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Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
lnsurgent Leader Killed.

Havana, May 7.-Confirmation has
been received in official circles of the
death Of Charles Aguirre. the insurgent
leader. He was killed in recent en-
g eagement with the Spanish troops. I'M
I,ortant documents found on his person
show, among other things. that Gen.
Maxine Gomez is in bad health,
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
WAR HERO GONE.

Admiral Meade. Retired. Passes Away
ut Washington.
Washington. May 5.-Admiral Meade
(retired), United States navy, who has
been i'll at Washington for three weeks
past, died at DR.. Johnston's private
sanitarium. There were present Drs.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Takes the Oath of Office,

, Washington, May z. - James NJ. Ty-
ner, Of Indiana, has been appointed as
.sistant attorney general for the post
office department.. Mr. Tyner took the
oath Of office and entered upon thc dis
charge Of his duties.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

VIM T. HARRIS, United States com.
missioner of education, student OF
social science, thinks that under mod
ern conditions fewer farmers are neces-
sary and more people are wanted in
the cities to handle machinery; that
the increase of urban populations is
not disease which needs cure, but
the natural result of scientific inven.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
over Fifty Iniurad

New York, May IA fire in the cold
storage warehouse. Of the Merchants:
ke1rlgerating company, caused . 1oss.
o. sooo,ooo and SO men were injured and
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Commander EI...,s

.--'1----ke'H Erected.
= Gales'1D1urg, es'11 ~, May 7.--4tt the state
u. a. L: enca;lmpment yesterday the e,sc-z
tlon OF department commander res. resnlts,ts
b = me cnolce of a. Z. schimptf. of
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Steamer. Collide nj Son

Aberdeen, Scotland, May 5.-A COL
lision has occurred off Girdlencss light
house between the British steamers Col
lynee and Gringoe. Tie Collynee sank
and 4 Of her crew were drowned. 9
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Fire atnCHldSyeIl,

4; Columbus. =. May44, Fire. at Gaid-
well. Noble county. DESTROYED $6O.Oo0
worth Of propcrt j. il tl,e. center Of the
business portion, Of The lo,yn: Insurance
about $40 ,OOt .ss
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Put to Death.

Barcelona, May 5.-Five OF, the an
archists convicted of participation sin
the bomb outrage on June,7 last at
the feast OF Corpus Christi were shot
Tuesday morning outside Fort Mont
Juch. They shouted Long live an
archy!'' just before the order to fire was
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
"A Heavy sl,eal,l,,,.,n,..

Pittsburgh, Pa. May 3.F FLAMES. ted
by petroleum. swept through several
big business uildings ~ this city, caus-.
ing q loss estimated ats 900, ,O00.E
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Eleven Men D-o..,.

nufeam, May 1l Eleven men haye.
gsosen ..' drowned through the inflow "a Is 8
water into the Kelloe col ollierv - -
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Finance Committee Reports
the Measure to the Senate.
Great Changes Are Made from, the
House Btll-A Synopsis of Some
b of the Most Important
FcntureS.

Washington, May 5.-Thes tariff bill
was reported to the senate yesterday
and Senator Aldrich announced that he
would call up the measure Tuesday May
IS. The time for the bill to take effect
is made July l, 1907. The important
portions of the measure are:
Sugar not above No. 1G Dutch standard
In color. tank bottoms. sirups Of cane juice
and beet juice melada, concentrated me-
lada. concrete and concentrated molasses
testing by the polariscope not more than
II degrees, IS per cent. ad valorem Mo-
lasses, testing above ~ and not more than
56 degrees. four, cents per gallon; testing
6S degrees. and not above 70 degrees. eight
cents per gallon.
Maple sugar and maple sirup. four cents
per pound; glucose or grape sugar, liz cents
per pound: sugar cane in It's natural state
OF manufacture, ten per cent. ad valorem;
saccharine, one dollar per pound and ten per
cent: "a valorem: Sugar candy and all
pound or less, four cents per pound and is
percent. ad ValOrem.
A duty is levied on tea at the rate of ten
cents per pound until January l. 1900: afte:
1900 1t is admitted free OF duty.
The following Is the provision in regard
to hides. which are transferred from the
free list:
Hides OF cattle. raw or uncured. wheth-
er dry. salted or picked. lh cents per
ported made from imported hides there
shall be allowed drawback equal to the
amount Of duty paid on such hides.
In the coal and shale schedule the word
bituminous is stricken out, and all coal
made dutiable at Is cents per ton.
Duty On Deer Increased.
The senate has Increased the internal
revenue duty on beer by changing section
8,33a OF the revised statutes to read as fol-
lows:
Until January l. 1900 there shall. be paid
on all beer. lager beer. ale. porter and other
similar fermented liquors, brewed or man.
ufactured and sold, or removed for con-
sumption or sale within the United States,
by whatever name such liquors may be
called. tax OF $l.44 for every barrel con-
tanning not more than II gallons, and after
January l. 1900. there shall be paid a tax
Of one dollar per barrel on every barrel
Of such beer. lager beer. ale. porter and
other similar ferlnented liquors. (rhe pres
ent rate is one dollar.)
Net0 lin ffnn for RCQfnrNC1tv
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Senator Teller at Home.

DENVER, Colo, Aug. Ex-senator
Teller arrived here yesterday and in
tends to remain in Colorado until fall.
In an interview he expressed himself
as strongly opposed to a combination
of the silver Republicans with McKin-
ley Republicans in this state this fall
On the money question he said: SIT is
the purpose, undoubtedly, of this ad-
ministration to retire the green backs
and treasury notes and perfect sys-
tenn by which the national banks will
be authorized to issue all paper
money. Their next move will be to
retire silver, and then bank notes will
not be legal tender What will be the
result? The administration will have
succeeded in making gold the only
money by which debts can be paid.
All debts will have to be paid in the
yellow metal :"
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20

The Sioux City e Omaha railroad has
been incorporated at Tekamah. The
incorporators are J. r. Anderson and
B. +. Fuller. Burt county capitalists.
and Mitchell Vincent, the we'll known
railroad contractor of Onawa, Iowa.
who has been prominently identified
in ,:I@ing the Illinois Central to build
a bridge across the Missouri river at
Onawa and push on from there to a
westward connection. The main plan
Of the incorporatOrs is to build road
which will be valuable as a connecting
link between the north and south.
From Sioux City the road will follow
the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf survey
through the Winnebago and Omaha
Indian reservations. taking in Decatur
and going on south to Tekamah, and
thence TO Omaha. where it is hoped to
make arrangements with the Port
Arthur people.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS.
The Santa Fe Freight Department
BuSioc Than EYer Before.

The Santa Fe Freight department
Busior Than Ever Before.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. J6.-The
Santa Fe railway freight department
is experiencing the greatest rush of
business in the history of the road
The movement of fruit from California
and grain from Kansas has never been
so great. and every available car fit
for shipping is being pressed into SER
vice. Last week and few weeks pre-
vious the company was doing rush
ing business in potatoes and livestock,
but the big end of the potato rush is
over now, while the stock business is
again normal.
The fruit which the Santa Fe is
hauling comes from Northern Califor-
MIA and consists principally of plums,
grapes and peaches. The bulk of it
goes to Chicago and other Eastern
cities. All of the cars are re-iced in
Argentine, and the company has Il big
force of men engaged in this work.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Condition of Nebraska Banks.

Washington dispatch: The abstract
of reports OF the comptroller of the
currency, made July %. showing the
condition of the ninctyfour national
banks in Nebraska. exclusive of Lin
coin and Omaha, indicates a general
Improvement in the condition of bank
ing business throughout the state.
Notwithstanding that there is one
bank less: individual deposits have in
creased since May IA by nearly $780,
900. the total amount being on the date
of the abstract 50, ,264 ,769. There is d
decrease in the amount due to other
banks by almost 5000 The total
resources amount to $40, ,6SS.593, an in
crease of S604, SOS: due from other
banks and reserve agents. S?.931.376,
increase of S607.515: average reserve
held :'5.34 per cent. as against S32. go
last Nav.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
RELIEF FUNDS SHORT.
GENERAL LEE REPORTS TO
WASHINGTON.
dow the Money Was Used--Fourteen
Hundred Destitute Americans Were
Cared For by Him - One Hun
dred Furnished With Trans
portstion to America.



WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Consul Gen.
eral Lee, in report to the state de-
ra"tment, says that the $40, 900 placed
to the credit of the relief fund May %
was equivalent to 10,975 Spanish dol
lars. This fund, which was expended
with the greatest care and economy,
is nearly exhausted, about 400 desti-
Sute Americans having been fed daily
and provided with necessary medi-
cines. 1t cost ~ cents United
States money for each person
per day, or even less, for transporta-
tion is taken from the relief fund.
One hundred and eleven persons have
been furnished with transportation to
various points in the United States.
About 95 per cent of the I 400 desti-
tute persons are naturalized American
citizens, who have lived in Cuba for a
long time and whose business is there.
Many of them do not speak English.
A large number have never been in the
United States, being the wives and
children of naturalized citizens.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
ADDRESS TO POPULISTS
Mlddle-of- the Road Chairman Warns
Against Fusion.

lGule-O1-L1e- hOad CHAIRMAN warns
Against Fusion.
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 16.--Milton
Park, who, at the national conference
of Populists at Nashville, Tenn. July
i, was appointed chairman of the ma
tional OF ganization committee, created
at the conference. has ISSUED lengthy
address to the Populists of the United
States in which he reviews the origin
and organization of the party, naming
the abuses which led dissatisfied ele-
ments of the old parties to create a
new one, and, coming to the present
day, declares:
LAS chairman of your organization
committee. l urge every Populist
everywhere to avoid, repudiatc and re-
ject all fusion or alliance with the
Democratic or Republican party. Re-
pei every overture of these enemies of
the common people. | suggest that
throughout the entire country. wher-
ever there are two or more Populists
in a ward, precinct or township, they
go to work at once, persistently, to
perfect local Populist organization
in their midst. Press the work until
you shall have secured compact or
ganiZation in every county in your
state -
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Iowa Patent Once Report

Answers to correspondents that may
be of general interest:
/. 1t is very difficult t. get I. reiS' re
after the lapse of two years from date
of the original patent, Coed excuse
for delay may gain favorable consider
alton.
>. Any subject matter III "a patent
that is covered by "a distinct claim
therefor may be the subject Of "a dis
tinct contract. license or sale without
including the entire invention and pat
ent granted therefor.
,. For the first fee. SO, we can pro-
tect YOU for two years The two
years public use of Il paten table invcr-
ton is a bar to patent and dedica,es
the invention to the public. Exper.-
mental use may be more than two
C:l years without fOrfciting the inveH-
tors right to a patent. Public use
means selling to others. or allowing
others to make and use without OBJ
jecting.
Valuable Information about obtain
ing. valuing and selling patents sent
free TO any address.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifications OF any United States
patent sent upon receipt az . cents.
Our practice is not confined 10 Iowa
Inventors in other states car have our
services upon the sane terms as
Iiawkcyes.
THoS. e.. AND !. RATPB pEwiG.
Solicitors Oi Patents.
Des Moines. Ia ADg. 8 1897.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
CONDITION OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's Report a Widespread Ro
vival of Busi ness.

Bradstreet's Report Widespread Ro-
vival OF Busi ness.
New YORK, Aug. 6.-Bradstreets
says:
Evidences of widespread revival in
demand for merchandise and other
products have become SO numerous as
to compel general recognition. The
press has, therefore, ceased discussing
whether trade has really improved or
not. and has begun measuring the vol
ume of business compared with pre-
ceding periods
"A buoyancy of feeling has ap-
peared among buyers and sellers at
New York, Baltimore, Chicago, ST
Louis and Kansas City, where interior
merchants have thronged this week,
the like of which has not been seen
for several years. Interior merchants
are buying dry goods, clothing, shoes,
groceries and fancy articles, far more
freely than at any time since 1892.
Crop conditions have improved at
the, South and Southwest, and 1ner-
chants there are more encouraged.
Southern lu mber mills are not able to
keep up with orders. and innumerable
small consumers of iron and steel
throughout Central Western states
are buying raw material as they have
not for years.
Wheat scored an advance of 7
cents on continued big exports and a
tendency to decrease estimates of the
size of the domestic crop Wool is
higher on speculative holding, and
cotton yarns have advanced again.
Hides and Southern lnmber are up, as
are wheat. flour, Indian corn and oats,
and last, but not least, print cloths,
the market for which has been so long
depressed Prices for sugar, coffee,
lard and petroleum remain unchanged
while pork is almost the only import
ant product quoted lower than last
week.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
GIlnhcreH Horses.

Prof \. L. Peters of Lincoln has
received number. of letters from An
telope and Holt counties in which the
writers state that horses i'll their vi
cinity are afflicted with glanders. Ac-
cording to these letters several horses
have died during the past few months
One man. Homer \. Brown. who lived
near E,lgin. died with what two ply
sicians pronounced CHAMBERS. The let
ters from several points ask Prof. Pc
ters to assist the citizens with his
presence and advice in the matter of
treatment of the disease, which is af-
tiicting the horses and endangcring the
lives of human beings. Prof. Peters
called upon the governor and consult
ed with him about the proba BILE action
the state would take. The last lcgis-
lature made no provision for q veteri-
nary commission and there is no means
available for carrying on an investi-
CATION. Prof. Peters, as the agent of
the national government. it is said,
may investigate and report. but his
power to go further than this is in
Hon ht
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
To Tax Theater Passes

PARIs, Aug. ia parliamentary
committee appointed to investigate the
subject of theatrical passes has rec
ommended to the Chamber of Deputies
the adoption of a law to abolish sea,
son tickets for all dramatic and musi'
cal entertainments and the imposing
of a heavy stamp taNon all free passes
and moderate tax on all tickets.
The rate proposed for passes is l.
cents each. On this basis the income
is reckoned at $3.50, 900 on free passes
in Paris alone and total of sos, 80
on all classes of tickets.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
WOODMEN RIOT.
Hand to Hand Fight Between Fulton
and Rock Island Citizens

and Rock Island Citizens
FULTON. H., Aug. 1.-THE long
standing fight between this town and
Rock Island, H., for the location of
the headquarters of the Modern Wood
men of America eliminated yesterday
in a hand-to-hand fight between scores
of partisans of the respective towns in
which number of persons were seri-
ously injured.
A party was made up in Rock Island
and plans were made for raid on the
Fulton headquarters, with the object
of forcibly taking possession of the
books, records, ETC., of the order and
removing the Office Of Head Clerk
Hawes to Rock Island. A train was
chartered, consisting of three coaches,
a baggage car and two box cars, and
the invaders were soon on their way
to Fulton. The inhabitants of the
latter town were forewarned, how
ever. fire alarm was sounded and
lines of hose were laid to the points
where it was thought the Rock Island
crs would be most likely to disembark.
The arrival of the special train was
the signal for hostilities to begin.
There was intense feeling on both
sides, and great variety of weapons,
this combination resulting in the fol.
lowing casualties:
Will Bennett, city marshal of Full
ton, head cut, believed to be fatally
hurt; w. 81. Flanagan, head badly
cut; James Carrier, head cut: Ed Bare,
head and arms injured; Chris Miller,
Lyons, Ia, head cut; p. j. Casey,
Moline, ILL.,, head badly injured
Cornelius O'Brien, Rock Island, injured
in arms; Albert Spencer. Rock Island,
face cut; Walter Fowler, Fulton, head
cut; Charles Weinberger. Rock Island,
head cut; T. Burns. Rock Island, head
cut; r. Winter, Rock Island, cut over
right eye; &. w. Sample. Rock Island,
head and face cut; James Mulcahy,
Rock Island, head cut. considered
serious: Andrew Lunheim, Fulton,
head injured. considered serious; L. v.
Eyckhart, Rock Island, head cut.
A score of others were more or less
bruised and cut. The fight lasted for
an hour or more, rocks, clubs and mis-
siles of every description being
welded industriously by the opposing
forces. The Fultonites finally got the
better of the fight and Deputy Sheriff
Farley effected the arrest of Head At
torney Johnson Of the Modern Wood
men, one of the Rock Island party,
and number Of his companions
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
THE GOLD SEEKERS.
A blockade of Hunters-Hundreds OF
wbom Are Unable to Move.

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SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE Ore
pon Railway and Navigation com
pany's steamer Elder has arrived at
Astoria from Dyea and confirms pre-
vious reports that both the White and
ChiIcoot passes are blockaded by eager
gold seekers. Nearly all of the FL
ders passengers were landed at Dyei,
the vessel lying n mile and half out
in the bay and passengers and good,
being lightercd ashore at a cost OF SIC
per ton for freight Officers OF the
Elder say that rot ona-half the people
will get over the mountains this win
ter. Many arc selling out their ont
fits and returning. Letters from par
ties who went up on the Elder advise
their friends not to go this fall as they
cannot get through.
The wreck of the Mexico on the
Alaskan coast will, it is generally be
lieved, be followed by others, for the
chartering of many unseaworthy YES
sells and the engagement of incom-
petent mariners If any other vessel
should go down it is almost certain
that there will be great loss of life
Many of these vessels are wretched
affairs without passenger accommoda-
tions and all overloaded.
Two unseaworthy tugs have passed
Union, British Columbia, lolrs~l down
with 159 souls, and, in their top heavy
condition, would tip over at the first
heavy wave.
Forage along the trails has been al
ready exhausted, and pack horses will
soon be dying by dozens. There are
now 1000 men between Skaguay anG
Klondyle. The blockade Of Klondyk-
ers at Dyea and Skaguay will lead to
much suffering next winter.
During the past week Klondyke
fever has abated somewhat i'm this city
owing, probably to the discouraging
reports received from Dyea. At the
offices of the steamship companies il
Is reported that the inquiry for tickets.
is diminishing.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Nebraska at Washington.

Washington special: DR.. L. G..
Simms was today appointed a member
of the board of examining surgeons at
Sidney. and Drs. f. l.. Ralph and H. Il.
Strong at Pender, Neb.
Senator VIM. V. Allen arrived in the
city today from Nebraska. The sena-
tor will attend to some accumulated
correspondence and departmental busi-
ness before returning home.
Ex-Congressmn John A. McShane of
Omaha and Col Valentine of Chicago,
in charge of the new Armour beef
plant erecting at Omaha, are in the
city.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Il. Il. Enters a Denial.

The Union Pacific passenger depart
ment emphatically denies that it is re-
sponsible for any decentralization in
rates to the Grand Army encampmcnt
at Buffalo as announced from Chicago.
The trouble has apparently been
brought about by the usc of old and
inferior standard coaches by lines
operating either Pullman or Wagner
cars as tourist ears. The use of these
old coaches. which had been standing
idle since the worlds fair. was made
at the time of the Christian Endeavor
movement. and there was no COM
plain. whatever at that time
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Malls for the IkIondiIco.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-The post
office department has written to the
postal authorities of Canada concern
ing cooperation in carrying the mails
to the Klondike country The propo-
sition is that the two governments
should cooperate and arrange for an
interchange of mail at Circle City and
Dawson City, the United States to
maintain a service once mon th
and Canada the same. This would
give two mails every month
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Is Ever for Silver.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Senator
Stewart of Nevada requests the publ
cation of a denial of recent intervie WIS
with him on the subject of silver and
finance. He says: There appears to
have been conspiracy to misrepre.
sent me and my colleague. Neither
of us have given out the interviews
reported, nor any other interviews at
variance with our life long devotion
to the free and unlimited coinage of
silver by the United States alone at
the ratio of &c to L.
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
SPEAKER REED SCORED.
Veterans of the Pine Tree State Re
monstrate to Mckinley.

veterans or the zine Tree state Rc-
monstrate to Mckinley.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug 16.-Some OF
the war veterans of Maine are souring
on Speaker Reed, and their displeas-
ure was evidenced yesterday by the
sending of remonstrance to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The veterans of the First. Tenth
and Twenty-ninth regiments held a
reunion at Long Island and the
speeches were a sharp arraignment of
Reeds political tactics. They were
based on his sanctioning the turnin g
down of Pension Examiner J. T. Day
of Saco, which was expected through
the political work of Amos l.. Allen,
Reeds private secretary.
The remonstrance sent President
Mckinley calls for DR.. Days reinstate-
ment
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20

The bureau of labor and industrial
statistics of Nebraska has written to
the county clerk of Hall county for
report of the mortgage Indebtedness
for the six months ended June 80. 1897.
In these six months there were filed
sixty farm mortgages of the amount of
Sol. .11j: there We're released 100 farm
mort cages amounting 10 SOB, 1874 The
number Of town and city mortgages
filed was seventy-threc. amounting to
S5S.6i4: the number of the same mort
cages cancelled was Ill. amounting to
S119.lJ1
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
Beet sugar Factory.

There was lengthy meeting held.
says an Omaha paper. of the directors
of the company which is to- build Il
beet sugar factory at South Omaha.
Mr.. kelby. of Cleveland. builder of
number of sugar factories throughout
the country, was present and explained
to the Omahans his ideas about the
construction of a plant and progress in
direction of the enterprise was made
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
N,carasu. Sore a. Cost. Rica.

MANAeUA, Nicaragua, Augs TO-
Some of the advisers of President Ze-
laya are endeavoring to rally the peo-
pie of Nicaragua to sustain him in =
war with Costa Rica, because of i'll
feeling between the two governments
The McCook tribune., 1897-08-20
4 Theft of Cattle.

Twenty-three head of heavy cattle
were stolen from the stockyards at
Wausa last week. Commission men
and buyers have been notitiel to be on
the lookout for them in ease the
thieves should try to dispose of item
in the markets.