The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Brief kilograms

49, oOA III AN1h IOlh ~
Gently purchased the far-faned gran.
lie mountain of Texas.
In Paris a youth attempted kill his
father in order that a. a widows son
he might escape CONSUMPTION.
Coins are classed, according to their
state Of preservation, as proof" "un-
circulated, fine" good" fair" and
poor"
John Sharp Williams, the new dem
ocratic leader in the national house
of representatives, rarely, if ever,
loses his temper.
According to the census taken by
the prefecture of the Seine there are
at present in Paris 1880 Italians, Az
600 Belgians, and $4,000 Germans.
Arthur Chamberlain of Birmingham,
England, a nephew of Joseph Cham
berlain, has been touring Canada, part
ly on business and partly on pleasure.
Plans are being made to erect a
monument to the philosopher Kant in
Berlin, to be unveiled on the occa-
sion of the Tooth anniversary of his
death in 1904.
The queen of Holland has just ap-
pointed an Englishrnan, Rev. Kirsopp
Lake of Lincoln college, Oxford, a the
illogical professor at the famous Dutch
university of Leyden.
F. N. R. Martinez, the musical and
art critic Of the New York World, died
after a months illness, resulting from
paralysis. Mr.. Martinez was born in
San Francisco in 1S49.
Consul Louis Kaiser writes from Ma
zatlan. Mexico, June 16, 1903, that that
port has been declared open by Pres
ident Diaz. All restrictions on traffic
have now been removed.
President Roosevelt sent Miss Sarah
z. Provost, the principal of the Cove
Neck school at Oyster Bay, a check
sufficiently large to give every pupil
a handsome Christmas present.
Resolutions have been adopted by
the chamber of m of Pensa-
cola, Fla, urging representatives Of
Florida in congress to vote for the rat
iication OF the Panama treaty.
udNS oCSst iSNCINSu at Sul
Francisco from Washington by local
transport officials to get the troop
ships Sherman and Newport in readi-
ness for service Immediately.
The pope has issued of his own ac-
cord a note on the subject of sacred
music in churches. recommending the
Gregorian chant. The note will be
published in the Osservatore Romano.
William 2. Frye of Maine boasts of
being the only great-grandfather ~
the United States senate, a girl baby
having arrived at the home of his
grandson. William Frye White, in
Washington.
Premier Sedden OF New Zealand is
being crltIcized for unloading his rela-
tives on the government. 1t is said
that he and eight of his relatives are
~rawlng an average of $4,000 each in
salary.
The congregation of the propaganda
has received information that Arch
bishop Chappelle will visit Rome in
the near future for the purpose TO OBJ
tanning a definite settlement of church
questions in Cuba and Porto Rico.
The striking union miners arrested
at Telluride. Colo. some time ago
charged with vagrancy, are said to
have been all released and ordered to
go to work or leave town. They have
o as -et complied with the order.
Announcement was made of the ap-
pointment of c.. NJ. Waters as superin-
tendent O. the division of salaries and
allowances of the p~ostofice depart
ment, to succeed George W. Beavers.
10 AXE effect January l next. Mr..
Waters is now acting superintendent
of the division.
Bishop Thomas Bowman of Eass
Orange. N. J., the oldest living Meth
odist bishop, who has just passed his
seth birthday, has just made public a
story in which he tells how he warned
President Lincoln that he was in dan
ger of being assassinated by John
Wilkes Booth five days before the trag-
edy occurred.
The Harmony club of Seattle. com
posed of 314 of the most prominent
Jews in that city. has sent messages of
appeal to President Roosevelt. the
members of the Washington delegation I
in congress and William R. Hearst of {
New York, asking aid and intercession
in behalf of the Jews who are in dan
ger of massacre in Kishineff. {
Prof. Giovanni Livi, director of the .
state archives of Bologna. which town d
Is the principal center of Dante's fame. '
has founu a parchment dated 1928, on :
which are two pen sketches represent
ng Dante crowned in Bologna. This Z
discovery will prove of great interest Z
o those who are searching for an au- 1
-hentic portrait of the poet. .
Sir John See. the premier of New I
South wales. has added a new phrase {
the political vocabulary. Urged Z
o bring pressure to bear upon the I
commonwealth government in a GER
ain cause. he replied With a worried "
nd irritated air that he might just :.
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