McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
ircooK
NEBRASKA
A deaf and dumb man wants to be
Mayor of St Paul It might be a
good thing for St Paul to have such a
mayor The grafters would have to
put their demands in writing
In New Jersey a young woman is
suing her guardian because he has not
bought her a new hat in three years
Its certainly scandalous to keep a girj
from going to church all that time
King Edward would doubtless feci
flattered if he could know what wide
attention his double creased trousers
ire attracting in tle editorial columns
t the newspapers of the United
States
A man has been discovered in the
south of France who remembers see
ng Napoleon cross the Alps Some
body will turn up some day who re
members seeing old Russell Sage
come across
Hazel Belle Melvin of Hudson N
H boasts of a hydrangea which was
olantert the day she was born and
which now has 129 blossoms But
that doesnt give away the secret of
Miss Hazels age
The Newport society leaders who
ire setting the fashion of short skirts
for fall suits are probably indifferent
to the fact that at last they are doing
something that will meet with gen
eral popular approval
The young Count von Arnim just
liilled in battle with the natives ol
South Africa once threatened
morolr with n phnllpnsre tn a rtnpl hut
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What an opportunity for anothei
Bet of war paintings Verestchagin ha
missed
With Jnpan anil Russia holding o
gun at each ear how can China heir
being neutral
If you wan o retain your faith ir
a critic you ought never to see thi
things he criticises
Judging from the way the czar it
acting there is nothing in that storj
of its being a borrowed boy
There is a shortage of 40000 servant
girls in New York Verily the police
mans lot is an unhappy one
Now that he has a son and heir
the czar will be affectionately referred
to by his faithful subjects as the old
Nick
The New York World says that the
poor consumer can never strike
Down this way he strikes many a
snag
How these flying machine inventors
must wish that they could hitch theii
aerial wagons to the soaring price of
wheat
The man who is fool enough to hunt
trouble is scarcely man enough to
face it after his search has been re
warded
One of the leaders of Newport soci
ety has just given a bal blanc It
is now up to her hated rival to give
a colored dance
It Is quite evident that there is nc
meat strike in China for we read thai
the dowager empress is reducing her
household expenses
The prehistoric animal whose tracks
have been found leading out of New
Jersey was probably trekking awaj
from the mosquitoes
During a fire in a New York hotel
a woman dressed herself in less than
fifteen minutes The record will doubt
less stand for eternity
If the report that credits the sultan
of Turkey with the ambition to out
live all his predecessors is justified it
may explain some things
And now Mr Charles M Schwab
comes forward with a declaration that
he wahts to die poor with significant
and emphatic emphasis upon the
poor
Realizing that a woman climber sei
upon a mountain top cannot be hid
Miss Peck of Boston shows no dis
position to hide her light beneath a
bushel
Now that he has taken up smoking
it is up to Edward Atkinson to invent
a tobacco consumer that will give
three times the smoke with half the
material
It was kind of the kaiser to give his
American built yacht Meteor of which
he is tired to the crown prince but
will she be fast enough for such o
speedy youth
Venezuela has entered suit against
an asphalt company for 50000000 bol
ivars The exact value of a bolivar
is unknown to us but we are always
willing to learn
as Bismarck was sensible the young
man nveu io uie in iae uaiue wnn ine
Hamakari
Still the action of the czar in issu
ing the manifesto providing that in
case of his death before the czare
vitch attains his majority the Grand
Duke Michael shall become regent
does not prove conclusively that the
emperor is going to the front
AVE LAID YANG
RUSSIANS WITHDRAW TO THE
LEFT BANK OF TAITSE RIVER
ADVANCE 0FTHE JAPANESE
Kurokls Army Crosses the Reiver on
Pontoon Bridge Japanese Casual
tics Since August 29 Estitmated at
Ten Thousand
TOKrO The Japanese left began
pressing the Russians toward Ttazho
at dawn Friday morning The Japan
ese right is engaged in the neighbor
hood of Heiyingtai
The Japanese casualties since Au
gust 29 are officially estimated at
10000
ST PETERSBURG The news of
the occupation of Liao Yang by the
Japanese and the withdrawal of the
Russian army to the right bank of
the Taitse river reached only a small
section of the people of St Peters
burg at a late hour and caused intense
excitement and disappointment The
majority of the inhabitants retired to
rest believing that Russians arms had
again been successful and that the
Japanese attacks had been repelled
Ugly suspicions however have been
rife during the day owing to the ab
sence of press telegrams from Liao
Yang leading to the belief that the
communications had been cut by Gen
eral Kuroki
The following statement was ob
tained by the Associated Press from
the war office at 10 oclock Thursday
night
General Kurokis army crossed in
force to the right bank of the Haitse
river and it therefore became neces
sary for the Russians to be in a po
sition to repel a blow in this direc
tion
In view of this development in
the operations General Kouropatkin
decided to abandon his positions on
the left bank and to concenarate his
whole army on the other side of the
river This position is the strongest
both in character and in site The
great issue will finally be decided
there
By withdrawing to this position
the Russian army avoids the neces
sity of being divided by the river
and enjoys the advantage of com
pactness
General Kouropatkins move there
fore is not to be considered as a
retreat but rather as the carrying out
of a well defined idea
The withdrawal of the Russians to
the right bank involved the abandon
ment of Liao Yang which is situated
on the left bank The Japanese took
advantage of this to occupy the city
but the sternest part of the fighting
is still before them unless General
Kouropatkin decides at the last hour
to again fall back to the northward
It is more than likely however that
he will decide to fight to a finish
The cards are all in his favor it is
believed now that he has the Japan
ese divided by the river thus effect
ually turning the tables up his foe
CANNOT FIND RUSSIAN SHIPS
British Cruisers Fail to Take Message
to Volunteer Vessels
LONDON The efforts of the Brit
ish cruisers of the Cape of Good Hope
squadron to establish communication
with the Russian volunteer fleet
steamers Smolensk and St Petersburg
have thus far failed The admiralty
received late Thursday afternoon a
dispatch from Rear Admiral Durnford
announcing that none of his ships had
caught sight of or had heard by wire
less telegraphy from either of the
Russian cruisers He was directed to
continue the search and another crui
ser was ordered to report to him and
join the search
In Russian diplomatic circles it is
said that it is not surprising that
neither of the Russian cruisers had
put into an African port to coal for
the reason that before they sailed
Black sea colliers preceded them
with instructions to transfer coal at
certain specified points
Subway Muddle Yet Unsettled
NEW YORK Another fruitless ef
fort to settle the threatened trouble
between the Interborough Rapid
Transit company and the employes
was made by committees representing
both interests At the conclusion
which was held at the Hom of August
Belmont the announcement was made
that no agreement had been reached
Mr Belmont was of the opinion that
the situation would be adjusted with
out serious trouble Assistant Grand
Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers thought differ
ently
Russian Steamer Goes Down
TOKIO A Russian steamer engaged
In clearing the channel at Port Arthur
struck a mine and was destroyed
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Russian Crews Told to Leave
SHANGHAI Repair work on the
Russian cruiser Askold and torpedo
bota destroyer Grozovoi has been
stopped by the order of the British
minister the dock at which the re-
pairs are being made being owned by
British citizens China has ordered
that the paroled crews of the Askold
and Grozovool return to Russia The
Japanese consul notified the consuls
of neutral nations that any ship leav
ing port with crews of the Askold and
Grozovof will be captured by Japanese
warships still outside the harbor
RACE QUESTION THE ISSUE
The South Wrought Up Against
Roosevelt
ESOPUS N Y Senator Asbury C
Latimer of South Carolina was the
only political visitor at Rosemouht
After leaving Rosemount Senator
Latimer scid
I came to tell Judge Parker that
the south stands ready to send a host
of orators north to help in the cam
paign against Roosevelt Every
speaker in the south is prepared to
assist in this work in the north The
south is solid not so much against
republicanism as against the person
ality of Roosevelt The race question
as fathered by Roosevelt will be the
chief issue against him
The announcement by David B Hill
of his contemplated retirement Janu
ary 1 occasioned much interest in
Esopus today but Judge Parker re
fused to comment on it
INTENSE ANXIETY PREVAILS
Battle Now in Progress May Put an
End to the War
ST PETERSBURG Even late
Monday night the greatest uncertain
ty prevails regarding the actual
situation at Liao Yang There is in
tense anxiety for definite news from
the front but even the authorities
are frankly ignorant as to whether
or not the long expected decisive ac
tion will be fought at Liao Yang or
further north
It is possible that a great battle
is now proceeding and there are
many indications that such is the
case
If this is so the fate of this years
campaign may be settled within forty-eight
hours At the same time
opinion is almost equally divided
many believing that General Kuro
patkin will not make a determined
stand and that the Japanese will
crack the shell only to find that the
bird has flown
PULLMAN SHOPS TO CLOSE
Seven Thousand Men Will Be Out of
Employment
CHICAGO The great shops of the
Pullman company are to shut down
on September 1 and thousands of men
employed in the various departments
of the car building corporation will
be without work Thirty thousand
people at Pullman and in the sur
rounding towns will be effected
When the Pullman company is
working on the full time 7000 persons
are employed During the last few
months owing to a lack of new or
ders men have been laid off COO and
400 at a time until now the force
does not amount to more than 2000
These men are engaged in finishing
the construction of cars already un
der way and when these are ready
for the rails the shops will be closed
and the plant rendered idle The
plant may remain closed for more
than a month
IS A GAME OF GIVE AND TAKE
Forts Change Hands Repeatedly at
Port Arthur
CHE FOO A Chinese who lived
near Rihhmgeshan declares that he
saw the Russians occupying this fort
from which previous reports stated
that they had been driven Probably
both reports were correct at the time
they were current as semi official ad
vices state that many positions about
the fortress change hands repeatedly
The fighting which began on the
27th soon became general While the
Chinese were at sea August 2S the
heavy firing was resumed
Two junks containing contraband
of war were sunk by a Japanese tor
pedo boat ten miles off Liaoti prom
ontory
It is said that fort No 5 has
changed hands four times and is
now unoccupied
MORE LIBERAL TO FINLAND
Policy of Russification Possibly Sus
pended
ST PETERSBURG The imperial
decree convening the Finnish diet not
only convokes it this year but makes
provisions for its meetings three
years hence thus foreshadowing reg
ular meetings of the diet at intervals
of not less than five years in acoerd
ance with the letter of the Finnish
constitution for the first time since
the grand duchy came under Russian
sovereignty That such a step lias
been taken possibly indicates the sus
pension of the policy of the Russifica
tion of Finland to which the late Min
ister of the Interior Plehve was com
mitted
Negro Lynched at Laramie
LARAMIE WyoJoe Martin col
ored was lynched by a mob of 300
men in front of Judge Carpenters
house at 8 oclock Monday night
Martin was a trusty in the county
jail He atttacked Delia Krause a
white girl employed in the jail kitch
en and slashed her face and arms
with a knife One man was injured
by Martin when they were entering
the jail to drag him out
Baltic Brings Two Thousand
NEW YORK What is said to be
the largest number of steerage pas
sengers ever brought from Great Brit
ain in a single vessel arrived Thurs
day on the steamship Baltic which
brought 2000 passengers in the steer
age in addition to 671 in the cabins
making a total of 3124 persons on
board including the crew Among the
steerage passengers were a number of
returning Americans William Riley
a well kndwn cattleman was in the
steerage having completed his 20th
round trip across the Atlantic
TWO BICJRMIES
NOW LOCKED IN A DEATH STRUG
GLE FOR SUPREMACY
THE SECOND DAYS CONFLICT
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Nearly Half a Million Men Engaged
in a Battle That May Mean a Crush
ing Defeat for One Side or the
Other
ST PETERSBURG With the
knowledge that the Russian and Jap
anese armies about Liao Yang are
locked in a death struggle the tension
in St Petersburg is strained to the
utmost It is believed here that the
fight cannot stop short of the crush
ins defeat of one side or the other
All reports so far are favorable to
thn Russians though the suspension
of all news for many hours has been
exceedingly trying and has given rise
to several rumors somewhat temper
ing the earlier enthusiasm It is
stated officially however that the re
port that the railway and telegraph
have been cut north of Liao Yang is
untrue
A member of the general staff said
to the Associated Press at midnight
I can assure you that up to this hour
communication with Liao Yang has
not been interrupted General Kuro
patkin has taken particular precau
tions against any attempt to cut the
railway While it is always possible
that a small raiding party might slip
through the Russian patrols or that
hired Chinese bandits might cut the
wire it is a fair supposition that this
has not been done
The highest military authorities
here consider that the most critical
stage of the battle has not yet been
reached and they believe the fight
may continue for some time before
nither side acknowledges defeat This
is an important consideration by the
light of which to interpret any im
mediate news It is thought here that
in view of the numbers engaged the
desperateness of the assaults and the
length of the line about seven miles
the losses in the two days fighting
cannot fall short of 10000 on each
side Both sides are straining ever
nerve realizing that the fortunes of
war for a whole year are in the scale
and neither side is in the mood or the
position to spare men in the effort to
achieve a final victory
The battle of Liao Yang will prob
ably rank as one of the great sanguin
ary battles of history It is estimated
by the general staff that the Japan
esn armies engaged number seven
teen divisions of 15000 men each
or allowing for inefficients about
240000 men Each division has thirty
six guns and there are two independ
ent artillery brigades of 100 guns
each making a total of about 800 guns
The estimates of Russian corre
spondents range at from 000 to 1000
guns aer side
In the preliminary fighting on Mon
day the Russians captured 200 pris
oners who have already arrived at
Harbin and report persists that they
captured over fort Japanese guns yes
terday
General Kuropatkins effective
forces are variously estimated at from
170000 to 200000 men
The Japanese Wednesday morning
attacked three sides of the Russian po
sition One of the Associated Pre--correspondents
also mentions a Jap
anese movement to the northeast of
Liao Yang showing that the Japan
ese were undoubtedly trying to Avork
around Kuropatkins rear
One of the surprising phases of the
situation is the endurance of the men
They have been engaged desperately
for two days after more or less se
vere fighting under unfavorable condi
tions every day since August 24 It
would seem that human endurance
could not persist much longer without
respite of some sort
MURDERER OF VON PLEHVE
Question of Whether He Will Be Tried
by Court Martial
ST PETERSBURG The statement
in these dispatches last week that
Sasoneff the assassin of Minister of
the Interior Von Plehve had been sen
tenced to death proves to be incor
rect The question as to whether the
assassin will be tried by court mar
tial or by civil court has not yet been
decided This is one of the questions
that the new minister of the interior
will have to pass upon the fact that
St Petersburg is technically in a
state of siege giving the minister this
power
Balmasheff the murderer of M Sip
iaguine M Von Plehves predecessor
was tried by court martial It is ex
pected that the emperor will appoint
a new minister of the interior as soon
as he returns from the Don
Servia to Extend Railroads
BELGRADE Servia The govern
ment proposes to raise a loan of G
000000 for purposes of extending the
railway system of the kingdom
Nine Persons Killed
MONTREAL Nine persons were
killed and twenty three injured in a
head on collision on the Grand Trunk
railway near Richmond Que Tues
day The trains involved were a spe
cial excursion from Monfeeal bound
for Sherbrooke and passenger trait
No 5 running between Island Bond
Vt and Montreal The collision it is
claimed was due to neglect of orders
on the part of the train crew of the
excursion train which left Richmond
without awaiting the arrival of the
passenger train
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1 NEBRASKA STATE NEWS -
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THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA -ARGUE FOR ASSESSMENT RAISE
The peach crop about Humboldt Is
being harvested and Is very fine
A party of twenty Fremonters left
Fremont to attend the conclave of
Knights Templar at San Francisco
Ervin Corey the youngest son of
A Corey a prominent farmer living
north of Sutton dropped dead while
playing in the yard
Announcement was made by the
populist state central committee that
Presidential Candidate Watson had
been secured to make four speeches in
he state during the campaign
Miss Annetta Sprung who taught
German in the high school at Platts
mouth last year has resigned to ac
cept a similar position in the schools
of Lincoln No one has yet been se
lected to fill the vacancy
Reuben Newton and Bill Bennett
broke jail at Butte undoubtedly as
sisted as the window bars were brok
en from the outside and the locks on
the steel cages where the men were
confined were taken off and are miss
ing Considerable damage was done
to the jail
John Wiggins for thirty years a
resident of Columbus is lying at his
home in a critical condition as the
result of a stroke of paralysis His
physicians say that he has practically
no chance to recover Mr Wiggins
is 55 years old and for many years
was engaged in the live stock busi
ness at Columbus
The farmers organized a branch of
the Farmers exchange at Bee Seward
county last week with 400 subscrib
ers The president is O E Bedford
secretary F E Bek trustees J E
Moravic O E Bedford and U J
Batetielder This is the fifth branch
of the company to be organized in
Nebraska Other branches are in
Richardson and Otoe counties
Two boys named Smith and Ridg
ley whose homes are near Cortland
left home about a week ago taking a
team belonging to a relative of one
of them They told their parents
that they were going to the Blue river
on a fishing trip and nothing has been
heard of them since their disappear
ance Sheriff Trude has been re
quested to join in the search for them
The dedication of the new M E
church at Dorchester took place last
Sunday Rev G W Abbott of Ge
neva Neb preached the dedicatory
sermon At the close of the sermon
the pastor Rev T A Hull stated the
cost of the building to be G000 To
this the audience responded cheer
fully and in just eight minutes over
400 was raised and everybody joined
in singing the doxology
John L Pope the engineer at the
Harris brick yard just south of Fre
mont was caught in the fly wheel of
his engine and so badly injured that
he died in a few minutes A boy by
the name of Stout who was in the
engine room at the time says that
Pope turned on the steam a little and
then took hold of the spokes cr rim
of the fly wheel to start it He slip
ped and his left arm went under the
belt drawing his body up against the
wheel and breaking his neck
There are 403 cases to go on the
supreme court docket for the
ber term This is twenty three more I
than the number of cases on the
docket for the September term last
year and proves conclusively that the
litigation in the supreme court in
stead of falling off is increasing at
a famous rate With this great in
crease in the number of cases which
must be disposed of there is a pros
pect of another glut such as that
which existed three years ago when
it took the average litigant from two
to three years to have his case deter
mined in the supreme court
Word reached Ord of an almost fa
tal accident that befell Earl Mcln
tyre an engineer in charge of an en
gine that was running a threshing
machine a few miles north In an at
tempt to start the engine forward he
made a mistake and reversed the
machine and it came back pinioning
him between the steering wheel of
the machine and the separator He
is badly hurt but may recover
New Brunswick N J dispatch
After traveling fifteen hundred miles
to marry George Hoagland of Bound
Brook who advertised for a wife
Miss Annie Humphreys of Lincoln
Neb returned home without a hus
band Hoagland is a carpenter and
sixty years of age He awaited the
arrival of Miss Humphreys at the
station holding a photograph in his
hand to identify the young woman
who is about thirty years of age On
meeting Hoagland proposed that they
go at once to a minister but the wo
man demurred She said she would
not marry Hoagland as he was not
young enough and nothing like the
photograph he had sent her
Rural free delivery has been ex
tended at Leish
While the threshing outfit of Starr
Pense was threshing on the farm
of Mr Williams fourteen miles north
west of Harvard running at a high
rate of speed the connecting rod of
the engine broke pieces flying so
close to and over the head of John E
Pense the engineer that one small
piece of bolt struck him on the tem
ple making a slight bruise but for
tunately doing no serious harm ex
cept the general wrecking of the en
gine
Attorney General Attempts to Defeat
the Church Howe Injunction
AUBURN The case wherein Hon
Church Howe obtained a temporary
injunction restraining the county clerk
from extending on the tax rolls the
5 per cent increase made by the State
Board of Equalization came on for
hearing on the motion filed by tho
attorney general and county attorney
to dissolve the temporary order be
fore Judge W H Kelligar of the dis
trict court Attorney General Prput
and his deputy Norrls Brown togeth
er with County Attorney Quackcn
bush argued the case in support of
the motion and Edgar Ferneau and
H A Lambert represented the plain
tiff The first contention of the attor
neys for the defense was that the
court had no jurisdiction of the case
that the board acted judicially and
its action was final and could not bo
reviewed by a court of equity This
contention was overruled by the court
which announced that in a proper
case a court of equity would grant
relief The case was then argued on
the question whether the petition
stated a cause for action and wheth
er there was any equity in the bill
and on this phase the court took the
case under advisement and will ren
der an early decision
One of the contentions of the plain
tiff is that the authorities cannot tax
a man ona valuation of his property
for more than the true value thereof
and that any law that permits it or
any attempt to do so is illegal and
in violation of the constitution
The motion to dissolve is in the na
ture of a demurrer and the attorney
general announced his intention to
stand on his motion should it be over
ruled and take the case to the su
preme court where he hopes to get a
speedy hearing
Aliened Forger Arrested
YORK Neb On August 23 a man
stopped at the Miller hotel and reg
istered as E H Seaman and wife He
remained one day and when he called
for his bill presented a check upon a
leading lumber firm of Davenport la
and payable at the Citizens National
bank of that city The draft was
protested and the bank notified here
that it was a forgery Mr Miller at
once began the search for the man
who signed his name E H Seaman
He was traced from here to Hastings
Sutton and Fairmont where he took
the train for Fairbury The sheriff
of Jefferson county was notified and
on his arrival at that place he was
arrested and placed in Jail
Flagman Has a Close Call
KEARNEY George Smith a Union
Pacific flagman at the Central ave
nue crossing met with a painful ac
cident and at the same time had an
exceedingly narrow escape from be
ing crushed beneath th wheels of a
locomotive He attempted to step
upon the pilot of an approaching lo
comotive and missed his footing His
foot was caught beneath the pilot
and while he held on he was dragged
for some distance his foot being
turned and the side and top of it
ground into the gravel beneath the
pilot
Wreck Skills Wheat
GRAFTON As a freight train
from the west was slowing up for
this station a car of stone destined
here for street crossings broke down
Four cars following were demolished
and the contents wheat and corn
scattered about The front truck
re torn from another car of wheat
which remained on the track Pas
senger train No 12 coming just af
ter the wreck backed to Sutton and
went around by way of Lushton
Killed by Train
AURORA Frank Klimper aged
about 22 when driving home from a
neighborhood dance between 3 and 4
oclock the other morning was struck
by a B M passenger train and in
stantly killed at a place known as
the Butler crossing between Aurora
and Hampton It is supposed he was
asleep when struck Both horses
were killed
Former County Clerk Insane
ALBION F M Sillik an early
settler of this county and county
clerk for two terms was adjudged
insane by the insanity board and
taken to Lincoln
Omaha Man Gets Place
F M Coleman cf Omaha has been
appointed bailiff of the supreme court
to take the place of Henry Leavitt
who will leave the office September l
The Blair canning factory is tnow
in operation using about one hundred
tons of sweet corn per day
House Burned by Tramps
PLATTSMOUTK The large two
story farm residence of John Wiles
located six mile3 south of this city
was burned to the ground None of
the members of the family were at
home at the time and when discov
ered by some men working in a field
some distance away the roof was a
mass of flames Some of the house
hold goods were saved but the men
were powerless to stop the progress
of the fire It is believed that the
blaze was started by tramps
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