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Captain Passow of the St
Paul Secretary William
H Taffs Eldest Son
Robert A fi
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sinking of
THE cruiser
Gladiator by the
American liucr St
Paul Is a severe
blow to the British
navy coming so
soon after the loss
of the torpedo boat
destroyer Tiger
which Avas sunk on
April 3 off the Isle
of Wight by tlio
cruiser Berwick
thirty six men be
ing drowned About
the same number of lives were lost in
the collision between the St Paul and
the Gladiator and had it not been for
the coolness of the St Pauls captain
F M Passow the collision might have
Involved loss of life among the passen
gers and crew of the liner as well as
on board the cruiser Captain Passow
was on the bridge at the time of the
collision and with the special pilot was
keeping close watch ahead but the
snow was falling so thickly it -was im
possible to see far in the distance It
was the first serious mishap that ever
occurred to a vessel under the com
mand of Captain Passow A passenger
on board the St Paul said
The discipline on the Gladiator -was
magnificent We could see every man
at his post There was no excitement
on either ship One would have
thought it was a moving picture in
stead of a real disaster It was lucky
that the collision happened so close to
land That very fact gave the seamen
and the passengers more confidence
The prominence of Secretary William
H Taft as a candidate for the Repub
lican presidential nomination gives in
terest to the subject of the personal
characteristics of the members of his
family The secretary is quite proud
of the achievements
of his eldest son
Robert who is now
a sophomore at Yale
the institution which
all the Tafts have
attended from time
immemorial Rob
crt is nineteen and
gives promise of
making fame in the
legal profession
which was chosen
by Ills father and in
which his grandfa
ther who was attor
ney general of the
United States under
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KsJ r f2r
President Grant made his mark Rob
ert won two entrance prizes when he
went to Yale for his first examinations
and has thus far made a fine record in
scholarship He is popular among the
students as his father was before him
The Rev Charles W Gordon who was
one of the evangelists of the Chapman
Alexander mission in Philadelphia is
known in the literary world as JKalph
Connor His father a minister before
him settled in Canada in the early
forties and made his home in the high
land settlement of Glengarry on the
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ROBERT TATT
A book recently issued in England
contains some good stories about vari
ous people one being an anecdote of
Bishop Wilberforce The noted bish
op Is quoted as telling one anecdote
as follows
At dinner I sat next a very worthy
elderly man of the name of Polycarp
who in a very touching manner was
recounting to me the many blessings
which he had received in the course
of a life prolonged beyond the usual
limits It appeared that he considered
the chief of his blessings to be that he
had had twenty three children And
while I was trying to find words to
express my opinion that some people
might regard that as a not unmixed
blessing a black eyed lady Avhom I
had observed to be listening with
much attention to our conversation
leaned across the table and said with
remarkable distinctness Only sixteen
were mine Mr Polycarp
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Indian lands of the
eastern peninula
of Ontario His
m other was the
d a u g h t o r cf a
Kfotfli
W rHn vdl ser kd in
New Kc aii ii
lht fill diVK At
I v vAy irs of ago
ln tanjrht philoso
at Mont Ilo
ycLc ad at twen
ty two declined the
position of prhr ipal of ue school In
stead she married l you miuLtcr
and went to live r tLio back wood of
Canada
The autljcr mis burn ii tho high
land settlement in tii mi Jst of tho for
est in 1SU0 He was graduated from
Toronto university and studied the
ology at Knox college Thou he went to
Edinburgh for a postgraduate course
Every dollar that paid for his educa
tion he earned himself and until he
was old enough to teach school he
worked in the wheatfields At college
ie played on the football team and
he has alwajs been athletic and fond
of outdoor life as may easily be judged
from his books He has lived among
the Indians of Canada and sometimes
has scarcely seen a paleface for
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Herbert L Bridfiman
and His Mission u
Other People Recently
In Print l jfr
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writing books was
about a Pittsburg
thrives more through
political influence
than through busi
ness ability
I heard some
thing about this
man the other day
iie saici inac may
or may not be true
If it isnt true It
should be for it is
certainly appropri
ate
A young man
called on the con
tractor and asked
for a job
The contractor
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months at a time Ills mother used to
ride horseback eighteen miles every
week carrying her babies with her to
teacli a Bible class and hold womens
meetings Mr Gordon is now pastor
of a church in Winnipeg but lie too
has seen service in wild parts of Brit
ish North America It was in connec
tion with his work for miners ranch
ers andt lumbermen that he chanced to
go into literature Having appealed in
their behalf to a missionary society
with scant success a Toronto editor
suggested that Mr Gordon write for
his paper a story that should be in ef
fect an appeal for funds So he wrote
what are now the earlv chanters of
Black Rock his first book He
wired the editor to use the name Can
nor combining the tirst syllables of
Canadian and northwest The tele
graph operator wrote it out Connor
and the editor prefixed the Ralph
for the sake of euphony Rather
Irish for me remarked the author
but I guess I can stand it His best
known stories since Black Rock are
The Sky Pilot The Man From Glen
garry and his latest Glengarry
School Days
Lincoln Steffens who recently re
tired as one of the editors of the Amer
ican Magazine to devote himself to
talking
one day
contractor who
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LINCOLN STEFI EXS
wouldnt give him a job for he had
voted the wrong way at the last elec
tion He read him a lecture though
on his poor success told him it Avas a
shame at his age to be out of work
and so forth and then wound up im
pressively
My boy the door to every success
ful business is labeled Push
The young man assumed a puzzled
look
But your business is successful
isnt it he said
Yes fairly so said the contractor
Why do you ask
Because said the young man I
noticed that your door is labeled
Pull
Mr Steffens is forty two years of age
and a native of San Francisco He
studied at the University of California
and at several European universities
and entered literature through the
door of journalism having been con
nected with several leading newspa
pers
Alfred Austin the English poet lau
reate has completed a volume to be
called Sacred and Profane Love the
title coming of course from the Tilla
ALFRED ATJSTIX
Borghese Titian
From the accounts
of it Mr Austins
idea is nearly as
much a mystery as
that of the picture
It is an allegory
distinct from any
hitherto ascribed to
the picture con
trasting as it does
worldly ambition
with spiritual aspi
ration the political career in its lowest
aspect with the literary career in its
highest A northern youth in
i tative mood lies pondering records
of the Roman past when two shapes
appear to him one promising him the
fulfillment of his wildest dreams of
earthly greatness the other offering
the nobility of mind and joy of heart
that belong to the poet Which shall he
choose
Herbert L Bridgman of Xew York
who has been named at Washington
as the American delegate to the inter
national polar congress at Brussels
has been almost a lifelong friend of
Robert E Peary He was graduated
from Amherst college with the class
of GG and for many
years has been a
publisher It is only
in recent years that
he has thought en
viously about the
north pole for he is
not an explorer by
training He has di
rected several of
the Peary relief ex
peditions He likes
the comfortable side
of life between arc
tic trips as his
Z SSsfSsSSJpV
membership in a Herbert l bridg
dozen clubs in Man- matt
hattan and Brooklyn boroughs testifies
Mr Bridgman Is a man of athletic
physique It has been prophesied that
if Peary ever does find the pole Bridg
man will be the first man to find
Peary which is the next best thing to
do in such an event
For Sale A good piano Inquire at
this office M tf
Daiiked Rock Egos at S3 per 100 the
remainder of the season 5 154
Mas J II Warfield Route No 1
For Sale Brand new clarionet
quire at this office
In-
For Sale One header sickle cheap
5 29 2ts Mrs J A Snyder
910 McFarland st
Cottage to Rent three blocks north
of new high school Inquire at this
office Ktf
For Rent Good barn one square
north Catholic church Phone black
28G B J Lane
Furnished rooms for rent Inquire
first door north of M E church
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For Rent A 4 room cottage 2 blocks
west of postffice Lawn and good shade
Inquire of O E Pearson 5 22 tf
House For Rent S1200 per month
Inquire at Tribune oflice C
Wanted A young cow mut be
fresh Call on or phone S D Hughes
phone red 248 G 5
Made Up Almost Two Hours
More than common interest ccntred
in passenger train No 1 last Frilay
For 97 times consecutively train 1 has
run into Denver absolutely on time
Friday the train was seriously delayed
by rains in Iowa and was delivered to
the Lincoln branch two hours and seven
minutes late The word with the bark
on if came from Chicaga that No 1
must go into Denver on time The Lin
colndivision made up twenty five min
utes of this time turning over the train to
the McCook division at Hastings one
hour and forty two minutes late At
Oxford this was reduced to one hour
and twenty six minutes lates When
the train departed from McCook there
were still one hour and seventeen min
utes to make good before the train
should pull into Denver station onjtime
At Akron but twenty minutes late was
the report and this meant that the train
would make Denver on time like a
mice And she did Jiingineer j v
Conner pulled the train from Lincoln to
McCook and Engineer made
the run to Denver
The McCook division as usual made
up most of the time lost No special
equipment was used the run being
made with the regular engines and cars
This was the 95th consecutive timo
the train ran into Denver on time
The company is hoping to establish
a six months record of that kind
Grade Crossing Accident at Cambridge
Mrs Bridget Ross of Cambridge was
run over by an east bound freight
last Friday morning at the grade cross
ing just west of the depot The freight
was slowing down to take water at the
tank Mrs Ross is deaf and wore asun
bonnet hence neither saw nor heard the
train Her right foot was taken off at
the ankle and the left leg was broken bo
low the knee besides she received other
severe injuries
Mrs Ross died the following day
MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
Seeds at H P Waite Cos
Picture framing The Ideal Store
Sumpin doin in McCooks business
circles
If its drugs you want see
Woodworth Co
Walk and save a dol
lar V S
Grass flower garden and field seeds
at H P Waite Cos
Typewriter ribbons papers
sale at The Tribute oflice
etc for
Fresh lettuce celery cauliflower
rheubarb etc constantly on hand at
Hubers
Patronize home industry by smoking
B Y 10 cent cigar and the McCook Un
ion 5 cent cigar
Tho time honored title of presiding
elder was abolished by the late M E
general conference That official will
hereafter be known as the district sup
erintendent
Say if you are a borrower next morn
ing after reading this issue of The Tri
bune come down town and subscribe
for the paper yourself Less than two
cents a week
There is a persistent request for im
provement to the road leading from the
West McCook crossing west It is des
cribed as a bad place to meet automo
biles on account of the cramped space
Beardsley the optician has establish
ed his permanent residence in McCook
and opened up an office with Leach the
jeweler where he can be found Satur
day of each week Persons having de
fective vision can consult with him free
of charge
A weekly newspaper that publishes
twenty one columns of good reliable
news each week is rare in these days of
cheap weeklies intended only to sell
some article that the publisher js inter
ested in Credit is due The Weekly
Inter Ocean for keeping its columns
filled with fresh and up-to-date news
Give it a trial by subscribing through
The McCook Tribune
Pre nuptial Events Galore
A number of people will come to Lin
coln soon for the wedding of Miss Lila
LeGoru and Mr Ritchie of McCook
Miss Minnie Baumnn of West Point one
of the maids of honor arrived a week
ago Tlio other maid of honor Miss
Annie Jonos of Lincoln will return
Monday June 8 from the east whore
she has been studying music The ma
tron of honor Mrs C II Nichols of
Leavenworth Kans accompanied by
her husband will arrive next Saturday
as will also Mrs LeGores parents Mr
and Mrs John Wislon of Montezuma
Iowa One of the bridesmaids Miss
Edna Waite will come from McCook
the other Miss Ethel Perkins lives in
Lincoln
A pre nuptial shower for Miss LeGore
with the Alpha Omicron Pi girls and
their patronesses as the other guests
was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs
J C Seacrest at her homo at thirty
third and Summer streets Tho com
pany numbered between thirty five and
forty It was a miscellaneous shower
and tho girls circled around tho bride
elect and sang fraternity songs while
she opened the packages Dancing on
the third floor was among the lator
amusements
Next Saturday afternoon Miss Helen
Piper and Miss Marian Hart will be
hostesses at a hose shower for Miss Le
Gore The following Monday afternoon
June 8 Mrs C H Rudge will give a
pre nuptial party for Miss LeGore to
the Alpha Omicron Pi girls On Mon
day evening June 8th Miss Ethel Per
kins will give a 6 oclock tea to the sor
ority girls Tuesday evening June 9
the bridal party will be entertained at a
7 oclock dinner by Mr and Mrs C I
Jones and Miss Anna Jones From
Sunday Journal
Little Ones Divide Honors
In their entertainment last Friday
evening in the new high school build
ing the younger children of the public
schools easily divided the honors with
the older pupils who gave the program
of the preceeding evening Their pro
gram was as follows
May Day Carnival with May pole dance by
pupils of Misses Kenagy Whislcr and Waite
Sunbonnet Babies and Overall Boys by pupils
or Miss Sweeney
Garden play pupils of Miss Slaby and Miss
Phelan
Rose drill pupils of Misses Lant and Abel
Pantomine Sleeping Beautypupils of Misses
Hannan and Green
A Year of Holidays pupils of Misses Mc
Millen and Ward
Which was given in a faultless man
ner by tho little ones The attendance
was so largo upon this occasion and so
many failing to secure admittance and
seats that it was decided to repeat this
performance on Saturday evening which
was done with equally pleasing results
and success
The entertainments were not only suc
cessful from the standpoint of the box
oflice but revealed the splendid work of
the pupils and of those having them in
charge as instructors
We congratulate
Indianola School Wins Honors
The eighth grade of our school
is
the champion eighth grade of the
county it having made the highest
average in the county examinations
It also has won the honor of giving the
valedictory at McCook June 12 Fern
Hedges having made the highest stand
ing of any pupil in the county was
chosen by the County Superintendent
as valedictorian but being unable to
attend owing to a visit has declined
the honor The class then chose Ray-
mond Short he having the next highest
standing This is a feather in the cap
of the Indianola school Indianola
Reporter
Memorial Sunday Services
Last Sunday in the Congregational
church the churches of the city united
in Memorial services at the morning
hour eleven oclock H H Berry de
Jivered the sermon on that occasion to
his comrades of J K Barnes post the
auxiliaries and the citizens assembled
The post and auxiliaries marched to the
church in organization Comrade Berry
delivered a feeling address directed
quite exclusively to his comrades
The Congregational church choir sang
two appropriate anthems with pleasing
effect
Flags provided the decorations for the
service
High School Honors to Indianola
The Indianola school received highest
honors in the county eighth grade ex
aminations Miss Fern Hedges won
the scholarship by an average of ninety
and one sixteenth per cent Raymond
Short was a close rival with an average
of S9 per cent
The Lebanon school won second place
with averages also in the SOs
The results of the examinations as a
whole were quite gratifying
Cleared Over 20000
It will bo learned with pleasure that
the net receipts of tho school entertain
ments last week are 820735 The gross
receipts were s iiJluu with expenses
amounting to but 623G5 This is a fine
boost for the baby grand besides the
record of one of the very best school en
tertainments ever given by the McCook
schools
Have You Houses To Rent
Then you should be supplied with
rent receipt books The Tribune has
just what you want compact and com
plete
150 For Best Article
Tho Republican Congressional Com
mittee oilers 150 for tho best article
not exceeding 1000 words on tho sub
ject
WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTI
SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL
NEXT NOVEMBER
The competition is open to all
In judging tho merits of contribu
tions consideration will bo given not
only to style arguments and facts pre
sented but to tho convincing power
and it should be born in mind that
Members of Congross are to bo elected
as well as Presidont and Vice President
No manuscripts will bo returnod but
will be tho property of the Committee
The best article will bo widely used
both in tho newspapers of tho country
and in pamphlet form
The reward will be made and check
sent to the successful contestant about
August 15th Manuscripts must bo
mailed not later than July 15th to
Litfrary Bureau
Republican Congressional Committee
Metropolitan Bank Building
Washington D C
Busch The Brewer
Old Busch tho brewer traveled
through this quiet village tother day
he lolled on rugs of blue and gold like
some fat rajah of Bombay his private
car a palace was with costly mirrors
and the like and there ho loafed and
fed his jaws whilo better people hit tho
pike And vassals hurried to his nod
and truckled for his greasy smile and
bowed to the Budwoiser god who made
from womens tears his pilo Old Busch
the brewer goes in state his board in
creasing by the year and ragged people
pay the freight by blowing in their
wages for beer Tho section men with
weary backs who see the palace car whiz
by is adding to tho brewers stack
and Bush he winks the other eye
Emporia Gazette
Clean Up Citizens
All property owners renters and les
sors are hereby notified to comply with
the requirments of the city ordinance
respecting the cleaning up of their pro
perties and the alloys adjacent thereto
Lot us have a prompt and thorough
compliance with the law in this regard
for appearance sake and in the inter
est of the health of the community
G W Godfrey
Street Commissioner
Farmers Attention
1 am receiving cream for tho Fair
mont Creamery Co of Crete Neb
Bring your cream to me and 1 will guar
antee good results You get your
checks every shipment To those part
ies that are delivering cream to other
creameries if you will divide give one
half to me I think after a few ship
ments you will bring it all to mo
M Walsh
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles
Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles Druggists refund money if
Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case
no matter of how long standing in G toll
days First application gives ease and
rest 50c If your druggist hasnt it
send 50c in stamps and it will be for
warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co
St Louis Mo
Some New Ones This Week
The Tribune has received some more
new post cards of local views this week
Still others coming Wholesale and re
tail
Walk half-a-block and save a dol
lar VS
Seeds at II P Waite Cos
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and S p m C E
at 7 p m All are welcome
R M Ainsworth Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m All
are welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services
Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p ru Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M I
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at S00 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Burton Pastor
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
m Meetings held in the Diamond
block Room open Wednesdays and
Saturdays from 2 to 4 p m Science
literature on sale
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and
S p m by pastor Junior C E at 3 p
m Senior C E at 7 p m Prayer
meeting every Wednesday al 8 The
public is cordially invited to these ser
vices G B Hawkes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching at S p m Junior League at
4 Epworth League at 7 Prayer meet
ing Wednesday night at S p m You are
welcomed and made glad at this church
Sunday school every Sunday in South
McCook at 3 p m
M B Carman Pastor
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN
Conducted by the McCook W C T U
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Extracts from an address at tho gen
eral conforonco of tho Methodist Epis
copal church in Baltimore May 10th
by Gov Hanly of Indiana
Do you know what tho christian
church of America needs Do you
know my friends the groat call to
Methodism It lacks intensity of con
viction it is too pationt with ein too
tolerant of evil it is too placid too well
pleased with itself and too well satisfied
with the world I speak this not as a
churchman I speak this as a governor
of a great commonwealth after having
somo years of opportunity for observa
tion I havo a profound conviction
when I say to you in my judgmont tho
need of America today is a militant
church It still needs a living virile
Christianity It still needs consecrated
men and women men and women who
hato unrighteousness in any form and
who aro willing to bear arms against un
righteousness today Applauso And
I abovo all wish to say I wish you
would carry that homo with you and
tell it to Methodists of America that in
their great conflict in which wo are now
engaged there is room for Christian men
and women only on one side Applauso
If there is a Methodist anywhoro who
does not know where ho ought to be on
this question I beg of him to go to his
closet and in the secret place of his home
before God and his soul take an inven
tory of his religious assets He is near
er bankruptcy than he thinks
Tho world has need of such a church
and such men and women as aro mani
fold and enduring Indeed tho Method
ism of America has an oft ronoated
challenge lying now at its feet Unless
it runs away there is fighting to bo done
The trophy to be struggled for is a
stainless flag tho banner of tho free
ensign of a nation redeemed and glori
fied The foo is the organized liquor
traffic of America it is an enemy well
worth while Tho victory is not yet
won tho combat is going to bo a terrible
struggle and wo need recruits not for
ninety days but for the war I know
my friends that battles will be fought
and lost yes but wo will not loso tho
war Tho foe is an enemy well worth
whilo It has great wealth it is adroit
and cunning it is resourceful it touches
the financial interest of many men it is
desperate it obsoives no law human or
divine it violates legislative enactments
and tramples upon the most soloniu
constitutional inhibitions The rules of
civilized warfare aro to it a meaningless
jingle of idle words it speaks neither
age or sex its banner is a black ilug it
is an outlaw its god is mammon it has
no religion but the greed of gain no
love that the lust of gold does not cor
rupt no pity that averico does not
strangle It is marshaling its forces for
a conflict the impact of which will
shake the land The christian church
oi America muse meet it or run away
and it cannot run away Its splendid
militant past the memory of its mar
tyred dead preclude that It must stay
it must fight and it will stay aye it
will stay and it will fight not one but
a hundred battles before it yields or
flees the field If it fights it will need
men men of moral fiber men in Balti
more and in Maryland not in Heaven
but in Maryland in militant war and
in every city of this great nation
Men whom the lust of office does not
kill
Men whom the spoils of oflice cannot
buy
Men who possess opinion and a will
Men who have honor men who will not
lie
If these men are to be found Method
ism must furnish some of them Meth
odism will furnish some of them Ap
plause
Eighth Grade Graduating Exercises
The fourth annual eighth grade grad
uating exercises of the Red Willow
county public schools will be held m
McCook Friday afternoon Juno litb
commencing at 230 oclock in the new
high school building Tho public is
cordially invited to these exercises
PROGRAM
Piano Solo Selected Miss Deborah Heckir
Invocation Hex E Burt
Vocal Solo Selected ilii Rnth n J
Salutatory XeWe Murt
Piano Solo Selected Miss IlaM Bnv
Class Address E C Iii V - i
Vocal Solo Selected Mis Ekie Camib
Valedictory Raymond
Presentation of Diplomas
Sapt Claudia B Hatrh r
Vocal Solo Selected ilrs P F iieKcm t
Benediction Rev E E Ear-
Hazel Hoobler
Esther Johnson
Annie Carlson
Ona Overtake
Mamie Poole
Jennie Blair
Koa Blair
Gave Blair
Sue Duckworth
Stella Weyeneth
Vaire Godou
Viola Sheldon
Lizzie Eifert
Ilelene Groen
Lowell Moore
Reed Henton
GRADUATES
Gladys Stewart
Dorothy Doyle
Eugene YanXeter
Okie Gallatin
Lelak Dietsch
I oda Fianell
Glenn Lant
Rnth Owens
Joseph Harrison
Raymond Short
Lena Uerlxns
Florence Baker
Rosy Rollins
Fern Hedges
Leon Smith
Leo Ryan
Severely Injured by Horse
Jesse son of G V7 Predmore was
severely injured Monday morning by
being kicked on the thigh by a horse he
was engaged in shoeing The horse was
supposed to be perfectly gentle
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