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NOTICE OF SALE.
In the matter of the estate of Robert Drys-
dalc , deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
an order of G. W. Norris , judge of the district
court of Red Willow county , Nebraska , made
on June 30,1900 , for the sale of the real estate
hereinafter described , there will bo sold at the
froub door of the court-house , in the city of
McCook , Red Willow county , Nebraska , on the
llth day of August , 1900 , at the hour of one
o'clock p. m. , at public auction , to the highest
bidder for cash , the following described real es
tate , to-wit : Lot ten in block fifteen ; in the
Original City of McCook ; lot twelve in block
eleven , in West McCook ; and lot four , in block
seyeuin the Original City of McCook ; all in Red
Willow county , Nebraska. Said sale will re
main open one hour.
Dated July 20,1900.
HUGH W. COLE ,
Administrator do bonis non of the estate of
Robert Drysdale , deceased.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale , issued from the
district court of Red Willow county , Nebraska ,
under a decree in an action wherein Phebe E.
Boyd et al. are plaintiffs , and Loyal M. Hayes
t > t al. are defendants , to me directed and de
livered , I shall offer at public sale and sell to
the highest bidder for cath , at the east door of
the court-house , in McCook , Red Willow coun
ty , Nebraska , on the 20th day of August. 1900 , at
the liour of one o'clock p. m. , the following described
real to-wit The south-west
scribed estate , - : -
quarter of section thirty-five , in township two ,
north , in range twenty-eight , west of the 6th P.
M. , in Red Willow county , Nebraska.
Dated this 18th day of July , 1900.
G. F. KIXGHORX , Sheriff.
7-20-5ts. By A. C. CBABTREC , Deputy.
W. S. MORLAX , Attorney.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Oflice at McCook , Neb. , July 7,1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following-
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim , and
that said proof will be made before Register and
Receiver at McCook , Nebraska , on Saturday ,
August 18,1900. viz : Ncwlonberg B. Starks. on
H. E. No. 11.015 for the N VS SE M , NE J4 SW * 4
and SE M NW M of Sec. 31. Twp.2 N , R 30 W 6th
P. M. Ho names the following witnesses to
proyo his continuous residence upon and culti
vation of said land , viz : Austin W. Dutcher ,
John M. Baldwin , Roxford Simpson , and Wilson
H. Hartrnan , all of McCook , Nebraska.
7-13-Cts. F. M. RATHBUN , Register.
ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES.
Be it resolved by the Mayor and Council of
the City of McCook , Red Willow county , Ne
braska , that t.ho estimate of the probable
amount of money to be raised by taxation of
the assessable property , both real and personal ,
within the City of McCook for the year begin
ning May 2,1900 , is as follows :
Salaries of otlicers other than police S 500 00
r Repairs Streetsalleys and crosswalks. f > 00 00
Fire Department A wards and supplies. 200 00
Hydrants , troughs and street sprinkling 1,700 CO
Supplies , rents , claims and elections. . . l.SOO 00
XSghting streets 1 , : & 00
Interest on bonds and sinking fund 1.00k 00
Total $7,00000
McCook , Nebraska , July 9,1900.
Attest : J. A. BKTRER , A. BARXETT ,
7-lWts City Clerk. Mayor.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Charles E. Gibson , non-resident. Yon are
hereby notified that there is an old well , un
covered and not in use into which stock may
fall and receive injury , situated on the NE ii ,
Sec. 33 , T 4. R 29 , W 6 P. M. , in Nebraska , and
complaint of the same has been made to the
road overseer of the district in which said land
is located. You arp hereby notified to fill or
cause to be filled with dirt said well from the
bottom to the surface as required by law or the
same will be filled by said overseer , and the ex-
i > euse thereof taxed to said real estate.
Dated , July 17,1900.
7-2O3ts. IR"A H. HARRISOX , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Providence Mutual Insurance Co. , non-resi
dent. You are hereby notified that there is an
old well , uncovered and not in use into which
stock may fall and receive injury , situated on
the NWU , Sec. 11 , T 4 , R 29 , W 6 P. M. , in Ne
braska , and complaint of the same has been
made to the road over. eer of the district in
which said land is located. You are hereby
notified to fill or cause to be filled with dirt
said well from the bottom to the surface as re
quired by law or the same will bo filled by said
overseer and the'expense thereof taxed to said
real estate.
Dated , July 17,1900.
IRA H. HAREISOX , Overseer.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
McCook Co-Operative Building and
Savings Association
of McCook , Neb. , on the 30th day of June , 1900.
ASSETS.
First mortgage loans § 24,610 64
Real estate 1,33242
Cash 91520
Delinquent interest and dues SO 2G
Tax sale certificates lot 69
Total $27,12921
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid up $17.474 69
Roservofund 1,733 65
Undivided profits 487 19
Matured stock 6f > 00 00
Other liabilities 931 68
Total $27,12921
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,1900.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand July 1,1899 $ 308 07
Dues 5,835 59
Interest 2,40007
Loans repaid 2,172 26
Real estate sales 1,11208
Sundries 4849
Total $11,89656
EXPENDITURES.
Loans $ 2,755 00
Expenses 515 92
Stock redeemed 140 77
Cashonhand 915 20
Matured stock 6,700 00
Realestate 68 90
Tax certificates 106 93
Interest on matured stock 663 82
Total $ llb'J6 56
State of Nebraska , Red Willow county , ss :
I , F. A. Pcnnell , secretary of the above-named
association.do solemnly swear that the foregoing
statement of the condition of said association is
true and correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief. F. A. PEXNELL , Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 24th
day of July , 1900. C. E. ELDRED ,
Approved : Notary Public.
W. B. MILLS , )
E. HAXSOX , { Directors.
F. M. KIMMELL , )
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Amelia H. Wells , non-resident. You are here
by notified that there are two _ old wells , un
covered and not in use into which stock may
fall and receive injury , situated ofto on the SW
4 , Sec. 11 , T 4. R 29 , and one on the N W M , Sec.
14 , T 4 , R 29 W 6 P. M. , in Nebraska , and com
plaint of the same has been made to the road
overseer of the district in which said land is
located. You are hereby notified to fill or
cause to bo filled with dirt said wells from the
bottom to the surface as _ required by law or the
same will bo filled by said overseer and the ex
pense thereof taxed to said real estate.
Dated , July 17,1900.
7-20-3ts. IRA H. HARRISOX , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Ella M. Little , non-resident. You are hereby
notified that there is an old well , uncovered and
not in use into which stock may fall and receive
injury , situated on the SW H , Sec. 26 , T 4 , R 29 ,
W 6 P. M. , in Nebraska , and complaint of the
same has been made to the road overseer of the
district in which said land is located. Yon are
hereby notified to fill or cause to be filled with
dirt said well from the bottom to the surface as
required by law or the same will be filled by
saiiLoverseer , and the expense thereof taxed to
said real estate.
Dated July 17,1900.
7-20-3ts. IRA H. HARRISON , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Andrew Benson , non-resident. You are hereby
notified that there is an old welluncovered and
not in use into which stock may fall and receive
injury , situated on the NW H , Sec. 35 , T 4 , R 29 ,
W 6 P. M. , in Nebraska , and complaint of the
same has been made to the road overseer of the
district in which paid land is located. You are
hereby notified to fill or cause to bo filled with
dirt said well from the bottom to the surface as
required by law or the same will be filled by
said overseer , and the expense thereof taxed to
said real estate.
Dated , July 17,1900.
7-20-3ts. IRA H. HARRISOX , Overseer.
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Governor Roosevelt Removes
the Cover From the Hag
gard and Deceitful Face
of Fusion.
A Fierce and Forceful Fire on the
Fallacy of Hryanism by Amer
ica's Soldier-Statesman ,
Quotes General Tjtwton In Saying : Tlint
the Blood of American Soldier * In On
the Ham ! a of American Syiiipu- .
thlzorn of Aguhmlilo.
Speaking to the National League of
Republican clubs in session at St. Paul ,
Governor Roosevelt gave utterance to
some things which in a largo degree
show the true character of the mdn.
He said : "A politician who isn't hon
est , no matter how able or smart he is ,
is a curse to the community. Don't let
any man delude you by trying to con
vince you that he can help you by
being a little dishonest on your side.
Howill desert yon when the crisis
comes.
"I have met here today a few men
from my old stamping grounds in the
Dakotas and Montana , where I used to
be a delegate to the cattle conventions.
There are a few of iny fellow delegates
here tonight. I was then in the cow
business myself. Out * there the cow
puncher and the branding iron took the
place of the fence. We used to brand
the calves every year , and if a calf was
passed over it became a maverick. It
was the rule in those days that a mav
erick when found might be branded
with the brand of the ranch on which
it was found.
"And one day I was riding over the
ranch with a cow puncher and we came
across a maverick. It was on the
Thistle brand ranch. The cow puncher
roped and tied the maverick and wo
got off to put a brand on it. I remem
ber that I took off the cinch iron to help
put on the brand. And I said to the
cow puncher : 'Remember , it is the
Thistle brand. ' He grinned and said
he knew his business. But I saw he
was putting on my brand. 'Hold on
there , ' I said , 'you are putting on my
brand. ' 'I always put on my boss'
brand , " he replied. I said to him : 'You
can go to the ranch and get your time.
If you will steal for me , you will steal
from me. '
"And that applies in politics as well
as in the cow business. You have got
to have honesty first , and you have
got to have courage with it. I have
mighty little use for the honest ,
timid man , the man who takes
out his honesty in his own parlor ,
but who can't trust himself with it out
in the world to do his work among his
fellows. He may be very nice and
pleasant , but he is no use.
"But no matter how honest and brave
a man may be , if he is a natural born
fool yon can't do anything with him.
He must have the
Saving : Grace of Common Sense.
Honesty , courage and common sense are
needed in public life just as they are
needed in private life. And it is be
cause I believe that associations like
this club , associations like this league ,
make for the elementary decencies of
political life that I take such pleasure
in addressing you tonight.
"I do not address you as a Repub
lican addressing Republicans , but as an
American addressing his fellow Ameri
cans , urging them to stand for honesty
and the honor of the flag. We have
come here to begin the work of a cam
paign more vital to American interests
than any that has taken place since the
close of the civil war. We appeal not
only to Republicans , but to all good
citizens that are Americans in fact as
well in to in reelecting
as name , help us -
ing President McKinley. It was indeed
of infinite importance to elect him
four years ago. Yet the need is even
greater now. Every reason which then
obtained in his favor obtains now , an-
many more have been added. Fou.
years ago the success of the Popnlistic-
Democracy would have meant fearful
misery , fearful disaster at home ; it
would have meant the shame that is
worse even than misery and disaster.
Today it would mean all this , and in
addition the unmeasurable disgrace of
abandoning the proud position we have
taken , of flinching from the great work
we have begun.
"We ask support for President Mc
Kinley becaase of what he has actually
done , of what he now stands for and
typifies , and because of the marvelous
work that has been accomplished under
his administration. We ask the sup
port of all upright citizens because
against him are arrayed
The Forces of Chaotic Evil ;
because of t e brooding menace to our
moral and industrial welfare which is
implied in the present attitude and pur
pose of the Populistic-Democracy.
"We know definitely what we be
lieve and we say it outright.
"Our opponents , who represent all
the forces of discontent , malice and
envy , formed and formless , vague and
concrete , can hardly be said to know
jrhat they really do believe , because
the principles they profess , if put forth
nakedly , are so revolting , even to their
own followers , that they like at least to
try to wrap the mantle of hypocrisy
around them. They rant about trusts ,
but they have nothing practical to ad
vance in the way of remedy.
"N"or is this to be wondered at , when
one of the makers of their platform , the
representative from New York , and the
leader of that organization in Nev
York , are both themselves among the
most prominent stockholders in the
worst trust to be found today in the
United States the ice trust , which has
justly exposed itself to the criticism ,
which our opponents often unjustly ap
ply to every form of industrial effort.
"We now come to the Philippines and
to the general question of expansion ,
Many of the positions taken by the
Populistic-Democracy at the moment
are so palpably dishonest and main
tained in such palpable bad faith that
to state them is sufficient. It is hardly
necessary to discuss what they say
about "the constitution following the
flag. " The Democratic party never
championed * he doctrine thus sot forth
save in the dark days , when it had be
come the
Handmaiden of Slavery
and rebellion , and danced to any tune
which the apostles or slavery chose to
pipe. When , under Jefferson , the great
West beyond the Mississippi was ac
quired , when , largely through the in
strumentality of Jackson. Florida was
added to the Union , the new provinces ,
with their Indian populations , were
governed precisely and exactly on the
theory under which the Philippines are
now governed. President Jefferson se
cured the Louisiana purchase just as
President McKinley secured the Philip
pines and Andrew Jackson wurred
against the Semiuoles when we had
acquired Florida from Spain , precisely
as General MacArthur is now warring
against the bandits among the Tngals
in Luzon. Unless we are willing to de
prive Jefferson and Jackson of the
meed of honor which has been held to
be peculiarly theirs , we cannot deny
the same high praise to President Me-
Kiuley. At Kansas City , the men en
gaged in preaching the gospel of dis
honor and repudiation solemnly assert
ed that 'imperialism abroad will lead
quickly and inevitably to despotism sit
home. ' You men of Minnesota and the
Dakotas who are here this evening can
appreciate the fatuousness of that state
ment by the simple process of thinking
whether your liberties have been
abridged by the return of the Minnesota
seta and Dakota troops who won such
honor for themselves in the Philippines.
There are geometrical propositions so
essentially absurd that mathematicians
hold their mere statement to be equiv
alent to their refutation. So it is with
this proposition. If it were worth
while I would point out its dishonesty
and insincerity. But flagrant though
these are , its absurdity is so much more
flagrant that nothing need be said.
"So it is with their cant about mili
tarism , and 'intimidation and oppres
sion at home' as following what they
are pleased to cull 'conquest abroad. '
We cannot argue with them on this
proposition , because no serious man
thinks for one moment that they be
lieve what they assert. During the great
civil war there were many preachers of
the gospel of disloyalty among the so-
called copperheads of the north , and
these men , like their representatives
among our opponents today , prophesied
the subdivision of the country when the
great armies of Grant and Sherman
should come back from , the war ; but the
great armies of Grant and Sherman re
turned to civil life and were swallowed
up among their fellow citizens without
a ripple. A considerable army was
kept for a year or two on the Indian
frontier and in some of the southern
states , but it never entered the head of
a human being to attempt what
The Copperhead i'rophets
of disaster had frantically foretold. In
' 98 and ' 99 you yourselves saw regi
ments and brigades and divisions re
turn from Cuba , Porto Rico and the
Philippines , to be disbanded and swal
lowed up in the mass of the people , if
volunteers , and if regulars to assume
their ordinary work in fort and canton
ment , and atrer greeting them on the
day they returned the bulk of the people
ple would never have been able to tell ,
except by the newspapers , whether they
had come back or not.
"Of all idle chatter the talk of the
danger of militarism is the idlest. The
army we have now is , relatively to the
population of the country , less in size
than it has been again and again dur-
the last century and a quarter , in timas
when we had only our own Indians -to
guard against. In Washington's admin
istration Gen. Wayne spent some three
years in Ohio warring against the
Tagals of that day , with an army under
him larger in proportion to the then
population of the nation than all our
present national forces , regulars anil
volunteers combined , and there is jusc
as little danger from the evils of mili
tarism now us there was then. It is as
utter folly to talk of our liberties as
menaced by the existence of a force
capable of keeping order in our outly
ing possessions as it would have been to
talk of their being menaced in the
seventies by the soldiers who followed
Custer and his fellows against Co-
nnmche , Apache and Sioux.
"I would ask those who by their
words have encouraged the warfare of
the Filipinos against us to recall the
letter of General Lawtou , written just
before his death , in which he pointed
out that the blood of his soldiers red
dened the hands of the men at home
who encouraged
Our l-'oes Abroad.
"Some years ago when certain east
erners were clamoring in the name of
humanity against the army officers who
warred to protect the western settlers
from the Indians , General Sheridan
wrote : 'I do not know how far these
humanitarians should be excused on
account of their ignorance , but surely
it is the only excuse that can give a
shadow of justification for aiding and
abetting such horrid crimes. '
"The scheming politicians at Kansas
City have not even the excuse of ignor
ance when they incite the insurgents
to fresh warfare against our soldiers
with the base hope that thereby they
may further their own political advance
ment. "
Summer Stuff
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Wasli Dress Ooods
Ladies' Shirt Waists
Ladies' Summer Corsets
Ladies' Summer Underwear
Etc. Etc.
will not last long at the prices at which we are
now offering them - .
SPECIAL BARGAINS
in Men's Neckwear
Men's Linen Shirts
Hen's Straw Hats
JDoii't forg'ct that our stock
of groceries is up-to-date
and our prices the lowest ,
THE . . . .
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NATIONAL.
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GEO. HQCKNELL , President. B. M. FREES , V. Pros.
W. F. LAWSON , Cashier. F. A. PEN NELL , Ass't Cash.
A. CAMPBELL , Director. FRANK HARRIS , Director.
Story of a Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for years by the
chains of disease is the worst form of slavery.
Geo. D. Williams of Manchester , Mich. , says :
"My wife has been so helpless for years that
she could not turn over in bed alone. After
using two bottles of Electric Hitters she is
wonderfully improved and able to do her own
work. " This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness , sleeplessness ,
melancholy , headache , backache , fainting and
dizzy spells. It is a godsend to weak , sickly
run-down people. Cure guaranteed. Only
5oc. Sold by McConnell S : Berry , druggists.
The papers are telling of a New York
woman who lassoed a rattlesnake while out
berrying. This is but a hint of the nature of
the stories we may expect during the western
political campaign.
"Through the months of June and July our
baby was teething and took a running off of
the bowels and sickness of the stomach , " says
O. P. M. Holiday , of Deming , Ind. "His
bowels would move from five to eight times a
day. I had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic ,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house
and gave him four drops in a teaspoonful of
water and he got better at once. " Sold by
McConnell & Berry , druggists.
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 SI. AM druggists.
A Minister's Good "Work.
"I had astvtre attack of bilious colic , got
a bottle of Chamberlm's Colic , Cholera ami
Diarrhoea Remedy , took two doses and wa
entirely cured , " bays Rev. A. A. 1'oxver , of
Emporia , Kans. "My neighbor across the
street was sick for over a week , had two or
three bottles of medicine from the doctor.
He used them for three or four days without
relief , then called in another doctor who
treated him for borne days ? .nd gave him no
relief , so discharged him. I went over to see
him the next morning. lie s-aid his bowels
were in a terrible fix , that they had been run
ning off so lonjf that it was almost bloody fiux.
I asked him if he had tried Chamberlain's
Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he
said , 'No. ' I went home and brought him my
bottle and gave him one dose ; told him to
take another dose in fifteen or twenty minutes
if he did not find relief , but he took no more
and was entirely cured. " For sale by Mc
Connell & Berry , druggists.
A farce-comedy now on the boards is enti
tled "A. Twenty-Year-Old Chicken. " It must
be a tough old proposition.
Prevented a Tragedy.
Timely information given Mrs. George
Long of New Straitsville , Ohio , saved two
lives. A frightful cough had long kept her
awake every night. She had tried many rem
edies and doctors but steadily grew worse un
til urged to try Dr. King's New Discovery' .
One bottle wholly cured her ; and she writes ,
this marvelous medicine also cured Mr. Long
of a severe attack of pneumonia. Such cases
are positive proof of its power to cure all
throat , chest and lung troubles. Only foe and
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