is In u tontatlvo stnto. Tho president's Idea Is to arrange"' for n division of tho work now done by tho Interstato Commerco commlsa.lon. His plan provides thnt Investigations into violations of tho Interstate com merce net, from which prosecutions may result, shall bo conducted either directly by tho Department of Justice or by the Bureau of Corporations in stead of by tho Interstate commerce commission. Secrotary of State Knox loft for his Jiomo nt Valley Forgo, Pn. Secrotnry of the Treasury MacVcagh expects to leavo Monday for Dublin, N. H., whero ho has a summer homo. Secrotary of Agriculture Wilson will loave" Monday for the west. . Mr. Wilson will spend a week nt his homo In Tama, In., aftor concluding Bomo departmental work In Wyoming und Utah. Ho will confer at Rawlins, Wyo., with tho sheep raisers of thnt country. Ho Is nnxlous to nscortaln whether thoro aro lands included In the forest reserves which are valuable for agricultural purposes. If there aro suchlands In tho re serves ho will recommend to thy sec retary of tho Interior that jcy no listed for settlement nnd entry. Later Secretary Wilson will go to Ogdon, Utah, whero he will take up the samo question, Since Juno, 190G, thoro havo been 250,000 acres of farm lands in tho forest reserves turned over to homesteaders. Secrotary Nagcl of tho Dopartmont of Commerco and Labor will leavo Monday night for his summer homo nt Marlon, Mass., to spend ton days. Ho will then return to Washington for a fow days on business connected with his dopnrtmont. Ho will then return to Marlon again nnd will visit his homo In St. Louis before returning to take up the winter's work hero, CAR MEN WILL NOT STRIKE. Indications That All Differences Will Be Settled by Agreement. Chicago According to present signs there will bo no strike of tho strcot car employes of Chicago and an amlcablo sottlomont Is likely to bo reached. It Is said nn offor of 'a wage IncreasoMvIll bo made by Presi dent Thomas E. Mitten of .the Chi cago Stroot Railway company In the negotiations which will bo resumed Monday. John M. Roach, prosldont of tho Chicago Railroads company, haB had hla auditors at work figuring out a method of advancing wages and It Js oxpected that his first offor to n com mittee of his employes will bo on tho same general basts as that proposed by Mr. Mitten. Don Jaime To Take Wife. Paris A special dispatch received here from Madrid says that Don Jnlme, tho pretondor to tho Spanish throne, shortly will marry a princess of tho Imporial German family. Em peror William has consented to tho union. To Discuss Silver. Denver. Col. Tho official call for tho twelfth annual session of ' the American Mining congress, to bo held at Galdflold, Nov., Soptombor 17 to October 4, has been Issued from tho offlco of the secrotnry hero. Tho sil ver question will bo discussed with ft" view of increasing tho uso pt sil ver nnd of securing such nn adjust ment of its vnluo ns will decrenso the rato of oxchango between tho United States nnd countries with n silver standard. The Extra Session. Washington Tho extra session of congress, which has just closed, Is by no means tho longost on record, Dur ing the Inst fifty years congress has been convened in extraordinary sos nlon n great many times. The first session of tho Fortlotji congress was couveued nt noon on tho 4th day of March, 18C7, and did not adjourn slno dlo, until tho date fixed for the. meeting of tho second session, Decern ber 2 following, but thoro woro re cesses from March 30 until, July 1 and from July 20 to November 1.