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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
Mr. Eaithnrn Advises

CHICAGO, H., July 13.-Chairmsn
Faithorn of the Western and Northern
freight association, has advised the lines
between Chicago and Council Bluffs that
irregularities in rate. on business, ~originat-
ing in the east. ought to cease. so as to pre-
vent further decentralization in rates. He
refers to the special agreement entered
into, looking to the preservation OF
rates on eastern traffic to and from
Council Bluffs, Omaha and Sioux City. He
thinks it advisable that some date be estab-
lished when all irregularities should cease,
and that for no cause should there be on
and after July 81 any rates at variance
with the agreed figures, as published by the
chairman's office. The tariff rates apply
irrespective of origin of freight.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
BY THE MAIL AND TELEGRAPH.

Governor Hill, ofNew York, has called
nm extra session Of the Legislature for
July 18th for the purpose of a%pPropriat-
ing funds to provide work for the prIs-
oners in the state prison.
Henry Fin4, vice president OF the East
Tennessee peeginia & Georgia railroad,
admitted tmt serious trouble was threat
ened on his road with the engineers.
The expected strike of the engineers had
not yet taken place but was likely TO at
an early day.
A sheriffs posse Of thirty is camped
near Sadieville, in Central Kentucky,
looking for Caleb Parker. Parker is
charged with killing Constable Sadocia
Connellee, of Sadieville. Ris friends
say he cannot be taken without blood
shed.
Two outnges by negroes upon white
women have occurred in the vicinity of
Lynchburg, Va. Great excitement pre-
walls, which has been intensified by Mrs.
Midkiff, one of the victims, appealing to
the manhood Of Pulaski county 20 vim
dictate and defend the female character
and person from brutal assault" Both
negroes are in Jail.
4 delegation of ladies and gentlemen
from Benton Harbor, Mich, called on
General Harrison on the 9th. They were
presented by Colonel Ward, who was the
Michigan delegate to the Chicago con
yention. The delegation was cordially
received by General Harrison, who made
q short speech, in which he referred to
Al, ,,t,un ,,ork t.lrAn hV hIRhIDan IN
many of the achievements of the repub-
lican party.
Hon. T. NJ. James and 4. j. Arnold,
of Topeka, Kansas, made a bet on the
result of the election in Indiana. Ar
mold, n war democrat and a former resi-
dent of Indiana, made n bluff on the re-
suit in that state which was accepted by
James. The wager consists OF n $4,000
business house on the part OF James
against an IS, 900 business Ouse owned
by Arnold. Deeds were drawn up and
deposited in the bank. Both men Will
stick.
A singular casualty occurred at Wal
nut Grove, Mo, which will result in the
death of a young man named Will Mer-
rift, formerly n resident of Springfield.
He became involved in n dispute with
Henry Clnypool. The latter threw "a
bottle at him and knocked him down.
He fell under q horse, and the animal
kicked him in the head with both hind
feet, break his skull. He cannot re-
cover.
The board of visitors to the naval acad-
envy has made its report to Secretary
Whitney. Among the recommendations
is one that the academy course be re-
duced from six to four years. The rea-
son for adopting the six years course
was that the number of appointments to
the navy would be reduced, but the law
restricts the number of applications to
the number of existing vacancies, and
the proposed change, it is thought, will
be beneficial alike to the cadets and the
government. The board is of the opin-
ion that the two years service is without
value, and it is manifestly to the injury
of the cadets that they be kept from pre-
paration for those pursuits which they
may propose to follow in life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
THE 90" OUTLINES ITS CASE.
a Statement Ia Court of the ARe0ed DUna
mite Plot.

4 Statement Ia Court IF the alleged DUna-
mite Plot.
CHICAGO, July 13.-A startling outline
of the ease against members of the brother
hood of engineers and fremen, accused Of
completely in the huge dynamite plot
against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
road, was formally presented in court to-
day. The statement was made by United
States District Attorney Ewing, immedi-
atelv upon the Arrangements OF six of the
accused, Chief Bauereisn and his comrades
Cooling, Wilson, Bowles, Broderick and
Smith. The presentment caused a sensa-
lawyers and reporters that filled every inch
of the room in court. The statement of
the district attorney was apparently based
largely on the confession of one of the six.
Alex Smith. The latter sat apart
from the other defendants, and not
w~ithstanding the efforts Of his brother
clIned to be represented by the Brother
HOOu dttOIHcJS, VI nave duNthiuB u uO
with them. After Commissioner HOyne
had refused the defendants request for O
separate examination for each of them, the
district attorney arose and in a matter-of-
fact way, without any attempt at decla-
nation, recited the facts that he proposed
to prove. lie said that his evidence would
show that the dynamite cartridge that was
placed on the Burlington tracks at Eola,
ILL.,, May 30, was put there by Bcwles and
Smith. A few days prior to this explosion
Bowles wen into Chairman HOge's room
at the Grand Pacific, and showed him q
number of these cartridges and they talked
together regarding their use. A day or
two later Bauereisn told Smith that
Bowles had left a package for
him at q certain house in
Aurora. Smith got the package,
and it contained a dynamite cartridge, and
by Bauereisn's advice he put these on the
Burlington tracks June IA. July 8, by
direction of the defendants, Smith took a
letter from Godding to his wife who gave
him a package containing dynamite car
tridges. These Smith took to the Brother
hood hall at Aurora, where he met Brod-
erick, Bowles and Bauereisn, and told them
that he had left the dynamite in the ante
room. Frederick put the package under
his arm and the men left the hall together,
and took the train for Chicago, excepting
Bauereisn. On their way they were ar
rested. The package contained four half
pound dynamite cartridges.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
He Vamoosed the Ranch.

New YORK special: George Williams,
known in Buffalo Gap, Custer county,
Dakota, as dakota Joe,"was entrusted
by his employer, John Siren, with 5000
about four weeks ago to pay off the COW
boys working for him. This was too
much of q temptation for Joe, and he
vamoosed the ranch, going to Nebraska.
Search was made for him and a couple
of days ago a telegram was received at
the central detective office here to arrest
the absconder. The detectives had no
difficulty in apprehending and secur-
ing the man. The prisoner was brought
into the Tombs police court Sun
day and attracted much attention
by his long hair and bronzed counte-
nance. He said he was a native of Cook
county, Wyoming. He acknowledged
the larceny with which he was charged,
and was held by Justice Smith until the
arrival of the requisition papers from
Dakota, where his presence is SO ur-
gently desired.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.

William Bunce, formerly of IRE
mont, was killed at Missouri Valley,
Iowa, on the 4th of July by the cars.
In view of the many recent jail es-
capes the Valentine papers warn the
Cherry county officials that their jail i:
worthless and contains two murderers
Major" Patten, a boss bricklayer,
fell from a second story window in the
Elkhorn Valley house at Omaha, and
broke his left arm. He was intoxicated
when he fell from the window.
e. P. Russell died in Omaha last
week from a protracted spree. He
leaves a wife and four children. The
Herald says that several letters from
one of the latter, BERTHE by name, were
found among his effects. They told a
sad tale of the work liquor had accom-
plished In a once worthy man. With
the little chidings administered for neg
lect of his family was mingled the ten
der u~tterances of what must be a brave
and practical little woman who loved
her unhappy father despite his faults.
In the presence of the corpse the letters
were read, and it is not too much to say
that the expressions of love and hope
and fears they contained caused the
eyes of the practical audience to glisten
for the moment.
The office of the state board OF
transportation is in receipt of a new
freight tariff on the B. & NJ. from Lin
colin to Colorado points, which takes
effect July 10
John Gordon, of Aurora, was the
victim Of a somnambulistic feat last
week. He slept up stairs at the Tuttle
house, and dreamed that he was crawl
ing through the bank window to open
the door on the inside, when he struck
the sidewalk, and walked up, having
jumped or climbed out of a second story
window. he was not seriously hurt.
Cholera infantum is carrying off a
great many children at Omaha. The
little ones need to be well guarded
during the cheated term"
The Republican says the Blair can
ming factory put mp ten thousand cans
of peas last Saturday afternoon, or six
hundred bushels.
A petition has been presented TO
he city council of York asking them to
ubmit a proposition to the people to
yote bonds for ST. 900 for a new city
md fire department building. Inc
,rayer of the petition was granted ana
clans and specifications ordered drawn
The insane commission OF York
,onntv had before it the other day an
unfortunate man, who was found wan
iering in the fields near Charleston.
The man appears to be Richard MAJ.
valid. a German russian, 80 years n o5
s@e. about 3 feet s inches IN height ah ha
Teighs perhaps 40 pounds he VIII OS
ssnf 20 the asylum at Norfolk.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
Indians Ihreafeninn IrnmhIn.

ST. PAUL, July ia special from Vic
tor:a, b. c., says it is reported that AIr.
Clifford, in charge of the Hudson's bay
company at HazletOn, and one of the
special c%onstables sent from here, had
heen murdered by Indians. The
Indians are thoroughly excited and
threaten to exterminate all the whites in
that part of the country. A special force
OF provincial police leaves tomorrow for
the scene of trouble. The Indians who ar
causing the trouble are the worst on the
coast and nearly all well armed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20

The republican congressional con-
Fention of the First district will be held
1t Lincoln September 90.
George W. Martin says there are sew
eral persons nibbling at his Junction
City Union, but it is not yet sold.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20

to the reform school.
Three carloads of school teachers
from PENNSYLVANIA for the Pacific coast
passed through Omaha last week.
Fremont is to be provide< With adj
ditional school room at q cost Of So, 900.
Joseph Kogill, of WILDER, died last
week from sunstroke.
AT Omaha, the other day, the horse
Ut a garbage man fell in the river,
~whereupon his dog, standing by at the
time, jumped into the stream, and,
catching the equine by the ear, brought
him safely ashore.
Rev. d. S. Davis, of York, sus-
tanned severe if not fatal injuries last
week, while bringing a bull into that
city. He was riding a horse, when the
bull became unruly and charged upon
tally gored and fell with Mr.. Davis I'M
rere internal injuries.
Dixon county's treasurer. M. L..
Rosseten, made the annual settlement
with the board of supervisors last week.
The settlement, which usually requires
from one to two days, was made in two
hours. Everything was in good shape,
and the books showed a balance of $780,
900 in the treasury.
Sam Lowe, who was tried at Teka-
nah for q crime committed on a young
girl who is now lying at the point Of
death, was bound over to the district
court. He gave bonds and left for parts
unknown. The citizens express great
Indignation at his actions.
The Hawke will contest in Nebraska
City is settled, the court sustaining the
provisions of the will. The contest
grew out of the fact that Hawke senior
d~isinherited his son William, because
the latter married a woman whom the
old man disliked.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Women in Dakota.

1t is very common to find a lone
and unprotected female ''holding
down a claim, " as the Western phrase
runs. The woman of the East would
look aghast at the prospect Of living
alone in a sod house for six months,
miles from the nearest neighbOr. Yet
experience proves that the ''unpro-
tected" is much safer out on the lone
ly prairie than she would be in New
York city. I never heard or read of
a woman on a homestead receiving
an insult at the hands of anybody.
To be sure, they are always armed,
and know how to handle pistol,
but they rarely have more deadly
use for it than the killing of a jack
rabbit or q prairie dog. Such women
complain more of loneliness than Of
fear For whatever charms solitude
may have for the sage, it certainly
has none for the fair sex, not even for
our hardy Western representatives Of
it. Here Is one of their ingenious
ways of avoiding it. Two of them
will locate on adjoining quarters,
and build their houses on the diVid-
ing line, so that while each house is
on its occupants claim, the two
structures are practically one, afford
ing frequent opportunities for the
ladies to call on each other and dis
cuss social topics. They are all pro-
vided with ponies, and think nothing
of a horseback ride Of fifteen or TWEEN
ty miles, either for business or pleas
ure.-Harper'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Titles ofOur Statesmen.

'Old" and Little are two favOrits
prefxes which admirers use IN con
Iferring a sobriquet on their hero.
''Honest Old Abe was the plain
title that was shouted at the head Of
Lincoln's columns.
Martin Van Buren,, who succeeded
Andrew Jackson, was called ''The
Little Magician" His enemies dubbed
him ''Whisky Van"
''The Little Giant is the sugges-
tive, historical and catching sobri-
quet that was won by the great
statesman, Stephen A. Douglass.
Many of Folks ardent admirers
called him young Hickory" hoping
to win for him some Of the warm sup
port that cold Hickory commanded.
Andrew Jackson was called by his
friends cold Hickory" because Of his
sturdy qualities. cold Hickory" is
one of the historical nicknames Ofthe
world.
"LOg-Cabin" Harrison was the way
campaign orators used to speak Of
the "TippecanOe" statesman. "Hard
Cider" was another appellatiOn OF
his, while some talked of him as cold
Tip"
General Taylor was not wanting
campaign titles. He was called cold
Zach" and cold Buena VISTA" But
the title that the people most liked
and the one that is historical is
Trough and Ready"
Henry Clay always had flashing
niclnames. Three have gone down
with Clay in history. ''The Gallant
Harry Of the West" "The Young
Commoner," and 1.-THE Mill-Boy of
the Slashes, . are titles that the great
statesman himself delighted to apply.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Deafness.

From the Culver.
At a review and sham fight some
time after, I met a friend, and natur-
ally told him Of my recent affection.
''Wel," he said; 81 should think
being deaf was rather an advantage
on a day Of this sort.
But, although he spoke in jest,
there really are advantages and dis
advantages in being deaf in one ear.
The disadvantages are probably
most disagreeably felt at table, when
you have to turn a deaf ear to the
one you specially desire to be agree
able to. If this happens to be a lady,
who has read your last book or adj
mired your last picture, it is dOubly
disagreeabIe. There are two ways of
getting over this: First you may
screw your head round towards her
till the chin rests on the shoulder,
but this looks awkward; or you may
turn the back of your head towards
her, when, singular to say, you can
hear all she says, but this would look
dOubly awkward, not to say ridicul-
Gus. Another disadvantage at table
comes from the inability a semi
deaf person has of locating
sounds. Some one has said a good
thing, or some one from some part
of the table has addressed you, but,
for the life Of you, you cannot tell
which way to look in replying. There
is this same advantage in tht steeet.
You hear a carriage coming rapidly
along, and you want to get out of
the way quickly, but you must look
both ways before yuu start; your one
ear viii not tell YOU its direction.
The advantages, however, are not
to be despised. Not more than half
that is said In this world is worth
listening to. That is cOnsOlatOFy.
You can turn a deafear to all lingual
disagreed leness. Even when induced
to 90 to a lecture which turns out a
delusiOn, you can lean your hearing
side on your hand, and, while pre-
tending to listen attentiVelY, be
alone in your own world thinking
your own thoughts. But perhaps
the chief advantages this: Wherever
YOU are at night you can obtain re-
freshing sleep. DOgsmay bark, doors
may bang. cocks may crow, hooters
howl, and railway enginedrivers
whistle out the whites of their own
eyes, but they cannot annoy you.
You are lying on your side, deaf ear
uppermOst, in dreamless, wholesome
sIumber
But again the hal-deaf individual
has reason for thankfulness in remem-
ing that, as a rule, the same causes
that rendered him deafin one ear
might have deprived him Of the use
of both.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
MentaI Ffeets Of Hot Weather.

From the Boston Globe.
One of the most interesting studies
bearing upon this subject (of the re
lation of mind to matter) is found in
observing the effects ola high temper
allure upon different organizations.
The nervous, sensitive, egotistc man,
when the thermometer ranges among
the nineties, is chiefly intent upon
publishing his personal discomfort.
Instead Of sitting still and cooling
his mind through work OF. genial di
version, he moves busiIy about tell
ing everybody how hot it is, with
gesters and CALCULATIONS to match.
He is a mental radiator, bent upon
transmitting his own conditions to
other minds, and without intending
it is generating his own discomfort
within others.
On the other hand, the man ofeven
temperament, OfcoOI mind, avoids
all mention of physical and thermal
conditions on hot day. His pur-
pose is to get his mind as far away
from them as possible. He hears his
nervous friend fling down his pen or
spade and declare that it is too hot
for work. To him cOngenial work is
the very best means of keeping his
attention away from physical dis
comfort. One feels comparatively
cool in this mans presence. He is a
partial refrigerator, and transmits
his own conditions.
The mere physical temperature OF
q man on q hot day is not the meas
ure Of discomfort. In this busy sea-
son hundreds of New England far
mers toll on open fields in the hot sun
in such excessive perspiratiOn that
hardly dry thread is found on them
through the day. But if one is ac-
cOsted from the roadside and re-
minded that it is a terribly hot day
he will generally reply with true Yam
kee drOllery that it is splendid wealth
er for corn. The farmers mind is on
the hay and corn crops instead OfOn
the heat. His mind is kept cool by
cOngenial labor and the promise Of
good crops.
WHAT'S true Otmanis true OF beasts
One of the most painful sights to a
person Of kind heart is to see the dis
tress of the horses thatpull thestreet
cars on a scOrching day. These ami.
mails receive the best of care and
treatment by the companies, and
their muscular strength is not over
taxed so far as mere work is con
/ cerned. AhOrse doing thesame work
on a country road would not per
spire much. 1t is the tremendous
strain upon their nerves caused by
constant fear Of lOOsing their feet OF
the smooth paving when starting
the car that chiefly induces theil
sweat and semi-tOrture. Even Will
a horse, it is the condition Of minC
that largely decides its power to en-
dure heat and work.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
A Natural Gas Outnut.

The total mileage of pipes in the
United States cannot be far from
$500 miles, notincluding small pipes
for individual use. One-ffth of this
quantity 70 pipe is laid in the city of
Pittsburg. The gas wells of Penn
sylvania produce from /, 100000 to
100000 cubic feet a day. High
and low pressure wells are also found
in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio
and as far west as Kansas. The
total consumption of gas for 1887,
as estimated by coal displacement,
was equivalent to 100000 tons
of coal
The value Ofthis coal was calculated
at about S15, 100000. In 1886 the
displacement was placed at G, 100000
tons, nearly all Of which occurred in
Pennsylvania, about Pittsburg. If
the same ratio of increase in dis
placement could be given IN 1883, as
that Of 1886 over 1885, the amount
of coal displaced by natural gas in
1887 should be placed at Ii, 900, 900
tons instead of 100000 tons, as
above, which is a reasonable estimate,
as no official OF authentic figures are
at hand.-AIining Review.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Saved from an Insane Asylum.

New York Tribune.
''Under our present laws it is Won
derfulIy easy to railroad any citizen
to an insane asylum said Lawyer
John R. Walker, in speaking of the
case of Daniel Canfeld, a veteran
who lost his arm during the war and
whose release from the Iunatic asv-
lum has just been secured. Garfield
was sentenced to the penitentiary a
little more than a year ago for as
saulting his wife. From BlackWelPs
Island he was transferred to the
Auburn Prison Lunatic Asylum, be
ing at that time undoubtedly insane.
At the expiration of his term, four
weeks ago, he was brought to this
city by one Of the keepers, expecting
to be discharged. But on the certifi-
cate Of two physicians he was com
mitted to the Wards Island Insane
Asylum on the plea that She was
dangerous when drunk
He has now been released by order
Of Justice Andrews, of the supreme
court, who held in his case that al
though a citizen might be dangerous
when under the influence Of liquor
this could not be accepted as proof
that he was insane. The Judge Was
convinced from the testimony Of
Garfield and Others that heWas sane.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
The CoMnrdice Of suicfde..

New York City was shocked a few
days ago by a strange suicide in one
of our leading hotels, the motive as
signed being the inability of the one
who took his own life to provide for
his family. And yet he killed himself
rather than stay by his loved ones
and do what he could for theml This
is so illogical that the temptation to
explain the deed on the theory that
the suicide is necessarily insane.
But we doubt if it is just to take
such a charitable view of the case.
The less subtle explanation is more
probably the true one. In almost
every instance suicide springs from
cOWardice. The self murderer dares
not face the consequences of his own
faults or he shrinBs from the hard
duties that accompany his life. The
choice he makes may unreasonable
to the point of absurdity and even
madness, but we heed not refer the
act to insanity, nor is it so regarded
in law unless there is evidence intro
duced to prove unsOundness of mind.
Very properly the law regards the
suicide as a criminal, and it may be
added that generally he is q very
mean One.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Natures Contempt Of Court.

From the New York sun
A leading English Judge is very
deaf, and recently there was frequent
applause during the hearing ola case.
He silenced 1t several times, but after
a while came an Outburstl louder than
ever, and In great Indignation he ex-
claimed. ''These demonstrations are
most unseemIy. If they continue I
shall have the court cleared at Oncel''
But the noise the Judge had heard
was a peal of thunder