teSWSifewKafaffBiiiarmiw McGook Tribune F M KIMMELL Publisher MCOOK NEBRASKA 9 J News in Brief i - Coramodoro Scheder in command of the German West Indian squadron has been appointed a rear admiral W W Russell at present secretary of legation at Caracas has been ap pointed charge of the American lega tion at Panama Secretary Moody proposes two plans for the naval program next year One entalls an expenditure of 34000000 and the second tor 30000000 W A McKewan ex secretary of the University of California pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzlement He will be sentenced February 12 Complete denial to the charge by D B Groff in the postal fraud cases that immunity had been offered him Is made by Postmaster Inspector vMayer Governors of the New York Stock Exchange have decided to remove the stocks of the American Steel Foun dries company from the list traded in on the exchange William E Curtis writes of the discovery of the tombs of ancient - Egyptian kings at Luxor which be came known through the sale of curios stolen from them National Committeeman Victor L Berger has proposed to the committee that the national headquarters of the social democratic party be changed from Omaha to Chicago j Judge Grosscup in addressing the Illinois county and probate judges in convention at Springfield favors a policy to enforce honesty in the formation and administration of cor porations N Representative Martin introduced a 1111 amending the former bill by him relative to the segregation of certain lands in South Dakota as a public partk to be known as Battle Mountain sanitarium William Arup Danish commissioner general to the St Louis exposition sailed for New York on the steamer Oscar II He will proceed immediate ly to St Louis on his arrival in the United States The Central Pacific Railway com pany now a part of the Harriman Pa cific system paid into the sub-treasury about 2800000 representing an other installment of its old obligation to the federal government Professor J Leon Magnes professor c Hebrew in Union college Cincin nati has been called to the pastorate of Temple Israel Brooklyn He is a native of Oakland Cal and a grad uate of the University of Heidelberg A shipment of 3600 bales of cotton destined for Japan left Houston Tex via the Southern Pacific for San Fran cisco The shipment required forty one cars and is a record breaker as far as the oriental trade is concerned George Herrmann the ex inspector of constabulary who robbed the gov ernment and fled from MisamiS Min danao and was subsequently captured at Bayanana has been convicted and sentenced to thirteen years imprison ment Representatives of temperance or ganizations addressing a house com mittee in favor of the Tirrell bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in public buildings declare that it is sold in all but one of the soldiers homes of the country President and Mrs Roosevelt enter tained at dinner at the White House in honor cf the supreme court Cov ers were laid for a large company of guests All the justices of the su preme court were present except Jus tice White Secretary Wilson has issued the an nual quarantine order on account of the Texas cattle fever It is effective February 1 sad includes California Oklahoma and Texas and the southern states The line is practically the same as last year Horace G Burt retired president of the Union Pacific railroad and Mrs Burt will start on a worlds tour go ing from Omaha direct to San Fran cisco From San Francisco they will sail for the orient where they will spend several months Canton observed McKinleys birth day Special programs were held in most of the schools and pink carna tions were worn by all Mrs McKin ley was driven to the cemetery with ja large bunch of carnations for the tomb of the late president The president has appointed W B JMartia to succeed Miss Minnie Cox as postmaster at Indianola Miss This postoffice was closed some time ago the white inhabitants of the place refusing to accept their mail from Mrs Cox who is a negress 5 A threat to wreck every train run ning through San Joaquin valley un less the Southern Pacific company paid the sum of 10000 has been made -the company through anonymous letters Detectives are working -on the case but as yet tney have found no clue to the writer Secretary Shaw has issued a circu lar to passengers arriving in the United States from foreign countries regarding examination of baggage passengers declarations exemptions from duty etc whicn will be sent tc each passenger as far as possible be fore embarking on outgoing steamers The interior department has arrang ed for a complete survey Oi the bound ary line between Idaho and Montana and Howard B Carpenter of Califor nia has been appointed United States survevor to conduct the work The w KEEP AT PANAMA WHAT THE UPPER HOUSE WILL DO THIS WEEK EXECUTIVE SESSIONS LIKELY Democrats will Not Seek to Post pone vote on the Treaty Consular Appropriation Measure in the Lower Branch WASHINGTON The senate this week will continue to discuss the Pan ama question Speeches will be made Monday or Tuesday by Senator Fairbanks rep and Senators Clarke dem Ark and Clay demT all in support of the treaty There also will be other speeches but a temporary sessation may be expected later in the week as there is a disposition on the part of democratic politicians to postpone further discussion on the question until response to resolutions of inquiry shall be received from the executive The democrats however have given assurance to the republican leaders that they will not seek delay merely for the purpose of postponing a vote on the treaty which they will permit as soon as legitimate debate shall be exhausted The present plan Is to continue the discussion in open ses sion but if it becomes apparent that more can be accomplished by closing the doors executive sessions will be ordered It is now certain the solid vote of the republican side of the chamber for the treaty will be aug mented by many democratic votes The suggestion was made in the democratic caucus Saturday that the entire democratic vote should be pledged in case assurance is given of concessions to Colombia but it wac acted upon The urgent deficiency appropriation bill will be reported dur ing the week and will receive atten tion if the Panama question is side tracked to meet the demands of the democrats for delay to digest the new information they hope to receive on the revolt The canal question will be kept to the front as much as pos sible even to the exclusion of appro priation bills The house this week will pass the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill which was reported from the com mittee on foreign affairs last week Mr Hill chairman of the committee will call it up at the first favorable opportunity District of Columbia business is the special order for Tues day and pension legislation for Fri day Consideration of the diplomatic bill will afford opportunity for a further wide range of discussion of such topics as members may desire to in troduce The bill providing for the ratifica tion of a treaty with the Sioux tribe of Indians on the Rosebud reserva tion which reached the point of third rnriinjt Saturday is pending and its consideration is a special continuing orir r so long as it does not interfere with appropriation bills or private calendar bills A number of bills of minor impor tance have found their way to the house calendar some of which may be passed during the week but such as threaten to participate extended de bate must wait until more important legislation is out of the way Renounces Episcopal Faith MILWAUKEE Wis Rev Charles H Schultz formerly rector of St Stephens Episcopal parish in this city on Sunday publicly renounced alleei ance to the Episcopal faith and was baptized and received into the Cath olic church A number of his for mer parishioners witnessed the cere mony at Gesu church Rev Schultz had been rector of St Stephens Episcopal church for over a year coming here from Nashotah where he was instructor in an Episcopal in stitution Train Leaps Embankment PRINCETON Ind A passenger train on the Southern railroad was de railed east of here Sunday The train was running at the rate of twenty miles an hour wnen it left the rails Hhe baggage car and day coach were thrown from their trucks and rolled down the embankment There were seventy five passengers on the train but all escaped with slight injuries An examination revealed that a num ber of spikes and bolts had been re moved from the rails and detectives claim to have a clew Not Satisfied With Omaha MILWAUKEE National Commit teeman Victor L Berger has propos ed to the committee That the national headquarters of the democratic social party be changed from Omaha to Chi cago Hoq Cholera is Spreading COLUMBIA MO State Veterinar ian D F Luckey made the statement Tuesday that hog cholera is spreading with alarming rapidity through Mis souri and neighboring states All pre vious records will probably be broken Cotton Makes a Nev Record NEW YORK July cotton sold at 10 cents a pound on the New York ex change on Thursday A few years ago the price ranged between 0 and S cents The market opened strong at an advance of seven to twenty three points on heavy buying of a more or less general character that was in duced by the sensational advances in the Liverpool market The advance was not checked until March had TOainnr1 IK CA Jln 1 r Ort irA T1 1 t t vii ixLiij juju aiu u uij xu survey It is expected win taKe aoout cents a net advance of twenty five jtwo year- to twenty six points s I DELAYS THE ANSWER Ruoslan Reply Will Not Be Forward ed for Several Days PARIS Another delay has occur- ALL PANAMA INFORMATION POS red in framing and forwarding the Russian answer to the latest Japan ese note and this will result in fur ther averting the culmination of the crisis until the middle or the latter part of this week The official advices received here from St Petersburg Sunday although somewhat negative gave definite de tails of the status of the note and the program it was Intended to fol low Count Lamsdorff the Russian ioreign minister had expected the exchanges going on would have permitted the final drafting of the an swer so that it could have been pre sented to the czar Saturday for his approval but the expectation was not realized and as a matter of fact the answer has not yet been finally draft ed It was therefore determined to defer its submission to the czar un til next Tuesday or Wednesday Efforts are still being made to shape this answer so as to prevent a rup ture This new delay is interpreted as slightly improving the situation as it indicates that Russia is making extreme efforts to bring the answer within limits acceptable to Japan SWINDLED THE GOVERNMENT Got Transportation for Indians and Sold It LOS ANGELES Cal After having been sought all over the southwest by officers of the postoffice and interior departments Peter Kokas alias Pedo Calydarot alias Jose T Trujillo was irrested here by the United States au thorities He is wanted on a charge of defrauding the superintendent and directors of the government Indian school at Lawrence Kan and the ad ditional chnrge of using the maiis for purposes of fraud is against him Early in December it is alleged that he wrote H D Paers superin tendent of the Haskell Indian school at Lawrence stating that he had a large party of Indian boys who desir ed to enter school and asked that transportation be sent for them The transportation was sent but when the supposed wards of the na tional government arrived it was found that all of them were Mexicans to whom the transportation had been sold PERISHED ON THE DESERT Between Twenty and i hirty Bodies Are Found SALT LAKE Utah The bodies ot bprween twentv and thirty men who pprishrd from thirst while attempting to cross the desert between Moapa and Los Vegas Nev have been found within a few weeks according to ad vices received from the latter plvc The men it is believed were mostly tramps who attempted to make the long journey on foot without sufficient supplies of food and water to carry them c cross Many of the bodies found were with out clothing and it is believed that the ictims had gone insane from thirst and had wandered about in a nude condition in search of water Some cf the victims are supposed to have drank water from Dead Mans Well which is located almost in the center of the desert The Avater from this well while temporarily alovial ing thirst is sure death to those who drink it Interstate Commerce Bill WASHINGTON The senate com mittee on interstate commerce on Fri day referred all bills before it to sub committees Senator Quarles bill giv ing the interstate commerce commis sion authority to fix freight schedules where it believed existing rates to be exhorbitant was discussed at length It was decided that inasmuch as the house committee has arranged to give hearings on this bill no action will be taken by the senate committee unless hearings by it are expressly requested Dietrich in Washington WASHINGTON Senator Dietrich arrived Thursday morning from Ne braska and at once went to his nev apartments in Stoneleigh Court Later he saw D E Thompson and Mr Steph enson at the New Willard hotel At night Senator Dietrich had a confer ence with Senator Burrows chairman of the committee on privileges and elections and presented Senator Bur rows with papers bearing on his re cent indictment Just what action Senator Dietrich will take is not rt present given to the public National Guard Association ST AUGUSTINE FLA The elec tion of officers of the National Guard association resulted in the re-election of General Charles Dick as president St Paul was selected as the next place of meeting Doctor Burned to Death DE3 MOINES la Dr W L Hus ton of Marengo la was burned to death Saturday night He was very feeble and it is supposed that he over turned a kerosene lamp which set fire to the building burning him to death before he could escane Investigating Labor Uniorr CHICAGO The grand jury his be gun an investigation of labor unions their officials and the violence which attended recent strikes in Chicago Foreman Blair on Tuesday said the jury intended to probe deep into the labor affairs Witnesses Tuesday were questioned about the actions of strike sympathizers in the street rail way trouble police methods in handl ing the riots and about violence dur ing the strike at the plant of the Kel logg Switchboard and Supply com pany WANTS THE FACT SIBLE TO GET THIS IS WHATSEHATE ASKS The Democratic Caucus Resolution Discussed Th Bacon Resolution Regarding Adjustment of Affairs in Colombia WASHINGTON Mr Hoar was in thatitne senate Friday for the first time 3ince the death of his wife a month ago The democratic caucus resolution calling on the president to inform the senate whether all the papers in pos session of the executive bearing upon the Panama revolution had been sent to the senate was immediately taken up the especial question under con sideration being the motion of Mr Cul lom to add a clause relieving the presi dent of the necessity of supplying the documents if considered incompatible with the public interest Mr Cockrell contended that the sen ate had no right to ask for informa tion concerning a treaty while it was under negotiation but it had the right to all possible information after the negotiation was completed and the treaty sent to the senate Mr McLaurin spoke in support of the resolution and in opposition to the amendment Referring to the treaty with Panama Mr McLaurin said that the very first article of the treaty is a declaration of war against Colombia if Colombia sees proper to assert its authority in the face of the United States and he argued that this be ing so the senate should have full in formation as to whether the United States had done anything in establish ing the government ot Panama that would justify us in taking the respon sibility of provoking a possible war The vote was then taken on the Cul Iom amendment inserting the discre tionary clause and the motion prevail ed 39 to 20 a party vote with the exception of Mr McEnery who voted with the republicans The resolution was agreed to without division The resolution had no sooner been disposed of than the Bacon resolution looking to the adjustment of our dif ferences with Colombia by arbitration was considered Mr Bacon did not contend that our right to recognize Panama should be arbitrated but he did hold that a question for arbitration was presented in tne differences that have arisen over the dictation of the treaty of 184 G Speaking of the proposition to ten der the good offices of the United States in order to settle the contro versy between Colombia and Panama Mr Bacon said that this mode of pro cedure would be inadequate because it would not take into account Colom bias differences with the United States In this connection he- reiter ated that the Panama revolution was an accomplished tact and said he was further convinced that the canal would be built at Panama This being true he argued that there is no more im portant duty than to remove whatever source of friction there may be BRYAN TO GO TO KENTUCKY House Kills Resolution Inviting Roose velt FRANKFORT Ky W J Eryan to day wired Speaker Brown accepting the invitation of the house to deliver an address here February 3 on the occasion of Goebel day Mr Bryan is in New York and his telegram was sent from there The house practically ilefcael a resolution offered by Mr Black in dorsing the presidents action in the Panama treaty The senate last wool took similar action by sending the resolution Lo a hostile committee The hoje by a viva voce tote killed the resolution to invite President Roosevelt to address the legislature Fight Microbes in Books BERLIN The Berlin municipal au tuonties have decided to make an at tempt to exterminate the microbes in the public libraries Prof Koch hav ing called attention to the danger of spreading infectious disease through books loaned from libraries The pro tessors representative during the formers absence in South Africa where he is studying the rinderpest for the British government has drawn up a plan for attacking the microbes which will be submitted to the library committee Smithscns Remains Received WASHINGTON The casket con taining the remains of the late James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian institution who died years ago in Genoa Italy was re moved frch the United States dispatch boat Dolphin and borne to the Smith sonian Institution building where it will remain until congress author izes its final interment in the grounds of that institution The cas itct will m all probability be opened and and appropriate sei vices will be uhscived Cut in Passenger Rates ST PAUL The Soo Line announc ed a reduction in its passenger rates lo the east to an S fare to Chicago It is understood General Passenger Agent Callaway is in the fight to stav this time Tc Avoid Star Route Delays WASHINGTON To avoid too lon delays ir payments to contractors fo performing star route mail service throughout the country the postoffice department is arranging to make monthly instead of quarterly pay AWAITING OPPORTUNE TIME Russia Watching for Favorable Mo ment to Reply PARIS It Is understood that the conferences between Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and M Kurlno the Japan ese minister at St Petersburg have permitted the latter to advise his gov ernment concerning the position Rus sia is likely to take in the forthcoming answer but the officials here say this was merely an intermediary step to wards adjusting the remaining differ ences as the answer is subject to change until officially communicated It Is further said that Russia will not answer until she feels reasonably assured that her answer will not havo the effect of causing hostilities The officials here are gratified at an apparently authoritative statement that Japan does not intend to fortify the straits of Korea They say it will remove one of the mnin obstacles as the most recent negotia tions shoved that Russia was unaltcr ably opposed to the creation of any condition in Korea which would lead to closing that outlet frum the Sea of Japan A strong intimation has been made that the maritime nations of Europe ana the United States would have taken up the question unless this dec laration had been made RIGHTS OF THE PRESIDENT United States Attitude Toward Pan ama Revolution WASHINGTON The time of the senate Thursday was devoted to de bate rather than to set speeches on the attitude of the United States to ward the Panama revolution There was a variation however In that the discussion also had reference to the right of the president to withhold in formation called for by the senate The immediate foundation of the contro versy was the democratic caucus res olution calling on the president to state whether he has yet supplied all the papers in the archives bearing on the Panama affair The debate was opened by Mr Cul berson and was participated in by Gorman and Bacon on the democratic side of the chamber and by Messrs Cullom Spooner and Lodge on the le publican side The democrats con tended for the right of the senate to demand information in the possession of the executive department bearing on treaties before the senate while the republicans spoke in defense of the discretion of the president to withhold information FINDS WRIGHT SANE Coroners Jury Returns Verdict of Sui cide in the Case of the Promoter LONDON Suicide was the ver dict passed by the coroners jury in the closing chapter of the tragedy of Whittaker Wright His death was caused by suffocation in consequence of poisoning b cynaide of potassium The jury found that Wright was per fectly sane and that there was not the slightest doubt that his death was due to most deliberate suicide From the evidence at the inquest it was shown that Wright had determined to take hit own life in the event of an adverse verdict and that he went to court with a cynaide tabloid in his posses sion while in his hip pocket was a new revolver fully loaded and even cocked After the sentence Wright went to the lavatory while the tipstaff in attendance on him remained out side There he swallowed the tabloid returned to the consulting room washed down the poison with whisky and water and died One of the last things Wright said was This is British justice INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT Working to Standardize the Silver Currency WASHINGTON It is learned here that Charles Conant member of the monetary commission who has been in Rome conducting negotiations with the Italian government respecting the standardization of silver currency in the orient is acting under special in structions from the state department He will visit the principal capitals of Europe Results so far obtained are encouraging Sanchez Makes a Call WASHINGTON General Sanchez whom the Morales government has appointed Dominican minister to the United States had a long talk with Acting Secretary Loomis on Thurs day The minister said that his gov ernment was prepared to execute all tae demands of this country rcgaid ing pending claims and to stand by all agreements tnis government has entered into with previous Dominican administrations Minister Powell has recognized the Morales government Farmer Buys Gold Brick WICHITA Kan Jacob Allen a wealthy farmer of Wellington Kan was swindled in this city by gold brick men who sold him a worthless combination of tin and copper for 10 000 It had been recommended by a supposed government assaycr who gave the name of J E Stone of Phil adelphia Ship Line for the Phillipines SAN FRANCISCO A steamship line to operate among the islands of the Philippine group is soon to be es tablished says the Bulletin A com pany has been formed of Boston capi talists and it is to be known as the Boston Iloilo Steamship company Besides the steamship line the com pany is to construct a shipbuilding yard and to establish a big plant for repairing vessels The company that is back of the scheme now ope rates the steamer Concord in Philip pine waters RUSSIA IS FIRM REPLY TO JAPAN IS REFUSED ON MAIN POINTS LONDON The Daily Graphic claims to be able to affirm that Rus sias draft of Its reply has not yet been officially piesented to Japan but it ha3 been communicated to M Kurino the Japanese minister at St Petersburg who has transmitted the contents to Tokio whence it will be conveyed to the friendly powers The reply of Russia Is firm the Daily Graphic says but it refuses to permit the reinsertion of the draft of the treaty of the two words guaran teeing the integrity and independence of China which Japan insisted on in its last note The clause proposed by Japan was that Russia and Japan should mutually agree to respect the integrity and independence of China and Corea Russia has now strick en out twice the words China and Corea and it is understood that this will close the negotiations It is probable the Daily Graphic goes on to say that when this note is received Japan will notify Baron De Rosen that it has no alternative but to taKe up arms in defense of its interests and that M Kurino will be instructed to demand his passports In the meanwhile instructions have been sent to the two Japanese cruis ers at Colombo to proceed to Singa pore where in he event of war be ing declared their crews will be paid off and the vessels laid up In a dispatch irom Tokio a corre spondent of the Times gives the fi nancial program of the government as follows First a domestic loan of 100000000 yen 50000000 second the gov ernment to draft into the treasury the local land taxes amounting to 25000 000 yen third an increase of other taxes to yield 15000000 yen fourth suspension of public works and ad ministrative retrenchments amount ing to 40000000 yen The total of S000000 yen a year to be obtained by these measures will be devoted to the securing of war loans A dispatch to Reuters Telegram company from Tokio says the elder statesmen were received in audience by the emperor and that it is gener ally believed in Tokio that Japan has requested Russia to hasten her reply Russian military activity on the Co rean frontier is exciting increasing uneasiness TALK RECESS APPOINTMENTS Specific Information is Asked of the President WASHINGTON The senate Mon day heard further discussion on the question cf appointments to office made dicing congressional recesses listened to a speech on the isthmian canal ouestion by Mi Morgan and passed a number of bills of a semi public choracter As a result of tro debate on the appoirtment question a resolution for specific information concerning the nomination of W D Crum as a collector of customs at the port of Charleston S C was passed A l resolution asking for similar in formation concerning the nomination of Brijradior General Wood and other army officers went over until tomor row Among the bills passed was one au thorizing the erection of a monument to the memory of John Paul Jones IN HONOR OF SUPREME COURT President Gives Dinner Company to a Large WASHINGTON President and Mrs Roosevelt entertained at dinner at the White House Thursday night in honor of the supreme court Cover were laid for a large company of guests All the justices of the su preme court were present except Jus tice White who was detained at home by injuries resulting from a fall while on his way from the court and Justice Brown who has eye trouble The table was set in the state dining room and presented an unusually handsome appearance The president escorted Mrs Fuller to the table and the cnief justice escorted Mrs Roose velt Among the guests were Senator McComas Senator Mitchell Repre sentative and Mrs De Armond and Representative and Mrs Champ Clark Flake Treacherously Shot MANILA It has just been learned here that Lieutenant Campbell W Flake of the Twenty second infantry vas killed while trying to enter Moro Cotta in Mindanao for the purposo of examining the locality He was accompanied by Private Fey of the same regiment Lieutenant Flake was chot treacherously the Moras iring on the party while Major Ballard was parleying with them Moro Cotta was at once taken by assault with no fur ther loss to the expeditionary forces American Killed at Nice NICE Miss Radthorn an Ameri can aged 35 who had ben staying u Cannes was killed in an automo Sile accident Wednesday Three other jersens were injured The automo bile party was composed of Mrs Mel Ior an American the owner of the car Mr Allen also an American Mrs Ethallezs and Miss Radthorn The machine was being driven at high peed along the road when it collided with a cart The occupants of the au tomobile were thrown out and the machine was smashed xi tr rii 1 Xi A V h AS TO THE IHTECRITY OF CHINA y It Will Not Be Guaranteed Russias Draft of Reply to China Has Not Yet Been Officially Presented but Will Be Soon i