McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Brief Telegrams
Henry R Crothers cashier of the
Ban Francisco Evening Bulletin died
after an operation for appendicitis
Reuben S Lovinggood was born in
a log cabin and is now president of
Sam Houston college at Austin Tex
Glenn Brown has been elected an
ionorary corresponding member of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
Clark h Sampson one of the most
prominent citizens of St Louis died
ifter a years illness from compllca
ions of rneumatism and Brights dis
jasc
110 latest report3 from St Johns
NT F say the seals captured up to
he present number 250000 which will
probably be increased to 300000 dur
ing April
William N Armstrong a member of
me cabinet of Kalakaua the last king
of Hawaii has written an account ol
a journey around the world with his
royal master
A special from Miles City Mont
says Fully two thirds of the resi
dences and business portion of Miles
City are submerged by the flood wat
ers of Tongue river
Sir William Vernon Harcourt who
has just announced his intention to
retire from public life is one of the
few men ta whom King Edward vain
ly offered a peerage
The war department has refused the
application of Colonel Charles H Heyl
of the inspector generals department
to be transferred to the retired list
after thirty years service
Owing to a refusal of the bosses to
the demand for an eight hour work
day instead of nine hours and 30
cents per hour 300 carpenters went
on strike at Dubuque Iowa
A circular is out announcing the ap
pointment of John E Utt as general
agent of the Rock Island at Omaha
Mr Utt is in Chicago conferring with
the high officials of the road
At Evansville Ind Philip Veatch
charged with having taken part in the
July riot in this city was fined 50
and costs in the circuit court Veatch
is one of the best known young men
in the city
At Greenville S C in the state cir-
cuit court Mrs Susan L Franklin of
Newberry S C obtained a verdict
for 25000 damages in a suit against
the Southern railway half of the
amount sued for
Walter Westlake who with his
young wife had been living for several
days at a hotel in Indianapolis Ind
was arrested on a charge of having
passed worthless checks drawn on a
Salt Lake City bank
Secretary Taft has made an adverse
report on the bill which provides for
the promotion to a major generalcy on
the retired list of Brigadier General
George M Sternberg retired formerly
surgeon general of the army
There were 12749 deaths in the
state of New York in the month of
February an average of 440 deaths per
day One thousand eight hundred and
twenty of this number died of pneu
monia an unprecedented number
The name of J Clark Sprout a for
mer editor of the now defunct Grand
Rapids Mich Democrat charged
with conspiracy in the Lake Michigan
water deal has been added to the in
formation against the other respond
ents
A favorable report was authorized
on the bill granting statehood to Okla
homa and Indian Territory under the
name of Okalhoma and Arizona and
New Mexico under the name of Ariz
ona by the house committee on terri
tories
At Trenton N J the United States
Steel corporation through its counsel
filed n tne court of chancery a de
murrer to the bill of Alfred Stevens
of Newark who sued the corporation
because of its passing of dividends on
the common stock
At the Union Pacific railway office
in New York it was said that the re
port received from the west to the
effect that A L Mohler had been made
president of the Union Pacific was in
correct E H Harriman is president
of the Union Pacific
A report received at the navy de
partment from the New York navy
yard announces that about eighty days
will be required in the repairs to be
made on the Illinois which was in
jured in the collision between that ves
sel and the Missouri
Rev John Gordon formerly presi
den tof Tabor college Iowa on April
1st was formally inaugurated president
of Howard university of Washington
The principal feature was a public
meeting at night at the First Congre
gational church when the keys of the
university and the charter of the in
stitution were formally turned over to
Dr Gordon
Lieutenant Commander Edgar Town
send Warburton chief engineer of the
battleship Maine now in Pensacola
harbor committed suicide in his cabin
on board that vessel A bullet from
a revolver was sent crashing through
the brain and death resulted within
forty minutes afterward
Traffic officials of the western roads
have decided to refuse the request of
the live stock associations for the re
sumption of passes to live stock ship
pers It was held that no state has
the right to pass a law requiring a
railroad to give something for noth
ing
I
LABOR STROGCL
ALL IOW COAL MINES
BY A STRIKE
CLOSED
THE SITUATION SUMMED UP
What Miners Demand and What Oper
ators Are Willing to Grant A Long
and Hard Struggle Seems Likely as
Matters Are Now Viewed
DES MOINES la The Iowa miners
and operators failed to agree and 13
500 miners are on a strike
Every mine in Iowa is closed
The conference adjourned a session
covering a period of six weeks
Summed up the situation is this
First The miners demand a reduc
tion in the price of blasting powder
from 2 to 175 per can They de
mand a uniform advance in the scale
of wages paid top men and that driv
ers in districts Nos 1 and 4 shall re
ceive the same scale as in districts
Nos 2 and 3
Second The operators claim that
they are standing by the Indianapolis
agreement and n so doing cannot sub
mit to general increases in the wages
paid unskilled labor throughout the
district There is no dissatisfaction
with the scale paid skilled workmen
in any district
Telegrams were sent John Mitchell
president of the United Mine Workers
of America asking him to come to
Des Moines and aid in a readjustment
of diff ei ences Mr Mitchell has agreed
to go to Colorado to assist in the labor
trouble there and it is not unlikely he
may stop at Des Moines
President White of the Iowa miners
said
The miners have made every at
tempt to arbitrate and were unable to
reach an agreement There is nothing
else now to do but to fight it out to
the end I shall never sanction an
agreement under the present condi
tions
Leading operators say the position
of the miners is untenable and tnat
they cannot reach them so long as
they cling to their present position
It is believed the lockout may be the
beginning of a long and hard struggle
The strike and lockout will include
mines in Appanoose Mahaska Keokuk
Wapello Marion Jasper Polk Boone
and Webster counties Iowa and those
n Putnam county Missouri
In Polk county there are 1500 min
srs while more than 2000000 is in
vested in the business in this county
alone
HEIN2E MUST PAY BIG SUM
Montana Copper King Fined 20000
for Contempt of Court
BUTTE Mont F Augustus Heinze
the Montana copper magnate A L
i rank superintendent of the Johns
town Mining company and J H
Trerise superintendent of the Rarus
mine Heinze properties were found
guilty of contempt of court by Judge
Beatty in the United States court Wed
nesday in the action brought by the
Butte Boston Mining company
igainst the defendants for entering
the Michael Davitt lodge claim and
extracting therefrom valuable ore on
what is known as the Enargite vein
Mr Heinze was fined 20000 while
Frank and Trerise were fined 1000
each the fines to be paid by 11 oclock
Thursday morning or the defendants
to be taken to Helena in custody of
the United States marshal and con
fined until the fines are paid Carlos
Warfield another defendant was
found not guilty and discharged
OLD AGE PENSION ORDER
It is Criticised in the Upper Branch
cf Congress
WASHINGTON Good Friday was
devoted by the senate to almost con
tinuous discussion of political ques
tions The time unti 2 oclock was
devoted to consideration of the Car
mack resolution proposing an inquiry
into the legality of the recent execu
tive old age pension order Mr Mal
iory was the principal speaker but ne
was frequently interrupted by repub
lican senators He contended that
Secretary Hitchcock had transcended
the limits of executive authority in
issuing the order
The latter half of the day was de
voted to tne postoffice appropriation
bill but no appreciable progress war
made with that measure the speeches
on it being in the main political and
of a general character
They End Their Troubles
ST LOUIS Mo The dead bodies
of John B Altman aged G8 and his
wife Julianna aged 47 were found in
their home both having been
asphyxiated by gas by their own pre
arrangement Burdened by debt ad
vancing years and the recollection of
a fortune vanished are supposed to
have led them to commit suicide
They left a note saying they had taken
their own lives In the cellar was
found the dead body of their pet cat
which had been chloroformed
Provisions Plentiful in Manchuria
ST PETERSBURG The chief of
the commissary department Rostkov
sky says that not a pound of meat
or breed is being sent to Manchuria
as the cattle and grain available there
RUSGIAN CHIEF OF STAFF
Major General Pfiug who is chid
of the Russian military staff in Man
churia stands high among the military
men of the empire and has the con
fidence of those who follow the af
fairs of the nation He is a thorough
soldier of the modem Russian military
type and has proved his ability in
many departments of the service
WON BY THE JAPG
Land Engagement Near the Town o
Chong Ju
ST PETERSBURG The emperor
has received a dispatch from General
Kouropatkin giving a lengthy report
from General Mishtchentko dated at
10 p m March 2S which says an im
portant engagement took place near
the town of Chong Ju in which the
Russians were defeated retiring in
perfect order
The Japanese suffered heavily but
the Russian losses are not stated
Cavalry and Infantry on both sides
were engaged The Russians occu
pied a commanding position The
Japanese fought gallantly but owine
to their heavy losses were unable to
occupy the position abandoned by the
Russians
General Kouropatkins report in
part is as follows
I have the honor to resnectfhflv
communicate to your majesty the re
port of General Mishtcchentko March
28 10 p m which says
For three consecutive days our
small outposts attempted to draw the
Japanese cavalry into action but
ineir patrois alter contact was es
tablished retired beyond Chong Ju
about fifty miles northwest of Ping
Yang
Having learned that four squad
rons of the enemy were posted five
verts beyond Chong Ju on March 27
six companies marched toward Kasan
and on March 28 reached Chong Ju
at 1030 a m As soon as our scouts
aproached the town the enemy opened
fire from behind the wall Two squad
rons promptly dismounted and occu
pied the heights COO yards distant
An engagement ensued
In the town a company of infan
try and a squadron of cavlary were
lying in ambush Our men Avere re
inforced by three companies and at
tacked the Japanese with a cross fire
Notwithstanding this and our com
manding position the Japanese gal
lantly held their grounds and it was
only after a fierce fight of half an
hours duration that the Japanese
ceased fire and sought refuge in the
houses The Japanese hoisted the
Red Cross flag at two points
Scon afterwards three squadrons
of the enemy were seen advancing
along the Kasan rond at full gallop
toward the town which two of the
squadrons succeeded in entering while
the third fell back in disorder under
repeated volleys from our troops A
number of men and horses were seen
to fall For an hour afterward our
companies continued to fire on the
Japanese in the town preventing
them from leaving the streets and
houses
An hour and a half after the be
ginning of the engagement four com
panies were seen on the Kasan road
hastening to attack I gave the order
to mount and the entire force with a
covering squadron advanced in per
fect order and formed in line behind
the hill The wounded were placed
in front and the retirement was car
ried out with the deliberation of a
parade
Coinage Executed in March
WASHINGTON The coinage exe
cuted at the mints of the United
States during March aggregated
pieces and G52G216S in alue
is follows Gold 03G05790 silver
H4150S minor coins 164S70 In
addition 34G9 pieces were coined for
the Philippine government
In the Nations Strong Box
WASHINGTON Tuesdays state
ment of the treasury balances in the
general fund exclusive of the 150
000000 gold reserve in the division
of redemption shows Available cash
balances 224G00151 gold 115424
209
Wood Concedes Victory
DITTLE ROCK Ark Returns
have been received from seventy one
out of counties and they
show that Governor Jefferson Davis
arned fifty three and Judge Wood
are more than sufficient fcr the de j eighteen counties in the democratic
For Unlimited Subsidiary Silver
WASHINGTON The senate com
mittee on finance indorsed an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill provid
ing for the removal of the limitation
as to the coinage of subsidiary silver
suue unuiaj ies last oaturuay xne
counties carried by Governor Davis
ire entitled to 302 delegates in the
state convention The number neces
sary to nominate is 222 Judge Wood
has conceded that on the face of the
returns he has not enough counties to
win the nomination hut will contest
THE CANAL BILL
rHE MEASURE TO BE GIVEN AT
TENTION THIS WEEK
APPROPRIATIONS ALSO COME UP
Swayne Impeachment Resolution to
Be the Feature of the House Dis
cussion to Take Place on Various
Bills in Both Branches
WASHINGTON The early part of
the present week will be devoted to
the postoffice appropriation bill and
when that measure is disposed of
the Panama canal bill will be taken
up The canal bill will be among the
few measures other than appropria
tion bills which will receive attention
before the final adjournment session
It is expected that the measure will
be debated at some length and it is
expected that amendments to it will
be offered by senators on both sides
of the chamber It is expected that
by the time the canal bill shall be
disposed of the sundry civil bill will
have been reported from the commit
tee whereupon it will be considered
During the week there will be dis
cussion of various other bills includ
ing the bill for the protection of the
president on which Mr Hoar will
speait on Monday the pure food bill
on which Mr Heyburn will speak
Tuesday and the Chinese exclusion
bill which will be discussed on Wed
nesday by Mr Patterson Thursday
will be devoted to eulogies on the
late Senator Hanna
The Swayne impeachment resolu
tion will be the feature of the pro
ceeedings in the house Legislation
for the District of Columbia will have
the right of way part of Monday and
the balance of the day will be utilized
for the passage of bills under suspen
sion of the rules Tuesday and Wed
nesday the conference report on the
District of Columbia appropriation
bill to which the senate has made
amendments will take precedence and
the military academy bill will be dis
posed of during this time as will con
ference reports on several minor
house bills
Thursday the Swayne impeachment
case will be called up and present
indications are that debate on this
subject will consume the balance of
the week
The report of the McCall investiga
tion committee is looked for the lat
ter part of the week
OPPOSE ARBITRATION TREATY
Irish Protest Against Any Alliance
with England
CLEVELAND O The Irish nation
alists of this city have adopted strong
resolutions protesting ag iinst an ar
bitration treaty between the United
States of America and Great Britain
The views of George Washington rel
ative to the danger of alliances with
foreign powers is cited and the opin
ion is expressed that such a treaty be
tween the United States and Great
Britain would be
an undesirable con
dition to the other European powers
and would tend to disrupt and de
stroy the friendly relations that now
exist between the United States and
those countries A copy of the pro
test will be sent to Senators Foraker
and Dick
CHLOROFORMED PASSENGERS
Pickpocket Arrested on a Rock Island
Train
DES MOINES la One of the most
original pickpockets ever to operate
in the west was captured on a Rock
Island passenger train near Center
ville With a rag and cotton wound
around his forefinger as though it
were injured he saturated it with
chloroform and sat down by the side
of a drowsy passenger Opening a
paper he became interested in a story
and soon worked his finger near
enough his victim to cause an unnat
ural stupor He had victimized sev
eral passengers when arrested by de
tectives In his grip was found knock
out drops and other professional ma
terial
Sugar Factory Moves West
BIXGHAMPTON N Y The work
of dismantling the Binghampton beet
sugar factory which is to be removed
to Blackfoot Bingham county Idaho
will be begun within a few days The
change is made because it has been
difficult to persuade the farmers in
this locality to raise enough beets to
successfully operate the plant The
Idaho soil and climate are well adapt
ed to beet culture and farmers there
are eager to make contracts to raise
enough to supply the factory
Orders Cannon from England
PARIS The St Petersburg corre
spondent of the Figaro says that Rus
sia has ordered 250 cannon in Eng
land for the Manchurian army He
adds that the Tenth and Seventeenth
army corps will not start for the seat
of war before the end of the month
Pink Tish for Yellow Men
SEATTLE Wash The Seattle
Trade Register says that orders have
been placed with local dealers in the
last few days for 225000 cases of
Alaska pink salmon for shipment to
Japan for use by the army The im
mense purchase will go forward by
the Shawmut sailing Saturday while
each following ship will take some
The Trade Register also says that 75
000 cases have been purchased by Ja
pan in San Francisco and that large
purchases have also been made in
Vancouver B C
RIOTS ARE FEARED
Russia is Taking Every Precaution to
Avoid Trouble Easter Week
ST PETERSBURG Reports re
ceived by the ministry of the interior
indicate that the precautionary meas
ures taken to prevent anti Jewish dis
turbances during Easter week when
the ignorant are easily aroused to a
sort of religious frenzy against the
Jews bv the dissemination of false
stories regarding blood atonement
will result in the avoidance of trouble
In spite of the precautions it is fear
ed there may be riotinggs but the
authorities may be relied upon to sup
press these with a strong hand The
following telegram was received today
from Odessa
Reports of anti Jewish disturb
ances which are always common at
Easter time cause more uneasiness
this year than usual because of oc
currences of last year The authori
ties have confidence in Governor
hardt who is in charge of the city
and who is an energetic and humane
man as well as In Baron Kaulbers
commander of the troops in southern
Russia Under the circumstances any
serious disturbances are considered
impossible
The newspapers have printed warn
ings and the city is placarded with
warnings that all who disturb the
peace will be severely punished
RUSSIANS SAY IT WAS A VICTORY
Claim that Japanese Suffered Heavy
Loss in Latest Fight
ST PETERSBURG The following
semi official dispatch has been receiv
ed from Liao Yang
In the first encounter with the Jap
anese in northern Corea which was
crowned with victory for the Russian
arms the enemys losses were ten
times those of the Russians Accord
ing to Corean reports the Japanese
buried fifty men while 120 wounded
were removed with the help of 500 Co
reans to the headquarters of the Jap
anese main force The confusion of
the Japanese was so great that they
raised two Red Cross flags in token
of surrender Throughout their war
with China the Japanese never show
ed themselves so distracted The peo
ple here are in high spirits over the
news of the first brilliant fight in Co
rea
PROMISE JAPS WARM RECEPTION
Preparations to Circumvent Attempt
to Bottle Up Port Arthur
PORT ARTHUR Preparations
have been made to give the Japanese
a warm reception in case they again
attempt to block the harbor Vice
Admiral Togo was right in surmising
that Vice Admiral Makaroff is respon
sible for the change in Russian tac
tics and the inspiration of Russian
seamen
A Signalman named Aronkonso
who during the bombardment of Vlad
ivostok remained at a small signal
station on Askold island near the ene
mys ships and wired information of
the movements of the enemy to the
fortress has been decorated with the
cross of St George
FOOD SUPPLY OF PORT ARTHUR
Japanese Refugee Says There
is
Enough for One Month
NEW YORK A Japanese merchant
who left Port Arthur in one of the
many Chinese junks which are now
driving a profitable trade supplying
Port Arthur with foodstuffs estimates
that the food supply is sufficient fcr
one month says a Wei Hai Wei dis
patch to the Times He asserts that
the garrison does not exceed 10000
excluding the naval strength
Work on damaged vessels is pro
gressing diligently In the bombard
ment of March 10 90 per cent of the
Japanese projectiles burst There
were three small fires as a result but
no serious conflagrations
Casualties in a Skirmish
SEOUL A report has reached here
that 50 Japanese and 100 Cossacks
were killed and wounded in a skirmish
that occurred between Anju and Chong
Ju Marquis Ito upon taking his de
parture yesterday submitted to the
government some suggestions for Cor
ean reform The emperor has ap
pointed Yi Chi Ying a former minis
ter of foreign affairs as a special em
bassador to bear presents to the Jap
anese emperor and return the compli
ment of Marquis Itos visit to Corea
Holds Societies Unlawful
DETROIT Mich In a sweeping
decision handed down on Monday by
Judge Brooke of the Wayne circuit
court the Riverside club and Plumb
ing exchange of this city an organiza
tion of plumbers against which pro
ceedings were brought by Prosecutor
Hunt on the- ground that they were
organized to fix prices and stifle com
petition were restrained from contin
uing business which the court holds
to be an unlawful enterprise inimical
to the public welfare
Princess Edward Passes Away
BERLIN Princess Edward of Saxe
Weimar died here Sunday of acute
pneumonia
Turkey Will Exhibit
WASHINGTON According to dis
patch received here it is learned that
the Counsel of ministers for Turkey
has unanimously approved the propo
sition for an exhibit at the St Louis
Exposition A great number of na
stives are permitted to partake in the
exhibit Religious services of the Is
lamic faith will be held at the Mosque
of Omar which is an exact represent
ation of the most celebrated mosque
of Constantinople The export of the
water from the Jordan lias been au
thorized
XPRESS HELD UP
CAR BLOWN OPEN AND THE MES
SENGER KILLED
MASKED MEN DO THE WORK
Engineer Compelled to Carry Them
Away Dynamite Used in the De
structionContents of the Car Are
Taken
Cal Three mask
ed men held up the Oregon express
south bound on the Southern Pacific
railroad at Copley near Keswick kill
ed W J ONeill the express messen
ger and carried off the contents of
the express box The train is known
as No 15 and stopped at Copley a
small station for water As the train
came to a standstill three men jump
ed on and cut the train in two tak
ing the engine and express car down
the track a short distance They
stopped the engine and demanded that
Messenger ONeill open the express
car He refused whereupon they
blew up the express car with dyna
mite and deliberately killed ONeill by
shooting him through the head The
bandits then robbed the car of its con
tents but It is not known how much
they obtained
After robbing the express car the
men cut the car loese and getting on
the engine compelled Engineer Joe-
sink to go ahead When near Kes
wick the men dropped off the engine
and disappeared in the night with
their plunder
REDDING Cal It Is evident that
the three armed men who held up the
Oregon express and attempted to rob
it at Copley were novices They tool
human life without provocation and
the methods they employed to open
the safes were so crude that they gain
ed but little plunder
The particulars of the robbery were
obtained when the train minus the
express car reached Redding When
the train pulled into Copley the high
waymen emerged from the brush
They first encountered a tramp whe
was attempting to steal a ride He
was jabbed in the ribs with a rifle
muzzie and made to enter the smoker
Meanwhile one of the robbers knock
ed on the door of the express car
W J ONeill the Wells Fargo mes
senger asked him some question The
reply was evidently satisfactory be
cause ONeill slid the door back about
eighteen inches when a rifle bullet
was sent through his body It pass
ed near his heart and the messenger
fell back dead ONeill was not arm
ed He evidently believed from what
he was told that the knock came from
a member of the train crew
NO LONGER NEED OF DELAY
President and Attorney General Talk
Over Canal
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt and Attorney General Knox had
a conference subsequent to the re
ceipt o the information that the gov
ernment of Colombia had lost its suit
in the French courts against the new
Panama canal company and that now
there was no longer any reason for de
lay in the transfer of the companys
concessions and property to the Uni
ted States They discussed carefully
the facts of the situation
At the conclusion of the interview
Attorney General Knox announced that
there now was no more reason for de
lay than might be occasioned bv the
transfer of a title to a twenty foot lot
in Washington
The attorney general added that the
action of the French court had dispos
ed of the last legal obstacle in the
way of the transfer
of the canal com
panys property
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
President Decides Upon the Appoint
ment of Judge Baxter
WASHINGTON The long fight ov
er the displacement of United State
Attorney W S Summers of Nebraska
is ended The President will appoint
Judge Irving W Baxter of Omaha tc
the position The
appointment is ex
pectea to go to the Senate Friday
The appointment of Judge Baxter wa
settled on at the White House in a
conierence between the president and
Senators Millard and Dietrich and D
E Thompson The two senators and
Mr Thompson agreed upon Judge
Baxter and so assured the president
The term of District Attorney Sum
mers has boon out for two years but
he has held on regardless of this
Situation is Appalling
PETERSBURG Ind The fWi c u
Ji thls is appallin
W hite river above here is MiliSa
miles wide m places and twentv feet
deep in the channel Patoka river
which flows through the
countrys
cen
ter is three miles wide for nearlv
forty miles
Farms are under water
bridges and fences
are gone the soTl
washed away and much stock
Swn Jhhe is nmv reaches
000 The wheat
is ruined It is fear
ed there will be two
water more feet of
Delegates From Philippine
MANILA The
Republicans
and
Democrats here are
organizing to el
ect to the
debates national convn
Willu e adoption
c1fcIflUI ivoraoie to the Phili
laiauua
ppine
Bubonic Plague in India
BOMBAY The latrvr al
borne plague returns for tb who
inuia for the week
eudi March T
show the appalling mortality of V
o2 1 an increase over those of the pre
ceding week
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