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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
OPEN TOME OF UMA
Ceremony One of the Final Acts Pre-
Iiminary to Beatification.

liminary to Ratification.
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-The
tomb in which the body of Bishop John
N. Neumann vas placed forty-two
years ago was opened today by a spe-
cial ecclesiastical court, the proceed
ing being one of the final acts pre-
liminary to the qualification of the
prelate. The distinterment was made
in secret and was for the purpose of
identifying the remains of Bishop
Neumann and to ascertain their state
of preservation.
Two witnesses swore that they wit
messed the burial Of the bishop and two
physicians wrote a minute description
OF the remains. They were then plac-
ed in a new coffin and restored to the
vault, which was sealed by Archbishop
Ryan.
The evidence collected by the eccle-
siastical court during it's inquiry,
which has been in progress for sew
eral years, will now be forwarded to
Rome.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
FAvoRs THE IRRIGATION BILL.
Hot Winds from Arid Region Menace
to Bordering States.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-William
H. Chadwick, chairman of the trans
p~ortation committee of the Board Of
Trade of Chicago, has written a let
ter to Representative Newlands Of
Nevada, the author of the pending IT.
rigation bill, presenting new reasons
why this measure should be passed.
Mr.. Chadwick holds that the states
lying east and north Of the arid lands
| suffer enormous loss as a result Of the
burning heat coming from the arid
quarters. He says:
"In behalf of many interests which
will suggest themselves to you from
my official position 1 ask to call your
| attention to an argument in favor of
the bill now in the house. The dis
tricts which compose the "arid lands"
By reason of the intense, dry heat
there produced, through the east
ward movement of all atmospheric
conditions across the continent, are
and always have been a menace to all
that great agricultural country lying
to the east and northeast of the Sec
ton in question, notably Texas, Ok
lahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Iowa, South Dakota, Indian and Ohio.
The tremendous losses experienced
within the past twelve months by
farmers, the live stock interests, the
merchant and common carriers are
fresh in our minds. A veritable ca
lamity.
The great loss entailed through the
partial failure of the corn crop and
enforced substitution, on a large
scale, of other grain to supply the de-
ficiency thereby caused with wheat,
rye, oats, etc., resulted in the curtail-
ment of exports to such an extent as
to be not only extraordinary, but in
some instances, as with corn. ems
tional.
The effects in the eastern OF con-
Stunning states are notable and scarcely
any part of the union has been unaf-
fected by the conditions produced by
the scorching blight which, original.
ing only in the arid region, blasted
the crops over a large and important
part of the country.
We who are directly affected by such
nisfortunes desire to earnestly Sec
ond the endeavor to remove the con
slant menace to prosperity in such a
wide scope of territory and ask for
legislation to that end.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Botha's Wife an Emmett.

The wife of General Botha, the Boer
general, is a descendant of Robert
Emmett's elder brother, Thomas Adds
Emmett, who was one of the United
Irish Directory in 1898. and was pun
ished by the government by Confine-
ment in Fort George for three years.
Robert Emmett, whose name is SO pop
ularly known, was but a. youth Of 20
i'll 1898. His attempt at instruction
in 1903 vas the last effort of tho
brotherhood of United Irishmen, and
his death on the scaffold on Septem-
Der 20, 1903, ninety-ssyen years ago,
mGQt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
VERDICT FOR THE MASSES.
Supreme Court Grants Mandamus
Against Omaha City Council.

Supreme Court Grants Mandamus
Against Omaha City Council.
OMAHA, April 24.-At 5 o'clock yes
terday the supreme court of Nebraska
handed down an opinion granting the
writ of mandamus asked for by mem
bers of the Omaha Real Estate eX-
change to require the city council to
reconyene as a board of equalization
and reassess the street railway, the
gas, water, electric light and telephone
companies.
In this opinion the Recommendation
of the referee was not concurred in.
The opinion cover every point and is
a clean victory for the Real Estate
exchange. The court announces that
the section of the statute which per-
mits the subtraction of Indebtedness
from the actual value of a corpora
tons property in order to obtain what
is assessable is unconstitutional, null
and void. 1t is also laid down that
the board Of equalization is not pro-
hibited from acting because the actual
cash value has not been used as a
basis for assessment, but, the court
says, the board must take the percent
age of the actual cash value used as a
basis by the assessor and see to it
that property falling below that figure
is brought up to it. A rule is also laid
down for determining the value of the
intangible property of the corpora
tons.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
RATES ON GRAIN SHIPMENTS.
To Be Made Subject of Investigation
by Interstate Commissioners.

~ = q SOIIttIlISSIOfICiS
ST. LOUIS, April 26.-Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Prouty and
Fifer and Special Agent Marchard
are in st. Louis for the purpose of in
vestigating the matter of rates, facili-
ties and practices employed in the
transportation, handling and storage
Of grain and grain products carried
from western points to the Atlantic
seaboard and other destinations. The
hearing begins today.
Last evening at the Southern hotel
representatives of the Wichita Cham
Der of Commerce and others concerned
in Wichita business interests on in
terstate shipments had a conference
with the commissioners, furnishing
material which may later on form the
subject of an investigation. A COM
mittee of the Southern Millers' assO-
citation likewise had an informal talk
with the commissioners
The executive and the chief traffic
officers of the Frisco and the Mobile
& Ohio were requested by Secretary
Mosely of the Interstate Commerce
commission to attend the hearing to-
day, when complaints of discrimina-
ton will be taken up. A Vicksburg
firm figures as one of the complain
ants.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Nominated by President.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The pres
ident today sent the following nom
nations to the senate:
Indian inspector, John E. Edwards,
Montana; Indian agent, S. G. Rey'
holds, Crow agency, Montana.
Registers of land Offices: Joseph P,
Batten, at Dardenelle, Ark; John I,
Worthington, Harrison, Ark; Andrew
w. Swaney, Kalispell, Mont; Samuel
Gordon, Miles City, Mont.
Receivers of public moneys: Ed.
ward A. Shicker, at Camden, Ark;
John. G. Chitwood, Dardenelle, Ark;
Charles M. Greene, Harrison, Ark;
John E. Lewis, Kalispell, Mont;
James M. Rhodes, Miles City, Mont;
John E. Bush, Little Rock, Ark.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Think Confession Untrue.

WELLINGTON, Kan, April 25.-It
is believed to be the intention of John
Cummings, who has acknowledged
the accidental killing three years ago
of Anna Dishman, his 13-year-old SER
want, to take the chances of going to
the p~enitentiary in order to shield
some member of his family. After he
was placed under bond here today
for his trial next month, Cummings
attorney made the statement that his
client had told him a story about the
girls death that would free him be-
fore any jury, the most. remarkable
tale in connection with a murder that
he had ever heard. but that Cum
mings had sworn him to secrecy, and
that he would stand trial.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Close Calls for Two M. P.'s.

Two members of the British parlia-
ment have had narrow escapes from
ignominious death. Mr.. O'Brien, who
represents Cork, was in 1867 convicted
of having led a Fenian rising, and was
sentenced to be hanged, drawn and
chartered. AS it was proved, how
ever. that he had saved inmates Of
burning barracks at great risk TO him
self, his sentence was committed.
Another Irish member, Mr.. O'Kelly,
of Roscommon, while serving as a
correspondent in Cuba in 1875, was ar
rested as a spy, and the firing squad
was just forming when the United
States consul arrived and saved his
life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
PASSES THE WEST POINT BILL.
House Votes FavorabIy on Measure
After Reducing Appropriation.

House Votes FavorabIy on Measure
After Reducing Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The
house, by a vote of IS to 50, rejected
claims attached to the omnibus claim
bill passed by the senate aggregat-
ing SIS 900, and on the heels of
that action nonconcurred in the whole
senate amendment (the various items
having been ruled to constitute a sin
gle ramendment) and sent the bill to
conference. The military academy ap-
preparation was passed today after the
limit of cost of the improvements at
West Point had been reduced from
So, 500, 900 to SIS, 500, 900, and the appro-
priation in the bill from $3,500,000 to
50. 200, 900. The London dock charges
question was brought up, but not dis
posed of.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Senator Money Arrested.

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator
Money of Mississippi today was placed
in custody on information filed by Ar.
thur B. Shaner, a street car conductor,
who charged the senator with assault
ing him during a disturbance on Sha.
ner's car yesterday. Senator Money,
Conductor Shaner, and Foreman Hoop.
er of the fire department, who assist.
ed the conductor yesterday, appeared
in the police court and their trial was
set for next Thursday.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Plans for Governor Taft.

WASHINGTON, April Ex-Governor
Taft will leave here at noon tomor-
row for New York. He will return to
Washington to confer further with the
president and Secretary Root respect
ing Philippine affairs preliminary to
his return to Manila. He will go to
Manila by way of New York and the
Mediterranean, stopping en- route at
Rome to confer with the authorities
of the vatican regarding the DISPOSE
ton of the friar lands.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
AGREE ON EXCLUSION BILL.
conferees Adopt Main Features of the
Senate Measure.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The con-
ferees on the Chinese exclusion bill
have practically reached an agree
ment. The main features of the SEN
ate bill have been adopted, but there
are some alterations.
The agreement reached is upon all
but one feature of the measure. I'm
der the agreement the senate substi-
tute becomes the exclusion measure,
but the house conferees have secured
a concession specifically reinforcing
sections 3 to IA Of the exclusion act
of September 10, 1888. The point
still open is as to extending the ex-
clusion indefinitely after May 5 next.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
KANSAS CITY

Cattle-Market strong to 10c higher;
choice export and dressed beef steers,
$500 T.2O; fair to good, $5.6006.6O; stockers
n feeders, $3.5045.25: western fed steers,
S.. 1926 70; Texas n Indian steers, $500
$3.50; Texas cows, $3.50q5.25; native cows,
So. 5Od5.5O; native heifers, $4.U06.1 10; can
ners, $2.5OQ3.5O; bulls, $3.5Gq5.10; calves,
$4.50d6.OO.
Hogs-Market 5415c higher; top, $3.50;
bulk of sales, ST. 5Od7. 20; heavy, $7.20Q7. 80;
mixed packers. $6.95@7.20 light, $6.G5Q
Ills: pigs, $6.1OQ6.65.
Sheep and Lambs-Market strong to 10c
higher; native lambs, s6.6007.0O; western
lambs, S6.55Q6.85; native wethers. $1,000
500; western wethers, $5.5O95.90; year
lings, $6.O0a6.50; Texas clipped yearlinss
s6.0Gq6.5O; clipped grass sheep, s4.7Gq5.65;
stockers and feeders, $3.2505.25.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Considers War Inevitable.

VICTORIA, B. c., April 24.-O. W.
Little, editor of the North China Daily
News, in an interview given here, says
var between Japan and Russia is con-
sidered inevitable, not only by the
japanese, but also by the Russians
and all residents on the Siberian
coast. Enormous preparations are be-
ing made at Perth Arthur and in ST.
IBERIA Notifications are progressing
and troops massed, and Japan is also
ready for active operations.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Canada Praises the Beers.

OTTAWA, April 23.-In the House
of Commons tonight a resolution was
adopted stating that while British SUI
premacy had been maintained in South
Africa Ito which end Canada cheer.
fully contributed men and money! a
policy of magnanimity and mercy may
properly be extended to the brave foe
now opposing British arms, and that
in the interest of peace and future
tranquility and homeogenity, it is ex.
pedient to offer universal amnesty.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Paws Penalty on GalIows.

NEWARK, N. j., April 26.-Henry
Schaub was hanged here today for
the murder of his wife and child. The
drop fell at 1910 o'clock. AS the body
fell the head was nearly severed and
blood spurted from the neck. Schaub
was a barber, but did not work steady
and was dissipated. His wife made
ARRANGEMENTS to leave him and when
he learned of her determination he
killed her and their child. He cut his
own throat, but not fatally.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
CLEO COMES BACK
NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH CHANG.
ED IN THE HOUSE.
POWER TO AMEND is LIMITED
Opponents Who Seek to Alter Amend.
ments Tackled on by Upper House
Lose on Every Proposition-MisceI.
ianeous Washington Matters.

WASHINGTON, April "a. The
house yesterday began consideration
of the senate amendments to the oleo-
margarine bill. A special rule for this
purpose was adopted by a vote of 152
to rs. By the ruling of the chair the
question Of further amendment of the
senate propositions was confined with
in very narrow limits. Slow progress
was made. The opponents of the meas
ure, who sought to modify the senate
amendments in various particulars,
were outvoted on every proposition
submitted.
Bills were passed to donate the spars
of Don Juan de Austria and Almirante
OQuendo to the state Of Alabama; to
approprite $1,000 Of the funds of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for
the relief of destitute members of those
tribes; to provide for trade statistics
between the United States and it's out
lying possessions! to grant certain
lands to the city of Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Mr.. Dalzell Of Pennsylvania, from
the committee on rules, then presented
the special continuing order agreed to
by the committee some time ago to
provide for the consideration of the
senate amendments to the oleomar-
garine bill.
Mr.. Cowherd of Missouri vigorously
opposed the adoption of the rule. Last
week, he said, the house considered a
bill for the relief Of the Cubans. The
program was to be tears and SYM
pathy for the poor of Cuba and sneers
and taxes for the poor of America.
AS an indication of what would hap
pen when this bill went into effect
Mr.. Cowherd said that Immediately
after the passage of the oleomargarine
bill by the senate the price of butter,
went up 4 cents in New York and 8
cents in Chicago.
Mr.. Dalzell, replying to Mr.. Cow
herd, said the merits Of the bill were
not now under consideration. The or
der was simply designed to give the
house a chance to pass upon it's merits.
The rule was adopted, 152 to 70.
When the consideration of the
amendments was considered the chair
ruled that the text of the bill agreed
to by both the house and senate was
not open to amendment. The ruling,
made by Mr.. Olmsted Of Pennsylvania,
who was in the chair, prevented the
Offering of many amendments which
the minority members of the agricul-
tural committee desired to offer. Mr..
Wadsworth of New York, chairman of
the agricultural committee, finally
succeeded in offering an amendment
changing the section providing that
ole~omargarine free from artificial col
grafton, which is taxable at one-fourth
of a cent per pound, so as to provide
that "colored butter shall not be con-
as coloration." The amend
ment was lost by a vote of 81 to 81.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Child Commits Suicide.

KANSAS CITY, April 25.-Frances
Rigby, aged II years, daughter of R.
M. Rigby, president of the Rigby
Printing company in this city, was
found in a dying condition on the
street neal her home today and later
died at the city hospital from the eff
fects of swallowing carbolic acid. No
motive can be advanced for the child's
suicide except that she feared a pun
ishment because of a trifing offense
at school.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
The TWO OFFERS.
CANAL PROPOSITIONS WEIGHED
BY CABINET OFFICIALS.
OUTLINES MUCH THE SAME
President Roosevelt is Anxious that a
Decision Be Reached in the Matter
at This Session of congratulated
Ianeous Washington Matters.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The cab
met held a short session today, during
which the relative propositions of the
Colombian and Nicaraguan govern
ments in connection with the proposed
canal were discussed.
The president is exceedingly anxious
that, whatever determination congress
may come to as as to the relative mer-
its of the twon routes. in any event
scme decision may be reached at this
session.
A comparison of the outlines of the
agreements or treaties made the State
department with Colombia in relation
to the Panama canal and with Nicar-
aqua and Costa Rica as to the Near
ague canal shows a general resem-
blance in the scope of the arrange
ments, but important differences in
detail.
One point of resemblance is the
amount of money to be paid down at
once by the United States government
to the country making the conces-
sions. In each case this is $1,000, 900.
If the Panama route is chosen Colon
bia gets all of this money. If the
choice falls on the Nicaragua route
Nicaragua will receive Sc, ZOO, 900 and
Costa RIGA ST. 900, ZOO.
The delay hat occurred in consum-
mating the arrangements was owing
to the difficulty in reaching a basis
of agreement between Nicaragua and
Costa RIGA, and this is generally fixed
uron as about 6 to 1 in favor of Nj
caragua.
No provision is made in the Colom-
bian protocol for the payment of any
annual rent-that matter will be left
to future adjustment, though OF course
it is expected that some rent will be
charged. The agreements as to the
Nicaragua canal, however, specifically
state the rent to be paid, which is $780,
600 per annum, of which Nicaragua
will get about $25, 900 and Costa RIGA
$1,000.
While this rent is merely nominal,
II serves a useful purpose in the esti-
mate of the isthmian republics, name
IT,, to continually assert the nominal
sovereignty of Nicaragua and Costa
RIGA over the territory through which
the canal is cut
The original proposition was to pay
a lump sum representing the capital
iZation of this rent for 100 years, but
the republic prefer to have the money
paid in recognition of their sovereign
ty, and in consideration of the allow
ance of their wish in this matter they
have gone to the length of making the
lease to the United States perpetual
as against the 100-year renewal re-
lease of the Colombian agreement.
Neither of the Observation-Disclosures
or Costa Rican-has yet received the
full powers from their governments
necessary to the perfection of the
treaties.
The question of the fiscal agency in
the Philippines was also discussed by
the cabinet, but no conclusion was
reached and it was stated that none
can be until the attorney general
rends his opinion on the power of the
Guaranty Trust company to keep its
agency.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Officers Are Not Guilty.

MANILA, April 26.-Maior Waller
and Lieutenant Day of the marine
corps, who were tried by court-martial
here on the charge of executing ma
tives of the island of Samar without
trial. have been acquitted.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
BLOODY BATTLE IN CHINA.
Imperial Troops or Way to Nan Ming
Encounter a Force of Rebels.

-iSSS'tlSI q j ~ hCDSlS
HONG KONG, April 26.-Advices
received today from Wa Chou, under
date of April p, o that a
bloody battle was then proceeding be-
tween a force of imperial troops on
their way to Nan Ming and a large
force of rebels.
The imperial army attacked the reb-
els encampment in the WI Chang
hills, brought up two Maxims and two
1~2-pounders, and finally scattered the
rebels and captured their leader, Hung
Yung Seng, who was wounded.
Subsequently the rebels catured two
villages on the outskirts of Nan Ming
and established their headquarters in
those villages.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Deciinese the Bishopric.

PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-Rev.
Nathaniel S. Thomas, rector of the
Protestant Episcopal church of the
Holy Apostles here, who was elected
bishop of the missionary district of
Salina, Kan, says he will not accept
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Clark Declines Mission.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Captain
Charles E. Clark has declined the ap-
pointment of special naval representa-
tive at the coronation of King Ed
ward, and the president has named
Rear Admiral Watson for that mis-
sion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
To Abolish Duties on Meat.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-Repre-
sentative Sims of Tennessee today in
troduced a bill abolishing the duties
on imports of beef, mutton, pork and
veal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
TWO BATTLES WITH MoRoS.
Engagements Between the American
Troops and Natives Of Mindanao.

Troops and Natives OF Mindanao.
MANILA, April 23.-Two engage
gagements have been fought between
the American troops and the Moros
of the island of Mindanao during the
last twenty-four hours. Moore of the
Twenty-seventh infantry, while out
with a small party hunting for water,
was fired upon at long range.
Lieutenant Frank D. Baldwin, with
a battalion of troops and a mountain
gun, went to the assistance of Moore's
party and drove off the Moros, who
lost seven men. The firing was at
LOO yards.
The Moro villages were flying red
flags, meaning that they intended to
fight to the uttermost.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Amos j. Cummings a Sick Man.

BALTIMORE, April 26.-It was
learned from a reliable source late
last night that Congressman Amos J..
Cummings of New York is critically
ill from pneumonia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

FIsos Cure for Consumption is an infaIIibls
med'clne Tor coughs and colds--N. w. SAMUEL.
ocean Grove, n. j.. Feb. II. 1900.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
Hit is Renominated.

FREEPORT, ILL.,, April 25.-Hon.
Robert r. Hit was renominated for
congress here yesterday.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

The w~ell-posted druggist advises you
to use Hamiin's Wizard Oil for pain, for
he knows what it has done.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

Etc permanently cureo. No fits or nervousness after
aIs0 first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restor.
er. Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
Oh K. ID KLINE, Ltd. 9I Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

Any port in storm is the wine
bibber's motto.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

A loud profession and a quiet per-
formance never yet went hand in
hand.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

4 little learning is like dried apples.
They both puff you up.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

EARLIEST RUSSIAN MILLET.
VIII you be short of hay2 If so. plant a
plenty of this prodigally prolific miIlet.
8 to 8 Tons of Rich Hay Per Acre.
Price 80 lbs. s1.90; 100 lbs. So. Low freigbts
John A Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, wis. W
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

$50 = WEEK AMI EXPENSES
to men with rig TO introduce our Poultry goods.
Sendstp. Javelle Mfg. Co., Dept. Q, Parsons, Kan.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02
WHEN YOUR GROCER saw,

a. Goes not have Defiance sta-oL
his Sc, oe sure ne Is afraid to keen r. HI
iane eeos s. OF u OF. packages are Sold. u BeI
other Cold Wa : HoS only better thar any
0%; 20 the package and seiIs f nr 10
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-05-02

Shopping has no joys to the woman
who is color blind.