M'COOK TRIBUNE. . M. KIMEIELI , , Pabllchar. MoCOOK , - - NEBRASKA BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Candidate Towne is making speeches through Indiana. The Chicago theaters are filled with shirtwaist audiences. All grades of refined sugar were ad vanced a nickel per hundred. Senator Foraker of Ohlh denies that he has presidential aspirations. David Sinton , who has Just died in Cincinnati , left a fortune of $02,000- 000. 000.The The census bureau announces the population of Quincy. 111. , as 36,252 , against 31,494 in 1890. France has not yet replied to Rus sia's note regarding the withdrawal of the troops from Pekin. Ex-Governor L. D. Lewelyn died very suddenly and unexpectedly of heart failure at Arkansas City , Kas. At Glasgow , Scotland , eleven persons are now suffering from bubonic plague and five others have symptoms. The population of Wilkeabaare , Pa. . is 51,721 , against 37,718 in 1890 , an in crease of 14,008 , or 37.13 per cent. The population of Allentown , Pa. , is 35,416 , as against 25,228 in 1890 , an in crease of 10,188 , or 40.38 per oent. The German transport Batavia will debark German troops at Woo Sung to assist the British and French detach ments. The United States transport Rose- crans sailed for -Manila via Nagasaki , with light batteries C and M , Seventh artillery. Direct telegraphic communication between the United States and Ger many was opened through the new German cable. General MacArthur chronicles two recent deaths among his officers in the Philippines in cablegrams received at the War department. A hurricane damaged buildings and ruined crops in many districts in west ern Manitoba and territories. The losses are about ? 100,000. The census hureau announces ths population of Elmira , N. Y. , ia 35,672 , against 30,893 in 1890 , an increase of 4,779 , or 15.47 per cent Secretary of State Hay , who has been in poor health most of the sum mer , and who is recuperating at Lake Sunapee , continues to improve. The sheriff of St. Joseph , Mo. , seized 100 slot machines valued at $8,000 , and will 'burn them. The machines had been in use in all parts of the city. city.The The census of the Osage and Kaw Indian tribes shows an increase in population over 1899 , which is prob ably true of most Indian tribes in Oklahoma. At Brazil , Ind. , J. D. Kershaw , aged 60 years , who has held the position of treasurer of the Brazil block Coal company for eleven years , died of Brlght's disease , John G. Wooley , prohibition candi date for president , and the stalwarts of the prohibition party , have arranged for a 10,000 mile campaign trip , cover ing many states. The Peruvian senate had under con sideration a proposal for preventing Chinese immigration in view of a pos sible exodus from China as a result of the present disturbances. The detachment of Kansas City fire men on their way home from the Paris exposition visited "Windsor and made a tour of the castle. Subsequently they lunched with the mayox at the Guild hall. At a sheep slaughtering and dress ing exhibition at Indianapolis , Chas. J. Gardiner of that city broke the world's record when he killed and dressed ten sheep in thirty minutes and twenty-two seconds. Thirty-one fever-stricken or wound ed soldiers were discharged from the general hospital at Presidio and given transportation to Washington , D. C. They are from the Philippines and have been under treatment for some .time. Most of the complaints are incurable and the men have ap plied for admittance to the Soldiers' home at Washington. Chicago is in luck to the extent of having a gas war with prices at 60 cents per 1,000 fuet , and a downward tendency. After attending a wild west show at Beloit , Miss Clara M. Kendall , a school teacher of Rockford , 111. , be came violently insane. The census bureau anounces that the population of Syracuse , N. Y. , is 108- 743 against 88,140 in 1890 , an increase of 20,231 , or 22.95 per cent. At Topeka , Kas. , Rev. Francis S. McCabe - Cabe , for many years a prominent min ister in the Presbyterian church in Kansas , died of cerebral apoplexy , aged 73 years. The dead bodies of William Taylor and Hansen Rasmussen were found on adjoining ranches near Folsom , Gal. , Both men had been murdered. The office building which the Aetna Real Estate company proposes to erect on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-third street , New York. Mrs. Bertha Honore Papliner may re turn to this country bearing off among other trophies the coveted Legion of Honor bestowed by the French gov ernment. Ine census bureau anounces the population of Detroit at 285,704 , against 206,876 in 1890 , an increase of 38.77 per cent At Syracuse , New York , in an at tempt to break the world's , stallion trotting record of 2:064 , Cresceus trotting a mile in 2.06 % . At Lansing , Mich. , the state prohibi tion convention nominated a full state ticket , headed by Professor S. Good rich of Albion , for governor. It seems to be the generally accept ed conclusion that the wreck on the Philadelphia & Reading railway at Hatfield , twenty-seven miles from Philadelphia , which resulted in the loss of thirteen lives and more * r less- serious injuries to fifty-three josons , was due to negligence or dlsj dis regard of signals , Galveston , Texas , Almost Destroyed by Wind and Wave , A GREAT LOSS Of LlfE REPORTED At IieaBt Four Thousand Homes Swept Away by Swirling Waters Entire Population of City In Danger Only Meagre Uctalli. HOUSTON , Tex. , Sept. 10 The West Indian storm which reached the gulf coast yesterday morning has wrought awful havoc in Texas. Re ports are conflicting , but it is known that an appaling disaster has befallen the city of Galveston , where it is re ported 1,000 or more lives have been blotted out and a tremendous property damage Incurred. Meager reports from Sablne Pass and Port Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of life , but these reports cannot be conflrme- this hour. The first news to reach this city from the stricken city of Galveston was received tonight. James C. Tim- mins , who resides in Houston and who is the general superintendent of the National Compress company , ar rived in the city at 8 o'clock tonight from Galveston. He was one 01 the first to reach here with tidings of the great disaster which has oeiallen the city , and the magnitude of that disas ter remains to be told because 01 his endeavors to reach home. After re maining through the hurricane on Sat urday he departed from Galveston on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point , where he caught a train for Houston. The hurricane , Mr. Timmins said , was the worst ever known. The esti mates made by citizens of Galveston was that 4,000 houses , most of them residences , have betJK destroyed and that at least l , 3w people have been drowned , killed or are missing. Some business houses were also destroyed , but most of them stood , though badly damaged. The city , Mr. Timmins avers , is a complete wreck , so far as he could see from the water front and from the Tremont hotel. Water was blown over the island by the hurricane , the wind blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour straight from the gulf and forc ing the sea water before it in big waves. The gale was a steady one , the heart of it striking the city about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and con tinuing without intermission until midnight Saturday night , when it abated somewhat , although it contin ued to blow all night. Of his own knowledge Mr. Timmins knew of only one house succumbing With fatal results , though he heard of many residences being carried away with inmates. The house that he saw destroyed was Ritter's saloon and res taurant , at 2109 Strand street , a prin cipal business street of the city. This three story building was blown down and nine men prominent citizens were killed. Among the dead are : Charles Kel- ners , a cotton buyer for an English firm ; Stanley C. Spencer , general manager of the Elder-Wemster steam ship line ; Richard Lord , manager for McFadden's cotton company , whose body is still in the ruins. Secretary Bailey of the wharf com pany and several waiters and custo mers saved themselves by jumping from the upper story just before the crash came. It was reported that the orphan asy lum and both the hospitals were de stroyed and if this proves true the loss of life will be great , as these in stitutions were generally crowded and as they were substantial buildings the chances are that many had taken re fuge in them. The water extended across the isl and. , Mr. Timmins said it was three feet deep in the rotunda of the Tre mont hotel and was six feet deep in Market street. HEAVY FIGHTING IN COLOMBIA. Desperate Battle Between Rebels and Regulars. KINGSTON , Jamaica , Sept. 10. Mail advices received today from Colon , Colombia , say that the rebels seized the town of Turbaco , near Car- thagena , as well as the railway , last Monday. The following day the Colombian - -lombian war ship Cordoba arrived with 400 troops and heavy fighting ensued. There was great excitement in Carthagena when the mail steamer left Colon. Dag ett May Get Promotion. WASHINGTON , Sept 10. It is be lieved that the president will accept the recommendation of General Chaf- fee and promote Colonel Aaron S. Daggett of the Fourteenth infantry to the vacant brigadier generalship which will follow from the retirement next Monday of General Joseph Wheeler. If this is done General Chaffee will be ' only temporarily set back in his own advancement to the brigadier general ship. Gold and Silver Exports. NEW YORK , Sept. 10. Exports of gold and silver from this port for last week aggregate $964,428 silver bars and coin , and $9,800 gold. Th j imports of specie were $30,228 gold , and $136- 109 silver. The imports of dry goods and merchandise were valued at $10- 366,880. Japan Increases Its Army. SALT LAKE , Sept. 10. A special to the Tribune from Pocatello , Idaho , says : From information originating here it would appear that Japan is trying to mobilize a still larger army for her wars in Asia. For a week past every mail from the west has brought letters from the Japanese laborers on the Or egon Short Line Instructing them to return to Japan" for service in the army. There are about 1,300 Japan ese in the service of the Oregon Short Line. GOOD ROADS IN PHILIPPINES. CoiomUslon Will IJIgcugs Appropriation of 83,000,000 Soon. MANILA , Sept. 10. The Philippine commission at its flirt public session to be held next Wednesday will dis cuss the appropriation of one-third of the treasury's $6,000,000 for the con struction and repair of roads and bridges throughout the achipelago. The people profess to be much grati fied at the prospect of this work of development. The revenue authorities of Manila , collect under the Spanish laws a tax of 5 per cent upon the salaries of American civilians earning $300 per annum and upward. The tax is un popular and provokes protests among them. The Filipinos and foreigners , who are used to it , do not object to the levy. The reports of the military opera tions show that of late these have been trivial. Manila is now experiencing the heaviest typhoon known for years. BLUER AND BOERS flGKT. British General Crosses the Maucbberg and Continues the Advance. CAPETOWN , Sept. 10. Sir Redvers Buller continues his advance. He crossed the Mauchberg , ten miles east of Lydenburg , and came into action with the Boers. The occupation of Lydenburg , which took place last Thursday , is regarded as marking one of the last stages of the war. The Boers now talk of trek king into German territory. Lord Methuen is marching on Lichtenburg from Mafeking. It is said that papers seized at Pre toria show that the Netherlands Rail way company in many ways actively assisted the Boers. It converted its workshops into arsenals and provided the Transvaal forces with horseshoes. Able to Convey Sound. BRADFORD , England , Sept. 10. At today's session of the physical sci ence section of the British association for the advancement of science , now in annual session here , Sir William Henry Preece , consulting engineer to the British postoffice , made the inter esting announcement that as a result of his experiments with wireless tel egraphy he had found it quite possible to convey audible speech s'.x to eight miles across the sea without wires. Coal is Needed In France. PARIS , Sept. 10. The coal famine is being felt more and more through out France. All the gas , railroad and steamship companies are now dis patching agents to the United States to study what can be done to relieve the situation , with full power to sign huge contracts if conditions are fa vorable. Many industries are suffer ing from -lack of fuel and great suf fering is anticipated among the poor er classes. Ship Collides and Sinks. SAN FRANCISCO , Sept 10. The American ship May Flint collided with the bark Vidette tonight in the bay off the mail dock and sank. After the collision she drifted down onto the bows of the battleship Iowa anchored off the mail docks. After bumping the Iowa she split open , filled and sank. As far as known no lives were lost. The cause of the collision is un known. Celebration May Bring Trouble. HONG KONG , Sept. 10. Owing to anticipations of disturbances at to night's celebration of the Feast of Latens elaborate preparations have been made to cope with eventualities. The troops have been served with ball cartridges. Six Maxims are also in readiness. The police have been or dered to suppress the "Dragon pro cession , " but the Chinese declare they must hold it in spite of the authori ties. Missionaries Report Quiet. WASHINGTON , Sept. 10. Acting Secretary of State Hill authorizes the announcement that the telegram from Commissioner Rockhill , dated Shanghai , September 7 , states that missionaries arriving from the we t and northwest report quiet every where along the routes. Only four northwest provinces indicate signs cf disturbance. Confer Comes Out for 1.1. TIEN TSIN , Aug. 30. ( Via Shang hai. Sept. 7. ) United States Miniser Conger is said to insist that Earl Li Hung Chang shall be allowed to pro ceed to Pekin for a conference. Orders have been received from Washington that 5,000 American troops shall be divided between Pe kin , Tien Tsin and Taku lor the win ter. Causes n Shutdown. JOLIET , 111. , Sept. 10. Several de partments of the Illinois bteel com pany have been closed because of low 'water in the drainage channel. The controlling gate at Lockport is closed and the flow is shut off to permit tear ing out of the cofferdams at the new water iiower. Population of Cities. WASHINGTON , Sept. 10. The cen sus bureau announces that the popu lation of Portland , Ore. , is 90,426 , as against 46,385 in 1900. These figures show for the city as a whole an in crease in population of 44,941 , or 94.95 per cent from 1890 to 1900. MARCHAND GOES FOR FRANCE. Sails for China as Special Diplomatic Commissioner. MARSEILLES , Sept 10. Major Marchand , of Fashoda fame , embark ed here today on a steamer bound for China , where he is going to repre- senit France on the international commission , composed of officers en trusted with the settlement of diplo matic questions and any difficulties arising between the different portions of the foreign corps. An immense crowd gave him a rousing send-off. STOCKMEN ARE PROSPERING. Purchases of Lund JUcins Made by Them 1'rovei It. OMAHA , Neb. , Sept. 10. "The sale of railroad lands continues with an ac tivity that suggests two things , " said A. L. Lynch of the Union Pacific land department. "One is that the people who have been in the stock uusiness in the west for the last few years are now beginning to reap the benefits of their early labors and are enjoying an unprecedented degree of prosperity. The other is that the cattle and sheep men realize the necssity of securing possession of the ranges required for feeding their cattle and sheep. " Applications have just been received at headquarters in this city for two tracts of land , of which two syndicates of sheepmen in Carbon county , Wyo. , wish to get possession in order to have plenty of range for their sheep. J. A. Schoonpas , representing one of the syn dicates , has made application for 7,480 acres of land and P. J. Quealy , repre senting another syndicate , is negotiat ing for the purchase of a tract of land in area 17,280 acres. C. A. Forsllng , traveling agent of the land department , came in from KImball , Neb. , accompanied by a cou ple of applicants for land. One of the men , L. C. Kinney , wants to get hold of 5,000 acres of land near Kimball - ball to furnish pasturage for cattle owned by himself and others interest ed with him in the business. N. C. Searles of Wisner , Neb. , has just taken about 10,000 sheep into the vicinity of Kimball , and ne , too , Is making ar rangements to purchase some land. The State Fair. LINCOLN , Neb. , Sept. 10 The state fair closed with a small attendance at the grounds , almost all the visitors from outside Lincoln having left. The management declares that the fair was in every respect the most successful ever held in the history of the state. The large attendance has been espe cially gratifying. It is believed that the total number of paid admissions , which will 1'e an nounced soon , will be almost if not quite fully 40,000. Financially the fair has been very successful , and all premiums will be paid in cash , in full , and at once. Pay ment will be begun today , when the management will commence mailing checks to successful exhibitors. The last payment , it is claimed , w'll be made by September 20. Chantauqua a Success. BEATRICE , Neb. , Sept. 10. W. W. Duncan , in his annual report of the doings of the Chautauqua association recites a few facts which are interest ing. Among the items of receipts are the following : Sale of tickets , $4,650.- 50 ; rent of tents , $496.50 ; concessions , $175 ; the other miscellaneous items making a total of $5,855.80. The dis bursements amounted to $4,374.76. Of this $1,746 was paid for talent , $880 for music , $520.50 for labor. The ticket sales were $418.30 greater than in 1899 , and the various items of expense all show a reduction. After paying all debts the association has a cash bal ance of $1,054.39. Found Dead. SARGENT , Neb. , Sept. 10. George Lovejoy , a prominent young school teacher living near West Union , acci dentally shot and killed himself while out hunting. He began teaching school near West Union Monday. Tuesday evening , after school was out , ha came home to his brother's , where he was bearding , and hitching his horse to a wagon , took his gun and went down on the bottoms to hunt , where he was sub sequently found dead. Company B. to Master Oat. LINCOLN , Neb. , Sept. 10. Company B of the Second regiment , Nebraska National Guard , stationed at Ord , will be mustered out of the state's service so soon as Captain Carson can collect and turn over the state's property. This action is taken by Adjutant General Barry on the report of Captain Carson , who said he couldn't get his men to gether for drill , and that they were not in condition to participate in the encampment. liriikemau's Fatal Ship. BROKEN BOW. Neb. , Sept. 10. Phillip Jo-es , a brakeman on freight No. 18 , was riding on the front of the engine and as he was in the act of jumping off to turn a switch he slip ped and the engine passed over both limbs , crushing them off about six inches above the knee. He was taken to Ravenna at once to his home. He died from his wounds. Geneva Wins Third Place. GENEVA , Neb. , Sept. 10. The citi zens of Geneva and Fillmore county are justly provd of third place given them at the state fair. Credit for the display is due to a number , who worked hard to secure and place it , among them being Dr. Herriot , P. Youngers , George Finley , George Kenycn , A. Stevens. F. M. Flory and John Mills. Many premiums were taken by Mrs. Emma Kelley. Indian Dies From Wounds. LYONS. Neb. , Sept. 10. Word has been received here that the Omaha In dian , Wood , who was disembowled with a knife in the hands of a white man last Satvrday on the reservation , has since died and the man that dirt the cutting is still at large , with bur wtl hopes of ever being captured. The amount of money involved in the quar rel and which led up to the nurder , was $2. Track a Boy , CAMBRIDGE , Neb. , Sept. 10. A Cambridge lad was badly frightened by the city bloodhounds. He had been appropriating for his own use some watermelons that belonged to one of the suburban citizens. The owner of the melons started in pursuit of the young midnight marauder , but he es caped for a while. The bloodhounds were taken out and soon ran him down. The boy confessed the theft and was allowed to go free after a mock trial. PRODUCTS OF NEBRASKA SOIL Fruits and Vegetables of Prodigious Growth Shown lit the Stuto Fair. LINCOLN , Neb. , Sept. 8. Grapes , apples , tomatoes and vegetables of ap parently abnormal growth are dis played at me state fair from York county , while Howard county presents a collection of watermelons that would do credit to an Alabama plantation. One watermelon from this county weighs sixty-five pounds and ten to gether tip the scales at 527 pounds. A pumpkin measuring six feet in cir cumference is also displayed. Saline county relies upon its display of yel low dent corn as a prize winner. Growing cotton and root celery form a part of the Saline county exhibit. Antelope county has an exhibit that includes a collection of Indian weap ons and curious. Cuming and Fillmore counties are both represented by ex hibits containing samples of the var ious grains and vegetables. Dairy Kxhlbit a Winner. LINCOLN , , Neb. , Sept 8. An ex hibit which attracts ths attention of all visitors at the fair is the one show ing the machinery , methods and pro ducts of the dairy industry. One en tire building is devoted to this ex hibit. At the main entrance is dis played a small image of a Jersey cow under a sign bearing the inscription , "The mortgage lifter of the west. " Butter and cheese of the highest grade are exhibited in immense quantities in the building and several attendants are kept busy explaining the workings of the many pieces of intricate appara tus used in their production. That Nfe- braska is rapidly becoming a dairy state is forcibly shown in this exhibit. Damacod by IIujs. MASON CITY , Neb. , Sept. 8. Inves tigation discloses the fact that chinch bugs have done more damage to the corn crop here than the dry weather. Considerable rain has fallen here this summer and farmers wondered at the slow growth of corn , but failed to dis close the cause until they began har vesting the fodder when chinch bugs were found. In some fields the bugs stood one-fourth of an inch thick on the knives of the fodder cutter ? . The ground is in fine shape for fall grain seeding and a large increase is being sown. Death of a Nemaua Pioneer. AUBURN , Neb. , Sept. 8. Mrs. Anna Campbell , widow of the fate David Campbell , died here , after an illness of more than six months. Mrs. Camp bell lived in Nemaha county for over thirty years , having located in Brown- ville in the early days , where she met and married Mr. Campbell , at thdt time marshal of Nemaha county. About six teen years ago they located in Auburn , where Mr. Campbell engaged in busi ness , which he continued up to the time of his death , two years ago. Hypnotizes a Playmate. BEATRICE , Sept. 8. Little Arm strong , 7 years old , while playing with some little girls , was put into a hyp notic state by one of her playmates , the 7 year old daughter of J. D. Horn. The children became excited at their inability to arouse her and her mother was called and the excitement was re doubled. The child could not be awak ened until Conrad Schmidt was called. He having had some experience in the science , soon restored her to her nor mal condition. .Love and Laudanum. GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Sept. 8 Albert J. Flowers , residing in the vi cinity of Cameron , a small station eight miles north of Grand Island , was brought to this place and turned over to the county sheriff , charged with suicidal mania and attempting to com mit suicide. Becoming weary of life's trials and tribulations he concluded to end his earthly career by taking a dose of laudanum , but was not suc cessful. Drovrned in Lou p. FULLERTON , Neb. , Sept. 8. Bert Hindman , a young man living eighteen miles west of town , was drowned in the Loup river near his home. He was driving cattle across the river and was thrown from his horse in some unac countable way and had disappeared be neath the surface before the accident was known by a friend who was witn him. The body was found soon after the occurrence , but lite was extinct. Land for Bis : Sheep Ranch. OMAHA. Neb. , Sept. 8. At the head of a syndicate of seven men , J. A. Schoonjous has about closed a deal with the bnion Pacific to buy 150,000 acres of land in Carbon county , Wyo ming. The purchase includes about'all of the grazing land in twelve town ships. It Is along the Medicine Bow river , south of Rawlins , and can nearly all be irrigated. Drinks Acid by Mistake. NORFOLK , Neb. , Sept. S. George Kroblin took a teaspoonful of carbolic acid by mistake for medicine. Med ical aid was summoned and at last re ports he was much better , although still in danger. This is the third acci dent from carbolic acid in Norfolk and vicinity witnin a week. Sample of Nebraska Corn. YORK , Neb. , Sept. 8. W. H. Lynn , a prosperous farmer of Arborville township , brought samples of corn from his field of 100 acres and eigh teen ears weighed twenty-seven pounds. Mr. Lynn says that his corn will average fifty-five bushels to the acre. Robert Tally Killed. GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Sept. 8. An accident occurred in the Union Pacific yards in which Brakeman Robert Tully - ly lost his life. His train , a freight from North Platte to this city , had just come in , the train being conducted by George J. Candish. Mr. Tully step ped out on a track to signal his en gineer , when a switch engine that was running backward down the track struck him , knocking him down in such a manner mat both arms and legs were cut off and the body considerably crushed from the engine passing over it. The Arch Fund Kunnlnjr Behind. Only $300 has been added to tnc Dewey or naval arch fund in New York since the 1st of May , and not a cent since August 1. The expenses of. the committee In charge are now ex ceeding current collections. A Harrison with Cromwell. One of ex-President Harrison's an cestors was the Thomas Harrison who served under Cromwell and signed the death warrant of King Charles. On the Restoration he was executed in 1660. 1660.We We humble ourselves before others , not for others. 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