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McCook Tribune F M KIMMELL Publisher MCOOK - v NEBRASKA I News in Nebraska A series of evangelistic meetings are In progress at Pawnee City Frank Parker and wife of Silver Creek have eight children under 18 years of age Scarlet fever is epidemic at Sum mcrfleld a Kansas town eighteen miles from Pawnee City W Plum a farmer had his horse nd buggy stolen in Hastings while attending church in that city The Polk County Fair association is said to be in a very prosperous condition An agent of the Grand Island beet ugar mill was in Ogallala making contracts with the farmers for crops of beets this season About 400 acres were contracted for The Success Neb Creamery com pany of Seward held Its annual meet Ins and decided to close up its affairs after settling with the Beatrice com pany at 16 per share Shares were f 25 each Mrs G A Folden of Beatrice tIned three broken ribs and numer ons bruises about the body by falling from a small box on which she was landing and which gave way from under her Panic among 100 little girls in the Catholic academy at Creighton was narrowly averted The building was partially burned but not destroyed The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion in the slack coal The Young Mens Christian asso ciation of Chadron has secured A M Gould to take charge of its gymnas ium as director for the coming year He has the reputation of being very competent and has had many years The board of county commissioners ct Otoe county have made their an nual estimate of expenses They esti mate that it vjil cost 144000 to meet the expenses of the county for next year This is 19000 less than the es timate made last yean The dead body of R A Swift 78 years old was found in his room in the Schmuck block at Beatrice He 2md been missed for several days from his accustomed haunts and in vestigation led to the discovery of the lody -At the regular meeting of the Cass county board of commissioners that body decided that the sum of 98700 rould be sufficient to pay the coun tys expenses for this year although last years estimate was 12700 more than that amount The pelt of a red fox was brought to Papillion by John Hughes of near South Omaha During the last few years these animals have been rare ly seen but lately their numbers are Increasing and very often they are eeen on the highlands adjacent to the Missouri river near Bellevue A legal battle was fought at He bron before County Judge Whitney this being the second trial In the first the jury disagreed It was all -over a whip that cost just exactly 10 -cents J wftimore charged A Tib bets with stealing his buggy whip The cost of both suits is 30 besides j the defendants attorney fees The record of Red Willow county for the year 1904 as to mortgage fil ings and releases is us follows Farm mortgages filed 199 14584807 re leased 259 15078931 City and town mortgages filed 104 0431035 re leased 114 10010190 Chattel mort gages filed 978 24446S35 released 887 23071399 Sheriffs deeds filed fourteen he Nebraska Historical society sleeted these officers President H T Clarke of Omaha first Vice presi dent Dr George L Miller of Oinaha second vice president George E How ard of Lincoln treasurer S L Geisthardt of Lincoln secretary H TF Caldwell of Lincoln Judge Gaslin 4sl Kearney and C O Whedon deliver ed addresses Sarpy county has decided to oper ate under the scavenger law From the report of the Grand Is land sugar beet factory which has Just shut down for the season this factory received from Lincoln county 11820 tons of beets out of the total of 36460 tons handled by this fac tory By this factory Leonard Laub aer of Sutherland is given the credit for the best yield per acre in the dis trict covered by the Grand Island factory his tonnage being thirty two tons per acre for which he received f5 per ton Mrs Lena M Lillie of David City convicted of the murder of her hus band to secure his life insurance It was charged arrived in Lincoln to en ter on a life term at the penitentiary The Lillie family was one of the most prominent at David City and the trial of Mrs Lillie consuming several weeks furnished many sensations The evidence on which she was con victed was circumstantial her story being that her husband was shot by a burglar as he lay sleeping The city council of Beatrice has passed an ordinance which calls for a ieavy fine for persons violating the smallpox quarantine regulations There are about two dozen cases in the city at present mostly of a very anlld form MORTONS VIEW HIS IMPRESSIONS CONCERNING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT HE FAVORS FEDERAL CONTROL The Secretary Would Legalize Pool ing Favor Unification of Ownership and Punish the Giving or Accept ing of Rebates WASHINGTON Paul Morton sec retary of the navy and formery vice president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe company is the author of an article u the railway rate ques tion which will be published in the Outlook He at the outset expressly disclaims writing as a representative of President Roosevelts administra tion and says he speaks merely as one with a somewhat extensive exper ience pertinent to an important sub ject The secretary in the article says there are very few complaints against railroad rates per se in the United States the chief trouble being with the relation of rates as between markets He says there are as many rates that are too low as there are rates which a court would decide to be too high and that either class of rates may be equally disastrous to com munities He expresses the opinion that federal supervision of railroads is necessary but adds that regulation and protection should go together He says that one of the three things following is sure to take place in the conduct of our railways First Legalization of pools the rest of the railroads to make enforci ble contracts between themselves as to a division of earnings so that they- can resist the temptations of big snip pers and be assured a fair share of the business moving at stable rates which shall apply alike to all patrons Second The further unification of ownership thereby delivering in time the entire railway ownership of the country in the hands of a few individ uals of one syndicate Third Government ownership ths worst of the three evils if such they may be called In the opinion of Mr Morton gov ernment ownership of our railroads would be the beginning of industrial and political chaos He rather favors the first proposi tion with adequate provision to as sure rates being reasonable As to pending legislation Mr Mor ton favors the continuance of the In terstate Commerce commission in sub stantially its present form saying Let it go on making investigations and findings If it finds a rate is un reasonable either too high or too low everything else being consider ed let it order such rates as it deems reasonable and if the railroads do not make them effective in thirty days then the entire matter to be referred to a central court of transportation of say three to five members to be created to especially consider and ex pedite all questions of interstate com merce so far as the transportation of the country is concerned it being un derstood that this central court shall have power to adjudicate in all such cases except those Involving constitu tional questions and the findings of this court in interstate matters to be final Mr Thompson for Brazil WASHINGTON Brazil has finally determined on the elevation of her legation at Washington to an embassy and will send her minister to London Mr Nabuco as her first ambassador to this country This will necessitate similar action on the part of the American government and Mr Thompson the present American min ister at Brazil will be named as am bassador OPPOSED TO PENDING BILL F B Thurber Argues Against the Quarles Cooper Measure WASHINGTON Opposition to the Quarles Cooper bill extending author ity to the interstate commerce com mission to fix freight rates was made before the house committee on inter state and foreign commerce by F B Thurber president of the United States Export association Mr Thur ber stated that he had heard the state ment made by Mr Bacon and others at the St Louis convention of the in terstate commerce league that con gress was owned by the railroads Mr Bacon denied making such a statement Upon inquiry from Representative Stevens of Minnesota Mr Thurber admitted that he and the association he represented solicited funds from Governor General Leonard Wood of Cuba and Mr Havemeyer or the sugar trust to be used in the effort to se cure Cuban reciprocity In reply to a question by Mr Bacon Mr Thurber stated that he expected no pay from tue railroads for opposing the bill un der discussion His testimony will be continued Friday Alva Adams in Office DENVER Standing beneath the draped folds of the American flag while the walls about him and the floor beneath him trembled in re sponse to cannon that roared a salute in his honor Alva Adams was at noon Tuesday inaugurated as gover nor of Colorado While he stood with uplifted hand taking the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Gab bert at his side stood the athletic form of the ex governor James Pea body who will at once inaugurate an energetic contest for the place TARIFF REVISION President Roosevelt Favors Early Action WASHINGTON President Roose velt favors the earliest possible ac tion looking to a revision by congress of the tariff He so informed the sena tors and representatives who were In conference with him at the White house last Saturday and he has made plain his position to others since that conference He will call the Fifty ninth congress into extraordinary session as soon as the committees have indi cated that they are prepared to sub mit a tariff measure for passage One of those present at the conference on Saturday said in view of the many conflicting stories published regard ing the meeting that the president in formed them that while he did not believe in any sweeping revision of the tariff and would abide absolutely by the judgment of the two houses of congress in a matter that related so particularly to them yet he did think the time had come when the sched ules should be thoroughly examined and there should be a readjustment as to certain of them The president added that his own view was that the special session should take place at the earliest date at which the com mittees of the two houses could come to an agreement as to a bill If they took this view he said he would hold himself ready to call the extra ordinary session at whatever time the members of the two committees and especially the house committee on ways and means should inform him they would be ready with their report If congress should act on the tariff question in accordance with the presi dents desire it was made perfectly pain that the extraordinary session would be called to assemblee the com ing spring It has been pointed out however by the tariff experts of the house and senate it will require many weeks to prepare a bill for submis sion to the house It was said that there is not the least prospect of differences so radi cal arising between the president and republican leaders in congress over tne tariff question as to cause a split in the party While the president is deeply in earnest in his desire for tar iff revision he regards the question as one of expediency in which no great principle is at stake On another question however that of legislation relating to the inter state freight rates of railroads his mind is quite made up He will fight for that legislation and fight hard He hopes to secure from congress some definite action regarding that legislation at the present session but if he does not he will bring the sub ject again before congress at the pro posed extraordinary session and will urge with all his power the crystalliz ation into law of the recommenda tions he already has made to congress on that question The freight rate question he does not regard as one of expediency He holds that it is a subject in which a great moral prin ciple is involved and one very near to all the people of the country He regards it in fact as the paramount issue at this time THE DOUBASSOFF INTERVIEW He Did Not Foreshadow Peace in Or der to Gain Time PARIS Owing to the continued discussion of the interview with Vice Admiral Doubassoff favorable to early peace the Russian embassy has given out the following statement It is quite true that the questions cited have been discussed but it is quite probable that the Echo de Paris interviewer gave the admirals circum spect responses in a sense too goricat In reality the admiral has not foreshadowed immediate peace for the purpose of gaining time and then recommencing the war under circum stances more favorable for Russia The questions of peace or war devolve solely upon the supreme authorities in Russia and no official personage would publicly express opinions unaccording with the resolutions of the imperial government Moreover Admiral Dou bassoffs responses did not give a suf ficiently solid basis to permit of exact ly defining the admirals confidential opinion FAVOR JOINT STATEHOOD Delegation From Oklahoma and In dian Territory at Capitol WASHINGTON The senate end of the capitol was visited by a delega tion of fifty residents of Oklahoma and Indian territory who have come to Washington in the interest of that portion of the general statehood bill which provides for the creation of a state of those two territories The leader D C Lewis said that his dele gation is interested only in the Okla homa bill He said the people of Okla homa and Indian territory want state hood but want to come in on the same footing as other states It was learned that the delegation objects to the proposed regulation of liquor traffic in the bill Bradys Opponents Weaken WASHINGTON The senate com mittee on territories on Friday author ized for a third time a favorable re port on the nomination of John G Brady to be governor of Alaska The nomination has been called up in the senate tor confirmation on two occa sions and both times opposition was made on the ground that commercial interests wanted to be heard before action was taken The nomination was sent back both times and Friday was set for a hearing of the protests against Governor Brady ONGRESS EXTRA NOT LIKELY THAT A SESSION WILL BE CALLED THE TARIFF TOJJE POSTPONED A Disposition to Let Matters Rest Un til Fall Congress May Be Called Together sin October if Conditions Necessitate It WASHINGTON The talk of an extra session of congress in the spring is gradually dying out The leaders of the senate and house after careful consideration with the president of those questions which are very up permost in the minds of the people tariff revision and railroad rates are almost a unit in opposition to a spring session of congress In fact the op position has crystallized through the efforts of Speaker Cannon and Sena tor Aldrich and there is a disposition now to postpone tariff revision until the extra session which seems very likely to be called about the 15th Or 20th of October But while tariff re vision talk is very perceptibly dimin ishing the talk of rate readjustments is on the increase and so vast is the agitation now going on that traf fice managers railroad presidents general managers and railroad attor neys are coming into Washington al most in droves to ascertain at first hand what the scheme of railroad rate readjustments is There are those in congress who enjoy the con fidence of the president who are of the opinion that a bill giving larger powers to the interstate commerce commission could be passed at this session of congress if the leaders would so order and if a conservative measure could be agreed upon The passage of such a bill would do away with any extra session of congress and tariff revision or at least a mod ification of schedules could be taken up in the regular session of congress which convenes the first Monday in next December It is admitted that the president does not advocate radi cal action that would bring disaster to the railroads On the other hand it is conceded that there is ground for complaint and room for reform It is not a work that can be done in a day The question is big and broad with far reaching effect and must needs be handled with wisdom and deliberation It is therefore believ ed that if an extra session is cahed at all it will be next fall and not this spring On the 3d of March next William M Stewart of Nevada will retire from the senate Following the precedent set by Thomas Benton of Missouri James G Blaine of Maine John Sher man of Ohio and George F Hoar of Massachusetts Senator Stewart will devote his attention to editing and revising for publication his reminis cences which will be published next fall Senator Stewart took his seat in the United States senate in Febru ary 18G5 as one of the first two sen ators from the newly admitted state of Nevada There are only two other men alive today who served with him in 3865 namely George F Edmunds of Philadelphia and John B Hender son of this city LONG CALM MAY BE BROKEN Kuropatkin Thought to Be Planning an Important Move ST PETERSBURG The war office does- not admit that the appearance of General Mistchenkos cavalry south west of Liao Yang is more than an expedition designed to strike the rail road at several points and interrupt the transportation of General Nogis guns from Port Arthur to Manchuria but from certain indications it seems possible that it is preliminary to an operation of magnitude General Mist chenko has over 20000 horsemen and moving rapidly might be able to seri ously damage communications in the rear of Liao Yang The tone of dispatches from some Russian correspondents vaguely hints at very important developments and the writer of the Novoe Vremya ox presses the opinion that the long calm since the battle of Shakhe is about to be broken It is also noteworthy that there have been no official dis patches from General Kuropatkin for two days CUT OFF BY 8000 JAPANESE Reported Fate of Mistclvnkos Raid ing Party LONDON A dispatch to Lloyds from Yinkow dated January 15 gives a report that General Mistchenkos raiding party was cut off or its way back by 8000 Japanese dispatched from Sanliho by General Oku This re port however is not confirmed from any other source The Daily Telegraphs Che Foo cor respondent says the raid was only a divergence from a mass of cavalry now moving along the banks of the Liao river and the exceptional mild ness f the season afford the chance for the repetition of such operations Control of Forest Reserves WASHINGTON From the commit tee on forest reservations Senator Kittredge reported a bill transferrins the control of forest reservations from the interior to the agricultural depart ment To Protect Animals and Birds WASHINGTON A favorable report was made by the senate committee on forest reservations on the bill for the protection of wild animals and birds in the Wichita forest reserve QUITS WITH SOME REGRET Bristow Talks of Trials In Postal Department WASHINGTON Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow who has been appointed special commissioner to investigate Panama railroad and steamship companies said I suppose I have made some enemies since I undertook the duties of fourth assistant iiostmaster gener al but I also believe I have made some friends At any rate I know there are many men who have had business with this office who have said that notwithstanding their opposing opinion in some of the action I have taken that I have tried to do my duty and have acted as I thought was for the best interests of the serve and according to what I felt to be the right tiling It has been in many respects a hard office to fill and in many oilier respects a pleas ant one I leave the office with re gret but feel that the appointment which the president has made will be a pleasant one to fill 1 am going to try my best to meet the expectations of the president and Secretary Taft Mr Bristow has not formulated any plans for his new work rb yet and will devote the remainder of the time between now and the dato when his resignation becomes effective in clos ing up the uffairs of his present of fice BUILDINGS FOR NEBRASKA York and Grand Island Likely to Be Thus Favored WASHINGTON It is almost cer tain that York and Grand Island will get public buildings at the hands of this congress Sites may be provided in North Platte Columbus and Kear ney but the present session will not provide for buildings in the last named towns Congressman Hinshaw has been indefatigable in his labors to secure for York one hundred thou sand dollars for a building but the chances are he will get but seventy live thousand However that amount may be increased at a later session No definite assurance has as yet been given by the committee that York will be included in the list but Congress- man Norris who is a member of the committee is making a hard fight for both Grand Island and York Members of the committee intimate that inas much as Grand Island has the largest population and that congress is likely to pass a law providing for the hold- j ing of sessions of the federal court in j Grand Island the government building there should be a large one Hence the committee is likely to appropriate i 125000 for Grand Island j PROGRAM OF JAPS Naval Station Will Be Established at Port Arthur TOKIO The Japanese intend to es tablish a naval station at Port Ar thur AMcc Admiral Y Shibayama will probably bo placed in charge of ii The military administration will only retain a small garrison as soon as the prisoners are withdrawn and order is restored The fleet is busily engaged in clearing mines but owing to their great number navigation will be unsafe for a long time Only gov ernment craft will be allowed to enter the harbor It is probable that Dalny will soon be opened up to neutrals Japanese companies are preparing to establish weekly services to that porL It is proposed shortly to float a fourth domestic war loan under the same conditions as the third was ne gotiated The transfer of prisoners was com pleted yesterday afternoon The total number of officers transferred was S7S men 23491 SWAYNE IMPEACHMENT CASE Many Representatives Desire to Sceak on the Subject WASHINGTON The important work before the house of representa tives this week is the disposition of the Swayne case It cannot be lore told just how much time will be con sumed before a conclusion is reach ed as there are a number of mem bers who desire to speak on the sub ject before action is taken on the articles of impeachment reported by the select committee As this is a question of the highest privilege it will have precedence over all other business undisposed of Monday being suspension day the probability is that some time will be given to the con sideration of minor business under suspension of rules after which argu ment will be resumed on the Swayne case NEW PENSION COMMISSIONER Congressman Warner of Illinois Given Appointment WASHINGTON The president ha appointed Vespasian Warner to be commissioner of pensions Mr War ner is from the Nineteenth district of Illinois and was re electPd last No vember He was strongly endorsed by members of congress and a number of veterans Caisec a Sca e in Hayti PORT AU PRINCE Mr Powell the American mnister has informed the government of Hayti that the United States government refuses to recognize the validity of the sentence in contumacy to fifteen years at hard labor pronounced by the Hayticn court against Jaeger Hubcr an Amer ican citizen for alleged complicity in bond frauds charged against the ad ministrat on of former President Si mon Sam and officers of ihe Bank of Hayti The demand has caused much excitement HAS OTHER WORK MR BRISTOW TO INQUIRE INTO FREIGHT RATES IS A SPECIAL COMMISSIONER To Accept the Place He Resigns Fourth Assistant Pastmaster Gen eralship Will - Investigate Railroad Traffic Matters WASHINGTON Joseph L Bristow fourth assistant postmaster general tendered lo the president his resigna tion as an officer of the postal serv ice to take effect on January 20 By an executive order President Roose velt designated Mr Bristow as a spe cial commissioner to make an investi gation into the present trade condi tions and freight rates between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and be tween the west coast of South Amer ica and the east coasts of the United States and of Europe to determino the best policy of managing the Pan ama railroad The announcement came at the con clusion of an extended conference Fri day o the president Secretary Taft Mr Bristow and Senator Long of Kan sas The order issued by the presi dent says in addition to the fore going He is authorized to employ for this purpose a stenographer at not exceed ing 5 a day and his actual and neces sary expenses and to take evidence of all persons whoso knowledge of trade conditions or rates will assist in reaching the necessary conclusion The secretary of war will furnish to the special commissioner a letter of instructions in detail as to the course and extent of his investigation anil as to the time when he shall re port his conclusions Tut II his report h forthcoming the commissioner will be allowed his ac tual expenses and lo a day The president will finally fix his entire compensation The isthmian canal commission is directed to provide the funds needed in the execution of the ordoi After the conference at the White House Senator Lond said that the transfer of Mr Brstow from the post office department to work in connec tion with the proposed isthmian canal had been under consideration for a olng time Secretary Taft said the senator desired to utilize Mr Bristows serv ices in connection with the work of constructing the canal and has had the idea in mind of appointing him a commissioner to investigate trade and freight conditions ever since he returned from the isthmus of Panama The president readily acceded to Sec retary Tafts suggestion and as the work will be entirely congenial Mr Bristow has accepted the new posi tion Mr Bristow has had interviews with the president and Secretary Taft regarding the affair but his final de termination was not reached until Fri day His decision to accept the spe cial commissionership was hastened it is said by the transfer Thursday of the division of postoffice inspectors from the bureau of the fourth assist ant postmaster general to the direct control of the postmaster general himself Mr Bristow regarded the issuance of the order of transfer of the division as a reflection on him That the order as to the inspectors division was not issued with the idea of humiliating Mr Bristow is evi denced by the presidents action of Friday Mr Bristow will contnuc as fourth assistant until January 20 CONSIDER PEABODY CONTEST Adams Will Ask for a More Complete Investigation DENVER Colo The house re solved to meet the ponate in joint ses sion next Tuesday for the purpose of taking action regarding the contest instituted by James II Peabody for the governorship Governor Alva Adams will file an answer to the Peabody contest on Monday He will demand that all the ballot boxes of Denver of Las Animas and Huerfano counties be opened Mr Peabody asked for the opening of part of the Denver and Las- Animas boxes but none of Huerfano county Mr Adams will also ask for an investi gation of the election at Leadville Cripple Creek and several other cities Five informations were filed by District Attorney Stidger charging election crimes in this city Among the accused are Joseph Ray and Charles Kofsky who are now serving jail sentences imposed by the su preme court for disregarding the elec tion orders They are charged with receiving il legal votes when acting as election judges Altogether twenty informa tions for alleged violation of the elec tion laws have been filed by District Attorney Stidger during the four days since he took office Has an Infernal Machine PHILADELPHIA A man who gave his name as Gassier Resseau was ar rested at the home of John Kelly brother of the missing Owen Kelly and a telescope bag he carried was found to contain an infernal machine wrapped in a Washington newspaper The man is believed tj be demented He was committed to prison Kelly told the police that Resseau had of fered for 500 to take him to his miss ing brother Owen in New York Th mans peculiar actions aroused Kel lys suspicions and police were called 01 I f t n n i
