The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-02-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

MI VI Inc navy department DullQ.
ings at Buenos Ayres was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000.
The statement Of the treasury bal.
ances in the general fund shows
Available cash balance, 1921, ,971 ,S89 /;
gold, s102,571, ,295.
At a meeting of Americans in Ha-
Vana it was arranged to hold memo
rial exercises at the wreck of the
Maine on the anniversary of the de-
struction.
The Idaho senate passed the house
bill providing for tax on the net out
put of mines. Strong efforts, it is said
will be made to induct the governor
to veto it,
Joel Sumner Smith of the class of
1853 of Yale died at his home in New
Haven, Conn. He was assistant H.
brarian at the university and was 72
years of age.
The Kansas senate adopted a con-
current resolution recommending Uni
ted States Senator William A. Harris
for appointment as member of the
.sthmian canal commission.
Joseph E. Cot and Juan Gonzales
were hanged at San Quentin, Cal, for
the murder of an old man in San Ben
ito county named Buzz, whom they
killed for purposes Of robbery.
The international convention Of the
Building Laborers' Protective union,
in session at Fort Wayne, Ind, for
two weeks, adjourned after choosing
st. Louis for the meeting place next
year.
twenty-five states were represent
ed by more than 100 delegates at the
first session Of the annual meeting
Of the American RoadmaKers and In
ternational Good Roads conference at
Detroit
The foot and mouth disease has be-
come serious again in Massachusetts
and DR.. Salmon, chief Of the bureau
of animal industry, will return to Bos-
ton in few days to investigate the
situation.
At Mystic, S. D., the air compressor
plant of the Castle Creek Mining COM
pany was totally destroyed by fire.
The plant consisted of boilers and en-
CINE, as we'll as air compressor and
pump. The loss is $1,000.
The great prevalence of smallpox
in the Pennsylvania coke region has
prompted the officials of the H. C..
Frick Coke company to issue an order
calling for the free vaccination of all
it's employees and their families.
Captain w. w. Brown, general man.
ager of the United States Transpor-
tation company of Cleveland, O., died
suddenly at Rome, Italy. He was 43
years of age and was in good health
wien he left for Europe in January.
Willie Stoltzman, aged 20 years, ac-
quilted ten days ago at Fort Scott,
Kan, of the charge of killing R. j.
Morrison, postmaster at Fawnee, Kan,
was arrested at Kansas City for steal
ing a suit case from DR.. A. Craig of
Chicago.
Orders were issued to shut down the
print works of the Cocheco Manufac-
turing company at Dover. N. H. The
closing of this branch of the industry
is due to the strike of the $50 ring
spinners and carders anG vii. throw
out of work about 1000 additional
operatives.
William E. Parnell, superintendent
of the Tamarack. Osceola Consolidated
and the Isle Royale mines of the Bige-
low group, Michigan, died at Calumet
of cancer of the intestines. He was
vice president of the National bank
of Houghton, and was interested in
many other enterprises.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has filed amended articles of incor
poration, increasing the capital stock
from 81, ,000, 900 to S3,000,O00. This ac-
ton was taken at the annual meeting
at which provision was made for the
expenditure of about 100000 this year
in improvements and extensions.
An agency dispatch from Corunna,
Spain, says that resolution was pass
ed at a meeting of workmen there in
favor of a general strike in conse-
quence of the increase of the octroi
duties, which have advanced the price
of food. The authorities have taken
precautions to cope with possible dis-
turbances.
Senator Cullom, from the senate
committee on foreign relations, report
ed an amendment to the general de-
fciency bill providing for the payment
of $4,000 to the Italian government
on account of the killing OF two Ital-
iaus in a riot at Erwin, Miss, in 1901.
Tbo creator mart of the $4,000