The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

shields, residing at Bear Grove, Dal
las county, were found in debris re-
sulting from fire that consumed a
barn.
Near Lead, S. D., e. F. Koehler, a
locomotive engineer on the Burlington,
fell from a forty-foot trestle, striking
on concrete wall, death ensuing in a
short time.
grain men all over the United States,
and a prominent member of the pro-
duce exchange, is dead at his home
in New York.
The democrats of the house of rep
resentatives held a caucus to consider
the Philippine civil government bill
agreed on by the democratic members
of the insular committee.
1t is announced that Emperor Will
liam has notified the executors of the
will Of Cecil Rhodes of his country's s
acceptance of the trust relative to the
German scholarships at Oxford.
1t is stated that the new company to
control the Atlantic steamship lines,
just combined, will be incorporated in
New Jersey with a capital of about
$150,000,000, says the Journal Of Com
merce
Secretary Shaw has taken up horse
back riding in Washington and hopes
to be able to join President Roosevelt,
Secretary Root and Senator Lodge in
their afternoon canters over the coun-
try roads.
A courier who arrived at Canton,
China, reported that over 1000 i'm
perial soldiers sent by Marshal Su
against the rebels, were ambushed in
a narrow defile and all were killed
or captured.
John Redmond, the Irish leader in
the British house of commons, gave
dinner to Bourke Cochran of New
York at the house of commons, at
which several members of the Irish
party were present.
Andrew Carnegie formally dedicated
the handsome free library of Carnegie
borough in Pittsburg before an audi
ence of over 1900 people. Many prom
inent citizens of Carnegie and Pitts
burg occupied seats upon the stage.
President James j. Hill of the North
ern Securities and the Great Northern
Railroad company says he is not in the
least worried by the granting of leave
by the supreme court to the state Of
Washington to file bill for an injunc-
tion against the Northern Securities
company.
The state department has received
information by cable to the effect that
General Uribe-U -Uribe, the insurrection-
ary leader, has been completely over
whelmed by the government troops at
a place called Medina, and has been
compelled to beat a retreat to Venezue-
Ian territory. 1t is believed in Bogota
that the war is now practically over.
Representatives of about fifty of the
leading manufacturers in the United
States of pickles, kraut, tomato catsup,
preserves, mince meat, ETC., met in
Cincinnati and organized national as
tional Association of Manufacturers of
Food Products. William McMecham. Of
Wheeling, w. Va, was elected presi-
dent.
Buffalo Bills Wild West show
opened in New York to a crowd which
completely filled Madison Square gar
den. There were many well known
people present, among them General
Miles, General Brooke, Brigadier Gen
eral NJ. V. Sheridan (retired), Lieuten-
ant Colonel M. P. Maus, Rear Admiral
Barker and Senator w. A. Clark of
Montana.
General Terrence, commander-in-
chief of the G. A. R., has issued his
first general order in connection with
the forthcoming encampment in Wash
ington. 1t officially announces that the
encampment will begin October 6, that
the same railroad rates and stop-over
privileges will be operative as in the
1899 encampment, and that only linn
tied number of properly certified vet
erans can be accommodated with free
quarters.
State Senator Clark of Clarinda, Ia,
died in Los Angeles, Cal, on the 22nd.
The Austrian minister of instruction,
DR.. Won Hartel, has conferred the
great gold Stats medal upon Walter
MacEwen, the American artist, for his
picture called 'The Ghost Story"
Editor Hurlbut of the Aurora (Neb)
Sun dropped dead from heart disease
while walking on the street.
In Kansas City, Kan, John Calhoun
was shot by his son, Rowland, five
times and fatally wounded. The father
had attacked the boys married sister.
The strike in the Thilmany paper
mill at Kankanna, Wis, the biggest
tissue mill in the world, was settled.
David Carpenter, who was personal