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The Wife of the Republican
Candidate For President and
Her Tastes Her Youngest
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Secretary William II
BETWEEN his wife there has al
ways existed a close eonikleiice
that has made her the partaker
of his responsibilities and honors in an
exceptional degree When they were in
the Philippines she was a great help
to him for by her tact and her social
accomplishments she aided him in
making the governor generals palace
a very popular place among all classes
la the islands She Is of a retiring dis
position and does not seek publicity in
any way but nevertheless is a woman
of much capacity and varied Intellectu
al attainments who knows how to hold
ber own In any company in which she
Is thrown and ber travel In foreign
lands and associations with high and
low in so many climes have made her
quite cosmopolitan She was at her
husbands side during the most excit
ing period of the proceedings at Chi
cago and looked over his shoulder as
the bulletins came in announcing the
various events ending in his nomina
tion When that news finally came
husband and wifo clasped bands in a
silent but eloquent greeting
Mrs Taft was Miss Helen rierron
daughter of John W Ilerron law part-
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ner of Rutherford B Etayes and her
acquaintance with the White Ilouse
dates from the time of a visit she made
there during President Hayes admin
istration She married the present can
didate for president tweuty oue years
ago and their family consists of Rob
ert who is nineteen and is now making
a fine record at Yale Helen who is at
Bryu Mawr and who recently won a
scholarship there and Charles Charlie
Taft the eleven-year-old sou of the
distinguished pair is the liveliest and
most irrepressible member of the fam
ily He went with his father and moth
er on their trip around the world last
year and was up to all kinds of pranks
on one occasiou in the Rockies playing
a joke on the secretary by signaling
the train to start before the present
candidate for president got on board
and thereby causing his father a hasty
half mile walk to get to the place
where the train had stopped and from
which it could not back up on account
of the grade
Charlie is democratic in his tastes and
has a horror of seeing his picture in
the paper Neighbors of Mr Taft a day
or two after the nomination were star
tled by hearing a noise coming from
the Taft home that sounded as though
some one were putting in coal They
knew that Mrs Taft had boon packing
and were surprised An intimate friend
Investigated and came away laughing
The rugs had been taken up leaving
a shining and broad expanse of hard
wood floor It was oo tempting for
Charlie and he donned his roller
skates He cut a few fancy figures in
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CHARLIE TAFT ET A FlIiIPIXO COSTUME
the hall on the second floor but found
the space cramped and decided to de
scend to the reception hall
On the top step his right foot de
scended while his left showed a dis
position to return There was a mo
ment of indecision and then the crash
followed Charlie and his mother
reached the bottom step about the
same time Mrs Taft having been In
the drawing room She found him seat
ed in the wreckage of three balustrades
and a Japanese vase mournfully rub
bing a bump on his head
Gee but I came down quick he
said grinning
How Coud She Do It
The homely forms of speech used by
he country people with whom littlo
Edith nd her mother boarded last
Futniacr were frequently very puzzling
to tiie child
One evening the farmers wife In
talking for a Tew minutes with Ediths
mother remarked that as she was
very tired that night she would go to
roost with the chickens
When Ediths bedtime arrived a lit
tle later the youngster was nowhere to
be found After considerable scarcli
she was discovered sitting on a large
stone near the chicken house quietly
watching the fowl as they came In one
by one
Edith called her mother what
are you doing there Ive been look
ing for you everywhere Its time to go
to bed
I know mother was the reply
but theyre nearly all in now so shell
be here soon I guess
Who are In and who will be there
What on earth are you talking about
child asked the mystified mother
Why explained Edith rather im
patiently you know Mrs said she
was going to roost with the chickens
tonight and Im waiting to see how
she does It
Eating Test For Cooks
In a certain employment agency ten
cooks out of a job waited one after
noon last week for a situation to turn
up Presently a well gowned woman
who was short of servants applied at
the desk for the desired help The
manager referred her to the ten cooks
The woman interviewed each of them
in turn with unsatisfactory results
Not one of them she explained to
the manager of the agency likes to
eat the things that we like
But what difference does that
make asked the manager They are
no doubt good girls for all that
Yet they wouldnt suit me the wo
man replied decisively My family
have very pronounced tastes in cook
ery and my experience has taught me
that only a cook who likes the same
dishes that we like can prepare them
satisfactorily That Is a matter of sim
ple common sense It stands to reason
that any dish a cook likes will turn
out better than one she doesnt like
consequently I will do the work ray
self till I find a girl whose tastes agree
with ours Philadelphia Ledger
Nature and the Barnacle
In the barnacle we have a unique
and wonderful case of a creature that
can afford as age comes on to dispense
with the eyesight that was so useful
in youth Kor the young and old
barnacle are as different one from the
other as fishes from seaweed In the
heyday of life the barnacle swims
about the sea seeking its food with the
aid of its eyes and generally leading a
roaming existence Later in life how
ever it grows tired of this aimless
wandering and settles down to worry
ships captains by attaching itself to
the keel of their craft and defying the
much advertised powers of various pre
ventive paints Once then the barna
cle has become a fixture whether on
ships or sharks its eyesight is of no
more use It cannot seek its food and
it cannot shun its foes for it never
more will move Therefore its eyes
become superfluous and according to
natures invariable rule in such cases
disappear
Lived to Fight Another Day
Frederick the Great simply lost his
head at Molwitz his first battle Had
he not been a king it is safe to say
that he would have been shot at the
next sunrise In the heat of the
carnage he got an idea that the army
under his command was being over
whelmed so ho put the spurs to his
horse and dashed headlong among his
soldiers He rode many miles before
he stopped in his wild flight Late at
night he was discovered hiding in an
old mill awaiting as he thought cap
ture by the enemy Then he discov
ered that the army he deserted had
won the battle As Frederick was a
prince everybody tried to forget the
incident just as quickly as possible
and after that when the king went to
war he was just as brave as any oth
er soldier
On the Verge of Prostration
What else have you got asked
Choliy looking languidly over the bill
of fare for something to tempt his jad
ed appetite
Well replied the waitress we
have hot biscuits too
Thatll do said Choliy resting bis
intellect by tossing the bill of fare
aside Bring me a hot biscuit stew
Chicago Tribune
Rebuttal Testimony
The Guest Isn t your littli
er nervous Mrs Bimm Mr
I joy rath
Himin
No I think not Little Hoy Yes I
am uia whin peoplt who rome here
stay too lou rikts me wriggle
around and kirk mv
Ex rccd
In NnVs From a Dii
ry it is to rh it vIumi Lnndseer the
grejit -mint iu was iiMiited to
the king ot Portugal js majesty said
Ah I am gI to - you 1 al
ways like hea rs
Ccmprcrnise
Customer tin lnlsiorei Let me
have a eojy of Autsmy and Cleopa
tra Clerk Yes Mr SI ple ise Cus
tomerDear me Ive only irot oO cents
Just give me Antony Harpers Week
ly
A Pocket Symphony
My piano is very much like my
trousers pockets When my wife goes
into them she often finds nothing but
keys and then there is music New
York Globe
James S Sherman
The Sunny Jim of Con
gress and His Rise to His
Present Eminence as a Can
didate For Vice President
T
HE Republican nominee for vlc3
president James Schoolcraft
Sherman like the nominee for
president Secretary Taft is
noted for his good humor In the
house of representatives whre for
twenty years he has sat almost con
tinuously as a member from the Twenty-seventh
New York district he is so
popular that he has won the nickname
of Sunny Jim Though it hts often
fallen to his lot to attack members on
the Democratic side for their political
views no congressman among the Re
publicans is more popular among the
Democrats than Sherman unless it be
Uncle Joe Cannon himself He Is one
of the big five as Representative
Champ Clark in a celebrated speech
once characterized them the other
members of the quintet being Cannon
Payne Dalzell and Tawney In this
speech Mr Clark pronounced slowly
the names of those just mentioned and
then pausing concluded The last one
is Jim Shermar and he is the slick
est of the bun-
Mr Sherm has recently been ill
but when he is in his usual health
he looks almost youthful yet he has
a son who is a college professor
and he is proud of being a grandpa
ne was born at TJtica Oct 24 lSoZ
and graduated from college the same
year that Judge Taft did 1STS Mr
Sherman from Hamilton and the head
of the ticket from Yale Three years
after leaving college he married Miss
Carrie Babcock daughter of a promi
nent lawyer of Ouoida county He was
then a rising young lawyer himself
and it was only three years after that
In 1SS1 that he was elected mayor of
his native city being the youngest ex
ecutive Utica had ever had It wis the
Fiftieth cqrlgress to which he was fltst
elected and in tle intervening score
of years he has skipped only one the
Fifty second He is ranked as one of
the veterans now only Cannon Bing
ham Payna Ddlzell and Hepburn ex
ceeding him in length of service He
won prominence in the house early in
his career there and has been at the
head of some of the most important
committees President McKinley of
fered to make him one of the board of
iff IftiPiw
JAMES S SHERMAN AND HIS TJTICA HOME
general appraisers at the port of New
York a post that would have yielded
him a much larger income than his
salary as congressman but at the re
quest of his constituents preferred at
a large mass meeting in Utica he de
cided to decline the offer and remain
in the house
Mr Sherman is not as rich a man as
Vice President Fairbanks who is rated
a millionaire but he has a comfortable
fortune estimated at about 200000
ne has kept up his law practice and
he is president of the Utica Trust and
Deposit company and of the New Hart
ford Canning company His Utica
home is a substantial and tasteful lock
ing residence on Genesee stivet He
has three sons now grown to manhood
the eldest Sherill aged twenty six be
ing in the banking business the next
brother Richard Updyke twenty four
professor of mathematics at his fa
thers alma mater Hamilton and the
youngest Thomas Moore twenty two
secretary and treasurer of the Snyth
Despard company Mrs Sherman does
not go much into society owing to un
certain health but is popular in her
set at Washington and not long since
aided in the establishment of the Con
gressional club which is composed of
the wives of senators and representa
tives
Representative Sherman was chair
man of the Republican congressional
committee in the campaign of 19GU
and in this way came to receive from
President Roosevelt the now famous
letter in which the latter described E
H Harriman as a less desirable citizen
than Debs Moyer and Haywood
Some years ago Mr Sherman was
much talked of for speaker of the
house of representatives -In 1901 ho
figured conspicuously in the Panama
canal fight and in the investigation of
hazing at West Point and Annapolis
He introduced a resolution on the sub
ject and visited the institutions in or
der to give the subject of alleged
abuses in the customs of the students
the closest examination
Mr Sherman comes of a Democratic
family and a brother of the congress
man was once elected mayor of Utica
on the Democratic ticket
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County Commissioners Proceedings
McCook Nebraska July 0 IJOS
The board of county commissioner met pur
suant to adjournment Present F S Lofton S
Premer mid C H Grny commissioners mid
M G Kbert deputy county clerk
The minutes of the lnit meeting were reud
and on motion approved
I The follow iiiB claims were audited mid allow
ed and the clerk mils instructed to drnw war
rants on the road funds of the reiiHjctive com
misbioner districts
P Housh road work dist No 2 t 7
Henry Conrad samo II SO
F M William same 3 73
W T Clark Mime 8 SO
The claim of E F Coue for 1800 for road
work was ordered paid out of the road district
fund of district No 7
The board commenced checking the accounts
of Chas Skalla county clerk and continued
the same throughout the day
On motion board adjourned to meet July 7
F S Lofton Chairmmi
Attest Chas Skalla Clerk
McCook Neb July 7 1003
The county board of equalization met pursu
ant to adjournment Present F S Lofton S
Premer and 15 Gray commissioners T A
assessor and MGLIlert deputy clerk
attorney
The minutes of tho last meeting were read
and on motion approved
In the matter of the assessment of the west
hnlf of the ne orof section 3 Ied Willow pre
cinct of Joseph Itnjer presented to the board
by Jo eph Hajer a motion was made by Kud
Iey seconded by Premer that the valuution of
said lard lie reduced from 1110 to 1200 Mo
tion carried unmiimously
In the matter f the usse ment of the len
acre tract of W W Wil on in the so or of sec
tion 12 3 2S in Indianola city Mr Wilson hav
ing been notified and being present a motion
was made by Premer seconded by Gray that
the ases ment of said land should stand a re
turned by the assessor Motion carried unani
mously
In the matter of the assessment of tho 11 acre
tract in the so of section 1228 in Indianola
city of H Lehu a motion wis nade bj Liidsc
seconded by Premer that the valuation of said
land be reduced from 0 per acre to 10 per
acre Motion carried uuniimou ly
In the matterof the of the sw or
of the sw qr of section 17 the se qr of the se qr
section IS part of lot 8 section 18 S jicres part
of lot 0 section IS three acres ne qr of no qr
section li part of nw qr of ne qr section 10 J
acre lo ir of uw qr section 20 and n hf of nw
qr section 20 all in Indianola precinct of J V
Harrison said land ljing south of the Repub
lican rher in Indianola precinct presented to
the board by J V Harrison a motion was made
by Endsley seconded by Premer that the valu
ation of said land should stand as returned by
the assessor Motiou carried unanimously
In the matter of the assessment of the e hf of
the se qr of section 7-3-27 in Indianola citj and
the west hf of the sw qr of section S-3-27 in In
dianola precinct of H C Whitmore Mr Whit
more having been notified a motion was made
by Premer seconded by Endslej that the as
sessment of said land be raised from 30 and
and 25 per acre to 00 per acre without adding
the 30 per cent raise on the west half of the sw
qr of section 8-3-27 Motion carried unani
mously
In the matter of the assessment of the 2 acre
tract of Ed Jeffries being part of the ne qr or
the se qr of section 29-3-29 in McCook city Mr
Jewries hauug been notified a motion was
made by Endsley seconded by Premer that the
valuation of said land be raised from 50 to
100 Motion carried unanimously
In the matter of the assessment of tho north
hf of the ne qr and the sw qr of the neqr of sec
tion 18-3-27 in Indianola city owned bj Marion
Powell Mr Powell having been notified a mo
tion was made by Premerseconded bj Endsley
that the valuation of said land be raised too0
per acre Motion carried unanimous
In the matter of the assessment of lot 7 sec
tion 29-3-30 of Chas W Kneeland pre ented to
the board by C W Kcllcy a motion was made
bj Gray seconded by Endskthat the valua
tion of said land be reduced 180 Motion car
ried unanimouslj
In the matter of tho assessment of lot 8 sec
tion 29-3-0 or C H Meeker a motion was made
b Gray seconded by Endsley that the -valuation
of said laud be raised ts000 Motion car
ried unanimously
In the matter of the assessment of lot 7 block
14 original town of McCook of Minnie A Eer
ist presented to by the board by J It McCarl
a motion was made by Graj seconded by
Premer that the valuation of said land be re
duced from 3300 to 3000 on improvements
thereon Motion carried unanimously
On motion the board of equalization ad
journed to meet July 2S 1P0S to make the new
lev y on the 1908 assessment
F S Lofton Chairman
Attest Chas Skalla County Clerk
Bj M G Eliieht Deputy Clerk
McCook Nebraska July 8 IPOS
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present F S Lofton S
Premer and C 15 Gray commissioners and M
G Elbert deputy county clerk
The following claim was audited and al
lowed and the clerk was instructed to draw
warrant on the road fund of commissioner
di trict No 2 as follow i
W A Dolan freight advanced on road
113
The board continued the examination of the
accounts of Chas Skalla county clerk and
after a careful examination find the following
to be a correct statement of all fees received bj
him from Januarys lJ0S to June 30 1908 in
clusive
January 9th to 31st inclusive 131 GO
February 211 Ki
March 3VI j
April 209 13
May 18930
June 134 20
Total fees received for recording 1233 73
Due for compiling real estate list 13000
Salary for first half of KOS 13000 00 00
Total amount of fees Jan 9 to June
30 inclusive 1333 73
After having made a careful examination of
the accounts of J C Moore county judge the
board finds that he has received from January
9 to June 10 190S inclusive the sum of 31430
in fees
On motion board adjourned to meet July 9
1P0S F S Lofton Chairman
Attest Cnv Skalla County Clerk
Uy G Elueut Deputy Clerk
McCook Nebraska 9 190
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present F S Lofton S
Premer and C B Gray commissioners and
M G Elbert deputy county clerk
The board commenced the examination of the
accounts of C Naden county treasurer and
continued the same throughout the day
On motion board adjourned to meec July 10
190S F S Lofton Chairman
Attest CnAKLES Skalla Clerk
By M G Elbert Deputy Clerk
McCook Nebraska July 10 1908
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present F S Lofton C
B Gray and S Premer commissioners and M
G Elbert deputy county clerk
The board continued tho examination of the
accounts of CNnden county trensurer through
out tho day
On motion board adjourned to meet July 11
Wi F S Lofton Chnirmnn
Attest Chas Skalla Clerk
Hy M G Kliikrt Deputy Clerk
McCook Neb July 11 1D0S
The board of county commissioners- met pur
suant to adjournment nre ent F S Lofton S
Premer and C H Gray commissioners and M
u iiibcrt deputy county clerk
Tho board having made a careful examina
tion of the account of C Nadon couuty treas
urer find the following to be a true and correct
statement of all monies received and disbursed
by him as such treasurer from January tth to
June 30 190s both inclusive in the several
funds and the amount on hand at the close of
business June 30 1903
On motion tho board adjourned to meet July
29 IPOS F S Lofton Chairman
Attest Chas Skalla County Clerk
hy M G Eliikkt Deputy Clerk
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate tilings have
been mado in tho county clerks olheo
since Inst report
Albert G Bump and wife to L
A Fitch vd to lot 23 blk 8
Willow Grove ISO 00
William F Zvvieg nnd wife to
Ezra P Mower wdto so qr 2
3 28 SOOO CO
Aaron Mousel sintj to Charted
Mousel wd to w hf e hf nw
qr w hf nw qr 2 o hf ne qr
3 I2G
Charles Mousel et al to Aaron
Mousel wd to - int in ne
qr 1 w hf no qr nw qr 2 e hf
noqr3 1 2G
Aaron Mousel to Robert
Mousel et nl wd to w hf ne
qr ehf ohf nw qr
Aaron Mousel to Henry Mousel
wd to no qr
Zachary T McCoUum and wife
to Rudolf Knosp wd to w hf
nw qr 33 4 2G
Martinus Mikkelsen and wife
to Dnniel Mikkelsen wd to
lot 3 blk 4 West McCook
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
2200 00
1 00
Zackary T MeCollum and wifo
to Emoline G Watson wd to
lots 7 8 9 blk 02 Bartley 1C00 00
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles
Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles Druggists rofund money if
Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case
no matter of how long standing in G toli
days First application gives ease and
rest 50c If your druggist hasnt it
send 50c in stamps and it will bo for
warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co
St Louis Mo
Typewriter ribbons for sale at The
TmnuNE oflice
NOTICE TO CltKMTOKS
Stnte of Nebraxka Ked Willow couuty In
n iiiiiui r in mi 1iime oi inroo i rcko tit
ceased Notice im hcreli given to nil ikwoikt
having claim and demand ngnlitkt Jttmk
rocker late of sunl countv ilwxntjui tiut
time fixed for filing claim tiKuiimt wild vCttt
lesix month from the ftli Ih of JuLv JOS
All Much iierMtiiH are required to preTitlar
chiiius with louche to the county iutljtP
Mild county on or lief on the 1th du
MfJ or the same eliHllIf forever lucnL
All claims m filed will Im exiiinlnel auC mt
lusted hy tho count JihIkc of -aid rouulpaf
htsothco therein on the rtth dv of IniiHtrv
1PU9 at one oclock o m It i triinnil tlrr
above notice be published in the McCook tfo
bune a weekly nevvi imper publUhed in M
county for four weeku Given under my InmL
nnd mtiI of the county court this Int dir
July 1WS J C MooKh Count Amki
SHERIFFS SALE
B lirtue of an order of ale imimI froa tin
district court of Ited Willow county NubrMba
under a decree in an action wherein AnpMft
NoihiutKcl is plaintiff and the unknown Infr
of Georue II Castle otnl are defendant mwu
directed and delivered I shall oiler at pufcffn
sale and sell to the hichest bidder for onJssi
tho east door of the court lion- in McOuk
Red Willow count Nebraska on the 27tfc An
of Julv HUM at the hour of one oclock t m
the following described real estate to wit Hat
ni rtliuest quarter if ecliu twelve in tow
ship two north 1 f now tweiit niuo wcit b
thesixih P M in Red Willow count Nolrsw
ka
Dated thi2tUh da rliiue 1908
WtMts II I PhiLKNuNSrrtMtJL
REFEREES SALi
By virtue of an order of sale to me dkitftetti
by tiie clerk of the district court of Red AUMtirvt
county in the State of Nebraska on Jr
ment rendered in said court in the rnui eWwr
in LiidwiK Sue s was plaintiff and Sftlfce fe
DeGrolTot al were defendant- on the twnk
niutli day of June pioS for the iMirtitio
side of the following de eribed real cstatni
11 it Lot seventeen 111 hltx k P
the original town of McCook Red Willow ymu
ty Nebraska I will oiler for sale to the inki
est bidder for ca h on the fourth day 9f -trust
lljte at the east front door of the owud
house in said county at two oclock in ihr
afternoon the above deseribeif real estate
Dated this thirtieth day of June 1908
--St- P E RlKOKIt JteftlKM
NOTICi TO CREDITORS
In the countv court of Red Willow ci
Nebraska In the matter of theestateofltMaHC
II Short deceased
Notice is herebv when that the crcdittmvX
the siid tleceaseil will meet the administnilKix
of Mud e tate before me county jnilKe of iltfs
Willow county Nebraska at tin county ixmU
room in said countv 011 the 1Mb day of Jmr
ar 19u9 at one oclock p in each day for dt
purpo eof preseutniK their claims forcxutMwi
t ion adjustment and allowance Six mcinttK
are allowed for creditor- to pre ent theirctaenti
and one car for the administratrix to wettCr
said estate from the 11th day or Julv IX
This notice will be published in tho McOmJ
Tribune for four weeks uec e ively rinrK
the 1Mb day of January TKr
Witness m bund and seal of -aid court tet
1 ltd day of Jul A 190S
sil J MooitK County JoU
RLSOILTION
A re olution transferrins the sum of lGfi0snt
the road fund to tho fire fund
Be it resolved b the Mior and Council o lS
City of McCook
Sec f That there be and hereby is 1gw
ferred from the road ftind to the KeueraliiAtil
the sum of one thousand dollar-
Sec 2 That there be and hereby i teas1
ferred from the Kcncrnl fund to the lire aua
the sum of five hundred dollars
Sec t This resolution shall take effiitt auk
be in force from mid after its adoption ajaram
al and publication
Adopted and approved this Kith day of Jtfep
D 1108 J H SiEillKNs Muftrc
Attest II W oo nit City Clerk
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