The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-09-06
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E. w. Carleton, city editor of the
Joplin (Mo.) Daily Globe, shot himself
through the heart and died almost in
stantly. He was AZ years old.
A monument to commemorate the
f1fty-ffth anniversary Of the peaceful
annexation of New Mexico to the
United States was unveiled at Santa
Fe, N. M.
President Loubet of France has con-
ferred upon President w. H. Harper,
of the University of Chicago, the dec
oration of the French Order of the
Legion of Honor.
Montana's auction sale of three mil
lion acres of state lands will COM
mence in Carcon county, of which
Red Lodge is the seat of government,
on September Is.
Mrs. Louise Sheridan, better known
as Louise Davenport, the actress, died
in San Francisco from cirrhosis of
the liver. She had lived in extreme
poverty in that city for several years
past.
Among the passengers arriving on
the Hong Kong Maru from the orient
was Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee, U.
S. N, retired. who has spent the past
year in Japan and the Philippine is
lands.
The oil developers of Texas are con-
fronted with rather a serious PROPOSE
tion in that the Texas legislature
shows marked disposition to tax
them 2 per cent on their gross earn
ings.
B. F. Jossey, United States Chinese
inspector, was accidentally killed at
hsi home in Tucson, Arizona. The
ceroner's jury returned verdict of
death by the accidental discharge of
q gun.
All the girls of the bookbinders' un-
ion employed by the w. B. Conkey
company at Hammond, Ind, number
ing about $50, struck because their Off
GERS who had been discharged were
not reinstated.
The Oklahoma City club has raised
the required bonus guaranteeing the
building of the Oklahoma City & West
ern roao., All papers have been signed
and actual construction of the line will
soon commence.
The board fo: the selection CT fout
military instruction camps viii net be
chosen until after The return OF Cen
eral Miles from trip through the
west. General Miles left Washington
last week for Buffalo. and week
later goes west on his annual inspec-
ton tour
A dispatch received at the general
land Office reports that the total re-
ceipts from the sale of lots in the new
towns in Oklahoma to and including
August "a, aggregated $659, ,427. The
sales were distributed as follows. Law
ton, LOGS lots for 1851 sos; Anadarko,
1,Of3 lots for $179,245; Hobart, 1,1o3
lots for s12S,377.
Tax collectors for the city and state
Of New York and the state of New Jer-
sey are closely watching the work of
valuing the estate of the late Jacob
s. Rogers, who left the greater part
OF his $5,O00,000 or $4,000, 900 to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1t is es-
timated that the tax on the estate will
amount to s1,000,0O0.
NJ. Loubet of Montelimar, France,
addressed deputation representing
the municipality of Montelimar and |
in the course of his remarks referred |
to the forthcoming visit of the czar
as proving that in both Russia and |
France the union of the two peoples
was considered powerful pledge for |
the security of peace. !
On behalf of the British govern
ment the Rothschilds have just an |
nounced the payment of the coupons |
of the Transvaal per cents, dating |
from the actual annexation.
Mrs. Amanda R. Rippey, one Of the |
best known workers in the Methodist |
church in the United States. died of |
Bright's disease at Manitou, Colo. She |
was a co-worker with Susan d. An |
thony and Frances Willard, and en-
joyed national reputation as a cham
cicn of woman's rights and of tenn
perance.
United States Collector of Customs
William Hoey was arrested at Nogales,
by deputy United States
for conspiracy to smuggle
Chinese from Mexico into the United |
States. His hearing has been set for
Thursday.
The abstract of the condition of the |
aational banks of Indian Territory, at
he close of business On JULY Is, as
reported to the comptroller of the cur
rency, shows the average reserve to
have been 32.S9 per cent, against 4151
per cent on April "a.
Dovid CinoD fafhar of limited States