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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
rendered verdict of not guilty,

vi INV ~
Mable G. Hall VS.. James Hall ct al.
injunction and divorce: motion to dis
solve injunction.
James Farrell VS.. Cecil Matthews, re
plevin: defendant allowed to answer in
Stanter.
B. q M. Railroad Co. vs.. Albert Guy.
error: case reversed and judgment rend
cred against defendant in error for costs
State of Nebraska VS.. Gustave Roedel
misdemeanor; defendant plead guilty,
and was fined $50 and costs, and com
mitted until same are paid.
Lyman Jennings VS.. David G.. Sullivan
appeal; judgment for plaintiff for So
and costs: attachment sustained.
Elizabeth S. Bryton VS.. Philip J
Bastian, order of r~evivor: decree of re
vivor.
State of Nebraska VS.. George F. Elf
ert, defendant arraigned: escaped Gus
tody of sheriff.
Sarah K. BroughtOn VS.. Thomas
Clark, present sheriff to make deed.
Eliza G. Nettleton VS.. J. E. Cochran
judgment revived.
Katie Sullivan VS.. J.. r. Neel, sheriff
appeal: jury rendered verdict for defend
ant for possession of property valued al
S41.41, and one cent damages. Motion
for new trial Overruled.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
COURTHOUSE NEWS.
COUNTY COURT.


Licenses to marry have been issued
the following couples:
Luther Petit of Wexford, Kansas,
and Fannie Miller of Cedar Bluffs, Kan,
sas. They were married by the county
Judge at his residence on the 18th.
Charles McKillip of Thornburg, Ne
braska, and Nellie Phillips of Hope, Ne
braska. United in marriage by the
county judge at the Commercial hotel
on the 2Ist.
The following suits have been filed in
the county court:
H. P. Sutton VS.. D. M. Taylor, at
tachment for SIC.
John P. Hanson & Co. VS. c. L. Miller,
suit on note for S2eo.4o.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

SUNDAYS Omaha Bee concludes an
entertaining election retrospect with the
following pertinent paragraph:
"This is by no means the first time
that the liquor dealers and prohibition
lists have beer linked together in oppo-
sition to the same candidates. Governor
Poynter owed his original election to the
same peculiar combination and Judge
Rees' defeat, last year, was due to a great
extent to the opposition of both these
elements. When the true political his
tory of Nebraska is written this chapter
of the recent campaign will point its
own moral"
Now, if Colonel Rosewater will write q
chapter on what he knows about the
defeat of the Republican nominee fol-
governor in 1888, he will relieve all of us
greatly. 1t will adorn the tale, if it does
not point a moral.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS.

c. E. McManigal was up from Mascot,
last evening, to the hop.
Brakeman F. J. Thorne is improving
from his attack of typhoid.
Stephen Bolles departed OH No. S, last
Saturday evening, for Cheyenne, Wyom.
ing.
Machinist Fries is a new arrival from
Denver; he went to work on Monday
morning.
Fireman Walter Clark has been trans
ferred back to McCook and will run on
the main line.
Machinist and Mrs. w. E. Schmidt
arrived home from California, yesterday
morning on 2.
c. 7. Watson, manager for the West
ern Union, is in Lafayette, Indiana, on
a visit to his mother and sister.
Roy Dixon has beer promoted to en-
gineer and is now in charge of the
switch engine in the Denver yard.
The new emery wheel for grinding
twist drills was placed in commission,
yesterday. 1t does the work like a
charm.
Chief Clerk Lawritson of Sup't Camp
BELLS Office went down to Omaha on Z,
Wednesday night, on business at head
quarters.
The round-house whistle sounded,
yesterday, for the first time in three or
four days, the boiler having been under
going repairs.
The smoke.jacks are being provided
with butterfly" valves to keep the
warm air from escaping through the
jacks. Master Mechanic Archibald. is
the inventor, and they are working
nicely.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
DRY CREEK

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Don L. Thompson had his pump I'D for re-
pairs, Monday.
W. A. Holbrook has been quite sick for the
last week or two.
John Sly is about through sowing rye. He
has a large field sown.
C.. +. Woker hauled straw from the Ham
mond place, Wednesday.
L, H. Stephens and ]. II. Wade are verv
busy putting in rye on Joseph Menard's place.
E. 6. Durham has been helping build feed
racks for Wilcox & Flitcraft on the Stewar,
ranch.
Rev. Goodwin, the new preacher, preached
his hrst sermon at the Prospect Park school
house, Sunday.
Born, November 18th, to Mr.. and Mrs. Gee.
Rowland, a nine pound daughter; all parties
concerned doing nicely.
Lyceum at the Prospect Park school-bouse
mas been rather poorly attended. Everyone
should attend that can, and make it as inter
estlng as possible. There is to be ou,te
lengthy programme, next Wednesday NIGHT a.
well as the debate.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

THE Mid-Roaders did not cut the
expected amount of ice in the late cleo.
ton; but the Fusion goose was cooked a
rich brown, I thank you, by the Repub,
lican Populists who refused to be led
into the Democratic camp and naturally
returned to their first love, the G. o. P.
Fusion has within it the essential ele-
ments of ultimate defeat and death.
Enduring parties are eternally erected
on principles-not built on place. On
the other hand the vote developed by
the Prohibitionists is something of a
surprise in the other direction. The
certain element in politics continues to
be very uncertain-and perhaps wisely
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Republican Ratification.
Lincoln, Neb., November 16. I9c

Lincoln, Neb., November I6. 1900.
The Republic being saved" Peace,
Liberty, and Prosperity being assured
for the next four years under the judi
cious guidance of the Grand Old Repub-
lican Party, and the return of Nebraska
Jour own Queen of the West"O to alleg-
lance 10 the party which brought her
into free Statehood, is deemed by the
overjoyed Republicans of Lincoln and
the State at large to be an event requir-
ing a rousing ratification.
The Republicans of the Capital City,
therefore, through their Committee, cor
daily invite you to come to Lincoln,
Saturday, November 24th, prepared to
take part with US and our noted invited
guests and all State oficers-elect, in a
Grand Review of the Noisiest and most
Joyful Red Fire Ratification and Illumi-
nation in the history of our City and
State.
AS Vim, Vigor, Victory was the insp1r-
lux u Va NSPuClANohlS" uuAAhS SAN
campaign, let the word on this occasion
be Johnny get your Shot Gun, your
Horn and your Whistle" and come,
November 24th, by foot, horse, or special
train, as the ways will be kept open, and
upon that late all roads will lead to Lin
coin, the dome of whose capitol building
will hereafter reflect the Golden Hue O
the joyous night.
Come, Republicans, in fact come
everyone, who, by their vote, voice, OF
sympathy, contributed to the grand re
suit of November 9th.
Special railroad rates made for Thu
occasion. Respectfully yours,
S. T. COCHRAN, Chairman.
WALT. DAWSON, Secretary.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Burlington Excursion Rates.

Every Tuesday during October and
November the Burlington Route will sell
tickets at the following remarkably low
rates:
Ogden, Salt Lake City, Butte, Helena,
and Anaconda, n way, $23. Round
trip, $40. Return limit, 80 days.
Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, Portland,
Victoria and Vancouver, one way, $2S.
Round trip, $40. Return limit, 80 days.
Tickets and information at all Bur-
lington ticket ofices.-Io-26-5ts.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
That Shortage of Votes.

Although the vote of Nebraska has
not yet been officially %canvassed, the
statement is made that it will show that
over $1,000 voters failed to express them
selves on governor and congressman and
other candidates on the ticket.
The inference conveyed by the COM
ment on this condition is hat it is al
unusual anomaly due to defective cleo
ton machinery. The fact is, however,
that this deficiency of votes presents it.
self in every presidential election in a
striking degree and in minor form in
other elections. A presidential battle
draws out more voters than any other
political contest and many of the par
Elephants content themselves with voting
only for presidential electors or other
single sections of the ticket.
A compilation of the figures for the
last two presidential elections in Ne
braska shows the same neglect of the
voters as measured by the difference be-
tween the total vote and that recorded
for particular Offices included in the
ticket.
In 1892, for example, the total vote in
Nebraska was 2oo, 595, while the total
vote for president was only I99,3I4, fall
ing short more than 10000 votes. The
total vote for governor in the same year
was Ie7,473, more tn II 1900 less thar
the number of ballots cast, while the
total for all the congressional districts
aggregated only Ie6, I6I, a deficit OF
nearly 1850.
In the year 1896, which constituted
the battle royal for the presidency elicit
ing more intense interest than any other
recent struggle. Nebraska polled $780,
7o5 votes. On presidential electors a
total of 224,I7I votes was cast, a little
over 5000 less than the aggregate. On
governor, however. only 217,763 were
recorded, a deficit of 1900, while on
congressman, in the different districts,
the total was 2I7,6I7, a deficit of $4,000.
Presumably the total vote in Nebraska
in 1900 has been in excess of 24o,o o SO
that while the shortage Of votes in the
minor Offices may be greater, the proper.
ton cannot be far different from that in
previous presidential elections.
While the ideal election machinery
would be that which recorded the choice
of the voter on every position to be
filled, it is idle to expect to attain thai
goal for the present. The best that car
be done is to simplify the election law!
so as to reduce to a minimum the mum
Der not voting On particular Offices.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

IT'S a disappointing day when some
long-haired pigskin crank does not offer
up his life on the gridiron. But the
fool-killer thus enjoys a much-needed
day off and the Observation-Disclosures
ed v~irtuoso has a brief respite from his
arduous labor of ~decimating the popu-
1oNa
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
WALT. DAWSON, Secretary.

FRANCE proposes to correct the falling
birth rate by assessing a tax against
bachelors; the price of "liberty" will
range from $40 to $Ioo, according to the
recalcitrant bachelors age. The meas
ure, it is claimed, will pass both houses
of the French assembly with large ma
i~orities. Vive la France! A bas la bach
e1orl
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Notice to Hunters.

Hunting and trespassing on my lands
southwest of McCook are positively
prohibited and failures to observe this
notice will be vigorously prosecuted.
McCook, Neb., Nov. s. P. WALSH.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

at
10. Preaching at II. Y. P. S. c. E. at
6:45. Preaching at 1890. Prayer-meeting,
Wednesday evening, at 1890. Preaching
by Rev. F. F. Lewis of Holdrege. All
are welcome. w. J. TURNER, Pastor.
Observation-Disclosures during summer
Sunday-school at 10. Evening prayer
and ermon every Sunday at 8 O'Clock.
Sunday morning service, also Friday
evening Litany, discontinued until fur
Their notice. Holy communion to be an
nounced. HOWARD SToY, Rector.
Observation-Disclosures at 10 a.. M.
Preaching at II and 7:3o. Christian En-
deavor at $50 p. M. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening. All are invited.
Evangelist J. R. Speck of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, will be here to commence a series
of revival meetings and will preach both
morning and evening.
J. w. WALKER, Pastor.
BAPTIsT-Sunday-school at 10 a. NJ.
Preaching at II. B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. NJ.
Preaching at s. Prayer-meeting, Wednes.
day evening at s., Morning subject,
Thanksgiving and Thanksliving." B.
Y. P. U. topic, Praise the Lord;'-Ps.
I47 :1-2o. Evening subject, Faith is
the Victory" GEO. L. WHITE, Pastor.
Rev. L. M. Grigsby of the Methodist
church was absent in Hoxie, Kansas,
close of last week and part of the present.
Union Thanksgiving services at the
Methodist church, November 2eth, at II
a. nj. Preaching by w. J. Turner of the
Congregational church. ALI are invited.
The members of the B. Y. P. U. en-
joyed a splendid social evening at the
home of T. NJ. Phillippi, last Friday
evening. A fine musical programme
was an added joy.
A successful mission closed in St. Pat
rick's church, last Sunday evening. The
attendance throughout at all the services
was very satisfactory, notably that from
the country membership.
Miss Jackson, d~eaconess of Methodist
hospital, Omaha. occupied the loca
Methodist pulpit, Sunday morning and
evening, talking along the lines of the
work and needs of the hospital.
Union Bible Study lecture, Monday
evening, at s p. m. at the Congregations
church. Subject of the lecture, 1.-THE
Evidence to Christianity from the
Monuments" All are cordially invited
Admission free, a collection being taker
at close of lecture.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

"One of DIR. Kings New Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me in INV teens
again" writes D.. II. Turner of Dempseytown
Pa. They're the best in the world for liver
stomach and bowls. Purely vegetable. Never
grippe. Only 25C at Mcconnell & Berrv's.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
The Ladies' Orchestra.

The largest concert company ever
brought west of Omaha has been secured
on an off night for a date in McCook.
1t is the Boston Ladies' Symphony
Orchestra. There were over five hun
dred people turned away, last year, at
their appearance in Lincoln. The large
auditorium was crowded, this season, on
their second appearance. The company
not only plays the finest orchestra music,
but gives many solos with the full
orchestra accompaniment. The violin,
flute, cornet, cello, and tuba are used
in solo work, aud added to these is a
bass solo by Mr.. Carl GRANGE. The OPP
portunity afforded is a rare one and the
crowd will be limited by the size of the
hall.
There is nothing that a woman appre-
ciates more han she does a good sewing
machine; one that has the latest i'm
provements and attachments. You will
find just what you want, and at the
right price, at S. NJ. Cochran & Co.'S.
Arthur Cullen is laid up with a sore
hand, which blood-poisoning has not
improved.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CATHoLIc-Mass at 8 O'Clock a. m,
High mass and sermon at 1890 a. M,
with choir. Sunday-school at ago p. m
All are cordially welcome.
REV. J. w. HICKEY, Pastor.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

The McCook Circle No. 80, Ladies of
G. A. R., meet the first Saturday of
every month in Odd Fellows hall.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

g3185fa!s

Herblne sweetens the breath, brightens the
eyes and clears the complexion without the
slightest i'll effects whatever, and ensures the
natural bloom of health. Price, 50 cents. A.
McMillen.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Official Vote, 18th District.

Following we give al abstract of the
official vote in the 10th district:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Official Vote, Fifth District.

Following we give an abstract of the
vote in the Fifth district, as taken from
the official results i'll the several coun'
ties:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

SCALE BooKs-For sale at THE TRIB.
UNE office. Best in the market.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

Whites Cream Vermifuge removes the m.
bhT T;nosy III, issue upon which worms thrive; 1t
bndg %nu quickly, a healthy condition of
cents A. McMillen, druggist.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Morlan, lSh'lenb'g'rI Stevens.
Counties. lRennhlic'nI Fusion. Mid Road.

Shallenberger's plurality. .........49
Shallenberger's majority. .........H
The vote of the district will be cam
vassed by the legislature in January and
the result declared.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

McConneil's Balsam cures coughs.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23
Made Younq Aoafn

Fidelity to old truths demands hospitality
to new ones. ~
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

at
10. Preaching at II. Y. P. S. c. E. at
GAS. Preaching at 7:3o. Prayer-meeting,
Wednesday evening, at 1890. Preaching
by Rev. F. F. Lewis of Holdrege. All
are welcome. w. J. TURNER, Pastor.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-11-23

a blank cartridge will make the most no;s.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-06

claimed that the moment it is tOwed
through the water it becomes ones
more deadly peril to any ship that
may Craze 1t.
The Lege torpedo is constructed OF
Delta metal. which, while being os
strong as steel, is not Liable to rust
and corrosion from immersion in
water. The charge is Of cylindrical
shape, and is easily inserted and res
moved from the head of the torpedo.
so that the apparatus can be stored
with perfect safety ready to hand,
while the charges are placed out OF
harms way in a magazine. Other ad-
vantages claimed for it are those Of
automatically adjusting itself to the
depth required. and. on encounterins
the defensive nets Of an ironclad, of
assuming a vertical position, diving
beneath them and striking the hull
with it's point as soon as 1t is clear.
The great point In favor of the new
weapon would appear to be it's SIM
plicity: but. on the other hand, 1t does
not seem impossible for an, enemy %
so damage or destroy tn endless chain
as to stop its motion. when the whole
set of torpedoes would at once become
innocuous. Nor, for that matter. does
1t seem very improbable that it's work.
ings might be affected by the explo.
sion OF one of it's own torpeGoes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-06

with state universities everywhere and
with the spirit of technical schools in
the air, it would not require great
stretch of imagination for the optimist
to see, as an accomplishment Of the
new century, a system of free technical
education that shall DO away with the
old apprentice system to the trades.
Europe in general is infected with the
spirit of manual training for the young.
recognizing the insistence OF the educa-
tor who says that the training of the
hand is a training of the brain, and
that with manual training come bet
ter physlques and sounder brains than
are to be found in the school that
delves into textbooks.
Japan, which has so suddenly awak-
ened to a place among enlightened ma
tions, is graphing with manual train
ing schools and preparing to take a
lead in them. 1t is the movement of
this end of the century, movement
arising out of the question whether 1t
is not better for the young man who
Is to be a machinist 10 have some
knowledge of machinery from his
school than to be stuffed with classics
to the last hour of his school life and
apprentice, ignorant of all in life that
is to enable him to work his way in
the world.
With the spread of schools has come
broader knowledge of educational
methods. Perhaps no condition of hu-
manity in adult life has been more
ameliorated by liberality and progress
than has been the condition Of the pu-
D.. in school. The slave driver in the
cotton fields of the old south was not
more inexorable and eXacting than was
the old time school master ruling with
his rod of iron. He belonged to the
age of the stoics-hard, unresponsive.
inhuman in his narrowness. Punish
ment was regarded as necessary to en-
force iron discipline and part of this
discipline was to exact the full meas
ure of the task set 10 pupils. Severe
whippings because a child failed In les
sons were the rule.
Today, in many states, corporal pun
ishment in the schools has been for
hidden by law. Everywhere 1t Is COM
ing under the ban of public opinion.
Not only this. but the pathological
side OF student life is being considered
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-06

training was adopted into the public
schools and in 1883 the first graduating
class was turned out.
The Girls Normal school had been
experimenting in classes in sowing
with such success that the board of
education took the department under
the wing of the public schools in 1885,
and two years later course in cook
ing was adopted from this normal
school. And with all this there has
been no complaint that the public
school system of that city has been
overweighted.
Local government has been the
principle behind the public school in
the United States. Each state has
been looked to by the general govern
ment as competent to judge of it's own
educational needs, and In like manner
the state has looked to the county and
the county to the city.
PUBLICs BEST INFLUENCE.
AS political proposition nothing
could be more reassuring to the student
of republican government than this
disposition of republics to spread the
influence Of liberal education. On the
| face OF 1t Is an acknowledged honesty
OF purpose toward it's people and a.
direct assurance of still wider liberties
as education shall make them pos
sible. With tine spread Of education in
the past century, broader liberty has
come to the subjects of the most alb
solute monarchy. The time is gone by
when people may be kept ignorant
only that they may be subject, and the
irresistible spread of education In these
last hundred years is the most sig
nitcant of prophesies for the future
world republic OF the dreamer.
Virtually there is no limit in the
growth of the public school system
In America. 1t will grow just to the
extent that the people would have 1t
grow. In pointing out the necessity
for manual training in the schools of
-..icago, Dr. Fl. Fl. Belfeld was con-
fronted with the argument that such
school was not legal. His reply was
that this was no impediment; that II
the school would be illegal under the
existing law the people had every right
and power to wipe out that law and
put law upon the statute books that
would make the school legal Thus,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-06
NOVEL FRENCH TORPEDO.
Anchored and Operated from th'
Shore by Mechanical Towage.

Shore by Mechanical Towage.
From the London Mail and Military Re-
cord.
The new towing torpedo, the Lese,
the recent invention of Frenchman,
is an extremely 1lshlike wearon.
Though 1t can be used much in The
same way as the old Harvey corpedo,
with which some of our ships were
equipped before the advent Of the
Whitehe ad, by beioy towed at an an
gle under an enemy's ship (provided
she allowed tho operator to come near
enough to do so), its principal func-
tion is the defense of ports. and har-
bors. 1t differs from the Brennan,
which to all intents and purposes is an
automobile weapon, but at the same
time it is much simpler and probably
much less expensive, though special
arrangements have to be made for its
use. An endless chain is stretched
round four horizontal wheels or pulleys
SO as to cover the portion to be guard
ed. and Is set in motion by means of
second chain, driven by an engine on
shore. To the first mentioned chain a
series Of I.ege torpedocs are attached
at intervals. and the idea is that as
the chain moves round on its rollers
the channel is constantly patrolled. as
1t were,by two lines Of travelling mines
moving in opposite directions, so that
it would be practically impossible for
ship to pass through this guarded
zone unscathed. Immediately the
chain is stopped the tCrpedoes become
harmless, for on the strain being taken
off the towing lever it automatically
folds back against the head, and in
so doing moves safety catch into
such a position as to prevent the strik-
er in the poih, of the torpedo moving.
In this position 1t may be struck or
handled with impunity, but 1t is