The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-01-19
BRIEF TfLfGRAMS.

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ton.
The Yale and Harvard boat races
will take place ct New London, Thurs
day, June 2S.
DR.. Ellie Metchinkoff of Paris claims
to have made a discovery whereby he
thinks human life can be prolonged
250 years.
Toronto, Ont, has a Jack the Rip
per-" who has killed one woman and
injured several within two days.
Rev. Mr.. C. C. Thomas, of Kalama-
zoo, Mich, was stricken with apo
pleXy while preaching a sermon. He
may die.
DR.. Franklin w. Fisk, president of
the Chicago Theological seminary, has
resigned, and will retire from active
work next May.
A general fight occurred on Allen
creek, Clay county, KY, IN which Lige
Lewis and Gene May were shot and
killed and four other participants Sc
riously hurt.
The comptroller of the currency has
determined to proceed with the liqui-
dalton of the Broadway National bank
OF Boston, under ~receivership as rapid
ly as possible.
Alfred E. Booth of A. Booth Co.,
who is n of the most extensive pack
ers of oysters in the country, said to-
day he thought the proposed oyster
trust had been abandoned.
Comptroller Dawes has decided to
appoint Daniel G. Wing, the tempo
rary receiver of the failed Globe Ma
tional bank of Boston, as permanent
receiver, to wind up it's affairs.
James Rutter, a farmer of Posey
county, Ind, shot and instantly killed
Frank Spottsville, a neighbor. Rutter
was trespassing on S~pottsville's farm
and when ordered off he drew a revol-
yer and fired.
The premier, General Pelloux, at
Rome, has accepted the resignation
of the minister of war, Lieutenant
General Mirri, rendered last Thursday,
and will temporarily assume the war
Office portfolio.
A new canal bill will be introduced
in the Prussian diet next month stimuli
taneously with the seconded railroad
bill. The emperor hopes that the naval
bill will have passed the reichstag by
that time.
Charles J. Harbach, who has resided
in Omaha since 1858, and who has been
prominent in business circles in the
city and state, died, aged sc. He was a
native of Germany and came to Amer.
lea in 1853.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
British warships Vulcan, Thetis, AS
trae and Hebe have received orders to
keep watch for a steamer which re-
Gently sailed from the Baltis for South
Africa. 1t is believed that she Is car
rying cnntrabaud of war.
The comptroller Of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors of the insolvent national
national banks as follows: One per
cent, the Merchants National of Great
Falls, Mont; 6.55 per cent, the Ma
tional bank of Kansas City, Mo.
Brevet Brigadier General William
Glenny is dead in New York, aged 60
years. In the civil war he rose to be
colonel of the SiXty-fourth New York
volunteers. He was brevetted a brig
adler general for gallantry. He was
severely wounded at the battle of Fair
Oaks.
1t has been decided to improve upon
former methods of taking the census
by giving to the supervisors Of large
cities lover 100, 900 inhabitants) a sum-
arical force to enable them to
sub-divide their territory in such a
was as to secure competent help in
the selection and appointment of emu
nerators and the supervision OF their
work.
The latest mail advices from India
aver that the situation there grows
darker every week. Three million are
working on government relief work.
The sale of children by starving par
ents is becoming common. Families
are breaking up, each member for him
self, in search of food. Abandoned
children are found with frequency. 1t
is a famine of water as well as of food.
Cattle are dying off by thousands and
no rain is now expected until June.
The Order of Railroad ~Telegraphers
has declared a boycott against the Col
orado & Southern railway On account
Of the disagreement between the COM
pany and the operators regarding wag-
es and hours of the men. w. V. Powell,
grand chief of the telegraphers' organ
ization, is in the city and has issued
a statement to other branches Of the
railway service, explaining the tele-
graphers' grievance and asking aid in
their efforts to bring the company to
terms.
The Dewey home fund committee re-
ceived from the binder three large
quarto volumes which contain the
names of the 1000 subscribers to the
fund. The volumes are superbly bound
in green levant with gold edges and on
the cover of each is an appropriate
legend. The work of writing in the
names was done after Office hours by
volunteers among the clerks in, the
treasurer's Office. The book will be
formally presented to the admiral
within a few days. The total amount
subscribed to the fund was about $685.
900.
Cardinal Vaughan has notified the
Catholic bishops of England to keep
r,p,,oru IA &c q dow Of Cpacia1 Droyor