The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-04-07
The News Briefly Told.
"Wednesday,

Wednesday.
Secretary Alger has gone to Clenfue.
COS from Havana.
Allentown, Pa, rolling mills will
make a slight increase in wages April /.
The Indiana supreme court holds
that IL n man marries a woman who
owes him the debt Is cancelled.
1t is reported that Myron Il. Herrick
has been offered the presidency of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie, when 1t is re-
organized. but declines.
Funeral services were held at Chi
cago over the remains of the late
Bishop Dugan, who died at st. Louis.
lnterment was in Calvary cemetery.
Commander j. NJ. Forsythe has been
assigned to the command of the Balti-
more, now on the Manila station, vice
Captain Dyer, who has been invalided
home.
Suit has been brought against Will
liam Martindale, Emporia, Kas., for
$166, 900, claims growing out of the fail
ure of the First National bank of EN-
poria.
Surgeon General S~ternberg received
mail reports from Manila concerning
hospital and medical affairs there. In
the main they dealt with routine mat-
ters and showed satisfactory condi-
lions prevailing.
A Filipino commissioner to negoti-
ate for the release Of the Spanish pris-
oners in the hands of the Filipinos ar
rived in Madrid. The cabinet has de-
cided to sell the transports Rapido,
Meteoro and Patricia.
Tho oNro N iccinnc Of tho lo,no 49,
Der of postmasters appointed by the
president since the adjournment of
congress will be signed at once by the
president and postmaster general.
These have accumulated to the number
of about $50 and the appointees have
been querying the postoffice depart
ment or their status.
The six additional mountain guns
asked for by General Otis a short time
ago are now on their way to Manila.
These guns are tw~o-pounders, and can
be taken anywhere that mules or men
can go. General Otis had eight of
these guns, besides four guns of the
Astor battery. The latter, however,
are twelve-pounders and much heavier
to handle.
Thursday.
Baroness Hirsch, widow of the He
brew philanthropist, is critically ill at
Paris.
Lieutenant Whittlesey has been Sc
lected as Admiral Howlson's flag lieu
tenant.
The rebels of Bolivia are credited
with capturing the important city of
~Cochabamba.
Spain has secured a credit of S13,-
$4,000 for the payment of interest on
the Cuban debt.
Advertisements are ordered for bids
for "a, 1000 tons of armor plate, to be
opened May 81.
Germans are to hold a big meeting
at Chicago to protest against an Anglo
American alliance.
The census office appeals to people
to cease applying for jobs. None will
be given out for several months.
The American Glass company has
shut down all its factories at Pitts
burg, Indefinitely, owing to a strike of
it's men.
Ambassador Cambon has presented
to President Mckinley an autograph
letter from President Loubet of France
MS eIectlOn.
Attorney General Monnett of Ohio
decides that manufacturers of liquor in
other states must pay taxes On all
liquor sold in Ohio by them during
the last thirteen years.
The Marine Review issues a warn
ing that the buying UP of steamers
by the steel trust means an intent to
not only control prices, but trans
portation of ore.
The Missouri house passed a bill
making the contract rate of interest Z
per cent, a reduction from 8. The bill
provides also that property sold under
mortgage for a note satisfies the debt
in full.
The London Daily Graphic announces
that the Marquis Of Salisbury has ap-
proved the draft of the convention
dealing with the British and Russian
spheres of influence in China and that
the convention awaits the signature.
At a meeting of the directors Of the
Buffalo Pan-American exposition
Colonel John Weber was appointed
commissioner general of the exposition
at a salary of $4,000 per annum. Mr..
Weber will leave at once for Wash
ington, where he will institute rela-
tons with the diplomatic represent
atives, particularly with the South and
Central American countries.
Friday.
Ex-Secretary Sherman continues to
improve steadily and last night was
resting comfortably.
The transport Logan has arrived at
Savannah with the One Hundred and
.Sixty-first Indiana volunteers.
1t was stated at the war department
that the provision of the army law
allowing the retention in service for
six months of the volunteers in the
Philippines has been construed to
mean the officers as well as the men,
and that the volunteer organizations
would be retained just as they now
exist.
Lieutenant Fred S. Perry, who is
reported as wounded in the recent
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