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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Tbs Iumiera,ioo Problem.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-It is re-
ported that some very advanced steps
will be recommended to congress for
the checking OF immigration when the
commission, OF which ex-Congressman
Grosvenor is. chairman, has made its
tour of Europe and reported upon the
necessities in the way of remodeling our
immigration laws. He said TO-DAY that
inflow OF promiscuous foreigners must
be stopped; that it was working hard
ships upon our lab0rers, since the bulk
Of immigrants were laborers. The sec
ond member of the commission is n
brother to Grand Master Workman
Powderly of the knights Of Labor. who
is in favor OF very stringent laws
against immigration, but the third and
last member, DR.. Hempster, is a Ger
man-American from Wisconsin, which
has almost ii not a majority OF foreign
blood, and probably he will counsel
caution in the report which is to en-
body the results Of 4 thorough invest
igation as to the character and volume
of our immigration.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Important Witnesses at New Orleans
Bribesi 20 leave the City.

New ORLEANS, La, May 2S.-Some
time Q Ferdinand Armant, an attor-
torl.ey. was indicted as one OF the men
VINO attempted to fix" the Hennessy
jury. After Armant had been indicted
White, a deputy sheriff at the parish
prison ana 4 b.other-in-law OF Sheriff
Where, was indicted for trying to per-
suade a witness not TO testify.
1t was developed that the witness
whom White desired not TO testify was
Leon G.. Bur,he, the tales juror whom
ArmauL ii wis alleged. attempted 10
bride. White was clamorous for an
immediate trial and his case was called,
but Leon BUr;he, the principal wit
ness for the state, was not on hand.
Inquiry at his fathers residence de-
veloped the tact that BUrthe had to-
DAY teiegrapAed to his father from St.
Louis. saying: ARRIVED safe" He
had been summoned and knew that he
was wanted as a witness against
White.
Burthe's father, in a conversation on
the subject OF his son departure, said:
Leon has been out OF work forayear.
lie G.d not have I cent of money on
Sunday so far as | know"
..Why did he go to St. LOUISE
''Why, l think that it had been
dinned into his ears that if he was put
on the stand he might send q man OF
family and children to the p~enitentiary
Tor a long tine. and rather than do
thai he consented TO leave town. |
don't know where he gothic money to
pay his passage and expenses"
White. who wants Il speedy trial,
will be called before section B again
Jo-morrow. Leon Burthe, the main
witness. VIII nor be there.
The shipping away OF the principal
witness in the White case is regarded
as strong circumstantial evidence
against the accused.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

considerable over two hundred pounds
and his lame is Phillips. He halls
from Montana and is said to own the
big silver mine that produced the sill
yer bullion. Mr.. Phillips hired 4 cab
ana started out to visit the bar-rooms
of the Broadway hotels. He wanted
to FIND out who sold the best liquor.
He logged the four silver bars worth.
about 81, 500 each in there and began
his sampling expedition at ~Forty-sec-
Ond street and worked down to Four
teenth street, where he has been lost
sight Of. Every time he left the cab
TO go into hotels he would first take
the silver bars from the cab and place
them lengthwise with each other in the
quit er. Cabby tried to have Phillips
allow the silver to remain in the cab.
but he insisted that the precious metal
would be safer in the gutter than in
the cab. After repeating this expert
ment in front of the different Broad
way hotels at which he stopped for
refreshments, he reached the Hoffman
house and again put the silver in the
gutter while he visited the bar. Phil
lips had been a guest at this hotel and
the porter felt it incumbent upon him
to remove the silver from the street to
the hotel and have it locked up. He
did so, and Phillips, after protesting,
proceeded t. visit other Broadway
hotels.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
StaIe RelIeGln Nebraska.

LINCOLN, May 2S.-The work OF the
state relief commission is drawing to &
close. Word was sent Saturday to the
desks OF clerks Of all counties receiving
aid that after this week no supplies
would be sent except on special re-
quest. Today the commission has
made out its last order for supplies eX.
cept such rs may he needed for special
cases. The order calls for flour in
lots of 4, 900 ana 5000 pounds, corr
meal IN lots of :, 900 and 4, 900 pounds,
meat in lots of 800 and /, 600 pounds.
beans IN six and twelve bushel lots,
rice, hominy and oatmeal in one and
two barrel lots. These supplies will
be shipped within a day or two to the
following places: Mason City, Custer
county; EdGyvllle. Dawson; Benkel-
man, nundy; Curtis, Frontier; Arapa-
hoe, Cambridge and Oxford, Furnas;
Franklin ana Riverton, Franklin;B Burn
well, Garfield; Wallace and Brady Is
land, Lincoln; Mcpherson, Mcpherson;
LouD City ana Hazard, ;Thed-
ford, Thomas.
The commission has seen some very
strange phases OF human nature. On
the recommendation of Bishop Bona
cum and John Fitzgerald it sent u sup
ply OF corn ana about $125 worth Of
other articles 10 Eddyville, q small
town n lhe northern part Of Dawson
county. Inc commission received two
anonymous KIckiug letters. The au-
thors have been hunted down and
found 70 be transient residents. One
signed Citizens in and around Eddy
vile, was written on q letter head
obtained sur"eDtitiously from the post
maste" and read as follows:
Ii committee here do not demand
so much OF the state aid as you are
sending here. Most people that are
getting aid live nearer Lexington and
other towns than they do here and a
great many never have anything more
than they nave this season. They Go
not raise a-croD ii the season is good.
The ala is a curse 10 the country"
The other letter, signed Suffering
Humanity. tries to be facetious:
I'VE are very thankful for the relief
you have already sent us. and now if
you can only send some tobacco, a few
suits oi summer clothing, a few ham
mocNs. one dozen fishing tackle and q
little Of Paddy's eye water and other
necessarics OF life you will confer a
great favor"
Adopting is established policy, the
commission Investigated the matter.
1t found the people deserving relief
and the supplies were properly distri-
buted by NJ. ID. Billmeyer, who was
appointed by the county officers.
Noticing that G. ?. Thompson, ar
rested near Benkleman for moonshin-
inc, Was reported to be d distributor
OF relief supplies, Secretary Ludden
went through all the records but failed
to FIND that he had received any sup
plies from the commission. The dis
tribUtor 70" the precinct in which
Thompson lived is W. j. Barney.
Thompson may have handled private
donations. bat he distributed no state
supplies.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Plenty Horses Case Il second Time
Before a jury.

Sioux FALLS, S. d., May 2G.-The
second trial Of Plenty Horses, the Sioux
warrior accused Of numbering Lieuten-
ant Casey Of the regular army on jan
uary 6 last, was opened in the United
States court in the presence OF a large
crowd Of spectators. The accused
looks very pale ana has not been in
| goou health for several weeks. He
expressed himself this morning as on
fident of his acquittal. The entire day
was taken in the selection of q jury,
which was accomplished after having
examined seventy-five OF the panel. A
remarkable feature OF the examination
was the prevalence OF prejudice against
the defendant or the Indian as Il race.
The jury complete is composed OF eight
farmers, one hardware merchant, an
insurance agent, a harness maker and
a druggist. Lhe defense MADE the
claim OF having secured new and aGdi-
tional evidence which will give the
case more prominence and interest
than before. More witnesses have
been subpOpnaed than at the last trial
by the defense, among the number be-
ing American Horse, the bravest and
strongest advocate OF civilization in
the Indian race to-day. His testimony
will be on the war theory, and as he
was the go-between OF the ~contending
forces at Pine Ridge. it is possible he
may give q new turn to the trial.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

PAWNEE CITY, May 26.-EX- Gov
ernor David Butte" dropped dead al
his home, three and one-half miles
west of this city. at $50 o'clock yes
terday morning. lie in his usual
good health and ate a hearty break
fast and started out accompanied by
his hired man TO repair q fence close
to the house. Needing some tool that
was al the barn he dispatched the hired
man for il, r~emarking at the same
time that he felt tired, but would get
a scvtne and NOW some grass and
weeds thai were beside the fence.
Mrs. Butler, who was working among
her flowers close by, heard him make
became quiet. She arose to her feet
ana saw him stretched out motionless.
Before assistance reached him he had
breathed his last. He was carried to
the house and DR.. Wright summoned.
who pronounced his death due to heart
failure. 1t seems, from the marks OF
the scytne on the grass, and the posi-
ton OF the body, that he must have
turned and staggered a few steps be-
fore he fell, death being apparently
painless, as his features were in no
way distorted. The body was en-
banned this afternoon.
The funeral services will take place
Wednesday afternoon at l o'clock from
lis late residence.
A kind husband and indulgent faith
er and 4 true friend, his memory will
long be kept green.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Cattle Contracts.

WASHINGTON. May 27.-There were
awarded Yesterday By the Indian bu-
eau 4 number OF contracts for cattle
on the Sioux reservation. Quite num-
Der OF the contracts went to South Da-
kOta people. These contracts will
make a demand for fat cattle in that
part OF the country which is near
enough to the reservation to allow the
stock to be driven to the Indians. The
bids also show the prices of stock when
furnished in large numbers. Pine
Ridge-B. Packard. 325 he;fers a $I6.-
90 each; John Brazil, 400 heifer5 at
SIG. 80 each; John Strange, 80 bulls at
1925 each; John Strange. 80 bulls at
1888 each. RoSebud-W. b. Jor-
dan, 500 COWS at $23.71 each; ". 3.
Jordan, 200 heifers at $17.41 each.
Standing Rock-Joseph Roach, 80
bulls at $54.10 each: Joseph Roach,
500 COWS at$2j.S 50 each: Martin Olson.
800 heiters, at &14.25 each. Cheyenne
Rivera. NJ. Bowdle. SO bulls AZ
SO each: William G. Woods, $50 cows
at $23.33 each; William S. Woods. 800
heifers at SLIP each. Crow Creek
\. NJ. Johnson, 120 heifers at $14.7S
each; a. \. Johnson, 120 COWS at $2S
each; A. NJ. BowdIe, Z COWS at SIS
each; A. NJ. Bowdle, ) bulls At $40
each. Lower Brule-A. NJ. Bowdle. }
bulls at so each; A. NJ. Bowdle, 100
COWS at % each: a. NJ. Bowdle, 10
heiiers at 81 each.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Tho Sioux Commissions.

WAsHINGTON, May 2S.-Senator Pet
tisrew OF South Dakota. now in the
city, has been notified by Chairman
Dawes that the senate committee ap-
pointed to investigate the cause wGi2n
led to the recent Sioux Indian outbreak
in South Dakota and Nebraska viii
meet and organize at Chicago on July
6, then proceed to the scene OF last
winters Indian war. where there will
be q thorough inquiry. 1t is believed
that the committee will export in favor
OF disarming all Indians on the reser-
walton, providing against seditious ut
terances before them by any one. and
for giving the savages lands in sever
atty.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

The French exhibition in Moscow
has proven to be 4 complete tiasco.
In the Southern Presbyterian assem-
bly, a resolution was adopted d~ec.ar.ny
church fairs ana festivals not u.Ouer
means OF raising money.
The central traffic association en-
braclng Indiana. Ohio, I~...uo., anu
Michigan, has made 4 rate of one fare
for the round trip to the anuua. en-
~campment Of the Grand Army ot IN.
Republic. to be held in netr.o, in A..
gus.
Before the adjournment Q: the -
islature OF Pennsylvania the rcoo-c Of
the conference committee on The
worlds fair bill was agreed to by both
branches. The appropriation : $500
900.
1t has been practically decided to
extend the i! per cent loan AZ ; per
cent ana to give the holders o; those
bonds the necessary ninety days no.
tee.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Counting Under Difficulties.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 2S.-AIex-
ander Brae was up before the grand
jury today charged with horse steal
ing. After he had told his story mot
q true billh was endorsed on the COM
plant. Brae lived at Pine Bluffs and
was counting q girl living owe the
Nebraska line. One evening he took
q horse that didn't belong to him, as
he was in a hurry to keep an engage,
ment with the girl. When he reached
her home he turned the horse loose,
expecting it would return home.
but it didn't and was found only
after q very long search in
the hills. No explanations would be
accepted and Brae was arrested. He
was admitted to bail, ana in the mean
time married the girl, who, OF course
knew he was not guilty OF horse steal
ing. The grand jury promptly sat
down on the Indictment.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May 27.-Fifty-
four votes We're cast in the Joint ses-
sion OF the Legislature for United States
senator. OF which Call received 81.
He was elected. Nearly all the anti
Gail senator's left the city to break a
quorum ii possible, The sergeant-at-
arms was sent after them. When the
joint session was called to order the
anti-Catl men refused to answer to
their ntmes, but on roll call ffty-four
Legislators responded.
The farmers union conference at
Colum,>ss, o.. defeated the proposition
to nominate state candidates by a vote
OF 81 j g.,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Generous Offer to a Church.

LEBANON, Pa, May 2S.--At the
meeting OF the general synod of the
Lutheran church a proposition was
made by August Kountze Offering the
synod ten acres of ground in Omaha,
valued at 500, 900 and $50, 900 cash
provided the Lutheran church raised
$3.50. 900 by July l, 1892, to build in
Omaha ana maintain there a theologi-
cal seminary Of that faith. He further
offered to pay half the expenses nee
essary to canvass the church for the
funds.
The proposition was unanimously &C
cepted at the afternoon session and in
an hour $25, 900 We're raised among
the members of the general synod
towards the $3.50, 900. The remaining
sum will be raised with little effort
and Omaha will soon have a fine theo-
logical seminary building of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church.
The general synod Of the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran church at the morning
session took up the board OF education
business. The special purpose OF the
board is to establish new colleges and
other schools for the church and aid
new schools until they are amply en-
dowcd. j. S. Detweiller. ID, OF
Omaha. president OF the boarG, pre-
sented the report. The receipts were
$40, 237, mostly from churches on reg
ular apportionments. The Carthage
college in Illinois is reported to be
again in a very prosperous condition.
Churches were recommended TO OBJ
serve aday OF p]rayerfor colleges. The
board is steadily growing in value to
the general synod.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
4 Disastrous Wreck,

DENVER, Col, May 29.-Engine Nc.
255, attached to q Denver Il Rio
Grande freight train, while going
through Browns canon this morning
ran into u rock which had fallen on
the track and was thrown into the Ar
kansas river. Brakeman David Nc
Comas was caught in the wreck and
one ear orr OFF and his skull frac-
tured. His injuries will prove fatal.
Fireman Lyn Roberts had an ankle
fractured. The rest OF the train crew
were unhurt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
THE GROWING CROPS.
THE OUTLOOK GENERALLY OF IN
ENCOURIGING CHARACTER.

Have Worked slight I~njury-Ihe
Condition Good I'm Nebraska and
Nan Toward IL Church-The Emml-
grafton ProbIem-Anfics of a Won.
tana Man in the Streets Of New York,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
RELIEF IN NEBRASKA
UORK or TIE STATE COMMISSIOY
DRAFTING TO A CLOSE.

More Supplies TO be Sent Except
Upon Special ReGuest-SOme Strange
Phases Of Human Nature-New Or
leans Witnesses RrIbed 10 Leave the
CIty-The Second Trial of Plenty
Horses N Sioux Falls, south Dakota
War on Kansas Mortgage Shy
locks.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 27.-Judge
Houk, representative in congress from
this state, took by mistake a strong
solution OF arsenic. Antidotes prompt
iy administered brought the judge
around all right, so it was thought,
but yesterday morning he died sudden
~. He had heart disease and the poi
son and excitement following affected
that organ and was the aus OF his
death.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

TOPEKA, Kas., May 27.-News has
been received here which shows that
the farmers Of Jewell county have
taken the laws governing mortgage
foreclosure into their own hands. Sun
day night Jonas kendlesperger, q ten
ant representing q law firm in Jewell
City, was surrounded in his home by
forty masked men and forced at the
muzZle of revolvers to give possession
to Joseph Bennett, the original owner
OF the place, VINO had been elected by
the sheriff on foreclosure proceedings.
Bennett had borrowed money through
Il loan agency to improve his farm and
had defaultcd in his first payments.
When the mortgage vas forec!osed he
refused to give possession and it was
necessary to have the deputy sheriss
remove him. Saturday last he swOre
that he would regain possession of the
place and Sunday night came with his
MOB OF forty men. The mob was east
~ gathered on account OF the feeling
amongst farmers concerning money
lenders
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
DumpeI Silver Into the Gutter.

New YORK. May 2S.-Over sc, 900
worth of silver bullion was lying in
the gutter in front OF q Broadway no.
tel last night. Finally it vas picked
from the street by a porter OF that es-
Enlistment and put in a place OF safe
ty. The owner OF the silver weighs
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
Testimony in the Plenty Horse Trial
all In.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 2S.-Plen-
ty Horses trial IS gradually coming to
a close. Yesterday the government
rested its case after introducing the
testimony of ~Broken-Arm, { Sioux In
dian policeman, Bear That Lays
Down. an uncle of the prisoner. Ri
card, the half-breed son-in-law of Red
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The leader.
OF the third party movement here pre-
fess to have direct assurances that
Senator Stanford Of Californiais ready
to put himself at the head OF their
movement with all that is therein inn
piled and that he will be the standard
bearer of the alliance or the peoples
party in 1892. Some claim to be au-
thorized to make public the fact that
Senator Stanford considers he holds
his great fortune simply as steward
for the people"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
KANSAS WILL RATIFY
THE PEOPLES PLATFORM ADOPTED
At CIyCINNITI.

The Meetings TO be Held nj the Reg
ular Places of the AIIlances-The
Mormon hurch Property and
TO DO with the Sanic-The Govern
ment somewhat Embarrassed-Becf
Contracts AWarded-SOme Talk of
the Third Party-Senator from
Florida.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

Special Agent Seaman OF the treas
ury department has made a recommen-
dation for a more thorough customs
service along the Canadian border
from Duluth to the Pacific coast. across
which, he says, there is a vast amount
of SmuoCliDg.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

THE world wonders at the forbear-
qnce and the supineness with which
we endure the influx Of idlers, male
factors, idiots, paupers and criminals
from European countries and our toll
Grafton Of their conduct before they
even become naturalized. What other
country but ours would stand the
open, dire threats made against our
people and our property by the Ma6as
scattered here and there in our large
cities and along our railroads? Not
one. What one would allow them to
organize and drill for murderous pur-
poses as they are doing? Not one, no,
not ono.
The new immigration act which
went into effect LIST of April may, to
some extent, check the influx Of the
undesirable element coming to oul
shores, and unless it does, and unless
those already here are set back anC
made to understand they cannot rur
the government The News expects {
revival of the principles Of the Ole
Know Nothing party with an endorse
ment extending froH ocean shore t.
ocean shore and from tile great lake
to the sluggish Rio Grande river.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

BILLY MALONE, the defunct Will
liam, is eating negro fodder with a
hope of training for another campaign.
Last year he and the negro, Langston,
wouldn't eat from the same trough,
wouldn't speak as they passed by, and
now they stand shoulder to shoulder
lovingly in the same stall. This
conduct doesn't worry Virginia Dem
ocrats little bit. White Republicans
have no confidence in Billy and black
Republicans have none in Langston
and the two are forsaken leaders with
no possible chance of ever gathering
following again.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

who is a prince of story-tellers, re-
marked
II was in Washington at Spokane
Falls last year and was entertained
by one of the local boomers. He was
patnarchal old fellow with long
beard, who looked like deacon and
was worth five or six million dollars.
"He took me out TO drive behind a
fine pair of horses and showed me the
town. One of the objects that at
tracted my attention was very long
building-a tremendous affair, one of
the longest buildings l ever saw in
my life.
How many gambling games do
you suppose there are in that build
ing?' asked my friend the patriarch.
"'Give it up, said l.
q sThirty-nine of 'em, said he, in a
triumphant tone.
" .Graciousr said |. And how
many bars?
! 'Thirty-nine.'
| " Now look here, my friend, said
/, you must destroy that thing or il
will destroy you
d" What do you meant he de
,nanded.
e Mean? I mean that you oughi
to drive it out of town.
/ Good God, Senator, said he, Il
we lose it Tacoma'll get It'll
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

SENATOR MCDONNELL is at home
again private citizen and is giving
his attention to private business. He
says If the people want him he will
serve them again. This statement is
z mild invitation for another trial and
he may reasonably be counted against
Senator shoup in 1895; provided, yes
provided things are just his way
Come signs point to a democratic
senator for Idaho, at some sweet day
by and by.