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TWENTY SECOND YEAR
One of McCooks Baseball Boys Dead
The information in Mondays evening
dailies of the death of Robert Gaines
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was a profound surprise to many Mc
Cook people and especially so to the
baseball boys He died at his home in
Missouri Wednesday of last week after
undergoing an operation for appendicitis
which was preceded by a short illness
Bobby Gaines hnd a state and na
tional reputation as an athlete and was
particularly well known in Lincoln and
the state university having been a stu
dent during 1900 1901 and 1901 1902 and
a member of the baseball team of 1902
He was immensely popular in both
athletic and social circles during his
connection with the state university
In 1902 he entered Princeton univer
sity becoming a member of the track
team winning the 120 yard hurdles and
making a now track recordl
In this section of Nebraska he will be
remembered for his connection with the
Minden and McCook baseball teams
Ho was connected with McCooks pen
nant winners this year but only toward
tho close of the season and for a brief
while Ho was a prime favorite with
tho baseball players as well as with tho
fans He was 21 years of age and
his great big boyish figure and ways are
well remembered by many He went
from hero to his home in Missouri where
he died as above stated
Tho remains were buried in Missouri
where he spent quite a number of years
of his life on last Sunday
A Few Public School Items
The fall term of public shool will open
on Monday September 7th
Cadets can be measured for uniforms
any time this week or next at the tailor
ing shop of L O Mehus
Supt Thomas will be at his office
Friday and Saturday September 4th
and 5th to classify now pupils and to
adjust tho credits of those who were last
year deficient in their work
Supt Thomas left on Wednesday
morning for Harvard to spend a week
with the home folks before resuming the
the work of the nest school year His
summer vacation was very much abbre
viated by tho work of the junior normal
school of this city
A Former Boxelder Boy Weds
Tho Lincoln Star of Monday evening
announces tho marriage of Samuel
W Pinkerton formerly of Boxelder
this county and Miss Ida Lewis of
Lincoln Nebraska the wedding tak
ing place in Lincoln on Monday Sam
is a graduate of tho law and academic
departments of tho Nebraska university
and for a while was a partner of O L
Thorgrimson in the practice of law in
the city of Seattle Wash Mrs Pinker
ton was graduated from the university
in 1899 They left for St Paul Minn
the same day
Call For Bids
The building committee of district 8
Redwillow County Nebraska will re
ceive sealed bids for the construction of
a new school house for said district ac
cording to plans and specifications to be
seen at The McCook Tribune office
Said bids will be opened on Saturday
August 29th 1903 A certified check
for 5000 must accompany each bid
Committee reserves right to reject any
and all bids J W Burtless
I H Wasson
W G Dutton
j Committee
Report From One Thresher
A report comes to The Tribune from
one thresher who has been operating
north of McCook He has threshed
out about 30000 bushels of fall and
and spring wheat The spring wheat has
averaged between 22 and 23 bushels per
acre and the fall wheat between 26 and
28 bushels per acre
School Books
During the year we will carry the
American Book Cos text books used
in this and adjoining counties and will
be glad to supply you
A complete line of tablets pens pen
cils crayon slates etc
McConnell druggist
Dwelling House for Sale
Two good 4 room houses for sale in
South McCook 50 cash and balance
10 per month L M Best
Steady Work for Printer
The Tribune has steady work at fair
wages for a competent compositor
Write or call and learn particulars
A McMillen will furnish the plate
glass front for the new store of The
Thompson Dry Goods Co
Hot and thirsty Get a champagne
phosphate at Cone Bros
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Cramps Your money back if
McConnells Blackberry
Colic Balsam fails to give relief
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MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
J R McCarl is spending a while at
Excelsior Springs Mo
Miss Mamie Fitzgerald is up from
Lincoln visiting her uncle P Walsh
Mr and Mrs J E Kelley went up
to Denver on Nol3Tbursday on a visit
Mrs C W Britt spent tho early days
of the week in Lincoln arriving home
Tuesday
G D Leach came down from Denver
Wednesday morning on a shortvisit on
business
Miss Myrtle Pate has gone up to
Colorado where she is spending a month
visiting relatives
Mrs Arthur Douglass is down from
Denver guest of her parents Mr and
Mrs II C Brown
Mrs Ed Reed and Claude loft on 2
Saturday morning for their new home
in Herington Kansas
F E Stock formerly of Stock
Coupe early butchers of our city spent
a few days here this week
Charles Enoch of Green Bay Wis
consin is here to see his son George
He may decide to locate hero
Miss Luce who visited McCook rela
tives for a few weeks returned to her
homo in Iowa close of last week
Mrs HC Brown has been entertain
ing her mother Mrs Albert D Green of
Holyoke Colorado since last week
A J IIelfrich of the Palmer house
has gone to Holdrege and will be em
ployed in the Hampton house there
Mrs C B Rowell arrived home last
Sunday morning from her visit to Elmer
and family near Max Dundy county
Mrs C M Bailey arrived home
close of last week from her visit in Sheri
dan Wyoming and other points north
west
Mrs Myrtle Platt has gone to St
Louis previous to going to the Phillip
pine Islands where she is in the customs
service
Mrs H H Kinghorn who has been
visiting relatives in the county for a
few weeks returned to her homo in
Iowa close of last week
Mrs DH Troxel of Telluride Colo
rado a former resident of our city in the
early days was a guest of Mrs H P
Sutton close of last week
Mrs Lowman and Miss Sara arrived
Sunday night from Chicago Mrs Low
man is much better They contemplato
soon leaving for California
Mrs F G Westland arrived home
on 1 Saturday from her visit over in
Illinois Miss Lillian Roman accom
panied her home from Lincoln
Mr and Mrs A P Thomson Miss
Elizabeth Leslie and Matt arrived home
Friday night on No 6 from their
months vacation up in Montana
Marion Powell of Lincoln spent Sun
day in the city He was out on business
connected with his large ranch interests
on the Beaver near Marion postoffice
Frank Holbrook came down from
Colorado close of last week on a visit
to relatives and friends here His wife
and her daughter have been here a few
weeks
Mrs E E Magee who has been the
guest of her sister Mrs F M Kimmell
during the summer departed for her
home in Fairmont Tuesday morning
on No 2
Mrs J A Kuns left on 12 Saturday
morning for her farm home near McCool
Junction York county Miss Millie
Ebert accompanied her on a visit of a
week nr two
Louis Thorgrimson of the First Na
tional Bank departed on last Saturday
night for Glenwood Springs Colorado
to be absent about a week on his regular
summer vacation
Mrs Emma McKean and Baby Ger
trude Norris arrived from Toledo Ohio
today onNo 1 The rest of the family
are expected to arrive from Wisconsin
first of the coming week
C I Hall of the Nebraska Telephone
Co was at headquarters in Omaha fore
part of the week voicing a prayer for
some No12 wire which seems to be unget
table while he has numerous applications
for new telephones
Miss Alma Walker of Lancaster
Wisconsin is a guest of her cousin Mrs
Frank Dudek this week Miss Walker
spent last week at the home of her uncle
W E Bower This is her first visit in
tfiis part of the west and it was in the
nature of a happy surprise to the
tives
E E Morrow and family departed on
No 2 Wednesday morning for Aurora
Kansas where they will make their
home on a farm in Northeastern Kan
sas Mr Morrow came to McCook in
an early day and the family has formed
many close friendships It is the wish
and hopo of all that they may be happy
and prosperous in their new home
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JHcCooh
Robbery of the Lebanon Bank
The safe of the State Bank of Leba
non was blown open with charges of
nitro glycerine last Thursday night by
a gang of professional bank robbers and
380000 of theundsof the bank stolen
So far the robbers have escaped capture
The banks cash books notes etc
were kept in a large safe which contain
ed an inner steel apartment for cash
There were three distinct explosions
The first blew of the largo outer door
and tho remaining two were devoted to
getting into the cash chest The third
explosion awakened J W Hupp of our
city president of tho bank who was in
charge of the institution during the ab
sence of the cashier E E Devoe in Cali
fornia on a visit He rushed to the
bank doubtless arriving there shortly
after the robbers had decamped as tho
bank building was still so densely filled
with smoke that it was with some diffi
culty that he succeeded in striking a
match Shortly after the entire com
munity had been aroused but no trace of
the robbers could be secured and follow
ed and up to this time no arrests have
been made or funds recovered although
no efforts aro being spared to run down
the criminals
Tho loss of funds amounts to about
380000 upon which there is 300000
insurance in the Fidelity and Casualty
Co Tho damage to the banking room
will not exceed 5000 An adjuster of
tho company was promptly on the scene
from Kansas City and a satisfactory
settlement will doubtless be made of the
cash loss
The notes securities books etc of the
bank were not damaged to any extent
In blowing open the cash chest a bag
containing a number of hundred dollars in
gold was blown open and running out
escaped the notice of the robbers hence
the bank is several hundred dollars to
the good on that account
Awaiting the arrival of a new safe
the bank is closed
MrHupp came over to the citySunday
night returning to Lebanon however
early Monday morning
The bank will resume business just as
soon as their new safe arrives unim
paired in any particular
The indications are that the gang is
the same that has been operating in the
country along tho Nebraska Kansas line
for some time with success
What with fires bank robbers etc
Lebanon seems to be having more than
its full shore of trouble these prosper
ous times
George Carter Painfully Injured
George Carter second son of Alfred
Carter who lives north of the city was
very seriously injured last Saturday
morning and has been unconscious most
of the time since though hope is now
entertained that he will recover
The lad was standing near the engine
operating a threshing machine talking
to another boy A man was engaged in
forking loose rye straw from a wagon
up to the platform of the thresher In
endeavoring to catch some straw which
fell down between the wagon and the
machine the tines of his fork caught in
the splice of the main belt The engin
eer saw the fork coming arid shut off
steam but this did not prevent the fork
from striking the wheels of the engine
The fork was broken in coming in con
tact with the wheels of the engine and
a piece of the fork a few inches long
struck young George over the head as
he was standing on the opposite side of
the engine
The ladss condition has been very
serious being unconscious most of the
time but it is hoped that he will recover
without an operation being necessary
Colson Stock Co
Will not open here until Monday
Sept 7th owing to the warm weather
The company is here now and is work
ing hard at rehearsals The opening
play will be the great eastern success
the Prince and Lady with the great
Haley children in the cast Tickets on
sale Saturday morning of this week
Admission 25 cents for the raised seats
35 cents for every chair in the house
Cheap and Durable Paint
We have a good mineral in different
colors which wears well and makes a
cheap paint Call in and get prices
A McMillen
Fine line of wagons and buggies just
received by W W McMillen the har
ness maker His prices are as attractive
as his stock Get them before buying
The removal sale of The Thompson
Dry Goods Co will continue through
the coming week
1 FOR SALE I
One of the most desirable homes
in McCook Eight rooms bath
room closets fruit shade lawn
etc Geo B Berry
To Be or Not to Be Vaccinated
That Is the Question
A great many centuries ago a certain
Chinese philosopher asked himself
whether small pox was preforable to vac
cination or vice versa and finally de
cided that vaccination was to be pre
ferred He lived to a ripe old ago Some
centuries later a man named Jenner
found himself confronted by tho same
question and he chose vaccination and
lived and yes lived to such good advan
tage that the wholo English nation
adopted vaccination as a law which law
other nations adopted to their lasting
good
Onco upon a time a German soldier
had small pox The king ordered the
whole army vaccinated and what was
the result Today small pox is unknown
and unfeared in tho German army
Now notice the contrast In 1885 a
railroad conductor was taken with small
pox He was immediately transferred
to a hospital in a populous city and tho
patients therein moved to places conven
iently situated outside the hospital walls
without being vaccinated Within a
few months three thousand people died
in that city from small pox
The above are only a few of the many
cases that might be cited yet in the
face of this evidence people refuse to be
vaccinated I would rather have small
pox than bo vaccinated is the remark
one often hears There aro physicians
who do not believe in vaccination and
who teach their belief to their patients
but then there are still people who
believe the earth is flat
Why do these things have to be said
Because we of McCook are growing care
less of proved and tried means of pre
vention wo aro neglecting the simple
precaution within our grasp Until Au
gust only light cases prevailed but then
came two cases of genuine old fashioned
small pox both in unvaccinated people
What September will bring forth no man
knows and yet people hesitate about be
ing vaccinated knowing full well that
it is the only efficient protection against
that dread malady small pox
It is to be hoped that a reaction will
now set in a grand awakening as it
w re of mans better self that self
which thinks as much of ones neighbor
as ones self that unselfishly endures
momentary discomfort for lasting good
Let us pass through this winter without
fear and without blame free to come
and go in the knowledge that Ave have
done our duty Communicated
G A R Reunion at Cambridge
The thirteenth annual reunion of the
Southwestern Nebraska District will
open at Cambridge next Monday Au
gust 31st closing September 5th The
management announces that this will
excel all previous reunions in every point
of view There -will be a uumber of
prominent speakers present duriug the
week The line of amusements is long
and attractive Music by the Cambridge
band Cambridge glee club and Major
Pemberton and his drum corps Steam
boat rides on the lake Free moving
picture entertainment every night Plays
in the opera house all week Baseball
tennis and other tournaments Free
tents and forage for the veterans Free
camping grounds Write Charles Mou
sel Cambridge for all information and
do it right away
Marriage Licenses Issued
Earl M Snyder and Lillian C Bur
nett both of McCook
William White of Ohio and Mamie
Bales of McCook Married by county
judge August 19th
H G Vincent of Aurora and Lettie
Ball of Cambridge-
Thomas Hengney of Frontier county
and Mary Cushin of Lincoln county
Daniel Collins of Chase county and
Mary ONeal of Hayes county
Colonel B Stephens and Maud J
Spalding both of McCook Married by
county judge on Aug 25tfa
George A Oxley and Jessie O Ed
wards both of Bartley
Wincel L Marshall and Matilda M
Mitchell both of Bartley
Ice Cream and Cake
The ladies of the Christian church will
give a lawn social on Wednesday evening
September 2nd at the home of Walter
French on Melvin street north of Mr
Doans at 8 oclock A short program
of recitations and music will be rendered
after which ice cream and cake will be
served at 10c You are cordially invited
We have one and two room wall paper
patterns at very low prices
A McMillen
The removal sate of The Thompson
Dry Goods Co will continue through
the coming week
The best line of school shoes we have
ever offered our trade The Bee Hive
For rent Six room house in fine lo
cation Enquire of Mrs S A McCarl
Rooms for rent MrsW M Irwin
tibtttie
McCOOKRED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 28 1903
Some Old Records
Since tho advent of tho now high
wheeled passenger engines on tho Wes
tern division with tbejr wonderful ca
pacity for speed and endurance the rec
ords of some of tho old timers have
been almost forgotten yet some of
them have never been equalled by tho
newer and costlier machines Some of
these old mills are still here in freight
servico others have been consigned to
branch work or transferred to other di
visions but the figures of their work will
undoubtedly be of interest to employes
especially those of the younger genera
tion The following wore secured from
one of tho old heads and are a matter
of record
Engine 279 with F D Bosworth at
tho throttle pulled second No 3 from
Akron to Denver 112 miles in 120 min
utes making one stop for water
Engine 276 E C McKay driving
pulled No G from Akron to McCook
without a stop tho only instance where
a train has been pulled that distance on
tho Western division on one tank of
water This was before the big 6000
gallon tanks had been introduced
Engine 290 with G R Oyster piloting
holds the record from Holdrege to Has
tings consuming 39 minutes in pulling
No 6 the intervening 545 miles
Engine 11 holds two records power
and speed both being considerations in
her work Engineer J V OConnell
pulled No 6 from Eckley to Wray in a
fraction over nine minutes the distance
being 15 miles Engineer C K Cole
man with the same mill pulled 23
double length circus cars for Ringling
Bros from Holdrege to McCook 771
miles in two hours and 31 minutes The
train had 1000 tons and made one water
stop
Engine 210 Dave Wagner engineer
pulled the Mayhem special from Has
tings to McCook 132 miles in 137 min
utes and made one stop for water This
was the fastest time made in the run
from Chicago to Denver by this train
which broke all records for long distance
running
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Engineer S V Ives has resigned from
the companys service
H Vogel of Paul Millers gang visited
Denver friends over Sunday
G L Burney took in the Benkelman
baseball game Wednesday
H W Schlott is a new member of the
machinist force in the backshop
Claude Marooney is now firing on the
Santa Fe between Denver and LaJunta
Peter Kern has resigned from the force
of boilermakers quitting on Saturday
last
JGSchobel and family arrived home
yesterday on No 14 from their visit to
Cincinnati
W T Wilcott has returned from
Akron where he relieved F S Scar
borough during the latters illness
Engineer Anthony Clark and family
went through on No 1 Tuesday from
Oxford to Denver on a short vacation
G C Calkins H Slavin Ed Charn
ing C R Phillippi are new wipers and
members of the night force this week
Fireman and Mrs W A Cline left for
Akron Colorado last Friday night on
No 3 and will bo located there for the
present
On Monday Fireman G E Hoxie
separated himself from the engine ser
vice of the Burlington company at this
place by resignation
Among the resignations from the
night force recently are Charles Red
dington E H Koon F L Marshall
Fred Block W E Clifton
Adam Cook boilermaker at Hastings
and family visited McCook friends in
this place over Sunday on way home
from a visit in the mountains
T M Phillippi is away on a vacation
of a few weeks He will visit Chicago
Galesburg and up toward the Minnesota
line He went east on 12 Saturday
morning
Conductor and Mrs B C MonPleas
ure of Dennison Texas arrived in the
the city last Friday night and spent a
few days here visiting friends Mrs
MonPleasure is an oldtime friend of Mrs
F A Pennell
Freight train No 149 had a car off the
track Tuesday morning about a mile
and a half west of town delaying pas
senger train No 12 and freight No 176
The track was torn up slightly but the
damage was small
Encouraging news comes from George
Enoch who was recently taken to Oma
ha to receive treatment for an injured
eye It is now stated that he will have
the use of the injured eye and that the
other eye has not been effected by the
injured one as at first thought would be
the case At first the loss of sight in
both eyes was thought probable
i al Socinty
NUMBER 13
MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
Tho kids all want that big pencil tab
lot at tho Boo Hive
Havo a chocolato ice cream soda Best
in town Cono Bros
Commonwealch Barn Red cheap but
good at McConnells
Wo pay tho highest price for butter
and eggs at tho Bee Hivo
McMillen makes a specialty of fino
stationery pen and pencil tablets
Two furnished rooms for rent to four
young men Mrs L R Hileman
Your tablets pencils slates and all
kinds of school supplies at tho BeoIIivo
Use Liquid Koal for chickon cholera
mites lice etc For salo by James
Cain
Youll notice the differenco in quality
as well as price in our hosiery Tho Beo
Hive
Three furnished rooms for rent In
quire of Mrs Sly North Manchester
street RQitf
Contractors report tho prospect of
considerable building in tho country
this fall
Tho removal salo of Tho Thompson
Dry Goods Co will continue through
the coming week
For rent Six room cottaee witlu
barn See Mrs Elizabeth Ford atF
W Bosworth s residence
The McCook High School baseball
team defeated tho Benkelman tcamon
Wednesday by a score of 7 to 2
Household furniture forsalo Inquire
at the residence of Mrs S V Ives first
house east of Barbazetts
Tho steadily increasing patrons of Cono
Bros soda fountain is sure evidence of
the superiority of the beverages they
serve
It is reported to The Tribune that
wheat is yielding about 35 bushels per
aero in tho German settlement on Ash
creek
Our shoes are all now nothing out of
stylo or season Repairing cheerfully
done when shoes aro defective at tho
Beo Hive
W W McMillen harness maker has
just received a large shipment of wagons
and buggies Learn his prices before
buying
You will need a five hoe and disc drill
this season and as the demand will bo
great you had better call early at WT
Colemans and secure one
Wincel L Marshall and Matilda M
Mitchell both of McCook were married
at the home of Mr Marshall by Rev
Shumate Thursday afternoon
After a good seasons business in wall
paper we are now offering some marvel
ous bargains in our two room lots
Cone Bros
Buggies a new and large stock to
select from at W T Colemans You
get a good article there for a fair price
See his stock and get his quotations and
terms
J II Yarger and force are right in the
middle of plastering the new store room
of The Thompson Dry Goods Co which
is being pushed to completion as rapidly
as possible
The Tribune understands that Mrs
White may not return to MoCook and
her primary work in the public school
next term The probable removal of A
P Thomson and family from our city
may also create a vacancy in the west
primary as well
The Ocean Wave washer is maintain
ing its marvelous reputation as a washer
without an equal W T Coleman sells
them and no one complains Those who
use them are loudest in their praise If
you need a washer dont fail to see this
one before you buy
It is a careful person who can save 1
out of 5 that he earns from which it
follows that a dollar saved equals 5
earned hence tho drawing power of
such an event as the removal sale of The
Thompson Dry Goods Co which people
recognize as a genuine money saving op
portunity
TheShadeland Stock Farm is fitting
a number of the finest Herefords for ex
hibition at the state fair They have
some superb specimens of the great
whiteface family in their barns and The
Tribune will not be surprised at all if
they bring home a nice string of prizes
and some sweepstakes in the bargain
You Want the Best
For your money and its your fault if
you dont get it Thats why you
should come to our market Our mar
ket supplies only the best Selected
meats too for those who want some
thing especially nice for the table Try
us Test us Marshs Meat Market
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