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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Scorched. Watersheds
Bills are
reconstructed.

SIS. Investigation showed that there
was $13O in the package, and that
amount was forwarded for the benefit
of the funeral fund. Among the re-
ceipts recently was a large package
of the fractional currency in circula-
ton during the civil a 1t had evil
IDENTIFY been stored away in a vault
that was not over dry, and was badly
discolored, but was yet in such condf-
ton that it could be redeemed. A good
deal of this fractional currency is re-
ceived, much of 1t almost as bright
and clean as on the day Of issue. The
best is not destroyed, but kept on hand
and sold at face value to collectors. A
week or so ago there was received a
number Of continental bills, issued by
authority OF the continental congress
during the wal of the revolution. The
law does not provide for the redemp-
ton of this money, and the bills we're
returned. Ignorant people in the south
and elsewhere, particularly negroes,
frequently send in large quantities OF
confederate bills, believing the govern
ment will redeem them. The govern
ment formerly held that the finder OF
money was not entitled to have it re-
deemed, and when turned into the
treasury it was kept there for the
owner. This rule has now been
changed, and the finder of money is
the one who profits. A few days ago a
Washington colored man took to the
treasury two $50 notes, which ne said
had been found on an ash heap. AL
though badly soiled, the notes we're
easily identified, and the negro got the
500. Another Washington negro not
long ago took to the treasury a large
package of bills, which had been
water-soaked. The bills were general
ly of small denomination, and the task
Of separating the pieces and patching
them together was a big undertaking.
as the amount of the resurrected roll
was more than $1,000. The negro ex-
planned that he had buried the money
to get it away from an "~eXtravagant
family" and that when he went to the
place of burial to get out a small
amount he found that the entire store
had been ruined. The history of the
redemption division of the treasury is
calculated to explode the theory that
paper money is a great spreader of
disease germs. An average of 81, 900, 900
of paper none in it's very worst
forms of dirtiness is handled ard
counted three times every working day
in the year, by a force composed most
ly of young women The only precau-
ton the clerks take is to wash their
hands thoroughly with soap and water,
yet there has never been a case of ill
ness among them traceable to the han
ding Of money.-Chicago Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Many Little Acts of
Kindness of Francis
Joseph of Austria.

to town, too, looking for work." he
inquired, c~onfidentially. His answer
was a bright gold piece, slipped into
his hand by the stranger" accompa-
MED by a few words of cheer. This
unexpected liberality on the part Of
his affable companion so fascinated the
peasant that they walked ON together
until they reached the palace gate.
Some time later a foot passenger found
the bewildered old man stumbling
along the road, looking first at the gold
piece in his palm and then back over
his shoulder toward the emperor's
palace.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
WHAT WE HEAR FROM
ASSINIBOIA, WESTERN CANADA
Don't Think of Coming. but Come"

To the Editor: The above is the en-
phatic manner in which a friend in
Yorkton writes to a friend near st.
Paul, Minnesota, and it is pretty near
ly right, too, with the advantages
that Western Canada offers to those
seeking homes. The Assiniboia dis
trict is n of the best. The writer
from whose letter we quote goes on to
say:
John, If you miss this chance you
are foolish, for you can get out cheap
er when there are so many coming,
and l would not tell you to come if l
thought you could not do we'll, and
II you don't come in the spring you
will have to go away back, for you
do not want to think that there is no
one living out here but US. l saw
nicer buildings out here than l ever
saw before, and If the country was no
good what would they want them for?
John, If you sold everything you have
and came out here you would be worth
more than ever you were before, and
If you can bring your team. You can
get anything you want on tick, and
when they do that with strangers they
are not afraid they can't make enough
to pay for it. l saw as nice wheat as
l ever saw in my life, and if they could
not grow grain what would the flour
mill be for, and it cost 10000"
Now tbiC Woc what Mr. Thnmoc
Fitzpatrick, of Yorkton, A~ssiniboia,
Western Canada. wrote to a friend.
There will be opened up this sum-
mer new districts in Saskatchewan
and Assiniboia at low prices, particu-
lars Of which can be had of any agent
of the government Of the Dominion Of
Canada, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in the columns of your
paper. Yours truly, An Old Reader.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Redeerning
Money!.

There was received at the redemp-
ton division of the treasury recently
an envelope containing a mass OF
greenish paper, dried and hard, but
showing evidence OF having once been
water-soaked. The letter accompany
ing explained that the substance had
once been money, and that it had been
found among the debris left by the
storm at Galveston, Tex. 1t was Of
fered for redemption. There was I'M
doubtedly much money destroyed in
the Galveston storm, but comparative
ly little Of it has been recovered. A
half-doZen or more installments have
been received, but in all 1t has amount
ed to but a few hundred dollars. Some
of that sent in had been found in the
pockets of clothing worn by victims of
the storm. Most of it was in fair
shape, and the senders received the
full amount in crisp, new bills. The
man who recovered the last lot re-
ceived, however, was less fortunate.
1t was turned over to E. A. Brown, the
treasury expert on mutilated money,
who soaked the mass and picked it
apart, discovering at once that it was
composed of worthless confederate
bills. Mrs. Brown and her assistant,
Miss Elizabeth d. Smith, have to deal
with money under many queer condi-
tons. 1t comes to them burned until
only fragments of charred paper are
left, rotted and widowed, gnawed by
mice, eaten and discolored by acids,
and in a thousand other forms. Their
knowledge of money is reduced to a
science. By a glance at a mere frag-
ment of a bill they are able to tell
from it's geographically which is
meant the particular style of engrav-
ing-the veal of it's issue and the de-
nomination of the note of which it is
a part. A case Mrs. Brown now has
in hand called forth all her ingenuity.
The Moravian National bank of Mora
via, N. Y, sent a package of money
that had been burned until only black
and shriveled paper remained. The
burned bills were supposed to amount
to SIPS. Mrs. Brown was able to iden-
tify more than 800, and as there re-
manned a considerable amount of the
charred paper which had been crushed
until it was unrecognizable, the fu1l
amount will be paid upon an affidavit
from the bank that the sum stated was
destroyed. A couple of weeks ago a
roll of burned money was received
from q small town in VIRGINIA The
sender explained in his letter that the
money belonged to an aged
who had been saving it to pay her
funeral expenses. Her house caught
fire and her little hoard was destroyed.
The old lady was not quite sure of the
amount that had been in the roll, but
she thought it was between $40 and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
South Dakota Farms

Is the title Of an illustrated booklet
just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway, descriptive of the
country between Aberdeen and the
Missouri River, a section heretofore
unprovided with railway facilities, out
which is now reached by a new line of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway. Everyone contemplating a
change of location will be interested
in the information contained in it, and
a copy may be had by sending a two
cent stamp 20 F. A. Miller, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
VIII Cut Bears wh,ske-s.

Whiskers have been tabooed at the
Zoo, and q crusade against them will
shortly be started, says the Philadel-
phia Press. Within a few days the
keepers will trim the bears 1ustaches,
which have grown very long and an
noy the beasts. The whiskers have
curled around so far as to tickle the
bears every time they move their
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
WHY MRS. PINKHlM
La Able to Help Sick Women
When Doctors Fail.

How gladly would men fly to wo-
mans aid did they but understand q
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
women, and the aid a man would give
is not at his command.
To treat a case properly it is neces-
sary to know all about it, and full
information, many times, cannot be
given by a woman to her family ply
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Some of nIr. Morean's Gifts.

Thus far j. Pierpont Morgan ha!
given 100000 for a New York tech
nical school, s175,O0O for a botanica
park in New York, $780, 900 for a lying
in hospital, $780, 600 for a yacht club
$780, 900 for a church, SEE, 900 for light
ing st. Paul's cathedral, London, ant
10000 rare manuscripts to the New
York library.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Private Mailing Card with colored
views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway sent on
receipt of ten Q0) cents in stamps.
Address F. A. Miller, General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago. Ill.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Dafryman Supplies -NoiseIess Mix.

A dairyman in Indianapolis, Ind,
supplies his patrons with what he calls
'noiseless milk" His wagons have
rubber tires, his milkmen wear rub
ber-soled shoes and he has supplied
each of his customers with a little rub
Der mat on which the vessels are 81
lently placed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Do Your Foet Ache and nur,,

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 OF. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starcn cou-
tains only II OF. Satisfaction guaran-
teed or money refunded.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

If a man could do just as he pleas
ed he would be the most unpopular
individual on earth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

S14S will buy new Upright piano on
easy payments. Write for catalogues.
Schneider & Mueller, 1913 Farnam
street. Omaha.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Your worth depends on what you are
and not what you have.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Dyspepsia is the pane OF the human system.
Protect yourself against its rayages by the use
Of Beeman's Pepsin Gum.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Pain-Wizard Oil. Use the last on
the first and you have neither one nor
the other.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

1t is easier to call a man a fool thar
it is to convince him of the truth o
your statement.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 OF. package for
10 cents. Ali other 10-cent starch con-
tains only IL OF. Satisfaction guaran-
teed or money refunded.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

A fiat in the ninth story of an apart.
ment house is a place intended for high
liyerS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75c-

A family tree is one kind that isn't
admired for having a shady reputa-
ton,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

1t doesn't take an artist TO draw a
perfectly natural long breath.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Private Mailing Card.

A dollar in the hand is worth two in
a will.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

You can not always improve an UNI
cultured man by ~cultivating him as an
acquaintance.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
Are You Using Aliens Foot Ease,

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

The bad boy" often makes the best
man.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Basket picnics are one kind of en.
tertainment and basket ball is another
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

The wisdom OF today is not infre-
quently the result of yesterdays mis-
fortune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

People who ask tire" for their
debts don't care to spend it in Jail.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24
TO, FOR

True fishers of souls have little us'
for bread and butter bait.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

A mar may have a keen mind with
out a cutting tongue.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

We can often create a very favorable
impression by not saying what we
think.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
fammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc q bottle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-05-24

HUI FUN ohLAHOmA!
New lands soon to open. Be ready! Morgan's Manual,
with SUPPLEMENT- containing proclamation. maj showing
~allotments, County seats. etc, 81. Supplement & Map,
toc. Agents Wanted. DICK 7. MORGAN Perry, o. 7.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19

whom notified ~therPoliee and the other
summoned Manager II. NJ. DinwoOdey.
When OHcers Smith and Johnston
and Manager DinwOOdey arrived they
made an investigation and discovered
that the lest time Sheppard had regis
tereG on the time clock was at $40,
which register had been made from
the basement. and il is believed that
he lad been to the engine for a glass
Of water that was found on the table.
Mr.. DinwCodey DISPATCHED a messeu-
Plum street TO inform the family Of
the sad affair. and Acting Coroner
Morris Sommer was called to view the
body.
An examination Of the body showed
that the blood on the floor came from
q slight abrasion eve the eye. which
had been caused by contact with the
R5or. After hearing the circumstances
OF the case and learning thai the de-
ceased had been for some days suffer
ing with a severe pain IN the region
Of mis- heart. Judge Somn1er decided
that al inquest was unnecessary and
ordered the body sent to the home of
the deceased.
Sheppard had been unweH since last
Sunday and was feeling III when ne
went to work Friday night. He had
until lately always enjoyed the best
of health and his sudden death was a
great shock to his FAMILY. He was 70
years of age at tbs time of his death
and was one Of The early, pioneers OF
salt Lake. He leaves q wife and six
children to mourn his loss, The fu-
ueTaI viii take place from The Nine
teenth ward anesting house Monday at
3 p. M,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19
Veteran Nightwatchman Found
Dead at His Post. a


While in the faithful discharge Of
his duUx, Nightwatchman eGeorge shep-
pard who for the past thirty years has
guarded II. Dnwoodey's furniture
store at night, was Stricken down BY
death and his 1ifeless body was dis
covered az his post Of duty yesterday
mOruiue, From surrounding circuU-
stances it rs Believed that he NC
cumbed 10 aeart3 trouble ab9Ft $50
Yesterday morning. bis body, lying
Oh the floor ana tie feet on a chair
from which he mad evidently toppled
over, was d~IScOXered by RuQOIph
Pruhs. on upholsterer in the employ OF
the furniture COMPANY
About otciock Pruhs, accompanied
by George Bean and a. r. Briggs, fel-
IOyF employees. Went to the store. and
not finding the uigEtWatchmau at the
'front.' door as usual, they went to Tie
rear Il the store and pounded
upou the back door, but received no
answer, ana PrIhs Climbed tie fire
escape 70 the second floor. where he
gained entrance to be store He then
started back to the Office to register
lac stumbled OVeT some object, aud,
looking down, was horrided to discov-
er the body OF Sheppard. The 1atter's
head. which had oeen bleeding n little,
lay on fhe floor and his legs We're
across his chair. his feet having caught
undew the edge OF the desk as ne fell
prevented him from railing
straight out on the floor. A glance
was sufficient to show PrlIhs that
Sheppard was dead. and BIS immedi-
ately summoned his companions one Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19
Innocent Man Served Three
Years in the Pen.

The boarG Of pardons yesterday or
dered the release from the p-eniteltiary
OF man-Whom at least q potion OF
Fne memberS Believe to Dbl absolutely
innocent OF the crime for which he has
already served three years in the PEN
itentiary. The man is a II. Endsley,
who was sons up from San Juan county
for cattle stealing, Endsley is an old
soldier. who lost a. arm during the
war He was convicted of grand lar
ceny and sentenced to. five years. Large
numbers q cttizsns Of San Juau county
signed a petition in his behalf, The
board reviewed the circumstances and
voted a pardon.
That man has already served three
years for = Crin1e he never committed,
declared Attorney General Breeder af-
ter the session. II am absolutely con-
hdent of his innocence.
Francis Hagestead. who killed an IN
dian in Beaver county in 1895 and then
declared he didn't Know the gun was
,oaded3 does nos yet know his fate.
.Fe case wa heard yesterday and sub
TIED, but no decision vii. be an
rouuced until the next meeting. Hage1
stead was convicted Of murder in the
secord degree.
Chiuanen and others are trying to
secure a pardon Tor Little Charley, a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19
BattIeship Ohio Built Under Utah
Mans Supervision.

ton for an appointment to the naval
academy and entered the school at An
napOlis in the fan of hat rear. IN
1881 Constructor Snow graduated with
high honOTssin a large class, one Of the
members on which WAS Richmond Pear
HObson and StOcker, being the three
highest men in the class. were given
their choice IS to the branch Of the
service they desired 10 enter All three
went to Paris to perfect their technical
education.
With them went Constructor SHOWS
bride. and a happy home she made for
the American boys in the French cap-
itai. Their American dinners, served
amid patriotic surroundings were fea@
lures of the United States colony. AT
the close of a three years course in
Paris Constructor snow returned to his
native land and was assigned to duty
at the Mare Island navy yard.
In 1896 he was transferred to san
Francisco to supertnJend the Construc-
ton Of battleships at the Union iron
works. Upcn the breaking out of the
war with Spain, Constructor Snow Of
fered his. services TO the secretary Of
the navy. but was informed by that
official that ne could do better for his
country where he was than in active
warfare. That he vas fully equal to
the trust is evidenced by the fact that
in sixty days be and his assistants pre-
pared sixty vessels for war. A number
of m~en-Of-War ave been constructed
under his supervision, among them be-
ing the wisconsin and the Oregon The
OhiO-is, Of course, his latest work
Those who know Constructor and
Mrs. Snow saw The latter has been a
great help TO her husband throughout
their married life. Although sh- is of
Spanish descent, she was as loyal an
American during h war as her nus
hand. and of her %pr0udest recollec-
tons is that her father and Admiral
Dewey were old friends.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19
I hree

Chinaman who was convicted Of com-
plicity in the murder of China Nary. =
a cOUntryNFOman of his. in Alta about
four years ago. Charley went TO her
house with big Jake" who attacked
the woman with a knife. was get
ting the better Of the argument, when
Little Charley" pulled her of and
Big Jake" then completed the work
of killing her The principal in the
crime died after the trial. and Little
Charley" was given a life sentence
Mel O. Nielsen, convicted of assault
and battery at Pleasant Grove and
sentenced to three~mouths in jail, was
denied a pardOn- e broke a mans
arm with a club, according TO the evil
dence.
GEORGE Mckee, convicted four years
ago of stealing sheep liz Uintah county,
and In company with others, of MUTE
lating and tOrturiug-a large number of
animals, was another unsuccessful ap-
Dlicant. He asked for a parole, but
was refused.
The following cases were continued
for a month: Frances NJ. Bethers, con-.
victed in Wasatch county of incest,
Evan J. Davis. convicted in Sanpete
county of burglary; Donald a. Ne
MILAN. convicted in ogden Of the rob-
berry Of a barkeeDer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19

new definition Of h church and that
this definition might be used to the
serious detriment of the church IN the
fact that Sunday school children would
be allowed a Vote in church meetings.
tary of the Christian Endeavor society.
spoke in favor of the report on the
ground that If it be adopted It would
be the first TIME IN \ history Of the
church to give the Christian Endeav-
6rers n Sabbath school constitutions
al recognition IN h church. The re-
port was referred to the COMMITTEES on
church policy. The assembly ad-
5ourned@ until Monday morning
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19
S0eIALAFFAIRS.

A reception in honor Of the ~larriagr
Of John A. Runswiek and Miss Emma
M. Fredrickson, who We're united in
the salt Lake temple Wednesday,, was
given at st. Marks school 0us last
Mrs. Anna Anderson. The young poo
pie are natives OF Sweden and have
lived ia salt Lake for a number of
years They have a wide Circle of ac-
qIaintances among tbs Scandinavian
people. Among the feat1res os the re-
ception supper served by the relatives
Of the couple.
A very pleasant birthday party was
given by Mrs. James A. EsilSe Sataf-
iittle son, Francis. The groands were
tastefuhy decorated u th5 national CO..
ors- which pIe1sed the eyes o. the lutte
folks. Delicious refreshments were
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-19
a Dozen hids Ran Away With
the Animal Show.

something Ike a dozen Varents Of
This clt have heen invoking the aid Of
the police to locate ana secure the re-
arm 6f as many show struck lads
who. 81 is alleged, disappeared from n
city Witb-the Morris X Rowe dog and
pony show
F, All day Friday and yesserdayetd desk
se-geahfs were kept busy bE N0
paTencs iuauiriug about missing boys
chiidren had Been cCmDletelW in
fatuated with the show and aftsrI5t
loft they were not rto-be found All
were eertaInlS hat thelf lf0ys had fot-
lowed the shoW and tneX urged q po-
lire 90 teiaphQne ahead and haye the
ranaways headed OF and GroughtDdck.
enc man. who dad not cave his mans,
~ep0rfed yestertaV tina three OF his