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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
THE WHITE HOUSE TENANT.
President Ciereland's Pirate Parfor In tho
Executive Mansion.

President Ciereland's Pirate Parior In tho
Executive Mansion.
A Washington correspondent writes that
many arrangements for the comfort and con
venience of President Cleveland have been
completed at the white house, III evenings
are usually spent in the red parlor, VIII CHI has
been improved and beautified considerably
Five new pieces of furnitu g have been added
to the parlOr comprising q book case cabinet,
two side tables and q centre table, all of
cOcola wood, q darker substance than ma
hogany. These new articles are finished in
morocco leather and studded with bronze
nails and pinheads, the effect being very
unique. The carving on them conforms to
that of the mantel in the red parlOr, and the
cabinet is further beautified by MOSAIC work
similar to that inthe main entrance 10 the re
ceptiOn rooms.
On The center table is high bronze lamp.
with an exquisite parasol of cardinal silk a.
shade, and Is surrounded by handsomely
bound editions of some of the important
public documents fresh from the government
printing Office. The copies of the past and
pending treaties beIray gins of uee. Several
vel thUmbed volumes OF the latest novels
Indicate that the president also enjoys
some literature III lighter vein. AT present
The red parlOr is the handsomest room in the
white house. and the incumbent has bestOw-
ed q great deal of care i'll it's Arrangement,
and there is probably not Il cosicr room in
this country. On the panels on the north
side are portraits of Adams and Van Buren,:
the east side is occupied by life-sized por-
trait of General Grant, while the south and
west walls contain two handsome French
mirrors. Heavy garnet plush curtains hang
at the south windows leading out upon the
porrco and splendid Turkish rug in front
OF the fireplace adds TO the beauty OF The pic
ture. 1t is in this room that the famous man
telpiece designed by Tiffany Is located, and
notice is prominent feature of the FURNISH
ed-steel fireplace.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.

NEBRASKA DAY AT New ORLEANs.-In the
selection OF Wednesday for Nebraska day
Gov. Furnas was most fortunate. The
weather was perfect and drew to the Nebras
ka department, in the government building,
large crowd of ladies ana gentlemen. The
programme Of exercises. as prepared and
most successfully carried out, was a fitting
elimination OF the whole. Mr.. Thurston en-
tertained the audience with a speech of a
most enjoyable character and in a manner OF
pleasing address and engaging eloquence.
Gen. Q. +. Morehead, in behalf OF the man.
agement, accepted the exhibit. He said he
felt deeply the honor of receiving the ex-
hioit OF Nebraska, but with the exhaustive
address or Mr.. Thurston, an address worthy
OF the great exhibit itself, he thought it sufi-
Gent to say no more than to return thanks
for the great exhibit which speaks for itself.
and which adds so much TO the value of the
attractions of the government building. He
thought II also due to say that the especial
credit Is due Nebraska, and the opportunity
for him to say SO was a fitting one, because
at no time had Nebraska hesitated to come
forward In dong everything in its power to
make the exposition success. He also
thought 1t proper 10 return we'll merited
thanks to Gov. Furnas. whose efforts in be-
half OF Nebraska deserved more than pass
ing notice, rs too much cannot be said of the
manner in which he has sustained the honor
and dignity of he state hich he represents.
In conclusion he could but say that the board
of management felt it greatly honored itself
in being able to receive the great exhibit
that Nebraska has sent as her share in the
worlds ex position.
Mr.. Fred. N. Thayer was then called on to
read poem by Isaac N. Maynard, entitled
Nebraska Day." which he did to the great
delight OF the audience.
Prof. Chas. ii. Bessey, dean of the indus
trial college of the Nebraska university, de-
livered an address on the Educational
Growth OF Nebraska"
With the conclusion of the address, Gov.
Furnas announced that while the orchestra
finished their programme the refreshments
provided would be furnished to al present if
they would rtmain seated.
This concluded one of the most successful
and enjoyable state days that has We: been
held at the exposition.-[New Orleans Plea
yune.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
SCORING A Bre VICTORY.

The Striking Raitsroy Employees Force The
Managers to Yietd an Important Point.
St Louis dispatch: For the first time In the
history of railroad strikes in the west the
strikers yesterday scored a noteworthy vic
tory, and this after long strike In which
neither violence nor Intimidation was used.
Saturday the tracks of the Wabash and Its
branches and those of the Missouri Pacific
and It's scores OF connecting lines were COW
cred with freight trains which had been
lying idle for weeks; yesterday afternoon the
railroad companies sent out word OF their
capitulatlon, and the strikers went TO work
with awill. The meeting of the railway officials
and the state representatives of Texas gnd
Kansas brought about this result. Cover HQr
Martin and the state board OF commission
of Kansas came from Topeka To help briH
about a settlement, but they did not come
until they were given positive assurance that
General Manager Hoxie. of the Gould lines
was willing TO discuss the question In all It's
details and neg otiate terms. Besides the
Kansas delegation. the board Of railroad COM
missioners of this state was In attendance at
the meeting, accompanied by Adjutant Cen
eral Jameson, Labor Commissioner Hotch-
Risky and Attorney General Boone. Gov.
Marmaduke was at home SUITE ing, with
hemorrhage of the nose. Besides Messrs.
Hoxie and Hayes the railroad companies
were represented by the attorney or
the Missouri Pacific and by Scion Hum
phreys and Thomas X. Tut, receivers of the
wabash company. AS a result OF the confer
ence it was resolved to restore the rates OF
wages which prevailed prior TO last Soptem~
Der and to give the men one and half time
for all extra work. This was more than the
strikers demanded, their request being that
the railroad companies restore the rates
which prevailed prior TO the january cut.
This proposition was first made by the state
officials. 1t was kindly received by the rail-
road companies, as was proven laer. when
Mr. Hayes drew up a circular in which ne not
only agreed TO the above terms but in serted
another claim to the effect that hereafter the
railway companies will notify employees of
cut thirty days IN advance so rs to give them
time to enter their objections and thus do
away with another clash like the present one.
The latter clause Mr.. Hayes inserted not only
10 conciliate all parties but in Difference 10
the Texas law requiring railroad companies
to give employees thirty days notice of a cut
in wages. The resolution was in the form OF
a proposition which came from the state Off
tiles.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
Why College R0wdyism Has Decreased.

The conditions of College life which
formerly gave rise to frequent riots be-
tween town and gown" have long
since passed away. The conditions,
also, which once gave rise to number
less minor forms of disorder, exist now
to far less extent than ever before in
the history of the college. What, then,
is it that has produced this change?
Surely it is not from and inborn love OF
culture and order which influences col
lege men now but did not then. The
Yale man of thirty years ago was as
much a gentleman as the Yale mar of
to-day. No, it is not this. But it is
the system of athletics which we have
this fine system of sports and games,
which has afforded us a legitimate
channel of venting our enthusiasm and
love of sport, which were once grossly
misdirected. And this would seem to
be not the least reason why athletics
should be encouraged and upheld here
in Yale college and in other colleges of
the country, in order that manliness
and comparative good order may char
acterize the college rather than lawless-
ness and turbulence.-Yaie Times.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
SPECIALIST Us. REGULAR.
The Latter Refuse to AIorc the Former to See
General Grant.

The Latter Refuse to dilOU the Former to See
General Grant.
New York dispatch: Mr.. W. E. Brown. a
cancer specialist of North Adams, Mass,
came here at the request of ex-senator Chaffee
to pay a professional visit TO General Grant
and give his advice and counsel so as to save
the generals life. He is not regular prac-
ticing physician and has no diploma. With
out consulting the physicians who had charge
of General Grant, Fred Grant and Senator
Chafree invited him down here. When he ar
rived he Immediately called upon Fred Grant,
who gave him letter of Introduction to DIR.
Douglass, one of his fathers physicians. DR..
Douglass refused to grant Brown permission
to see General Grant and referred him to DIR.
Fordyce Barker, endorsing Mr.. Grants note
as follows:
DR.. B. F. Barker-I refer this note to you.
Will you please give il your consideration and
let me know your opinion and decision? The
request comes from the family and has to be
considered. j. Fl. DOUGLASS.
ton in Mr.. Barker's Office. The leading physi-
clan laid down the proposition that he would
not permit any treatment tc be undertaken
without first knowing what remedies were
proposed. This the New Highlander refused
to agree to. saying that his remedies were
secret and that he did not care to disclose
them. He would, he said, in case of failure.
agree to make known exactly what he had
done and the remedies he had used. DIR.
Barker finally agreed to leave a rote at
Grants house by which Mr.. Brown would be
admitted to see him to day at half past 2.
When he went there, however. he was met by
Col. Fred Grant and told the doctor had not
left any note. The physicians had heen in
consultation and it was evident that the mat
ter had been discussed. for they laid down the
same utimatum about making known the
remedies. Mr.. Brown departed without see
ing the general, and unless he is forma ly
ca led into the case in the meantime, will
Heaye for home tomorrow.
In speaking to q correspondent Mr.. Brown
said: From what am told by Grants ply
scians, am sure that the case is durable. l
am told that, so far, no remedy of any kind
has been applied in Grants case, the effort
being only to make him comfortable and let
him die as eas lily as possible. If he we're an
unknown man they would go to work to cure
him by some process or other. There is no
reason why they should delay because the pa
tent is Gen. Grant"
. Dr. Barker, j the other physicians who
visit Grant daily refused to talk on the sub
ject, but one of them stated that he thought
it was practically determined between them
not to allow any outside interference.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
ABROGAIION OF POLYG4MY.

The Mormon Church Organ, Touches Upon
the Question, for the First Time.
Salt Lake dispatch: The Deseret News, the
Mormon church organ, breaks the silence for
the first time on the rumor of the coming ab-
rogation of polyRamy at the spring confer
nee. The paper argues against such action
and does not absolute ly deny the rumor. Ad-
hitting that portion Of the church favors
the step, the long editorial close as follows:
1.-The members of the church who feel and
talk favorably for the abrogation of these
doctrilal points are the reverse of the strong
They probably belong to class who believe
in the fullness of the gospel as restored
through Jos. Smith and almost wish they
did not; or, at least, that it was not true.
They would like to do the W II of God, provid-
ing it was strictly in accordance with their
own. They desire to adhere 10 the church,
because they cannot rid themselves of the
conviction that it is the power of God unto
salvation, but they would like its doctrines
and ways mo e in conformity with the ways
of the world: that the very species of fiction
which causes discomfort and temporal
they are Conservative Mormons. another
term for men who, If the church OF Christ
were manipulated by them, would doubtless
adopt policy of giving up their rel gious
rights piecemeal until every Distinguishing
feature between the saints and world would
disappear. and they would be loved all over
the earth, because they would be swallowed
up by the world, and the world loves its own.
1t would result in another universal apostacy,
similar to that which took p a e shorty sub
eeQuent to the time of Christs earthly mis-
sion. But, coming back to he starting point,
all anticpations and pie iictions regarding
the reception of revelations 70 the church,
are necessarily premature. The faithful, who
seek to know the viii of God will not lie
shaken OF their purpose, neither will they
abandon their religious principles in whole
or in part. under any kind of oppression
in the full expectation of sooner or later be-
holding The salvation of God"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
HOW THEY WILL STAND.
The COlored Men Looking Into the Situation
from, q White House Standpoint.

from q White House Standpoint.
Washington dispatch: c. s. Smith, Of
Bloomington, Ill, the colored Independent,
visited the president on the 10Th, accompanied
by Bishop Oberly. Mr.. Smith called to pay
his respects, to announce that he would be no
longer candidate for the mission to Liberia,
and to confer with the president generally as
to the relations of the democratic party to the
colo:ed man. Some of the questions which
the president asked were not without signi-
fcance. He inquired what the effect would be
upoL the c,lored men if white man should
be put in a position now held by a
coIored man and q colored man put
in place now held by white man. The
Presidents thoughts seemed to be upon the
two important positions IN this diStr!c. held
by colored men-the registry Of the treasury
by Mr.. Bruce and reco. dership Of deeds by
Fred Douglass. The president said that he
hoped the position Of the colored man in The
south would be improved under his admins
tration and believed that the signs Of divis-
ion among the colored men OF the north
would be of advantage in the south, where
the vote would not always be along the color
line. He said that the time had come when
he thought it possible that all political dis
tnctions between the white and colored man
should be aban Toned, and he hoped his ad-
ministrat' on woI lid contribute to that end.
There are four prominent colored men In
office-Bruce, register of the treasury; Doug
lass, recorder of deeds; Langston, minister to
Hayti, and Smith, minister to Liberia. There
are two prominent democratic colored mn
Peter Clark, of Cincinnati, and Ma tlews, OF
The Albany Phalanx, Albany, and well known
to the president, Lamont aud Manning-who
seek important places, while the two indtpen-
dent cclored men-Smitb, of Bloomington,
H., and George T. Downing, of Newport-are
also booked for places. 1t is not improbable
that the four republican colored men will be
sppoiniei to their pieces. Peter Clark, of
Cincinnati, has been suggested as minister to
Hayti. Bradley, the cOlored Chicago demo-
crat who made q contest here for Fred Doug
lass place. has returned home, confident that
be cannot secure it.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
An Americans OPPORTUNITIES,

L have studied inebriety in every
quarter of the civilized earth, and
among some of the savages besides;
and yet 1 find here in your New York
peculiarly of the curse which aston
ishes me- What 1 mean is that the
facilities for going on a spree, without
the loss of any time worth mentioning,
are sumptuously provided. Broadway
is lined with bar-rooms for this especial
purpose. The business or professional
man may start from his downtown
quarters at or o'clock and arrive at
home for dinner as drunk as a lord
having got so during his walk up
Broadway.-New York Correspondence
Buffalo cypress.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
A Bonanza WaitinU for Some Somebodv.

William Arnold, a shoe merchant of Day
ton. Ohio. is in receipt of letter containing
some startling information, which promises
aid in leading to the ownership of an estate
valued at 800, Zoo. 600. The letter was writ
ten 10y L. l.. Hyne, q brother-in-aw of Ar
mold, who is prominent Commission mer-
chant OF Philadelphia He says Mr.. Arnold's
wife's mother, whose maiden name was
Mitchell. would be. il living, the legal heir
at-law in the 1ownsley estate of England,
vailed at $50 .0G0,U0l. Mrs. Arnold being
dead, her children. Dewitt C. Arnold and
Mrs. Annie May Binckerd, both Of Dayton,
are the living heirs-at-a of tue grandmother
and the representatives of her branch Of the
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26

of the family lives at Springfield, Ohio, and
another some place In New York. He speaks
hopefully of proving that that branch OF the
family can establish claim that will be re
c0gnized as the legal one. and advises Mr..
Arnold to make an immediate search for
dates and facts relating to the Mitchell
family
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26
Not q Trace.

DR.. D. F. Pennington, D. D. S., $50
West Fayette street, Baltimore, Mary
land, states that he has personally used
the Red Star Cough Cure and in his
family. and has found it prompt and
sure remedy for coughs and colds. No
bad results of other cough remedies.
Not q trace of opium or morphia.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26

age he had a severe attack Of lung fever.
which left him terrible sufferer with asth
ma. Upon his removal to Nebraska this at.
Fiction loft him and for thirteen years he was
in robust health. During his wedding trip to
Ohio in 1885 his old disease attacked him with
renewed vigor and from which he has been q
terrible sufferer.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26

OF the North Atlantic squadron three vessels
tho Galena, Powhattan and Swaiara-are
now In Central Ameyican waters. The entire
squadron will be he'd subject to orders from
Washington. The movements are under
stood to nave direct reference to the endeavor
of Gen. Barrios to make himself the supreme
military CHIEF of Central America.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26

"What amused me most at the opera" said
an Arab chief, who had been taken to hear
Faust" twas one of the music ans In the
orchestra, seated a tile higher than the rest,
who performed on an invisible instrument
with Q stick
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-26

| tney wOulQ De slgntle6S, DuC hopes are now
| entertained that they viii soon be able to
see again.
j. w. Rogers, adjusting agent of the Ger
| man Insurance company, was found dead in
| bed in his room in Lincoln few days ago. 1
was supposed at first that he had committed
remains be sent to his brother in Peoria, Ill.
| and from the fact that bottle of morphine
| was found in his room. Later Developments,
| however, showed that he has been troubled
with hart disease for some time. and it has
long been his custom when away from home
to leave Instructions as to his affairs, to be
carried out in case of sudden death. Rogers
home was at Freport. Ill.
A dispatch from Columbus says: Major
Frank North, the famous scout and Indian
fighter, died at his residence in this city at
o'clock this evening. Major North was born
in Tompkins county, New York, March 10,
1910. He removed to Nebraska in May, 1853.
In 1864 he was lieutenant of scouts with Gen
Curtis. In 1855 he was captain commanding
scouts with Gen. Connor, IN the Powder and
Yellowstone river campaign and was mus
tered out Of service in 1866. In the spring Of
1876 he was commissioned as major and done
effective service on the plains during the
building Of the Union Pacific railway in 1867
1858 and 1863. In 1877 he raised another COM
pany of scouts and Joined Gen. Crook in his
famous Indian campaign. In 1888 he was
elected q member OF the state legislature
from this county. When only two years Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04

THE Democratic majority of the State
Treasury investigation committee have agreed
to report, in obedience to the dictation of the
party caucus, that the Treasury is all right
that there is money enough, or 'colaterals on
hand, although the committee confess that as
to 81, 900 of county bonds they are in blissful
state of ignorance Of course the Republican
minority viii present report which will set
forth the real facts in the case but it will be
promptly laid upon the table Elsewhere we
reprint from the Cincinnati Enquirer a list of
the "collateralss said to be in the
State Treasury One of these is certificate
of deposit of date of Sunday remarkable
circumstance in itself, and one requiring ex-
PLANTATION. Sunday is not usual business
day either for the State Treasury or the bank.
From the beginning the Democratic majority
in the Legislature have evinced most unac-
countablc disposition TO avoid an inquiry into
the condition of the State funds, and in
the effort at suppression, it seems Mr.
Treasurer Cooper has himself been a conspic-
nous and active leader. Why is this9 For a
day or two there was a gleeful spirit shown
about investigating" Governor Porter bat
when the Governor appeared ready for bust
ness, the Democrats dropped him with a sud
denness that was both alarming and
suggestive. The record of Democratic
Legislatures in Indiana is ono that will be
heard from in the future. The Legislature of
1883 declined to pass tho appropriation bills,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04

nittee, which work exhausted every moment
of his time, as it did of all the officers and per-
sons engaged with him in that para
mount duty. The State Printer has
been crowded with work since the
meeting of the General Assembly,
and the printing of the Governors report
has been necessarily delayed; but not by his
fault, nor because the report was not pre-
pared at the earliest practicable day after the
expiration of his term of office, when,
alone, complete statement could
be made Now, will the Democratic State or
gan cease its cheap cackling, and turn its at
tention to the scandalous abuses in the benev-
client institutions and in the State Treasury,
to screen which the whole force of the party
is being exerted?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04

SINCE Mr.. Cleveland has been counselng
with rabid protectionist Randall and fiery
free trade Carlisle, anxious Democrats of both
factions are inquiring. with visible disapproval,
how he expects to build up a policy on such
conflicting opinions-the inference being, of
course, that he has no views of his own on
which to base his future action. There is
really no reason for this concern, and no diff
Guilty whatever in the future Presidents way
so long as lie has the Democratic platform TO
fall back on. The brethren have a curious
way of forgetting that remarkable document
and the plain statement made in Mr.. Cleve-
lands letter that the tariff sentiments there
expressed were his.