McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Brief Telegrams
An earthquake in Japan and a hur
ricane in Natal cost many lives
The New York Central plans to re
duce the schedule of many trains
Kid McCoy the famous pugilist has
chosen a wealthy widow as his wife
Benjamin F Marsh congressman
from the Fourteenth Illinois district
died last week
Failures in May show a decrease
over those of the corresponding month
a year previous
The president has appointed as sec
ond lieutenant of infantry Pickens E
Woodson of Texas formerly of the
Rough Riders
A street fight occurred on a public
square at Belgrade Servia between
former Premier M Pasic and M Nil
colics the minister of justice
Mrs W A Edwards and Jasper
Dunn have been arrested at Independ
ence Kan charged with the murder
of Mrs Edwards husband in October
1903
Marshall Robert occupies the more
or less enviable position of being the
only native born American who ever
became an officer In the British life
guards
By announcement that he will leave
on a southern trip on October 17
President Roosevelt makes it certain
that date of extra session has been
deferred
Charles J Bailey aged 50 years a
prominent resident of Berkeley Cal
has been killed by falling from the
precipice of El Capital a distance of
1500 feet
Dr Harry Lane democrat is mayor
elect of Portland by a plurality of
about one thousand over his leading
opponent George H William repub
lican incumbent
At Washington H N Brailsford a
writer and A H M McCulloch
charged with conspiracy in obtaining
passports for unlawful purposes were
committed for trial
The proofsheets of the new Agricul
tural Year Book declare that the four
teen most aggressive and industrious
of our bugs take at least 300000000
from our farmers annually
Refusal of the sultan to accept the
French propositions for the reform of
Mdrocco unless approved by an Inter
national conference puts an embar
rassing check on Frances policy
The Copenhagen correspondent of
the Telegraph says It is believed
here Norway intends to establish a
republic and that Important events
may be expected within the next few
days
General Horace Porter former
American ambassador has left Paris
for Switzerland where he will make
automobile excursions accompanied
by his daughter He will sail for the
United States early in July
Leo Allen Berghols consul at Daw
son Yukon territory Canada has
been transferred to Beirut Turkey as
consul general and Gabriel Bie Rayn
dal consul at Beirut has been trans
ferred to Dawson as consul
The president has established a
forest reserve in southern Colorado to
be known as the San Juan reserve and
to contain about 1500000 acres The
Payetta reserve of about the same
size has been established in Idaho
Admiral Enquist has been notified
that he must intern his ships at
Manila until the end of the -war or sail
away immediately more ships sup
posedly of the disorganized Russian
fleet are sighted off the coast of
China
The statement that Italy has sent
-warships to Yemen Arabia as re
ported in Vienna is untrue An Italian
citizen was killed there by mistake in
the middle of May but the local au
thorities gave satisfaction and the in
cident was closed amicably
Colonel Andrew Jackson of Nash
ville Tenn has sold the old Washing
ton chair the most prized relic of
President Jackson to the Mount Ver
non association for 7500 This chair
was willed by General Washington to
his family physician Dr Craik and
members of the Craik family gave it
to General Jackson
Establishing a new high record per
square foot for New York City real
estate more than 598 the property
at the southwest corner of Wall street
and Broadway opposite Trinity
church an old four story brick build
ing on a lot thirty feet on Broadway
and thirty nine feet on Wall street
was sold for 700000
Workmen engaged in unloading a
carload of sand at Bedford Ind found
hidden in it several bundles of papers
which proved to be bonds and secur
ities valued at 300000 They were
identified as the property of the Wil
mington 111 bank which -was robbed
of the papers and 2500 in cash on
May 9
Francis E Leupp present Indian
commissioner is said to be slated to
succeed Secretary Hitchcock in the
cabinet
Orders for one thousand cars for
the Imperial Japanese railway have
just been placed with Pennsylvania
car building companies
Reports to the state auditor show a
decline in deposits for the Chicago
state banks of 2122958 since the last
report March 15
Mr Kogoro Takahira Japanese min
ister called at the White house and
had an important conference with
President Roosevelt
THE TWO REPLIES
WILL NOT BE GIVEN OUT FOR A
FEW DAYS
WD HITCH IN THE PROCEEDINGS
The Commission to Arrange Peace
Details May Meet In Washington
Response to the Presidents Appeal
Said to Be Favorable
WASHINGTON It Is not possible
At this time to indicate when the for
mal replies from Russia and Japan to
the presidents identical notes -will be
given to the public It s possible it
may be Monday and it may not be for
several days The situation Is quite
satisfactory to the president however
and assurance is given that the with
holding of the notes is not due to any
hitch in the negotiations
Before the responses of the Russian
and Japanese governments are pub
lished here they will be transmuted
formally by the president the Jap
anese note to the St Petersburg gov
ernment and the Russian note to the
government at Tokio Up to this time
they have not been thus forwarded
The transmission of the notes will
conclude the preliminary negotiations
tor peace initiated by the president
and practically will conclude this gov
ernments work In those negotiations
Ofiically informed that the response
to the presidents appeal is favorable
It will remain for the Russian and
Japanese governments to effect an ar
rangement for a temporary armistice
pending a direct discussion of terms
tor permanent peace Information re
ceived here both in governmental and
diplomatic quarters indicates that
Japan will suggest where the first
meeting of the representatives of the
belligerent powers will take place and
that Russia will accede to that sug
gestion At the preliminary meeting it
Is the understanding that Japan will
indicate the terms on which the em
peror would be willing to conclude a
ermanent peace The terms then will
be transmitted directly to the Russian
government the question of their ac
ceptance or rejection then lying -with
the Russian emperor Later at a meet
ing of plenipotentiaries of the two
powers the details of a treaty of
peace will be considered This for
mal pdace conference the probabil
ities now are will be held in Wash
ington boui of the belligerents favor
ably regarding this capital as a place
for the drafting and signing of a
treaty of peace
rOKIO IS AWAITING RESULTS
Keenest Satisfaction Manifest Over
Preliminary Steps
TOKIO Tokio has calmly received
lie news of American intervention
md prospective peace The absence
f assurance that Russia will accept
President Roosevelts proposal and
he knowledge that the final consum
nation of peace involves the adjust
nent of a series of questions of para
nount importance requiring the most
jareful diplomacy extending over
reeks of negotiation coupled perhaps
jrith the recollection of a previous ex
perience in the thorny path of the
vorlds politics seem to create a dis
position to await final results There
s nevertheless the keenest satisfac
tion over the preliminary steps and
t feeling of deep gratefulness over
President Roosevelts action
AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN
Decrease of Wheat and Oats and In
crease of Corn
NEW YORK Special cable and
telegraphic communications received
by Bradstreets show the following
changes in available supplies as com
pared with the last account
Wheat United States and Canada
east of the Rockies decrease 1722
000 afloat for and in Europe de
crease 1700000 total supply de
crease 3422000
Corn United States and Canada
east of the Rockies increase 96S000
The leading decreases reported this
week are Three hundred and twenty
nine thousand bushels in Manitoba
85000 bushels at the Chicago private
elevators 75000 bushels at Louisville
56000 bushels at Coteau and 55000
bushels at Portland Me
FRENCH MUCH EXCITED
OVER THE SITUATION
PARIS Germanys note to the
powers proposing an international con
ference on the subject of Morocco is
regarded in the highest quarters as
renewing the gravity of the situation
at almost io the point of making it
menacing
France has received a copy of the
note showing that Germany acted
openly in appealing to the powers not
withstanding the official statement
from Berlin that Morocco invites the
conference Officials here interpret
the German note as showing that Ger
many is the real upholder of the con
ference
Given a Terrible Battering
TOKIO A correspondent of the
Associated Press has been permitted
to inspect the Russian battleship Orel
now lying at Maizuru The Orel re
ceived a terrible battering Her hull
shows forty gaping holes pierced by
shells and many smaller ones where
she had been hit while the super
structure her upper works and upper
decks were riddled by shells steel
fragments and splinters The star
board forward 12 inch guns were
smashed ten feet from the muzzle
either by shell or by explosion
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RUSSIAN SHIPS INTERNED
Admiral Train Carries Out Instruc
tions of President
WASHINGTON Secretary Taft has
received the following cablegram from
Governor Wright at Manila
Russian warships did not leave
harbor within required twenty four
hours as a result hey are now in
custody of Admiral Train who in
forms me he has taken necessary
steps to intern them They are now
behind breakwater under the guns of
the Ohio and Monadnock He will dis
able their machinery and remove
breech locks of guns He has doubt
less reported full details to navy de
partment
SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS
i
First Hanging in Iowa for Years
Postponed
DES MOINES la Just in time to
stop what would have been the first
legal hanging in Iowa in ten years
an appeal was filed with the supreme
court in the case of Charles Rocker of
Rock Rapids under sentence for mur
der Rocker was to have been hanged
at Anamosa but half an hour before
the time set for the execution the
papers for an appeal arrived and a
long distance telephone message was
sent to call off the hanging
TALKED TO MILLERS
ON RATE QUESTION
KANSAS CITY Mo Prof Hugo
R Meyer of the University of Chi
cago addressed the National Federa
tion of Millers on the question of gov
ernmental regulation of railroad rates
maintaining that wherever the public
regulation of railroad rates has sought
to do more than to eliminate secret
rebates and to guarantee that rates
shall be reasonable per se it has ar
rested the decline of railroad rates
and led to the adoption of distance
tariffs
SIGSBEE IS READY TO SAIL
Plans for Bringing John Paul Jones
Body Not Completed
WASHINGTON Rear Admiral Sigs
bee conferred with navy department
officials and Acting Secretary of State
Loomis relative to his trip to France
to bring back the remains of John
Paul Jones Captain Winslow was de
tailed to act with Admiral Sigsbee in
preparing a program for the trip but
they had not gone far when it was
found impossible to act at this dis
tance and information is awaited
from France before the plans can be
fully formulated Admiral Sigsbee re
ported to the navy department that
his entire squadron was ready to start
at once he having been ordered to be
ready to proceed not later than June
8th Tne date of the departure may be
delayed several days beyond the time
originally contemplated
KRAUSES ARE FOUND GUILTY
Two Big Cattlemen Are Convicted of
Enclosing Public Lands
OMAHA John Krause and Her
man Krause have been found guilty
jointly of maintaining and enclosing
certain public lands appropriating
4500 acres in Sheridan county Neb
also of asserting an exclusive right to
the use of such public lands and of
preventing the free public access to
and across such public lands
John Krauss is found additionally
guilty of intimidating Theodore Os
born Edward Whetstone and other
settlers from entering and from free
transit to and across certain public
lands by threats and other intimidat
ing means
MORTON TO TAKE CHARGE
Secretary of Navy Elected Head of
Equitable Life Society
NEW YORK Paul Morton who re
tires from the secretaryship of the
navy soon was elected chairman of
the board of directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance society His election
marks the first and most important
step in the reorganization of the so
ciety and was followed by the tender
of the resignations of President
James W Alexander Vice President
James H Hyde Second Vice Piesi
dent Gage E Tarbell Third Vice
President George T Wilson and
Fourth Vice President William H Mc
Intyre
UNDER THEIR OWN FLAG
Norwegians Shout at Raising of the
Emblem
CHRISTIANIA The Norwegian tri
color -was hoisted over Akershus fdrt
and throughout the country in place
of the union flag
The substitution was attended with
great ceremony at the fort where the
members of the storthing and 30000
of the public were assembled
The garrison was paraded in front
of the quarters of the commandant of
the fort and the commandant read the
resolution of the storthing dissolving
the union with Sweden
Gully Announces Resignation
LONDON At the afternoons ses
sion of the House of Commons Wil
liam Court Gully officially announced
his resignation on the ground of ill
health of the speakership which he
has held for a decade Premier Balfour
and Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
made brief speeches of regret after
which the premier announced that he
would Introduce a resolution praying
the king to elevate Mr Gully to the
peerage as is customary in the case
of retiring speakers of the House of
Commons
FOR ENDING WAR
PRESIDENT PAVES THE WAY
FOR THE SAME
BELIEVES THEEND IS HEAR
Extreme Reticence Manifested In
Every Official and Diplomatic Quar
ter A Statement of Conditions and
Acceptances Expected From St
Petersburg
WASHINGTON When President
Roosevelt left Washington Friday on
a two days trip to Virginia he was
confident that the result of the inter
national negotiations for peace in the
far east had been successful and that
the final blow in the Russo Japanese
Avar had been struck So deeply inter
ested is he in bringing the two belli
gerent nations to a common
that he would not have left
the White house at the time wnen the
situation was so delicate unless ho
had obtained assurances that his ef
forts to bring Russia and Japan into
contact in an amicable spirit had-
been successfully concluded
While extreme reticence is mani
fested in every official and diplomatic
quarter it is known authoritatively
that the negotiations which have been
in progress for the last ten days be
tween the Washington government
and the powers of the world includ
ing the two belligerent nations have
been successful to an unexpected de
gree President Roosevelt who has
taken the lead In the negotiations has
been accorded the cordial support ol
the great continental powers includ
ing Russias nearest friend France
The direct representations made
through Ambassador Meyer at St
Petersburg to the czar were received
by Emperor Nicholas in a most friend
ly spirit Tokio responded in an
equally amicable way So near are the
two warring powers to amicable con
tact at this moment that in all Wash
ington circles official and diplomatic
mere hopefulness has given way to
notable optimism
It is not unlikely that within forty
eight hours a definite statement of the
situation may be issued from St
Petersburg Tokio or Washington
which will throw clear light on it It
can be said that only Tokio remains
yet to be heard from regarding a
phase of the negotiations That the re
sponse of the mikados government
will be favorable no doubt is enter
tained
AN INFATUATED SWEDE
WRITES TO MISS ROOSEVELT
BLOOMINGTON 111 Secret service
men from Washington arrested John
Johnson Swede for writing letters to
Alice Roosevelt Johnson said that he
was sent here from Sweden to marry
Miss Roosevelt and communicated his
mission in letters to the presidents
daughter The arrest followed John
son was at once taken to Jacksonville
and recommitted in the asylum He
was a former inmate
TEXT OF THE NOTE
What President Sent to Russia and
Japan
WASHINGTON The president
feels that the time has come when
in the interest of all mankind he
must endeavor to see if it is not pos
sible to bring to an end the terrible
and lamentable conflict now being
waged With Russia and Japan the
United States has inherited ties of
friendsljp and goodwill It hopes for
the prosperity and welfare of each and
it feels that the progress of the
world is set back by the war between
these two great nations
The president accordingly urges
the Russian and Japanese govern
ments not for their own sakes
but in the interest of the whole civil
ized world to open direct negotia
tions for peace with one another The
president suggests that these peace
negotiations be conducted directly
and exclusively between the belliger
ents in other words that there may
be a meetiiig of Russian and Japanese
plenipotentiaries or delegates without
any intermediary in order to see if
it is not possible for these representa
tives of the two powers to agree to
terms of peace The president earn
estly asks that the Russian and Jap
anese governments do now agree to
such a meeting and is asking the Rus
sian and Japanese governments like
wise to agree While the president
does not feel that any intermediary
should be called in in respect to the
peace negotiations themselves he is
entirely willing to do what he proper
ly can if the powers concerned feel
that his services will be of aid in ar
ranging the preliminaries as to the
time and place of meeting But if
these preliminaries can be arranged
directly between the two powers or
in any way the president will be glad
as his sole purpose is to bring about
a meeting which the whole civilized
world will pray may result in peace
CALL EXTRA SESSION
OF THE LEGISLATURE
DULUTH Minn You may state
said Governor Higgins of New York
that I will call a special session of
the legislature immeediately on my re
turn to the state This session will be
called for the purpose of investigat
ing certain charges made against
members of the state judiciary I do
not care to discuss the matter beyond
making this brief statement
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NOT PREPARED FOR BATTLE
Russian Ships Went Blindly Into Jap
anese Trap
MANILA From the stories told by
the Russians who escaped from the
sea fight In the Korean straits it ap
pears that the Japanese completely1
surprised the Russian fleet The Rus
sians were steaming peacefully along
There was no sign of the Japanese
fleet and the Russian ships were not
cleared for action nor were the bat
teries manned The attack came with
a suddenness that made the unpre
paredness of the Russians for battle a
glaring mistake that never could be
corrected Two lines of torpedo boats
suddenly appeared and encircled the
Russian fleet The rapid fire batteries
were turned loose but with apparently
little effect on the Japanese boats
Over the approaching torpedo boats
came a hail of ten and thirteen inch
shells from the Japanese war vessels
in the distance
The torpedo boats advanced at full
speed one division going in a westerly
and another in an easterly direction
The Russian cruisers and battleships
prepared to repel the attack The
cruisers manned their port batteries
and the battleships their starboard
batteries No attempt was made to
prepare the batteries on the other
side of the ships and it was here the
Russians blundered
UNABLE TO CO OPERATE
WITH ROJESTVENSKY
VLADIVOSTOK The failure of the
Vladivostok squadron to put to sea
and effect a diversion in favor of Ad
miral Rojestvensky at the time of the
receent battle is explained to have
been due to the utter absence of
knowledge on the part of Rear Admir
al Jessen as to whether Rojestvensky
intended to circle Japan or attempt to
force a passage through the Straits of
Korea Jessen at no time was inform
ed of the Russian commanders plans
and was unable to co operate with
him The officers of the Russian
cruiser Almaz and the torpedo boat de
stroyers which reached Vladivostok
say the Russian fleet was constantly
under Japanese surveillance after it
reached far eastern waters and when
ever it was not at anchor suspicious
ships were seen on the horizon
OREGONS NEW LAW
First Wife Beater to Come Under
Its Ban
PORTLAND Ore Charles McGin
ty a wife beater received twenty
lashes on the bare back being the
first sufferer under the new state law
The lashing was performed by the
county jailer under the direction of the
sheriff and physician The whip was a
braided blacksnake made of rawhide
with four lashes
McGinty after receiving the sen
tence was hustled to jail where he
was stripped to the waist and his
manacled hands tied to a door in the
jail corridor high above his head
Blood was drawn at the fourth blow
McGinty writhed and groaned and
strained at the manacles binding his
wrists
HON WILLIAM J BRYAN
SENDS PRIZE MONEY
FRANKFORD Ky Governor Beck
ham received from the Hon William
J Bryan of Nebraska a check for
400 to be paid to the Kentucky agri
cultural and mechanical college and
invested the annual proceeds to pur
chase a prize for the best essay dis
cussing the principles of free govern
ment The money is part of a fund ol
10000 left to Mr Bryan as trustee
by the late Philo Sherman Bennett ol
Connecticut to be distributed among
twenty five colleges
No Vine at Launching
TOPEKA Kan Governor Hoch be
ing asked if he would object to the
battleship Kansas being christened
with wine when launched in Decem
ber said he would recommend that
the ship be christened without an in
toxicant
BATTLE WAS ALL ONE WAY
Togo the Master From the Moment
it Started
LONDON The Tokio correspond
ent of the Times in an interesting ac
count of the naval battle in the straits
of Korea says
Admiral Togo entered the fight with
the best fighting material of his own
squadron four battleships and the
cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga and Vice
Admiral Kamimuras squadron of six
armored cruisers Togo steaming fif
teen and Kamimura sixteen knots
The Russians opened fire at 12000
meters It was totally ineffective The
Japanese reserved their fire until
7500 meters when they fired six trial
shots and scored three hits The bat
tie then became general The Rus
sians maintained much the highei
rate of fire but their aim was bad
and ineffective
Change of Assessment Plan
LOS ANGELES Cal The national
council of the Knights of Columbus
adopted a resolution instructing the
board of directors to consider the ad
visability of adopting a level rate
plan of asessment to operate in con
nection with the present plan for an
increasing scale of premiums for ad
vanced aged
Von Buelow Becomes a Prince
BERLIN Chancellor von Buelow
has been Teatd a prince by Emperor
PASTE JEWELS
Little griefs often told grow great
Innocences most eloquent plea 13
silence
A nervous woman Is not necessarily
a nervy one
Many a gay young slipper covers o
suffering sole
A -wise man seldom wastes hl3 wis
dora in words
Most widows prefer orango blo9
soms to all flowers
The man who can do all things welJ
very seldom does anything
Tho men of pluck rarely have faith
in tho goddess called Luck
A contented mind is considered a
contemptible mental state thesd
days
We who are not grinding an ax foi
some one aro using some one to
sharpen ours on New Orleans Pio
ayuno
FOR LUCK
A heart
The lotus
An anchor
Any old coin
An ivory olephant
Egypts sacred bull
A Japanese monkey
A bean carved in gold
Beetle in chrysophrase
A thimble in fairy size
Four leaf clover in enamel
A love bird carved in ivory
A dove carved in white coral
Marble pendant of fine crystal
A bit of Jap bronze inlaid with sil
ver
Quasimodo in exquisitely modeled
rose gold
The sphinx in miniature carved
from a dull gray stone
It Pays to Read Newspapers
Cox Wis June 12 Frank M Rus
sell of this place had Kidney Diseaso
so bad that he could not walk Ho
tried doctors treatment and many dif
ferent remedies but was getting
worse He was very low
He read in a newspaper how Dodds
Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kid
ney Trouble Brights Disease and
Rheumatism and thought he woulu
try them He took two boxes and
now he is quite well He says
I can now work all day and not
feel tired Before using Dodds Kid
ney Pills I couldnt walk across the
floor
Mr Russells is the most wonderful
case ever known in Chippewa county
This new remedy Dodds Kidney
Pills is making some miraculous
cures in Wisconsin
Lose Little Strength
The famous French chemist
lot has made experiments which show
that a gramme of iodoform exposed to
the air will lose only a billionth part
of a gramme in an hour and a
gramme of musk only a thousandth
part of that
Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity together with the superior
quality of Defiance Sarch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand
Weight of Grass Seed
According to the laws of the United
tates Hungarian grass seed should
weigh fifty pounds timothy seed forty-five
pounds and blue grass seed
forty four pounds to the bushel
At the conference of the managers
of the New York Central Lines held
in New York June 6th all lines be
ing represented by their General
Managers and Passenger officials it
was decided beginning with the regu
lar summer change Sunday June
ISth to quicken the speed of the
Twentieth Century Limited so as
to make the time between New York
and Chicago eighteen hours instead of
twenty hours the New York Central
Lines having made the twenty hour
time during the past three years and
having also made the run between
New York and Chicago in twenty
hours with their Exposition Flyer
for the one hundred and eighty days
of the Columbian Exposition in Chi
cago in 1S33 twelve years ago
The New York Central Lines make
the point that the New York Central
has had in service the Empire State
Express which has been the fastest
train in the world for its distance
440 miles for fourteen years having
held the worlds record for that time
and for three years and 180 days hav
ing held the worlds record for a
thousand mile train in twenty hours
The proposed schedule of eighteen
hours is simply the extension of the
time of the Empire State Express
through from Buffalo to Chicago the
time having been made for fourteen
years between New York and Buffalo
On this new schedule the train will
leave Chicago at 230 p ra arriving
Grand Central Station New York
at 930 next morning and returning
will leave New York 330 p m reach
ing Chicago S30 a m following dav
At the same time the Lake Shore
Limited will be quickened up an
hour and will make the time from
Chicago to New York in 23 hours in
stead of 24 leaving Chicago 530 p
m by the Lake Shore and arriving
New York 530 p m bv the New
York Central
The Southwestern Limited train
No 11 which now leaves Grand Cen
tral station at 1 p m will beginning
June ISth leave at 204 p m saving
an hour to an hour and a half on the
present journey to St Louis and Cin
cinnati
The girl who runs and tells her
mother everything is apt to remain
an old maid
Dealers say that
as soon as a cus
tomer tries Defiance Starch it is Im
possible to sell
them any other cold
water starch It can be used cold or
Dolled
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