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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
THIRTY Year. for a Cattle Thief.

GREELEY, Col, . MIA Al Cochran,
the cattle r~ustler, has been sentenced
to thirty years in prison for cattle
stealing. 1t is said that he is under
Indictment in Kimball county, Neb.,
for the murder of Paul Rose, the stock
man. whose cattle were found in his
possession when he was arrested. and
for the theft of which he was found
guilty in this state.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

Professor Wilder relates of a quar-
termaster's mules at Pensacola, that
being shut out of a grass plo1, one of
them opened the gate held closed by
a ball and chain, by hooking his head
under the ball and chain, and then,
after five mules had passed in, one of
those inside backed up and held the
gate open for the one which had first
opened the gate for his companions
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

of the shore batteries. Among his political
performances was his participation in the
noted Vallandingham campaign in Ohio.
Another was his 'write-up'' of the South
from observations made on a tour for the
purpose just after the war.
Public affairs were always of paramount
interest to McCullagh. His political ambition
of late years was said to be to attain a seat
in the United States Senate, and he was
often mentioned for such a position, which
it is possible he would have reached but for
the untimely termination of his career
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
4 Clock

The clock in the tower OF St. Glen
ent Danes church. in the Strand. Lon
don, possesses the extraordinary pc
c~uliarity Of striking every hour twice.
The hour is struck once On the large
bell. weighing 2,400 pounds, and also
on the Sanctus, a bell in the sOire.
which dates back to the thirteenth
century. and IS said 10 be one OF the
bells used before the reformation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY.


One of John Wanamaker's Managers
Accused of Trying to Euy Votes.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. IA sensa-
ton was created here last night when
E. A. Van Valkenburg, n Of the
Wanamaker managers, was arrested
on a charge OF bribery. The Wanna
maker manager is charged with at
tempting to bride Representative Web
ster C. Weiss. early in December.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
SUICIDE AFTER FAILURE.
The Vice President of a Closed Alabama
Bank Kills Himself In q Church.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 1.-George
j. Wilkins, vice president of the Com
mercial National bank of Selma, which
failed for $500, 900 yesterday, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head in the Episcopal
church at Selma at 4 o'clock this mora
ing. He had been vice president of
the bank and treasurer of the church
for thirty years, and vas one of the
best known men in the state.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
c. L. tuner e.a rs.

EMPoRIA. Kan, Jan. 1.-Mr. c. E.
Fuller, the travelling man who was
missing and about whom many sensa-
t;onal reports were in circulation, has
returned. This verifes the predictions
of his friends that he would show up
all right again and viii place at rest
the claim that his financial troubles
forced him to remove with the hope OF
recovering his fortune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

There will not be TWO sides 10 4
question in the last day, says a writer
in the Bible Reader. It will not be a
matter for argument which is right.
the Master or the unfaithful servant.
The servant Will be judged out Of his
own mouth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
In the Hands os Mortsagec.

WARRENsBURG, Mo-, Jan. 1.-The
implement firm of Renick & Higgins of
this place gave a $1,000 mortgage to
the Deering Harvester company to-
day. The assets are about S10,0 600 and
the liabilities 81, 900.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
Bradley to Resign December Is, 1897.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. J.. The
Commercial Tribune says: Unless there
is q marked improvement in his health
during the next seven months. Gov
Bradley will resign the govern
orship of Kentucky, to take effect on
OR after December Is, 1897. At that
time Lieutenant Governor Worthing-
ton can. by the law. become the gov
ernor of Kentucky, and no election to
fill the vacancy caused by Governor
Bradley's resignation will be neces-
sorry
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
Family of Four Asphyxiated.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA family of
four persons were asphyxiated at their
home in the northern portion of this
city yesterday. John Lynchtenberg,
n ca~binetmaker, his wife, Lizzie, and
their two children, Willis, % months
old, and Jacob, y weeks old,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
Clay County's Oldest Woman Dead.

LIBERTY, Mo-. Jan. Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Wills, nearly o years OF age,
the Oldest person in Clay county, died
at her home in the Providence neigh
borhood last night. She was the
mother of.fourteen children.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
FOR THE NEW OFFICIAL.
Fold Scheme OF st. Louis Saloon Keep
ers to Hold Back Licenses.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-The report was
current here yesterday that saloon
keepers whose licenses would fall due
January 5 had been advised not to pay
up until later, SO that the new excise
commissioner to be appointed by Gov
crnor Stephens would receive the ben
eft. Commissioner Bell declares that
the police will stop any such scheme.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
EDITOR SUICIDES.
A FAMOUS NEWSPAPER MAN
KILLS HIMSELF.

Dead on the Sidewalk Below-Nervous
Yrostration and Other Ailments Broke
Down the Body and Mind of the Head
Explanation Left
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08
Mrs. Nettie Craven Critically Ill.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Mrs. Nettie
Craven. claimant to a part of the es-
state of the late Senator Fair, is i'll and
her death is said to be expected almost
any time.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

The British aTistocracy includes H.
600 persons.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

is to convene during the first week In
January, will be asked to appropriate
$500, 900, and favorable action is ex-
pected from that body within thirty
days.
Other states have, through their Off
Gals, expressed hearty sympathy with
the exposition project, and liberal ap-
preparations will be recommended by
the governors of those states in their
forthcoming messages.
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED
In view of the magnitude of the un-
~dertaking and the vast amount of Ia Dor
it will involve, it was deemed advis-
able to enlarge the directory in order
to enlist a greater number of the most
prominent business and professional
men in the active work of the exposi-
ton. With this end in view, the arti-
cles of incorporation were amended SO
as to provide for the election of fifty
directors as soon as $500, 600 had
been su inscribed to the capital
stock, and other amendments
considered essential to the effect
i've distribution of power and duties
were inserted. December 1 the stock
holders elected the new board of di-
IeCborS, anu IHt permanent
ton completed the same day by the
election of the present officers. A fur
ther enlargement of the board of con
troll and supervision is contemplated
soon as the various legislatures have
taken action so hat each state partici-
pating may have a voice in the man
agement.
OFFICESS.
CDrann ~ Uvo++1ac Droeiio-.
Alvin Saunders. Resident Fice-President
herman hOuntZe--.-. '.-...-...I treasurer
John A. Wakefield. 800. go. Secretary
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Zachary T. Lindsey. Manager Dept. OF
Ways and Means.
Edward Manager Dept. of
Publicity.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock ......M Manager Dept.
Promotion.
Freeman Z. kirkendall.. Mgr. Dept. of
Buildings and Grounds.
Edward +. Bruce~-....Ma Manager Dept of
Exhibits.
Abram L. Reed.....::-Mgr. Dept. of Con-
cesSions and Privileges.
VIM. \. BaDcock -...... Manager Dept. of
Transportation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

The legislatures of but two states
met in lS95-Iowa and Louisiana. The
Iowa legislature made an appropriation
Of $4,000 for preliminary work. and
assurances were given by prominent
public officials Of Iowa thai a liberal
appropriation will be made during the
special session that will convene in
January. 1897. The Louisiana iegisla-
ture vas not approached until the clos
ing days of its session-too late to
make an appropriation, Tut resolutions
were adopted pledging liberal aid to
the enterprise.
The legislature of Nebraska, which
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11

At it's last annual meeting held in
New York the National Trotting AS
ISOLATION had its attention called to
the frauds and Misrepresentation af-
fecting the export trade in horses, and
as result adopted the following or
der: Whereas, The home and export
trade in horses has suffered from false
and fraudulent representations and the
suppression of material facts by care
less or dishonest dealers. and as such
conduct is not only hurtful to trade,
but tends to degrade the turf; Re-
solved, That this association will here
after decline 20 do business with par
ties guilty OF such offenses or give its
approval to transactions connected
Herewith Whenever it shall appear
that party has been guilty of such
conduct especially in dealing with for
eign buyers, he shall be brought be-
fore the board with all obtainable evil
dence. COR its judgment" Secretary
Goocher writes that earnest efforts will
be made 20 carry out the order in every
detail.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11

pointed, and. to press his petition.
called attention to the condition of the
horse.
The judge was obdurate "As much
as / would like to oblige you, Mr.. Nc
Dermott, cannot" said he. Found
ling, as said before, will be a factor
in the betting, and my duty to the
bookmakers and to the public impels
me-very reluctantly to be sure-to
deny your request"
Patsy was seemingly detected, and
took Founding back to the stable.
Subsequently he re-entered the stand
and repeated his request. He said that
it would put him in bad light before
his friends, who would certainly back
Founding, simply because he had the
mount. What would they think of him
not being 1, 9, s! The very idea OF any
of his constituents thinking he wasn't
trying" almost overcome Patsy. But
it had no effect upon Judge Martin.
whose rulings, as every one knows,
are as unalterable as the laws of the
Modes and Persians. In the mean
while the betting had begun in the
ring. Founding opened at 5, while
a couple of books laid as high as 6 to
/. If Founding had been good, to
would have been fair price. Still,
the price didn't deter some of the in
| telligent bettors, nor was there any
cessation in the betting when Found
| ling came out tC warm up, still en-
| cased in the cotton. Finally Found
lings price began to 60 down, but It
| was noticed that a couple of books per-
sistently laid better odds against
Founding than any of the others.
| They must have known something. 1t
| was also noticed that another book
invariably quoted shorter odds. That
book likewise knew something. Found
ling went to the post at to S. But
a strange metamorphosis had been
| worked. The absorbent cotton had
been removed and the limp was con-
! spicuous by its absence. When the
| flag dropped Patsy went about his
business with Founding and won hand
| lily. AS he went to the scales to weigh
| in he murmured something about
handing up a hot one" and later on
he had several very satisfactory inter-
views with his subscribers. Some OF
the books did not finish paying of on
Founding until the horses were at the
pest for the next race. while another
| had a clean sheet.
There was, however. no getting away
from the fact that Founding was a
| factor in the betting.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11

ing, too much degrading poverty and
too many evidences that the earthly
Jerusalem Ia about as far from the
heavenly as is any city on the planet.
On looking from my window yester-
morning I began to appreciate
some of the changes which the city
has undergone since I saw 1t in the
spring OF 1874. Further examination
made the changes seem almost trans
formation. Within the walls the
streets are just as narrow, dirty and
noisy as ever, and more crowded. The
population has doubled. and the Jew
ish population more than doubled. OF
the co 900 persons who now dwell in
the city 10000 are supposed to be Is
raelites. and they own three-fourths Of
Jerusalem. They have even taken pos
session of large part Of Christian
street. Outside the city, near the Jaf-
ia road, are the fine buildings which
Sir Moses Montefiore erected for the
Jews. But these are only small part
of the may important structures
which now cover the whole western and
northern environs of the city. The
Russians and French have built very
extensively, and their hospices for the
accommodation of pilgrims are flanked
by churches. hospitals. schools and pri-
vate residences. In the region where
the various consulates are found one
seems to be in modern city. Not far
from the Damascus road are the house
of the English bishop and the new
English church. Near the garden OF
Gcthsemane. on the east side of the
city. rises the green-domed Russian
church, and the summit OF the Mount
of Olives is now defaced, as many
think, by a lofty Russian bell tower
which Is plainly visible here In the
Jordan valley.
To the right OF us is the massive tow.
| err Of Hippicus, often called David's
| tower which is really one Of the strong
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11
THE HOLY SEPULCHER.

forts belonging to the old Jewish wall,
which was spared by Titus in the de-
struction Of the city, with the proud
purpose to show after generations what
mighty Notifications the Romans could
storm. l am glad that Jerusalem Is
still entirely surrounded by wall. AL
though this was created by the Turks
as late as the first part OF the sixteenth
century. and does not enclose the whole
OF the ancient city. 1t helps to give
Jerusalem an antique and rather i'm
portant appearance.
We are on our way to the Church OF
the Holy Sepulcher. The streets are
full OF donkeys, some of them white.
and many of them carrying great loads
of grain, fruit, wood and straw. Many
an ugly and stately camel, sometimes
SO burdened as to fill up the street.
numbers by. A few weeks ago he may
have left the gates Of fowery Damas-
Gus; a few weeks hence he may be en-
tering the streets OF Cairo the Magnif-
cent The camel is the symbol OF the
orient, as Is the locomotive Of the oc-
~'"~S' AA thCbC JCI uedlCh 6lACNtb tHC
water-carriers. bearing on their shoul-
| ders great hairy water-skins, are fire.
| quent. These skins are not leather
bags, but the undressed hides of ami
mails, retaining the shape OF the live
| goat or pig, and are most disgusting
| looking receptacles. No words can de-
scribe the sQualor and general repul-
ciVanosS uah ~ ho M hor
thrusts itself before our eyes. There
are moments when one feels that the
humanity about him, ragged and I'M
| washed, barefooted, blind, lame, must
| be more AFFECT than anything which
met the eyes of Jesus. In this he liz
| probably mistaken. But people get so
| near 10 each other in Jerusalem! The
meat-shop pushes its fy-eovered wares
| almost into your face. The moslem
| market does not fascinate the American
| buyer. In Christian street things are
| better and one must not think that all
| of Jerusalem is disgusting, though
| nearly all inside the walls is loath-
| somely picturesque. l am afraid that
l cannot make my readers feel how un-
! like anything with which they are ia
maliar all this life really is, with men
and animals crowding against each 9TH
er. with merchants squatting in their
/ tiny shops and buyers chaffering over
] their purchases. while stream OF
donkeys, some of them bestridden by
blacked-legged and red-siipped Bed
ouins from Jericho. winds its way
through the midst of all this dirt and
business.
J. H. BARROWS.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11

side Of Mount Quarantania, easily Wis
ible from our camp. This mountain
is the traditional place Of the tempta-
ton Of Jesus. We are 1900 feet below
the surface of the sea. and our Jour-
ney here has been marked by heat and
dust. But the plain Of Jericho. though
no longer covered with palms, Is dotted
with many trees, chiefly thorn trees,
and seen from a little height 1t looks
more verdant than 1t really is. Here
we are to encamp for two nights before
returning to Jerusalem.
In this letter l mean to give some
what detailed account of what we have
thus far done in the holy land. We
make our headquarters at Towards no.
tel, little distance outside the Jaffa
gate. This building, like the hotel at
Jaffa, we found finely decorated with
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11


roses, oleanders and jasmine blossom
ing around us. About forty of the par
ty have come down with us to the
Jordan valley. Some of us are living
In tents. while others are accommodate
ed inside the Hotel Bellevue, which Is
the property of the patriarch Of Jeru-
salem. Not far from us is the mod
ern Bedouin village of Jericho. The
evening lights and shadows. visible
from this deep vale, have a strange.
bewitching beauty. l have come TO
feel the loneliness Of the desert. The
great bare wall of the mountains OF
Moab, beyond the Jordan and the Dead
sea, is touched with golden light. To
the west of us we behold the noun
famous wilderness of Judea, more des-
ert STILL In the evening shadows it Is
not unlovely.
Greek monks have convent on the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11
Third White Deer Ever Shot.

V"ito DecF Ever SnOts
white deer is one OF the rarest of
freaks. In all the United States only
snree nave been killed within the last
'" years, and the accompanying picture,
uraWh from a photograph, is the first
ever printed of the third of this re-
narkaole trio, which fell victim to a
hunters proves near the Little Can
aaa fails. On the Penobscot river, in
.1aine' Mr.. Elijah Lukens, who had
.ouineyed all the way from Whining
~ w. Tor hunt up the Maine woods.
was the fortunate man who shot and
u'ousAt down the rarest animal that
lbs Sas oeeh seen in the Maine woods. The
nun'er who shot the animal said: Its
uppe"Fahce puzzled me. l could net
~. .aAe oHt what 1t was. 1t seemed to
,no" white. and resembled a sheep,
s,, ,,n,o'ght, more than anything else.
:. ~" realized that there could be no
~ up IN that locality, and as it was
;ne custom to shoot any animal rang
o'er the section where we were
hs, l fired at it, when it had ad-
IT,. A'eu TO within about 60 feet of me.
ne shot took effect and it fell to the
49, sond. Almost Immediately it arose
81 bounded into the woods. When |
~. " IT was in the edge of the water.
ne. neh 1t ran perhaps a distance of so
'srds and fell again
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11
THE CHINESE SERVANT
10 Melts with Delight u tbs sight =

lls Melts with Delight at tbs sight -
N Insant.
In British Columbia ana, Ii fact, III
along the western coast Of North Amer
len. the heather Chinee" will be found
enacting the role Of the neat-handed
Phyllis, with subtle difference, sayn
Lippincott's. Like everybody In THU
transitory and variable world he has
his good and bad points, and the former
are not often sufficiently emphasi1o6.
As rule he proves IN apt pupil fAr
more 90 than Biddys % well known .
Us; once show him how to make =
thing and he will remember It Tor III
time. his brain seeming to BE- abls u
retain recipes In q most mArvelouS
and elastic manner. He speaks lim-
tied and sometimes fearful and v0n-
derful style Of English that has TO ~
heard to be appreciated. and attentively
and analytically listened to to b M
derstood. He II fairly clean and hon
est and excels In the culinary depart
ment. for he delights to experiment II
new recipes. Nothing pleases him mora
than to be permitted to try his hand on
making some new dainty. % cookies,
fritters. cakes or doughnuts. using but
ter and eggs. II not carefully watched,
with lavish hand. Andas eggs are IN
expensive commodity out west you will
understand why the announcement ''ho
makes lovely sponge cake" h not al
ways duly appreciated. He hates rain
like cat and II downpour commences
atsut 8 q. N. you need not be aston
ished II your servitor does not put In
an appearance till after It has some
what abated. your breakfast being quite
immaterial to him. probably not even
running his thoughts. Their hearts. u
they have any. are well hidden. Only
to children do they usually show any
softness; them they delight In and are
their willing slaves. The transforms
ton In their faces at the sight of baby
IL wonderful. They will smile and
chuckle no matter how cross they may
have been the moment before, and
make some fiattering allusion to it.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11


Patsy McDeImott is n rather smooth
article. If Patsy wasn't smooth he
wouldn't be the proprietor of block OF
houses in Hartford, a steam yacht. and
various other accessories that tend to
make life pass agreeably away. Patsy
Is no bigger than a bar of soap shy
a weeks wash. but he knows more
about the tricks of the trade than nine
tenths of the horse sharps who are
twice his size. He served up a hot
one at Singerly toward the close of
the second fortnight meeting that will
be told and retold for some time to
come. He has an animal which strug-
giles under the unfortunate name Of
Founding, which is, however. a pref
Founding had not been out for some
time, but, as subsequent events prov
ed, 1t had been pretty teuderly cared
for. About half hour before the
time set for the race Patsy brought
Founding, swathed with cotton around
his knees and ankles and with per-
ceptible limp, up TO the judges stand.
and mildly requested Judge Martin to
scratch him.
Il could not think of scratching
Founding" replied Mr.. Martin. He
will be factor in the betting"
Patsy appeared to be deeply disap.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11
s,acaulay.s Method. Of Work.

In writing his great History Of Eng
land" Macaulay first laboriously gath
cred his materials. laying the most UNI
toward subjects under tribute. and find
ing In the most out-of-theway corners
here little and there little, then.
when he had the subject fully in his
head, and all the materials were melt
ed into a glowing mass in his brain.
he opened the gates and let the stream
pour from his fast moving pen. But this
was not all. Next morning he rewrote
the work OF the previous day. purify
ing. refining. clipping, celebrating, and
polishing as he went along. till every
clause was {, unity. every paragraph a
literary cosmos. He would rewrite q
paragraph for the purpose of giving
some obdurate sentence a more facile
turn, and his taste had to be satisfied
in matters of punctuation as we'll as OF
style.