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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
IN SAFE s.
The French Reciprocity Treaty Certainly
to he RigidIy Scrutin!zed.
Register

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General interest has been excited re-
garding the provisions of the new reci-
procity treaty between the United
States and France, now awaiting the
consideration of congress, by the pub
lication in the American Economist Of
Nov. "a of information setting forth
the injury that would be inflicted upon
the domestic coal tar dye and color in
dustry by the proposed reduction Of 20
per cent in the duty on that class Of
French products. From the letter of
our Washington correspondent, which
Is printed in the current issue of the
Economist, it appears that through re-
gard for the traditional courtesy due
to the senate as the coordinate treaty
making branch of our government it
is necessary that the publication of the
treaty be deferred until the instrument
shall have been transmitted to the
senate. 1t also appears that in due
time the treaty will come before the
house of representatives for practical
review by that body, and that full
information will be had by the public
long before conclusive action shall be
taken by congress.
Meanwhile it is safe to assume that
the proposed reciprocity treaty will
have received careful examination by
the administration and its operations
and effect fully ascertained. There
fore the interests of all the different
Industries concerned are in safe hands.
for the present administration is thor
oughly American, thoroughly Protec-
zionist, thoroughly Republican.
In order that accurate and reliable
information may be available as a
guide in the treatment of this impor-
tant question the American Economist
invites expressions on the subject from
the industries that are affected by the
proposed reciprocity treaty.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
How 1t Was Settled.

During the palmy days of Free Trade
talk, when Mills and Wilson bills were
the fashion of the hour, it was actu-
ally prophesied that the passage of the
latter bill would settle the question
Of the tariff for a generation. In fact,
it did settle it. 1t brought in so little
revenue that President Cleveland vas
obliged to borrow right and left, and
business went into a hole, and drew
the hole in after it. 1t is a curious
fact that the passage of Protective
Tariff acts is always followed by peri
DDS of prosperity, and the ascendency
of Free Trade has always just as
surely brought on panics and hard
times.--Ashland (Wis.) Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Smallpox Near Wymore.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3.-The state
board of health recently received in
formation that two cases of smallpox
had been discovered at Liberty. twelve
miles from Wymore. Secretary Bailey
of the board said that from the investi-
cations that have been made it appears
that the cases are smallpox of a most
pronounced type, malignant than
those at Nebraska City last winter. Or
ders have been issued to have the
strictest quarantine regulations enforc-
ed. AS the cases are not in a thickly
settled community the danger of ar
epidemic is not great.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
THE SECRETARIES STAY
Proposition to Demand Their Resignation
Voted Down.
Mr.. PORTER ONLY IN AFFIRMATIVE
Three Hours Consumed In Consideration
of the Resolution-The Debate Quite
Warm-New Complaints Against Rail-
roads Filed for Consideration.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1.-The reso-
luton of Secretary of State Porter, de-
handing the resignation of Secretaries
Laws, Dahlman and Edgerton of the
State Board of transportation, was
voted down by a vote of 4 to l, Mr..
Porter being the only member favor
ing it's adoption. About three hours
time was consumed in the considera-
ton of the resolution and at the close
OF the meeting some time was spent
discussing the future course to be pur-
sued by the board and the secretaries.
Every member formally expressed the
opinion that hereafter whatever rates
are found to be too high they should
be reduced and that steps should be
taken by the board or the secretaries
to prevent any unjust increase in rates
the railroads might attempt to make.
The meeting was called at the in
stance of Auditor Cornell, chairman OF
the transportation board, and after a
date was set for the hearing of the
complaint of Charles H. Johnson, Sec
cretary Porter made the request that
the board go into executive session.
There was considerable opposition to
this request. Treasurer MeServe an
nounced that he did not think it wise
TO transact public business behind
closed doors. Land Commissioner
Wolfe said that it would be all right
to take up in executive session any
matter Mr.. Porter might wish to bring
before the board if it was something
the public did not already know about
or ought not to know about. Mr.. Por-
ter refused to submit his request in
the form of a resolution, but it was fl
nally brought up by another member
and voted down.
The debate grew very warm toward
the close of the meeting and in re-
Spouse to one of Mr.. Meserve's ques-
tiors Porter said that he did not pro-
posed to be catechised by any member
Of the board.
Porter moved the adoption of his
resolution and Wolfe seconded the mo-
ton. A yea and nay vote was called
for, which resulted as follows: Yea,
Porter; nay, Cornell, Smyth, Wolfe,
Meserve.
The complaint of Charles Johnson
Will De neard by the BOARD OF lfans-
portation and its secretaries On Febru-
ary 8 at Norfolk. 1t was suggested
that any other complaint arising in
that section of the state be considered
at the same time.
Ed Cooper of Vest, Johnson county,
complained to the board that the Bur-
lington railroad refuses to furnish a
sufficient number of cars to farmers
living in his vicinity for the shipment
Of grain. He asserts that they are
compelled to haul to the tracks of an
other railroad at a loss of several
cents per >bushel.
Lincoln A. Miller entered a COM
plant against the Rock Island rail
road, alleging that it has violated the
terms of a contract by tearing away
e. bridge over n of its tracks in
Lancaster county.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
mckinley Prosperity In Ohio.

A thorough inquiry into the condi-
ton Of 225 factories, mills and work
shops in Dayton, Hamilton, Mid
dletown, Piqua, Springfield, Cleve-
land, Toledo and Lima reveals
the following facts: Number OF
men employed in 1896, 50,474;
in 1899, S4,53O; gain, 34,1O5. Monthly
wages paid in 1896, S2,414,651; in 1899,
81, 263, 491; increase, s1,S4S, $40. 1t is
estimated that $780, 900 per month
more is being paid as wages in Ohio
this year than in 1896. The increase
of wages per man in Cleveland aver
ages SITS per month. The increase
per man in the Miami Valley averages
1881 per month.-Indianapolis Qnd.)
Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
WOMAN MEETS DEATH.
Fate of One of an Iowa Couple Who Ran
Away Together.

FAIRBURY, Neb., Feb. 3.-Coroner
Dodge and County Attorney Denney
were summoned to Harblne by tele-
phone to look after the circumstances
attending the death of a woman there.
Inve stlgation satisfied the officials that
the woman died from natural causes.
The man who was with her when she
came to the village was arrested for
unlawful cohabitation. He gave his
lame as J.. Denning and said he was
a ply stefan, and had been treating the
woman, whose name he gave as Mrs.
Branham, for some illness.
He was brought before the county
judge and pleaded guilty to the offense
charged and was fined $50. The wo-
mans mother was autographed for and
came on from Jewell Junction, Ia, TO
which place she took the remains for
burial.
The doctor is much older than the
woman, who Vas good looking. At the
inquest it developed hat her right
name was Mrs. Nettie Mcconnell. Her
mother, Mrs. Branham of Hawarden,
Ia, arrived and identified the body az
that of her daughter. She swore that
her daughter was married several years
ago to Charles Mcconnell, a brakeman
on the Northwestern railroad and liy-
ed in Hawarden, Ia. She ran away
from that place with the doctor about
two months ago. The doctor swore his
home was in Essex county, New York,
and they travelled overland from Iowa
here, stopping at various places. He
claimed he has la1ge property inter
ests at that place.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Objects to Freight Classification.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3.-The Mar
bic and Granite Dealers association of
Nebraska, which was in session here.
adopted resolutions protesting against
the classification of freight rates re-
Gently adopted by the railroads, which.
it is alleged, increases the cost of trans
portation of shipments to and from
points in Nebraska. A committee.
consisting of F. B. Kimball, Lincoln;
F. B. Alderman, West Point; Charles
Neidhart, Beatrice; A. Neitzell, Falls
City, and l. F. Paine of Grand Island.
presented their case to the secretaries
of the state board of transportation
and requested them to use all lawful
means to prevent the railroads from
continuing the existing rates. In their
complaint they assert that shipments
formerly classified as fourth rate have
been changed to third rate and those
listed under class D to fifth rate.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
SEEN IN HIS MOTHERS GRAVE.
Henderson Excited Over an Attempted
Robbery of a Corpse.

YORK, Neb., Feb. 3.-The town of
Henderson is excited over what seems
to have been an attempted grave rob-
berry at the Russian Mennonite ceme-
terry, two miles from Henderson. John
Regier, who was hauling grain to town,
passed the graveyard and noticing
some n digging went to inquire who
was to be buried. He found in a grave
Frank Goosen and A. j. Nickel, two
we'll known young men here, standing
on the box containing the remains of
Frank Goosen's mother, who had been
buried nine months ago.
Goosen explained that the corpse was
to be examined by doctors at York.
On returning from town Regier met
another farmer, who saw one
of the boys leave, riding a bicycle, and
the other carrying a large sack on his
back, which appeared bulky.
All kinds of reports are in circula-
ton. Goosen now claims that they did
not disinter the coffin. The sheriff
and others are at Henderson and in
tend to see if the remains have been
taken.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Plight of a Nebraska Girl.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb. IA pretty
girl of 16 years who gave the name of
Muriel Ashton and said her home is
at Lincoln, Neb., was found working
in a boarding house here as a waiter.
She has been masquerading as a boy
several days. The boarders noticed
that her clothes did not fit will anu
that her voice was very fine for a boy.
They communicated their suspicious
t othe boarding house keeper and an
investigation was made. The girl ad-
mltteI that she had run away from
home dressed as a boy and that she
had assumed that attire the better to
escape detection.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09

for the American built locomotives,
sent abroad this year. In the one big
shop of the Baldwin works there are
now 1880 men at work, and the COM
pany is planning extensions and i'm
provements that will make their plant
prosperity that comes to all when the
affairs of our nation are in capable and
honest hands.-Des Moines Qa.) State
Register.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
SAMPLE INDUSTRIAL BOOM.
Result of Placing National Affairs IL

Result OF RACING NATIONAL Affairs In
Honest and Capable Hands.
No better Illustration of u coun-
try's new prosperity can be obtained
than in the work of the great locomo-
tive building plants. Never before in
the history of the concerns have they
had so many men on the pay rolls,
never before have they turned out so
many locomotives in a year, and never
before have they been SO far behind in
their orders. During last month the
famous Baldwin works turned out
ninety-two locomotives, an average of
over three for every working day in
the month. And they are bigger and
better locomotives, too, than the
roads used to order. No railroad now
orders for its main line freight and
passenger service engines that weigh
forty to fifty tons, for everything now
is from 100 to 100 tons in weight. I'm
til prosperity returned to this country
with the incoming of President McKin-
ley the locomotive industry was sim
ply paralyzed. The last good year was
in 1893, and from then on until Repub-
licanism and Protection returned, the
big shops were closed half the time
and running on half forces and half
time the remainder of the year. The
railroads were ordering about half as
many locomotives as they needed to
keep up the ordinary wear and tear,
for it was very plain to them that
there was a crisis in the affairs of this
country, and they wanted to be able to
see daylight before they made any
great improvements in their rolling
stock. The sudden revival of business
compelled the roads to replace their
worn out engines, and now the build
ers are having a hard time filling or
ders. The policy of Protection has
tlso created a great foreign demand
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Wage Farmers Flourish.

A fat payroll at the car shops is the
very best of business stimulants for
st. Charles. Last Friday was payday
down at the works, and more money
than usual was handed out to the men.
A good deal over $4,000 was handed
out to the employees. When one con-
siders that payday comes twice a
month it will be realized what plenty
of work at the shops mean to st.
Charles.-St. Charles (Mo.) Cosmos.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Killed in n Runaway.

BERTRAND, Neb., Feb. l.
Charles Malm, a farmer who lived
three miles northwest of this place,
received injuries in a runaway from
which he died. Malm started to come
to town, at the request of a neighbor
named Power, to inform the doctor of
the death of a child and was driving
Powers team. The fatal accident oc-
Cured within a half mile of the start
ing point. His head struck the ground
with great force, crushing his skull.
Malm leaves a widow and several chill
dren.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
The Industrial SchnnI

KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. &c. w
Hoxie has turned over the affairs OF
the state industrial school to his sue
cessor, j. \. Campbell. The transaction
appeared to be very pleasant to both.
There has been but n change so far
hat of la~undryman, but more will be
made in a short time. Mr.. HOxie has
rented a home here and Will probably
engage in business.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Taken to the sopreme Court.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3.-John o
Yeiser Of Omaha appealed to the SUI
preme court today from a decision ren-
dered by Judge Slabaugh of Douglas
county refusing Yeiser a peremptory
writ of mandamus to compel the city
clerk to submit the initiative and refer
endum to a vote of the people of the
city at the coming election next spring
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
New Booklets.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway is issuing a series Of booklets
regarding points of interest along its
lines, and if you are interested in the
western country, or contemplating a
trip, write Geo. H. Heafford, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago, ILL.,, for the
special publication desired, enclosing
four cents in stamps for postage.
No. J.. The Pioneer Limited.
No. 2. The Land of Bread and But
ter.
No. 8. The Fox Lake Country.
Nc. 4. Fishing in the Great North
Woods.
No. ). The Lake Superior Country.
No. 6. Cape Nome Gold Diggings.
No. 8. Summer Days in the Lake
Country.
No. g.. Summer Homes, 1900.
No. 10. The California OF To-Day.
No. II. The Game of Skat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Child Probably Fatally Burned.

WINSIDE, Neb., Feb. IA young
child of J. E. Hayes, manager of the
American Grain company's elevator,
backed against a hot coal stove and
was probably fatally burned. The
child ran across the O all afame
and would have gone upstairs if it
could have opened the door leading
into the hall. Mr.. Hayes caught the
child and burned two quilts in smoth-
erlng the flames.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
I'ha Real Issue.

The greatest issue before the Ameri-
can people is that Of business prosper
ity. When all the mills are open and
working overtime, and when the work
ingmen have all they can do and are
paid good wages, they have no time
to listen to %agitaturs. That is the gen.
eral condition NOVEL Paso (Tex.)
Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
No Vacant Houses TO Be Found.

IMPERIAL, Neb., Feb. Real estate
is active in Chase county. There is
g big demand for lands to rent and no
vacant houses are to be found in any
OF the towns in the county.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
Sneaker Henderson made In ant ]

Speaker Henderson made an apt TO
ply 70 a remark that the speakers du-
ties were really shockingly aging him
Well replied Mr.. Henderson, 4 am
not SO young as l was. but / am not
by 20 years so old as l hope to be at
the proper time"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
You can't tell by the blossom which
of the apples will be wormy.

In Baltimore a rattlesnake bit- ,aro-
fessional elCcutionist and died. It
died by request presented by a shot
gun. The eiocUticnist drank whisky
until he saw more snakes and recoy-
cred.
The appointment of General Der
nardo Reyes as minister of war OF
Mexico is generally taken to mean
that he will be the successor, at the
end OF the next four years, of Pres
ident Diaz. DiaZ has long repOsed the
utmost confidence in Reyes and Will
make the new war minister his per
sonal representative while he is away
on his tour.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09
P~ROSPERITY'S FACTS.
FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF Elk.
ISTINo CONDITIONS.

Enormous Increase In the Amount of
Money In the Hands of tho People,
and In the Vaults of the National
Treasury.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-23
THE MONEY QUESTION
Named First BY the Nebraskan In an
Interview at Washington
THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES
And the Trusts VIII Also BE Taken Up by
the Democratic Party Mr.. Bryan
Says He Has No Choice as to
Where the Convention
Will BE Held.

News Democrat Leased Wire Service.l
Washington, Jan. 19.--William j. Bry-
an arrived in Washington this morning
from Cincinnati. He held conference
with several leading Democrats of the
house and afterwards, accompanied by
Senator Jones, he went to the senate.
What about the Minneapolis inter
view?" Mr.. Bryan was asked Have
you changed your views on imperial
ism?"
mot in the least" he replied. "That
interview contains some things that 1
did not say. I am opposed to the reten-
tion of the Philippines. 1 believe that
this government should at once declare
it's purpose to give independence to the
Filipinos on the same terms that inde-
pendence has been promised to Cuba,
and I believe further that we should
protect the Filipinos from outside in
terference, while they work out their
own salvation. 1 am opposed to all ex-
pansion. I have tried to distinguish be-
tween the peaceful extension of the linn
it's of republic and the change of re-
public into an empire"
Bryan leaves for Baltimore, Md, to-
morrow morning where he will deliver
an address.
Washington, Jan. 2O.-After a confer
ence lasting a day and half with the
leading Democrats of the senate and
house, w. ]. Bryan left for Baltimore
where he will speak this evening.
"The chief issue of the campaign"
he said, will be currency, and the war
and trusts. The policy of the Demo-
cratic party will be for silver at sixteen
to one, fighting the trusts and demand
ing that the Filipinos be promised
their independence"
Bryan says he has no choice for the
convention city. On trusts, Bryan
said he was in favor of compelling every
corporation to secure a federal licehsse-
before it is allowed to do business out
side of it's own home state.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-23
TAX RECEIPTS.
commissioners Think They Can
Save Some Money By
Asking For Bids.

County Auditor Reed is now sending
out specifications to the printers of the
county for bids for the printing Of the
tax receipts. The commissioners deci-
ded that the receipts this year should
be let by contract instead of as here
tofore and all printers in the county
are to have chance. This job has been
given before to a local company with
out any competition and the county
had to pay one cent each for every one
of the tax receipts. A firm at Dayton
once offered to do the work for just half
the price and the commissioners are
going to see just how cheap they can
get the work done in the county. No
outside bids will be received. The con-
tract will be let in couple of weeks.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-23
WHEN BILL IS PRESENTED
Declare the Commissioners Didn't
Know About the Contract
TILL INSPECTOR FOUND 1T.
Are Ready to Pay the Amount To-day II
Bill For Same Reaches Them Say
They Are Not worrying About
the Lights and Will
Get Their Own.

Township Trustees Thomas ]. Miller
and Joseph Miller take exceptions to
the action of the county commissioners
with reference to the rent for the west
basement of the court house, which is
used by the township officers Trustee
Thomas ]. Miller said this morning:
The thing looks as if we were trying
to eyade payment Of our honest debts
or were not attending to business It
is true that a contract was signed by
the trustees when the court house was
in the process Of reconstruction and
that the township trustees agreed to
pay 1000 for the use of the west base
ment. OF that sum $3.50 has been paid.
We have the money and are ready to
pay the remainder at any time. We
will pay it today if the commissioners
will present their bill in legal form. l
see that Commissioner Summer found
the contract. The fact is, as | under
stand it. that the inspector who came
here to see if all contracts had stamps
on them found this contract and Mr..
Summer didn't know it was there until
the inspector found it. If the contract
has been in force all this time why
didn't Mr.. Summer have bill sent to
us? We have received no bill and have
consequently allowed the matter to
stand. The money will be paid at any
time the commissioners present their
bill. The contract, when completed, ex-
empts the township from paying any
rent whatever hereafter. AS soon as
the full amount is paid the township
has free rent during the life of the
building. 1t is very cheap rent, all
things considered, and we have always
been willing to pay it. Mr.. Summer
should have found the contract sooner
and the money would have been paid
sooner.
LAS for the light bill we care moth
ing for that. Nothing about light is
said in the contract and we are not
trying to get anything for nothing. We
will provide our own lights"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-23
HEAVY TIMBER
CRUSHED HIM.
Workman at w. 4 L. E. Shops
Badly Hurt.
WORKING AT planning MACHINE
When u Piece of Timber Pinned Him
Against Another Planning Machine
Crushing His Hips In Fright
full Manner.

]. ]. McDewitt, a workman employed
at the car shops of the w. & l.. f.. rail-
way company in this city, was seriously
injured shortly before noon, today, Sat-
urday, at the shops. 1t appears that
Ncpewitt was employed in the wood
department. A large and heavy piece
Of timber, to be used in the building
Of q car, was being pushed through
a planning machine. McDewitt in soIne
way was caught between the timber
which was being pushed forward and
another machine, and badly crushed
about the hips. The machine against
which he was being pushed had to he
overturned before he could be released
from his position. Mile & Blanchards
ambulance and DR.. A. g. Brant We're
summoned and McDewitt was taken TO
his rooms at GIT West Fifth street,
where surgical attention was rendered.
II is believed McDewitt will recover
from his injuries. He came here only
a short time ago from Wellsvilie where
he was employed in the z. & p. railway
shoIs.