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TWENTY SIXTH YEAR
Suspend business and Amusements
Mayor Fahnestoek requests the busi
ness men and citizens of McCook to
honor the day mid the old soldiers by
refraining from business nnd amuse
ments on Decoration Day between the
hours of 130 and 400 in the afternoon
during the formal exercises of the day
And The Tridune hopo3 the request
will be cheerfully and completely com
plied with Devote the two nnd half
hours to the memory of the dond heroes
of the rebellion there is time enough
left for both business and pleasure
Notice
The managers of the McCook Livery
Barn wish to announce to the people of
McCook that they have their now barn
on oast Denuison street ready and open
for business with a new stock and
equipment and are now ready to furn
ish the best rigs in the city to the pub
lic They also wish to announce that
on or before the first of Juno they will
have a now automobile for hiro to the
public at reasonable prices G 21 3
Phone 10 L A Fitch Co
Five Cents a Yard
Good yard wide unbleached muslin
Tor 5c a yard Fast color prints 0c a yard
Best apron check ginghams GJ jC a yard
Best table oil cloth Meritas 12c a yard
Best wall oil cloth Sanitas 17c a yard
American A 2 bushel grain bags 21J oC
Peerless carpet warp 21c a pound Best
mosquito netting 5c a yard Good fig
ured lawns 5c a yard 1000 other cash
price items Thompson Dry Goods Co
Meeting of Board of Equalization
Notice is hereby given that thp Board
of County Commissioners will sit as a
board of equalization of assessments
June 11 12 and 13th on which dates
the assessments will be equalized and
adjusted 5 24 3ts
E J Wilcox
County Clerk
Husband Wanted
Mrs Rosa Benlos 4009 Lake av Chi
cago advertises for a husband who must
weigh not less than 200 lbs That re
minds us that our supply of extra sized
underwear is good for further demand
tho drawn upon constantly Ladies
unions also separate vests and pants
from number nines down The Thomp
son Dry Goods Co One price plain fig
ures cash only
Water Notice
April 3 1907
Second quarters water tax is now due
In order to conserve our water supply
for domestic use and fire protection we
can not issue special or general lawn
permits at this time owing to shortage
of water J E Kelley Supt
The Button Craze
There is no such th g for buttons
aro useful harmless fashionable
The scraps of your n s will trim
it if made into buttons oy uu new and
improved button machine Four sizes
The Thompson Dry Goods Co
Dont Forget
to call at my new location for reading
matter stationery postcards souvenirs
candy gum fresh roasted peanuts
cigars tobacco pipes base ball goods
toys etc Barney Hofer
McCook News Depot
The Cheapest Fence
is one that lasts longest When you
compare the American and Ellwood
Wovan Wire Fence with others it is
easy for you to decide
McCook Hardware Co
Water Meters
We have on hand a supply of approv
ed water meters which we will instal
promptly on application Under Wood
worth drug store Phone 182
Middleton Ruby
Winter Clothes
Dont pack them away without first
distributing a good quantity of moth
balls about them Come to our store
for moth balls a big quantity on hand
L W McConnell Druggist
Notice of Estray
A cow at my farm four miles south
west of McCook Owner can have
same by paying expenses
J A Schmitz
Do Not Delay
getting your cane Kaffir and millet
seed at McCook Hardware Co A few
stacks will look good next winter
Attention Fanners
After April 1 1906 we will buy hogs
only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of
each week
Wilcox Marsh
Are You Building a Home
Why not put a Majestic Range in it as
a permanent feature
McCook Hardware Co
Office supplies at the Tribune office
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MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
C II Meeker was in Hastings
Thursday
P S Hkatok is visiting his family at
Central City
Mrs C W Britt was a Hastings
visitor Thursday
Isaac Sheridan turnod in his assess
ors books Tuesday
n Sandham was an Omaha visitor
fore part of the week
Jamhs Carmichakl of lndianola was
a city visitor Monday
Mrs M U Clyde has been vory ill
for tho past week or so
Oliver Jefferihs was in Culbortson
on business Wednesday
Rev Famuliner of tho Christian
church has removed to Elwood
Miss Bertha Schohel has entered
tho Grannis store as bookkeeper
Mrs 1 L Rodstrom went in to Om
aha last week on a visit to relatives
W II Ackerman has purchased tho
C D Custer homo on McFarland street
Mrs John Rowell departed last
Saturday for her homo in Boulder
Colo
Clifford W Browne departed Wed
nesday morning for Denver to remain
awhile
Miss Pearl Stanfield of Belleville
Kans is visiting her sister Mrs James
Hatfield
Rev M B Carman will deliver the
Decoration Day address at Curtis next
Thursday
Mr and Mrs Dick Osburn went to
Holbrook yesterday morning for a
short visit
John L Newman of tho Danbury
News force was a McCook visitor early
in tho week
E B Treat of Dennison Iowa is
visiting here with his brother-in-law
W E Dewitt
Mrs F M Kijimell went down to
Lincoln yesterday morning on a short
visit to her son Schell
C Vv Rainey of Omaha was in the
city Tuesday looking after the interests
of the Mutual Benefit Life
C D Kenady of Jalapa Mexico is
in tho city on a visit to his family He
i3 a conductot on the F C 1
Mrs D R Kleint of Topeka Kans
as arrived in the city this week on a
visit to her mother Mrs C IT Barrett
W B Fearn went to Lincoln Tues
day to attend the Nebraska Photo
graphers association May 22 23 24
Albert Berry who has been filling
a nice position in Chicago returned
home Sunday on No 1 to remain for
the present
E B Pirry of Cambridge came in
on No 5 Sunday evening to represent
the remonstrators in the early week sa
loon difficulty
Chapter X P E will entertain in
honor of Mrs Harriet Humphrey at the
home of Mrs A C Ebert Saturday
S p in May 25th
F C Fuller departed on No 2
Thursday morning for Havelock to
briefly visit Mr and Mrs Sam Pickard
on his way home to Sheridan Wyo
Dr M S Moore of Chicago is in
the city with a view to locating Many
of the base ball fans of earlier days
will remember him as Dad Moore of
Minden
Dr A T Gatewood has been absent
from the city part of the week attend
ing the sessions of the state dental as
sociation in Omaha He had a number
on the program
Rev and Mrs Hawkes of Connecti
cut en route to Idaho on a visit passed
through McCook Wednesdoy They
will return in a few weeks and make
his brother Rev G B Hawkes of our
city a short visit
Scpt and Mrs G H Thomas enter
tained the members of the twelfth grade
and high school teachers at dinner last
Saturday evening After which the
teachers surprised the grade with an
automobile ride over the city making
a total occasion of much felicity
W R Burbridge was over from
Danbury Monday accompanying his
son Clifford who was en route t o
Benkelman to go into a store as clerk
Mr Burbridge claims the distinction of
being the only living grandchild of the
Revolution a claim which he states so
far has not been successfully denied
H H Pickens writes us that he has
settled down for the present at Escalon
Calif that his health is good and Mrs
Pickens health much better than when
they left here Mr and Mrs Frank
Freelove are now making them a short
visit He reports having met quite a
number of the Nebraska contingent al
ready during their short sojourn in Cali
fornia and that all seemed satisfied
with the country
SfcCoo
A young brother of Mrs Spaulding
found her in this terrible condition and
gavo the alarm and physicians and
officers were soon on the scene having
been hurried there from McCook in
automobiles The doctors immediately
set to work to do all in their power for
the unconscious and brutally pounded
woman efforts being contfnued through
out Wednesday night and yesterday
Officers and neighbors aroused to the
utmost by the sickening scene eagerly
sought for trace or clew all up to this
writing having proven abortive The
Red Willow and neighborhood was at
once patroled b armed men and the
telephone used in every direction
Trains out of McCook and other neigh
boring towns were watched during
Wednesday night but no trace or clew
was discovered
An unknown man was seen in that
neighborhood during the morning and
suspicion naturally attaches to him
He is described as of good size dark
complexion rather wiry build wore
overalls and a blue shirt The little
girl said that a black man killed her
mamma evidently referring to the dirty
swarthy complexion of the assailant
The room in which the assault was
nicde bears every evidence of a desperate
encounter
Cards were printed the same night
Lace Curtains
Fifty cents a pair up to 7 a pair run
the prices on our very large line of cur
tains embracing Arabians Tambours
Irish Point Bonne Femmo Landscapes
Nottinghams and Brussels No trouble
to show them on our patent display
rack The Thompson Dry Goods Co
Camera Pleasure Lasts
Theres more enjoyment in a camera
than in anything else you can get for the
same price and its pleasure that lasts
as long as you live We have the East
man Kodak the on at makes picture
taking easy
L W McConnell Druggist
In Car Load Lots
the McCook Hardware Co get their
buggies thus saving you two thirds the
freight and giving you the best possible
value for your money
Gauze Corsets
The American Beauty corsets are the
best Money back after four weeks
actual wear if dissatisfied Sold only
by The Thompson Dry Goods Co
Removal
Miss Carrie Watkins dressmaker has
removed from the Zint block to Mrs
Welles residencetwo doors north of the
court house
My Sister
My sister she smashed seven brass
sash rods They were not Bray tons
brass sash rods as they cant be smashed
that easy Braytons they put them
selves up 10c each at Thompsons
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McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING MAY 24 1907
A FIENDISH DEED
firs Claude Spaulding Brutally and
Perhaps Fatally Beaten
BY UNKNOWN SCOUNDREL
Assault Committed at Her Home Wednesday After-
noon and No Trace So Far Found of the Fiend
BIoodHounds Go Up to the Scene
This Morning
One of tho most dastardly atrocious
and mysterious crimes in tho history of
Southwestern Nebraska had its scone
on Red Willow creek this county
about eight miles north of McCook
Wednesday afternoon between one
and two oclock when a vicious cow
ardly and murderous assault was made
on Mrs Claude Spaulding by some un
known miscreant who up to the time of
this writing has succeeded in evading
arrest
No one was in the house at tho time
of the murderous attack savo Mrs
Spaulding and her three-year-old daugh
ter Mr Spaulding having gone up into
Frontier county the day before on
business The wretch used a large
steel wedge and a hammer in his assault
making several terriblo wounds on his
victims head fracturing the skull
and left tho body weltering on the floor
in her own blood for dead
stating simple facts and giving best
description possible of tho supposed
assailant and these were mailed out ovor
all of this section of the state
A man was held at Red Willow
Thursday morning but soon after
released Night Policoman Fitzgerald
went down to Holdrege Thursday
morning to attempt to identify several
suspects held there but returned home
last night empty handed Reports
have came in from Cedar Bluff Kansas
and other points lint up to date noth
ing has developed of an encouraging
nature
Mrs Spaulding nee Laura Gehring
formerly taught school in that neigh
borhood Is a relative of D C Little
and highly esteemed
Tho dastardly affair has not only
aroused that neighborhood but has dis
turbed McCook profoundly crowds
gathering often to hear tho slightest
news and characterizations of the crime
being the most lurid
Two young blood hounds arrived from
Beatrice last night on 3 and were taken
out to the scene but the heavy rain of
yesterday afternoon will make their
work most difficult
F A Pennell and Louis Thorgrimson
drove physicians and officers to the
scene in their autos covering the dis
tance in thirty minutes Dr Beach was
misdirected but later reached tho
scene and with Dr McDivitt assisted
Dr Hare who is in charge of the sad
case
Words fail in expressing the sympathy
felt for Mr Spaulding in this unspeak
ably horrible affair
The plain indications aie that the
wretch failing in an attempted assault
on account of desperato resistance of
Mrs Spaulding made a fiendish at
tempt to kill
Mrs Spaulding had not at noon today
regained consciousness but her general
condition was improved and in some re
spects was normal The next few days
will determine whether or not she can
or will recover Her condition is des
perately bad
Up to the time of our going to press
this Friday afternoon practically no
trace has been found of the brutal
wretch and the prospects are not encour
aging
School Closing Exercises
The public schools will close
the
years work Friday June 7th
The high school graduating exercises
will take place in the Bixler opera
house Friday night June 7 commenc
ing at 830 oclock L B Wikersham
of Iowa a talented platform speaker
will deliver the class address
Tho members of the class of 1907 have
chosen Rev J J Loughran to preach
the baccalaureatesermon This service
will be held at St Patricks church
Sunday evening June 2nd
The members of the Twelfth grade
are Reid McKenna Floyd Green
Alice Benjamin Alice McKenna Dora
Oyster Nellie Andrews Lois Hilemao
Nora Fitzgerald and Josephine Ham
mond
Save Ice and Dirt
by using a Herrick or Siberia refrigera
tor sold by McCook Hardware Co Al
so save one third the ice used with a
cheap refrigerator
China or Pictures
Nothing a more suitabie gift to a
bride
L W McConnell Druggist
Get a Quick Meal Gasoline Stove
or range at McCook Hardware Co Al
ways safe and reliable and use the least
gasoline of any stove made
For Sale
Open top rubber tired buggy good
as new Set single harness
L W McConnell Druggist
MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
McConnoll for drugs
Base ball goods at Hofers
Wall paper at McMillens Drug store
McConnolls Sarsaparilla for impure
blood 1
McMillen has a largo and well selected
line of wall paper
Prompt service in draying secured by
calling up phono 109
Try Magner Stokes for fresh and
salt meats fruit and vegetables
Dr Kays oflico is now ono door north
of Commercial hotel Phono 97
McMillen would like to figuro with
you on paiuts oils and varnishes
Wanted A girl to do general house
wook Good wages Mrs G S Scott
Bound duplicato receipt books threo
receipts to tho page for ealo at The
Tribune office
All kinds of fresh and salt meats
fruits and vegetables at
Magner it Stokes
If you aro needing glasses romomber
Dr Finch gives free tests and guaran
tees satisfactory work
Corn chop at tho mill at 80 cents a
hundred livery thing dolivored
McCook Milling Co
For rent Furnished room two
blocks east of Methodist church and
second houso north R II Beatty
Magner Stokes can supply you
with anything in tho lino of fresh and
salt meats Also fruits and vegetables
Wsst Dennison street had tho front of
the stage Tuesday with two runaways
No injuries or damages of note how
ever
Tho only place in town where you
can get the famous Threo Star Cof
fee is at Magner it Stokes market and
grocery
We can furnish anything needed for
the bath Let us show you our fine as
sortment of bath supplies
L W McConnell Druggist
Pasture to Rent Half milo east
and half milo north of McCook Horses
73c cows 50 yearlings 33c per month
A P Morse
If you want something for ta i and
sunburn come to us We can give you
an article which will prove satisfactory
McConnells Fragraut Lotion 23c
OurspringsL iout of burnt leather
goods has arrived Call and see what
we have
Barney Hofer
McCook Nows Depot
The Doyle building on Main avenue
occupied by Ilendrick it Lathrop has
been purchased by Charles Lehn Mr
Doyle is looking toward Idaho as the
place for his future home
Your Taste In Wall Paper
We have a stock of new wall paper
this spring that will appeal to all tastes
The choice of patterns is practically
unlimited Compared with the wonder
ful improvement it makes in a room it
costs very little to paper If you want
to know just how little bring us in the
dimensions of tho rooms you would like
papered and get our figures
L W McConnell Druggist
Marie Antoinette
A name to conjure with The makers
of Ideal waists have produced no
prettier waists than their Marie Antoin
ette styles some in plaids some in Jap
silks some in lawns About thirty very
nice ones just received The Thompson
Dry Goods Co
Frank Shurtleff Marries
Humboldt May 17 Frank Shurtleff
youngest son of Clay Shurtleff and wife
of this place was united in marriage to
Miss Gladys Casebeer of Lincoln and
the couple have gone to McCook where
they will make their home on the Shurt
leff ranch
Both Granted But Appealed
After an exciting trial Monday the
city council by a vote of 3 to 1 granted
saloon licenses to Mitchell U Clyde
and William Y Johnson Both were
appealed by tho remonstrators In a
small way the testimony and circum
stances were decidedly unusual
Malarial Sickness
Physicians have traced the cause of
malarial diseases to the bite of the mos
quito How to escape that bite is a
vital question Mosquito netting for
the purpose may be had for only oc yard
from The Thompson Dry Goods Co
Sixty Five Dollars Pays
for a Milwaukee Cream Separator at Mc
Cook Hardware Co How long will it
take you to pay for this in the saving
of cream Besides establishing a re
gular income
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Everything in drugs McConnoll
Rooms for rent
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Inquire at tho Ideal
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Illustrated souvenir letters of McCook
only 10c at Hofors
When in need of paint oils and var
nishes go to McMillens Drug storo
Onion sots in good condition roady
for planting McCook Hardware Co
Cameras films plates and kodak
supplies of ail kinds at Woodworth
Cos
Zoa Phora Womans Friend A
free 30c bottlo at C R Woodworth
Cos Druggists
If you want it dono right and right
away call up phono 199 R M Douglass
Co office in Hump building
For Sale- An Angolus pinno player
Inquire at this oflico for particulars Xi
selections of music go with tho player
Tho Catholic ladies profitably sorved
many to dinner and supper in tho Men
ard opera houso last Saturday
R M Douglass it Co will give you
prompt and efficientsorvico Phono 199
Oflico in Bump real ustato office lower
Main
R M Douglass it Co draying in all
its branches Call up phono 199 Call
at oflico in Bump building lower Main
avonuo
Tho McCook Pressed iirick Co havo
replacod thuir two brick press with a
four brick press thus doubling their
capacity
Select your pumps wind mills and
pipe at McCook Hardware Co Thoy
uo wen aim pump wonc or overy
scription
Cll
It is reported that Beaver City has
a largo number of smallpox cases and
that quarantine regulations aro being
enforced there
For strength and health you need
pure blood McConnells Sarsaparilla
will make your blood what it should bo
Price 81 per bottlo
Agents Wanted with rigs to bell
Medicines Extracts etc to farmers
3-21-It Royal Manufacturing Co
117 E 17th st Kansas City Mo
Our soda fountain is now open and
all tho latest fancy cold drinks and
sundaes can bo had at our tables Ono
hundred fancy specials to select from
C R Woodworth it Co Drugguts
Use McCook souvenir letters in writ
ing to your friends Something now
just received at BIIofers headquarters
for souvenirs stationery and reading
matter of all kinds
Zoa Piiora a window full of it at C
R Woodworth Cos this week
Coupons have been distributed at oveiy
house good for a large 50c bottlo free
Any lady can havo a bottlo by asking
for it
I4 or commencement we have a fine
new line of giff editions Also many
other suitable remembrances cameras
opera glasses fountain pens line
stationery pictures etc
L W McConnell Druggist
Marsh operates on the theory that
nothing is too good for his patrons
hence he buys only the best of livestock
of all kinds and sells only the best of
meats You can prove it by a trial
Satisfaction absolutely guaranteed
Water tax for lots in Riverviow ceme
tery is now due and payable to the
secretary S3C0 covers expenses of wat
er and maintenance for the season
Take out your receipt to tho sexton
that he may commence watering and
care of your lot beforo Decoration day
Ed IIubek Sec
Invitations aro out to the celebra
tion of the twenty fifth wedding anni
versary of Mr and Mrs Walter Hills of
Paducah Kentucky who will be ro
membered by old time McCook railroaa
people and citizens as early residents of
McCook he being for years a dispatehf r
at headquarters May 30 is the date
Congratulations
Good homes aro wanted for orphan
and destitute children of all ages by the
Child Saving InstitutelS0G Ohio street
Omaha Neb Over three hundred
children pass through the institute to
homes and care in a single year From
forty to sixty constantly on hand If
interested write enclosing stamp for
reply
Sunday May 26th is Trinity Sunday
Holy communion in St Albans church
at 730 in the morning On account of
tho Memorial services in the Baptist
church there will be no 11 oclock ser
vices Sunday school at 10 in the morn
ing Evening prayer at 8 oclock with
Trinity Sunday sermon All are wel
come