S. M. COCHRAN * CO. ,
IRE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
PLANO-RANDOLPH HEADER.
J. I. CASE THUEi
ALSO KEEP REPAIRS FOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY.
Absolut
Their prices on all goods are as low as the
lowest possible.
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Farms for Sale or
CITY PROPERTY , IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED.
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% McCoos : , NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA LOAN AND BANKING GO ,
OF MCCOOK , NEBRASKA.
CAPITAL - $52,000.00.
FARM LOANS , - CITY LOANS ,
LOANS MADE ON ALL KINDS OF APPROVED SECURITY.
P. A. WELLS , TRCAS. AND MAGR.
CORHESPONDEKT : Chase National Bank , New York. t
Hotary Public. Justice of the Peace.
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LOANS AND INSURANCE.
Nebraska Farm Lands to Exchange for Eastern Property.
Collections a Specialty.
A. KALSTEDT ,
McCOOK , - NEB.
THE - LEADING -
LYMHERS REPULSED
NASHVILLE A SECOND TIME
VISITED BY AN ANGRY MOB.
BUT THIS TIE \VITHODT \ SUCCESS ,
The .Jail , the Work House anil the I'ollco
.Station Searched in Vain by a Com
mittee Police Drive the Mob
Buck With Bayonets A
Murder Quickly Avenged
in ArkaiKus.
NASIIVILI.K , Tenn. , May 23. For the
second time in a month a mob has vis
ited this city , but this time the would-
be lynchers were foiled because the
object of their vengeance had been
quietly spirited away by the authori
ties and is now believed to be safe in
Memphis.
At a late hour last night about fifty
men from Chattanooga gathered a mob
of several hundred and went to the
jail and demanded that Weems , the
man brought from Chattanooga to
avert a threatened lynching at that
place , because of attempted as
sault on a white girl , be given up.
The mob was informed that the man
was not there , and to satisfy them al
lowed them to make a thorough search
of the building. Not being able to
find Weems , they then made an attack
upon the police station. Here they
were met by a platoon of twenty-five
policemen , armed with Springfield
rittes. At the point of the bayonet the
police drove the mob back to the
square.
The mob then held a consultation on
the square , speeches were made and a
committee appointed to go through
the police station. The examination
was allowed , but no negro was found.
Another committee was permitted to
search with like results.
After more speaking the mob left the
square and whether it will again as
semble it is not known.
The negro it is stated , on good
authoritywas taken from the city yes
terday afternoon , carried to Guthrie ,
Ivy.and placed on a train for Memphis.
MUKDEK OUICKI.Y AVKNGKD.
An Arkansas Officer Heal on to Death and
Ills Slayer Strunjr Up.
Monijmr/rowx , Ark. , May 23. In the
jail of Perry county , twelve miles
south of this place , yesterday , Charles
Stewart , in custody for attempted
outrage , dashed out the brains of
Tom Holmes , deputy sheriff , who was
guarding the jail , using a piece of
scantling as a weapon. The citizens
forcibly broke open the jail , and se
curing Stewart , took him out and
hanged him to the nearest ti-ee.
Shot by Train Itobbcrs.
JACKSONVILLE , Fla. , May 23. North
bound train No. 14 on the Jacksonville ,
Tampa and Key West railroad was held
up at Lonely Hammock station at 1XO
o'clock this moi'ning by four masked
robbers , who in a desperate attempt to
secure the moneys of the Southern
Express company , killed Express Mes
senger Saundcrs and badly wounded
Soliciting Agent I. M. Cox. No money
was secured.
One Term > 'ot Enough.
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , May 23. Judge
John MeLain , the Savannah banker
who failed three years ago for 875,000 ,
has just completed his term in the
state penitentiary at Jefferson City
and been taken back .to Savannah to
stand trial on five or six other indict
ments still pending against him.
A Kansas Minister's Son Shot.
BILLINGS , Mont. , May 23. Harry B.
Turner was fatally shot by Sam Rus
sell , a tinhorn gambler , and died yes
terday afternoon. His father is a
Baptist minister at Eureka , Kan.
Russell got away , but was captured by
a sheriff's posse at noon. He is now in
jail.
Two Outlaws Killed by an Officer.
GUTHRIEOk.May 23. NearSapulpa ,
Deputy Marshal E. L. Drake attempt
ed to arrest William Hostettcr and
William Miller , two notorious horse-
thieves , and a fight ensued in whii-h
Drake was wounded and the two
thieves killed.
A Texas Mob Kills a Lothario.
HOUSTON , Tex. , May 2. At Midway.
Madison county , last night , a mob
went to the house of Arthur Burrows ,
who was accused of ruining a yonng
girl of that neighborhood , and shot
him five times , killing him instantly.
Tarsney and Milliken Spur.
NEW YORK , May 23. The Rimes this
morning published a special from
Washington detailing an exchange of
blows without harm in the
cloak room of the house yes
terday between Mr. Tarsney of Mis
souri and Mr. Milliken of Maine.
The members had become heated
over the Sherman monument clause of
the sundry civil bill and exchanged l : t
words. The two left the hall toget tu-r
and met in the cloak room where ei : ' )
aimed a harmless blow at the ! .
Employes interfered and both disap
peared.
3Ir. Simpson Fully Vindicates ! .
ST. Louis , Mo. , May 23. Jaini"- "
Simpson of Dallas , Tex. , was in I .s
city yesterday with proof positive t i 4'
the charges against him sent out tr i
that city February 10 and 17 , u *
false in every respect. He has v. > . r
been indicted nor has he ever dcfr. ' -
ed any one as was charged at the l
In fact he has letters of the hie '
commendation from the best peon v
the city.
Austrian Financiers Embarassoit
LONDON , May 23. The Stanf. : .
Vienna correspondent says : "Tin-
tation to the international silver
ference has embarassed the fit :
ministers of Austria and Hung ; : ,
cause it strengthens the opponei-
the currency reform. Austria wil
low Germany , but it is disincline ' >
enter the conference. "
Kansas Drummers Meet.
EMPOHIA , Kan. , May 23. , Tin
eas Travelers' association met in f
annual session here to-day , wil
men present.
THE WORST IS OVER.
SIOUX CITY PEOPLE BUSY
WITH REPAIRS.
RELIEF COMMITTEES APPOINTED ,
Over Seven Hundred Homes Damaged
The D jath List as Uneertjln as Ever
The Situation In and Around St.
Louis The DCS Moincs Is
Higher Than Ever At
Other 1'oints.
Sioux CITY , la. , May 23. The flood
here has almost entirely subsided , and
hundreds of men are now busy cleai'ing
away the ruins left by the raging
waters. No one can yet make a posi
tive statement as to the loss of life ,
and , as said before , the deadly work of
the flood will never be fully known.
Grave alarm was caused last night by
the report that the Big Sioux was
llood high and more rain was coming ,
but this proved unfoundc-1. Reports
show that 721 dwellings were damaged
or washed away. The aggregate dam
age on these reaches $240,000.
Last night several hundred flood
sufferers held a meeting and condemned
the action of the mayor in refusing to
receive offers of aid from outside. The
meeting appointed a committee to
communicate with the governor and
assure him outside aid is necessary.
The liquor sellers who were closed
up several months ago by Mayor Pierce
have arranged to create a fund of
810,000 to be used by the city in repair
ing flood damage to bridges , etc. , pro
vided they are allowed to reopen their
business. The mayor positively re
fuses to receive or consider the propo
sition.
At a joint meeting of the relief and
flood sufferers committees at the opera
house this morning to provide ways
and means for the relief of the
storm sufferers it was ageed to say ! to
the benevolent people of the country
that the losses far exceed the first es
timates , and that whatever aid might
be offered would be gratefully ac
cepted. All contributions should be
made to Maris Peirce , mayor of Sioux
City , or to J. French , treasurer of the
relief committee.
CHANGE IX THE WEST.
The Flood Situation as Dark as Ever
Losses at Various Points.
ST. Louis , Mo.May 23. No light has
yet appeared in the flood darkness but
the people of the stricken region have
settled down in calm despair to await
the end , making such preparations as
they can to prevent any further disas
ter. Large gangs of men are still hard
at work strengthening railroad em-
bankmen ts and throwing up dykes to
protect factories and other business
places and the work of rescuing people
ple from dangerous locations and re
moving stock from overflowed farms
goes on.
The situation here is no worse than
it was yesterdaybut there are no signs
of a cessation of the inundation , the
signal service observer reporting as
follows : "The river has fallen four-
tenths at St. Louis , six at Ilerrman ,
Mo. , and five at Alton , Mo. The Mis
souri river has risen nine-tenths at
Boonville and one-tenth at Kansas City.
The upper Mississippi has risen three-
enths at Louisiana , three at Quincy
and five at Keokuk Rapids. "
At a meeting to-day of the flood
relief committee a sub-committee was
appointed to look after the collection
and distribution of supplies , etc. ,
throughout the flooded territory com
mercially tributary to St. Louis. It
was agreed to at once notify municipal
and county authorities in such terri
tories to make their wants known.
Governor Francis was present and
promised the exchange that the state
government would do all in its power
to push the work.
Great alarm is felt over the potato
outlook. The big American bottom ,
comprising nearly all of Madison and
St. Clair counties , Illinois , one of the
greatest potato fields in the Mississippi
valley , is now completely inundated
and not a potato will be produced.
The cabbage crop is also ruined.
Along the Upper Mississippi the sit
uation has suddenly become serious ,
heavy rains having caused high water.
At Aikin , Minn. , the meadows are two
feet under water and at Princeton ,
Minn. , Rum river is over its banks ,
while all dams have been swept away.
At Bruce , Wis. , the suspension bridge
was wrecked by a flood and at Black
River Falls , Wis. , the bottom lauds are
submerged and tracks washed away.
At Kansas City.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , May 23. The
worst is likely over here as regards
the flood situation. There is no rise in
the Missouri river here , and its highest
point is believed to have been reached
should no further heavy rains occur.
Despite the fall in the Kaw , the
water was higher in most places in Ar-
mourdale to-day than it had been be
fore since the beginning of the inunda
tion , which was a week ago last Thurs
day. Quite number of new place were
inundated.
The Dei Moines Higher Than i\er.
OTTUMWA , la. , May 23. Contrary to
the Des Moines *
expectations rose ra1 -
ly during last night and yesterday a ' I
is now seven inches higher than : i /
time previous. The Raccoon an I
other small streams have been : i la
mented by yesterday's snow and i\ . -i
and a reported rise of eight feet in t e
Des Moines creates uneasiness here.
Atchlson's Uraw Rests Flood Sivo ] t
ATCHISON , Kan. , May 23. The \
souri river at this point rose a fo i
a few minutes this morning1 :
washed out the south rest of tin
bridge used in turning the stru <
The north rest is also threatened.
Poison in the Jug.
CLINTON , Mo. , May 23 David
Spainhour died last evening of p
maliciously put in a jug of alcohu
which he and four or five other ;
men had for some time been driu
Several of the other young inei
seriously ill from the effects o :
poisoned liquor. The affair ere:1
great sensation.
Nebraska Afloat.
Never beforein the history of the
state baa there been u spring as stormy
and wet is the present ono. The
storms which have been so prevalent
since early March , seem lo reach their
culminating point this week in a gen
eral deluge extending over the entire
west , and at Sioux City , Iowa , amount
ing to almost another Johnstown dis
aster. Nebraska has fared no worse ,
and even better than other states , yet
every wire brings reports of damage
and disaster by llood and storm. At
Lincoln the Hoods of a week ago
which hud partly subsided , were
again swelled by the torrents
which fell Monday and Tuesday until
Wednesday and Thursday the waters
of Salt creek had reached a point
higher than ever before in seventeen
years. At least 300 families were driv
en fiom their homes and compelled to
seek refuge in the school houses and
court house basement. The railroad
tracks were a'l subinurged and all rail
road traffic abandoned. Nearly ten
blocks of cedur block paving were
w.islud away or undermined so badly
tliat tney will have to bo relaid. The
ek-ctric light plant was flooded and the
city was without light Wednesday
night. The B. & M. train from Ne
braska City had a very narrow
escape near Firth. The engi
neer and conductor had stopped
to examine the tracks when they were
startled by a loud roar , and flashing
their lanters in the direction of the
sound , they were horrified to ee com
ing down u wide draw a wall of waler
nearly eight feet high.
Springing into the cab , the engine
was reversed and backed away not a
moment too soon , for in another in
stant the great mass of water , carry
ing with it trunks of trees an ? debris ,
etruck the track where the train had
stood a moment before and tore up the
track as easily as if the rails and ties
had been made of wood and paper and
ballasted , with loose sand. The train
vras Compelled to return to Lincoln via
Tecumseh and Beatrice. The Union
Pacific bridge was rendered impassible
by the washing of the waters against
the eastern approach , and for twenty-
four hours Omaha was almost entirely
without train service. At Plattsinouth
the water rose above the approaches
of the new Missouri Pacific bridge , and
great fears were entertained for its
safety , but with the subsidence of the
wind danger was averted.
At O'Neill Tlunsday the rain still
continued and has greatly interfered
with the progress of the season's work
on the farms. Small grain is in good
condition , but the ground is too wet
for corn planting.
The G-year-old son of Theodore Lin-
ken , a farmer living four miles north
of Crete on the Blue river , was blown
in the river by the heavy gale Friday
morning and drowned.
Jimmy , the 15-year-old son of W. J.
Eaton , probate judge of Otoe county ,
had a very narrow escape from drown
ing yesterday while returning in a cart
from Nebraska City to Syracuse. The
creek seven miles west of town had
overflowed and the water over the bottom
tom was eight or ten feet deep. The
boy had succeeded in crossing the
bridge but drove too near the edge of
the culvert in a long fill leading to it.
The horse , cart and boy were swept
down by the roaring current. While
drifting under a willow tree , ho suc
ceeded in grasping a branch and drew
himself out of the water. The horse
was carried over a wire fence and held
ther ? by the cart catching in the wires
until rescued.
The water in Salt creek at Ashland
has been high for the past ten days.
It never before has remained so high
for that length of time. But little
damage has been doce except to small
grain along the bottoms until today.
The water id rising fast , and the re
port has reached here that the Big
Blue has cut through and is now flow
ing into Salt creek above Lincoln ,
There were no trains Thursday on the
Schuyler line , as much of the bed has
been destroyed along the Swift ice
pond , northwest of the line about a
mile. Old main line from here to
Plattsmouth is badly damaged by the
Platte , which is fast covering the bottoms
toms for miles to the north of this
place. Some damage is apprehended
from the Blue flowing into the Salt
and also the Platte to the north of
here.
It continues to rain at Elwood and
the farmers are looking blue , as they
are already two weeks behind with
their work. There is but a small pro
portion of the corn in the ground and
that will have to be replanted. Wheat
is doing well despite the heavy rains ,
hut needs some sun to give it a good
color.
A cyclone started two miles west of
Elwood going in a northeast direction.
It unroofed the house and destroyed
the stable on the farm of James Crago.
Passing on to 0. D. Lee's farm it de
stroyed the barn and all the farm ma
chinery it contained. It then made
direct for the fine new farm house of
O. Cook , striking it at the south west
corner and carrying it about 100 yards ,
deposited it in a canon a ruass of
broken timbers , brick , lime and furni
ture. The house was occupied by H.
D. Stockliam and family , four persons
in all. How any of them escaped with
] jg is the wonder of all who have seen
the-wreck. The barn , only a few rods
from the house , was not disturbed. A
buggy setting in the yard was placed
very neatly on a stack of hay. A hen
with a dozen chickens in a coop at the
side of the house were untouched. All
day crowds of people have been driving
through the rain to the scene of the
disaster. The cyclone seemed to have
spent its force here , and only did a
small amount of damage to outbuild
ings in its further journey.
The saloons of Alliance refused to
pay occupation tax and tried to dictate
terms to the town board , which is now
after thorn with a sharp stick
V
lyfir ? *
CHANGED HIS MIND.
ailstulcu I\Iii ! . Hf > \ 3I r 1 it Tiyi\K to
C
An old gentleman , with an appear
ance o authority , stood looking at tv
numbur of workmen who \vero putting
up MI enormous build ug. rulutobthu Ar-
kaniuw Traveler. Ue manifested a
keen interest in what was going on ;
he examined beam * and S'rutini' ! < : d
the great stone that was to foi m tiie
arcli ut the onlranoa of the tnamm.'lh
structure.
A thoughtful fellow c.-uneu'orjir. u : rt.
speaking to t ! > o old geitlomMi. askeil :
Would you object t. ) giving mj a
few mom u * of vour time ? ' *
No. MI- . "
Will you stop over hero , then , out
of i lie way ? " t
-1 will. "
They stood apart from the busy
world about thorn. The old gentle-
ma i looked inquiringly at thy-thought-
ful-looidng follow and said :
Well nir1
-I have called you aside to sponlc a
row serious words to you. AI firrft it
may strike you ih.it I am presumptu
ous , but , after awhile you will /.ec hat
my motives , if not commendable , uro
sit 1 : tt , honest , . 'is I came along
then. ) just no v 1 ww you stalling in
s If-fonje ful attention , ga/.ing at the
progress of this grr-ut building , and I
wondered if it hsu. uvcr occurred to
you thau it will not bo long until now
pardon me the grunt house now go.ng
up will belong to s.im i ono else. You
are going lo proles ! . 1 see. but wait a
moment. Your race in this life is
nearly run. A few diys mor you as ' *
in. nimitoa. one of tliosu foundation
stones will sink beneath thu surface
of the earth. The anxiety yoi- felt in
this great building will be gone all
with , you will be O'.vr. Please wait
until 1 get through. We will not f
speculate as to the future dwelling
p'a-'i ' of your t-oul. we will not hint
Usa * your dccd-i have not beun tioblo
and generous enough to insure you
an eternity of peace , but we will do .
this. We will question the judgment mm
of a man with ono foot on the criun- * I
bling brink of time , giving up his few
remaining days it ga/.ii g with infnnt-
like rapture at a building projected
by gieed and executed ii : vanity.
Pardon me , if I fcoem harsh , and force
upon yourself sufficient patience lo
listen to me until I am done. A few
more hours and the world will move
on without you. You won't be hi it ,
as the vulgar saying goes. No one
will miss yon except in a sort of self-
congratulatory way. You will be
moulder ng. "
Hold on , " said the moralist , mild
ly protesting. "Wait until I have {
uttereJ a few mor words and then I
will let you iv turn to your vain occu \ \
pation. Now. if I were a wealthy
man and knew my time on earth was
short , what would I do ? Put up a
great building and act as if I wore
going to livj always ? No ; I would do
some real good with money ; I would
leave behind me one man , at ienst ,
who would hold my memory dear. I
would select some poor , grateful fel
low now , let me tell you , " ho sud
denly broke off ! am the most
grateful man in this world. In the
jeweled frame of memory I now hold
the picture of a man who gave mo 10
cents five years ago. Now , lei me
have ? 3 please. " '
"Your talk is worth > ' .3 , " said Hie
old gentleman , "and I'm sorry you
didn't let me save it for you. "
Save what ? ' '
"The talk : "
How save ? " '
"By telling you that I'm not put
ting up that building that I merely
stopped here lo look at the workmen.
I am the pastor of the Third Presby
terian church and won't you stay
longer ? No ? Well , good day. and
don't forget to be grateful for all you
tret in this life. "
WHAT MINISTERS WEAR.
Their Klac-'c Swallow-Ti t Attire 1'rc-
scribed l > y Can rt-si.
I have been pervading the suburbs
of Washington diplomacy recently
with a view to knowledge. It would
appear that the United States never
sends abroad what nations name an
ambassador. An ambassador is a port
of diplomatic king-pin , but we don'I
use him in our game. AYe are content
with ministers and consult. This
American court dress , prescribed
gravely by statute of 1867 , is black
black , cut a la swallow-tail. This se-
vere garb is a very hard costume to
wear , and makes many of our repre
sentatives look like farm-hands.
This statute of 1867 was found
necessary to nip a budding gayety of
dress , set growing by John Quincy
Adams. It is not my intention to dis
courage admiration of the Adams fam
ily. It began well with old John , and
has maintained its lick with fair reptile
to present times. But John Quincy.
with all his brightness , his vigor his
wit , must now and then have been dc-
' cidedly off his mental reservation.
He wrote poetry , for one thing , and
even bethought him of making a
drama , albeit he never did. Back in
his day , too. he fabricated an Ameri
can court dress a garish thing which
would well beseem the man with a
big stick who precedes the band. Di-
plomates of this hour , antl indeed un
til the frosty statute indicated , were
wont to caparison themselves there
with.
It called ror a blue coat bedight
with buttons of brass , gold braid and
epaulets of the sort common in pict
ures of General Scott. White breeches
of the knee species accompanied this
elegant coat , and a pair of white silk
stockings and shoes , with big buckles ,
completed the story. A cocked hat
and cockade and a sword in a scab
bard of gold , capable of a most gal
lant jingle as its wearer walked about
put a finish to the Adams unifr
But congress took away the sw
the cocked hat , dyed the
"breeches the color of . >
there you are. Was > -
tue Kansas City T' '
