The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-03-18
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.
Passengers on the steamer Islander,
which reached Victoria from Skagway,
confirm the report that the Canadian
flag has been raised at Summit Lake,
also that the Canadians will establish
a custom house at Crater Lake. Mar
tial law has been declared at Skag-
uay, and the United States troops who
went up sn the Queen are enforcing
| the law.
The pope on the 4th received in sep
arate audience each member OF the
! diplomatic corps accredited to the holy
see who called to congratulate his
holiness upon the twentyfrst year OF
his pontificate. Afterwards there was
commemorative mass in the Sistine
chapel. There was an immense con-
gregation present and his holiness
was warmly acclaimed.
Frank Bochder of Cleveland inform
ed the police that he and a woman he
called Mrs. Stabe had agreed to die
together. She took carbolic acid, he
took morphine. They retired after
having turned on the gas Then h2
said his nerve failed him and he fed.
The officers went to the place indi-
Gated and found the woman dead.
Bockder was locked up.
News has been received from
Browns Park, Utah, Of the killing of
V. S. Hoy, a we'll known stockgrower
by outlaws. Several men, including
Hoy, while endeavoring 20 capture
Pat Johnson. who killed Farmer
Strange a few days ago, encountered
the desperadoes, who opened fire, kill
ing Hoy instantly One OF the gang
named Bennett was captured and the
others are surrounded in the noun
tains with little prospect OF escape.
The steamship Maria Richmars. on
her maiden voyage from Bremen,
February 10, for Baltimore, with 100
steerage passengers and a general car
go, was toward into this port today by
the steamship Alpha. with a tail end
shaft broken. The disabled boat has
an extra shaft on board and will go in
to dock at once in order to effect re-
pairs. The Maria Richmars' passen-
gers, who are all bound for the west
ern part of the United States will stay
here till the steamer is repaired.
C. S. Edwards of Chicago, who for
a number OF days past has hecn doing
100 miles daily on the conduit road.
has broken all previous records for
consecutive centuries. Mr.. Edwards |
intends TO continue breaking the record |
until he has established a record of |
his own that will stand for many |
years On the 4th he completed his |
sixty-second century this year. The |
best previous record was held by Jack |
Knowles, who rode sixty-one consecu-
tive hundreds"
The Dreyfus case at Paris had
fresh victim in an artist whose head
has been literally turned by excitement
and who jumped out of high window
under the delusion that Major Ester
hazy and the police were coming to
arrest him. Ever since the beginning
of the ZCla trial this hapless individual
has made himself conspicuous by the
extreme violence with which he dis
cussed the proceeding at the assizes.
He never tired of defending Ester
hazy. Upon one occasion he narrowly
escaped being arrested for creating
in the street. AS Zola's
trial neared the conclusion the artist
grew worse, and finally so identified
himself With the troubles Of Esterhazy
that he came to confuse his own iden-
lity with his hero's. He thought he
was EsterhaZv. and that everybody
around him was conspiring to bring
about his downfall
z. R. Knapp Of Boston. Mass. who
arrived at Seattle from Skagway. au-
hor;zes the statement that the Cana
lian authorities raised the British flag
IN the summit Of White pass on Sat
lrday. February &c. This has hereto
GRE been considered American terri
ory. IIr Kna1p's authority for the
statement is the foreman of the Hum
}er Transportation company. He re-
,0rted the affair to Mr. KnaDD. who
S connected with the cOnlDanv. lust
Iefore the latter left SkaEway. In ref
renee to the report that MARTA! law
lad been proclaimed at Skagway, Mr..
Knapp said that when he left no such
ction had been taken, neither was it
anticipated. Mr.. Knapp also said that
he reports Of deaths at Taiya. Skag-
7ay and On the trails. had been very
1uch exaggerated. He had made a '
ersonal examination and ascertained l
hat since November there had been
ineteen deaths at Skagway and thir- ,
cen at Tailya. This is not at all
arge, considering the population at
he two places.
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