davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19
The Mystery
BY
JOSEPH BROWN COOKE
CHATTER nI.-continued.
oop,rght, 1907, by stOry-rres. corDOrAHOn9


The poor fellows distress was so
great that, a moment later, as | stood
by his side at the door, | could not
resist laying my hand on his shoulder
and saying gently:
Why don't you brace up, Mr.. Car
ney? 1t isn't too late by any mean
Just think of all that life has to offer
you. You are a man of great wealth,
the head of one of the best known
families in the country. and every
thing that heart could wish for lies be-
fore you. Think it over, old man,
think it over! Think of your sister,
and-and-Miss Weston, and yourself,
Carney; yourself, above all else, and
leave the COMPOUNDED stuff alone!"
AS / uttered the last words he re-
coiled from me as if / had been the
plague and muttered hoarsely, My
God, Ware, you don't think I am
drunk, do you?"
Before | could reply he had hurried
through the door, down the stairs and
into the street.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

The Beatrice Times hopes the time
will come before many years when
the state will feel warranted in Civ
ing its capitol an extensive overhaul
ing and improving. 1t is a very COM
monplace building in comparison with
the one in Iowa, and rather of a dis
credit TO a state that has grown in
wealth like Nebraska has during the
past ten years. People should not
take the narrow view that rebuilding
AMI improving the state house will
help Lincoln chiefly. 1t belongs to
Nebraska.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

run down from $50 to 1875 pounds. /
was having terrible pain in the kid
neys, and the secretions passed almost
involunta~ily. My left leg swelled I'M
til it was "a inches around. and the
doctor tapped it night and morning
until l could no longer stand it. and
then he advised amputation. l re-
fused, and began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. The swelling subsidized gradu-
ally, the urine became natural. and all
my pains and aches disappeared. l
have been well now for nine years
since using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

The legislature passed a total OF 221
bills, of which nienty-six were senate
files and 125 were house rolls. Gov
ernor Sheldon signed 204 bills and
vetoed fifteen. Two bills became laws
without his action. OF the bills vetoed
eleven were house rolls and four SEN
ate files.
Following are the reasons assigned
for the retoes of the governor:
H. R. 112-Appropriating $4,000 to
erect two wings to the Kearney Nor
NAL school. In vetoing this bill the
governor says: THE appropriations
for the coming biennium must be kept
safely within the states income. In
my Judgment the necessities of this in
stitution and the present condition or
our finances do not warrant this ex-
penditure."
For the same reason the governor
has vetoed H. r. 100, 3S1, 478 and 491.
In vetoing H. R. 355, amending the
banking law, the governor says: THE
section of the statutes which section
3 of this act would amend has already
been similarly amended by Fl. X. lO5.
Many of the country banks do not full
fill the requirements of section s OF
this act. 1t Ices not exempt banks
now doing business under their pres
ent charters. In my judgment an act
like this which would probably disturb
these banks greatly, should not be
passed by the emergency clause
H. R. 534, the deficiency claims bill.
was approved, with the exception of
the following items: Bounty on wild
animals, unpaid claims Nos. 1888 to
$3.50, inclusive, and Nos. $50 to 1854,
inclusive, as recorded in the auditors
record, $22,411.50, and estimated de-
ficiencies for the payment of animal
bounties, $4,000.
In vetoing S. F. 266, by Burns of
Lancaster, a bill for the appointment
OF a board of examiners of plumbers
for the city of Lincoln, the governor
says: This bill is ~amendatory. The
original act as passed in 1891 session
laws 1901, chapter xxi, page 321-326)
under the title thereof the enactment
was restricted to cities having a popu-
lation of more than $4,000. In 1903
the legislature attempted to amend
section /, so as to make this act apply
to cities having a population of more
than 10000, but the title of the amen
datory act referred alone to section l
of the original title so as to apply to
cities having less than $4,000 inhabi-
tants. The amendment of 1903, max
ing the act applicable to cities having
more than 10000 inhabitants, was not
within the title of the original act,
which referred alone to cities having
more than $4,000 inhabitants. The
amendment of 1908, therefore, was not
within the title of the original act and
is unconstitutional. This void prOvis-
ion is a part of the act as it appears
in chapter xiv. article 3, compiled
statutes of 1908. This S. F. 266 con-
ficts with the constitution and can
not be approved. Besides, the repeal
ing clause in S. F. 266 is a general one,
purporting to repeal all conflicting pro-
visions in existing statutes. This form
of repeating clause in an amendatory
act Ices not meet the requirements of
that part of the constitution which de-
clares that the section or sections so
amended must in express term be re-
pealed."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

says: Il had been
showing symptoms of
d trouble from
the time 1 was mus
tered out of the army
but in all my life I
never suffered as in
1897. Headaches. dir
illness and sleepless-
ness, first, and then
dropsy. l was weak
and helpless. having
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19
a TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu-
tation of a Limb.

b. Frank Doremus. veteran. of
Roosevelt avenu Indianapolis. ind.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19
Prize for the Unmarried.

The latest novelty in bazaar attrac-
tons is that introduced by the Spring
side Wesleyan chapel. R~awtenstall.
England. A wedding cake vas cut up.
and in section was concealed a
marriage certificate. 1t was announced
that the bachelor or spinster securing
the chunk containing the document
had the opportunity offered to be mar
ried free of cost within the next ~
months by the Rev. ]. BENEFITS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

Governor Sheldon has finished his
work on the bills passed by the legis-
lature and out of the various appropri-
alton bills he cut a total of $249 All.
This leaves the total appropriations of
the legislature 1924, $1,000. The cuts
made by the governor were as follows:
Wolf bounty, $35, 900; deficiency wolf
bounty, $22,411, and a deficiency on
the deficiency, $4,000; for a wing to
be built at the K~earney Normal
school, $4,000; for a new building at
the Beatrice Institute for Feeble Mind
ed, 100000; for Yukon-Alaskan exposi-
ton, $4,000; for a gymnasium for the
Institute for Deaf and Dumb at Oma-
ha, 100000; for ar engine AMI boiler
at the Peru Normal school, $4,000; for
a building at the Grand Island Sol
diers' Home, S25, 900. All the other
appropriation bills that passed were
signed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19
Lincoln Letter
Current Gossip from the
TAT CAPITAL
Legislative and Otherwise

Sheldon estimated the receipts of
fees by the various affices as follows:
Governor, $40; auditor, $210,0 600; sec
rotary of state, $65, 900; land commits
sioner, $4,000; banking department,
$4,000; food commissioner, $4,000;
board of irrigation, $500; oil depart
meent, $4,000; board ofcmfwypcmfw
ment, $4,000; national aid for the
soldiers homes, $72,0 900; interest on
deposits, SIG, 700; convict labor. $685.
600; back taxes, 800 1000; a total re-
ceipt, including the general fund levy,
of $3,476,370.
Prospects for a good state fair this
year are looking up and the indica-
tons are the exhibits of live stock and
other features which will go to make
a good fair will be far in excess in
number and quality of previous years.
Just at this time Secretary Mellor has
been notified hat space has been asked
for S25 pens OF hogs when the accom-
modations will take care of only 442.
A feature which will be added this
year is the contest for a prize for the
best Shorthorn mixer.
State Superintendent McBrien went
to Grand Island, where he takes part
in an entertainment given in honor of
Superintendent r. j. Barr of the Grand
Island schools, who has served in this
capacity for twenty-five years. No
other school teacher in Nebraska has
eve held onto a job that long.
Judge A. M. Post, the referee ap-
pointed by the Nebraska supreme
court to take testimony on the alleged
lumber trust, made his report. He finds
that the Nebraska Lumber Dealers as
sociation, as now maintained, is not
contrary to the state trust laws. The
investigation made by the referee GOV
cred a period of several months, in
which practically all the lumber deal
ers of the state were made defendants.
If the supreme court sustains the ref
cree it means the dismissal of the
suits.
Grain dealrs of the state doing bust
ness along the line of the Missouri Pa
cifc railway for some months past
have experienced considerable trouble
in getting cars in which to ship their
grain. Some elevators have been able
to secure but one or two cars in an
entire month. The grain men doing
business on the line of that road, in
this state, met to organize and do
what they could towards getting after
the railroad.
The corps of janitors at the state
capitol have been busily occupied in
moving the property of the various
state officials who have been assigned
new quarters by the state board of
public lands and buildings. Oil In
spector Church was the first man to
change his Office quarters. The bureau
of labor has so far refused to comply
with the edict that it move from the
first to the third floor. It's officers de-
clare that they mean to secure legal
advice before they give up the Don
occupied for twenty years.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
ffance Starch. as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
Ell strength than other makes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

Nebraska has a pure food law at
last. After all sorts of amendments
had been made, they were all over
turned and the bill made ever more
drastic and sweeping than the national
law. Nearly twenty years ago United
States Senator Paddock championed,
a pure food law in the U. S. senate.
but. as he then thought, without avail.
1t was the seed that was soWn then
that has slowly grown and is just now
bearing fruit, not only nationally, but
in his own state and in many others.
Attorney General Thompson has
recommended to County Attorney
Roach of North Platte, Lincoln county.
that he begin prosecution of the Union
Pacific Railroad company for violation
of the 2-cent passenger fare law.
County Attorney Roach complained t o
the attorney general that the Union
Pacific continues to charge at the rate
of 3 cents per mile for tickets between
North Platte and Sidney, notwith-
standing both cities are in Nebraska.
An incident of the waiting and
worrying over the governors action
on the appropriation of the Kearney
Normal school was the meeting of
the State Normal board at the office
of the state superintendent. The
board convened to discuss cutting
down their plans for a 100000 build
ing to an $4,000 building, as thai
was the way the bill read when it
passed the legislature. Suddenly the
board remembered that the governor
had taken no action, SO proceedings
we're stopped for the time being.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-04-19

have lived to know that the great
secret of human happiness is this:
Never suffer our energies to stag
nate.-Dr. Adam Clarke.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
p0oooe eeeeoeeoeeoNe
SOUTH EAST SIDE.

Mr.. Charles Robinson was visiting
his son, Mr., s. A. Robinson at Car
ter's Creek, recently.
Mr.. John Goad, of Theta, is visiting
his brother. Mr. James Goad.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Mooney leave
this evening to spend few days Wis
iting relatives and friends in the
county.
Mr.. Prior Shelly, of Theta, was Wis.
iting Mr.. Charles Robinson the first
OF the week
Mrs. Estella Dewitt and Miss Dora
Goad, of Nashville, were visiting in
our midst recently.
Mr.. Dudley Stansell has moved into
the house recently vacated by Mr..
John Fish.
The supper given by the young
ladies' Of the Baptist mission, was well
attended. considering the cold wave
asst week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
PRACTICAL DAIRY
AT THE FAIR
Mr.. l. ~ MKRoMaM Mfikk. NAME
J CHARGE or THIS DE.
4 PARTMENT.

The Tennessee Fair Association is
to be congratulated in the appoint.
mentof Mr.. John N. Meroney as super.
intendent of DIARY Products and Ma.
chinery" department, for the fall fair.
Mr.. Meroney has given this important
branch of the farm, much of his time
and study In practical way on his
own farm, and no man In Tennessee
is better equipped to demonstrate the
value of this important adjunct to the
farm industry.
1t is the purpose of the manage
ment to erect suitable building in
making this department one of the
big attractions at the fair; picked
herd of fine Jerseys will be selected
and placed in this building for the
entire week. All the latest improved
machinery will be employed In
demonstrating this important work;
including milking machines. cream
separators and diary supplies; in
other words. a complete working diary
will be maintained. with demonstra.
tions and lectures by experts In this
line.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
THE STUDENTS CLUB WILL TAKE
UP THIS NEEDED WORK
FOR COLUMBIA.

At the recent meing Of the Students
Club it was voted upon and decided
that its members should take up in
addition to their literary studies the
work of trying to beautify the city.
The club numbers among its members
many of Columbia's brightest and
most intellectual women, and the
knowledge that this work. so much
needed and so long neglected, will at
last be taken up by competent hands
is welcome news. Our little city, in
the "Dimple of the Universe" with
it's natural gifts. its wealth of foliage
flowers, it's broad streets and many
handsome and attractive homes, has
been too content to slumber in its
rather noticeable state of untidyness,
and she needs awakening to the fact
that many a little northern or eastern
sister upon whom Dame Nature has
not smiled half so lavishly, has out !
stripped her in appearance and proved !
far more attractive in the public eye. |
The white wash brush, the close cropt |
lawn, the clambering vine and flower
ing shrub, and tidy pavement may |
seem Insignificant things to us, but
to the stranger within our gates"
they stand for more than we surmise.
In his recent visit here, Mr.. Ruxstal,
a noted New York sculptor, stated that
in all his travels he had seldom seen
a more naturally beautiful place than
Columbia, adding, however, that it
seemed pit wye did not have an or
ganization of some sort to take hold
Of the work SO badly needed, and as
sist Nature This seemed to be the
irst thing to strike this man, whose
Ealing in like has sharpened his in
crest in the beautiful.
Public cleanliness is the most
PRACTICAL form of civic embellish-
nent," and cleanliness is the first and
most important step in the direction
# Identification. So the move of the
Students Club-is an excellent one and =
hould and no doubt will be met with
he hearty approval and cooperation
f our citizens. t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07

ana with Il a high duty and a great
responsibility. We are the descend
ants OF a revolutionary. a colonial an
eestry. Elsewhere the blood Of the
pioneer trickles In a thin and dimin-
ishing stream. We are the sons Of
slres who laid broad and deep the
foundations OF our government. who
hewed the logs OF the wilderness 70
build their rude but imperishable tenn
pie and dedicated II to liberty forever
and ever. In our veins iows the pure
blood OF the founders Of the republic;
and as we have kept the blood, 50
let us keep the faith"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
NEGRO
PASSES AWAY

Andrew Galloway, young and
highly thought of colored employe of
the Columbia Stock Yards, died Fri
day night at his home near the stock
yards. Andrew had been at the stock
yards for number of years and was
a most valuable, hand. In evidence of
the esteem in which he was held, dur
ing his last illness of many months
he received his full pay and
the best medical attention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07

with reference 70 economic considera
tons and community needs.
5. That the said system Of ex
changes are 70 be connected up with
each other by means II Main central
to be located in Columbia. The Co
lllmbia exchange TO be separate from
this Main Genital, but connected with
and related TO II exactly as will be
the other Maury County Exchange.
9. That in consideration Of a uni
form rate Of (residenceO S1.00 and
(business) S125. unlimited service
shall be furnished subscribers over
the exchange with which they are i'm
mediately connected.
TO- That when any message is trans
mitted through the Main Central there
shall be collected a toll charge Of 1--WE
cents. (This is 70 be collected BY the
operators at the Main Central by
means OF small automatic coin reg
lister attached to all telephones. As
a result OF this arrangement a sub
scriber will be relieved OF all respon-
sibility FOR tolls due from non-sub-
scribers)
H. That of this toll collected the
residence subscriber shall receive
one-half of all tolls taken in at his
individual telephone (his own as well
as non-subscribers). The business"
subscriber shall receive 80 per cent,
of all tolls taken in at his telephone.
This plan was discussed as a whole
at length, many of those present join
ing in the discussion. For a time it
looked as if no understanding could be
reached, but there was one strong and
unequivocaI declaration that ran
through the entire discussion, and that
was that under no consideration would
the Citizens Telephone Co. ever sell out
or ever quit business. Finally after
the plan had been discussed and con-
sidered as a whole, Mr.. James A. |
Smiser moved that the items of the
plan be considered seriatim, the mo-
ton meeting with approval and be-
ing Immediately put into effect. The
first paragraph was changed so as to
make the amount of capital stock
100000 and was then adopted All
the other paragraphs down to number
8 we're then adopted, and the last four
of the plan were referred
to the directors for consideration and
for action.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
100000
PHOSPHATE co.

The charter of the Syndicate Phos..
phate Co. has been filed for registra.
ton. The capital stock is 100000,
and the incorporators are Messrs. G.
w. Killebrew, John Ruhm, Jr., w. /.
Collier, Eugene Anderson and John
w. Fry. This company has been in
formally organized a number of years
and on purchases of phosphate lands
made four or five years ago could
realize something like ten for one to-
day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
MANY PASSEN-
GERS INJURED
IN A SERIOUS WRECK AT Lra,
NON THIS MORNING.
Meaers Reports. sut Some Passsno.,
said To ee Seriously Hurt
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. June 5-EaS
bound passenger train on the South.
ern road which left Nashville at Ten.
thirty this morning was wrecked tire.
miles east OF Lebanon. Two cOach.,
and the baggage car were upset.
Sixteen people are reported injured
six seriously. II is impossible at thi,
time to get the names OF the people
injured or details OF the disister. :,
LATER:-A report from Lebanon
says there were sixty passengers on
board the train and out of the sixty
only three escaped uninjured.
DR.. r. E. Fort, the Southern Rail.
road surgeon, and DR.. Ed Demoss. his
assistant, have gone to the scene Of
the wreck in a special car.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
SOUTH COLUMBIA NEWS.

Mrs. Sidney Cameron has returned
to her home at Birmingham, after q
visit to Mr.. and Mrs w. D. Cameron
Owen, Margaret and Katherine
Cameron, of Sheffield, Ala, have been
visiting their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Cameron.
Miss Aline Ledbetter, who has been
attending the Potter Bible School at
Bowling Green, KY, has come home.
Mrs. Jno. R. Walker is quite, sick
at her home on 18th street with grip.
Mrs. Eliza Grimes has returned
from a visit to Hampshire friends.
Mrs, Cecil Hunter has returned
from visit to Nashville relatives.
Mrs. Joe Dunn. OF Mt. Pleasant is
with her mother, Mrs. Pinion. this
week.
Mr.. Bill Hughes ana daughter.
Virgie. attended the reunion at Rich
mond
! Mrs Caroline Dodson has taken
rooms with Mrs. Martin on the Mt.
Pleasant LlGe for the summer.
Mrs, Brace Rieksns rs ON tina sick
list.
J. M. McAlister, Jr., has moved here
'raHn Franlsiin aud will live ON School
street.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
CARD FROM
DIR. PORTER

Editor Herald:
AS the plan of reorganization of the
Citizens Telephone Company, suggest
ed by the Directory was accepted with.
out opposition, and as the most inter.
est and such protests as were made in
the meetings centered about detail
of management which did not concern
the plan of reorganization, deem it
proper to state that this detail viz:
the question of how to secure an ade-
quate income, was very properly left
to the Directory
1t is obvious that more income has
got to come from somewhere. know
that the just and correct procedure
was to get it from a class that in the
past have got much for nothing from
our Company, viz the non-subscribers,
know that the result of the opera
tion of the toll feature would have
resulted In giving the subscriber a
far superior service at no greater cost
probably less-than at present
However, it is immaterial to the man.
agement how the income is provided
SO 1t be provided. At the next direc-
tory meeting will urge that the rates
be raised to figure that will enable |
the Company to carry out the plan of |
reorganization. Yours &C,
OTEY J. PORTER, Supt
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
This Was Our Hero.

Standing In the presence of this
noble and impressive monument we
proudly front the world and proclaim
to the present and the coming time
This was our hero and his cause was
ours Whether for chieftain or for
private, we make no confession of
wrong, we plead for no forgiveness of
error, we ask no tenderness of the
future historian, no charity from the
enlightened Judgment of mankind. If
there are those who are shocked by
such sentiments let me add that this
reunited country will not be best de-
fended by conscious criminals begging
for mercy at the victor's feet
Thoughtless people have sometimes
reproached us for such scenes as this,
and have demanded, as a pledge of
our loyalty to reunited country that
we give the memory OF our heroes to
oblivion and their graves TO the will. |
They know not what they ask. |
They would have us prove our loyalty |
% the union BY proving ourselves rec
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
FELL AND
WAS INJURED

Master Robert Walker, son of DR..
Walker of Santa Fe, fell from his
wheel Tuesday and was thought to be
seriously injured as be remained I'M
conscious all day, but late reports are
that he is better and not so seriously
hurt as feared.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-07
A LITTLE CASE
OF "PERUNA"
UNION CITY DRUGGIST ON TRIAL
( ~ ciRcuaT c0taRr RoR agLL-
ING THE MEDICINE.

UNION CITY,. Man 3Asr-In tina Cir
cult court the case Of druggist Niles,
charged with selling peruna to a con-
firmed drinker, is now being tried.
The city assessed a fine of $50, from
which the druggist appealed, and the
peruna proprietors are here fighting
the case.