M'COOK TRIBUNE. V. M. KiaiMELL , Publlnhor. McCOOK , NEBRASKA BRIEF TELEGRAMS. I The cruiser Philadelphia has left San Francisco for Samoa with a crew of enlisted men to rollve the crew of the station ship Abareuda at Tu- tuila. Anton Skerbeck , one of the Skerbeck brothers , proprietors of a circus , drop ped dead while acting in the ring during a performance at Staples , Minn. By a vote of 71 to 91 the Kansas City Live Stock exchange has refused to Join the National Liv * Stock ex change , AVhich has headquarters in Chicago. It Is not probable that Sir Thomas Lipton -will accept the offer made by an American magazine for a $5,000 cup race over the same course after the America's cup race. The 1901 wheat crop is being har vested in southern Illinois , and is the largest in many years. It is esti mated that the large crop of 1882 will be equaled if not surpassed. Practical farmers are wanted at twenty-two of the Indian schools that are scattered about the country. The government wants farmers who can teach the young Indians to till the soil and grow crops. The Nashville railway has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The application was made by tne Baltimore Trust and Guarantee com pany , the holder of $2,060,000 of the company's bonds. Attorney Charles Ogden , former judge of the district court at Omaha , Neb. , was fined $25 and costs and sent to jail for contempt of court by Judge Keysor in the criminal branch of the district court. President Fish of the Illinois Cen tral railway made a positive denial to the New York Post of the current reports that the Illinois Central will take over the Minneapolis & St. Louis and Iowa Central railroads. Prof. Robert Koch publishes in the German Medical Weekly a declara tion that Dr. Goetsch , of ihe Slawent- Sitz hospital , has used for the past year tuberculion against pure tubercu losis with unvarying success. A census of the consumptives in New York is to be begun in about a week by Dr. Daniel Lewis , commis sioner of the state Board of Health. It will be the first census of the kind ever undertaken by that state. A meeting of broom makers has nnbeen called to be held in Cleveland , Ohio , for the purpose of forming a general company with a capital of $0,000,000 , to include the factories in Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and Michigan. Rev. Joseph Cook , the distinguish ed lecturer and author , is dead , at his summer home in Ticonderoga. He has been in ill heatlh for several years. Mr. Cook is best remembered by his efforts to show , in his lectures , the harmony of the bib'e with sci ence. The -wedding of Miss Ellen Leo , daughter of Brigadier General Lee , to First Lieutenant James Cooper Rhea , of the Seventh cavalry , U. S. A. , took place in the Church of the Transfigur ation in New York. A few days will be spent by the young couple in travel before the start for Cuba , where the bridegroom is now statiored. The Orange Jitdd Farmer says : Spring wheat conditions practically perfect General wheat prospects war rant estimate of 750,000.000 bushels yield as minimum. Corn improving , but will require perfect weather for average result ; condition not over 85. Rate of oats yield decidedly below average. The steamship Dolphin , from the Klondike , brought $1,350.000 in gold dust. The comptroller of the currency has declared a dividend of two per cent in favor of the creditors of the insolvent Capital National bank of Lincoln , o The force maintained by Austria- Hungary in China has been reduced to two vessels and 100 men. Thirty acres of coal land in the- vi cinity of Pittsburg , Pa. , sank several feet and the surface is still going down. Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins is dead in London. He was born in 1828. The circulation per capita in the United States is now the largest in the country's history , amounting to $28.13. One year ago it was $26.71. It has been decided that neither the American colonies of Berlin , Leipsic nor Dresden will hold general or offi cial Fourth of July celebrations. An drew D. White , the United States am bassador at Berlin , and Mrs. White will spend the day at Sar.snitz. Dr. Jose Gomez urioso and Jos. E. C. Barosa , members of the executive council of Porto Rico , arrived at Cleveland , Ohio , and held a confer ence with Senator Hanno. After a brief sojourn there they departed for Buffalo to visit the exposition. a Strike of the Steel "Workers Involves the Hoop Trust. UNION MEN ARC TO WALK OUT.r liven the Open Shops Are No Longer to Contain Them Some mills Looked for Action To Others It Comes us u Surprise , PITTSBURG , July 1. President T. J. Shaffer of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Iron and Tin Workers will this morning issue an order calling out all union employes of the various mills of the American Steel Hoop company , known as the hoop trust. It is estimated that 15,000 men will be subject to the call , which , in connec tion with the big strike of the Ameri can Sheeet Steel company ordered by President Shaffer on Saturday , will af- ect 50,000 men. President Shaffer said tonight : "The impression that only the mills of the American Sheet Steel company are af fected by the decision of Saturday is a mistake. The workmen of all mills in the American Steel Hoop company are interested and will be officially no tified this morning that the scale has not been signed and that they will quit work. The to the well organized mills this notice will be no surprisa for the men who have watched the situation carefully , but what is known as open mills where union men have been allowed to work side by side with the non-union is where we have to . move. Union men must walk out of these open mills in the hoop trust. "The open mills to be notified are one at Hollidaysburg , Pa. , three at Pittsburg and one at Monessen. The organized mills which will close on our call are the Upper and Lower mills at Youngstown , O. ; Pomeroy , O. ; Sharon , Pa. ; Girard , Pa. ; Warren , Pa. ; Green ville , Pa. This , I believe , will bring the number of men affected up to 50- , 000. It is a matter of regret that the issue has been forced , but it now looks as thought it will be a fight to the death. " d Continuing , Mr. Shaffer said : "The Amalgamated association is not un prepared for it. We have not had a tl general strike for many years , and in that time we have not been idle. We have funds and will use them. Right here I want to correct an impression whi-ch has been given out that no ben efits will be paid strikers until two months have elapsed. The Amalga d mated association will begin at once ti to take care of its people. " cc Mr. Shaffer concluded his talk by UI saj'ing : "I will say now what I said ai to Mr. Smith , general manager of the ce steel company in the conference. 1 gl said if it is to be a strike we will make it one to be remembered. The officials now dealing with us have but little Idea of the extent to which this Jt strike will go , once it is on. " CUBAN ELECTORAL LAW. fii to Constitutional Convention to Discuss It of This Week. in HAVANA , July 1. During the com CJ ing week the constitutional convention CJA will discuss the electoral law. The fix project submitted by the commission th provides only for the election of con ta gressmen , governors , state representa de tives , mayors and councilmen. No th agreement has been reached as to fa whether the president and senators vi shall be chosen by popular vote. al The discussion of the electoral law alR will probably open up an argument in by the conservatives against a federal inRi republic with many provincial officers Ri as entailing heavy expenditures. The on conservatives will oppose granting ab solute autonomy to the provinces and municipalities. An effort will be made to change the constitution and to invest sa vest the central government with ap- he pointive and veto power. Universal suffrage seems to be : i th popular movement , but the general opinion is that it will be impossible urK to get the congress to change the form AI ! voting. W Governor General Wood is improv- Di ing , but his physicians advise him to CQ desist from public duties for some time. He received the cabinet secretaries - ? d taries yesterday and today. rawi wi Jlryan In Washington. wims WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 1. Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived in this city this morning from Philadelphia and spent a quiet day with friends. Tonight in night he went by boat to Newport to News , Va. , where tomorrow he is to vii deliver an address before an educa cil tional institution. Di Drouth Ilroken. LON.DON , July IThe long-con tinued drouth in Great Britain has fei been broken. Violent thunderstorms the thR occurred Saturday night , a'-cornpanied R by torrential rains and lightning , the Which caused much havocMany fai parts of the continent have been suf ed fering from heat waves. In Portugal at much damage has been done by po floods and hailstorms. According to will wim dispatch to the Daily Press from m ; Oporto twenty persons were drowned. sic UNITED STAFES IS f If III. Trade With Switzerland nnd Kxports of Manufactured Goods IncreaBlngr. WASHINGTON , July 1. One of the most interesting extracts from the vol ume entitled "Commercial Relations of the -United States , for 1900" was made public Saturday by Frederic * Emory , chief of the bureau of foreign commerce , dealing with United States trade in Switzerland. Consul Gilford , stationed at Basel , says Switzerland's trade figures are especially noteworthy as showing that this diminutve repub lic : , about half as large as the state of Maine and which would be swallowed up in big Texas , is commercially the most highly developed part of the world. Not evdn industrious Hollander or Belgium , says the consul , can dis play the astonishing figures of $130 of foreign commerce for every unit of its population of barely 3,000,000 reached by Switzerland. These remarkable rs- sults have been attained by a country without seaports , without coal or iron in fact , without any considerable quantity of raw material for the man ufactures it has to sell. According to Consul Morgan at Aarau , Switzerland is almost wholly dependent on the outside world for its well-being , 30 per cent of its entire im portations consisting of foodstuffs and over 40 per cent being raw material , which Is re-exported in the shape of manufactured goods. BIG HARVESTS Of GRAIN. Wheat Greater Than Ever , Corn Good and Weather Satisfactory. LINCOLN , Neb. , July ; ll "Iqan say : positvely that the prospects foi big harvests of grain in this state were never better than they are at AVpi present. The wheat crop will probably piai ably be the largest in the history of the state. Corn in practically all tlPi parts of the state is in good condi tion , but a trifle late in growth. Territory tiri ritory in th'j immediate vicinity ol Lincoln has been dry recently , but all other sections of the state have alhi had good rains and I was unable to hifii find any corn that had been killed by fiidi drouth. " This reassuring information was given by Charles T. Neal , a grain dealer ( of Lincoln , who had just re turned from an extensive trip over the state. He visited nearly all of the : grain growing comities and gath ered opinions relative to grain from the best posted men in each commu nity , besides making personal inves tigations. . ti.dc "In some sections corn has been delayed by lack of moisture , but the da'mage has not been extensive , " con tinued : Mr. Neal. "Just at this time corn does not need much rain and unless the dry season is protracted and accompanied by hot winds the cereal will get along well without a great deal of moisture. " DEFENDS RUSSIA'S POLICY. Journal of Commerce Attacks Duty on Uritish ParaHine. ST. PETERSBURG , July 1. Con firming statements already telegraphed the Associated Press , the Journal Commerce and Industry , represent ing the Russian ministry of finance , explains Russia's attitude toward the American : duty against British paraf- fine manufactured from Russian naph tha. The article declares that Secre tary Gage's measure was "manifestly designed as a reprisal , " adding that this position is strengthened by the fact that article 626 had never pre viously been so construed. It asserts also that Mr. Gage did not mention Roumanian ( naphtha , which is likewise imported into Great Britain. The contention , therefore , is that D Russia's answer in raising the duties irn bicycles and rosin is justified. n bz Suffering1 from Hot Winds. ed KANSAS CITY , Mo. , July 1. Kan tt sas and Missouri are suffering from hot winds that threaten great dam age to corn. Atchison , Kan. , reports the greatest drouth in northeastern d unceasingly for the pas' ; seven days. a Kansas : since 1860 , a warm wind haV' P Abilene , Kan. , reports 105 tiegrae Pst weather , with many fields in south ce Dickenson county ruined. A Mexieo- , Mo. , dispatch says thf ihormom- 3ter in that part of the s ate rpgist r- 101 yesterday and today and if , „ rain does not come soon Ihe farmer ? . will have to put their str.ok on the , to market immediately to savt it. . for Oarfvitcli lletrothed. LONDON , July 1. "It is reported St. Petersburg , " says a dispatch the Chronii .q. "that ; the czare F vitch is bethrothed to Princess Ce- m mTl , granddaughter of the late Grand Tl Duke Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Insists on Open Shop. WASHINGTON , July 1. The con ference between representatives of m employes of the National Cash m Register company of Dayton , O. , and eel company was not entirely satis feW factory. The machinists were grant- W what they asked , nine hours' work ofW the pay hitherto prevailing , but thp W ! polishers , buffers and glass moulders O\ One have to fight for what they de ne mand. There was but little discus sh sion over the demand of machinists. to NEBRASKA SOLD WAR HORSES. Two Thousand of Them Gnllop for lloh Army Against tint Itocrif. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 1. During the last two years Nebraska farmers and stockmen have sold to England over 2,000 horses for service in the war in South Africa. The price paid has varied from $30 to $90 , but the gen eral average has been $35 per head. Most of these horses came from the western part of the state neil were sold at South Omaha or Kansas City , where tha English purchasing agents maintained headquarters. There is still a good demand for the lough an imals known as "war hordes. " The dealing just now Is Inactive , but it is said that the purchasing season will soon open and that there will be a ready market for all hordes ttat can be supplied. When England began purchasing horses in America the agents demand ed young , thoroughbred animals and the price paid sometimes went as high as $100 , but they took only animals that were selected with great care , and were sound in tvery bone and fiber. The extravanganco or. these operations - erations was soon demonstrated and the English agents in America were in structed to be less particular in select ing the animals. Horses are extreme ly sensitive to climatic changes and conditions and it was found that even the best American horses could sur vive only about six weeks of active Etervico in the South African war. The agents began experiment with common stock and it was found that the ordinary plains or range horses from Nebraska , Wyoming , Montana or other western territory could do just as effective work and live as long in South Africa as the high-priced thor oughbred horse. OSCAR SHOUSE IS ACCUSED. Arrested on Charge of Complicity In David City Ticket Kobbery. HASTINGS , Neb. , July 1 Sheriff Simmering , with Superintendent Big- rell of the Burlington lead and a couple of detectives , took a special train out of Hastings for Blue Hill , where Sheriff Simmering arrested Oscar - car Shotise on the charge of having been implicated in the robbery of the railway tickets at the Burlington depot at David City , May 27. Shouse is a traveling man for an oil house and it is said he has disposed of considerable transportation during the last two weeks. One of the per sons to whom he sold transportation was locaated at Denver and he was brought to Hastings and taken to Blue Hill and identified Shousu Shouse was a member of the Hastings police force four years ago. Deed for State Fair Grounds. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 1. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings has been given a deed by the Lancaster County Agricultural association for ten acres of land situated within the enclosure of the state fa'r ' grounds. This is a part of the preliminary work of transferring the fair grounds to the state. Indians Voted "No. " FENDER , Neb. , July 1. The prop osition to bond Thurstoii county to - pay off the floating indebtedness did not carry at the special election. The vote was 316 to 208 against the bonds. The Indians voted solidly "no. " This county owes about $32,009 , with only , one township of land and all personal property taxable. a ii Xew Bank for Grand Island. Q GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , July 1. E. . Hamilton of Julesburg. Colo. , was ir Gi-anjci J&'land on busienss con nected < with the establishment c f a new bank in this city. Mr. Hamilton stat that the new firm expected to open te middle of July. Million Dollar Hinder. YORK , Neb. , July 1. One million of dollars is the amount Thomas Owens , local jeweler , is promised for his patent binder , which ties bundles with straw , if the machine proves a suc cess. H Wanted for Wife Murder. hi CLINTON , la. , July 1. The negro hiM White , who is charged with drawning hi . his wife in Chicago , has been traced tc tcat this place * and officers are hunting' at him. Farmer Dies by Hanging. GENEVA , Neb. , July 1. Fred C Fricke ] , a farmer near Ohiowa , committed ed ecb mitted suicide last night by hanging. b The corone.r has gone to hold an in tl tlw quest. w Killed Under Wagon Wheels. ST. EDWARD , Neb. , July 1 Her man Stenzel , a prosperous farmer four S miles south of here , was ins + antly kill 1ch a few days ago. He had started ch chOi home with a large load of lumber On OiTl When three miles from town he fell Tl Tlw the front end of the wagon as it w was going down hill and it passed w over his face and legs , breaking his dw neck and .right leg. He was found w shortly afterward Imd brought to pe town. the WARM , WITH HEAVY SHOWERS. Crop Conditions for the Week In N hrngku. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA , LINCOLN , Neb. The past week has been warm , with heavy showers In the northern counties. The daily mean temperature has averaged one degree above normal in eastern coun ties and two decrees in western. The rainfall of the wc k was heavy in the central and northeastern coun ties , generally ranging from one to three inches bu * in a few instances reaching nearly six inches. In the southern and southwestern counties the rainfall was light , being generally less than half an inch. Winter wheat has ripened rapidly and harvesting has commenced in southern counties. A fev reports in dicate that the heads ar.o Aether short , but well filled with plump berry. Oats have improved in northern coun ties , but continue to imli'-ate a small crop in southern. Spring wheat is generally doing well. Cora has grown well , but Is backward and n eds warm weather , and in southern counties mor rain. In the northern counties rain has delayed cultivation , -nil corn is generally getting weedy. Consider able alfalfa , bay was dam&ejrd in west ern counties by rain wlrlo curing. In southern counties the div weather has damaged grass in pastures and mcad- ciows , but in the northern counties the prospect is for an exceptiorally heavy hay crop , and the pastures and range are unusually fine. Peaches promise a good crop. WILL TAKE BACK THE STAMPS. Internal Kevomio Collector Receives a Kiilincr. OMAHA , Juno 29. J. E. Houtz , col lector of internal revenue , has re- ceived a ruling from Commissioner J. Y. Yerkes in regard to the redemption of documentary stamps after July 1. The circular sets forth that banks or stationers cannot act as agents for the presentation of claims for their customers , but may purchase imprint- cd stamps which they had previously secured and sold. As the bona fide owners thereof they may present claims in their own names for the re demption of such stamps \vithout re gard to the number purchased from each customer. * In presenting claims for the redemp tion of stamps a number'of formalities will have to be gone through with by the applicant. In all cases where claims are made by banks or station ers for the redemption of stamps thus purchased it will be necessary , in addi tion to evidence now required in sup- lI rort of claims , for each claim to be accompanied by a certificate duly sign- ed.by the party from whom the stamps were purchased , setting forth the ab solute sale and transfer of said stamps t ( the claimant. tchi hi Prisoner Jumps From Train. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , June 29. A telegram from Sheriff Wheeler at Al- bia , la. , states that Charles Elmer Holmes , who was arrested in Chicago S' and being brought to this city to be , tried on the charge of pe/jury in connection - nection with the case of stealing brass from the Burlington ? hops here , had escaped by jumping trough a car o\ window of train No. 5. He was handcuffed at the time. ar cr Lives With Dislocated Neck. gr FRANKLIN , Neb. , June 29. Percy ci , Reams , the young man whose neck was dislocated by being thrown from horse a week agois living , but is sa in a semi-conscious condition. He m , "R can swallow food and medicine , but cannot speak and can only compre hend complete sentences. se Keceiver for State IJank. LINCOLN , Neb. , June 29. James W. Quckenbush has applied to the dis trict court for the appointment of a wi receiver for the State Bark of Green wood. He alleges that the directors the institution are seeking to de St prive him of his interests and to reduce CcFt Ft duce the stock from $50,00. ) to $25,000. th St Harlan to Start for Alaska. dr YORK , Neb. , June 29. Hon. N. V. Harlan and wife and Ed-ward Harlan , m his son will leave York for Alaska Monday , where Mr. Harlan takes up his work as United States district at torney. For twenty-nine years Sen ator Hralan has lived in York Hey Drowns Xear Chadron. CHADRON , Neb. , June 29. Fran.i Carroll about 15 old 2 , years , was drown one mile east of town. He and A boy 8 years old were in bathing near the railroad and he stepped into a hole where the water was over his head. few SO Lai Admission Fee to the Pen. LINCOLN , Neb. , June 29. Governor Savage has announced that after July Ifn : an admission fee of 10 cents will be Ifns charged for visiting the penitentiary. visitors' day , which is the first Tuesday of each month , no admission will be charged. The same courtesy W will : be extended to visitors to the Sun day services. This admission fund will be used to help defray the ex pense of putting in a prison library , former one having beu destroyed. Slo < t tectals "Fool. " Can metals feel ? Recently at the Royal . Institution , Professor Jagadls Chunder Bose proved that they can. r In. j much the same wny as animate be ings. He struck a piece of copper , pinched a piece of zinc , gave it poison , and administered an antidote , and threw light upon an artificial retina. In each case the electrical emotion , as registered by the galvanometer , waa painful to witness. As the London Mail suggests in telling the story , there is an opening for a society for the prevention of cruelty to metals. Honors for Sullivan. A monument is to be placed In St. Paul's cathedral , London , to the mem ory of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan. It is also proposed to endow a scholar ship at the Royal Academy of music and to erect a statue to the com poser on the Thames embankment. An OlTer Morgan Declined. Several years ago Heidelberg uni versity , impressed with the capacity of J. Pierpont Morgan's head for fig ures , offered him the chair of mathe- mathics In that institution , and as a special Inducement tempted him with a promised increase , of the chair's salary from $500 to $600 a year. Would Have Women Study I.i w. Sir John Cockburn , the celebrated English advocate and jurist , recently took the affirmative in a debate at Gray's inn on the question whether the time had arrived when women should be admitted to the legal pro fession. He said that women possess ed several qualities which fitted them for Jaw , not the least of which were intuition , persuasion and eloquence. Hip T.OFH In Insurance Premiums. It is estimated that the fire insur ance companies will lose a premium income of nearly $1,000,000 a year by the decision of the big steel trust to carry its own insurance. Most of this insurance runs out in June and will not be renewed. Hotter Than "Christian Science. " Jetmore , Kans. , July 1st. Mrs. Anna. Jones Freeman , daughter of Mr. G. G. Jones of Burdett , and one of the most popular ladies in Hodgeman County has been a martyr to headache for years. It has made her life a continual misery to her. She suffered pains in the small of the back , and had every tls symptom : of Kidney and Urinary Trou ble. Today she is as well as any lady in. the state. This remarkable change was due en tirely to a remedy recently introduced here. It is called Dodd's Kidney Pills , and : many people claim it to be an in fallible cure for Kidney Diseases , Rheumatism and Heart Trouble. Mrs. Freeman heard of Dodd's Kid ney Pills , and almost witli the first dose , she grew better. In a week , her headaches and other pains had gone , and she had left behind her all her illness and days of misery. A medicine that can do for any one what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for this lady , is very sure soon to be universally used , and already the demand _ mand for these pills has increased wonderfully in Pawnee and Hedge man Counties , where the particulars of Mrs. Freeman's case and its cure arc Mk known. Man is the only animal that tries tc fence in the earth and fence out his neighbors. It is a wise woman who laughs at her husband's jokes. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH , the only 16 oz. package for 1C cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. The sensitive man is doomed to suf fer a whole lot of pain that is not his own. The Remington Typewriter people are to be congratulated on. their in creasing success. Their business is growing rapidly in all lines and espe cially ; with the large users who are the best judges as to the relative value of typewriting machines. Their office at 1C19 Farnam street , Omaha , reports sales for the year just closed as being much the largest in the history of the Remington business. Self-inspection is the best cure for self-esteem. Ruskin. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price , 75c. To work and never win will wear wrinkles into the face of a god. Are Ton Using Allen's Foot Eaic ? It is the only cure for Swollen , Smarting , Burning , Sweating Feet , Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease , a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores , 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress , Allen S. Olmsted , LeRoy , N. Y. Woman is most attractive when. nest < womanly. FRAGRANT perfect | liquid daniifrice for ihs Size SOZODONT LIQUID , Z5c 50ZODON7TOOTH POWDER , 25c .arge LIQUID and POWDER , 75c At all Stores , or by Mail for the price. HALL&RUCKEL , New York. afflicted -Kith ' sore < ejes , us < Thompson's Eye Wafer Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Taper. V.N. U OAIAHA No. 27 1901 CUHtS WhEHE AU. ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. DEC in time. Sold "