The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-01-30
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


nous PAGER, has insured the horse for
$4,000.
Prof. c. M. Hall of the chair Of ge-
ology Of the North Dakota agricultural
college is dead of diabetes, after a
short illness.
Senator Mallory OF Florida has in-
troduced a bill to restrict the absence
OF district judges of the United States
from the districts to which they are
appointed.
There is little prospect of the Can
adian government following the action
of the United States congress in re,
moving the duty on bituminous coal.
The news of the passage of the sub.
stitute Philippine currency bill by the
house of representatives at Washing
ton is regarded in Mexico as a serious
blow to silver.
1t is announced that the Erie rail.
road engineers will ask for an in
crease in wages when the general
board of engineers meets in New York
on February Is.
w. o. Murray, one Of the leaders
Of the convict mutineers who escap-
ed from the federal prison at Leaven-
worth, Kan, November z, 1901, is ur'
der arrest in Georgia.
The house of representatives of Gu
ba has appropriated 100000 for the
construction of a capitol. At present
me house and senate are located in
conveniently and a long distance
apart.
The senate committee on military
affairs has ordered favorable report
on Foraker's bill appropriating $4,000
for the erection of headstones to mark
the graves Of confederate soldiers
buried in the north.
Secretary Langtry of the Smithson-
ian institution, Washington, trans
mitted to the house plans for a new
building for the United States Ma
tional museum, to cost not more than
s3,p0O,OO0.
The Elkins antitrust bill was con-
sidered by the senate committee on
Interstate commerce and an adjourn
ment taken for further consideration.
The purpose of the bill was commend
ed in general terms.
Miss Helen Gould Of New York no.
titled the committee that she would
attend the international Railroad Y.
NJ c. A. conference in Topeka, Kan,
April % to May 2. President Roose-
welt has also been invited.
One of the heaviest importers of dry
goods in Havana predicts that within
one year after the ratification of the
reciprocity treaty 25 per cent of the
Cuban dry goods trade will be in the
hands of the United States.
Reports from Popular state that the
range in the northern part of Mon
tana is in very bad condition, and
that cattle are dying for lack of grass.
The snow has crusted and the cattle
are unable to do any picking.
Surrogate Fitzgerald, on an appli.
cation made by General Frederick D.
Grant, ruled at New York that the
estate of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, the
widow of the late President Grant,
was not liable to pay inheritance tax.
AS sanitary measure, the govern
ment Of Mexico has issued an order
that fishermen must clean and decapi-
tate their fish at sea. A heavy pen
atty is prescribed for cleaning fish and
leaving the refuse on the shore or
bringing undressed fish into the mar
ket.
veterinary department of the Univer.
sity of Pennsylvania, announced that
experiments covering a period Of more
than two years had proven conclu.
sively that cattle may be rendered
immune from tuberculosis by vaccin.
ations.
a Copenhagen dispatch says: FL
nance Minister Hage has introduced in
the lower house Of parliament bill
providing for the formation of sugar
manufacturing company at Santa Cruz, |
Danish West Indies, with capital Of
$4,000, half of which will be con-
tributed by the senate
Four of the largest cigar factories |
IN Havana inaugurated an independent |
movement by the signing of an agree |
rlenttt to refrain for ten years from |
selling their brands or plants to the |
tobacco trust. Other factories are ex.
pected to do likewise.
The, English government, at the re-
quest of Secretary, Chamberlain, has
granted Abraham Fisher, one of the |
Boer delegates in Europe and former |
member of the executive council Of the |
Nrop0o L>roa .Stofp nprmicCi0n fO re- |