By F. M. KIMMELL.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co.
Subscription , $ ! a Year in Advance
Coming Political Events.
Republican congressional convention , Fifth
district , Iloldreee , Wednesday , April 25th , 2
o'clock. Red Willow county II delegates.
Republican state convention , Lincoln ,
Wednesday , May 2d , 2 o'clock. Red Willow
county II delegates.
Driftwood Precinct.
The Kepublcan primary election for Drift
wood precinct will be held in the Frederick
school-house , Wednesday evening , April nth ,
at 8 o'clock , for the purpose of electing four
delegates to the Republican county conven
tion to be held in Indianola , Nebraska/l'luirs-
day , Apiil igth , at n o'clock.
C. T. ELLUK ,
Precinct Committeeman.
the Mrs. or the reporters ure
making a monkey of Dewey. In either
event its a pathetic sight.
IV Admiral Dewey reads the papers
closely or widely he will doubtless be
sorry he spoke , by this time. The epi
sode is regretted by all.
THE loss by fire of their great conven
tion hall , Wednesday isa paralyzing
loss to Kansas City. The loss on hall
and other property aggregates a half
million dollars. The hall \ \ ill be rebuilt.
TUM voters of South Dakota have an
opportunity this year which rarely conies
to such a young slate. The retiiement
of the Hon. Richard Grumbling Petti-
grew , under an avalanche of ballots , will
be a fine testimonial to the intelligence
and patriotism of South Dakota.
Tun Hon. Don M. Dickinson bays he
had hoped that the Democratic part } '
would be allowed to write its platform
this year. Mr. Dickinson has been en
tirely too hopeful. The Democratic
party is too seciirety in the hands of its
Populist bosses to admit of anything of
that sort.
ADMIRAL DIJWKY has made his second
end surrender lie is willing to be slain
on his country's altar now as a presiden
tial candidate. His first surrender was
made to the ambitious \\M6w , who is
doubtless the author of the admiral's
second err.or. The admiral's nomina
tion would pave the way for his first de
cisive defeat.
"WHAT Lincoln was to his country in
his day , McKinley is to the country to
day ; and the nation which expressed its
endorsement of Lincoln by reelecting
him to the Presidency , will set a similar
mark of approbation on the latest of his
distinguished successors.So says
"American Commerce and Industries , "
the organ of the commercial travelers of
the United States.
HERBERT MVKICK , who is now work
ing in conjunction with Henry T. Oxnard -
nard to secure the enforcement of the
Dingley tariff against Porto Rican prod
ucts , was one of the rankest free-traders
in the country about a decade ago.
Through his agricultural publications ,
he fought the McKinley tariff tooth and
nail. But he has suddenly become a
protectionist. Myrick's main hope is to
increase the circulation of his agricul
tural papers by posing as the farmers'
friend.
THE money circulation of the country ,
which was $1,509,725,200 on July I , 1896 ,
had increased to $2,002,931,791 on March
I , 1900. This was a gain of nearly five
hundred million dollars in three years
and a half. Of this increase $295.150,584
was in gold coin and gold certificatesr
During the same length of time , what
could the free silverites have done if
they had secured control of the govern
ment ? According to their own theories ,
they would have had a large number of
" 50-cent dollars to pav debts with. "
WHEN the Democratic governor of
Idaho called out the troops to suppress
rioting and destruction of property he
gave serious offense to the Sulzers and
the Lentzes in his party. Democratic
leaders never were quite agreed upon
such questions. It will be recalled that ,
upon the occasion of the Chicago riots ,
a Democratic governor , seeking political
capital , encouraged the disorder and
lawlessness , and a Democratic president
sent General Miles and his troops to
bring order out of chaos. Inconsistency ,
incompetency and incompatibility are
specialties of the Democratic party.
JUST at the present time , when the
Democrats in congress pretend to wax
indignant over the "violated rights" of
the people of Porto Rico , it is interesting
to read some of the Democratic utter
ances regarding the rights of the colored
race under the constitution. Senator
Morgan , of Alabama , in a speech on the
floor of the senate a mouth ago , said :
"In physical , mental , social , inventive ,
religious , and ruling power the African
race holds the lowest place , as it has
since the world has had a history , and it
is no idle boast that the white man holds
the highest place. To force this lowest
stratum into a position of political equal
ity with the highest is only to clog the
progress of all mankind in its inarch ,
ever strenuous and in proper order , to
ward the highest planes of human as
piration. "
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against alum *
Alum Baking powders are the greatest
menaccrs to health of the present day.
ROYAL BAKING POWCER CO. , NEW YORK.
Best Grades
BARNETT LUMBER CO.
Poultry Netting
Barbed Wire
Woven Wire Fence
Fence Posts
Round Cypress Tanks all sizes.
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Republican State Convention.
The Republican Electors of the several
counties of 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
alteinate delegates to the National Republican
Convention , which convenes in Philadelphia ,
June 19 , 1900 ; also to place in nomination
candidates for the following officers :
Eight Presidential Electors , Governor ,
Lieutenant-Go vei nor , 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 Coutt at
the election held in 1899. KedWillow 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
tion shall select the county committee and
officers 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 TKFFT , Chairman.
J. T. MALI.ALIE-U , Secretary Pro Tern.
Republican Congressional Convention.
Notice is hereby given that a Republican
convention for the Fifth congressional dis
trict of Nebraska will be held in the city of
Holdrege on the 25th day of April , 1900 , at
two o'clock p. in. , for the purpose of choosing
two delegates and two alternates to represent
the distnct in the national convention which
convenes in Philadelphia , June iQth , 1900 , and
for the placing in nomination a candidate for
congress for said district and for the transac
tion of any other business that may properly
come before said convention. The basis of
representation for each county shall be one
delegate at large and one delegate for each
100 votes and major fraction thereof cast for
Hon. C. E. Adams in 1898.
Here follows number of delegates for the
several counties :
Adams 19 Harlan 9
Clay 17 Hayes 4
Chase 3 Hitchcock 5
Dundy 4 Kearney , . . 10
Franklin 10 Nuckolls 13
Frontier 9 Perkins 2
Furnas 13 i'helps 10
Gosper 4 Red Willow 11
Hall 19 Webster 13
C. A. LUCE , Chairman.
Superior , Neb. , March 13,1900.
Republican County Convention.
The Republican electois of Red Willow
county , Nebraska , are hereby requested to
send delegates from their respective precincts
to meet in convention in the city of Indianola ,
Nebraska , on Thursday , April 19,1900 , at II
o'clock a. m. for the purpose of selecting II
delegates to the congressional convention to
be held at Holdrege , Neb. , on Thursday ,
April 25th , 1900 , and eleven delegates to the
state convention to be held at Lincoln , Neb. ,
on Tuesday , May 2,1900. The several pre
cincts of the county are entitled to the follow
ing representation , the apportionment being
based on the vote cast for the lion. Geo. W.
Norris for judge in 1899 , giving each voting
precinct two delegates at large and one for
every fifteen votes or fraction thereof , to-wit :
Alliance Lebanon 8
Beaver Mo. Ridge 4
Bondville 4 North Valley 4
Box Elder 5 Perry 4
Coleman 4 Red Willow 6
Danbury 5 Tyrone 4
Driftwood . % 4 Valley Grange 5
East Valley 8 W.Grove 1st pet .12
Fritsch 4 2dpct. . p
Gerver 4 3d pet. . 8
Grant 4 4th pet. 7
Indianola 9 Total delegates 133
It is recommended that no proxies be ad
mitted and that primaries be held in the vari
ous precincts on Wednesday , April nth , 1900.
C. B. GRAY , C. F. BABCOCK ,
Secretary. Chairman.
Exercises and Refreshments.
Driftwood school No. 16 closed on
Tuesday , the 3d , with a public exhibi
tion. At eleven a. m. , the natives came
in on the school with dish-pans , baskets ,
buckets , etc. filled with pies , cakes , tur
key , chicken , fruits and almost every
thing in the line of eatables. The school
surrendered at the first call. The tables
were soon arranged and all enjoyed a
good dinner.
After dinner the house was called to
order. The programme consisted of dec
lamations , orations , dialogues , songs
and tableaux and was rendered to quite
an audience. Eight different districts
participated. The young Americans ac
quitted themselves in a way that made
the old feel young and showed that their
teacher , Miss Schmitz , had spared no
time in preparing them for the day.
While the enrollment of the school
was 17 , the smallest daily attendance
during the severest weather was II.
Some were neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the term of 7 months. * *
IT may surprise Americans to know
that watches , meats , shoes , tools , fur
niture and numerous other articles from
this country are on sale in Switzerland ,
and indeed , can be bought in practically
all of the cities of the continent. The
march of American trade in foreign lands
is steady and unchecked. The goods
win their way by the sheer force of merit.
If the movement continues we may ex
pect to hear of the organiz'ation of leagues
to encourage the patronage of home in
dustries in the nations on the other side
of the water. The American Invasion is
causing much comment and not a little
alarm.
We are still in the coal business and
sell stove wood as well. Barnett Lum
ber Co. Telephone No. 5.
Bicycle shoes at the "Model. "
Coal and
First-Class
Building Material
of all Kinds.
Sunday-School Convention.
The second annual convention of the
Red Willow County Sunday-School as
sociation will be held in Danbury , April
I2th and I3th. Following Is the pro
gramme arranged for the convention :
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH , APRIL 12.
AFTERNOON.
2:00 Devotional Exercises
Rev. G. B. Mayfield
2:15 Report of President.
2:30 Report of Secretary.
2:45 * "Is the Present System of Conducting
a Sunday-School Adequate to the Needs
of the Church ? " Rev. II. Stoy
3:00 Discussion ; not to exceed three inin-
utes to each person.
3:15 "Remedies ; How Can the Sunday-
School Work be Improved ? How Shall
We Apply the Remedy ? " C. T. Watson
3:30 Discussion ; not to exceed three min
utes to each person.
3:45 " The Work of the Superintendent" . . .
R. H. Pollock
4:00 "Destitute Sections of Our Country
What Can We Do ? " Uev. Chrysler
4:15 Discussion.
4:30 Business Session. Appointment of
Committees , etc.
5:00 : Adjourn for supper.
JILTIIODIST CHURCH EVENING.
7:30 Service of Song.
8:00 "Sunday-School Missionary Work. "
Addresses by Revs. Badcon and Murphy
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH , APRIL 13.
FORENOON.
9:00 Devotional , conducted by Rev. Crippen
9:20 "The Home Department"
Mrs. I. M. Ueardsley
9:35 Discussion ; not to exceed three min
utes to each person.
9:50 "House to House Visitation"
_ _ . _ . M rs. Traver
10:05 ' 'My Experience inHouse to House
Visitation Woik"
Miss Essig and Mrs. IJohnstedt
10:15 Discussion of house to house visita
tion woik ; not to exceed thiee minutes to
each person.
10:30 Normal Class R. II. Pollock
10:45 "Home Study of Lesson" Miss Ray
ii:00 Discussion , ' 'What Aggiessive Woik
me We Going to Unitedly Do the Coming
Veai ? " Led by Rev. Huntzingei
11:45 Adjourn for dinner.
METHODIST CHURCH AFTERNOON.
2:00 Devotional J. E. Tirrill
2:30 "Sunday-School Finances" L. Cann
2:55 Discussion.
3:00 Reports of Committees.
3:15 Election of Officers.
3:45 "The State Association It's Needs"
R. H. Pollock
4:00 Closing up the Work of the Conven
tion and Further Discussion of Plans of
Work.
4:45 Adjourn for supper.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH EVENING.
7:30 Service of Song
Conducted by Rev. Walker
8:00 "By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know
Them"
Addresses by Rev. Turner and otheis
Each Sunday-school in the county is
entitled to three delegates besides the
pastors , whoaie delegates by virtue of
their position. Free entertainment will
be furnished by the people of Danbury.
Those in charge expect to make the dih-
cussion of the
different subjects a prom
inent feature of the convention , so please
come prepared to do your part to ad
vance this great work , "it is hoped that
every Sunday-school worker in the coun
ty will be present.
COMMITTEES Entertainment Presi
dent , Mrs. M. Whittaker ; secretary. Miss
L. Ruby. Reception President , S. W.
Stilgebouer ; secretary , Mrs. T. E. Mc
Donald. Music Miss Mary L. Cann ,
Mrs. Bariteau , Miss Maud Eno , Miss
Maud Ruby , Mrs. Everist , Miss Gertie
Sewell.
"Finest of the Wheat No. 2" hymn
books will be used.
For Sale.
Five-room house , barn , two lots , hedge
and fruit trees ; fine location corner of
Dakota and Manchester streets , McCook.
Write H. G. DIXON ,
Kennett Square , Penn.
McMillen's Cough Cure is sure.
OF COD-LIVER OIL WITH
HYPOPEOSPHITES
should always be kept in
the house for the fol
lowing reasons :
" Because , if any member
of the family has a hard cold , it
will cure it.
* E1&QB8D Because , if the chil
dren are delicate and sickly , it will (
make them strong and well. ?
1 Because , if the father or
mother is rosing flesh and becom
ing thin and emaciated , it will build
them up and give them flesh and
strength. o
"
Because it is the
standard remedy in all throat and [
lung affections.
No household should be without it. a
It can be takea in summer as well
as in winter.
Soc.and $1.00 , all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE , Chemists , New York.
INDIANOLA.
Ex-Sheriff ] . R Neelvas in the county cap
ital , Wednesday , on business.
Mrs. Mabel Stranahnn of McCook was the
guest of Miss Lulu Beardslee over Sunday.
The Reporter cat "came back" and we are
open to the sympathy of our well wishing
friends.
II. W. Kcyes , our leading attorney , had
business of the law in the big burg on the
west , Saturday.
The Republican county convention will
meet here on Thursday , April igth , at II
o'clock in the morning.
The license people carried the day here ,
Tuesday , and William McCallum will be the
mayor for the ensuing municipal year.
Chairman Babcock and Secretary Gray of
the Republican county central committee at
tended the committee meeting here , Saturday.
S. R. Smith and wife made boldto invade
the west end town , Monday , returning home ,
the same day , safe and sound strange to re
late.
late.The
The famous Kemp ranch of over a thousand
acres near this place has been sold to C. A.
Hedges of McCook. The consideration was
513,000 cash.
The result of the election in this city is as
follows : Citizen's ticket William McCallum ,
mayor , 13 pluinhty ; W. O. Bond , clerk , 24 ; K.
H. Duckworth , treasurer , 18 ; Martin Ander
son , city engineer , 4 ; J. V. Harrison , council
man , First ward , 7. Anti-license ticket James
Hethtrington , police judge. 14 plurality ; A.
W. lloyt , councilman , Second ward , I.
J. I. Carson , Prothonotary , Washington , Pa. ,
says , " 1 have found Kodol Dyspepsia Cure an
excellent remedy in case of stomach trouble ,
and have derived great benefit from its use. "
It digests what you eat and cannot fail to cure.
D. W. Loar.
HARMONY VALLEY.
R. McDonald is suffering fiom the effects
of an old malarial trouble.
' 1 he closing exercises of the U. S. club were
held at the home of 11.11. Pickens , Friday
evening , March 23rd.
Union is the name proposed for the Sun
day-school about to be organized in district
"No. S. There is peihaps no place in the
county outside this vale of harmony where the
name would be so appropriate.
LOST On Sunday p. m. , April 1st. one
black calf. When Inst seen it was going
south near the school-house in district 31 ,
and trying to get into a top-buggy occupied
by a smooth complexioned young man and
his best girl.and drawn by a "team" of one bay
horse. If the finder will repoit same to Mr.
S , ( whose first name is George ) he will be
immediately rewarded.
The school in district 16 closed , this week ,
with a successful enteitaimnent. Miss Phil-
omena Schmil/ , the teacher , was hired last
fall to teach a three-months term , after which
three months moie were added. At the close
of the six months , when her final programme
was ready , the board concluded that they
needed her services still another month. This
beinir Miss Schmitz's first school , it speaks
well for her ability.
' 'No family can afford to be without One
Minute Cough Cure. It will stop a cough and
cine a cold quicker than any other medicine , "
writes C. W. Williams , Sterling Run , Pa. It
cures croup , bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles and presents consumption. Pleasant
and harmless. D. W. Loar.
"How can an unhappy maniage be avoided - }
ed ? " aks a bachelor in a New York paper.
That's an easy one. Simply tell her she can
only be a sister to you.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure , and a bottle of Mallard's Ilorehotind
Syrup used in time is wortli a staff of physic
inns with a drug store or two included. Price
25 and 50 cents. A. McMillen.
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ACOB BAITL
SELLS
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Monitor Windmills
Baker Pumps
Pipe and Fittings.
Bores Wells and
Repairs Pumps.
First door east of Predmore
Bros. ' blacksmith shop.
MCCOOK , : NEBRASKA
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Buggies 0
and Carriages
Painted
and Striped
Papering and House Painting :
PAKSONS & WALKER
Old Land Office Bldgf.
In the Big Horn Basfn.
General Solicitor Mauderson has prac
tically secured the assent of the interior
department to the building of a line of
road by the Burlington across the Crow
Indian reservation in Montana. This
has been the great obstacle in the way
of building the proposed line from Toluca
to Cody City , in the Big Horn basin ,
and it is predicted that the line will now
be built this summer. One advantage
to be gained by building this line will be
the tapping of new and extensive coal
fields. The country through which the
line will pass is rich in natural resources ,
and will furnish heavy freight traffic
from the start. Its terminus will also be
near the border of the famous Yellow
stone park , and the road itself will pass
through a portion of Wyoming's wonder
land. Cody City is distant nearly 200
miles from Toluca , by the proposed line.
It is in the center of a large land grant
now being improved by a company of
capitalists headed by William Codv ,
Buffalo Bill ) , of North Platte , Neb.
The land grant is now practically under
irrigation from an immense water way
cut through the mountains. For three
years Coloned Cody has been inducing
settlers to make homes on his irrigated
basin land. The greatest drawback to
settling up the basin has been the lack
of markets and transportation facilities ,
and these will be supplied when the
country is penetrated by an arm of the
jreat Burlington system. The nearest
railroad points to Cody City at present
are Red Lodge , a coal camp reached by
branch line of the Northern Pacific ,
and Sheridan , on the Burlington's Bill
ings line.
McMillen's sarsaparilla will do you
jood.
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are fleeting , transient , un
substantial things as a rule , and remind -
mind one of the little filmy , lacy tricks
and things that make so large n part
of ladies , especially at
of the c t up
this time of year. They are no small
part of the dty goods business.neverthe-
less ; the following items for instance :
Laces . . .
including all-overs , edgings ,
insertions , footings in blacks , creams ,
butter color , 'ecru
and white , in
linen , cotton and
silk , for dresses ,
hats , handkerc'fs ,
bedding , under
wear , a very
complete line of
Vals , Torchons ,
Orientals , Chan-
tillys etc. , from
He to 6oc per yd.
Veilings . . .
Our line includes dotted nets , illusions , sewing
silk veilings , bareges and wash blonde ; also white.silk
bridal veiling , 2yds wide. Price from lOc to 900 yd.
Also chiffons , mousselin de soie in white , black and
colors at 5oc and 6oc yd.
Ribbons . . .
in all widths from
baby ribbons to sash ribbons
9 inches wide. Plaids and stripes , lace stripes , ombre
stiipes , taffetas , moires , satin and gros grain , etc. , etc.
Full line of inch wide hair
ribbons in pure silk for 50
per yard.
Neckwear
Everything that is
light , dainty and fluffy is in good style for neckwear. So ,
also , are the stock collars. We have the soft muslin and
bobinette ties very long with lace ends. for 25 and 50c ;
also handsome black lace ties , 25c to 650. Stock collars
2oc and up.
Remember : the cry is "liiglier prices" in store after stare. Don't concede -
cede a single rise in price until you have investigated
our offerings. Good , yard-wide , unbleached muslin , 4 l-2c yd ! Best carpet
warp , I8c for white , 2oc for colors. Yours for trade.
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Postoffice Per
in same Building. GEO. E. THOMPSON. McCOOK , NEB.
ONE PRICE PLAIN FIGURES CASH ONLY
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 1
to the fact that his line of . . . .
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
is unequalled in Southwestern
Nebraska. AH
lines full , new ,
fresh and complete.
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CARPETS AND
He challenges all competition in
variety , richness , and price.
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to.
PRODUCE TAKEN IN NATIONAL
BANK BUILDING
EXCHANGE FOR GOODS.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
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