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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1900)
By F. M. KIMMELL. Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co. Republican State Convention. The Republican Electors of the several counties ot the State of Nebraska are hereby called to meet in convention at Lincoln , Ne braska , May 2,1900 , at 2 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of selecting four delegates and four altcinate delegates to the National Republican Convention , which convenes in Philadelphia , June 19 , 1900 ; also to place m nomination candidates for the following officers : Eight Presidential Electors , Governor , Lieutenant-Governor , Secretary of State , Treasurer , Auditor of Public Accounts , At torney-General , Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings , Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. The basis of representation is one delegate at large and one delegate for each 100 votes and major fraction thereof cast for Hon. M. B. Reese for Judge of the Supreme Court at the election held in 1899. Red Willow county is entitled to eleven delegates. It is recommended that no proxies be al lowed , but that the delegates present cast the full vote of the delegation. 1 he county con ventions in the several counties held for the purpose of selecting delegates to this conven- tjon shall select the county committee and o'fficers thereof. At the state convention the State central committeemen from the odd numbered senatorial districts will be selected for the ensuing two years , and the new state committee will hold its meeting at the close of the state convention. ORLANDO TEFFT , Chairman. J. T. MALLALIEU , Secretary Pro Tern. TUB Republican congressional com mittee for the Fifth district met in ses sion , Tuesday , in Holdrege , to call the convention. The date for holding the convention was fixed for Wednesday , April 25th , at two o'clock , in the city of Holdrege. It was decided that but one convention be held. The representation was based on the vote cast for Captain C. E. Adams in 1898 for congressman , giving each county one delegate at large and one delegate for every hundred votes and major fraction. This gives Red Wil low county eleven delegates. The con vention will embrace about 170 delegates. "WK are today Greater America , but that greatness will be lost if we forget the political philosophy which has made us great expansion of American thought , mechanical skill , civilization and the philosophy of development. Under a destiny unforseen and uncontrolled by us , the power and institutions of the na tion have been planted in the east. I believe that if we do our duty it means not only the elevation and uplifting of the people of that far-off land , but that it will add to the power and glory of our free institutions and the commercial su premacy of the nation. " Senator Mc- Laurin ( Democrat ) of South Carolina in the U. S. senate. THE anti-imperialists , who have been shuddering at the proposed oppression of the Filipinos by the administration , are considerably embarrassed at the re cent speech of President Schurman at Chicago. As one of the Philippine com mission he pointed out that the plan of government for the islands which the commission has recommended , and to carry out which the president is to ap point another commission , follows close ly the lines of Jefferson's plan for the government of the Louisiana purchase. It will hardly be claimed by the antis that the inhabitants of the Louisiana country were less fit for self-government than are the Filipinos to-day. THE Puerto Rican tariff bill , should it become a law in the form in which it passed the house , will give to the people H of Puerto Rico a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year for improvement of general conditions , educational and otherwise , in the island , and yet will give them such commercial relations with the United States as to greatly stimulate the interchange of commodi ties , while by the higher duties imposed on articles coming into the island from other countries we will be given practi cally its entire market. The duty col lected on merchandise coming into the United States from Puerto Rico at full Dingley law rates amounts to a little over a million dollars a year , and with a col lection of but 15 per cent of the regular rates , perhaps $200,000 would be real [ ized , which would be immediately ex pended for internal improvements in the [ island. McConnell's Balsam cures coughs. THE TRIBUNE will club with any pa per you may want. Try it. McConnelPs Balsam cures coughs. [ RoVAL Baking Powder n Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum * Alumbakin are the greatest menacersto ! th of the present day. ; ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO. , NEW YORK. Best Grades Lime , Cement , Plaster , Lath , Shingles , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Moulding Telephone No ; 5 BARNETT LUMBER CO. LACKED SELF-RELIANCE. Carried to Self-Destruction by an Irresistible Impulse. Some time during Monday night , M. W. Gallagher , a recent arrival from Lenox , Iowa , committed suicide by hanging himself. His lifeless body was found suspended from the rafters of his sod-house , Tuesday morning , by Oscar Hammond , a son of J. M. Hammond , a neighbor with whom he had been stay ing pending the arrival of the family from Iowa. Monday evening , contrary to his usual custom , the deceased built a fire at home , and sent word by the little chil dren of the Hammond household that he would remain at his place all night , in stead of sleeping at the Hammond farm ; remarking that he did not feel very well , anyhow. Not making his appearance , Tuesday morning , to get the hay-rack , as agreed , Oscar Hammond went over to the Gallagher farm , where he found the cold and lifeless body of Mr. Gallagher hanging to a rope suspended from the rafters supporting the roof of the sod- t house. The sad and tragic fact was at h a once reported to County Coroner J. E. y Spotts , who took the matter in charge. ild The deceased left the following letter which tragically and pathetically de- It scribes the unfortunate man's reason for v thus launching himself into eternity : vtl vI tl MR. GALLAGHER'S LETTER. tlI tlo Mr. J. M. Hammond : You will find o h me dead ; please do all you can for my wife in disposing property. Sell every thing as soon as you can ; sell barn off my land and lumber out sod-house. You will find my pocket-book in bureau ; drawer ; pay yourself and son. Telegraph Miles VV. Green , Clearfield , Iowa. My : wife's name is Emma T. Gallagher , n Lenox , Iowa. When she comes , tell her that is not niy attempt at suicide : over three years ago I took one full o ounce of laudanum and husked corn in afternoon. It has been an impulse with > me since 1876 , when I lost my money in bank ; I can't throw it off , so don't blame > me too severely. I am aware of the : trouble it will cause you and Eva ; bear it as well as you can. Tell Eva to be a better girl to her mother. Tell Green to arrange and sell my land as soon as he thinks proper ; sell personal property for cash , and make as little expense as pos sible. My wife is an invalid ; and bury me wherever most convenient ; and save her all the worry you can ; tell Green to look after that. I have no debts ; there are some papers in drawer worth saving tax receipts on land. The impulse to do this act is not from insanity ; but I have lost self-reliance to such an extent oiW ' oini I am unfit for business. Tell all of them ni I feel sorry to bring disgrace upon my niP. . family , but I can't keep it back. I have cie e : no fears for the future ; if I succeed in laal getting out of this world , will take my alfu chances of the next. Eva and wife and Miles W. Green , good-by. M.V. . GALLAGHER. bi P. S. You will find shipping bill for th part of my buggy , the balance is here ; there is new dash to put on. You better th at move seed grain from granary , and atwi zhickens possibly not safe here so long. wi Feed my cows some corn ; they will lose th thwi flesh. I have not slept an average of wi sue hour per since my arrival here. I vii lave a good fire in heater tonight ; will sleep one more evening here in comfort. jo thin will sleep that last long sleep care-free from this tumultuous world. If my body is worth anything to a medical college ' I t in dollars and cents for my family , I dc aave no scruples against it. a The deceased came to this country in : 892 and purchased a quarter section of and a mile and a half west of Cedar lai th < 31uffs , Kansas , in 1893. This he shortly ch ifterwards sold and bought 80 acres of he Captain Holmes homestead on the sa ; Driftwood , about six ; miles southwest of cri HcCook. He lived here until the fall of 1894 , when he returned to Iowa. He ar- It ived in McCook on Thursday of last imme me veek with a car-load of farm and house- It lold goods and stock , and commenced o arrange matters for the reception of for he family. Mr. Gallagher paid cash for ha rot lis land , owed nothing , had about two tundred dollars in money in the house ; 1 um tesides was quite well provided with afil tock , implements and household goods. aq Vhile he evidently has been quite well- cei o-do and has lost heavily in a bank ailure and in the destruction by fire of as oods stored in a railroad depot for ship- pal aent , yet there seems to be little or no livi iresent occasion for such a terrible act' ' On on account of financial distress. An unsuccessful attempt at self-de struction had evidently first been made by taking an ounce of chloroform , as an empty bottle which had contained that drug was found near at hand. The coroner's jury consisted of Henry Green , J. A. Schmitz , J. E. Logue , W. A. Holbrook , Frank A. Fitch and C. M. Green. They found that the deceased met death "by his own act by hanging himself in his own dwelling. " Mrs. Gallagher and daughter Eva ar rived in the city , Wednesday night , from Lenox , Iowa , and was at once taken out to the scene of the sad tragedy. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Badcon at the home , Thurs day morning , after which the body was brought to McCook and interment made in Riverview cemetery at this place. INDIANOLA. This community had the worst fire scare in many years on Monday morning of this week. About eight o'clock , fire was discovered in the Reporter office over the State bank. Owing to the lack of ladders , it was impossible to gain access to the fire until it was beyond con trol , and the entire inside of the bank building and contents , save that portion secure in the bank vault and safe , were destroyed. The ivalls of the building are standing intact , but it is impossible to say to what extent they are lamaged. On the upper floor of the building were ocated the offices of the Weekly Reporter md Dr. W. D. MacKechnie ; on the first floor vere the State bank and the Lamhorn & Dolan real estate office ; in the basement were he city council room and the barber shop of irlarry Fisher. The furniture and all the rec- rds of the city were burned ; Mr. Fisher saved lis barber shop outfit entire. The Ftate bank est all of its furniture and everything not in he vault. The bank's loss is about $5,000 , icarly covered by insurance. The loss to the Weekly Reporter , which outfit was owned by . b. Phillips , is placed at about $1,000 ; insured or $500. Dr. MacKechnie's loss is about 6oo ; insured for $200. S. R. Smith's loss is ibout $300 ; no insurance. When it was seen that the fire was beyond ontrol , work was immediately begun to re- nove the goods from J. W. Dolan & Co.'s tore , just west of the bank building , William JcCallum's store , just north of the bank , and rom Fred Duckworth's drug store , the post- ffice : and Ralph White's store , on up he treet to the north. The entire contents , of ill these five buildings were removed to a lace of safety ; and in the meantime ladders lad been placed against the Masonic temple milding , and from the roof of this building , y means of buckets and water , the fire was onfined to the bank building , the Masonic milding being but slightly damaged. A call was made on McCook and the hook tnd ladder company from that place came lown on a special train , making the run in ileven minutes , and aided very materially in jetting the fire under control. On Tuesday morning the bank opened up or business in the Masonic temple building , me door west of the old stand , from which he stock of general merchandise of Dolan & Zo. was removed to the Beardslee bricK. The people of this place are congratulating hemselves that it is as well with them as it is. RESOLUTION OF THANKS. The following resolution was introduced md passed by a unanimous vote at the ses- ion of the Indianola city council , Wednesday veningof this week : Resolved , That the city council of the city 'f Indianola hereby tenders to the city of ilcCook their sincere thanks for their prompt- iess in sending their hook and ladder com- iany ! to our assistance during the fire in our ity on the 5th instant. We also tender teach ach and every member of said hook and idder company our thanks for the very valu- ble assistance rendered us in subduing said re. Attest : W. O. BOND , City Clerk. VV. O. Bond was in McCook , Thursday , on usiness. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Teel had business in ic west end city , last Saturday. The State bank people have announced icir purpose to rebuild their bank building once. S. R. Smith has purchased a new outfit and ill resume the publication of the Reporter in ic near future. Colonel Comfort , C. F. Lehn and I.M.Smith ere down from the county seat , Tuesday , to lew the remains. Mrs. F. H. Strout will , in a week or two , nn her husband in the county seat , where icy will make their home. Rev. W. E. Sitzer , W. Caton , N. Y. , writes , had dyspepsia over twenty years , and tried octors and medicines without benefit. I was ersuaded to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and helped me from the start. I believe it to be panacea for all forms of indigestion ; " it di- sts what you eat. D. W. Loar. A laundry at Solomon , Kans. , was burg- rized a few nights agojand the police caught ic thief by nabbing the first man seen with a can shirt on in the middle of the week. Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman , Milesburg , Pa. > .ys , "As a speedy cure for coughs , colds , | oup and sore throat One Minute Cough ure is unequaled. It is pleasant for children | take. I heartily recommend it to mothers. " I is the only harmeless remedy that produces imediate results. It cures bronchitis , pneu- | onia , grippe , and throat and lung diseases , = will prevent consumption. D. W. Loar. I Missouri's live industries are spreading to reign lands. Two of her ambitious sons r tve been arrested in France for train I bbery. r No one knows the unbearable torture one | idergoes from piles unless they are so : licted. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is uick , safe and painless cure. Price , 50 I nts in bottles , tubes , 75 cents. A. McMillen. E What's Your Face Worth ? Sometimes a fortune , but never , if you have sallow complexion , a jaundiced look , moth tches and blotches on the skin all signs of er.trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills fe clear skin , rosy cheeks , rich complexion , ily 25 cents at McConnell & Berry's. NORTH COLEMAN. Mrs. VV. II. Epperly visited in this part of the precinct , last week. There have been a number of cases of lung fever in this neighborhood , lately ; but all are recovering. We have been having quite an earnest of winter , lately : a number of inches of snow , and an invigorating temperature. M. H. Cole hauled posts from the Willow , this week ; and G. S. Simmerman hauled hogs to town , Monday , receiving 4-25 a hundred for them. The farmers are somewhat encouraged by the snows and wet weather , expecting the soil to be in fine shape for the spring planting of grain. Hope they may realize handsomely. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Woodard of Iowa were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Stryker , last week. He thinks we have better hogs here than they have in Iowa , but that our horses are not as good as their's are. He thinks that we break out too much land , and that we ought to keep more in pasture land. Withal he considers this a superior stock country. They departed , Sunday afternoon , for Des Moines , Iowa , where he has purchased property and where he will make his home for the present. Wm. Orr , Newark , O. , says , "We never feel safe without One Minute Cough Cure in the house. It saved my little boy's life when he had the pneumonia. We think it is the best medicine made. " It cures coughs , colds , and all lung diseases. Pleasant to take , harmless and gives immediate results. BOX ELDER. James Oakley is buying hogs. Ed Warner cleaned the church organ , last week. George Oakley is repairing and cleaning sewing machines. Dan Wildman is entertaining his brother of Gosper county , these cold days. We have been visited by quite a snow storm about six inches on the level. Reese and George Harrison attended the masquerade ball at Indianola , Thursday even ing.There There is to be a supper at the church , this Wednesday evening , the proceeds to go for a new stove. On account of the storm , cannot say as to its success. Gertrude Moore entertained her friends , last Friday evening , tht occasion being her birthday. The evening \yas spent very enjoyably - joyably , despite the cold night. Mrs. A. W. Campbell has been operated on at the Omaha hospital and is getting along much better than her friends expected she would. She will soon be able to come to Wy- more to stay with a daughter until entirely re covered. Mr. and Mrs.Villiatn Greenlee gave a fare well party to their many friends and neigh bors , last Monday evening. The time was spent in music and social chat ; refreshments were served in the form of a genuine oyster mpper. Mr. Greenlee moved this week , onto he Ball farm , near town. The old , young , and most every one re ceived valentines on that day , advertising business m its usual way : money-lenders , bald-headed men , meddlesome women , sin ners , andsoforth ; and the boys say the young 'adies have offered quite a reward for the con viction of that scamp and not-one-bit-smart- chap , either. M. R. Smith. Butternut , Mich. , says , "De- \Vitt's Little Early Risers are the very best pills I ever used for costiveness , liver and bowel troubles" D. W. Lear. JACOB BALL SELLS m Monitor Windmills Baker Pumps Pipe and Fittings. Bores Wells and Repairs Pumps. First door east of Predmore Bros. ' blacksmith shop. McCOOK , : NEBRASKA i imvivi i I Ask your physician this qaes- j tion , "What is the one great ] remedy for consumption ? " | i' He will answer , "Cod-liver I I oil. " Nine out of ten wi ! ! : { answer the same way. j | Yet when persons have | i consumption they loathe all ] f fatty foods , yet fat is neces- | I sary for thei-r recovery and I I they cannot take plain codj j r liver oil. The plain oil disturbs - | turbs the stomach and takes j f away the appetite. The disagreeable - | { agreeable fishy odor and I f taste make it almost unenf | durable. What is to be done ? 1 j This question was ansI - | I wered when we first made 3 SCOTT'S f i EMULSION I I of Cod-Liver Oil with HypoI I ? phosphites. Although that | was nearly twenty-five years I ago , yet it stands alone toj j day the one great remedy s for ail affections of the throat | and lungs. | The bad taste and odor have been I taken away , the oil itself has been | partly digested , and the most sen * | sitive stomach objects to it rarely , s Not one in ten can take and digest j the plain oil. Nine out of ten can 2 take SCOTTS EMULSION and di- | gest it That's why it cures so s many cases of early consumption , j Even in advanced cases it brings : comfort and greatly prolongs life , j Soc. and $1.00 , all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE , Chemists , New York. C L . . . . . . Hf-J > 4H III.--Ill .I.I.H. U4 .m - HONEST JOHN Proprietor of the busy store in the First National Bank Block * desires to call public attention to the fact that his superb \ Ready-Made Clothing . NEW Ladies' & Children's Shoes STOCK OF Men's & ' " Boys' . . . Spring Caps . . . . is now ready for inspection ; also / to the fact that his line of . . . . DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES is unequalled in Southwestern Nebraska. All lines full , new , fresh and complete. CARPETS AND RUGS He challenges all competition in variety , richness , and price. JOHN H. ORANNIS PRODUCE TAKEN IN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. McCOOK , NEBRASKA OUR energies have been bent toward securing the most desirable goods in the markets for our spring offerings. This has been easier than usual in one way , namely , more goods are now being manufactured than ever before. By reason of our connections with the leading makers and dealers , we have secured reliable , de pendable goods at the most conservative prices , and make our offerings with the confidence that your taste and judgment will bear us out. Dress Goods. Silks. Our offerings include a full line Taffetas plain and corded-.China of the celebrated Jamestown Worst SIKS ! all colors ; Brocades , Plaids , eds in all colors and grades from Stripes ; Black Dress Silks Peau 39c to 51.25. Also Broadcloths , DeSoie , Faille and Gros Grains ; 7 Venetian cloths , Plaids , Serges , pieces Printed India Silks at 25c a Brilliantines , Crepons , etc. from yard. 51.25 down to loc a yard. Wrappers. . Trimmings. The celebrated "Reliable" brand Laces , Ribbons , Mousseline De- made by Marshall Field & Co. Soie , Chiffons , Silks , Satins , Braids. I rices 5oc , 75c , S5c , Si.oo , 51.25 , Gimps. Buckles , Slides , . . . etc. etc. Sl-50,52.00. Also Children's Wash Dresses from 40c to $1.75. Wash Fabrics. From 5c to 350 yard , Cotton Cre- Dress Skirts. pens , Mulls , Swisses , Linens , Per cales , Ginghams , Dimities , Piques , Weare , makers of Dress Skirts Cotton Coverts , Ducks , etc. and show a line embracing Plaids , Blacks , Novelties and Silk Skirts. Prices from 52.50 to 57.50. 52.50 We Sell buys an All-wool Black or Colored JJest Skirt Cambric A C Skirt. Extra-stout Blue Plaid Shirti'g 6j4c Best Quality Light-Ground Prints We Sell Best Quality Standard Dress c Men's ' Good Stout Work Shirts 2oc Prints rc Boys' well-made Brownie Over Best quality Indigo Blue Prints alls " ' ' ' ' 2c Wide German Indigo Blue fc Menjs XXX Blue Overalls" . . . . 5cc Prints Men's Rockford Seamless Sox. 4C Cotton Covert Cloth IQC gc Men's 56 Pants. 54.25 ; 55 Pants , S3-7 : > ; 54 Pants , 52.75. 300 Pairs. We solicit your trade , i Postoffice Per > j in same Building : . GEO. E. THOMPSON. \ McCOOK , NEB. ONE PRICE : PLAIN FIGURES : CASH ONLY