The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-11-15
NEBRASKA
BRIEF TEIEGRAMS.

Washington will cost $1,500.
A postoffice has been established at
Lost Springs, Converse county, Wyo..
with Leander E. Blackwell as post
master.
e. H. Wands of the New York Tri-
bune has been appointed worlds fair
commissioner to Peru, Ecuador, Colon
bia and Venezuela.
The estimates for the expenditures of
the interior department during the
fiscal year beginning next July aggre-
gate $170,0OO,00o, of which $142, ,161 200
is asked for pensions.
The Chicago Great Western depot
and freight house at Waverly, Iowa,
were destroyed by fire. Agent Hine
was severely burned in an unsuccessful
effort to save his cash drawer.
Emperor William has issued an
army order expressing the warmest
appreciation of the work of the troops
in China, "who have added fresh lau.
rels to the ancient glory of the German
arms.'
The navy department has ordered
the gunboat Marietta, at Portsmouth,
N. H, to Colon to relieve the gunboat
Machias, which has been watching
over affairs at that point for some
months past.
The police order expelling from
Prussia, Joseph Herrings, the Ameri-
can newspaper correspondent, upon
the ground of an alleged evasion of
military service ten years ago, has
been cancelled.
Work has been begun on the con-
struction of the Santa Fe extension
from Pawnee, o. t., to Bartlesville, I.
T., joining there with the Santa Fe
and giving Oklahoma direct Kansas
City connection.
At an auction sale of a library in
London an original copy of Blake's
Songs of Innocence" and Songs of
Experience" was sold for $4,000. 1t
is understood that it was purchased
for an American.
Captain Neitzke Of the German
cruiser Gazelle, who was tried for not
reporting the INSTRUMENTATION that oc-
Cured On the cruiser while she was
engaged in the maneuyers at Dantzic,
has been acquitted.
In the woods near Blue, L. T., Mich
olas Caldwell and Gibson Columbia,
two fullblood Chickasaw Indians, set
tied a dispute over land matters by
fighting duel with Winchester rifles.
Both were mortally wounded.
The governors of the board of trade
have decided to invite Admiral Schley
to visit Indianapolis on any date he
may name. 1t is intended to have a
public reception at the state house
and lionize him in every way.
The London Lancet says it has Off
cial authority to announce that the re-
cent rumors regarding the health of
King Edward are entirely withouth
truth or foundation. The Lanset fur
ther says the king is in good health
and has undergone no operation what
ever.
The report of the state auditor of
Iowa for the past three months on the
business done by the banks of Iowa
show an increase in the amount of
deposits of $5,735, ,031.56, since June 80.
At the close of business on September
80 the 1S9 state savings banks had |
total assets amounting to S145, $685. |
34697.
To Representative Jones of Wash |
ington, who called upon President |
Roosevelt to pay his respects, the |
president expressed his great interest |
in the northwest and said he expected |
70 make a tour of that part of the |
country next summer.
William H. Richards of Liberty, |
Neb, has been admitted to practice |
before the interior department.
Lieutenant William C. Hartlee, U. |
S. NJ. c., who thrashed Filipino boy |
on a wharf at Manila on slight provo |
cation, has been severely disciplined.
The abstract of the condition of the
national banks of South Dakota at the
close of business on September 80, as |
reported to the comptroller of the cur
rency, shows the average reserve to
have been 1896 per cent, against 3O.67
per cent on July Is.
At Salem, o., Lucien L. Shoemaker,
the Oldest business man, died sud-
denly, aged IS. Friday morning he
stumbled over an obstruction placed |
at his door by Halloween mischief
makers, and it is believed injured him.
self internally.
A dispatch from Jerusalem says the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, sur
mounting Christfs tomb, as tradition
ally located, was the scene of san
culinary affray between Franciscans
and Greeks, during which there were
a number of casualties on both sides.
The academic board of the military