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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1903)
lVcCook Tribune F Jfl Publisher MCOOK NEBRASKA THE NEWS IN BRIEf I 5SSSiSxS3 Harley J Howe known throughout the country as a scale manufacturer died at Rochester N Y Major E B Kirk retiredarmy offi cer is dead at his home at Toledo Ohio after an illness of several weeks The plan or reorganization of the United States Ship building company have been completed by George R Sheldon Jack R Jennings 27 years of age of Urbana Ohio was electrocuted while working eighty feet in the air at Huntington W 7a The 100th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emercon was made the occasion of many sermons by Chi cago pastors on the philosopher Edwin Wildman the former vice consul general at Hong Kong has written a letter in which he says that the Russians are in Manchuria to stay Henry K Belden of the firm of Bel den Palache Pacific coast manag ers of the Hartford Fire Insurance company of Connecticut is dead in San Francisco Philip L Smith a New York stock broker has received a verdict in the supreme court for 25000 damages against the Metropolitan Street Rail way company for personal injuries A special train on the Chicago Alton railroad made a record run from Kansas City to Chicago The special covered 480 miles irf an aver aged speed of sixty five miles an hour The seventy first annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa voted against change in the name of the church to the American Catholic church Grover Cleveland sent word to the committee that he would speak at the public meeting to be held in Carnegie hall New York to denounce the Kischineff massacre Nicomedes Zuloaga a lawyer has heen appointed Venezuelan represent ative on the mixed claims commission in the matter of the Italian claims against Venezuela Vinson Walsh son of Thomas F Walsh the Colorado millionaire for feited 20 collateral in the police court at Washington for violating the speed law with his automobile Mrs Lionel Ross Anthony has been appointed Worlds fair commissioner for Colorado by Governor Peabody She is the only woman who is a com missioner of the St Louis fair The claims against the Charleston Exposition company for labor and ma terials was paid by treasury warrants aggregating 59743 The last con gress apropriated 160000 for that pur pose The convention of the Chicago dio cese of the Protestant Episcopal church in annual session voted almost unanimously in favor of a correction of the name of the church body by dropping the words Protestant Epis copal and the substituting of some more comprehensive title A special dispatch from Madrid says King Alfonso has inherited 7500000 under the will of his grandfather King Francis The will was opened about a month ago in accordance with the desire of King Francis that it should not be read until twelve months after his death Lieutenant S I Burbank of the Sixth United States infantry station ed at Fort Leavenworth who was charged with the intention of entering matrimony while married to a Filipino woman has written the war depart ment denying that he contracted a marriage in the Philippines General Superintendent Potter of the Wisconsin Central road officially announced that beginning June 1 all the trainmen employed on that system will receive a raise of from 12 to 15 per cent in wages The largest in crease applies to the freight men and the smaller to the passenger employes H P Patterson of Auorra Ind a veteran of the civil war while on a visit to Gettysburg recently succeed ed in locating a large boulder behind which he sought shelter during the furious attack of the Confederate troops Although the rock weighed between six and eight tons Mr Pat terson purchased it from the Culp es tate and had it shipped to his western home where he intends to use it as a monument to mark his grave after his death State Employment Agent T B Gerow says Kansas will need at least 25000 men and four thousand teams for the wheat harvest His estimates are made from reports received from every section of the state There are no idle men in Kansas The will of the late George G Wil liams of thex Chemical National bank was filed for probate at New York It was dated December 12 1895 No estimate of the value of the estate is made but it is believed to be about 55000000 I General Nebraska News I THE STATE IN BRIEF William Johnston who had been working in a hotel at Lincoln was arrested at Wymore by Marshal Acton charged with stealing a check for 40 Business men of Ashland are agitat ing the question of a Fourth of July celebration this year No celebration has been held in Ashland since 1900 The large increase in school popula tion is overcrowding the public schools of York and the school board will be compelled to build Desirable and central locations are scarce Bellevue college was twice struck by lightning during a late storm The first bolt did some damage to the chimney of one of the large boarding halls and seriously shocked Frank Syldez the cook James Oppenheimer of Ashland has received word from the patent office at Washington stating that he has been granted a patent upon improve ments to an adjustable tension bracket for window shelves Fremont coal dealers say that peo ple are laying in their supply for next winter already They remember the difficulty to get fuel last winter and are determined that the next cold season shall not find them unprepared The special elections held in Logan and Filley townships at which the proposition to vote bonds in the sum of 5000 each in aio or the extension of the Missouri Pacific railroad from Virginia to Beatrice resulted in the defeat of the bonds in both townships The case of Bruce Weed charged with horse stealing was dismissed in the district court of Seward county He is only fifteen years old and had he been tried and convicted could have received only a reform school sen tence Lafayette Campbell of Grand Island a lad of about sixteen years was caught on a live electric wire and suspended in the air about ten min utes until notice could be sent to the Electric Light Ice companys works to turn off the current He was not badly hurt The United States civil service com mission announces that on June 23 an examination will be held for the posi tion of illustrator in agrostology Also that on July 7 1903 an examination will be held for the position of Chinese watchman Also that on June 23 an examination will beheld for the posi tion of assistant steam engineer A new high school building at Fair- bury is now an assured fact the prop osition to bond the district for 25000 having carried at the special election by a vote of 254 for to sixty nine against The apparent majority of sentiment in its favor was responsible for the high vote cast Miss Bonnie Star a domestic in the family of J S Atherton at Bea trice was found by Mr Atherton in an outhouse on the place writhing in convulsions The girl was uncon scious for several hours and may not recover On the floor where she was found was a half ounce bottle labeled oil of tansy There was only a little of the drug left in the bottle The first annual meteing and ban quet of the operators and representa tives of the Beatrice Creamery com pany held in McCook was a success to the officers of the company and to the station operators as well Be sides the entire official directorate of the company about fifty station oper ators were present and the whole proceedings were marked by deep in terest and were pronounced decidedly interesting by all concerned The Fremont Telephone company has asked the city council to change the rates for service fixed in its franchise At present the charges are 1 per month for residence phones and 2 for those in business houses A valuable horse which was stolen from Joseph Lynn at Uunion several weeks ago has been located It was found in the possession of a farmer named Christian residing near Ash land Charles Elliott mail carrier of rural route No 2 in attempting to drive across a bridge six miles south west of Beatrice came near being drowned Mr Elliott and the horse and wagon were swept off the bridge by the high water and the mail sacks carried down stream more than half a mile before they were recovered Two farmers who happened to be on the opposite side when the accident occurred rescued Mr Elliott with much difficulty A story has been pubished at Fre mont and probably sent to other pa pers regarding a mythical case of a child at Dodge the son of Tade Sul livan who is reported to have died to all appearances and then come to life again The origin of the tale was in the effort of an imaginative writer to let himself out easy after printing an item that the boy was dead and later finding that this was a mistake The one hundreth anniversary of Emersons birth was appropriately ob served in the Doane college at Crete BUSH AFTER STATISTICS Labor Commissioner Hoping to Be Helped Out LINCOLN Labor Commissioner Bush is hoping these days that he will receive very shortly statistics he wants and that have heretofore not been forthcoming from the farming sec tions of the state He is hoping that the county assessors will this year help him out by gathering in every fact connected with every family in the said assessors range Bush wants to know everything and the requests that he ha3 been handing some of the as sessors almost ask for the family skeletons and heirlooms Incidentally Mr Bush has stopped several girls from working overtime in Omaha and warned their employers that a repetition of the offense would not be tolerated On several occas ions he found the boys in the ten pin alleys who were too young to be in the business and sent them home and gave the same warning to the proprie tors As a result of the constant ham mering done by former Commissioner Watson and which has been kept up by Bush many fire escapes have been put up and more are in course of construction A recent one in Lincoln was on the Burr block Prisoner Skips Out BEATRICE Otis Heffelfinger a prisoner at the county jail awaiting trial for horse stealing who had been working in the jail yard and was al lowed considerable liberty has dis appeared in company with a prisoner named Charles Cain Cains time was nearly out Arrested for Passing Bad Money ALBION Deputy Marshal Waller came in Saturday evening with Dan Mummey whom he had arrested at St Edward for passing counterfeit money at that place For some time considerable bad money has been in circulation there and it is supposed that Mummey has conferedates who have not yet been apprehended Laborer Crushed Beneath Scaffold RANDOLPH Charlie Jones a la borer aged 23 was instantly killed near here Jones was working near town with a gang of bridge builders and was stationed on a scaffold on which a piledriver rested The scaf fold gave way and Jones was crushed by the falling mass ASHLAND Neb Erwin Jenks liv ing near this city was quite badly poisoned by a puff adder several days ago He had run across the snake in crossing a field and had killed it with a strap He carried the strap back to the barn and on the same day the poisonous effects began to appear It is thought that the poison was con tracted from handling the strap Both his face and hands are badly swollen Arrested as a Deserter COLUMBUS Chief of Police C M Taylor arrested Emil Hoeben on ad vice telegraphed from the navy de partment at Washington Hoeben is 19 years old and was raised in this city Last fall he enlisted in the service at the Mare Island navy yard near San Francisco He returned home about a week ago He is being held here awaiting the arrival of gov ernment officers TROUBLE FOR A POSTMASTER Held to Federal Court on Charge of Trafficing in Stamps SPENCER Postoffice Inspector A O Swift took into custody M L Erb postmaster at Slocurn Neb on the charge of making fraudulent returns of postal accounts and illegally trafficing in the sale of postage stamps Postmaster Erb was arrested by Dep uty Marshal Walling and brought to this place before Sanford Parker United States commissioner for this district Inspector Swift had the case so well worked up that Erb saw there was no way to avoid punishment or acquit himself of the charge and when brought before the commissioner he admitted his guilt as charged in the complaint He was bound over to ap pear before the next term of the United States court at Omaha in the sum of 500 which bail he furnished and was released Reports on Schools LINCOLN Superintendent Fowler has begun to hear from a few of his requests for statistics regarding the consolidation of school districts The statistics were called for as a matter of encouragement for other districts that are contemplating consolidation So far very few have responded with reports It is expected the consolida tion idea will result in much good all over the state where the attendance of schools is small MURDER AVENGED SLAYER OF MR AND MRS CHURCH PAYS PENALTY HANGED TO A HIGH BRIDGE A Drop of Forty Feet Sevcrsthe Head From the Body Mounted Ranch men Make Short Work of Their Victim NEW CASTLE Wyo W C Clif ton murderer of Mr and Mrs John W Church formerly of Council Bluffs Iowa was lynched by a mob from Gillette Tuesday night The mob battered down the jail door holding up the sheriff and dep uty while they hung Clifton tor a bridge west of town Cliftons head was cut off by the fall of forty feet The mob which was composed of fifty mounted ranchmen was perfect ly organized and proceeded with methodical deliberation The sheriff and his deputies were bound and confined Cliftons cries were stifled with a gag He was bound hand and foot and was roughly dragged to the scene ot exeqution The commands of the mob leader were given quietly and none of the townspeople were aroused by the lynchers When the body of Clifton was re moved from under the bridge the fol lowing message was found pinned to his clothing We think the law too slow in hang ing this most cold blooded murderer who took the lives of our dear friends and neighbors and we take it upon ourselves to revenge in behalf of the parents Hoping that the action on our part will meet the approval of the community at large we remain Signed THE MOB DENVER John W Church and his wife vho lived on a homestead claim seventy five miles southwest of Newcastle were never seen alive after March 14 last Clifton whose ranch adjoined Churchs was arrested April of sale covering personal property to secure payment of C00 advanced him Mrs Church Their bodies were found at the place indicated by him Clifton claimed that he had killed the couple in self defense He had given Church a bill of sale covering prsonal proprty to scure payment of 000 advanced him by Church He said he had repaid this sum and obtained the bill of sale and that Mrs Church had then threatened him with a six shooter demanding the return of the papers He shot her he ad mitted and being attacked by her husband killed him also Thjs story was discredited as Mrs Church was a slender little woman of 22 years of age Church was formerly a stenographer in the Union Pacific offices in Omaha His family and Clifton resided in Council Bluffs About a year ago Church and Clifton made an agree ment to go into the cattle business in Wyoming together and Church then took up a homestead adjoining Clif tons Clifton was 31 years of age LOVING CUP FOR DE YOUNG Way in Which He Handled Roosevelt Functions Recognized SAN FRANCISCO A pleasing sequel to President Roosevelts visit to San Francisco was a banquet to M H DeYoung Thursday night He was the honored guest of the executive committee of the recent Roosevelt reception During the even ing eclat was given the occasion by the presentation to him of a large silver loving cup The motive of the presentation was told by the inscrip tion as follows A souvenir from the citizens com mittee to the Hon M D De Young in acknowledgment of his executive ability and the masterly and success ful manner in which he handled the functions given in honor of the visit of President Roosevelt to San Fran cisco May 1903 Estate of 60000000 PITTSBURG Pa The will of Ben jamin F Jones the well known steel manufacturer was filed for probate No estimate is made of the value of the estate but it is said to be not less than 60000000 The widow is to get the bulk of the estate the bal ance to go to four children On Mrs Jones death the balance is to be divided each year among the four children On the death of the four children the principal is to be divided equally among all the testa tors grandchildren Government Accepts Bids WASHINGTON D C Colonel Pat ton acting quartermaster general cl the army decided to accept two bids for carrying freight from the Pacific coast vo the Philippines The bids were the same on miscellaneous freight and passengers The contract will be made with the Pacific Mail Steamship company for San Fran cisco freight and with the Bos ton Steamship company for treight from Seattle THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Latest Quotations From South Omaha and Kansas City HIIIMl i 8 Il HH 8 i SOUTH OMAHA CATTLE There was another liberal run of cattle and although trading was rather hIow there was not much change In the prices puld The beef steer market was very slow in open ing and the market could best be de scribed by calling it steady to a shade lower Buyers did not take hold with a great deal of life and while they bought up tho more desirable grades at just about steady prices they were inclined to be bearish on the com moner kinds The cow market was alsp a little slow with prices ranging steady to a little lower There was considerable unevenness in the prices paid but as a general thing the med- him kinds suffered more than the i choice grades while canners sold without much trouble at just about steady prices Bulls veal calves and stags all sold In just about the same notches they did yesterday The stocker and feeder market was not very well supplied and in fact there were scarcely enougli thin cattle to make a test of the situation HOGS There was another very heavy run of hogs which makes the supply for the four days of this week ri ori xirfilnc 7 817 fnr tlir snmft kets have also had very liberal runs so tho rapid break in prices is not to be wondered at At the start a few loads soW steady to a shade low er but they were not enough loads KOld that way to make a market After the first round packers were bidding 5o10c lower and wanted to buy their droves at 570 and 572 SHEEP Quotations for clipped stock Choice western lambs 01155 C75 fair to good lambs 550 tlG 25 choice western wooled lambs 675 fj 700 fair to good wooled lambs COO iiG50 choice lightweight yearlings 550575 fair to good yearlings 475f525 choice wethers 50016 405 choice ewes 450rfi500 fair to good ewes 350425 feeder lambs 350ft 400 feeder yearlings 350ft4G0 feeder wethers 350 ft 400 feeder ewes 225350 KANSAS CITV Light beeves steady heavy lowest of season Texas steady cows and heifers weak to lower stoekers and feeders steady to weak bulls very quiet choice export and dressed beef steers 450505 fair to pood 300T 450 stoekers and feeders 300fi4fi0 western fed steers 280g490 Texas and Indian steers 300 ft1 425 Texas cows 235325 native cows 190 425 native heifers 2G5o285 can ners 170f225 calves 200gG5O HOGS Market opened weak closed strong to 5c higher top G10 bulk of sales 575 w 595 heavy 585rtiC10 mixed packers 5550595 light 555 575 yorkers 570 575 pigs 475 f550 SHEEP AND LAMBS Market steady t 15c lower grassers 25f 35c lower native lambs 440ff730 west ern lambs 400fi715 fed ewes 350 530 native wethers 370fi545 ltxas clipped sheep 35001520 stock and feeders 325405 LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES Sensation in the Legislature of Brit ish Columbia VICTORIA B C Sensational scenes in the house following the dis missal of C F Wells chief commis sioner of lands and works and minated in the defeat of the govern ment ad the announcement that the legislature would be dissolved A mo tion by Premier Prior was defeated by a vote of 16 to 13 Jo wo Forme 4 Por Aero Coali bulnnco M crop tilt paid VIJLH AM Hluiix City I Some people aro planning already to move for n chango of adminiBtratiou when they get to heaven Clour white clotboa are a nign that tho housekeeper uob Red Cross Bull Blue Lurge 13 oz packugo 5 cents Some wise men are not wise enough to see that they cant answer all tho fool questions asked aamsmm m vC V i Some sensible advice to days of last week and 37938 for the WOmefl paSGlUg tufOUgh thlS same days of last year Other mar- CHANCE OF LIFE trying period The painful and annoying symp toms exierienceil by most women at this period of life are easily over come by Lydisi E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound It is espe cially designed to meet the needs of womans system at the trying time of change of life It is no exaggeration to state that Mrs Pinkham has over 6000 letters like the following proving the great value of her medicine at such tunes I wish to thank Mrs Pinkham for what her medicine has done for me My trouble was change of life Four years ago my health bepau to fail my head began to grow dizzy my eyes pained me and at times it seemed aa if my hack would fail me had terrible pains across the kidneys Hot flashes were very frequent and A i friend advised me to try Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound I have taken six bottles of it and am to day free from those troubles I cannot speak in high enough terms of the medicine I recommend it to all and wish every suffering- woman would give it a trial Bella Ross 88 Mont clair Ave Roslindnle Mass 5000 for feit If original of above letter proving genuineness tannot be produced A new order of things is easily brought about provided you have telephone connection with your grocer j GREATLY REDUCED RATES via AVAI1ASH RAILROAD Below is a partial list of the many half rates offered via the Wabash Rail road Atlanta Ga and return 3210 Sold July 5th 6th and 7th Indianapolis Ind and return 1940 Sold June 7th 8th 0th 13th and 14th St Louis Mo and return 1350 Sold June 16th and 17th Boston Mass and return 3175 Sold June 24th 25th and 26th Boston Mass and return 2375 Sold June 30th to July 4th Saratoga N Y and return 3220 Sold July 4 th and 5th Detroit Mich and return 2100 Sold July 14th and 15th i Baltimore Md and return 3225- Sold July 17th and ISth Baltimore Md and return 3225 Sold Sept 17th ISth and 19th All tickets reading over the Wabash are good on steamers in either direc tion between Detroit and Buffalo without extra chartre exceot mealH ry General Roberts Thursday and berths Long limits and stop overs allowed Remember this is The Worlds Fair Line Go this route and view the grounds For folders and all information ad dress HARRY E MOORES G A P D Omaha Neb vnanro ATinictr Trpni mai n A magazine recently contained a 1 I poem written by A Man Who sensational speech m which he re- Thinks lt is believed to be the first ferred to Eberts as a blackguard and said the premier had for colleagues To Cure a Cold in One day men untrue and unfaithful cowards I Jake Laxative Bromo quinine Tablets All i druggists refund moo ey if it fails to cure U5c and liars I Later W W B Mclnis provincial Edisons j Only Speech secretary tendered his resignation Edison has made but one speech in Although the government was defeat- his life it was not a brilliant one ed it was enabled with the support of e xhad agreed to lecture on electric- Joseph Martin and his followers who iij uixjik a giua acuiuiaij aiiu iicLtx engaged a friend named Adams to hold the balance of power to secure work the apparatus while he talked an adjournment during which But when the inventor arose to ad rangements will be made for the pass 1 dress nis audience he felt so dazed age and non contentious legislation he- lheiPgr8aainB wlj norl au fore the legislature is dissolved and dress you on electricity and I will an appeal made to the country demonstrate what he has to say with j the apparatus Pacific Ocean Rates Are Cut j SAN FRANCISCO Cal The steam- The poor ye have always with you -often so close that they touch you Sullivan Hit Too Low ST LOUIS Mo Tommy Felts of Do Your Feet Acne and Burn Shake into your shoes Allens Foot- er Athol the first of the fleet of the Ease a powder for the feet It makes China Commercial company to reach tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Hot Feet Corns this port sailed for Hong Kong and SwUln Sweating and Bunions At all Druggists and ports m Japan Thursday She took Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE away about 1500 tons of freight and j Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y there were about 100 Chinese of The man who is always sure that he gers in her steerage The agents fa is sound in the faith is almost sure to the company made a cut in freight De g0Ijnd asIeep during the sermon rates to equal the reduction made by poem of the kind ever published the Pacific Mail Steampship company To the uselte who has not yet in freight tariffs bocom acquainted with the new Some people get credit for brokpn hearts when they have simply lost their nerve things of everyday use in the market and who 1b reasonably satisfied with the old we would suggest that a trial of Deflance Cold Water Starch be made at once Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand but because each 10c package con tains 16 ozsf while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs It is safe to sav Savannah received the decision over that the lady who once uses Defiance Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn in the eleventh round before the West End club here Thursday Sullivan struck Felts very low three times during the fight Felts was given the decision in the fourth round which was the second time that he had heen hit low but declined it and the fight went on to the eleventh when Sullivan again repeated the foul Starch will use no other and quantity must win Quality When a woman nudges you with her elbow it is equivalent to saying I told you so Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally Price 75c You ask for a loaf and God gives you a seed I W i i i V