The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-06-13
BRIEF TFLEGRAMS.

Rev. Or. Guy Potter Benton, pres
ident of the Upper Iowa university,
at Fayette, Ia, has accepted the pres
idency Of the Miami university of OK
ford, Ia.
During the term of the United
States supreme court just closed 375
cases were disposed of. There were
left on the docket 343 cases, but of
these 10 have been argued and submit
ted.
A message from Wildman, Okla,
says that torrents of water rolling off
the Wichita mountains have swept
away many prospectors' shacks and it
is believed that some of the occupants
perished.
Colonel Dallas Bache, surgeon, U.
S. A., retired, is dead at his home
in San Diego. He entered the army
as assistant surgeon in 1861 and SER
we'd in the field during the entire
civil war.
Justice Scott, in the criminal branch
of the supreme court in New York,
has set September % as the date for
the beginning of the second trial of
Roland 3. Molineaux, accused of the
murder of Mrs. Kate Adams.
A number of Americans in Paris
made the usual pilgrimage to Picpus
cemetery on Memorial day and placed
wreaths on the tomb of Lafayette.
Wreaths were also placed on the stat
ue of Washington and Lafayette.
The Norwegian-Danish Press asso-
citation of the northwest will hold its
annual meeting in Sioux Falls on July
10, IL and II, at the same time as
the annual meeting of the Northwest
ern Scandinavian Singing association.
President Roosevelt has undertak-
western country next fall. One will
be in the southwest and the other in
the northwest. They will be made in
redemption of promises more or less
specific made by the president last
winter.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has issued the following order:
THE cable between Hong Kong and
Manila is interrupted. Telegraphic
communication with the Philippines,
therefore, is stopped. Frequent
steamers from Chinese ports will car
ry kilograms"
Ii President Brigham Young had
lived he would have been 101 years
old June 1st. A salute of 101 guns
was fired from the top of Arsenal
hill, overlooking the temple, Salt Lake
City, while the bronze monument of
the Mormon leader was decorated
with flags and bunting.
The sugar committee of the reichs-
tag fixed the duty on sugar for con-
sumption at u marks per double
hundred weight, from September,
1903, and at 10 marks from Septem-
Der, 1905, and fixed a tax of marks
so pfennigs on refined sugar and 4
marks 40 pfennigs on other sugars.
After a hearing lasting several
hours Governor Herried of South Da-
kota denied the application of the
governor of Nebraska for the delivery
to the Nebraska authorities of Sher-
iff Lewison of Union county. Levi
son is wanted in Nebraska for the al
legged unlawful shooting of the Tur
geon brothers while attempting to ar
rest them.
The Philippine government bill, as
passed by the senate, approves the
action of the president in creating
the Philippine commission and the
offices of the civil governor and vice
governor of the islands, and author
ICES the governor and vice governor
to exercise the powers of government
as directed by executive orders. Fu-
ture appointments of the governor or
vice governor shall be made by the
president, with the advice and consent
of the senate.
The wheat harvest is now on in
Oklahoma.
The ST. Louis Southwestern Rail-
road company of st. Louis filed a
certificate of increase of capital
stock, from s36,5OO.OOO to s55.OOO,O0O,
with Secretary of State Cook.
Orders have been issued by Lieu
tenant General Miles assigning the
Twenty-fourth infantry to Forts Har-
rison, Mo-, and Assiniboine, Mont,
and the Twenty-first infantry to Forts
Smelling, Mimi, Yates, n. D., and
Keogh, Mont.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Daily Mail cables the fact that
the Boxers are active in the province
of See Chwan. They have warned
the officials of Yang Haien of their
intention to exterminate the foreign
ers.