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M'COOK TRIBUNE.
. BI. KIAIBIISIX , Publisher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
TELEGRAMS.
Chicago papers are now insisting
that the people of that town are noi
opera weary.
Associate Justice White , of the su
prerae court , is confined to his home
with an attack of the grippe.
Senator Mason , of Illinois , makes
the startling announcement tttat h <
will not resign , at least not just now.
The death of Edgar Straus , a violon
cellist , well known in America , Europ <
and Australia , is reported from Pasa
dena , Cal.
Edward Judson , a New York con
tractor , has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. Liabilities , $648,521 , of whicli
5606,087 is secured.
At Lockport , N. Y" , John C. Lam-
merts , ex-county treasurer , o had
been convicted of misappropriating ? 2-
549 of public money , was sentenced tc
seven years at hard labor at Auburn
prison.
Out of respect to the memory of the
late Vice President ITobart the presi
dent has cancelled all his social en
gagements for the present. The mem
bers of the cabinet have done likewise.
Victor L. Mason , private secretary
to Secretary Root , has resigned to en
gage In business with General Russell
A. Alger. Mr. Mason served Secretary
Alger In the capacity of private secre
tary.
The assistant attorney general for
the postofflce department , reporting
for the fiscal year just closed , announc
es that out of ninety-nine fraud orders
issued only nine were for lotteries or
gife enterprises.
Dr. William Brooks , director of
Smith observatory , Geneva , N. Y. , has
just been awarded by the Paris acad
emy of sciences , the grand Lalande
prize for his numerous and brilliant
astronomical discoveries.
Mr. Kurtz , the Ohio member of the
national republican committee , Is
charged with aiding the opposition in
the last election and will be called to
account for it at the next meeting of
the Ohio republican state central com
mittee.
Admiral Rogers and other members
of the inspection board have returned
to Washington from Boston , where
they went to make the trial of the
battleship Kentucky. The board is
now preparing the full report upon
f the trial.
Admiral Dewey has submitted to the
I ! s
president that the navy should take
precedence over the army , as he ranks
General Miles. This raises a question
that will be of interest New Year's day
at the White House reception.
Dr. L. W. Weldon , agent of the
state board of health at Port Tampa
City , has wired Dr. J. Y. Porter , state
health officer , that the yellow fever
quarantine was no longer necessary.
The quarantine will be raised at once.
Federal officers at Admore , I. T. ,
have been notified of a fight near Col
bert between officers under Deputy
United States Marshal Davis and a
band of moonshiners , one of the latter
being killed. The moonshiners ara
said to be surrounded.
Reports to the immigration bureau
show that during the last month aliens
have been deported from the United
States as follows : Public charges ,
301 ; diseased , 24 ; insane , 5 ; contract
laborers , 30 ; returned within one year
after landing , 3. Total , 363.
The Sydney , N. S. W. , Herald esti
mates that the year's wheat crop will
result in a probable exportable surplus
of over 3,000,000 bushels , and antici
pates that the yield will be 9.8 bush
els per acre , against seven bushels in
1898 , giving a total of 13,000,000 bush
els , compared with 9,000,000.
William A. Goerner , the new general
manager of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway , has announced the fol
lowing promotions , effective December
1 : Sherburn Sanborn , present general
superintendent , promoted to the posi
tion of assistant general manager ,
with office at Chicago ; Richard H.
Aishton , superintendent of" the Iowa
division , promoted to the position of
general superintendent , with office at
Chicago.
William F. Miller , the New York promoter
meter of the Franklin syndicate , for
whom hundreds of detectives all over
the country are on the lookout , Is re
ported to have passed through Kansas
City , en route to Vera Cruz , Mex.
Paul J. Maas , a Chicago newspaper
man , who is visiting friends In th'at
city , is quoted as having seen and
talked with Miller on an incoming
Maple Leaf tram. Miller apparently
took the first train southwest. No
further trace of him has been secured.
The statements of the republican and
democratic state campaign committees
of Ohio were filed at the office of the
county clerk in Columbus as required
by law. The republican comtnittee
expended , according to its report , $91.-
123.97. The largest outlay was in the
contest of the literary bureau , which
furnished every daily and weekly re
publican newspaper within the state
with plate service and cartoons during
the campaign. The democratic Com
mittee reports receipts of $18,149,55 ,
and expenditures of $17,998.58.
x The job printers , pressmen and
bookbinders of Omaha , have decided
not to strike , employers having con
ceded practically all the men asked.
A cable message from General
Brooke , at Havana , announces the
death of Quartermaster's Employe
John H. Hurst , who died on the 24th
inst of typhoid fever.
W. H. Reichers , principal if the Ro-
bertsdale , Ind. , schools , was found not
guilty of causing death of a pupil by
wipping.
The war department has discharged
from the transport service the Elder
and Belgian King. These vessels were
used on the Pacific coast.
President George Miller of the Ham
ilton club has appointed a committee
of twenty-five republicans to travel to
Washington under the leadership oi
Samuc-1 B. Raymond , December 13 ,
and lay persistu'nt siege to the national
committeeracB until they consent to
nominate the presidential ticket in
Chit-ago.
THE OFFICIAL
Figures Verified by State Canvassing Board
on the Vote in November ,
WORK IS DONE BY THE STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
Total NumberVotes Cast , 220,234 , Which is One of
the Heaviest in the History of the State Neville's Maj or-
ity in the Sixth District Many Voters Who Slighted toe
Head of the Ticket Other Nebraska Matters.
.
* The estimate for Keith county.-
Jury Disagrees In Will Case.
HOLDREGE , Neb. , Nov. 29. This is
the second week of the district court
here. The case that attracted the most
attention was the Davidson will case
wherein the children of the first wife
contest the will made in favor of the
widow and younger children. After
being out over thirty hours the jury
disagreed.
The lawyers here gave a banquet to
Judge Beall , who retires from the
sench the first of the year and to
Judge-elect Adams , who will succeed
lira. The banquet was a pleasant af-
: air. Toasts were responded to by
Judges Beall and Adams and by Attor
neys Manatt , Rhea and Shafer. V7. P.
Hall officiated as toastmaster.
Boy's Face Torn by Dog's Teetli.
OSCEOLA , Neb. , Nov. 2a. Stephen
: he 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Cunningham , was bitten in the
face by a dog Saturday. The boy was
delivering milk at the residence of Josiah -
siah Locke , and as he stepped on the
) orch the dog jumped at him and in
ured his face so that he is under the
care of the doctor. i
Sheldon Men Buy 3few Mexican Sheep.
SHELTON , Neb. , Nov. 29. H. J.
Robbins and M. G. Lee arrived here
with twenty- five cars of sheep , 6,000
lead of which they intend feeding on
heir ranches near here. The stock
was purchased of the growers in New
Mexico.
Lieutenant Osborn Married.
BROKEN BOW , Neb. , Nov. 29. W.
H. Osborne was married here to Miss
Hatty Carr. The wedding , which took
place at the M. E. parsonage , was a
rery quiet affair , only a few of the
closest friends fcnd near relatives being
) resent. Mr. Osborne served in the
Spanish-American war in the First
Nebraska. He left as first sergeant
of company M and returned as first
ieutenant of the Thurston rifles. Miss
Carr is the daughter of G. E. Carr ,
county commissioner. Both are resi
dents of tbs ! place.
Tire Accidents , One Fatal.
NEWPORT , Neb. , Nov. 29. Two
bad accidents happened yesterday
southeast of town. The 4-year-old son
of Fritz Newel was playing with the
dog , a large , powerful , good-natured
animal , and was heard crying in the
door yard. On an investigation the
little fellow was found to he suffering
from the effects of a broken leg. It is
thought the boy , who had a rope at
tached to the aog , became entangled
with the rope and the dog running to
free itself , broke the child's leg.
Sunday afternoon John Hagermon
was away from home and his two little
boys were left to amuse themselves
as best they could. They found a bottle
tle of medicine whic-i their father had
procured for summer complaint , com
pounded of some preparation of opium ,
and drank it , not knowing of the dan
gerous effects of the medicne. One
of the boys vomited me poison up and
is living. The other little fellow died.
Brings Back a Jnll Breaker.
GENEVA , Neb. , Nov. 29. Sheriff
Ogg returned from Omaha with Herb
Cochran , who broke jail here about
five years ago. Cochran was brought
here and placed in jail , charged with
breaking into a store at Fairmont , but
not caring to stand trial on the charge
cut through the roof of the jail and
had not been heard of since until the
sheriff was satisfied of his presence in
Omaha.
Force of a Manser Kiflc Bullet.
COLUMBUS , Neb. , Nov. 29. John R.
Brock took a Mauser rifle with him
when he went hunting. It was one
which his son , Lieutenant John R.
Brock , brought from the Philippines.
He tried the gua , and fired a number
of shots at a boxslder tree at a distance
of fifty yards.ri 'je tree was ten and a
half inches in diameter and every ball
went through the tree , tearing out
chunks of wood. Mr. Brock is a veter
an of the civil war , and he says the
Mauser is the most destructive shoot
ing gun he ever saw.
THE LATE STATE fl'.CTION.
The State Hoard Completes the Work o
Cunvasifncr the Vote.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Dec. 1. The state
canvassing board has completed th <
work of canvassing the vote for state
officers and the figures on the candl
dates for judicial positions are mad (
public. There are fifteen judicial dis
tricts in the suite and twenty-eighi
judges were chosen. Of the numbei
elected fifteen were republicans ant
thirteen fusionists.
The duties of the canvassing boart
were lighter than usual this year , then
being only three state officers to b <
elected. Ordinarily it taies about t
week to canvass the vote and delajs
are frequently caused by juistakes oi
the county clerks in tabu rating th (
vote. This year all countb- reported
promptly and it wasan easy task foi
the board to finish the work.
The following were elected : John S
Stull ( rep ) , Auburn ; Charles B. Let-
ton ( rep ) , Fairbury ; Paul Jescen ( rep )
Nebraska City ; E. P. Holmes. L. Frost
A. J. Cornish ( reps ) , Lincoln ; Benjam
in S. Baker , Irving S. Baxter , Lee S
Estelle , acob Fawcett , William W ,
Keysor , Willard W. Slabaugh ( reps )
Omaha ; Charles T. Dickinson ( rep )
Tekamah ; B. F. Good ( fus ) , Wahoo ;
S. H. Sornberger ( fus ) , Wahoo ; Conrad
Hollenbeck ( fus ) , Fremont ; James A.
Grimison ( tus ) , Schuyler ; George W ,
Stubbs ( fus ) , Superior ; Guy T. Graves
( fus ) , Pender ; William V. Allen ( fus ) ,
Madison ; Ed. L. Adams ( fus ) , Minden ;
John R. Thompson ( fus ) , Grand Is
land ; Charles A. Munn ( fus ) , Ord ; Ho
mer M. Sullivan ( fus ) , Broken Bow ;
H. M. Grimes ( rep ) , North Platte ;
George W. Norris ( rep ) , Ber.ver City ;
William H. Westover ( fus ) , Rushville ;
James J. Harrington ( fus ) , O'Neill.
AVliiter Agricultural Course.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Dec. 2. The uni
versity of Nebraska has issued a circu
lar descriptive of the whiter course in
the school of agriculture The people
in charge of the school realize the fact
that most farmers' sons and daughters
cannot afford to spend the lime and
money required in the preparation for
and completion of the regular college
course and keeping this in view they
have prepared a short practical course
of three months , beginning January 2 ,
1900 , and ending March 17. It provides
for studies of soils , field crops , diseases
of farm animals breeding of live stock ,
feeding of like stock , dairying , horti
culture , agriculture , engineering , car
pentry and blacksmithing , insects in
jurious to crops , plant pests , farm ac
counts and English. An explanation
given in the circular of the manner in
which the instruction is given snows
that the student obtains much of it by
means of actual practice and observa
tion. Not that he will be expected rode
do the work on the farm wwith which
Tie is already familiar , but such opera
tions as stock judging , millc testing ,
creamery operations , tree grafting ,
treating sick animals , etc. No exam
inations are required for entrance , but
a registration fee of ? 1 is charged. The
cost to each student last year for room
rent , table board , books , etc. , was
about 536.
In preparing the course of instruction
the object has been to make it as prac
tical as possible , to give the student
something that win be of value to him
when he returns to the farm. The in
struction is given by means ot lectures
and actual practice. Excellent facili
ties have recently been piovided at
the state farm for giving instruction in
the most practical manner , f. welt-
equipped building has been erected ,
containing a dairy room , a Etoc-K-judg-
ing room and a laboratory for soil
study. The methods of instruction are
adapted to students of all uges , those
having taken the work varying from
16 to 45 years of age.
To Senator and Mrs. Thurston.
OMAHA , Neb. , Dec. 2. Among the
handsome presents that had found
their way to the home of Senator and
Mrs. Thurston before their arrival in
Omaha , was a set of three massive and
ornate silver salvers bearing the con
gratulatory cards of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Gould. These had been sent to
Omalia instead of Washington , where
many costly testimonials of friendship
had been bestowed. A carriage stood
in front of the residence awaiting the
departure of the bridal party for the
visit down town. It was a beautiful
brougham , with a gilded monogram ,
"J. M. T. , " upon the doors. A pair of
spirited Cleveland bays , resplendent in
elaborately mounted harness , stood
restlessly awaiting the appearance of
their new master. This equipage had
been purchased by a number of Sena
tor Thurston's friends in tnis state
and presented without ceremony.
Cat His Throat on the Train.
PLAINVIEW , Neb. , Dec. 2. A man
named James Rogers , on tne Pacific
Short Line passenger , committed sui
cide just before the train reached
Plainview. He was in charge of Sher
iff E. M. Sweeney and a deputy under
a sentence for horsestealing and was
en route to the Sioux Falls , S. D. , pen
itentiary , having been convicted at
Belle Fourche. He cut his throat with
a pen knife and expired in a few mo
ments.
Burned to Death \Vith His Home.
FAIRMONT , Neb. , Dec. 2. News has
reached here of the burning to death
in a house of W. B. Shanklin at Kel-
so , Wash. He was formerly a well-to-
do farmer of Madison precinct , this
county. He went to WashiDgton four
years ago. His remains were found in
the ruins ox" his home , where he was
living alone. The funeral occurred at
Roadhouse , 111. , wheie he once lived.
Funeral of Mrs. Or'ando TcfTt.
AVOCA , Neb. , Dae. 2. Funeral ser
vices over the remains of Mrs. Tefft ,
wife of Orlando Tefft. chairman of the
state republican committee , were held
here at the Congregational church.
Rev. C. S. Harrison of York preached
the sermon. Mrs. Tefft was formerly
Miss Lizzie H. Kirkpatrick. She was
born in Wapello , la. , January 3 , 1849.
ind came with her parents : n 1855 to
Nehawka. She was married to Mr.
lefft July 4 , 1868. She had two sons ,
Roland , who died young , and Clarence ,
i graduate- the university , now a
lawyer at Weeping Water.
GEOWTH OFBAH/ROAI
UNITED STATES LEADS ALL
OTHER COUNTRIES.
Civilization'Follow * the Locomotive nnil
VintrildornosiiaR Are Transformed
Into Gardens , Village * und Cities
by Its Influence.
At the recent International Com
mercial Congress , held in Philadelphia ,
George H. Daniels , general passenger
agent of the New York Central and
Hudson Rivei railroad and president
of the American Association of Gen
eral Passenger Agents , delivered a
notable address on our railroads and
their relation to commercial , indus
trial and agricultural interests. Among
other things he said :
"One of our great writers has said
of this closing period of the nineteenth
century , that it is an age of transpor
tation. Transportation underlies ma
terial prosperity in every department
of commerce. Without transportation
commerce would be impossible. Those
states and nations are rich , powerful
and enlightened whose transportation
facilities are best and most extended.
The dying nations are those with little
or no transportation facilities.
"In this connection It will be inter
esting to note in passing that the second
end American locomotive was built at
the West Point foundry , near Cold
Spring , on the Hudson river , and was
called the "Best Friend , " and from
that day to this the locomotive has
been one of the best friends of this
republic. But it is not alone our loco
motives that have attracted the at
tention of foreigners who have visited
our shores , our railway equipment gen
erally has commanded admiration and
is now receiving the highest compli
ment , namely , Imitation by many of
our sister nations.
"Prince Michel Hilkoff , imperial
minister of railways of Russia , has
since his visit to the United States a
few years ago , constructed a train on
much the same lines as the "Limited
Trains" of the New York Central and
the Pennsylvania.
"At times there have been periods
of legislation in the United States ad
verse to the great transportation in
terests of the country , almost invari
ably the result of a misunderstanding
of the real situation , and the hasty
legislation of such times has usually
been repealed upon the sober second
thought of the people , for In the lan
guage of our great Lincoln : 'You can
fool all the people some of the time ,
some of the people all the time , but
you can't fool all the people all the
time. '
"One hundred years ago the gov
ernor of the great state of New York
advised his friends not to invest their
money or waste their time in aiding
the building of railroads , expressing
the opinion , that while It was possible
that improved methods of construction
and perfected machinery might , in the
remote future , enable the people to
move a car upon a railroad at the rate
of five or six miles per hour , he did not
believe that they could ever be made
of material advantage , and that any
attempt to transport passengers and
'reight by railroad , from one part of
the country to another , must result in
endless confusion and loss. The gov
ernor died in the belief that the canal
was the only means of conveyance for
a great commerce.
"Notwithstanding his prediction , the
railroads have grown to such vast pro
portions , that today the world's entire
stock of money , gold , silver and paper ,
would not purchase one-third of its
railroads. The building of the Erie
canal , extending from Buffalo to Al
bany , a distance of 363 miles , was
commenced July 4 , 1817. It was com
pleted in 1825 at a cost of $7,602,000.
In 1896 the state of New York appro
priated $9,000,000 for enlarging and
improving this canal , and a few figures
from the state report on canals may beef
of interest in this connection : Re
liable statistics of its traffic are not
obtainable for the earlier years of its
operation , but in accordance with the
last annual report of the superintend
ent of public works of the state of New
York , we find that the tonnage of all
the property carried on all the canals
in both directions , in 1837 , was 1,171-
296 tons , valued at $55,809,288. The
tonnage and the value increased until
1872 , when it amounted to 6,673,370
tons , valued at $220,913,321. From
1872 , the tonnage and the value of the
property carried decreased , until in
1897 there was only 3,617,804 tons car-
, ied , with a value of $96,063,338. This ,
In face of the fact that the receipts of
? rain and flour at Buffalo had in
creased from 1,184,685 bushels In 1837
: o 242,140,306 bushels in 1897.
"In 1875 the states east of the Mis
souri river were sending food and
Nothing to the starving people of Kan
sas. Thanks to the facilities afforded
jy the railroads the corn crop of Kan
sas this year is three hundred and
'arty million bushels. It seems but a
, Tery few years since I made my first
.rip to Colorado , and stopped on my
vay at the home of Buffalo Bill , at
\Torth Platte , Neb. , on the Union Pa-
: ific. At Ogalalla , fifty-one miles
vest of North Platte , the Sioux In-
lians were roaming over the prairies
md making more or less trouble for
he early settlers who ventured so far
> ut of the beaten paths of civilization.
The Nebraska corn crop this year cov-
; rs eight million acres , and the yield
s two hundred and ninety million
jushels. Previous to the construc-
ion of the Northern Pacific , the Great
Northern , Northwestern , St. Paul , Bur-
ington , and other railways that trav-
srse that wonderful region known as
he 'wheat belt , ' there was nothing to
) e seen but prairie grass and an occa-
iional band of untamed savages.
Minnesota this year will ship ninety
million busheln of wheat , South Da
kota forty-five million bushels. North
Dakota slxty-fivo million bushels and
Montana four million bushels.
"In 1819 there came across the con
tinent reports of the discovery of gold
in California , but the only means of
reaching ts Golden Gate was by sea
around Capo Horn , or the long and
perilous journey , ' with ox teams , across
the plains , including what was then
styled In our geographies the Ameri
can desert , and through the hazardous
mountain passes of the western part
of the continent.
"The completion of the Pacific rail
roads changed all this , and opened new
fields for all kinds of enterprises , In
an unexplored territory stretching evermore
more than two thousand miles to the
west , northwest and southwest of the
Mississippi river , the products of which
region were practically valueless until
the means of transporting them were
provided by the railroads.
"The wheat crop of California this
year Is 37,000.000 bushels. The largest
crop ever produced In California was
in 1SSO , when owing to exceptionally
favorable weather conditions that state
produced 63,000,000 bushels. The gold
output of California for the year 1899
is estimated at $16,000,000. The vine
yards and orange groves of California
would be of practically little value
were It not for the fact that the rail
roads , by their trains of refrigerator
and ventilated fruit cars , make It pos
sible to transport the products of her
fertile valleys to all sections of the
country. It seems but yesterday that
the railroads were completed Into
Portland , Oregon , Tacoma and Seattle ,
Washington , and it Is marvelous that
for the year ended June 30 , 1899 , there
was exported from the Columbia River
valley 16,000,000 bushels of wheat and
from the Puget Sound region , 10,000-
000 bushels. Oregon and Washington V
form the northwest corner of the ter
ritory of the United States , south of A
the line of British Co'urabia , and are
directly on the route to cur extreme
northwest possession. Alaska. The
wheat crop of the states of Oregon and
Washington for the year 1899 is 48-
600,000 bushels. ThCie was exported
during the year ended June 30 , 1899 ,
from the Columbia river direct to for
eign ports , 1,100,000 barrels of flour ,
and from Puget sound points 800,000
barrels. Colorado , which , with Its in
exhaustible mines of gold , silver , lead ,
iron and coal , forms almost an em
pire in itself , will produce this year of
1899 of gold , $24,000,000 ; of silver , ? 14- ,
200,000 ; of lead , $4,400,000 , in addition
to a magnificent crop of wheat , fruit ,
and vegetables. Thanks to her rail
road facilities Montana is today the
richest mineral region of its size in
the world. The latest published sta
tistics those of 1897 give the mineral
output of Montana as $54,000,000.
Without railroads , Kansas , Nebraska ,
Minnesota , North and South Dakota ,
Montana , Colorado , California , Oregon
and Washington would still be the
home of savages.
"Our passenger service is the finest
on earth. In the United States last
year the first-class rates averaged 2.98
cents per mile , although on some large
railways the average was several mills
less than two cents per mile ; In Eng
land the first-class fare is four cents
per mile ; third-class fare for vastly in
ferior service is two cents per mile ,
but only on certain parliamentary
trains.
"In Prussia , the fare is three cents
ier mile ; in Austria , 3.05 cents per
mile , and in France , 3.36 cents per
mile.
"Our passenger cars excel those of
foreign countries in all that goes to
iiake up the comfort and convenience
) f a journey. Our sleeping and parlor
: ar system is vastly superior to theirs ;
Mir baggage system is infinitely bet-
: er than theirs and arranged upon a
nuch more liberal basis. American
ailroads carry 150 pounds of baggage
'ree , while the German railroads carry
mly 55 pounds free. The lighting of
> ur trains is superb , while the light-
ng of trains on most foreign lines is
vretched. "
"What She Must Know.
In a little book of social chatter ,
omment and advice , which can hardly
le called a book of etiquette , says the til
sew York Commercial Advertiser , but
ontains many sly reproaches and ad-
nonitions to those who consider them-
elves "the elect , " the author says of
he modern girl : "What about ac-
omplishments ? Well , thank goodness ,
he piano is going out of fashion for
; irls in the best circles. They are
aught just enough of it to let them
ind out whether or not they have a
aste for it ; if not , it is given up , to
he great easement of humanity. In
he same way drawing and painting
re no longer considered indispensable
0 the equipment of a girl living her
ife. Her chief accomplishments are
raizing and tennis playing. To speak
'rench is not exactly regarded as an
ccomplishment nowadays any more
ban gloves are considered a luxury ,
'luent French has become a necessity
1 social life of any status. "
An Active
The moment that a young crocodile
reaks its shell it is to all intents and
urposes as active as at any time dur-
ig its life. It will make straight for
iie water , even if it be out of sight
nd a good distance off , and it will pur-
.ie its prey with eagerness and agility
uring the first hour of its free exist-
ace.
Evidently a Liar.
Weary Willie He says he was once '
a actor and got fifty a week ! Do yer
elieve it ? Frosted Feeler Naw ! If
e'd ever been an actor he'd have said
e got two hundred and fifty per !
uck.