Tjjt K i fcnjumwfe hc TWENTY FIRST YEAR Maurice Heafy Passes Peacefully Away Last Saturday night after an illness of ubout four months Maurice llenfy passed peacefully into tho future land at tho home of his sister Mrs John II Bennett About January 1st the do ceased was taken down with a severe cold at Havelock Brighta disease de veloped and was the cause of his death in this city to which he came in a week or so after being taken sick Maurice Hkafy was born in Fair bury Illinois July 18th 1871 died in McCook Nebraska April 25th 1903 Ho moved to McCook with his parents in 1881 Ho learned the trade of a cop persmith in the Burlington shop in this city and afterwards moved to Goodland Kansas whore ho worked at his trade three years for tho Rock Island railroad company The last year and a half of his life was spent in the Burlington service in the Havelock shops De ceased was a member of the Modern Woodmen Royal Arcanum Knights and Ladies of Security and Redmen orders Services wore held at the residence of Lis sister Mrs J H Bennett Tuesday morning consisting of a requiem mass by Rev Sebastian Brennan and sermon by Rev J J Lough ran Interment in Calvary cemetery followed Many friends attended the services and fol lowed tho body to tho cemetery thus exhibiting their respect for the memory of a young man of high roligious char actor who has gone on before Mrs S A Miller a sister and child ren of Goodland Kansas wero present at tho funeral also two members of the Havelock lodge Royal Arcanum Messrs John Young and B U Record who acted as pallbearers George Prentiss represented the Knights of Security Maurice Heafy who came up to mans estate in our city was a young man of excellent character of an exceptionally strong religious nature and was highly esteemed and greatly admired by all who knew him CARD OF THANKS Wo desire to express our sincere ap preciation of and thankfulness for the many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy so freely tendered during the sickness and at the death of our beloved son and brother Maurice Heafy M J Heafy Mary Heafy Mrs J H Bennett and family Mrs S A Miller and family Dated April 28 1903 McConnells Wall Paper Exhibit It is ever and alway a pleasure to The Tribune to note evidences of improve ment and indications of a desire to excel in McCook businessmen and this nat urally brings it to the annual wall paper exhibition made by McConnell It has come to be one of the seasonable feat ures to which up-to-date wall paper pur chasers look forward with pleasantest anticipations The weather this week has been unfavorable causing the ex tension of exhibition dates until tomor row If you have not already taken ad vantage of the opportunity be sure to do so tomorrow the closing date You will And the unequaled display in the Stern building two doors below the postoffice The latest designs styles colorings and combinations are there to be seen in greatest variety You must see them to got adequate idea Go tomorrow They have pleasure in showing you You will be profited in being shown Advertisement for Bids Bids will be received by the building committee for a church building to be erected at McCook Neb Plans and specifications can be seen at the pastors residence on and after May 8th 1903 Bids will be opened May 22nd 1903 at 2 p m All bids should be accompanied by a certified check for the amount of 100 Tho committee reserves the right to re ject any or all bids C J OBrien Secy Building Committee Nine of Them Died John R Penny had the misfortune last week to lose nine head of fine sheep by poison They got some grass hopper poison left over from last year and which during housecleaning had been thoughtlessly placed near the fence enclosing the field in which his flock of sheep were feeding At Wilcox Sons Store A carload of fancy potatoes Bliss Early Triumph and Early Ohio just received at our store Get your orders in promptly These are a fine article at a very reasonable price 50 cts a bushel Last summer Neighbor Smiths life was one of vexation bad temper and profanity Since then he has purchased one of V T Colemans Pennsylvania lawn mowers and life with him is now one long sweet dream His happiest moments are those spent in pushing his Pennsylvania across his lawn Dont miss putting on a room or two of the red or blue ingrain wall paper with the bird border Cone Bros keep it Ferris corset waists for children misses and ladies at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos 50c to 1 Long and short kimonos also wrap pers and shirtwaist suits at The Thomp son Dry Goods Cos Childrens parasols at 10c and locjust received at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos See that string of lawn mowers at Waites All sizes Prices from 3 up More sun bonnets just received at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos 5 GO S 5 SXSX5J House Cleaning Time Let us sell you your ammonia borax furniture polish moth balls camphor and other drugs L W McConnell MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE Mrs II EMacKain is visiting friends in Alliance Barton Hill is now working in Lar amie Wyoming Miss Stasia Brady is clerking for C L DeGroff Co L Morse Benkelman spenf a while in tho city Tuesday G L Laws was up from Lincoln Sat urday on land business Judge I R Darnell was down from Stratton Tuesday on business Barney Hofer had business in his old homo Wauneta Wednesday Frank McCallum of Wauneta visited his sister Mrs Barney Ilofer Sunday W J Crawford has been the guest of his sister Mrs J H Mooro this week Mrs Frank D Brown went down to Hebron on 2 yesterday morning on business Mrs S M Cook arrived home Thurs day morning on 13 from a short visit in Holdrege Dr J E Hathorn was a Bartley bus iness visitor in the countys capital Wednesday Mrs C B Sawyer and daughter Miss Kate spent tho last few days of last week in Omaha Miss May Crawford is here from Niwot Colorado guest of her sister Mrs J II Moore Miss Stella Fuller was tho gracious hostess at tho Awl Osian convocation Tuesday evening Earl Vaiiue who has been attending a dental college in Chicago the past season is at home Miss Flora McLean of Alpena Mich igan is a guest in Supt ACampbells home on a short visit Amos Bower arrived home Wednes day night from Omaha where he has been attending business college Miss Irma Allen of the Nebraska Childrens Home society departed for the east on 12 Tuesday morning Miss Millie Slaijy came up from Re publican City Saturday on 13 and was tho guest of her sister over Sunday Joseph Sullivan of Frontier county is a recent removal to our city He is living on the Boyle place just north of town Joe Walters was down from the ranch in Dundy county near Hiawatha postoflice first of the week guest of his sister Mrs Mario Mundy Dr A P Welles attended the 35th annual meeting of tho Nebraska State Medical society in Lincoln which opened on Tuesday for a three days session Will Walters came down from Denver Saturday night on a flying visit to his sister Mrs Marie Mundy departing for tho west again on 1 Mon day Mrs J V OConnell and three children departed on No 6 Saturday night for Philadelphia Pennsylvania called there by the serious illness of her mother H M Eaton deputy commissioner of public lands and buildings was up from the state capital Saturday last on busi ness connected with the land commis sioners office Mrs W R Starr left on Monday morning for her old home in Ohio on a lengthy visit stopping over in Lincoln I part of tho day to witness the reception to President Roosevelt Mrs W F Pate and Mrs Leroy Kleven left on 14 Sunday night for St Louis where they will be guests of Mrs Pates brother during a short visit in the latest worlds fair city Mrs Thomas Marsland and two young granddaughters were guests of Mrs A P Thomson Wednesday com ing up on 3 Tuesday and returning home on 12 yesterday morning George D Burgess returned Tues day night from Immanuel hospital Omaha where he was operated upon a few weeks since for a minor ailment He is getting on nicely and expects in a couple of weeks to be able to resume work A J Chambers arrived home Tues day morning from a trip through the coast country from California to Wash ington While he saw some places which took his fancy there was much of it that failed utterly to enamor him He thinks that much of that country especially the northwest is greatly over boomed E L Anderson of the Daily Telegram Atlantic Iowa spent Tuesday night in the city while out west on a little trip C P Hubbard who is the owner of over a thousand acres of land near Culbert son and A M Duvall both of the same place were in the party They went to Denver on No 13 Wednesday and will take in Culbertson and the french man valley country on their return east W F Lawson who for years was cashier of the First National Bank of this city but who has been in business in Covina Calif for the past year or two today enters upon the duties and responsibilities of cashier of the Alham bra Bank at Alhambra Calif Will is an ideal cashier and The Tribune felici tates the Alhambra Bank management upon securing his most efficient and thoroughly reliable service at the same time congratulating him upon his re sumption of bank work for which he is pecularly adapted and fitted Rubber Boots come handy for ir rigating as well as snow and mud We have a good supply at the Bee Hive GXsSXsSXs Coleman handles the superior gasoline stoves of the market If you want the best and latest obtainable in that line see him Buv vour wall oaner of Cone Bros and get two blue stamps with each 10 cents A Series of Entertainments The library board has arranged for a series of high class entertainments to bo given for the benefit of the McCook freo public library the not proceeds to bo exclusively devoted to the purchase of new books for the library the fool in politics The first of the series will be a lecture on The Fool in Politics by James Clement Ambrose Chicagos thinking humorist This will be given in the court room on the even ing of next Tuesday May 5th Am brose comes with tho highest and strongest testimonials His lecture is warranted to not only amuse you but will make you think as well as laugh entertains and instructs He is described as lta charming speaker a marvelous good talkor It will pay you to hear hfm Dont neglect the opportunity Its next Tuesday evening ORPHEUS JUBILEE SINGERS The next in the series is Mason Downs Orpheus Jubilee Singers They will appear in tho court rooms Friday evening June 5th But of this more in future issue NAT franco Comedian and impersonator will give the concluding entertainment in the series of three Tho date is Fri day evening June 19th in the court room His merits will be fully set forth in due time Season tickets for the series will cost you 100 single admissions will be 50 cents Buy a season ticket Each and all of these entertain ments will be strictly first class and worth while By buying tickets and patronizing these entertainments you will at one and the same time secure instruction and pleasure and will in cidentally help on that noble enter prise the free public library The Tribune urges a most liberal patronage Remember the opening date May 5 next Tuesday evening Twas a Great Evening The joint Workman Degree of Honor entertainment in the opera house Tues day evening was a most enjoyable and satisfactory affair in spite of the ele ments About two hundred members of the two orders were present and every prospect pleased In addition to the competitive drill contest between the teams of the two orders there was an excellent literary music program refreshments dancing etc John and Joy Selby sang a duet ac ceptably Rev F W Dean spoke to the good of the order It was a fine address and to the point J F Forbes favored with one of his delightful readings An excellent male quartette number by Messrs John and Joy Selby Frank Green and James Irwin was an appre ciated feature The paper by Mrs A P Welles on The Degree of Honor was one of her al ways able and meritorious efforts The hall was seated on the north side fronting south and the south side was arranged for the team drills which held the closest attention and interest of all present The contest was very close both teams giving a good account of themselves but the judges decided in favor of the ladies by two points Cap tain Mrs Henry Walker of the Degree of Honor and Captain E D Reed of the Workmen are both to be congratulated upon the efficiency of their teams Mrs A P Welles presented Captain Walker with the purse which was raised by the gentlemen present paying ten cents each for tho refreshments which were pro vided by tho ladies and served on the stage Chapter X Greets Inspector State Inspector Mrs Thomas of Min- den was in the city Tuesday and in the evening at the home of Mrs H H Tartsch the sisterhood gave the visiting othcer a genial greeting A three course luncheon was served The sisterhood colors yellow and white were carried out in both house decorations and re freshments There were responses to the following toasts Our Chapter Letter Miss Gorby Our P E O Flower Mrs White P E O Sis terhood vs Club MissBudlong T E O Aspirations Miss Thomson Our Babies Miss Wilcox Our Hon ored Guest Mrs Schobel Coming Again Dr S Shwartz the well known eye specialist of Denver will again be at the Commercial hotel May 15 one day and in Culbertson on May 16th Dr Shwartz has corrected eyes for over 3000 patient in the last few years and has over 1000 testimonials of his skill All work guaranteed to give perfect sat isfaction Consultation and examina tion free Dont forget the date May 15th Who Drew the Chair Ticket No 2G11 is the winner of the chair at the drawing at J A Wilcox Sons store Who is the lucky holder of the winning ticket Please present the same at the store promptly We Are Ready to Show You the latest in wall papers Will be pleased to show you our papers whether you buy or not Look elsewhere and then come in and compare qualities and prices Yours for business A McMillen The old iron clad feedmill owned by John Schmidt on corner Dennison and Manchester streets is being torn down and removed by Mr Schmidt to a plat of ground near the south river bridge where it will be reconstructed for service Corset girdles in gauze batiste and coutil 50c to 81 at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS Engines 58 and 382 are out of tho shop E E Willis is a new car ropairer this week C E Benedict was a Hastings visitor Sunday Q P Kelley is a new car repairer this week B E Hagler is a new member of the night force H D Stewart visited the homefolks Alma Sunday Ray Gale machinist helper resigned first of the week Jack Johnson of Walkers gang re signed Tuesday J Schauorman is a new painters helper this week Brakeman C L Fenn was a Lincoln visitor Saturday Foreman James Egan is on the relief with an injured limb A C Wagner a now machinist com menced work Monday A L Paulson resigned from tho paint gang first of the week W Huffstutter of tho paint gang re signed first of the week T L OPry new machinist entered the service last Saturday R P Mauser new machinist entered tho service last Saturday Operator Clough of Akron visited in Red Cloud last of last week Engineer C K Putnam made a flying trip to Denver Friday night Brakeman S M Cawthra is among the ailing trainmen this week Operator and Mrs Frank Wallace were Sunday visitors in Orleans O L Foster and Berna Thomas are late additions to the night force Engineer William Koll was up from Republican City Monday night Five of the blacksmiths indulged in a little pricnie on tho Willow Sunday J W Hasty entered tho companys employe first of the week as fireman C S Bricker general piecework in spector was here Monday and Tuesday narry Munsell and J S VanHorn are new members of the car repairers gang No 13 was four hours late Monday morning delay being on the Missouri line Conductor L A Hurlburt has gone to Chicago on a ten days leave of ab sence Operators Basley at Oxford and Miller of Red Cloud were Arapahoo visitors Sunday Fireman J D Remington resigned from the companys employe first of the week Fireman and Mrs Jay H Snyder visited Nebraska City friends first of the week George Meyer of the paint gang has been transferred to the machine shop as an apprentice Brakeman C A Deloy returned to work Wednesday after a months ab sence on a visit Brakeman and Mrs H W Conover are taking parental interest in a son born last Friday night Brakeman FFNeubauer accompanied Mrs V M Crommett home to Beaver City Monday morning S W Riley went to Beaver City Monday as helper at that station Mrs Allen accompanied him Brakeman Frank Pickrel was sum moned to Holdrege early in the week by the illness of his mother Engineer S V Ives and Fireman M H Griggs had the Russian special McCook to Denver Wednesday Fireman Zajicek had his right hand hurt on the run down from Akron Fri day night last and will be laid np a week or longer for repairs Mr and Mrs F R Dobson came up from Havelock Saturday night visiting her parents until Monday night when they returned to the big shops Se Kapke the South Main avenue tailor if you want a suit or pair of pants Orders taken and goods guar anteed Prices very reasonable Frank Green blacksmith is under the doctors care with an injured eye A piece of hot steel flew into his right eye Monday afternoon cutting open the tear duct Engineer Ben Bowen and his fireman went up to Sterling Colorado on Nos 3 302 - Wednesday morning after 362 which they brought to the shops for an overhauling A section hand on the Burlington working out of Atlanta was discovered to be afflicted with smallpox first of the week and promptly quarantined Hold rege Progress 21th The St Francis branch will be pro vided with a cream car which will go east every other day and be used for the exclusive shipments of cream from this territory Wilconville Review 21th L P Forsman and bride arrived in the city Monday night and he has resumed work in the flue department The interesting event took place in Am herst W ednesday April 22nd and Miss Florence Harris is the happy bride They have gone to housekeeping in South McCook The Tribune joins in wishing the sterling young couple much joy and prosperity in their married life XSXs SXSsXssXS5XsXS e For 1000 You can buy an Edison phono graph It will sing for you it will play for you it will repeat to you the music of famous bands and orchestras the sweet voices of famous singers and the voices of family and friends It enter tains and amuses people of all ages ooia oy Mcvjonnell Druggist Fine stationery is found at Cone Bros i a ut iULt I I 1 1 1 y rtbmrc McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING MAY 1 1903 The Spinsters Return Tho young ladies H S C of tho Congregational church will present tho above entitled sequel to Tho Spinsters Convention in tho opera house Friday evening May 15th This highly amus ing burlesque will bo given by a lengthy cast embracing tho best dramatic talent in tho city Tho Spinsters Return never fails to score a success It is brim full of fun from raiser to drop and the II S C is making strenuous efforts to produce it most entertainingly and with greatest success And they will succeed Tickets will bo 25 and 35 cents Re served seats will be on sale at Mc Connells in due time Fancy drills and a musical program will also be features of tho entertain ment Postponed -to May 5th Tho sociable advertised by tho ladies of the Catholic church to bo held at the homo of Mrs Frank Kendlon last Mon day evening but postponed on account of the death of Maurice Heafy will be held on next Tuesday ovoning May 5th at the same place Cards and refresh ments All welcome Only 15 cents Abraham Lincoln Bishop Charles II Fowler of Buffalo Now York will preach at tho Methodist church Sunday May 17 and on Mon day evening May 18 will lecture on Abraham Lincoln Bishop Fowler is recognized as the mightiest preacher in Methodism an intellectual giant and McCook is to bo congratulated A Butchering Difference is the difference between our way and other ways tho difference between good meat and poor meat and our customers gain by the difference in methods Wo are careful in selecting and killing our meats and in selling aim to please our patrons Marsh Meat Market That McCook needs a local society for prevention of cruelty to animals no one will doubt who witnessed tho driv ing up Main avenuo Thursday morning of a dray team white and black horses hitched to a greatly overloaded dray wagon full of coal A kid delivery boy may offer the excuse of youth and inex perience in overdriving a pationt delivery-horse but there is no excuse for cruelly overloading faithful dray horses when the streets are slippery with mud and slush When in doubt on any question that involves expense it pays to take time to decide Before buying wall paper take time to thoroughly inspect our store If you do you will find that you cant match tho assortment or the price Our stock is rich in new and distinctive de signs and the prices will speak for them selves L W McConnell Turnover collars in fruit designs lace yoke collars in nottingham plauen and battenberg designs pearl waists sets pendants medallions and other trim mings laco gloves and mitts wrist bags twine bags small valises telescopes and shopping bags newly received at Tho Thompson Dry Goods Co Some McCook ladies have already be gun taking art studies and work under the instruction of Mrs Vitella Jackson Crose who will remain in the city until about May 15th Interested ones call at residence of Mrs E J Mitchell first door north of postoffice Choice collec tion of her work on exhibition Boys knee pant suits at 85c 125 8165 and up to S325 Boys knee pants 25c 50c and 75c Mens suits 8350 to S1250 Mens corduroy pants 2 Mens heavy blue striped overclothes 125 per suit at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos An obstreperous coal oil heating stove of diminutive proportions caused a little stir in The Tribune office Monday morning An alarm was given but the services of the fire boys were not re quired No damage Comrade G W Dillon was around last week soliciting funds to defray Decoration Day expenses of the local G A R post and met with a fairly liberal response The attention of contractors and build ers is directed to the advertisement for bids by the building committee of the Catholic church appearing elsewhere in this issue J C Rodgers who lives on the Christ ian farm B miles southwest of town lost a 5 bill last Friday and will give a 81 for its return to this office An infant girl of Mr and Mrs Jacob Crockers died on Monday at a tender age and was buried in Calvary cemetery the same day in the afternoon The Fortnightly Dancing club will close the present seasons series of dances with a grand finale this evening May 1st in the opera hall Ladies gauze union suits gauze knee pants and vests also childrens gauze underwear at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos Orders taken for strictly tailor made suits at Kapkes at from 81500 and upwards Pants at from 84 upwards Regular meeting of the Dorcas society will be held at the home of Mrs A P Thomson next Tuesday afternoon 230 City real estate has gone up a notch recently as a result of the active de mand especially for residence lots As platform literature his Fool stands alone Ambrose is a marvel Colonel J M Bull Worthington The gentlemen of the whist club en tertained the club Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs CM Bailey Newest table damasks with open work borders at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos NUMBER 50 MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS You can buy at Cono Bros Got your garden hoso of F D Burgess See thoso enamel lined rofrigorators at Waites Indian clubs and dumb bells at W T Colomans Lawn mowers and catchers at W T Colemans Seo tho largo lino of now hammocks at Cono Bros Rubber hoso sprinklers nozzles re pairs at Colomans When you want wall paper or a paper hanger seo Cono Bros Best grado of garden hoso at very low prices at F D Burgess Only one best paint tho Heath Milligan Sold by Cono Bros II P Waito will sell you tho best grado hose at tho lowest figure Job lot of ladies shoes worth 225 and 250 Special prico 129 DeGroff Girl Wanted For genoral house work Ellis Ford 511 N Madison Handsome shades in etaminos Goc and 75c at Tho Thompson Dry Goods Cos IT P Waito has a full lino of Alaska refrigerators and Jewel gasolino stoves Tho best lino of fancy toilet prepara tions and perfumes in tho city at Cono Bros Nursing corsets in gauze and in coutil for 50c at Tho Thompson Dry Goods Cos Ambrose is a thinker who thinks ranks among tho best Hudson Star Times American A 2 busheI seamless grain bags 16oc at Tho Thompson Dry Goods Cos Goodrich Rubber Co make tho best garden hoso All guaranteed by F D Burgess Try McMillens sarsaparilla for tho blood Money refunded if not sat isfactory Ladies dress skirts and walking skirts from 8150 to 0 at The Thompson Dry Goods Cos Tho Jewel is the most economical and most durable of all the gasoline stoves For sale by II P Waite If you wish a good mixed paint get the Lincoln Guaranteed for three years Sold only by A McMillen Minden Neb Dec 27 1002 I have used Liquid Koal and find it a good preventive EG Klinck stock dealer Residence for Sale 7 room house and two lots Price 81200 Mrs W M Irwin Lost Black fur boa about a month ago Finder will bo suitably rewarded by returning same to Mrs George Wil letts Tailor made suits at from 81500 and upward ordered by Kapke the South Main street tailor Pants at from 1 upwards Does this warm weather remind you of tho need of a refrigerator or an ice cream freezer All kinds at W T Colemans Don McCarty painter and paper hanger Shop under Kennedys cigar store Patronage solicited and work guaranteed Kapke will take your orders for suits strictly tailor made at from 81500 and upwards 1 and upwards for pants Satisfaction guaranteed Your meat bill should be one you aro glad to pay Marsh aims to treat his customers so well that they like to spend their money in his market What the people say who use them goes They ought to know They do Their verdict is that the Empire cream separator has no superior in the market Another carload of Russian sugar beet workers came in from the east last Friday on 5 bound for Fort Collins Colorado A trainload went to the same place last week The only trouble Coleman is having these days is to get enough of those Ocean Wave washing machines from the factory to meet the demand for them They are very satisfactory to all who use them Whatever the market offers in season you will find it at Marshs meat market and the price is always right You will receive prompt service and courteous treatment in the bargain which is always due you The Ambrose lecture which I heard at the Troy conference was thoroughly original no ruts no platitudes but compelled attention all the way through I should be glad to hear him again Bishop McCabe Paul Anton at the B M meat mar ket is putting on the block his own corn fed beeves You know that means the very best meat obtainable Its Pauls idea that there is no meat on earth too good for his trade and he feeds his own cattle to secure the best corn fed pro duct Good Materials Good grinding good mixing and good methods make the Sherwin Williams Paint the best in the world S W P means greatest satisfaction and economy in paint ing All kinds of paints for all kinds of purposes L W McConnell w -