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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
A Weak Policy.

With congress off his hands and his
spring ducking trip over, President
Cleveland had a fair prospect before
him for a quiet and enjoyable eason
at Buzzard's bay, where the cares of
Office never obtrude themselves and
where life is one uninterrupted period
of fisherman'ssdelight. But the minions
of Spain rudely interrupted the dream
by discharging a solid shot in the di-
rection of an American ship hugging
the shores of Cuba during a trouble
some insurrection.
The Spaniards be blamed!" mutters
Grover, dashing off another installment
of instructions to the master CT the
fishing rods at Gray Gables.
A day later comes word that Great
Britain had dispatched a boat to Mica
ragua with orders to collect a bit OF
damages, willy nilly.
England be bowed" shouts Grover,
dis%patching a messenger to Clerk
Gresham with instructions to make
short work of England and all her pos
sessions, for there was no time for
monkeying.
"An American schooner sunk by a
Spanish war vessel" was the mex dis
DotCH Tecct|Su, GllQ just o. IiC hAO1
senger had bowed himself from the door
to tell Clerk Gresham to hit EN- once
more, in walked that functiOnary him
self to say that he had given the min
lister from Hawaii his congo for insup-
portable insolence in 1reSumlng to have
an opinion of his own on any subject
whatever.
Hawaii be d." roars Grover,
--l.- &C 80, @.l1, fa. ,anInoi IL O
the northeast corner of the cellar at
the Gables.
A message was right here handed In
on a gold salver announcing that a bark
been fired on in Cuban waters, fol-
lowed by a dispatch that France had
taken several reefs in her rather weak
meat exclusion policy, and another
from Germany On the same subject
with the simple inquiry, "Wha are you
going to do about it?'
These things must be settled up be-
fore The blue iish begin to run testify
remarks the supreme eXcellency of the
biggest job in America, for then 1 go
to the bay, and there must be no break
in the program, seer'
And Gresham saw.
Thus the activity and the off-hand
treatment OF the grave foreign QueS-
tons hat have arisen in h last few
weeks are accounted for. The summer
season by the sea must not be broken
in upon by such trihes as a war with
two or three European powers. a bluff
goes. and there is no use wasting time
when good fishing waits.
So, to make a before-breakfast job
of the lot. the clerk is ordered to call
them all down with a notice that the
American people are pretty much all u
of living business just now and woulL
as soon fight as not.
And the sun went down on the first
act CT the comedy.-kansas City Jour
nal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
HEARING IN THE DANA CASE.
Many Leading Lawyers Crowd Judge
Browns Court Room.

Browns Court Room.
New York, April S.-The arguments
Upon the application for a warrant of
removal of Charles A. Dana from this
city to the District of Columbia were
resumed before Judge Brown in the
United States District court this morn
ing.
Yesterday afternoon, after United
States District Attorney MacFarlane
had state the case and made his APP
Qlication, Mr.. Elihu Root, one of the
counsel for the defendant, consumed
the remainder of the time up to the adj
iournment in arguing against the
granting Of the request of the United
States district attorney. Lawyer
Franklin Bartlett announced last even
ing that he would be ready to continue
The argument for the defense when the
proceedings should be resumed to-day.
EX-Judge Jere Wilson Of Washington,
accompanied by Lawyers Bartlett and
Root, arrived at the court room at II
o'clock. AS yesterday, the counsel
table was Uttered with bulky docu-
nents and law books which We're
placed there by the lawyers of both
sides. Mr. MacFarlane and his assist
ant, Mr. Kohler, were promptly on
hand at II O'Clock but Judge Brown
had not put in an appearance.
Lawyer Bartlett when asked if the
arguments would be completed to-day
replied that he could not say, but that
be did not intend to take up much time
IN making his statements.
When Mr.. Dana arrived, a few min
dtes after II o'clock, n of the court
officials prevented him from entering
the Enclosure set apart for the lawyers
and reporters. However, when the in
dicted editor made known who he was
the officer opened the gate and let the
-ery much interested gentleman in.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
DON'T TIE UNCLE SAM,
MOT COMMITTED TO NIcARA.
qua CANAL SCHEME.
'"as "a Very Friendly Interest, but Tba,
President Appoints Commission
IN the Belief That 1t Should Re 81
National Enterprise.

Washington, April S.-The appoint.
fnent Of a commission of engineers r.
make an investigation and rough snr-
Vey Of the Nicaragua canal by route ON
oehaif of the United States is being has
lily construed by interested parties as
colhihltung the government to the pro
Jet IN a sense, the ASSUMPTION is
'osical and correct. The action of con-
8ress IN authorizing the survey and of
the President in appointing the engi-
neerS TO do the work is evidence of a
very friendly interest in the canal and
may be accepted as a national demon
stratfon in its favor, but it does not
commit" the government to an in
dorsement of any particular canal
scheme. 1t shows that this government
would be glad to contribute to the en-
terprise, and thai under certain cir
cunstances and conditions it might
back the construction of the canal, but
II does not follow that congress will pay
S3O, OO0,0 900 or $40, 900, 900 for the privilege
d ~reiInbursing private persons or a pri-
Vate corporation to the tune of SIS, 900, 900
or $lO,G00,O0G alleged to be invested in
the canal as a preliminary to taking up
the WORK as a government project.
Warner Miller, Hiram Hotchkiss.
BurloW Weed, Mr.. Bartlett and their
associates claim to have put not less
IMAM IS 1000 into the canal UP to date.
The bills that were before congress last
winter contemplated the repayment of
This sum 4 the additional gift of $780,
10000 out of the total capitalization OF
500, 0OO, coo as payment for concessions,
such presentation being a condition pre-
cedent to the issuance of $40, 900, 900 lc
S9O, 100000 government bonds with
which TO build the canal. Now, the gov
being under no moral obliga-
ton to relieve MessrS. Miller, Hitch
kock and company from their bad in
vestment or to pay them $50, 000, 900 for
badly managed and shop-worn conces-
Sions, congress turned the proposition
down and the President only gave the
measure a half-hearted support. The
President is heartily in favor of a Near
aqua canal and is firmly convinced that
1t would be of incalculable advantage
to the republic, but he would like to see
affairs SO shaped that the government
would back a canal scheme free from
private entanglements-a project begin
ming cleanly from bedrock.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
The Truth.

If it be true. as Consul Meeker as
serts, that american clothes are sold
in England below the price of English
Clothes" this is a high testimonial to
the protective system, which, by slim
ulating home industries and creating
home competition, has brought mex
ampled cheapness and a better quality
of goods than can be purchased abroad
for the same money. Why abandon this
beneficent policy? What becomes of
the contention that protection "robs"
the people? Consul Meeker may be
called to account for his il~l-disguised
effort to convict his party of ignorance
or m~endacity.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
SILVER MEN CONFER.
Leaders of the New Party Have Ros,
Views as to Its Future.

Leaders of the New Party Have Rosy
Views as to Its Future.
Washington, April S.-A conference of
the leaders of the new silver party was
held in this city yesterday afternoon,
the meeting continuing until a late hour
and being resumed in the evening. 1t
was attended by prominent members of
the silver party from different states.
At the close of the conference Senator
Jones, MI. Sibley, and Mr.. Newlands
left for New York, where they are to
hold another conference concerned with
the welfare of the new party. The BIZ
metallic league presented a showing of
reports received from different sections
of the country, which it is said was
gratifying to the conferrees. Mr.. Sib-
ley is understood to have been exceed
ingly sanguine of the outlook for the
silver party in the Keystone state and
spoke enthusiastically Of the prospects
IF many recruits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
VAUGHN IS
Chicagoan President Of the Republican
College League.

Chicagoan President of the Republican
College Leagu
Grand Rapids, Mich. April S.-The
election of president of the American
Republican College league was the most
exciting episode of h day in its con-
Vention, and L.. D.. Vaughn of the Uni
Versity Of Chicago, won. The onven
ton assembled at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing in the handsome club house of the
st. Cecilia society. Congressman Will
liam Alden Smith eloquently welcomed
the young men to the city, to which
President Cox briefly responded. Com
mittees were appointed and the rest Of
the morning session was occupied with
speeches. In the afternoon the COM
mittee on credentials reported forty-siX
colleges represented, and then tie rules
were suspended to decide on the neXt
place of meeting and to elect officers.
Minneapolis won the neXt convention
with scarcely a struggle. After the
election of president the other officers
were quickly chosen as follows: Vice
presidents, Ralph f. Johnston, Neb-
raska, and c.. E. Cosand, Earlham; sec
rotary, +. Ledenbourough, Michigan;
treasurer, l.. l.. Twitchell, Minnesota;
member national league executive COM
mittee, w. d. McWilliams, Kalamazoo;
national league vice-president, j. HUI
burd Frye, Princeton.
The platform reaffirms belief in the
principles of the republican party,
maintains the right, the justice, and the
economic wisdom of the American doc
trine of protection, favors bimetallism
and believes in the use of both gold and
silver as moneys Of ultimate redemp-
ton, and that they should be placed up
on a parity with complete i~nterconverti-
bility under such legislative provisions
as shall make the purchasing or debt
paying wv of any dollar coined or
issued by the United States the absolute
equivalent Of that of any other dollar so
coined or issued. The platform also
favors incorporating enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine against any foreign
interference with American affairs, and
declares for the annexation of Hawaii
and the construction Of the Nicaragua
canal ul.der government supervision
and control.
A motion to insert a 16 to l free sill
yer plank in the platform was made,
but w"S cut off by a call for the vote
on h adoption of the report as pre-
sented by the committee on resolu-
tionS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Two of the DOOIin Outlaws Killed,

Guthrie. Okla, April S.-Charles
Wilson. Charles Moore, and Jack Sims,
alias Polka Dot Bill" and two un-
known members of the Doolin outlaw
gang rode into Gushing last night and
looted the town. Two saloons We're
demolished and a man was shot by the
outlaws, who rode through the place
yelling and shooting. Officers gave
chase and a fight ensued, in which Sims
and Moore were killed and the town
marshal, Reynolds, was wounded. The
other three bandits were finally cap
tured and lodged in the federal Jail.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Growers Castle.

The New York Recorder says that
While the president vas off on his duck
shooting expedition the flag vas not
raised over the white house, and an
nouncement has been made that the
Stars and Stripes will not fly over it
except when Mr.. Cleveland is under it's
roof. This is English, you know. The
British flag is never raised over an
English castle when the lord is abb
sent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
August Swanson Captured.

Clinton, Iowa, April S.-August Swan
sen. who, March 80, decapitaltd his .
year-old son, was discovered last night
cooIly leaning UP against the city hall
building. The officers easily arrested
him. He said he did not want them to
take the child from him, so killed it.
Afterwards he padded across the Mis-
sissippi and went to DeKalb. He will
ne examined as to his sanity.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Shoots His Bride and Himself.

San Francisco, Cal, April S.-Carlo
Enrico Rita, an Italian resident of this
city, was married Thursday night to
Miss Wolfe, and after the ceremony
h bride and groom repaired to the
Palace hotel, wherde they were assigned
a room. They did not appear in the
morning, and at noon the door was
forced open. Both Rita and his bride
were found dead in bed. The husband
had shot his bride and then committed
suicide. No explanation of the tragedy
has been offered.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
MalOdOrOus Shadows.

Coming events cast their shadow be-
fore" and departing they occasionally
cast a shadow behind also. Congress
died and was buried some weeks ago,
but the Congressional Record continues
the publication Of ~pOsthumOus speeches
and things that should have been in
TERED with the bones.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Deadly Fight Over Section of Land,

Guthrie, Okla, April S.-A tragedy
occurred at Morrison yesterday among
Al Cook, Dock Bennett, and Mrs.
Madge Lancaster. It seems the trio
were claimants for the same quarter
section of land. During the melee the
woman received a bullet, and in de
Tending herself with an ak cut Bennett
badly. The woman is seriously wound
ed but may recover. Cook is dead.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
The Tidal Wave.

There's a tidal wave a'coming,
Grover c., Grover c.,
It's in the air a'humming,
Woe for thee;
Don't you hear the voters yelly
Listen to the tale they tell,
That your party's going To-
Grover C..
Springfield, Mass, Sunday Union.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Remainder of the White Cast.

Fort Smith, Ark, April S.-The clash
between Judge Parker and Mr.. Justice
White last summer was recalled yester-
day by Fayette Hudson being brought
into the federal court and sentenced to
two years in the ~penitentiary at AL
bany, \. Y, for conspiracy. This case
grew out Of the assault case, in which
the now celebrated order for bond after
conviction was made.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Short in His Accounts

Neillsville, Wis, April SC. Wor-
schell, treasurer Of town of Grant,
Clark county, committed suicide We'd
nesday night or Thursday morning by
shooting himself through the heart. He
was FROM $500 TO $500 short in his &C
counts with the town.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12

1t is yet premature to judge how
Worcester industries will fare under the
new American tariff bill, but one of our
prOudest manufacturers has received a
valued concession of % per cent. duty
on the value of exported goods. The
porcelain trade, which is in a d con-
dition, is most literally treated :
Generally the reduction will be of great
advantage to the English trade.-Wor-
c~ester, Eng, Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Honor ut Stake.

One of the first acts of the protection
lists at the opening of the next session
of congress should be to ecure pay
ment to the Louisiana sugar planters
of the amount due them for bounty On
this seasons sugar crop. The democratic
policy of repudiating honest liabilities
must not be tolerated.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Fire Causes Child's Death.

Chicago, April S.-The 4-year-old child
of Mrs. Nera Crosse was burned at the
Leland hotel yesterday afternoon, and
died during the night at the Presby-
terian hospital. The child was left
alone in the room at the MOTEL for a
moment. and, finding a match, ignited
If and set fire to her clothing. Death
yves due to the inhalation of the flames
=ron, her burning dress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12

The amendment of the Mckinley Tariff
act whereby the import duty On tin
plates has been reduced from IS per cent
to AZ per cent, and on tin manufacturers
from 30 per cent to 80 per cent, has given
great satisfaction in the tin plate trade
of this country. The Welsh manufacture
ers now look forward to increased bust
ness during the autumn, which will put
the trade on a better Observation-Disclosures
ter Guardian.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
4 COmpariSOn.

During the first sixteen months OF
President HarrisOn's administration the
receipts of the government We're $lI0.-
595 ,414 more than during the first six
teen months of the present administr2-
ton. No Wonder we have to borrrw
money and increase the national debt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
WILL SELL THE COATS CHEAP.
Man WHO Finds Difficulty in Controlling
the Appetites of a Herd.

An interesting story comes from Mill
vale. Pa. John Travesch owns a herd
Of goats, and, like otker animals Of
that variety, they are famous for their
good appetites. An amusement for the
goats was to jump FROM the rocks TO the
roof of the house, and after q time thew
took the 0 for sleeping purposes. ~
last their habits got so bad that they
would come home from the brewery,
where they had eaten all the stamps Of
the beer kegs, late at night, and dis
tur0 the family by jumping on the roof.
John put a stop to this by building a
fence on the cliff SO that they could not
leap on the roof. This annoyed the
goats, and the other night. in a moment
of revenge, they butted down the door,
entered thu kitchen. and ate up the
bread dough. a box Of cement, and
everything else except the pots and kat-
ties. John now has some goats that he
will sell cheap.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12

The hard times over in Belfast, like
those in the United States, seem to
have been due to our friends, the en-
emy-the tariff reform party. Men
can't buy foreign goods when they
have no work at hOme.-Detroit Trib-
une.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Depends on Crop in the West.

Nashua, N. Y, April S.-The bank
commissioners report on the condi-
ton of the Nashua Savings bank says
that Willie many investments are bad
many others have increased largely in
value. and the depositors can be paid
in full if in the west there are good
crops this season. The amount in
volved is 5000, 900.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Justice Winslow REFLECTED.

Milwaukee, Wis, April S.-Sufficient
returns have been received from the
recent judicial election to make the re-
suit free from all doubt. Justice Wins
low has been reelected by at least 81
900 majority.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12

Rome, April S.-The Roman courts
have pronounced a decree of separa-
ton in favor of Princess Co1onna, who
is also intrusted with the custody of
her children. Princess Colonna is the
daughter of Mrs. John Mackay.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Employees Resume Work.

Pittsburg, Pa, April S.-Employes OF
the Rainey coke works in the Connells-
VILE region, have resumed work on the
promise of h 6 per cent advance in
wages in force at other plants.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12

1t is hard to convince some people
that a thing can be wrong if it looks
harmless.
Virtue, if not in action, is a vie:
and when we move not forward wa
go backward.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Starch Works burned.

Columbus, Ind, April s.-Flre TINS
tmorning destroyed the American starch
,works. causing a totalloSs OF szoe''eo-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
President or Dictator.

Does Mr.. Cleveland realize the fun
damental differences between the presi-
dency and a dictatorship? His course for
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
Americans who Will Row in England

AmeriCans WHO VIII 40" III E1SIaHU
london. April S.-Among the foreign
ars who have been entered for the Hen
lev regatta this year are the Cornell
crav who will compete for the chal-
Ianee cup: the Argonauts of Toronto,
who will compete for the stewards cup,
md T A. Thompson of the Argonauts,
who will contest the match for the dia-
nond SOULS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-04-12
THETALMAGE SERMON
THE GOSPEL SHIP IS UNDER
FULL SAIL"
Thou Shalt Come Into the Ark, Thou
and Thy Wife and Thy Sons Wives
With Thee"-Taken From Genesis
8:1S.

N this day of the
steamships Luca-
mia and Majes-
tic and the Paris
I will show you a
ship that in some
respects eclipsed
them all, and which
sailed out, an ocean
underneath and an
h ocean falling
upon it. Infidel sci
entists ask us to be-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-05
A Midway Man in Trouble.

Louis Striffer, one of the managers
of the Midway Plaisance Company,
was arrested Friday morning by
Sheriff Broussard, upon complaint
of Harry st. George, performer
for the same company. St. George
informed the officer that Striffer
had pistol concealed on his per-
son. To the sheriff Striffer adj
mitted the correctness of the charge
and gave up his pistol. The pro
per affidavit was madeand he pleaded
guilty before Justice McFadden Who
fixed his appearance bond at 500.
The prisoner could not furnish the
required bail and was committed
to Jail. St. George claimed that Strif-
fer refused to pay him and the other
performers and was about to take
a train for New Orleans and to pre-
vent him from leaving he had him
arrested. Stritfer denies this charge
and says that he had only 81 in cash
besides railroad fare to New Orleans
for himself and woman.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-05
Charity-t1Id and New.

The problem of Charity is be-
coming one Of the pressing econ
omic question of our day, and it is
rapidly changing its social charac-
ter from a perfunctory matter of
Christian sentiment to an alarming
factor in the economic problem of
the business of civilized society.
In the January arena there is a
very interesting and valuable dis
cussion of this whole question, in
its various aspects, historical and
contemporary. Accompanying the
article is an extensive bibliograpy
of the subject, including contem-
porary as we'll as old and rare au-
thorites, which will be of inestim-
able value to the student.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-05
St. StaniS:ayS College.

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss, Sunday Dec. 80, 81.
Sunday, Dec. 40, 1894, will be
an ever memorable day in the an
that day was celebrated the golden
jubilee of the League of the Sacred
Heart. The programme was one
of first class musical and dramatic
entertainments.
Strains of sweet music at dis
lance made a very impressive eff
feet upon the audience. The three
essays :History of the Devotion to
the Sacred Heart" ssBlessed Mar
garet Mary" and ssThe League OF
the Sacred Heart delivered res
pectively by Messrs. J. J. Kennedy,
r. V. Labarre and VIM. B. Ramsey,
were full of feeling. AS the curtain
went up for the first act of the
drama entitled "Judgment at Heav-
ems Gate" the eyes of the specta-
tors we're dazzled by the brilliancy
and rich color of the costumes.
All the actors performed their
parts remarkably we'll; but the fol-
lowing especially evoked the repeat
ed applause of the cultured audience:
Mr.. Jas. J. Kennedy, of New Or
leans, as st. John; Mr.. S. D. Har-
dee as count of Val de Grace and
Mr.. F. J. Schwab and Chas Mum
son as angels.
Mr.. VIM. B. Ramsey deserves
special credit for the touching man
ner in which he delivered his essay,
ssTo Thee O! Heart of Jesus" A
song we'll known was admirably
rendered by Bro. Andrew, J. J..
Kennedy, F. Gallagher and +. J..
Schwab. Notwithstanding the I'M
favorable weather the audience was
very large and the grand study hall
was crowded. The manner in
which the stage was decorated was
a credit to the artistic taste of Prof
DucrocQ.
The exhibition was quite sue cess
and will not soon be forgotten by
the people of Bay ST. Louis.
JNO. GREIG