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July p. ISL
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
The Mexican STAMP Tax.

ST. Louis, April IA special from The
City of Mexico states that the feelin,
against the ~secentiy enacted stamp tax IS
still very bitter and the situation critical
Business is suspended in many parts 4 the
republic and merchants are generally as
Stunning a very determined attitude. 1t Is
reported that the Governments intends to de-
clare the acts of merchants in closing their
stores revolutionary; that their licenses h.
revoke I, and that they be compelled to pey
heavily for the privilege Of r~e-opening tIeif
stores. On the other hand il Is stated tlat
the Mexican Senate has passed 70 a seSHd
reading the bill repeating the stamp art
but as the Government is i'll no sympathy
with this move it IS very doubtful
whether the bill will finally pass. \ dis
patch from MatamOraS SAYS the condi
lion of the affairs Of the Government Is de-
charges financial rottenneSs and in /
Inmates revolution il a greatly better SHAPED
of things 10 not speedily brought about ,The}
State oil ZacatecaS gives a concession IS the
Gallando Railroad. from the Mexft
can Central. through Villa OsrtegO. Iii
and Nieve, to Lambertera. The tlrStl
new Pullman of the Mexican Central has
arrived by special train, with General Mana
ger Robinson and family. The first express
begins running through next Thursday,
here at nine in the evening III
will carry daily mails.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

The time of holding the National Con.
vention of the Prohibition Home Protection
Party has been changed from May 81 to
July %. This secures representation from
twenty-five States of the Union. The con-
vention will be held in Lafayette Hall,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
GENERAL.GEoRGE W. DETrzLER, former
ly member of the famous Stubs Company
Turing the Free State war in Kansas, was
thrown from . buggy and killed at Tucson,
A. T.
THE Missouri Democratic State Central
Committee met at st. Louis and named
st. Louis, June "a, as the time and place
for holding the convention for the election
If delegates to the National Convention,
and Jefferson City, August II, for the con-
vention TO nominate State officers.
CHARLES READE, the novelist, died in
London on the 18th.
REPUBLICANS Of the Twentieth and
Twenty-sixth Congressional District Of
Pennsylvania have instructed for Blaine.
DR.. JAMES NJ. RAMSEY, tho distinguished
physician and author, died at Knoxville,
Tenn, the other night, aged eighty-ssven.
He was the author of q history of Tennes-
see and for many years President of the
Tennessee Historical Society.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

A BRIEF dispatch from Tucson, Ari-
iona, stated that General George w.
Deitzler had been thrown from his
buggy and killed. General Deitzler
was we'll known in Kansas, and promi.
nently identified with the early history
of the State. He located at Lawrence as
early as 1855.and took an active part in
the early free-State troubles in the Ter.
ritory; was at one time Speaker of the
House. When the war broke out Gov.
ernOr Robinson commissioned him Col
onel of the First Regiment, Kansas
Volunteers, which regiment Immediately
went into active service. At the battle Of
Springfield, Mo. August 10, 1861, General
Deitzler was severely wounded at the
head of his command. He was subse-
quently promoted a Brigadier- General
and served in Louisiana, when his health
broke down. Returning to Lawrence
he invested literally in all enterprises
having for their object the building up
of the young city that he had cast his
lot with at an earlier day. About the
close of the war he was married to Miss
NeiIl, an estimable lady of Lexington,
Mo. About twelve years ago he re-
moved to the Pacific Coast, in search OF
a milder climate, where he became iden-
fitted with mining interests. He vas
about sixty years of age.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
a ansas killing.

JUNCTION CITY, HAS, April s.-On Day
Creek, twelve miles from town, Monday
noon, Tim OCOnnor was shot and instantly
killed by Ernest Alien. In the morning
O'COnnOr and his brother Mike drove
in a wagon to Bluffs, in all unusual
road, and crossed ala acre piece Of
ground belonging to School District No. "a.
They Were warned by some parties not to
cross the school house ground, and when
they were determined to do so attempts to
get them out of the wagon for the purpose
of fight We're made. Upon returning
home they found strands of wire
stretched along the line of the school house
acre to prevent them from reV.hing the
road. Five men, three Aliens and two
BreenS, were waiting for them with shot
guns and revOlverS. Mike OfConnOr
cut the wire and two revolver shots
were fired at him without effect,
Ernest Allen then fired at Jim, killing
him instantly. Another revolver was fired
without effect at Mike, who rushed with
an x at Breen and chopped his head 81
that his life was despaired of. A shotgun
was then broken all TO pieces over Mikes
head. OCOnnOrs and Breens are old
between whom there has been q
fead of long standing. The Aliens are
and have been on the creek but .
time. All parties are in jail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
Recovering Bodies.

LYSCHBURG, Va, April 12.-After every
thing was got in readiness at POcalOntls
Thursday evening, a police force was placed
on guard at the entrance to the mines i1
orier to keep back the crowd which had
been attracted by the notice pOSte,v that
bodies were to be recovered. Mining
Engineer Moody, in charge o. thd
reScuing party, entered the mines TO nOteI
the situation of affairs. When theyj
emerged from the mines they AMI
nOunced that the damage was less thaIt
had been supposed, and that little trouble
would be experienced in recovering THO
bodies of the victims. Two bodiesS were rel
covered Thursday, horribly mmfilated1
those Of Boone Maxey, a white boy, and,
jim Grim, a negro. The work was resumed
Friday. A still larger crowd cOngre1
gated at The entrance, and ropes verd,
stretched TO prevent too near an approach
The crowd. however, observed prOle4
decOrum and there was no undue excited
ment. A spirit Of great soiemnfty seemed
to pervade IT, assembly. The bodies as rel
were placed in boxes inSjte thu
mine, and several brought ont together OT{
a pole ear. A number of miners well
with the victims were placed
at the entrance for the purpose of identify
ing the bodies, but of sixteen recovered Sc
Tar only six were identified.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

The proposed lease of the Cincinnati.
Wabash & Michigan road excited con-
siderable interest in railway circles.
The bond and stock holders, most OF
whom were Cleveland men. at first pro-
posed to lease the road to any company
who would operate and fully maintain
it and pay the fixed charges, They
were happily surprised at discovering
that both the Lake Shore and the
Chicago & Atlantic We're anxious to
get it. This led the owners to hesitate,
and the Lake Shore offered a cOmforta-
bic bonus over the original proposition.
The Chicago & Atlantic raised the Lake
Shore several points, and there the
matter rested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
surrendered.

ST. PAUL, MINI, April 9.-Detective
O'COnnOr returned to st. Paul with Keenan,,
the defaulting Treasurer Of Jackson county,
farm, where he was working under the name
of Reed. between Blue Grass and Violent la.
keenan, came to St Paul without requlsitiOn
papers, saving Ir,at he knew his arrest
would come sooner or later. The prisoner
was placed in tie county Jail pending the
arrival of officers from Cincinnati, they
having telegraphed that they were coming
with a reQuisitiOn from Governor HGidly.
Keenan, declined to make any statement ON
the train. However, be told OCOnnOi that
the amount he was alleged to have de
faulted. $50. O90. was too large, and that he
was only short $4,000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
Tho People Greatly tn Blame.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, April 9.-Judge VII
liam Conner, in a published letter regard.
ing the laxity of the Iowa criminal laws, az
well as their enforcement, says: If we
are going to blame anyone here in Iowa fol-
this state of things, the people themselves
must assume a pretty large share. They
send to the Legislature lawyers, many OF
whom make a living by defending
criminals. These men. composing the
entire membership of the Judiciary
committee, prevent any reform Of
criminal procedure. They sign pc
titiOnS to pardon criminals regardless of the
merits of the case, and help to set free the
few who are so mlucky as To get convicted.
They make no demand upon the Legislature
for reform in this direction, although they
Sign numerous petitions for the pardon of
TWO or three murderers." The Judge urges
that District Judges should have longer
larger powers, better pay, and that
privileges should be curtailed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER

SANBoR & MANN, shoe manufacturers OF
Stoneham, Mass, lave posted notices dis
charging their empl yes because they re-
sisted a cut down in wages.
; THE ship Mercury, from Port Townsend,
reports that she passed Pitcairn Island
January II. The inhabitants came aboard
and reported one hundred n five persons
on the island-fifty-twO males and fifty.
three females. She took their msil-sone
twenty-five letters for different parts of
the world.
THE GaulOis says the Pope is preparing
a strong encyclical letter against Che order
of Free Masons and other secret societies.
THE Senate was not in session on the
18th. In the House a bill was reported by
Mr.. Green, from the Committee on Agri-
culture, for the relief of fruit growers, and
to encourage the cultivation of fruit. 1t
allows fruit growers to manufacture
brandy from the product Of their orchards
without payment of ak. Resolutions of
respect were passed in memory of the late
Thomas H. Herndon. Representative from
Alabama.
EIGHT prisoners made a desperate at
tempt to escape at GAINESVILLE, Ark, re-
Gently. They knocked down the jailer and
got out, and procured firearms. A desper.
ate battle then took place with citizens, in
which a burglar named Breckman was
killed and three other prisoners were
wounded. The remainder escaped to the
cypress swamps.
An attempt at Jail breaking at Milwaukee
frustrated by the jailer thrusting in a
bolt after he had been nearly blinded by
the prisoners throwing ashes in his eyes.
TIE published conditions of peace be.
tween France and China, which Patendre,
the French Minister, was charged to offer
at Pekir, were that China shall accept q
limited French protectOrate over Tonquin.
There was no demand for indemnity men-
toned.
GEORGE A. LEErs died recently at Provi.
dence, r. l., of gangrene and pynmia, after
an illness OF two weeks, aged sixty-eight.
Since 1873 he had been President of the
Providence & Worcester Railroad.
THE South Warham Nail Works at Bos.
ton has resumed work. The Parkes mills
will resume shortly.
A CAvE-IN at the Excelsior Colliery at
Pa, killed Thomas Harper and
injured Frank Gleshick.
HENRY's Bank at Mineral Point, Wis,
closed its doors the other morning. The
county funds were deposited in the bank.
THE United States dispatch boat Dolphin,
built at Roach's yard, was successfully
launched.
BoArs from the flag ship Tennessee were
watching the island and light house at Key
West. The steamer Laurel was cruising
about the entrance of the harbor to inter.
cept any expedition to Cuba.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

THE Custom House officers of New
York assert that the shrewdest person
to smuggle cigars. cigarettes, and to-
bacco from Havana with whom they have
to contend is a Chinaman known as
''Chinese John" He goes to Havana
at least one a month. his ostensible
errand being to act as interpreter and
agent for a Chinese house. He arrived
recently in the steamer Saratoga. with
five other Cinnamon. Customs Inspec-
tors McCort and Van Horn took the
party in hand. In a barrel of sweet po-
tatoes claimed by ''Chinese John" they
found thirty one-pound packages OF
smoking tobacco wrapped in rice paper,
five hundred bundles of cigarettes. and
eighty cigars. all of which they sent to
the Custom House.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

SINCE January l there has been
thrown upon the market Sal, 400, 900 OF
new railroad bonds. only a very small
percentage of which represents new
roads. The bulk has been issued for
the liquidation of floating debts. con.
tracted for improvements and other
betterments, which should properly
form a part of the operating charges.
The issues we're as follows: Canada
Southern. second mortgage, Sc. 600, 600;
Bee Line. $4,000. 900; Northwestern,
ST., 600, 900; St. Paul. about 3 800, 900:
Oregon Navigation. SO, OOO, 900; Chicago
and Atlantic, seconds, $1,000. 900;
Lackawanna, seconds, $1,000, 900;
Wabash, collateral trust, &c. 600, 900:
Omaha, $l,30O.OOO Pennsylvania, Al
per cents, 50, 900, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
Wants a Controlling Interest.

CHICAGO, April ct is said that negorIa-
tons are pending between Jay Could and
General Palmer, of the Mexican National,
for the purchase of a controlling interest. IN
order to extend the southwestern system to
the City of Mexico. 1t is said that Gould
proposes by this move to forestall his rival,
the Texas & st. Louis, from securing a foot
nol,l i'll Mexico. The latter road runs to
Gainesville, Tsx.. and it has been an open
secret that dn extension was contemplated
to Laredo, with a view to securing entra; le
INTO the City of Mexico over the Mexican
National. The Texas & ST. Louis has a un-
ming arrangement into Chicago over the I'LL
uOis Central. and the Gould system enter
Chicago by the Wabash.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
Arrested on Suspicion.

DAYTON, April 14.-Michaels, who was
arrested here Friday on suspicion of being
the wrecker of the Pan Handle express last
Thursday night was identified BY Con-
ductOr PiersOn who had charge of
the wrecked train, as a tramp he had
put off only a few days before. Measure
meut of his feet also correspond with
the tracks in the mud about the tool house.
Michaels admits that he is a tramp, and that
he was in the vicinity of the wreck on
Thursday, but claims innocence. There is
a strong feeling against him but so far the
evidence is merely circumstantial. The re-
mains of engineer Thomas We're inferred
here yesterday. The funeral was one of the
largest ever seen in the CITY,.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
FOREST FIRES.
Several Counties in Georgia Devastated by
Fire and storm.

Several Counties in Georgia Devastated by
Fire and storm.
ATLANTA, GA, April 14.-Details from
Taylor, Webster, Sumter. Jefferson. Glass
cock a5d other sandy counties of Georgia,
o! recent forest fires, present a narrowing
picture of destruction. Great tracts of these
counties were in preparation for truck plant
ing, farmers having spent the last six weeks
on that work. Much new ground had also
been cleared, upon which fires were burning
in brush-heapS. The wind cane from the
southwest, travelling northeast. Ii increased
in force until farmers in the fields, blinded
with sand aud unable to see, retired to
their houses for protection. Then
they awOke to a new danger. The
winds had famed the flames of
the brlsh-heap fires and scattered them in
all directions. The fencing of pine quickly
caught. and long streams of cracking flames
could be seen all along the course of the
fences. When the fences were consumed
the dry stubble and dried vegetation of the
past year caught. and the fire slowly eats It's
way closer and closer to the houses, making
escape with even life miraculous. Women
and children were crouching with fear. Men
could only hastily clear away patches of
earth, and by fighting back the fire from the
edges keep a spot clear upon which it was
possible to stand until the fire had passed
over. Houses caught and We're swept
away, not even an article of furni-
ture being saved. In Dolly County
eight residences We're burned
and the loss in fences, etc, des-
trOyed can not be less than S12, 900. In Tay-
Tor County the loss is about $4,000 In
Sumter County, $1,000. In Webster COun-
ty, $1,000. In Jefferson County, $40. 0OO.
The greatest loss, perhaps, was suffered in
GlasscOck County. The path of the fire
took in the town of Gibson, and it was only
by heroic work thattwO hundred men fought
the fire back. The loss is, perhaps, $40, 900.
Since the fire has passed over the fact has
been discovered that huge sand-drifts, blown
about by the wines, have covered the ground
which had been prepared for planting, rem
dering a renewal of work necessary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
The iona Libra.

EAGLE Pass, Ten, April 14.-It has
been definitely learned from official source s
that the iona Libra, or Free-Trade Belt, is a
fixed fact. Business mel on both sides OF
the river have been working with this pro-
ject for the last fifteen years, and the news
is hailed with satisfaction. A telegram from
the officials of the City of Mexico, to Senator
HurtadO, Collector of Customs at Eagle
Pass. Tex, u. s., says it goes into operation
on May l, and is bounded by the city limits
of PiedraS Negras. 1t will have the effect
of establishing a large wholesale warehouse
at Eagle Pass. Retail trade may be injured
temporary, but to no great extent, and the
manifest advantages of the system will be
felt by all capitalists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
Another Railroad to Kansas City.

KassAs CRY, ApTi tt.-The BIZ Four
and Ohio & Mississippi having both an
nounced that arrangements had been made
FOR running through cars from Cincinnati tc,
Kansas City, the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton now comes to the front With another
through route. An official of the road said.
that the route was not a paper one, but that
the Cincinnati. Hamilton Il Dayton would
put on through cars from Cincinnati to Kan
sas City this spring to a certaflAg. The
route will be to Indianapolis, then owe.
the Indiana, Bloomington IL Western to
Bloomington, and from that point over the
Chicago It Alton. The car which will leave
Cincinnati at 6:45 p. IN will REACH Kansas
City the next evening ut 1901.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE Allentown, Pa, Iron Company,
formerly one of the most prosperous m
featuring concerns in the country, is adver-
tised for public sale May I. The company
has a mortgage debt of $1,000. 800.
THE Directors of the Louisville Board of
Trade have endorsed the action of the New
York Chamber of Commerce asking Con-
,ress TO stop the coinage of silver dollars.
AN injunction has been granted restrain.
ihg the Governor of Iowa from conveying
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

ROBBERS wearing policemen's uni
forms visited a mill near Toplitz, Aus
tria. the other day, and under a pre-
tended warrant accusing the proprietor
of being n Socialist and forging State
papers compelled him to deliver his
money and securities amounting to over
10000 forms. After locking the in
mates of the mill in a room the robbers
decamped.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

WHILE ascending a mountain near
Charleston, West Vieginia, with a party
of friends. c. P. Willard reached one
end of a rife cane to a young lady. As
she caught hold it exploded. sending a
bullet through Wizards heart.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

The widow of Alexander c. Wingate
wa awarded $1,000 by the United
States Court at indianapolis recently in
a suit against the Ohio & Mississippi
Railroad for the death of her husband,
who was shot on the cars of that road
by a drunken passenger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

SEVERAL colleges at Oxford. England,
have been very hard hit by the agricul-
tural depression. Wadham College
are diminished by about fifty
per cent. Things are so bad with st.
Johns that the President has refused to
accept his stipend for three years past;
and Lincoln is also suffering severely.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

The Swiss Government, at the request
of Spain, has expelled Gorilla from
Switzerland.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18

The Haytian Government has put
into circulation the dreaded additional
$1,000, 900 Of paper money.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-18
COMMENT.

The United States, it is said, is now
the second copper producing country
in the world.
Delta chief., 1884-09-17

T,tE latest from the Maine election shows
Robc's majority over Redman is lo,7oI
tions yet to hear from, which II is expected
will bring the majority up to 10000. The
total vote is the largest that was ever cast for
Governor except one. The four Republican
members of Congress IRE elected by maori-
ties ranging from 900 to 6,000. The lcgis.
laturc will stand, Senate wholly Republican,
the House il6 Republicans, IA Democrats.
with one district to hear from. The prohibi-
tion amendment was adopted by majority
Of over 1900.
Delta chief., 1884-09-17
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT GrSNIsoS, Colo,
August 2l 1881,

LAND OFFICE AT GrNNIsoN, Colo,
August n, 1881. !
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention To make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before A, X. King county
Judge, at Delta, Colorado, ON october9, 1851. via;
Samuel f. SNYDER u. ;. No 81, Ute Series, for the
set, nwt., ncNt sw,l. and WI. sci, sec. le, town.
10 south, range S west 9th principal meridian.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon. and cultivation of,
said land, viz; Nm. Grant, r Mareott, Walter
Scott and r. C. Iiutchinson, all of Delta, Colo.
JOHN J. THOMAS, Register.
Delta chief., 1884-09-17

THE following is the report Of the COM
mittee on resolutions of the late Republican
State convention:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. l3, 1854.
To the chairman and members Of the Republi-
can convention:
Your committee on platform and resolu-
tions submit the following:
That the Republicans of Colorado in con-
vention assembled do hereby resolve that we
affirm and approve the platform Of princi-
pies adopted by the National Republican
convention which nominated the great orator
and cminen: statesman of Maine, and the
most iilusrious citizen soldier of the repub-
lie for President and Vice President.
ReRjiced, That the wool interests Of the
country, now greatly depressed, mainly by
the reduction of import duty by the recent
act of Congress, ought to be fostcrei by
proper legislation. aud TO that end we ask
that the import duty imposed by the ac, of
1867 upon woods be restored ut the earliest
possible day by Congress.
RcSolU,i further, That the southwestern
portion of this Siotc is being devastated by
bands of roaming Indians, and the lives Of
its citizens jeopardized. its prosperity aud de-
yclnpmcnt delayed. We therefore demand
that our representatives in Congress should
use thcit utmost cndeavors 10 secure the re-
morol of the Southern Ute Indians from the
State. aud that the various State officers
should assist them in every possible manner.