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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1888)
I uLht ' ' : JHf-dL0flli iLtibttitc ' - ! ' , . , , . * . _ ' ' " ' - - • - laii.1 ± | T. tf : r = = r = - = | I VOLUME WttT McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1888. NUMBER IS , j . K * _ _ _ „ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ „ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * I- ! Great Guns ! It * * • * * * * - * * * * * * * As the shooting season is now at hand , "we desire to call the attention of sportsmen to the fact that ' we have just opened up the largest and most com- B plete line of SHOT CIS il AMMUNITION , I Ever Brought to this County. „ * * * * * * * * * * * * * I U- WE HAVE I DouWe Barrel Breech Loaders , from - - $12.00 to § 35.00 W Single " " tv " 4.50 to 15.00 | t Double Barrel Muzzle u " - - 7.00 to 15.00 I u u " ' . . Single - - 3.50 to 25.00 " • * * * * * * * * * m I Qur stock of Gun Implements , Brass and Paper I Shells is complete , and in addition , we carry an I immense stock of Chamberlain Loaded Shotgun > Shells , upon which we can make special figures. m "When needinganything in this or the Hardware I line , try the I The Pioneer Hardware , I LaTOURETTE & CO. 1 Brkk Store , 4 dows south of J. C. Allen & Co. McCOOK , NEBRASKA. The Howard Lumber Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Lumber & Coal.j McCOOK , NEBRASKA. " " C. G. POTTER & CO- , . • THOMPSON'S OLD STAND. ) i Flour , Feed and Baled Hay. Higest Market Price for Chickens , Eggs , Etc. Eg * " * Our steck is fresh and elean ; there are do flies on it and it is not likely that there will De any this summer. Give us a call. I THE CITIZENS BANK OF McCOOK ( INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAWS. ) f .JPaid up Capital , - - $50,000.00. t = DOES A General Banking Business , Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn directly on the principal cities of Europe. Taxes paid for Xbn-Eesidents. Money to loan on farming lands , Tillage and personal property. Fire insurance a specialty. _ . . Tickets r or Sale to and from Europe , CORRESPONDENTS. V. FkaskxetPresident. To * XMlioaal Banfr. Lincoln. Nebraska. j v Jobs B. Clark , Vice-President. T4 * CbexaJcxl Xstion&I Bask. New York. J A. a Ebxkt , CuMu. I w McCook , Neb. Authorized Capital $100,000. - Paid up Capital , $50,000. , OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS : GEO.HOCKHELL , PRESIDENT. B M. FREES , VICE-PRESIDENT. P. LBROWN. . CASHIER. A. CAMPBELL. J. C. ALLEN. S. L. GREEN. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. J. 1IYU0N JENNINGS. JOHH WILEY. JENNINGS & WILEY , ATTORNEYS - ; - AT - : - LAW. Will prnoHco in tho gtato and United Stato Courts , and beforo the U. S. Lnnd Olliccs. Careful attention pivon to Collections. Olllce over Citizens Hank , McCook , Neb. Tilos. coiTk m , ; ATTORNEY - : - AT - : - LAW , AND NOTARY PUKLIC. Real Estato Bought and Sold and Collections Made. Money loaned on real estato and llnal proof. Agent Lincoln Lund Co. Oflice , over Farmers & Merchants Bank. E. M. SNAVELY , ATTORNEY - : - AT - : - LAAV , INDIANOLA , NEBRASKA. Will practice In all the Stato and United States Courts. Also , before tho Land Ofilco at McCook and the department at Washington. HUGH W. COLE , LAWYER , McCOOK NEBRASKA. Will practice in all the Courts. Commercial and corporation law n specialty. MONEY TO LOAN. Rooms 4 and 5 , First Nat'l Bank Building. A. J. HITTENHOUSE , W. It. STAnit , SIcCook. indianola. Rittenhouse & Starr , Attorneys $ at $ Law. OFFICE8 AT McCOOK. AND INDIANOLA. T. M. HEIiM , C. W. DAVIS. Lite Segister U. S. Lal Lito of Qen. Latd Oflco , OBs 8 , Eitvis , Zit. V7ililEStC2 , S. C. HELM & DAVIS , Attorneys , Land H Loan Agents. McCOOK NEBUASKA. If you have a difficult contest case to prose cute or defend and want to win consult us. Office , north of U. S. Land Office. Front base ment of the Citizens Bank. H. G. DIXON , Reai Estate and Loan Broker , McCOOK , NEBRASKA. Special attention piven to the sale of city property. Houses rented and collections made. Oflice : Rear of Citizens Bank. T. B. STUTZMAN , M. D Eclectic Physician and Surgeon , OCULIST AND ATJKIST. McCOOK , NEBRASKA JSrOflice in McNcely Building , Main St. B. B. DAVIS , M. D. , . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON , McCOOK NEBRASKA. J3f Office atCuenery's drug store. * " " " L. J. SPI0KELMIER , m7 d PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.i Special Attestln Gives to Feasle lisoases. Office hours , from 9 to 11 A. M. . and 2 to i P. M. , mountain time. Office : Over Farmers & ' Merchants bank. 1 Dr. Z. L. KAY , \ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON I McCOOK. - - NEBRASKA. 1 { 5 # Office : Room No. l.FirstNational Bank Building. Residence , on Marshall street. A. J. THOMAS , i Administers Gas if desired. JS Office over , Scott's brick. brick.a. a. W. MINKLEll , ii i I-OIIMKKLY COUNTY - : - SURVEYOR , ] l ' McCOOK , NEBRASKA. Will do all kinds of Survcyinc , Grading and t : Civil Engineering. Residence north of school t house. : THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL , ) * Geo. E. Johnston , Prop. McCOOK , NEBRASKA. i s This house has been completely renovated c and refurnished throughout , and is tirst-class • in every respect. Rates reasonable. - r W. M. SANDERSON , \ DECORATIVE - : - ARTIST , cc SCENIC PAINTER , l Calcimining , Graining , Taper Hanging , etc. * with neatness and dispatch. 8 i. . . ,1. , . 1. 1 1. . . . I ! JOHN a. W. F. FLEEMING , I : House and Carriage Painting. J GRAINING , CALCIMINING , MARBLING , McCOOK , NEBRASKA. ' " Leave all orders at the drug store of McMilj j a len & Weeks. First-class work guaranteed. ' * J. H. BENNETT , i GONTRAGTOR OF t BRICK AND STONE , I > McCOOK , - NEBRASKA. v PREDMORE BROS ! , e Blacksmithing and Woodwork , Ja J Horse Siioiiing a Specialty. b ba Repairs Wagons anrt Ruggies in a Work P manlike Manner. s P All Work Warranted. McCook , Nebraska Ba ; l SHOP South of Badger Lumber Yard. ii F. D. BURGESS , * h hd PLUMBING , j jV Steam and Hot Water Heating , s sc North Main Ave. , McCook , Neb. o oii ii iiP P • fW All work receives prompt attention , o Warning to Wage Workers , Important Communication from a Prom inent Knights of Labor. v GREAT INTERESTS AT STAKE. Workingmen Must Choose Between the American System of Protec tion and the British Idea of Free Trade. I.AIOK7S FRIEXDS AXI ) FOES. Washington , August ; > 0. Senator Quay , chairman of the republican national commit tee , furnishes the following letter for publi cation : Philadelphia , August 27,1888. Hon. Mat thew S. Quay , chairman of the national repub lican committee , Everett House , Now York. Dear Sir : My connection with tho labor move ment for the past fourteen years has made it necessary for mo to be a close student of tho causes of labor depression and the needs of those who toil. While , as a body , labor organ ization may refrain from active participations in politics , so much of what organized labor demands must be obtained through legislation that each individual member of a labor organ ization must act politically as in his judgment will best aid the aims and objects expressed in the principles of the organization he repre sents , and whose success he desires. In the gigantic political struggle now begun , side is sues count as nothing except to aid or hinder one of the principal combatants in the political arena. However sincere may be the advocates of the measures to secure which these separate political organizations are formed , and what ever strength in votes may be shown at tho polls , the fact remains that the candidate of either the republican or democratic party will be the next president of the United States. Therefore , to him who has the good of this country and the welfare of her people at heart , tho necessity exists to choose to which of these two old party organizations shall be given aid , either directly or indirectly , by voice or vote. While it may be that neither party offers all that labor organizations desire , I believe that the republican party , in adopting and advocat ing the American system of encouragement and protection to the labor and wages of our own land , is nearer the declarations and de sires of organized labor than its free trade op ponent , the democratic party. The conJlict between the American system , as represented by the republican party , which would foster and encourage the labor of our own people and retain for them the market and wages of our own country , and the British syBtem , as represented by the democratic par ty , which would break down the barriers of protection and throw open our home market to the production of foreign factories and foreign labor , thus making idle our own toil ers and reducing to a lower level the standard of Amorican wages. When the Knights of Labor and kindred organizations shn.ll have obtained in foreign lands the same command ing position and influence enjoyed in the Unit ed i States this inequality in wages will disap pear , not by leveling our wages down , but by leveling their wages up. It is far better to level up than to level down , as the larger the income tha larger the power to consume. Until this equalization can be accomplished , and until equal those at home , there must be # a proper restriction of immigration , so that our land may not bo the dumping ground of tlm pau per and degraded labor of the balance of the world. This restriction , supplemented by a continuation of the thorough and S3-stematic ' organization of labor already here , in conjunc- tion with the American idea of protection to ! Americau labor , cannot fail to secure for our ' people the best results of their toil , and by our example lift the labor of the whole world to a liigher and better plane of existence. i Whichever party wins , somethinsr must be i lone to regulate more strictly this importation i 3f foreign labor under contract and the irami- ; jration of paupers and dependents. If noth ing should be done , then democratic success ivould mean not only free trade in the goods , made by pauper labor , but the importation of ijoth labor and goods. While under free trade . 'oods may be cheaper to the consumer in cer- uin lines , the labor made idle in these lines iiust turn to othei means of employment , and hus by competition compel a lower rate of ivages to those already employed therein. The < lower of theworkingman to consume depends I jpon what he receives lor his labor. Unem- } ? Ioyed , his power to consume , except on char- ] ty or theft , ceases. I prefer tnat America < should be a land of workers rather than a land ] ) f thieves and paupers. What is true of the 1 ndividual is equally true of the nation. The i irimary elements of national wealth and na1 ional prosperity are production , distribution i md consumption. Whatever effects the power 1 ) f labor to consume affects the entire interests t ) f the nation. Whatever lowers the wages of i abor affects its power to consume. An "aver- ige reduction" of 7 per centum on the cost of roods imported will not compensate American abor for the loss of 100 per centum in wages n the lines affected , and of from 1 to 5 per entum in wages in the lines of employ nent by ' he substitution of free trade for the protec- * ive system. 1 I hold it to be far wiser statemanship to build I ip ftnd retain our home market by a system { hat protects American labor than to command I market in foreign lands secured by the l vholesale degradation or pauperization of our * iwn people. Every dollar's worth of labor t alue imported is bv so much a reduction of ' he home laborer's wages. This axiom is not lifsetbythe declaration that there are more roodsSin an imported dollar's worth. Theposl- ion of the protectionist is rather strengthened y such a specious presentation of the matter , lecause the question is then instantly forced ipon every intelligent man , how can the Amer- can laborer earn dollars if the industry in c vhich he is experienced is transferred to forf u ' gn lands ? 1 The theory of protection advocated by the i epublican party is the same as the underlay- ] I ng principle upon which labor organizations t ire founded. A friend to organized labor , who i telieves in organization as a means to enhance md maintain wages , cannot consistently ope lose a party that snpplies to all labor the i ame principle of protection from unfair comt letition that individual trade organizations ( ivc to a single trade. Trado organizations eo t lid in advancing wnges in their respective e rades.and the protective system demanded by e ho republican party will secure for all toilers < n the land a similar fostering care. That this i s clearly understood by most of the thinking t eadere or organized Inbor is proved by the l leclaration recently made in favor of the ' ) American S3Stem and a home market by the i ireslding officer of the organization represent ng the iron and glass industries of the United > itates. There is no better organization ornny j me trade than the Amalgamated Association J , if Iron and Steel Workers. There is no trade t noro thoroughly organized or better discis lined than that of window glass workers , nor j r me in which higher wages pre paid. The warnS ing of tho oflicers representing those trades , against free trade are very slgniUgant , and j should bo heeded. A careful consideration of nil these facts convinces me that tho present Is a grave crisis in tho political affairs of our country , and that I have no right to remain silent. My position as general seoretary of the Knights of Labor has given me intimate knowledge of tho vari ous phases of the labor question and from the knowledged thus gained I do not hesitate to say that tho triumph of the democratic party , dominated by intolerance in the south and tho British free trade sentiment in the north , would be the most hcriotis blow to organized labor it could possibly leceive. I cannot re main Inactive in such n conflict. Therefor to you and your associates on the national repub- can committee , as representatives of the re publican party , I offer my services In any posi tion or capacity where they may be desirable or be thought most useful to nid in securing tho success of Harrison and Morton , the rep resentatives in this campaign of the American Idea of protection to American labor. I ha\-e the honor to remain , yours to command. ClIAULKS II. LlTCHMAN. Their Business Booming. Probably no ono thing has caused such a general revival of trade at A.McMillen'sdrug store as their giving away to their customers of so many free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Their trndo is simply enormous in this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs , colds , asthma , bronchi tis , croup and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. You can test it before buying by getting a trial bottle free. large size 81. Every bottle warranted. POLITICAL TEXTS. "It is my deliberate judgment that tho pros perity of America is mainly duo to her system of t'roteclivo laws. " Prince Bismarck. I urge that Germany has now reached that point where it is necessary to imitate the tariff system of the United States. Prince Bismarck. Nothing in American politics is more obvi ous than that Mr. Cleveland's message sound ed the death knell of Protection. London News. "This is not the time to weigh in an apothe cary's scale the services or the rewards of the men who saved the nation. " Benjamin Har rison. "On the adoption of Free Trade by the Unit ed Stntes depends the greater share of English prosperity for a good many years to come , " London Economist. "Protection to home industries I regard as the most important plank in any platform after "the Union must and shall be preserved. " General U. S. Grant , in 1883. "No man's wages should be so low that he cab not make provisions in his days of vigor for the incapacity of accident or the feeble ness of old age. " Benjamin Harrison. "The wages of the American laborer can not be reduced except with the consent and the votes of tho American laborer himself. Tho appeal lies to him. " James G. Blaine. Only one instance can be recalled of a rich man's endeavor to get rid of his surplus , but , according to the New Testament , ho was in Shod at the time and we guess that don't • > count. The bourbons do not like Harrison's speech es , hence their universal appeal to chairman Quay ' to "bottle" him up. It isn't likely the astute senator will pay any attention to their plaintive . plaint. To American ears the whole message ( Mr. Cleveland's ) must be redolent of Cobdenism in a slightly modified form. The governing issue of the contest will be between Protection and Free Trade. London Standard. After three years' investigation of the repub lican conduct of national finances the democ racy report not a cent missing and millions left over to pay our honest debts with. But . the bourbons are making the money fly now. The free trader tells us that protection hin ders manufactures. In thirty years the manu factures of Great Britain increased about 100 per cent. , those of the United States about C00 percent. In 1859 we produced 00,000,000 pounds of wooland G reat Britain 140,000,000. In ISS : ? , we produced 300,000,000 , Ave times as much as in 1839 , and Great Britain only 132,000,000 an act ual decrease of 8,000.000 pounds. In I860 , our manufactures amounted to $1,800,000,000 , and in 1887. to $ S7.000,000,000. No steel rails were made iu this country , , twenty years ago , and the imported rails cost § 120 per ton. Now we • produce 1,761,000 tons , and rails sell at ? 30 per ton. Edward Mcl'hersnn. For First Place. A great amount of political engineering will i be done by friends of candidates to secure for their man the first place on the ticket , and the I best man will probably secure the coveted I place. Then if endorsed by the people , the election is assured. Electric Bitters has been | ' put to the front , its merits passed upon , has / been indorsed , and unanimously given the 1 I Brst place , among remedies peculiarly adapted | to the relief and cure of all Diseases of kidneys , i i liver and stomach. Electro Bitteis. lieiutr \ gurranteed , is a safe investment. Price , . " > 0 • cents and § 1 per bottle at A.McMillen'sdrug store. Red Tape in Russia. From an illustrated article by George Ken- oan entitled "Exile by Administrative Pro cess , " in the September Century , we quote as follows : "How easy it is in Russia to get a ' r high official's signature to any sort of a docu ment may be illustrated by an anecdote thot' ' t have every reason to believe is absolutely true. A"stoIn-naehanik ! , " or head of a. bureau ' in the provincial administration of Tobolsk , whi'e boasting one day about Ins power to shape and direct governmental actionmade a wager with another chinovnik that he could get the governor of the province the late ; Governor Lissogorski to sign n manuscript j copy of the Lord's prayer. He wrote the praj - erout in the form of an official document on a sheet of stamped paper , numbered it. attach- • ed tho proper seal to it. and handed it to the governor with a pile of other papers which re quired signature. He won his wager. The , governor duly signed the Lord's Prayer , and it was probably as harmless an official document • as ever came out or his oflice. " . BUCKLEH'S ARNICA SALVE. > The Best Salve in the world for cuts , bruis es , sores , ulcers , suit rheum , fever sores , tet ter , chapped hands , chilblains , corns , and ail skin eruptions , and positively cures piles , or . no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per- * > ct satisfaction , or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. McMillen. A TEMPESTUOUS BURST ' 1 OV TKADE FOK Till' ] GKEAT M if ! Low Priced Leaders , I • i Has been the result of their Special | Sale. They have decided to continue I During" the months of July and Aug- . * I FIVE THOUSAND--D0LLA8S Worth of Summer Goods must he I sold before startingthe Fall and . I Winter Season. I Ladies' kid button Xewports , only $ .5)0 I Ladies' glove grain button Newports , .05 Ladies'wigwam slippers , tap sole , - . $5 Ladles' kid opera slippers , from OOc to 2.00 Men's canvas base ball shoes , .S5 M Men's solid bull railroad shoes , - 2.50 ; Men's solid kip plow shoes , - - I.OO Men's solid oil grain plow shoes , - 1.10 Men's one buckle brogans , 1.15 # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * n The finest stock of Ladies' and Gents' , H shoes west of Hastings. More bar- H gains next week. H * * * * * * * * * * * * * , H BQWEPtl f LAYCOCIC. I "BOSTON BARGAIN SHOE STORE/ ' I * * * i CITY BAKERY , i I HHHIII ! FRESHBREAD I Umiiii \ DELIVERED EVERY DAY FREE OP CHARGE. \ : o : H \ -PIES-CAKES-CANDIES-XUTS- | H \ -OYSTERS-CIDER-CIGARS- \ H 1 T0BACG0-ETC ETC. - \ H HHHIH : o : j H | . LUNCH ROOM IN CONNECTION. I ; Cakes Made to Order. St. Paul Patent Flour. ; * IB H MB ! A. PROBST , PROP. | I I HiiiiiiHfl OH . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . * * * * * T rr.nn.v > tyFT | | ! e T a wr i1f. > t. .MfTb | < | lw.i > w.ii..F..iM | II I1IIIIM III | Willi IBM ! I ! ! | HRNRY PRNNRR I RIW SPRINCx STOCK r raSvtfl'fr 'MVn \ SOa s 1 Saddles , Blankets , Xets , Etc. H | iSF" Goods open to inspection and Guaranteed. Cull and see my Patent H dollar it is the finest thing m the market. | Sear of The Famous. " IIEXR Y PEXXEll. M = : : DEAL RS IM = H Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement , M HARD AND SOET COAL. I . ' -'C& H