\ SCHWAf KA IS DEAD.
TH5- : DARING EXPLORER DIES
ON A PORTLAND STREET.
BELIEVED TO HAVE TAKBH HIS LIFE ,
j/ * round UncoiiHclous Wltli : ui Empty l.nud-
nnuin Hottlo ut III * .Side Sketch of
tlio Kmioiiwoil Arctic Explorer and
Seeker After Italic * of tlin 111-
i. . ' Killed SI.John Kruuk-
lln Kxjicdltlon.
PORTLAND. Vo. , Nov. 3. Lieuten
ant Frederick SJiwatka of Alaskan
exploration fame , died here at 4:50
o'clock this morning' . He was picked
up on the street about 3 o'clock in an
unconscious condition. Uesiflc him
was found an empty laudanum bottle ,
and it is supposed that he committed
suicide.
Ills During Kxplolt * .
Frederick Schwatka was born in
Galena , 111. , September 20 , 1840. After
graduating from the United States
military academy in 1871. he was ap
pointed second lieutenant in the Third
cavalry and served on garrison and
frontier duty until 1877. lie
also studied law and medi
cine , was admitted to the bar in
Nebraska in 187.r and received his med
ical degree at the Jtallcvue hospital ,
N. Y. . in 1870. In the year 1877 , he
determined to go in search of traces
of the Sir John Franklin exploring
party and secure the books and papers
alleged to have been buried in a cavern.
SKAKCH KOK SIU JOII.V FKANKLIX.
Obtaining leave of absence , Suhwat-
ka fitted out his expedition , and June
10 , Is78 , accompanied by William II.
Gilder , llarry Klutschak , Frank Melms
and : T Esquimaux , sailed for King
William's Land. Convinced of
the impossibility of conveying
stores for a journey of thou
sands of miles on sledges
Sohwatka and his companions spent
the winter in becoming inured to the
life of the Esquimaux and learning1
the arts by which the latter are en
abled to sustain life. x\pril 1 , the fol
lowing year the start across thu land
xvas made. In three sledges drawn by
forty-two dogs were 'vares for barter
and provisions for three months
in case of necessity. They de
pended entirely on the game killed
for their daily food. May 0 they dis
covered a stream flowing northward
and named it Hayes river , after Presi
dent Hayes. Following the stream to
its mouth they landed at Cockburn
bay- Here thev learned that about
thirty years before the Esquimaux
had found an ice-bound ship
off the west coast of Adalarde penin
sula. Journeying to this point Schwat
ka found Esquimaux who remembered
the Franklin expedition and had found
skeletons of several members of the
party. Many _ of the bonss had been
sawed , indicating that cannibalism
had been resorted to by some of the
sufferers.
Traveling onward , Schwatka gath
ered several relics and learned of a
treasure of papers and books , taken
from the ice bound ship , having been
destroyed by Esquimaux children. At
the site of tne camp occupied by Cap
tain Crozicr , after abandoning his
ship off Cape John Franklin , many
articles were found and in
a grave , on the evidence of a
medal inscribed with name , were
found the remains of Lieutenant
Irving , third officer of the Terror. On
July 3 the party reached Cape Felix ,
the extremity of the island and the
limit of the land to be explored. On
their return journey they examined
more thoroughly the ground traversed ,
the snow having entirely disappeared.
Graves were found in many places
along the coast marked by heaps of
stones which the survivors had placed
over their fallen companions as menu
ments. Fragments of utensils and
clothing were found , and a copy of the
brief memorial left by Captain Crozier
when he set out with the crews of the
Erebus and Terror , 105 souls in all , for
Back river , which was found by the
McClintock expedition in 1S30.
MAXY HARDSHIPS KNDl'KKD
The latter part of the return journey ,
was one of continuous hardships and
suffering. Game became scarce and
the stock of provisions low. The cold
was intense and snow storms often
kept the explorers" indoors for
days. Half the dogs died. The
average temperature during De
cember was 50 deg. , F ; the
minnimum , observed January 3 , 71
degrees , F. On reaching their first
camp at Depot island , on Hudson bay ,
their condition was not bettered. Sup
plies could not be secured of the
Esquimaux , and when Captain Uaker
found them they had been reduced to
chewing walrus skin for nourishment.
Schwatka's unexampled sledge jour
ney , lasting from April 1 , 1S79 , to
March , ISSU.covered 3.230 miles. Im
portant corrections were made by
Schwatka and his companions in the
map of the country traversed. *
The fate of the Franklin party is
yet much of a mystery. The record
can be read only by the one rescued
document and the graves of the mem
bers. Schwatka returned to civiliza
tion in September.
Later Schwatka explored the course
of the Yukon river iu Alaska and re
joined his regiment in July , 1884. In
August of that year he resigned the
commission of first lieutenant , Third
cavalry. He commanded the New
'
York 'Times' Alaskan exploring ex
pedition in 1880.
Schwatka received the Roquette
Arctic medal from the Geographical
society of Paris and a medal from the
Imperial Geographical society of
Russia and was made an honorary
member of the geographical societies
of Bremen , Geneva and Rome.
Mr. Schwatka wrote several books
in which he told the story of his ex
plorations and travels. After his re
turn ho lectured in many cities and
contributed to several of the leading
rnagazines. _
A Ocrinaii Defaulter Dead In Bed.
NKW YORK , Nov. 3 . Ernest Voss ,
who stole 5500,000 from a savings bank
> at Yerden , German } * , in 1884 , was
found dead in his room in Hoboken
yesterday.
DOEOTHY'S GOBLETS.
SHE MAKES SOME INVESTIGATIONS
OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.
American Cut r.lunn Its History and
Value How It Compared with That of
Other Countries WngCB Much Higher
lloro. OuuIItlcH Hotter anil I'rlcos I.CMM.
Yesterday morning Dorothy caino fly
ing in before brealcfast. I was up to my
elbows in angel cake Hour , sifting it for
the third time , but she flung one arm
around my waist and with the other
dangled a bank note with numbers ten
on it before my face. "Listen , or I'll
never let iny breakfast cool off again to
talk with you , " she exclaimed.
"What I want of you is to make your
self presentable and come to town
with me. That real china you gave
mo has gone to my head , and 1 won't
have any but real things in my home , be
they ever so simple , " hummed she.
"It's to be cut glass tumblers , a
dozen. Father has told me the name of
a dealer an old man , the first one in
this country who made the finest cut
glass. Now fly around. " 1 flew around
and we went down town. Mr. John
Hoare , whose name Dorothy's father
had given us , was in , and replied to our
unsophisticated interrogations and ejac
ulations with much patience.
1 said , among other things , that un
friend and 1 wanted to make a little
purchase and that perhaps ho would tell
us something about American cut glass.
"There isn't any finer cut glass in the
world than some of us make in this
country , " said he , "and if the people
don't ; know it , it is because for twenty-
five years you could go the length of
Broadway and not find a dealer who
would admit that ho had American
glass in his store , for the people were
contrary , and their confidence was in
foreign things. Wait a bit. 'I've coma ,
to stay and you watch me , ' 1 used to
say. Til have the American ladies with
their pretty noses up in the air against
what is made in their own country ask
ing for glass made in the United States.
And this is what the best of them do
now , like yourselves , as 1 could show
you by the books at home.
"Do you mind that ? " holding to the
light a tumbler which Dorothy had been
gazing at affectionately for EOine time.
It was as pure as a' mountain stream ,
and the brilliant hues reflected on its
prismatic surface were the wild flowers
growing along the brink.
"There's nothing better , " said the vet
eran ; "but of course some are mads
with more work on 'em. "
" 1 hope it isn't too expensive. " said
Dorothy almost pleadingly.
"Ten dollars a dozen , miss. ' *
"It is mine , then ! " she exclaimed. 303'-
fully clasping her hands.
"I'm glad you're pleased , miss , ana
here's a bit of history thrown in. Thfc
sand it was made of came from Berk
shire , Mass. The glass mixture costs us
fifty cents a pound , and 90 per cent , of
what you pay for the tumbler is for
labor. Every one of these little cuts
has been gone into eight times with
wheels or brushes. The men who make
them are such as got ten or twelve dollars
lars a week in 1850 , and the same get
twenty a week now. Here is a tumbler
with less work , which the retailer sells
now for nine dollars a dozen , for which
he got twenty dollars ten years ago. The
difference comes because the demand
for men is always increasing , and we
make so many more tumblers that wi *
can sell them that much cheaper. Now ,
miss ( to me ) , you are going to ask about
the imported ones , and here is the truth.
We don't pretend to sell for less mone } * .
but we promise you that you are getting
a tumbler moie carefully designed and
cut , and of purer glass than an im
ported one for the same money.
"When the ladies understand the factv.
I shouldn't wonder if there was a per
manent quarantine against glass made
by half starved wretches in the owld
country. "
"Well , " said Dorothy , "if we make
our own glass here , and the poor things
over there have no money from us. won't
they suffer very much ? "
"Now , miss , tell me this : Are you
ever after hearing of a drowning man
being saved by another going down and
drowning with him ? No. You've got
to pull him up ; you can't save him by
holding him down. This Republican
protective tariff is a life preserver around
a man. The poor suffering folks in the
owld country must come over here and
get on a Republican life preserver if
they don't want to drown , for the water
is getting deeper over there , and John
Bull's preservers are made to fit the aris
tocracy.
"Here , mind this. " It was a stopper
from a glass decanter. The man that
makes such things at my factory gets
twenty-one dollars a week , and he got
seven dollars in the owld country , where
they don't believe in protecting the
workingmen. Yet the spalpeen is voting
ing for free trade and for only seven
dollars a week hero just to please
Grover Cleveland and John Bull. Now.
isn't he after being accommodated ? "
"In England an apprentice in this
business gets only three shillings and six
pence a week for several years of his ap
prenticeship , which lasts seven years.
In Austria , as that man standing by the
desk , Joseph Flogel , of S2G East Ninth
street , will tell yon , iie had to pay for his
apprenticeship § 100 , and got no pay
whatever for three years. And 1 pay
my apprentices five or six dollars a week
at the start. 1 pledge my word as to those
facts , and think there is no better illus
tration of the way this Republican tariff
works. "
Then Dorothy and i thanked him ; she
gave him her address for the tumblers ,
and we said good day.
"Hester , " said she , as we were going
up the elevated steps , "it's just such
brawn and brains and 'working For the
little woman' that makes our republic
what it is. "
"Yes , " 1 replfed , "and blessings on
the country and the sort of government
that helps a man or a woman , little or
big , in the fight to make a living. "
GRACE ESTHER DREW.
SOUTHERN "CHIVALRY. "
It Throw Kotton Egga at General Weaver
and III * Wife.
The beautiful sentiments of the De
mocracy which find expression in the
north in the cry of "No force bill" took
another form , but with similar meaning ,
in Georgia when General Weaver , the
People's party candidate for the presi
dency , spoke there. Rotten eggs were
thrown at him and his wife. The mis-
Biles were effective , for they struck Mrs.
Weaver and Mrs. Lease as well as the
general , and resulted in the cancellation
of General Weaver's engagements. Mrs.
Lease , who was with the party , thus tells
the story :
"No , I did not speak at Macon , " she
said , "although I went there with the
intention of so doing. After supper at
the Lanier House General Weaver went
upon the front porch , Mrs. Weaver and
myself following him. In front of us
was a howling mob of several thousand
people. Mrs. Weaver stepped behind a
table , upon which were three lamps
burning brightly. Hardly had she seated
herself before she was struck violently
on the head with a rotten egg.
"At this juncture a gentleman rushed
up to me , and catching me by the shoul
ders begged me to come inside in order
to escape any danger. 'No , ' 1 said to
him , 'if this cause needs martyrs 1 will
be the first. ' All during this the gen
eral was cool and collected , although the
crowd continued to throw eggs , striking
persons who were not with our party.
General Weaver attempted to speak
three times , but each time was silenced.
"It was not the boys of Macon and
the hoodlums who attempted to break
up the speaking , but EOine of that town's
most prominent citizens were on hand.
The people of Macon will receive retri
bution for egging Mrs. Weaver , who is a
pure Christian woman and president of
the state W. C. T. U. of Iowa. Already
eighty cotton planters have announced
that they would withdraw their patron
age at once.
SOLDIERS DESERT GROVER.
General Beers Tells the Old Soldiers
" \Vhy He Cannot Support Cleveland.
Mr. Cleveland is not popular with the
boys in blue. General Sickles , the one
legged veteran , who reiterated at Wash
ington his belief and hope that the old
soldiers will not vote for Cleveland , has
an earnest supporter in General E. O.
Beers , of the Thirtieth New York regi
ment , a brave and valuable officer of the
war. In a long letter to the old soldiers
General Beers says :
"I have arrived at the age of fully
threescore and have been a lifelong
Democrat. But I am fully satisfied that
Mr. Cleveland is not the friend of the
soldier boys of 1861-3 and is not entitled
to and should not receive our support.
It seems very plain to me that with the
past record of Grover Cleveland if any
veteran casts his ballot for him he not
only stultifies himself , but goes back
upon every comrade of the Union army.
We must not let General Apathy run
this campaign ; let us enlist once more
under General Activity and carry on -
one more vigorous campaign in the
maintenance of our rights. "
In another part of the letter he says :
"Mr. Cleveland occupied the presiden
tial chair for four years , but I have yet
to learn of an instance where he inter
ested himself in the procurement of a
single pension , no matter how worthy
or needy the applicant. On the con
trary , his almost universal use of the
veto on pension bills is a convincing ar
gument of his hostility to granting pen
sions. "
SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS.
Hundreds of millions of Dollars' Worth
Pressed for Payment by Democrats.
The committee on war claims have re
ported in favor of more than $70,000,000
worth of claims for damages caused by
the devastation of war. If there is any
thing settled in law it is that no nation
ever undertakes to repair the damages
of war. Where the accident of destruc
tion falls , there it rests. But there is
grave danger at this very moment that
we shall at this late day be cajoled into
vast payments in that behalf. These
claims come to us under the sanction of
religious societies , to pay for rent of
churches , to pay for damages to schools
and colleges. Each is for a small amount ,
but the aggregate will appall the coun
try. In addition to the $70,000,000 al
ready reported by the committee on war
claims § 400,000,000 and perhaps $600,000-
000 of such claims have been referred to
the court of claims. Ex-Speaker Reed.
The Editorial Quilp Well , I can at
least whack that old force bill man of
straw. New York Commercial Adver
tiser.
Wildcat Banks.
An official < estimate puts the losses by
holders of state bank notes during the
last ten years of the existence of that
wretched system at § 75,000,000. Thomp
son's Bank Note Detector of 1858 gives
the following list of broken , closed and
worthless state banks :
Maine 48 Virginia 3
New Hampshire. . . . 23 North Carolina 2
Vermont 13 South Carolina 2
Massachusetts 56 Georgia 13
Rhode Island 13 Ohio C4
Connecticut 10 Indiana CS
NewYork 189 Illinois 10
New Jersey S3 Michigan 25
Pennsylvania 63 Wisconsin 7
Maryland 23 Kentucky 0
Delaware 3 Tennessee 7
Alabama 9 Louisiana 10
ntotrictColumbia. . < C
Shiloh's Consumption Cure.
This is beyond question the most successful
cough medicine we have ever sold , a few
doses invariable cure the worst cases of cough ,
croup and bronchitis , while its wondetful suc
cess in the cure of consumption is without a
parallel in the history of medicine. Since its
first discovery it has been sold on a guarantee ,
a test which no other medicine can stand. If
you have a cough we earnestly ask you to try-
it. Price loc. , foe. and Si. If your lungs are
sore , chest or back lame , use Sliiloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold by A. McMillen.
It is an interesting fact that nearly two
hundred of the private pension bills
which Cleveland vetoed were subse
quently passed by the votes of both par
ties and approved by Benjamin Harrison.
Deserving Praise.
We desire to say to our citizens that
trie Bitters and have never handled remedies
that sell as well or that have given Mich-uni
versal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time and stand ready to
refund the purchase price if satisfactory re
sults do not follow their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity purely on
their merits. McMillen , druggist. Nov.imo.
The democrats of Nebraska are look
ing each other in the eye with a sad "do
you mean it ? " expression.
Answer This Question.
Why do so many people we see around us
seem to prefer to suffer and be made miserable
by Indigestion , Constipation , Dizziness , Loss
of Appetite , Coming up of Food , Yellow Sliin
when for 75 cents we will sell them Shiloh's
Vitalizer , guaranteed to cure them. Sold by
A. McMillen.
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/
Another democrat has made affidavit
to the fact that McKeighan is a liar.
This is becoming monotonous.
A Million Friends.
A friend in need is a friend indeed , and not
less than one million people have found just
such a friend in Dr. Kinc's New Discovery
for Consumption , Coughs and Colds. If you
have never used this Great Cough Medicine ,
one trial will convince you that it has wonder
ful curative powers in all diseases of Throat ,
Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed
to do all that is claimed or money will be re
funded. Trial bottles free at A. McMillen's
drug store. Large bottles 50C. and $1.00.
SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY. A
marvelous cure for catarrh , diphtheria , canker
mouth and headache. . 'With each bottle there
is an ingenious nasal injector for the more
successful treatment of these complaints with
out extra charge. Price 5oc. Sold by A. Mc
Millen. „
Next Tuesday will be the day and date
when you can stand up for Nebraska to
the best advantage by voting the Repub
lican ticket.
A great many persons who have found no
relief from other treatment have been cured
of rheumatism by Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
Do not give up until you have tried it. It is
only 50 cents a bottle. For sale by Chenery ,
druggist. Nov.imo.
This is good news for smokers. Dr.
S. Weir Mitchell , of Philadelphia , spe
cialist in nerve diseases , has invented a
cigar containing no nicotine.
The use of Hall's Hair Renewer promotes
the giowth of the hair , and restores its natural
color and beauty , frees the scalp of dandruff ,
tetter , and all impurities.
Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It Is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency *
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
* * Castoria la an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told mo of its
good effect upon their children. "
DB. G. O. OSOOOD ,
Lowell , Hasa.
" Castoria ia tha best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
Interest of their children , and use Castoria In-
tead of the Yariouaquocknostrumswhich are
destroying their loved ones , by forcing opium ,
morphine , ioothing syrup and other hurtful
gents down their throats , thereby sending
them to premature graves. "
DB. J. F. KiNcniLOX ,
Conway , Ark.
Castoria.
14 Castoria Is BO well adapted to children that
I recommend it aa superior to any prescription
known to me. "
U. A. ARCHES , M. ! > . ,
Ill So. Oxford St. , Brooklyn , N. Y.
" in the children's
Our physicians depart *
znant hare spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice -with Castoria ,
and although wo only hare among our
medical supplies what is known 03 regular
product * , ye tire are free to confcsa that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
faror upon it. "
U.NITKD HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY ,
Boston ,
C. Sunn , Pre . ,
The Centaur Company , 77 Murray Street , No-cr York City.
GEO. J. BURGESS ,
Dealer in All Kinds of First-Class
Wagons , Road Carts , Buggies.
A Square Deal. The Best are the Cheapest ,
COME AND SEE ME.
Yard West of First National Bank , McCOOK , NEB.
IB fl
Incorporated under State Laws.
Paid Up Capital , $5OOOO
DOES A-
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts draws
directly on principal cities in Europe. Taxes
paid for non-residents.
Tickets For Sale to and from Europe
OFFICERS :
V. FKANKLIN , President. JOHN K. CLAKK , Vice Pres-
A. 0. EBERT , Cashier.
CORRESPONDENTS :
The First National Uank , Lincoln Nebrska.
The Chemical National .Bank , New York City.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,
$60,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
GEORGE HOCKHELL , President. B. hi. FREES , Vice President. W. F. LAWSON , Cashier.
A. CAMPBELL. FRANK HARRIS.
THE McCOOK ROLLER MILLS
E. H. DOAN. PROPRIETOR.
Is Now Open and Ready for Business ,
tSlPI am prepared to handle all business in my
line promptly and -with the most approved machinery.
DOAKT& HART
are also prepared to handle -wheat for -which they are
paying the highest market price ,
and Elevator on East Railroad street
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