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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Rates for SHOWS Funeral.

SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 12.-Ar-
rangements for the funeral of Lo-
reno Snow of the Mormon church,
who died in this city, were perfected
at a meeting of the church authori-
ties today. The funeral will take
place Sunday. Special rates on all
roads will be made and many thou
sands of visitors are expected from
points in Utah and surrounding
states. The body will lie in state at
the Bee Hive house Sunday.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Delegates to Prison Reform.

LINCOLN, Oct. 11.-Governor Saw.
age has appointed the following dele
gates to the annual congress Of the
National Prison Reform association,
to be held in Kansas City November
9 to 10: e. D. Davis, G. w. Martin,
John Davis, Henry V. Hoagland, Prof.
c. e. Prevey, q. S.. Branson, Lincoln;
John T. Mallalieu, Kearney; Horace
M. Clark, Geneva; Rev. Joseph Rues-
sing, West Point; John J. Donahue,
John Power, Omaha; w. Washington,
Beatrice; j. M. Kreader, Fremont; S.
N. Taylor, Grand Island; William
Brewer, Nebraska City; Clause
Mencke, Blair; Miles Mitchell, South
Omaha.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Chautaunua Mt Tecumseh.

TECUMSEH, Neb., Oct. 9.-Enthus-
iasm is being stirred up among the
Tecumseh business men to hold a
Chautaqua assembly next summer
Hon. John Dundas, editor of the Au-
burn Granger, IS behind the move
ment.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Sheridan Fair Makes Nancy.

GORDON, Neb., Oct. 9.-The six
teenth annual fair of Sheridan county
closed with the best attendance, finest
exhibits and largest gate receipts for
years. The society will pay all ex-
penses and have Il surplus for i'm.
proVements.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Charged With POISONING.

HEBRON, Neb., Oct. 9.-Thursday
night Sheriff A. ]. Snyder returned
nome from Salira, Kan, with G. N.
Thompson, who is charged with poi
soning w. W. Flowers of Alexandria.
He was lately in the junk business in
and around Fairbury.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Mason Agreeable on Canal.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-Senator
Mason Of Illinois, who reeurns to his
home today, called to assure Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the report that
he intended to fight the new canal
treaty was entirely erroneous.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
SOLDIERS CALLED OFF
e9nstantinople Reports that Washington
Asks Turks to Desist.
FEARS FOR LIFE or MISS STONE
Sees More Danger in Close Pursuit Thnn
In Waiting Ouietly-rhe Ransom to
Be Paid Over at Once-Arrangements
for the Transfer.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. I'm
compliance with a request from Wash
igton, the search by Ottoman troops
for the abductors of Miss Stone, the
American missionary, has been aban-
doned, it being feared, that the brig
ands would kill her, should they be
closely pursued. Arrangements are
now being made TO pay the ransom
demanded.
BOSTON, Oct. 12.-The misunder-
standing existing in various parts of
the country, indicated especially in
private advices received here as to
the progress of the fund to ransome
Miss Stone, the missionary, is con-
sidered to be sufficient reason for the
issuance of another appeal for funds
by the clergymen who signed the
first one. The idea is to impress
upon the people of America the dan
ger which still threatens Miss Stone.
The second appeal follows:
BOSTON, Oct. Ito the People
of America: The promptings of our
hearts compel us to issue a second ur-
gent appeal to the people of America
to come to the rescue of Miss Ellen
NJ. Stone, the American missionary
now held captive by %brigands in the
Balkan mountains for a ransom of
$4,000. Nearly one-half that sum is
yet to be raised. Private advices were
yesterday to the effect that it was
absolutely necessary to raise the full
amount at once. The story of a thirty
days respite is absolutely d~iscredited
in the best Informed localities.
THE public should not be deceived
by the idea that the American board,
as such, will pay any of the ransom.
1t has officially declared that it could
not, although it's members have unan-
imously expressed sympathy with the
movement. Will not pastors, tender
hearted women, patriotic men and
ASDI III SOI11lClO ldl III H
nancial activity everywhere, will not
every one aid by giving and soliciting
until the entire fund is in hand A
life is at stake, the life of a Chris
tan, a missionary, a patriot and a no.
BILE American.
"All contributions should be sent d. |
rect to Kidder, Peabody e Co., lis
Devonshire street, Boston, or Barring, |
Magoun & Co., Is Wall street, New
York. All money contributed will be
returned to the donors in case it's use
is not necessary or in the event of
its being hereafter returned by or
through the United States govern
ment.
JOHN L. WITHROW,
Park Street Congregational Church.
GEORGE c. LORIMER,
fremont Temple Baptist Church.
JOHN GALBRAITH,
"Bromfield Street Methodist Church."
LONDON, Oct. 12.-After detailing
the history of the abduction of Miss
Stone the Spectator remarks:
President Roosevelt and the Wash
cabinet maintain justly that
the sultan is responsible, as it is his
misgovernment which provokes and
protects brigandage, and they intend
to demand reparation from the porte.
It will not be limited, we imagine, to
to punish the authors Of the outrage,
and as Turkey is sure to shuttle and
America is tired of being played with,
cards. The sultan will of course yield
to the first show of force"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Argentine Minister Received.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Before the
cabinet assembled today the new Ar
gentine minister, Senior Don Martin
Garcian Merou, presented his creden-
tials to the president.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
Dies at Age of Ninety-One.

GENEVA, Neb., Oct. 11.-John Nc
Chung died at his nome in this city at
the age of nearly n~inety-one years. He
came to this county about twenty-five
years ago.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-18
WARMING THE SCHOOLS
State superintendent Receives Letter
From Minneapolis Mar.
he ALLEGES A RASCAIlY SCHEME
Game Worked Upon Coniding Interior
Districts-Fortune for a Nebraska Man
Miscellaneous State News.

LINCOLN, Oct. 9.-State Superin
tendent w. K. Fowler Is in receipt OIL
a letter from Minneapolis warning
him that agents are at work in Ne
braska selling charts to rural districts
for ten times their real value. The
letter is upon blank paper without a
letter head and Superintendent Fow-
Ter does not know the author, but he
is willing to give the letter to the pub
lie for what it is worth. 1t is as fol
lows;
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 4,
1901.-State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Lincolrs Neb.-Dear Sir:
In your state today there is a clever
scheme being worked by experts in
selling charts to ruraj districts. The
chart costs less than So to manufac-
ture, including stand. Notwithstand-
ing they are highly polished and con-
tain much color. they are not worth
$40 to any school.
"The plan is to visit rural districts
only and sell for $50 to $50. The sell
ing price depends OIL the cost of brib-
ing the majority of the board. The
agents have to qualify before they
operate and they are past masters in
finding out susceptible members of the
board. The bride is anywhere from So
to $40 per member. AS soon as the
county is worked all time paper is
sold to local banks at 10 to % per cent
discount. An expert agent is worth to
his firm $1,000 a year. In soma cases
county superintendent recommend
the price, but if they condemn the
thing, the agents ostensibly Leave the
county; then their leader calls his
men from other parts of the state and
they rush the county to a finish, oft
entimes before the superintendent Is
aware of it.
"The agents do not call themselves
chart agents. but mask as general
school supply men. The only thing
they dread is notice in local papers,
such as the country people read, keep
ing it before the public now and then.
Yours truly,
IN. F. BURDETTE."
AS long ago as last April Superin-
tendent Fowler published the follow
ing in the Nebraska Teacher:
ga chart agent has been roaming
the counties west of Lincoln during
past month, not only seeking
whom he might devour, but ~devouring
all, or nearly all, of those he saw. The
gentleman claims to have a recon-
from the state superintend-
mt, but the records and letter copy
books OF this Office show nothing of
he sort. We think he is mistaken,
his conduct impels us to the fol-
decision for self-protection,
IencefOrth, we will refuse to write,
lictate, grant or sign any testimonial
II recommendation whatsoever of any
chool charts, without regard to their
merit, color or prospect of servitude=
hat is. usefulness"
The times., 1901-05-30
CUBAN GOODS DUTIABLE.
Ruling of the General Appraisers of
the Government.

The United States general appraisers at
New York, passing on the protest of
Courtin. Golden & Co, and Simon Auer-
bach & Co., of New York. as to the rate
and amount of duties chargeable on GER
tain merchandise, oTerruled the protests
and affirmed the decision of the collector.
The merchandise covered by these pro-
tests was imported from Cuba subsequent
to the ratification of the treaty of peace
between the United States and Spain. 1t
was assessed for duty at the various
rates provided for such articles by the
tariff act of 1897 The protestants con-
tended that Cuba was not a foreign
country within the meaning of that ex-
preston as used in the enacting clause
of the act, which provides for the levying
of duties only on articles imported from
foreign countries" The protestants
claimed that their importations should be
admitted free of duty.
In deciding the question, the United
States general appraisers said that the
Supreme Court has decided the case of
NeeIy VS.. Henkel, and holds, among other
things, that Cuba is foreign territory
within the meaning of the act of Con-
gress of June g. 1900. providing for the
extradition of persons violating laws of
foreign countries
I'm our opinion" say the appraisers,
"the principle settled by this decision of
the Supreme Court does not differ from
that involved in these protests. and in
legal effect affirms the dec-@ions OF the
board
The times., 1901-05-30
THE DEFENCES OF GUAM.
Return of the Commission Sent to
Examine the Island.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 29.-Capt. j.
f. Merry, of the navy. Major John Bid
die, of the Army Engineering Corps,
Lieut.. A. NJ. Berther. of the navy, and
four civH engineers and draughtsmen
have just Returned from Government
survey of the island of Guam.
They spent four months studying the
partly sheltered harbor of San Luis
d'Apra, which will probably be improved
by dredging a basin or building an outer
breakwater, so that the haven may be
filed with a naval base coaling depot of
large capacity, and wharves, piers, and
docks for commercial purpose. The party
has been away seven months, but 1t still
has months office work to do before
its report win be ready with all maps
and plans and estimates and contractor
figures.
The report will suggest what port de-
fences are advisable, along with the num-
Der and types of guns, submarine mines,
fortitications, emplacements, Magazines.
etc.
All the men are enthusiastic about
Guam. There are 10000 natives. and they
are superior to the Samoans, Hawaiians,
Fijians, or Filipinos. Five or six thou
sand of them live in the town of Agana,
which is up the west coast, about five
miles above the bay. All the rest of the
population live in villages, though the
people are devoted to agriculture.
The natives are fine physical specimens,
tall, erect, and graceful. They are hon
est to fault, and are personally clean
and neat. They are most courteous and
industrious. The naval officers do not
hesitate to rank the natives of Guam
ahead of others as possibilities in our in
sular civilization.
The times., 1901-05-30
Mr.. Justice Brown.

To THE EDITOR OF The TIMES: The de-
cision of the Supreme Court in the Porto
Rico cases seems to me 70 be the de
cision of Mr.. Justice Brown only.
Justices Fuller, Harlan, Brewer. and
Peckham seem to have consistently held
that Porto Rico became part of the United
States, for tariff purposes, by cession and
ratification of treaty, and continues to be
so.
Justices Shiras. White. Gray, and Nc
Kenna would seem to have consistently
held that Porto Rico has never become
part of the United States for tariff pur-
poses.
Justice Brown hefl-and this is the de-
cision of the court-frst that Porto Rico
became a part of the United States for
tariff purposes, ly cession and ratifca-
tion Of treaty and so continued until
Congress acted; and second, and then, for
tariff purposes. ceased to be such. Justice
Brown is upheld in the first proposition
by the four justices first mentioned and
opposed by the other four; in the second
proposition ne is upheld by the four JUS
tices last mentioned and opposed by the
four who sustained him in the first. so
the decision. as a whole. is the decision
Of MIR Justice Brown, no other justice
agreeing with him on the propositions
taken together. c. V. Il
Washington. May %, 1901.
The times., 1901-05-30
A sensible view of Education.

A Boston business man made a speech
before a Boston school the other day
which simply scindIlated with that
most uncommon article, common sense.
When one comes to think Of il, common
sense is so rare in this world that when
il appears it shines like a star. and
the man who has ii fully developed
walks off with All the prizes which
earth can offer, simply because he
looked at things as they were, instead
of taking the view that he thought he
ought to take, in his position, or that
most> Of his neighbors were likely to
take. or that might be taken if he were
a different kind of a man. This busi-
ness man stated some Of the most or
dinary truths in the world, but the pub
lie has been so befogged with rhetoric
and theory on the subject of popular
education that his words sounded re-
markable.
lie explained to the children, in the
first place. that he was the head Of a
business concern employing about two
thousand people, and that every day he
had TO refuse positions to applicants Of
e class which he particularly detested.
They were self-reliant people. Then he
went on TO tell little story.
He said that he once knew two boys
who were taken by their father to the
White Mountains and told that they
should climb Mount Washington. On
the morning Of the expedition one of
the boys ate good, wholesome break
last, but the other was so excited and
80 confident of his strength that he did
not want any. The consequence was
that the breakfastless boy gave out
about third of the way UP the noun
tain, and the other one went up all
right. The story teller pointed his NOR
al by remarking that there were two
The times., 1901-05-30
On the Road TO Empire.

(From the Philadelphia North American)
Regret it as conservative Americans may. the
nation has entered upon career OF empire
The Constitution = 10 longer the anchor ol
universal freedom un,ler the flag. We are drift
ing full in the tide OF European imperialism
Even the Supreme Court refers approyinsly to a
form OF government for our new possessions
bearing great analogy to British Crown Col
ony" Henceforth our Government takes on a
change of form. We shall be prosperous, power
fui, surprising Rome in our imperial gran
dcur. but we shall longer be the simple Re
public that the fathers founded. We may de-
lude ourselves with euphemistic names for our
policy toward the Porto Ricans and Fiipinos.
but the fundamental fact remains that they are
to be our subjects and their Islands our depend
encie5 so long as we shall choose to hold them
as such, and that We recognize no inalienable
right OF theirs to become citizens OF the United
States as we are ourselves.
The times., 1901-05-30

ner IL he did not want to go hungry.
and when, if two learned men of differ
ent nationaIities came together they
spoke Latin as a matter of course, in
stead of bothering themselves to learn
each others language. In those days
it was absolutely necessary for a man
who even pretended to be educated to
know Latin hence the frequency of
Latin quotations in old books and plays
If Shakespeare wanted to represent a
man as learned he simply had to make
him embelIish his conversation with
quotations from Virgil or Horace; 1t
was the ea.mark by which the part was
known. The people of Shakespeare's
time would no more have recognized a
schoolmaster on the stage if he did not
quote Latin than those of our day would
know stage negro without a speciality
in rag time.
Since Latin ceased to be a necessity
and became only a polite accomplish
ment or moldy tradition in the aver
age college, it has ceased to be taught
in that way. especially in this country.
For one thing, there was nobody fit to
teach it. a man has to know Latin
very thoroughly to be able to discourse
on all the subjects of everyday life in
that tongue or even to carry on an or
binary classroom conversation in it.
There is probably not one college pro-
fessor in a hundred who would be equal
to anything of the kind. Seventy five
years ago, when our educational insti-
tutions were incipient, there was prac-
tically nobody. To be sure, the custom
once prevailed at Harvard of requiring
the students to speak Latin, but that
was several generations ago, when most
of the professors were educated abroad,
and the system was still in force there.
There is, however, sound sense in the
plan. even if it is not carried so far as
it was of old time. Whatever is worth
doing at all is worth doing well, and if
Latin and Greek are to be studied at
all, they should be thoroughly acquired.
In taking up any language there is lit
tie to be gained by merely learning to
read it That is easy. There are thou
sands of people in this country who can
read French with considerable ease, but
get swamped when they go to France,
and have to learn the language all over
again. If they had spent half their time
of study in talking French, making that
the medium of the classroom, they
would have acquired the habit Of think
ing in that language, and instead of
reading an author, translating him
mentally into English and then getting
his meaning, they would have alb
sorbed his meaning at once from the
French, which is not only much easier,
but about ten times as satisfactory.
The same methods should be pursued in
teaching ancient languages The only
object of this, aside from the mental
discipline which all culture gives, and
which, in this case, could be just as well
acquired by learning ChOctaw, is the
pleasure which the student is supposed
to get from reading Latin authors; and
this viii be doubled If the natural
method" is adopted. Whenever Latin
and Greek are taught the student
should be obliged to spend as much
time in writing. and, if the education of
the teacher will warrant anything of
the kind, in speaking them, as in mere
reading
The times., 1901-05-30
ON THE WAY TO BUFFALO.
Large Party Arrives in New Or
leans From Honduras.


NEW ORLEANS, May ga large
party from Honduras arrived here today
on the way TO the Pan-American Expo
sition Among them was Prof. Saturnino
Bogran, a son of the late President Bo-
gran. and himself a graduate of Cornell
University. Prof. Bogran will take a
number of exhibits to Buffalo and try to
introduce Honduras manufactures in this
country He is a professor in the Inde-
pendencia College at Tegucigalpa, and
reports great progress being made in edu-
cation in Honduras on American lines.
In the party also was II. A. Spears, en-
gineer of the Observation-Disclosures Com
pany. which has received 2470 acres of
land from the Government on the Patucah
River, on condition of constructing Jet
ties on that river that will enable yes
sells of great draft to enter the harbor.
The company is composed mainly of
Cleveland. Ohio. capitalists. who viii
colonize this concession with settlers from
the United States. Mr.. Spears says that
they have already 2,000 applications for
farms in Honduras under consideration,
most of them from Ohio farmers.
The. company is meeting considerable
difficulty in the construction of the Jet
ties and making a new port and harbor
at the mouth of the river, because of the
difficulty in getting material and labor it
needs, and it will probably import the
labor from the United States, as the In
dams of the country are scarcely suitable
for it
The times., 1901-05-30
BARRED FROM THE MAILS.
A New York FIRMS Business COnsid-
cred 70 Be QUeStionabIe.


| The PostofTce Department has issued
an order denying the use of the mails to
]. Graham & Co., of los Fulton Street,
! New York City. who have advertised ex-
tensiveIy in papers throughout the East
that they would give gold watch free
for "a little Industry and perseverance"
According TO a first reading Of the ad-
vertisement all that it was necessary for
anyone to do in order to receive a watch
from the philanthropic Graham Company
was to solve a very simple puzzle con-
tanned in the advertisement and to for
ward the solution, together with the
small sum of 20 cents.
Those who complied with the prelimf-
naries however. and made a practice of
meeting the postman on the front steps
with the expectation of receiving a watch,
were somewhat disappointed They re-
ccived instead a courteous eDistIe from
the Graham Company explaining that IL
had not been their intention TO send the
watch for the solution of the puzzle and
20 cents. but a printed Offer of one.
which offer required a further expenditure
OF time and another contribution
The scheme hinged on the ambiguous
use of the word offer" the purpose OF
the company being that the patron should
consider its terms fully stated in the
advertisement, and send the % cents with
the expectation Of receiving the watch
by the next mail, whereas another mean
ing was in reserve, for the use of the
promoter when the patron complained
The times., 1901-05-30
TARIFFS AND THE TRUSTS.
Further Witnesses to Be Heard by
the Industrial Commission.

Several witnesses left over from pre-
vious sessions of the Industrial Commis-
sicn will be heard in June, but the num-
Der is small. and the hearings will not
interfere materially with the discussion
of general business. and with the final
report of the Commission, which is to be
laid before Congress.
OF the witnesses arranged for, the Hon.
Robert w. Tayle. of Lisbon. Ohio; the
Hon James T Dubois. of Hallstead. Pa,
and Prof. George Gunton, of New York,
viii discuss the subject of the tariff from
the point of view of it's relations to the
trusts.
Two witnesses viii come from Cali
fornia TO represent the Pacific Coast in
terests generally. They are Thomas Turn
bull, of San Francisco, nominated by the
San Francisco Board of Traea, as its
general representative, and A. F. Neftz-
ger, President of the Southern California
Fruit Exchange, at Los Angeles
Prof. Elwood Mead, formerly State En-
gineer of Irrigation of Wyoming, and now
expert on irrigation of the Department
of Agriculture, win testify on ir-
rigation and it's relation to West
ern farming, and u. p. Hutchinson
of Charlotte, ". c.. viii give his views on
the subject of good roads.
The times., 1901-05-30
IN FAVOR OF THE sEABoARD.
The Right to Lease the south Bound
Railroad Established.

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 29.-Judge
Gage. at Chester today, filed an order
granting the petition for a receiver for the
South Bound Railroad, extending from
Cheraw to Savannah. two hundred miles.
This road was leased by the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsula in 1893, and was leased
from them by the Seaboard Air Line. and
is used as link of that road in it's line
to F'lorila.
The petition prayed to have the lease
of the Seaboard annulled on the ground
that it has no corporate existence in this
State, and so was operating in violation
of the constitution. This was refused on
the ground that the lease was made prior
to the adoption of the new constitution.
The South Bound has the charter, but no
property. The Seaboard has the proper
ty, but no charter.
Judgments for damages by the Sea-
board must be brought against the South
Bound. The Seaboard refused to pay
such judgments. This condition caused
a receiver to be applied for.
The Seaboard officials say they are well
pleased. as the decision establishes their
right to lease the South Bound, which
has been yexed question, and they can
stop the appointment of a receiver by ap-
pealing or paying judgments.