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Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
Not 20 ne BaIked.

A distinguished educator OF Boston.
who once visited a western college dur
ing examination week. was. for some rea-
son or other, not asked TO address the
students, as he had expected he would
be. In chapel he was merely requested
wise:
BE pleased. Father In heaven. to guide
the steps of the president OF this col
isge. Thou knowest that he was a class
mate OF Thy servant, a graduate OF the
class of "a. taking high honors. Thine
eye hath looked with favor upon the
happy choice that resulted In his ap-
pointment. with the consent OF the trus-
tees, as the head o. this Institution
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

AMuEL GoRDEANo. the Spanish
evangelist, praised In New York
American humor.
Some one instanced, as q superb
A ..o.Innn hnnrunnr. Arfa.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
Too had for Earth-sent Higher.

Denver man tells story OF mining
days In Colorado when the greatest ex-
element prevailed by reason OF the dis
eovery OF silver deposits in Gilpin county.
A Mexican. who had repeatedly evinced
q weakness for robbing the sluice boxes.
was caught for the third or fourth time.
In view Of his numerous onenses In this
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
Effective Tipping.

man who travels a great deal and
who recently visited San Francisco con-
fides 10 the Chronicle OF that city his
method OF obtaining the utmost service
from walters.
Usually when arrive at a hotel" he
said. Il take q 80 bill and tear II In half
one-half l give to the waiter and the
other / keep.
Nov. John I say. If everything
comes along all right, the other half is
yours; II not. you don't set it.
Usually / get the best Of service and
the most marked attention. The waiter
always has his eye on the other half.
II find this rsatko6 TO be the best ever
tried"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

Thou knowest that the students OF this
college ought to look upon him as q
friend as well as their president. Thou
knowest that Thy servant is well pleased
with the high standards OF scholarship
here prevailing and with the righteous
ness and loyalty of the students.
Finally. TO the intense delight OF the
students, the visitor concluded his prayer
as follows:
''And thank Thee for this opportun-
ity to address the students of this coll
lege."
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
Rest for Weary Jaws.

John Ridgiey Carter secretary OF the
American embassy at London was plotting
some American friends through the museum
at Hastings when he observed an unhappy
attendant wearing a military uniform. with
a helmet from which a chin strap hung. at
whom an inquisitiYe tourist was firing all
manner OF silly questions. The tourists
last question was SAY, what is that
strap under your chin forT' The attendant
sighed. The strap is to rest my jaw when
l get tired answering questions" said he.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

for the three. They made two or three
rounds and had a good time, so Mr..
choate asked Pat and MT. Depew to the
Waldorf for a good" dinner. Pat went
along and had a great meal, with B-cent
cigars after the end.
Near the close Mr.. Depew said; Now,
my good fellow. we would like to know
who you are and your business"
Pat listened and the senator went on;
II am the Junior senator from New York
and that gentleman pointing to Mr..
Choate) is our ambassador to England"
Pat looked at one. then the other; then
he said:
IF you are Mr.. Depew. the senator. ana
you Mr. choate, the ambassador. why I
am the emperor Of China"
Mr.. Depew thought an insurance investi-
CATION had struck him.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
Budd Dobis's Advice.

Hank brown OF Fargo. the prosperous
contractor. might have become a famous
driver OF fast horses had he not attended q
racing meet back In the early days. There
was a large crowd out and Budd Dobls
was In the grandstand.
Hank had horse that he had entered In
the two-something class. The horse was .
big, rangy fellow. with not too much speed.
but Hank thought he was the goods.
All the horses except Hanks had passed
the grandstand neck and neck on the first
half II was a beautiful race Trailing be-
hind about twenty rods came the big horse.
Hank urging him on. When he was In
front OF the grandstand Doble stood up
and yelled at the top OF his voice:
Take the first turn to the left. Hank.
All the others have gone that way"
Hank drove his horse 70 the barn.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

"Pn stop the bullet" said Joseph Pugh
Of Gallon, o.. at his harding house. when
1B-year-old Harry Stevens playfuily pointed
a supposedly empty revolver at Grace
Gump, aged IT, Then he playfuliy put his
hand upon her tempie-just In time. for
the revolver proved 10 be loaded. and the
bullet went through Mr.. Pugh's hand and
Undecided itself In the young woman's fore
head. Had Pughs hand not been there Il
would Undoubtedly have been a mortal
wound instead OF a flesh wound for Miss
Gump
The revolver had been In the house for
thirty years. but nobody knex Il was
loaded.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

Extra large size, like cut,
six holes. large square
oven, elegantly trimmed
in nickel, has heaviest
castings, etc. Complete
with warming closet.
s2.75 Cash, 7se Week.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

Wide, spacious seat and
very comfortable. This
rocker is the full roll de-
sign and is very hand
some, made in large guam
titles for our 20 stores.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Burlington Bulletin, March, 1906.

To THE NoRTHwEsT:-Now is the time
to go at cheap rates on one of the Bur
lington's two daily through trains to
Montana, Puget sound and Portland.
You don't know how cheaply you can
buy a one-way Colonist ticket. Ask the
agent.
SPECIAL HoMEsEEKERs' RATEs-March
9th and 20 very low round trip home
seekers rates into the North Platte Val
ley and the Bighorn Basin, also in the
Southwest.
To THE SUNNY SoUTH-Winter tour
list rates daily until April Both to a
large number of Southern resorts.
IRRIGATED LANDs:-Better get hold of
an irrigated farm for yourself or your
son while there is yet time; irrigated
lands have increased from 100 to 200 per-
cent in value in the last few years
Send for our publications on irrigated
lands, Stree.
To CALIFoRNIA:-Very cheap one-way
tickets daily to California until April
7th. Through tourist sleepers.
PACIFIC CoAsT:-Better make the
grandest tour in the world-the tour of
the coast-this spring and summer
First excursion April 25th to May 9TH
inclusive. There will be very low, daily,
round trip California and Puget Sound
raraS throuUb the summer
Write MT or tell your nearest Burling-
ton Agent, just what trip you have in
mind in any direction, and let US advise
you the best way to make it at the least
cost. G. S. SCOTT, Agent G. B. & Q. Ry.
l.. w. WAKELY, G. P. A, Omaha.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an order Of sale, issued from the
district court of Red Willow county, Nebraska,
under a decree in AN action wherein Edward b.
Cowles is plaintiff and Alvin Brown ct al. de,
PENDANTS, to me directed and delivered, | shall
offer at public sale and sell to the highest bid,
der for cash, at the east door of the court house
in McCook, Red Willow county. Nebraska. on
the 23rd day of April. 1905, at the hour of one
o'clock p. M. the following described real es-
tate. to-wit: The east half of the northwest
quarter of section fourteen in township one,
north. of range thirty. west of the 9th T. Nj. IN
Red Willow county, Nebraska.
Dated this 2lst day of March, 19O6.-323-5ts.
H. |. PETERSON, Sheriff.
J.. Z. Kelley, attorney for plaintiff.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

The Burlington's Homeseekers' Infor-
nation Bureau, which has been recently
organized to assist homeseekers in gett-
ing hold of free homesteads of $40 acres
in Nebraska for mixed farming and
dairying, is proving a great success, and
the operations of that Bureau are now
taking on useful and practical shape.
Mr.. D. Glenn Beaver, the Agent of the
Bureau, has arranged to personally on
duct excursions of homeseekers from
Omaha and Lincoln on the first and third
Tuesday of each month to the territory
of these free Kinkaid lands, for the pur-
pose of assisting desirable farmers to
locate on the homesteads that yet are
available for a farmer to succeed by
mixed farming.
Those who expect to succeed should
have ready means for the immediate i'm
provement of the land in the way of
fences and buildings, and money enough
to start with a herd of 20 cows and a
hand cream separator. This ought to
be a good opportunity for an energetic
farmer of moderate means to secure a
farm.
The Burlington makes no charge for
the services of it's agents, and Mr.. Dea-
yer has on file a complete plat of availa-
BILE lands in the 16 counties along the
Burlington road, where these homesteads
are located.
Those desiring to obtain information
relative to taking up a homestead, can
obtain a folder free of cost, and further
information, by calling on or writing
Mr.. D. Glenn Beaver, Agent of the Bur
lington's H~omeseekers' Information
Bureau, 1904 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

cate problems Of
finance or political economy bearing
upon his work.
When Missouri surprised the country
by going Republican in 1904 it meant
the retirement from the United States
senate of IL of its most familiar fig
ures, Francis NJ. COckrell, who was
the choice of Missouri Democrats for
the Democratic presidential nominal
ton of that year. Commissioner Cock
rell served thirty years in the senate
and, though born in 1884, is still hale
and hearty. He graduated from Chap
ell Hill college, Lafayette county. Mo-,
and was q brigadier general on the
Confederate side in the civil war. As
he was an ardent supporter of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt's railway policy it was
urged that the senatorial guardian of
Uncle Sans strong box during Mr..
Cleveland's administration would make
q good member of the commission.
President Roosevelt took the same
view and made the appointment just
a year ago.
Commissioner Fffer is known i'll Iii
nois as private Joe" His career has
been full of picturesque episodes. He
was born in Virginia in 1910. but re-
moveu with his parents to Illinois in
1851 settling in Mclean county. His
father was n bricklayer, and young
Joe learned that trade and worked at
it until the war broke out, when ne
walked thirteen miles to Bloomington
and enlisted in the Thirty-third Hi
nOis. At the battle of Jackson. Miss,
July Is, 1868, he was shot through the
body, and his lung was so lacerated
that it was declared impossible for
him to live. He recovered, however.
and started to battle with life with
the loss Of one lung. 1t was impossible
for him to return to his old trade, and
he was ambitious to become a lawyer,
but his education at that time was
very limited. By energy and self de-
NAL he succeeded in earning his way
through Illinois Wesleyan university.
He and a brother boarded themselves,
and one who was familiar with their
struggles has said:
HE had about the smallest house
keeping outfit l eve saw Il man get
along with. He had an old cOffeepot,
a rubber blanket, q wooden blanket,
and that was about all. He looked just
like a boy, and l think he wished to be
thought younger than he was, being a
little ashamed that at his age he was
just beginning to climb the education
al ladder, though under the circum-
stances there certainly was no reason
why he should be-"
He was admitted to the bar in 1869.
He was elected governor of Illinois in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an order of sale, issued from the
district court of Red Willow county, Nebraska,
under a decree il an action wherein Edward b.
Cowles is plaintiff, and F. G. Eaton ct al. are
defendants, to me directed and delivered, [
shall offer at public sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash, at the east door of the court
house, in McCook, Red Willow county, Nebras-
ka, on the 23rd day of April, 1906, at the hour of
one o'clock p. m., the following described real
estate. to-wit: The northwest quarter of sec
tion five, in township four, north, of range
thirty, west of the 9Th p. m. in Red Willow
county, Nebraska.
Dated this 21st day of March, ~19O6.-3-23-5ts:
II. l. PETERSON, Sheriff.
j. E. Kelley, attorney for plaintiff.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that the annual rlec-
ton of the city of Mct'ook, Red Willow comfy.
Nebraska, will b; held on TUESDAY, TIE
Third DAY OF APRIL, 1906, for the purpose
of electing
One Mayor.
One Police Judge.
One City Treasurer.
One City Clerk.
One CITY Engineer.
One Councilman for the First Ward.
One Councilman for the Second Ward and
Three memb-rs of the Board of Education.
j.. IL. Yarger. NJ. j. Clark and &. W. Bronson
are appointed judges and j S. LeHew and
Norman Campbell, clerks of election for the
First Ward, ana Charles Weinta. Jacob Stein
metz and Joseph II. Stephens are appointed
judges and j. W. Spencer and q. ID. Burgess,
clerks of election for the Second Ward.
The polling place for the First Ward will be
in the basement of the Commercial hotel, and
the polling place for the Second Ward will be in
the hose room of the city hall.
By order of the Mayor and City Council.
w. MIDDLETON, City Clerk.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

dent to him then that the result of such
combinations would be to give a small
coterie the power to impose unjust
rates for the whole country, and he ar
gued that the people must in self de-
Tense exercise some effectual control
ver the charges to be imposed. He
has been very active in the campaign
of education on this subject. Mr.. Prou-
ty is a native of Newport, VT, is fifty
two years Of age, is a graduate of Dart
mouth and served for a time in the
Vermont legislature.
Commissioner Prouty is quite fond
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

1899, serving until
1893. In the can
vass previous to his
nomination there
were V men at
the TaZewell coun-
ty convention for
whom Commission
er Fifer and his ia
Their had built walls
or chimneys. They
were good, SOUR,
honest ~chimbleys,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

case OF its passage.
Much of the difference of opinion which
has developed as to the kind of bill
which should be passed turns on the
question of what powers should be
given to the commission in the prOpos-
ed law. A crucial point in the discus
sion in the halls of legislation at Wash
ington is that of whether the bill in
question should contain a clause pro-
cisions or orders Of the commission re-
speeding railroad rates. Many hairs
have been split by the Legislators who
advocate this or that plan. the cor
servatives generally advocating limita-
ton of the powers of the commission
and ample provision for appeal to the
courts from its decisions. The radi-
Gals favor leaving the commission as
untrammeled as possible in the exercise
of its authority, sc that it may have Il
full opportunity to remedy the evils
in the way of rebates and discrimina-
ton so much complained of by ship
pers.
The present interstate commerce
commission is made up of men who are
known for their expert acquaintance
with the commercial affairs of the ma
ton, the conditions Of trade and the
nature of the abuses which arise from
time to time in the transactions of a
business character between persons
and corporations in different states.
There are five members of the commits
sion as at present constituted. Martin
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

- HE discussion
4 in congress
over the enact
ment of q railway
rate bill brings to
the front in public
interest the inter
a commerce COM
mission, which will
be charged with put
ting in effect the re-
contemplated
by the measure in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

grounds or. in his
electric launch.
blowing the waters
of Me~mphremagOg
lake. stretching far
away into the wildS
of Canada.
On the shores of
the lake at KnOwl-
tons bluff he has
established n com
mOdiOuS sum IN err
camp, where he may
be found frequent
ly studying intri-
cate prObIpmS of
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

A. Knapp (chairman), Charles A. Prou-
ty, Judson c.. Clements, Joseph w.
Fifer and Francis NJ. Cockrell. Chair
man Knapp has served on the commits
sion for fifteen years. He was Origi-
nally appointed by President Harrison
in 1891, vas reappointed by President
Cleveland in February, 1897, and was
%reappointed a second time by President
Roosevelt. Commissioner Knapp was
considered one of the best lawyers in
central New York at the time he be-
came a member of the commission and
had in his legal practice given especial
attention to laws pertaining to corpora
tons. He was born near Syracuse in
1913, is a graduate of Wesleyan uni
versity, Middletown, Conn, and has
served as corporation counsel of SYRIA
cuse. He has long advocated wider eX-
tension Of the powers of the federal
government over railroads.
Commissioner Charles A. PrOuty has
been a member of the commission since
1896 and was named for the post by 4
Republican senator and appointed by a
Democratic president, Mr.. Cleveland.
AT the time of his appointment he was
solicitor general of the Rutland rail-
road and general attorney of the Cen
trail Vermont, but he has been II of
the most Outspoken of the members of
the board in denouncing the evils and
abuses in the system of interstate
fro ncDOrtofion op6
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

Keep the little ones healthy and happy.
Their tender, sensitive bodies require
gentle healing remedies. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea Will keep them
strong and well. 80 cents, tea or tablets.
L. w. Mcconnell.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

IAohSpOl l"llOh d11u
in calling for laws
under which rene
dies could be ap-
piled. 1t was about
the time he became
connected with the
commission that the
great combinations
of railways which
have placed the rail
road operations of
the country under
the control of a COM
paratively few men
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

Call at TIE TRIBUNE office and see
what can be done for you in the way of
reading matter for the coming year. 1t
will save YOU money.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

100, Sdlu one OF
the farmers, "and after Joe gifts into
the governors house I'm gOin' to send
his wife one O them bricks which he
made an laid fer me fer his wife to
scour the executive knives an forks
with"
Commissioner Judson G.. Clements
has served on the board since 1892, is
a lawyer, was born in Georgia in 1916
and has been a member of congress.
Commissioner Clements learned how
to read and write and spell in a coun-
try school and then attended an acade-
my in a neighboring town. When the
war broke out, though only fourteen
years Of age. he wanted to shoulder a
gun and fight for the south, but his
youth prevented him from carrying out
his inclinatiOns at once. However, fif-
teen months before the war closed he
Joined General JohnstOn's army and
was with him all through the Atlanta
campaign. He was in the thick of sew
eral battles and was wounded in one.
The commission is a busy body and
has much work in hand at the present
time. Its powers are not sufficient.
however. as many claim, to do tho
work the body was created to per
form. 1t Is urged that under the Oper
ation5 of an adequate railway rate Law
these conditions would be changed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

WorR Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission
Chairman Knapp and His Assistants. Men Who are looking For Evidence
Messrs. Clements, Prouy. Aeainst RaiIroad R.batsxA
fher ockre Very Busy Quintet

of life at his country home at Newport,
Vt. Here he not merely superintends.
but actually does himself IL great part
of the work required in maintaining
the grounds, which are extensive. 1t is
his boast that in his garden every
seed is sOwed and every shrub and tree
planted by his own hand.
Those who know Mr.. Prouty best in
his summer home delight in telling of
his simple life during the summer
months, when daylight finds him, hoe
in hand. at work on his extensive
The Carlisle independent., 1906-09-06
MORE PULQUE BEING DRUNK.
Mexico City Gets Away With 800, GOO,
 Litres Every Day.

The consumption of pulque in Mex leo city is rapidly increasing, and the hauling of the drink is becoming one of the principal sources of rev. enue on a number of lines entering. the city.
 On nearly every railroad entering the city a special pulque train is run into the city daily and many of the regular freight trains carry large numbers of cars containing the popu- lar drink !
 During the month of June three railroads, the Hildago, the Mexican and the Interoceanic, carried into the city 59,S61 barrels and 334 skins full of the pulque gathered within radius, of sixty miles of the city. The Naf tional, the Central and the smaller lines brought in an amount probably half as great.
 Allowing that the population of Mexico city is 100000 men, women and children, the quantity of pulque brought into the city daily is suf- ficient to supply almost two liters to every individual. Do you drink your share? During the month of June II, 9S5,290 liters of pulque were brought into the city, as in one barrel there are 250 liters and in one skin 50 liters. During each day of the month an ay- craze of 74S,26 liters was brought to the city
 The amount thus reckoned is ex- elusive of the pulque brought to the city in wagons and on muleback from the nearby haciendas.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-09-06
GENTLE REMINDER FOR PAPA.
Robbie Uneasy Over Time 1t Took to
 Make Printing Press.

One day papa took Robbie down to see the presses print the books and papers and pictures, and the little boy was much interested.
 Papa" sadi he, let me come down every day and run the presses.
 70, l couldn't do that" said his papa, but maybe I'll have a little printing press made for you, just your size"
 The weeks and months passed away and papa forgot all about his prom ise, but Robbie didn't. It wag fully a year later that he came home from Sunday school and said: Papa, teach CT said that God made the world in six days. Is that so?"
 T guess it is" said papa.
 The water and the dirt and the trees, and the dogs and birds nests, and everything?"
 Yes"
 Gee, whiz." said Robbie, that was quick work Six days to make all the world, and you've been a year and ain't got that printin' press done yeti" The American Boy.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-09-06

The man who had been grazed on the elbow still set up his bleat Nor tons fury Teered to this soldier. Cant you shut up? Cant you shut up? Cant you shut up? Fight! That's the thing to GO! Fight"
 bullet struck Morton and he fell upon the man who had been shCt in the throat There was sickeDing moment. Then the sergeant rolled off to a position upon the bloody floor. He turned himself with last effort until he could look at the wounded who were able to look at him.
 His arms weakened and he dropped on his face.
 After an interval, young subaltern of the enemy's infantry, followed by his eager men, burst into this reeking death ch9mber. But just over the threshold he halted, and remarked, with a shrug to his sergeant: "I should have estimated them as at least 100 strong.
 Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bovles)