The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-01-06
News in Brief.


Of j. A. Park, a white man.
The Japanese government has
agreed to negotiate an arbitration
treaty with the United States.
The Chicago Subway company pre-
pareS to expend $15,000,000 in local
improvements in the near future.
The retirement of Rear Admiral 81.
Captain Joseph e. Craig to be rear ad-
miral.
Announcement was made at the
White house OF the names for batter
les ON the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
coasts.
II the duty is acceptable to him Rear
Admiral Lambert will probably be ap-
pointed president of the lighthouse
board.
Santiago Simonet Of Utuado, Porto
Rico, deputy collector of internal,
revenue for the district Of Arecibo, is
missing
East Boston has celebrated the official
opening Of the new tunnel under Bos
ton harbor uniting the city proper and
East Boston.
Two men and two horses were
drowned and frozen at deep pool at
the old crossing of Piney Fork creek
near Dillonvale. o.
Advices received at Esquimalt from
the British admiralty state that the
proposed abandonment of Esquimalt
by the navy will be reconsidered.
The Neue Freie Presse says Pre-
mier Won Koerber at an audience of
Emperor Francis Joseph rendered his
resignation on the ground of i'll health.
At Mobile James Robinson was sent
to Jail for thirty days for an assault.
The offense for which he was con-
victed was kissing a young lady
against her will.
The Echo de Paris learns that Ad-
miral Kaznakoff received cipher dis
patch from Grand Duke Alexis inform
ing him that the emperor wishes to
confer with him concerning the North
sea affair.
Attorney General Moody filed a Pc
tition in st. Paul, Mimi, alleging IL
legal combination of twenty-five con-
Germs, with the General Paper COM
pany as sales agent, and asks for an
injunction.
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, who has
been selected as personal aide to Gov
ernor-elect Stokes of New Jersey, is
an insurance broker and a cousin Of
the late Secretary of State and Sena-
tor Frelinghuysen.
In Chicago Judge Walker decided
that the city is not liable for dam
ages growing out of the loss in con-
nection with the loss of life in the
Iroquois theatre fire.
At conference in London Of Brit
fish, continental and Atlantic steam
ship line managers a satisfactory
agreement was reached with regard
to Scandinavian traffic.
The Connecticut Tobacco Growers
association has sent to each senator
and representative from Connecticut
in congress a circular letter protest
ing against the removal of the tariff
from Philippine tobacco
Secretary Wilson has promulgated
circular giving the results of tests
made in accordance with an act of
the last congress, directing him to OBJ
tain in the open market samples of
: seeds of grass, clover or alfalfa.
Representatives of the banking
house Of Mandelssohn & Co. at Berlin
have gone to st. Petersburg to take
part in negotiating the new Russian
loan. 1t is now assured here that
the loan will amount to s240,000,O0O.
Seven more indictments in the land
fraud cases were returned by the
grand Jury in Portland, Ore. Two of
the bills were returned under fictitious
names, which fact is the basis of re-
ports tnat men of prominence are
among the accused.
Russian officials have demanded of
the Chinese foreign Office the resti-
tuition of the ammunition apparently
destined for Port Arthur seized by the
Chinese authorities at Fengtai, near
here, four davs ago.
W. r. Jones, manager Of the Chi
cago Office of the Washburn-C Crosby
company OF Minneapolis, Minn., died
in Chicago from injuries sustained in
a fall over a banister in his home.
His skull and neck were broken by
the fall.
The State bank of Dedham, Ia. was
placed in the hands of a receiver on
the order of State Auditor Carroll and
an effort will be made to Iiquidate its
affairs which are badly involved
through an alleged $4,000 shortage Of
Cashier ]. A Cation.
1t is announced that the war office
placed orders with the Vickers Sons
& Maxim company, Armstrong White
worth & Co.. and other large ordi-
nance manufacturers for a number of
twelye-pounder field guns, to rearm
the whole British army.
Justice Olmsted of New York hand.
ed down an opinion, holding that the
law against the selling or giving away