McCook Tribune SHERMAN STATU
F M KIM WELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
At least a basband Is a comparative
ly harmless hobby
Tho most striking thing about Kip
yings new batch of poetry Is the apos
trophe
The -year 1903 isnt necessarily un
lucky because the digits when auded
mako 13
The American outfit that drove
Yellow Jack out of Cuba ought to be
shipped to Mexico
Wagners widow ought to sue tnt
European concert next The music
sounds very Wagnerian
More embarrassment A prominent
society lady of New York has gone
into the hands of a receiver
Cottages in the Adirondacks with all
the thrills thrown in should sell at
Dargain rates just at present
When a man sees a woman fondling
a pet dog he thinks he Is a regular
Solomon for remaining a bachelor
Con Coughlln ought not to go hunt
ing such big game as Bob Fitzsim
mons even if this is the open season
The czar is reported to be sleeping
in the safe again This must be the
oron season for czars over in Rus
sia
A New York salesgirl has married a
count thus proving that truth is no
stranger than Laura Jean Libby fic
tion
Women never boast of being self
made for after hearing a self made
man tell about it they would be
ashamed to
In the case ol Lou Dillon it appears
to be merely a question of how fast
the wind shield can be carried along
in front of her
Mrs Hetty Green is in Newport
She evidently loves to see other folks
spend money even if she abhors
spending it herself
Lovers who cant stir up a quarrel
about every so often do not know what
true happiness is for they never have
anything to make up
Shamrock I is to be used by a
Brooklyn firm for transporting scrap
metal This is even worse than
hitching the once great trotter to a
plow
It is doubtful whether in spite of
all this war news the average Ameri
can will get his ideas of the little
countries in eastern Europe un
snarled
No names are given in connection
with that simian escapade on board
Mr Pierces yacht but several mem
bers of the Newport smart set are un
der suspicion
The government clerk who was as
signed to put 3000000 in cash in his
suit case and carry it from Washing
ton to New York all alone was indeed
a trusted employe
j Premier Petroff seems to be in the
position of the man who was yoked
with a runaway bull and who thought
that words of caution should be ad
dressed to the bull
Miss Cecilia Loftus is the most mod
est woman on the stage She declaras
that she hopes to be a great actress
some day instead of firmly believing
that she is one already
A medical journal is wasting its
space in advising folks not to jump
light up out of bed as soon as their
eyes are open in the morning just as
if anybody did such a thing
Now that a balloon has successfully
traveled from France to England
across the channel the island kingdom
is not so snug and safe behind its lines
of battleships which have cost mill
ions
A report is out to the effect that a
lot of titled women are coming to this
country from Europe in search of rich
husbands Let them be careful about
accepting candy from Massachusetts
schoolmaams
Mothers-in-law incorporated under
the statutes of New Jersey must be
fairly good things as one man bor
rowed 10000 of one charming lady
simply on her strength of a promise
to marry her daughter
Mr Kassass tne Syracuse univer
sity freshman who refused to shave
off his mustache on the ground that
he was a married man and could do as
he pleased had an odd idea of the
rights and immunities of a husband
Have you noticed that the gaily dec
orated stockings of the summer show
no signs of retiring with the approach
of winter In fact they are even
growing brighter green -purple and
rich red being considered perfectly
correcL
Editor Stead says the Atlanta
Constitution taTces a pessimistic
View of the future of the British em
p1re We would like to know if any
body ever caught Editor Stead taking
any other kind of a view of anything
earthly
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UNVEILING TAKES PLACE WITH
APPROPRIATE CEREMONY
PRESIDENT DELIVERS ADDRESS
William Tccumseh Sherman Thorn
dyke Grandson of the Dead Chief
tain Draws Adde the Vail Envelop
ing the Heroic Statue -
WASHINGTON With impressive
ceremonies an equestrian statue of
William Tecumseh Sherman was un
veiled herb Thursday afternoon hi the
presence of official Washington with
the president at its head and thou
sands of veterans members of the so
cieities of the Armies of the Tennes
see of the Cumberland the Ohio and
the Potomac As the two large flags
enveloping the statue were drawn
aside by William Tecumseh Sherman
Thorndyke the grandson of the dead
chieftain tne cannon of the Fourth ar
tillery boomed a salute and the Ma
rine band struck up the Star Span
gled Banner Success in every de
rail attended the ceremonies which
were in charge of Colonel T W Si
mons superintendent of public build
ings and grounds
Before the unveiling of the statue
the prerident and Lieutenant General
Young chief of the general staff of
the army reviewed the troops partici
pating in the dedication parade from
the stand opposite the statue The
president delivered the address of the
day A representative from each of
the socieities of the four armies spoke
in eulogies of General Sherman At
230 oclock the president under the
escort of detachments of minutemen
walked from the White House to the
statue which faces the south front of
the treasury The president walked
alone preceded by Captain W S
Cowles and Colonel T W Simons his
naval and military aides Following
the president were Secretary Hay
Postmaster General Payne Secretary
Cortelyoi Acting Secretary of War
Oliver and Secretary Loeb With the
arriral the president began the re
view of the troops Lieutenant Gen
eral Young was chief marshal and
with his staff headed the procession
Following came the Second cavalry
the engineer battalion from Washing
ton barracks headed by the Engineer
band two battalions of coast artil
lery irom Forts Washington Hunt and
Munroe the Fourth field battery of ar
tillery irom Fort Myer a company of
the hospital corps a detachment of
marines and two battalions of sea
men
The invocation was offered by Rev
Dr D J Stafford General Grenville
M Dodge president of the statue com
mittee gave a brief description of the
statue and then introduced William
Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke who
from the base of the pedestal pulled a
cord and two immense flags slowly
parted unveiling the statue of his
grandfather
TILLMAN IS ACQUITTED
Not to Ee Punished for Killing the
Columbia Editor
LEXINGTON S C The jury in
the case of Former Lieutenant Gov
ernor J H Tillman tried for the
murder of Editor Gonzales of the
Columbia State last January brought
in a verdict of not guilty
The jury had retired shortly before
2 oclock Wednesday The jury an
nounced at 1045 that a verdict had
been agreed upon The defendant and
attorneys were sent for and the jury
then filed into the court room and
the verdict was read
A demonstration followed the an
nouncement friends of the defendant
giving vent to their feelings in a
shout The court previous to the
reading of the verdict had an
monished the spectators to refrain
from any demonstration
Counsel for the defense moved the
defendants discharge from the sher
iffs custody No objection being
made by the state the court made
the order
Ex Congressman Herndon Dies
DENVER Colo A special from Al
buquerque N M says Ex-Congressman
W S Herndon of Tyler Tex
died at Albuquerque while en route
home from Los Angeles where he had
been for his health Colonel Herndon
had a very severe attack of pneumonia
about three months ago from which
be had never fully recovered Heart
failure is attributed as the immediate
iause of his death
Fraudulent Naturalization
ST LOUIS Mo Constable John
McGillicuddy locally known as Cud
3y MacK was arrested on an indict
nent returned by the federal grand
Jury charging him with having aided
in the recent naturalization frauds
He is accused of aiding and abetting
aliens residing in St Louis and not
mtitled to the rights of citizenship in
ecuring fraudulent papers of natural
ization McGillicuddy gave bond In
the sum of 10000
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THE UNION PACIFIC BOARD-
New Directors Chosen at the Annual
Meeting
SALT LAKE The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Union Pa
cific Railroad company was held in
this city Tuesday about three
fourths of the capital stock being
represented mostly by proxy After
the election of a board of directors
for the ensuing year the meeting ad
journed until November 20 when E
H Harriman and a party of directors
will come to SalT Lake on a special
train in order to be present on the
occasion of tho opening of the fa
mous Ogden Lucin cut off across the
Great Salt Lake This special will
be the first passenger train to run
over the cut off
The election resulted in but ono
change being made Joseph F
Smith president of the Mormon
church being chosen resident di
rector to succeed T J Coolidge jr
of Boston
The new board of directors as
elected is as follows Oliver Ames
Boston Horace G Burt Omaha
Thomas T Eckert New York Louis
Fitzgerald New York George J
Gould Lakewood N J E PI Harri
man Arden N Y Marvin HughuL
Chicago James H Hyde New York
Otto H Kuhn Morristown N J
Charles A Peabody New York
Winslow S Pierce New York Henry
H Rogers New York Jacob H
Schiff New York James Stillman
New York Joseph F Smith Salt
Lake
The board of directors will meet in
New York within the next ten days
for the purpose of electing officers
and taking up several matters con
cerning the management of the road
Among these it is said the question
of double tracking from Omaha to
Ogden will be considered In an in
terview President Burt emphatically
denied the rumors that he is to resign
at an early date
In speaking of the election of Jo
seph F Smith to the directorate
Alexander Miller secretary for the
Harriman lines said
It has always been the custom of
tho company to have a citizen of
Utah on the board Brigham Young
was the first and there has always
been one until recently It was to
carry out this custom that Mr Smith
was elected
Tho annual meeting of the Oregon
Short Line stockholders will be held
in this city Wednesday
TO HEAR THE ELEVATOR CASE
Interstate Commissioner to Investi
gate Grain Rates
ST PAUL Minn The interstato
commerce commission will convene in
St Paul November 7 to take testimony
and conduct a hearing of the Cannon
Falls elevator case which involves the
grain rates of that section of the state
and will have an important bearing
on the through rates on gram to Chi
cago from outside points Notice of
the hearing was received today by the
state railroad and warehouse commis
sidon
The state has only an indirect con
nection with the case which orig
inated in the complaint of a Cannon
Falls elevator company against the
Chicago Great Western and Chicago
Milwaukee St Paul railways alleg
ing that the present grain rates from
Cannon Falls to market points are un
equal
MAKING UP ALASKA VERDICT
Believed it Will Be Such as to Finally
End Dispute
LONDON The last stage of the
Alaskan boundary arbitration began
Monday when the commissioners met
in secret session to consider their
verdict
Dealing with the difficulties encoun
tered in the election of a new British
ambassador to the United States and
the irritation which he would have to
face both in Canada and the United
States if the Alaskan tribunal broke
up with a disagreement the Times
says
We rejoice to say that there is
believed to be something more than
a possibility that an award may be
agreed upon or rather that several
questions may be so answered as to
end the matter
Army Musicians in Trouble0
CHICAGO 111 Fifty members ot
the First Regiment band who refused
to play in the centennial parade last
week have been recommended for dis
charge from the regiment
What Hay Hears is Good
YvASHINGTON D C At the cab
inet meeting Tuesday Secretary Hay
spoke of infoimation he had receiv
ed as to the situation in the far east
and it was his opinion that there was
no immediate indication of there be
ing hostilities between Russia and
and Japan He intimated that he had
information that negotiations are in
progress between the two countries
which seem likely to result favorably
for peace
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THE STATE AT LARGE
Recent rains are said to have been
a great help to winter wheat
Springfield has taken the initiatory
steps for putting in a system of water
works
The Loomis livery barn at Bassett
burned Eight head of horses were
cremated and there was considerable
loss of other property
Scarletina and tonsilitis are thing
ning out the school attendance in
Firth at an alarming rate No fatali
ties as yet are reported however
Joseph Kaisey a section hand o
the Burlington at Bertram who wan
being taken to a Lincoln hospital for
attendance died on a passenger train
near Minden
The house of Nels Pearson two
miles south of Funk was burned
Pearson is a bachelor and was not at
home when the fire started Noth
ing was saved
Burglars entered the Northwestern
depot and the meat market of J E
Vasey in Albion securing money in
both places It is thought it was
done by local parties
E C Hurd managing engineer for
the Omaha Lincoln Beatrice rail
way states that contracts have been
let for the construction of ten miles
of grade and that dirt will movo
within a few weeks
The American Printing company of
Omaha filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state The cap
ital stock is 10000 and the incor
porators are George PI Holton
Charles Carlson and Charles Burdge
A horse Avas stolen on the streets
of Columbus recently It was owned
by Fred Scoficld who lives one mile
north of town The sheriff has offered
a reward of 50 for the capture of
the thief or information that will lead
to his capture and conviction
Gust Newman was driving his milk
wagon in Stromsburg when his two
horses started to run away and he
jumped out of the wagon A physi
cian was called and found that he
had dislocated his neck and received
internal injuries He died in a few
hours
Word has been received at Platts
mouth to the effect that the United
States court of appeals has affirmed
the judgment of the lower court in
the case of Antone Skoumel against
the Cudahy Packing company of
Omaha The complainant gets 5000
for the loss of an eye
Adjutant General Culver has issued
an order confirming the election of
Carl H Pilger as second lieutenant of
the Second regiment and accepting
the resignation of Frederick W Lud
wig captain of Company F Second
regiment and an appointing time fo
election of his successor
Will Brewers a 21-year-old man
and Art Russell a boy of 17 of Chad
ron Neb were arrested at Burwell
by F M Key sheriff and city mar
shal on orders from the sheriff of
Cherry county The charge of steal
ing six head of horses from Mike Sev
erington is lodged against them
Secretary Dobson of the State
Board of Irrigation will be in Kim
ball October 2G to 2f to sit as judge
in the case of John Mcintosh and
Henry H Howe who for some time
have been engaged in litigation over
water to be taken from Lodge Pole
Creek for irrigation purposes
The George PI Payne Investment
company of Omaha iias been granted
the right to dig two ditches to be
tised in irrigating about 1000 acres of
land in the vicinity of North Platte
Deputy Auditor Pierce of the insur
ance department intends to begin a
crusade on the unauthorized fire in
surance companies doing business in
the state This will be done in con
junction with the insurance depart
ments of several states which have
agreed to run all unauthorized com
panies out of business
Sheriff Norris of Adams county
Iowa was in Ashland Monday He
had learned that a man named Tom
Jackson whose real name is Good
man was working near Ashland In
company with City Marshal PI H
Biggerstaff the sheriff went out to
Randolph Bryans place in Cass coun
ty where Jackson or Goodman was
working and arrested him Jackson
is wanted at Corning la for grand
larceny and consented to return there
without a requisition
The new burglar alarm wiiich
guards the state treasures was acci
dentally set in operation the other
day by one of the janitors who un
locked the cabinet to exhibit the de
vice to a friend and was not aware
that the wires were connected with
the battery
The saloon of Richard Mankia of
Wood River was burglarized and over
500 in cash and four gold watches
taken Entrance was obtained by cut
ting a screen door in the basement
and then prying open a doable door
SUGAR FACTORY ON FULL TIME
Eeets Being Delivered at Works of an
Excellent Quality
FREMONT T 2 factory of the
Standard Beet Sugar company at
Leavitt began operations for the
season of October 5 and Is now run
ning to its full capacity Since tin
last season the machinery has been
thoroughly overhauled and repaired
and two new boiling plants installed
The carbonation presses are still able
to turn out the syrup faster than it
can be taken care of At present
only six of the eight presses are in
use four for the first carbonation and
two for the second and these are not
being run today on account of there
being too much syrup on hand Each
day from 225 to 250 tons of beets en
ter the shute and within twenty four
hours from the time they go through
the slicing machines the sugar from
them is ready for sacking at the other
end of the building
The quality of beets this year is
far above the average and of a uni
form grade They can be worked to a
better advantage than a mixture of
high and low grade beets whose aver
age percentage is the same The
factory has run for days at a time
this season on beets averaging 15
per cent sugar and very few beets
have so far been delivered that went
under 12 per cent The coefficient
of purity is also several points high
er than last season enabling the
factory to save a larger per cent of
the sugar
Trouble Over Statutes
LINCOLN The Cobbey statutes
which were authorized by the late
legislature which specified that a
number of them be bought by the
state at a cost of 9 for a set of two
volumes will apparently not be a
popular publication around the state
house Already the secretary of
state has bought three volumes of
the Wheelor statutes and Attorney
General Prcut has installed a copy in
his office Mr Marsh paid for his
books out of the money appropriated
for office expenditures The Coobey
statutes are not yet out and the State
Journal which failed to get the con
tract for their printing has brought
suit for an injunction to prevent the
state making the purchase The case
is still pending The Journal printed
the Wheeler statutes
Lightning Kiils Valuable Team
BEATRICE A team of valuable
horses belonging to Thomas Will
iams who resides nine miles north
east of the city were struck by light
ning and instantly killed during the
thunderstorm which prevailed here
a few days ago The horses were
standing near a wire fence when the
bolt came A cow which was stand
ing near the horses was also severely
shocked
Two Contracts Are Let
LINCOLN The State Board of
Public Lands and Buildings met and
let two contracts for lighting plants
The penitentiary dynamo will be fur
nished by the Western Electrical com
pany of Omaha for 2435 and the
Milford contract for an engine and
dynamo will be filled by Cox Phelps
of Lincoln at 11S8
Dairyman Fatally Injured
STROMSBURG As Gust Newman
a well-to-do farmer and dairyman liv
ing just southwest of this place was
driving into town in his milk wagon
his horses ran away Mr Newman
jumped ot and fell in such a way
that his back was broken and neck
dislocated
covery
No hones for his re-
Burglars Active at Albion
ALBION Thieves entered the Chi
cago Northwestern depot in this
city through a window and the were
successful in getting the sum of S05
in small change that was left in the
money drawer They left the safe
without trying to open
Kearney Hotel Sold
KEARNEY The Midway hotel
property has been sold- The pur
chaser is the Crocker syndicate
which recently bought the opera
house The price paid was a little
less than 20000
Identified as Passengers
LINCOLN John King Char es
Ray and George Svears suspected of
having a hand in the St Joseph train
hold up last month were positively
identified by Conductor Finner of tho
Southern Burlington Missouri di
vision as the men who with eae
other rode on his train a short time
before the robbery The men are
now in jail at Beatrice where they j
have been bound over for picking
pockets
The World Rolls On
George Stuart an Adventlstt of Wol
cott Kan is dead at the- ripe age of
92 Mr Stuarts chtef pleasure In life
was In predicting the end of the world
He had so much confidence in his fig
ures that ho several times climbed a
tall poplar tree near his home and
there awaited the final smash In spite
of such a succession of alarms Mr
Stuart seems to have lived a pretty
even life
No woman is happy unless she can
get her name and her front hair in
he papers
Men usually reach out for more than
they can easily manage
Usually the right side of the market
is the outside
Many who formerly smoked 10c cigars
now smoko Lewis Single Binder straight
tc Lewis Factory Peoria 111
Americas Champion Inventor
Frank Schaukee of Vinconnes Ind
holds the record of tho country as an
inventor and patentee He Jias de
signed no less than G024 instruments
of various kinds obtaining patents on
all of them None of his inventions
however has brought him fortune al
though he is drawing a small income
from some of them
To Caro n QaiCl in ione flay
Take Laxative Brorno Quinlno Tablet All
druggists refund uiouoy if it falls to cure 25c
A Queen Stuffed Them
The queen of Italy has presented to
one of the Italian natural history mu
seums a fine collection of animals and
birds many of which she stuffed with
her own nands which she gathered
Hiring a yachting cruise in northern
waters
Mother Grays Sweet rovrders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray nurse
In the Childrens Hume iu New York cure
Constipation Fcverisbness Bad Stomach
Teething Disorders move and rcgulnte the
Bowels aud Destroy Worms 0 er 130000 tes
timonials At all Druggists 25c Sample
FREE Address A S Olmsted LeRoyNY
Every woman enjoys telling how
much she figured in her husbands suc
cess
Any man who attempts to dodge a
bill collector is apt to be found out
When a mans nose is as red1 as a
beet its usually safe to bet that he
is one
Clear white- clothes are a sign that tho
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue
Largo 2 oz package 5 cents
If there is anything more pitiful
tnan an effeminate man it is a mascitr
line woman
Denounces Skyscrapers
In a public address recently Wheeler
II Peckham of New York took ground
against skyscraper office buildings
which he condemned as dangerous to
health How considerate we are ho
exclaimed We build hospitals for
the poor consumptive and then we
turn around and build sky scraping
structure wnere consumption may
breed so that we shal Inot lack for
patients This matter is beginning
to attract serious attention in New
York City especially in the lower part
of Manhattan island where the streets
are as narrow and crooked as when
the Dutch burghers laid them out or
their cows traced them across tho
fields
Fences t 97
Ernest Legouve oldest member of
the French academy has entered upon
his 07th year but is still well and
heart- This wonderful old man vis
its a fencing hall every morning at 10
o clock and has a fast fifteen minute
bout with one of the instructors He
weighs hardly sixty pounds His
daughter Mme Desvallieres is JS
years old and is also ardently de
voted to exercise being easily able to
swim the Seine twice without resting
M Legouve says he has a triple wish
to be able until the last to hold his
fork his razor and his sword steadily
in his hand
For a Bad Back
Sabra Montana Oct 19th A great
many men in this neighborhood used
to complain of pains in the back but
now scarcely one can be found who
has any such trouble
Mr Gottlieb Mm is largely respon
sible for the improvement for it was
he who first of all found the remedy
for this Backache He has recom
mended it to all his friends and neigh
bors and In every case it has had
wonderful success
Mr Mill says
For many years I had been trou
bled with my Kidneys and pains in
the small of my back I tried many
medicines but did not derive any bene
fit until last fall when I bought a
dozen boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills
After using them a few days I began
to improve my back quit aching and
I felt better and stronger all around
I will keep them in the house right
clong for in my opinion they are the
bost medicine in the market to day
and if my back should bother me
again I will use nothing else
In England a candidate stands for
office but in this country he has to
hump himself and run
When a man ceases to be compli
mentary to a woman he is pronounced
unstable
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