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F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Your straw hat too often takes a
notion to show which way the wind
blows
Tho button trust is in trouble in
New York It never pays to trust a
button too far
Lobsters are said to be becoming
scarce Probably they have wearied
of being scalded alive
Mr Kiplings latest seems to com
bine the melodious flow of Whitman
with the lucidity of Browning
After all Its a little funny to see a
semi elderly gentleman as tickled with
his automobile as a boy with a new
sled
In the important matter of the ar
rangement of its bones the swordfish
shows a great improvement on the
shad
Complete calm prevails at Bogota
although a new administration has
come in Make a chalk mark on your
stove pipe
A multitude of doctorn could cure
the majority of their patients if thej
were only able to prescribe a larger
bank account
Uncle Russell Sage has the satis
faction of knowing that no scapegrace
son will ever dissipate his hard
earned wealth
The author of the phrase What is
the constitution between friends has
just died in New York But his spirit
goes marching on
King Edward is going to travel in
cognito but the conductor probably
will make him sign his right name
on the back of his pass
Living expenses may have increased
15 per cent but it is asserted that dy
ing expenses have grown in the same
ratio and there you are
Scientists claim to have discovered
the old age microbe but it is quite
likely the varmint will continue doing
business at the same old stand
The young husband ought always
to praise the young wifes first cake
and unless his health is delicate he
ought to do his best to try to eat it
The Bridgeport attorney who has
just wedded his stenographer will
now learn the great difference be
tween dictating and being dictated to
It will utterly dumfound all of the
Dusty Rhoadses in the country to hear
that a Boston man has committed
suicide because he could find no work
to do
The suggestion that the application
of olive oil will stop the itching of
mosquito bites published just at this
time is bound to boom the wect oil
market
All the recent information about
the antarctic continent leads irresist
ibly to the conclusion that it is one
or the best places on earth to stay
away from
A New York car conductor found
31500 hunted up the owner and re
turned it and was given a Canadian
quarter Question Is the world grow
ing better or is it not
A man may be regarded as a con
firmed old bachelor when his mental
emotion excited by the word sweet
hearts is less vivid than that excited
by the word sweetbreads
How young tho writer must be who
noting that Mr George Bernard Shaw
has recently celebrated his forty
eighth birthday adds that he has
kept his youthful figure and spirits
New Jersey is about to abolish its
toll roads When this reform has
been accomplished and the mosqui
toes exterminated New Jersey will be
considered eligible for admission into
the union
Accepting as true the estimate that
fifty years of coal mining will exhaust
all the veins of anthracite it is easy
to see how the time may be extended
to twice that period by a strike every
other year
New York is congratulating herself
on the healthiest summer she has
seen for ten years One reason may
be that most of the weaklings died
from pneumonia in that awful time
last winter
Six hundred years ao on the 20th
of July was born Francesco Petrarch
the worlds greatest love poet And
love is just as much in fashion as it
was the first time he ever wrote a
line to Laura
Can this Reggie Vanderbiltwho is
being praised for refusing to lend
money to a titled buf impecunious
foreigner be the same Reggie who
was lately separated from some of bis
wealth in a New York gambling em
porium
Down in New Haven they are talk
ing of erecting a monument to Eli
Whitney ttie Inventor of the cotton
gin This may seem a tardy act but
when a man has to wait 100 years for
a monument it settles beyond doubt
that his memqry is worth it
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S1XTEENJULLED
BESIDES THERE IS A LONG LIST
OF WOUNDED
A GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY
A Destructive Gale Tears Down the
Valley of the Mississippi at St Paul
and Minneapolis Losses Foot Up
Into the Millions
ST PAUL Minn Death to sixteen
persons and destruction to property
both private and public estimated at
3000000 rode on a screeching gale
which tore down the valley of the
Mississippi at about 9 oclock Satur
day night from a point somewhere
near the confluence of the Minnesota
and Mississippi rivers near Fort
Snelling At about that point the
fury of the elements seemingly di
vided and with a roar descended
upon the twin cities and their envi
rons Of the losses St Paul suffered
to the extent of about 1000000
Minneapolis is estimated at 1500000
while in the outside districts it is
feared that 500000 will not cover
the damage done to crops and farm
property
Beginning at a point below Fort
Snelling there is the first known evi
dence that the storm struck with
damaging effect ic came from the
southwest and howling in its fury
uprooted trees and demolished build
ings in its pathway toward St Paul
It tore off two spans of High bridge
completely The bridge is connected
there with the high bluffs at West
St Paul and it is 180 feet above the
river This mass of steel was carried
to the flats below where flying steel
girders and heavy planks fell on sev
eral small frame houses of the flat
dwellers and crushed them None of
the occupants of these houses were
hurt they having seen the storm
coming and taken refuge in the caves
in the hillside The storm tore along
the flats uprooted trees on Harriet
island and with a deafening roar and
the hiss and splash of falling sheets
of rain it struck the city at Wabasha
street bridge Here at the bridge
entrance and on opposite sides of
Wabasha street were located the
Tivoli concert hall and the Empire
theater both of which were fairly
filled Avith men watching the per
formances Both buildings stood on
the edge of the bluff overlooking the
river with the sides of the buildings
open and were wrecked The full
force of the tornado struck them
The buildings began to sway and
rock and the audiences became panic
stricken Men and boys rushed over
each other for the exits The lights
went out and the sheet lightning
flashes one following another with
gunfire rapidity illuminated a scene
of pandemonium which was inten
sified by the crash of glass and the
tearing of timbers as the frame struc
tures gave way before the tornado
The damage to property was im
mense conservative estimates plac
ing it between 500000 and 1000-
000 The downtown busines district
was hit hard many of the large office
and business blocks being completely
riddled and the stocks of wholesale
houses seriously damaged by the
floods of rain that accompanied the
wind
The storm cloud which came from
the southwest first hit the ground
on the west side bluffs near the high
bridge Two spans of this structure
which is of steel and which crosses
the Mississippi river at a height of
200 feet were cut out as cleanly as
though done with a knife and thrown
into the gulch below crushing in the
roofs of -a number of small houses
situated on the flats along the river
bank
G A R PICKS LEADER
General Wilmon Blackmar Elected
Commander-in-Chief
BOSTON Mass General Wilmon
W Blackmar of this city was elected
commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic by acclamation
at the closing session of the national
encampment Thursday and Denver
Colo was selected as the place for
the encampment of 1905 The other
national officers elected were
Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief
John R King Washington
Junior Vice Commander George
W Patton Chattanooga Tenn
Surgeon General Dr Warren R
King Indianapolis
Chaplain-in-Chief Rev J H Brad
ford Washington
Steamship Owners Protest
LONDON Rea of Glasgow owner
of the steamer Allanton which was
captured by the Vladivostok squadron
on June 10 and condemned by a prize
court has written a letter to the
newspapers in which he declares that
the vessel was seized while carrying
coal from Japan to Singapore The
court has decided that the Allanton
having once carried contraband was
liable to condemnation if she was
afterwards seized Hundreds of Brit
ish ships would be liable to seizure
on the same grounds
TELL OF ARMENIAN MASSACRES
Villagers and Soldiers Killed In
Sanguinary Encounter
tlhe Tabriz Persia correspondent
of tho London Daily News in a dis
patch dated Aug G says
On July 23 a band of Armenian
revolutionists appeared near Outch
kilissa Turkish soldiers and Kurds
finding an excuse attacked set fire
to and destroyed the villages of
Outchkilissa Koomlouboujak Gou
gan Karabzar and Sayto butchering
men and outraging women
Two large Armenian bands march
ing to Sassum to help the insurgent
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Scene of the Massacre
Star Indicates approximate location of
villaRCS named in cable dispatch
leader Antranik attacked the garri
sons at Mossunzory and Goutchagh
for revenge on July 25 At dawn
bombs were thrown into these places
killing many and severe fighting en
sued The number of soldiers killed
amounted to several hundred
THE NOVIK iS SUNK
Japanese Cruisers Chitose and Tsu
shima attack Warship
WASHINGTON The state depart
mentt received the following cable
gram from Minister Griscom at Tokio
Japanese fleet sunk Novik off Sak
halin today
The following details of the attack
on the Novik have been received at
the Japanese legation
The captain of the protected
cruiser Chitose reports that the Chi
tose and the Tsushima attacked the
Russian cruiser Novik at Karakovsk
Sakhalin island on the morning of
August 20 On the morning of the
21st the Novik which had been heav
ily damaged was stranded and partly
sunk The Tsushima was hit once
in the coal bunker but the damage
has already been repaired There
was no other damage nor was there
a single casualty on either of the
Japanese vessels
DAVIS FORMALLY NOTIFIED
Democratic Nominee for Vice Presi
dent Receives Committee
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS W
Va Henry Gassaway Davis was for
mally notified on Wednesday that he
is the nominee of the democratic
party for vice president of the United
States Mr Davis accepted the nomi
nation in a brief speech reviewing
the political situation expressing the
sentiments of Judge Parker on the
money question and expressing the
determination to be successful in the
campaign
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
chairman of the nomination commit
tee delivered the notification address
The ceremonies were held on the
lawn of the White Sulphur Springs
hotel which affords a natural amphi
theater the grounds sloping up from
the speakers stand on all sides and
sheltered by huge spreading oaks
The day was an ideal one from every
standpoint There was a large attend
ance
WILL STOP THE DECEPTION
English Trademark on American Sil
verware Prohibited
WASHINGTON The secretary of
the treasury has issued the following
statement -
American silver plate manufactur
ers have been in the habit of sending
their wares to England for the pur
pose of having the Hall mark of
England placed upon them with a
view as is stated f deceiving Ameri
can purchasers in believing the goods
to be of English manufacture such
goods being permitted to come back
free of duty because this marking is
not considered as an improvement
The secretary of the treasury is
now informed by the secretary of
state that an act has been passed by
the British parliament preventing the
use of the English Hall mark on
American silver ware in England
WATSON AND TIBBLES
They Receive Official Notification of
Their Nomination
NEW YORK Thomas E Watson
of Georgia the peoples party candi
date for president and Thomas H
Tibbies of Nebraska vice presiden
tial candidate were formally norfied
of their nomination here Thursday
night at Cooper Union The big hall
was crowded when at 8 oclock the
two candidates accompanied by Al
fred G Boulton of Brooklyn chair 1
man of the meeting appeared on the
platform There was much cheering
Chairman Boulton at once intro
duced General Samuel Williams of
Indiana who made a speech officially
notifying the candidates of their selec
tion
General Nord Made No Threat
WASHINGTON General Nord
never threatened to repeat the mas
sacre of foreigners in Hayti in 1904
according to Minister Powell who had
the denial from the presidents own
ips On August 1 several American
merchants Informed him that Presi
dent Nord had made such a threat in
a public audience As this report
caused great alarm in all classes Min
ister Powell at the request of the
merchants saw the president and
asked as to the truth of the report
He replied that it was not true
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If ARTHUR FALLS
THEN THERE IS A STANDING
ORDER TO BLOW UP SHIPS
IS BY THE CZAfTS AUTHORITY
Acute Anxiety Prevailing Regarding
the Situation Ample Supply of
Ammunition and Provisions Said
to Be at Port Arthur
ST PETERSUBRG Acute anxiety
prevails regarding the situation at
Port Arthur on account of the desper
rate character of the fighting re1
ported to be taking place The war
office however does not seem to be
lieve that danger of the fall of the
fotress is so imminent as is gener
ally asserted According to advices
received by the war office there is
still an ample supply of ammunition
and provisions there While it Is
realized that the Japanese probably
outnumber the defenders six or seven
fold the great strength of the forti
fications it is believed will do much
to make up for the disparity in num
bers
Upon one point there is absolute
unanimity here namely that if the
fortress is so imminent as is gener
into the hands of the Japanese On
this point the admiraltys instructions
are of the most imperative character
Vice Admiral Prince Ouktomsky
has been ordered should the worst
come to sally forth for a death strug
gle and Jhere is no question here that
these instructions will be carried out
both in letter and in spirit but if
for any reason a final sortie proves
to be impossible the admiral is to de
stroy his ships and to make certain
that there their wreckage shall be
absolutely irreparable
In the meantime Vice Admiral Ro
jestvenskys Baltic squadron includ
ing the battleship Orel is standing
off Cromstadt with steam up It is
popularly expected that the squadron
will sail at any hour and it is quite
true that it is ready for almost im
mediate departure but regarding the
question of sailing tnere is a differ
ence of opinion among the naval au
thorities It is held on the one hand
that the immediate sailing of the
squadron would be the best policy
Should the squadron arrive within
two months in the orient it would
find Vice Admiral Togos fleet in ar
infinitely worse condition than if thd
Japanese were allowed the whole win
ter to repair and refit the ships
The advocates of an immediate
sailing hold that the port of Vladi
vostock is capable of receiving the
squadron even should the entrance
in Port Arthur prove to be impractic
able and they wish to treat the Port
Arthur squadron for the present as
a negligible quantity letting the Bal
tic sea vessels meet the Japanese in
the present weakened condition with
out relying for any certain assist
ance either on Vice Admiral Ouk
tomsky or Vice Admiral Skrydloff
ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR
It in Indicated by Information From
Various Sources
CHE FOO That a general land and
naval attack was made on Port Ar
thur Monday is indicated by informa
tion from various sources
The statement that the naval attack
was made at 4 in the morning comes
from an authoritative but not diplo
matic quarter
Junks which arrived here say the
Japanese recently occupied the Liuuti
hills and Sushiyen which is two or
three miles north of the fortress Five
warships and seven torpedo boat de
stroyers according to the junks re
turned to Port Arthur the night of
August 10
The receipt of the official dispatch
announcing the repulse of an attack
on Port Arthur August 10 received
on Port Arthur August 10 revived the
hopes that the fortress may prove im
pregnable General Stoessels dis
patch also dispelled the ugly rumora
current in the city that the stronghold
had fallen
STATESBORO QUIETING DOWN
Captain of Militia Company Will
Demand an Inquiry
STATESBORO Ga The town and
surrounding country were quiet Sat
urday and no more disturbances have
been reported The chief interest
now centers about the attitude of the
Statesboro military company regard
ing its part in the work of last
Tuesday Lieutenant Cone who was
in charge of the local company is
reported to have said that with his
forty men he could have protected
the two negros from the mob Lieu
tenant Griner second in command of
the Statesboro company is quoted to
the same intent Captain Hitch who
was in command of the troops at
Statesboro will demand it is re
ported a court of inquiry of his con
duct and that of his soldiers Cap
tain Hatch in his official report
charges that Sheriff Kendrick and his
deputies betrayed all his plans to the
mob
To Pass on Wisconsin Case
MADISON Wis The republican
state central commitee w hich called
the last state convention in the state
university gymnasium May 18 met to
comply with the law that provides
that in case of a division or contro
versy in a party as to which of the
two conventions is regular the com
mittee which called the convention
shall determine the question of regu
larity It was decided to issue a call
for a hearing on September 12 and
invite representatives of both parties
to be present
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nNEWS IN NEBRASKA e
FARMERS MAY HOLD WHEAT
Society Sends Out Circular Advising
Them to Walt for Dollar Twenty
LINCOLN Wheat growers in this
section have recently received a cir
cular from President Everitt of the
American Spciety of Equity urging
them to make a minimum price of
120 a biishel for No 2 red winter
wheat Chicago market basis Ever
itt estimates the winter wheat crop
in the United States at 365000000
bushels and spring wheat at 210i
000000 bushels To reduce this to a
flour making basis there must be de
ducted an immense quantity of low
grade wheat caused from rust and
wet weather Much of this he says
is fit only for feed He estimates
the shrinkage at 25000000 bushels
He bases his figures on estimates re
ceived from 12000 farmers Of this
number he says 11122 say they do
not need to sell at once and he
strongly urges that the farmers unite
In controlling the market by hiding
the visible supply out of sight of the
elevator men and wheat gamblers of
Chicago and thus force prices to
their own satisfaction
YORK RAISES A NEW POINT
Counties Whose Valuation Was
Raised Look for Flaws in Law
LINCOLN A York county man
stated that there is a possibility that
the increases in county valuations
ordered by the State Board of Equali
sation may all be invalid because of
the interference with the power of
the county boards to raise revenue I
Under the statute for the regulation
of county levies county boards are
required to make estimates in Janu
ary of the amount of revenue which
they will raise for local purposes
and they are subject to a fine should
they raise more revenue than the
sstimate calls for Under the new
revenue statute the state board to
equalize must of necessity interfere
with the amount of revenue raised
locally and that fact it is claimed
makes the section granting the power
tn tho stnto linnrrt invalid It is not I
succes of such a suit would cut down
the grand assessment roll of the state
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Many Applications
S C Bassett of the state fair man
agement is trying to make room for
all the hog owners who are seeking
space The applications on file fill
the pens already on the grounds and
allow an overflow but Mr
promises to make room for all ex
hibitors The same situation is found
in regard to the display of agricul
tural implements but the solution
will be found by making the indi
vidual exhibitors take less space
The presence of Dan Patch on Tues
day August 30 is expected to draw
an enormous crowd
Carpenter Declared Insane
WAHOO Frederick Anderson a
carpenter and cabinet maker was
brought before the board today and
adjudged insane He served a term
in the asylum at Lincoln in 1900 but
was released having been pro
nounced cured Of late he has been
seized with fits of insanity several
times threatening violence to his
family
Teachers Wages Have Increased
The county superintendents re
ports which are being received at the
office of the state superintendent in
dicate that there has been a large
increase in the average salaries paid
school teachers both male and fe
male as compared with the figures
Cor 1903
Ranchmen Are Worried
Chief Clerk E S Mickey of the
governors office who has returned
from his Keya Paha ranch stated
that the outlook for the ranchmen is
not very bright in the near future
Even with the ending of the strike
he believes that there is danger of
a sudden rush to the market which
will glut the stock yards and run
prices down to a low level He says
that many of the ranchmen are hold
ing their cattle waiting for the end
Df the strike It is a serious matter
because from now on their cattle will
shrink rapidly
Inspecting the New Cells
LINCOLN The state board of
public lands and buildings visited the
penitentiary for the purpose of in
specting the new cells in the west
cell house and to pass on an estimate
for payment of work already done
The cells are nearly completed and
are expected to be entirely finished
by October 1 when Nebraska will
have the finest cell house of any
city in the United States outside of
Baltimore
Farmer Gored to Death
FREMONT August Baumac aged
73 was fatally gored by a bull in his
pasture three miles northwest of
Snyder Tuesday He was dead when
found He lived in Dodge county for
a long time and was highly respected
i On a Tour of Inspection
f General Chaffee the commander-in-chief
of the army and General
Humphrey the
quartermaster gen
eral visited orts Niobrara and Rob
inson on their tour of the west
THE STATE AP LARGE
The Board of County Commission
ers of Johnson county hav4o lowered
Four residences in Nebraska City
were visited by burgars the same
night
The plant of the Omaha Bedding
company burned last week the loss
being 7000
The Seward county fair will be belt
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday
August 23 24 and 25
The Hanover church near Beatrice
was struck by lightning and damaged
to the extent of 250
In a runaway Miss Hattie Nestor
of Johnson county was thrown from
a buggy and severely injured
John Saucerman of Hastings has
taken the contract for building a 20
000 Catholic church in Greeley county
Dr D L Meehan of Seward county
has been held to the district court
for criminal assault on Bessie Corco
ran
At Lincoln Mrs W J Tobin was
stabbed in the stomach by her hus
band and is now at the hospital in a
dangerous condition
Burglars ransacketd the home of
Mrs J W Reiber while the members
of the family were absent Nothing
of value was secured
In Johnson county Frank Wagner
21 years old was thrown from a pony
and his foot catching in the stirrup
he was dragged to death
Old settlers of Fillmore county held
their annual picnic last week The
attendance for each day was 5000
the levy from 13 to 12 mills
According to the assessors report
Gage county has 03379 acres of win
ter wheat and 1GS4S9 acres of corn
planted Gage is second in corn acre
age and seventh in wheat acreage
Attorney General Prout has been
requested to assist in the defense of
the injunction suit brought in Nemaha
county by Church Howe to prevent
the enforcement of the 5 per cent in
crease in the valuation of that county
authorized by the State Board of
yet known whether a test suit will j Equalization
be instituted in York county The Farmers and property owners
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in
Yoik county are very much incensed
over the order of the State Equaliza
tion board that all property shall be
raised 5 per cnt in York county and
accompanying the order was the state
ment saying that this did not apply to
the railroad valuation in York county
The elevator men at Callaway are
hustling just now in order to get their
storage rooms in shape to receive the
Bassett i mammoth crop which is being thresh
ed out in that locality It is estimat
ed that the largest crop in the history
of the county will be marketed be
tween this and crop time next year
A committee from the Grand Army
post of Adams went to Tecumseh for
the purpose of viewing the soldiers
monument and cannon in the court
yard The outcome of their visit was
the placing of contracts with the Neid
hart Marble works of that city for ex
act duplicates of the monument and
mountings for the cannon
The County Board of Supervisors of
Seward county will submit the court
house proposition to the voters of the
county at the regular election to be
held November 8 The proposition
will be for 100000 80000 of which
will be for the court house and 10000
for a jail and sheriffs residence and
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10000 for furnishing the buildings
The residence and office of Dr
Shoemaker at Clay Center was en
tered and two valuable rings stolen
Two suspicious characters are under
arrest One of them has given two
different names George Miller and
James Dayton The value of the
stolen property is said to be about
150
The Burlington depot at Eik Creek
was broken into by burglars The of
fice was ransacked and the money
drawer broken open A few pennies
that were left in the drawer was all
that was found missing
Ninety two dollars ner acre was
paid by Ira Parsons for a tract of
land on Maple Creek near Bethel
church The buildings on the place
are poor and the price the largest ever
paid for Dodge county lands
Thomas Zimmerman a prosperous
German farmer sold a load of wheat
in Beatrice which brought 84 cents
per bushel Mr Zimmerman says his -wheat
crop will average about twenty
bushels to the acre the largest yield
yet reported in that locality
Mrs Robert Kirkpatrick a sister
of David II May a prominent farmer
near Trumbull and with whom she
had been living since being separated
from her husband became despond
ent from worrying over her troubles
and left her brothers home Wednes
day night A search party was organ
ized Thrusday and the missing woman
was found sitting down beside a corn
field where she had been wandering
all night
John McDonald an unmarried man
51 years of age residing at Wisner
Cuming county was taken before the
Board of Insanity for examination
and found to be insane c was tak
en to the asylum at LiracgVi
The Omaha and Nefbaska Centr y
Railroad company filedarticles of in
corporation in Hastirgs The ofm
pany is incorporate for i50b00
and will build anVPerate an electric
railway line froyOniaha to Hastings
by the way of tfahoo David City
Osceola Stronjurg Aurora Giltner
and Trumbull
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