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Hv F. M. KIMMELL. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co. Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance Republican National Ticket. For President WILLIAM MCKINLEY of Ohio. For Vice-President TIIEODORK ROOSEVELT of New York Republican State Ticket. For Governor C. II. DIETRICH of Adams. For Lieutenant Governor E. A. SAVAGE of Caster. I1 or Secretary of State GEORGE W. MARSH of Richardson For Treasurer WILLIAM STUEKFER of Cuming. ' For Auditor AuditorCHARLES WESTON of Sheridan. For Attorney General FRANK N. PROUT of Gage. For Land Commissioner GEORGE D. FULLMER of Nuckolls For Superintendent of Schools W. K. FOWLER of Washington. Legislative Ticket. For State Senator , 2gth District E. N. ALLEN of Furnas. Congressional. Ticket. For Congressman W. S. MORLAN of Red Willow. County Ticket. For Representative , 65th District J. E. HATHORN of Hartley. For County Attorney W. R. STARR of McCook. For Commissioner , 2d District HENm LKABTREE of Indianola. Oh , What a Difference ! There is oue difference between Web ster S. Morlan , the Republican nominee for congress in this district , and A. C Shallenberger , the Fusion nominee for that office , which cannot fail to endear Mr. Morlan to the hearts of those farm ers of the district who remember the distressing times of the failure years. The record of Mr. Shalleuberger as a purchaser of notes fioui a quack doctor , secured from unsuspecting farmers down in Harlan couuty , is too well known to require more than a mention at our hands. On the other hand , the writer knows of two or three instances in Red Willow county alone , where Mr. Morlan saved farmers , who were not even of his own political faith , from heavy property loss during those distressing times , by advancing the money for those farmers , the who demanding to money-loaners were ing the foreclosure of loans , and securing continuances until the farmers could tide over the failure and be in better shape to pay the indebtedness. Farmers of the Fifth district , need you wait for one moment to decide which man you ought to vote for ? REPUBLICANS have a reliable habit of following the flag , if the constitution doesn't. - JUST an X after the name of Dr. J. E. Hathorn will return him to the next legislature and assist in the election of two U. S. senators. DON'T forget that X after the name of W. R. Starr , the Republican nominee for county attorney. It will do the work. IN their state ticket , the Republicans of Nebraska have a clean and able lot ol candidates before the people. They are worthy the votes of all good citizens. WHILE making the sign of the cross down the Republican column , do not overlook the name of E. N. Allen , the Republican nominee for state senator ol the agth district. Vote for him ; it will count in the election of two U. S. sena tors in the coming session of the legis lature. THE population of the United States according to the census of 1900 , just completed , is 76,295,220. The popula tion of Nebraska is 1,068.901 , as against 1,058,910 in 1890 , or an increase of less than one thousand a year. This slight increase of but 9991 in ten years is easily explained ; it is generally admitted that the 1890 census of Omaha , Lincoln and other of the leading towns was disgrace fully "padded , " hence the small show ing for the past ten years. There is no doubt but that the population of Ne braska has largely increased in the past ten years , hut the "padded" census of 1890 makes a real shoxving impossible. The fact of 1890 is not a credit to the state. Two years ago the Populists and Dem ocrats , by their united strength , elected R. D. Sutherland to congress. Today , Sutherland is on the stump in the north ern portion of the Fifth district , trying to elect a Democrat to succeed himself. Mr. Sutherland is , like all Populist speakers , making the trust question the burden of his song to some extent. Now , when Mr. Sutherland was called upon to go upon record on this trust question , he voted directly for the trusts , which he now declaims against. On June i , of this year , the house of representatives took a vote on what was known as the anti-trust amendment to the inter-state commerce law. The second section of this amendment read as follows : "Con gress shall have the power to define , regulate , control , prohibit or dissolve trusts , monopolies or combinations , whether existing in the form of a com bination or otherwise. The several states may continue to exercise such power in any manner not in conflict with the laws of the United States. " Notwithstanding the little sop throxvn by the Republicans to the states' rights element of the Dem ocrats in the last sentence of this sec tion , they voted almost solidly against it. One hundred and forty-eight Repub licans voted for the measure , and 130 Democrats and Fusionists voted against it , end the amendment , requiring a two- thirds majority , was lost. R. D. Suther land was one of those who voted against this amendment , which was intended to be the most sweeping legislative action ever taken against these combinations. The people of the Fifth district have been sold out once by a Fusionist. Do they want to elect another to play the same tricks upon ns ? Superior Journal. Best Grades CO ARNETT LUMBER COMPANY 0) fl ) o For All kinds of Hard ( D and Soft Coal O -P - PP Pra ra ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY- * * * * CQ NO. 5 Dennison Street BEFORE AND AFTER. As the Grand Island Democrat seems to be the loudest newspaper in the op position in its ravings about Burlington influence and passes in connection with the candidacy of Webster S. Morlan , the Republican nominee for congress man , it seems mete aud right to refer to au article that appeared in that paper early in the campaign , and compare it witli the facts ol the campaign at the present time : Our friend W. S. Morlan of McCook is no " " . He nominated longer a "passive" politician. was nated by the Republicans of this , the Fifth , district for congress. Mr. Morlan is a lawyer , and there is no' better lawyer in the state. He is a Republican , but an anti-expansionist of the outspoken sort ; neither is he a high pro tectionist. He is a Quaker in religion , and in the church received his sobriquet of "deacon. " But , better than all , Morlan is a gentleman by nature , lie is a first-class man ; but in poli tics is essentially a creation of the Burlington railroad. This not being a B. & . M. year in Nebraska , it is too bad to sacrifice him ; for a corporation spokesman is already defeated. Grand Island Democrat. April 2th , 1900. A perusal of the above article and a comparison of the same with later ut terances must irresistibly force the reader to the conclusion that the editor " " the Fusion has been "inspired" by management in his later attempts to play the demagogue and by throwing dust seek to obscure the real facts in the campaign. It is the trick of the design ing and conscienceless politician trying to fool the people , for it is a generally- known fact that Mr. Shallenberger's chairman is a Democratic Burlington banker of Hastings , especially selected for his ability to secure Burlington passes and use Burlington influence It is also just as generally and widely known that Mr. Shallenberger's advisers and mani pulators all over the district are Burling ton lawyers , as is the case in Red Cloud , Beaver City , Alma , Elwood , Culbertson and other points. And it is openly alleged that the Fusion chairman has distributed more passes than any legis lative candidate on the Republican ticket has dreamed of. On the other hand the chairman of the Republican congress ional committee has been painfully short of the persuasive paste-boards and Mr. Morlan's friends all too well know that his pass-giving , since his election , has been confined to strictly railroad business. Not only , it seems , is the Fusion man agement seeking to thus draw attention away from the fact of the Fusion nomi nee being distinctly "next" to all this dreadful Burlington influence and passes , but to cover over Mr. Shallenberger's record as a gold-bug banker , as an op ponent of Populism , and to afford a cover for extensive trading of votes. The record is that he was a "Cleveland Sound Money Leaguer , " a gold-bug at heart , who helped throw Mr. Bryan over the transom in the convention of 1894 , but who finally "saw the light * ' in i8g6.quit hating and knifing Populists down in Harlan county , and has siuce been any old thing for office. Again , he is a banker , who , though owning a controlling interest in the Bank of Alma , denies his business by withdrawing his name from the station ery and advertisements of his bank and announces himself as a breeder of fine cattle. His record as a usurer and pur chaser of notes secured by fake doctors and others from unsuspecting farmers and afterward forcing their collection because he was an "innocent purchaser , " were not considered the proper caper to take before the farmers of the district for their votes. Hence the "stop-thief" cry of corporation-influence rot. Nebraska's Paramount Issue. There is no question as to what is the paramount issue in Nebraska , says the Chicago Tribune. It is prosperity and it is spelled with a big P. Here is the real issue as found by a prominent Pop ulist of Colfax couuty , the paradise of Populism. In 1896 a Populist cauie to T. M. Bowman , a dealer of implements at Schuyler , and bought a buggy to be paid for iu corn at the market price at Jie gathering time that year. The buggy cost $55 aud it took 550 bushels of corn -to settle the bill. A couple of weeks ago one of his neighbors came iu to the same dealer and asked the price of the same buggy , which was quoted to : iim at $65. "This is an advance of $10 over the price of four years ago. Where s your McKinley prosperity ? " said the disciple of Bryan. "Wait a minute , " said the dealer , "you deliver me the same number of bushels of corn at gathering time this year that your neigh- Dor did in 1896 and I will give you the same buggy , a brand new two-horse sulky plow worth $40 , and $10 in money. Do you see any prosperity in that ? " 'I guess you have the better end of the argument. I'll take the buggy along and pay cash for it. I don't need all of those things , " said the Populist pulling out his pocket book and proceeding to count out $65. SPEAKING of fakes , that Grover Cleve- and fake was about the fuzziest of the campaign. Scarcely had the fraudulent nterview , ( in which the ex-president was quoted as expressing the greatest assurance that Mr. Bryan would be elected by an overwhelming majority , ) jone into type , before the ex-president stamped the whole affair as a lie out of whole cloth. What more detestable ) olitical chicanery than that can you magtne. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You will generally find Republicans bllowing the flag , if the constitution loesn't always. The Curfew Law. A word of explanation in regard to the curfew law will perhaps be proper at this time : The Women's Christian Temper ance Union , while in hearty sympathy with this work , did not contemplate tak ing any steps along this line at the pres ent time ; but we have been requested by a number of citizens to make the can vass with a petition. There has been an expression , almost unanimous , of the need of such legisla tion of the help it would be to parents and to the authorities as well. The only dissatisfaction has been expressed in this way : "I will sign it , if they fix the age limit high enough. " "Well , make it twenty ! " one gentleman said. This .sentiment was voiced by many , nearly all voters. A few were so bold as to suggest the limit be fixed at fifty a pos sible solution of many difficulties and then the parent could help look after his own boy aud girl at home and save police hire. All levity aside , many parents wel come this aid to their government , and so heartily concur in the movement that it has been a labor of love to our women ; for it is in the streets our children of tender years learn much from which we would shield them , and if we are helpful in saving to purer thoughts and lives some of the children , it will have been a profitable service. We are told some of the children are crying , and are afraid of the curfew law as if it were some giant bugaboo. One of the rights of children is the hour of recreation ; another the hour of sleep. It will be well for these children if this law , enacted for their safe-keeping , is the means of guarding them from evils which , in their very innocence , they do not understand. Here the parents are to act for the interest and well being of their children and to determine who is the safe counsellor for the child the parents with their experience and love , or the child with its ideas of freedom and scorn of restraint , its uaturalignor- auce of the consequences of wrong doing. We ask the hearty co-operation of the parents and citizens in this matter. It is important to many and to the city government as well , as it is on the streets , in the shelter of the night , that many are tempted and take their first steps in wrong-doing and crime. PRESS COMMITTEE. W. C. T. U. Entertained. The October business meeting of the union convened at the home of Mrs. Christina Doll , with a good attendance and several visiting ladies. At the con clusion of the business programme all were psessed to stay , when a delightful luncheon was served by the hostess , Mrs. Doll , assisted by Mrs. John Stevens and Mrs. George Beck. The tea and coffee , sandwiches and pickles , with delicious cakes , were heartily enjoyed , and the social home was one to remem ber. The whole affair was a surprise to the members of the union and thus doubly enjoyable. It means much to us , that Mrs. Doll , one of the original crusaders , far from the old home state , has the cause "For God and Home and Every Land , " so near her heart. May she be spared many years to labor with us for the work she so much loves , is the prayer of the W. C. T. U. women. women.PRES. PRES. Conductor Al Sharp Killed. The news of the death of Conductor Al Sharp at Florence , Colorado , on the Denver & Rio Grande , Tuesday evening , came as a keen stroke to his many friends on the Western division , where he was well and generally known. The news is that he was pinched by the cars in the afternoon , dying about nine o'clock , the same night. He was for a number of years employed on the West ern division , and was regarded as a first- class railroad man. He has been on the Denver & Rio Grande for about a year and a half. COURT-HOUSE NEWS. DISTRICT COURT. The following filings have been made since last week : John E.Kelley vs. James I Lee ; equity. The Cuuimings Harvester Co. vs. Wil liam Crockford etal. ; attachment. Clay Robinson Co. vs. William Crock- Ford ; attachment. OCTOBER MORTGAGE RECORD. Farm filings , $7,805 Si ; releases , $8.- 933 9rtity filings , $1,250.00 ; releases , $6 510.25. Chattel filings , $21,169.82 ; releases , $17,291 08. \ \ McCook Markets. Corrected Friday morning. Corn $ ,8 Wheat r Oats .40 s 33 * Hogs 3-75 Eggs 17 Batter. 17 New Potatoes 65 Butter fat at Creamery 15 * The McCook exchange of the Nebras i ka Telephone Co. expect soon to have out a new card of patrons. * i A large assortment of new designs in p lamps at McMillen's. ? i Slates , tablets and school supplies at p McMillen's. * For nice presents go to Boar's. j ? McConnelPs Balsam cures coughs. c I Overcoats at DeGroff& Co.'s. Citizens of Hastings Protest Against the Vile Slanders Circulated on their Fel low Townsman. Charles II. Dietrich Kmlorxed by llin Neighbor * aw a Man of Splendid diameter. Ilnstlngs , Neb. , Oct 30. The people of this city , Irrespective of politics , lire Incensed and indignant over the cruel falsehoods put in circulation by scan dal mongers of the fusion party con cerning the character of Charles II. Dietrich , Republican candidate for governor , and for more than 120 years u beloved and highly esteemed citi zen of this town. There Is not a re putable citizen here who does not pro nounce the attacks on Mr. Dietrich false and monstrous. As a means of silencing the putrid lips of rumor and exposing the vicious falsifiers who have been imposing upon public credu lity with vile and shameful stories about Mr. Dietrich , the following statement , signed by citizens of Hast ings , is offered. Among those whose names appear as signers are many of the leading men and women of Hast ings , many of whom are prominent In business1 and religious circles. Here are Mr. Dietrich's neighbors who have lived in the same town with him for many years. Here is what they say of him over their own signatures : Whereas , Itvuorts have been circulated for the purpose of iumiuiicing votes against our fellow townsman , Hon. C. H. Dietrich , candidate for governor , cuurginc liiin with being addicted to the use of liquor , and also Baying that his reputation is that of a li centious man , we , the undersigned citizens of Hustings , Nebraska , desire to make the following stutemeiit : Mr. Dietrich has lived iu Hastings for 22 rears. We are thoroughly acquainted with him and we embrace this opportunity to re pel the vicious attacks ou his character. He is not a drinking uiuii , in the ordinary acceptation of the term. He Is uot u fre quenter of saloons , and his reputation is Is'OT that of a licentious man. Mr. Dietrich Is a mail of large business In terests. He has been a potent factor , moral ly and linuucially , in the upbuilding of our city. As a business man his reputation la good , aud we believe that if elected to the high office of governor , he would bring to the discharge of its duties such thorough business methods , capacity for unlimited work , aud devotion to its duties , as would give to the people u wise , safe , prudent , economical administration. As citizens of his town , we commeiid him to the people of the state. ItKV. HKNKY SIEKMAX , Lutheran Minis ter RKV. C. A. FRITJSE. Lutheran minister. HEV. C. WILLIAM WEKSCHMIDT , Luth eran minister. KEY. A. W1CHMANN , German Evangel ical Minister. REV. J. K. WRIGHT , German Evangelical. REV. A. C. STARK , Presbyterian Miu ister. REV. WILLIAM McDOXALD , Catholic , St. Cecelia. REV. A. KRAUCHLE , Presiding Elder , German Evangelical Church. Mrs. W. II. Dillon Mrs. M. S. W Miles Mrs. C. P. Morey Mrs. H. H. Cherry Mrs. L. B. Ten-ill Mrs. AV. J. Comley Mrs. A. Nelson Miss Harriet Pyffc Mrs. A. C. Mclntyre Mrs. Percy Renner Miss Flora Fisher Mrs. Dr. Van Sickle Mrs. Fred Pease Miss Carrie Renfrew Miss Addle Renfrew Jennie Renfrew Mrs. Mercy Renfrew Mrs. M. C.Colviu Mra. J. A. Townscnd Mrs. Katie M. J. Mrs. Wm. Uraeh Dntton Mrs. F. C. Folk-It Mrs. A. F. Boston L. Gertrude Yocuin Mrs. N.R. Adams Mrs. F. B. Dauchy Mrs. W. P. McCreary Mrs. W. M. Lowman Mrs. L. A. Ed- Mrs. John Slaker wards , M. D. Catherine Slater Mrs. Allen Brown Mrs. A. C. Hollow Mrs. S. N. Yocnm Mrs. T. J. Lawsou Mrs. L. V. B.HoIIoway Mrs. T. H. Erkhart Mrs. B. M. Parmenter Georgia C. Fowler Mrs. F. H. Ash Miss Amy Ash Mrs. Fred Renuer Mrs. M. L. .Torgenson Mr > . W. E. St. John Mrs. Dix Ryan Mrs John M. Ferguson Mrs. Gee S. Hays Edna G. Cramer Mrs. A. H. Cramer Mrs. Jacob Bernhard Mrs. L. J. Cnpps Mrs. F. J. Benedict Mrs. W.F. Buchanan Mrs. E. E. Ladd Mrs. J. H. Spicer Mrs. C. E. Pratt Mrs. E. N. Hanieu Mrs. C. J. Miles Mrs. J. M. Scwell Mrs. II. W. Scott Mrs. Chas. Cameron Mrs. F. Schaufel- Mrs. P.W.Driimmoiid licrger Mrs. J. J. Buchanan Mrs. J. J. Bolnap Mrs. W. Fowl-on Mrs. J. B. Smith Mrs. O. C. Ziim Mrs.W. E. Andrews Mrs. W. J. Biles The following are a few of the many citIzens - Izens , business and professional men who bare signed the above statement : Oswald Oliver Mark Levy Leopold IIahn John II. Flynu Harry Klein F. A. McDonald F. A. McElhaney C. K. Lawson F. J. Benedict Gt-o M. Kimball J. A. Campbell Wm Madgett H. C. Kerr Gen. A. V. Cole E. S. Fowler Haynes Bros- . C. B. Bigeiow ( ' . A. Tindall C. G. Slater W. II. Ferguson J. M. Eaves & Son E. C. Webster B. M. Marquis A. II. Cramer EL A. Blenkiron II. S. Brown Carl Kauf II. W. Main Arthur M. Edwards , Ezra Lruigevin 1st Lieut. AVm. M. Lowman Adam Breed John M. Hiiier Clarence J. Miles John M. luigau J. B. Casria Jacob Bailey Li. J. Cnpps S. C. Hiccox 3. H. Fleming J. R. Barnett Harry Klein T. A. McDonald AL A. Perkins. M. D. John Slaker - , I. C. Haverly M. II. Cutter f .1. R. Morlcdgc A. Mons-n 1 1. A. Ramsay G. E. AVilson C. W. Staley A. AV. Richardson C. H. AVaim-r Chas. Rich Mulford Haynes E. P. Haynes C. AV. AVilson. Jr. E. J. Siekmaun lenry Italeniiurgh J. D. Slater j. J. Loeb Frank Kcaly " Wiley AVilliains T. S. Ingles" C. N. Artz J. R. Sims S. C. Ilcacox Geo. H. LaMonte C. AV. AVHson O. F. Howctnell Vrcy E. Gould Ed Burton > V. F. Buchanan T. L. Johnson Jacob Bailey C. I' . AVebster : 3. E. Marquis J. R. McLaughlia [ . D. Mines J. C. F. MilHken fohn M. Boyd James AVimic I. \ E. Houghtol ing Silas Clark Tm. Croft i : . J. Pease \V. E. St. John Harry Heartwell > Senator Ifaniiii Xails a Falsehood. Chairman Hanna of the Republican national committee pinions another fu sion campaign falsehood in the follow ing dispatch to the press bureau of the Republican state central committee : ? Chicago , Oct. 29 , 1900. My at * o p tention has been directed to a state * * ment published in democratic news" ° papers of Nebraska that I had dnro ing my recent visit to that state expressed - * pressed a preference for the elec * i tiou of United States senators in o Nebraska. This statement is nt- $ terly false and without the slight- esfc foundation. My only desire is o for the success of the whole repub- licau ticket in Nebraska. i M. A. HAJA. . 6 Chairman Kepnblican National Committee. i oO'4O * 'O' 'O' 'O' > O' 'O' 'O' 'O'O' 'O' 'O i Every article in our stock can be purchased at Fire Sale Prices , but there is n't a single piece of Damaged ill the store. That's the nicest thing about our kind of a Fire Sale damaged prices but no damaged goods COME AND BE SHOWN "Never Sleeps ONES A Practical Jolce. He was a wag and was passing a large draper's shop In Manchester. There , drawn up , were three or four vehicles , and among them was a closed brougham with the driver fast asleep on the box. Evidently the mistress was inside the shop. Without a word the wag stole quickly np and , opening the carriage door , carefully slammed It to. In an instant the coachman straightened himself up and gazed up the street as if he had never seen anj- thing more interesting to look at In his life. Then he stole a look over his shoulder and saw the wag standing , hat In hand , apparently conversing with some one inside the carriage. "Thank you , yes. Good morning , " said the practical joker and bowed himself gracefully away from the door , turning as he did so to look at the coachman and say , "Home ! " "Yes , sir ! Teh ! Get up ! " and away went the brougham "home. " Where that "home" was , who the mistress of the carriage was or what she did or said when she came out of the shop or what the coachman did or said when he stopped at the door off "home" and found the carriage empty all that only the coachman and the lady know. London Tit-Bits. A Clever Blind Man. The New Orleans Times-Democrat tells of a blind man in a southern city svho goes to the postoflice every day carrying a small , light riding whip , tvhich he holds slightly inclined to the front , with the tip just touching the pavement. Ills sense of touch has be come so delicate that the whip Is al- aiost an artificial eye. When the point ? ncounters anything , he makes a few swift passes over the surface and gen erally determines the exact character ) f the obstacle. It is done so quickly md deftly as to attract no attention , md few passers have the least suspl- ion of the old man's infirmity. When 10 reaches the postoffice , he turns un- icsitatingly , mounts the middle stairs , valks over to the lock boxes and with- ut any feeling around thrusts a key nto the right aperture. Anxious Onlj- About One Tiling. The ghastly rider on the white horse itopped at the gate. "I am Death , " he said to the sick nan who was watching from the win- low. "You are welcome , " replied the latter ind added in a whisper : "If you value our life , don't let my wife see you ying your horse to that tree. She'd lever let anybody do that. " Philadel- ihla Press. Our learning is so long In getting and o very imperfect that the greatest lerk knows not the thousandth part of rhat he is ignorant. Jeremy Taylor. Australia , It Is estimated. Is capable f supporting at least 100,000,000 In- abltants. To California in a Tourist Sleeper. In no other way can you go to Cali fornia so quickly , so comfortably , and yet so economically , as in a tourist sleep ing car. The tourist cars used for the Burling ton overland excursious are models of comfort and convenience. They have wide vestibules , high back seats and double windows. They are lighted by gas. The heating arrangements are ad mirable anil the bed furnishings are clean and of good quality. The Burlington excursions leave Omaha every Tuesday and Thursday and go through to San Francisco and Los Angeles without changes or delays of any kind. You can join them at Lin coln , Hastings-- , Oxford , or any other station at which the train stops. The route is through Denver and Salt Lake City , past the finest scenery visible from car windows am where on the globe. An experienced excursion manager is in charge of each excursion party and a uniformed porter accompanies each car. Folder giving full information mailed on request. Beautifully illustrated 72- page hook about California sent on re ceipt of six cents in stamps. ] . FRANCIS , G. P. A. , 10-26-1 its. Omaha , Neb. Burlington Excursion Rates. Every Tuesday during October and November the Burlington Route will sell tickets at the following icmarkably low- rates : Ogden , Salt Lake City , Butte , Helena , and Anaconda , one way , $23. Round trip , 540. Return limit , 30 days Spokane , Tacoma , Seattle , Portland , Victoria and Vancouver , one way 28 Round trip. $43. Return limit , 30 days. " .tickets and information at all Bur lington ticket offices 10-26-515. dinnpr time , or time Ig a good lr i r\i1IMv M\\ty time to use iffifflto CAHDUS They give a . . Jlgut that's rich and brlljlv : "ant No odor.'N / Many styles. Sold * * everywhere. < v BALSAM CURES COUGHS