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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
BIG SLAUGHTER
BRITISH OPERATIONS IN NORTH.
ERN NIGERIA.
MOHAMADONS MOVED DOWN
Rapid Fire Guns of British Do Fearful
Execution Conquest Nets Great
Britain a Vast Amount of Terri
tory.

LONDON-Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain announced in the house of
commons Tuesday that as a result Of
the British military operations in the
Sokoto and Kanao districts, ending
with the capture of the emir of Kaho,
100, 900 square miles of territory had
been added to Northern Nigeria and
would be administered by the govern
ment of that territory.
Interesting details have been re-
ceived he-e Of the capture of Sokoto,
March IA, by the British column COM
manded by Colonel Morland. The en-
gagement lasted two and a half hours.
The British numbered about 500 men,
with four quick-fring guns and four
Maxims. The enemy's horse and foot
soldiers were estimated to number
5000 men, their rif1emen being armed
with modern rifles and using smoke
less powder. The British camped dur
ing the night of March IS one and a
half miles from Sokoto, after a hard
march Of 100 miles from Kaura, with
but little water and having passed
through a difficult country.
At daybreak March IA, the British
moved GU in which Sokoto lies. I'M
mediately after the British appeared
over a ridge the Fulahs charged with
a fanatical bravery, uadeterred by a
whitening Maxim and rife fire They
had no proper leadership. but the iso-
lated bands continued 20 advance over
heaps of dead and dypg. often Only
individuals reaching within a yard of
the square, where, refusing quarter,
they were shot down while shouting
Allah" with their last breath.
The main body of the natives was
finally routed, leaving a remnant of
about thirty chiefs around the emir's
great white flag. These chiefs were
defiant to the last and their corpses
were found hedging the standard when
the British entered the city, which
consisted mostly of matched houses,
it's semi-ruined walls extending even
miles around the place and were
pierced by eight gates.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
U. p. UNDER FIRE.
Called 20 Account Regarding Grain
Rates.

mates.
WASHINGTON. The Interstate
Commerce commission has begun an
investigation to determine whether the
payment or allowances made by the
Union Pacific to Peavey & Co. of Kan
sas City and Council Bluffs for grain
elevator facilities and the grain rates
made to that concern are in violation
Of the interstate commerce law.
The Union Pacific is made respond.
ent in the proceedings and has been
ordered to file a full answer to the
charges by May 25 and to satisfactorily
explain the alleged rebates at a hear
ing to be called hereafter.
The commission in ordering the in
vestigation says it appears that the
Peavey company is purchasing grain
at western points of origin and ship
ping owe the Union Pacific to Council
Bluffs and Kansas City and through
those points to eastern destinations;
that the Union Pacific Uses the ele-
vators of Peavey & Co. for handling
and transferring grain, for which IA
cilities it pays certain stipulated rates,
generally amounting to IL cents per
100 pounds. These rates, it is charged,
result in large payments or allowances
by the Union Pacific to Peavey & Co.
and apparently are excessiveaand greet
er than charges generally imposed or
allowed al Kansas City, Council Bluffs
and other elevator points.
The commission says it appears that
the rebates are not only on the grain
of Pavey G Co., but on grain of all
other shippers passing through the
Peavey elevators, and that the allow
ances may subject other grain shippers
to unjust discrimination and unjust
transportation charges, and that they
enable Peavey & Co. to obtain net rates
less than the regular drafts.
The International & Great Northern
and the St. Louis Southwestern rail-
ways have filed with the Interstate
Commerce commission answers to the
order calling for information regard
ing class and commodity rates from
st. Louis to Texas common points.
Both lines admit making certain adj
vances but deny that the advances
were material or that they were made
to earl unreasonable revenue. The In
ternational & Great Northern says hat
it's cost of operation has been in
creased; that to reconstruct the bridge
equipment will cost upwards of $780,
900, and AYERS that it's net earnings for
the three months ending March 81,
1903 were largely decreased. The other
road makes similar allegation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
General Nebraska News.
GAME WARDEN AFTER sEINERs.
CONSERVATION Created Among Sports
men at Humboldt.

men at Humboldt.
HUMBOLT-Game Warden George
B. Simpkins of Lincoln vas in the
city creating quite a disturbance
among the local sportsmen. The Sec
ton foreman and three or four mem
bers of the force took a vacation Sun
day and, the game warden alleges, re-
paired to a pond west of the city, part
of which is on the right Of way of the
road and part on the land of A. E.
Stalder, and with a seine took from
the water a number of fish in viola
ton of the law. There were six in
the party, and some of them protested
vigorously when a message from the
warden reached them in%structing them
to call at the Park hotel and fix the
matter Up. The number of tsh charg-
ed is ten and under the law the fine
would be $50, which the warden as
serts the men have agreed to pay. On
the other hand, the accused men claim
that the warden is not empowered to
fix and collect a fine without giving
them a trial in some court of compe-
tent jurisdiction. So the matter is at
present unsettled.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Only One n

At a dinner Chancellor Vo BuleOw
gave before his recent departure for
Italy. Emperor William met Professor
Delitszch for the first time since his
majesty criticised the professors lee
ture on the Babylonian origin of the
Bible. The professor is hard of hear
ing, and the emperor's part of the dia-
logue was consequently in a rather
high voice. His majesty greeted him
with: well, professor, We have broken
a lance together since l saw you"
Only Il lance, your majesty" re
sponded the professor to the fact that
he had never replied to the emperor.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
EXECUTES THE INDIAN CHIEF.
Was a Leader of GuerriIIas During the
Revolution.

Was a Leader of Guerrilias During the
Revolution.
PANAMA-Victoriano Lorenzo, the
Indian chief who was a leader of guer-
rlllas during the recent revolution and
who was sentenced to death by a court
martial Friday on various charges of
having committed serious crimes while
in the field, was executed by shooting
here. Governor Nuts and the consul
lar representatives petitioned General
Briceno, the military commander of
the isthmus, to postpone the execution
until the government at Bogota had
time to answer a cablegram sem it
asking that the Indians sentence be
changed to life imprisonment. Gen
eral Briceno refused this petition, say
ing an exemplary punishment was nee
essary. The shooting of Lorenzo has
created a profound impression here,
as it is the first execution for a polit-
!ical crime in Panama.
Lorenzo died bravely. Before he
was shot he said he had only been an
accomplice and not the principal in
the crimes of which he was accused.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
HALF RATES

The Wabash offers many rates to the
East from Chicago:
~BeIlefontaine. o.. and return. Sold
May 29th to June 3rd ..........S7.3
Boston, Mass, and return. Sold July
list to .$2l.0O
Saratoga, y. Y, and return. Sold
July 5th and .SI7.45
Detroit, Mich, and return. Sold July
18th and 18TH h.. e S6.15
All tickets reading over the b
r. Il. between Chicago and Buffalo are
good in either direction via steamer be-
tween Detroit and Buffalo without
extra charge. except meals and berth.
S~topovers allowed Remember this Is
1.-The Cool Northern Route" and all
Agents can sell tickets from Chicago
East via the Wabash.
For folders and all information adj
dress, HARRY e. MOORES.
G. a. +. D.,
Omaha, Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
INSPECTOR for Nebraska Militia.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan
Lieutenant Colonel M. B. Hughes,
Tenth cavalry, has arranged with the
adjutant general of the state of Ne
braska to begin the inspection of state
troops on the 25th inst, but his mem
bership on the c~ourt-martial trying a
number of student officers at the post
may prevent this. 1t is understood he
will ask to be relieved from the court
so as to enable him to carry out his
arrangements with the Nebraska adju-
tant general.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
WOULD COMPEL ARBITRATION
Movement That Is Being lnaugurated
by Chicago Roads.

movement mat IS Bein9 i~naugurated
by Chicago Roads.
CHICAGO.-A movement has begun
by the management of Chicago rail-
roads to compel labor organizations to
agree to submit differences to arbitra-
ton whenever negotiations between
roads and employees fail. The leading
movement is apparently being taken
by the Rock Island, the Burlington and
n or two other strong western lines.
Thus far, however, the proposition
regarding ultimate arbitration has
been either refused or lodged by the
labor organizations.
The arbitration clause is being pro-
posed with a view OF insuring results
and increasing the probability of both
sides beginning negotiations with a
case which they are not afraid to SUBJ
nit to the public.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Stock Drowned at Taylor.

TAYLOR-The heaviest rain storm
of the season, in fact for years, visit
ed this section. The canyons were
all filled by raging torrents of water
which carried everything before it,
washing away numerous bridges and
drowning several head of young cattle.
The waters when they reached the
Loup river valley spread out over the
level country between the hills and
river to a depth of several feet.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Iaconic Lord Russell.

Lord Russell Of KilloweH used to re-
late this story: II remember a case in
which a very innocent remark of my
own elected the fact OF a previous
conviction. A prisoner was addressing
the jury very effectively in his own be-
half. but he spoke In a low voice. and,
not hearing some of his observations,
! said: What did you say? What was
your last sentence?" six months, my
lord" he replied. 1t was Lord Russell
who, in reply TO the question. What Is
the extreme penalty for bigamy?" ut
tered this classic: Two mothers-in-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
An Old Lady's Discovery.

Garrett, Ark, May 18th.-For 10
years Mrs. Mary Dunlop of this place
has suffered with Kidney trouble,
which was so bad at times that 1t
made her life a burden. She tried
much medicine and many treatments,
but got no better.
At last, however, Mrs. Dunlop
claims to have found q perfect rem
edy, and she is so pleased at the won
derful cure she herself has received,
that she is telling ali her friends and
praising the medicine to everyone
she meets.
The name of this medicine Is
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and it has done
wonderful work for Mrs. Dunlop.
Everybody is talking about it, and
some people are claiming to have
been cured of Rheumatism by it
A Mrs. Garrett who lives in Brazlls,
this state, was at the point of death
with some Cerebro-Spinal trouble
and was saved by Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
1t is certain that no other medicine
yer introduced here has done so
much good in such a short time.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
a particuIar WouId.he Groom.

Charles Thenert, a fairly well-to-do
Long Island farmer, wants a wife, but
imposes certain conditions on candi-
dates for a corner in his affections.
For instance, the lady must be a good
h~ousekeeper over 80 years of age. He
is willing to buy his wife two gowns
every year, to cost not more than $40
each, with shoes, hats, etc, to CORE
spond. The future Mrs. TheEert must
agree to forego high-heeled slippers,
open-work stockings, cigarettes and
poodle dogs, the would-be bridegroom
thinking such frivolities are not suited
to a farmers wife.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Land Grabber Sentenced.

ST. LOUIS-Frederick w. FCut, Jr.,
an attorney, was on Friday sentenced
to four years in the ~penitentiary by
Judge Amidon of South Dakota, sitting
for Judge Adams in the United States
district court for violation of the
homestead laws. Fout filed motions
for a new trial and arrest of judgment,
but they were overruled, and he de-
cided to appeal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Shuts Out Automobiles.

order just issued by the Canadian Gus
toms officials no more American auto
mobilists will be permitted to go into
Canada with their automobiles without
paying all duties. The duty is % per
cent of the assessed valuation of the
machine and the duty will be collect
ed each time a machine is taken
into Canada. The duty is plac-
ed not on machines of American
make.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
ORDER IN THE LILLE CASE.
The Mandate of Chief Justice Sullivan
Received.

The order of Chief Justice Sullivan,
~suspending the sentence of Mrs. Lii
lie, the Butler county woman who is
under life sentence in the p~enitnntiary
for the murder Of her husband, has
been received at the office of the
clerk of the supreme court. A copy
of the order has been made and for
warded to the sheriff of Butler coun-
ty. This will leave the woman in But
Ter county until the supreme court
can review the case. 1t will probably
be six months before the ase can
be disposed of, since the supreme
court Will take a vacation before the
case can be reached in tie regular or
der for such cases. This means that
Mrs. Lille will enjoy the comforts of
her private apartments at the Butler
county court house until fall.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
OsceoIa Has Two Attorneys.

OSCEOLA-This village now has
two village attorneys. The board of
village trustees had an adjourned
meeting and elected ex-senator M. A.
Mills for the ensuing municipal year.
The board of officers now stands: F.
D. Mills, city clerk; j. c. Arnold, treas
urer; William Vanhoosen, marshal; N.
B. Nelson, poundmaster, and ex-Sena-
tor NJ. A. Mills, village attorney.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Soldiers Talk to Children.

YORK-SoldieTs of the civil war
and citizens will speak to York county
school children on May %. A part
of the afternoon of May % in all the
schools will be devoted to speeches
of experience of the great civil ON
flict and to teaching practical lessons
of the a
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Remains Brouoht Back.

WAHOO-The remains of Alfred T.
Davis, who died last September while
serving as a soldier in the Philippine
islands, arrived here for burial. De
ceased enlisted from this county two
years ago.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Injuries Prove Fatal.

NEBRASKA CITY-Herbert Mayer,
a ~7-year-old son of Henry Meyer, tried
to cross the track of the Missouri Pa
cifc ahead of the passenger train
from Omaha and was caught on the
pilot of the engine and thrown some
distance. His body was so badly
bruised that he died three hours aft
erwards.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Forty-one Years on Same Farm.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D.-Foster T.
Wheeler, a pioneer settler of Charles
Mix county, has made a remarkable
record, residing on the same farm for
forty-one years.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Jealousy Is cause OF Crime.

ST. LOUIS-Leon Saunders, a bill
lard hall employee, shot and fatally
wounded Mary Burke, with whom he
had been living, and then blew out his
own brains.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
Corn aed by Rain.

OAKLAND, Neb. - Considerable
corn was washed out by the recent
hard rains and the fields will have
to be replanted on account of poor
seed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
MABINl ENDS A BUSY LIFE.
Cholera Catches Former Filipino Sec
rotary of Foreign Affairs.

Rotary OF Foreign Affairs.
MANILA-Mabin1, the former minis
ter of foreign affairs of the Filipino
government, died of cholera at mic
night Thursday. He was attacked
with the disease on Tuesday last.
Since his return from Guam, Ma
binia had lived in seclusion. Captur-
ed correspondence of the Rial prov
ince insurgents showed that he had
been in communication with them, but
the letters were not of a seditiouG
nature.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

All creameries use butter color.
Why o do as they dO-use JUNE
TINT BUTTER COLOR.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

There are two varieties Of the smart
m One has a high forehead and
the other hasn't.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

eff there is anything / hate, it is
for people to try TO make me over on
their ast."-Drake Watson.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

A missionary in the nand is worth
two in the bush.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25C.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

Respect is the featherweight cham
pion of love.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

Sweet things are usually sticky.
That's why so many young men get
stuck on pretty girls.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallihle
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, y. j.. Feb. IL. 1900
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
johnson County Mortgage Record.

Johnson County Mortgage RECORD.
TECUMSEH-During the month of
April there were twenty farm mort
cages filed in the county records of
Johnson county. They aggregated
1872
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

Gossip isn't real bad unless the tell
ing of it makes an hour seem like two
minutes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22

iowa Farms So Per Acre Cash,
balance 4 crop TIL paid. NULHALL.. Sioux City, Ia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-22
GOOD X

Csc the best. That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue. AT leading grocers, 8 cents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
odds and Ends.

A business block in okeene. o. T., was
destroyed by fire.
Yellow fever is prevalent 1T Monterey
Mexico, and that city has been quaran-
tined.
The electric light plant at Horton,
Kan. was destroyed by FIRE, leaving THAI
city without lights.
Japan has asked for an additional 49,.
600 square feet Of exhibition space at
the St. Louis worlds fair.
A second vein Of coal, thirty-six inches
through, has been found at a depth Of
$50 feet at Weir City, Kan.
Mrs. Ira Burdick, who was burned in
a gasoline explosion, died from lockjaw
at her home In Independence, Mo.
Fire destroyed the Auburn Hotel Of
Auburn, Csl., md Daniel Christy and W
Bert Maither were burned to death.
Z. T. Marshall Of Ellsworth County =
said 10 be slated for the position o.
superintendent Of the State reiormatoIy
at Hutchinson, Kan.
Emperor William Of Germany Ordered
a lthograph picture Of President Roose-
veIt made By Hans Fechner. the court
nortrait painter, and when II was com
nleted ordered two copies made. One ne
sent TO Mr.. Roosevelt and the other ne
kept for himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
GETS 4 $4,000. GOO CLAIM.

George Lonstorf Is Master of Mines
After Twenty Years. Warfare.
George Lonstorf Of Milwaukee has Sc
cured control of the famous Section 30'
mining claim in st. Louis County, Mime
sofa, after twenty years of litigation and
the expenditure Of $1,000,0O0 in fighting
for the claim through all the courts in
the land. Last year the Supreme Court
decided the contest in favor of Mr.. Ions
tori and his mother and the three other
claimants, Frank w Eaton of ST. Paul
and Leonidas Merritt and Richard Fa-
gan of Duluth. Opposed to Lonstorf
through all the fight has been the Min
nesota Iron Company and its successor,
the United States Steel C0I poraiion. Mr..
Lonstorf has just bought out the inter
est of the three others. The property
consists of 800 acres of the richest iron
ore i'll the district and it has never been
mined The courts are expected soon to
vest the title to the remaining forty
acres in Lonstorf, as it rests on the
same claim as the balance. Mining men
estimate the district to be worth $l0,
0O00 600.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
TURKS NEAR The BORDER.
IF Turks Advance Bulgarian Force
Will b. Modified.

IF Turks Advance Bulgarian Forces
Will B Modified.
Advices from Bulgaria show that the
situation is growing more serious owing
to reports that the Turkish troops are
slowly nearing the border. If their adj
vance continues there will be general
mobilization of the Bulgarian forces pre-
paratory to meeting eventuabties.
A Russo-Austrian note to the powers
has been received in Paris and is under
consideration. 1t sets forth that in the
event of hostilities between Turkey and
Bulgaria Russia and Austria will not
give their support to either of the par
ties, but will hold each Of them to
strict accountability for their actions. 1t
isA expected that France will adhere to
the Russo-Austrian attitude.
An extraordinary letter, purporting to
have been written by Bulgarian states
man, appears in a Berlin paper. The
writer asserts that q subterranean pas
sage leads from the castle of Euxinograd,
where Prince Ferdinand lives as though
besieged, to the river, and that through it
the prince can escape by water when
convinced that his position is no longer
tenable.
1t is added that Princess Clementine,
mother of Prince Ferdinand, saw King
Edward at Vienna, told him that her
son was in a deplorable position and in
dagger of his life, and begged the King
to have a vessel in readiness to carry him
from Bulgaria. King Edward, it is fur
ther asserted, assured Princess Clemen-
tine that Prince Ferdinand always would
find an asylum in England.
A party of Turks bivouacking near
Giohtepe had with them twenty Bulga-
rian women and girls. Five hundred
fugitive women and children have arrived
at Tekendsche.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

What is regarded as one of the final
steps in the direction of merging the
prominent grocery houses in Ohio has
been taken through the incorporation in
New Jersey of the Ohio Grocery Com
pany. with capital of $11,250,00O, of
which S5,O00,000 is per cent cumula
tive preferred stock. The incorporators
are Lewis B. DAILY, Joseph Mitchell and
b. Il. Lewis. The principal promoters
are F.. G. and NJ. II. Let's of Chicago
and George Bundy of Grand Rapids,
Mich. 1t is claimed the combination will
include more than - per cent of the Ohio
wholesale firms. The promoters say they
will soon meet Indiana wholesale grocers,
options on whose stock have been secur-
ed, and merge from sixteen to eighteen
grocery companies. Illinois will then be
entered and later New York. Eventually
it is planned that the big companies in
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
and Canada shall be merged. The offices
of the company will be in Toledo.