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.
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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
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MR. GALLAGHER'S LETTER. tlI
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Missouri's live industries are spreading to
reign lands. Two of her ambitious sons r
tve been arrested in France for train I
bbery.
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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
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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
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