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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
MonGay, Nov. 22.

MondaY, Nov. 22.
Snow is now fully three feet deep in
| the Klondike region.
Lieut. Alfred B. Jackson, command
ant Of the Nebraska university battal-
ion, died on the Goth.
Congressman Dolliver, of Iowa, call
ed on the president and talked over
appointments of that state.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold their convention next
year at Los Angeles or Portland.
Cuban and financial questions will
be the leading questions with which
the presidents message will deal.
The government is actively engaged
in the preparation of it's case against
the Central Pacific Railway company.
The governor is soon to appoint a.
comission to look after the states in
terest at the Trans Mississippi eXposi-
tion.
Peter Jackson, the pugilist, is likely
to secure a match with Joe Choynski,
if the latter defeats Jeffries at San
Francisco.
For the brutal murder Of his para
mour, Vinie Bell, George Weston, alias
Devil Winston, colored, was hanged
at Paducah, Ky.
Several cargoes of American cereals
which recently arrived at Beunos
Ayres, could not be sold and will be
taken to Europe.
At Cayuga, N. Y, Mrs Adele Sterne-
man was found guilty of the murder Of
her husband and sentenced to be hang
ed January 20, 1898.
The president has just come out of
the hands of a portrait painter, and
now becomes the subject of a sculptor.
Mr.. Fred Leimer, an artist of Wash
ington, is to make bust in bronze Of
President Mckinley.
Duke Croxon, the first of the nine
men who followed Mr.. and Mrs. Glea-
son, bride and groom, out of Newport,
KY, taking the woman from her hus-
band at the point of a revolver and
brutally outraging her, was found
guilty and sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
ihurstiny. NnY. 2I.

Mr.. Bryan's visit tc Mexico is for
the purpose of studying the silver
question.
Governor Tanner of Illinois will
probably call an extra session Of the
legislature.
New York reports that prices of
green and roasted coffee are now
lower than ever before
The steamer Mona, which has sail
ed from Sydney, N. S. W., for San
Francisco, took $275,OOO in gold.
The countess of Latham, England,
while returning from shooting
party was thrown out of a trap and
| killed.
Ferry hall, one of the largest build-
ings of the Washington state agricul-
ture college, at Pullman, was destroy
ed by fire.
Governor Jones of Arkansas has Of
fered $500 for the arrest and convic-
ton of the murderer of J. NJ. Clayton
November. 1889.
By an explosion in the fireworks
factory at Schoenhauser-A Alice, Ger
many, one man and two girls were
killed and seven others injured
Secretary of the Treasury Gage was
the guest of honor and made the
principal address at the annual din
ner of the New York chamber of
commerce.
The entire party who has been en-
gagged in cutting timber on govern
ment land On the bottoms east of
Calhoun, Neb., are now under arrest
at Omaha.
Chairman w. D. Bynum of the ma
ticnal democratic committee issued an
address to the gold democrats exhort-
ing them to greater efforts, finding
encouragement in the late election.
Jack McCleland of Pittsburg fought
Joe Bernstein of New York eight
rounds to a draw at Pittsburg before
a large audience. The bout was one
of the best seen here for long time.
The report that the Arbuckles and
the Hayemeyers have come to an
agreement regarding the price of
sugar and coffee was denied at the
New York Offices Of both the COM
panies concerned.
Topeka (kansas) police have ar
rested Rev. A. E. Morrison, Methodist,
OF Panhandle, Tex, and are holding
him on suspicion of murder of his
wife until the sheriff can arrive from
Panhandle and take him home for
trial. -
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
FATE OF AMERICANS.
TWO OF THEM MEET DEATH IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
Their Bodies Mutilatcd by the Natives
Chopped to Pieces With Knives and the
savages Quarrel Among Themselves for
the Remnants.
Met a Horrible Death.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The start
| ling and horrible story of the killing
of two Washingtonians and the mutt
lation of their bodies by the natives OF
the Congo Free State, has just been
received here in letter to Mr.. Leo
Harmon, of 1923 Ninth street n. w.
The men were members OF party
which, during November and Decem-
Der, 1894, and January, 1895, went from
this city to enlist in the Belgian army
for service in the Congo Free State.
Those enlisted included Edward
Thornton, a commissioned officer in
the National Fencibles, employed in
the war department; Lindsay u.
Burke, Frank Batchellor, Harry K.
Andrews, Barry Sparlin and Mr.. Mel
lin, who was at one time noncom-
missioned officer in the United States
army. All except Thornton and Mellin
were members of the National guard
of the district.
The information received by Mr..
Harmon is that Burke and a party OF
fifty natives who were sent out to
dislodge band of dwarfs who had re-
volted, were ambushed and killed. An
Arab who was with the command,
but was some distance Off at the time
of the ambUscade, states that he
knows Burke was dead before the ma
tives reached him and that the most
hideous looking man he ever saw
walked up and cut Burke's head off
with one blow of a knife. The chief
then began to slice pieces off his legs
and arms and distribute them among
his followers.
There were SO many of the fiends
that the pieces were very small, and
before they had concluded there was
a free fight to see who could get the
little remaining. In some manner the
dWarfS became alarmed and left the
place, one fellow carrying off Burke's
arm. The Arab saw the cause of their
alarm, as Windeey, New Yorker,
who had command of another detach-
ment of soldiers, sent out on the same
errand, arrived right after the natives
left. W'indeey gathered up the remains
of Burke and buried them. When Win
deey learned the strength of the reb-
els he hurried back to Michau and no
titled the commandant of the post.
The other Washingtonian who lost
his life was killed on March 1, when
the troops under the command of
Baron Dhanis, revolted near Kaban-
barre and assassinated a number of
officers of their regiment, among them
being Mellin. The body Of Mellin was
butchered almost beyond recognition,
his heart having been cut out and
burned so that his courage could not
be used against the rebels by the
whites. 1t is their belief that unless
the heart is burned and the ashes |
scattered to the four winds the spirit |
Of the man descends to his brethren. |
Thornton is said to be in a very pre-
;arious situation at Baska, but re-
ief expedition has been sent to his
rescue. Gage, another American is
very sick with the fever at Nyangine
The killing of Burke occurred in De-
.ember, 1895.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
TIL" Protest Overruled.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90. - The
secretary of the interior today affirmed
the decision of the commissioner of
the general land Office in the case of
John Lawrence, jr., VS.. August Cru
ner, from the Alliance land district
of Nebraska. Gruner's timber culture
entry is held for dismissal on the
ground that his allegations of nom
compliance with law as TO tree plant
ing and abandonment, were not prov
en- Gruner's entry will, therefore. pass
to patent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 90
Secretary Alger said that he had not
received any letter from General
Miles of the purport stated in the
recent dispatch. Port Townsend is
one of the frontier sites at which
the government is contemplating
making some improvements in the
way of Notifications, and the secre-
tary suggests that the presence there
of engineers in making surveys NAV
have given the impression that the
government was about to locate
troops at that place.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
Nnl. h.DleY Ma Die

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. %
Colonel w D. Chirpley of Florida,
who was operated on for a carbuncle
several days ago. is in a very critical
condition and it is feared that his
illness will terminate fatally. Mrs.
Chipley and the cOlOneTs son and
daughter have arrived in the city.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
TENS CFINTEREsT GATHERED
HERE AND THERE

Condensations that EmbOdy a Good Deal
OF Information without Requiring
Much Space-ForeiSn and Domestic
Newsy Notes on All Subjects.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03
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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-03

The national republican headquar-
tiers in Washington will remain open.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

Government give us the same protection that 1t would givo the Indians in case we trespassed on their reservation. If 'he ln- dian Is to havc the same rights on the reser- vation that he ha. on. and the white man Is to have no rights either of or on. as against the Indian. 1t would seem. in all justice. that the Indian Bureau should provide some manner in which wh'te men might adopt tribal relations.
 The Commissioner mentions the fact that an appropriaI ion has been made for the pur- EOSr of constructing irrigatng ditches and the development of water for stock. agricul,- nral and other purposes. This Is very laud- able so far as it goes. but if tn. records for the past len years are consulted it might be astonishing to observe how few Indians hav" Decn recalled to the reservation through such m-ans The Navajos ar" not an agri- cultural peope: they are nomads in the striciest sense. and the development Of a river on every square mi C Of their resarva- ton would not solve the present difficulty. AS the present illustIinus President of the Un t d States has obse we'd. It is a condition and not a theory that ronfronts us. When the ranges occupied by white men become t O crowded. they sell some If their stock. When the same condition confronts he Nav ajos, they appropriate somebody else's rango-ahu tne NppufL'nAnCtS.
 The burden of tn. taxes collected in this county is borne directly and indirectly by the stock int 'reotS. The Navajos pay not A dime of ths, and yet we are told that the country and tn, fuinnss thereof Is theirs, and that it would be crarl to say them nay. At this moment there are about sO Nnvaios In this county. pasturinS about 25,0OO sheep and horses. If they dispisre. as they cer- tain,y must in time, an equal number Of mcricans. vi h an equal amount of stock. no complaint whatever will be heard if the Commissioner will permit them to range over ihe Navajo reserva ion. If the Indians are 10 be allowedthe freedom of the entire Terri tory. why should the hollow pretense Of "A reservation be longer maintainedp The boundaries should be wiped out. and the whites given an equal chance with the In dian.
 In conclusion, Mir. Secretary. you have the testimony of 70 prominent citizens of this county as to the condition of affairs here. If you desire more proof. we ran supp y it in abundance. But we earnestly ask that you giv. ihls matter your careful consideration. The situation is most serious: indeed. 1t may b said to have reached crisis. If the Gov srnment does not choose to move the Indians the matter must be settled in some other wsy-probably In the manner that nearly all of the Indian difficulties of the West have been solved. with another chapter of sorrow charged against the ''philanthropic" policy of the Indian Bureau.
 behalf of the petitioners, have the honor to remain, Very respectfully.
 E. s. CLARK.
 District Attorney. COconino county.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

IN the House on February 1, Drle- gate N. 0. Murphy introduced the fol- lowing resolution:
 ''Resolv-d, That the Secretary of the Interior be, aud is hereby. re- quested tU inform the House of Repre- sentatives what action is being taken, or has been taken, if any, to enforce the terms of the treaty or agreement with the Navajo Indians, entered int,' June first. eighteen hundred and sixty eight. under which treaty or agree ment said Indians are required to re- main within the limits of their reserva- tion."
 The resolution was referred to the committee on Indian Affairs. MT. Murphy's constituents in COconino county await the report of the Indian Affairs committee with great interest
 Later--The above resolution was adopted Monday asd the Secretary of the Interior will now have to respond to Murphy's request.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
Your Present Need

Is pure. rich blmni, and x strong and healthy body. becxmSs ~i'h the ap- pr,,ach of spring and the b-ginning "f warmer weather your physical system will undergo radical changes Al, the impurities which have accumulated during colder weather must now he expelled or serious consequences wi result. The one true bl.nh purifier prominently in tn. public eye today is ii"d's SarsapariIlx. It's record of cure, is un~qualI-d. Its sales are tho largest in the world. A few b"ailrs of H"d's Sarsxparilla will prepare your for spring ny purifying a"d -n. riching your blood and un,ny and in- vig"rsting your whols system.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

II. C. Hibhrns was taken sick last Thursday with . severe attack of pneumonia. His condition Friday was pr"carious and the services of DTS. F. q. Cornish and w. s. Robinson were called in. who done all they could for him. He seemed n grow steadily worse. and his life was despairsd of. The doctors sxerted themselves to the utmost t0 save his life and change for the better occurred Saturday morning. He has continued {" steadily improve. we arc glad to learn.
 Drs. o. D. Weeks and D. A. Clark, vi,apaihic expert specialists. engaged the opera hnus. Monday for eight nights, and are affortiing xhundancs of entertainment and instruction to the crowds who nightly attend their l@c- turrs. They have established h~xd- quarters at the New Bank Hotel and are equipped with ons of EJisnn's bes, X ray apparntuses. They hay. per formed some of the difficult and mirsc- ul"us operations. and only few days ago. while at Williams. successfully operated with the X-ray On the eyes of Miss LiIlie Rnden. curing them parma nrn,ly of N difficult case of strobismus. .
 w. N. Staley. who devoted six months of last season tO an investigx- ,ion of the immense fine golt placer bars "n the San Juan river, is in town. awaiting the arrival of l2 tons of machinery which he will ship to the river io use in operating bars in the old Gable camp section. Mir. Sialey represents San Francisco capitalists, wh" are well pleased with tests thus far made and feel well assured of satisfactory results from an -con"mi cal handling of lhe ground on A large scale. The c"mptny will rxpsM nt least $25,O0O in the latest improved machinery for fine gold saving and in development. Trials thus far show a rang" in th. value of the gravel of from 50 c"n!s to $4 per yard, a grade that rrriainly juSIiii-s the sansuin- expectations of Mir. Stdlev and his aSs'miates.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

HE Iransmlssl>sipw Exposition. [" be h"id in Omaha from May tO No vrinh"r, 1893, prnmhis's to he one "t tl" mOudrrs of the century. N" money will be spared in the building iln', and plans have been adopted for a mautifui structure which will be covered inside and out, aI a cost of \ m'.''"n dollars. with pure silver The exposition has brrn arranged to dls- pa! particularly the Vas' rrsOurces of the great West.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

ONE of ine uip.t D-ad,If,,i stream . of water in the West Is Bright Angel creek, running into the Grand Camy u,i from the north out ut k,anab piat-au, or as Il Is most generally Known, the Buckskin mountains. Fed by ini- menss springs, clear and cool. Il vii iu lime Dec"uae Ome of the prsl lLiesL aud uiosL attractive features to CauJ Ou tourists, for it is easily traversed from source lO mouth, aud Is \ pirasani trip from the hotels on the Canyon run. By some oversis sht nature forgot u' stock thIs pretty tributary with trout , although the creek abUunds with food suitable for that choicest of aii game. fish. It would bo wise for Fiagstad enterprise LO take hold of the matter of sucking this creek prUperly. w,tl' all eye U it's value as future attrac. tiOu,
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

HE Prince he CnIm,!, wnos. wife. formerly Cia'a Ward of Detroit. -'"prh with Glps. ,"iin player. has bee" granted u divorce n. the B"iSIan counts and also awarded $l5. .UUU ai- m"mN yearly. The rx-Prlnr-ss IS allowed tO see her childrru. " hp were SINrn nIu the cu>iomA "I the Prince, one hour each month aud no niorr Had lils drcir" been ,.b,ainrd uI this side "i the water it would surely have ma krd new era in Inc enianrIpati i"n of man.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
A Correction.

In our issLs of January 28 appeared an editorial on the fee system for the Shrritf's office. An error WAS made in quoting the figures of the cost for the nineteen months during l89l-2. It. was given as $26. 4o4 96. The matter was immediately called to our attention. hut we inadvertently omitted to publicly c'rrect the mis ake last week. After going over the hooks in The Recorders office wr find that ths total amount awarded the SnrrItt for that tprnl-uinrtern mont he --waS $l2.2 .l2. A m 'st creditabie showing.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

IT is evident thst notwithstanding the staunch support of C"uncilmaa Dnil"'i and tAss-lnbly ymsn Ashurst of C"r"nlno cnunly. tt will be Impossible [" get anl favorable action by the Nineteenth Legisla' ur- on a freight and fare bill and a bill m reduce ex. press charges.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

PUGILISM nns taken a new irase of life and nrmc-torlh will occupy the highest p-drs'al in the gtiiery of manly sporis--such as tu'iDali. base- ball, etc. The enactment of a law by tne Nevada Legislature irgaiIzin. priZ"iShling amt rAartiny n license "t $lOOO Tor rarn glove contest puts puSiiis,n on X plane with lhc ancient gladiator coulrsIs nf uld k ,ni.. Gov ern"rs.. Army "tf,rrs. Federal official, aud other iu,aDirs viii witness Inc C''rDrli-Fiizslnni"us .g''." And even a few churcn dlsnaIaries may be seen among thr sp'rIa,"r>. wi" kn"wsg
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
WILL AMS.
A Batch of Breezy Items From
 the Railroad City.

l Correspondence of THs suN-DEMOcRAr.l
 Mrs. K. B. Burner has been quite sick during the pas: week. Dr.. R. NJ. Francis returned from yuba City, Cal, Tuesday night. G. w. Martin left for Ph"enix Tues day, where he will buy beef cattle. Carpenter Drake with his force has lh- Saginaw Lumber Company's dry kiln about completed.
 Deputy Sheriff Bugglin left Tuesday night for the scene of Monday nights Grain robbery near Nelson. James Wilson. m.chinist for the Saginaw Lumber Company, left for Blame. Washington. Tuesday.
 District Attorney Fl D. R'ss of Prescott was in Williams Monday aud Tuesday, returning to Prescott Tues day night.
 Mrssrs. Button and Sagaskie are erecting a new carpenter shop near tho opera house. Th,s certainly indicates that Williams is still alive.
 Attorney w. W. Dunbar returned Saturday from Rlndsburg. where he has been for several week past l""kiug over the mining prospects of that dis trict.
 k. II. Huff"rd returned Friday from a tour of Colorado, Texas and old Mex icn. Mir. Huffori WAS formerly n,na- ger f"r 'h- Postal Telegraph C"mpany at Ash Fork.
 If you want really nice and stylish shoe or boot. and one that will do srr- I vice, made 0 order. call on James Ir- vine In the Postal Telegraph building, and see him smile.
 Justice of the Peace w. N. Hunter, vh" had his leg br"keW in x sn"w slide l tIVtu tut Ts"l ot odtLtI6U eltrc %bII0 weeks ag''. is recovering fast, aud will ~H,n he able tO be dpwu town. William Nellis left Williams Tuesday with his teams loaded with supplies f'r th. Nrll,s mines near tn. Grand Can- y"n. The work now being done on. these claims shows up good ore. W. D. K-ibard left Tuesday with, supplies for the Irvine and F"rn-y mines. M"ssrs. Irvine and Forn-y have shippr,l one Car of ore, and have N large quantity of fine ore lying on the damp awaiting shipment. Very promising prospects are reported from this group of claims.
 F. N. G.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

From everywhere come words oi praise for ChaInberlain's Cough Ram..- ..- dy. "Allow mo to congra, ulats you on the merits of your remedy. I, cured mo of chronic bronchitis when the doctor could do nothing for me. " CHAs F. HExsL. Toledo. 0. For sal. by D. J. Brann.n's Dru z Store.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
MARX HANNA seems to have lost hi

MAKk HANNA ECtIIIS tO 1HVV T1SI IIS grip. He will not represent Ohio in the Senate and may accept the port folio of POstmaster-General. We will not say that the Senate has gaIned anything by substituting Lieutenant Governor Jones for Hanna, for the Senate is not 80 we'll supplied with brains that 1t can afford to dispense with any. And again 1t would seem that some provision really ought to be made for the loss occasionsd by the substitution cf Plost fpr Hill
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

CONGRESS has passed the bill relir- in@ John N. Quackenl,,>h. former commander in th. Navy, for drunken ncss committed in 1874. This bill hns hrru before Congress over since. Thus d" the mighty wheels of tim" grind out wondrrs-nii!
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
STARTLING teleyrxms were srl

STARTLING telegrxms were sent out from Canton last week stating thai typhoid fever had broken out and that the town was hot bed of malignant diseases. Bu, Ina, did not phase the unluilnus "ffic--s--kers fr"m further injuring Mir. McKiul-y's snow-covrrr'l lawn
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

THE Missouri Legislature has passed law making it mislemssnor for ' conductor or brakeman to be caught flirting while attending to his other duties. They should am.nd the law to include the peanut butcher also.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

SECRETARY MORTON is . wonder. He was assailed in the House the other day by D'Armand, who complained of !lis "triangulariticationableness. It never phased Norton, who, when he heard of it. said the Mississippi Con. gressman was "anOthar."
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11
THE wOrst half of the winter is past The wOrst wasn't even disa yresx0le.

QUEEN LII has established winter quarters in Washington and summer quarters at Buzzard's Bay. It is said that Mr. Cleveland will now spend the summer in Europe.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

THERE is sO murl, mining news floating around town that THE SUM DEMOCRAT will soon be compelled t'' add x .'M,nes and Mining" department to it's other attractions.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

Spring mrdiciue is a necessity which Hoods Sarsaparilla grandly supplies. It puritirs and vitalizes the blood and thus gives tone and strength t" the wn"l. sy stem.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

We can afford to have you try all five favors-one after another-of SeAsl2sxg's Bssf tea. and get your, money back if you don't like any. |
 Your tea trade for the next ten years is worth having.
 ( ASetlliag q csapas1
 San Francisco lll
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

Hoods Pills are the best famil ly cathartio and liver medicine. Gentle, reliable, sure.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

HM'd's pills are Lh. only pills to take with HMd's Ssrsaparills. Cure all liver ills.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

Ho'l's Family p'ns gre the hest.