THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1896
IRA. Jj BAHE, Editor and Phopbietob
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
One Year, cash In advance, $1.25.
Six Months, cash in advance 75 Cents
Entered at the NorthPlatte (Nebraska)postoffice as
second-class matter.
CALL POE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The republican electors of the several precincts
of Lincoln county are requested to select dele-
Kates to meet in convention in North Platte on
April 4th, 1896, atone o'clock p.m., for the pur
pose of selecting eleven delegates to attend the
State delegate convention to be held in Omaha
April 15th, and to select 11 delegates to attend the
congressional delegate convention to be held at
Broken Bow April 13th, and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly come before
the 'convention
It is recommended that the primaries be held
March 28ih, between the hours of four and six p
m. in the city, and between the hours of four and
nine n. m. in the country precincts. The basis of
representation is one delegate for each precinct
and an additional one for each twenty votes and
major fraction thereof cast for T. I. Norval in
1895. The several precincts are entitled to repre
sentation as follows, to-wit
Lemon 2
Maxwell 3
Medicine 3
Miller 2
Mylander 1
Myrtle.
Ni-'hols 3
Nowell 2
O'Fallon 3
Osgood 2
Peckham 1
Plant 2
Potter 1
Bitner 1
Sellers 1
Somerset J
Sunshine 1
Yroman 1
Walker t 1
Wallace 8
Well 1
Whittier 1
Willow 2
Total 93
Kilmer 1
G. C. MCALLISTER, Chairman.
G. C, STODDABD, Sncretary.
North Platte No. 1 5
NorthPlatte No. 2. ...9
NorthPlatte No. 3. ..."
Antelope 2
Ash Grove 2
Baker 1
Bird wood 2
Blaine 1
Brady Island 2
Buchanan 2
Circle Hill 1
Cottonwood 2
Cox 1
Crockett 1
Deer Creek 2
Dickens 2
Falrview 1
Fox Creek 2
Garfield 1
Gaslin 2
Hall 2
Harrison 1
Hinman 2
Hooker 1
Kem 1
Nebraska is known in the east
as the state in which North Platte
is situated; but even this does not
make us feel stuck-up.
If the advocates of the railroad
from Sioux City to North Platte
are successful, they will be fed and
lodged free of charge the remainder
of their lives by the people of this
city.
The acreage of wheat and corn
in western Nebraska this Tear will
be limited only by the inability of
the farmer to secure all the seeds
he needs. Not since 1891 has the
spring season opened so auspicious
iy.
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The Boston Store's Spring Openin
1896
BARGAINS ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE!
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
Bleached Muslin, everywhere" 7c. per yard; our
price, 5c. Amoskeag Ginghams, everywhere 7c.
per yard; our price 5c. German Blue Prints, every
where ioc. per yard; our price 74c. Light Shirt
ing Prints at 4c. per yard. India Percales, fast
colors, yard wide regular price, 15c per yard; for
lJy- dcnv, iu.. jJVx yaiJL uuij . vv line Ul nil
Embroideries from 20 per yard up.
We carry a complete line- of lace curtains by
the yard also window shades and curtain poles
at the lowest prices.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
pieces double-widtn, 3rard-wide novelty
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goods, spring shades; other stores ask 20c. per yd.;
our price for this sale, 10c. per yard only.
40-inch all-wool French Serge, in all colors;
other stores' prices, 50c. a yard; our price 28-Jc.
per yard.
1,000 yards of the very latest Black Brocaded
Jockenets, imported, 46 inches wide; regular price,
$1.50 to $2 per yard; for this sale your choice at
87 cents per yard.
Silks lor trimmings and waists. We have the
latest that's going at from 25c. to $1.25 per yard.
Also have a beautiful line of wash silks and gloria
silks. 56-in. French broadcloth, in all colors
regular price $1.50 per 3'd. ;for this sale 90c. per yd.
KID GLOVES Have them in dressed and
undressed, blacks and colors.
EVERY ONE IS HAPPY
Since the snow fell in a mighty fall and promises a crop-to one and
all. There's a rich crop for every one now in March a rich crop
of bargains in ..... , .
Dry Goods, Carpets,
Furnishings, Notions, Shoes, Etc.
Such a large and beautiful stock was never before seen in North Platte, j
and our prices are so low that even our rivals are astonished. I have just
returned from the eastern markets with this stock, and every part of it is
fresh and new and of the very best qualities that manufacturers can produce.
Head our Great Offerings. You cannot afford to overlook a single
item in our list. There is money in them for you.
CORSET DEPARTMENT.
We offer 50 dozen Corsets The Twentieth
Century long-waisted, high bust, just as good as
any $1 Corset at 49 cents.
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT.
100 dozen Misses' Ribbed Black Hose, sizes
irom s4 to 8; everywhere sold at 10 cents; our
price 5 cents.
Ladies' Fast Black Hose, seamless, at i2cts.
per pair.
Boys' Bicycle Hose at 15 cents a pair.
Men's Hose at 5 cents per pair.
UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT.
Ladies' Vests from 5c. up. Children's Vests
from 5c. up. Ladies' Shirt 'Waists from 48c. up.
Veilings, Neckwear, Belt Buckles, Beltings.
Belts in gold and leather of the latest designs are
to be found in our store.
CARPETS! CARPETS!
Our line is complete. We have them in Brus
sels, 3-plys, all-wool Ingrains, half-wool Ingrains,
etc. , at prices from 25c per yard up. If you need
a carpet, before buying come and see us. We will
save you from 15c. to 35c on every yard.
SHOES! SHOES!
With every pair of shoes sold in our store a
pair of rubbers given away free.
We received the Elliott, new machine for fas
tening buttons, which is a great saving to the shoes
and does not hurt the leather.
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OTJB MILLINERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPEN FOR EASTER SUNDAY.
Julius Pizer, Proprietor.
ILLINERY---SHOES.
BOSTON
STORE
DRY GOODS-CARPETS-
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The Only Cheap Store with Good Goods in Western Nebraska.
MAIL ORDERS ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY.
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With an anti-republican senate
and a democratic president, the
republican house of congress has
not accomplished much, tis true.
but for the reasons stated above it
has done all that could be done for
the relief of the people.
The delegates to the St Louis
convention from the First, Second.
jLuira. csixtu ana Jidgnni congress
ional districts in Wisconsin have
been instructed for McKinley
And so it is going all over the
country.
The recent trouble in the Kentuc
ky legislature has served to renew
the agitation of having United
States senators elected by a direct
vote of the people. It is only a ques
tion of time until the laws will be
changed so as to admit this, and the
result is sure to prove both benefi
cial and satisfactory.
According to the statement of
Secretary Carlisle 6,662,000 silver
dollars have been coined during the
present administration, while from
1792 to 1878 a period of eighty-six
years, the whole amount coined
was but $8,030,000. Just now the
scarcity of silver dollars is not
nearly so great as the scarcity of
opportunities to earn them.
The Morton movement in New
York is burdened with an overdose
of Plattism.and a revolt in the west
ern part of that state has resulted
in the selection of several McKin
ley delegates. Certain portions of
Pennsylvania have given Matt
Quay a rebuke by selecting dele
gate favorable to the Buckeye
statesman. The "favorite son"
ideals losing ground all over the
country.
Niks out of every ten republicans
in North Platte desire to see Major
McKinley nominated by the St.
Louis convention, and we believe
the same per centage will hold good
in the country precincts. This be
mg true, we believe Lincoln county
should send McKinley delegations
to the state and congressional con
ventions; that the full vote should
be cast for those delegates who are
known to be for McKinley first, last
and all the time. "We do not favor
making any concessions to the
small anti-McKinley faction in Ne
braska. The gospel of irrigation is march
ing on. ' The superintendent of
the eastern Illinois hospital for the
insane has made a report to the
state horicultural association
strongly urging upon the farmers
and gardeners and orchardists of
all parts of Illinois the desirabilit'
of protecting themselves against
serious losses by adopting supple
mental irrigation. The superin
tendent was induced, through the
complete failure of the hospital gar
dens in 1893 and 1894,to irrigate
ninety acres in 1895. The result was
a production of vegetables amount
ing to $71.57 per acre. The cost of
the lnigation plant was $10 per acre.
The land was before regarded as
high-priced at $100 per acre. It is
now considered to have a produc
tive value to the hospital of $500 an
acre. State Journal
The naval appropriation bill for
the next fiscal year will contain the
most liberal allowance for Hie in
crease of the navy carried by any
bill since the war. Four battleships
and fifteen torpedo boats was the
decision of the committee on the
question of new vessels, which has
been the principal point of discus
sion. The four battle ships will be
of 11,000 tons each, and the cost is
not to exceed $3,750,000 each, ex
clusive of armament, which is.
thought to be ample provision, as
other ships of the same class have
been built in recent -ears within
that iigure. Five of the torpedo
boats are to have a speed of twenty
six knots, and to cost within $850,-
000 each; the other ten are to have
a speed of twenty knots, and their
cost limit is $800,000 each.
The object of the workers sent
south by the Platt-Ouay combine in
getting sundry people together
after the republican convention of a
state or a district has elected a Mc
Kinley delegation and holdinga bolt
ing meeting and electing another
set of delegates for Morton or Reed
or Quay, as the whim takes them, is
acknowledged to be to disqualify as
many McKinley states as possible
trom representation on the commit
tee on credentials. If a state dele
nion is "contested" why of
course the delegation in that state
cannot sit in judgment on its own
case. But too much zeal in this
direction tends to defeat itself. It
is not probable that the convention
at St Louis will permit any palpa
oiy sciiemes ot this sort to win. It
would be very dangerous for it to
do so. Fraud vitiates everv sort of
Luuiiati. 11 a.
Curious Insurance.
A curious form of life iusurauce is
springing up in French manufacturing
towns under the name of LaFnurmi
(the ant). The peculiarity is that the
longer a man lives the less he becomes
entitled to. The payment of $1 a month
assures the payment of $1,000 to the
heirs of a man dying before the age of
88, the payment diminishing propor
tionately to 510 at 51. The idea seems
to be that if a mau dies young his chil
dren are likley to be in want, but that
when he is 50 they will be able to earn
their living.
The Reason.
Tottie (aged 7) I wonder why babies
is always born in the night time.
Lottie (aged 8, a little wiser) Don't
you know? It's cos they wants to make
quite sure of findin their mothers at
home. Philadelphia American.
The heavens themselves, the planets,
and this center, observe degree, priority
and place, insisture, oouree, proportion,
season, form, office and custom, and all
in line of order. Shakespeare.
THE HOUSE UNSEATS ROBBINS,
OHgTccsman White of Illinois tho Only
Republican to Vote No.
Washington, March 14. After two
day's debate the house by a voto of yens,
173; nays, 59; unseated Gaston A. Rob-
bins from the Fourth Alabama district
and declared that his Republican op
ponent, W. F. Aldrich was elected and
entitled to the seat. All the Repub
licans, with the exception of Mr. "White
(Ills.) and the Populists and three Dem
ocrats, Messrs. Cobb, Dockery, and
Dearmond (Mo.), voted for th6 major
lty report. The 59 votes against the
Republican were cast by Democrats,
with one exception. The case furnished
the Republicans with material for air
mg their views on southern election
methods, it being admitted by tho
minority that fraudulent ballots to
the extent of over 3,000 were cast.
DE LOME'S STATEMENT READ.
Spanish Sido of the Case Severely Com
mented on by Morgan.
"Washington-, March 17. The senate
had an hour of spirited Cnbau debate
late Mouday after tho early part of the
day had been given to set speeches by
Mr. Lodge on immigration and Mr.
Pugh on silver. The Cuban discussion
was mainly important in bringiug out
the full reading of a statement of the
Spanish side of the case by SeuorDnpuy
deLome, the Spanish, minister.
Suspension Day In the House.
Washington, March 17. Monday
was suspension day in the house and
several bills were passed. The most
important was the Oklahoma homestead
bill, which relieves homesteaders in
Oklahoma of the payment of the pur
chase price of their homesteads. The
house decided, at the request of Mr.
Hitt, chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs, to consider the resolu
tions to censure Ambassador Bayard on
"Wednesday.
AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT;
Weak Points Ilnvo Developed During Six
Tears of Its Operation.
"Washington, March 18. The house
devoted Tuesday to the bill to amend
the administrative act of 1890 and
paEsedit without substantial amend
ment. The purpose of the bill is to
strengthen the act of 1890, somo weak
spots having been developed during the
six years it has been in operation. The
bill was drawn after extensive'hearings
and upon the advice and with the as
sistance of tho treasury department, the
board of general appraisers, importers
and others with practical experience on
the subject. One of the most import
ant changes makes increased duties and
penalties for undei valuation commence
at the point of undervaluation and not
at 10 per cent above the undervaluation,
as pro vided by t ho pi e: eut law.
Morgan Contlnurs His Cuban Speech.
"Washington, March 18. The Cuban
debate in the senate is drawing to a
close and the expectation is that a final
vote will be taken within a day or two. ,
Mr. Sherman is keeping it before the
senate continuously, so that the speeches
are not likely to last much longer. Mr.
Mills (Tex.) and Mr. Piatt (Conu. ) are
yet to be heard, but their remarks will
not be lengthy. Mr. Morgau (Ala.) oc
cupied almost tho entire session Tues
day, speaking until nearly 6 o'clock in
support of the resolutions.
delays Z the secretary of the interior. Cusic, living m tn "Saiu'mius,
Secretary Hoke Smith was severely ! miles east, camo to Alliance
criticised by Senators Cannon (Utah).
"Wolcott (Colo.) and Vest (Mo.), and the
last named said there had been a time
when a cabinet officer who deliberately
disobeyed a- law would be bronght be
fore the bar of the senate, but that it
was now quite common for such officers
to refuse to carry out the law. Mr.
Vest said the opening up of tho asphalt
regions in this reservation would result
in greatly cheapening tho product.
Mr. Thurstou, addressing the senate
in behalf of Mr. Dnpont, referred to he
speech of Mr. v est, saying it disclosed
what felicity and harmony perenially
presides in the household of the Demo
cratic party.
Cousins Makes a Hit.
"Washington, March 19. The house
Wednesday entered upon the" considera
tion of tho resolutions censnriuir Mr.
Bayard for speeches delivered by him
before the grammar school at Boston,
England, and before the Edinburgh.
(Scotland) philosophical institution last
fall. The galleries were crowded to
overflowing. Even the diplomatic
gallery, which is usually empty, con
tained a number of members of tho
diplomatic corps and their wives. "Willi
the exception of tho speech of Mr.
Cousins (la.), however, the oratoiy of
the occasion was disappointing. Mr.
Hitt, chairman, of the foreign affairs
committee, and Mr. McCreary, who was
chairman of tho committee in the last
congress, opened respectively for and
against the resolutions. ,
Mr. Cousins' speech in support of the
resolutions was the feature- of the pro
ceedings. He won for himself the
highest, distinction as an orator. His
bursts of eloqueuce, set off by a keen
and penetrating wit, aroused the house
and the galleries to unbounded en
Mr. Dinsmore (Dem., Ark.), who was
minister to Corea during the former
Cleveland administration, in closing the
day's debate, defended the utterances of
Mr. Bayard as to the effect of protec
tion, and, to the great deliirut of Demo
crats, read extracts from Senator
Chandler's interview, alleging that the
McKinley bjomers were levying on the
protected industries. '
badly shattered hand.
gun by the muzzle litl
was necessarr.
several
with a
Hr.udlic g a shot
it. Amputation
Indian Itainnl:.lcr,,' Dead.
Decatur, Neb.. Ma--ch 13. Tho great
Omaha Indian rainmrker, "Wasapa. is
dead and buried. This is flie man who
"made it rain" 011 a farci.?r's cornfield
north of here last summer for the small
sum of 3. He claimed to bave the
power to make a cloud burnt.
SEWS' OP NEBRASKA.
Thayer is Hotter.
Lincoln, Neb., March 14. Ex-Governor
Thayer passed a quiet night and
is resting more easily.
Itotired Merchant Dies.
Central City, Neb., March 18. "W.
H. Persons, a retired merchant and one
of our oldest citizens, died of dropsy of
the heart, aged 75 years.
Day Itatc Lowered.
Lincoln, March 17. The hay rate on
the Chicago, St. Panl, Minneapolis and
Omaba railroad from Tekamah to
Omaha has been lowered from 6 cents
per 100 to 5 cents.
To Cancel .Land Grants-
Omaha, March 14. United States
District Attorney Sawyer commenced
suit ngainr.t tiie Chicago, Burlington
and Quiucy railroad et al. to cartel land
grants alleged to bo held by settler? un
der laws of the government. Srbpoeuaes
were served yesterday. .Fully o,000 peo
ple are affected by t he suit.
Oxnarct JDcnlcn a ltaaior.
Omaha, Mardi 19. Henry T.Oxnard.
president of tho Oxuard JBc.'t Sugar
company, said that ho was at a less to
know how the rumor to tho effect that
the beet sugar factories in thik state
would not; bo operated durimr the com
ing season originated, as it a as utterly
unfounded.
School lioys on a Lark.
Kimball, Neb.. March 10. Tw- Sid
ney lads named Brockway a nd MVCool
got into trouble in school mI rather
than take a chastisement took a pair of
horses and saddles belonging to the elder
McCool and started for the w;st. They
were arrested here and turn.nl over to
Sheriff McAleeac of Cheyenne c muty.
Preacher lMacutl In a Sail ?Vglrt.
Univeksitt Place. Neb., Itf .arch .15. -Rev.
A. C. Cro::thwaite, ures wliug- elder
J? TT 1 t'l I S . 1 . -m ,. w
ui xorjc uisincc or rue Mctii mist Epis
copal church, was in town looking- after
a preacher from TJtica. He hail just
dismissed from that charge Rev. C. A.
Stewart, who wjis sued for bre ich of
promise the day after his wed ding.
An Old Man Clones.
Chadron, Neb... Marcli 19. Arthur
Bartlett, father of Sheriff BaJtlett,
aged 00, quietly eloped and nuoried
Amelia Roberts, a young girl living
near Dunlap. The bride is only 18.
They drove to Homingfor.3, secured a
license and were married t sere, depart
ing immediately for Iowa, taking with
them their household goods
Farmers Organize to Sect ire llelief.
Fremont, Marcli 19. .The farners
and stock shippers of JJouge county
met at Webster town haU to Take steps
to secure a reduction of the rates on
stock. Resolutions were, adopted pro
testing against the present charger, as
excessive aud urging con certed action on
the part of all shippers m tho state to se
cure relief from the b ardeu iome rates.
Davis' Seasonable Goods
Davis, the Bicycle Man,
THE VIKING, is the "biking", Best of cycles.
THE ELDREDG-E, strictly first-class.
THE BELVIDERE, a high grade at a popular price.
THE CRAWFORD, absolutely the best wheel on
earth for the money. Choice of all kinds of handle
bars, saddles and pedals.
ALL KINDS OP BICYCLE ACCESSORIES.
)Javis? the Seed. Man,
Has a full line of BULK GARDEN AND FLOW
ER SEED from the celebrated Rice's Cambridge Val
ley Seed Gardens.
Davis, the Hardware Man,
Big
stock of POULTRY NETTING, GARDEN
TOOLS, RUBBER HOSE and the celebrated Acorn
Stoves and Ranges.
gSPDon't forget Davis, "that 110 one owes" when in need of anything
in his line. Samples of "bikes" now in.
ADMINISTRATION UNDER FIRE.
The President, Hoke Smith and Morton All
Criticised by Vest.
"Washington, JIarch 19. Owiufj to
the indisposition of Mr. Mills (Dem.,
Tex.), -who had the floor on the subject,
the Cuban debate -was not continued
Wednesday. An animated controversy
Transportation Secretaries Kcturn.
Lincoln, March 17. The secretaries
of the state board of transportation have
returned from their trip to Topeka,
"where they met -with the railroad
commissioners of Kansas.
Would Change Dusiness Methods.
Norfolk, Neb., March 15. County
commissioners of northwestern Ne
braska met here and formed an organi
zation -with a view to adopting uniform
methods of conducting public business.
Hanged Himself While Demented.
Hastings, Neb., March 15. Herman
arose over the resolution of Mr. Cannon Bentert, a prosperous young farmer liv- j farmer there " lat.t
It. and 31. TL& xH Cases.
Randolph, Neb., March 19. Louis:
Bcehme of Oino)a, deputy United
States marshal ,-was iu Randolph serving
notices on parries bereaboutsin thecascs
of the government against the Burling
ton and Missouri railroad. Upwards of
50 persons who n ow reside or have re
sided here are directly affected by th&
suit. Besides, a large number who hold,
mortgages on tl ie laud are made defend
ants. Morrison G'iven a Change of Venae.
Chadron, 1 feb., March 18. District:
Judge Kinkrad granted a change of
venue in tne case of the state against
Arthur Morrison and fixed the place of
the new tr.al at Rushvilie. Morrison
ua mo Kny marRc.ai oi uramcru.iNeD., i
and killed A. V. Harris, a nrominenfc
Capita, -Surplus,
50,000.00.
$22,500.00
H. S. WHITE, Pres't.,
P. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres't.
ARTHUR McNAMARA,
Cashier.
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A General Banking Business Transacted.
F. STR
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
WINDOW GLASS, MACHINE OILS,
The tusks of the walrus n-ere the first
ico anchors. The instruments of this de
scription used by seamen in arctio re- j m:uiilitorTi resolution to overcome the
juua uia iuuuojtu uiter mo wairus iusjcs.
(Rep., Utah), directing Secretary Smith
to execute the law for the public open
ing of the Uncompahgre Indian reserva
tion, Utah. Mr. Cannon said 2.000.000 rengion.
acres were involved and he wished this
CTVMllff TJrk WOP
ing four miles from this city.committed j fonnd 'of -,ncrder in t'he first dcl
suicide by hanging himself m a corn-; iu his Mal iere aud the lt
crib. He had become demented nvpr , .i. ..?. i f
. Ba ictA. at, uiiia ,uuo lie hecureu u new
Shot Off One Hand.
Alliance, Neb., March 1(5. John
trial on error.
See our Atlas
of the "World SI.
Dentsclie
A-potlieke
Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts.