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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1902)
I Itifj I I IM rs n - StrMia - L iw - 3Tfff iwa5fciJra5HBBBBBSffir VA j 59to f p IS FiTrJ - 7 t t fei 3 u - -- MRS GRANT DEAD LATE PRESIDENTS WIDOW GOES TO REST DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE Only Daughter with Her at End Three Sons Summoned Saturday Had Too Short Notice to Reach Capital in Time to Bid Farewell WASHINGTON Mrs Ulysses S Grant- wife of the late President Grant died at her residence in this city at 1117 oclock Sunday Death was due to heart failure Mrs Grant having suffered some years from valvular disease of the heart which was aggravated by a severe at tack of bronchitis Her age prevent ed her rallying from the attacks Her daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris was the only one of her children with her at the time of her death her three sons who were summoned Sat urday night not having had time to arrive Ttiero were also present at the bed side when the end came Mfes Rose Mary Sartoris a granddaughter Dr Bishop one of the attending physi cians and the two trained nurses Death came peacefully the sufferer retaiuing almost complete conscious ness practically to the end Word has come from Jesse and Ulysses S Grant two of the sons now in Cali fornia that they have started on their way to Washington The other Gen eral Fred Grant is in Texas and he will hasten here as soon as he receives a message telling him of his mothers death The remains of Mrs Grant will be interred at Riverside Park New York beside those of her husband but whether they will be taken there im mediately or at a later date however could not be ascertained at the house tonight Mrs Grant whose maiden name was Julia Dent was born in St Louis in 1826 and was the daughter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent She was married to General then Captaiu Grant in 1S4S During the rivil war Mrs Grant was with the general much of the time and remain ed as near as possible to him when he was campaigning She saw her hus band twice inaugurated as president and accompanied him on his journey around the world Ar mistress of the white house she gave liberal to all charitable insti tutions in the city Four children were born to her three sons and one daughter all of whom are living Miss Nellie the daughter who became the wife of Algernon Sartoris in 1874 has lived in Washington with her mother for sev eral years Frederick Dent Grant the oldest son is in the army and two other sons Jesse and Ulysses Sher man Iiye at San Diego Cal During recent years since General Grants death Mrs Grant had spent mast of her winters in this city liv ing at 2111 Q street while during the summer she usually stayed at Sara toga and other popular resorts until the last two summers when she resided with her daughter Mrs Sartoris at Coburg Ont BLOW AIMED AT AMERICA New German Tariff Especially De signed to Affect Trade BERLIN During the debate on the third reading of the tariff bill in the reichstag Monday it was evident from many speeches delivered members of the majority that the bill is aimed chiefly at the United States This was clear even when the United States was not named for it was un derstood that the term abroad re ferred to America Dr Pasche na tional liberal made a pointed refer ence to the United States which most of the newspapers failed to print These remarks were We expect that the government will undertake a thorough going revi sion of all treaties containing the most favored national advantages We have absolutely no occasion to con cede any such thing to such nations as are glad to take what we give oth er countries without making us any concession in return The United States having introduced the limitation of the most favored nation clause we Jiavo every reason to act in precisely the same manner State hood Report is 0 t WASHINGTON The testimony taken by the sub committee of the senate committee on territories on the house omnibus statehood bill has been printed as a senate document and was made public Monday night It makes a book of 394 pages with maps and includes quotations and answers of many people examined with reference to the size population resources schools and churches business moral and other characteristics of the peo ple of the three proposed states and miscellaneous information STATEHOOD BILL A Will Be Taken Up in the Senate Wednesday WASHINGTON D C In accord ance with the unanimous agreement of the last session the senate will take up the statehood bill Wednes day and it Is expected to remain the unfinished business for some time The bill undoubtedly will provoke consid erable debate and it is generally be lieved that it will continue to receive attention until the adjournment for the Christmas holidays at least Senator Beverldge as chairman of the committee on territories will call the bill up Wednesday and probably will make a speech in support of the report in favor of the substitute bill presented by the committee Other members of the comittee who agree with him will follow All of them will give careful attention to the testi mony taken by the sub committee which recently visited the territories The committees written report has not yet been submitted to the sen ate and this too will probably be put in on Wednesday The report will analyze the testimony dealing with the questions of soil mines agricultural possibilities educational facilities and general fitness of the population of the various territories for statehood It is generally under stood that a strong position will be taken in opposition to the claims of New Mexico and nrizona considera ble stress being laid on the fact that a large percentage of the people of these territories do not use the Eng lish language and that interpreters are necessary in the conduct of the business of the many courts Atten tion will be given to the previous question of statehood of those terri tories many of which are seriously criticised by the present committee on the ground that they fail entirely to represent the real conditions The report giving the views of the com mittee will be accompanied oy a transcript of the testimony taken by the committee which will be printed for the information of the senate and the country It is expected that the immigration bill will continue to receive desultory attention on Monday and Tuesday but the proceedings with reference to this bill will consist largely in the reading of the bill and the consider ation of amendments There will be more or less of exec utive business during the week and in all probability another adjourn ment from Thursday until the follow ing Monday Land Ready to Distribute ARDMORE I T With the govern ment appraisement of the lands in the Chickasaw Choctaw nation com pleted everything is practically ar ranged for allotment of nine million acres to the Indians Under the law each Indian is entitled to the value of 320 acres of average allotable land the value of each allotment being 1- Tliiricirn timII n Trim on no wifViin of 500 and serve sixty days in the county jail for disregarding the in junction issued in the registration case Appropriation Bills Reported WASHINGTON The legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill carrying 26930453 was reported to the house Friday by the appropria tions committee This is an increase of 500301 over the appropriation for the current fiscal year Indicted for Selling Votes t SHOLES Ind After a session last- j ing a week the grand jury has return- ed 104 indictments All the men j ed are charged with selling their votes j at the last election Adopt Resolution of negret CHICAGO The Hamilton club of which organization Thomas B Reed j was an honorary member held a spe cial meeting Tuesday and adopted olutions of regret on the death of the ex speaker Preceding the tion of the resolutions prominent bers of the club paid tributes to Mr Reed The principal speakers were United States Judges W H Seaman and C C Kohlsaat Hon O N Carter and Alexander R Revell Fire in Mine Still Burns MARQUETTE Mich The under ground workings of the Oliver Iron Mining companys section 1G mine at Ishpeming were still burning Tues day night though the fire is not as fierce as it was the day before It is still impossible to enter the mine All the shafts and openings are seal ed with timber and clay but owing to the crevices it is impossible as yet KSijSl What Commissioner Follmers Report Will Show The report of Land Commissioner Follmer will show that the schools of the state will ultimately have more than 11000000 of interest bearing values contributing to their support At present the total interest bearing values belonging to the fund is 9 74645125 More than half of this amount 545922825 Is In securities of the state counties and the recently purchased bonds of Massachusetts The remainder is made up of the sale contracts and lease contracts bearing interest Besides this income the fund will have -the rental of school lands which under the present lav cannot be alienated The table giv ing these statistics is the first of the kind ever compiled It is as follows Permanent common school se curities o072223 cash on hand THE SOLDIERS HOME Recommends Normal Schools W F Fowler superintendent of in struction in the advance sheets of his report which will be concluded by the first of the year makes the fol lowing recommendations 1 Exchange the industrial school for boys at Kearney with the state normal school at Peru 2 Establish a new normal school at Lincoln 3 Provide for junior normal schools at Alliance and McCook 4 Recognize more liberally the first class private normal schools and de nominational colleges of high stand ard In support of the first recommenda tion that is an exchange of the Kear ney and Peru institutions he calls at tention to the distanace lack of rail road facilities and the expense in reaching Peru as obstacles to a large attendance of students there Paper Changes Hands MCOOK After editing and publish ing the Hayes Center Republican for eighteen years Judge M J Abbott has been compelled to relinquish the paper to the mortgagee R May of Hayes Center who will run the pa- to block the smoke and gases still Per until he can relize on his continue to ooze forth gage 79 13130 Total 507235509 Permanent university securities 10105097 Cash on hand C4303 Total 10169402 Agricultural college securities 22469214 Cash balance 67451 Total 22536063 Normal endowment securities 5900000 Cash balance 81249 Total 5981249 Total educational securities In permanent school fund 345922S25 Value of sale contracts 22572511 Value of lease contracts 202994839 Commandant Cole of Grand Island Makes Report Commandant Cole of the soldiers home in Grand Island has completed his biennial report and recommends quite a number of necessary improve ments owing largely to the increased number of members cared for at the institution The report shows an increase in membership in the biennium of twenty-one per cent over that of two years previous On November 30 1900 there were according to the records of the institution 342 members There were on November 30 1902 415 mem bers of whom 313 were men and 102 women Among the recommendations are 4000 for a new brick building for the quartermaster and commis sarys supplies This would give room in the basement of the main building for another ward for members An appropriation of 7500 is also recom mended for better fire protection in and about the home grounds includ ing a better piping of the building and a pipe leading to the cottages and tarns resetting the boilers the erection of a small building for laun dry purposes and enlarging the en gine rooms and improvements on the rewerage system Pinrlo Fnnrle Arluff omfrT sivrv rtrns -V I Tt r T1 XX has filed with the governor his Stay Granted in Contempt Case niaI report The cornmissioner DENVER Colo The court of speaks of the need of guarding the peals on Tuesday granted a writ of public against foods which have been supersedeas staying execution of preserved by the admixture of danger tence in the contempt case of County I ous chemicals such as hydrofloric Clerk Aichele A bond of 500 was acid a dangerous corrosive and oth exacted Aichele was recently ers Out of 228 samples of food pro tenced by Judge Johnson to pay a fine j ducts analvzed bv the chemist of the food commission 1G3 were adulterated or not sold in compliance with law the report stated The commissioner desires the legislature to make an ap propriation to fit up a laboratory so that he will not be under the neces sity of using the university labor atory which he has been doing for the last two years He recommends a direct appropriation for the main tenance of the commission rather than the present plan of allowing the com mission to depend upon fees BRIEFLY TOLD NEBRASKA IN GENERAL 43frfrQ VALUE OF SCHOOL LANDS Two new delivery routes are soon to bo established at North Bend Mr and Mrs Jobman of Gage coun ty last week celebrated their golden wedding Nebraska City has of late been shy on water and private wells have been resorted to Train Dispatcher L E Cann of Mc Cook died suddenly in Salt Lake whither he had gone for his health Rufus Hook a farmer living near Glencoe had his arm caught in the cog3 of a corn sheller and sustained serious injuries The Republican valley district poul try association will hold its sixth an nual exhibition in McCook December 31 1902 January 1 2 3 1903 The Fremont and Blair high schools will debate the question Resolved That labor unions are an injury to the public Fremont will have the choice of sides Miss Gertrude Enlow a teacher in the public schools of Beatrice had her face and hands badly burned during school hours by the explosion of a coal tsove John Thompson who lived two miles southwest of Blair was ru s over by a train and killed He was on his way home from Blair Thomp son wa about 45 years old and single Orders were rereivpd in Nebraska Total Interest bearing values 974045175 City to get things ready in the starch works so as to start that monster plant as soon as possible This fac tory belongs to the trust and has been closed since early last spring Nebraska turkeys are evidently in great demand in Chicago a promi nent newspaper of that city having instrucced its representatives in Om aha to get bids to supply 1000 of the birds for that papers Christmas work The jury in the district court at Grand Island in the case of Jamieson against the Burlington railroad re turned a verdict in favor of the plain tiff of 1220 Jamieson was a brake man and received injuries on the road The Greeley County Sunday school convention was held at Greeley De cember 6 and 7 All sessions of the conventions were very well attended Prof H M Stiedley field secretary of the State Sunday School association took a very active part in all ses sions The sugar beet season just closed has been very satisfactory in that part of Nebraska about McCook Over 600 carloads have been shipped to Grand Island from McCook alone The yield per acre under fair circum stances has been from fifteen to twen ty tons and as high as 525 per ton has been received by farmers A M Hargis proprietor of the Grand Island Business college has purchased the Security bank building for 14000 and will in the future oc cupy the greater part of the building for the college It is a stone front erected in 1899 at a cost of about 50000 It was recently owned by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company Willard Williams of Ashland who was at the Mead hotel for a few days was surprised the other evening while seated at the desk by his sons Her bert and Albert whom he had not seen or heard from for fifteen and twenty years respectively The boys or rather men are located in Cuba N Y and are prosperous and well-to-do residents of that town Edward Fry agent for the Standard Oil company at Beatrice was found lying near his wagon on the public road five miles east of that city in a dying condition Examination devel oped the fact that the large freight wagon had passed over his stomach inflicting fatal injuries Medical as sistance was immediately summoned but Mr Fry expired before anything could be done to relieve him of his suffering Orders have been issued by the Union Pacific for the immediate building at Sidney of an additional ten stalls to the roundhouse a new boiler house with a battery of three boilers of 250 horse power a large new well near the ice house and elec tric lighting plant a large sandhouse an addition to the machine shops and a complete remodeling of the Union Pacific hotel to be modern in every particular Depuly Food Commissioner Bassett has made public his biennial report to the governor He urges a larger ap propriation on the part of the legis lature as the present one which is almosL entirely contingent on the fees of the office will not suffice to employ a clerk and chemist or to maintain a laboratory He also asks that the present law which provides against the adulteration of foods but which names penalties for the adul teration of vinegar and dairy products only shall be changed in order to provide penalties for all adulterations or the use of preservatives which are harmful iwiiiifiitrtMwOtaSfcftartgsfe TAa Hunting Raleighs Burial Place The question of Sir Walter Raleighs burial place has lately been revived In England Three churches claim both the head and the body of the gallant courtier Immediately after the exe cution which took place in Tothlll street Westminster on October 29 1618 his wife placed the head in a red bag and rode off with it In a mourn ing coach This treasure she kept for twenty five years The body was bur ied in St Margarets church but short ly after the execution Lady Raleigh wrote to her brother Sir Nicholas Ca rew asking permission to bury her husband in his church at Beddlngton where she desired also to be burled History is silent from that time on It is known however that her son treasured the head as his mother had and according to the London Daily Chronicle tradition says that it was finally buried with him at West Hors- ley Surrey No Disrespect Intended That knightly Mississippi gentleman Colonel Bob Bobo of Bobo Miss who refused to lend his hounds to Presi dent Roosevelt recently explains that he had guests of his own at the time who under the laws of Mississippi hospitality held a first lien on the dogs The explanation effectually ab solves the colonel from the charge of disrespect to the president It also indicates that if the latter desires the use of the Bobo hounds on the occa sion of his next bear hunt he will make his headquarters at the Bobo mansion Newark News A Memorial Club House The wife of Bishop Potter is about to build a club house in Cannon street Manhattan adjoining the Neighbor hood house at Cannon and RIvington streets which she equipped for kind ergarten and industrial work The club house for men will be named after Mrs Potters son the late Ed ward Clark and will contain a coffee room in the basement- recreation rooms of various character in the four stories and a roof garden Storekeepers report that the extra quantity together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand What the modern airship navigator needs is a safety anchor and some thing to anchor to Mrs Avinslows nooiilng Syrup For children tectlilns fcoftens tlie kohis reduces In flammation allays pain cured wind colic 25c a bottls The vainest hopes are generally the most roseate Carpets can be colored on the floor with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Avoid whisky and water dilution and a snare it is a ALT UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Uso Red Cross Ball BIuo It makes clotho3 clean and sweet as when now All grocers Time will tell but the woman with a secret never gives time a chance HALF RATES TO CANADIAN POINTS Tic Wabash will sell tickets from Chi cago to many points in Canada Dec 18 19 20 21st sood returning until Jan 10th 1903 For rates and all information call at the Wabash office 1C01 Farnam St or address Harry E Moores G A P D Omaha Neb Some mens littleness is by far the biggest part of them Sensible HouseKeepcrs will have Defiance Starcu not alone because they get one third more for the same money but also because of superior quality When the bookkeeper drops a nickel in the slot he makes a cash entry To Cure a Cold in One day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggistsref und money if it fails to cure 2dc A man has to be dunned to death before he will pay the debt of nature Dealers say that as soon vlz a custo mer tries Defiance Starch it is im possible to sell them any other cold water starch It can be used cold or boiled A sensitive man unlike a clock is apt to go when he is run down ii TO WORKING GIRLS I W FREE MEDICAL ADVICE Every working girl who is not well is cordially invited to write to Mrs Pinlclmm Lynn Mass for advice it is freely given and lias restored thousands to health Hiss Paines Experience I -want to thank you for what yon have done for me and recommend Lydia E Pinlchams Vegetable Compound to all girls whose work keeps them standing- on their feet in the store The doctor said I must stop work he did not seem to realize that a girl cannot afford to stop work ing My back ached my appetite was poor I could not sleep and menstrua tion was scanty and very painful One day when suffering I commenced to take Iivdia E Pinkhams Vege table Compound and found that it helped me I continued its use and soon found that my menstrual periods were free from pain and natural everyone is surprised at the chango in me and I am well and cannot be too grateful for what you have done for me Miss Janet Paine 530 West 125th St New York City 5000 forfeit if original of above letter prosing genuineness ccui not be produced Take no substitute for it in JDydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound that euros W DREWS JUNIPER BITTERS ICclIerea All DUtrem of trie Stuniacb and Periodi cal Disorders FLAVOR UNSURPASSED Sold Everywhere CRESCENT CHEMICAL CO Omaha Nob PHONOGRAPHS w r ueadiiuar ten for talking mxclilnes lrlci s from M 00 up Largest tooK of records In tlie west Write fo Prloes and Cataloguca NEBRASKA CYCLE CO Cor 15th and Harney Omaha 25oj 5 TON IS WHAT YOU CAN 8AVE We make all kinds of scales 1AI30BB Pumps and Windmills PUCU BECKMAN BROS DE3 MOINES JOWA It sometimes happens that a poli tician is never so much out of place as when he is in one AII DP TO DATK HOOSEKKKPER1 use Defiance Cold Ytfr Starch because It Is better and 4 oz more of It for flame money The easiest money to spend and the hardest money to save is that which you havent yet earned SrATE of Ohio citit os toleoo i Lucas CouKxr f s Frank J Cheney makes oath that ho Is the senior partner of the llrm of F JCheney Co doinjr business in the City of Toledo County and State aforesaid and that said Hnn will pay the sum of ONE HLXDUKD DOLLARS Tor saeh and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by the use o IiallN Catarrh Cure FKANK J CHENT2Y Sworn to before Tie and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of December A D 188 rcVAr 1 A W GLEASON iatAIJ Notary Public Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Jf the system Send for testimonials free F J CHEXE Y CO Toledo a Sold by Druggists ic Halls Family Pills are the best Dont be so aggressively charitablo as to make beneficiaries uncomfort able A gentleman of leisure excels in do ing nothing pracefully J miVB 8R8FE TOSIS 0URES CQRSHPlTira Constipation is the rotting and decaying of undigested food in tha alimentary canal Disease germs ariso from this fester ing mass vnicn nau tneir way into me blood The blood becomes impure and shortly tlie entire system gives way to the unhealthy condition You cannot euro a case like this by taking pills or other common cathartics A laxative will not do A blood medi cine is ineffective Mulls Grape Tonic is a gentle and mild laxative in addition to being a blood making and Etrength giving tonic which immediately builds up the wasted body and makes rich red blood that carries its health giving Btrengtb to every tissue at every heart beat Mulls Grape Tonic is made of pure crushed fruit juices and is sold under a positive guarantee Doctors prescribe it All druggists sell it at 50 cents a bottle Seed 10c to Uzhlalaz Medicice Co Rock Ulan J III to cover postage on forge sasplc bottle GET READY FOR BAD WEATHER Cold weather is sure to ripen a crop of Old Aches and Pains MEXICAN MUSTANG Lmmmi cares aches and injuries It ought to be in easy reach in every home k J h 4 s