The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-06-16
Brief kilograms

The New York Central plans to re-
duce the schedule of many trains.
Kid Mccoy, the famous pugilist, has
chosen a wealthy widow as his wife.
Benjamin F. Marsh, congressman
from the Fourteenth Illinois district
died last week.
Failures in May show a decrease
over those of the corresponding month
q year previous.
The president has appointed as Sec
ond lieutenant Of infantry Pickens e.
Woodson, Of Texas, formerly of the
Rough Riders.
A street fight occurred on a public
square at Belgrade, Servia, between
former Premier M. Paste and M. Nil
COLES, the minister of justice.
Mrs. w. A. Edwards and Jasper
Dunn have been arrested at %Independ-
ence, Kan, charged with the murder
of Mrs. Edwards husband in October,
1903.
Marshall Robert occupies the more
or less enviable position of being the
only native BORN American who ever
became an officer in the British life
guards.
By announcement that he will leave
on a southern trip on October II,
President Roosevelt makes it certain
that date of extra session has been
deferred.
Charles J. Bailey, aged so years, a
prominent resident of Berkeley, Cal,
has been killed by falling from the
precipice of Ell Capital, a distance of
1900 feet.
DR.. Harry Lane, democrat, is mayor
elect of Portland by a plurality Of
about one thousand over his leading
opponent, George H. William, repub-
1ican incumbent.
At Washington H. N. Brailsford, a
writer, and A. H. M. McCulloch,
charged with conspiracy in obtaining
passports for unlawful purposes, were
committed for trial.
The proofsheets of the new Agricul-
tural Year Book declare that the four
teen most aggressive and Industrious
of our bugs take at least $500, 000, 900
from our farmers annually.
Refusal Of the sultan to accept the
French propositions for the reform OF
Morocco unless approved by an inter.
national conference puts an embaF
RAISING check on Frances policy.
The Copenhagen correspondent Of
the Telegraph says: at is believed
here Norway intends to establish a
republic and that important events
NAV be expected within the next few
days"
General Horace Porter, former
American ambassador, has left Paris
for Switzerland, where he will make
automobile excursions, accompanied
by his daughter. He will sail for the
United States early in July.
Leo Allen B~erghois, consul at Daw-
son, Yukon territory. Canada, has
been transferred to Beirut, Turkey, as
consul general and Gabriel Bic Rayn-
dial, consul at Beirut, has been trans.
ferred to Dawson as consul.
The president has established a
forest reserve in southern Colorado to
be known as the San Juan reserve and
to contain about 10000 acres. The
Payetta reserve of about the same
size has been established in Idaho.
Admiral Enquist has been notified
that he must intern his ships at
Manila until the end of the war or sail
away Immediately; more ships, sup
posedly of the d~isorganized Russian
feet are sighted off the coast of
China.
The statement that Italy has sent
warships to Yemen, Arabia, as re-
ported in Vienna, is untrue. An Italian
citizen was killed there by mistake in
the middle of May but the local au-
thorities gave satisfaction and the in
cident was closed amicably.
Colonel Andrew Jackson of Nash
vile, Tenn, has sold the old Washing
ton chair, the most priced relic OF
President Jackson, to the Mount Yer
non association for $500. This chair
was willed by General Washington to
his family physician, DR.. Craik, and
members of the Craik family gave it
to General Jackson.
Establishing a new high record per
square foot for New York City real
estate, more than 1898, the property
at the southwest corner of Wall street
and Broadway, opposite Trinity
church, an old four story brick build
ing on a lot thirty feet or Broadway
and thirty-nine feet on Wall street,
was sold for $700,0 00.
Workmen engaged in unloading a
carload Of sand at Bedford, Ind, found
hidden in it several bundles of papers,
which proved to be bonds and secur-
tiles valued at $500, 900. They were
identified as the property of the Will
mington, ILL.,, bank which was robbed
of the papers and $4,000 in cash on
May 9.
Francis E. Leupp, present Indian
commissioner, is said to be slated to
succeed Secretary Hitchcock in the
cabinet.