McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-21
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.

WHO SHALL DECIDE?-The young lad, son
or Mrs. X. 8. Williams. who has been lying at
the st. Joseph's hospital since Sunday MORN
Ing. suffering from the bite of mad dog,
died yesterday afternoon shortly after l
o'clock. His death was comparatively an
easy one, as his strength had been almost
entirely exhausted by spasms through which
he had passed. The last of these spasms
seized him early yesterday morning, and from
that time he failed rapidly.
II had been over six weeks since the boy
was bitten by the dog, and as the injury was
slight one, on bis right hand, not much at
tcntion was paid to it until shortly before he
was taken to the hospital at that time the
boy lie, an TO act strangely, and physician
10 the hospital. The case is a sad one
owing to the great interest which has been
manifested In the case by the medical profess
sion of the city, it was decided to hold post
mortein examination. Opinion also differed
as 10 whether 1t was an authentic case of
rabies or moi, and the result of the examine
ton was eagerly looked for.
AT 8 o'clock last evening about thirty OF the
medical men OF the city gathered In the little
back room of Burket's undertaking establish
ment, on Sixteenth street, to watch the pro
gress OF the examination. TIE post mortem
was under the direction of DR.. Gailbraith and
the examination was made by Drs. Wilcox and
Ayers. The top of the skull was removed and
the brain exposed TO view. Examination re-
vealed the fact that there was considerable
cerebral hemmorrhage and that the brain
was greatly congested. There was also mani
fest al adhesion of the brain to the lining OF
the skull. The brain was a massive one and
when removed from the skull weighed fifty
i've ounces.
DR.. Ayers then proceeded to open the chest
and all of the organs were carefully inspected
but still no concert of opinion as TO the i'm
mediate cause of death could be arrived at
Some held that the indications we're strongly
those OF hydrophobia, others directly to the
contrary, so they finally agreed to disagree,
and thus adjourned. The public mind is no
better OFT than it was before.-[Omaha Bee.
SEEKING THE SEA.-At a conference in Bos-
ton Tuesday the committee of the Union Pa
cific and Northern Pacific railroad companies
agreed in making an offer to the committee
of the Oregon Railway and Navigation COM
pany to lease Jointly that company's property
at the rate of five par cent dividends on the
stock for three years and six per cent after
ward. The committee did not accept the
OFFER but replied with one somewhat more
favorable to the Oregon company The diff
ference was so small, however. that the men,
bers of the committee regard the joint lease
almost as an accomplished fact. exceDting the
arrangement of details. tits generally under
stood here that the Union Pacific il anxious
to complete the lease. which will give it an
independent line to the Pacific coast and that
while some of the Northern Pacific directors
prefer an exclusive lease. Others wish to
build the Cascade branch: and, mo cover, the
Oregon Railway and Navigation COMPANY has
refused to lease the property to either COM
pany separately. The method in which the
lease may be made and tn e guarantees by the
two companies rendered effective has not
been agreed upon.
1t is thought by e. P officials here that the
lease will he made probably bv means of the
Oregon Short-Line railway, which is owned
by the Union Pacific. and whose gnarantee
would be equivalent to that of the Union Pa
ciffc. At the same time there are others w''o
maintain that the Union Pacific cou'd agree
to pay for the use of the road fixed sum
which would be sufficient to meet its part of
the fixed and divided charge. The charter Of
the Northern Pacific railroad provides thai
mo mortgage or construction bonds shall
ever be issued by said company on said road
or mortgage or lien made in ane way except
with the consent of congress-" Under sub
eequent section, however. the COMPANY
claims the right to enter upon any kind of an
arrangement with a connecting road
tOmaha Republican.