By F. M. K1MMELL.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co.
Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance
Republican State Ticket.
For Governor
C. II. DIETRICH of Adams.
For Lieutenant Governor
E. A. SAVAGK of Custer.
Per Secretary of State
GEORGE W. MARSH of Richardson.
For Treasurer
WILLIAM STUEKKER of Cutning.
For Auditor
AuditorCHARGES WESTON of Sheridan.
For Attorney General
FRANK N. PROUT of Gage.
For Land Commissioner
GEORGE D. FULLMER of Nuckolls.
F.or Superintendent of Schools
W. 1C. FOWLER of Washington.
Congressional Ticket.
For Congressman
W. S. MORLAN of Red Willow.
McKINLEY AND ROOSEVELT
President McKlnley was unani
mously renominated for president
of the United States by the Republi
can national convention at 1:48 p.
m. , In Philadelphia , yesterday af
ternoon , and an hour and ten min
utes later Gov. Theodore Roosevelt
of New York was unanimously se
lected to stand beside him in the
coming campaign.
The scenes attending the selec
tions were tumultuous. Such
unanimous demonstrations In hon
or of the nominees of a national
convention have never been
equalled , perhaps , in the history of
politics in this country. It was a
love feast , a jubilee , a ratification
meeting.
'Tis an incomparable ticket. t
OHIO'S Republican attorney-general is
engaged in the prosecution of the trusts
and New York city's Democratic officials
are striving to shield them. Here is an
other illustration of the difference in
methods.
"IF the shipsubsidy bill were passed , "
says Arthur Sexvall , of Maine , wbo was
nominated in Chicago in 1896 as De
mocracy's candidate for the vice-presi
dency , "the days of the early fifties ,
when we were the leading maritimena ,
tion of the world , would be with us
. "
again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WITH an available cash balance of al
most three hundred million dollars
( $300,000,000) ) in the treasury at Wash
ington , the nation's finances are in con
siderably better shape than they were
when Grover Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle were hunting around to sell
United States bonds in the London mar
ket at high rates of interest.
THE insincerity of the Democratic
leaders on the trust question was dem
onstrated in the house of representatives
when they declined to vote with the Re
publicans for a constitutional amend
ment which would have taken the evil
in hand in au effective manner. The
Democratic leaders don't want the trusts
destroyed. They need them for cam
paign material.
A COPY of the proceedings of the
twenty-eighth annual session of the Ne
braska Press association is before us.
coming from the press of Secretary Mer-
win of the Beaver City Tribune. THE
TRIBUNE feels like tossing the secretary
its prettiest bouquet. The report is com
plete and artistic , one of the handsomest
ever issued by the association. It is
highly creditable to the association and
to the secretary.
IN publicly advocating the passage of
the ship subsidy bill , Hon. Arthur Sew-
all , four j'ears ago the vice-presiden
tial candidate of the Democratic party ,
says : "Every year the American nation
pays foreigners $200,000,000 for the cost
of freight on our exports and imports. "
That money , if paid to American ship
owners , would annually employ more
than 200,000 skilled workmen and sup
port a million of our people.
RECENT developments in the Cuban
postoffice troubles show that the re
trenchments made by Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General Bristow were im
peratively demanded by Postmaster-
General Smith , some months ago , when
he ordered that a system of reform
should be immediately commenced in
order that the expenses might then be
reduced. President McKiuley had or
i dered both the director-general of posts
and the governor-general of Cuba to
obtain the approval of the postmaster-
general upon all requisitions which
showed a deficiency in postal manage
ment there. While reports have been
made monthly to the governor-general ,
not a single report ever reached Post-
tnaster-General Smith , so in January last
he began to investigate matters on his
, own account , finding that the expenditures -
/ itures were far in excess of the receipts.
He then -ordered retrenchment , but was
not obeyed.
IT is to be expected , of course , that
Democratic congressmen and politicans
* should be loud in their denunciation of
Hon. H. Clay Evans , President McKin-
ley's commissioner of pensions , whom
they assert is unfriendly to the old sol
dier , and the soldier's widow , for the
reason that they are desirous of securing
the veteran's votes. It may , however ,
be of interest to these self-constituted
champions of the old soldier , as well as
to the veterans themselves , to know that
during the first three years of Commis
sioner Evans * administration of the pen
sion bureau , he allowed nearly five thou
sand more widows' claims than were al
lowed during the corresponding three
years of his Democratic predecessor.
During the fiscal years 1894 , 1895 and
1896 , widows' allowances were 52,958
against 57,848 during 1897 , 1898 and
2899. This , too , in spite of the fact that
the decrease through death of widows of
soldiers of the Civil war is rapidly in
creasing from year to year.
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BUSINESS evidently continues good in
all the western , north-western , south
ern , south-western , and far western
states , according to Bradstreet's returns
of the bank clearings for May and for
the first five months of this year. In
New York the clearings for May were
less than in the same month last year ,
owing to the dull condition of the stock
market. But outside of New York the
returns from all sections of the country
show that the bank clearings for May
were $12,000,000 greater than a year ago.
ON July I , 1896 , under the last Dem
ocratic administration , the per capita of
money in circulation in the United
States was $21.10. This year , on June I ,
it was $26.71 per capita , an increase of
$5.61 for every inhabitant in the country.
False Report Corrected.
The report having been circulated in
this section that the large capital stock
of the Columbia Fire Insurance Company
of Omaha is but partially paid up , the
following telegram was sent to the state
auditor , Monday , to ascertain , officially ,
the fact. The inquiry made is as fol
lows :
"McCook , Nebraska , June nth , 1900.
To Auditor Public Accounts , Lincoln ,
Nebraska. Has Columbia Fire Insur
ance Company of Omaha two hundred
thousand dollars capital paid up ? Wire.
FIRST NATIONAI. BANK. "
The following answer was promptly
wired back by the state auditor :
"Lincoln , Nebraska , June nth , 1900.
First National Bank : Columbia Fire
chartered with two hundred thousand
dollars oaid-up capital.
JOHN F. CORNELL. "
This should forever put at rest any
doubt as to the fact that the Columbia
Fire has the magnificent paid-up capital
of two hundred thousand dollars , and
that the company is destined to become
one of the great , if not the greatest , Ne
braska insurance company.
ED BOHANAN , State Agent.
J. E. KELLEY , Local Agent.
A Colorado Opportunity.
To Colorado at about half usual cost
June 21 ; July 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 and 18 ; August
2 ; via the Burlington Route.
There's an announcement that will
interest thousands.
It brings a trip to the cool retreats of
the Rockies within everyone's reach.
It solves the question , Where shall I
go this summer ?
Tickets are good to return until Oc
tober 31. See the local ticket agent of
the B. & M.R.R.R.and get particulars.
Beautifully illustrated book about Col
orado 72 pages , 56 pictures sent for
six cents in stamps.
J. FRANCIS , G. P. A. ,
6-15-413. Omaha , Neb.
Democratic National Convention.
Only a few weeks to the big conven
tion at Kansas City.
Time you decided about your route.
Time you found out for yourself
how quickly and comfortably you can
reach Kansas City if you take the Bur
lington.
The rate will be one fare for the round
trip and tickets will be on sale July 2 , 3
and 4.
See the local ticket agent of the B. &
M. R. R. R. J. FRANCIS ,
6-8-4ts. General Passenger Agent.
McCook Markets.
Corrected Friday morning.
Corn $ .35
Wheat 55
Oats 25
Rye 35
Hogs 4.40
Eggs 08
Butter 13
New Potatoes i .35
Butter fat at Creamery 16
Ace of Musical Celebrities.
A French writer notes that though a
few great musicians have died young
to-.vit , Mozart , at thirty-five ; Schubert ,
at thirty-one ; Bellini , at thirty-three ;
Mendelssohn , at thirty-eight , and Web
er when he was but forty a large
number have lived to be very old men.
Those who died between sixty and sev
enty years of age include Bach , Von
Bulow and Rubinstein. Living de-
yond seventy came Gluck , Gounod ,
Handel , Liszt , Meyerbeer , Rossini ,
Spontini and Wagner , while the grea't
age of eighty-nine was attained by Au-
ber , and others. Dying at more than
eighty wfcre Cherubini , Cramer , Lach-
ner , Palestrina , Rameau , Schutz and
Taubert. The average age of musical
celebrities is about sixty-seven years.
Growth of the Human Hair.
Authorities differ as to the rate o
growth of the human hair , and it is
said to be very dissimilar in different
individuals. The most usually ac
cepted calculation gives six and one-
half inches per annum. A man's hair ,
allowed to grow to its extreme length ,
rarely exceeds twelve or fourteen
inches , while that of a woman will
grow , in rare instances , to seventy
inches or seventy-five inches , though
the average does not exceed twenty-
five to thirty inches.
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CATHOLIC Mass at S o'clock a. ni
High mass and sermon at 10:30 , a. in.
with choir. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m.
All are cordially welcome.
REV. J. W. HICKEY , Pastor.
CHRISTIAN Bible-school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at ir and 8. Morning sub
ject , "What Do Ye More Than Others ? '
Evening subject , "The Signs of His
Coming. " J. W. WALKER , Pastor.
EPISCOPAL Sunday morning at nee :
o'clock , Morning Prayer and Litany.
Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock , Evening
Prayer. Sunday-school at 10:00 : a. m.
Friday evening lecture at 8:00 o'clock.
Holy communion the first Sunday in
each month. HOWARD STOY , Rector.
BAPTIST Sunday-school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at n a. in. B. Y. P. U. at 7.
Preaching at 8 p. m. Prayer-meeting ,
Wednesday evening at 8. Rev. H , F.
Tibbetts of Omaha will preach both
morning and evening. Everybody wel
come. GEO. SCOTT , Pastor pro tern.
CONGREGATIONAL Sunday-school at
10. Preaching at ir. Y.P.S.C.E. at 7.
Preaching at 8. Prayer-meeting , Wednes
day evening at 8. Morning subject ,
"Burden Bearing. " Evening subject ,
"Justification bv Faith Reasonable. "
W. J. TURNER , Pastor.
METHODIST Sunday-school at 10 a.m.
Preaching at n. Class at 12. Junior
League at 2:30. : Epworth League at 7
Preaching at 8. Prayer and Bible-study
on Wednesday evening at 8. Morning
subject , "The Gospel of Work. " Lect
ure on "Christian Education" by Chas.
Fordyce of University Place , Lincoln , at
S. All are welcome.
J. A. BADCON , Pastor.
The Junior League will give an ice
cream social on Mrs. C. B. Sawyer's
lawn , Thursday evening , June 28th. Ice
cream and cake lo cents. . The public is
cordially invited.
The Christian Endeavor society will
give a Good Time social in the City
park , next Tuesday evening. All young
people are invited.
Excursions to the Black Hills.
June2i ; July 7,8,9,10 and 18 ; and
August 2. Make a mental memorandum
of these dates.
On any of them 3-011 can buy tickets to
Hot Springs , Custer ( Sylvan Lake , )
Deadwood , Spearfish and Sheridan ,
Wyo. , at rate of one fare plus $2 for the
round trip.
Tickets will be good to return until
October 31 the longest return limit ever
made for tickets sold at so low a rate.
Unless you have been there you have
no idea of the attractions of the Black
Hills resorts. At Hot Springs , for in
stance , you can bathe , ride , drive ,
bicycle and play golf all day and every
day. The pure air and the wonderful
healing waters will rejuvenate and
strengthen you as nothing else can do.
Sylvan Lake , besides being the pret
tiest spot in the Black Hills , is one of
the most popular. Go there if you
would escape midsummer's heat. The
railroad ride to Spearfish is one of the
experiences of a lifetime. Thousands
make the trip every year. Spearfish
Canon , through which the railroad runs ,
is worthy of comparison with the finest
scenery in Colorado.
Information about trains , through
cars , etc. , can be had at all B. & M. R.
R. R. ticket offices. J. FRANCIS ,
6-15-413. G. R. A. , Omaha , Neb.
Tribune Clubbing List.
For convenience ot readers of THE TRIB
UNE , xve have made arrangements xvith the
folloxvingnexvspapers and perodicals xvhereby
xve can supply them in combination with THE
TRIBUNE at the folloxving very loxv prices :
. PRICE.WITH
PUBLICATION. PRICE.
Detroit Free Press gi oo $ i 50
Leslie's Weekly. 4 oo 3 oo
Prairie Fanner oo 175
Chicago Inter-Ocean. oo 135
Cincinnati Enquirer. . oo 150
Nexv-York Tribune. . . oo 125
Demorest's Magazine oo 175
Toledo Blade oo 125
Nebraska Farmer. . . . oo 150
loxva Homestead oo 145
Lincoln Journal oo 175
Campbell's Soil-Culture. oo 150
New-York World oo 165
Omaha Bee 00 I 50
Cosmopolitan Magazine , oo i So
St. Louis Republic oo 175
Kansas City Star 25 115
Nebraska Dairyman and Up-
to-Date Farmer 50 125
Kansas City Journal , weekly. 25 115
Kansas City Journal , daily. . . 4 oo 4 20
We are prepared to fill orders for any other
papers published , at reduced rates.
THE TRIBUNE , McCook , Neb.
summer colds
are noted for hanging on.
They weaken your throat
and lungs , and lead to
serious trouble.
Don't trifle with them.
Take Scott's Emulsion at
once. It soothes , heals ,
and cures.
SOc. and $ 1. All druggists.
Death of W. E. Ketch.
The following account of the death of
the late William E. Ketch is from the
pen of his step-daughter , M. J. Bovell of
Nowata , I. T. The deceased is well
known to many readers of THE TRIB
UNE :
"AT REST.
"After an illness of fifty-five months ,
William Edward Ketch passed from
time to eternity on June 8th , 1900. For
more than four years he was a great suf
ferer. The last twenty-six months of
his life he was perfectly helpless and re
quired a great deal of attention which he
received from loving hands.
"The deceased was born in England
but moved with his parents to this coun
try when a small boy. He was converted
a few years later and , to the day of his
death , lived a devoted Christian life.
During his last illness he was very pa
tient. His family and neighbors can
all testify to his faithfulness. Even
when in the most intense pain he was
never known to complain against the
Hand so heavily laid upon him. I have
been in the room when the pain would
be so intense as to cause the joints to
snap until it was audible to all in the
room. Can anything but the grace of
God prevent one from repining at such a
lot ?
"March 28 , 1888 , he was married to
Mrs. Lee A. Turner of Red Willow coun
ty , Nebraska. Shortly afterxvard they
moved to his farm in Frontier count } ' ,
xvhere they lived till 1895 , when they
moved lo South-West Louisiana , xvhere
the last five years of his life xvere spent
He died June 8th , 1900 , at his home nea
Gueydan , La. , aged 40 years , 6 month :
and 6 days.
"The remains xvere taken to Cioxvley
La. , for interment. The services xvere
conducted in the Methodist church
Rev. Ross officiated , assisted by Rev
Campbell and Rev. George Frazier , D. D
"The floral decorations were beautiful
"A large croxvd of sympathetic friends
were there to shoxv their last respects to
our departed father.
"The deceased leaves a xvife , txvo
small children , txvo step-daughters , five
brothers , father and mother to mourr
his departure.
"He is well knoxvn to a large circle o
friends in Red Willow and Frontier
counties , Nebraska. "
Half Rates to Lincoln.
June 27 and 28 all Burlington Route
ticket agents in Nebraska xvill sell tick
ets to Lincoln and return at rate of one
fare for the round trip.
This reduced rate is made on account
of the meeting of the Nebraska Repub
lican League , but every one who xvishes
can take advantage of it.
J. FRANCIS , G. P. A.
INDIANOLA.
Harry Whitmore xvas a visitor to McCook
Sunday.
J. W. Dolan of the State bank had business
in Axtell , Wednesday.
A. C. Teel xx-as a business pilgrim to Jthe
xvest side toxx'n , Tuesday.
S. R. Smith had business in the county's
commercial metropolis , Monday.
Harloxv W. Keyes had business in the
toxvn on the xvest side , Tuesday.
Miss Lillian Welborn and Lena Hill xvere
pilgrims to the county's metropolis , Saturday.
They say that Samuel Randolph hasn't
: aken a full breath since he heard that Jasper
purposed returning to Indianola.
The crop conditions are much more en
couraging in this section of the county ; in
deed , they are fairly flattering , just now.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Powell and chihhen
xvent doxvn to Franklin , Wednesday morning ,
to attend the commencement exercises of the
academy. From there they xvill go on to
[ lebron to spend about a mon h visiting in
that place.
A Good Cough Medicine.
It speaks xx'ell for Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy xvhen druggists use it m their oxvn
families in preference to any other. "I have
sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the
past five years xvith complete satisfaction to
nyself and customers , " says Druggist J. Gold
smith , Van Etten , N. V. " 1 have always used
it in my oxvn family both for ordinary coughs
and colds and for the cough folloxving la
jnppe , and find it very efficacious. " For sale
jy McConnell & Berry , Druggists.
SOUTH SIDE.
Mr. arid Mrs. II. II. Pickens xx-eie visitors
m the xvest end , last Saturday.
The glorious Fourth is clraxving near , and
loxv shall xve South Siders celebrate ?
This locality xvas visited xvith quite a heavy
shoxver , ' 1 uesday evening of this xveek.
South Side is sure of quite a wheat crop
and the corn is doing extra xvell at present.
There xvas a good turnout to the Children's-
day exercises and all agree they xvere good.
Next Monday evening , at 8 p. m. , xx-ill be
the regular annual school meeting in district
No. 8.
The washout on the Wasson hill is being
illed up very rapidly at present , and those be-
oxv xvill be soon favored xvith a supply of
xvater again.
Frank and Linford Fitch attended the Chil-
dren's-day exercises up in the Park , last Sun
day , and report a large turnout and an extra
good programme.
Mrs. W. S. Fitch accompanied by Geneva
and Carol started for Goldfield on No. 3 , last
Thursday morning. They expect to be pres
ent at the golden xvedding of Mr. and Mrs. G.
J. Nettleton , former residents of McCook.
If troubled xvith rheumatism , give Chamber-
am's Pain-Balm a trial. It xx ill not cost you
a cent if it does no good. One application
vill relieye the pain. It also cures sprains
and bruises in one-third the time required by
iny other treatment. Cuts , burns , frostbites ,
uinsy , pains in the side and chest , glandu-
ar and other sxvellir.gs are quickly cured by
applying it. Every bottle xvarranted. Price ,
5 and 50 cts. McConnell & Berry , Druggists.
COLEMAN.
Vina Divine is not so xvell , this xveek.
II. B. Wales soxved some cane , this xveek.
About one and one-half inches of rain fell
n this vicinity , Wednesday morning.
Henry Oellerich.EU Bair and Henry Miller
vere in McCook , Tuesday , xvith hogs.
Ira Divine , xvho has attended school at
'ranklin academy since last September , re-
urned home on Wednesday of this xxeek.
Michael C9yle had a hog killed by the bank
aving in on it after the heax-y rain of Wednes-
ay morning. Another hog xvas covered up ,
> artiallv , but it xvas rescued and recovered.
Many xvomen fail to digest their food , and
o become pale , salloxx- , thin and xveak , xvhile
! ie brightness , freshness , and beauty of the
kin and complexion departs. Remedy this
> y taking Herbine after each meal , to digest
vhat you have eaten. Price , 50 cents. A.
IcMillen. .
At the rate of $13,000 apiece gold bricks are
ot likely to become popular for building
) urposes.
Restores vim , vigor , mental and physical
oxver , fills your body xvith warm , tingling
ife. That's xvhat Rocky Mountain Tea does.
5c. Ask your druggist.
Another Shipment
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"F. C. " Summer
Corsets-
Have you been helped ?
What size , please ?
Anybody else ?
It has just simply been a red hot
sale of cool summer corsets and
corset waists. Every size again in
stock in the followingstyles. .
Remember , these corsets are
made of extra quality materials ,
are perfect fitting , strong and dur
able. We sell them with privilege
of four weeks actual wear and
MONEY BACK if then dissatisfied.
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35C. 50C. $1.00
EVERYTHING for hot
weather wear will be
found in our well main
tained assortments :
Gauze Underwear , Silk
Mitts , Shirt waists , Wash
Skirts , Wrappers , Wash
Ties , Belts , Ribbons and
Buckles , Laces , Wash
Silks , Parasols , Fans and
Umbrellas , Etc.
5oc. 500.
We Solicit Your Trade ,
Postoffice Per
in same Building. GEO. E. THOMPSON.MCCOOK , NEB.
ONE PRICE : PLAIN FIGURES : CASH ONLY
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Are always to be found in the big1 store In the First National
Bank block.
OUR STORE IS CROWDED WITH FRESH ,
NEW GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Dress Goods
Organdies , Lawns , Dimities , Percales , Prints , Calicos , a'nd everything-
in this line that could be .
desired. Prices the lowest possible for the
grade of goods offered.
TRIMMING SILKS , BRAIDS , LACES , ETC.
Rugs
A fine new lot of Rugs and Carpets have just been added to the already
large stock.
Summer Underwear
An immense line of this
seasonable article for Men , Women and
Children.
Shoes
Our Shoe stock is largeand ; the assortment good. See it for anything-
in Men's , Boys' , Ladies'jjr Children's Shoes.
Parasols
Everything from a handsome and
dainty sun-shade to a good durable
umbrella ; and at prices that are winners.
Groceries
We keep our Groceries on the move and our stock is always fresh.
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"Never Sleeps. "
HONEST JOHN
Farm produce as good as cash.