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WcCook TribuneF M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK NEBRASKA
News in BriefOut of every 1000 of the worlds
population 264 own King Edward astheir sovereign
It will take live years to rebuild theCampaile of Venice The new towerwill probably have an elovator
The Astors are gradually disposingof their real estate holdings in thetenement district of New York
Lieutenant Governor Guild of Mas ¬
sachusetts has added a full set of Fil ¬
ipino daggers of quaint design to hiscollection of weapons
Municipal corporations in Englandown gas works water works streetrailways rocks baths markets dwell ¬
ings race courses dairies and hotelsIt is estimated tliat nearly all the
pine timber now growing in Minnesotaabout thirty minion feet will be cut
and marketed within the next fifteenyears
Dr Arthur McDonald the criminol-ogist
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in Washington now says thatunless a person wants to become acriminal he shonia never eat meat orpotatoes
- W C Hodge died at Bloomington111 aged 72 He was one of the or-
ganizers¬
of the republican party anda member of the first republican con¬
vention in CaliforniaA special to the St Louis Post D
patch from Vlrden 111 says TheCoal companys shaft at
Chetham III was totally burned Theloss may reach 10o000 -
At Los Angeles Cal in a duel withthree detectives Joseph Choisseraged 50 and Louis Choisser aged 25
father and son were shot and Instant ¬
ly killed in a lodging houseMayor Weaver returned to Philadelphia
city council the loan bill appro ¬
priating 16000000 for municipal im-
provements¬
and the council immedi-
ately¬
passed the bill over the vetoThe Cleveland Trust company has
purchased the business and good willof the Central Trust company TheCleveland Trust company now has 34
000 depositors ana 18000000 in de ¬
positsGeneral Delaray made a speech to
the Boer prisoners at Admadnagarand succeeded in persuading all butten of them to sign the oath or alle¬
giance to Great Britain General De ¬
laray spoke for five hoursRufus H Connella president of the
defunct banks at Indiahoma Sterlingand Olusta Oklahoma small con-
cerns¬
was found guilty of forgery inthe Qistrict court at Guthrie He willbe sentenced later
It was learned at Trenton N Jthat the Eottery Selling company justincorporated has been formed as theresult of an agreement among prac-
tically¬
all or the sanitary potteries ofthe United States to control pricesand regulate the output of each pot-
tery¬
In a fire in the Chinese district atPortland Oregon that caused 70000damage three Chinese lost their livesSeveral Chinese opium smokers foughtthe firemen who were endeavoring torescue them not realizing their intenSThe firemen carried fifty inmates fromthe building
It is announced that General Fran¬
cis V Greene will become a residentof Buffalo when he retires as NewYorks police commissioner on Janu¬
ary 1 He has accepted an offer totake charge of the Ontario Powercompany now being built in Canadaopposite Niagara Falls
The Paris Journal heats from Ber¬
lin that the Princess Charlotte ofSaxe Melnlngen a sister of EmperorWilliam who has been ill for sometime is Buffering from cancer andthat the verdict of the physicians cre-
ated¬
consternation m the Germancout and had a bad effect On the re-
covery¬
of the emperorThe house passed without division
the pension appropriation bill carry ¬
ing 138150100 While the bill wasjunder consideration there was a gen ¬
eral discussion on Panama rural freedelivery tariff and pensions speechesbeing made by Messrs Scott repKas Miers dem Ind Sims demTenn and Burgess dem Texas
The Shanghai correspondent of thLondon Daily Telegraph says that ac¬
cording to the mandarins the Pekinggovernment has again warned theprovincial authorities to prepare forImmediate hostilities owing to the of¬
fensive action taken by Russia andher allies regarding far eastern af¬
fairsMrs H H McKay Wilson whose
residence 4208 Westminster Place isin the heart of the fashionable sec-
tion¬
of St Louis was painfully anddangerously burned about the handswhile trying to rescue her servanttAnnie Crete wio died in terriblefegony from the effects of fire that Igbited her clothing
At Lamont Fla Constable JerryPoppell was shot and killed by ChasMiller a turpentine hand whom hewas trying to arrest Miller tried toescape but was shot by Woods arider attached to the camp and wastaken to Monticello for safe keeping
Word has been received at the navydepartment of the arrival at Honoluluof the battleships Kentucky Wiscon¬
sin and Oregon and the cruisers NewOrleans Albany Cincinnati RaleighTanshan and Pompey It is not knownhow long the fleet will remain at Hon¬
olulu
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RECORD OF WOOD
8ECRETARY ROOT WRITES TO8ENATOR PROCTOR
FAVORS THE YOUHGER GENERALS
Where Rule of Seniority Prevails Mil ¬
itary System Must Be Weak SoundReasons President Should Follow inMaking Military Appointments
WASHINGTON The letter of Sec-retary
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Root to Senator Proctor actingchairman of the committee on mili-tary
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affairs dated November 18 lastgiving a resume of the military rec ¬
ord of General Leonard Wood andstating the chief considerations whichted to his nomination as a major gen-
eral¬
was made public Sunday Afterquoting from remarks commendatoryto General Wood made by GeneralMiles Lawton Graham and Forsythetfie letter recites that upon these andsimilar evidences of fitness PresidentMcKinley appointed Captain Woodcolonel of the First volunteer cav-alry
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in May 1898 The secretary alsoquotes from the commendations ofGenerals Young Wheeler Sumner andShafter on General Woods conduct inthe Santiago campaign and says Gen-
eral¬
Woods appointment as command ¬
er of the Santiago province appearsto have been based upon a statementmade by General Shafter in a dis ¬
patch to the department in which hesaid he thought General Wood by farthe best man to leave in command ofSantiago
The secretary reviews GeneralWoods subsequent military careersaying in this connection
The high estimate put by the sec-retary
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of war upon General Woodsservices as military governor is shownin the published orders of the wardepartment referring to the generalorders of March 25 1903 and July 41902 which have heretofore been pub-lished
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The secretary adds that theopinions expressed In those ordersalso were the opinions of both presi-dents
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under which the service wasrendered saying
Upon a review of General Woodsentire military record I think it fairto say that no officer in the Amercan army below the grade of majorgeneral has held more important com-mands
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rendered more distinguishedservice or demonstrated to a higherdegree the possession of the qualitieswhich fit a man to render valuableservice to the country as a major gen-eral
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Speaking of the principles ofwhich he says sound political reasonrequires the president to follow inmaking appointments the secretaiisays
The law which recognizes seniorityalone as the title to promotions upto the grade of colonel abandons thatrule when it deals with general off-icers
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and imposes upon the presidentthe duty of selecting the best menfor generals without expressing anylimitation upon the class from whichhe is to make the selection
The secretary adds that when sucha selection is to be made two differ-ent
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considerations always presentthemselves to the appointing mindone a desire to reward long and mer-itorious
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service the other to securethe bast possible man
Crown Prince is PunishedBERLIN Crown Prince William
Frederick was required by his moth-er
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to remain in his room for threedays for having raceda steeple chaseagainst the emperors wish The racetook place near Potsdam three orfour weeks ago The crown prince isa venturesome rider and had beenreprimanded by the emperor for rid¬
ing up the steps of the Sans Soucipalace at the head of the Second com-pany
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of the First regiment of theguards of which he was recently apTuards
To Cut Price of Soft CoalCLEVELAND O A meeting of soft
coal operators was in session here todiscuss trade conditions generallyThere is very likely to be a cut in theselling price of coal especially ingrades used by manufacturers
How Alliance is DelayedLONDON The Dally Mails Pe¬
king correspondent declares that a fewManchuria nobles who are under Rus-sian
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influences are delaying the con-clusion
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of an alliance between Chinaand Japan
Iowa Judgeship UnsettledWASHINGTON The Iowa delega-
tion¬
in congress met to consider thejudgeship contest for the northernIowa feaeral district but adjourneduntil after the holidays without tak¬
ing any ballot
Find of Gold in WisconsinMILWAUKEE Wis A special from
Menominee Wis says Gold ore hasbeen discovered on a farm near thetown of Lucas Dunn county nearthis city mat assays 145 to the ton
American Nurses in Event of WarTOKIO The situation here is more
favorable than on Thursday The let-ter
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of Mrs Anita Newcomb McGeepresident of the Association of Spanish-Am-
erican War Nurses offering toIhe government of Japan through theTapanese minister at Washington theservices of trained nurses in theevent of war with Russia has pro-
duced¬
an excellent impression and iswarmly appreciated as a mark oftraditional American friendship forJapan
RUSSIA IS DEFIANT
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London Hears a Report that CausesAnxiety in Well Informed ircles
LONDON Reuters Telegram com-
pany¬
has learned that considerable an¬
xiety exists in the best informed cir-
cles¬
of London regarding the possibleoutcome of the situation In the fareast Fears are J is said expressedthat the Russian government mayhave overstepped the bounds whichwould make the continuation of peace-ful
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negotiations with Japan possible Itmay be regarded as quite certain it as ¬
serts that Japan will not accept theprinclbles of the last Russian notewhich Is at variance with Japans maincontention and that Japans replymust necessarily be cast in this sense
Apart from the delicate state of thenegotiations between the two nationsReuter says it is also known that Rus-
sia¬
Is assuming a more defiant attitudeand the outlook may be regarded asmore gloomy than it hitherto has beenalthough it cannot be said that the re-
sources¬
of diplomacy have been com-
pletely¬
exhaustedThe statement concludes by saying
that there is as yet no actual news offresh developments and that no ultim-atum
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has been sent by Japan toRussia
SEND WARSHIPS TO TURKEY
United States Will Make Show ofForce at Alexandretta
WASHINGTON As a result ofMinister Leishmans advices respect-ing
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the Alexandretta affair the statedepartment has requested the navydepartment to place a warship at thedisposal of Consul Davis now at Beyroot upon which he might return toAlexandretta at his pleasure Thenavy department accordingly cabledinstructions to Admiral Cotton onboard the flagship Brooklyn at Alex-
andria¬
Egypt to place a vessel at thodisposal of Mr Davis It is believedthe Brooklyn will be selected It isleft to the consul to arrange theterms of his reception
Although Rear Admiral Cotton wasnot instructed specifically to take theconsul back to his post under escortof a squadron it will not be in oppo ¬
sition to the navy departments wishesif both the flagship Brooklyn and theSan Francisco proceed to Alexan-dretta
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on the expedition It is feltin view of the indignities heaped uponthe consul the return with two war¬
ships will be more salutary than iione ship accompanied him
HEARS UNION PACIFIC CASE
Charged With Giving PreferentialGrain Rate
WASHINGTON The interstatecommerce commission Tuesday gavea hearing in the case of the Union Pa-cific
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railroad charged with givingpreferential rates to Peavey Cowho operate eleyators at a number ofwestern points including Kansas Cityand Council Bluffs
John N Baldwin of Council Bluffsrepresented the Union Pacific audcontended that there was no dis-
crimination¬
in rates and that its al-
lowances¬
are not excessive He saidthere was an agreement with thePeavey company through the MidlandElevator company at Kansas Cityand the Omaha Elevator company atCouncil Bluffs under which the Un ¬
ion Pacific pays the elevator compan-ies
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1 cents per 100 pounds for hand¬
ling grain which passes through thoseelevators
HOLD MID WINTER MEETING
Good Roards Congress January 28and 29
CHICAGO DLL W H Moorepresident of the National Good Roadsassociation and Colonel A S Mannof Florida met in Chicago Mondayand arranged to hold the mid wintergood roads meeting1 of the associationat Ormonde Beach Florida January28 and 29 in connection with the au-
tomobile¬
races at that place Thetwo events will be followed by simi ¬
lar meetings in the northAt the St Louis Worlds Fair au-
tomobile¬
races will be held by the Na-
tional¬
Good Roads congress at whichtime all civilized countries will be in-
vited¬
by the state department atWashington to send delegates
Three Schooners go AshoreST JOHNS During a fierce bliz ¬
zard on Sunday the schooner Susanwas driven ashore off St Johns Itscrew after twelve hours in an openboat made port this morning badlyfrost bitten The schooner Mary Ellenwent ashore at Trepassay The crewclung to the rocks all night and suffer-ed
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terribly from exposure Theschooner Fashoda went ashore atGreens pond The crew escaped Itis feared that the schooner Dictatorhas foundered with its crew
Not to Employ RussiansLoNDON The Daily Mails Tokio
correspondent says that the Koreanforeign office denies the reportedagreement to employ Russian officersin the Korean army
Marines Find Good CampWASHINGTON In a cablegram
from Rear Admiral Coghlan com-manding
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the naval force in AtlanticIsthmian waters which reached thenavy department Thursday night thelanding of the battalion of marinesfrom the Prairie at Grogon is report-ed
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The battalion will go into campat that place the medical officers hav¬
ing reported that the health condi ¬
tions there are fully satisfactory Gor-gon
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is some distance above the sea1 and comparatively healthy
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FOR LAND FRAUDS
REPUTED HEAD OF CONSPIRACYTAKEN IN CHARGE
OPERATED OK A LARGE SCALE
John A Benson of San Frsncisco Ac ¬
cused of Bribing Officers of the Gov-
ernment¬
on His Present Trip to theNational Capital
WASHINGTON John A Benson awealthy San Francisco real estate op-
erator¬
charged by the Interior depart-ment
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with being the head of the alleg-ed
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land frauds extending over a num-
ber¬
of western states and territoriesto which Secretary Hitchcock referredvigorously and at length in his annualreport was arrested here at the Wlllard hotel by Secret Service OfficerJohn A Burns just as he was prepar-ing
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to leave the city for New YorkThe charge on which the arrest was
made was bribery it being alleged inthe affidavit of Mr Burns and In thewarrant that Benson had paid 500 toWoodford D Harlan formerly chief ofthe special service division of the gen-
eral¬
land office and now a clerk in thatoffice on March 15th of this year forthe purpose of extracting from him in-
formation¬
regarding the investigationof his operations at that time beingmade by the land office
The warrant was issued by UnitedStates Commissioner Anson S Taylorand as soon as Benson had been ap ¬
prehended by Officer Burns he wastaken before Commissioner Taylor Howished to have a preliminary hearingof his case postponed and the date forsuch hearing was fixed for December30th He gave bail for his appearanceon that date when the government at-torneys
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will ask to have him held forthe grand jury
A statement was made by an officerof the government that the Informa-tion
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obtained in regard to the allegedconspiracy implicates a number of per-
sons¬
at present employed in the Interion department at Washington andelsewhere
Numerous arrests are expected tofollow that of Benson in short orderand some employes who may not bearrested will be dismissed from theservice It is said that SecretaryHitchcock and the special attorneys inthe case have considered it absolutelynecessary to the working out of thecase that no action be taken with re-
ference¬
to the other alleged offendersuntil the principals in the case hadbeen apprehended
The government attorneys Mr Ar-
thur¬
B Pugh who has been the specialattorney for the Interior departmenton the land frauds and Mr Oliver Pagin assistant attorney of the Depart-ment
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of Justice who has also been em--
ployed on the case stated in askingfor a large bail bond for Benson thathe had been guilty of bribery duringhis present visit to Washington sincelast Monday and in the Interior de-
partment¬
itself notwithstanding thathe was aware that his connection withthe alleged frauds was fully known bythe Interior department
The statement was made later thatSecretary Hitchcock was so incensedat the flagrancy of this offense that hetold the officers to have Benson arrest-ed
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at once although it had not beenplanned to have him arrested at thistime
FREMONT GETS THE CANAL
The Canal Board of Arbitration Se-
lects¬
that CityNEW ORK The board of arbitra-
tion¬
consisting of T W Klowman ofthe John F Kelley Engineering com ¬
pany New York and George H Kim ¬
ball the well known western engi ¬
neering expert met here Monday anddecided to make an award In favorof the Fremont Canal and Power com¬
pany which concern will build a largehydraulic plant for the purpose ofgenerating electric energy for lighttraction and general power purposesin and around Omaha Lincoln Co¬
lumbus x remont and several othercities in Nebraska and Council Bluff3Iowa
The Fremont proposition was con-sidered
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more feasible than the onesubmitted by the Nebraska Central Ir-
rigation¬
company which concern pro-posed
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to build a big plant at Colum-bus
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Wreck of the Discovery FoundSEATTLE Wash A special dis ¬
patch from Juneau says that thewreck of the steamer Discovery hasbeen found An Indian from CrossSound found the wreck and broughtthe news to Juneau The revenuecutter Rush has gone to the scenetaking the Indian as a guide
Mro Wood Sails for ManilaNEW YORK By special permission
of the war department Mrs Woodthe wife of General Leonard Woodand her son will sail onthe transport Kilpatrick which leavesthis port for Manila carrying the Sec ¬
ond United States cavalry
Chicago Gets National ConventionWASHINGTON The republican na¬
tional convention will be held in Chi¬
cago beginning at noon June 21 1904the republican national committeereaching this conclusion Pittsburgand St Louis were rivals of Chicagofor the convention Each city waswell represented in oratory before thecommittee and each also had cash of-
fers¬
to make Pittsburg offered 100000 Chicago 75000 and a hall and StLouis 40000 and a hall The vote43 for Chicago 7 for Pittsburg
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NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEWSY STATE DRIEFS
The Salvation Army of Beatricewill give a Christmas dinndr to thepoor
E G Glenn Omaha 50 years ofage dropped dead while blacking astove
Lawyers of Omaha are moving in
te matter of getting better men on
the juriesThe Salvation Army of Fremont
will give a dinner to the poor onChristmas
Mrs Nancy Palmerton an old resi ¬
dent of Beatrice has been adjudged
insane and ordered sent to the insaneasylum
Congressman Norris has recom-
mended
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the appointment of Oren B
Ballard as postmaster at Ive3 Dundfcounty vice J B Burk resigned
At South Omaha J W Nipe shotand seriously wounded Thomas Kirkbecause the latter refused to pay fora sandwich which he claimed not tohave ordered
Farmers of Lancaster county willboldly oppose the meat trust accord ¬
ing to present plans A meeting willbe held to organize an offensive alli-
ance¬
The call is signed by J G
QuinnWord arrived at Table Rock of tho
death of Mrs Maggie Smith who dk 9in the Hastings asylum She hadbeen in the asylum for many monthsand had passed her allotted threescore and ten years
A Bohemian farmer living near Sny ¬
der is slad to be alive The localfreight running between Cornlea andScribner jammed into his buggy andtcsk off the wheels nearly makinga deai one of the farmer
Attorney O Hanlon secured a judg ¬
ment of 2000 against the FremontElkhorn and Minneapolis and Omaharailroads in favor of Mrs Lais Jen-
sen
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whose husband a section fore ¬
man was killed near Kennard by anOmaha train running as a special onthe Fremont road
At 2 oclock in the morning LouisG Sack a farmer living lour andone half miles northwest of Eaglediscovered his bam was on fire Histwo barns and contents are a totalloss besides ail of his hay oats andcorn harness and farm implementsMis horses were all saved by hardwork
Fifteen acres of land lying close tothe village of Snyder were sold forthe uniform price of 100 per acreThe transfer was from Mrs MatildaMolle executor for the estate of Fred-
erick¬
Molle deceased to Carl Barsand Robert Peltzer who own and op-
erate¬
the brick yard property in thatplace
Uarl Klumb living near StockhamHamilton county attempted to com-
mit¬
suicide by shooting himselfthrough the head over the right eyeShortly after the shock of the woundhe arose and went into the houseand medical aid v as immediatelysummoneo Motive for the deed isunknown
W F Porter of Central City for-
merly¬
secretary of state has been atSt Paul endeavoring to interest StPaul business men in a canning fac-
tory¬
proposition His plan contem-plates
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the investment of about 10000of local capital in a stock comparand it s said to have met with con-
siderable¬
favorWashington dispatcn Congressman
Kinkaid introduced a bill to restorecertain rights to settlers on the FortRandall military reservation in Boydcounty The settlers not only had topay for the lands but also to complywith the homestead laws Judge Kin ¬
kaid recommended the reappointmentof L H Jewett as postmaster at Bro-
ken¬
Bow NebH H Aultes a prominenc Stanton
county farmer died last weekThe supreme court has decided that
ex Register of Deeds Holm did nothave to pay back money received asfees for looking up the names of sign-
ers¬
of saloon licenses to see if theywere freeholders The court said Acounty officer is not required to ac-
count¬
for or pay over to his countymoney received by him in paymentof services performed for another byprivate agreement which are no partof the duties of his office and whichare not incompatible with and are notincluded within his official duties
A recent number of the Universityof Chicago paper conveys the infor-mation
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that C C North who repre ¬
sented Ne raska in the Missouri de¬
bate in 1902 has been selected asone of the contestants in the ChicagoNorthwestern debate for the cham ¬
pionship of the Western Debateleague Mr North graduated from theNebraska university in 1902 and at-
tended¬
Yale Divinity school for a yearand this year went to the ChicagoDivinity school Prof Chandler headof the department at Chicago speaksvery highly of Mr Norths ability andhio training in debate
The furniture and light fixtures forthe new Carnegie library building atBeatrice have not - --rived althoughthe time limit specified in the con-tracts
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expired some time ago Vviththe exception of the installation ofthese fixtures the building is ready foroccupancy
Forrest Marston accused of swin ¬
dling farmers in various parts of thestate out of insurance premiums willnot preach in Kearney county Himade the date all right but the sheriffcaught him at Fairbury and he will betaken to Elmwood for trial
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WAR ON COYOTES
Club Organized In Custer County to
Exterminate ThemCALLAWAY A move is on foot to
organize a county coyote club in thiscounty each precinct In the county
to have a club of Its own and oil to
work to gether over the county Formany months the coyotes have Tjeen
raiding the chicken yards the pigpens rnd In several instances havekilled and devoured sheep and calvesand it is proposed that these clubs boorganized and on a certain day eachweek during the winter months a gen¬
eral round up will be made with thedetermination of exterminating thesepests The animals are more numer-ous
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than they have been for yearsand as there is now no bounty onthem but little effort has been madeto kill them off Their hideous howlmay be heard in every direction assoon as the sun goes down and is keptup during the entire night
The move has been started for theorganization of the clubs and it isthought that by each precinct havingan organization of its own and elect-ing
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its officers and holding regularweekly round ups hundreds of coyotes can be captured and killed
WOMAN KILLED BY CARS
Buggy Struck by B M PassengerTrain
AURORA A terrible accident oc-
curred¬
at the city Hmts of AuroraMrs Alex Wilson and Miss Ethel herdaughter 19 years of age whose homeis four miles southwest of Aurorawere on their way to the city to dosome trading when they were struckby B M passenger train No 42
at the crossing west of the roundhouse Mrs Wilsons neck was brok-en
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resulting in immediate death Thedaughter received serious injuries in ¬
cluding a broken leg and bruised headbut so far as can now be told It Isthought she will recover The horsethey were driving was instantly kill¬
ed The buggy was carried on thepilot of the engine until the trainwas stopped The supposition is thatthe victims of the frightful tragedywere watching freight train No 45which was about to pull out of theyards and failed to see the fast trainuntil it was too late The husbandand father is one of the oldest set-tlers
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of this community
For Primary TeachersThe primary teachers of the state
are especially favored this year inhaving the promise of Miss Connersupervisor of primary work Omahapublic schools to be present and ad-
dress¬
them at the state teachersmeeting Mies Cooper attended thepublic schools of Oswego N Y andgraduated from the state normalschool at that place in 1885 In thisschool she received special prepara-tion
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for the work she has since doneso successfully that of training andfitting prospective and beginningteachers for their work
Boy Hurt by CarsNSHAWKA Claude Johnson a boy
about 14 years old was swinging onthe side of a freight car while switch ¬
ing was being done As the car ranby the stock yards the boy was knock ¬
ed off by the cattle chute and a cou-ple
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of gashes cut in the back of hishead another five inches long acroshis forehead and his right hand wascompletely severed from his am
Has Smallpox ScareGENEVA This county is having a
smallpox scaro and a board of healthjust organized sent out a number ofquarantine cams
Adjudged InsaneBASSETT John L Gordon aged
twenty seven of Kirkwood precinctwas brought before the insanity boardhere and adjudged of unsound mindHe was taken to Lincoln by SheriffSmith Mr Gordon disappeared lastsummer for several months anthough strict search was made byrelatives he could not be found InAugust he reappeared at his oldhome Hopes are entertained thatmedical treatment will restore hismind
Prizes to Be GivenTwo prize- - aggregating 60 will begiven to Nebraska debaters this year
if they win from Kansas and Washinton universities Chancellor An-drews
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has offered a prize of 30 forone of the teams if it wins This willbe known as the chancellors prizeThe prize will be shared equally bythe speakers To the other team ifit wins will go a prize of 0 alsoshared equally known as the university prize Where this prizecomes from nas not yet been givenout
Killed by a FalJLINWOOD A serious accident oc¬
curred one mile east of here wherebyJoseph Polifka aged 28 lost his lifeHe has been working for L C Sedilicky for two years They were haul ¬
ing hay Sedlicky being about twentrods ahead oi him on another loadThe hay began to slip and Polifksicalled to Mr Sedlicky who stoppehis team and got off his wagon butcould not see Poifka so he went backto the wagon Polifka was lying be¬side tha hay ded his skull crushed
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