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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
GREAT CROP OF POTATOES.
Yield This Year Estimated a
S,774,245 Bushels.

OMAHA-The Union Pacific has
Just issued an agricultural bulletin
dealing with the potato crop of Ne
braska for 1904. The bulletin shows
that the avreage of Nebraska's potato
that the average of Nebraska's potato
yield 5523,767 bushels. The acreage
this year is estimated at 1852.
The bulletin adds: "It will be seen
that a material increase has taken
place in the acreage planted to pota-
toes. 1t would seem that Nebraska
can successfully engage in potato
raising for commercial reasons. When
one reflects that the total acreage
this year is about one-third the area
of the smallest county in the state it
is evident that potato raising is very
profitable. The western portions of the
state will produce potatoes in great
abundance if the climatic conditions
prevalent for the last four years con-
tinUe'
An estimate by counties Of the 1904
yield is then given and the total yield
is estimated at S,774,245 bushels.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
BATTLE EXPECTED
MOVEMENT AT THE FRONT INDl-
DATE READINESS.
ONLY SKIRMISHES AT PRESENT
A Decided Engagement Was That at
Buddhist Temple HiIl-The Third
General Attack on Port Arthur Be-
gan Oct. "a.

ST. PETERSBURG-The military
situation has not developed anything
of great Importance, although the
fight at the Buddhist Temple hill on
October 27 appears to have been a
decidedly heavy engagement. 1t prob
ably indicate that final moves on both
sides are now occurring preparatory
to another long and serious battle.
Viceroy AleXieff is now on the way
to st. Petersburg. The nature of his
reception here is the food for much
speculation. Some of his friends still
cling to the idea that he will be made
chancellor of the empire, with his
residence in the Winter palace, where,
it is said, suite of apartments has
already been prepared for him. On the
other hand, many declare that his
political career is practically over and
that his reception at ST. Petersburg,
while officially cordial, will mark the
end Of his political ascendancy. 1t is
rumored that the viceroyalty of the
Caucasus will be revived for his spec
ial benefit, which would constitute a
complimentary and comfortable sort
of exile
General Kourpatkin has telegraphed
as follows, under date of October 20:
81 have received today no dispatch
reporting encounters with the enemy.
During a cavalry reconnaissance yes
terday, after an infantry fight sup
ported by artillery, we occupied the
village of Chiantsanhenan The en-
emy has retired from Sindiapu On
October % our chausseurs, with in
significant losses, retained a village
kilometer west of Chenlianpu
against a violent Japanese lombard
ment."
General Kouropatkin also records
other outpost affairs, including the
Russian re-occupation of the village
of Tynsin, short distance south of
Luidziatung, whence they had been
previously expelled by the Japanese,
who burned the village.
CHE FOO-The third general attack
on Port Arthur began October "a, ac-
cording to unimpeachable authority.
On October 26 Japanese shells set fire
to the only smokeless powder maya
zine in Port Arthur. Portions of the
town caught fire and the confagration
continued the whole day. On October
26 the Japanese captured the Russian
trenches on the slope of Rihlung
mountain, also a fortified position
protecting that fortress. The Japanese
consider the progress of the siege to
be highly satisfactory.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
NEW RULING ON INSURANCE.
Attorney General Prout Hands Down
Decision.

LINCOLN. - Nebraska insurance
companies must reinsure their risks
only in companies licensed to do busi-
ness in the state. Attorney General
PrOut has issued an opinion, wherein
he states that insurers transacting
business in this state shall, according
to statute, make a sworn statement
that they will not insure any proper
ty whatever in any manner except
under a policy, which shall be regu-
larly issued and duly cOuntersigned by
its legally authorized agent, resident
property is situated, such agent being
duly licensed by the auditor or state
insurance commissioner"
The attorney general intimates fur
ther that the Legislature intended to-
bring insurers within the jurisdiction
of the state and to require them to
pay fees for the privilege of reinsur-
ing risks. He thinks that a company
authorized to transact business in
Nebraska has no authority to reinsure
the companies not so authorized. This
makes it necessary, in compliance
with the foregoing opinion, for all
companies issuing policies of reinsur-
ance on Nebraska risks to be regular
ly admitted to transact business in
this state; also that all policies of re-
insurance be signed by some regular
ly licensed agent in the state.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Treasurers Are Liable.

LINCOLN. - Attorney General
Prout has handed down an opinion
to the effect that county treasurers
are liable for the non-collectiOn or re-
to them by other county treasurers
for collection. The county clerk Of
Gosper county had sent in the query
as to whether county treasurers to.
whom the county treasurer of Cos
per county had issued distress war
rants were liable for the collection or
false return of the same. Passages,
from the law governing tax collections
are quoted in the attorney generals
opinion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
COMPILATION OF INDIAN LAWS.
Two Volumes of 1,2oo Pages Each
Fully Indexed.

WASHINGTON-A revised edition
of the compilation of the laws and
treaties relating to Indian affairs,
compiled and edited under direction
of congress by Charles J. Happier,
chief clerk of the United States SEN
ate committee on Indian affairs, has
been issued by the government print
ing Office. This compilation is en-
braced in two quarto volumes of 1900
pages each, and contains all treaties
ever made with the Indian tribes and
all laws relating to the various In
dians enacted by congress up to the
present time, together with executive
orders creating reservations, procla-
nations, statistics, trust funds, etc.
The revised edition includes the sig
natures to the treaties, many treaties
that were heretofore unobtainable
and other useful information. Each
volume is fully indexed, making re-
search easy. The statutes at large
is followed in it's makeup. The COM
pilation of the Indian treaties and
laws has been recommended for many
years by the secretary of the interior,
commissioner of Indian affairs and
both Indian commissions Of congress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
RELIEVES TENSION IN PARIS.
Thinks British Goodness Is Giving
Way to Excess.

way TO EXCESS
PARASITIC news from London
late Friday evening that the Anglo
Russian trouble had been put in the
way of settlement by adoption of the
principle of reference to a committee
of inquiry, in connection with the
lines laid down by The Hague con-
ference, has relieved the tension
which has been felt the last few
days. The sentiment of the public
and press in regard to the North sea
incident has undergone change
since Thursday. 1t was then in fa-
vor of Great Britain. The dominant
note Friday is criticism of Great Brit
aims precipitancy. The Gaulois re-
fers to the impatient British effer-
vescence," and the Figaro says the
real situation did not warrant the
alarmist British reports.
The Echo de Paris comments sar-
castically on the "ultimatums" issued
by the British press and declares
that British dignity and coolness are
giving way to excess.
The view continues to prevail that
Great Britain has right on her side,
but she was likely to lose this posi-
tion of vantage by the imperativeness
of her attitude toward Russia. The
tone of the evening papers was much
more optimistic.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Wolf Bounty Claim Void.

Parties holding wolf bounty claims
against the state that were rejected
by Auditor Weston because they had
not been filed in his office within two
years of their date, will not get their
money. The supreme court decided
this in the case brought up from the
Lancaster county district court where
in the Lincoln Safe and Trust COM
pany sued Auditor Weston for the
value of claims that he had rejected.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Two Queens Worked for Peace.

COPENHAGEN - The Associated
Press learns that the North sea af-
fair caused the deepest anxiety to
King Christian of Denmark, who de-
clared that. should an Anglo-Russian
war result, it would be the cause of
his death. The dowager empress of
Russia promised her father, the king,
to use her greatest efforts to prevent
a conflict 1t is stated that hundreds
of dispatches were exchanged be-
tween the dowager empress and the
queen of Great Britain during the
week Just passed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Ranchman nisannears.

STURGIS, S. D.-Word has been
received here of the disappearance
of James Garrett, a resident of the
Cave Hills country. 1t seems Garrett
had gone out to place some poison for
wolves. The horse he rode is said to
have come home to the ranch with a
bullet hole through the saddle. This
as led the people of that vicinity to
believe that he has been murdered.
A large number Of men have been
securing the country for the man,
but at last accounts he had not been
found, nor any trace of him.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
NEWS IN NEBRASKA
MORE SUGAR THAN BEFORE.
Factory at Ames Making New Record
This Season.

dIhOiJ a. SNH'Co h6T>''S
This Season.
FREMONT.-The Standard Beet
Sugar company at LeaVitt Will make
more sugar this season than In an!
previous year, and on account OF the
high test of the beets, at less eX-
pense than in previous years. 1t Is
estimated that $4,000 tons will go
through before the season ends. and
$500 tons of sugar manufactured. The
Jeets are testing an average OF Is per
cent and from eight and one-half to
nine tons to the acre. The company
pays a fiat price this year, $4.75 and
S5.25. the latter for sliced beets. All
the beets raised around here are de-
livered direct to the factory, but some
from the western country VIII be
sliced and delivered in December.
Last week 2SS tons were run through
the factory, which is above the aV-
erage, which is about 500 tons Tor
each twenty-four hous. This average
cannot be maintained, as the factory
has to partially shut down for
cleanup" once in ten days.
The company has succeeded in saw
ing a higher percentage of sugar this
season, the estimated amount being
better than last year, which was
261 % pounds of granulated sugar per
ton. The first season it was only 2O4.
This year it will probably reach 265,
and as the expense of operation will
be less on account of the high per-
centage of sugar, the net profit per
ton will be much larger than in any
previous season. The amount paid
out for beets will not be far from
$245,000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Against Home Cooperative.

The supreme court has sustained the
validity of the act giving the state
banking board control over INSTALL
ment investment companies and has
given Judgment of custer against the
Northwestern Trust company OF
Omaha, a corporation that sought to
continue business without authority
from the state banking board. This
company. operating on the home CO.
operative plan. refused to comply with
the act passed by the legislature two
years ago, and Attorney General Prout
began action.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
M. S. Phillips Drops Dead.

CHICAGO-While listening to the
pitiful tale of deserted wife Myron
S. Phillips. real estate dealer.
dropped dead Friday in the grand
jury room. He was serving as mem
Der of the October grand jury and
had been an attentive listener while
the woman testified. AS he rose from
his chair to demand tho husbands
indictment for abandonment, he fell
three minutes later. Heart disease
was the cause. Phillips came to Chi
cago in 1892 from Hebron. Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Parker Ready for Speaking Trip.

ESOPUS, N. Y.-Judge Alton B.
Parker will start for New York at
noon Monday to begin his speaking
campaign. He spent quiet Sunday.
He attended church at Kingston, ac-
companied by George F. Parker,
chairman of the literary bureau of the
democratic national committee, who
has been a guest at Rosemount since
Friday and who will go to New York
with the judge Monday. The candi-
date has practically completed the
preparation of the speeches he will
make this week
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
NOTE TO RUSSIA.
British Government Demands Apology
For Attack.

FOT @tldOhs
LONDON-Great Britain has sent a
long and urgent note to the Russian
government, officially detailing the
circumstances of the amazing and un-
explained attack by the Russian sec
ond Pacific squadron during the night
of October 81 on British fishing boats
in the North sea. The text of the
note has not been given out, but it
Is officially stated Y'om the foreign
Office that it contains the significant
announcement that the situation Is
one which, in the opinion of his ma
jesty's government, does not brook de-
lay.
Meanwhile the conservative public
and press are remarkably undemon-
strative. AS usual the jingo element,
democrats and even some officials go
SO far as to say that it may be nee
essary to stop the Pacific fleet pend
though this extreme measure, it is
believed, will not be necessary. Ey-
erywhere there is evidence of the
very positive opinion that this is no
time for the usual diplomatic dilly-
dallying; that there must be no de-
lay and no limit set by Russia to it's
apology or the extent of compensation
for sufferers by what King Edward
himself terms "the unwarrantable ac-
tion' of the Baltic squadron COM
manders.
The king sent the following mes
sage of sympathy to the mayor of
Hull:
From Francis Knollys, Bucking-
ham Palace, Oct. "a, 1904-To His
Worship, the Mayor of Hull: The king
commands me to say that he has
heard with profound sorrow of the
unwarrantable action which has been
committed against the North sea fish
ing fleet and asks you to express the
deepest sympathy of the queen and
his majesty with the families of those
who have suffered from this most la
mentable occurrence.
"KNOLLYS."
(Francis Knollys, baron of Faver-
sham, is the private secretary of King
Edward.l
The deep resentment of the whole
British public, however, is reflected
by the incident at the Victoria sta
ton Monday night on the arrival of
Count Benckendorff from the CONT
nent. There is no attempt anywhere
among men Of responsibility to mag
nifty the occurrence into a deliberate
act of war, but in view of the pres
ent inability to find an explanation
there is being poured upon the heads
of the officers of the squadron a flood
of invective and insinuation, though
incompetence first and thereafter
complete panic is the most generally
accepted explanation. Thus far no Of
ficial word has been received from st.
Petersburg as to the attitude Of the
Russian government. ~
The fact that it had been decided
during the day to prepare a semi-offi
cial note expressing the regret of the
Russian government and its willing
ness to make full reparation so soon
as the responsibility was fixed was
communicated by the Associated
Press to Lord Lansdowne and was
the first information on the subject
he had received from st. Petersburg.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
A MINE DISASTER
BETWEEN THIRTY AND SIXTY
MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES.
FIRE FOLLOWS The ERUPTION
Great Timbers and Rocks Thrown
from the Mouth of the Mine-No
Hope of Rescuing Any of the En-
tombed Miners.

TRINIDAD, Colo-A terrific ex-
plosion occurred at mine No. OF the
Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron COM
pany at Teroio, forty miles due west
of Trinidad. at 80 Friday afternoon
and the number of dead is variouslN
placed between thirty and sixty men.
The number reported as having gone
into the mine in the morning was
seventeen miners and four company
men. In the afternoon many more
miners are known to have gone into
the mine and the exact number of
dead may never be known, as the
mine is burning and in all likelihood
the bodies will be cremated.
A large number of mine officials
left here as soon as word of the acci-
dent was received. Company doctors
were picked up all along the line, as
we'll as all other available physicians.
United States Government Stock
Inspector T. ]. Foreman was at the
Teroio when the explosion occurred.
He returned her last night and gives
the following account of the affair:
81 was standing not more than 800
yards from the mouth of the tunnel
when the explosion occurred. The eX-
plosion was preceded by low rum
bling sound resembling an earth
quake, which made the earth tremble
and startled the whole camp.
81 looked toward the mine and out
of the mouth of the tunnel and the
two air shafts came great volumes of
smoke and dust, which continued for
nearly a minute. Out Of the two air
shafts, each of which are seven feet
in diameter, timbers that were fully
two to three feet in diameter were
shot into the air and broken into
splinters. Rocks were thrown over the
camp for a distance Of quarter OF
mile. In fact, it rained rock, broken
timbers and all kinds of debris, for
fully a minute and many people were
injured by being struck with these
missiles.
Immediately after the explosion,
which was for all the world like a
volcanic eruption, the widest excite
ment ensued. Women, men and chill
dren rushed to the mouth of the tun-
mel and women whose husbands were
in the mine had to be brought away
by miners to keep them from being
killed by deadly fumes coming from
the mouth of the tunnel"
The mine works eighty men and 1t
is believed that sixty men were in
the mine at the time.
News of the explosion brought as
sistance from the adjacent camps and
hundreds of men are trying to get into
the mine Deadly fumes overcome the
rescuers frequently, but their places
are Immediately takn by othrs ready
are Immediately taken by others ready
possible that anyone in the mine can
escape death, if they are not all dead
already.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
NEBRASKA DAY AT THE FAIR.

One Thousand Residents of State Take
Part in Ceremonies at ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS-Headed by Governor
J. H. Mickey 1000 Nebraskans cele-
brated Nebraska day. at the Worlds
fair on Tuesday. The formal cere-
monies took place in Festival hall.
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews Of
the University of Nebraska offered
the invocation. Addresses were made
by President Francis of the exposi-
ton, Governor Mickey, Hon. John Lee
Webster of Omaha and G. w. Wattles
of Omaha, president of the State
Worlds Fair commission.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

can epidemic of rabies has struck
this town." wrote an editor, but the
printer spelled rabies" with 'b"
instead of an "r" and now the editor
bushes every time he appears upon
the street.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

To a man like the sculptor st. Gau-
dens the loss by fire of his studio,
with it's irreplaceable treasures, en-
phasizes with peculiar pathos the sig
nifcance of the truth that Life Is
short and art is long"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Drops Dead at Political Meetino.

MILWAUKEE,, visa Sentinel
special from Baraboo, Wis, says:
Former County Treasurer Archie
Christie dropped dead at the feet of
Governor La Toilette on the platform
of the local hall in which the gov
ernor spoke just as he was about to
grasp the hand of the executive in
congratulation at the conclusion of
his address.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Witboi, the chief Of the Hottentots
has declared war on Emperor VIII.
liam and the German nation generally
William has got good fighting stuff in
him and we believe he is going to
win.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Even the London Times says it
can't understand Mr.. Kipling's latest
book. This is probably the first time
on record that the Times has admitted
its inability to understand anything
and everything.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Sentenced for HIGHWAY Robbery.

PAPILLION.-In the district court
in the case of Erve Hike and James
Dillon Hike, having been found gull
ty of highway robbery, the attorney
for the defense advised his client to
plead guilty, which he did. Judge
Sutton sentenced him-TIike to four
years and Dillon to three years in the
penitentiary.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

If Jupiter has any inhabitants they
must have been more or less inter.
ested lately in observing the transit
of an insignificant planet, known here
as the earth, across the suns disk.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

"Jack Root predicts that Jim JEFF
fries will be champion until his teeth
fall out" says the San Francisco Bull
letin. And chap will face him some
day ere long with punch that will
make 'em fall out.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

1t is simply wonderful how much
some American railway officials can
forget about their business when they
get on the witness stand.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

A Chicago girl has been awarded
$4,000 damages against street car
company after nine years of litigation.
The question now is, How long will
it take her to collect it?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Automobiling may cause the legs
of its deyotees to waste away and be,
come useless, but it tends to cultivate
strength and activity in the legs Of or.
binary pedestrians.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

An esteemed contemporary says
there is a marked conflict of views
as to the remarriage of innocent par.
ties to Divorces" What is an 'in-
nocent party to a divorcee?"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Ten million pills were taken into a
New York police court as evidence
the other day. Now let the mathe-
maticians get busy and tell the world
how high the pills would have reached
If they had been piled one on top Of
another.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Whether man descended from the
monkeys or from the gods is not near
ly so important as the question of his
present conduct and the promptness
with which he pays his bills.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04
Yellow Fever in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY-There are six cases
of yellow fever at Texistpe. There are
in all twenty-four patients. The last
patient has left the hospital at Te
hauntepec. Merida reports two new
cases and Santa Cruz four new cases.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Osceola has the opportunity to get
a park in the heart of the city, for
DR.. Smith of Cedar Rapids. Ia, who is
a large land owner in the county, as
we'll as in Osceola, has offered to give
the village a whole block of land, 800
feet square, for a park.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

About the best thing that can be
said for war, as the discussion now in
progress indicates, is that sometimes
it is a bad way of getting good re-
suits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

A Chicago milkman has sued a
stock company for the value of Ger,
tain shares in which he invested 5000.
Presumably there was too much water
in the stock.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

A New South Wales woman has a
scheme for curing consumption with
hot air. But hasn't this been tried
ineffectively before?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

Mr.. Alfred Austin. England's poet
laureate, can see little good in The
present generation. He says that
manners ard literature alike have
declined. The poets, too. are deteri
Grating. Perhaps there Is one excep
ton, just one.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

The doctors say free lunches serve
to spread diseases. There are people
who will insist that anyone who would
tackle free lunch deserves to catch
diseases.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-11-04

All the married women are getting
their lives insured. Will the hus-
bands continue to warn them about
drafts and damp feet?