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McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS
Governor Taft has received a cable
gram from Archbishop Guidl the apos
tollc delegate In the Philippines say
ing he will reach Manila Novembei
20
Miss Lulu Dees shot and Instantly
killed Snmner Johnson a negro when
he was attempting to force an en
trance into her room at Poplar Bluff
Mo
Burglars blew open the safe of the
postofflce at Spencer S D securing
a quantity of stamps and jewelry
which had been stored for safe keep-
- ing
Congressman Moody republican of
- North Carolina who was defeated by
James M Gudger democrat has filed
notice that he will contest Gudgers
election
E O Dana aged Gl years the old
est master mechanic of the Illinois
Central railroad system and widely
known in railroad circles is dead at
Freeport 111
Strong military reinforcements have
arrived at the coal mining centers ol
France it being the evident intention
of the government to crush any fur
ther strike outbreaks
Inquiry at Washington fails to de
velop a reasonable basis for the re-
-ported candidacy of Frank Steinhart
to be United States consul general
at Havana as reported
The governor of Hu Nan province
China has protested against the im
perial edict ordering the beheading
of the military mandarin for not pro
tecting the British missionaries
The president has received a cable
gram from the king of Siam extending
his earnest thanks for the kindly re
ception accorded the crown prince on
his arrival in the United States
A feature of the reciprocity treaty
with Newfoundland is a safeguard
against the differential in favor of all
goods entering Newfoundland from
England or any of the British colo
nies
J B Charleson of the Canadian
public works department who built
the Yukon telegraph line Fays the
gold output in the Yukon this year
will aggregate 12000000000
GREA
ARMOURS SIOUX CITY PACKING
HOUSE BURNED
DAMAGE NEARLY A MILLION
Every Building and Much Finished
Product Consumed Inadequate
Pressure and Apparatus Rendered
Fire Department Helpless
SIOUX CITY la Armour Cos
packing plant which occupied four
acres of the stock yards and valued
at 900000 was totally destroyed early
Sunday morning by a fire which start
ed on the second floor of the fertilizer
building and is thought by Manager
Lennon to have been due either to
spontaneous combustion or to an im
perfect dryer The loss is partly cov
ered by 721500 insurance Six hun
dred men are thrown out of employ
ment by the fire
Within an hour after the fire was
discovered by a watchman six streams
of water were being thrown upon the
fire which was gutting the fertilizer
building which was 120x60 feet and
four stories high but the pressure
was inadequate The floors and con
tents of the building burned like chaff
The roof soon fell and the fire burst
through the beef killing house At
the same time the cattle chute ignited
and in five minutes fell with a crash
Once in the beef killing house the
flames began to danco madly From
this house to the oleo building was
only a step and when the oils started
to burn the fire presented a most spec
tacular appearance
The big beef house containing 5C0
carcasses next caught fire and the
whole plant except the hog house was
a lake of fire The roar was terrible
The country for miles around was
lighted up Suddenly there was a ter
rible detonation followed quickly by
another and then another Twenty
four drums of 100 pounds of ammonia
each exploded before the reserve sup
ply in the ammonia cistern was reach
ed The explosion almost razed the
entire plant The flames wcie blown
through the fire wall which separated
the hog house from the other build
ings The hog house contained 3503
dressed hogs -and 2500000 pounds of
pork products Steadily the fire cropt
against the wind and through the of
fice building Not a scrap of paper
was saved
When the last of the ammonia
drums was going off a burning chute
Civil Engineer Robert E Peary has felI upon a blinch of Iiv8 hoi5 and
reported for duty at the navy depart-
thir Equeas ycre na to tho ap
ment Washington hut will not be as 1
paHng choug After lh fire a
signed until he fully recovers from I
g001 htodway in the hcg house the
his recent operation He still uses I
shops chicken packing plant ice
crutches I ho anc jce runways and smaller
Ex Representative Lorimer of Chi 1 department houses were consunwl in
cago celebrated his return to congress qujc succession
by making up a party for a trip to I The terrible roarins continued un
New Orleans to provide some way to ab1ted the high brick walls crum
Increase the flow of Chicago sewage uled anfl cvashea one by one and the
into St Louis J conflagration gradually ate its way
Charles O Zeigenfuss a well known through building after building The
man was found dead in his
newspaper firc department was helpless as its
room in a San Francisco hotel An
paratus was inadequate The pressure
open gas jet which is it believed was hardly strong enough to throw
was left open intentionally disclosed j water to tbe roof of the pork h0llse
the manner of his passing j when the walls of this department
The president has declined to ac 1 burst the fireraen played streams on
cept the resignation of Passed Assist- th niithnildines nniil davlicht
ant Paymaster Charles T Penrose
lately attached to the Michigan The
officer was convicted by court mar
tial of financial irregularities
Statistics of the gross postal re
ceipts of the government for the last
month as compared with October
1901 at fifty of the largest postoffices
In the country shows a total of 1
508499 an increase of 13 per cent
The president is expected to take up
at an early date the matter of the apj
pointment of a successor to Rear Ad
miral Melville of the bureau of steam
engineering also a successor to Pay
master General of the Navy Kenney
Geronimo the famous old Apache
war chief now a prisoner at Fort Sill
Okl has a daughter who is a pupil
at the Mescalero Indian school in New
Mexico Her name is Lenna Geroni
mo she is 13 years old and she is
quite a handsome girl of the Indian
type To her one time bloodthirsty
father the girl is the apple of his eye
Colonel Hardy W P Price of Clay
ton Ala is one of the few still sur
viving who took part in the battle of
San Jacinto which decided Texan in
dependence He is still hale and hear
ty and remembers the battle as
though it happened but yesterday He
is S5 years of age having been born
in Edgecombe county North Carolina
on May 6 1817
In an encounter with tramps near
Bloomington 111 Walter Webb of Ke
wanee 111 was perhaps fatally shot
Mrs P J Henderson wife of a well-to-do
farmer who lives at Carlock
Tenn was found murdered on the
mountain side near her home
Rev George Wilson a widely known
Presbyterian and author died at
Bloomington 111 aged 85 years
In its annual report the civil serv
ice commission urges that congress
provide for the reclassification of the
entire departmental service
The fire burned all day and in the
afternoon there was another terrible
explosion which threw bricks and
pieces of iron for hundreds of yards
No one was hurt It is said that the
company will at once rebuild
FUNERAL OF LIU KUN II
Quarter of a Million People Line the
Route of Cortege
SHANGHAI The funeral of Liu
Kun II the famous viceroy of Nan
kin which took place Sunday at Nan
kin was the occasion for unprece
dented demonstrations of respect on
the part of the foreign representa
tives in that city The funeral cor
tege was cf great length and the ob
sequies by command of the dowager
empress were carried out with im
perial pomp Nearly a quarter of a
million people lined the route to the
jetty where the remains were em
barked on a Chinese cruiser which
will bear them to Hunan the native
province of the deceased statesman
The foreign men-of-war lying off
the city fired minute guns of war
during the progress of the funeral
procession
Danish Ambassador Starts
COPENHAGEN Ambassador Jus
serand and wife who is an American
left Sunday for Paris where they in
tend to spend the new year They
will proceed thence to Washington
where they expect to arrive in
j ary A great tribute was paid to
j them on their departure Foreign Min
i ister Leuntzer United States Ambas
j sador Swenson and Mrs Swenson
the other members of the -diplomatic
corps the court dignitaries and a
crowd of personal friends being pres
ent at the station A number of flor
al gifts were offered to Mme Jusser
and
CHOLERA SPREADS IN MANILA
Alarm Occasioned by Increase of Dis
ease Among Residents
MANILA The number of cholera
cases is increasing In this city and the
spread of the disease is causing some
alarm There are on an average
thirty cases daily The Funston re
serve hospital the casual tamp at
Santa Mesa and Bilibid pripon are now
included among the places infested
The disease Is spreading in the Mnr
quina valley where the danger of an
infection of the water supply is re
garded as grave Should the water
supply become infected a general epi
demic is considered inevitable The
cholera reports from the provinces
show a decrease in the number of
cases
A conference of the bishops priests
and leaders of the Philippine Roman
Catholic church will be held in Manila
next week They propose to address
a memorial to Mgr Guidi the apos
tolic delegate in the Philippines set
ting forth taelr position A number
of nativ priest who sympathized with
the movement but are still adhering
to the Roman Catholic church will
seek an interview with Mgr Guidi
before reaffirming allegiance to Rome
or joining the dissenters It is be
lieved that Mgr Guidi will deal with
the church situation before entering
upon negotiations with Civil Governor
Taft regarding tho friar lands
RE3ELS KILL AMERICAN MAN
Fight Between Bogota and Colombian
Insurgents
PANAMA The first American cas
ualties resulting from the revolution
occurred Wednesday The Colombian
fleet captured a boat having on board
correspondence showing the where
abouts of two revolutionary schooners
loaded with provisions The warships
headed for the place and on arriving
Bogota manned by an American crew
lowered two boats with armed men
but as the schooners were aground
waited until high tide to attack them
In the meantime the revolutionists
were discovered in ambush close to the
beach The boats pulled ahead when
the rebels opened fire on them killing
the ships armorer Richard Kane of
Washington and wounding George
Walker A seaman named Clarks and
Lieutenant Vasquez were also wound
ed but not seriously
Bogota and Chucuito then opened fire
on the enemy and killed every man in
sight One shot fired at a group of
ten rebels killed every one of them
MILITARY MONEY ALLOTTED
ochocls in Different Parts Get Con
gressional Appropriation
YASHINGTONThe 25000 appro
priated by congress for the United
States service schools has been allot
ted as follows
To the artillery school at Fort Mon
roe 7123 to the school of submar
ine defense at Fort Totten N Y 5
247 to the cavalry and artillery
school at Fort Riley Kan 1118 and
to the general service and staff col
lege at Leavenworth Kan 11512
An order issued from the war de
partment Friday establishes a train
ing school for farriers and blacksmiths
at Fort Riley Kan in connection
with the school of application there
Hanged in Court House Yard
ELIZABETHTOWN Ky Harlan
Buckles who was Saturday sentenced
to life imprisonment for the murder
of Robert L Reid deputy marshal
was hanged by a mob early Sunday
morning The mob consisted of seventy-five
men some of whom are sup
posed to have come from Larue coun
ty On account of the number they
had little difficulty in getting Buckles
from the jail He was taken to the
court house yard and hanged to a
tree after which the mob dispersed
Canncn Would Ee GpeaKer
CHICAGO A majority of the Illi
nois delegation to congress on Mon
day endorsed Congressman Cannon
of the Eighteenth Illinois district to
succeed Speaker Henderson It was
announced by A J Hopkins candidate
for the senate to succeed Senator
Mason that assurances had been re
ceived from a majority of congress
men in Indiana Iowa Minnesota Ne
braska Kansas and Michigan that
they would support Mr Cannon
Prince Edward Dead
LONDON Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar died here Sunday morning
He was attacked by appendicitis on
Thursday and succumbed to conges
tion of the kidneys with which the
original malady became complicated
Prince Edward was born near London
in 1S23 and was married morganatic
ally in 1S51 to Lady Augusta Gordon
Lennox
Agrees to American Proposal
PEKIN Germanv has agreed to the
American proposal to submit the ques
tion whether the Chinese indemnity is
payable in gold or silver to The Hague
tribunal provided that notice of that
feature of the protocol be included in
the arbitration
TH
PH
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CHAFFEE AND OTHER OFFICERS
DESCRIBE WORK THERE
THE CAMPAIGN IN SAMAR
As to the Moros in Mindanao and
Jolo Time Tact and Patience Will
Be Required to Completely Estab
lish United States Authority
WASHINGTON The annual report
of Major General Adna R Chaffee
just made public covers the campaign
of Generl J H Smith in Samar re
fers to friction that occurred between
the civil and military authorities re
garding Leyte and discusses the ac
tion of various officers and the work
of the army in the suppression of re
cent insurrections
General Chaffee warmy defends the
officers and assumes full responsibil
ity for all that ws done under official
orders He says the various preda
tory Filipino bands are of little mili
tary importance and can in time be
handled by the insular constabulary
Speaking of the campaign in Samar
he says he finds nothing in the writ
ten instructions which was not jus
tified by the conditions there to be
overcome The formation of concen
tration camps was necessary to sup
press the insurrection in the prov
inces of Batangas Laguna and Taya
bas especially as the civil authorities
in some instances aided the
He requests tho removal of the cen
sure passed publicly upon General Bell
regarding orders circulars and instruc
tions which he issued while putting
down the insurrection
An interesting portion of the report
is that relating to the Jloros in Min
danao and Jolo He says it- will re
quire time tact and patience to estab
lish United States authority over all
the Moro settlements
The sooner the sultan of Jolos ti
tle actual or assumed as sovereign
and as sole owner of the land in the
oolo archipelago is quieted the bet
ter for the situation Probablv there
is little doubt that a money consider
ation would relieve the situation and
if this be done laws just but simple
and so plainly stated as to be under
stood by the Moro population could
generally be enforced through the dat
tos upon their followers without much
trouble or frequent resort to force
It will be impossible for many years
to ignore chiefs dattos and to deal
directly with the individual Moros as
is done with civilised Christian peo
ple It will however be a long stop
ahead when the dattos are independ
ent of the sultan and recognize the
United States as the only sovereignty
to which allegiance is due and as the
only authority empowered to enact
laws for the government of the coun
try that all the inhabitants are equal
before the law that Christian peo
ple have a right to live But to ad
vance so far will consume much time
and may result in national conflict
for the modification of present beliefs
will in some cases require the use of
military force
Chinese Would Be Free
SHANGHAI Strong articles are
appearing in the Chinese newspapers
declaring that by the withdrawal of
the British troops from Shanghai to
Wei Hai Wei and the withdrawal of
the German force to Tieng Tau the
independence of the Yang Tse valley
is still menaced The Chinese want
the British and the Germans to get
out of China altogether instead of
merely evacuating Shanghai and with
drawing to their respective garrison
stations The papers add that a con
flict between Germany and Great
Britain is inevitable
Miss Millionaires Will
ASHEVILLE N C The will of the
late Cincinnati millionaire John M
Gibson drawn a few days before his
death is reported to be missing Gib
son is the man who married on his
deathbed a week ago It is said the
will bequeathed all his personal prop
erty to his newly made wife Two
copies of the will were made and the
local attorney for the state is said to
be in possession of a duplicate copy
which will be sent to Cincinnati in
the hope that it may be accepted with
out litigation
Czarina Has Melancholia
LONDON In a dispatch from Li
vidia the correspondent of the Daily
Mail says the czarina has fallen into
a condition of deep melancholia which
takes the form of preserving silence
for long periods even in the pres
ence of guests Her majestys condi
tion is causing her doctors consider
able anxiety
Fix Irrigation Congress
OGDEN Utah Colonel Maxson
secretary of the National Irrigation
congress arrived here Thursday with
Fred J Kiersal chairman of the ex
ecutive committee They fixed the
time for the next congress as Sep
tember S 9 10 and 11 of next year
THE POSTAL SERVICE
Report of the First Assistant Post
master General
WASHINGTON The annual report
of the first assistant Dostraaster gen
eral urges that in view of the success
of the rural free delivery establishment
and its future necessities tho recom
mendation for 12655800 for that pur
pose Is reasonable The amount is an
increase of a little more than 5000
000 over the current fiscal year
The correct the alleged Injustice of
compelling a postmaster to pay part of
his salary for clerk hire Mr Wynne
urges legislation authorizing the post
office to make allowances for clerk hire
at third class postoffices when it is sat
isfactorily shown that the postmuster
is unable to transact the postoffico bus
iness
The advisability of erecting branch
postoffices in cities is endorsed as eco
nomical Tho establishment and ex
tension of the pneumatic tube service
will make it necessary to secure per
manent sites for stations in large cities
An effort has been made to equalize
the salaries of clerks in first and sec
ond class offices by the promotion of
low salaried but efficient clerks At
the larger first class offices clerks are
not now working in excess of eight
hours a day but it is impracticable to
give clerks in smaller offices eight
hours continuous service An effort Is
being made to reduce their hours to a
fair basis
A plan is proposed the report con
tinues whereby in the larger cities
sub carriers shall receive at least 30
a month and in the smaller 25 a
month Sub carriers cannot now count
on a fixed income The rural free de
livery system has become a permanent
feature of the service and receipts have
increased and conditions improved
wherever it has been put in operation
No deficiency it is said will be cre
ated by this service It will be left to
congress to say whether the establish
ment of routes already laid out shall
be hastened and the installation of
routes in course of investigation expe
dited Additional appropriations must
be made for this purpose
It is recommended that congress
make provision for a leave of absence
with full pay for rural carriers not to
exceed fifteen days in a year
Extension to rural cariers of power
to receive and register letters have
proved so acceptable to public benefit
that it is proposed to further increase
Output
WASHINGTON Henry W Dieder
ich consul at Bremen has sent to
the state department a number of
estimates of sugar crops for the pres
ent year He gives figures on the beet
sugar crop of Europe and the cane
yield in Cuba and the remainder of
the world The statistics are espe
cially interesting at this time in their
possible bearing on the attitude to be
taken by congress toward Cuban reci
procity He says the European crop
will bo short but apparently the
worlds supply will be ample It is
of course too soon to get definite data river
are not very sanguine and rather be
low those now current in commercial
circles They follow Germany 1
730000 tons Austria 075000 France
SG0000 Russia 1130000 Belgium
215000 Holland 110000 and other
countries 330000 Total 5350000 tons
Otto Licht the veteran publisher
is probably more clearly correct His
estimates for 1902 1903 compared with
the actual results of previous years
are given below Totals 5850000
tons in 1S02 1903 6S34038 tone In
1901 02 C04S518 tons in 1900 1901 and
551S04S tons in 1S99 1900 This would
show a shortage of 993000 tons from
last year but all estimates are merely
approximate
Diedrichs estimate of the worlds
cane sugar crop is for a total of 3
470000 tons compared with 3362C05
tons last year Of this total he esti
mates the Cuban crop to be 850000
tens as compared with 633312 tons
last year The United States crop he
estimates at 425000 tons as compared
with 400000 tons last year The Ha
waii crop he estimates to be 340000
tons as against the same crop la3t
year
Indians Sue Government
WASHINGTON A petition has
been filed in the court of claim3 by
Delaware Indians claiming to be a
band of the Cherokee tribe in Indian
Territory to recover 439468 with 5
per cent per annum interest from the
government This amount is said to
have been illegally diverted by the
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE Thero was n fairly liberal run
of cattle and tho market was In rather
bad shape The rain and snow durlnp tho
night and early mornlnjr made tho cattlu
appear In bad form so that the natural
tenduncy was to pound prices Thero
were not enough cornfed steers offered
to tell anything about tho condition of
the market Tho cow market took an
other drop as a good proportion of tho
offerings consisted of cow stuff and the
Jemand was limited Trading was solw
and generally 6ft 10c lower Bulls wero
also slow and weak but not much chnngo
was noticeable In veal calves and stags
There were only a few stockers and feed
ers on sale so that although trading1 was
very dull the better grades did not seem
to bo much If any lower Speculators
carried over a good many cattle which
was another reason for their being cau
tious Thero wero comparatively few
western range steers on sale und the
market could bo quoted Just as about
steady on anything at all desirable The
common kinds were extremely slow sale
Range cows were about ofJlOc lower or
35fri0o lower for the week Stockers and
feeders were slow sale
HOQS There was not a very heavy run
of hogs and as the demand on the pare
of packers continued of quite liberal pro-
portions the market opened fairly active
and TftlOc higher than yesterdays aver
age The bulk of the hogs sold from JG2T
to SC20 and the choicer loads sold mostly
from 5G0 to i3j Practically everything
that was offered on the morning market
was disposed of in good season but tlu ro
wire several late trains
SIIKEP Quotations Good to choice
yearlings 3r0fti7T fair to good 32Tft
50 good to choice wethers AWiMfi fair
to good wethers tIOft540 choice -ewes
27fft0O fair to good ewes 22Tft2fi
good to choice lambs lft475 fair to
good lambs 100ft 150 choice native
lambs 3002521 feeder wethers 27Va
ol5 feeder yearlings 2Mt2i feeii
lambs SuOOft 100 cull lambs 5tC0ft2i
feeders ewes 123ft22Ti cull ewes Tol
stock ewes 250ft323
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Corn cattle and quarantine
steady native cows dull choice export
and dressed beef steers 5G0OftG75 fair to
good 5MS0ft595 stockers and feeders 22
ft 125 western fed steers s 75ftf CO Texas
and Indian steers J2001j I00 Texas cow-
525ft00 native cows 5175ft 125 nativo
heifers 52BTftX73 canners 51OOft200
bulls 52i0ft3T0 en Ives S20uft575
lions Market 5ft 10c higher top C 40
HOGS Market 5ft 10c higher top G40
bull of sales G25ftG10 heavy C29ft40
mixed packers 3025ftG4O light SG20ftC20
yorkers G2TftC30 pigs SG15ftC20
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market stc a Ij
native Iambs 53COft525 western lamM
530Jft520 fed ewes S31Oft270 native
their usefulness by adding an i wethers 5305ft 110 western wethers 5303
sion of the money order system to i stocTten and feeders 5i05S325
rural routes
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THE SUGAR CROP
Indications
a Practically
Mormai
GAYS AMERICANS STEAL
LAND
United States Accused of Appropriat
ing British Territory
VICTORIA B C The Province of
Friday says In the quietest possible
manner and with every precaution
United States surveyors have en
croached upon Canadian territory to
the northwest of Cape Fox and appro
priated thousands of square miles of
laud lying within the boundaries of
British Columbia to the westward of
Portland canal
The line from Portland canal runs
northwesterly for a short distance
Uien turns and runs nearly due west
and finally connects with the Ykoot
river at the confluence with Striking
At that point there is to Ik
and figures Mr Diederich says but found an old post supposed to have
these early crop conjectures form the been erected by the Hudson Bay corn
basis for gradually obtaining final re- pany and by the running line to that
suits Mr Gieseker a Belgian post it is apparently the claim of the
tician was among the first to issue i American government that the post in
his crop figures for this year which question was placed in position by
the Russians although the survey line
is distinctly marked by squared and
cut granite monuments
ANOTHER TRUST IS BORN
St Joseph Grocers Butchers and Bak
ers Form a Merger
ST JOSEPH Mo The grocers
butchers and bakers of SL Joseph
have formed a merger for the pur
pose of mutual protection The body
is affiliated with the retail merchants
association of Missouri and will pre
sent a garnishee bill at the next leg
islature They say under the present
law it is impossible to collect bills
from persons owing them even if they
are able to pay
Growth cf the Grange
LANSING Mich At the first ses
sion cf the National Grange the re
ports of the secretary and treasurer
which showed the order to be in a
flourishing condition were received
Last year 256 new granges were or
ganized in several states Michigan
leading with ninety six A number
of resolutions were introduced and re
ferred to the resolutions committee
Illinois New Ships Zinc
METROPOLIS III The Empire
Lead and Spar mines on the Illinois
Central in Pope county have just
shipped the first carload of zinc ore
ever mined in Illinois The mine is on
land owned by Mrs William
United States and paid to New York le widow of the late president and
Indians The case grows out of the as operated by the Saxtons for
occupancy by the New York Indians
of lands in Kansas which the Dela
wares claim belonged exclusively to
them
eral years after the civil war for spar
and lead But so much carbonate ot
zinc ore was found that the mines
were finally abandoned
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