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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
EXPOSITION STAMPS.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Asks for Designs.

| Asks for Designs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Third AS
sistant Postmaster General Merritt,
| who will have charge of the selection
| of subjects for the series of Trans
| Mississippi exposition stamps, which
| the postmaster general has officially
| announced will be issued to commem-
| crate the exposition, has written q
| number of letters to leading artists Of
| the country asking for suggestions
relative to designs. Three divisions
are suggested in the letter:
First-That they should contain
portraits of distinguished people iden-
titled with the country.
Second - Appropriate historical
events should be represented as illus
trated by existing paintings or en-
cravings.
Third-Unique pictures of national
scenery or of other things associated
with the progress of the TRANSMITS
sissippi region.
General Merritt said that it would
be his aim to give the exposition
series of stamps that would be artiS-
tic in character and would appeal to
all classes of people and especially
typical of the greater west. Incidental
ly he suggested that possibly one OF
the stamps might contain the repro
duction of the celebrated etching
known as Fremont Hosting the
Flag on the Rocky Mountains" The
well known statue of Thomas II. Ben
ton at St. Louis cOntEins upon one
side of the base a quotation from one
,1DIN,- tC1 Antn
wherein he outlines the possibilities
of the country beyond the Mississippi,
and it has been thought that the Ben
ton statue would be an appropriate
design for one of the stamps. The
complex picture which hangs in the
west corridor Of the capitol, known as
westward no." emblematical Of the
hardships attendant upon the pioneer
and suggested by Bishop Berkieys5
quotation "WestwarG the course of
empire takes it's way" was also men
toned by General Merritt. There is
a picture in the rOtunda Of
the capitol-De S1tos discovery of the
Mississippi river-which might also be
used upon one of the denominations.
General Merritt said the department
would e1GcavOr to select subjects that
had been painted Or engraved and
would not call uDon artists 10 draw
new scenes, which would necessitate
q great amount Of time, buc on the
contrary, would endeavOr to get pho
tographs, reproductions OF famous
paintings and personages, so that tie
engraving of dyes might he quickly
done.
The STAMPS will b sO~ooThat of
the same shape as the Columbian
stamp, twice the size of the present
postage stamp. They will ba sought,
after by collectors, and as there are
nearly half q million of these people
the government, instead of being
of philanthropic, expects to realize
handsomely uDOn the issue. Co!um-
bian stamps today are selling at prices
many times higher than was once paid
for them and they are growing more
valuable each wear. 1t is the same way
with the Centennial stamp, and it Will
also be true of the Mississippi
stamp. Suggestions OF scene on stamps
are invited by the DCtOffice department
as it is General Merritt's desire 10
give the exposition the handSOme5t
set of stamps ever issued to Commtm-
crate an exposition.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Saturday, December 25,

China has granted Russia permis-
sion to winter her squadron at Port
Arthur
At the commencement of 1898 the
United States will have 1S4,464 miles
of completed railway.
General Weyler in an interview is
quoted as saying he has no hope Of
the success of autonomy.
The orange and lemon crops of
Southern California have been injured
by frost during the succession of cold
nights.
A riot occurred in the court house
at Macarthur, Ohio, during a trial.
Two men were seriously and probably
fatally wounded.
Mrs. Jane Forrest, SO years of age,
committed suicide at Chicago by
throwing herself headforemost from
a third story window
The American ..indow Glass COM
pany, which controls the output Of the
window glass plants of the country,
will advance prices January l.
Sam Brown of Shelbyville, KY,
sold to Ed H. Upton of Lexington
Lady Reel, the dam of the 2-year-old
Hamburg, for $4,000 cash.
President Samuel Sloan, of the Del
aware, Lackawanna & w estern rail-
road, was presented with a $4,000
gold table service by the officers and
employees of the company.
Impressive funeral services were
held over the remains of Miss Leila
Herbert, daughter of ex-Secretary
Herbert, whose tragic death shocked
both the capital and the country
Attorneys for Durrant have fled
notice that they will ask for a change
of venue from the recent order of
sentence by Judge Bahrs on the
ground that the court was prejudiced.
The postmaster general has dscid,
ed to order a postage stamp to COM
memorate the Mississippi ex-
position at Omaha the coming year.
They will be of the denomination Of
1, 2, and 10 cents and 81.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Wednesday. Dec. 22.

The Pope of Rome is reported in ex-
cellent health.
A curfew ordinance has been en-
acted in Indianapolis.
More Czech-German riots are re-
ported from Bohemia.
The United States supreme court
has adjourned for holidays.
Dolls of all nations will be display
ed at the Omaha exposition.
The Auditorium theater at Kansas
City burned. Loss, s225,000.
A number of microscopic appoint
ments for South Omaha are announc-
ed from Washington.
n F. Snyder, a millionaire of Pitts
burg, gas man, was arrested on a war
him with the abduction of the latter's
infant son.
The American Federation Of Labor
at Nashville adopted resolutions en-
dorsing the bill pending in congress
for the establishment of postal say
ings banks with the clause relative to
National banks stricken out.
The state of Nebraska. by the at
torney general, has filed civil suit
against eX-Treasurer Bartiey and his
bondsmen for $685. orc. This is the
amount which BARLEY is charged with
e1bezzling from the public treasury.
Secretary Alger haa cabled to Will
liam Akellmann. the chief govern
meut reindeer hunter who is now in
Alton, Norway, to intsTm the war de-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Friday. December "a.

anti-scalping bill now before con-
gress.
Mrs Ballington Booth is dangerous
| ly ill in New York.
David S. R. Lambert, wounded by
masked burglars, at his home at Will
ton, Conn, is dead.
At a meeting of the Iowa Whiiesale
Grocers' association at Cedar Rapids.
resolutions were adopted favoring the
George Bitner, wholesale poultry
dealer at Bristol, Tenn, assigned.
catching numerous creditors for $685.
900.
The comptroller of the currency has
received information of the failure of
the First National bank of Benbina,
N. G.
The German warships, Deutschland
and Geleon, under command of Prince
Henry of Prussia, have started for Glib
raltar.
DR.. Noah Fields Drake, a graduate
student in geology Of Stanford uni
versity, has accepted position in the
Tien Tsin university, China.
Private John w. H Davis of the
Fourth cavalry was frozen to death
while carrying mail between Lake
hotel and Thumb station in National
Park.
Assistant Secretary Howell has rem
dered decision in customs case in
which he holds that common goat hair
is entitled to free entry under the new
tariff law.
Mr. Bryan called on all the cabinet
ministers of Mexico, and, with Mrs.
Bryan was entertained at dinner by
President and Mrs. DiaZ at their city
residence.
At the annual meeting Of the New
York Base Ball club dividend of per
cent was declared, the president, how
ever, being empowered to increase it
if he saw fit.
The auction sale of the st. Carlo
yearlings, bred at the McDonough
farm, California, was a great success,
eleven youngsters bringing an average
of $1,000 each.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Thursday, Dec. 23.

The wife of Prince Hohenlohe, the
imperial chancellor of Germany, is
dead.
The shops of Tripoli are closed and
the Arab agitation against the gov
ernment is increasing.
Among the seriously i'll in New York
are James X Sackett. the actor. and
Mrs. Ballington Booth.
Charles DeDue, who has been on
trial at St. Louis for killed Morris
Pietsch, an aged grocer, was acquitted.
Notices have been posted at the
Fiskdale (Mass.( cotton mills that
January 8, the wage scale will be low
cred.
Vessels for Australian trade are
almost unobtainable. There are now
three cargoes awaiting shipment from
San Francisco to Sydney, melbourne
and Adelaide.
Arnold Luetgert, son of Chicago's
alleged wife murderer, admits that he
forged notes amounting to $4,000,
given to Attorney Vincent.
Judge Lochren has decided that the
Minnesota pink law" providing that
all Oleomargerire or butterine offered
for sale in that state must be colored
a bright pink, is constitutional.
The Manufacturers club at Philadel-
phia has passed resolutions favoring
the establishment of a commerce and
manufacturing portfolio in the cab
met
Bert Award, one of the most prom
inent college athletes in the country,
and widely known as a foot ball
player, is dead.
Mrs. George M. Pullman has decid-
ed to accept her dover interest In her
late husbands estate, which gives her
S3,000,000 in personal property and
one-third interest for life in the real
estate.
A snug fortune awaits Edward Rut-
ledge of Huron, S. D., at his old home
in Pennsylvania. Some time ago
Rutledge's grandmother died. leaving
an estate of over S3,000,OO0, to be di-
vided among forty-two heirs. Rutledge
will get an even 100000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
THE INDIAN EXHIBIT.
Senator Allen Calls Upon His Brethren to
Help.

Senator Allen Calls Upon His Brethren to
Help.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Allen has addressed the following let
ter to all members of the upper branch
of congress in relation to his bill ask
ing an appropriation Of $4,000 for a
congress Of Indian tribes at the Omaha
exposition next year:
my Dear Senator: I take the lib
erty of calling your attention to the
provide for the holding Of a congress
of the Indian tribes of the United at
the city Of Omaha, in the state of Ne
braska, in the year, A. D. 1888, and
for other purposes. You will greatly
oblidge me if you will read the bill and
the report accompanying it, and if you
can, consistently with your sense OF
public duty, do so, I would be pleased
to have you support the measure. [
beg to suggest if the bill shCu1 become
6 law, this will be the first and prob
ably tie last general exhibition CT the
savage tribes of America, and will be
q source of great interest to many
people who have never had an opor-
tunity Of observinb our Indian tribes,
their habits and customs. No doubt
the educational features will be of
great advantage to thousands Omaha
is geographically well situated to hold
such congress at a minimum expense
to the government. I believe the
money will be we'll expended in au-
thorizing this congress.
. The auditor for the treasury depart
ment, William E. Andrews, has ap-
proved the requisltion for the issuance
of warrant to George A. Bartlett, dis
bursting agent Of the treasury depart
ment, for $4,000, to be used in CON
struction of the government building
at the Transmississippi exposition
This is the first money to be drawn on
behalf of the government board and is
understood to. be for preliminary work
in conjunction with pushing the build
ing to an early completion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
French Statesman Dead.

PARIS, Dec. 27.-Comte Anatole
1emercier. member Of the chamber
of deputies, is dead.
Comte Lemercier was born June %,
1925. He was one of the seven depu-
ties from Chariente Inferieure, per-
sonally representing the first divis-
ion of Saintes. He was 4 descendant
of the Lemercier who figured in
France during the revolution. His
father was for many years member
of the chamber. He received the dec
Grafton of the Legion of Honor and
published several volumes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Spai,; Should Have Navy.

MADRID, Dec. 27.-Today Impair
cial urges that in view of the char
acter of the reply of United States
Minister Woodford to the note of the
Spanish government in answer to the
first communication Of the American
government through him. it is neces-
Sary to increase the Spanish feet as
against the evantualit-- Of i conflict
with the United States.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The
American Asphalt company of Colo
RADIO has brought suit aga'Dst Corne-
lilIs n. Bliss, secretary of the interior.
and William A. Jones, commissioner
cf indian affairs, to enioin them from:
declaring void lease to certain min
ing lands in the Uintah Indian reser-
walton and in interfering with the
necessary operations of the company
On their property
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Tuesday. Dec. 81.

Richmond, Va, felt an earthquake
shock on the 18th.
John Alstot killed his brother Claude
at Danville, KY, while drunk.
The Commercial Travellers League
met in New York and denounced the
anti-scalpers law.
Revenue Cutter Hugh McCulloch
left Philadelphia to protect seals from
poachers in Bering sea-
The British feet now in Chinese
waters consists of one ironclad. nine
cruisers and eighteen smaller men-of-
war.
In an explosion aboard the British
steamer Southern Cross, which ar
rived at MADEIRA, several persons were
killed or wounded.
A meeting of the press club of Chi
cago was held to arrange for attending
the funeral of Washington Hesing,
who was president of ,he clra
Charles Byrne, president of the
Brooklyn baseball club, is lying at his
home in Brooklyn in very critical
condition. Ryrne was a resident of
Omaha in the 7O's.
A well dressed lady, eighty-six years
old, and evidently demented, was
found wandering on the streets of
Cleveland, Ohio. She has a daughter
living at Gresham, Nebraska.
At Elk City, Kansas, John Strauss
is dead, his two sons are dying and Mr..
Reed and his daughter are critically i'll
from drinking coffee into which rat
poison had dropped accidentally.
1t is said that Prince Bismarck, who
braced up for the emperor's visit, has
relapsed into his former weakness, de-
spondency and persistent insomnia.
Mentally and physically Prince Bis
marck is rapidly declining.
William Lloyd Garrison, the we'll
known Boston reformer, addressed the
ethical society of New York on the
life, character and work of Henry
George, whom he characterizes as one
of the greatest men of all time.
Last Sunday Mr.. Bryan attended
divine service in the Evangelical
church in the City of Mexico and was
also the guest of President Diaz at the
distribution of prizes to the Mexican
exhibitors at the Chicago and Atlanta
eXpositions.
The republican members of the
house, who are framing bill to re-
form the civil service law have not yet
got together to draft their measure.
Chairman Hepburn of the special COM
mittee says he expects the bill to be
matured soon after the holiday recess
closes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
KIOndike Ikincs Christ :naS.

NEW YORK. Dec. 27-James I.
Clements, the "Eldorado king of the
Klondike," who is at the Lafayette
hotel, displayed cne of the cOstliest
if not the costliest Christmas tree
which will be seen the world around.
On this richly laden three were $50
500 gold pieces and nuggets and pres
ents worth $4,000. which brought the
total up to $4,000. East Eear the
man who fixed IN the Christmas tree
dined On Christmas day in the KlOn
dixie off a piece OF cariboo meat, with
the top of d tin lard bucket for a
plate and his fingers serving the pUr-
poses Of knife and fork. The tree
occupies space in the Hotel Lafay-
cite, and those fortunate or Unfortu
nate enough to be allowed to feast
their eyes upon this prodigal display
of wealth were granted permission
by it's owner to sift the $50 gold
pieces through their fin@ers, to lift
double handfuls of gold nuggets, and
guess how much they were worth,
and every visitor carried away lit
tie nugget whether ''the EldoradO
king" had ever seen them before or
not.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Blown Ont of His Cab.

BRIDGEPORT, n J.. Dec. 81
James Bowers. an engineer on The
West Jersey railroad. was blown cut
of his cab late last ni-ht between
Hustled and Palatine. The wind was
blowing a gale. when a sudden gust
caught him and whirled him TO the
roadside. The fireman backed the
train and found him some distauce
off. He was painfully but not badly
hurt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31

partment Immediately how soon GOO
reindeer can be shipped to this coun-
try.
Thirty pounds of Alaskan and
Washington gold nuggets have been
shipped over the Great Northern rail-
road by the bureau Of information
of the Seattle Chamber Of Commerce
The gold is to be exhibited in all the
leading eastern cities.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
Monday, Dec. 20.

Monday, Dec. 20.
Steps are being taken to form a nail
combine.
The Lutgert jury is now complete
at the trial proceeds.
Patrick Lealy and five children were
burned to death at Ottawa, Canada.
Representative Smith of Illinois, by
request, introduced a bill to permit
the naturalization of AmericaniZed
Chinese.
The general Offices of the United
States Express company will be re-
moved from st. Louis to Cincinnati,
January 1.
Saturdays statement of the condi-
ton Of the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, $229,020,434; gold re-
serve. S139. 1851. .691.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued call on national banks for a
statement of their condition at the
close of business on December Is.
The treaty between the United
States and the Seminole nation has
been concluded and signed by the
Dawes and Seminole commissioners.
Retiring United States Minister
Breckenridge was received by the czar
and rendered letters Of recall and pre-
sented his successor, E. A. Hitchcock
A special from Monte Carlo says:
There is good authority for stating
that further concession OF fifty
years has been granted to the Casino
company.
The famous artists model, Lucie
Hagerland Of Paris, has had her
beauty destroyed by vitrol thrown at
her by another model, named Judicelli,
in fit of jealousy.
Albert S. Warner, the Albany, N. Y,
lawyer, arrested at Riley, Kan,
charged with completely in the kid
mapping of Young Conway at Albany,
N. Y, last August, was brought to
Kansas City to await until extradition
papers shall arrive from New York.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
ITEMS OFlNTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.

Miscellaneous News Notes Gathered From
This and Other Countries-Accidental,
Criminal, Political, Social and Other
wise-Crisp Condensations From All
Quarters.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31

A pension has been granted to iha
widow of Knud Knudsen. a soldier II
the late war, the back pay OF which
aggregates over $4,000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-31

Mrs. Falk, of Omaha, died from
burns inflicted by lamp explosion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

noxious patent medicines put upon
the market by all kinds of quacks
whose only desire is to get the
money of the confding people who
believe in the smooth garrulity of
the we'll written ads and fake testi-
monials. There undoubtedly are
some good proprietary medicines
on the market; but the majority Of
appetizers, cordials, sleep promo
ters ETC., are about so per cent
alcoholic and so per cent God
only knows what else, to give
color and taste. We know from
actual experience-as do many
others that a great many ''patent
medicines" fulfill the duties of
whisky, when the latter cannot be
procured by name.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

plainly disclose that Mr.. Reed
believes in being governed by ex-
listing conditions rather than by
ancient precedents. Then, again,
if the ''eye for an eye and tooth
for a tooth" precedent is still
worthy of literal emulation, why
not at least follow it's spirit in all
cases where it may be applied. If
man, by theft or otherwise, in
jures another to the extent Of ten
dollars mulct him to that extent
with fair extra allowance as a
deterrent punishment. The rule
of the day is the more you steal
the less danger of punishment.
The man who steals five dollars
will receive punishment that he
would not undergo for $4,000,
whereas the one who steals $4,000
is liable to get off with, practically,
five dollar punishment. We do
not claim that furnishing a man
only in so much as he has despoiled
another is proper justice. But we
do claim that if the eye for an eye,
ETC.. doctrine holds good in one
instance it should in any other to
which it practically alludes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

work. But you may mentally pre-
pare yourself to hold a place in
the race of life in keeping with the
talent already yours.
All will secretly admire the man
who is so earnest as to put a stand
ard money value upon his time, for
the one who does so possesses the
basic elements necessary to sue
cess, whether he be the manager
of g large enterprise or the humble
mechanic. And each one of us in
this institution today knows full
we'll that had he the forethought
to thus prize every moment of toll
and recreation, he might now be
enjoying the liberty that is the
heritage Of honesty and thrift.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
AN ODD CASE.

THERE is strange criminal case
now before the Chicago courts, in
which a boy of fourteen has been
given a week in which he and his
parents are to decide whether the
boy shall give up small portion
of his flesh to help right a wrong
he committed or if he will stand
trial in the ordinary way and take
the regular prison punishment
for this Offense.
Paul Czyet threw some boiling
water on Anton Kwitke and
scalded him so badly that an OPP
Grafton is imperative, and unless
some healthy cuticle is grated on
the injured boys face he will be
disfgured for life. When the case
was brought into Justice Sabath's
court the Judge wisely ordered that
the offending boy submit to Civ
ing up part of his flesh to repair
the injury he wantonly inflicted.
But there is no law to compel the
boy or his parents to submit to
this ''eye for an eye and tooth for
a TOOTH process. The Judge there
fore made it an inducement for
such to be done by offering to
quash the case in court as con-
sideration.
It will certainly be of more
value to the injured individual and
society in general that the offender
acquiesce gracefully to the loss of
a small portion of flesh that his in
jured companion may not be dis
figured for life. This is also an
innovation in criminal procedure
that will appeal strongly to the
people as a rational view of justice
as per the biblical injunction SO
often quoted in criminal cases
where the death penalty is the
punishment This principle as
advocated by Justice SABBATH should
go on the ground that whats
sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

ACCORDING to the Chicago
Record, the main character in the
late sausage infamy has already
received letters from forty women
in various parts Of this country
stating their desire to become Mrs.
L. number three. They take this
method of asserting their belief in
his innocence. If Luetgert gets
free he ought to be given the con-
tract of making life miserable for
the entire forty notoriety seekers
for that is all they are, and they
should be considered as lower in
the social scale than their fallen
sisters. 1t is travesty on the fair
name of womankind that even
forty such contemplate she don
keys should vaunt their ignorance
on a suffering public. We hope
that the item is only bugaboo
though the past is strewn with just
such variety of ck-heroic seek
ers after questionable fame.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

The MIRROR acknowledges with
thanks the receipt Of the latest
brochure issued by the Massa-
chusetts Prison Association, en-
titled Crime and Criminals -
This pamphlet has been issued at
an opportune time as it contains
extracts from the sermons,
speeches and writings Of promi-
nent individuals as inspired by
Prison Sunday observance in past
years. The brochure is printed
for free distribution from the office
Of the Association. Is Pemberton
Square. Boston. 1t is certainly
well worthy of careful reading by
every one interested in the uplift-
ing of the unfortunate.