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McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
The concert of Europe appears to
lack an efficient bandmaster
Prince Alerts mile in 157 shows
Dan Patch that there are others
Dressmakers do not worry over the
bills That problem is up to tne men
The first collar bone hag been
broken in a football game at Medford
- Next
Such a thing as a wild day in stocks
does not appear to ruffle the country s
enuamimity
The theatrical manager who shot up
his company must have been look
ing at the show
If blood was a merchantable com
modity the Turk would be in the way
to make substantial profits
If it were not for the man who also
ran the victory of the successful can
didate would not be so conspicuous
According to arctic explorers there
is enough ice about the north pole this
year to break the heart of the ice
trust
Barries play Little Mary has the
uoble theme that England overeats
Now for a health food named Little
Mary
Glance over the market quotations
and see if you do not think this is a
good time to lay in your winter supply
of steel rails
Joseph Jefferson admits that he vis
ited Chicago in 1839 He stoutly de
clares however that he didnt play
Rip at that time
Placer mining machine has been in
vented that will make gold plentiful
and this will help us to stave off the
trusts for a little while
Let the boys play football while they
can for Dr Wiley says Ave are soon
to be a hairless race and then it would
be ah off with that sport
Dcy say dar am a black sheep in
ebry family mused Uncle Rastus
Wonder how de cullud man am
sposed to stinguish de one in his
Members of the international peace
congress want to hold their next ses
sion in the United States where there
are no cannons booming or bullets fly
ing
Old wine old shoes and old friends
have always been declared the best
Now an old horse has paced a mile in
157 breaking the record of Dan
Patch
Ofiicers are trying to prevent the in
mates of the Pennsylvania peniten
tiary from making counterfeit money
It is too bad that a man cant work at
his trade
It is stated that bridge whist is suf
fering from a decline in popular favor
Perhaps the bridge sharps have suc
ceeded in harvesting all the other fel
lows money
The Connecticut man who has had
inscribed under his bust in the cem
etery the words Going but Cant
Tell Where is frank even if he isnt
strictly orthodox
George de Pinna the purchaser ol
Shamrock I might as well abandon
the idea of converting her into a
cruiser she couldnt overhaul any
thing in case of war
Noah Roby of Plainfield N J who
claims to be 132 years old is down
with the measles This second child
hood business appears to be dangerous
if it is carried too far
Patti actually has a new picture for
advertising purposes What has hap
pened to the old one taken when she
was nineteen with which we are all
familiar Did the negative get
broken
Judge Emmons will find a fine field
of endeavor in Nome where unique
bal masques are advertised in the pub
lie prints as festive occasions to be
avoided by all persons whose feelings
are easily shocked
Seventy five teachers in Chicagos
public schools have resigned this sum
mer to get married Well it is pleas
anter after all to teach your own
children than it is to teach the boys
and girls of other people
One of the designs for the Liptwn
testimonial shows the American In
dian buffalo seagulls and American
eagle with delicate trimmings com
prising dainty festoons of Indian corn
For heavens sake cut out the corn
French aeronauts have succeeded in
crossing the English channel in a
balloon People who have crossed the
channel in boats unanimously admit
that they dont know of anything
which might more fittingly be crossed
in a balloon
After a thorough consideration of
the statements made by the powers
-with reference to the situation in
Macedonia the unbiased observer will
conclude that the matter is likely to
be settled only when everybody has
cither moved out or been killed off
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IS THE WATER ALL OUT
KANSAS TORNADO
TOWN OF ALICEVILLE DEMOL
ISHED BY STORM
THREE PEOPLE ARE KILLED
Fata Injury to Two and Fourteen
Others More or Less Seriously Hurt
Five Funnel Shaped Clouds Get to
Work
EMPORIA Kan Three persons
killed outright two fatally injured
and fourteen others more or less seri
ously hurt with enormous property
damage is the net result of the tor
nado near Aliceville Coffey county
The town of Aliceville which has 200
inhabitants was practically demolish
ed Wires were prostrated and the
effects of the storm were not learned
until late The list of casualties may
be incomplete The dead
EDITH BAILEY daughter of W E
W Bailey
MR GILLHAM father of Mrs John
Bailey
UNKNOWN MAN
The injured near Hamilton W E
W Bailey two sous and two daugh
ters one son Ollie fatally hurt H
Heberlin wife and child E C Manis
and wife
Heavy rains and wind storms were
general all over central Kansas Tues
day night With the exception ot
those near Hamilton and Aliceville
and vicinity however only minor
damage was done In Greenwood and
Coffey counties five distinct funnel
shaped clouds formed at about the
same time The two largest of these
clouds struck near Aliceville and
traveling southeast destroyed build
ings and crops over a strip a quarter
of a mile in width
At Aliceville every one of the fifty
houses in town was either totally
wrecked or moved on its foundation
The two general merchandise stores
there one owned by T C Jones and
the other belonging to D H Grant
were totally wrecked and the entire
contents destroyed On the opposite
side of the street two blocks a lum
ber yard two hpuses as well as the
Missouri Pacific depot were demol
ished At Aliceville but one person
William Bruce was seriously injiired
lie was crushed by falling timbers
and probably will die Southwest of
Aliceville in Coffey county heavy
damage was done to farming proper
ty The farm house of John Earl
wine was torn to nieces and four
members of the family wounded but
none dangerously hurt A baby was
blown a distance of fifty yards and
suffered only slight bruises A school
house was blown down and the house
bfJ N Atherton blown away All
the members of the Atherton family
except a young daughter escaped in
jury Her legs were nearly severed
by flying timbers and she is in a
serious condition
The other injured lived four miles
west of Hamilton where within a
limited locality nine farm houses
were destroyed Many small build
ings were turned over and hundreds
of stacks of hay and corn shocks scat
tered
A rolling stone does not make much
of an uphill fight
Killed by Threshing Machine
PAPILLION Neb A young man
named Schroeder fell into a threshing
machine on a farm twelve miles
northwest of here Saturday and was
ground to pieces
He was throwing bundles of grain
into the machine from a stack when
he slipped and fell striking squarely
in the opening of the grain separator
The body went clear through the
machine fragments of it going
through the elevator
Chicago Record Herald
MISSOURI RIVER
Congress to be Asked to Make it a
Highway
KANSAS CITY Mo Before the
Missouri river congress adjourned
Thursday night a resolution was pass
ed urging congress to remedy the ex
isting conditions so a recurrence of
the disastrous floods of last June may
be prevented A permanent commit
tee was appointed to carry out the sug
gestions of the congress in securing
such legislation The resolution
adopted by the congress was as fol
lows
Whereas The entire Kansas river
valley the cities along its banks and
the two great cities at the mouth oE
that river have recently suffered from
one of the most disastrous floods in
the history of the country in which
many lives were lost and property to
the value of 20000000 was destroyed
the commerce of two great states im
paired and hundreds of miles of rail
road torn up and washed away result
ing in untold injury to the commerce
of the entire country the business of
two great cities threatened with de
struction and their people with pesti
lencej
Therefore- Be it resolved by the
people of Missouri and Kansas in com
mercial convention assembled that the
congress of the United States be re
spectfully requested to consider as
speedily as possible the existing con
ditions of the Kansas river and Mis
souri river and to authorize and pro
vide for an inquiry and a thorough
examination into the said existing
conditions to ascertain and determine
the most effective measures for the
prevention of recurrence of such dis
asters and the interruption of inter
state commerce duly considering the
effects of the shortage of water for
flood prevention and to provide ways
and means necessary to accomplish
the objects desired
Resolved That the Missouri river
is one of the natural highways of
commerce and that the congress of
the United States should exact such
special legislation as it shall deem
necessary to protect and preserve the
channel of said river for the people as
a highway
Resolved That the senators and
the representatives In congress from
the states of Missouri and Kansas be
earnestly requested to use their influ
ence and to exert their utmost endeav
ors as is prayed for here
Members of congress from both Mis
souri and Kansas promised support of
such measures as will grant the need
ed relief and practical engineers dis
cussed the river situation from a tech
nical standpoint
Bryans Business is Private
NEW YORK W J Bryan was in
the city Thursday He said his visit
to New York had no connection what
soever with politics but was in con
nection with the administration of the
estate of the iate Philo S Bennett of
New Haven of whose will he is an
executor
They Vote Against a Strike
NEWARK N J The employes of
the public service corporation which
controls a big system of trolley lines
in this and adjacent counties have
voted overwhelmingly against a strike
Argentine Only Bounty Fed Sugar
WASHINGTON D C In view of
the fact that only bounty fed cane
sugar imported into the United States
comes from the Argentine Republic
the treasury department has issued a
circular relieving importers from the
necessity of furnishing the evidence
of identity required as to the sugars
Thus all cane sugars except Argen
tina can be brought in under the in
sular certificate of origin heretofore
required
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General Nebraska News I
REVENUE BOARD MEETS SOON
Secretary to Be Selected Whose Sal
ary Starts in December
LINCOLN The state board of
equalization as authorized under the
revenue law enacted by the late legis
lature will meet in a few days to
agree upon a secretary to the board
and give the additional members an
oportunity to familiarize themselves
with their new duties
According to the provisions of the
new law the selection of a secretary
should be made at the December meet
ing but as this would only give about
a month for the new officer to send
out his blanks it is almost imperative
that the selection be made now that
he may have ample time to become
familiar with his duties and have his
blanks prepared in time The secre
tary however will not draw salary
until December and neither will his
appointment be officially made until
then but it is the idea of the board
to inform whoever they decided upon
that he may get down to work
At present there are a number of
candidates for the place among1 whom
are Reynolds of Chadron Persinger of
Central City Matthews of the au
ditors office and probably others
Bookkeeper Bennett of the auditors
ofilce has been mentioned for the
place but in all probability he would
refuse it and besides that Auditor
Weston wants Bennett to stay where
he is as he is said to be an expert
accountant J F C McKesson has
also been mentioned for the place
but in all probability he too would re
fuse it At present it looks like Per
singer of Central City The office will
pay 1G00 a year and it will be one
of the most important if properly han
dled of any in the state as the secre
tary will be the eyes and ears of the
entire board and upon him more than
any board member will depend the as
sessments as his entire time will be
devoted to keeping track of the work
Governor Mickey says that whoever
is to be the new secretary should have
an early start to become familiar with
his work and to prepare his blanks in
advance of the time they are needed
His will be a most important office and
should be of great assistance to tho
board
Arrives with Horses
ST PAUL John Hettrick arrived
home from Europe with fourteen im
ported stallions He will build a large
barn near the business center of town
and enter the importing business on a
large scale The initial shipment con
sists of six black Percherons two
black Belgians and six bay Belgians
One of the latter is an immense five-year-old
animal which Aveighs 2500
pounds in ordinary flesh and will
weigh more as he grows older
Severe Hail Storm
HUMBOLDT A severe wind and
hail storm visited the section of the
country to the northeast of this place
and farmers report hailstones of large
size covering the ground to the depth
of several inches Crops and vege
tation of all kinds are too far advanc
ed to receive injury and the only
Samage done was to the exposed win
low panes along the path of the storm
Dies in Wyoming
PLATTSMOUTH News was receiv
ed of the death of Frank Fry son of
Mr and Mrs A C Fry which occur
red on September 28th at Fort Mc
Minsie Wyo The deceased was a
member of Company A Twenty-seventh
infantry and had recently re
turned with his regiment from the
Philippines He was twenty three
Fears of af
Locking Over the Ground
Parties representing eastern pro
moters were at Portal looking over
the ground where the oil indications
were discovered several days ago It
cannot be ascertained at the present
time just what conclusion they ar
rived at but it is said that they are
strongly of the opinion that much oil
is there and that a trial test will be
made in a short time Water drawn
from some of the wells and left
standing for a few minutes becomes
covered with oil which has been pro
nounced to be an inferior grade of pe
troleum
Sugar Factory Starts Up
NORFOLK The sugar factory in
Norfolk has begun its annual cam
paign and the first grain of whiteness
was ground out of the institution last
week The beets are testing better
than had been expected and the out
put will be the best thus far shown
There are nearly 300 men employed in
the factory and the wheels will not
stop turning until the close of the
campaign which will come in the
jenonth of January 1904
NEWSY STATE BRIEFS
William Hoffman of North Bend Js
SOTvIng a term in the county jail for
drunkenness and beating his wife
Bishop Bonacum of Lincoln dedi
cated a large new Catholic church at
Touhy Saunders county about 3009
people being present
The barn of William Wagner east of
Norfolk was struck by lightning and
burned Eight head of cattle and oth
er property were burned
The Elm Creek flouring mill ha3
started for the first time in four years
The mill has changed hands and its
capacity has been increased
Emil Johnson a properou3 young
farmer living five miles north of Ax
tell was found dead in a corn field
He was probably kicked by a horse
A barn on the farm of E G Brugh
five miles east of Fremont burned
with its contents consisting of a large
amount of farm machinery one horse
and one colt
Cracksmen entered the grocery store
of George M Ely at Fremont blew
open the safe in which he kept his
cash and accounts and secured 5910
in bills and silver
Burglars broke into Eugene Smiths
general store and postoflice at Basin
ten miles west of Butte blew the safe
took 20 in stamps and burned the
building to the ground Loss 4000
no insurance
At Curtis the jury in the Fyrmho
murder case after being out eighteen
hours brought in a verdict of man
slaughter Judge Orr sentenced the
prisoner to ten years in the peniten
tiary at hard labor
A fire at Ellis destroyed a barn be
longing to Joseph Sparks One horse
burned to death Two others Avere
badly scorched and a fat hog Avas also
consumed A little girl playing with
matches started the conflagration
The Fremont Telephone company
has secured connections with Wahoo
Arlington Aallcy and more than a
hundred towns in eastern and south
eastern Nebraska It also has access
to the homes of Saunders county
through the lines of the Goldenrod
Telephone company of Wahoo
Martin Keck a teamster employed
by the Nye Schneider Fowler com
pany Fremont Avas seriously and per
haps fatally injured in a runaAvay ac
cident The team became frightened
at the Main street crossing of the Un
ion Pacific and he Avas thrown out
his head striking one of the rails His
head Aas badly cut and he also sus
tained severe internal injuries
Again have the deposits in the Ne
braska state banks reached a new high
mark While the people of the east
are complaining of tight money and
low reserves and feel panicky plain
people of the fertile Nebraska prairies
haAe placed on deposit during the last
year more than 1250000 in excess
of the amount in the banks at the
time of the September report last year
when a neAv high level Avas reached
John Jacobs living near McCool
threshed 838 bushels of Avheat from a
forty one acre field John Lantz
near McCool threshed from a
small field of Avheat thirty two bush
els to the acre William De Boer
near Blue Vale threshed nearly 900
bushels from a fifteen acre field of
oats Henry Cites a farmer near Mc
Cool threshed out a large field of
wheat yielding 26 bushels tc acre
Cass count land continues to in
crease in price and much of it is
changing oAvnership
Word has reached Humboldt of the
accidental and probably fatal injury of
Charles Scholpp a young German
farm hand Avho for several years ha3
been in the employ of L J Segrist a
local farmer and stockman Scholpp
recently left with a threshing gang
for western Kansas and while in Nor
tol county a few days ago fell from a
AA ater Avagon the wheels of Avhich
passed over his chest almost crushing
the life out of him He cannot live
The question of the competency of
bloodhounds as Avitnesses in criminal
prosecutions has been brought to the
supreme court of Nebraska The case
is that of George W Pratt of Nemaha
county convicted of burglary and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for three
years In his appeal Pratt alleges
he Avas convicted mainly as a result
of the bloodhounds trailing him from
the place the burglary Avas committed
to his own home Avhere a stolen purse
Avas found
The large dwelling house of J W
Grimes of Beatrice Avas partly de
stroyed by fire causing damages tc
the amount of 1500 AA hich is coa
ered by insurance The fire was caus
ed by a lamp exploding which is pre
sumed to haA e been filled with gas
oline by mistake
Fred Bahl a well known young
farmer of Humboldt had one of his
hands mashed while in the act of mak
ing a coupling between a traction en
gine and a thresher He will probablj
escape wjth the loss of a thumb
The Only Titled Mute
Sir Evelyn Arthur Falrbairn is tho
only subject of King Edward whe
bears an hereditary ttle and Avas
born deaf and dumb A tall hand
some man with a peculiarly wlnnir
smile and attractive manner he gives
no outward sign of a misfortune
Avhich would have shadowed a tem
perament less buoyant than his own
Sir Artnur is a famous globe trotter
a great part or his travel having been
undertaken to study means of ameli
orating the lot of those afflicted as
he Is himself
ALL TIRED OUT
The weary worn
out all tired feel
ings come to er
erybody who
taxes the kid
neys Wnen tho
kidneys are over
worked they fail
to perform tho
duties nature has
provided for
them to do
When the kid
neys fail danger
ous diseases
quickly follow
urinary disorders
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kidney and bladder ills Read the fol
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Veteran Joshua Heller of 70C South
Walnut street Urbana III says In
the fall of 1899 after getting Doans
Kidney Pills at Cunningham Bros
drug store In Champaign and taking
a course of treatment I told the read
ers of the paper that they had re
lieved me of kidney trouble disposed
of a lame back Avith pain across my
loins and beneath the shoulder blades
During the interval which had elapsed
I have had occasion to resort to Doans
Kidney Pills when I noticed Avarnings
of attack On each and every occa
sion the results obtained Avere just as
satisfactory as Avhen the pills Avere
first brought to my notice I just as
emphatically endorse the preparation
to day as I did over two years ago
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medicine Avhich cured Mr Heller wilL
be mailed on applcation to any part
of the United States Medical advice
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a tiny sample but a large
package enough to con
vince anyone of its value
Women all over the country
are praising Paxtine for wliat
it has done in local treat
ment of female HI enrin
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