McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Brief Telegrams
Hundreds of homcseekers and pros
pectors are flocking to the Kiowa
Comanche country to select leases of
the pasture lands soon to be opened
for agricultural purposes
John Hewitt a white man of Adel
Ga shot and killed his wife shot her
sister and brother wounding them
slightly and when surrounded by a
posse of citizens shot himself
James J Hill president of the Great
Northern railway has provided money
for the building of a handsome chapel
in Orange N J for the Sisters of St
Elizabeths convent
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
signed a convention with the Jamai
can government extending the money
order system of this country to the
province of Jamaica
The board of directors of the Play
ers club has elected John Drew presi
dent of the club to succeed the late
Joseph Jefferson William Bisham
was elected vice president
Senator Clark of Wyoming tho
prospective chairman of the senate
committee on the judiciary was ad
mitted to practice in the supreme
court of tho United States
The annual convention of the Amal
gamated Association of Iron Steel and
Tin Workers at Detroit Mich adopt
ed the wage committees recommend
ation for the restoration of the muck
and puddle mill scale of 1903 4
Whitelaw Reid was the guest of
honor at a dinner given at the Lotus
club in New York by his co directors
of the Associated Press in commem
oration of his appointment as ambas
sador to the court of St James
The town of Manhattan Kan ad
vertises as among its attractions the
literary feasts and intellectual enter
tainment afforded the resident by the
State Agricultural college situated
there
The wool clip of Cosgriff Bros of
500000 pounds was sold at Rawlins
Wyo for 22 cents per pound this
being the highest price in the state
this season This is also the largest
individual clip in Wyoming
The czar of Russia it is said has
25000000 invested in English se
curities and it is also declared that
he would in an extreme crisis fly and
live in England as other troubled
monarchs have done before him
On one Indiana youth the new anti
cigarette law fell with crushing force
in the shape of a fine of 25 with 10
costs added all for his having some
cigarette papers in his pocket though
he had never made one or smoked one
Frank D Brandege of New London
member of congress from the Third
Connecticut district was chosen
United States senator to succeed the
late O H Piatt by a majority vote
in each house of the general assem
bly
Mrs J W Gray a wealthy Chicago
widow committed suicide by shooting
herself in a New York hotel She left
letters intimating that unrequited
love for Charles H Stoneham a prom
inent New York broker is responsible
for her rash action
Major George M Wheeler U S A
retired died in New York City He
entered the military accademy from
Colorado in 18G2 He was a prominent
figure in scientific circles owing to
his conduct of government surveys
west of the lOOth meridian
Henry G Goll the former assistant
cashier of the First National bank of
Milwaukee Wis charged with em
bezzling over 100000 from the bank
waa admitted to bail in the sum of
10000 Golls case comes up for pre
liminary hearing on May 16
Officers of Rear Admiral Evans
battleship squadron coming to Wash
ington from Hampton Roads have
brought some interesting reports of
the use made of wireless telegraphy
while the vessels were proceeding
north from the target grounds
A cable dispatch received at the
Vatican at Rome reports that the con
dition of ArchbishoD Agius apostolic
delegate to the Philippines who has
been ill with native fever is quite
grave and that it is believed he can
not remain in Manila
Secretary Taft has been informed
by Manager Falconio the Apostolic
delegate to the United States that a
number of claims arising from the use
by United States troops of church
property in the Philippines during the
period of military occupation amount
ing to 1000000 or 1500000 have
been presented
Flavius J Fisher a noted portrait
painter is dead at Washington D C
aged 73 years
The czar proposes to make a pil
grimage to the tomb of St Scrafinat
at Sarafsbaya to implore the bones
preserved there to assist him in his
campaign
A forest fire swept over a tract of
250 acres of timber land near South
Weymouth Mass causing a loss of
10000
David Moffat of Denver is he
wealthiest man in Colorado which
outranks all other states in per capita
wealth
Two prominent officials of the Stan
dard Oil company were indicted in
Pekin 111 for alleged sharp practice
tto drive out competitors
Prof Ernest Haeckel in a recent
lecture in Berlin stated that in his
opinion it is absolutely certain that
man Is descended from apes
Manaiin
KILLED
00
AN OKLAHOMA TOWN DESTROY
ED BY TORNADO
NINETY FIVE BODIES REGOVERED
Belief That the Death List Will Event
ually Reach 130 Relief for the
Stricken Rapidly Being Sent For
ward
SNYDER Okla At 10 oclock
Thursday the number of known dead
as a result of the tornado has reached
ninety five Arrangements have been
made to convey all the injured who
can be moved to hospitals at Okla
homa City and Lawson
GUTHRIE Okla The latest official
reports from the tornado stricken
town of Snyder Okla place the list
of dead at ninety five Other rumors
advance this figure to 100 It is highly
probable that the death list when ac
curately tabulated will reach 130 Of
those injured there are various re
ports reaching from 100 to 150
The storm formed near the Texas
line and its path extends in a north
easterly direction for over forty miles
causing damage at Altus Olustee and
other small towns and in the country
as well as at Snyder Reports indi
cate that the casualties outside of
Snyder will aggregate over twenty
five and may go higher
Relief is being sent from neighbor
ing towns From Oklahoma City 100
men went to dig graves and seek the
dead still in the ruins and also a
dozen undertakers with 100 coffins
Offers of financial assistance have
come from numerous cities
Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma has
issued a proclamation calling atten
tion to the needs of the stricken town
It is still difficult to obtain informa
tion from Snyder A single telegraph
wire furnishes an outlet but it is
blocked with private messages con
cerning the dead and injured To add
to the general confusion and distress
after the tornado had passed fire
broke out and burned out many of the
buildings that remained of the busi
ness blocks So far it is not possible
to find out whether or not any bodies
were cremated but it is highly pos
sible that such is the case
An unidentified woman was picked
up dead having been pinioned to the
ground by a scantling which entered
her left eye and came out through the
back of her head Clarence Donovan
railroad engineer and Miss Nina Fes
senden were to have been married last
night but had just postponed the nup
tials until this morning Both were in
stantly killed Fred Crump a boy had
started to a cellar when a flying tim
ber struck him and severed his head
from his body Debris was carried to
the northeast as far as Cooperton
twelve miles and it is reported that
there are mere of the fragments of
homes at that town and in that vi
cinity than are in the tornado path at
Snyder
About seventy five head of horses
and cattle were killed on the town
site A committee was set to work
this morning to remove carcasses
The mayor of Snyder is having
much trouble arranging for the burial
of the dead The confusion is great
owing to the fact that there still re
main a number of unidentified bodies
at the morgues There is much suf
fering owing to the lack of provisions
and places to stay What houses re
main in the town are in bad condi
tion and are unsafe for habitation Be
sides there is not room enough to
care for the homeless Bedding and
wearing apparel are both lacking and
despite the effort to succor the unfor
tunates they are still in a pitiable
condition
CASSINIS CHANGE GAZETTED
Czar Waits News Before Naming
Baron de Rosen for Washington
ST PETERSBURG The transfer
of Ambassador Cassini from Washing
ton to Madrid was officially gazetted
under date of May 9 but the appoint
ment of Baron de Rcsen to succeed
Count Cassini at Washington has not
yet been gazetted
In fact Emperor Nicholas is await
ing a formal notice that Baron de
Rosen is persona grata to the United
States before signing Ms decree of
nomination Not the slightest doubt
exists here that the baron is perfect
ly acceptable to the government at
Washington where besides his high
reputation as a diplomat he enjoys the
personal acquaintance of not only
many officials but of President Roose
velt himself
Absconder Is a Suicide
OCONTO Wis Louis J Rens one
of the best known men in Octonto
agent for the McEachren company
absconded It is e timated the short
age will be far above 100000 His
body was found in a barn three miles
south of the city He had committed
suicide by shooting
Cummins Calls on President
WASHINGTON Governor Cum-
mins of Iowa saw the president Fri
day before the cabinet met The Iowa
governor when asked what he
thought ought to be done to meet the
growing deficit of the treasury said
there were many ways suggested but
there did not seem to be any crystall
ization of sentiment on the subject
He admitted that changes in the tariff
would be one way of bringing about
additional revenues He was not pre
pared to say whether he believed this
way would be adopted
A KANSAS TORNADO -
Tears Path Across the State In tho
Night
MARQUETTE Kan When dark
ness fell upon this stricken town Tues
day night It was known that twenty
nine lives had been lost in the tornado
that wrecked part of Marquette early
in the day and did much damage in
this vicinity and that forty four per
sons had been injured Of the injured
thirty five were seriously hurt and
some of them may die During the day
Carl Warnquist and Mrs J A Carlson
died of their wounds Several of tho
others are suffering from broken limbs
and internal injuries
In several cases entire families have
been killed A man named Switzer ai
night watchman at the railroad yards
lost his three children N P Nelson
with hjs wife and three children w o
found dead Two other children were
not at home and escaped injury
Last night order had practically
been brought out of the chaotic condi
tion that prevailed and a relief com
mittee had begun dispensing aid
Among the relief sent from outside
were twenty five pupils from Bethany
college who acted as nurses
The tornado seems to have formed
three miles south of Marquette and did
not spend its force until it had passed
many miles north of the town In Mar
quette the residence portion west of
the main street suffered the principal
damage Houses in the course of tho
tornado were all with one or two ex
ceptions wrecked In this section
there were a number of modern resi
dences only one of which was left
standing The Swedish Lutheran and
Methodist churches were among tho
first buildings struck and they to
gether with the parsonage adjoining
the Methodist church were complete
ly demolished
Yesterday afternoon had been hot
and oppresive the atmosphere loaded
with electricity Late in the evening a
terrific rain storm broke over tho
town The rain continued to fall in
torrents untl 1155 last night when
the tornado struck Within less than
five minutes it had wrought its terrible
work and passed on Telegraph and
telephone wires were carried down
and it was several hours before the
outside world could be informed of tho
plight of the city
Marquette is a town of 1500 people
in McPherson county It is in the
exact center of Kansas and in tho
richest farming county in the state
OPPOSED TO RATE BILL
No Measure With Force In It to Bo
Reported
WASHINGTON No railroad rate
bill with force in it will come out of
the senate committee on interstate
commerce There have been sufficient
developments in the series of hearings
now on to show that there is no in
tention in this committee to frame a
bill giving to a federal commission
any kind of rate fixing power
Representative Townsend of Michi
gan one of the authors of the Esch
Townsend bill which has been the ob
ject of attack by nearly every witness
summoned by the committee has been
watching these hearings with no little
interest He returned home yesterday
thoroughly convinced that there was
no chance of a rate bill in the senate
committee along the lines recommend
ed by President Roosevelt in his last
annual message
Colonel Hepburn chairman of tho
house committee on interstate and for
eign commerce holds the same view
Their opinion is that the fight so far
as regulation of rates by a govern
ment commission is concerned will
have to be started again
HOT FIGHT WITH DESPERADO
Captured After Shooting Several Men
One of Them Fatally
CHEYENNE Wyo Frank Davis
alias Black Mike the notorious des
perado resisted arrest at Wolton
Wyo and shot Deputy Sheriff Ho
back Black Mike fled to a deserted
cabin and held a party of forty sheep
men at bay until late in the after
noon Over 100 shots were fired into
the cabin and finally vhen the sheep
men withdrew to Wolton for more
ammunition and rifles Davis fled to
the brush
The sheepmen and officers returned
and shielded by a barricade of baled
hay placed on two wagon wheels they
advanced upon Black Mike Over 500
phots were fired down into the can
non in which Mike had made a stand
He returned the fire Walter Knudson
was shot through the neck and will
die W J Morton was shot through
the arm and Charles Skinner re
ceived a scalp wound Black Mike fin
ally surrendered when his ammuni
tion gave out
Adds to Preferred Stock
SALT LAKE CITY The Union Pa
cific Railway company filed with the
secretary of state amended articles of
incorporation increasing the amount
of its preferred stock 100000000 as
authorized on Friday last at the spe
cial meeting of stockholders held in
this city
President to Conduct Inquiry
WASHINGTON The case involv
ing Assistant Secretary of Slate
Lcomis and Herbert W Bowen Ameri
can minister at Caracas will be taken
up by the president President Roose
velt will conduct the inquiry into the
matter personally and both Mr Loom
is and Mr Bowen will be given what
ever opportunity they may want to
present their respective sides Mr
Bowen is expected soon and the prob
ability is the whole matter will be
taken up by President Roosevelt Mon
day
CHICAGO STRIKE
17 MAY CO ON OR POSSIBLY BE
SETTLED
MEETIIIGS ARE TO BE HELD
Team Owners Association Believe
Teamsters May Reconsider Their
Ultimatum Final Action to Be
Taken on Tuesday
CHICAGO Unless compromises are
offered by all the opposing interests
in the fight now in progress in Chi
cago between capital and labor the
teamsters strike will spread many
fold during the next forty eight hours
The refusal of the teamsters joint
council representing 35000 union
drivers to accede to the demands of
the Chicago Team Owners association
to handle merchandise for all houses
having contracts with the members of
the owners organization without dis
criminating against the firms involved
in the present strike has brought the
controversy to a point where a speedy
settlement will have to be made to
prevent an extensjon of the trouble
There is a probability however that
the whole trouble may be satisfactor
ily adjusted without resorting to such
drastic measures After receiving the
announcement of the teamsters joint
council refusing to obey the ultimatum
of the Team Owners association a
meeting of the latter organization was
held and it was decided to give the
teamsters more time to consider the
proposition At first it was the inten
tion of the team owners to put their
ultimatum into effect Monday morn
ing but believing that the teamsters
could be induced to change their
minds they are given until Tuesday
to make final answer to the proposi
tion Information which the team own
ers say they received that the team
sters joint council was not a unit in
its determination to fight the owners
was given by the owners as the reason
for tl postporement of the enforce
mentof the ultimatum until Tuesday
That Saturday nights decision of
the teamsters will be reconsidered
was evidenced Sunday when a call
was sent out for another meeting of
the teamsters joint council for Sun
day night In addition to this meeting
of the officials of the teamsters union
another call was issued Sunday for a
meeting on Tuesday of the executive
committee of the International Broth
erhood of Teamsters This committee
is the controling body of the team
sters organization and it is this body
of officials that orders or has the
final word in the settlement of a
strike of its members
The Chicago Liverymens associa
tion has become involved in the
trouble and a strike of the 2000
drivers employed by this organization
is imminent The trouble was brought
about by the union carriage drivers
refusing to carry patrons of the asso
ciation to the strike bound depart
ment stores
A statement was given out by the
association that commencing Mon
day the men would be compelled to
carry all patrons to their destination
and that a refusal meant immediate
discharge The officials of the Cab
Drivera union declared that their men
would all be ordered to strike if but
even one member of their union was
discharged for refusing to obey the
command of the association Should
this strike be called it will involve
the hearse drivers and it was said
would necessitate the use of mounted
gaurds to escort funerals to outlaying
cemeteries should it be necessary to
use non union drivers
NAN PATTERSON RELEASED
Former Show Girl Charged With Mur
der of Bookmaker Goes Free
NEW YORK After more than
eleven months in prison and three
mistrials on the charge of murdering
Caesar Young Nan Patterson walked
from the Tombs on Friday a free wo
man As she left the great building
which has been her home since a few
days after -Young was found dying in
a cab in lower New York 2000 peo
rlo greeted her with cheers for the
news that District Attorney Jerome
would move for her dismissal from
custody had spread throughout the
vicinity of the courthouse But the
accused girl had but a few seconds to
see and hear the demonstrations be
fore she was whisked away in a cab
with her attorney Abraham Levy
The move to discharge Nan Pat
terson came rather unexpectedly to
the public It was an hour or so before
noon when District Attorney Jerome
appeared before Recorder Goff in spec
ial sessions and announced that he de
sired to move the discharge of the
former chorus girl without bail and on
her own recognizance This announce
ment followed three trials for murder
The second and third of these trials
the latter concluded but a few days
ago resulted in disagreements the
first in the discharge of the jury be
cause of the illness of a juror before
the case had been concluded
Not Friqhtened by Task
CHICAGO Theodore P Shonts
president of the Panama canal com
mission declared that in the few
weeks he had been actively at work
in the affairs of the canal he had dis
covered that while the immensity of
the project is likely to stagger even
an enthusiastic supporter of it the
obstacles presented are by no means
Insuperable Mr Shonts left for Wash
ington to resume his duties in con
nection with the canal He goes to
Panama to remain permanently about
the end of June
THINKS WELL OF PRESIDENT
Bryan Glad Iroquois Club Entertained
Him
KANSAS CITY Mo William J
Bryan was the guest of honor and
principal speaker at a dinner given by
the Knife and Fork club of this city
at the Midland hotel here In an inter
view Mr Bryan said that ho admired
the position of President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft upon the question
of railroad rate legislation When ask
ed if he thought the president would
call a special session of congress and
urge upon that body the necessity of
immediate railroad legislation Mr
Bryan refused to commit himself In
regard to the recent Iroquois banquet
in Chicago at which President Roose
velt was the guest of honor Mr
Bryan said
I was gratified at the recent ex
pression of good will of the democrats
in Chicago toward the president and
I am glad that the democrats of the
nation are supporting President Roose
velt in his position on the railroad
rate question
The westerners like Mr Roosevelt
I am glad to see the democrats greet
ing him out here It shows that they
are supporting him in many of his
policies They have a regard and re
spect that I am sure must be pleasing
to our president He was given a big
ovation by the Iroquois club But that
which is most gratifying to me is his
outspoken policy on rate legislation I
am heartily with him on his position
Secretary Taft has spoken a policy
which must appeal to our citizens and
President Roosevelt in his customary
manner backs him up This question
will come before the people for solu
tion
THESE MEN ARE SATISFIED
Nebraskans Testify Before Senate
Railroad Committee
WASHINGTON T B Hord cattle
raiser farmer and grain dealer of Cen
tral City Neb appeared before the
senate committee on interstate com
merce to protest against the proposed
rate legislation He said in part
At the present time the railroads
in this state give us good service
They grant all reasonable demands
we have the railway officers among
us and we want conditions to remain
unchanged because wre are prospering
I came here at the request of friends
who agree with me because we think
it right to enter our protest
Mr Hord said that he knew of no
complaints from the southwest about
rates on live stock
How do you happen to come here
asked Senator Foraker
The witness replied that he had
been invited to come by friends
Peter Jansen a farmer and sheep
raiser of Jansen Neb alo was a wit
ness before the committee He otated
that he shipped several hundred car
loads of sheep a year and pastured
20000 sheep annually and that he
represented a number of friends
among stock raisers and farmers of
Nebraska
Wo do not want any rate legisla
tion said Mr Jar sen for we feel
that traffic managers are nearer to
us than any commission could ever
be and we are satisfied that they are
always ready to meet any reasonable
man half way TIip nrcsmt sy tern of
adjusting rats between shipper and
carrier is perfectly satisfactory to us
INSANE MAN AT WHITE HOUSE
Italian Who Says His Murdered Wife
is Inside Tries to Enter
WASHINGTON A man who said
his name is Daniel Costable an
Italian was arrested by Policeman
Hopkins while trying to force an en
trance at the rear door of the white
house about midnight Friday He was
locked up at the police station
When questioned as to the reason
for being on the white house grounds
he declared a spirit had entered hs
head and told him that his murdered
wife was to be found in the white
house The man was hatless and clad
only in a coat of thin serge He was
first seen by a negro climbing over
the iron fence surrounding the
grounds of the white house and atten
tion was attracted by the sound of an
attempted entrance at the rear dorr
He was tugging frantically at the door
and shouting Francsca it is I He
was arrested and jailed
CLAIM JEWS WERE AGGRESSORS
Official Statement n Connection With
Recent Massacre
ST PETERSBURG Some private
reports from Zhitomir place the num
ber of persons killed at as high as
forty The governor of Yholiny has
caused the strepts of Zhitomir to
be placarded with notices to the ef
fect that the troops have recived in
structions to fire upon any persons in
terfering with the Jews The Official
Messengers account of the Zhitomir
outbreak attributes it to the provo
cative attitude of the Jews who it
adds used a portrait of the emperor
as a target in shooting practice
Awful Charge Made by Girl
CHICAGO Accused by his 7-year-old
stepdaughter of having killed his
wife and infant child by pouring kero
sene over their bodies as they lay
asleep and then setting fire to the bed
clothing Joseph Leiding was arrested
here on Sunday and is being held
while an investigation of the affair
is being made Leiding who is a
brass finisher by trade denies the
story of tne child and declares that
his wifes dress caught on fire while
she was using kerosene to start a fire
in the kitchen stove
EAO LIST GROW
THE TOWN OF SNYDER LOSES AT
LEAST 125
MANY DEAD NJHE COUNTRY
Information From Outsido Districts
Now Coming In Hundreds are In
jured Many of Them However but
Slightly
SNYDER Okla All estimates of
tho number killed by Wednesday
nights tornado irf the south of Snyder
make tho total at least 125 Tho tor
nado traveled a distance of thirty
five miles cutting a path from a quar
ter mile to a half mile wldo The farm
houses in this path were demolished
and the occupants killed or injured
All the men available are needed here
to clear away debris bury the dead
and care for the sick and the fate
of the farmers struck by tho storm
has not been fully investigated Esti
mates of the number killed outside of
Snyder range from twenty five to
forty More than 100 laborers brought
here by the Frisco railroad together
with a big force of volunteers began
moving and burning debris today
Two men dead and another barely
alive wore found in a heap of rubbish
piled against railroad freight cars
near the station this morning They
had been there since last Wednesday
night at S15 oclock at which timo
every clock in town stopped
Statements that 100 persons wore
injured are correct but most of these
suffered only slight bruises Forty five
persons are receiving hospital treat
ment On account of lack of accommo
dations here tho wounded are being
taken to larger towns J W Hudson
a capitalist and his daughter are at
Lawton and Mr Hudson is reported
to be dying Dr and Mrs J W Mill
er are also at Lawton and Mrs Mill
er is not expected to survive J M
Eagan tho Frisco station agent and
several other patients have beea
taken to Springfield Mo
There were four members in the
family of William Hughes of Willow
vale three in that of J D Ralston ot
Olustee and three in that of Mr
Moore in the same neighborhood Alt
were killed At the ranch of E L
Peckham president of the Denver
Enid Gulf Railroad company six
miles west of here the tornado totally
destroyed a 25000 residence and a
10000 barn
Every building in town bears evi
dence of the tornado and the rain
poured through roofs in torrents The
temporary hospital buildings where
men women and children lay swathed
in bandages and moaning in pain and
where surgeons were performing op
erations were quickly flooded Oil
cloths were spread over the sufferers
but this afforded only scant protec
tion against the water
Excellent order has been maintain
ed and only two or three cases of
pillaging have been reported E C
Raj sheriff of Kiowa last night
guarded the town with thirty five de
puties
Pitiable scenes of want and suffer
ing were seen here on all sides Much
confusion still existed despite the ef
forts of hundreds of oiiiders to aid
the victims of Wednc cays nights
tornado Last night many who had
lost everything they possessed went
hungry and practically unprotected
from the cold
Many bodies lying in temporary
morgues remained unidentified while
among the injured dozens who suffer
ed from ugly wounds or broken limbs
were without proper medical atten
tion Others still were missing and
an exact list of the casualties was not
to be had
FRENCH ARE ON THEIR GUARD
Japan Learns that Russians Are Kept
From Waters of France
TOKIO The following announce
ment was made by the Japanese for
eign office
Since the Kamranh bay incident the
French government has instructed
borh the civil and military officials in
Indo China to maintain a close watchi
on the cor st of French territory and
to warn belligerent ships not to en
ter French waters
When it was reported that the third
Rir ian squadron commanded by
Rar Admiral Nebogatoff was ap
proaching French waters the French
government again instructed the
raval authorities to maintain a close
watch and take effective measures
with all their power to prevent a vio
lation of neutrality and it simultan
eously notified tho Russian govern
ment
The French government has notified
the Japanese legation at Paris that it
has received a telegraphic report that
no Russian ships were sighted off
Hon Koke bay May 9
Gereral Davis Sails
COLON General Davis the retir
ing governor of the canal zone and
his two daughters sailed for New
York on the steamer Alliance
Corn Hearing Is Pcstooned
CHICAGO The Interstate Com
merce Commission during its Corn
Products investgaricn heard repre
sentatives of California milling inter
ests who protested against reduction
of the 10 per cent differental existing
on corn meal rates over rates on corn
from Nebraska to Pacific points
When the testimony of the San Fran
cisco manufacturers was completed
Chairman Clements announced that
the corn investigation would rest for
the present and that the commission
investigate woodenware rates
i
1
f J
f s
1
I
-
l
ft
spr