McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24
A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and Self Indicted
Death-Ris Sons Final Rescue, too
Late to Save His Parent.

A Fathers Despair and Self inflicted
i Death-Ris Sons Final Rescue, too
Late to Save His Parent.
! The graphic occurrence that is de.
scribed below is one of the most re-
markakle episodes in the domestic his.
tory of America 1t i absolute truth
which can readily be verified.
The inhabitants of the pleasant town
of Cortland, N. Y, were shocked one
morning by The announcement that MIR.
Clinton Rindge, one Of their most
prominent citizens, had committed sui
eide. The news spread rapidly and
aroused the whole neighborhood where
MIR. Rindge was so well and favorably
known. At first it seemed impossible
that one SO quiet and domestic could
do so rash deed, and the inquiry was
heard on every side as to the cause.
The facts as developed on investiga-
ton proved to be as follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his
tastes and took the greatest enjoyment
in the society of his children and pride
in their development. And indeed he
had good reason to be proud, for they
gave promise of long lives Of success
and usefulness. But an evil day
came. His youngest son, Will
liam, began to show signs of an early
decay. He felt unusually tired
each day, and would sometimes sleep
the entire afternoon if permitted to do
so. His head panied him, not acutely,
but with dull, heavy feeling. There
was a sinking sensation at the pit of his
stomach. He lost all relish for food
and much of his interest for things
about him. He tried manfully to over
come these feelings, but they seemed
stronger than his will. He began to
lose flesh rapidly. The father became
alarmed and consulted physicians as to
the cause of his sons illness, but they
were unable to explain. Finally severe
sores broke out on his arms and he was
taken to Buffalo where a painful oper-
alton was performed resulting in the
loss of much blood but affording little
relief. The young man returned home
and council of physicians was called.
After an exhaustive examination they
declared there was no hope of final re-
covery and that he must die within
very few days. To describe the agony
which this announcement caused the
father would be impossible. His mind
failed to grasp its full meaning at
first; then finally seemed to compre-
bend it, but the load was too great
In an agony of frenzy he seized knife
and took his own life, preferring death
rather than to survive his ldolized son.
At that time William Rindge was too
weak to know what was transpiring.
His face had turned black, his breath
ceased entirely at times, and his friends
waited for his death, believing that the
iend Bright's disease of the kidneys,
from which he was suffering, could not
be removed. In this supreme moment
Williams sister came forward and de-
clared she would make final attempt
to save her brother. The doctors in
terposed, assuring her it was useless
and that she would only hasten the end
by the means she proposed to employ.
But she was firm, and putting all back
approached her brothers bedside and
administered a remedy which she for
tunately had on hand. Within an hour
he seemed more easy, and before the
day was over he showed signs of de-
cided improvement. These favorable
signs continued, and to-day William B.
Rindge is well, having been virtually
raised from the dead through the mar
velous power of Warmers Safe Cure,
as can be readily verified by any citi-
zen of Cortland.
Any enc who reflects upon the facts
above described must have feeling of
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, supposing his sons recovery to
be impossible; the son restored to
health to mourn the loss of his father
and the agonized relatives with men,
DRY of sadness to forever darken their
lives. Had Clinton Rindge known that
his son could recover he would to-day
be alive and happy, but the facts which
turned his brain and caused him to
commit suicide were such as any one
would accept as true.
However sad this case may be, the
truth remains that thousands of people
are at this moment in as great actual
peril as William Rindge and in as great
danger of causing misery if not death
to their friends. Liver and kidney dis
eases are become the most common
and most dangerous of any or all mod
ern complaints. They are the most
deceptive in their beginnings and hor-
rible in their final stages. They are
far more deceptive than Consumption,
and can rarely be detected even by
skillful physicians unless microscop-
ic analysis be resorted to and
few doctors understand how to do this.
Their slightest approach, or possibility
of approach should strike terror to the
one who is threatened as well as to all
his or her friends. These diseases have
no distinct symptoms, but come in the
form of lassitude, loss of appetite,
aching muscles and joints, dull head
aches, pains in the back, stomach and
chest, sour stomach, recurring signs of
cold, irregular pulsations of the heart,
and frequent dizziness. If neglected,
these symptoms are certain to run into
chronic kidney and liver or Bright's