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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
ACTIVE CONFLICT
FIRST FIGHT BETWEEN TURKEY
AND BULGARIA.
THE TURKS AS THE ACCRESSORS
Moslems Accused Of Attacking From.
tier Post and of Pursuing Refugees
Across the Line-Measure for Relief
of Sufferers.

SOFIA, Bulgaria news has
been received here from the frontier
of fighting between Turkish and Bull
garian troops at DemirKapia, both
sides sustaining losses
In official quarters all knowledge of
the affair is denied, but the circum-
stantial details given seem 70 indicate
that there is some foundation for the
accounts of the conflict
According to one report the Turks
attacked the Bulgarian frontier post
Another version says the Turks pur-
sued a number of refugees across the
frontier 1t is asserted that the Turks
have frequently attempted to provoke
hOstilities, firing into Bulgarian terri
tory and crossing the frontier to steal
horses and sheep.
The war office here is working at
high pressure and 24,OOO recruits will
be called three months before the
usual time. Prince Ferdinand has
sanctioned numerous other measures
of a warlike nature. All the cavalry,
with the exception of a single regi-
ment, which is stationed at Sofia, has
with strong force of artillery. Wig
orous efforts are being made to pre-
vent bands from crossing into Turkish
territory. Two bands which were sent
back have reached Sofia.
Dispatches from the frontier receiy-
ed at the revolutionary headquarters
report that the refugees in the noun
tains are in a terrible condition
through their pursuit by the Turks
and cold and hunger. Many are
dying.
Measures are being taken here to
relieve the worst cases of suffering
among the fugitives from the frontier
districts. Madame Bahmeteff, wife of
the Russian agent here, is taking
prominent part in this charitable
work.
From insurgent sources it is report
ed that the Bulgarian villagers of
Obiditt and Kremen have been pillag-
ed and burned. Many of their inhabi-
tants were slaughtered The Bulgar-
ian quarter of Belitza is in flames.
Seven hundred refugees from Belitza
are reported to have been killed in a
Turkish ambuscade near Samakoff,
province of Kirk-KiIisse.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
THREE DIE IN DEATH CHAIR.
Brothers Are EIecrrocuted for Murder
of Their Uncle.

Brothers Are Electrocuted for Murder
of Their Uncle.
DANNEMORA, N. Y.-Without one
unforeseen incident to mar the per
feet and dignified execution of the
death penalty imposed by the trial
court, sustained by the court of ap.
peals, and not interfered with by Gov.
ernor O'Dell, Willis, Frederick NJ. and
Burton Van Wormer were put to
death in fifteen and one-half minutes
at Clinton prison Thursday for the
murder of their uncle, Peter A. Hal
lenbeck, at Greendale, on Christmas
eve, 1901. The motive for the MUIR
der was ill-feeling growing out of the
foreclosure of mortgage on the Van
Wormer home by Hallenbeck.
The men walked from the doors OF
their cells in the care of their priest
and fianked on either side by prison
deputies, with calm demeanor but ex-
treme pallor.
The entire proceeding from the
start of the first man from his cell to
the doctors declaration of the death
of the last consumed but fifteen and
one-half minutes, and no untoward in.
cident marred the execution of the
law
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
BELIEVES GERMANY SEEKS WAR
A Strong Uadercurrent Against the
United States.

CHICAGO, Ill.-In plain English,
the attitude of the Germans toward
us, the United States. is, We like you
awfulIy, but we've got to fight you all
the same This does not mean trade
hammering with tariff regulations. II
means sooner or later shooting to
kill"
Prof. Albion w Small, on arriving
at the University of Chicago Tuesday,
after a summers tour through Europe,
uttered these words and gave as the
reason for this German intention of
provoking war with the United States,
Germany's desire for trade expansion
in South America and the east.
'The Germans are making extraor-
dinary efforts to please the Americans
and if we want those efforts to con-
tinue we haven't a minute to waste
till we have a navy little stronger
than theirs" he said.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
MOney-Making
Independence

A few years ago I met farmer
who told me that from his earliest rec
objection he had never worried about
how he was to get living or make
money. He always felt competent to
handle those subjects without any
special mental effort.
There were other subjects over
which he worried, and no doubt many
who worry a great deal about how to
get living are free from trouble
when it comes 10 subjects that wor-
ried the farmer.
If person can be born so that max
ing money or getting a living does not
cause any trouble, there must be a
mechanical path to follow in reaching
these desirable conditions.
One rule for earning money is to
find out what you can best do, and
then seek the right market for your
work, and study supply and demand
and competition.
Naturalists tell us that in a school
of fish those in the fore part are fat,
while the fish that bring up the rear
are always lean. This was true in a
certain locality on the subject of
small fruit Those who began raising
berries made nice sums Of money
from their investments, but in a few
years, when everybody was raising
them, there was no money in it.
Commercial sense enables one to
anticipate conditions and wants, and
be among the first to supply those
wants
l noticed a few months ago a shoe
maker selecting a very desirable loca-
ton, one that would grow better with
each succeeding year, and he illus
trated his foresight in looking over
the field and securing the place which
he did for his shop. Selecting a
location is one of the main sources of
success.
Just after the war, a friend told me
that he went West looking for lOca-
ton. He studied two cities, and at
that time he was unable to see any
difference between them, but since
then one has grown but very little,
while the other has doubled several
times in population.
From the way in which some men
select wisely nine times out of ten,
there must be signs or principles to go
by in this important part of prosper
ity.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEP A RI ri E n 7

is for cooperation in reformation 10 reduce
mutually erpensiUe mistakes. 1t is for mechdn-
icdI, commercial and professional people; the
employer, empLOye and customer; and consists
of extracts taken by permission from the copy
Tiqted letters helectureS note books and libraries
of DR.. Earl H. Pratt. When y0H secure on any
subject an idea personally useful TO y0u, and
you acSb to giUe it TO him, address him in care
Of The Join Crerar Library, Marshall Field
Building, Chicago He is hunting the Witote ac0rLd
Oyer for intormatiOn Of e0eTy doy use TO goa,
and he regrets has INABILITY, personally to reply
to contributors. 50 far as possible he 9ciSheS to
hare in this space the gery ideas yO~ a00uLd Ike
to find here. You are at liberty to send him
any suggestion yOW may care to. HIS Arcdde
Inder libraries aCere started iN 1879 and nor con-,
tQip unpublished Information dating back TO 1876
aCith systematic plans erteBdiR9 to 1882 Your
short story Of some example OfJOreth0ught de
posted nthe Arcdde Luder collection may pr0ge to
BE- your best monument.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION.
Nearly Twenty Thousand Greater
Than August Of Year Ago.

WASHINGTON, ID C.-The bureai
Of immigration, in statement given
out, reports a heavy increase in inn
migration to the United States during
August, 1903. compared with August
1902 The total number OF immf
grants was 64,977, against 45,549 a
year ago. The statement shows
marked increases in the immigration
from Austria Hungary, Denmark
Finland, Germany. England, Italy.
Russia, Scotland and Wales. A
slight decrease is noted in i!nmigra
ton from Asia, while Chinese immi
grafton increased slightly. There
were SO immigrants debarked, OF
whom 545 were paUpers, 146 diseased,
six conYicts, seven poiygamists, nine
ty-five contract laborers and one
idiot. Out of the total arrivals, $4,000
were at the port of New York. The
increase in immigration for the first
two months OF the fiscal year is 4s
per cent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Gar is Being Carefully Guarded.

VIENNA dispatch from Muerz-
steg, Syria, says the precautionary
measures taken for the safety of the
czar were largely entended on Thurs
day The special reaSon for this has
not transpired, but fresh detachments
of gendarmes have been ordered to
the hunting district, where all the
movements of unauthorized persons
are prohibited during the times the
car and Emperor Francis Joseph are
hunting
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Schwab Disappoints Them.

BALTIMORE = Much disappoint
ment was expressed at the failure of
Charles M. Schwab of Pittsburg to be
present at Music hall Sunday after
noon when the last meeting in the
nature of a reunion of the national
boys brigade was held. During the
day the visiting delegates to the con-
vention, which closed its business ses-
sions Saturday, visited the various
Protestant churches of the city in
squads.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Useless and
Useful Books

Strong men of slow nature need
books of inspiration; but men OF ac-
tive minds and weak bodies need
looks on physical culture and better
methods. A physical giant told me
about the great benefit he secured
from reading a book of encouraging
chayters. A thinker claimed that
book benefited him very much by
.-aaching him to eat better lunches and
*espect his stomach's needs. Books
a-e as helpful and as dangerous as
ren and women, or food and drink.
:saoks are good companions and help
III guides when properly selected; but
&, read anything may be worse than
raading nothing. Have you plan
~. distinguishing between the useful
snd the useless?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
AWARDS SATISFY GERMANY.
Well Pleased with Amounts Granted
Against Venezuela.


CARACAS, Venezuela-The Vene-
zuelan-German mixed tribunal has Off
cially closed seventy-three claims pre-
sented against the government, involv-
ing a total of $1,317,817. Two claims
amounting to $11G.250 were withdrawn
and one of $55S,000 for the closing to
navigation of the river Catatumbo, on
the Colombian boundary, and the caus-
ing thereby of losses to German
traders, was disallowed by the UNI
pire, General D. M. Duff1eld of De-
troit, Mich. The other claims, which
aggregate $643,SOO, were discussed
and recognized and the claimants
were awarded $3S9,OS5. According to
the protocol, the awards are payable
in gold. The German railroad obtains
payment in full of its claim and in ad-
dition a sum of $500 day as in
demnity for the interruption of traffic
during a period of seventeen days.
The Germans here are much pleased
with the awards and compliment Um-
pire Duffield upon his decision
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Available Supply of Grain.

NEW YORK-Special cable and tel
egraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's
in available supplies, as compared
with last accounts:
Wheat, United States and Canada,
east of the Rockies, increase, 1869,
900 bushels. Wheat in and for Eu
rope increased 4,700,0O0 bushels. To
tai supply increased 7,669,0OO bushels,
Corn, United States and Canada
east of the Rockies, increased 1912
600 bushels.
Oats, United States and Canada.
east of the Rockies, decrease, $4,000
bushels.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Conclusion of Larger Gun.

SAN FRANCISCO.-The conclusion
caused by the discharge of the 12-inch
gun on Angel island, which was fired
by the artillerymen in practice, shat.
tered windows in Sausalito, shook
houses, knocked down plaster and
caused much excitement among the
people. The Preside was also well
shaken. The boom of the heavy gun
made the general hospital unsafe for
a few moments.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09

While talking with salesman re
told me about a framed poem in a
business Office. One day when near
there 1 copied it and, though it may
be old to you, it is given here fer
those who may not have read it, as al
Of us need occasional encouragemen.:
Pluck wins! 1t always wins. Though
weeks be slow and nights be dark
'twixt days that come and go. still
pluck wins-its average is sure. Fe
gains the prize who can the most ea-
dure, who faces issues, he who never
shirks. who waits and watches and
who always works"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
TO PROTECT THEIR VISITOR
Anarchists of France Under Strict
Surveillance.

surveillance.
PARIS.-In anticipation of the ap-
preaching visit of the king of Italy to
Paris the French police have institut-
ed strict surveillance over the an
archists in this country. Several de-
tectives have been sent to Marseilles
to maintain a strict watch over the
Italian colony there. Two suspected
anarchists were arrested today at
Nice upon information furnished by
the Italian government
The police at Marseilles today seiz.
ed some compromising anarchist cor
respondence and made four arrests on
clues given by the Italian government
Tie two Italians who were arrested at
Nice are charged with completely in
the anarchist conspiracy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Fighting company's Head.

NEW YORK-The directors and Of
ffcers of the American Mailing com.
pany have sent out circular to stock
holders asking them to withhold Civ
ing the president proxies. which few
Lays ago he asked for, for the purpose
of electing a new set of officers at
the November meeting. The direc
tors ask the stockholders to defer civ.
ing their proxies until they see the
annual report of the company soon to
be made.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
No Hone for Entire Recovery.

BALTIMORE, Md.-The physicians
and surgeons who have for several
weeks been in attendance upon Arch
bishop Kain of st. Louis, a patient at
St Agnes sanitarium, this city, held
two consultations Sunday, At the
close of the last one they reported
that, while Monsignor Kain was much
improved, his condition does not war
rant the hope that he will entirely re-
cover from the ailments he is suffer
ing from.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
WESTERN MEN NOT AFFECTED
Packing House Employees East Not in
Same Organization.

DENVER, Colo.-Replying to ru-
mors that strike was brewing among
the packing house employees of the
west in sympathy with possible
strike of Chicago packing house en-
ployes, the representatives in Den
yer of the American labor union and
the Denver Butchers union gave out
a statement denying that the butch
ers west of the Missouri river con-
template going on strike. The
butchers west of the Missouri are af-
filiated with the American labor
union, while the eastern butchers are
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor. Western butchers
have no grievances.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Finley Installed as President,

NEW YORK-Dr. John Houston
Finley. who left the faculty of Prince
ton to accept the presidency OF the
College of the City of New York, was
on Tuesday installed in that Office, z
notable gathering of college presi.
dents and other men Of prominence
participating in the installation cere
monies. Seventy universities and col
leges were represented and a number
of prominent men present delivered
addresses
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
TURKS WITHDRAW TROOPS.
Supposed to Be in Compliance with
BuIgaria's Request

BURGAS, Bulgaria-Dispatches re-
ceived here from the insurgent chief
Gerjilloff, who has been conducting
operations in the Kirklisz district, an
nounce that the Turkish troops have
been withdrawn from Zabernovo, Kar-
lovo and Gratlaticoco, three points on
the Turkish frontier.
1t is understood that this move
ment was in accordance with the re-
quest of the Bulgarian government
that Turkey withdraw her troops from
the frontier as a sign of the sincerity
of her pacific declarations.
The positions vacated by the Turks
are now occupied by insurgents.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Reported Massacre of Jews.

VIENNA.-The Czernowitz, the
newspaper which first announced the
kishineff riots, reports that another
massacre occurred at the town of Mo
hilev-Podolsky, nera Kishineff, yester.
day, in which 300 Jews and 100 Chris,
tians were killed. This report is not
confirmed from any quarter Mohilev'
Podolsky is a town on the Dneister,
with a population of 1928, compris-
ing many Jews.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
POPE PREDICTS HIS FREEDOM
Surprise Members of Religious Or
ders.

notwithstanding to the Tribuna,
Plus x, on receiving the abbott of the
celebrated monastery Of Monte Cas-
sini, in Campania, said: I'VE shall
soon meet, most reverend father, at
Mont Cassini." Then, noting the eff
feet that his words produced-the i'm
pr 2ssion that his holiness would some
day leave the Vatican precincts-he
added: pray, for all things are OBJ
tanned by prayer"
The pope is said to have told the
abbott of the Benedictine monastery
would inaugurate the jubilee of The
Immaculate Conception.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
WAGES Cut at Steel Furnaces.

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-The Empire
Steel and Iron company, which oper
ates six furnaces. and the Thomas
Iron company, which also operates six
stacks, posted notices of a 10 per cent
cut in wages to so into effect October
/. The reduction affects 900 men.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
Earthauake at ST. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-A slight shock of
earthquake was felt in Carondolet, the
southern part of the city, at 1855
o'clock Sunday night. The seismic
disturbance lasted one minute and
caused alarm among the citizens. At
the same time a slight shock was felt
in the western portion of the city.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
The Telephone Voice.

For couple of years have had .
desk in room with a telephone ex-
change board. The voice and face of
one of the exchange board operators
act as a looking glass to those at TIE
other end Of the wire and give me
view Of the manners of many pep
pie.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09

In field l found team, harness,
a chain, an unpulled stump, a boy aud
failure. By adding a thought to the
boy, which caused the boy to chain a
small log to the stump, left a field
in which there was a team, a harness,
chain, a log, a pulled stump, a boy
and success.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
KING EXPECTED TO PARDON.
conspirators, Although Convicted, Are
Likely to Be Set Free.

Likely to Be Set Free.
BELGRADE-The trial of the army
officers charged with conspiracy
against the murder of King Alexander
and Queen Draga was concluded Tues
day. Captains Kovacovitch and La
zarevitch, the former being the ring
leader, were sentenced to two years
Imprisonment and the loss of their
commissions.
DR.. Velilovitch and Capetain Lotki-
jevitch, the former aide-de-camp of
King Alexander, each received SEN
tences of a months Imprisonment.
Other officers who took less promi-
nent part in the conspiracy were con-
demned to from three months to a
year in prison.
1t is anticipated that King Peter
will pardon all the conspirators.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
BIG BATTLE is IN PROGRESS.

Turks and insurgents in a Desperate
Fight.
LONDON-Accordin to a special
dispatch from Constantinople an trade
of the sultan intimates that the ad-
vance of $5,O0O,000 in the new loan
will be spent entirely on war material.
Another dispatch says that in the
neighborhood of Lucovo, an the Ser
Wan frontier, 5000 Turks have en-
gagged five bands of insurgents and
desperate fighting is reported. The
insurgents are employing bombs and
the Turks have lost 800 men and sew
eral officers. The battle continues.
Lucovo is said to be in flames.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
II Is Rinht to Know Why.

A director in a school said he knew
x, Y, z, ETC., were vowels, but what he
wanted to know was why they We're
We are all ditto On some subjects.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-10-09
All Saw So

We learn more from the bIurders
of others than from those made 5y
ourselves.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23

The Statutory Definition of the Phrase
"Head of n Family"

The Statutory Definition of the Phrase
"Head of n Family"
The county assessor is experiencing
some difficulty in convincing bach
elors and widowers who have no chill
dren or other near relatives dependent
upon them that they are not entitled
to the exemption from taxation OF $500
worth of personal property allowed by
law to each "head of family" Upon
this point the attorney-general's office
has ruled that assessors should be gov
erned by Sec. 523S of Ballanger's Code,
in which the phrase "head of a family
is defined as follows:
~. The husband or wife, when the
claimant is married person;
so. Every person who has residing
on the premises with him or her, and
under his or her care and maintenance,
either:
81 His or her minor child or the
minor child of his or her deceased wife
or husband;
"2. A minor brother or sister or the
minor child of a deceased brother or
sister;
"3. A father, mother, grandmother,
or grandfather;
"a. The father, mother, grandfather
or grandmother of deceased husband
or wife;
"5. An unmarried sister, or any
other of the relatives mentioned in this
section who have attained the age of
majority, and are unable to take care
OF or support themselves"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23

Jas. B. Fry and F. G.. Head, two of
the directors of the East Sound school
district, were in town the first OF tho
week to open the bids for the bonds OF
the district about to be issued for the
erection and equipment of new
graded school building. Five bids were
received, that of the state-par and 81
per cent interest-being the lowest, the
total issue being $1,000. 1t is proposed
to erect an attractive and substantial
building Of four rooms, which 1t is es-
timated will cost from $4,000 to $1,000.
1t will stand upon good sized lot on
the road to north beach, about half
mile from the steamboat landing. The
present school house lot and building
are to be sold. 1t is expected that work
upon the building will begin early in
June and that it will be completed Ill
time FOR occupancy at the beginning o.
the new school year in September.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23

interesting and show startling results.
The average value of the product of
the ,O07 ,664 cows of Illinois lie given
as 500; of the l,423,64s cows in Iowa,
$3.50; of the 753,632 cows in Mime
sofa, S23; of the 2TO, ,l94 cows in Yer
mont, s3e; of the l,5Ol sos cows in New
York, $37; of the 1l5, ,O36 cows of New
Hampshire, $55. In the same report
we find a statement giving the record
OF oyer 800 cows for one year, in which
one COW charged $2.O7 to make LOO
pounds of milk, or 50 cents for one
pound of butter fat. The best COW
charged 20 cents for 100 pounds of milk,
or e.e cents per pound for butter fat.
One entire herd Of sixty cows averaged
net profit of S26 per head over the
cost of feed.
These comparisons furnish the most
convincing evidence of the wide vari-
ance in the selection and feed Of dairy
animals, and should stimulate all
dairymen to keep the best cows to be
had in the best possible manner. Thert
is no business in which such diversity
of results exists as in dairying and no
business in which skill and ability
count for more in proportion to the
AMOUNT Of capital Invested.