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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
STRIKE TO GO ON
THE CONFERENCE TO SETTLE
MATTERS AvAILS NOTHING.
NO CONCESSIONS FORTHCOMING
Strikers Have Not Changed Their Po-
sition and the Packers Prepared to
Offer Only Such Terms as They
Have Offered Before.

Observation-Disclosures Of the
committee appointed earlier in the
week to attempt a settlement of the
stock yards strike, with the parties
to the dispute, resulted in nothing
There is no present prospect hat they
will result in anything in the future
and the chances of an agreement be
tween the packers and strikers appear
very meager.
The strike. leaders appeared before
the committee and stated their side
of the case. They did not suggest to
the aldermanic committee that it
make any overtures to the packers,
but simply gave their view of the sit
uation.
Representatives Of the packers
then appeared before the committee.
After a session that lasted three
hours Mayor Harrison said:
"The packers have said just what
they have said before; that they are
running their plants and have nothing
to arbitrate, and that there is no rea
son why they should confer with the
men.
1--WE heard a review of the entire
strike trouble and the packers say
that in every city except Chicago and
Omaha the strike is over and they as
sert that with 20 per cent as many
men as they employed in Chicago be-
forn Tho cfri1yo fhDI- nrn nOuy f,,rnin0
out 80 per cent of the normal output"
Labor leaders tonight announced
that in all probability the butchers
strike would be settled ~peaceably be-
fore next Wednesday,. They declined
to explain the cause of their belief,
but were positive in their statements
that the strike would not be called
off.
President Donnelly of the butchers
has called all the members of the
butchers executive board to meet in
Chicago next Wednesday.
Union leaders and packers con-
ferred with the committee appointed
by the city council to seek terms of
settlement of the stock yards strike.
Separate sessions were arranged.
President Donnelly of the butcher
workmen, Matthew Carr of the allied
trades conference board and Organ
iZer John J. Fitzpatrick of the Chi
cage Federation of Labor were Sc
lected to represent the unions. Presi-
dent Donnelly was hopeful.
1T is a game of checkers" said
Mayor Harrison at the end of an
hours conference with President Don
nelly's committee.
THE strikers have not changed
their position" said the mayor, land
the meeting resulted only in the al
dermen being given a full explanation
of what hat position is. President
Donnelly told of the history of the
original strike, the agreement to re-
sumo work and the strikers side of
the renewal of the strike"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Fl CROP REPORT.
Abundant Rains Have Fallen in Corn
Belt.

WASHINGTON-The weekly crop
report issued by the weather bureau
is as follows:
The drouth prevailing in portions
of the central valleys in the previ-
GUS week has been relieved by abun-
dant rains, but drouth continues in
central and western Tennessee and
is beginning to be felt in the middle
gulf states and over a considerable
part Of Texas. The central and north
ern Rocky mountain districts and the
north Pacific coast region are also
suffering from drouth, the prevalence
of forest fires being reported from
Idaho and Montana. The latter part
of the week was too cool in the lake
region and unseasonably low temper
atures occurred in the northern
Rocky mountain districts and upper
Mississippi valley on the 21st and
22d, but elsewhere east of the Rocky
mountain district the temperature
has been favorable.
The principal states have expert
enced a week of good conditions,
abundant rains having fallen through
out the corn belt, except in portions
of Ohio and Nebraska. Corn has
made satisfactory progress in most
of the Missouri valley and is gener-
ally improved in the central Missis-
sippi and Ohio valleys, although a
considerable part of the crop in the
Ohio valley has been injured beyond
recovery. In the middle Atlantic
states and lower Missouri valley
early corn is now partly matured.
Spring wheat harvest is generally
finished, except in North Dakota and
northern Minnesota, where rust is
continuing to cause great injury.
Rains in North Dakota in the latter
part of the week interrupted harvest
ing. Harvesting is also nearly fin
ished on the north Pacific coast.
Reports indicate a general scarcity
of apples in the greater part of the
middle Atlantic states and central
valleys, but in New England, New
York and the lake region the outlook
is more favorable, a good crop being
promised in the two last mentioned
sections.
The reports respecting potatoes in
dictate a good crop is generally prom
ised in the more prominent potato
producing states. Drouth has i'm
paired the outlook in portions of the
Ohio valley, however, and rot and
blight are increasing in Pennsylvania.
Throughout the central valleys and
middle Atlantic states the soil is in
fine condition for fall blowing, which
work is in general progress and well
advanced in some places.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
THE MOON BECOMES SPOTTED
Observations of Prof. Pickering of
Lowe Observatory.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-A telegram
has been received here from Prof. w.
H. Pickering, who is at the Lowe OBJ
servatory, California, tending to con-
firm an observation of a spot on the
moon, made by him last month. He
saw a hazy patch in the large lunar
crater, Plato, which had not been de-
tected before. 1t was again seer on
August 2 and 8. 1t had then grown
dark, measured about two inches in
diameter and resembled a SMALL era
ter. The object is said to coincide
in position with a previously record
ed c%ratorlet, but is apparently larger.
Renewed scrutiny in the last few days
reveals the continued existence of the
feature, which now measures three
miles across Two other tiny crater
lets and a dark spot on the floor of
Plato, not previously reported, also
are announced by Prof. Pickering.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
THE EASTERN WAR.
THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR
SEEMS NOW IMMINENT.
REPORTS OF CORRESPONDENTS
Japs Are Now Within Main Defenses
and Their Guns Command Town
Capture All Outlying Fortifications.

LONDON-The Chronicles CORE
spondent with General Kuroki, cab
ling under date of August "a, via Flu
san, August 25, says: "The fall of
Port Arthur is imminent. The Japan
csc are now within the main d~efenses
and their guns command the town.
Desperate fighting occurs night and
day and the losses on both sides are
enormous.
1.-THE Russians are making curious
counter attacks, but the Japanese are
clinging to the positions they have
won at so great a cost"
LONDON-The Daily Nails Kobe
correspondent, in a dispatch dated
Saturday last, says: Following is
the position of Port Arthur: The
Japanese have captured all the out
lying Notifications, but the Russians
still hold the citadel on Anteshan,
Golden Hill forts and the forts on
Tigers Tail and Liaoti mountains.
The Japanese are in possession of
the parade ground and barracks I'M
der the A%nteshan fort on the out
skirts.
"The fall of Port Arthur is believed
to be imminent. 1t is believed that
the garrison will make a desperate
sortie before the end comes"
LAO YANG-The Russians retired
from Anshanshan yesterday after a
fight which began on the morning of
August &c, and continued in a desult-
DRY manner all day and night.
Arrangements for a battle had been
completed by night time, when the
order to retire was given on account
of the situation to the east.
The order was received with dis
appointment by the troops. The re-
tirement was made in an orderly man
ner.
The plain between Anshanshan
and Hal Cheng was covered with ia
panese troops, who burned the bridge
and shelled the railway station after
the Russian retirement. The Russian
losses amount to 800.
The Japanese are advancing with
great rapidity.
The position at Kaofengshik at 2
o'clock this morning va unchanged.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
WANTS AMERICA TO LEAD WAY
London Newspaper Thinks United
States Should Act at Shanuhai.

LONDON newspaper thinks OnlISG
States Should Act at Shanghai.
LONDON-The afternoon papers
here take it for granted that if in
tervention is necessary at Shanghai
the powers will act together in up
holding the neutrality of China equal
ly against both belIigerents.
The Westminster Gazette says: eff
the American government will lead
the way in this matter it will be doing
a service to all the governments, for
it is high time that the neutral powers
come to an understanding about the
meaning and limits of China's neutral
ity so as to be able to act together
and arrive at a solution of the COM
pllcated situation"
The Pail Mall Gazette considers
that the powers should follow at
Shanghai the correct precedent be set
by Germany at Kiao Chou and insist
on the obedience Of the Russians to
the order to leave or disarm without
delay, and thus settle the whole ques-
ton of neutral Chinese ports for the
remainder of e war.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
JAPS GETTING VERY cLOSE.
Chinese Say AssaiIants Have Reached
the Home of General StoesseI.


CHE Forthcoming to Chinese ad-
vies brought here from Port Arthur
by a junk the Japanese were hotly
pressing the Russian center along the
railway and the Russian right in the
vicinity of Golden Hill. The Chinese
declare that the Japanese occupied
Taipingtse and penetrated along the
railway to General Stoessel's resi-
dence on August 81.
AS this report would indicate that
Port Arthur had all but fallen the
Japanese expert attached to the local
consulate received the information
with great reserve. The information
is accepted, however, as a confirma-
ton Of previous reports that the Rus
slams have been driven from Itshan
and that the japanese are very close
to the southern forts and the eastern
d%efenses.
The local japanese, under the lead
ership of their consul, are subscribing
money and preparing to celebrate the
expected fall of the fortress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Money to Aid Irish Cause.

NEW YORK-John E. Redmond,
the Irish leader, and those who came
to America with him, Captain A. J.
c. Donelan, Patrick O'Brien, Connor
O'Kelly and Mrs. Redmond, were
rendered a reception Sunday night in
Carnegie hall by the New York NUM-
cipal Council of the United Irish
League. of America. Mr.. Redmond,
Captain Donelan, Mr.. O'Brien, Mr..
O'Kelly and w. Bourke Cochran
spoke. Ten thousand dollars was
either subscribed or paid in cash to-
ward the Irish fund.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Cable to Alaska comnIeted.

SEATTLE, Wash.-Amid the cheer
ing of 800 men and women. the
s%hrieking of whistles and the play
ing of the national anthem, the final
splicing of the Sitka-Alaska govern
ment cable was made Sunday in the
harbor ten miles out of Seattle. Ten
minutes later Mayor Ballinger of Sc
attic cut the rope holding the Joined
ends of the wires aboard the United
States ship Burnside, and with a
splash the completed wire connecting
the United States and Alaska fell to
the bottom of Pugent Sound.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
IN A X
MUST BE GOOD PAPER
The Public Intends to Be Protected
by the State Printing Board.

10y lIC 0kdkC using
LINCOLN-Hereafter all paper pub
lished by the state printing board VIII
have to come up to specifications or
it will be rejected. Secretary Frazier
of the board has just received from
the manufacturers a paper scale, a
Mullin tester and a caliper, by the
aid of which any paper can be &C
curately tested. The Mullin tester is
an involved contrivance operated by
compressed air for the purpose Of de-
termining the breaking strength OF
paper, while with the calipers the
gauge of the paper is easily deter
mined and the weight completes the
test.
1t is the purpose of the printing
board to make it impossible for bid
ders to offer inferior substitutes in
stead of the papers called for in the
contracts let. The practice has pre-
vailed to a considerable extent and
often to the loss of the state. The
eventual result of the adoption of the
testing apparatus will be to do away
with the purchase of paper according
to the name in the water mark, and
the selection of standard grades &C
cording to the grade, weight per ream
and the breaking strength. That will
greatly simplify the business of pur-
chasing paper for the use of the
many departments of the state gov
eminent.
When all paper is bought according
to the quality and weight the compe-
tition in furnishing such supplies to
the state will be open to the world.
Under the present system, where the
state officers make requisition for diff
ferent brands, the Nebraska dealers
who have the sale or such brands en-
joy a practical monopoly of the bid
ding for the supply of that depart
ment
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
PLUcKY GIRL SAVES LIFE
Does Not Lose Presence of Mind
When Gasoline Explodes.

LINCOLN-Cool and alert, Miss
Lena Miller saved her life and the
farm of her father near Denton. A
gasoline can exploded, her clothing
caught fire and the flames spread
throughout the house. Beating out
the flames on her clothing she smOth-
cred the fire with blankets and saved
the building.
She was painfully burned, but her
face will not be disfigured. She is the
19-year-old daughter of County AS
SCISSOR Miller
The cries of Miss Miller alarmed
her brother He fastened upstairs
and found her battling with the
flames. Selling a pail of water he
came to her assistance, but found that
the moisture had caused the fire to
spread, so he seized blankets me as
sisted her.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Look for Bio Attendance.

State Superintendent Fowler has
received a letter from Principal Crab
tree of the Peru normal, stating that
there are prospects of an increased
attendance as compared with last
year. He states that he is receiving
more inquiries from high school
graduates and experienced teachers
than usual. Some of the teachers are
already coming in. The work on the
new chapel building is making good
progress, according to Mr.. Crabtree.
The walls are up to the first or chapel
floor, while the iron work is in place.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
OfTcehoIderS.

WASHINGTON-In view of the
approaching election, the civil service
commission has addressed a letter to
the heads of all government depart
ments and bureaus, calling their at
tention tc violations of the civil SER
vice law which have occurred in the
last political campaigns and i~nclosing
a circular containing a warning
against The demanding or paying OF
political assessments and partisan
activity of o~fficeholders. PTosecu-
ton and punishment will follow VIC
lations OF the law.
sgz WV
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
WOMAN BLOWS HER HEAD OFF
Mrs. Cole of Hardy Suicides by the
Shotgun.

HARDY-Mrs. Wallie Cole, who had
been in poor health for some time,
committed suicide at the family home,
three and a half miles northwest of
this place. She loaded and cooked
both barrels of a shotgun, put the
muzzle under her chin and discharged
one barrel. The right side of her
face and the top of her head were
blown off. 1t is thought she was de-
ranged. The corpse was discovered
lying on the kitchen floor by two little
girls, who notified the men in the field.
Mrs. Cole was the mother of a daugh-
ter 8 years old and of baby 2 months
old,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
japanese Minister Visits Adee.

WASHINGTON-Mr Takahira, the
Japanese minister, called upon Act
ing Secretary Of State Adee to talk
of the settlement of the questions
connected with the presence of the
two Russian warships in the harbor
of Shanghai. The minister expressed
qualification at the outcome of the ne
gotiations in the agreement to dis
arm the vessels and lay them up dur
ing the war, but regarded it as es-
sential that the completeness of dis
armament of the ships be established.
to Japan's satisfaction.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE.
Nebraska Executive Will See New
Battleship Christened.

LINCOLN, Neb.-Governor Mickey
and twenty-five invited guests will go
to Seattle to witness the christening
and launching of the ~battleship Ne
braska. A Nebraska girl, probably
Miss Maria Mickey, will toss the bot
tie of champagne against the hull of
the vessel. However, the governor
may object to any member of his fam
lily handling intoxicating liquor, and
in that event the honor will fall to
some n else. The governor has no.
titled the s%hipbuilding authorities that
he will be present.
Those who will accompany him will
be state officials and politicians.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
To Improve Platte River:

FREMONT-A plan to improve The
Platte river by turning the current
which now washes against the earth
bank west of this city over into the
channel running south of the islands
is being considered and will likely
be brought before the county board.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Once a boyhood friend visited Ros'
ooe Conkling when a law student
Meeting a supercilious reception when
he asked, Studying to be a lawyer;
Roscoe?" he retorted, You ought to
study to be a supreme court justicei'
He meant it for a sheer, but that's the
way every law student ought to study
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Accident at the Races.

BEATRTCE-Isaac Haddan, an old
resident of Southern Gage county,
was run over by a horse and probably
fatally injured at Barneston. A horse
ace was in progress, when n of
the animals jumped the track and
landed among the spectators.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Killed by Kick of a Horse.

LEIGH-Miss Maud Fry, the II
year-old daughter of Jonas Fry, a
prominent and well-to-do farmer liv-
ing eleven miles southeast of this
city, was kicked by a horse and was
almost instantly killed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

The birth of the cars son is expect,
ed to weaken the influence of Pobyed'
onostseff. That will mean something
worth while if the boy w does any
thing else of Importance.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

An %irreverent contemporary de
scribes society as moving along to,
ward Saratoga" Those poker chips
and Saratoga chips" will soon be
moving along also.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

The new Holland flying machine
costs but $40. Glad to see these little
modern conveniences gradually get:
ting down to within 1899 of their
actual value.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

A suit against Armour for $1,000,
600 is said to be a friendly action. The
average maj would take il as IN
friendly, to say the least, to be sued
for a million.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

The young Russian Alexis has al
ready been made an honorary colonel
but this will naturally cause his roya'
mother less anxiety about him than
if he were serving in the navy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02
Bind Over AIIeqed Horse Thief.

COLUMBUS-W. F. Carter, who is
charged with stealing a horse and
buggy from George Winslow, a livery
man here, had his preliminary ex-
animation before Judge O'Brien and
was bound over to the district court.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

News that a citizen of Rochester
has died at the age of 101 lacks com.
pleteRess. The public does not know
whether his length of years was due
to tobacco and alcohol or to abstp
hence.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

The temperance of the kissing bug
at the seaside resorts is taken to
mean that the sea serpent story is
not good form this year.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Croesus, the multi-millionaire of an
tiquity, is said by scholars never to
have laughed. Probably made the peo
pie laugh out of the other side OF
their mouths" though.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Love is the greatest thing in the
world, but it has it's drawbacks when
the loved n pawns your jewels
without notifying you in advance.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

No one can blame Europeans for
believing that all Americans are rich.
A Boston woman left a quart of dia'
monds in a London hotel and wired
hack to the proprietor to keep them
until / come over again next summer"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Marie Dressler, the actress, has
adopted n of those incubator ba:
bies;" and her press agent will now
have something substantial to work
on,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

If King Edward were to meet the
emperor of the Hottentots would he
wear the uniform of a Hottentot adj
miral as a mark of courtesy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

A New York society man has been
fined for swearing. Still, the tailor
may have given him great provoca'
ton.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

In Philadelphia an actress killed
herself sooner than marry. Death lasts
a great deal longer, though, than the
average theatrical marriage.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Squads have advanced to So a dozen
in New York, but the old familiar
political squabble may still be had
upon most any terms.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

That Boston society leader who has
taken up the blacksmith's trade is go
ing to get on the black list if he isn't
careful.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

In Georgia the catfish have taken
to swallowing rattlesnakes. The water
must be almost as bad up there as it
is in Kentucky.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

The cars edict abolishing whip
ping in his domains will interest the
heir apparent when he arrives at the
spanking age.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Russia claims that flour is contra.
band of war. and will do all in her
power to discourage the hot-biscuit
habit within her borders.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

A western expert on alcoholism
claims that the reaso so many men
fail to walk straight is that they can't
see straight.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

A man drank nine quarts of whisky
and died. Even the temperance folks
must admit that rum has some value.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Krupp's gun works are nov working
overtime, and peace is still looking
in vain for the proverbial balm"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Hollands new airship may cost but
SO, but it is likely to cost somebody
his life before we hear the last of it.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Some men find it more difficult to
get divorced from their illusions than
from their wives.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

A negro recently fell seventy feet in
New York and lost neither his life nor
his religion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Viewed through the smoke of his
hookah, all battleships look much
alike to Sultan Abdul Hamid.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Georgia has a town called Shake
Rag, whose citizens, however, are said
TO be no great shakes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-09-02

Content is something you think
other people have when they haven't.