I li 1 I I COOK TRIBUNE T M Pablltf hor MoCOOK NEBRASKA jhhh hHHw BRIEF TELEGRAMS Bishop John Mooro died at his home in St Augustine surrounded by all the priests of Florida I M Piatt for forty years a leading clothing merchant of Dubuque died on a train near Warren 111 of apoplexy George W Yenowine one of the best known newspaper men In the west died suddenly at Milwaukee Wis aged 40 Mrs Benjamin Harrison widow of the late president and her daughter Elizabeth are spending a season in the Adirondack Richard B Taylor aged 80 and Mrs Margaret Houston aged 60 were mar ried In Lincoln The couple met only six months ago Thirty four insurgents a majority of them armed with rifles have been cap tured by the First cavalry in the Ba tanzas province P I At Elko Nev a heavy shock of earthquake was felt The vibrations were from north to south and lasted three or four minutes At Fairmont W Va Fountain Gor don a negro shot and killed Belle Campbell and fatally wounded Mat tie Simpson both white The comptroller of the currency has authorized the First National bank of Alexandria S D to begin business with a capital of 25000 Governor Savage of Nebraska has granted requisition papers for Bridge Allender who is being held in Holt county on a charge of stealing horses in Idaho The state department has received a message from Consul General Stowe at Capetown stating that he will leave there for the United States on a steam er sailing August 7 Major Frank L Dodds judge advo cate of the United States army at Omaha arrived at army headquarters to relieve Captain Erwin who has been acting judge advocate Mrs Carrie Nation in jail under thirty days sentence and fine of 100 and 48 costs refused free pardon from Governor Stanley because the fine was not remitted A forest fire in the province of Jet land Sweden has assumed great pro portions Three thousand troops have been ordered to assist the men who are combating the flames Rear Admiral John Irwin retired died at his residence at Washington D C after an illness of several months due to a complication of dis eases He was 69 years old The St Frances mill owned by the Canada Paper company and its con tents valued at a quarter of a million dollars were totally destroyed by fire at Windsor Ont The plant was well insured Edward J Kelley commodore of the Net Rochelle Yacht club who was to have entertained Admiral Schley on his yacht died suddenly at his cottage on Premium Point of hemorrhage of the lungs El Verde Rio Oil company filed ar ticles of incorporation at Ogden Utah The paid up capital is 1500000 the company owning nearly 3000 acres of petroleum land in the heart of the Green River Utah oil fields Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes has ruled that in ca3es of es tates coming within the legacy tax law the assessment of the government tax must be made on the value of the es tate on the day of the testators death Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Conrad directed the establish ment of a first postoffice on the island of Guam It is located at Guam the chief point on the island ranks as fourth class and Antanasio Tarano Perez has been appointed postmaster Capt H N Royden of the Twenty sixth infantry now at San Francisco has been ordered to Omaha to relieve First Lieutenant Berry from recruit ing duty The Philippine insular government has saved 250000 by the passage of an act virtually declaring the stone quarries at Marivales in the Bataan province public domain and authoriz ing the utilizing of the stone in the harbor improvement A Spanish com pany claimed to have established title to the quarries The announcement is made that Mark Bennett superintendent of the press department of the Pan American bureau of publicity a well known newspaper man of Buffalo -will go to St Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company The president has granted a pardon to John F Johnson former president of the State National bank of Logans port Ind who was convicted of mis appropriating funds of the bank and other violations of the national bank ins act Miss M A Hawley Miss D D Bar low and Miss Witherbee Baptist mis sionaries who have just arrived from Yokohama report that for the first time in the history of Japan there ha3 recently been a great revival of all de nominations In that country ALARM OF FOREIGNERS Doceanor of Pekin Populace Horo Un friendly as Troop3 Depart THE DEFENSES NEARLY FINISHED Consist of Thick Urlck Walls Loopholcd For Rifles Ministers Wish to Avoid Irritating Chinese The Situation In General PEKIN Aug 5 American and Eu ropean residents assert that the de meanor of the Pekin populace is con stantly becoming more unfriendly and that as the allied troops depart the Chinese resume their old habits of jostling and cursing foreigners in the streets The legation defenses are now ap proaching completion Generally speaking they consist of brick walls from fifteen to twenty1 feet high and from three to four feet thick loop holed for rifles The ministers of the powers ignored the plan for a uniform system of defense submitted by the generals and consequently the govern ments are working independently It is the policy oiLthe ministers to avoid conspicuous work of defense lest these should prove an irritant pro voking instead of preventing hostil ities Most of the engineers have rec ommended stronger defenses than the ministers will sanction Major Edgar B Robertson of the Ninth infantry who commands the United States lega tion guard has written to Mr Rock hill to protest against what he calls the defenseless position of our lega tion representing that it is exposed to attack on four sides Mr Rockhill has replied that it is not intended to maintain a fortress but merely a wall for protection against unexpected mob violence The wall is made of brick out of deference to Chinese pride The French and Italians still re main here The non fulfillment of the agreement to evacuate public places in a fortnight causes some inconveni ence to the military authorities Only the German barracks have been com pleted The French barracks have hardly been begun The troops are grumbling over being compelled to give up comfortable quarters and to find temporary camps STRIKERS REMAIN f IRM Wilt Not Yield to San Francisco Employ ers Association SAN FRANCISCO Aug 5 Wheth er the local labor trouble is to be de terminated or whether it is to be in tended to other unions and possibly to other coast cities will probably be determined tomorrow afternoon The directors of the Employers associa tion are to meet then and decide on their final position Should they de cide to make no concessions the union leaders assert that they -will issue or ders for extreme measures Andrew Furuseth secretary of the labor coun cil said today We have done everything in our power to meet the employers half way but through their attorney Mr Mich ael they have expressed a desire to treat with us only on one basis that of the disruption cf labor unions in San Francisco One Train in St Tnnis Ulver WEST SUPERIOR Wis Aug 5 The first ore train over the new Stony Brook cut off of the Eastern Minnesota railroad went through the bridge over the St Louis river just above Stony Brook fifty two miles from here Jerry OReilly head brakeman was killed and four other trainmen were badly hurt The engine and sixteen cars went through the bridge and are now in the St Louis river The bridge was 300 feet long and forty feet above the water It was built of timber Ads Only in Friendship ATLANTIC CITY N J Aug 5 Ex Senator J M Thurston of Nebras ka said the published statement that he had tendered his professional ser vices to Admiral Schley is incorrect As his warm friend and admirer said the senator I wired him a mes sage indicating my friendship and de sire for his complete vindication but nothing in the line of professional as sistance was suggested or thought of To Iearn Germanys Way BERLIN Aug 5 A commission from the French chamber has arrived in Bremen for the purpose of study ing Germanys canals and harbors St lionis Gets Snio Relief ST LOUIS Aug 5 Rain visited St Louis for the first time since July 5 and although the fall was but three fourths of an inch it appears to precede further Prospects in St Louis and vicinity are for con tinued cloudy weather with a rising temperature and a possibility of rain The expected rop in temperature ar rived today the maximum being but 79 degrees at 3 oclock p m or 16 degrees cooler than Saturday RICH HARVEST IN NEBRASKA Stato Has Escaped Devastation aud Will Hnvo a Good Crop OMAHA Aug 5 Hot winds and dry weather of July have been suc ceeded by a cooler atmosphere and the backbone of the drouth has been brok en by good local showers in sections of Nebraska where they did the great est good to suffering crops Estimates on corn at this time are unreliable but basing last years yield at 210000000 Dushels on an acreage of 8000000 with present indications and favorable weather to follow it seems fair to anticipate at least a good half crop or an average of near ly twelve and one half bushels an acre Estimates at this time are sub ject to change and the one given is conservative The reduced crop will be materially changed by the corresponding higher price to be realized by the amount yielded It must be remembered that the corn producing belt of Nebraska is confined to the extreme eastern and northeastern part of the state The Nebraska wheat crop escaped the drouth as it was out of danger be fore the hot winds made their appear ance The increased acreage together with the excellent yield per acre as sures a harvest in bushels in excess of last year Perhaps the crop which has been damaged more than any other by the drouth is the potato crop Districts heretofore yielding from 200 to 250 bushels per acre report yields this year of from ten to fifty bushels only The hay crop in the range districts west and northwest will be far in ex cess of any past season The oats crop will be light The yield per acre will be nominal in some districts not to exceed ten bushels per acre Excellent crop reports come from the irrigated districts in the state COLOMBIAN TROOPS THERE An Army of Rebels Defeated by the Venezuelans CARACAS Venezuela Aug 5 The Venezuelan government announces that a force of invaders under General Rangel Garbiras including twenty five battalions of the Colombian army was repulsed by the government troops and compelled to fall back across the fron tier after twenty eight hours fighting July 28 and 29 It is officially asserted that the in vaders lost 900 men the government troops losing U00 The government has sent reinforcements to the fron tier Gen Grant in Vienna LONDON Aug 5 The Vienna cor respondent of the Times telegraphs at length an interview he has had with General Frederick D Grant of the United States army who is now in Vienna on his way from Russia where he visited Princess Cantacuzene his daughter General Grant takes a hopeful view of the speedy pacification of the Phil ippines says the correspondent al though there is no question in his opinion that the humane principles now governing the conduct of the mil itary operations greatly increase the difficulties of suppressing guerrilla warfare Husband and Wife Whipped BLOOMINGTON Ind Aug 5 John J Moore was aroused early this morn ing by masked men who overpowered him and his wife dragged them to an orchard bound them to an apple tree and gave them an unmerciful beating After lying in an exhausted condi tion more than two hours the victims returned home where Dr Helton at tended them During the whipping the leaders mask fell and he was recognized by Moore who was warned under penalty of death never to file a complaint or disclose his identity Inspector Closes a Bank AUSTIN Tex Aug 5 Bank In spector J M Logan today closed the First National bank of this city Al leged excessive loans are said to be the cause of the inspectors action The state of Texas -is said to have about 75000 on deposit in the First National Total deposits of the bank are reported to be over 200000 No official statement will be issued pend ing the arrival of the chief inspector With Letters From Steyn KROONSTAD Orange River Colony Aug 5 Two Beers came into the British lines today under a flag of truce with a letter from former Presi dent Steyn Invaders are Defeated CARACAS Venezuela Aug 5 The Venezuelan government announces that a force of invaders under Gen Rangel Garbiras including twenty five battalions of the Colombian army was repulsed by the government troops and compelled to fall back across the frontier after twenty eignt hours fighting July 28 and 29 It is officially asserted that the in vaders lost 900 men the government troops losing 300 WINNERS Of CASH PRIZES Danish Farmer Gets FIrt Award from llurliusrton Itoad OMAHA Neb Aug 5 Decisions in the prize letter contests of the Bur lington road for the best letters about Nebraska have been made and the prizes awarded Five hundred and forty six letters were received in all and twenty prizes ranging all the way from a trip through tne Yellowstone park valued at 100 to small cash prizes of 5 each were awarded The letter which won first prize was from a Danish American farmer at Aurora and is the more remarkable from the fact that the writer deplored his lack of knowledge of the language He came to this country penniless owing the money which he paid for his steamer passage Today he is a prosperous Nebraska farmer worth all of 40000 Those who won prizes are First Prize Paul Holm Hampton Neb Second Prize M W Miner York Neb Third Prize H H Shedd Ashland Neb Fourth Prize J II Wengert Juni ata Neb Fifth Prize A K Brower St Paul Neb Sixth Prize George D Carrington jr Auburn Neb Seventh Prize F D ville Nez Eighth Prize W H Mills Wester Wagner He- bron Ninth Prize Rowlen Shepherd Lushton Neb Tenth Prize J W Wilson Oconto Neb Elevnth Prize Mrs D C McKil lip Seward Neb Twelfth Prize R W Story Pawnee City Neb Thirteenth Prize H P Best Ne ligh Neb Fourteenth Prize J A McRae Cen tral City Nebv Fifteenth Prise Andrew Warner Harvard Neb Sixteenth to Twentieth Prizes Five prizes of 5 each S S Peters Beatrice Neb Will M Maupin Om aha Neb J E Storm Hyannis Neb D A Gard Ord Neb Miss Mamie Austin Humphreys Franklin Neb Insane Over Crop Fears LINCOLN Neb Aug 5 Suffering under the hallucination that the drouth of the past weeks was sent by the divine hand as a punishment for some grievous wrong which she had commit ted Mrs Edith McLean wife of a far mer a few miles north of McCook has been committed to the hospital for insane For many days she had feared the destruction of crops on her hus bands farm farm and Avhen she saw the corn begin to shrivel up she lost her reason Physicians Certificates LINCOLN Neb Aug 5 The State Board of Health issued physicians certificates to sixteen osteopaths and twelve allopaths C W Abel of Ful ton was refused a license because he did not present a diploma from a med ical school of required standing Gold Find by Superior Jlen SUPERIOR Neb Aug 5 An Idaho paper reports a rich gold find in the Goose Creek mountains near Oakley made by a couple of Superior hunters Henry Sparks and Bert Gosney Sam ples of the ore assayed 85 per ton in gold and 20 in copper Hand Caught in Thresher TABLE ROCK Neb Aug 5 Wil liam Petrashek a Bohemian farmer living three miles southeast of here had his right hand caught in the cyl inder of a thi eshing machine and bad ly disfigured although it is thought the hand will be saved Three Win Farms HUMBOLDT Neb Aug 5 Of the sixty citizens of this city who regis tered at El Reno last week but three so far as known were successful in the drawing They were S B Bobst V Marek and Charles G Carter Filley to Have a Bank BEATRICE Neb Aug 5 The town of Filley which has been without banking facilities for some time is iO have a new institution one which will at once command the confidence of the public Superior Man in Wreck SUPEROR Neb Aug 5 August G Kline the Nebraskan reported injur ed in the Rock Island wreck at Krem lin Okl is a resident of this place His hand was crushed Liable for Poisoning Birds LINCOLN Neb Aug 5 Persons using paris green or other poisons for the purpose of eradicating grasshop pers and chinch bugs are exposing themselves to prosecution says Game Warden Simpkins Notice was receiv ed from Dawson county that the use of poisons by the farmers there was re sulting in the wholesale death of birds The game law provides a fine of 5 for every song or insectivorous bird killed or injured DECLARES IT TO BE ANTHRAX State Veterinarian Investigating Cattle Disease PENDER Neb Aug 3 Dr W A Thomas state veterinarian -was called to this place to inspect a herd of cattle belonging to Fred Glister a prominent German farmer living south of this J place which is infected with a malady which has so far caused six of his feeders to drop dead in the feed yards and others are affected Dr Thomas after making a close examination pro nounced the disease anthrax or splenic apoplexy confirming the diagnosis made by M M Parish the local veter inary surgeon here A part of the herd has since been inoculated against the disease by the latter gentleman who will inoculate the remainder as soon as additional vaccine arrives from Chi cago This is the only instance whero this disease has shown itself in this locality and every means will be adopted to prevent its spreading if possible Should it bo carried to the herds grazing on the Indian reserva tion located in this county it will cause a large amount of loss for it is pronounced to be a very contagious and fatal malady SORGHUM POISONING Those Who Lose Cattle Are Asked to Report Immediately LINCOLN Neb Aug 3 To the People of Nebraska The season for less of cattle from sorghum poisoning is approaching and the Nebraska ex periment station authorities are anx ious to investigate as many cases as possiblo where deaths occur and in some instances they will purchase and turn animals on dangerous fields and watch the symptoms of the disease which causes the death of the animal It is hoped that by holding an imme diate post mortem the cause of death may be determined Persons losing animals pasturing on sorghum will confer a favor on the experiment sta tion by reporting deaths immediately by wire or telephone at our expense and every effort will be made to give assistance or find the cause of death E A BURNETT Director Ansley Sues State Regents LINCOLN Neb Aug 3 What is believed to be the first suit ever insta ted against the regents of the State university has been filed in district court The plaintiff is Prof C F Ans ley at one time an instructor in Eng lish He resigned his position to go with Chancellor McLean to the Iowa State university His resignation was according to its own wording to take effect at the end of the school year 1900 It was filed in June and accept ed at once by the board of regents Now Mr Ansley claims 250 salary he asserts due him because the regents had no right to accept the resignation to take effect at once The action is in the nature of a mandamus to compel the regents to allow his claim The Governor in Demand LINCOLN Neb Aug 3 From all parts of the state come invitations re questing Governor Savage to speak at old settlers picnics He has five invi tations for August 15 He has disposed of one by persuading Deputy Attorney General Norris Brown to speak at Ver don Governor Savage desired to go to Pawnee City but remained to attend an important meeting of the board of health Several cases dealing with al leged infractions of the medical laws had to be decided Grasshoppers Dying Off LEXINGTON Neb Aug 3 The re cent rains in Dawson county will ma terially help the vegetation cf this vi cinity The grasshopper fungus has not been tried sufficiently to be of any help to the destruction of the plague In Keith county a swarm of black grasshoppers landed and in a few days a farmer reported that the resident hoppers were dying by the bushel No further trouble is feared from them Capt McGintie Withdraws LINCOLN Neb Aug 3 Captain William S McGintie of Company E First regiment Nebraska National Guard has announced his intention of withdrawing from the service and his resignation has been accepted by the adjutant general Krnger is Coming Snre LONDON Aug 3 I am informed on good authority says the Brussels correspondent of the Daily Mail tha Mr Krugers visit to the United States has been absolutely decided upon Ir will take place probably about thp middle of September and he will be accompanied by Messrs Fischer Ves sels and Wolmarans Xobraskan Killed in Oklahoma LINCOLN Neb Aug 3 Charles L McCIain a resident of Lincoln until a few weeks ago was killed in a wreck on the Rock Island near Kremlin Okl He was sitting on a step of a crowded smoker at the time The car was hurl ed from the track and a heavy truck rinoned him to the ground He lay in a prostrate position for over two hours before relief reached him He was a young man about 22 years old bom 1 ir Lincoln and graduated there New Jlur for Corsets A Manila exchange tells o an Amer ican soldier who while stationed In Bulacanr became enamored of a pretty Filipino Wishing to show his affec tion he purchased and sent to her a complete outfit of American clothing When next he called he found her ar rayed in all the pretty things but she had made ono radical mistake This was with the corsets which had caused her a great deal of worry beforo she discovered what she took to be the use for which they wero intended Then she unlaced them and put on tho two pieces as leggings Says It Is a Dusliiess Proposition A millionaire shoe manufacturer is going to leave his palace homo and occupy one of the plain cottages he is building for his workingmen In the model shoe manufacturing town ho is constructing at Endicott N Y He absolves himself from all philanthropic measures and declares he is actuated In securing ideal surroundings for his laborers simply by the knowledge that It will pay Women Tr iincd us Sign Painters Women sign painters in Berlin un dergo a regular apprenticeship They are first taught how to use the brush and to mix paints Gymnastic trail ing is a part of the course so that the vomen may ascend scaffolding and stand on ladders without losing their nerve The female painters wear gray lined frocks and caps and look mori like hospital nurses than mistresses of the brush It Pays to Head Newspapers Cox Wis Aug 5th Frank M Rus sell of this place had Kidney Disease so badly that he could not walk Ho tried Doctors treatment and many different remedies but was getting worse He was very low He read in a newspaper how Dodds Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kid ney Trouble Brights Disease and Rheumatism and thought he would try them Ho took two boxes and now he is quite well He says I can now work all day and not feel tired Before using Dodds Kid ney Pills I couldnt walk across the fioor Mr Russells is the most wonderful case ever known in Chippewa County This -new remedy Dodds Kidney Pills is making some miraculous cures in Wisconsin Deaudrys Rich Find James Beaudry a Minneapolis man bought from a Russian in Halifax five years go a curious rough stone of a reddish hue Acting on a recent hint he sent the stone to this city and cutters here developed ten fine Si berian rubies worth 75 per carat GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS Use the best Thats why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue At loading grocers 5 conts Enthusiasm will lead a man to do things that common sense could not drive him to attempt PIsos Cure cannot be too highly spoken of no a cough cure J W OUrien 322 Thiru Ave N Minneapolis Minn Jan G 100Q In India and Persia sheep are used as beasts of burden FiTS Permanency Cured oCtuoriiervontmeiartf flrM duys i e of Dr Kline Uieat Nerve Hestorer Send for FREE S9200 trial bottle awl treatise im It H Kline Ltd 931 Arch St 1fc Our vices are like our nails even as we cut them they grow again Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH the only 16 oz package 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